Thought it was interesting. Goes to show that the smaller media outlets
are probably the wave of the future...but still...I wouldn't mind a
review in the NY Times
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117314450821127664-
MI5IuROX7AT05Z2Ouzvt85\
WB9pQ_20080305.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top
I guess this is kinda writing-related. -C
By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
Published: March 9, 2007
The Internal Revenue Service is asking tax lawyers and accountants
who create tax shelters and exploit loopholes to take the lead in
writing some of its new tax rules.
The pilot project represents a furthe
Anisur Rahman is the mayor of a village that is literally
disappearing beneath his feet. He knows how this is happening but not
why. His village, Antarpara, used to straddle one of the great rivers
of Asia, the Brahmaputra. Like the Ganges, the Brahmaputra originates
as snow melt in the Himalay
Ed Driscoll's review of "The Making of Star Wars" is fascinating. Read it
and vote.
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/30/050411.php
http://digg.com/movies/Book_Review_The_Making_of_Star_Wars_by_J_W_Rinzler
http://movies.netscape.com/story/2007/05/30/book-review-the-making-of-star-w
ars-by-j
First:
Moderation in all things. I remember the guy who died from eating
tons of carrots and Vitamin A.
Second:
Corn has got to be the most genetically modified/engineered food in
the world. I get a kind of pseudo carpal tunnel when I eat it.
Third:
Allergists know well enough that fumes
Well, I'm all signed up. They are ironing out whether or not we'll
actually be reading excerpts. Will see. I think the Pinkneys will be there
too. Way neat.
Carole McDonnell (Wind Follower) and other local authors will discuss and
sign their books,
Carole's book is story a
Soy has also been indicated in many cases. And soy is in sooo many
things. -C
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Just read the advice the website gave on how to handle bigotry. Ah,
how sweetly interactive. I guess that kinda advice does work. But I
did get a good giggle out of it. I have never ever been that gentle
when dealing with a racist. Why? They're never gentle when dealing
with me. And I truly am
URL to an article that appeared in MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11147506/
The end of an era
First few paragraphs
"
DENVER - For more than 150 years, messages of joy, sorrow and success
came in signature yellow envelopes hand-delivered by a courier. Now
the Western Union telegram is offi
The worst save in specfic history -- I forgot the title-- wasn't in a
science fiction film but in a romance novel. The hero comes and saves
the girl who had been raped/ravished by the bad guy. Her child in the
scuffle and the hero comes up to the girl, sweeps her up (cause she was
so weak and a
ickly forgotten.
-C
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> How thoughtful and romantic..
>
> Carole McDonnell wrote:
> > The worst save in specfic history -- I forgot the title-- wasn
As if the kids were actually counting the days. Oh well, maybe the
kids' parents were. -C
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At the end of War of the Worlsds--The Martians had been destroyed by
the smallest creatures that God in his wisdom had chosen to place
upon the earth. Forgot the specific quote but there was that feel...
The final words in Forbidden Planet--We are afterall, not God.
There must be something in
ntribute. I've been putting this off for years.
>
> If you find the quotes or remember them, I would love to use them.
In the
> meantime, I love the Forbidden Planet quote and can definitely use
it.
>
> Tracey
>
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ncer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My favorite quote is totally non-Sci Fi, but meaningful to my life-
course: "I refuse to learn to fail" Dempsey Travis...
>
> Carole McDonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Nah, wasn't really
suggesting that. Was just ki
Klaatu Barata Nictu. -C
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> > I am compiling quotes for a quote generator that we are
installing
> > on the planned portal. Could you guys submit some of your
> favorites?
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> > They can be from any type of speculati
Smiled when I saw this. Am not a great Hasselhoff fan myself but he
has an interesting kind of fame. And really, who knows what kind of
fame we all might have? Hasselholff is arguably one of the biggest
most famous international American stars. And musician. He's always
having some big hit in G
the life of me I don't know why Silent Spring should be
> > considered one
> > of the most harmful books. Conservatism is one thing but really! I
> > haven't read
> > Ralph Nader's book either. I'm a Christian but I suspect some of
> >
I just saw Soylent Green again last night. What a great movie! And the
opening credits are so good. In addition to the overpopulation
statement, it did a good job of showing that racism would be destroyed.
Note Chuck Norris' black girlfriend and every third character being
black.
The funny th
::Chuckling. Wow, there's a slip. Blonde white symbols of America
both. No wonder my mind mixed them up. It was the Rifleman: Chuck
Connors.
-C
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> Um...Chuck Norris of Chuck Connors? LOL
>
> Caro
Wow! WOW!
This reminds me of a news story from India some years back, the story
of the woman who saw a cobra advancing towards her little daughter.
She raced toward her daughter. But it was too late. The little
toddler had bitten the cobra's head off.
-C
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A vote for Octavia Butler's Kindred. It's about slavery. "knowing about
slavery as history" and actually being involved in it. It's also close
to home...in our time, about our issues. And it has a nice paradox. The
heroine ends up back in time and must save the life of her racist white
ancestor
http://www.exodusnews.com/HISTORY/History008.htm
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Call me odd but Tom Cruise has always left me cold. It's not the
scientology thing. After all John Travolta is a scientologist and I
like him a lot. The man just doesn't seem to let his soul come
through. I honestly don't know his personality.
As for his crazy behavior-- at last I'm beginning t
r the record Tom Cruise is a moron.
>
> Bosco
>
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> > Well I use ritalin and the stuff keeps me straight, so I guess I'm
> > not qualified to comment...
> >
> > Carole McDonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g
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It's possible Speedy and the tacobell chihuaha weren't offensive to
Mexicans but to Mexicans in the US. I think offense is one of those
things that is learned sometimes. One has to be enlightened about
certain subtle racist issues or else one just thinks it's funny. Some
black folks thought th
Oh, I love it! Next stop, the Dutch royal family. After that the
Spanish royal family. After that the Princes of Spade, Diamonds,
Hearts, and Clubs. And then FINALLY, the epitome, the English royal
family. Prince William, we black women will get you yet. -C
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True. From what I read, Rainier knew his son's (shall we
say) "proclivities" for dalliance and knew many little illegitimate
children would be popping up. Heck, Prince Charles might have some
little "natural" children floating around. Anyway, Rainier made it law
that only children conceived in
I've been watching coverage of this Katrina thing and being just weepy
about all the suffering. And I've got to say the folks at MSNBC are
being pretty enlightened about everything.
Honestly.
They tend not to play down the "looting" and call it people aiming for
survival. There was a shot of t
Oops... correction. MEANT
>
> They tend TO play down the "looting"
When they show it, they do a great job at convincing the viewer that
it's about survival. Or they follow it with a spot on starving people.
Great job at journalistic manipulation...for the good of a suffering
group of peop
Of course! This is the kind of thing that happens when you put FEMA
in the defense department. For heavens sake! I even heard on the news
that a couple of years ago President Bush wanted to privatize FEMA.
This entire thing is so annoying. Considering they researched this
scenario a couple of y
What gets me, though, is that in spite of all evidence to the
contrary, all the government officials keep saying that the response
is adequate because we have enough national guards. It's like being
told not to believe what your mind is telling you is so clear. I
mean...today they only have 60
Wow, does Matt speak the truth! I've never liked Shepard Smith.
Always thought he was a smug arrogant little snit. But the man proved
himself to me. The only one -- mind you-- on FOX News that did. The
Fox anchor people simply turned my stomach with their lame attempts
to explain away the pre
Last night I was watching Le Journal, a french newscast. (Hey I still
like working on my high school french.)
They've been reporting on Katrina.
In last night's news, they had about five different features. The two I
found most interesting were A) a report on the rise in the sale of guns
in Ba
Wow! Interesting article. Scary article.
Anyone getting nervous about those Green Berets walking through the
streets?
So annoying. Makes us remember that the old stereotype about
the "emotional," "unpredictable" black person is alive and well.
-C
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Lord knows what this woman meant. Am gonna try to give her the
benefit of the doubt. Sometimes one is stupid but not really unkind. -
C
Barbara Bush, who accompanied the former presidents on a tour of the
Astrodome complex Monday, said the relocation to Houston is "working
very well" for some
Thanks, Rave!
-C
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> "The Race to Fashoda: Colonialism and African Resistance" by
African-
> American scholar David Levering Lewis is an excellent, extremely
well-
> written and researched text about the same subject.
Hi all:
As wriers we all know the power of a truly dismissive frams. Especially
if it conveys a neat symbolic image or if it rhymes.
Remember the phrase "the race card"? Although I doubt anyone ever used
phrases such as the "Holocaust Card." Jewish folks wouldn't let them
get away with somethi
This kinda reminds me of what happened in the wake of the Depression.
So many blacks helped to "pioneer" the west and before the Depression,
places like Montana, Wyoming etc had many small black ranches. But then
the depression came. The small ranchers -- including many of the black
ones-- lost
Saw this on CNN last night
'Racist' police blocked bridge and forced evacuees back at gunpoint
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
Published: 11 September 2005
A Louisiana police chief has admitted that he ordered his officers to
block a bridge over the Mississippi river and force escaping evac
Hi all:
Imagine my surprise when I flipped through the channels and happened
upon a Paul Nweman apocalyptic SF futuristic film. Who know? I sat down
to watch it. Oh my gosh! I kept turning to my husband and saying, "I
don't understand a thing that's going on." Seems I am not alone.
http://ef
Try this --no cheating
> >
> >
> > This test only has one question, but it's a very important one.
By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand
morally. No one else will know, so you wont be fooling anyone but
yourself if
you give anything but a truthful answer.
> >
> > The
Am watching Mysterious Island now. Just finished watching Jason and
the Argonaurs...which was fun cause I'm working on a quest story and
hey it was neat to see this.
As for supernova...that's been repeating. Haven't seen it yet. But
I'm sure it has nothing on that other Supernova, the great s
Mysterious Island is good... a bit slow. Not a lot of special effects
though. Some nice big island creatures here and there. Captain Nemo
(Patrick Stewart) is very sympathetic.
SuperNova had the great possibility of being a great movie. It starts
out dealing with the boredom of space and drugs
Definitely. Nemo and his assistant were the only ones who had
personality. I guess because they didn't have the burden of having to
be heroes or innocent sex-pots. What I kept focusing on in both the
Jason and the Argonauts and the Mysterious Island films were how
they'd use the black guys. The
That first scene of Lost was the absolute best opening sequence in a
show I've seen in a while. Worked better than all those stories with
first chapters with no-name characters. I kept saying "who's this?
Whose hair is that? Why the heck won't they show his face? Is it
someone we've already see
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
I loved Nipsey so much. It was only when I heard his death mentioned on
the news that I realized I had totally forgotten about his existence.
That's the way it is in life I guess. I remember listening to him a lot
when I was a kid. Would be interesting to hear those jokes now that I'm
older...a
BOSTON - Gregg Miller mortgaged his home and maxed out his credit
cards to mass produce his invention prosthetic testicles for
neutered dogs.
What started 10 years ago with an experiment on an unwitting
Rottweiler named Max has turned into a thriving mail-order business.
And on Thursday nigh
Ah, so true!!
That's also one of the reasons I couldn't watch Enterprise. They didn't
seem to know what to do with "the black guy." I mean...they had
a "black guy" on the deck and all. But it was so obvious, they didn't
think enough to give him a personality. So he was just this good-
natured t
Hey, before I even noticed there was no black folks on this thing,
just as the trailers were coming, I got turned off by all those
nubile young starlets. Hey men of all color can get into
masturbatory SF, but I had better things to do.
-C
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Hey, before I even noticed there was no black folks on this thing,
just as the trailers were coming, I got turned off by all those
nubile young starlets. Hey men of all color can get into
masturbatory SF, but I had better things to do.
-C
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more than Mayweather. That misstep was
more
> of the same bad written that helped doom the series, as the whole
thing
> was a confused mess until the last season.
>
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> Behalf Of Carole
You made me laugh soo hard just now. Couldn't help it. -C
> > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "DJ VIBE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > guess all the Black folks were killed off in the cataclysm while
> > > Buck was traveling through time.
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Ah yes, scientists! The article does show a side of science that we
don't often think about. It's good not only to remember that
scientists think of themselves as being the epitome of human
intellectual development and vie to be the "greatest, the first, the
most insightful." But white scienti
Just to pop in here.
The folks who use "God said it," etc don't usually say it in a
bellicose manner. The way they say it is being misunderstood and
misrepresented in this. The same goes for "reason being the enemy of
faith." Am not going to attempt to describe the real meaning of faith
here
It just seems so overwrought to me. Yeah, I know sex is vitality
and vital force but dang it...these guys!
I personally avoid writing erotic love scenes. I get into all kinds
of descriptions. Sounds more like contortionists than folks making
love.
So I just avoid, avoid, avoid.
-C
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