Re: CoS in the news
Julia Thompson wrote: 1) Whacked my toe yesterday morning, hurt like the dickens, wasn't sure I should try to get X-rays or anything (and I didn't want to, truth be told), so I asked a mailing list and the consensus was what I wrote above. Decided not to go, toe still hurts, but not as badly, and it's all kinds of pretty colors on the top, but looks fine on the bottom. (OK, maybe not all kinds of pretty colors, but there are 3 distinct ones in the blue-purple range.) Can I make a suggestion? Get some plasticine from the kids toy box and make two thin blobs of it, one to fit against your big toe, and one to fit against your third toe. It will feel wierd (even icky) at first, but the support they will provide to the second toe will make all the difference, particularly as you walk. Cheers Russell C. (Been there, saw a podiatrist for that) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: CoS in the news
At 06:57 AM Monday 1/28/2008, Russell Chapman wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: 1) Whacked my toe yesterday morning, hurt like the dickens, wasn't sure I should try to get X-rays or anything (and I didn't want to, truth be told), so I asked a mailing list and the consensus was what I wrote above. Decided not to go, toe still hurts, but not as badly, and it's all kinds of pretty colors on the top, but looks fine on the bottom. (OK, maybe not all kinds of pretty colors, but there are 3 distinct ones in the blue-purple range.) Can I make a suggestion? Get some plasticine from the kids toy box and make two thin blobs of it, one to fit against your big toe, and one to fit against your third toe. It will feel wierd (even icky) at first, but the support they will provide to the second toe will make all the difference, particularly as you walk. Hunter orange and lime green ought to set off the colors of the toe nicely. If You're Having A Warm Spell There You Could Wear Sandals To Show It Off Maru -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: CoS in the news
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 06:57 AM Monday 1/28/2008, Russell Chapman wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: 1) Whacked my toe yesterday morning, hurt like the dickens, wasn't sure I should try to get X-rays or anything (and I didn't want to, truth be told), so I asked a mailing list and the consensus was what I wrote above. Decided not to go, toe still hurts, but not as badly, and it's all kinds of pretty colors on the top, but looks fine on the bottom. (OK, maybe not all kinds of pretty colors, but there are 3 distinct ones in the blue-purple range.) Can I make a suggestion? Get some plasticine from the kids toy box and make two thin blobs of it, one to fit against your big toe, and one to fit against your third toe. It will feel wierd (even icky) at first, but the support they will provide to the second toe will make all the difference, particularly as you walk. Hunter orange and lime green ought to set off the colors of the toe nicely. I think we actually have those colors, even! :D (Actually, I'm sure we do, I don't think we've gotten into the last 24-pack yet.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: CoS in the news
On Jan 28, 2008, at 10:03 AM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Jan 27, 2008 10:59 AM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a) *At most* one religion can be true, yet there are thousands of religions. Not necessarily true. See _Job: A Comedy of Justice_, _Stranger in a Strange Land_, or other Heinlein (or many other authors) for SFnal examples of how this might work. And even in the real world, it may not necessarily be a fundamental property of Religion that there be only one, although (too) many make that claim for themselves. Then again, I am at the far-liberal end of Christianity, to the point that there are probably plenty who call themselves Christians who, learning what I believe, would no longer count me among their number. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: CoS in the news
At 12:20 PM Monday 1/28/2008, Dave Land wrote: [snip] Then again, I am at the far-liberal end of Christianity, to the point that there are probably plenty who call themselves Christians who, learning what I believe, would no longer count me among their number. Dave At least they don't ask you how many wives you have . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: New Anonymous Vid
Thanks, Rob, I passed along the link to a mailing list on which it's perfectly acceptable to leave a bare link. :) (At least I included a subejct line, which doesn't always happen there, either.) Oh, and in Austin, in December, there was a Santa Rampage from about 10AM until after midnight one Saturday, and at one point, there were a good number of Santas in front of the Scientology building on the Drag chanting, Naughty! Naughty! Naughty! (Heard about this from one of the Santas) Just a little thing, but *something*. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: CoS in the news
On Jan 28, 2008 12:03 PM, Mauro Diotallevi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 27, 2008 10:59 AM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a) *At most* one religion can be true, yet there are thousands of religions. Not necessarily true. See _Job: A Comedy of Justice_, _Stranger in a Strange Land_, or other Heinlein (or many other authors) for SFnal examples of how this might work. Ahem. I forgot the smiley :-) -- Mauro Diotallevi Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Don't drink and derive. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: CoS in the news
On Jan 27, 2008 10:59 AM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a) *At most* one religion can be true, yet there are thousands of religions. Not necessarily true. See _Job: A Comedy of Justice_, _Stranger in a Strange Land_, or other Heinlein (or many other authors) for SFnal examples of how this might work. -- Mauro Diotallevi Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Don't drink and derive. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: CoS in the news
On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 12:20 PM Monday 1/28/2008, Dave Land wrote: Then again, I am at the far-liberal end of Christianity, to the point that there are probably plenty who call themselves Christians who, learning what I believe, would no longer count me among their number. At least they don't ask you how many wives you have . . . Yes, it's amazing how a practice of your Church of roughly 100 years ago which, by some accounts, was not all that widely practiced, and by no means _the_ defining characteristic of the Church) is all that most people seem to know about. To some extent, you can thank HBO's Big Love, which, like most interest in Mormon Polygamy, seems to be based on the titillation factor, more than anything else. We Methodists only have the expression Dry as a Methodist picnic to stereotype us. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: CoS in the news
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Dave Land wrote: On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 12:20 PM Monday 1/28/2008, Dave Land wrote: Then again, I am at the far-liberal end of Christianity, to the point that there are probably plenty who call themselves Christians who, learning what I believe, would no longer count me among their number. At least they don't ask you how many wives you have . . . Yes, it's amazing how a practice of your Church of roughly 100 years ago which, by some accounts, was not all that widely practiced, and by no means _the_ defining characteristic of the Church) is all that most people seem to know about. To some extent, you can thank HBO's Big Love, which, like most interest in Mormon Polygamy, seems to be based on the titillation factor, more than anything else. Apparently that took all the fantasy/romance out of the idea of polygamy or even polyamory for a number of guys, seeing the problems of having more than 1 female sexual partner in the household, and a few people who had had that fantasy gave it up after seeing Big Love. Or so I heard from a source that had no reason to be lying to me Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: CoS in the news
Dave wrote: Yes, it's amazing how a practice of your Church of roughly 100 years ago which, by some accounts, was not all that widely practiced, and by no means _the_ defining characteristic of the Church) is all that most people seem to know about. To some extent, you can thank HBO's Big Love, which, like most interest in Mormon Polygamy, seems to be based on the titillation factor, more than anything else. You don't think that polygamy was a major selling point when attempting to attract adherents? It's also notable that statehood was withheld from Utah long after it was eligible primarily _because_ of polygamy. Brigham Young, one of the most prominent figures in the LDS history, had 52 wives!!! Personally, I think that what occurs between consenting (emphasis on consenting) adults (further emphasis on adults is their own business and I don't care what they do as long as its within the law. I don't know how much of the show Big Love you've seen, but as Julia implied in her post, it could just as well have been called Big Problems. I think that the attraction of the show is good writing, good acting and a _fascinating_ predicament. Now I'm off to dinner for the 30th anniversary of marriage to my one and only! Doug Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
