Our Changed Group Focus Re: [scifinoir2] Twins separated at birth met and married

2008-01-16 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Truth is, this would not have happened when we were 500+ members, with about 80 active voices and 100 semi-regular voices. The volume was unwieldy. When yahoo took us out, that changed everything. At first, I planned on rebuilding, but moving out of the states, becoming a mom, and getting

Re: [scifinoir2] Studios Issue Pink Slips to Producers

2008-01-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
this will come back to bite the studios in the butts. The writers are asking for a percentage of the gross of what stuidos make, as the net is often calculated to show no profit made, and writers are then told sorry, no money made, you get nothing extra. A big sticking point in all this is

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Sarah Connor Chronicles on Tonight

2008-01-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
yeah, and isn't this a year or two after T2? Thought he'd gained some skills in that whole affair -- Original message -- From: tetsuwanatom1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If this current incarnation of John Connor

Re: [scifinoir2] Connor Terminates Competitors

2008-01-16 Thread Daryle
I love it. The Prison Break guys come across a band of rebels in Los Angeles and they hide out in Sarah Connor¹s house. Let¹s pitch it! On 1/16/08 12:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great, so next season--especially if the writers have to put some crap together

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Sarah Connor Chronicles on Tonight

2008-01-16 Thread Daryle
Nah, remember in T3, he¹s still a wuss. This series is right in step between the two movies. On 1/16/08 12:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yeah, and isn't this a year or two after T2? Thought he'd gained some skills in that whole affair -- Original

RE: [scifinoir2] Iraq Vets Killing Stateside

2008-01-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
makes sense, i should have recalled that. One of Reagan's legacies was turning a lot of the poor, indigent, and mentally unstable out into the streets... -- Original message -- From: Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] A lot of vets who have survived since Vietnam because

RE: [scifinoir2] Twins separated at birth met and married

2008-01-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
very few mint juleps consumed in the modern Atlanta. Iced sweet tea is the more universal drink of the South. That, and Coca-Cola -- Original message -- From: Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Na...that would be Mint Juleps! Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you

Re: [scifinoir2] Connor Terminates Competitors

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
The secret cabal they have to shatter, for the sake of Mankind? The Vice-President is the person having SkyNet rebuilt. Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love it. The Prison Break guys come across a band of rebels in Los Angeles and they hide out in Sarah Connor¹s house. Let¹s

Re: [scifinoir2] Connor Terminates Competitors

2008-01-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
aaargh! And when young John gets hurt, he gets sent to a hospital where all the doctors are young and attractive and bed hop and have angst-filled conversations. -- Original message -- From: Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] I love it. The Prison Break guys come across a band

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Sarah Connor Chronicles on Tonight

2008-01-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
actually, doesn't he seem to have gotten *more* timid by T3 than he was in T2? At least in T2 he was cool with the bike riding and all the hacking and stuff -- Original message -- From: Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nah, remember in T3, he¹s still a wuss. This series is

[scifinoir2] Re: Sarah Connor Chronicles on Tonight

2008-01-16 Thread tetsuwanatom1
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Furlong was basically playing himself in T2 so that Connor had all of Furlong's teen actor angst. I don't know what's up with the new guy. The alterations in the time stream are apparently taking away John Connor's swagger.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Sarah Connor Chronicles on Tonight

2008-01-16 Thread Daryle
..but then there¹s always a woman (or a big strong machine) who comes in and kicks everyone¹s behind so that John can fulfill his potential. I¹m starting to think I need a Psych degree to really get into this story. On 1/16/08 1:16 PM, tetsuwanatom1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ---

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Sarah Connor Chronicles on Tonight

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
Keith, I'm going to attribute that less to characterization and more to bad writing. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: actually, doesn't he seem to have gotten *more* timid by T3 than he was in T2? At least in T2 he was cool with the bike riding and all the hacking and stuff --

Re: [scifinoir2] Connor Terminates Competitors

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
(runs away screaming) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: aaargh! And when young John gets hurt, he gets sent to a hospital where all the doctors are young and attractive and bed hop and have angst-filled conversations. -- Original message -- From: Daryle I love it. The

Re: [scifinoir2] Studios Issue Pink Slips to Producers

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
Well-forseen and better spoken. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this will come back to bite the studios in the butts. The writers are asking for a percentage of the gross of what stuidos make, as the net is often calculated to show no profit made, and writers are then told sorry, no money made, you

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Smith co-stars in sci-fi movie

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
Thinking back on Rennie's performance in the original, I'd say that Reeves is almost note-perfect for it. Cool, emotionless, detached. And I wouldn't say not to Gort wiping a few burghs off the map, either. tetsuwanatom1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

Re: [scifinoir2] Iraq Vets Killing Stateside

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
Unfortunately, Keith, that's the way it's always been. We send kids off to fight our wars, heap them with praise when they come home victorious (or, in Vietnam's case, with scorn and ridicule and the odd baby-killer moniker), then ask them politely to get out of the way, because we've got our

Re: [scifinoir2] Fw: FW: msnbc.com - BREAKING NEWS: Nevada Supreme Court rules NBC can block Kucinich from debate

2008-01-16 Thread Daryle
Or Russia...or El Salvador...or Cuba...or Kenya...or Japan...or the Face on Mars. When you have to get your own satellite in order to get your message out...is it really worth running for office? On 1/16/08 1:54 PM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Democracy... (walks away

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Entertainers in Steroid Report

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
rave, *brilliant* question, and I wish I could put an answer to it. But, readign this, I'm still trying to get my brain around the simple expedient question. WHY? These folks must be too young to remember Lyle Alzado, maniac 275-pound guy on the football field who died weighing less than

Re: [scifinoir2] Connor Terminates Competitors

2008-01-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
:) funny! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (runs away screaming) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: aaargh! And when young John gets hurt, he gets sent to a hospital where all the doctors are young and attractive and bed hop and have angst-filled

Re: [scifinoir2] Entertainers in Steroid Report

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
LMNAO, Daryle!! Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hold on...why do we care that Mary J Blige has taken steroids again? She can¹t stay in key with or withOUT Œem. Is this satire? On 1/15/08 6:36 PM, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] Oprah Winfrey getting her own TV network

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
Daryle, I'd hope that someone s already whispering in her ear on this. Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, now we know where to pitch the Octavia Butler stories. On 1/15/08 6:32 PM, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (the Yahoo! teaser

Re: [scifinoir2] Entertainers in Steroid Report

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
Uh... Now that I've admitted to using steroids while surfing, should I be worried? ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RB music star Mary J. Blige, rap musicians 50 Cent, Timbaland and Wyclef Jean, and award-winning author and producer Tyler Perry (say it ain't

Re: [scifinoir2] Jobs Announces Super-Thin MacBook Air

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
Daryle, this is the third e-mail I've gotten today on this. In the other two, I pointed out my problem with the potential closure issue, and tossed in my worries about the Potential Rambunctious Child/Puppy Problem. The drive issue is a place I never thought to go. Sometimes, I *want* to throw

Re: [scifinoir2] Entertainers in Steroid Report

2008-01-16 Thread Daryle
People who have the money to hire a personal trainer, I have an unfair advantage over an ordinary dude with athletic ability. If I have a network of high office professionals, I have an unfair advantage over someone trying to get into my industry form the ground floor. But at the end of the day,

[scifinoir2] Re: Connor Terminates Competitors

2008-01-16 Thread g123curious
As much as I hate watching Fox due to the politics of its owner... I enjoyed it. Watched the first 2 eps. The female lead was kicking a$$ as expected, something the femlae lead in the Bionic Woman should have done but didn't. The BW was oh so poorly written. George --- In

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Obama fairy tale has Chicago-size hole

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
Given that, B., you'd think that, at some point, common sense would kick in and tell her, I don't want anyone looking under my rocks, so I'd better stop turning over other peoples'. But this is politics of which we speak. Common sense doesn't always factor in. (Subtract the always, please, now

[scifinoir2] Re: Entertainers in Steroid Report

2008-01-16 Thread ravenadal
How can you say the article serves no purpose? I mean, TYLER PERRY on steroids - why does MEDEA need steroids? ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People who have the money to hire a personal trainer, I have an unfair advantage over an ordinary dude

Re: [scifinoir2] The 10 Most Moving Deaths That Mostly Stuck

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
Of these, Wash's death crushed the breath from me when I saw it. I actually doubled over in my seat at the theater, and didn't remember the spectacular ending with River, a WOW moment that I had to experience when I first picked up the DVD. Doyle's death didn't hurt as much, though it was a

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Entertainers in Steroid Report

2008-01-16 Thread Daryle
LOL...what does God need with a Starship? I don¹t know. I got it! Tyler got that Star Trek role...it¹s the STEROIDS! Tyler clearly fits the Starfleet uniform unfairly! On 1/16/08 4:36 PM, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can you say the article serves no purpose? I mean,

RE: [scifinoir2] Twins separated at birth met and married

2008-01-16 Thread Reece Jennings
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[scifinoir2] 10 E-Mail Blunders

2008-01-16 Thread Reece Jennings
10 E-Mail Blunders Kate Lorenz, CareerBuilder.com Editor Did you know American workers receive an average of 134 e-mails daily? E-mail volume in the U.S. is expected to reach nearly 2.7 trillion in 2007. (Of that, 9 out of every 10 e-mails will be spam) But the simple act of hitting send can

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Twins separated at birth met and married

2008-01-16 Thread Reece Jennings
I totally agree! I thought I was pretty open to other cultures. Then I drove a busload of people to Canada. CANADA! Not like it's the biggest cultural challenge, or so I thought. I just figured Canada was like northern Maine...! But I had some trouble with the Metric speed limit signs.

RE: Our Changed Group Focus Re: [scifinoir2] Twins separated at birth met and married

2008-01-16 Thread Reece Jennings
I started off trying to wear the moderator hat, but it must have been windy that day, because the hat flew very away. (VERY CORNY - sorry) LMOAO!!! (old!) I've been rather embarrassed about the election conversation and my behavior with her during my other exchange with her in November. We

RE: [scifinoir2] Oprah Winfrey getting her own TV network

2008-01-16 Thread Reece Jennings
Absolutely! Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ _ From:

Re: [scifinoir2] [OT] Comcast's new rates -- say wha?

2008-01-16 Thread Martin
If I were the Truly Evil Person I sometimes claim I am, I would, on the day I cease being a Comcrap customer, I would make my last payment with a little extra in the envelope. I'll let you good people draw the picture... Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [source:

Re: [scifinoir2] The 10 Most Moving Deaths That Mostly Stuck

2008-01-16 Thread Bosco Bosco
I was stomped into the dirt by most of these but Wash and Shepherd Book really nailed me. I actually cried in the theater because I loved those characters so much. The interplay between Zoey and Kaley as they're setting up to deal with the soon to be coming Reavers is so devastating and Gina

[scifinoir2] Angry White Man: The bigoted past of Ron Paul

2008-01-16 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Angry White Man: The bigoted past of Ron Paul. http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=e2f15397-a3c7-4720-ac15-4532a7da84ca James Kirchick, The New Republic Published: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 If you are a critic of the Bush administration, chances are that, at some point over the past six