Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > Do the lamps plug in or screw in? The bulbs plug in to the socket on the string. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-26 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: > Another example is the fact that half of the EU budget goes to subsidize > inefficient farms. Really? How big is that budget? Where does the rest of it go? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Names, was Another ultrasound

2003-06-26 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > OTOH, with different names, when someone calls and asks for the father's > name when everyone who knows him knows he has moved, it's a dead giveaway > it's a telemarketer, and you can either have some fun with them or tell > them exactly what you think of telemarketers

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-29 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 05:50:19PM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > > (although the chance of intelligent reforms now is fairly small, since > > Social Security privatization has gone out the window > > Social Security privatization isn't likely to help the problem I'm > t

Re: Birth Rates Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-29 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > > At 12:20 PM 6/30/2003 +1000, you wrote: > >iaamoac wrote: > > > >>--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Well, it fell below replacement level only recently, > >>>but it started falling a long time ago. > >>Secularism, however, is not nearly as pro-

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-30 Thread Julia Thompson
iaamoac wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm referring to the problem of only 1.5 workers per > > retired person (if retirement stays at 65) in 2050. > > Which it won't. As advances in medicine make people more able-bodied > older, *and* as evidence

Re: 28 Days Later

2003-06-30 Thread Julia Thompson
Steve Sloan II wrote: > > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > 28 days after the release of the virus, London is a > > > virtual ghost-town by day. > > Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > Sounds like _Lifeforce_ without Mathilda May. Bah > > Or that Richard Matheson novel that got made into "The Last Man >

Re: 28 Days Later

2003-06-30 Thread Julia Thompson
"Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote: > > Julia wrote: > > Steve Sloan II wrote: > > > > > > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > > > Or that Richard Matheson novel that got made into "The Last Man > > > on Earth" with Vincent Price, "Omega Man" with Charlton Heston, > > > and yet another planned remake I've heard plan

Re: Scouted: 10 facts about plastic everyone should know...

2003-07-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- Ticia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Industry propaganda or environmental fact? > > > http://www.apme.org/dashboard/presentation_layer_htm/dashboard.asp > > I'd like to see the data on glass recycling - no > question that it's heavier and more fragile, but > cert

Re: Scouted: 10 facts about plastic everyone should know...

2003-07-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: > > Julia wrote: > > But then, specula aren't used near the female brain anyway... ;} > > If you were mentally wired like a man, that statement would be untrue. :-D 1) Debbi said it originally, not I. 2) If a speculum *were* used on me, it *would* be used near a female bra

Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-02 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: > Fuck me if I didn't mention the biggest so-called ressurection in the > book of lies. If you're trying to persuade me to your point of view, you just blew it with the "fuck me". If there are 2 or more points of view being debated, the first one to use profanity loses me. Ju

Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-03 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: > > > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > The Fool wrote: > > > > > Fuck me if I didn't mention the biggest so-called ressurection in the > > > book of lies. > > > > If you're trying to persuade

Dolphin stress test

2003-07-03 Thread Julia Thompson
If you think you might be stressed out, take the dolphin stress test at http://webpages.charter.net/hkirtley/stress/ Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-07-03 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: > > On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 04:13 am, Dan Minette wrote: > > From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> http://society.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4605024,00.html > >> > >> " Two boroughs of Britain have more black and Asian people than white > >> people

Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 12:18:15PM -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: > > > So Erik, how do you define trolling? > > How about when someone who has vehemently criticized others' ideas > frequently for years whines about people criticizing his own beliefs? Or > maybe there is an

Re: ebay

2003-07-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Andrew Crystall wrote: > > On 4 Jul 2003 at 8:44, Russell Chapman wrote: > > > But what is incompetent bid shielding? > > Bid shielding is where you bid low and then use another Ebay ID to > bid really high. So one-one else bids. Then you withdraw the high bid > at the last minute. Except ebay s

Speaking of vegetarianism Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Michael Harney wrote: > Every time I bring up anything related to vegetarianism I get pounced on by > people acting less than civil. I learned that I either have to accept that > behavior from others or simply not bring up the topic. I don't whine and > complain that the brin-l isn't my version

Re: Speaking of vegetarianism Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 01:47:57PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > How would you get 100-120 grams of protein per day on a vegetarian > > diet? How much of what would you have to eat? > > Isn't it more complicated than that

Re: 28 Days Later

2003-07-04 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 6/29/2003 11:43:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > Sounds like _Lifeforce_ without Mathilda May. Bah > > > > Or that Richard Matheson novel that got made into "The Last Man > > on Earth" with Vincent Price, "Omega Man" w

"King of the Hill" Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > "" > Well If god hadn't meant for us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them > out of meat. > "" > > It works better if you pretend like your name is hank and you sell propane > and propane accessories. :) OK, just for that, Jan, I'm going to ask you the question under d

Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jan quoted: > > > > > Well If god hadn't meant for us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made > > > them out of meat. > > > > People are made of meat too. ObSF: the cannibals and vegetarian > > guerrillas in _Delicatessen_. > > >

Re: "King of the Hill" Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > :) > > > > OK, just for that, Jan, I'm going to ask you the question under > > discussion at the barbecue I was at yesterday evening (where the big > > draw was the t

Re: Sandy Kofax

2003-07-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Doug Pensinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 5:16 PM > Subject: Re: Sandy Kofax > > > Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > > > > Except that Koufax pitched in Dodger Stadi

Re: Same-sex marriage

2003-07-07 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: > So why are US Conservatives against same-sex marriage? Do they want to > force same-sex couples to live in sin? They don't want there to be any same-sex couples, period. They don't want anyone to engage in homosexual acts. Many conservatives belong to the "religious

Re: Irregulars query: air pressure in spinning habitats

2003-07-07 Thread Julia Thompson
"Robert J. Chassell" wrote: > By the way, does anyone know why so many science fiction writers > descripe spinning space habitats as being longer than they are wide? > Such habitats are intrinsically unstable. But habitats that are wider > than they are long are intrinsically stable > > I know

Re: Same-sex marriage

2003-07-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:54 PM > Subject: Re: Same-sex marriage > > > Many conse

Re: Viacom sued for not supporting Star Trek franchise...

2003-07-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Bryon Daly wrote: > > Seems I'm not alone in thinking the ST franchise is being run into the > ground... > > http://www.activision.com/en_US/news_article_cc/a2d66498-9dde-49c0-ade0-fde70b0caab9.html > > text off the page.> Try using an older browser. >:) First three paragraphs: Complaint Ci

Re: Same-sex marriage

2003-07-08 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 12:54 PM 7/7/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > >Many conservatives belong to the "religious right". I've had someone > >throwing Leviticus at me on this issue. > > I hope they at least tore it out before the

Re: br!n: the Chronicles of Riddick look like a Jijo ripoff :-/

2003-07-08 Thread Julia Thompson
"Horn, John" wrote: > > Does anyone else *HATE* these sorts of discussions as much as I do? They > are so unbelievably pointless! I've never understood why people engage in > these discussions. After years of enduring endless threads who would would > be the best Gandalf on rec.arts.books.tolk

Speaking of sports Re: Why we "cast" novels

2003-07-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > Honestly, it was just something that popped into my head during lunch. It's > not earthshatteringly important by any means. I just personally find the > irrational/rational/religion/sports/atheist/fundamentalist thread somewhat > snoozeworthy. :) 'course, that's just my opi

Re: Speaking of sports Re: Why we "cast" novels

2003-07-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > > At 01:33 AM 7/9/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>In a message dated 7/8/2003 6:09:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, Julia > >>Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> >Speaking of sports, anyone else follo

Off on a minor tangent Re: On the topic of atheism.

2003-07-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 10:01:36PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > But if one is describing a being that is omnipotent, omniscient, > > eternal, and infinite, then minds such as ours could not encompass > > even the scope of such a being. > > Speak for yourself, man!

Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > John D. Giorgis wrote: > > > > In practice, I think that many, if not most, > > agnostics are simply "honest atheists." Since > > true atheism would require a matter of faith - > > since a negative cannot be proved, many people who > > might casually be thought of as "at

Re: TDF

2003-07-09 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Don't forget we totally beat the French! > > Speaking only for myself, I'm not rooting *against* anyone - I'm > rooting *for* Lance Armstrong. So'm I. He's the only reason I got interested in TDF in the first place. For that, and geographical reasons, I'll be root

Re: Speaking of sports Re: Why we "cast" novels

2003-07-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Ray Ludenia wrote: > > Bryon Daly wrote: > > > Julia, the ESPN web site has some coverage of the TdF here: > > http://espn.go.com/oly/tdf2003/index.html > > > > It's not extensive, but you can get all the stage results and standings > > there, along with a smattering of articles. > > Another sit

Re: test

2003-07-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > > Ping? Pong. I'm waiting to hear from Nick as to just what happened there. Julia who was out for over 4 hours and missed most of the interruption (and who had a good time this evening) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mai

Re: test

2003-07-10 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Julia Thompson > > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 9:18 PM > > To: Killer Bs Discussion > > Subject: Re: test > > > > > &

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-10 Thread Julia Thompson
Michael Harney wrote: > > I know that this list was originally started as a list dedicated to > discussion of specific authors and their books, so I thought I would bring > up a topic that is closer to being actually on topic in the little time that > I have to compose email today (at least part o

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-10 Thread Julia Thompson
Andrew Crystall wrote: > > On 10 Jul 2003 at 14:47, Reggie Bautista wrote: > > > Michael Harney wrote: > > >I wanted to ask those who have read some/many of the Pern novels a > > >question. I have only read _Dragonseye_ and _The Dolphins of Pern_. > > >The question I have is: Are the events in s

Re: SCOUTED: Fraternal Twins Share a Placenta

2003-07-11 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > Twin mystery confounds doctors > > First case of fraternal twins sharing a placenta documented > > (AP) --Contradicting nearly all the medical textbooks, doctors have proven > for the first time that fraternal, or nonidentical, twins can share a placenta. Guess the

Rubber duckies invading New England

2003-07-11 Thread Julia Thompson
http://tinyurl.com/go9z A container ship lost a container of bath toys, including 29,000 rubber duckies, over 11 years ago. The toys have been floating in the oceans ever since and some are believed to be washing onto the shores of New England. Julia Sing Along With Ernie Maru _

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-11 Thread Julia Thompson
"G. D. Akin" wrote: > I haven't read much of Anne McCaffrey; nothing of Pern, but I did read > "Dinosaur Planet" which I'd rate as average. I have a friend who highly > recommends her "Ship Who ..." series and maybe someday I'll read some, but I > have of them none in the queue. I found the "Din

Re: Sandy Kofax

2003-07-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > Kevin T. - VRWC > I'll take Walter Johnson for $800 Alex. Hey, on Jeopardy! yesterday, there was, in fact, a category "Johnson". I knew a lot of them. I knew one or two that the contestants at least weren't confident enough to buzz in on But Walter wasn't one of them.

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Debbi, if you're following this thread, McCaffrey > > has written some > > non-SF stuff, some of it about women who ride > > horses. Try _Ring of > > Fear_

Tour de France comments & question

2003-07-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Comments: In my paper today, on the front page of the sports section, there was a beautiful shot of the peloton riding through a spot where it was nicely wooded (gorgeous tall trees) on one side of the road, and enough of a gap in the trees to be able to get a shot of the peloton from the other si

Re: Gotta raise the BS flag on this one

2003-07-13 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Another ponderable is the fascination British sci-fi shows have with the Old > West. I can't think of a BritSF show that didn't try an oater ("The > Gunfighters", "Living in Harmony"). Maybe Blakes 7 didn't; don't recall. Most of them > are stinkers. The only decent one

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-13 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 10:53 AM 7/12/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > >I read all the Killashandra books, > > Are there more than two? Three. Crystal Singer, Killashandra, Crystal Line. I think the publication dates were something like 1981, 1985

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Julia Thompson wrote: > Julia > > who wouldn't recommend the "Power" books co-authored with Elizabeth Ann > Scarborough Whoops, that one got out before I finished the thought. Should have been "who wouldn't recommend the "Power" books co-

Re: [LISTREF] Cell phone pix

2003-07-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > > For those who had any doubts. > > WARNING: Not Work Safe! > > http://www.phonebin.com/index.cfm Might want to include a rating, as well. "R"? And at least the non-work-safe-ness doesn't include sound, at least not at the initial link. The penguin one is cu

Re: On the topic of atheism.

2003-07-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > OK! > That's fair then. > I urge everyone (who cares about the subject) to provide some sort of > justification for their beliefs. I care about the subject, but not enough that I want to take the time this month to really get into it. I think that if you read various p

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > I do enjoy historical romances that are > well-researched, with an interesting story to tell > (and not some jaded variation on "poor > girl-who-is-hated-by-all-other-women-because-she's-ravishingly-beautiful > becomes governess/milkmaid/cook for rich man, and then > the

Re: [Listref] Family Planning

2003-07-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > >I had mentioned not-too-long-ago that ovulation is not > >as predictable as previously thought; here is the > >latest study to make it to the popular press: > > > Might be that pesky natural selection at work again: those > whose ovulati

Re: The limits of vision

2003-07-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > (If nothing else, recall that the reason the > > retirement age for Social > > Security was set at 65 was because at the time > > relatively few people would > > live long enough to draw any benefits . . . ) > > I do

Re: The limits of vision

2003-07-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > > http://architecture.mit.edu/house_n/web/resources/articles/lifeinthefuture/MIRACLES%20OF%20THE%20NEXT%20FIFTY%20YEARS.htm > > The year 200 as viewed from 1950 1) I like the idea of just being able to hose down everything in the house. (Doesn't cover older things suc

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Ray Ludenia wrote: > > Julia Thompson > > > I also avoid the Barbie aisle in the toy department. (And yes, I intend > > to continue this when my daughter is 5, and she will live a life > > deprived of Barbie, and she'll just have to *deal*, the way I did, and I &

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Bryon Daly wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >I also avoid the Barbie aisle in the toy department. (And yes, I intend > >to continue this when my daughter is 5, and she will live a life > >deprived of Barbie, and she'll just have to *deal*, the way I did,

Re: Reading lists

2003-07-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Halupovich Ilana wrote: > > Joan Vinge - there is another book about Sparks and Moon - "World's > End". I read and liked "Psion" and "Catspaw" and I read somewhere that > there is another book in those series called "Psiren", but I was unable > to find it. _World's End_ goes between _Snow Queen_

Re: Reading lists.

2003-07-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: > > Russell C. wrote: > >(My oldest daughter is 20 and my youngest daughter 13, so Barbie's are > >behind us now). > > My wife is 28 and she still buy Barbie dolls periodically, usually the > collector Barbies. Her other vice, of course, is Legos. An adult collecting Barb

Re: Reading lists

2003-07-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: > I've always heard good things about Octavia Butler but have never gotten > around to reading anything she has written. Where's a good place to start? > > (As if my "to read" stack wasn't tall enough already ;-) I'll say _Wild Seed_. It's a stand-alone. Most of her oth

Re: God, Religion, and Sports Medicine

2003-07-16 Thread Julia Thompson
"Robert J. Chassell" wrote: > Some science fiction readers ask whether a sapient artificial > intelligence, with the intelligence, the emotions, and the wisdom of a > human, but not his looks, are out because they are not built in God's > image, or whether they are in. (I once had a long discussio

Re: Difference between man and woman.

2003-07-17 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Nunn wrote: > > An image that definitively and clearly illustrates the difference > between men and women. > > http://www.newpacifica.net/life.html Could you point out the bits that kick in during pregnancy? >:) Julia ___ http://www.mccm

Re: Difference between man and woman.

2003-07-17 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 05:43 PM 7/17/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > >Gary Nunn wrote: > > > > > > An image that definitively and clearly illustrates the difference > > > between men and women. > > > > > > http://www

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 10:33:27PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Lots of lies. Of course, Bob, they were all on your side of the > > > political fence, but I won't hold that against you. > > > > The expanses are

Re: Let's talk about

2003-07-18 Thread Julia Thompson
"G. D. Akin" wrote: > > Kevin Tarr wrote: > > > > The ipodway too much money. I know I'm complaining about this problem > a > > lot, but spending $100 would seem like overkill right now. > > Yeah, it is pricey. But on my commute home from Seoul to Osan, about 35 > miles and taking anywhere

Re: Difference between man and woman.

2003-07-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >At 10:32 PM 7/17/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > >> > >> Julia > >> > >>28 weeks today, at *least* as big as she was at 39 weeks last time, and > >>the belly kinda overshadows everything else (makes even the

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > Look at what is happening in Texas. Its all out in the open here. The > Republican party cares not a whit what the people of Texas think or what the > law states. > > http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/293 ARGH! If the Republicans would just put

Re: [Listref] FDA Approves Marketing of Nuts As Heart-Healthy

2003-07-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > But I'm gonna have to disagree with 'em about the > chocolate ice cream with nuts...ya got yer calcium, > yer chocolate, yer magnesium, AND yer > phytochemicals... > > Chocolate Trail Mix Ice Cream Maru > (never seen any, but there oughta be! ;} ) Hm. I can't stand nuts

Re: George Carlin Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-18 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 7/18/2003 7:22:06 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > And I'm _so_ proud of you! > > Such restraint! Such self-control! ;) > > > > > > Unfortunate Acronyms Maru :) > > > > If Ronn gets butter, don't give me Parkay

Re: Let's talk about

2003-07-19 Thread Julia Thompson
"G. D. Akin" wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > My iPod, set on random (and playing through my radio) gives me a > selection > > > from 4400 songs of which I like ALL of them. It is like my own radio > > > station. Well worth the money.

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 11:10:14PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/18/2003 3:28:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > Perhaps Bob should post a rant where he whines about how the > > > conservatives on the list are i

Re: [Listref] FDA Approves Marketing of Nuts As Heart-Healthy

2003-07-19 Thread Julia Thompson
"Robert J. Chassell" wrote: > > For the sake of your health, I think you are going to have to force > yourself to eat chocolate ice cream with nuts. I know, it will be > like taking an old fashioned, bitter medicine, but however much you > dislike it, eating it Will Be Good For You. :-) If

Re: Morality is just self interest?

2003-07-19 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Seriously, I don't know why I have become so involved. I, myself, don't plan > to have kids so maybe I am nothing more then a beta male helping the rest of > the family to protect the young and help pass on our genes? Or is it a higher > sense of purpose that only mank

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-21 Thread Julia Thompson
"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 11:40 PM 7/18/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Cut the war time crap! We are not under active attack. > > Which is why the US government instructed me to to stock a change of > clothes, toiletries, a pillow, and a blanket in my office in case of an > attack?

Re: [Listref] Childhood obesity - changing the culture

2003-07-21 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > "...Naomi Neufeld, a pediatric endocrinologist in Los > Angeles, recalls that in 1986, when she had just > started a non-profit weight-control program called > KidShape, obesity was considered primarily a cosmetic > problem that occurred infrequently among children. > Toda

Re: Fw: Congratuations for winning our lottery

2003-07-23 Thread Julia Thompson
Russell Chapman wrote: > > Chad Cooper wrote: > > >This is new class of scam. They attempt to get your bank account info to put > >the winnings into It is very fraudlent. > >NFH > > > I don't understand this - every time I sell something on eBay I give > away my bank account info for them to

Re: AOL has problems

2003-07-23 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A32817-2003Jul23?language=printer > > America Online's subscriber base plunged by 846,000 over the past three > months, as hundreds of thousands left for cheaper or faster Internet > connections, and a similar number were pruned

Re: AOL has problems

2003-07-24 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > My initial reaction to the subject line: > > "No ***, Sherlock . . . " Then there's the paraphrase, "Sure no, S***lock." That acted almost like a little temporary emotional reset button on someone who was in desperate need of one. I don't know how many times I de

Re: Iraq's Nuclear Weapons - Clinton's '98 Statement

2003-07-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Ray Ludenia wrote: > > David Hobby > > > No, it doesn't. I read all three quotes as "We will attack all of the > > nasty weapons that Iraq has." If > > wombats were credible WMD, he would have included them too. : ) > > They certainly are! You should see the holes they dig. :-) > They also lo

Re: How we were hoodwinked

2003-07-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > Since we are being snippy... ;) Julia who *could* start getting snippy in the other sense, but it's just not worth the energy today ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: How we were hoodwinked

2003-07-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 05:49:58PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > > Since we are being snippy... > > > > > > > > (All this snipping is reminding me of the story about the 3 mythical >

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-24 Thread Julia Thompson
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Deborah Harrell wrote: > --- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Friday browncoat republicans in the house of > > representatives called the > > police to arrest and remove democratic > > representatives from a library in > > the house of representatives. The future

Re: How we were hoodwinked

2003-07-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > As far as me being a jerk, I can't see how an intelligent person is > hoodwinked by this ridiculous propaganda. I know. You're more of a tug than a jerk. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Pregnancy update

2003-07-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Things are going reasonably OK now. This wasn't the case sometime last week. I've been having contractions, and Wednesday of last week, it just got to where I couldn't lie down when I needed to, and was horribly exhausted, and having contractions at a rate that didn't bode entirely well for my no

Re: Pregnancy update

2003-07-25 Thread Julia Thompson
"Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote: > > > Things are going reasonably OK now. > > > > This wasn't the case sometime last week. I've been having > contractions, > > and Wednesday of last week, it just got to where I couldn't lie down > > when I needed to, and was horribly exhausted, and having > contraction

Re: How we were hoodwinked

2003-07-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 10:10:51PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > I know. You're more of a tug than a jerk. > > Do I create tension? What are you going to pull next? Hey, tensile strength can be very *good*. Just look at suspension bridge

Re: Iraq's Nuclear Weapons - Clinton's '98 Statement

2003-07-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Ray Ludenia wrote: > > Julia Thompson > > > Ray Ludenia wrote: > >> > >> David Hobby > >> > >>> No, it doesn't. I read all three quotes as "We will attack all of the > >>> nasty weapons that Iraq has." If >

Re: Arrgh!

2003-07-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >From: Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Arrgh! > >Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:25:32 -0500 > > > > > > >When My Cats Get Too Predictable I Know I Can Rely On Computers

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-25 Thread Julia Thompson
"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 11:08 PM 7/24/2003 -0700 Nick Arnett wrote: > > > >Uh, didja forget? Gore *did* win -- the vote, anyway. Just not the office > >that usually goes with it. > > Yawn! Gore didn't win the only vote that counts - in the Electoral > College. > > JDG - Will you gu

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

2003-07-25 Thread Julia Thompson
David Hobby wrote: > The above would have been easier to state if we had general kinship > terms based on degrees of genetic relatedness. Sibling, parent and > child are all "halves". Grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, > nephew, half-sibling, and so on are "quarters". And you know you

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

2003-07-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > You just insulted all bigots while trying to insult me! Personally, I'm prejudiced against bigots. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Pregnancy update

2003-07-25 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 11:38 AM 7/25/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > >And it's not the end of the > >world if my daughter ends up in boy's clothing at times. > > For the sake of discussion, what about the other way around? Well, if they&#

Re: What is a homemaker worth?

2003-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > Insurance coverage takes a holiday > If you doubt the veracity of all this, just try to buy life or disability > insurance on a stay-at-home spouse. We did. Dan could get life insurance for me fairly cheaply through his job. So he did. I'm not sure what I'm insured fo

Re: Genetic fractions, was Re: The Case for a Marriage...

2003-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
David Hobby wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > David Hobby wrote: > > > > > The above would have been easier to state if we had general kinship > > > terms based on degrees of genetic relatedness. Sibling, parent and > > > child are

Re: Robotic Singularity

2003-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: > > http://marshallbrain.com/robotic-nation.htm > > Robotic Nation > > by Marshall Brain > The Vision Thing > One of the key capabilities limiting robotic expansion at the moment is > image processing -- the ability of robots to look at a scene like a human > does and detect a

Re: Robotic Singularity

2003-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: > > This may tag me as some kind of Luddite, but I find it appalling that > people can't wait to excise as much human contact from their lives as > possible. I know people that would rather eat nails than actually > have to go to the bank for three whole minutes. No one's time

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

2003-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 03:51:27PM -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: > > > 2) You condone a law that would prevent 62 million American citizens > > from being able to get married and have children? How ironic. > > Apparently you only support freedom of speech, not freedom of t

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

2003-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 02:32 PM 7/25/2003 -0500 Julia Thompson wrote: > >Erik Reuter wrote: > > > >> You just insulted all bigots while trying to insult me! > > > >Personally, I'm prejudiced against bigots. > > Exactly. The

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
John Garcia wrote: > > On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 11:50 AM, The Fool wrote: > > > > > Friday browncoat republicans in the house of representatives called the > > police to arrest and remove democratic representatives from a library > > in > > the house of representatives. The future is here

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 7/27/2003 5:48:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > Not to say that the Republicans look all that good in this, but it could > > have been worse. (And then the backlash would have been > > that much more, > > as well.) >

Re: Genetic fractions, was Re: The Case for a Marriage...

2003-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
David Hobby wrote: > > > > > David Hobby wrote: > > > > > > > > > The above would have been easier to state if we had general kinship > > > > > terms based on degrees of genetic relatedness. Sibling, parent and > > > > > child are all "halves". Grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, > > >

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