Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-17 Thread Julia Thompson
jon louis mann wrote: Maru is part of a Japanese ship's name, as in 'Kobayashi Maru.' On-List, it's used as part of a post signature title, and usually relates to the content of the post, with humor, silliness or even seriousness value-added. Debbi Helpful Not Meddlesome Maru ;) thanks

RE: Re Cost of conservation

2007-05-17 Thread Dan Minette
You ignored my general call for less planned obsolesence and picked on only one example, that of home decor. Did you expect me to discuss every area of consumption in detail? I picked an example where fashion just gave one example. Debbie, I try to get to specific when I discuss things.

RE: Re Cost of conservation

2007-05-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:31 AM Thursday 5/17/2007, Dan Minette wrote: [snip] What people often refer to now, when they speak of planned obsolescence, is the tendency to throw something away when it breaks, instead of getting it fixed. But, that's a different phenomenon. Many items, such as TVs, are so cheap and

2007 Upfronts

2007-05-17 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.tv.com/special_feature/2007upfront/nbc/index.html The networks have announced the new shows (most of which will be cancelled of course) for 2007/8. Those of scifi-ish interest: NBC The Bionic Woman Jamie Sommers is a young woman working as a bartender and raising her teenage

Re: 2007 Upfronts

2007-05-17 Thread William T Goodall
On 18 May 2007, at 01:53, William T Goodall wrote: http://www.tv.com/special_feature/2007upfront/nbc/index.html The networks have announced the new shows (most of which will be cancelled of course) for 2007/8. Those of scifi-ish interest: CBS Moonlight This new drama tells the story of a

Re: 2007 Upfronts

2007-05-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:53 PM Thursday 5/17/2007, William T Goodall wrote: The networks have announced the new shows (most of which will be cancelled of course) for 2007/8. Those of scifi-ish interest: NBC The Bionic Woman Jamie Sommers is a young woman working as a bartender and raising her teenage sister, Becca.

Re: 2007 Upfronts

2007-05-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
(Since William did it, I presume I can do it too . . .) At 09:12 PM Thursday 5/17/2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 07:53 PM Thursday 5/17/2007, William T Goodall wrote: The networks have announced the new shows [snip] ABC Cavemen Based on the famous Geico commercials, At least it's not