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bradford_h

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Hi Luis-
Found it on the net, thanks.
I'm sure you understand that all this is half tongue in cheek, right?
There are wonderful things about this civilization -
the Hubble telescope, digital audio, digital girlfriends ...
 

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You mean this at the New Yorker site? http://www.newyorker.com/online/content/?050117on_onlineonly01

That's not the article, only a New Yorker Q&A with the author of the article...

L

PS: of course I understand. I know you are not one to discard digital girlfriends off hand...
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I love the Socratic spirit that has evolved in this thread. Maybe none of our ideals and methods nail the solution to our world?s ills, but laying our thoughts on the table without personal defamation provides some relief , at least for me.

Brad, I didn?t take your comments literally, knowing, at least in part, your sardonic humor. In like spirit, I played off it.

Alas, I am relieved; for with that knife Luis will be around for a long time to come.
 

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for with that knife Luis will be around for a long time to come.<!-/Quote-!><HR SIZE=0></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, but know I'm really using it for butter on my bread. It will be a slooow death...
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Brad, I sent you the link.

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Yeah, I saw that one in the local newspaper this morning, and I had to laugh. In a so called democracy, theoretically anyone can run for office. Anybody try lately? You usually have a choice between someone you never heard of and someone you only heard of because he/she got elected last year. Complain? well, that's going to happen no matter who got elected because you really didn't have as much choice as you thought you did. Yeah, legally we have the right to complain. Whatever good it does, chuckle.

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Hey Luis-
Got the link. Thanks.

Before the subject of digital girlfriends goes too cold:
Got your eye on any new Zhuang Nu this season? Most of my favorites were rotated off the schedule, and now I hear even T?pol is slated to go.
I rather fancy Nadia Santos, Sydney Bristow?s sister.
Veronica Mars is a pretty hot little sleuth.
Hope to see more of that ascended ancient goddess on Atlantis.
Then I have lots of hope for Christina on Point Pleasant, even if she is Satan?s daughter. I married one of Satan?s other daughters once, but she went wholly to the dark side and I had to divorce her. Got a great kid out of it though.
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I hear even T?pol is slated to go<!-/Quote-!><HR SIZE=0></BLOCKQUOTE>

I know... Sad, Enterprise is the last program of the ST franchise to be cancelled and there are no plans for a new one. I think is an awsome franchise. Money talks, I suppose.

Ah, Nadia Santos...
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It may no be true at all but in the program, Sydney's sister plays an Argentinian. I'm not from there but almost. Makes me feel nostalgic...

Atlantis (and SG1)are great programs. I hope they live long. Surprised that SciFi channel hasn't picked up any of the ST programs and revived the franchise... Geeze, to revive Gallactica of all programs...

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I married one of Satan?s other daughters once<!-/Quote-!><HR SIZE=0></BLOCKQUOTE>

I suppose you were "clue" blind... LOL
On the bright side, the offspring was worth the effort.

Luis
 

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Luis
I was really surprised to learn how big the Yijing is in Argentina, even in English. Just from hits on my website it came in at number 5, after the US, Netherlands, Brazil and Australia (After that came Italy, Canada, the UK and Singapore). My picture was only of Gauchos and Pampas. Gotta go cross that great stream again.
 

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My picture was only of Gauchos and Pampas. Gotta go cross that great stream again.<!-/Quote-!><HR SIZE=0></BLOCKQUOTE>

Now, now, Brad... Don't fall for stereotypes. Both Argentina and Uruguay (my neck of the woods) have a literacy rate higher that the U.S. and most "First World" countries for that matter (behind only Cuba, perhaps, crazy as it sounds). If you ever visit Buenos Aires (or Montevideo, in a minor scale) you would think you stepped into Paris or Viena. People have a passion for culture and reading, so much so that one of the hottest black market items in Buenos Aires are stolen books (I was reading an article in Pagina 12 about this)

My first Yi books were all published in Buenos Aires in the 1960's and 70's.

You should definitely go.
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yessir!
I started nosing around and asking questions as soon as I had a clue. Nobody who had been there was surprised at that level of culture.
There are so many countless wonderful things to be ignorant about in this world! I try to take care of the unnecessary or embarassing ones as soon as they come up so I can push on further into my darkness.
 

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