From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V98 #295 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: <blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se> archive/volume98/295 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se Reply-To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain blakes7-d Digest Volume 98 : Issue 295 Today's Topics: [B7L] Re: b7spin: Re: The Pyramids Re: [B7L] Character types (was re: Voyager and B7) [B7L] HORIZON NEWSFLASH [B7L] Time, how much passes [B7L] Amish Friendship Spam ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:50:23 -0800 From: Pat Patera <pussnboots@geocities.com> To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Re: b7spin: Re: The Pyramids Message-ID: <365CB3DF.E71@geocities.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Brent wrote: > > Oh, I thought they were speculating that the people who built it worshipped > lions. But then, I don't remember the show very well, so you're probably > right. Unless, of course, the constellations had not yet been named. That's a very good point. I assume the constellations were named by the Greeks. I have this image of Greek shepherds lying prone beside their flocks in the night, making up stories about the stars. Have you ever looked at them and tried to imagine them as the campfires of armies in the sky? People believed that for centuries: that dead warriors lived up there, eternally gathered about their campfires. There's the men again. Where *did* women go after death? Or was it not only the Christians who did not grant women souls? Perhaps there was no need to create heaven myths for women, because they just ceased, like horses or sheep. But she who laughs last laughs best: in purusing some books on fundraising, I read that in the U.S. women control 89% of the wealth (because they outlive their men). I also read that when men inherit wealth, they tend to invest it in a business, but when women inherit wealth, they tend to establish a Foundation to give it away to worthy causes. They usually name the foundation for a husband or son, however, because women are uncomfortable with personal recognition. What odd, interesting statistics. Lisa wrote: re: TLC > No, if that was ever the intention at all, it sure isn't true now. They're > seriously woo-woo. All the usual drek, generally with about five seconds of > airtime from a token skeptic so they can claim to be "balanced". > Sensation sells. Explaining to people how some wildly improbable claim is, > in fact, just so much unsupported speculation, doesn't sell. And that's > what it all comes down to. Well put. And sadly 'tis so. When you really think about "the lowest common denominator," it's a pretty scary concept. The truth is, the world is populated mostly by Deltas. Pat P ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 09:25:51 +0000 (GMT) From: Una McCormack <umm10@hermes.cam.ac.uk> To: Lysator <blakes7@lysator.liu.se> Subject: Re: [B7L] Character types (was re: Voyager and B7) Message-ID: <Pine.PCW.3.96.981126092142.6791B-100000@umm-pc.jims.cam.ac.uk> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Pat P. said: >I agree that Eowyn had the warrior spirit, but she only got to fight one >battle (and was seriously wounded therin - and then because a good >little wifie. Yes, Faramir was a peacemaker, but he did lead an army in >battle. I'm one of those sad suckers that finds the whole Faramir / Eowyn story absolutely beautiful, to the extent that I can even forgive Eowyn hanging up her helm. One of the complaints issued in the press when LOTR won 'Book of the Century' was that it was effectively a sexist book. I really don't see it myself. I think it's a *traditionalist* book, but Eowyn and Galadriel are two of the most magnificent characters in the book. Argh! I always seem to end up talking about LOTR on all of my mailing lists! Maybe I should just join a Tolkien one!! Una -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Judge Institute of Management Studies Tel: +44 (0)1223 766064 Trumpington Street Fax: +44 (0)1223 339701 Cambridge CB2 1AG http://www.sticklebrock.demon.co.uk/una United Kingdom http://www.jims.cam.ac.uk/research/ion/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 21:17:28 +0000 From: JMR <jager@clara.net> To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] HORIZON NEWSFLASH Message-Id: <3.0.2.32.19981126211728.00799100@mail.clara.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" LATEST HORIZON CLUB NEWS BULLETIN - 24 November 98 PAUL DARROW: There has been some confusion over Paul's tour dates for the 1999 Guards! Guards! tour. The correct dates were originally posted to the List in the Avon/Horizon club's recent joint bulletin, and also appear on the Horizon and Avon club website, & Horizon snail-mail Newsflash 62, so PLEASE IGNORE any different dates (eg. some editions of the Avon club NL insert flyer, and Judith Proctor's recent posting to the Lysator and Space City lists). The CORRECT dates are as follows: Paul will star as Captain Samuel Vimes once again in Geoffrey Cush's adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards! Confirmed so far are: opening 21 January 99, then also the week commencing 25th January at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester (BO 01206 573948); W/C 1st February - Theatre Royal, Brighton (BO 01273 328488); W/C 8th February - Wimbledon Theatre, Wimbledon, London SW19 (BO 0181 540 0362); W/C 15th February - Belgrade Theatre. Coventry (BO 01203 553055) ; W/C 22nd February - Civic Theatre, Darlington (BO 01325 486555); W/C 1st March Grand Theatre, Swansea (BO 01792 475715). Hopefully more dates will be confirmed shortly. JACQUELINE PEARCE: Jacqueline will play Shirley Valentine in the one-woman show of that name. Unfortunately, it is a short tour of India (opening in Delhi) between 28 December and 23 January so I guess none of us will be able to see it. However, Diane listened to hear rehearsing her lines and assures me that if anyone is popping across to India in January, they should be sure to see it! Jacqueline recently made a schools training film called Written Off in which she plays an education welfare officer called Barbara Giller. Also in the film are Nicholas (The Brigadier) Courtney, and Keith Chegwin who plays a wife beater! Ghostlands a made for video film she made with Sylvester McCoy in autumn 96 had its first airing at Peladon 98. It is hoped a video release will follow. BROADCAST POSTPONED - THE SECOND B7 RADIO PLAY - THE SYNDETON EXPERIMENT: The second of the BBC's Blake's Seven Radio plays was due to be broadcast on 19 December 98, but has now been postponed until probably May 99 (they don't have an exact date yet) to coincide with the CD release. We'll let you know when a new date has been fixed. Horizon has been promised a couple of Original Scripts for our next charity auction (though you'll not be allowed to collect your prize till just before the broadcast/CD release). Each script will be signed by the cast member to whom it belonged (and maybe some of the others!) Info in Horizon NL 39 which should be with you in time for Christmas. See the Horizon Club website at <http://www.horizon.org.uk> J.M. Rolls jager@clara.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 16:55:25 PST From: "Penny Dreadful" <pdreadful@hotmail.com> To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Time, how much passes Message-ID: <19981127005526.16275.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Okay, I've come round...thirteen years _is_ a little high. I still say six is TOO low, though. Do I hear eight? Then they'd have had an one harrowing adventure every, um, (carry the 6...), two months. On average. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 17:05:38 -0800 From: penny_kjelgaard@juno.com (Penny L Kjelgaard) To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Amish Friendship Spam Message-ID: <19981127.170545.-217145.6.penny_kjelgaard@juno.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If any of you remember the spam we got on friendship bread a while back, and asked for the recipe, I've finally found it. If you want it, please send me an email with "BREAD" in the subject and no message and I'll get that recipe out to you. (Just in time for Christmas!) Peace, Penny ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. 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