tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33850121262094797652024-03-14T06:57:32.636-05:00Mind Over BlatherUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385012126209479765.post-57556961611051378052015-07-03T16:50:00.000-05:002019-08-28T19:22:34.754-05:00Truths From the Past<div id="post-wrapper" style="padding-top:0px">
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<font id="init-letter">I</font>n the course of developing a new application, the XML file of the archived comments from this blog came in very handy with which to practice coding with XML that I needed to learn. And learn I did. As such, and no thanks to Blogger, all the haloscan comments have been restored to their respective blog posts. While reading over the old comments, a few things stood out, bringing to mind certain blatherings of the retardread ilk, on which I will now expound.
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In particular, these comments from the past set the record straight regarding the catty claims of one backbiting old bitch. The blubberous blabberer, who on more than one occasion, while attempting to disparage me, told of how Bane would tease, mock and otherwise treat me as an object of ridicule as she and others were doing at the time - apparently to bolster their position by including in their numbers one who is highly regarded.
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I never bothered to respond to the tattooed manatee, knowing she was full of shit. There is a never-ending supply of delusions that can be pulled from an ass of that size, so I allowed her utterly ridiculous claims regarding Bane's opinion of me to go unchallenged. After all, it is never about truth in these situations, but whatever blather blows out of the biggest, loudest mouths. I figured those not partaking in the feeding frenzy were aware of the truth, that in no way resembled the spewing from the petty bitch.
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And sooner or later the truth always comes out. These comments here clearly attest that my relationship with Bane was one of mutual respect up until the day he died, when I cried like a baby. I still miss him. That is not how I would react to the demise of someone who regularly mocked me. Trust me. The thought of any of the blathering buffoons at VP biting the dust stirs not the slightest emotion. Considering that he commented at all at my blog, Bane may have even been a little fond of me, as I was of him, otherwise, I would not have often called him "Baney". In one of his blog posts <a href="http://banedad.blogspot.com/2008/02/this-is-happening-lot-lately.html">Bane requested prayers on my behalf</a>. There is <font style="font-size:1.5em;">NO WAY</font> Bane is in the same category of bitter beta anklebiters as that lying cunt claimed he was with respect to how he interacted with me at VP - or in any other respect.
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On the contrary, it is those very same bitter betas who Bane held in contempt. Bane may have been a sociopath, but like anyone with a modicum of discernment, he did not suffer fools and frauds. As I recall, he had several run-ins with those same blustering buffoons at VP. And as sociopaths are known for manipulating and using people, this probably explains Bane's relationship with the Amerasian hog. I would not make such a claim as fact, but I know sociopaths, and they are as cold-blooded as they can be charismatic whenever it suits their purpose.
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Unlike the catty cow, I have no delusions about how Bane regarded me, I have only the facts preserved in the comments archive. And those facts prove the cunt to be a liar. I fucking hate lying cunts like her, of which there are a few more at VP that I never bothered to put in their place. It was working with the comments here that inspired this post, recalling the threads at VP in which the bitch blabbed the egregious lie which was now absolutely and incontrovertibly refuted within the retrieved comments that had I long forgotten. But I never forgot the lie.
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Bane and I communicated privately in emails, always initiated by him. If Bane had the slightest bitter beta syndrome in him, behaving towards me like those bloviating blowhards, those personal exchanges would have never taken place between us. I get along very well with men of character and integrity, whereas I have always clashed with blowhards, the pusillanimous, middle-aged frat boys, and insecure, testosterone-challenged assholes, none of whose emails would ever be in my inbox. Not that they would even try - they are even more spineless than they are bigmouths, working only in the safety of packs, out in public. They'd not a have a chance in hell in a private one on one confrontation. They know who they are. So does anyone with the slightest degree of discernment.
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While going over the comments, I also noticed a pattern that was not at all apparent to me at the time. I suppose that a greatly diminished mental state back then was the reason I failed to recognize the pattern of subtle passive-aggressiveness of a regular commenter. He did eventually come out of the closet at VP, where he knew it was safe for him to put his contempt for me on full display. Alas, I regret not seeing the little snake for what he was. I not only allowed him to continue, I treated him kindly. But the other regular commenters were good, sincere men and who I still consider with fondness and respect. After restoring all the comments, if I have any regrets about quitting this blog it would be that I no longer interact with them.
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Anyway, read the archived comments (click "View Archived Comments" link at the bottom of every post). The past speaks louder than fat, foetid old cunts.
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<b>Update:</b> It has come to my attention that the fat, lying cunt is still fat, a liar, and a cunt - as she undoubtedly will be ten years from now. Some things never change. This thing is one of those things. The blubberous old bitch finally got a thread she could jump on to spew her insipid, clueless cattiness. Unfortunately, the window of opportunity slammed shut in her ugly face and she had to waddle away. The pig's prattling failed to instigate the hoped-for Taylor-bashing but was instead met by a chorus of crickets. One supposes that being ignored is a common occurrence for such a creature.
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385012126209479765.post-83819786082143793782015-05-10T19:41:00.000-05:002019-08-28T19:14:21.772-05:00Real Life<div id="post-wrapper" style="padding-top:0px">
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<font id="init-letter">A</font>pril on the island with Mr.
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Let me see. With a mighty fine specimen of a man in a beautiful setting - or sitting at home, blogging with a bunch of bleating, blathering nobodies. Yeah.
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Next time, and I know there will be a next time, some busybody bigmouth bitter beta, delusional gamma, or foetid old cunt at VP blabbers something about Taylor, realize that while you are holed up in your dank little corner, poking at a keyboard, Taylor is most likely traipsing around somewhere, living a life that most of you petty little peasants can only dream about. And I've just begun to make up for the lost years.
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Putting aside my personal contempt, I will take this opportunity to commend your concerted and sustained efforts against the enemies of Western Civilization - those pernicious, malignant lumps of political correctness who revere the vile and vilify the virtuous.
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Blogging was never about any of you. You really are nothing to me. It was always about speaking out against the hated Orcs, for which VP served that purpose at the time. As Jamie once said, I am to the right of Attila the Hun, so I can honestly say it is great to see your success in making the vicious scum squirm and squeal, although, had I not already moved on, the gaggle of gamergaters, sundry converts, allies, rabble and other strange/perverted bedfellows who now inhabit the blog would certainly have done it. I am highly allergic to crowds, even virtual ones. But one does what one can. Mr. has serious skillz which he is patiently teaching me, that I would love to put to use one day - when things get realz.
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<font id="init-letter">I</font>t slithers and sidles, slowly, deliberately, nestling itself among foes. Ever agreeable, never contentious, careful to avoid cause for opposition or alarm, the serpent lulls them all into acceptance, and is even favored among the soft-headed who have been beguiled by the perverse from the very beginning.
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Its foes, taking great pride in their civility, ever mindful to demonstrate as much to the world, give a voice and show courtesy to that which God considers an abomination. As long as the serpent is well-behaved, it may express its serpentine predilections openly and unabashedly, without fear of chastisement - lest the critic himself be immediately set upon by a swarm of high-minded peers, jumping in to defend their new ally, and denounce its detractor as a boorish, attention-seeking agitator who is derailing their discussion of <i>utmost</i> importance with the uncalled-for censure of a benign participant. Thus, having established immunity from judgment, the serpent is free to <a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/03/wearing-murdochs-leash.html#c1921211204791562232">mingle its poison<b>*</b> within the context of innocuous and clever discourse (always 110% in support of the foes' point of view)</a>, working it subtly into minds and souls like an anesthetic, until all who have been exposed eventually become numb to its vileness and perniciousness.
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The foes fancy that this display of magnanimity on their part is winning allies, and more important, serving to defuse a specific component of the enemy's arsenal, as if these grand gestures of solidarity between themselves and one who is typically counted among the enemy's ranks will somehow gain them ground in their war against a vast army of unconscionable serpents who gleefully celebrate the depravity by which the outlier wholly identifies itself. Meanwhile, the serpent realizes that the foes' willingness to form a strategic alliance signals the withdrawal of their moral and natural resistance to its all-consuming abomination, and just as important, serves to broadcast their tacit approval to a vast array of bystanders and supporters.
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Under these conditions the war has effectively been conceded. Any victory won by such an alliance ensures the culture will remain, or soon become, as defiled and dysfunctional as it ever was. The serpent's side will not only continue to pursue their depraved, hedonistic and destructive existence, they will demand society sanction them, exactly as they do now, but will rightfully brook no opposition from the Christian side of the alliance, which will have forfeited all moral authority.
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Whichever way this plays out, it is apparent that the forces of evil are once again gaining momentum. This is not to say that humans ever had a chance against the powers and principalities of this world. We are powerless on the battleground where the real war takes place. In this most epic of struggles we are not engaged as warriors - we are the territory over which the war is being waged. But we cannot be delivered from the clutches of evil by courting members who are, and intend to remain, deeply entrenched in the enemy's camp. Ultimately, there is only one warrior who can, and will, claim all the territory for Himself, and He will do so without compromise.
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<em><b>*</b> A simple search immediately reveals that Big Gay Serpent has an ulterior motive for posting. Regardless of the topic, it will casually mention or insinuate something related to its perversion - whether in a personal, anecdotal, humorous, informative, or whatever context, as though its degeneracy is the most perfectly natural thing in the world. The creature has found a most suitable vehicle from which to further its agenda to normalize the abomination. That this overtly vile propaganda should be disseminated from the same platform where Christians have, for more than a decade, espoused Christian values, expressly conveys a declaration of triumph with every carefully crafted assault on those values.
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This motive, from someone with a handle that is itself a garish neon sign, flashing, "Loud and Proud Pervert", is hardly surprising, but considering that its not-so-subtle attempt to infiltrate and corrupt has not been stopped, one must surmise that for all their supposed brainpower, the subversive in their midst continues to elude detection. Or, perhaps the exposure to graphic depravity no longer has an impact on their sensibilities, in which case Big Gay Serpent is right at home, and this post, should it come to their attention, will certainly be mocked. So be it. The truth is often mocked. However, one doubts that readers, most of whom are probably Christian, are going to salute the rainbow flag that has been run up the flagpole at VP, or are they much longer likely to congregate in its insidious shadow, which will continue to grow - as intended. At least, one sincerely hopes that Christians would not.</em>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385012126209479765.post-36018386323734473352015-02-04T16:06:00.000-06:002018-11-22T16:27:10.844-06:00The RCC Deleted the Second Commandment<div id="post-wrapper">
<font id="init-letter">I</font> have just recently been made aware of the differences between the Catholic Ten Commandments and the Biblical Ten Commandments. Unsurprisingly, the RCC, in its infallible magnificence, decided that the second commandment was unnecessary and should therefore be struck from the list. They know better. The second commandment is written in Exodus as follows:
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or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth;
you shall not bow down to them or serve them;
for I the LORD your God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children to the third and the fourth
generation of those who hate me,
but showing steadfast love to thousands of those
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At first I was skeptical as I had never before heard such a claim nor did I imagine that even the RCC could be so brazen, but given the evidence, it certainly appears as if the Roman Catholic Church sneaked in and altered God's Ten Commandments into its own graven image. <a href="http://www.the-ten-commandments.org/romancatholic-tencommandments.html">Roman Catholic Ten Commandments</a> explains it. Do your own research - there are other online sources as well. And if you still do not believe me, here it is, straight from the <strike>whore's</strike> horse's mouth, <a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/command.htm">The Vatican</a>.
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Did you see what they did there? They deleted the second commandment regarding the worship of idols, and they split the 10th commandment into two to make up for the deleted 2nd. New, Improved Ten Commandments! Catholics may worship at the feet of their multitudes of idols whilst pretending the Word of God means a damn to them.
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As with every flagrant and not so flagrant deception, one imagines the tap dancing of the explanation to be so very intricate and technical that only the most learned of Vatican scholars can fully appreciate and comprehend it - well beyond the intellect of the great unwashed. The faithful, assuming they have the first clue that anything is amiss, must simply take it on faith that all is well and good within the infallible and incorruptible RCC.
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Perhaps this apparently egregious blasphemy is no such thing at all, but is instead a perfectly innocent misunderstanding, an urban myth, an old Protestant wives' tale - yet another slanderous attack on the RCC. If so, I would appreciate being disabused of my conclusion of gross iniquity on the part of the RCC with a simple, straightforward explanation. Until such time, I will be satisfied that there exists no good explanation, and once again being reminded why I left that incensed den of devious vipers in the first place - and never looked back.
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<font id="init-letter">J</font>ust noticed a number on some of the posts listed within Blogger's post editor - something about a +1'd. Having not a clue what this number refers to, I googled and got the following explanation:
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"1 person +1'd this post" means "1 person clicked +1 on this post," which in facebook speak means, "1 person liked your post."
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I can't even see where anyone can click +1 on my blogger posts but evidently there are quite a few thousands of people who are having no problem finding this feature and using it:
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Yeah, I thought it was kind of hilarious as well.
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But that wasn't even close to the count of another post that was +1'd 325,531 times - quite surprisingly. Who can know what will tickle the fancy of the blabbering rabble? If I knew, I'd be a bazillionaire, living far away from the whole lot of them.
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Update: It's gone up to 136,653. Hard to believe that many people give enough of a damn to click on that +1 icon. The Interwebz is a sad, pathetic place.
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Update II: From yesterday to today it's gone up almost 10,000 likes. There's no way the little man is that well-known to be that much disliked. No way. I am starting to suspect a sinister hand at work here. There is probably some robofag out there +1ing every blog post with certain specific keywords. It has to be. Evil has come out of the closet and must continuously promote itself lest people remember the reason it was in the closet in the first place.
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385012126209479765.post-55340173275324866462014-11-05T16:53:00.000-06:002015-09-26T04:17:58.191-05:00Harem of Yore Nevermore<div id="post-wrapper">
<font id="init-letter">I</font>t is a beautiful, cool, rainy Autumn day, and I'm stuck at the computer waiting to close out a trade, so I decide to kill some time by checking out the circus of cackling clowns. Yee-ikes. If the <a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/11/republican-house-republican-senate.html">comments from today's posts</a> are representative of the regular commenters at VP these days, it becomes obvious that the days of the harem are long gone, never to return - unless it would be a harem of faggots (hisem? gayem? harot? fagfest? gaybuffet?). And that's not likely to happen. But who knows. They do seem to enjoy each others' company.
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Not that I give a Higgs boson of a damn, but pattern recognition being what it is, one simply notes, with some amusement, the stark change in demographics from that of a few years ago.
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Vox Popoli. Come for the trolling. Thtay for the thpanking.
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<font id="init-letter">M</font>y guess is that the clueless, catty old bitch who posts as <a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-letter-to-sfwa.html#c5375493542169532986">Susan at Vox Popoli</a> is actually projecting herself. Funny how when I was still commenting at the blog the spineless twat didn't have the nerve to take her swipes at me directly. Only now, when I am no longer around to chew her up and spit her out, does she dare show her claws. Fucking piece of worthless shit. I have a special kind of loathing for sniveling cowards like that vapid cunt.
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Evidently, minding one's own business is not an option that is permitted by the gaggle of petty backbiters at VP.
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If someone had not emailed me, I would not have a clue that you're still going on about me. Such pathetic, forgettable nothings you are. And so deluded that you actually imagine that I'm not only still hanging around that insipid broken record of a blog, but that I am so much affected by the petty dramas there that I am compelled to violate the ban, and even more ludicrous, that I would break my own word of never posting there again, and sneak in under a fake handle for the singular purpose of insulting Vox, who is as insignificant to me as every other one of you faceless, blathering nobodies. This profoundly ignorant presumptuous drivel only serves as yet more justification for the utter contempt with which I came to have for you. In short, Susan can shove that twaddle straight up her fetid old twat.
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In case it has escaped your steel traps of a brain, I have an entire blog with which to insult, mock, laugh at, disparage, ridicule, berate, and otherwise deride you mouthy motherfuckers to my heart's content. I have absolutely no need to lower myself by attempting to comment at that blog. One of you loudmouths will undoubtedly see anything I should post at this blog and run blabbing it to everyone else. This is precisely the reason I started another blog, unknown to you busybodies. I want nothing to do with you - here, there, or anywhere, ever.
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I will repeat it again, realizing full well the futility as you sniping little bitches devoid of integrity and backbone are incapable of understanding this - I will never, ever comment at that blog again - under any name. Seriously, I'm just not that into you. Your significance is a figment of your very limited imaginations. I actually have a life and quite regret having wasted so much time at that blog. You people are simply not worth the consumption of a single neurotransmitter molecule. Do forget I exist, and while you're at it, go fuck yourselves to death.
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And Vox, since you have no problem being a control freak at your blog, I suggest you tell the Retardread Ilk to keep me the hell out of your threads, especially when you know damn good and well that mealy-mouthed cunt was full of shit in accusing me of posting that comment. But going by today's stats, it is highly probable that either you or Spacebunny stopped by this blog twice today, for what I can only imagine was to see if I'd respond to this most recent prattle from the incessantly wagging tongues at your blog.
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You must realize it's obvious to me whenever you stop by the blog, considering I know your exact location. If you don't believe me, I'll be more than happy to publish the evidence. Frankly, I'd think you'd have better things to do than check to see what I have to say. But as I said before, you have always been quite transparent to me, so I'm not completely surprised. You are not above feeding off the drama wherever you can find it.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385012126209479765.post-68284370406261195432013-12-29T18:45:00.000-06:002015-09-26T04:19:09.126-05:00The Discernment of a Crack Whore in Withdrawal<div id="post-wrapper">
<font id="init-letter">Y</font>eah. One readily observes incontrovertible evidence that IQ is not necessarily a predictor of discernment. Something to do with being blinded by one's own brilliance, I imagine, gets in the way of seeing beyond the calculable.
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<font id="init-letter">T</font>here will be no further posts written to this blog, unless I have a very specific reason for doing so, which I imagine will involve an irresistible urge to call out dumb asses.
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While working on the re-design and writing up another post, it occurred to me that the only readers at this point were the same people from whom I had been attempting to conceal my blog identity.
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The previous post would have been totally unnecessary had this occurred to me sooner. I do not want you around here, but I cannot stop you from coming here. But I do want to resume blogging, so the very simple solution was to start a whole new blog. Buh-bye.
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385012126209479765.post-36315695093324049902013-11-19T22:35:00.000-06:002018-11-22T16:41:37.657-06:00Taylor Unleashed<div id="post-wrapper">
<font id="init-letter">F</font>ree at last. How could I not have restored my old blog a long time ago? Anyway, if you care to comment, use the handle by which you're known. You have no reason to go incognito unless you're trying to fuck with me or you're a coward, and that's not happening here. Anonymous comments are deleted without being read, so if you imagine you're going to hurl your scat in my direction - BZZZZZT - not gonna happen. Anklebiters, you're spineless pussies, and without Vox to go running to for protection I don't imagine you'd dare comment, but don't even think about sniffing around here. Your insipid puke will be deleted on sight without being read. That goes for any other cunt with whom I've had run-ins at VP. I don't like you, you don't like me. Stay the fuck away. That pretty much eliminates everyone. Yeah, I know - that totally breaks me up.
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First, I'll be doing stuff to the blog, adding this and that, trying to restore the old comments, which should be good for a laugh and reminiscing.
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This blog is for my own amusement. If the Little Napoleon hadn't posted the link to it, nobody would know about it, and that would have been more than fine with me. I loathe publicity, otherwise, believe me, I could have more pageviews than Vox and Scalzi's sites put together - one great pair of knockers beats two balding asses any day. Needless to say, I don't blog to seek approval from, nor appeal to, the public, least of all the unknown and unseen public that happens to land on this blog. If you don't care for what you see, there's an "X" at the top right-hand corner of the window. If you do, you are an exceptionally intelligent, wise and discerning individual.
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<font id="init-letter">V</font>ox has decided he's going to be a complete asshole and delete my responses to the yappy little anklebiters on <a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/11/mailvox-sffs-transideological-malaise.html">his blog</a>, and even those comments that are on topic but don't express the correct attitude, so I've decided to simply respond to the frothing little yappers from my own blog.
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Hey Vox, you really can go fuck yourself. I don't mind getting deleted, and I don't give a flying fuck what your personal opinion is of me, but I am not going to hang around your blog to be treated unfairly and disrespected by you or anyone else. When you leave their BS OT comments up and delete only mine, you're being an asshole. But I am going to respond - no balding little Napoleon is going to prevent me from finishing what those fuckers started. It's not the first time you've done this, but it is the last time. The fact that you can't keep your bitter betas from going into a feeding frenzy is not my problem, it's yours - you attract pathetic losers looking for their testosterone fix from you.
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@Vox the Marxist Cock Sucker<br><a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/11/mailvox-sffs-transideological-malaise.html#c2496436173999516402">November 16, 2013 2:37 PM</a>
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I don't call you Beale, don't call me Taylor. Use the fucking handle - it's there for a reason.
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Yeah, because the original post has nothing whatsoever to do with politics. And I didn't mention religion, your little Marxist buddy did. And I wasn't debating. So, go fuck yourself, you freaking control freak. The fact that all the first comments were about Marxists should give you a clue that it's only a natural reaction to the topic. But please do stomp your little feet that people are not talking exactly about what you want them to talk about.
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@bob k. retardo, the bitter beta loser<br><a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/11/mailvox-sffs-transideological-malaise.html#c3898288890947128362">November 16, 2013 2:45 PM</a>
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It's obvious that for an insipid loser like you to ever hope of getting any attention from a woman, you have to insult her. But in real life, losers like you don't get close enough to even tell them how much you can't stand them, so I can only imagine how much you enjoy taking a jab at the woman who represents the kind of women you know you haven't a snowball's chance in hell of ever having. That is the very definition of the bitter beta, and you and Shrek are the poster cunts for the bitter beta syndrome. What a pathetic freak.
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@Josh, the bitter beta Shrek<br><a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/11/mailvox-sffs-transideological-malaise.html#c9068272802672782731">November 16, 2013 2:45 PM</a>
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Perhaps you should shut your fat ugly face and stay on topic, but then you'd lose an opportunity to take a swipe at me. Here's a little hint Shrek: All your bitterness will never make ANY woman over a 2 take a second look at you, but you already know that all too well, you've had a whole lifetime of being ignored by women - that's why you are so bitter.
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@bob k. retardo, the bitter beta loser<br><a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/11/mailvox-sffs-transideological-malaise.html#c485703292463913252">November 16, 2013 2:41 PM</a>
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I wasn't talking to you, freak, but of course, that never stops you. Any chance to take a jab at me will do, no matter how utterly ridiculous your rationalization and the lies you have to resort to to find something to blather about. It is your little psycho fixation on me that makes it all about me, not me. Fucking wackjob.
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@VD the Marxist Cock Sucker<br><a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/11/mailvox-sffs-transideological-malaise.html#c2428073534877404697">November 16, 2013 2:52 PM</a>
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Oh please. You're gushing that a fucking Marxist praised you. We know you're willing, it's just a matter of price.
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@bob k. retardo, the bitter beta loser<br><a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/11/mailvox-sffs-transideological-malaise.html#c2781782104667488539">November 16, 2013 3:51 PM</a>
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Translation: Look! Look at me!!!! Please, Taylor, please please please look at me!!!! I am so indifferent to you, I can't stop talking about you!!!! Please look at me!!!! I will say anything to show you how much I don't care about you!!!!
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Fucking, twisted, lying SOB. It may appear that I repeat myself here, but the fact is, that while I will squash a bug under my heel, it is always revolting to me and will never get accustomed to it. You are a bug, and the fact that I take the time to squash you is not the slightest indication that you are anything more than a bug to me.
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@Tom Kratman<br><a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/11/mailvox-sffs-transideological-malaise.html#c7333414338554634321">November 16, 2013 4:23 PM</a>
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Amusing that Vox doesn't have the balls to tell you not to discuss politics on this thread, Mr. Kratman. Although, he courageously deleted my response to you which was completely on topic. You really gotta admire that kind of integrity.
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@lozerlo<br><a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/11/mailvox-sffs-transideological-malaise.html#c5061519837850074977">November 16, 2013 4:38 PM</a>
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In case you didn't see my response, since Vox deleted it, I merely mentioned that you very likely think there's good reason for me to have been banned because you're a petty little shit who can't stand me. But, to answer your poignant, so totally on topic question, I was never banned from VP. So, you're not just a petty little shit, you're a petty little shit who doesn't know what he's talking about. Good to see Vox deemed your comment worthy of being left up. Although, I notice he didn't bother to respond to you, so he just left it up there because it's OT and it's about me, so he's just being consistent in his assholeness.
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@Dominic Saltarelli<br><a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/11/mailvox-sffs-transideological-malaise.html#c1766482734982996497">November 16, 2013 5:49 PM</a>
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Hey Dominic, you sexy atheist bastard. Nothing squishy about hating Marxists. Nothing squishy about realizing that one doesn't find common ground with one's enemy. But Vox is very ambitious and competitive. He'd happily accept Satan's endorsement if it meant he could rub it in Scalzi's face and get some new readers out of it. He probably likes to think of himself as complex and enigmatic, but he's pretty transparent, and can rationalize his pettiness as well as you'd expect from someone with his intelligence.
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Come on over to my blog whenever you like. There's not much here for now, but you are welcome.
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That's it for now. I'll be responding to VP posts and comments from my blog from now on. I've had enough of the backbiting little fuckers and being deleted by Vox whenever I try to defend myself against detractors, or being scolded like a child. He can run his blog however he likes, that's his business - and he can also delete all my comments and shove them up his ass for all I care.
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If nobody in the universe reads any of these posts here, that's fine by me. Comments are not welcome, except by invitation. I don't give a fuck what most people think.
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Update: Napoleon fights like a girl. The same person who coined the term MPAI volleys the devastating blow in his declaration that stating one's disinterest in the thoughts of those same idiots is the sign of a narcissistic mindset. Oh my.
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Conclusion: There's just too much fail and flailing in the Little Napoleon's attempt at justification for banning me to even bother. But he doesn't need logic, facts, or any reason at all to ban whomever he wants from his own blog. Neither do most of his supportive commenters. And considering that I had already quite clearly stated that I would no longer be commenting at VP, being banned is of no consequence to me. Frankly, just imagining VD's reaction upon seeing the link to this post was worth it. <i>Waaaah?! Huh? Why that bitch! I'll show her. Starts typing</i>. It makes me laugh every time I think about it.
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To correct one of the several inaccuracies left unchallenged by those spewing paragons of truth and justice at VP - I was never previously banned, which means that I also never sneaked back in after being banned. But now that I've officially been banned by the LN, I won't be back under any handle, under any circumstance. If I have something to say, I'll say it on my blog. And contrary to popular opinion, I am no narcissist, so I won't be checking the pageview stats every day to see whether anyone is reading my blog, like so many others do... As I said, I really don't care. Never did. Now go away.
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HA-HA-HA-HA
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That was vair-EE fun-ee Tay-LORE. It is good that YOU can poke fun AT yore-self.
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HA-HA-HA-HA
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Heh.
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Oi, I'm always laughing at myself.
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When I learned about that site today, I had to dramatize my epic fail. It really was fun to make.
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*golfclap*
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so ... do you already have movies made for either possible outcome of the Viqueens game?
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for myself, i'm rooting for Brett to get a concussion.
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<div id="commentName">bob k. mando ~ </div>
i'm disappointed that your avatar isn't wearing a gun.
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There aren't many characters to choose from. Going by the different characters, the designers of that app are very probably liberals. So, no way there'd be any guns.
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Yeah, well, we'll see if I have to make another movie. If this Taylor character doesn't shut her big mouth, there will be sequels.
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You not only admitted you were wrong, but made a movie about it. THAT'S CLASS!
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
As I just commented at Vox's, it's hardly a grand gesture to admit something that is so obvious. There is no wiggle room for me in this one. Heh.
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But, if you notice, I still have an attitude. :) Oh yeah.
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Nice. I definitely should get best supporting actor.
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Yeah, you're definitely a better actor there. I display the acting ability of Jessica Simpson on painkillers.
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That movie was Taylor Made to admit guilt. Sorry for the bad pun and I'm probably not the first person to use your name that way but it's still funny to me and that's all that matters.
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It's just too bad there wasn't a crow available in the movie to eat.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
I see subtlety wouldn't be your style of directing. Difster Tarantino... </br>
Eat a crow. Ick.
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<div id="commentName">AJW308 ~ </div>
I'd guess that crow tastes like chicken.
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That was funny in an odd kind of way. I know there are web based text-to-speech synthesizers out there with different sexes and nationalities. That early 90's style was hard to listen to, but the dialog was mesmerizing.
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Major kudos for standing by your words (though I'd expect nothing less from you) and more kudos for not backing down from your anti-Viqueens position (though now I wonder how you'll top this, if (and when) the Purple Farves (I don't like the Vikings either) win), but with that second batch of kudos I wonder if you can realize when some positions can't be defended and need to be abandoned.
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Also, why, with no background in American Football, why do you have such a strong opinion?
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No background in American Football? I was raised in Dallas, Texas, USA since the age of 9. You don't think a little football, especially the Dallas Cowboys variety, would have rubbed off on this Argentine?
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Unlike most of today's immigrants, my family abandoned most everything from that rotten country we had left behind, and embraced everything from our new homeland.
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We'll see how the Saint progress. If they go all the way, I won't have to worry about acquiring a taste for crow...
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I though you had said that you don't know much about the game: "and I don't know diddly squat about football" and yes, I'd have thought Texas would have deported you if you hadn't supported the Cowboys.
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I'm now concerned about your sanity ;P
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Oh, I know enough about football to yap it up and make a fool of myself, but not enough for intelligent analysis of the game.
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You are just NOW concerned about my sanity? Hmmm. Cold neurons don't fire too well, I suppose... :)
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<span id="quoted"><i>I see subtlety wouldn't be your style of directing. Difster Tarantino... </i></span>
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No, I suppose not. Subtlety has never been one of my personality traits.
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<font id="init-letter">I</font>t seems there's a certain Giraffe around these parts who has lost his mind. Out of nowhere he starts up with the trash talk: <i>Vikings are gonna stomp the Cowboys</i>. One wonders what this Giraffe has been smoking, or eating, or popping. Maybe with his head being way up there, there's a little bit of oxygen deprivation going on. I'm a little worried. No one, or thing, in his right mind would make such an insanely ridiculous outlandish statement. But there you have it.<br /><br />Anyone willing to help poor Giraffe regain his senses is certainly welcome to try. The shock of the reality facing him on Sunday might be too hard for him to take if he isn't first prepared for it.<br /><br />The Dallas Cowboys will give the Minnesota Vikings such a whoopin' that the Viqueens will be crying like little girls by the end of the game. I can't discuss the details of how it will all go down because my vibes haven't started vibing yet <font style="font-size:0.5em;letter-spacing:0em">(and I don't know diddly squat about football)</font> but I did want to post this so that we may reach out to our dear, insane Giraffe as soon as possible. D-Day will be here before you know it, then it will be too late.
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Oh Taylor, I'm so sorry that you've gone completely and possibly incurably loca.
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Just about this time tomorrow, when your illusions have been shattered and your delusions have been exposed to the cold, hard light of truth, there may be hope for your recovery.
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I feel sorry for you that you live in such a state of mind that you must resort to publicly embarrassing yourself.
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Please understand, we're not angry about your thoughts on this matter, we realize that you are no longer in control of your ability to observe reality.
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I only hope that you will some day recover from your condition and attempt to lead a normal life, free of such lies and nonsense.
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I see the sickness has claimed yet another victim. So very sad. It feels like a tiny little tear is welling up inside my tear gland even as I type this comment...
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Taylor,
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Great pic. Funny post.
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Funny?! This is serious bidness! Have you ever seen a Giraffe go into shock? Oh, it's not a pretty sight. And now there are two afflicted, with time running out!
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I've done all I can, now it's in God's hands. Pray he sends someone who will know exactly what to say to snap these two back from their delirium.
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Res, I had no idea what I was going to write up in this post, but when I saw that picture, I HAD to use it, and it pretty much set the tone for the whole post.
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<div id="commentName">Morris ~ </div>
Hmmm, this could be interesting.
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Pass the popcorn, please..
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Heh.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Yes, there could very well be some high drama to be had before it's all over. The clock is running down. Less than 17 hours to go before the Cowboys start kicking some Viking butt.
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So when is this butt kicking going to start? It's the start of the 2nd Half and it's 17-3. The Cowgirls must just be resting and waiting for the right moment. Yes, that's it.
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Don't worry Taylor, help will be available after it's all over. Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before rebuilding can begin.
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<div id="commentName">bob k. mando ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>Have you ever seen a Giraffe go into shock?</i></span>
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this wouldn't resemble a large myotonic goat, would it?
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Taylor,
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May I make a humble suggestion?
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Go on vacation, don't take a computer with you,
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return to comment here, in, oh say, two or three weeks,
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have a nice vacation, best wishes,
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
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Fine. I stuck with my team, and got kicked in the teeth.
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Oi, it was such a ridiculous loss. Not even one TD, not even close. There is no returning to the glory days as I had hoped there would be.
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It was more wishful thinking than reality. Yes, I was delusional, looking back on it. It's still Wade Phillips, it's still Tony Romo. Their combined IQ wouldn't boil water.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
I see that I shall have to eat large quantities of crow.
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<div id="commentName">Giraffe ~ </div>
What a lovely picture of me. I've been away from the internet till now.
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It's OK Taylor. We still love you. We'll make allowances for craziness. I am not sure how to handle your rooting for the Cowboys, so I'll just try to overlook it.
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Anyhow, I fear the Vikings will get theirs next week.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
A whole post in your honor and you don't even show up for it. And that's an adorable picture.
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Oh, I am crazy. I admit it. I was desperately looking a little ray of hope in these dark times, a glimmer of the good old days when the USA was still red, white and blue instead of just red. The Cowboys broke me heart.
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I hope the Saints march all over the Vikings!
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I hate the Vikings as much as any Packer Backer, though I do find myself watching and rooting for a team I call the Purple Farves. That being said, I expected Dallas to win yesterday.
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Through the first quarter, I thought Dallas had the momentum and was going to punish the Purple Farves for having the insolence to score on them. Instead I watched a team of athletes work together to beat a talented group of guys.
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Though I still can't break myself of the habit of thinking "NOOOoooo!!" every time I hear the announcers say that the Vikings have scored.
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Hey, I have one person on my side!
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Yeah, the beginning didn't even hint at the eventual miserable outcome. I thought Dallas started out strong, moving the ball well - that it would at least be a contest. But nooooo.
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You know, as little as I know about football, I don't think I was wrong about Romo not being able to come back from behind. He's fine if they score first. Then if the defense can hold the offense, keeping Dallas in front, he'll have the confidence to score again. But put a little pressure on him, and he goes all special olympics.
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I just don't think Romo has the mental control and ability to focus in an adverse situation. He'll never wear a Super Bowl ring. Never.
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I think the game would have turned out very differently if the Vikes had been unable to pressure Romo the homo like they did. The pass defense was looking very soft.
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If, if, if...
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No point in crying over spilled Cowboys. At least there's no more chance for suffering or making a complete fool of myself.
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<div id="commentName">Morris ~ </div>
Happy New Year, Taylor.
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May the Lord bless you during this year.
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It's Morris, the Sane Aussie! It's good to see you around here, it's been a long time. What a nice way to start off 2010. Thank you, Morris.
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Happy New Year, Taylor!
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Hope you get to take that Fall color tour this year.
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Hello, WaterBoy, and a most happy 2010 to you! I think there are a lot of changes coming my way this year. We shall see what's in store, but I'm not going to make any predictions as every time I try to predict even my own life, an unexpected event trips up my plans.
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<div id="commentName">AJW308 ~ </div>
Taylor, thank you for the good will.
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May God continue to bless you and keep you safe through the coming year.
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Thank you, AJW. I appreciate that.
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Happy new year, Taylor.
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Hey, Mr. Giraffe. Thank you. God willing, 2010 will be a good year. Maybe this new decade will be the start of new things for me as well.
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I hope the year has gotten off to a good start for you, Giraffe.
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Feliz Año!!!!!
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May each year be better than the rest!
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Hola, Señor Difster!
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Thank you. Yes, we always have hope for good things to come. And why shouldn't we? We have an awesome God who knows the number of hairs on our head, and our Lord who is always with us.
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Life is good, even if it gets tough. Here's to life and a new year.
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
Taylor,
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>Life is good, even if it gets tough. Here's to life and a new year.</i></span>
Even IF? You mean "even when", don't you? But I know what you mean. Yes, a new year. Who knows what it will bring to each of us.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Thank you, Mr. Res. I think I <i>am</i> going to try to have a wonderful year, and I pray God will show me how.
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Sorry that I missed las fiestas con Taylor, we were travelling and not online much.
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All the best to you and yours in 2010, Taylor.
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Cariños desde Mendoza.
</br><div id="rtdate">Jan 08, 2010 16:18</div></br>
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Hey, I didn't see you there, MendoScot! Thank you.
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Oh, there was nothing to miss here. You were much better off traveling with the family than hanging out online with us bloggers.
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May 2010 be a good year for you and your family there in Mendoza.
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Les mando cariños desde Dallas, Texas - dónde nos estan congelando las nalgas !
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<div id="commentName">Jamie R ~ </div>
I fell asleep at 9 PM and slept right through all the fireworks and stuff being let off. Didn't give a crap either, ah ageing.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
And here's the <i>Mad</i> Aussie!
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It's wise not to give a crap about things that don't mean anything - like how one spends one's evening on Dec 31.
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I hope 2010 will bring good things to you, Jamie.
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I expect it to, you know if you got on Facebook you could see the journey. You've already missed all the pictures from Canada and the USA and my take on the picture stories. And all the other stuff going on Down Under.
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I'd like to see all that! You have a blog, you know. I follow that and have enjoyed your posts about your trip, I also subscribe to your youtube videos, too.
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You're asking too much to expect me to run with that Facebook herd. No, I won't do it. I don't think. Maybe. I'll have to think about it. OK. Fine. I'll join, but just to see your stuff. I have no interest in socializing. So, once I join, I have to beg you to be my friend, then, if I'm lucky, you will allow me to see your stuff? Oi. I hate that crap.
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I'm messing with an ex-boyfriend on twitter. Heh. I follow him, and he obviously knows it. Though I've never directed any tweets to him, I will make comments that are obviously responses to his comments. And it gets to him. Oi. He's such a weenie, he deserves it. And he's a doctor, newly married, with a baby, but he whines like a baby himself.
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I almost had regrets about breaking up with him, but it's obvious why I did - it could have never worked out.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
OK, it's done. I added you as a friend. Now I guess you have to wave your magic wand so that I may be allowed entry into your magical facebook kingdom.
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I like that profile photo of you and Sarah on the basketball court.
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<div id="commentName">JD Curtis ~ </div>
Saludos Taylor. I hope all is well with you.
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Damn Cowboys. I was expecting it though.
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Abrazos
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Hola, JD.
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Yeah, these days it must be as hard being an Eagles fan as it is fun being a Cowboys fan. Most people did not expect the Eagles would get dominated like that again.
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I'm doing OK. I hope your 2010 has started out good and gets even better.
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Abrazos a vos tambien, JD.
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<div id="commentName">Giraffe ~ </div>
Vikings are gonna stomp the Cowboys.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
You wanna start, eh? That's fine with me. I'm ready to rumble.
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Stomping, you say. I see. I shall have to devote an entire post to this subject... You have been warned.
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Bring it sister.
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Oh, I will, brother.
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Just not yet! :)
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By Joyce Kilmer
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I think that I shall never see<br/>
A poem lovely as a tree.
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A tree whose hungry mouth is prest<br/>
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
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A tree that looks at God all day,<br/>
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
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A tree that may in Summer wear<br/>
A nest of robins in her hair;
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Upon whose bosom snow has lain;<br/>
Who intimately lives with rain.
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Poems are made by fools like me,<br/>
But only God can make a tree.
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<font id="init-letter">T</font>rees are magnificent things. The neighborhood where I live has many big, tall trees and all kinds of greenery, but on a recent trip to an old part of Dallas, I was dumbstruck by all the old giants that soared over the residential homes that were nestled amongst them. I kicked my puny oak tree when I got home. Not really. It's a beautiful, big oak tree.<br /><br />I love trees in all seasons, even after winter rains and winds have stripped them of all their foliage. As the world becomes darker and uglier, the beauty in little, everyday things becomes more appealing to me.
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Beautiful they are. I live in an old neighborhood with many oaks, dogwoods and Japanese Maples. This time of year is the proverbial "riot of color". Then there's the vineyard on the hill down the street. The affect of looking out across the hills and seeing all this red, yellow, greens and earth, is something not to be missed.
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That sounds lovely, EN. I can only imagine the scenery in your neck of the woods, which has so much natural beauty. I've been to California several times, but never made it that far North.
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Probably my favorite poem, one of only a few I can even stomach. Beautiful picture accompanying it, too. Thanks for the exceptional afternoon pick-me-up.
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One of the things I miss most about living in the northern tier of this country is the magnificent color change in the fall. Here in the Colorado Rockies, there is less variety in the foliage where the deciduous trees are mostly aspen. It's still a great trip driving up into the mountains on those narrow, unpaved roads through the rocky wilderness, but just not as colorful.
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My aunt told me of the amazing Fall colors she saw when she and her husband went to visit his hometown and family in Michigan. She said it was like the trees were on fire. That's what you're talking about.
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I forgot about the Aspens. My sister lives in Arizona and when I visit we'll take a drive up to Flagstaff for some sightseeing of the mountains and snow. The Aspens are beautiful.
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It's a full-blown phenomenon amongst some people. They'll mix a long drive with a couple stops to visit area wineries and cider mills along the way.
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Here's a little sample:
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<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2918553201_23f9dcf9c5.jpg">Fall begins</a>
<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/2929610665_944db5bb06.jpg">Golden fire</a>
<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/2926944332_8271ac271b.jpg">Colors of the rainbow</a>
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(cont'd)
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<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/2885647618_60db78b8ab.jpg">Rainbow II</a>
<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2933018175_78c26838ee.jpg">A little side trip</a>
<a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2436/3990458693_f976fec57f.jpg">Best for last</a>
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Poor Big Sam. Yeah, trees are beautiful but they can be deadly if they fall on you. But wood is awesome.
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Thanks for those pics.
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It's like nature's big finale at the end of the show, setting off the fireworks. Then it goes to sleep.
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I never tire of the beauty in nature.
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"<span id="quoted"><i>It's like nature's big finale at the end of the show, setting off the fireworks. Then it goes to sleep.</i></span>"
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Well put.
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<div id="commentName">bob k. mando ~ </div>
don't kick your poor oak tree.
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water and fertilize it ... and wait.
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patience, grasshopper.
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Heh. I was only joking. My oak is big, only not as tall as those 100 year old trees. Right now its leaves are a red that can't be closely compared to any other red.
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I've never watered or fertilized it. It must have one heck of a root system, tapping into waters way down there. Droughts don't faze it in the least. It's an amazing design that maintains that gigantic amount of living matter.
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<span id="quoted"><i>Heh. I was only joking.</i></span>
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but of course.
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however, what humor value could i have gotten out of this if i had only read you figuratively?
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:3
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
Nice post.
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When we were first married Mrs Ipsa and I took a color tour of the NE. It was great.
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Taylor,
We've had a day of fog, then it turned cold(er). All the trees here have 1/2" of hoarfrost on them. They seem to absorb stress as well as sound. To me, the most peaceful place in the world is a forest lost in winter.
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<span id="quoted"><i>When we were first married Mrs Ipsa and I took a color tour of the NE. It was great.</i></span>
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I've always wanted to do that, but have yet to actually plan it. It's the long car trip thing - being cooped up in a car too long is rather unpleasant for me. Now, if I was traveling in one of those really nice huge motorhomes, where I could walk around, have a glass of wine, prepare a meal, and sleep, without first having to stop at some strange place and deal with strangers, I'd go for it.
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<span id="quoted"><i>To me, the most peaceful place in the world is a forest lost in winter.</i></span>
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I know exactly how you feel. Some of the fondest memories from my childhood are of riding my horse through a quiet, dead still forest on a sunny but frigid winter day, stopping at those cozy little nooks of sunshine blocked off from the biting wind to soak up a little warmth.
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Of course, all that peace and tranquility instantly vanishes when your high-strung horsie imagines a long, thin branch lying on the ground to be a dreaded snake, causing her to immediately and without warning leap into the air like a gazelle... Heh. Great times.
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<span id="quoted"><i>As the world becomes darker and uglier, the beauty in little, everyday things becomes more appealing to me.</i></span>
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Me, too.
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Taylor,
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Go anyway. Make a plan and take the trip. You can save some driving and get a flight and rent a car. As for hotels, either do what I do. Stay in the cheapest thing available because you're not going to sleep all that well, or make it a B&B tour. The B&B's are going to be more expensive that time of year but it may well be worth it.
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Hi, Arielle!
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We're probably not alone. I imagine that the blatant corruption and in-your-face vileness of today's world leaves decent people to seek respite wherever it can still be found.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
It just occurred to me that what would be even better is to make it a kind of camping/car trip. I don't know what sort of camping facilities are available in those parts, but I'd go for that. Your tent, food and all your gear are in the car as you drive wherever you please, then you find a nice campground and set up your tent, cook the meal, drink your brandy, etc... Yeah, I could go for that.
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We did some camping when we went. I remember that some of the camp grounds had nice facilities and showers.
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I do miss the colors changing here in Houston, the trees simply go from green to brown, usually over a weekend.
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I took my wife (who was born in Houston) to Missouri last fall to see some friends of mine and she was astonished at the beautiful colors we saw, the vibrant reds and yellows and oranges that painted the mountainsides. The Ozarks are something to see in the fall.
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Just wanted to wish you a personal Merry Christmas Miss Taylor. Here's hoping your life shines as bright as your usually unseen heart.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>I do miss the colors changing here in Houston, the trees simply go from green to brown, usually over a weekend.</i></span>
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That's no fun at all. Dallas isn't that far from you guys, but there's a quite a difference in our climates. Houston's climate is very similar to that of Buenos Aires, where I was born. Now that I think about it, there's no burst of color in the Fall there either.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
The kindness we receive is a gift. Your kind thoughts here are just the same. Thank you, EN and Merry Christmas to you.
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I hope your life shines brightly as well, EN. May you and yours be blessed.
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<div id="commentName">farmer Tom ~ </div>
Since I am naive, I have to admit that I do not know what the double entrendre is. I assume it must be something sexual from the last sentence, but I've never heard the term related to any sex act I know of.
</br><div id="rtdate">Oct 11, 2009 02:59</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Difster ~ </div>
It's another word for blow job Farmer Tom.
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Taylor, we've been blowing China for years. My I could get so metaphorically graphic here. Yikes. I shall refrain.
</br><div id="rtdate">Oct 11, 2009 03:38</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Farmer Tom, I only picked up on this meaning of the word from the same blogs we both peruse. Evidently, you weren't paying attention. :)
</br><div id="rtdate">Oct 11, 2009 18:50</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">AJW308 ~ </div>
I'm with Taylor. The things I've learned in this little corner of the blogosphere cover the full spectrum, though I didn't pick up on the second meaning through my disdain.
</br><div id="rtdate">Oct 12, 2009 17:07</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">toothy ~ </div>
You are missed over at Vox's place, just FYI.
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Hope you and yours are well.
</br><div id="rtdate">Oct 16, 2009 19:24</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">toothy ~ </div>
I guess I should mention that was directed to taylor, but you other guys are slacking too!!
</br><div id="rtdate">Oct 16, 2009 19:25</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Thank you, toothy. It's always good to know that one is missed. Of course, a big mouth like mine can hardly <i>not</i> be missed...
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Me and mine are doing well. Breathing, shelter, food - got all the basics covered. I can't complain and I don't, much.
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<div id="commentName">Giraffe ~ </div>
I think I'll go home and ask the Mrs. for a double entendre.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Heh.
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With you being a Giraffe and all, I could come up with a few responses here, but I don't want to go there.
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On to more polite matters... Congratulations to you and your wife for a second baby on the way. Wow. Two little ones must be such a handful. But this time you'll be experienced.
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<div id="commentName">Giraffe ~ </div>
Well, Farmer Tom asked what a double entendre was, and Difster told him it was a blow job.
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<div id="commentName">Giraffe ~ </div>
And thanks.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Giraffe, you've hit on the triple entendre.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Or is that a double double entendre? In which case it could be an entendre squared.
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<div id="commentName">Difster ~ </div>
Farmer Tom said he didn't know what THE double entendre was, not that he didn't know what A double entendre was. I took it to mean that he didn't know the double meaning of a hummer.
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<div id="commentName">AXCrom formerly Crom ~ </div>
I recently asked about you over at Vox's as to why you weren't posting anymore and I did not see a response...
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I for one miss your acerbic wit and I hope you return to not suffer fools gladly more often. Yours is a unique perspective and while I don't believe that you and I have ever directly spoken to one another, you are missed.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
We are pulling your leg, Difsta dude.
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And just where did YOU pick up on the meaning of this word? Hmmm? I was an innocent bystander.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Hello, AXCrom. We have spoken to one another before, on this blog, I believe. You're in Texas, right? If not, then you're not the blogger I was thinking about, but I am very familiar with your handle as you're a regular at Vox's.
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I didn't realize that unabashed hatred for all things vile and evil was a unique perspective. Heh.
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Thanks, Crom, I appreciate your stopping by.
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<div id="commentName">AXCrom formerly Crom ~ </div>
I am the Crom from over at Vox's, I changed my handle to something unique since it was hijacked by an atheist asshat over there recently.
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I am in TX, and I do check your blog occasionally - I don't remember commenting but it's likely that I did at some point. Anyway, glad to see you are still around and hope to read more of your stuff in the future.
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<div id="commentName">MendoScot ~ </div>
I guess I'll have to give up using "ho hum" for possible misunderstandings.
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And I will manfully resist making comments about how you parked your Hummer.
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<div id="commentName">bob k. mando ~ </div>
music to sell your automotive division by:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwEkagPTPKw
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<div id="commentName">EN ~ </div>
Bob, that was sooooo gay. It was very cruel, and downright painful, of you to post that video. I must ask. How did you know it was there? You're under suspicion as of now.
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<div id="commentName">bob k. mando ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>Bob, that was sooooo gay.</i></span>
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maybe so, but not near as gay as soccer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqv8UJc72SU
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<span id="quoted"><i>How did you know it was there?</i></span>
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i didn't know it was there. i was trying to google songs with humming in them and that was the best i could come up with. pulling up Indian music with "Hum" in the title gets tiresome after a while.
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i'm pretty sure the Chad Mitchell Trio has some stuff with real humming, but i can't find anything on youtube and i don't have my cd collection to hand so i can't look for myself. i think maybe "Hang on the bell, Nellie" from Mighty Day on Campus. probably some other stuff as well. "Moscow Nights"?
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now, which scares you more; that i have Chad Mitchell Trio cd's or that i can find that ... whatever it was?
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<span id="quoted"><i>You're under suspicion as of now.</i></span>
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muwahahahahahahahaha.
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*rubs hands together*
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because making you nervous is all part of my dastardly plan. i will continue with these small steps to earn your trust .......
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darn it, screwed up again.
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
"Of course, a big mouth like mine can hardly not be missed..."
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"But this time you'll be experienced."
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This blog used to be much more family friendly and not nearly as tongue in check...
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
??? Neither of those statements were said tongue in cheek. Both were perfectly straightforward and stated within a family friendly context.
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I am very surprised you would see it otherwise, Res.
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
"I am very surprised you would see it otherwise, Res."
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No your not. :)
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I'm sticking to the double entrendre theme and getting the most mileage from it.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
So, now I'm a liar AND I have a dirty mind.
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That's nice.
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
Taylor,
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I've been working the last couple of days. I just checked in.
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No offense was meant.
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Please reread my remarks from the point of view of MY milking the double entrendre theme by misconstruing and changing the context of your innocent comments.
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Now are you surprised that I said it? I was having a little fun in slightly bad taste.
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<div id="commentName">EN ~ </div>
"I was having a little fun in slightly bad taste."
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Was the bad taste in your mouth? OK, I'm going now.
</br><div id="rtdate">Nov 19, 2009 18:02</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
I need to put up a new post...
</br><div id="rtdate">Nov 19, 2009 19:51</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">EN ~ </div>
A new post would be good. At heart I'm (still) a childish 13 years old. All the reverence and respect to you personally, but I still grin every single time I read the title of this post.
</br><div id="rtdate">Nov 19, 2009 20:28</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">WaterBoy ~ </div>
Now, Taylor...you've known most of your commenters long enough to know what kind of response you were likely to get from them.
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Mission Accomplished 8)
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
I didn't consider the shenanigans factor inherent in this post.
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<font style="color:#ffffff;background-color:#333333;font-size:1.6em;padding:3px;margin:3px">A</font>ugust has come and gone without a single post from me. I want to get something in here before it is officially over. Let's see... Oh, I burned a good part of my torso yesterday - not seriously, but it was red and really smarted for a good while. Burns, even minor ones, cause so much pain. It was a freaky little accident, quite unforeseeable really. This was a first, and last, as I usually learn my lesson from these mishaps. Unfortunately, there seems to be no limit to the ways I find to do stupid things that put me in bodily danger.
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I was on my way to visit Cousin at his shop and decided to take everything for a mate. So, I got out the handy-dandy pump action Nissan thermos, then partially filled it with boiling water to rinse it out. I closed the top and had just begun to shake it a little to get the boiling water all around the inside, when, instantly, the boiling water exploded out the spigot and all over me. It kept spewing out that water like it was possessed! I jumped back but it was too late. The damage had been done. I immediately put ice water all over the area to stop the burning, then covered it all in white sugar and wrapped myself with an ankle bandage to keep the sugar in place. It's all gone now and good as new. That's the sweetest I've been in a long time.
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Here's the month of August in history:
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1 The first U.S. Census is completed. There are four million people in the U.S. in 1790.<br /><br />2 Wild Bill Hickock is killed during a poker game. He was holding a "Dead Man's Hand", two pair aces and 8's. (1876)<br /><br />3 The Nautilus, a nuclear powered submarine is the first submarine to cross the North Pole under water. (1958)<br /><br />4 Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon. (1693) I'll drink to that!<br /><br />5 Little Orphan Annie comic strip debuts. (1924)<br /><br />6 Murderer John Hart is the first person to be executed in an electric chair (1890)<br /><br />6 Baseball pitching legend Cy Young pitches his first his first game, a win. (1890)<br /><br />6 The Atom bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the U.S. (1945)<br /><br />7 The "Order of the Purple Heart" is created by President George Washington (1782)<br /><br />7 Through an Act of Congress, the Federal Goverment takes over the creation and maintenance of the nations' lighthouses. (1789)<br /><br />8 The Daughters of the American Revolution organization is created. (1890)<br /><br />8 The USSR finally declares war against Japan. (1945)<br /><br />9 Animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes premieres, with new star Betty Boop! (1930)<br /><br />9 President Richard M. Nixon becomes the first and only president to resign while in office (1974)<br /><br />10 The village of Chicago is incorporated. (1833)<br /><br />10 "Smile, You're on Candid Camera". Allen Funt's wildly popular show debuts. (1948)<br /><br />11 The Beatles begin their last US concert tour. (1966)<br /><br />12 US annexes Hawaii. (1898)<br /><br />13 Spanish defeat the Aztecs Indians and conquerors Mexico City. (1521)<br /><br />14 Japan surrenders, ending World War II. (1945)<br /><br />14 Get a whiff of this...the Whiffle Ball was patented on this day. (1953)<br /><br />15 The Panama Canal is opened. (1914)<br /><br />16 Gold is discovered in the Klondike. (1896)<br /><br />17 Construction is started on the Berlin Wall. (1961)<br /><br />18 The 1,000 Islands bridge, connecting the US and Canada is dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (1938)<br /><br />19 Indianapolis Speedway holds it's first auto race (1909)<br /><br />20 The Civil War is formally declared to be over by President Andrew Johnson. (1866)<br /><br />21 Venetian blinds are patented. (1841)<br /><br />21 Hawaii becomes the 50th state. (1959)<br /><br />22 The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre (1911)<br /><br />23 The first picture of Earth from the moon is taken by Lunar Orbiter 1. (1966)<br /><br />24 The infamous Mount Vesuvius eruption buries the city of Pompeii. (79)<br /><br />24 The Waffle Iron is patented by Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, New York. (1869)<br /><br />25 Ivan the Terrible, the first Tsar of Russia was born. (1530) <br /><br />25 Amelia Earhart completes her trans-continental flight. (1932) <br /><br />26 Julius Caesar's Roman army invades Brittain (55 BC)<br /><br />26 U.S. Congress passes the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. (1920)<br /><br />27 The island volcano of Krakatoa in Indonesia erupts. It was heard over 3,000 miles away and was one of the biggest natural disasters ever recorded. (1886)<br /><br />28 Senator Thurmond begins a 24 hour filibuster against the Civil Rights Bill. (1957)<br /><br />29 Walt Disney's Mary Poppins is released. (1964)<br /><br />30 The Late Show with David Letterman premieres on CBS. (1993)<br /><br />31 Heavy weight champion Rocky Marciano dies in a plane crash near Newton, Iowa. (1964) <br /><br />
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<br />I guess with all the crap that happens in this world, I should consider myself lucky to have gotten through August with just a red tummy.
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<div id="commentName">Difster ~ </div>
FIRST!
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I haven't been blogging much either. Most of my spewing is done on Facebook as of late.
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It took me a moment to figure out you meant mah-tay, not a life partner. I knew you didn't mean that you were going to mate with your cousin. And I was a bit puzzled how a thermos constitutes necessary gear for a mate.
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I'm a little slow sometimes.
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<div id="commentName">Jamie R ~ </div>
I see stuff that can burn you is still a terrorist threat in your every day tasks.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>It took me a moment to figure out you meant mah-tay</i></span>
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I imagine most people wouldn't automatically pick up on that. And that pronunciation would make you sound like such a gringo! Heh. It's mah-te - the e as in <b>e</b>gg. All e's are always pronounced that way. Vowels in Spanish have one and only one pronunciation.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>I see stuff that can burn you is still a terrorist threat in your every day tasks.</i></span>
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I figured you'd be amused by that, recalling past incidents. I really am not a klutz, but stuff like that does seem to happen to me. It's a good thing I heal fast.
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<div id="commentName">Athor Pel ~ </div>
I hope you figured out why the hot water spewed out and will not do it again.
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Things can go the other way as well. A container that is hot inside being cooled off too quickly while sealed.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5l0K62n8B4
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Well hello, Mr. Pel.
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I figured I was the victim of physics gone wild - just like that tank. Geez. That's a pretty awesome force. I wish our politicians had the same properties. Unfortunately, they will never lack for hot air to offset the external pressure...
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<div id="commentName">AJW308 ~ </div>
I hang with a bunch of Brits on the net. Mates and fags are standard fare with them.
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I've always pictured you that sweet, just not with fools, morons, or imbeciles.
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I do have an Argentina question: I've been told that insults are part of the accepted social fabric. For example a guy would introduce his friend "This is Mike, the ugliest guy I know" or "This is Sue, the easiest slut in town" and everyone would laugh, knowing it was a joke. Is this true?
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>I've always pictured you that sweet, just not with fools, morons, or imbeciles.</i></span>
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Thank you, AJW. And don't forget liberals. I do not suffer liberal sons of bitches.
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<span id="quoted"><i>I do have an Argentina question: I've been told that insults are part of the accepted social fabric.</i></span>
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Yeah, that's true, and generally associated with Porteños, those of us from the port city of Buenos Aires. We will insult anyone and everyone, and have the dirtiest mouths in the Southern hemisphere - maybe Northern too. It is not a social fabric for the timid.
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Sounds like a fun place to visit.
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And I'm sorry for forgetting liberals, though it's kind of implied by 'fools, moron, and imbeciles.'
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
Here I was hoping the belly burn was caused by the sun, as part of your effort to give us a good euro-tan pic to help us morn the end of summer. ;)
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<div id="commentName">EN ~ </div>
Was wondering what happened to you? Glad to read your still around. Hope all is well.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Nice to hear from you, EN. All is OK, not bad, eh, I guess the best that can be expected living through the fall of Western civilization.
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A string of rainy and cooler days has been a wonderful change from summer's oppressive heat.
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It may surprise and disappoint Res to know that here in Texas we don't mourn the end of summer in any way, shape or form. We dance for joy - fully clothed... :)
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You wouldn't relate to that either, being in northern CA.
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<div id="commentName">EN ~ </div>
I like fall quite a lot. Winter? Not so much. It's in the mid 80s and dry here. but it will be back in the 100s by next week. Winter won't arrive until after Thanksgiving. I'll wait here for it.
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As for the fall of Western Civilization, what the hell? Wasn't doin' much else of any real value. Besides, it has already fallen and we missed it.
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Feeling the fall weather in the air always makes me happy. We're done with the 100s for the year. I didn't realize you guys got that hot over there.
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Already fallen? Well, I suppose a man who is free-falling could be said to be already fallen. That inevitable recontact with terra firma is the real doozy and I think we have yet to witness that.
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<div id="commentName">Doh-San ~ </div>
Interesting stuff. One small correction though: the Berlin Wall was begun in the night of 12-13 Aug 1961, not the 17th.
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Hello, Mr. Doh-San. Thank you for that correction. There is usually some error in these "factoids". People can be so sloppy with details. When it's very important, I never take anyone's word on anything and will look it up - unless I know the person is a stickler for details. It tends to irritate them, but that's too bad. I have been given flat out wrong information on too many occasions and automatically assumed it was correct. And I really feel bad if I then pass on that wrong information to someone else.
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Hmmmm. I'll have to look up this date now...
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Hey, that question about the Berlin Wall was just now on Jeopardy! And Doh-San is correct.
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<div id="commentName">JD Curtis ~ </div>
And you put sugar on it?! That's a new one on me ;-)
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It works. Plain white sugar. I guess the reason sugar is so hard on your internal organs is the same reason it's good for burned tissue - it's a pure chemical, sucrose, very bio available to the damaged tissues. I have no idea what the exact mechanism is, but I assume that somehow sugar enables the tissues to repair themselves much faster than they could otherwise.
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<div id="commentName">Professor Hale ~ </div>
TIme to do your Sept monthly rollup.
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I know! My little brain is always coming up with things that I could blog about, but this newly acquired ADD doesn't allow me to sit still and concentrate long enough to write it down. Alas. Such a loss to humanity. :) Seriously. I've got a lot of things bouncing around in here.
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<div id="commentName">bob k. mando ~ </div>
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090217/ARTICLES/902170327?Title=Taylor-s-Law-to-be-introduced
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Ha! Good. Teenagers aren't human. They shouldn't drive at all. As I've often said, teenagers should be shipped to an island and not allowed to return to civilization (such as it is) until they turn 20. But when I recently told this to an acquaintance, she made a very good point that they'd probably build a ship and come back to kill us all. Heh.
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Like a reformed alcoholic, I may be over-reacting to those terrible teens. I was an unusually terrible one.
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<div id="commentName">bob k. mando ~ </div>
really? i had thought it was merely amusing.
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now i find out that Taylor is the acknowledged queen of Alabama. *raise eyebrow*
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Queen of Alabama? That's one hell of an insult.
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<div id="commentName">bob k. mando ~ </div>
heh, even southerners fall prey to the anti-south bias.
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would you prefer "Queen of Memphis" or is that still to far south?
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http://www.clevver.com/music/video/199796/confederate-railroad-queen-of-memphis-music-video.html
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
It's Queen of Texas or nothing.
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And playing that country music in my presence would be just beggin' for a beheadin'. In fact that would be my saying, "You're beggin for a beheadin', ain't ya?"
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<div id="commentName">bob k. mando ~ </div>
saucy wench, behave yourself or i shall "gone to TX" and tweak your tender midriff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dr_John_Zoidberg.png
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if i had been trying to insult you, i'd have called you "Queen of the Republik of Kalifornia" or some such thing.
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and as far as the country goes, my musical tastes are ... erm, ahem, ... "well rounded"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYhsKsMtb8Y
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I have never had my tender midriff tweaked. And I am not about to start - most especially by the likes of someone who would listen to that migraine music. Good God. I managed to listen to 29 seconds of that before my neurons began writhing in agony.
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That Zoidberg guy reminds me of <a href="http://animoscrypt.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/ood.jpg">the Ood</a> from Dr. Who.
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Oh, to be Queen of the Republik of Kalifornia... The illegal Mexicans couldn't run back to Mehico fast enough. The liberals would be tripping over themselves to cross flyover country. The faggots and the hippies... It would be a slaughterfest. Taylor the Terrible would clean house.
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<div id="commentName">bob k. mando ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>Good God. I managed to listen to 29 seconds of that before my neurons began writhing in agony.</i></span>
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as i said, my musical tastes are "well rounded" ( others may prefer "indiscriminate" ). perhaps my Nina Simone, Robin Trower or Moody Blues cd's would be more your speed.
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regardless, Marty Robbins is some good music. that he was a racer is just icing.
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<span id="quoted"><i>That Zoidberg guy reminds me of the Ood from Dr. Who.</i></span>
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i do not understand where these unauthorized photographs of me are coming from. ;_;
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<span id="quoted"><i>The illegal Mexicans couldn't run back to Mehico fast enough.</i></span>
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because there are no illegals in Texas....
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heh.
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i eagerly await news of the next iteration of the "Taylor Law".
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perhaps you will start taking your pistol with you in the car?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wMa_t5cBgY
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( more agony writhing ensues )
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<div id="commentName">Difster ~ </div>
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That place looks absolutely awesome!
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In the third picture, the boats look like they're floating above the water.
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You should just move there and work from the beach!
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Hey there, Difster.
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Yeah, Menorca is like a dream to me. I included that pic specifically because to me it looks just as you describe - like the boats are floating. I've seen quite a few pics now of boats in Menorca waters that look the same way, so I don't think it's just that one pic. The water around there must crystal clear.
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My only problem is that Menorca is part of Spain, in the belly of the EU beast. I don't know if I could handle the leftist socialist attitudes there, the prohibitive gun laws, the sky high taxes, controls out the wazzoo, and who knows what sort of ungodliness is commonplace.
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I've become wholly disgusted with this world. But, it wouldn't hurt to take a trip there to see for myself what kind of life is to be had. After all, I do speak the language.
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<div id="commentName">Difster ~ </div>
Mind your business, find a weapon off book, keep your money off shore. There's always a way.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Of course there's always a way, but only if there's a will.
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And I've looked at this and thought about it but can't figure out what you mean by "weapon off book".
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No papers. Off the gov't books. Unlicensed. Black. Untraceable.
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Until now, I never would have thought that sailboats could levitate on a combined mixture of beauty and relaxation.
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I too want to see the Southern (Nate, don't excited yet) coast of Europe. I've always thought it would be the Southern coast of France, but this place does make me reconsider.
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After all, not only do I have an internet friend in Spain, there are some historical sites there I'd like to see.
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<div id="commentName">Giraffe ~ </div>
Glad to see a post. I clicked the comments because I also found the levitating sailboats remarkable.
</br><div id="rtdate">Aug 03, 2009 17:43</div></br>
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Oh! Thanks, AJW. Regardless of how one acquires the guns, restrictive gun control laws will make you more of a criminal than the criminal you're defending yourself against. That's really the problem.
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I like exploring around historical places, too. Menorca has ruins, megaliths, and man-made caves that go back to 2000 B.C. I guess people have been hanging out on Menorca for a long time. But for the oldest of all, there's nothing like the Middle East. How I would love just to explore all over that part of the world.
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<span id="quoted"><i>Glad to see a post.</i></span>
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July was coming to an end, and I wanted to get in one post for the month. I am an utterly pathetic blogger.
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If you Google Earth around Menorca and click on the photo icons, you'll see more of those amazing levitating boats. You'll also see how beautiful the interior is. It's an absolutely lovely little island.
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There are more exotic and beautiful islands in this world, like the Seychelles (unbelievably beautiful), but they're wild, primitve, with jungles and stuff - meaning full of scary critters. Ick. They'd be great for a vacation getaway, but not for a permanent homestead.
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<div id="commentName">MendoScot ~ </div>
Two words, Taylor. English tourists.
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It might not be so bad now that the UK is imploding, but it used to have an awful reputation for yahoos.
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Still, the photos are lovely.
</br><div id="rtdate">Aug 03, 2009 19:59</div></br>
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Hola, MendoScot.
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I have read that the English flock to the Balearics. But, I'm surprised the Gallegos would put up with them acting like yahoos.
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From what I've read, Menorca is more family oriented and quieter than Mallorca or Ibiza. Hopefully, all the yahooing is happening on those other islands. Like I said, I'd spend a while there before making any decision. I have a friend of a friend who lives in Mallorca, and has invited me to visit. That's a big help to have a local connection.
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<div id="commentName">MendoScot ~ </div>
Yes, it is. My comment was based on old info and my brothers trip there I don't remember how long ago. He used to pretend to be Russian when he travelled to avoid being mistaken for the hated Sassenach, but I understand that it's no longer a good idea - the Ivans having managed to acquire their own bad rep along the way.
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Suerte.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Hah. Pretending to be another nationality can be an effective strategy, and one I've used before. But, Russian? I can't imagine that being an advantage, anywhere.
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Hey, I learned a new word - Sassenach: a word used chiefly by the Scots to designate an Englishman. But, of course, I'm Argentine, with no need to conceal my English roots. There are quite a few of us Argentines living in Spain.
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<div id="commentName">MendoScot ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>Hey, I learned a new word - Sassenach: a word used chiefly by the Scots to designate an Englishman.</i></span>
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More denigrate than designate - historically it's the Highlanders term of comtempt for a Lowlander.
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The Argies living in Spain include one of my wife's cousins, and a bunch of our students from here - Argentine graduates are in high demand in the first world. The Idiots In Government haven't managed to destroy education here yet, altho' they are trying hard.
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Time for me to go and pick the eldest up from her ballet class.
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Un abrazo, Taylor.
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<div id="commentName">Clay ~ </div>
Heya Taylor,
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I was checking this place out, off the coast of Brazil. Know anything about it?
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http://wiki.worldflicks.org/fernando_de_noronha.html#coords=(-3.8538,%20-32.4187)&z=13
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Hello, Mr. Clay. No, I don't know anything about those islands. They're pretty but very small. I mean, those are small enough that you'd want one all to yourself. Now, that would be very nice.
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<div id="commentName">Clay ~ </div>
Doncha be calling me Mister, Missy.
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Believe it or not, I first heard about these Island(s) because that Air France jet went down near them.
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They sure look pretty, tho. Just looking for a gullible Gringo with some bucks.
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
T-Cakes,
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Spain is very nice. I have fond memories of my time spent splashing about in those waters. My experience is that non-natives are generally left alone by the government provided they keep to themselves and stay out of trouble. If you really are thinking about making that kind of a change, drop me a line.
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Hey there, Res.
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I had no idea you had been galivanting around Spain. Drop you a line for what? When I get there, do you want me to be on the lookout for any young Spaniards that look like you? :)
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If and when I make such a move will depend on so many things to happen - none of which have yet to materialize.
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
Andorra
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Google it.
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Get a PO box, forwarding service, bank account(preferably one that has branches in Spain) and residency there. Legally emigrate if it suits your fancy.
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Then get a little sea side villa on your island of choice. You will draw no attention from Spanish authorities unless you do something bad, like break an obvious law.
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Should you need to conduct business a short boat ride followed by an, in my experience anyway, pleasant train ride to the mountains will get you to a nation where you can do so without a great deal of official oversight, and then another short ride home. The Spanish don't care and the American authorities can't do much about it.
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I enjoyed my time in Spain, although most of my seaside experience was in Catalonia. I prefer the Spanish beaches to the french ones. Euro bathing is more enjoyable spectator sport when the women have less body hair than I.
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
Silly me I thought that Minorca was in the Canaries. You would be just a hop skip and a jump from Barcelona. I think you have to take a bus from Barcelona, but they might have the airport built now, so a plane ride might be faster. I rode the train from Perpignan and took a short bus, it only cost a few franc as I remember.
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That's interesting, Res. Thanks for that advice. At this initial stage of planning I would not have considered that, but it's a definite direction to the start of a plan. Woohoo!
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Oh yeah, Menorca would be much closer to Andorra than the Canaries. And I love trains, especially through mountainous terrains.
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If I ever get there, I'll have to remember to send you a photo of myself - and to be sure that I have less body hair than you. :)
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>Get a PO box, forwarding service, bank account(preferably one that has branches in Spain) and residency there.</i></span>
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Things may have changed in Andorra. A <a href="http://www.expatfocus.com/index.php?name=Content&pid=366&page=2">quick search</a> and I see that it's not possible to establish residency with only a PO Box and bank account.
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
183 days and you can be free of US Federal taxes forever. The requirements that are now in place aren't to difficult to live with. You can have your apartment there and a seaside bungalow on the island. There are two points of entry to the country that are maned, the others are roads you can drive across without dealing with customs. Whose to say when you are and are not in the country?
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If you want to send euro tan pictures, you don't have to wait till you move to Spain. ;)
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How much money do you think I have? Own two living places - in two different countries - in Europe? Oh Res, you must have hit your head very hard...
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I have dual citizenship. I am both an Argentine AND a US citizen - and have passports from both countries. Surely, I could use that to some tax advantage, somewhere.
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<span id="quoted"><i>If you want to send euro tan pictures, you don't have to wait till you move to Spain.</i></span>
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I do if I don't want to be a rotten little skank.
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
Taylor,
I never would think of you as a skank. A hot blooded Argentine temptress, probably, but never a skank.
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Hot blooded Argentine temptress, huh? Heh. I can live with that, but it does make me smile. You guys have never seen my hot blooded Argentine temptress side...
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
I've always suspected that you're the olive skined super-model that sent Nate the naughty pictures for his harem a few years back. I'm just looking for visual conformation. ;)
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Well, sorry to burst your illusion, Res, but I'm not olive skinned, although I tan very easily, and I'm not a super-model, or then I'd have no problem affording those two residences in Europe. And I certainly would never send Nate any naughty pictures of myself. You're barking up the wrong blog if you think that!
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If I was looking for that kind of attention, I would be doing things a lot differently. Even so, that kind of attention always seems to find me, which is why it's amusing to me when I hear those types of remarks of me being a temptress.
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
I guess its true what they say. When you've got it, you've got it.
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I could love you just for your looks, but, I love you for all the other things you do for me, like fix my blog.
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BTW if you're feeling adequately buttered up...
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Uh huh. Yeah, I think you know there's some buttering up to be done here...
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I made all those changes to your blog, which was my pleasure. Then I asked you to tell me if you approved of the new look, or if you wanted me to change it back the way it was. I made it a point to tell you that I would not be offended if you didn't like the changes I made. And you never responded, never said a single thing about it. Then I see you totally go and wipe out everything and created a new template. That befuddled me - and I don't like to be befuddled. But then I remembered that you're a Pisces... :)
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I will do anything you ask me to do, happily, but you have to specify EXACTLY what you want done, and afterward, you have to give me your final approval. If I don't hear back from you, I will consider it as an implied disapproval of the changes, and I will undo the changes. Hmph!
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Yep. You've brought this on yourself, ResBaby.
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OK, now that I've said my piece, I think we may proceed if you like. :)
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
I thought I told you it was fine and I liked it. Your a fantastic friend to work on projects for me.
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I apologize for not letting you know how much I appreciate your work. I was trying to adjust the pic and I accidentally screwed it up and didn't want to bother you about it, after you spent all that time on it.
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Please put everything back the way you like it best. It was a work of art that I had no business trying to work on without your direct oversight. If you could bring halo scan comments back, I and apparently everyone else, would be grateful.
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My password, credit card numbers and Swiss bank account are still exactly the same as before so feel free to have your way with my blog.
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Any photos of you that show up can be anonymous. :)
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Oh, pish posh. It was no work of art. I really, really wasn't fishing for compliments, Res. It's just that you know I'm very insecure about anything I do graphic design-wise. I am (was) a software engineer, not a freaking graphics designer. Until the client tells me my design doesn't stink, I will always have my doubts about it.
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Alright, I'll get started on it. And I'm happy to do it without maxing out your credit cards or raiding your Swiss bank account. All I ask is that you return my emails when I ask you something regarding the work. And never be afraid to tell me you don't like something. It will probably be mutual anyway. I pretty much hate all my graphic work.
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I haven't even read all of these yet, but I wanted to get this post up before JQP gets to Texas and hunts me down for causing him to lust after Matthew Macfadyen, who he knows he can never have.
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Abd Er-Rahman III of Spain: I have now reigned about 50 years in victory or peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot. They amount to fourteen. (960 A.D.)
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Albert Camus: You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
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Albert Camus: But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
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Albert Camus: All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.
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Albert Camus: When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him; and you are torn by the thought of the unhappiness and night you cast, by the mere fact of living, in the hearts you encounter.
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Albert Schweitzer: Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
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Albert Schweitzer: I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
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Albert Schweitzer: Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.
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Algernon Black: Why not let people differ about their answers to the great mysteries of the Universe? Let each seek one's own way to the highest, to one's own sense of supreme loyalty in life, one's ideal of life. Let each philosophy, each world-view bring forth its truth and beauty to a larger perspective, that people may grow in vision, stature and dedication.
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Allan K. Chalmers: The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Amy Lowell: Happiness: We rarely feel it.<br />
I would buy it, beg it, steal it,<br />
Pay in coins of dripping blood<br />
For this one transcendent good.
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Anne Frank: We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
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Anne Frank: The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
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Aristotle: Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient
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Baruch Spinoza: What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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Benjamin Disraeli: Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
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Bertrand Russell: The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.
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Bertrand Russell: To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Brother David Steindl-Rast : Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more.
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Buddha: Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.
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C. P. Snow: The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase, if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
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Carl Jung: There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
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Claude Monet: The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.
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Denis Waitley: Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
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Ecclesiastes: For everything there is a season,<br />
And a time for every matter under heaven:<br />
A time to be born, and a time to die;<br />
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;<br />
A time to kill, and a time to heal;<br />
A time to break down, and a time to build up;<br />
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;<br />
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;<br />
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;<br />
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;<br />
A time to seek, and a time to lose;<br />
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;<br />
A time to tear, and a time to sew;<br />
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;<br />
A time to love, and a time to hate,<br />
A time for war, and a time for peace.
<br/>Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
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Edith Wharton: If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
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Edward de Bono: Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.
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Eric Hoffer: You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
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Felix Adler: The truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also.
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Fran Leibowitz: Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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Francoise de Motteville: The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
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George Burns: Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
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George Sand: There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
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H.H. the Dalai Lama: The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.
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HH the Dalai Lama: When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.
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HH the Dalai Lama: Consider the following. We humans are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others' actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others' activities. For this reason it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others.
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HH the Dalai Lama: If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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Helen Keller: Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.
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Helen Keller: When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
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Helen Keller: Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
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Henry David Thoreau: That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.
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Henry David Thoreau: The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?
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Horace Friess: All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within.
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Hubert H. Humphrey: Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy.
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James M. Barrie: Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.
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James Oppenheim: The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
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John Barrymore: Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
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John D. Rockefeller: I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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John Milton: The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.
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Kalidasa: Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn!<br />
Look to this Day!<br />
For it is Life, the very Life of Life.<br />
In its brief course lie all the<br />
Verities and Realities of your Existence.<br />
The Bliss of Growth,<br />
The Glory of Action,<br />
The Splendor of Beauty;<br />
For Yesterday is but a Dream,<br />
And To-morrow is only a Vision;<br />
But To-day well lived makes<br />
Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,<br />
And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.<br />
Look well therefore to this Day!<br />
Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!
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Kin Hubbard: It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness. Poverty an' wealth have both failed.
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Leo Buscaglia: What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein: I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
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M. Scott Peck: The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.
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Marcel Proust: Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
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Margaret Bonnano: It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis.
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Mark Twain: Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.
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Mark Twain: Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
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Mark Twain: Happiness is a Swedish sunset -- it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.
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Mark Twain: The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.
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Martha Washington: The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi: Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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Norman MacEwan: Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes: The world has to learn that the actual pleasure derived from material things is of rather low quality on the whole and less even in quantity than it looks to those who have not tried it.
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Pearl S. Buck: Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.
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Peyton Conway March: There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: To fill the hour -- that is happiness.
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Ramona L. Anderson: People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within.
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Robert Heinlein: Love is a condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
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Robert Louis Stevenson: There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
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Sophocles: Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
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Susan B. Anthony: Independence is happiness.
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Theodor Fontane: Happiness, it seems to me, consists of two things: first, in being where you belong, and second -- and best -- in comfortably going through everyday life, that is, having had a good night's sleep and not being hurt by new shoes.
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Thich Nhat Hanh: Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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Thomas Jefferson: The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
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Thomas Jefferson: But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.
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W. Beran Wolfe: If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator.
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Willa Cather: That is happiness; to be dissolved into something completely great.
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<div id="commentName">John Quincy Public ~ </div>
Twain rules again. Beautiful set of quotes T.
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<div id="commentName">Roci ~ </div>
I believe you now have the most comprehensive list on happiness onthe internet. You must be proud.
</br><div id="rtdate">Jun 12, 2009 13:24</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>You must be proud.</i></span>
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It makes me happy. :)
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Actually, I found this list simply by Googling "Happiness is". And there it was. Which was a good thing because I needed a new post and pronto.
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<div id="commentName">cruft ~ </div>
happiness pretty much like porn, you know it when you see it.
</br><div id="rtdate">Jun 14, 2009 23:16</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">cruft ~ </div>
I hate lists. it's one reason I can't stand churches. just won't sit thru another sermon on "the eleven reasons to do someting for happiness. did you read all or copy & paste?
</br><div id="rtdate">Jun 14, 2009 23:19</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>did you read all or copy & paste?</i></span></br>
Both.
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One good thing about the web - nobody is twisting your arm to read one word you don't want to read, much less a long list.
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<div id="commentName">WaterBoy ~ </div>
Wait! You left off two of the most famous quotes of all:
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Happiness is a warm puppy. -- Charles M. Schulz
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Happiness is a warm gun. -- Lennon/McCartney
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<div id="commentName">cruft ~ </div>
happiness is Jesse Stone series. netflix. bet you like this one.
</br><div id="rtdate">Jun 17, 2009 19:23</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Never heard of any of those quotes, and I don't know who Jesse Stone is. But this one here needs some serious clarification:
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Happiness is a warm gun...and a cold liberal.
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You see what I mean? A warm gun and nobody dead means you missed. How can there be anything happy about that scenario. And of course, you'd want the dead person to be a worthless one, so logic would say that this quote really needs my addition if is to have any semblance of reality.
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<div id="commentName">WaterBoy ~ </div>
"<span id="quoted"><i>A warm gun and nobody dead means you missed.</i></span>"
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...or you were just taking target practice at the range... ;)
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Well, I thought of that. But target practice equating to happiness? Nah.
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Happiness = warm gun = good use of a gun = somebody who needed killin got kilt.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
OK, I'll make it simple. Here's another quote for the list: Happiness is a dead liberal.
</br><div id="rtdate">Jun 19, 2009 18:46</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">WaterBoy ~ </div>
I took a shooting trophy once, and I was pretty happy about it. And nobody had to die for that.
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Your latest entry is much more succinct. Cheers!
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Ah, but you did have a trophy to show for it. I simply specified the trophy, which is really the source of the happiness, and missing from the original quote.
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<div id="commentName">WaterBoy ~ </div>
Hmmm, you do have a point. However, the trophy was merely the icing on the cake. Any day on the range shooting somebody else's ammo for free is a good day -- thus provoking feelings of happiness -- trophy or no.
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PBS has been airing Andrew Davies' wonderful adaptation of Dickens' rags to riches story of <i>Little Dorrit</i>. I tried to resist Matthew Macfadyen's characterization of Arthur Clennam, but there is something about that man that is quite simply irresistible to me. And his velvety, sexy voice doesn't help one little bit.
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Even if you don't happen to find 19th-century English gentlemen as dreamy as I do, I highly recommend the series.
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Once in a great while there is something really beautiful and well-done on television and this is one of those times. The second of five episodes was shown yesterday. The first two complete episodes can be viewed online at the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/littledorrit/watch.html">Masterpiece site</a>.
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<img src="http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu253/taylor2009_pics/mm03.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:10px"> A marriage proposal scene in the second episode breaks the heart into little pieces. Russell Tovey, the actor who portrays John Chivery, does a magnificent job. Everybody is just great in this Dickens classic.
<p />The story has a very timely financial subplot as well.
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I don't have the time to put together a decent post here, but I did want to tell you guys about Little Dorrit. And, of course, I needed some kind of post as an excuse to embed these pictures.
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
What is it with you and pasty white men?
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The more pasty and pouting they are the hotter you get over them.
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I know! And I have no idea why that is. You may as well ask me why I like asparagus. I just do!
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But I'm thinking I need to take a trip to that little island - and try some asparagus...
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
If that isn't a phallic metaphor I don't know what is.
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The problem with asparagus is that it takes several of them to equal the diameter of a standard American hot dog.
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You crack me up, ResBaby.
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I could respond to this, but it'll just get me into more trouble.
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You probably didn't watch the episodes, huh? That's OK, it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I love period dramas.
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
I don't have cable or satellite and there is no other way for me to get TV where I live. I do like the literature of the period though. It was very telling of the society and its norms.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
The first two episodes are on online at the link I provided. Each succeeding episode will appear online after they air on TV.
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I don't have cable or satellite either, but I do get regular ole TV. It's airing on our PBS channel.
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You're not missing much by not having TV, but if you like the literature from that period, you might enjoy watching Little Dorrit online, if you have DSL. Download the Quicktime viewer if you don't have it installed. I think it's better quality than the Windows Media Player option they give you. The viewing screen is larger.
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I just realized why I'm so attracted to this actor, which is odd for me because there are a lot better looking actors and I certainly don't have the same reaction to them. He looks just like a man who's been in and out of in my life.
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I was watching a youtube video of some tribute to this actor, and it showed a clip of him as Mr. Darcy in the film version of Pride and Prejudice. My mouth literally dropped open. In that role he could be his twin. I haven't seen him in several months.
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The brain plays a lot of tricks on us - at least mine does. Now it makes sense why I wrote up my post the way I did saying I tried to resist him.
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I don't like this one little bit.
</br><div id="rtdate">Apr 10, 2009 10:22</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
I am not going to go running back to this man after ending it. I'm not. Dammit.
</br><div id="rtdate">Apr 10, 2009 10:25</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
I didn't see the resemblance because I've so totally put this man out of my mind, nor have I given him any thought at all.
</br><div id="rtdate">Apr 10, 2009 10:36</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Now that it's all out in the open, I think it was just a subconscious thing. I don't have any feelings for this man. I certainly don't want to marry him or I would have already. Simple as that.
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Still, it's kind of funny.
</br><div id="rtdate">Apr 10, 2009 10:42</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
Are you feeling OK?
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You're talking nuts again.
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IF you have some spare time could you fix all the crap that has gone wrong on my blog over the last few months?
</br><div id="rtdate">Apr 11, 2009 06:33</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Ha! I'm feeling fine. I was just a little rattled.
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Now, about your blog. Yes, it needs some work. We can work on it tomorrow if you want.
</br><div id="rtdate">Apr 11, 2009 09:40</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Res Ipsa ~ </div>
How do you want to do it?
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Do you want the code or would it be better for me to email you the password and sign in?
</br><div id="rtdate">Apr 11, 2009 21:23</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Please, email me the password. It would be much easier for me make the changes than give you the code.
</br><div id="rtdate">Apr 11, 2009 23:20</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Clay ~ </div>
You two kids need to get a room, methinks.
</br><div id="rtdate">Apr 14, 2009 19:06</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
You silly Mississippi goose. I think your imagination is running away with you.
</br><div id="rtdate">Apr 15, 2009 01:47</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Clay ~ </div>
If I was to try running away with my imagination, it would resemble a sack race on an old episode of Leave It To Beaver:)
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<div id="commentName">AJW308 ~ </div>
Way off topic, but a long time ago you wondered if eating a salad after dinner would be more beneficial since then there'd be a wad of ruffage behind the meal as it was digested.
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It sounded logical to me.
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My neighbor is a nurse and last night I mentioned that idea to her and she told me that the function of the salad is hat it essentially warms up your digestive tract and you digest the following food faster.
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I'm not exactly sure what the benefit of 'digesting food faster' is, and as the conversation flowed, I didn't get around to asking.
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But I thought you'd be interested, maybe.
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Thank you, AJW. I remember that thread.
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Your friend could mean that the salad will trigger the secretion of the digestive enzymes so that when the more solid food arrives, it's more easily digested, broken down. You'd get more nutrition out of the food as it passes through your system.
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This wouldn't necessarily refute the function of the roughage coming afterwards to push all that digested matter on through. That's the thing about roughage - it's not easily broken down and digested, so that undigested bulk pushes the more broken down stuff through the system.
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It seems logical to me.
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But yeah, eating or drinking something prior to the main meal is quite common - as in appetizers or aperitifs, which would serve the same purpose as your nurse friend suggested.
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Taylor,
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I have no idea what I've done with your email.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
OK, I'll send you one, Res.
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<div id="commentName">Jamie R ~ </div>
Here you go, I think you'll like this video, concerning Mr. Darcy. As is the case, <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/tv/chaser/#/videoarchive/S02E05mrdarcy/" target="_blank">some local Aussie blokes have some insights</a>.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Insights? HAH! More like blindsights. Mr. Darcy would never come on to women like that idiot. And he's not nearly as classy or handsome as Collin Firth.
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As lame as that was, it's still nice to see you around my neighborhood, Aussie man.
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<div id="commentName">Jamie R ~ </div>
I check in from time to time, I saw that and immediately had to come on over and show you. I didn't realise how big this guy is among women here too. I'd watch the movie but I'd prefer to watch a replay of a Lakers game.
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<div id="commentName">cruft ~ </div>
Taylor, since you like the neutered hero in this , see him intact in the BBC series "MI5". excellent, intellegent TV. brisish of course. get from netflix. it can be done on the cheap. women like BAD BOYS. or the strong, independent man appeals not the wimp. dickens was full of c..p and unreadable. altho "tale of two cities was " not bad at all. and if you enjoy rug burns have another go round with the old flame.
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I was watching and enjoying MI5 on our local PBS station before I saw Macfadyen in Little Dorrit. I did not like him or his character in MI5. But, as I said, there was something about him that got under my skin, when I realized what it was. And I wasn't crazy about the neutered hero, Clennam, either.
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Rug burns. Old flame. Cute. But, I have wooden floors.
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<font style="color:#ffffff;background-color:#333333;font-size:1.6em;padding:3px;margin:3px">I</font> just received the following email:
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<font style="font-size:16px"><b>Look closely at this picture</b></font>
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The President of Argentina received this picture and called it 'junk mail'. 8 days later his son died.
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Another man received this picture & immediately sent out copies. His surprise was winning the lottery.
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Alberto Martinez received this picture, gave it to his secretary to make copies but she forgot to distribute it. She lost her job & he lost his family.
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This picture is miraculous & sacred. Forward to at least 10 people!
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I'm sorry that I'm on the emailing list of someone who would fall for this crap. I have never, ever, not even once, forwarded these types of emails. And there have been quite a few. They just piss me off.
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This particular type really pisses me off. How can any Christian believe in such superstitious baloney? It is absolutely antithetical to our beliefs. God is neither going to punish nor reward you on the basis of forwarding a stupid email. More likely, He would mark a big red X by your name if you do forward it, you unfaithful idiot.
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You know, even through the lowest point of my entire life it would never occur to me for one second to just go ahead and forward the email. Others in my predicament would think they'd have nothing to lose by it, so why not. Not me. I have to be true to myself, my faith and my logic. Participating in this sham, minor as it is, would make me feel like a total loser. Along with common sense, have people also lost their self-respect?
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Whoever starts this shit should have their Internet access cut off, along with their arms.
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OK, I just had to get that off my chest. Damn. People.<br /><br />P.S. Please disregard this post if you never hear from me again...
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<div id="commentName">Giraffe ~ </div>
Hey I got the same email today. From my cousin. I did not forward it.
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I always figured this type of thing was a way to harvest email addresses to spam in the future.
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Somehow it gets back to the sender with a backlog of all the addresses it was forwarded to.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Hello, Mr. Giraffe.
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So, the email got around to you too. I wonder how many people got it.
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Yeah, whatever the reasons for starting this stupidity, it's certainly not to help people via e-miracles.
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Hey, if my cousin forwarded that to me, he'd get an earful. But, nobody in my family would fall for that.
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<div id="commentName">WaterBoy ~ </div>
I used to get all kinds of these things from well-intentioned friends and relatives, including my own mother. I had to patiently explain to her that nothing bad would happen if she didn't forward them on, nor would she see a surprise cartoon pop up on her monitor 10 days later, etc., etc., etc.
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People who start these things think they are being clever in seeing how widely they can get them circulated, by playing off people's superstitions. We need to respond to the ones that send us these things and patiently explain why they should stop forwarding them. When most people begin to see them for what they are, the reign of circulating spam will be over.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
It's kind of sad that people should require someone to explain to them that this junk has no power at all. One wonders if they're as irrational about other aspects of their lives. Or it just may be that it takes minimal effort to forward an email, and the intentions are good, regardless of how totally stupid it is, so they play along with this harmless nonsense.
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But, in my opinion it really isn't harmless if one is a Christian. That's the part that bugs me the most. The man who forwarded it to me is a church-going Catholic. He really should know better.
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<div id="commentName">WaterBoy ~ </div>
True, on all accounts.
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Unfortunately, if nothing is said then the spam will continue.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Email programs really need to have a "Return to sender" option. It would be very useful. I'm surprised they don't have it. At least none of the ones I've ever seen don't have it.
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<div id="commentName">Difster ~ </div>
I remember a couple of years go when a guy I worked with clicked on a link in someone's MySpace profile and there was a Gospel message of some sort or another. The sad part was, that it said at the end that if you didn't forward it to 10 people you were denying God. What a stupid thing for a Christian to do. I told the guy I work for to send him an email and say, give me a $100 or you're denying God. He did, the guy didn't give him the $100.
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I never understood how Christians can be so superstitious about things. Maybe it's people that mostly come from a Catholic background.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
That would result in the same thing, but it would really be handy and time-saving if the email application had a button that when clicked would automatically return the selected email to the sender, with a message similar to the one you wrote prepended to the original email. Then the email would be automatically deleted from the inbox.
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<div id="commentName">WaterBoy ~ </div>
There you go, that's your solution: create your own.
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Click the Reply button, then enter the following:
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<i>RETURN TO SENDER
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This email is being returned to sender as undeliverable spam. Please refrain from sending spam messages of this sort in the future, as they will automatically be rejected. Thank you.</i>
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<div id="commentName">Difster ~ </div>
Oh.. and please clarify what constitutes not hearing from you again. Your posting rate is worse than mine these days!
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Hey, Difster!
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I know, I know. At least you have a good reason for not updating your blog as often as before. I'm just kind of brain dead and totally uninspired.
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This world is turning into one big ball of crap. There are only so many ways one can write about crap without it becoming tiresome.
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<div id="commentName">Morris ~ </div>
"This world is turning into one big ball of crap. There are only so many ways one can write about crap without it becoming tiresome."
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You said a mouthful there, Taylor. That's basically why there's been no updates on mine. I just started to feel like I was regurgitating the same tired old crap. That, and the vile comments I received in my comments from the Obamazombies was pretty discouraging.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Hello, Morris!
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Vile comments from the oh-so-tolerant set. They are a despicable lot who I would no more engage in discussion than I would a hissing snake. If it was my blog, their comments would be deleted and I would flame them without allowing them one word in edgewise. My blog is not a democracy - I won't put up with the slightest stench of liberalism.
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<div id="commentName">SarahtheCanucki ~ </div>
I delete all such emailings, and don't think any further about it. If I start reading an email and it is an obvious "joke" email..I delete it without reading through. If I get an email with the subject beginning with Fwd: - I pay closer attention to the subject line, usually I can tell by that that it's spam and delete it.
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I've had awkward conversations because of it.
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"Did you get my email with the joke such-and-such? What did you think of it?"
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"errrrrr"
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at that point, I try to tell them as painlessly as possible that I don't read those emails. Usually, they don't send anymore after that.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Hey, Canucki girl. Thanks for stopping by my humble blog.
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I need to make another post, but my brain is totally limp these days.
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"'Dja get that thing I sent ya?"
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It amazes me how otherwise decent Christian or religious people will send what amounts to a curse to others of similar good will.
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"Herbert Greeb did NOT forward the picture, and a 747 filled with gorillas and anvils fell on his head. You'd better send this to 10 people.
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God bless you."
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The amount of superstition in the churches today is appalling. Here's my take:
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http://aardvarksplumbline.blogspot.com/2008/01/this-is-long-but-is-important-and-so.html
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<div id="commentName">SarahtheCanucki ~ </div>
Taylor, just go with the flow. It's a lot better that way.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>The amount of superstition in the churches today is appalling.</i></span>
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Yes. Just look at Sarah's last post. It's much better to go along to get along.
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Making waves and speaking up against "the flow" is harmful to one's health or something. I guess keeping your mouth shut as the tide of sewage rises would appear to be the smart thing to do.
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Not gonna happen.
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I was talking about your post 11:33, silly Taylor!
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But because it strikes me as humourous:
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"I guess keeping your mouth shut as the tide of sewage rises would appear to be the smart thing to do."
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Well, once it gets around neck deep, it's a pretty good idea unless you want some of it shoved down your throat.
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Oh, sorry, Sarah. You know what I thought you were saying. And it didn't go over very well. I have an itchy trigger finger when it comes to people telling me I should accept that which I cannot accept.
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Yeah, that's quite a dilemma - that shit rising.
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I know already about that trigger finger, Taylor.
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<font style="color:#ffffff;background-color:#333333;font-size:1.6em;padding:3px;margin:3px">I</font> had a new experience very recently that has been puzzling me. A childhood friend with whom I've lost contact over the years was in town recently visiting her family. We got together, reminiscing over our youthful adventures and catching up on each other's lives since then. She was aware of my ongoing retreat from life. She asked if she could pray for me. During this prayer she suddenly broke into what I instantly recognized to be as speaking in tongues, although I've never heard it before.
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The words flowed rapidly and clearly, she was not hysterical nor frenzied. It was a language of some sort, but I didn't understand any of the words, not in the slightest. The only sound I can recall is an "esh" sound. I wish I could remember just one word, but I can't. Intermingled throughout her strange words were sentences in English. It was kind of wild. She had her hand on the side of my head during all this.
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I know this woman very well and can vouch for her character. As the child I knew, she was never weird or prone to fanciful notions nor was she any kind of religious fanatic, and does not come from a family that is. She was intelligent, responsible, sensible, unpretentious, sincere and honest, and I could see she still had all those qualities - she hadn't changed a bit. Now, she's a wife and mother, living a normal life in a suburban home. And she speaks in tongues.
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I didn't question her about this, except to ask if she understood these words. She did not. Nothing more was said about the matter.<br /><br />The experience keeps creeping into my thoughts, wondering what's going on here. I found the following article published in the NY Times.
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<center><b>A Neuroscientific Look at Speaking in Tongues</b></center>
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania took brain images of five women while they spoke in tongues and found that their frontal lobes — the thinking, willful part of the brain through which people control what they do — were relatively quiet, as were the language centers. The regions involved in maintaining self-consciousness were active. The women were not in blind trances, and it was unclear which region was driving the behavior.
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The images, appearing in the current issue of the journal Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, pinpoint the most active areas of the brain. The images are the first of their kind taken during this spoken religious practice, which has roots in the Old and New Testaments and in Pentecostal churches established in the early 1900s. The women in the study were healthy, active churchgoers.
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“The amazing thing was how the images supported people’s interpretation of what was happening,” said Dr. Andrew B. Newberg, leader of the study team, which included Donna Morgan, Nancy Wintering and Mark Waldman. “The way they describe it, and what they believe, is that God is talking through them,” he said.<br /><br />Dr. Newberg is also a co-author of “Why We Believe What We Believe.”
<p />In the study, the researchers used imaging techniques to track changes in blood flow in each woman’s brain in two conditions, once as she sang a gospel song and again while speaking in tongues. By comparing the patterns created by these two emotional, devotional activities, the researchers could pinpoint blood-flow peaks and valleys unique to speaking in tongues.<br /><br />Ms. Morgan, a co-author of the study, was also a research subject. She is a born-again Christian who says she considers the ability to speak in tongues a gift. “You’re aware of your surroundings,” she said. “You’re not really out of control. But you have no control over what’s happening. You’re just flowing. You’re in a realm of peace and comfort, and it’s a fantastic feeling.”<br /><br />Contrary to what may be a common perception, studies suggest that people who speak in tongues rarely suffer from mental problems. A recent study of nearly 1,000 evangelical Christians in England found that those who engaged in the practice were more emotionally stable than those who did not. Researchers have identified at least two forms of the practice, one ecstatic and frenzied, the other subdued and nearly silent.<br /><br />The new findings contrasted sharply with images taken of other spiritually inspired mental states like meditation, which is often a highly focused mental exercise, activating the frontal lobes.<br /><br />The scans also showed a dip in the activity of a region called the left caudate. “The findings from the frontal lobes are very clear, and make sense, but the caudate is usually active when you have positive affect, pleasure, positive emotions,” said Dr. James A. Coan, a psychologist at the University of Virginia. “So it’s not so clear what that finding says” about speaking in tongues.
<p/>The caudate area is also involved in motor and emotional control, Dr. Newberg said, so it may be that practitioners, while mindful of their circumstances, nonetheless cede some control over their bodies and emotions.
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<i>An article in Science Times on Tuesday about brain images of people speaking in tongues misstated the origins of the practice in America. It is thought to have begun in Pentecostal churches established in the early 1900s, not in charismatic churches. The charismatic movement began decades later.</i></div>
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Prior to this experience, I was more than a little skeptical about this speaking in tongues. It was my perception that these people were highly imaginative and maybe a little out of touch with reality. OK, I thought they were delusional blabbers. Although, I certainly had no evidence that this was the case. It was a perception, as I had never ever looked into this phenomenon. Now that I have some real evidence - a first-hand experience from someone I would trust with my life, I am mostly curious.
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Cool article. I used to be skeptical of speaking in tongues in this day and age. It's good to know that there's scientific evidence supporting this. I guess it was easy to dismiss them since there are so many con jobs. I'm sure some of that still goes on, especially when a performance is expected. I'm sure miracles are the same way.
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Speaking in tongues when there isn't someone to interpret is biblically suspect.
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See 1st Corinthians chapter 14 for what I am talking about.
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I put up this post so I could get others' opinion on this because what I understood about speaking in tongues and what I saw are two different things.
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If it had been almost anyone else, I'd be more suspect, but this friend is someone who I'd never doubt anything she said. I trust her so much that I feel as if it was me suddenly speaking in tongues, being shocked at what had just come out of my own mouth.
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<div id="commentName">Athor Pel ~ </div>
This has nothing to do with the trustworthiness of your friend. As you intimated, she may not have known what she was doing and have no memory of it either.
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You're dealing with spirits here. It's the spirits that must be tested and sometimes they cannot be trusted.
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Just be careful.
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She was aware that she was speaking in tongues.
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<span id="quoted"><i>You're dealing with spirits here. It's the spirits that must be tested and sometimes they cannot be trusted.</i></span>
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I agree. If these were bad spirits, would they not manifest themselves in other ways in her life? But her behavior and her life show no evidence of bad spiritual influences. <i>Ye shall know them by their fruits</i> comes to mind when I think of her.
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My wife is upset with me for drinking too much. I have to remind her constantly that the Bible tells us to test the spirits.
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It's in the Bible. I have to do it.
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With regard to speaking in tongues:
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I have come to the comclusion that most of that phenomina is related to learned behavior. Churches that practice it seem to have a lot of it. Denominations that don't practice it seem to have none of it. I don't credit the Holy Spirit with handing out gifts by denomination, so the source of the gifts must be elsewhere.
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Instead of demons, I credit psychology. People tend to behave according to the expectations of their friends and peer groups. Faking is not the cause. The people who do it are responding to a conditioned response that they don't often understand fully.
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Same reason why people who look for UFOs see them all the time, but people who don't never do.
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I do not discount that there can be legitimate speaking in tongues or other miraculous biblical gifts. But I have been a Christian for a long time and have never seen it but I have seen a lot of counterfiets.
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Also,</br>
Ever wonder why only Catholics see visions of Mary? Same processs at work.
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Hence the motto among protestants in Conyers, Ga* "Eat, Drink, and see Mary"
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* Conyers is home of a tree whose bark resembles Mary.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>I'm sure some of that still goes on, especially when a performance is expected. I'm sure miracles are the same way.</i></span>
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I wasn't expecting any performance. I don't believe she would think, knowing me, that I'd be someone who would be overly impressed or influenced by anything odd like that. It came out of the blue. She didn't make any big deal out of it and hasn't mentioned it since.
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I do think we're quite clueless to the things of the spirit and God.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Hi, Roci. I didn't even see your comments until now.
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<span id="quoted"><i>People tend to behave according to the expectations of their friends and peer groups. Faking is not the cause. The people who do it are responding to a conditioned response that they don't often understand fully.</i></span>
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I'm going to ask her when she first spoke in tongues and if she attends a church where it's practiced.
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I asked another man about this, one who I know attends a Pentecostal Church. He said that speaking in tongues is how the Holy Spirit speaks to God through us so that Satan can't understand. He also said she must be very special.
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That was the first I'd heard that explanation of speaking in tongues. I've not given it much thought, but my initial reaction was that it could be plausible.
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Re: your Pentacostal friend. His explanation of coded messages that Satan can't understand is, on it's face, false. There is no Biblical source for that information. So your friend is either claiming prophesy or he is just making stuff up.
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If he is claiming prophesy, ask yourself what it means when two prophets say exactly opposite things.
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Further, if the modern practice of speaking in tongues is true, then specific traits of diction and grammar should be detectible from one speaker to another. A full study of it would yeild a teachable language, that even Satan could learn. He has had a lot of time to learn such things.
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Other explanations I have heard:</br>
1. Tongues is the language of the angels (something Satan would have known since creation began).</br>
2. Tongues is the primordial language of creation that all men spoke before the tower of Babil was destroyed and men were given new languages. (Maybe the same language as number 1).</br>
3. Tongues is you speaking in your own language and being heard and understood by native speakers of another language. (obviously not what is happening with your friend). This method is what occured on the day of Pentecost and has the obvious purpose of spreading the Gospel to foreign peoples.
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I would like to record multiple people speakig in tongues and look for similarities and patterns in their speech depending on the church they attend. I am betting there is one. I would further expect to hear repitition of some sylabic combinations. Have you ever listened to "scat" jazz? Kind of like that.
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<span id="quoted"><i>I would like to record multiple people speakig in tongues and look for similarities and patterns in their speech depending on the church they attend.</i></span>
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I think it would be an interesting study. Like I said, I am curious, not convinced it's a real God-inspired communication.
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I have this inkling that there exist phenomena which can be directly attributed to God, but is buried in a lot of worldly deception and obfuscation. Satan is not about to allow indisputable proof of God to be seen by the entire world for what it is.
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We'd like to think that all truths will eventually surface and become apparent, but I think the reality is that there is a constant effort to prevent that from happening.
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A lot of what we see as miraculous does not stand up to scrutiny. The only sin of those involved is wishful thinking, not intentional deception.
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<span id="quoted"><i>A lot of what we see as miraculous does not stand up to scrutiny. The only sin of those involved is wishful thinking, not intentional deception.</i></span>
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I agree and am not one to be a wishful thinker.
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My point is that even when people witnessed Jesus perform his miracles, they still didn't buy it. That's the work of Satan, not truth-seeking or logic. That is a sin.
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Two thousand years later, I don't think anything has changed.
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Roci, I've been wanting to tell you that I'm sorry for not responding to your apology for our misunderstanding way back when. I should have acknowledged it but didn't.
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The only reason I didn't at that time is because sometimes my brain just shuts down and I have no response to or thoughts about anything. It's not easy to try to write a response when the brain doesn't register anything about the matter.
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That was rotten of me and I've never forgotten it.
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<div id="commentName">Roci ~ </div>
Funny,</br>
I don't remember it.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
It often seems to be that way, Roci.
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The same thing happened a while back when I apologized to another childhood friend about something that I had felt guilty about and she said the same thing. Heh.
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The guilty conscious doesn't forget.
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<div id="commentName">Shawn ~ </div>
I don't claim to be an expert, but when the disciples had fire from heaven light upon them, what were they doing?
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ANS: declaring the wonders of the Almighty in languages not their own.
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>I don't claim to be an expert, but when the disciples had fire from heaven light upon them, what were they doing?
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ANS: declaring the wonders of the Almighty in languages not their own</i></span>
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That's OK, I don't think anyone is an expert in the things of God. Heck, we can't even trust the so-called experts in the things of men.
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day late and a dollar short, as always.
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I can save Roci a lot of time by simply stating that there is no commonality between members of a church. Tongues is completely unique to each person who speaks it. Some have a near complete language. From listening to them you can hear many different combinations of syllables and length of words, yet it always sounds consistent, meaning it doesn't seem to go from french to germanic to russian. Its an internally consistent language. And there are others (myself included) whose language is quite stunted, but still sounds consistent. However I personally have kept myself from doing it, tho I still find myself doing it at times.
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I still, some 10 years later, wonder about it. That there is a gift of tongues I have no doubt. That I have it? I have doubt. Of course there is the possibility that it is a suggested behavior, but I don't weigh that very heavily as I am not a person very open to suggestion. In fact my first inclination in such things is to move the other way if I see someone is trying to suggest something.
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Hey, Erik! It seems you managed to find a supernatural handle to God. That's awesome. I am very much leaning towards the belief that there is a supernatural origin to speaking in tongues - that this is not simply a construct of the human mind.
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The friend mentioned in this post just recently mailed me a little booklet, <i>This Awakening Generation</i>>, written by John Osteen.
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I've only read the first few pages, but this man is saying what my own instincts and thoughts have always been regarding our relationship with God, but in a more logical and clear manner. I'm impressed with the simplicity of his message. It rings a very loud truth in me, but more than that, it is helping me put all the pieces together.
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Osteen is against defining the truth according to some denomination. That very much impressed me. As such, he points out that speaking in tongues is NOT some quacky practice of some quacky denomination. This made me sit up and start taking this book a little more seriously, since I really had no idea what to expect when I opened it.
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I am going to write up a post about the material in this booklet.
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If you've not read this booklet, Erik, you might want to.
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erik,</br>
if the language is consistent and coherent, then it shuld yield to study. If it is defined by the creativity of the individual practicing it, then it is no language at all. Looking at the rest of creation in all its complexity, I can not blithly accept that our God is a God of mindless babble, singsong, or droning.
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Taylor,
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I'm very late to this. Roci has made several lucid points that are worthy of consideration and thinking over.
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I personally don't pretend to have a clue why God does what He does, other than what is revealed in scripture. So, I'm not going to claim that God does or does not will/allow for the speaking in tongues today. Since I don't know your friend I won't comment on her, other than to say that I accept your view of her life and character.
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It seems there are several different explanations for this: </br>
1. Its genuine and from God.</br>
2. Controlled by evil forces.</br>
3. Learned behavior.</br>
4. Psychological abnormality.
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There are probably other explanations as well. Two of the reasons deal with the supernatural, two don't.
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If you allow that either one of options 1 or 2 is possible, it is impossible to deny that neither one is possible. In other words once you accept that there is the chance that it is from the spirit world, you must allow for it to be good or evil. Even if you do allow that it could be spiritual in origin, that doesn't mean that what you experienced was.
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I think you can see where I'm going with this. There are a lot of ways that what you were part of that day, could be less than genuine and your friend would still be a good person. It's very hard for me to pass judgment on an event that I wasn't part of. So I won't. You are pondering what happened. As you do so, give heed to what Roci has said and be skeptical. God doesn't require us to blindly believe everything we come in contact with. He has given us our minds and lets us use them.
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Hey, Res!
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I just saw this comment, but am about to call it a day. I'll respond later.
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I heard a fascinating explanation for this on The radio this weekend. Forgive me for not taking detailed notes. But it seems that there is a phenomena called ecstatic utterances. This refers particularly to the sing-song and random sylabic "speaking in tongues" we hear about mostly. According to the radio program, such things were common in the apostolic age among the pagan sects. They made the claim that speaking in tongues was indeed not a private spiritual language but the ability to communicate with people from foreign lands in their native tongue so that the Gospel could be spread.
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Taylor,</br>
In my experience speaking in tongues like your friend did is not necessarily a "bad" thing. I personally met a prophetess (sp?) and it kind of freaked me out. As long as the 'religion' does not put an emphysis or focus on the speaking of tongues, I put it in the Romans 14:1 category. I don't judge. However, I put a quick guard up when it seems to be the focal point of someone's faith.
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Hey, CD!
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<span id="quoted"><i>I put a quick guard up when it seems to be the focal point of someone's faith.</i></span>
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Me too. But this isn't the case. She doesn't even talk about it, unless I ask her, and then she's quite willing to answer any question I have. She doesn't appear to have any angle.
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I tend to be skeptical about things, and not easily convinced, but I don't want to discount something legitimate simply beause I don't understand it.
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"I don't credit the Holy Spirit with handing out gifts by denomination, so the source of the gifts must be elsewhere."
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I don't either. I'm far from a pentecostal, but I'm not one of those people who imagine that the gifts of the Spirit vanished some eons ago.
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I've heard lots of "tongues", and each time it weirded me out. I'm not making claims of any specific instance or even the majority of instances.
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What I'm saying is that the flaw - the big yawning flaw which I'm shocked nobody has even said - the flaw in your understanding Roci is that you forget what Jesus said about faith. With faith, you can move mountains. Without it, you can't do what you want to do or set out to do.
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These other denominations don't do tongues because either</br>
1. They don't believe that it's for today - and a lot of denominations take that as a doctrinal stance.</br>
and</br>
2. A lot of people have trouble with the faith that they could do it.
</br><div id="rtdate">May 31, 2009 06:52</div></br>
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I attended a charasmatic church a few times a few years back. I encountered some people who supposedly "spoke in tongues". I would listen to them carefully as they did this and I noticed a bit of a pattern. It seems they were repeating the same one-syllable sounds (perhaps ten or twelve of them) over and over again without much variation. A little bit of a difference from one sentence to the next, but not much. Then again, what do I know? I guess we'll all find out the answer someday in the Great By and By. I'll sick with my mainline Protestant church for now.
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What's up, philaegle?
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<div id="commentName">philaegle ~ </div>
Buenas,
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Esto es mi blog www.treesforlunch.blogspot.com . Si quires, enviarme un email y yo te explico todo que ya quiero a hacer con mi citio. Esta bien? Philaegle at hotmail punto com
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Yes, that's fine.
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That's a near perfect description of what has happened, alright. It's well advanced in Australia as well. It makes me wonder whether this is, at least in part, the 'strong delusion' the Lord spoke of sending on those who love not the truth?
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I'll post the video on my blog as well.
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Hey, Morris! Where did your blog go? I went there and it had disappeared, so I removed it from my list and was a little worried about you. But, then I saw you posting comments, so I knew you were ok. Ah, I see from the link here that it's at wordpress now. I'll set it back up and go visit.
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There is certainly a grand-scale delusion going on. I would not doubt that the Lord has given them over to these delusions since they hate the truth, of which the knowledge of Him, is the greatest truth from which they have willfully turned away.
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It's both frightening and fascinating to witness the turmoil we're undergoing.
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Australia would have been an ideal country to escape to, location wise. It's a shame that it too has been infected beyond recovery with the twisted leftist ideology.
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Great vid and very true!
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Morris and me got Aussie Land on lockdown.
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Merry Christmas Taylor!
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Thank you, Jamie.
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Merry Christmas to you, Aussie man.
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I still love ya Dallas Cowboys/Mavericks...loser. Sorry.
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The gov't may create tokens representing money, but private industry creates wealth. The industry can be one person working alone or many working together.
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The Tale of the Goldsmith was done in the Michael Moore style. That bugged me a bit.
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The money creation mechanism and the reserve ratios tell me the loans, the big ones and the little ones are inter-related. If enough little ones fail the big ones will collapse and, conversely, if the big ones fail, so will all the little ones it spawned. I think that is reason the Feds have begun the bailout process.
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"To stave off collapse of the monetary system" they just said it. Took a while, but this video pieces it all together.
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Now I'm smelling a leadin to a Socialist system. Lets see where it goes - the labor economy sounds so so fair, but smacks of communism.
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I can't imagine our gov't taking money and not spending it. They spend more than they take.
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Any economic reform will require a change in gov't as well as a change in gov't personnel.
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Some of the quotes, like that of Sir Joseph Stamp are accurate. I hadn't seen that one before. Funny how men like him and Woodrow Wilson (who'm I despise) can regret their part in the system.
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As for the Ben Franklin quote, I thought it was the war of 1812 that was fought to get us out from under the Crown's bankers. That one of the reasons the Crown let us go in 1781 was that despite the military defeats they faced, they still controlled our economy.
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Not only did Abe Lincoln have no clue about economics, he was more evil than I had ever imagined. Dumb, evil, and able to get elected. No, no hand of a cast out liar here guiding things, move on, there's nothing to see.
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The above is a running commentary on the video. That's my excuse for any lack of coherency and topic jumping.
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Then I accidentally clicked the "Publish" button when I meant to click the "Play" button your embedded YouTube video.
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As for Rockefeller, I know a Vietnam vet who, one night came across a cargo ship offloading to sampans in a place where it shouldn't be happening. He just happened to be with some PJ's and SEALs and they had access to some limpet mines and they put parts of the ship into orbit.
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He thought he had done his duty, but the following day, the $h|+ hit the fan because the ship, thought it was supplying the Viet Cong, was owned by the Rockerfeller family. His attitude and priorities changed that day.
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That story tells me that the Rockerfellers will sell out the US if they can make a buck and I doubt that they are alone.
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Look at the established Scottish leaders in Braveheart. They sold out their countrymen for titles and estates. I don't think anything has changed since then.
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Taylor, are you going to participate in Vox's study of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothbard">Murray Rothbard's</a> <a href="http://www.mises.org/store/Americas-Great-Depression-P63C18.aspx?AFID=14">America's Great Depression</a>?
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<span id="quoted"><i>The Tale of the Goldsmith was done in the Michael Moore style. That bugged me a bit.</i></span>
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I didn't realize that. I've never seen anything by that disgusting slob.
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His suggestions for an alternative monetary system didn't go over with me either. But, I did get a much better idea of how our current monetary system works and is built on creating debt. I really had no idea how truly "fictional" our money is. It's not even built on sand.
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All I know is that things are very, very bad and I'm trying to understand what exactly is going on and why, and where it's headed.
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<span id="quoted"><i>Look at the established Scottish leaders in Braveheart. They sold out their countrymen for titles and estates. I don't think anything has changed since then.</i></span>
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I guess it takes a certain son-of-bitchness to get to the top and even more of it to stay there.
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I appreciate your feedback on it, AJW.
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<span id="quoted"><i>Taylor, are you going to participate in Vox's study of Murray Rothbard's America's Great Depression?</i></span>
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My fried brain would not do very well on anything like that. I simply can't concentrate on anything very long to have an intelligent discussion. At least it seems capable of handling Forex Trading. Apparently, the volatility of it fits my ADD.
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You're always welcome, Taylor.
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One more thing, the more I think about the money creation mechanism, it seems that it never stops like the vid suggests, but instead, it just keeps snowballing.
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If I deposit $100 cash in the bank, the bank can loan out $1000 on it. That loaned $1K will sooner or later, find its way to a bank where it will be deposited. Then that bank(s) can loan out $10K. Ad infinitum.
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<font style="color:#ffffff;background-color:#333333;font-size:1.6em;padding:3px;margin:3px">J</font>ason Mattera, from <a href="http://www.hotair.com">hotair.com</a>, went undercover at the DNC. Here are three of the several videos he shot. The rest of the videos are listed across the bottom of any of these after they finish. They're worth watching - in a morbidly fascinating kind of way.
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If one were to amass the brains of every leftist freak gathered there, the entirety would not amount to half a working brain. God, how I despise that worthless, useless scum.
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<div id="commentName">Difster ~ </div>
<span id="quoted"><i>If you were to amass the brains of every leftist freak gathered there, it still would not amount to half a working brain. </i></span>
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Not even 1/1024 of a brain....
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I'd love to do something like that. I'm just not sure I could keep a straight face.
</br><div id="rtdate">Sep 02, 2008 09:14</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Wendy ~ </div>
Wow.
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I mean... Wow.
</br><div id="rtdate">Sep 02, 2008 21:33</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Jamie R ~ </div>
Yeah, key is to not associate with folks like that and when they try to corner you, you have obviously entered their realm of habitat and to take a good look at where their tentacles reach. After that life's fun! Let them wail and gnash their teeth and then claim they're just speaking truth to all, it's group justice and law babee yeeeaahh! And one day, those folks will be a wailin' and a gnashin' in other places I won't be neither! Woohoo!
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By the way, you got mail gun-totin' Argie.
</br><div id="rtdate">Sep 10, 2008 09:28</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">AJW308 ~ </div>
And they vote.
</br><div id="rtdate">Sep 13, 2008 00:49</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Morris ~ </div>
..or as my old man used to say, "If their brains were dynamite and exploded, it wouldn't move a hair on their head!" Heh.
</br><div id="rtdate">Oct 02, 2008 05:14</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Sparrow ~ </div>
Hey, Taylor, are you ok?
</br><div id="rtdate">Oct 14, 2008 04:07</div></br>
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<div id="commentName">Taylor ~ </div>
Hello, Sparrow. You're a dear to look in on me.
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I'm fine, online all the time working. I don't have much on my mind that's worth posting about. I can't even muster up any thoughts to reply to the comments to my post here. The corruption of our country drains me. I wanted to put those videos up to give them some exposure. Maybe others would stumble upon them.
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We all took a hit losing Bane. I think about him and sometimes it doesn't seem real. You know, the thing I like about blogging is it's a way to interact with people and at the same time keep one's distance from them. But, that distance isn't far enough to not get affected by those we come to know through our computer monitors.
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I hope you and yours are doing very well, Sparrow. Although, we all have a lot of challenges ahead of us - but nothing that a close relationship to our Lord can't overcome.
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