From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V17 #305 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, December 9 2009 Volume 17 : Number 305 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Of course, YMMV... [Michael Sweeney ] Re: all the news that's pit to frint [James Dignan ] Re: all the news that's pit to frint [Stewart Russell ] Re: all the news that's pit to frint ["craigie*" ] Re: all the news that's pit to frint [2fs ] Re: WHERE'S THE HUMANITY??! (NR) [Christopher Gross ] oh my goddess... ["craigie*" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:01:27 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: Of course, YMMV... kevin studyvin wrote: >On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:19 PM, lep wrote: > >> ...regardless, this is still the best headline ever. Or at least the >> best headline of all the headlines I can remember at the moment**: >> >> "Antidepressants may make people less neurotic" > > I was always partial to "Manson Guilty, Nixon Declares" I still recall a "Men's Detective"-type magazine cover I saw on a newsstand some 35 years ago, when I was a kid, that was emblazoned with the unforgettable "He Sliced the Blonde Like Bread!" MLS _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/videos-tours.aspx?h=7sec&slideid=1 &media=aero-shake-7second&listid=1&stop=1&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-U S:WWL_WIN_7secdemo:122009 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:38:25 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: all the news that's pit to frint > ...regardless, this is still the best headline ever. Or at least the > best headline of all the headlines I can remember at the moment**: > > "Antidepressants may make people less neurotic" > > I was always partial to "Manson Guilty, Nixon Declares" "Book lack in Ongar" and "Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious" tie it for me. 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: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:39:05 +1300 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V17 #304 > > P.S. Does "NR" stand for "not related" or "no Robyn"? > > > >"Nerd Requirement" Non-rational. Have a slice of pi. 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: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 18:10:07 -0500 From: Stewart Russell Subject: Re: all the news that's pit to frint No love for "Fete fumes over bogus Blobby"? On 12/8/09, James Dignan wrote: >> ...regardless, this is still the best headline ever. Or at least the >> best headline of all the headlines I can remember at the moment**: >> >> "Antidepressants may make people less neurotic" >> >> I was always partial to "Manson Guilty, Nixon Declares" > > "Book lack in Ongar" and "Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are > atrocious" tie it for me. > > 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") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= > - -- http://scruss.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 23:15:52 +0000 From: "craigie*" Subject: Re: all the news that's pit to frint or "Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster" ? c* 2009/12/8 Stewart Russell : > No love for "Fete fumes over bogus Blobby"? > > On 12/8/09, James Dignan wrote: >>> ...regardless, this is still the best headline ever. Or at least the >>> best headline of all the headlines I can remember at the moment**: >>> >>> "Antidepressants may make people less neurotic" >>> >>> I was always partial to "Manson Guilty, Nixon Declares" >> >> "Book lack in Ongar" and "Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are >> atrocious" tie it for me. >> >> 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") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= >> > > > -- > http://scruss.com/blog/ > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (the motto of the Addams Family: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 18:26:04 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: all the news that's pit to frint On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:38 PM, James Dignan wrote: > ...regardless, this is still the best headline ever. Or at least the >> best headline of all the headlines I can remember at the moment**: >> >> "Antidepressants may make people less neurotic" >> >> I was always partial to "Manson Guilty, Nixon Declares" >> > > "Book lack in Ongar" and "Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious" > tie it for me. > Very fine... But some copyediting demons actually managed to get this one out < http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1696977/sword.jpg> And then there's this headspinning gem: < http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/poll/index.html> - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:30:51 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: WHERE'S THE HUMANITY??! (NR) On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, lep wrote: > Hi "fegList", > > NO ONE has mentioned how kick-ass Friday's episodes of Dollhouse were? > > Do I have to do *all* the NR talk around here? Sigh. Well, in my case I just haven't even seen them yet. It was a combination of being out of town from Friday morning until last night and my laptop needing a new screen, I won't dwell on the ugly details, but that's my excuse. I'll watch them online, maybe tonight, if my laptop is ready to come home or if I can stand staying watching on my work computer. After that I'll do my part to help with the NR burden. Not reading the rest of this thread, Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:59:49 +0000 From: "craigie*" Subject: oh my goddess... The Rich Kids will reform for a one-off show at the Islington Academy on January 17. The lineup is Midge Ure, Steve New, Glent Matlock and Rusty Egan. And we all know that one-off shows are just that... c* - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (the motto of the Addams Family: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us") ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V17 #305 ********************************