SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Pastimes
THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING
An SI Board Since February 2002
Posts SubjectMarks Bans
21057 16 0
Emcee:  Peter Dierks Type:  Moderated
Previous 100 | Next 100 | View Recent | Post Message
Go to reply# or date (mm/dd/yy):
ReplyMessage PreviewFromRecsPosted
15333<i>Conspiracy? Screw-up? Incompetence? Comments?</i> The whole artijttmab-6/24/2002
15332<i>"It is really a sick process.</i> Yes it is and I don'tone_less-6/24/2002
15331<i>That of course comes from the perspective of a father: if my daughter wE-6/24/2002
15330I think that would necessitate a big search, Ish. Dragging the river. If one isE-6/23/2002
15329Be there and stand up. That's what counts.Ish-6/23/2002
15328<<Where will you die, if you have your way, Ish?>> I've given iIsh-6/23/2002
15327I knew you'd like that. I've used it before, but what the hell. gE-6/23/2002
15326That's right. It's very basic. I can say also that I have nothing to reE-6/23/2002
15325What are you thinking of? Where will you die, if you have your way, Ish? I guesE-6/23/2002
15324Ummmm, no privileges that I know of. I am LMAO over this little gem, though: &Poet-6/23/2002
15323Of course my father was an atheist, for heaven's sake, I've described myE-6/23/2002
15322No way. I'm going out alone. Probably won't even find my body.Ish-6/23/2002
15321Oh my gosh. You've certainly seen your share of dying. I hope the caring thPoet-6/23/2002
15320<<Your best is no mere gesture, Ish.>> Not a gesture E, just doing Ish-6/23/2002
15319You got chills from my grandmother story? Good. That means I told it right. IPoet-6/23/2002
15318The mill is the mind. According to a very kindly shrink I saw way back in my fraPoet-6/23/2002
15317Oh, I'm just teasing you 'bout Baby J. Though for a second I could imagPoet-6/23/2002
15316her facile features did change. I can't explain it. My father was air lifteIsh-6/23/2002
15315You did your best when your wife fell off the horse, too, I remember that. YourE-6/23/2002
15314Thanks, my mother just up and died. My dad was supposed to have died a few hoursIsh-6/23/2002
15313That gave me chills.E-6/23/2002
15312It is all grist for the mill, isn't it? btw, what <i>is</i> thE-6/23/2002
15311Baby Jesus? You kiddin'? We wuz atheists. We believed in the founding fatherE-6/23/2002
15310It's all grist for the poetry mill, my friend. Hell, my first published poePoet-6/23/2002
15309What an amazing dad, taking the time, and having the sensitivity (back then!) toPoet-6/23/2002
15308<i>My mother actually changed her facial features to match her mother'E-6/23/2002
15307<i>This jibes SO well with what Bill's mother is doing, as the storiesE-6/23/2002
15306It's a wonderful thing to be able to say "I did my best." Good forPoet-6/23/2002
15305<<Peace to our Moms...>> Yes indeed.Ish-6/23/2002
15304Yes, you did your best and more! The things that she asked for, the ciggies and maried.-6/23/2002
15303<<Life. eeek. >> Ain'it though. My father was flown to a hospitIsh-6/23/2002
15302<i>Now with my dad having died and my mom in a nursing home there was a toE-6/23/2002
15301<<May I ask this: how did you handle her talking about the past as though Ish-6/23/2002
15300About hotels: let us not forget the fundamental joys of room service and fresh sPoet-6/23/2002
15299Hi Ish, You know what? I saw you posting and just <I>knew</I> you&Poet-6/23/2002
15298I hope you are having fun and dimsum at this very moment. I still know my colleE-6/23/2002
15297I <i>was</i> away all weekend, staying at a friend's empty studiE-6/23/2002
15296<<then recounting the distant past. have you, or anyone else here, had expIsh-6/23/2002
15295You are a rascal, E. I thought you were going to be away this weekend. We drovPoet-6/23/2002
15294<<I am a bit uncomfortable with holding Jose Padilla without charges but tIsh-6/23/2002
15293Interesting that you're part of the Wilbur tree, Steven. That's quite aPoet-6/23/2002
15292<i>Keeping someone locked away for a dozen years while telling them over aLazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15291I don't think he should be released either. Being an American citizen and hLazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15290I am a bit uncomfortable with holding Jose Padilla without charges but then I thTimF-6/23/2002
15289Quite a woman. I wonder who will replace her. One of the most interesting thinLazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15288Before I read that article, I had not focused on the difference between "faLane3-6/23/2002
15287Society should be cautious about accepting solutions proposed by do-gooders ridiLazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15286<b>FLASH! TP REVEALS NRA BEHIND OKIE CITY BOMBING!</b> <i> ILazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15285<i>It does not have the result of making war less legitimate. </i> ILazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15284<i>I may be dumb, but i'm not so dumb you can get me to do your googliLazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15283Advice Columnist Ann Landers Dies Sun Jun 23,12:08 PM ET story.news.yahoo.comTimF-6/23/2002
15282<i>no victimization or torturous efforts designed to cause a squirm of anyTigerPaw-6/23/2002
15281<i>Just give me a little more time and I'll tell you more." <TigerPaw-6/23/2002
15280Society should be cautious about accepting the policies proposed by people in emTigerPaw-6/23/2002
15279<i>restore peace by waging war. </i> It does not have the result ofTigerPaw-6/23/2002
15278I'm going to visit an old professor for a few days. Looking forward to some Constant Reader-6/23/2002
15277I suppose boarding school might have been impractical, but I'm sort of surprDayuhan-6/23/2002
15276<i>It would be unkind to send them a link, right? (If I could find one....Lane3-6/23/2002
15275Good morning! I went to sleep after one am, when N was already asleep, and wokeE-6/23/2002
15274I sensed that. I may be dumb, but i'm not so dumb you can get me to do youE-6/23/2002
15273You know, it never seemed odd to me at all, except in the same way lots of thingE-6/23/2002
15272Conspiracy? Screw-up? Incompetence? Comments? jmbrown.web.wesleyan.edu I'Lazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15271HEY! A THREEPEAT! This software is so weird.Lazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15270<i>on the grounds I don't care and you asked the question.</i> WLazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15269<i>So I guess if you follow it back far enough we're all a bunch of baLazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15268<i>So I guess if you follow it back far enough we're all a bunch of baLazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15267<i>So I guess if you follow it back far enough we're all a bunch of baLazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15266<i>One of the fathers definitely knew in those cases (the actual father waLazarus_Long-6/23/2002
15265<i>this man... became involved with my Grandma, who was called Elisabeth tDayuhan-6/23/2002
15264She isn't. He is. I have absolutely NO IDEA why I know this, but I do. Say Constant Reader-6/23/2002
15263'Night, all.E-6/23/2002
15262I don't know if she's alive, and am resisting google, on the grounds I dE-6/23/2002
15261Good story! and neatly told, too, i guess i should mention, since I noticed it.E-6/23/2002
15260Ah, so he's MR. JESSICA TANDY! :-) Although probably doesn't like beinLazarus_Long-6/22/2002
15259The branch of my family that has been longest in America is that of my paternal Dayuhan-6/22/2002
15258I'm laughing because so many of the things mentioned in that article are theE-6/22/2002
15257Well, in N's case, the reality turned out to be much more interesting, if leE-6/22/2002
15256WHO is Hume Cronyn? > Search me, really. If you saw his face, he'd lookE-6/22/2002
15255TV is chewing gum for the eyes. -Frank Lloyd Wright, architect (1867-1959)Lazarus_Long-6/22/2002
15254<i>Where did you hear of this story?</i> I don't recall just whLane3-6/22/2002
15253Where did you hear of this story? <i>"The pseudotheories of `The HorLazarus_Long-6/22/2002
15252No shit and especially when you have Barabra Olsen doing a play by play into theIsh-6/22/2002
15251I've been following that story. There are always people who will believe thLane3-6/22/2002
15250<i>After I'd lived in Africa for five years I no longer got many of thLazarus_Long-6/22/2002
15249Conspiracy Theory Grips French: Sept. 11 as Right-Wing U.S. Plot Message 176384Lazarus_Long-6/22/2002
15248Jose Padilla and Posse Comitatus By thelizman Sat Jun 22nd, 2002 at Lazarus_Long-6/22/2002
15247Germany added to Bush's 'Axis of Evil' After a 1:0 defeat of the UnLazarus_Long-6/22/2002
15246That was really fun to read. Thanks.Tom Clarke-6/22/2002
15245As an uncultured barbarian from the hinterlands, I can be excused for this ignorLazarus_Long-6/22/2002
15244<i>You foreigners don't know about these first world games, of course,Lazarus_Long-6/22/2002
15243<i>What do you imagine (do a thought experiment,!) might be some of the siLazarus_Long-6/22/2002
15242<i>Actually, I can' t think of a poster who posts more content, and reLazarus_Long-6/22/2002
15241You know, I did something almost as horror-inspiring to him. I didn't, at fE-6/22/2002
15240<i>He replied very haughtily indeed, "I am Hume Cronyn," and looDayuhan-6/22/2002
15239There are differences and there are similarities. What do you imagine (do a thE-6/22/2002
15238I shall 'splain: It's not really name dropping if you see a cultural icE-6/22/2002
15237<i>More content-free text. Are you in league with Solon? :-) </i> AE-6/21/2002
15236Oh, I see. I took it for a pathetic exercise in name-dropping. I'm not famDayuhan-6/21/2002
15235<i>Justice demands retribution as a way to restore the moral balance of thDayuhan-6/21/2002
15234It's a joke. You mention ridiculously slight interactions with even ridiculE-6/21/2002
Previous 100 | Next 100 | View Recent | Post Message
Go to reply# or date (mm/dd/yy):