From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V11 #38 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, February 3 2002 Volume 11 : Number 038 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Hee! Eddie's back! [Carole Reichstein ] geek question (please reply off list) [Carole Reichstein ] Robyn in April [Jill Brand ] RE: googlewhack ["Poole, R. Edward" ] vonnegut [anansi ] RH Tour [Tom Clark ] RE: RE: googlewhack ["da9ve stovall" ] Ida Geddy Lee Lee ["Randy R." ] Pie ["Redtailed Hawk" ] RE: RH Tour ["Poole, R. Edward" ] Re: Top this! [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: RH Tour ["Mike Wells" ] Re: Top this! ["Fric Chaud" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:27:56 -0800 (PST) From: Carole Reichstein Subject: Hee! Eddie's back! Eddie posted: 1st try: "antichrist quail", returned 383 matches. 2nd try: "homoerotica quail", returned 1 match (1,300 X 400,000 = 520,000,000). 3rd try: "gangrene quail", returned 152 matches. 4th try: "spandex quail", returned 103 matches. 5th try: "muad'dib quail", returned 8 matches. 6th try: "tacobell quail", returned 14 matches. 7th try: "castration quail", returned 385 matches. 8th try: "jihad quail", returned 209 matches. 9th try: "loganberry quail", returned 164 matches. 10th try: "flanksteak quail", returned 1 match (285 X 400,000 = 114,000,000). 11th try: "teleologic quail", returned 1 match (2,720 X 400,000 = 1,088,000,000). 12th try: "pompeii quail", returned 281 matches. 13th try: "trephining quail", returned 0 matches. 14th try: "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious quail", returned 7 matches. Nice to see you back Eddie, in your inimitable style! Is your #13 try "'trepanning' quail?" I bet THAT gets one match. And why isn't Robyn coming to Portland? I'm sure he is, but the unfortunate demise of the La Luna venue might have something to do with not yet announcing a date. Or maybe he's just avoiding all of us. Carole ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:52:59 -0800 (PST) From: Carole Reichstein Subject: geek question (please reply off list) Please excuse this non-Robyn post, but.. Does anyone out there use a free ISP that they're fairly happy with, or should I just fork out $14 a month for basic internet access at home? If anyone has good experiences with a free, or nearly free, ISP, I would love to hear from you. ...used to get free internet access chez moi from work, but that sweet deal has sadly gone away. Carole ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:58:15 -0800 From: "da9ve stovall" Subject: googlewhack "Searched the web for derailleur trilobite. Results 1 - 1 of 1. Search took 0.23 seconds. " Where are the individual stats for each of the words displayed? I don't see'em. I'm using the straight-ahead Google page Does it have to be strictly Google-whacking, or can it be AltaVista-bashing or DogPile-Pounding (ew), or Lycos-Lumping? da9ve ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 13:11:09 -0500 (EST) From: Jill Brand Subject: Robyn in April BOSTON BOSTON BOSTON BOSTON P L E A S E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jill ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 13:47:09 -0500 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: RE: googlewhack da9ve: >Where are the individual stats for each of the words displayed? >I don't see'em. I'm using the straight-ahead Google page Sorry, Mr. Automatic-For-the-Googlewhacker, you've got to get all manual and stuff. Do new searches, one for each of your terms on its own. Then use the number of results to assign your "score" for that term. ============================================================================This e-mail message and any attached files are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. This communication may contain material protected by attorney-client, work product, or other privileges. If you are not the intended recipient or person responsible for delivering this confidential communication to the intended recipient, you have received this communication in error, and any review, use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, copying, or other distribution of this e-mail message and any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this confidential communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail message and permanently delete the original message. To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to postmaster@dsmo.com Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP http://www.legalinnovators.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 11:10:10 -0800 From: anansi Subject: vonnegut > From: "Natalie Jane" > I just finished reading "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut - the first > Vonnegut > novel I've read. I didn't like it. No sir. It's been a while since I read it, so I can't really debate with you, but I will say that it's probably not the best place to start; it's more the book that Vonnegut fans come to feel is their favorite. I'm not sure whether you'd like Slaughterhouse 5 much better...it's not one of my favorites, frankly. Player Piano is interesting for anyone who hates corporations, and not nearly as dated as you might expect, but its style is very different from what we've come to know as typical Vonnegut and it also has some "anti-science bias" if you're allergic to that sort of thing. Breakfast of Champions is popular, though depressing. Perhaps God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (one of my personal favorites)? I now return you to your regularly scheduled Googling. Drew ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 11:18:33 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: RH Tour So what are the chances Robyn will be doing a lot of Dylan stuff on this tour? I'm erect just thinking about it. Now do you like me? - -tc np - http://www.radioparadise.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 11:58:14 -0800 From: "da9ve stovall" Subject: RE: RE: googlewhack >>Where are the individual stats for each of the words displayed? >>I don't see'em. I'm using the straight-ahead Google page > >Sorry, Mr. Automatic-For-the-Googlewhacker, you've got to get all manual and >stuff. Do new searches, one for each of your terms on its own. Then use >the number of results to assign your "score" for that term. > Ah! I'd swear I've seen some search engines that automatically display the breakdowns. Maybe it's just too early and I haven't had enough caffeine yet today. da9ve ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 12:32:21 -0800 From: "Randy R." Subject: Ida Geddy Lee Lee Did no one hear me? Rush is going on tour!!!!! Bleh. Who wants to go? I'll buy Eb a bucket of chicken. And Eddie and Capuch something vegetarian. And TGQ? hmmmmm, I'll have to think about that one. Oh, and the release for the new record has been pushed back to April 22nd. It really sounds like this is the last one, sad to say. At least I still have Nick Cave, and that funny guy. What's his name? Robyn something : ) Vince ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 20:54:00 +0000 From: "Redtailed Hawk" Subject: Pie First of all--looks like I may be eating some humble pie. Nader came to the libes and gave a talk during my lunch hour, so I went. I found him intelligent, engaging, funny(dry wit but I like dry wit. Whoever writes his speeches certainly keeps them from being too wonky)but what really bowled me over was--the man has a palatable, discernable, real as the earth upon which we walk, moral compass. That is bloody rare these days. Its funny, I expect it from myself but I gave up long ago on expecting it from others, let alone anyone in politics. And Nader has to go and invoke ancient Athens ... and quote Heraclites. And make sense. Lots of sense. The intensity of sincerity is its own testimony. Now cut to the humor part. I just went to the speech to have an open mind, I didnt go expecting to be so impressed. But before I know it Im buying the book and waiting in line to get it signed(my wonkyness--don't like autographs but do like signed stuff the person has produced.) Anyway, there must have been 50 people in front of me. I figured he must be tired and besides, what should a stranger say--do you know Viv, Jeme and Aaron;-? So I go up, lay my book down and say "Here." And he says something like "So how did you like the talk?" Eek! Me, I'm in instant awkward mode. Ive got nothing set to say. And when I get shy my brain shorts out(how I ended up once disagreeably lecturing Robyn about why didnt he and Grant Lee have T-shirts for thin women;-? When I get awkward I turn into an overly-assertive idiot.) So I look at him and say "You're so much better than I thought you'd be." Doh! Then I hastily tried to amend my rudeness by babbling something about how from what Id seen on TV I hadn't expected him to have such a strong presentation. (And I didn't-- frankly I expected him to be boring, holier than thou and prissy. Not sure why but I did.) He made a gracious, genial comment bout 6 second sound-bites not being good. I heartily agreed and slunk off. Well, Im going to read the book. And yeah, rethink out my political position. Please--I dont want to reopen the whole Feg quagmire of overly-heated political argument. I just want to say-- If you are ever in a position to go hear Nader speak in person, go. Its worthwhile. - ------------------------------------------- Drew: >From what I've read, no, it's sort of a joke/hoax/business proposal. >In other words, the service exists only in the ether, but if enough >people signed up for it, who knows what would happen? There are >several other sites by the same guy that are more entertaining, to >me. Ahhh--so it -is- fiction. The self-destructing hard-drive certianly sounded funny to me. What are these other sites, you big tease you? - ---------------------------------------------- Vail: >If you are the kind of person who could give them money, the answer >is Yes So only indigent males are confidient;-P. And here I'd always assumed it was just the really stupid ones;-). - ----------------------------------------------------- Kay Tis still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen Tongue and brain not; either both, or nothing, Or senseless speaking, or a speaking such As sense can not untie, Be what it is, The action of my life is like it, which I'll keep, if but for sympathy. Shakespeare, Cymbeline, V:4:145 _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 16:28:11 -0500 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: RE: RH Tour tc speculated wildly that: >So what are the chances Robyn will be doing a lot of Dylan stuff on this tour? Doing a bit of reading between the lines, such as noticing that the Chicago date is booked into the Park West, an "upscale," vaguely yuppie-ish joint with leather booths & cocktail waitresses, which seats probably in the 750-1000 range (Wells: am I inflating the place in my mind? The last time I was there was for RH&E, following "Respect," I believe, in June 1992, and I remember feeling like the stage was really far away... of course, there could be any number of explanations for my distorted sense of spatial relations), and -- just guessing here -- playing there suggests a full band arrangement, rather than a solo gig. (I recognize, however, that (a) one of the venues where Robyn used to play solo acoustic shows, Lounge Axe, has gone the way of the dodo; and (b) according to RobynBase, the Park West has hosted solo Hitchcock gigs in 1995 & 1997). Still, I'll wager that this is going to be some sort of band line-up, perhaps with the guys who played at The Garage last week? Assuming the above to be correct (which, come to think of it, I'm starting to doubt because: (a) touring with a band is much more expensive, of course, than touring solo; and (b) having come off a "grueling" full-band tour of the US only a year ago, RH probably wants to do solo shows as a change of pace (not to mention his expressed belief that rock 'n' roll is for the kids, while aging songsters such as himself are more minstrel or troubadour)), then I wouldn't expect to see a lot of Dylan material, which tends to show up more in Robyn's solo shows. Unless, of course, there is the pushing-the-product factor, assuming the rumored "Albert Hall" disc is out by then, in which case it's likely to be a solo show featuring lots of Dylan tunes. ...and then tc greatly disturbed my tranquil thoughts by proclaiming: >I'm erect just thinking about it. Now do you like me? Ummm, on second thought, I'm sticking with the original prediction of a full rock band, which neglects the Dylan material entirely. ============================================================================This e-mail message and any attached files are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. This communication may contain material protected by attorney-client, work product, or other privileges. If you are not the intended recipient or person responsible for delivering this confidential communication to the intended recipient, you have received this communication in error, and any review, use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, copying, or other distribution of this e-mail message and any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this confidential communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail message and permanently delete the original message. To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to postmaster@dsmo.com Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP http://www.legalinnovators.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 10:35:13 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: Top this! >Three words, one site. Now do you like me? Hey Fric - we like you. Animosity is all part of the fun on this list. The rule was only two words, mind you, but... what were the words? James James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= .-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= You talk to me as if from a distance =-.-=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 16:02:45 -0600 From: "Mike Wells" Subject: Re: RH Tour > Doing a bit of reading between the lines, such as noticing that the Chicago > date is booked into the Park West, an "upscale," vaguely yuppie-ish joint > with leather booths & cocktail waitresses, which seats probably in the > 750-1000 range (Wells: am I inflating the place in my mind? That's about right if a bit on the high side, my guess would be 500-800 depending on how they've got it configured (number of plush VIP tables hogging floorspace, etc). It's certainly a more adult venue than compared with 1000+ capacity, sticky-floored Metro, for which I am thankful. Parking presents a comparable headache. > Unless, of course, there is the pushing-the-product factor, assuming the > rumored "Albert Hall" disc is out by then, in which case it's likely to be a > solo show featuring lots of Dylan tunes. I suspect this will be the case, rampaging erectile fans or no. The Park West is a nice venue for acoustic shows, or small multi-piece setups. Michael "A Bruge Too Far" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 22:03:54 -0500 From: "Fric Chaud" Subject: Re: Top this! On 2 Feb 2002, at 10:35, James Dignan wrote: > >Three words, one site. Now do you like me? > > > Hey Fric - we like you. Animosity is all part of the fun on this list. > > The rule was only two words, mind you, but... what were the words? Did somebody redefine the rule? I verified on the website that defines the game. It explains one can use three, or two words to increase difficulty. I used three words, but I told the list to make sure there was no misunderstanding. Idiom and humour are hard for me to understand sometimes, maybe a joke evaded my attention. OK, friends: The words were sex, flugel and quagmire. If one starts with sex and googlewhack successfully, the score can be impressive. PS: Today I received 5 copies of a single email from a list member. I presume I still have trouble with my server, and not antagonism on the part of the sender. - -- Fric Chaud ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V11 #38 *******************************