Re: [scifinoir2] Maia Campbell Before The Drugs

2010-08-12 Thread Tracy Curtis
Now I'm remembering that when the LA Times was still a newspaper, Bebe Moore Campbell had a cover story in the Sunday magazine in which she covered their family's push toward financial stability, her own writing career, the trappings of middle class life, and what it meant when she realized

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Ganja and Hess movie?

2010-07-30 Thread Tracy Curtis
I've never seen it either. I remember looking for it once during the VHS heyday. It was gone. I remember looking for several titles that were either impossible to find or hundreds of dollars. But I see that the DVD is available for much less. Tracy On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Kelwyn

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: True Blood Season 3

2010-07-28 Thread Tracy Curtis
I'd watch that! On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@... wrote: I notice we haven't seen too many vamps of color; I really wish that would change. This

Re: [scifinoir2] Native American Paper Sculptures

2010-07-28 Thread Tracy Curtis
These are stunning! On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Amy Harlib ahar...@earthlink.net wrote: ahar...@earthlink.net Wow! Amy On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: ** Native American Paper Sculptures These are absolutely

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Salt in your eye

2010-07-26 Thread Tracy Curtis
I'm not sure what to say about that. I've seen a few things lately that remind me of how important it is for children to be raised by people who want them around. But I assume some people could be good at the job with a child at home. I guess I would chalk that up to at least the way she's

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Expose the NCAA, not the athletes

2010-07-22 Thread Tracy Curtis
I am really curious about any experiences you would like to share with the NCAA. I was an undergrad in a place where athletics didn't bring revenue to the school; but I've been in places since then were sports matter a lot. But I know that student-athletes have vastly different experiences

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Expose the NCAA, not the athletes

2010-07-22 Thread Tracy Curtis
, it was ruined the day I sat outside that money room, looking at all of the worn bills being collated. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.comwrote: I am really curious about any experiences you would like to share with the NCAA. I was an undergrad in a place where

Re: [scifinoir2] VIDEO: Mysterious Beast “Chupacab ras” Found In Texas

2010-07-16 Thread Tracy Curtis
When I first heard the legends, I didn't know what to think. But when I see the pictures, they all look like some damaged versions of regular animals. I've seen dogs turn blue like that when they've lost their fur. I imagine other canines might too. What do you all think? On Fri, Jul 16, 2010

Re: [scifinoir2] Hal Jordan's painted on super suit

2010-07-16 Thread Tracy Curtis
I need to be the lady who says the nipples in the Batman suit did not get me to the theater. But I also didn't think it was a subtle touch. It was the first thing I noticed when I saw the suit. Friends and I immediately started joking about the fetish Batman. I hope that's not the thinking

Re: [scifinoir2] [] they still hating on Lebron

2010-07-14 Thread Tracy Curtis
I hadn't seen this shirt. It's an ugly attack. If the past 7 years in Cleveland can provide any predictions, I don't imagine the Miami press or paparazzi will be kind to her. On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: http://kissmyassleb

Re: [scifinoir2] 10 Bizarre Theories And The Facts Surrounding Them

2010-07-14 Thread Tracy Curtis
I take in a lot of media. But I've never heard the idea that the Middle Ages didn't exist. On Jul 14, 2010, at 7:43 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I'm surprised that we haven't seen any of these in a movie yet. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 4:26 AM, Martin Baxter

Re: [scifinoir2] Dream Weaver - Rave's Inception Review

2010-07-14 Thread Tracy Curtis
Thank you for linking to your review. This movie is one of the few I'm looking forward to seeing. On Jul 14, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://blackplush.blogspot.com/2010/07/dream-weaver.html It is hard to quantify how good Inception is. It is a two and one half

Re: [scifinoir2] [] they still hating on Lebron

2010-07-14 Thread Tracy Curtis
Martin, what do you usually claim to be? On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Tracy, this whole thing is ugly. Stuff like this is why I don't claim to be human. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.comwrote: I hadn't

Re: [scifinoir2] 10 Bizarre Theories And The Facts Surrounding Them

2010-07-14 Thread Tracy Curtis
think that Doctor Who might be verging toward introducing it as a storyline. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.comwrote: I take in a lot of media. But I've never heard the idea that the Middle Ages didn't exist. On Jul 14, 2010, at 7:43 AM, Mr. Worf

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Goldberg: Mel Gibson is Not a Racist

2010-07-13 Thread Tracy Curtis
The whole Whoppi Goldberg thing is bizarre. I can't imagine hearing these words from anyone I know and then trying to defend that person. Does anyone else feel as though this recording is getting so much play just because news outlets want to play slurs, even when they're bleeped? On Tue, Jul

Re: [scifinoir2] 6 Coolest Inventions you Probably D idn’t Know Exist

2010-07-13 Thread Tracy Curtis
These are great. Although I once saw a traffic light that did some kind of crazy blinking when the caution light came on. It was late. It seemed brighter than normal. For a second, I thought it might mean something other than what normal traffic lights mean. I think I'm getting to the point

Re: [scifinoir2] LeBron's crazy daddy drama

2010-07-12 Thread Tracy Curtis
How is it that he can sue them for never mentioning him? I noticed that he waited until LJ became too old to receive back child support. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:50 AM, George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm from DC and was in college in 84 and want to know the name of

Re: [scifinoir2] James Mink Story

2010-07-12 Thread Tracy Curtis
Is this movie airing again? On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: This morning I saw this movie Captive Heart: the James Mink Story starring Lou Gossett, Kate Nelligan, Michael Jai White and Ruby Dee. It is an amazing mind screw about how twisted is slavery and

Re: [scifinoir2] Hoopla Around James Stranger than Fiction

2010-07-11 Thread Tracy Curtis
No one will notice for at least another week. On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockhart.comwrote: I'm in Charlotte. We just sent the Browns a QB named Jake Delhomme. If you think you all are mad NOW... On Jul 9, 2010, at 9:27 AM, Tracy Curtis wrote: I'm

Re: [scifinoir2] Monster wrestling

2010-07-11 Thread Tracy Curtis
I hope to get to one of these soon. On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Last week or so there was a post where I mentioned the monster wrestling matches. Now the monster battles are on tour. Check them out here: http://www.kaiju.com/ -- Celebrating

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Scientists discover antibodies that neutralize over 91 percent of HIV strains

2010-07-10 Thread Tracy Curtis
I remember hearing in the early 1990s that some people had a natural resistance to AIDS. They would get the HIV virus. It would be detectable. But even without treatment, they never acquired full-blown AIDS. On Jul 10, 2010, at 1:38 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: That would

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: LeBron James The Decision top-ranked show on Thursday night

2010-07-10 Thread Tracy Curtis
I'm glad you said this. Reading your comments allowed me to realize that the other TV events are completely off my radar. I only had a vague notion of these broadcasts except for the drafts. I don't think I've seen one--at least in adulthood. I now watch sports only occasionally after

Re: [scifinoir2] Hoopla Around James Stranger than Fiction

2010-07-09 Thread Tracy Curtis
I'm in Cleveland right now. It's my hometown. I can assure that black people are (over)reacting to this news. The city, after all, is more than half black. So local coverage shows a lot of black people. They ripped up posters and tore up a few things too. And because this is Cleveland, there

Re: [scifinoir2] Mark Reads Twilight blog

2010-07-08 Thread Tracy Curtis
Thanks for posting this link. I hadn't looked at the books or movies because I thought they were for children. I had no idea about the ideologies in them. On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone ever read this? I've been reading it section

[scifinoir2] Two energy saving inventions

2010-07-08 Thread Tracy Curtis
This man has a lab in Atlanta and is working away to save us from ourselves. I http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mccalla/video-black-inventor-reveals-two-amazing-energy-saving-inventions-on-cnn/

Re: [scifinoir2] Mark Reads Twilight blog

2010-07-08 Thread Tracy Curtis
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 Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for posting this link. I

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone Seen the Film Man from Earth?

2010-07-06 Thread Tracy Curtis
I've seen it. It's worth watching for the way they tease out an idea. I don't want to give any spoilers. But I can see it working well as a play. Perhaps because of the budget, they remain in one place throughout the entire film and have an extended conversation about one group member's life.

Re: [scifinoir2] Relatives of Harry Potter actress charged in attack

2010-07-04 Thread Tracy Curtis
The wealth association is still there. The Korean woman who was talking about Daniel Kim said the ideal Korean guy looks more like a mid-level office worker. Then she showed me some pictures. They were not of men who would appeal to most American women. I remember reading one of the many

Re: [scifinoir2] Relatives of Harry Potter actress charged in attack

2010-07-04 Thread Tracy Curtis
that were wealthier lived much longer than their lower income counterparts. On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com wrote: The wealth association is still there. The Korean woman who was talking about Daniel Kim said the ideal Korean guy looks more like a mid

Re: [scifinoir2] [Mexican Wrestlers]

2010-07-03 Thread Tracy Curtis
I went to Lucha Vavoom in LA once. My favorite part had to be the audience members dressed like that in suits and masks arriving in late 1940s cars. I was definitely under costumed. On Jul 3, 2010, at 7:36 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: My favorite pic out of these are the two

Re: [scifinoir2] [Mexican Wrestlers]

2010-07-03 Thread Tracy Curtis
Thank you! I'm looking forward to it. On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Tracy, that just became part of one of my stories. Thanks, and expect due credit upon publication! [?][?] On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com

Re: [scifinoir2] [Mexican Wrestlers]

2010-07-03 Thread Tracy Curtis
? They have people that dress up like monsters from a godzilla movie that wrestle in a cage match. On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 5:36 AM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com wrote: I went to Lucha Vavoom in LA once. My favorite part had to be the audience members dressed like that in suits

Re: [scifinoir2] Relatives of Harry Potter actress charged in attack

2010-07-03 Thread Tracy Curtis
I heard the same thing about Korea after being shocked by a Korean woman saying that Daniel Kim, the actor from Lost, is ugly by Korean standards largely because he is dark. I think she said something about him looking like a laborer. On Jul 3, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Keith Johnson

Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises

2010-07-01 Thread Tracy Curtis
Just the ability for it to be a hotspot makes it worth a lot. I didn't know it could do that. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2996 While the world continues to line up for the latest iPhone — reception

[scifinoir2] Minority Report tech—apologies if you discussed th is equipment before

2010-07-01 Thread Tracy Curtis
I just ran across a story about technology developed in Israel that's supposed to predict criminal behavior. It's being tested in a New Jersey prison and at some border points in the United States.

Re: [scifinoir2] Kids today?

2010-07-01 Thread Tracy Curtis
I think so too. No kids were that height when I was in 7th grade. It also seems that babies become interactive a lot earlier than they did even 20 years ago. Does anyone else think that back then they never seemed able to focus or do anything else they seem to emerge doing now? On Thu, Jul 1,

Re: [scifinoir2] Minority Report tech—apologies if you discussed this equipment before

2010-07-01 Thread Tracy Curtis
It scares me. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I'm a little creeped out about this. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com wrote: I just ran across a story about technology developed in Israel that's supposed to predict

Re: [scifinoir2] Muslims, Asians and others protest casting of white actors in ethnic parts

2010-06-28 Thread Tracy Curtis
Didn't she also get the brownface treatment when she played Marianne Pearl (widow of the journalist killed in Pakistan)? Tracy On Jun 28, 2010, at 9:25 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I read a couple of days ago that Angelina Jolie got the part of Cleopatra in the next movie.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Octavia Butler

2010-06-23 Thread Tracy Curtis
! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@... wrote: I like it a lot and taught both *Parable of the Sower* and the short story Bloodchild last semester. Most of her work is not hard sci-fi. She picks a set of circumstances (biological anomalies

Re: [scifinoir2] Slanty-eyed white people playing Asians marathon on TCM

2010-06-23 Thread Tracy Curtis
I can't remember whether we talked about this subject on the list before. But there should be a category for based on a true story or true scenario when they just turn the Asian Americans into white people. At least The Fast and the Furious, and 21, the movie about MIT students counting cards

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

2010-06-22 Thread Tracy Curtis
I'll offer this speculation about Drew Barrymore. She's not dumb. She either is or behaves as though she's weird or flaky in part because she knew from the time she was a child that she would not be able to pull off the glamorous waif look that might otherwise keep her popularity high enough to

Re: [scifinoir2] Burning Question: Why Do We Still Have Power Cords?

2010-06-22 Thread Tracy Curtis
There's probably a little of the If it ain't broke. . . idea. But I imagine the biggest reason is to protect billing. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 5:41 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Something I've wondered about many a day, Mr Worf. Here's hoping that this comes to light.

Re: [scifinoir2] Octavia Butler

2010-06-22 Thread Tracy Curtis
I like it a lot and taught both *Parable of the Sower* and the short story Bloodchild last semester. Most of her work is not hard sci-fi. She picks a set of circumstances (biological anomalies, time anomalies, different planetary settings, etc.) to explore primarily the ways that people treat

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

2010-06-21 Thread Tracy Curtis
After reading through a few of the comments on the original article, I was struck by how many people seem to say specifically that they like Will Smith, but dislike Jada Pinkett-Smith and dislike the kid because he looks like her. Actually, they won't name her. They just call her his mother.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

2010-06-21 Thread Tracy Curtis
After reading through a few of the comments on the original article, I was struck by how many people seem to say specifically that they like Will Smith, but dislike Jada Pinkett-Smith and dislike the kid because he looks like her. Actually, they won't name her. They just call her his mother.

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Fugitive Caught After 40 Years in Hiding

2010-06-15 Thread Tracy Curtis
The part where he says it's unfair that his victim's grandson spent money on the investigation galls me. He's acting as though he didn't take a life. On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I'm not sure that I can feel any sympathy for this guy, Keith,

Re: [scifinoir2] Costner tells Congress he's got an oil spill solution

2010-06-10 Thread Tracy Curtis
What do you think this process might do to any wildlife that gets pulled in, or toward, the device? On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: If this works, there'll be a LOT of people, myself included, wondering why they went to James Cameron first...

Re: [scifinoir2] Class Rank and Entitlement

2010-06-10 Thread Tracy Curtis
I meant to thank you earlier for writing this piece. And now I want to add congratulations on your daughter's graduation. Although I won't be on campus this fall, I'd like to see her in one of my classes at some point. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] o/t Terence Howard In Talks To Portray Marvin Gaye

2010-06-04 Thread Tracy Curtis
The last thing I heard about the Hendrix movie was that Andre 3000 of Outkast was going to play Hendrix. But I haven't heard that mentioned in at least two years. I don't know what to think about Terence Howard as Marvin Gaye. It could be great or a travesty. On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:31 AM,

Re: [scifinoir2] When Good Porn Stars Go Bad

2010-06-03 Thread Tracy Curtis
All the time I was hearing this story, I didn't see a picture of the guy. Damn, damn, damn! On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/02/porn-actor-slash-web.html Dude was working and living at warehouse where porn was filmed. He

Re: [scifinoir2] What if Jaws was made today?

2010-06-02 Thread Tracy Curtis
My favorite speculation in the whole piece is that the shark would be loud. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:01 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: 2012 kind of also took care of most of the natural disaster films in one great swoop. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Martin Baxter

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Long Believed Myths about Gas Mileage Debunked

2010-05-29 Thread Tracy Curtis
Rave, I've had to tell people about the Wisconsin mornings when the steering wheel is too cold to touch. A lot flat out disbelieved me. And my family still tries to tell me to warm up the car even though most mechanics now go so far as to say that idling is bad for the car. And on one of those

Re: [scifinoir2] Mom Gives Birth Behind Wheel of Chevy Cobalt, Gets Freebies From GM

2010-05-28 Thread Tracy Curtis
This is the first version of the story I've read that mentions why her husband wasn't driving. On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Did anyone ask the woman why she didn't pull over and call 911? Mom Gives Birth Behind Wheel of Chevy Cobalt, Gets

[scifinoir2] killing off black characters

2010-05-28 Thread Tracy Curtis
I imagine this subject has been discussed on the list before. But I just watched Cloverfield and was shocked that the black character seemed to be the only one to survive. How many other movies with an ensemble cast leave black characters, or maybe other characters of color, alive when others

Re: [scifinoir2] killing off black characters

2010-05-28 Thread Tracy Curtis
survived the grisly killing orgy. Can we say Keith David survived in the 80s remake of The Thing? He and Kurt Russell were the last two men left alive, though the ending pretty much shows they were both going to freeze to death very soon. - Original Message - From: Tracy Curtis

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes

2010-05-26 Thread Tracy Curtis
I'm not surprised by the reactions so many people are having to the student who was alarmed. One thing that seems really constant is that somehow there is this crazy belief that black people are not ever afraid of white people. I see this in the classes I teach. The Atlanta article's comments

[scifinoir2] Brittany Murphy's husband dies

2010-05-24 Thread Tracy Curtis
I remember that people on the list discussed her death. Now he's gone too. http://my.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20100524/e5e7278c-5b2e-4857-88c8-77d0a5f5b1c

Re: [scifinoir2] Persons Unknown

2010-05-24 Thread Tracy Curtis
At first glance, it reminds me of the Cube movies. On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't read much about this show yet, but my first impression from the commercial is that it is NBC's version of Lost. Total strangers are kidnapped and taken to an

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: The Event

2010-05-23 Thread Tracy Curtis
That's one thing I'll be doing in the fall. On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter martin.baxter@gmail.com Date: Sun, May 23, 2010 at 3:21 PM Subject: The Event To:

Re: [scifinoir2] Science-Fictional Music

2010-05-23 Thread Tracy Curtis
martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Tracy, I stopped buying music back in 1990, aside from compilations of favorite artists. It's all become too homogenized for my taste. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.comwrote: I saw her perform a month or so ago. It was a great

Re: [scifinoir2] Science-Fictional Music

2010-05-22 Thread Tracy Curtis
I saw her perform a month or so ago. It was a great experience. She and the band gave it their all despite the fact that we were outdoors and it was rainy and cold. I'm starting to listen to the new album and like it. Lately it's been hard for me to find new albums, conceived as such rather

Re: [scifinoir2] The Scared Yet files: iRobot's oozy ChemBot amazes and terrifies

2010-05-17 Thread Tracy Curtis
This brings back my childhood fear of the blob. On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 6:13 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: It can also be used as a weapon, after a fashion. Just looking at it makes my stomach do slow rolls... On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Mr. Worf

Re: [scifinoir2] The Scared Yet files: iRobot's oozy ChemBot amazes and terrifies

2010-05-17 Thread Tracy Curtis
and seeing Dracula, Frankenstein, or the Wolfman on my front stoop. But a crazy, cannibalistic killer like a Dahmer who's running around with a knife or ax or something? It's not out of the realm of possibility... - Original Message - From: Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: British Boy Legally Changes Name to Captain Fantastic Faster...

2010-05-11 Thread Tracy Curtis
%40yahoogroups.com, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@... wrote: Yep. People have to think of those things when they name their kids. But I guess kids will find something to target anyway. On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@...wrote: Thanks I spelled it wrong. I

Re: [scifinoir2] British Boy Legally Changes Name to Captain Fantastic Faster...

2010-05-10 Thread Tracy Curtis
That's a name that may make travel difficult, and getting and Apple Store app approved. I think the Zappa son's name is Ahmet. On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: I think I left out another. Wasn't there a Moon Unit Zappa? - Original Message

Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies

2010-04-29 Thread Tracy Curtis
It's not a good idea to have a bright augmentation of the road's edge. If you can't see that, it's a good signal that driving conditions aren't good enough. And if the tech gets it wrong, the driver has two conflicting visual signals to follow. That's not good. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:16 PM,

Re: [scifinoir2] The luckiest people in Hollywood?

2010-04-27 Thread Tracy Curtis
I always wondered why people kept giving Kevin Costner chances after his expensive films lost so much money. Is that the kind of luck you mean? On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: This is just a topic. There's no right or wrong answers for this. So, the

Re: [scifinoir2] They do the crime; we do the time

2010-04-23 Thread Tracy Curtis
I was really annoyed when I saw the story. But it got worse after I saw the web site for the costume sales. http://www.spfxmasks.com/maskplayer.html http://www.spfxmasks.com/ourmasks.html On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: They do the crime; we do the time

2010-04-23 Thread Tracy Curtis
by top Hollywood Special Effects artists, Rusty Slusser has upped the anty in the world of realistic silicone masks. Matching african-american hands (sold seperately) will complete this incredibly awesome illusion. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Tracy Curtis tlcurti

Re: [scifinoir2] Katie Williams is Notre Dame's first black valedictorian

2010-04-20 Thread Tracy Curtis
That's great news. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.the-savvy-sista.com/2010/04/you-go-girl-katie-williams-is-notre.html History is being made at the University of Notre Dame this spring In the 161 years the University of Notre Dame has been

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Texas city revives paddling as it takes a swat at misbehavior

2010-04-20 Thread Tracy Curtis
As a kid, I was accused of overreacting to paddling. We had a substitute teacher who was someone I knew from the neighborhood. But he had no business in the classroom. I was third grade. Someone did something annoying that I don't quite remember. Maybe the person slammed a desk when the guy's

Re: [scifinoir2] Reimagining Reimagining

2010-04-19 Thread Tracy Curtis
That's really wonderful and makes me wish I could paint. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Bosco Bosco ironpi...@yahoo.com wrote: This is freakin awesome. Thrift Store art made fabulous: http://used-outboard-motor.net/How_To_Make_A_Used_Thrift_Store_Painting_MOAR_AWESOME.html Bosco

Re: [scifinoir2] She shoots! She swears! She's 11!

2010-04-17 Thread Tracy Curtis
i feel as though I should buy tickets right now. I didn't have anything censored from me when I was a kid. I think it made me develop my reading and film preferences earlier and without much peer pressure. And now I'm faculty at UW-Madison. Rave, I hope your child at least comes to visit my

Re: [scifinoir2] Teen Sues Mother for Facebook Harassment

2010-04-16 Thread Tracy Curtis
Keith, I was also wondering about this case. My very uninformed guess is that she posted something while pretending to be him. Perhaps that along with the hacking can be construed as fraud. People can be charged with that no matter what their relationships with the people they attack. But it

Re: [scifinoir2] Teen Sues Mother for Facebook Harassment

2010-04-16 Thread Tracy Curtis
- From: Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 12:00:59 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Teen Sues Mother for Facebook Harassment Keith, I was also wondering about this case. My very uninformed guess is that she

Re: [scifinoir2] Teen Sues Mother for Facebook Harassment

2010-04-16 Thread Tracy Curtis
it out? The kid is obviously angry, and maybe with good reason. But I hate to see him taking his mom to court like this. She might even be wrong in a way, but criminal? - Original Message - From: Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 16

Re: [scifinoir2] World Science: Newfound species dubbed 'T. rex' of leeches

2010-04-15 Thread Tracy Curtis
I love that unknown (at least to western scientists) large species keep being found. But I am really paranoid about parasites. This is nightmare inducing. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Amy Harlib ahar...@earthlink.net wrote: ahar...@earthlink.net Cool science stuff. - Original

Re: [scifinoir2] Checked out the IPad

2010-04-10 Thread Tracy Curtis
I imagine it's the same screen as the iPhone. That I clean with stuff made for eyeglasses. On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: One more question that I had about the Ipad was how do you keep the screen clean? On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Keith

Re: [scifinoir2] TVOne Running The Richard Pryor Show Marathon

2010-04-10 Thread Tracy Curtis
I remember watching its first run when I was a kid. Of course I missed a lot of the jokes. Then I watched again maybe 10 years ago. The piece that struck me the most, and probably made me tear up when I saw it was one where Pryor does a silent bit. If I recall correctly, there were children in

Re: [scifinoir2] Avatar to the IMAX

2010-04-02 Thread Tracy Curtis
Could someone enlighten me on the difference between regular and really good IMAX? I saw Avatar in IMAX 3D. But I'm not sure now whether I could have had a different experience. On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] Avatar to the IMAX

2010-04-02 Thread Tracy Curtis
resolution 3d. Its the best way to see a 3d film. On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.comwrote: Could someone enlighten me on the difference between regular and really good IMAX? I saw Avatar in IMAX 3D. But I'm not sure now whether I could have had a different

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

2010-03-31 Thread Tracy Curtis
I'm really sorry to hear this. He was a talented and interesting guy. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: 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

Re: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer

2010-03-29 Thread Tracy Curtis
Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: No, Tracy. Haven't seen that, but I will be looking for it now, even if the premise is a GOP wet dream. On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.comwrote: Hello everyone, I just watched a movie called Sleep Dealer. It's about

Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Revenge of the dumb terminal?

2010-03-29 Thread Tracy Curtis
It might be popular for travel. But I imagine that service would be at least as spotty as cell service is now. I wouldn't have much patience for that. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Don't think it'll last. Humans who deal in tech like to have

[scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer

2010-03-28 Thread Tracy Curtis
Hello everyone, I just watched a movie called Sleep Dealer. It's about technology that allows the labor to be imported without moving the actual people. Drone warfare technology also makes an appearance. If anyone has seen it, I'd like to know what you think. Here's a link to a trailer:

Re: [scifinoir2] Gangsta gadgets

2010-03-22 Thread Tracy Curtis
Does anyone else think that the gun cell phone is an exceedingly bad idea? On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, I'm sending this to several of my cousins in Jersey and Virginia. I predict that each will own a Booty Mouse ere long. On Mon,

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

2010-03-20 Thread Tracy Curtis
Did anyone else notice that over the past several months Borders also switched to free wi-fi from a pay service? I go there to work when traveling, but they don't seem to realize that the problem is that they don't have the books I want. On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Kelwyn

[scifinoir2] tribe asks Cameron for help

2010-03-10 Thread Tracy Curtis
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/dongria-kondh-ask-james-c_n_491020.html This really chills me. Tracy

Re: [scifinoir2] Avatar highest grossing movie ever?

2010-03-08 Thread Tracy Curtis
Thanks for posting the conversion. They used to measure movie popularity by ticket sales, at least into the 1980s. I always argue that movies should be measured by tickets sold and jobs should be measured in real dollars. On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Martin Baxter

Re: [scifinoir2] Obsolete Professions

2010-03-07 Thread Tracy Curtis
I saw some slightly advanced typesetting once on a newspaper tour. It made me appreciate the inky fingers from reading the paper. At least one of my friends gets milk delivery now. That place is doing great business. If I could do any one of those, I'd want to be a lector, though I doubt they

Re: [scifinoir2] Obsolete Professions

2010-03-07 Thread Tracy Curtis
The friend with milk delivery lives in Denver. On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:34 PM, George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com wrote: I still see elevator operators at the Senate building in DC. Saw one last year at all places Pimlico Race track in Baltimore. Haven't seen milk delivered for

Re: [scifinoir2] Dwayne McDuffie: Race, Sci-Fi and Comics

2010-03-05 Thread Tracy Curtis
Thanks so much for posting this link. My student is working on the Milestone comics. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/03/race-sci-fi-and-comics-a-talk-with-dwayne-mcduffie/37063/

Re: [scifinoir2] Cyberwar Hype Intended to Destroy the Open Internet

2010-03-04 Thread Tracy Curtis
That's chilling enough to have me looking over my shoulder here at home. On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, the examples of such I've met have far less facial-recognition value. You wouldn't know about them until they were standing right

Re: [scifinoir2] Software gives Ebert his voice back

2010-03-02 Thread Tracy Curtis
I always worry about such things. But with Ebert, they synthesized this voice from all of his movie reviews. Most of us don't have that much recording of ourselves. It's not clear to me how much it would take. On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: This is

Re: [scifinoir2] 10 most influential African Americans in sci-fi list

2010-03-01 Thread Tracy Curtis
Some of the comments on the piece are a bit scary. What kind of person argues for dropping Octavia Butler from a list on influential black people in sci fi? On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:00 AM, George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Mayor Who Sent Obama Watermelon Picture Quits

2010-02-28 Thread Tracy Curtis
Let me preface this by saying that I don't believe him. However, I one student say that Robert seems like an unlikely name for a black person and another say that she never thought of black people being into things like coffee. I'm fairly sure the first student was utterly sincere and not trying

Re: [scifinoir2] Body of actor Koenig found

2010-02-26 Thread Tracy Curtis
It's hard to see his parents looking so frail and worried, then having their worst fears confirmed. On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/02/missing-actor-andrew-koenig-found-dead-in-vancouver-park.html A tearful

Re: [scifinoir2] Top 14 wealthiest African Americans

2010-02-25 Thread Tracy Curtis
How do you think that mistake got by so many people? My first guess is that they have a very young, not very diverse staff. On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Note: One of the pictures is incorrect. Can you guess which one?

Re: [scifinoir2] The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms available this week!

2010-02-23 Thread Tracy Curtis
Congratulations! I've just become familiar with your work via Podcastle. I'm looking forward to getting the book. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 5:14 PM, C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.comwrote: You Go, Gir-...Um, Self-Realizing, Successful Black Woman... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no

Re: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life

2010-02-22 Thread Tracy Curtis
I actually watched the show. It was puzzling. People went to therapy and ended up talking to crime investigators who used the patients' past lives to solve cold cases. None of this made sense with any traditional understanding of criminal investigations, therapy, or reincarnation. It was a bit

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