>I spoke to this lady once, who said she belonged to an interactive book
>club. In other words, you all agree to read a book on a particular subject
>and then do something in real life that meshes with the topic of the book.
>
>Sounds good, but her club also sounds expensive! I can't afford to go on a
>romantic trip to Italy once a month to discuss a book.
>
>Are there are any good novels involving Australia offroad trips, that I can
>plan such an event around?
>
>Barring that it would be ok to do nonfiction, but for god's sake I don't
>want to read any technical manuals.
>
>Perhaps we should plan trips and then select books that tie in with the
>trip-and tell everyone we did the trip because of the book. Actually, I'm
>going
>to figure out a way to take it up a notch. Let you know when I have the
>right angle for the club. Still like the idea of a book club that
>writes books.
>
>And speaking of books, has anyone here ever read Life of Pi. For me, it
>just got really,
>really weird! About at page 110.
>
>mk5000
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: marika gmail.com>
>Newsgroups:
>misc.consumers,sci.econ,soc.culture.china,rec.food.cooking,soc.retirement,a

>t.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
>Date: Saturday, July 14, 2007 3:41 PM
>Subject: Re: China fights back, goes after U.S. meat
>
>

>>
>>Alvin E. Toda wrote in message ...

>>>On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, notbob wrote:
>>>
>>>Perhaps the Chinese might also find some mad cow
>>>disease in American Beef. That would be the death of
>>>the US beef industry.

>>
>>The Chinese delegation visited the White House only just a few months ago,
>>May or June I forget
>>
>>Anyway, Bush was interviewed right after the visit concluded and said that
>>he was trying to encourage the Chiinese to buy more of it
>>
>>I believe the quote was something like: they should buy more Texas Beef,
>>it's good for them they'll like it
>>
>>The reason why he is flogging Texas beef in particular is so obvious
>>
>>but my point here is, if the Chinese did claim BSE, it would shut down the
>>world not just the US.
>>
>>Prion disease has no known cure, not even close.
>>It wouldn't be a good idea if the Chinese claimed this because it would be
>>too hard to distinguish between the US source and any other. Do you
>>remember a few years ago and they couldn't even tell whether the source

>>Canada or the US. Too much is traded bought and sold worldwide for this

>>be a profitable revenge.
>>And then there's that Texas thing, If the Chinese were to insult US beef,
>>it would go directly to texas, because that is what Bush was trying to get
>>them to buy. And that would be political anathema. Unless of course it
>>was utterly true, in which case, good god get that stuff out of the

>>I don't think it is true though.
>>
>>In the meantime, what I find more worrisome is the evidence that more and
>>more deer are getting a prion disease called Wasting disease. That's very
>>scary too
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: marika gmail.com>
>>Newsgroups: alt.comedy.improvisation,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
>>Date: Saturday, July 07, 2007 4:17 PM
>>Subject: Re: the creature walks the ghosts
>>
>>

>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: marika gmail.com>
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>>>alt.politics.africa,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley,alt.politics.anti-ko

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>>>ng,alt.music.alternative.female,alt.music.anita-meijer
>>>Date: Saturday, June 09, 2007 10:47 PM
>>>Subject: Re: the sushi and happy child
>>>
>>>

>>>>here's some more stuff that is useful in understanding "The Life of Pi"
>>>>
>>>>read this first
>>>>
>>>>http://www.webonautics.com/mythology/shiva.html
>>>>
>>>>then this
>>>>
>>>>http://www.luckymojo.com/hindumedals.html
>>>>
>>>>The medal to the right depicts Durga, an ancient warrior-protector
>>>>goddess who in modern times is often equated with the goddess Kali.
>>>>Actually, the worship of Durga shows traces of her once having been a
>>>>grain goddess and patroness of married life. (For example, in many
>>>>villages, her effigies are placed on mounds of clay into which five
>>>>types of grain have been pressed and embedded.) In any case, Durga is
>>>>a multi-armed Dravidian (pre-Aryan) goddess, and there are many
>>>>contradictory popular accounts of her origin and exploits. This medal
>>>>shows one of her most famed feats, the killing of the man-monster
>>>>Mahisha, who took the form of a bull and attacked the gods. Durga,
>>>>riding her lion (alternatively, her tiger) -- here reduced to
>>>>house-cat size -- and carrying the weapons of all the gods (the
>>>>discus, noose, arrows, goad, and so forth) eventually cut the head off
>>>>the demon with her kartri and then stabbed him to death with a spear,
>>>>sometimes, as here, shown to he identical with the trident or trisula
>>>>of the god Siva, her husband and consort. This medal is about 1 1/2
>>>>inches high, cast in brass, with a hanging loop at the top.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.mythsearch.com/africa.html
>>>>Folklore About Hyenas
>>>>European and African folklore about the hyena. Mentions that the
>>>>spotted hyena is to Africa what the black cat is in the U.S. -- the
>>>>premier witch animal, uncanny and terrifying.
>>>>
>>>>http://mail.google.com/mail/?auth=DQAAAHcAAAA7P2s7MJDaRpqpd6EGkLkSs8iNnz

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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The men of the village were chasing a hyena that had eaten one of the
>>>>villager's lambs.
>>>>
>>>>As the hyena (Linani) was running from these men with rungus, spears,
>>>>bows, and arrows, saw an open old woman's house. He ran into the house
>>>>and pleaded with her: