Re: Um, does this make any sense?

2006-02-17 Thread Julia Thompson
Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 2/16/06, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.timecube.com/ I'll explain where I found the link after a suitable number of people have expressed their bogglement. What is this bogglement? How can you not understand this page of subsmissive [sic

Re: More lies exposed

2006-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4379422.stm Abortion depression link queried There is no credible evidence that women who terminate an unwanted first pregnancy are at a higher risk of depression, researchers say. A recent US study had suggested having an

Um, does this make any sense?

2006-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
http://www.timecube.com/ I'll explain where I found the link after a suitable number of people have expressed their bogglement. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

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: Irregulars: C++ Memory Allocation Weirdness (not greatly helpful)

2006-02-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 09:21 AM Saturday 2/11/2006, Bryon Daly wrote: On 2/10/06, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So is this right?: It looks like it should successfully swap the byte order for you. You should be able to test it easily enough by writing the same number once with

Re: New 'planet' bigger than Pluto

2006-02-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 2/6/06, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 6, 2006, at 1:00 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: So he's not going with the convention a number of other astromers are using, referring to it as Xena? If there´s any logic, it should be named America Spoiler space

Re: New 'planet' bigger than Pluto

2006-02-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: I keep on talking about my object as that thing we found or 2003 UB313, which is a horrible name, said Mike Brown, a Cal Tech planetary scientist who discovered the object with colleagues Chad Trujillo of the Gemini Observatory and David Rabinowitz of Yale

Re: Steelers!

2006-02-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: Yay! Although I normally shun television, with rare exceptions such the State of the Union... I got my overdose of popular culture today and watch the Steelers, my old hometown team, get one for the thumb. More than 20 years ago, I was covering the celebrations downtown (or

Something that might be of interest

2006-02-04 Thread Julia Thompson
A Field Guide to Quackery and Pseudoscience: Part 1: http://photoninthedarkness.blogspot.com/2006/01/field-guide-to-quackery-and.html http://tinyurl.com/bsejv Part 2: http://photoninthedarkness.blogspot.com/2006/01/field-guide-to-quackery-and_15.html http://tinyurl.com/ahm9d Part 3:

Re: The Radioactive Boy Scout

2006-02-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Patrick Sweeney wrote: Hi folks, I'm currently re-reading The Radioactive Boy Scout by Ken Silverstein. It's the true story of a teenager near Detroit who tried to build a breeder reactor in his back yard shed in the 1990s - the EPA eventually had to clean it up. It's an interesting read, though

Question for Aussies

2006-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
What are the usual ingredients in a meat pie? AFOAA (a friend of an acquaintance) has opened up a restaurant in Austin selling Australian-style meat pies, and I'd like to find out before I trek all the way down there whether or not I'm likely to be able to eat them (weird assortment of food

Re: Question for Aussies

2006-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 1/31/06, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the usual ingredients in a meat pie? AFOAA (a friend of an acquaintance) has opened up a restaurant in Austin selling Australian-style meat pies, and I'd like to find out before I trek all the way down

Re: Question for Aussies

2006-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Andrew Paul wrote: Mauro's recipe is pretty good.. Not that I have actually ever made one, just eaten plenty, but the thrust is correct. Basically meat with meat and meat sauce, wrapped in pastry. Ones with bacon would usually be clearly identified as such (i.e. Steak and Bacon) as would often

Re: Question for Aussies

2006-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Russell Chapman wrote: Sending us a message at 4am will always slow the response, especially with late cricket and the Commonwealth swimming trials the night before :-) I didn't know about the sporting events, but I figured when I posted that it would be a few hours before I got an

Re: Football, was Re: Question for Aussies

2006-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: Julia wrote: Did anything go the way you wanted it to? Most of the NFL playoff games went (IMO) the WRONG way -- I think one weekend, out of 4 games, 2 went the way I really didn't want them to, 1 went the way I wanted it to, and the remaining 1 I didn't care too much

Re: Football, was Re: Question for Aussies

2006-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: Julia wrote: Did anything go the way you wanted it to? Most of the NFL playoff games went (IMO) the WRONG way -- I think one weekend, out of 4 games, 2 went the way I really didn't want them to, 1 went the way I wanted it to, and the remaining 1 I didn't care too much

Re: What some women have always known . . .

2006-01-26 Thread Julia Thompson
Andrew Paul wrote: Julia Thompson Subject: Re: What some women have always known . . . Deborah Harrell wrote: Wasn't an article posted some time back about human females selecting for humor in their mates, as a possible driving force for larger brain capacity? Or was that in one

Brin: Something of interest

2006-01-25 Thread Julia Thompson
http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/06/01/int06002.html It's an interview with Mark Crispin Miller, an author who wrote a book on the stealing of the 2004 election. I thought this would interest you, and it might interest others here. This paragraph in particular made me think you'd be

Re: What some women have always known . . .

2006-01-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: Wasn't an article posted some time back about human females selecting for humor in their mates, as a possible driving force for larger brain capacity? Or was that in one of Himself's writings? Selection for humor seems overrated when one is sleep-deprived. :)

Re: Having children 'is bad for your mental health'

2006-01-21 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:33:08 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/17/2006 9:37:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You must have been spared the cliche of your parents starting to ask on your wedding day how soon they could expect to

Re: Having children 'is bad for your mental health'

2006-01-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:16 PM Tuesday 1/17/2006, Julia Thompson wrote: William T Goodall wrote: On 17 Jan 2006, at 4:39 am, Ritu wrote: William T Goodall wrote: Enormous costs and intangible benefits that sound like members of a cult :) Hee! So is this your new Cause

Re: Having children 'is bad for your mental health'

2006-01-17 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: On 16 Jan 2006, at 8:13 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote: William wrote: The study's findings will make happy reading for couples who have decided to enjoy the freedom and lack of responsibility associated with not having children. This just in: living only for

Re: Having children 'is bad for your mental health'

2006-01-17 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: On 16 Jan 2006, at 6:54 pm, Matt Grimaldi wrote: William wrote: The study's findings will make happy reading for couples who have decided to enjoy the freedom and lack of responsibility associated with not having children. Doug wrote: Hmmm, having

Re: Fwd: How Texan Are You?.

2006-01-12 Thread Julia Thompson
OK, I'll answer a few of these. On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: [Don't blame me. I'm only forwarding it . . . ] 7) How many cars and/or trucks are parked in your yard? a) 15-20 b) 21-25 c) 26-30 d) beer d 9) Country music is so great because... a) it makes me cry b) it goes

Re: Raspberry chipotle (or, is anybody home?)

2006-01-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: I tried a raspberry chipotle sauce, given to me over Christmas break (also Kwanzaa, Hannukah, etc.!!), over fish -- dee-lish! Maybe I should have titled this cocoa additives...? Debbi Be Vewy, Vewy Kwi-at Maru :) I've just been eating my raspberry chipotle salsa with

Re: MoMA and Pixar

2006-01-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:25 AM Monday 1/9/2006, Jim Sharkey wrote: My younger two enjoyed seeing the exhibits as well, though my littlest loudly proclaimed, upon seeing a statue of a naked guy, that His weiner's hanging out, Daddy! Yes, well, that's called art, honey, and sometimes

Re: Google: creator of the universe = FSM #1hit......News at 11

2006-01-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://www.venganza.org/ I am surprised at how often this site changes and how much it has grown. I end up back there about every 6 weeks or so and it seems to greatly grow in content everytime I visit. The funniest thing is the merchandising and the

Re: For those who read the articles, presumably . . .

2006-01-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Sirius Satellite Radio and Playboy Enterprises Thursday said they will be launching a Playboy-branded radio channel within the next few months. http://www.physorg.com/news9621.html I like some of the articles, actually. But I'm not getting Sirius anytime soon. (If I

Re: Let's Roll

2006-01-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Let's Roll Just stumbled on this this morning. It is an Unreal (the game) stabilized version of

Re: Let's Roll

2006-01-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:31 PM Wednesday 1/4/2006, Julia Thompson wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Let's Roll Just

Re: Let's Roll

2006-01-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 06:21 PM Wednesday 1/4/2006, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 2:31 PM Subject: Re: Let's Roll Robert Seeberger wrote

Re: URLx

2006-01-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: Try this link to see if it works. http://urlx.org/amazon.com/0375 1) There are only FIVE COPIES IN STOCK! ORDER NOW! 2) Needs more reviews. Anyone? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Texas Wins!

2006-01-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: Wow! What a great game! Anyone could have won in the last few minutes. One of the best games I've seen in years. xponent Vince Maru rob 41-38 That was the most intense 4 minutes I've had with clothes on in a very long time!!! YAY HORNS! Julia

Re: Let's Roll

2006-01-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Horn, John wrote: [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Land I know that other 9/11 analyses have been posted to this list, but I came across a one-hour documentary that concludes that it is more likely than not that the government was actually behind the attacks I have not had a

Re: Words phrases that should be banished.

2006-01-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Jan 2, 2006, at 5:09 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: My bad - This is just bad grammar and silly slang. I cringe when I hear educated adults say this. I was happy as heck to see the phrase Cowboy up go. I have no idea where it originated (nor any

Re: Media Myth # 1 missing..

2005-12-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Nunn wrote: I just realized that Media Myth #1 was missing from that ABCnews article I posted a link to. I did a quick search, and found this (see below) but couldn't find the write-up on it 1. The rivers around New York city are toxic. I e-mailed support and asked where that one

Re: Media Myth - Guns Are Always Bad for Us

2005-12-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: I'm a realist when it comes to firearms in this country; we'd sooner ban pizza than guns. But that doesn't negate the fact that they're a serious problem. I'd sooner ban guns than pizza. Not sure how my next-door neighbor who owns a pizza joint and a gun feels about

Re: Cocoa additives

2005-12-29 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Denton wrote: On 12/18/05, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: 2005/12/12, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I like having something minty in my cocoa. :) One of my favorite winter drinks is a mug of hot chocolate, made with milk, that has marshmallow peeps

Re: Merry Chrismakwanzahanayule!

2005-12-25 Thread Julia Thompson
kerri miller wrote: To celebrate the season, I made this. Dig in, there's plenty to share! http://www.livejournal.com/users/kerrizor/374310.html Whoa, wait, you're kerrizor? You know Chuck! Dang, it seems that over 1% of the people I run into randomly know Chuck -- and they tend to be the

Re: Have a Nice Winter Break...

2005-12-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Maru Dubshinki wrote: On 12/24/05, Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Political correctness past moderation! So, hope your Solstice was Soulful, and Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kool Kwanzaa, and Delightful Diwali (although that's a bit late, I think!). I just finished a costumed

Re: Flashback

2005-12-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's a song, They'll Know We are Christians by Our Love. whiplash Whew, just got jolted back to Vacation Bible School -- is that a Lutheran song, or generic Protestant? :) Well, I learned it as an Episcopalian, and my

Re: The Tick (was Re: NZ devil Santas terrorise Auckland)

2005-12-21 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: Steve Sloan wrote: Your post reminded me to check TVShowsOnDVD.com, to see if there was any news about The Tick cartoon on DVD. No such luck, but I voted for it on the site. Maybe one of these days... I taped a bunch of the episodes when they first aired, so I have them

Re: My annual Xmas tirade... Was RE: An armed society ...

2005-12-21 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: William T Goodall wrote: Max Battcher wrote: Last time I saw anything: 75-80% total, 50% or less of the Server market, 50% or less of the nerd market. Whatever the peak was it's certainly in decline now. Yeah, Gates is letting his guard slip with all that sissy-ass

Re: The ReichliKlan Scandal Cycle

2005-12-20 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://daoureport.salon.com/synopsis.aspx?synopsisId=a6da2e05-c808-4f7e-9ab2-3d2a01a82a15 [snip] 8. Reporters and media outlets obfuscate and equivocate, pretending to ask tough questions but essentially pushing the same narratives they've developed and perfected over the past

Re: Communing with Satan in Madison Wisconsin

2005-12-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: Madison is not called MadTown for nothing. :-) It's what Austin aspires to be. ducking quickly Austin would be fine if the Lege would stop invading on a regular basis. :D Julia ___

Re: Communing with Satan in Madison Wisconsin

2005-12-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 5:52 PM Subject: Re: Communing with Satan in Madison Wisconsin Dan Minette wrote: Madison is not called MadTown for nothing

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Nunn wrote: http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/hills/1742/ Click on Made for TV near the end of the page, see if anything there looks familiar. (And if this leads you to it, you have a guy named Scott to thank.) Julia Wow, give my thanks to Scott :-) The eighth entry

Re: Hiring Tech Support (Politically Incorrect, With Apologies Beforehand to Ritu)

2005-12-19 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: On 19 Dec 2005, at 3:45 am, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: (I did hear from someone who said he has talked to Mujibar several times, and each time he gave a different name . . . ) Maybe Dell hires someone else. :) (Or were any of these occasions

Re: NZ devil Santas terrorise Auckland

2005-12-19 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/19/santa_rampage/ When St Nick goes bad By Lester Haines Published Monday 19th December 2005 13:45 GMT The shaken residents of Auckland, New Zealand, are today recovering from a terrifying ordeal provoked by 40 rioting Santas

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Nunn wrote: http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/hills/1742/ Click on Made for TV near the end of the page, see if anything there looks familiar. (And if this leads you to it, you have a guy named Scott to thank.) Julia Wow, give my thanks to Scott :-) I sent him a link

Re: Communing with Satan in Madison Wisconsin

2005-12-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Dec 18, 2005, at 7:53 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: The Fool wrote: http://mediamatters.org/items/200512140012 O'REILLY: -- in the South, Richmond Times[-Dispatch], for example. BAIN: Right. O'REILLY: Now, this is a conservative city, Richmond. I mean, this is not Madison

Re: A visit from St. Dick

2005-12-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: On 12/19/05, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 18, 2005, at 11:13 AM, The Fool wrote: www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/13982068p-14815643c.html 'Twas the month before Christmas And as I lit candles, Conservatives stirred -- They were onto a scandal. They want

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Russell Chapman wrote: Andrew Paul wrote: That sounds like Chiefs, which I cant say I saw, and seems to be a movie. http://www.learmedia.ca/product_info.php/products_id/652 1983, but it has many of the elements that Gary noted, such as taking place over a long time frame. Charlton

Re: Fwd: Hiring Tech Support (Politically Incorrect, With Apologies Beforehand to Ritu)

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Mujibar was trying to get a job in India. The Personnel Manager said, Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it you cannot qualify for this job. Mujibar said, I am ready. The manager said, Make a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink and

Re: Fwd: Hiring Tech Support (Politically Incorrect, With Apologies Beforehand to Ritu)

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:53 AM Sunday 12/18/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Mujibar was trying to get a job in India. The Personnel Manager said, Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it you cannot qualify for this job. Mujibar said, I

Re: Cocoa additives

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Dec 17, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: 2005/12/12, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I like having something minty in my cocoa. :) And it's just the time for it. One of my favourite seasonal treats is hot chocolate with a candy cane suspended from

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: She's not going to name him Hoss or Skeeter, but he might have his daddy's name, or he might have the name of one or more of his first cousins, and nicknames like Hoss or Skeeter will identify him more precisely than

Re: Communing with Satan in Madison Wisconsin

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://mediamatters.org/items/200512140012 O'REILLY: -- in the South, Richmond Times[-Dispatch], for example. BAIN: Right. O'REILLY: Now, this is a conservative city, Richmond. I mean, this is not Madison, Wisconsin, where you expect those people to be communing with Satan

Re: Cocoa additives

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Nunn wrote: 2005/12/12, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I like having something minty in my cocoa. :) One of my favorite winter drinks is a mug of hot chocolate, made with milk, that has marshmallow peeps floating in it instead of standard marshmallows. I find that the Christmas

Re: Laws that should have been...

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Nunn wrote: A couple of things that should be laws in the US 1. Toys that come with McDonald's Happy Meals, must be approved by a panel of parents that have children in the target age group, and drive in the car with them for more than 10 minutes after acquiring the toy. 2. Any

Re: Laws that should have been...

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:29 AM, Doug Pensinger wrote: On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:18:28 -0500, Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. Any toy sold in the US that makes noise of any kind, MUST have a volume or on/off switch. Heh. My mom always bought my kids the most anoying

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Gary Nunn wrote: I apologize if I have asked this here before, but for several years I have been trying to identify a TV show I saw in the mid to late 80's, late one night. It was a police show, and I think their police station was an old bakery. The show

Re: Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'

2005-12-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: “Mr. President,” one aide in the meeting said. “There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution.” “Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!” I’ve talked to three people

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Nunn wrote: I apologize if I have asked this here before, but for several years I have been trying to identify a TV show I saw in the mid to late 80's, late one night. It was a police show, and I think their police station was an old bakery. The show jumped back and forth and followed the

Re: Cocoa additives

2005-12-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: Gary Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is allspice not good in cocoa? snip On 12/9/05, Deborah Harrell wrote: Not so good: allspice. I didn't think that the taste enhanced that of cocoa - not sure why; you might decide differently. I didn't like molasses in

Re: Cocoa additives

2005-12-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: Mauro the gourmand Diotallevi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife says that nutmeg goes with everything. But I personally have always enjoyed mixing sweet with hot and spicy. Think mango and chipotle peppers together, for an example, or papaya and cayenne. Or the

Re: RepubliKlan Amerika:Valtrex

2005-12-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: Andrew Paul wrote: Skimming some fundamentalist web-sites, this caught my eye. What if man did establish a lasting world peace? What would be accomplished by this? Yes, it would be great on the surface to live on earth in peace, but what would be the long term effect?

Re: RepubliKlan Amerika:Valtrex

2005-12-06 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] He probably *is* serious. (If Andrew could provide the URL I might be able to check out the site and get a better idea of whether or not it's serious or satire.) There's lots of awful stuff being said and done in the name

Re: Donald Rumsfeld Is Mad As a Hatter

2005-12-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:08 PM Tuesday 12/6/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Hm. Hatters were mad due to mercury poisoning. CHELATION THERAPY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelation_therapy Julia ok, maybe not, but the word chelation is pretty cool, isn't it? Do you know

Re: RepubliKlan Amerika:Valtrex

2005-12-05 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://www.livejournal.com/users/triggur/104525.html I know a young woman who has the misfortune to have contracted genital herpes. She is on a daily regimen of Valtrex to prevent symptoms from manifesting themselves. Recently she took her prescription to a pharmacist who was

Re: RepubliKlan Amerika:Valtrex

2005-12-05 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool wrote: http://www.livejournal.com/users/triggur/104525.html I know a young woman who has the misfortune to have contracted genital herpes. She is on a daily regimen of Valtrex to prevent symptoms from manifesting themselves

Re: Defeat in Victory

2005-12-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 00:57:22 +1100, Andrew Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hate how terrorism and the war in Iraq have come to dominate debate so. I notice that Gautam and JDG rarely post these days, and there is no-one to staunchly dispute the centrist viewpoints we all

Re: Defeat in Victory

2005-12-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 10:10 AM Sunday 12/4/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: I'm not going to jump into the Iraq debate except to ask for clarifications. I have too many other things Would that number be 3? Well, after Dan's outpatient procedure on Tuesday, it was more like 4 for a few

Re: My annual Xmas tirade... Was RE: An armed society ...

2005-12-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 01:16 PM Sunday 12/4/2005, Gary Nunn wrote: What are these people thinking when they bring young children to shop for others and then are mean and nasty to the kids because they naturally want toys that they see? Maybe they could not find a baby sitter

Re: An armed society ...

2005-12-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Nov 30, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Robert J. Chassell wrote: An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. -- Robert A. Heinlein, _Beyond the Horizon_, 1942 I am not much of a sci-fi fan, and I suspect that

Re: Brin: AIs Nanos... dangerous children?

2005-12-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Nov 30, 2005, at 11:30 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: The only problem with that suggestion is that it's people who feel like you do who believe in gun control, while it's the conservatives and the Christians who have all the firearms . . . :P Not all Christians are

Re: Brin: left-right inanities

2005-12-03 Thread Julia Thompson
David Brin wrote: Over at http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/ I am doing my best to offend both left and right by appraising exactly how many insipid stupidities of liberalism led to our being ruled by right-wing morons. Drop by and be ready to blink, wondering whether to be offended. I'd be

Re: Brin: left-right inanities

2005-12-03 Thread Julia Thompson
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Brin wrote: Over at http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/ I am doing my best to offend both left and right by appraising exactly how many insipid stupidities of liberalism led to our being ruled by right-wing morons. Drop by and be ready to blink

Re: Br!n: AIs Nanos... dangerous children?

2005-12-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Nov 29, 2005, at 7:22 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: In the Phoenix area. So not so close. But I bet it's prettier where your stepfather is. (For some definition of pretty, anyway.) Depends. The Northern Mohave Desert tends to shade a lot toward olive drab

Re: Brin: AIs Nanos... dangerous children?

2005-12-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Nov 29, 2005, at 8:32 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: The problem is that a lot of innocent people will suffer and die in the process. I guess that's why I vacillate between disgust and intolerance for such idiots, but never anything like a quiet shrug. So on my good days

Re: Br!n: AIs Nanos... dangerous children?

2005-11-29 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Nov 27, 2005, at 8:49 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Nov 21, 2005, at 2:05 PM, David Brin wrote: Two very strong points. Though please remember there are some honest and intelligent Republicans. I even know a few. FWIW, my state has McCain

Re: Brin: AIs Nanos... dangerous children?

2005-11-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Nov 21, 2005, at 2:05 PM, David Brin wrote: Two very strong points. Though please remember there are some honest and intelligent Republicans. I even know a few. FWIW, my state has McCain, and my stepfather is without question one of the most upstanding men I've

Re: White House Ghosts

2005-11-27 Thread Julia Thompson
PAT MATHEWS wrote: Living in a fantasy world - you say that like it's a bad thing. From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: White House Ghosts Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:37:47

Re: White House Ghosts

2005-11-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: Julia wrote: who has fond memories of the schadenfreude of a woman in her 70s on a day Falwell went on the air to plead for contributions to help cover what the IRS said he owed them Great word! Had to look it up. It's a very useful word. :) I use it

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: I don't find the suits identical myself. They would look quite strange on the street here. It's the ties that get me. Why are there ties? The suit itself looks like a truncated version of the formal robes from the original series. The cut looks odd to say the least,

Re: RIP Ed

2005-11-24 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: Ed, our twelve year old greyhound, was euthanised today just before noon. He hurt his leg on Friday which turned out to be a fracture which turned out to be due to bone cancer. He'd been at the veterinary hospital since Friday on painkillers while we waited to

Re: the US's stance compared poorly with that of China

2005-11-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: On 11/19/05, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Land wrote: A specialist on torture -- he/she should not be what we expect when we hear this expression. Torquemada was a specialist on torture. I think Torquemada was a specialist *in* torture. Ah,

Re: They've cloned the president

2005-11-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: It seems to me that the Media handled Nixon quite differently during Watergate and I might be unfair in expecting the media to photograph for posterity the emperers full frontal nudity rather than dance around the subject trying to pinch his behind. That's

Re: Things that make you Duh!

2005-11-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: Sometimes you read a gag, and many years later you get it, or at the very least, you get where it came from. For example, in _Peanuts_, whenever Snoopy was starting his novel, he opened it with It was a dark and stormy night. Now this, in and of itself, is clearly him

Re: Time Waster 2

2005-11-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://www.gieson.com/Library/projects/games/matter/ Sort of an intelligence test. xponent Too Slow Maru rob Spatial intelligence. Not the end-all, be-all for intelligence. Julia ___

Re: Irregulars Inquiry: how to judge unique, rivalrous item

2005-11-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 09:09 PM Sunday 11/13/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:39 PM Sunday 11/13/2005, Robert J. Chassell wrote: For example, do you know whether the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States was born in 1747, 1755, or 1757; do you

Re: Irregulars Inquiry: how to judge unique, rivalrous item

2005-11-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:39 PM Sunday 11/13/2005, Robert J. Chassell wrote: For example, do you know whether the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States was born in 1747, 1755, or 1757; do you know about his birthdate controversy? No, but I know I have the same problem

Re: Math Idol

2005-11-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: If the writers of equations had an Academy Awards or a Pullitzer Prize, the finalists might be Maxwell, Euler, Newton, Einstein, and whoever can take credit for 1+1=2. If I had to chose a _mathematical_ equation, without doubt it would e^(i pi) + 1 = 0. Yeah. Can I

Re: Math Idol

2005-11-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: Ronn! wrote: This is a question I have wondered before. Is it possible to set up a web page for the list so members can share things like graphics? Some of the commercial list hosts have a picture album associated with each list which can be use for such things. If

Re: The Tweel

2005-11-10 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Wasn't that the name of the Martian in Stanley G. Winebaum's A Martian Odyssey? That's what I was thinking. Need to add it to my list of things to check in various books in the library when I have 20 minutes. :) Julia

Re: Keyboard fetish.

2005-11-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Street wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: My favorite part, was the last line in a string of things to prevent spreading the flu: - During flu season, never let anyone lick your keyboard. Too late. ;-) If it's a cat or a dog, I wouldn't worry quite as much. :) I would wash thoroughly

Re: Keyboard fetish.

2005-11-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:53 AM Friday 11/4/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Kevin Street wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: My favorite part, was the last line in a string of things to prevent spreading the flu: - During flu season, never let anyone lick your keyboard. Too late. ;-) If it's

Re: Keyboard fetish.

2005-11-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Nunn wrote: An interesting article on the flu on MSN Health today. Typical stuff don't go to work sick, wash your hands, yadda, yadda, yadda.. My favorite part, was the last line in a string of things to prevent spreading the flu: - During flu season, never let anyone lick your

Re: Beer For Geeks

2005-11-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 09:43 PM Monday 10/31/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 06:18 PM Monday 10/31/2005, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: Beer for Geeks DOS Beer: [snip] I take it this was written before the appearance of BeerXP, much less Longhorn

Re: Scouted: Turner Classic Movies to air 9 Anime Films

2005-11-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: The Fool wrote: Every Thursday in January Turner Classic Movies will air 2 Ghibli movies (3 on January 19th) starting at 8pm. I've seen four of the six Miyzaki movies listed (Spirited Away, Mononoke, Castle in the Sky and Totoro, and I've heard good things about Porco

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