Posts Made By: Christine Canelos Welsh

If Isaiah called it a circle, not a sphere, then he missed a little dimension there. Not exactly inspiring I'm afraid. A canopy doesn't exactly cover much either.

I saw a good saying somewhere - Men are from Earth, Women are from Earth. Deal with it!

Cheers!
clc

Ah-HAH! I beat you to that one long ago:


http://www.astromart.com/forums/viewpost.asp?forum_post_id=200306&poll_id=&news_id=

Oh Herb! You didn't see it on the big screen? That may have improved it for you! Okay, as a big LOTR fan, I loved it. But as I watched the films, I kept thinking that if you are not very, very familiar with the books, you would only see a rather shallow plot, and likely miss many of the subtle details, that were only hinted at in brief visual references. For the non-LOTR fan, you could have probably condensed the entire series into one movie with the standard plot of boy meets girl and fights evil. For me, several key details and most of my favorite minor characters were left out. I was also frustrated at the way characters were introduced. Having read the series more than once, I knew the characters immediately, but noticed that it would be several scenes before their names were actually given in the dialogue. I still liked it, but I can definitely understand why you found it boring. There were way too many long dramatic pauses. The extended theatrical gazing exchanged between the hobbits in the tavern at the end was just plain dumb.

On the simplest level, it's chemistry. Combining some collections of atoms gets you more of a reaction than others. Like combining vinegar with baking soda gives you a bubbling good drain cleaner, but combining vinegar with olive oil gives you salad dressing.

We are alive because a very long chain of events and conditions lumped enough atoms together for life to bubble forth. But *why* are we "alive" and not just animated!

Regards,
ccw

"Might as well face it, I'm addicted to spuds" - I LOVE Weird Al.

"Oh, if you don't mind me asking,
what's this poisonous cobra
Doing in my underwear drawer?
Sometimes I get to thinking you don't love me anymore"

And to the tune of MacArthur Park:
"Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
Somone shut the fence off in the rain
I admit its kinda eerie
But this proves my chaos theory
And I dont think I'll be coming back again
Oh no."

I could go on and on. I forgot about Lenny and the Squigtones - shortlived, but hilarious. Of course, Spinal Tap was awesome too.'

Cheers!
ccw

You named that cute little thing "Forum"?

Oh, and she has a crush on Milo, who often appears in the "Pictures of Me and My Telescope" forum, with Rob Mackie's fine instruments.

8)

Simple but beautiful!
ccw

Nice. Got a picture of the whole plant? Sage also has similar little purple flowers.

The irony of some of the statements made by the council members would be funny if it weren't so frightful!

Nice to see you back too John. It's almost getting to be like old times in here.

ccw