On Sun, 02 May 2010 00:10:46 -0700, sf wrote:

> On Sat, 1 May 2010 12:44:19 -0400, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:31:45 -0700, sf wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:14:57 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Color me skeptical. Silicon is not exactly scarce. Most dirt and rocks
>>>>are made out of silicon dioxide. Silicon is a nutrient mostly for
>>>>plants and lower animals, like diatoms:
>>>>
>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon
>>>>
>>>>A Google search on "silicon nutrient" turns up references mostly to
>>>>plants (as in growing plants, not eating them), with references to
>>>>humans from the "health nut" people.
>>>
>>> Hey, don't rain on my parade! I was getting ready to find a tag line
>>> extolling the virtues of beer.
>>
>>go ahead and have your parade, sf, even if it doesn't march in a straight
>>line.
>>
> Thanks for your blessings, blake.

i once ran into a pair of cops in the hall of my building when a friend of
mine and i were on the way from my apartment to his, and, i confess, i had
a beer in my hand.

one cop says, 'be careful, or i'll take you in for drunk driving.'

just as quick, i said back to him 'i don't care what you say, i'm not
getting out to walk a straight line for you.'

your pal,
blake