Re: [scifinoir2] SGU Actress Blogs about Adult Themes on Show

2010-04-07 Thread Keith Johnson
a little too hard for just about anything. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I may have missed the SGU ep, Darkness, but evidently it generated some talk about actress Julia Benson's...assets? What did I miss? I do remember when show when Eli

[scifinoir2] The Perfect Weapon--Pollen

2010-04-07 Thread Keith Johnson
You know those movies like War of the Worlds, where vicious, technologically advanced aliens are brought low by something such as a measly bacterium? Well I say bunk that! Just send 'em down here to Atlanta and let the pollen do a number on them! This is one of the most beautiful cities you'll

[scifinoir2] CBC News: Treme a Powerful New Series

2010-04-06 Thread Keith Johnson
Dang...Khandi Alexander, actually given something to *do* after all those years in the minor role on CSI? John Goodman getting to stretch his serious acting muscles? And Melissa Leo?! All working with other actors and writers behind shows such as Homicide, The Corner, and The Wire?! This

[scifinoir2] FCC loses Comcast's court challenge

2010-04-06 Thread Keith Johnson
Man, this is really bad for us. I'm amazed that Comcast is allowed to block certain types of traffic without telling subscribers. But then, this is the same damn outfit that cut off service to subscribers who were using too much bandwidth on downloads, but refused to give a number as to what

Re: [scifinoir2] True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video

2010-04-06 Thread Keith Johnson
greedy with a side helping of boy could i have some of that.. but of the 3 situations that i know of they've been stable for more than 2years now. which is something to feel good about On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Fascinating. I

[scifinoir2] OT: Cuban Government Releases Votes of Teenaged Elian Gonzalez

2010-04-06 Thread Keith Johnson
Well, I'm not happy that little Elian is being indoctrinated into the Communist party of Cuba, nor that he's used as a propaganda tool for the government. But i also know that returning him to his father was the right thing to do. There was no real reason for his legal, biological father to be

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Cuban Government Releases Votes of Teenaged Elian Gonzalez

2010-04-06 Thread Keith Johnson
, April 6, 2010 11:44:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Cuban Government Releases Votes of Teenaged Elian Gonzalez There is a lot of propaganda here too. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Well, I'm

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Newark Records First Murder-Free Month in Decades

2010-04-04 Thread Keith Johnson
-year-old stepsister during a party at a crime-ridden apartment building in the state's capital, police said. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ wrote: Wow, how sad that this is a good statistic, but how great it is to read it. I know

Re: [scifinoir2] True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Sorry, not mine. I've never understood why anyone would want to be with someone who's not totally committed. It's hard enough to have to keep tabs on an attractive, famous person being faithful

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@...wrote: Didn't know or even suspect this about Pacquin. I'm sure there will be a lot of disappointed men out there now! As for Ricky Martin: file it in the Worst Kept Secret folder. I think Clay Aiken's dossier

Re: [scifinoir2] True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
because this group isn't an alternative sexuality one, but I know what I'm talking about. On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Sorry, not mine. I've never understood why anyone would want to be with someone who's not totally committed. It's

Re: [scifinoir2] Obama looking at interesting things

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
There is a great user comment on the pic of Obama looking at Cap's shield. The guy says He should be allowed to wield that thing when he's making speeches to Congress. Love it! By the way, why is Obama looking at a mockup of Cap's shield? What's the scoop? - Original Message - From:

Re: [scifinoir2] ebook prices going up soon

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
WTF? What justifies this price hike for a medium that by its very nature--no paper or other material costs for printing--should be cheaper? You start hiking the price of a digital book up to thirteen or fourteen books, and it's better to just wait for the hardback or paperback at discount, and

Re: [scifinoir2] ebook prices going up soon

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
Amen, brother! For many many reasons I'd never trust any source of information I have to purely digital form: drives fail, files get corrupted, flash drives get lost or stolen. Someone could always hack into your system to delete a book, as was done recently by Amazon. Worst of all, encoded

Re: [scifinoir2] Will Smith is a busy man

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
Too many sequels for my taste, but impressive. Now, dig up Sam Jackson's list and let's see whose is longer! - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 3, 2010 7:21:34 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Stargate SGU Marathon on SyFy

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
, Keith, but I'm not watching the marathon, just waiting for the new ep. Tried a couple of times, but it's all still too fresh in my head. On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@...wrote: SyFy's running a marathon of SGU all day today, leading up to a new ep

Re: [scifinoir2] Will Smith is a busy man

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
You know what exemplifies and symbolizes all that's wrong with this? The fact that the word "blockbuster" is now applied to movies *before* they even hit theatres! Remember when movie only earned that name *after* it made a certain amount of dough? But now, listen to any reporter covering a movie

[scifinoir2] OT: Newark Records First Murder-Free Month in Decades

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
Wow, how sad that this is a good statistic, but how great it is to read it. I know the so-called War on Drugs has rightfully been attacked as a mistaken label and direction, but in cases where known drug dealing is directly related to murder, something has to be done. I've been impressed with

Re: [scifinoir2] True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
. - Original Message - From: Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 1:04:13 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Keith Johnson

Re: [scifinoir2] True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: There's insecurity

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I agree

Re: [scifinoir2] True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 1:18 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: As always, i appreciate your

Re: [scifinoir2] True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video

2010-04-03 Thread Keith Johnson
series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I wonder if your feelings

Re: [scifinoir2] Science Fiction Hall of Fame Inductees 2010

2010-04-02 Thread Keith Johnson
Wow, great choices. I love Zelazny's work. Even his most pedestrian prose flows like poetry. Loved his Amber novels, and the book Lord of Light is one of my all time fav scifi novels. Matheson's history is huge: how many Twilight Zone, Outer Limit, Trek, and other scifi shows owe some of

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Tale of the Titans

2010-04-02 Thread Keith Johnson
). Davalos' casting is another example of the current filmmakers being tone death to the story. Andromeda has to be beautiful enough to offend the Gods. In the original Titans, Judi Bowker was arrestingly comely in the Andromeda role. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson

[scifinoir2] True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video

2010-04-02 Thread Keith Johnson
Didn't know or even suspect this about Pacquin. I'm sure there will be a lot of disappointed men out there now! As for Ricky Martin: file it in the Worst Kept Secret folder. I think Clay Aiken's dossier was already in there... *** 'True

Re: [scifinoir2] True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video

2010-04-02 Thread Keith Johnson
. On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote:   Didn't know or even suspect this about Pacquin. I'm sure there will be a lot of disappointed men out there now! As for Ricky Martin: file it in the Worst Kept Secret folder. I think Clay Aiken's

Re: [scifinoir2] True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video

2010-04-02 Thread Keith Johnson
  She's bi. Not gay. She still does men. Why would they be disappointed? This would fuel some men's fantasies of a 3way. :) On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Didn't know or even suspect this about Pacquin. I'm sure

Re: [scifinoir2] True Blood Star Pacquin Comes Out on Video

2010-04-02 Thread Keith Johnson
/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Didn't know or even suspect this about Pacquin. I'm sure there will be a lot of disappointed men out there now! As for Ricky Martin: file it in the Worst Kept Secret folder. I think Clay

[scifinoir2] Stargate SGU Marathon on SyFy

2010-04-02 Thread Keith Johnson
SyFy's running a marathon of SGU all day today, leading up to a new ep later tonight. Watching many of the shows again, I still find a lot of things about it to like.  The biggest thing is I'm starting to like the Brother is the show. Initial reactions I had were Great, another angry black man, 

[scifinoir2] Large Suite of Apps Already In Place for iPad

2010-04-02 Thread Keith Johnson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040202244.html Wow, they don't waste time now. Amazing the apps are out and ready before the device. But, the app concept grew so quickly and is so hot, I guess it makes sense.

[scifinoir2] Early CNET Review of iPad

2010-04-02 Thread Keith Johnson
I won't be buying one anytime soon, but it's intriguing. Still, the lack of an ability to run more than one major session/app at a time is disappointing, and what's with Apple's stubborn refusal to support Flash on its devices? I'm also not getting why something as used as a video camera

[scifinoir2] GMail's Vowel Outage

2010-04-01 Thread Keith Johnson
Okay, April Fool's Day it is... ** http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/todays-vowel-outage.html Today’s vowel outage Thursday, April 01, 2010 6:49 AM Posted by Sam Schillace, Gmail Engineering Director If you logged into

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Tale of the Titans

2010-04-01 Thread Keith Johnson
I hate to see Rave's review (which was great, Rave) that Alexa Davalos wasn't used much. I think she is a nice screen presence, and so nice to see a gorgeour brunette instead of blondes all the time. I thought of her as a Wonder Woman candidate at one point (a bit slight of build, but then if

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site

2010-03-31 Thread Keith Johnson
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:26:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site The only thing I have to say about the video is nice booty. :) On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Still Going!

2010-03-31 Thread Keith Johnson
! Same with me, Keith. I did catch Dersu Uzala , and I enjoyed it a lot more than I though I would. Nodded in and out of the last two. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Well, heck, i thought this ended last week. But they're showing

Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies

2010-03-31 Thread Keith Johnson
You're talking about Eleanor Ringel-Gillespie? She was the main AJC critic for years. She was truly a Southern lady in appearance and manner. I did often wonder at her reviewing films like Boyz in the Hood and the like. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site

2010-03-31 Thread Keith Johnson
says Thank you. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http

Re: [scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show

2010-03-31 Thread Keith Johnson
Well, I'm sure LL didn't know it was for a Palin-hosted show. Who interviewed him at that time? To wrap it up under Palin--someone whose beliefs and actions I have to believe he probably finds objectionable--is problematic at best. The Fox response is typically unprofessional, in suggesting he

[scifinoir2] David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies

2010-03-31 Thread Keith Johnson
Sad news. Homicide is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and influence. (Unlike, say, NYPD Blue, which relegated the black captain to

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies

2010-03-31 Thread Keith Johnson
US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies   Dang! He was only 48! Always sends a chill up my spine when somebody younger than me dies. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Sad news

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies

2010-03-31 Thread Keith Johnson
...@... wrote: Dang! He was only 48! Always sends a chill up my spine when somebody younger than me dies. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ wrote: Sad news. Homicide is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, certainly in terms of cop

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site

2010-03-31 Thread Keith Johnson
feel that she should have at least gotten the permits to let people know this was going to happen. I love the singer, still do,  but the video was in poor taste. --Dax I love mankind - it's people I can't stand! From: Keith Johnson Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:54 PM To: scifinoir2

Re: [scifinoir2] Obama Seder: a new tradition

2010-03-30 Thread Keith Johnson
This will drive the rightwing nuts wild: more proof that the real America is being destroyed and diluted. I love it. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:54:26 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject:

Re: [scifinoir2] With Great power comes great responsibility

2010-03-30 Thread Keith Johnson
Funnier, rapper Ludacris is recently doing things to try and help Blacks fill out the Census form. He's also working to help young women become focused on finding career paths and avoid the pitfalls of bad relationships. (Maybe having a daughter is ameliorating some of his more sexist stuff).

[scifinoir2] Successful Geneva Atom Smasher Sets Collision Record

2010-03-30 Thread Keith Johnson
Kewl! For years, after my first intention to be an astronomer, I was determined to be a nuclear physicist. Even visited a fusion reactor test system at UT-Austin. I love this stuff. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around a particle carrying mass, but boy am I excited to think about it, and

Re: [scifinoir2] Successful Geneva Atom Smasher Sets Collision Record

2010-03-30 Thread Keith Johnson
France. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Kewl! For years, after my first intention to be an astronomer, I was determined to be a nuclear physicist. Even visited a fusion reactor test system at UT-Austin. I love this stuff. I'm still

Re: [scifinoir2] Successful Geneva Atom Smasher Sets Collision Record

2010-03-30 Thread Keith Johnson
is their official website: http://www.iter.org/default.aspx On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: That movie was odd. It had some potential, but just degenerated into a mess. I wasn't aware it was based on a real life site. They have a large

Re: [scifinoir2] Successful Geneva Atom Smasher Sets Collision Record

2010-03-30 Thread Keith Johnson
them to Wasilla)"LMNAATWO And this is cool stuff indeed. Strangely enough, as I read this, Keith, I'm watching "Angels Demons", in which CERN figures prominently. Need to chase this down a bit more, once I finish this run, because they're closer to nailing the Higgs boson. On Tue, Mar 30, 20

[scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Still Going!

2010-03-30 Thread Keith Johnson
Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: They just finished showing Roshoman and Seven Samurai is playing now, to be followed by Yojimbo - Original Message - From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:21:23 PM GMT -05:00 US

[scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site

2010-03-30 Thread Keith Johnson
Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 **

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 'Dragon' makes weekend debut at No. 1

2010-03-29 Thread Keith Johnson
visit as a young girl. I will say Helena Bonham Carter is a big-headed hoot as the Red Queen and Crispin Glover is appropriately dastardly as her wicked knave. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Wow, at 2nd place Alice is still about

Re: [scifinoir2] 22 Most Unusual Google Earth Photos

2010-03-29 Thread Keith Johnson
you know, that red pool of water in Iraq reminded me of one of two things: either Mr. Hankie (sp?), the talking excrement from South Park...or Freddy the Flute, the magical talking flute Witchie Poo was always trying to steal in HR Pufnstuff - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf

[scifinoir2] OT: Actress Alonso Criticizes Penn for Venezuela Remarks

2010-03-29 Thread Keith Johnson
One wonders why she didn't just call Penn and have a private conversation about this? I continue to be amazed and even appalled at how we so often take arguments and disagreements public about people we claim to like and respect. For example, Tavis Smiley's recent on-air criticisms of Civil

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: TN Man Enraged By Obama Sticker Slams SUV Into Car With 10 Year Old Child Inside

2010-03-28 Thread Keith Johnson
The funny thing is, many of the right-wing groups are now starting to complain about aspects of the Patriot Act, even though there were curiously silent when Bush pushed it through. (and for my money, it's one of the worst, anti-freedom things ever enacted). What's changed? Not the Act, just

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: TN Man Enraged By Obama Sticker Slams SUV Into Car With 10 Year Old Child Inside

2010-03-28 Thread Keith Johnson
The problem is the Republicans only distance themselves after the fact, and never roundly and broadly criticize the behavior. I haven't seen one Republican or Tea Party notable make a speech, come on TV or radio, or address those crowds and say to them People, this behavior has to stop. They

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: TN Man Enraged By Obama Sticker Slams SUV Into Car With 10 Year Old Child Inside

2010-03-28 Thread Keith Johnson
. By allowing them to continue on without countering every lie it implies that they are right. Its the same for the tea baggers. A half truth and a lie can go on forever if its never challenged. On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: The problem

[scifinoir2] First Lady Recognized in Comic and Awards Show

2010-03-27 Thread Keith Johnson
I'm sure the Right and the Tea Party nuts will speak of this book in the same breath as the Communist Manifesto and Mien Kampf. No way in *hell* they'll let their pure innocent children be subjected to this, if they can't even let the President speak to their kids at school.

Re: [scifinoir2] Battle of the Movie Screens: scarce space for 3-D movies

2010-03-26 Thread Keith Johnson
I'm not typically a Dreamworks fan (Pixar has it all over them in fun, writing, and looks) but I'm looking forward to Dragon. Clash of the Titans I hope to see, if the action is good enough for a decent time waster. My only problem is, i'm not really sure which 3D movies are necessary to

Re: [scifinoir2] Battle of the Movie Screens: scarce space for 3-D movies

2010-03-26 Thread Keith Johnson
announced that the next handheld will be 3d, and other companies have announced 3d netbooks and laptops by next year. I think we're close to becoming the Jetsons. All you need is that 175 inch flatscreen in 3d. On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote

[scifinoir2] Fantasy on Turner Classic Movies Tonight

2010-03-26 Thread Keith Johnson
In case the Caprica marathon on SyFy doesn't interest you, TCM is showing three classic fantasy adventure movies tonight. Starting at 8 pm EST, we get the great Jason and the Argonauts, the stop-motion classic. (gotta love those sword-wielding skeletons!) You may recognize the actress playing

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fantasy on Turner Classic Movies Tonight

2010-03-26 Thread Keith Johnson
: Fantasy on Turner Classic Movies Tonight What? There is something on other than college basketball? ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: In case the Caprica marathon on SyFy doesn't interest you, TCM is showing three classic fantasy adventure

Re: [scifinoir2] Ali vs. Superman

2010-03-25 Thread Keith Johnson
figuring out the truth impossible. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I worry about that too. By the way, I was listening to an NPR show on that recently. the guest mentioned that, when the ability to mass produce books was developed, some

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Southland on TNT

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
seeing that in a cop show before - this is part of the verisimilitude that makes this show a pleasure for me to watch. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: I'm really starting to have problems with this show. I like the cast, love Regina King's

Re: [scifinoir2] Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
parties an n-mail (nature-mail). It's *mine*, suckers! On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea By NIRMALA GEORGE, Associated Press Writer Nirmala George, Associated Press Writer – Wed Mar

Re: [scifinoir2] Way the Hell OT: Stars and Fans Show Support for Bullock

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
- From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:29:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Way the Hell OT: Stars and Fans Show Support for Bullock Why do we want to read anything about the latest Hollywood

Re: [scifinoir2] The Five Most Insane Celebrity Comic Book cameos

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
question. Why didn't superman have more technology? Wouldn't he have been trained by the crystals with all of the knowledge of krypton? On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Depends on what version and who's writing the origin story

Re: [scifinoir2] The Five Most Insane Celebrity Comic Book cameos

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
of krypton? On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Depends on what version and who's writing the origin story. In the original premiere way back in 1936 (?), *all* Kryptonians had powers, even on their home planet. They traveled by leaping up to 800

Re: [scifinoir2] Ali vs. Superman

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
I wonder if and when the day will ever come when we are truly a paperless socieity, with all comics and books on digital readers like Kendle? If that day ever comes, will people even value first-run digital comics and the like? A hundred years from now, will someone be paying a million bucks

Re: [scifinoir2] Ali vs. Superman

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
on antiques to the next generation. Only electronic gadgets. There really hasn't been many new painters out there. Only in digital form which will not be passed on. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I wonder if and when the day will ever

[scifinoir2] Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Last Night!

2010-03-23 Thread Keith Johnson
They just finished showing Roshoman and Seven Samurai is playing now, to be followed by Yojimbo - Original Message - From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:21:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Kurosawa

Re: [scifinoir2] Chris Evans Wins the Role of 'Captain America'

2010-03-23 Thread Keith Johnson
I guess I can't complain about Evans. He was the best thing in the FF movies (Chicklis was good too). I think this is going to depend more on the script and production values than Evans. If they bring the same crappy story and CGI-laden crap to this film they did to the FF flicks, then worry.

[scifinoir2] Tesla Coils Play Doctor Who Theme

2010-03-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Kewl... ** http://boingboing.net/2009/02/20/tesla-coils-sing-the.html Tesla coils sing the Doctor Who theme in orgy of electric awesomesauce All I can say is, it's about goddamned time : Creators of the original Singing Tesla Coils, the

[scifinoir2] Tesla Coils for Dummies

2010-03-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Huh. Good way to get yourself electrocuted if you don't know what you're doing. When I was a kid, home electronics experiments were all about creating electricity from copper and zinc stuck in a lemon...basic hydrolysis using a dry cell (that's right!) battery in water...or maybe making a

[scifinoir2] OT: Baby killer shouter steps forward

2010-03-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Ah hell. Another ignorant buffoon from my beloved home state. So, i meant to say 'It's a baby killer', not *you're* a baby killer? Oh, well, that makes everything okay... :( * Last night, as the clock approached midnight and the long House debate on

Re: [scifinoir2] Brutal Book War remedy: Book Clubs

2010-03-20 Thread Keith Johnson
I'd do it, but I still prefer the comfy, more welcoming feeling of mom-and-pop indie booksellers. Nothing Borders or Barnes and Noble put out feels like a real bookstore with a lot of hardbound leather books, the faint smell of old paper, the coziness of a real brick store where the shelves

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Author Details How Some Profited from Financial Meltdown

2010-03-20 Thread Keith Johnson
from Asperger's syndrome who figured out what was going on by doing something really simple - he read the prospectuses he requested from the brokerage houses. He made $750 million. Reading is fundamental. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Author Details How Some Profited from Financial Meltdown

2010-03-20 Thread Keith Johnson
figured out what was going on by doing something really simple - he read the prospectuses he requested from the brokerage houses. He made $750 million. Reading is fundamental. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ wrote

Re: [scifinoir2] Where's my Cloak of Invisibility?

2010-03-20 Thread Keith Johnson
Good thing for now is we're a long way from this being available at the Wal-Mart, and practical enough to be used by a bunch of people. The working experiments now are extremely controlled and limited in scope, efficacy, and actual volume of area covered. The conditions are static, too: no one

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-19 Thread Keith Johnson
, 3/18/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [ scifinoir 2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good. To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 7:06 PM Absolutely

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-19 Thread Keith Johnson
/18/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [ scifinoir 2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good. To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 7:06 PM Absolutely

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-19 Thread Keith Johnson
universities in America) where she will study economics. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: I've heard good things about Montessori schools. The problem, as you say, is that the schools seem to be focused on only one style of teaching. I sat

[scifinoir2] Yahoo! TV Blog: 'Smallville': Predictions...

2010-03-19 Thread Keith Johnson
Wow, a *tenth* season? That is amazing! They've really complicated things now. Clark and Lois have aged so much, it's all but impossible *not* to make him Superman! But there are still important stages missing before he takes that leap. Of course, I'm always yammering about the years of

[scifinoir2] OT: Author Details How Some Profited from Financial Meltdown

2010-03-19 Thread Keith Johnson
Here's the link to the NPR Fresh Air interview with the The Blind Side author, whose newest book The Big Short tells how some people anticipated and profited from the financial meltdown. I'm amazed at this guy's writing diversity, but the story here is shocking, for all that we've been in this

[scifinoir2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
Interesting.  I'm not well informed on the latest data on how boys and girls learn. I know there's the feeling that boys are more mechanical, mathematically gifted, hands on. Girls are supposed to be more conceptional, dreamy. But things like saying girls read what's put in front of them,

Re: [scifinoir2] Samurai on History Channel Tonight

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
fans (myself included, I freely admit) weren't fans of the TARDIS layout. On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote:   Wow! The David Tenant death was very poignant, as that Doctor didn't want to go. (And that's a clever angle seeing as the actor

Re: [scifinoir2] Samurai on History Channel Tonight

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
as well. On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote:   Wow! The David Tenant death was very poignant, as that Doctor didn't want to go. (And that's a clever angle seeing as the actor himself was ready to go). Have other Doctors been so upset

Re: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
Harper's a talented actor. I agree: the M.E. position on most of these shows is a (pun intended) dead end. Kandi Alexander left her version of CSI for the same reason: not enough to do. Tamala Jones--she of the loud voice and innumerable black comedies--plays an  M.E. on Castle, and I lament

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa and Elmore Leonard on TV Tonight

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
but kicked ass. I love the female agent's attitude. I hope we see more of her. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Justified was good. A bit deliberate in pacing, which is good. I liked it, but frankly, I liked Karen Sisko better when that show premiered

Re: [scifinoir2] Samurai on History Channel Tonight

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
:06 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I still wish Eccleston had stayed for at least three or four years. I like Tenant, but in many ways I like Eccleston better. And nowadays, being in scifi isn't as much of a stranglehold as it was back in the Star Trek or Buck

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
to read the attached story, then stopped when I saw the group attached to it. The Center on Education Policy frequently appears on Faux/Fixed/Fox news. Take whatever they say with a salt mine. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote

Re: [scifinoir2] Kurosawa and Elmore Leonard on TV Tonight

2010-03-17 Thread Keith Johnson
16, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I mentioned Samurai on History Channel at 8 pm EST (Martin, it reruns at midnight). But there are a couple other things worth checking out tonight. First, Turner Classics is doing the second of its three Tuesday

Re: [scifinoir2] Samurai on History Channel Tonight

2010-03-17 Thread Keith Johnson
the Library/Forest of the Dead", another one with a ramped-up scare factor (made me pay attention to shadows a bit more afterward, just as "Blink" did it for statues). And... what can I say? I'm a Whovian. On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote

Re: [scifinoir2] Kurosawa and Elmore Leonard on TV Tonight

2010-03-17 Thread Keith Johnson
and Elmore Leonard on TV Tonight ABC ran a recap show of Flashforward last night. The show starts up again this Thursday at 8pm. Also V starts again on the 30th. On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Justified was good. A bit

Re: [scifinoir2] Samurai on History Channel Tonight

2010-03-17 Thread Keith Johnson
-in limit of twelve per batch. The Time Lords can grant a new set to a TIme Lord, but, after chucking the guys who *own* regenerations into the Void, he isn't likely to be on the list. On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: The aliens from Blink

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Regina King: NBC Is Like ‘a Horrible, Drug-Addict Mom’

2010-03-17 Thread Keith Johnson
Agreed, but like I said way back when this show first debuted--on both NBC and then, on TNT--I don't like the dearth of good brothers on the show. I've seen a couple of cops and detectives who are black men, in guest spots that can be measured in a few short minutes. But there's no black men

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Human Target writers completely miss mark

2010-03-17 Thread Keith Johnson
of my guilty pleasures. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Yeah, my wife and I had a great time on last night's show, which was as silly as ever. Chance isn't really a human target so much as he is a bodyguard. He doesn't actually *become* or *replace

Re: [scifinoir2] Who is Clark Rockefeller?

2010-03-16 Thread Keith Johnson
...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:54:13 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Who is Clark Rockefeller? WHOA. Now THAT was a Movie of the Week, in and of itself. On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn

[scifinoir2] Army Making Major Revisions to Fitness, Combat Training

2010-03-16 Thread Keith Johnson
This is fascinating, but makes sense in many ways.  If you've gotta do close in fighting, have to be able to move and pivot and jump and climb and carry in alleys, stairwells, small rooms, etc., you need those Bourne-type skillsets. Still, I imagine there'll be some type of long-distance

[scifinoir2] Samurai on History Channel Tonight

2010-03-16 Thread Keith Johnson
Premieres at 8 pm EST tonight... * http://primetimetv.suite101.com/article.cfm/samurai-on-history-channel Mark Dacascos is a master of martial arts. He is also the Chairman on Iron Chef of America and appeared on Dancing with the Stars . He

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