JDG wrote:
Upon coming back from vacation today, I was stunned
by the number of e-mail forwards mocking the French
in my e-mail box.Its almost like this
meme had arrisen overnight (or else over the weekend),
and there definitely seens to be almost to the point
of pop-culture
Jon Gabriel wrote:
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Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: Reggie Bautista
http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/?ArID=15071
Explosion on Staten Island
Updated: 2/21/2003 10:57 AM
By: Capital News 9 web staff
A massive fire is sending flames and black smoke hundreds of feet into
the air over New York.
The blaze broke out at around 10 a.m. Friday
On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Reggie Bautista wrote:
It's interesting to see how two different people can like
the same things for different and sometimes contradictory
reasons. I think your analysis is really very good, but
you obviously look at ST:TOS and ST:TNG differently than
I, and that's
subject line says it all.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030221/D7PBADV00.html
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At 08:37 AM 2/20/03 -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, The Fool wrote:
LOL! I've read Moby Dick twice, sir, and STII is no Moby Dick. :-)
It
quotes Moby Dick, true. Plot by Ian Fleming, with additional dialogue
by
Dickens and Melville.
Khan is Ahab, Kirk is the
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Khan is Ahab, Kirk is the whale.
C'mon, Shatner wasn't THAT big. :-)
Scotty, perhaps?
ducking
Unlike Scotty
Marvin Long
Gratuitous pratfall Maru
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
At 08:49 2003-02-21 -0300, Alberto wrote:
I am conditioned from Kindergarten to think of the
French as the enemies. They are the only foreign
power that sacked Rio de Janeiro. A really evil
people. [the Dutch are evil, too, but their invasion
was much closer to the equator than this tropical
site]
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Subject: The Day the Protest Music Died
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:09:36 -0600
http://archive.nytimes.com/2003/02/20/opinion/20THU4.html
The Trouble With Corporate Radio: The Day the
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Things you say to a proctologist.
I believe they prefer Colo-Rectal Surgeon nowadays. :-)
A physician claims these are actual comments from his
patients made while he was performing exams and colonoscopies:
1. Take it easy, Doc, you're boldly going where no man
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I think that this is the film clip that the Sci-Fi channel uses for the
promo shots of Scare Tactics. And they cancelled Farscape to produce
this type of crapola :-(
From The Smoking Gun website..
In the latest bizarre lawsuit arising from a reality TV show, a Los
Angeles woman is suing
From Slate's Daryl Cagle. He's their cartoonist. This was in their daily
newsletter.
Le Monde recently printed an article about how our political cartoonists are
being pressured by the Bush Administration to support the war on Iraq.
(Nice quality piece of research on their part, since I'd
At 03:57 PM 2/21/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
Debbi
who still wants to be a charter member of CQBHRA
???
-- Ronn! :)
Almighty Ruler of the all,
Whose Power extends to great and small,
Who guides the stars with steadfast law,
Whose least creation fills with awe,
O grant thy mercy and
*bonks self with soda bottle several times*
Now, if only they'd chase that stupid psychic off the air..
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At 03:57 PM 2/21/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
Debbi
who still wants to be a charter
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snippage
Jon or Reggie (I lost track!) wrote:
I thought everyone had seen that! Heck, Shatner
even wrote a book
entitled Get a Life! I would easily be able to
convincingly argue
that I'm one of the biggest ST fans on the list
and even I
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Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 13:57:03 -0500
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
Actually, this relationship is one of
*bonks self with soda bottle several times*
Now, if only they'd chase that stupid psychic off the air..
-j-
I can deal with John Edwards in small doses. But the Dream Team is a
blatant attempt to capitalize on the sex and more sex theme factor.
Almost every dream on that stupid show is about
In the news, we're hearing about bars refusing to carry or serve French
wine, and fast-food places re-naming French fries as Freedom Fries, but
at least so far no one has suggested a ban on French kissing . . .
Looking On The Bright Side Maru
-- Ronn! :)
Almighty Ruler of the all,
Whose
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*bonks self with soda bottle several times*
Now, if only they'd
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--- John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John D. Giorgis wrote:
--- Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
snipped most of good discussion re: ST-TOS TNG
Hm. While I agree that the best SF tends to have
good characters, when I
*think* of great SF I tend to think of the big
picture. I loved Dune, for
instance, but I have no
Maybe they should replace him The Animal Psychic from Animal Planet?
JJ
Oh dear God! Nick, be sure to eradicate this thread from the archives,
we don't want to give the Sci-Fi channel any ideas.
My daughter watches the pet Psychic and last week she had a Cockatoo
that would not breed. The
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Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:49:04 -0500
Maybe they should replace him The Animal Psychic from Animal
--- Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
Debbi
who still wants to be a charter member of CQBHRA
???
grin
That's Marvin's new-fangled NRA: Commie Queer Bleeding
Hearts Rifle Association!
Types With Her Hands Maru
(is a delayed response better than none at
--- Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
From: Ronn!Blankenship
Deborah Harrell wrote:
Debbi
who still wants to be a charter member of CQBHRA
???
Chupacabra?
winces and dramatically throws hand to forehead
A nocturnal goat's-blood-sucking hideous monster!? Now
a supermodel
At 07:56 PM 2/21/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
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Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:49:04 -0500
Maybe they should
At 05:33 PM 2/21/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
Debbi
who still wants to be a charter member of CQBHRA
???
grin
That's Marvin's new-fangled NRA: Commie Queer Bleeding
Hearts Rifle Association!
Oh, that!
I've been
In a message dated 2/21/2003 6:50:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Although The Cockatoo might be a good name for a gay bar. :)
Somehow, The Gay Cockatoo seems to flow even better . . .
The bar's motto:
A bird in the hand has very little meaning.
or
--- Jon Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What is your position on the death penalty - i.e.,
is it morally justifiable or not?
Hmm, I realize that maybe this topic was hashed
thoroughly before I joined, so if it was divisive I
withdraw the question.
My
Never watched Twin Peaks, so I really didn't know.
George A
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From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL
Wrong! In Alabama, the value of pie is Pecan.
George A
P.S. Sorry, I couldn't help it.
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From: The Fool [EMAIL
At 06:27 PM 2/16/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
Nick Arnett wrote:
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...
Apparently, ferrets will just go crazy trying to get
Flagyl out of their mouths.
How about you?
Lots of
It wouldn't be a big deal to me either except that I found I really enjoyed
the first three.
I wouldn't have read them in the first place if A Storm of Swords hadn't
been nominated for a Hugo a couple of years back. I've been a supporting
member of the Worldcons for the last several years. I
--- Gary L. Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe they should replace him The Animal Psychic
from Animal Planet?
JJ
Oh dear God! Nick, be sure to eradicate this thread
from the archives,
we don't want to give the Sci-Fi channel any ideas.
ROTFLOL
My daughter watches the pet
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I'm of two minds on the subject.
My predominant opinion matches something I once heard Dennis
At 06:38 PM 2/14/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:28:29AM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
IIRC, I didn't get much past that point myself, which is why I was
reluctant to suggest it . . .
I read all three, with liberal skimming over the boring parts in each
one. Some
Deborah Harrell wrote:
I love Asimov's Foundation series, but in the
original trilogy Seldon is little more than a glyph; and I'd be
hard-pressed
to remember the name of the rest of the characters (aside from The Mule).
-
Bayta Darrel, Hober Mallow, Salvor Hardin, Preem
To me, there is nothing that captures the beauty of the universe and the
imagination and dreams of spaceflight than Thus Spake Zarathustra at the
beginning of 2001 and the Blue Danube as the Pan Am ship approaches the
space station.
George A
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http://archive.nytimes.com/2003/02/20/opinion/20THU4.html
The Trouble With Corporate Radio: The Day the
Protest Music Died
By BRENT STAPLES
Pop music played a crucial role in the national
debate over the Vietnam War...
snippage
A comparable song
At 01:20 PM 1/26/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
So, Bush unvails a plan to focus tax cuts on dividends, thus preferentially
cutting the taxes of those who already are the most wealthy. The logical
conclusion is that he thinks the trend of concentration of wealth is a good
thing. I don't. Does
At 12:18 PM 2/21/2003 -0600 The Fool wrote:
Case in point: The Virginia Beach public schools. The school system has
students whose parents are assigned to Fort Story, the Little Creek Naval
Amphibious Base, the Oceana Naval Air Station and other military
installations. It receives about $12
--- G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
I love Asimov's Foundation series, but in the
original trilogy Seldon is little more than a
glyph; and I'd be hard-pressed
to remember the name of the rest of the characters
(aside from The Mule).
Actually, I think that was
At 06:29 AM 1/27/2003 -0600 The Fool wrote:
The EU is utterly godless. Let's keep it that way
Ahem, you can't *keep* the EU godless, let alone religionless, until you
change its flag.
JDG
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--- John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dan Minette wrote:
So, Bush unvails a plan to focus tax cuts on
dividends, thus preferentially
cutting the taxes of those who already are the most
wealthy. The logical
conclusion is that he thinks the trend of
concentration of wealth is a good
At 01:47 PM 2/15/03 -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
Whoa, Trigger! Slow down, hoss!
On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
[snipped rant]
All sarcasm aside (yeah, right, me?), though, what _do_ you mean by a
liberal version of the NRA?
Well, my tongue was partway in my cheek at the
At 10:01 PM 2/18/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 19:03 17-2-2003 -0800, Debbi Harrell wrote:
A less ominous but equally efficacious cause is closed head injury (also
called Traumatic Brain Injury); even one significant concussion/CHI (that
lands the person in the ER, frex) can result in
--- Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In the news, we're hearing about bars refusing to
carry or serve French
wine, and fast-food places re-naming French fries as
Freedom Fries, but
at least so far no one has suggested a ban on French
kissing . . .
grin
Does anyone know off the
G. D. Akin wrote:
Wrong! In Alabama, the value of pie is Pecan.
I had a funny moment in the grocery store one day, when I
walked by a table with someone handing out free samples of
apple pie, and noticed that they were selling it for $3.14.
Oh, pie for pi, I blurted, and the woman handing out
While most of my favorite soundtracks have been listed
by others already (ST-TMP, Star Wars, LotR,
Ladyhawke), I'll add ST-First Contact and The Dark
Crystal (Podlings! Landstriders! and a cool
flute-and-voice duet) to the bag.
Non-SciFi/Fantasy: add my vote for Last of the
Mohicans, and append
Deborah Harrell wrote:
Listening to an oldies station a month or two ago, I
heard a Beach Boys tune and (no doubt after reading
list posts ;} ) thought of how Weird Al might do
something with it...
Bush Baby, Bush Baby, gimme Iran
Gimme somethin' that I can dismember -
Just like before we can
Two books I bought on $2.50 a bag day are Finnish. That much I can figure
out. But InterTran comes up blank when I try to put in the titles. Is that an
e or a r? An s or a f?
No big loss if I can't list them.
William Taylor
Vilyehm Teighlore
http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=22448
In an attempt to counter the effects of a popular campaign calling for a
boycott of American products, one fast food outlet in the Kingdom has
developed a tricky tactic to attract customers, especially children. With
each meal, the restaurant gives a
http://www.outofservice.com/starwars/
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Ten days ago a boy in Hong Kong, aged nine, fell ill with flu. Normally such
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Yesterday the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed the strain as A
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-584215,00.html
CHELSEA CLINTON is the envy of this year's graduate trainees
after being offered a $100,000 (£64,500)-a-year job with McKinsey, the New
York management consultancy.
Sources close to McKinsey confirmed that the
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