Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

2003-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > > Actually, *my* point was I thought that Erik was being a bit cheeky, and > > I was trying to be cheeky right back at him. I think Erik got my post > > better than you did. > > I can't reme

Re: Genetic fractions

2003-07-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > Actually, it's "him", not "her", and the two that make > > my 126/128 instead of 128/128 are ancestors of his. > > > Oh, how I hate the Internet! Why there's no "Humanity

Re: Gray Davis Recall Election Set for Sep-Oct

2003-07-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > Okay, again I see all of that. But I'm assuming (and keep in mind I'm > completely inebriated right now) that the Cal people agreed with a certain > plan, then when things got tight, they wanted to change the plan. I'm not > saying that business profits should trump all, but th

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

2003-07-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: > I know, I know, but we've got a lot of smart people here and I'm > guessing that most of them are aware of Erik's libertarian views, not to > mention his tendency to use sarcasm (especially when dealing with > intolerance), so the statement: > > "Catholics have a distorted

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-28 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 02:56 PM 7/28/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >And I'm a horrible person and egg him on when he goes into that sort of > >mode. >:) > > How does that make you a horrible person? Sounds like you and I are

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 03:22:20PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > > > At 02:56 PM 7/28/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > >And I'm a horrible person and egg him on when he goes into that sort > > >of mode. >:) &

Re: Homeland Security Issue? :-)

2003-07-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: > > From > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030728/ap_on_re_us/texa > s_redistricting_2 > > Democratic state lawmakers fled Texas on Tuesday for the second time in > three months to thwart a Republican drive to redraw the state's > congressional districts. El

Re: What is a homemaker worth?

2003-07-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: > > Julia wrote: > >We could not buy disability insurance on me. We tried. I don't know if > >it was state law or the insurance company, but I couldn't be insured for > >disability. > > Were you looking while you were pregnant? Lots of insurance companies will > deny dis

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 04:41:27PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > > At 05:13 PM 7/28/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: > > > >I think she was joking. > > > > I know I was. > > That makes 3 of us (or 2.5, depending on Julia's "vagueness")! Considering the contents of my belly

Re: Empire Of Lies

2003-07-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > --- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > A Speech From The Extremist Front: > > I like to think of myself as something of a Lincoln > expert. I'm certainly a Lincoln _fanatic_. Where did > you find such a piece of junk? On L. Neil Smith's website? I've

Re: Empire Of Lies

2003-07-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > Actually, I had a different motive. > With all the polarizing discussion on the list lately, dividing us into > liberal and conservative camps, I wanted to show that there are Americans > out there who in completely serious tones will make everyone on this list > appear

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 09:52 PM 7/28/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >You are kidding about this. We had one true ally in this Britain. The > >other are either not major players or are anxious to please us (not a bad > >thing; it is refreshing that countries that owe their freedo

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
John Garcia wrote: > > On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 09:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/27/2003 6:43:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > >> And its unclear that "arrest" is even the proper word to describe > >> what the > >> Chairman tried t

Re: Genetic fractions

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >> For example, how close I am to you? I imagine we might have > >> a common ancestral by 1600 or so. > > > > Most of my ancestors at that point were in the British > > Isles. to the best o

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > About the DC protestors issue: is it the account that was posted here, a > few month ago? How can I say this charitably? I've had "dealings" with > police both good and bad. I could type out incidents that would make your > hair stand on end, and they would be factually true. I

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > Here is a link to all of the Texas Redistricting Maps you could ever want: > http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/research/redist/redist.htm > > I personally have to disagree with Dan's and Julia's characterizations > of the Republicans' plan as being much worse than the judge

Re: Empire Of Lies

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > > At 09:20 AM 7/29/2003 -0400, John Garcia wrote: > > >My List of Great American Generals (in order): > >Washington > >Grant > >Sherman > >Marshall > >Vandergrift > >Gray > > > >Feel free to agree or not. > > > >Grant came from hardscrabble circumstances and personal failure t

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

2003-07-30 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > However, the emergant property is very troubeling. I do not wish to be 70 and > working long hours every day. What kind of life is it where you get out of > bed go to work, leave work, come home and go directly to bed? Many do that > now, and are proud of it. They are nothing b

Re: Lance!

2003-07-30 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Considering the level of interest shown in the Tour de France when it > started, I'm surprised to see little or no mention of the fact, now that it's over, > that Lance Armstrong won his fifth in a row. This one was more stirring than > the previous 4, as his triumph w

Re: Life and Death

2003-07-30 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: > > Three weeks ago, for my birthday, my wife and kids got me a little > yellow sided conure (a small, new world parrot). At about 12 weeks old > she isn't quite full grown yet. She was hand raised, and is > affectionate, mischievous, curious, and altogether endearing. As

Re: Lance!

2003-07-30 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > Did anyone else catch his Nike ad? It only ran every 5 minutes during > the coverage. ;) Awesome! I just noticed the Subaru ad, myself. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Lance!

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Bryon Daly wrote: > > >From: Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >There didn't seem to be much interest here, I thought. I watched the > >penultimate stage live, postponing a bike ride of my own until I saw the > >result. Then I recorded the same stage while I was work, just to see if I > >missed

Re: Lance!

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Dan's mother wasn't interested in football when she married Dan's > >father. > > A Texas immigrant, huh? Acutally, *she* is the Texas native, *he's* the immig

The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies > >Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:31:30 +0100 > > > > > >It's not as

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Jon wrote: > > > Never give up! Never surrender! > > > > (Kudos if you can name the reference.) ;-) > > Capt. Taggert in "Galaxy Quest"! > > One of the best hard sci-fi movies IMHO. > ;-p Hey, it won the Hugo. Don't knock it. Julia one of the people res

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > Now, would anyone like to actualy talk about the article for which this > thread is titled? Hm. After a bit of thinking, I have: 1) Automatically assumes that anyone disagreeing on a particular point takes the *extreme* position in the direction of the disagreement. 2) As

Re: Lance!

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
"Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote: > > I wrote: > > Hate football, hate > > watching it. I'd rather get a boil lanced than watch football. My > > wife and kids are the same, and I'll do my best to keep them pure, > > thankyouverymuch. > > Of course, it goes without saying that I'm not going to stop othe

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > --- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is, however, important to know that %20 of the > > world population is far > > enough to my side of the axis to be labled dyslexic. > > The inability to spell > > properly in an illogical system such as English > > should n

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
> --- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > ...my thinking has gone off on a bit of a tangent: > > > > In Texas, (and I have to assume that things are done > > in a similar fashion in > > the rest of the US) when there is a divorce, a > > "child of tender years" (age > > 9 and un

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > > Now, would anyone like to actualy talk about the article for which this > > > thread is titled? > > > > Hm. After a bit of thinking, I have:

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Russell Chapman wrote: > > Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > If it were me, I'd give Ritu the benefit of the doubt. > > Conversely, if we are going to start pulling up people every time they > make a spelling mistake or a typing error, it's going to degenerate very > very quickly. I know Ritu is very p

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > > >>Now, would anyone like to actualy talk about the article for which this > >>thread is titled? > > > > > > Hm. After a bit of thinking, I have: &g

Re: Lance!

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 09:33 AM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > >I have an ambivalent attitude about baseball. Trying not to get sucked > >into the whole "Who's ahead -- the Red Sox or the Yankees?" thing that I > >torment

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Russell Chapman wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > >Just thought of a scenario not handled by this: > > > >Woman & man marry > >Woman & man have baby > >Woman & man get divorced > >Woman gets custody > >Woman marries another

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 07:42 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >Is there some age at which children of divorced parents can have a say > >in where they live? > > > >Various states in the US have that, and the age varies from s

Re: fight hte evil of price discrimination

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > And before any of the conservatives on this list start to sputter and huff > and puff that I'm mischaracterizing them - yes. I am. Not every conservative > acts like I pretend they do above. Big deal. Enough do that I don't think I'm > being any more unfair than, oh, say

Re: Salt on your wounds

2003-07-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > > > (And this was > >playground rumor when I was 12 or so, so take it with some NaCl if you > >are so inclined.) > > > > Julia > > I use KCl. Don't know if it's helping, I still get leg cramps. I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I stopped getting le

Re: Life and Death

2003-08-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > Doug Pensinger wrote: > > > So, in the back of my head, I'm wondering if there's a possibility that > > my father-in-law just isn't going to ever get to see these two new > > grandchildren in

Re: Salt on your wounds

2003-08-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Steve Sloan II wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I > > stopped getting leg cramps when I upped my calcium > > consumption. (I'm supposed to get at least 180% of the > > US recommended da

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-08-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Ray Ludenia wrote: > > Jan Coffey wrote: > > > Wouldn't you have a chip on your shoulder after a while as well? You know, > > having a chip on your shoulder doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you. > > Actually, having a chip on both shoulders is better. It keeps one balanced. > Choc-chips

Re: fight hte evil of price discrimination

2003-08-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Russell Chapman wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >As for the Polish reputation for stupidity - I have no clue whence it > >originates. > > > It's certainly not international - we never have Pole/Polack/Polish > jokes, but all the same jokes refer to Irish folk. Maybe somewhere in > the wor

Re: fight hte evil of price discrimination

2003-08-01 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Let's see Tom condemn Katha > > Pollit once in a while. > > > I'm not sure who she is, sorry. > > > > > When Noam Chomsky says things equally bad - or worse - > > our liberal friends like Tom tell us that even > > criticizing them is censorship. > > > I haven't said

Re: [Listref] Childhood obesity - changing the culture

2003-08-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > > I'm catching up on posts I was supposed to reply to... > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > Debbi > > > Grow Your Own! (Veggies & Herbs) Maru > > > > What

Re: [Listref] Childhood obesity - changing the culture

2003-08-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: > > Julia wrote: > >...and then I made The Threat: "Sammy, if you don't stop banging > >that block on the table, your daddy is going to offer you some > >broccoli." He didn't bang the block on anything else for the rest of > >the meal. Of course, he would have had the opt

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-08-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > 3) You will not allow people to 'back off' from a > dispute, but instead try to re-engage the 'hapless > victim' in an escalating war of words - which you seem > to want to win quite badly. Actually, he *will* let people "back off" if they choose to just drop it. If he'

Re: Intent and language

2003-08-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: > ORIFLAMME. ORIFLAMME? OK, I know that my mind is being dissolved by so many hormones and so many other things to think about (such as pending lactation), but I can't figure this one out even with some effort. Julia ___ h

Re: Clinton's Perjury *Again* RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-02 Thread Julia Thompson
David Hobby wrote: > > "John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > ... > > > > Bob Z. said that no Democrat defended Clinton on this. > > > > In my mind, Bob Z.'s claim is patently absurd. Many Democrats did argue > > that any man would lie about adultery, and the only possible reason for > > making such a cl

Re: Bubba Ho-Tep

2003-08-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > > The Trailer: > > http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/bubba_ho-tep/large.html > > xponent > Bruce Campbell Maru > rob The short story on which it's based is found in _Writer of the Purple Rage_ by Joe R. Lansdale. Joe's a good guy. Buy the book! :) J

Re: cost of living, food and clothes

2003-08-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 05:48:45PM -0400, Kevin Tarr wrote: > > > Along those lines, there are things that just aren't made for single > > people, or even families. I was making tacos, the package called for > > a pound of hamburg and the usual cheese and lettuce. There wer

Re: Polish, stupidity myth

2003-08-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: > > Damon wrote: > >>I always figured it was because of WW2 that they got that > >>reputation. Didn't they attack tanks with cavalry during the > >>Blitz, or some such? > >No; Polish cavalry were pursuing a unit of broken German infantry > >when they blundered on some German ta

Re: dyslexia and tinted lenses

2003-08-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > One does not have to be autistic to have a hightened sense for such things as > flickering lights or shrill electronics. The average person can only see > "flicker" below some frequency (can't remember what it si just now) and the > above average person can only here between 20

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of pricediscrimination

2003-08-04 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > And then there have been any number of cases when a Jewish boy who wore his > yarmulke to school had it ripped off his head and stomped into the ground > by a group of bullies who then proceeded to beat him up simply for being > different . . . And there was a case whe

Re: [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > > > > near-coma> > > > > That's not obfuscationist babble, that's jargon! > > > > The Chomsky Hierarchy > > > > Regular languages<-> Finite automata > > Context-free languages

"Hunting for Bambi" debunked

2003-08-04 Thread Julia Thompson
At least, that was what the person who posted the link to the other mailing list said. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/bambi.asp I haven't checked it out myself, am not likely to do so today. If anyone checks it out and wants to share some of the details here, that would be cool.

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: > LIMBAUGH: "The worst of all of this is the lie that condoms really protect > against AIDS. The condom failure rate can be as high as 20 percent. Would > you get on a plane -- or put your children on a plane -- if one of five > passengers would be killed on the flight? Well

Re: good olde fashioned bible burning

2003-08-05 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: > Church leaders say any Bible besides the King James version that they > use, are distractions. Gee, nothing like a group of people so ignorant that they favor a less-accurate translation to the point of *burning* a more-accurate one Julia ___

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of pricediscrimination

2003-08-06 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 03:47 PM 8/5/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > >"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > > > > > At 05:15 PM 8/4/03 -0700, Chad Cooper wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Wait a sec... > >

Re: Scouted: Bester News

2003-08-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Bryon Daly wrote: > > >From: "Bryon Daly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >It's funny, whenever I think of Demolished Man, that rhyme pops in my head: > >"tenser" said the tensor. "Tenser" said the tensor. > > Doh! I hit the send button before I could type the whole thing... Trying > again... > > "Tens

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fightthe evil of pricediscrimination

2003-08-06 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Nobody really needs a gun. Seriously. If you absolutely have to have one (and > I don't know why you would), you should have to demonstrate that need, > demonstrate proper training in its use, be required to own insurance against any > possible misuse of your gun by you

Re: _Politics,_was_[L3]_Re:_fight_the_evil_of _pricediscrimination

2003-08-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Then there is the matter of accidents. > > Simple solution, teach a class in gun safty in school. Replace the 10th 11th > or 12th year of "english" those clases are a waste. 1) I didn't consider any of those classes I took

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fightthe evil of pricediscrimination

2003-08-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > (And no, I'm not going to purchase a gun until I feel a lot more > > comfortable around one than I am. And generally, the rattlers just > > kinda park themselves in the road, s

Pregnancy update, etc.

2003-08-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Well, I've made it to 31 weeks. Ideally, we'd all like for me to get to 36 weeks before I give birth, as that's the point at which we can expect that neither baby would need to go to the NICU after birth. Between 32 and 34 weeks, if I go into labor, they're going to want to try to stop the labor,

Re: Scouted: Bester News

2003-08-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Bryon Daly wrote: > > >From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Bryon Daly wrote: > > > "Tenser" said the tensor. "Tenser" said the tensor. > > > Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun. > > > > > > Damn, t

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-09 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > And the "Milky" part of it comes from a myth that it's the milk spilling > > out of a goddess's breast into the sky. > > > > Really? And I thought it was named after a candy bar... No, you must be thinking of the *planet* named after a candy bar. Julia ___

Re: Scouted: Horse+Horse+Horse+...

2003-08-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > > Haven't these scientists seen that Star Wars movie? Clones = bad! > :) > Jon > Well, the good folks at Texas A&M have been doing a lot of large animal cloning, and, well, they're AGGIES, what do you expect? ;) Julia Yes, I'm a Longhorn, why do you ask? _

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of pricediscrimination

2003-08-09 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > Just Shows What You Get By Choosing To Live Across The Street From The > Comet Theatre Maru What would you get for living across the street from the Orbit? ( http://www.joerlansdale.com/ ) Julia hoping that Dan can snag me a copy of Lansdale's _Freezer Burn_

Re: shoelaces, concetration, stingy reactions andRe:dyslexiaandtinted lenses

2003-08-10 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > So, DONT USE FLORESENT LIGHTS, and DON'T TURN THE LIGHTS ON BRIGHT!!! Amen, brother! When we were building our house, Dan's father was encouraging him to just use fluorescent lighting everywhere. I get headaches being under them for too long -- if I'm in an office that uses

3-year old son of soldiers deployed to Iraq dies in Austin

2003-08-10 Thread Julia Thompson
http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/auto/epaper/editions/thursday/metro_state_f3139fee1648a0de1011.html or http://tinyurl.com/jcco I don't have a problem with anyone serving in the military, but I don't think it's right for both parents of a young child to be deployed overseas at the sam

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: > > http://www.morganquitno.com/dang02.htm > > Nevada 7th most dangerous > Texas 14th > New York 24th > How does the District of Columbia stack up against the states? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/br

Re: [Listref] Obesity - some encouraging news

2003-08-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > >http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/70/80978.htm?printing=true > > > >"...If you simply take some healthful steps in the > >direction of your weight-loss goals, you are likely to > >reap some healthy rewards, even if you never drop a > >s

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > > xponent > And I Own 43 Cats Maru > rob > Don't move to Round Rock. They're considering a proposal that would make it illegal to have more than 4 pets. :P Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The evil ham and cheese sandwich

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > One possible answer in this case is that Jesus fulfilled the law of Moses, > but a prohibition on homosexuality is also found in the New Testament > (Romans 1:26-27, frex). Well, if so many people are uptight about the NT prohibition on homosexuality, why are so few of

Re: Scouted: Okay to execute the evil ham and cheese sandwich?

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > [Two subject lines just begging to be merged. Someone else can come up > with an appropriate message.] > Define "execute". You could assemble a ham and cheese sandwich, and by some slight bending of one meaning of "execute", you'd have done it. Then there's just

Re: Texas Republicans Vote to Fine Fugitive Democrats

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51565-2003Aug12?language=printer > > Texas Republicans Vote to Fine Fugitive Democrats http://www.statesman.com/legislature/content/coxnet/texas/legislature/0803/0813justice.html or http://tinyurl.com/jxvb The US Department of Jus

Re: More Fiber

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
"G. D. Akin" wrote: > > Robert SeebergerWrote: > > > > > Debbi > > > who despises bran cereal, however good it is for her :P > > > > > Have you ever tried Cracklin' Oat Bran? > > > > I eat the stuff like candy. Its fairly sweet and quite tasty. > > > > Therefore it must be bad for you. > > > I use

Re: neo-Cubism

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > > At 03:56 PM 8/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > > >My father bought a 2 X 2 X 2 cube so we could all work on our > >corner-solving strategies. He was fairly strict about cube-solving -- > >we were NOT allowed to buy books on solving the cube (not even with our > >own money), but

Re: shoelaces, concetration, stingy reactions andRe:dyslexiaandtinted lenses

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > Everyone (not just those with aus etc.) are effected by foods. it's not just > autistic kids who get high off of bread. It's just that the autistics are > more dialed in, more granular, more sensative. Granular? I'm not sure what you mean by this in this sentence. (On the ot

Re: I've done it again!

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
"Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote: > > Reproduced, that is. > > Alexander Norman Lipscomb (Alec) was born at 7:46 AM on Monday, August > 11th. He weighed 9 lbs, 8 oz, and his mother is incredibly happy that > someone else will be carrying him for the next while. Congratulations, and my deepest empathy f

Re: Scouted: Bester News

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 05:45 PM 8/5/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >But for starters, in The Demolished Man, there are a hell of a lot more mind > >reares than just three in a tub. > > Three reares in a tub is at least one too many. > > (No butts about it.) Depends. If you h

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 8/3/2003 12:54:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > Now, I think both of them are very important figures, > > because they are extremely influential. One is the > > single most cited living intellectual. The other > > ed

Be careful what you shoot at whom....

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/08132003_nw_paintball.html In Pittsburgh, 3 teenagers were shooting paintballs from a moving vehicle, and someone living there decided to return fire with real bullets Julia who believes that paintball guns belong in *controlled* environments

Re: Author question

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
"G. D. Akin" wrote: > > Horn, John wrote: > > > > (Unlike Delaney's _Dhalgren_, where by page 100 most > > readers have given up > > > and thrown the book away in disgust . . . ) > > > > That would be me in that group. > > I've had that book on my to-be-read shelf for years. And with > reviews

Re: leave the constitution alone

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
"Horn, John" wrote: > > > From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Does anyone else see SCOTUS and reflexively substitute > > > another word as they read...? > > > > SCOUTS? > > Uh, nope. > > I guess not. If you mean slipping an extra letter in there and making a letter substitutio

Re: SCOUTED: Why I hate the Segway

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > Let's start with the way the thing looks. I'm sorry, people, but you're > riding around on an upright canister vacuum cleaner. Think of it this way. > Can you imagine a Hell's Angel riding a Segway? Let's make it easier: can > you imagine anyone SMOKING while riding a S

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Steve Sloan II wrote: > > Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > [BTW, is it "Milky Way" or "Milky-Way" ?] > > "Milky Way". According to the web search I did, the > "Way" in "Milky Way" means "road" -- something I > didn't realize until now. Like that Roman road named > the Appian Way, it wouldn't have

Re: good olde fashioned bible burning

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 01:20:18PM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > It would truly suck to be a groom in Utah then. No sex before OR > > after the wedding. > > Didn't the Clinton case establish that that sort of thing WAS sex? But then it wouldn't *suck* to be a groom. (

Re: [Listref] Obesity - some encouraging news

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
David Hobby wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > ... > > If you want to go all-out and get a Bowflex, that can > > *really* help, but not everyone wants to make *that* sort of commitment > > of resources and space. :) > > > > Julia > > >

Re: Heinlein quote

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > And there are cultural differences between Texas and California, and the > > culture in Texas agreed with me a bit more when I visited both states on > > one trip, and that's how I

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 09:44 am, Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > > > > > --- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Homicides per 100,000, average per year from 1998-2000 > > >> > > >> Dallas TX - 20.42

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > But there's more. Included in the "43 times" of Kellermann are 37 suicides, > some 86 percent of the alleged total, which have nothing to do with either > crime or defensive uses of firearms. Even Kellermann and Reay say clearly > > ".[that] the precise nature of the r

Re: Author question

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
"G. D. Akin" wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > > > The day my wife-to-be said "yes" about 30 years ago, I started keeping a > > > list of all the books I've read. It was just something I started doing. > In > &g

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of pricediscrimination

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 05:15 PM 8/4/03 -0700, Chad Cooper wrote: > > > > >Wait a sec... > >I see 50% of all automobiles with at least an American Flag decal, and a > >fair percentage with an actual flag. Those that use the flag in hate are > >such a small percentage, it probably can't b

Re: SCOUTED: Voters to decide Denver's stress plan

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > The measure doesn't advise how the city should reduce stress but requires > the city to research the idea and scientifically prove which methods work. > Some of Peckman's ideas include playing soothing music in public places and > improving the quality of school lunches

Re: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: > > On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 08:22 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > > > > How would making our (I presume you mean the U.S.?) society "more > > just" stop a would-be rapist from ever committing his first rape? Or > > a pedophile from molesting his first young victi

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Ray Ludenia wrote: > > Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > > > C) everyone [who wants to own a gun and who has not been convicted of a > > violent crime or diagnosed with a serious mental or emotional illness] > > should [be allowed to choose to] have a gun. > > > > Can we all agree with that? > > Most de

Re: Scouted: Okay to execute the evil ham and cheese sandwich?

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Steve Sloan II wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > How do you make a sandwich such that it's "evil"? > > :) (Or should that be >:) ?) > > Use deviled ham? ;-) Great idea! And maybe use jalapeño jack as the cheese! Julia ___

Re: Author question observations

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > By the way, nobody responded to my point about Zettel being someone who > started off what became a pro career by writing fanfic and that she was one of a > number of pro skiffy/fantasy/horror writers who went that track. Am I the only > person on this list who reads/wri

Re: shoelaces, concetration, stingyreactionsandRe:dyslexiaandtinted lenses

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > > Everyone (not just those with aus etc.) are effected by foods. it's not > > just > > > autistic kids who get high off of bread. It's just

Re: Author question observations

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I don't have all that much interest in fanfic, but what *did* interest > > me was seeing P. N. Elrod on that list. I didn't know that. (And I > > usually see her once a year, and she recognizes me, and we have nice > > little conversations, but more about costume s

Re: shoelaces, concentration, stingy reactionsandRe:dyslexiaandtinted lenses

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > > BTW it is easier for most people to switch from grany to square if you change > the way you tie the first overhand instead of the way you loop and follow. > And if someone is doing "left over right, right over left" instead of "right over left, left over right", leave them

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