Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Nicolas Cage gives Superman's birth name to son

2005-10-05 Thread Astromancer
Not if you are a Sikh... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can imagine a son of mine at the first day of school. As the teacher asks the kids to identify themselves, you get chipper, typical stuff like "My name is Suzie Parker!", and "I'm Johnny Johnson!", or "We're twins, Melissa and Melinda William

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: "Serenity" Everything I Expected--and More

2005-10-05 Thread Keith Johnson
Finally! I was about to bemoan the fact that no one else has even mentioned Serenity since I posted last weekend. Thanks! I agree with you that everyone was fleshed out, and the movie kicks into high gear and stays there. And like you, my test is whether I want to see a movie more than once. If I

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Nicolas Cage gives Superman's birth name to son

2005-10-05 Thread Keith Johnson
I'll discuss that one with the wife. She's not too big on any names that sound like the current crop of "Afrocentric" ones so many of our people use, and nowadays, even stuff like "Jadzia" is thought of in the same way as those cobbled-together ones. -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yah

RE: [scifinoir2] Nicolas Cage gives Superman's birth name to son

2005-10-05 Thread Keith Johnson
Ha-ha! hey, what's wrong with having a kid who possesses twelfth-level intelligence? -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Astromancer Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 13:18 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Nicol

[scifinoir2] Re: "Serenity" Everything I Expected--and More

2005-10-05 Thread B. Smith
I loved the series and the movie was even better. Not many folks saw it with us but the audience was into it and a couple of moments had people gasping out loud. The true test of a how much I like a movie is whether I want to see it again. I saw Serenity last night and I wanted to stay and watc

[scifinoir2] Ancient Interstellar Collision Helps Explain Source of Radiation

2005-10-05 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cosmic stuff. October 5, 2005 Ancient Interstellar Collision Helps Explain Source of Radiation By DENNIS OVERBYE With a screech of high-energy radiation brighter than a million billion suns, a p

[scifinoir2] Re: Nicolas Cage gives Superman's birth name to son

2005-10-05 Thread g123curious
Keith: In all seriousness, a really good name for a girl would be: Jadzia Johnson. Another good name for a girl: K'Ehleyr" Johnson. Don't you think? George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Now this might meet the definition of "nerd"! My wife and I have discussed

[scifinoir2] The 31 Days of Hallowe'en - Friendly Wager

2005-10-05 Thread Brent Wodehouse
F r i e n d l y W a g e r by Matthew Costello The man sitting across from Todd - Doctor Todd, Medville's beloved pediatrician - would, he thought, be best described as porcine. That was it *exactly.* Porcine, as in pork, as in piggy, as in *slob.* Great folds of skin dangled from the man's neck

Re: [scifinoir2] Nicolas Cage gives Superman's birth name to son

2005-10-05 Thread Astromancer
Dude...If you name you kid Braniac...I'm sending over the guys in the white coats!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Now this might meet the definition of "nerd"! My wife and I have discussed potential names for kids, and I was all stuck on African monikers. Now this has me thinking. Why saddle my ki

[scifinoir2] Is 'Lost' a literal enigma?

2005-10-05 Thread Carole McDonnell
Is 'Lost' a literal enigma? By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY Literary references have been sprinkled throughout the mysteries of Lost: In an episode last season, the character Sawyer was reading Watership Down by Richard Adams, the story of rabbits searching for a safe place in a threatening wo

[scifinoir2] Re: Nicolas Cage gives Superman's birth name to son

2005-10-05 Thread KeithBJohnson
I can imagine a son of mine at the first day of school. As the teacher asks the kids to identify themselves, you get chipper, typical stuff like "My name is Suzie Parker!", and "I'm Johnny Johnson!", or "We're twins, Melissa and Melinda Williams!". Then the teacher turns to a solemn young man

[scifinoir2] Bush nominates Miers - will she uphold the right to choose?

2005-10-05 Thread Amy Harlib
Dear Friend, President Bush has nominated Harriet Miers - the White House's own counsel and formerly Bush's personal lawyer - to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who was the swing vote to protect women's reproductive freedom on the Supreme Court. But what is Harriet Miers' judicial philosoph

[scifinoir2] Demand the Truth About Valerie Plame

2005-10-05 Thread Amy Harlib
Forwarded by Amy Harlib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I just sent a personal message to all my representatives in Congress, I hope you will join me! http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/55 Demand the Truth About Valerie Plame I urge you to support Rep. Rush Holt's Resolution of Inquiry (H. RES.