Re: TV comedians target Cheney hunting accident

2006-02-14 Thread G. D. Akin
LOL! - Original Message - From: Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 1:20 PM Subject: TV comedians target Cheney hunting accident Television talk shows took aim Monday at U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney's accidental weekend

Re: Hyperion

2006-02-14 Thread Jim Sharkey
Maru Dubshinki wrote: I never thought of putting it in per-character terms. I always broke it down into factions- ie. you had the first timeline, in which TechnoCore and humand warred, which sent back Mnemosyne; you had the other timeline with the twin UIs, which dispatched one of the shrikes,

Re: Hyperion

2006-02-14 Thread Maru Dubshinki
On 2/14/06, Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hrm. I think after reading the Endymion books I'd have to add a fourth line, wherein the Shrike is there to protect Aenea, possibly sent by those in the Void. Though it could be an intercepted and altered Shrike from the UIs, or sent by the

Fwd: Perspectives: Political Humour from John Cleese

2006-02-14 Thread Nick Arnett
In light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and

Re: Perspectives: Political Humour from John Cleese

2006-02-14 Thread Maru Dubshinki
On 2/14/06, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume

Re: Hyperion

2006-02-14 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 2/14/2006 12:06:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I found interesting about the first two books was not the SF portions of it nearly as much as the *human* portions. The stories of the pilgrims were all gripping, and that's what I liked about

Re: Perspectives: Political Humour from John Cleese

2006-02-14 Thread Nick Arnett
Aw heck. That takes all the fun out of it. Not really. Actually, I thought about checking snopes.com, but figured that's like a pilot going to the flight surgeon -- nothing positive can happen. Nick On 2/14/06, Maru Dubshinki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Perspectives: Political Humour from John Cleese

2006-02-14 Thread Julia Thompson
I was going to suggest you should have checked snopes.com. :) And that was going around a few years ago. I got it from a friend before we moved into this house, and that move was more than 3.5 years ago. :) Julia Nick Arnett wrote: Aw heck. That takes all the fun out of it.

Re: Perspectives: Political Humour from John Cleese

2006-02-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:16 PM Tuesday 2/14/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: Aw heck. That takes all the fun out of it. Not really. Actually, I thought about checking snopes.com, but figured that's like a pilot going to the flight surgeon -- nothing positive can happen. Which reminds me: a bit late for Valentine's