G'day, I love getting these each day. However, I think, the quote down the page deserves reading. And you may have thought Bush was not the sharpest tack in...
The Wombat
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Aug 1, 2005 1:35 pm
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That's the first I've heard about the acrostics and puns. Anyone know where to find them? ... SNIP ... SNIP...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
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Aug 1, 2005 2:55 pm
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On 8/1/05, Bellamy, Maria-English Teacher BHS ... Puns - sure. Best known - "Thou are Peter (small pebble) and upon this rock I will build my church." ...
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20050804/welshlede.art.htm "Heavy tomes that are light intellectually could turn kids off from a lifetime of reading....
Thank you for passing that on. I spent the summer serving on Kentucky's textbook committee for high school English, so I was quite interested in this person's...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
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Aug 5, 2005 3:38 pm
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... I'd like to see your response - please send a link to your column when you can. Andy...
Love, Andrew E., Jr.
Andrew.Love@...
Aug 5, 2005 7:16 pm
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I wanted to read the manuscript but have had no luck getting it to open. Could be a funny class activity, plus a chance to warn kids about some of the bogus...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
mbellamy@...
Aug 8, 2005 11:44 am
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Couldn't get the ms open at the first website but succeeded on www.travistea.com <http://www.travistea.com> by clicking on e-book. What a great project! too...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
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Aug 8, 2005 2:26 pm
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I also didn't get the connection between science fiction and scientology. I have emailed the author of the article asking what the connection is. I'll let...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
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Aug 8, 2005 3:24 pm
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Hey Jason, Thanks for the good telephone call. Yes.... let's really get Mars Dust going into a hard copy printed magazine format ASAP. I'll definitely be any...
Aye, lass! Ye bonnie one, Denise. Right now it's been an e-zine for a couple of years. It's listed in the SFWA Bulletin as a proper zine to submit articles to....
Hi Glenn, It's really great to finally be a part of the SFWA! I will definitely do all the networking I can. Thanks for the sites to contact info. I'll get...
I dunno... and let me apologize if I'm out of place... But, Jeff... why do you send all your emails to the RFF list too? Most of them don't make any sense to...
Someone told me recently that I should join the RFF because it also deals with writers, fantasy, fiction, and other such things. If I'm in error please forgive...
... could have sufficed? :) I definitely would have understood that!!! :) (Though, I'm not eligible for SFWA and never will be, because I don't write SF. I'm...
Then I will have to write good stuff for your students to read. My "Chronicles of Er-Da" books (1,2, & 3) are suitable for most ages (except elementary and...
Hi, I'm very new to this community (just joined today) and I've noticed the name "Mars Dust" come up a couple of times. I'm curious about it because I've...
I'm with Magi on this one. You seem to be sending a lot of your personal correspondence to this list. ... From: rff@yahoogroups.com...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
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Aug 9, 2005 11:32 am
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Indeed. And, to judge from your message headers, to a whole lot of other people and lists. One can be selective. ... Editor, http://futurefire.net Speculative...
Hi, It's fine to introduce yourself and your accomplishments. Please try to stay on topic of reading and education and things related to that. Lynn ... From:...
I don't know about everyone else, but I am on a work computer with this list. Of course I don't look at list email during class time (lunch break mostly or...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
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Aug 9, 2005 3:07 pm
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I'm with Magi too. Thanks for the input and good assistance. {:-) Jeff R...
Hi Gwen, It's always a good feeling to be able to help others with information..... .... and especially despite those who react negatively to this. The best...
Again my apologies to those of you who will be (and have been) working hard for the RFF gathering at Cascadia con. For a number of reasons, I won't be going....
David Brin
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Aug 9, 2005 7:29 pm
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Just to amplify David's account: we have also received a donation from the Science Fiction Research Association, and I don't think the fund-raising is over....
I would love to see a version of that class offered as an elective for special education teachers. We already know that many children with various types of...
Sorry to break in but I just edited the Cascadia Educator Conference workbook; sent final entry to the CEC CD producer; and gave pocket program information on...
The new website would be glad to provide a venue and support for such a course, but it would have to be conceived and executed by someone with expertise in...