Amelia's "Good Stuff That Comes On PBS" Thread
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Queersetti said:
I agree. I daresay that I personally have more disdain for religion than does Ms. Voorhees, but I would have (even though I suck at it) tried to roleplay my part. The rest of the project shares the blame, however; they should have burned her at the stake (actually - hanged her or pressed her to death considering that was how it was done in colonial America). Of course she could have falsely accused half of the rest of the colony and taken them with her.
Our Puritan forebears are mighty interesting to study, but they are not people whom we want to emulate, are they?
And I must say that some of the members, speaking as their 21-century personas, were infuriatingly patronizing in that way that only evangelicals can be.
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i'm giddy! i'm not sure if this is going to be on everywhere...but i can't wait to see it.
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One of my most favorite shows ever was on PBS . Connections with James Burke. He showed how things were intertwined historically and how civilization progresses in the strangest of ways .One of the most interesting shows i saw was based on a theory of how the the black plague advanced the development of the written word and led to the invention of the printing press .
His theory was that prior to the plague there were lots of scribes to write down whatever needed to be written and that when the population was decimated by X % ( i dont know a real number here) a new system was needed ( step in Gutenberg) to preserve the oral history .
His theory was that prior to the plague there were lots of scribes to write down whatever needed to be written and that when the population was decimated by X % ( i dont know a real number here) a new system was needed ( step in Gutenberg) to preserve the oral history .
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we have a Peter, Paul and Mary special on... must be pledge week....
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I'm not sure when this will come on tonight b/c of the Reagan thing, but i'm looking forward to it. i think it looks like a lot of fun.
In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the United States in the new-fangled "horseless carriage."
In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the United States in the new-fangled "horseless carriage."
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I saw a preview for Broadway: An American Musical today. it doesn't start until october, but i'm totally psyched about it! 
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Origins was on tonight. I love this show. It breaks down even the tough concepts into simple ones.
You can catch it again (a 4 hour miniseries) on Sunday, I believe.
Hyper-novas, baby universes, primordial soup, and heavy elements. What's not to love?
You can catch it again (a 4 hour miniseries) on Sunday, I believe.
Hyper-novas, baby universes, primordial soup, and heavy elements. What's not to love?
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amelia said:
Sir Francis Chichester and Blondie Hasler made a $.50 bet on who could sail alone across the Atlantic the fastest. No motors allowed. Falmouth, England to Newport, R.I.
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Cleopatra said:The only part I didn't get was how the iron explodes.
But I'm not the best physicist.
The iron doesn't explode, per se. It accumulates in the core, until the rest of the nuclear fuel runs out, then starts collapsing on itself. At some point, the pressure inside exceeds the pressure crushing the core, and boom.
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Cleopatra said:
I was on the lookout for this one and really liked it. I've been privileged to hear a backyard presentation/star party from the host - Neil Tyson. Something about his delivery makes it seem that he's used to presenting to kids, but he's one sharp cookie.
I dug the octopi section tonight - controlling 20 million chromatophores requires a complex brain, indeed. I appreciate when they take a shot at our intellectual superiority complex like that.
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I haven't been watching that much PBS lately. Are they still doing those Colonial House/Frontier House shows? I love those!
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PBS has absolutely the best children's programming. Good shows (if you ignore the Boobahs) and no commercials for sugary cereals and breakable multi-pieced toys.
They still be up in tha hood wit Mr Rogers too. Can't beat that.
They still be up in tha hood wit Mr Rogers too. Can't beat that.
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Damn it woman, there's baseball to be had!Cleopatra [/i][B]This Tuesday said:
Sorry. I read above about the 'Neanderthals on Trial' program and became interested. But the Red Sox wouldn't quit, and then the Cardinals came alive...
Anyways, it's all settled. Did I miss anything good?
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