RE: Mama cat . . .

2007-07-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:03 PM Monday 7/2/2007, Horn, John wrote: On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship Study Traces Cat's Ancestry to Middle East When this was posted on CNN.COM, the headline was House Cat Ancestor Of Middle Eastern Wildcat. That's quite a trick. Sounds like a story Heinlein might have written:

RE: Mama cat . . .

2007-07-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:24 PM Monday 7/2/2007, Dan Minette wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Seeberger Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 4:11 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Mama cat . . . - Original Message - From:

Playing . . . well, you know . . .

2007-07-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
I went out a few minutes ago to get the morning paper. As I got near the end of the driveway, I caught a glimpse of something grey and furry turning the corner by the mailbox. It was too small to be a full-grown cat and didn't move like a squirrel on the ground. When I got to the end of the

America's new political center

2007-07-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
[Perhaps of interest . . . ] America's new political center '60s liberalism and '80s conservatism yield to synthesis. By Gregory Rodriguez Brace yourself. It's the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love, and for the next few months you're bound to hear your share of breathless homages to

America's new political center

2007-07-03 Thread jon louis mann
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0703/p09s02-coop.html?page=1 *I don't remember the smell from unwashed hippies being all that sweet. Perhaps the author's perceptions were altered by other things he had previously inhaled . . . :P -- Ronn! :) Every generation has members who suffer from

2nd richest man

2007-07-03 Thread jon louis mann
If ever there was an example of the new world economy benefiting a very few wealthy elite Carlos Slim Hefu is the epitome of greed. Very little trickles down to the poor. The same thing is happening in China, Russia and other 3rd world countries. How long can this continue before people wake up

RIP Saberhagen

2007-07-03 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.locusmag.com/2007/2007NewsArchive.html SF and fantasy writer Fred Saberhagen, born 1930, died June 29, 2007, at the age of 77. He began publishing in 1961 with short stories in Galaxy and If magazines, and published collection Berserker in 1967, first in a series about interstellar