Writing workshops +
I have been looking for on-line writing workshops. In Writer's Digest's, "The Writer's Yearbook 2008", I found a full-page ad for the Gotham Writers' Workshop. At their site, www.writingclasses.com, I found that they have classes in numerous types of writing, including Science Fiction. Does anyone have any experience with or knowledge of Gotham Writers' Workshop? How about any other on-line workshops? Another topic: my daughter got me Dramatica 4.0, a tool to help organize thoughts for writing. Does anyone know about this product? Thanks. George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Take that, Iowa!!
At 06:13 PM Thursday 1/10/2008, Lance A. Brown wrote: >Perhaps. The use of corn to produce ethanol is already driving the cost >of corn higher, impacting food costs already[1]. I don't think we want >to use corn _or_ sugarcane for producing ethanol in the long term. [1] Karnack the Magnificent: "A buccaneer." (Opens the envelope and reads the card inside.) "What is too much to pay for corn?" Straight From The Mayonnaise Jar On Funk And Wagnell's Back Porch Maru -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Take that, Iowa!!
On Thursday 2008-01-10 17:13, Lance A. Brown wrote: > Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: > > Jim Sharkey wrote: > >>I'm sure some of you knew this, what with your big brains and all, > >>but I found it interesting: > >> > >>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=grass-makes-better-ethanol-than-corn > >> > >>_Scientific American_ is saying grass as a source of ethanol has the > >>potential to be vastly more efficient than corn. Pretty cool stuff, > >>I think. > > > > But still less efficient than sugarcane :-P > > Perhaps. The use of corn to produce ethanol is already driving the cost > of corn higher, impacting food costs already[1]. I don't think we want > to use corn _or_ sugarcane for producing ethanol in the long term. > > > [1] http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18173/ > > --[Lance] Can new arable land be brought into production for hardy energy crops? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Take that, Iowa!!
On 1/10/2008 6:13:29 PM, Lance A. Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: > > Jim Sharkey wrote: > > > >>I'm sure some of you knew this, what with your big brains and all, > >>but I found it interesting: > >> > >>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=grass-makes-better-ethanol-than-corn > >> > >>_Scientific American_ is saying grass as a source of ethanol has > >>the > >>potential to be vastly more efficient than corn. Pretty cool > >>stuff, > >>I think. > >> > > > > But still less efficient than sugarcane :-P > > Perhaps. The use of corn to produce ethanol is already driving the > cost > of corn higher, impacting food costs already[1]. I don't > think we want > to use corn _or_ sugarcane for producing ethanol in the long term. The problem with corn is that it produces a lower energy ethanol. Sugarcane *is* much better in that regard. But why are you worried about sugarcane? We don't use it all that much in the US, even for making sugar. Last I heard, sugar beets was the big resource in that industry. (In the US that is.) As I understand the ethanol research, grass and cellulose are looking to become popular resources for ethanol with several useful byproducts as an added bonus. xponent Drastic Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Take that, Iowa!!
Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: > Jim Sharkey wrote: > >>I'm sure some of you knew this, what with your big brains and all, >>but I found it interesting: >> >>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=grass-makes-better-ethanol-than-corn >> >>_Scientific American_ is saying grass as a source of ethanol has the >>potential to be vastly more efficient than corn. Pretty cool stuff, >>I think. >> > > But still less efficient than sugarcane :-P Perhaps. The use of corn to produce ethanol is already driving the cost of corn higher, impacting food costs already[1]. I don't think we want to use corn _or_ sugarcane for producing ethanol in the long term. [1] http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18173/ --[Lance] -- Celebrate The Circle http://www.celebratethecircle.org/ Carolina Spirit Quest http://www.carolinaspiritquest.org/ My LiveJournal http://www.livejournal.com/users/labrown/ GPG Fingerprint: 409B A409 A38D 92BF 15D9 6EEE 9A82 F2AC 69AC 07B9 CACert.org Assurer ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: What are you doing here?": man asks wife at brothel
On Jan 10, 2008, at 6:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote: > On 10 Jan 2008, at 05:02, Warren Ockrassa wrote: >> >> If you're going to be pathologically insulting to religion, at least >> put some effort into it next time. >> > > I'm sorry, I'll try harder in future. Please do; it's the least you can do for your readers. -- Warren Ockrassa Blog | http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ Books | http://books.nightwares.com/ Web | http://www.nightwares.com/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: Exposition in the Knesset about the life of Sousa Mendes
Yes, I knew of him. A great man. There are about twenty international diplomats who did this sort of thing. The most famous was Wallenberg of Sweden. I'm glad to hear he is being honored. --- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I got this from another list. I think you may be > interested :-) > > > Exposicao no Knesset sobre a vida de Sousa Mendes, > Consul de > > Portugal em Bordeus que salvou muitas vidas do > nazismo > > Exposition in the Knesset about the life of Sousa > Mendes, > Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux that saved many lifes > from nazism > > http://videos.sapo.pt/gMSnp97ZacuCVILQm4ko > > Alberto Monteiro > > ___ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Take that, Iowa!!
Jim Sharkey wrote: > > I'm sure some of you knew this, what with your big brains and all, > but I found it interesting: > > http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=grass-makes-better-ethanol-than-corn > > _Scientific American_ is saying grass as a source of ethanol has the > potential to be vastly more efficient than corn. Pretty cool stuff, > I think. > But still less efficient than sugarcane :-P Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Take that, Iowa!!
I'm sure some of you knew this, what with your big brains and all, but I found it interesting: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=grass-makes-better-ethanol-than-corn _Scientific American_ is saying grass as a source of ethanol has the potential to be vastly more efficient than corn. Pretty cool stuff, I think. Jim Where's my hovercar? Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Brin: Exposition in the Knesset about the life of Sousa Mendes
I got this from another list. I think you may be interested :-) > Exposicao no Knesset sobre a vida de Sousa Mendes, Consul de > Portugal em Bordeus que salvou muitas vidas do nazismo Exposition in the Knesset about the life of Sousa Mendes, Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux that saved many lifes from nazism http://videos.sapo.pt/gMSnp97ZacuCVILQm4ko Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: What are you doing here?": man asks wife at brothel
On 10 Jan 2008, at 13:14, Martin Lewis wrote: > On 1/10/08, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If Catholics don't use birth control what happened to the birth rate >> in Italy and Germany? Actually some of my relatives are Catholic and >> yet somehow they managed to stop at two conveniently spaced out >> offspring. > > A reliance on anal sex. I've read that that practise leads to incontinence so it should be possible to find a correlation with adult diaper sales if your hypothesis is correct. Serious Science Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." ~Voltaire. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: On the American Standard front.....
That's odd. It was #3 that I found unfunny. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: brin-l@mccmedia.com > Subject: Re: On the American Standard front. > Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 18:45:00 -0700 > > On Jan 9, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > Some funny toilets and environs... > > > > http://madhattannights.com/the-worlds-funniest-bathrooms/ > > That first one is not funny at all. > > > > -- > Warren Ockrassa > Blog | http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ > Books | http://books.nightwares.com/ > Web | http://www.nightwares.com/ > > ___ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: What are you doing here?": man asks wife at brothel
On 1/10/08, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Really, William, that's disappointing. If they were Catholic she > > couldn't work in a brothel (not very long anyway), since she'd be > > forbidden to use birth control; > > If Catholics don't use birth control what happened to the birth rate > in Italy and Germany? Actually some of my relatives are Catholic and > yet somehow they managed to stop at two conveniently spaced out > offspring. A reliance on anal sex. Martin ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: What are you doing here?": man asks wife at brothel
On 10 Jan 2008, at 05:02, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > On Jan 9, 2008, at 9:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote: > >> And I bet they are both Catholics too. So much for religion. Again. > > Really, William, that's disappointing. If they were Catholic she > couldn't work in a brothel (not very long anyway), since she'd be > forbidden to use birth control; If Catholics don't use birth control what happened to the birth rate in Italy and Germany? Actually some of my relatives are Catholic and yet somehow they managed to stop at two conveniently spaced out offspring. > and he probably wouldn't have married > anyway, favoring a life in the priesthood groping choirboys. It's not just groping! > > > If you're going to be pathologically insulting to religion, at least > put some effort into it next time. > I'm sorry, I'll try harder in future. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate. - Richard Dawkins ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: What are you doing here?": man asks wife at brothel
I was envisioning her giving a response something like, "What am I doing here? You don't know? That's why I had to come here . . ." -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l