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QUOTE (sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 14, 2008 -> 09:23 AM) Yeah, I'm an hour between the two cities. Not a bad place to live for some weekend fun. Personally I thinking living an hour or two either way would be better for weekend fun but you enjoy that small town Mr. Mellencamp

There are two widely respected and accepted theories on arguing and fighting with women. Neither one works. BO would get TO'd by Big MO. And he would pay and pay and pay.

I don't have Photoshop or similar on this machine and need an areal photo cleaned up to create more of an aerial map for planning and presentation purposes. I would like all vegetation, etc. removed and just boundaries of a few things. Can anyone give me a hand?

Is it too early to wish all my friend on soxtalk a very Merry Christmas or the holiday of your choosing during the final quarter of the calendar year? So, what does everybody want

I have one last series that is still pissing me off and my filters can't catch them As seen on

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 14, 2008 -> 10:41 AM) Mine partially paid to put siding on my house. It looks good too

It's been awhile. How about them government handouts?

Reading the entire article The Nats don't have money to make a play for Manny, but are front runners for Teixeira? If Boras would represent me, I'd hire him in a minute. Hello Grad School with a $100,000 guarantee and no TA load One player doesn't work on a small or medium payroll, this isn't basketball. No matter if he's "worth" $20 mil per year or not.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I hope you get around to actually reading this, we miss you.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 14, 2008 -> 08:31 AM) Knock, knock. Who is there? Sports Illustrated. damn, how soon I forget.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Nov 14, 2008 -> 02:01 AM) yeah it was funny to me at first, too. But, read the comments on her myspace blog. A lot of sick people are trying tear her down for no reason, some even mentioning the thought of suicide being funny. I don't understand people like that. Post on a message board she may never see? hilarious, but possibly/probably wrong. There is some gray area. Post on her myspace page? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. That is a classic taking a joke waaaay tooo far. I don't think the op on the body building forum had any idea it would get that big. Think of the thread starts here, non have gone that wide.

This was predicted, once we elected a dark man from the middle east, an exoplanet would appear, and soon we'd be communists . . . HELLP!!

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Nov 13, 2008 -> 01:57 PM) Find the Director of Catering and events at the Hilton. Explain to them that you are thinking about booking (wink-wink) an event there in 2010 and that your group would have evenings free and would probably hit the outlets (restaurant, bar etc.). If they're any good at their job, they'll hook you up at their fine dining restaurant. If you weren't with co workers, this would be a serious suggestion. I have played some of the best private golf courses in America by having my pro call the other pro and hooking me up because I was considering a move to their area. Some would bill me, most would not. They almost always found a member or members to include me. Best deal anywhere.

Hmmm. Seems a bit low.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 13, 2008 -> 02:13 PM) But you're using some strong words here: You make it seem that all atheists wish ill will towards Christians. I'm sure a large portion of them find the topic of heaven as irrelevant and wouldn't proactively "hope" that it didn't exist. QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Nov 13, 2008 -> 02:14 PM) I don't think the poster was saying that you can't have goodness with god. I think it was trying to say that you can have goodness with god and without god. I see you points, agree that the way I wrote the post does come off that way, so please allow me to rephrase. Different ways to write that poster. Leave off any mention of God. Good for goodness sake. Appeals to the broadest range of humans. Wonderful sentiment that the broadest group of humanity could embrace. What could anyone reject in that? A simple beautiful message for a better tomorrow. Don't believe in God? . . . Again leaves the believers in the mix and invites non believers as well. Why Believe in God? . . . Challenges those that believe. Tells the believers this isn't for you unless you reject God, and IMHO, all that goes with a Christian God, which would include heaven. Appeals to a smaller, but still sizable segment of humanity and places one group in opposition the other. So which truly is goodness for goodness sake? I do not believe that message was core for this group.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 13, 2008 -> 02:05 PM) Talk about generalizing. Sheesh. I don't think everyone who believes in an afterlife hopes that others get into heaven also. Just look at radical Islamists. Likewise, people who don't necessarily believe in an afterlife wouldn't automatically hope there isn't a heaven. Because the poster mentions God, it would seem they are targeting a Christian deity. And because we seem to be debating atheism here, which is an outright rejection of any sort of higher being, I did not think it was too much of a generalization. The poster is the one promoting goodness and rejecting God. So which is goodness for goodness sake?

Let's recap. If you believe in an afterlife, and you promote your beliefs, you are hoping that others get to heaven also. If you do not believe in an afterlife, and you want to promote your beliefs, you are hoping they don't have a heaven to get into, and they share your nothing else attitude. Which is good for goodness sakes again?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 13, 2008 -> 01:24 PM) Most species become extinct and there is no singular answer for "why?" besides "life's a b****." I still don't see why any of this would make people uncomfortable with a scientific theory. It's like being afraid of the theory of gravity because it hurts when you fall. You wouldn't. We can stop here.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 13, 2008 -> 01:04 PM) Extinction. Why would that make a scientific theory uncomfortable for anyone? It's a reality. And why do some species become extinct?

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Nov 13, 2008 -> 12:51 PM) American Humanist Association is an organization that promotes secular and other forms of humanism. The ad is centered around helping other people for the sake of helping other people. Not because what will happen to you in the afterlife or your because god tells you to do it. I think its pretty straight forward and un offending. Much better than most religious signs that call people "baby killers" or tell us that we are "going to burn in hell". I don't believe that many, and certainly not most, religious signs mention baby killers. But maybe in your neck of the woods. If the ad was to help other people for the the sake of helping others, why was God even mentioned? Isn't helping people for the sake of helping enough? Why must you reject God in the process?

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 13, 2008 -> 12:43 PM) Head on over to Broad Street and check out the burnt-out car hulls with "PHILLIES #1!!!!" painted on them. Isn't that where all the strip clubs are?

QUOTE (sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 13, 2008 -> 12:35 PM) uh oh... I don't like where this is going. To where darwin becomes uncomfortable for some? I like that spot.

street food in Lincoln Park.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 13, 2008 -> 12:10 PM) Check out Dawkin's The Selfish Gene. It talks about evolution and how organisms are programmed to pass on as many copies of their genes as possible globally and not necessarily individually. .So what does it mean when a species is not able to pass on any copies of their genes?

I do not find an incompatibility between evolution and my religious views. In one camp are the High Priests of Science who claim, after looking at ancient fossils, that life came from a primordial soup and nothing has evolved higher than humans. They can't really explain with absolute proof where the material came from to begin with, it just was. On the other camp, Religions have seen the fossil records and believe that someone or something evolved to a higher level than humans and created this life. They too can't explain with absolute certainty where the raw materials came from. It just was. Much like we have created new genetically altered plants and animals, so too could a higher being have genetically altered this life and set in motion this process of evolution.