From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V14 #292 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Saturday, December 17 2005 Volume 14 : Number 292 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: 50footwavemaniax ["Michael Wells" ] Re: Due North [James Dignan ] reap [Eb ] Re: Due North [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Due North ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: reap [2fs ] Re: Due North [2fs ] Re: Due North [Aaron Mandel ] Re: reap [Tom Clark ] reap [Jeff Dwarf ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:52:00 -0600 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: RE: 50footwavemaniax They 50-foot head shimmy herself* is playing tonight in town, though I think one of the two originally scheduled performances was cancelled (in favor of Michael McDermott) due to poor ticket sales. I had considered going to see Ben Weaver open, then stamping out noisely when The Shimmy came on...just like her fans did to Grant Lee on the Exile Follies tour. But then that would be crass. Another Chicago band to be on the lookout for is The M's http://www.wearethems.com/splash.html In their first incarnation they were taken out on the road by Tweedy, but since have been through some ups and downs and are reconstituted as a four-piece with a new album due in February. Very rocking rock. Pretty excited that Old School Freight Train has booked a show here in February, Michael *If she was Japanese, would it be a "shammy"? http://www.inv.co.jp/~shammy/indexE.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:11:44 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: Due North >Jeff, the real questions are here: >. well, one of them's easy: O Canada - you have so many moose, Your national bird it is a piebald goose, It's black and white, it's never grey, It stands for everything Canadian, eh? It stands for everything Canadian, eh! as to the others: >1. Where did the first European settlers in Canada come from? Europe >1. What does Confederation mean? n. the condition of being confederated >2. What is the Canadian Constitution? healthy >2. Give an example of where English and French have equal status >in Canada. everywhere except Quebec >1. What does the Canadian flag look like? big and rectangular, unless you're waving it by hand, in which case it's small and rectangular >1. What is the population of Canada? Canadian >9. Where are the Canadian Rockies? north of the American Rockies >1. What are the three main types of industries in Canada? primary, secondary and service >4. What do you call the Queen's representative in the provinces? either "Sir" or "Madam" >6. What are the three parts of Parliament? the roof, the walls, the floor >7. Explain how the levels of government are different. the higher levels are above the lower levels. >14. What is the government of all of Canada called? The Canadian government >8. How is the Prime Minister chosen? by accident? >18. Who do Canadians vote for in a federal election? depends which party they support >2. List three natural resources important to your region's economy today. oxygen, carbon, hydrogen Do I pass? 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, 16 Dec 2005 16:12:12 -0800 From: Eb Subject: reap I always had an irrational dislike for this guy. There was just something so...constipated about him. He's probably the main reason why I never enjoyed either West Wing OR LA Law much. Eb 'West Wing' Actor John Spencer Dies at 58 By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer 2 minutes ago John Spencer, who played a dedicated politico on "The West Wing" who survived a serious illness to run for vice president, died of a heart attack Friday, his publicist said. Spencer, 58, died at a Los Angeles hospital, said his publicist, Ron Hofmann. Spencer would have been 59 next week. Spencer played Leo McGarry, the chief of staff to President Jeb Bartlet (Martin Sheen), on the NBC series. In a sad parallel to life, McGarry suffered a heart attack that forced him to give up his White House job. The character recovered and was picked as a running mate for Democratic presidential contender Matt Santos, played by Jimmy Smits; the campaign has been a central theme this season for the drama. Spencer, who also starred on "L.A. Law" as attorney Tommy Mullaney, received an Emmy Award for his performance on "The West Wing' in 2002 and was nominated four other times for the drama. The actor mirrored his character in several ways: both were recovering alcoholics and both, Spencer once said, were driven. "Like Leo, I've always been a workaholic, too," he told The Associated Press in a 2000 interview. "Through good times and bad, acting has been my escape, my joy, my nourishment. The drug for me, even better than alcohol, was acting." Spencer grew up in Paterson, N.J., the son of blue-collar parents. With his enrollment at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan, he was sharing classes with the likes of Liza Minnelli and budding violinist Pinchas Zukerman. As a teenager, he landed a recurring role on "The Patty Duke Show" as the boyfriend of English twin Cathy. Stage and film work followed. Then his big break: playing Harrison Ford's detective sidekick in the 1990 courtroom thriller "Presumed Innocent." That role led to his hiring for the final four years of "L.A. Law." Service and funeral arrangements were pending, Hofmann said. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:31:10 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Due North James Dignan wrote: > >4. What do you call the Queen's representative in the > provinces? > > either "Sir" or "Madam" I'm sorry, the correct answer to that is, "Yo, muthafucka!" or "Hey, bi-otch." "A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer." -- Mitch Hedberg . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:32:57 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Due North James Dignan wrote: > > Do I pass? Almost. Actually, your response to one isn't as funny as the expected answer: >> 18. Who do Canadians vote for in a federal election? > depends which party they support What they're looking for: "candidates". No, really. cheers, Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:01:14 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: reap On 12/16/05, Eb wrote: > I always had an irrational dislike for this guy. Now that's a surprising statement. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:12:10 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Due North On 12/16/05, James Dignan wrote: > >Jeff, the real questions are here: > >. > >4. What do you call the Queen's representative in the provinces? > > either "Sir" or "Madam" I think it's actually "Brian." > >8. How is the Prime Minister chosen? > > by accident? I would have guessed that all ministers are divided by whole numbers other than 1 and themselves, and the one that can't be so divided is the Prime Minister. >14. What is the government of all of Canada called? The U.S. Fucking Marines you dope-smoking gay-marrying Rush-loving liberal *freaks* - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 11:07:33 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Due North On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > I'm sorry, the correct answer to that is, "Yo, muthafucka!" > or "Hey, bi-otch." http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/001395.html Dumb teen: Hey, look at this! It says "Train for jobs in biotch." Smarter teen: Fool! That word is 'biotech'. Why you gotta be ignorant all your life? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:05:28 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: reap On Dec 16, 2005, at 4:12 PM, Eb wrote: > I always had an irrational dislike for this guy. There was just > something so...constipated about him. He's probably the main reason > why I never enjoyed either West Wing OR LA Law much. > > Eb > > 'West Wing' Actor John Spencer Dies at 58 I know what you mean. I never watched West Wing, but his character and demeanor on LA Law always brought the show to a grinding halt. I did feel bad last night when my wife asked "did you hear that Jo[h]n Spencer died?" and I was immediately relieved when she followed up with "not the Blues Explosion guy." - -tc [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:40:35 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: reap Jack Anderson "A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer." -- Mitch Hedberg . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V14 #292 ********************************