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Rose Ellen Auerbach writes:
> Y'know, much as I wish I could have been there, I'm glad I didn't have to
> deal with the crowds. Or the cold, for that matter.
>
> But all those people less wimpy than I make for one hell of a picture.
>
> --Rose
It would be amusing to compare this with corr
Rose Auerbach writes:
> I'm having surgery in the morning. Not serious in the big scheme of things,
> but my access will be limited for the next few days.
>
> Please don't have an October while I'm gone.
>
> Thanks.
Good luck, Rose. We'll be good.
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Joseph Nebus writes:
>
>
> On Jul 4, 2009, at 4:28 AM, Rychard Withers wrote:
>
> > "Only dead fish go with the flow" was one of the reasons she gave.
> > Maybe she launched another ethics investigation against herself...
> > (troopergate)
> > Very strange. Waiting for the other shoe t
Kevin G. Barkes writes:
> I still can't believe no one at CNN had the physics knowledge necessary to
> do the math and figure out that that balloon couldn't possibly lift a 50
> pound kid to 8000 feet. Geez.
Even worse is the number of rescuers that seem to have been sucked in
before one of th
Michael King writes:
> Dobyns...
I knew something looked wrong about that. Although I bet they still
would have made an interesting anchor pair.
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 4:21 PM, danny burstein wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Jim O'Connell wrote:
> >
> > > I'm a fan of the Newman/Tha
Richard de Give writes:
> You're missing the big picture: We now know Rush has a heart, at least.
> Rich
Note they said "chest pains", which doesn't necessarily imply there's
something wrong with his heart, if he has a heart. Maybe the thing
inside of him has finished gestating and is trying to
James Stanley Barr writes:
> https://apple.news/AzoZh0WsiSTCsMBIXZKlQsA
>
> Actress Jessica Walter of “Arrested Development” and “Play Misty for Me” dead
> at 80.
"I'd like to cry but I can't spare the moisture."
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danny burstein writes:
> {Reuters]
>
> ICYMI: 'A batsman's dream': UK study says cricket bats made from bamboo
> beat willow
>
> https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/a-batsmans-dream-uk-study-says-bamboo-beats-willow-2021-05-10/
>
> sidenote: For some reason or another the main sto
Richard de Give writes:
> Instead of doves, turkeys will be released at his funeral.
Ideally a turkey formation flyover.
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 2:32 PM danny burstein wrote:
>
> {New Nation Now]
>
> "WKRP in Cincinnati" star Frank Bonner dead at 79
>
> Frank Bon
danny burstein writes:
> I forget the category, but the clue was something like:
>
> "This man's statement, now called 's law,
> was that computers would double in speed
> every year"
>
> The respnse was, of course:
>
> "Who is ... (rot-13) Zbber"
>
> But his observation was... t
danny burstein writes:
> [twitter]
>
> AFP News Agency
> @AFP
> 48s
> #BREAKING US singer Meat Loaf dies at 74: statement
Like a Bat In To Hell?
> _
> Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> dan...@pan
Since I first heard about Tim Goodman, and his cranky pants, and the
Bastard Machine on this list (from repostings of his SF Chronicle
columns), I thought some of you would be interested in this news.
The Bastard Machine is being fired up again, via this Substack.
https://timgoodman.substack.com/
danny burstein writes:
> MeTV will be showing:
>
> A Boy named Charlie Brown, Sunday Nov 20th 8pm [a]
> and
> Snoopy Come Home, Sunday Nov 27th, 8 pm
>
> [a] that's Eastern, 7 PM for Central.
>
> Not sure whether MeTV has a separate Left Coast feed
They have a west coast feed.
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'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List writes:
> Thirty-One is one of those "Interesting Odometer" numbers, "1",
> if you have a binary odometer ;-)
>
> It's the last number you can represent on one hand, by extending
> fingers to represent ones, using the thumb for the high orde
Jim O'Connell writes:
> James at Room Temperature
16 C is just about 62 F.
> -Original Message-
> From:
> Sent: Jan 25, 2023 7:28 PM
> To:
> Subject: James at 16 but dead at 62
>
> image.png
> Lance Kerwin, 'James at 16' and
> 'Salem's Lot
Richard de Give writes:
> And, in looking at this again, this link is nearly eight years
> old. Off to the UTTM list ... unless List Mom can delete the
> original post.
Up To The Millenium?
> On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:02:35 AM UTC-7 Richard de Give wrote:
>
> Vincent Musetto, who
Richard de Give writes:
> Texas Rangers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks.
>
> Barbecue vs. Southwest cooking?
Snakes on the Range?
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Suddenly this song becomes highly relevant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVGV6lvNTR4
("Henry Kissinger" from Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album)
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Richard de Give writes:
> https://deadline.com/2024/02/carl-weathers-dead-1235812684/
>
> Carl Weathers aka Apollo Creed.
He no longer has a stew going.
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Jim Ellwanger writes:
> In that case... he was already dead:
He's dead, Jim.
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James Stanley Barr writes:
> Bruce Bastian, a founder of WordPerfect dead at 76.
>
>02Bastian-02-hpbl-facebookJumbo.jpg
> Bruce Bastian, a Founder of WordPerfect,
> Is Dead at 76
> nytimes.com
May I suggest "InterredPerf
kbrab...@aol.com writes:
>
> You got to say, the man has class.
>
> And he knows his hair is just wrong.
>
> And so it goes,
>
> Kevin Brabant (NBC Execs = Stupidity)
> kbrab...@aol.com
Just out of curiousity, how is it that your reply trimmed the first
character off of every line in
Some headline writer at Reuters really pulled a boner. So to speak.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6622I420100703
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danny burstein writes:
> compared to...
>
>Nooks and Crannies
>
> Seems the current incarnation of the S.B. Thomas English Muffin
> bakery corporation believes that their super duper secret recipe
> for making their signature product...
>
> ... would be at risk if one of their
Joseph Nebus writes:
> There's not any official word yet but a number of blogs are repeating
> claims that Benoit Mandelbrot, pioneer in fractals, which really
> looked like more than pretty screen saver technologies back there in
> the 80s, has died, cause unknown. Unfortunately al
James Stanley Barr writes:
> Living in Texas, at least I take comfort in knowing that the Rangers
> actually made it to the Series in my lifetime.
>
> Now if only the Dallas Cowboys would wake up and smell the coffee.
I'm pretty sure the Dallas Cowboys will never make it to the World
Series.
Kevin G. Barkes writes:
> Okay, this is from August 12, 1992 (thanks, Barry!), but nothing else seemed
> appropriate.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7fwroxcfIg
Old enough to drink in Canada!
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Ken Olson, co-founder of DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation), one of the
biggest computer manufacturers in the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2011/02/07/daily16-Ken-Olsen-co-founder-of-DEC-died-at-84.html
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Joseph Nebus writes:
>
> On Sep 28, 2011, at 8:09 AM, Steven Otte wrote:
>
> > His 1,097th ORIGINAL essay? How many of the others did he crib from
> > Mike Royko?
>
> I'm wondering where 60 Minutes is going to find someone else who
> has too many free pens which won't write and
Joseph Nebus writes:
> There's a report that Dennis Ritchie, who can be credited for Unix and
> C and making arrays start with zero, died over the weekend:
>
> http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/dennis-ritchie-1941-2011-computer-scientist-unix-co-creator-c-co-inventor.html
I've seen simi
kbrab...@aol.com writes:
> What was the name of Mike Mullen's most famous piece of clothing?
Trick question, since the WNN anchor was *Mark* Mullen. Give me a mug.
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The Firesign Theatre is now down to three or four crazy guys. Member
Peter Bergman has died.
http://firesigntheatre.com/media/media.php?member=Bergman
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damonb...@gmail.com writes:
> This week Asner also reprised a role for the new Hawaii Five-0 more
> than three decades after playing the character on the original Hawaii
> Five-O. The guy is a machine.
Last week I was pretty sure I saw him on "The Middle" playing a cranky
newspaper editor (appr
Debbie Speer writes:
> Not to worry. They hologram-ify Dick Clark now so Ryan Seacrest need
> never have to work NYRE alone. And no one would be able tell if it's
> Live or if it's Dedorex. -Deb
That's why the holograms need a big shiny H on their foreheads.
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Mark Sunshine writes:
> Every time or should I say any time -- hey -- a little while back I was
> thinking of Tom esq. We became for a short while phone talkers... about
> anything... Richard Brautigan I recall a good convo about.
I wish I'd known that Tom was a fan of Richard Brautigan when he
danny burstein writes:
> http://io9.com/5916175/rip-ray-bradbury-author-of-fahrenheit-451-and-the-martian-chronicles
I can't resist mentioning this especially, umm, passionate tribute to
Ray Bradbury, despite its intense NSFWness.
Ray apparently saw this video before he died (no, it was not the
Tim Goodman on dealing with his own critics at TCA:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tca-2012-tim-goodman-chuck-lorre-359153
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Joseph Nebus writes:
> Harry Harrison, renowned publicity man for the Soylent Green
> agency, has died:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/15/harry-harrison
Make Room, Make Room In Heaven?
Ironically Wikipedia says his first published novel was titled
"Deathworld".
Glenda Collins writes:
> http://www.toliosports.gr/jshwov/631087.html
Hey listbastards, I think Glenda has chronic malware infection.
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Terry Knab writes:
> The funny part is he gets to be Conan's boss a second time (since tbs is in
> the Time Warner stable)
What, they saw how NBC started to improve after Zucker left, so they're
going to hire him so that firing him will allow them to turn around too?
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Joseph Nebus writes:
>
> On Apr 3, 2013, at 7:08 AM, danny burstein wrote:
>
> > Muppets Co-Creator Jane Henson Dies at 78
> > by Mike Barnes
> >
> > Jane Henson, who with her future husband and fellow puppeteer Jim
> > Henson was instrumental in bringing the Muppets to life in the 1950
Mary Block writes:
>
> And all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall
> be well in the end. Ste. Julian of Norwich, 13th Century
>
> http://q13fox.com/2014/01/22/police-kids-snorting-smarties-candy-to-get-high/#axzz2rBEaD8ay
1. This story is bogus.
2. The C
Joseph Nebus writes:
>
> On Jun 12, 2014, at 6:02 AM, Donna Christiansen wrote:
>
> > We are now anchorless. John is leaving tomorrow. Heading to WPIX to
> > be their main anchor.
>
> I for one am interested to see the newscast consisting of 90 minutes
> of Elmo giggling.
As long as it
Kevin G. Barkes writes:
> They could repackage the Juju and Anderson segments and use them before the
> Adult Swim infomercials.
"Too Many Anchors"?
> Regards,
>
> KGB
>
> -
> Kevin G. Barkes
> Email: kgbar...@gmail.com
> KGB Report:
> http://www.kgbreport.com
> Commentwear by
Rose Ellen Auerbach writes:
> The short answer is, I don't think so. L-Soft deleted everything when we
> decided to stop paying them $600 a year around 2006.
>
> The slightly longer answer is, they probably exist somewhere, but heck if I
> know where. The likeliest place is my old armory.com
Steve VanDevender writes:
> I have discovered that I have a pretty complete archive of
> w...@home.ease.lsoft.com messages from April 28, 2004 onwards (continuing
> through the transition to the Google Groups mailing list in early 2006).
> I probably used to have more since
James Stanley Barr writes:
> http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31858156
>
> Fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett dead at 66.
THE DEATH OF THE WARRIOR OR THE OLD MAN OR THE LITTLE CHILD, THIS I
UNDERSTAND, AND I TAKE AWAY THE PAIN AND END THE SUFFERING. I DO NOT
UNDERSTAND THIS DEATH-OF-
Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu) writes:
> I have my doubts about how PEEPish these could be, but here is the recipe:
> https://www.yahoo.com/food/
> homemade-easter-peeps-recipe-a-parade-of-bunnies-11315120.html
If they don't swell up when you put them in a microwave, they aren't
Peeps.
> -
Dennis Brumm writes:
>
> >>http://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/tim-lahaye-author-of-left-behind-end-times-novels-dies/ar-BBuQvwN
> >>
> >>Tim LaHaye, author of "Left Behind" dead at 90.
> >
> >I guess it was time for him to Move On.
>
> I hope he's enraptured with his new self.
N
Debbie Speer writes:
> Nice timing, Danny. Thanks. Thanks a lot. ;)
I just happened to be reminded of this earlier today by a USENET post
(yet another thing to make us feel old) except I couldn't quite remember
what it was. And then Danny posted this a couple of hours later.
> -Deb
> No, I'm
damonb...@gmail.com writes:
> Because Gmail is still around, I found the NWS warning copy that grabbed
> everybody's attention some 11 years ago for comparison purposes. This is the
> first instance I can think of since then when I've seen the phrase
> "uninhabitable for weeks."
There's anothe
Richard de Give writes:
> I watch this show, and I'm trying to figure out the mistake you're
> discussing.
She's uncovered a critical piece of evidence about the conspiracy but
has only told her boss so far, so if he happens to be in on it or he
tells someone involved in the conspiracy, she's m
Headline can also be reused when Ryan Reynolds dies.
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Richard de Give writes:
> Sib Hashain, drummer for Boston, dies onstage.
>
> http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/23/boston-drummer-sib-hashian-dies-onstage/
Well, at least he didn't choke on vomit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZrqC5LL_oo
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danny burstein writes:
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/business/richard-bolles-dead-what-color-is-your-parachute.html
I suggest "What color is your shroud?"
> _
> Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
>
Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu) writes:
> His Boothe finally exhausted its Powers
Save for reuse whenever they cancel Doctor Who again.
> -Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu)
> wondering what the odds are that Sean Spicer is replaced with "John
> Miller" ;-)
>
>
Patrick Murray writes:
> John Hockenbery is moving on to new endeavors
>
> https://current.org/2017/07/takeaway-host-hockenberry-to-step-down-in-august/
For Hockenberry "step down" isn't quite the right term.
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Steven Otte writes:
> In other words, if ye seek, Yule find.
This is just one of the reasons I started the Defense Action Against
Christmas Expansionism. It's not a war on Christmas, just the struggle
to hold it within its original boundaries.
> --
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> steveno...@att.net
>
>
In an episode of Radiolab on modern capabilities for creating fake audio
and video.
http://futureoffakenews.com/videos.html
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danny burstein writes:
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2018, Richard de Give wrote:
>
> > Just turned on the teevee and an American network is covering this. Alas,
> > just a van, not a Mexican bus. And why was this the first place I thought
> > of when I saw it was in Toronto?
> >
> > https://www.cnn.com
Jim Ellwanger writes:
> Death Ain't Nothing but Sex Misspelled?
>
> I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (About This Death)?
>
> "Die, Harlan!" Said the Ticktockman?
Cordwainer Deathbird Story
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kbrabant via World News Now Discussion List writes:
> http://www.tmz.com/2018/09/06/burt-reynolds-dead-at-82-heart-attack/
Sterling Archer must be mourning this deeply.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2158993/
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danny burstein writes:
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2018, rich.degive wrote:
>
> > Abe Vigoda?
>
> I heard he was dead.
>
> Or was that Snake?
http://isabevigodadead.com/
Yes.
(February 24, 1921 - January 26, 2016)
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Richard de Give writes:
> If you find some, make pdfs!
I think it might be this:
https://boingboing.net/2019/01/16/my-washingtonpost.html
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 8:02 AM danny burstein wrote:
>
> [twitter]
>
> Washington Post PR
> Verified account @WashPostPR
>
>
danny burstein writes:
> Beloit College's list
>
> http://themindsetlist.com/lists/the-mindset-list-for-the-class-of-2019/
If you want to feel even older, that list is four years old and Beloit
College isn't doing it any more.
The mindset list for the class of 2023 (students starting coll
Richard de Give writes (quoting Tim Goodman):
> So I gave my two-week notice to THR on Sunday, my 9th year
> anniversary. This path ends. Thank you to everyone who has ever read
> something of mine and found value in it.
By the way, for just over five years now I have greatly enjoyed Tim
Goodma
Steven Otte writes:
> So, what's the new gig?
No announcement yet. May be revealed in the next TVTM podcast (see
my previous list message).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8bJb8biZU
At about 12:30, Oliver shows a clip from WNN about Bob Murray's previous
lawsuits against journalists, and the WNN anchors explicitly decline to
say anything about him.
(But also stay for the big musical number at the end of the video.)
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danny burstein writes:
> [Twitter]
>
> Reuters
> @Reuters
> Star-stricken: Tokyo's famed Jiro sushi, a 10-seat counter restaurant run
> by 94-year-old Jiro Ono, excluded from Michelin guide as it no longer
> accepts reservations from the general public
>
> reut.rs/34smDTG
Like they wo
danny burstein writes:
> > The 28th is a special birthday because it (*usually) means that a full
> > leap-year cycle has happened. So we know that WNN started on a MONDAY
> > back in 1992! It's kind of the
> > modern equivalent of the cycle in the Aztec calendar
> >
> > -Doug Elrod (
China sinkhole: Six killed as ground swallows bus
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51101683
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danny burstein writes:
> [TMZ]
>
> Daredevil 'Mad' Mike Hughes Dead at 64 ... Fatal Rocket Crash Landing
>
> https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/22/daredevil-mad-mike-hughes-dead-dies-rocket-crash-land/
The Earth may not be flat, but now he sure is.
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> https://ymlp.com/zbjSX9
>
> The Gambler himself, Kenny Rogers dead at 81.
He knew when to fold 'em.
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Jim Ellwanger writes:
> The headline here really needed to be something about dia-BEET-us.
DIE-a-BEET-us.
> > On Aug 1, 2020, at 8:30 PM, danny burstein wrote:
> >
> > https://www.tmz.com/2020/08/01/wilford-brimley-dead-dies-actor-quaker-oats-diabetes/
> >
> > alternate lede [a]:
> >
X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 26.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Scooby-Doo Co-Creator Joe Ruby Dies at 87
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/joe-ruby-dies-dead-scooby-doo-1234750948/
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Patrick Murray writes:
> Coca Cola is killing off a bunch of underperforming brands most notably Tab,
> but also includes ZICO coconut water, Odwalla, Coca-Cola Life, Diety Coke
> Feisty Cherry and Spite Lymonade.
They're killing off that last one out of spite? Is it extra-sour?
> https://w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_2JMlfl_M8
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danny burstein writes:
> On Mon, 1 Feb 2021, rych withers home wrote:
>
> > I was going to use ÿÿSaved by the knellÿÿ
>
> I'd have gone with "the Bell tolls for who[m] again"?
I'll propose "Death Screech".
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Paul Pietromonaco writes:
> Basically - they used multicast for all of their TV channels. This
> effectively meant that you could watch TV over your fiber optic
> system without losing any of the bandwidth you were paying for. I
> know - I used to fire up the three Prism boxes I had, and then
'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List writes:
> When I hear about football games being streamed (such as on
> Christmas, tomorrow), and the fact that apparently a Thursday night
> game took 30% of the Internet bandwidth (however that is measured
> :-)), I wonder if somehow the Multica
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