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Reply to No Luck in Misc Stardock Forums

For the record of the future, in 2009, I put on anchors :)

Reply to Hello? (echo 'lo 'lo 'lo 'looooo) in Just Hanging Out Stardock Forums

Well at least we have such mind wrenchingly insightful threads as "Forum Ban" to stimulate our collective consciousness. YAWN This place has gone to hell in a gunny sack.

Hello? (echo 'lo 'lo 'lo 'looooo) in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

Where'd everyone go?

Reply to I Quit Smoking in Life Journals Stardock Forums

What work is that, KB? I'm interested in sending some royalties your way. Oh, and bumpity bump bump. Come on folks - THINK about this and speak.

I Quit Smoking in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Put down that cheeseburger. Now. Do it NOW! I haven't had one cigarette today, and it's all because of a wonderful device called the E-cigarette. It delivers nicotine to the body on water vapor. There's no smell, no tar, no second hand smoke, no smell in my clothes or on my breath. It's WATER VAPOR with nicotine added. The FDA, in its infinite wisdom, is looking at BANNING this device. Oh man, we can't have you

Reply to Thanking God in Religion Stardock Forums

*crickets*

Reply to Evolution is proven to be false by science in The Environment JoeUser Forums

Science is a self-correcting field. Anyone that holds to a particular point of a theory when there is EVIDENCE (by the way...do you have any) against it, is not a scientist. I label this entire thread a troll.

Thanking God in Religion JoeUser Forums

I Facebook a lot. And I have a lot of old friends who are diehard Christians. I love them, just the same, but at times I become perturbed. Here's the scenario. Multiple facebook friends had significant others in surgery at the same time. They all thanked God for their successful surgeries. Ok, that's fine. But something was missing. Do you know how freaking long it takes to become a surgeon? Have you ANY i

Reply to You Can "Know" in Religion Stardock Forums

Man...days have gone by. :/ Where's the photo!? You said you had a personal relationship with God. Get us a photo! Hmm, maybe our definition of "personal relationship" is different. Mine is that you know the guy personally and talk to him one on one, face to face, all the time. Yours seems to be that whatever you make up in your head is equivalent to a personal relationship.

Reply to Joe Biden, could he be the kind of politician we are looking for? in Politics Stardock Forums

I hear what you're saying, Charles. The problem is that America doesn't want honest politicians. They want politicians that will tell them what they want to hear. I'll fling out a few credits for Biden being tactless (don't get me wrong, I think tact is for pussies that can't handle the truth, and I have no use for it), but truthful and tactless as he might be, it isn't going to make him a front runner in any popularity contests. Damn shame that unintell

Reply to One Good Turn Deserves Another in Blogging Stardock Forums

Very glad to be back in SD, indeed. We're working hard to find a house to buy while living at Mari's parents house. That part is a bit of a pain, but it's better than being homeless. I really hope we all get a chance to meet one day, but I fear SD isn't really on your route :) My Titan 510 arrived today. I'm pretty psyched about it. I've tried it a few times with the default carts, but I'm thinking there's a learning curve in some ways. &nbsp

Reply to The Flying Spaghetti Monster in Vietnam War Stardock Forums

Gravity is still just a theory, Loca, but there is enough evidence that it exists, that one can safely "believe" that it is real. Do we have absolute proof? No, we could say that we stick to the earth because the Flying Spaghetti Monster holds us down with his Noodley Appendages. Whether or not any given scientific is actually "fact" is a subject for much debate. I think the question is "How much evidence needs to be accumulated before people can safely

Reply to One Good Turn Deserves Another in Blogging Stardock Forums

No comment on the story, Mason. (although it's a good one). Just popped in to say hello. Mari and I are back in San Diego. My e-cig is supposed to arrive in the next couple of days. Still using yours?

Reply to Patriotism in International Stardock Forums

Regarding Dresden, anyone interested should read Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut who was present in Dresden at the time of the bombing. I started it one night - reading to my wife as she made dinner (which is sort of an arrangement we have) and we wound up staying up late into the night to finish it. Great book. That aside, I also am interested in your POV, utemia, and I have but one bit of advice. Don't be too hard on yourself or your countrymen, and

Reply to NY Democrats Refused to Stand for Pledge in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]Every generation needs a new revolution[/quote] ~Thomas Jefferson Ole TJ was a pretty bright guy. He saw right away that after all the tribulations they had gone to to make the country a reality, people become complacent and start to slip into the same holes as the leaders they revolted against. He saw that change would never stop and that resistance to change causes great friction. I've been all over most of the western worl

Reply to IQ in Just Hanging Out Stardock Forums

Maybe I can take another tack at this. I love Kobe Bryant. Awesome player. He just declined to opt out of the last two years of his contract with the LA Lakers, and instead is signing a 3 year extension for....*drumroll*....97 Fucking Million dollars. To do an activity many of us do for fun with friends on the weekend. (Albeit, he does it much better than we do) Meanwhile, some researcher that still has 100,000 in student loan

Reply to IQ in Just Hanging Out Stardock Forums

Oh, forgot to explain the house thing. In California, you can not get a loan for a house for more than it appraises for. It's against the law - can't be done. You CAN pay more, but if you do so, the difference comes straight out of your pocket in cold hard cash. So in this metaphor, the house = the doctor. When objectively appraised, the doctor has an exact value just like the house does. If he's great, he should be able to cha

Reply to IQ in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

[quote]Better informed choices? Only if our doctors or teachers are required to tell us their IQ (which gets into the gray area of "rights").[/quote] I'd be just as happy if their class grades were public knowledge. It isn't a catch all - some people aren't great with school, but they are fine at what they do. Still, it would be a starting point.

Reply to The Flying Spaghetti Monster in Vietnam War Stardock Forums

Hey Loca, long time no see. I published this because I believe it wrong to teach beliefs as facts. That's what the FSM is all about - no one really believes in it. Many people go to the FSM site and send hate mails of various variety - none of said people ever bother to research what it was that started all this FSM craze. Bobby Henderson's point was "if you let THAT in the science class, then you have to let THIS in, along with who knows

The Flying Spaghetti Monster in Vietnam War JoeUser Forums

Just in case His Noodly Appendage has not yet touched you, you should read what the Flying Spaghetti Monster is all about. The author won't care that I copied this, because the Flying Spaghetti Monster doesn't get his meatballs in a twist over such things. _________________________________________ <a title="Permanent Link to "Open Letter To Kansas School Board"" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.venganza

Reply to Zoo’s A.A.F. 20 in Wildlife JoeUser Forums

Actually, I have a friend whose step-son is absolutely fascinated by sloths. Do one on sloths (and send me notice, because life is crazy at the moment, and I might miss it.)

Reply to Zoo’s A.A.F. 20 in Wildlife JoeUser Forums

Awesome, as usual, Zoo. How's your studies and life in general going? Send me a PM.

Reply to IQ in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

[quote]Better informed choices? Only if our doctors or teachers are required to tell us their IQ (which gets into the gray area of "rights"). [/quote] Perhaps, but there's a precedent. In California, at least, you can offer a million dollars for a house, but if it doesn't appraise for that, no one can write the loan. By LAW. I see a similarity in this. The value of the house is an objective value based on all the things appraisers have to t

Reply to IQ in Just Hanging Out Stardock Forums

[quote]That is basically what we do to a degree now anyway.[/quote] Is it? http://www.americanidol.com/

Buyer's Market? in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Everyone tells us "You're so lucky to be looking for a home, now! It's a buyer's market! No, it isn't. Not where we are, at least. San Diego, CA. For nearly two months we've been looking for a good home to buy. We pre-qualify for almost a half million dollars. But homes out here are outrageous expensive, and every one we go see, the sharks are patrolling the waters. Investors looking to buy, refurbish, and sell