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QUOTE(Fotop @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 02:23 AM) Man am I glad all my parents read me was "Good Night, Moon." Now THATs a book. At church camp I would read Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to the kids at bed time--they would be asleep in a flash. Highly recommended.

Wow, she's had a bad year. Hopefully she gets some help.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 01:32 PM) Duh! Christians don't believe in the use of mind-altering substances. No, that's scientology you're thinking of.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 01:05 PM) I'm trying to decide if I am hungry for lunch. If I am hungry...what do I want? You are, and you want a turkey sub on white with provolone cheese, tomato, hot peppers, and vinegar.

Wow. I hope they stick to that commitment--it will surely work better for them.

Kwok. Or Peach Morte Subite. I don't even drink, but maybe if I lived in Belgium it would be a different story. . . Belgium is my spiritual beer homeland--must make pilgrimage.

QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 11:35 AM) You take the good, you take the bad. You take em both and there you have... The Facts of Life... Cause the world don't move to the beat of just one drum. What might be right for you, may not be right for some.... Diff'rent Strokes we got Diff'rent Strokes. Ugh, gag me with a spoon!

QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 11:35 AM) You take the good, you take the bad. You take em both and there you have... The Facts of Life... Cause the world don't move to the beat of just one drum. What might be right for you, may not be right for some.... Diff'rent Strokes we got Diff'rent Strokes. Ugh, gag me with a spoon!

Um, the Beach Boys are American, right?

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 01:55 PM) Dallas is a little far for me this time around, but I was thinking about eloping and never coming back to PA.... Just out of curiosity--what part of PA are you from? And, safe travels!

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 09:06 AM) Rome is on my "must see" list after the Valley of the Kings in Eygpt and Jerusalem. I spent about a week there when I was abroad and it's amazing. I loved it--so beautiful. The people are incredibly nice and kind, and it's just a truly magical place. I loved being surrounded by history, just incredible. Funny Rome story: I was walking around some of the ruins, an old market place and this man comes up to me and says (in English with a thick Italian Accent) It's a Beeeeeuuuutiful day. Then he proceeds to give me a tour of the whole area saying what the ruins used to be and lots of cool info like that. It was really cool--afterwards he invited me back to his apartment, but I really appreciated having my own Roman tour guide for an hour-ish. The Italians were definitely some of the nicest people I met on my travels.

QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 05:08 PM) This thread a one act play. Player A: You're stupid and God exists but show me your stupidity anyway. Prove it with math. Player B, C, D: What are you, stupid? Player A: No you are. Statistics, statistics, statistics. Player E: This doesn't make sense because of "hole in theory" here, here, and here. Player A: That is so stupid, youre an idiot. Statistics, statistics, statistics. Player F: Mmmm. I like Beer. Makes me believe in God. Player G, C, E: I agree. Beer is good and a good case for God. Player A: Stop being so stupid and show me how stupid you are! Statistics, Statistics, Statistics. Player H: This doesn't make sense because of "hole in theory" here, here, and here. Player B: This is dumb and so are you. Player A: No, you're stupid! Stupid Stupid Stupid! Statistics, Statistics, Statistics. The End. This made me laugh. I heart wino.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 10:18 AM) Ok so tomorrow (well no it's really later today), I go schmoozing with HR executives from Accounting and Finance Companies from around here. Luckily there's a huge demand for accountants at the moment (glad I didn't choose Information Technology after all), but still I need to get some vacation work this summer, and hopefully this is the start of me putting my foot in the door. Buena suerte!

I also enjoyed how the way they "castrated" the Tenders and Biddies was by having them watch all the births in the community. Lord knows the live birth we had to watch in h.s. bio did more for me not wanting to have sex as the STD slide show. The death of his fish, and his reaction to it was really interesting to me too. He was more upset about the fish than pretty much all of the other deaths he was privvy to. And finally, my favorite scene was the one near the end how he's serving dinner to the hijacked passanger and tells them if they break any rules of etiquette they're getting shot. I was laughing through that whole thing.

Awesome. Canadian lab to test 'sasquatch' hair Tue Jul 26,12:48 AM ET VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - The debate over the existence of sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, an ape-like creature said to haunt the wilderness of western Canada has entered the world of modern DNA testing. A laboratory will test hair samples that several residents of Teslin, Yukon, say were left when the large, but so-far mythological creature made a late-night run through their community in early July. University of Alberta wildlife geneticist David Coltman, who agreed to do the tests as a favor to a colleague, said on Monday that scientists have cataloged the DNA of nearly all large animals in the Yukon such as bears and bison. "So we'll compare it to all of that, and if it doesn't match anything, then it's potentially interesting," said Coltman, who suspects the hair was actually left behind by a much more mundane Yukon bison. "If sasquatch is indeed a primate, then we would expect the sample to be closer to humans or chimpanzees or gorillas," Coltman said. The legend of a large, hairy, two-legged creature lurking in the mountains of western Canada and the United States dates back to before Europeans settled the continent. This was the second report of the creature near Teslin in just over a year. In the latest sighting, a group of Teslin residents told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. they heard branches cracking and saw a large human-like creature run by a house. It left behind large footprints, they said, and the hair tufts that were given to wildlife officials. Coltman expects to have his results on Thursday and said that even if the hair turns out not to be from a sasquatch, the process should serve as good way to get students interested in the field of DNA testing. "It's sort of like a wildlife CSI story," he said.

QUOTE(WSox30 @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 01:47 PM) he was in paris Poor Parisians--not even they deserve to have him in their midst.

Ski, I take it you took care of the Jersey Curse problem?

Speaking of idiots, I haven't heard anything about Moronatti in ages (I'm not complaining). Is he still around?

My dad is a carpenter, so our house usually IS a construction site. I cannot even count the times I've been woken up by the saw, planer, god only knows what else in his shop downstairs, or hammering, or whatever. It sucks.

AND 20 cows. If someone made that offer to my dad, I'd be married in under 2 minutes.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 11:26 AM) History of Notre Dame Mascot and team I was using the fighting irish to prove a point. I have to watch myself I remember how fanatic the Notre Dame fans are. LOL But what I think is funny is that people automatically assume that Notre Dame = Official Irish Football Team. I am from the old country. Trust me, no one knows a thing about Notre Dame in the fields of Ireland. They played in Dublin a few years back and people were pissed that the Gaelic Football Final was moved out one week for it. I understand that no one in Ireland cares about Notre Dame. The reason my grandma thought it referred to her dad was because he was always picking a fight. So, that was more my point than Notre Dame is HUGE in Ireland, because well no one in Europe really cares at all about American Football (or American sports in general).

Thanks, that was nice (with the exception of the mullet night comment). Good read.

QUOTE(Fotop @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 03:43 AM) Funny thing is that there are actually people that do believe that about the "fightin'" irish. Whackos. Actually, when my grandma was little she thought the Fighting Irish was her dad (he was from the old country). So, yeah, some people do believe it. And HELL YEAH! to the win!

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 02:47 PM) So Mr Showtime has a shot with your friend??? Hey man, once they're 18 then they can come to Soxy, but before that my friend'll take 'em.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 01:06 PM) For atheists who are clueless mathematics is what governs my faith. Not what some man of the cloth thinks or says. I choose to beleive because I have found harmony in my vast knowledge of mathematics & science with that of my knowledge in Christianity. I can write 1000's of pages correlating the three but that would be pointless here because many of you don't value mathematics or science as I do. I have yet to find one scientific fact or mathematical premise that contradicts my interpretation of the Word of God. If you choose to challenge that do it in another thread. Likewise since my foundation lies in math & science I am able to converge other faiths to that same foundation just like my peers do in Asia. We have found spiritual harmony in our love of math & science & we probably will grow to be the biggest threat atheism could ever imagine.