joycolour

joycolour · Newbie Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 4 Gender:

Since it's winter I spend most of my time indoors doing web design, watching bad television, (I'm passionate for Passions - go Bethy!), listening to the CBC or KBCS, reading books, writing music and playing guitar. I'm an Atheist who was raised Pentacostal. I usually go to bed at 5 a.m., and sleep all day because I'm in love with the dark. I live in Seattle.

Lost in Translation is my favorite movie of 2003. The Triplets of Belleville is fantastic. Hand drawn animation - long live the French!

I get out more in spring and summer. The television is turned off, my film and digital cameras are dusted off, and suddenly I'm in love with light. I spend weekends (and sometimes weeks), on the road with no particular destination, photographing whatever strikes my fancy.

I'm surrounded by books: books in boxes, books on shelves, books on the floor, books my cat naps on, books, books, books everywhere. In summer, I occassionally sell books at flea markets. Being a bookseller has been in a corner of mind since I was a child, so I make it happen this way. Right now I'm reading "Hopscotch" by Julio Cortazar. Next in line is "Soul Mountain" by Gao Xingjian.

JC

Kostya · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 6:33 pm Post subject: Hi

Hi joycolour,

Welcome to BookTalk. From your message it looks like we have a few things in common: staying indoors in winter times, working with web sites and computers, watching bad TV sometimes, atheism, going to bed at 5am, sleeping all day, getting out more during spring and summer, photography, books and cats.

I hope you will stick around, participate in our chats on Thursday and Sunday and I hope you will enjoy our company.

Kostya.

P.S. I've heard good things about "The Triplets of Belleville" but I did not see it yet. I guess I should.

Edited by: Kostya at: 2/15/04 6:35 pm

ZachSylvanus · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 9:55 pm Post subject: Re: Hi

Hello! I can also sympathize with atheism, book-learnin', staying up during the night (and sleeping during the day), and a love of nature. I hope you start reading our selection next month (to be announced), and join in the discussions!

Chris OConnor · Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 12:09 am Post subject: Re: Hi

joycolour

Welcome to the community. Looks like you have much in common with many of us. You should fit in well.

Someone (Naturyl, Tara, and Kostya I believe) in our chat room suggested I mention something to each new member from now on. Many new people don't jump right in and buy and read our book selections. They stumble across BookTalk, like what they see, but aren't fully committed to the whole process quite yet. I'm here to tell you that even if you don't read our book selections you're welcome on both our forums and in the chat room at anytime.

Not everyone has the time or desire to read every book selection, but they have plenty to offer in the way of opinions and feedback on the subjects we discuss here. So...please feel welcome to contribute in any way you see fit. We have chats at 9:00pm every Thursday night, and we rarely discuss the current book selection. We mainly just socialize. So stop by if you have time. Sundays we do another casual chat at 11:00am eastern...same goes with this one.

Anyway...welcome!

Chris

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them" -- Mark Twain

joycolour · Newbie Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 4 Gender:

Does Massimo Pigliucci seriously believe that Mr. Powell is an honest person? Is he assuming that he didn't know about Iraq's true weapons capabilties? Was Powell not present on day one of the Bush administration when Iraq and the overthrow of Hussein was number one on the agenda? Was Powell not privy to the National Security briefings? Does he not speak to Condie?

Does Massimo believe that Powell truly believed what he was saying at the UN?

Massimo writes about Powell as if he were a victim. Yes, most people believed his U.N testimony. But that's the point of his existence in this Administration. Powell was co-opted by the Bush people for his integrity, and Bush needed as much of that as he could get. But like I say, if you lie down with dogs long enough, you begin to smell like 'em. And Powell stinks to high heaven.

I believe that he knew that he was lying. And if he didn't know that he was, this powerful man who is in charge of the State Department, then he should resign and just go away. Because he does know by now, and he hasn't said peep. He just continues to allow his good name to sink deeper into the mud.

I don't relish saying these things and I might seem harsh to some. Harry Belafonte was right in October 2002 when he called him an Uncle Tom. That is exactly what he is: he's a tool of massa Bush. A tool that's been used and thrown away, its integrity spent.

He has no scruples. He is not honest. And Massimo Pigliucci...he needs to rethink his position on Powell.

Hestiasmissives · Eligible to vote! Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 24 Gender:

I don’t think Secretary of State Powell would ever have been invited to join the Bradley Group or PNAC given their racist policies. It is possible that he thought he could make a difference.

joycolour · Newbie Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 4 Gender:

Colin Powell would have to be the most naive black man on the planet to believe that he could make a difference in the uppper-echelons of white male power. If that was his intention, then he must know at this juncture that he hasn't made a difference. It will be interesting so see what he does post-Bush.


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