Re: 70s Prog Rock (was Quatermass)

2002-12-24 Thread just john
To hell with all that. Here's the question, one time, pass or fail: Joe Strummer just died. Two articles in the Washington Post. Your reaction? --- * [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://just-john.com/cn/rfe.shtml * ___

Re: 70s Prog Rock (was Quatermass)

2002-12-24 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: just john [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 2:06 AM Subject: Re: 70s Prog Rock (was Quatermass) To hell with all that. Here's the question, one time, pass or fail: Joe Strummer just died. Two articles in the

Re: Zhang Yimou's Hero

2002-12-24 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: ׿ ¿ªÂ¡ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:57 PM Subject: Zhang Yimou's Hero For those brinellers who enjoyed Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon etc.: Zhang Yimou's Hero is now showing in cinemas across China. It is

Re: Zhang Yimou's Hero

2002-12-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 07:49:02AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: I noticed something strange with this post. I get chinese language in the post in the Hotmail blurb, and in the field header above the text field, but in the From column in the field where emails are listed all I see is

Re: Zhang Yimou's Hero

2002-12-24 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:51 AM Subject: Re: Zhang Yimou's Hero On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 07:49:02AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: I noticed something strange with this post. I get chinese

Re: Zhang Yimou's Hero

2002-12-24 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
Coool! On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, [gb2312] ׿ ¿ªÂ¡ wrote: For those brinellers who enjoyed Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon etc.: Zhang Yimou's Hero is now showing in cinemas across China. It is visually stunning and, IMHO, on a par with the LOTR movies. For an English language review

Re: Going to be scarce for a while...

2002-12-24 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
Wow, I didn't know Southwestern Bell provided service in the Netherlands! Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world'

2002-12-24 Thread Amanda SubbaRao
I think the North Koreans are doing an admirable job of showing up our current adminstration for the hypocritical machine that it is. I just hope they don't get carried away in the process... - Original Message - From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world'

2002-12-24 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Amanda SubbaRao [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 8:40 AM Subject: Re: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world' I think the North Koreans are doing an admirable job of showing up our current adminstration for the

RE: Going to be scarce for a while...

2002-12-24 Thread J . v . Baardwijk
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: dinsdag 24 december 2002 16:15 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Going to be scarce for a while... Sonja and I are going to be scarce for a while on this list. Well, whaddaya know, it looks like

Re: How much do people care about their own health?

2002-12-24 Thread Reggie Bautista
Debbi wrote: Have they stopped premarital testing for STDs? I got married in Kansas in 1999 and don't recall any premarital medical tests. Reggie Bautista Golden Anniversary In 47 Years Maru _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN

Re: 70s Prog Rock (was Quatermass)

2002-12-24 Thread Reggie Bautista
just john wrote: Joe Strummer just died. Two articles in the Washington Post. Very sad. Very, very sad. Reggie Bautista Xmas Punk Blues Maru _ MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 3 months FREE*.

Re: Going to be scarce for a while...

2002-12-24 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Julia wrote: At least SBC is *competent* when there's an actual phone problem. Try having Sprint for your phone provider and then reporting a phone outage That's why I like having access to internal escalation lists for my long distance provider. One of the benefits of working in the

Re: Going to be scarce for a while...

2002-12-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Julia wrote: Oh, and it sucks when your land-lines and mobile are with the same company if there's a bad case of backhoe fade -- at least if they're using different networks, you can report the one outage on the other phone. Sigh. Ahhh, backhoe fade.

Re: 70s Prog Rock (was Quatermass)

2002-12-24 Thread just john
- Original Message - From: just john [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 2:06 AM Subject: Re: 70s Prog Rock (was Quatermass) To hell with all that. Here's the question, one time, pass or fail: Joe Strummer just died. Two articles in the

Re: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world'

2002-12-24 Thread Amanda SubbaRao
I'm mostly commenting on the timing of their announcements, which seem to follow the USA getting serious (again) about war in Iraq headlines. So, despite the fact NK meets all the criteria Bush has set for fighting Iraq (and more, in that they openly acknowledge their planned development of WMD),

Neodogs Doorknobs

2002-12-24 Thread Jon Gabriel
Aha! Found the passage some of us were hunting for on Neo-dogs and doorknobs - apologies if this was previously posted. It's in the short essay Gorilla, My Dreams, which can be found on the brin-l.com website at: http://www.geocities.com/jeroenvb.geo/brin/gorilla.html Next came the habitat of

[Brin] Genesis of Glory Season

2002-12-24 Thread Medievalbk
The first time I read a book through, I seem to do it for the story. The second time I read a book, I pay more attention to the words. I missed or didn't give notice to the Tolkien references the first time through the Jijo novels. [Note: There are 51 copies of The Lord of the Rings for sale

Re: [Brin] Genesis of Glory Season

2002-12-24 Thread just john
Now I'm rereading Glory Season. I think I'll do the same, once I've finished my current Marcus Didius Falco mystery. My recollection of the book makes me suspect that the science fiction part of the story (as opposed to structural and literary sources you talk about) was rooted in an attempted

Re: [Br!n] Genesis of Glory Season

2002-12-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/24/2002 5:34:56 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: DEMONIC MALES: APES AND THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN VIOLENCE by Richard Wrangham Dale Peterson. ...which is also the topic of a song in Princess Ida, one that existed well before the play as a Bab

Re: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world'

2002-12-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
There can be no earth without Korea, it said. The army and people of the DPRK will destroy the earth if the enemies dare make a nuclear strike at it. This is their do-or-die spirit. How is this different from the USA position during World War Three? The subject of this message is evil: it

Re: [Review] _Dreaming Metal_

2002-12-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/24/2002 6:36:19 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: @upliftwar.com [...waiting to see what the webpage will be like.] I have not read Melissa Scott. Then again, for the one time I was in the UK, I never got to try out the famous echo in the

Re: [Br!n] Genesis of Glory Season

2002-12-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/24/2002 7:07:06 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 08:10 PM 12/24/02 -0500, William Taylor wrote: Well behaved but not shaved. I plan to shave before the family arrives tomorrow. Whether I will qualify as well behaved remains to be seen

RE: Neodogs Doorknobs

2002-12-24 Thread Jon Gabriel
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Neodogs Doorknobs In a message dated 12/24/2002 4:11:03 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL

how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2002-12-24 Thread The Fool
http://www.swankin-turner.com/hist.html Timeline December 1965-- While working on an ulcer drug, James Schlatter, a chemist at G.D. Searle, accidentally discovers aspartame, a substance that is 180 times sweeter than sugar yet has no calories. Spring 1967-- Searle begins the safety tests

Climate

2002-12-24 Thread The Fool
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=571ncid=751e=10u=/nm/2 0021224/hl_nm/climate_calories_dc Native Climate May Influence How Body Burns Energy Mon Dec 23, 9:02 PM ET Add to My Yahoo! NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A person's native climate might influence how

Re: [Review] _Dreaming Metal_

2002-12-24 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 24 Dec 2002 at 23:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/24/2002 6:36:19 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: @upliftwar.com [...waiting to see what the webpage will be like.] Actually my personal webpage is over at galacticstarfire.com. I keep

Saudi school textbooks

2002-12-24 Thread The Fool
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30149 An 8th-grade textbook also explains why Jews and Christians were cursed by Allah and turned into apes and pigs. Quoting Surat Al-Maida, Verse 60, the lesson explains that Jews and Christians have sinned by accepting polytheism and

Re: Michael

2002-12-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:52 AM 12/25/02 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Michael Harney sends his regards. Merry Christmas! And what are you still doing up? (Before you ask: Washing something to wear tomorrow, watching the Tabernacle Choir on TV, writing a piece for an on-line satire site that came to me

Re: Michael

2002-12-24 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 01:20 AM 12/25/2002 -0600 Ronn! Blankenship wrote: And what are you still doing up? Just got back from Midnight Mass and wrapping Christmas gifts, myself. And yes, I am driving to Phlly at 7am today! JDG ___ John D. Giorgis -