Soy has also been indicated in many cases. And soy is in sooo many
things. -C
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The worst save in specfic history -- I forgot the title-- wasn't in a
science fiction film but in a romance novel. The hero comes and saves
the girl who had been raped/ravished by the bad guy. Her child in the
scuffle and the hero comes up to the girl, sweeps her up (cause she was
so weak and
forgotten.
-C
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How thoughtful and romantic..
Carole McDonnell wrote:
The worst save in specfic history -- I forgot the title-- wasn't
in a
science fiction film but in a romance novel
Well, I'm all signed up. They are ironing out whether or not we'll
actually be reading excerpts. Will see. I think the Pinkneys will be there
too. Way neat.
Carole McDonnell (Wind Follower) and other local authors will discuss and
sign their books,
Carole's book is story about a quest
Ed Driscoll's review of The Making of Star Wars is fascinating. Read it
and vote.
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/30/050411.php
http://digg.com/movies/Book_Review_The_Making_of_Star_Wars_by_J_W_Rinzler
http://movies.netscape.com/story/2007/05/30/book-review-the-making-of-star-w
Anisur Rahman is the mayor of a village that is literally
disappearing beneath his feet. He knows how this is happening but not
why. His village, Antarpara, used to straddle one of the great rivers
of Asia, the Brahmaputra. Like the Ganges, the Brahmaputra originates
as snow melt in the
Thought it was interesting. Goes to show that the smaller media outlets
are probably the wave of the future...but still...I wouldn't mind a
review in the NY Times
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117314450821127664-
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WB9pQ_20080305.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top
URL to an article that appeared in MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11147506/
The end of an era
First few paragraphs
DENVER - For more than 150 years, messages of joy, sorrow and success
came in signature yellow envelopes hand-delivered by a courier. Now
the Western Union telegram is
Just read the advice the website gave on how to handle bigotry. Ah,
how sweetly interactive. I guess that kinda advice does work. But I
did get a good giggle out of it. I have never ever been that gentle
when dealing with a racist. Why? They're never gentle when dealing
with me. And I truly
Just to pop in here.
The folks who use God said it, etc don't usually say it in a
bellicose manner. The way they say it is being misunderstood and
misrepresented in this. The same goes for reason being the enemy of
faith. Am not going to attempt to describe the real meaning of faith
here but
You made me laugh soo hard just now. Couldn't help it. -C
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guess all the Black folks were killed off in the cataclysm while
Buck was traveling through time.
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Ah, so true!!
That's also one of the reasons I couldn't watch Enterprise. They didn't
seem to know what to do with the black guy. I mean...they had
a black guy on the deck and all. But it was so obvious, they didn't
think enough to give him a personality. So he was just this good-
natured
Hey, before I even noticed there was no black folks on this thing,
just as the trailers were coming, I got turned off by all those
nubile young starlets. Hey men of all color can get into
masturbatory SF, but I had better things to do.
-C
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BOSTON - Gregg Miller mortgaged his home and maxed out his credit
cards to mass produce his invention prosthetic testicles for
neutered dogs.
What started 10 years ago with an experiment on an unwitting
Rottweiler named Max has turned into a thriving mail-order business.
And on Thursday
I loved Nipsey so much. It was only when I heard his death mentioned on
the news that I realized I had totally forgotten about his existence.
That's the way it is in life I guess. I remember listening to him a lot
when I was a kid. Would be interesting to hear those jokes now that I'm
Is 'Lost' a literal enigma?
By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY
Literary references have been sprinkled throughout the mysteries of
Lost: In an episode last season, the character Sawyer was reading
Watership Down by Richard Adams, the story of rabbits searching for a
safe place in a threatening
That first scene of Lost was the absolute best opening sequence in a
show I've seen in a while. Worked better than all those stories with
first chapters with no-name characters. I kept saying who's this?
Whose hair is that? Why the heck won't they show his face? Is it
someone we've already
Am watching Mysterious Island now. Just finished watching Jason and
the Argonaurs...which was fun cause I'm working on a quest story and
hey it was neat to see this.
As for supernova...that's been repeating. Haven't seen it yet. But
I'm sure it has nothing on that other Supernova, the great
Mysterious Island is good... a bit slow. Not a lot of special effects
though. Some nice big island creatures here and there. Captain Nemo
(Patrick Stewart) is very sympathetic.
SuperNova had the great possibility of being a great movie. It starts
out dealing with the boredom of space and drugs
Try this --no cheating
This test only has one question, but it's a very important one.
By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand
morally. No one else will know, so you wont be fooling anyone but
yourself if
you give anything but a truthful answer.
The test
Hi all:
Imagine my surprise when I flipped through the channels and happened
upon a Paul Nweman apocalyptic SF futuristic film. Who know? I sat down
to watch it. Oh my gosh! I kept turning to my husband and saying, I
don't understand a thing that's going on. Seems I am not alone.
Saw this on CNN last night
'Racist' police blocked bridge and forced evacuees back at gunpoint
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
Published: 11 September 2005
A Louisiana police chief has admitted that he ordered his officers to
block a bridge over the Mississippi river and force escaping
This kinda reminds me of what happened in the wake of the Depression.
So many blacks helped to pioneer the west and before the Depression,
places like Montana, Wyoming etc had many small black ranches. But then
the depression came. The small ranchers -- including many of the black
ones-- lost
Last night I was watching Le Journal, a french newscast. (Hey I still
like working on my high school french.)
They've been reporting on Katrina.
In last night's news, they had about five different features. The two I
found most interesting were A) a report on the rise in the sale of guns
in
Wow! Interesting article. Scary article.
Anyone getting nervous about those Green Berets walking through the
streets?
So annoying. Makes us remember that the old stereotype about
the emotional, unpredictable black person is alive and well.
-C
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Of course! This is the kind of thing that happens when you put FEMA
in the defense department. For heavens sake! I even heard on the news
that a couple of years ago President Bush wanted to privatize FEMA.
This entire thing is so annoying. Considering they researched this
scenario a couple of
What gets me, though, is that in spite of all evidence to the
contrary, all the government officials keep saying that the response
is adequate because we have enough national guards. It's like being
told not to believe what your mind is telling you is so clear. I
mean...today they only have 60
I've been watching coverage of this Katrina thing and being just weepy
about all the suffering. And I've got to say the folks at MSNBC are
being pretty enlightened about everything.
Honestly.
They tend not to play down the looting and call it people aiming for
survival. There was a shot of
Oops... correction. MEANT
They tend TO play down the looting
When they show it, they do a great job at convincing the viewer that
it's about survival. Or they follow it with a spot on starving people.
Great job at journalistic manipulation...for the good of a suffering
group of people.
True. From what I read, Rainier knew his son's (shall we
say) proclivities for dalliance and knew many little illegitimate
children would be popping up. Heck, Prince Charles might have some
little natural children floating around. Anyway, Rainier made it law
that only children conceived in
Oh, I love it! Next stop, the Dutch royal family. After that the
Spanish royal family. After that the Princes of Spade, Diamonds,
Hearts, and Clubs. And then FINALLY, the epitome, the English royal
family. Prince William, we black women will get you yet. -C
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It's possible Speedy and the tacobell chihuaha weren't offensive to
Mexicans but to Mexicans in the US. I think offense is one of those
things that is learned sometimes. One has to be enlightened about
certain subtle racist issues or else one just thinks it's funny. Some
black folks thought
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Call me odd but Tom Cruise has always left me cold. It's not the
scientology thing. After all John Travolta is a scientologist and I
like him a lot. The man just doesn't seem to let his soul come
through. I honestly don't know his personality.
As for his crazy behavior-- at last I'm beginning
keeps me straight, so I guess I'm
not qualified to comment...
Carole McDonnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Call me odd but Tom
Cruise has always left me cold. It's not the
scientology thing. After all John Travolta is a scientologist and
I
like him a lot. The man just doesn't seem to let
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A vote for Octavia Butler's Kindred. It's about slavery. knowing about
slavery as history and actually being involved in it. It's also close
to home...in our time, about our issues. And it has a nice paradox. The
heroine ends up back in time and must save the life of her racist white
ancestor.
I just saw Soylent Green again last night. What a great movie! And the
opening credits are so good. In addition to the overpopulation
statement, it did a good job of showing that racism would be destroyed.
Note Chuck Norris' black girlfriend and every third character being
black.
The funny
Wow! WOW!
This reminds me of a news story from India some years back, the story
of the woman who saw a cobra advancing towards her little daughter.
She raced toward her daughter. But it was too late. The little
toddler had bitten the cobra's head off.
-C
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If you find the quotes or remember them, I would love to use them.
In the
meantime, I love the Forbidden Planet quote and can definitely use
it.
Tracey
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At the end of War of the Worlsds--The Martians had been destroyed by
the smallest creatures that God in his wisdom had chosen to place
upon the earth. Forgot the specific quote but there was that feel...
The final words in Forbidden Planet--We are afterall, not God.
There must be something in
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