RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-28 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 08:40 27-09-2002 -0500, Marvin Long wrote: To plagiarize my favorite haggis commercial: You're a wicked, wicked man! I wish I got haggis commercials where I live. If you like haggis, then this is the place to be:

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-27 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 08:31 27-09-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: So, if I'm going to write a 1-line reply, all I have to do is create a disclaimer admitting to the fact, and that has me covered? :) Technically speaking -- yes. Of course, we might then scold you for wasting bandwidth... :-) Jeroen Life

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-27 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Julia Thompson wrote: Ooo! Ooo! Do you take VISA? :) I can only accept payment in charbroiled chicken-hearts. Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) Two bits, four bits, six bits, a peso. If you're for Zorro, stand up

RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-27 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Deborah Harrell wrote: ROTFLOL! Just picturing Barnaby (or was it Barnabus? That was a _long_ time ago!) and Spike having a conversation... I never watched 'Blossom' but I presume it's about a cute/spunky-yet-innocent girl? Typical teen-age coming-of-age sitcom, yeah.

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Julia Thompson wrote: Ooo! Ooo! Do you take VISA? :) I can only accept payment in charbroiled chicken-hearts. Darn, they're so small they fall through the grill rack. Ah, well (Plus there's the little issue of the grill being

RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-27 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 06:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly? From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Julia, can I ding Jeffrey

RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-27 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: To plagiarize my favorite haggis commercial: You're a wicked, wicked man! I wish I got haggis commercials where I live. Actually, it was a commercial for the Qwest Dex Yellow Pages, but in it these two little Scottish ladies who had

RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-26 Thread Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Miller, Jeffrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: woensdag 25 september 2002 19:33 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly? Yeah, what I /thought/ was a community that was open for all is apparently only open

RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-26 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 11:29 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly? If you dislike this place so much, why are you still here? Nobody

RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-26 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Miller, Jeffrey wrote: Yes, yes, I spoke in haste and heat.. but dammit, I'm sick of 2 things - being told OH-HOW-GREAT-_-IS, and being asked to provide a dissertation on why I dislike something; step off - not everything is reducable to a statistic. tongue

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-26 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Julia wrote: Julia, can I ding Jeffrey because he doesn't like Buffy? *grin* Dunno. If my not giving a rat's *** about Buffy qualifies me for dinging under your criteria, then you'd have to ding both of us. (I never got into it early on and haven't had the time to try to get into

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-26 Thread Julia Thompson
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Actually, I probably won't be doing much dinging at all, unless I can ding for completely senseless things, as I'm feeling rather Discordian of late. Hail Eris? I guess I could tape Enterprise. When/what channel is it on? It manages to fall in my don't give a

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-26 Thread The Fool
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Actually, I probably won't be doing much dinging at all, unless I can ding for completely senseless things, as I'm feeling rather Discordian of late. Hail Eris? I guess I could tape Enterprise. When/what channel is

RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-26 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: It sounds to me like you need to expand your repetoire of snarky comebacks. For instance, when somebody asks you to explain why you don't watch Buffy, here are two excellent options. I realize it's all a matter of taste, but why people would want to watch a

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-26 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: Goto startrek.com and find the listing (under information). I don't have a upn, but I still get it (from a wb, previously from a fox). I'm guessing you live in a fair-sized city, or receive broadcasts from one, or share a cable TV system with one. The nearest city listed is

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-26 Thread The Fool
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool wrote: Goto startrek.com and find the listing (under information). I don't have a upn, but I still get it (from a wb, previously from a fox). I'm guessing you live in a fair-sized city, or receive broadcasts from one, or share a cable

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-26 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Julia Thompson wrote: Transparency? As in, people peeping in through the front window to see what I'm watching on TV in the livingroom? :) I bet you are *not* seeing anything worse than what is exactly now in my TV: Hercules, played by Lou Ferrigno (!!!) Alberto Monteiro

RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-24 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 05:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly? Jeffrey Miller wrote: Matt Grimaldi wrote: Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: It's Joss

RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-24 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
of course, that's just my opinion. :) And you are entitled to it! But it might be wise not to try justifying it in public without some better thought out reasons. Typical. Don't agree with an opinion and call it unjustified. What do you want, a dissertation on the magnitude of suckage

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Kevin Tarr wrote: *To be fair, Heinlein used the western theme on his barely colonized worlds. But I don't think they will have a Diaspora of the magnitude they are talking about (is the whole galaxy now occupied by humans?) In none of Heinlein Timelines the galaxy was occupied in 2002.

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-23 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: It's Joss Whedon's new series - SF on the surface, but stuffed full of Western-ey Goodness. Including a train robbery :-) -- Matt ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-23 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: Matt Grimaldi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly? Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: It's Joss Whedon's new series - SF on the surface, but stuffed