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QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 05:48 PM) Dude, get it right, Orange is today, Green is tommorrow. Yellow = pssh. :rolly Pffffffft, whoever said orange is the new pink is seriously deranged!!!!!

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 05:05 PM) Alright we have 2 owners now I crush your team like a GRAPE!!!!!

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 04:25 PM) Cingular looks like the best coverage, but I dont think they have an in network plan where its free to other users in the network. Everyone else has that plan. I watch like 45 minutes of tv a week, and even I have seen those commercials about their free innetwork stuff (the Cingular/At&T family). I have Cingular and it is free mobile to mobile w/i Cingular.

That's actually pretty cool.

What was the famous civil rights activist who once said: A woman's position in our movement is prone. I wish I could remember his name. Some big "peace, love and equality" hypocrit.

One of my top 5 favorite websites. I'm working on my secret to send in.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 12:45 PM) I don't think they ever were shocked, or surprised by it. It is also their job and there are people all over the world that work with critters of this sort that get attacked, and that don't get attacked. I would say it was an "accident", especially after all the years that they did this stuff. I wasn't trying to be mean to you, I am always just shake my head, though, when people play or try and tame wild animals and then are all shocked when they attack. If it's not been domesticated for at least 2,000 years I am not going to go near it. And if you do, well good luck.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 12:27 PM) That's cool. Anybody know if they still have any of the wild animals at their place? Or did they clear them all out after the accident? Is getting attacked by a tiger *really* an accident? EARTH TO SIGFRIED AND ROY: IT'S A WILD f***ING ANIMAL!!!!!! IF IT ATTACKS YOU, DON'T BE SHOCKED. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WILD f***ING ANIMALS DO: ATTACK s***! AND IF YOU ARE THE s*** THEY ARE ATTACKING DON'T EXPECT ANY PITY FROM ME!!!!!

The more I hear about Shaq the more I like him. . .He seems like a rare breed of person. Kudos to him for being a positive role model.

I feel like Molly f***ing Ringwald in 16 Candles.

Dammit, not even I want to make a smart ass comment about her day, she's so happy. . . Well, my little junior high friend, I'm glad someone had a good day at the ballpark today!

I went with the writers. I cannot watch a poorly written film. Bad acting is forgiveable, but bad scripts can make even the best actors look like idiots (see: The Island).

I forgot. As a religious school we had (optional) daily chapel. I decided to go, partly to get a reaction from the school pastor and president (both of whom are really wonderful men whom I really respect). Usually daily chapel has less than 50 people, but that day it was packed. People were sitting in the aisle, the choice loft in the narthex was completely full, the hallway outside the church was also packed. I just remember sitting there surrounded by my classmates and feeling so blessed to be part of such a really storng and caring community. It was a very sad service, but it felt really good to be with other people who were just as confused and scared as I was. . .

I had 8am Spanish that day, and it was in the top floor of the farthest out building on campus. When I got out, at like 9:30 we were all walking down the steps and when we got to the ground floor of the building we couldn't even stand on the main floor because everyone was just standing staring at the tv and the plane in the building. I was really shocked, and I felt really odd about it. But it didn't make any sense to me at all. I felt like it totally wasn't real. So, I pushed through the crowd and walked to my next class (I didn't really understand the enormity of what happened). Anyway, the professor had the tv in class running and was just standing there crying and watching it. I would say I was one of maybe 3 kids out of 60 that actually showed up. But she said that there wouldn't be class, but if we wanted to we could stay and watch the coverage. I didn't stay, and I think I still didn't really understand. I think it only really sunk in when I was walking to the Commons/Student Union and I saw my friend who was running College Democrats, and he was just crying, flat out full scale crying. And I talked to him and gave him a hug and I think that's when I realized it was real. Anyway, went back to my dorm room, but I didn't have tv so I walked aorund the corridor until I found an open door with tv and just sat down and watched it with a complete stranger. We both just sat there in utter silence. I remember watching the first tower fall, and I was really scared then. I called my dad and I asked him if this meant we were going to war and he said, Yes. Definitely the most surreal day of my life.

Happy Birthday to everyone's favorite Aussie!!!!!!

I would have thought he would have made it there by now.

I was a big fan of the Carmen SanDiego games. We had so many of those. I loved them..

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 05:08 PM) I swear I was told that the King James Bible was more of a Protestant translation - is that correct? I am a little out of it on sinus meds so my memory might be tainted. Good question, I'm not sure. I know it's names after King James I, who was Elizabeth I's second cousin (the son of her cousin Mary Queen of Scots, who was Catholic). But I don't know for certain either way. Either way it came about during some of the most turbulent religious times I can think of. . . EDIT: After Mary's execution, James was raised Protestant--so your memory serves you correctly.

I would never have thought it, but epigenetics is absolutely fascinating. Truly awesome.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 01:38 PM) Which is why most evangelical Christians refer to the KJV as the best Bible source. To illustrate your point: There is reference of a huge army in the book of Revelations. KJV: 9:16: And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand. In a Vatican II bible in the late 60's that was translated as 200,000. Years later it was changed to 2,000,000. For your reading pleasure: http://www.cforc.com/kjv/index.html Actually, the KJV is one of the politically motivated translations. I would say for pure scholarly translation the only version is the NRSV.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 11:38 AM) I've never used corn tortillas due to being told that they fall apart too easy and that the flour are the way to go. So you're telling me I've been mislead??? store bought ones aren't that tasty--but homemade/fresh ones can absolutely NOT be beat. . .

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 10:56 AM) Thanks Soxy Thanks a lot Heathen Jim Yep, yep. Although, I would like to take this moment to say. . . Biblical translations have ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS been manipulated to reflect current religious tone and opinion. (I think in this respect the Muslims may be onto something: allowing the Koran to be read only in its native Arabic.) So, although the Bible may be divinely inspired (not saying either way on that) the translation of the Bible is, shall we say, guided by the hand of men. From the stupid taking of Noah's rejection of his son Ham (although, hmmmm, maybe that's why Jews can't eat pork. . .) to be a rejection of people of color and a rationalization for doing so (still scrathing my head at that one) to flat out mistranslations there are some problems with a lot of translations. So, sadly, I don't speak Hebrew or Greek, but I always, on those really tricky passages check out a bible or Greek/Hebrew dictionary to make sure I'm getting the real Bible's view--not some monk or translator. I can think of some examples, but without my trusty NRSV Oxford Bible, I think I'll refrain.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 10:03 AM) One thing I would like to interject here for some historical reference, many of the arguements that were made against interracial marriage had biblical references that were used to justify them. I believe the main verse used had something to do with marrying people who shared your beliefs? Can someone help me out here? Question: “What does the Bible say about interracial marriage?” Answer: The Old Testament law commanded the Israelites not to engage in interracial marriage (Deuteronomy 7:3-4). The reason for this is that the Israelites would be led astray from God if they intermarried with idol worshippers, pagans, or heathens. A similar principle is laid out in the New Testament, but at a much different level: “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14). Just as the Israelites (believers in the one true God) were commanded not to marry nonbelievers, so Christians (believers in the one true God) are commanded not to marry unbelievers. To answer this question specifically, no, the Bible does not say that interracial marriage is wrong. A person should be judged by his or her character, not by skin color. All of us should be careful not to show favoritism to some, nor be prejudiced or racial to others (James 2:1-10, see especially verses 1 and 9). A Christian man or woman's standard for selecting a mate should always be to find out if the person they are interested in is a Christian (2 Corinthians 6:14), someone who is born again by faith in Jesus Christ (John 3:3-5). Faith in Christ, not skin color, is the Biblical standard for choosing a spouse. Interracial marriage is not a matter of right or wrong, but of wisdom, discernment, and prayer. The only reason interracial marriage should be considered carefully is because of the difficulties a mixed-race couple may experience because others will have a hard time accepting them. Many interracial couples experience discrimination and ridicule, sometimes even from their own families. Some interracial couples experience difficulties when their children have skin tones of different shades from the parents and/or siblings. An interracial couple needs to take these things into consideration and be prepared for them, should they decide to marry. Again, though, the only Biblical restriction placed on whom a Christian in regards to marriage is whether the other person is a member of the Body of Christ. from: http://www.gotquestions.org/interracial-marriage.html

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 10:18 AM) I greatly prefer corn tortillas to flour tortillas. Moreover, I've known this about myself for some time, but never told anybody before now. That's because corn tortillas are about 10000000000000000000 million times better than flour. I got hooked when I was in Mexico for a while and could stop at the tortilla shop and get them hot off the press. Mmmmmmmmmm, that was sooooooooo good. Sometimes I would roll and just eat it plain, and sometimes I would put a little smidge of salsa. That was heaven. HEAVEN. . . Man, now I'm all hungry.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 10:11 PM) It's like Basketball for the drunk and out of shape portion of America. Which is everyone that isn't in the NBA.