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I thought about deathy the other day when I added Russian Ark to our Netflix queue. I never would have known about it otherwise.

The Amazon review I'll link here touches on what the series is really meant to accomplish. http://www.amazon.com/U2-Philosophy-Popular-Culture/dp/0812695992/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-7336356-4821532?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173324892&sr=8-1 ...introducing philosophy in the context of a popular music...

Actually, the book is very much intended to be Philosophy 101. (pax=Abigail Myers, co-author of the U2 and Feminism essay. Hi, y'all.) The book series of which the U2 and Philosophy book is a part was founded by a college professor of mine, William Irwin (responsible for the Seinfeld and...

Well, it sure would be un-classy of me to not post here and thank all you nice people for the birthday wishes, as a little birdy told me I had a b-day thread going. :) I celebrated by listening to the Scotland-USA match on the BBC and cooking chicken parmesan with Ewen, followed by an evening...

I'm not sure how I feel about wishing people hbd before the "bd" actually happens. :| :sexywink: Many, many happy returns to the lovely woman we know as beegee. :hug:

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I beat you to the punch on that theory, Dread. :wink:

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If I was the new s.o. in the situation, I would admire your loyalty to your friend and your consistency in giving the ticket to the individual to whom it was initially offered. It would say to me, "Here's a dude who respects his friendships, honors agreements, and who will do the same for me if...

I'm not sure that verte's characterization was incorrect. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/12810756.htm On one hand, I suspect that a literalist reading of the Bible could, theoretically, in some folks who are already for various reasons prone to acts of violence...

I don't buy this at all. I'd have exactly the same problems with Miers if she were a man, and I suspect that even the rightiest of the right who are up in arms about her would be the same way. Their arguments, and I guess mine as well, are that if Bush really was keen on nominating a woman...

This has already been debunked elsewhere...no need to panic, everyone. :wink: http://forum.interference.com/t142581.html Fizzers, you want to close this one down to cut off the rumors at the knees?

The noted wild-eyed leftie weirdo Trent Lott also seems displeased. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-miers6oct06,0,1239845,full.story

"Scathing" is a word for it... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/04/AR2005100400954.html From the notable left-wing, anti-Bush, radical liberal columnist... ...George Will.

oh, der...sorry. :reject: I swear, I did not see that she had one already. Merge away.