[RE][scifinoir2] Ocean currents can power the world

2008-11-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Anyone want to bet on how fast Big Oil, Inc (pausing to spit) moves to discredit this in some way? Tracey, I've been reading similar reports to this for years now, and many of them are so simple and feasible as to be ridiculous, but the oil industry (spitting again) has moved against them, for

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Ocean currents can power the world

2008-11-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
Agreed. The one hope i have with a new administration, and the final realization that our country's infrastructure is crumbling is that ideas like this will *finally* see the light of day. I can recall ten years ago having conversations with people about stuff like this, and getting treated as

[scifinoir2] Re: Hello from Brandon Easton (new here!)

2008-11-30 Thread B. Smith
Welcome to the crew. I'll be sure to check out your work. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, blackmalewriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My name is Brandon Easton and I am a professional writer and college professor living in Southern California. I received my master's degree in film a

[scifinoir2] When does eccentricity become an obsession?

2008-11-30 Thread ravenadal
www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-1129- obsessionnov29,0,1742249.column chicagotribune.com Obsession: A History by Lennard J. Davis Julia Keller CULTURAL CRITIC November 29, 2008 When it comes to scholarly ideas, Lennard Davis flies by the seat of his pants. But only if those

[scifinoir2] TV Casting May Feel an Obama Effect

2008-11-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella
November 29, 2008 TV Casting May Feel an Obama Effect By BILL CARTER http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/bill_carter/in dex.html?inline=nyt-per http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/arts/television/29race.html?_r=1partner=r ssemc=rsspagewanted=print It may say

[RE][scifinoir2] TV Casting May Feel an Obama Effect

2008-11-30 Thread Martin Baxter
So, that means that H'Wood will be hiring a number of intelligent, handsome men of color... This place will be awfully empty. Martin (if you've got it, you flaunt it... right?) -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] TV Casting May Feel an Obama Effect Date

[RE][scifinoir2] When does eccentricity become an obsession?

2008-11-30 Thread Martin Baxter
This is why I've always striven to be apart from the crowd. Anybody can follow, but it takes someone exceptional to lead. I'm proud to say that, in a couple of forums I post in, other users have begun to mimic me. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] When

[scifinoir2] Spectacular Sky Scene Monday Evening

2008-11-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
Try to catch this if you can. I was leaving a pizza joint this evening, glanced up into the sky, and was immediately captivated by the scene. Venus was bright as an airplane, for sure. I could barely see the dark part of the moon illuminated by the Earthshine because of lights in the parking

[scifinoir2] Ian Fleming's Monster's Ball

2008-11-30 Thread ravenadal
http://blackplush.blogspot.com/ If the first MISSION IMPOSSIBLE was Brian De Palma's Mission Impossible and MI-2 was John Woo's Mission Impossible, QUANTUM OF SOLACE is unquestionably Marc Forster's James Bond movie. In fact, with its international cast of corporate, military and intelligence

[scifinoir2] TV Casting May Feel an Obama Effect

2008-11-30 Thread tdemorsella
November 29, 2008 TV Casting May Feel an Obama Effect By BILL CARTER http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/arts/television/29race.html?_r=1partner=rssemc=rsspagewanted=print It may say something about the state of American television that there is one more black president-elect of the United States

[scifinoir2] Ooops! Re: TV Casting May Feel an Obama Effect

2008-11-30 Thread tdemorsella
Ooops Sorry about the resend --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, tdemorsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: November 29, 2008 TV Casting May Feel an Obama Effect By BILL CARTER http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/arts/television/29race.html?_r=1partner=rssemc=rsspagewanted=print It may say

[scifinoir2] Re: Spectacular Sky Scene Monday Evening

2008-11-30 Thread ravenadal
Wow. That was fascinating (Keith eats PIZZA) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try to catch this if you can. I was leaving a pizza joint this evening, glanced up into the sky, and was immediately captivated by the scene. Venus was bright as an airplane, for

[scifinoir2] What movies/DVD’s did you see over the holiday - Group Discussion

2008-11-30 Thread tdemorsella
Many of us seem to take time over the holidays to go to the movies or check out some DVDs. What movies/DVD's did you see over the holidays? Let us know which ones you liked or hated and why. Tracey

Re: [scifinoir2] Ian Fleming's Monster's Ball

2008-11-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
Agreed. Great review. I was dizzy the first few minutes with the hyperactive camera, dulled after a while by one action scene after another, and a bit unengaged. Bond as man on a mission is okay, but it didn't work well for me either. -- Original message -- From:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spectacular Sky Scene Monday Evening

2008-11-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
I ate everything in sight the last week! Loads of ice cream (vanilla, french silk, peppermint) in my many, many milk shakes...Honeybaked ham with Thanksgiving dinner, and later in sandwiches...KFC chicken, biscuits, and baked beans... buttermilk pancakes with eggs and more ham...turkey and

Re: [scifinoir2] What movies/DVD�s did you see over the holiday - Group Discussion

2008-11-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
Saw Quantum of Solace, which was only okay. Liked Craig as Bond and Dench as M, but the movie was just a bunch of action, and not very deep action at that. The lead actress was way too young and inexperienced seeming to be what they wanted us to believe she was. Other than that, it was all at