Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-12 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Debbi, if you're following this thread, McCaffrey has written some non-SF stuff, some of it about women who ride horses. Try _Ring of Fear_ or _The Lady_, unless you absolutely can't stand romances. :) I may have read _The Lady_...pony

Re: School adopts unconstitutional bible classes

2003-07-12 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Which SCOTUS member died, and how did Bush get Kneem's name approved so quickly by the Senate? From the information given in the article, it sounds like it is being run in the same manner as similar programs in other school districts which have operated successfully for years. --Ronn! :) I

Re: On the topic of atheism.

2003-07-12 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: massive snippage BTW, WTF an IPU? An Invisible Pink Unicorn. But this is a false impression, as The Unicorn Who Watches Over the World is *not* pink, but a silvery grey with 'blue roan'-type points. As proof of the existence of The One Who

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-12 Thread Jim Bertrand
From: Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know that this list was originally started as a list dedicated to discussion of specific authors and their books, so I thought I would bring up a topic that is closer to being actually on topic in the little time that I have to compose email today (at

Re: Sandy Kofax

2003-07-12 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yo G, do you know WHY Koufax didn't win the Cy Young award four years in a row? Be honest now, I didn't until a few minutes ago. I really wish Bob would quit disagreeing with you. I mean, Pedro pitches against the best players, from the worst

Re: Questec (was Sandy Kofax)

2003-07-12 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm curious as to peoples opinion on questec, the system baseball is now using to evaluate the umpire's strike calling. Info at http://espn.go.com/mlb/s/2003/0605/1563649.html Personally, I'm very happy to see them doing something about the

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-12 Thread Michael Harney
I would like to thank everyone who chimed in on this tread for the book suggestions. I will look for many of those on my next trip to the book store. For now, after I've finished _Expendable_ I will probably start reading _The Hobbit_. I want to read that book and all of the _Lord of the Rings_

Re: Sandy Kofax

2003-07-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: Kevin T. - VRWC I'll take Walter Johnson for $800 Alex. Hey, on Jeopardy! yesterday, there was, in fact, a category Johnson. I knew a lot of them. I knew one or two that the contestants at least weren't confident enough to buzz in on But Walter wasn't one of them. :)

Re: Sandy Kofax

2003-07-12 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 07:17 AM 7/12/2003 -0700, you wrote: --- Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yo G, do you know WHY Koufax didn't win the Cy Young award four years in a row? Be honest now, I didn't until a few minutes ago. I really wish Bob would quit disagreeing with you. I mean, Pedro pitches against

Re: Questec (was Sandy Kofax)

2003-07-12 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 07:23 AM 7/12/2003 -0700, you wrote: --- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm curious as to peoples opinion on questec, the system baseball is now using to evaluate the umpire's strike calling. Info at http://espn.go.com/mlb/s/2003/0605/1563649.html Personally, I'm very happy to

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: --- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Debbi, if you're following this thread, McCaffrey has written some non-SF stuff, some of it about women who ride horses. Try _Ring of Fear_ or _The Lady_, unless you absolutely can't stand romances. :) I

Tour de France comments question

2003-07-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Comments: In my paper today, on the front page of the sports section, there was a beautiful shot of the peloton riding through a spot where it was nicely wooded (gorgeous tall trees) on one side of the road, and enough of a gap in the trees to be able to get a shot of the peloton from the other

Re: Sandy Kofax

2003-07-12 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your best ever pitcher hasn't won the Cy Young award four times or three in a row. Not saying that as a dig, you may have said that you aren't using it as a measuring stick. He was second in the voting in 1998, but it was unanimous for Clemens.

Re: On the topic of atheism.

2003-07-12 Thread Doug Pensinger
Deborah Harrell wrote: Yet we live in a marvelous world, with such a variety of living things: snow algae! tube worms at volcanic vents in the bottom of the sea! terns that migrate practically Pole-to-Pole! wildebeasts in their herds-of-thousands! and us...the singing apes. All of us made

Re: On the topic of atheism.

2003-07-12 Thread Doug Pensinger
Deborah Harrell wrote: An Invisible Pink Unicorn. But this is a false impression, as The Unicorn Who Watches Over the World is *not* pink, but a silvery grey with 'blue roan'-type points. No its not! 8^) Doug ___

Re: Sandy Kofax

2003-07-12 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 08:27 pm, Gautam Mukunda wrote: But, Kevin, as I've said several times, I don't think he's the best ever pitcher, except on a game-for-game basis. If I had to pick a pitcher to win _one game_, I'd pick him - more specifically, the 1999 version of him. If I had to

Re: Sandy Kofax

2003-07-12 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/12/2003 2:27:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Adjusted for era, Pedro's numbers at his peak are just flat-out better. A modern's bias would be if the two were roughly equal, and I was saying _that_ showed that Pedro was better. But that is not, in

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-12 Thread G. D. Akin
Michael Harney wrote: snip . . . I will probably start reading _The Hobbit_. I want to read that book and all of the _Lord of the Rings_ books before the final movie comes out, and it occured to me that that is just a few months away. And none too soon. George A

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-12 Thread G. D. Akin
Julia Thompson wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: snip Joan D. Vinge's 'Psiteen' (?sp?) series looked at a future world in a gritty, cool way (think this was aimed at a younger readership, though). Haven't read any of those. I've read a couple of her other novels, and enjoyed them. Her

Gotta raise the BS flag on this one

2003-07-12 Thread G. D. Akin
As most of you know, I've been catching up on what you have all raved about, Babylon 5. I kept everyone up to date with an almost episode by episode commentary on season 1 and, as you told me, season 2 is even better. I have the season finale to watch later today (then a wait until next month

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-12 Thread William T Goodall
On Sunday, July 13, 2003, at 01:42 am, G. D. Akin wrote: Michael Harney wrote: snip . . . I will probably start reading _The Hobbit_. I want to read that book and all of the _Lord of the Rings_ books before the final movie comes out, and it occured to me that that is just a few months away.

Two very good reads

2003-07-12 Thread G. D. Akin
Recently, I've been reading the Hugo nominees in my annual attempt to be an informed voter. Just finished China Mieville's The Scar followed by HP 5 (not a Hugo nominee, but I like Harry). After those to lengthly, fantasy novels, I was ready for a change in pace. On the Larry Niven list awhile

Re: Gotta raise the BS flag on this one

2003-07-12 Thread Michael Harney
From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Season 2, while it took me awhile to get used to Sheridan (I liked Sinclcair), has gripped me from episode 1. However, last night I watched Comes the Inquisitor. I watched in astonishment as this horrible, pointless episode trudged through the torture of