What's to read?

2009-09-21 Thread Doug Pensinger
I just finished reading a bio of the Sun King, Louis XIV of France. I was inspired to read it after having read The Three Musketeers which actually took place during the reign of 14's father (maybe) Louis XIII and by Stephenson's Baroque Cycle which I actually finished a few years ago. TTM was a

Wife's suggestion!

2009-09-21 Thread Chris Frandsen
My wife suggested this. I always go along with her ideas:-) learner Begin forwarded message: Hey! Let’s circulate a request for common courtesy and civility between individuals and groups with opposing ideas. I don’t know about you, but I have become increasingly concerned about the

Re: What's to read?

2009-09-21 Thread Chris Frandsen
On Sep 21, 2009, at 1:48 AM, Doug Pensinger wrote: BTW, I can't recommend the Kindle enough. T I am using the Kindle app on the iphone and just finished a Baxter SciFi/Alternate history book. Best electronic book interface I have seen so far! learner

Re: Wife's suggestion!

2009-09-21 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Sep 21, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Chris Frandsen relayed: Bottom line—We profess to be a Christian nation. It is appropriate to ask, “What would Jesus say and do?” I imagine he disagreed with the actions of those cheating tax collectors and adulterous women he befriended. Yet, we have no

Re: Wife's suggestion!

2009-09-21 Thread Michael Harney
Chris Frandsen wrote: My wife suggested this. I always go along with her ideas:-) learner Begin forwarded message: Hey! Let’s circulate a request for common courtesy and civility between individuals and groups with opposing ideas. I don’t know about you, but I have become increasingly

RE: What's to read?

2009-09-21 Thread Pat Mathews
I have a Sony 505. The books on my reader are on my reader and on my desktop, not on my account on someone else's server. If anyone wants to delete them [think 1984] or whatever, they have to physically steal my reader and then delete the book. I own them outright. Nobody else has any rights

RE: Wife's suggestion!

2009-09-21 Thread Pat Mathews
Amen. I second, third, or thousandth the motion. Pat http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ From: lear...@mac.com Subject: Wife's suggestion! Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:09:36 -0500 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com My wife suggested this. I always go along with her ideas:-) learner Begin forwarded

Re: What's to read?

2009-09-21 Thread John Williams
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Pat Mathews mathew...@msn.com wrote: I have a Sony 505. The books on my reader are on my reader and on my desktop, not on my account on someone else's server. If anyone wants to delete them [think 1984] or whatever, they have to physically steal my reader and

Re: Wife's suggestion!

2009-09-21 Thread Chris Frandsen
On Sep 21, 2009, at 3:20 PM, Michael Harney wrote: I respectfully disagree. Not in appealing to people to be respectful in disagreements, but in appealing to the religious What would Jesus do? to do so. Rationality promotes calm debate. Sadly, religion is not conducive to

Re: Wife's suggestion!

2009-09-21 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 21, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Chris Frandsen wrote: A referral to Religion without being specific often sparks a response on this list. My wife is not a follower so she did not write this with this illustrious group in mind. Guys, I suggest taking her to task on this is part of the problem.

Re: What would Jesus say and do

2009-09-21 Thread hkhenson
I suspect he would be looking deeply into evolutionary psychology to understand what drives strife. It is fairly clear what causes the problems. It is fairly clear what we need to do about them. But it is really unlikely that people will. Keith