You're all only alive at this moment because of my innate benificence. Never forget this....
Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.
'Safe'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Theodosia - Apr 16, 2003 5:12:52 am PDT #3618 of 9843
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Lyra Jane - Apr 16, 2003 7:25:41 am PDT #3619 of 9843
Up with the sun
Great post, Julie.
evil jimi - Apr 16, 2003 9:51:12 am PDT #3620 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Hey Allan ... you've probably already seen it but in case you haven't, Channel 9 are screening Farscape again on Saturday at 10:30pm
meara - Apr 16, 2003 10:58:25 am PDT #3621 of 9843
I've been to Culloden. It's an eerie place. At least, it is when it's cold, foggy, and misty
It's always cold, foggy and misty in Culloden.
Actually, the one time I went there it was sunny and nice out...it was late May...
Fiona - Apr 16, 2003 11:39:48 am PDT #3622 of 9843
Actually, the one time I went there it was sunny and nice out...it was late May...
Yeah, sorry people, that was supposed to be a joke. Not a particularly good one, I admit. Sorry.
Hayden - Apr 16, 2003 2:11:55 pm PDT #3623 of 9843
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
More commendations to Julie for that post.
Jim - Apr 16, 2003 3:06:28 pm PDT #3624 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
I laughed, Fiona. Course, I have to laugh at Grim-up-North jokes, or they take my shandy-drinking license away.
Julie - Apr 16, 2003 4:12:56 pm PDT #3625 of 9843
Thanks for all the lovin' folks. (And erm.. the more distant, reserved, gentlemanly nods of approval.)
What I wrote came from my genuine surprise that people appear to want to be part of a community and yet show, with everything that they say and do, that they don't understand diddly squat (The Buffista friendly version of Jack Shit :) about what makes that community special.
Me? Everything I know about posting boards (and the communities they spawn) comes from the ME fandom (Putting the Iron in the Velvet Glove since 1997). It's the online equivalent of the school of hardknocks. And, like its shows, that comes with equal measures of pleasure and pain.
The wisest person I know once said that people get the posting board they deserve. I hope that's true for every one of you.
UTTAD - Apr 16, 2003 4:28:08 pm PDT #3626 of 9843
Strawberry disappointment.
And here I thought I was the wisest person you know.
Noumenon - Apr 16, 2003 11:56:07 pm PDT #3627 of 9843
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
Slate's international papers roundup had this unAmerican viewpoint:
On Monday the Lebanese daily Al-Mustaqbal led with a description of Baghdad's fall by Iraqi army officer Maj. Amer Ahmad. He described horrific casualty tolls but also a lack of central control over Iraq's military operations. This led him to believe a "bargain" had been struck "to save the head of Saddam Hussein." He pointed to a story circulating in the army that a Saddam aide, Gen. Sufyan Jgheib, "used an American Apache helicopter to visit units of the Republican Guard in Baghdad and ask them not to fight." The belief in a U.S.-Saddam deal is widely held in the Middle East, serving to explain why Baghdad fell almost without a fight but also bolstering a prevailing conspiracy theory that Saddam was an American agent.
I was wondering if I hadn't seen this "deal" theory because it's inconceivable, or just because it was inconceivable to American papers. If this rumor was about Osama bin Laden I wouldn't believe it at all, but the war went so smoothly I am open to theories that try to explain it.