Skeptical view on 'Blackstar'

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:07:47 -0600, OM
wrote:

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:47:11 GMT, John Szalay
wrote:

Even enjoyed being taken to task by her for
use of a PC-incorrect word.. :-)

...What? She spanked you for using the "C-Word"(*) too? :-)

Only when applied to males, though.

My objection isn't to the word itself but to turning female attributes
into epithets applied to men. The implication that the worst thing
you can accuse a man of is being like a woman, more specifically like
a woman's sexual anatomy, just bugs the hell out of me.

(*) I *still* maintain that the use was at least accurate in
describing the "person" it was being applied to :-P

Surely English has enough descriptive power that an accurate
description without using that term is possible? I find it hard to
believe that your powers of invective are so limited, OM.

Mary
--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote reports about it.
or

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:23:54 GMT, Monte Davis
wrote:

"Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
wrote:

Have a look he
http://laramide-orogeny.deviantart.com/
and you'll see some of my work.

Silver Orb: now you've done it. Those who plot the Sacred Mask of
Huitzilokanbochan are forever accursed.

I think I'll go change the name. "Silver Orb" is just so insipid
compared to "Sacred Mask of Huitzilokanbochan" that it cries out for
correction.

Mary "I'll give you credit, too"
--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote reports about it.
or

On 27 Mar 2006 11:26:19 -0800, "snidely"
wrote:

OM wrote:
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:23:01 GMT, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
[...]
Of course, what we all
know will happen is that they'll charge $99 for the prototyper, and
$500/lb for the refills, thus keeping with the standard marketing
gimmick of giving away the hardware and raping your wallet for the
consumables.

Old Man Gillette (not Penn) was an early adopter. Sell razors cheap,
make money on the blades.

Standard Oil, which sold lamp oil, gave away oil lamps for free in
China. John D. Rockefeller knew how to make money.

Mary "King Gillette was a quick learner"
--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote reports about it.
or

"Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)" wrote in
message ...
I grew up with seven food groups, which are sugar, salt, fat,
caffeine, alcohol, dark chocolate, and white chocolate.

I've been malnourished, then. My wife is at the grocery, I should call her
and have her stock up!

Why, now dark chocolate is a health food!

"Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)" wrote in
message ...
My objection isn't to the word itself but to turning female attributes
into epithets applied to men.

"You can't remember my name, can you?"
"Uhh..Mulva?"
storms out of room
"Hey! I remember! Dolores!"

The implication that the worst thing
you can accuse a man of is being like a woman, more specifically like
a woman's sexual anatomy, just bugs the hell out of me.

They're just a bunch of peckerheads.

I find it hard to
believe that your powers of invective are so limited, OM.

She shoots, she makes a basket (because "scores" has certain connotations)!

On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 08:38:42 -0800, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary
Shafer)" wrote:

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:23:54 GMT, Monte Davis
wrote:

"Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
wrote:

Have a look he
http://laramide-orogeny.deviantart.com/
and you'll see some of my work.

Silver Orb: now you've done it. Those who plot the Sacred Mask of
Huitzilokanbochan are forever accursed.

I think I'll go change the name. "Silver Orb" is just so insipid
compared to "Sacred Mask of Huitzilokanbochan" that it cries out for
correction.

Mary "I'll give you credit, too"

Done! Thanks. I have a lot of trouble with naming my fractals.

Mary
--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote reports about it.
or

Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer) wrote:

Standard Oil, which sold lamp oil, gave away oil lamps for free in
China. John D. Rockefeller knew how to make money.



When asked for advice on how a young man could succeed in business, John
D. Rockefeller replied:
"Always get to work early.
Always stay at work late.
Discover oil."

Pat

Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer) wrote:
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:07:47 -0600, OM
[...]
...What? She spanked you for using the "C-Word"(*) too? :-)

Only when applied to males, though.

My objection isn't to the word itself but to turning female attributes
into epithets applied to men. The implication that the worst thing
you can accuse a man of is being like a woman, more specifically like
a woman's sexual anatomy, just bugs the hell out of me.

I guess that's what makes a.u.e so much fun.

Or maybe James doesn't even know he's doing it, he's used it
som....which would parallel OM.

/dps

"used it so much"

/dps