Re: Itunes

At 10:50 AM 11/24/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: >Does anyone else hear use Itunes extensively? I was wondering if anyone >else has noticed some of the idiosyncrasies/problems that I have. A short >list: > >1. Shuffle. While I think that over a long time span the shuffle is >essentially ran

Re: Won what? (was Re: So it begins....)

At 06:32 AM 11/29/2004 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote: >JDG wrote: > >> Again, the only conclusion I can draw from using loaded language like "so >> it begins" is that religious conservatives either shouldn't be allowed to >> participate in the political process, or that if they are, they shouldn't >> eve

Re: Response to sorryeverybody

At 08:29 AM 12/1/2004 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >A response to sorryeverybody.com- > >www.apologiesaccepted.com You got me! I was thinking that a "response" would be something to the effect of www.sorelosers.com . Suffice to say that I was disappointed. :-( Anyhow, this stuff has got

Misc stuff

First off, this is to announce my third and final (I hope) big political salvo. That is, till the scandals start hitting that make Watergate look like a playground spat. FOlks are welcome to drop in at: http://www.davidbrin.com/realculturewar1.html comments & suggestions welcome. (Still some c

Re: Ow ow ow ow ow

--- Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And hey, you have an "in" with the hunky firefighters now. Drop by the > station with some cookies or something (pretense of a thank-you > gesture) and harvest a few names and phone numbers. Plant a couple > roses in that there fresh patch o' ma

Re: So it begins.... Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time

Warren, Probably it's safe to say that teasing/joking aren't the concern so much as whether one intends to hurt with the jokes. There you go. My buddy Gee, who is gay, calls himself a fag or a queer all the time. I'm not sure that someone who didn't know him *really* well would mean the same thi

Re: So it begins.... Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time

On Dec 1, 2004, at 4:52 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: William T Goodall wrote: Different culture. It doesn't seem likely the test was adjusted against other cultures. Maybe. All that part about teasing and making jokes... We make jokes about almost _everything_. Depends on the joke and context too

Re: So it begins.... Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:38:33 -0200, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Finally, as an exercise, I suggest you take this assessment and answer > >>> it truthfully. > >>> > >>>

Re: So it begins.... Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time

William T Goodall wrote: > >> I got: >> >> 52 - Your score rates you as "homophobic." >> >> ... but I don't consider myself _homophobic_. Maybe I missed something >> in the translation. > > Different culture. It doesn't seem likely the test was adjusted against > other cultures. > Maybe. All th

Re: So it begins.... Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time

On 1 Dec 2004, at 9:38 pm, Alberto Monteiro wrote: I got: 52 - Your score rates you as "homophobic." ... but I don't consider myself _homophobic_. Maybe I missed something in the translation. Different culture. It doesn't

Re: Wasting no time...

On Dec 1, 2004, at 2:22 PM, Dave Land wrote: On Dec 1, 2004, at 1:04 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Let's hear it for the religious loonies! They're doing exactly what they promised to do, and sooner than we realize it'll be 1950 all over again. Won't that just be grand? Why, it'll surely be ... gay.

Re: So it begins.... Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time

> > From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Finally, as an exercise, I suggest you take this assessment and answer >>> it truthfully. >>> >>> > I got: 52 - Your score rates you as "homophobic." In his

Re: Wasting no time...

On Dec 1, 2004, at 1:04 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Let's hear it for the religious loonies! They're doing exactly what they promised to do, and sooner than we realize it'll be 1950 all over again. Won't that just be grand? Why, it'll surely be ... gay. Hey! Are you teasing gays? That could lower

Wasting no time...

Let's hear it for the religious loonies! They're doing exactly what they promised to do, and sooner than we realize it'll be 1950 all over again. Won't that just be grand? Why, it'll surely be ... gay. Perhaps someone should remind Mr. Allen that it's *everyone's* culture. ==

Re: Ow ow ow ow ow

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, William T Goodall wrote: > > On 1 Dec 2004, at 6:31 pm, Dave Land wrote: > > > > The thing that bugs me is the new-agey, hippy BS that seems to go > > with it. For example, the spinal chart on the wall in the exam > > room is publised by "Space Odyssey, Ltd." Please. And t

Re: The Greatest Canadian

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > Yes. It would seem that embracing religion has an inverse effect on > one's sense of humor, or perhaps one's ability to unkink. I would > prescribe a colorectal polectomy, but that would probably be taken > seriously as well, and I'd be inundated with

Chiropractic [was Re: Ow ow ow ow ow]

On Dec 1, 2004, at 11:31 AM, Dave Land wrote: Separate, but related subject -- what does this august body know about Chiropractic? Everyone but chiropractors and their converts see it as quackery. The history of the practice is not very sound. It's a pseudoscientific pursuit at best, on par with h

Re: Ow ow ow ow ow

On Dec 1, 2004, at 9:36 AM, kerri miller wrote: Oh yeah, and I got into a car accident on the way home... :( My car is ok, too, more or less. :\ Me? I'm fine. :) It's good you're able to rebound, in multifarious ways, from your mishap. Too bad the lizard people are ... well, being lizard people.

Re: Ow ow ow ow ow

On 1 Dec 2004, at 6:31 pm, Dave Land wrote: Separate, but related subject -- what does this august body know about Chiropractic? I'm a bit of a Chiroskeptic, but my wife just started going to one in Campbell, CA and says she hasn't slept this well in years. Her success convinced me to drop 40 bucks

Re: The Greatest Canadian

On Nov 30, 2004, at 4:34 PM, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Would you think less of a neighbor to the south for his not knowing who the heck Tommy Douglas was until he looked it up? No, not at all. Who's Tommy Douglas? Oh, some nobk, eh. Probably a relative of Fre

Weekly Chat Reminder

As Steve said, "The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over six years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of

Re: Ow ow ow ow ow

In a message dated 12/1/2004 11:46:05 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I of course never saw one because I have the constitution of a horse Do they want it back? And how did the horse sign his John Hancock? Vilyehm ___ http:/

Re: Ow ow ow ow ow

> The thing that bugs me is the new-agey, hippy BS > that seems to go > with it. For example, the spinal chart on the wall > in the exam > room is publised by "Space Odyssey, Ltd." Please. > And the claim > on the video viewed before meeting with the doctor > to go over the > exam that "virtually

Re: So it begins.... Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time

- Original Message - From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 12:02 PM Subject: Re: So it begins Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time On Nov 30, 2004, at 11:27 PM, Bryon Daly wrote: > On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 1

Re: Ow ow ow ow ow

In a message dated 12/1/2004 11:31:39 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Separate, but related subject -- what does this august body know about Chiropractic? I know that you have the $40 I don't. They certainly can help out on a crooked neck. But lots of people can

Re: Ow ow ow ow ow

Kerri, I'm sorry to hear about your accident, sorry your car is mushed, relieved to hear that you're not too badly beaten up by it, and delighted to hear that you were able to see the blessings in it, at least in the form of the hunky crowd that descended on you. Separate, but related subject -- wh

Re: So it begins.... Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time

On Nov 30, 2004, at 11:27 PM, Bryon Daly wrote: On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:36:18 -0500, Matthew and Julie Bos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 11/30/04 4:34 PM, "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did, and got. 16 -

Re: Ow ow ow ow ow

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Ow ow ow ow ow

So what did you do last night? Me? Oh, nothing much. Went out to see Kinsey with a friend. Good time, good movie, ate too much popcorn. That's about it. Oh yeah, and I got into a car accident on the way home... doh Coming down an arterial, a big Mercedes was crossing the arterial from the street

Response to sorryeverybody

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