Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-25 Thread Astromancer
STOP! (growl!!) My empty stomach can't take it any more! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it was phenomenal. And i just thought of the homemade apple turnovers she used to make. That they started out with dried storebought apples (which really stink as they're being rehydrated in hot water) is

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-25 Thread Astromancer
...and I'm jealous... :( Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That we do. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i hear you, we'll need to hook up! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Happy Thanksgiving to you as well, and I thank you for the compliment.

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-25 Thread Astromancer
I was just the opposite...I ate just about every meal with the zeal of a hungry husband coming home from work...I am fond of calling myself a proud omnivor, eating or at least trying everything that was deemed edible in my household as a child...With the exception of oatmeal cereal and chicken

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-25 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
We usually go to my Mom's or my adopted brother's house, although some years, like when there has been illness or death in the immediate family, we eat at my mom's favorite hotel restaurant or I know this sound jaded, but she would pay a caterer to cook. What can I say, grief and depression

[scifinoir2] Futurama blasts from past with a new DVD movie

2007-11-25 Thread ravenadal
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/340881_futurama24.html 'Futurama' blasts from the past with a new DVD movie Last updated November 23, 2007 5:37 p.m. PT By TED ANTHONY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pandas dumped on the streets by the truckload. Romantic nights at the

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
:) -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] STOP! (growl!!) My empty stomach can't take it any more! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it was phenomenal. And i just thought of the homemade apple turnovers she used to make. That they started out with dried

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
I love oatmeal, try to eat it several times a week, especially because it helps lower cholesterol. Liver? Never had it--never will. My fav is all the people over the years who've tried to get me to taste their mamma's or grandmamma's liver and onions. The common refrain is, it doesn't even

[scifinoir2] DNA Tests Find Branches but Few Roots

2007-11-25 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/business/25dna.html DNA Tests Find Branches but Few Roots By RON NIXON Published: November 25, 2007 HENRY LOUIS GATES JR., whose PBS special African American Lives explores the ancestry of famous African-Americans using DNA testing, has done more than anyone

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
i'd love to see pictures of that. what a really cool extended family you have! As for letting the permanent doldrums set in, i'm well aware of that. When i first moved to Atlanta (from Chicago), i left one job, got one i didn't like, and left that one. i was then unemployed for a while and i

Re: [scifinoir2] Futurama blasts from past with a new DVD movie

2007-11-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
i never did get why Futurama was cancelled. it was great. I still love the reruns; indeed, i was laughing my butt off just last night. it was the ep where this vicious alien race threatened to destroy Earth unless they could catch the final episodes of an Aly McBeal type show. The aliens'

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-25 Thread Astromancer
Oatmeal (gag!) Then I need an invitation to your grandmother's. Liver and onions is the bomb, dude! Cherio's and lowfat milk works to control my cholesterol... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love oatmeal, try to eat it several times a week, especially because it helps lower cholesterol. Liver?

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-25 Thread Astromancer
I hear you, Keith...Been trying for six years to climb out of my rut...Hey, How come you never told me you were originally from Chicago? Or for that matter, did I tell you Chicago's my home town? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'd love to see pictures of that. what a really cool extended

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
It's hard to get out of a rut. Just make one change and stick to it for a couple of weeks, then make another, and so on... I did it with working out, which helps keep me balanced. Now, if I go 2 -3 days without some kind of exercise, i miss it. When I do work out--not even super intense all the

[scifinoir2] Enchanted Leads Holiday Box Office

2007-11-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
I've heard some good things about Enchanted. Glad to see This Christmas did well too. I think the success of movies like the latter show Hollywood that Black movies can do well. I know some have disparaged the likes of Tyler Perry's films and other Black comedies, but I think they're a good