Topic: THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE THURSDAY (Read 35865 times)

elmore3003 · « **Reply #180 on:** January 18, 2006, 01:34:18 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on January 18, 2006, 01:29:44 PM

Hello DTM. I've given up on kissing frogs. A change!!

It's about time you got back! You were missed.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #181 on:** January 18, 2006, 01:34:41 PM »

Of course, I blame DR Jose.

Matt H. · « **Reply #182 on:** January 18, 2006, 01:34:55 PM »

Yes, I long for the day when we're all just people and thought of as ONLY that, without regard to any other aspects of our lives be it spirituality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #183 on:** January 18, 2006, 01:34:58 PM »

Thanks DR George. I guess the Dolphin added some cuteness! Cute also was a card I received when I returned home yesterday.. LOL.
Hello Rodzinski. I trust you've kept the pop flag flying.

Matt H. · « **Reply #184 on:** January 18, 2006, 01:35:53 PM »

VERONICA MARS is a repeat tonight, and that's helpful since the local UPN station is again showing pro basketball during prime time and relegating VERONICA MARS to 11 :35 p.m.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #185 on:** January 18, 2006, 01:41:48 PM »

The Dolphin blamed Jose too DR Elmore. Thanks.
DR François is away for the next few weeks I think.

MBarnum · « **Reply #186 on:** January 18, 2006, 01:44:41 PM »

I am envious of you TomovOz!

We don't have any dolphins here, but when you come to Oregon you can swim with the beavers, I guess.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #187 on:** January 18, 2006, 01:45:54 PM »

I have much catching up to do - and not just with the NET and HHW. I'll be back later no doubt.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #188 on:** January 18, 2006, 01:47:29 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on January 18, 2006, 01:31:51 PM

I would assume the Canadian answer to be African Americans. Canada is in America!! As is Mexico etc!!

There appears to be an assumption that the USA is America!!

That's what's comical about the political correctness. The "Africa" in " African-American"doesn't really include a white person from South Africa, or even Egyptian folk. And the "America" doesn't really include South America or the rest of America.

My curiosity is not to be taken as support of the term; I just wonder what term people are "supposed" or "expected" to use in Canada.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #189 on:** January 18, 2006, 01:47:30 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on January 18, 2006, 01:44:41 PM

I am envious of you TomovOz!

We don't have any dolphins here, but when you come to Oregon you can swim with the beavers, I guess.

A comment was certainly in my head - but no - taste prevailed.

MBarnum · « **Reply #190 on:** January 18, 2006, 01:52:13 PM »

I am of the same mind Rodzinski...and no matter what any ethnicity or orientation is referred to now it will be considered vulgar in 20 years and a new term will be coined, or an old term reinstated.

MBarnum · « **Reply #191 on:** January 18, 2006, 01:54:16 PM »

Well, JRand55 should be about half-way through the 1963, made-in-Florida feature film SINDERELLA AND THE GOLDEN BRA...which is the first nudie musical!

Hope he is still on speaking terms with me.

Jason · « **Reply #192 on:** January 18, 2006, 02:04:30 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on January 18, 2006, 01:52:13 PM

I am of the same mind Rodzinski...and no matter what any ethnicity or orientation is referred to now it will be considered vulgar in 20 years and a new term will be coined, or an old term reinstated.

Funny you should bring this up. I was at Wendy's today on my lunchbreak (I needed a Frosty) and all these kids were standing on line waiting to be served, talking and being rambunctious as teens are wont to do. As I eavesdropped, I was suddenly dumbstruck at the number of times one of the boys used the word "nigger" as a reference to his fellow black friends. Having grown up in a "modern" southern home, I always tend to tense up when I hear that word - it's got a horrible connotation to it - and it made me wonder what his grandmother might say if she heard him saying "my nigger" this and "that nigger" that. I suspect she wouldn't take the word so lightly...

vixmom · « **Reply #193 on:** January 18, 2006, 02:10:32 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on January 18, 2006, 01:31:10 PM

. I see DRvixmom turned tail and ran.

I couldn't figure out what you meant so I went back to look and discovered that when I was "modifying" my post I actually "deleted" it, so let me reiterate

"BRAVO!"

(original post)

and here is the modification, let's see if I can get it to post this time

I don"t understand the need for everyone in my neighborhood to identify themselves as Irish or Italian etc when they were born here and their parents were born here... now my new next door neighbors are Indian... they were born and raised there, my husband is English, again , a newcomer to these shores... but despite having three of my four grandparents born abroad, I am an American.

Also, the need for the PC press to call everyone with black skin an African American must annoy the hell out of the Jamaicans!

Rodzinski · « **Reply #194 on:** January 18, 2006, 02:14:10 PM »

I can understand the concept of people "taking back" the word, taking away its power by using it in a way of their choosing, demystifying it even, through constant use. But it definitely makes me ill-at-ease to hear it.

Matt H. · « **Reply #195 on:** January 18, 2006, 02:47:40 PM »

Must head down now to do the cleaning chore of the day and will then begin a marathon night of TV watching.

WBBL.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #196 on:** January 18, 2006, 02:54:17 PM »

Quote from: Rodzinski on January 18, 2006, 01:47:29 PM

My curiosity is not to be taken as support of the term; I just wonder what term people are "supposed" or "expected" to use in Canada.

I'm just curious. That's all.

DR TomovOz, what is the term in Australia?

Tomovoz · « **Reply #197 on:** January 18, 2006, 03:15:59 PM »

We probably say Black Americans! For People of African descent living in Australia - Australians of African origin. As with Australians of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern origin. I don't think anyone takes that much notice. It is such a melting pot here. Vietnamese Australians, Chinese Australians, Irish Australians, Greek Australians, Iraqi Australians. For the most part, multi culturalism is encouraged and works well. Certainly in the Schools in which I taught, ethnicity and nationality were rarely issues of any significance. Religious differences seem to be divisive issue in more recent years.

Our own indiginous people in this state prefer to be called Kouri people rather than Aboriginal.

JMK · « **Reply #198 on:** January 18, 2006, 03:17:44 PM »

Quote from: JRand55 on January 18, 2006, 07:51:32 AM

Remember, DR RLP:

Through meditative techniques, one can free the mind of delusions and attain what we call enlightenment. The Dalai Lama

That, and torrid sex.

MBarnum · « **Reply #199 on:** January 18, 2006, 03:18:09 PM »

Well, I don't care what you call me as long as it ain't late to dinner!

MBarnum · « **Reply #200 on:** January 18, 2006, 03:20:05 PM »

I wonder if JRand55 has moved on to GOLDILOCKS AND THE 3 BARES (1964)?

JMK · « **Reply #201 on:** January 18, 2006, 03:21:57 PM »

Well, what started as a routine and easy DirectTV installation turned into the afternoon from hell as I attempted to configure it correctly to my HDTV and VCR/DVD combo unit. The installer it turns out had his head fairly far up his rectal cavity and had left me with a completely misinstalled system (not the dish itself, just the way the box was hooked up to the TV). But I got a great African American (

) lady named Martika, who lived in Oklahoma (we had a looooong phone call, got to know each other quite well, LOL) and together we figured it out. It turns out I am only the 2nd person in the nation to get their brand new upgraded HD receiver, which is MPEG4 or somesuch verbiage. And it took awhile to work through all the menus, which were new to her and most defnitely new to me. But I finally have hundreds of channels, many of which are in HD.

I was so bothered by the installer's incompetence that I actually got up on the roof (ooh, a Carole King reference) to check to make sure he had at least bolted the dish in firmly. Which he had.

JMK · « **Reply #202 on:** January 18, 2006, 03:23:47 PM »

Here's to the incredibly luscious Evangeline Lilly (sp?) in HD. Mmm, mmm good.

bk · « **Reply #203 on:** January 18, 2006, 03:44:46 PM »

Had a lovelier than lovely luncheon with our very own Miss Tammy Minoff. Very yummilicious and the conversation was ever so sparkling and interesting.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #204 on:** January 18, 2006, 04:11:03 PM »

Good Evening!

Greetings from the Green Room!

And it's Dollar Wednesday!

-Vibes, please. I'll explain later.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #205 on:** January 18, 2006, 04:17:08 PM »

...You know those people who you shake your head at... They're outside running in the cold weather, while you're sitting in the warmth of your vehicle... Well...

I believe I saw some people shaking their heads at me this afternoon.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #206 on:** January 18, 2006, 04:20:16 PM »

Otherwise, it was a great run. About 3.2 miles in 30 minutes. Yes, it was on the cool side and breezy(!), but I had bundled up appropriately to protect me from the elements. I ended up running around Hains Point - a place I haven't been to in years. At the "point" of Hains Point, there a wonderful sculpture, "The Awakening". -And I haven't seen that in years either. But it sure was great to see it today.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #207 on:** January 18, 2006, 04:23:53 PM »

...And during my drive to Whole Foods after my run, I started thinking...

Hmmm...

If I run three times a week...

Two three mile runs, one five mile run...

Then increase my mileage every couple of weeks...

I think I could be ready by November 6 for...

The ING New York City Marathon

Hmm...

I've had crazier thoughts... And, what's really crazy, is that I don't think it's that crazy.

We shall see...

It's a goal.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #208 on:** January 18, 2006, 04:24:21 PM »

Well... Just got the Five Minute Call... So..

Laters...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #209 on:** January 18, 2006, 04:24:42 PM »

Welcome back, DR Tomovoz!

-And wonderful pics too!

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