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Grandpa’s pipe convinced me that the only form of smoking I would ever take up would be pipe smoking. Bad for you it may have been, but damn if that wasn’t a wonderful smell. I loved it whenever he lit up his pipe.

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Gods dont kill people. People with Gods kill people. - David Viaene

The cheesecake could work for me too as long as it doesn’t have anything on it. I love plaincheese cake.

And yeah, Sis, I’ve loved chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream for ages. Rocky Hoad is another favorite along with Heavenly Hash and Mouse Tracks.

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Gods dont kill people. People with Gods kill people. - David Viaene

I do not have a good, warm feeling about this Iraq WMD nonsense.  The way Bush got us into this thing was ridiculous…liberating the Iraqi people, blah, blah, blah.  What I would have done was to remind Iraq of that little piece of paper they signed in 1991.  It went something like this:

We, the Iraqi government, unconditionally promise to drag our tired asses back to our god-forsaken sand box and leave the sand box known as Kuwait alone.  We will also dismantle our WMD programs and allow UN inspections.  We will do this if you crazy ass Americans stop killin’ the shit out of us and go back to watching Baywatch and MTV.

That they signed an unconditional surrender and reneged on the terms was enough reason (though I would not have attacked them for that).  I wish Bush had just allowed the Iraqi’s to continue their programs and if we were attacked, go in and get them (if Iraq was found to be the culprit).  This is a big country…we can handle a few thousand civilian casualties, the collapse of our financial markets, and panic in the streets.

Some proof here would be nice, Brock. You can have your opinion about existence, and when you fail to back it up with rational, it’s no big thing. I mean you’re only hurting yourself. I happen to think that democracy in general and the US in particular have contributed mightily to “peaceful positive co-existence” and without them I don’t think we’d have made it through the nuclear age. Isn’t the US supposedly a Christian nation? Buy a large print bible and actually read it before you decide that it contradicts itself or is too long. If you find a specific contradiction please let me know.

Les, just tell me were to send it, or go to http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1576738566/kasoftsoftware0c/002-3737129-4706450

OK, now things get really interesting. I’m going to make 3 major types of argument, and each will have minor supporting arguments. The overall thrust is to prove the existence of a Theistic God. I’ll start with my least favorite: The world based argument. I think we are all familiar with the idea of cause and effect. We use science to establish a cause – reproducible results are the underpinning of science. Since everything that had a beginning had a cause, the universe, which had a beginning had a cause.

Nothing does not produce anything. Things do not spring spontaneously into being (E=M(C[squared])).(OK can’t figure out how to superscript). Most evolutionists I’ve spoken with say they have explained our existence, when in reality they’ve only explored a possible explanation of the method. There was always this or that that the current thing evolved from. But even that primordial ooze had to come from somewhere.

The universe had a beginning. In spontaneous changes the universe tends to a state of greater disorder (2nd law of thermodynamics or Maxwell’s daemon). We are tending to disorder – wouldn’t there need to be an original state of order from which we are degenerating? Something (some cause) had to create that original state of order. There is less and less energy in the universe, at some point we had to be at the highest point of energy (the beginning) and we are heading to a point of no energy (absolute zero, or the end). The universe is expanding. If time reversed, the universe would collapse back into nothing- not a tiny dot. Hawking, Jastrow, almost all the imminent Physicists agree, all our math and physics, even the big bang theory agrees on this point. The scientific evidence leads to supernatural cause.

If there is no God (creator) why is there something instead of nothing?

Clinton’s little slip-ups???  Impeachment? Perjury?  Releasing ballistic missile technology to the Chinese?  Pardoning a convicted cocaine dealer because Daddy was a big time contributor to the party?  Bombing an aspirin factory in the Sudan?  An extended bombing campaign against Iraq in ’98 for almost exactly the same reasons Bush did this year?

Clinton did a hell of a lot of good things when he was in office, but overall the man was an embarrassment.  I was in the military during all of his “slip-ups” and you know what burned me up more than anything?  The Monica Lewinsky nonsense!  Clinton, as the Commander in Chief, was the guy who would have decided the rules to court-martial me if I was accused of adultery.  That little “slip-up” with the perjury and making false statements, would have bought me an extended “vacation” at beautiful Ft Leavenworth, Kansas.  It just chaps me that the lowest Airman in the Air Force or the lowest Private in the Army is held to a higher standard than the CINC.

I could list many idiotic things Bush has done (and he is an embarrassment much of the time), but come on…don’t make like Clinton just had a few “slip-ups”.  Neither Bush nor Clinton mows my lawn or pays any of my bills, so I can be objective in my criticism of both.

Liberals accommodate different viewpoints??!!  Paaaa-leeez, liberals can be just as narrow as conservatives.  From the way I see it, liberals are floundering these days because they don’t have an agenda.  “George Bush Sucks!” is not an agenda.  Where the hell is John Kennedy when you need him?  Actually much of what John got credited for was accomplished by LBJ and to a greater extent, Bobby Kennedy.  Give me a Bobby Kennedy any day, but these wishy-washy liberals…paaa-leeez.

Ooops, I’ve put a bull’s eye on my back again

What i find extremely odd is how exactly they know they have seen some vision of ‘virgin mary’ wtf? I’m sorry, was there some photograph of her and her son somewhere in the bible or did i miss that? Really, am i missing something here? I see clouds in the shape of poodles all the time but i don’t think there is really a crapload of poodles in the horizon, people should get a life, i find it odd that someone would freak out over something they don’t really have much evidence on besides a book. anyway, if god does exist and the devil does, i seriously think god should burn in hell because of theat passove tthing where god killed the first born egyptian because the jews weren’t being freed, i mean if my brother was killed even though he had nothing to do with the jews being killed thing, i would hate god very much, still poor jews and egyptian dudes, if i did believe in god, i would think the christians were worshipping the wrong god. yes, i got a little of subject, anyway, christians are kinda crazy little bastards huh?

cheap bastards..

Congrats! I conked out at t-minus 2 hours.

Mild Bill,
Speaking for myself, the emotional inflammation and offense is from the personal attacks. The FDR thing sounded like a compairison, if not, sorry. The German thing, You are 100% right, they did everything wrong! I was just saying that FDR’s speech must have seemed a lot more credible ( compaired to Bush’s) after seeing all the gee-wizz gadgets the Germans had. I don’t know about everyone else, but I can appreciate your perspective. It was your insults and belittling approach that invited backlash.

Les, Sorry for the brawl. Next time I promise to keep it a little more toned down. By the way, ya got any buckets?(LOL)

Congrats! I had a ball reading it all!

Stargate SG-1 rocks. Best SF show on TV.

We rather like Unscrewed, ourselves. Definitely an entertaining show.

Ah wait!  THe kid is up!  I can kick her off her PC for an hour and use it to word process my study group stuff!  Woot!  She wants to watch television anyway and I’m currently doing homework in the living-room (I can’t concentrate with the tv on unless it’s math and I’m not working on math right now.) Hurrah!  Found away around possibly distrubing the Bastard while completing the stuff I need to do too by 1pm.  Outta here....

BTW I’m proud of ya honey, bunny!

There is a don’t disturb The Bastard sign on our bedroom door at the moment:-) I’m even in the living-room on the laptop.  Unfortunately the Bastard didn’t install WORD on it and I can’t find the version for Win 98 (the XP of Office won’t load… I just need WORD to complete my homework tasks before study group at 1pm this afternoon.  Arg!  I wonder if I can sneak into the bedroom without disturbing my comatose Bastard for about an hour while completing those tasks:-( I don’t want to disturb, but I need WORD!  AHHHH....  Of course, if I turn off the sound, maybe he’ll be comatose enough to NOT be disturbed:-)

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Freedom is not worth having;
if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
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No spare floor space, I’m afraid, but I must offer a little clarification on what I’ll be doing at Dragon Con.  With the author’s permission, I will definitely be reading “The Porcelain Salamander,” by Orson Scott Card (aloud--watching me read it silently would be pretty boring) as a performance piece.  Just me, no one else, like listening to an audio book but with smells if you’re close enough.

Not to be confused with my friends at the Atlanta Radio Theater Company, who will be there as they are every year, with--I think--performances scheduled for Friday and Saturday night.  The ARTC do fully cast live radio drama, and are really good at it.  I’ve performed with them before, and might again at this event, I’m not sure how it’ll end up, but what the ARTC does WON’T be anything in connection with Orson Scott Card.

The short story is one I’ve done before with a lot of positive feedback.  It’s really a chance to see me do something that’s not restricted by the confines of anime, yet not a “Man of 1,000 Voices” tour de force either.  Just an excellent little fable told well, I hope.  It’s my favorite story by OSC, too.  I’ll have CD’s on hand to sell of some Edgar Allen Poe after the performance as well.

Thanks Les, for mentioning it, and congratulations on beating your blogathon goal!

Michael

We need to hang a “Don’t Disturb the Bastard” sign on the site.

I plan to go straight past deep sleep and hit coma level of unconsciousness very soon.... :sleepy:

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Gods dont kill people. People with Gods kill people. - David Viaene

Hey, I am one of those of little content, buddy.  Heh.

“Enslaved gerbils”?  You NEED some sleep, Les my friend.  *laughing*

I know what you mean about some of the things that make “anniversary” news. I can’t remember too much about that specific incident… usually though there is some reason to say “yeah, glad the result was _____, but what about the _______ ?”

You are doing great - one more to go!

Les, you done good, babe. You hung in there and kicked some ass, and raised a very respectable sum for your charity while you were at it. Nice job!

*applauds*

And in just a little bit, you finally get to REST!

1 hour to go! Yay!

Meh...if you want to feel better about not having anything to write, visit my place. My gimmick fell apart, on account of my having paying work yesterday and part of today. Talk about pitiful!

I’m not worried about staying awake, I just don’t have anything worth writing about anymore. I’m writing about one show ending and another beginning. Sad. Sad sad sad sad sad…

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Gods dont kill people. People with Gods kill people. - David Viaene

LOL!! That’s what I thought about Austin Powers, when I first watched it: “Oh good, I’m of a sufficiently dimmed brainpower that I can enjoy this!!”

We can make it. Just 3 and a half more hours to go…

Or in the middle of the day

Late night TV sucks. I keep wanting to write posts about the Craftmatic Adjustable Bed but I’m certain no one sees these lame ass commercials but me.

Which explains my investment in series television DVD’s. *lol*

Soiling oneself is only acceptable blogathon behavior if you have a digital camera to take a picture of it. *lol*

EXCELLENT!

69, DUDE!!!!

Whoaa!!

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Gods dont kill people. People with Gods kill people. - David Viaene

If I’m really you...And you’re really me…

What number an I thinking?

Thanks for the encouragement. Cause I’m definitely feeling the call of the pillow at the moment. I think this will be the Hour from Hell and the quality of my entries will suffer until I can get my second wind, but I WILL MAKE IT TO THE END!

I just hope I don’t end up soiling myself like some of those marathon runners sometimes do…

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Gods dont kill people. People with Gods kill people. - David Viaene

I think it’s more a matter of infomercials are worthless by definition and aren’t meant to entertain whereas the presumption is that a show is meant to entertain and if it doesn’t then it’s crap. That’s not to say that infomercials aren’t crap or can’t be crap, but I don’t watch them long enough to determine one way or the other so I don’t classify them.

Wow, that’s a pretty complex explanation for someone who’s brain isn’t functioning at full capacity at the moment. Damn I’m impressive.

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Gods dont kill people. People with Gods kill people. - David Viaene

Keep up the good work, sweetie! And if you need someone to throw a topic atcha, email me. I’m wide awake. Cuz I’m a damn vampire who sleeps all day.

So...Here’s a burning question for you.

You seem to consider infomercials to be in a different category than crap.  In your humble opinion, which exists on a higher plane of hell: infomercials or crap?

On the other hand the necrophiliac “Girls Gone Bad” line friggin’ cracked me up.

Thankee.  I needed that.

I’m still here. A little tired, but still here. I can tell my thinking’s being affected, though, because I’m getting annoyed at stupid commercials.

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Gods dont kill people. People with Gods kill people. - David Viaene

Hang in there!  I’m with ya!

Ah Minx, the sleep Nazi...How I delight in his prankish antics! How restful the clacking sound of his tiny jack-boots as he goose steps me into restful slumber. Wow, now I am actually tired, Gute Nacht!

Being two months old when our father died I have no knowledge of him at all.  I never even asked my mom for a picture of him until my mid-twenties.  But Grandpa’s death hit me hard too.  I still smell a pipe and smile.

Another middle child checking in here, Les.

Might be why I like you so much. Now I can sing “Stuck in the middle with you......”

Big hug to you, hon. BIG hug.

Cookie dough ice cream is the best!  See I learned something about you I didn’t know today!

Whatever keeps you awake man.

Not a problem. Completely understandable as I’m on the verge of gibberish mode myself.

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Gods dont kill people. People with Gods kill people. - David Viaene

I take a raincheck on this conversation until my brain is rested up and can think again.  *yaaawn*

LOL!  Too funny, Les.  Hey, that would make a great sitcom!

I didn’t dodge it, I gave an honest answer! I can’t think of anyone in Hollywood I would want to marry. Hell, I wasn’t sure I wanted to marry Anne for the longest time. I’d pretty much given up on the idea that I could possibly get married by the time I made it to her after having been through two previous engagements that didn’t last.

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Gods dont kill people. People with Gods kill people. - David Viaene

I don’t know if he does or not, but he may end up reading this so if he does know he might chime in.

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Gods dont kill people. People with Gods kill people. - David Viaene

“A Brief History of Time” is one of my favorite books of the ever-ever.  One of these days I’ll have to sit down with you and talk about the swiss-cheese holes in the time-space continuum (or space-time, depending)...I’ve yet to find another person who’s read that book, let alone thought that it was life altering…

Though you’ve totally dodged the famous-person part of the question - I’ll let it slide...for now.  :^)

He’d buy a big ole house, as soon as the debt was paid… first and foremost.  He’d help friends and family with debts too.... but if he didn’t get the house asap his wifey might have to thump his ass in the not so kinky, but very painful way:-)

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Freedom is not worth having;
if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
- Ghandi