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QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Dec 13, 2005 -> 12:19 PM) Speaking on the internet poll, I can't be the only one who knows that internet polls can be spiked by different sites (i.e. FreeRepublic or Dem Underground puts up a poll -- and then skews the answers that way by flooding it with people and/or creating macros to flood it with responses one way or the other) Mind flashing back to some tribune polls earlier in the season. . .

QUOTE(Mercy! @ Dec 13, 2005 -> 05:51 AM) Well, I don’t know about “First Rule,” but I understand your point. However, I would take exception to your use of the very loaded word, procreation, which is usually used in a humanities context, and often signifies those very specific human begetting activities. I think the more neutral word, reproduction, is more appropriate as it is commonly understood to encompass both asexual and sexual methods of organismal replication. JMHO. Fair point, and duly noted.

The Glasgow Cathedral The hills of County Kerry The park area around the Walker in Minneapolis The park in the middle of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Mont Royal in Montreal The field out behind my grandparents farm Northfield, MN Upper deck at USCF Lake Geneva, WI The beaches along the Gold Coast

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Dec 13, 2005 -> 11:45 AM) Killing Tookie doesn't put things right..........but its a start. I just want to know how it put something right. I'm asking this really genuinely, because I want to know exactly what this solved. If you're going to respond with sarcastic comments or smileys just don't bother answering. I'm serious, I want to know what this put right.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Dec 12, 2005 -> 09:51 PM) cognitive dissonance 10 points for use of that term. I will continue to score these debates in a similarly meaningful manner.

QUOTE(Steve Bartman's my idol @ Dec 12, 2005 -> 06:08 PM) People tend to go to extreme measures when their very existance is threatened. "Self-preservation is the first rule of Nature." Technically, procreation is the first rule of nature. Preservation in and of itself does not pass along one's genes and allow the species to survive.

Why, then, are more palestinians killed than Israelis? Seriously, if the Palestinians are the ones blowing up the innocents and old and by-standers, why are so many of them killed?

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Dec 11, 2005 -> 11:31 PM) Iran is in the process of acquiring nukes and their leader goes public saying he wants Isreal wiped off the map. If you were Isreal would you feel threatened? NAAAAAAAAH I'm not saying Iran is Captain Goody-Two-Shoes, I'm just saying that Israel has a lot of blood on its hands too. I'm not sure why so many people make it some black and white Israel = Good; Rest of Mideast = Bad. The whole bunch of them are bullies, imho.

Isreal: Committed to peace

Link Pathbreaking Comedian Richard Pryor Dies By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ, Associated Press Writer 5 minutes ago LOS ANGELES - Richard Pryor, the caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off, has died, his ex-wife said Saturday. He was 65. Pryor died of a heart attack at his home in the San Fernando Valley sometime late Friday or early Saturday, Flyn Pryor said. He had been ill for years with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative disease of the nervous system. The comedian was regarded early in his career as one of the most foul-mouthed comics in the business, but he gained a wide following for his expletive-filled but universal and frequently personal insights into modern life and race relations. His audacious style influenced an array of stand-up artists, including Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall and Damon Wayans, as well as Robin Williams, David Letterman and others. A series of hit comedies in the '70s and '80s, as well as filmed versions of his concert performances, helped make him Pryor one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood. He was one of the first black performers to have enough leverage to cut his own Hollywood deals. In 1983, he signed a $40 million, five-year contract with Columbia Pictures. His films included "Stir Crazy," "Silver Streak," "Which Way Is Up?" and "Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip."

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 9, 2005 -> 08:33 PM) you mean you like men without balls.... No, because I don't particularly care for you.

I'll probably see the movie, having read the book. And, I enjoyed the book, but even there I thought the symbolism and everything was a little too heavy handed. There were a couple times, when I would just groan. I like my symbolism like I like my men: understated and subtle. I think the Magician's Nephew is actually better than LW&W

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 9, 2005 -> 08:04 PM) Last night's dinner consisted of a portion of a bag of Doritos, 2/3 of a liter of Dr. Pepper, and a final exam. Tonight...leftover chicken alfredo. And maybe a grilled cheese. If I ever finish this mapping project. grad students represent.

Crap. We had to write critiques of everyone in my seminar's NSF grant proposals. And mine were WAAAAAAAAAAAAY harsher than everyone else's. I can't tell if I'm an elitist b**** or just a plain old b****. Crap. Guess I won't have friends again this year. . .

i'm still at work and have a migraine. Does Excedrin count as dinner? Because that's all I want.

I'd also take my best friend from college on vacation. We spent a week and a half in London/Edinburough, and she was the perfect travelling partner. So, I'd love to go somewhere fun and new with her again. I'd get my other best friend from college art supplies and I'd create a little studio for her so she can keep doing her art despite having a "real job."

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Dec 9, 2005 -> 11:27 AM) = B = not sad, unless you have to play bar chords until your fingers hurt. d minor, i've found it's the saddest of all keys. people weep instantly when they hear it.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Dec 9, 2005 -> 09:55 AM) Is this one of those loaded questions where if you don't say "peace on earth" or "the gift of life" of whatever, but instead say a "diamond bracelet for my wife" then you suck? Eh, I was going to go with My friend Courtney and an ipod. . . And then I would give my lab a new soundproof booth, running software, and new computers. . . Oh, and then maybe I would give Texas the "gift" of snow. . .

I admist I blatantly stole this from the Tribune. But I think it's kind of an interesting question. . . So, if you could give someone ANY gift, what would it be?

I'll start. Today I feel like the Mole from the Southpark Movie.

I downloaded some aimee mann yesterday, I'd never really heard of her or listened to her stuff--she's really good. I really like her.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 04:41 PM) lol i don't see this happening anywhere but conservative parts of the country (which is mostly in the south). Nope, it's everywhere. . . Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, PA. . . Finally, people are fighting EVILution!

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 04:37 PM) They are in mine. Mine too (in all 3 states I've lived in). (And I admit I'm one of them. . .)

QUOTE(Mercy! @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 04:34 PM) At what age did you cease to be young? Oh, I'm still young--I've just lost the angst.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 04:34 PM) mississippi is But it isn't just the south was my point. It's an unfair stereotype--ascientific people exist everywhere in this great land.