RE: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (wasChild-killing religion))

2008-08-22 Thread Curtis Burisch
I can't speak for other members of the list's silent majority. I, for one, see another news article on some cult or its members run amok,yawn, and hit Delete. I second that lack of emotion. c ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Greg Bear

2008-08-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 02:43 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: -- Mauro Diotallevi The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again. Around what axis? . . . ronn! :) ___

Re: Greg Bear

2008-08-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:56 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 21, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, David Hobby wrote: Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 8/21/08, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great, now I feel old

Re: Greg Bear

2008-08-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:04 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: On Aug 21, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 21, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Pat Mathews wrote: I got the first line, anyway. A dozen, a gross, and a score and am far too lazy to

Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)

2008-08-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:42 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Dave Land wrote: Of course, there are all the ones that begin, There was an old man from Nantucket..., most of which are quite unprintable, but there is this offering: Thirty years ago he was always a young man . . . Tempus Fugit Maru . . . ronn! :)

Re: Greg Bear

2008-08-22 Thread Julia Thompson
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 07:04 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: Google is becoming somewhat frightening at an exponential rate, lately. I had no idea some of these features were built into the engine:

Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)

2008-08-22 Thread Julia Thompson
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 07:42 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Dave Land wrote: Of course, there are all the ones that begin, There was an old man from Nantucket..., most of which are quite unprintable, but there is this offering: Thirty years ago he was always a young

Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)

2008-08-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:15 AM Friday 8/22/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: There was a young lady named Bright Who could travel much faster than light She set out one day In a relative way And arrived there the previous night. (Of course, it's been over 25 years since I last heard the limerick,

Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)

2008-08-22 Thread Julia Thompson
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 09:15 AM Friday 8/22/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: There was a young lady named Bright Who could travel much faster than light She set out one day In a relative way And arrived there the previous night. (Of course,

Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)

2008-08-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:15 AM Friday 8/22/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 07:42 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Dave Land wrote: Of course, there are all the ones that begin, There was an old man from Nantucket..., most of which are quite unprintable, but there is

Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)

2008-08-22 Thread Jim Sharkey
This is one of my favorites: There was a young woman from Tottingham Who had no manners or else had forgotten 'em At tea at the Vicar's She took off her knickers Because, she explained, she felt hot in 'em By the by, I *loved* the math limerick. It definitely tickled me. Jim A poet who didn't

Re: Happy Birthday!

2008-08-22 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ray Bradbury is 88 today (Friday). I thought it was MY birthday today. But I guess Ray had it first. Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Happy Birthday!

2008-08-22 Thread Julia Thompson
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ray Bradbury is 88 today (Friday). I thought it was MY birthday today. But I guess Ray had it first. That's my attitude about Tom Petty. Julia

Re: Happy Birthday!

2008-08-22 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ray Bradbury is 88 today (Friday). I thought it was MY birthday today. But I guess Ray

Re: Happy Birthday!

2008-08-22 Thread Julia Thompson
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Nick Arnett wrote: On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ray Bradbury is 88 today (Friday). I thought it was

Re: Greg Bear

2008-08-22 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Aug 22, 2008, at 8:37 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 02:43 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: -- Mauro Diotallevi The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again. Around what axis? . . . ronn! :) I'd try the t-axis ..

Re: Greg Bear

2008-08-22 Thread Dave Land
On Aug 22, 2008, at 7:13 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: That's because the proper medical term is cranio-rectal intussception*, or CRI . . . Didn't work on *that*, either. Two problems here: First, the medical term that Ronn! may be groping for

Re: Greg Bear

2008-08-22 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On 8/21/08, Pat Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got the first line, anyway. A dozen, a gross, and a score and am far too lazy to do the calculations and figure out the rest. Plus three times the square root of four... The last line of the limerick was the part that gave me the most

Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)

2008-08-22 Thread Rceeberger
On 8/22/2008 9:57:51 AM, Jim Sharkey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: This is one of my favorites: There was a young woman from Tottingham Who had no manners or else had forgotten 'em At tea at the Vicar's She took off her knickers Because, she explained, she felt hot in 'em By the by, I

Re: Limericks usung purple and orange.

2008-08-22 Thread Medievalbk
Goethe's color theory expressed through Western gunfighters: It's highly unlikely Wyatt Earp'll Be even caught dead wearing purple. For the shade a shade uses Can lead to.abuses. And with that one he'd bloody usurp hell. Angie Dickinson listens in: Say, Angie, you want to hear

Re: Limericks usung purple and orange.

2008-08-22 Thread William T Goodall
On 23 Aug 2008, at 02:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Goethe's color theory expressed through Western gunfighters: The Goethe Institut in Prague was just round the corner from our hotel when we were there last November. Made a useful landmark when trying to find the hotel again after an

The Price of Grammatical Perfection

2008-08-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
$3,035. http://bookology.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/the-price-of-grammatical-perfection/ Its A Crime Maru . . . ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The Price of Grammatical Perfection

2008-08-22 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 8/22/2008 9:34:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Its A Crime Maru It's. That'll be $14.95 Vilyehm **It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here.

Re: Greg Bear

2008-08-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:35 PM Friday 8/22/2008, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 22, 2008, at 7:13 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: That's because the proper medical term is cranio-rectal intussception*, or CRI . . . Didn't work on *that*, either. Two problems here: First,

A Physicist, A Chemist, and A Statistician . . .

2008-08-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://www.jumbojoke.com/the_fire_at_the_university_1702.html?awt_l=HgQDxawt_m=1ctsBqJlC7Onkr ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l