Re: Brin-L archives searchable - a real life example.

2004-01-26 Thread Jim Sharkey
Nick Arnett wrote: >Or like letting Edward Scissorhands measure your inseam. He's part tailor, part moil! :-) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http:/

Frat boys? (was Re: Br!n: LotR and Conservatives)

2004-01-30 Thread Jim Sharkey
Davd Brin wrote contemptuously of: >Frat boys. What's wrong with being a frat boy? Isn't brotherhood, booze and the pursuit of babes what America is all about? :-) Jim Pi Kappa Phi, Beta Alpha #569 Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The

Re: Stephan King

2004-01-30 Thread Jim Sharkey
Travis Edmunds wrote: >From: "Robert Seeberger" >>I Have No Penis Yet I Still Feel the Yearning to Use One Maru > Forgive me for saying so, but that's just.different. It makes *me* wonder if we could get Harlan to write a new short story about AM. :) Jim I hope I'm not seeing reference joke

Re: Left Vs Right Handedness

2004-01-30 Thread Jim Sharkey
William T Goodall wrote: >This is so obvious I'm embarrassed having to explain it to people >who are supposed to be grown up :) Wait, we're supposed to be grownups? Did I miss another memo? :) Jim 36 going on 12 Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.e

Re: Frat boys? (was Re: Br!n: LotR and Conservatives)

2004-01-30 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: >Jim Sharkey wrote: >>What's wrong with being a frat boy? >Having gone to UT, I ended up with a fairly negative view of frat >boys. (The alcohol-related deaths might have had something to do >with that.) >I've heard from people at other sch

Re: Stephan King

2004-01-31 Thread Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote: >From: "Jim Sharkey" >>I hope I'm not seeing reference jokes where there aren't any Maru >Loose reference to "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream" >You're on top of things Jim! Ah, good. I thought I felt my nerd-sense

My field is more academic, nyah, nyah, was: Re: Brin: LotR and Conservatives

2004-01-31 Thread Jim Sharkey
I prefer the expression "My brain is bigger than yours," myself. If I could attach images, I'd add the picture of Brain Guy from MST3K. FWIW, this has been an entertaining little discourse. Well worth the price of admission of a few hours of reading. And at my billing rate, that's decent mon

Re: Stephan King

2004-01-31 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: >Jim Sharkey wrote: >>Has a signed, slipcased edition of the original City on the Edge >>of Forever script Maru >Dang, I just have a paperback, and I haven't had it signed. To be honest, I bought this particular signed version from Borderlands Press

Re: Frat boys? (was Re: Br!n: LotR and Conservatives)

2004-01-31 Thread Jim Sharkey
Damon Agretto wrote: >Damon, Chi Psi, Alpha Nu Delta #27 At least I'm not alone! Where'd you go to school, Damon? Jim NJIT alum Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___

Re: Frat boys? (was Re: Br!n: LotR and Conservatives)

2004-01-31 Thread Jim Sharkey
Damon Agretto wrote: >>At least I'm not alone! Where'd you go to school, Damon? >Penn State I remember seeing our Penn State chapter at a regional meeting. Twenty white guys wearing khakis, blue oxford shirts, blue blazers and penny loafers. Talk about fitting the stereotype. :) Jim Wh

Re: Frat boys? (was Re: Br!n: LotR and Conservatives)

2004-01-31 Thread Jim Sharkey
Damon Agretto wrote: >Are you the guys nicknamed "Skull?" Not that I know of. Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinf

Re: Frat boys? (was Re: Br!n: LotR and Conservatives)

2004-02-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Dan Minette wrote: >At that time, Wisconsin frats were filled with guys who joined >because beer was part of the frat costs. Like most stereotypes, the drunken frat boy has some basis in truth. Our chapter was no exception in that regard at times (including a night at McSorley's in NYC by your

RE: Janet Jackson

2004-02-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote: >CBS's main New York switchboard was immediately bombarded with >complaints about the stunt, network sources said late Sunday. Well, it made me happy, anyway. Of course, that was after five SoCo 100 and Cokes, so I might not be the best gauge on that one. :) Jim If my

Re: Janet Jackson

2004-02-02 Thread Jim Sharkey
Alberto Monteiro wrote: >Jim Sharkey wrote: >> If my kids were watching I'd have been more upset Maru >How weird. My kids watch breasts and nipples all the time and they >don't give a damn Mine are, I think, a fair sight younge

RE: and we thought we had too much snow...

2004-02-02 Thread Jim Sharkey
Gary Nunn wrote: >Some interesting pictures of Newfoundland and their snow... or >more accurately, some pictures of very deep snow.. I have an Internet acquaintance who lives in the north Michigan peninsula. He tells me they get ~300 inches of lake effect snow a year, and that rather than snow

Re: Janet Jackson: 1, George Bush: 0

2004-02-03 Thread Jim Sharkey
Bryon Daly wrote: >Their best guess was that GWB is a baseball guy and doesn't care so >much for football. That would only serve to prove that the President isn't really a Texan. Football is like a second religion there, isn't it? :) Jim ___ Join

RE: Bush cost me everything

2004-02-09 Thread Jim Sharkey
Kevin Tarr wrote: >PS: When will more uplift novels come out? OK, that's just about enough on-topic-ness out of you, mister. Jim Maybe Kevin was replaced by a Changer Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the We

Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?

2004-02-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
Tom Beck wrote: >It's the word "marriage" that appears to have some mystical, >totemic meaning for some lamebrained lazyminded easily stampeded >credulous dolts (i.e., most of the American public). Well, add me to list of dolts then, Tom. I find myself in that very boat; I believe gays should

This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

2004-02-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
I know we have some music fans here, and I thought this might interest you: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7948-1000282,00.html An excerpt: "A documentary about a heavy metal band, even one that has sold 90 million albums since 1991, is hardly steak and chips for the art-house predator

Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?

2004-02-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
Erik Reuter wrote: >Why should we care about your vague feeling? Where did I say you should? >What gives you the right to take your vague feeling of >uncomfortable that you can't explain and impose it on someone else? And when did I do that? >What makes your vague feeling more important than

Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?

2004-02-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
Tom Beck wrote: >I can't stop you feeling what you feel, but you need to ask >yourself why you are so important that your feelings should be >permitted to ruin the lives and happiness of people you don't even >know. Is there some bizarre meme that's infected the members of this list that dict

Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?

2004-02-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
Tom Beck wrote: >Sorry if we misread you. But most people weighing in on the anti- >gay marriage side of things appear that they very much WOULD impose >their views on the world. Fair enough, Tom. But I'm not one of those people. Recall from my first message that my sister's been in a comitte

Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?

2004-02-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
Erik Reuter wrote: >Fine, he is entitled to his opinion, but I am damn well going to >reply sharply to people who make posts implying that their >unexplainable feeling of uncomfortable has any bearing on what >others should or should not be allowed to do. Your interpretation of my initial stat

Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?

2004-02-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
Erik Reuter wrote: >I have yet to see a clear statement from him that "Although I >have irrational feelings about gay marriage, by my words and actions >I do NOT support anti-gay marriage laws or constitutional amendments". This was not sufficiently clear? "I've always been a believer in peopl

Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?

2004-02-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
Michael Harney wrote: >There is a possibility that the issue of gay marriage may be >presented before the citizens of the United States for a vote. In >such a situation it doesn't take a big leap from not feeling >comfortable with gay marriages to voting against gay marriages. If >you really

RE: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

2004-02-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
Travis Edmunds wrote: >Metallica fan eh? Care to divulge any other bands you like? Sure. I'd say my all-time favorite bands are Rush, TOOL, Metallica, Yes, Iron Maiden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam and Queensryche. I dig some of the current bands like Disturbed, Outkast, and No Doubt; I li

Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?

2004-02-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
Erik Reuter wrote: >Dan Minette wrote: >> Right, the problem would be that Jim would be uncomfortable. That >>is a problem, because she is his sister. >And if he has a problem with his sister, who he has just said >(or strongly implied) that he has good feelings for, one must at >least wonder,

Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?

2004-02-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
Erik Reuter wrote: >For example, even before I read your post I would have said the >reserved approach would be more successful on you (Julia). Alas, not >everyone is like Julia! ;-) If they were, the accumulated niceness might just choke me. :) Jim __

Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?

2004-02-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote: >What is really bizarre about this thread is that everyone seems >to basically agree about "Gay Marriage". This focus on >microscopic points of difference is amazingly like a Monty Python >sketch. Maybe the listname should be changed to "The Argument >Clinic". No it

Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?

2004-02-16 Thread Jim Sharkey
Bryon Daly wrote: >I'm betting odds that John's reply will target judicial >activism. :-) Hehe, that's certainly against traditional conservative thought, yes. I don't think I'll take that bet, though it is possible that John's strong Catholic background also influences his opinion. *Grabs

Star Trek Politics

2004-02-16 Thread Jim Sharkey
A forum I frequent has been having a discussion of how one would describe the political system of the United Federation of Planets. It seems to me to combine traits of two systems I generally don't think of as compatible, that is almost a sort of democratic communism. I'd be interested in se

RE: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

2004-02-16 Thread Jim Sharkey
Travis Edmunds wrote: >Just to name a few that I'm into though, how about: I dug a lot of the bands on your list, though I feel Nirvana is overrated, a couple of your bands I'd never heard of, and I can't get into Silverchair, White Lion or Papa Roach. I liked that Manowar made your list; I r

RE: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

2004-02-16 Thread Jim Sharkey
Travis Edmunds wrote: >Ever hear any Niccolo Paganini? Heard of, yes. Heard, I don't think so, though if memory serves, Malmsteen used to fancy himself Paganini's musical descendant. I saw him open for Maiden at the Philadelphia Spectrum back in...late '86 or early '87. Pretty good stuff, t

Re: Star Trek Politics

2004-02-16 Thread Jim Sharkey
Michael Harney wrote: >From: "Jim Sharkey" >> A forum I frequent has been having a discussion of how one >>would describe the political system of the United Federation of >>Planets. It seems to me to combine traits of two systems I >>generally don'

RE: Julius Schwartz, 1915-2004

2004-02-17 Thread Jim Sharkey
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: >JULIUS SCHWARTZ DEAD AT 88 I hadn't heard this. Truly a bummer; Julie was one of the great ones. Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! __

Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?

2004-02-17 Thread Jim Sharkey
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: >Jim Sharkey wrote: >>There are a number of laws and concepts that I don't heartily agree >>with that I also do not oppose, since I realize any difficulties >>with it are my >>problem. A*** comes immediately to mind. It's >

RE: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

2004-02-19 Thread Jim Sharkey
Travis Edmunds wrote: >What was Maiden like? Great. The only thing that I didn't like was they didn't play "The Trooper" otherwise it was a lot of fun. Compounded by the presence of spandex-clad, big-haired New Jersey girls, of course. :) >>One of my favorite Foxtrot strips ever had a Vivald

RE: BRin-L - are we average? (was RE: Federal Marraige [sic] Amendment)

2004-02-19 Thread Jim Sharkey
Straight, married, kids, moderate. I think that last one makes me a freak around here... ;-) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Re: Federal Marriage Amendment

2004-02-19 Thread Jim Sharkey
Erik Reuter wrote: >I support the National Doggie-Style Amendment. So do I, but for entirely different reasons. :-) Jim Was that dirty? Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___

RE: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

2004-02-22 Thread Jim Sharkey
Travis Edmunds wrote: >Metallica's music always felt somewhat contrived Seeing as they've influenced a pretty large number of bands, at least a few of which were on your list, I find this statement staggering. Can you get a little more specific. IIRC, Megadeth was also on your list. Dave Mus

RE: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

2004-02-22 Thread Jim Sharkey
Travis Edmunds wrote: >>From: "Jim Sharkey" >>IIRC, Megadeth was also on your list. Dave Mustaine wrote about >>half the songs on Kill 'Em All. Are those songs exceptions to >>that idea? >Seeing as how we don't know each other, I'll

Re: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

2004-02-23 Thread Jim Sharkey
Damon Agretto wrote: >I think Soundgarden was the best band tocome from the Big 4 of >the "Seattle" music scene from the time (the others being Pearl >Jam, Nirvana, and Alice in CHains; IIRC Queensryche, being from >Seattle,doesn't count because they came earlier...) I'd agree. Queensryche's

Re: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

2004-02-24 Thread Jim Sharkey
Travis Edmunds wrote: >Do you like any Mudhoney, Screaming Trees? I liked what I heard from them, but I never really got that much into them. Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___

Re: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

2004-02-24 Thread Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote: >Did I mention Yes? I think you might have, now that you mention it. :) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.

Re: A few new words of which this list is in need

2004-02-26 Thread Jim Sharkey
Jan Coffey wrote: >Oh yes thank you for reminding me, I had almost forgotten all about >you Erick. >Come to mention it I also forot these words: bully, adipose, >corpulent, fleshy, gross, heavy, obese, overblown, overweight, >porcine, portly, pursy, stout, upholstered, weighty, beefy, bulky,

Re: A few new words of which this list is in need

2004-02-26 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: >Inconceivable! You made the classic Internet blunder! The first is never get involved in a flame war on Brin-L, but only slightly less well known is never show off your vocabulary when a bunch of know-it-alls are online! :) Jim Amusing people for fun but no profit since

Re: Why are Democrats better in bed?

2004-02-26 Thread Jim Sharkey
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: >Robert Seeberger wrote: >>Why are Democrats better in bed? >>You've never heard of getting a good piece of elephant, have you? >Whassamatter? Can't imagine what they can do with that trunk? You're mistaking an inability to imagine it with a powerful desire to maintain t

Re: A few new words of which this list is in need

2004-02-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
Jan Coffey wrote: >I'm sorry if you take this personaly. I didn't take it personally. I just thought that engaging in fat jokes was even more childish than Erik's comment, and that it, in my mind at least, weakened your position and made you look bad. Jim _

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: >We had to put a shield over the TV controls to keep Sam from >playing with the power switch on the big TV. I hate to be "that guy," but we just told the kids "No" on touching the TV controls until it sunk in. Granted, the shield would have been less time consuming... :)

Re: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

2004-02-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote: >Rush is not an easy band to get into. But when you do, the >music speaks for itself. Really? I loved Rush from the first time I listened. To me, they *defined* nerd rock in the early 80's. :) >> -Judas Priest >Good metal, Their hits were head and shoulders above the

Re: A few new words of which this list is in need

2004-02-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
Erik Reuter wrote: >Jane's posts Mmm, the sweet smell of eighth grade taunting. Let's see, we've had fat jokes and calling the other guy a girl. Can making fun of one another's mom be far behind? :) Jim Your momma's so fat she stepped on a dollar and made change Maru _

Re: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

2004-02-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
Matthew Bos wrote: >"Travis Edmunds" wrote: >> You like Slayer!? Neat. >I have never had the response of "neat" whenever I say I listen to >Slayer. >New cool guitar orientated rock groups? The Darkness, and Los >Lonely Boys. The Darkenss cracks me up. They're like the evil bastard child of

Re: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

2004-02-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote: >From: "Jim Sharkey" >> For those about to rock, we Maru you >That's got to be in the running for the best Maru ever! Hey, thanks! I didn't even know there was a contest going on! ;-) Now if I only knoew the origins of the Maru, I&#x

Re: A few new words of which this list is in need

2004-02-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: >If Erik is a pig, he's Some Pig! I'd even argue he's Terrific! Jim That was an easy one Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http:

Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?

2004-02-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: >Alberto Monteiro wrote: >>Don't you watch Hollywood movies? For every group of _n_ identical >>twins, _n-1_ are Evil. >wondering if the Olsen twins are the exception to that rule. Only in that they are *both* evil. :-D Jim Hated Full House Maru _

Re: Race to the Bottom

2004-03-06 Thread Jim Sharkey
Jan Coffey wrote: >Of course right now, people are taking temp work for 60 or 70, but >you can't live on that here. You couldn't even pay for shelter and >food for a family of 3 on that, much less have traspertation to and >from work. Non-skilled labor like washing toilets is 60. WTF??? Are y

RE: Paul Winfield, RIP

2004-03-10 Thread Jim Sharkey
Jon Gabriel wrote: >Paul Winfield has died. He was also in one of my favorite ST:NG episodes, "Darmok." One of the more original episodes of the run, I thought. Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! __

Re: Paul Winfield, RIP

2004-03-11 Thread Jim Sharkey
Tom Beck wrote: >Jon Gabriel wrote: >>Did you know there's a Tenagra Observatory whose name is based on >>the episode? http://www.tenagraobservatories.com/Who%20are%20we.htm >There's also a "Darmok Dictionary" at >>http://www.chaparraltree.com/sflang/darmok.shtml. Both of these links were tr

Re: Race to the Bottom

2004-03-11 Thread Jim Sharkey
Erik Reuter wrote: >ritu wrote: >>I'll be *really* heretical and repeat something Gord told me: >>apparently South Korea has better internet connectivity and speed >>than even the North American Continent... >Why is that heretical? I would think it would be obvious, >considering the population d

Re: Request for Admin Action (Was: Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer)

2004-03-14 Thread Jim Sharkey
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: >Can we change the name of the list to something more descriptive, >like "Children-L"? Nah, children actually know when to STFU. I've yet to see anyone here demonstrate that ability. :) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.exc

Humor: REM meets LotR

2004-03-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
Got pointed to this on theonering.net, and I thought it was pretty clever. http://greenbooks.theonering.net/moonletters/creative/files/s081503_09.html Sung to the tune of "It's the End of the World as we Know It" by R.E.M. That's great it starts with a dwarf quest, Orcs and Wargs, a riddle gam

JP (Was: Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE)

2004-03-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
Bryon Daly wrote: >From: Kevin Tarr >>But this is my favorite Judas Priest album... >You mean Defenders of the Faith? Awesome album, definitely my >favorite by Priest. I'm more of a Sad Wings of Destiny guy myself. Jim Victim of Changes Maru ___ Jo

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-16 Thread Jim Sharkey
Steve Sloan II wrote: >The Fool wrote a particular word every paragraph: >> FUCK >> FUCK >> >I've heard claims that men think of sex every x-number >of seconds. Is this proof? ;-) Well, *I've* heard that the more one talks about it, the less one is getting it. Which is this actually proof of?

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-17 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: >http://www.steakandbjday.com/ >Basically just declares the day and explains why. This is the best holiday ever. EVER. :) Jim Marking this one on his calendar Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized

RE: March Madness!

2004-03-18 Thread Jim Sharkey
Tom Beck wrote: >For sports fans, this is one of the best times of the year. *Nods* It's definitely my favorite sporting event. I have three pools out there: 1) Gonzaga, OSU, Duke, Maryland - Duke champion 2) Kentucky, Pitt, Duke, UConn - UConn champion 3) Kentucky, Wake Forest, Duke, Maryland

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-21 Thread Jim Sharkey
John Doe wrote: >The test I took had a maximum score of 150, which gives me a score >of 137/150 * 100% = 91.3%. >Not that I'm bragging or anything. :-) Sounds like bragging to me, Jerry. Sounds like you're ready for that favorite of Brin-L games, "My brain is bigger than yours." :) Jim

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-23 Thread Jim Sharkey
Travis Edmunds wrote: >"Jim Sharkey" >>Sounds like you're ready for that favorite of Brin-L games, "My >>brain is bigger than yours." :) >I love that game! Who wants to play? *Measures head* Well, unless my skull's even thicker than I thought

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-23 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: >Jim Sharkey wrote: >> Sounds like bragging to me, Jerry. Sounds like you're ready for >>that favorite of Brin-L games, "My brain is bigger than yours." :) >Is that the one where someone mentions SAT scores as well, and >then someon

Re: the Joys of Corporate Accounting [L3]

2004-03-24 Thread Jim Sharkey
John D. Giorgis wrote: The Fool wrote: >>They have established ceilings on how much they will ever spend >>per retiree for health care. >Yet another reason why defined-benefit retirement plans are evil, >and why the US economy should complete the wholesale switch to >defined-contribution retire

Re: Scouted: Universe Teeming with Elephants???

2004-04-06 Thread Jim Sharkey
William T Goodall wrote: >I saw Scouted: Universe Teeming with Ele... and hoped it would >turn out to be elephants. I was disappointed. I have it on reasonably good authority that there are at least four of them out there... :) Jim And don't forget the giant turtle Maru

Re: Scouted: Universe Teeming with Elephants???

2004-04-06 Thread Jim Sharkey
William Taylor wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>I have it on reasonably good authority that there are at least >>four of them out there... :) >> And don't forget the giant turtle Maru >And the stone monkey with the wooden mallet to drive the four corks >back in. >I mean otherwise he'd be for

RE: Fw: Over on that other Brin-L...

2004-04-07 Thread Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote: >A message from Jeroens Brin-L. >I sadly note that John Doe never posted there before this >message. I don't suppose Mr Doe recognises how obvious and >transparent the ploy appears now. Transparent's a good word for it. I didn't call him "Jerry" the one time I responde

Re: Non-hostile gunshot wound?

2004-04-12 Thread Jim Sharkey
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Horn, John wrote: >>"died from a non-hostile gunshot wound". What would that be? >Or "friendly fire"? Yes, but the term "friendly fire" actually says what it means. Clearly, we can't have *that*. People back home might start to think war is dangerous, and people get

RE: Personal weirdness

2004-04-18 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: >I got myself a copy of GURPS Uplift sometime during the insanity of >late March/early April and just now had the chance to start looking >at it. And what did you think? Was it worth picking up even if you're not a GURPS fan, which I'm not. Jim

RE: Pregnancy update

2003-05-27 Thread Jim Sharkey
Twins?!?!?!? Holy moly! Congratulations! Wowsers, are you going to have your hands full. Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/m

RE: The Geek Test

2003-05-27 Thread Jim Sharkey
Jon Gabriel wrote: >The Geek Test: http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html >I ranked: 44.3787% - Major Geek 38.65878% - Major Geek I'd have scored higher if I treated my computer as more than just a toy, I think. And there should be more RPG questions. :-) Jim

Re: The Geek Test

2003-05-27 Thread Jim Sharkey
Russell Chapman wrote: >So - what IS the odd/even rule for Star Trek movies? The odd-numbered movies suck, the even-numbered movies are good. To wit: Star Trek "I", TPM - Not good. Star Trek III, TSfS - Not good Star Trek V, that which shall not be namd - Awful Star Trek VII, Generations - OK, n

RE: H.I.P.A.A.

2003-06-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Horn, John wrote: >There are parts of the HIPAA rule that I don't like, but there are >plenty more that I do like. Both as a member of the healthcare >community and as a patient. HIPAA legislation is costing a lot of companies a great deal of money, though. Some of what we do at BCA includes

Re: H.I.P.A.A.

2003-06-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Erik Reuter wrote: >Horn, John wrote: >> this article is HORRIBLE and full of inaccuracies. >Which is what I have come to expect from most of the articles >posted by Fool. I was afraid I was the only who'd noticed that. One of his pension articles was so full of inaccuracies and half truths I

RE: H.I.P.A.A.

2003-06-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Horn, John wrote: >Jim Sharkey wrote: >> HIPAA legislation is costing a lot of companies a great deal >> of money, though. >Trust me. Even for a big shop like mine, it's a momentous task. >We are spending a huge amount of money on it. And it's not over >yet

RE: Too Smart To Be So Dumb

2003-06-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: >One major point is that smart != good. This is true. I know plenty of smart people that don't seem like they *think* before speaking or acting. This quote from the article, however, is bull: "We live in an age when pure intelligence is valued and honored beyond all boun

Re: Too Smart To Be So Dumb

2003-06-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: >(Speaking of gym class, ask me sometime about the volleyball >incident.) Speaking of gym class, if there's any group that is elevated far beyond its logical station, it's athletes. Jim Who does want to hear about the volleyball incident Maru :) ___

Re: The Format and Media consolidation of America [L3]

2003-06-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: >Julia Thompson wrote: >>who hates hearing about plonking on-list, actually >Boinking, on the other hand, is apparently a different >matter . . . We do seem to know a bit more about each others' sex lives than one might expect, don't we? :) Jim ___

Re: The Format and Media consolidation of America [L3]

2003-06-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: >How much time do you spend reading articles? >Julia >who hates hearing about plonking on-list, actually What is plonking, anyway? Is this some bit of Internet lingo I just happened to miss? Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.exc

Umm, what's the deal?

2003-06-09 Thread Jim Sharkey
I don't seem to be receiving any messages, Nick, and it *looks* like my settings are in order. Any ideas? Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-11 Thread Jim Sharkey
Deborah Harrell wrote: >Happiness Is A Warm Fuzzy Maru Happiness is a warm fuzzy something, anyway. :-D Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www

Re: WMD

2003-06-15 Thread Jim Sharkey
John D. Giorgis wrote: >That's o.k., I participate on a Catholic discussion List where I >am considered a flaming liberal. oh yes, and after discussing >certain economic policies with my officemates, one of them printed >off a picture of the Kremlin for me to hang on my cube, because he >t

RE: Various RIP - was Hepburn, RIP

2003-07-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Gary Nunn wrote: >Of course Katherine Hepburn, but also Gregory Peck and Buddy >Hackett. Perhaps Buddy Hackett didn't have quite the impact on >serious acting that Hepburn and Peck did, but I grew up watching >him. Buddy Hackett died? I didn't even hear that. Did you ever see his stand up?

Irregulars Question: Kauai

2003-07-02 Thread Jim Sharkey
Just wondering if any of you fine folks have ever been to the Garden Isle. Charlene and I will be flying out there in ten days, so any firsthand or secondhand information would be helpful. We bought a very good guidebook, _The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook_, but other opinions would be most welcom

Re: Scouted: 10 facts about plastic everyone should know...

2003-07-02 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia wrote: > But then, specula aren't used near the female brain anyway... ;} If you were mentally wired like a man, that statement would be untrue. :-D Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _

RE: Soul Man Barry White Dies

2003-07-06 Thread Jim Sharkey
Jon Gabriel wrote: >Behalf Of Robert Seeberger >> http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,12100,00.html >An R&B club in Manhattan was going to have a "Get Well" tribute >party for him tomorrow. Now it's going to be a memorial. :( It's a bummer way to go out, especially for a guy who helped thous

Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-07 Thread Jim Sharkey
On agnosticism: I consider myself an agnostic. I don't see God as being a driving factor in my life in any way, but I am unwilling to discount His existence entirely. That seems to be the definition that works best for me at least. Jim ___ Join Ex

RE: Same-sex marriage

2003-07-07 Thread Jim Sharkey
William T Goodall wrote: >So why are US Conservatives against same-sex marriage? Do they want >to force same-sex couples to live in sin? That's a darn good question. I mean, why *shouldn't* gays have to suffer through the agonies of splitting the china and giving all their money to lawyers the

Re: Same-sex marriage

2003-07-07 Thread Jim Sharkey
One further note on gay marriages: It may sound funny or even hypocritical, but while I support civil unions for gay couples, I'm not really comfortable with the idea of calling it a "marriage." I *want* my sister and her girlfriend to be able to formalize their long-term relationship, adopt i

Re: Update

2003-07-09 Thread Jim Sharkey
Gautam Mukunda wrote: >The full paragraph from the press release reads: >In Advent Rising, a common legend pervades the galaxy - that of a >powerful, ancient race that will one day unite the >universe. Ancient precursors aren't exactly a new idea in SF. Sounds more like a ripoff of Star Contr

Re: Update

2003-07-10 Thread Jim Sharkey
Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Of course, since Star Control II was a *GREAT* game, at least >>they're borrowing from the best. :) >Ah, Star Control 2. I think that might still be my all-time >favorite game. That was a fun one

Re: Update

2003-07-10 Thread Jim Sharkey
Bryon Daly wrote: >From: "Jim Sharkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Of course, since Star Control II was a *GREAT* game, at least >>they're borrowing from the best. :) >Star Control 2 is one of the best games I've ever played. I still >occasionally l

SC2 music (was Re: Update)

2003-07-10 Thread Jim Sharkey
Bryon Daly wrote: >I actually have the majority of the SC2 music in .mod format, which >is actually their original format. >Anyway, I have a zip file with 34 .mods from SC2 - it's about 1.9MB. >So if your interested, I can email the file to you (and anyone else >who's interested). Also, Winam

I have returned from paradise

2003-07-24 Thread Jim Sharkey
And if you are interested in hearing about it, you can check out the story here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/templar569/ I have to figure out how to shrink the pics we took, though. My wife uploaded them at 1.2 meg piece, and I have no idea how to make them smaller at this point. Jim __

Re: I have returned from paradise

2003-07-24 Thread Jim Sharkey
Bryon Daly wrote: >From: "Jim Sharkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>I have to figure out how to shrink the pics we took, though. >There's a whole bunch of waysm depending on the software you have, Thanks, Byron, I figured it out. If anyone wants to see a few o

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