INSERT INTO `phpbb3_posts` VALUES (186282,13944,16,14,0,'72.77.105.149',1155627637,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','It would just be shocking to me if the original post linked to an ebay site. SHOCKING I SAY!!\r\n\r\nPeople want legit Daria DVDs for the superior quality, possibility of extras, and if they sell well the possibility of Daria returning in some format or another. After all, if Fox can learn a lesson, maybe MTV can to.\r\n\r\nCrazy \"OK, that theory is a bit farfetched\" Nutso','',0,'gA==','da4ce',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186283,13943,3,114,0,'210.9.136.108',1155627708,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":D\" Excellent photos - what a lovely place. \":-)\"\r\n\r\nSuggestion though - shrink the photos to reasonable web size and link to the larger ones for those who want to see them in all their glory.','',0,'gA==','ead5e',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186284,13896,5,14,0,'72.77.105.149',1155627830,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I have the Jake & Elwood figures, but not the cars. They tower nicely over all my inaction figures. And my Scutter.\r\n\r\nCN','',0,'gA==','02d59',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186285,13906,10,114,0,'210.9.136.108',1155628239,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Rich is working overseas at the moment - London or Paris IIRC. He promised to drop in and say hi from time to time.\r\n\r\nI bet he never had any idea when he started this what it\'d turn into.','',0,'gA==','e256d',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186286,13906,10,245,0,'69.164.8.156',1155628260,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Rufus":b92c1]what happend to the paperpusher? does he still post[/quote:b92c1]\r\n\r\nDidn\'t he move to Japan to be a teacher? And honestly, since I\'ve been here I\'ve only seen him for one or two periods of time each lasting less than a week.','',0,'gA==','b92c1',1,0,'',245,0,0),(186287,13193,6,51,0,'209.240.206.214',1155632971,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[Daria is walking in the hall when Jane catches up to her] \n\nJane: Hey... \n\nDaria: Oh. [A pause] Hi. \n\nJane [her voice dragging a bit]: What\'s up? What\'s going on? How you doing? \n\nDaria [yawns]: Great.\n \nJane [sighs]: No walkee to school today? What happened?\n \n[Daria sighs]\n \nJane [Unenthusiastically]: Hey, what\'s up? Talk to me. \n\nDaria: I kissed your boyfriend. \n\n[that\'s not a response Jane expected; she freezes on the spot, bleary-eyed and bored] \n\nJane: Hm, what?\n \nDaria: I kissed your boyfriend. I kissed... wait a minute... [she fishes a script out of her backpack] I kissed your boyfriend. I kissed... Richard Milhouse Nixon?!? [She gives the director an unbelieving look, then rolls her eyes.] I didn\'t mean to.\n\nJane: I can imagine why. Listen, aren\'t you getting tired of doing this same old scene over and over?\n\nDaria: Deadly tired. Listen, you want to just go for some pizza?\n\nJane: Best idea I\'ve heard all day.\n\nDaria [Walking off]: Besides, how can anything to what A. J. just did.\n\nJane [Going with her]: Yeah! Now that was fun!\n\nDaria [Offscreen, voice fading in the distance]: Yeah, for you maybe...\n\n[They\'re gone now, leaving Andrea, Burnout Girl, and several other bit players to stare questioningly at the director.]\n\nGuy [Just catching on to what\'s happened]: ... hey...\n_______\n\nGuy','',0,'','646cf',1,0,'',51,0,0),(186288,13945,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155634440,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Severe Learning Curve ahead...','I\'ve mentioned that there are only seven people in the place where I work, and of those seven, there are five languages spoken: Japanese, Spanish, Thai, something dialectically related to Thai, and English.\r\n\r\nAnd I am going to add some spoiler space here, because, although it is not scatological in nature, the subject matter is, um, rather mature...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n/\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n/\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n/\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n/\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n/\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOK. The scenario is this: Monica, who speaks English, wants to learn Spanish, so she can cuss out her mother and for a few other reasons. Luz speaks Spanish, is trying to get her citizenship papers (she is from Columbia), and is trying to learn English. I am working close at hand, and am at times inside and outside of the conversation. More spoiler spaces...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n/\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n/\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n/\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n/\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSo, Monica asks Luz something that I do not quite hear, and her response is: \'la cucaracha\'. That I know. And, Like Captain DumDum, I add to the conversation (like I said, coming in and out of it, just like Cho does from time to time). Now, you have to realize I\'m working with three women. That should give a little clue, but, as Captain DumDum, I make the assumption that I am working with three other people. Wrong. So I say, \'la cucaracha\'? Isn\'t that \"cockroach\"?. Luz looks at Monica, and Monica looks back at her, then, very gently says to me,\"\'La Cucaracha\' is a term for female genitalia.\"\r\n\r\nI am dumbfounded. No, I am thunderstruck, because \'dumbfounded\' means \"struck dumb (silent)\". I look at them both, as they are having a hearty laugh (deservedly) at my expense, and I continue,\"You have GOT to be shitting me! \'La Cucaracha\' means \"Pussy\"??!!! I mean, it could have something floral like \'Heaven\'s Petals\', or the \'Flower of Contentment\'. Or, it could be given something wondrous and ethereal like, \'The Jade Gate\' (which I actually understand it is called that in China), or \'The Source of All That Is Wonderful and Glorious In The Universe\', and you are telling me it means \'COCKROACH\'?!\"\r\n\r\n\"Yep, that\'s what it means.\"\r\n\r\nSo, I am asking all of you out there with some knowledge of Spanish: is this true, or is my leg being pulled? And if it is true, does that significantly change the meaning and tenor of the song by the same name that features Pancho Villa?','',0,'','88c4c',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186289,13896,5,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155636844,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Finally, someone else who\'s seen Bullitt. (One of my favorite movies for a few reasons.)\r\n\r\nWhat\'s a scutter?','',0,'','25d2f',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186290,13906,10,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155637169,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Isa Yo-Jo":cb0a3][quote="Rufus":cb0a3]what happend to the paperpusher? does he still post[/quote:cb0a3]\nDidn\'t he move to Japan to be a teacher? And honestly, since I\'ve been here I\'ve only seen him for one or two periods of time each lasting less than a week.[/quote:cb0a3]\r\nI heard from a friend who has a friend who was his college roommate\'s brother\'s friend that Rich was bitten by a radioactive Fashion Club member and gained the power to distinguish color hues from ten miles away.','',0,'gA==','cb0a3',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186291,13931,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155637309,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="notoriousDUG":9e35c][b:9e35c]Daria vs. Punisher[/b:9e35c][/quote:9e35c]\r\n[sniff] This made me very happy! \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','',0,'wA==','9e35c',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186292,13943,3,276,0,'64.12.116.199',1155637369,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','That looks like it would\'ve been a fun road back in my motorcycle days.','',0,'wA==','b26bb',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186293,13937,3,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155637406,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":de180]I mean seriously - if Uranus can be a planet...[/quote:de180]\r\nOkay, people, this isn\'t SFMB! Let\'s clean up our language!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=59:de180]Maybe Uranus could be a planet, but not mine![/size:de180]\r\n\":D\"','',0,'hA==','de180',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186294,13888,3,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155637600,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Doggieboy":9546a]Then, of course, there\'s news that Justin Timberflake is going to host the VMA. Maybe he should dance with Janet Jackson again and bare the other boob. \":P\"[/quote:9546a]\r\nJustin [size=200:9546a][b:9546a]IS[/b:9546a][/size:9546a] the other boob!','',0,'xA==','9546a',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186295,13831,11,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155637764,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="WacoKid":a9511][quote="Gregor Samsa":a9511]Or she gets falsely denounced, with no one believing her until it\'s too late. And the rest writes itself.[/quote:a9511]\nAs a change of pace, does anyone want to try writing a story where Daria actually [i:a9511]deserves[/i:a9511] to be sent to Hope High?[/quote:a9511]\r\nSounds like the \"Daria Is Evil\" thread. Hmmm....','',0,'oA==','a9511',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186296,13193,6,276,0,'64.12.116.199',1155638616,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Derek":02382]\n\"Quinn Morgendorffer Must Die\" \":lol:\"[/quote:02382]\r\n\r\nBetter than a crossover with [i:02382]Spock Must Die[/i:02382] \":P\" \":D\"','',0,'oA==','02382',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186297,13937,3,149,0,'71.65.237.131',1155639013,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":7bba5]It\'s about freakin\' time. The lack of a good, solid definition for the word \"planet\" has been a thorn in the paw of astronomy for too long; I can\'t thing of any other scientific concept so ill-defined.\n\nMy prediction (and my hope) is: Pluto\'s going down. Few astronomers are going to want to expand the size of the solar system from eight or nine planets to dozens -- it\'s just too big of a step, and astronomers tend to be pretty conservative. Personally, I think one of the requirements for a planet should be that it has a unique orbit, which disqualifies any asteroid belt or Kuiper belt object (like Pluto and \"Xena\").[/quote:7bba5]\r\n[size=117:7bba5][color=blue:7bba5][b:7bba5]Eric\'s right about this. Pluto\'s very eccentric orbit (not that there\'s anything wrong with being eccentric) which is at a sharp angle to the \"other 8 planets\" and actually brought it closer to the sun than Neptune for the last quarter of the 20th century, suggests it has a very different origin from the \"rest of the planets.\" There needs to be a new category for it, like \"dwarf planet\" for instance, or maybe just classify it as a Kuiper Belt Object.\n\nSteveBlumDeckler[/b:7bba5][/color:7bba5][/size:7bba5]','',0,'xg==','7bba5',1,0,'',149,0,0),(186306,13937,3,359,0,'172.129.90.53',1155646634,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="UU":70329]I\'m curious, why was Pluto included in the number of planets in the first place? Was it considered than bigger than it is thought today, or was Pluto just \'lucky\' in being discovered ahead of the other significant Kuiper Belt objects?[/quote:70329]\r\n\r\nPluto was discovered, by pure chance, long before the existance of the Kuiper Belt was even imagined. Back then, astronomers only knew about asteroids and planets, and the only asteroids they knew of lay inside the asteroid belt; therefore, when Tombaugh discovered a large(ish) object orbiting the sun well outside of the orbits of the other known planets, it was automatically deemed a planet as well. The question of Pluto\'s planethood would only be raised decades later, when a much more complete picture of the solar system -- one inhabited by rogue asteroids and Kuiper Belt objects -- muddied the waters considerably and made Pluto seem much less unique.','',0,'gA==','70329',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186299,13941,3,276,0,'64.12.116.199',1155639341,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','YoJoSkittles?','',0,'gA==','a8aaa',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186300,13931,6,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155639478,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Iron Chef: Difficult Crossover','[quote="Mike Xeno":cfe93][quote="Roentgen":cfe93]Daria vs. Predator[/quote:cfe93]\nBelieve it or not... [url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/daria_vs_predator.html:cfe93]it\'s been done.[/url:cfe93]\nAnd, astonishingly, it\'s not that bad.[/quote:cfe93]\r\n\":shock:\" Someone really wrote that?!\r\n\r\nMy own weird idea... [i:cfe93]Daria vs The Matrix[/i:cfe93], anyone? Or has it already been done, too? \":D\"','',0,'sA==','cfe93',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186301,13937,3,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155641308,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I\'m curious, why was Pluto included in the number of planets in the first place? Was it considered than bigger than it is thought today, or was Pluto just \'lucky\' in being discovered ahead of the other significant Kuiper Belt objects?','',0,'sA==','f1adb',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186302,13941,3,274,0,'58.168.48.8',1155641738,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Sonic Death Skittles?','',0,'sA==','0749a',1,0,'',274,0,0),(186303,13940,3,61,0,'192.35.35.34',1155644737,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sick, Sad World: Kentucy Fried Kittens @-0','[quote="DocForbin":5dfc8]A man in Buffalo NY tried to fry five six-week old kittens along with some pork chops. Luckily the kittens were resuced and are recovering at a local animal shelter.[/quote:5dfc8]\r\n\r\n\r\nDid anyone try to save the pork chops? \r\n\r\nI\'m sure they have (had?) feelings too.','',0,'gA==','5dfc8',1,0,'',61,0,0),(186307,13896,5,1,0,'4.232.138.138',1155647150,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','','Well, now I know where your choice of \"1060 W. Addison\" comes from ... but are you a Cubs fan, \r\nas well? Hmmm?\r\n\r\n(That\'s the Chicago address Elwood tells Jake he\'s put on his driver\'s license. \"Thass\' Wrigley Field,\" \r\nJake mumbles before rolling over and going to sleep. All just before Jake\'s jilted fiancee blows up \r\nthe building. ... You\'ve gotta see it, if you haven\'t, and then it makes sense. Sorta.)\r\n\r\nI saw Landis staging the car crashes, under the El, when the original was made. Hellaciously funny \r\nmovie. As for the \"2000\" sequel, though ... I\'m trying to forget it *sigh*','',0,'gA==','b650f',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186308,13907,5,359,0,'172.129.90.53',1155647423,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="vlademir1":1b790][quote="vlademir1":1b790]As an interesting related question for the older set here, how many of your vinyl records have you ever resold?[/quote:1b790]\n\nRelated follow-up, back before CDs, when vinyl was king, would/did you (have) ever bought/buy records for just one song or to check a band out (both of which seem to be common for many I know when they buy CDs)?[/quote:1b790]\r\n\r\nI didn\'t do it then, but with used vinyl being so cheap, I do it a lot now. There have been a few times that I\'ve bought records by artists I\'ve never even heard of, just because they look interesting, and if they suck, I\'m only out three to four dollars.','',0,'gA==','1b790',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186316,13941,3,1,0,'216.60.144.250',1155649443,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Kemical Reaxion','','[quote="RabidCureFan":22583]Helpful Skittles Explosion would rock...your signature could be \"TASTE THE RAINBOW, BEEYOTCH!\"[/quote:22583]\r\n\r\n\":lol:\" Oh, my God. That was hilarious. Thanks! I needed that.\r\n\r\nKem','',0,'gA==','22583',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186320,13931,6,213,0,'68.220.216.168',1155650729,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Iron Chef: Difficult Crossover','[quote="UU":4b8a4][quote="Mike Xeno":4b8a4][quote="Roentgen":4b8a4]Daria vs. Predator[/quote:4b8a4]\nBelieve it or not... [url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/daria_vs_predator.html:4b8a4]it\'s been done.[/url:4b8a4]\nAnd, astonishingly, it\'s not that bad.[/quote:4b8a4]\n\":shock:\" Someone really wrote that?!\n\nMy own weird idea... [i:4b8a4]Daria vs The Matrix[/i:4b8a4], anyone? Or has it already been done, too? \":D\"[/quote:4b8a4]\r\n\r\nAs far as I can tell, no. And there\'s a perfect title:\r\n\r\n\"You\'re in the Matrix, Daria!\" (Hint: it comes from a poster at a movie theatre in The Simpsons with a sunglasses-wearing Charlie Brown. The title of that movie was \"You\'re in the Matrix, Charlie Brown!\")\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!\r\n\r\nMorpheus: You can take the red pill or the blue pill.\r\nDaria: What if I take both pills?\r\nMorpheus: No one ever takes both pills.\r\nDaria: Hey. It\'s my reality, ain\'t it?','',0,'sA==','4b8a4',1,0,'',213,0,0),(186313,13136,6,94,0,'70.119.171.181',1155647999,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','CHAPTER 7: Cassandra’s Vengeance\r\n\r\nKim’s vision was awash in blue light, and she was aware she was falling. The light was blinding and she closed her eyes. As she fell, she began to wonder if she had set the coordinates Wade had gave her correctly. If not, she could look forward to about thirty seconds of simultaneously freezing, burning, asphyxiating, and decompressing to death once she finished this trip. \r\n\r\nHer mind began to play back everything that had happened. The heist at Tempex. The note from Senor Senior, Sr. Ron’s funeral, the warehouse raid, Shego’s visit…it all became a blur in her mind, lost in the flashes of blue light that slipped between her eyelids. The flashes of light began to run together and she became aware of something else, something hiding behind the blue.\r\n\r\nThis is the way the world ends…\r\n\r\nHer eyes flew open as the phrase passed through her mind. The nightmare came rushing back to her, and she realized she actually did see something lurking behind the tunnel of blue light, Something black, cold and relentless. As she watched the shadow behind the light, it suddenly shifted and she knew it was looking at her.\r\n\r\nLooking at her with unbridled coldness and cruelty. The rushing of air coalesced into an inhuman howl that made her thrown her hands up to her ears, squeeze her eyes shut, and begin crying out in pain.\r\n\r\nThe blue flashes of light became to turn black at the edges, and she knew he was about to pass out. The blackness grew inexorably and rapidly, and all conscious thought shut down.\r\n\r\nBeware the Timebreaker…\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nKim’s eyes opened to the sight of a canine nose filling her field of vision. She blinked a few times as her brain tried to comprehend what she was looking at. \r\n\r\nComprehension was dramatically assisted when the dog covered her in slobber. Kim squealed in disgust and sat up, wiping her face. The dog barked in surprise and ran off. Kim sat up and looked around. She was sitting on a sidewalk in the warehouse section of Middleton, only about three blocks from Drakken’s hideout. \r\n\r\n“Nice work, Wade.” She said aloud. She looked down at her watch. Ten-thirty AM. Shego said they arrived sometime in the afternoon. I need to get over there and find a place to hide. Hide, wait for Ron and…me, I guess. Then…\r\n\r\nKim reached down and put a hand on her holster pocket. She grabbed the grip of the gun through the fabric, and frowned.\r\n\r\nThen…I kill Shego, save Ron, and go home. World is saved, and Drakken loses his best weapon. No big, right?\r\n\r\n“Right.” She answered out loud. She stood up and started walking towards the warehouse, ignoring the part of her that was screaming that her plan was going somewhere beyond completely whacked.\r\n\r\nNo sooner had she taken a few steps than there was a sharp pain in her stomach which caused her to wince and double over. She checked herself over, and then smacked her forehead as she realized what was causing the pain.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\n“So that’s four Supra-GargantuBurgers, three orders of Mega Rings, three Choco-Whippies, and a Humongo sized cola.” \r\n\r\n”DIET cola, thanks.” Kim said.\r\n\r\n“Gotcha,” the Burger Duke cashier said, making the correction. “Anything else?”\r\n\r\nRufus popped out of her pocket. “Pie!”\r\n\r\nKim looked down at him and considered for a minute. “Oh, what the hell. Give me six apple pies while I’m at it.”\r\n\r\n“Okay.” \r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\nLater, fed and ready for action, Kim arrived at the warehouse. She picked the lock on one of the side doors and slipped inside, locking the door behind her. \r\n\r\nThe warehouse was as large as she remembered it. Apparently, Drakken had already begun to make arrangements to move in. The elephant pen was already in place, and it looked like the cable for the TV had been installed. Illegally, no doubt.\r\n\r\nShe scanned the area and noticed a catwalk along the outside of the building about twelve feet overhead. It had easy access to the rafters above with a quick leap or grapple shot in the event one or both of them decided to check things out up there. \r\n\r\nKim looked around, located the access ladder for the catwalk and climbed up, retracting the ladder, and took a position on the catwalk where she figured she could watch Drakken and Shego without them being able to see her. \r\n\r\nShe pressed her back against the wall, and slid down it into a sitting position. She sighed, and rested her head against the wall. It had been a rough day, from her point of view at any rate, and it wasn’t over yet. \r\n\r\nShe reached into her holster pocket and pulled out the gun. She held it up in front of her, and frowned. \r\n\r\nYou really going to go through with it, Possible? Said a voice in her head. Gonna cross that line?\r\n\r\n“I have to. If I don’t, Ron’s going to die again.” \r\n\r\nTechnically, he hasn’t died once yet. \r\n\r\n“Whatever!” Kim snapped. “The point is that he’ll be dead if I don’t do something.”\r\n\r\nSo, you’ve decided to give Shego the death penalty before she even commits the crime?\r\n\r\n“If it means stopping her from committing it, yes.”\r\n\r\nBy that logic, you should take out Drakken while you’re at it. That’ll teach him for trying to take over the world with plans he hasn’t thought up yet.\r\n\r\n“Shut up.” Kim whispered.\r\n\r\nAnd once Drakken and Shego are dealt with? Why not take out Dementor next? And after him, Monkey Fist, the Seniors, DNAmy…\r\n\r\n“Shut UP.”\r\n\r\nAnd then after the supervillains, take out the regular criminals. And after that, people who talk on their cell phones in movie theaters. You know what? Why not just kill everybody and annex Poland?\r\n\r\n“SHUT UP!” Kim cried. Rufus squeaked and popped out of her pocket.\r\n\r\n“Wh’ happened?” he said. Kim looked down at him.\r\n\r\n“Sorry, Rufus,” she said. “Just arguing with myself. Go back to sleep.”\r\n\r\nRufus looked at her quizzically then went back into her pocket. Kim leaned back against the wall. She looked back at the gun, then frowned, clicked the safety off and put it back in her holster pocket. She folded her arms, and then made herself as comfortable as possible before closing her eyes for a quick powernap. \r\n\r\nThe frown never left her face.\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\n“OWWWW! SHEGO!”\r\n\r\nKim awoke with a start at the sound of Drakken’s shout. She quietly got to her knees and peered over the edge of the catwalk. \r\n\r\nThe loading dock door was open and a couple of Drakken’s nameless henchmen were herding the elephants into the pen. Drakken himself was trying to lift the television off his foot. Shego walked over to him.\r\n\r\n“You know, I offered to help you haul this thing in here. But noooo, Drew had to show off how macho he is,” she said, lifting the end of the TV off Drakken’s foot.\r\n\r\n“You know, I didn’t have to bring this behemoth here, Shego. I could have just brought the portable.” Drakken said as he pulled his foot out from under the TV. \r\n\r\n“Yeah, right. Like you’d watch Volcano Island on a screen that small.” Shego answered. \r\n\r\nDrakken grumbled. “You can’t hear the screams decently on the mono speaker on the portable.”\r\n\r\nShego hauled the TV over to the stand and hooked up the cable. “So now what?” \r\n\r\n“Now, we wait.” Drakken said. He turned to the henchmen. “Go back to the lair and wait for my call. I’ll need you for clean up later.”\r\n\r\nThe henchmen saluted and left. Shego looked at the elephants and back at Drakken. \r\n\r\n“Um, Dr. D? Speaking of clean up, shouldn’t we keep a couple of them around in the meantime?”\r\n\r\n“What for?” Drakken asked, as he tossed the air mattresses out of the hovercar and hooked up the air compressor. “All they’re going to do is stand around all night and demand overtime.” \r\n\r\n“Yeah, but that only leaves the two of us to deal with the elephant shit.” Shego said. “I cannot tell you how many more things there are that I could be doing now, rather than trying to keep elephant shit off my boots.”\r\n\r\n“A temporary inconvenience, my dear Shego.” Drakken said, as he rummaged around in the storage unit of the hovercar. “Once Kim Possible is eliminated, there’ll be nothing that can stand in our way. Are those hip waders from the Loch Ness project still in here?”\r\n\r\n“You had me throw them out to make room for the Magma Drill.” Shego replied. Penned up on the far side of the warehouse were Drakken’s fifteen extremely large, extremely muscular, and extremely chromed battle elephants. Shego held her breath and walked over to them, looking at the glue gun Drakken was planning to have her use on Kim Possible.\r\n\r\n“This is NEVER going to work,” she said to herself. “Never in a million years.”\r\n\r\nBehind her, Drakken continued working his way through the storage unit., muttering to himself as well. “Hmm…overshoes…overshoes…I know we had overshoes in here last week. What’s this?”\r\n\r\nAs Drakken pocketed the remote, and Shego wandered over to the elephants, Kim glanced upwards towards the skylight in the roof. She could barely make out her earlier self and Ron looking down at the villains.\r\n\r\nShe swallowed and pulled out the gun. She took aim, lining Shego up with the sight. She stared at the back of Shego’s head for a few minutes, following her as she walked back over to the chair in front of the TV. \r\n\r\nSo shoot her. She’s right there. She’s not expecting it.\r\n\r\n“No.” Kim said quietly.\r\n\r\nWhy not? Shoot her now before the other you and Ron make their move, then time jump the hell out of here before Drakken can do anything.\r\n\r\n“I’m not going to shoot her in the back of the head.” Kim replied. \r\n\r\nYou’d rather risk her seeing you coming?\r\n\r\n“I’d rather listen to her advice and try to take her out as close to Ron’s death as possible. If I hadn’t jumped the gun tonight, none of this would have happened.”\r\n\r\nInteresting choice of words. \r\n\r\n“Shut up.” \r\n\r\nSo you’re going to listen to the advice of the woman you’re here to kill because you didn’t listen to her advice in the first place. And by following her advice, you hope to be able to kill her more effectively.\r\n\r\n“This isn’t about killing Shego. It’s about saving Ron.”\r\n\r\nIs it?\r\n\r\n“Yes, it is.”\r\n\r\nIf so, then why didn’t you just travel further back in time and prevent you and Ron from coming in through the skylight?\r\n\r\n“I’m trying not to screw up time anymore than it already is. Now, shut the hell up.”\r\n\r\nRiiiight, you keep telling yourself that, Kim. Whatever helps you sleep at night.\r\n\r\nThe voice shut up, and Kim shifted her position, lowering the gun, but keeping it handy. Waiting for the right time.\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\nThree hours later, Kim moved into the rafters as soon as she saw the skylight open, and her other self and Ron begin sliding into the warehouse. She held onto the gun as she did so.\r\n\r\nOkay, let’s see, she thought, how did this go down? I went after the remote while Ron went to the door…\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\nDrakken was sprawled out asleep in his chair, and was indeed snoring loudly. As Kim got closer, she saw a movement out of the corner of her eye. When she turned, Shego groaned, grabbed the blanket she was using and pulled it over her head.\r\n\r\n“…gonna clear his sinuses with a rusty spoon one of these dayszzzzzz…” Shego murmured before her breathing became regular again. Kim let out a silent sigh of relief, and turned back to Drakken.\r\n\r\nHis lab coat was open, revealing the black turtleneck he wore underneath it. Kim craned her neck and could make out the edge of the remote hanging out of the lab coat’s inside pocket. She took a deep breath, held it, and slowly reached for the remote.\r\n\r\n\r\nAcross the building, Ron was approaching the warehouse door, taking large exaggerated steps. He glanced back and saw Kim freeze as Shego rolled over. He mimicked Kim’s sigh when Shego fell back to sleep, then went back to heading for the door.\r\n\r\nAs he got closer, he felt a sudden shift in weight in his pocket. He looked down, then behind him. Rufus was scampering across the floor towards a large bag of peanuts that had split open near the elephant pen.\r\n\r\nRon clapped a hand over his mouth and gasped, before sprinting across the floor, keeping to the balls of his feet to minimize the sound. He bent low, intending to scoop up Rufus and pull a u-turn back to the door.\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\nRon trips on the peanuts and frightens the elephants, waking up Drakken and Shego...\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\nDrakken’s eyes widened as he saw a familiar teenage face in front of him “Kim Possible?!”\r\n\r\n“Collecting unused remotes for the homeless!” Kim said brightly. “Oh, look, here’s one.” \r\n\r\nShe grabbed the remote from Drakken’s pocket and flipped backwards across the floor.\r\n\r\n“SHEGO!”\r\n\r\n“There already!” Shego said, bouncing off the air mattress towards Kim, flaring up in midair.\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\nRon somehow releases the elephants…\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\n“Oh come on, this is like a bad weekday cartoon!” Ron complained. He stopped running, then dashed off again, finding purchase for a brief second. Right before he stepped on Rufus. Rufus let out a screech, which Ron echoed as he fell backwards, landing on the lever that opened the gate to the elephant pen.\r\n\r\nRon stared up at the fifteen chromed, muscular, and heavily panicked land animals that were bearing down on him. He screamed, sprang to his feet and began running.\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\nI destroy the remote and Drakken gets me with his glue gun…\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\nAs Kim sprang away, she reached into her pocket, pulled out the remote, quickly checked to make sure the safety switch was still engaged, and threw it directly into the path of the elephants. It was caught under the trampling feet of the herd and shattered into hundreds of pieces. \r\n\r\nKim allowed herself a grin. So much for Armageddon.\r\n\r\nSuddenly, she heard a sound like “BLORTCH!” and found herself covered in a sticky slimy substance. She lost control of her momentum and skidded into the wall, where she found herself stuck. She looked up and saw Drakken standing before her with his super glue gun.\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, Ron…\r\n\r\nHer train of thought was interrupted as she heard the zipping sound of her grapple gun retracting. She couldn’t help but smile as Ron shot into her field of vision, screaming in his inimitable way. She covered her hand with her mouth to block her giggles as she saw Ron scold Rufus and take away his peanut privileges.\r\n\r\nYou know, she thought, From this side of things, my life can be pretty damn funny sometimes.\r\n\r\nAll thoughts of humor were quashed, however, when she saw Ron look down and start swinging from the grapple gun, down to provide the distraction that gave Rufus a chance to rescue her other self.\r\n\r\nAs soon as Ron dropped out of sight, Kim jumped down from the rafters and onto the catwalk, taking aim with the pistol. \r\n\r\nShe watched as Ron collided with Drakken and Shego. Her finger tensed on the trigger. Drakken sat up holding his head. Ron and Shego kept rolling. \r\n\r\nKim kept the gun trained on Shego’s head, waiting for the right moment. \r\n\r\nYou’re better than this, Kim.\r\n\r\nKim’s eyes widened as she finally recognized the voice. Her mother’s. \r\n\r\nShe doesn’t deserve this, not from you, and you know it. You don’t kill people. It’s what makes you better than her.\r\n\r\nKim’s finger relaxed. \r\n\r\nThere’s always another solution, Kim. Remember what your father always says. ‘Anything’s possible…’\r\n\r\n“…for a Possible.” Kim finished quietly. \r\n\r\n“GET OFF OF ME, YOU SCHMUCK!”\r\n\r\nShego’s cry snapped Kim out of her trance. She looked down and saw them rolling across the floor. Her brain kicked into overdrive. She looked down at the gun in her hand, smirked, and threw it over the side of the catwalk. The gun hit the floor and went off with loud pop.\r\n\r\n“What the?!” Drakken said, looking around. “Who’s shooting?”\r\n\r\n“For that matter, who here has a gun?!” Ron said, from where he was laying on top of Shego. Shego frowned up at him. \r\n\r\n“I don’t know, but you have exactly until the count of three to GET THE HELL OFF ME!”\r\n\r\nUp on the catwalk, Kim pulled out her grapple gun and aimed for Ron’s belt. She fired, and as soon as the hook latched onto the belt, she yanked with all her might.\r\n\r\nSorry about this, Ron. She thought.\r\n\r\nRon suddenly felt a draft as his pants suddenly disappeared. He shot up and off of Shego. “Hey! No fair!”\r\n\r\nShego propped herself up on her elbows and looked around perplexed. As she turned her head, she spotted something that made her eyes widen in surprise. She got to her feet and dove into the hovercar, hitting the switches that activated it. \r\n\r\n“Dr. D! Now would be a good time to split!” she said. She pulled the hovercar into a u-turn and tuned it towards Drakken.\r\n\r\n“But we haven’t destroyed Kim Possible yet!” Drakken complained.\r\n\r\n“I wouldn’t worry about that right now.” Shego said, grabbing Drakken by his collar and dragging him into the hovercar. She gunned the jets and the two escaped through the hole left behind by the elephants. Up on the catwalk, Kim got to her feet and smiled. \r\n\r\n“Yes!” Kim said. “Sitch resolved!” She activated the time travel device on her wrist. Better get out of here before Ron notices there’s two of me running around. She set the dial for her present and hit the “Activate” button. A glowing blue portal appeared in front of her. She strode confidently into it, feeling outright relieved. As soon as she passed into it, it winked out of existence.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, on the warehouse floor, Ron had located his pants and was putting them on. \r\n\r\n“Well, I think that’s a record for us in the saving the world thing, don’tcha think, KP?”\r\n\r\nThere was no response. Ron turned around, looking for Kim.\r\n\r\n“KP?”\r\n\r\nKim was slumped against the far wall, lying on the floor. Ron walked over to her. He kneeled down and shook her shoulder.\r\n\r\n“Kim? You okay?”\r\n\r\nKim rolled onto her back, and Ron fought to keep his dinner down. He succeeded and cradled Kim’s head in his arms.\r\n\r\n“Aw, Kim…”','',0,'sA==','b8316',1,0,'',94,0,0),(186314,13931,6,461,0,'152.163.100.137',1155648046,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Daria vs Wonder Woman Part III\r\n\r\n(Daria and Jane return as promised 3 pages later. Upchuck is nowhere to be seen, but there is a drag mark and one of his shoes evident in the panel. Wonder Woman is again sitting on the ground, this time with a cellphone and a bottle of bourbon. She is totally unaware of their approach)\r\n\r\nWonder Woman: (Drunkenly distraught as she shouts into the phone) \"Whattaya mean, Len, it\'s a soft (hic) friggin\' market? Superman was had what, four friggin\' movies, three TV series, Hera knows how many (hic) cartoons, and don\'t get me started on Batman and that friggin creep Spiderman! Why don\'t I get a feature-length movie? I\'ve busted my fanny for six friggin\' decades and what (hic) do I get? Diddly! Do you know what I have to go through to keep looking like this?\"\r\n\r\nDaria: \"Looks like someone is having a moment. Do you want to be alone or something?\" \r\n\r\nJane: \"She\'s been able to look that for sixty years. Wow, we should be so lucky!\"\r\n\r\nWonder Woman: \"Hold on, Len. I\'ll deal with(hic) you two in a minute!(Takes a long swig from a her bourbon bottle) Where was I? Oh yeah, and another thing, Len, what kind of(hic) supervillains did you set me up with here? They don\'t (hic) wear costumes, and I haven\'t seen super weapon one. If anyone\'s gonna take me seriously, I need an A-list baddie to go up against! \r\n(Another pause) You gotta be kidding me. They\'re not? And this isn\'t...Oh, you aren\'t telling me that Len. You mean I\'m not even getting (hic) paid for this! That\'s it! I\'m outta (hic) here! And another thing, Len (hic), when I get...(hic) Len? Len? (hic) Awwwww, screw this! (throws phone away and drains bottle)\r\n\r\nDaria: \"So, I take it this means wew ont have to go through all that inane nonsense anymore, lady?\"\r\n\r\nWonder Woman: \"Betcher-a, sweetheart. Friggin\' (hic) agent set me up widda friggin\' fanfic. A (hic) fanfic! It\'s bad enough I get my paid storylines (hic) written by forty year old virgins (hic), but now it\'s done by a (hic) amateur? Lemme tell you two somethin\' (hic) Never do a friggin\' superhero scene, \'kay? You can never friggin\' (hic) eat, and ya gotta traipse (hic) around in a stupid costume. You know how friggin\' many times I get propositioned in (hic) this stupid thing? (Belches and staggers to her feet and looks around drunkenly)\r\n\r\nJane: \"Sorry about that. Uh, what are you looking for?\"\r\n\r\nWonder Woman: \"My friggin\' (hic) airplane! Stupidest super-vehicle ever. Who came up widda friggin\' invisible airplane? Do you know how stupid I (hic) look sitting there in space? Hell, last week I had some a-hole Navy pilots (hic) scopin\' me out. Bah! (hic) Looks like I gotta do this th\' hard way...(Stumbles forward drunkenly. We see her outfit askew, her hair is a mess, magic lasso dragging behind her, and her diadem is cockeyed. She takes a number of meandering steps and suddenly hits something and falss backward) \"Found it!\" (Giggles drunkenly as she gets up and begins patting the invisibel object)\r\n\r\nDaria: \"If she wasn\'t so pathetic and annoying, I\'d say we should stop her before she gets in, but this could be amusing, nonetheless. What do you think, Jane?\"\r\n\r\nJane: \"Eh, I dunno. If that\'s one of them there super-vehicles, I imagine there\'s an autopilot that\'d get her home alright. Look, she\'s found the door.\" (Points)\r\n\r\n(Wonder Woman has indeed found the door, after doing a passable drunken mime impression. She is now sitting a few feet above the ground, stabbing the air and cursing like a sailor)\r\n\r\nWonder Woman:(To herself as she struggles with starting her plane) \"Batman has a friggin\' plane that YOU CAN SEE THE (hic) BUTTONS IN! Noooooo, not ol\' Wonder Woman, nuh-uh! Batman gets a new friggin\' (hic) suit that makes it look like he\'s been workin\' his pasty white bread butt in, but whadda I get? The same (hic) friggin get-up I had in the friggin\' 40\'s (hic). (Her finger stabs an invisible button and there\'s a WOOOSH as the engines kick over) Bout friggin\' time! (hic) Now all I godda do is find the friggin\' (hic) autopi...(She presses another invisible button and there a loud bang and she\'s hurled high into the air, where she describes a parabolic in into a conveniently located pond. She pops back to the surface, spitting out water and covered with muck)\r\n\r\nDaria: \"Let\'s get out of here. This is too depressing to watch. More pizza?\"\r\n\r\nJane: \"Sure. You know, when I was kid, I thought it\'d be cool to be a superhero.\"\r\n\r\nDaria: \"Me too, but I hate spandex.\" \r\n\r\n(Both walk away, leaving the drunken and raging superhero staggering out of the pond)\r\n\r\nThe End','',0,'sA==','fe94b',1,0,'',461,0,0),(186317,13907,5,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155649484,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="vlademir1":0c438][quote="vlademir1":0c438]As an interesting related question for the older set here, how many of your vinyl records have you ever resold?[/quote:0c438]\n\nRelated follow-up, back before CDs, when vinyl was king, would/did you (have) ever bought/buy records for just one song or to check a band out (both of which seem to be common for many I know when they buy CDs)?[/quote:0c438]\r\n\r\nYes.','',0,'gA==','0c438',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186318,13942,10,1,0,'216.60.144.250',1155649787,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Kemical Reaxion','','I actually think Daria looks kickass with a nose ring. As long as she didn\'t just do it for some guy.\r\n\r\nKem','',0,'gA==','6a3b8',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186319,13931,6,446,0,'24.136.32.206',1155649848,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Just to make Wonder Woman feel better, a Wonder Woman movie is coming out next year. It\'s being written and directed by Joss Whedon (Buffy, Angel, Firefly, and Serenity). I have high hopes for it.','',0,'gA==','ed319',1,0,'',446,0,0),(186323,13931,6,499,0,'203.59.211.122',1155651056,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Daria: I am not wearing this (Daria holds up white bikini)\r\n\r\nBond: If were going to a tropical island to chase a ego maniacal monster, it is imperative that we take as little as possible\r\n\r\nDaria: Does that mean you\'ll be wearing your speedoes?\r\n\r\nBond: No, I\'ll be dressed in the dinner suit\r\n\r\nDaria: I hate you so much sometimes\r\n\r\nBond: Hate, or Love?\r\n\r\nDaria: No...pretty much hate','',0,'gA==','3fe24',1,0,'',499,0,0),(186322,13941,3,499,0,'203.59.211.122',1155650809,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','How about \'Skittle McSkittlebrow\'?\r\n\r\nor\r\n\r\n\'Busty St. Skittle\'\r\n\r\nor perhaps\r\n\r\n\'skittlemethis\'\r\n\r\nbrought to you by the Ranting Klown','',0,'gA==','34518',1,0,'',499,0,0),(186324,13193,6,16,0,'128.23.116.18',1155651487,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','And now for a bad sci-fi \"reimagining\" of a classic [i:2b07b]Daria[/i:2b07b] episode, \"Quinn the Brain\"...\r\n\r\nSANDI: Gee, Quinn, it was awfully unlucky of you to get run over by an 18-wheelers and so horribly mangled that there\'s nothing left of you but a brain in a jar. That jar is [i:2b07b]so[/i:2b07b] last year.\r\n\r\nQUINN: (electronic voice) I didn\'t choose the jar!\r\n\r\nSANDI: I\'m afraid we\'re going to have to kick you out of the Fashion Club.\r\n\r\nSTACY: But Sandi, she\'s got the cutest temporal lobes—\r\n\r\nTIFFANY: Stacy, ew.','',0,'IA==','2b07b',1,0,'',16,0,0),(186325,13193,6,16,0,'128.23.116.18',1155652500,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Mystik Spiral finally hit it big-time when they played [url=http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/KF/2006/05/led/Little_Roger_and_the_Goosebumps_-_Stairway_To_Gilligans_Island.mp3:f7183]this song[/url:f7183].','',0,'EA==','f7183',1,0,'',16,0,0),(186326,13937,3,461,0,'152.163.101.9',1155652626,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I may not be an astronomer, but I feel that it it\'s large enough to have formed into a spherical shape and has enough gravity to prevent you from escaping it with a running leap, it counts as a planet. Let them call the other objects out there planets, or are the astronomers such snobs that they don\'t want to admit more members into the planetary club? Wasn\'t in in 1800 some spaz named Hegel declared that astronomy was finished with the discovery of Uranus (no jokes, folks)? That kind of thinking is dangerously narrow-minded, especially in this day and age.','',0,'EA==','36b80',1,0,'',461,0,0),(186327,13931,6,564,0,'24.13.126.24',1155653042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Ranting Klown":4e3d5]Daria: I am not wearing this (Daria holds up white bikini)\n\nBond: If were going to a tropical island to chase a ego maniacal monster, it is imperative that we take as little as possible\n\nDaria: Does that mean you\'ll be wearing your speedoes?\n\nBond: No, I\'ll be dressed in the dinner suit\n\nDaria: I hate you so much sometimes\n\nBond: Hate, or Love?\n\nDaria: No...pretty much hate[/quote:4e3d5]\r\n\r\nThis is brilliant, I love it.','',0,'gA==','4e3d5',1,0,'',564,0,0),(186328,13887,15,447,0,'84.5.37.240',1155653071,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Hé ben!!! \":o\" On dirait que tu viens de te lancer dans une entreprise colossale!\r\nQuel courage! Quelle audace! Quelle prodigieuse témérité!\r\nBien sûr, tu sais qu\'il existe actuellement 48 épisodes de la série Falling into College, et que ça n\'a pas l\'air prêt de s\'arrêter...\r\nOui, je sais que tu es au courant, mais je tenais quand même à le faire remarquer, car moi, ce genre de tentative, ça m\'épate!\r\n\r\nA moins que ce ne soit qu\'une tactique pour attirer des fans de Daria francophones sur le PPMB. Oui, ça doit être ça, tu vas arrêter la traduction au beau milieu d\'un passage dramatique, et tes lecteurs n\'auront plus qu\'à aller lire la suite directement en version originale. D\'ailleurs, ça a l\'air de fonctionner, le premier épisode a été vu 25 fois, et moi, je n\'y suis allée qu\'une seule fois, je le jure.\r\n\r\nComment ça, \"non, non, j\'ai vraiment l\'intention de tout traduire\"? Ah, ça m\'épate, j\'en suis tout abasourdie! \":wink:\" \r\n\r\nBon, hé bien, bon courage, tu en auras bien besoin. \r\n\r\nAu fait, quand tu dis : [quote:8ef4d]Le soleil de cette fin de mâtinée [/quote:8ef4d] j\'imagine que tu ne parles pas d\'un soleil qui serait accroché à la queue d\'un chien... Désolée, j\'ai pas pu m\'en empêcher \":)\".','',0,'gA==','8ef4d',1,0,'',447,0,0),(186329,13931,6,564,0,'24.13.126.24',1155653159,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'m glad people liked Daria vs. Punisher... \r\n\r\nCrossovers seem to be easier then I had suspected, no wonder they use them so much in comics.\r\n\r\nDaria vs. Superman is in coming together in my head as we speak, keep your eyes peeled.','',0,'gA==','a6745',1,0,'',564,0,0),(186330,13944,16,568,0,'216.97.244.66',1155653165,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Yeah, I much prefer Legit DVDs. That\'s just the type of customer I am. And even if I did have a bootleg of something, I\'d still get the real thing when possible.','',0,'gA==','3c6cd',1,0,'',568,0,0),(186331,13887,15,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155653439,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Merci\r\n\r\nMy apologies for not noticing these sooner. I also haven\'t forgotten about the Last Summer html translations, they are waiting for my desktop (which has my html editor) to get back from the shop.','',0,'gA==','5a3e2',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186332,13942,10,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155654515,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Kemical Reaxion":69ccd]I actually think Daria looks kickass with a nose ring. As long as she didn\'t just do it for some guy.[/quote:69ccd]\r\nDARIA: Where the hell is Trent? He said he\'d be here at the course and this damn thing itches and . . . ohcrap . . . ah-CHOOOO!!','',0,'gA==','69ccd',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186333,13193,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155654600,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Hiergargo":43283]And now for a bad sci-fi \"reimagining\" of a classic [i:43283]Daria[/i:43283] episode, \"Quinn the Brain\"...\n\nSANDI: Gee, Quinn, it was awfully unlucky of you to get run over by an 18-wheelers and so horribly mangled that there\'s nothing left of you but a brain in a jar. That jar is [i:43283]so[/i:43283] last year.\n\nQUINN: (electronic voice) I didn\'t choose the jar!\n\nSANDI: I\'m afraid we\'re going to have to kick you out of the Fashion Club.\n\nSTACY: But Sandi, she\'s got the cutest temporal lobes—\n\nTIFFANY: Stacy, ew.[/quote:43283]\r\nPlease send this one out. It\'s GREAT! \":D\"','',0,'oA==','43283',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186334,13937,3,509,0,'207.40.146.97',1155657371,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nmorgendorffer":53374]Oh, come on! Pluto is a planet. Let it go. \":P\"[/quote:53374]\r\n\r\nBesides, the Mi-Go might get ticked off if they lose all the tourist money.','',0,'gA==','53374',1,0,'',509,0,0),(186335,12708,16,531,0,'63.22.200.191',1155657653,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Crabcake":3b932] \n\nI hope the executives at Viacom have been keeping track of tvshowsondvd.com\'s top ten list of TV shows most wanted, seeing Daria move from 10th to 5th in a month and a half, not to mention the fact that she is gaining on the rest of the shows higher than her, should send them a very strong message.\n\n[/quote:3b932]\r\n\r\nThat\'s one of the questions I actually do have. While it\'s great that OH has so many fans to be able to push the show up the list so quickly (though taking off like this in just the past couple months?)\r\nI wonder if the company execs even know about the site and take it into account when deciding which shows to release. In perusing the shelves at the local stores, it\'s incredible to me how many shows are getting released that had no business being on TV in the first place...whereas some great shows are not being released, or when they want to be, are being held up by who knows what reasons.','',0,'gA==','3b932',1,0,'',531,0,0),(186336,13888,3,509,0,'207.40.146.97',1155658046,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','When I saw the picture of the shows title\'s characters I thought, \"2 Stupid\r\nDogs?\" I know, too obscure...','',0,'gA==','3682f',1,0,'',509,0,0),(186337,13931,6,51,0,'209.240.206.202',1155658776,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Daria looked up at the man standing before her.\n\n\"I wouldn\'t do that if I were you. It would only make me mad. You wouldn\'t like me when I\'m mad.\"\n\nHe ignored her. \"Hulk smash puny, smart-mouth misery chick!\" he said, bringing both hands down on Daria\'s head, driving her into the earth.\n\nThe Hulk looked about for other puny humans, and at first didn\'t notice the two huge, green arms shoot out of the earth. Daria-Hulk pulled herself out of the ground.\n\n\"Whoa,\" muttered Hulk, \"Puny human now giving Hulk woodie. Uh-oh.\"\n\nHe began to shrink back into Bruce Banner.\n\n\"Good!\" she growled, \"Daria-Hulk now kick puny Hulk secret identity through goal posts of life!\"\n\nDaria indeed kicked Banner in the cujones, sending him shrieking into the stratosphere, changing back into the Hulk near the top of his parabola.\n\nOn the sidelines, Jane said to her companion, \"Looks like this is going to take a while.\"\n\n\"Yup. She definitely inherited cousing Bruce\'s temper,\" said She-Hulk. \"Pizza?\"\n\n\"Yeah.\" Jane giggled, \"I never thought I\'d ever get a chance to eat pizza with the real She-Hulk.\"\n\n\"Are you kidding,\" said Shulkie, \"The honor\'s mine! I always thought the show should have beeb \'Jane\' instead of \'Daria.\'\"\n\n\"Cross dimensional cross-overs are so cool!\" said Jane, as they walked off.\n\n\"You said it,\" agreed Shulkie.\n\nDaria-Hulk, meanwhile, glanced at her watch and muttered with a frown, \"Any day now, Hulk. It\'s not like I have anything better to do, like maybe read or something...\"\n_______\n\nGuy \"With a tip o\' the hat to TAG\" Payne','',0,'gA==','0f702',1,0,'',51,0,0),(186338,13944,16,531,0,'63.22.200.191',1155658901,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I\'m with Sam. I do prefer getting the DVD from legit sources. \r\nIN the case that they aren\'t available, you make due with what is available, but when they finally do release it officially, I\'ll be way up there in line to get my copy.\r\nThe problem with bootlegs is, as someone mentioned, sketchy quality, (I\'ve seen boots that were recorded right into someones computer, from MTV, so the pop-ups ads are still there, every so often whoever it is gets an email or IM, so that sound comes through.\r\nWe want the officials for the better quality, possibility of extras, etc etc.\r\nThe other problem with buying bootlegs (and I\'m not talking about making a copy for a friend) is that someone is profiting for another\'s work. It\'s like this with Movies, TV shows music - that\'s the basis behind the Napster controversy a couple years ago...the companies, record, TV etc, allow, and expect some copying here and there, but when a show or song is put out for anyone to take free of charge, the company loses money, the artist (in this case Glenn and Anne [I\'d assume they\'d get something for the release]) or the musician or whatever media it is doesn\'t get their royalties.','',0,'','afd06',1,0,'',531,0,0),(186339,12708,16,509,0,'207.40.146.97',1155659004,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="JrGtr42":69182]\nThat\'s one of the questions I actually do have. While it\'s great that OH has so many fans to be able to push the show up the list so quickly (though taking off like this in just the past couple months?)\nI wonder if the company execs even know about the site and take it into account when deciding which shows to release.[/quote:69182]\n\nI\'ve mentioned before a part of getting whose Line Is It Anyway US was\nthe show taking the #1 spot (+ fan petitions), and it might have also helped\nthe one part of the Trek cash cow Paramount hadn\'t chewed up, The\nAnimated Series.\n\n[quote="JrGtr42":69182]\nIn perusing the shelves at the local stores, it\'s incredible to me how many shows are getting released that had no business being on TV in the first place...whereas some great shows are not being released, or when they want to be, are being held up by who knows what reasons.[/quote:69182]\r\n\r\nMusic is a big issue for other series, like the aforementioned Thrid Watch.\r\nWonder Years & WKRP are in limbo because of this. It took several years\r\nfor Universal to get all the rights for Miami Vice.','',0,'gA==','69182',1,0,'',509,0,0),(186340,12708,16,568,0,'216.97.244.66',1155659182,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:43044]and it might have also helped\nthe one part of the Trek cash cow Paramount hadn\'t chewed up, The\nAnimated Series. [/quote:43044]\r\n\r\nIt\'ll be on DVD November 21st.','',0,'gA==','43044',1,0,'',568,0,0),(186341,13931,6,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155659237,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Dracula coughed and sputtered as he fell back from Daria in complete confusion about the repellency of her blood.\r\n\r\nDaria wiped the blood from her neck, shrugged and said, \"Hey, you eat lasagna five nights a week and at least one pizza every weekend, you end up with a little garlic in your bloodstream.\"','',0,'gA==','072de',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186342,12314,16,509,0,'207.40.146.97',1155659414,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Greybird":41c31]\"My So-Called Life\" only got its DVD release (in full) after a huge fan push and a deal with collectible dealer Another Universe (now defunct, its owner in prison for mail fraud). It threw in a bonus disc with a creators\' interview, and a specially designed metal lunchbox with licensed images from the show.[/quote:41c31]\r\n\r\nDaria could do worse to have a company like Rhino involved, as a more\r\npositive example. They\'ve stuck with MST3K, to the point of saying they\r\nwould have funded new episodes if they could have. BUT Rhini IIRC is now\r\npart of Time-Warner, BUT AGAIN Paramount and TW have worked together\r\non TV related projects before (co-owning Comedy Central for a long time).','',0,'gA==','41c31',1,0,'',509,0,0),(186343,13946,11,509,0,'207.40.146.97',1155660390,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Ultimate Battle Undercard: Die Hippie Die!','Well, Van Driessen did kick David Spade\'s butt...','',0,'gA==','68de6',1,0,'',509,0,0),(186344,13933,3,70,0,'67.184.16.255',1155661303,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','One of my windows on my 99 Saturn is stuck in the UP position. I\'ve been saying for weeks I need to get it fixed, but since it\'s up not down, I\'ve been neglecting it.','',0,'gA==','4c5df',1,0,'',70,0,0),(186345,13136,6,307,0,'65.26.92.117',1155662018,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','thats why you never toss a loaded gun...','',0,'gA==','2f659',1,0,'',307,0,0),(186346,13933,3,39,0,'81.6.230.232',1155663511,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Teeki! Don\'t neglect it. God forbid you ever need to leave the car through the window, but if you should...\r\n\r\nI keep one of [url=http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10151&productId=158591&categoryId=49102:b8ae7]these[/url:b8ae7] attached to the seat cushion, so even if I\'m hanging from the seatbelt I can reach it.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'EA==','b8ae7',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186347,13947,10,124,0,'75.109.33.226',1155663660,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Photoshop: Daria video game art','Something I did about half a month ago, was start a thread that I hoped would spark some creativity.\r\n\r\nhttp://sfmb.gamerspage.com/viewtopic.php?p=33157#33157','',0,'EA==','3b870',1,0,'',124,0,0),(186348,13943,3,472,0,'69.134.151.141',1155664127,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Deref":d7469]Suggestion though - shrink the photos to reasonable web size and link to the larger ones for those who want to see them in all their glory.[/quote:d7469]\r\n\r\nDone.\r\n\r\nI\'ve gotta remind myself about not everyone running ridiculous resolutions.','',0,'gA==','d7469',1,0,'',472,0,0),(186349,13896,5,14,0,'72.77.105.149',1155664477,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="NapalmKracken":b0b3e]What\'s a scutter?[/quote:b0b3e]\n\nLittle Robo-repairbots from \'Red Dwarf\'.\n[quote="Greybird":b0b3e]\n(That\'s the Chicago address Elwood tells Jake he\'s put on his driver\'s license. \"Thass\' Wrigley Field,\"\nJake mumbles before rolling over and going to sleep. All just before Jake\'s jilted fiancee blows up\nthe building. ... You\'ve gotta see it, if you haven\'t, and then it makes sense. Sorta.) \n[/quote:b0b3e]\r\n\r\nBest part (in relation to the address, anyhow) is when the Illonois Nazis show up at Wrigley Field with clubs, looking for them. \r\n\r\nCrazy \"I\'ve always loved you\" Nutso','',0,'gA==','b0b3e',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186350,13943,3,39,0,'81.6.230.232',1155664629,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Looks like fun! Apart from the brief shimmy, that is.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'gA==','b2016',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186351,13943,3,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155665953,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Great pictures! I\'ve been wanting to go on a road trip for a while. \":)\"','',0,'gA==','2859a',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186352,13919,4,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155666821,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Some interesting insights on [url=http://www.csicop.org/si/2006-03/intelligent-design.html:0556b]\"common sense\" and why pseudosciences like Intellegent Design[/url:0556b] are often accepted.','',0,'EA==','0556b',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186353,13906,10,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155667236,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Isa Yo-Jo":fee35]Didn\'t he move to Japan to be a teacher?[/quote:fee35]\r\n\r\nYeah, Paperpusher moved to Japan.','',0,'gA==','fee35',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186354,13943,3,564,0,'24.13.126.24',1155667405,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Looks fun, is that a Bullet Mustang?','',0,'gA==','23a66',1,0,'',564,0,0),(186355,13896,5,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155667752,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Did you know the Illinois nazis where based on a real group of American Nazis? I learned about it the other day on History Channel- The American Socialist Party (the movie\'s American Socialist White People\'s Party) they called themselves, the wore Nazi uniforms (like in the movie) and almost demonstrated like they did in the movie (in Skokie, IL) with the help of the ACLU and it\'s Jewish lawyer in a case that went to the Supreme Court after the city consistently refused them a permit to demonstrate (they felt discriminated against for being nazis wanting to demosntrate in the most Jewish per capita city in the US and felt that refusal to allow them to do so was a violation of their first amendment rights), though at the last minute Chicago let them go back to preaching Nazism in the park like they used to so they dropped the demonstration.\r\nI\'m pretty sure Aykroyd would have known of this and included it intentionally.','',0,'gA==','c3ef7',1,1155667881,'',450,1,0),(186356,13896,5,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155667879,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Did you do the work on the models?','',0,'gA==','dc287',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186357,13896,5,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155667988,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','No, I bought them that way, I could never do models that look that good.\r\n\r\n\r\nhttp://www.policecarmodels.com sells them both plus an unmarked version for people wanting to make their own police cars with it.','',0,'gA==','7a157',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186358,13931,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155668407,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Difficult Crossover','[quote="UU":1010f][quote="Mike Xeno":1010f][quote="Roentgen":1010f]Daria vs. Predator[/quote:1010f]\nBelieve it or not... [url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/daria_vs_predator.html:1010f]it\'s been done.[/url:1010f]\nAnd, astonishingly, it\'s not that bad.[/quote:1010f]\n\":shock:\" Someone really wrote that?!\n\nMy own weird idea... [i:1010f]Daria vs The Matrix[/i:1010f], anyone? Or has it already been done, too? \":D\"[/quote:1010f]\r\nSomeone\'s done that, too. I don\'t recall the title, but it was like, \"Silly Rabbit! Matrix Are For Kids!\"','',0,'sA==','1010f',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186359,13937,3,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155668535,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="CDM":acc53][quote="nmorgendorffer":acc53]Oh, come on! Pluto is a planet. Let it go. \":P\"[/quote:acc53]\nBesides, the Mi-Go might get ticked off if they lose all the tourist money.[/quote:acc53]\r\nBRITTANY: Mi-Go, Yugo, We all go to Pluto for Mi-Go! Yay!','',0,'gA==','acc53',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186360,13919,4,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155668942,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I find it interesting that, as far as I can tell from my real-life experience, those who claim that evolution is false because it contradicts the Bible\'s version of Creation are completely unwilling to accept the Bible\'s version of how medicine (among other things) should be practiced, this despite their claims that the Bible is literally true.','',0,'gA==','a5274',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186361,10309,2,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155668995,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Now this is funny:\r\n\r\nGr8 Mendy:\r\n\r\nOccupation: Truck Driver\r\nInterests: Trying to become a handbag model','',0,'gA==','272b6',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186362,13946,11,213,0,'68.220.216.168',1155669173,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Van Driessen. He would probably get in a fight if he absolutely, absolutely [b:2f685]had[/b:2f685] to. Whereas, O\'Neill would run screaming.\r\n\r\nOn a scale from 1 to 100, Van Driessen\'s a 0.75. But O\'Neill\'s a -5.6.\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!','',0,'QA==','2f685',1,0,'',213,0,0),(186363,13136,6,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155669820,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Didn\'t something like this almost happen on an episode of Family Ties?','',0,'QA==','300ba',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186364,13941,3,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155669972,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\"Thinking of Changing my Name...\" or \"But I Might Change My Name\" I think that name sells itself.\r\n\r\nFailing that GI Yo-Joe','',0,'QA==','88be8',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186365,13931,6,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155670061,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Iron Chef: Difficult Crossover','[quote="The Angst Guy":02ac0][quote="UU":02ac0][quote="Mike Xeno":02ac0][quote="Roentgen":02ac0]Daria vs. Predator[/quote:02ac0]\nBelieve it or not... [url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/daria_vs_predator.html:02ac0]it\'s been done.[/url:02ac0]\nAnd, astonishingly, it\'s not that bad.[/quote:02ac0]\n\":shock:\" Someone really wrote that?!\n\nMy own weird idea... [i:02ac0]Daria vs The Matrix[/i:02ac0], anyone? Or has it already been done, too? \":D\"[/quote:02ac0]\nSomeone\'s done that, too. I don\'t recall the title, but it was like, \"Silly Rabbit! Matrix Are For Kids!\"[/quote:02ac0]\r\nhttp://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/sil ... r_kids.txt\r\nIndeed. \":)\" Imagination knows no bounds, it seems -- I\'ve found even some [i:02ac0]Daria vs LOTR[/i:02ac0] stuff. \"8)\"','',0,'sA==','02ac0',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186366,13946,11,83,0,'204.27.172.3',1155670321,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','That\'s more the battle of Wussy Men. I thought it was going to be Amanda Lane vs. Claire Defoe.','',0,'sA==','e5214',1,0,'',83,0,0),(186367,13193,6,161,0,'71.90.25.0',1155670899,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Daria knew things had gone terribly, terribly, wrong when Jane caught on fire...','',0,'sA==','927f6',1,0,'',161,0,0),(186368,13946,11,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155670968,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Angelinhel":e1b82]That\'s more the battle of Wussy Men. I thought it was going to be Amanda Lane vs. Claire Defoe.[/quote:e1b82]\r\n\r\nEh, make it a three-way cage match and add Willow Yeager. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','e1b82',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186369,13948,5,359,0,'168.28.202.180',1155671225,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Star Trek Inspirational Posters','[url=http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html:a21f6]Star Trek Inspirational Posters[/url:a21f6]\r\n\r\nIf they were actually selling these, I\'d suddenly need a whole lot more wall space. \":P\"','',0,'EA==','a21f6',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186370,13949,5,493,0,'12.162.182.138',1155671644,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Has anyone seen?','I was watching G4 and saw this really funny commercial for the WII it came on with the picture of this kid from behind and his arm is going up and down and his mom walks in and screams what are you doing ? he said playing with my WII she gets hysterical and starts telling him he\'s going to go blind . I was watching Attack of the show . i think it was a preview of the ones they are going to run of course with them you can\'t really tell . \":D\"','',0,'EA==','ea19d',1,0,'',493,0,0),(186371,13193,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155671707,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Ms. Kinnikufan":919a5]Daria knew things had gone terribly, terribly, wrong when Jane caught on fire...[/quote:919a5]\r\n...underwater.','',0,'gA==','919a5',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186372,13931,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155671769,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Difficult Crossover','[quote="UU":7ec97][quote="The Angst Guy":7ec97][quote="UU":7ec97][quote="Mike Xeno":7ec97][quote="Roentgen":7ec97]Daria vs. Predator[/quote:7ec97]\nBelieve it or not... [url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/daria_vs_predator.html:7ec97]it\'s been done.[/url:7ec97]\nAnd, astonishingly, it\'s not that bad.[/quote:7ec97]\n\":shock:\" Someone really wrote that?!\n\nMy own weird idea... [i:7ec97]Daria vs The Matrix[/i:7ec97], anyone? Or has it already been done, too? \":D\"[/quote:7ec97]\nSomeone\'s done that, too. I don\'t recall the title, but it was like, \"Silly Rabbit! Matrix Are For Kids!\"[/quote:7ec97]\nhttp://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/sil ... r_kids.txt\nIndeed. \":)\" Imagination knows no bounds, it seems -- I\'ve found even some [i:7ec97]Daria vs LOTR[/i:7ec97] stuff. \"8)\"[/quote:7ec97]\r\nI started one of those on PPMB but am not likely to finish it before 2009.','',0,'sA==','7ec97',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186373,13936,6,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155672352,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Ch 2.\r\n\r\nIn some ways, Enki had proven himself to be the best possible candidate for king of Makai. For one thing he had appointed rivals of his as territorial governors, a move that pacified many who may have revolted otherwise. Second, he knew how to take advice. He had threatened to cancel the second Makai tournament three years later but let Yusuke and Koko talk him out of it. In fact Yusuke had initially seen this as his last responsibility in the demon realm. He figured stability had been maintained and civil war had been averted once more but he did come back to watch.\r\n\r\nIt had been an amazing tournament. They did away with the platforms and used the Dark Tournament rules and procedures (except that even momentary contact outside the ring was a ring-out). One by one all the greatest fighters of Makai fell until only Hiei, Shura, Enki, Mukuro, Yomi, Natsume, and Chu were left. Astonishing everyone, Toguro’s former teammate Bui had entered the tournament. He had gone undefeated until he went up against Touya. Fourteen minutes into the fight Bui fired off a ki blast in a moment of desperation that sent Touya flying far enough for a ring-out but the smaller demon’s attacks had taken their toll. Bui, who had always shown nearly invincible defense had been badly sliced up by Touya’s ice attacks and couldn’t continue to the next round.\r\n\r\nBui’s injury meant Chu would have a bye in the quarterfinals. Natsume lost to Yomi (much to Chu’s anger) by a fairly significant margin. In fact he defeated her without using a single energy attack. Clearly he was disappointed that Yusuke had not entered this time around and decided to take his frustration out on his opponent. Hiei went up against Shura and cut his left arm off in the first ten seconds of the fight. Shura was thoroughly enraged and counter-attacked viciously but only managed to break Hiei’s sword without landing a single blow on Hiei himself. He lost so much blood from the effort that he had to surrender at that point. All those years of training were wasted.\r\n\r\nMukuro faced Enki. It is always a fatal mistake to underestimate one’s opponent. Enki certainly didn’t seem that tough and it was widely believed that his victory only came about last time because of Yomi’s exhaustion and Mukuro’s lack of focus. Mukuro was so sure that this time she could take him. Wrong. Enki was not an agile fighter nor was he much good with ki attacks but his brute strength was beyond belief and when Mukuro got too close she got hit so hard she flew into the stands.\r\n\r\nIn the semi-finals Yomi simply embarrassed Chu who was trying so desperately to avenge his wife’s loss (yes, I said wife, surprise). Chu’s brute strength, confusing movements, and powerful ki attacks did nothing for him and he was beaten in less than a minute. Hiei’s match against Enki was even shorter. As soon as it began Hiei used the dragon at once, not on Enki but on himself. He absorbed the dragon and punched Enki in the face with all his might. Enki fell backwards but it was a few inches short of a ring out and he managed to get up after just a couple seconds. Hiei immediately knew he couldn’t win and forfeited.\r\n\r\nEnki then declared that the final round would be postponed for one day. A brilliant move on his part. This time no one could give any excuses about Yomi being too tired. It was a magnificent fight. Though Enki had slow legs he had a surprisingly fast upper body and the much faster Yomi had terrible trouble hitting him. He didn’t dare get too close until after about twenty minutes he began to realize he’d have to. The two traded blows and mild energy attacks at close range for about five minutes. Yomi showed amazing endurance considering how hard he was being hit. The fight seemed even until Enki head butted Yomi in the gut, impaling him with his right horn. That move won him the knockout and the respect of even the most hardened cynics.\r\n\r\nYusuke thought for sure that all would be well this time. But after a few months it became clear that not everyone in Makai was thrilled to death with how the tournament had come out. Many had wanted to see Shura on the throne and there had been two attempts on Hiei’s life in retaliation for his victory.\r\n\r\nEnki’s ban on eating humans had driven some demons that had no intention of becoming vegetarians into committing acts of cannibalism. Some attempted to cross into the human realm but were caught by Hiei and his troops and were handed over to Mukuro for punishment.\r\n\r\nIt was clear someone needed to keep an eye on any seditious groups or individuals who might pose a threat to Enki’s regime. That person was to be Urameshi.\r\n\r\nYusuke was a fighter, no one could deny that. If you think Kuwabara was bored working a normal job it was nothing compared to how Yusuke felt working for a dry cleaners. But since he spent what would have been his first three years of high school in Makai there was little he was qualified for. Plus, very soon after his return Keiko got pregnant and she was still a few months away from finishing high school. They needed money. Yusuke was far happier working for Enki. He got to do what he loved and he made enough money to put Keiko through college and put their little girl in top notch day care. Because his assignments varied there were plenty of times when he got to spend lots of time with Keiko who had managed to finish college in only three years, something most teen mothers could never achieve.\r\n\r\nNow as it happened on one particular day, Yusuke had an audience before Enki on a day when Hiei was present. They hadn’t seen each other much in the last seven years.\r\n\r\n“Hmph, you’ve gotten taller Yusuke,” muttered Hiei.\r\n\r\n“You sure haven’t,” joked Yurameshi. “So how the hell are you?”\r\n\r\n“Busy thanks to your jackass boss,” grumbled Hiei. “Like it would be the end of the world to at least genetically engineer some humans for consumption. At least Mukuro would have allowed that if she had won.”\r\n\r\n“Well they still made her a governor.”\r\n\r\n“Governor?” scoffed Hiei. “All she does all day long is Enki’s dirty work. She’s the one who has to either flog or execute demons who try to cross over. It’s not fair. They’re only following their instincts.”\r\n\r\n“Um, Hiei, there’s something you should know about Enki,” said Yusuke. “He has very good hearing. I’m sure he heard every word you just said.”\r\n\r\n“He did indeed,” hollered Enki from his throne with a laugh. “But the Great Enki is a benevolent ruler and you are thus pardoned Hiei.”\r\n\r\nAt that moment a small demon entered the room to announce that Yomi was here.\r\n\r\n“You’ll have to pardon my tardiness, Excellency,” grumbled Yomi. “But I’ve just had the unfortunate duty of handing three more of my territory’s citizens over to Mukuro.”\r\n\r\n“You did? Well great job Yomi. Thanks.”\r\n\r\nHiei and Yusuke had to slap themselves in the head over that one. Enki just didn’t get it.\r\n\r\n“Actually I summoned you here to talk about something else,” continued Enki. “I don’t mean to be a stick in the mud here but your district hasn’t turned over its tax revenue for this year yet. We have a kingdom to run here, you know.”\r\n\r\n“And I have people ready to riot!” hollered Yomi.\r\n\r\n“Well there’s no need to get angry,” replied Enki.\r\n\r\n“There is. There is when my people are starving and too weak to work and you demand money from us.”\r\n\r\n“If they’re starving it’s because they chose to,” retorted Enki. “Just because I banned human meat doesn’t mean they can’t eat. Have you been setting an example by publicly eating plants like I told you to?”\r\n\r\n“Oh yes, that went over real well,” grumbled Yomi.\r\n\r\n“Oh good, I’m so glad to hear it.”\r\n\r\nOnce again Hiei and Yususke were shocked at Enki’s failure to recognize sarcasm. At that, Yomi angrily stormed out of the throne room. Koenma had been watching all of this from a distance. He shook his head gloomily.\r\n\r\n“Oh well,” said Enki with a yawn. “I’m sure he’ll get those taxes collected. The important thing is that we don’t get angry. That will just make him angrier and then where will we be? Everything will turn out just fine, you’ll see. Now I have to go take a nap. Excuse me.”\r\n\r\nHiei and Yusuke watched him lumber off to his room.\r\n\r\n“That guy is an idiot,” said Hiei.\r\n\r\n“Yeah, he’s a few rat droppings short of a hot dog, that’s for sure,” replied Yusuke. “But at least most demons still support him. We’ve avoid civil war this long, haven’t we?”\r\n\r\n“So this is the cure for war?” grumble Hiei. “Stupidity!”\r\n\r\n“Hey, whatever works,” said Koenma with a grin. “Although I think you had better keep an eye on Yomi and Shura’s districts for the next few weeks, Yusuke. They have me a little worried and…”\r\n\r\n“Someone’s here!” interrupted Hiei. “Someone’s listening in.”\r\n\r\nHiei ran off in one direction and Yusuke and Koenma followed. Hiei stopped and looked around but saw no one. He removed his headband and scanned all around with the Jagan but still saw nothing.\r\n\r\n“Whoever it was, it was an S-Class demon, that’s for sure,” muttered Hiei. “I have to go. I need to take care of some things.”\r\n\r\n“Hey come on,” said Yusuke. “I haven’t seen you in a while. At least let me take you out and get you plastered or something.”\r\n\r\nHiei stopped in his tracks and to Yusuke and Koenma’s amazement he turned around with a smile on his face. “I’m glad some things don’t change. I have a feeling we’ll be running into each other again real soon, Urameshi. See you around.” And with that he vanished.\r\n\r\nYusuke turned to Koenma. “Cryptic as always but a full-time badass. How about you? Want to go to Ningenkai and throw back some sake? I told Keiko I’d be working late so she won’t be expecting me.”\r\n\r\n“With a face like this?” replied Koenma. “I’m bound to get carded. Besides, I don’t have time.”\r\n\r\n“You’re gonna give yourself a heart attack,” said Yusuke. “You’re working too hard. I mean you have to look after Spirit World and you keep popping in to baby-sit Enki. Botan’s gonna feel neglected. And let me tell you, chicks turn evil when they feel neglected. Trust me.”\r\n\r\n“That may be but I can’t afford a civil war,” said Koenma. “I should have known that the answers couldn’t possibly come so easy. I mean Enki was the best guy for the job considering the alternatives but the nature of most demons falls into direct conflict with what’s best for all three worlds. All we seemed to do was postpone the inevitable. You understand what I’m saying, Yusuke?”\r\n\r\n“All I understand is you need to go home, drink a beer, and show the wife a little loving. So do I. Now come on, stop being so gloomy.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“Suichi! Suichi, what’s going on?”\r\n\r\n“Mother? What’s wrong? You don’t sound well.”\r\n\r\n“Where is your stepfather? He didn’t come home.”\r\n\r\n“Maybe he had to work late.”\r\n\r\n“He’s never been this late before and when I called his office no one answered.”\r\n\r\nKurama wasn’t the least bit worried about his stepfather but his mother sounded badly upset on the phone and that was enough for him. He decided to go back to work at 11 PM to see if he was still there. Standing outside the building, he was relieved to see a light was still on in his stepfather’s office.\r\n\r\nHe was making up his mind whether or not to go in and say hello or to head home and call his mother when a large desk was flung out the window and crashed onto the sidewalk below.\r\n\r\n“Well hello, Youko! Glad you could come and join the party!”\r\n\r\nA large reptilian demon was shouting at him from his father’s office.\r\n\r\n“Well come on up, Youko! Don’t you want to play with us? We were just amusing ourselves with papa-san here but the more the merrier.”\r\n\r\nThat old familiar anger came back with a vengeance. And this time Kurama didn’t try to fight it. Retirement time was over.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“Hey Kurama how come you left the door unlocked?” shouted Kuwabara as he entered the apartment. There’re a lot of weirdoes in this neighborhood and… what the hell!”\r\n\r\nKuwabara was not alone. A small figure in black stood in the middle of the living room. Now Kuwbara noticed a nail file sticking out of the keyhole for the first time.\r\n\r\n“Hey moron, you picked the wrong house to rob,” growled Kuwabara. “Get out of here and go steal someone else’s TV before I lose my temper and beat you back to the Stone Age.”\r\n\r\n“How do you know I don’t have a gun?” replied a gravelly voice from beneath the black ski mask.\r\n\r\n“Doesn’t matter if you do,” replied Kuwabara. “You won’t get a chance to use it. Your arm would be lying on the floor next to you before your finger ever hit the trigger. Rei Ken!” Immediately a surge of orange light burst forth from Kuwabara’s right hand. Kuwabara grinned cockily. “Too bad you didn’t know who you were messing with.”\r\n\r\n“Didn’t know?” replied the burglar. In response he pulled out Kuwabara’s cat from behind his back. “Oh but I did.”\r\n\r\n“Eikichi!”\r\n\r\nWithout even making a conscious decision to modify his blade, Kuwabara’s Rei Ken immediately converted into the more powerful Jigen Tou. The energy increased the temperature of the apartment by twenty degrees.\r\n\r\n“Come and get it, bonehead,” gloated the burglar. He jumped out the second story window still holding on to the cat. Kuwabara jumped after him at once and took off in pursuit. But whoever this burglar was, he was good. He was much faster than Kuwabara and infinitely more agile. Every time Kuwabara caught up the burglar would leap up and seem to bounce right off a nearby building or fence, landing on the other side of the street. All of the sudden it occurred to Kuwabara what was happening.\r\n\r\n“Genkai! Cut it out!”\r\n\r\nOff came the mask and a grinning Genkai was revealed. “So, recognize me by my trademark movements, eh Kuwabara?”\r\n\r\n“No,” replied Kuwabara. “Who else would have stolen my cat for no apparent reason and then call me ‘bonehead’?”\r\n\r\nGenkai grinned again and released the cat. Eikichi hissed at her angrily before racing into Kuwabara’s arms and affectionately rubbing its head against his chest.\r\n\r\n“You crazy old bat! Was this your idea of a joke or something?”\r\n\r\n“No,” replied Genkai. “This was a test. You passed. Training starts tomorrow at my place at 6AM sharp and if you’re even one second late you can forget all about it.”\r\n\r\n“But I have work…”\r\n\r\n“Then you had better quit your damn job!” hollered Genkai. “This will take up your days every single day. If I train you then you give it your all or you don’t waste my time. 6AM. Tomorrow.”\r\n\r\nShe walked away leaving Kuwabara bewildered.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“ROSE WHIP!”\r\n\r\nKurama decimated two large demons in the lobby of his and his stepfather’s office building. Three more demons raced towards him. They had the misfortune of running right past a potted fern plant on the reception desk which they didn’t notice but Kurama did. They got a rather nasty disemboweling for their efforts.\r\n\r\n“You’d better hurry up, Youko!” yelled that reptilian voice from upstairs. “I don’t know how much longer I can keep from killing this guy. Oh the suspense! Can he do it? Can he make it up here in time? I don’t know, this guy is looking pretty tasty and I haven’t eaten a human in years. I don’t Youko. Oh no… Oh no, I don’t know if I can stop myself, I think I’m gonna have to… yes… Youko I think I’m gonna have to eat him… HERE I GO!”\r\n\r\nThat did it. In a blinding flash of light and smoke Youko Kurama appeared in all his glory. A demon on a balcony above him chewed up a large piece of metal it was holding and then spit the shards out at him like his mouth was a machine gun. A large tree instantly sprouted up, blocking the attack. A branch from the tree impaled the demon.\r\n\r\n“Kyūketsu Shokubutsu!”\r\n\r\nA massive number of blood sucking plants burst out of the floor all over the place, killing the remaining demons. Youko took a deep breath and reverted to his human form. It wouldn’t do to let his stepfather see him in his demon body. Kurama raced up the stairs and into his stepfather’s office. The demon was holding the poor man by the neck, dangling him out the broken window. He was still alive but badly beaten and unconscious.\r\n\r\n“Yomi sends his regards, traitor,” smirked the demon. “One move and I drop him to his death. I have a bargain for you. Kill yourself and I’ll spare him. If you refuse I will drop him. Now how could you ever face your precious little mommy again if that happens? You have five seconds to decide. One…”\r\n\r\nTo the demon’s shock, Kurama immediately rushed him. The demon let go at once but immediately realized his mistake. Kurama knew every square inch of this building. He knew there was ivy growing out of that wall and manipulated the vines to act as a safety net. The demon turned back around just in time to see Kurama flying towards him and kicking him out the window onto the pavement below. Then Kurama jumped out after him. Neither one of the two demons had so much as a scratch from the fall.\r\n\r\n“Why on earth would Yomi come after me now after all these years?” demanded Kurama.\r\n\r\n“Oh like I’m going to spill my guts to someone I’m about to kill,” sneered the demon.\r\n\r\n“You must be joking,” said Kurama with a deadly calm in his voice. “I’ve already placed half a dozen Death Plant seeds all over your body. Now talk or die.”\r\n\r\nThe demon tore open his shirt and to his horror saw that Kurama wasn’t bluffing. He seemed genuinely frightened and seemed to weigh his options but the image of Yomi torturing the demon who had blinded him terrified him far more than death. “Kill me!”\r\n\r\n“Suit yourself.”\r\n\r\nOddly enough, Kurama finished him off with the Rose Whip. Deep down he was hoping the demon would talk. Really he had no desire to kill it but making idle threats is a deadly mistake. He figured a quick death would be more appropriate…\r\n\r\n“Suichi!”\r\n\r\n“Mother!”\r\n\r\nThere she was. And she had seen. He was still holding the Rose Whip in his hands.\r\n\r\n“What on earth…”\r\n\r\n“Mother, I…”\r\n\r\nKurama couldn’t continue. This was the secret he’d kept from her all his life. How could he even begin to explain this?\r\n\r\n“I’m sorry.”\r\n\r\nKurama fled into the night. Even he didn’t notice an elderly gentleman watching the whole spectacle from a parked car nearby and looking quite pleased.\r\n\r\nEnd Chapter 2','',0,'sA==','33e3f',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186374,13941,3,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155672354,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Ima Mo-Fo\r\n\r\nDarianapolis Ozone Warrior\r\n\r\nTippicanoe and Isa II\r\n\r\nShock D. Monkey\r\n\r\nLawndale Lulubelle\r\n\r\nIsadore Dunkindonuts\r\n\r\nFresh Isa\r\n\r\nSnakes N. A. Plane','',0,'sA==','afd43',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186375,13941,3,245,0,'69.164.8.156',1155672580,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Kemical Reaxion":61e06][quote="RabidCureFan":61e06]Helpful Skittles Explosion would rock...your signature could be \"TASTE THE RAINBOW, BEEYOTCH!\"[/quote:61e06]\n\n\":lol:\" Oh, my God. That was hilarious. Thanks! I needed that.\n\nKem[/quote:61e06]\r\n\r\nHmmmm...I\'m finding this one quite tempting. I think I\'m gonna switch to it and see how it fits. When I get back from vacation I\'ll decide permanently. So what do y\'all think?','',0,'gA==','61e06',1,0,'',245,0,0),(186376,13941,3,215,0,'204.65.73.249',1155672757,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Not to be the grinch....but it\'s so long that it causes the margin on the left to move to the right....\r\n\r\nToo bad you can\'t put it on two lines....\r\n\r\n\r\nLATER: Oops...never mind, my eyes were once again playing tricks on me...kind of like when I read Richard\'s stories! \":wink:\"\r\n\r\nGreat name!','',0,'gA==','7a328',1,1155672862,'',215,2,0),(186377,13941,3,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155672788,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="HelpfulSkittlesExplosion":13d71][quote="Kemical Reaxion":13d71][quote="RabidCureFan":13d71]Helpful Skittles Explosion would rock...your signature could be \"TASTE THE RAINBOW, BEEYOTCH!\"[/quote:13d71]\n\n\":lol:\" Oh, my God. That was hilarious. Thanks! I needed that.\n\nKem[/quote:13d71]\n\nHmmmm...I\'m finding this one quite tempting. I think I\'m gonna switch to it and see how it fits. When I get back from vacation I\'ll decide permanently. So what do y\'all think?[/quote:13d71]\r\n\r\n \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','13d71',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186378,13944,16,494,0,'85.195.119.22',1155673752,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','','Another reason not to buy bootlegs: bootlegs are DVD-R or another computer recordable format. Unlike factory fabricated DVDs, these use dyes to take the digital information, and can fade if not properly cared for. See http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/gipwog/S ... yStudy.pdf for more information than you want, but as much as you need.','',0,'gA==','9e955',1,0,'',494,0,0),(186379,10309,2,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155674393,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":9c14c]Now this is funny:\n\nGr8 Mendy:\n\nOccupation: Truck Driver\nInterests: Trying to become a handbag model[/quote:9c14c]\r\n\r\nIf only we had more funny spammers. \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','9c14c',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186380,13948,5,568,0,'216.97.244.66',1155674929,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[img:66860]http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/insp_expendability_preview.jpg[/img:66860]\r\n\r\nCaptain Kirk-\"Alright men, this is a dangerous mission and it\'s likely one of us will be killed. The landing party will consist of myself, Mr.Spock, Dr.McCoy and Ensign Ricky.\"\r\n\r\nEnsign Ricky-\"Ah crap.\"','',0,'CA==','66860',1,0,'',568,0,0),(186381,13937,3,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155674980,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="CDM":92960][quote="nmorgendorffer":92960]Oh, come on! Pluto is a planet. Let it go. \":P\"[/quote:92960]\n\nBesides, the Mi-Go might get ticked off if they lose all the tourist money.[/quote:92960]\r\n\r\nWhy does it not surprise me you brought the mythos into this??\r\n\r\n\r\nThat aside, from the first time I actually learned details of the Pluto-Charon binary pair and their orbit I figured it would eventually be removed from planet status, but we\'ll see how they do it.','',0,'gA==','92960',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186382,13888,3,114,0,'210.9.136.108',1155675028,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":3e876][quote="Doggieboy":3e876]Then, of course, there\'s news that Justin Timberflake is going to host the VMA. Maybe he should dance with Janet Jackson again and bare the other boob. \":P\"[/quote:3e876]\nJustin [size=200:3e876][b:3e876]IS[/b:3e876][/size:3e876] the other boob![/quote:3e876]\r\n \":D\" Yeah, but whoever thought that stunt up was a genius.','',0,'xA==','3e876',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186383,13941,3,12,0,'204.119.143.138',1155675126,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Does this have something to do with you and Superintendent Cartwright? It was written out of jest, honest! \":twisted:\"','',0,'xA==','2ff14',1,0,'',12,0,0),(186384,13679,11,40,0,'63.19.34.188',1155675368,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I\'d like to own a fully functional Thompson submachine gun (probably the relatively plain-Jane WWII military model) myself, if I could afford it (I doubt I could touch one for much less than $10 grand) and navigate all the red tape, mostly just for historical/nostalgic reasons.\r\n\r\n The .45 ACP cartridge it fired was/is pretty effective against unarmored targets at relatively short range, but not much good against currently common body armor. So for strictly practical purposes, some sort of assault rifle/carbine capable of piercing most body armor would be better nowadays.\r\n\r\n I admit I\'d have a hard time giving up TV altogether. It\'s a lot of company to a semi-shut-in like me. I guess it\'d be different if I had a rich and exciting social life, or if I lived with someone I was crazy in love with, or if I even had some isolated, semi-wilderness real estate to homestead. That would be a full-time job, I suppose.\r\n\r\n Even if the place was already pretty well settled, or settled enough I wouldn\'t want it *too* settled), I might be able to keep myself amused/occupied just hiking around on it, or target shooting, or bird-watching, or fishing (if there\'s a creek or stream or something), potting the occasional fur-bearin\' varmint, playing \"spy vs. spy\" with various snoops and intruders from the public and private sectors, and so on. (It\'d sure beat standing on tall, rickety ladders cleaning out someone else\'s gutters, and being spattered with dog and cat feces by a lawnmower\'s blades.)\r\n\r\n Yeah, if I lived in my own astronomical observatory, or someplace where I could actually step out on my back porch and *shoot* a tommy gun at targets in my back yard, or just walk around on my property with it, or with some rifle (maybe one of these, if it was real bear country)\r\n\r\n http://www.wildwestguns.com/CoPilot_And ... ifles.html\r\n\r\n \r\n and basically nobody could say diddly about it, and I could just watch the deer and the antelope play all day (as opposed to being a 49-year-old semi-indentured yard boy, like I am now), then I might not feel much need for a TV anymore. \r\n\r\n I\'d probably still have one anyway, though. I might want to watch some old tapes or DVDS, or something on Turner Classic Movies I hadn\'t taped yet, or the History Channel, or the Cartoon Network. I already don\'t watch game shows, \"reality\" shows, sit-coms, or much of anything in \"prime-time\" now. As far as all that stuff goes, I might as well not have a TV now.\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'xA==','b18aa',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186385,13193,6,473,0,'64.1.181.9',1155676298,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":ebf2b][quote="Ms. Kinnikufan":ebf2b]Daria knew things had gone terribly, terribly, wrong when Jane caught on fire...[/quote:ebf2b]\n...underwater.[/quote:ebf2b]\r\n\r\n*thick Jamaican accent* That just raises more questions!','',0,'gA==','ebf2b',1,0,'',473,0,0),(186386,13919,4,114,0,'210.9.136.108',1155676844,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":85be3]I find it interesting that, as far as I can tell from my real-life experience, those who claim that evolution is false because it contradicts the Bible\'s version of Creation are completely unwilling to accept the Bible\'s version of how medicine (among other things) should be practiced, this despite their claims that the Bible is literally true.[/quote:85be3]\r\nMaybe you could fill us in on some biblical medical techniques. That should be good for a \":lol:\".','',0,'gA==','85be3',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186387,13906,10,114,0,'210.9.136.108',1155677023,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Yeah! Japan! That was it!','',0,'gA==','7eae3',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186388,13885,4,40,0,'63.19.34.188',1155677739,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Of course \"morality\" ought not to be used as a synonym or euphemism for *chastity*. \"Morality\" applies across the board, not merely to matters of sexual misconduct.\r\n\r\n As for Clinton, his sexual peccadilloes were by far the *least* of what was wrong with that would-be Dick-Tater. However, his example may serve to illustrate how corruption in one\'s sexual nature very often reflects or is a part of (or precipitates) corruption in one\'s overall nature. \r\n\r\n \"All virtue is one,\" the Ancients said. Of course, that\'s an over-generalization. There may even be something to the \"compartmentalization\" theory so often used to defend Clinton on that score. I will readily grant that any man may be a better man in one aspect of his life or facet of his character than in others. A man might be a drunkard but not be a thief, or he might be a thief but not a rapist or even a lecher, and so on.\r\n\r\n Clinton, however, was a thorough-going scoundrel, much more like a smarmy and, yes, *hypocritical* Uriah Heep than the charming, dashing Tom Jones-like rogue or rake his supporters often tried to depict him as. (Anyone remember that giant 10-pound Bible Clinton packed around in public for a while?)\r\n\r\n As for hypocrisy, everyone knows only Christians and/or conservatives can ever be capable of hypocrisy. \r\n\r\n People like Rosie O\'Donnel (sp.?) who employ armed bodyguards while donating millions to, and acting as a mouthpiece for, organizations that aim to ban all civilian gun ownership can\'t be hypocrites. \r\n\r\n People like Ted Kennedy and Walter Cronkite who want all kinds of environmental regulations/restrictions and energy taxes imposed on the little people but who oppose an energy producing offshore windmill farm because it would spoil their view could never be hypocrites.\r\n\r\n Multi-millionaire politicians who want to ban your SUV or air conditioner while maintaining fleets of private jets (and SUVs too) can\'t be hypocrites, any more than the ones bobbing around in giant jacuzzis, who passed and like the law regulating how many gallons your toilet tank can flush with.\r\n\r\n A few weeks ago Henry Rollins was saying something even more pompously self-righteous than usual on his show on IFC, something about how all (civilian) Humvee drivers ought to be pepper gassed. Then a few nights later I saw *him* driving one on TV. I said out loud: \"When\'s *he* gonna get pepper gassed?\"\r\n\r\n\r\n Uncle Jesse Hagg (a moonshiner): Why don\'t you go to church no more?\r\n\r\n Bobby Lee Hagg (one of Jesse\'s moonrunners, or smugglers): Aw, them places is all full of hypocrites, Uncle Jesse.\r\n\r\n Uncle Jesse: Well, so\'s all-a them roadhouses and honkey-tonks, but that don\'t keep you out of \'em.\r\n\r\n -- _Moonrunner_(1975) (the darker, grittier inspiration for the sanitized Dukes of Hazzard TV series)\r\n\r\n Cross (who doesn\'t really enjoy spending a lot of time in church either, and has largely lost his taste for roadhouses and honkey-tonks too, as it bothers him more to have sticky drinks spilled on him, or to get barfed on, than it used to)','',0,'gA==','b51f1',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186389,13933,3,497,0,'68.10.199.250',1155677951,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Teeki":be049]One of my windows on my 99 Saturn is stuck in the UP position. I\'ve been saying for weeks I need to get it fixed, but since it\'s up not down, I\'ve been neglecting it.[/quote:be049]Saturns are quite tricky to mess with as the internal door skin must be removed after you remove the regular door panel. Most car doors just have the hollow cavity with some openings you can do all the window/motor/regulator stuff through. Saturns have an internal door skin that uses Torx-head screws (that work very similar to Dzus fasteners) that you gotta pull off.\r\n\r\nI love my Saturn in many respects, but A: its too cramped even for my 5\'10\" frame B: it suffers from typical GM key-switch failure C: it suffers from typical GM headliner-falling-down problems.\r\n\r\n\r\nHope ya get your leg all fixed soon, Raptor... The car is important, but like others said, you are even more so.','',0,'gA==','be049',1,0,'',497,0,0),(186390,13929,6,461,0,'152.163.100.70',1155678189,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Not a problem. My first attempts after getting a computer were laughable, to say the least. After I took a course in writing for business (part of my associate\'s degree program), it was easier to tighten up my thoughts. Now all I need to do is to actually get the bug again so I can write something worthwhile...','',0,'gA==','694b1',1,0,'',461,0,0),(186391,13941,3,497,0,'68.10.199.250',1155678262,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','good name choice.\r\n\r\nNNJ\'s listing was also quite good.','',0,'gA==','63ed8',1,0,'',497,0,0),(186392,13888,3,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155679624,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":d3ec4][quote="The Angst Guy":d3ec4][quote="Doggieboy":d3ec4]Then, of course, there\'s news that Justin Timberflake is going to host the VMA. Maybe he should dance with Janet Jackson again and bare the other boob. \":P\"[/quote:d3ec4]\nJustin [size=200:d3ec4][b:d3ec4]IS[/b:d3ec4][/size:d3ec4] the other boob![/quote:d3ec4]\n \":D\" Yeah, but whoever thought that stunt up was a genius.[/quote:d3ec4]\r\n\r\nMy theory: Janet Jackson thought it up. She\'s not as young as she used to be. In the 90s she was revered as a sex goddess but not quite so much these days. She wanted to feel that way again, get some attention. I\'m willing to bet she did have some sort of cover in mind for the breast (like the one Little Kim had at the VMAs a few years back when she got felt up by Dianna Ross) but it came off. So somewhat of a malfunction but they still deserved the fine.','',0,'xA==','d3ec4',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186393,13906,10,434,0,'89.110.18.242',1155679849,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','The present PPMB Logo has inherited its font from the logo of [url=http://web.archive.org/web/20021210184623/paperpusher.simplenet.com/bforum.mv:b5d9a][u:b5d9a][i:b5d9a]the paperpusher\'s site message board[/i:b5d9a][/u:b5d9a][/url:b5d9a].','',0,'MQ==','b5d9a',1,0,'',434,0,0),(186394,13950,3,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155680056,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Possibly the one thing we haven\'t done','Which CLUE character are you, what did you kill him with, where did you kill him, and the one question they never asked in that game, why? You\'re in for quite an explanation if you list yourself as a character of the opposite sex.','',0,'MQ==','045b0',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186395,13950,3,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155680518,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[url=http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/Clue/Clue-Quiz.html:f8e42]Here\'s one place you can figure it out.[/url:f8e42]\r\n\r\nI\'m Col. Mustard for some reason. Let\'s see, I guess it would figure that I shot him, in the uh... let\'s say Billiard Room, that works. And I offed him because I found out he dodged the draft during Vietnam by going off to Europe and smoking mother nature. Damn hippie!','',0,'EA==','f8e42',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186396,13950,3,83,0,'204.27.172.3',1155680730,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[img:3a9cc]http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Quizzes/Clue/Plum.jpg[/img:3a9cc]\r\n\r\nUm....okay.\r\n\r\nI killed him in the kitchen, with a butcher knife, because that\'s where the knives are kept.','',0,'CA==','3a9cc',1,0,'',83,0,0),(186397,13906,10,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155681017,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":cd975]Yeah! Japan! That was it![/quote:cd975]\r\nWhere he secretly uses his color-hue-detection powers for the forces of Good.','',0,'gA==','cd975',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186398,13919,4,40,0,'63.19.34.188',1155681229,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Deref":8feb5][quote="The Angst Guy":8feb5]I find it interesting that, as far as I can tell from my real-life experience, those who claim that evolution is false because it contradicts the Bible\'s version of Creation are completely unwilling to accept the Bible\'s version of how medicine (among other things) should be practiced, this despite their claims that the Bible is literally true.[/quote:8feb5]\nMaybe you could fill us in on some biblical medical techniques. That should be good for a \":lol:\".[/quote:8feb5]\r\n\r\n\r\n I\'ve read the Bible, but I didn\'t memorize it.\r\n\r\n I seem to recall a startlingly advanced emphasis on certain sanitary/hygienic measures (handwashing, mandatory burial of human waste, disposal of disease-infected textiles, regulations about the handling of dead bodies, etc.) in the Old Testament. Yet they were supposedly completely innocent of the germ theory of disease.\r\n\r\n I suppose that sort of thing might fall into the category of preventative medicine. The same might be said of certain dietary restrictions, and even of certain sexual taboos.\r\n\r\n When David the King was very old and close to death, and complained of being cold, a slave girl or concubine was put into the bed with him to warm him. Would that our modern medicine were so enlightened. \":wink:\" \r\n\r\n In the story of the Good Samaritan there was some mention about the treatment of the wounds of the man attacked by robbers. Something about pouring oil and wine on the wounds, and bandaging them. I seem to recall other scattered references to the binding up of wounds (so they must have known better than to think bleeding did anyone any good), and perhaps to the medicinal uses of wine and oil. I\'m not sure what kind of oil, but I would imagine olive oil. \r\n\r\n Anyhow, the guy the Samaritan first-aided and whose long-term care he bankrolled lived, so somebody did something right.\r\n\r\n My impression is that ancient medicine in general -- I mean among Gentiles as well as Jews -- was more sophisticated than now thought.\r\n\r\n Roman trauma surgery is supposed to have been pretty good. Skeletal remains of veteran Roman soldiers have been found, which showed evidence of deep puncture wounds to the bone, which should have been fatal by infection alone, but which had healed well.\r\n\r\n The Egyptians had a big rep for medical (both surgical and pharmaceutical -- the very word \"chemistry\" comes from \"Khem,\" an ancient name for Egypt) as well as magical skills, and the Hebrews had a long history of contact with Egypt. They might have picked up a few things.\r\n\r\n I\'ve heard of Hippocrates, of course, though I don\'t know much about Greek medicine otherwise. But I seem to vaguely recall some odd story about the pouring of fine copper or bronze metal shavings onto/into wounds. It was supposed to have an antiseptic effect, something like pouring sulfa powder on/in war wounds in WW II. I think honey was also used as an antiseptic woind dressing sometimes, and that in fact modern researches have proven honey to have strong antibacterial properties.\r\n\r\n The ancient Chinese, roughly contemporary in time with some biblical periods, are supposed to have had relatively advanced medical knowledge, and it is possible that some of that might have migrated west along the Silk Road. I am unaware of any biblical or classical references to acupuncture, however.\r\n\r\n It has recently emerged that some ancient techniques involving leeches and maggots can also prove beneficial for wound healing in some circumstances. There was a reference to that in the film _Gladiator_, IIRC. However, I am not aware of maggots or other worms getting any *favorable* mention in the Bible per se.\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'gA==','8feb5',1,1155685460,'',40,1,0),(186399,13950,3,359,0,'168.28.202.216',1155681331,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I got Prof. Plum too, presumably because I like sex. Or, at least, I\'m assuming that I would like sex were I actually having any. Though I don\'t remember Plum being all that much of a sex maniac from the film.','',0,'gA==','5100a',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186400,13950,3,1,0,'216.60.144.250',1155681750,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Kemical Reaxion','','[img:6f816]http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Quizzes/Clue/Green.jpg[/img:6f816]\r\n\r\nWow, sometimes these things are downright uncanny. They are correct: A mouse is more of a man than I am.\r\n\r\nI killed my victim in the bathroom. I always hated that the boardgame didn\'t have a bathroom. What kind of house was that, anyway?\r\n\r\nMy weapon? Poison. Or some kind of toxic gas. Seems appropriate, you know...with the toilet and all. \":)\"\r\n\r\nKem','',0,'CA==','6f816',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186401,13919,4,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155682492,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":d7323][quote="The Angst Guy":d7323]I find it interesting that, as far as I can tell from my real-life experience, those who claim that evolution is false because it contradicts the Bible\'s version of Creation are completely unwilling to accept the Bible\'s version of how medicine (among other things) should be practiced, this despite their claims that the Bible is literally true.[/quote:d7323]\nMaybe you could fill us in on some biblical medical techniques. That should be good for a \":lol:\".[/quote:d7323]\r\nLet us start with the dietary laws that God handed down to Moses. How many Creationists eat pork? Rabbit? Octopus in a Japanese restaurant? If they do, they are disobeying God, by their own standards. (Leviticus 11)\r\n\r\nHow many Creationists treat women as unclean during their periods or after they give birth? (Leviticus 12)\r\n\r\nHow many go through the ceremonial cleansing for diseased persons? (Leviticus 14)\r\n\r\nAny Creationist who says, \"Hey! Medical science has evolved since Biblical times!\" is right -- but so have geological and paleontological sciences! So has our understanding of chemistry and physics! What\'s the difference? The atom bomb isn\'t in the Bible, so should atom bombs be banned? (Probably, but not for that reason. Well, perhaps any reason would suffice. I\'ll withdraw that argument.) I do notice nuclear medicine is not in the Bible. Neither are X-rays, microscopes, etc. If the Bible doesn\'t mention it, is it allowed? If certain sciences are allowed to evolve, why not others?\r\n\r\nConsider that many advances in medical science were strongly opposed on religious grounds: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_and_religion:d7323]vaccinations[/url:d7323] and [url=http://www.general-anaesthesia.com/objections.html:d7323]anaesthesia[/url:d7323], for instance.\r\n\r\nI haven\'t even gotten to whether Creationists take the commandments of Jesus literally. If they approve of warfare in any form, THEY DON\'T.\r\n\r\nI love the Bible. I use it to maintain my moral sense. I do not use it as a science book, and I do not use science books to fine-tune my morality.','',0,'kA==','d7323',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186402,13929,6,83,0,'204.27.172.3',1155682591,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="notoriousDUG":40c8c]\nA quick glance at the clock revealed her \'few moments\" [b:40c8c]where [/b:40c8c]more like two hours. Momentary panic gripped her because she didn\'t remember falling asleep, nor of waking up. \n\nAfter a few moments in quite contemplation Daria gave into hunger and decided it was time to [b:40c8c]go forage[/b:40c8c].\n\nWordiness is my curse, as is poor [b:40c8c]grammer[/b:40c8c].\n[/quote:40c8c]\r\n\r\n1. were (Red missed that one, too).\r\n\r\n2. you could just delete go and it would sound better.\r\n\r\n3. grammar.\r\n\r\n\r\nThere are a bunch of places that are missing commas, but just as many where you had it right. I think all you need is practice on the grammar/punctuation bit. If you want a full beta you can send it to my email as a Word doc. I\'m sure others here gladly beta for you as well.\r\n\r\nThe story itself is well set-up, it has a bit of mystery that interests the reader. Continue, please.','',0,'wA==','40c8c',1,0,'',83,0,0),(186403,13951,4,40,0,'63.19.34.188',1155682619,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','The Church of Evolution Vs. Heresy','http://www.fredoneverything.net/Evoluti ... phia.shtml\r\n\r\n \" ... now, Evolutionary Prohibition. The Catholic Church once burned heretics. The Church of Evolution savages them in obscure journals and denies them tenure and publication. As a heretic I believe that I would prefer the latter, but the intolerance is the same. \r\n\r\nI note that Compulsory Evolutionists are fellow travelers of the regnant cultural Marxism, though I don’t think that they are aware of it. They display the same hermetic materialism, the same desire to suppress dissent by the application of centralized governmental power, the same weird hostility to religion. \r\n\r\n They do not say, “I think Christianity is nonsense and will therefore ignore it,” but rather “These ideas shall not be permitted.” The justification often is pseudo-constitutional: “the separation of church and state.” Neither the phrase nor the idea is found in the Constitution. \r\n\r\n If, for example, it is unconstitutional to have a nativity scene on a town square, why did no one notice this, certainly to include the Founding Fathers, until at least 1950? One might point out, fruitlessly, that Creationism, communism, Christianity, and capitalism are all major intellectual currents and therefore ought to be explained to the young. Not likely. The free market of ideas applies only to one’s own ideas.\r\n\r\nNow, what grave consequences are thought to await if children hear briefly in school an argument that they have heard a dozen times in the course of ordinary life? Will the foundations of civilization crack? The birds of the air plunge, appalled, to earth? The planets shudder in their orbits and fall inward in dismay? Surely everyone short of the anencephalic knows of Creationism. \r\n\r\nOr is it thought that kids attracted to the sciences will abruptly change their course through life and enter the clergy? That applications to graduate school in biochemistry will cease? Children learn (or did) of the Greek gods and goddesses, and that ancient people believed that the earth rode on the back of a giant turtle. I have not heard that they now sacrifice oxen to Athena. \r\n\r\nOne plausible explanation for this rigid evolutionary monotheism, though I think an incorrect one, is a fear that the children might come to believe in Creationism. Unlikely, but again, so what? A belief in Creationism does not prevent one from working in the sciences. A goodly number of scientists, to include biochemists, are in fact Christian and, some of them, Creationists. Others presumably are Buddhists or Hindus. The only thing for which acceptance of Creationism renders one unsuitable is…Evolutionism. \r\n\r\nA more likely explanation is a fear that children might realize that a great deal of Evolution, not having been established, must be accepted on faith, and that a fair amount of it doesn’t make a lot of sense. While Creationism is unlikely to convert children into snake-handlers, it does suggest that orthodox Evolution can be examined critically. Bad juju, that.\r\n\r\nNow (and I hope this doesn’t bore those who have read me before on the matter), an entertaining way to study the politics is to ask the Evolutionists questions that a scientist would answer (since scientists are not ashamed not to know things), but that an ideologue can’t afford to.\r\n\r\n They are simple. (1) Has the chance occurrence of life been demonstrated in the laboratory? Yes or no. (2) Do we really know, as distinct from guess, hope, or imagine, of what the primeval seas consisted? Yes or no. (3) Do we know, as distinct from guess, pray, wave our arms, and hold our breath and turn blue, what seas would be needed for the chance formation of life? Yes or no. (4) Can we show mathematically, without crafted and unsupportable assumptions, that the formation of life would be probable in any soup whatever? Yes or no.\r\n\r\nI once posed these questions in a column on Fredoneverything.net and, in another place, to a group of committed evangelicals of Evolution. A tremendous influx of email resulted. Much of it was predictable. Many Christians congratulated me on having disproved Evolution, which I had not done. The intelligent and independent-minded wrote thoughtfully. Of the Knights Templar of Evolution, none—not one—answered the foregoing yes-or-no questions. They ducked. They dodged. They waxed wroth. They called names.\r\n\r\nThis is the behavior not of scientists but of true believers. I have spent countless hours as a reporter talking to scientists, as distinct from zealots with a scientific background. Without exception that I can remember, they were rational, honest, and forthcoming. Yes, they were often trying to establish a pet theory. But they said, “I think this is so, and here’s the evidence, and I think it’s pretty solid, but I still need to show this or that, and no, we haven’t, but I hope we will.” If I expressed doubts, they either showed my clearly and civilly why I was wrong, or said, “Good point. Here’s what we think.” Parenthetically, my impression, based on a small sample, is that the more incensed of the Evolutionists tend to be either of the hard Right or the hard Left: those who need to believe one thing categorically seem to need to believe other things categorically. Which means that if they are wrong, they are unlikely to notice it. \r\n\r\nAnd this is what disturbs me about them. I do not object to the content of Evolutionism. Some, all, or part of it may be correct. I would like to know. A more fascinating question does not readily come to mind. But dispassionate discussion with them is not possible, anymore than it is with Gloria Steinem or Herbert Marcuse or Cornell West, and for exactly the same reasons. They are the same people. How sad.\" \r\n\r\n \r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n http://www.fredoneverything.net/EvolutionMonster.shtml\r\n\r\n \"Early on, I noticed three things about evolution that differentiated it from other sciences (or, I could almost say, from science). First, plausibility was accepted as being equivalent to evidence. And of course the less you know, the greater the number of things that are plausible, because there are fewer facts to get in the way. Again and again evolutionists assumed that suggesting how something might have happened was equivalent to establishing how it had happened. Asking them for evidence usually aroused annoyance and sometimes, if persisted in, hostility.\"\r\n\r\n \"Second, evolution seemed more a metaphysics or ideology than a science. The sciences, as I knew them, gave clear answers. Evolution involved intense faith in fuzzy principles. You demonstrated chemistry, but believed evolution. If you have ever debated a Marxist, or a serious liberal or conservative, or a feminist or Christian, you will have noticed that, although they can be exceedingly bright and well informed, they display a maddening imprecision. You never get a straight answer if it is one they do not want to give. Nothing is ever firmly established. Crucial assertions do not tie to observable reality. Invariably the Marxist (or evolutionist) assumes that a detailed knowledge of economic conditions under the reign of Nicholas II or whatever substitutes for being able to answer simple questions, such as why Marxism has never worked. This is the Fallacy of Irrelevant Knowledge. And of course almost anything can be made believable by considering only favorable evidence and interpreting hard. \r\n\r\nThird, evolutionists are obsessed by Christianity and Creationism, with which they imagine themselves to be in mortal combat. This is peculiar to them. Note that other sciences, such as astronomy and geology, even archaeology, are equally threatened by the notion that the world was created in 4004 BC. Astronomers pay not the slightest attention to creationist ideas. Nobody does—except evolutionists. We are dealing with competing religions—overarching explanations of origin and destiny. Thus the fury of their response to skepticism. \r\n\r\nI found it pointless to tell them that I wasn’t a Creationist. They refused to believe it. If they had, they would have had to answer questions that they would rather avoid. Like any zealots, they cannot recognize their own zealotry. Thus their constant classification of skeptics as enemies (a word they often use)—of truth, of science, of Darwin, of progress.\r\n\r\nThis tactical demonization is not unique to evolution. “Creationist” is to evolution what “racist” is to politics: A way of preventing discussion of what you do not want to discuss. Evolution is the political correctness of science. \r\n\r\nThe Lair of the Beast \r\n\r\nI have been on several lists on the internet that deal with matters such as evolution, have written on the subject, and have discussed evolution with various of its adherents. These men (almost all of them are) have frequently been very bright indeed, often Ivy League professors, some of them with names you would recognize. They are not amateurs of evolution or high-school principals in Kansas eager to prove their modernity. I asked them the questions in the foregoing (about whether we really know what the primeval seas consisted of, etc.) I knew the answers; I wanted to see how serious proponents of evolutionary biology would respond to awkward questions. \r\n\r\nIt was like giving a bobcat a prostate exam. I got everything but answers. They told me I was a crank, implied over and over that I was a Creationist, said that I was an enemy of science (someone who asks for evidence is an enemy of science). They said that I was trying to pull down modern biology (if you ask questions about an aspect of biology, you want to pull down ... .\" \r\n\r\n Cross (who takes the first few chapters of Genesis mostly figuratively, and who actually believes, more or less, in some kind of natural selection and in the existence of australopithecus, et al.; who once, in about 1966, dressed up as Louis B. Leaky the paleontologist (who he\'d been reading about in National Geographic) for a \"portray your hero\" event in grade school; and who notes that the ideological Left is as eager as anyone to suppress certain inconvenient aspects of evolutionary theory, which he won\'t mention now himself, in the interest of preserving the peace)','',0,'wA==','66c27',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186404,13919,4,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155682754,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="crossada75":3d22a]I seem to recall a startlingly advanced emphasis on certain sanitary/hygienic measures (handwashing, mandatory burial of human waste, disposal of disease-infected textiles, regulations about the handling of dead bodies, etc.) in the Old Testament. Yet they were supposedly completely innocent of the germ theory of disease.\n\nI suppose that sort of thing might fall into the category of preventative medicine. The same might be said of certain dietary restrictions, and even of certain sexual tabboos.[/quote:3d22a]\r\nThis is all true, and the ancients were the better for it, but it is also true that our understanding of the world has greatly changed since this time. These practices, for their time, were very helpful. We can do better only because science evolved. We no longer adhere strictly to these guidelines and rules... but anyone who believes the Bible is literal truth has no excuse NOT to continue following these practices exactly as laid down. After all, they were delivered by God, by their own admission, correct?','',0,'gA==','3d22a',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186405,13930,5,493,0,'206.28.60.166',1155683645,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','As some of you probably know i collect Archie comics and i have this one it kinda stupid even for an Archie comic','',0,'gA==','0438b',1,0,'',493,0,0),(186406,13950,3,79,0,'216.228.181.112',1155683915,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','[img:2c822]http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Quizzes/Clue/Scarlet.jpg[/img:2c822]','',0,'CA==','2c822',1,0,'',79,0,0),(186409,13881,11,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155684332,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','In one of the Beavis & Butt-Head books he does mention having a degree, I believe it\'s in Physical Education.\r\n\r\n\r\nA little off topic:\r\nRead the wiki on Buzzcut and then Cornholio. I think it\'s funny and maybe a little sad when someone writes a serious analysis/psychological study on a character like Cornholio.\r\n\r\nHere\'s what it says at wikipedia about Cornholio:\r\n\r\nCornholio emerges whenever Beavis consumes large quantities of sugar or caffeine or other stimulants and enters a hyperactive phase, with symptoms including convulsing, nonsensical jabbering and gazing cross-eyed at his fist. The final transformation is usually triggered by mention of vaguely Hispanic-sounding words: he pulls his shirt over his head (covering his hair) and begins marching around randomly, his hands either side of his face with palms forward, making loud proclamations in a quasi-Spanish accent. This could be interpreted as a reference to Psycho, in which Norman Bates becomes \"Norma\" after consuming large quantities of alcohol and passing out.\r\n\r\nCornholio apparently hails from Latin America, claiming his home to be both Nicaragua and Lake Titicaca (the latter word already providing amusement to Beavis). He states his mission in life is to find \"TP\" (toilet paper) for his \"bunghole\" (anus), as his \"people\" are \"without bungholes\". This apparent contradiction is typical of the nonsense he frequently spouts: at other times he claims he himself is a bunghole, he has no bunghole, he is a gringo, or calls upon \"the Almighty Bunghole\" (either himself or his god). He has also expressed an interest in oleo, presumably because it rhymes with his name; he combines it with \"bunghole\" to create his most famous cry, \"bungholeo-o-o-o-o!\".\r\n\r\nCornholio is a very different personality to Beavis in one particular aspect: while Beavis is somewhat shy and prone to mumble, Cornholio is extremely forceful and loud. If anyone challenges him he demands to know \"are you threatening me?\", and on many occasions he has warned \"unbelievers\" of the \"wrath\" of his bunghole. Although generally he means no harm, he respects no boundaries or property rights and roams wherever he wishes on his quest, frequently screaming at those he meets and terrifying them into submission. He is one of the few characters that actually sings (apart from the teacher Mr. Van Driessen), but his singing is off-key, and he sings only about what he talks about: his bunghole.\r\n\r\nBeavis seems to retain no memories of events after he returns to \"normal\", on one occasion seemingly apologizing to Principal McVicker for having caused a problem. This indicates that Beavis suffers from multiple personality disorder, and hence fans regard him as genuinely insane, in contrast to Butt-head, who is merely \"stupid\". However, while in Cornholio mode Beavis can often be heard muttering in his normal voice, indicating the original personality is showing through. Also, he can often be seen randomly shouting \"Bunghole!\" while in his normal personality.\r\n\r\nThe name \"Cornholio\" is a reference to the anus, which is sometimes called the \"cornhole\"; the traditional meaning of \"bunghole\" is a hole in a liquor barrel or keg.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMy two cents: Maybe he\'s just a cartoon. But that\'s just me.','',0,'CA==','6a841',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186410,13951,4,276,0,'64.12.116.201',1155684538,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Church of Evolution Vs. Heresy','[quote="crossada75":72a2f]Now, what grave consequences are thought to await if children hear briefly in school an argument that they have heard a dozen times in the course of ordinary life? Will the foundations of civilization crack? The birds of the air plunge, appalled, to earth? The planets shudder in their orbits and fall inward in dismay? Surely everyone short of the anencephalic knows of Creationism. \nOr is it thought that kids attracted to the sciences will abruptly change their course through life and enter the clergy? That applications to graduate school in biochemistry will cease? Children learn (or did) of the Greek gods and goddesses, and that ancient people believed that the earth rode on the back of a giant turtle. I have not heard that they now sacrifice oxen to Athena. [/quote:72a2f]\n\nSimply a strawman. \n\n\n[quote:72a2f]A more likely explanation is a fear that children might realize that a great deal of Evolution, not having been established, must be accepted on faith, and that a fair amount of it doesn’t make a lot of sense. While Creationism is unlikely to convert children into snake-handlers, it does suggest that orthodox Evolution can be examined critically. Bad juju, that.[/quote:72a2f]\n\nUniformed nonsense. The massive evidence supporting evolution points to more than faith in supporting it.\n\n[quote:72a2f]Now (and I hope this doesn’t bore those who have read me before on the matter), an entertaining way to study the politics is to ask the Evolutionists questions that a scientist would answer (since scientists are not ashamed not to know things), but that an ideologue can’t afford to.\n\n They are simple. (1) Has the chance occurrence of life been demonstrated in the laboratory? Yes or no. (2) Do we really know, as distinct from guess, hope, or imagine, of what the primeval seas consisted? Yes or no. (3) Do we know, as distinct from guess, pray, wave our arms, and hold our breath and turn blue, what seas would be needed for the chance formation of life? Yes or no. (4) Can we show mathematically, without crafted and unsupportable assumptions, that the formation of life would be probable in any soup whatever? Yes or no.[/quote:72a2f]\n\nFirst, this shows a dismal understanding of evolution, which describes the observable details of species development. Evolution does not attempt to describe how life began.\n\nBut, this also presents a strawman of yes or no. That is not how science operates. It operates on what the evidence points to, and the best evidence we have point us to good ideas of the probable makeup of primeval seas. However, there is still much about the formation of life that we do not understand, so we cannot give direct answers. Saying you don\'t have all the answers does not disprove the entire concept.\n\n\n[quote:72a2f] \"Early on, I noticed three things about evolution that differentiated it from other sciences (or, I could almost say, from science). First, plausibility was accepted as being equivalent to evidence. And of course the less you know, the greater the number of things that are plausible, because there are fewer facts to get in the way. Again and again evolutionists assumed that suggesting how something might have happened was equivalent to establishing how it had happened. Asking them for evidence usually aroused annoyance and sometimes, if persisted in, hostility.\"[/quote:72a2f]\n\nAgain, the author demonstrates poor understanding. Science often works from plausiblity, based on evidence and then builds from that point. To pretend that evolution as a whole is just a \"plausibilty\" ignores a massive amount of supporting evidence.\n\n[quote:72a2f] \"Second, evolution seemed more a metaphysics or ideology than a science. The sciences, as I knew them, gave clear answers. [/quote:72a2f]\n\nBut as the man explained before, they often provide caveats and he complained about evolutionists not doing that. He needs to make up his mind.\n\nOverall, scientist very often do provide caveats to their explanations, becase they recognize that they do not yet know everything.\n\n[quote:72a2f]Evolution involved intense faith in fuzzy principles. You demonstrated chemistry, but believed evolution.[/quote:72a2f] \n\nAgain incorrect. From such details as commonality of developmental genes across phyla to well preserved fossil lineages (like horses or horseshoe crabs) to the clear anatomical evidence, evolution is very well supported by observational and experimental evidence. \n\n[quote:72a2f]Third, evolutionists are obsessed by Christianity and Creationism, with which they imagine themselves to be in mortal combat. This is peculiar to them. Note that other sciences, such as astronomy and geology, even archaeology, are equally threatened by the notion that the world was created in 4004 BC. Astronomers pay not the slightest attention to creationist ideas. Nobody does—except evolutionists. We are dealing with competing religions—overarching explanations of origin and destiny. Thus the fury of their response to skepticism. [/quote:72a2f]\n\nObsessed only in the need to respond to repeated attacks. Sorry, but yes, astronomers are bothered by the idea of the universe created in 4004 BC and scientists across many fields are concerned with the general attack on science and reason, including the push for creationsim. \n \n\n[quote:72a2f]Cross (who takes the first few chapters of Genesis mostly figuratively, and who actually believes, more or less, in some kind of natural selection and in the existence of australopithecus, et al.; who once, in about 1966, dressed up as Louis B. Leaky the paleontologist (who he\'d been reading about in National Geographic) for a \"portray your hero\" event in grade school; and who notes that the ideological Left is as eager as anyone to suppress certain inconvenient aspects of evolutionary theory, which he won\'t mention now himself, in the interest of preserving the peace)[/quote:72a2f]\r\n\r\nI\'m sorry Cross, but it is far more myth than reality that evolutionary scientists are trying to \"suppress\" inconvenient aspects. We do face them and discuss them.\r\n\r\nHowever, creationists or other evolution opponents do fail to provide any, and I do mean any, real alternative explanation. They complain about evolutionary scientists avoiding evidence or not having evidence, while they ignore literally thousands of peer-reviewed articles and books providing said evidence. But in return, they are really the ones that cannot provide any solid scientific evidence to support any of their alternative hypotheses. None even come remotely close to being a theory.','',0,'gA==','72a2f',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186411,13946,11,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155684642,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Let\'s face it, the Daria teachers are just wussified version of the Beavis & Butt-Head teachers.\r\n\r\nO\'Neill is a new age type but Van Driessen is a full blown hippe.\r\nDeMartino went through military school but Buzzcut was a Marine.\r\nBarch went psycho after her marriage fell apart, Buzzcut went pyscho after \'Nam.\r\n\r\nThe only edge I can see is Ms. Li vs. McVicker,\r\n\r\nMcVicker is a nuerotic, quivering alcoholic, Ms. Li is the quote \'power behind the pant suit.\'','',0,'gA==','cdd6b',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186412,13888,3,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155684976,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:5a11b]When I saw the picture of the shows title\'s characters I thought, \"2 Stupid \nDogs?\" I know, too obscure...[/quote:5a11b]\r\n\r\nThe Cartoon Network show from the mid 90\'s featuring a sheep dog and a dachshund on an eternal quest for Corn Flakes right?','',0,'gA==','5a11b',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186413,13951,4,276,0,'64.12.116.135',1155685215,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','If you want, I can go into much more detailed explanations of the evidence supporting evolution.','',0,'gA==','45ae0',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186414,13919,4,40,0,'63.19.42.36',1155685368,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":2a319][quote="crossada75":2a319]I seem to recall a startlingly advanced emphasis on certain sanitary/hygienic measures (handwashing, mandatory burial of human waste, disposal of disease-infected textiles, regulations about the handling of dead bodies, etc.) in the Old Testament. Yet they were supposedly completely innocent of the germ theory of disease.\n\nI suppose that sort of thing might fall into the category of preventative medicine. The same might be said of certain dietary restrictions, and even of certain sexual tabboos.[/quote:2a319]\nThis is all true, and the ancients were the better for it, but it is also true that our understanding of the world has greatly changed since this time. These practices, for their time, were very helpful. We can do better only because science evolved. We no longer adhere strictly to these guidelines and rules... but anyone who believes the Bible is literal truth has no excuse NOT to continue following these practices exactly as laid down. After all, they were delivered by God, by their own admission, correct?[/quote:2a319]\r\n\r\n\r\n Well, not all Christians are Creationists in the sense in which I think the term is being used here. \r\n\r\n That is, relatively few Christians believe the Earth or the universe were suddenly \"poofed\" into existence over a period of six literal 24-hour days, just a few thousand years ago. (Even fewer accept Archbishop Ussher\'s date of 4004 B.C..)\r\n\r\n Not all Christians are biblical inerrantists, either. Many such as myself take the first few chapters of Genesis rather figuratively, regard the Bible not as one book but *many* books, written over a very long period of time by many people in wildly varying circumstances. (Some were nomadic herdsmen, some were settled scholars; some were kings, some were slaves, or prisoners, or prisoners of war, etc.).\r\n\r\n We understand that it wasn\'t written down in the same chronological order in which it is arranged. We take a good deal of it pretty literally (particularly the four Gospels), but understand that much of it is to be understood figuratively or metaphorically, and that great discernment and interpretation are sometimes required to tell the difference.\r\n\r\n For a long time now, the majority opinion among Christians has been that they are not, or not necessarily, bound by Old Testament dietary restrictions or required to keep kosher, any more than they are required to practice circumcision (though of course they may). Support for this view is found in Acts 11:5-9:\r\n\r\n\r\n 11:5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: \r\n 11:6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. \r\n 11:7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. \r\n 11:8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth. \r\n 11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common. \r\n \r\n\r\nRomans 14, especially verses 14 and 20:\r\n\r\n One person believes that one may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. \r\n3 \r\nThe one who eats must not despise the one who abstains, and the one who abstains must not pass judgment on the one who eats; for God has welcomed him. \r\n4 \r\nWho are you to pass judgment on someone else\'s servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. \r\n5 \r\n(For) one person considers one day more important than another, while another person considers all days alike. Let everyone be fully persuaded in his own mind. 2 \r\n6 \r\nWhoever observes the day, observes it for the Lord. Also whoever eats, eats for the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while whoever abstains, abstains for the Lord and gives thanks to God. \r\n7 \r\nNone of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. \r\n8 \r\nFor if we live, we live for the Lord, 3 and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord\'s. \r\n9 \r\nFor this is why Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. \r\n10 \r\nWhy then do you judge your brother? Or you, why do you look down on your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God; \r\n11 \r\nfor it is written: \"As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.\" \r\n12 \r\nSo (then) each of us shall give an account of himself (to God). \r\n13 \r\nThen let us no longer judge one another, but rather resolve never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. \r\n14 \r\nI know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; still, it is unclean for someone who thinks it unclean. \r\n15 \r\nIf your brother is being hurt by what you eat, your conduct is no longer in accord with love. Do not because of your food destroy him for whom Christ died. \r\n16 \r\nSo do not let your good be reviled. \r\n17 \r\nFor the kingdom of God is not a matter of food and drink, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy Spirit; \r\n18 \r\nwhoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by others. \r\n19 \r\nLet us 4 then pursue what leads to peace and to building up one another. \r\n20 \r\nFor the sake of food, do not destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to become a stumbling block by eating; \r\n21 \r\nit is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble. \r\n22 \r\nKeep the faith (that) you have to yourself in the presence of God; blessed is the one who does not condemn himself for what he approves. \r\n23 \r\nBut whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because this is not from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin. 5 \r\nTable of Contents Previous \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nand in Timothy 4:4,5:\r\n\r\n 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:\r\n\r\n That was about all I could Google up on short notice.\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'gA==','2a319',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186415,13941,3,245,0,'69.164.8.156',1155685544,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Steven Galloway":8ab76]Does this have something to do with you and Superintendent Cartwright? It was written out of jest, honest! \":twisted:\"[/quote:8ab76]\r\n\r\nI suddenly have the feeling I\'ve missed something...','',0,'gA==','8ab76',1,0,'',245,0,0),(186416,13951,4,40,0,'63.19.42.36',1155686199,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','\"They told me I was a crank, implied over and over that I was a Creationist, said that I was an enemy of science (someone who asks for evidence is an enemy of science). They said that I was trying to pull down modern biology (if you ask questions about an aspect of biology, you want to pull down ... .\" -- Fred Reed\r\n\r\n I *believe* in evolution, more-or-less (in australopithecus, and Zinjanthropus Man, and Homo Erectus, and Neanderthal Man, and Cro-Magnon man, et al.) though I\'m not sure it\'s the whole story. I think that\'s approximately Reed\'s position as well. \r\n\r\n Furthermore, I imagine that he and I (and John Derbyshire, who has written a good deal on the topic) are aware of certain things evolutionary biology points to which, as I noted before, the ideological Left wishes to hush up, because they don\'t fit very well with much Currently Approved (i.e., *Imposed*) Social Doctrine. Things I can\'t really mention without getting into trouble.\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'gA==','9c535',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186417,13951,4,276,0,'64.12.116.199',1155686885,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="crossada75":64ef6]\"They told me I was a crank, implied over and over that I was a Creationist, said that I was an enemy of science (someone who asks for evidence is an enemy of science). They said that I was trying to pull down modern biology (if you ask questions about an aspect of biology, you want to pull down ... .\" -- Fred Reed[/quote:64ef6]\n\nIf his questions were anything like above, it\'s little wonder he was considered a crank. His arguments against evolution presented above were one strawman after another. He also continues to make the logical fallacy that just because not all details can be explained, that the entire theory is false. And, what he kept asking about were concepts on the origin of life, which, while related, is separate from evolution. \n\n[quote:64ef6]I *believe* in evolution, more-or-less (in australopithecus, and Zinjanthropus Man, and Homo Erectus, and Neanderthal Man, and Cro-Magnon man, et al.) though I\'m not sure it\'s the whole story. I think that\'s approximately Reed\'s position as well. \n\n Furthermore, I imagine that he and I (and John Derbyshire, who has written a good deal on the topic) are aware of certain things evolutionary biology points to which, as I noted before, the ideological Left wishes to hush up, because they don\'t fit very well with much Currently Approved (i.e., *Imposed*) Social Doctrine. Things I can\'t really mention without getting into trouble.\n\n Cross[/quote:64ef6]\r\n\r\nPlease explain. What are we trying to \"hush up\"? I didn\'t get the memo.','',0,'gA==','64ef6',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186418,13919,4,276,0,'64.12.116.65',1155687017,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="crossada75":3b113][ That is, relatively few Christians believe the Earth or the universe were suddenly \"poofed\" into existence over a period of six literal 24-hour days, just a few thousand years ago. (Even fewer accept Archbishop Ussher\'s date of 4004 B.C..)[/quote:3b113]\r\n\r\nA frighteningly high number still do, though.','',0,'gA==','3b113',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186419,13950,3,531,0,'63.22.220.252',1155690349,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I came out as Miss White \r\n\"Life after death is as improbable as sex after marriage!\"\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nApparently, I\'m transsexual as well...could\'a fooled me...','',0,'gA==','d17c3',1,0,'',531,0,0),(186420,13941,3,51,0,'209.240.206.206',1155690447,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="HelpfulSkittlesExplosion":cb132][quote="Kemical Reaxion":cb132][quote="RabidCureFan":cb132]Helpful Skittles Explosion would rock...your signature could be \"TASTE THE RAINBOW, BEEYOTCH!\"[/quote:cb132]\n\n\":lol:\" Oh, my God. That was hilarious. Thanks! I needed that.\n\nKem[/quote:cb132]\n\nHmmmm...I\'m finding this one quite tempting. I think I\'m gonna switch to it and see how it fits. When I get back from vacation I\'ll decide permanently. So what do y\'all think?[/quote:cb132]\n\nWelcome, HelpfulSkittlesExplosion! Good to have you here. BTW, do you know your avatar looks just like Isa Yo-Jo\'s? [Da raptor rolls and giggles at his own stale wit.] \":D\" \n\nGuy','',0,'gA==','cb132',1,0,'',51,0,0),(186421,13936,6,1,0,'71.161.6.208',1155690647,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Nemo Blank','','This is a Daria board.','',0,'gA==','e3642',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186422,13919,4,251,0,'63.46.128.16',1155690752,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'m wondering how many believe Satan literally walks on Earth. Let\'s see, I have PERSONALLY encountered the following:\r\n\r\n1. A Christian bookstore owner (who hated me after a couple of quips of mine, including responding to her \"God takes care of His own\" over a father of many kids with a limo with, \"I guess that makes many pimps and President Clinton among God\'s own\" \":lol:\") claimed that satanists--as in literal worshippers of Satan (see [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bless_the_Child:9e2e6]Bless the Child[/url:9e2e6] for an example of how such satanists are envisioned--despite this, I think it\'s a pretty good movie, btw, though not anywhere as near as good as the novel), cast a curse on someone and the victim had to have like a hundred Christians fast and pray for like a month or more to break the curse....like come on, how much help does God need, compared to Satan? A 100:1 ratio isn\'t flattering...\r\n\r\nBut the said Christian retreated into silence when another Christian stated bluntly that such a belief is blasphemy. (Actually, she more \"turned off and a tape recording came on.\" Hard to explain, but I\'ll try if someone wants.)\r\n\r\n2. A high school counselor claimed to \"have intelligence\" that the Anarchy sign was a \"hidden pentegram,\" among other things. She was certain I was returning to the school just to find a sacrifice for a cult. Later, when I drew suns, moons, and stars on my jeans with a yellow highlighter, she claimed this \"proved\" I was into satanism (I guess she was thinking wizard, IDK). Though she didn\'t actually make any claims promoting the supernatural at least.\r\n\r\n3. When the homeschooling group I was part of got split by the fundies who were shocked, even furious, that we were not Creationists, they passed these lurid stories about us. One was that I personally had sex with Satan and that I seduced Christian children of both sexes away from God (I even got threatened with death over this by one father, at least if he caught me on his land, presumably to see his son that he was trying to keep away from me). My mentor, one of the primary adults that basically chaperoned us (and let me live with her), was said to be the head of a cult, too. We were said to be witches with real occult powers of the movie kind, with demons at our beck and call (and probably possessed by them, too). \r\n\r\nI was said to literally have sex with satan. That is, I went to black sabbaths, the devil formed a body or avatar or whatever and stuck his penis in me while the rest of our coven (mainly the homeschool group) watched in growing excitement before the orgy began. (As my mentor said, \"As much as they seem to know about these satanic gatherings, you really have to wonder how they spend their weekends\" \":lol:\")\r\n\r\nA flier that one of us made was seen as satanic for its moon and stars (like my past school counselor would\'ve) and she was sent to be brainwashed in a teen gulag run by extremists. \r\n\r\n4. In this same area, I was warned of another Christian group (but one one that never sent kids to our homeschooling group, ever, and I don\'t think I\'ve ever interacted with one in a meaningful way) that had its own militia and supplies against the coming Antichrist. (I was warned to not mix with them because they didn\'t like people who were openly pagan bisexual as I was at the time, and I was told flatly, \"they\'ll kill you and bury the body.\") They retreated there because [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proctor_%26_Gamble:9e2e6]P&G[/url:9e2e6] was supposed to be run by the Antichrist who was somehow taking over the world. On this, I can only repeat what was told to me, which I admit is hearsay, but the people who shared this with me were of the type to report things as best they understood it, and were mostly Christian themselves (though not to the point of the crazier ones).\r\n\r\n\r\n5. More than one has highly praised and recommended to me and other [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_behind:9e2e6]Left Behind[/url:9e2e6], a book that most to all said was \"very believable\" (or words to that effect). This includes the literal antichrist, demons, and a rapture of Christians in which thousands to millions vanish into thin air (\"taken by God into Heaven\"). \r\n\r\nFor even more examples (though not with what I experienced), see the Satanic Panic and In Pursuit of Satan that I left links for earlier in this thread. I\'m sure most here have heard of the daycare scares, and like the rumor panics that hit of cults trying to abduct \"blonde virgins\" for human sacrifice and such, and it describes a lot more. \r\n\r\nInteresting enough, one thing shared by In Pursuit of Satan was that some cops were sent to watch over a pagan gathering to make sure they, and the protesting fundies, didn\'t start any trouble. The cops reported a pretty mundane time. But the one cop who was also a member of one of the protesting churches gave a radically different account of what went on there, describing something vastly evil and violent and perverse. (I don\'t recall the details well enough.)\r\n\r\nParticularly disturbing to me are those willing to kill over their religion. It\'s not just homosexuals, as [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_massacre#Perpetrator:9e2e6]Kyle Aaron Huff[/url:9e2e6] mass murdered ravers, presumably for the ravers \"easy sexuality and provacative lifestyle\" (we, or at least Jesus, all know how much better it is to be free with your bullets rather than your sexual favors \":roll:\" Too bad he, as a Christian, didn\'t learn any of the raver ethics, like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLUR:9e2e6]PLUR[/url:9e2e6], something that no doubt makes Jesus cry...and btw, I\'m being sarcastic there.).\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI\'m not including things that some teens said as I think that was more from pretend/fun/\"wanting it to be true\" and only sorta believed (though a certain preacher may have encouraged it, IDK). Though one asked me if I REALLY worshipped Satan and I harshly answered, \"Yes, and I cast spells, too, so shut up.\" He did, turning away from me quickly (he was in a seat ahead of me on the school bus) with a look of fear on his face. \":lol:\" \r\n\r\nBut all in all, believing in ID/Creationism is really pretty minor compared to a lot of other beliefs out there that seem depressingly common. I mean, I have yet to meet anyone who stated that they believe the Earth is flat...','',0,'EA==','9e2e6',1,1158549970,'',251,3,0),(186425,13919,4,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155691386,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="crossada75":70d8a]Well, not all Christians are Creationists in the sense in which I think the term is being used here.\n\nThat is, relatively few Christians believe the Earth or the universe were suddenly \"poofed\" into existence over a period of six literal 24-hour days, just a few thousand years ago. (Even fewer accept Archbishop Ussher\'s date of 4004 B.C.)[/quote:70d8a]\r\nMy argument is not with Christianity per se, nor with Christians in general. (I was one for over thirty years, though often in name only.) I even have Christian friends, if you can possibly believe that.\r\n\r\nThose who claim the Bible in inerrant and infallable truth are those who raise my ire, because they are frequently inflexible about their desire to impose their worldview on everyone around them, other Christians included. They would pervert science, which is our most reliable method of discovering the wonders of the universe that, in my humble view, God created by methods NOT outlined in Genesis. Creationists pervert and destroy rational, systematic thought in favor of blind adherence to faith in areas where faith has no business being. Faith did not create the polio vaccine. Faith did not create nuclear energy. Faith did not even produce electric generators. Faith has its place, and it is a valuable place, but its place is not in science, where things you believe are true can be overturned and replaced with a little experimentation. Of course the sun goes around the earth . . . oops! Guess not.\r\n\r\nCreationism and other blind interpretations of the Bible invite bigotry and hypocrisy. Creationism is stupidity. Our views on evolution are not perfect; they are still (cough) evolving as further research and experimentation proceed. And that is how it should be.\r\n\r\nSo, this is not a broadside against Christians, and those here who are Christian can drop their shields. No slur or slam is intended. Peace be to you all.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nUnless, of course, you are a Creationist, in which case\r\n[size=200:70d8a][b:70d8a]WHAMMO!!![/b:70d8a][/size:70d8a]','',0,'xA==','70d8a',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186424,12708,16,9,0,'66.245.195.244',1155691336,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Ack! Salute Your Shorts is back in 5th by two votes. \":shock:\" Vote, people, vote!','',0,'xA==','22013',1,0,'',9,0,0),(186426,13941,3,59,0,'74.136.64.90',1155691852,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Decelaraptor":a7040][quote="HelpfulSkittlesExplosion":a7040][quote="Kemical Reaxion":a7040][quote="RabidCureFan":a7040]Helpful Skittles Explosion would rock...your signature could be \"TASTE THE RAINBOW, BEEYOTCH!\"[/quote:a7040]\n\n\":lol:\" Oh, my God. That was hilarious. Thanks! I needed that.\n\nKem[/quote:a7040]\n\nHmmmm...I\'m finding this one quite tempting. I think I\'m gonna switch to it and see how it fits. When I get back from vacation I\'ll decide permanently. So what do y\'all think?[/quote:a7040]\n\nWelcome, HelpfulSkittlesExplosion! Good to have you here. BTW, do you know your avatar looks just like Isa Yo-Jo\'s? [Da raptor rolls and giggles at his own stale wit.] \":D\" \n\nGuy[/quote:a7040]\r\n\r\n\r\n(having just come across this thread, wonders what Isa and the raptor have been smoking...\r\n\r\nshrugs, leaves several dozen boxes of Twinkies for them.)','',0,'gA==','a7040',1,0,'',59,0,0),(186427,13937,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155691939,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":b7fba][quote="UU":b7fba]I\'m curious, why was Pluto included in the number of planets in the first place? Was it considered than bigger than it is thought today, or was Pluto just \'lucky\' in being discovered ahead of the other significant Kuiper Belt objects?[/quote:b7fba]\n\nPluto was discovered, by pure chance, long before the existance of the Kuiper Belt was even imagined. Back then, astronomers only knew about asteroids and planets, and the only asteroids they knew of lay inside the asteroid belt; therefore, when Tombaugh discovered a large(ish) object orbiting the sun well outside of the orbits of the other known planets, it was automatically deemed a planet as well. The question of Pluto\'s planethood would only be raised decades later, when a much more complete picture of the solar system -- one inhabited by rogue asteroids and Kuiper Belt objects -- muddied the waters considerably and made Pluto seem much less unique.[/quote:b7fba]\r\n\r\nBut don\'t forget Percival Lowell\'s passion for the object of his desire. He saw it, plotted it, and lobbied for it. Pluto\'s symbol is a confluence of his names. Hence: [url:b7fba]http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=167[/url:b7fba]. By the same token, Mars gets a penile symbol (a universally accepted symbol for the \'male\'), whereas Venus gets a vaginal symbol (a universally accepted symbol for the \'female\'). And Uranus gets a small dot in the middle of a circle (with an attached upright arrow, similar to the one Mars uses, but to much less of a degree, it would seem. So, celestial politics did prevail at the time that Pluto was introduced as a planet.\r\n\r\nIt would seem then, that an \'alpha\' planetary nomenclature (Earth, Mars, Saturn, et al) as well as a \'beta\' planetary nomenclature (Pluto, Xena, and a myriad others yet to be explored/named) might prove to be beneficial. The eight Primaries, and the countless, but still important other planetoids. After all, science is not calcified, is it? Is Darwin? Is Planck? Is Einstein? Is Stephen Hawking?\r\n\r\nThe one defining thing that makes science what it is (to me) is that it is not immutable. This puts me in direct conflict with a myriad of creationists, but I still believe in One God, who is somewhat more attuned to what He has done than we are.','',0,'kA==','b7fba',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186428,13944,16,563,0,'61.68.227.23',1155691961,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','the main reason i started this post is due to the fact that their may never be any dvds.\r\nthis is because mtv has to get the rights to use the songs for dvd. i went an checked outpost and their are aproxamatly 18 songs per episode, multiplied by 65 episodes equals 1170 songs.\r\nand getting the rights for 1 song cost about $15000.\r\nmeaning it would cost $17550000 just for the songs.','',0,'kA==','e09eb',1,0,'',563,0,0),(186429,13919,4,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155692005,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I realize I am, of course, preaching to the choir for the most part. Rational debate between fundamentalists and non-fundamentalists is not really possible, as the two sides do not share the same set of ground rules. Their arguments cannot possibly connect, so every \"debate\" between the two sides is essentially futile and pointless, like two armies agreeing to fight but failing to meet on the same battlefield. The conflict must be pursued by other means: i.e., the political sphere.\r\n\r\nSo, so much for that. Every now and then I have to blow off some steam, and people who claim that their religious views qualify as science (even though such views are untestable) irk me to no end. If I say I believe God created the heavens and the earth, it is not science but faith. To me, the universe is obviously governed by Law, which can be confirmed by the use of mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, and so on, and most current scientific thought favorably regards a definite starting date for all things (e.g., Creation of some kind), so I find it difficult to not believe in a First Cause, etc. That\'s my thing, not yours, don\'t worry about it. It\'s faith.\r\n\r\nJust keep that God-damned Creationist crap out of the public schools, where it does not belong, and everything will be fine.\r\n \":D\"','',0,'kA==','57cb1',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186430,13936,6,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155692361,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Yes. And I\'ve previously posted Zelda and Cowboy Bebop here. I see nothing wrong with posting non-Daria material.\r\n\r\nBart Simpson: \"Way to cite precedent!\"','',0,'kA==','66004',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186431,13951,4,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155692765,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Many beliefs in science are held quite dearly by their adherents, and challenging those beliefs can stir up a hornets\' nets. Consider the stir that was provoked twenty years ago when [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4304290.stm:2a460]a few scientists proposed that ulcers were caused by bacteria[/url:2a460]. This really pissed off a lot of scientists and medical people . . . until they were proven wrong. Bingo, the old theory was overturned. This is how science works.\r\n\r\nEvolution is in a similar quandry because the actual mechanism of evolution, how it really works, is not clearly understood. All that is understood is that it seems to work very reliably, since we can trace its effects quite well. Because bone-headed Creationists have entered the fray, it has made the problem much worse than usual, so a lot of scientists are very touchy about the issue, which makes them boneheads, too, but not quite as bad as the Creationists. I say that because if you were to prove (through scientific experimentation and reason) how the current theory of evolution worked (or did not work), the scientists would be won over in time, after much screaming and bitching.\r\n\r\nThis won\'t work with Creationists, however, because their belief system cannot possibly be proven or tested. It\'s all faith-based, and you\'re out of luck if you try to argue with them, so don\'t. Save your breath, do something else. Arguing with scientists is fine; arguing with Creationists is a cruel waste of the brain power that I think God is pleased for us to have.\r\n\r\nAnd, frankly, using a term like \"The Church of Evolution\" is like throwing gasoline on a fire, because you are clearly inviting a comparison of science as theology, and that\'s an unworthy position.','',0,'EA==','2a460',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186432,13948,5,149,0,'71.65.237.131',1155692909,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Star Trek Inspirational Posters','[quote="E. A. Smith":10805][url=http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html:10805]Star Trek Inspirational Posters[/url:10805]\n\nIf they were actually selling these, I\'d suddenly need a whole lot more wall space. \":P\"[/quote:10805]\r\n[size=117:10805][color=blue:10805][b:10805]Herbert! Herbert! Herbert!\n\nA few months after I saw that ep, the hippie-minstrel character popped up in a porn movie I saw. Ayup, it figures. From the Worst [i:10805]Star Trek [/i:10805]Ep Ever to porn in a few months.\n\nSteveBlumDeckler[/b:10805][/color:10805][/size:10805]','',0,'9g==','10805',1,0,'',149,0,0),(186433,13885,4,251,0,'63.46.128.16',1155693277,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Cross, you\'re getting silly. One example you\'d give I can respond to real easy, so I will:\r\n\r\n[quote="crossada75":97239]People like Rosie O\'Donnel (sp.?) who employ armed bodyguards while donating millions to, and acting as a mouthpiece for, organizations that aim to ban all civilian gun ownership can\'t be hypocrites[/quote:97239]\n\nAh, but plenty have called her a hypocrite...even this gun banner (keep in mind this was like 2000 when what I\'m quoting here was posted):\n\nhttp://www.jumptheshark.com/r/rosie.htm \n\n[quote:97239]The Tom Selleck show was the topper for me. I think her success has gone to her head. I agree with her stance on gun control, but it showed very bad taste to bring the subject up when Selleck was promoting a movie. Now, if the movie had contained guns or violence, then maybe it would have been appropriate. And, as later came out, Rosie is living in a glass house as a spokesperson for K-Mart (the largest national retailer of hunting rifles and accessories). Rosie meant well, but should have thought before she opened her mouth. I think Selleck is a dunce for doing the NRA ads (and he\'s probably lost me as a potential movie customer), but he should have been informed ahead of time that he might me asked questions about his beliefs on gun control. I think they both jumped the shark!!!![/quote:97239]\r\n\r\n(Btw, I find it amusing that the voting shows a tie for \"when the show jumped\" between the attack on Tom Selleck or on the first day it aired. \":lol:\")','',0,'gA==','97239',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186434,13847,3,49,0,'84.25.229.92',1155693439,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Okay you guys, I finished Building the \"Rookie\" compare it with the Picture of the Veteran in the beginning of this thread.\r\n\r\n\r\n[img:9595e]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/P1010098.jpg[/img:9595e]\r\n[img:9595e]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/P1010099.jpg[/img:9595e]\r\n\r\nAs you guys can see, I went with a different neck. I could get this gorgeous Birdseye maple neck for a bargain price and I went for it. Apart from the headstock shape I suceeded in making a matching copy of the \"Veteran\" They look so similar that I have to catch myself sometimes. The swimmingpool rout of the Rookie gives it a very airy open sound, I figured that the all maple construction would result is a very bright sound but that\'s not the case, it has a very tight low end and it nails that David Gilmour tone when overdriven. All in all this project was a success.','',0,'CA==','9595e',1,1155695315,'',49,1,0),(186435,13951,4,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155693495,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Rereading your original note, it occurs to me that you are confusing a number of issues that need not be confused.\r\n\r\nIn short, don\'t confuse religion and science. Science tells us how things work. Religion tells us what we ought to do about it. Science lets us build atomic bombs. Religion (and thus ethics and morality) tells us what to do with them. Science builds a view of how our world and all life on it came about. Religion gives us a way to relate to and work with the world we have.\r\n\r\nDid humanity arise from humbler origins? That is a question for science.\r\n\r\nDoes our biological rise have implications for our spiritual and ethical lives? That is a question for religion.\r\n\r\nPlease don\'t confuse the two, even if you think other people do.','',0,'CA==','d82b7',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186436,13136,6,51,0,'209.240.206.206',1155693732,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Now, I could be wrong, but couldn\'t this sort of thing cause, like... oh, I don\'t know, reprecutions? \":D\" \nCan\'t wait for the next chapter!\n\nGuy','',0,'CA==','5bb0d',1,0,'',51,0,0),(186437,13941,3,111,0,'70.127.131.148',1155693854,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Sam The Smuggler":443ac][quote:443ac]Thinking of Changing my Name...[/quote:443ac]...Changing it from Mr.Dog to Caesar. Had a talk with the marketing department....the marketing department of Rome...Mr.Caesar..Yes..[/quote:443ac]\r\n\r\nWhich invariably forces me to suggest \"Small Yappy-type Dog Explosions\", though it wouldn\'t quite fit. \":P\" \r\n\r\n[size=59:443ac]*points shamelessly at signature*[/size:443ac]','',0,'hA==','443ac',1,0,'',111,0,0),(186438,13847,3,531,0,'63.22.220.252',1155694194,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Wouter: that is way cool...I love the figuring on that neck...took me a minute to figure out why it looked a bit weird...then I realized it\'s got the Tele headstock instead of the Strat...\r\nway too cool...\r\nCan\'t wait for my class to get started and get building my own...','',0,'hA==','db5d6',1,0,'',531,0,0),(186439,13950,3,70,0,'67.184.16.255',1155694416,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Also Mr. Green. I killed him in the secret passage with a vial of insulin.','',0,'hA==','828db',1,0,'',70,0,0),(186440,13951,4,251,0,'63.46.128.16',1155694512,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Speaking of biology, it\'s that blasted Y-chromosome that causes so much trouble. Now as it so happens, I have a religion that can deal with that:\r\n\r\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolth\r\n\r\nPlus, if you have a problem with flies, you\'ll likely find Her very useful.\r\n\r\nI\'ve even done a fanfic hoping to plant the seeds of future Lolth-worship among Daria fans. Soon society shall know a cleansing in which all these problems causes by male gods will cease to be. No more worry about body wrappings, bras, head coverings, and the like. Of course, men will get what they deserve, but I suspect many men secretly want that anyway. But at least discipline will be returned to our schools...to a point that even the most zealous & sadistic \"spank \'em for God\'s sake\" should be satisfied with. Darwinists will likely be pleased with the \"survival of the fittest\" philosophy, too.\r\n\r\nBesides, it\'s not like women would have it easy. And Lolth\'s orders have a place for men as well as women (but only in the more liberal areas...orthodox followers of the Spider Queen know to keep males out of the priesthood):\r\n\r\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolth#Orders\r\n\r\nSo get rid of your pentegrams, crosses, star of davids, and whatnot and embrace Lolth! Hail, Lolth! Hail, yes!\r\n\r\nWe are ALL Lolth\'s meat. Join us. Or be destroyed/devoured. You\'ve been warned.\r\n\r\nDervish, Handmaiden of the Daughters of the Yochlol.\r\n\r\n[img:d26b6]http://sfmb.gamerspage.com/images/smiles/dragonflying2.gif[/img:d26b6]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[color=darkred:d26b6]O Flesh Carver, who wove the world;\nWho made us from the darkest clay,\nSpinning in it a red web of vein and artery,\nWe feel thy hunger.\n\nO Lolth, humbly today we feed thee.\nWe feed you this flesh, this quivering meat.\nWith a blade like your jaws,\nWe divide muscle from bone.\nEat of this, the meal we consecrate to thee,\nAnd do not this day devour us.\n\n--adjuration from the Crimson Liturgy of Lolth[/color:d26b6] \r\n\r\n[img:d26b6]http://www.forgottenadventures.com/images/drow39.jpg[/img:d26b6]','',0,'Cg==','d26b6',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186441,13941,3,414,0,'24.60.195.156',1155694802,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":2a09d][quote="Decelaraptor":2a09d]Welcome, HelpfulSkittlesExplosion! Good to have you here. BTW, do you know your avatar looks just like Isa Yo-Jo\'s? [Da raptor rolls and giggles at his own stale wit.] \":D\" \n\nGuy[/quote:2a09d]\n\n\n(having just come across this thread, wonders what Isa and the raptor have been smoking...\n\nshrugs, leaves several dozen boxes of Twinkies for them.)[/quote:2a09d]\r\n[wonders if Twinkies have any psychotropic effects when smoked \":P\" ]\r\n\r\nI think you should also use the sig Jess suggested. That would be wicked. \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','2a09d',1,0,'',414,0,0),(186442,13944,16,9,0,'66.245.195.244',1155695091,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Rufus":885ce]the main reason i started this post is due to the fact that their may never be any dvds.\nthis is because mtv has to get the rights to use the songs for dvd. i went an checked outpost and their are aproxamatly 18 songs per episode, multiplied by 65 episodes equals 1170 songs.\nand getting the rights for 1 song cost about $15000.\nmeaning it would cost $17550000 just for the songs.[/quote:885ce]\r\n\r\nUh... don\'t you think we\'ve already considered that?\r\n\r\nCheck out [url=http://www.dvdaria.info:885ce]DVDaria[/url:885ce] and go to the \"View the music wish list\" link.\r\n\r\nYou\'re at least a year or two behind us.','',0,'kA==','885ce',1,0,'',9,0,0),(186443,13951,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1155695719,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I think Richard\'s adequately addressed the issues and there\'s little that I could add, except that it\'s a pretty good example of a whole range of logical falacies that would generally get an airing in Logic 101.','',0,'kA==','0d6ed',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186444,13885,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1155696019,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="crossada75":605a0]As for Clinton, his sexual peccadilloes were by far the *least* of what was wrong with that would-be Dick-Tater.[/quote:605a0]\r\nThat may well be. But you\'d have to ask why, if so, it was the only thing they could hang on him (and hang him for).','',0,'gA==','605a0',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186445,13951,4,36,0,'72.181.22.111',1155696332,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:dc5fb]If, for example, it is unconstitutional to have a nativity scene on a town square, why did no one notice this, certainly to include the Founding Fathers, until at least 1950?[/quote:dc5fb]\r\nYou do realize that this same argument could be used to support the righteousness of racial segregation, don\'t you?','',0,'gA==','dc5fb',1,0,'',36,0,0),(186446,13885,4,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155699058,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":23b3e][quote="crossada75":23b3e]As for Clinton, his sexual peccadilloes were by far the *least* of what was wrong with that would-be Dick-Tater.[/quote:23b3e]\nThat may well be. But you\'d have to ask why, if so, it was the only thing they could hang on him (and hang him for).[/quote:23b3e]\r\n\r\nOh Deref, it was pure unadulterated hatred. By those caught flat-footed by his ascendency, and by those that, given that, would move heavean and earth to show his feet of clay. They did so, with liasons with a star-struck libidinious intern that matched his own, Contrast the outright lies that have brought numererous countries into a dubious war that has achieved nothing, except got the loss of thousands upon one side, as opposd to the loss of tens of thousands upon the other; all the while civil war breaks out in a zone earmarked for democracy. Mission Accomplished.','',0,'gA==','23b3e',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186447,13931,6,47,0,'68.59.190.69',1155699108,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[size=150:6f990][color=green:6f990]Daria[/color:6f990] Meets [color=red:6f990]The Punisher[/color:6f990][/size:6f990]\r\n\r\n[size=75:6f990]A WacoKid Production[/size:6f990]\r\n\r\n\r\nAs Daria and Jane\'s bullet-riddled corpses collapsed on to the street, Quinn turned to the rest of the Fashion Club, all of whom were still standing on the sidewalk, waiting for the light to change. \r\n\r\n\"I told them not to jaywalk.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=75:6f990]The End.[/size:6f990]','',0,'Bg==','6f990',1,0,'',47,0,0),(186448,13941,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155700366,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="HelpfulSkittlesExplosion":7a790][quote="Steven Galloway":7a790]Does this have something to do with you and Superintendent Cartwright? It was written out of jest, honest! \":twisted:\"[/quote:7a790]\n\nI suddenly have the feeling I\'ve missed something...[/quote:7a790]\r\n\r\nWell, possibly it is something along the lines of \"The Times-Picayune Ledger Reporter of Grand Island, Michigan, and other Associated Isles of Worth\", as opposed to \"The Providence Journal\"\r\n\r\nWhom you are, the person that you know whom you are, as opposed to a grandious pronouncement of whom you might one day wish to be clouds whom in fact you are. Very, very few of us know whom Isa Yo-Jo is, and those that do treasure the knowledge. Those that do not, wonder with some arcane bemusement as to whom you are. You are Isa Yo-Jo, and HelpfulSkittlesExplosion does not change things. Ask Nonamejane, aka cynigal. Both prior nomenclature typified the author (although in the prior case, the new board rules would not allow a privious name such as hers, for some reason).\r\n\r\nI am ahmygoddess, also known as Jeff to almost all here. I have been so since \'Esteemsters\'. AMG is who I am. I do not wish for another moniker, as it suits me to the core of who I am. \"To thine own self be true\', though. If you must change for the sake of change, then do so. As for me and mine, we shall follow Fujishima Kosuke (namesake), and Rumiko Takahashi (avatar).','',0,'gA==','7a790',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186449,13863,4,14,0,'72.77.105.149',1155701755,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="CDM":5e872]\nAfter these far more serious points, I feel weird bringing up his taking part\nin the post-Columbine scapegoating against entertainment.[/quote:5e872]\r\n\r\nNo no no. Scapegoating entertainment is pure Democratic policy, AS LONG as you only do it AFTER Something Happened, like Hillary going off on video games after the GTA/hot coffee thingumee. Now if he holds the same view all the time, rather then just when it\'s a poll hot topic, then he\'s just as bad as those old fuddie duddies in the Republican party.\r\n\r\nStill, it looks like the Dems are going to have to spend a lot more money in CT then they planned, as the Rep guy was mostly put up because they had to have a candidate. Makes you wonder how many of those newly registered Democrats voting in the primary were Republicans in disguise.\r\n\r\nCN','',0,'gA==','5e872',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186450,13944,16,65,0,'69.208.123.129',1155702076,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Rufus":e4e9f]the main reason i started this post is due to the fact that their may never be any dvds.[/quote:e4e9f]\r\nI may never own a Ferrari in my life. Because of that, by your logic, it\'s okay for me to go out and steal one.\r\n\r\nSomething\'s a little bit wrong about that, methinks. \":)\"','',0,'gA==','e4e9f',1,0,'',65,0,0),(186451,13952,3,65,0,'69.208.123.129',1155702631,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','RIP actor Bruno Kirby, 57','[quote:d038f][b:d038f]LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Bruno Kirby, a veteran character actor who co-starred in \"When Harry Met Sally,\" \"City Slickers\" and many other films, has died at age 57, his wife said Tuesday.[/b:d038f]\n\nKirby died Monday in Los Angeles from complications related to leukemia, according to a statement from his wife, Lynn Sellers. He had recently been diagnosed with the disease.[/quote:d038f]\r\nAs noted above, Kirby played Billy Crystal\'s best friend (who eventually married the character played by Carrie Fisher) in [i:d038f]When Harry Met Sally[/i:d038f]. He also played Crystal\'s friend in [i:d038f]City Slickers[/i:d038f]. Fans of the [i:d038f]Godfather[/i:d038f] movies will remember him as a young Pete Clemenza in [i:d038f]The Godfather Part II[/i:d038f] (playing opposite Robert DeNiro as a young Vito Corleone in the flashback scenes).\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/15/kirby.obit.ap/index.html:d038f]Full story here.[/url:d038f]','',0,'8A==','d038f',1,0,'',65,0,0),(186452,13937,3,358,0,'68.117.213.181',1155703744,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Dude, Xena could so kick the asses of these \"astronomers.\" I mean, come on.. the woman put down the entire Persian army in something like 5 minutes.\r\n\r\n\r\nI know.... I\'m geektabulous\r\nKai','',0,'8A==','c9f66',1,0,'',358,0,0),(186453,13950,3,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155703937,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Hmmm, apparently I\'m Misses White too... That makes no sense to me, bu oh well...\r\n\r\nNow to the question at hand, I killed him in the Conservatory with a Daisho for impinging my honor.','',0,'8A==','7f4e0',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186454,13952,3,359,0,'172.167.218.62',1155704144,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ve never seen any of the [i:e42e0]Godfather[/i:e42e0] films, but I\'m a big fan of both [i:e42e0]When Harry Met Sally[/i:e42e0] and [i:e42e0]City Slickers[/i:e42e0], neither of which would have been the same without Kirby\'s contribution (a sentiment proven by [i:e42e0]City Slickers 2[/i:e42e0]).','',0,'IA==','e42e0',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186455,13847,3,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155704179,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I reiterate what I said above, very very nice.','',0,'IA==','43a5a',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186456,13937,3,359,0,'172.167.218.62',1155704320,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="kaimelarfeylove":b42da]Dude, Xena could so kick the asses of these \"astronomers.\" I mean, come on.. the woman put down the entire Persian army in something like 5 minutes.[/quote:b42da]\r\n\r\nIs that a challenge? \":P\"','',0,'gA==','b42da',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186457,13940,3,358,0,'68.117.213.181',1155704327,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','*twitch twitch*\r\n\r\n[size=59:d42a0]Kill all humans[/size:d42a0]\r\nKai','',0,'BA==','d42a0',1,0,'',358,0,0),(186458,13950,3,505,0,'75.10.107.144',1155705371,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[img:28c5c]http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Quizzes/Clue/White.jpg[/img:28c5c]\r\n\r\nHmm... interesting... \":?\"','',0,'CA==','28c5c',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186459,13937,3,251,0,'63.46.128.160',1155705379,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="kaimelarfeylove":8d703]Dude, Xena could so kick the asses of these \"astronomers.\" I mean, come on.. the woman put down the entire Persian army in something like 5 minutes.\n\n\nI know.... I\'m geektabulous\nKai[/quote:8d703]\r\n\r\nHmmm...this got me to wondering (and perhaps all those other threads on death matches)....\r\n\r\nIf a group/company/whatever wanted to hire a physicist, but could only afford one and decided it would do it by hiring the survivor of a physicist death match, which would most likely win? The particle physicist, the condensed matter physicist, or the astrophysicist? \r\n\r\nWhat if the chemist and engineer were also thus decided and had to fight the other scientists to the death for the remaining job? \r\n\r\nAnd what if anything goes--from lead pipe to deadly warbot constructed in spare time out of spare parts to brilliant death ray juryrigged out of old cathode tubes? (Hey, Captain Kirk made a cannon out of bamboo...I wonder what his counterpart from the evil mirror universe could make, and out of what?) Would that change anything? Would stranding an opponent in another universe or era count? \r\n\r\n\r\nHmmm....maybe the entire debate over defining the solar system would be handled faster and more efficiently with a death match...and science better funded if the death matches were televised on PPV. \":P\" \r\n\r\nOr better yet, could we just get [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cowell:8d703]Simon Cowell[/url:8d703] (NOTE: I\'m pretty sure that bit of Simon & Boy George is someone\'s revenge and fiction) to comment/judge the debaters?','',0,'kA==','8d703',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186460,13951,4,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155706825,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','This is an argument that I\'ve gotten tired of hearing anymore. IMO there is no conflict and no need of a conflict.\r\n\r\nScience tells us [b:5910d][u:5910d]HOW[/u:5910d][/b:5910d] the universe works, that is the entire point of science from the begining. Religion tells us [u:5910d][b:5910d]WHY[/b:5910d][/u:5910d] the universe works the way it does.\r\n\r\nNo matter how you look at it there is nothing about evolution that invalidates the first chapter of Genesis nor the other way around. As hard as it is for those of us in the modern world to get our heads around the time scales involved in astrology, geology, and evolutionary biology. how does anyone think a man at the time of Moses would have dealt with them? As I have probably mentioned before there is just over 700 words in the first chapter of Genesis (actual total depends on your translation), not very much to build an understanding on of the mechanisms of any aspect of biology.\r\n\r\nThe one issue I really take with creationists is their obvious lack of understanding of the difference between the meaning of the word theory in scientific usage vs. the meaning of the word in normal English usage. This is something that they should have actually picked up in a science class, irregardless of wether or not they got the actual theories form that class they are trying to argue against (big bang, evolution, etc).\r\n[/rant]\r\nSorry about that \":shock:\" It just all came poring out once I statred typing.','',0,'QQ==','5910d',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186461,13951,4,40,0,'63.19.53.59',1155706844,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Both of these are kind of long. I\'m sorry, but I\'m not clever enough to summarize them in a satisfactory way.\r\n\r\n\r\n http://www.americanthinker.com/articles ... le_id=5694\r\n\r\n\r\n \"Glazov: Tell us briefly what your book is about and your main argument.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nArnhart: I am trying to persuade conservatives that they need Charles Darwin. Conservatives need to see that a Darwinian science of human nature supports their realist view of human imperfectability, and it refutes the utopian view of the Left that human nature is so completely malleable that it can be shaped to conform to any program of social engineering.\r\n\r\n Glazov: How exactly does Darwinian science of human nature demonstrate the imperfectability of humans?\r\n\r\n Arnhart: In Thomas Sowell’s book A Conflict of Visions, he shows that ideological debate has been divided for a long time between what he calls the “constrained vision” and the “unconstrained vision.” I see this as a contrast between the “realist vision” of the political right and the “utopian vision” of the political left.\r\n\r\n Those with the realist vision of life believe that the moral and intellectual limits of human beings are rooted in their unchanging human nature, and so a good social order has to make the best of these natural limitations rather than trying to change them. But those with the utopian vision think that the moral and intellectual limits of human beings are rooted in social customs and practices that can be changed, and so they believe the best social order arises from rationally planned reforms to perfect human nature.\r\n\r\n Those with the realist vision see social processes such as families, markets, morality, and government as evolved rather than designed. Darwinian science is on the side of this realist vision of the conservative tradition. The main idea of the realist vision is evolution—the idea that social order is spontaneously evolved rather than rationally designed. Friedrich Hayek saw this. Steven Pinker, in his book The Blank Slate, shows how modern biological research on human nature supports the insight of the realist vision that there is a universal human nature that cannot be easily changed by social reform.\r\n\r\n Glazov: Why do you think so many Conservatives and religious people have always been so afraid and disdainful of Darwinianism?\r\n\r\n Arnhart: They associate it with a crudely materialistic and atheistic view of the world—a “survival of the fittest” in which the strong exploit the weak. One of the books promoted by the Discovery Institute is Richard Weikart’s book From Darwin to Hitler. He claims that all the evils of Nazism come from Hitler’s Darwinism. But I show in my book that Weikart’s arguments are weak, because there is no support for Hitler’s ideas in Darwin’s writings. In response to my criticisms, Weikart now says that he cannot show a direct connection “from Darwin to Hitler.”\r\n\r\n Glazov: Then what do you think about a book like Ann Coulter’s book Godless?\r\n\r\n Arnhart: Coulter’s attack on Darwinism as a threat to conservative values illustrates the sort of mistake that I want to correct. Her arguments against Darwinism as a liberal religion are shallow. It’s clear that she has never read Darwin and doesn’t really know what she’s talking about. She has memorized some talking points from the proponents of intelligent design theory at the Discovery Institute—people like Bill Dembski and Mike Behe. But she hasn’t thought through any of this. For example, she assumes that Darwinism promotes an immoral materialism. But she says nothing about Darwin’s account of the natural moral sense implanted in human nature. And she doesn’t recognize that conservative thinkers like James Q. Wilson have adopted this Darwinian view of the moral sense.\r\n\r\n Glazov: Can you tell us a bit about Darwin’s account of the natural moral sense that is implanted in human nature? This in itself is an argument for the existence of a God right?\r\n\r\n Arnhart: It could be. If you already believe in God as a moral lawgiver, then you might see the natural moral sense as created by God. In The Descent of Man, Darwin sees morality as a uniquely human trait that is a product of human evolutionary history. We are naturally social animals who care about how we appear to others. This natural human concern for social praise and blame combined with human reason leads us to formulate and obey social norms of good behavior. Darwin drew ideas from Adam Smith’s book The Theory of Moral Sentiments, particularly Smith’s claim that morality depends on “sympathy,” the human capacity for sharing in the experiences of others, so that we feel resentment when others are victims of injustice. Darwin thought these moral emotions of indignation at injustice would have evolved to favor cooperative groups.\r\n\r\n Glazov: What do you make of the creation/intelligent design/evolution debate?\r\n\r\n Arnhart: In my book, I explain why the arguments of the intelligent design folks are weak. They assume unreasonable standards of proof in dismissing the evidence for Darwin’s theory, and they don’t offer any positive theory of their own as an alternative. But, still, I don’t see anything wrong with allowing public school biology students to read some of the intelligent design writing along with Darwinian biology, and then they can decide for themselves.\r\n\r\n The problem, of course, is whether this could be done without introducing Biblical creationism. In the case last year in Dover, Pennsylvania, school board members who wanted to teach a literal 6-days-of-creation story used the idea of intelligent design ... .\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n http://www.nationalreview.com/derbyshir ... 042203.asp\r\n\r\n\r\n \"It seems to me that Larkin omitted one key component of the lefty mind-set: snobbery.\r\n\r\n The essence of the modern Left, from Lenin to the Clintons, is a contempt for ordinary people — for their blindness to their own interests, for their inability to see that society needs radically reorganizing, for their reluctance to let themselves be shoveled around like truckloads of concrete in order to accomplish that reorganization, for their degraded tastes in everything from food to mode of transportation, for their selfish determination to hold on to the rewards of their own labor rather than hand over those rewards to people who believe themselves wiser, for their absurd attachment to outmoded prehistoric concepts like “family,” “nation,” and “liberty.” \r\n\r\nLenin: “It is true that liberty is precious — so precious that it must be rationed.” And who is to do the rationing? Why, we, the enlightened ones, the anointed ones — the elite! Mrs. Clinton: “It takes a village to raise a child.” God forbid the task should be left to — ugh! — a family. You need a community... with leaders... And who will those leaders be? Guess who. \r\n\r\nThis loathing and contempt that all Lefties feel towards ordinary insignificant people is never more manifest than in matters of religion. It is not that the Left is necessarily anti-religious. Most of it is, and practically all God-haters are also lefties, but there are some styles of lefty religiosity nonetheless. “Liberation theology,” one of the most poisonous and destructive lefty doctrines of the 20th century, was cooked up by Catholic thinkers; and my own church, the Anglican communion, has a ruling hierarchy that is pretty solidly Left. The Clintons themselves are religious, sincerely so far as one can judge. (Though I write here as a person always willing, possibly too willing, to give the benefit of the doubt in matters of this sort.) They are certainly more assiduous churchgoers than were, say, the Reagans. \r\n\r\nWhere the snobbery of the Left really comes out is in lefty attitudes to evangelical and fundamentalist Christianity. Yes, I know these are two distinct things, though probably a lot of Lefties do not know this. And yes, the word “Christianity” is essential in there. Lefties are mostly fixated on the wickedness of their own nation or culture, and have little interest in others. Lefty “multiculturalism” has nothing to do with foreign cultures, as Peter Wood has demonstrated in his recent book. It is a way of poking a finger in the eye of Western culture, that is all. The sins and absurdities of evangelical Hinduism — a small but significant force in world affairs, as it happens — are of zero interest to American Lefties, as they do not demonstrate anything about the awfulness of America. \r\n\r\nThe sins and absurdities of evangelical Islam have been getting a bit more attention recently, and there is even a faction on the Left that is angry about them — see the writings of Christopher Hitchens, for instance. (Hitch is an equal-opportunity God-hater, who has trashed Mother Theresa and the Dalai Lama with equal vehemence.) Still, the average American Lefty’s eyes do not light up when he talks about Osama bin Laden, who he feels is probably a creature of Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy. What gets lefty juices flowing is those crazy Christian fruitcakes down in the Bible Belt, with their double-knit-clad preachers in cheap hairpieces, their reflexive patriotism, their dogged hostility to such obviously healthful and liberating practices as fornication, abortion, and homosexuality, and their obscurantism about evolution. \r\n\r\nAh, evolution! The touchstone of redneck religiosity! The ultimate litmus test separating the benighted from the enlightened, the foolish from the wise, the sheep from the wise shepherds — to put it in Leninist terms, the Whom from the Who! Do you believe in the theory of evolution? No? Then you shall be bound hand and foot and cast into outer darkness, into the place of wailing and gnashing of teeth! Don’t you know that only hicks and rubes and knuckle-dragging primitives deny the truth of evolution? Haven’t you seen Inherit the Wind? What brand of tobacco do you chew, in your shabby trailer parked back there in the hollow? \r\n\r\nThe above thoughts were generated over the breakfast table last Sunday as I perused the comic supplement in my newspaper. Now, I don’t give a lot of time to the comics, I hasten to add, but there are a few I always look at: Blondie, Dilbert, Hagar the Horrible, and Doonesbury. I read the first three for insights into the human condition; I read Doonesbury so as not to lose touch with the truths contained in my first paragraph up above — to keep my enemy-recognition skills well-honed. \r\n\r\nDoonesbury, in case you don’t follow these things, is a lefty comic strip, created by a fellow named Garry Trudeau, a limousine liberal from a wealthy and well-connected family, currently residing in a posh apartment overlooking Manhattan’s Central Park. Trudeau started drawing the strip while a student at Yale in the late 1960s. Never having abandoned, nor even apparently questioned, the vapid formulas of 1960s student leftism, Trudeau is the darling of liberal media types — he got the first ever Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartoonery. (The only reliably conservative comic strip I am aware of, Mallard Filmore, does not appear in my Sunday paper, and will, I very confidently predict, not be getting a Pulitzer any time soon.) \r\n\r\nWell, the Doonesbury strip this Sunday featured two hippie types talking about evolution. (Trudeau’s characters have names and personal histories, which devoted fans can tell you all about. I have never bothered to master that side of Doonesbury myself, as such mastery is not essential to the main point of my reading the strip — see above. And yes, they really are hippie types. Trudeau is the last person in the world who does not know that hippies were antisocial dimwits who believed in Pyramid Power and the spiritual benefits of dope.) The point of the strip is to pour scorn on George W. Bush for not believing in evolution. \r\n\r\nI had better tell you right now that I myself do believe in evolution (and immediately to beg that you please not send me 8,000-word treatises proving me wrong, and to promise you that if you do send me material of that sort, I will not read it). The idea that species evolved and differentiated across vast eons of time by means of natural selection seems to be sensible and probable, and to fit with such facts as I know of. I can’t pretend to understand the inner mechanics of that process. Neither did Charles Darwin so pretend: as the philosopher David Stove has pointed out, Darwin died as ignorant of genetics as was Julius Caesar. Darwin’s theory offers a hypothesis to explain certain observed facts. To the best of my understanding the facts were well-observed and the hypothesis is convincing. That is about as much as any non-specialist can say about any scientific theory. The main anti-Darwinian hypothesis, as I understand it, asserts that all the currently observable species of animals, plants, bacteria, and (presumably) viruses, together with some that are now extinct, were created in their known forms at more or less the same time. That seems to me highly improbable. It seems to me, in fact, to be pseudoscience, and does not agree with my understanding, such as it is, either of the physical world or of the Deity. \r\n\r\nNow, I can’t say I have any emotional investment in this topic one way or the other. I’m not very intensely religious. I’m not much interested in biology, either, and dropped it from my school studies as soon as I could, at age 13. I was never taught either evolution or anti-evolution. My few faded memories of school biology lessons concern hydra, spirogyra, and some forlorn-looking dogfish languishing in various states of evisceration in trays of formaldehyde. My mother was a professional nurse with a good collection of textbooks on human anatomy and physiology, all of which I knew by heart around age ten. That pretty much exhausted my interest in the world of living tissue. To the degree that I have an opinion about evolution at all, it is from the dutiful feeling that a well-educated person ought to have one. At some point in my early adulthood I read a few books and pop-science magazine articles and concluded: Yep, that seems pretty sound. That’s about the depth of it. I’d be surprised to learn that anyone outside the circles of professional biologists and the small cadres of fanatical anti-evolutionists has any more interest in the matter than I have. \r\n\r\nThe argument implicit in the April 20 Doonesbury strip — that George W. Bush is unfit for the presidency because he does not believe in the theory of evolution — therefore leaves me utterly unimpressed. I couldn’t care less whether my president believes in the theory of evolution. In fact, reflecting on some recent experiences, I’m not sure that I wouldn’t prefer a president who didn’t. Let me explain that. \r\n\r\nLast year one of my neighbors, an elderly widow who was very kind and helpful to us when we first moved into this street, fell and broke her femur. (The human femur can be inspected with all its protuberances and anfractuosities in Figures 126-130 of Gray’s Anatomy — I tell you, I know this stuff.) She was treated in the local hospital at first, of course. Then she went to a nursing home to convalesce. We visited her there. The nursing home was a lovely place, spotlessly clean and well-run, smelling of floor-polish, fresh-cut flowers, and disinfectant. The staff were cheerful, attentive and brisk. I could not help but contrast it with the place in which my own mother spent some of her last days — a privately-owned but municipally-supported place in England, staffed by ill-tempered slatternly girls and stinking of boiled cabbage and stale urine. Being taken to our neighbor’s room, I noticed here and there discreet, plain little crucifixes on the walls. It was a Christian establishment, run by some evangelical group. Probably none of the staff believes in the theory of evolution. \r\n\r\nAlso last year we finally found a decent auto mechanic. It’s a family firm located three or four miles away, on the other side of our village. They do just the work that needs doing, don’t find any $2,000 surprise defects in your car while performing the state inspection, present carefully itemized bills at fair prices, and are eager to explain anything that needs explaining. Like the staff in that nursing home, they are happy and efficient in their work. The place is a real find — if you have much to do with auto mechanics, you can imagine how we feel. They even sent us a Christmas card! I later found out by chance that the entire family belongs to some small fundamentalist Christian sect. Chances are they are all Creationists. \r\n\r\nAll I am pointing out there is that while, speaking as a scientifically-educated person who prefers truth (so far as we can discover it) to falsehood, I would rather you believed in evolution that not, I think there are a great many other things that are much more important. We don’t all have the capacity, or the willingness, or the time, to master elaborate scientific theories. (I wonder how many of those who chuckled at Sunday’s Doonesbury strip could actually give a full explanation of the theory of evolution from a standing start?) Unless we are professional specialists, there is no need for us to, other than by way of making a courteous gesture towards the ideal of objective scientific knowledge in general. \r\n\r\nPossibly as a result of having grown up in the lower classes of provincial England, I detest snobbery. I mean, I really, viscerally, loathe it. This is one reason I hate the Left so much — see first para above. I am not a big fan of pseudoscience, either, though, and will do what little I can to stand up for real science, where I am confident I understand it. My ideal nursing-home attendant, auto mechanic, or president would be a cheerful, capable, well-motivated person who was thoroughly au courant with the theory of evolution — and indeed with all the most recent advances in astronomy, biochemistry, cosmology, dendrochronology, endochrinology, fluviology, geomorphology, hydrodynamics, ichthyology, jurisprudence, kinesiology, limnology, microbiology, neuropathology, ophthalmology, psychometrics, quantum chromodynamics, rocket science, seismology, trichology, urology, virology, wiretapping, xenodocheionology, yachting, and zoology. \r\n\r\nLife, however, often consists of making a choice between unsatisfactory alternatives. Invited to choose between having my kids educated, my car fixed, or my elderly relatives cared for by (a) people of character, spirit, and dedication who believe in pseudoscience, or (b) unionized, time-serving drudges who believe in real science, which would I choose? Invited to choose between a president who is (a) a patriotic family man of character and ability who believes the universe was created on a Friday afternoon in 4,004 B.C. with all biological species instantly represented, or (b) an amoral hedonist and philanderer who “loathes the military” but who believes in the evolution of species via natural selection across hundreds of millions of years, which would I choose? Are you kidding?\"\r\n\r\n\r\n Cross (who wishes he knew how to paraphrase all this in a brief way)','',0,'QQ==','e99be',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186462,13941,3,245,0,'69.164.8.156',1155707211,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="HelpfulSkittlesExplosion":f09f1][quote="Steven Galloway":f09f1]Does this have something to do with you and Superintendent Cartwright? It was written out of jest, honest! \":twisted:\"[/quote:f09f1]\n\nI suddenly have the feeling I\'ve missed something...[/quote:f09f1]\r\n\r\nOMG I just read the thing. Eeeeevilll!\r\n\r\nAlthough this takes me up to being referenced in 4 fanfics. I think. That one TAG did, the Mortal Kombat thing RL did, the one FIC story RL did, and this one. I wonder what the record is...God I feel like I\'m forgetting one or two.','',0,'gA==','f09f1',1,0,'',245,0,0),(186463,13951,4,505,0,'75.10.107.144',1155707334,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:609ba]The justification often is pseudo-constitutional: “the separation of church and state.” Neither the phrase nor the idea is found in the Constitution.\n[/quote:609ba]\r\n\r\nYou can thank Martin Luther and his nationalistic enablement for the concept of separation of church and state-- the monarchies (and the Holy Roman Empire) wanted the power to appoint bishops within their domains and such-- essentially, they wanted to wield the power the church held independently. Luther\'s nationalistic inclination (he was, after all, German) led him to back the local nobility in their efforts to nationalize the local churches and property, as long as they understood that his schismatic intent was to build up a rural communist government, though that effort failed.\r\n\r\nQuick on his heels, Calvin started his sect, then Ann Boleyn seduced Henry VIII into creating the Anglican Church... nearly 500 years later, Protestantism\'s scion is Liberal American politics in all it\'s glory.','',0,'gA==','609ba',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186464,13919,4,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155708448,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":e2ae0]\n3. When the homeschooling group I was part of got split by the fundies who were shocked, even furious, that we were not Creationists, they passed these lurid stories about us. One was that I personally had sex with Satan and that I seduced Christian children of both sexes away from God (I even got threatened with death over this by one father, at least if he caught me on his land, presumably to see his son that he was trying to keep away from me). My mentor, one of the primary adults that basically chaperoned us (and let me live with her), was said to be the head of a cult, too. We were said to be witches with real occult powers of the movie kind, with demons at our beck and call (and probably possessed by them, too). \n\nI was said to literally have sex with satan. That is, I went to black sabbaths, the devil formed a body or avatar or whatever and stuck his penis in me while the rest of our coven (mainly the homeschool group) watched in growing excitement before the orgy began. (As my mentor said, \"As much as they seem to know about these satanic gatherings, you really have to wonder how they spend their weekends\" \":lol:\")\n\nA flier that one of us made was seen as satanic for its moon and stars (like my past school counselor would\'ve) and she was sent to be brainwashed in a teen gulag run by extremists. \n[/quote:e2ae0]\r\n\r\nHaving read the second paragraph of that I have to ask if you have ever had the chance to read [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum:e2ae0][u:e2ae0]The Malleus Maleficarum[/u:e2ae0][/url:e2ae0]? Many of the suppositions of the contents of Satanic rituals that seem very common come almost directly from it. I read a 1928 copy of the English translation in high school, it struck me at the time as more abhorrent than Anton LaVey\'s writings have ever struck the most fundamentalist Christians.','',0,'kQ==','e2ae0',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186465,13952,3,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155708845,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I love [i:70951]When Harry Met Sally[/i:70951] too, although everyone I know seems to dislike that movie.','',0,'IA==','70951',1,0,'',305,0,0),(247294,18324,6,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181743573,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 57: A Star for the Window (Part 4)','\":(\" \n\nGoing for bittersweet, are we? Very well done.','e94af3925a80a7105ba94dceb7e9715f',0,'','b36c2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247295,18409,2,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181743596,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Yikes, post multiplication','It looks like I have Creative Writing and Nick\'s Corner cleared. Those tend to have the highest frequency of long posts that tended to be the ones hit with debug errors during posting. I didn\'t find any duplicate posts in The Easel.','6701779fff107f18f13eeeae40cc1bc0',0,'','38d8d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247296,18398,10,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181744501,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Shipper: Daria and Trent (Pencil)','You can see the resemblence between Daria and Helen in the picture. It\'s kinda cool, actually. Nice work.\n\n-Dennis','0990f09c28a8c44e11b591d771011fc3',0,'','21289',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247297,18294,6,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181744510,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Reclamation, Part II','Will be anxiously awaiting part III.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','746ecb6eaf54c90b0595e0445d1a45b9',0,'','1bb75',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247298,18398,10,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181744671,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Shipper: Daria and Trent (Pencil)','[quote="Dennis":6ea52]You can see the resemblence between Daria and Helen in the picture. It\'s kinda cool, actually. Nice work.\n\n[/quote:6ea52]\n\nI hadn\'t noticed that, but you\'re right. I think it\'s the mouth.\n\nI like this a lot, and would like to see a polished, final version. *hint, hint*','a7225daf1998150c8a8f4a5afe94937b',0,'gA==','6ea52',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247299,18340,6,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181744970,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote="The Angst Guy":e3d84]Of course, things can only get worse from here. \":(\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere will be more of this, right? \":D\"[/quote:e3d84]\n\nTruth be told, I don\'t see why there needs to be—unless you mean more of the Morgendorffer\'s trying to get out from under a $1.5 million debt, and I\'ve already got the House xover weighing on me.\n\nSide note: I knew of a real business that was caught in a deal like the whammy Vitale\'s will put on the other partners. It was a candy and cigarette wholesaler in the Bronx that I did some software work for in the late 1980s. It had started to fail in the early part of that decade, and the owners were looking to get out—until a lawyer offered them a deal where he would use his capital to buy out their shares, keep the business afloat, [i:e3d84]and[/i:e3d84] let them retain some ownership interest under terms like Vitale\'s to the other partners, i.e., they bought new shares in the business through a loan he offered them. After a disagreement between them, he tried to call the loans and actually had the sheriff there ready to shutter the business when they didn\'t comply—but they were able to find another lawyer to fight off his claims. Last I heard, they\'re deep in the hole to the attorney who helped them fend off their former partner\'s attempt to call the loans. And they might still have to pay back the loans anyway.\n\nYou can\'t make this stuff up. Or if you could, you\'d be doing it rather than writing about it. \";)\"','6e92b749f60dc9c6d5c4f4f49663209d',0,'oA==','e3d84',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247306,18319,3,690,0,'69.241.82.132',1181746015,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','Mine and Cyde\'s (yes, I am speaking for him even though I don\'t know him - he is my Roll Tide Friend) two favorite teams are the Alabama Crimson Tide and whoever is beating the snot out of Auburn at the moment.\nDo I hear an AMEN Halleluijah from Cyde? Sure - I knew I would.\nCyde, though my heart lies with another you are A-OK in my book.\nSay it with me CYDE...\n \":lol:\" \n\n\n[b:c9c86]rolllll tide rolllll[/b:c9c86]','d9efcb8d4d5406d0c11ee256200bc97d',0,'QA==','c9c86',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247305,18411,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181745993,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are your guilty pleasures?','Smoking cigarettes (GOD I wish I could quit - it\'s becoming less of a pleasure and more just plain \'guilty\')','b80ec9f81248e0f2033bb64d3ec23bef',0,'','4c404',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247304,18386,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181745605,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','[quote="mman":b3d0c][quote="-sam":b3d0c]For a thread titled "girls and gays only" there sure are a lot of "straight" dudes chiming in...[/quote:b3d0c]\n\n... and we find out what girls and gays talk about behind our backs.\n\nShoes.\n\nShoes!\n\nFrikkin\' shoes!!\n\nPlease don\'t tell me someone\'s going to write a book about strappy sandals.[/quote:b3d0c]\n\nI think I saw this in the library in the theology section...\n\n(241.095 MOR) Morgendorffer, Quinn - Strappy Sandals and You: The QUINNtessential Guide','06e13622f2677be3ad1c85001b623b03',0,'gA==','b3d0c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247307,18402,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181746082,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: I made 500 posts on PPMB...','[quote="The Ranting Klown":20b14]It\'s all downhill from 500 kid, lemme tell ya.\n\nCandy doesn\'t taste as sweet, you become bitter and worst of all, you start to sag in all the wrong places.\n\nNow if you excuse me, I have a time machine made out of a cardboard box and some magic markers to build.[/quote:20b14]\n\nJust don\'t let it get turned upside-down; who KNOWS what will come out...\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\":mrgreen:\"','8b374399766343fd9ef9af9f8fa02955',0,'gA==','20b14',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247308,18319,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181746316,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','[quote="CAPSGIRL":79f56]Mine and Cyde\'s (yes, I am speaking for him even though I don\'t know him - he is my Roll Tide Friend) two favorite teams are the Alabama Crimson Tide and whoever is beating the snot out of Auburn at the moment.\nDo I hear an AMEN Halleluijah from Cyde? Sure - I knew I would.\nCyde, though my heart lies with another you are A-OK in my book.\nSay it with me CYDE...\n \":lol:\" \n\n\n[b:79f56]rolllll tide rolllll[/b:79f56][/quote:79f56]\n\nRomeo Tango Romeo.\n\nKeep an eye out; there won\'t be many more fingers to hold up. The tide will carry the wreckage of my hated enemies out to sea. \"8)\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\nrtr','06feaff8bef7cbdaa24ab48d00e7c848',0,'wA==','79f56',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247309,18319,3,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181746903,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','[quote="cyde":0f5db][quote="CAPSGIRL":0f5db]Mine and Cyde\'s (yes, I am speaking for him even though I don\'t know him - he is my Roll Tide Friend) two favorite teams are the Alabama Crimson Tide and whoever is beating the snot out of Auburn at the moment.\nDo I hear an AMEN Halleluijah from Cyde? Sure - I knew I would.\nCyde, though my heart lies with another you are A-OK in my book.\nSay it with me CYDE...\n \":lol:\" \n\n\n[b:0f5db]rolllll tide rolllll[/b:0f5db][/quote:0f5db]\n\nRomeo Tango Romeo.\n\nKeep an eye out; there won\'t be many more fingers to hold up. The tide will carry the wreckage of my hated enemies out to sea. \"8)\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\nrtr[/quote:0f5db]\n\nI might take issue if you were in the same conference as my team, but since you\'re not . . . . *shrugs*','a388fb38286377d5158aed9d41a736bc',0,'wA==','0f5db',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247310,18411,3,690,0,'69.241.82.132',1181748535,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are your guilty pleasures?','My personal top 5 guilty pleasures ( In no particular order): \n1. General Hospital and a few various other shows like American Idol\n2. Cute Shoes and Handbags - Cute clothes in general\n3. The occasional bad for you carb fest (pizza, pasta and the like)\n4. My beloved\'s beautiful smile and laugh (sigh)\n5. Talking on the phone with my various close friends who are like sisters to me\n\n\nI dont smoke and dont drink so get off my rear about my love for pretty shoes already!!!!\nI have some other pleasures which I refuse to consider as guilty or feel guilty about. \"8)\"','0bb414c2d813d499705952159bf44eb8',0,'','899e8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247311,18408,3,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181748573,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: This company must have the best salespeople on Earth...','So, what price is that bridge going for nowadays?','3f459103fd345732a903e1df3b148082',0,'','f640a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247312,18340,6,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181748664,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','Wooooo-oo-w!\n\nThat\'s what I like. Rather than death being an end unto itself in a story, being means to the ultimate, angsty end!\n\nThat\'s pulling the strings. A guy is a bastard. You want him dead. Once he dies, you find out that you really want him alive after all.\n\nJim Vitale - can\'t live with him, can\'t live without him. ;D','fadf0731c3855d39fa99d6a5ac3802a7',0,'','d9bff',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247314,18319,3,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181748975,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','[quote="CAPSGIRL":b6b1d][b:b6b1d]rolllll tide rolllll[/b:b6b1d][/quote:b6b1d]\n\n"Don\'t cross the river if you can\'t swim the tide . . ."\n\nI\'m not an Alabama fan (or any fan, for that matter), but that song has been in my head for a couple of days now, and I\'m glad of the opportunity to unload it. \":P\"','6ecfc37916d18756c4272de6ffa0b92c',0,'wA==','b6b1d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247315,18411,3,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181749110,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are your guilty pleasures?','Hootie and the Blowfish','21ab0551db35d7dabb68d2cf8b73919a',0,'','22af6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247316,18398,10,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181749798,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Shipper: Daria and Trent (Pencil)','[quote="smk":35455][quote="Dennis":35455]You can see the resemblence between Daria and Helen in the picture. It\'s kinda cool, actually. Nice work.\n[/quote:35455]\n\nI hadn\'t noticed that, but you\'re right. I think it\'s the mouth.[/quote:35455]\n\nWell, that and the shape of the face. We can assume this is a slighly older Daria who\'s lost the last of her baby fat, giving her defined cheekbones, like Helen and (to a lesser extent) Quinn.\n\n-Dennis','e33b1b700a4a5d3850c9d067e4618b26',0,'gA==','35455',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247317,18294,6,12,0,'204.119.143.138',1181750469,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Reclamation, Part II','YES! Nice additions, sir, and you\'re welcome! \":mrgreen:\"','28dd8ba8b0edb776b51c8e45088594a3',0,'','918db',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247318,18340,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181750696,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','You know... since Vitale [b:396ac]KNEW[/b:396ac] so many people wanted him dead, and since it was Henry, not Armalin, there in his office (trust me, Vitale would know the difference), and since Trainor used Vitale (or was it a deal they cooked up?) to get Bakeson out in the open, we may find out that Vitale\'s NOT dead... but that the town of Lawndale is [b:396ac]still[/b:396ac] not out from under him... and oh, will the TV stations and the Sun-Herald have to print and broadcast one bitch-kitty of a retraction to make him happy...\n\nHmn. All this backstabbing, intrgue and plot twists almost makes up for that crappy ending of [i:396ac]The Sopranos[/i:396ac].\n\n\nNo.\n\n\nNo. It doesn\'t. That ending was crap.','d3ed92af8afc9e0bcdc9c37f949eb66f',0,'YA==','396ac',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247319,18340,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181750788,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":075c5][quote="The Angst Guy":075c5]Of course, things can only get worse from here. \":(\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere will be more of this, right? \":D\"[/quote:075c5]\n\nTruth be told, I don\'t see why there needs to be—unless you mean more of the Morgendorffer\'s trying to get out from under a $1.5 million debt, and I\'ve already got the House xover weighing on me.\n\nSide note: I knew of a real business that was caught in a deal like the whammy Vitale\'s will put on the other partners. It was a candy and cigarette wholesaler in the Bronx that I did some software work for in the late 1980s. It had started to fail in the early part of that decade, and the owners were looking to get out—until a lawyer offered them a deal where he would use his capital to buy out their shares, keep the business afloat, [i:075c5]and[/i:075c5] let them retain some ownership interest under terms like Vitale\'s to the other partners, i.e., they bought new shares in the business through a loan he offered them. After a disagreement between them, he tried to call the loans and actually had the sheriff there ready to shutter the business when they didn\'t comply—but they were able to find another lawyer to fight off his claims. Last I heard, they\'re deep in the hole to the attorney who helped them fend off their former partner\'s attempt to call the loans. And they might still have to pay back the loans anyway.\n\n[b:075c5]You can\'t make this stuff up. Or if you could, you\'d be doing it rather than writing about it[/b:075c5]. \";)\"[/quote:075c5]\n\n\nOr writing about it as a cover for when you do it.\n\nTwo words. Catherine Tramell.','85ad9dd6494dac66239dc98a8f011b55',0,'4A==','075c5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247320,18406,3,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181751010,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Solar eclipse of ...','Spectacular (if somewhat disturbing) image. \":)\"','a8f4320114c95aef9e4e8e2ffe7d8609',0,'','ff0c0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247321,18404,2,9,0,'66.245.192.17',1181751015,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Friends, foes, ignore users','[quote="Kara Wild":756c2]I\'d like to exonerate Cincgreen, but I\'m too aware of his beginnings as a community troll with the determined effort to split apart and even destroy fandom. It\'s my belief that no matter how "well behaved" the person, the troll is never entirely gone. Also, he got personal with his Martin Pollard post, making judgments about motives that were false and attempting to smooth over his formerly nasty relationship with Pollard (one of the few times I felt sorry for MJP). He gets personal with his proclaimations about the health of fandom, as if he alone were the determiner. Nope, he\'s guilty, too.[/quote:756c2]\n\nReading through Greybird\'s blog on Daria Wiki becoming a "kewl kids" zone and Cincgreen\'s response, I\'m even more convinced that Greybird is saying what Cincgreen thinks, but won\'t say (except obliquely) out of fear that he\'ll be cast out into the fandom wilderness again. He has the power to get rid of Greybird or monitor his posts if he\'s too much of a nuisance, but hasn\'t.','7097e60e6cb56f23430d0fbc428f353e',0,'gA==','756c2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247322,18374,3,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181751318,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Kara\'s on her way home','[quote="Kara Wild":541e9]Some of my videos are too big for YouTube. How do you set up a movie for viewing? Just upload it onto a website and provide a QuickTime or other viewer link?[/quote:541e9]\nPretty much. Scroll to the bottom of [url=http://carter.gamerspage.net/Green_Line/Boeings/index.html:541e9]this page[/url:541e9] to see how I did some movies.','e4f998fd923cbe499eecb758ad47bf5b',0,'kA==','541e9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247323,18374,3,9,0,'66.245.192.17',1181751526,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Kara\'s on her way home','[quote="Derek":59b64][quote="Kara Wild":59b64]Some of my videos are too big for YouTube. How do you set up a movie for viewing? Just upload it onto a website and provide a QuickTime or other viewer link?[/quote:59b64]\nPretty much. Scroll to the bottom of [url=http://carter.gamerspage.net/Green_Line/Boeings/index.html:59b64]this page[/url:59b64] to see how I did some movies.[/quote:59b64]\n\nThanks. \":)\" I\'m trying Photobucket now, but if that doesn\'t work, I\'ll do it that way.','fb36223e59aaf2c4bff612e2dcda464d',0,'kA==','59b64',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247324,18404,2,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181751758,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Friends, foes, ignore users','Considering the limited number of people that reply, I seriously wonder how many actually follow DFB at all.','755a7156830b6a8eb2492cac5f1a923b',0,'','5e4d9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247325,18415,3,9,0,'66.245.192.17',1181751863,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Honda Civic in the US vs the UK','Is it me, or does [url=http://www.honda.co.uk/civic/:01692]this 2007 Honda Civic[/url:01692] from the UK look much cooler than [url=http://automobiles.honda.com/models/model_overview.asp?ModelName=Civic+Coupe:01692]the American 2007 Honda Civic[/url:01692]? Why is that? \":(\"','2862d2692d2c6fc732eb36f62162b897',0,'EA==','01692',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247326,18404,2,9,0,'66.245.192.17',1181751926,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Friends, foes, ignore users','[quote="RLobinske":f0e3a]Considering the limited number of people that reply, I seriously wonder how many actually follow DFB at all.[/quote:f0e3a]\n\nProbably not that many, but numbers don\'t necessarily mean anything.','f9d186419e7caa1a6577f6aa660e247d',0,'gA==','f0e3a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247327,18411,3,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181752091,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are your guilty pleasures?','The old Disney Afternoon cartoons: [i:6cc74]DuckTales[/i:6cc74], [i:6cc74]TaleSpin[/i:6cc74], etc.\n\n[quote="E. A. Smith":6cc74]Hootie and the Blowfish[/quote:6cc74]\nThat\'s not a guilty pleasure, that\'s my favorite band \":wink:\"','7f8ae6688b69452b925329d149c110b6',0,'oA==','6cc74',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247328,18319,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181752107,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','[quote="E. A. Smith":5a2ae][quote="CAPSGIRL":5a2ae][b:5a2ae]rolllll tide rolllll[/b:5a2ae][/quote:5a2ae]\n\n"Don\'t cross the river if you can\'t swim the tide . . ."\n\nI\'m not an Alabama fan (or any fan, for that matter), but that song has been in my head for a couple of days now, and I\'m glad of the opportunity to unload it. \":P\"[/quote:5a2ae]\n\n[quote="Steely Dan":5a2ae]They\'ve got a name for the winners in the world\nI want a name when I lose\nThey call Alabama the Crimson Tide\nCall me Deacon Blues[/quote:5a2ae]\n\nBack when Alabama won all the time, of course. \":)\"','d727c7314e7a45012337ab63924dfff5',0,'wA==','5a2ae',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247329,18404,2,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181752428,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Friends, foes, ignore users','[quote="Kara Wild":10948][quote="RLobinske":10948]Considering the limited number of people that reply, I seriously wonder how many actually follow DFB at all.[/quote:10948]\n\nProbably not that many, but numbers don\'t necessarily mean anything.[/quote:10948]\n\nTrue, but the feeling I get from others is that Greybird and CINCGREEN\'s opinions are not regarded very highly, when they regarded at all. Most see Greybird as someone who complains because that\'s all he can really add. For CINCGREEN, he\'s lost credibility with older fans for his many failed predictions and newer fans see him as they guy who used to write peevish reviews.\n\nWhen I\'ve mentioned DFB to some, they\'ve replied that they don\'t read it because most of the blog posts are so long-winded and boring.\n\nWe shouldn\'t ignore it, but I don\'t think we need to be overly concerned, either.','8b013a55385b342a1cf9d8133908cc27',0,'gA==','10948',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247330,18336,6,545,0,'65.221.65.195',1181752578,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Apocalyptic Daria, Vol. II','It\'s coming. I still have more writing to finish up and I hope to have it submitted by late tonight. That is, if I can stay logged in long enough. \":lol:\" \n\nI had a wedding and the aftermath to deal with last weekend.\n\nI would rather have worked the whole weekend. I would have had more time to write, oddly enough.','8834cff18511ce2c7bda548d4b613d19',0,'','a94af',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247331,18411,3,149,0,'198.85.228.129',1181752728,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are your guilty pleasures?','[color=#8000FF:6fba8][b:6fba8]Two hour hot baths on weekends.\nVery strong (triple-shot) lattes.\nAnything cold ice cream bar with chocolate in it.\nGoofing off by either reading or surfing the \'Net, thereby missing important self-imosed deadlines (such as finishing fanfics or other writing projects).\n\nInaria[/b:6fba8][/color:6fba8]','363b98b4ade2a799eafc8fd8f8fb20e8',0,'Qg==','6fba8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247332,18404,2,9,0,'66.245.192.17',1181752731,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Friends, foes, ignore users','[quote="RLobinske":5b1ea][quote="Kara Wild":5b1ea][quote="RLobinske":5b1ea]Considering the limited number of people that reply, I seriously wonder how many actually follow DFB at all.[/quote:5b1ea]\n\nProbably not that many, but numbers don\'t necessarily mean anything.[/quote:5b1ea]\n\nTrue, but the feeling I get from others is that Greybird and CINCGREEN\'s opinions are not regarded very highly, when they regarded at all. Most see Greybird as someone who complains because that\'s all he can really add. For CINCGREEN, he\'s lost credibility with older fans for his many failed predictions and newer fans see him as they guy who used to write peevish reviews.\n\nWhen I\'ve mentioned DFB to some, they\'ve replied that they don\'t read it because most of the blog posts are so long-winded and boring.\n\nWe shouldn\'t ignore it, but I don\'t think we need to be overly concerned, either.[/quote:5b1ea]\n\nThat\'s interesting -- I hadn\'t heard that (re: DFB). It\'s nice to get an alternate perspective.','8dca9fd185195805928545ba687abe28',0,'gA==','5b1ea',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247333,18045,6,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181752752,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Ever Have: Why God, Why?!','[quote="Reese Kaine":c35fa](Ed note: I might recycle this one later for a Lawndale strip)\n\nDega Street, Upchuck is walking down the sidewalk with Andrea, soaking in the atmosphere of the day. \n\nSuddenly, Jane pops out of nowhere, jumps on Upchuck\'s back and says one word:\n\n"BUTTSEX!!"\n\nUpchuck jumps from the shock and falls to the floor. Jane laughs, Andrea laughs, and eventually Chuck laughs. Jane waves goodbye, and the couple go back about their day. Upchuck suddenly has an idea, though, on what to do later that night.............[/quote:c35fa]\nSounds like a cross-over with Ghastly\'s Ghastly Comic. \":D\"','ed0b267fd8b7ba45ebdf01792fdd2d72',0,'gA==','c35fa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247334,18340,6,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1181752867,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote="Brother Grimace":0e42d]\nHmn. All this backstabbing, intrgue and plot twists almost makes up for that crappy ending of [i:0e42d]The Sopranos[/i:0e42d].\n\n\nNo.\n\n\nNo. It doesn\'t. That ending was crap.[/quote:0e42d]\n\nYou think so, too? With about five minutes to go, I thought either David Chase is going to pull the biggest pony out of the s**t the world has ever seen, or he\'s just going to phone it in. And he just phoned it in.','65745fb574e2dbbe198510dd51d0c8c7',0,'oA==','0e42d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247335,18050,12,9,0,'66.245.192.17',1181752924,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="atimnie":c4200][quote="The Angst Guy":c4200]Out of curiosity, has any other person closely associated with [i:c4200]Daria[/i:c4200] appeared on the interviewing horizon? I\'m sure we could come up with a few more questions if so.[/quote:c4200]If you could get interviews with Wendy Hoopes, Tracey Grandstaff and Sarah Drew, that would be great.[/quote:c4200]\n\nDon\'t know about them, but if I asked again, Glenn might hook me up with Peggy Nichol. I think it would be interesting to hear her perspective about Quinn and the Fashion Club. I don\'t know how much time I would have to arrange this, though.','98735b112b41522984b9c9bda25fea1c',0,'oA==','c4200',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247336,18324,6,249,0,'82.24.212.86',1181753140,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Falling Into College 57: A Star for the Window (Part 4)','Still pretty good there.','17ccb1122d214431349ab6c3ee4c93a7',0,'','fe418',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247466,18422,2,9,0,'66.245.192.17',1181785788,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New User Activation thread.','Ah, okay, I figured it out. \":)\" You click on the User Name, then on Administrate User, and at the bottom is the box you check to delete. It\'s not as obvious as it used to be, but it\'s there.','1b102d934ee9059a6e665b65a1cd37d4',0,'','3913c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247467,18422,2,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181786915,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New User Activation thread.','[quote="Kara Wild":32cf7]Ah, okay, I figured it out. \":)\" You click on the User Name, then on Administrate User, and at the bottom is the box you check to delete. It\'s not as obvious as it used to be, but it\'s there.[/quote:32cf7]\n\nIt\'s easier. \":)\"\n\n\nAnd Richard, what I meant is that with the old title of this thread, we had to change it with every new account. But nevermind, you gave it a new one. \":)\"','4e362b98a8260f2b23b19625f183f141',0,'gA==','32cf7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247468,18418,3,9,0,'66.245.192.17',1181787500,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The final leg of my trip: England and Ireland','June 10th: London\n\nI bade farwell to Martin that morning and traveled by coach to London Victoria. Thanks to two main lines, the Circle and District, being closed on the Underground, I found myself having to lug my huge suitcase down several flights of steps while transferring from one line to another to get to Earl\'s Court. \":P\" I didn\'t even try to carry it -- I just let it clunk down each step. Thank heaven I didn\'t have to drag it [i:57ac4]up[/i:57ac4] the stairs.\n\nFinally arrived at my hotel at Earl\'s Court. For 50 pounds in a nice London area, I was not expecting much, but wow. My room was a closet. Everything was as small and scrunched together as could be. By comparison, my room in Rome was palatial. I was grateful, at least, to have good working air conditioning (it was rather muggy out), new bathroom fixtures, and a nice widescreen TV. And that I only had to stay there one night. \n\nIt was about 3 pm by the time I set out to see the sights. I continued on my Beatles kick by visiting Abbey Road, which is in the St. John\'s Wood area. The pictures I took show it from the opposite side as the picture on the [i:57ac4]Abbey Road[/i:57ac4] cover... something I didn\'t know at the time, or I would have taken the picture from both sides. \":P\" And yes, I did cross it at least once. \"8)\"\n\n[img:57ac4]http://www.the-wildone.com/photos/sIMG_0417.jpg[/img:57ac4]\n\n[img:57ac4]http://www.the-wildone.com/photos/sIMG_0419.jpg[/img:57ac4]\n\nI was also apparently right in front of Abbey Road Studios without realizing it; the building doesn\'t draw attention to itself. The only clue was a white post covered with Beatles-related graffiti. \":P\"\n\nAfter that, I did some last minute shopping for souvenirs at Oxford Circus (tourist hell) before heading for Buckingham Palace and the Parliament building.\n\nGreen Park near Buckingham Palace, where everyone\'s just hanging out and enjoying the day.\n\n[img:57ac4]http://www.the-wildone.com/photos/sIMG_0421.jpg[/img:57ac4] \n\nMa, what\'s this big building?\n\n[img:57ac4]http://www.the-wildone.com/photos/sIMG_0426.jpg[/img:57ac4]\n\nThe large boulevard and circle surrounding the fountain were, unusually, closed to traffic. This must have been a fairly recent development because the traffic signals were still lighting up. It gave the area a nice, mellow air that I don\'t recall it having before. The boulevard was lined with huge British flags (as you can see); maybe it had to do with the Olympics.\n\n[img:57ac4]http://www.the-wildone.com/photos/sIMG_0432.jpg[/img:57ac4]\n\nSomehow, getting to walk straight down the boulevard made me feel as though everything in the city was much more interconnected. I went from the boulevard to Whitehall and walked it the whole way, something I don\'t think I\'d really done before. I got to see the entrance to Downing Street, amongst other things.\n\n[img:57ac4]http://www.the-wildone.com/photos/sIMG_0437.jpg[/img:57ac4] \n\nAnd of course, the highlight was walking along the Thames, taking photos of it and Parliament.\n\n[img:57ac4]http://www.the-wildone.com/photos/sIMG_0443.jpg[/img:57ac4] \n\n[img:57ac4]http://www.the-wildone.com/photos/sIMG_0444.jpg[/img:57ac4]\n\nHere\'s Westminster Abbey. \n\n[img:57ac4]http://www.the-wildone.com/photos/sIMG_0450.jpg[/img:57ac4]\n\nI wish I could have gone to Hyde and Kensington Park, but my time was tight and had I done that, I might have had to sacrifice something else, like Abbey Road. After visiting Westminster Abbey, I went to a pub on Whitehall and ate a jacket potato, my last pub meal. The next morning, I bade London, and my trip, adieu.','c2f2ee53cc2788e8f352718715bd084e',0,'KA==','57ac4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247469,18418,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181788026,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The final leg of my trip: England and Ireland','[quote="Kara Wild":69b8b]Ma, what\'s this big building?[/quote:69b8b]\n\nI would\'ve been looking for Prince William. \":lol:\"\n\n[quote="Kara Wild":69b8b]And of course, the highlight was walking along the Thames, taking photos of it and Parliament.\n\nHere\'s Westminster Abbey.[/quote:69b8b]\n\n*sobs* \n\nThanks for the pictures, Kara! \":)\"','980bf2115d9496f4806e852715c08623',0,'gA==','69b8b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247470,18418,3,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181788213,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The final leg of my trip: England and Ireland','Man, I NEVER get to go anywhere cool... \":(\"','3a587aa75622e589d7c6d6c8a4c7926b',0,'','5dcea',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247471,18411,3,671,0,'64.12.117.12',1181788254,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are your guilty pleasures?','One of my guilty pleasures is Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane. It is written for 12 year old girls but it is quite possibily the best Spider-Man comic out right now. I also still play my pokemon games every so often.','3f350f0aa8d09ef0893839f087307bde',0,'','9e3b1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247472,18380,3,83,0,'69.253.174.149',1181788384,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The weirdest thing you ever saw in your life','Maybe not the weirdest, but definitely odd and it happened only seconds ago:\n\nI was taking the pup out for "last pee" and while walking up the stairs back to our place saw a guy leave an apartment on the first floor, followed by another guy (mid-20s maybe?). The first guy says, "You\'re not doing that out here are you?" Then the other guy proceeds to make an odd noise and pee in the bushes. \n\nConfused, I actually said out loud, "Don\'t you have a bathroom?" Don\'t know if they heard me.\n\nStill, if you were inside with at least one (possibly two) bathrooms that were assuredly closer than the bushes outside, why would you go outside to pee in the bushes?\n\nI\'m baffled.','4aa16eaf0598666e06c1d1bd46ed5315',0,'','c0824',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247473,18418,3,671,0,'64.12.116.67',1181788482,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The final leg of my trip: England and Ireland','Actually seeing Abbey Road can be kind of weird. My friends and I went purposely looking for it and if we hadn\'t seen the graffiti we would have kept walking too. I have a really blurry picture of myself doing the famous crossing with my friends, which was rather hard to do considering it is actually a busy street.','a95dd3353fec948b3beb4a106e87859d',0,'','a66d3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247474,20824,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1181788825,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Dariacon Orlando 2008','[quote="cyde":12fb1]Hmm - come to think of it, it could be great publicity for Daria![/quote:12fb1]\nHmm, maybe the soul train will be stopping through my home town...(hint hint) That would resolve my gasoline concerns. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote]\nThere are a couple of options. You could train out to the east coast to meet us at a specified point, or we could detour. What we really need is for someone to create a map that we can stick virtual pins in to show where we are - it\'d be handy for us furriners. \":-)\"\n\nIt occurs to me that rail will be significantly more expensive than a people mover, since we can all just chip in for rental and gas, though rail might be more fun. Perhaps the original idea of rail to NYC (or somewhere) and car from there on is still the best idea.','cc96a8224be7ef6e960183945ba85f2d',0,'gA==','12fb1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247475,18418,3,9,0,'66.245.192.17',1181789413,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The final leg of my trip: England and Ireland','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":37884]Actually seeing Abbey Road can be kind of weird. My friends and I went purposely looking for it and if we hadn\'t seen the graffiti we would have kept walking too. I have a really blurry picture of myself doing the famous crossing with my friends, which was rather hard to do considering it is actually a busy street.[/quote:37884]\n\nI felt sorry for the cars. "Oh no, Abbey Road! We\'ll never get through!"','9c33a8ac82273c2b00e406869d916260',0,'gA==','37884',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247478,18358,3,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181791420,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','Perhaps the term "man candy" doesn\'t exist in Oz, which would explain why Deref (and Micka and Jim) remains oblivious as girls throw their knickers at him at set themselves on fire, religious protest style.\n\n \":D\" \n\nThat\'s my opinion anyway.\n\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\n\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":P\" \":mrgreen:\"','fa8c168bc27435e71a81bee0b301de80',0,'','e7421',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247479,18390,5,28,0,'70.101.148.29',1181791594,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: My Daria in Naruto idea.','[quote="Wraith":a56b2]Hmm. Well, if Daria ended up transferring to Japan, Suzumiya would have to drag her into the club (assuming the same school, of course) to have her token gaijin. She\'s not feeling the loss now, but put a target in front of her and she\'ll want it. Not sure Daria and Haruhi would get along well, though. Daria would respect Haruhi\'s competence, and she\'s no idiot, but Daria watches Sick, Sad World. There\'s no way Daria can take the whole aliens and time-travelers stuff seriously enough to put up with the rest of her personality. Daria\'d probably get along pretty well with Nagato, though. Itsuki would be too much of a yes-man for her liking, and Mikuru is... well, Mikuru. Kyon\'s got enough sarcasm that he and Daria would probably get along decently.[/quote:a56b2]\nI admit, my main thought here was Daria + Suzumiya == Depth Takes a Holiday redux. You know it would happen. It would be amusing to see passive Daria get bounced around by aggressive Suzumiya, though I\'d imagine the novelty would wear off quickly, and Daria would steal all Kyon\'s lines. On the other hand, bunny suits...\n\n[quote:a56b2]Fujioka she\'s probably get along very well with, once Daria realized the boy\'s uniform wasn\'t a pointed gender politics issue. The problem here is that I just can\'t see Daria ever going to Ouran Private Academy. Given her reaction to a much more basic private school in the series, she\'d never go within a mile of that snobby place. Nor would she have any use for any of the rest of the host club, except maybe Kyoya.[/quote:a56b2]\n\nAn enterprising author could certainly force Daria into a situation where she has to attend Ouran (student exchange program perhaps?) and it certainly is the most sensible cross-over pairing offered up in this thread.','abf996c3f43946c43d389f333d5fec87',0,'gA==','a56b2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247480,18264,5,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181791677,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Harry Potter Theme Park','[quote="starmeshelion":acf37]I never read the Harry Potter books after I finish them. What\'s the point? I already know what happens. Besides, JKR should really work on those shippers. Hook up SOMEONE with Luna.[/quote:acf37]\n\nNeville/Luna or death. Not sure whose yet. Oh and Stars...I don\'t know about you, but the thought of having two Indian identical twins in school uniforms bouncing on each knee makes me happier than any sane man should dare to be.\n\n \":D\" \n\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\n\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":P\" \":mrgreen:\"','e71f5247fdf45efca4c58432a7daf6f0',0,'gA==','acf37',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247481,18385,5,124,0,'75.109.13.177',1181791830,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wrestletalk: The 2007 Draft','gamefreak: Nice to meet you, BTW.\n\nIt\'s kinda hard to imagine these people that spam the wrestling boards with "OMG VINCE IZ DED 4 REAL!!", you expect that sh*t in real life because casual fans don\'t know any better, but I\'ve noticed a LOT of idiots that show up on YouTube and MySpace, acting like it really happened.\n\nScary.','87e9481ce73d9755e15b7c1b938b6492',0,'','468e6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247482,18310,6,412,0,'72.69.194.143',1181791856,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: KP: Kitten Possible','The finale of Kitten Possible.\n\nKitten Possible\nChapter 12\n\nKim groaned as she flopped down on her bed, having just finished getting scolded by her mother for the mess of the kitchen and for having been out of bed in the first place. After the hour of scolding, her mother had checked over every single one of her injuries, checking to make sure she hadn’t aggravated any of them.\n\nThe next part of her scolding had consisted of her being told not to mess around with untested medical devices in order to speed healing, and lying about it to cover up. Kim groaned again as she rubbed her face tiredly. Something just didn’t make sense about what her mother was talking about.\n\n“Maybe it’s a side effect of the chemicals,” Kim suggested to the air, “My mother seems to think I’m using nano-bots to heal faster.”\n\nShego leaped up out of her bed of pillows, to go nuzzle Kim’s neck, as she did she began sniffing curiously. Blinking at the familiar scent coming off of Kim, Shego pulled back. ‘No, that doesn’t make sense... She couldn’t be...’\n\n“Shego?” Kim asked quietly, “I just wanted to let you know, I forgive you. You were angry about Nemmy, and I probably got caught on camera leaving your room looking rather guilty.”\n\nShego frowned at Kim in thought before shaking her head and nudging Kim’s chin. ‘Don’t forgive me Kimmie... I am not worth your forgiveness.’\n\n“Shego...” Kim said softly with a faint smile. “Shego, I’m glad I could have been your friend for a little while. You really are a good person under that mask... I just wish...”\n\nShego hopped up onto Kim’s shoulder and turned to place a paw on Kim’s lips, forestalling the last of that comment. ‘Kimmie, don’t say it. For anything you believe in, don’t say it. I’m turning you into something... something awful, don’t say it.’\n\nKim’s eyes softened as she moved Shego’s paw off her mouth and smiled. “Shego, I wish we could be friends, that way you would have someone to understand you.”\n\nShego’s heart leaped at the gentle words Kim said, somehow deep inside she knew that Kim meant it, and that Kim wouldn’t let it die out easily. Shego also knew what was going on inside Kim, the cellular reconfiguration, the traces of oddities nerd-boy found earlier, the rapid healing. They all pointed to one thing, the one curse she’d never wish on anyone.\n\nKim let out a yawn as she petted Shego gently, “Shego, did you know that I respect you too? You’ve always been there to push me, to make me want to excel. When we fight I feel so alive, I feel that you are pushing me just enough to make me get better. Thanks Shego.”\n\nShego winced internally at how Kim was praising her, pointing out something she hadn’t even known she was doing. The funniest part of it all was that it was all from Kim’s heart, and that scared some part of her. Looking down at the now sleeping girl, Shego frowned deeply. ‘I’m sorry Pumpkin, but I need my space.’\n\nPadding over carefully, Shego leaned down and licked Kim’s lips gently with a sad look to her gleaming emerald eyes. Turning away, Shego leapt off the bed and padded to the wall where she turned to face Kim again, trying to enjoy what may be her last look at her first real friend.\n\nLeaping to the window, Shego jumped out and onto the roof then walked down the slope to the edge before hopping to the ground. Reaching the ground she took off running, knowing that Kim would be better off without her. She needed to go to ground, and she had a hideout nearby that she could hide in until she reverted back to normal.\n\nKim woke a few hours later, to find Shego missing. Somehow deep inside she knew that Shego wasn’t in her house, maybe it was the trail of wrinkles on her bed sheet leading to the window, or the lack of Shego’s purring snore, but she just knew Shego wasn’t here.\n\nGetting out of her bed, Kim walked over to the window and looked out into the mid-morning sun with a frown. She could see the GJ agents watching her house from across the street. ‘You’d think they could hide better than that...’\n\nStepping away from the window, Kim ducked into her closet where she activated her holo-Kim emitters and smiled as a version of herself formed in the air before her. Using her Kimmunicator, she sent the doppelganger out the window and running down the road, leaving the GJ agents to play catch-up.\n\nOnce she was certain that the agents were gone, Kim slid out of her window and turned towards the opposite direction. Looking up she gritted her teeth in annoyance at the smiling face of Betty Director.\n\n“Going somewhere Ms. Possible? I thought your mother didn’t want you exerting yourself,” Dr. Director said coolly. “I also told you I had authority to tell you not to leave your house.”\n\n“I was just looking for my cat, nothing overly exerting,” Kim replied defensively while looking at possible avenues of escape.\n\n“She’ll come back when she’s hungry,” Dr. Director supplied while stepping closer to Kim. “If you’ll give me your Kimmunicator and go back to your room, we’ll end this peacefully.”\n\nKim growled in annoyance before handing over the multi-use device and slipping back into her room. Stalking over to her bed she flopped down on her stomach with a grunt. ‘Shego, I will find you. Just please be alright when I do...’\n\n“Oh yes, Ms. Possible,” Dr. Director said from her window, “Your mother wished me to convey this message if you should try to escape. You’re grounded for a week. Have a pleasant night.”\n\nKim groaned as she hid her head under her pillows, trying to shut out the world. Closing her eyes she sighed as her mind drifted back to Shego, wondering if she was alright. She couldn’t do anything for a week, and Shego could get into so much trouble by then. ‘Please Shego, come back. I need you.’','52f8a5fca243a9d2cc7fedf6d921e25c',0,'','face9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247483,18419,10,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181791874,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quinn bookmark','[quote="JNLN":eeca3]Since this board is about viewing [i:eeca3]and[/i:eeca3] reading, I thought maybe you could like this. It\'s Quinn being stuck with a book for her book report she really didn\'t want to know about... \":)\" Really, who wants to read the unabridged version of the Iliad? You just [i:eeca3]need[/i:eeca3] to wear glasses for that!\n\n[img:eeca3]http://ic3.deviantart.com/fs17/f/2007/163/9/2/Quinn_bookmark_by_JNLN.png[/img:eeca3]\n\nAs a bonus, you can print this out and use it as a bookmark. \"8)\" If you want, you can find it [url=http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/57435280/:eeca3]here[/url:eeca3] too (along with some other deviations).[/quote:eeca3]\n\nI\'d read the unabridged version of some Cliff\'s Notes.\n\n \":D\" \n\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\n\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":P\" \":mrgreen:\"','716ff422a4919745b632d34b22d8ed9b',0,'uA==','eeca3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247484,18294,6,440,0,'64.12.116.137',1181792046,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Reclamation, Part II','If Tiff has had a mental block, that wouldn\'t explain why she talked normally in the very first episode.','1ea80f7d2ad227cca6806d084d122690',0,'','9457d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247485,18358,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181792068,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="brnleague99":b3b7b]Perhaps the term "man candy" doesn\'t exist in Oz, which would explain why Deref (and Micka and Jim) remains oblivious as girls throw their knickers at him at set themselves on fire, religious protest style.[/quote:b3b7b]\n\nOh, they\'re not oblivious. They just [i:b3b7b]pretend[/i:b3b7b] to be oblivious to have more fun.','56fdbec86e9ac8e0f5e81e1215ce5a0b',0,'oA==','b3b7b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247486,18045,6,440,0,'64.12.116.134',1181792173,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Ever Have: Why God, Why?!','If there\'s a cat named Bump, is there a dog named Grind?','6914734e4738b51dec855169c922b949',0,'','933fd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247487,18415,3,28,0,'70.101.148.29',1181792239,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Honda Civic in the US vs the UK','I think it\'s a combination of differing regulatory standards and an attempt at making localized vehicles. Pretty sure a lot of times North America doesn\'t get the cutting edge in small-car design because it\'s such a low-margin product in this market. And as a result automakers like to use Europe as their testbed for new small-car designs before introducing them in North America. I think all of Ford and GM\'s new small cars are based on designs that originated in their European divisions -- like that Ford Bond was driving in Casino Royale.','687a0df21b484d6514d191298bbceba7',0,'','06948',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247488,18382,6,440,0,'64.12.116.9',1181792415,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something different to \'celebrate\' PPMB being back up.','Ride to live. Live to ride.\n\n[b:c6f8b]*starts singing [i:c6f8b]Born to be Cynical[/i:c6f8b]*[/b:c6f8b]','a47819111fb175353138c6725bb92a3b',0,'YA==','c6f8b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247489,18385,5,568,0,'206.255.106.116',1181792447,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wrestletalk: The 2007 Draft','Well they\'re definitely not Smarks! \":lol:\"','75676957d59d19bc1159f5e697e4e725',0,'','f51c3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247490,18294,6,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1181792667,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Reclamation, Part II','I guess there are three theories as to why Tiffany\'s voice changed so quickly:\n\na) Ashley Albert hadn\'t figured out the right "voice" for Tiffany,\nb) The script Albert had simply said "Girl at Party", and Albert did not know that the model for this girl would be the Tiffany character -- it generally took about ten months to create an episode, and rather than design a new character, they used the same damn model for "Tiffany", "Girl at Party" and "Girl Playing Volleyball in Opening"\nc) some new, strange and mysterious theory, involving dubious psychiatric treatment, alcohol, or possibly a cat (or, possibly, two cats)\n\nI like "C" best. \":)\" Maybe I can explain it pseudo-plausibly in Part III...hmm...Key of "C"...(plays piano)....\n\n(* * *)\n\nRoentgen\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!','946db4bd652d4a1f3a66573b13f9774d',0,'','8067c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247491,18424,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1181793076,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Crazy weather','Winter\'s finally arrived here after the hottest Spring on record. A friend sent me this pic taken in a little town to the east of here this morning. I thought you might enjoy it.','926e99250dc2b016b5ec0f366c51805d',0,'','d5ac8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247492,18358,3,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181794757,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="Quiverwing":4cf0c][quote="brnleague99":4cf0c]Perhaps the term "man candy" doesn\'t exist in Oz, which would explain why Deref (and Micka and Jim) remains oblivious as girls throw their knickers at him at set themselves on fire, religious protest style.[/quote:4cf0c]\n\nOh, they\'re not oblivious. They just [i:4cf0c]pretend[/i:4cf0c] to be oblivious to have more fun.[/quote:4cf0c]\n\nKinda like me, huh, Nat?\n\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\n\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":P\" \":mrgreen:\"','203eed698896e57318ab22ed74a4a997',0,'oA==','4cf0c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247493,18385,5,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181794921,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wrestletalk: The 2007 Draft','[quote="Sam The Smuggler":908ac]He\'s not dead. It\'s been suggested that he will return at Summer Slam.\n\nI just think this angle will..well..Blow Up..in their collective faces.[/quote:908ac]\n\nVince Bomb! Vince Bomb, I tells ye! Greatest idea ever!!!\n\n \":D\" \n\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\n\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":P\" \":mrgreen:\"','4772bf39cd91d5689a0a3b17cee85a91',0,'gA==','908ac',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247494,18045,6,47,0,'68.59.253.20',1181795244,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Ever Have: Why God, Why?!','[quote="Reese Kaine":8a8ab]\nUpchuck jumps from the shock and falls to the floor. Jane laughs, Andrea laughs, and eventually Chuck laughs. Jane waves goodbye, and the couple go back about their day. Upchuck suddenly has an idea, though, on what to do later that night.............[/quote:8a8ab]\n\nHowever, Andrea\'s idea of buttsex would not be exactly what Upchuck had in mind.\n\nHe still liked it, though.','0ce3b09fe296508497cda32e8afcfd8c',0,'gA==','8a8ab',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247495,18148,5,47,0,'68.59.253.20',1181795467,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What music are you listening to now? Track 2.','Royal Crown Review, [i:2655a]Mugsy\'s Move[/i:2655a]\nBig Bad Voodoo Daddy, [i:2655a]Big Bad Voodoo Daddy[/i:2655a]\nThe Traveling Wilburys, [i:2655a]Volume 1[/i:2655a]','04905e3f826e840427a0a398f87e5325',0,'IA==','2655a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247496,18399,5,47,0,'68.59.253.20',1181795882,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: I have a new avatar.','[quote="Tim Bateman":a22df]Hmmm.... who could that possibly be?\n\nTell you what, WacoKid, to save you the Transaltantic postage, I\'ll send you a cookie if you can identify my sig.[/quote:a22df]\n\n"Xuthal of the Dusk"','5b348f82d39f666baddd7d877aab1a72',0,'gA==','a22df',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247497,18148,5,568,0,'206.255.106.116',1181796130,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What music are you listening to now? Track 2.','AC/DC playlist of various songs.','83b838342e6fa254d4038ecf751f573e',0,'','ce5e3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247498,16998,6,440,0,'64.12.116.131',1181796229,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Heather / Damsel Chronicles (Story 1 / Chapter 1-7)','I second acidgirl\'s motion. Maybe somebody could convince S.C. to do a Lane-Morgendorffer family portrait. Or have whoever did the "naked Daria being painted by Jane" picture to do it.','f1bd12711d678bf13348a98f47857850',0,'','117f0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247499,18045,6,440,0,'64.12.116.12',1181796281,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Ever Have: Why God, Why?!','[quote="WacoKid":1a81c][quote="Reese Kaine":1a81c]\nUpchuck jumps from the shock and falls to the floor. Jane laughs, Andrea laughs, and eventually Chuck laughs. Jane waves goodbye, and the couple go back about their day. Upchuck suddenly has an idea, though, on what to do later that night.............[/quote:1a81c]\n\nHowever, Andrea\'s idea of buttsex would not be exactly what Upchuck had in mind.\n\nHe still liked it, though.[/quote:1a81c]\n\nEven without the lube.','0903f3cad686d8186a0d44a1702ce722',0,'gA==','1a81c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247500,18294,6,440,0,'64.12.116.18',1181796457,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Reclamation, Part II','Or maybe Daddy Deckler\'s ex had something to do with it. Possibly a drunk-driving incident. Or a fouled murder attempt on Tiff\'s life. It being so traumatic she surpressed her real self.','3e7d5e45c0c1f50ae484f725a097e2d3',0,'','4f10a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247501,18352,10,440,0,'64.12.116.5',1181796659,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Adult Daria (Pencil, B/W, Color)','Where on Earth is Daria Sandiego?','d51848432d54c3f3910ef46430a5f7d2',0,'','794a0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247502,18411,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181796957,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are your guilty pleasures?','Pokemon Yellow','88c3599fb374249d68545694a5f3b68e',0,'','11e7b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247503,18358,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181797213,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[i:be92f]She stole the sexy and left me a mule to ride...[/i:be92f]\n\nSorry, couldn\'t resist.\n\nBut what did I tell you? Did I not say that we didn\'t need a week, and that people would just get distracted? Let\'s get voting already!','3a856b8fc9b7ce1046a1dab7c46c6b1e',0,'IA==','be92f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247504,18424,3,7,0,'121.45.27.137',1181800424,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Crazy weather','So we\'re clear: yes, all joking apart, there are parts of Australia where it snows, with wildlife adapted thereto. (Deref is in the Aussie equivalent of DC, so presumably it\'s the chill from all the politicians\' hearts.)\n\nIt\'s just that most of us don\'t much like the stuff, so we live in bigger, warmer cities on the coast. We just get the molten version—andlast year, not even that. I managed to misplace my umbrella in April, and barely even noticed until this year.','24db518a7c14defdc7e2cd4880ed4668',0,'','d81ba',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247505,18411,3,70,0,'67.184.0.177',1181800495,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are your guilty pleasures?','Logic puzzles--only guilty because I spend way too much on them and can rarely actually finish the book.\n\nCheesy music from the 80s and 90s. WHAM, Hanson, etc. Generally only if it comes up on my car radio.\n\nSoap operas. Judge Judy. Maury Povich.\n\nVh1\'s celebreality: Flavor Flav, Surreal life, Celebrity Fit Club (I hate when the "fat" celebrity women are taller than me and weigh less than I do, before they lose weight!)','8f99992ed931012199bd3fb24bc7bb5e',0,'','b0456',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247506,18400,5,70,0,'67.184.0.177',1181801163,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Childhood Favorites & Current Cartoon Loves','[quote="Becky":22b7d]The REAL Ghostbusters (as in Egon, Winston, Ray, Peter & Slimer--he even got top billing later!!)[/quote:22b7d]\n\nThis reminds me. I never liked the "The Real Ghostbusters" but I DID love "The Original Ghostbusters" who rode around on a mattress and had a gorilla named Miranda...anyone else remember that show? It aired about the same time as the other Ghostbusters cartoon.\n\nETA: Everything I\'ve seen says that the gorilla\'s name was Tracy. It might have been in the original live action show that preceded the cartoon, but I\'m absolutely certain the gorilla in the cartoon was Miranda, as we had a family friend with that name.','9732d9ae9b416b3319ebc3184871b980',0,'gA==','22b7d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247507,18411,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181802625,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are your guilty pleasures?','[quote="TheEleventy":6af97][quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":6af97]They\'re too embarrassing to mention.[/quote:6af97]Details, my friend. I want details.\n\nNeed it be embarassing? WE promise to only laugh behind your back.[/quote:6af97]\n\nBehind your back? Please. I\'ll tap you on the shoulder and ask you to turn around. \":D\"','7a8a2e5b1b08356f52a8349f961fc19b',0,'gA==','6af97',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247508,18045,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181802938,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Ever Have: Why God, Why?!','[quote="DigiSim":5e530]If there\'s a cat named Bump, is there a dog named Grind?[/quote:5e530]\n\n\nWhat truly annoys is that I didn\'t come up with that.\n\nDamn. \":)\"','29c1f81700d46fc02bc5a3b826a8f50b',0,'gA==','5e530',1,0,'',0,0,0),(247509,18336,6,545,0,'65.221.65.218',1181803834,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Apocalyptic Daria, Vol. II','Part 18 is here.\n\n\nAPOCALYPTIC DARIA\nPart 18\n\n\nOn the third day after the dog attack, Kathy pulled Jane aside and asked, “Have you paid attention to Daria’s condition?”\n\nThe teen nodded and said, “She’s under stress, but she hasn’t broke out anymore. Heck, we’re both under stress. We want to leave.”\n\nKathy shook her head. “It’s important that I watch her for at least another four days, just in case she goes into anaphylaxis again. Has she ever had a rash like that before?”\n\nJane stroked her chin and said, “She had one due to anxiety once. As far as I know, she didn’t have an allergic reaction to anything.” She looked at Kathy. “What’s anaphylaxis?”\n\n“A life-threatening allergic reaction. It can kill within minutes.”\n\nJane’s face went pale and she gasped. “Are you saying Daria almost died the other night?”\n\nKathy nodded. “It [i:5ef0b]could[/i:5ef0b] have happened that way. If she hadn’t come to me...”\n\n“She didn’t want to. I had to force her to get you up.”\n\n“I see.” Kathy sighed. “Let me talk to Daria about this first."\n\nLater that day, Daria, clad only in her bra and panties, sat in the pastor’s/doctor’s office as Kathy gave her the second of five rabies shots. She sighed in relief as the needle was withdrawn.\n\nKathy looked at her as she rubbed the injection site and said, “You aren’t going to like what I have to say.”\n\n“What?” Daria asked. “What’s wrong?”\n\n“I think that you and Jane should stay here at [i:5ef0b]least[/i:5ef0b] another four days. That way, you can get the third shot here.”\n\nDaria blinked and frowned. “I don’t understand. Why would you want us to stay?”\n\nKathy made a notation on a note pad, looked up and said, “To keep an eye on you. I want to be certain that you’re over your allergic reaction.”\n\n“But you gave me the epinephrine shot and the erythromycin and the rash cleared up.”\n\nThe doctor looked at Daria silently for several seconds and said, “The other night you were going into anaphylactic shock, Daria. Do you know what that can do to you?”\n\nDaria blinked and her mouth dropped open. “It can kill a person if it goes untreated.”\n\n“That’s right. Jane told me that she had to force you to get me. If it hadn’t been for her, you could have died within the hour. More likely within 10 minutes. At the time, you were already on the way to respiratory arrest and your heart rate had increased.”\n\n“Why didn’t you tell me then?” Daria asked, anger showing in her voice. “I think I had a right to know.”\n\n“I made a judgment call then and I stand by it. If I had told you then, you might very well have gone into full-blown tachycardia from the panic alone. That can also kill you, by the way.”\n\n“I wouldn’t have panicked,” the teen said sullenly.\n\nKathy crossed her arms over her chest. “I don’t know that, Daria. I really don’t know you or Jane. Normally, when I treat a patient, I know them and as much as I can find out about them. That helps me in treating that person more than you probably realize. Yes, I gave you epinephrine and it did help, but sometimes, the relief is only temporary.” She sat beside her. “Daria, I have prayed more these last 10 days than I did in the previous six months. I have especially prayed for you and Jane.”\n\n“For our ‘salvation’,” Daria said in a slightly sarcastic voice.\n\n“Of course,” Kathy replied and ignored Daria’s sarcasm. “Mainly, I’ve prayed for your healing. I’m aware of the hostility that you two have gotten from some of our members. I even know about the lesbian rumors. I’ve prayed about that as well. I’ve prayed about your families, too. But the bulk of my prayers for you have been for your healing.”\n\nDaria looked at her as she realized what she had heard. “You’re afraid that I’m going to die on you,” she said.\n\n“Yes, I am. When someone as old as, oh, say my dad, dies, it still hurts, even though it really isn’t a surprise. After all, he’s in his 70s. But you’re young and I don’t want you to die while in my care. That would tear me up.” She cleared her throat and added, “It never gets easier, no matter how many times you go through it. I’m done with you now, Daria. You need to come in tomorrow for another check-up.”\n\nDaria stood up and put on her jeans, T-shirt and shoes. “I will let you know if anything about me changes,” she said and left the office.\n\n**************\n\nPeople were gathered around Rev. Harris in the community room as he tuned in a large radio slowly. Since Daria and Jane had arrived, this was a daily activity, but for three days, all they could pick up were voices from stations too far away to understand. Even the big 50,000-watt stations weren’t coming in clear enough to listen to at any length.\n\n“At least we know that they’re broadcasting,” he said after they heard the words “...wash thoroughly and catch...”\n\nDaria sat in the back of the crowd on an outer seat. She nursed a can of Ultra Cola and nibbled on some M&Ms. Jane stood nearby, a cup of coffee in her hands and a vacant look on her face.\n\nA gnarled hand patted Jane’s shoulder and she smiled at the man. She learned that his name was Glen Bates and that he was an elder in the church. She also learned that he was a former Marine infantryman and had killed in the line of duty. He had counseled her about what had happened with Bruce Keever and showed her in the Bible where killing was sometimes justified.\n\n“Look at the way he’s fondling that...that...[i:5ef0b]girl[/i:5ef0b],” one elderly woman whispered loudly to the women beside her. “Shameful!”\n\nGlen turned towards the women suddenly and said loudly, “Would you care to repeat that piece of gossip about me, Lucinda Johnson?”\n\nThe woman blushed and stammered, “I...I...I didn’t say anything.”\n\n“I’m neither stupid nor deaf, Lucinda. I’ve had about enough of your slander against others and myself.”\n\n“Remember Matthew 18, Brother Glen,” Rev. Harris said suddenly.\n\n“I’m skipping the first two steps!” he snapped. “We’ll finish this one later. If Mrs. Johnson will kindly keep her mouth shut, we can listen if something important comes up on that radio.”\n\nMrs. Johnson started to rise and speak, but two of her friends held her in her seat and whispered to her in quick, firm voices. She stayed in her seat, but glared at the old man, who ignored her.\n\nRev. Harris looked at both of them for several seconds, then turned his attention back to the radio.\n\nJane sat down beside Daria, sipped her coffee and asked in a whisper, “What’s Matthew 18?”\n\nDaria smirked. “It’s a chapter in the book of Matthew,” she whispered back. “Matthew is the first book of the New Testament.”\n\nJane slapped her left hand over her eyes and groaned as Daria’s smile widened. “I know ‘what’ Matthew 18 is, smart a...alec. But what is its significance?”\n\nGlen whispered, “It’s a guideline for dealing with inter-church conflicts between believers.”\n\n“Oh,” Jane said.\n\nSuddenly, a voice came in clearly on the radio. “...the news to the tri-state area, martial law is in effect for the states of Maryland and Virginia, with a dusk-to-dawn curfew in effect until further notice.\n\n“The city of Frederick has been dealing with massive numbers of refugees from the Washington and Baltimore areas. Reports of thousands of cases of radiation sickness as well as food shortages and riots have come into our newsroom. According to U.S. Army Colonel Paul Phillips, Frederick is now closed to entry, while Army and police units restore order to the area.\n\n“The enormous task of decontamination is now underway in the border areas of the restricted zones. Volunteers from area nursing homes, jails and prisons are sweeping and washing public buildings and open areas. More volunteers are welcome, according to government sources. Report to city buildings in your area to volunteer or for more information.”\n\nDaria’s expression fell and she closed her eyes as the voice droned on. Jane wrapped her left arm around her shoulders and hugged her from the side.\n\nThe news gave details of martial law, of people summarily executed for crimes that normally would have taken months to prosecute. Weather reports from The Forecast Channel were given, including a thunderstorm warning for the Washington area and the area north-northeast of the capital. “However, given that the area is almost totally evacuated, there should be no extra complications than those already being experienced,” the radio voice said.\n\nDirections for basic first aid were given, as well as details on food protection and information of where to go for food and shelter. The biggest portion of programming, however, was devoted to decontamination procedures, for people, vehicles, property and animals.\n\nAfter twenty minutes, the programming repeated itself and Rev. Harris searched for another station. After several seconds, a male voice boomed out of the speakers, “...Poly Jock-Itch Powder! Ask for it by name! Better yet, have your wife or girlfriend ask the clerk for it by name! Have her also ask the clerk for lessons in how to apply it!”\n\n“What is this disgusting nonsense?” one young mother asked as she covered her daughter’s ears.\n\nDaria glanced at Jane and said quietly, “Dr. Neon is back.”\n\n“This is Dr. Neon and Pirate Radio is back on the air! I’ll give you some info, go off the air and come back on in a little bit. If you think now’s a good time to form a break away nation from the United States, be aware that the U.S. Army is on the move against any militia or secessionist movement that causes any trouble. That includes any tax resistance or racial superiority groups. Already one group near Cumberland, Maryland has been rounded up after they tried to seal off their ‘area of control.’ At least 10 are dead and many more wounded.\n\n“An army major told me that while many areas are showing signs of anarchy and criminal activity, order will be restored. He also warned that crimes against people and property will be punished swiftly and harshly. He’s not joking, folks. I know of two men who were hung after being caught trying to kidnap a woman. One man who broke into a house was executed by machine gun. Looters caught in the act are being shot on sight. Keep your noses clean.\n\n“Decontamination efforts are already underway in the areas bordering the restricted zones, with volunteers cleaning contaminated buildings and vehicles. Keep in mind that the word ‘volunteer’ is correct, from a certain point of view. Prison inmates and the elderly have been pressed into service for this task. I know of at least 20 inmates who were shot when they refused to work. I don’t know what they do to the elderly who refuse. I’ve even heard rumors that people suffering from high radiation exposures have also been ‘drafted’ for this, but I can’t prove that one.\n\n“I can’t get anyone in power to confirm this one, but apparently the Constitution and the Bill of Rights have been suspended for the duration. Welcome to the new reality, folks.\n\n“I’m going off the air now and moving. The feds and their triangulation efforts are still quite good, despite the plastering we suffered. See ya.” Then the signal stopped and Rev. Harris tried to find other stations.\n\nDaria and Jane left the community room and walked outside the front doors. The air was cool and the wind came out of the west. \n\nOne of the guards, a boy in his late teens, smiled and nodded at them, then continued on his rounds. After he moved several feet, he looked back and smiled again. “He likes you, Daria,” Jane said quietly.\n\nDaria rolled her eyes and said, “Oh, get a brain, Lane. He likes all the girls from what I’ve seen and some of the women, as well.”\n\n“Yeah...” The outside light suddenly blinked and went out. Jane sighed and they waited for several seconds for it to come back on. Sounds of a commotion could be heard inside the church. The lights didn’t come back on. “This isn’t good, is it?”\n\n“Not if my rabies vaccine needs to be refrigerated, it isn’t.”\n\nThe boy showed back up then. “I think you two should probably go back inside,” he said. “To play it safe.”\n\nDaria and Jane went back inside as Rev. Harris spoke aloud. “Everyone, calm down! My goodness, we’ve been through power outages before. We’ve survived them and we’ll survive this one.”\n\n“We’ve not had a nuclear war before, Jack,” one man said.\n\nThen Kathy spoke up, her voice loud and commanding. “We have one critical situation here to deal with. One of our guests, Daria, is on a rabies treatment cycle and still has three shots to go over the next three and a half weeks. Rabies vaccine has to be refrigerated. Not only that, but I have other medications that must be refrigerated as well. If the power doesn’t come back on, I’ll lose those medications and Daria’s health will be at risk.”\n\n“What about using a generator?” one woman asked. “After all, we have quite a bit of frozen and refrigerated food here that we could also lose.”\n\nGlen’s voice could be heard. “We don’t have enough gasoline to run a generator that many times. I have a no-tech suggestion that we can use, however. I still have a spring house at my place and so do a few of the houses here in the Carthage area.”\n\n“What’s a spring house?” Daria asked aloud.\n\n“Basically, it’s a small building built around an above ground spring. The water that comes out of the ground is cold and in the years before electricity, that’s where we stored milk, butter and any perishables. It’s always cold in there. Whenever I worked in the fields, I always kept lemonade and Ultra Cola there because they stayed ice cold. As far as the frozen foods go, we’ll either have to eat them up, or be prepared to start canning.”\n\nThe spring house idea was agreed to eagerly and Daria helped Kathy carry medications, while Jane and several others provided armed security. At least 10 others carried food items. The trip to Glen’s home was about a quarter of a mile and while Kathy sealed the various medications in glass jars and set them in the spring water, a watch was set up as well. Jane and an old man took the first watch shift. “Don’t worry, [i:5ef0b]amiga[/i:5ef0b],” Jane said before Daria and the others left. “I put some Ultra Cola in the water, too. So we can still have our caffeine ice cold.”\n\n“Ultra Cola isn’t that important, Jane,” Daria said.\n\n“I’ll remind you of that when you go through caffeine withdrawal.”\n\nDaria smiled. “See you in a few hours, Jane.”\n\n“Yeah, have sweet dreams about Trent. Oh, wait, you already do.” She laughed when Daria blushed and mouthed [i:5ef0b]I’m going to kill you[/i:5ef0b] to her.','b440360cc4e58034e56a815e1b370c39',0,'IA==','5ef0b',1,1181884228,'',545,2,0),(186467,13931,6,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155709465,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I have a Kill Bill crossover in the early preliminary stages (character casting list, story outline with variation list) but have had trouble writing anything from it just because its very difficult reconciling the characters from Daria with the plot.','',0,'','f93ce',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186474,13936,6,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155710422,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Nemo Blank":fe9b3]This is a Daria board.[/quote:fe9b3]\r\nYes and there is a Kim Possible fic in the works right now too. So long as it is clearly labled I doubt anyone will take issue with non-Daria fanfic.\r\n\r\nThat out of the way This seems pretty good so far Jak','',0,'gA==','fe9b3',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186469,13936,6,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155709644,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','At 6AM the next day Kuwabara showed up at Genkai’s bright and early. He had been so excited he hadn’t even noticed Kurama had not returned home. He had just one thing on his mind today…\r\n\r\n“She’s not here today either.”\r\n\r\nLike I said he had two things on his mind today and one of them had apparently been given another day off so Kuwabara wouldn’t be distracted.\r\n\r\n“Kuwabara, how much do you work out these days?”\r\n\r\nKuwabara thought for a moment. “Oh, not that much I guess. Kurama and I put on some pads and beat the crap out of each other for a couple hours every morning. And I take a thirty minute jog during my lunch hour. Oh, and I lift weights for a couple hours at night.”\r\n\r\n“You call that not much?” replied Genkai. “I’d say you’ve been working pretty hard. I’m pleased to see that. You know why I changed my mind? When you got angry yesterday you kicked up some gravel. You really sent those pebbles flying quite far. Obviously you’re stronger now than you ever used to be. I wonder… Kuwabara, let’s see that Jigen Tou of yours. And this time give it all the power you’ve got.”\r\n\r\nKuwabara complied at once. He began to grunt and strain like a man severely constipated as he pumped more and more energy into the blade. When he had nothing left to add he opened his eyes.\r\n\r\n“Wow! I’ve never had it that powerful before! Wait’ll I show it to Urameshi. He’ll have to take back a lot of trash talk.”\r\n\r\n“You’ll do no such thing, Kuwabara,” said Genkai. “Your spirit power has increased substantially over the years. Spending all those years just working your body and resting your ki may have been exactly what you needed. And yes, if I may inflate your dumbass ego, I do believe your strength has risen to that of an S-Class demon. Congratulations. Now that you have all this power, what do you intend to do with it?\r\n\r\n“I dunno, go beat up Urameshi I guess. No wait! Hiei. I wanna make that little punk apologize for all the things he’s said about me. But I wanna make him eat a worm first.”\r\n\r\nGenkai rolled her eyes. “You ought to thank him for not killing you. What I was thinking of is you taking over for me.”\r\n\r\n“What, me?! I couldn’t! What about Urameshi?”\r\n\r\n“You’re a human psychic just like me, Kuwabara,” said Genkai. “It’s true that Yusuke and I were closer and his abilities were nearly identical to my own. But he’s not the same as I am. You are. Plus his duties are almost exclusively confined to Makai. I don’t want what I know to die out with me here in the human realm. It’ll be difficult for me to work with someone whose attack ki is so much different than my own. But I’ll manage.”\r\n\r\nShe and Kuwabara spent the next several hours using ki energy to float above a pair of spikes as she and Yusuke had once done. Kuwabara’s energy was emitted from his palm and thus wider. It gave him a difficult time maintaining his balance.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nYusuke humbly bowed before the headstone and signaled his daughter to do the same.\r\n\r\n“Sorry I haven’t been here in a while. I figured it might be a good idea for Yuka and her mom to come out here and pay their respects but Keiko is having a ladies night out with Yukina, Botan, and Shizuru. Hope you don’t mind.”\r\n\r\nThe ghostly image of Raizen grinned. “Keiko doesn’t know you brought her out here does she?”\r\n\r\n“I doubt she’d want me bringing a four year old girl to a place like this, but what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her.”\r\n\r\nRaizen smiled. “Hello there Yuka. Do you know who I am?”\r\n\r\nYuka responded by hiding behind Yusuke’s leg.\r\n\r\n“Sorry, she’s just shy,” explained Yusuke. “I doubt she’s ever talked to a dead guy before. Or to a demon for that matter.”\r\n\r\n“Well she’s talked to you before. And Kurama. And Yukina.”\r\n\r\n“Well all three of us look human.”\r\n\r\nAt that point Yuka peaked out again from behind Yusuke’s leg.\r\n\r\n“Young lady, I’m not sure you realize the opportunity you are squandering here,” said Raizen with a grin. “Usually the dead can only communicate with the living for a few days after they pass away. But I’m special because I was a king. Did you know that? Did you know your grandpa was a king?”\r\n\r\n“I like crayons,” mumbled Yuka with a brief grin.\r\n\r\n“So do I,” said Raizen. “They taste like rhubarb.”\r\n\r\n“Don’t give her any ideas,” said Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“Yusuke, how have things been in Makai?” asked Raizen. “I can’t quite tell but I’m sensing some vibes I don’t like and it worries me.”\r\n\r\n“Well the whole dietary thing still has people grumbling,” replied Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“It can’t be just that,” replied Raizen. “Something far more sinister is afoot. Have any factions openly rebelled against Enki or any of the governors?”\r\n\r\n“No, of course not.”\r\n\r\n“Wait for it.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nHiei glanced out of a hallway window in the governor’s palace. Down below workers were planting some fruit trees. These were not paid workers. These were prisoners. Though it could not be proven that they were trying to cross over into Ningenkai they had gotten too close to the border. A couple weeks of light labor and they would be released. Those who had obviously tried to cross were flogged for their first offense and executed for their second.\r\n\r\nIt seemed ironic to Hiei that if humans wanted meat they didn’t have to cross over or resort to eating each other. There really wasn’t any appropriate equivalent of something like a cow, pig, or chicken in Makai. You either had to stick to vegetarianism or starve like Raizen had. Or break the law. And demons were carnivores by nature. To Hiei the situation seemed so hopeless.\r\n\r\nA peck on the cheek from Mukuro brought Hiei back to reality. “You’re lucky I don’t startle easily,” said Hiei with a grin.\r\n\r\n“I doubt anything could startle you, Hiei dearest,” she replied.\r\n\r\n“Well there’s you when you don’t shave your legs.”\r\n\r\n“I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that,” said Mukuro. “How was the patrol today?”\r\n\r\n“Uneventful. Except for the last ten minutes. I had to kill this one yokai. A wolf demon. He wasn’t starving at all. But he had the most desperate look. He wouldn’t back off. He was determined to either go through or die trying.”\r\n\r\n“I would imagine that the carnivore instinct would be especially powerful in a wolf.”\r\n\r\n“Exactly. This isn’t about food. I keep saying that. This is about demons having to deny their very nature. And when I think about Chapter Black it’s a little hard for me to protect them. I swear, if I hadn’t formed a few attachments in Ningenkai I would have said screw them all.” Hiei sighed and then smiled. “Mukuro, if you miss meat as much as the other demons, maybe I should take you over there for a day and introduce you to a little thing they call beef. They don’t have enough of it to feed their entire world and ours but it wouldn’t hurt if just a couple sophisticated yokai like ourselves indulged, now would it?”\r\n\r\n“Oh that would go over just great with Enki,” replied Mukuro sarcastically. “I’m supposed to be setting this great example. If I got caught crossing into Ningenkai I think that really would spark off a war. Besides… well… my appearance… I’d stand out like a sore thumb.”\r\n\r\n“Hmm, yes, humans are rather shallow like that.”\r\n\r\n“Hiei, there’s something I’ve been meaning to ask you. Does Kurama have a passport for Makai?”\r\n\r\n“No,” replied Hiei. “Only Yusuke. He has broken the rules before by bringing his daughter here but that’s nothing to raise a fuss about. Cute kid for a human.”\r\n\r\nMukuro looked away. She was jealous of parents. But being around kids brought back the memories of her own childhood so having one of her own was completely out of the question.\r\n\r\n“Why did you ask about Kurama?”\r\n\r\n“Oh I suppose we can make allowances for him,” replied Mukuro.\r\n\r\n“Are you saying he’s been here?”\r\n\r\n“Sniff the breeze. He’s here now, can’t you tell?”\r\n\r\nHiei once again employed the use of his Jagan. “I can’t find him. I can’t imagine how he could have slipped through unnoticed. Unless it was during a time that I was off duty.”\r\n\r\n“Aren’t you the modest one?”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“So does he at least take the pacifier out when he kisses you?”\r\n\r\n“Yukina! You shouldn’t ask something like that…. Um, does he?”\r\n\r\n“Yukina, Keiko, for heavens sake, you two really do have such odd curiosities,” said Botan with a chuckle as she polished off another beer.\r\n\r\n“You still haven’t answered,” said Shizuru.\r\n\r\n“Yes, he takes it out. Honestly. Can’t a grown man go around with a pacifier without everyone acting like he’s a weirdo or something?”\r\n\r\n“Uh, no, not really,” replied Shizuru. “Your turn Botan.”\r\n\r\nThe four of them were at a bowling alley but they were far busier drinking and gossiping than they were bowling.\r\n\r\n“Let’s see if you’re still sober enough to roll that thing straight,” joked Shizuru.\r\n\r\n“Of course I am. Just watch this.” Botan got up on her tiptoes and then lunged forward, releasing the ball. “Ha! A strike! Beat that Shizuru!”\r\n\r\n“Um, Botan, it doesn’t count if you get a strike in the wrong lane,” said Keiko.\r\n\r\n“Oops!” Botan’s face turned bright red as she looked at the confused faces of the bowlers in the next lane.\r\n\r\n“I think you’ve had enough, Botan,” said Shizuru. “Say Keiko, where are Yusuke and Yuka?”\r\n\r\n“Oh, probably doing something they shouldn’t,” replied Keiko. “The less I know, the better I’ll sleep tonight.”\r\n\r\n“And people wonder why I stay single,” said Shizuru. “Men are such complete idiots.”\r\n\r\n“That’s funny because I thought for sure you and Kurama were going to get married,” said Yukina. “You two made a cute couple.”\r\n\r\n“Oh don’t get me wrong, Kurama’s a sweet guy but it’s like there were a million things that he would absolutely refuse to talk about and it drove me nuts. No, I’ll leave the marrying to people like Botan and Keiko. What about you, hon, ever think about getting yourself a man? You’ve being flying solo as long as I’ve known you.”\r\n\r\n“Oh, I don’t know about that,” replied Yukina. “Ice Maidens are forbidden to have men in their lives. I still remember what happened to my brother.”\r\n\r\n“Yeah, but we’re not in Makai now,” said Keiko. “You’re free.”\r\n\r\n“Hey, if you want me to set you up I just happen to a rather loveable dope who thinks you’re just the greatest thing… Ow! Keiko, what did you elbow me for?”\r\n\r\n“Botan, you really have had too much to drink,” replied Keiko indignantly.\r\n\r\n“Nice save,” whispered Shizuru.\r\n\r\nJust at that moment Koenma walked up wearing street clothes and no pacifier. Botan ran up to him and embraced him. “Oh did you come here to see your little woman humiliate these losers? How sweet.”\r\n\r\n“How are you going to humiliate us when you can’t even find your own lane?” asked Yukina with a grin.\r\n\r\n“What this?” asked Shizuru with a big smile. “A zinger from Yukina? Wow, this is a night to remember.”\r\n\r\nBut Koenma wasn’t laughing.\r\n\r\n“Honey, what’s wrong?”\r\n\r\nKoenma sighed. “So much for peace. Yomi was murdered about an hour ago.”\r\n\r\nEnd Chapter 3','',0,'gA==','453cd',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186479,13919,4,545,0,'65.221.65.188',1155713726,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Too many Christians, I\'m sad to say, accept rumors (and outright lies) gotten second-hand without even bothering to research the truth.\r\n\r\nPart of the reason I refuse to sign petitions circulated against this or that is that I don\'t want to look like an idiot when the truth eventually comes out. (I don\'t need any group\'s help here. I can look dumb on my own. \":P\" )\r\n\r\nI know quite a few people who are like the ones that Dervish describes. It\'s really sad, because they paint all Christians with the \"whacko\" label with their actions and words.\r\n\r\nOne man, for instance, warned a couple of us about backward masking, the practice of putting \"Satanic\" messages on albums that could be heard if you played them backwards. (A lot of turntables got ruined doing this.)\r\n\r\nI told him about one album that had a clear message when played backwards and he eagerly listened until I quoted, \"\'No matter how thin you slice it, it\'s still baloney.\'\" It ticked him off and he refused to talk to me anymore. (Yes, I fibbed--to prove a point about blindly believing conspiracies. Not that it did any good.)\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to evolution, there\'s a lot I don\'t believe. But I also don\'t believe that the Earth popped into being over a week in the year 4004 B.C. either. What I do believe is that God didn\'t see fit to clue us in on all the details of Creation.','',0,'gA==','55c6b',1,0,'',545,0,0),(186472,13936,6,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155709799,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','“Faster, you moron! You may be stronger than me but you’re way too slow.”\r\n\r\nKuwabara was trying his best to climb a mountain without coming into physical contact with it. He had to use a double Rai Ken to jam into the rocky crags and pull himself up, meaning he could only use his upper body. Plus he had weights chained to his legs. Genkai was leaping all over the face of the mountain as nimbly as a mountain goat.\r\n\r\n“Come on, slacker. If you haven’t reached the top of this bad boy in the next 30 seconds I swear they’re gonna have to surgically remove my foot from your ass!”\r\n\r\n“Hey, I’m trying my best here,” he hollered back. “You know you could encourage me a little.”\r\n\r\n“Haven’t you ever seen Star Wars®? There is no try!” And with that Genkai kicked Kuwbara in the back. In that moment he let go of the Rai Ken and started to fall. Genkai was prepared to save him if absolutely necessary but she wanted to see what he would do to try to save himself. In less than a full second she got her answer.\r\n\r\n“Rei Ken!” \r\n\r\nTwo energy swords emerged from the soles of Kuwabara’s feet and jammed into the side of the mountain.\r\n\r\n“Hey, I didn’t know I could do that!” Kuwabara gleefully ran straight up the side of the mountain all the way to the top. “Hey Genkai, did you see that?”\r\n\r\n“That’s what a warrior does,” she replied. “He adapts. He develops new abilities and strategies on the spur of the moment. Now when you do get to the top let’s see if we can’t get you charging up to full-powered Jigen Tou in much less time and without all that distasteful grunting.”\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\n“THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!”\r\n\r\n“Now calm down, Shura,” said Enki. “I swear to you, we had nothing to do with killing your father.”\r\n\r\n“LIAR!”\r\n\r\n“Yomi was my ally,” insisted Enki.\r\n\r\n“Gentlemen,” interrupted a familiar look old man. “This bickering will get us nowhere.”\r\n\r\nThis was the same old man who had been spying on Kurama. He was short, about 80 years old, wore a brown suit and derby hat and carried a briefcase.\r\n\r\n“Shura, who’s your friend here?” asked Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“His name is Yoshiro, my advisor and the only human I trust. I’ve granted him full diplomatic privileges.”\r\n\r\n“Gentlemen, I think you must appreciate the seriousness of this situation,” said Yoshiro. “There was conflict between Enki and Yomi at the time of his death; that cannot be denied. I am not accusing you of anything, your majesty, but you must look at the facts plainly.”\r\n\r\n“What facts?” asked Enki suspiciously.\r\n\r\n“The circumstances do certainly make for poor appearances. Yomi is dead. You are now in the position to appoint a successor. If you were to appoint someone who better served your majesty’s interests than Yomi had it would seem rather suspicious in the eyes of the public and may even serve as grounds for… shall we say… civil unrest?”\r\n\r\n“War, in other words,” said Yusuke with a frown.\r\n\r\n“If you wish to phrase it that way,” replied Yoshiro. “I’m not saying a necessity exists for your majesty to outright appoint an enemy of yours to head up Yomi’s district, but perhaps someone a little more in line with Yomi’s views would be appropriate. Tell me, sire, who did you have in mind?”\r\n\r\nEnki thought for a moment. “Touya.”\r\n\r\n“Oh that’s just swell,” grumbled Shura.\r\n\r\n“Lord Shura, am I to take it that you feel this Touya is a pawn of the king?” asked Yoshiro.\r\n\r\n“Of course I do,” replied Shura.\r\n\r\n“Now hold on a minute,” objected Enki. “Touya was one of your father’s soldiers and next to Kurama he was the most intelligent of the group.”\r\n\r\n“And he publicly supports you,” retorted Shura.\r\n\r\n“Well your father didn’t exactly NOT support me. He just had concerns. I liked him. He liked me. We just didn’t always see eye to eye.”\r\n\r\n“I’m afraid that the public may not see it that way,” remarked Yoshiro. \r\n\r\n“Hey, the king’s trying to play ball with you here,” scowled Yusuke. “I think it was a good idea myself. Besides, who else could do the job?”\r\n\r\n“Have you considered giving Shura control over both districts?” asked Yoshiro.\r\n\r\n“Oh so that’s your little game, is it? Using your father’s death to increase your own political power. Cute. How do we know you didn’t off your old man yourself?”\r\n\r\n“Say that again Urameshi and I’ll personally rip your head off and mount it on my palace gate!”\r\n\r\n“Why you punk ass son of a…”\r\n\r\n“YUSUKE!”\r\n\r\n“Enki, you’re not going to let him intimidate us like that, are you?”\r\n\r\n“Let him fight me!” hollered Shura angrily. “I’m not afraid of you Urameshi. I’m twice the fighter you are.”\r\n\r\n“Enki, I’m about five seconds away from killing this guy. I don’t mean to be insubordinate but I can only take so much.”\r\n\r\n“Now gentlemen, this really is non-productive,” said Yoshiro. “I think your majesty would be well advised to accept our suggestion. It would be most inconvenient if the cause of death in Yomi were accidentally released to the public.”\r\n\r\n“What are you saying?” asked Enki. “He was poisoned, everyone in Makai knows that.”\r\n\r\n“Yes,” replied Yoshiro. “But not everyone is aware that the poison was plant-based.”\r\n\r\nYusuke’s heart nearly stopped at those words.\r\n\r\n“Mukuro has confirmed that the Spirit Fox is in Makai as we speak. I need not point out to your majesty the conclusions that people would jump to.”\r\n\r\nEnki sighed. “You can have what you want, Shura.”\r\n\r\n“No, Enki, don’t!”\r\n\r\n“I have to Yusuke. This is too serious. But know this Shura, you are still my subordinate and if you try something underhanded I will depose you and all the threats of civil war in the world won’t stop me.”\r\n\r\n“Fine,” replied Shura with a grin. “But if I catch Urameshi snooping on my turf, well accidents happen.”\r\n\r\n“YOU ARE NOT TO THREATEN MY EMPLOYEES! MAKAI IS MINE AND YUSUKE MAY GO WHERE I WILL IT AND DO WHAT HE IS INSTRUCTED TO DO? GOT IT?”\r\n\r\n“Why of course, your greatness,” said Shura with mock courtesy. “And let me say that I for one most assuredly guarantee his safety. We will take our leave of you now.”\r\n\r\nYusuke and Enki watched them leave. But just as Shura reached the door he turned back towards Urameshi and drew his finger across his throat in a universal gesture to say “You’re dead.”\r\n\r\n“Yususke, do you think Kurama really might have killed Yomi?”\r\n\r\n“Well he’s certainly capable of it,” replied Yusuke. “But he’s far too violent for a poisoning. And he has no reason to go after Yomi. They kissed and made up years ago. Kurama retired. The only way he would go after anyone now was if his family was threatened. But Yomi had no reason to do that. Personally I think Shura is up to something.”\r\n\r\n“Then why is Kurama here?”\r\n\r\n“I’ll ask him.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“Alright Kuwabara, you’ve done well so far. But you lack any sort of effective projectile techniques.”\r\n\r\n“Well I can’t use the Reigun,” replied Kuwabara. “I tried it a couple of times but I can only emit energy from my palms, not my fingertips.”\r\n\r\n“Yes,” replied Genkai. “Let’s try to use that Rei Shuriken, only we’re going to use it as the basis for your own version of the Rei Kō Ha. Now close your fist and concentrate on not one, but several imaginary targets. Get comfortable because as so as you pick up on this we’ll do it 3,000 times.”\r\n\r\nKuwabara concentrated and his fist glowed orange. He wound his arm back and flung the energy he had collected as hard as he could.\r\n\r\n“No good, Kuwabara. You opened your fist. The Rei Kō Ha is a close fisted technique and relies on your ki rather than own how hard you can fling your arm. You use your mind and energy, got it? And you’re using your Rei Ken level energy. Let’s try that again with Jigen Tou.”\r\n\r\n“Oh no, I’m not gonna have to do it 3,000 times with Jigen Tou, am I?”\r\n\r\n“Kuwabara! If you complain just one more time I’ll kick you where it hurts so hard that Adam and Eve are gonna feel it. Now do it!”\r\n\r\n“Yes ma’am.”\r\n\r\n“And Kuwabara, from now on we use Jigen Tou for all training. The Rei Ken is only to be used in actual battle to conserve energy at times when the Jigen Tou isn’t needed.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nKurama walked sadly through a field of grass straight to the edge of a forest in Makai. He lay down in the grass and stared at the red sky above him.\r\n\r\n“It’s so ugly here,” he muttered to himself. “But I didn’t know the difference back in the day. This was the only world I had ever known. But I was pretty ugly myself. Ugly inside. Youko. No matter what form I’m in I’m always Kurama now. And I will not fear.... Then why can’t I make myself go back and face her?”\r\n\r\n“Kurama?”\r\n\r\nKurama looked up in amazement. He had expected to run into Hiei or Yusuke but certainly not…\r\n\r\n“Yukina?”\r\n\r\n“Hello. I didn’t expect to run into you here. What are you doing here?”\r\n\r\n“Can’t go home. I just can’t face my mother. Long story.”\r\n\r\n“Oh dear, I’m dreadfully sorry, is there anything I can do?”\r\n\r\n“No, but thank you for caring. So what are you up to? You really shouldn’t be here.”\r\n\r\n“Well Genkai keeps giving me time off. She’s training Kazuma and I guess she doesn’t want me around so I came here.”\r\n\r\n“She’s training Kuwabara?” Kurama was certainly not expecting that. “What on earth for?”\r\n\r\n“Well I guess since Yusuke works here she needs another successor.”\r\n\r\n“So you came here? Hardly a vacation spot.”\r\n\r\n“I figured I’d stop by my old village and say hello,” she replied.\r\n\r\n“Yukina, it’s not safe. Especially now. You could get eaten.”\r\n\r\n“Kurama, I need to. My old friends don’t know if I’m alive or dead.”\r\n\r\n“Then I’ll come with you.”\r\n\r\n“No, Kurama, you can’t. They don’t allow men.”\r\n\r\n“I’ll lay low. You might as well say yes because I’m way more stubborn than Hiei. I’m not about to let a friend get eaten. ”\r\n\r\nYukina looked concerned for a moment but said nothing. Finally she smiled and nodded her head.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nYusuke arrived twenty minutes too late to catch Kurama. But he had certainly been here. The smell of roses was strong in the air.\r\n\r\n“He didn’t do it.”\r\n\r\nYusuke turned around to see Hiei standing behind him.\r\n\r\n“Do you know that for a fact?” asked Yusuke. “Enki won’t settle for opinions.”\r\n\r\n“Kurama’s step-father was attacked. The assailants were slain easily enough but one of them claimed he’d been sent by Yomi before he died.”\r\n\r\n“Then perhaps someone knew Kurama’s Achilles’ Heel,” replied Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“His what?”\r\n\r\n“Sorry, human expression. Maybe someone WANTED Kurama to go after Yomi. I doubt very much Yomi would have done something like this.”\r\n\r\n“Kurama didn’t go after him,” replied Hiei. “I’ve been watching him like a hawk. Mukuro assigned me to figure out what he was doing here. He slipped past the A-Class sentries while I was off duty. Of course Kurama wasn’t dumb enough to fall for the little charade he had witnessed in Ningenkai. He merely wanted to ask Yomi if he knew anything and warn him that something was up. By the time he reached Yomi’s palace, he was already dead. Kurama never even went inside. He knew at once that he’d been set up.”\r\n\r\n“So you’re Kurama’s only alibi, then,” replied Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“Looks like,” replied Hiei.\r\n\r\n“Then why didn’t he return to Ningenkai?”\r\n\r\n“I’ll tell you why.” Yusuke and Hiei turned around to see a very large demon and several of his companions standing behind him. “This little pipsqueak is lying,” continued the demon. “That Spirit Fox killed our king but this guy’s trying to protect him. Don’t you let him mislead you. You have a duty to find that criminal and arrest him, Mr. Spirit Detective. He’s probably lingering here to kill someone else.”\r\n\r\n“Excuse me but this is a private conversation,” scowled Hiei. “I’ll spare your life even though you implied I was a liar but leave now.”\r\n\r\n“Nice one, Hiei,” mumbled Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“You dare speak to me like that you little runt? I’ll have your head for a trophy!”\r\n\r\n“Saw that coming,” said Yususke. “Reigun!”\r\n\r\nWith one blast the largest of the group of demons was dead. Hiei drew his sword as three more demons attacked. In the less than half a second he had swung his blade each one of them had been sliced one hundred times. The two demons who were left were both upper A-Class. One of them was a wolf demon like the one Hiei had killed earlier. Hiei immediately sheathed his sword. He didn’t want this thing biting the blade.\r\n\r\n“Jaō Ensatsu Rengoku Shou!”\r\n\r\nHiei’s fiery fists flew at lighting speed, killing the creature quickly. The other demon was a badger. It had long, razor-sharp claws and its speed would have put a powerful S-Class to shame.\r\n\r\n“Rei Kō Ha!”\r\n\r\nThe creature was ruthlessly blasted. The fight was over.\r\n\r\n“Let’s just hope any demons tailing Kurama will be as weak as these,” said Hiei.\r\n\r\n“Well he wouldn’t have to worry about that at all if he’d just go home,” grumbled Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“I spoke to him,” replied Hiei. “He told me his human mother saw him Rose Whip some demon to death. He’s always been the bravest demon I know, but this time he’s afraid. He won’t go back. Not a chance.”\r\n\r\n“And in the meantime he’s still in trouble and we still don’t know who killed Yomi,” said Yusuke. “You should have heard the unpleasant little conversation I had with Shura this morning.”\r\n\r\n“Actually I did. Sort of.”\r\n\r\n“How?”\r\n\r\n“The Jagan reads lips very well. I was an eyewitness to every minute of that conversation.”\r\n\r\n“I still say Shura either killed Yomi or hired the assassin.”\r\n\r\n“Don’t be a fool Yusuke. And don’t try to think too hard, it never was your strongest point. Shura has always worshipped the ground his father walked on. And he’s not really the ambitious type. I am however quite suspicious about that human he’s hanging out with.”\r\n\r\n“So what do we do now?”\r\n\r\n“We? We do nothing. I go home and get ready for the hell that’s about to break lose. I’d recommend you do the same. Kurama’s on his own. Continuing to look for him won’t help.” Hiei began to walk away but stopped and looked over his shoulder. “My loyalty is to Mukuro and her loyalty is to Enki. So if we’re unlucky enough to have a war, at least we’ll be fighting on the same side this time.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“Alright Kuwabara, I’ve seen you use your Rei Ken to deflect energy attacks before. What I’m about to show you is similar. Hold out your arm.” Kuwabara complied and immediately Genkai grabbed it. “Reiko Kyohan-Sho!” Kuwabara felt energy drain from his body. At once, Genkai reverted to her younger form. “Alright, I stole some of your energy. Now try to steal it back.”\r\n\r\n“Wish I didn’t have to. You look so beautiful like that.” Kuwabara hadn’t meant to say that out loud and was sure to be yelled at or struck or something but to his amazement, Genkai smiled sweetly.\r\n\r\n“Thank you Kuwabara. Now close your eyes and concentrate on the energy you feel coming from me. Can you feel it?”\r\n\r\n“I think so.”\r\n\r\n“Good. The energy frequency I give off is constant. Some fighters like Suzuka have energy that changes frequency several times a second, so this won’t work on them. Alright, if you can truly sense it, taking it won’t be too tough. Try it.”\r\n\r\nKuwabara grabbed Genkai’s arm. “Reiko Kyohan-Sho!” At once the power returned to him and Genkai reverted to her old self.\r\n\r\n“Good, good. You’re learning much faster than Yusuke ever did.”\r\n\r\n“Really?”\r\n\r\n“Yes. It’s because you’re afraid of me so you’ll cooperate.”\r\n\r\nAs the sun set, the two of them continued to train. Neither one was aware that only a few feet away they were being watched by Mukuro.\r\n\r\nEnd Chapter 4','',0,'gA==','0dcbb',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186475,13906,10,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155710589,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":baf56][quote="Deref":baf56]Yeah! Japan! That was it![/quote:baf56]\nWhere he secretly uses his color-hue-detection powers for the forces of Good.[/quote:baf56]\r\n\r\nWhat? He helps design sentai costumes??','',0,'gA==','baf56',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186476,13888,3,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155712509,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Now don\'t hate me for saying this about the obsession with what\'s his name that came out the other week here lately but...\r\n\r\n\"Isn\'t that cute... [b:d30ee]but it\'s WRONG[/b:d30ee]!\"\r\n\r\n[size=59:d30ee]Can we all tell yet that I just love in-jokes?[/size:d30ee]','',0,'RA==','d30ee',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186477,13958,6,124,0,'75.109.33.226',1155712620,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Ultimate Iron Chef: The Aristocrats','See the following URL for details.\r\n\r\nhttp://sfmb.gamerspage.com/viewtopic.php?p=33767#33767\r\n\r\nThat\'s all I\'m going to say (Well, here, anyway).','',0,'RA==','d9ca8',1,0,'',124,0,0),(186478,13958,6,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155713051,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Dang it! More and more it seems like I\'m going to have to join over there too...','',0,'RA==','3d058',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186484,13888,3,358,0,'68.117.213.181',1155714982,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="CDM":5ce09]When I saw the picture of the shows title\'s characters I thought, \"2 Stupid\nDogs?\" I know, too obscure...[/quote:5ce09]\r\n\r\nheh, i remember them','',0,'gA==','5ce09',1,0,'',358,0,0),(186481,13937,3,358,0,'68.117.213.181',1155714517,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":43fcd][quote="kaimelarfeylove":43fcd]Dude, Xena could so kick the asses of these \"astronomers.\" I mean, come on.. the woman put down the entire Persian army in something like 5 minutes.[/quote:43fcd]\n\nIs that a challenge? \":P\"[/quote:43fcd]\r\n\r\nDo you really want to go up against the Warrior Princess from Amphipolis?\r\n\r\n(this is, of course, pre-series finale WP.. although the Gabby did step up and can definitely hold her own if it goes to that.. wasnt there talk of one named after her too?)','',0,'gA==','43fcd',1,0,'',358,0,0),(186485,13951,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155715186,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="vlademir1":1e6de]This is an argument that I\'ve gotten tired of hearing anymore. IMO there is no conflict and no need of a conflict.\n\nScience tells us [b:1e6de][u:1e6de]HOW[/u:1e6de][/b:1e6de] the universe works, that is the entire point of science from the begining. Religion tells us [u:1e6de][b:1e6de]WHY[/b:1e6de][/u:1e6de] the universe works the way it does.[/quote:1e6de]\r\nIf that was true I\'d have no problems with it. But it\'s not. Some Christians spend inordinate amounts of time and money trying to (and tragically succeeding in some cases) convince people of the literal truth of the genesis myth.\r\n\r\nIf Christians, and other religious types, would spend their time trying to convince us of \"why\" instead of \"how\" they might be much less worrying.','',0,'wQ==','1e6de',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186483,13961,4,40,0,'63.19.53.59',1155714850,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','What-all Was Really Wrong With Clinton','Hint: It wasn\'t anything to do with interns or stained dresses or \"lying about sex.\")\r\n\r\n I\'m sorry, but this is mighty long, and an admitted chore to get through. If anyone *can* get through it, maybe they\'ll begin to understand what I mean when I say that the main thing I have against George W. Bush is that his policies are way *too much* like Clinton\'s. I was hoping for something radically different, and I didn\'t get it.\r\n\r\n\r\n http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-271.html\r\n\r\n\r\n[Edited by moderator to remove overlong article -- read the link instead]','',0,'','2c137',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186486,13887,15,318,0,'195.101.98.21',1155715220,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Salut Mathilde! Ca fait plaisir de te revoir (façon de parler).\r\n\r\n[quote="Mathilde":74e33]Hé ben!!! \":o\" On dirait que tu viens de te lancer dans une entreprise colossale!\nQuel courage! Quelle audace! Quelle prodigieuse témérité![/quote:74e33]\nTu as oublié la raison la plus probable : le suis maso! \":wink:\" \nMais j\'ai bel et bien l\'intention de raduite l\'intégralité de la série.\n\n\n[quote="Mathilde":74e33]Au fait, quand tu dis : [quote:74e33]Le soleil de cette fin de mâtinée [/quote:74e33] j\'imagine que tu ne parles pas d\'un soleil qui serait accroché à la queue d\'un chien... Désolée, j\'ai pas pu m\'en empêcher \":)\".[/quote:74e33]\r\nArg! L\'horreur! Merci.','',0,'gA==','74e33',1,0,'',318,0,0),(186487,13962,4,40,0,'63.19.53.59',1155715522,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','I\'ve Just Spent Close To Three Hours ...','... *trying* -- in vain -- to edit/condense my \"What-all Was Really Wrong With Clinton\" post, with little or no luck.\r\n\r\n For hours it wouldn\'t post at all. Then it wouldn\'t let me edit what was posted. Then when I tried to delete the bizarre, inadvertent multiple posts, it just kept saying \"Sorry, you can only delete your own posts.\"\r\n\r\n Finally, *something\" posted, but it was just a fragment of what I meant to post, and much of my own commentary was omitted as well. It\'s basically just a fragment of an unpolished first draft.\r\n\r\n However, I *think* the URL link may work, so it may at least be possib;e to link to the original article. \r\n\r\n Whatever. It\'s late, I\'m tired, and I don\'t have any more time to spend on this. Just so folks understand they\'re not getting all of what I meant to post. Not even close.\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'gA==','5e8d1',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186488,13963,5,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155716080,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Tim Curry, eat your heart out','A friend just sent me this\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKBLzorGNyk\r\n\r\nnot great but fun.','',0,'gA==','75f77',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186489,13951,4,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155716415,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":ec59c][quote="vlademir1":ec59c]This is an argument that I\'ve gotten tired of hearing anymore. IMO there is no conflict and no need of a conflict.\n\nScience tells us [b:ec59c][u:ec59c]HOW[/u:ec59c][/b:ec59c] the universe works, that is the entire point of science from the begining. Religion tells us [u:ec59c][b:ec59c]WHY[/b:ec59c][/u:ec59c] the universe works the way it does.[/quote:ec59c]\nIf that was true I\'d have no problems with it. But it\'s not. Some Christians spend inordinate amounts of time and money trying to (and tragically succeeding in some cases) convince people of the literal truth of the genesis myth.\n\nIf Christians, and other religious types, would spend their time trying to convince us of \"why\" instead of \"how\" they might be much less worrying.[/quote:ec59c]\r\n\r\nSorry, I was thinking in terms of the theoretical ideal of religion, not how many \'religious types\' tend to act.','',0,'wQ==','ec59c',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186490,13944,16,1,0,'4.232.171.158',1155716694,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','','[quote="Kara Wild":d690b]Uh ... don\'t you think we\'ve already considered that? Check out [url=http://www.dvdaria.info:d690b]DVDaria[/url:d690b] and go to the \"View the music wish list\" link. You\'re at least a year or two behind us.[/quote:d690b]\r\nYou could have just given this newcomer [url=http://www.the-wildone.com/dvdaria/dvdariamusiclist.html:d690b]that link[/url:d690b], without all the topspin on it.\r\n\r\nIn any case, he implicitly raises a point that the \"wish list\" doesn\'t address, as such, and which is buried in other discussions here: Why [i:d690b]should[/i:d690b] the buyers of a DVD set put up with having only the \"essential\" songs? With others to be omitted or substituted?\r\n\r\nI\'m not sure any more that a set which limited itself to Splendora\'s music and the \"wish list\" selections -- which are eminently debatable -- would be nearly as worthwhile. On each viewing, nearly all the musical cues become, to me, yet more essential in evoking moods or transitions. (Many are used in more than one plot moment or episode. That lessens the cost somewhat.)\r\n\r\nBesides, we\'d feel something is missing by not having them, or their being replaced, just from having viewed these episodes so many times already.\r\n\r\nIt could be that only a Rhino Video\'s picking this project up, five years from now, say, with that much more distance from the mid-\'90s music, will lower the licensing costs enough to include all of it.','',0,'sA==','d690b',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186492,13944,16,1,0,'4.232.171.158',1155718341,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','','[quote="MJPollard":f546c]I may never own a Ferrari in my life. Because of that, by your logic, it\'s okay for me to go out and steal one. Something\'s a little bit wrong about that, methinks. \":)\"[/quote:f546c]\r\nOnly by equating copying of a creative work with stealing a tangible object, and whether that equation makes sense is itself debatable.\r\n\r\n(And it\'s being debated all the time. Here\'s an [url=http://www.stephankinsella.com/publications/InsightMag_com_symp_printable.htm:f546c]example[/url:f546c], from a perspective of property rights. [url=http://praxeology.net/anticopyright.htm:f546c]Many other takes[/url:f546c] exist, in terms of ethics and much more.)\r\n\r\nThat nearly all such copying, with few exceptions, is against the law -- that\'s well known, at least by those who remember an era preceding massive online file sharing. It\'s not really debatable. But it\'s also, I\'d say, not an occasion for yet more moralizing.\r\n\r\nOur newcomer may well have a differing view about what is not a \"natural right,\" but a legally granted right. If so, he\'s not the only one. He isn\'t directly posting the means to bypass the current laws, so we should cut him some slack.','',0,'kA==','f546c',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186493,13952,3,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155719263,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: RIP actor Bruno Kirby, 57','I watched [i:623f2]The Godfather Part II[/i:623f2] again only two days ago. It is sad.','',0,'IA==','623f2',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186494,13944,16,1,0,'4.232.171.44',1155719864,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','','[quote="The Central Scrutinizer":d219d][...] Unlike factory fabricated DVDs, these use dyes to take the digital information, and can fade if not properly cared for. See [url=http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/gipwog/StabilityStudy.pdf:d219d][PDF link][/url:d219d] for more information than you want, but as much as you need.[/quote:d219d]\r\nThe upshot of it, for those who don\'t want to wade through a research paper: Discs benefit from being kept out of direct sunlight and away from extremes in humidity. No recordable-disc dye is yet proven eternally stable, or anywhere near, but many are working on the problem.\r\n\r\nIf you buy black, and thus opaque, single- or double-disc plastic DVD boxes, store your discs promptly after viewing them, and handle them with care and only on the spindle hole and outside edge, you\'re likely to have no trouble for many years, whether they\'re originally recordable or not.','',0,'kA==','d219d',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186495,13934,6,318,0,'195.101.98.21',1155720731,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Decelaraptor":8503f]Ooh, I know this is probably a compleat story, but I\'d love to see how Daria and Quinn do at Fielding.[/quote:8503f]\r\n\r\nIt\'s just a teaser for Richard\'s new series. \":)\" \r\nAnd a damn good one at that.','',0,'gA==','8503f',1,0,'',318,0,0),(186496,13951,4,276,0,'152.163.101.9',1155723945,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":be7d7]Many beliefs in science are held quite dearly by their adherents, and challenging those beliefs can stir up a hornets\' nets. Consider the stir that was provoked twenty years ago when [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4304290.stm:be7d7]a few scientists proposed that ulcers were caused by bacteria[/url:be7d7]. This really pissed off a lot of scientists and medical people . . . until they were proven wrong. Bingo, the old theory was overturned. This is how science works.[/quote:be7d7]\r\n\r\nActually, that is an excellent [url=http://www.csicop.org/si/2004-11/bacteria.html:be7d7]case study in how well science works.[/url:be7d7] The original authors first noted the association of the bacteria with gastritous and said that it had interesting implicaitions possibly for ulcers. Research followed and as the evidence built, so did support until Koch\'s Postulates were met demonstrating [i:be7d7]Heliobacter pylori[/i:be7d7] as a causitive agent of ulcers.\r\n\r\n------\r\nEdit to include link and to correct spelling','',0,'sA==','be7d7',1,1155729316,'',276,2,0),(186497,13951,4,276,0,'152.163.100.13',1155725302,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Ugh Cross. Somebody needs to give those guys editors.\r\n\r\nBasically, if they are trying to argue about some kind of \"Social Darwinism\", then they have stepped well outside of the realm of biology and mostly of science.\r\n\r\nAn important detail to point out is that modern evolutionary theory builds on Darwin\'s works, but are not bound or limited by them. Not all of his ideas and proposals are in the current theory. \r\n\r\nDarwin was trained in the ministry and was a religious man of his era, so it is not that unexpected that he included his ideas of evolutionarily-derived morality into some of his writings.\r\n\r\nHowever, that part has not been as well supported by later research. Research does show the evolutionary development of a number of traits we would consider moral, but it also shows the development of several traits we would consider immoral.\r\n\r\nEvolution works through the selection of traits that provide higher probabilities of being passed on to offspring. Some \"moral\" traits would be selected because they enhance the probability of survival and/or reproductive success, while other \"immoral\" traits were also selected for, based on their enhancement of survival or reproductive success.\r\n\r\nI\'d like to bring up another important point. The functional unit of selection and evolution is a population, not the individual. In evolution, fitness is a specific term applied to alleles that compartively describe their chance of being passed on in relation to other alleles of the same gene.\r\n\r\nI support their idea of trying to convince conservatives that evolution isn\'t a threat, but their technique leaves a bit to be desired.','',0,'sA==','c035f',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186498,13950,3,59,0,'63.232.90.129',1155725700,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[i:8076a][b:8076a]You are Miss Scarlet...[/b:8076a][/i:8076a]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMust be vestigal personality traits from Before...','',0,'YA==','8076a',1,0,'',59,0,0),(186499,13951,4,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155731238,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','And the second half is just a generic trirade against \"the Left\" that happens to include evolution with a few personal anectdotes tossed in as a feeble attempt at evidence. Multiiple anecdotes do not constitute data.\r\n\r\nI do agree that we shouldn\'t judge a person\'s total worth off of a single trait or belief. But in effect, the writer ends up doing just that. I could bring up just as many anecdotes about \"christian creationists\" being people I wouldn\'t trust or associate with. And it would mean just as little.','',0,'YA==','40cba',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186500,13931,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155731543,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="vlademir1":e664c]I have a Kill Bill crossover in the early preliminary stages (character casting list, story outline with variation list) but have had trouble writing anything from it just because its very difficult reconciling the characters from Daria with the plot.[/quote:e664c]\r\nIt can be done. A better one would be welcome, though. Go for it.\r\n\r\n[size=150:e664c][url=http://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/killtom.htm:e664c]Kill Tom[/url:e664c][/size:e664c]\r\n\":)\"','',0,'lA==','e664c',1,0,'',323,0,0),(221873,16640,6,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1171236296,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Lawndale Stalker":a11d0]Good start, needs more. I must commend you on your courage to attempt to write after the style of the great Terry. He\'s a hard act to follow. I wish you success.\n\nI\'ve been thinking of writing a Diskworld novel in which Daria meets Death\'s granddaughter Susan. With any luck I\'ll come to my senses.[/quote:a11d0]\r\n\r\nGo for it, I can see one hell of a grudge match.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI\'m still not sure where this is going at the moment, I love the idea of having personifications of the gods playing games. This is taken from Interesting Times but heavily adapted, I\'m thinking that the \"Chess Men\" are going to be.\r\nThe Lady playing Daria and Jane.\r\nGlamour playing Quinn And the Fashion Club.\r\nbut I have not decided on Fate.\r\n\r\nStrictly speaking Fate always wins, because it is always down to Fate.\r\nI\'m wondering if Fate will take a back seat or be a driving force?\r\n\r\nWill Fate take on the role of Miss Lea or a Morgendorfer?\r\n\r\nUntill these things are sorted out in my head there will be a short intermission.\r\n\r\nThursday is going to have a big hold on this story!','',0,'gA==','a11d0',1,0,'',588,0,0),(186503,13965,2,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155733669,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Whole articles','I posted a reminder to Nick\'s about posting whole articles because it has happened several times recently, plus someone has said that they intend to post whole articles to avoid any claims of omission. Plus, Cross tried to post a massive article that was too large for the posting buffer to handle.','',0,'gA==','4b673',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186505,13966,3,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155733860,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','REMINDER: Please do not post whole articles','Please refer to PPMB rule #8. Please do not post entire articles on the board unless you are the copyright holder. \r\n\r\nThis is not intended to single anyone out, but simply a reminder to post a link to the article and then include any relevant quotes you would like discussed.','',0,'gA==','8cb22',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186506,13937,3,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155734917,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[size=200:55965][b:55965][url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/new_planets:55965]OHMIGOD!!![/url:55965][/b:55965][/size:55965]\r\n\r\n[size=150:55965][b:55965]Xena might get to be a planet after all![/b:55965][/size:55965]\r\n\r\nThis really excites me! I was arguing on the [b:55965][url=http://www.bautforum.com/index.php:55965]Bad Astronomy forum[/url:55965] [/b:55965](which everyone here should immediately join, \'cause it ROCKS!) that a spherical shape was essential to the definition of a planet, AND I WAS RIGHT! I TOTALLY ROCK! YES!!!! Can\'t you just feel the electricity in the air just reading my post? [[i:55965]dances around the room in his underwear[/i:55965]] I\'m going to the zoo to party in the Penguin Pool! Ohmigod! \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','',0,'dA==','55965',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186507,13937,3,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155735024,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I think that made TAG happy. \":lol:\"','',0,'dA==','4963a',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186508,13967,4,564,0,'69.219.160.108',1155735239,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','I am afraid, very, very afraid.','Last week for the second time I saw this on a bumper sticker:\r\n\r\nClinton/Obama \'08\r\n\r\nI sends chills down my spine.','',0,'dA==','37976',1,0,'',564,0,0),(186509,13944,16,1,0,'216.60.144.250',1155735461,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Kemical Reaxion','','[quote="MJPollard":22643][quote="Rufus":22643]the main reason i started this post is due to the fact that their may never be any dvds.[/quote:22643]\nI may never own a Ferrari in my life. Because of that, by your logic, it\'s okay for me to go out and steal one.[/quote:22643]\r\n\r\nNo, that would mean that it\'s ok to go out and buy a \"Ferrari\" from a guy who put one together himself out of scrap metal.\r\n\r\n\";)\"\r\n\r\nKem \"I love the smell of nit-picking in the morning\"','',0,'gA==','22643',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186510,13937,3,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155735539,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Borrowing from my posts on the Bad Astronomy forum:\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/15/0514/53796:5f714]An excellent essay on what constitutes a planet, from the discovery of Sedna Lots of excellent links here![/url:5f714]\r\n\r\nThe minimum diameter for a world to be a true planet (spherical in shape) is about 700 km. There you have it!\r\n\r\nI especially like the Stansberry quote:\r\n\r\n\"A PLANET IS: any large, spherical, natural object which directly orbits a star, and does not generate heat by nuclear fusion. This definition is simple, is based on a physical definition of how large an object must be to be considered a planet, and without modification it will give the same results when applied to any planetary system. This definition distinguishes planets from asteroids and comets, which directly orbit our star, but are generally not large enough to be pulled into a spherical shape by their own gravity, and it distinguishes planets from stars, which frequently are in direct orbit around other stars, but generate heat internally by nuclear fusion. According to this definition, Pluto is clearly a planet.\"','',0,'EA==','5f714',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186511,13951,4,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155736132,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="crossada75":4d3fa]Life, however, often consists of making a choice between unsatisfactory alternatives.[/quote:4d3fa]\r\nThis is completely true. I would correct it only to read that life [i:4d3fa]always[/i:4d3fa] consists of choices between unsatisfactory alternatives (between a bad alternative and a much worse alternative, to be precise).\r\n\r\n\r\nThere is still no Church of Evolution, however, and saying there is doesn\'t make it so. I know right-wing conservatives who can\'t stand Creationism, so it isn\'t a left-right issue. It\'s a smart-dumb issue.','',0,'oA==','4d3fa',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186512,13948,5,564,0,'69.219.160.108',1155736540,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I need EVERY single one.\r\n\r\nAlthough this is a favorite:\r\n\r\n[img:4d5c1]http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/insp_kobayashi_preview.jpg[/img:4d5c1]','',0,'CA==','4d5c1',1,0,'',564,0,0),(186513,13968,5,564,0,'69.219.160.108',1155736765,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Buried car to be exhumed soon','And by soon I mean in less then a year...\r\n\r\nStill this is pretty freakin\' cool.\r\n\r\nOr at least it is to a car geek like me.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.buriedcar.com/tulsarama.html','',0,'CA==','73fd0',1,0,'',564,0,0),(186514,13937,3,359,0,'172.161.158.248',1155737741,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','If that\'s the definition they all end up agreeing on, I\'ll go along with it, but I still say that any object that\'s a part of a belt (asteroid or Kuiper) has no business being considered a planet all on its own. After all, the whole reason we have an asteroid belt in the first place is that Jupiter\'s gravity was too strong for a normal planet to form there.','',0,'CA==','cf67d',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186515,13937,3,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155737930,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":D\" \r\n\r\nAlmost as much fun as watching taxonomists arguing over species...\r\n\r\nIn the end, we should remember that these are names we are using to help catagorize things. \":wink:\"','',0,'CA==','206cd',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186516,13948,5,359,0,'172.161.158.248',1155738011,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','This is one of my favorites:\r\n\r\n[img:0595f]http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/insp_sarek.png[/img:0595f]','',0,'CA==','0595f',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186517,13962,4,359,0,'172.161.158.248',1155738609,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','After I made sure the link worked, I edited out the post of the actual article.','',0,'CA==','99cca',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186518,13965,2,359,0,'172.161.158.248',1155738845,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ve edited out Cross\'s attempt to post the overlong article, and left just the link.','',0,'CA==','3f7ed',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186519,13965,2,9,0,'66.245.194.218',1155739657,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I swear, these people don\'t read the rules, and then when they get in hot water, they act like they know the rules better than we do. \":roll:\"','',0,'CA==','a1898',1,0,'',9,0,0),(186520,13965,2,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155739857,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Kara Wild":d6a72]I swear, these people don\'t read the rules, and then when they get in hot water, they act like they know the rules better than we do. \":roll:\"[/quote:d6a72]\r\n\r\nAnd still gripe about it after the fact (RK\'s comment at SFMB about us not able to handle G-rated material). \":roll:\"','',0,'gA==','d6a72',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186521,13967,4,14,0,'72.77.122.152',1155739912,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','What\'s an \'Obama\'? For that matter, who [i:6efc3]will[/i:6efc3] the big two be sending to the prez election this year? Not sure Hilly is ready yet, what about dusting off Al Gore? Or really dusting off Jimmy Carter (last time he was in office, there was a mideast crisis driving up the price of gas, maybe it\'s time?) I\'m hoping for an unknown, myself. If they want to win they need a Moderate (like Clinton) with some charisma. Probably not a good idea to run a \'war hero\' again, being that now they\'re the anti-war party...\r\n\r\nAs for the Reps, another Bush? (JEB??? PRESIDENT JEB??? GAH!!!!) Let\'s hope they can find something better. Maybe they could get former NY mayor Gilliante (bad spelling) and former Gov of PA (& Homeland Security head) Tom Ridge. That\'d be the first pro-abortion Rep ticket. Which is why it\'ll never happen, natch.\r\n\r\nAny other bright ideas? (aside from Kara Wild, of course. Although, she IS a moderate Democrat. . . . . )\r\n\r\nCN','',0,'IA==','6efc3',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186522,13958,6,14,0,'72.77.122.152',1155740011,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="vlademir1":970fd]Dang it! More and more it seems like I\'m going to have to join over there too...[/quote:970fd]He\'s on to us!!! Quick, a distraction . . . HEY LOOK OVER THERE!!! NOTHING IN PARTICULAR!!\r\n\r\nCN','',0,'gA==','970fd',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186523,13950,3,1,0,'71.197.187.55',1155740242,1,0,1,1,1,1,'CharlieGirl','','Hmmm.\r\n\r\n[img:b7935]http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Quizzes/Clue/Green.jpg[/img:b7935]\r\n\r\nYep, that\'s me! \":D\" \r\n\r\nI killed him out in the garden, with a gun. Didn\'t want to make a mess on the new oriental rug in the livingroom, and blood-spatter on satin wallpaper is im[i:b7935]possible[/i:b7935] to get out. \":D\"','',0,'KA==','b7935',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186524,13944,16,65,0,'64.118.129.75',1155740969,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Whatever. \";)\" The gist of it is that \"I\'ll never obtain something, therefore it\'s okay to steal\" isn\'t a valid argument, as theft is still theft. Everything else is just semantics, and everyone knows I\'m always up for semantics. [i:d831c](ducks rotten \'maters thrown his way after such a horrible pun)[/i:d831c]','',0,'IA==','d831c',1,0,'',65,0,0),(186525,13965,2,359,0,'172.161.158.248',1155741286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":5851a][quote="Kara Wild":5851a]I swear, these people don\'t read the rules, and then when they get in hot water, they act like they know the rules better than we do. \":roll:\"[/quote:5851a]\n\nAnd still gripe about it after the fact (RK\'s comment at SFMB about us not able to handle G-rated material). \":roll:\"[/quote:5851a]\r\n\r\nI\'d really like to know what was G-rated about that last post of his I edited.','',0,'gA==','5851a',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186526,13967,4,359,0,'172.161.158.248',1155741453,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Crazy_Nutso":d4263]Or really dusting off Jimmy Carter (last time he was in office, there was a mideast crisis driving up the price of gas, maybe it\'s time?)[/quote:d4263]\r\n\r\nBecause, after all, he did so well the first time.','',0,'gA==','d4263',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186527,13193,6,440,0,'64.12.116.199',1155742068,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":16e99][quote="Ms. Kinnikufan":16e99]Daria knew things had gone terribly, terribly, wrong when Jane caught on fire...[/quote:16e99]\n...underwater.[/quote:16e99]\r\n\r\nJane was mad because she knew she\'d never be able to get the napalm out of her clothes. She lost more outfits that way.','',0,'gA==','16e99',1,0,'',440,0,0),(186528,13872,10,440,0,'64.12.116.131',1155742425,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 3D Daria (WIP)','[quote="S.C.":e1338][img:e1338]http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/8161/daria3dwip03pr4.jpg[/img:e1338][/quote:e1338]\r\n\r\n\"I love you [i:e1338]thiiiiiis[/i:e1338] much.\"\r\n\r\n\"I love you, too [i:e1338]amiga[/i:e1338].\"','',0,'qA==','e1338',1,0,'',440,0,0),(186529,13965,2,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155743643,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":5023b][quote="Kara Wild":5023b]I swear, these people don\'t read the rules, and then when they get in hot water, they act like they know the rules better than we do. \":roll:\"[/quote:5023b]\n\nAnd still gripe about it after the fact (RK\'s comment at SFMB about us not able to handle G-rated material). \":roll:\"[/quote:5023b]\r\n\r\nIt\'s always the same thing. \":roll:\"','',0,'gA==','5023b',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186530,13965,2,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155743949,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','BTW, I think there are too many sticky threads in General Forum.','',0,'gA==','bc42d',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186531,13965,2,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155744207,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ll delete the whole article reminder in a couple days. That will give most a chance to see it, and then I can remove the clutter. I suspect it might be a good idea to leave it in Nick\'s.','',0,'gA==','4f395',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186532,13919,4,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155745508,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','On a related note, [url=http://education.guardian.co.uk/students/news/story/0,,1844328,00.html:f8b37]30% of UK university students believe in creationism and/or ID.[/url:f8b37]','',0,'EA==','f8b37',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186533,13919,4,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155745844,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Greek academics complain that [url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100003_12/08/2006_73131:a1d6e]their schools shun evolution.[/url:a1d6e]\r\n\r\nExamples that show the effect is occuring worldwide, though as Deref\'s article pointed out, to considerably variable levels.','',0,'EA==','a1d6e',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186534,13867,3,84,0,'216.78.165.117',1155746294,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="CDM":3bb20]And one of my favorites will always be Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, or\nKMFDM - \"no majority for pity\", or the looser version \"no pity for the\nmasses\", not \"Kill M----- ------g Depeche Mode\", though when I first heard\nthat in a magazine contest I laughed, even as a Depeche Mode fan (and\nlaughed even harder when someone brought it up on a Depeche Mode\nmailing list).[/quote:3bb20]\r\nI got involved in a contest like that once. WUSB-FM was asking listeners for new names for the acronym, and I came up with \"Kiss My Funky DeutschMark,\" and one other involving the roman numeral \"DM,\" I forget what it was. And yes, there were plenty of people suggesting \"Kill M----- \r\n------g Depeche Mode\" back then too.','',0,'gA==','3bb20',1,0,'',84,0,0),(186535,13951,4,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155748390,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','A clarification/reminder I find I often have to add.\r\n\r\nThe Theory of Evolution describes a physical mechanism for speciation that best fits a vast amount of observational and experimental data.\r\n\r\nThat\'s it.\r\n\r\nTrying to attribute anything to evolution beyond that is incorrect. Evolution theory does not detail the mechanism for how life started, nor the conditions. It is not proof for or against the existance of god(s).\r\n\r\nA theory is a specific scientific term. A theory is an explanation for a physical phenomenon that is very well supported by clear scientific evidence. In the case of concepts like evolution or relativity, the physical and/or temporal scales involved make definitive proof (when we could then call them physical laws) impossible with our present knowledge and technology.\r\n\r\nNone of the alternative ideas to evolution come even close to this level of evidence. If the ideas were being experimentally tested, you could call them hypotheses, but that\'s as far as you could go. To pretend that an untested hypothesis should be tought as an equal to a well-supported theory is illogical.','',0,'gA==','25c5c',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186536,13967,4,79,0,'216.228.181.112',1155748954,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','As much as I\'d like to see a woman president, I\'d much rather see a competent one. There is something about Hilary that just doesn\'t sit right with me. Well, I guess I feel that way about politicians in general, but still.','',0,'gA==','0012d',1,0,'',79,0,0),(186537,13967,4,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155749829,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Crazy_Nutso":01d51]What\'s an \'Obama\'?[/quote:01d51]\r\n\r\nBarack Obama, junior senator from Illinois','',0,'gA==','01d51',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186538,13919,4,39,0,'81.6.230.232',1155750147,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":2f782]On a related note, [url=http://education.guardian.co.uk/students/news/story/0,,1844328,00.html:2f782]30% of UK university students believe in creationism and/or ID.[/url:2f782][/quote:2f782]\n \":shock:\" \n\nThat\'s unbelievable. \n\nI see that \"12% questioned preferred creationism - the idea God created us within the past 10,000 years - to any other explanation of how we got here,\" which is a sorry reflection on the teaching of science and (pre)history. \n\nThat para continues \"Another 19% favoured the theory of intelligent design - that some features of living things are due to a supernatural being such as God. This means more than 30% believe our origins have more to do with God than with Darwin - evolution theory rang true for only 56%.\" \n\nDespite The Guardian providing no link to the survey, I tracked it down.* Here\'s that question. [quote:2f782]Q. People have different explanations about life on earth and how it came about. Which of these statements best describes your view?\nA. The \'evolution theory\' - Humans developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life. God had no part in this process. \nA. The \'creationism theory\' - God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years. \nA. The \'intelligent design theory\' - Some features of living things are best explained by the intervention of a supernatural being, e.g. God. [/quote:2f782]\r\n \":roll:\" \r\n\r\nSubtlety isn\'t big in Opinionpanel, is it?\r\n\r\n\"God had no part in this process\" rules out anyone who accepts evolutionary theory but views it as a mechanism through which God\'s purpose is worked out.\r\n\r\nFor those theists who accept the theory of evolution, the response Opinionpanel categorises as ID is the best fit. But whether that means that the respondents believe in ID as its proponents usually define it is, at best, open to question. I\'d agree that some features of living beings (starting with the fact that anything exists at all) are best explained by the intervention of God, but not in any sense that conflicts with the the theory of evolution.\r\n\r\n\"Don\'t know/other\" is listed in the table, but there\'s no indication that this was offered as a choice, or simply records, as I expect it does, those who DKd or refused the offered choices. I\'d expect \"Some other explanation\" to appear in the table if the option were put.\r\n\r\nMartin.\r\n\r\n[size=75:2f782]* [url=http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/clientUpload/pdf/CreationandEvolution%28Tables%29.pdf:2f782]link to data table in PDF format[/url:2f782][/size:2f782]\r\n\r\n-----\r\nRL - fixed link\r\nThanks!','',0,'lA==','2f782',1,1155750805,'',39,1,0),(186539,13919,4,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155750412,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Vladimir1 provided a nice [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13503:ae0d5]method to post url\'s containing parentheses.[/url:ae0d5]','',0,'EA==','ae0d5',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186540,13919,4,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155750832,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Thanks for finding the source. I also object to the use of \"Creation Theory\" and \"Intellegent Design Theory\" in the questions. Neither of them are theories.\r\n\r\nAll in all, a poorly worded survey put together by people who didn\'t really understand the subject.','',0,'EA==','fb3c8',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186541,13900,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155751842,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Chapter 3 now up on SFMB.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nComments welcome.','',0,'EA==','cb73c',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186542,13919,4,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155754115,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I know I never post here nor should I but mind if I just give my two cents? I think evolution would tend to support the idea of there being a God. What an igneous system for someone to think up. I don\'t know why some Christians get so upset about this whole thing.','',0,'EA==','c74fd',1,1155754498,'',121,1,0),(186543,13919,4,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155754356,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="jak981125":c6f87]I know I never post here nor should I but mind if I just give my two cents? I think evolution would tend to support the idea of there being a God. What an igenious system for someone to think up. I don\'t know why some Christians get so upset about this whole thing.[/quote:c6f87]\r\n\r\nThat is the basis for theistic evolution that Fr. Martin mentioned.\r\n\r\n\r\nAs I mentioned in the other evolution thread, the Theory of Evolution itself is neutral about the existance or nonexistance of god(s). It describes the physical process of species development as best understood from the scientific evidence.','',0,'gA==','c6f87',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186544,13943,3,472,0,'208.65.229.206',1155754723,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="notoriousDUG":dcedd]Looks fun, is that a Bullet Mustang?[/quote:dcedd]\r\n\r\nNope, normal V6 Coupe with \"Pony Package\" appearance (GT hood, and the pony stripe on the side)\r\n\r\nActual action pictures! These are a few of the photos from Dragonslayer Photos and Killboy.com. I\'m considering buying the full res shots, but that\'s about 4 dollars each.\r\n\r\nI don\'t care if it\'s 17 years older than my car, I kept up with a Porsche!\r\n[img:dcedd]http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jbpridge/pics/dttrip/2.jpeg[/img:dcedd]\r\n\r\nGoing up...\r\n[img:dcedd]http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jbpridge/pics/dttrip/11.jpeg[/img:dcedd]\r\n\r\n...and coming back down.\r\n[img:dcedd]http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jbpridge/pics/dttrip/9.jpeg[/img:dcedd]\r\n\r\nGood lord. Oh, that damage was there when he bought it.\r\n[img:dcedd]http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jbpridge/pics/dttrip/14.jpeg[/img:dcedd]\r\n\r\nThis looks normal until you realize a Mustang normally rides about 3 inches higher than my driver\'s side is currently at.\r\n[img:dcedd]http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jbpridge/pics/dttrip/23.jpeg[/img:dcedd]\r\n\r\nEdit: It has come to my attention that part of the 1971 movie [i:dcedd]Two Lane Blacktop[/i:dcedd] was filmed along the Dragon. Also, the dam Harrison Ford jumps off in [i:dcedd]The Fugitive[/i:dcedd] is just down the road.\r\n\r\nThe lesser known 1958 film [i:dcedd]Thunder Road[/i:dcedd] also has several scenes at the Dragon.','',0,'qA==','dcedd',1,0,'',472,0,0),(186545,13919,4,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155754766,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":87fcd][quote="jak981125":87fcd]I know I never post here nor should I but mind if I just give my two cents? I think evolution would tend to support the idea of there being a God. What an igenious system for someone to think up. I don\'t know why some Christians get so upset about this whole thing.[/quote:87fcd]\nThat is the basis for theistic evolution that Fr. Martin mentioned.\n\nAs I mentioned in the other evolution thread, the Theory of Evolution itself is neutral about the existance or nonexistance of god(s). It describes the physical process of species development as best understood from the scientific evidence.[/quote:87fcd]\r\nI found the novel [i:87fcd]Star Maker[/i:87fcd], by Olaf Stapledon, to be excellent reading on the issue of the existence of God and the purpose of life and the universe. I don\'t necessarily agree with it, but the issue it raises (that all life was created to evolve in time to a state at which it can communicate with God) is intriguing. [i:87fcd]A Brief History of Time[/i:87fcd] is similarly of interest here.','',0,'oA==','87fcd',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186546,13900,6,59,0,'74.136.64.90',1155755121,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":0e287][quote="E. A. Smith":0e287]One little thing: with Trent in the military, would he be allowed to have a gotee and messy hair?[/quote:0e287]\nAnd me formerly in the Army. Augh! \":roll:\" \":D\" I\'ll fix it soon.[/quote:0e287]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nKeep it! It means that Trent is really in Special Forces or some other special ops unit (they get to do that in order to blend), and only tells Jane things like he\'s a truck-driver in order to keep her from worrying...','',0,'gA==','0e287',1,0,'',59,0,0),(186547,13944,16,1,0,'4.232.138.244',1155755686,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','','That\'s the point, though, well-turned arguments exist that take this far beyond \"just semantics.\"\r\n\r\nCopying a book or CD that you own is different in kind from stealing a car. Unless you\'re identifying it as most choose to do, that some action is a theft solely [i:17016]because the government says it is,[/i:17016] and not for any objective reason. I simply note that many demur from that, such as the writers linked above.\r\n\r\nI\'m curious, Martin: Do you not have [i:17016]one second[/i:17016] of music that you did not purchase (where this was required) on your hard drive or tapes? Not have [i:17016]one frame[/i:17016] of video on your custom-made personal \"Daria\" DVDs that you didn\'t record yourself from cablecasts?\r\n\r\nIt seems to me that moralizing about something -- which our newcomer still doesn\'t deserve -- wouldn\'t amount to much more than hypocrisy if one is doing it for oneself.','',0,'IA==','17016',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186548,13967,4,1,0,'71.161.6.208',1155755732,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Nemo Blank','','I hope that we don\'t get another hereditary politician this time on either ticket. \r\n\r\nI will never again vote for any politician who is another Lord Fauntleroy Junior, running on his daddy\'s organization and funding contacts, with no experience outside of being rich and serving in public office. \r\n\r\nRonald Reagan and Bill Clinton are the only two presidents that have actually put an organization together and fought their way to the position on their own in the last twenty years. All the rest inherited their staff and their PR firms. \r\n\r\nI didn\'t vote for GW Bush the first time around, and I\'ll never vote for another Bush of any political persuasion, not even if Christ descended from the clouds to endorse him. \r\n\r\nI wouldn\'t vote for Hillary anyway, but even if she was of my particular bent I wouldn\'t vote for her. That \'me too-isim\' is just crap. Just because she lived in the White house doesn\'t make her competent to maintain the prosperity and political position of the United States. I didn\'t even like Gorge Bush the elder because of that. There were plenty of much better candidates, but the RNC wanted a known quantity. \r\n\r\nThat\'s the problem, our candidates from both main parties are being picked in secret by committee. You end up with the least objectionable instead of the best. Frick and Frack run and the people suffer under corporate presidencies.','',0,'IA==','da405',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186550,13967,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155756357,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Nemo Blank":22079]...\n\nThat\'s the problem, our candidates from both main parties are being picked in secret by committee. You end up with the least objectionable instead of the best. Frick and Frack run and the people suffer under corporate presidencies.[/quote:22079]\r\nAren\'t the candidates being selected mostly in primary elections? Or do you mean that voters have to choose from a pre-approved pool of politicians in the primaries?','',0,'gA==','22079',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186551,13936,6,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155756680,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','“Where is he, Kuwabara? Where’s my boy?”\r\n\r\n“I don’t know. When I got back to the apartment he was gone. I’ve been out for a few days at Genkai’s.”\r\n\r\n“Who is Genkai?”\r\n\r\nKuwabara sat down and sighed. Shiori, Hatanaka, and Suichi were all visibly worried.\r\n\r\n“I’m sure nothing’s happened to him…” began Kuwabara.\r\n\r\n“There were these monsters!” interrupted Shirori. “I couldn’t believe my own eyes!”\r\n\r\n“Are you sure?” asked Hatanaka. “I mean I know you’re not type to imagine things…”\r\n\r\n“Of course I’m sure!” she replied. “Don’t you remember?”\r\n\r\n“I had a concussion. I can’t remember a single thing that happened that entire day or night.”\r\n\r\n“He had something in his hands; it looked like the stem of a rose plant. But… it was ten feet long and had these huge thorns…”\r\n\r\nKuwabara was most uncomfortable. And the fact that he was also speaking to Hatanaka and Suichi… oh if only he could have spoken to Shiori alone!\r\n\r\n“Look…” he began. “There are things Kurama never told you…”\r\n\r\n“Who’s Kurama?” asked Suichi.\r\n\r\n“Oh for heaven’s sake, leave this to me, Kuwabara!” came a voice from behind. All of them turned to see Yusuke standing there. “Kuwabara, he’s in Makai right now. And ma’am, there are some things we’ll have to tell you about you son that will be… well, difficult. And you might not believe me because I wouldn’t have believed it myself a few years ago. Kuwabara, show her. Light it up. She needs to see something supernatural so she can believe us.”\r\n\r\nKuwabara sighed and stood up. “Jigen Tou!”\r\n\r\nKurama’s family was astonished. Yusuke, who had been expecting this, was no less astonished to see Kuwabara display this amount of power.\r\n\r\n“Your son is a demon,” began Kuwabara.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“Where have you been?” asked Botan. “You’ve been gone all day.”\r\n\r\n“I had to deal with this Yomi business,” replied Koenma as he sat down in his office chair and took his shoes off. “Oh my feet are killing me!”\r\n\r\n“Yomi business? I thought you already decided to send him to the lowest level of heaven.”\r\n\r\n“Not that. His autopsy.”\r\n\r\n“EW!” said Botan with a cringe.\r\n\r\n“Oh come now Botan, you’ve had to go and retrieve tons of souls from some pretty grizzly deaths!”\r\n\r\n“Yeah,” she replied. “But I never watched them put on a table and gutted like a fish. Besides, everyone in Makai and Reikai already knows how he died.”\r\n\r\n“Yes. Foxglove extract in his tea. Foxglove. Cute. Real cute. Whoever did this knew what they were doing. Yomi’s sense of smell and taste were uncanny. Somehow the assassin gained access to his kitchen and managed to completely mask the taste and odor. A real pro. Obviously it wasn’t Kurama. He would never use poison. He would consider it cowardly not to face an opponent in combat. But someone sure wants everyone to think it was him.”\r\n\r\n“Well I’m sure Yusuke will get to the bottom of it,” said Botan.\r\n\r\n“If Enki lets him get to the bottom of it,” replied Koenma.\r\n\r\n“What are you talking about?”\r\n\r\nKoenma took out his pacifier. “Who’s the most likely suspect? Who had the most to gain?”\r\n\r\n“Shura.”\r\n\r\n“Bingo. And Shura is one hell of an actor. He gave the impression that he was oh so very furious and that any little thing might lead him to declare war. And he made sure to make a big show of hostility towards Yususke. Crafty eh? He’s up to something but if Enki sends the Spirit Detective to find out what it is… well the implication is that it would be seen as an act of war. I never would have thought it of that kid back when I first saw him.”\r\n\r\nAll of the sudden, Botan gasped. “Koenma! I just had the most marvelous idea! I know how we can get to the bottom of this!”\r\n\r\n“How?”\r\n\r\n“You make a deal with those demons that Kurama killed. You were planning on sending them to Hell, right? If they agree to tell you who hired them, maybe you can promise to show them some leniency.”\r\n\r\nKoenma’s face lit up. “Honey that’s brilliant!” He ran up and embraced her. Just at that moment, George came in.\r\n\r\n“Don’t you ever knock?” growled Koenma.\r\n\r\n“Sorry sir,” he replied. “Just wanted to tell you that I took care of that assignment.”\r\n\r\n“What assignment are you talking… Oh no! Oh you big blue idiot, you didn’t!”\r\n\r\n“But sir, you told me to take those troublemakers who came after Kurama to Hell.”\r\n\r\n“WHAT!” screamed Botan. She picked up her oar.\r\n\r\n“Wait a minute! What did I do? Hey! Can’t we all just get along?”\r\n\r\nIn a fit of anger, Botan chased George out the door and down the hall. Koenma slapped himself in the head as he listened to the commotion in the hallway.”\r\n\r\n“Can’t we all just get along? Get along with THIS you oaf!”\r\n\r\n“Ow! Not the face! Not the face!”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“But why?” cried Shiori. “Why did he run away from me? Why couldn’t he just tell me himself?”\r\n\r\n“He spent his whole human life hiding this from you,” replied Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“He always wanted you to see your loving son and nothing else when you look in his eyes,” added Kuwabara.\r\n\r\nShiori couldn’t stop sobbing. It wasn’t the revelation of Kurama’s identity that did it. It was when they told her about the Mirror of Forlorn Hope. That just about killed her.\r\n\r\n“Please find him,” she begged. “Find my baby. I don’t care about anything else. I just want him back. I’ll do anything.”\r\n\r\n“I’ll go back to Makai and do my best,” replied Yusuke. “Kuwabara and I should go now.”\r\n\r\n“Wait.” Shiori cut off a lock of hair and gave it to Yusuke. “Give this to him. Tell him I still love him. NO WAIT! Don’t tell him that. If anything I love him more. I do, I really do.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“So now what?” asked Botan. “What are we going to do? Our only evidence has been sent to Hell.”\r\n\r\n“Can’t we retrieve them?” asked George as humbly as he could.\r\n\r\n“You keep washing dishes!” hollered Koenma.\r\n\r\n“Lord Koenma, please stop being angry. You TOLD me to take care of them.”\r\n\r\n“I told you to do it tomorrow. And now look what you’ve done. No, we can’t retrieve them. The living can’t communicate with anyone residing within any of the afterlives nor can a living being pass through the gate into one. We’re stuck.”\r\n\r\n“Can’t we take one of the people who have recently died and send them in to go fetch them?” asked Botan. “We can let a dead soul back out of an afterlife gate.”\r\n\r\n“It’s Dark Hell, Botan,” replied Koenma. “No one in their right mind would spend even an instant there voluntarily no matter what.”\r\n\r\n“What about someone who was going to be sent there anyway?” asked George.\r\n\r\n“If we’re about to send them there they’re not going to be wanting to help us,” replied Koenma.\r\n\r\n“Unless we offer them leniency too,” said Botan.\r\n\r\n“What is this, plea bargain week? There aren’t many people or demons sent there and the ones damned to that place are usually relatively naughty to say the least.” Koenma sighed. “Who do we have right now?”\r\n\r\n“Just one, sir. A demon from Mukuro’s district that was executed for eating demon infants.”\r\n\r\n“Send the bastard in.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nIt was getting late and Yusuke and Kuwabara were walking home from Shiori’s house.\r\n\r\n“Gees Kuwabara, I don’t ever remember you having this kind of strength,” said Yusuke with a grin. “What have you been up to, wrestling cows or something?”\r\n\r\n“Well since you’re working in Makai, Genkai had to choose a new successor for earthly work.”\r\n\r\n“And she picked you?” said Yusuke with a chuckle. “Man she must be desperate!”\r\n\r\nIn anger, Kuwabara threw a punch at Yusuke but the much faster Urameshi dodged it. The force of the punch was so great that it caved in the side of a parked car without Kuwabara actually making contact with it. The car’s alarm went off. The two looked at each other and ran for it. As soon as they had gotten a few blocks Urameshi started laughing again.\r\n\r\n“You haven’t changed at all. Strong as an ox but every bit as dumb and slow as one.”\r\n\r\n“You’re just jealous, Uramesi,” said Kuwabara, playfully knuckling Yusuke on the head. “I’ve become stronger than you.”\r\n\r\n“Hey genius, I had more brute strength than Sensui and look where that got me. It takes way more than that to make a great fighter. Come on, let’s go bar hopping or something. Bet I can drink you under the table, pal.”\r\n\r\n“Nah, I haven’t been home in a long time. And my neighbor’s had to take care of Eikichi. Time to take that cat off her hands. The place won’t be the same without Kurama though.”\r\n\r\n“Did Genkai really teach you everything she knows?”\r\n\r\n“Everything that has any practical use and is worth passing on to future generations,” replied Kuwabara.\r\n\r\n“She didn’t do that for me.”\r\n\r\n“Well I’m sexier, so there. Smell you later Urameshi. And stay safe in Makai. Sounds like some bad stuff is going down over there.”\r\n\r\nYusuke waved goodbye and disappeared into the shadows. As Kuwabara walked along he suddenly felt a tap on his shoulder.\r\n\r\n“What? Did you forget something, Urameshi?”\r\n\r\nKuwabara turned around and to his shock he found himself face-to-face with a tall figure whose face was wrapped in bandages.\r\n\r\n“Uh…. Can I help you?”\r\n\r\n“That remains to be seen,” replied a gravelly female voice from inside the bandages.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nA brutal wind was kicking up across the plains of Makai. It was too much for Yukina. She was now riding on Kurama’s back and he was doing all he could himself not to be pushed back. Yukina was obviously frightened and clinging to Kurama very hard.\r\n\r\n“We have to stop for the night!” hollered Kurama. “One more day won’t be a problem.”\r\n\r\n“Um, ok, if you really think that’s best.” She didn’t argue. The poor thing was scared stiff. “Wait, what’s that?”\r\n\r\n“What’s what?” All of the sudden Kurama felt it too. “Earthquake! Hold on as tight as you… Too tight! Can’t breathe!”\r\n\r\nBut the poor girl was too terrified to hear him. The ground rumbled very hard. So hard in fact that Kurama was knocked over and Yukina lost her grip and fell off. The two of them were separated. After a few terrifying seconds it was over.\r\n\r\n“Yukina, are you alright?”\r\n\r\n“Yes. Thank you for asking.” All of the sudden the earth opened and Yukina fell in with a shriek. Without even thinking, Kurama turned into Youko immediately and dove straight in after her. He caught her arm with his left hand and jammed the claws of his right hand into the side of the opening. As scared as Yukina was she was still quite awestruck by Kurama’s demon form. She had seen it before but up close it was quite a sight. He pulled her up closer to him.\r\n\r\n“Here, use me as a ladder to climb out,” he ordered. Yukina grabbed his tail and pulled herself onto his back. Before she could do anything else Kurama started slipping. Kurama concentrated and a large tree sprouted on the surface. He flung out the rose whip with his free hand and caught a hold of the tree. But now the crack in the earth was closing up again. Kurama climbed up as fast as he possibly could, pricking his hands quite badly on the rose thorns. He just barely made it up on time.\r\n\r\nAs he reverted back to his human form Yukina collapsed to the ground and started crying. The jewels were landing all over. Kurama was so emotional at the moment he was trying very hard not to break into tears himself.\r\n\r\n“Yukina… Yukina, don’t…”\r\n\r\nShe looked straight up at him breathing hard and struggling pathetically not to cry. I don’t suppose anyone could have explained what happened next, least of all Kurama. But the next thing he knew he grabbed her in his arms and began kissing her passionately all over. Yukina was shocked and started pulling herself loose from his embrace.\r\n\r\n“Yukina, oh I’m sorry… I don’t know what I was…” Yukina just stared at him wide-eyed. “Yukina, please say something.” She didn’t say anything but slowly reached up and touched the left side of his face. She just looked so astounded. The next thing you knew, SHE was kissing HIM.\r\n\r\n“I know what love is,” she panted as she buried her head into his chest. “But I have to admit that I’m ignorant about romance. I used to think my mother was crazy for getting involved with a man but… Oh Kurama, this isn’t some spur of the moment thing you’ll end up regretting, is it?”\r\n\r\n“No. Not even a little.”\r\n\r\nKurama had never admitted it but he’d developed great affection for three woman in his life at once some time ago; namely Botan, Shizuru, and Yukina. He was not the type to talk about these things. He worked up the guts to ask Shizuru out but that didn’t work out because of his inability to talk about the past or family matters. He couldn’t seem to discuss all his feelings with her either. Botan had gotten married. He’d tried to steer clear of Yukina because of how Kuwabara felt about her. But at this moment all the sweet little things about her that he’d loved were floating around his mind with greater intensity than ever before. If a personality could have a physical appearance, hers would have been more dazzling than the sun. He didn’t know what he’d say to Kuwabara but at the moment he didn’t care.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“Oh Yusuke, that’s so sad!”\r\n\r\nKeiko started sobbing her brains out when Yusuke told her about his encounter with Shiori.\r\n\r\n“Mommy! Mommy! Daddy, why’s mommy crying?”\r\n\r\nYusuke sighed. “Mommy’s ok, Yuka. Why don’t you go up to bed, ok sweetie?”\r\n\r\n“Ok. Bye-bye mommy. Don’t be sad.”\r\n\r\nKeiko reached over and embraced Yuka with one arm without saying a word. She had stopped crying but she was still very down in the mouth.\r\n\r\nAs soon as Yuka disappeared up the top of the stairs, Yusuke sat down next to Keiko and started rubbing her back. “Sorry. Forgot how emotional chicks are.” Keiko smacked him in the chest for that remark and wouldn’t even look at him. “Look, I had to tell you that story so you’ll understand when I tell you that I’m going to Makai in the morning and I’m not coming back until I find him and give him this.” Yusuke showed Keiko the lock of hair.\r\n\r\n“What’s that?” she asked.\r\n\r\n“A lock of Shirori’s hair,” replied Yusuke. “She wanted him to have it so he’d know she still loved him… Oh no, not again with the waterworks! Keiko please.”\r\n\r\n“I can’t help it!” she sobbed. “I can’t even imagine what that poor woman is feeling right now and all the time he’s out there in that awful demon world too upset to talk to her, thinking maybe things will never be the same again. What’s happening Yusuke? What’s happening to the world? How did things ever get this messed up?”\r\n\r\n“I’m sorry,” he whispered.\r\n\r\n“I’m living in a messed up world,” continued Keiko. “And in a few months I’ll be bringing another life into it. I’m pregnant again, Yusuke.” She started crying again.\r\n\r\nYusuke fell to his knees. “Pregnant?” he said in a whisper.\r\n\r\n“And don’t you give me any grief about it, Yusuke Urameshi. I’m already stressed out enough and the last thing I need is you…”\r\n\r\nKeiko never got a chance to finish. Yusuke practically tackled her and kissed her.\r\n\r\n“GRIEF! ARE YOU KIDDING! THIS IS GREAT! For heaven’s sake, stop crying, this is a fantastic occasion.”\r\n\r\n“Huh?” Keiko was quite frankly shocked to get this kind of reaction.\r\n\r\n“This isn’t a time for tears. This is a time for music and flowers and champagne and cigars and for hours and hours of celebratory love-making! Or we can just skip all that other stuff and get straight to the love-making.”\r\n\r\n“Uh, who are you and what have you done with my husband?”\r\n\r\n“I’ve loved being a parent. Don’t you get it? You’re talking about what a bad time this is to bring a baby into the world. Did you stop to think that this is twice as good a time for us to have a kid as it was when Yuka was on the way? This time we’re mature responsible adults with a home, a car, and two good paying jobs. And Yuka will have someone to play with. Isn’t that great?”\r\n\r\n“It is, but Yusuke, do you think you could get off of me for a minute?”\r\n\r\n“Why?”\r\n\r\n“I think I’m gonna barf.”\r\n\r\n“Ok, but when you’re done can I tackle you again?”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“Who are you?” asked Kuwabara suspiciously.\r\n\r\nThe stranger (who you and I both know is Mukuro, so let’s not play games here) held both her hands in front of her with the palms facing Kuwabara and placed them close together.\r\n\r\n“Hit my palms as hard as you possibly can and if you can knock me to the ground I will answer you.”\r\n\r\n“Huh? Are you some kind of weirdo or something?”\r\n\r\n“Do it!”\r\n\r\n“Ok,” said Kuwabara. “But keep in mind I literally hit harder than a wrecking ball. I’m sure you’re a demon underneath those wrappings and that’s the only reason I’m going along with this.”\r\n\r\n“I don’t intend to let you knock me down so easily,” she replied. An outline of orange ki surrounded here body. “Do your worst, Kazuma Kuwabara.”\r\n\r\n“How did you know my…”\r\n\r\n“No more questions! Do it!”\r\n\r\nKuwabara threw the hardest punch he could but it was like hitting iron. She didn’t flinch.\r\n\r\n“Is that all you’ve got?” she scoffed.\r\n\r\nKuwabara desperately tried to think of some clever comeback but nothing came. “Yeah, I guess it is,” he said at last.\r\n\r\n“Then you are worthless.”\r\n\r\n“Hey, now wait a minute! I’ll show you who’s worthless. Get those hands back up.”\r\n\r\n“You just said…”\r\n\r\n“Forget what I said. I was just warming up. Brace yourself. “\r\n\r\n“Ok. Do it.”\r\n\r\n“Rei Kō Dan!”\r\n\r\nThis time Kuwabara easily knocked her onto her backside.\r\n\r\n“Alright,” he said. “That was my end of the bargain. Now who are you?”\r\n\r\nSlowly Mukuro stood up. “In the event of an insurrection against the rightful government of Makai would you be willing to fight on the proper side?”\r\n\r\n“If Enki asked for my help I’d give it to him,” he replied. “I doubt it’ll happen.”\r\n\r\nMukuro undid the wrappings around her face. “I am the demon Mukuro. I am the former monarch of one-third of demon world and current territorial governor.”\r\n\r\n“Wow, you’re that lady Hiei’s shacking up with!”\r\n\r\n“Amazing. Hiei’s description of your personality fits you like a glove.\r\n\r\n“So what do you want with me?”\r\n\r\n“Why, to finish your training, of course.”\r\n\r\n“What is it with masked women wanting to train me all of the sudden?”\r\n\r\nEnd Chapter 5','',0,'gA==','ccd20',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186552,13936,6,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155756872,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','“Oh come on Hiei! I’m only asking one little favor,” complained Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“I have my orders,” he replied. “All I know is Mukuro needs me to deal with a new recruit she’s bringing in.”\r\n\r\n“But I can’t find Kurama without your Jagan. This could be serious. And I made a pledge to his mother. I can’t go lying to people’s mothers.”\r\n\r\n“Then take it up with Mukuro. All I know is that I can’t leave this place to go looking for him.” Just at that moment Mukuro entered with Kuwabara.\r\n\r\n“Hey! Pipsqueak! Long time no see!”\r\n\r\n“Mukuro, is this some kind of sick joke?” demanded Hiei angrily.\r\n\r\n“Nice to see you too, Hiei,” replied Kuwabara.\r\n\r\n“Man, everybody’s scraping the bottom of the barrel,” joked Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“It wasn’t funny the first time you said it and it’s not funny now,” growled Kuwabara.\r\n\r\n“There’s nothing funny about this at all,” said Hiei. “Mukuro, what is this?”\r\n\r\nMukuro grinned. “Kuwabara, how ‘bout you show Hiei what you’re capable of?”\r\n\r\n“You mean I get to beat him up?”\r\n\r\n“No Kuwabara. Just a demonstration.”\r\n\r\n“Oh, alright. Jigen Tou! “\r\n\r\nThis time a full-powered spirit blade emerged from Kuwabara’s fist instantly and with no effort. Hiei couldn’t conceal a surprised expression on his face.\r\n\r\n“So what do you think, squirt?” asked Kuwabara with a grin.\r\n\r\n“I could still take you,” replied Hiei casually.\r\n\r\n“We’ll settle that question later,” said Mukuro. “You have strength Kuwabara, but you still lack the kind of speed and agility that you need. I have built a new chamber in which I’ve trapped some very speedy S-Class demons. Your blade is strong enough to kill them but you have to catch them first before they catch you. You will kill every single demon in that chamber.”\r\n\r\nKuwabara seemed to have a long face.\r\n\r\n“What’s the matter with you?” growled Mukuro. “Are you chickening out?”\r\n\r\n“I bet I know what it is,” said Yusuke with a chuckle. “That’s more time he’ll have to go without seeing his cat.”\r\n\r\n“What! Are you joking me?”\r\n\r\n“I assure you he’s not joking you, Mukuro,” replied Hiei. “Kuwabara really truly is that pathetic.”\r\n\r\n“Alright, alright already. I’ll do it. Gees, it’s not like I’m going to die without seeing Eikichi a little while longer.”\r\n\r\n“A word with you Kuwabara,” said Hiei as he grabbed Kuwabara by the arm and dragged him off to the side where they couldn’t be heard. “There are a few rules you absolutely must observe if you’re going to deal with Mukuro. Rule number one, no sex jokes. No mention of anything sexual at all. I mean it.”\r\n\r\n“Why not? She a prude or something? I guess sleeping with you would do that.”\r\n\r\n“Listen you idiot, when she was a little girl, and I do mean little, her father used to forcibly rape her on her birthdays every year.” Kuwabara nearly swallowed his tongue. “I know, it’s outrageous. Aside from the emotional trauma inflicted, it also must have hurt like hell, being that young. And if you really must know I’ve never slept with her for that reason. She can’t. She’s too warped. When she was seven she severely damaged her own body on purpose to make herself unattractive to him. So rule number two is you never mention her appearance or ask her about that covering over the right side of her face.”\r\n\r\n“Um, Hiei, I already did,” replied Kuwabara sheepishly.\r\n\r\n“You moron! What did she say?”\r\n\r\n“I said it was a fashion statement,” called out Mukuro from across the room. “Hiei dear, I’m not deaf. I appreciate the sentiment, but this little pep talk is hardly necessary.”\r\n\r\n“Hey Mukuro, if Kuwabara’s going to be in that chamber for a whole week can I borrow Hiei?” asked Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“What on earth for?”\r\n\r\n“I need the Jagan to look for Kurama. The sooner we get him out of Makai, the better. I don’t need to tell you why.”\r\n\r\nMukuro seemed to think it over. “Hiei, have you any objection to this?”\r\n\r\n“No, of course not. Kurama is my friend.”\r\n\r\n“And can you be back here before Kuwabara emerges?”\r\n\r\n“Count on it.”\r\n\r\n“Very well,” she replied. “I can’t guarantee any of you we’ll even have a week before something happens. Things are unstable and the dam could burst.” She leaned over and kissed Hiei. “Find your friend. And make sure you aren’t followed.”\r\n\r\nHiei smiled back at her and then he and Yusuke left.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nA nervous little demon in a formal suit was lead before Koenma and Botan. He looked like he was going to pee his pants at the sight of them. Botan was certainly looking daggers at him.\r\n\r\n“So you like devouring infants, eh Shiko?” asked Koenma.\r\n\r\n“Yeah… I mean no… I mean not anymore. I swear. Mercy, I beg of you!” The creature threw himself on the ground and began to cry pathetically.\r\n\r\n“Knock off the acting!” hollered Botan. “If you had really felt an ounce of remorse for any of your actions while you were still alive we would have known about it. But you didn’t care then and it’s too late now.”\r\n\r\n“There’s only one way you’ll get any mercy from me,” continued Koenma. “I can make your stay in Darkest Hell quite temporary. But I’ll only make a deal if you’re honest with me. You really don’t feel bad about what you did, do you?”\r\n\r\n“Only sorry about the possibility of consequences,” replied Shiko meekly.\r\n\r\n“That’s what I thought. I can let you spend eternity in a sort of Purgatory. But first you must go into Darkest Hell and retrieve a demon there that has some information for us.”\r\n\r\n“Anything! Mercy!”\r\n\r\n“This is his photo. Find him and bring him back. We won’t let you out without him. Believe me; you won’t need me to give you a deadline. Every second there will be agony beyond any comprehension. All you’ll be able to think about is leaving. George, take him away.”\r\n\r\n“So what do we do when we get that demon back here?” asked Botan.\r\n\r\n“First of all we resurrect him,” replied Koenma. “Then we load up his new body with truth serum. We’ll know for sure who hired him and we’ll use his testimony to expose the guilty party. No one would be dumb enough to disbelieve someone drugged up with truth serum. The demon variety is rather powerful.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nKuwabara certainly hadn’t been prepared for this. A ten foot tall demon was viciously attacking him. Its arms were as thin as straws but it had amazing speed and claws over two feet long. Kuwabara had dodged one swipe and cut off some of its claws only to discover that they regenerated immediately. He also tried jumping onto its back and stabbing its head but that didn’t seem to work either.\r\n\r\n“Rei Kō Ha!”\r\n\r\nThe energy shards sliced through the demon rather easily but though it was bleeding all over the place it didn’t seem to die. Swipe after swipe Kuwabara had to dodge. It seemed after a while as though maybe it was starting to bleed to death. Just as it looked as if it was about to die a demon twenty feet tall appeared out of nowhere and ate it in one gulp. It then turned its attention to Kuwabara.\r\n\r\n“Oh, this is good.”\r\n\r\nThings went from bad to worse. This demon wasn’t alone. Within moments, thirty demons identical to this one showed up and surrounded him.\r\n\r\nKuwabara laughed nervously. “How ‘bout this? You guys all fight to the death and when only one is left I take on the winner?” All of them roared angrily at him in response. “Didn’t think you’d go for that. Time for a little experiment. Rei Kō Dan!” Kuwabara focused his ki but instead of attempting to punch one of them he ran through a group of them like a fullback. He had transferred the ki of his body into his limbs, hips, and neck. The demons he had crashed into did not rise. Kuwabara also noticed his speed had increased substantially when he used the Rei Kō Dan. He hadn’t expected that.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nKurama and Yukina walked the last mile towards the Ice Maiden Village. They had said very little to each other since the earthquake. Kurama’s only thought had been “Please don’t let her change her mind.” Yukina’s only thought was “Please don’t let them realize I’ve been in the company of a man.” Both of them were terribly nervous. They had to take the long route to get to the village because the shorter way involved crossing a river and climbing up solid rock. The plan had been for Kurama to hide in the nearby forest while Yukina visited. But as soon as they had gotten close…\r\n\r\n“Shh! Yukina, do you here that?”\r\n\r\n“No. What is… I do hear it! It’s screaming! Oh my gosh!”\r\n\r\nKurama grabbed Yukina under one arm and sprinted forward through the forest and straight into the village. Male ice demons were ruthlessly attacking the Maidens. Several of them already lay dead in the streets.\r\n\r\n“No!” screamed Yukina. She would have run straight out into the middle of all that carnage had not Kurama grabbed her and held her back.\r\n\r\n“Let me handle this! Rose Whip!”\r\n\r\nThe invaders didn’t seem the least bit surprised by Kurama’s arrival. That told him he had been watched and his enemy had predicted his destination. Kurama dodged several blades of ice chucked at him and slew two demons. He impaled the head of a third with a Rose Dart.\r\n\r\n“Fūka Enbu Jin!”\r\n\r\nFive more demons were sliced to bits. This left three more. All three of the remaining demons were frost giants. They were all bald with blue skin, large tusks protruding from the lower jaw, and one single eye in the middle of their foreheads. They carried enormous spiked clubs and it was obvious that all three of them were S-Class. In Kurama’s human form he could only reach A-Class. “Looks like I’m stuck with you for life after all, Youko,” he murmured to himself. In a bright flash he transformed. Even now he was outnumbered by three demons all as strong as he was.\r\n\r\n“Jaō Ensatsu Kokuryuha!”\r\n\r\nIt was Hiei! At once the enormous Dragon of the Darkness Flame annihilated the middle of the two demons. A moment later an enormous Reigun blast from Yusuke finished off the one on the right. This left just one.\r\n\r\n“Shimaneki Sō!”\r\n\r\nYouko embedded a super-powered seed into the torso of the last giant. “Who sent you? Tell me or this thing blooms!”\r\n\r\n“Drop dead!” hollered the giant.\r\n\r\n“You first,” replied Youko. “Die!” The Death Weed bloomed and the giant fell. Youko smiled and reverted back into Kurama.\r\n\r\n“Kurama, what on earth…”\r\n\r\nBefore Yusuke even had a chance to finish, he and Hiei were knocked over by Yukina who leapt into Kurama’s arms and kissed him. The two of them were so shocked that they forgot to breathe for a few moments. Hiei in particular. He hadn’t even noticed she was there and all of the sudden… well… THIS!\r\n\r\nThe Ice Maidens nearby couldn’t believe their eyes either. They hadn’t seen Yukina in years and now here she was with a man and practically sucking his lips off. Hiei’s gaze caught those of the Ice Maidens.\r\n\r\n“See that, you tried to have me killed and I just saved all your lives!” he hollered.\r\n\r\nEvery single one of them recognized him. One of them was even bold enough to approach Yukina.\r\n\r\n“Uh, Yukina, sweetie, what the hell is going on?”\r\n\r\n“Um, surprise, I’m alive!”\r\n\r\n“Yes dear I see that.” Her eyes landed on Hiei. He knew what she was about to say but he couldn’t prevent it.\r\n\r\n“Oh, well I’m glad to see you finally found your brother.”\r\n\r\n“DAMN!” Hiei dropped to his hands and knees. He couldn’t even look up.\r\n\r\n“Kurama, put me down,” instructed Yukina. She walked over to Hiei and knelt down in front of him. “I knew. I didn’t say anything, but I figured it out. Besides, that little outburst of yours sort of gave it away too. Can’t you even look at me?”\r\n\r\n“I can’t.”\r\n\r\n“Why not?”\r\n\r\n“Because you’re a saint and I’m a former serial killer, alright. I’m a killer, a liar, and a thief. I wanted to spare you that knowledge. And I can’t change. I don’t even want to. I knew you wouldn’t like that.”\r\n\r\n“You’re right,” she replied. “I don’t like it. Why don’t you want to change?”\r\n\r\nHiei looked up angrily at the woman who had outed him. “Are you happy you old cow? Look what you’ve done.”\r\n\r\nYusuke stepped forward. “Hiei’s just being harder on himself than he needs to be. He’s one of the greatest people I’ve ever known in my life. I’ve never met anyone with such honor or courage.”\r\n\r\n“He has killed, but in recent years has done so only under justifiable circumstances and for noble reasons,” added Kurama. “He’s not the monster he imagines himself to be. He HAS changed. A lot.”\r\n\r\nHiei hadn’t expected such kind words. “Could you give Yukina and me a few minutes alone?”\r\n\r\n“Sure, take all the time you need. Come on Kurama.”\r\n\r\nThe two of the walked off some distance and they watched Yukina and Hiei talking. Yususke turned to Kurama with a stunned look on his face. “So, what’s up? I certainly didn’t expect to see you and Yukina giving each other CPR like that. I mean I thought you were… well you know…”\r\n\r\n“Gay?” Kurama broke into laughter. “Oh Yusuke, if only you knew.”\r\n\r\n“If only I knew what?”\r\n\r\n“Youko was gay.”\r\n\r\n“What?”\r\n\r\n“Yes. When I was reborn, my sexual development restarted and this time I turned out straight. It used to be when I’d turn into Youko I’d turn gay again until I reverted to my human form. But the two of us are nearly one now. So I’m straight when I’m human and bi when I’m Youko. That simple. Hey wait a minute; I went out with Shizuru for ten months. You know that.”\r\n\r\n“I thought that was just denial,” replied Yusuke. “There was one other thing I wanted to ask you.”\r\n\r\n“No, I didn’t kill Yomi.”\r\n\r\n“Yeah, that’s what Hiei told me but I had to hear it from you. Don’t worry, we’ll catch the real killer soon enough.” Yusuke was afraid of what he had to say next. “Your mother wants you back. Desperately.”\r\n\r\n“My whole life with her was a lie and now that lie is exposed,” replied Kurama. “From now on whenever she sees me…”\r\n\r\n“She’ll see the little boy she raised,” interrupted Yusuke. “She’ll see the child she bore and loves more than her own life. Here.” Yusuke gave Kurama the lock of hair. “That’s hers. A token of her love. She cornered Kuwabara so the two of us had to tell her everything. And I’ll tell you something, it’s not that she loves you in spite of it but because of it she loves you more that ever before. You could have such a beautiful life again if you go back.”\r\n\r\nKurama’s eyes filled with tears. “Thank you,” he whispered.\r\n\r\nYusuke waited a few moments for Kurama to compose himself. “You know Kuwabara’s gonna kill you.”\r\n\r\nKurama laughed. “Damn you Yusuke. I hate it when people say something funny when I’m feeling all emotional.”\r\n\r\n“Yes. Funny. He IS gonna kill you.”\r\n\r\nKurama sighed. “I do feel terrible about that. But I do love her. I can’t help it.”\r\n\r\nAt that moment they saw both Yukina and Hiei stand up and hug each other. “All of you listen to me!” hollered Hiei at the Ice Maidens. “Yukina’s afraid you will ban her for getting involved in the lives of men and bringing some here. If that happens you answer to me! Remember you all owe me your lives!” With that he disappeared in a blur.\r\n\r\n“Now where’s he going?” asked Kurama.\r\n\r\n“Back to Mukuro to see how Kuwabara’s training is going. Long story, don’t ask.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“What’s this Kuwabara? Are you quitting already?”\r\n\r\n“No Mukuro,” he replied. “I’m done.”\r\n\r\n“They’re all dead? It’s only been three days.”\r\n\r\n“Well look inside if you don’t believe me.”\r\n\r\nMukuro stuck her head inside and took a deep sniff. “I don’t believe it.”\r\n\r\n“Well I just had to figure out how to do it,” replied Kuwabara. “I’m not like the others. A lot of demons are naturally quick. Some humans are pretty quick too. But my body is too slow without assistance. My mentor taught me this one technique called Rei Kō Dan or Spirit Wave. Normally it’s used to magnify the force of a punch but my speed and agility skyrockets when I use it. Of course it’s a wee bit tiring but I’m in good shape.”\r\n\r\n“I’d like to see if you can block an attack of mine,” said Mukuro. She didn’t wait for a reply. “Dimension Destroyer!”\r\n\r\nAt once an enormous ribbon of energy came flying at Kuwabara.\r\n\r\n“Jigen Tou!” Kuwabara blocked the attack but was pushed back several feet. Mukuro waved her hand and the attack disappeared.\r\n\r\n“Just as I thought,” she said. “Your blade has interdimensional abilities as well. We’ll have to test you further later on. But for now…” Mukuro revealed something she was holding behind her back.\r\n\r\n“Eikichi!” Kuwabara snatched the cat out of her arms and hugged it. “Oh I missed you. How’s my widdle kiddy cat?”\r\n\r\nMukuro looked at this scene with shock. “Widdle kiddy? You are a man, right? I thought you were but I’m not the type to take that kind of thing for granted considering…”\r\n\r\n“Oh thank you!” Kuwabara ran up and hugged her very hard.\r\n\r\n“Uh, you’re welcome. Can I breathe now?”\r\n\r\n“Oh you’ve got to let me do something for you.”\r\n\r\n“What?” Mukuro looked puzzled. “What are you…” Before she could say a word Kuwabara put his palms on her face and chanted some words under his breath. “Hey! What do you think you’re doing?” Immediately she felt a great warmth surge through her entire body. She wanted to pull away but the warmth felt so good for some reason. After about thirty seconds he let go. “Wha- What did you do to me?” she asked as if she were in a trance.\r\n\r\n“Oh, a little something Genkai taught me,” he replied. “Now you’re better.”\r\n\r\n“Now I’m… now I’m what? KUWABARA WHAT DID YOU DO?” She ran over to a desk and pulled out a mirror. “Kuwabara!” She ripped the cover off her face. All the damage to her face and body was completely healed. All she saw in the mirror was a beautiful but frightened young woman staring back at her. Not only that, she was a virgin again, at least physically she was. She stared at her reflection in shock for nearly 30 seconds without saying a word. Her emotions were playing tug of war.\r\n\r\n“Cool, huh?”\r\n\r\nShe turned and looked at Kuwabara like he was mad. “Cool? I… Uh… I have to…” She ran out of the room.\r\n\r\nKuwabara shrugged. “Chicks. Oh well. Come here Eikichi! My cute widdle puddy cat.”\r\n\r\nEnd Chapter 6','',0,'gA==','9bb04',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186553,13934,6,215,0,'204.65.73.43',1155757275,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I LIKE it!\r\n\r\nWant more!\r\n\r\nmore\r\nmore\r\nmore\r\n!\r\n!\r\n!\r\n\r\n\r\nPlease? \":)\"','',0,'gA==','53f72',1,0,'',215,0,0),(186554,13944,16,546,0,'62.111.206.199',1155757473,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','\"Honesty: Fear of being caught.\"\r\n\r\nI think the neverending lawyer-like discussion about copying/stealing digital content is inadequate, because it\'s hard to define theoretical money loss/if-ever of the owner. And chance of being caught is minimal ;)\r\n\r\nBut here is a simple rule: if somebody gave me hours of entertaining, provided movies, music, games etc. that I really like - I *feel* I owe him. Not because lawyers and police will hunt me for using warez - just because it\'s *my decision* to thank the artist, creator, director for his work by buying legitimate stuff I like. \r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to go with \"yeah! ZZZ rulz and YYY is the best!\", but it\'s better to prove it and vote for my favorite artist with my money. If the selling goes well, they may continue with next good albums, game sequels, new episodes.\r\n\r\nI have many movies, games and CDs that I bought only *after* seeing pirated copy, because I liked it. Therefore IMHO piracy is not that bad, as long as you use it mostly as preview before buying legal stuff ;)\r\n\r\nAs for Daria bootlegs - free sharing unreleased episodes is one thing, but paying somebody-and-it\'s-not-creator for pirated versions? Naaah. I\'ll spare my money for something better :>','',0,'gA==','0d6f2',1,0,'',546,0,0),(186555,13967,4,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155757574,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="UU":7e1f6][quote="Nemo Blank":7e1f6]...\n\nThat\'s the problem, our candidates from both main parties are being picked in secret by committee. You end up with the least objectionable instead of the best. Frick and Frack run and the people suffer under corporate presidencies.[/quote:7e1f6]\nAren\'t the candidates being selected mostly in primary elections? Or do you mean that voters have to choose from a pre-approved pool of politicians in the primaries?[/quote:7e1f6]\r\n\r\nNemo is showing his usual cynicism.\r\n\r\nCandidates choose to run and either pay filing fees or collect a sufficient number of petition signatures to qualify to run. The party candidate is decided during the primary voting.\r\n\r\nThe favor or disfavor of party leaders can have a considerable influence on voting, ranging from providing campaign funding and workers for favored candidates to actively campaigning against unfavored candidates.','',0,'gA==','7e1f6',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186556,13958,6,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155758982,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Crazy_Nutso":d0cf0][quote="vlademir1":d0cf0]Dang it! More and more it seems like I\'m going to have to join over there too...[/quote:d0cf0]He\'s on to us!!! Quick, a distraction . . . HEY LOOK OVER THERE!!! NOTHING IN PARTICULAR!!\n\nCN[/quote:d0cf0]\r\n\r\nI\'m sorry your attempt was too late... I do like the church BTW. \":twisted:\"','',0,'gA==','d0cf0',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186557,13872,10,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155759059,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','What gets me are the hands, the long safe-cracking fingers, looks like she\'s ready to pounce on something.\r\n\r\n...like fanfic writers and artists who refuse to comply with the restraining order.','',0,'gA==','27ce9',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186558,13969,3,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155762260,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','At last!','[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060816/ap_on_re_us/jonbenet_ramsey:221f7]Arrest made in Jon Benet Ramsey case[/url:221f7]','',0,'EA==','221f7',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186559,13900,6,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155762286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','TAG I\'m tempted to make a Jane in a penguin suit pic just for that mention of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on:fe673]The Professional (aka Leon: The Professional, Leon, et al)[/url:fe673] one of my favorite movies of it\'s type. though I do admidt I\'m a Jean Reno fanboy to an extent too.\r\n\r\nYeah I posted it both places *shrugs*','',0,'EA==','fe673',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186560,13955,5,249,0,'62.252.64.32',1155762867,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','','Erm, ... Stockholm syndrome?','',0,'EA==','2c16b',1,0,'',249,0,0),(186561,13970,3,39,0,'81.6.230.232',1155763105,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','My day out','The week before last, I had a day off, and so I headed to the countryside. I took my camera. It was SigDiff\'s excellent road trip pix that inspired me to post some of my day out pix here. I\'m taking advantage of the [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8391:9a52d]new PPMB image size limits[/url:9a52d]. \"8)\" \r\n\r\nFirst call was Kinwarton Dovecote. It\'s been in continuous use since the fourteenth century.\r\n\r\n[img:9a52d]http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~syl/tmp/dove-ext.jpg[/img:9a52d]\r\n\r\n\r\n[img:9a52d]http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~syl/tmp/dove-int-s.jpg[/img:9a52d]\r\n\r\n\r\n[img:9a52d]http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~syl/tmp/dove-int-2-s.jpg[/img:9a52d]\r\n\r\n\r\nNext was Packwoood House, an extensively restored Tudor manor house. Its yew garden is a notable feature.\r\n\r\n[img:9a52d]http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~syl/tmp/avenue-s.jpg[/img:9a52d]\r\n\r\n\r\n[img:9a52d]http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~syl/tmp/flowers.jpg[/img:9a52d]\r\n\r\n\r\nThen on to Coughton Court, the Throckmorton family home since 1409.\r\n\r\n[img:9a52d]http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~syl/tmp/house-s.jpg[/img:9a52d]\r\n\r\n\r\nThere\'s a nice riverside walk there. This fella seemed to be enjoying the sun.\r\n\r\n[img:9a52d]http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~syl/tmp/duck-s.jpg[/img:9a52d]\r\n\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'GA==','9a52d',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186562,13970,3,81,0,'82.3.112.199',1155764378,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','That third piccy of the dovecote reminded me of [i:9fee8]Vertigo[/i:9fee8]. \r\n[quote:9fee8]This fella seemed to be enjoying the sun. [/quote:9fee8]\r\nMore practice required on the sexing of waterfowl, I think.','',0,'oA==','9fee8',1,0,'',81,0,0),(186563,13967,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155764587,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="RLobinske":26011]...\n\nCandidates choose to run and either pay filing fees or collect a sufficient number of petition signatures to qualify to run. The party candidate is decided during the primary voting.\n\nThe favor or disfavor of party leaders can have a considerable influence on voting, ranging from providing campaign funding and workers for favored candidates to actively campaigning against unfavored candidates.[/quote:26011]\r\nI\'m more or less acquainted, in theory of course, with the American political process. If I remember correctly, Republican and Democratic candidates were once openly chosen behind closed doors \":)\" at their respective political conventions, which have now become mostly rubber-stamping pep rallies. The winner is already known by the time of the convention, he is anointed after the first vote; quite different from, say, the Democratic convention of 1924 with its 100+ votes.','',0,'gA==','26011',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186564,13970,3,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155765003,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I love England... and photos like these remind me why. \":)\"\r\n\r\n[i:79d65]Then on to Coughton Court, the Throckmorton family home since 1409.[/i:79d65]\r\nThrockmorton, as in the Throckmorton plot?','',0,'IA==','79d65',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186565,13967,4,251,0,'63.46.128.11',1155766798,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="UU":ad751][quote="RLobinske":ad751]...\n\nCandidates choose to run and either pay filing fees or collect a sufficient number of petition signatures to qualify to run. The party candidate is decided during the primary voting.\n\nThe favor or disfavor of party leaders can have a considerable influence on voting, ranging from providing campaign funding and workers for favored candidates to actively campaigning against unfavored candidates.[/quote:ad751]\nI\'m more or less acquainted, in theory of course, with the American political process. If I remember correctly, Republican and Democratic candidates were once openly chosen behind closed doors \":)\" at their respective political conventions, which have now become mostly rubber-stamping pep rallies. The winner is already known by the time of the convention, he is anointed after the first vote; quite different from, say, the Democratic convention of 1924 with its 100+ votes.[/quote:ad751]\r\n\r\nIt\'s still pretty much like that.\r\n\r\nThe main thing to understand is that our \"winnable\" candidates are almost exclusively chosen by the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_foreign_relations:ad751]CFR[/url:ad751], an organization that\'s not really government and yet is given all kinds of power (under the current Bush, some of its power has been direct). Every single member is prominent in the construction of social and political reality. This isn\'t just a country club for the wealthy and elite, it\'s for the movers and shakers of our world only. At the very least they scratch each other\'s backs, and plenty believe they\'re actually engaged in a plan for global domination, YMMV.\r\n\r\nVirtually every presidential candidate of the Big Two has been a member (I believe that the Republican that ran against Clinton in 96 was not, but his entire staff was, IIRC). President Clinton was a member (and of the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Commission:ad751]Trilateral Commission[/url:ad751], another popular organization very much like the CFR, and went to Oxford on Rhode\'s money). So are Bush and Kerry (who were so close, even being frat brothers in -[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_bones:ad751]Skull and Bones[/url:ad751], and possibly related, that it temporarily breached public consciousness).\r\n\r\nSince the CFR owns virtually all major media sources (or at least those who do are members)--CNN, New York Times, Fox (yeah, the Aussie owner [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch:ad751]Murdoch[/url:ad751] was allowed to join), National Review, and other big names on \"both sides\" of \"left/right\"--they then promote the candidates they choose (typically being those they went to college with and those their own family personally knows). \r\n\r\nAs both \"left\" and \"right\" give their promos, Americans are then fooled into thinking they have a real choice and feel that \"voting\" is all-important rather than the farce it actually is. (And when \"third party\" candidates are supposed to be allowed to speak publicly, the media blantantly breaks their own rules and effectively blacklist the said candidates.)\r\n\r\nAll in all, they\'re our [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenklatura:ad751]номенклату́ра[/url:ad751] (wikilink in English). While exceptions exist, almost every member is from a wealthy families and are scions that effectively form a noble class over the rest of us. And of the few exceptions (like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice:ad751]Condi Rice[/url:ad751]), they managed to make themselves a VIP and were offered the position--and likely would\'ve been ruined if they refused to take it (though the Republican that ran against Clinton in 96 suggests that\'s not necessarily true...though even in his case, his affairs were heavily handled, if not outright managed, by the CFR).\r\n\r\nI don\'t know who will be in the Presidential race of 08, but I\'d be stunned if they weren\'t both CFR members, already picked and chosen as of this day with the focus on how to make Americans think they actually have a choice and why it\'s important to buy into their farce being the only concern now...and probably not much of a concern since the major TV, magazine, and newspaper owners (thus the lords of public reality) are all members. \r\n\r\nThough I\'m sure such noble people would never allow a conflict of interest interfere with their integrity. \":P\"','',0,'kA==','ad751',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186566,13945,3,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155767622,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','La cucaracha does mean cockroach, (if it meant what she said it meant there wouldn\'t be a syndicated newspaper comic strip called that) she just happens to call her lady parts that too.','',0,'kA==','f064d',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186567,13944,16,434,0,'89.110.18.73',1155767980,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I think CDs that you own are somewhat similar to banknotes, rather than to cars. You should not copy [i:dd0e4]your own[/i:dd0e4] banknotes even though you have a scanner and a printer. \":)\"','',0,'IA==','dd0e4',1,0,'',434,0,0),(186568,13967,4,251,0,'63.46.128.11',1155768389,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: I am afraid, very, very afraid.','[quote="notoriousDUG":b3370]Last week for the second time I saw this on a bumper sticker:\n\nClinton/Obama \'08\n\nI sends chills down my spine.[/quote:b3370]\r\n\r\nHow about this one?\r\n\r\n[img:b3370]http://home.granderiver.net/~capnjim/politics/run-hill.gif[/img:b3370]','',0,'iA==','b3370',1,0,'',251,0,0),(221872,16622,3,12,0,'205.188.116.202',1171235496,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Eccles":deeff][quote="Deref":deeff][quote="MartinUK":deeff]It\'s not white! Or silver! \":shock:\" \n\nMartin.[/quote:deeff]\nYep. \";-)\" Freya refused to let me buy a white one. She chose the colour, and I have to admit that it\'s pretty. I\'ll have to see if I can take a close-up of it. It\'s a dark grey, with tiny tiny multicoloured metallic flecks that really only show up in sunlight. Totally impractical of course, but pretty.[/quote:deeff]\n\nAn orbital sander and some touch up paint with a buffing wheel would soon get that badge off the front!\n\nIt looks nice Deref[/quote:deeff]\r\n\r\nYes, very nice. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','deeff',1,0,'',12,0,0),(186570,13967,4,249,0,'62.252.64.32',1155769465,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','','Kind of like the US flag, US proponants buy loads of them to wave around to show their support, and those that want the US destroyed buy loads of them for fuel.\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember where I saw this sketch, but I definitely remember seeing it.','',0,'gA==','9c964',1,0,'',249,0,0),(186571,13919,4,251,0,'63.46.128.11',1155769619,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="vlademir1":12bff]I have to ask if you have ever had the chance to read [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum:12bff][u:12bff]The Malleus Maleficarum[/u:12bff][/url:12bff]? Many of the suppositions of the contents of Satanic rituals that seem very common come almost directly from it. I read a 1928 copy of the English translation in high school, it struck me at the time as more abhorrent than Anton LaVey\'s writings have ever struck the most fundamentalist Christians.[/quote:12bff]\r\n\r\nYes. I think I read that same copy, btw. It had [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montague_Summers:12bff]Montague Summers[/url:12bff] do a forward or intro, which scared me most of all... after all, it was the 20th century, and he cherished the MM, thinking it was the only thing to \"save\" the world from the \"anarchy of voting women.\" It\'s really bad given how the MM basically states that certain people must be killed or God will be angry (that is, human sacrifice), and even instructs a judge on how to break his word regarding mercy (promise not to order them executed? Then step down and let another judge take your place in pronouncing sentence and your honor is maintained. \":roll:\") \r\n\r\nI\'m recalling other stuff, but I\'ve might\'ve read it elsewhere, so I don\'t wanna add to it. But that someone in the 20th century would openly promote that....blah. \r\n\r\nIIRC, The Satanic Panic mentions the influence of the MM. It was supposed to affect some of the first books that came out, like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Remembers:12bff]Michelle Remembers[/url:12bff], along with other influences. Some Christians didn\'t like the pro-Catholic support of the book and altered it some more, such as those put out by [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Publications:12bff]Chick[/url:12bff] (who claim Catholics are directly in league with Satan and Satanists). \r\n\r\nI don\'t know enough about all the books put out about satanism by such groups, though. Or how much they\'re influenced (directly and indirectly) from the more classical texts like the MM.\r\n\r\n\r\nThough as a lesser note, I see on the wikilink for the MM, they say, \"See Also...The Lesser Key of Solomon.\" Don\'t know the why of that...I\'ve read that one myself (about the same time as the MM), and I really don\'t see a relation between them (unless you wanna say they\'re both old). Unless someone was trying to say \"this is what occultists really do,\" but even that seems irrelevent, since I expect very few victims of the Inquisition were actually involved in the occult (not including pagans in other countries during colonial expansion & assimilation...which still has almost nothing to do with the Goetia itself). \r\n\r\nMaybe in the future I\'ll share how I ticked off some [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema:12bff]Thelemites[/url:12bff] over a story I did about Crowley at about the same time the Christians were chanting I was a witch and whore of the devil. \":lol:\"','',0,'kQ==','12bff',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186572,13962,4,40,0,'63.19.75.81',1155770414,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":ca7e6]After I made sure the link worked, I edited out the post of the actual article.[/quote:ca7e6]\r\n\r\n\r\n Um, thanks, I guess.\r\n\r\n I see no one responded to it anyway. I wonder if anyone even clicked the link, let alone read the whole thing?\r\n\r\n I doubt it. Nobody really wants to know what was really wrong with Clinton, or what people like me really had against him.\r\n\r\n They want to go on believeing it was all just a matter of him \"lying about sex\" and being persecuted by a bunch of mean-spirited prudes, and that aside from his lechery he was perfect and his administration was some kind of golden age of peace, freedom, and prosperity.\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'gA==','ca7e6',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186573,13962,4,458,0,'4.245.72.156',1155770550,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','No one replied, in my opinion, because it\'s beating a dead horse. The man has been out of power for more than six years now. Let\'s move on and worry about the problems that are going on right now, because they are the only ones we have a chance at fixing.','',0,'gA==','68500',1,0,'',458,0,0),(186574,13951,4,251,0,'63.46.128.11',1155771233,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":440ee]There is still no Church of Evolution, however, and saying there is doesn\'t make it so. I know right-wing conservatives who can\'t stand Creationism, so it isn\'t a left-right issue. It\'s a smart-dumb issue.[/quote:440ee]\n\nI instantly thought of Ronald Reagan-loving, rightwing [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Bailey:440ee]Ronald Bailey[/url:440ee] (and CATO-approved, too!). Sure enough, I found his comments about a \"Creationist Camp\" here worth adding:\n\nhttp://www.reason.com/rb/rb071905.shtml\n\nFor fun and extra credit, see the hit and run followup:\n\nhttp://www.reason.com/hitandrun/2006/08 ... crea.shtml\n\nFor fun:\n\n[quote:440ee]DNA is the earth mother, the life consciousness. When we activate circuit 7 we will understand life.\n\nComment by: daytripper at August 1, 2006 04:32 PM\n\n---\n\nWhatever daytripper\'s tripping on, I\'d like to see him share with the rest of us...\n\nComment by: Clean Hands at August 1, 2006 04:43 PM[/quote:440ee]\n\n\n[quote:440ee]Ronald Bailey is just a shill for the anti-creationist industry. Come on, Ron, how much are they paying you? How much stock do you own in evolution companies? Hmmm?\n\nComment by: Chuck at August 1, 2006 03:36 PM[/quote:440ee]\n\n[quote:440ee]Ron is on the payroll of Big Darwin.\n\nEvery time an antibiotic-resistant strain of bacteria evolves, Ron short-sells stock in an antibiotic manufacturer.\n\nComment by: thoreau at August 1, 2006 05:52 PM\n\n---\n\nI\'ve got a compromise: Just teach evolution-free creationism and abstinence in biology class, and combine evolution and sex ed into a new \"Atheist Debauchery\" class.\n\nComment by: crimethink at August 1, 2006 08:00 PM[/quote:440ee]\n\n[quote:440ee]Ron is on the payroll of Big Darwin.\n\nEvery time an antibiotic-resistant strain of bacteria evolves, Ron short-sells stock in an antibiotic manufacturer.\n\nComment by: thoreau at August 1, 2006 05:52 PM[/quote:440ee]\n\n[quote:440ee]thoreau,\n\nI have a reliable source who informs me that Ron is also in the pocket of Big Bang.\n\nComment by: Pro Libertate at August 1, 2006 08:17 PM[/quote:440ee]\n\nOthers, there, too. Be sure to see who posted, like Homer Simpleton...even God posts that Ron still owes Him two dollars. \":lol:\"\n\n\nAnd I think this one shows that it\'s not a bunch of brainwashed lefties:\n\n[quote:440ee]Wake me when the Kansans toss out all the board members who think that state organized and funded \"education\" is a good idea.\n\nKevin\n\nComment by: kevrob at August 1, 2006 04:43 PM[/quote:440ee]\n\n[quote:440ee]I for one hope that the christians stay in place on the kansas school board. This whole situation is a wonderful object lesson for leftists who advocate state control of education.\n\nnmg\n\nComment by: nmg at August 1, 2006 05:45 PM[/quote:440ee]','',0,'kA==','440ee',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186575,13967,4,40,0,'63.19.75.81',1155771792,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Crazy_Nutso wrote:\r\n\r\n \"If they want to win they need a Moderate (like Clinton) with some charisma.\"\r\n\r\n Clinton a moderate? If *this*\r\n\r\n http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-271.html\r\n\r\n was moderation, save me from it. Give me extremism instead. Extremism in the *defense* of liberty, that is, not in subverting it like he did all in his power top do. (I don\'t expect anyone to read this or even skim over it, though. They\'d much rather go on believing all that was wrong with Clinton was that he was a comical lecher, and that otherwise he was perfect and his time in office was a golden age of peace, freedom, and prosperity, with all credit belonging to him.)\r\n\r\n \"Probably not a good idea to run a \'war hero\' again, being that now they\'re the anti-war party... \"\r\n\r\n Yeah, but they can always run an antiwar \"war hero\" (or at least a veteran, preferably a Vietnam veteran) like John Murtha or John Kerry (or that other Kerry guy, the former Navy SEAL). \r\n\r\nThat way they get to do like the 2004 Kerry campaign did -- claim that any criticism of the candidate\'s voting record or positions of current issues is an \"attack on his war record and on all veterans.\" \r\n\r\nIn fact that\'s been a real popular tactic for \'em: putting up candidates who supposedly have so much moral authority and street cred or something, by virtue of being a veteran, or by virtue of falling into some sort of victim category, that no one is allowed to disagree with their position on any issue without being accused of being mean-spirited old meanies, selfish greed-heads, etc.\r\n\r\n Also, they get to play the \"chicken hawk\" card, where they claim that no one who hasn\'t served in the military has any right to be Commander In Chief or to make any kind of military decisions. (I guess that disqualified FDR, not to mention Clinton, who famously \"loathed the military\" -- except when he was sending it against American citizens.) \r\n\r\n Never mind that civilian government is *supposed* to control the military, not the other way around. Lots of people would prefer a military dictatorship -- a \"man on a white horse\" -- as long as he\'s *their* man on *their* horse, pushing *their* agenda.\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'kA==','e70a5',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186576,13962,4,251,0,'63.46.128.11',1155771919,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Raven_NightDragon":030a3]No one replied, in my opinion, because it\'s beating a dead horse. The man has been out of power for more than six years now. Let\'s move on and worry about the problems that are going on right now, because they are the only ones we have a chance at fixing.[/quote:030a3]\r\n\r\nI admit I find this tiresome, too. OTOH, I think what Cross is worried about is history repeating itself. That is, a bunch of people here decrying the abuses of power deciding that when another Clinton (or another Democrat) is in power, they\'ll stop hissing and start cheering.\r\n\r\nAfter all, \"everyone knows\" that a Democrat wouldn\'t abuse power. Just like a freeper knows a Republican wouldn\'t.\r\n\r\nAlso, Cross has been hissing for well over a decade now...and is exasperated that many others can sympathize with him ONLY after a Republican takes over. Which I admit, I can see why that would be annoying to him. Imagine how many here will feel about the freepers who suddenly decide President Hillary Clinton\'s war in the middleeast is imperialistic and the abuses she makes of the USAPATRIOT Acts are dangerous, possibly even creating a dictatorship (which they no doubt would do)...though it was okay to the freeper under Bush. Same thing.','',0,'gA==','030a3',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186577,13955,5,251,0,'63.46.128.11',1155772787,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'d wonder why his MOTHER doesn\'t kill him, except then I think about the mother, too...\":P\"','',0,'gA==','2a949',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186578,13937,3,251,0,'63.46.128.11',1155773390,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Does anyone have the Kim Possible ep where her dad (and other scientists) are kidnapped by Dr. Drakken and his 3 androids?\r\n\r\nIf you do, can you share the part where Ron points out that \"we have 3 scientists here\" or something like that, and they shrug saying, \"we\'re only astronomers\"?','',0,'gA==','408e0',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186579,13962,4,40,0,'63.19.59.53',1155773447,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Dervish wrote:\r\n\r\n \"I think what Cross is worried about is history repeating itself. That is, a bunch of people here decrying the abuses of power deciding that when another Clinton (or another Democrat) is in power, they\'ll stop hissing and start cheering.\"\r\n\r\n Exactly. Thank you.\r\n\r\n And I don\'t know that it *is* beating a dead horse, since not one person in a million seems to know yet what Clinton really did and stood for. \r\n\r\n They all *still* think he was just a charming lecher, otherwise perfect, whose time in office was a golden age of peace, prosperity, and freedom. They still have *no* clue what-all was really going on.\r\n\r\n They didn\'t know then, they don\'t know now, they don\'t want to know, and they make fun of anyone who tries to tell them. They think all was well until Bush got in, and they think all will be well again the minute he\'s out.\r\n\r\n Yeah, when Hillary or Obama or whoever is in the White House, and the Left controls one or both houses of Congress again -- guess what? The Patriot Act *ain\'t* gonna go away.\r\n\r\n The Department of Homeland Defense (originally a Democrat idea the Democrats are justifiably angry about the Republicans stealing from them, the way Clinton stole welfare reform from the Republicans) ain\'t gonna go away. \r\n\r\n Our 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Amendment rights ain\'t gonna be restored.\r\n\r\n The War On Drugs *ain\'t* gonna go away. Marijuana, medical or otherwise, *ain\'t* gonna be legalized. Alcohol may be quasi-prohibited again, though, or as nearly as possible. Tobacco will be for sure.\r\n\r\n The War On Terror *ain\'t* gonna go away either. But \"terrorism\" will be redefined. It won\'t be real, live Islamic Holy Warriors in green headbands with Koranic verses on them. They\'ll just be waved right on through airport security, suicide vests and all.\r\n\r\n Instead, the enemy, the \"terrorists\" will be, you know, rednecks, the Heartland hicks with gun racks in the back windows of their pickup trucks and Confederate flags on the bumpers that Howard Dean is always sneering at for being too dumb to vote their pocketbooks instead of their principles, the NRA, televangelists, conservative radio talk show hosts, guys with \"God, Guns, and Guts Made America Great\" caps, etc.\r\n\r\n There\'ll probably even be a whole new category of \"terrorism\" added: \"Enviro-Terrorism.\" It\'ll include things like having a toilet flush tank that uses too much water, driving an SUV, having an air conditioner (\"unsustainable,\" you know), polluting the air with cigarette smoke, burning autumn leaves, not recycling cans and bottles, or not separating the clear glass from the colored glass, etc.\r\n\r\n(There\'s little doubt in my mind that if the Patriot Act or its immediate precursor\'first draft, AEDPA (the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) had been on the books at the time of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, Rush Limbaugh would have been bundled off to Guantanamo or a secret overseas prison, since Clinton several times as much as blamed it on him. Clinton got *sooo* much demagoguery mileage out of the OKC bombing. It got him re-elected. It got Clinton\'s two Terror Bills passed.)\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'gA==','13868',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186580,13951,4,149,0,'71.65.237.131',1155773641,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":97203]A clarification/reminder I find I often have to add.\n\nThe Theory of Evolution describes a physical mechanism for speciation that best fits a vast amount of observational and experimental data.\n\nThat\'s it.\n\nTrying to attribute anything to evolution beyond that is incorrect. Evolution theory does not detail the mechanism for how life started, nor the conditions. It is not proof for or against the existance of god(s).[/quote:97203]\r\n[size=117:97203][color=blue:97203][b:97203]Thanks for the clarification, R.\n\nI still heartily recommend [i:97203]Finding Darwin\'s God[/i:97203], by Kenneth Miller, a Christian who is also a biology professor.\n\nSteveBlumDeckler[/b:97203][/color:97203][/size:97203]','',0,'5g==','97203',1,0,'',149,0,0),(186581,13937,3,149,0,'71.65.237.131',1155773836,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":c9f59]Does anyone have the Kim Possible ep where her dad (and other scientists) are kidnapped by Dr. Drakken and his 3 androids?\n\nIf you do, can you share the part where Ron points out that \"we have 3 scientists here\" or something like that, and they shrug saying, \"we\'re only astronomers\"?[/quote:c9f59]\r\n[size=117:c9f59][color=blue:c9f59][b:c9f59]Good ep. The point of the joke wasn\'t to ridicule astronomers. I think the point is that an astronomer isn\'t the right scientist to call on if you want to improvise a weapon to defeat evil warrior robots with.\n\nSteveBlumDeckler[/b:c9f59][/color:c9f59][/size:c9f59]','',0,'xg==','c9f59',1,0,'',149,0,0),(186582,13971,5,26,0,'216.238.204.17',1155774136,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','New Juniper Lee ep for 8/16/2006','[quote:9bb25][color=white:9bb25]It\'s Jasmine\'s birthday, and the last thing she wants is a surprise party from her family--which unfortunately she exactly gets. However, she takes more kindly to some of her moster friends giving her gifts. But when one of them turns out to be an orb that turns everyone into monsters, Jasmine, June and Ray Ray are going to have to stop it at all costs. But with Jasmine\'s family--including the Cousin Mitch and his souped-up car, catty Aunt Lily and Aunt Rose, bratty Cousin David,Chinese-speaking, ginger ale-guzzling Uncle Eddy and knock-out starlet Cousin Lisa (who\'s mainly a bikini-clad model at car shows)--Jasmine might regret deciding to restore her family to normal!\n\nOne fact we find out about the family:\n\nJune\'s mother\'s name is Barbara (we found out in the ep that explained how June got her powers that her father\'s name is Michael).[/color:9bb25][/quote:9bb25]','',0,'gg==','9bb25',1,0,'',26,0,0),(186583,12531,10,10,0,'12.217.24.165',1155776083,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I think that S.C. may have another local fan. Twice now, I have seen a red Mustang tooling down the road with custom tags reading \"MS LANE\"\r\n\r\nHarley','',0,'gg==','32588',1,0,'',10,0,0),(186584,13919,4,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155777160,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="jak981125":be9b5]I know I never post here nor should I but mind if I just give my two cents? I think evolution would tend to support the idea of there being a God. What an igneous system for someone to think up. I don\'t know why some Christians get so upset about this whole thing.[/quote:be9b5]\n\nThat is very similar to my own beliefs, as stated in [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13951:be9b5]the other thread[/url:be9b5], though I stated it far less succinctly.\n\n[quote="Dervish":be9b5]I don\'t know enough about all the books put out about satanism by such groups, though. Or how much they\'re influenced (directly and indirectly) from the more classical texts like the MM.[/quote:be9b5]\r\n\r\nFrom the several I have seen much of the misinformation on the occult they use is drawn directly from that tome, or from hearsay drawn either directly or indirectly from it.','',0,'kA==','be9b5',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186585,13970,3,414,0,'24.60.195.156',1155777836,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Great photos, Martin. \":D\"','',0,'kA==','56858',1,0,'',414,0,0),(186586,13945,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155777969,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="NapalmKracken":2ca75]La cucaracha does mean cockroach, (if it meant what she said it meant there wouldn\'t be a syndicated newspaper comic strip called that) she just happens to call her lady parts that too.[/quote:2ca75]\r\n\r\nWhich leads further down the road of....\"ewwwwwww\". Culture or Hygiene?','',0,'gA==','2ca75',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186587,13905,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155778377,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Post Script: A very personable young woman that works in the main office came to visit me today on an unrelated matter, but was intrigued by my methods of using math as a way of opening crates. I feel, but am not certain, that she is the company go-between, and is therefore very, very powerful.\r\n\r\nI was doing the same thing I had posted above, and thought nothing of it. She asked me how many of the cases I had opened, and I told her, with no pretence, that I had done the same in about just less than two hours, putting away three sets of rods.\r\n\r\nShe said, \"Explain methods, please\". Japanese, even in English, is very nuanced. Her request was a polite command. I did not catch on to that fact, for about two minutes, then it struck me: an office secretary wanting to know the minutia of how a crate is opened is more than idle curiosity. I told her, as I explained above, that it was a matter of Geometry and Physics. I told her I used two levers, common sense, and intuition (the two levers being a three-foot crowbar, and a 16 oz. framing hammer).\r\n\r\n\"Please. How do you do it?\". I told her I first break the tin/lead corner seals that keep the crate intact with a claw hammer (applied physics/geometry; where to strike and just how hard to break the seal), then I took a crowbar (and since I was in PPMB-ese, I showed her the curled point being struck into a perpendicular point) to where at least a 15 degree wedge opening occurred. I showed her that continued application of force (Physics/ Geometry) along the increasingly wide fissure would result in a tertiary fissure at the bottom of the crate, which was critical to tearing the damn thing apart. I then placed the lever (crowbar) into the bottom fissure. and showed her that each use of force expanded and weakened the connection between the sides. I had knocked off the top, the internal supports, the front casing and the internal connections within twenty minutes, using a crowbar and a hammer. She stayed and watched the whole procedure. \r\n\r\nShe is more than the woman who prints up labels and reports. She is Interpol, or Gestapo, take your pick. Whomever she is, someone higher up listens to her, and listens to what she has observed.\r\n\r\nI was doing what I was told to do, and used eighth-grade math to do it, in an efficient manner, and in a manner that would not give a 53-year old man a heart attack. \r\n\r\n[size=150:5d054]Her parting comment was that (the production manager) never opened one in less than an hour.[/size:5d054]\r\n\r\nAnd to expand upon the point, the produduction manager has to hire a transport company to take away the shards of previous attempts just this week, and it took them two hours to pick up the remains. I have three carcasses out on the tarmac that only need to be picked up, and all of the related detritus will fit neatly onto the back of a flatbed truck, inside of fifteen minutes, they are that neatly stacked. \":D\" \":roll:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'BA==','5d054',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186588,13937,3,414,0,'24.60.195.156',1155778380,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":12271]Does anyone have the Kim Possible ep where her dad (and other scientists) are kidnapped by Dr. Drakken and his 3 androids?\n\nIf you do, can you share the part where Ron points out that \"we have 3 scientists here\" or something like that, and they shrug saying, \"we\'re only astronomers\"?[/quote:12271]\r\nRon: We\'ve got a room full of geniuses here! Can\'t somebody come up with something?\r\n\r\nScientist 1: Don\'t look at me, I\'m an astronomer.\r\n\r\nScientist 2: Ditto.\r\n\r\n(Sorry, I\'m too lazy to review the whole ep for those scientists\' names. The ep can be found on [url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewVideo?id=110916332&p=114375374&s=143441:12271]iTunes[/url:12271] if you\'re interested.)','',0,'kA==','12271',1,0,'',414,0,0),(186589,13946,11,497,0,'68.10.199.250',1155778510,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The teacher in the gifted-student class at Highland High has an uncanny resemblance to Claire Defoe.','',0,'kA==','117b0',1,0,'',497,0,0),(186590,13955,5,83,0,'67.188.13.194',1155778514,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Because he\'d just be back in the next episode anyway. I mean they kill Kenny every episode right? Maybe Kyle knows it\'s pointless.','',0,'kA==','653c0',1,0,'',83,0,0),(186591,13934,6,460,0,'24.124.80.14',1155778532,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Awesome story!','',0,'kA==','59a49',1,0,'',460,0,0),(186592,13967,4,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155778927,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: I am afraid, very, very afraid.','[quote="Dervish":48100][quote="notoriousDUG":48100]Last week for the second time I saw this on a bumper sticker:\n\nClinton/Obama \'08\n\nI sends chills down my spine.[/quote:48100]\n\nHow about this one?\n\n[img:48100]http://home.granderiver.net/~capnjim/politics/run-hill.gif[/img:48100][/quote:48100] \r\n\r\n\":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','',0,'iA==','48100',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186593,13965,2,9,0,'66.245.192.151',1155780129,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nmorgendorffer":8ff54]BTW, I think there are too many sticky threads in General Forum.[/quote:8ff54]\r\n\r\nThe whole articles reminder could be an announcement rather than a sticky. That would make it stand out more. In fact, maybe it could be part of a running announcement thread -- \"Please follow these rules -- reminder\", etc. Otherwise, if we posted a separate reminder every time rules were ignored, every forum\'s front page would be nothing but stickies and announcements. \":P\"','',0,'gA==','8ff54',1,0,'',9,0,0),(186594,13944,16,9,0,'66.245.192.151',1155781382,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Greybird":92b6a][quote="Kara Wild":92b6a]Uh ... don\'t you think we\'ve already considered that? Check out [url=http://www.dvdaria.info:92b6a]DVDaria[/url:92b6a] and go to the \"View the music wish list\" link. You\'re at least a year or two behind us.[/quote:92b6a]\nYou could have just given this newcomer [url=http://www.the-wildone.com/dvdaria/dvdariamusiclist.html:92b6a]that link[/url:92b6a], without all the topspin on it.[/quote:92b6a]\n\nMaybe, but I felt like he/she ought to have acquaintenceship with the whole site... including the blog posts I\'ve made stating that music rights are super-duper expensive ($15,000 is a low-ball sum) and that even Glenn thinks that getting it all would be an impossibility. He/she spoke as though we didn\'t have this sort of knowledge.\n\n[quote:92b6a]In any case, he implicitly raises a point that the \"wish list\" doesn\'t address, as such, and which is buried in other discussions here: Why [i:92b6a]should[/i:92b6a] the buyers of a DVD set put up with having only the \"essential\" songs? With others to be omitted or substituted?[/quote:92b6a]\n\nMTV is hardly bound to the Wish List -- it\'s just to establish that the fans really feel that certain songs need to be included to capture the essence of the episode or the scene. Would you want to see Quinn\'s transformation scene in \"Quinn the Brain\" with generic music or dead silence?\n\n[quote:92b6a]I\'m not sure any more that a set which limited itself to Splendora\'s music and the \"wish list\" selections -- which are eminently debatable -- would be nearly as worthwhile. On each viewing, nearly all the musical cues become, to me, yet more essential in evoking moods or transitions. (Many are used in more than one plot moment or episode. That lessens the cost somewhat.)[/quote:92b6a]\n\nMy source at MTV once told me that they would try to get as much music as they could, which means they could go beyond the Wish List, or use quite a bit less. Bottom line, we\'re never going to get all of the music. It would cost more than all the rest of the DVD production combined, and already MTV has held off because they\'re not sure they could recoup that money. \n\nRegardless, why does that mean we should just give up and be happy with bootlegs? I\'ve seen the quality of stuff from tape to DVD or VCD, and it\'s not nearly as good as high-quality digital. Since our tapes are getting older, a lot of the DVD copies are going to become increasingly grainy and discolored or, worse, contain a lot of episodes butchered by The-N.\n\nI wouldn\'t object to copies kept around for the sake of records keeping, but I would never be content with the notion that I could never buy the series on DVD.\n\n[quote:92b6a]It could be that only a Rhino Video\'s picking this project up, five years from now, say, with that much more distance from the mid-\'90s music, will lower the licensing costs enough to include all of it.[/quote:92b6a]\r\n\r\nI would hope so, but we\'re already nearly 10 years from a good bunch of the music now, and prices are still prohibitively high.','',0,'sA==','92b6a',1,0,'',9,0,0),(186595,13969,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155782013,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','That is too good. Not to be true, just too good. When they moved here, the press hounded them for a while, then gave up, as no new thing was on the horizon. I am glad that JonBenet has had retribution. I am sorry that Patsy Ramsey died before the killer was apprehended, but at least, before she died, she knew that something that would shut the case against her daughter\'s death was in the works. John Ramsey has to live with the fact that not only his daughter was brutally taken from them, but his wife did not live to see their vindication. But at least, he will be able to see his daughter\'s killer in court. And look him in the eye, What happens after that is only what the courts of Colorado and God can say. \r\n\r\nNow, JonBenet can rest in peace. So can her mother. And, so can her father, in as such he is able to, though he will have the nightmare for all of the rest of his life.','',0,'sA==','49d07',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186596,13972,3,309,0,'24.127.136.163',1155782027,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Did ya miss me?','Try to contain your excitement. After my long sabbatical, I have returned to the PPMB! Woot Woot.\r\n\r\nIt\'s been a fun summer. I\'ve been working up at camp El Camino Pines with a bunch of crazy children all summer. It is indeed the best job in the world, if you disregard the fact that I don\'t get paid very well. But hey, they give me food and a place to sleep, so that\'s always good.\r\n\r\nOn a sader note, every week I ask the kids, the older ones anyway, if they have ever seen \"Daria, that old cartoon that was on MTV a few years back.\" And every year, fewer and fewer kids know about it. Those DVD\'s need to come out before Daria fades further and further into obscurity.\r\n\r\nSadly I don\'t have any zany camp stories, or at least none that are worth sharing unless you know the people. No kids eating all the bugs in the tent or thinking that a bong is a kind of cup this year. But it was a lot of fun, and surprisingly relaxing, considering I was with kids almost 24/7.\r\n\r\nBut enough about me! How have you guys been? What\'s been going on here on the PPMB while I\'ve been gone? Any good fanfic? Anybody start a flame war? Any crazy inside jokes? I know last year I came back and people were talking about getting The Sarcasm Tome.\r\n\r\nYeah that\'s about it. I know you guys all missed my unique blend of comic book geekery, LOTR nerdiness, Gaming Obsession, Lutheran faith and unfinished writing. So don\'t worry. That Daniel-shaped hole in your life is no longer empty.','',0,'sA==','01e4a',1,0,'',309,0,0),(186597,13906,10,309,0,'24.127.136.163',1155782333,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Decelaraptor":b52ea]Rich (Paperpusher) was a great admirer of the artwork of [url=http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/mondrian_piet.html:b52ea]Piet Mondrian[/url:b52ea], and used him as the inspiration for the design of his entire website (of which the PPMB is but the last vestige). He had his fanfics posted there and a few other odds and ends (including a wonderful page of links that I sorely miss). One of his pages explained how Mondrian had influenced him in the site\'s design. Hope that helps.\n\nGuy[/u][/quote:b52ea]\r\n\r\nThat is fascinating. I never thought I would find a Mondrian reference on the web, and I\'ve been looking at one whenever I looked at the logo. I wish I had been here to have know Rich.\r\n\r\nHell, I wish I had been here back when the show was on the air. That must have been quite a trip.','',0,'kA==','b52ea',1,0,'',309,0,0),(186598,13972,3,307,0,'65.26.92.117',1155782870,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','hhhheeey Dan\'s back....doesn\'t remem...oh yeah...bummer on the no stories...\r\n\r\nanyhooters party for Dan....','',0,'kA==','f83c4',1,0,'',307,0,0),(186599,13972,3,51,0,'209.240.206.194',1155783114,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Yup, missed ya, LOTR-dude. WG \":)\" \n\nGuy','',0,'kA==','6aac7',1,0,'',51,0,0),(186600,13972,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155783192,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Well, you were missed, there can be no doubt about that.\r\n\r\nAs to happenings, well, I can only speak for myself. Six months sober, only $612 left to make the State of Georgia happy, although it will be next March until this becomes a dream in the night (except for the DUI, that will last a lifetime); I am now working for a Japanese company that is remarkably suprised to hear \'domo arigato, Shimuizu-san\' come from a production employee. Other than that, it has been pretty quiet around here. Unless you do a back search, then all hell has broken loose, but it is pretty quiet now.','',0,'kA==','3192f',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186601,13900,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155783217,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="vlademir1":f52fb]TAG I\'m tempted to make a Jane in a penguin suit pic just for that mention of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on:f52fb]The Professional (aka Leon: The Professional, Leon, et al)[/url:f52fb] one of my favorite movies of it\'s type. though I do admidt I\'m a Jean Reno fanboy to an extent too.[/quote:f52fb]\r\nI just watched [i:f52fb]Ronin.[/i:f52fb] Totally cool, but it did seem Europe was not a safe place for tourists when that crew was around! \":D\"','',0,'sA==','f52fb',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186602,13972,3,359,0,'172.144.223.162',1155783274,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Welcome back, Dan! No big news that I can think of, just our usual stuff -- but that\'s pretty good in itself. \":)\"','',0,'sA==','2e283',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186603,13972,3,87,0,'216.135.21.63',1155783331,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Wb, dude. \r\n\r\nNo, wait, they changed that. Didn\'t they? No, that\'s the network, WB.\r\n\r\nNever mind.','',0,'sA==','e9922',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186604,12531,10,87,0,'216.135.21.63',1155783945,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="SigDiff":36fc2][quote="SigDiff":36fc2][quote="S.C.":36fc2]that must be one huge monitor[/quote:36fc2]\n\n2 huge (21\" CRT\'s) monitors actually, I\'ll take a picture of the beauty when I get home for the summer.\n\nAnd once again, thank you![/quote:36fc2]\n\nI said I would, and I shall deliver!\n\nThis is what I boot up to every morning now.\n\nEdit: for image size[/quote:36fc2]\r\n\r\nGeeze, we\'ve got Wade Load running loose here. \":wink:\"','',0,'gA==','36fc2',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186605,13973,10,87,0,'216.135.21.63',1155784034,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Because I want to share (yeah, right).','I just posted this on a Kim Possible board and didnt\' want you guys to feel neglected (abused, whatever).\r\n\r\n[img:66539]http://outpost922.gamerspage.com/images/kimbunny2.jpg[/img:66539]\r\n\r\nYeah, it\'s KP. Kimbunny Ann Possible.','',0,'CA==','66539',1,1167692840,'',87,1,0),(186606,13934,6,87,0,'216.135.21.63',1155784240,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Mr Orange":72e19][quote="Decelaraptor":72e19]Ooh, I know this is probably a compleat story, but I\'d love to see how Daria and Quinn do at Fielding.[/quote:72e19]\n\nIt\'s just a teaser for Richard\'s new series. \":)\" \nAnd a damn good one at that.[/quote:72e19]\r\n\r\nIn that case, tease us some more, Richard.\r\n\r\nUh, that didn\'t sound good, did it? \":oops:\"','',0,'gA==','72e19',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186607,13969,3,505,0,'75.10.107.144',1155784355,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','... and the tabloids have their week\'s worth of headlines...\r\n\r\nTen years, that\'s insane.','',0,'gA==','e98db',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186608,13920,6,87,0,'216.135.21.63',1155784591,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Glad you liked it. It was originally just going to be me and Daria sitting in the living room reading, then switching books. But I expanded on it (I can hear the \"[i:041de]That\'s[/i:041de] expanded?!\" shouts from here) to included the bit of meaness.','',0,'IA==','041de',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186609,13974,5,45,0,'24.124.123.247',1155784870,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Now THIS would be a good beer commercial...','...with some judicious editing. [url=http://www.7secondsoflove.com/wasted:ec70a]Go here.[/url:ec70a]\r\n(of course, it violates a bunch of advertising restrictions for U.S. beer commercials)','',0,'EA==','ec70a',1,0,'',45,0,0),(186610,13961,4,51,0,'209.240.206.194',1155784896,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Okay, you want a response to this. Then, no, I haven\'t read your precious article, another in a series of articles you post without critical thought or investigation lowrating the only president I\'ve come close to liking in a long while. Why? Because if I want any more pain in my life, all I have to do is repeatedly hit my sore leg, which would be much less painful and annoying than reading another of these ill-begotten screeds, baseless calumny, neo-con whining, or psuedo-libertatrian bushwa!\n\nYou know what was really wrong with Clinton? He caved in to the Republicans too often, especially with that ill-begotten welfare reform. He was too flipping conservative and too flipping eager to get those Hell-fiend Republicans to like him.\n\nAnd that\'s all I\'m going to say on the subject. I hope.\n\nGuy','',0,'EA==','fe0c0',1,0,'',51,0,0),(186611,13967,4,505,0,'75.10.107.144',1155784915,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Sadly, Jeb was the better Governor of the two sons... he won\'t run, that\'s a given.\r\n\r\nWhat would be interesting is to see Joe Lieberman drift over to the red side as a VP.\r\n\r\nThe GOP doesn\'t have much in the offing at the moment, McCain is too old, IMO. Buchanan... no freakin\' way. Bill Frist is a distinct possibility, but he needs more press now.\r\n\r\nHillary might get the Dem nomination out of Liberal spite for last eight years of conservatism, but I doubt that she would win the presidency in \'08.','',0,'EA==','681f2',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186612,13948,5,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155785197,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Well hell, yes. Sarek is the balances of all life forces.\r\n\r\nJust kidding. Are you aware that he knew he was slowly dying of multiple myeloma when he made the last episodes of The Next Generation? He wanted to go out showing people that someone that is incurable still can instill some sort of honor? That is what Sarek\'s character was all about, honor and duty, and Mark Lenard was true to his craft as an actor, and to what he himself believed. I knew he was dying, even as I watched him connect with me. That is the power of an actor that knows his craft and himself.\r\n\r\nOn a related note, does anyone remember the movie \'Soylent Green\'? Edward G. Robinson gave a bravura performance as one of those selected to become Soylent Green. The performance he gave as a dying man coming face to face with his own mortality still brings tears to my eyes. The fact of the matter is, Robinson\'s performance was one given by a man who knew his own death was but months away. He was a consumate actor, that lived, and died, his profession.\r\n\r\nBoth actors lived their lives, and gave the final acts of their lives dignity.','',0,'EA==','c57ac',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186613,13950,3,73,0,'69.169.147.41',1155787090,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Mr. Green. \":mrgreen:\"\r\n\r\n\r\nKilled him with a rusty knife through the eyeballs in the kitchen, then made dinner.\r\n\r\nA.J.','',0,'EA==','7f23c',1,0,'',73,0,0),(186614,13970,3,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155788288,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Love the pictures, Martin! Thanks for sharing. \":D\"','',0,'EA==','7b938',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186615,13948,5,560,0,'207.69.138.11',1155788511,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/in ... review.jpg\r\n\r\nOne of my faves.','',0,'EA==','d9023',1,0,'',560,0,0),(186616,13945,3,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155788959,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:ef181]\'La Cucaracha\' is a term for female genitalia.[/quote:ef181]\r\n\r\nJeff, I\'ve spoken Spanish my entire life and this is the [i:ef181]first[/i:ef181] time I hear that. Perhaps they call it that way in Colombia, or wherever that woman is from. Honestly, considering \"cucaracha\" [i:ef181]does[/i:ef181] mean \"cockroach\", it sounds very tacky. \":shock:\"','',0,'oA==','ef181',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186617,13972,3,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155789391,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Welcome back, Dan! \r\n\r\nEveryone\'s still insane. \":P\"','',0,'oA==','33a88',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186618,13972,3,568,0,'216.97.244.66',1155789678,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I don\'t even know ya, but I missed ya anyway. \":wink:\"','',0,'oA==','fadf2',1,0,'',568,0,0),(186619,13965,2,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155790394,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Kara Wild":c10a0][quote="nmorgendorffer":c10a0]BTW, I think there are too many sticky threads in General Forum.[/quote:c10a0]\n\nThe whole articles reminder could be an announcement rather than a sticky. That would make it stand out more. In fact, maybe it could be part of [b:c10a0]a running announcement thread -- \"Please follow these rules -- reminder\"[/b:c10a0], etc.[/quote:c10a0]\n\nBut isn\'t that what the \"Rules & PPMB Announcements\" or the \"Announcements (with comments)\" forums are for? \n\n[quote="Kara Wild":c10a0]Otherwise, if we posted a separate reminder every time rules were ignored, every forum\'s front page would be nothing but stickies and announcements.[/quote:c10a0]\r\n\r\nThat\'s exactly what I was thinking. General Forum has too many announcements and stickies - you even have to scroll down to find the normal threads now.','',0,'wA==','c10a0',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186620,13936,6,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155790831,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','It was night and it seemed like everyone had too much worry on their minds. Shizuru was sitting up alone in her apartment worrying about Kazuma and wishing he had left her a more detailed note. Keiko was sitting in the tub with a hand over her belly worrying about the future. Shiori had barely slept at all. She just held Kurama’s picture in her arms and sat in a rocker waiting for him to come through the door.\r\n\r\nMukuro sat on the floor next to her bed rubbing two polished stones together in her left hand. She got up and stripped then walked over to the mirror, unable to decide if she loved or hated what she was looking at. “How dare he?” she muttered to herself. “I needed it. It kept me safe. No man would ever…” She dropped the stones and stared hard at the reflection. Slowly she walked over to the closet and opened it. She took out a box and set it on her bed. For a few moments she stared at it and finally worked up the courage to open it. Inside was a white sun dress she had secretly bought ten years ago but never once had the courage to put on. She slipped it over her head and went back to the mirror. After another long stare she started to turn this way and that and actually started to admire herself a little. She opened another box and put some makeup on and admired herself in the mirror again. She couldn’t believe how pretty she looked. But all of the sudden…\r\n\r\n“You whore!” she hollered at her own reflection. She angrily smashed the mirror and collapsed to the ground crying. “Why? How could he do that to me? Why? I couldn’t make him stop! He was too big and I was… I was…” She was crying too hard to speak anymore. At that moment the door opened and Kuwabara came in. “GET OUT!” she screamed.\r\n\r\n“I can’t do that,” he said calmly.\r\n\r\n“Get the hell out!” And with that she slapped him in the face so hard she drew blood. “I’m not going to tell you again to leave!”\r\n\r\n“I can’t.”\r\n\r\n“Why not?”\r\n\r\n“Because Eikichi knows you’re sad and wants to give you a cuddle, don’t you honey?”\r\n\r\nKuwabara set the cat down and it walked over to Mukuro and affectionately rubbed its face against her leg. She very slowly reached over and stroked it.\r\n\r\n“Don’t know what I would have done without cats,” continued Kuwabara. “They’re way better at comforting people than dogs.” He stopped for a moment and looked uncomfortable. “You father… all he saw when he looked at the world was a mirror. He lived in a dream where he didn’t have to believe anyone else was real… Mukuro, when I was… when I was 8 years old, an older boy at school followed me into the bathroom and made me do something… something wrong. No one believed me. Not even my parents. No one except my sister. And because no one believed me he did it three more times. I used to come home and tell on him and then get spanked for lying. I had always thought cats were wimpy until my sister’s cat sensed I was miserable and used to come into my room and try to comfort me.” Mukuro stared hard at him but didn’t say anything. “My sister went to a different school. One day she cut school and snuck into my school and waited for this kid and when she got her hands on him she beat him so badly they had to call an ambulance. She spent a year in reform school and lost her chance to go to any decent schools. Now she’s a hair dresser when she had dreamed about becoming a doctor. That kind of thing happens in Japan.” \r\n\r\nMukuro stood back up. “I’m so sorry.”\r\n\r\n“She once told me she’d do it again. That she had no regrets about it. Funny thing happened. When I was 19 that same kid called me on the phone right out of the blue to apologize. Said he’d become a Jew and wanted to get his life straight. “\r\n\r\n“And did you forgive him?”\r\n\r\n“Yes. Holding a grudge would have meant he still had power over me. I could be stronger WITHOUT my hatred. I didn’t have to feel weak when I wasn’t some hard-ass punk anymore. Besides that, they were going to circumcise him the next day.” They both had a good laugh over that. “Everyone thinks I’m just a big dummy. And I am. But they haven’t heard it all.” Kuwabara wrapped his arms around Mukuro. He felt her tense up momentarily but then relax. “It’s not your life. All this bad crap, it’s not your life. You haven’t become weaker without your hate. It’s all in your head. You are Mukuro. You are you and no one is greater.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nKoenma seemed to be having a rough night too. He was tossing and turning and obviously having a nightmare. He woke up with a screech.\r\n\r\n“Honey, what’s wrong?” asked an alarmed Botan.\r\n\r\n“I had the worst dream!” he panted. “It was awful.”\r\n\r\n“Oh. Is that it?”\r\n\r\n“Botan, I dreamed I was dating Atsuko again.”\r\n\r\n“Oh my gosh, you poor dear!”\r\n\r\n“It was awful! She was prancing around acting like a lunatic and she expected me to pay her bar tab!”\r\n\r\n“There, there. It was all a dream.”\r\n\r\n“But it was so real!”\r\n\r\nAll of the sudden the bedroom door burst open and George came running in.\r\n\r\n“Sir! Sir!”\r\n\r\n“Doggone it, George! Why do I have to keep reminding you to knock? Do you have any idea what you could have walked in on?”\r\n\r\n“You eating in bed while Botan struggles to get to sleep over the sound of your chewing?”\r\n\r\n“Bingo,” replied Botan with a smirk.\r\n\r\n“Sir, Shiko’s back. He has that demon, Aku with him. It’s the A-Class demon that attacked Kurama’s father.”\r\n\r\n“Holy cats! Why didn’t you say so? I’ll be right there.”\r\n\r\nAku paced back and forth impatiently in Koenma’s throne room while Shiko sat in a fetal position in the corner rocking back and forth. Koenma walked in and ignored Aku at first. \r\n\r\n“Well done Shiko. Shiko?”\r\n\r\nShiko looked up with a terrified expression. He started to cry pathetically. “Oh my gosh, oh it was so much more horrible than my very worst nightmare. Oh I beg of you not to send me back there. I’ll do anything at all. Anything.”\r\n\r\n“Don’t worry, I’ll show you mercy. Thank you. Now Aku…”\r\n\r\n“Yes Lord Koenma. Thank you for my reprieve. Now Shiko tells me you have a question for me.”\r\n\r\n“I do. Who hired you to enter Ningenkai and attack the step-father of the demon known as Kurama?”\r\n\r\nAku looked at Koenma like he was crazy. “You’re kidding me, right?”\r\n\r\n“I assure you I have never been so serious in all my life. You will answer me truthfully or I will send you back. And keep in mind if you lie I will be able to tell immediately.”\r\n\r\n“Well… you did.”\r\n\r\n“Did what?”\r\n\r\n“You hired me. Well you remember, don’t you?”\r\n\r\nKoenma slapped his head angrily. “A shape shifter! A demon who can disguise itself! I assure you Aku, whoever hired you was not me. Now tell me what this imposter said.”\r\n\r\n“He said Enki was ruining Makai, that this little farce would lead to an act of violence on Kurama’s part that would discredit Enki so that he’d have to step down.”\r\n\r\n“He’d step down and who would take over?”\r\n\r\n“He said a new tournament would decide that.”\r\n\r\n“I see. Continue.”\r\n\r\n “He told me Kurama had vowed to stay in his human form, that he was out of shape and weak after years of retirement and that I could take him. That’s all.”\r\n\r\n“And what price did he offer you?”\r\n\r\n“Five tons of man flesh.”\r\n\r\n“Very well. For your cooperation I will send you to a different Hell, one that employs the permanent sensation of drowning. Still far less horrible than what you were in before. Take him away. And as for you, Shiko…”\r\n\r\n“OH PLEASE!”\r\n\r\n“As for you I’ve decided to reincarnate you as an Angel of Death much like Botan here in this world. Don’t mess this up for yourself.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nFrom atop a balcony in his castle, Shura addressed an enormous crowd of angry demons from his territory.\r\n\r\n“The hour has struck! The time has come when we must throw off our shackles. The time has come to reduce man to his proper role as demon fodder!” At this he received a great ovation. After waiting for the applause to die down he continued. “How dare they? How dare these dictators deprive us of our divine right to consume a lower life form as food? We do not ask to kill for fun, we merely demand to kill and eat humanely and they have spit in our faces.” More angry cheers ensued. “And now they dare to hire a brutal assassin from the human world to silence my beloved father! Our one voice. Our one ally. MY ONE AND ONLY PAPA! Damn them! Damn them to hell!” The applause was nearly deafening. “The fiend is Youko. And he hasn’t stopped there. He had the audacity to attack a village of innocent and defenseless Ice Maidens to satisfy his vile appetite for destruction. Observe, all of you!” \r\n\r\nAt that moment Shura pulled a remote control out and a giant TV screen turned on. It showed footage of the attack on the Ice Village alright, of Ice Maidens screaming, Ice Maidens dead and injured, and of Kurama swinging his Rose Whip around but none of what really happened. It was more than enough to convince the crowd. “And this is who Enki brings here! To murder! To defend man; to defend a race guilty of the most vile atrocities in the history of the universe! I now present to you all, after so many years, the one and only infamous CHAPTER BLACK!”\r\n\r\nSomehow Yoshiro had managed to get his hands on a copy of the tape. The crowd watched in horror for quite some time as the saw footage of things such as the Holocaust, Tiananmen Square, and the sadomasochistic torture of demons by the Black Black Club played before their eyes. \r\n\r\nBy the time the tape ended the crowd was whipped up into a wild fury. “And these are to be our masters! You just watch! Enki is in league with them. Either through bribery or lust for human women he has betrayed our sacred race! Thus by natural law his power is invalidated. I do hereby and of this moment declare the traitor Enki DEPOSED as king of Makai! TO ARMS! DEATH TO ENKI! DEATH TO YOUKO! DEATH TO MANKIND!” \r\n\r\nShura smiled and went back into the castle where Yoshiro was waiting for him. “Quite a show, my lord,” he said. “Funny, I never thought I’d be calling you that after all these years but it feels great to say it.”\r\n\r\n“Yes,” replied Shura. “But in order for that rabble to make any difference, any ally of S-Class strength that Enki has must die. He, his wife, Mukuro, and Urameshi’s crew. They all need to be eliminated. Otherwise that small handful will easily defeat my entire army.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nIt was early morning when Hiei returned to Mukuro’s castle. When he found her she was in the courtyard practicing her fighting techniques. She was back in her regular outfit but Hiei obviously couldn’t help but notice…\r\n\r\n“Your face! What happened?”\r\n\r\n“Kuwabara,” she replied simply.\r\n\r\n“Are you ok with this?”\r\n\r\nMukuro nodded and resumed shadow boxing.\r\n\r\n“Mukuro?” No answer. “We need to talk.”\r\n\r\nMukuro stopped what she was doing and looked hard at Hiei. “You’re about to tell me you’re not in love with me anymore, aren’t you?”\r\n\r\nHiei nodded. “I have to. If I’m too afraid to be honest with people how can I face what’s about to happen? What we have, what we have had for years now was merely a friendship with the level of affection you might see in a couple who has been dating for two weeks.” For a long time neither one of them spoke. “I’ll pack my stuff and I’ll be out in twenty minutes.”\r\n\r\n“No,” she replied. “You may as well stay. You work here and we never did share a bedroom… Hiei? Thank you for being honest. I did care a great deal about you. I do even have romantic feelings for you; not enough for a lasting relationship, but they’re there. But more than anything you’ve been a constant friend and companion. I couldn’t bear to lose that.”\r\n\r\nHiei turned and walked back inside. Mukuro sat on the ground and debated with herself whether or not to allow herself to cry over this. In the end she decided against it. For three hours she just sat there. Finally she picked herself up and resumed her workout.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“Come on Kuwabara, move it!”\r\n\r\n“Shut up, Hiei! Can’t you see I’m trying my best here? I’m not exactly graceful.”\r\n\r\nUnder Mukuro’s instructions, Hiei was trying to give Kuwabara a crash course on swordsmanship. The two of them were holding bamboo blades. With the Rei Kō Dan, Kuwabara was quick enough to block or dodge Hiei’s attacks but did so with the most awkward movements and he wasn’t able to land any hits on Hiei at all. \r\n\r\n“I feel like I’m fencing with a dinosaur!” complained Hiei. “I taught you the fundamentals of how to move and how to hold that thing in each given situation.”\r\n\r\n“When you come at me that fast and when I’m still not used to your style I forget what I’m doing after a minute and do what comes natural.”\r\n\r\n“Very well,” replied Hiei. “We’ll do the same ten movements over and over again. I’ll start very slow and gradually speed up. That should help you get the hang of it. But you’ve got to use the techniques I taught you and not wing it.”\r\n\r\n“Hiei?”\r\n\r\n“Yes?”\r\n\r\n“Did you find Kurama?”\r\n\r\n“Yes. He and Yukina went to her village.”\r\n\r\n“Yukina? Why?”\r\n\r\n“Kuwabara, there are two things I need to tell you about Yukina…”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“But you can’t abdicate!” screamed Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“Well I certainly can’t have a war,” replied Enki. “I’m not so selfish as to hang on to power and the expense of…”\r\n\r\n“Enki,” interrupted Kurama. “You are most certainly not selfish. You are the only person protecting the human race right now so your reign is necessary.”\r\n\r\n“Is it necessary that my people die in a war to keep another race safe?” replied Enki with a raised eyebrow.\r\n\r\nYusuke sighed. “There’s a story from our world I’ve never been proud of. The Second World War. And the reason I’m not proud of it is because…”\r\n\r\n“Because you’re Japanese,” interrupted Enki. “I’m familiar with some amount of your history and I know your side lost. What’s the point?”\r\n\r\n“The point is that our main ally decided to conquer Europe while we tried to conquer China. Both sides were hurting numerous innocent people. Armies who may not have had a direct stake fought and died for strangers and they did it because it was the right thing to do. You as a king can’t ask any less of your subjects.”\r\n\r\nEnki was silent. “Tell me. Is it a better world now in Ningenkai?”\r\n\r\n“It’s not perfect,” replied Kurama. “It never will be. But it’s so much better than the world that Germany and Japan would have created.”\r\n\r\n“So be it,” he said quietly.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nMukuro found Kuwabara sitting in the hallway with his head in his hands. “Are you and Hiei finished?” she asked. He nodded. “Something wrong?” He nodded again. Mukuro sat down next to him. “What is it?”\r\n\r\n“Just disappointed and confused,” he replied quietly. \r\n\r\n“Anything I can help with?”\r\n\r\n“There was this one direction I thought my life was headed in. I was so sure about it. I dreamed my future around it. But I was wrong.”\r\n\r\n“That happens to all of us sometimes, Kuwabara,” she replied. “I suffered a pretty bad disappointment myself today; one that was possibly life-altering as well. Sometimes you look at life and it seems like everything you’ve ever done has ended in failure and disappointment.”\r\n\r\n“Then what’s the point?”\r\n\r\n“You tell me. You made the point so clear to me. Do I have to tell you your own wisdom?” She took his hand and put her head on his shoulder. “Oh Kuwabara, I’d give the world to see you smile right now.”\r\n\r\n“I’m a survivor,” he replied quietly. “Don’t feel bad for me. Ever.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“I don’t want to leave you, Kurama,” cried Yukina. “Please let me stay.”\r\n\r\n“Yukina, things have gotten too dangerous here. This whole world has been turned upside down. I cannot and will not try to force you to do anything but I don’t want you to be here in the coming storm. My heart can only take so much. I want you to go with Koko now. She’ll take you to Genkai’s. And if I don’t make it back…”\r\n\r\n“Don’t say that!”\r\n\r\n“If I don’t make it back give this to my mother.” He handed her a lock of his own hair. “She’ll understand what it means. Please go. And when I see you again… when this is over I’ll make you my wife.” Yukina was stunned and said nothing. “If that’s alright with you. I know it hasn’t been long, but I just know you’re the one I’ve been searching for. Is it alright with you?”\r\n\r\nShe weakly nodded her head but didn’t smile. “I don’t want to be a widow before I’m even married,” she whispered. She handed him her tear jewel and then threw her arms around him. “Please don’t die! I love you. Just don’t die!”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n Hiei couldn’t sleep. After all Mukuro had suffered and now he had broken up with her. Maybe she was still awake. He needed to talk to her. But talking would have to wait. You see, when he had knocked on her bedroom door and gotten no response he opened it and after taking a brief glimpse inside he closed the door and walked away in silence. What he had seen was Mukuro in bed with Kuwabara.','',0,'wA==','86217',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186621,13972,3,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155791225,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','You were gone? Oh. Didya bring me anything?','',0,'wA==','35b39',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186622,13972,3,309,0,'24.127.136.163',1155792339,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="jak981125":4a94c]You were gone? Oh. Didya bring me anything?[/quote:4a94c]\r\n\r\nYour concern is touching.','',0,'gA==','4a94c',1,0,'',309,0,0),(186623,13937,3,545,0,'65.221.65.236',1155792566,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Now it seems that under one proposal, we would go from nine planets to 12.\r\n\r\nCeres, demoted a century ago to asteroid status, would be considered a planet again.\r\n\r\nCharon and Pluto would be called a \"double planet\" as they revolve around each other.\r\n\r\nThen, finally, \"Xena\", which is called 2003 UB313 for right now.\r\n\r\nA vote for the proposal with The International Astronomical Union is set for Aug. 24.\r\n\r\nInteresting, to say the least. It screws up the memorization exercise I used to use.','',0,'gA==','9da22',1,0,'',545,0,0),(186624,13970,3,545,0,'65.221.65.236',1155792981,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Great pictures, Martin! Looks like you had a good day off.','',0,'gA==','7e955',1,0,'',545,0,0),(186625,13965,2,9,0,'66.245.213.65',1155794464,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nmorgendorffer":53221][quote="Kara Wild":53221][quote="nmorgendorffer":53221]BTW, I think there are too many sticky threads in General Forum.[/quote:53221]\n\nThe whole articles reminder could be an announcement rather than a sticky. That would make it stand out more. In fact, maybe it could be part of [b:53221]a running announcement thread -- \"Please follow these rules -- reminder\"[/b:53221], etc.[/quote:53221]\n\nBut isn\'t that what the \"Rules & PPMB Announcements\" or the \"Announcements (with comments)\" forums are for? [/quote:53221]\r\n\r\nYes, but the thread can be easy to ignore (and apparently has). An announcement thread in each forum stating, \"We\'ve been noticing that some of you have been ignoring Rule X...\" might be helpful.','',0,'wA==','53221',1,0,'',9,0,0),(186626,13937,3,14,0,'72.77.72.57',1155794782,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Personally, I\'d love to see Pluto lose its planet status. It\'d be like, \"To heck with you, Pluto, you\'re out. You\'re just a planetoid[color=red:d6d8b]*[/color:d6d8b] now\"\r\n\r\n[color=red:d6d8b]*[/color:d6d8b] or whatever the term they\'ll use for smaller planets.\r\n\r\nCN','',0,'Ag==','d6d8b',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186627,13961,4,14,0,'72.77.72.57',1155795367,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Decelaraptor":4e7bf]You know what was really wrong with Clinton? He caved in to the Republicans too often, especially with that ill-begotten welfare reform. He was too flipping conservative and too flipping eager to get those Hell-fiend Republicans to like him. [/quote:4e7bf]\r\n\r\nIn other words, he was a typical Big Two politician. . . Get Elected, Then Stick Your Supporters In The Back.\r\n\r\nAlso thanks for refering to Republicans as \'Hell-fiends\'. Nice to be reminded that hardcore Democrats sound [i:4e7bf]EXACTLY[/i:4e7bf] like hardcore Republicans.\r\n\r\nCrazy \"I vote for two teams, Democrats, and whoevers playin\' them Republicans\" Nutso','',0,'oA==','4e7bf',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186628,13958,6,14,0,'72.77.72.57',1155795642,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="vlademir1":eadfc]I\'m sorry your attempt was too late... I do like the church BTW. \":twisted:\"[/quote:eadfc]\r\n\r\nWell, who doesn\'t love church? OK SIT [i:eadfc]DOWN[/i:eadfc] Deref, you\'ve made your point. <-- in joke\r\n\r\nAfter seeing \'The Aristicrats\' (the \'documentary\' of the joke by Penn of Penn & Teller fame) I thought about including the joke in a fanfic. . . just the punchline, followed by someone saying \'THat\'s DISGUSTING!!!!\' but then I remembered I don\'t write fanfiction. . .\r\n\r\nCN','',0,'oA==','eadfc',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186629,13795,5,14,0,'72.77.72.57',1155796510,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','More Star Trek: The ANimated Series news here:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6265\r\n\r\nThey used to show the b & w Popeyes after \'Adult Swim\' . . . the ones I saw were quite good.\r\n\r\nCN','',0,'oA==','52f6d',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186630,13948,5,545,0,'65.221.65.236',1155796915,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="ahmygoddess":468cd]Well hell, yes. Sarek is the balances of all life forces.\n\nJust kidding. Are you aware that he knew he was slowly dying of multiple myeloma when he made the last episodes of The Next Generation? He wanted to go out showing people that someone that is incurable still can instill some sort of honor? That is what Sarek\'s character was all about, honor and duty, and Mark Lenard was true to his craft as an actor, and to what he himself believed. I knew he was dying, even as I watched him connect with me. That is the power of an actor that knows his craft and himself.\n\nOn a related note, does anyone remember the movie \'Soylent Green\'? Edward G. Robinson gave a bravura performance as one of those selected to become Soylent Green. The performance he gave as a dying man coming face to face with his own mortality still brings tears to my eyes. The fact of the matter is, Robinson\'s performance was one given by a man who knew his own death was but months away. He was a consumate actor, that lived, and died, his profession.\n\nBoth actors lived their lives, and gave the final acts of their lives dignity.[/quote:468cd]\r\n\r\nThere are actors who you just want to punch in the face. Then there are actors such as Mark Lenard and Edward G. Robinson who you just wish you could spend hours talking to.\r\n\r\nI\'ve seen Soylent Green before, but it\'s really depressing to watch. Doesn\'t stop me from watching it, though.','',0,'gA==','468cd',1,0,'',545,0,0),(186635,13973,10,318,0,'195.101.98.21',1155801793,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Nice.\r\n\r\nWhen does she meet Daria Morgenbunny? \":)\"','',0,'gA==','a9eff',1,0,'',318,0,0),(186636,13969,3,39,0,'81.6.230.232',1155802011,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'d not heard of JonBenet, or, if I had, I\'d forgotten. A sad affair; may she rest in peace. Plaudits to the agencies involved for seizing the alleged killer at last.\r\n\r\nI\'d heard the name, I thought, \"John Benet\" in Queenadreena\'s song \"FM Doll\" -- but had no idea it was JonBenet nor what the reference is. I\'ll listen to the song with fresh ears now I know.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'gA==','2b2a5',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186637,13873,6,309,0,'24.127.136.163',1155802575,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Tom - Wait. Why is everyone so mad at me?\r\n\r\nDaria - Why? Why? Because I moved to this town and I knew immediately I\'d be a total outcast. And in the one moment of good luck I\'ve had in my entire life, I met another outcast who I could really be friends with and not have to feel completely alone. And then you came along and screwed the whole thing up!\r\n\r\nTom - All I did was meet a girl I thought was cool and I went out with her for a while. We started to get bored with each other. It happens all the time. It\'s nobody\'s fault.\r\n\r\nDaria - Oh yeah? Would you still be bored with her if I weren\'t around?\r\n\r\nTom - Probably. And more to the point, she\'d be bored with me. It\'s got nothing to do with you.\r\n\r\nDaria - Good. Because I\'m not interested in you, and I\'d be stabbing my friend in the back if I even considered it.\r\n\r\nTom - Exactly. And what kind of a jerk would that make me?\r\n\r\nDaria - Exactly.\r\n\r\nTom - All right then.\r\n\r\nDaria - Okay. \r\n\r\n*Tom leans over an kisses Daria*\r\n\r\nDaria - Dammit! Dammit, dammit, dammit!\r\n\r\nTom - I liked it, too.\r\n\r\nDaria - That\'s not funny!\r\n\r\nTom - Oh it totally is though. *Rips of his face. It\'s actually a mask. Underneath is Quinn*\r\n\r\nQuinn - GOTCHA!\r\n\r\nDaria - Wait, what?','',0,'gA==','ac1e1',1,0,'',309,0,0),(186638,13970,3,39,0,'81.6.230.232',1155803317,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Tim Bateman":dee98]That third piccy of the dovecote reminded me of [i:dee98]Vertigo[/i:dee98][/quote:dee98]\nIf the picture does that, try standing ankle-deep* in guano, craning backwards to take it. \":lol:\"\n\n[quote="Tim Bateman":dee98]More practice required on the sexing of waterfowl, I think.[/quote:dee98]\nI did wonder. But you\'re right. It\'s a skill I\'ve long neglected. \n\n[quote="UU":dee98]Throckmorton, as in the Throckmorton plot?[/quote:dee98]\r\nYes, that\'s them. Though perhaps not for long. The present Mrs Throckmorton is not well, I heard; and her son chose to obey his call to the priesthood rather than continue the family line. I don\'t know if there are other branches of the family.\r\n\r\nThanks to everyone for their kind remarks about the pictures! \"8)\" \r\n\r\nMartin.\r\n\r\n[size=75:dee98]* I\'m exaggerating, of course.[/size:dee98]','',0,'pA==','dee98',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186639,13970,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155803869,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":-)\" Wonderful photos, Martin - thank you!\r\n\r\nSo tell me - what\'s a dovecote? Is it like a folly?','',0,'pA==','abb5a',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186640,13975,3,40,0,'63.19.8.55',1155804341,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Dunno What To Think About This','Supposedly nuclear war\'s gonna break out on or about August 22 -- five days from now.\r\n\r\n http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/confl ... lear_War-0\r\n\r\n I\'m pretty skeptical myself. I can\'t do anything about it anyway. I don\'t even have the cash to stockpile any survival supplies like bottled water or Cheezy-Poofs.\r\n\r\n I suppose it\'d make a great pick-up line for anyone but me, though. You know, \"Since we\'re all about to die ... .\"\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'pA==','86c66',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186641,13969,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155804593,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Good news indeed.\r\n\r\nIt took me back to the notorious case of the baby taken by a dingo at Ayer\'s Rock. There, too, the gutter press was eager to blame the parents for the sake of the story. There too, the parents were very weird people who were easy targets, just as JonBenet\'s parents were. And, just as JonBenet\'s parents were, it seems they were innocent.\r\n\r\nNo amount of truth could pay back the pain of parents, no matter how weird, accused without any evidence of killing their child. You could imagine that they might take some comfort if they felt that the press would be a little less eager in future to jump to comclusions, but no-one in their right mind thinks for one second that [i:7e73f]that\'s[/i:7e73f] going to happen.\r\n\r\nIf there\'s a lesson to be learnt from this perhaps it\'s a lesson for us, to be - or remain - highly skeptical of the gutter press, in all their claims, until we see some hard evidence.','',0,'IA==','7e73f',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186642,13975,3,49,0,'84.25.229.92',1155805014,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','It\'s the same as those people that believe that the end of the world is coming each year. They get their kids off school and keep them inside because the apocalypse will arrive any minute.\r\n\r\nIt\'s nuts.','',0,'IA==','f6b80',1,0,'',49,0,0),(186643,13975,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155805067,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":D\" I think your attitude of amused skepticism is a good start.\r\n\r\nI work in the computer area, where more money is made by crystal ball gazers such as Gartner than it is by people who actually do something useful, and I\'m sure that the same is true of Noocular War crystal ball gazers.\r\n\r\nIs it possible? Of course. Is it likely? Uh uh.','',0,'IA==','e1a6b',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186644,13937,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155805286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="I":3aaa2]Well, it\'s a big roundish thing that goes round and round... \":P\"[/quote:3aaa2]\r\nListening to a report on the reclassification of \"Planet\", it seems that they\'ve adopted almost precisely my definition.\r\n\r\nI think that gives me the right to name name them, and I name them, in order:\r\n\r\nPlanet Deref\r\nPlanet Daria\r\nPlanet Quinn\r\n\r\nI rule! Yay me!! Woot!! \":P\"','',0,'gA==','3aaa2',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186645,13972,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155805511,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Welcome back, Dan.\r\n\r\nWhat\'s been happening? Nothing much. I\'ve had a planet named after me, but apart from that it\'s been pretty dull. \":P\" \r\n\r\nAnd whaddaya mean, no stories? Do what the rest of us do - make some up!','',0,'gA==','e7290',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186646,13945,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155805613,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \r\n\r\nTacky or not, it\'s a very funny story.','',0,'gA==','fb0e2',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186647,13975,3,49,0,'84.25.229.92',1155805754,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I refuse to be afraid of this. There\'s so many reasons why \"Leaders\" want to scare people into submission under reasons of \"This is God\'s will\" or some other stupid thing. GWB is talking like a broken record, he constantly repeats what he has said over and over and he\'s rapidly running out of facts that support what he\'s claiming. The same with that doom thinking nutcase that made this worst case scenario.\r\n\r\nTrue: the Iranian president also is a villain but he\'s not THAT crazy. He\'s all too aware of that fact that the nations who support him will turn against him if he does undertake such a thing. \r\n\r\nIt\'s like that Quote from Calvin and Hobbes. Calvin is about to get his butt kicked by the classroom bully Moe, and Calvin goes:\r\n\r\n[b:54244]Calvin[/b:54244]: Why don\'t you pick on someone your own size?\r\n[b:54244]Moe[/b:54244]: Because they\'d hit back.\r\n\r\nBut I\'ll check in on you guys in five days.','',0,'QA==','54244',1,0,'',49,0,0),(186648,13972,3,39,0,'81.6.230.232',1155805764,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Dan, Dan? Little fella, \'bout yay high, with a shock of red hair and a goatee?\r\n\r\nWelcome back!\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'QA==','11ab8',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186649,13972,3,40,0,'63.19.126.208',1155805997,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Yeah, I kind of wondered where you\'d been. I was getting about ready to ask around about you.\r\n\r\n Welcome back. I\'m glad you had a good summer. \r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'QA==','58af2',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186650,13905,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155808363,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \r\n\r\nLet\'s hope that this works out well for you and that the psycho guy doesn\'t fire a rocket launcher at you during your lunchbreak. \":P\"','',0,'QA==','e343a',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186652,13946,11,362,0,'72.229.166.159',1155809228,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The question has come up before. [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=79345#79345:4ab42]My $0.02[/url:4ab42] is that Van Dreissen would die for the same reasons others think he\'d win. \"The race is not to the swift\" and all that...','',0,'EA==','4ab42',1,0,'',362,0,0),(221871,16622,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1171234449,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":f4515][quote="MartinUK":f4515]It\'s not white! Or silver! \":shock:\" \n\nMartin.[/quote:f4515]\nYep. \";-)\" Freya refused to let me buy a white one. She chose the colour, and I have to admit that it\'s pretty. I\'ll have to see if I can take a close-up of it. It\'s a dark grey, with tiny tiny multicoloured metallic flecks that really only show up in sunlight. Totally impractical of course, but pretty.[/quote:f4515]\r\n\r\nAn orbital sander and some touch up paint with a buffing wheel would soon get that badge off the front!\r\n\r\nIt looks nice Deref','',0,'gA==','f4515',1,0,'',588,0,0),(186655,13962,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155811572,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','What\'s a freeper?\r\n\r\nAnd yeah, I can understand to a degree - I suspect that I probably hold politicans of all bents in about as much contempt as anyone else does, and I also agree that it\'s important to know our history and how things became eroded over time. I guess I\'m not as passionate about it as Cross, though.\r\n\r\nBut I do think that doing something to help [i:c2532]now[/i:c2532] becomes more important at some point than agonising over the past. Even if it\'s only donating a couple of bucks to the least-worst candidate\'s campaign fund, or helping out in some practical way. Of course that\'s pretty tough when there\'s no least worst candidate to be had.','',0,'IA==','c2532',1,0,'',114,0,0),(221870,16691,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1171233918,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The only episode I have not seen fully to my own satisfaction is #507 Art Burn.\r\n\r\nFor some reason there was only one copy of this at You Tube and the first part of the episode was corupt and would not play on any browser.','',0,'IA==','b8b68',1,0,'',588,0,0),(186657,13920,6,12,0,'205.188.117.14',1155812706,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":43406]Thank you! Hadn\'t thought about Daria having a big brother before (except in Decelaraptor\'s fanfics). \":D\"[/quote:43406]\r\n\r\n\r\n Gee, thanks for not forgetting my fics, TAG... \":o\"','',0,'gA==','43406',1,0,'',12,0,0),(186658,13962,4,40,0,'63.19.43.227',1155812878,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Deref":eeffc]What\'s a freeper?\n\nAnd yeah, I can understand to a degree - I suspect that I probably hold politicans of all bents in about as much contempt as anyone else does, and I also agree that it\'s important to know our history and how things became eroded over time. I guess I\'m not as passionate about it as Cross, though.\n\nBut I do think that doing something to help [i:eeffc]now[/i:eeffc] becomes more important at some point than agonising over the past. Even if it\'s only donating a couple of bucks to the least-worst candidate\'s campaign fund, or helping out in some practical way. Of course that\'s pretty tough when there\'s no least worst candidate to be had.[/quote:eeffc]\r\n\r\n\r\n Sometimes I still do get kind of worked up about it all.\r\n\r\n I wish I knew who the *least* bad candidate was anymore. \":(\" None of the so-called \"mainstream\" or \"moderate\" or \"centrist\" politicians see eye-to-eye with me at all. The Republicans have let me down so bad it\'s not even a laughing matter. \r\n\r\nIn fact, some of the supposedly really far-*Left* people are actually closer to me as far as civil liberties and so forth go. They don\'t like the Patriot Act, and neither do I.\r\n\r\n In a way I almost wish we *would* just go ahead and blow up or get irradiated or whatever in five days or so as predicted. I\'m old and tired, and I\'m no longer so much afraid of dying as of having to just live on miserably for who-knows how long.\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'oA==','eeffc',1,0,'',40,0,0),(186659,13962,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155813706,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="crossada75":aeb52][quote="Deref":aeb52] In a way I almost wish we *would* just go ahead and blow up or get irradiated or whatever in five days or so as predicted. I\'m old and tired, and I\'m no longer so much afraid of dying as of having to just live on miserably for who-knows how long.\n\n Cross[/quote:aeb52][/quote:aeb52]\r\nDamn - that\'s truly sad, Cross. There\'s lots of bad sh1t going down, no doubt about it, but you\'d have to be very depressed to want that. \":-(\"','',0,'gA==','aeb52',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186660,13873,6,414,0,'24.60.195.156',1155814391,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[groans at Dan\'s incredibly bad pun] \":roll:\" \":lol:\"','',0,'','d929b',1,0,'',414,0,0),(186661,13965,2,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155818282,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'m favoring more just an occassional reminder as a temporary sticky or announcement, made as needed when we see a trend. After a week or so, it can be removed, having done its job and thus removing forum clutter.\r\n\r\nPermenant reminders I think would tend to end up like the Rules, so much in the background that they tend to be forgotten about.','',0,'','e1731',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186662,13972,3,499,0,'203.59.20.55',1155818526,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Welcome back! I tried making LOTR and Star War references, I really did, but it all just a bit too much for me!\r\n\r\nI now pass the responsibility back to you.\r\n\r\nOh, and you missed the food fight and the 24 hour singalong.','',0,'','d7c9c',1,0,'',499,0,0),(186663,13972,3,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155818922,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Shh! Quiet, he\'s back....\r\n\r\n\r\n \":D\" \r\n\r\n\r\nWelcome back, Dan.','',0,'','85ac7',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186664,13937,3,81,0,'87.74.17.111',1155819167,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:88234]It screws up the memorization exercise I used to use.[/quote:88234]\r\n\r\nNever mind, Doggieboy - you can say that you only memorised the Classical Planets rather than the Dwarf Planets as well. My very elegent mother just sent us nowhere. No need for cranberry jam.','',0,'gA==','88234',1,0,'',81,0,0),(186665,13892,3,387,0,'65.223.143.188',1155819713,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="vlademir1":44ffc][quote="mjane79":44ffc]\nThey Might Be Giants (surprising, since they\'ve been around so long)\n[/quote:44ffc]\n\nA friend and I had a conversation about this the other day. His theory is that they seem to be comparatively little known because their main appeal always seems to be to the same hard core geek crowd as Weird Al, but without the pop culture parodies that draw in the more general folks as well. Personally I first heard them through the Tiny Toons episode that featured their music and never looked back \":wink:\" .[/quote:44ffc]\r\n\r\nYeah, I can see that. I first heard them, oh, about 13 or 14 years ago on this 8th generation tape that a friend had gotten. All these people kept hearing it, liking it, taping that tape, passing it on, etc. I consider TMBG to be true \"geek rock\" but that\'s because of their songs where you have to think about science, biology or history to understand them. \r\n\r\nAnd this whole thread made me bring one of my Great Big Sea albums and a TMBG album into work so I could listen to them today.\r\n\r\nMelissa','',0,'gA==','44ffc',1,0,'',387,0,0),(186666,13934,6,565,0,'220.240.238.25',1155820564,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Ranger Thorne":aa39e][quote="Mr Orange":aa39e][quote="Decelaraptor":aa39e]Ooh, I know this is probably a compleat story, but I\'d love to see how Daria and Quinn do at Fielding.[/quote:aa39e]\n\nIt\'s just a teaser for Richard\'s new series. \":)\" \nAnd a damn good one at that.[/quote:aa39e]\n\nIn that case, tease us some more, Richard.\n\nUh, that didn\'t sound good, did it? \":oops:\"[/quote:aa39e] Sounds pretty good to me, either way you read it. \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','aa39e',1,0,'',565,0,0),(186667,12531,10,149,0,'198.85.228.129',1155821099,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="MrMagnum":103fa]I think that S.C. may have another local fan. Twice now, I have seen a red Mustang tooling down the road with custom tags reading \"MS LANE\"\n\nHarley[/quote:103fa]\r\n[size=117:103fa][color=blue:103fa][b:103fa]Either that or Jane Lane is real.\n\nSteveBlumDeckler[/b:103fa][/color:103fa][/size:103fa]','',0,'xg==','103fa',1,0,'',149,0,0),(186668,13965,2,9,0,'66.245.193.88',1155822049,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":97964]I\'m favoring more just an occassional reminder as a temporary sticky or announcement, made as needed when we see a trend. After a week or so, it can be removed, having done its job and thus removing forum clutter.\n\nPermenant reminders I think would tend to end up like the Rules, so much in the background that they tend to be forgotten about.[/quote:97964]\r\n\r\nGood point. Let\'s see how it goes.','',0,'gA==','97964',1,0,'',9,0,0),(186669,13972,3,414,0,'68.162.228.132',1155822977,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Welcome back, Dan. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','a8500',1,0,'',414,0,0),(186684,13975,3,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155829472,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Firstly, Pravda.ru is IMHO a tabloid, and a very silly one to boot.\r\n\r\nSecondly, Pravda.ru has misrepresented Lewis\'s conclusions -- he says nothing about the possible American involvement in the possible Irano-Israeli conflict and calls for peace in the end. They toned down the English version, however; the Russian version is entitled \'US to start nuclear war in 10 days?\'','',0,'gA==','871cf',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186671,13937,3,414,0,'68.162.228.132',1155823251,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Tim Bateman":74d2d][quote:74d2d]It screws up the memorization exercise I used to use.[/quote:74d2d]\n\nNever mind, Doggieboy - you can say that you only memorised the Classical Planets rather than the Dwarf Planets as well. My very elegent mother just sent us nowhere. No need for cranberry jam.[/quote:74d2d]\r\nHere\'s how the one I learned could be modified:\r\n\r\nMy very excellent mother can just serve us nine cheese pizzas, Xena.','',0,'gA==','74d2d',1,0,'',414,0,0),(186672,13937,3,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155823447,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ve never gotten the use of mnemonics. For me, it was simply easier to remember the original information than to correctly memorize some odd phrase and then try to remember what each part meant.\r\n\r\nWhy use 512 Mb of space for a file when you only need to use 128 Mb? \":D\"','',0,'gA==','64c9f',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186673,13892,3,215,0,'204.65.61.61',1155825248,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[color=red:610f3] [size=150:610f3]Saint Etienne[/size:610f3][/color:610f3]\r\n\r\nNO ONE in Texas knows who they are!','',0,'Bg==','610f3',1,0,'',215,0,0),(186674,13945,3,215,0,'204.65.61.61',1155825434,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Cucaracha does indeed mean cockroach. However, in this part of the universe it\'s also slang for a reefer.','',0,'Bg==','966a2',1,0,'',215,0,0),(186675,13967,4,215,0,'204.65.61.61',1155825806,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dngrsone":049b0]\nWhat would be interesting is to see Joe Lieberman drift over to the red side as a VP.[/quote:049b0]\r\n\r\nI can think of [i:049b0]nothing[/i:049b0] that would motivate the Democratic base more.','',0,'oA==','049b0',1,0,'',215,0,0),(186676,13969,3,505,0,'67.114.9.60',1155825817,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":22bd0]Good news indeed.\n\nIt took me back to the notorious case of the baby taken by a dingo at Ayer\'s Rock. There, too, the gutter press was eager to blame the parents for the sake of the story. There too, the parents were very weird people who were easy targets, just as JonBenet\'s parents were. And, just as JonBenet\'s parents were, it seems they were innocent.\n\nNo amount of truth could pay back the pain of parents, no matter how weird, accused without any evidence of killing their child. You could imagine that they might take some comfort if they felt that the press would be a little less eager in future to jump to conclusions, but no-one in their right mind thinks for one second that [i:22bd0]that\'s[/i:22bd0] going to happen.\n\nIf there\'s a lesson to be learnt from this perhaps it\'s a lesson for us, to be - or remain - highly skeptical of the gutter press, in all their claims, until we see some hard evidence.[/quote:22bd0]\r\n\r\nRemain skeptical, or ignore them completely? Personally, I only read the headlines for their comedic value whilst waiting in line at the checkstand... [i:22bd0]The Weekly World News[/i:22bd0] usually has the funniest ones.','',0,'oA==','22bd0',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186678,13967,4,14,0,'72.77.65.220',1155827835,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Crossada75":39a87] Clinton a moderate? If *this* was moderation, save me from it\n[/quote:39a87]\n\nAh, but you\'re taking literally a political term. \'Moderate\' in Political terms means someone who\'s neither far left or far right. In the case of Clinton it means someone who watches the polls religeously and changes his opinion accordingly.\n\n[quote="Mike Nassour":39a87]I can think of [i:39a87]nothing[/i:39a87] that would motivate the Democratic base more.[/quote:39a87]\r\n\r\nLet\'s see if they can defeat him as an independant, first. Oh, and since you\'re a Texan, are you voting for Kinky Friedman?\r\n\r\nCN','',0,'oA==','39a87',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186679,13289,10,434,0,'89.110.18.223',1155828105,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Robin Sena":ac792]\n...\nWho did that? I\'d like that artiste\'s permission to feature that in my fan art gallery in my web page.[/quote:ac792]\n\n[quote="Roman":ac792]The drawing is signed by [url=http://enigmawing.deviantart.com/:ac792][u:ac792]Enigma Wing.[/u:ac792][/url:ac792][/quote:ac792]','',0,'kQ==','ac792',1,0,'',434,0,0),(221869,16712,5,9,0,'66.245.193.111',1171233668,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','By the way: Is it strange that, should Kate Middleton marry Prince William, I can already see the movie version writing itself?:\r\n\r\nKATE: The people want me to be Diana!\r\n\r\nWILLIAM: Not even Diana was Diana!','',0,'iA==','9b0ba',1,0,'',9,0,0),(186683,13975,3,531,0,'63.22.220.144',1155828831,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','At the same time I don\'t doubt the possibility that the world is on the brink of real nasty time, such as nuc war, but on the other hand...well, I\'m not going to change anything...I\'ll let you know on the 23rd...','',0,'iA==','98bbc',1,0,'',531,0,0),(186685,13892,3,531,0,'63.22.220.144',1155829854,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I got to see TMBG a few (OMG, 10 at this point) years ago...actually twice in a couple weeks. First was a free show in Boston with Morphine...good show.\r\nSecond time was a the college a couple of my friends went to...I was right up front, actually played John Flansburgh\'s guitar...(he saw me air-guitaring along, bent over, handed me his pick and told me to strum along...)','',0,'iA==','8cae3',1,0,'',531,0,0),(186686,13975,3,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155829931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Considering I heard the same conjecture while surfing past one of the \"Repent, the End is Near\" TV preachers...','',0,'iA==','5baa7',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186687,13967,4,215,0,'204.65.73.78',1155830111,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Crazy_Nutso":fa857]\n[quote="Mike Nassour":fa857]I can think of [i:fa857]nothing[/i:fa857] that would motivate the Democratic base more.[/quote:fa857]\n\nLet\'s see if they can defeat him as an independant, first. Oh, and since you\'re a Texan, are you voting for Kinky Friedman?\n\nCN[/quote:fa857]\r\n\r\n\r\nFrankly, I don\'t think the Ds up there can defeat Leiberman and an indie. This looks like a classic case of a politician who is in trouble with his own party, yet appeals across the board to the general electorate. I think it\'s a hoot that Rs from DC are falling all over themselves to endorse him, and leaving their own boy out to dry. But then, the R candidate in that race is at about 6% in the polls.\r\n\r\nAnd as for Friedman, he can go to hell. His joke of an entrance into this race cost the Ds the best chance they\'ve had in years to take the governor\'s office here.','',0,'oA==','fa857',1,0,'',215,0,0),(186688,13975,3,215,0,'204.65.73.78',1155830372,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="UU":39e37]Firstly, Pravda.ru is IMHO a tabloid, and a very silly one to boot.\n\n[/quote:39e37]\r\n\r\nWow...the name \"Pravda\" has come a long way from reporting on Five-Year Plans and grain quotas, eh? \":wink:\"','',0,'gA==','39e37',1,0,'',215,0,0),(186689,10309,2,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155830745,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Possible:\r\nnataletka69\r\n\r\nI have a feeling I shouldn\'t open the website at work...\r\nI\'ll check when I get home.','',0,'gA==','46e53',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186690,13967,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155830886,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Dervish":7a913]...\n\n\nThe main thing to understand is that our \"winnable\" candidates are almost exclusively chosen by the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_foreign_relations:7a913]CFR[/url:7a913], an organization that\'s not really government and yet is given all kinds of power (under the current Bush, some of its power has been direct). Every single member is prominent in the construction of social and political reality. This isn\'t just a country club for the wealthy and elite, it\'s for the movers and shakers of our world only. At the very least they scratch each other\'s backs, and plenty believe they\'re actually engaged in a plan for global domination, YMMV.\n...[/quote:7a913]\r\nHey, aren\'t they dominating the world already? After all, the US is the leading world power since the 1940s... Well, OK, we ran a close competition until the middle 80s. \":)\" The CFR seems also to be quite convenient for its foreign counterparts -- world leaders know whom to talk to in the US.','',0,'kA==','7a913',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186691,13969,3,531,0,'63.22.220.144',1155830952,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Agreed. Inasmuch as there\'s something incredibly disturbing of watching the videos of the kid in those pageants (and REALLY have to wonder about parents that would do that to a kid)\r\nat least there is some vindication for the father, knowing that finally the truth is out, and the (alleged) criminal will face him in court, and the case will get it\'s day outside of the tabloids.','',0,'kA==','40d50',1,0,'',531,0,0),(186692,13937,3,359,0,'172.130.116.47',1155831076,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":3ba1a]I\'ve never gotten the use of mnemonics. For me, it was simply easier to remember the original information than to correctly memorize some odd phrase and then try to remember what each part meant.\n\nWhy use 512 Mb of space for a file when you only need to use 128 Mb? \":D\"[/quote:3ba1a]\r\n\r\nSame here. I never needed to use a mnemonic to memorize the planets; in fact, I don\'t remember ever having to work to memorize them at all. The only astronomy mnemonic I\'ve ever used is for the OBAFGKM classification for stars (\"Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me\"), which I [i:3ba1a]still[/i:3ba1a] use every time I have to write the sequence out (and I think a lot of other astronomers have to use it as well).','',0,'oA==','3ba1a',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186693,13945,3,358,0,'68.117.213.181',1155831096,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','of all the new Spanish i learned on my Costa Rica trip, thats one word i heard surprisingly often, thanks to one loud mouthed annoying person, and it most definatly wasnt \"Cucaracha.\"','',0,'oA==','d979e',1,0,'',358,0,0),(186694,13975,3,359,0,'172.130.116.47',1155831497,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','While I don\'t think it\'s time to hunker down in our fallout shelters just yet, the August 22 date isn\'t the product of apocolypse-crazed minds. The idea that Iran might do something drastic on that date was first proposed by Bernard Lewis, a professor emeritus at Princeton and a noted Middle East expert, in a [url=http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008768:e2b98]piece[/url:e2b98] in the [i:e2b98]Wall Street Journal[/i:e2b98], which is hardly a supermarket tabloid. That doesn\'t mean that it is automatically true, of course, but it puts a bit more weight on the idea than if it had come from your standard paranoid conspiracy theorists.','',0,'MA==','e2b98',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186695,13969,3,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155831595,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I hope they just stop holding those stupid pageants. It\'s bad for the kids in terms of unjust tension and teaching them too much emphasis on appearance. Also these things have got to be magnets for pedophiles. \r\n\r\nI don\'t know what sort of events they have had these things but there may also be the risk of (how can I word this?) sexualizing young girls.','',0,'MA==','a12bc',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186696,10309,2,359,0,'172.130.116.47',1155832035,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":d5725]Possible:\nnataletka69\n\nI have a feeling I shouldn\'t open the website at work...\nI\'ll check when I get home.[/quote:d5725]\r\n\r\nI tried to open the page, but it wouldn\'t let me in, even though I have a yahoo account. Just looking at the address, though, it seems like a generic link to Yahoo photos, not an individual page. Whether that means the person is spamming for Yahoo photos or just didnt\' input their address correctly, I don\'t know.','',0,'gA==','d5725',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186697,13962,4,359,0,'172.130.116.47',1155832295,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Raven_NightDragon":58283]No one replied, in my opinion, because it\'s beating a dead horse.[/quote:58283]\r\n\r\nIf you ask me, that appellation could be applied to the majority of posts here at Nick\'s, and not just the ones written by Cross.','',0,'gA==','58283',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186698,13975,3,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155833108,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Mike Nassour":c5211][quote="UU":c5211]Firstly, Pravda.ru is IMHO a tabloid, and a very silly one to boot.\n\n[/quote:c5211]\n\nWow...the name \"Pravda\" has come a long way from reporting on Five-Year Plans and grain quotas, eh? \":wink:\"[/quote:c5211]\r\nIndeed. \":lol:\" Actually it is a third or fourth post-Soviet [i:c5211]Pravda[/i:c5211] incarnation; this one is web-only, \"chauvinistic\" [i:c5211]Pravda[/i:c5211], there is also a minor paper-only \'neocommunist\' [i:c5211]Pravda[/i:c5211], which is arguably closer in spirit to the original one.','',0,'oA==','c5211',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186699,13975,3,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155833324,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":52f48]While I don\'t think it\'s time to hunker down in our fallout shelters just yet, the August 22 date isn\'t the product of apocolypse-crazed minds. The idea that Iran might do something drastic on that date was first proposed by Bernard Lewis, a professor emeritus at Princeton and a noted Middle East expert, in a [url=http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008768:52f48]piece[/url:52f48] in the [i:52f48]Wall Street Journal[/i:52f48], which is hardly a supermarket tabloid. That doesn\'t mean that it is automatically true, of course, but it puts a bit more weight on the idea than if it had come from your standard paranoid conspiracy theorists.[/quote:52f48]\r\nMy compatriots took Lewis\'s op-ed and heaped their usual ramblings on top of it. Lewis himself is much more restrained, as befits one of the eminent Middle East scholars.','',0,'sA==','52f48',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186700,10309,2,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155835107,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":a346c][quote="RLobinske":a346c]Possible:\nnataletka69\n\nI have a feeling I shouldn\'t open the website at work...\nI\'ll check when I get home.[/quote:a346c]\n\nI tried to open the page, but it wouldn\'t let me in, even though I have a yahoo account. Just looking at the address, though, it seems like a generic link to Yahoo photos, not an individual page. Whether that means the person is spamming for Yahoo photos or just didnt\' input their address correctly, I don\'t know.[/quote:a346c]\r\n\r\nYeah, I think so too. It didn\'t let me in either. I guess we\'ll just have to wait and see if this person posts.','',0,'gA==','a346c',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186701,13976,3,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155836040,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Silly me','I went to college, racked up thousands in debt, and I picked the wrong major. I don\'t want to sell another thing as long as I live, so help me. My personality is analytical. What now? I still haven\'t found work yet.','',0,'gA==','0e6dc',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186702,13873,6,309,0,'24.127.136.163',1155837219,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','It\'s what I THOUGHT this thread was about when I read the title.','',0,'gA==','549c8',1,0,'',309,0,0),(186703,13873,6,473,0,'64.1.181.9',1155837372,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="LOTR_Dan":1574b]It\'s what I THOUGHT this thread was about when I read the title.[/quote:1574b]\r\n\r\n*stabs LOTR_Dan through the back with a sword*\r\n\r\nPUN PALADIN!!','',0,'gA==','1574b',1,0,'',473,0,0),(186704,13977,4,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155837392,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','If you want to see a real trainwreck campaign','[url=http://www.sptimes.com/2006/08/16/State/Lawmakers_deny_they_g.shtml:6674a]Oops, Katherine Harris didn\'t really get all those endorsements.[/url:6674a]','',0,'EA==','6674a',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186705,13975,3,434,0,'89.110.18.223',1155838411,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="UU":d4c83] ... the Russian version is entitled \'US to start nuclear war in 10 days?\'[/quote:d4c83]\r\n\r\nI can\'t find the Russian version ... \":?\"','',0,'gA==','d4c83',1,0,'',434,0,0),(186706,10309,2,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155839429,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Though I am curious to find out if she woks homes or woks at home.','',0,'gA==','9d00d',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186707,13962,4,51,0,'209.240.206.214',1155839720,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":3e98a][quote="Raven_NightDragon":3e98a]No one replied, in my opinion, because it\'s beating a dead horse.[/quote:3e98a]\n\nIf you ask me, that appellation could be applied to the majority of posts here at Nick\'s, and not just the ones written by Cross.[/quote:3e98a]\n\nWell, live horses get all cross and persnickity if you beat them, then Angelinhel will get all mad and send her minions to rip our circulatory system out, and I really don\'t want to hurt anything living anyway.\n\n \":wink:\"\n\nGuy','',0,'gA==','3e98a',1,0,'',51,0,0),(186708,13975,3,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155839920,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Roman":2634a][quote="UU":2634a] ... the Russian version is entitled \'US to start nuclear war in 10 days?\'[/quote:2634a]\n\nI can\'t find the Russian version ... \":?\"[/quote:2634a]\r\nhttp://news.mail.ru/politics/1137845/\r\n\r\nActually I was wrong -- I saw the article on a message board, and the title \'US to start nuclear war in 10 days?\' was slapped on it by a thread starter. My bad.','',0,'gA==','2634a',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186709,13975,3,505,0,'67.114.9.60',1155840099,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Wouter":2fe96]\n\nTrue: the Iranian president also is a villain but he\'s not THAT crazy. He\'s all too aware of that fact that the nations who support him will turn against him if he does undertake such a thing. [/quote:2fe96]\r\n\r\nYou operate under the assumption that said Iranian President is a politician and not an Islamic Revolutionist backed by that country\'s leading Clerics, including the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran:2fe96]The Supreme Leader[/url:2fe96], Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not to be confused with his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini).\r\n\r\nThe only thing holding Iran back is the certitude of massive retaliation from the US if they did launch a nuclear attack. Killing the infidels and wiping out Israel-- good; getting wiped out yourself by said infidels-- not so good.\r\n\r\nNo, as long as the US continues to play with the UN, Iran will continue to back third-party aggressors against the US and Israel, forge ahead with their nuclear and other WMD programs and await the day when they are assured absolute destruction of the West\'s offensive capability so they can finish the job in the Middle East.\r\n\r\nNote, also, they don\'t want to make that region uninhabitable, as Jerusalem is as valuable a religious center to them as it is to Judea and Christianity.','',0,'kA==','2fe96',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186710,13969,3,505,0,'67.114.9.60',1155840741,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="jak981125":b9bc8]I don\'t know what sort of events they have had these things but there may also be the risk of (how can I word this?) sexualizing young girls.[/quote:b9bc8]\r\n\r\n[i:b9bc8]May be[/i:b9bc8]? Dude, look at any picture of JonBenet-- she\'s painted up more than a $10 [url=http://crimemagazine.com/jonbenet.htm:b9bc8]hooker[/url:b9bc8].','',0,'sA==','b9bc8',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186711,13975,3,434,0,'89.110.18.223',1155841385,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="UU":ac47d][quote="Roman":ac47d][quote="UU":ac47d] ... the Russian version is entitled \'US to start nuclear war in 10 days?\'[/quote:ac47d]\n\nI can\'t find the Russian version ... \":?\"[/quote:ac47d]\nhttp://news.mail.ru/politics/1137845/\n\nActually I was wrong -- I saw the article on a message board, and the title \'US to start nuclear war in 10 days?\' was slapped on it by a thread starter. My bad.[/quote:ac47d]\r\n\r\nThank you. \":wink:\"','',0,'gA==','ac47d',1,0,'',434,0,0),(186712,13873,6,215,0,'204.65.61.61',1155842588,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Just one more person who wants MORE of this! \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','a0122',1,0,'',215,0,0),(186713,13975,3,83,0,'204.27.172.3',1155844202,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I have a hard time taking anything seriously that appears below other listed headlines like [url=http://english.pravda.ru/topic/Cyclops-247:5bc3a]Drug tests led to the birth of baby Cyclops[/url:5bc3a] and [url=http://english.pravda.ru/topic/Churina-243:5bc3a]Secrets of Russian Playboy star[/url:5bc3a].\r\n\r\nThat aside, true or not, um, there\'s probably nothing I can do about it.','',0,'EA==','5bc3a',1,0,'',83,0,0),(186714,13972,3,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155845117,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Glad your trip went well.','',0,'EA==','1ff46',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186715,13978,3,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155845288,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Laser eye surgery','I\'m on the list to get it done to me soon but I\'m reconsidering, I hardly trust Navy doctors with the parts of my body that heal in time but my eyes? I\'m not sure if the benefits outweigh the risks. Anyone else here ever had it done?\r\n\r\nAlso I\'m looking into (but would have to pay for) super-lase, which is a surgery that\'s done without cutting the cornea.','',0,'EA==','4f225',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186716,13967,4,497,0,'68.10.199.250',1155845444,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I can safely say the absolute last person I would vote for would be Hillary. Her stance on many things near and dear to me (PC and console gaming, internet privacy) is reprehensible to my very core.\r\n\r\nTo say I despise her would be a very gentle term for what I feel for her. And I\'m quite certain, given the majority of Republican possibilities out there, none of them would get my vote.\r\n\r\nMost likely I\'ll do what I\'ve done the last 5 elections- vote indie. None of the people I vote for stand a chance, but at least I\'m [i:8ed97]trying[/i:8ed97].\r\n\r\n\r\nBTW, good to see you posting here again, D1.','',0,'IA==','8ed97',1,0,'',497,0,0),(186717,13968,5,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155845566,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Hope they remembered to leave the keys in the ignition.','',0,'IA==','09e0f',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186718,13968,5,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155846245,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="NapalmKracken":e3c50]Hope they remembered to leave the keys in the ignition.[/quote:e3c50]\r\n\r\nI hope they cleared the gas from the carb before storing it...','',0,'gA==','e3c50',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186724,13969,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155848715,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dngrsone":f4545]Remain skeptical, or ignore them completely? Personally, I only read the headlines for their comedic value whilst waiting in line at the checkstand... [i:f4545]The Weekly World News[/i:f4545] usually has the funniest ones.[/quote:f4545]\r\nI always bring a copy or two of the Weekly World News home with me when I visit the US. It\'s great comedy. My favourite article was about a guy who went in for a nose job and came out with a pelican beak. \"I hate it when that happens!\" he\'s reported to have said. \":lol:\"','',0,'oA==','f4545',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186720,13980,6,87,0,'216.135.29.19',1155847615,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Jane "Rabbit" Lane in: Inspiration Desperation','(Appropriate cartoon music comes up. {I\'ve heard a more instrumental version of the theme which would work, but I don\'t know where it came from} The ‘Daria\' logo [minus Daria] comes up on the screen. The ‘Daria\' logo [minus Daria] comes up on the screen. Instead of Daria, Jane [as a rabbit] appears. She leans her right arm on the logo and winks at the camera. The credits roll. Then, with a final flourish, the music stops with the graphics \"Jane Lane In: Inspiration Desperation\")\r\n\r\n(Scene One: Lane house, exterior)\r\n\r\nJane: I can\'t believe I forgot about this!\r\n\r\n(Cut to: Jane\'s room. She is standing in front of her easel. Daria (as rabbit) is sitting on the bed. Jane is holding a piece of paper in her hand and frowning at it.)\r\n\r\nDaria: Well, it\'s not like you don\'t have anything to enter.\r\n\r\n(Cut to shot of paper. It is for an art contest. Top prize is $1000. The due date is for Wednesday. Jane looks up and camera follows to look at a desk calender next to her computer. It says Tuesday.)\r\n\r\nJane: I need something [i:2a18f]special[/i:2a18f] for this one. Besides, Ms. DeFoe has already seen my other good ones.\r\n\r\nDaria: I take it she\'s one of the judges.\r\n\r\nJane: Right you are, Morgenbunny.\r\n\r\nDaria (frowning): Don\'t call me ‘Morgenbunny.\'\r\n\r\nJane (smirking): Sorry, amiga. Force of rabbit.\r\n\r\nDaria: I\'m going to force something. Forcibly cut off the flow of blood to your brain.\r\n\r\nJane: I\'m going to have to beg off our usual shenanigans, Daria. I\'ve got to get this done.\r\n\r\nDaria (standing): That\'s okay. I\'m behind in torturing Quinn, anyway. (Pulls carrot out of her pocket) I\'ll see you tomorrow.\r\n\r\nJane: Sure thing, Daria. Just remember to kill her [i:2a18f]fashionably[/i:2a18f]. \r\n\r\n(Daria leaves. Jane looks at blank canvas. Then, her eyes light up and she reaches for a brush. Just as she starts to touch the brush to the canvas, a massive wall of sound shoots through the house. Her easel falls over, and the few clothes in top of the closet fall out. The house seems to rock for a few seconds before coming to a halt. Jane frowns, puts down her brush, then leaves the room.)\r\n\r\n(Scene Two: Lane basement)\r\n\r\n(Jane comes down the stairs to see Mystik Spiral practicing [or torturing instruments, whatever]. She stands and yells at them, but can\'t be heard over the racket. Finally, her eyes narrowed, she walks over to the power cord to the amp and pulls it.)\r\n\r\nJane: Is there a reason why you have to make so much noise?\r\n\r\nTrent (Trent is a rabbit as well [duh]. His fur is the same yellowish-orange as Jane\'s. He wears a pair of tan slacks with a hole in the knee and an old, ratty T-shirt. His eyes are brown and soulful.): Hey, Janey.\r\n\r\nJane: Look, I need some quiet for a while, okay?\r\n\r\nJesse (Jesse is a dog. His ears are long with curly brown fur on them. Otherwise, his fur is a light cream color. Probably a Spaniel of some kind. His dark eyes hold as much intellect as a pencil eraser.): Hey, Jane. (Looks at Trent): Don\'t we have a gig tomorrow night?\r\n\r\nTrent: Yeah. And we\'ve got to get this new song done. (Looks at Jane) We\'ve got a new song. Wanna hear it?\r\n\r\nJane (Backing away and raising her hands as if to defend herself): No, no, that\'s okay. I\'ll just borrow your car so I can go somewhere quiet, okay?\r\n\r\nTrent (shrugs): Sure. Keys are on my dresser. (Turns attention to guitar) Or in the kitchen.\r\n\r\nJane (rolls eyes): Trent, check your pockets.\r\n\r\nTrent (pulling keys from pocket): Oh. No wonder I couldn\'t find them this morning.\r\n\r\n(Jane takes keys from Trent, then leaves.)\r\n\r\nMax (Max is sheep with a ring through his nose): C\'mon, we gotta practice. The Spiral is gonna kick butt tomorrow.\r\n\r\nNick (Nick is a ‘twofer\' [pronounced two-fer]. He has two sets of arms and two sets of eyes. His hair is two different colors, but the colors seem to change every three minutes. His ears look like someone stole them from Yoda. He has two mouths. One is in the normal position, but the other makes it look like his throat has been cut. All in all, he\'s a pretty disturbing thing to run into. Good thing twofers are rare.): What was she upset about?\r\n\r\n(Trent shrugs)\r\n\r\n======\r\n\r\n(Cut to: Jane tossing her easel into the back seat of Trent\'s car.)\r\n\r\n(Cut to: Map showing red line as Jane drives out of town.)\r\n\r\n\r\n(Scene Three: Top of hill, overlooking the woods.)\r\n\r\n(Jane carries easel into shot. She looks around, then set up where she has a good view of the trees below. She picks up her board and brush and starts to apply paint to the canvas)\r\n\r\nVoice (OS): Yep. This is a good place to watch the sunset.\r\n\r\n(Jane starts, then rolls her eyes. Looking around, she sees a turtle sitting on a nearby log.)\r\n\r\nTurtle: I always come here when I\'m feeling blue. I remember the first time like it was yesterday . . .\r\n\r\n(Turtle begins to ramble as Jane stares at it. Time lapse to later. Turtle is still talking, but Jane is now taking a nap. She wakes up, looks at watch, then starts. She looks at the turtle, then shakes her head and grabs the easel.)\r\n\r\n(Cut to: Map. Red line now shows Jane driving to the far side of town.)\r\n\r\n(Scene Four: Riverbank)\r\n\r\n(Jane unloads easel and set is up under a tree. She looks around, but sees no one. Smiling, she gets her paint ready. She is reaching for the canvas with the brush when a voice speaks out.)\r\n\r\nVoice OS: Vat are you doing?\r\n\r\nJane (brush goes flying): Gah! (Looking around, she still doesn\'t see anyone.) Where are you?\r\n\r\nVoice: Right here.\r\n\r\n(Jane looks up. Hanging from a branch is a large bat. He is wearing glasses like Daria\'s. She rolls her eyes)\r\n\r\nJane: I\'m trying to paint.\r\n\r\nBat: Really? Vhat are you painting?\r\n\r\nJane: I was [i:2a18f]going[/i:2a18f] to paint the shore, but I can\'t do it because people keep interrupting me.\r\n\r\nBat: I hate it ven people do that. \r\n\r\n(Jane puts her head into her hands.)\r\n\r\n(Cut to: Globe. Red line shows Jane has gone to West Coast.)\r\n\r\n(Scene Five: Top of TransAmerica Building in San Francisco.)\r\n\r\n(Jane has everything, including herself, tied down. The wind whips her hair and ears, and bits of paint fly off as well. She is about to paint when two security guards grab her.)\r\n\r\n(Scene Six: Middle of the forest.)\r\n\r\n(Jane has her easel set up to paint a picture of the trees. She is about to paint when she stops and looks at the camera.)\r\n\r\nJane: You know that feeling you get when you\'re being watched?\r\n\r\n(Jane turns to see a Bigfoot staring at her. After a scream, Jane runs O/S. Then, she zips back on long enough to grab her easel, then zips off again.)\r\n\r\n(Scene Seven: Beach)\r\n\r\n(The blue car pulls up in the parking lot. Jane gets out and looks at the crowded beach. With a weary sigh, she gets back in the car and drives away.)\r\n\r\n(Scene Eight: Football field)\r\n\r\n(The scoreboard in the background shows that it\'s the Lawndale High football field. Jane sighs, then begins to paint. She actually gets to paint for a while before there is a sudden whistle, followed by a voice.)\r\n\r\nVoice (O/S): Practice!\r\n\r\n(Before she can move, Jane and her easel are run over by the football team.)\r\n\r\n(Cut to: Outside Morgenbunny [\"Stop calling me Morgenbunny!\"] uh, Morgendorffer residence. The outside consists of a set of steps going down. Yes, the Morgenbu, uh, Morgendorffers live in a hole in the ground. Jane walks down the steps and rings bell)\r\n\r\n\r\n(Scene Nine: Daria\'s room. Since it is underground, there are no windows or curtains. It\'s still padded, though. Jane has her easel set up in one corner of the room. Daria is dressed like something from a toga party. Her glasses are off, and she\'s trying to keep from squinting at Jane.)\r\n\r\nJane: Thanks again for doing this, amiga.\r\n\r\nDaria: I figured it was this or listen to you complain about it for the next week.\r\n\r\nJane: Ah, yes, the ‘squeaky-wheel\' philosophy of friendship.\r\n\r\nDaria (slight smirk): Exactly. So, how are we coming over there?\r\n\r\nJane: Hold that smirk, Daria. I\'ll be done in another . . .\r\n\r\n(The Fashion Club\'s voices can be heard outside the room. Despite going into Quinn\'s room, they can still be heard chattering about clothes, boys, and fur maintenance. Jane closes her eyes tightly and sighs.)\r\n\r\nJane: I\'ll never get this done if I have to listen to them yammer away.\r\n\r\nDaria (sighs): Would it get this over with sooner if I asked them to shut up?\r\n\r\nJane: Do you think it would work?\r\n\r\nDaria (Pause): No.\r\n\r\nJane: Same here. Look, I still need your for a model. Can you slip out of here with me?\r\n\r\nDaria (smirking): Why, Jane, are you hitting on me?\r\n\r\nJane (frowning): I will be in a minute. So, can you come or not?\r\n\r\nDaria: Sure, no problem. Mom and Dad won\'t notice me gone with all the other kids running amok.\r\n\r\n(Jane and Daria are both carrying an end of the easel as they leave the room. Daria stops long enough to lock the seven locks that are on the door before progressing down the hallway. They pass several doors on their way. One opens and a young rabbit of about twelve pokes her head out. She is mostly white, with a pale yellow as her secondary color. The young rabbit is dressed in a short denim skirt and a blue T-shirt.)\r\n\r\nYoung Rabbit: Daria, are you going out?\r\n\r\nDaria (confused): Who are you?\r\n\r\nY. R.: Quit being mean to me! I\'m your sister, Veronica!\r\n\r\nDaria: Oh. Sorry, I couldn\'t place you.\r\n\r\nVeronica: You never remember my name!\r\n\r\nDaria: Well, it comes with being in class with Mr. O\'Neill all the time.\r\n\r\nVeronica: Oh. Well, are you going out?\r\n\r\nDaria: Jane needs my help with a painting.\r\n\r\nVeronica (Looks depressed): Oh. I was hoping you could help me with history.\r\n\r\nDaria (glances at Jane, then back): I\'ll help you when I get back, okay?\r\n\r\nVeronica (smiles): Okay. Thanks, sis!\r\n\r\n(They go a little way down the hall when a group of four young rabbits go past. Hey, we\'re talking about rabbits here. You know, they breed like, uh, well, they have lots of kids.)\r\n\r\n(Cut to: Car pulling away from Morgendorffer homestead.)\r\n\r\n(Cut to: Map. Red line goes through Lawndale.)\r\n\r\n(Cut to: Degas Street. Jane and Daria look at all the people (Human, animal, other) and drive on.)\r\n\r\n(Map: The line continues through the town. It heads out of town.)\r\n\r\n(Cut to: Car parks next to a sign reading ‘Rest Area.\' A group of bikers are glaring at them as Jane and Daria pull up. A freaked look later, the old car races away.)\r\n\r\nJane (While driving): I\'ll never get this painting done.\r\n\r\nDaria: What exactly is this a painting [i:2a18f]of[/i:2a18f], anyway?\r\n\r\nJane (sighes): I have no idea. I started with a landscape, but I had that one run over by the football team. I\'ve got one of you started, but there\'s just something missing.\r\n\r\nDaria: You said you had a landscape?\r\n\r\nJane: Yeah, but it\'s got footprints all over it.\r\n\r\nDaria: Hmm, I think I might have an idea.\r\n\r\n(Scene Ten: Pizza King/Prince/Knight takes pawn/King me!)\r\n\r\n(Daria and Jane are sitting at their regular booth)\r\n\r\nDaria: So, how\'d the contest go?\r\n\r\nJane: This answer your question? (Pulls out check for $1000 and shows it to Daria) Thanks, amiga. If you hadn\'t had that little brainstorm I\'d still be working on it.\r\n\r\nDaria: Well, all you needed was the right title for it and you were a shoe-in.\r\n\r\n(Scene Eleven: Lawndale High art room. A blue ribbon is attached to a landscape painting with multi-colored footprints from several different animals on it. Camera zooms in on a card attached just above the easel where the painting is resting. The card reads: \"Effects of herd-like behavior on the environment.\")\r\n\r\nJane (V/O): Shoe-in. Good one.\r\n\r\n(La-la-la-la-la)','',0,'IA==','2a18f',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186721,13980,6,87,0,'216.135.29.19',1155847735,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I finally got another one of these done! I have one more mid-write with another idea in my head involving the Fashion Club. \r\n\r\nEh, this is cheaper than therapy, anyway.','',0,'IA==','c66ea',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186722,13978,3,87,0,'216.135.29.19',1155848004,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I looked into it a couple of years ago but decided against it. It would have been a few grand and I still would have needed reading glasses in about 10 years. If I\'d have tried even 5 years ago I would have had it done.\r\n\r\nOf course, now, if I wear contacts, I need reading glasses. I hate getting older.','',0,'IA==','97918',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186723,13978,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155848475,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ve thought about it, but I believe that, because I\'m longsighted, it wouldn\'t do me any good. I\'ve heard good things, though I\'ve heard bad ones too. I guess, like any surgical procedure, you have to know the benefits and the risks and make an informed choice about what\'s right for you.','',0,'IA==','aa86d',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186725,13976,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155848790,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Keep looking. Try everything that appeals to you - even stuff that doesn\'t. You never know. Good luck.','',0,'IA==','3a8f0',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186726,13967,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155849190,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Crazy_Nutso":7a60d]Let\'s see if they can defeat him as an independant, first. Oh, and since you\'re a Texan, are you voting for Kinky Friedman?\n\nCN[/quote:7a60d]\r\nKinky Friedman\'s running? Damn! I wish I lived in Texas so I could vote for him.','',0,'gA==','7a60d',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186727,13962,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155849266,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','No-one\'s told me what a freeper is yet.','',0,'gA==','d1d57',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186728,13978,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1155850036,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Might not influence you in any way, but I understand the RAF won\'t accept anyone who\'s had laser eye surgery for any aircrew position. Part of their reasoning, reputedly, is that they\'re not going to spend a fortune training someone who\'s had a procedure that [i:8209b]might[/i:8209b]cause problems later in their career -- it\'s too soon to say what unwanted effects laser eye surgery might have in the long term.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'IA==','8209b',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186729,13873,6,430,0,'72.153.161.139',1155850286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Cap":9ced5]Quinn was halfway out the door when Daria stopped her by calling her name.\n“Yes?”\n“About your attempt to help me, I appreciate the gesture,” Daria said. “For a jock, you’re not a bad sister. I could have been stuck with worse.”\nQuinn smiled. “I love you too, bookworm.”[/quote:9ced5]\r\n\r\n \":D\" Nice. Please, do continue this.','',0,'gA==','9ced5',1,0,'',430,0,0),(186730,13969,3,276,0,'64.12.114.158',1155850311,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Remain skeptical, period. Outside of this guy\'s statement, we don\'t know how much real evidence is involved, and by some accounts, his statements are not consistant with known evidence.\r\n\r\nHe may be the killer, or he may be a wannabee. We should wait and see how things develop.','',0,'gA==','f9fc1',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186731,13919,4,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1155850414,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','For those who don\'t subscribe to [i:43534]Science[/i:43534], a [url=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19125653.700?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19125653.700:43534]brief item[/url:43534] on the Michigan study Deref shared with us will appear in the forthcoming (19th August) issue of [i:43534]New Scientist[/i:43534].\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'MA==','43534',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186732,13962,4,276,0,'64.12.117.8',1155850644,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":c1f10]No-one\'s told me what a freeper is yet.[/quote:c1f10]\r\n\r\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Republic:c1f10]Wikipedia defines the term as a member of the Free Republic forums[/url:c1f10]','',0,'kA==','c1f10',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186733,13975,3,89,0,'67.189.190.224',1155852374,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','So, August 22? hmm... checks calender... Well at least it wont interfere with my fishing trip on the 19th.','',0,'kA==','6bf89',1,0,'',89,0,0),(186734,13981,3,251,0,'63.46.128.90',1155854574,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Stiffing the Hospital','A friend of mine is worried. Her live-in lover experienced some severe pain that literally had him crying out involuntarily. She finally forced him to go to a hospital where they prescribed some drugs. \r\n\r\nThey don\'t have insurance or any real way to pay the exhorbitant bill that assumes they do. The guy covered for the pills, but not the ER visit because he says their bedside manner sucked (his girlfriend agrees with this, saying she was getting ticked off herself and would\'ve said something if she hadn\'t been so worried about him). The only thing they did was give him some pain pills for \"temporary relief\" after giving them both the 3rd degree. \r\n\r\nHis condition, which is something unknown but recorded (that is, they have a name for it--though I forget it offhand--and it\'s one of those things that might hit you once for a short while or might hit a few times, or might be chronic for the rest of your life... It\'s said suicide is common for the last group, and in previous decades those afflicted were thought insane). With luck, he will never experience again and he has some pills left over. \r\n\r\nSo he\'s choosing not to worry about it. He believes at most that it will \"ruin his credit rating,\" something which he doesn\'t have anyway and isn\'t that interested in to begin with (they\'re both \"anticonsumerists\" that tend to practice [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_living:caaf8]Simple Living[/url:caaf8]). \r\n\r\nRight now she\'s gotten him some kinda government aid form that she thinks will cover the bill, but is having a real hard time getting him to fill out the several pages of info. And that\'s where they\'re at right now.\r\n\r\n\r\nShe\'s worried that black-clad stormtroopers will be sent to either execute him immediately upon arrest (\"resisting arrest\" of course, and \"the officers acted properly\") or at least carry him off to some \"debtor\'s prison.\" She\'s also worried that they might be harrassed and upholders of law and order might handcuff them and kill their pets in front of them to \"persuade\" them to pay (something that\'s been known to happen in other cases). \r\n\r\n\r\nI don\'t know who is closer to the truth of the matter. I never heard of ninjas descending on those who hadn\'t paid their bills for emergency medical treatment (though if the drug prescribed had been marijuana, that would be a different matter, whether the treatment was paid for or not--technically, paying for it would probably be worse). At the same time, if it was so easy to stiff the hospital, I\'d think a lot more would be doing it, given the outrageous prices and (in their case anyway) bad attitude problems by hospital staff (though maybe it\'s a vicious circle in that they\'re contemptious & hostile because so many stiff them, leading others to justify stiffing them?)\r\n\r\nSince there are people here who are well-experienced in hospital billing, I thought I\'d ask. How right is she to be worried? Or him to be happy-go-lucky about it?','',0,'EA==','caaf8',1,1155855899,'',251,1,0),(186735,13978,3,505,0,'67.114.9.60',1155854740,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','US Navy and Air Force have the same policy, Martin.\r\n\r\nOf the four people I know of who have had the Navy surgery, not a one of them has had any post-surgical issues, Napalm.','',0,'EA==','a93de',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186736,13968,5,505,0,'67.114.9.60',1155855048,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The good news is, it might actually work after being dug up.\r\n\r\nThe bad news-- well, don\'t try that with a \"modern\" car.','',0,'EA==','a0668',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186737,13967,4,505,0,'67.114.9.60',1155855150,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="hey":83fe4]\nBTW, good to see you posting here again, D1.[/quote:83fe4]\r\n\r\nThanks, hey; I got lost for a little while.\r\n\r\nFrankly, I don\'t know where my vote is going to go... every season it seems like an absolute dearth of good prospects.','',0,'gA==','83fe4',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186738,13981,3,276,0,'64.12.117.8',1155855257,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The idea of \"debt-ninjas\" is far-fetched, to say the least. \r\n\r\nHospitals across the country routinely write off millions of dollars every year in unpaid bills. So it happens, but isn\'t that easy to \"stiff the hospitals\". They will be very determined to collect.\r\n\r\nIn the long run, have them get help to pay for the bills. He may not care for good credit now, but may need it sometime in the unforseen future.','',0,'gA==','2b8a0',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186739,13981,3,251,0,'63.46.128.90',1155856245,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','That\'s pretty much my idea on it. I know she tends to be worried because in part of their past as [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rave:4598c]ravers[/url:4598c] (hated by zealots found on both sides of the law). Not that I\'ve helped in sharing some of the horror stories that do exist out there (typically for guns, drugs, gambling, or even just offending the wrong person--or at least suspicion of doing any of these things).\r\n\r\n\r\nHmmm....maybe she was asking for my help. I\'ve been known to shape him up in the past. \":twisted:\" At least I can offer to help. And then I\'ll be right there to symphathize how stupid government forms are right after, too. \":P\" \r\n\r\nBetter check with her to make sure she wouldn\'t consider that butting in...','',0,'EA==','4598c',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186740,13981,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1155856636,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','When I was 16 I had to go to the emergency room for a severe infection. They sent me an outrageous bill and I simply wrote back that I had no money and could not afford it. They took off all of the charges except the doctors fee which was about a hundred bucks or so. They will send the doctors fee to collection, but not usually the emergency room charges.','',0,'EA==','cb568',1,0,'',79,0,0),(186741,13981,3,276,0,'64.12.116.199',1155856673,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','You can be sure the forms will be stupid and irritating. \":wink:\" \r\n\r\nThey have hand-picked idiots to make up the forms. If you want something worse, take a look at forms used internally... \":shock:\" \":D\"','',0,'EA==','dbef8',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186742,13982,3,84,0,'68.220.151.82',1155857070,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Berlin Wall Exhibit @ Florida Library','While killing time, waiting for a CD store in Northern Tampa to open this moring, I took a drive into the town of Thonotosassa, Florida, and stopped at the [url=http://hcplc.org/hcplc/liblocales/tho/:8c3ad]local library[/url:8c3ad] to do some IMDb contributions. What I found was that this library has quite a lot of kids books(even in the adult section), and that they\'ve currently got a display of artifacts related to the Berlin Wall. Among the things in the case is what looks like some sort of East German pass.\r\n\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in the Tampa Bay Metro area, the library is located at the follwing address:\r\n\r\n10715 Main Street\r\nThonotosassa, Florida, 33592-2831.\r\n\r\nOtherwise you could go to the Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library system\'s website. Maybe they\'ll have something on it.','',0,'EA==','8c3ad',1,0,'',84,0,0),(186743,13962,4,251,0,'63.46.128.90',1155857516,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":6815c][quote="Deref":6815c]No-one\'s told me what a freeper is yet.[/quote:6815c]\n\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Republic:6815c]Wikipedia defines the term as a member of the Free Republic forums[/url:6815c][/quote:6815c]\r\n\r\nTrue enough. But keep in mind that they use the authoritarian doublespeak for words like \"liberty,\" \"limited government,\" and all that. A great many of them are fine with Bush\'s draconian measures, USAPATRIOT Acts, and things like that...what they\'re most likely to complain about is Bush not going far enough. Many of them are definitely the \"freedom for me, but not for thee,\" types.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the Urban Dictionary take on it:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=FReeper','',0,'kA==','6815c',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186744,13718,6,12,0,'205.188.116.198',1155858269,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\"The relief I felt at confessing was short-lived as we talked about the options. None of them were great and mom only gave them to me, she wouldn\'t help me choose. That, she said, was completely up to me. After I told her what the boy had said, basically a threat of complete denial and a lawsuit, she seemed to agree to leave him out of it. Of course paternity tests and lawyers could be brought in, but his initial reaction made it seem a futile effort at best. I was on my own.\"\r\n\r\n\r\nVery nice and touching, Angel, but out of curiosity, hasn\'t Stacy or her mother ever heard of something called \"DNA testing\"? \":D\"','',0,'kA==','c1c0d',1,0,'',12,0,0),(186745,13976,3,70,0,'67.184.16.255',1155858911,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I went back to school. Wracked up several thousand dollars more in debt.','',0,'kA==','df9e2',1,0,'',70,0,0),(186746,13955,5,70,0,'67.184.16.255',1155859660,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Because then the writers would come up with a more obnoxious character for them to hang out with? It\'s what they did when Kenny died for a whole season. (Butters...ack)','',0,'kA==','fb1ce',1,0,'',70,0,0),(186747,13936,6,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155859999,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','“This is your final test, Kuwabara,” announced Mukuro. “You must fight Hiei. If you can’t prove yourself his equal in battle you cannot fight for me.” Hiei looked very intimidating indeed from across the room. He had a particularly furious look on his face and his anger seemed to be directed at Kuwabara. “Whenever you’re ready, gentlemen.”\r\n\r\nHiei didn’t need to be told twice. He flew across the room, his katana drawn. His plan had been to feign a frontal assault and at the last possible second jump over him and stab him in the back before the slower Kuwabara could even turn around. After all, the Rei Kō Dan couldn’t be applied to every square inch of him at once. But Kuwabara had thought up the exactly same idea and the two crashed into each other in midair. Had the moment not been so dramatic, Mukuro certainly would have laughed. But at the moment, all she could hope for was that Kuwabara would prove himself and that both fighters would survive.\r\n\r\nHiei had hoped for a quick kill. He wasn’t going to go easy on Kuwabara. Hiei went for kills in all his battles and this would be no exception. Unfortunately for him, Kuwabara knew most of his strategies. And when Hiei had tried to take a swipe at Kuwabara’s throat, the Jigen Tou severed his blade easily.\r\n\r\n“Jaō Ensatsu Ken”\r\n\r\nA blade of black flame spewed forth from what was left of Hiei’s sword. He took two more swipes at Kuwabara. So what if he hadn’t scored the quick kill? He still had the upper hand in a sword fight any day of the…\r\n\r\n“Rei Kō Ha!”\r\n\r\nHiei hadn’t been prepared for Kuwabara’s version of the Shotgun. He’d never seen it before. But like a pro he smashed the energy shards back in Kuwabara’s direction and one of them went right through his chest. Kuwabara dropped to one knee and Hiei prepared for the kill.\r\n\r\n“Nobiyo Rei Ken!”\r\n\r\nEven though Hiei saw it coming in time he couldn’t dodge the blade which now, thanks to Kurama, could flex. It impaled him in the chest too.\r\n\r\n“It’s a draw!” announced Mukuro.\r\n\r\n“The hell it is!” hollered Hiei. His Jagan opened wide and glowed. His hand was now surrounded by black flame. It was obvious what was coming next.\r\n\r\n“HIEI, DON’T” screamed Mukuro.\r\n\r\n“He deserves it! Kuwabara you maggot filth piece of horse excrement! How dare you? I saw you last night. I saw it. You took advantage of Mukuro when she was on the rebound. I should kill you.”\r\n\r\n“He didn’t initiate it,” replied Mukuro. “What happened last night was a two-way street.”\r\n\r\n“But your whole life you’ve avoided sex. Why now?”\r\n\r\n“I’m in love with him,” she replied.\r\n\r\n“But does he love you?”\r\n\r\nBoth of them looked over at Kuwabara.\r\n\r\n“Uh… Mukuro will you marry me?”\r\n\r\n“Uh, no, not yet anyway.”\r\n\r\n“Well I just wanted to be respectful and I’m pretty sure I do love you even though I’m so confused these days. I know you are the type of girl I would marry if I ever did get married.”\r\n\r\n“You’re jumping the gun a wee bit there,” replied Mukuro. “But you’re so sweet for offering. Now let’s get you two healed up.”\r\n\r\n“I can’t believe she fell for an idiot!” grumbled Hiei\r\n\r\n“Neither can I,” replied Kuwabara. “Cool, huh?”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“Well, bottoms up, girls,” said Genkai. “Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we may be demon kibble.”\r\n\r\n“That is not funny!” hollered Botan.\r\n\r\nBotan had taken Yukina, Shizuru, Botan, and Keiko out drinking. Of course Keiko had stuck to club soda. And poor Yukina discovered just how low her tolerance to alcohol really was. After two shots of Canadian whiskey she was passed out on the table.\r\n\r\n“Poor Keiko is here, pregnant with Yusuke’s child, and you have the nerve to say something like that? What’s the matter with you Genkai?”\r\n\r\n“It’s called a sense of humor,” replied Genkai. “It’s better than worrying about the boys and ourselves.”\r\n\r\nShizuru looked around the room “Look at some of these people acting like drunken idiots! And they don’t even know a swarm of demons could arrive any day now and feast on them.”\r\n\r\n“Any person in this room could die at any time at all,” replied Genkai. “You mustn’t be too harsh on them.”\r\n\r\nAll of the sudden some drunken slob came up to Botan and grabbed her around the shoulders. “Hey baby. I’m Yoshi.”\r\n\r\n“I’m married,” was Botan’s quick reply.\r\n\r\n“Well hi Mary!” Botan rolled her eyes at that. “Tell you what, let me by you a drink and then afterwards we can go someplace real posh. Like my apartment.” The drunk laughed hysterically at his own remark.\r\n\r\n“Still think I’m being too harsh Genkai?”\r\n\r\n“I stand corrected. Hey bozo, keep your hands to yourself or you’re going to have the humiliating experience of getting your ass publicly beaten by an old lady.”\r\n\r\n“You… You know what I think?” asked the drunk. “I think you like me. But no. ‘Cause you’re old.” He started to laugh again.\r\n\r\nGenkai sighed. “You are all my witnesses. I gave this man a chance to walk out of this with his dignity intact. HEY MORON!” Genkai decked him so hard her flew across the room and crashed into a jukebox. “Man, I miss doing that to real opponents.”\r\n\r\nThe drunk got up and ran towards Genkai but never reached her. Yukina had been woken by all the commotion and froze the floor causing the big idiot to fall on his ass. She was still quite drunk. “Hey… hey you, you big silly man, be careful. We have a girl here who’s gonna have a baby ‘cause she’s pregnant. Oh Keiko it’s a shame I’m not gay because you… are… so…” She passed out again and Genkai caught her.\r\n\r\n“Why, oh why didn’t I bring my video camera?” moaned Shizuru.\r\n\r\n“Well girls, the night is young,” said Genkai. “What do you say we all get way more drunk than we are now and sneak into a carnival and mess around with the bumper cars? I’ve always wanted to do that.”\r\n\r\n“Anything to forget about what’s happening, eh Genkai?” muttered Keiko.\r\n\r\n“That is the general idea,” she replied. “Well here’s to our boys. Wish I was with them but I really have outlived most of my usefulness. But I can still outdrink Yusuke now and then.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“What’s this?” asked Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“It’s a declaration of war,” replied Yoshiro. “You had better hand that to your master. Shura eagerly awaits a reply.”\r\n\r\n“Wait here.”\r\n\r\nYusuke disappeared back into the palace. “Well folks, it just became official. We have a civil war on our hands.”\r\n\r\nEnki took the declaration and read it. “Kurama, you probably understand this diplomatic mumbo jumbo better that I do.”\r\n\r\nKurama took the paper and read through it. He grinned. “They know we have them outgunned in a way. They’ve got more manpower but we have five S-Class Demons and Kuwabara. That makes us more than a match and they know it. They want a challenge. Their toughest fighters against ours in one rumble royale. They claim this match will decide everything and avoid an actual war. If we win I’m sure it will. But if they win they’ll break their word and send their armies in. I’d bet my life on it. You know Shura’s going to be one of their fighters.”\r\n\r\n“Then there isn’t any choice, is there?” replied Enki. “Yusuke, tell Yoshiro I accept. We’ll take them on tomorrow at 12 PM on the Plain of Nakomoto. I think that’s neutral enough turf.”\r\n\r\n“We don’t know how many thugs they’ll show up with,” objected Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“Doesn’t matter in the end. Lord knows what we’ll face but we go down fighting.”\r\n\r\n“You know, Enki, you really looked quite noble there for a moment; more like a European monarch than a demon king,” said Yusuke. “I’ll notify Yoshiro and send for Mukuro.”\r\n\r\n“No need. Mukuro is here.” They all turned around to see Murkuro, Hiei, and Kuwabara standing behind the throne.\r\n\r\n“Some security I have,” groaned Enki. “How did you get past my guards?”\r\n\r\n“Oh, I’m like the wind, I move without being seen.”\r\n\r\n“Your guards will have headaches for a while,” mumbled Hiei.\r\n\r\nYusuke ran downstairs to deliver the message. Which left Kuwabara and Kurama standing around staring very hard at each other.\r\n\r\n“We’re getting married,” said Kurama quietly.\r\n\r\n“That’s nice,” replied Kuwabara. “I’m glad she found someone nice.”\r\n\r\n“But?”\r\n\r\n“But can I ever trust you again?”\r\n\r\nKurama sighed. “You’ll need to. We’ll be relying on each other for our very lives tomorrow. Kuwabara, you’re a nice guy, you’ll find someone else who’s even more… WHAT THE…!” Just at that moment Mukuro wrapped her arms around Kuwabara’s neck and kissed his ear. Yusuke had walked in at the same moment and his eyes nearly popped out. Mukuro wasn’t the type for such displays but she didn’t want Kuwabara to lose face in front of Kurama.\r\n\r\n“Do we have a soap opera going on here or something?” remarked Yusuke.\r\n\r\n“Seems that way,” said Hiei dryly.\r\n\r\nThat night was the longest any of them had remembered. All of them had been through a rough night before the finals of the Dark Tournament but at least they had known who they would be fighting then. Yusuke had a pregnant wife to think about and Kurama had both Yukina and his mother to think about. He tried to imagine how they would react to each other.\r\n\r\nMukuro couldn’t sleep. She tossed and turned in one of the guest bedrooms but couldn’t take her eyes off the lights cast onto the ceiling by the reflections of the water fountain outside. She heard a knock at her door and before she had a chance to give an answer, Kuwabara came in.\r\n\r\n“Can’t get enough of me, huh?” she said with a smile.\r\n\r\n“Well yeah, but that’s not why I’m here… unless of course you’re making an offer.”\r\n\r\n“Sorry, not tonight. Not before a battle. What did you want?”\r\n\r\nKuwabara swallowed hard. “I’m sorry I jumped the gun. I haven’t known you long and I’m still sort of infatuated and… well…”\r\n\r\n“No need to explain, Kuwabara. But so far I do love you.”\r\n\r\nKuwabara grinned. “Always had a fantasy I’d have a love affair with an older woman. You’re what, a thousand?” Mukuro giggled. “I love you too. So far. Let’s not screw this up. It could be so good.”\r\n\r\n“Deal. You big beautiful dumbass. You really do know what to say.”\r\n\r\nKuwabara smiled and stepped outside. No sooner had he taken five steps than he ran smack dab into Hiei.\r\n\r\n“Uh Hiei! Hi! I, uh… Look we didn’t…”\r\n\r\n“I don’t care if you did,” he replied. “I ended it. I haven’t regretted it for even a minute. We couldn’t give each other what we really needed. But I am disgraced. I misjudged you and this may be the only apology you ever get from me. But you had better treat her right. You certainly aren’t the kid I used to know. The Kuwabara I knew is dead.”\r\n\r\n“I hope so,” said Kuwabara more to himself than anyone else.\r\n\r\n“Let’s make a truce then,” replied Hiei. “It was the old Kuwabara I hated, no reason to hold a grudge against the new one. Grudges only give people power over us. I don’t know if you can understand that.”\r\n\r\nKuwabara smiled. “You’d be amazed how well I understand it. Truce. And after this is all over maybe I can set you up. I saw this cute little cat demon who thinks you’re…”\r\n\r\n“Don’t push your luck, Kuwabara. Good night.”\r\n\r\nAnd so those last hours of the night passed…\r\n\r\nEnd Chapter 8','',0,'kA==','d5002',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186748,13936,6,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155860077,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Morning came far too quickly. Hiei and Kuwabara slept like logs but the rest of them had about three hours each. Everyone dressed, stretched and warmed up, polished weapons, and mentally prepared themselves. Finally Enki came to fetch everyone.\r\n\r\n“Showdown at high noon,” mumbled Yusuke to himself. “It was always cooler in the movies.”\r\n\r\nThe group left out the castle gate ready to meet their fate. They had walked but couple miles before they found a familiar face to greet them.\r\n\r\n“Bui!”\r\n\r\n“I don’t waste words,” said Bui. “I’m not exactly any friend of Team Urameshi as you were all once called. But I believe in my king. I have finally reached lower S-Class status. I have far surpassed Toguro. It was my goal in life once. But now all I want is to put what I have to a decent use. I’m going with you to fight. Death is the only thing that will stop me.”\r\n\r\n“It’s not your fight,” replied Enki. “Don’t risk your life just because it’s a noble cause.”\r\n\r\n“Then what’s my value?” replied Bui. “Would you deny one of your subjects his purpose? Would you die with a weapon yet undrawn?”\r\n\r\n“He’s quoting Musashi,” said Kurama. “Bring him, your majesty. Don’t disgrace a true warrior’s spirit.”\r\n\r\n“Very well. Welcome aboard.”\r\n\r\nThat conversation was the only communication that took place on the way. Demons watched them as they passed. Many removed their hats and put them over their hearts. It made Yusuke furious beyond words. It was a mere 20 minutes later they arrived at the field to find Shura and Yoshiro waiting for them.\r\n\r\n“We have come as promised,” said Enki.\r\n\r\n“Yes I see that,” replied Shura. “Poor fools.”\r\n\r\n“Ok, Shura,” said Yusuke. “We brought our crew, now where’s yours?”\r\n\r\n“You’re looking at it,” he replied.\r\n\r\n“You?” replied Mukuro. “Are you arrogant enough to take on seven fighters of equal class at once all by yourself?”\r\n\r\nYoshiro chose to speak up at that moment. “Oh really Mukuro, after your humiliating losses to Enki in both tournaments I would have thought you knew by now never to underestimate an opponent. You have clearly underestimated him and you have most definitely underestimated me.”\r\n\r\n“You?”\r\n\r\n“Correct. I’m fighting as well. And you underestimated me to the extent that it never even crossed your mind I might be a fighter. Silly woman, how did you ever reign as a king in this world?”\r\n\r\n“Shut up!” hollered Kuwabara. “I for one know for a fact old people can fight and I’ll still snap your head lose from its shoulders.”\r\n\r\nYoshiro grinned. “Oh, so you’re Genkai’s new apprentice after Urameshi. I wish the old shrew was here right now. The look she would have on her face right now would be quite delightful.”\r\n\r\n“You know Genkai?”\r\n\r\n“Know her? My dear boy, I was a teammate of hers in the Dark Tournament nearly 60 years ago. I’m surprised she never mentioned me before. Well if you’ve seen her in action, this shouldn’t shock you.” At once Yoshiro’s body glowed with a very powerful ki and his features changed to those of a young man of about 25 years of age.\r\n\r\n“I don’t get it. Why would you help Shura?”\r\n\r\n“With the exception of Genkai who left us, I’m quite loyal to my former teammates.”\r\n\r\n“Former teammates? What are you talking about? What does any of this have to do with Shura?”\r\n\r\nAt that exact moment, Kurama realized what was happening. But before he could even open his mouth to give a word of warning, one of Shura’s fingers suddenly extended and pierced Enki through the heart. He fell dead immediately. Shura began to cackle with a very familiar laugh.\r\n\r\n“It can’t be,” muttered Kurama. “Toguro Ani!”\r\n\r\nAt once, Shura’s form changed to that of the elder of the Toguro brothers. He was laughing quite hysterically now and licking the blood off his fingers. “I’m just like a bad rash!” he screamed. “I never go away! Oh Kurama, I’ll have to save you for last. That really was quite a naughty thing you did to me, that Shoku Yō Shokubutsu of yours. Stupid arrogant ass, letting me live! Never crossed your mind my old teammate would happen upon me in that cave and free me.”\r\n\r\n“I hate to ask,” said Yusuke, trying to keep his cool. “But what happened to Shura?”\r\n\r\n“He was delicious,” replied Toguro Ani. “My body completely reconstructed itself after I was freed and I kept Gourmet’s power. Along with the other people he’d eaten. Oh, and your friend Mitsunari, he was a nice appetizer.”\r\n\r\n“Careful!” yelled Yusuke. “That means he’s a shape shifter AND a telepath.”\r\n\r\n“And I ate Shura as he slept not long after the last tournament,” said Toguro Ani, ignoring Yusuke completely. “Didn’t you morons wonder why all the sudden he had two arms again? Did you think he would have gotten a prosthetic when his father displayed his own disability with pride?”\r\n\r\nNot far away, Koenma and George were hiding inside an artificial boulder, recording everything that was happening. They didn’t intend to miss an opportunity to expose Toguro Ani. Maybe even if Yusuke and Co. lost, he could still turn the demons against “Shura”.\r\n\r\n“I was already an upper B-Class,” bragged Toguro Ani. “Now if you will, imagine adding the full power of an S-Class with a B-Class in one warrior, one with my abilities. Now you know just what you’re up against. Now… Bui, I really didn’t expect to see you here today, but I really don’t like you so it’s just as well that you are here so I can eliminate you. Now get one of those axes ready because we’re about to play a little game called ‘Where are the vitals?’ Now sadly I already know where yours are but I’ll let you go first. If you guess wrong you’ll have a serious problem because then my turn comes up and I’m rather sure to guess correctly.”\r\n\r\nBui didn’t say a word but didn’t produce an axe either. Instead he let off a powerful ki blast without a word. It had the mere result of knocking Toguro Ani over. Before he could even rise, Yoshiro ruthlessly attacked Bui, punching and kicking him all over his body at blinding speed. When Mukuro tried to come to his rescue she found Yoshiro to be far too fast.\r\n\r\n“He’s at least as strong and fast as Sensui,” thought Kurama to himself.\r\n\r\n“You are correct!” said Toguro Ani with a laugh. “Remember: telepath.”\r\n\r\nHiei was staring long and hard at Toguro Ani. All of the sudden he leapt at him and stabbed his left arm.\r\n\r\n“Too late. My heart was there a moment ago but my new body keeps them vitals in constant motion now. Hiei lept back again just in time as Toguro Ani turned his body into a sort of porcupine form. Hiei hadn’t bothered to retrieve his sword. No time. Toguro Ani made sure to yank it out and lick it. “Beautiful craftsmanship, Hiei, where did you get it?”\r\n\r\nHiei didn’t answer. Suddenly, bolts of energy appeared around the sword as it flew back into Hiei’s hand. “Remember: telekinetic,” he mocked.\r\n\r\nSuddenly Mukuro went flying over their heads and hit the turf. “Mukuro!” shouted Kuwabara.\r\n\r\n“The fight you fool, pay attention to the fight!” grunted Mukuro.\r\n\r\nWithout Mukuro’s assistance, Bui was getting beat on badly. Immediately, Hiei and Kurama ran over to aid him. And without realizing it, they played right into Toguro Ani and Yoshiro’s hands. A sudden darkness burst forth from Yoshiro’s body and seemed to swallow up Bui, Hiei, Kurama, and himself. They all disappeared.\r\n\r\nToguro Ani laughed. “That went almost perfectly. Now those three are in another dimension where they can’t disturb us and where Yoshiro can kill them without interference. I couldn’t have Mukuro or Kuwabara go with him, they can cut through dimensions. And I want the honor of finishing what we started at the Dark Tournament, Kuwabara. And I needed Hiei out of here; my telepathy doesn’t work against him. But I was hoping that I’d get the chance to kill Kurama myself and leave Yusuke for Yoshiro but we can’t all have what we want now, can we?”\r\n\r\nToguro giggled hysterically some more as he walked over to Enki’s body and kicked it like a football. To Yusuke’s horror, it flew several miles from the force of the kick. “Lady and gentleman, shall we begin?”\r\n\r\nTO BE CONCLUDED','',0,'kA==','4911b',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186749,13718,6,83,0,'67.188.13.194',1155861311,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Steven Galloway":1dab8]\"The relief I felt at confessing was short-lived as we talked about the options. None of them were great and mom only gave them to me, she wouldn\'t help me choose. That, she said, was completely up to me. After I told her what the boy had said, basically a threat of complete denial and a lawsuit, she seemed to agree to leave him out of it. [b:1dab8]Of course paternity tests and lawyers could be brought in, but his initial reaction made it seem a futile effort at best. [/b:1dab8]I was on my own.\"\n\n\nVery nice and touching, Angel, but out of curiosity, hasn\'t Stacy or her mother ever heard of something called \"DNA testing\"? \":D\"[/quote:1dab8]\r\n\r\nWhat do you think a paternity test is?','',0,'wA==','1dab8',1,0,'',83,0,0),(186750,13718,6,309,0,'24.127.136.163',1155862055,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','That was a sad little ficlet. Damn. I love Stacy too much to have that sort of crap happen to her. I\'ll never be an Angst Lord I guess.','',0,'wA==','d432f',1,0,'',309,0,0),(186752,13962,4,276,0,'205.188.116.137',1155864674,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Thanks, Dervish.','',0,'gA==','9eb9d',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186753,13718,6,12,0,'64.12.116.199',1155864708,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Angelinhel":8278c][quote="Steven Galloway":8278c]\"The relief I felt at confessing was short-lived as we talked about the options. None of them were great and mom only gave them to me, she wouldn\'t help me choose. That, she said, was completely up to me. After I told her what the boy had said, basically a threat of complete denial and a lawsuit, she seemed to agree to leave him out of it. [b:8278c]Of course paternity tests and lawyers could be brought in, but his initial reaction made it seem a futile effort at best. [/b:8278c]I was on my own.\"\n\n\nVery nice and touching, Angel, but out of curiosity, hasn\'t Stacy or her mother ever heard of something called \"DNA testing\"? \":D\"[/quote:8278c]\n\nWhat do you think a paternity test is?[/quote:8278c]\r\n\r\nSure, but my point was that DNA doesn\'t lie. \"8)\" He could deny it till he was blue in the face, but if the DNA said the baby was his, it\'s his.','',0,'wA==','8278c',1,0,'',12,0,0),(186754,13978,3,497,0,'68.10.199.250',1155865493,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I personally work with 3 who have had it done (out of 5 installers), 2 of my closest friends have had it, several frined\'s parents, and a BUNCH of guys I surf with have had it.\r\n\r\nNo issues yet- but I\'ll add the surgery\'s top doctors are based right here in Hampton Roads, VA... they\'re the guys and gals who pioneered it, so they have the most experience.\r\n\r\nMy eyesight was still too good (20/50 correctable) to truly warrant it last I checked, but that was also 5 years ago. The last 3 years have seen some radical improvements in the science- I\'ll be getting it done here in the next 2 years... my eyes haven\'t gotten any weaker- but the job I\'m doing now; wearing glasses creates more problems than they cure.\r\n\r\n\r\nGo ahead and do it; I would, were I in your shoes (of course, get a 2nd opinion form a reputable eye doctor).','',0,'wA==','b1c20',1,0,'',497,0,0),(186755,13955,5,505,0,'75.10.120.124',1155866472,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Tweak is insane... reminds me of a couple relatives of mine.','',0,'wA==','6abc6',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186756,13983,2,9,0,'66.245.214.33',1155866634,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','All right, I\'m starting to think...','... we need an ignore user function just for jak and nonamejane to use against one another. Then peace will reign.','',0,'wA==','d8bef',1,0,'',9,0,0),(186757,13945,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155866851,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Hmmm. Thank all of you. I pointed out the comments made here, and Monica\'s first response was, \"It was her idea! (refering to Luz)\". No honor among theives there, it seems\r\n\r\nOh, thank you Sweet Jesus, that an insect is not emblemic of one of the distaff sides of Your Creation. Or to put it another way, that female genetalia (long associated with, well, the creation of the world and all of that) has not been transduced to an image of an obnoxious insect.\r\n\r\nMy leg was pulled, but I suspected that it was being done so. Otherwise, I would not have gone off on tangents involving Shakespeare and Confucius. But, I was so surprised, I was not sure of the facts as they were presented. My thanks to all.','',0,'wA==','9b345',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186758,13975,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155867579,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dngrsone":a294c][quote="Wouter":a294c]\n\nTrue: the Iranian president also is a villain but he\'s not THAT crazy. He\'s all too aware of that fact that the nations who support him will turn against him if he does undertake such a thing. [/quote:a294c]\n\nYou operate under the assumption that said Iranian President is a politician and not an Islamic Revolutionist backed by that country\'s leading Clerics, including the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran:a294c]The Supreme Leader[/url:a294c], Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not to be confused with his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini).\n\nThe only thing holding Iran back is the certitude of massive retaliation from the US if they did launch a nuclear attack. Killing the infidels and wiping out Israel-- good; getting wiped out yourself by said infidels-- not so good.\n\nNo, as long as the US continues to play with the UN, Iran will continue to back third-party aggressors against the US and Israel, forge ahead with their nuclear and other WMD programs and await the day when they are assured absolute destruction of the West\'s offensive capability so they can finish the job in the Middle East.\n\nNote, also, they don\'t want to make that region uninhabitable, as Jerusalem is as valuable a religious center to them as it is to Judea and Christianity.[/quote:a294c]\r\n\r\nVery cogently stated. Iran does not want Jeruselem as a quarantine area, too many mosques there. I mean, worship as you please, but if you have the literal glow of God upon you when you leave, well, it might be the time to cool things off. Fervency vs. Reality, and all of that.','',0,'kA==','a294c',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186759,13934,6,70,0,'67.184.16.255',1155867634,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Intriguing...I\'m glad you stipulated that this Hope school was a hell hole and ended up being closed down. Most alternate schools never allow students out of an adult\'s sight--someone even goes into the restroom with them, to the outer part outside the stalls, of course.','',0,'kA==','2a8e1',1,0,'',70,0,0),(186760,13900,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155868034,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Chapter Four now up. I apologize for leaving \"Scarlett\" in the lurch for a bit. This story is speaking to me very loudly right now and I have to go with it.','',0,'kA==','809ab',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186761,13980,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155868346,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:fab0e]Jane: Same here. Look, I still need you for a model. Can you slip out of here with me?\n\nDaria (smirking): Why, Jane, are you hitting on me?[/quote:fab0e]\r\n[color=red:fab0e][size=200:fab0e][b:fab0e]FAN ART!!![/b:fab0e][/size:fab0e][/color:fab0e]\r\n\r\n\":D\" \":P\"','',0,'xg==','fab0e',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186762,13984,3,26,0,'216.238.204.73',1155869198,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Checking out my new digital camera','I took another step to joining the 21st Century yesterday when the folks gave me a new digital camera. I checked it out today and this is one of the pics I took. It\'s a pic of Laptop, natch. \":D\" \r\n\r\nLet me know what you think. \":)\"\r\n\r\n[img:d84b5]http://www.geocities.com/dickmarino/dsc00015.jpg[/img:d84b5]','',0,'CA==','d84b5',1,0,'',26,0,0),(186763,13718,6,83,0,'67.188.13.194',1155869269,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Steven Galloway":49467][quote="Angelinhel":49467][quote="Steven Galloway":49467]\"The relief I felt at confessing was short-lived as we talked about the options. None of them were great and mom only gave them to me, she wouldn\'t help me choose. That, she said, was completely up to me. After I told her what the boy had said, basically a threat of complete denial and a lawsuit, she seemed to agree to leave him out of it. [b:49467]Of course paternity tests and lawyers could be brought in, but his initial reaction made it seem a futile effort at best. [/b:49467]I was on my own.\"\n\n\nVery nice and touching, Angel, but out of curiosity, hasn\'t Stacy or her mother ever heard of something called \"DNA testing\"? \":D\"[/quote:49467]\n\nWhat do you think a paternity test is?[/quote:49467]\n\nSure, but my point was that DNA doesn\'t lie. \"8)\" He could deny it till he was blue in the face, but if the DNA said the baby was his, it\'s his.[/quote:49467]\r\n\r\nMy point with that bit was, she could prove it was his but it would either end up with her forcing him to help (probably with child support- doubtful he\'d want to be a real father figure) and since he wouldn\'t be there emotionally or (willingly) financially, it\'s an added stress she didn\'t need. Why force someone into a corner and then end up making the same hard decision on your own anyway?','',0,'wA==','49467',1,0,'',83,0,0),(186764,13984,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1155869536,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','A nice photo, Peter, but two pieces of advice...\r\n\r\n- it\'s bigger than the rules here allow - only by a little - at 640 pixels wide rather than the permitted 600. And I say this not to scold, but because I did the same thing and, quite reasonably, had my attention drawn to the rule, so I\'m just getting in before the mods do. \";-)\"\r\n\r\n- It\'s about 160KB in size, but it could probably be compressed to somewhere between 40KB and 80KB without noticable degredation.\r\n\r\nI recommend that you download and install Irfanview, a kick@ss free utility that will let you reduce and compress photos quickly and easily.','',0,'wA==','2fafa',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186765,13983,2,359,0,'172.147.167.118',1155869559,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Is there any way to actually get such a function, or is this idle wishing?\r\n\r\nI wouldn\'t mind using an \"ignore user\" function on NNJ either. \":P\"','',0,'wA==','738cf',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186766,13945,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1155869672,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":lol:\" Your co-workers have a delightful sense of humour - a genuine blessing in any workplace.','',0,'wA==','3082a',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186767,13718,6,12,0,'205.188.117.66',1155869880,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Angelinhel":394b0][quote="Steven Galloway":394b0][quote="Angelinhel":394b0][quote="Steven Galloway":394b0]\"The relief I felt at confessing was short-lived as we talked about the options. None of them were great and mom only gave them to me, she wouldn\'t help me choose. That, she said, was completely up to me. After I told her what the boy had said, basically a threat of complete denial and a lawsuit, she seemed to agree to leave him out of it. [b:394b0]Of course paternity tests and lawyers could be brought in, but his initial reaction made it seem a futile effort at best. [/b:394b0]I was on my own.\"\n\n\nVery nice and touching, Angel, but out of curiosity, hasn\'t Stacy or her mother ever heard of something called \"DNA testing\"? \":D\"[/quote:394b0]\n\nWhat do you think a paternity test is?[/quote:394b0]\n\nSure, but my point was that DNA doesn\'t lie. \"8)\" He could deny it till he was blue in the face, but if the DNA said the baby was his, it\'s his.[/quote:394b0]\n\nMy point with that bit was, she could prove it was his but it would either end up with her forcing him to help (probably with child support- doubtful he\'d want to be a real father figure) and since he wouldn\'t be there emotionally or (willingly) financially, it\'s an added stress she didn\'t need. Why force someone into a corner and then end up making the same hard decision on your own anyway?[/quote:394b0]\r\n\r\nOkay, I understand now. \"8)\"','',0,'wA==','394b0',1,0,'',12,0,0),(186768,13981,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1155869929,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":x\" NNJ\'s advice sounds good. And at the risk of sounding like a cracked record, your health system sucks and blows.','',0,'wA==','dcd19',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186769,13985,10,328,0,'71.34.5.54',1155869933,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Daria SVG','Hey all. I\'ve been lurking here for a while, but I\'ve decided to come out of my shell. \":D\" \r\n\r\nWhat better way to introduce oneself than to show off one\'s creative side? It occurred to me a few weeks ago that the strong, clean lines of the original Daria episodes would lend itself well to vector graphics, something that appealed to me since I have very little actual drawing ability.\r\n\r\nThe following were created in Inkscape and rendered with the GIMP. So far I\'ve made (OK, traced, really) front views of Daria and Jane:\r\n\r\n[img:36bb9]http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5557/dariasmallet3.gif[/img:36bb9][img:36bb9]http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1002/janesmallom5.gif[/img:36bb9]\r\n\r\nHmm, neat, but not too impressive on their own. But what about zoomed in?\r\n\r\n[img:36bb9]http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7052/dariamedga8.gif[/img:36bb9]\r\n\r\n\r\nREALLY zoomed in\r\n\r\n[img:36bb9]http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/936/dariabiggt9.gif[/img:36bb9]\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m sure Jane would want to be huge too...\r\n\r\n\r\n[img:36bb9]http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5807/janebiggs0.gif[/img:36bb9]\r\n\r\n(I can just see her going on a rampage through Lawndale, stomping on football players like she was Godzilla...)\r\n\r\nI also did a high-res version of the logo:\r\n\r\n\r\n[img:36bb9]http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8535/darialogobigvc9.gif[/img:36bb9]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI don\'t have anywhere to upload the SVG files at the moment, but if anyone is interested, I can certainly email them to you or try to find somewhere.\r\n\r\nI hope to eventually do all of the main characters, and start animating them... Especially if I manage to get quicker at doing this than I am now. \":roll:\" \r\n\r\nAnyway, whatcha think so far?\r\n\r\nHoN','',0,'CA==','36bb9',1,0,'',328,0,0),(186770,13962,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1155870047,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Thanks guys. I\'ll check all that out.','',0,'CA==','c7a0e',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186771,13984,3,26,0,'216.238.204.73',1155870112,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":a9d9c]A nice photo, Peter, but two pieces of advice...\n\n- it\'s bigger than the rules here allow - only by a little - at 640 pixels wide rather than the permitted 600. And I say this not to scold, but because I did the same thing and, quite reasonably, had my attention drawn to the rule, so I\'m just getting in before the mods do. \";-)\"\n\n- It\'s about 160KB in size, but it could probably be compressed to somewhere between 40KB and 80KB without noticable degredation.\n\nI recommend that you download and install Irfanview, a kick@ss free utility that will let you reduce and compress photos quickly and easily.[/quote:a9d9c]\n\nIIRC they just upped the maximum width to 640 pixels as per this addendum:\n\n[quote:a9d9c]7) No oversized images, avatars, or links.\n\nThe reason is merely because they can distort the threads in which they are posted, ruining it for everyone else. (For links, simply placing [url=\"long URL\"]Click here[/url] works wonders.)\n\n[Added August 10, 2005: The maximum size for an avatar should be 120 x 120.]\n\n[Added September 5, 2005: No image in a post (screen capture or otherwise) should exceed 600 width x 1,000 height.]\n\n[i:a9d9c][Added August 3, 2006: Maximum image width changed to 640 pixels.] [/i:a9d9c] (emphasis mine)[/quote:a9d9c]\r\n\r\nSecond, this is my first time with this new cam. Not sure how I can compress it on-camera, but I do have Adobe Photoshop, which could let me do the same thing.\r\n\r\nThanks all the same. \":D\"','',0,'sA==','a9d9c',1,0,'',26,0,0),(186772,13981,3,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155870358,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":5337e]And at the risk of sounding like a cracked record, your health system sucks and blows.[/quote:5337e]\r\nJeez, make up your mind. Which is it?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \":D\"','',0,'gA==','5337e',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186773,13900,6,359,0,'172.147.167.118',1155870434,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Wow. This Daria certainly has anger issues, but it\'s nice to see that her sister really cares about her. It\'s interesting that, in this universe, Quinn seems much more mature and Daria much less so.','',0,'gA==','11f9a',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186774,13937,3,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155870522,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[b:78755][size=200:78755][url=http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/:78755]ASTRONOMER-MAGES ARE STEALING XENA\'S NAME!!![/url:78755][/size:78755][/b:78755]\r\n\r\n(See \"About the name\")\r\n\r\nThis is an outrage! Everyone write to their Congresscreature and demand Xena be allowed to keep her name! And Gabrielle should keep her name, too! Oh, the humanity!','',0,'VA==','78755',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186775,13981,3,531,0,'63.22.155.108',1155870631,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":95736][quote="Deref":95736]And at the risk of sounding like a cracked record, your health system sucks and blows.[/quote:95736]\nJeez, make up your mind. Which is it?\n\n\n \":D\"[/quote:95736]\r\n\r\n\"When it doesn\'t blow, it sucks\" - used as the motto for my sailing team in college.','',0,'gA==','95736',1,0,'',531,0,0),(186776,13978,3,359,0,'172.147.167.118',1155870938,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ve really wanted the surgery for a long time, but when I went to actually have it done (at Vanderbilt, where they helped to develop the technique), I was refused. They told me that my eyesight was so bad that the amount of cornea material they would have to remove would leave me with only a 50% chance of recovery. I\'m hoping that one of these new techniques they are developing will eventually be advanced enough to help me.','',0,'gA==','b8afc',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186777,13937,3,359,0,'172.147.167.118',1155871319,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":ba830][b:ba830][size=200:ba830][url=http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/:ba830]ASTRONOMER-MAGES ARE STEALING XENA\'S NAME!!![/url:ba830][/size:ba830][/b:ba830]\n\n(See \"About the name\")\n\nThis is an outrage! Everyone write to their Congresscreature and demand Xena be allowed to keep her name! And Gabrielle should keep her name, too! Oh, the humanity![/quote:ba830]\r\n\r\nAs they said, these were never any more than nicknames internal to the group that first discovered the \"planet\", and they never stood a chance of being adopted as the permanent names. Most astronomers do this. My own supernova research group named our discoveries after classical composers, Tolkien characters, and other things, but the official designations for the supernovae were always in accordance with IAU protocol. Admittedly, unlike with supernovae, there are no official guidelines for naming planets, but since all the other planets have the names of Roman deities, it\'s most likely that \"Xena\" will receive something similar.','',0,'1A==','ba830',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186778,13937,3,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155871486,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":1da82][quote="The Angst Guy":1da82][b:1da82][size=200:1da82][url=http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/:1da82]ASTRONOMER-MAGES ARE STEALING XENA\'S NAME!!![/url:1da82][/size:1da82][/b:1da82]\n\n(See \"About the name\")\n\nThis is an outrage! Everyone write to their Congresscreature and demand Xena be allowed to keep her name! And Gabrielle should keep her name, too! Oh, the humanity![/quote:1da82]\n\nAs they said, these were never any more than nicknames internal to the group that first discovered the \"planet\", and they never stood a chance of being adopted as the permanent names. Most astronomers do this. My own supernova research group named our discoveries after classical composers, Tolkien characters, and other things, but the official designations for the supernovae were always in accordance with IAU protocol. Admittedly, unlike with supernovae, there are no official guidelines for naming planets, but since all the other planets have the names of Roman deities, it\'s most likely that \"Xena\" will receive something similar.[/quote:1da82]\r\nI know. I just wanted to whine.','',0,'1A==','1da82',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186779,13980,6,83,0,'67.188.13.194',1155871629,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','That was awesome.','',0,'1A==','bec27',1,0,'',83,0,0),(186780,13985,10,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155871667,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','WOW!!! Oops, I meant\r\n\r\n[b:e986a][size=200:e986a]WOW!!![/size:e986a][/b:e986a]','',0,'RA==','e986a',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186781,13985,10,359,0,'172.147.167.118',1155871933,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','That\'s one of the things that\'s so great about vector graphics. You can zoom in almost indefinitely with no loss of resolution. These look fantastic.','',0,'RA==','cfe55',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186782,13962,4,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155872461,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="crossada75":ba0a5][quote="E. A. Smith":ba0a5]After I made sure the link worked, I edited out the post of the actual article.[/quote:ba0a5]\n\n\n Um, thanks, I guess.\n\n I see no one responded to it anyway. I wonder if anyone even clicked the link, let alone read the whole thing?\n\n I doubt it. Nobody really wants to know what was really wrong with Clinton, or what people like me really had against him.\n\n They want to go on believeing it was all just a matter of him \"lying about sex\" and being persecuted by a bunch of mean-spirited prudes, and that aside from his lechery he was perfect and his administration was some kind of golden age of peace, freedom, and prosperity.\n\n Cross[/quote:ba0a5]\r\n\r\nC\'mon. Cross, Clinton fucks an intern.\r\n\r\nBush fucks not only the nation but the entire world.\r\n\r\nDo you feel safer with a pervert or with with a megomaniac?','',0,'gA==','ba0a5',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186783,13983,2,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155872847,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','There\'s an \"ignore user\" function in the tennis forum I participate in. We could have one too. In fact, someone on this board requested one about a year ago, IIRC.','',0,'gA==','e6d8a',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186784,13962,4,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155873665,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Cross, you and Dervish need to link up.\r\n\r\nThink of the possibilities. Armageddon in a post industrialist world. Romeo and Juliet with twin fire AR-15s. With just a little tweaking, MAC-10s with a bit of .380 ACP. The Capulets and the Montagues, with the histories they have made public here, producing..\r\n\r\n\r\nWell, as I said, Armageddon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n(Jane Lane): But what of the baby?','',0,'gA==','3219e',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186785,13978,3,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155873862,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I think laser eye surgery is great. My eye doctor told me a few years ago I could get a surgery, but I haven\'t done it yet a) because I don\'t have the money for it right now, and b) because, honestly I\'m a bit scared. But seriously, everyone I know who\'s had it have told me to go for it. A friend\'s mother had a horrible vision (wore very thick glasses) and she still had surgery in her 40\'s so I don\'t know why people are saying here they\'re too old for it. \r\n\r\nSeriously, consider it. I\'m sure I\'ll have the surgery sometime in the future. Besides, the best eye doctor in the country lives in this city - even people from abroad come here to get eye surgery with this doctor. For now, I\'m happy with my contacts. \":)\"','',0,'gA==','c2217',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186786,13985,10,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155874472,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I wish I knew how to work with vector graphics. That Jane looks really cool. \":)\"','',0,'gA==','83a44',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186787,13978,3,83,0,'67.188.13.194',1155875476,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My boss had it done (a few years ago) and she\'s doing great, no complications. She thinks it was a good decision.\r\n\r\nI hope to have it done soon (you have to have a stable scrip for two years before they\'ll do it).','',0,'gA==','9aa81',1,0,'',83,0,0),(186788,13937,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155876019,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":b8ab0][quote="RLobinske":b8ab0]I\'ve never gotten the use of mnemonics. For me, it was simply easier to remember the original information than to correctly memorize some odd phrase and then try to remember what each part meant.\n\nWhy use 512 Mb of space for a file when you only need to use 128 Mb? \":D\"[/quote:b8ab0]\n\nSame here. I never needed to use a mnemonic to memorize the planets; in fact, I don\'t remember ever having to work to memorize them at all. The only astronomy mnemonic I\'ve ever used is for the OBAFGKM classification for stars (\"Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me\"), which I [i:b8ab0]still[/i:b8ab0] use every time I have to write the sequence out (and I think a lot of other astronomers have to use it as well).[/quote:b8ab0]\r\n\r\nOh, loverboy, tell me about the plane of the ecliptic. Do you like my chemise? It is sooo sheer and is so like the fabric of space, so insubstantial. Is Ceres round and hard? Are you? Tell me about the methane lakes of (everything becomes a jumble here, no one can explain why)\r\n\r\nOh! Oh! Delta rocks, Oh, dear deity, it does! You astronomers don\'t count stars for nothing! OH! \r\n\r\n(do that again, just over here. Gravitational pull works better there. Mmmmm.)','',0,'oA==','b8ab0',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186789,11277,5,47,0,'68.59.190.69',1155877340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Currently watching Mail, which is a live action adaption of a Japanese manga/comic about private detective who investigates hauntings.','',0,'oA==','c4dad',1,0,'',47,0,0),(186790,12531,10,440,0,'64.12.116.65',1155878158,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Sadly, I don\'t know how to drive. If I did, I\'d have one of two choices for the kind of car I\'d like to have. Either a used hearse with a neon-purple spiderweb design all over it. Or a red Dodge Viper.','',0,'oA==','47272',1,0,'',440,0,0),(186791,13919,4,545,0,'65.221.65.137',1155879635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":29e64]\nSome Christians didn\'t like the pro-Catholic support of the book and altered it some more, such as those put out by [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Publications:29e64]Chick[/url:29e64] (who claim Catholics are directly in league with Satan and Satanists). \n\n[/quote:29e64]\r\n\r\nChick tracts used to make the rounds here for years, until they went on their Catholic-hating binge. To believe Chick, the Roman Catholic Church created Islam, Communism and Nazism as well as being in league with Satan and Satanists.\r\n\r\nMost churches around here avoid them because of that.\r\n\r\nWhich reminds me, did anyone here ever read the Chick tract \"Big Daddy?\" It deals with evolution as only a Chick tract can. I\'ll have to see if I can find it again just to look up the claims he makes in it.','',0,'kA==','29e64',1,0,'',545,0,0),(186792,13977,4,545,0,'65.221.65.137',1155880121,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Heh, this is better than watching Dan Quayle repeatedly embarrass Indiana.\r\n\r\nWhich reminds me, how does Katherine Harris spell \"potato\"?\r\n\r\nFrom the looks of it, I guess Jeb won\'t ask her to be his running mate [i:e5ec9]if[/i:e5ec9] he runs for president. \":P\"','',0,'IA==','e5ec9',1,0,'',545,0,0),(186793,13919,4,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155881585,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Doggieboy":cbff8][quote="Dervish":cbff8]\nSome Christians didn\'t like the pro-Catholic support of the book and altered it some more, such as those put out by [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Publications:cbff8]Chick[/url:cbff8] (who claim Catholics are directly in league with Satan and Satanists). \n\n[/quote:cbff8]\n\nChick tracts used to make the rounds here for years, until they went on their Catholic-hating binge. To believe Chick, the Roman Catholic Church created Islam, Communism and Nazism as well as being in league with Satan and Satanists.\n\nMost churches around here avoid them because of that.\n\nWhich reminds me, did anyone here ever read the Chick tract \"Big Daddy?\" It deals with evolution as only a Chick tract can. I\'ll have to see if I can find it again just to look up the claims he makes in it.[/quote:cbff8]\r\n\r\nThere is a web site with te full series, let me look real fast. Funny thing on those tracts is the ones claiming D&D to be satanic are now collectables among RPG players. I think mainly because they are funny.\r\n\r\nEdit:\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0055/0055_01.asp:cbff8]Here[/url:cbff8] is \"Big Daddy?\".\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlist.asp:cbff8]Here[/url:cbff8] is the tract list.\r\n\r\nPlease enjoy.','',0,'kA==','cbff8',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186868,11277,5,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155927649,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[i:57980]Nightwatch[/i:57980] received a great deal of publicity here, and it grossed a lot at the Russian box office. Didn\'t like it myself -- did not see a lot of meaning behind the FX. The actors are mostly good (apart from Friske, but she was supposed to look good and not to act like Sarah Bernhardt), I admire Zolotukhin.','',0,'IA==','57980',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186795,13980,6,59,0,'63.232.90.10',1155881975,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\'Sorry, amiga. Force of rabbit.\'\r\n\r\nThat line will have me smiling for a day. \r\n\r\n\r\nTAG\'s right - no fan art for this one would be criminal.','',0,'IA==','d6627',1,0,'',59,0,0),(186796,13981,3,251,0,'63.46.128.130',1155883173,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Just got back.\r\n\r\nOk, we got him to fill out the form. As expected, the form was exasperating, tiresome, and annoying...though we had fun as we joked a lot about it. (He even volunteered what time of day he\'s most likely to be in the shower on the form, as a dry comment about all the petty personal questions they asked.) \r\n\r\nI was a bit snarky towards both of them, but not direct. I mocked-threatened the guy. I would\'ve done the same to my other friend, but given how paranoid she was over the gestapo possibly stomping them over this (note, she worried, she wasn\'t convinced of it), I decided to lay off the mock-threats to her until her adrenaline is gone. \r\n\r\nI do like the both of them but it does seem they could\'ve handled this better. Still, as I can sympathize with the hospital, and I can sympathize with both of them, too. And none of us are perfect. \r\n\r\n\r\nI also called a friend of mine who has a government job, which means she knows how to deal with bureaucrats, talk to those with authority, and all of that. She agreed to meet with my friend and deal with the bill and form (as a good samaritan as opposed to her job). She\'ll get the details from my friend and go about setting up something to help pay off the bill and about lodging a complaint. Given that my older friends is older, respectable, more mature in many ways, and looks more conservative, I strongly doubt the hospital will give her a hard time (and if they do, I also expect they\'ll quickly come to regret it). She has a good and tolerant heart, and doesn\'t like bullies, so I expect she\'ll do what she offered. \r\n\r\nShe\'s even gonna give my friend some tips about how to camouflage herself with clothes she already has or can get from a resale store so as to appear \"part of respectable society\" when dealing with such people in the future. (She believes that part of the problem is that they went in unprepared, sleep deprived, and dressed in a way that said they lived more outside of society than within it--this could lead to judgments of them being druggies, or even just make it seem that others can get away with treating them like scum). She\'d teach the guy, too, but what\'s the point in trying to teach a guy how to dress? \":P\" \r\n\r\nThis part helped the guy. He just didn\'t care for the treatment the 2 of them got when they went in. I think that it honestly didn\'t occur to him (or her) that they could lodge a complaint--at least not in a way that wouldn\'t just get ignored. But they\'re more hopeful now. And he lost his resistance to filling the form out at least in part because of that (some of my mock-threats might\'s helped, too \":lol:\"). \r\n\r\n\r\nAnyway, what will happen now is that tomorrow the government person and my other friend (possibly the guy, too) will go over the bill and form, call the hospital and work out an arrangement (possibly right away or in giving time for the paperwork to go through for the medical card), and then lodge a complaint on how they were treated. \r\n\r\nIf the hospital knocks some of the bill off, great. Then we can raise a collection and probably pay it off really fast (another guy had an extraction that cost more than what the guy here still owes, and we raised it from donations in a few days to week). \r\n\r\nAlternately, the hospital waits for the card to go through and then they get the number from the card and that will pay most to all of it. Apparently this is more local (as opposed to state or federal) and less draconian, though things like fingerprints are likely to be demanded (part of the Homeland Security requirements). \r\n\r\nStill, this probably won\'t be a problem for them (both of who already have had to surrender fingerprints during arrests before anyway)...and my government friend got fingerprinted for a CCW permit some years ago and she told me a secret about fingerprints that LEOs, prosecutors, and the like would really not appreciate getting out: the science behind fingerprinting is much more unlikely than most people think, and such prints decay (even change) with age.\r\n\r\nHmph, now I\'m getting OT. Oh well, thing is, if anyone\'s concerned, it looks like it\'s gonna be taken care of without anyone getting stiffed, menaced, or ruined credit-wise. Of course, that assumes that things go pretty much according to plan. \r\n\r\nAnyway, I\'m sharing and also collecting any useful linx and ideas on this messageboard to forward to those concerned. Thanx for any input. \":)\"','',0,'IA==','2182c',1,1155883800,'',251,1,0),(186797,13980,6,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155883343,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','A well written fun story. Not much more to say, but \'I third the call for art\'.','',0,'IA==','9e271',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186798,13981,3,309,0,'24.127.136.163',1155883548,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":5e5cb][quote="Deref":5e5cb]And at the risk of sounding like a cracked record, your health system sucks and blows.[/quote:5e5cb]\nJeez, make up your mind. Which is it?[/quote:5e5cb]\r\n\r\nIt sucks so much it blows. I believe that is what he is going for.','',0,'gA==','5e5cb',1,0,'',309,0,0),(186799,13981,3,14,0,'72.77.72.179',1155884599,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":7a176]:x NNJ\'s advice sounds good. And at the risk of sounding like a cracked record, your health system sucks and blows.[/quote:7a176]\r\n\r\nIt used to be quite good. Then someone decided that instead of [i:7a176]paying[/i:7a176] for healthcare, we should just get it for free. In stepped the mafia (excuse me, I mean the insurance companys) and soon prices for the uninsured went through the roof. \r\n\r\nBut of course the most hillariously ironic thing about all this is the people that distrust the government the most are the ones who want THOSE IDIOTS to take charge of it.\r\n\r\nThe best advice \'Don\'t go to an emergency room\' seems to be coming too late.\r\n\r\nCN','',0,'oA==','7a176',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186800,13967,4,14,0,'72.77.72.179',1155885145,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":824e7]Kinky Friedman\'s running? Damn! I wish I lived in Texas so I could vote for him.[/quote:824e7]\r\n\r\nYup, you can find details at his website:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.kinkyfriedman.com/\r\n\r\nand as usual, any third party candidate is \'spoiling\' the election. Only us Dems and Reps are allowed to play in this sandbox!!!!\r\n\r\nCN','',0,'gA==','824e7',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186801,13962,4,251,0,'63.46.128.130',1155885309,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="ahmygoddess":ab675]C\'mon. Cross, Clinton f**** an intern.\n\nBush f**** not only the nation but the entire world.\n\nDo you feel safer with a pervert or with with a megomaniac?[/quote:ab675]\n\nCross\' point is that that wasn\'t all it was (Clinton and Monica). That\'s just what got harped upon. Strangely enough, it seems that it was harped upon in large part because BOTH Republicans and Democrats were needing a distraction from something that could\'ve damaged the credibility of both parties to the point of no hope for repair, as shared about in [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12983:ab675]this thread[/url:ab675]:\n\n[quote:ab675]\"As a result, Reed was indicted for gun running. Indictments and law suits are being used for political purposes. The irony is, that by going after Clinton on sex charge and perjury allegations, Whitewater Special Prosecutor Ken Starr is actually covering up the collusion between Clinton, Bush, and the CIA. Starr is protecting the Two Party fix in American politics and government. If he followed Whitewater to its logical conclusion, both the Republicans and Democrats would be fatally damaged.[/quote:ab675]\n\n[quote="ahmygoddess":ab675]Cross, you and Dervish need to link up.\n\nThink of the possibilities. Armageddon in a post industrialist world. Romeo and Juliet with twin fire AR-15s. With just a little tweaking, MAC-10s with a bit of .380 ACP. The Capulets and the Montagues, with the histories they have made public here, producing..\n\n\nWell, as I said, Armageddon.\n\n\n\n\n(Jane Lane): But what of the baby?[/quote:ab675]\r\n\r\nNot to mention the Prozac I\'d slip into Cross\'s beers, just to see if it improves his outlook any. \":P\" \r\n\r\nThen again, what antigovernment reactionary adventure could match the one [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=149660#149660:ab675]I\'d have[/url:ab675] with TAG? \":lol:\"','',0,'kA==','ab675',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186802,13679,11,309,0,'24.127.136.163',1155885466,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":d4c76]I didn\'t have a TV when I was an undergrad and for a couple years after that, until I got married. We still have that first TV we bought. You can\'t find too many nowadays with twin tuning dials and no remote... \":wink:\"[/quote:d4c76]\r\n\r\nI have one of those in my room. It\'s pretty dang old at this point. But hey, I can play video games on it and watch the few good shows on TV, so I love it As for getting rid of TV, I admit there are a few shows that I enjoy. I also don\'t pay for cable myself, so that\'s a plus. \":)\" And being a massive gamer, you kinda need a TV to plug a Gamecube into. \r\n\r\nMore power to ya Nemo, thought I\'m sure you don\'t give a damn about *MY* approval. Still, I like my TV. I\'ll keep it. At least until all the shows move online.','',0,'gA==','d4c76',1,0,'',309,0,0),(186803,13937,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155885813,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Oh be a fine girl. Kiss me, right now sweetheart.','',0,'gA==','19006',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186804,13962,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155885940,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Q: What did they find in the pocket of the blue dress?\r\n\r\nA: A wad of bills.','',0,'gA==','b5322',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186805,13919,4,251,0,'63.46.128.130',1155886405,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="vlademir1":39f38]There is a web site with te full series, let me look real fast. Funny thing on those tracts is the ones claiming D&D to be satanic are now collectables among RPG players. I think mainly because they are funny[/quote:39f38]\r\n\r\nNot as funny as this MST3K satire on Dark Dungeons:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.fecundity.com/darkdung/\r\n\r\nI LOVE that one! \":o\" \":lol:\" \":D\" \r\n\r\nAnd unlike some others, this one didn\'t cave in to the bluffs of Chick and so it still exists.\r\n\r\nYou can also see what the Dead Ale Wives came up with:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/90046','',0,'gA==','39f38',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186806,13919,4,1,0,'4.255.77.240',1155887311,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Nemo Blank','','[quote="Greybird":d9d93]Yeah, we \'Murricans are pretty despicable, ain\'t we? \"Questioning authority,\" as such ... what a concept.\n\nWhat I\'m having a problem with is the casual contempt that I\'m seeing in many of these items that are posted, or the reactions to them, from those of you outside the United States. Which is directed, indirectly and deliberately or not, to those of us run-of-the-mill denizens of said country.[/quote:d9d93]\r\n\r\nThis is nothing new. Nathanial Hawthorn wrote about this exact same phenomenon in his \'Sketchbook, back in the early 1800\'s.\' Foreigners think that they understand us from various media reports, but the truth is, the very nature of the media leads it to report only on the freaks of nature. Foreign papers pick up the most idiotic and distorted of these reports, playing on ancient hatreds to pander to the prejudice of their readers. After all, England and the United States were bitter enemies and commercial rivals for 150 years. The lower classes there have adopted the attitudes of the nobility. They have always hated us and they always will. \r\n\r\nHawthorn spoke of the difference between Americans and Europeans, including Englishmen, as being one of fundamental styles of politeness. \r\n\r\nOut of need, colonial Americans adopted the Algonquin traditions of hospitality, and thus we are ever anxious to make a visitor feel important and welcome. We tend to treat the visitor with a deference that is usually misinterpreted by the European as an admission of social inferiority. \r\n\r\nThe European reacts politely enough, but as he would to an inferior, and inevitably offends his host. This creates mutual hatred, and thus travelers reports paint all Americans as brash, ignorant hicks and Americans reciprocate with the broad-brush label \'Eurotrash.\' In American films, the devil is inevitably English.\r\n\r\nIt\'s like a cat and a dog. The dog wags his tail to be friendly, the cat wags when he\'s mad. Each of them sees the other as making an unprovoked attack.\r\n\r\nThey will always misunderstand each other because their cultures blind them. \r\n\r\nThat\'s what Churchill meant when he said that England and America are two countries divided by a common language. They hear us speaking English, but our traditions are not English. They just can\'t figure us out and visa versa. To us, they seem like a bunch of snooty stuck-up bastards in crying need of a facial re-arrangement. So when we get the upper hand, we tend to really put the boots to them, so to speak.','',0,'gA==','d9d93',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186807,13981,3,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155888497,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Here\'s a suggestion. The guy tells the hospital that if they want him to fill out the form than it is only reasonable that someone sit down with him and hear him out. But if he just blows it off that\'s not cool.\r\n\r\nGood luck to him.','',0,'gA==','bdc58',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186808,13987,10,541,0,'149.9.0.27',1155889666,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','From the insane mind of me','I call it \"Insanity\" I took a page from janes style and added in a little horror.\r\n\r\nThe quality sucks because its my phone camera. I just drew it here at work. I get bored easily.\r\n\r\n[url=http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo0112gl0.jpg:40a12][img:40a12]http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/3062/photo0112gl0.th.jpg[/img:40a12][/url:40a12]','',0,'GA==','40a12',1,0,'',541,0,0),(186809,13934,6,1,0,'4.255.77.240',1155895289,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Nemo Blank','','I went to a school that had an armed principal. He kept a little .38 in a hideout holster behind his belt. He looked and talked exactly like Buford T. Puss er. He was mean and stupid, an ex cop with a rather shady reputation and a talent for never confronting the real culprits.\r\n\r\nThere were two students murdered just off campus, all kinds of drug dealing and a race riot the year that I was at dear old Jefferson Davis. It was a reform school that was being \'normalized,\' and they bussed a lot of us Navy kids there that year. We were always considered to be cannon fodder in the race wars, so we often got to live in offbase housing that was \'integrated\' with the worst public housing, and go to ghetto schools that had no hope of providing anything like an education. \r\n\r\nI saw firearms carried by some of the students and by most of the teachers. I had steel toed navy flight deck boots and a thick nylon bag full of quarters, a sap, in my pocket at all times there. I had to fight many times and learned to wear ten heavy, sharp milled steel rings to gouge eyes and cut faces with. I even wore a straight razor on a cord around my neck and had to pull it more than once to keep from being swarmed and beaten to death by gangs. The faculty pretended not to know about the open air drug market out by the bleachers, but you never saw one of them out on the football field in the mornings. It was like being in prison.\r\n\r\nI think they were part of it.\r\n\r\nI could easily see the story scenario occurring in a place like that. I did see it, and worse.','',0,'GA==','58624',1,0,'',1,0,0),(186810,13970,3,203,0,'220.236.85.91',1155895521,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":40344]:-) Wonderful photos, Martin - thank you!\n\nSo tell me - what\'s a dovecote? Is it like a folly?[/quote:40344]\r\n\r\nIt\'s a pigeon-house. \":roll:\" \r\n\r\nGreat pix, Martin. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','40344',1,0,'',203,0,0),(186811,13829,3,358,0,'68.117.213.181',1155896054,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Ranger Thorne":ec1c8]\n\nBut things change. As Bill Cosby said, \"She\'s an old woman who\'s trying to get into Heaven now.\" I listen to what she puts up with from my neice and nephews and wonder when they replaced her with \'Grandma.\'[/quote:ec1c8]\r\n\r\nGrandmothers are a completely different entity than a mother. My grandmother still gets on my moms ass, but my little sister can do just about anything. It was the same way when i was a kid.... although that changed when i got older and started having different opinions than her... Hmm..\r\n\r\n\r\nOn the subject of Tamis:\r\n\r\nShes yowling constantly, ripping holes in the towels aroudn the crate and she gets to back for some post op checkups this morning. Although, through all of this, shes learned how to get into the small carrier without a fuss.','',0,'gA==','ec1c8',1,0,'',358,0,0),(186812,13988,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1155896370,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Sense of humour failure...','... at Greater Manchester Fire Brigade. The officers who took part in [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jnam-gkSrI:11433]this prank (YouTube video)[/url:11433] have been suspended. \":roll:\" \r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'EA==','11433',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186813,13980,6,276,0,'205.188.117.66',1155896463,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','A good way to start the morning. \":D\"','',0,'EA==','ed390',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186814,13937,3,358,0,'68.117.213.181',1155897193,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":2a9f9][quote="The Angst Guy":2a9f9][b:2a9f9][size=200:2a9f9][url=http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/:2a9f9]ASTRONOMER-MAGES ARE STEALING XENA\'S NAME!!![/url:2a9f9][/size:2a9f9][/b:2a9f9]\n\n(See \"About the name\")\n\nThis is an outrage! Everyone write to their Congresscreature and demand Xena be allowed to keep her name! And Gabrielle should keep her name, too! Oh, the humanity![/quote:2a9f9]\n\nAs they said, these were never any more than nicknames internal to the group that first discovered the \"planet\", and they never stood a chance of being adopted as the permanent names. Most astronomers do this. My own supernova research group named our discoveries after classical composers, Tolkien characters, and other things, but the official designations for the supernovae were always in accordance with IAU protocol. Admittedly, unlike with supernovae, there are no official guidelines for naming planets, but since all the other planets have the names of Roman deities, it\'s most likely that \"Xena\" will receive something similar.[/quote:2a9f9]\r\n\r\nWhat, have you not watched the eps recently? Xena was promoted to near-god status for awhile... And she was in Rome at the time..\r\n\r\nI think thats enough reason right there.\r\n\r\n[size=59:2a9f9]You know you love me[/size:2a9f9]\r\nKai','',0,'1A==','2a9f9',1,0,'',358,0,0),(186815,13970,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1155897755,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Birds were an important food source in mediaeval Europe, and having a flock of doves cooing around your estate was something of a status symbol in the C14th. Dovecotes were built to give them shelter. Some housed pigeon flocks.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'1A==','73c4d',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186834,13983,2,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155909212,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: All right, I\'m starting to think...','[quote="Kara Wild":5eb11]... we need an ignore user function just for jak and nonamejane to use against one another. Then peace will reign.[/quote:5eb11]\r\n\r\nAssuming that they bother to use it.','',0,'gA==','5eb11',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186833,10309,2,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155909097,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Okay, it\'s gone. Posted for a \"dating\" service.','',0,'gA==','d3b14',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186818,13931,6,100,0,'24.5.124.156',1155902123,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The germ of this one has been rolling around my head since I saw this Iron Chef posted—I thought I\'d see if I could dash it out in one sitting.\r\n\r\nEpiphany\r\n---\r\n[b:e8787]Arkham Asylum, Southern New Jersey[/b:e8787]\r\n\r\n[i:e8787]\"Hurry up, girl—y\'know th\' \'guests\' get antsy if room service\'s late!\"[/i:e8787]\r\n\r\n\"Just about ready, ma\'am,\" replied the apprentice chef, giving the soup in the semi-industrial scale stewpot a gentle stir...with a ladle held dagger stiff in a gnarl of a fist. \r\n\r\nDaria had, she supposed, every right and reason to be nervous that evening, though that was hardly the reason for her death grip on the harmless old cooking implement. She [i:e8787]wasn\'t[/i:e8787] nervous, really. Elated, if anything.\r\n\r\n...But she [i:e8787]was[/i:e8787] fairly sure the ladle would slip from her sweat-slick hand if she didn\'t hold back her arm\'s tremor with sheer will.\r\n\r\nShe clucked, quietly, to herself. She\'d probably overdone it...an \"accidental\" overdose of her usual MAOI cocktail would hardly bring about Serotonin Syndrome so quickly, and to such a noticable degree...but she might still be able to bluff it away. Maybe.\r\n\r\n[i:e8787]In any case,[/i:e8787] she thought, glancing across the \"hospital\" kitchen before cracking the vial taped under her sleeve, and pouring it into the simmering broth, [i:e8787]it\'s better than the alternative.[/i:e8787]\r\n\r\nShe smiled. [i:e8787]If I have nothing else...I\'ll have my brain.[/i:e8787]\r\n\r\nIt was an old story, really...ever since her old life had died, that lovely graduation day, when the costumed freaks had blown into her world. Leaving nothing...and no one...behind—just crowds of smiles. And Daria\'s brain.\r\n\r\nDaria had never been atheletic. Nor particularly agile, or charismatic. She\'d had no extraordinary military or technological skill—and those were some things she\'d found that she simply couldn\'t learn. Normally, there was no real shame in that—but when one thirsts for vengeance in a world of \"costumed champions,\" gods in all but name...having a fine brain only serves to make one realize the futility of striking against into the \"game\" of olympians. And a strong will only stokes rage and madness over one\'s impotence to avenge wounded pride.\r\n\r\nShe\'d thought that was why she hated the world\'s \"heroes,\" once. That because she lacked inhuman powers, she could never measure up, never [i:e8787]join[/i:e8787] them, defending against evil. That had been brushed aside, though, for a new theory; that she hated them because of [i:e8787]how[/i:e8787] they operated; self-appointed, glorified vigilantes, deciding on their own to direct the world\'s fate.\r\n\r\n[i:e8787]But[/i:e8787], as Daria reflected, stirring the powdered MPTP into the soup, letting it dissolve into invisible nothingness, [i:e8787]that was just another \'golden calf.\'[/i:e8787] A mental \'false idol,\' that she\'d believed to satisfy some psychological need.\r\n\r\nBut, clever, and tormented, her brain had eeked out the truth...\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t hate \"heroes\" because she envied them, or feared their power. There were too many analogous situations in mundane, non-superheroic life that didn\'t bother her. And she was, although she was sad to realize it, too much of a pragmatist to stand for \"the means justify the ends\" philosophy to condemn super-powered vigilantism. After all, how many times [i:e8787]had[/i:e8787] the world indeed improved it\'s lot, throughout man\'s long history, by mavericks, adventurers, and iconoclasts? Or by tyrants, spymasters, cutthroats?\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t, she realized, resent the heroes for having their power, or fear their claiming the right to use it.\r\n\r\nShe hated them because they [i:e8787]didn\'t[/i:e8787] use it. Because the \'gods\' existed, and they [i:e8787]had[/i:e8787] the power to smite and strike down evil...but most of them wouldn\'t do it. They had the power, but they wouldn\'t take the responsibility. [i:e8787]All[/i:e8787] of the responsibility...like being responsible for the continued existance of a rictus-faced joke of a psychopath who\'d slain hundreds of innocents on a campus grounds in Boston, one beautiful summer day, for no reason but laughs. And smiles.\r\n\r\nAnd the gods in all but name would let that man live, and kill again, and again. Just so they could convince themselves that they were still people, not gods.\r\n\r\nThey\'d let the whole world die, pieces at a time...just so they could keep wearing their costumes.\r\n\r\nDaria\'s brain brought the truth to her. Her will forced her to see it, to admit it. To act.\r\n\r\nHer brain...now shethed in near-toxic neurochemical \"armor\" against the neurotoxin she\'d smuggled into her workplace at the \"hospital.\" \"Hospital\" might be a sham, but \"workplace\" was certainly apt...it was her [i:e8787]magnum[/i:e8787] workplace, really.\r\n\r\nHer smile grew as she wordlessly brought the stewpot over to the prep table, where another of the kitchen staff began dutifully ladling out a healthy supper for twelve of the world\'s most dangerous metahuman criminals held in the asylum that night. \r\n\r\nThere was nothing [i:e8787]deadly[/i:e8787] about the fine, homestyle stuff Daria had prepared...nothing so base. Killing was [i:e8787]wrong[/i:e8787], wasn\'t it? That\'s what all the [i:e8787]heroes[/i:e8787] say, right?\r\n\r\nBut, as a matter of fact, Daria thought, hanging up her apron for the evening, there was nothing inherantly deadly about something that would quietly burn out the midbrain\'s [i:e8787]substantia nigra[/i:e8787]. The \"patients\" would simply eat, turn in for the night...and awaken—heh. \"awaken.\" For awhile, anyway—the next morning as they began to suffer from an extremely late-stage Parkinsonian disorder, as their brains lost all ability to produce dopamine. A condition that, sadly, medical science couldn\'t quite compensate for. \r\n\r\nNor could a supervillain, now paralyzed and all but catatonic, gathering dust while strapped to a bed, somewhere.\r\n\r\nAs Daria punched her timecard before leaving for home that evening, her brain, a steadfast realist, reminded her that she probably wouldn\'t get away with it.\r\n\r\nBut she smiled. She [i:e8787]would[/i:e8787] survive it, though. And long enough to know that, if even for an instant, she\'d done it. She\'d risen above mundane human failings. She\'d spit in the world\'s face. \r\n\r\nShe\'d beaten the villain who\'d taken the people she loved, and beaten the heroes who wouldn\'t protect them. She\'d beaten \"the Joker\"...\r\n\r\n...and she\'d beaten \"Batman.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[i:e8787]...there are only two kinds of men in the human race\nThere\'s the one staying put in his proper place\nAnd the one with his foot in the other one\'s face!\n—Sweeney Todd[/i:e8787]\r\n------\r\n\r\nEh? How\'d I do, Chauncy? Too rambling? Too oblique?','',0,'YA==','e8787',1,0,'',100,0,0),(186819,12952,10,49,0,'84.25.229.92',1155902358,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Okay then I got several new pages but they are too hot for me to post here. But I guess that you guys know where to go to see them.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a sneak preview.\r\n\r\n[img:f82a3]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/GPjane26trackstar.jpg[/img:f82a3]','',0,'CA==','f82a3',1,0,'',49,0,0),(186820,12531,10,49,0,'84.25.229.92',1155902704,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','In my new story, Jane got the Tank as a graduation gift from Mystic Spiral.\r\n\r\n[img:4a9d3]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/TheTank.jpg[/img:4a9d3]','',0,'CA==','4a9d3',1,0,'',49,0,0),(186821,13987,10,100,0,'24.5.124.156',1155902834,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Interesting...it kinda reminds me of some of Leonardo Da Vinci\'s [url=http://www.artchive.com/artchive/L/leonardo/leonardo_grotesque.jpg.html:e41b4]face studies.[/url:e41b4]\r\n\r\n\'Ever think of doing [i:e41b4]fanart[/i:e41b4] in the same style? (Face-fault [i:e41b4]that[/i:e41b4] cutesy manga-style fanarts! \":twisted:\" )','',0,'MA==','e41b4',1,0,'',100,0,0),(186822,11277,5,568,0,'216.97.244.66',1155903342,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I recently finished buying the Buffy DVDs so as last Monday, I\'m watching 2 episodes every Monday until I finish the show. \":D\"','',0,'MA==','78334',1,0,'',568,0,0),(186823,13987,10,541,0,'154.35.1.12',1155904210,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Actually yes. I drew a really mean looking D Martino which funny enough almost resembles the above picture, without all the contorting of course. I have defiantly tried to steer clear of anime style drawings (I like anime but its to simple and over used for a medium of artistic merit)','',0,'MA==','c54a4',1,0,'',541,0,0),(186832,13931,6,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155909042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Good one. Considering how crappy security at Arkham seems to be (how often do the inmates escape?), Daria may just get away with it.','',0,'MA==','0c2ed',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186831,13931,6,564,0,'69.219.160.108',1155908868,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Heh, all of my beefs with batman and the rest of the heros brought up in one story.\r\n\r\nIt reminded me a little of Bendis...\r\n\r\nVery good story, I enjoyed it greatly.','',0,'MA==','849e0',1,0,'',564,0,0),(186830,13975,3,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155908655,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dngrsone":733b8]\nYou operate under the assumption that said Iranian President is a politician and not an Islamic Revolutionist backed by that country\'s leading Clerics, including the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran:733b8]The Supreme Leader[/url:733b8], Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not to be confused with his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini[/quote:733b8]\r\n\r\nNo, he is also a politician and we can look at much of his rhetoric as being really directed to his home audience and supporters.','',0,'kA==','733b8',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186827,13984,3,414,0,'68.162.228.132',1155906666,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="DocForbin":1ca4d]Not sure how I can compress it on-camera, but I do have Adobe Photoshop, which could let me do the same thing.\n\nThanks all the same. \":D\"[/quote:1ca4d]\r\nTo my knowledge no digital camera has the ability to compress photos after they\'re taken; the best they can do is allow you to choose the level of quality (and thus file size) before the photos are taken. Photoshop can definitely compress the photos (both the file size and the pixel dimensions) without any trouble. Just beware that \"Save For Web\" and \"Batch Processing\" use two considerably different definitions for the various quality levels of the compressed photos (The JPEG Low setting in Batch Processing produces files that are as large as the ones produced by the JPEG High setting in Save For Web).\r\n\r\nNice photo of Laptop, BTW. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','1ca4d',1,0,'',414,0,0),(186828,13904,3,358,0,'168.24.9.35',1155908291,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','you see a number of them in Athens, but thankfully there\'s usually a number of better hairstyles too.\r\n\r\nof course, at my high school we always had a few kids who thought they were such hard asses that they could pull it off..\r\n\r\nAmusingly enough, leaving the grocery store yesterday, i saw a girl, around 14 I\'d guess, with shoulder length brown hair (aka, \"normal hair\"), \'ceptin that the center bit was gelled up in three mess clumps of a mohawk. It was all i could do to not stop, drop my sushi and take her picture so i could laugh at it later. The fact that she was with her dad made it even funnier\r\n\r\nKai','',0,'gA==','d1c01',1,0,'',358,0,0),(186829,13975,3,358,0,'168.24.9.35',1155908477,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','well, if true, at least i wont have to write all these research papers','',0,'gA==','31eb6',1,0,'',358,0,0),(186835,13931,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155911218,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Batman was in Arkham? Or just the Joker, who killed her family/friends? Loved the story (send it out!) but missed that part. Though the best revenge is served cold, putting it in a nice hot meal is perfectly acceptable. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','d32e4',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186836,13980,6,318,0,'195.101.98.21',1155911688,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','... and a good way to end the day too!\r\n\r\nOh, and I\'ll (insert appropriate number here) the fan art request!','',0,'gA==','732db',1,0,'',318,0,0),(186837,13975,3,505,0,'67.114.9.60',1155911941,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":b908a][quote="Dngrsone":b908a]\nYou operate under the assumption that said Iranian President is a politician and not an Islamic Revolutionist backed by that country\'s leading Clerics, including the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran:b908a]The Supreme Leader[/url:b908a], Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not to be confused with his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini[/quote:b908a]\n\nNo, he is also a politician and we can look at much of his rhetoric as being really directed to his home audience and supporters.[/quote:b908a]\r\n\r\nTrue... I should have said something more along the lines of \"You operate under the assumption that said Iranian President thinks like a [i:b908a]western[/i:b908a] politician...\"','',0,'sA==','b908a',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186838,13977,4,505,0,'67.114.9.60',1155912328,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Doggieboy":b7f92]Heh, this is better than watching Dan Quayle repeatedly embarrass Indiana.\n\nWhich reminds me, how does Katherine Harris spell \"potato\"?\n\nFrom the looks of it, I guess Jeb won\'t ask her to be his running mate [i:b7f92]if[/i:b7f92] he runs for president. \":P\"[/quote:b7f92]\r\n\r\nHe won\'t... it\'s a given. Good as he is, the fact that he would be the third Bush would kill him and he knows that.\r\n\r\nI\'m glad to see the the good old St. Petersburg Times hasn\'t slacked up on their journalism... they really deserve more readership than they get over there.','',0,'oA==','b7f92',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186839,13978,3,505,0,'67.114.9.60',1155912683,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nmorgendorffer":1928d]I think laser eye surgery is great. My eye doctor told me a few years ago I could get a surgery, but I haven\'t done it yet a) because I don\'t have the money for it right now, and b) because, honestly I\'m a bit scared. But seriously, everyone I know who\'s had it have told me to go for it. A friend\'s mother had a horrible vision (wore very thick glasses) and she still had surgery in her 40\'s so I don\'t know why people are saying here they\'re too old for it. \n\nSeriously, consider it. I\'m sure I\'ll have the surgery sometime in the future. Besides, the best eye doctor in the country lives in this city - even people from abroad come here to get eye surgery with this doctor. For now, I\'m happy with my contacts. \":)\"[/quote:1928d]\r\n\r\nThey couldn\'t give you an implant?','',0,'gA==','1928d',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186840,13983,2,359,0,'172.129.251.127',1155913302,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: All right, I\'m starting to think...','[quote="RLobinske":d0c87][quote="Kara Wild":d0c87]... we need an ignore user function just for jak and nonamejane to use against one another. Then peace will reign.[/quote:d0c87]\n\nAssuming that they bother to use it.[/quote:d0c87]\r\n\r\nI think jak would; he\'s not out to deliberately stir up trouble, I don\'t believe. On the other hand, if NNJ doesn\'t have jak to pick on, she\'ll just focus on someone else.','',0,'gA==','d0c87',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186841,13936,6,406,0,'71.48.167.148',1155913733,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','i have no problem with non-Daria fanfics... besides last i looked this board was titled Creative Writing - Not Daria Creative Writing...\r\n\r\nNot trying to start anything either, just voicing my own personal opinion however unimportant it may be...','',0,'gA==','f9c17',1,0,'',406,0,0),(186842,13985,10,468,0,'134.68.180.172',1155914289,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','That looks very nice! Very nice indeed!','',0,'gA==','ff94a',1,0,'',468,0,0),(186843,13931,6,359,0,'172.129.251.127',1155914301,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":2f248]Batman was in Arkham? Or just the Joker, who killed her family/friends? Loved the story (send it out!) but missed that part. Though the best revenge is served cold, putting it in a nice hot meal is perfectly acceptable. \":D\"[/quote:2f248]\r\n\r\nI got the impression that she\'d \"beaten\" Batman in a more philosophic sense, by striking back at the \"never kill\" ethos espouced by him and the other superheroes. That idea has always bothered me, too, and I\'ve only seen a good explanation for it a couple of times (once in [i:2f248]Smallville[/i:2f248], and the other in, I believe, [i:2f248]Lex Luthor: Man of Steel[/i:2f248], and both of those only apply to Superman).','',0,'oA==','2f248',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186844,13978,3,268,0,'195.224.106.220',1155917081,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Martin is right. I was going for aircrew but my eyesight scuppered that one. They didn\'t accept laser surgery 6 years ago as it was untried. as far as i\'m aware that\'s still the case.\r\n\r\nI\'ve thought about it but i need to make sure it is something that will last if i\'m to spend all this money that i don\'t have anyway.','',0,'oA==','90545',1,0,'',268,0,0),(186845,13970,3,268,0,'195.224.106.220',1155917285,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Now there\'s a coincidence. There where some falconry people in the centre of derby today, and their kids where dressed as medieval maidens.','',0,'oA==','3071a',1,0,'',268,0,0),(186846,13679,11,14,0,'72.77.72.179',1155917875,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My Dad never had a TV when he moved out. Finally someone gave him one, I think he dusts it every week.\r\n\r\nExcercise equipment is a good choice to replace the TV, assuming you use it. (wanting to be healthy, of course, makes you vain, but what the heck) As for DVDs, if he\'s got a computer, he can easily watch them on that.\r\n\r\nCN','',0,'oA==','be4bb',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186847,13978,3,414,0,'68.162.228.132',1155917932,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dngrsone":eae9d][quote="nmorgendorffer":eae9d]I think laser eye surgery is great. My eye doctor told me a few years ago I could get a surgery, but I haven\'t done it yet a) because I don\'t have the money for it right now, and b) because, honestly I\'m a bit scared. But seriously, everyone I know who\'s had it have told me to go for it. A friend\'s mother had a horrible vision (wore very thick glasses) and she still had surgery in her 40\'s so I don\'t know why people are saying here they\'re too old for it. \n\nSeriously, consider it. I\'m sure I\'ll have the surgery sometime in the future. Besides, the best eye doctor in the country lives in this city - even people from abroad come here to get eye surgery with this doctor. For now, I\'m happy with my contacts. \":)\"[/quote:eae9d]\n\nThey couldn\'t give you an implant?[/quote:eae9d]\r\nWould you really want Nat to look like this:\r\n[img:eae9d]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/7of9.jpg[/img:eae9d] \":wink:\"','',0,'iA==','eae9d',1,0,'',414,0,0),(186848,13978,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1155918133,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Tom":95e6b][I] need to make sure it is something that will last [...][/quote:95e6b]\nThat\'s the key to it, in my view. I want my eyes to last another, oh, thirty or even forty years, in case I live that long. Figures on complications and other outcomes after thirty years aren\'t available yet....\n\n[quote="Derek":95e6b]Would you really want Nat to look like this:\n[img:95e6b]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/7of9.jpg[/img:95e6b] \":wink:\"[/quote:95e6b]\r\nWhat makes you think she doesn\'t already? \":P\" \r\n\r\nOw. Stop that, Nat.\r\n\r\nOf course, not every scifi vision of humans enhanced by implants is sevenofnineish. What about [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/hyperdrive/ram/nb/hyperdrive_ep3_16x9_nb.ram:95e6b]Sandstrom in Hyperdrive (video clip, Real format)[/url:95e6b]?\r\n\r\nI\'ll pretend I didn\'t notice the B&B-type possibilities of \'implants\' in my sentence above.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'mA==','95e6b',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186849,13931,6,440,0,'64.12.116.130',1155918442,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":7f31f][quote="The Angst Guy":7f31f]Batman was in Arkham? Or just the Joker, who killed her family/friends? Loved the story (send it out!) but missed that part. Though the best revenge is served cold, putting it in a nice hot meal is perfectly acceptable. \":D\"[/quote:7f31f]\n\nI got the impression that she\'d \"beaten\" Batman in a more philosophic sense, by striking back at the \"never kill\" ethos espouced by him and the other superheroes. That idea has always bothered me, too, and I\'ve only seen a good explanation for it a couple of times (once in [i:7f31f]Smallville[/i:7f31f], and the other in, I believe, [i:7f31f]Lex Luthor: Man of Steel[/i:7f31f], and both of those only apply to Superman).[/quote:7f31f]\r\n\r\nAllow me to offer an explanation using this song quote.\r\n\r\n[i:7f31f]\"I know Darth Vader\'s really got you annoyed,\nBut remember, if you kill him then you\'ll be unemployed\"[/i:7f31f]','',0,'oA==','7f31f',1,0,'',440,0,0),(186851,13931,6,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1155919012,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="DigiSim":f1355]Allow me to offer an explanation using this song quote.\n\n[i:f1355]\"I know Darth Vader\'s really got you annoyed,\nBut remember, if you kill him then you\'ll be unemployed\"[/i:f1355][/quote:f1355]\r\n\r\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \r\n\r\nThat\'s one of my favorite Weird Al quotes.','',0,'oA==','f1355',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186852,13936,6,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155919159,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The dimension into which Kurama, Hiei and Bui had been taken was a dimension of darkness. All they could see, even with the Jagan, was one another and anything within a ten foot radius. Yoshiro had disappeared into the blackness around them.\r\n\r\n“Oh cute,” grumbled Hiei. “He wants to play hide and seek.”\r\n\r\nAt that moment an extremely powerful ki blast came flying out of the darkness right at Hiei. Bui lit up with ki and dashed in front of the blast to block it. Bui’s defense was normally phenomenal but this time he was knocked backwards twenty feet and Hiei with him. This put them out of the range where Kurama could see them. No sooner had they vanished than Yoshiro suddenly jumped out of the darkness and viciously attacked him. Kurama dodged his punches and kicks with great difficulty. There was no chance whatsoever to counterattack. \r\n\r\n“Fūka Enbu Jin!” \r\n\r\nThe sudden shower of rose petal blades forced Yoshiro to jump back into the darkness. Kurama shot a barrage of Akaru Weeds all over exposing light to the entire area. Bui and Hiei were just a few feet away. Hiei ran up to Kurama’s side.\r\n\r\n“We need Youko!” he hollered.\r\n\r\n“Very well.” In a cloud of smoke Youko appeared.\r\n\r\n“I’d better try that too,” said Hiei.\r\n\r\n“What do you mean?” asked Youko.\r\n\r\nHiei ripped off his tank top and his body surged with energy. His skin turned green and eyes appeared all over his body. His muscles increased in size. “Haven’t done this in years,” remarked Hiei. “But I’m not having a replay of that BS with Sensui. Bui! Ditch the armor! We need every once of power we can get!”\r\n\r\nBui hadn’t worn his helmet but he did have his body armor on which he removed. “We’d better take him out quick,” warned Bui. “Once this armor comes off my true power is unleashed but it doesn’t last long enough.”\r\n\r\nWith all the lamp plants around, Yoshiro had to stay much further away to conceal himself. In short his initial plan to separate them and pick them off one by one had failed.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nFor Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Mukuro, the situation seemed utterly hopeless. They were too busy dodging Toguro Ani’s fingers to do anything effective against him. Yusuke had fired off a couple shots that went right through him and Mukuro’s Dimensional Destroyer had cut him in two vertically but he pulled himself back together at once.\r\n\r\n“Hey Mukuro!” screamed Toguro Ani. He suddenly changed form into Mukuro’s father. “Come on over and give daddy a kiss.”\r\n\r\nMukuro didn’t give him the satisfaction of reacting. The same could not be said for Kuwabara. He charged him. Which was exactly what Toguro Ani was hoping for. He switched back to his true form and tried the body pincushion tactic where every part of him had sharp spikes sticking out but Kuwabara slipped in between every one of them and ruthlessly sliced him up. Kuwabara immediately jumped back to Yusuke’s position.\r\n\r\n“I know you’re still alive you bastard!” he hollered. “But I just needed to make you hurt like hell. Monster!”\r\n\r\nThe pile of blood and flesh pieces began to laugh cruelly. “You really are pathetic, Kuwabara. A guy like me ignores pain. I am a warrior.” He pulled himself back together.\r\n\r\n“No,” replied Kuwabara. “Your brother was a warrior. You are nothing but a demon-wannabe who steals power and behaves like an ass. I can just imagine what sort of human you used to be. I bet Toguro used to beat you senseless when you were growing up together.” For the first time ever, Toguro Ani actually kept his mouth shut. He looked mad. To Kuwabara’s amazement, he had actually struck a nerve here. He grinned and continued his taunt. “Or maybe… maybe he had to protect you because you were weak. Maybe… HE PITIED YOU!”\r\n\r\n“SHUT UP!” screamed Toguro Ani angrily. To Kuwabara, it seemed as if he had landed the only real blow of that fight.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nYoshiro re-emerged from the darkness. “Let’s make this short and sweet. I have no prior quarrel with any of you but I’m not going to let anything get in the way of Toguro Ani. I’ll fight to the death to see that he comes out on top.”\r\n\r\n“Why?” asked Youko suspiciously. “Does a 60 year old alliance mean that much to you?”\r\n\r\n“At my old age I have little left to look forward to and he promised me that once he was on the throne of Makai there is nothing he would deny me. Power, wealth, sex, anything. It’s nothing personal but you really do need to die.”\r\n\r\n“So that’s what this is all about?” replied Youko. “Greed?”\r\n\r\n“My dear Youko, while a noble cause such as protecting one’s family may bring out greater strength in some, a man’s own desire for his own selfish desires will tend to make him twice as ruthless and violent as the worst criminal in the world. To put it quite simply, I want this. I want this more than you want to stay alive if you can believe that.” And at once his body replicated tenfold. “You’ve seen this before, I believe. Each one of these creations has all my strength but only the real me can be injured in any capacity. Good luck finding it after I blend in with my clones.”\r\n\r\nBui tossed an axe at one of the clones just to see if Yoshiro was bluffing. It hit the clone and shattered. All eleven Yoshiros attacked at once. For about thirty seconds Hiei, Youko, and Bui were beaten senseless. Any efforts to block the attacks or fight back were completely futile. But all of the sudden…”\r\n\r\n“AH!”\r\n\r\nThe clones disappeared and the real Yoshiro dropped to his knees in real pain. Youko had stabbed him in the gut with his Juryō Yōzan Ken. \r\n\r\n“My dear Yoshiro, how little you know about demons. We have quite a good sense of smell even when our eyes are fooled.”\r\n\r\nYoshiro stood up slowly. “It will take far more than that to finish me.” A massive ball-shaped ki barrier surrounded his body. “Hope you like bowling.” Yoshiro crashed into Youko like a wrecking ball sending him flying backwards several feet. \r\n\r\nHiei drew his sword and charged at Yoshiro, hopping from side to side as he moved in order to throw him off his guard. No good. His sword could not penetrate the barrier. Within the barrier, Yoshiro could levitate. He didn’t stay in midair for long. He came crashing down on Youko with brutal force just as he got back up to his feet and then nailed Hiei. But when he tried the same thing on Bui, he was in for a shock. Bui could perform the exact same technique, only better. In blinding flash of blue ki, Yoshiro ricocheted off of him. \r\n\r\nBui took to the air and the two glared at each other angrily in silence. Given the amount of spirit energy possessed by Yoshiro, he should have had a decisive advantage. But he didn’t and he knew it. After a few tense seconds they were at it hammer and tongs. They began to crash into each other incessantly; several times per second, in fact. For a while Bui was holding his own, smashing Yoshiro back well over 100 feet with each impact. But after a while he seemed to grow tired and his barrier grew dimmer. Bui’s body was not good at regulating ki and the armor was worn so that it wouldn’t all come spilling out of him in the first few attacks of a fight. Now he was entirely spent and eventually his barrier fizzled out and he fell to the ground.\r\n\r\nYoshiro immediately pumped a massive amount of crackling energy that he’d been saving into his barrier. He intended to take out Bui with one hit. He prepared to dive bomb his fallen opponent. Hiei could tell that Bui would not survive the impact and could only think of one way to break the barrier.\r\n\r\n“Jaō Ensatsu Kokuryuha!”\r\n\r\nThe Dragon had not only destroyed the barrier, but took off Yoshiro’s left arm. Hiei had stopped him but at a great cost to his own energy level. He ran over to Bui. “Are you alright?”\r\n\r\n“Yes,” he replied. “I’m so sorry.”\r\n\r\n“Don’t be. You gave all you had. We’ll take it from here.”\r\n\r\n“Oh you will, will you?” hollered Yoshiro. He picked himself off the ground, struggling to ignore the blinding pain he was in. “You’ve got nothing left. As for me…” \r\n\r\nYoshiro’s body surged with more energy. He began angrily flinging as many ki blasts as he could create in the direction of Hiei. Bui and Hiei dodged as quickly as they could. With a loud scream and a glowing fist, Yoshiro charged at the two worn out demons. His pain was starting to interfere with his judgment. Immediately Youko blocked his path. Even with one arm, Yoshiro was still quite skilled at hand to hand combat. At one time Youko may have been in trouble at that point. Let’s face it; hand to hand had never really been a strong point for Youko or Kurama. He fought with weapons. But after all those sparring sessions he’d been through with Kuwabara, he managed to fight back rather effectively (after taking three hits to the face). He caught hold of Yoshiro’s wrist and flung him over his shoulder. When Yoshiro hit the ground, Youko kicked him in the solar plexus. Hard.\r\n\r\n“Why you dirty worthless…” Yoshiro was clearly losing his cool. He raised up his arm to create a boulder-sized ki blast but while his arm was in the air, Youko slashed his face with his claws. Yoshiro jumped back and tossed the blast anyway.\r\n\r\nJust at the last second, Bui threw himself in front of Youko and took the blast dead on. This time he didn’t go flying, he just dropped to the ground. Hiei and Youko knelt down beside him. “I guess… I had something left after all… good luck.” And with that he closed his eyes for the last time.\r\n\r\nHiei and Youko turned on Yoshiro angrily. He was just slightly faster than either one of their weapons but not by much. And dodging a sword and a whip at the same time is a ridiculously hard task because of their difference in range. \r\n\r\nSuddenly, Youko stopped his onslaught and signaled Hiei to do the same. “Alright, that’s enough,” he told Yoshiro. He turned himself back into Kurama. “While you were avoiding that shower of rose petals I used one of my oldest tricks on you. Look at your chest.” Yoshiro did and there was a small leaf growing out of it. He fell to his knees in shock. “It’s had time to take root. But I must admit I’m starting to be sickened by killing, having lived a violent life for so many years. Let me spare you. Just stop and I swear I’ll spare you.”\r\n\r\nYoshiro glared at him. “I’m too strong. Even if you make that thing bloom, I won’t die.”\r\n\r\n“Not right away, you won’t,” admitted Kurama. “With your ki level it can’t bloom completely. But it will make you bleed to death within 15 minutes. Don’t do it.”\r\n\r\n“If I can’t get what I want, I’ll have the next best thing!” said Yoshiro with a snarl. “Here’s what I think of your pity!” He stood up again to create another ki blast.\r\n\r\nHiei looked at Kurama. “I’ll take the guilt. Jaō Ensatsu Ken!” And with that Hiei slew Yoshiro. \r\n\r\n“I don’t get it,” said Kurama sadly. “For greed? He was willing to do all this to satisfy himself?”\r\n\r\n“Don’t try to figure out the bad guys,” replied Hiei blandly. “Not all of them are interesting case studies like Toguro or Sensui.”\r\n\r\n“Think you can get us out of here?” asked Kurama.\r\n\r\n“Sorry,” replied Hiei. “As of yet I’ve never developed a technique that can cut through dimensions. The only way out is if Mukuro or Kuwabara can get to us. I wonder how they’re doing against Toguro Ani.”\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n“Reigun!”\r\n\r\nYusuke had asked Kuwabara and Mukuro to keep Toguro Ani occupied and buy him as much time as they could so he would have time to create an enormous Ki blast with his Reigun. Mukuro’s jaw was very badly fractured from a punch in the face she had gotten. She was lucky it hadn’t been a finger dagger. One disadvantage Toguro Ani did seem to have was that it still took him time to pull himself back together after Kuwabara or Mukuro sliced him up. Of course being telepathic, he knew full well what Yusuke was doing but oddly he was content to toy around with the other two and let him be.\r\n\r\nBut now as the Reigun blast neared him he smiled and raised his palm outwards. What was he going to… NO! Toguro Ani launched a ki blast of his own that he needed no time to create. His blast easily cancelled out Yusuke’s. An energy blast from Toguro Ani?\r\n\r\n“Hey Urameshi, how much energy did you piss away on that? Did you forget I took all of Shura’s abilities?” He flung out his fingers again and this time he hit his mark… almost. He had aimed for Yusuke’s chest but Yusuke managed to move just enough so that it hit the abdomen instead. Yusuke gritted his teeth but made no noise. He wouldn’t give Toguro the pleasure of seeing him in pain. \r\n\r\nImmediately Mukuro raced over and grabbed his fingers and pulled them out of Yusuke’s stomach. With a loud yell she pumped electrical energy into her fist and now it was Toguro in pain.\r\n\r\n“You bitch!” he screamed. “I’ll kill you!”\r\n\r\nHe transformed his hand into a cleaver and flew straight towards Mukuro. Kuwabara tried to stop him but he swatted him out of the way like a fly and stabbed Mukuro in the side. \r\n\r\n“MUKURO!”\r\n\r\n“Come and get it Kuwabara!” screamed Toguro Ani like a madman.\r\n\r\n“Rei Kō Ha!”\r\n\r\nAnd for the umpteenth time, Toguro Ani was temporarily incapacitated. Kuwabara raced to Mukuro’s side. \r\n\r\n“No you fool,” she panted. “Don’t heal me; you need all your energy.”\r\n\r\nHe ignored her and held his hands up…\r\n\r\n“Kuwabara I mean business. If you try to heal me I swear I’ll break my own neck and die. I swear I’ll do it!”\r\n\r\n“No!”\r\n\r\n“Kuwabara finish him!”\r\n\r\nKuwabara’s mind flew into a panic. She would be dead in less than a minute. He had to win this fight and he had to do it NOW!\r\n\r\n“I can read your thoughts Kuwabara,” called out Toguro Ani. “I know what you’re planning and it won’t work any better this time than it did last time.”\r\n\r\nAll of the sudden something occurred to Kuwabara. Toguro Ani could read words in your mind, but not images or abstract thoughts. Why not give him what he was expecting and then… oh yes, it might work.\r\n\r\n“Kyodai Reikibou!” \r\n\r\n“Yes! That’s it you silly stupid boy, come and get me!”\r\n\r\nKuwabara raced towards him and… \r\n\r\n“DIE KUWABARA!” Toguro Ani stabbed Kuwabara in the chest with his left middle finger. “Insult to injury, boy. I get to kill you and flick you off all at once.” He laughed and retracted his finger. Kuwabara dropped to his knees. He was breathing heavily. Toguro turned his hand into a cleaver and walked up to him slowly to finish him off. Kuwabara was muttering a lot of gibberish and doing some sort of odd thing with his hands but Toguro Ani paid it no mind. “Anything to say before I send you to hell?”\r\n\r\n“A couple of things,” said Kuwabara. “First of all you didn’t get me that badly; I’m acting and second of all SHU NO KEN!”\r\n\r\nKuwabara rammed his fingers into Toguro Ani’s torso. Without any dramatics at all, Toguro Ani simply fell to the ground and died instantly. He was without purity so the powerful spell of cleansing took his life. \r\n\r\nKuwabara turned around and to his astonishment, Mukuro was getting up. “I have a confession to make,” she said. “I exaggerated my injury too. Works, don’t it?”\r\n\r\n“WHAT?! But you were… and he was… how in the hell did you…”\r\n\r\n“Hey, you pulled a few dramatics to help Yusuke beat the other Toguro,” she said.\r\n\r\nJust then, they heard Yusuke moaning in pain. “Uh guys? I for one am not acting,” he said weakly. Kuwabara walked over and healed his gut.\r\n\r\n“How did you survive getting hit in the chest like that, Kuwabara?” asked Yusuke.\r\n\r\nKuwabara yawned and lay down on the grass. He had used up a ton of energy. “That’s one of the exact same spots he got me last time. Must not be any major blood vessels right there. I moved just right so he’d get me in that exact spot. What about you Mukuro?”\r\n\r\nShe pounded on her chest. “Metal ribs,” she replied. “I’ve had a lot of surgery over the years.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nTWO WEEKS LATER\r\n\r\n“Congratulations, Natsume,” beamed Koenma. “The tournament couldn’t have been won by a more deserving warrior. And should you ever need anything from me, don’t hesitate to ask. That is of course provided that you don’t change any dietary laws.”\r\n\r\n“Thank you,” she said with a smile. “I do plan to keep King Enki’s policies going. And of course you can resume your duties as governor, Mukuro.”\r\n\r\n“Nope,” said Mukuro with a grin. “I’m off to Ningenkai.”\r\n\r\n“You’re joking,” said Hiei. “For this idiot you’re going to up and leave everything you know?”\r\n\r\n“I could use a change of scenery,” she replied. “Besides, I want to see how things go between me and ‘this idiot.’”\r\n\r\n“Hey, what are you insulting me for?” yelled Kuwabara. “I thought we had a truce going.”\r\n\r\n“Oh that. Well I was certain you’d be killed in battle so I felt like being nice. It’s gone now.”\r\n\r\n“Why you little…”\r\n\r\n“Oh, nice piece of real estate here,” remarked Chu as he checked out the royal castle. “Bet me, Jin and Rinku could really cut a rug in a place like this.” He walked up to George and put his arm around him. “Hey fella, tell me, where do they keep the wine cellar here? I know you know.”\r\n\r\nNatsume looked at Koenma with concern. “Don’t worry,” he assured her. “The homeowners insurance on this place comes with drunken idiot coverage.”\r\n\r\n---\r\nEPILOGUE \r\n\r\nYusuke returned to Japan along with Kuwabara, Kurama, and Mukuro. Words could describe neither the reunion between Kurama and his mother nor the beating Kuwabara got from Shizuru for leaving such a vague note. Needless to say, she and Mukuro got along just fine. Kurama and Yukina decided to wait six more months before any wedding would be held. One thing was certain, Shiori loved Yukina dearly.\r\n\r\nKuwabara began his duties as a sensei and a psychic. He never completely quit doing a little efficiency consulting on the side but it was never a full time job for him again. He had never felt so much inner peace before.\r\n\r\nThere’s really only one more thing worth mentioning.\r\n\r\nOne day two weeks later Mukuro was walking a small cat. Kuwabara had given it to her as a birthday present. She was minding her own business and trying not to feel awkward (or hungry) among so many humans when she ran into Hiei of all people.\r\n\r\n“What are you doing here?” she asked.\r\n\r\n“I thought it over and realized that I’ve offended my own honor,” he replied. “Remember what I said about the whole human meat situation?”\r\n\r\n“Sure. You didn’t seem to think it was right to deny a demon his nature and you didn’t like humans.”\r\n\r\n“My own bigotry has gotten to me at last and I am disgraced,” he said. “I put wants of demons over the rights of humans to exist. I am so ashamed that I considered hara kiri at first.”\r\n\r\n“But you came here instead. Why?”\r\n\r\n“To live among them. To understand them better.”\r\n\r\n“I see.”\r\n\r\n“And I missed my friends and family,” he muttered.\r\n\r\n“Really.”\r\n\r\n“Yes…. Uh… Mukuro?”\r\n\r\n“Yes?”\r\n\r\n“Your cat is peeing on my foot.”\r\n\r\nTHE END\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThanks for reading! Feel free to let me know what you thought.','',0,'oA==','4c8f4',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186853,13978,3,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155919259,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":692e6]I\'ve really wanted the surgery for a long time, but when I went to actually have it done (at Vanderbilt, where they helped to develop the technique), I was refused. They told me that my eyesight was so bad that the amount of cornea material they would have to remove would leave me with only a 50% chance of recovery. I\'m hoping that one of these new techniques they are developing will eventually be advanced enough to help me.[/quote:692e6]\r\n\r\nSimilar thing happened to one of my brothers. Since our eyes are similar, I suspect the same would be true of me.\r\n\r\nConsidering that my myopia didn\'t stablize until after I was 30 and I needed bifocals a little after 40, I don\'t think those few years of being glasses-free would\'ve been worth it.\r\n\r\nI personally only know one person who\'s had the surgery, and she\'s been happy with the results.','',0,'gA==','692e6',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186854,13937,3,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1155919330,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="ahmygoddess":b3223][quote="E. A. Smith":b3223][quote="RLobinske":b3223]I\'ve never gotten the use of mnemonics. For me, it was simply easier to remember the original information than to correctly memorize some odd phrase and then try to remember what each part meant.\n\nWhy use 512 Mb of space for a file when you only need to use 128 Mb? \":D\"[/quote:b3223]\n\nSame here. I never needed to use a mnemonic to memorize the planets; in fact, I don\'t remember ever having to work to memorize them at all. The only astronomy mnemonic I\'ve ever used is for the OBAFGKM classification for stars (\"Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me\"), which I [i:b3223]still[/i:b3223] use every time I have to write the sequence out (and I think a lot of other astronomers have to use it as well).[/quote:b3223]\n\nOh, loverboy, tell me about the plane of the ecliptic. Do you like my chemise? It is sooo sheer and is so like the fabric of space, so insubstantial. Is Ceres round and hard? Are you? Tell me about the methane lakes of (everything becomes a jumble here, no one can explain why)\n\nOh! Oh! Delta rocks, Oh, dear deity, it does! You astronomers don\'t count stars for nothing! OH! \n\n(do that again, just over here. Gravitational pull works better there. Mmmmm.)[/quote:b3223]\r\n\r\n \":P\" \":wink:\" \r\n\r\nI feel like I have to apologize to the girls in the class every time I teach that mnemonic.','',0,'oA==','b3223',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186855,13990,3,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1155919853,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The geese can\'t seem to stay out of the news','[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060817/ap_on_go_ot/geese_be_gone:7320e]Read all about it.[/url:7320e]','',0,'EA==','7320e',1,0,'',121,0,0),(186856,13978,3,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155920490,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dngrsone":abbb6][quote="nmorgendorffer":abbb6]I think laser eye surgery is great. My eye doctor told me a few years ago I could get a surgery, but I haven\'t done it yet a) because I don\'t have the money for it right now, and b) because, honestly I\'m a bit scared. But seriously, everyone I know who\'s had it have told me to go for it. A friend\'s mother had a horrible vision (wore very thick glasses) and she still had surgery in her 40\'s so I don\'t know why people are saying here they\'re too old for it. \n\nSeriously, consider it. I\'m sure I\'ll have the surgery sometime in the future. Besides, the best eye doctor in the country lives in this city - even people from abroad come here to get eye surgery with this doctor. For now, I\'m happy with my contacts. \":)\"[/quote:abbb6]\n\nThey couldn\'t give you an implant?[/quote:abbb6]\n\nWhat the hell are you talking about? \":?\"\n\n[quote="MartinUK":abbb6]What makes you think she doesn\'t already? \":P\" [/quote:abbb6]\r\n\r\nFunny, Martin, funny.','',0,'gA==','abbb6',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186857,13978,3,531,0,'63.22.158.47',1155920752,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I\'ve been considering getting the surgery some time when I have some disposable income...\r\nI\'m nearsighted plus astigmatism, which really bites...I actually didn\'t need glasses until about age 22... I finally get around to contacts a couple years ago, which is definitely better than glasses, but still inconvenient.\r\nMy prescription is still changing a bit, though.','',0,'gA==','145ea',1,0,'',531,0,0),(186858,10309,2,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155921259,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Richard, here\'s another one: Elvirrra.','',0,'gA==','e827c',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186859,10309,2,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155921636,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nmorgendorffer":da24b]Richard, here\'s another one: Elvirrra.[/quote:da24b]\r\n\r\nThanks, I\'ll get it.','',0,'gA==','da24b',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186860,13978,3,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155922785,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','When I was a medical student at university, our ophthalmology lecturer told us a lot of things about laser eye surgery benefits. Then she added that eye surgeons known to her tend to wear glasses. \":)\"','',0,'gA==','f0a94',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186861,13931,6,47,0,'68.59.190.69',1155924942,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Well, I had written a post explaining why comic book superheroes dont go around casually murdering their villains, but when I tried to post, the board decided that I wasn\'t signed in and it all disappeared. So the hell with it. \":evil:\" \r\n\r\nIt\'s a genre convention. Deal with it. \":x\"','',0,'gA==','db279',1,0,'',47,0,0),(186862,13931,6,276,0,'199.44.37.201',1155925102,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="DigiSim":ab2a9]\nAllow me to offer an explanation using this song quote.\n\n[i:ab2a9]\"I know Darth Vader\'s really got you annoyed,\nBut remember, if you kill him then you\'ll be unemployed\"[/i:ab2a9][/quote:ab2a9]\r\n\r\nIn comics, it\'s more like, if you kill him, you\'re title will be cancelled. \":wink:\"','',0,'oA==','ab2a9',1,0,'',276,0,0),(186869,13931,6,59,0,'63.157.125.250',1155928364,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="WacoKid":d1ac7]Well, I had written a post explaining why comic book superheroes dont go around casually murdering their villains, but when I tried to post, the board decided that I wasn\'t signed in and it all disappeared. So the hell with it. \":evil:\" \n\nIt\'s a genre convention. Deal with it. \":x\"[/quote:d1ac7]\r\n\r\n\r\nNot in Image and Wildstorm Comics. I really liked the first fifty issues of StormWatch for that exact reason. If you were a bad guy, they operated on RoboCop\'s maxim of \'Dead or alive, you\'re coming with me.\'\r\n\r\n\r\nThen, of course, around Issue #40 or so, they started with all of the frakked-up crossovers, the change of writers, artists, and what made it great in the beginning went right out the airlock. \r\n\r\nThe same thing with [i:d1ac7]Strikeforce; Morituri[/i:d1ac7]. The first twenty issues (and expecially the first twelve) were great... superheroes who could and did die! The one death that really drove the concept home was when Vyking died... The one thing I\'ve seen incomics that was wilder was what Ozymandias did in the final two chapters of [i:d1ac7]Watchmen[/i:d1ac7].','',0,'oA==','d1ac7',1,0,'',59,0,0),(186864,11277,5,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155925135,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="WacoKid":a43cd][i:a43cd]Nightwatch[/i:a43cd], which I felt didn\'t come anywhere near living up to the hype. (Maybe if I hadn\'t been involved in the roleplaying game industry for the past 15 years, I might of found it more impressive. But since I have, I could tell that the entire thing followed the exact same formula used by every \"dark urban modern fantasy/horror\" game made in the last ten years.)\n\n...[/quote:a43cd]\r\nWas [i:a43cd]Nightwatch[/i:a43cd] overhyped in the US? That\'s interesting. \r\n\r\nI gather that you\'re an American; if not, please correct me.','',0,'oA==','a43cd',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186865,11277,5,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1155925444,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="UU":523fc][quote="WacoKid":523fc][i:523fc]Nightwatch[/i:523fc], which I felt didn\'t come anywhere near living up to the hype. (Maybe if I hadn\'t been involved in the roleplaying game industry for the past 15 years, I might of found it more impressive. But since I have, I could tell that the entire thing followed the exact same formula used by every \"dark urban modern fantasy/horror\" game made in the last ten years.)\n\n...[/quote:523fc]\nWas [i:523fc]Nightwatch[/i:523fc] overhyped in the US? That\'s interesting. [/quote:523fc]\r\n\r\nOnly in certain circles. Mainstream America barely noticed the film, but there was a lot of buzz (which, from what I heard, was deserved) among the horror, fantasy, and indie film communities.','',0,'oA==','523fc',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186866,11277,5,83,0,'204.27.172.3',1155925760,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','We saw [i:e75e3]The Constant Gardener[/i:e75e3], which I had heard was abosultely amazing.\r\n\r\nMost Boring Movie Ever.\r\n\r\nThe characters were unlikable, the plot was muddy and it was sloooooow.\r\n\r\nUgh.','',0,'IA==','e75e3',1,0,'',83,0,0),(186867,11277,5,47,0,'68.59.190.69',1155925762,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="UU":ad826]\nWas [i:ad826]Nightwatch[/i:ad826] overhyped in the US? [/quote:ad826]\r\n\r\nWell, among the roleplaying game nerd internet community, it was.\r\n\r\nVisually it was nice, and the acting was ok. But it was like watching someone trying to adapt one of White Wolf Game Studio\'s World of Darkness corebooks into a movie. First we have the opening fiction where an ordinary person stumbles across the supernatural subculture only to end up as part of it. Then we have a chapter on the history and setting, one on the supernatural group\'s subculture, customs, laws and factions, a chapter detailing their cool powers, and a chapter about their enemies. And at the start of each chapter is some short fiction showing the prologue character\'s life as one of the whatever he is. And then the closing fiction, where something bad happens to him that directly ties into what happened in the opening fiction.','',0,'oA==','ad826',1,0,'',47,0,0),(186870,13931,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155932552,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="DigiSim":a8b40][quote="E. A. Smith":a8b40][quote="The Angst Guy":a8b40]Batman was in Arkham? Or just the Joker, who killed her family/friends? Loved the story (send it out!) but missed that part. Though the best revenge is served cold, putting it in a nice hot meal is perfectly acceptable. \":D\"[/quote:a8b40]\nI got the impression that she\'d \"beaten\" Batman in a more philosophic sense, by striking back at the \"never kill\" ethos espouced by him and the other superheroes. That idea has always bothered me, too, and I\'ve only seen a good explanation for it a couple of times (once in [i:a8b40]Smallville[/i:a8b40], and the other in, I believe, [i:a8b40]Lex Luthor: Man of Steel[/i:a8b40], and both of those only apply to Superman).[/quote:a8b40]\nAllow me to offer an explanation using this song quote.\n\n[i:a8b40]\"I know Darth Vader\'s really got you annoyed,\nBut remember, if you kill him then you\'ll be unemployed\"[/i:a8b40][/quote:a8b40]\r\nGot it. Thanks! \":D\"','',0,'oA==','a8b40',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186871,13931,6,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155932714,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I did a Daria/Punisher story last year at sheep\'s fluff.','',0,'oA==','579c9',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186872,13970,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155935002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="MartinUK":437db]Birds were an important food source in mediaeval Europe, and having a flock of doves cooing around your estate was something of a status symbol in the C14th. Dovecotes were built to give them shelter. Some housed pigeon flocks.\n\nMartin.[/quote:437db]\r\n \":)\" Thanks. I can\'t help but think of the common description of pigeons as \"avian cockroaches\" though. Eeeeewww.','',0,'gA==','437db',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186873,13984,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155935201,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="DocForbin":7bf33]IIRC they just upped the maximum width to 640 pixels as per this addendum:\n\n[quote:7bf33]7) No oversized images, avatars, or links.[/quote:7bf33][/quote:7bf33]\r\nThanks - I hadn\'t seen that.','',0,'gA==','7bf33',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186874,13906,10,434,0,'89.110.18.169',1155935224,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','You can create pictures in the style of Mondrian with the help of the [url=http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~dcw/webprogs/mondrian.html:30c31][u:30c31]Duncan White\'s Pseudo-Mondrian Page[/u:30c31][/url:30c31].\r\n\r\nThis image was generated with [url=http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~dcw/webprogs/mondrian1.cgi:30c31][u:30c31]the first version[/u:30c31][/url:30c31] of the program:\r\n\r\n[img:30c31]http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/files/imageinstyleofmondrian_119.jpg[/img:30c31]','',0,'GQ==','30c31',1,0,'',434,0,0),(186875,13904,3,251,0,'63.46.128.212',1155935417,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','A lot of cleavage has been \"in\" recently, too. Yesterday, I was able to make out the cute butterfly tat on one person\'s breast and she wasn\'t even leaning over. It hit me then that I\'ve seen several like that now (but also that seems to be tops like that are on sale more, too). Guys have been showing more butt cleavage, too.\r\n\r\nI do hope all these folk (mohawks & cleavage) are using a good sun block. \":P\"','',0,'GQ==','e0078',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186876,13878,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1155935853,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Latest report is that \"martyrdom\" videos, presumably intended to be released after the attacks, have been found on laptops seized from premises connected with the suspects in custody.\r\n\r\nCarry-on luggage has been back since Tuesday, though the maximum size is smaller than it was. Travellers still can\'t take liquids through the checkpoint, but can take on board liquids bought airside (unless travelling to the US; that\'s to comply with US rules).\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'GQ==','e09d1',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186877,13931,6,309,0,'216.175.82.99',1155936257,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":f8fdd][quote="The Angst Guy":f8fdd]Batman was in Arkham? Or just the Joker, who killed her family/friends? Loved the story (send it out!) but missed that part. Though the best revenge is served cold, putting it in a nice hot meal is perfectly acceptable. \":D\"[/quote:f8fdd]\n\nI got the impression that she\'d \"beaten\" Batman in a more philosophic sense, by striking back at the \"never kill\" ethos espouced by him and the other superheroes. That idea has always bothered me, too, and I\'ve only seen a good explanation for it a couple of times (once in [i:f8fdd]Smallville[/i:f8fdd], and the other in, I believe, [i:f8fdd]Lex Luthor: Man of Steel[/i:f8fdd], and both of those only apply to Superman).[/quote:f8fdd]\r\n\r\nI\'m not gonna go on for TOO long about this, but I do want to touch on why Batman doesn\'t kill people. Bruce Wayne will *NOT* kill people, because that is what separates him from the people he fights. As someone who watched his family murdered right in front of him, he never wants that to happen again. That\'s why he doesn\'t use guns and that\'s why he doesn\'t kill. That\'s what makes Batman a hero, not just a masked vigilante.\r\n\r\nOf course that\'s not true for all comic book heroes. Especially in the \"Dark Age\" (the late 80\'s and pretty much all of the 90\'s, one might say we are still in it) anti-heroes were all over the place, spilling blood all over the place. Punisher was killing people left and right, Spawn was being himself, Daredevil got much darker, Superman died, so on and so forth. So I wouldn\'t say that everyone follows the morals of Batman. I would say Batman is better than them because of it though.','',0,'oA==','f8fdd',1,0,'',309,0,0),(186878,13984,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1155936293,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Nice picture, Peter!\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'oA==','8b325',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186879,13931,6,560,0,'207.69.137.6',1155937007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="LOTR_Dan":6a9aa]I\'m not gonna go on for TOO long about this, but I do want to touch on why Batman doesn\'t kill people. Bruce Wayne will *NOT* kill people, because that is what separates him from the people he fights. As someone who watched his family murdered right in front of him, he never wants that to happen again. That\'s why he doesn\'t use guns and that\'s why he doesn\'t kill. That\'s what makes Batman a hero, not just a masked vigilante.\n\nOf course that\'s not true for all comic book heroes. Especially in the \"Dark Age\" (the late 80\'s and pretty much all of the 90\'s, one might say we are still in it) anti-heroes were all over the place, spilling blood all over the place. Punisher was killing people left and right, Spawn was being himself, Daredevil got much darker, Superman died, so on and so forth. So I wouldn\'t say that everyone follows the morals of Batman. I would say Batman is better than them because of it though.[/quote:6a9aa]\r\n\r\n\r\nBatman may be superior, by some naive moral high ground, but he ISN\'T as effective as he would be if he had a more... loose interpretation of his moral code. Let\'s face it, in certain situations, most prominently Vigilanteism, being pragmatic is a higher virtue than morality.','',0,'gA==','6a9aa',1,0,'',560,0,0),(186880,13931,6,309,0,'216.175.82.99',1155937154,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="kalad1":1398e][quote="LOTR_Dan":1398e]I\'m not gonna go on for TOO long about this, but I do want to touch on why Batman doesn\'t kill people. Bruce Wayne will *NOT* kill people, because that is what separates him from the people he fights. As someone who watched his family murdered right in front of him, he never wants that to happen again. That\'s why he doesn\'t use guns and that\'s why he doesn\'t kill. That\'s what makes Batman a hero, not just a masked vigilante.\n\nOf course that\'s not true for all comic book heroes. Especially in the \"Dark Age\" (the late 80\'s and pretty much all of the 90\'s, one might say we are still in it) anti-heroes were all over the place, spilling blood all over the place. Punisher was killing people left and right, Spawn was being himself, Daredevil got much darker, Superman died, so on and so forth. So I wouldn\'t say that everyone follows the morals of Batman. I would say Batman is better than them because of it though.[/quote:1398e]\n\n\nBatman may be superior, by some naive moral high ground, but he ISN\'T as effective as he would be if he had a more... loose interpretation of his moral code. Let\'s face it, in certain situations, most prominently Vigilanteism, being pragmatic is a higher virtue than morality.[/quote:1398e]\r\n\r\nSo essentially you are saying the ends justify the means? Because I don\'t think that is true at all. Morals are not naive. Morals are what makes a hero.','',0,'gA==','1398e',1,0,'',309,0,0),(186881,13931,6,560,0,'207.69.137.6',1155937558,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="LOTR_Dan":dfb89]So essentially you are saying the ends justify the means? Because I don\'t think that is true at all. Morals are not naive. Morals are what makes a hero.[/quote:dfb89]\r\n\r\nNo, it is a hero\'s ability to rise through adversity and his or her accomplishments that make them a hero. If Batman cut Gotham\'s crime in half by murdering all the criminals in a prison, he\'s still a hero, a DARK, amoral hero, but still a hero. No-Kill policies merely allow ones enemies to return and potentially kill people again, it\'s better to sink to their level than take that chance.','',0,'gA==','dfb89',1,0,'',560,0,0),(186882,13931,6,309,0,'216.175.82.99',1155937893,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Well, I disagree. But let\'s just leave it at that. We have different points of view. I don\'t want to hijack the thread anymore than I already have.\r\n\r\nAs for the insane crossovers, I\'m gonna start working on one. Heck, if [url=http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3841/751/1600/ArchieMeetsthePunisher.jpg:27a5a]*Archie*[/url:27a5a] could meet The Punisher, Daria sure can.','',0,'EA==','27a5a',1,0,'',309,0,0),(186883,13984,3,307,0,'65.26.92.117',1155938065,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','hey... I want to see one of you non fuzzy heheheh','',0,'EA==','10514',1,0,'',307,0,0),(186884,13906,10,473,0,'64.1.181.9',1155938164,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="nmorgendorffer":54cce][quote="Isa Yo-Jo":54cce]Didn\'t he move to Japan to be a teacher?[/quote:54cce]\n\nYeah, Paperpusher moved to Japan.[/quote:54cce]\r\n\r\nYou know, I could have sworn that they have both computers and the Internet in Japan. Is he still at least lurking and/or posting? If not, I\'m curious as to why. Teaching is time-consuming, true, but not [i:54cce]that[/i:54cce] time-consuming.','',0,'oA==','54cce',1,0,'',473,0,0),(186885,13980,6,87,0,'216.135.28.184',1155938452,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','There was a picture of Daria in a toga or something that I pictured when I did that description. I\'ll see if I can find it. But you may regret asking when you see how bad I am at drawring.','',0,'oA==','e82d3',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186886,13906,10,307,0,'65.26.92.117',1155938485,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Professor":e9199][quote="nmorgendorffer":e9199][quote="Isa Yo-Jo":e9199]Didn\'t he move to Japan to be a teacher?[/quote:e9199]\n\nYeah, Paperpusher moved to Japan.[/quote:e9199]\n\nYou know, I could have sworn that they have both computers and the Internet in Japan. Is he still at least lurking and/or posting? If not, I\'m curious as to why. Teaching is time-consuming, true, but not [i:e9199]that[/i:e9199] time-consuming.[/quote:e9199]\r\n\r\ni guess you never heard of what goes on in japanese schools.\r\n\r\nschool all year round. i think most students sleep there...\r\n\r\nof course i could be misinformed','',0,'oA==','e9199',1,0,'',307,0,0),(186887,11361,5,307,0,'65.26.92.117',1155938843,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','don\'t we just feel like this some days?\r\n\r\n[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/DarkZerounit/av-652.gif:505ec]...[/url:505ec]','',0,'EA==','505ec',1,0,'',307,0,0),(186888,13931,6,564,0,'24.13.126.24',1155939011,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Even in the hieght of the \'dark ages\' in the 90\'s most of the big name heros at the major publishers with the exception of the Punisher where against killing. One of the few exceptions being Luke Cage, but even he was aginst killing directly. Daredevil has often mixed it up with the Punisher over this very issue. Even Nomad, Marvels other anti hero, was pretty mush not for the killing. Batman and the big blue cheese have always been to the letter of the law when it comes to acting as executioner.\r\n\r\nMax and Vertigo lines have been darker but on the whole there is little in the way of lynching outside of western themed titles.\r\n\r\nTimes, however, are a changing. Bendis, Ennis and Ellis all seem to be writign a bit darker stuff. Keith just did a good Batman on why he doesn\'t kill...','',0,'EA==','245df',1,0,'',564,0,0),(186889,13829,3,87,0,'216.135.28.184',1155939154,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','If she\'s up to fussing, she must be getting better, right?','',0,'EA==','6698a',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186890,13679,11,87,0,'216.135.28.184',1155939341,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Well our 46\" is in the shop, so our old 27\" is back in the living room.\r\n\r\nKaren wants the TV for the news and NASCAR. I watch cartoons and the races, football and UK Wildcats basketball as long as Dicky V isn\'t announcing it.\r\n\r\nIf you can live without one you\'re probably better off. Enjoy.','',0,'EA==','00e30',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186891,13991,5,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155939642,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Cartoon Question...','...this might be for the geezers amongst us, but on \"The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show\" the Russian bad guy and bad girl are formally known as \'Boris Badenoff\' and \'Natasha Fatale\'. Is it my fuzzy memory, or was she not referred to as \'Natasha Nogoodnik\' in the series? The names, both of them, are in keeping with the tenor of their characters; \'Badenoff\', \'Nogoodnik\'. Also, they are in sync with the times. I read an account that the producers of The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show has planned a peaceful lark of an expedition (this is when you could actually do stuff like that) to the White House to, well, basically promote the show* (more on a later incident that did indeed promote it). They had signs and stuff, and people \'outraged\' at something totally preposterous. So, they went ahead and put everyone in place expecting to be given the bum\'s rush with polite smiles and whatnot. Instead, what they got was damn near the third degree, for, unbeknownst to them, the Cuban Missile Crisis had flared up, and Russian atomic missles were on launching pads in Cuba and on supply ships headed there. So there they were with Boris Badenoff stuff, and very nervous Secret Service agents with live ammunition in their tastefully concealed weapons. Suffice to say, the event was hastily called off.\r\n\r\nAlso* There was a short series of episodes that featured a hat that gave intense intelligence to whomever wore it (Bullwinkle, of course). It was called, \"The Kurwood Derby\". At that time there was a B-rated celebrity named Durwood Kirby who, upon hearing of his name being used in such a tasteless and crude manner, took umbrage and threatened to sue everyone involved in The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. Jay Ward and Alex Anderson, them that were in charge of things, sent Durwood Kirby a very polite and gracious letter asking him to please, please, please, sue the pants off of them, as the publicity would be a tremendous boost to a series that had a whole lot of competition from other cartoon purveyors, and his umbrage at the public use of his name would be of enormous benefit. Needless to say, Kirby demurred any further action.','',0,'EA==','00e9f',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186892,11361,5,87,0,'216.135.28.184',1155939882,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My current avatar is of the [i:90bcd]Enterprise[/i:90bcd] Hallmark ornament my wife gave me last Christmas. I took a pic using my camcorder and had to brighten it up a bit.','',0,'IA==','90bcd',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186893,13991,5,87,0,'216.135.28.184',1155940030,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ve always thought of her as \'Fatale.\'','',0,'IA==','2c6a0',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186894,13978,3,505,0,'67.114.9.60',1155940206,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nmorgendorffer":b77fe][quote="Dngrsone":b77fe]\n\nThey couldn\'t give you an implant?[/quote:b77fe]\n\nWhat the hell are you talking about? \":?\"[/quote:b77fe]\r\n\r\n[url=http://ophthalmology.stanford.edu/basic_research/projects/artificial_cornea.html:b77fe]This[/url:b77fe].','',0,'kA==','b77fe',1,0,'',505,0,0),(186895,13992,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155940317,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Churches take stand against injustice','As Little Johnny Howard and his band of merry weasels work harder and harder to punish the innocent, some of the churches that have been the beneficiaries of his nefarious plans are finally taking a stand against them.\r\n\r\nSome time ago, Little Johnny decided that it would be a good idea to separate the administration of his social injustice plans from their deliverers, so he handed the churches millions of dollars to \"case manage\" (read \"deliver the punishment\"). This has the benefit of allowing the contractor, when they receive complaints, to say \"don\'t blame us - that\'s just what we\'re contracted to do\", and the government to say \"don\'t blame us - it was done by XXXX\". Works like a charm. It also feeds vast amounts of money to the churches who (the government hopes) will then support, or at least not criticise, its draconian regulations.\r\n\r\nBut now the regulations have become [i:bb60e]so[/i:bb60e] draconian that some churches, notably the Catholics and Anglicans, [url=http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2006/08/18/1155408025254.html:bb60e]have finally said \"enough\", and are refusing to participate any further[/url:bb60e].\r\n\r\nI said in another post that the catholic church - or part of it - is one of the last voices supporting social justice in Australia. Good for them. And good for the Anglicans too.\r\n\r\nOn the downside a US-based religiobusiness called Hillsong Church is benefiitting mightily as they eagerly take up the contracts that the Catholics and Anglicans are relinquishing.','',0,'MA==','bb60e',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186896,13931,6,87,0,'216.135.28.184',1155940507,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Difficult Crossover','[quote="Roentgen":fd374]Back in the 1970s, there was a comic called (no kidding) \"Superman vs. Muhammad Ali\". Apparently, Superman fought the world heavyweight champion in the ring in some convoluted plot involving space aliens.[/quote:fd374]\r\n\r\nOkay, since no one else has explained this one, it\'s time for me to dawn my geek-hat and go at it.\r\n\r\n1. Evil aliens show up and challenge Earth\'s greatest fighter for the freedom of Earth.\r\n\r\n2. Superman and Ali disagree on which of them should fight. They go to a secret chamber in the Fortress of Solitude which has a fake red sun. \r\n\r\n3. Ali goes to fight. In typical Ali fashion he tells every that the alien \'will hit the floor in four.\' The frame where he takes out the big bad alien was nice. Round four, just like the champ said.\r\n\r\n4. Of course, the aliens were lying. Superman, who was disguised as one of Ali\'s assitants, stops the attacking fleet before they can get Earth.\r\n\r\nOkay, not bad for someone with a swiss-cheese memory who hadn\'t seen the thing in decades.','',0,'gA==','fd374',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186897,13829,3,358,0,'68.117.213.181',1155940654,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Ranger Thorne":839dc]If she\'s up to fussing, she must be getting better, right?[/quote:839dc]\r\n\r\nwell, i suppose.\r\n\r\nBut that doesnt change the fact that the doctor has said we\'re in the crate for *twitch* 7 more weeks...\r\n\r\nIt would almost be worth it just to make the person who shot her sit in the room and listen to her yowl for a couple of days.','',0,'gA==','839dc',1,0,'',358,0,0),(186898,11361,5,568,0,'216.97.244.66',1155941871,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The dear sweet Stacy Rowe. \":D\"\r\n[img:51d74]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/SamTheSmuggler/Daria/Stacyav.jpg[/img:51d74]','',0,'CA==','51d74',1,0,'',568,0,0),(186899,13993,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155941879,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','An American as Australian Father of the Year?','For some unaccountable reason, each year a high-profile politician, sportsman or businessman is nominated as Australian Father of the Year. The \"award\" is universally aknowledged as a joke, and leading up to the announcement the newspapers letters pages are full of suggestions about people who might actually [i:c8ca7]deserve[/i:c8ca7] such an accolade. These letters are informal suggestions only, of course - the award is not given on the basis of popular vote, and no-one really knows what the criteria really are.\r\n\r\nThis year, one of the two most commonly nominated people is an American military lawer, Major Michael Mori.\r\n\r\n\"WTF?\" I hear you say.\r\n\r\nAn Australian idiot, one David Hicks, has been in solitary at Guantanamo Bay for several years. It is alleged that he has been tortured, and the allegations have been backed up by fellow detainees who have, thanks to their government\'s refusing to allow their nationals to be subject to the illegal detention and kangaroo court system of Guantano, long since been freed since they have been found, in legally-constituted courts, to be innocent. The allegations have also been confirmed by his lawer, about whom more below.\r\n\r\nHicks is a moron. He allegedly, and in all probability, undertook terrorist training in Pakistan. It seems, from what little we know, that he was just a a young fool looking for adventure. He certainly found it, and I\'ve never heard one word said in defence of Hicks\' actions. I have, though, heard (and spoken myself) many words saying that if Hicks has broken the law he should be tried, by a legally constituted court, punished if found guilty and freed if found innocent. The US Suprememe Court, among others, has supported that proposition, though Little Johnny Howard has steadfastly supported His Master\'s Voice.\r\n\r\nThe US military has appointed Major Mori to defend Hicks through its \"justice\" system, and his quiet, professional, and untiring advocacy for his client, perhaps to the detriment of his own military career, has earned him a depth of respect among Australians second only to the depth of contempt in which they hold Little Johnny and his lickspittle crew. Major Mori is in Oz at the moment, and if the Father of the Year was in our ability to award, he\'d get it.\r\n\r\nWho\'s the second popular choice? Hicks\' father, Terry, an ordinary man of limited education and limited financial means. Hicks Senior has tirelessly worked to have his son released and tried by a legal court, and his unremitting and unqualified love for his idiot son makes him a second popular choice.\r\n\r\nIn the end the award will probably go to little Johnny, one of his multi-millionaire sporting heroes, or a major contributor to his party.','',0,'IA==','c8ca7',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186900,13991,5,44,0,'64.149.190.144',1155942057,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','According to the DVD inserts, it\'s Natasha Fatale. However, I only have the first two seasons so far, so it\'s possible that changed at some point later on.\r\n\r\nWraith\r\n\"Stay Alert! Trust No One! Keep Your Laser Handy!\"\r\n-- The Troubleshooter\'s Credo (Paranoia RPG)','',0,'IA==','b2945',1,0,'',44,0,0),(186901,13945,3,89,0,'67.189.190.224',1155942348,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Turn the tables on them. Ask if you can have a slice of their cherry pie. \":twisted:\"','',0,'IA==','3f984',1,0,'',89,0,0),(186902,13992,4,251,0,'63.46.128.212',1155944070,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I don\'t recall the details, but a Russian Orthodox church refused any funding. They older people were saying that it was expected they\'d then have to endorse the government or even specific people within it, and they weren\'t willing to have that kind of control/obligation over them. They mentioned having that kinda control over them in Russia and didn\'t want to get on that slippery slope in America. They did okay without the funding, though, even going so far as to build a bigger church while carrying on all kinds of humanitarian projects, too.\r\n\r\nThe Church of Satan, btw, not only refuses funding, IIRC, but refuses to apply for an exemption from paying taxes to promote their idea that churches should be taxed. \":twisted:\" (They don\'t seem to be suffering, either.)','',0,'IA==','37fe8',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186903,13992,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155944290,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":15345]The Church of Satan, btw, not only refuses funding, IIRC, but refuses to apply for an exemption from paying taxes to promote their idea that churches should be taxed. \":twisted:\" (They don\'t seem to be suffering, either.)[/quote:15345]\r\n\":-)\" A church with ethics!','',0,'gA==','15345',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186904,13990,3,89,0,'67.189.190.224',1155944620,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','A community in Rockland county, NY killed about 300 geese that were causing trouble at a local park. They had planned to have the bird meat donated to the homeless shelter, but someone pointed out that if any of those birds were diseased and someone got sick from eating them, the county could be held liable. So the bird carcasses were thrown away.','',0,'gA==','f7de9',1,0,'',89,0,0),(186905,11361,5,309,0,'24.127.136.163',1155945101,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The departed Kon-El. Conner Kent. Superboy. One of my favorite superheroes, even if he\'s now dead. I mean, just look at his costume. Just a T-Shirt and Jeans. But now he has a whole cult dedicated to bringing him back and Robin is trying to clone him. So he\'ll be back eventually.','',0,'gA==','4bd4e',1,0,'',309,0,0),(186906,13906,10,149,0,'71.65.237.131',1155945465,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[size=117:1c3d6][color=blue:1c3d6][b:1c3d6]I can\'t tell what is a valid range of values to enter into the Mondrian program. (I tried the one on the right.) When I clicked DRAW, I got the message, \"These values are not sensible.\" How are we supposed to know what values are \"sensible?\"\n\nSteveBlumDeckler[/b:1c3d6][/color:1c3d6][/size:1c3d6]\r\n\r\n[quote="Roman":1c3d6]You can create pictures in the style of Mondrian with the help of the [url=http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~dcw/webprogs/mondrian.html:1c3d6][u:1c3d6]Duncan White\'s Pseudo-Mondrian Page[/u:1c3d6][/url:1c3d6].\n\nThis image was generated with [url=http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~dcw/webprogs/mondrian1.cgi:1c3d6][u:1c3d6]the first version[/u:1c3d6][/url:1c3d6] of the program:\n\n[img:1c3d6]http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/files/imageinstyleofmondrian_119.jpg[/img:1c3d6][/quote:1c3d6]','',0,'3w==','1c3d6',1,0,'',149,0,0),(186907,13980,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155945818,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','And since Daria and Jane are rabbits, their fan art should of course show them . . . um, let\'s take this up on SFMB. Sorry! Nothing to see here! Move along!','',0,'3w==','25096',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186908,13994,5,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155945884,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','SNAKES ON A PLANE!!!','This thread for your reactions to the movie. Spoiler alert! \":D\"','',0,'3w==','6c081',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186909,13829,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155945977,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="kaimelarfeylove":d6ec4]It would almost be worth it just to make the person who shot her sit in the room and listen to her yowl for a couple of days.[/quote:d6ec4]\r\nNah - put him in the crate for seven weeks.','',0,'gA==','d6ec4',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186910,13904,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155946232,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Here, a display of butt cleavage (only in men for some reason) is called \"plumber\'s bum\".','',0,'gA==','e521b',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186911,13980,6,87,0,'216.135.28.78',1155946487,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":0140a]And since Daria and Jane are rabbits, their fan art should of course show them . . . um, let\'s take this up on SFMB. Sorry! Nothing to see here! Move along![/quote:0140a]\r\n\r\n[size=150:0140a]Swat![/size:0140a]\r\n\r\nOkay, check the Easel.','',0,'hA==','0140a',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186912,13978,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155946503,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dngrsone":0b4f0][quote="nmorgendorffer":0b4f0][quote="Dngrsone":0b4f0]\n\nThey couldn\'t give you an implant?[/quote:0b4f0]\n\nWhat the hell are you talking about? \":?\"[/quote:0b4f0]\n\n[url=http://ophthalmology.stanford.edu/basic_research/projects/artificial_cornea.html:0b4f0]This[/url:0b4f0].[/quote:0b4f0]\r\n \":shock:\" Impressive!','',0,'kA==','0b4f0',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186913,13995,10,87,0,'216.135.28.78',1155946567,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Toga Bunny','Here\'s a rendition of Daria Morgenbunny in the outfit she was mentioned in from \"Inspiration Desperation.\"\r\n\r\n[img:d2c23]http://outpost922.gamerspage.com/images/togabunny.jpg[/img:d2c23]','',0,'CA==','d2c23',1,1167692759,'',87,1,0),(186914,13991,5,89,0,'67.189.190.224',1155947112,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I never knew Natashas last name until just a fer years ago.\r\n\r\nHeh, I remember the Kurwood Derby episode. Durwood Kirby was Allen Funts sidekick on \"Candid Camera.\"','',0,'CA==','f2bd4',1,0,'',89,0,0),(186915,13995,10,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155947835,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":D\" Very good. Funny.','',0,'CA==','2388b',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186916,13906,10,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155948780,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Professor":af168][quote="nmorgendorffer":af168][quote="Isa Yo-Jo":af168]Didn\'t he move to Japan to be a teacher?[/quote:af168]\n\nYeah, Paperpusher moved to Japan.[/quote:af168]\n\nYou know, I could have sworn that they have both computers and the Internet in Japan. Is he still at least lurking and/or posting? If not, I\'m curious as to why. Teaching is time-consuming, true, but not [i:af168]that[/i:af168] time-consuming.[/quote:af168]\r\nI think Rich drifted away from the Daria fan community, as so many of the earlier denizens did. There aren\'t many of the original crew left and we\'re the poorer for it.','',0,'oA==','af168',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186917,13985,10,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155948904,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":D\" Wow indeed!!! Lovely work, HON! More please!','',0,'oA==','8aa60',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186918,13996,3,83,0,'67.188.13.194',1155948918,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','So We\'re Having the Carpets Cleaned','Poor Zoie, in an effort to keep her little feets away from cleaning chemicals I bought several varieties of dog boots.\r\n\r\nShe is sooooo not into wearing boots. I have never laughed so hard in my life.\r\n\r\n[img:5080c]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Angelinhel/zoieboots.jpg[/img:5080c]\r\n\r\n[img:5080c]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Angelinhel/zoieboots2.jpg[/img:5080c]\r\n\r\nWhen I first put them on her and put her on the floor, the look on her face was \"Why? Dear God, why? What did I do to deserve this?\" Watching her try to fight them and walk at the same time is priceless.','',0,'CA==','5080c',1,0,'',83,0,0),(186919,12531,10,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155949235,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Wouter":2d2e7]In my new story, Jane got the Tank as a graduation gift from Mystic Spiral.\n\n[img:2d2e7]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/TheTank.jpg[/img:2d2e7][/quote:2d2e7]\r\nAnd made good use of it. \":P\"','',0,'iA==','2d2e7',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186920,13991,5,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1155950052,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','...and don\'t forget The Ruby Yacht of Omar Khayyam','',0,'iA==','d7e55',1,0,'',45,0,0),(186921,13978,3,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1155950705,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My brother-in-law is in the Army (some kind of intelligence/special forces thing), and the Army actually paid for him to have one of the newer kinds of eye surgery. I don\'t remember the particulars, but I think it involved removing the middle layer of the cornea, though how that is supposed to improve eyesight I\'m not sure.','',0,'iA==','e6768',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186922,11361,5,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1155950816,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="LOTR_Dan":20bcf]The departed Kon-El. Conner Kent. Superboy. One of my favorite superheroes, even if he\'s now dead. I mean, just look at his costume. Just a T-Shirt and Jeans. But now he has a whole cult dedicated to bringing him back and Robin is trying to clone him. So he\'ll be back eventually.[/quote:20bcf]\r\n\r\nIs that Superboy-Prime, the one who ended up causing all that trouble in [i:20bcf]Infinite Crisis[/i:20bcf]? I\'d say he\'s better off gone.','',0,'oA==','20bcf',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186923,11361,5,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1155950854,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Ranger Thorne":275cb]My current avatar is of the [i:275cb]Enterprise[/i:275cb] Hallmark ornament my wife gave me last Christmas. I took a pic using my camcorder and had to brighten it up a bit.[/quote:275cb]\r\n\r\n[i:275cb]Very[/i:275cb] nice job. I thought it was a screenshot.','',0,'oA==','275cb',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186924,11361,5,309,0,'24.127.136.163',1155951077,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":102b8][quote="LOTR_Dan":102b8]The departed Kon-El. Conner Kent. Superboy. One of my favorite superheroes, even if he\'s now dead. I mean, just look at his costume. Just a T-Shirt and Jeans. But now he has a whole cult dedicated to bringing him back and Robin is trying to clone him. So he\'ll be back eventually.[/quote:102b8]\n\nIs that Superboy-Prime, the one who ended up causing all that trouble in [i:102b8]Infinite Crisis[/i:102b8]? I\'d say he\'s better off gone.[/quote:102b8]\r\n\r\nNo No. Superboy-Prime *killed* Kon-El. Superboy-Prime is actually still alive, imprisoned by the GL\'s in orbit around a Red Sun. I wonder if he\'s gonna break out...','',0,'oA==','102b8',1,0,'',309,0,0),(186925,11361,5,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1155951416,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Put up a new one, for a change. Nameneko in concert (A back to the 80\'s moment. \"Don\'t Pelorian!\").','',0,'oA==','5f26f',1,1156376311,'',45,3,0),(186926,13906,10,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1155951567,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":2560b][quote="Professor":2560b][quote="nmorgendorffer":2560b][quote="Isa Yo-Jo":2560b]Didn\'t he move to Japan to be a teacher?[/quote:2560b]\nYeah, Paperpusher moved to Japan.[/quote:2560b]\nYou know, I could have sworn that they have both computers and the Internet in Japan. Is he still at least lurking and/or posting? If not, I\'m curious as to why. Teaching is time-consuming, true, but not [i:2560b]that[/i:2560b] time-consuming.[/quote:2560b]\nI think Rich drifted away from the Daria fan community, as so many of the earlier denizens did. There aren\'t many of the original crew left and we\'re the poorer for it.[/quote:2560b]\r\nAre not. I\'ve got $23 left.','',0,'oA==','2560b',1,0,'',323,0,0),(186927,13997,4,9,0,'66.245.213.169',1155952708,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Federal judge strikes down Bush\'s wiretapping','I\'m surprised this one hasn\'t already been mentioned. The judge found it unconstitutional (gasp!) and the right wing has declared that she\'s a liberal judge with a partisan agenda (gasp!). Unfortunately, because the Bushies got a stay granted to them while they appeal, the wiretapping will continue for now, though hopefully not for long.','',0,'oA==','2864c',1,0,'',9,0,0),(186928,13994,5,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155952959,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I mother****** liked the mother***** movie. It was fun. 4 out of 5.\r\n\r\nAlso a scene with Sam Jackson driving a Crown Victoria. That made me very happy.','',0,'oA==','89cd8',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186929,13994,5,9,0,'66.245.213.169',1155953028,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','There were... snakes! On a... plane! \":shock:\"\r\n\r\n\r\nOops. Did I give too much away?','',0,'oA==','51b16',1,0,'',9,0,0),(186930,13996,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155953031,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Of course the worst thing is that she\'ll get used to them and start demanding several sets - with designer labels.','',0,'oA==','64f68',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186931,13997,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155953344,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Sometimes my faith in justice is restored. This is one such. Another happened here yesterday when the Supreme Court released a \"terrorist\" whose confession had been obtained under torture in Pakistan. Guess who arranged that? And of course our gubmint squealed as loudly as yours.\r\n\r\nThe system works sometimes. \":-)\"','',0,'oA==','6c503',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186932,13906,10,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155953494,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":d203b][quote="Deref":d203b]\nI think Rich drifted away from the Daria fan community, as so many of the earlier denizens did. There aren\'t many of the original crew left and we\'re the poorer for it.[/quote:d203b]\nAre not. I\'ve got $23 left.[/quote:d203b]\r\nYeah, but when they were here we used to regularly shake them down for sometimes fifty, sometimes a hunnert bucks.','',0,'gA==','d203b',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186933,13994,5,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1155953521,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Bad movies can be fun to watch on TV or DVD (a few days ago, my dad rented this old horror movie, [i:7fae5]The Tingler[/i:7fae5], and we had a great time laughing at it), but I\'m not going to pay movie prices to see it.','',0,'IA==','7fae5',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186934,12557,10,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155953549,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Good decision.','',0,'IA==','215a8',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186935,13904,3,26,0,'216.238.204.135',1155954137,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":49306]Here, a display of butt cleavage (only in men for some reason) is called \"plumber\'s bum\".[/quote:49306]\r\n\r\nOver here we just call it \"plumber\'s butt\". \":P\" \r\n\r\nAmusingly enough, Duluth Trading Company--a specialized work clothes company--makes something called a \"Longtail T\" to address this problem.\r\n\r\nYou can see it [url=http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/mens/mens_shirts/95587.aspx:49306]here[/url:49306].\r\n\r\nI have a few things I ordered from DTC--some suspenders, a dice cup, some handkerchiefs and cargo pants made out of firehose material. \":D\"','',0,'kA==','49306',1,0,'',26,0,0),(186936,13984,3,26,0,'216.238.204.135',1155954379,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Thanks for the comments.\r\n\r\nI\'ve took another one of Lappy today. This time I had this set to the VGA setting and the file\'s 64K, which should be more tolerable.\r\n\r\nAnyhow. . .','',1,'kA==','869ce',1,0,'',26,0,0),(186937,13998,5,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1155956332,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','200!','Saw the 200th episode of Stargate SG-1 tonight, haven\'t laughed that hard at a TV show since rediscovering Megas XLR on youtube.\r\n\r\nThe episode itself featured for those who missed it but wanted to see it: (SPOILERS)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[color=yellow:1589c]\n\n\nSpoofed:\nWizard of Oz cast (Mala was Dorothy wishing the wizard would give her a reoccurring role)\nFarscape cast (some would be reprising roles)\nThunderbirds (marionettes)\nStar Trek \nA \'younger, edgier\' cast... Dawson\'s Gate SG-90210 (my term)\nParody of themselves as actors using other actors\nA planet of Ewoks that gets blown up\nTeal\'C P.I. [i:1589c]Indeed.[/i:1589c]\n\nThis gem of dialogue: (Referring to Wormhole X-Treme\nJackson: Who makes a movie out of a TV show that lasted only 3 episodes?\nTeal’C: Apparently it did very well on DVD.\n\nThe reveal that in 1969 O\'Neill became Mitchell\'s father. (A joke to screw with him)\n\nToo many in jokes to count.\n\nAnd O\'Neill\'s storybook marriage to Carter which was presided over by Thor.\n\nOh, and Walter gets to join SG-1, O\'Neill and the General on a \'special\' mission.\n\nNever has jumping a shark been these good![/color:1589c]','',0,'Ig==','1589c',1,0,'',450,0,0),(186938,13998,5,568,0,'216.97.244.66',1155958241,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Her name is [i:78ba3]Vala[/i:78ba3] \":P\" \r\n\r\nAnd I loved this episode, particularly the [color=yellow:78ba3]Farscape[/color:78ba3] bit.\r\n\r\nAnd I think they were spoofing [color=yellow:78ba3]Star Trek[/color:78ba3] and [color=yellow:78ba3]Galaxy Quest[/color:78ba3] at the same time. \":lol:\"','',0,'Ig==','78ba3',1,0,'',568,0,0),(186939,13999,5,26,0,'216.238.204.135',1155958345,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Spoiler schedule for the week of 8/20-26/2006','Another busy week ahead:\r\n\r\nSunday: New eps of [i:ac79d]The Venture Bros.[/i:ac79d] and [i:ac79d]Metalocalypse[/i:ac79d]\r\n\r\nWednesday: New ep of [i:ac79d]The Life and Times of Juniper Lee[/i:ac79d]\r\n\r\nThursday: New ep of [i:ac79d]Codename: Kids Next Door[/i:ac79d]\r\n\r\nConsider yourself warned. \":D\"','',0,'IA==','ac79d',1,0,'',26,0,0),(186940,13679,11,61,0,'69.136.102.118',1155958699,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Ranger Thorne":1cad3]...UK Wildcats basketball as long as Dicky V isn\'t announcing it.[/quote:1cad3]\r\n\r\nAnd that is why they invented the mute button... \";)\"','',0,'gA==','1cad3',1,0,'',61,0,0),(186941,13996,3,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155959240,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":lol:\" Zoie looked adorable.','',0,'gA==','fbcbb',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186942,13984,3,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1155959354,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Insanity":dab96]hey... I want to see one of you non fuzzy heheheh[/quote:dab96]\r\n\r\nYeah! How about one of you with Lappy, Peter?','',0,'gA==','dab96',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186943,13997,4,14,0,'72.77.72.179',1155959785,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','But not for long, they\'ll apeal to the Supreme Court, and who was it who just appointed a couple o judges there?\r\n\r\nEven if not, they\'ll just alter the program slightly then get a \'secret warrent\' from a \'secret court\'.\r\n\r\nNow if we could just get an activist judge to notice that Taxation isn\'t mentioned in the constitution, perhaps some improvements could be made.\r\n\r\nCN','',0,'gA==','131ce',1,0,'',14,0,0),(186944,11361,5,440,0,'64.12.112.161',1155960436,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="LOTR_Dan":a8d0f]The departed Kon-El. Conner Kent. Superboy. One of my favorite superheroes, even if he\'s now dead. I mean, just look at his costume. Just a T-Shirt and Jeans. But now he has a whole cult dedicated to bringing him back and Robin is trying to clone him. So he\'ll be back eventually.[/quote:a8d0f]\r\n\r\nWhat about Laurel Kent? All [i:a8d0f]she[/i:a8d0f] wore was boots and a towel. Now [i:a8d0f]that\'s[/i:a8d0f] a costume.','',0,'oA==','a8d0f',1,0,'',440,0,0),(186945,11361,5,83,0,'67.188.13.194',1155962415,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I just changed mine:\r\n\r\n[img:98268]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Angelinhel/ktitlecopy.jpg[/img:98268]\r\n\r\nIt\'s me with the title to my car, with Zoie looking evil.','',0,'CA==','98268',1,0,'',83,0,0),(186946,13904,3,251,0,'63.46.128.141',1155963673,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'m differientiating between guys who thoughtlessly show butt cleavage (such as \"plumber\'s butt\"), and those who do it on purpose. It\'s like they intentionally wear their jeans lower than they\'re supposed to go. I\'m NOT talking about [url=http://www.slate.com/id/2089623/:5d027]lowriders[/url:5d027], either. \r\n\r\nFrom my memory, every single one has been a teen guy. IDK, maybe they think it\'s funny. Or maybe they\'re hoping the trend will take among girls, too. Or it\'s entirely possible that the few I\'ve seen still live at home and aren\'t allowed lowriders by the \'rents (or school), so they wear normal jeans too low instead, at least when none of the \'rents or teachers are looking (and look silly as a result, IMO). \r\n\r\nI couldn\'t find much with a quck search, but that\'s probably because I don\'t know the name of the style. But I did find this:\r\n\r\nhttp://men.style.com/gq/fashion/styleguy/pants/394\r\n\r\nTo these, this guy advises those who wear their pants too low to take a test he devised:\r\n\r\nhttp://funkwit.com/blowhole/?rant=things&entry=pants\r\n\r\n[quote="Uncle Funkwit":5d027]This test assumes a male trouser-wearer; while this is not perfect, it will do for most cases of Pantaloonius Descendum, or ‘Pants Too Low Syndrome’. If you\'re female, you may need to adjust the test.\n\n 1. Take a tennis ball; an ordinary, yellow, fluffy tennis ball, a hollow sphere of fabric-covered rubber between 6.35 and 6.67 cm in diameter. You know the ones.\n 2. Place the tennis ball right in the middle of the crotch of your pants, sitting on the lowest point of the crotch-seam, if you will. There may be a bit of balancing involved; if you\'re finding this difficult, you can sew it or otherwise affix it into place. This will have the benefit of acting as a permanent reminder, rather than a one-off test.\n 3. Pull your pants up to your normal pant-wearing height.\n\nThat\'s it for the methodology! And interpreting the results couldn\'t be easier! Does the tennis ball touch your scrotum? If it does, you\'re fine. If, on the other hand, it does not: well, pull your pants up, dickwad. [/quote:5d027] \r\n\r\nAnyway, that\'s about all I can share on it. I\'ll try to remember to ask some teens about it and see if they know anything about it.','',0,'kA==','5d027',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186947,14000,4,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1155963865,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Yay, Netherlands...','...a testament to Dutch Courage (which has a whole \'nuther meaning hyar in the US. It comes from a bottle, let us say). The url points out at the end, the Dutch are sitting on the fence, here. \r\n\r\nSorry, Wouter [url:10030]http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20179975-1702,00.htm[/url:10030]. \r\n\r\n But it take strength to disarm a convocation devoted to the destruction of a country, no matter how it may be parsed, that was created because of the reality of extermination. Hezbollah may be passing out huge amounts of money (that may or may not be counterfeit, they are that good), but in the end, they want all Jews to die. Period. They have said so, repeatedly.\r\n\r\nIf you were a Jew, and looked at the Katyusha rockets firing inward for no other reason than to kill Jews, what would you do?\r\n\r\nHezbollah does nice things that are paid for by Iran, inside a country that is not theirs. Lebanon does not have the resources to make itself the donimant power within its own borders. There is a totally another argument there, but, Lebanon does have the suzerainty of being a so-called independent country that Hezbollah, despite its cash from Iran does not have. But that does indeed split hairs.\r\n\r\nSo, in the final analysis, if your family was being given rocket-fired shotgun sized pellets designed to kill them, what would you do?\r\n\r\nF-16 Kfirs modified beyond all recognition of General Dynamics original design unleashing wholesale death on a scale unimaginable, save for the fact that the rockets were being fired in civilian neighborhoods, schools, hosptials, and whatnot is a starting point, given that that is where the rockets fucking came from. In short, Hezbollah are cowards, hiding behind a woman\'s dress, as it were (Yes! We are vigilant against the Zionist foe!. Um, please, could you stand over just there? The glare from your dress may just divert the incoming missles just enough to keep this rocket position alive for a few more minutes).\r\n\r\nThat the ground war did not produce a tabula rasa wide enough to keep the rockets out is not the fault of the Israeli military. A measured response to death in the air for no other reason than being a Jew. Well, it seems that them damn jews can kick up a ruckus. Politically, it may have not been effective, but by God and By Harry, let Iran try to ship another goddamned missle into another country that it has no business being in. The bridges are gone. You think Hezbollah has an arms factory based somewhere in the Bakaa Valley? Capable of the finer points of the GPS of rocketry and where they may fall?\r\n\r\nHezbollah has achieved a strategic victory, there is no doubt about that. Letting a prize fighter bash your face repeatedly, and you still stand is a victory, indeed. But, the reality is, your face has been bashed. \"My strategic strategy? To let him wear himself out with his fists against my face.\"\r\n\r\nHezbollah may have come out of the rubble intact, but it is the rubble that they caused, and that they will have to clean up. No matter to the local jew-hater, a victory is a victory, even when you are hemhoraging the own destruction you were trying to unleash..\r\n\r\nSo Yay, Holland! Your presence there is as much good as well, several metaphors come to mind, most of them relating to a very, very relaxed attitude during sex. \"Aw, c\'mon honey, I had a tough day at work...\"','',0,'EA==','10030',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186948,13679,11,497,0,'68.10.199.250',1155967704,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ve been TV-less for a while. In its place we have... ummm... stuff. Mostly stuff that would normally belong in our kitchen, but since I\'m remodeling that room, all the stuff is now in the living room.\r\n\r\nAs far as getting rid of cable- if you have broadband internet, you can\'t... or maybe I should rephrase that- you still get the Cable signal for television regardless if you have cable-internet. Both signals travel the same line. \r\n\r\nA tuner card will allow you to watch shows if you so desire; I keep my \'TV\'- an InFocus LCD projector- for console-based gaming- Halo Deathmatch with a 108\" or larger \'screen\' (depending on how far back I move the projector) is awesome.','',0,'EA==','0f3ed',1,0,'',497,0,0),(186949,13981,3,497,0,'68.10.199.250',1155967792,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Stiffing the hospital raises insurance rates for everyone else. Every little bit hurts.','',0,'EA==','8dc40',1,0,'',497,0,0),(186950,13975,3,497,0,'68.10.199.250',1155968131,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','LOL... I\'ll make sure I do nothing different that day.\r\n\r\nFriggi\'n nutcases- gotta love \'em (sice killing them is so passe).\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI\'m still curious to see how China reacts to all this. They\'re the one we should be watching.','',0,'EA==','f7c8d',1,0,'',497,0,0),(186951,13997,4,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155968414,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Crazy_Nutso":3d3e2]\nNow if we could just get an activist judge to notice that Taxation isn\'t mentioned in the constitution, perhaps some improvements could be made.\n\nCN[/quote:3d3e2]\n\n[quote="US Constitution, Article I section 8":3d3e2]The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes...[/quote:3d3e2]\n\n[quote="US Constitution, Article I section 9":3d3e2]No capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.[/quote:3d3e2]\n\n[quote="US Constitution, Amendment 16 (passed February 1913)":3d3e2]The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.[/quote:3d3e2]\r\n\r\nOr do you mean taxation in some other way?? [img:3d3e2]http://pro.imagehost.biz/ims/pictes/209192.gif[/img:3d3e2]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOn the original topic I just heard about it at work, saddly it most likely won\'t change things much, though I applaud the step in the right direction anyway.','',0,'iA==','3d3e2',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186952,13987,10,541,0,'149.9.0.27',1155969686,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Seriously guys? No comments? If I\'m that bad just say so but I think this is one of my better works of boredom with a paper and a pen.','',0,'iA==','4d1d0',1,0,'',541,0,0),(186953,13987,10,307,0,'65.26.92.117',1155969880,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','things like this take time....having looked at it and i can say i\'m gonna have some mightly odd dreams','',0,'iA==','72480',1,0,'',307,0,0),(186954,13904,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155970755,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":45a9c]I\'m differientiating between guys who thoughtlessly show butt cleavage (such as \"plumber\'s butt\"), and those who do it on purpose. It\'s like they intentionally wear their jeans lower than they\'re supposed to go. [/quote:45a9c]\r\n \":lol:\" I remember watching a guy in a skate park once. He was wearing his pants about halfway down his ass - with the standard sk8r uniform. He was showing off, doing some good stuff, when his pants fell down. Laugh? I thought I\'d sh*t.','',0,'gA==','45a9c',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186955,13992,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155970917,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Dervish":4b45e]I don\'t recall the details, but a Russian Orthodox church refused any funding. They older people were saying that it was expected they\'d then have to endorse the government or even specific people within it, and they weren\'t willing to have that kind of control/obligation over them. They mentioned having that kinda control over them in Russia and didn\'t want to get on that slippery slope in America. They did okay without the funding, though, even going so far as to build a bigger church while carrying on all kinds of humanitarian projects, too.\n...[/quote:4b45e]\r\nDo you speak about the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, or the Orthodox Church in America? I\'m a bit confused.','',0,'gA==','4b45e',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186956,11277,5,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155970987,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Funny timing on (further) discussion of [u:a9c4c]Nightwatch[/u:a9c4c], as this morning I read the movie review in the September issue of F&SF which covered mainly [u:a9c4c]Daywatch[/u:a9c4c]. From that review it sounds like more of the same. \r\n\r\nThe one this review hit that I really want, and hope to get my hot little hands on by my birthday in 28 days is [url=http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/store.lasso?1=product&2=8:a9c4c][u:a9c4c]The Call of Cthulhu[/u:a9c4c][/url:a9c4c] from the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society. \":twisted:\"','',0,'EQ==','a9c4c',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186957,14001,10,100,0,'24.5.124.156',1155971216,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Completely non-Daria related fanart.','Y\'know, I just felt like posting a link to [url=http://home.comcast.net/~Ranchoth/Kajibondposter.jpg:25535]this[/url:25535], a fanart \"poster\" for a fanfic idea I have, but that I\'m probably never going to get around to writing.\r\n\r\nBasically, \"Ian Fleming\'s [i:25535]End of Evangelion.[/i:25535]\" John Milius does [i:25535]League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.[/i:25535] John Milton hawking popcorn at a mega—\r\n\r\nWell, you get the idea. \"Very silly, maybe even creatively bankrupt...but it\'d be fun to watch.\" \":)\"\r\n\r\nAnyway, just thought I\'d share. Otherwise, it\'s just going to end up on a fanart page that probably no one\'ll look at. Maybe someone can get a chuckle outta it.','',0,'MA==','25535',1,0,'',100,0,0),(186958,13987,10,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1155972036,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','It is nicely executed. As far as the content I\'m not sure what to say really.','',0,'MA==','8e4f5',1,0,'',525,0,0),(186959,14000,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155973256,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Yay, Netherlands...','[quote="ahmygoddess":65ecd]they want all Jews to die. Period. They have said so, repeatedly.[/quote:65ecd]\r\nThe last thing I would do is to defend Hezbolla, but I\'ve never heard them say that. I\'ve often heard them say that they want to destroy the state of Israel - but that makes them anti-Zionists, not anti-semitic - and there\'s a HUGE difference. Sadly, many Jews conflate the two, and it does them no good at all. There are plenty of Jewish anti-Zionists.\r\n\r\nNow - the fact that I\'ve never heard them say it doesn\'t mean that they haven\'t - you could be right, in which case I apologise to you and to Jews.\r\n\r\nRe the counterfeit money thing - don\'t make the mistake of musjudging them. Whatever else they may be, they have played the role of the Red Cross and a benevolent \"government\" for a long time. They are loved among the large sections of Lebanese Muslims and Christians, because of their extraordinary humanitarian works. We might judge them to be as cunning and duplicitous as foxes for that, but we would be making a grave mistake to imagine that it\'s not real and genuine. On the news last night I saw a representative of Hezbollah going from house to house - shop to shop - in the bombed-out ruins of buildings in Lebanon, making notes and asking what they could do. He looked exactly like an insurance assessor. According to reports, this is what they do, and it\'s not just talk - they provide money, health care, food, clothing, housing - all the things that a benevolent government should do.\r\n\r\nAs a reslut of all this, Hezbol;lah are loved and supported at a grass roots level. The US and its allies, on the other hand, are hated and despised, and Israel is seen by many Lebanese, Arabs, and muslims across the world as merely a tool of US policy. Again - I\'m not saying they are - merely reporting what I\'ve seen and read so much of, and what I\'ve seen so many knowledgeable people saying.\r\n\r\nAs a result of Israel\'s actions in Lebanon, Hezbollah is assured of support - both financial and practical - and recruits, for many years to come. Personally I can\'t see anything that we can do in the short term to change that. But \"nothing\" is not the answer, and \"more of the same\" is positively suicidal.','',0,'gA==','65ecd',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186960,13679,11,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155974087,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="hey":5aabf]A tuner card will allow you to watch shows if you so desire; I keep my \'TV\'- an InFocus LCD projector- for console-based gaming- Halo Deathmatch with a 108\" or larger \'screen\' (depending on how far back I move the projector) is awesome.[/quote:5aabf]\r\nNow THAT sounds good!','',0,'gA==','5aabf',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186961,13987,10,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155974225,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I think it\'s very good, though it\'s a very small pic. It\'s way better than anything I could do!','',0,'gA==','0848b',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186962,14000,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155974316,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Yay, Netherlands...','[quote="Deref":0f195][quote="ahmygoddess":0f195]they want all Jews to die. Period. They have said so, repeatedly.[/quote:0f195]\nThe last thing I would do is to defend Hezbolla, but I\'ve never heard them say that. I\'ve often heard them say that they want to destroy the state of Israel - but that makes them anti-Zionists, not anti-semitic - and there\'s a HUGE difference. Sadly, many Jews conflate the two, and it does them no good at all. There are plenty of Jewish anti-Zionists.\n\nNow - the fact that I\'ve never heard them say it doesn\'t mean that they haven\'t - you could be right, in which case I apologise to you and to Jews.\n\n...[/quote:0f195]\r\nhttp://web.archive.org/web/200210241337 ... 2/art5.asp\r\n\r\n[i:0f195]Nasrallah said their aim was to return the Jews to Israel and rebuild their temple, destroyed by the Romans in 70AD, over the Al-Aqsa Mosque.\nHowever, Nasrallah added, �if they (Jews) all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.�[/i:0f195]\r\n\r\nI think it is safe to say that at least the paramount leader of Hezbollah is anti-semitic all the way.','',0,'oA==','0f195',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186963,13987,10,541,0,'149.9.0.27',1155974443,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Well it is my phone camera and it did only take me like 20 min to draw so I didn\'t draw alot.','',0,'oA==','b711a',1,0,'',541,0,0),(186964,11277,5,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155974456,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="vlademir1":a6e5a]Funny timing on (further) discussion of [u:a6e5a]Nightwatch[/u:a6e5a], as this morning I read the movie review in the September issue of F&SF which covered mainly [u:a6e5a]Daywatch[/u:a6e5a]. From that review it sounds like more of the same. \n...[/quote:a6e5a]\r\nIt is. \":)\"','',0,'gQ==','a6e5a',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186965,13981,3,251,0,'63.46.128.84',1155978982,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="hey":d228d]Stiffing the hospital raises insurance rates for everyone else. Every little bit hurts.[/quote:d228d]\r\n\r\nSomeone shared with me about a group of doctors in NY State that decided to open their own practice that eschewed any insurance or government as much as possible. Instead they made payment plans with clients in advance, making a contract out of it. It turned out that the overhead involved in supporting medical insurance and getting many government benefits cost more than the \"help\" provided (help as in giving you crutches after they break your legs). Their costs went down by a lot, I think over half of what most hospitals and medical services charged (that had to take all the other insurance/government stuff into account).\r\n\r\nWho knows how much cheaper still it would be if there weren\'t so many of the interferences that go on in getting new drugs approved (yet suing the company that made them instead of the FDA should those drugs turn out faulty--that one makes no sense to me at all--and it serves to compound the increase in medical fees as a result). Or wacky lawsuits and other interventions.\r\n\r\nDrugs and health care are certainly cheaper in many countries without such burdens...I suppose that some bad meds and services are sold, too, just as they are in America, but I\'d think they wouldn\'t get so much biz from Americans if such nastiness was normal. \r\n\r\n\r\nAll in all, I\'m sure stiffing them wouldn\'t help, but it seems insignificant compared to so many other things. I understand he has less than (though close to) $200 left to pay off. Supposed to be millions out there that haven\'t paid. And then you mix in all the other crazy stuff...and it\'s no wonder that medical prices are out of control. \r\n\r\n\r\nDon\'t get me wrong: I think they messed up on this (though I don\'t hold the hospital blameless, either). I understand that she was very worried and he was in a lot of pain and they were sleep-deprived and all of that... and that his pride was wounded by how they were interrogated more than interviewed, that there was barely any examination that was done when they were given a presciption and told to get a card and come back, and he didn\'t feel that lodging a complaint would do any good...but they have learned from this. \r\n\r\nIn all likelihood the bill will be paid pretty quick because we raised even more money for a guy\'s tooth extraction in like a week, and it was at least a hundred dollars more than what this guy still owes. In the future, he\'ll have a medical card that will allow him to get emergency medical care, at least locally (as I say, I\'m not sure if it\'s good elsewhere in the state or country--it didn\'t sound like it would be). She, at least, will know to dress better and blend in...as moles tricking the sheep as opposed to \"selling out/buying in.\" (Hmm...I should get them to see the Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane! That\'s a really good flick on how crafting the illusion that you\'re another clone can really save your butt AND keep you from having to sell out.) \r\n\r\nLiving in the world as it is, as opposed to the world as it should be, I\'m not gonna cram my ethics down their throat, though--even if I couldn\'t help but make a few mild snarky comments over the situation they got themselves into. (At least not until I\'ve been in a very similar situation.) If I were the type to do so, I could easily think of many other people to nag about such things, though (and I wouldn\'t have browbeat him into getting government health care, too--if anything, I\'d have done the opposite). \":wink:\" \r\n\r\nBasically I was just asking because I found all this out and she was upset and I got to wondering how much either of them had for their PoV and what I should do about it (if anything). There have been some good ideas and all posted, which I\'m grateful for, and it did encourage me to help them and that it probably wouldn\'t be as bad as it might be. (That, and I tend to help people anyway..even when I was a 15-year-old runaway, I supported an 18-year-old for awhile.)','',0,'gA==','d228d',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186966,14000,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1155979497,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Yay, Netherlands...','[quote="UU":f7b8e]http://web.archive.org/web/200210241337 ... 2/art5.asp\n\n[i:f7b8e]Nasrallah said their aim was to return the Jews to Israel and rebuild their temple, destroyed by the Romans in 70AD, over the Al-Aqsa Mosque.\nHowever, Nasrallah added, �if they (Jews) all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.�[/i:f7b8e]\n\nI think it is safe to say that at least the paramount leader of Hezbollah is anti-semitic all the way.[/quote:f7b8e]\r\nThanks UU - and I confirm my apology. What an additional tragedy to add on top of the rest. \":-(\"','',0,'oA==','f7b8e',1,0,'',114,0,0),(186967,13992,4,251,0,'63.46.128.84',1155979532,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="UU":948c4]Do you speak about the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, or the Orthodox Church in America? I\'m a bit confused.[/quote:948c4]\r\n\r\nOCA (Orthodox Church in America).','',0,'gA==','948c4',1,0,'',251,0,0),(186968,13992,4,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1155979814,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Good to see that the churches are acting, [i:936e0]and [/i:936e0]that it\'s being reported. Kudos to all involved.\r\n\r\nCatholic social ethics has been called \"The best-kept secret of the Catholic church.\" The press here has displayed an extraordinary range of reaction to teaching documents since the sixties, if not before. If the church issues something about the environment, or fair trade, or fair wages, or the right to form unions, or habeus corpus, or anything in the \'justice and peace\' or general social ethics fields; or if it disinvests from some company for ethical reasons, it could hire a sky banner to fly round Wapping, and have press releases hand-delivered to news rooms by roller-skating archbishops, and it\'d still go in the bin. But issue a document on sexual ethics by depositing it in a basement filing cabinet behind a locked door marked \"Beware of the leopard,\" and it\'d be covered (and mocked) extensively. \":lol:\" \r\n\r\nI\'m guessing from Dervish\'s \'Morality Scam\' thread that a similar situation obtains in the US: it could certainly add to the myth that a person\'s \"morality\" can be measured by examining only their sexual activity.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'IA==','936e0',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186969,13994,5,285,0,'82.38.176.83',1155985255,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":59647]Bad movies can be fun to watch on TV or DVD (a few days ago, my dad rented this old horror movie, [i:59647]The Tingler[/i:59647], and we had a great time laughing at it), but I\'m not going to pay movie prices to see it.[/quote:59647]\r\n\r\nAs someone who saw it yesterday (and yes I\'m back from Spain, yo) in a movie theatre full of other people, take my word for it when I say seeing it on the big screen with a bunch of other people just adds to the experience\r\n\r\nThe film has to be one of the most fun experiences I\'ve had watching a movie in ages, people would cheer, laugh, scream, yell, and sometime appluad the movie together (anyone who knows about THE line will have a hard time not cheering)\r\n\r\none thing to say, the film takes its odd premise and more or less plays it straight so there can be some scaryish moments and even some nasty deaths, but the film manages to balance it with some great lines, comedy bits that manage to be funny, and some stereotypical but still quite likeable characters,\r\n\r\nSo EVERYONE get to the cinema and see this movie, c\'mon lets make Samuel L Jackson\'s dream of winning best picture award come true','',0,'oA==','59647',1,0,'',285,0,0),(186970,14002,5,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1155988494,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Science highlights: human genome and MP3s','This week I heard a couple of great science programmes on BBC World Service, and I thought there might be people here who\'d enjoy them.\r\n\r\nThe first is a fascinating interview with the director of the human genome project, Francis Collins, in which he talks about the science and ethics of mapping the human genome -- [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/worldservice/meta/tx/politics_uk?nbram=1&nbwm=1&size=au&lang=en-ws&bgc=003399:70727]listen online[/url:70727].\r\n\r\nThe second is a programme about signal processing, and its application in mobile phone and digital music technology. It includes a great little interview with one of the co-inventors of the MP3 format -- [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/worldservice/meta/tx/discovery?nbram=1&nbwm=1&size=au&lang=en-ws&bgc=003399:70727]listen online[/url:70727].\r\n\r\nProgrammes are likely to be available to listen online for a week or less.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'EA==','70727',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186971,11361,5,564,0,'69.219.160.108',1155989338,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My avatar represents my inability to resize an image','',0,'EA==','36fc8',1,0,'',564,0,0),(186972,13679,11,87,0,'216.135.28.40',1155989628,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":d7127][quote="hey":d7127]A tuner card will allow you to watch shows if you so desire; I keep my \'TV\'- an InFocus LCD projector- for console-based gaming- Halo Deathmatch with a 108\" or larger \'screen\' (depending on how far back I move the projector) is awesome.[/quote:d7127]\nNow THAT sounds good![/quote:d7127]\r\n\r\nNo, not to me. Watching myself getting slaughtered on something that big would be depressing. \":wink:\"','',0,'gA==','d7127',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186973,13994,5,564,0,'69.219.160.108',1155989846,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":5cf56]Bad movies can be fun to watch on TV or DVD (a few days ago, my dad rented this old horror movie, [i:5cf56]The Tingler[/i:5cf56], and we had a great time laughing at it), but I\'m not going to pay movie prices to see it.[/quote:5cf56]\r\n\r\nYou miss the point of the movie, it is a farce. It is [i:5cf56]supposed[/i:5cf56] to be \'bad.\'\r\n\r\nWhat I have seen of previews not seeing iton the big screen it will lose impact, I plan to see it tonight after work or tomorrow.\r\n\r\nMy only issue is that the easy way to solve the problem woulf have been to drop the O2 masks, climb to thin air and let all the snakes die, decend to a normal altitude, go off O2 and land that mother ******* plane full of dead mother ******* snakes.','',0,'oA==','5cf56',1,0,'',564,0,0),(186974,13985,10,87,0,'216.135.28.40',1155989917,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[deep dangerous voice]Impressive. Most impressive.[/deep dangerous voice]','',0,'','e806c',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186975,14001,10,87,0,'216.135.28.40',1155990081,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely non-Daria related fanart.','[quote="Ranchoth":77c91]Anyway, just thought I\'d share. Otherwise, it\'s just going to end up on a fanart page that probably no one\'ll look at. Maybe someone can get a chuckle outta it.[/quote:77c91]\r\n\r\nOh, no. We never laugh around here. We\'re just so serious all the time.','',0,'gA==','77c91',1,0,'',87,0,0),(186976,11361,5,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1155991701,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Yet another one from Nameneko....なめなよ!','',0,'gA==','11f38',1,0,'',45,0,0),(186977,7699,6,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1155996926,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Going back to the beginning; I\'ve always wondered what is the source of the \'Burnout Girl\' nickname.','',0,'gA==','9d5a2',1,0,'',570,0,0),(186978,13994,5,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1155996943,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="notoriousDUG":ad013][quote="E. A. Smith":ad013]Bad movies can be fun to watch on TV or DVD (a few days ago, my dad rented this old horror movie, [i:ad013]The Tingler[/i:ad013], and we had a great time laughing at it), but I\'m not going to pay movie prices to see it.[/quote:ad013]\n\nYou miss the point of the movie, it is a farce. It is [i:ad013]supposed[/i:ad013] to be \'bad.\'[/quote:ad013]\r\n\r\nI know it\'s supposed to be \"bad\". My point was that, while watching a bad movie can be fun (though I find that fun usually fades long before the movie is over, and it just becomes boring), it\'s not fun enough to justify paying full movie price for.','',0,'oA==','ad013',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186979,13985,10,328,0,'63.231.147.100',1155997955,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Thanks, guys. You sure know how to stroke a guy\'s ego.\r\n\r\n[quote="E. A. Smith":eb8f0]That\'s one of the things that\'s so great about vector graphics. You can zoom in almost indefinitely with no loss of resolution.[/quote:eb8f0]\r\n\r\nThat is nice. However, in my opinion the more interesting advantage to vector graphics is how easy they are to modify once you\'ve made them. Now that I have front views of Daria and Jane, I can start ... tweaking. \":twisted:\" \r\n\r\nHoN\r\n\r\nPS Can anyone recommend an episode that shows Daria\'s or Jane\'s legs while walking directly toward the camera? The majority of walkcycles on the show are a 3/4 view, and most of the rest are in profile. Front walkcycles are a pain in the heinie, especially when I can\'t find a good reference from the show.\r\nThanks','',0,'gA==','eb8f0',1,0,'',328,0,0),(186980,11361,5,328,0,'63.231.147.100',1155998533,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My avatar is a solemn portrait depicting my rightful place as Emperor of America.\r\n\r\nHoN','',0,'gA==','6fc69',1,0,'',328,0,0),(186981,11361,5,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1155999156,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="HeirOfNorton":2eda9]My avatar is a solemn portrait depicting my rightful place as Emperor of America.[/quote:2eda9]\r\nAh. I was wrong, then. You\'re not [url=http://www.2dtv.co.uk/picture/norton.jpg:2eda9]Graham Norton\'s[/url:2eda9] American love child, after all.\r\n\r\nOr was I?\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'kA==','2eda9',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186982,13994,5,59,0,'63.232.70.234',1155999798,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":a589e][quote="notoriousDUG":a589e][quote="E. A. Smith":a589e]Bad movies can be fun to watch on TV or DVD (a few days ago, my dad rented this old horror movie, [i:a589e]The Tingler[/i:a589e], and we had a great time laughing at it), but I\'m not going to pay movie prices to see it.[/quote:a589e]\n\nYou miss the point of the movie, it is a farce. It is [i:a589e]supposed[/i:a589e] to be \'bad.\'[/quote:a589e]\n\nI know it\'s supposed to be \"bad\". My point was that, while watching a bad movie can be fun (though I find that fun usually fades long before the movie is over, and it just becomes boring), it\'s not fun enough to justify paying full movie price for.[/quote:a589e]\r\n\r\n\r\nLet me guess... when Circus Gothica rolls into town, you won\'t be on hand to buy tickets. \":)\" \":wink:\"','',0,'oA==','a589e',1,0,'',59,0,0),(186983,13985,10,59,0,'63.232.70.234',1156000063,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','BOO-YAH! Those graphics ROCK!!!\r\n\r\n\r\n(tries to recover dignity, goes to the microscopic vision)','',0,'oA==','15108',1,0,'',59,0,0),(186984,13998,5,59,0,'63.232.70.234',1156001548,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 200!','[quote="NapalmKracken":3b6a8]Saw the 200th episode of Stargate SG-1 tonight, haven\'t laughed that hard at a TV show since rediscovering Megas XLR on youtube.\n\nThe episode itself featured for those who missed it but wanted to see it: (SPOILERS)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[color=yellow:3b6a8]Spoofed:\n\nWizard of Oz cast (Mala was Dorothy wishing the wizard would give her a reoccurring role)[/color:3b6a8]\n\nWho\'s got the Big Head now...? \":D\" \n\n\n\n[color=yellow:3b6a8]Farscape cast (some would be reprising roles)[/color:3b6a8]\n \nYou know, Sam Carter looks good in that skin tone... \":twisted:\" \n\n\n[color=yellow:3b6a8]Thunderbirds (marionettes)[/color:3b6a8]\n\nSomewhere, Parker and Stone are smiling...\n\n\n[color=yellow:3b6a8]Star Trek [/color:3b6a8]\n\nOh, you KNOW they\'ve wanted to do that for years... and check out Teal\'c\'s uniform! Oh, that\'ll be a big download for the Lance Bass fans... \":)\" \n\n[color=yellow:3b6a8]A \'younger, edgier\' cast... Dawson\'s Gate SG-90210 (my term)[/color:3b6a8]\n\nMy favorite part - I laughed so hard and loud, I was getting strange looks!\nSo many great moments... The best line?\n\n[i:3b6a8]\'Yo, Wonderbread - you got that address figured off yet?\'\n\n\'Chill, T - I\'m, like, translating as fast as I can!\'[/i:3b6a8]\n\nI thought Teal\'c was going to kill the producer just for the hair alone...!\n\n\n\n[color=yellow:3b6a8]Parody of themselves as actors using other actors[/color:3b6a8]\n\nI missed that part because I had to leave - I\'ll watch it again.\n\n[color=yellow:3b6a8]A planet of Ewoks that gets blown up[/color:3b6a8]\n\n \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":D\" \n\n\n\n\n[color=yellow:3b6a8]Teal\'C P.I. [i:3b6a8]Indeed.[/i:3b6a8] [/color:3b6a8]\n\n\":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \n\n[color=yellow:3b6a8]This gem of dialogue: (Referring to Wormhole X-Treme\nJackson: Who makes a movie out of a TV show that lasted only 3 episodes?\nTeal’C: Apparently it did very well on DVD.[/color:3b6a8]\n\n \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \n\n[color=yellow:3b6a8]The reveal that in 1969 O\'Neill became Mitchell\'s father. (A joke to screw with him)[/color:3b6a8]\n \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \n\n\nNw, you KNOW that \'File# 30185\' is going to be the newest in joke-craze among SG-! fans... \":D\" \n\n\n[color=yellow:3b6a8]Oh, and Walter gets to join SG-1, O\'Neill and the General on a \'special\' mission.[/color:3b6a8]\n\n[b:3b6a8][size=200:3b6a8]FINALLY!!!!![/size:3b6a8][/b:3b6a8] \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \n\n[color=yellow:3b6a8]Never has jumping a shark been these good! [/color:3b6a8]\n\nGotta agree with you there!\n\n[/quote:3b6a8]','',0,'5g==','3b6a8',1,0,'',59,0,0),(186985,13996,3,51,0,'209.240.206.206',1156001637,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Sorry, Zoie, but that is sooo cute and funny at the same time... \":D\" \n\nGuy','',0,'5g==','75e57',1,0,'',51,0,0),(186986,13997,4,9,0,'66.245.193.179',1156001843,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Crazy_Nutso":81924]But not for long, they\'ll apeal to the Supreme Court, and who was it who just appointed a couple o judges there?[/quote:81924]\n\nI don\'t know -- Kennedy sided with the four \"liberal\" judges in another government spying case, and since this one is similar, it\'s very possible that he will do so again.\n\n[quote:81924]Even if not, they\'ll just alter the program slightly then get a \'secret warrent\' from a \'secret court\'.[/quote:81924]\r\n\r\nI would hope that they wouldn\'t get away with that, but I wouldn\'t put it past them. \":P\"','',0,'gA==','81924',1,0,'',9,0,0),(186987,13931,6,59,0,'63.232.70.234',1156004257,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="LOTR_Dan":a3c57]Well, I disagree. But let\'s just leave it at that. We have different points of view. I don\'t want to hijack the thread anymore than I already have.\n\n[/quote:a3c57]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOkay - let\'s get one thing straight on the Dark Knight right off... early in the Batman\'s career, way back when he was first created, [u:a3c57][i:a3c57][b:a3c57]he DID use guns[/b:a3c57][/i:a3c57][/u:a3c57]. Making him anti-gun was one of the first true retcons in comics history, and even so, easily explained by the creation of the Multiverse, where the Batman who used guns was the Golden Age(?) Batman (the Batman who served with the Justice Society and has a simple black bat on his chead, as opposed to the black-and-yellow image of the Earth-1 Batman we all know and fear.)\r\n\r\n\r\nFrom Wikipedia:\r\n\r\n[b:a3c57][i:a3c57]Inspirations for Batman\'s personality, character history, visual design and equipment include movies such as Douglas Fairbanks\' The Mark of Zorro, The Bat, and Dracula; characters such as The Shadow, The Phantom, Sherlock Holmes, Dick Tracy, Jimmie Dale, The Green Hornet, Spring Heeled Jack, and even Leonardo Da Vinci.\n\nEarly Batman stories frequently use the grim tone of the film noir and gothic horror films of the day; a few stories even show Batman making use of firearms, and the vigilante shows little remorse over his enemies\' deaths. Unsurprisingly, the body count in the first dozen or so published Batman stories is quite high.[/i:a3c57][/b:a3c57]\r\n\r\n\r\n[url:a3c57]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman[/url:a3c57]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAlso, since we\'re going onto the question of \'what makes a superhero?\' - I\'ve pulled out a copy of Marvel Age magazine from 1988, where Mark Gruenwald and Tom DeFalco did an article on what (in their opinion) makes a superhero just that... the qualities that he or she should embody.\r\n\r\nI\'ll type that up, and post it here on PPMB.','',0,'8Q==','a3c57',1,0,'',59,0,0),(186988,13996,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156004605,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Awww. Poor Zoie. I know it\'s for her own good, Angel, but she looks [i:e0311]so [/i:e0311]forlorn!\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'IA==','e0311',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186989,11277,5,362,0,'209.6.125.156',1156004945,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[b:8ee71]Citizen Kane[/b:8ee71]\r\n\r\nI still want to know how Welles and Toland did that incredible crawl over all those boxes at the end.','',0,'QA==','8ee71',1,0,'',362,0,0),(186990,13931,6,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1156005210,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":ea4f2]I\'ll type that up, and post it here on PPMB.[/quote:ea4f2]\r\n\r\nNot the whole article, please (see sticky in General Forum).','',0,'gA==','ea4f2',1,0,'',359,0,0),(186991,13969,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156005819,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','RL\'s skepticism looks well-placed: [url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1853668,00.html:4da78]reportedly[/url:4da78] the suspect claims to have picked up JonBenet (may she rest in peace) from school before assaulting her, but her body was found during the Christmas holiday, when school wasn\'t in session.\r\n\r\nAs to that picture, it\'s appalling. If her parents dressed her up like that, I don\'t wonder they were suspects themselves. Do US states\' laws have the offence of \'grooming\'?\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'EA==','4da78',1,0,'',39,0,0),(186992,11361,5,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1156005872,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="notoriousDUG":be5b6]My avatar represents my inability to resize an image[/quote:be5b6]\r\n\r\nI use [url=http://www.download.com/Avatar-Sizer/3000-2192_4-10386939.html:be5b6]this Avatar Sizer.[/url:be5b6] It\'s very easy and free.','',0,'kA==','be5b6',1,0,'',305,0,0),(186993,13904,3,358,0,'68.117.213.181',1156006673,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":62cae]\nTo these, this guy advises those who wear their pants too low to take a test he devised:\n\nhttp://funkwit.com/blowhole/?rant=things&entry=pants\n\nAnyway, that\'s about all I can share on it. I\'ll try to remember to ask some teens about it and see if they know anything about it.\n[/quote:62cae]\r\n\r\n\r\ndid you read down the comments by all the 13 and 14 year olds talking about how cool it is to show off thier cool boxers with pictures of sexy women?\r\n\r\na good laugh, if nothing else','',0,'gA==','62cae',1,0,'',358,0,0),(186994,13904,3,81,0,'82.3.112.199',1156006722,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:14dfe]Here, a display of butt cleavage (only in men for some reason) is called \"plumber\'s bum\". [/quote:14dfe]- Deref\r\n\r\nOver here (the U. K., at least London and the South-East) we call it \'builder\'s bum,\' presumably because it\'s more widespread... \r\n\r\nI haven\'t noticed the trend spreading beyond building sites - but people do display their underwear by wearing their trousers too low. Possibly this is confined to people who have difficulty undestanding the term \'underwear.\'','',0,'gA==','14dfe',1,0,'',81,0,0),(186995,13997,4,545,0,'65.221.65.132',1156006921,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Kara Wild":77c56][quote="Crazy_Nutso":77c56]But not for long, they\'ll apeal to the Supreme Court, and who was it who just appointed a couple o judges there?[/quote:77c56]\n\nI don\'t know -- Kennedy sided with the four \"liberal\" judges in another government spying case, and since this one is similar, it\'s very possible that he will do so again.\n\n[quote:77c56]Even if not, they\'ll just alter the program slightly then get a \'secret warrent\' from a \'secret court\'.[/quote:77c56]\n\nI would hope that they wouldn\'t get away with that, but I wouldn\'t put it past them. \":P\"[/quote:77c56]\r\n\r\nI think Bush is pretty much used to doing whatever he wants and always has. My bet is that Daddy George and Barbara let him run wild as a kid. I honestly don\'t think it will change anything. Like CN said, he\'ll just do it in secret.\r\n\r\nA lot of people still like to trash Nixon, but I think Gee Dubya is a whole lot worse than Nixon could ever have been. Because I\'m not so sure that Gee Dubya even loves this country and I believe that Nixon did.','',0,'gA==','77c56',1,0,'',545,0,0),(186996,13993,4,545,0,'65.221.65.132',1156007046,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','It could be even worse. They could make Gee Dubya or Tony Blair the Australian Father of the Year. \":P\"','',0,'gA==','7c5e1',1,0,'',545,0,0),(186997,13997,4,12,0,'205.188.117.8',1156007108,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Crazy_Nutso":5d0a9]But not for long, they\'ll apeal to the Supreme Court, and who was it who just appointed a couple o judges there?\n\nEven if not, they\'ll just alter the program slightly then get a \'secret warrent\' from a \'secret court\'.\n\nNow if we could just get an activist judge to notice that Taxation isn\'t mentioned in the constitution, perhaps some improvements could be made.\n\nCN[/quote:5d0a9]\r\n\r\n\r\nI understand that a secret court already exists to give warrants if the justice department wanted one, and if the administration had pursued getting warrants in the legal way, there would\'ve been no (major) problem because they\'d have the warrants. What this administration did was to go [b:5d0a9]around[/b:5d0a9] the secret court and decided what it did was totally legal. Yes, I also understand that they consulted with some Congressional members before hand, but the member\'s hands were tied legally from saying anything in opposition, and they had no chance but to \"approve\" this administration\'s activities. \r\n\r\nHere\'s the link on the secret court:\r\n\r\nhttp://home.hiwaay.net/~pspoole/fiscshort.html','',0,'wA==','5d0a9',1,0,'',12,0,0),(186998,13904,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1156008040,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="notoriousDUG":9b92a]There has always been a mohawk here and there, they never went completely away.\n\nHowever, what I commonly see today is the hairstyle I have dubbed an emo-hawk, it is where they have the rest of their hair but the top is longer and they kind of mouse it and push it all up into a ridge on the top of their head... \n\nReal mohawks require glue.[/quote:9b92a]\r\n\r\nNo, real Mohawks require obsidian shaving equipment, and French-supplied steel for tomohawks. The glue is just an afterthought.','',0,'gA==','9b92a',1,0,'',21,0,0),(186999,13904,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1156008425,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":370ee]Here, a display of butt cleavage (only in men for some reason) is called \"plumber\'s bum\".[/quote:370ee]\r\nI get catalogues from a company that professes to \"stop plumber\'s crack\". What they sell is a T-shirt that has four more inches in length. I have several of them, and I\'m not even worried about my butt crack. It just makes so much more sense. Plus, I have my butt crack covered. Literally.','',0,'gA==','370ee',1,0,'',21,0,0),(187000,11361,5,468,0,'207.250.21.33',1156008739,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Well, my avatar is and always will be the the one you see under my name. It\'s a cropped version of one of my favorite Quinn alteregos.','',0,'gA==','c7227',1,0,'',468,0,0),(187002,13969,3,74,0,'67.171.199.69',1156009763,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I still think that the parents had something to do with it. Mainly because they both flat-out refused to take polygraphs. I mean, come on, if your kid is found dead in your house, you\'d want to take every step possible to maintain your innocence.\r\n\r\nI find it depressing that the media has been paying so much attention to the plight of a rich white girl who\'s been dead for 10 years.','',0,'CA==','64d52',1,0,'',74,0,0),(187003,14003,10,249,0,'62.252.64.32',1156010159,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','','I\'m shit at drawing people too.\r\n\r\nLooks alright though.\r\n\r\nTell you what, if you start with pencils, you can sketch lightly so that the lines are easy to cleanly erase, then use pens when you feel they are all in the right place (I ever get around to getting a scanner, that\'s what I\'ll be doing), because the lines are almost never in the right place the first time you put them down.','',0,'CA==','b276a',1,0,'',249,0,0),(187004,14004,4,26,0,'72.43.204.70',1156010310,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Going to the library isn\'t as fun as it used to be anymore','. . .not since Crandall Library in Glens Falls hired a rasn\' frasn\' guard because there were people talking too loud and having fistfights over the Internet computers. I just feel the guard\'s singling me out in particular because I\'m here a lot and since the folks won\'t let me print out stuff on THEIR computer, I have to print out my E-mails and snail mail letters there, and since I can\'t print out envelopes on the library\'s printer, I have to print out the addresses on a separate sheet of paper, cut it out and tape it on the envelope. I think the guard\'s also singling me out for that because I use the scissors on my Swiss Army Knife.\r\n\r\nThe last place I need Big Brother snooping around is at the library (Patriot Act snooping around records aside, that is)., \":evil:\"','',0,'CA==','977ff',1,0,'',26,0,0),(187005,14004,4,249,0,'62.252.64.32',1156011483,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','','A Swiss Army knife? what use does this guy think a Swiss Army knife will be in a fight? You\'d be better off with actual scissors.\r\n\r\nWhat if you offered to buy your folks refill cartridges and/or paper to replace that used?\r\n\r\nAlso, I have to ask: What would reading habits tell anyone about you? Other threads on this message board have people getting NSA visits for borrowing communist books (sharp eyes they have, fail to notice the end of the cold war 1.6 decades ago, and even then, what? history and sociology courses didn\'t exist back then?), and people who read books on explosives? \"My GOD! over 80% of our citizens are TERRORISTS!\"','',0,'CA==','54d29',1,0,'',249,0,0),(187006,11361,5,68,0,'65.27.93.235',1156012717,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Hey HeirofNorton, good to see another Minnesota member of the board! \r\n\r\nAnd I think I\'ll be Snoop forever on this board.','',0,'CA==','71563',1,0,'',68,0,0),(187007,13985,10,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1156013190,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="HeirOfNorton":9b81c]Thanks, guys. You sure know how to stroke a guy\'s ego.\n\n[quote="E. A. Smith":9b81c]That\'s one of the things that\'s so great about vector graphics. You can zoom in almost indefinitely with no loss of resolution.[/quote:9b81c]\n\nThat is nice. However, in my opinion the more interesting advantage to vector graphics is how easy they are to modify once you\'ve made them. Now that I have front views of Daria and Jane, I can start ... tweaking. \":twisted:\" \n\nHoN\n\nPS Can anyone recommend an episode that shows Daria\'s or Jane\'s legs while walking directly toward the camera? The majority of walkcycles on the show are a 3/4 view, and most of the rest are in profile. Front walkcycles are a pain in the heinie, especially when I can\'t find a good reference from the show.\nThanks[/quote:9b81c]\r\n\r\nNot off the top of my head I can\'t... probably the person who would have the best idea of where to look for something like that is S.C. \r\n\r\nPersonally I\'m looking for Jane from behind (standing) to match the Daria from behind I capped and colorized for an experemental crossover pic...\r\n\r\nDaria & Jane: Hail Lord...\r\nMe: [b:9b81c]Stop that...[/b:9b81c] They shouldn\'t know what I\'m doing before I show them.','',0,'wA==','9b81c',1,1156054000,'',525,1,0),(187008,7699,6,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1156014875,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":ebdd8][quote="NapalmKracken":ebdd8]It\'s possible the \'time traveling\' kids were the younger siblings of LHS students on the grid iron. \n\nDo I get a no-prize now?[/quote:ebdd8]\nI figure (thinking \"everything is purposeful, there are no mistakes in [i:ebdd8]Daria[/i:ebdd8]\") they were the same kids, just three years earlier. \":D\"[/quote:ebdd8]\n\n[quote="NapalmKracken":ebdd8]I was thinking that too but that wouldn\'t explain their presence in later seasons, unless kids in Lawndale get held back a lot.\n\n(Kevin comes to mind.) I can buy that.\n\nOkay, let me rephrase my thinking:\n\nWhy are they at a football game that took place three years before Daria?\n\na) They\'re younger siblings of current LHS students\nb) They where freshmen then[/quote:ebdd8]\r\n\r\nAlso possibly consider:\r\n\r\nc) It\'s just more of the abnormal temporal geometry and non-euclidean spatial geometry that seems to pervade the Daria-verse.\r\nd) They just happened to be at that game (am I the only one who went to high school sports events before high school?[1]) though their lack of aging is an issue.\r\ne) This is another case of what I assume about \"Legends of the Mall\"[2], that what [i:ebdd8]we the viewers[/i:ebdd8] see is actually Daria\'s mind filling in familier faces in similar roles.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[1]Where I live high school football games where the place to hook up on Friday nights (during the season) from sixth grade through senior year in high school.\r\n\r\n[2]also \"Murder She Snored\"; \"Write Where it Hurts\" lends to this.','',0,'oA==','ebdd8',1,0,'',525,0,0),(187009,13906,10,434,0,'89.110.16.172',1156015156,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="SteveBlumDeckler":fa1fc][size=117:fa1fc][color=blue:fa1fc][b:fa1fc]I can\'t tell what is a valid range of values to enter into the Mondrian program. (I tried the one on the right.) When I clicked DRAW, I got the message, \"These values are not sensible.\" How are we supposed to know what values are \"sensible?\"\n\nSteveBlumDeckler[/b:fa1fc][/color:fa1fc][/size:fa1fc]\n\n[quote="Roman":fa1fc]You can create pictures in the style of Mondrian with the help of the [url=http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~dcw/webprogs/mondrian.html:fa1fc][u:fa1fc]Duncan White\'s Pseudo-Mondrian Page[/u:fa1fc][/url:fa1fc].\n\nThis image was generated with [url=http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~dcw/webprogs/mondrian1.cgi:fa1fc][u:fa1fc]the first version[/u:fa1fc][/url:fa1fc] of the program:\n\n[img:fa1fc]http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/files/imageinstyleofmondrian_119.jpg[/img:fa1fc][/quote:fa1fc][/quote:fa1fc]\r\n\r\nThe program displays that message when, for example, the value of [b:fa1fc]MinThickness[/b:fa1fc] is greater than the value of [b:fa1fc]MaxThickness[/b:fa1fc], or when any parameter is empty.','',0,'3w==','fa1fc',1,0,'',434,0,0),(187010,13996,3,497,0,'68.10.199.250',1156015419,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Interesting, funny, and humorously tragic.\r\n\r\n\r\nI had several co-workers (when I was at shore-duty) in WA state who trained their dogs with booties; reasoning was it saved the dogs\' paws.\r\n\r\nAs it turned out, the dogs were more successful in training and hunting as- per the owner of said pooches- they didn\'t tire as easily, didn\'t have pad-chafing or tearing, and their paws stayed warmer.','',0,'3w==','c6570',1,0,'',497,0,0),(187011,13985,10,87,0,'216.135.27.232',1156015420,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="HeirOfNorton":5d8c4]PS Can anyone recommend an episode that shows Daria\'s or Jane\'s legs while walking directly toward the camera? The majority of walkcycles on the show are a 3/4 view, and most of the rest are in profile. Front walkcycles are a pain in the heinie, especially when I can\'t find a good reference from the show.\nThanks[/quote:5d8c4]\r\n\r\nIn \"Through A Lens Darkly\" Jane is walking into the bathroom just before she asks Daria\'s boots where Daria is. It\'s the only one I can help with. Sorry.','',0,'gA==','5d8c4',1,0,'',87,0,0),(187013,14005,3,74,0,'67.171.199.69',1156016883,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Okay, bye.','',0,'gA==','4610c',1,0,'',74,0,0),(187014,14005,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1156017972,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','Here are some tips \r\n\r\nhttp://www.a1b2c3.com/suilodge/metfun1.htm','',0,'gA==','07cf1',1,0,'',79,0,0),(187015,13997,4,1,0,'4.255.34.167',1156018350,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Nemo Blank','','By weighting in on this issue and hindering the executive in a time of war, the courts have placed themselves firmly in the political bulls-eye. The authority of the judicial system is now on the chopping block. If there is a big terrorist incident, three things will happen. \r\n\r\n1. The ACLU and all similar organizations will be stripped of their tax exempt status and torn apart. No court will be willing to accept or recognize third party briefs of any kind. \r\n\r\n2. The courts will find congress spoiling to impeach crusading judges at the drop of a hat.\r\n\r\n3. The American people will no longer accept any form of judicial activism. Any judge that is accused will find himself destroyed. Judges will be easy to intimidate.','',0,'gA==','1e766',1,0,'',1,0,0),(187016,13944,16,509,0,'207.40.146.97',1156018463,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="kompan":e1731]\nBut here is a simple rule: if somebody gave me hours of entertaining, provided movies, music, games etc. that I really like - I *feel* I owe him. Not because lawyers and police will hunt me for using warez - just because it\'s *my decision* to thank the artist, creator, director for his work by buying legitimate stuff I like.\n\nIt\'s easy to go with \"yeah! ZZZ rulz and YYY is the best!\", but it\'s better to prove it and vote for my favorite artist with my money. If the selling goes well, they may continue with next good albums, game sequels, new episodes.\n\nI have many movies, games and CDs that I bought only *after* seeing pirated copy, because I liked it. Therefore IMHO piracy is not that bad, as long as you use it mostly as preview before buying legal stuff \";)\"\n\nAs for Daria bootlegs - free sharing unreleased episodes is one thing, but paying somebody-and-it\'s-not-creator for pirated versions? Naaah. I\'ll spare my money for something better :>[/quote:e1731]\n\nAll seconded. I\'ve gotten new episodes of my other favorite show that\nhasn\'t aired in America yet, BUT I will buy the DVD (espescially as I am\ngeeky enough to care about extras). I also plan to buy a CD by a newish\nartist whose two singles I\'ve loved, BUT how many times has that lead\nto disappointment? Now I know and will gladly contribute in the hope for\ntheir continued success.\n\nAs for Daria, if this were like buying bootlegs or even old legal videos of\nan old show from the 70\'s or 80\'s that hasn\'t been released then it might\nbe different. It\'s only been 5 or so years since the show ended, so it\'s not\nin the category of Belle & Sebastian (the cartoon, not the band) and thus\nI\'ll wait.\n\n[quote="Kara Wild":e1731]\nRegardless, why does that mean we should just give up and be happy with bootlegs? I\'ve seen the quality of stuff from tape to DVD or VCD, and it\'s not nearly as good as high-quality digital. Since our tapes are getting older, a lot of the DVD copies are going to become increasingly grainy and discolored or, worse, contain a lot of episodes butchered by The-N.[/quote:e1731]\r\n\r\nThis might cause me to be shunned like one of those baby birds Quinn talked\r\nabout, but I can attest to this. I\'m only missing about ten episodes, and\r\nhave only sought those I\'m missing. Only two have panned out, and one\r\nwas obviously a conversion of an old video copy, compelete with sound\r\nglitches & tracking lines (still better than some of my old VHS copies).\r\nSeveral others I \"aquired\" turned out to be Nogginized, and were thus\r\nimmedialty deleted.','',0,'gA==','e1731',1,0,'',509,0,0),(187018,14006,6,87,0,'216.135.27.232',1156018973,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Thoughts on a possible future story.','On September 11, 2005, I posted the following in \"Bits & Pieces that just BEG to be made into Daria FanFic:\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:8cdcd]As the door opened behind her, Daria turned to see Jane entering the room. \"Ah,\" she said, \"come on in. Would you like something to drink?\"\n\n\"Um, sure.\" Jane looked around in wonder as she did every time she saw a different room of the mansion. \"How many room does this place have, anyway?\"\n\n\"Enough,\" Daria replied with a shrug. Opening the small refrigerator, she pulled out a can of soda, then walked over to hand it to Jane. \"I\'d offer you a tour, but we have something a little more serious to talk about tonight.\"\n\n\"Serious, eh?\" Jane raised an eyebrow before she turned her attention to the can in her hands. After the familiar ‘fsst\' sound and a long drink, she placed the can on the end table and turned to Daria. \"What\'s up?\"\n\n\"You need to know the truth,\" Daria said. \"I need someone I can trust, and you are the only one.\"\n\n\"Ooh, that does sound serious.\"\n\nTurning back to the window, Daria spoke, \"You already know my parents were killed when I was a kid. What you didn\'t know is the effect it had on me.\"\n\n\"I know you never mention it,\" Jane told her. \"But I thought it was so you could try to get it behind you.\"\n\n\"It\'s never behind me,\" came the reply. \"It haunts every decision I make. You see,\" she turned to look at Jane, \"when I saw how much it hurt Quinn, not to mention how much I hurt, I swore that I\'d do everything in my power to see that no one had to hurt like that again.\" Daria took a deep breath as she looked out the window again. \"I\'ve spent the year since training myself to take the fight to those who killed my parents. How to out-fight, how to out-wit and how to out-maneuver those who haunt the night. But,\" she scowled at the darkness outside the window, \"I needed an edge.\"\n\n\"Are you talking swords, now?\"\n\n\"No,\" Daria turned to her again, \"a psychological edge. I needed them to fear me.\" She walked toward Jane as she continued. \"That fear would make them careless. You see, Jane, criminals are cowards by nature. They are a cowardly, superstitious lot. So, I looked to superstition to give me that edge.\" Glancing around the room, she went on, \"It was here in this room that I found my answer. I was searching for my answer when it flew up against the window.\" Her voice dropped slightly and took on a rougher tone. \"It was then I knew my destiny. I would become a creature of the night. Something they already feared.\" Daria\'s eyes met Jane\'s as she said, \"At that moment, I became Bat-Woman.\"[/quote:8cdcd]\r\n\r\nI got to wondering about it. How would a Daria/Batman fusion/crossover work? I sat down and did a little work on it, but I dont\' think it works the way I tried it.\r\n\r\nFirst of all, although Quinn survives the shooting, there\'s really no place for her in the story. I thought of having her killed along with Jake and Helen, but why would a little girl be shot other than an instictive reaction? Maybe he\'s trying to get rid of witnesses, but why spare Daria? \r\n\r\nSo, question one: What to do about Quinn?\r\n\r\nNext on the list is the timetable. Should Daria return to Lawndale/Gotham City while in high school or have her come back after she\'s out of school? Being in school puts demands on her time that make fighting crime at night pretty tough. \r\n\r\nQuestion Two: When does Daria don the cape?\r\n\r\nVillians are the next topic. I originally thought of making Kevin the Joker, but I don\'t think I can fake him having enough brains for that. Brittany looks like a good candidate with her military knowledge. And I know all the Tom-Haters out there would love to see him get his butt handed to him by Daria in a stretchy-stretchy costume.\r\n\r\nQuestion Three: Who should the villian be?\r\n\r\nOr, should I just chuck the whole thing and write a Daria/Star Wars sequel? (Which opens another whole can of worms. \":wink:\" )','',0,'gA==','8cdcd',1,0,'',87,0,0),(187019,13993,4,1,0,'4.255.34.167',1156018998,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Nemo Blank','','I agree. We should have refused to accept his surrender and shot him out of hand.','',0,'gA==','df87e',1,0,'',1,0,0),(187020,14005,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1156019646,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','MOVE OUT OF YOUR PARENTS HOUSE\r\n\r\nThere\'s your help. And quite frankly, your entire post is ridiculous. You are obviously seeking attention or just trying to get a reaction. If suicide is your only option, then I\'m not going to stop you.\r\n\r\n[quote="Robin Sena":18814]Not funny. Neither is the fact my parents grew up to be bigots, and I am SERIOUS. Suicide, is what the problem\'s driving me to, which is the last thing I want, and what I am saying is that what I posted is a call for help--NOT with suicide, but with a way to make my parents change their views much. :oops: :cry:[/quote:18814]','',0,'gA==','18814',1,0,'',79,0,0),(187022,13996,3,83,0,'67.188.13.194',1156019884,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Clean carpets! Or mostly clean, anyway, some spots will be with us always, I fear.\r\n\r\nShe\'s pretty good with the black boots, they\'re pretty much just little felt bags, so they don\'t interfere much. The blue ones actually have a rubber sole like a people shoe and those she hates- probably because they\'re stiff and she can\'t directly feel the ground.\r\n\r\nI thought about making her wear them in winter at my mom\'s but she\'s done okay with the snow so far. Now that we\'ll be East coast again, I may make her wear them in winter.\r\n\r\nShe hates the boots but considering most of the carpet stains were her fault...','',0,'gA==','db121',1,0,'',83,0,0),(187023,14005,3,74,0,'67.171.199.69',1156020231,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Please stop with the attentionwhoring. It\'s getting old, much like yourself.','',0,'gA==','c25ab',1,0,'',74,0,0),(187024,14005,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1156020385,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','[quote="Robin Sena":003dd]It\'s NOT for attention, believe you me. Everyone else\'s life is NOT always peaches and cream.[/quote:003dd]\r\n\r\n\r\nDude you\'re like 42 years old according to your birthday thread. Get on with your life. Or kill yourself. Whatever. Just don\'t post passive racist retarded bullsh!t.','',0,'gA==','003dd',1,0,'',79,0,0),(187025,14005,3,509,0,'207.40.146.97',1156020519,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Robin Sena":3eab6]Not funny. Neither is the fact my parents grew up to be bigots, and I am SERIOUS. Suicide, is what the problem\'s driving me to, which is the last thing I want, and what I am saying is that what I posted is a call for help--NOT with suicide, but with a way to make my parents change their views much. \":oops:\" \":cry:\"[/quote:3eab6]\r\n\r\nThis probably isn\'t going to help, but there is no overnight solution (I know,\r\nduh \":roll:\" ). Prejudice seems to be so ingrained that I\'m not sure there\'s\r\na simple way to overcome it, even when the reasoning behind such\r\nfeelings seem so simplisticly stupid at times.\r\n\r\nSome anecdotes: My mother says she once told my older brother she\'d\r\ndisown him if he got invovled with a black woman. So he got a lot of guilt\r\nmileage out of that when, ten or so years later, she divorces our father\r\nafter falling for a black man. That then leads to the next example - her\r\nfather never approved, not to the point of disowning her, but not wanting\r\nanything to do with this man. It took ten years for him to let him visit,\r\nand all night I felt like I was in the middle of an Israeli/Palestinian peace\r\nsummit. It worked out okay, though - in the end my grandfather was the\r\nArchie Bunker arm chair bigot, not the cross-burning bedsheet wearing\r\nkind (okay, Archie tried to get a petition going to make the Jeffersons\r\nmove, but I digress...)\r\n\r\nIf it\'s such a problem then, sorry to say, moving out might be the only\r\noption. I\'m working towards this myself - not for any dramatic reasons,\r\nI\'m quite comfortable, and that might be the problem (the difference\r\nbetween being a Jane or a Trent, I guess). I don\'t know the full details\r\nof your living situation, but moving out doesn\'t necessarily mean leaving\r\ntown. For me I might move at most fifty miles away from my mother, or\r\nto Seattle, where my best friend lives. Both have a comfort zone, though,\r\nthat a place like New York or Little Rabbit, Australia don\'t.\r\n\r\nNot having to deal with these less savory qualities on an everyday basis\r\nmight help. Presuming this is the biggest wedge point, then having your\r\nindependance, a safe zone to get away from this madness, might allow\r\nyou to learn to, stupid as it may sound, grin and bear it, like I did with\r\nmy grandfather\'s explanations that MLK was a Communist. I understand\r\nthe desire to change someone for the better, but at best it will take a long\r\ntime and at worst they\'ll never change (my grandfather came to tolerate\r\nmy more-or-less step-father. but never considered him a part of the\r\nfamily).\r\n\r\nMaybe you could show them Roots...','',0,'gA==','3eab6',1,0,'',509,0,0),(187026,14005,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156020732,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'m sorry to see you\'re distressed, Robin, and I\'m a little bemused as well.\r\n\r\nYou\'re [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=169950#169950:f0b2b]42 years old[/url:f0b2b] and living with your parents? Fair enough, no shame in that.\r\n\r\nThey don\'t want to go on holiday? OK. Go without them.\r\n\r\nThey want to move house, but you don\'t want to leave town? Well, how about getting a place of your own?\r\n\r\n[quote:f0b2b]The only option for me is suicide, so I am ordered to die, because I hate bigotry.[/quote:f0b2b]\r\nI can\'t see how you arrive at this. If all those who hate bigotry are \"ordered to die,\" only the bigots will survive. Is that, to your mind, a good outcome? To take your own life to remove one non-bigot from the planet?\r\n\r\nIf the prospect of not having a holiday, or moving house, is threatening enough to make you think suicide is the best response, you need help from a mental health professional. That\'s not judgemental, by the way: I think no less of a person who becomes mentally ill, just as I think no less of someone who contracts any sort of illness. If the place you live has a helpline for people who feel driven to suicide, use it now.\r\n\r\nSeek help, Robin. People here would miss you -- you [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13855:f0b2b]already know that[/url:f0b2b], I hope.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'kA==','f0b2b',1,0,'',39,0,0),(187030,14005,3,59,0,'63.232.89.215',1156022206,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Okay. \r\n\r\n\r\nBeing serious for a moment, if you\'re actually considering harming yourself over the beliefs of others, they what you\'re really saying is that you place more stock in their beliefs than in your own intellect and ability to reject the bigotry and idiocy of even those close to you. As I said recently to someone else on the boards - is this really the image that you want to project to others? Do you want them to remember you as someone so weak that they could find no other way out of their situation or could find no other way to deal with it?\r\n\r\nAs for your parents - reality check. The only true path to change is if the person truly wants to change, and believes that there is something within them that needs to be changed in order for them to be a better person, for them to be happy. or to find some peace with themselves. If they feel that strongly, then there\'s nothing that you can do because there\'s no reason for them to believe that there\'s something that needs to be done. Accept this as the basis of your current reality and move on - literally - or realize that this is a sickness that could affect you if you choose to let it, and remain vigilant. Racism and bigotry are things that affect us all in that, on some levels, we all suffer from the conditions (only the very young (and a guy who lived about two millennia ago) are free of it. The thing is, realize that the problem exists, and simply try to free yourself of it. The thing to remember here is that it\'s the attempt which is important, because most of us will never be free of it. (People who tell me that they\'re not racist, prejudiced or bigoted are not being honest with themselves.) It\'s there within us all. The thing is to keep working to try and be a better person... without trying to make everyone around you sick. I personally want to drop-kick people through dimensions when they start talking about \'cultural sensitivity\', \'political correctness\' and all that other such clap-trap. \r\n\r\nYou want \'the dream?\' Fine. You want all races to live in harmony? Whatever. That dreamweaver stuff can be achieved with a few kidney-shots of common sense. \r\n\r\nEveryone has to have a basic, common education. Frak \'Ebonics\', or any of that other stuff in school. You\'re all here to learn, and if you force yourself to learn enough to score high enough on the standard tests, the better and broader your opportunities will be. Stop whining about ‘they don’t make them for me’ or ‘they’re skewed towards someone else’ – so what? That’s why they have these buildings called LIBRARIES in even the smallest buildings in even the tiniest towns in America! That’s why they make these devices called COMPUTERS that can link into that vast information source called the INTERNET! That’s why you use these resources and try to better yourself intellectually so that you can do virtually anything regardless of your race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or current/former socioeconomic status!\r\n\r\nYou do all that so that you can be ready for the myriad of opportunities that are awaiting you, regardless of any of the things I mentioned above… and you also have to realize that sometimes, simply or specifically because of who or what you are, someone will or will not want you around. In the former, you have to decide for yourself if you want the opportunity, even knowing that that’s the reason behind it, and in the latter, accept that life sucks, people are no damn good sometimes and drive the frak on.\r\n\r\nYou noticed that I’ve spoken basically on what you – a single person – can do. That’s because it simply comes down to one thing. It’s all about the way you want to see things and what you want to do to better yourself. You apparently see that the way of your parents isn’t the way you want to go, and I quote Matthew Modine when I say that ‘the dead only know one thing; that it is better to be alive’. \r\n\r\nSuicide is never an answer for a problem, no matter how damming or overwhelming the problem is. Go find a better one. \r\n\r\nEnd of song.','',0,'kA==','857e1',1,0,'',59,0,0),(187031,13978,3,17,0,'205.188.117.7',1156022362,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I had laser keratotomy (where there\'s no mechanical cutting of ocular tissue) about three years ago. I was at the far ned of feasibility (20/400 right, 20/240 left), and after the operation (plus one more on right eye to fix residual probs) I can see at roughly 20/40, worlds better than before.\r\n\r\nWhen I went there, it was after my regular eye doctor told me that I had to give up contacts, as they were killing my outer layers by oxygen starvation (eyes breathe! I didn\'t know that), and I decided to go for the surgery. Best 2 grand I even spent! If you qualify, do it. I have had little difficulties afterward (seven hours after the operation, I could have driven, if need be), and the actual time \'under the knife\' was, all told, 21 minutes. The machine does it all, the doctor just watches the process and halts it if there\'s an issue.','',0,'kA==','daa82',1,0,'',17,0,0),(187032,13950,3,509,0,'207.40.146.97',1156022513,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[img]<a href=\"http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/Clue/Clue-Quiz.html\"><img src=\"http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Quizzes/Clue/White.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Which Clue character are you?\"></a>\r\n[/img]\r\n\r\nI killed him in the library with the library with the rope because he made fun\r\nof the runs in my stockings.\r\n\r\nWhat? I was a hardcore Marilyn Manson fan, at some point I had to go\r\ndrag!','',0,'','9f9b1',1,0,'',509,0,0),(187033,13996,3,59,0,'63.232.89.215',1156022773,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Hey, look! It\'s Zoie - the Blue Puppy Ranger!\r\n\r\n\r\nThat is so cute. I\'ll have to show it to my niece.','',0,'','067cf',1,0,'',59,0,0),(187034,13888,3,509,0,'207.40.146.97',1156022820,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="NapalmKracken":4224d][quote:4224d]When I saw the picture of the shows title\'s characters I thought, \"2 Stupid \nDogs?\" I know, too obscure...[/quote:4224d]\n\nThe Cartoon Network show from the mid 90\'s featuring a sheep dog and a dachshund on an eternal quest for Corn Flakes right?[/quote:4224d]\r\n\r\nPatented belated response time...\r\n\r\nExactly. Not sure how it would hold up, as this was the time I and the green\r\nmonster were watching Sesame Street & Big Comfy Couch - at age 18.\r\nBUT it was arguably the beginning of Cartoon cartoons (it was originally\r\nsyndicated before CN launched) so there might not be a Jonny Bravo,\r\nDexter, or Billy & Mandy without it. IIRC pre-Family Guy Seth MacFarlane\r\nwas an animator on the show.','',0,'gA==','4224d',1,0,'',509,0,0),(187035,14005,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156024674,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Robin Sena":f5a67]All joking aside[/quote:f5a67]\nWho\'s joking? Not me. If your first post (before you edited it to add the sentence that begins, \"NO...\") was sincere, and not just an attention-getting ploy, and you\'re the age you said, you need qualified help.\n\n[quote:f5a67]the fact is: no-one can be happy EVERY DAY. Can you?[/quote:f5a67]\r\nI\'ve posted here often. I\'ve not threatened suicide in any of those posts. You be the judge.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'gA==','f5a67',1,0,'',39,0,0),(187036,13919,4,509,0,'207.40.146.97',1156025004,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Doggieboy":8f406]Too many Christians, I\'m sad to say, accept rumors (and outright lies) gotten second-hand without even bothering to research the truth.[/quote:8f406]\n\nTell me about it. Even before my \"fall from grace\" \":twisted:\" I \":roll:\" at my\nthen step-mother\'s insistence Gorbachev was the Antichrist, even after the\nUSSR fell.\n\n[quote="Doggieboy":8f406]\nOne man, for instance, warned a couple of us about backward masking, the practice of putting \"Satanic\" messages on albums that could be heard if you played them backwards. (A lot of turntables got ruined doing this.)\n[/quote:8f406]\n\nI got this lecture at age 8. I listened to country for half a year. So good\nwas the brainwashing (or so stupid I was) that I was uncomfortable\nlistening to a rock station in my friend\'s parent\'s car. I wish I could find\nsome books I looked through about the evils of He-Man & My Little Pony.\nDon\'t know about the latter, but all the former did was make me scream\n\"I have the power!\" and show me you could mix genres. Kids believe the\ndarndest things...\n\n[quote="Doggieboy":8f406]\nI told him about one album that had a clear message when played backwards and he eagerly listened until I quoted, \"\'No matter how thin you slice it, it\'s still baloney.\'\" It ticked him off and he refused to talk to me anymore. (Yes, I fibbed--to prove a point about blindly believing conspiracies. Not that it did any good.)[/quote:8f406]\n\nI remember an old segment on A Current Affair where an old man was\ntrying to prove than there was Satanic backmasking in innocent songs\nlike You Light Up My Life. All I heard was \"evil\", but it might have been\n\"live\" backwards. Much as I hated that snide, sleazy attiude of shows like\nthat, the host (not Povich) nailed it - \"Don\'t worry, we\'ve put him\nsomewhere safe.\"\n\n[quote="Doggieboy":8f406]\nWhen it comes to evolution, there\'s a lot I don\'t believe. But I also don\'t believe that the Earth popped into being over a week in the year 4004 B.C. either. What I do believe is that God didn\'t see fit to clue us in on all the details of Creation.[/quote:8f406]\n\n\"I dont want to start any blasphemous rumours\nBut I think that gods got a sick sense of humor\nAnd when I die I expect to find him laughing\"\n\n[quote="Dervish":8f406]\nIIRC, The Satanic Panic mentions the influence of the MM. It was supposed to affect some of the first books that came out, like Michelle Remembers, along with other influences. Some Christians didn\'t like the pro-Catholic support of the book and altered it some more, such as those put out by Chick (who claim Catholics are directly in league with Satan and Satanists).\n[/quote:8f406]\r\n\r\nAh, Jack Chick. I have all six issues of Alberto poly-bagged . A story so\r\ninsane that even when I was MiSTing that was just TOO psycho for me. I\r\npreferred innocent fundamentalism (or innocent exploitation of it) like in\r\nthe Sun tabloid.','',0,'gA==','8f406',1,0,'',509,0,0),(187037,14005,3,249,0,'62.252.64.32',1156025082,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','','You could sabotage the sale of the house.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat?','',0,'gA==','33f16',1,0,'',249,0,0),(187038,11361,5,509,0,'207.40.146.97',1156025931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The Sylvester McCoy incarnation of the Doctor on Doctor Who made me\r\nfall in love with that series, but David Tennant, the new Doctor, makes me\r\nfeel like Daria around Trent. Wait, that didn\'t come out right...','',0,'gA==','63de6',1,0,'',509,0,0),(187039,14003,10,149,0,'71.65.237.131',1156026254,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Seven....UH!! The Six Samurai','[size=117:8256b][color=blue:8256b][b:8256b]Quinn\'s hair color needs work, but I like the look of alarm on Stacy\'s face.\n\nSteveBlumDeckler[/b:8256b][/color:8256b][/size:8256b]','',0,'Rg==','8256b',1,0,'',149,0,0),(187040,14005,3,81,0,'82.3.112.199',1156026487,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I\'m sorry to hear you\'re in this awful position, Robin. I think you\'d be well advised to pay attention to the wise words of Martin and Brother Grimace. \r\n\r\nKeep us posted.\r\n\r\nBest,\r\n\r\nTim','',0,'Rg==','a90d9',1,0,'',81,0,0),(187041,13955,5,509,0,'207.40.146.97',1156026576,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Teeki":97f79]Because then the writers would come up with a more obnoxious character for them to hang out with? It\'s what they did when Kenny died for a whole season. (Butters...ack)[/quote:97f79]\r\n\r\nYou DARE mock Professor Chaos?! I, his greatest acolyte, shall pray to\r\nmy master to unleash his unholy army of hamsters to bite... uhm, knaw...\r\ner... IRRITATE your nether regions!\r\n\r\nAnyways, the true point of the series is more or less Cartman. Parker\r\n& Stone said the genesis for the series was watching All In The Family\r\nand wondering why there weren\'t characters like Archie Bunker on TV\r\nanymore, so they created a more obnoxius, more bigoted kid version.\r\n\r\nAnd as far as I\'m concerned NO ONE can mess with Cartman, annoying\r\nlittle t**t he is, after he went Bugs Bunny on Bin Laden and fed a kid his\r\nparents.\r\n\r\nWell, I\'m off to stab Professor Chaos in the back so I can create a cult\r\nbased around his memory that I can control.','',0,'gA==','97f79',1,0,'',509,0,0),(187042,14005,3,81,0,'82.3.112.199',1156026749,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Robin, [quote:a8de4]what I posted is a call for help--NOT with suicide, but with a way to make my parents change their views much[/quote:a8de4]You\'re not responsible for other people\'s thoughts, words or deeds. This includes your parents. And if you do ever visit a mental health professional, I\'d put money on him or her making this point. \r\n\r\nxx\r\nTim','',0,'gA==','a8de4',1,0,'',81,0,0),(187043,14006,6,440,0,'64.12.113.17',1156027491,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','How about make Quinn be Oracle?','',0,'gA==','dabd7',1,0,'',440,0,0),(187044,14006,6,75,0,'66.203.226.98',1156027847,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','You need to finish your Daria/Shadow xover (and for that matter your Daria/Scarlet Spider one) so you don\'t accidentally step on parts of them with your BatDaria xover. [Also so you don\'t get pitchfork holes all in ya.] \r\n\r\nBelieve me, I feel your pain. I\'ve got four shiny new fics you wot not of that I\'m itching to start posting, but I swore a mighty oath that I\'d finish at least one of my seven (or so) started-but-unfinished fics before I do. \r\n\r\nSwear that mighty oath, RT, swear that mighty oath! Seize control of your urges, put the whip to your muse, and do the right thing! If you think it would help, we can start a chapter of Fic Not-Finishers Anonymous. (Or I could just drop the Pitchfork Brigade an anonymous tip.) {Seriously, I wouldn\'t dare. Glass houses, you know.}\r\n\r\nLS\r\n(Grand Dragoon {Parenthesis Abusers Anonymous})\r\n\r\n<[({but if you absolutely must, feel free to use all, part, or none of this Daria/Batgirl idea/fragment/take on from long ago on a board far, far away})]>\r\n\r\nhttp://sfmb.gamerspage.com/viewtopic.php?p=32023#32023\r\n\r\n(hmm, that\'s not it exactly. Scroll up a few entries from there. It\'s in two parts.)\r\n\r\nLS\r\n(GD{P/SAA})','',0,'','1cd76',1,0,'',75,0,0),(187045,14005,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1156027895,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Robin, you\'re not responsible for your parents. If you can\'t change the way they think, and the way they think is so depressing to you (and it [i:e152d]should[/i:e152d] be), then get away from it.','',0,'IA==','e152d',1,0,'',114,0,0),(187046,14007,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1156028322,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','A bit of an ephiphay, though I knew all along...','...I have had my conflicts with God, or maybe He has had His with me. I am not that important to merit Such Behaviour, but there you are. Candle in the dark, and all of that.\r\n\r\nI lost my trust in God a few months back, or maybe His Face was turned away from me, I do not know. It was for over three hundred years from the time of Alexander to the time of Christ Himself that God Himself did not speak to His people, so a year in my own hell does not count for much at all.\r\n\r\nThat said, I looked away from Him, about a year ago. I was weary of the assualts upon my wife and myself, and I just said \"Fuck it\". She had been an adherent for all of her life, she was the support for His Goodness in this household (to my shame, it should have been me that was supposed to be doing that) and He struck her down from a worthy to a child.\r\n\r\nI had worshiped Him him in as correct a manner as a born Baptist, and then as a convert (if that is the right word) to The Christian and Missionary Alliance (founded by a Presbyterian, Albert Simpson, who was not at all happy with the way God\'s word and His efforts were made manifest by His believers. This was in 1892, so the C&MA is not a cult. They practice functional relief for the afflicted, and adherence to His Word)\r\n\r\nBut after all was said and done, I found myself bereft. There is no contract with God (outside of redemption), but we do sort of expect one. I did. After Karen\'s strokes four years ago and beyond, my world fell apart a little over a year ago, and I went to hell in a handbasket PDQ. Something that I am still recovering from, and something that I have been branded with for all of the rest of my life.\r\n\r\nSo, I have been reviewing all of the shit I have gone through and inflicted upon myself. As a respite, I have been watching the entire series of \'Babylon 5\', a nice enough diversion. \'B5\' has a very comprehensive story arc. The last episode I watched had a tag line as a post script to the episode, something the series as a whole did not do as a general rule.\r\n\r\n\"Faith Manages\"\r\n\r\nIt took me a couple of moments to realize the truth of those words.\r\n\r\nWe are not given an insurance policy. We simply are given rules to live by, and an assurance that His Will will be done, whether or not we like it. But, by the same token, faith manages. I\'d forgotten that.','',0,'IA==','84b1b',1,0,'',21,0,0),(187048,13992,4,1,0,'71.161.6.208',1156034698,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Nemo Blank','','That\'s true everywhere. There also seems to be an anti-catholic movement among the defrocked and heretical priesthood that\'s really damaging the church\'s reputation. No one knows where to dig for dirt like an insider.\r\n\r\nWhere I live, there is a huge ongoing scandal over the church knowingly employing and enabling homosexual pedophile priests, men who used their standing to habitually prey on young boys over a period of years. Now the members of the Diocese themselves are being sued, because the courts found that they were complaisant in the long-standing cover up of such beasts.\r\n\r\nAll the press is negative press. The church can\'t do anything right, and everything is slanted against it. Catholics are joining the Russian Orthodox church in droves, and even the church buildings are being sold off to pay the settlements with the victims. People are afraid to entrust their children to a priest. \r\n\r\nA good friend of mine that was involved in the investigation says that the police departments have solid evidence that all of the local Christian denominations have knowingly and routinely covered up for criminal and pedophile clergy. The press isn\'t interested though. they are busy fanning the flames and piling on to the anti-Catholic bandwagon. If it\'s not negative press about the Catholics, then it isn\'t printed.\r\n\r\nHe points out however, that for every evil priest, there are twenty true ones that have done tremendous good for the community. It is a crying shame that the various Catholic charities in the area, so vital to so many people, are being defunded to pay huge, overblown settlements to the victims of these deviant priests. Their disgusting acts continue to ruin lives and damage innocent people even years later.','',0,'IA==','de111',1,0,'',1,0,0),(187049,14004,4,251,0,'63.46.128.114',1156035172,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Going to the library isn\'t as fun as it used to be anymo','Harrassing you how? Making faces at you? Asking you what you\'re doing every 5 minutes? Throwing you out? It makes a difference.\r\n\r\nHave you tried complaining (civilly) to the head librarian?\r\n\r\nOverall, if the library doesn\'t do anything, you can likely go to the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Library_Association:0e09d]ALA[/url:0e09d] for help. I heard about a case in NJ where a sue-happy homeless guy got kicked out of the library for stinking too bad. He sued, but the library had the rule in place before he got there and covered themselves in all kinds of other ways and defended themselves. But the ALA helped to defend Stinky. If they\'d defend even him, surely they\'d be inclined to advocate for you, too. \r\n\r\n[quote="DocForbin":0e09d]having fistfights over the Internet computers[/quote:0e09d]\r\n\r\n \":roll:\" Y\'all must have uranium in the local drinking water, too.','',0,'kA==','0e09d',1,0,'',251,0,0),(187050,13913,4,1,0,'71.161.6.208',1156035672,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Nemo Blank','','I think that there needs to be a merging of science and engineering. \r\n\r\nThe scientists of the Rad Lab in WW2 produced tremendous breakthroughs in RF theory and then put advanced radar equipment based on this theory on the front lines with breathtaking speed.\r\n\r\nThe physical scientists should all be employed in a Manhattan Project to build a fusion power plant. Not a single one should go unemployed.\r\n\r\nEven the biological scientists should be working hard to find new applications. Just imagine if we could replace the meat industry with an eco-friendly industry based on vat grown protein. Protein that doesn\'t suffer a brutal, fear filled life concluded by a disgusting slaughter. \r\n\r\nThis sort of story is a sign that there is something fundamentally corrupt in the financial system. Capital is not seeking out the expertise, goods and the labor needed to produce profitable new products as it should. It is being invested in the cheap labor of overseas exporters instead.','',0,'kA==','f7499',1,0,'',1,0,0),(187051,13937,3,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1156035798,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[size=200:60fb3][b:60fb3][url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060820/ap_on_sc/planet_hunter_8&printer=1:60fb3]ASTRONOMER-MAGE CALLS XENA \"CHEAP\" AND \"FRIGID\"!!![/url:60fb3][/b:60fb3][/size:60fb3]\r\n\r\nThe [i:60fb3]nerve[/i:60fb3] of some people!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\":D\"','',0,'dA==','60fb3',1,0,'',323,0,0),(187052,14005,3,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1156035908,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Robin Sena":59e2e]I wish I could........Thanks........[/quote:59e2e]\r\nWould you care to ellaborate on that?\r\n\r\n\r\nI do feel bad reading this whole thing but I have to wonder why you\'d say things like this. Why would you even think about suicide over something your parents are doing and why can\'t you break free from them? \r\n\r\nI have a reccomendation for you if you\'d like to hear it. I want you to go out and find a self-help guide from Dr. Wayne Dyer called \"The Secrets of The Power of Intention\". Listen to one CD each day for six days. It\'s a wee bit hard to understand but it may do you some good.\r\n\r\nOne other thing. I do not take talk of suicide lightly. If you start talking this way again I may feel obliged to contact the authorities in your area. It would be far better than seeing you make good on these threats.','',0,'gA==','59e2e',1,0,'',121,0,0),(187053,13913,4,276,0,'152.163.100.202',1156036439,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','There should always be a balance between investigative research and applied research. Focusing too much on one or the other will weaken the basic system.\r\n\r\nTo rephrase what I mentioned above, it\'s not so much that there are not good positions for PhDs out there; its that too many are only looking to academia for work. Yes, the lure of a faculty appointment is attractive, but that\'s not all there is out there.\r\n\r\nI\'ll ask: How many of you limit yourself to one narrow sector of the job market when you look for employment?\r\n\r\nThe basic skills aquired during a doctoral program are highly desired in many businesses and organizations. But if you don\'t look you won\'t find them, and if you don\'t apply, you won\'t be hired.','',0,'gA==','2785e',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187054,14008,3,26,0,'216.238.203.94',1156036659,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Sick, Sad World: World Strip Poker Tour. :-P','First it was the World Series of Poker, then the World Poker Tour. Now here comes the World Strip Poker Championship, happening in London.\r\n\r\nDetails [url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14425689/?GT1=8404:01f3c]here[/url:01f3c].\r\n\r\nIn this game, going \"all in\" might have embarrassing consequences. \":oops:\"','',0,'EA==','01f3c',1,0,'',26,0,0),(187056,14006,6,59,0,'63.232.75.172',1156036961,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Before you do anything else, you should finish up doing your beta-read on Chapter 24 of \'Harry Potter and the Book of Shadows\'.\r\n\r\nChop-chop, Mister Federation! What ever happened to \'we live for the One, we die for the One?\' \r\n\r\n(grumbles... then his eyes light up, and he scrambles over to the thread about the poor, hurt cat.)\r\n\r\n\r\nP.S. There\'a a special place in Hell for those who purposely hurt animals, especially someone\'s pet, because they think its funny or that it\'s fun to do. \r\n\r\nA very special place... \":evil:\"','',0,'EA==','322cd',1,0,'',59,0,0),(187057,14009,6,51,0,'209.240.206.214',1156038300,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Should I post old, possibly out of date fics?','I\'ve got a few. Matter of fact, theres one on my site that\'s nearly finished that I\'ve abandoned twice, due to discrepencies between what the movie being crossed-over with showed and how the real thing would turn out, plus difficulty with the ending.\n\nI\'ve got some that are still on paper that I\'ve either finished or abandoned for one reason or another (mostly to do with discouragement due to my depression, but also from loosing control of where the story was going, etc.)\n\nBut I\'m having trouble with my site, too. It\'s gotten so bad that I can\'t even access my own fics nowadays without being kicked off the internet due to too much crap added on by Angelfire. It overwhelms my server, and even downloaded slowly when I tried accessing it through the library. I\'m getting quite frustrated with the whole thing, and it\'s the main reason I haven\'t sent out any of my recent fics (the ones I\'ve finished and posted here).\n\nI\'m sorry, I\'m rambling. If anybody\'s got opinions or advice, I\'ll be happy to hear it or answer any questions to clarify my twisted prose. Thanks in advance.\n\nGuy','',0,'EA==','4547f',1,0,'',51,0,0),(187058,13931,6,1,0,'71.161.6.208',1156038329,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Nemo Blank','','\"Bad Dog! Stop it! Let me go! It was just a stupid cat! Heel! Heel!\" Daria pulled on the leash to no avail. \"Damn, my skirt is blowing up and there\'s Upchuck! Oh, no he got his camera! This is so embarrassing!\"\r\n\r\n\"Fear not, Daria, I\'ll save the day!\" Underdog ignored the repeated tugs on his collar as he flew his owner to safety once again. He would never abandon the one that had rescued him from the pound.','',0,'EA==','3958d',1,0,'',1,0,0),(187059,13969,3,251,0,'63.46.128.114',1156038440,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RabidCureFan":7fa21]I still think that the parents had something to do with it. Mainly because they both flat-out refused to take polygraphs. I mean, come on, if your kid is found dead in your house, you\'d want to take every step possible to maintain your innocence.\n\nI find it depressing that the media has been paying so much attention to the plight of a rich white girl who\'s been dead for 10 years.[/quote:7fa21]\n\nWhat was the father\'s profession? If he knew about lie detectors, he probably knew that such a test would be more dangerous to them if they were innocent rather than guilty (or their lawyer could know, too). \n\nI\'ve barely heard anything about this myself. I have a very vague memory of when this happened. About all I know is what I\'ve gotten off wikipedia:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JonBen%C3%A9t_Ramsey\n\n[quote="MartinUK":7fa21]As to that picture, it\'s appalling. If her parents dressed her up like that, I don\'t wonder they were suspects themselves. Do US states\' laws have the offence of \'grooming\'?[/quote:7fa21]\r\n\r\nAre either of the pix at the wikilink I gave \"the picture\"? If not, could you provide a link to it? \r\n\r\nFrom the ones at the site, I don\'t see how it would make them murder suspects. I\'m not saying it was a good thing, but she\'s dressed like a beauty pageant contestant. I won\'t even say she\'s been Barbified, because she\'s not sexualized. It\'s more of a \"cult of the child\" thing from Victorian times (except she has clothes). \r\n\r\nThe main thing I see wrong with it is that she\'s getting her praise and self-esteem from her beauty (assuming she didn\'t hate it to begin with), and experiencing all that glamor. Just what was she gonna do when she hit puberty and her body started changing? That is, I don\'t think it was a nice or wise thing that they did, but I don\'t see how it makes them murder suspects.','',0,'gA==','7fa21',1,0,'',251,0,0),(187060,14009,6,1,0,'71.161.6.208',1156038856,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Nemo Blank','','Sure! You are a good writer and its a shame to waste effort like that. We understand that sticking to cannon isn\'t exactly manditory in a fanfic.','',0,'gA==','c0a0a',1,0,'',1,0,0),(187061,11361,5,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1156039023,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','....and back to my abstract phase.','',0,'gA==','3bfab',1,0,'',45,0,0),(187062,13931,6,59,0,'63.232.75.172',1156039237,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":04588][quote="Brother Grimace":04588]I\'ll type that up, and post it here on PPMB.[/quote:04588]\n\nNot the whole article, please (see sticky in General Forum).[/quote:04588]\r\n\r\n\r\nCool. Saves me a bit of typing. \":)\"','',0,'gA==','04588',1,0,'',59,0,0),(187063,13978,3,74,0,'67.171.199.69',1156041183,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dngrsone":a2894]They couldn\'t give you an implant?[/quote:a2894]\r\n\r\nI HEARD that...and it\'s NOT true! *flounces away*','',0,'gA==','a2894',1,0,'',74,0,0),(187064,13950,3,87,0,'216.135.28.58',1156041993,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Angelinhel":aaba4][img:aaba4]http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Quizzes/Clue/Plum.jpg[/img:aaba4]\n\nUm....okay.\n\nI killed him in the kitchen, with a butcher knife, because that\'s where the knives are kept.[/quote:aaba4]\r\n\r\nI got Plum as well.\r\n\r\nAlthough, why stop at one room when you can take out the entire house? \":twisted:\"','',0,'iA==','aaba4',1,0,'',87,0,0),(187065,14009,6,87,0,'216.135.28.58',1156042340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Nemo Blank":eef5b]Sure! You are a good writer and its a shame to waste effort like that. We understand that sticking to cannon isn\'t exactly manditory in a fanfic.[/quote:eef5b]\r\n\r\n[sarcasm]Oh, no, you have stick straight to canon![/sarcasm]\r\n\r\nReally, outdated fics don\'t bother me. I\'m still finding fics from before the show was cancelled that I\'m enjoying.','',0,'gA==','eef5b',1,0,'',87,0,0),(187066,14006,6,87,0,'216.135.28.58',1156042547,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":bc44d]Before you do anything else, you should finish up doing your beta-read on Chapter 24 of \'Harry Potter and the Book of Shadows\'.[/quote:bc44d]\n\nI told AIH I\'d have it done this weekend and I meant it.\n\n[quote:bc44d]Chop-chop, Mister Federation! What ever happened to \'we live for the One, we die for the One?\' [/quote:bc44d]\r\n\r\nI don\'t have a Hallmark Whitestar sitting above my monitor.','',0,'gA==','bc44d',1,0,'',87,0,0),(187067,13931,6,87,0,'216.135.28.58',1156042788,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Nemo Blank":ceba4]\"Bad Dog! Stop it! Let me go! It was just a stupid cat! Heel! Heel!\" Daria pulled on the leash to no avail. \"Damn, my skirt is blowing up and there\'s Upchuck! Oh, no he got his camera! This is so embarrassing!\"\n\n\"Fear not, Daria, I\'ll save the day!\" Underdog ignored the repeated tugs on his collar as he flew his owner to safety once again. He would never abandon the one that had rescued him from the pound.[/quote:ceba4]\r\n\r\nFor future reference (those who don\'t know, I mean) Underdog speaks in rhyme. It\'s good for a shorty like this, but it might confuse the unwashed masses. I\'m sure Nemo knows, but I thought I\'d let everyone else in on it.\r\n\r\nHmm.\r\n\r\n\"Worry not, oh Daria, dear, I\'ll fly us away from here!\"\r\n\r\nA bit wordy. I\'ll think about it.\r\n\r\nGreat, I\'m slipping into beta-reading mode. I guess it\'s time to tackle AIH\'s next chapter.','',0,'gA==','ceba4',1,0,'',87,0,0),(187068,13981,3,260,0,'141.151.143.151',1156043009,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','If it\'s a not-for-profit hospital (most are), it\'s required by law to give a certain amount of [i:cebaa]pro bono[/i:cebaa] care. They have to write off anything that the patient cannot afford to pay.\r\n\r\nPeace\r\nKevin','',0,'IA==','cebaa',1,0,'',260,0,0),(187069,14005,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1156043138,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nonamejane"]MOVE OUT OF YOUR PARENTS HOUSE\r\n\r\nThere\'s your help. And quite frankly, your entire post is ridiculous. You are obviously seeking attention or just trying to get a reaction. If suicide is your only option, then I\'m not going to stop you.\r\n \r\n\r\nYou say things to people that you know not of. What if one of them actually meant something to you? I have a month\'s supply of morphine sulphate, combined with a sleeping pill prescription that looks back at me every morning that I unfortunaty wake up to see. I go to work, instead. But the morphine cocktail does have its charm. Do not dinigrate what amuses you. It is deadly serious to others. I, my dear, am not seeking attention. I look at the shelf, see the pills, then go and shave. One day, it might not happen that way. I am told that death under these conditions would happen within one hour.\r\n\r\nDo not chide what you do not feel. You may actually push the button.','',0,'','d1379',1,0,'',21,0,0),(187070,13950,3,121,0,'67.184.7.125',1156043202,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Huh... No one got Peacock (yet). Wonder why?','',0,'','c0162',1,0,'',121,0,0),(187071,13969,3,505,0,'75.10.120.124',1156043568,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[url=http://crimemagazine.com/images/jonbenet_288x358.jpg:5da6d]This[/url:5da6d] and [url=http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/jonbenet_ramsey.jpg:5da6d]this[/url:5da6d] are, in my personal opinion, horrid examples of the adultification and near sexualization of a child.\r\n\r\nOf course, most who read this post will discount it entirely because I am a conservative-- my own daughters weren\'t allowed to wear any kind of makeup before they reached age 14, and even then it was minimal.\r\n\r\nWomen wear makeup in an effort to make themselves attractive, sexy. So why do little girls wear makeup?','',0,'EA==','5da6d',1,0,'',505,0,0),(187072,14010,5,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1156043937,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','And now, Stupid Comics!','[url=http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/index.html:ca408]Go here[/url:ca408] for many pages of pure ROTFLMAO moments brought to you by Shain Minuk and Dave Merrill. Also, [url=http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/extra.html:ca408]check out the other extras[/url:ca408] especially The Continent of Lost Anime that Time Forgot!\r\n\r\n(The latest link is about the Space Canine Patrol Agency...)','',0,'EA==','ca408',1,0,'',45,0,0),(187073,13969,3,59,0,'63.232.74.217',1156044362,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RabidCureFan":ac18d]I still think that the parents had something to do with it. Mainly because they both flat-out refused to take polygraphs.\n\n[b:ac18d]Okay. \n\n\nFirst things first - polygraphs are not admissible in a court of law. Think what you will about the machines and how accurate they are (and I\'ll touch upon that in a moment), but in America, the gold standard for things of that ilk is simple: \'Will it stand up in a court of law?\' At the present time, no, it will not. Polygraphs are not considered reliable enough to be used as evidence in a courtroom. \n\nSecond - polygraphs (and you tech-types correct me when I\'m wrong) do not divine the truth, but operate by stress evaluation. They first read you a series of questions that you answer yes or no to, in order for them to get a pattern of how your body responds when you lie and are truthful. Then, they question you, and use that baseline to determine if you\'re truthful or lying during the questioning.\n\nThe problem is, you\'re already in a very bad place just by the fact that you\'re being interrogated, and so the machine will already give an inaccurate reading with the test strip! Be honest - how many people could be calm and collected enough to give accurate responses that could actually determine guilt or innocence if they\'ve been put in any situation where they would be required to submit to a polygraph test? Just being told that you\'ll need to submit to testing is enough to screw your mind and body up with enough stress to throw a polygraph or PSE off - and in the case of the Ramseys, their child was killed in their house, on Christmas Day, and they had no idea that anything was wrong. There\'s no way that they could have been ready to submit to that, in the mental condition to do so, and no conscientious person would ask them to do so. [/b:ac18d]\n\n\n I mean, come on, if your kid is found dead in your house, you\'d want to take every step possible to maintain your innocence.\n\n\n[b:ac18d][i:ac18d]\'Maintain your innocence?\' [/i:ac18d]First of all - who said that they were guilty of anything? Who besides the tabloid-driven, \'Throw another Christian to the lions!\'-class citizens who\'ve kept the likes of Jerry Springer in business, as well as legal officials who see a high-profile arrest as a ticket to higher rank and the political arena who have screamed \'the parents must have done it!\' \n\nThank God some people and institutions have kept their heads on straight during all of this, such as the Rocky Mountain News. They\'ve been among the few who\'ve always said to look beyond the obvious, because the parents may not have had anything to do with it [u:ac18d]and[/u:ac18d] it would be a miscarriage of justice to focus exclusively on them because it reads better and sexier to the scandal-hungry public if the parents were responsible... and meanwhile, those responsible walked away because no one even attempted to find them.\n\nWhat\'s really sad is that instead of people saying \'these people have lost their little girl, they\'re saying \'Oh, look at these freaky people who dressed up their baby and put her in little beauty contests - they MUST have had SOMETHING nasty and freaky and dirty going on, because we decent, good, hard-working and God-fearing people would NEVER have done that! Yes, that\'s it - they HAD to be responsible for their little girl\'s death!\'\n\nA quote from Heinlein is apropos: \'A person can be smart. People are dumb, and a mob is only as smart as the dumbest person in it.\'\n\nI don\'t recall anyone ever officially saying that the Ramseys were guilty of anything - only insinuating it in the most weasel-like fashion. Someday, we MAY find out that the Ramseys were involved in untoward activity, but until then, one is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. It may be imperfect, and since real people are involved, hypocritical and short-sighted, but it\'s a damn sight better than the law of the lynch mob.\n\nOne of the characters on [i:ac18d]Highlander: The Series [/i:ac18d]said it best: \'The only difference between the animals and us is The Law!\'[/b:ac18d]\n\n\n\nI find it depressing that the media has been paying so much attention to the plight of a rich white girl who\'s been dead for 10 years.\n\n\n[b:ac18d]I find it equally depressing that \'Missing White Woman Syndrome\' is an actual concept, and any crime involving a Caucasian female gets heavy media coverage and rotation, while untold numbers of other men and women are killed or disappear every year, and no one in the media seems to care (unless they are a celebrity or have money or powerful friends). \n\n\nI also find it depressing that you choose to focus on her color and wealth instead of the fact that she was a child who deserved far more than to die in that fashion.\n\n\nEnd of song.\n\n[/b:ac18d]\n\n\n[/quote:ac18d]','',0,'4Q==','ac18d',1,0,'',59,0,0),(187074,11277,5,260,0,'141.151.143.151',1156044376,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Light nostalgia for my (recently completed) vacation:\r\n[i:ea72c]The Best of The Electric Company[/i:ea72c].\r\n\r\nPeace\r\nKevin','',0,'IA==','ea72c',1,0,'',260,0,0),(187075,14006,6,59,0,'63.232.74.217',1156044751,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Ranger Thorne":73d1b][quote="Brother Grimace":73d1b]Before you do anything else, you should finish up doing your beta-read on Chapter 24 of \'Harry Potter and the Book of Shadows\'.[/quote:73d1b]\n\nI told AIH I\'d have it done this weekend and I meant it.\n\n[quote:73d1b]Chop-chop, Mister Federation! What ever happened to \'we live for the One, we die for the One?\' [/quote:73d1b]\n\nI don\'t have a Hallmark Whitestar sitting above my monitor.[/quote:73d1b]\r\n\r\nReally? I\'ve got the piece of tiger iron that Deref gave me when he was here last year sitting in front of my typing space, so I \'ll always see it.','',0,'gA==','73d1b',1,0,'',59,0,0),(187076,14009,6,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1156045510,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Any and all fiction is welcome. Look how many Dariafics out there were more-or-less canon when they were written but would be considered wildly out of canon today.','',0,'gA==','45d36',1,0,'',359,0,0),(187077,13937,3,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1156045976,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":f89ab][size=200:f89ab][b:f89ab][url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060820/ap_on_sc/planet_hunter_8&printer=1:f89ab]ASTRONOMER-MAGE CALLS XENA \"CHEAP\" AND \"FRIGID\"!!![/url:f89ab][/b:f89ab][/size:f89ab][/quote:f89ab]\r\n\r\nGlad to see one of the big boys, and the one whose discovery started this whole debate, agrees with me. I feel exactly as he does, that this new definition and sudden expansion of the solar system cheapens the idea of a planet, and takes away something a little special from the universe.','',0,'1A==','f89ab',1,0,'',359,0,0),(187078,13919,4,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1156047090,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="CDM":bc121][quote="Doggieboy":bc121]\nOne man, for instance, warned a couple of us about backward masking, the practice of putting \"Satanic\" messages on albums that could be heard if you played them backwards. (A lot of turntables got ruined doing this.)\n[/quote:bc121]\n\nI got this lecture at age 8. I listened to country for half a year. So good\nwas the brainwashing (or so stupid I was) that I was uncomfortable\nlistening to a rock station in my friend\'s parent\'s car. I wish I could find\nsome books I looked through about the evils of He-Man & My Little Pony.\nDon\'t know about the latter, but all the former did was make me scream\n\"I have the power!\" and show me you could mix genres. Kids believe the\ndarndest things...[/quote:bc121]\r\n\r\nI grew up hearing of the evil, Satanic influence of rock music as well. My parents even burned all their records when I was young (and since my dad was a drummer in a rock band, he had an incredible collection). Fortunately, when I was around 12 or so, my parents started to realize that not all rock was evil, and they introduced me to the Beatles and similar groups, and my dad and I discovered some of the better Christian rock bands together. Now, of course, my younger brother, my dad, and myself listen to metal and other rock genres that we used to think were straight from the Devil himself, but I spent about ten years of my life thinking all rock music was evil, and as a result completely missed out on the popular music of the 80s.\r\n\r\nI also heard about the Satanic nature of He-Man, as well as the Smurfs and Voltron (both of which I loved before my parents found out that they were supposed to be eeeeeeeeeevil).','',0,'gA==','bc121',1,0,'',359,0,0),(187079,13913,4,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1156047451,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":79f9b]The basic skills aquired during a doctoral program are highly desired in many businesses and organizations. But if you don\'t look you won\'t find them, and if you don\'t apply, you won\'t be hired.[/quote:79f9b]\r\n\r\nWhere do you look for them? Almost all the business positions I\'ve seen require an MBA, and none of them are looking for someone with a Physics degree.','',0,'gA==','79f9b',1,0,'',359,0,0),(187080,12531,10,472,0,'208.65.229.206',1156047958,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="DigiSim":04087]Sadly, I don\'t know how to drive.\n...a red Dodge Viper.[/quote:04087]\r\n\r\nNice knowin\' ya.\r\n\r\nThe Viper\'s definitely an ego-killer at best, and a real killer at worst.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also surprisingly small in person. So are most performance cars, actually.','',0,'gA==','04087',1,0,'',472,0,0),(187081,13900,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1156048514,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Chapter Five now up.','',0,'gA==','b683c',1,0,'',323,0,0),(187082,7699,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1156048712,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="UU":81e9d]Going back to the beginning; I\'ve always wondered what is the source of the \'Burnout Girl\' nickname.[/quote:81e9d]\r\nPart of me wants to point out the skull jacket, her depressed looks (not always there), her hair over her face, etc., but to tell the truth, I don\'t know how she got to be named \"Burnout Girl.\" Weird.\r\n\r\nAnyone know how that nickname started? Anyone?','',0,'gA==','81e9d',1,0,'',323,0,0),(187083,14009,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1156048922,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":32902]Any and all fiction is welcome. Look how many Dariafics out there were more-or-less canon when they were written but would be considered wildly out of canon today.[/quote:32902]\r\nOr how many are being written wildly out of canon today.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat? What\'re you looking at me for?','',0,'gA==','32902',1,0,'',323,0,0),(187084,14005,3,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1156049073,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','What everyone said. Seriously, I don\'t think I understand the way you think. It just doesn\'t make sense. I\'m bemused as well.','',0,'gA==','2d66c',1,0,'',305,0,0),(187085,13919,4,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1156049126,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":8fa29]I also heard about the Satanic nature of He-Man, as well as the Smurfs and Voltron (both of which I loved before my parents found out that they were supposed to be eeeeeeeeeevil).[/quote:8fa29]\r\nThat part is true. They [u:8fa29]are[/u:8fa29] Satanic.','',0,'gQ==','8fa29',1,0,'',323,0,0),(187086,14008,3,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1156049403,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Can\'t believe this. \":lol:\"','',0,'gQ==','60633',1,0,'',305,0,0),(187087,14008,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1156049796,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\"Kevvie! You\'ve lost again!\"\r\n\r\n\"Aw, babe!\"\r\n\r\n\"But you haven\'t got anything else to take off!\"\r\n\r\n\"Maybe you could take something off [i:eb882]for[/i:eb882] me, babe?\"\r\n\r\n\"None of us has taken anything off yet, Kevvie, and besides, that\'s kind of against the rules, isn\'t it Joey?\"\r\n\r\n\"Um, I don\'t think so. Is it Jeffy?\"\r\n\r\n\"Um, no! I\'m sure the rules say it\'s okay, don\'t they, Jamie?.\"\r\n\r\n\"I dunno, but I don\'t want to see Kevin take anything else off, that\'s for sure.\"','',0,'IA==','eb882',1,0,'',114,0,0),(187088,14008,3,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1156049966,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":9a860]\"Kevvie! You\'ve lost again!\"\n\n\"Aw, babe!\"\n\n\"But you haven\'t got anything else to take off!\"\n\n\"Maybe you could take something off [i:9a860]for[/i:9a860] me, babe?\"\n\n\"None of us has taken anything off yet, Kevvie, and besides, that\'s kind of against the rules, isn\'t it Joey?\"\n\n\"Um, I don\'t think so. Is it Jeffy?\"\n\n\"Um, no! I\'m sure the rules say it\'s okay, don\'t they, Jamie?.\"\n\n\"I dunno, but I don\'t want to see Kevin take anything else off, that\'s for sure.\"[/quote:9a860]\r\n\r\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','',0,'oA==','9a860',1,0,'',305,0,0),(187089,14005,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1156050296,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','[quote="ahmygoddess":36b52]\n \n\nYou say things to people that you know not of. What if one of them actually meant something to you? I have a month\'s supply of morphine sulphate, combined with a sleeping pill prescription that looks back at me every morning that I unfortunaty wake up to see. I go to work, instead. But the morphine cocktail does have its charm. Do not dinigrate what amuses you. It is deadly serious to others. I, my dear, am not seeking attention. I look at the shelf, see the pills, then go and shave. One day, it might not happen that way. I am told that death under these conditions would happen within one hour.\n\nDo not chide what you do not feel. You may actually push the button.[/quote:36b52]\r\n\r\n\r\nRonin\'s post was obnoxious, ridiculous and was offensive to black people and people who actually think about suicide. Most of her/his posts are very strange and seem to be veiled attempts at offending somebody while pretending not to. Don\'t treat me like I don\'t know what thinking about suicide feels like. You know me better than that.','',0,'gA==','36b52',1,0,'',79,0,0),(187090,13919,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1156050588,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Oh yes. Smurfs. Evil. Very. \":P\" \r\n\r\nSeriously - I\'ve obviously lived a very sheltered life. I\'ve never experienced any of these attitudes, or anything even vaguely approaching them, though I\'ve always had Christian friends (among the others).','',0,'gA==','d9108',1,0,'',114,0,0),(187092,13985,10,328,0,'63.231.147.100',1156050957,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Thanks RT. One problem with that shot is that Jane starts pretty small, and gets bigger coming toward the screen, but it\'s still a lot better than nothing. I\'ve been trying to use a similar one of Daria from the very end of Pierce Me as a reference, but with fairly little luck. I may actually have to try and draw it freehand. \":cry:\" \r\n\r\nOh, vlad, here\'s a shot from about one second after the bit RT mentioned:\r\n\r\n[img:594b5]http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8125/janeback1ag4.gif[/img:594b5]\r\n\r\nand a 3/4 rear shot from earlier in the same ep. (Sharpened, slightly, to bring out the part in Jane\'s hair.)\r\n\r\n[img:594b5]http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2743/janebackhm1.gif[/img:594b5]\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd for everyone else, a quickie example of the tweaking I mentioned. I present to you DAR-1111 and JAN-8675.\r\n\r\n[img:594b5]http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/3289/dar1138el8.gif[/img:594b5]\r\n\r\n\r\nHoN','',0,'CA==','594b5',1,0,'',328,0,0),(187093,14005,3,497,0,'68.10.199.250',1156051651,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'m confused by all this... what\'s so hard about moving out on your own?\r\n\r\n\r\nOnly one person controls your beliefs: You. If not, you may want to consider seeking professional help at coping with the harsh and cruel Mistress known as Reality.','',0,'CA==','94155',1,0,'',497,0,0),(187094,13969,3,358,0,'68.117.213.181',1156051807,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RabidCureFan":2fe1b]I still think that the parents had something to do with it. Mainly because they both flat-out refused to take polygraphs. I mean, come on, if your kid is found dead in your house, you\'d want to take every step possible to maintain your innocence.\n\nI find it depressing that the media has been paying so much attention to the plight of a rich white girl who\'s been dead for 10 years.[/quote:2fe1b]\r\n\r\nWasnt a rough draft of the ransom note found in the house or something? or is that just my memory going nuts? i was only 10 at the time..','',0,'gA==','2fe1b',1,0,'',358,0,0),(187095,7139,6,51,0,'209.240.206.214',1156052236,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','After a long dry spell, it finally came to me. What would be the living arrangements? And would anybody be truly satisfied?\n\nChapter 7\n\nDinner broke up and the family went to their separate pursuits. Dan and Kid Dawg did some macho posturing for each other\'s benefit, causing Lestat to comment on the overbearing smell of testosterone in the room.\n\n\"If Maxine were here, we could be absolutely drowning in it,\" sniffed Veronica.\n\n\"That\'s estrogen,\" said Dan.\n\n\"Ha! She was right the first time. Maxie\'s got bigger balls than you\'ll ever have,\" laughed Dawg, swatting the back of Dan\'s head.\n\n\"Don\'t make me come back in there,\" said Helen from the kitchen. \"Where\'s Quinn?\"\n\n\"Hey, Princess!\" shouted Kid Dawg upstairs, \"Mom wants you.\"\n\nUpstairs, Quinn locked her door, and continued to lament her lot in life to her new friend, Sandi. \"You don\'t know what it\'s like, all these foster siblings! And my parents think I should take part in the chores, like I was a house slave or something.\"\n\nThere was a sudden click of the lock being popped. The door swings open to expose a very unhappy Helen.\n\n\"Sandi, I\'ll call you back, \'kay? Bye! Mo-oh-um! Don\'t you realize how important a social life is to a popular person?\"\n\n\"The dishes. Now.\"\n\nQuinn dragged herself off the bed and went quietly downstairs.\n\nThey passed Veronica on her way upstairs, who grinned sassily as she passed Quinn and said, \"Bus-ted!\"\n\n\"Oh, shut up!\"\n\n\"Don\'t talk to your sister like that. Either of you,\" she added over her shoulder.\n\nRonnie opened the door to her room. She wrinkled her nose. \"This padding has got to go!\"\n\n\"Over mine, and your dead bodies,\" said Daria from her bed.\n\n\"So, what are your plans for the night,\" she asked, then mouthed along with Daria\'s answer.\n\n\"Reading.\"\n\n\"Your just a ball of excitement, Daria.\"\n\n\"Mmmrph,\" she said.\n_______\n\nMeanwhile, in the kitchen, Quinn found herself an unwilling participant in the twin\'s water battle.\n\nKristie started off sloshing a little of the dishwater on Kirstie. Kirstie of course, retaliated with a giggle, splashing a little rinse water back.\n\n\"You two better cut it out,\" sniffed Quinn, \"or Mom\'s going to... WAH!!!\"\n\nShe dropped her towel as Kristie hosed her down with the sprayer attachment. \"Stop it! Stop it, you little Hellion! Mu-OH-OM!!!\"\n\n\"Dammit, Quinn,\" said Helen coming in the door, \"Can I not trust you to keep your baby sisters in line for ten minutes? Kristie, you put that sprayer down if you know what\'s good for you!\"\n\n\"Yes, Mommie,\" said Kristie.\n\n\"Quinn..\" started Kirstie.\n\n\"I don\'t care who started it. Quinn, you are the oldest, I expect you to show some responsibility here. And you two do what your sister says.\"\n\n\"Even when she says to drop dead?\" asked Kirstie.\n\n\"Anything reasonable,\" she growled. Don\'t interrupt me again!\"\n_______\n\n\"You\'re actually doing homework?\" said Lestat.\n\n\"Duh,\" said Dan, \"You telling me you don\'t have any?\"\n\n\"No.\"\n\n\"Mom\'ll find out if your...\"\n\n\"It\'s middle school, Dan, they don\'t give you homework on your first day.\"\n\n\"Riiiiight, just like they didn\'t at Highland... not!\"\n\n\"What business is it of yours anyway?\"\n\n\"Brotherly concern.\"\n\nLestat crawled up to the top bunk. \"Do you show any concern for Dawg?\"\n\n\"As a matter of fact, yeah. It\'s a thankless job, but somebody\'s got to do it.\"\n\n\"Oh, I thank you daily, dear brother,\" said Kid Dawg sauntering in, \"Every time my teach gives me a surprised look that I have something for him or her. Hit the books, l\'il Louis.\"\n\n\"Lestat!\"\n\n\"You ain\'t macho enough to be Lestat,\" he grinned, settling on the single bed. \"And considering what a pansy Lestat was, that\'s a crying damn shame.\"\n\nLestat\'s look of menace brought howls of delight from his oldest brother. He tossed the kid his backpack.\n\n\"What about you?\" he growled.\n\n\"That\'s what detention is for,\" he smiled back.\n\n\"I was in detention, too,\" said Dan, tapping Dawg\'s books.\n\n\"Well, ain\'t you special.\" He got his English book off the top. \"Let\'s see what I can do to upset Mr. Prissy-Boots. Swear to God, even Van Driesen wasn\'t that much of a wimp.\"\n\n\"Hmph. Got that right,\" said Dan. \"Bet Daria\'s going to have him crying before the weeks out.\"\n\n\"Heh, that\'d be a sucker\'s bet.\" Dawg grinned as he tried to figure out his assignment.\n_______\n\nQuinn sat at her vanity, brushing her hair, trying to keep up with the number of times she made a brush stroke.\n\n\"Hmph, think\'s she\'s special,\" said Kristie from the top bunk.\n\n\"Get\'s to have a fancy canopy bed,\" answered Kirstie from the bottom.\n\n\"Like she\'s so special.\"\n\n[i:d8c05]328... 329... 330... [/i:d8c05] thought Quinn to herself.\n\n\"Hogging the only vanity in the room.\"\n\n\"Like it\'s her personal property.\"\n\n\"Think\'s she hot stuff because she\'s popular.\"\n\n\"We\'re going to be more popular than her.\"\n\n[i:d8c05]340... 341... 342... [/i:d8c05]\n\n\"Twin\'s are always popular.\"\n\n\"Specially when they\'re pretty like us.\"\n\n\"The we can snub her.\"\n\n\"She\'ll be the cousin.\"\n\n\"The foster child.\"\n\n\"The lost waif Mom and Dad felt sorry for.\"\n\n\"Yeah.\"\n\n[i:d8c05]352... 353... 3... 354...[/i:d8c05]\n\n\"Yeah.\"\n\n\"And we won\'t let her borrow our make up either.\"\n\n[i:d8c05]354... no... 355... 357... 6![/i:d8c05]\n\n\"Won\'t even acknowledge her exis...\"\n\n\"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHH!\" Quinn said, slamming her brush on the vanity.\n\nShe stalked out of her room.\n_______\n\nNext door, Daria said, \"Wait for it.\"\n\n\"Three... two... one...\" said Ronnie.\n\nThe door slammed open.\n\n\"Nobody\'s home,\" said Daria and Ronnie.\n\n\"Please!\" said Quinn, \"Before I commit murder, will one of you...\"\n\n\"Forget it!\" said Daria, looking up from her book.\n\n\"No way in Hell,\" said Ronnie, pausing her game to stare at Quinn.\n\n\"They\'re your little crosses to bear,\" said Daria.\n\n\"You had the chance when we were picking the rooms,\" said Ronnie.\n\n\"So, your stuck,\" said Daria.\n\n\"\'Cuz,\'\" added Ronnie.\n\n\"You don\'t understand!\" Quinn wailed.\n\n\"Au contraire,\" said Daria.\n\n\"We understand fully,\" said Ronnie.\n\n\"Neither of us was good enough for you to room with.\"\n\n\"This room was too disgusting.\"\n\n\"We were too disgusting.\"\n\n\"So please leave before we have to resort to violence.\"\n\nQuinn left in a huff.\n\n\"Who does she think she is?\"\n\n\"The nerve.\"\n\n\"Okay, D. I guess your not so bad as a roomie.\"\n\nDaria licked her finger and made a \"one point\" mark in the air. \"You admitted it first,\" she said with a Mona Lisa smile.\n\n\"NO FAIR!\" wailed Veronica, throwing herself backward onto the bed.\n_______','',0,'IA==','d8c05',1,0,'',51,0,0),(187096,13969,3,497,0,'68.10.199.250',1156052311,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','To the NaySayers: I\'m an ex-Special-Projects sub sailor, polygraphs were a way of life. they can be beaten easily, but only very rarely by somebody on the first try. most folks have to physically and mentally prepare themselves for it- polygraphs measure sweat production, heartrate, breathing, and several other things, not just \'heartrate\'... And many people simply cannot beat them due to the way they are hardwired (I can\'t for one- my physiological responses are too strong), so to speak.\r\n\r\n... The first thing they do is create a baseline- somebody has to be mentally stable to create a baseline- JBR\'s parents were not at that time, so it\'s easily understandable at that time- especially considering how much of their own life their daughter was- they lived vicariously through her.\r\n\r\nHopefully this is the guy... but as other\'s mentioned, I\'ve also always suspected the parents to some degree. It\'s all just too weird- more proof children should be left to grow up naturally.','',0,'IA==','3429c',1,0,'',497,0,0),(187097,13289,10,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1156052620,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Christ Oliver":53f30][img:53f30]http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/2720/dkfrf7mg.png[/img:53f30][/quote:53f30]\r\n\r\nWait, I know the girl who did this. We\'re both members of another forum participate in. I knew I had seen this before!','',0,'iA==','53f30',1,0,'',305,0,0),(187098,13289,10,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1156052808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nmorgendorffer":b73a4][quote="Christ Oliver":b73a4][img:b73a4]http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/2720/dkfrf7mg.png[/img:b73a4][/quote:b73a4]\n\nWait, I know the girl who did this. We\'re both members of another forum participate in. I knew I had seen this before![/quote:b73a4]\r\n\":-)\" Please invite her to come and join us, Nat!','',0,'iA==','b73a4',1,0,'',114,0,0),(187099,13985,10,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1156052990,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \r\nOh man. Soo funny.','',0,'iA==','620a4',1,0,'',114,0,0),(187100,14004,4,545,0,'65.221.65.142',1156053107,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="psychotol":eb327]\n\nAlso, I have to ask: What would reading habits tell anyone about you? Other threads on this message board have people getting NSA visits for borrowing communist books (sharp eyes they have, fail to notice the end of the cold war 1.6 decades ago, and even then, what? history and sociology courses didn\'t exist back then?), and people who read books on explosives? \"My GOD! over 80% of our citizens are TERRORISTS!\"[/quote:eb327]\r\n\r\nOh, no! I checked out and read a book by Vo Nguyen Giap on how the Vietminh defeated the French in the 1950s. I must be a COMMIE! (Forget the fact that reading Giap\'s writing is comparable to eating a bucket of sand.)\r\n\r\nSeriously, at our local library, you have to sign in at the front desk or make a reservation for an Internet computer. Generally it\'s first come, first served. There\'s restrictions, sure, (no porn, no chatrooms, no games, no IMs) but it\'s really worked out for us. Are the Internet computers at Crandell Library out in the open? Maybe they should be in a controlled space.\r\n\r\nI really like them because I can print out long documents and images at a good cost. The only problem is that their blocking program keeps me out of some of the Daria fanfics. \":x\"','',0,'gA==','eb327',1,0,'',545,0,0),(187101,13855,3,14,0,'72.77.75.65',1156053211,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I love your English accent, btw. It\'s so fake sounding.\r\n\r\nCN\r\n\r\nalso: nonamejane\'s nickname for me doesn\'t have ass in it. that makes me cry','',0,'gA==','91934',1,0,'',14,0,0),(187102,13855,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1156053656,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','[quote="Crazy_Nutso":a8c43]\nalso: nonamejane\'s nickname for me doesn\'t have ass in it. that makes me cry[/quote:a8c43]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAw, Nutsack, that\'s just cause you\'re extra special and I love you extra much.','',0,'gA==','a8c43',1,0,'',79,0,0),(187103,13855,3,545,0,'65.221.65.142',1156053879,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Robin Sena":5eebf]You can disregard that post, it\'s been settled, and I still have cable net. But the only that can\'t be solved is the family strife, that, combined with the way my parents want me to live, saying they only want what\'s best for me. Not to mention the bigotry they got for other ethnic groups. I mean what did those groups do to my parents that was bad. I was taught to belie God and Jesus loved all his creatures. It\'s all to much. \n\nOne thing\'s for sure, I ruddy stink at family politics and when i try to make my family come to terms with the truth........it\'s the convincing that gives me the bloody grief....... \":cry:\"[/quote:5eebf]\r\n\r\nI\'m glad you\'re still here. As for family politics, you may never convince your family of any truths. I know I can\'t convince mine.','',0,'gA==','5eebf',1,0,'',545,0,0),(187104,13289,10,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1156054113,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":386f8][quote="nmorgendorffer":386f8]Wait, I know the girl who did this. We\'re both members of another forum participate in. I knew I had seen this before![/quote:386f8]\n\":-)\" Please invite her to come and join us, Nat![/quote:386f8]\r\n\r\nDefiinitely! Another great artist is always welcome. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','386f8',1,0,'',359,0,0),(187105,13969,3,545,0,'65.221.65.142',1156054643,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RabidCureFan":8eac8]\nI still think that the parents had something to do with it. Mainly because they both flat-out refused to take polygraphs. I mean, come on, if your kid is found dead in your house, you\'d want to take every step possible to maintain your innocence.[/quote:8eac8]\n\nI have heard that many really good liars can defeat polygraphs without even trying. They\'ve spent so many years lying that it\'s just second nature and like telling the truth.\n\n[quote="RLobinske":8eac8]\nHe may be the killer, or he may be a wannabee. We should wait and see how things develop.[/quote:8eac8]\r\n\r\nThis case sounds weirder every day and my fear is that this guy is a wannabee going for his \"15 minutes of fame.\" I hope not. This nonsense (the tabloid crap on JonBenet) has gone on too long already.\r\n\r\nIt\'s getting so that JonBenet stories are almost as common as Elvis, Bigfoot and alien stories.','',0,'gA==','8eac8',1,0,'',545,0,0),(187106,13969,3,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1156055642,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My understanding is that polygraphs are a complete waste of time. They\'re not, and never have been, lie detectors, which is why they\'re not acceptable as evidence in a court of law.','',0,'gA==','6cdbf',1,0,'',114,0,0),(187107,14004,4,114,0,'61.69.2.97',1156055789,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Doggieboy":4fcc1]Oh, no! I checked out and read a book by Vo Nguyen Giap on how the Vietminh defeated the French in the 1950s. I must be a COMMIE! (Forget the fact that reading Giap\'s writing is [i:4fcc1]comparable to eating a bucket of sand.[/i:4fcc1])[/quote:4fcc1]\r\n \":lol:\" Welcome comrade. I love that expression. May I use it?','',0,'oA==','4fcc1',1,0,'',114,0,0),(187108,13978,3,545,0,'65.221.65.142',1156055938,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Napalm, if the Navy will pay for it all, that\'s a [b:730c4]big[/b:730c4] plus. \r\n\r\nWhen I was stationed in Philadelphia, all bald men were ordered to report to the dermatologist at the Navy hospital to be evaluated for a hair transplant, paid for by the Navy. A sweet deal for those who got it.','',0,'QA==','730c4',1,0,'',545,0,0),(187109,13969,3,251,0,'63.46.128.126',1156056543,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="kaimelarfeylove":08e93]Wasnt a rough draft of the ransom note found in the house or something? or is that just my memory going nuts? i was only 10 at the time..[/quote:08e93]\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JonBen%C3% ... ansom_note\n\n\n[quote="Dngrsone":08e93]Women wear makeup in an effort to make themselves attractive, sexy. So why do little girls wear makeup?[/quote:08e93]\r\n\r\nWomen wear makeup to be more attractive (or occasionally more scary, exotic, etc in order to bewitch and manipulate or just because in ways less traditionally feminine for our culture), but that doesn\'t follow to \"be sexy.\" It\'s what women do. When a little boy came to an elementary school dressed as a woman for a Halloween contest (he won, btw, though I expect he\'d be expelled today), he wore makeup. Not to be sexy, but to appear as a woman. Another woman I know does NOT wear makeup and is seen strange as a result (but guys still come on to her). That is, it\'s not some automatic \"Do Me\" notice. (You\'d do better, IMO, to go after the objectivity of women--and exploitation of girls--in these shows as opposed to wearing makeup specifically.)\r\n\r\nGranted, that pic you left that works is more \"adultification,\" but I still don\'t see sexualization. In contrast, I\'ve seen \"trashy looks,\" wearing of what are practically miniskirts along with high healed boots showing off a lot of leg between boots and skirt and the like. Then there are the thongs for little girls, with such phrases as \"eye candy,\" \"sexy,\" and \"wink wink.\" (I\'ve also seen some that say things like \"boys are stupid, throw rocks at them.\") This is what I mean by sexualization (though it may seem to just be playing \"grown up\" to the one doing it, or innocently imitating someone promoted on say MTV--in dancing and talk as well as dress). \r\n\r\nBut if people look to JonBenet Ramsay and feel lust, I\'m sure as I am about these things that it\'s not because of how she\'s dressed. (Now parading them around MIGHT be another matter. I don\'t think it teaches good lessons, either. It\'s one thing to learn to dress to manipulate--what some would call dress to impress, only I\'m more honest about it--and another to learn that your looks is what your life is all about.)\r\n\r\nAs for why little girls would wear makeup, that\'s more for acting and dressing like grown ups. It\'s really not that different from boys with their toy guns pretending to be cops, robbers, and soldiers. I worry far more for the boys I\'ve seen (in pix, heard about, and sometimes seen personally) that shoot toy guns at cops and soldiers and gangsters than I do about little girls playing dressup. \r\n\r\nOf course, you probably mean why would parents have their children wear makeup, which is different. I\'m being charitable and assuming that they only had her wear makeup for these contests, because that\'s how you win them, as opposed to going to school or anything like that. That is, it was about winning a contest rather than encouraging her to act as a woman (including sexually). \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBut I AM curious about how these beauty contests work now. Anyone here have any personal experience with these shows? Enough to shed light on the appearances? \r\n\r\nAnd I know there are shows featuring men, too, but are there for boys? (Given that male beauty pageants are also based on a \"one type of beauty exists alone\" mentality as it does for women\'s, I can guess there isn\'t...because how many boys can imitate the beefcake look so popular in the male shows? I suppose we should be grateful though, given how plenty men and women alike really like the the boyish and/or thin look.) And how would the other boys react to a boy that was in such a contest (that is, would he get beat up?), as opposed to a girl in such a contest?','',0,'gA==','08e93',1,0,'',251,0,0),(187110,14008,3,545,0,'65.221.65.142',1156057402,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Daria: How did I get talked into this again?\r\n\r\nJane: You owed me $100 and couldn\'t pay up.\r\n\r\nUpchuck: Ladies, I want to thank you again for inviting...\r\n\r\nDaria and Jane: Shut up.\r\n\r\nDaria (to Upchuck): And quit touching my leg with your foot or I\'ll rip it off and turn it into a suppository.\r\n\r\nUpchuck: That\'s not [i:a70c7]my[/i:a70c7] foot.\r\n\r\nDaria (to Jane): Remind me to kill you tomorrow.\r\n\r\nJane (smiles): Yeah, yeah, hurry up and choose. Either your bra or your panties.\r\n\r\nUpchuck (pointing to a sleeping Trent): But what about him?\r\n\r\nJane: Not again. TRENT! Wake up! Daria\'s about to give us a show here.\r\n\r\nDaria: Maybe I\'ll just go ahead and kill you now.\r\n\r\nTrent: What? What is it, Janey?\r\n\r\nJane: Daria lost again, let\'s see what she chooses to take off.\r\n\r\nDaria: They will never find your body, Lane. I\'ll even destroy your DNA.\r\n\r\nJane: Come on, Daria. Don\'t be a chicken. We\'re all mature here.\r\n\r\nDaria: Oh, all right! (She removes her eyeglasses and sets them on the table with a smirk on her face.)\r\n\r\nJane and Upchuck: AAARRGGGHHH!\r\n\r\nTrent: Wow, Daria, you look really pretty without your glasses.\r\n\r\nDaria (blushes and shuffles deck): Thank you, Trent. Another hand, folks, and I feel lucky.','',0,'IA==','a70c7',1,0,'',545,0,0),(187111,14004,4,545,0,'65.221.65.142',1156057744,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Absolutely, comrade. Have fun with it. \":D\"','',0,'IA==','45a52',1,0,'',545,0,0),(187112,11361,5,545,0,'65.221.65.142',1156058094,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="MartinUK":e6ef8][quote="HeirOfNorton":e6ef8]My avatar is a solemn portrait depicting my rightful place as Emperor of America.[/quote:e6ef8]\nAh. I was wrong, then. You\'re not [url=http://www.2dtv.co.uk/picture/norton.jpg:e6ef8]Graham Norton\'s[/url:e6ef8] American love child, after all.\n\nOr was I?\n\nMartin.[/quote:e6ef8]\r\n\r\nMy guess is that HoN is referring to Norton I, Emperor of America and Defender of Mexico, who ruled his empire from San Francisco in the mid 19th century.','',0,'kA==','e6ef8',1,0,'',545,0,0),(187113,14009,6,545,0,'65.221.65.142',1156058383,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":f2803][quote="E. A. Smith":f2803]Any and all fiction is welcome. Look how many Dariafics out there were more-or-less canon when they were written but would be considered wildly out of canon today.[/quote:f2803]\nOr how many are being written wildly out of canon today.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat? What\'re you looking at me for?[/quote:f2803]\r\n\r\n\r\nWe\'re not looking at you, TAG. We\'re just smiling with you, now. \":)\" \r\n\r\n\r\nSeriously, all fics are welcome.','',0,'gA==','f2803',1,0,'',545,0,0),(187114,14011,10,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1156058415,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','South Park Studio','Design yourself as a South Park character. (Yeah, you can tell I didn\'t go out this Saturday night...) \r\n\r\nThis is me in the classroom. \":P\"\r\n\r\n[img:03ace]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/nmorgendorffer/southparknat.jpg[/img:03ace]\r\n\r\nhttp://www.sp-studio.de/','',0,'CA==','03ace',1,0,'',305,0,0),(187115,13289,10,541,0,'212.42.236.140',1156059209,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Christ Oliver":25022]I try Yahoo instead of Google, and i found another good one.\nFrom this page : http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1114[/quote:25022]\r\n\r\nI really like Jane and Quinn is...interesting but Daria seems a little off. Doesn\'t seem true to the essence of Daria.','',0,'gA==','25022',1,0,'',541,0,0),(187116,10309,2,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1156059347,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','JonJack1 is selling valium. \":roll:\"','',0,'gA==','b0b32',1,0,'',305,0,0),(187118,14011,10,412,0,'71.86.218.0',1156060231,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Here\'s me on a bad day folks.\r\n\r\nUploaded twice.\r\n\r\n[img:33e5f]http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/files/mebadday_855.jpg[/img:33e5f]','',1,'CA==','33e5f',1,0,'',412,0,0),(187119,14011,10,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1156063155,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','A pretty close likeness... the blood is just for effect since I have destroyed all my blood stained clothing long since \":wink:\" . The katana is also a place holder for my bokuto.\r\n\r\n[img:647cc]http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i58/vlademir1/SPme.jpg[/img:647cc]','',0,'CA==','647cc',1,0,'',525,0,0),(187120,13998,5,568,0,'216.97.244.66',1156067953,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My two favorite scenes! \":lol:\" \r\n\r\n[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoaE3rR0q1k:11f09]Star Trek[/url:11f09]\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOuahTogvls:11f09]Farscape[/url:11f09]\r\n\r\nROTFL','',0,'EA==','11f09',1,0,'',568,0,0),(187121,13969,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156068630,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":ed1ac]Are either of the pix at the wikilink I gave \"the picture\"? If not, could you provide a link to it?[/quote:ed1ac]\nIt\'s [url=http://crimemagazine.com/jonbenet.htm:ed1ac]the one that Dngrsone linked to[/url:ed1ac] above.\n\n[quote="Dervish":ed1ac]From the ones at the site, I don\'t see how it would make them murder suspects. I\'m not saying it was a good thing, but she\'s dressed like a beauty pageant contestant. I won\'t even say she\'s been Barbified, because she\'s not sexualized. It\'s more of a \"cult of the child\" thing from Victorian times (except she has clothes). \n\nThe main thing I see wrong with it is that she\'s getting her praise and self-esteem from her beauty (assuming she didn\'t hate it to begin with), and experiencing all that glamor. Just what was she gonna do when she hit puberty and her body started changing? That is, I don\'t think it was a nice or wise thing that they did, but I don\'t see how it makes them murder suspects.[/quote:ed1ac]\r\nAll good points: that lack of niceness and wisdom can suggest a failure to care properly for a child\'s welfare.\r\n\r\nThe pic I was appalled by -- I\'d never before seen a child dressed up/made up like that -- seems to me to do just what Dngrsone said it did. The ones at the wiki link you gave are innocuous, IMHO, although I share the reservations you have.\r\n\r\nParents are almost automatically suspects in murder cases, and when they\'ve done something that might betray an imperfect grasp of the child\'s status as a child, and that picture might suggest that, an investigator will certainly look closely at the parents. Hence my saying, after seeing that picture, that I wasn\'t surprised they were suspects. Of course, it\'s a horrible burden for parents to bear, after the violent death of a child, to be suspected of being their child\'s killer; but the sad thing is, sometimes that suspicion is well-founded, and so innocent parents must bear the suspicions and scrutiny of investigators.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'kA==','ed1ac',1,0,'',39,0,0),(187122,13931,6,100,0,'24.5.124.156',1156070343,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Speaking of old, killer Batman, someone once posted these scans on a message board I frequent:\r\n\r\n[url=http://home.comcast.net/~cpeek001/batkill1.jpg:e53f3]Batkill1[/url:e53f3]\r\n\r\n[url=http://home.comcast.net/~cpeek001/batkill2.jpg:e53f3]Batkill2[/url:e53f3]\r\n\r\nI just love some of that dialogue:\r\n\r\n\"They\'ve killed each other as I hoped they would. They are now dead! Two still live. They\'re in those trucks.\"\r\n\r\nPerhaps he\'s likely to be eaten by a Grue, which needs food badly. \r\n \":wink:\"','',0,'EA==','e53f3',1,0,'',100,0,0),(187123,13992,4,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156070360,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I guess you\'re from Boston, or nearby, Nemo. Truly a shameful and horrifying affair. The damage to people\'s lives defies measurement, and the reported abdication of responsibility by those who should\'ve been exercising oversight beggars belief.\r\n\r\nI can\'t even imagine what it\'s like to be a priest there. A classmate of mine was shaken when he discovered that a priest he\'d worked with is accused of having downloaded eight porno pix of under-18s. But to discover that some of your former colleagues feigned a vocation to get access to children.... \r\n\r\nWe did have a few isolated cases in the UK, shamefully. I remember, when I went to seminary, students from my diocese were gently teased because, unlike most dioceses, part of our selection process was a psychiatric evaluation -- ha ha, you must be mad to offer yourself for your diocese! They\'re not laughing now.\r\n\r\nThankfully, the bishops\' response to those cases here was not a defensive closing of ranks. They appointed an independent law lord to run a commission of enquiry, and they accepted, wholesale and without demur, all the recommendations of that enquiry. The Catholic Church in England and Wales is now held up at child protection conferences as an example of best practice. It\'s had a cost, of course: the criticism that \"child protection has led to child rejection\" isn\'t without foundation, as the easy relationship between church workers and children that once obtained is now tempered by strict procedures and methods of operation. Even now, you hear stories of a priest getting a call from a distressed parent asking him to pick up their kid from school because the parent is delayed, and the parent is furious when the priest says no, he can\'t do that, it\'d infringe child protection procedures.\r\n\r\nThe sad thing, though, is that the church\'s regulatory response, laudable as it is, won\'t stop child abuse. Someone looking for unsupervised access to children won\'t see the Catholic church here as a viable route to their ends. But they\'ll look for another route. \":(\" \r\n\r\nSorry, this could turn into a thread hijack. But, as you imagine, the topic Nemo introduced means something to me.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'EA==','c26a9',1,0,'',39,0,0),(187124,11361,5,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156070794,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Doggieboy":06966][My guess is that HoN is referring to Norton I, Emperor of America and Defender of Mexico, who ruled his empire from San Francisco in the mid 19th century.[/quote:06966]\r\nOh boy, our American history must\'ve been badly taught. Never heard of him. We were taught that the US had always been a representative democracy. \":lol:\" \r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'gA==','06966',1,0,'',39,0,0),(187125,13919,4,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156071148,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":9c2a3]I\'ve obviously lived a very sheltered life. I\'ve never experienced any of these attitudes, or anything even vaguely approaching them, though I\'ve always had Christian friends (among the others).[/quote:9c2a3]\r\nI\'ll have to join your sheltered life club, Deref. I\'m astonished that people here have personal experience of those attitudes -- I guess, if I thought about it at all, I imagined that those views were either an urban myth, or at best were the preserve of a tiny handful of well-publicised extremists.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'gA==','9c2a3',1,0,'',39,0,0),(187126,14007,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156072340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Robert Herrick (1591–1674)":a585c][b:a585c]Litany to the Holy Spirit[/b:a585c]\n \nIN the hour of my distress, \nWhen temptations me oppress, \nAnd when I my sins confess, \n Sweet Spirit, comfort me! \n \nWhen I lie within my bed, \nSick in heart and sick in head, \nAnd with doubts discomforted, \n Sweet Spirit, comfort me! \n \nWhen the house doth sigh and weep, \nAnd the world is drown\'d in sleep, \nYet mine eyes the watch do keep, \n Sweet Spirit, comfort me! \n \nWhen the passing bell doth toll, \nAnd the Furies in a shoal \nCome to fright a parting soul, \n Sweet Spirit, comfort me! \n \nWhen the tapers now burn blue, \nAnd the comforters are few, \nAnd that number more than true, \n Sweet Spirit, comfort me! \n \nWhen the priest his last hath pray\'d, \nAnd I nod to what is said, \n\'Cause my speech is now decay\'d, \n Sweet Spirit, comfort me! \n \nWhen, God knows, I\'m toss\'d about \nEither with despair or doubt; \nYet before the glass be out, \n Sweet Spirit, comfort me! \n \nWhen the tempter me pursu\'th \nWith the sins of all my youth, \nAnd half damns me with untruth, \n Sweet Spirit, comfort me! \n \nWhen the flames and hellish cries \nFright mine ears and fright mine eyes, \nAnd all terrors me surprise, \n Sweet Spirit, comfort me! \n \nWhen the Judgment is reveal\'d, \nAnd that open\'d which was seal\'d, \nWhen to Thee I have appeal\'d, \n Sweet Spirit, comfort me! [/quote:a585c]\r\nWhen I have some little suffering to bear, the crucifix is an enormous boon to me. To look on the agonised figure of Christ, sinless yet suffering, confronts my temptation to ask, in my self-pitying, self-absorbed and self-righteous pride, \"Why me?\"\r\n\r\nNB, Jeff, I\'m talking about me, not you.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'wA==','a585c',1,0,'',39,0,0),(187127,13969,3,276,0,'152.163.101.9',1156072798,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":a1545]My understanding is that polygraphs are a complete waste of time. They\'re not, and never have been, lie detectors, which is why they\'re not acceptable as evidence in a court of law.[/quote:a1545]\r\n\r\nYep. A polygraph is a pseudoscientific POS. The risks associated with the frequent false positives should make anyone run away from them...very fast.','',0,'gA==','a1545',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187128,14012,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156073642,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Irish engineers claim \'free energy\' breakthrough','[url=http://www.steorn.net/frontpage/default.aspx:de88d]Steorn[/url:de88d] is [url=http://www.steorn.net/en/technology.aspx?p=5:de88d]making three claims[/url:de88d] for its new technology:[quote:de88d]1. The technology has a coefficient of performance greater than 100%.\n 2. The operation of the technology (i.e. the creation of energy) is not derived from the degradation of its component parts.\n 3. There is no identifiable environmental source of the energy (as might be witnessed by a cooling of ambient air temperature).[/quote:de88d]\r\nInteresting if true.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'kA==','de88d',1,0,'',39,0,0),(187129,13981,3,276,0,'152.163.101.9',1156073882,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":ce0e0]Someone shared with me about a group of doctors in NY State that decided to open their own practice that eschewed any insurance or government as much as possible. Instead they made payment plans with clients in advance, making a contract out of it. It turned out that the overhead involved in supporting medical insurance and getting many government benefits cost more than the \"help\" provided (help as in giving you crutches after they break your legs). Their costs went down by a lot, I think over half of what most hospitals and medical services charged (that had to take all the other insurance/government stuff into account).[/quote:ce0e0]\n\nIt would be intersting to see the data. Cost of processing insurance claims is a major cost (and each company inistes on having their own way of doing things).\n\nHowever, I\'d also be interested in seeing what kind of client base that the doctors had. For many poor people needing important, they\'d have to set up a payment plan that covers many years, and that would be with the lower costs mentioned. They may be keeping things afloat by primarily serving more affluent clients.\n\n[quote:ce0e0]Who knows how much cheaper still it would be if there weren\'t so many of the interferences that go on in getting new drugs approved (yet suing the company that made them instead of the FDA should those drugs turn out faulty--that one makes no sense to me at all--and it serves to compound the increase in medical fees as a result). Or wacky lawsuits and other interventions.[/quote:ce0e0]\n\nI wouldn\'t want to see the drug certifcation process lessened. It takes time, money and solid research to properly establish efficacy and safety of a product. \n\nAs for lawsuits, they are more difficult. Often, the adverse reactions have occured at levels below that which could\'ve been detected in safety trials. It really isn\'t the fault of the maker or the FDA. However, when data or trends are hidden or covered up, then the lawsuits have a solid basis, IMO.\n\n[quote:ce0e0]Drugs and health care are certainly cheaper in many countries without such burdens...I suppose that some bad meds and services are sold, too, just as they are in America, but I\'d think they wouldn\'t get so much biz from Americans if such nastiness was normal. [/quote:ce0e0]\r\n\r\nThe lower prices are from multiple causes, including government subsidies and negotiation from drug prices. But here in the good ol\' USA, our federal government specifically forbade Medicare from negotiating lower price deals with drug companies when they set up the new \"benefit\" for Medicare clients.\r\n\r\nI strongly agree we have a lot of work to do to fix our medical system.','',0,'gA==','ce0e0',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187130,13919,4,276,0,'152.163.101.5',1156074203,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="MartinUK":c32e0][quote="Deref":c32e0]I\'ve obviously lived a very sheltered life. I\'ve never experienced any of these attitudes, or anything even vaguely approaching them, though I\'ve always had Christian friends (among the others).[/quote:c32e0]\nI\'ll have to join your sheltered life club, Deref. I\'m astonished that people here have personal experience of those attitudes -- I guess, if I thought about it at all, I imagined that those views were either an urban myth, or at best were the preserve of a tiny handful of well-publicised extremists.\n\nMartin.[/quote:c32e0]\r\n\r\nI\'m sorry to say that the attitudes are real and an artifact of certain brands of evangelical and/or fundamentalist denominations in the US. They tend to be very squeaky wheels and get a lot of attention.','',0,'gA==','c32e0',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187131,13913,4,276,0,'152.163.101.9',1156074517,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":30281][quote="RLobinske":30281]The basic skills aquired during a doctoral program are highly desired in many businesses and organizations. But if you don\'t look you won\'t find them, and if you don\'t apply, you won\'t be hired.[/quote:30281]\n\nWhere do you look for them? Almost all the business positions I\'ve seen require an MBA, and none of them are looking for someone with a Physics degree.[/quote:30281]\r\n\r\nGranted, there is probably a wider demand for entomologists than astronomers. \r\n\r\nWhen I was looking, I tended to see interest in PhDs from more entrepreneurial kinds of businesses, sometimes for someone outside of their main focus to provide alternative views and ideas. \r\n\r\nAlso, don\'t discount government employment.\r\n\r\nIf there is any possible way, try to get at least one paper published from your MS thesis. \r\n\r\nBe prepared to tailor your resume or CV to match the position that you are applying for. Accent the details that will make you more attractive to the organization. Trim off material that will have little interest for them.\r\n\r\nSearch over as wide of a geographic area as your situation permits.','',0,'gA==','30281',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187132,13830,10,525,0,'71.124.53.110',1156075192,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','This is a project I\'ve been playing with on and off over the past month, it isn\'t really a coloration so much as a recombination of several screen caps into a full image. Fair warning it is over 1300 pixels wide. Yes the color being that washed out is intentional.\r\n\r\n[url=http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i58/vlademir1/Colorations/fcbff.jpg:8127d][img:8127d]http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i58/vlademir1/Colorations/th_fcbff.jpg[/img:8127d][/url:8127d]','',0,'GA==','8127d',1,0,'',525,0,0),(187133,14009,6,276,0,'152.163.101.7',1156075387,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":9d9f2][quote="E. A. Smith":9d9f2]Any and all fiction is welcome. Look how many Dariafics out there were more-or-less canon when they were written but would be considered wildly out of canon today.[/quote:9d9f2]\nOr how many are being written wildly out of canon today.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat? What\'re you looking at me for?[/quote:9d9f2]\r\n\r\nWe\'re not looking at you. Your fics are wildly out of cannon... \":P\" \":D\"','',0,'gA==','9d9f2',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187134,12531,10,87,0,'216.135.25.167',1156075557,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="SigDiff":757fd][quote="DigiSim":757fd]Sadly, I don\'t know how to drive.\n...a red Dodge Viper.[/quote:757fd]\n\nNice knowin\' ya.\n\nThe Viper\'s definitely an ego-killer at best, and a real killer at worst.\n\nIt\'s also surprisingly small in person. So are most performance cars, actually.[/quote:757fd]\r\n\r\nIt is a wee little thing. I don\'t think I could get my stiff old 6\'2\" body in one without a boy scout.','',0,'gA==','757fd',1,0,'',87,0,0),(187135,13969,3,21,0,'68.114.12.43',1156075849,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I did not kill a child, or molest one either. But the polygraph test I had to take to keep my job, after $3500 whas found missing from a lockdown safe was administered by a \'professional\'. His findings and his comments were made a part of my service record with the company: \"well, he didn\'t steal the money, but he is guilty of something.\" Damned with faint praise, and made liable for God alone knows what.','',0,'gA==','fde78',1,0,'',21,0,0),(187136,14011,10,87,0,'216.135.25.167',1156076398,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Don\'t know why, but here is a fairly decent one of me. Must be wearing my contacts, though.\r\n\r\n[img:5c2be]http://members.henderson.net/spectre/mesthpark2.jpg[/img:5c2be]','',0,'CA==','5c2be',1,0,'',87,0,0),(187137,14013,5,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1156076681,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Awesome Student Animation','From the Gobelins School in France[url=http://www.pyrats.net/watch-movie.html:3ab63]Go here.[/url:3ab63]\r\nyou\'ll need Quicktime','',0,'EA==','3ab63',1,0,'',45,0,0),(187138,7139,6,87,0,'216.135.25.167',1156077218,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \r\n\r\nOh my gosh those twins are worse than the Tweebs!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n(Kim Possible\'s younger twin brothers for you not in the know or without a tv.)','',0,'EA==','8565e',1,0,'',87,0,0),(187139,12531,10,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1156077476,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Ranger Thorne":92cf6][quote="SigDiff":92cf6][quote="DigiSim":92cf6]Sadly, I don\'t know how to drive.\n...a red Dodge Viper.[/quote:92cf6]\n\nNice knowin\' ya.\n\nThe Viper\'s definitely an ego-killer at best, and a real killer at worst.\n\nIt\'s also surprisingly small in person. So are most performance cars, actually.[/quote:92cf6]\n\nIt is a wee little thing. I don\'t think I could get my stiff old 6\'2\" body in one without a boy scout.[/quote:92cf6]\r\n\r\nI\'m 6\'9\'. The only way I could get into a Viper is with the help of a chainsaw.','',0,'gA==','92cf6',1,0,'',45,0,0),(187140,13985,10,434,0,'89.110.18.107',1156077996,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','DAR-1111 and JAN-8675 are excellent!!','',0,'gA==','7f360',1,0,'',434,0,0),(187141,13913,4,541,0,'154.35.47.59',1156078259,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Well I\'m glad I didn\'t pursue my dream of becoming a theoretical physicist...Well my major was Space Sciences but since I dropped out its a mute point regardless.\r\n\r\nIts a shame what this country is becoming. With so many things obviously wrong with this country its amazing they cant be fixed, but that\'s the point isn\'t it? That it wont change, that change only happens either ridiculously slowly or through fast traumatic circumstances. Its going to happen quick or fast, your choice. However I\'m to lazy to do anything and I accept that.\r\n\r\nI like see the world as is, because some times you just need to sit back relax and let life unfold around you.\r\n\r\nThe world can pass me by but I can still see it and I wont miss it.','',0,'gA==','3fc9f',1,0,'',541,0,0),(187142,13289,10,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1156081312,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":724da][quote="Deref":724da][quote="nmorgendorffer":724da]Wait, I know the girl who did this. We\'re both members of another forum participate in. I knew I had seen this before![/quote:724da]\n\":-)\" Please invite her to come and join us, Nat![/quote:724da]\nDefiinitely! Another great artist is always welcome. \":D\"[/quote:724da]\r\nUm, you might first make her aware that despite our looks, and a few of our bad habits, and our arguments over Quinn\'s bust size, that we\'re actually good people. Most of the time. Some of the time, for most of us. Now and then.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOh, just invite her and forget about it. \":P\"','',0,'gA==','724da',1,0,'',323,0,0),(187143,13985,10,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1156081495,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[size=200:84a31][b:84a31]OHMIGOD!!![/b:84a31][/size:84a31]\r\n\r\nI mean, um, wow, that\'s, uh, interesting! I should do a fanfic about this....','',0,'RA==','84a31',1,0,'',323,0,0),(187144,7139,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1156082123,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','That last conversation between Quinn, Daria, and Veronica was priceless. That had to be one of the funniest things I\'ve read in ages!\r\n\r\nFoster kids.... now you have to tell how that came about. Which kids are biological, which are adopted, which are foster, which are half-siblings because Jake and Helen were sleeping around, and which are being looked after because Amy was sleeping around and thought having kids was inconvenient (DARIA!).','',0,'RA==','a8ad4',1,0,'',323,0,0),(187145,13919,4,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1156082426,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":36852]Oh yes. Smurfs. Evil. Very. \":P\"[/quote:36852]\r\nYou are one of them. I can tell. Thank God you are in Australia.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI think.\r\n\":P\"','',0,'gA==','36852',1,0,'',323,0,0),(187146,10309,2,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1156083003,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nmorgendorffer":67222]JonJack1 is selling valium. \":roll:\"[/quote:67222]\r\n\r\nMaybe we should recommend him to a few of the people on the board. \":P\"','',0,'gA==','67222',1,0,'',359,0,0),(187147,13978,3,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1156083220,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Doggieboy":96239]Napalm, if the Navy will pay for it all, that\'s a [b:96239]big[/b:96239] plus. \n\nWhen I was stationed in Philadelphia, all bald men were ordered to report to the dermatologist at the Navy hospital to be evaluated for a hair transplant, paid for by the Navy. A sweet deal for those who got it.[/quote:96239]\r\n\r\nBecause nothing instills fear into the enemy like a full head of luxurious hair. \":roll:\" \r\n\r\nIs this what my tax dollars are paying for?','',0,'wA==','96239',1,0,'',359,0,0),(187148,14007,3,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1156083399,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Robert Herrick (1591–1674)":82653][b:82653]Litany to the Holy Spirit[/b:82653][/quote:82653]\r\n\r\nPhil Keaggy put this poem to some beautiful music on his [i:82653]Inseperable[/i:82653] album. Well worth checking out if you can find it.\r\n\r\nHang in there, Jeff. It\'s nice to know that even in the darkest times, God can reach us in the most unexpected ways.','',0,'4A==','82653',1,0,'',359,0,0),(187149,14012,3,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1156083540,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ll store it right next to my cold fusion reactor. \":roll:\"','',0,'4A==','96f13',1,0,'',359,0,0),(187150,13969,3,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1156083734,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="ahmygoddess":efa36]\"well, he didn\'t steal the money, but he is guilty of something.\"[/quote:efa36]\r\n\r\nHell, that statement could be applied to 100% of the human race.','',0,'gA==','efa36',1,0,'',359,0,0),(187151,14011,10,49,0,'84.25.229.92',1156083775,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Here I am in Southpark.\r\n[img:db4cb]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/Southparkme.jpg[/img:db4cb]\r\n\r\nand here I am for real\r\n[img:db4cb]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/Me_playing_guitar.jpg[/img:db4cb]','',0,'CA==','db4cb',1,0,'',49,0,0),(187152,13919,4,51,0,'209.240.206.214',1156083948,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="CDM":7530e]\n[quote="Doggieboy":7530e]\nOne man, for instance, warned a couple of us about backward masking, the practice of putting \"Satanic\" messages on albums that could be heard if you played them backwards. (A lot of turntables got ruined doing this.)\n[/quote:7530e]\n\nI got this lecture at age 8. I listened to country for half a year. So good\nwas the brainwashing (or so stupid I was) that I was uncomfortable\nlistening to a rock station in my friend\'s parent\'s car.[/quote:7530e]\n\nI didn\'t get the lecture until I was 18, having by then converted to Fundamentalism. We had a record burning at our church, and thank God I resisted the temptation to bring some of my albums. I do remember some of the \"Satanic\" music being burned were The Osmands and the Partridge Family \":roll:\" \n\nSo, I was spoiled to rock music for about six to eight months there, eschewing the rock stations that I\'d formerly loved for the country stations recommended by my preacher. Eventually, Charlie Rich\'s \"Behind Closed Doors\" and Conway Twitty\'s \"As Far as We Can Go\" (in which he speaks of his hands \"touching\" her \"forbidden places\") so wore me down with the hipocracy of how much better country was than rock, so I eventually backslid into rock (although there were some bands I still eschewed up until my ex-wife opened my mind in the early nineties to Sabbath, Kiss, and Alice Cooper.) It\'s not a period of my life I\'m particularly proud of.\n\nGuy','',0,'gA==','7530e',1,0,'',51,0,0),(187153,14004,4,51,0,'209.240.206.214',1156084357,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Have you ever considered taking the addesses home to cut out? Regular scissors are easier to use than those crappy Swiss knife versions.\n\nGuy','',0,'gA==','d2010',1,0,'',51,0,0),(187154,13969,3,251,0,'63.46.128.235',1156084526,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="MartinUK":13ded][quote="Dervish":13ded]Are either of the pix at the wikilink I gave \"the picture\"? If not, could you provide a link to it?[/quote:13ded]\nIt\'s [url=http://crimemagazine.com/jonbenet.htm:13ded]the one that Dngrsone linked to[/url:13ded] above[/quote:13ded]\r\n\r\nThat first pic didn\'t work for me when I tried it earlier. IDK if he\'s fixed the link or if it had been down temporarily when I tried to get into it.\r\n\r\nDressing her up as a showgirl is something I consider sexualizing. I\'ve seen much worse, but that does cross the line from bad taste (or comes real close anyway). \r\n\r\nI\'d like some context for these pix, just so I can understand them a bit more. And have an idea at how many other little girls have pix like these made about them as part of some contest? And I wonder how such girls come to feel about those pix as they get older?\r\n\r\nPresumably, these contests make money for someone. I\'m curious about THAT, too.','',0,'kA==','13ded',1,0,'',251,0,0),(187155,13919,4,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1156084566,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Decelaraptor":4578c][quote="CDM":4578c]\n[quote="Doggieboy":4578c]\nOne man, for instance, warned a couple of us about backward masking, the practice of putting \"Satanic\" messages on albums that could be heard if you played them backwards. (A lot of turntables got ruined doing this.)\n[/quote:4578c]\n\nI got this lecture at age 8. I listened to country for half a year. So good\nwas the brainwashing (or so stupid I was) that I was uncomfortable\nlistening to a rock station in my friend\'s parent\'s car.[/quote:4578c]\n\nI didn\'t get the lecture until I was 18, having by then converted to Fundamentalism. We had a record burning at our church, and thank God I resisted the temptation to bring some of my albums. I do remember some of the \"Satanic\" music being burned were The Osmands and the Partridge Family \":roll:\" \n\nSo, I was spoiled to rock music for about six to eight months there, eschewing the rock stations that I\'d formerly loved for the country stations recommended by my preacher. Eventually, Charlie Rich\'s \"Behind Closed Doors\" and Conway Twitty\'s \"As Far as We Can Go\" (in which he speaks of his hands \"touching\" her \"forbidden places\") so wore me down with the hipocracy of how much better country was than rock, so I eventually backslid into rock (although there were some bands I still eschewed up until my ex-wife opened my mind in the early nineties to Sabbath, Kiss, and Alice Cooper.) It\'s not a period of my life I\'m particularly proud of.[/quote:4578c]\r\n\r\nI was told that country was as bad as rock, since it tends to be about drinking (oh, no!) and adultry. Admittedly, I don\'t feel that was as much of a loss. \":wink:\"','',0,'gA==','4578c',1,0,'',359,0,0),(187156,11361,5,251,0,'63.46.128.235',1156085195,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_A._Norton','',0,'gA==','77fc8',1,0,'',251,0,0),(187157,7139,6,51,0,'209.240.206.214',1156085913,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":18999]That last conversation between Quinn, Daria, and Veronica was priceless. That had to be one of the funniest things I\'ve read in ages!\n\nFoster kids.... now you have to tell how that came about. Which kids are biological, which are adopted, which are foster, which are half-siblings because Jake and Helen were sleeping around, and which are being looked after because Amy was sleeping around and thought having kids was inconvenient (DARIA!).[/quote:18999]\n\nMuch to Quinn\'s chagrin, they\'re all blood siblings. Cousins, fosterlings, and foundlings are all Quinn\'s attempts at distancing herself from her sibs. I just took Quinn\'s attitude towared Daria and expanded it. (In case anybody\'s wondering, it bothers Dan the most.)\n\nGuy','',0,'gA==','18999',1,0,'',51,0,0),(187158,13969,3,505,0,'75.10.120.124',1156086198,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Polygraphs, while by no means perfect, are good filters for sorting out suspects, and are highly effective against non \"professional\" criminals-- first-time or small-time thugs, white collar criminals and such.','',0,'gA==','70252',1,0,'',505,0,0),(187159,13978,3,505,0,'75.10.120.124',1156086841,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":c214b]\nBecause nothing instills fear into the enemy like a full head of luxurious hair. \":roll:\" \n\nIs this what my tax dollars are paying for?[/quote:c214b]\r\n\r\nA happy soldier is a fighting soldier (or sailor), and a (happy) careerist keeps the military going.\r\n\r\nBesides, the cost of all the hair they did was still probably less than the cost of one aircraft in equivalent dollars.','',0,'gA==','c214b',1,0,'',505,0,0),(187160,13997,4,488,0,'70.162.73.209',1156087376,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Nemo Blank":0f09a]By weighting in on this issue and hindering the executive in a time of war, the courts have placed themselves firmly in the political bulls-eye. The authority of the judicial system is now on the chopping block. If there is a big terrorist incident, three things will happen. \n\n1. The ACLU and all similar organizations will be stripped of their tax exempt status and torn apart. No court will be willing to accept or recognize third party briefs of any kind. \n\n2. The courts will find congress spoiling to impeach crusading judges at the drop of a hat.\n\n3. The American people will no longer accept any form of judicial activism. Any judge that is accused will find himself destroyed. Judges will be easy to intimidate.[/quote:0f09a]No worries.\r\n\r\nVirtually every Legal Scholar in existence, [i:0f09a]even the ones who w\nant the Wiretapping to go away[/i:0f09a], have called this Judge\'s Opinion varying things from \"something I expect to see from a first-year Law Student\" to \"just a Ruling that this Judge brought up in order to make some hay against Bush.\"\r\n\r\nAmongst the Points that they make: \r\n\r\n[b:0f09a]A]][/b:0f09a] The Defendants don\'t even have standing in this Issue (you can\'t just bring a Case of this kind to Court and say \"Your Honor, this Program didn\'t directly affect ME, but I know of some folks that it COULD have affected and it COULD affect me in the future\"), but this Judge ignored that altogethre.\r\n\r\n[b:0f09a]B]][/b:0f09a] No one expects this Ruling to even get past the Full 6th Circuit on which this Judge presides, much less the Supreme Court, even with the 5-3 Ruling that they gave in Hamdan. Of course, in that Case the Court ignored Precedent on the very same Issue (an earlier case involving Illegal Combatants and the Geneva convention), so anything\'s possible, but personally, I don\'t think it to be very likely.\r\n\r\n[b:0f09a]C]][/b:0f09a] This Judge was apparently so hellbent for leather to declare this Wiretapping Program illegal that she IGNORED the Opinion [i:0f09a]handed down by the FISA Appellate Court, itself[/i:0f09a], in a Case called In RE Sealed Case (2002). \r\n[i:0f09a]\nIn which case the Court said in it\'s own Opinion that (paraphrasing), \"In wartime, NO Act of Congress can supersede the President\'s Wartime Abilities granted to him under Article II of the U.S. Constitution [except, of course, as the Supreme Court may direct, as they did in the [i]Youngstown[/i:0f09a] Case]. If this Act (FISA) and a President\'s wartime activities come to loggerheads, then the President\'s constitutionally granted powers as Commander-in-Chief take precedence.[/i] \r\n\r\n*************************************************************\r\n\r\nI wonder if the folks on the \"Oppose Bush No Matter What He Does Or Doesn\'t Do\" Left will offer Bush an apology if the High Courts [u:0f09a]uphold[/u:0f09a] his Article II Wartime Powers and thereby \"declare\" that Bush was doing a legal activity all along??\r\n\r\nNahhh..... \r\n\r\n \":lol:\"','',0,'4Q==','0f09a',1,0,'',488,0,0),(187161,7139,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1156087444,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Decelaraptor":b791d][quote="The Angst Guy":b791d]That last conversation between Quinn, Daria, and Veronica was priceless. That had to be one of the funniest things I\'ve read in ages!\n\nFoster kids.... now you have to tell how that came about. Which kids are biological, which are adopted, which are foster, which are half-siblings because Jake and Helen were sleeping around, and which are being looked after because Amy was sleeping around and thought having kids was inconvenient (DARIA!).[/quote:b791d]\nMuch to Quinn\'s chagrin, they\'re all blood siblings. Cousins, fosterlings, and foundlings are all Quinn\'s attempts at distancing herself from her sibs. I just took Quinn\'s attitude towared Daria and expanded it. (In case anybody\'s wondering, it bothers Dan the most.)[/quote:b791d]\r\nNot even ONE is Amy and Jake\'s love-child? Damn it!\r\n\r\n\r\n\"I admire your stamina,\" Amy purred. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','b791d',1,0,'',323,0,0),(187162,14014,2,9,0,'66.245.194.182',1156087985,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Robin Sena\'s thread','I\'m not sure which is worse: Her post or some of the responses (and her responses to the responses). I am inclined to delete all the posts save the first one and lock the thread itself, but God forbid, if Robin Sena [i:21beb]is[/i:21beb] tempted to commit suicide, I don\'t want to be held responsible for anything. Thoughts?','',0,'IA==','21beb',1,0,'',9,0,0),(187163,14012,3,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1156088338,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','No, I think it would look better next to the perpetual motion machine.','',0,'IA==','120b7',1,0,'',45,0,0),(187164,13997,4,9,0,'66.245.194.182',1156088539,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cornholioprime":39110]I wonder if the folks on the \"Oppose Bush No Matter What He Does Or Doesn\'t Do\" Left will offer Bush an apology if the High Courts [u:39110]uphold[/u:39110] his Article II Wartime Powers and thereby \"declare\" that Bush was doing a legal activity all along??[/quote:39110]\r\n\r\nI\'ll be interested to know what Bush is finding out about you.','',0,'gQ==','39110',1,0,'',9,0,0),(187165,14015,3,9,0,'66.245.194.182',1156088669,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','24-hour moratorium on personal problem posts','First, no, there\'s not a real moratorium. However, wouldn\'t it be nice if for one day, we could talk about things other than ourselves?','',0,'gQ==','7831c',1,0,'',9,0,0),(187166,14014,2,359,0,'66.190.89.188',1156088856,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My thoughts are what I have long suspected and NNJ actually mentioned: Robin Sena is Ronin. CINCGreen mentioned to me back in December that he believed this to be the case, and since then I have grown more convinced. Besides the fact that I find her backstory to be unbelievable (a formerly 300 lb woman who is now a bikini model) and she is so stereotypically British in her language that it crosses the line into parody, her \"art\" style and Ronin\'s are absolutely identical. I don\'t know if this changes things or not, but there is no doubt left in my mind that RS and Ronin are the same person.','',0,'gQ==','8e250',1,0,'',359,0,0),(187167,14014,2,9,0,'66.245.194.182',1156088986,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":db25c]My thoughts are what I have long suspected and NNJ actually mentioned: Robin Sena is Ronin. CINCGreen mentioned to me back in December that he believed this to be the case, and since then I have grown more convinced. Besides the fact that I find her backstory to be unbelievable (a formerly 300 lb woman who is now a bikini model) and she is so stereotypically British in her language that it crosses the line into parody, her \"art\" style and Ronin\'s are absolutely identical. I don\'t know if this changes things or not, but there is no doubt left in my mind that RS and Ronin are the same person.[/quote:db25c]\r\n\r\nOh great. You mean Ronin has infected this board? \":roll:\" Seriously, I don\'t know what to think.','',0,'gA==','db25c',1,0,'',9,0,0),(187168,13997,4,488,0,'70.162.73.209',1156089110,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Kara Wild":4c48d][quote="cornholioprime":4c48d]I wonder if the folks on the \"Oppose Bush No Matter What He Does Or Doesn\'t Do\" Left will offer Bush an apology if the High Courts [u:4c48d]uphold[/u:4c48d] his Article II Wartime Powers and thereby \"declare\" that Bush was doing a legal activity all along??[/quote:4c48d]\n\nI\'ll be interested to know what Bush is finding out about you.[/quote:4c48d]**sigh**\r\n\r\nJust waiting for that Cold, Hard Evidence that you\'ve \"Drudged\" up that says that Bush is actually looking at the Calls/e-mails/\'blogs that [u:4c48d]I[/u:4c48d], or any other citizen, make here in-country.\r\n\r\nFor the record, [b:4c48d]Kara W[/b:4c48d]., the High Courts [i:4c48d]have[/i:4c48d] ruled in the past that Presdients [u:4c48d]cannot[/u:4c48d] get Wiretaps of purely domestic Calls (i.e., American to American and/or Domestic Caller to Domestic Reciever) without a Warrant, even in Wartime. The NSA is doing something quite different.\r\n\r\nSo, again, your [u:4c48d]evidence[/u:4c48d] that the Government is illegally tapping the purely [u:4c48d]Domestic[/u:4c48d] Phone Calls of [u:4c48d]American[/u:4c48d] Citizens would be....??? \":roll:\"\r\n\r\n[size=75:4c48d]([b:4c48d]P.S.[/b:4c48d] The Media and Opposition Politicians labeling the Program as \"Domestic Wiretapping\" does NOT count as \"proof.\")[/size:4c48d]','',0,'5Q==','4c48d',1,0,'',488,0,0),(187169,13997,4,9,0,'66.245.194.182',1156089373,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cornholioprime":32e97][quote="Kara Wild":32e97][quote="cornholioprime":32e97]I wonder if the folks on the \"Oppose Bush No Matter What He Does Or Doesn\'t Do\" Left will offer Bush an apology if the High Courts [u:32e97]uphold[/u:32e97] his Article II Wartime Powers and thereby \"declare\" that Bush was doing a legal activity all along??[/quote:32e97]\n\nI\'ll be interested to know what Bush is finding out about you.[/quote:32e97]**sigh**\n\nJust waiting for that Cold, Hard Evidence that you\'ve \"Drudged\" up that says that Bush is actually looking at the Calls/e-mails/\'blogs that [u:32e97]I[/u:32e97], or any other citizen, make here in-country.\n\nFor the record, [b:32e97]Kara W[/b:32e97]., the High Courts [i:32e97]have[/i:32e97] ruled in the past that Presdients [u:32e97]cannot[/u:32e97] get Wiretaps of purely domestic Calls (i.e., American to American and/or Domestic Caller to Domestic Reciever) without a Warrant, even in Wartime. The NSA is doing something quite different.\n\nSo, again, your [u:32e97]evidence[/u:32e97] that the Government is illegally tapping the purely [u:32e97]Domestic[/u:32e97] Phone Calls of [u:32e97]American[/u:32e97] Citizens would be....??? \":roll:\"\n\n[size=75:32e97]([b:32e97]P.S.[/b:32e97] The Media and Opposition Politicians labeling the Program as \"Domestic Wiretapping\" does NOT count as \"proof.\")[/size:32e97][/quote:32e97]\r\n\r\nYes, and we\'ve all seen how well Bush adheres to limits established by the law. If he\'s forced to comply with a law he doesn\'t like (such as the one passed overwhelmingly that deals with torture), he creates a Signing Statement that lets him wiggle out of it. I\'d like overwhelming evidence that Bush IS just adhering to his powers derived from the Constitution, since many people who, I\'m sure have as much if not more knowledge than you, believe otherwise.','',0,'5Q==','32e97',1,0,'',9,0,0),(187170,14015,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1156089845,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','So, we can\'t talk about us?','',0,'5Q==','a1563',1,0,'',79,0,0),(187171,14015,3,9,0,'66.245.194.182',1156090009,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nonamejane":418fe]So, we can\'t talk about us?[/quote:418fe]\r\n\r\nMaybe if we refer to ourselves in the third person, like self-absorbed celebrities do. \":wink:\"','',0,'gA==','418fe',1,0,'',9,0,0),(187172,13997,4,488,0,'70.162.73.209',1156091115,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Kara Wild":c584c][quote="cornholioprime":c584c][quote="Kara Wild":c584c][quote="cornholioprime":c584c]I wonder if the folks on the \"Oppose Bush No Matter What He Does Or Doesn\'t Do\" Left will offer Bush an apology if the High Courts [u:c584c]uphold[/u:c584c] his Article II Wartime Powers and thereby \"declare\" that Bush was doing a legal activity all along??[/quote:c584c]\n\nI\'ll be interested to know what Bush is finding out about you.[/quote:c584c]**sigh**\n\nJust waiting for that Cold, Hard Evidence that you\'ve \"Drudged\" up that says that Bush is actually looking at the Calls/e-mails/\'blogs that [u:c584c]I[/u:c584c], or any other citizen, make here in-country.\n\nFor the record, [b:c584c]Kara W[/b:c584c]., the High Courts [i:c584c]have[/i:c584c] ruled in the past that Presdients [u:c584c]cannot[/u:c584c] get Wiretaps of purely domestic Calls (i.e., American to American and/or Domestic Caller to Domestic Reciever) without a Warrant, even in Wartime. The NSA is doing something quite different.\n\nSo, again, your [u:c584c]evidence[/u:c584c] that the Government is illegally tapping the purely [u:c584c]Domestic[/u:c584c] Phone Calls of [u:c584c]American[/u:c584c] Citizens would be....??? \":roll:\"\n\n[size=75:c584c]([b:c584c]P.S.[/b:c584c] The Media and Opposition Politicians labeling the Program as \"Domestic Wiretapping\" does NOT count as \"proof.\")[/size:c584c][/quote:c584c]\n\n[b:c584c]Yes, and we\'ve all seen how well Bush adheres to limits established by the law. [/b:c584c] If he\'s forced to comply with a law he doesn\'t like (such as the one passed overwhelmingly that deals with torture), he creates a Signing Statement that lets him wiggle out of it. I\'d like overwhelming evidence that Bush IS just adhering to his powers derived from the Constitution, since many people who, I\'m sure have as much if not more knowledge than you, believe otherwise.[/quote:c584c]So, let\'s hear it.\r\n\r\nWhich Law did President Bush break BEFORE the Supreme Court made a decision on a Action that he had made??\r\n\r\n[u:c584c]IF the President has broken any Laws AFTER the Supreme Court said, in effect, \"hey buddy, you thought that you the power to do this, but we say that you don\'t,\" then feel free to point out those lawbreaking acts here.[/u:c584c]\r\n\r\n([b:c584c]P.S. Number Two:[/b:c584c] For just one example, the Presdient did NOT violate the precepts of the Geneva Convention as regards Unlawful Combatants because he already had prior Case Law -The [i:c584c]Quirin[/i:c584c] Case, for one -that ruled that Unlawful Combatants are NOT accorded Geneva Convention Protections. In the recent [i:c584c]Hamdan vs Rumsfeld[/i:c584c] Ruling, the 5-3 Majority ignored precedent -as is their right, but it doesn\'t make the President\'s actions BEFORE the \"Hamdan\" Ruling, illegal. IF the President goes against the tenets of the [i:c584c]Hamdan[/i:c584c] Ruling, [i:c584c]now[/i:c584c], [u:c584c]then[/u:c584c] he\'d be breaking the Law)','',0,'5Q==','c584c',1,0,'',488,0,0),(187173,14014,2,276,0,'152.163.101.13',1156091269,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ve long thought it was Ronin because of the name similarity and posted art style. As long as the person didn\'t cause trouble, I didn\'t feel that anytihng needed to be done.\r\n\r\nI think it\'s time to at least lock the thread, it\'s dropped into mud-wallowing.','',0,'5Q==','c1b5a',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187174,14012,3,276,0,'152.163.101.9',1156091354,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":7672a]I\'ll store it right next to my cold fusion reactor. \":roll:\"[/quote:7672a]\n\nAnd pull out the chest-waders, because it\'s getting deep.\n\nI liked:\n\n[quote:7672a]Our technology has been independently validated by engineers and scientists - always off the record, always proven to work.[/quote:7672a]\r\n\r\nAlways off the record...isn\'t that convienient.','',0,'gA==','7672a',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187175,13193,6,16,0,'128.23.116.18',1156091555,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Darn. I had another idea this morning...\r\n\r\n\r\nTiffany suddenly found herself, in her pajamas, on the floor in the midst of several heavy mathematics books and pads of paper covered with calculus equations. This was the secret shame which she had desperately tried to hide all of her life: every full moon, she turned into a werebrain.','',0,'gA==','44485',1,0,'',16,0,0),(187176,13969,3,276,0,'152.163.100.197',1156091621,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dngrsone":e27a4]Polygraphs, while by no means perfect, are good filters for sorting out suspects, and are highly effective against non \"professional\" criminals-- first-time or small-time thugs, white collar criminals and such.[/quote:e27a4]\r\n\r\nThey\'re not even close to reasonably accurate, let alone \"highly effective\". The only thing they are truly good for is bluffing the ignorant.','',0,'gA==','e27a4',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187177,13193,6,323,0,'68.210.140.77',1156091872,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Hiergargo":b4791]Tiffany suddenly found herself, in her pajamas, on the floor in the midst of several heavy mathematics books and pads of paper covered with calculus equations. This was the secret shame which she had desperately tried to hide all of her life: every full moon, she turned into a werebrain.[/quote:b4791]\r\nOkay, that does it. Write more of this story! \":D\"','',0,'gA==','b4791',1,0,'',323,0,0),(187179,14015,3,14,0,'72.77.75.65',1156092252,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','but . . . but . . . but. . . \r\n\r\nmy cat just got sick\r\nmy beloved great-aunt Beula just got sick.\r\nMy favorite comic strip was just tossed out of the paper.\r\nand I\'ve got all these ADORABLE pics of my cats to post.\r\n\r\nWHAT SHALL I DO KARA, WHAT?\r\n\r\nCN','',0,'CA==','98736',1,0,'',14,0,0),(187180,14015,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156092556,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 24-hour moratorium on personal problem posts','Are personal problem posts a personal problem for you, Kara?\r\n\r\nNo, wait, if you answer that....\r\n\r\n \":wink:\" \r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'CA==','9e82a',1,0,'',39,0,0),(187181,13193,6,440,0,'64.12.116.135',1156092694,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":bc725][quote="Derek":bc725]\n\"Quinn Morgendorffer Must Die\" \":lol:\"[/quote:bc725]\n\nBetter than a crossover with [i:bc725]Spock Must Die[/i:bc725] \":P\" \":D\"[/quote:bc725]\r\n\r\nHow about [i:bc725]The Pope Must Die[/i:bc725] instead?','',0,'oA==','bc725',1,0,'',440,0,0),(187182,7139,6,440,0,'64.12.113.21',1156092881,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":d9681][quote="Decelaraptor":d9681][quote="The Angst Guy":d9681]That last conversation between Quinn, Daria, and Veronica was priceless. That had to be one of the funniest things I\'ve read in ages!\n\nFoster kids.... now you have to tell how that came about. Which kids are biological, which are adopted, which are foster, which are half-siblings because Jake and Helen were sleeping around, and which are being looked after because Amy was sleeping around and thought having kids was inconvenient (DARIA!).[/quote:d9681]\nMuch to Quinn\'s chagrin, they\'re all blood siblings. Cousins, fosterlings, and foundlings are all Quinn\'s attempts at distancing herself from her sibs. I just took Quinn\'s attitude towared Daria and expanded it. (In case anybody\'s wondering, it bothers Dan the most.)[/quote:d9681]\nNot even ONE is Amy and Jake\'s love-child? Damn it!\n\n\n\"I admire your stamina,\" Amy purred. \":D\"[/quote:d9681]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[i:d9681]*rears back for a Mega-slap*[/i:d9681]\r\n\r\n...\r\n\r\n...\r\n\r\n...\r\n\r\n...\r\n\r\n[i:d9681]*decides against it*[/i:d9681]\r\n\r\nWhat can I say? The idea intrigues me.','',0,'oA==','d9681',1,0,'',440,0,0),(187183,14014,2,9,0,'66.245.194.182',1156092932,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":dea69]I\'ve long thought it was Ronin because of the name similarity and posted art style. As long as the person didn\'t cause trouble, I didn\'t feel that anytihng needed to be done.\n\nI think it\'s time to at least lock the thread, it\'s dropped into mud-wallowing.[/quote:dea69]\r\n\r\nWorks for me. If you haven\'t already done it, I\'ll do it right now.','',0,'gA==','dea69',1,0,'',9,0,0),(187184,14011,10,478,0,'212.158.254.240',1156092966,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Me, every morning, minus the snow:\r\n\r\n[img:28431]http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1949/southparkjamesni7.jpg[/img:28431]\r\n\r\nYoung Jane Lane:\r\n\r\n[img:28431]http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/214/southparkjanets3.jpg[/img:28431]\r\n\r\nPerhaps more to come.','',0,'CA==','28431',1,0,'',478,0,0),(187185,13931,6,440,0,'64.12.116.199',1156092982,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The pictures aren\'t showing up.','',0,'CA==','e65ed',1,0,'',440,0,0),(187186,14005,3,9,0,'66.245.194.182',1156093102,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Locked because all that can be said in this thread has been said, and it\'s already controversial enough.','',0,'CA==','33874',1,0,'',9,0,0),(187187,13997,4,276,0,'64.12.117.5',1156093204,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'m curious about why Bush has felt the need to issue more signing statements than all preceeding presidents combined.','',0,'CA==','67a12',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187188,14014,2,276,0,'64.12.116.199',1156093286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Looks like you got there first.','',0,'CA==','ac96c',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187189,13997,4,9,0,'66.245.194.182',1156093738,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cornholioprime":e1135][quote="Kara Wild":e1135][b:e1135]Yes, and we\'ve all seen how well Bush adheres to limits established by the law. [/b:e1135] If he\'s forced to comply with a law he doesn\'t like (such as the one passed overwhelmingly that deals with torture), he creates a Signing Statement that lets him wiggle out of it. I\'d like overwhelming evidence that Bush IS just adhering to his powers derived from the Constitution, since many people who, I\'m sure have as much if not more knowledge than you, believe otherwise.[/quote:e1135]\n\nIF the President has broken any Laws AFTER the Supreme Court said, in effect, \"hey buddy, you thought that you the power to do this, but we say that you don\'t,\" then feel free to point out those lawbreaking acts here.[/u]\n\n([b:e1135]P.S. Number Two:[/b:e1135] For just one example, the Presdient did NOT violate the precepts of the Geneva Convention as regards Unlawful Combatants because he already had prior Case Law -The [i:e1135]Quirin[/i:e1135] Case, for one -that ruled that Unlawful Combatants are NOT accorded Geneva Convention Protections. In the recent [i:e1135]Hamdan vs Rumsfeld[/i:e1135] Ruling, the 5-3 Majority ignored precedent -as is their right, but it doesn\'t make the President\'s actions BEFORE the \"Hamdan\" Ruling, illegal. IF the President goes against the tenets of the [i:e1135]Hamdan[/i:e1135] Ruling, [i:e1135]now[/i:e1135], [u:e1135]then[/u:e1135] he\'d be breaking the Law)[/quote:e1135]\r\n\r\nSorry, not convinced. Besides, I asked for overwhelming proof that Bush [i:e1135]hasn\'t[/i:e1135] been spying domestically, and have yet to receive it.','',0,'4Q==','e1135',1,0,'',9,0,0),(187190,13919,4,276,0,'64.12.117.11',1156093791,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'m glad my parents kept a more rational view of music. As my mother phrased it, \"For Heaven\'s sake, my mother thought Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby were corrupting our generation.\"','',0,'4Q==','22844',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187191,14012,3,276,0,'64.12.113.21',1156094399,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I also noticed one important omission from their [url=http://www.steorn.net/challenge.aspx?p=1:19ef6]\"Validation Process\"[/url:19ef6]\r\n\r\nNo peer review, just publication on the company\'s website.\r\n\r\nWow. If they\'re so convinced that this is such a scientific breakthrough, you\'d think they\'d want as many peer-reviewed publications as possible.','',0,'EA==','19ef6',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187192,13289,10,149,0,'71.65.237.131',1156094716,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Christ Oliver":1741d]\n[img:1741d]http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/2720/dkfrf7mg.png[/img:1741d][/quote:1741d]\n[quote="Brief Ficlet by SteveBlumDeckler":1741d]\nEnigma: Hey.\nDaria: Hey, yourself.\nEnigma: It\'s Dara, right?\nDaria: Daria, with an I. And you\'re Enigma. You went to Cumberland High.\nEnigma: Right! And you went to Lawndale. \nDaria: Don\'t remind me. (beat) We met at the Zon last summer, and you didn\'t like Trent\'s playing.\nEnigma: I thought he played all right. I just think Jesse\'s a better guitarist. \nDaria: It\'s good seeing you anyhow.\nEnigma: So, how do you like Raft so far?\nDaria: It\'s hard to tell after two days of Freshman orientation. Let\'s just say my hopes haven\'t been utterly dashed yet. (beat) At least we\'re out of Lawndale.\nEnigma (with a groan): Yeah, there is that.[/quote:1741d]\r\n[size=117:1741d][color=blue:1741d][b:1741d]Cumberland High is mentioned somewhere in the canon, so I\'ve mentioned it in a couple of fanfics.\n\nSteveBlumDeckler[/b:1741d][/color:1741d][/size:1741d]','',0,'zg==','1741d',1,0,'',149,0,0),(187193,14012,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156095066,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I suppose that time will tell if it\'s significant that \"Steorn\" is an anagram of \"Stoner.\"\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'zg==','2a48c',1,0,'',39,0,0),(187194,14016,3,149,0,'71.65.237.131',1156095290,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Tech (not personal) problem','[size=117:5d512][color=blue:5d512][b:5d512]Okay, here\'s the sitch.\n\nLast Thursday I bought one of those removable storage devices that you can plug into your USB port and treat it just like the diskettes of old, only MUCH more capacious. It\'s got 4.4 Gig of storage, which I may never use all of. That\'s equal to 3,667 3.5 inch diskettes. When you include the $30 mail-in rebate, it cost me only $100. I calculate that as 44 Meg per dollar. Quite a bargain.\n\nFor a few days I carried it on my key ring, but some co-workers wondered if maybe it could be damaged that way.\n\nDoes anybody else have any idea of a safe way to carry the thing, so it doesn\'t get damaged or lost?\n\nSteveBlumDeckler[/b:5d512][/color:5d512][/size:5d512]','',0,'Rg==','5d512',1,0,'',149,0,0),(187195,14012,3,276,0,'64.12.116.136',1156095364,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="MartinUK":9df55]I suppose that time will tell if it\'s significant that \"Steorn\" is an anagram of \"Stoner.\"\n\nMartin.[/quote:9df55]\r\n\r\nOr that the website and company apparently came into being only a couple days ago...\r\n\r\nHas anyone actually seen the ad the claim to have placed in [i:9df55]The Economist[/i:9df55]?','',0,'oA==','9df55',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187196,14016,3,276,0,'64.12.116.199',1156095455,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ve carried the same one in my pocket daily for over a year without damage. However, it\'s not in the same pocket as my keys.','',0,'oA==','fe844',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187197,13998,5,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1156095946,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Anyone else notice the music played at the wedding was the SG-1 theme?\r\n\r\nFavorite single line:\r\n\r\n(fron Teal\'C PI)[i:4f619] Indeed.[/i:4f619]\r\n\r\nNot to say that damn near every line wasn\'t gold.\r\n\r\nJackson: \"Who would make a movie based on a TV show that got canceled after 3 episodes?\"\r\n\r\nTeal\'C: \"Apparently it did very well on DVD.\"\r\n\r\nI\'m happy to see Walter get some recognition, after Hammond left and Fraser was killed he\'s the only secondary character to last from day one, well not counting the sporadic appearances of Martin Wood.','',0,'IA==','4f619',1,1156388579,'',450,1,0),(187198,14011,10,309,0,'24.127.136.163',1156096050,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Oh, I did this a while ago. I like it.','',1,'IA==','19a1a',1,0,'',309,0,0),(187199,13289,10,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1156096125,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Daria Dance Party, it\'s where Upchuck\'s cousins go to.','',0,'IA==','38380',1,0,'',450,0,0),(187200,13969,3,59,0,'74.136.64.90',1156096139,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":6b45f][quote="Dngrsone":6b45f]Polygraphs, while by no means perfect, are good filters for sorting out suspects, and are highly effective against non \"professional\" criminals-- first-time or small-time thugs, white collar criminals and such.[/quote:6b45f]\n\nThey\'re not even close to reasonably accurate, let alone \"highly effective\". The only thing they are truly good for is bluffing the ignorant.[/quote:6b45f]\r\n\r\n\r\nWhich is why I wish I could crawl into a hole and pull reality closed around me whenever one of those horrid talk shows (and Maury is especially guilty of this) has a \'lie-detector test\' episode. My father always eats that crap up, and really looks like he wants to say something when I explain why they don\'t work - but knows better...\r\n\r\n\r\nThe bug-guy is right - they\'re only good for bluffing the ignorant.\r\n\r\n\r\nThat means that we\'ll never be rid of the damned things.','',0,'gA==','6b45f',1,0,'',59,0,0),(187201,14016,3,412,0,'71.86.218.0',1156096562,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Most portable media like that are built to absorb minor damage that comes from being carried in a pocket, I would suggest however not carrying it on your keys.','',0,'gA==','12f0a',1,0,'',412,0,0),(187202,13997,4,488,0,'70.162.73.209',1156096752,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Kara Wild":f46bf][quote="cornholioprime":f46bf][quote="Kara Wild":f46bf][b:f46bf]Yes, and we\'ve all seen how well Bush adheres to limits established by the law. [/b:f46bf] If he\'s forced to comply with a law he doesn\'t like (such as the one passed overwhelmingly that deals with torture), he creates a Signing Statement that lets him wiggle out of it. I\'d like overwhelming evidence that Bush IS just adhering to his powers derived from the Constitution, since many people who, I\'m sure have as much if not more knowledge than you, believe otherwise.[/quote:f46bf]\n\nIF the President has broken any Laws AFTER the Supreme Court said, in effect, \"hey buddy, you thought that you the power to do this, but we say that you don\'t,\" then feel free to point out those lawbreaking acts here.[/u]\n\n([b:f46bf]P.S. Number Two:[/b:f46bf] For just one example, the Presdient did NOT violate the precepts of the Geneva Convention as regards Unlawful Combatants because he already had prior Case Law -The [i:f46bf]Quirin[/i:f46bf] Case, for one -that ruled that Unlawful Combatants are NOT accorded Geneva Convention Protections. In the recent [i:f46bf]Hamdan vs Rumsfeld[/i:f46bf] Ruling, the 5-3 Majority ignored precedent -as is their right, but it doesn\'t make the President\'s actions BEFORE the \"Hamdan\" Ruling, illegal. IF the President goes against the tenets of the [i:f46bf]Hamdan[/i:f46bf] Ruling, [i:f46bf]now[/i:f46bf], [u:f46bf]then[/u:f46bf] he\'d be breaking the Law)[/quote:f46bf]\n\nSorry, not convinced. Besides, I asked for overwhelming proof that Bush [i:f46bf]hasn\'t[/i:f46bf] been spying domestically, and have yet to receive it.[/quote:f46bf]Sorry, it doesn\'t work that way.\r\n\r\nNot only is it almost impossible in most cases to prove a negative, but YOU\'RE the one making the accusation, and therefore YOU are the one who needs to prove it.\r\n\r\nBut what have we been getting from the Left in general and the Democrats in particular who ONLY want to use this Issue as Political Gain while accusing their Republican counterparts of doing the same??\r\n\r\nLet me paraphrase for you:\r\n\r\n\"Uh, well, there isn\'t any proof at all that Bush has been performing Warantless Wiretaps domestically....but he\'s...uh.....probably guilty of it anyway!! Yeah, that\'s the ticket!!!\"\r\n\r\nWay to go, you Legal Eagle!\r\n\r\nWhy not save yourself a great deal of stress and just admit that as a Republican and a Conservative to boot, probably nothing that Bush [u:f46bf]ever[/u:f46bf] says or does will elicit a positive response from you??\r\n\r\nOh yeah, and to repeat: I\'M not the one accusing Bush of performing Warrantless [u:f46bf]Domestic[/u:f46bf] Wiretaps; YOU are. \r\n\r\nI\'ll just be standing over here waiting for that ol\' proof of yours.\r\n\r\n\r\nIsn\'t it amzing how \"innocent until proven guilty\" NEVER seems to apply to Bush in the eyes of the Partisans?? \":roll:\"','',0,'4Q==','f46bf',1,0,'',488,0,0),(187203,14011,10,450,0,'70.160.67.188',1156096827,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','How did you guys save your pictures?','',0,'4Q==','256be',1,0,'',450,0,0),(187204,14016,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156096846,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','If it\'s a moderately decent brand, and the 4GB ones are as robust as the lesser capacity ones, it\'ll stand more or less anything that you and your trouser pocket can stand. I\'ve heard of one surviving a wash cycle with no loss of data.\r\n\r\nJust keep the dust cover over the plug, and don\'t take into high energy physics labs -- that said, I\'ve lost the dust cover to mine, and just blow the pocket fluff out of the plug before use, and it works fine; and I took my old 128MB one into Culham laboratories and it came to no harm, even though some experiments with energetic pulses (up to 10 GJ) were on the go while I was there.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'4Q==','029a4',1,0,'',39,0,0),(187205,14011,10,412,0,'71.86.218.0',1156097168,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I did a screen capture.','',0,'4Q==','c7a21',1,0,'',412,0,0),(187206,14012,3,488,0,'70.162.73.209',1156097248,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":c8690]I\'ll store it right next to my cold fusion reactor. \":roll:\"[/quote:c8690]I\'ll be placing mine next to my Zero-Point Energy Machine....\r\n\r\n...just as soon as I get the Sky-Hooks off the shelf to make space.','',0,'gA==','c8690',1,0,'',488,0,0),(187207,14016,3,1,0,'71.197.187.55',1156097293,1,0,1,1,1,1,'CharlieGirl','','My husband carries his in a pocket that has a keychain with three keys on it. His other keychain, which has eight keys, two fobs, and a holster of pepperspray, go in a different pocket. He drops it, tosses it around, and nothing bad happens to it. He\'s had it for over a year now.','',0,'gA==','bd8fb',1,0,'',1,0,0),(187208,13193,6,16,0,'128.23.116.18',1156097454,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":e4650][quote="Hiergargo":e4650]Tiffany suddenly found herself, in her pajamas, on the floor in the midst of several heavy mathematics books and pads of paper covered with calculus equations. This was the secret shame which she had desperately tried to hide all of her life: every full moon, she turned into a werebrain.[/quote:e4650]\nOkay, that does it. Write more of this story! \":D\"[/quote:e4650]\r\nAnyone who wants, run with it. I\'m only doing microfics these days.\r\n\r\nAaron','',0,'gA==','e4650',1,0,'',16,0,0),(187209,14012,3,39,0,'195.112.60.239',1156097600,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The whois record shows that steorn.net was registered in 2004, and steorn.com in 2000. Checked with the registrar of companies in Dublin, and the company was registered in May 2000.\r\n\r\nI see three (of many) possibilities as being the most likely:[list:843e5][*:843e5]Some engineers have stumbled on an interesting phenomenon, don\'t themselves have the science to explain it, and are frustrated and impatient with the processes of academic evaluation.[/*:m:843e5]\n[*:843e5]It\'s a hoax (perhaps a marketing ploy for something unrelated).[/*:m:843e5]\n[*:843e5]It\'s a scam.[/*:m:843e5][/list:u:843e5]Listening to the Flanders and Swann sung version of the laws of thermodynamics (\"Yeah, that\'s entropy, man!\") ([url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=19398040&s=143444&i=19398026:843e5]iTunes link[/url:843e5]),\r\nMartin.','',0,'EEA=','843e5',1,0,'',39,0,0),(187210,14011,10,440,0,'64.12.116.133',1156097780,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Angelboy":703b7]I did a screen capture.[/quote:703b7]\r\n\r\nShame on you. Let that poor screen go. \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','703b7',1,0,'',440,0,0),(187211,14011,10,1,0,'64.19.116.91',1156098584,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Kemical Reaxion','','Here\'s me on my way to work. I haven\'t had my coffee yet. \r\n\r\n[img:fb009]http://www.glitterberries.com/images/southparkme.jpg[/img:fb009]\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s one I threw together of the school\'s new cheerleader. \":)\"\r\n\r\n[img:fb009]http://www.glitterberries.com/images/southparkbrittany.jpg[/img:fb009]\r\n\r\nKem','',0,'CA==','fb009',1,0,'',1,0,0),(187212,12459,6,406,0,'69.68.170.250',1156098777,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','POWER RANGERS: LAWNDALE FORCE\r\n[b:135a5]FIVE – EVILS OF BEING GREEN PT. 3\n[/b:135a5]\r\nWritten By: Cyke\r\nBased on:\r\nDaria Created by: Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn\r\nand\r\nMighty Morphin\' Power Rangers © Saban Entertainment Inc.\r\n\r\n [color=red:135a5][i:135a5]Jane: Previously on Power Rangers: Lawndale Force.\n\nRita: What is going on here! \n\nDaria: You had your chance, now I’m taking over.\n\nDaria uncorks a vial and pours it into Rita’s mouth. \n\n Daria: Farwell Rita.\n\nRita tries to point her wand at Daria but she begins to turn to stone.\n\n Rita: You will pay for this!\n\n Daria: Maybe, maybe not.\n\n Rita: Nooo-\n\nThe Green Ranger spin kicks the Rita statue and it shatters to pieces. \n------------------------------------\nThe evil dimension – Goldar is fighting the Red Ranger just as he swings his sword to finish her but he is hit from behind. He yells and drops to the floor reviling the Green Ranger.\n\nGreen Ranger: What are you doing?\n\nGoldar: I was going to finish off the Red Ranger for you my queen.\n\n Green Ranger: Did I tell you to?\n\n Goldar: No, but I thought-\n\nGreen Ranger: …leave!\n\nGoldar: As you command.\n\nGoldar rises and turns to the wall and a portal opens up.\n\n Green Ranger: Not that way you idiot!\n\nThe Red Ranger quickly rams into Goldar forcing him back through the portal.\nIn Rita’s palace – a portal opens up and Goldar falls through followed by the Red Ranger who is teleported out.\n\nGreen Ranger: You! Get out!\n\nShe delivers a powerful kick to Goldar that sends him flying out through the balcony window. Then she turns on Finster.\n------------------------------------\nZordon: (Voice Over) Alpha and I have analyzed Narcoleptor and came to the conclusion that if you hit him with this energy beam configuration he will revert back to his natural state, but it will drain the zords of their power. You’ll only have one chance.\n\nThe Megazord powers up the power sword and strikes Narcoleptor, the energy from the sword surrounds Narcoleptor as he falls then explodes.\nCut to the interior of the Megazord – The Red Ranger jumps down from the Megazord and lands on the ground next to Trent. \n\n Red Ranger: He’s alive!\n\nBlue Ranger: -and that’s not all, look!\n\nHe points to their right where they can see people slowly beginning to wake up.\n\nBlack Ranger: Not only was the spell on Trent lifted, but so was the sleep dust.\n\nRed Ranger: Um, what about the Megazord?\n\nAlpha: Its power has been severely drained but I am working on it.\n\nZordon: For now you’ll have to leave it, we have a fix on King Sphinx’s location and we will teleport you there now.\n\nThe rangers take another look at the Megazord.\n\n Red Ranger: I have a bad feeling about this.\n\nThe rangers teleport out.\n------------------------------------\nA blaze of green and black fire appears in front of the Megazord as the Green Ranger appears.\n\nGreen Ranger: The mighty Megazord. Impressive, however all great things must come to an end.\n\nThe sword of darkness and Rita’s wand appear in her hands and she raises them above her head crossed in an “X.”\n\nGreen Ranger: Magic wand and sword of darkness; grant me the power to destroy this nuisance!\n\nCut to: King Sphinx falling and exploding. The rangers celebrate their victory, until they are eclipsed by a large shadow. They turn and see the Green Ranger is as tall as the megazord. She slashes the megazord with the sword of darkness. Multiple sparks explode from it and it separates into the individual zords as it falls, then she holds out Rita’s wand and green lightning shoots out and strikes each zord transporting them away. \n------------------------------------\nFinster leads Goldar to a room where a large object stands hidden by a sheet.\n\nFinster: I had to work very discreetly or else – I shudder to think what she would have done to me.\n\nFinster grabs the sheet and pulls it off reviling the stone statue of Rita, a few small pieces still lying at the base.\n\n Goldar: Rita? \n\nFinster: …I could never turn on her highness, so I brought all of the pieces back here and began to reassemble them. I believe that I can bring Rita back once all the pieces are replaced.[/i:135a5][/color:135a5]\r\n\r\n[color=red:135a5][i:135a5]Jane: …and now the conclusion…[/i:135a5][/color:135a5]\r\n\r\nCut to: a long dark hall in Rita’s palace – we can here Finster’s low murmuring but cannot make out what he’s saying. We turn to a door which flies open and Finster jumps back and hits the statue of Rita almost knocking it over but he catches it in time. Goldar enters the room and slams the door.\r\n\r\n Goldar: Well? Haven’t you finished yet?\r\n\r\nFinster: Please, I tried to tell you that this is a delicate operation and cannot be rushed!\r\n\r\nGoldar: Don’t you talk back to me or else I’ll…\r\n\r\nFinster: Now see here, you’ll do nothing to me if you want to revive Rita.\r\n\r\nGoldar growls lowly and turns away from Finster.\r\n\r\n Finster: I’m almost ready to use the potion but if even one piece is missing-\r\n\r\nGoldar: I know, just hurry up. I can’t stand having the Green Ranger around anymore.\r\n\r\nFinster turns away from the statue and steps over to a table where he picks up a small piece of stone then returns to the statue and carefully places the stone into the eye of the statue and then backs away and look around the area.\r\n\r\nFinster: I think that was the last piece, but let me examine the statue one more time to be sure.\r\n\r\nGoldar: You’ve wasted enough time, use the potion already!\r\n\r\nThe door to the room is smashed to bits and the Green Ranger steps into the room.\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: What is going on in here!? Rita?\r\n\r\nShe turns to Finster.\r\n\r\nGreen Ranger: You little traitor, (turns to Goldar) and I thought I kicked you out? Oh well, at least you saved me the trouble of hunting you down.\r\n\r\nGoldar: Quickly use the potion!\r\n\r\nGoldar raises his sword and charges at the Green Ranger who side steps him, draws the Dragon Dagger, and strikes him. She turns to Finster and starts toward him but Goldar grabs her by the shoulder only to receive an elbow to the face followed by a quick secession of strikes from the Dragon Dagger. Across the room Finster pulls out a small vile and pours it onto the statue. At first nothing happens but then the statue begins to crack then shatters as Rita is restored to life.\r\n\r\n Rita: …nooo! Wh-what happened? Where am- you!\r\n\r\nRita sees the Green Ranger standing over a kneeling Goldar, She lets go of his armor and he drops to the floor.\r\n\r\nGreen Ranger: So, you’re back… no matter, I’ll just have the pleasure of destroying you all over again.\r\n\r\nRita: You… WHERE’S MY WAND!\r\n\r\nRita’s wand appears in the Green Ranger’s hands.\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: You mean this?\r\n\r\n Rita: My wand! Give it to me!\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Forget about it Rita!\r\n\r\nRita holds out her hand and the wand begins to glow red and suddenly the Green Ranger is hit by a series of explosions forcing her to release the wand which flies into Rita’s hand.\r\n\r\n Rita: Ha, now you will learn who your master really is!\r\n\r\nRita points her wand at the Green Ranger and sends out a series of energy blasts. The Sword of Darkness appears in the Green Ranger’s hand and with it she deflects Rita’s attack.\r\n\r\nRita: No, the sword of Darkness! You fool; do you know what you have unleashed?\r\n\r\nGreen Ranger: I think the question really is do you know what you kept locked up for so long? This sword hungers for revenge, against you!\r\n\r\nShe jolts forward and lashes out at Rita who blocks the strike with her wand. The Green Ranger completes her swing and time seams to stop until the wand breaks and sends out a massive energy wave in all directions.\r\n\r\n Goldar: Mistress!\r\n\r\nGoldar leaps between Rita and the energy wave. He howls in pain and falls unconscious before Rita. When the energy wave hits the Green Ranger she is thrown out of the room and into the wall. She drops to her knees and de-morphs. Daria lifts her head and glares at Rita.\r\n\r\nDaria: Don’t get too comfortable Rita, I’ll be back soon enough, and I’ll finish what I started.\r\n\r\nDaria teleports out in a flash of green and black flame.\r\nCut to: Lawndale High – Daria teleports in and almost falls but uses the wall to remain standing.\r\n\r\n Jane: Daria!\r\n\r\nShe looks up and sees Jane who has just exited the school.\r\n\r\n Jane: Daria what happened to you?\r\n\r\n Daria: I told you Red Ranger- Daria is dead.\r\n\r\nJane walks over to Daria and slaps her across the face.\r\n\r\n Jane: Damn it Daria! Stop this, think about what you’re doing! This isn’t you!\r\n\r\nDaria: How can you say that when you don’t even know me. You never knew me!\r\n\r\nCut to: Green Ranger morphing sequence.\r\n\r\n Daria: Dragonzord!\r\n\r\nCut to: Red Ranger morphing sequence.\r\n\r\n Jane: Tyrannosaurus!\r\n\r\nCut back to Lawndale High – the green and Red rangers face off.\r\n\r\nGreen Ranger: First you betray me then those fools Finster and Goldar betray me! I have no one on my side, no one I can trust. For that I’ll destroy every last one of you! Sword of Darkness!\r\n\r\nThe sword of darkness appears in her hand and the black star appears on her golden armor.\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: Daria, you can still stop this, we can work together for good!\r\n\r\nGreen Ranger: Oh, can we? Yes I can see it now, I’ll just stop being evil and your new friends will just forgive all my trespasses and we’ll be one big happy force for good. Get real! After everything that’s happened between me and your new friends I’d never be accepted by them, this isn’t some kids Saturday morning cartoon. Besides, I don’t want to be accepted by them or you any more! This can only end in one way – either you go, or I do.\r\n\r\nShe rushes the Red Ranger and slashes her across the stomach then spins around and slashes her across her back. The Red Ranger cries out and falls forward as the Green Ranger leaps into the air and drives her sword down toward her. Before she lands the blow she is struck by several laser blasts which knock her away from the Red Ranger. The other rangers run up and stop beside the fallen Red Ranger.\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: Hey guys…\r\n\r\n Black Ranger: Whoa, take it easy Jane, we got your back.\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: No, I have to help her- she, she can still be saved.\r\n\r\n Pink Ranger: I don’t think she wants to be saved, she looks happy the way she is.\r\n\r\n Yellow Ranger: Um, where is that green person going?\r\n\r\n Blue Ranger: Hey she’s getting away! Wait, why isn’t she teleporting out?\r\n\r\nThe Red Ranger gets up with help from the Black Ranger.\r\n \r\nRed Ranger: Something happened; she mentioned Finster and Goldar betraying her…\r\n\r\nBlue Ranger: Betraying her?\r\n\r\nThe rangers’ communicators beep and the Blue Ranger answers his.\r\n\r\n Blue Ranger: What’s the problem?\r\n\r\n Zordon: Rangers you must teleport to the command center immediately.\r\n\r\n Blue Ranger: Affirmative!\r\n\r\nThe rangers teleport out and then we see a putty patroller look around the corner of the school.\r\nCut to: Rita’s Palace – the putty patroller kneels before Rita who paces back and forth.\r\n\r\n Rita: So, the Green Ranger was hurt worse that I thought, excellent. Goldar!\r\n\r\nGoldar who was kneeling off to the side of the room rises and bows to Rita.\r\n\r\n Goldar: Yes my mistress?\r\n\r\nRita: Now it’s time for you to start making up for you failures! I want you to take all the putties we have and destroy the Green Ranger!\r\n\r\nGoldar: It would be my pleasure.\r\n\r\nRita: Well! Get moving you idiot!\r\n\r\nGoldar quickly bows and leaves the room. Rita grabs her head with both of her hands.\r\n\r\n Rita: Oh this headache is killing me! Ah! Finster!\r\n\r\nFinster quickly enters the room and bows to Rita.\r\n\r\n Finster: Yes your majesty?\r\n\r\n Rita: Have you fixed my wand yet?\r\n\r\n Finster: No I-I’m afraid that your wand is beyond fixing.\r\n\r\n Rita: What!?\r\n \r\nFinster: Its magical core was destroyed by the sword of darkness and any power it had left is gone.\r\n\r\nRita: This is unacceptable! I –\r\n\r\nFinster: P-please your evilness, m-may I make a suggestion?\r\n\r\nRita: Okay what is it?\r\n\r\nFinster: Why don’t you contact Lokar and ask his help?\r\n\r\nRita: Lokar the Terrible! Don’t you remember what happened the last time? I might as well fly into the sun.\r\n\r\nFinster: I do remember last time, but it… was just a misunderstanding and quite a long time ago.\r\n\r\nRita: Lokar has a good memory and a reputation for holding long grudges…\r\n\r\nFinster: Well, you could always ask Master Vi-yikes!\r\n\r\nFinster ducks under the chair that Rita threw at him.\r\n\r\n Rita: Do not say his name.\r\n\r\nFinster bows before Rita again.\r\n\r\n Finster: Y-yes, I apologize your evilness.\r\n\r\nRita turns her back on him and walks out onto the balcony and picks up a crystal ball. She looks at it for a second before lifting it over her head.\r\n\r\n Rita: Oh great Lokar, here my words and respond to my plea!\r\n\r\nFar in the distance a fireball appears and spirals toward the palace. The fireball crashes in front of the palace sending a shockwave that causes the palace to shake. Inside Rita losses her balance and falls – Finster rushes to help her but she pushes him away and stands on her own.\r\n\r\n Finster: My, what ever could’ve caused that?\r\n\r\n Rita: It had to be Lokar!\r\n\r\n Lokar: (VO) Indeed! Ahahahahahahaha…\r\n\r\n Rita: Lokar! Where are you! Don’t play these games with me!\r\n\r\nLokar responds by laughing again. A bright light shines into the palace from the balcony as Lokar’s laughs become even louder. Rita storms back out onto the balcony where an enormous floating head covered in blue crystal shards has appeared.\r\n\r\n Rita: Lokar! What are you trying to do kill us?\r\n\r\nLokar laughs again.\r\n\r\n Rita: I knew this was a bad idea.\r\n\r\nLokar: Rita, Rita – it has been a long time. You don’t know how surprised I was when I heard that you had escaped that dumpster. Pity I did not have the time to find it first- and destroy it!\r\n\r\nRita: What!?\r\n\r\nLokar: Rita, don’t act so surprised, of course I was a little bitter after you betrayed and left me for dead-\r\n\r\nRita: -you nearly got me killed!\r\n\r\nLokar: I had everything under control until you… Rita, dear let us not fight, that was all in the past and I believe that you summoned me for a reason, yes?\r\n\r\nRita: I need you to help re-forge my wand.\r\n\r\nLokar: Ah yes, I had notice the absence of your precious wand… care to tell me how you came to be in this predicament?\r\n\r\nRita: That is not relevant! Are you going to help me or not?\r\n\r\nLokar: Very well, if you don’t want to tell me how your own creation, the Green Power Ranger, turned on you and used the sword of darkness to shatter your wand, then I shall be on my way.\r\n\r\nRita: Y-you knew! How?\r\n\r\nLokar: Of course I knew Rita! The whole of evil knows that the sword of darkness has resurfaced and that you were responsible for letting it be claimed, by a power ranger no less! \r\n\r\nRita: It was not my fault! I was… indisposed at the time!\r\n\r\nLokar: Shattered to pieces as I heard. Very well, I shall help you- on the condition that you let me destroy the sword of darkness-\r\n\r\nRita: -Destroy it? Why would you want to destroy such a powerful weapon?\r\n\r\nLokar: For the same reason that you never dared to use it.\r\n\r\nCut to: Daria’s house – Daria is standing across the street staring at her house.\r\n\r\n Lokar: (VO) The sword of Darkness threatens to consume us all…\r\n\r\n Quinn: (off screen) Daria? Oh my god Daria!\r\n\r\nQuinn jumps out of the car leaving one of her many guys confused and shocked. She runs over to Daria and hugs her while Daria looks repulsed.\r\n\r\n Quinn: Oh Daria, where have you been? Mom and have been worried sick.\r\n\r\n Daria: Who are you and why are you hugging me? \r\n\r\nQuinn pulls away and looks Daria in the face.\r\n\r\n Quinn: Daria? I’m Quinn, your sister.\r\n\r\n Daria: Sister? Don’t you mean your cousin?\r\n\r\n Quinn: Daria…? I-I-\r\n\r\nDaria backhands Quinn who falls on her back. She lies there staring at Daria is surprise and anger. Daria takes a few steps backward.\r\n\r\n Daria: You always wanted to be an only child, now you have your wish.\r\n\r\nThe boy driving the car has gotten out and kneels down next to Quinn to check on her. Quinn is rubbing her cheek where Daria hit her and is slowly beginning to cry.\r\n\r\n Boy: Quinn, are you okay? (To Daria) What’s your problem?\r\n\r\nDaria: Me, I don’t have a problem- but you do. That little tease right there next to you; little miss pretty and popular Quinn Morgendorffer. She’ll use you to get what she wants then kick you aside for the next chump who shows the slightest bit of interest in her. Don’t believe me? Go ask Joey, Jeffy, or Jamie; ask them about all the nice things they’ve done for her or about all the fights they’ve gotten into over her, then ask them what they ever got back from her. Her friendship is what I believe she calls it. \r\n\r\nQuinn: Shut up Daria! Just shut up!\r\n\r\nDaria: The truth hurts doesn’t it cousin! No, I don’t even want to be that close of a relation to you. Why don’t we go back to your first story about me, you know the one where I was just some orphan that your parents adopted… yeah, that suits me just fine. (To the boy) Good luck whatever your name is; judging by your car I imagine that you might last another couple of days.\r\n\r\nDaria smiles as she turns and walks off. In the background Quinn has buried her face in her hands as the boy gets up and hops back into his car then drives off leaving Quinn behind. Suddenly Daria grimaces in pain and grabs her head with both her hands.\r\n\r\nRita: Green Ranger! It’s time we finished our battle so come out of your hole and face me!\r\n\r\nCut to: the command center – Ted and Alpha are busy at the controls while Mack and Jane watch the viewing globe.\r\n\r\n Mack: This isn’t working; we’re never going to locate Daria this way.\r\n\r\nAlpha: Ai yi yi! Zordon I just cannot identify what caused the power surge at Rita’s palace.\r\n\r\nOn the view screen Daria’s house appears and we see the confrontation between Daria and Quinn.\r\n\r\n Jane: It’s Daria!\r\n\r\nThe Command Center’s alarms go off and the view screen changes to show Goldar and Rita standing on top of a building.\r\n\r\n Mack: Great, now we have to deal with them.\r\n\r\n Jane: No, look!\r\n\r\nOn the view screen the Green Ranger appears.\r\n\r\n Jane: Come on rangers, we have to help Daria.\r\n\r\nCut to: the Green Ranger facing off against Rita and Goldar – \r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Rita... thanks for saving me the trouble of coming after you.\r\n\r\nRita: My dear Green Ranger, we could have done so well together, but you just couldn’t behave. Well now it’s time for your punishment; Lokar do it now!\r\n\r\nThe sky turns dark as night and blue electricity falls from the sky as Lokar’s head appears. He laughs as the electricity increases in intensity. \r\n\r\nLokar: We haven’t met Green Ranger, I’m your executioner! Goodbye Green Ranger!\r\n\r\nMore electricity shoots out of Lokar’s eyes and strikes Rita’s new wand; which she points toward the Green Ranger. The electricity combined with Rita’s magic streams toward the Green Ranger, who tries to block it with the sword of darkness but the combined power of Lokar and Rita prove too much. The sword of darkness cracks then shatters in massive explosion and the energy backlash strikes Rita and Goldar knocking them off the building, Lokar screams in agony and disappears as he is hit by the energy wave. \r\nCut to: The rangers in mid-teleport as the energy wave strikes them and disrupts their teleport causing them to fall and hit the ground hard.\r\n\r\n Britney: Ow, what happened?\r\n\r\n Tiffany: Eww… I’m all dirty now…\r\n\r\n Jane: What… look!\r\n\r\nShe points at the energy wave distortion heading for the command center.\r\nCut to: Command center – \r\n\r\n Alpha: Ay yi yi! Zordon there’s an energy wave.\r\n\r\n Zordon: I sense it Alpha, something terrible has affected the morphing grid. This-\r\n\r\nThe energy wave strikes the command center causing multiple explosions and disrupting Zordon’s signal. He fades in and out until disappearing completely as the power fails.\r\n\r\n Alpha: Zordon!\r\n\r\nCut back to the Rangers watching the wave strike the command center. Jane activates her communicator and it shorts out.\r\n\r\n Jane: Whoa, Ted what happened?\r\n\r\n Ted: I don’t, maybe it was damaged in the fall?\r\n\r\nHe tries his and it also shorts out.\r\n\r\n Ted: Uh oh, this can’t be good.\r\n\r\n Mack: What?\r\n\r\nTed: Our communicators are tied into the morphing grid, if they’re shorting out then something has damaged the morphing grid.\r\n\r\nMack: We have to get back to the command center.\r\n\r\nCut to: the command center – the doors open slightly and two pairs of hands appear and force the doors open reviling the rangers. They enter to find Alpha franticly working at one of the control stations and Zordon missing.\r\n\r\n Jane: Alpha!\r\n\r\n Alpha: Oh rangers, I – I’ve lost Zordon’s signal! The energy wave –\r\n\r\n Ted: damaged the morphing grid, we know. But what caused it?\r\n\r\nAlpha: I’m not sure, but from what I can tell it originated at the area where Rita and the Green ranger were located.\r\n\r\nMack: We have to go and check it out. Is there any way to get the teleporters working again?\r\n\r\nTed: I’ll get right on it, Alpha keep trying to reestablish communication with Zordon.\r\n\r\nJane: I’m walking, the rest of you stay here and help in any way you can.\r\n\r\nBritney: Um,\r\n\r\nJane: On second thought, you and tiffany just try to stay out of the way. Mack you try and help Ted and Alpha.\r\n\r\nJane leaves back through the door while the others get to work.\r\nCut to: the building from earlier – Jane jogs on screen and bends over trying to catch her breath.\r\n\r\nJane: (panting) That… is the… last time… I try… to run… all the way… back from… the command… center… … Holy…\r\n\r\nShe finally looks up and sees the cracked burnt crater in the ground.\r\n\r\n Jane: (whispering) Daria, where are you?\r\n\r\n Daria: (weak) Turn around…\r\n\r\nJane turns and sees Daria leaning against the side of the building; her jacket and skirt have been torn and burnt and she holds her stomach with her right arm.\r\n\r\n Jane: Daria? Are you, you?\r\n\r\n Daria: Yes… I’m me.\r\n\r\nShe collapses and Jane rushes to her side.\r\n\r\nDaria: I-I started to go home, but I can’t… Not with Rita after me… and the evil …\r\n\r\nJane: Daria, what happened here, what evil?\r\n\r\nDaria: The sword of darkness- it was shattered…\r\n\r\nJane: That’s good, the sword was evil Daria, and look you’re back to normal, its destruction was good!\r\n\r\nDaria: No Jane, it shattered- and I was hit by the pieces… the sword’s evil is inside me.\r\n\r\nDaria lowers her arm and shows Jane the blood stains on her shirt and jacket sleeve.\r\n\r\n Daria: The sword’s evil – is part of me now…\r\n\r\nDaria passes out in Jane’s arms. A moment later the other rangers teleport in.\r\n\r\n Jane: Help me! We have to get her medical help now!\r\n\r\n Lokar: (VO) Not so fast rangers! Ahahahahahaha! Goldar!\r\n\r\nGoldar teleports in before the rangers.\r\nCut to: Rita’s palace – Rita stands on her balcony and holds up her wand.\r\n\r\n Rita: Magic wand, make my Goldar grow!\r\n\r\nA power beam is unleased from the wand and travels down to earth where it strikes Goldar and he grows to giant size. Lokar appears in the sky and breathes on the giant Goldar. Lokar’s breath obscures Goldar from the ranger’s view for a few seconds before dissipating. To the ranger’s surprise Goldar has grown even larger and now his eyes glow red with power, he has grown two long fangs, his shoulders have grown large spikes, and he has longer claws on each hand. He lifts his foot and stomps on the building next to the rangers totally demolishing it.\r\n\r\n Mack: How can we fight him like that when our zords were destroyed?\r\n\r\nDaria: Not destroyed… sent to another dimension… but with the sword gone, you should be able to call on them.\r\n\r\nJane: Ted, tell me your communicator is working.\r\n\r\nTed: Yes, it is-\r\n\r\nJane: Tell Alpha to teleport Daria to the command center.\r\n\r\nTed looks at the others unsure.\r\n\r\n Jane: Do it.\r\n\r\nTed activates his communicator.\r\n\r\n Ted: Alpha, we need you to teleport Daria to the command center.\r\n\r\n Alpha: What? Are you serious?\r\n\r\n Jane: Just do it Alpha, she’s hurt and needs medical attention quickly!\r\n\r\nDaria is surrounded by green electricity as she is teleported out.\r\nJane and the others line up and stare at the giant Goldar.\r\n\r\n Jane: Ready? It’s morphing time!\r\n\r\nCut to morphing sequence:\r\n\r\nMack: Mastodon!\r\n\r\n Britney: Pterodactyl!\r\n\r\n Ted: Triceratops!\r\n\r\n Tiffany: Saber-tooth Tiger! \r\n\r\n Jane: Tyrannosaurus!\r\n\r\nCut to: the rangers standing together.\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: We need Megazord power now!\r\n\r\nA vortex in the sky opens and five colored streaks emerge and level out above the ground then change into the various zords. The rangers jump into their respective zord and initiate the Megazord transformation. Once completed the Megazord steps in front of Mega Goldar.\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: Power sword activate!\r\n\r\nThe power sword appears in the Megazord’s hand and it moves forward to strike Mega Goldar but in his powered up form he easily dodges the strike and claws the Megazord sending sparks everywhere. Mega Goldar leaps back as the Megazord fails to strike him again with its sword then he fires two energy beams from his eyes and strikes the Megazord. In the cockpit the rangers hold desperately hold on as the Megazord falls to the ground. \r\nCut to: the command center – Alpha is watching the battle.\r\n\r\n Alpha: Ay yi yi, oh Zordon where are you?\r\n\r\nA door behind him opens and Daria stumbles in. Alpha turns toward her and throws his hands up in a panic.\r\n\r\n Alpha: Oh, you shouldn’t be up!\r\n\r\n Daria: How are they doing?\r\n\r\n Alpha: Not good I’m afraid… With Lokar’s added power Goldar is too powerful.\r\n\r\n Daria: They need my help…\r\n\r\n Alpha: But you’re in no shape to help them…\r\n\r\nDaria: I may not be able to fight, but I can still summon the Dragonzord to battle. Don’t try to stop me Alpha.\r\n\r\nAlpha: Oh dear…\r\n\r\nDaria reaches behind her back and withdraws her morpher.\r\nCut to: Morphing sequence:\r\n\r\n Daria: Dragonzord!\r\n\r\nCut to: Mega Goldar is still fighting the Megazord but stops as an upbeat musical tune sounds out from below them. He looks down and sees the Green Ranger playing the Dragon Dagger. Mega Goldar growls and starts to reach down to grab her but his arm is grabbed by the Dragonzord. Mega Goldar jerks his hand away and starts to claw at the Dragonzord but his hand is blocked by the power sword giving the Dragonzord an opening. It spins around and strikes Mega Goldar with its tail forcing him to backpedal. He stops and composes himself then faces the Megazord and Dragonzord.\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Okay Dragonzord- lets do it, fire missiles!\r\n\r\nShe plays another tune on her flute and the Dragonzord’s eyes and lights on its chest rapidly blink as it raises its hands and fires. Mega Goldar easily shoots them down with his eye beams then laughs. High above them Lokar laughs as well then sends two streams of lightning down at the two zords.\r\nCut to: inside the Megazord\'s control room-\r\n\r\n Yellow Ranger: That’s not good.\r\n\r\n Blue Ranger: You’re telling me, we’re in big trouble.\r\n\r\nThe console in front of the Yellow Ranger begins to beep and she stares at it.\r\n\r\n Black Ranger: Hey Tiffany you mind answering that? It might be important.\r\n\r\n Yellow Ranger: Oh right.\r\n\r\nShe presses a blinking button.\r\n\r\n Yellow Ranger: Hello?\r\n\r\n Zordon: Rangers,\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: Zordon?\r\n\r\nZordon: Yes, Alpha has finally reestablished our connection and I see that the evil spell over Daria has been lifted.\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: Well, that remains to be seen.\r\n\r\nThe Megazord is rocks to the left and the rangers grab onto their consoles to keep from falling out of their chairs.\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: Look Zordon, not to be rude but we’re a little busy.\r\n\r\nZordon: I know, and I have an idea but first you need to get Daria into the cockpit with you.\r\n\r\nRed Ranger: What for?\r\n\r\nZordon: I‘ll tell you later, go quickly.\r\n\r\nRed Ranger: Okay.\r\n\r\nThe Red Ranger teleports out of the cockpit and appears next to the Green Ranger.\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Jane, what are you doing?\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: Getting you amiga, care to join us?\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Jane, I can’t…\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: Sorry, but you don’t have much of a choice.\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Jane don’t-\r\n\r\nThe Red Ranger grabs her hand and teleports them both into the cockpit of the Megazord.\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: Here take my chair.\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Jane I-\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: You’re injured, now sit.\r\n\r\nShe reluctantly sits down and turns forward.\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: Okay Zordon, we’re all here.\r\n\r\nZordon: Good, Daria use your flute and command the Dragonzord to combine with them Megazord to Form the Megadragonzord.\r\n\r\nGreen Ranger: H-how?\r\n\r\nZordon: Concentrate, you know how to do it.\r\n\r\nThe Green Ranger removes her dragon dagger and plays a new, different tune and the Dragonzord’s eyes flash and it lines up in front of the Megazord. The Dragonzord’s chest plate flips up as the rest of the zord splits down the middle and the two sides swing out. The Megazord steps forward and the lower half of the Dragonzord wraps around the Megazord’s feet. The upper part of the Dragonzord lowers onto the Megazord forming a helmet and shoulder pads. The Dragonzord’s chest plate flips back down and locks into place completing the transformation.\r\n\r\n All Rangers: Megadragonzord activate!\r\n\r\n Lokar: (VO) So you’ve learned a new trick, no matter. Destroy them Goldar!\r\n\r\nMega Goldar growls and advances on the Megadragonzord.\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Not this time Goldar- fire beam cannon!\r\n\r\nThe Megadragonzord’s chest plate begins to glow and fires out a yellow energy beam that strikes Mega Goldar and knocks him back.\r\n\r\n Pink Ranger: Wow was that from us?\r\n\r\n Blue Ranger: Yeah, this thing really packs some power!\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: Yeah, but not enough look!\r\n\r\nMega Goldar gets up and charges at them again.\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: So, still want more? Okay, Megadragonzord full power blast!\r\n\r\nTwo “Z” emblems on each of the zord’s arms glow yellow and rotate together in front of the Megadragonzord’s chest where they merge into a green energy sphere with a red “Z” inside it.\r\n\r\n All Rangers: Fire!\r\n\r\nThe energy sphere is fired and it strikes Mega Goldar causing a massive explosion. Mega Goldar stumbles backward and finally falls backward and explodes on the ground.\r\n\r\n Lokar: (VO) No, it is impossible!\r\n\r\nRed Ranger: Oh yes it is, now that Daria is on our team you and Rita don’t stand a chance!\r\n\r\nThe Green Ranger holds her stomach and looks down.\r\nCut to: the command center – the rangers stand together and face Daria.\r\n\r\nZordon: Daria, now that Rita’s evil spell has been lifted I, we would be honored if you chose to join our team.\r\n\r\nDaria: I… can’t.\r\n\r\nJane: What, Daria why?\r\n\r\nDaria: I told you Jane, when the sword of darkness was destroyed… some of its evil entered me. I can feel it. It’s not safe for me to remain near you, or anyone… I can never be the Green Ranger again. I’m sorry Jane. Thank you for healing my injury Alpha, I wish I could repay you…\r\n\r\nAlpha: Oh it was nothing, but if you really want to repay me you can by rethinking your decision.\r\n\r\nDaria: Okay… I’ll think it over some more.\r\n\r\nDaria turns to leave but she is stopped by Ted.\r\n\r\n Ted: It’s your choice Daria but… here take this-\r\n\r\nTed hands Daria a communicator.\r\n\r\nTed: It’s one of our communicators, just in case you need help or you change your mind.\r\n\r\n Daria: Thanks Ted.\r\n\r\nShe turns and leaves through the door. \r\nCut to: Rita’s Palace- \r\n\r\nRita: Damn them! I hate those power rangers! Goldar get in here!\r\n\r\nGoldar stumbles into the main chamber, his armor burnt and cracked.\r\n\r\n Goldar: Yes my queen…\r\n\r\n Rita: I want you to get back down there and finish off that traitor!\r\n\r\n Goldar: I’m sorry my queen, but I can’t…\r\n\r\n Rita: What? You dare to defy me?\r\n\r\nRita raises her wand to strike him but Finster steps forward and draws her attention.\r\n\r\n Goldar: D’oh…\r\n\r\n Finster: Um, your evilness, may I speak?\r\n\r\n Rita: You just did!\r\n\r\n Finster: Oh, my apologies…\r\n\r\n Rita: Just spit it out!\r\n\r\nFinster: Oh thank you, if I may make a suggestion, uh that is why not send down one of my monsters to capture the Green Ranger and send her to the dark dimension where we could destroy her at our leisure?\r\n\r\nRita thinks it over then brightens up.\r\n\r\n Rita: Finster!\r\n\r\n Finster: Yes my queen?\r\n\r\n Rita: Make a monster for me and sent it down to Earth to capture the Green\r\nRanger and take her to my dark dimension! There I can destroy her when ever I want!\r\n\r\n Finster: Of course my Queen, I know the perfect-\r\n \r\n Rita: STOP GROVELING AND DO IT!\r\n\r\nFinster bows then runs back to his lab and picks up a clay figure and places it on the Monstermatic then pulls the starter. The monstermatic comes to life, whistling, clanging, and blowing steam from exhaust pipes. With a final whistle a large amount of smoke blows out of a large tube followed by a small explosion. Suddenly a large green toad hops out of the smoke then stands up. It has a row of spikes running down the center of its head, large yellow eyes with a small black pupil, and large spiky teeth. His large round body has warts all over its back and brown splotches on its stomach.\r\n\r\n Terror Toad: {Croak} Beware, for I am Terror Toad-\r\n\r\nRita: What is this! You expect this, this, toad to capture the green ranger where that fool (points at Goldar) failed?! \r\n\r\nFinster steps forward and bows once again to Rita.\r\n\r\n Finster: My queen, give me a chance to explain…\r\n\r\n Rita: Very well, but do it quickly!\r\n\r\n Finster: Terror Toad has the ability to ensnare his enemies with his tongue then swallow them whole and store them in his stomach until he chooses to release them.\r\n\r\nRita: Ah! I see, he can swallow up the Green Ranger then transport her to the dark dimension and the rangers wouldn’t even know until it’s too late! I love it! Terror Toad, go to Earth and capture the Green Ranger!\r\n\r\n Terror Toad: {Croak} It is an honor-\r\n\r\n Rita: Move it!\r\n\r\nWith a loud {Croak} Terror Toad transforms into a bubble and floats out through the balcony.\r\nBack on Earth Daria is slowly walking down the road to her house when the bubble lands in front of her and pops revealing Terror Toad.\r\n\r\n Terror Toad: Green Ranger, {Croak} Rita requests your presence.\r\n\r\n Daria: I don’t what you’re talking about; I’m not the green ranger!\r\n\r\nTerror Toad: What? You’re not? {Croak} But I was so sure that… {Croak} I better take you back with me to be on the safe side. {Croak}\r\n\r\nHe snaps out his tongue to grab Daria but instead his tongue is shot from off-screen. He retracts his burn tongue, grabs his mouth, and hops around in pain. The red Ranger summersaults through the air and lands between him and Daria.\r\n\r\n Daria: Jane?\r\n\r\nRed Ranger: Sorry but I don’t know this “Jane,” I am the Red Power Ranger. I don’t know why this thing is after you citizen, but I suggest that you run away and find someplace safe!\r\n\r\nDaria: Um, sure… but you need to work on your act.\r\n\r\nRed Ranger: I thought I sounded okay.\r\n\r\nDaria turns and starts running down the street.\r\n\r\nTerror Toad: Hey, did you {Croak} forget about me {Croak}?\r\n\r\nRed Ranger: Ugh, hardly. What do you want?\r\n\r\nTerror Toad: Just her, {Croak} the girl who I think is the green ranger even though she claims not to be. {Croak} I think…\r\n\r\nRed Ranger: Oh boy, you sure are a clever one. It’s a shame I have to destroy you.\r\n\r\nTerror Toad: Oh {Croak} really? I think my friend there might have something to say about that {Croak}.\r\n\r\nGoldar steps behind the Red Ranger and raises his sword.\r\n \r\n Red Ranger: Like I’m going to fall for that.\r\n\r\nGoldar slashes her across her back and she cries out in pain. \r\nCut to: Daria who hears Jane’s distant and stops to turn and look. She listens for any other sound then looks down and lifts her shirt slightly to look at the scar on her stomach. She drops her shirt and continues the way she was running.\r\nCut to: Goldar slashes the Red Ranger again, this time across her abdomen. She falls onto her back and looks to her right where her power sword lies on the ground. She tries to reach out for it but Terror Toad snaps out his tongue and grabs it.\r\n\r\n Terror Toad: Oh no, {Croak} I don’t think you’ll need this anymore {Croak}.\r\n\r\nThe Red Ranger looks back at Goldar as he slowly raises his sword again.\r\n\r\n Goldar: Farewell Red Ranger! Hahahaha!\r\n\r\nAs she turns her head away from Goldar Daria appears in the distance. She’s running back toward them in slow motion as Goldar begins to bring his sword down for the final blow. Daria reaches behind her back and retrieves her morpher and mouths the word “Dragonzord.” Back to normal speed Goldar’s sword strikes the Dragon Dagger just above the Red Ranger’s head.\r\n\r\n Goldar: What?!\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Miss me?\r\n\r\nShe jerks her hand upward and knocks his sword out of his hand then slashes him quickly across his chest and spin kicks him. Goldar falls onto his back and his sword embeds itself into the ground between his legs; Goldar looks at the sword and whimpers then grabs it and pulls himself up.\r\n\r\n Goldar: This is going to be a good day, I get to destroy both the Green and Red Rangers at the same time!\r\n\r\nThe Red Ranger hops up and turns to face him.\r\n\r\n Red Ranger: It’s not finished yet.\r\n\r\n Terror Toad: {Croak} Why does everyone forget about me?\r\n\r\nTerror Toad snaps out his tongue which wraps around the Red Ranger and pulls her into his mouth, and swallows. The front of the Red Ranger’s helmet appears on his stomach.\r\n\r\n Terror Toad: Mmmm, tasty. I think I’ll have another {Croak}!\r\n \r\nGreen Ranger: No! That’s it Terror Toad, you won’t be the first toad I’ve dissected!\r\n\r\nTerror Toad: {Croak} You did what?\r\n\r\nShe leaps at Terror Toad and lands a solid kick to his head driving him back. As she lands she spins to her left and kicks him again on the side of his head. Terror Toad is sent flying but before the she can press her attack she is hit by Goldar’s eye beams; she flies backward but rolls back onto her feet. \r\n\r\n Goldar: Terror Toad; why don’t we hit her together!\r\n\r\n Terror Toad: {Croak} Great idea {Croak}!\r\n\r\nGoldar and Terror Toad step to each other’s side and strike together – Goldar firing his eye beams and Terror Toad snapping out his tongue. The Green Ranger leaps to avoid Goldar’s eye beams and is snared by Terror Toad’s tongue. He retracts his tongue but before he swallows her she slashes his throat causing an explosion that blows The Green Ranger away from Terror Toad. Multiple explosions continue to erupt from Terror Toad until finally he croaks loudly and is blown backward as the Red Ranger appears and drops to her knees. She looks up and sees the Green Ranger slowly getting back to her knees then de-morphs.\r\n\r\n Jane: D-Daria?\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Jane watch out!\r\n\r\nBefore she can look Goldar grabs Jane by her hair and drags her to her feet.\r\n\r\n Goldar: Well look what we have here? A powerless ranger… heh heh hehhh…\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Let her go Goldar, this is between you and me!\r\n\r\n Goldar: Yes it is, but I also have unfinished business with her.\r\n \r\n Jane: Get off me you…\r\n\r\n Goldar: Well, since you asked so nicely.\r\n\r\nGoldar releases Jane then slashes her with his sword. Jane screams and drops to the ground where she lies motionless. The Green Ranger clenches her fists so tightly that they begin to shake; slowly she rises and looks directly at Goldar who laughs. Behind him Terror Toad slowly gets to his feet but wobbles badly. As Goldar’s laughing continues a shadow begins to appear over the Green Ranger – suddenly her fists burst into black flames that engulf her whole body and quickly die down revealing a startling transformation. The black star has reappeared within the diamond shape of her golden armor, black flames now spiral down her arms and legs, and her helmet now has black sweptback horns. Goldar notices her and slowly stops his laughing and begins to back away from her.\r\n\r\n Goldar: What, what’s happened to you?\r\n\r\nWithout a word she kneels and picks up her Dragon Dagger which is also engulfed by black flames and enlarges to resemble the Sword of darkness.\r\n\r\n Goldar: No, it can’t be the sword of darkness! It was destroyed!\r\n\r\nGreen Ranger: Yes, the sword was destroyed, but the power of the sword chose another form. Green Ranger Dark Dragon Mode full power!\r\n\r\nHer feet and hands burst in black flames and with a burst of super speed she runs to the left of Goldar and slashes him with the Dark Dragon Sword then with a fluidly curves the swing back and slashes the other way hitting Terror Toad who only manages to get out half a {Croak}. She stops a few steps past him and spins around to watch as Goldar and Terror Toad fall to the ground and explode. She sheaths the Dark Dragon Sword, powers down to her regular form, and then rushes over to check on Jane.\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Jane! Jane, Wake up!\r\n\r\nJane opens her eyes a little and looks up at the Green Ranger.\r\n\r\n Jane: Hey amiga, you saved me. I knew you would make a great ranger.\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Hey, I never said I was signing up; this was a one time deal.\r\n\r\n Jane: We’ll see…\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: You okay?\r\n\r\n Jane: Yeah, it wasn’t that bad of a hit.\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: You’re kidding me right?\r\n\r\nJane: No, the power coins give us a little protection when we’re not morphed, it protected me from the brunt of the blow but it still hurts like hell.\r\n\r\n Black Ranger: Hey! Get away from her!\r\n\r\nThe Green Ranger looks up just as she is kicked by the Black Ranger. Almost immediately the Pink and Yellow Ranger blast her with their blade blasters. She hits the ground hard but still tries to get back up.\r\n\r\n Green Ranger: Wait, it’s not what it looks like!\r\n\r\nBlack Ranger: Save it, I knew we shouldn’t have trusted you! It’s time we finished you off for good!\r\n\r\nHe starts to charge her again and the shadow begins to appear on her again as she clenches her fist. \r\n\r\nJane: Stop it all of you!\r\n\r\nThey both stop and turn to face her as she gets to her feet with the help of the Blue Ranger.\r\n\r\nJane: You idiots! She didn’t attack me she saved me from Goldar and one of Rita’s monsters!\r\n\r\nBlack Ranger: She did what?\r\n\r\nGreen Ranger: If you’d listen to me first instead of attacking me, I expected more from you Mack. Anyway Rita sent a monster named Terror Toad after me and Jane arrived to fight him so I could get away. \r\n\r\nJane: Then Goldar attacked me from behind and I was over powered. Daria returned and morphed to save me.\r\n\r\nBlue Ranger: Okay, if that’s true where are they?\r\n\r\nGreen Ranger: Gone, destroyed…\r\n\r\nPink Ranger: You mean you destroyed them all alone? Wow you must be really strong!\r\n\r\nYellow Ranger: Yeah… you really should join us…\r\n\r\nBlack Ranger: Wait, how can we trust her-?\r\n\r\nJane: Because I say we can and because Zordon does.\r\n\r\nBlack Ranger: Well, I don’t trust her.\r\n\r\nCut to: Rita’s Palace – Finster is looking through Rita’s telescope at the Earth.\r\n\r\n Finster: Oh dear… Rita’s not going to like this.\r\n\r\nRita: (off screen) What am I not going to like? Wait let me guess, that stupid monster of yours blew it.\r\n\r\n Finster: Um, well yes but that’s not all…\r\n\r\n Rita: Well? What happened?\r\n\r\nFinster: Apparently the green Ranger used a sword similar to the sword of darkness to destroy Terror Toad-\r\n\r\nRita: I knew it! I knew that blasted pathetic monster of yours was a waste of time! Goldar! Goldar get in here!\r\n\r\nFinster: I’m afraid that he too was destroyed by the green ranger, your evilness.\r\n\r\nRita: What! I can see her destroying your pathetic monster but Goldar as well?! Move aside!\r\n\r\nRita shoves Finster to one side and looks through her telescope.\r\n\r\nFinster: Yes your evilness… as I was saying the Green Ranger was engulfed by black flames then she emerged different, more powerful. Her dagger changed into a sword very similar to the sword of darkness and with only two strikes she defeated Goldar and Terror Toad.\r\n\r\nRita looks up from her telescope.\r\n\r\nRita: A sword like the sword of darkness? Argggg! I can’t believe it! It’s just not possible! Now all I’m left with is you and a handful of putties! \r\n\r\nFinster: Uh, my queen if I may, it may be possible to resurrect Goldar using one of my potions.\r\n\r\nRita: Well why didn’t you say so? Get right on it you fool!\r\n\r\nFinster: I have a small batch already finished; I had planned to use it on Squatt and Baboo, but under these circumstances-\r\n\r\nRita: Whatever! Just get down there and get it over with!\r\n\r\nFinster: M-me?\r\n\r\nRita: Yes you! Go!\r\n\r\nFinster steps over to his workshop and looks through a rack of potions and finds the one he wants, a long tube filled with an orange liquid. He turns back to Rita who has resumed looking through her telescope. He sighs then turns into a small white ball of light and flies out through the balcony.\r\nBack on earth – the ball of light turns back into Finster who startles the other rangers.\r\n\r\n Finster: Oh, excuse me.\r\n\r\nHe pours the liquid out of the tube onto the spot where Goldar exploded. There is another explosion that generates a large amount of smoke that quickly clears to reveal Goldar standing where he was.\r\n\r\n Goldar: What happened?\r\n\r\n Finster: There’s no time we have to leave now.\r\n\r\nFinster turns into the ball of light and shoots back into the sky. Goldar looks around and sees the rangers.\r\n\r\n Goldar: Ga’oh, next time rangers!\r\n\r\nGoldar teleports in a wall of yellow flame leaving the rangers confused. All the main rangers look at each other then turn to the Green Ranger.\r\n\r\nGreen Ranger: What? I thought I destroyed him, how could I have known that they could resurrect him?\r\n\r\nJane: Come on, let’s go home.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nEND.','',0,'Yg==','135a5',1,0,'',406,0,0),(187213,14015,3,14,0,'72.77.75.65',1156098780,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 24-hour moratorium on personal problem posts','[quote="MartinUK":82ed2]Are personal problem posts a personal problem for you, Kara?\n\nNo, wait, if you answer that....\n\n \":wink:\" \n\nMartin.[/quote:82ed2]\r\n\r\nHA!!!! Hoist by your own Petard, Ms Wild!!\r\n\r\nCrazy \"As this thread violates its own purpose, it will self-destruct in 10 seconds\" Nutso','',0,'gA==','82ed2',1,0,'',14,0,0),(187215,14014,2,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1156099265,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Oh come on, people. We all know Robin Sena is Ronin by now. I\'ve been thinking about that for months too. Just look at the art style, the old thread bumping, and the \"goodby\" spelling. It\'s definately Ronin.','',0,'gA==','f5840',1,1156099743,'',305,1,0),(187216,14014,2,276,0,'205.188.117.66',1156099673,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nmorgendorffer":0199c]Oh come on, people. We all know Robin Sena is Ronin by now. I\'ve been thinking about that for months too. Just look at the art style, the old thread bumping, and the \"goodby\" spelling. It\'s definately Ronin.[/quote:0199c]\r\n\r\nWhether or not it is the same person, I\'m still saying the same thing. As long as they don\'t cause any more problems than the other members, I\'m not going to do anything.','',0,'gA==','0199c',1,0,'',276,0,0),(187217,14009,6,406,0,'69.68.170.250',1156099697,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":d27e0]Or how many are being written wildly out of canon today.[/quote:d27e0]\r\n\r\n\r\nGee does this cover me too?\r\nPower Rangers: Lawndale Force\r\nNew Masters of the Universe\r\nTed\'s Coma (to a degree)\r\n\r\n\r\nHey i love all fiction - outdated (i love the movie hackers- talking about Acid Burn\'s computer: \"Whoa it has a 28.8 bps modem!\" [or something like that])\r\n\r\nwhatever i think the rambling bug is contagious - post \'em if it means more reading goodness for me i say bring \'em on!!!!!','',0,'gA==','d27e0',1,0,'',406,0,0),(187218,14014,2,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1156099958,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":9d302][quote="nmorgendorffer":9d302]Oh come on, people. We all know Robin Sena is Ronin by now. I\'ve been thinking about that for months too. Just look at the art style, the old thread bumping, and the \"goodby\" spelling. It\'s definately Ronin.[/quote:9d302]\n\nWhether or not it is the same person, I\'m still saying the same thing. As long as they don\'t cause any more problems than the other members, I\'m not going to do anything.[/quote:9d302]\r\n\r\nI think the same way. That\'s why I didn\'t mention this here before. We\'ll just have to wait and see.','',0,'gA==','9d302',1,0,'',305,0,0),(187219,14014,2,9,0,'66.245.194.182',1156100147,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nmorgendorffer":a5073]Oh come on, people. We all know Robin Sena is Ronin by now. I\'ve been thinking about that for months too. Just look at the art style, the old thread bumping, and the \"goodby\" spelling. It\'s definately Ronin.[/quote:a5073]\r\n\r\nBelieve it or not, I\'m totally ignorant. I managed to steer clear of the whole Ronin controversy while it was brewing at the SFMB, and I\'m just as glad. \":P\"','',0,'gA==','a5073',1,0,'',9,0,0),(187220,14014,2,305,0,'200.112.137.7',1156100600,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Kara Wild":9f1bb][quote="nmorgendorffer":9f1bb]Oh come on, people. We all know Robin Sena is Ronin by now. I\'ve been thinking about that for months too. Just look at the art style, the old thread bumping, and the \"goodby\" spelling. It\'s definately Ronin.[/quote:9f1bb]\n\nBelieve it or not, I\'m totally ignorant. I managed to steer clear of the whole Ronin controversy while it was brewing at the SFMB, and I\'m just as glad. \":P\"[/quote:9f1bb]\r\n\r\nThen you should take a look at [url=http://www.sfmb.gamerspage.com/viewtopic.php?t=1298&start=30:9f1bb]this thread[/url:9f1bb] in the SFMB Flame Wars forum. First it was the art, but after Robin Sena posted the \"A (Possibly) Sad Goodby\" thread, I was 100% sure that was Ronin.','',0,'kA==','9f1bb',1,0,'',305,0,0),(187221,14014,2,9,0,'66.245.194.182',1156100756,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nmorgendorffer":38e9c][quote="Kara Wild":38e9c][quote="nmorgendorffer":38e9c]Oh come on, people. We all know Robin Sena is Ronin by now. I\'ve been thinking about that for months too. Just look at the art style, the old thread bumping, and the \"goodby\" spelling. It\'s definately Ronin.[/quote:38e9c]\n\nBelieve it or not, I\'m totally ignorant. I managed to steer clear of the whole Ronin controversy while it was brewing at the SFMB, and I\'m just as glad. \":P\"[/quote:38e9c]\n\nThen you should take a look at [url=http://www.sfmb.gamerspage.com/viewtopic.php?t=1298&start=30:38e9c]this thread[/url:38e9c] in the SFMB Flame Wars forum. First it was the art, but after Robin Sena posted the \"A (Possibly) Sad Goodby\" thread, I was 100% sure that was Ronin.[/quote:38e9c]\r\n\r\nOy. \":roll:\"','',0,'kA==','38e9c',1,0,'',9,0,0),(187222,13997,4,560,0,'207.69.137.206',1156101193,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[b:8f825]I[/b:8f825] don\'t CARE that Bush is Republican, or Conservative. I could deal with him UNTIL he started the Iraq war, based on evidence he KNEW was likely to be inaccurate. If THAT isn\'t an abuse of power, I don\'t know what is.\r\n\r\nPersonally, every action from the prelude to the Iraq war and onwards is highly suspect.','',0,'QA==','8f825',1,0,'',560,0,0),(187223,14011,10,149,0,'71.65.237.131',1156101401,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Kemical Reaxion":fd518][img:fd518]http://www.glitterberries.com/images/southparkbrittany.jpg[/img:fd518][/quote:fd518]\r\n[size=117:fd518][color=blue:fd518][b:fd518]Nice job, Kem. That captures Brittany\'s personality quite well.\n\nSteveBlumDeckler[/b:fd518][/color:fd518][/size:fd518]','',0,'zg==','fd518',1,0,'',149,0,0),(187224,13997,4,488,0,'70.162.73.209',1156101460,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="kalad1":46b4a][b:46b4a]I[/b:46b4a] don\'t CARE that Bush is Republican, or Conservative. [b:46b4a]I could deal with him UNTIL he started the Iraq war, based on evidence he KNEW was likely to be inaccurate.[/b:46b4a] If THAT isn\'t an abuse of power, I don\'t know what is.\n\nPersonally, every action from the prelude to the Iraq war and onwards is highly suspect.[/quote:46b4a]Separate Thread, please, if you wish to do the go-round again about Intelligence and what several of the premier Intelligence Agencies of the world thought at the time...','',0,'wA==','46b4a',1,0,'',488,0,0); INSERT INTO `phpbb3_posts` VALUES (245633,18310,6,412,0,'72.69.194.143',1181080901,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Kitten Possible\r\nChapter 3\r\n\r\n‘[i:85ec8]Showering with Shego wasn’t as bad as I thought,[/i:85ec8]’ Kim mused while staring at her reflection in the mirror. ‘[i:85ec8]It was a lot worse...[/i:85ec8]’\r\n\r\nIt wasn’t the lavender shampoo, or the ice water that got her. No, it was the worst of all possible fates. Shego sang in the shower, and she sang ‘Mr Roboto’ by Styx. Kim could have sworn her brain was going to try and escape out of her ears if she had to stay in the shower much longer.\r\n\r\nThankfully the shower and Shego’s singing ended quickly enough. Unfortunately for Kim, Shego wanted to blow dry her first. That in and of itself wouldn’t have been bad, except that Shego used her plasma fists to pet her dry. Nerve wracking would have been putting it mildly. But at least it was over now, and Shego had said that they were going to bed.\r\n\r\nYawning with a soft squeak, Kim looked for the pillow she had been laying on earlier, thinking to head to bed. Looking around where the pillow had been Kim felt puzzled when she noticed it was missing. Spreading her search to encompass the entire bedroom Kim finally found it again, lying on the foot of Shego’s bed. With a mental sigh Kim leaped onto her pillow and curled up, watching the spot Shego was resting on.\r\n\r\n‘[i:85ec8]It’s hard to believe sometimes that Shego and Miss Go are the same person...[/i:85ec8]’ Kim mused studying her long time foe, ‘[i:85ec8]But seeing her like this in her unguarded moments makes it so much more believable.[/i:85ec8]’\r\n\r\nLaying her head down Kim let out a sigh of frustration over her situation. ‘[i:85ec8]Half the world is probably worried sick about me, the other half is probably rejoicing, and here I am the pet of my worst enemy. Things just can’t possibly get worse...[/i:85ec8]’ Kim thought just before nature’s call reminded her about how things can always be worse.\r\n\r\nWith a mental grumble Kim leaped off her pillow and padded to the bathroom. Getting to the room she sighed as she looked between the toilet and the litter box. Rolling her eyes Kim scampered over to the toilet and leapt onto the seat, looking down at the water inside. Seeing that it was clean, she turned around and squatted on the edge of the stool, letting nature take its course while her eyes wandered about the surprisingly furnished bathroom. ‘[i:85ec8]I always thought pictured Shego being more Spartan than this,[/i:85ec8]’ Kim mused silently.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, in the bedroom, Shego sat up and looked at the empty pillow. “Huh, I guess Nemmy is using the litterbox...”\r\n\r\nRolling out of the bed, Shego padded across her room, and turned on the bathroom light, locking eyes with Kim sitting on the toilet. Shego blinked a few times to make certain that she was seeing and hearing what she was. It appeared that her cat was using the toilet.\r\n\r\nKim meowed noisily to get Shego’s attention enough to wake the green-skinned female so she would stop staring. “Oh, sorry, I didn’t know you were using it. Let me know when you’re done,” Shego said as she stepped out and leaned against the wall outside the bathroom.\r\n\r\nBlinking a few times to adjust to the darkness again, Shego tried to figure out if she was seeing things from lack of sleep or not. The flushing of the toilet however brought her back in time to see her kitten walk out of the bathroom.\r\n\r\nKim stopped about three steps out of the bathroom and looked over her shoulder at Shego. Letting out a series of mews, Kim nodded to the bathroom and then scampered off, a piece of toilet paper stuck to one of her hind paws.\r\n\r\n“That\'s it. No more sushi from the back of the fridge, ever again.” Shego concluded as she entered into her bathroom.\r\n\r\nKim sighed as she plucked the toilet paper off of her paw, spitting it out into the waste bin before curling back up on her pillow. Yawning she smirked at the mental image of Shego when she saw her sitting on the stool. ‘[i:85ec8]It’s good to be able to do anything.[/i:85ec8]’\r\n\r\nKim looked over as the toilet flushed, and Shego exited the bathroom. Walking over, she spotted the toilet paper lying on top of the waste bin and sighed. “Okay, after the mission... I’m cleaning out that damn fridge.”\r\n\r\nAs dawn broke the next morning Shego stood in front of Middleton’s finest jewelers. “I need to renegotiate for no work before nine...” Shego groused as she glared at the shining windows. At least this is going to be an easy job.\r\n\r\nShego opened the door and looked around inside of the building, taking note of the guard in front of the vault. He would most likely be the first person to be an idiot, what with his compensation of a side arm. Turning towards him, Shego walked along, eyeing the jewels and such that she would be taking with her. Finally getting into position she smirked and powered up her plasma fists. “Alright boys and girls, let’s play Shego says! Shego says drop the weapons and step away from those alarms.”\r\n\r\nShego smiled as everyone in the place raised their hands into the air, after dropping anything that could possibly be considered a weapon onto a pile in the center of the room. “Apparently you all know me, and you probably can guess what I want. So, let’s get to it already. Anyone hits the alarms and you’re on the wrong end of a bioplasmic enema.”\r\n\r\nFrom her vantage point, Shego smiled as she noticed everyone was doing the smart thing, smart being that they weren’t trying to piss her off. Looking around a glitter caught her attention from the display next to her. Stepping over she smiled seeing a black leather choker with emerald studs and a single platinum plate in the center. Looking up at the clerk nearest her she snapped her fingers, getting his attention. “Hey you, get over here.”\r\n\r\nThe clerk scrambled over to her quivering visibly with fear. “Y...y...yes m...ma’am? H...how can I help you?”\r\n\r\nShego smiled wickedly as she pointed to the choker that she had seen. “Listen Champ, you can you guys do engraving here?”\r\n\r\n“Y...yes m...m...ma’am, we h...have a v...variety of s...styles to ch...chose from,” the clerk stuttered out while pulling out a book of styles and showing them off. “P...please choose any that you like. Pleasedon’tkillme.”\r\n\r\nShego waved him off while she flipped through the book, looking at the different styles. “Just go get the rest of my stuff together; I’ll call you over when I’m ready.”\r\n\r\nThe clerk nodded and bolted away, gathering up the jewels for Shego while she was distracted with the book.\r\n\r\nAs Shego casually flipped through the pages of the book, her brows furrowed at a noise, without looking up she fired a plasma bolt at the feet of the security guard that was trying to sneak up on her. “Bad idea there sport. I recommend you just sit down and shut up. Heroes piss me off, you don’t want me pissed.”\r\n\r\nThe guard sat down as though his legs turned to jelly. Shego didn’t bother looking up as she finally found a style that she liked. “Hey Champ, get your ass over here.”\r\n\r\nThe clerk bolted over as fast as he could, to look at attend to her. “Y...yes m...ma’am? H...Have y...you d...d...d...decided?”\r\n\r\n“Yeah, I want that choker I pointed at earlier engraved in style #42A, and I want it done now,” Shego said with an evil smile.\r\n\r\n“Y...yes m...ma’am... It w...will only b...be a m...moment,” the clerk said while collecting the item to engrave. “W...what am I p...p...putting on it m...ma’am?”\r\n\r\n“Nemmy, that’s N-E-M-M-Y, and if I don’t like it, I will ignite your blood vessels,” Shego growled while leaning into the clerk’s face. “Got it Champ?”\r\n\r\nShego smiled as the clerk scampered back into the engraving room where she could see him working on the choker’s plate through the doorway. Sighing she slammed her fist back over her shoulder into the guard’s face, spreading him out on the floor behind her. “I told you not to play the hero, Sport.”\r\n\r\nPulling out her file, Shego began to clean off the metal tubes at her finger tips, blowing to clear the debris as she loosens it. Looking at the jewelry gathering at her feet, she gave a pleased smile before noticing that the clerk had returned with her choker. “Good timing there Champ, let’s see it.”\r\n\r\nInspecting the choker Shego couldn’t help but smiling at how she pictured Nemmy’s joyful reaction to her gift. Looking up at the trembling clerk she flared her fist right in front of him, causing him to fall back into a puddle of yellow. “Good work, but I didn’t ask for the heart with the tail of the ‘y’.”\r\n\r\n“I... I... I’m sssssorry m...ma’am, I thought I would do it to benice. Ididn’tmeantoupsetyou,pleaseDON’TKILLME!” the clerk pleaded while sweat broke out everywhere on him.\r\n\r\nSlashing her fiery fist in front of the clerk, she smirked as he passed out before she admired the choker again. “I like it,” she said before tucking it into her uniform, pulling out her communicator with her hand. “Okay boys, come in and get the bags. We’re done here.”\r\n\r\nShego smirked as the muscle bound morons Drakken called henchmen filed in. “Alright, load it up and get it back to Dr. D,” Shego commanded while walking out, “Oh, and if Sport over there does anything stupid, fry him.”\r\n\r\nLeaping into her black and green convertible Shego let her engine roar to life before squealing her tires out of the area. She always hated driving the rental cars that Drakken gave her while her baby was in the shop, but it was worth it. This car had all her favorite songs loaded into its stereo system, and could outrun anything but a rocket car. With her hair whipping behind her in the wind Shego smiled as she felt the bulge of her gift for Nemmy. “She’ll love it, but I should get her some toys too... maybe I’ll stop at a pet store...”\r\n\r\nShego smirked as she turned into Furvana, having heard Falsetto Jones squeaking its praises at the last villains’ convention. Pulling into an open stall next to a handicap spot, Shego strode into the store with a smile. “Now... I should get her some catnip, some toys, a scratching post... and maybe some treats.”\r\n\r\nGrabbing a cart on her way, Shego walked down the cat aisle getting completely lost in all the choices. “Maybe I should get some help...”\r\n\r\nWhile Shego was busy terrorizing the poor clerks at Furvana, Kim was lying on her couch watching some old cartoons. She had been watching the news, but all the reports about her disappearance had started depressing her. Originally she had been searching for an escape route, but couldn’t open the door, and the air vents had solid grating on them.\r\n\r\nKim’s ears perked up as she heard the door swoosh open, and she saw a familiar blue form striding in. Leaping off the couch, she ducked underneath thankful that she didn’t appear to be shedding. Drakken’s sneezing started seconds after he entered the room.\r\n\r\n“I know... ACHOO! Shego has a... a... ACHOO! a cat in here,” Drakken grumbled while wiping his nose with a tissue, “I’ll fi... fi... ACHOO find it and throw it out!”\r\n\r\n‘[i:85ec8]I’d love to see you try Drakken,[/i:85ec8]’ Kim thought as her playful cat nature took over. Once Drakken had passed the couch, Kim snuck out the far side silently.\r\n\r\nLeaping across the room, Kim dove into Shego’s kitchen, sliding her water bowl into the entryway. Mewing softly she ducked into a cupboard to watch as Drakken walked in, landing a foot right inside her bowl, causing not only that foot to slide out from under him, but also the water to slouch all over, soaking his foot and his rear when he landed in the water.\r\n\r\nKim laughed silently as Drakken pseudo-cursed, giving her a chance to slip out unnoticed. Bolting into the bathroom she curled up under the sink as far back as she could get. Letting out a louder meow to draw Drakken’s attention, she couldn’t help but smirk as he spotted her. Playing right into her plan, Drakken dropped down on all fours and crawled to catch her.\r\n\r\n“I ha... ACHOO have you now cat,” Drakken proclaimed drawing nearer.\r\n\r\nKim almost pitied him as she swiped just shy of his nose, claws extended. This caused Drakken to slam his head into the sink, leading to another bout of pseudo-cursing. Kim let out a taunting series of hisses that sounded like laughter.\r\n\r\n“You think you’re a... a... ACHOO all that cat ACHOO! But you’re ACHOO not!” Drakken screamed out as he charged after the cat.\r\n\r\nKim skidded to a halt in front of Shego’s clothes hamper in her bedroom, shaking her tail at Drakken teasingly. As Drakken barreled in, Kim waited until the last second to leap out of the way, causing Drakken to smash into Shego’s dirty laundry. As he struggled through the mess, Drakken ripped a black lace bra from his face and stormed into the living room, never noticing the green sock that clung to his back. “I AM GOING TO SKIN YOU!”\r\n\r\nKim found herself in a corner without an escape route as Drakken stalked closer, raising the bra as though he thought it a lethal weapon. “Now cat, you’re mine!”\r\n\r\nAt that moment Shego entered the room. “Nemmy, I’m home! And I brought pres...” Shego trailed off her eyes looking on Drakken ready to attack her cat. Hearing Nemmy let out a pained mewl, Shego’s eyes lit with rage as a wordless shriek resounded around the room and an aura of green, fiery death surrounded her body.\r\n\r\nDrakken turned around and felt his whole arms go limp from the sheer rage Shego was showing. Normally he’d be begging for his life, but right now the only thing he could think to do was run screaming in panic. That was exactly what he did, screaming like a little girl as Shego chased after him, lobbing balls of plasmic death at him.\r\n\r\nKim blinked as she watched Shego and Drakken leave, part of her wanted to bolt out the door and find her friends. However the other part dominated as she hid in Shego’s closet, leaving the door open a crack to watch for Shego’s return. Kim couldn’t believe how much her body shook with fear of the rage Shego expressed.\r\n\r\nFive minutes later Shego reentered her suite and started looking around frantically. “Nemmy! Nemmy, come out! Please Nemmy, don’t leave me!” Shego cried while she searched every nook and cranny she could think of her kitten hiding in. “Nemmy, please talk to me, I’m sorry for scaring you.”\r\n\r\nKim swallowed the lump in her throat and buried herself further under the clothing watching the woman searching high and low for her. She was truly terrified right now, and didn’t want to come out. Watching as Shego slumped down in front of the couch Kim’s breath caught. ‘[i:85ec8]Is that... no way, Shego’s crying,[/i:85ec8]’ Kim thought in shock.\r\n\r\nIt was true; Shego had her face in her hands and was crying into them, murmuring Nemmy repeatedly. Kim bit her lower lip gently as she felt her heart reaching out to the older female. Crawling out of the closet Kim walked over slowly and quietly so as to not alert Shego to her presence.\r\n\r\n‘[i:85ec8]I... I have to get out,[/i:85ec8]’ Kim thought as she neared the still open door. Looking back over her shoulder she winced hearing Shego’s murmuring had turned into sobs. Lowering her ears, Kim walked back and placed her front paws on Shego’s legs. ‘[i:85ec8]I can’t believe I’m doing this...[/i:85ec8]’ Kim’s mind muttered as she mewed questioningly at Shego.\r\n\r\nShego slid her hands down from her bloodshot eyes to lock eyes with Nemmy’s concerned eyes. Reaching down with shaking hands, Shego scooped up Kim and held her close crying into the kitten’s soft fur. “I thought you had run off, I’m so sorry Nemmy. I thought I was going to be alone again.”\r\n\r\nKim’s eyes widened at the sheer pain and loneliness she heard in Shego’s voice. Letting her eyes soften she licked Shego’s cheek gently, trying to make her feel better. It seemed to work as Shego pulled her back and started to pet her. The slow steady petting seemed to calm both of them; because when Shego next spoke her voice was calmer, but seemed almost dead.\r\n\r\n“Nemmy, you’re my only friend. Dr. D. and his goons are just co-workers; I don’t even know most of their names. When I heard you cry out, I just snapped,” Shego said while she continued her pathological petting, “I don’t know what I’d do if you left me.”\r\n\r\n‘[i:85ec8]This is so not good,[/i:85ec8]’ Kim thought as she nuzzled into Shego’s petting, ‘[i:85ec8]She is going to go psycho if she finds out who I am.[/i:85ec8]’','',0,'IA==','85ec8',1,0,'',412,0,0),(245634,18300,4,497,0,'70.174.98.105',1181081331,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":27ede]So Dervish - you\'re saying that there should be no requirements for fathers - or mothers I suppose - to care for their children?[/quote:27ede]It seems to me that is what she is saying.\r\n\r\n\r\nUnlike most people here, I have experienced the fatherhood-sending-money-off thing first hand. And any piece of crap \'father\' who doesn\'t want some responsibility for his offspring should have thought about that beforehand. I am firmly supportive of the law. Like I said, driving is NOT a right.','',0,'gA==','27ede',1,0,'',497,0,0),(245635,18300,4,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181081631,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','That\'s not what is being said at all - you are taking the statement to some crazy extreme. There should be requirements, but crippling a persons ability to function in society is not going to help or encourage them to make child support payments. It\'s a punitive measure that actually decreases the chance that the person will be able to pay.','',0,'gA==','78a5c',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245636,18329,4,497,0,'70.174.98.105',1181081807,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','I\'ve lost three real-life friends recently, about 20-something internet friends (members of two gaming clans I was heavily involved with) to the stuff going on in Iraq and Afghanistan (plus several others I\'ve mentioned elsewhere).\r\n\r\nI also have had a number of friends make it back unscathed except for PTSD.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m about to see another good friend get shipped overseas; his brother, another close friend, just returned from a Med cruise, and his other brother just returned from Ramadi (137th Tank Battalion). \r\n\r\n\r\nAnother thing: Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you?\r\n\r\nWe know the answer already.','',0,'gA==','3e9f6',1,0,'',497,0,0),(245637,18321,3,39,0,'85.211.178.210',1181081894,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The third leg of my trip: Edinburgh','[quote="Kara Wild":20519]First, let me say that I enjoyed meeting Eccles and Tom in person. \":D\" It\'s too bad you guys couldn\'t have stayed longer.[/quote:20519]\n[quote="Eccles":20519]Thanks again to both you and Martin for the invite.[/quote:20519]\r\nIt was a pleasure for me, too! It\'s always a delight to play host to people who appreciate Daria, whether singly or gathered for a \'con. \"8)\" \r\n\r\nKara left me a message to say she\'s arrived safely in Ireland.\r\n\r\nWith covering essential duties, and trying to be as good a host to Kara as I can within the limitations those duties impose, I\'ve barely looked at the board. I guess in a week or two I\'ll have the backlog under control, and might be more of a PPMB participant again.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'gA==','20519',1,0,'',39,0,0),(245638,18275,3,39,0,'85.211.178.210',1181082459,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Today, filling up on my trip with Kara to [url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.357:c64d9]Wroxeter[/url:c64d9], en route to the airport for her Ireland trip, I paid £1.019 GBP per litre. That\'s $9.24 USD per gallon.\r\n\r\nIIRC, a US gallon is about 83% of a rest-of-the-world (aka Imperial) gallon; so if my arithmetic is correct, that made today\'s fill-up $7.67 USD per US gallon. Not too bad.\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'EA==','c64d9',1,0,'',39,0,0),(245639,17037,6,653,0,'71.226.183.71',1181082753,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="echopapa":7765c]Of course, we don\'t know who he is trying to find first, Daria or Quinn.[/quote:7765c]\r\n\r\nHe\'ll probably be looking for Quinn first under the assumption Daria can take care of herself if she has to.\r\n\r\nOh, and excellent story so far. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','7765c',1,0,'',653,0,0),(245640,18329,4,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181083697,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','I filed for conscientious objector status, and got it, from my N.G. unit. I won\'t \'serve\' the U.S. policy of expansion in the Mid East, nor will I act as an enforcer for companies like Haliburton or Bectel. \r\nThe romantics like to believe we are still living in the U.S. our grandfathers believed in (which was BS too, btw - a fantasy that had little basis in reality), and that serving one\'s nation in the military is the most honorable thing one can do. More so than ever though, the military has become the tool of consolidated, private interest. You aren\'t defending the freedoms of your countrymen (if you are American) by expanding the U.S. sphere of control. You are holding off the inevitable end to the age of mass fossil fuel consumption, and making a small group of people very wealthy while doing it.','',0,'gA==','f66c2',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245643,18330,6,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181084814,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','An Alternate Ending to "Arts N Crass"','The end of "Arts N Crass" always bothered me because it was a bit of a deus ex machina. Submitted for your approval, as Rod Serling would say, an alternate version:\n\n==========\n\nHELEN: All right, Ms. Li, let me make sure I have this straight. You took my daughter\'s poster from her, altered its content, exhibited it against her will, and are now threatening discipline because you claim she defaced her own property, which you admit to stealing?\n\nMS LI: (flustered) That\'s not what I said at all!\n\nHELEN: Ms. Li, are you familiar with the phrase "violation of civil liberties"?\n\nMS. LI: I...\n\nHELEN: And the phrase "big fat lawsuit"?\n\nMS. LI: (suddenly decisive) Well, if that\'s the way you feel about it, you\'ll be hearing from the school board\'s attorney!\n\nHELEN: (smugly) I look forward to it, Ms. Li.\n\n(MS. LI slams down the phone, as DARIA smiles)\n\nDARIA: (to JANE) This is going to be good.\n\nMS. LI: You\'re right Ms. Morgendorffer, it will be—but not for you! (crackles as she dials the phone) \n\nCUT TO:\n\nINT. HELEN\'S office at Vitale, Davis, Horowitz, Riordan, Schrecter & Schrecter. HELEN is stalking back and forth across the room.\n\nHELEN: The nerve of that woman! And the idiocy! You\'d think that the flagrant unfairness of what she did would give her a hint that it might not be legal! (Laughs) I wonder what low-rent hacks the school retained as counsel.\n\nJIM VITALE, senior parnter, who strongly resembles James Woods, saunters into HELEN\'S office. Both HELEN and MARIANNE go pale.\n\nVITALE: (sweetly) Marianne, you look like you could use a break. Whydoncha go get some coffee! (He winks at her)\n\nMARIANNE: I\'m sorry, I\'m sorry! (dashes from the office)\n\nVITALE advances on Helen, who is now sitting at her desk. He casts a shadow over her.\n\nVITALE: Helen, Helen, Helen...how\'s second chair for asshat treatin\' ya, huh?\n\nHELEN: (nervous titter) Well, it\'s certainly...\n\nVITALE: Engrossing?\n\nHELEN: Absolutely.\n\nVITALE: Challenging?\n\nHELEN: Of course!\n\nVITALE: Leave you with much free time?\n\nHELEN: (more nervous laughter) Oh—well, it would always be nice to have more free time—\n\nVITALE: Maybe for [i:81038]pro bono[/i:81038] work?\n\nHELEN: (now just nervous) Jim, I [i:81038]do[/i:81038] want to increase my billable time—\n\nVITALE: (sighing) Worthy goal, but I think you\'ll have to place that on hold, Helen. (grabbing Marianne\'s chair and swinging it in front of HELEN\'S desk) But it\'s not just billable hours that matter to the firm, you know that, doncha? (sits down)\n\nHELEN: (relaxing a little) Jim, I\'m certainly flattered you\'d consider me for a [i:81038]pro bono[/i:81038] case the firm considers worthwhile—\n\nERIC SCHRECTER enters in a tizzy without noticing VITALE\n\nERIC: Helen, have you seen the file for the Fur Trappers Association\'s suit against the SCPA? I wanted to—\n\nVITALE: (jumping between ERIC and HELEN) [b:81038][size=167:81038][i:81038][color=red:81038]Hey asshat, can\'t you see we\'re talkin\' here?[/color:81038][/i:81038][/size:81038][/b:81038]\n\nERIC: (Blanches and leaps backward) EEP! (Dashes out)\n \nVITALE: (smiling benevolently as he sits down again) See what happens when you drink that much coffee, Helen? Where were we? Oh, yeah! Some [i:81038]pro bono[/i:81038] work [b:81038]on top of[/b:81038] your corporate cases, right, right...you know the Lawndale School District is one of our clients, right?\n\nHELEN: (Pause as all the color drains from her face. Then, very softly) oh. no, I didn\'t realize that. (takes a breath) Jim, I had no idea, and I\'m very—\n\nVITALE: What are you cuttin\' me off for? You don\'t want to do something [i:81038][b:81038]for the firm?[/b:81038][/i:81038]\n\nHELEN: It\'s not that—I know why you\'ve—\n\nNB: in the following, note that VITALE can raise and lower his voice instantaneously.\n\nVITALE: You know? You say [i:81038]you know?[/i:81038] Helen, not just two seconds ago, you said you [b:81038][i:81038]DIDN\'T KNOW[/i:81038][/b:81038] that we represent the School District, and now you say [b:81038][size=134:81038]YOU KNOW[/size:81038][/b:81038] something about a [i:81038]potential action[/i:81038] with the school district? (Beat) You haven\'t been taking on your own cases—\'cause that would violate your non-compete clause, [b:81038][size=134:81038]WHICH WE WILL ENFORCE,[/size:81038][/b:81038] yeah?\n\nHELEN: Of course—I mean of course not! I haven\'t been doing anything that would violate my contract—\n\nVITALE: (chuckling) That\'s good, Helen, real good, \'cause I wouldn\'t want to do that to you, and I think someone like you would be especially good at taking down this [b:81038][i:81038][size=134:81038]fucking idiot[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038] who just threatened to bring action against the school district. You want to hear what this [b:81038][i:81038][size=134:81038]fucking idiot[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038] threatened to bring suit for?\n\nHELEN: (Contritely) Jim, can we just forego the humiliation, becuase I know—\n\nVITALE: Whoa! There we go again with the "I know" shit. How would you know anything about what this [b:81038][i:81038][size=134:81038]fucking idiot[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038] wants to do, unless you were their counsel? \n\nHELEN: (Meekly) Of course not, Jim. Go ahead, please.\n\nVITALE: It\'s OK, Helen, it\'s OK—I mean, you probably figure it\'s an action involving a public school, probably something something really dull, some [b:81038][i:81038][size=134:81038]fucking idiot[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038] complaining about the constitutionality of a locker search when New Jersey vs. T.L.O. tossed that into the shitter. (Laughs) I really love that decision, you know? Excludes from evidence the pot the principal found in the girl\'s purse, but upholds the school\'s right to search. Like I say, the law\'s only what we lawyers do with it. Anyway, back to the [b:81038][i:81038][size=134:81038]fucking idiot[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038]...comes down to this: the [b:81038][i:81038][size=134:81038]fucking idiot[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038] wants to bring a first amendment action action so said [b:81038][i:81038][size=134:81038]fucking idiot\'s[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038] kid doesn\'t have to do an assignment. You believe that shit?\n\nHELEN: (Relaxing a bit) Oh...trying to get out of an assignment?\n\nVITALE: Yeah. State poster contest, "Student Life at the Dawn of a New Millennium" crap.\n\nHELEN: (Deflated again) Oh...(clearing her throat, tentatively) Jim, I believe entry is voluntary—\n\nVITALE: Doesn\'t matter. It was made an assignment for these kids. (Beat) Helen, whatsa matter? You\'re not good with this?\n\nHELEN: Well, it just seems to me that if entry in the contest was voluntary—\n\nVITALE: Voluntary [i:81038]per[/i:81038] the contest, an assignment as mandated by the school—at least that\'s that\'d [b:81038][i:81038][size=167:81038]I\'d[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038] argue. Complete no brainer, over in a morning. Waive a jury, do it in front of a judge, plantiff loses, and is stuck with court costs—if the district doesn\'t decide to countersue, which you can [i:81038][b:81038]bet your ass I\'d advise them to do.[/b:81038][/i:81038] (Beat) But, if you don\'t want to take on this [b:81038][i:81038][size=134:81038]fucking idiot,[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038] I understand. (Beat) So—what is it?\n\nHELEN: (Looking away) That\'s fine Jim...I\'ll call Ms. Li....\n\nVITALE: (Gets up and pats her on the shoulder) Atta girl. I know if anybody can take on this [b:81038][i:81038][size=134:81038]fucking idiot[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038] it\'s you. In fact, I bet you could just—[b:81038][i:81038][size=134:81038]make this thing go away,[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038] \'cause that\'s the kind of confidence I have in you. (Goes to the door, then stops. In a gently amused tone) You know, I wonder if the [b:81038][i:81038][size=134:81038]fucking idiot[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038] had counsel—I know, I know, hard to believe, but the shit-for-brains they got crawling out of the bar exam today...or, you know, the kind of [b:81038][i:81038][size=134:81038]fucking idiot[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038] does a couple of years as associate in some backwater, comes to a larger \'burb still as an associate and still a [b:81038][i:81038][size=134:81038]fucking idiot[/size:81038][/i:81038][/b:81038]...know what I\'d do with somebody that stupid?\n\nHELEN: (Face pink with embarassment, on the verge of tears, says nothing and shakes her head)\n\nVITALE: [b:81038][size=167:81038][color=red:81038]I\'D FUCKIN\' DELAY THEIR PARTNERSHIP OFFER FOR AT LEAST TWO FUCKIN\' YEARS, THAT\'S WHAT![/color:81038][/size:81038][/b:81038] Maybe they\'d never make partner. Who knows, huh?\n\nHELEN: (Looks like she\'s been punched in the stomach)\n\nVITALE: (Devil-may-care and smiling) Glad we could talk about this, Helen. Nice to know you\'re on board with this. Keep up the good work. (Goes out, closes the door behind him, but stops and turns around) And by the way, check out our complete client list sometime. It\'s absolutely fuckin\' fascinating—we represent just about everybody who\'s anybody in this little burg. (He goes out)\n\nFADE OUT.\n\nFADE IN.\n\nINT. JANE\'S ROOM. \n\nJANE is putting the finishing touches on a new version of the poster. DARIA is lying on the bed, reading.\n\nJANE: I still can\'t believe your Mom caved like that. Whatever happened to the upstanding Americans who took on the chin for matters of principle?\n\nDARIA: They all lost their jobs, couldn\'t feed their families, and died out, taking the gene for integrity with them.\n\nJANE: Curse you, O forces of natural selection! Seriously, is your mom going to be OK?\n\nDARIA: That question assumes she was all right to begin with. (sigh) It happens every couple of months—her immediate boss keeps making promises he can\'t keep, she gets her hopes up, and sometime happens to bring the wrath of the senior partner down on her.\n\nJANE: Well, at least in the long run she\'s not going to have any surprises.\n\nDARIA: Yeah, but in the long run, we\'re all dead, too.\n\nJANE: Gee, you sure are sunny about all this. I\'m the one who has to repaint the damn thing!\n\nDARIA: Yeah, but my name will still be on it—and at least people will see you\'re a skilled artist.\n\nJANE: True, but anyone who knows you will realize this was done under duress. (Steps back) Done!\n\nDARIA: (sighing) I suppose I might as well take a look...(she gets out of bed and goes to look at the painting)\n\nCUT TO:\n\nFrame filling shot of painting whose poem now reads\n\n[quote:81038][color=black:81038][i:81038]She knows she\'s a winner\nShe couldn\'t be thinner\nBecause she practices her cheers\nEveryday after dinner—\n[b:81038]GO LAWNDALE LIONS![/b:81038][/i:81038][/color:81038][/quote:81038]\n\nDOLLY BACK to show the poster on a wall with a banner reading "1st PRIZE" across the top and this note by its side\n\n[quote:81038][color=black:81038][i:81038]Winning Entry: Lawndale High School\nAngela Li, Principal\nArt by Jane Lane\nPoem and Concept by Daria Morgendorffer[/i:81038][/color:81038][/quote:81038]\n\n[i:81038]La la [b:81038]LA-La[/b:81038] la...[/i:81038]\n\n(* * *)\n\nEdit 2008-01-05 to turn gibberish back into em-dashes, and to comply with board\'s new rule about profanity.','f248d363457f690c8d61d3893a796088',0,'5g==','81038',1,1199552896,'',362,1,0),(286894,20837,4,81,0,'82.3.115.164',1199553995,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Obama: God\'s Gift','[quote:1t79ugpu]I just quoted/linked to that article to provide a pretty good example of the almost religious, even messianic fervour many of his supporters display. Honestly, some of it reminds me of that scene toward the end of The Man Who Would Be King (1975)... I wouldn\'t quite say I was satirizing what Klein wrote, because I think it satirizes itself.[/quote:1t79ugpu]\n\nAbsolutely. It reminded me of the reaction a Nazi might have to seeing Hitler at one of his rallies.','f424dde18ceddde54eaef07b89e0fa4e',0,'gA==','1t79ugpu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(245642,18275,3,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181084336,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','The UK has an infrastructure designed to decrease peoples dependence on direct petrol consumption...here in the U.S., if you don\'t have a car (or can\'t afford to put gas in it) you are screwed, unless you live in a major city. Britons have the luxury of taking a tram; most of us here in the U.S. do not. Public transport here is a joke. You cannot compare the effects of fuel prices in the U.K. to the effects of prices in the U.S.... apples and oranges.','',0,'5g==','87283',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245644,18297,5,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181084875,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The underwater scenes of [i:a8f55]Creature from the Black Lagoon[/i:a8f55] was filmed only a couple miles away from my house at Wakulla Springs. Unfortunately, so were some of the scenes for [i:a8f55]Airport 77[/i:a8f55].','',0,'IA==','a8f55',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245645,20824,3,89,0,'67.189.239.220',1181085157,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":f1ad1][quote="Quiverwing":f1ad1]Pfft, that\'s what you all say now. \"The con will be one big orgy\" - I bet $100 that all the guys chicken out...[/quote:f1ad1]\nOh boy - a hundred bucks! \":-)\" That\'ll come in handy!\n\nBut down to business...\n\nI\'ve been musing on the possibility of a north-south road trip. At this stage I\'m planning to start my travels from MA, so maybe we could drive south, picking up Coners along the way. Scissors may be in it, and Redleg Rick said he\'s a probable. I\'d like to stop by NYC for a couple of days on the way - I\'ve only been there once and I\'d like to see it again.\n\nSo - any easterners think that they might be up for a Great Daria Road Trip?[/quote:f1ad1]\r\n\r\nI haven\'t made a firm decision yet about the Orlando con. If I don\'t go, we could meet up on your way through NYC for a few beers. If I do go, we could meet up on your way through NYC for a few beers, then you can drive me to the airport. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','f1ad1',1,0,'',89,0,0),(245646,20824,3,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181085278,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','........rhino horn? Buy? Buy rhino? Horn? \":cry:\"','',0,'gA==','3862f',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245647,18269,5,458,0,'4.244.18.86',1181085455,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','If [b:4827c]Audition[/b:4827c] freaked you out... stay away from that director\'s (Takashi Miike) other films. Especially [b:4827c]Ichi the Killer[/b:4827c] or [b:4827c]Gozu[/b:4827c]. Or the episode of [i:4827c]Masters of Horror[/i:4827c] he directed, [i:4827c]Imprint[/i:4827c]. Showtime wouldn\'t even air that one.\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:4827c]\n\nGood call. However... I would nominate The Toxic Avenger, close on the heels of Meet the Feebles. Sure, Avenger was mostly campy. But that scene at the restaurant with the seeing-eye-dog was one of the most f---ed up things I\'ve ever seen in any movie. That scene should be removed from the film and all prints of it incinerated. It looked way too real and was sick as hell. Nothing in Nekromantik can or does compare to that scene from Avenger. \n[/quote:4827c]\r\n\r\nOh, that scene? Done by editing shots of a piece of carpet being shot and a dog that was trained to slide across a floor.','',0,'4A==','4827c',1,0,'',458,0,0),(245648,18330,6,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181085535,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','\":shock:\" Superb!! 3 Stars! \":shock:\"','',0,'4A==','d5deb',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245649,18325,5,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181085864,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Music? What\'s that? \":roll:\"','',0,'4A==','a7d3c',1,0,'',362,0,0),(245650,17037,6,306,0,'72.187.63.232',1181085972,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="NightGoblyn":767a5][quote="echopapa":767a5]Of course, we don\'t know who he is trying to find first, Daria or Quinn.[/quote:767a5]\n\nHe\'ll probably be looking for Quinn first under the assumption Daria can take care of herself if she has to.[/quote:767a5]\r\n\r\nHe\'d probably also go for Quinn first as he knows where she was, or should know where she was, so he\'d have a reasonable chance of finding her quickly so he could move on to Daria. Where as he really has no idea which way Daria could have had to go. That would be an interesting sub-plo actually.','',0,'gA==','767a5',1,0,'',306,0,0),(245651,18318,5,28,0,'76.20.168.147',1181086290,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote="Dervish":dc3be]But then, Palpatine did explain that the Jedi and Sith are a lot alike. Turns out he was right. (And that his faith in the dark side wasn\'t misplaced as Yoda claimed before the Emperor wipes the floor with him. [/quote:dc3be]\nRemind me which one got chucked down a big hole, and which became one with the Force, because I always get that mixed up. Palpatine lost, Yoda won.\n\n\n[quote="Dervish":dc3be]I also think Palpatine was playing Windu and pretending to be beaten just to further corrupt--or from the Sith PoV, convert--Anakin to his side.)[/quote:dc3be]\r\n\r\nI\'m not sure Palpy was pulling a rope-a-dope on Windu. After all, there was a reason Mace\'s lightsaber said \"Bad Mother Fucker.\"\r\n\r\nBeyond that, for real, stop trying to find internal consistency in the ideology of Star Wars through the dialogs of George Lucas. It\'s not that well thought out.','',0,'gA==','dc3be',1,0,'',28,0,0),(245652,18329,4,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181086470,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="TheEleventy":a6c2f]Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you?\n\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:a6c2f]\r\n\r\nBtw, I DID serve in a military manner, though I didn\'t join any of the standard military. Nor would I. \'Course in retrospect, I don\'t hold the views of those I was with as I once did, and more importantly, don\'t trust the larger organization. \r\n\r\nAnd joining the military isn\'t the same thing at all as \"serving freedom.\" You might THINK it does, just as I once thought what I did was, but it\'s not in actuality.','',0,'gA==','a6c2f',1,0,'',251,0,0),(245653,18300,4,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181086597,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":82f1a]So Dervish - you\'re saying that there should be no requirements for fathers - or mothers I suppose - to care for their children?[/quote:82f1a]\r\n\r\nNo, I\'m asking why someone is surprised that the government is trying failed past solutions (and other feelgood solutions) as if they were new ideas. Read it again.','',0,'gA==','82f1a',1,0,'',251,0,0),(245654,18318,5,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181086615,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:789c3]Beyond that, for real, stop trying to find internal consistency in the ideology of Star Wars through the dialogs of George Lucas. It\'s not that well thought out.[/quote:789c3]\r\n\r\nDespite being a huge SW fan, even I can agree with this statement.','',0,'gA==','789c3',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245655,18318,5,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181087053,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote="-sam":a763c]Remind me which one got chucked down a big hole, and which became one with the Force, because I always get that mixed up. Palpatine lost, Yoda won[/quote:a763c]\r\n\r\nSo you\'re saying that when Yoda confronted Palpatine, told him that his reign was now at an end, and then confronted Palpatine in a battle of sabers and force, that Yoda was just playing him, PRETENDING to be defeated? \r\n\r\nYoda vs. Palpatine:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvpMQ3FxKLk\r\n\r\nWhat do you think Yoda\'s motivations for that were? \":?\"','',0,'gA==','a763c',1,0,'',251,0,0),(245656,18318,5,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181087822,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I think it was more of a Stalemate with Palpy and Yoda....\r\n\r\nBut Palpatine had Troops on the way...','',0,'gA==','9d502',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245657,18330,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181088155,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Bravo!! \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','',0,'gA==','62dd3',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245658,17037,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181088269,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":f085a]\nOh, wait until the military forces in the area are organized enough to go out and sweep and clear the outlaw bastards running about... \":D\"[/quote:f085a]\r\n\r\nYeah! Ben Raines and his rebels wi... oh wait. Wrong story... OR IS IT?!\r\n\r\nDa da DUHHHHHHH!','',0,'gA==','f085a',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245659,18330,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1181088772,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','The horror! The horror!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWish I had done that one. Dead-on perfect.','',0,'gA==','d16cb',1,0,'',323,0,0),(245660,18318,5,28,0,'76.20.168.147',1181088869,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote="Dervish":8c4ab]So you\'re saying that when Yoda confronted Palpatine, told him that his reign was now at an end, and then confronted Palpatine in a battle of sabers and force, that Yoda was just playing him, PRETENDING to be defeated? [/quote:8c4ab]\r\n\r\nHmph, when 900 years old you reach, take the long view you will. Already defeated the Jedi were. Won Palpatine had, but consumes itself the Dark Side does. Better to withdraw and fight later, yes?\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=67:8c4ab]god, writing yoda is hard[/size:8c4ab]','',0,'hA==','8c4ab',1,0,'',28,0,0),(245661,18329,4,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181088944,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','I had no illusions; I joined the NG for $$$.','',0,'hA==','962b6',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245662,18330,6,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1181089945,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','The two morals of this story:\r\n\r\n1. There\'s only one force on earth more evil than Ms. Li -- anyone who holds a J. D. degree.\r\n\r\n2. \"Don\'t drink or take drugs!\"\r\n\r\n\":)\" \":)\" \":)\"\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!','',0,'hA==','7933a',1,0,'',213,0,0),(245663,18326,12,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181091389,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','If your story is an AU that has involves Quinn but excludes Helen, and is set during season 1 or 2, but does not contain the 3 J\'s or Tiffany, file it under subsection 3-2-a-34-A-64-b. If the story contains Tiffany and/or Helen, but excludes Jake, taking place in season 1 only, file it under subsection 3-2-a-33-b-64-b. If your story is cannon taking place in season 1 or 2, and Jane has 4 or more lines, file it under subsection 4-2-64-c-44-e. Keep in mind stories filed in this subsection may not include Jake, and must include either Sandi or Stacy (but not both). Be sure to read the manual before posting. \":shock:\"','',0,'hA==','ecbfd',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245664,18164,3,49,0,'84.25.18.234',1181091408,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Well I haven\'t done much lately on the guitar but here it is with an earlier SG built and my 2005 Standard.\r\n\r\n[img:7379f]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0159.jpg[/img:7379f]\r\n\r\n[img:7379f]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0160.jpg[/img:7379f]\r\n\r\nI already have a different neck for it, the one in this picture is only there to make it look like a guitar not just a body.\r\n\r\nIt\'s gonna have a strings-through-body non trem strat bridge and I\'m planning to put in Gibson Iommi Pickups.','',0,'CA==','7379f',1,0,'',49,0,0),(245665,18310,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181092410,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":shock:\" \r\n\r\n \":)\"','',0,'CA==','f2217',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245666,17037,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181092679,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":cf373][quote="Brother Grimace":cf373]\nOh, wait until the military forces in the area are organized enough to go out and sweep and clear the outlaw bastards running about... \":D\"[/quote:cf373]\n\nYeah! Ben Raines and his rebels wi... oh wait. Wrong story... OR IS IT?!\n\nDa da DUHHHHHHH![/quote:cf373]\r\n\r\n\r\nYou don\'t need Raines\' Rebels in this multiverse, you\'ve got DELPHI special ops types and P.O.G.O. teams - they\'re probably out breaking it off in someone\'s hind end and being VERY overt about it...\r\n\r\n\r\nAs I said before, I wanna see the Lawndale Militia roll in... \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'gA==','cf373',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245667,18318,5,671,0,'152.163.100.200',1181092729,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I view it as Yoda\'s fault in some sense, that the Jedi were destroyed by the Sith, who went on to rule through the Empire. Yoda was the oldest Jedi and Grand Master of the Order. He was alive, I think, during the last major Sith insurgence. When he was training the Jedi for centuries, he was training against an enemy that had evolved considerably. The Jedi were completely outmatched because they were preparing for an enemy that was far stronger then they thought.','',0,'gA==','067a8',1,0,'',671,0,0),(245668,18297,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181093259,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','In [i:77ecc]National Lampoon\'s Animal House[/i:77ecc], the \'COLLEGE\' sweatshirt that John Belushi wears was one that he made when he was a theatre major at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and he based a lot of his performance as \'Bluto\' on his adventures within the Greek system there. \r\n\r\nIncidentally, SIU-C happens to be [b:77ecc]my[/b:77ecc] alma mater as well.\r\n\r\n\r\n \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" [size=200:77ecc][color=darkred:77ecc][u:77ecc][b:77ecc]GO DAWGS!!![/b:77ecc][/u:77ecc][/color:77ecc][/size:77ecc] \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','',0,'Zw==','77ecc',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245669,18326,12,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1181093680,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','What about \"Deus Jane\"?','',0,'Zw==','4757b',1,0,'',323,0,0),(245670,18319,3,499,0,'203.59.174.157',1181094249,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Mine is of Marvin the Martian.\r\n\r\nI like to think that he symbolizes my individuality as an outsider.....oh...and HE\'S GOING TO THE MOON ON A GIANT ROCKET!','',0,'Zw==','eff48',1,0,'',499,0,0),(245671,18318,5,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181094539,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote="-sam":fc755][quote="Dervish":fc755]So you\'re saying that when Yoda confronted Palpatine, told him that his reign was now at an end, and then confronted Palpatine in a battle of sabers and force, that Yoda was just playing him, PRETENDING to be defeated? [/quote:fc755]\n\nHmph, when 900 years old you reach, take the long view you will. Already defeated the Jedi were. Won Palpatine had, but consumes itself the Dark Side does. Better to withdraw and fight later, yes?\n\n\n[size=67:fc755]god, writing yoda is hard[/size:fc755][/quote:fc755]\r\n\r\nSo, when Yoda told that guy who drove the getaway car after Yoda fled Palpatine, \"Into exile I must go, failed I have,\" he ACTUALLY meant, \"I haven\'t successfully defeated Palpatine and become one with the Force YET...I\'m thinking of using some innocent children as pawns in my lust for advancement instead.\" \":P\"\r\n\r\nAs Sith and Jedi agree (when it suits them), truth is from a \"certain point of view.\" In fact, there probably isn\'t such a thing as lie, especially among those who eschew absolutes. \r\n\r\nBut I do wonder why you find it hard that Palpatine was just faking out Mace when Palpatine proved he was faking being all weak and powerless once he successfully converted Skywalker (and so easily wiped out the other Jedi before Mace WHILE FIGHTING MACE AT THE SAME TIME), yet insist on believing that Yoda was just faking Palpatine out despite Yoda facing him, failing to do as said, running away, and saying he failed and into exile he must go. But if that view works for you, okay. \r\n\r\nBut why did Yoda have to face Palpatine at all? \":?\"\r\n\r\nI suppose it might make for a good story...some great secret mission was done and Yoda faced Palpatine ONLY to distract Palpatine from sensing it (being too occupied with having his fun smacking his green friend around). But I also wonder what fic you could make out of Yoda willfully selling out the Younglings into betrayel and death in his \"taking the long view\" games...\r\n\r\nBtw, Sith become one with the force, too. Like ever heard of [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sith_holocron:fc755]Sith holocrons[/url:fc755]? (At least sometimes, like when Darth Krayt [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Krayt#Downturn:fc755]used them[/url:fc755].) Though from a certain PoV, these Sith, and Yoda, are undead spirits. Maybe they live on in hate, maybe in lusting for a new body (there\'s a novel where Palpatine tries to reincarnate after his clones fail to take his spirit or some such), or just are forced to remain behind while they work through their hypocrisies and other illusions...\":P\"\r\n\r\n\r\nThough you\'re right on the George Lucas bit. But as I said, someone told me it was explained on this DVD, and it wasn\'t. And trying to make sense out of this cosmos, especially Lucas\'s creations, does seem like a waste of time. Though I think it\'s safe to say the Jedi and Sith are much more alike than different.','',0,'lA==','fc755',1,0,'',251,0,0),(245672,18319,3,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181094580,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Ranting Klown":ba761]Mine is of Marvin the Martian.\n\nI like to think that he symbolizes my individuality as an outsider.....oh...and HE\'S GOING TO THE MOON ON A GIANT ROCKET![/quote:ba761]\r\n\r\nIs he about to make an Earth Shattering Kaboom?','',0,'gA==','ba761',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245673,18319,3,671,0,'152.163.101.12',1181094626,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Marvin is one of my favorite Loony Toons along with Wile E. Coyote, Bugs, Daffy, and Elmer.','',0,'gA==','59673',1,0,'',671,0,0),(245674,18319,3,203,0,'20.139.226.50',1181094963,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Why Wyle E. Coyote?\r\n\r\nHe\'s intelligent, resourceful and no matter how many times he gets creamed, he [u:35a54]never[/u:35a54] gives up. \":lol:\"\r\n\r\nAnd one day, with much hard work and a little luck, I hope to be able to live up to his example. \":wink:\"','',0,'AQ==','35a54',1,0,'',203,0,0),(245675,18272,3,531,0,'4.156.108.216',1181095026,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":dc76b][quote="HelpfulSkittlesExplosion":dc76b]I don\'t normally like chili sauce. I wonder if it\'s really that good...[/quote:dc76b]\n\nFrom Wendy\'s? No.[/quote:dc76b]\r\n\r\nThat\'s probably why the guy wanted more and more of the sauce...\r\nmost \"hot\" sauces at commercial restaurants are barely mild, IMO (I grow my own hot peppers, because the store-baught ones aren\'t hot enough...)\r\nThough I still wouldn\'t shoot anyone over it...I\'d just complain how non-spicy it is.','',0,'gA==','dc76b',1,0,'',531,0,0),(245676,18329,4,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181095028,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Bliss Ticks":12e25]I had no illusions; I joined the NG for $$$.[/quote:12e25]\r\n\r\n[color=darkblue:12e25][b:12e25]Mr. Green:[/b:12e25] But this is ridiculous. If he were such a patriotic American, why didn\'t he just report us to the authorities?\n[b:12e25]Wadsworth:[/b:12e25] He decided to put his information to good use and make a little money off of it. What could be more American than that? \n\n--Clue[/color:12e25]','',0,'wg==','12e25',1,0,'',251,0,0),(245677,18331,5,26,0,'64.246.133.82',1181095028,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','My anime review for 6/5/2007','This month, it\'s [i:12e25]Barefoot Gen[/i:12e25]\r\n\r\n[quote:12e25][color=white:12e25]Based on the manga by Kenji Nakazawa and loosely based on his own experiences before, during and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, [i:12e25]Barefoot Gen[/i:12e25] recounts these horrific events through the eyes of the title character, Gen Nakoko, whose family is engaged in the making of the [i:12e25]geta[/i:12e25] or wooden sandals that at the time were still worn by many Japanese. When the bomb is dropped, Gen loses his father, older sister and kid brother, leaving himself, his mother and his newborn sister to carry on. Shortly after his sister\'s death, Gen\'s mother takes in a boy who looks much like his kid brother and Gen himself meets a group of orphans who live by their wits any way they can. With his mother increasingly getting worse due to radiation poisoning, Gen must learn to grow up faster than he thought he would be in an uncertain post-war Japan.[/color:12e25][/quote:12e25]\r\n\r\nI give this nine out of ten samurai swords.','',0,'og==','12e25',1,1181150578,'',26,2,0),(245678,18326,12,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181095464,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','[quote="The Angst Guy":aa02d]What about \"Deus Jane\"?[/quote:aa02d]\r\n\r\nS-34-b-64-e(a)-95.6(e)......duh.... \":roll:\"','',0,'gA==','aa02d',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245679,18291,3,531,0,'4.156.108.216',1181096570,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My first \"big name\" guitar was my first electric, as it happenned...\r\nmy beat to sh** Gibson SG...\r\nI was 15 or so, been playing for a year or so, looking to get an electric. I\'d been going into this guitar store near me for a while, looking at this (in retrospect) POS that I wouldn\'t have been happy with, I was saving up the money, and had enough to put down for a layaway. \r\nI went in that day, intending to buy it, and it was gone. this guy I\'d been talking to for a while knew I was into it, and broke the news that it was gone. He then pulled this guitar from behind the counter. It had come in earlier that day, he knew I was into SGs...\r\nneedless to say, I put the money on that, and a bit of parentaql convincing later, I had it home (loan from the International Bank of Mom and Dad. Great interest rates, but look out for those collections agents)\r\nStill have it to this day, will never voluntarily let it go.\r\n\r\nFirst Fender was after working at a guitar store for a few months, MIM Std Tele, swapped out the pickups...pretty cool...\r\nNow have, ampng other things, couple more Gibsons, couple Fenders, couple Martin accoustics, Rickenbacker....etc...','',0,'gA==','d8c43',1,0,'',531,0,0),(245680,18329,4,497,0,'70.174.98.105',1181096888,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":34d4c][quote="TheEleventy":34d4c]Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you?\n\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:34d4c]\n\nBtw, I DID serve in a military manner, though I didn\'t join any of the standard military. Nor would I. \'Course in retrospect, I don\'t hold the views of those I was with as I once did, and more importantly, don\'t trust the larger organization. \n\nAnd joining the military isn\'t the same thing at all as \"serving freedom.\" You might THINK it does, just as I once thought what I did was, but it\'s not in actuality.[/quote:34d4c]Explain. I\'m curious how you served. In other words, I took an oath. I\'m sure if you googled it, you could probably find the exact words enlisted personnel take. And I\'m guessing it\'s probably nothing like what you did.','',0,'gA==','34d4c',1,0,'',497,0,0),(245681,18318,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181097159,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote="Dervish":45566][quote="-sam":45566][quote="Dervish":45566]So you\'re saying that when Yoda confronted Palpatine, told him that his reign was now at an end, and then confronted Palpatine in a battle of sabers and force, that Yoda was just playing him, PRETENDING to be defeated? [/quote:45566]\n\nHmph, when 900 years old you reach, take the long view you will. Already defeated the Jedi were. Won Palpatine had, but consumes itself the Dark Side does. Better to withdraw and fight later, yes?\n\n\n[size=67:45566]god, writing yoda is hard[/size:45566][/quote:45566]\n\nSo, when Yoda told that guy who drove the getaway car after Yoda fled Palpatine, \"Into exile I must go, failed I have,\" he ACTUALLY meant, \"I haven\'t successfully defeated Palpatine and become one with the Force YET...I\'m thinking of using some innocent children as pawns in my lust for advancement instead.\" \":P\"\n\n\n[b:45566]YES! Why do you think they stuck one of the mewling brats back in the sandbox with Vader\'s own family, let him wear his father\'s old name, not surpress the same talents that his father was well-known for, and do absolutely NOTHING when Luke kept trying to get into the Imperial Academy at Carida? \'Oh, just wait, you can try again next year...\'\n\nIT WAS A TRAP FOR VADER.\n\nObi-Wan went there to watch and wait for the inevitable: \n\n[i:45566]\'Lord Vader... there appears to be a young man from Tattooine who\'s made several attempts to be accepted into the Imperial Academy.\'\n\n\'And this concerns me because...?\'\n\nGAAAAAK! \'My Lord... his last name is Skywalker...Skywalker!\'\n\n\'You may continue.\'\n\nhuaak... \'He is from the same district that the Jedi Anakin Skywalker was from... and there are indications that he is a pilot of considerable skill.\'\n\n\'Yes... interesting. Could it be...?\'\n\n\'My lord - a hologram of Skywalker. One of our men at Anchorhead Station took this when he and his friends were at a local cantina.\'\n\n\'... the eyes... he has Padme\'s eyes...\'\n\n\'Pardon, My Lord?\'\n\n\'Excellent work. Admiral Ozzel?\'\n\n\'Yes, Lord Vader?\'\n\n\'Set your course... for Tattooine.\'[/i:45566]\n\nAs soon as Vader came within eyesight of Luke, Obi-Wan would have finished the job he should have years ago. He\'d have beaten the hell out of him on the Death Star, but he used his death as a distraction to allow Luke to escape. If he himself couldn\'t destroy Vader, then after training by Yoda, Vader\'s more powerful son would himself do the job. \n\nYeah - I can see them as being that sneaky, and it was mentioned in a couple of the novels, including one of the Original Trilogy novelizations... I think. [/b:45566]\n\n\nAs Sith and Jedi agree (when it suits them), truth is from a \"certain point of view.\" In fact, there probably isn\'t such a thing as lie, especially among those who eschew absolutes. \n\nBut I do wonder why you find it hard that Palpatine was just faking out Mace when Palpatine proved he was faking being all weak and powerless once he successfully converted Skywalker (and so easily wiped out the other Jedi before Mace WHILE FIGHTING MACE AT THE SAME TIME), yet insist on believing that Yoda was just faking Palpatine out despite Yoda facing him, failing to do as said, running away, and saying he failed and into exile he must go. But if that view works for you, okay. \n\nBut why did Yoda have to face Palpatine at all? \":?\"\n\nI suppose it might make for a good story...some great secret mission was done and Yoda faced Palpatine ONLY to distract Palpatine from sensing it (being too occupied with having his fun smacking his green friend around). But I also wonder what fic you could make out of Yoda willfully selling out the Younglings into betrayel and death in his \"taking the long view\" games...\n\nBtw, Sith become one with the force, too. Like ever heard of [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sith_holocron:45566]Sith holocrons[/url:45566]? (At least sometimes, like when Darth Krayt [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Krayt#Downturn:45566]used them[/url:45566].) Though from a certain PoV, these Sith, and Yoda, are undead spirits. Maybe they live on in hate, maybe in lusting for a new body (there\'s a novel where Palpatine tries to reincarnate after his clones fail to take his spirit or some such), or just are forced to remain behind while they work through their hypocrisies and other illusions...\":P\"\n\n\nThough you\'re right on the George Lucas bit. But as I said, someone told me it was explained on this DVD, and it wasn\'t. And trying to make sense out of this cosmos, especially Lucas\'s creations, does seem like a waste of time. Though I think it\'s safe to say the Jedi and Sith are much more alike than different.\n\n\n[b:45566]I think that Yoda went for the Emperor out of pride. He really thought that he could beat him, and by doing so, subvert the prophecy of The Chosen One (which, you have to admit, he tried to do all along). I guess that\'s also why he didn\'t want to train Luke at first. Look at what happened the last time they abandoned their rulings and trained an overage Skywalker - not a good thing. [/b:45566]\n\n[/quote:45566]','',0,'9A==','45566',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245682,18330,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181097522,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','It\'s only appropriate that this story be posted on the ninth anniversary of my being hurt on the job, and being tossed into the trash bin because of it due to the efforts of a wonderful group of individuals...\r\n\r\nI really hate lawyers. I really do. \r\n\r\n \":evil:\" \":evil:\" \":evil:\" \":evil:\" \":evil:\"','',0,'9A==','6ddef',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245683,18318,5,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181097561,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:b8754]But why did Yoda have to face Palpatine at all? \":?\" [/quote:b8754]\r\n\r\nLet\'s just break this down to it\'s simplest level. \r\n\r\nHe was trying to Kill Him!! \":P\"','',0,'gA==','b8754',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245684,18318,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181097773,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Sam The Smuggler":41bd7][quote:41bd7]But why did Yoda have to face Palpatine at all? \":?\" [/quote:41bd7]\n\nLet\'s just break this down to it\'s simplest level. \n\nHe was trying to Kill Him!! \":P\"[/quote:41bd7]\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat - tiny Yoda couldn\'t have just had a bomb planted under the Emperor\'s bed? People make things way too hard.\r\n\r\nIt\'s like I\'ve always replied when someone says that they missed me; \'I use explosives. That way, I don\'t miss [i:41bd7]anybody[/i:41bd7].\'','',0,'oA==','41bd7',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245685,18318,5,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181097834,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Well, seeing as how it was a Movie...they needed a lightsaber Duel....besides...Palpatine could sense a bomb before stepping into the room.','',0,'oA==','2d16f',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245686,18300,4,497,0,'70.174.98.105',1181097872,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','[quote="Bliss Ticks":6f4b9]That\'s not what is being said at all - you are taking the statement to some crazy extreme. There should be requirements, but crippling a persons ability to function in society is not going to help or encourage them to make child support payments. It\'s a punitive measure that actually decreases the chance that the person will be able to pay.[/quote:6f4b9]Removing the privilege to drive does not take away a person\'s ability to make money. Granted, for most of the asshats who miss payment, you could probably take far more punitive measures before they take responsibility for their own actions.\r\n\r\nFunction in society? That person already rescinded the ability to function in society by refusing to support offspring...','',0,'gA==','6f4b9',1,0,'',497,0,0),(245687,18318,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181098314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Sam The Smuggler":77bad]Well, seeing as how it was a Movie...they needed a lightsaber Duel....besides...Palpatine could sense a bomb before stepping into the room.[/quote:77bad]\r\n\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking \'stick of C-4\', I\'m talking \'stick a nuke in the kitchen four floors below the f****r.\' Let\'s see Emperor Pal-Of-Everything-But-Botox deflect THAT with his lightsaber! \":wink:\" \r\n\r\n\r\nYeah, they did. Even in space, there\'s gotta be a c**kfight. \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','77bad',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245688,18318,5,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181098458,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Hmm..in that case...he\'d have been screwed \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','330e0',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245689,18310,6,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181098691,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','You know what this really reminds me of Banky?\r\n\r\nA Harry Potter fanfic called \"Draco Malfoy The Amazing Bouncing...Rat?\" by Maya. It\'s a highly popular HP comedy fic in which Draco is transformed into a rat by a spell and adopted as a pet by an unsuspecting Hermione Granger.\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Maya/:6c67c]Draco Malfoy The Amazing Bouncing...Rat?[/url:6c67c]\r\n\r\n \":D\" \r\n\r\nI do like the fic, Banky, it just reminds me of this one.\r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":twisted:\" \":wink:\"','',0,'EA==','6c67c',1,0,'',13,0,0),(245690,18319,3,659,0,'207.118.182.240',1181098739,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Danny Donkey was a one-time character from the comic \"Pearls Before Swine.\" He\'s the rather misanthropic subject of a childrens\' book Rat is writing. I have misanthropic tendencies... with emphasis on tendencies ([size=42:ab379]deep down inside I\'m about as sensitive as they come[/size:ab379]).','',0,'BA==','ab379',1,0,'',659,0,0),(245691,18300,4,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181099166,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','[b:502b6]\"Removing the privilege to drive does not take away a person\'s ability to make money.\" [/b:502b6]\r\n\r\nYes, quite often it takes away their ability to make a living wage, or in fact any cash at all...look at a map of the U.S..notice how most of it is rural in nature? Try walking 15 miles one way to a job every day.\r\nIt sounds to me as if you are making moral arguments (emotional ones at that), rather than being practical .','',0,'QA==','502b6',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245692,18297,5,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181099332,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','In the original Jaws, the scene where the severed head is found in the sunken boat (a legitimately frightening scene) was filmed in a swimming pool.\r\n\r\n \":D\" \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":wink:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'QA==','0a0a1',1,0,'',13,0,0),(245693,20824,3,531,0,'4.156.108.216',1181099408,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dennis":8a0fd][quote="Deref":8a0fd][quote="Quiverwing":8a0fd]Pfft, that\'s what you all say now. \"The con will be one big orgy\" - I bet $100 that all the guys chicken out...[/quote:8a0fd]\nOh boy - a hundred bucks! \":-)\" That\'ll come in handy!\n\nBut down to business...\n\nI\'ve been musing on the possibility of a north-south road trip. At this stage I\'m planning to start my travels from MA, so maybe we could drive south, picking up Coners along the way. Scissors may be in it, and Redleg Rick said he\'s a probable. I\'d like to stop by NYC for a couple of days on the way - I\'ve only been there once and I\'d like to see it again.\n\nSo - any easterners think that they might be up for a Great Daria Road Trip?[/quote:8a0fd]\n\nI\'m unlikely to be in for the road trip, as I find the idea of 26 hours in a car appalling, and I\'d like to save some vacation days for visiting friends and family after the con. If you\'re in MA for more than a day, though, I\'d love to get together for a precon minicon in the form of dinner and drinks.\n\n-Dennis[/quote:8a0fd]\r\n\r\nIt\'d be a definite maybe from this corner...\r\nactually, the road trip probably wouldn\'t work, since time off is hard to come by...and currecnt plans for that far in advance is needing another few off around this time.\r\na dinner-and-drinks \'con would be cool en route to the big one, though...','',0,'gA==','8a0fd',1,0,'',531,0,0),(245694,20824,3,245,0,'65.1.162.11',1181100357,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":de60e][quote="RLobinske":de60e][quote="Deref":de60e][quote="Dennis":de60e]If you\'re in MA for more than a day, though, I\'d love to get together for a precon minicon in the form of dinner and drinks.[/quote:de60e]\n\":-)\" That\'s a definite yes!\n\nApropos a chat with Scissors this morning, the current thought is train from Boston to NYC, and car from there. How does that sound?[/quote:de60e]\n\nIf its still running, you could take the Autotrain from DC to Sanford (just outside of Orlando) to have at least one car on hand.[/quote:de60e]\nA train trip could be as much fun as a road trip. \":-)\"\n\nThere\'s plenty of time - let\'s see how the conversation moves. Maybe as people express interest we could take the conversation to a chat or to another thread. So far we\'ve got expressions of interest from yours truly, Scissors, HSX, RedlegRick, TheEleventy, maybe Dennis. I wonder if I could resurrect Renfield? \":-)\"[/quote:de60e]\r\n\r\nActually, if all goes well there will probably be two people at my stop. \":)\"\r\n\r\nAnd I\'ll cook lunch/dinner for whomever comes to my apartment.','',0,'gA==','de60e',1,0,'',245,0,0),(245695,18316,3,253,0,'70.229.173.175',1181100502,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Youth ends when you put together a list of your favorite 100 songs, and none of them are from the current decade.','',0,'gA==','72c1d',1,0,'',253,0,0),(245696,18330,6,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181100781,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','','I\'m sorry, but this isn\'t the slightest bit funny, and it doesn\'t at all fit the original story. (You\'re the one who invoked it.) Funky typography and redacted swear words, to me, don\'t at all make up for it.\r\n\r\nIt also undercuts the integrity of Daria, Jane, and Helen, all at the same time.\r\n\r\nIt even guts Angela \"Clueless\" Li in the process, who wasn\'t at all into revenge beyond petty sniping (the odd stolen distributor cap here and there), in accordance with the pettiness of her personality.\r\n\r\nThe original story wasn\'t a [i:36e7e]deus ex machina[/i:36e7e] ending at all, a device that\'s too often suggested to be present when it is not. Helen knows that Ms. Li, like most vainglorious bureaucrats, is a coward. She practices economy of effort and presses the obvious litigation button, knowing Li hasn\'t a leg to stand on.\r\n\r\nYou\'ve written vivid vignettes building upon the series, but this isn\'t one of them.','',0,'IA==','36e7e',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245697,18310,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181101100,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="brnleague99":e6c65]You know what this really reminds me of Banky?\n\nA Harry Potter fanfic called \"Draco Malfoy The Amazing Bouncing...Rat?\" by Maya. It\'s a highly popular HP comedy fic in which Draco is transformed into a rat by a spell and adopted as a pet by an unsuspecting Hermione Granger.\n\n[url=http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Maya/:e6c65]Draco Malfoy The Amazing Bouncing...Rat?[/url:e6c65]\n\n \":D\" \n\nI do like the fic, Banky, it just reminds me of this one.\n\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\n\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":twisted:\" \":wink:\"[/quote:e6c65]\r\n\r\nThank you for pointing out a new, interesting Potterfic. Getting interested in them, and since AiH is the only mainline around here, she has an actual life & can\'t write things that fast... new material is appreciated.','',0,'kA==','e6c65',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245698,18330,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181101311,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Greybird":5ac21]I\'m sorry, but this isn\'t the slightest bit funny[/quote:5ac21]\r\n\r\nSo... since I thought it was funny, what effect does that have on the fact checking you obviously execute upon your (factual) posts before you post them?','',0,'gA==','5ac21',1,1181137189,'',475,1,0),(245699,18324,6,531,0,'4.156.108.216',1181101506,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":shock:\" indeed...\r\nI was kinda wondering if something like this was going to happen when Derek was first introduced as being Guard...','',0,'gA==','5670f',1,0,'',531,0,0),(245700,17747,6,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1181102726,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','God\'s Foreign Legion:\r\n\r\n \r\n\"At the compound of Reverend Milton Floor near Pie Town, New Mexico:\r\n\r\n\'This is not some feeble boot camp for the spiritually inept. It is brutal, vicious and agonizing. You are chosen, You did not volunteer. Like so many others that have preceded you, you are the lowest scum this planet can produce. Do you believe in miracles? Good. Know this one. It will take a miracle to get out of this outfit. You, in your ignorance, laugh when I stress the brutality you are about to face. One of the things we will do is take your mind. After we make certain changes, it will be returned to you. Only then will you be ready for the intense discipline that will be imposed. You will beg for mercy, confusing the mere cessation of training with the splendor of God\'s gift of absolution. God, in his wisdom, may choose to let you off. We will not. After the evening meal, you will return to your tents. On each of your beds you will find a list of permitted actions. It means exactly what it says. If it\'s not on that list, you can\'t do it. Of course, some of you will try. For those who do, we are ready to demonstrate just how the Legion deals with those who step out of line. You will find it very instructive, and those who participate in such stupidity will experience new sensations of pain designed exclusively for them. You can\'t quit, you can\'t rebel and the only ways you can leave are death in action or the Call of God. The End of Days is coming. Our Prophet has said so. And each of you who survives this testing will stand with him at that Great Ending. Now, The Call! Sergeant!!\' \'Sir!!\' \'Are you watching God?!\' \'Sir! Yes, Sir!\' \'Report!\' \'Sir! God is on the move, Sir!\' \'And So Are We! Then, To your tents, you scum. And one day, if you survive, you will be one of us, God\'s Legionnaires! Dismissed!\' \"','',0,'gA==','0b13e',1,1181187437,'',45,1,0),(245701,18310,6,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181102928,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":cf263][quote="brnleague99":cf263]You know what this really reminds me of Banky?\n\nA Harry Potter fanfic called \"Draco Malfoy The Amazing Bouncing...Rat?\" by Maya. It\'s a highly popular HP comedy fic in which Draco is transformed into a rat by a spell and adopted as a pet by an unsuspecting Hermione Granger.\n\n[url=http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Maya/:cf263]Draco Malfoy The Amazing Bouncing...Rat?[/url:cf263]\n\n \":D\" \n\nI do like the fic, Banky, it just reminds me of this one.\n\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\n\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":twisted:\" \":wink:\"[/quote:cf263]\n\nThank you for pointing out a new, interesting Potterfic. Getting interested in them, and since AiH is the only mainline around here, she has an actual life & can\'t write things that fast... new material is appreciated.[/quote:cf263]\r\n\r\nIt\'s reeeeeeally good, BG. You\'ll like it.\r\n\r\n \":D\" \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":wink:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'kA==','cf263',1,0,'',13,0,0),(245702,18332,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181103622,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The longest year','No, I\'m not in the wrong forum...I just thought the name of the story somehow fitted here. I already mentioned this to some of you in chat but I\'d like to have more opinions. \r\n\r\nLast year, I found out I still had 3 baby canine teeth - yeah, and I\'m 21. Needless to say they need to be pulled out to take the adult canines out. Now them problem is, the adult canines are of course bigger, and I don\'t have enough room in mouth for them. So, the only way to make room for them is...with braces. \r\n\r\nI\'m not fond of wearing braces as an adult, but it needs to be done. It\'ll only be for 14 months, and that\'s a relief because I know it could be worse. But on the other hand, I think I\'m not going to feel attractive anymore. I just can\'t help it wonder, will guys find my braces to be a turn-off? Perhaps I\'m giving this too much thought, but it\'s obvious you\'re going to feel a little self-conscious. \r\n\r\nBut before that, they have to take all my wisdom teeth out to avoid future problems - and they haven\'t even come out yet! I\'m not looking forward to it. The first 2 will be out next week, with the other 2 the following week. My treatment officially started Monday. The sooner, the better. \r\n\r\nI could\'ve avoided this if the canines had come out when I was younger like with normal people. \":roll:\" I honestly didn\'t notice I never changed those teeth, but who keeps track of that?! \r\n\r\nSo has any of you been in a situation like this? I have friends my age who are currently in the same situation, but when it happens to you, you feel like you\'re the only person on Earth with such a problem. \r\n\r\nOh, I should also mention that thanks to the dentist plus orthodontist bill I received on Monday, I won\'t be going to the con next year. It\'s about $4000 more than I expected. I was also counting on my mum to cheap in for my holidays too but that won\'t be possible now. And thanks to exchange rate, I won\'t manage to gather enough money to go that far.','',0,'kA==','2aa34',1,0,'',305,0,0),(245703,18332,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181103975,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','I had one guy friend who loved girls with braces. It was like his biggest fetish. I think they look kind of cool too and have secretly always wanted them, but not enough to pay for them.\r\n\r\nSucks about the dentist bill.','',0,'kA==','aee3f',1,0,'',79,0,0),(245704,18330,6,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181104318,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','[quote="Greybird":9162f]I\'m sorry, but this isn\'t the slightest bit funny, and it doesn\'t at all fit the original story. (You\'re the one who invoked it.) Funky typography and redacted swear words, to me, don\'t at all make up for it.\n\nIt also undercuts the integrity of Daria, Jane, and Helen, all at the same time.\n\nIt even guts Angela \"Clueless\" Li in the process, who wasn\'t at all into revenge beyond petty sniping (the odd stolen distributor cap here and there), in accordance with the pettiness of her personality.\n\nThe original story wasn\'t a [i:9162f]deus ex machina[/i:9162f] ending at all, a device that\'s too often suggested to be present when it is not. Helen knows that Ms. Li, like most vainglorious bureaucrats, is a coward. She practices economy of effort and presses the obvious litigation button, knowing Li hasn\'t a leg to stand on.\n\nYou\'ve written vivid vignettes building upon the series, but this isn\'t one of them.[/quote:9162f]\r\n\r\nI think this is a far more realistic version of what would have happened if Helen would have started throwing her weight around, in a sense. Even if her firm was not representing the school district, Ms. Li wouldn\'t have just took Helens comments lying down; she would have contacted whomever was representing the school district, and I\'d imagine this info would have found it\'s way back to Helens firm, and Helen would have caught some grief over it.\r\nI think it\'s an interesting AU, and \"Vitale\" was an amusing character. Swearing doesn\'t ruin things for me; apparently you have a different take.\r\n\r\n[u:9162f][b:9162f]The Trouble with Classicists[/b:9162f][/u:9162f]\r\n\r\n[i:9162f]The trouble with a classicist he looks at a tree\nThat\'s all he sees, he paints a tree\nThe trouble with a classicist he looks at the sky\nHe doesn\'t ask why, he just paints a sky\nThe trouble with an impressionist, he looks at a log\nAnd he doesn\'t know who he is, standing, staring, at this log\nAnd surrealist memories are too amorphous and proud\nWhile those downtown macho painters are just alcoholic\nThe trouble with impressionist is\nThe trouble with impressionist is\nThe trouble with personalities, they\'re too wrapped up in style\nIt\'s too personal, they\'re in love with their own guile\nThey\'re like illegal aliens trying to make a buck\nThey\'re driving gypsy cabs but they\'re thinking like a truck\nThe trouble with personalities is\nThe trouble with personalities is\nI like the druggy downtown kids who spray paint walls and trains\nI like their lack of training, their primitive technique\nI think sometimes it hurts you when you stay too long in school\nI think sometimes it hurts you when you\'re afraid to be called a fool\nThe trouble with classicists is\nThe trouble with classicists is[/i:9162f]','',0,'4Q==','9162f',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245705,18297,5,328,0,'71.220.118.155',1181104473,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The ship used as the Interceptor in [i:6f2b9]Pirates of the Caribbean:Curse of the Black Pearl[/i:6f2b9] (the one Jack and Will steal about a third of the way into the movie) is the Lady Washington, one of the oldest ships still in active use. The same ship was used for the opening holodeck scene in [i:6f2b9]Star Trek: Generations[/i:6f2b9].\r\n\r\nIt makes its port in Aberdeen, Washington, hometown of Kurt Cobain, where I lived for 13 years. And you all now know the ONLY interesting things about that s@$&-hole town, which I hope to never seen again as long as I live. \":evil:\" AHHHHH!!!!!!\r\n\r\n...\r\n\r\nSorry, got distracted there for a sec. I\'m cool now.\r\n\r\nHoN','',0,'IA==','6f2b9',1,0,'',328,0,0),(245706,18326,12,124,0,'75.109.13.177',1181105446,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The fanfic page is complete (Sorta. Still tweaking the submission guidelines). The flowchart is also present as well.\r\n\r\nhttp://pages.suddenlink.net/rk/fanfics.htm','',0,'IA==','07287',1,0,'',124,0,0),(245707,18297,5,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181105879,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The original ending for Alien (the first one) was rejected by movie execs for being \"too dark\". It was as follows:\r\n\r\nAfter Ripley destroys the Nostromo and escapes on the little shuttle, the Alien which has stowed away on the shuttle with her bites her head off and kills her. It then seats itself at the shuttle\'s controls and after pushing a few buttons...hails command central back on Earth...speaking in Ripley\'s voice.\r\n\r\nPersonally I think that\'s kinda kewl.\r\n\r\n \":D\" \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":wink:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'IA==','ba5ec',1,0,'',13,0,0),(245708,18316,3,260,0,'141.158.122.213',1181105972,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Deref":f969c]Well, no, I didn\'t actually. In fact I honestly haven\'t spent any time at all thinking about her. Absolutely none. Is that unusual?[/quote:f969c]\r\n\r\nDunno, but there are at least two of us. Don\'t think I could pick her out of a line up, either. Does this have something to do with \"youth\" and my relative lack thereof?\r\n\r\nPeace\r\nKevin','',0,'gA==','f969c',1,0,'',260,0,0),(245709,18319,3,260,0,'141.158.122.213',1181106309,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','First of all, I\'d like to make one thing perfectly clear. I never explain anything.\r\n\r\nPeace\r\nKevin','',0,'gA==','78056',1,0,'',260,0,0),(245710,18318,5,28,0,'76.20.168.147',1181106684,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote="Dervish":76ebd]So, when Yoda told that guy who drove the getaway car after Yoda fled Palpatine, \"Into exile I must go, failed I have,\" he ACTUALLY meant, \"I haven\'t successfully defeated Palpatine and become one with the Force YET...I\'m thinking of using some innocent children as pawns in my lust for advancement instead.\" \":P\"[/quote:76ebd]\nWell, he did fail in stopping Palpatine from tearing down the Republic and crushing most of the Order, so he\'s not lying. Of course Yoda did go on to win the war. I never said that Yoda held back, only that he didn\'t fight to the last. Lose the battle win the war that sort of thing. \n\n[quote:76ebd]But I do wonder why you find it hard that Palpatine was just faking out Mace when Palpatine proved he was faking being all weak and powerless once he successfully converted Skywalker (and so easily wiped out the other Jedi before Mace WHILE FIGHTING MACE AT THE SAME TIME), yet insist on believing that Yoda was just faking Palpatine out[/quote:76ebd]\n\nWell, here\'s where I absolutely fail, but it\'s been well established in the \"C\" canon that Mace channeled both sides of the Force when he fought, which naturally made him a damn near unstoppable fighter. Only Yoda, and maybe Dooku, were his peers when it came to swordplay. It\'s perfectly believable that Windu was a match for Sidious while other Jedi Masters were roadkill. Sure, Palpatine is crazy-strong in the Force, but c\'mon this is Sam Fucking Jackson we\'re talking about. If Anakin isn\'t a dipstick they\'re going to have to call in the Wolf to clean bits of Palpatine out of the Chancellor\'s office. \n\n[quote:76ebd]But why did Yoda have to face Palpatine at all?[/quote:76ebd]\nBecause it\'s a hot-blooded action/adventure story and needs lots of swordplay, d\'uh.\n\n[quote:76ebd]But I also wonder what fic you could make out of Yoda willfully selling out the Younglings into betrayal and death in his \"taking the long view\" games...[/quote:76ebd]\nuh yeah, i already [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1785209/1/:76ebd]done that[/url:76ebd] in a roundabout way. It can be fun pretending the Jedi are Bene Gesserits.\n\n[quote:76ebd]Btw, Sith become one with the force, too. Like ever heard of Sith holocrons? [/quote:76ebd]\n\npsh, most everytime they\'re used, a holocron is nothing more than a recording device. That\'s hardly the same thing as what Qui-Gon taught Yoda and Obi-Wan. Though if any given author doesn\'t feel like doing it up that way, they can be more.\n\n[quote:76ebd]Though from a certain PoV, these Sith, and Yoda, are undead spirits. Maybe they live on in hate, maybe in lusting for a new body (there\'s a novel where Palpatine tries to reincarnate after his clones fail to take his spirit or some such), or just are forced to remain behind while they work through their hypocrisies and other illusions...\":P\"[/quote:76ebd]\nI do my best to ignore the whole \"clone\" emperor comic book run. And while the whole concept of \"Force spirits\" is highly, highly, highly mutable -- like everything else in Star Wars -- in general they are not poltergeists, or spirits in purgatory.\n\n[quote:76ebd]Though you\'re right on the George Lucas bit. But as I said, someone told me it was explained on this DVD, and it wasn\'t. And trying to make sense out of this cosmos, especially Lucas\'s creations, does seem like a waste of time. Though I think it\'s safe to say the Jedi and Sith are much more alike than different.[/quote:76ebd]\n\nThe real problem is that Lucas created a world of black and white, and then tried to gray it up. Jedi are good, Sith are bad. Jedi who do bad things to try and be good become bad. That\'s it. And being a Sith gives you bad teeth and a lousy complexion.\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":76ebd]YES! Why do you think they stuck one of the mewling brats back in the sandbox with Vader\'s own family, let him wear his father\'s old name, not surpress the same talents that his father was well-known for, and do absolutely NOTHING when Luke kept trying to get into the Imperial Academy at Carida?[/quote:76ebd]\r\nYou know, I was just watching Ep. IV (a rip of one of the laserdisc editions) and I don\'t remember anybody saying Luke ever actually transmitted an application to the \"academy,\" just that he wanted to, maybe i missed the line, but I don\'t think so? But really, we\'re looking for consistency from a guy who turned a character\'s first name into his title. Or for that matter the whole fucked up Midichlorians and [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtpyeLxVkI:76ebd]Over Nine Thousaaaand![/url:76ebd] thing. At this point I pretty much ignore everything about Star Wars that annoys me, and focus on the happy stuff, like HK-47','',0,'kA==','76ebd',1,0,'',28,0,0),(245711,18313,4,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181106888,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','[quote="Dervish":fe6a7]Sweet.\n\nI just hope they realize that the motto of our world, once the hypocrisy is brushed aside, is Might Makes Right.\n\nThat\'s not to say it could never happen. Vietnam not only kicked our butts, but then gave China the what-for. Just that it needs to be born in mind that the world isn\'t about \"doing the right thing\" but about the powerful and mighty making the rules for everyone else (and hypocrisy thrown in so people think that this works out for the best).[/quote:fe6a7]\r\n\r\nWell put; this is why, in a real sense, I have divorced myself from conventional morality; most of it is BS used to cover exactly this type of hypocrisy.','',0,'gA==','fe6a7',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245712,17170,11,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181107318,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','If you fail to send the photo below to 20 of your contacts, you will have to answer to the master of us all (the toad itself!)! \":shock:\"','',1,'gA==','ed4e6',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245713,18327,3,545,0,'65.221.65.185',1181109774,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":4d07d]If you like the show, you\'ll probably like the books. They\'re more lighthearted, more like the early shows. I\'ve found \'em really good for background materials in fanfics I make.[/quote:4d07d]\r\n\r\nDitto. To me, they\'re just plain fun to read.','',0,'gA==','4d07d',1,0,'',545,0,0),(245714,18324,6,249,0,'82.24.212.86',1181109979,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','','[quote:79c98]“You’re not going to lose him, he loves you.”\n\n“That won’t stop a bullet.” Karen started crying again. “I could lose him and not be able to do a damn thing to stop it.” [/quote:79c98]\r\n\r\nShe could always enlist and cover him.\r\n\r\n\'Course she\'d have to somehow get assigned to the same unit as Derek, that might take some doing.\r\n\r\nAnyway, nice start.','',0,'gA==','79c98',1,0,'',249,0,0),(245715,18300,4,545,0,'65.221.65.185',1181110236,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Bliss Ticks":6867d][b:6867d]\"Removing the privilege to drive does not take away a person\'s ability to make money.\" [/b:6867d]\n\nYes, quite often it takes away their ability to make a living wage, or in fact any cash at all...look at a map of the U.S..notice how most of it is rural in nature? Try walking 15 miles one way to a job every day.\nIt sounds to me as if you are making moral arguments (emotional ones at that), rather than being practical .[/quote:6867d]\r\n\r\nIf I lived close to my workplace, I would walk to it every single day--or ride a bike. As it is, I have to drive 11 miles to work. Now if we had decent bike trails here (not the silly 3-foot sections that Ohio puts on the side of a highway), I\'d ride my bike to work.\r\n\r\nSome of my co-workers [i:6867d]do[/i:6867d] ride bikes. A couple even walk. Lucky them.','',0,'4A==','6867d',1,0,'',545,0,0),(245717,18318,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181112790,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote="-sam":64894][quote="Dervish":64894]So, when Yoda told that guy who drove the getaway car after Yoda fled Palpatine, \"Into exile I must go, failed I have,\" he ACTUALLY meant, \"I haven\'t successfully defeated Palpatine and become one with the Force YET...I\'m thinking of using some innocent children as pawns in my lust for advancement instead.\" \":P\"[/quote:64894]\nWell, he did fail in stopping Palpatine from tearing down the Republic and crushing most of the Order, so he\'s not lying. Of course Yoda did go on to win the war. I never said that Yoda held back, only that he didn\'t fight to the last. Lose the battle win the war that sort of thing. \n\n[quote:64894]But I do wonder why you find it hard that Palpatine was just faking out Mace when Palpatine proved he was faking being all weak and powerless once he successfully converted Skywalker (and so easily wiped out the other Jedi before Mace WHILE FIGHTING MACE AT THE SAME TIME), yet insist on believing that Yoda was just faking Palpatine out[/quote:64894]\n\nWell, here\'s where I absolutely fail, but it\'s been well established in the \"C\" canon that Mace channeled both sides of the Force when he fought, which naturally made him a damn near unstoppable fighter. Only Yoda, and maybe Dooku, were his peers when it came to swordplay. It\'s perfectly believable that Windu was a match for Sidious while other Jedi Masters were roadkill. Sure, Palpatine is crazy-strong in the Force, but c\'mon this is Sam ****ing Jackson we\'re talking about. If Anakin isn\'t a dipstick they\'re going to have to call in the Wolf to clean bits of Palpatine out of the Chancellor\'s office. \n\n[quote:64894]But why did Yoda have to face Palpatine at all?[/quote:64894]\nBecause it\'s a hot-blooded action/adventure story and needs lots of swordplay, d\'uh.\n\n[quote:64894]But I also wonder what fic you could make out of Yoda willfully selling out the Younglings into betrayal and death in his \"taking the long view\" games...[/quote:64894]\nuh yeah, i already [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1785209/1/:64894]done that[/url:64894] in a roundabout way. It can be fun pretending the Jedi are Bene Gesserits.\n\n[quote:64894]Btw, Sith become one with the force, too. Like ever heard of Sith holocrons? [/quote:64894]\n\npsh, most everytime they\'re used, a holocron is nothing more than a recording device. That\'s hardly the same thing as what Qui-Gon taught Yoda and Obi-Wan. Though if any given author doesn\'t feel like doing it up that way, they can be more.\n\n[quote:64894]Though from a certain PoV, these Sith, and Yoda, are undead spirits. Maybe they live on in hate, maybe in lusting for a new body (there\'s a novel where Palpatine tries to reincarnate after his clones fail to take his spirit or some such), or just are forced to remain behind while they work through their hypocrisies and other illusions...\":P\"[/quote:64894]\nI do my best to ignore the whole \"clone\" emperor comic book run. And while the whole concept of \"Force spirits\" is highly, highly, highly mutable -- like everything else in Star Wars -- in general they are not poltergeists, or spirits in purgatory.\n\n[quote:64894]Though you\'re right on the George Lucas bit. But as I said, someone told me it was explained on this DVD, and it wasn\'t. And trying to make sense out of this cosmos, especially Lucas\'s creations, does seem like a waste of time. Though I think it\'s safe to say the Jedi and Sith are much more alike than different.[/quote:64894]\n\nThe real problem is that Lucas created a world of black and white, and then tried to gray it up. Jedi are good, Sith are bad. Jedi who do bad things to try and be good become bad. That\'s it. And being a Sith gives you bad teeth and a lousy complexion.\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":64894]YES! Why do you think they stuck one of the mewling brats back in the sandbox with Vader\'s own family, let him wear his father\'s old name, not surpress the same talents that his father was well-known for, and do absolutely NOTHING when Luke kept trying to get into the Imperial Academy at Carida?[/quote:64894]\nYou know, I was just watching Ep. IV (a rip of one of the laserdisc editions) and I don\'t remember anybody saying Luke ever actually transmitted an application to the \"academy,\" just that he wanted to, maybe i missed the line, but I don\'t think so? But really, we\'re looking for consistency from a guy who turned a character\'s first name into his title. Or for that matter the whole f***ed up Midichlorians and [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtpyeLxVkI:64894]Over Nine Thousaaaand![/url:64894] thing. At this point I pretty much ignore everything about Star Wars that annoys me, and focus on the happy stuff, like HK-47[/quote:64894]\r\n\r\nYou\'ll really get a sense of the stuff about his application if you look at the deleted scenes with Luke and Biggs on Tattooine, or read the novellization.','',0,'kA==','64894',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245718,17037,6,545,0,'65.221.65.185',1181112984,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 157','[quote="Jonathan D. Parshall":91998]I\'ve put off reading this story for a long while, but I\'m real glad I finally got around to it. I enjoy stories where people have to use their wits and knowledge to survive. They\'re usually very educational, as this story is. \n\nI\'m guessing this whole thing started because of a war between Russia and China (à la [i:91998][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omega_Man:91998]The Omega Man[/url:91998][/i:91998]), right? I\'ll bet things will end up like in the book [i:91998][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_Day:91998]Resurrection Day[/url:91998][/i:91998], where a hobbled US relies on the returned to world power status UK for aid.[/quote:91998]\n\nIt\'s kind of like that and the U.S. got put into the wringer as well. Funny thing is right before I started this story, I had watched [i:91998]The Omega Man[/i:91998].\n\n[quote="Jonathan D. Parshall":91998] \":?:\" Question #1: Why can\'t D&J take the medicine and a syringe with them? I know it wouldn\'t be fun to do it yourself, but if diabetics can why not them?\n\n \":?:\" Question #2: Any idea at this point how long this story is going to be? It seems like it could still go on for quite a while. Not complaining, just curious.[/quote:91998]\r\n\r\nAs for question #1, I\'ve thought about that, but my knowledge of vaccines is limited. I don\'t know if it needs to be refrigerated or not. While I dealt with vaccines as a Navy corpsman, we never had any situation involving rabies come up. I\'m still researching this one. If I do put it in, I want it to be correct.\r\n\r\nAs for question #2, I don\'t know yet. I have an ending already written, but it isn\'t set in stone and the journey is still on, even if they stop here and there on the way.\r\n\r\nDespite their times of relaxing, Daria and Jane are under a good deal of stress that makes their time at Lawndale High seem like a picnic. They aren\'t the same girls who went on a road trip to West Virginia one Saturday morning. I kind of wonder if Jake and Helen would even recognize them when they eventually get back together (Is Jake and Helen still alive? I\'m not saying...yet.)','',0,'sA==','91998',1,0,'',545,0,0),(245719,18325,5,37,0,'69.145.132.6',1181113812,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":69fbe]Music? What\'s that? \":roll:\"[/quote:69fbe]\r\n\r\nThat\'s when a pair of F-16s at the ANG outpost at the airport prepping for takeoff rev up their engines to max military power and the roar can be heard for miles around and rattles windows within a half mile of the airport.\r\n\r\nGod, I love that sound! \":D\"','',0,'gA==','69fbe',1,0,'',37,0,0),(245720,18318,5,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181113843,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Hey..what was the orginal question?? What seperates the Jedi from the Sith? \":?\"','',0,'gA==','4bd94',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245721,18318,5,545,0,'65.221.65.185',1181114224,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote="Brother Grimace":edc35]\n\n[b:edc35]I think that Yoda went for the Emperor out of pride. He really thought that he could beat him, and by doing so, subvert the prophecy of The Chosen One (which, you have to admit, he tried to do all along). I guess that\'s also why he didn\'t want to train Luke at first. Look at what happened the last time they abandoned their rulings and trained an overage Skywalker - not a good thing. [/b:edc35][/quote:edc35]\r\n\r\nIIRC, in the novelization for Episode III, when Obi-Wan wanted to go after the Emperor instead of Anakin, Yoda said that if Mace Windu, the greatest Jedi swordsman there was, couldn\'t beat him, what hope did he have? I think that Yoda was hoping he would maybe luck out and beat him.\r\n\r\nPlus, it was in the script and actually a neat fight to watch.\r\n\r\nAnd, -sam, you\'re right. Writing \'Yoda\' speech [i:edc35]is[/i:edc35] hard.','',0,'4A==','edc35',1,0,'',545,0,0),(245722,18318,5,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181114772,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:537b0]Writing \'Yoda\' speech is hard.[/quote:537b0]\r\n\r\nNot as hard as you might think. On SW.com. we used to have a Talk Like Yoda chat thread \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','537b0',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245723,18297,5,545,0,'65.221.65.185',1181115286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','In [i:c718d]King Kong[/i:c718d], his roar was the sound of a lion\'s roar played backwards.\r\n\r\nI don\'t know if this one is true or not, but in [i:c718d]X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes[/i:c718d], Ray Milland\'s character rips out his eyes at the end of the movie. After he does this, he was supposed to have cried out, \"I can still see!\"\r\n\r\nStephen King mentioned it in [i:c718d]Danse Macabre[/i:c718d], but IIRC, he wasn\'t sure if it was true or not, either.\r\n\r\nBut damn, it would have been a great ending to that movie.','',0,'IA==','c718d',1,0,'',545,0,0),(245724,18333,3,124,0,'75.109.13.177',1181115668,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The Anti-Daria: Guaranteed to break any brain in half.','http://www.drunkmenworkhere.org/170\r\n\r\nBrains will crack, cerebellums will ooze out your ears, medellae will melt, children will cry.\r\n\r\nThis[size=9:9de48]dadbeddedabadbadbabe[/size:9de48]will[size=9:9de48]dadbeddedabadbadbabe[/size:9de48]KILL YOU.','',0,'BA==','9de48',1,1181163998,'',124,1,0),(245725,18310,6,545,0,'65.221.65.185',1181115860,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \r\n\r\nThis is getting better and better.','',0,'BA==','a1c2e',1,0,'',545,0,0),(245726,20824,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181115969,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="JrGtr42":f4994][quote="Dennis":f4994]I\'m unlikely to be in for the road trip, as I find the idea of 26 hours in a car appalling, and I\'d like to save some vacation days for visiting friends and family after the con. If you\'re in MA for more than a day, though, I\'d love to get together for a precon minicon in the form of dinner and drinks.\n\n-Dennis[/quote:f4994]\n\nIt\'d be a definite maybe from this corner...\nactually, the road trip probably wouldn\'t work, since time off is hard to come by...and currecnt plans for that far in advance is needing another few off around this time.\na dinner-and-drinks \'con would be cool en route to the big one, though...[/quote:f4994]\n\":-)\" Those are both \"You bets\". \":-)\"\n\n[quote="HelpfulSkittlesExplosion":f4994]Actually, if all goes well there will probably be two people at my stop. \":)\"\n\nAnd I\'ll cook lunch/dinner for whomever comes to my apartment.[/quote:f4994]\r\nAnd that settles it!!! Done and done!\r\n\r\nApart from anything else, it\'ll be nice to have a compatriot on board.','',0,'gA==','f4994',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245727,18316,3,39,0,'85.211.81.102',1181116065,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":73bc7]Curiously (and off subject - this is just something I\'ve always wondered), what age denotes the end of \"youth\"? \":D\"[/quote:73bc7]\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/AgeConcern/Documents/how_ageist_is_britain.pdf:73bc7]Here\'s the answer![/url:73bc7] (PDF, pp 4-5)\r\n\r\nMartin.','',0,'kA==','73bc7',1,0,'',39,0,0),(245728,17170,11,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181116139,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','It\'s bad luck to be superstitious.','',0,'kA==','f89f5',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245729,18333,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181116200,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The name of the site says it all.','',0,'kA==','d6557',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245730,18332,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181116337,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I think that could be sexy. Of course what effect it\'ll have on the Great Florida Dariacon Orgy remains to be seen, but a decent set of choppers is worth having, so I say go for it!','',0,'kA==','a815f',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245731,18275,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181116591,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="MartinUK":4e4b2]Today, filling up on my trip with Kara to [url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.357:4e4b2]Wroxeter[/url:4e4b2], en route to the airport for her Ireland trip, I paid £1.019 GBP per litre. That\'s $9.24 USD per gallon.\n\nIIRC, a US gallon is about 83% of a rest-of-the-world (aka Imperial) gallon; so if my arithmetic is correct, that made today\'s fill-up $7.67 USD per US gallon. Not too bad.\n\nMartin.[/quote:4e4b2]\r\nOf course no-one else in the world uses gallons... \":P\"','',0,'kA==','4e4b2',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245732,18300,4,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181116917,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":f6065][quote="Deref":f6065]So Dervish - you\'re saying that there should be no requirements for fathers - or mothers I suppose - to care for their children?[/quote:f6065]\n\nNo, I\'m asking why someone is surprised that the government is trying failed past solutions (and other feelgood solutions) as if they were new ideas. Read it again.[/quote:f6065]\r\nOkay. So do you have any suggestions?','',0,'gA==','f6065',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245733,18300,4,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181117617,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":e3e2e]\nOkay. So do you have any suggestions?[/quote:e3e2e]\r\n\r\nThreaten to castrate them so they can\'t have any other children they won\'t support. Works either way, they either pay up, or get sterilized. But then, that\'s my solution for everything....','',0,'gA==','e3e2e',1,0,'',79,0,0),(245734,18334,11,309,0,'76.168.24.253',1181118958,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Real Life vs. The Internet','An amusing little tid-bit I found.\r\n\r\n[quote:72f40]Here is a conversation with people in the real world:\n\n Me: I went to Mel’s Diner the other night and got the fish sandwich. They put mayo on it, which I thought was gross.\n\n My Friend: Really? You don’t like that? That’s one of my favorites. I like their fries, too.\n\n Me: Oh yeah. The thick-cut ones? Those are good.\n\n My Friend: Good times, good times.\n\nNow the same conversation, on the internet:\n\n Me: I went to Mel’s Diner the other night and got the fish sandwich. They put mayo on it, which I thought was gross.\n\n Commenter#1: I can’t believe you don’t like the mayo you must be retarded.\n\n Commenter#2: Why would you forbid them from putting mayo on things! Are you some kind of fascist?!?!\n\n Commenter#3: I would have taken that sandwich and shoved it in the waitress’ face if she was ever stupid enough to do that to me!\n\n Commenter#4: It was tartar sauce you dumbass.\n\n Commenter#5: You’re wrong. The mayo is what makes that sandwich great. If you’re not smart enough to realize that maybe you should stick with McDonalds!\n\n Commenter#6: Then don’t eat it. DUH! Nobody had a gun to your head.\n\n Commenter#7: If you bothered to learn about other culture’s you would realise that not everyone likes the same thing you do in other countrys they put mayo on all kind of things dont be so closed minded.\n[/quote:72f40]\r\n\r\nhttp://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1182\r\n\r\nI thought of you guys. \":)\"','',0,'gA==','72f40',1,0,'',309,0,0),(245735,18283,4,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181119981,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I heard an inteview on the wireless today with an Iranian woman. \r\n\r\nI\'m going to post a link to the podcast as soon as they put it up, and I want you to listen to it, Cross.\r\n\r\nAs a 16 year old during the revolution she complained to her school that she was being subjected to Muslim indoctrination instead of being taught. She was arrested, along with some of her friends, tortured, raped, and eventually sentenced to death. She was put in front of the firing squad and about to be killed, when one of her captors stopped the execution and told her she could live if she married him. It went downhill from there.\r\n\r\nI want you to listen to it and realise how arrogant your - or my - complaints about how bad our lives are sound in comparison to someone who\'s been through what some people have been through.','',0,'gA==','1c6e3',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245736,18300,4,249,0,'82.24.212.86',1181120002,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','','I think child support should be treated more like a loan.\r\n\r\nThe parent with custody needs money now, the parent without custody may not have any to give now, so money should be given as needed and recovered as practical.\r\n\r\nIt should not be used vindictively, if the parent without custody witholds money above a minimum threshold (set case by case, that part would need development), or otherwise takes the piss, they should be fined on top of that, but as Dervish says, sometimes the parent with custody takes the piss and that needs to be addressed also.\r\n\r\nJust a pity that would be too sensible.','',0,'gA==','506db',1,1181120295,'',249,1,0),(245737,18300,4,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181120169,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nonamejane":600d2][quote="Deref":600d2]\nOkay. So do you have any suggestions?[/quote:600d2]\n\nThreaten to castrate them so they can\'t have any other children they won\'t support. Works either way, they either pay up, or get sterilized. But then, that\'s my solution for everything....[/quote:600d2]\r\nNo argument from me there, though it only solves future problems, not present ones.','',0,'gA==','600d2',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245738,18333,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181120909,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":539a3]The name of the site says it all.[/quote:539a3]\r\n\r\nOuch my head!\r\n\r\nIt Burns!!!','',0,'gA==','539a3',1,0,'',588,0,0),(245739,18333,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181121208,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Eccles":70c93][quote="Deref":70c93]The name of the site says it all.[/quote:70c93]\n\nOuch my head!\n\nIt Burns!!![/quote:70c93]\r\n\r\nI once got given one of these or something similar by an English teacher at school.\r\n\r\nWe had been told to read through the entire paper before writing our answers.\r\n\r\nAfter twenty minutes of study it was aparent that the thing was a joke however the funny part of the joke was in the last question.\r\n\r\nThe last question was not a question but a statement saying if we had read this far, to stop reading and hand the test back with only our names at the top.\r\n\r\nThe test had been a test in following crazy instructions not on writing answers, half the class failed as they had started to write full answers to pointless questions.','',0,'gA==','70c93',1,0,'',588,0,0),(245740,18332,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181121562,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Thats sad Qwiverwing. I have never had braces so can\'t coment on them, I hope everything works out ok.','',0,'gA==','48418',1,0,'',588,0,0),(245741,18302,3,576,0,'207.69.140.25',1181123529,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":27e52]This thread must be locked as it has nothing to do with Daria. Sorry. \":P\" \":P\" \":P\"[/quote:27e52]\n\n\nHmmmmm..... Daria with a hockey stick, Quinn in goal, with the chance of a very hard, very fast round projectile flying at her head.\n\n[quote="-sam":27e52]Duckies now have the series in a hammer-lock. Uh, suck it Canadia?[/quote:27e52]\r\n\r\nTell you the truth, the only reason I am cheering for the Ducks is that I am a Buffalo Sabres fan - and Ottawa got lucky and put them out. Jerks!','',0,'gA==','27e52',1,0,'',576,0,0),(245742,18275,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181124841,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Bliss Ticks":b9bd4]The UK has an infrastructure designed to decrease peoples dependence on direct petrol consumption...here in the U.S., if you don\'t have a car (or can\'t afford to put gas in it) you are screwed, unless you live in a major city. Britons have the luxury of taking a tram; most of us here in the U.S. do not. Public transport here is a joke. You cannot compare the effects of fuel prices in the U.K. to the effects of prices in the U.S.... apples and oranges.[/quote:b9bd4]\r\n\r\nI don\'t know what youv\'e been watching or reading but that is just rubbish.\r\n\r\nMove out of the big cities and most families have at least one car, round where I live nearly every adult has a car, and those who can\'t drive really suffer. The public transport in this area is good but not great, nor is it particularly safe to use.\r\n\r\nNow to back up my argument.\r\n\r\nTheir are about 33 Million Cars on the roads in the UK at present [size=75:b9bd4](info from \n[url=http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=219239:b9bd4]WhatCar[/url:b9bd4])[/size:b9bd4]\r\nCensus Reports I can find indicate their are about 55 - 60 Million People in the UK at present [size=75:b9bd4](my sources for this are poor but [url=http://www.radstats.org.uk/no082/Simpson82.pdf:b9bd4]Here they are[/url:b9bd4])[/size:b9bd4]\r\n\r\nSo that is about One car for every Two People, Also the Census is inclusive of Children under the driving age, so that means there must be other people out their like me with more than one vehicle each.\r\n(one vehicle I teach in and is leased, the other is my own)\r\n\r\nAs for the cost of fuel.\r\nAll I can tell you for sure is it cost me £35 to make it to Martins and do a round trip of 250 miles. so that works out at about $70 for the one trip.','',0,'lA==','b9bd4',1,0,'',588,0,0),(245743,18275,3,576,0,'207.69.140.25',1181125212,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":1eaa1][quote="MartinUK":1eaa1]Today, filling up on my trip with Kara to [url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.357:1eaa1]Wroxeter[/url:1eaa1], en route to the airport for her Ireland trip, I paid £1.019 GBP per litre. That\'s $9.24 USD per gallon.\n\nIIRC, a US gallon is about 83% of a rest-of-the-world (aka Imperial) gallon; so if my arithmetic is correct, that made today\'s fill-up $7.67 USD per US gallon. Not too bad.\n\nMartin.[/quote:1eaa1]\nOf course no-one else in the world uses gallons... \":P\"[/quote:1eaa1]\r\n\r\n\r\n<TippedOver is holding back the obvious comment that the statement above REALLY deserves...> \":)\" \":)\"\r\n\r\nI do wish there was more public transportation around here, but I\'m not really sure I would take it even if it was here. I have a problem of... I guess you would say, control. Gotta have my hands on the wheel. To be perfectly honest, I don\'t trust anyone else to drive!!! \":)\" \":)\" I was in Germany with the US Army in 1987 when I got in a pretty good car crash. A friend of mine and I bought a 1984 BMW 320i, and were on our way to K-town when we broke a tierod end off at about 130 miles per hour. Rolled the car 11 times and got banged up some. He was driving, and had a 5-point harness on. I was the passenger, with a lap-and-shoulder-belt that FAILED on impact. Since then, I find it extremely hard to ride with anyone.','',0,'kA==','1eaa1',1,0,'',576,0,0),(245744,18275,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181125320,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Eccles":e5fec]As for the cost of fuel.\nAll I can tell you for sure is it cost me £35 to make it to Martins and do a round trip of 250 miles. so that works out at about $70 for the one trip.[/quote:e5fec]\r\n[Thinks...]\r\nThat\'s about 400km, for about A$83 not much more, though a little more, than it\'d cost me to travel the same distance. Of course my car\'s a gas guzzler, and if you\'re driving a mini you\'d be getting significantly better mileage than I do. I average about 12 litres/100km.','',0,'gA==','e5fec',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245745,18326,12,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181125726,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','For series like John Lane, should they be submitted together under the category for the first story, or submitted by season equivilent?','',0,'gA==','5ab0f',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245746,18302,3,499,0,'203.166.239.203',1181127055,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Brad Jones, what a tool!\r\n\r\nFirst he gets beaten by a weak-ass cross from Recoba (although it beat the defense as well), and then he drops a regulation catch onto the head of Recoba! BAH!\r\n\r\nAus 1- Uru 2\r\n\r\nOh, sorry, I thought this was a thread for venting about ALL sports.','',0,'gA==','dab2c',1,0,'',499,0,0),(245747,18330,6,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181127249,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \r\n\r\nThat was a nice laugh to go with my morning coffee. Thanks.','',0,'gA==','1745d',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245748,18300,4,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181127531,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','If they can track down the deadbeat parent well enough to revoke their driver\'s license, they can garnish their wages to make sure the that child support is paid.\r\n\r\nI also agree with Dervish that there should be accountablity in how the money is used by the custodial parent.','',0,'gA==','f5542',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245749,18275,3,276,0,'152.163.100.200',1181127816,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":ca4bf][quote="MartinUK":ca4bf]Today, filling up on my trip with Kara to [url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.357:ca4bf]Wroxeter[/url:ca4bf], en route to the airport for her Ireland trip, I paid £1.019 GBP per litre. That\'s $9.24 USD per gallon.\n\nIIRC, a US gallon is about 83% of a rest-of-the-world (aka Imperial) gallon; so if my arithmetic is correct, that made today\'s fill-up $7.67 USD per US gallon. Not too bad.\n\nMartin.[/quote:ca4bf]\nOf course no-one else in the world uses gallons... \":P\"[/quote:ca4bf]\r\n\r\nThat\'s because the rest of the world makes more sense. \":D\" \r\n\r\n1 liter = 0.2642 US Gallons\r\n1 US Gallon = 3.7854 liters','',0,'kA==','ca4bf',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245750,17037,6,276,0,'152.163.100.200',1181127917,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":0192d][quote="cyde":0192d][quote="Brother Grimace":0192d]\nOh, wait until the military forces in the area are organized enough to go out and sweep and clear the outlaw bastards running about... \":D\"[/quote:0192d]\n\nYeah! Ben Raines and his rebels wi... oh wait. Wrong story... OR IS IT?!\n\nDa da DUHHHHHHH![/quote:0192d]\n\n\nYou don\'t need Raines\' Rebels in this multiverse, you\'ve got DELPHI special ops types and P.O.G.O. teams - they\'re probably out breaking it off in someone\'s hind end and being VERY overt about it...\n\n\nAs I said before, I wanna see the Lawndale Militia roll in... \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\"[/quote:0192d]\r\n\r\nDr. Doom: Daria, I am your father... \":twisted:\"','',0,'gA==','0192d',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245751,18319,3,589,0,'209.162.31.98',1181129428,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','It\'s a pumpkin I carved in 2003. My own design.','',0,'gA==','98769',1,0,'',589,0,0),(245752,18331,5,21,0,'66.168.193.82',1181129882,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Yeah. When the sister gets vaporized into the concrete she is standing by, my heart just dropped. And the Japanese animators that crafted the B-29s doing firebomb raids on their country were meticulous in the detail they attended to.\r\n\r\nI had an uncle that fought with the 2nd Marine Division. It was a no-holds-barred, cut their nuts off conflict from Guadalcanal through Tarawa and Iwo Jima to Tokyo Bay by both sides.\r\n\r\nI was given a book by my aunt upon the death of my uncle that chronicled the 2nd Marine Division\'s participation in WWII. It detailed their involvement from Iceland to Yokohama. There was one image in the book that particularly struck me. It was of an American MP (Military Police, not Member of Parliament) with Schwarzenegger pectorals bursting through his uniform, at least 6\'9\", and a Japanese MP that may have been 5\'6\". Both were maintaining order, and it was clear that both were co-equals.\r\n\r\nJapan developed an inferiority/superiority complex prior to the war. They demanded their place with the first nations of the world. It lead to their ruin. Japan had never been defeated in its entire history. The \"kamikazi\" (Divine Wind) referred to an ancient cyclone that destroyed an invading Chinese fleet. They had an aura of invincibility that went to the national core. Signing the surrender document on the deck of the USS Missouri was an unimaginable humiliation. \r\n\r\nThat said, the Japanese picked up and carried on. The picture that I referred to showed a Japanese soldier upright and proud, even with the occupier standing next to him.\r\n\r\nThey later achieved a measure of the their international ambitions a couple of decades later through economic, rather than military means. Hondas are so well made...','',0,'gA==','eee89',1,0,'',21,0,0),(245753,18332,3,589,0,'209.162.31.98',1181130636,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Sorry to hear about your situation. On the one hand if a guy doesn\'t find you attractive with your braces, you don\'t need him anyway. \r\n\r\nSending good wishes and thoughts your way.','',0,'gA==','935c2',1,0,'',589,0,0),(245754,18332,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181132660,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":40ae0]Of course what effect it\'ll have on the Great Florida Dariacon Orgy remains to be seen.[/quote:40ae0]\r\n\r\nI think you missed the last part of my post. It does have an effect. I won\'t be going now. Unless I win the lottery soon.','',0,'gA==','40ae0',1,0,'',305,0,0),(245755,18045,6,440,0,'205.188.116.72',1181132676,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ve never seen the show so I\'m not sure. Was that a Billy and Mandy crossover?','',0,'gA==','de913',1,0,'',440,0,0),(245756,17037,6,440,0,'205.188.116.72',1181132783,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":126fb][quote="Brother Grimace":126fb][quote="cyde":126fb][quote="Brother Grimace":126fb]\nOh, wait until the military forces in the area are organized enough to go out and sweep and clear the outlaw bastards running about... \":D\"[/quote:126fb]\n\nYeah! Ben Raines and his rebels wi... oh wait. Wrong story... OR IS IT?!\n\nDa da DUHHHHHHH![/quote:126fb]\n\n\nYou don\'t need Raines\' Rebels in this multiverse, you\'ve got DELPHI special ops types and P.O.G.O. teams - they\'re probably out breaking it off in someone\'s hind end and being VERY overt about it...\n\n\nAs I said before, I wanna see the Lawndale Militia roll in... \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\"[/quote:126fb]\n\nDr. Doom: Daria, I am your father... \":twisted:\"[/quote:126fb]\r\n\r\nSnape: Don\'t listen to that armored muggle fool. [i:126fb]I[/i:126fb] am your father.','',0,'oA==','126fb',1,0,'',440,0,0),(245757,18275,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181133151,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":a4738][quote="MartinUK":a4738]Today, filling up on my trip with Kara to [url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.357:a4738]Wroxeter[/url:a4738], en route to the airport for her Ireland trip, I paid £1.019 GBP per litre. That\'s $9.24 USD per gallon.\n\nIIRC, a US gallon is about 83% of a rest-of-the-world (aka Imperial) gallon; so if my arithmetic is correct, that made today\'s fill-up $7.67 USD per US gallon. Not too bad.\n\nMartin.[/quote:a4738]\nOf course no-one else in the world uses gallons... \":P\"[/quote:a4738]\n\nGallon? What\'s a gallon? \":P\"\n\n[quote="RLobinske":a4738]1 liter = 0.2642 US Gallons\n1 US Gallon = 3.7854 liters[/quote:a4738]\r\n\r\nWe pay about Arg$2.09 per litre. Now, having the exchange rate and the litre/gallon thing in mind, we pay about US$2.63 per gallon.','',0,'kA==','a4738',1,0,'',305,0,0),(245758,18045,6,671,0,'64.12.116.145',1181133330,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Yes, that was basically Billy and Mandy with Daria as Mandy and Kevin as Billy.','',0,'kA==','bde8c',1,0,'',671,0,0),(245759,18329,4,81,0,'87.74.17.111',1181133559,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','TheEleventy: \r\n[quote:bc3c6]Another thing: Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you? \n\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:bc3c6]\r\n\r\nI wouldn\'t serve if I thought that this was the sort of thing I\'d come back to. \r\n\r\nDid you know beforehand?\r\n\r\nWould you have joined up if you\'d heard about this sort of thing before you made that decision?','',0,'gA==','bc3c6',1,0,'',81,0,0),(245760,18325,5,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181134717,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":2663b]Why do I like the music I like? Just because. I find that like \"Why do you like the food you like to eat.\" And this goes for \"why it\'s better.\" Natch, that\'s better \"for me.\"[/quote:2663b]\r\n\r\nExactly. I don\'t think I can explain why I like what I like. I just do. \r\n\r\nThis reminds me of a video I was watching last night. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEq1DOg-abM:2663b]Guns N\' Roses in one of the best performances of \"It\'s So Easy\" live I\'ve seen, IMO.[/url:2663b] Hell, that video is orgasmic to me. They make me want to have a time machine to go back to 1988 and watch them play. THAT was the real deal. They just rocked. Performances like that remind me why I\'ve been in love with the band since I was 13. I don\'t really know why that band makes me feel that way, they just do.\r\n\r\nToo bad the poster ruined the video with those fucking beeps. The swearing is the best part. \":P\"','',0,'kA==','2663b',1,0,'',305,0,0),(245761,18318,5,671,0,'64.12.116.9',1181134754,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Vader never took the trap BG because going to Tatooine would have brought back too many memories and might have caused Anakin to try to take control away from Vader. Or at least that is my take on why he never came after Luke, other than knowing it was a trap. Oh, except the emperor and Tarkin nobody else knew that Anakin and Vader were the same person.','',0,'kA==','d9226',1,0,'',671,0,0),(245762,18325,5,21,0,'66.168.193.82',1181134984,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'m going to admit that I am an old fart. And the music that moves me is the music I listened to in my youth because it drove me. And it drives me still. Eric Clapton\'s \"Layla\" and \"Bell-Bottom Blues\", because they spoke directly to the heart of what I experienced. I briefly was able to re-experience those days while back. But Lynyrd Skynyrd\'s \"Freebird\" is for me me the most kick-ass song ever written.','',0,'kA==','25c0d',1,0,'',21,0,0),(245763,18325,5,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181135631,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Greystar":de399][quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":de399]Music? What\'s that? \":roll:\"[/quote:de399]\n\nThat\'s when a pair of F-16s at the ANG outpost at the airport prepping for takeoff rev up their engines to max military power and the roar can be heard for miles around and rattles windows within a half mile of the airport.\n\nGod, I love that sound! \":D\"[/quote:de399]\r\n\r\n \":D\" \r\nWhen I was an undergrad and for a while after, I lived near the Navy\'s Pinecastle Electronic Warfare Range in the Ocala National Forest. The sound of those old A-7s was unmistakable.','',0,'gA==','de399',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245764,18275,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181136846,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":aacd6][quote="Deref":aacd6][quote="MartinUK":aacd6]Today, filling up on my trip with Kara to [url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.357:aacd6]Wroxeter[/url:aacd6], en route to the airport for her Ireland trip, I paid £1.019 GBP per litre. That\'s $9.24 USD per gallon.\n\nIIRC, a US gallon is about 83% of a rest-of-the-world (aka Imperial) gallon; so if my arithmetic is correct, that made today\'s fill-up $7.67 USD per US gallon. Not too bad.\n\nMartin.[/quote:aacd6]\nOf course no-one else in the world uses gallons... \":P\"[/quote:aacd6]\n\nGallon? What\'s a gallon? \":P\"\n\n[quote="RLobinske":aacd6]1 liter = 0.2642 US Gallons\n1 US Gallon = 3.7854 liters[/quote:aacd6]\n\nWe pay about Arg$2.09 per litre. Now, having the exchange rate and the litre/gallon thing in mind, we pay about US$2.63 per gallon.[/quote:aacd6]\r\n\r\nHere in the US we have our own way of doing things (not that that\'s a [i:aacd6]good[/i:aacd6] thing...) and, by god, no one is going to tell us otherwise. \":roll:\" \r\n\r\nFrom what I understand (and please correct me if I\'m wrong), there is a movement to introduce the metric system as a replacement for the US customary system. Unfortunately, we\'re rather resistant to change and most of us have been using the US customary system for all of our lives. Change would be difficult and laborious and, frankly, most people have no incentive to learn a different way of doing it. I am six feet, three inches tall... and I couldn\'t tell you how many centimeters that is off the top of my head. You savvy? \";)\"\r\n\r\nOh god, and imagine how that would screw up (American) football!\r\n\r\nAnd biologists claim that the human is an adaptable animal? \":mrgreen:\"','',0,'sA==','aacd6',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245765,18332,3,499,0,'203.166.239.203',1181136868,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":00061][quote="Deref":00061]Of course what effect it\'ll have on the Great Florida Dariacon Orgy remains to be seen.[/quote:00061]\n\nI think you missed the last part of my post. It does have an effect. I won\'t be going now. Unless I win the lottery soon.[/quote:00061]\r\n\r\nHooray for medical procedures!','',0,'gA==','00061',1,0,'',499,0,0),(245766,18332,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181137117,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":aba24][quote="Deref":aba24]Of course what effect it\'ll have on the Great Florida Dariacon Orgy remains to be seen.[/quote:aba24]\n\nI think you missed the last part of my post. It does have an effect. I won\'t be going now. Unless I win the lottery soon.[/quote:aba24]\r\n\r\nPerhaps Deref means \"what effect your [i:aba24]absence[/i:aba24] will have on the GFDO remains to be seen.\"\r\n\r\nEither way, we\'ll take pictures for you. \":mrgreen:\"\r\n\r\n*dodges thrown objects* I wasn\'t TRYING to rub it in! I\'M SORRY!!','',0,'oA==','aba24',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245767,18291,3,446,0,'68.226.6.130',1181137209,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My first (and only) guitar is an Ibanez acoustic guitar. I got it, a carrying case, a couple music books, an electronic tuner, some picks, and an extra set of strings for $120. Craigslist is fun.','',0,'oA==','9c596',1,0,'',446,0,0),(245768,18325,5,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181137701,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Angelinhel":40242][quote="Lazario":40242]Words are definitely important.\n\nBut I find that words aren\'t worth liking for me if I don\'t like the voice of the singer and the sound of the music too/first.[/quote:40242]\n\nI can see that. Actually, when I flip through my playlist in the car (hearing about 2 seconds of music to identify each song) I noticed a lot of the songs I like have similar opening chords or notes.[/quote:40242]\r\n\r\nI realize I made my last post at the risk of coming across as though lyrical content is secondary to me. This couldn\'t be further from the truth. Lyrical content is only secondary to me when the lyrics are indecipherable. I listen to that kind of music for an entirely different reason. \":mrgreen:\"\r\n\r\nOh, and I didn\'t think any of that was aimed at me. I just felt that my initial post was a little ambiguous and wanted to clear that little bit up. \r\n \":D\"','',0,'gA==','40242',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245769,18325,5,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181137931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":cfa27][quote="Dervish":cfa27]Why do I like the music I like? Just because. I find that like \"Why do you like the food you like to eat.\" And this goes for \"why it\'s better.\" Natch, that\'s better \"for me.\"[/quote:cfa27]\n\nExactly. I don\'t think I can explain why I like what I like. I just do. \n\nThis reminds me of a video I was watching last night. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEq1DOg-abM:cfa27]Guns N\' Roses in one of the best performances of \"It\'s So Easy\" live I\'ve seen, IMO.[/url:cfa27] Hell, that video is orgasmic to me. They make me want to have a time machine to go back to 1988 and watch them play. THAT was the real deal. They just rocked. Performances like that remind me why I\'ve been in love with the band since I was 13. I don\'t really know why that band makes me feel that way, they just do.\n\nToo bad the poster ruined the video with those ****ing beeps. The swearing is the best part. \":P\"[/quote:cfa27]\r\n\r\n80s metal, eh? So, do you like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmPD6-vNVY:cfa27]Mega[/url:cfa27][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEHNvxkVvqc:cfa27]deth[/url:cfa27]?:D \":D\"','',0,'kA==','cfa27',1,1181138993,'',475,2,0),(245770,18332,3,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181138083,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Better now than later. My friend\'s mom had to have braces at about 45 years old, and because of her age the braces had to stay on longer. She had braces for more than 2 years.\r\n\r\nAs far as attractiveness, take the long view. You\'ll be even more attractive when it\'s done. Oh, and the braces will make your lips plump out! No collagen injections for you!','',0,'kA==','9e908',1,0,'',613,0,0),(245771,18325,5,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181138222,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="ahmygoddess":13cda]I\'m going to admit that I am an old fart. And the music that moves me is the music I listened to in my youth because it drove me. And it drives me still. Eric Clapton\'s \"Layla\" and \"Bell-Bottom Blues\", because they spoke directly to the heart of what I experienced. I briefly was able to re-experience those days while back. But Lynyrd Skynyrd\'s \"Freebird\" is for me me the most kick-ass song ever written.[/quote:13cda]\r\n\r\nAll three are great songs. I find Clapton to be thoroughly enjoyable solo as well as with Cream and Derek and the Dominos. Is Freebird the only Skynyrd song you like? Personally I like \"Tuesday\'s Gone\" more (perhaps because it gets less radio play), but \"Freebird\" is a great song.','',0,'gA==','13cda',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245772,18332,3,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181138910,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','','I can empathize, Nat. I had all four of my wisdom teeth out in one afternoon. Two were risking being impacted, but they took precautions and advised doing all of them.\r\n\r\nOhhhh I felt that, after the oral surgeon\'s general anesthetic wore off and I found myself being led out to the car. My great-uncle, also a dentist, came over to the house and berated me for not having him do it ... miserable ass.\r\n\r\nNot everyone loses all one\'s first-teeth promptly. So others are in this boat. You might ask about less obtrusive or \"invisible\" braces, but you won\'t look nearly as strange as you fear. Up here people are getting orthodontia into their 30s and 40s these days.','',0,'gA==','24db8',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245773,17037,6,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181139173,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="DigiSim":beedb][quote="RLobinske":beedb][quote="Brother Grimace":beedb][quote="cyde":beedb][quote="Brother Grimace":beedb]\nOh, wait until the military forces in the area are organized enough to go out and sweep and clear the outlaw bastards running about... \":D\"[/quote:beedb]\n\nYeah! Ben Raines and his rebels wi... oh wait. Wrong story... OR IS IT?!\n\nDa da DUHHHHHHH![/quote:beedb]\n\n\nYou don\'t need Raines\' Rebels in this multiverse, you\'ve got DELPHI special ops types and P.O.G.O. teams - they\'re probably out breaking it off in someone\'s hind end and being VERY overt about it...\n\n\nAs I said before, I wanna see the Lawndale Militia roll in... \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\"[/quote:beedb]\n\nDr. Doom: Daria, I am your father... \":twisted:\"[/quote:beedb]\n\nSnape: Don\'t listen to that armored muggle fool. [i:beedb]I[/i:beedb] am your father.[/quote:beedb]\r\n\r\nJake: ...HELEN!!!!!!!!!!!!','',0,'oA==','beedb',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245774,18332,3,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181139466,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Yeah, wisdom teeth removal is [i:14b47]such[/i:14b47] a fun process. But since you have yet to go through it, I won\'t tell my story.','',0,'IA==','14b47',1,0,'',613,0,0),(245775,17037,6,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181139561,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="DigiSim":6a9cf][quote="RLobinske":6a9cf][quote="Brother Grimace":6a9cf][quote="cyde":6a9cf][quote="Brother Grimace":6a9cf]\nOh, wait until the military forces in the area are organized enough to go out and sweep and clear the outlaw bastards running about... \":D\"[/quote:6a9cf]\n\nYeah! Ben Raines and his rebels wi... oh wait. Wrong story... OR IS IT?!\n\nDa da DUHHHHHHH![/quote:6a9cf]\n\n\nYou don\'t need Raines\' Rebels in this multiverse, you\'ve got DELPHI special ops types and P.O.G.O. teams - they\'re probably out breaking it off in someone\'s hind end and being VERY overt about it...\n\n\nAs I said before, I wanna see the Lawndale Militia roll in... \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\"[/quote:6a9cf]\n\nDr. Doom: Daria, I am your father... \":twisted:\"[/quote:6a9cf]\n\nSnape: Don\'t listen to that armored muggle fool. [i:6a9cf]I[/i:6a9cf] am your father.[/quote:6a9cf]\r\n\r\nDr. Doom: Muggle? My sorcery has defeated the likes of Mephisto, you pathetic little dilettante.','',0,'oA==','6a9cf',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245776,18332,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181139793,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="smk":4d34d]Yeah, wisdom teeth removal is [i:4d34d]such[/i:4d34d] a fun process. But since you have yet to go through it, I won\'t tell my story.[/quote:4d34d]\r\n\r\nJust don\'t be like me and put the process off for nine years.\r\n\r\nedit: Although, once they actually start to hurt it makes you [i:4d34d]look forward[/i:4d34d] to the surgery to have them removed.','',0,'oA==','4d34d',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245785,18148,5,274,0,'124.179.48.56',1181143930,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Byrds: [i:7c3c4]Turn! Turn! Turn![/i:7c3c4]\r\n\r\n[img:7c3c4]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002ACP.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg[/img:7c3c4]\r\n\r\nCrash Wisdom: [i:7c3c4]06/02/94[/i:7c3c4] (No cover given this is a live recording)','',0,'KA==','7c3c4',1,0,'',274,0,0),(245778,17037,6,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181139998,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The story continues in the [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18336:471dd]Apocalyptic Daria II[/url:471dd] thread.\n\nFormat errors caused by the server move/software upgrade have been corrected. However, some formatting errors may have been missed and some other errors introduced. We\'ll try to fix them as we find them.','df7d747ea35cdd0e21bc80d594b9a6c8',0,'EA==','471dd',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245779,18332,3,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181140360,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Make sure you get soup that you really like. When you have the wisdom teeth pulled, make sure that you follow directions to protect the socket until it properly heals, and try to avoid catching a cold or being around anything the induces allergic sneezing. You don\'t want a dry socket, trust me.','',0,'EA==','f20ec',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245780,18332,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181140998,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":74d5d]Make sure you get soup that you really like. When you have the wisdom teeth pulled, make sure that you follow directions to protect the socket until it properly heals, and try to avoid catching a cold or being around anything the induces allergic sneezing. You don\'t want a dry socket, trust me.[/quote:74d5d]\r\n\r\nIs it just me, or does the term \"dry socket\" [i:74d5d]sound[/i:74d5d] painful?','',0,'oA==','74d5d',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245781,18336,6,545,0,'65.221.65.210',1181141474,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Apocalyptic Daria, Vol. II (Part 28 up)','I am working on Part 18. I\'m an usher at a wedding on Saturday, however, so I\'m not sure when I\'ll get it in. At least I [i:ed2b9]know[/i:ed2b9] that I have the weekend off. \":D\"\n\nThe other ApD II thread was locked, so I started another one.','d2ea774901dd933a55f5fd36d77ec9be',0,'IA==','ed2b9',1,1188548142,'',545,11,0),(245782,18318,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181142439,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":73acf]Vader never took the trap BG because going to Tatooine would have brought back too many memories and might have caused Anakin to try to take control away from Vader. [/quote:73acf]\n\n\n\nIf the Emperor had said to Vader, \'Bring Skywalker to me\', Vader would have done it.\n\nWait a minute - in [i:73acf]Return of the Jedi[/i:73acf], Vader DID! Even in [i:73acf]Shadows of the Empire[/i:73acf], when Vader KNEW that Xizor was up to things and he wanted to whack him (especially after he found out the Dark Prince\'s little plan to embarrass him before the Emperor AND adenge himself upon Vader by killing Luke), he still followed the Emperor\'s orders regarding Luke. \n\nRemember, just being on his home world wasn\'t going to bring back and warm and fuzzies in him - this is a [i:73acf]Sith Lord[/i:73acf], dude! This is a Sith Lord returning to the world where he and his mother were slaves, where he had to leave her and not see her for ten years, and to only see her again, humiliated, abused and at the moment of her death. How is returning there going to awaken Good Things within him, since he didn\'t have Good Memories of living there? He\'d be more likely to come back, grab Luke, kill Owen and Beru himself for not telling him he had a son (of course they didn\'t know that Anakin was Vader, but do you think a little thing like commom sense would stop the guy who kills the Captain of a Star Destroyer because the Millenium Falcon got away from him from lilling them, too?) and then slag the planet with the [i:73acf]Executor[/i:73acf]. \n\n\n[quote:73acf]\nOr at least that is my take on why he never came after Luke, other than knowing it was a trap. Oh, except the emperor and Tarkin nobody else knew that Anakin and Vader were the same person.[/quote:73acf]\n\n\nActually, the Jedi saw it as a trap, whereas the Emperor saw it (Luke on Tattooine) as having a ready replacement for when he\'d need to get rid of Vader. (Sith Lords and Dark Jedi are quite useful, but so notoriously difficult to keep in line.) Think of it like this... the only thing that the Emperor screwed up on was underestimating what it would take to turn Luke to the Dark Side. The boy was playing at being a hero and a Jedi, but also had a close circle of friends... start killing them all off, and make certain that he finds out where the blood and money trail leads. Chewbacca found in a bloody mass somewhere on one of the lower levels of Coruscant, the [i:73acf]Falcon[/i:73acf] blown up by a saboteur, Artoo smashed to bits and spread out next to Luke\'s X-wing... now Luke\'s boiling mad and wants to take some furious revenge, and in this state, it\'s easier to bring him over to the Dark Side. \n\n[i:73acf]Yes, Luke... Vader was responsible. Kill him. Avenge your friends - avenge your sister! [/i:73acf](Do you REALLY think the Emperor didn\'t know who Leia was the very first time he set eyes upon her?) [i:73acf]Your father knew who Leia was, and he had her killed anyway? Do you think that he would have allowed her to live and learn of her abilities, Luke? His battle with you at Bespin showed that he could deal with you,alone, and half-trained... what if you and your sister were to face him, both of you strong and wise in the ways of the Force? Vader would fall - and he would not stand for that to happen. Avenge them, and punish him![/i:73acf]\n\nAfter that, there\'s very little chance that a battle-drained Luke could have even tried to resist the Emperor\'s abilities to turn him, and the Emperor would have turned him into a Sith Lord as well. [i:73acf]Darth Trayer[/i:73acf], perhaps.\n\n\nMy $0.02, anyway. \n\n[/quote]','',0,'oA==','73acf',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245783,18333,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181142811,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Ow.','',0,'oA==','ed2c0',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245784,18336,6,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181143386,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The story continues from [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17037:18479]this thread.[/url:18479]\r\n\r\nThere is a small glitch at the end of the the first thread. If you click on the lastest post link, it says no posts exists. Go \"page 12\" to see the final entries of that thread.\r\n\r\nOops, locked the wrong thread. I\'ll delete the other thread and make this the operable thread.','',0,'EA==','18479',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245786,18336,6,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181144231,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I\'ve been catching up here, and it\'s all good. \":)\" The Daria-Jane banter sounds right, and to me, Jane\'s innuendoes seem like a coping mechanism for something she wouldn\'t want to think about: the likelyhood that Trent may be dead. \r\n\r\nI\'m also [b:3b3a0]deeply[/b:3b3a0] impressed by everybody\'s knowledge of what to do in the event of a nuclear strike. \":shock:\" After reading this, I think I might have a chance to survive more than a day or two if the blast or fallout didn\'t get me. \";)\"\r\n\r\nAlso, a tiny nitpick:\r\n\r\n[quote:3b3a0]The doctor looked at her and nodded. “I was afraid of that. It looks like we’ll have to use epinephrine, which I do happen to have on hand.” She prepared a hypodermic needle and cleaned a spot on Daria’s upper right arm. “Be thankful. I had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic once. I was given a weeks supply of prednisolone to take. A very tiny pill, but also very bitter. Prednisolone would take several days to work, anyway. This is a lot quicker.”\n\nDaria didn’t even react to the shot. Jane held her hands tightly to keep her from scratching and she was still biting her lower lip. Slowly, she relaxed as the antihistamine worked on her system. [/quote:3b3a0]\r\n\r\nEpinephrine isn\'t an antihistamine: it\'s a hormone that\'s an immunosuppresant (among other things) like prednisone, prednisolone, etc. An antihistamine blocks the effects of histamine produced by the immune system, while a shot of epi is going to block the actions of the immune system (including but not limited to the production of histamine) in the first place.\r\n\r\nBut while the categorization of the drug may be off (like I said, a nitpick), Doc. Kathy is doing the right thing, because it sounds like OH is going into anaphylaxis, which would make her get dead fast unless she gets wacked with an epi pen. Also Doc. Kathy\'s apparently blithe response might be deliberate to prevent Daria from becoming alarmed. Finally, I figure Kathy will want to keep tabs on Daria: she may need an antihistamine and prednisone tabs once her allergic crisis has passed—if there are any in the shelter, that is \":twisted:\"','',0,'wA==','3b3a0',1,0,'',362,0,0),(245787,18333,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181145169,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','tl;dr \r\n\r\n\r\n \":|\" \r\n\r\nWhen I saw that, I thought I was having a seizure just from the way the page was laid out. The little \'x\' in the top right has never been clicked faster.','',0,'wA==','848cf',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245788,18332,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181145170,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":ae256][quote="RLobinske":ae256]Make sure you get soup that you really like. When you have the wisdom teeth pulled, make sure that you follow directions to protect the socket until it properly heals, and try to avoid catching a cold or being around anything the induces allergic sneezing. You don\'t want a dry socket, trust me.[/quote:ae256]\n\nIs it just me, or does the term \"dry socket\" [i:ae256]sound[/i:ae256] painful?[/quote:ae256]\r\n\r\nIt\'s strange when I was in the Electrical trade the last think you ever wanted was a wet socket!','',0,'oA==','ae256',1,0,'',588,0,0),(245789,18332,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181145237,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Eccles":40ce5][quote="cyde":40ce5][quote="RLobinske":40ce5]Make sure you get soup that you really like. When you have the wisdom teeth pulled, make sure that you follow directions to protect the socket until it properly heals, and try to avoid catching a cold or being around anything the induces allergic sneezing. You don\'t want a dry socket, trust me.[/quote:40ce5]\n\nIs it just me, or does the term \"dry socket\" [i:40ce5]sound[/i:40ce5] painful?[/quote:40ce5]\n\nIt\'s strange when I was in the Electrical trade the last think you ever wanted was a wet socket![/quote:40ce5]\r\n\r\nEspecially if it\'s live and you have your finger inside it? \":D\" \":D\"','',0,'oA==','40ce5',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245790,18325,5,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181145574,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="RLobinske":debd2][quote="Greystar":debd2][quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":debd2]Music? What\'s that? \":roll:\"[/quote:debd2]\n\nThat\'s when a pair of F-16s at the ANG outpost at the airport prepping for takeoff rev up their engines to max military power and the roar can be heard for miles around and rattles windows within a half mile of the airport.\n\nGod, I love that sound! \":D\"[/quote:debd2]\n\n \":D\" \nWhen I was an undergrad and for a while after, I lived near the Navy\'s Pinecastle Electronic Warfare Range in the Ocala National Forest. The sound of those old A-7s was unmistakable.[/quote:debd2]\r\n\r\nOh! Sounds you like! I get it! \";)\"\r\n\r\nFrankly, that\'s all that needs to be said for me. The reasons why I might like particular sounds can range from the irritatingly pedantic to downright Beavis-and-Butthead stupid, but that\'s always the common denominator. I just like \'em. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','debd2',1,0,'',362,0,0),(245791,18330,6,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181147081,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Thanks to everyone for their comments. \":)\" Whether it\'s a deus ex machina or not, the end of \"Arts N Crass\" bothers me, and a resolution along the lines of the end of \"See Jane Run\" would, again, by my lights, be more satisfying.\r\n\r\nThat said, I\'m not satisfied with this scene as it stands. I wanted it to move from a straightforward comic tone to a blackly comic but brief bit of bullying and finally to a comic/sardonic tone as Daria and Jane are resigned to make an even more atrocious poster than Mr. O\'Neill\'s first revision. The section with Vitale goes on too long and relies too much on how a reader might deliver the lines (as indicated by the italics, bolds, and changes in point size) than the content; what follows with Daria and Jane is too short. \r\n\r\nNonetheless, I\'m pleased it tickled the funnybones of some, and am grateful for thoughtful replies. Now, if only someone would take on the task of straightening out \"Murder, She Snored\" \";)\"','',0,'gA==','10332',1,0,'',362,0,0),(245792,18148,5,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181147152,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Gregor Samsa":f334f]Byrds: [i:f334f]Turn! Turn! Turn![/i:f334f][/quote:f334f]\r\n\r\nLet me know when you get to [i:f334f]Younger Than Yesterday[/i:f334f]. \":)\"\r\n\r\nNeil Finn, [i:f334f]Try Whistling This[/i:f334f].\r\n\r\nIf you haven\'t heard this album, check it out. It might not wow you on the first couple of listens, but the more you hear it, the better it gets.\r\n\r\nAnd \"She Will Have Her Way,\" which is just awesome, was used in \"Daria Dance Party!\"\r\n\r\n-Dennis','',0,'oA==','f334f',1,0,'',64,0,0),(245793,18330,6,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181147358,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":7a9c3]\nNonetheless, I\'m pleased it ticked the funnybones of some, and am grateful for thoughtful replies. Now, if only someone would take on the task of straightening out \"Murder, She Snored\" \";)\"[/quote:7a9c3]\r\n\r\nLast line:\r\n\r\nDaria: I knew I should have checked the bread for mold before I had that sandwich.\r\n\r\nAll done. \":)\"\r\n\r\n-Dennis','',0,'gA==','7a9c3',1,0,'',64,0,0),(245794,18148,5,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181147414,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Jean-Yves Thibaudet playing Ravel\'s suite for piano \"Gaspard de la Nuit.\" The second mvmt, \"Le Gibet\" is exactly what a scaffold with a hanged man at sunset should sound like. \":twisted:\"','',0,'gA==','4cde2',1,0,'',362,0,0),(245795,18125,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181148388,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','More revisions and changes.\r\n\r\nI have added thumbnails to all fanart, as well as the full size stuff by clicking on either it or the text hyperlink.','',0,'gA==','4677d',1,0,'',588,0,0),(245796,18330,6,504,0,'89.49.191.254',1181148552,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Arts N\' Crass was always one of my favorite episodes. The original ending is just perfect, in my opinion. I will say no more... \":wink:\"','',0,'gA==','103e5',1,0,'',504,0,0),(245797,18336,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181149941,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":3d693]I\'ve been catching up here, and it\'s all good. \":)\" The Daria-Jane banter sounds right, and to me, Jane\'s innuendoes seem like a coping mechanism for something she wouldn\'t want to think about: the likelyhood that Trent may be dead. \n[/quote:3d693]\n\n[b:3d693]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s [color=cyan:3d693][u:3d693]very[/u:3d693][/color:3d693] likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/b:3d693]\n\n\n[quote:3d693]I\'m also [b:3d693]deeply[/b:3d693] impressed by everybody\'s knowledge of what to do in the event of a nuclear strike. \":shock:\" After reading this, I[b:3d693] think I might have a chance to survive more than a day or two if the blast or fallout didn\'t get me.[/b:3d693] \";)\"[/quote:3d693]\r\n\r\n\r\n[b:3d693]In [i:3d693]Out Of The Ashes[/i:3d693], Ben Raines recalls one of his instructors saying something almost exactly the ste same to his training cadre on the first day he was there. \n\n\n\n\nProud supporter of the Tri-States since 1988.\n\nProud supporter of shooting post-apocalyptic a$$hats dead - and then shooting them again in the head, just to be sure - since 1975.[/b:3d693]','',0,'4w==','3d693',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245798,18333,3,124,0,'75.109.13.177',1181149968,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Before I went to bed last night, I found out that the test IS solvable.\r\n\r\nThe way the answers were formed...........oh god.............but yeah, when you correctly complete the test, it will say SOLVED in giant letters over top of the questions.','',0,'4w==','cb185',1,0,'',124,0,0),(245799,18326,12,124,0,'75.109.13.177',1181150560,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I know it\'s going to confuse people, but for this timeline to work, they have to be submitted separately.\r\n\r\nThe reason I\'m going at it like this is because I also want to reopen the door for the S1 veterans to come back and resubmit their stories. Believe it or not, there were quite a few. Granted, quite a few of them were Mary Sues, but hey, we were all learning. \":-)\"','',0,'4w==','3e7a9',1,0,'',124,0,0),(245800,18326,12,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181150881,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Reese Kaine":11b34]I know it\'s going to confuse people, but for this timeline to work, they have to be submitted separately.\n\nThe reason I\'m going at it like this is because I also want to reopen the door for the S1 veterans to come back and resubmit their stories. Believe it or not, there were quite a few. Granted, quite a few of them were Mary Sues, but hey, we were all learning. \":-)\"[/quote:11b34]\r\n\r\nNot a problem.','',0,'gA==','11b34',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245801,18336,6,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181150988,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":5bbbd]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:5bbbd]\r\n\r\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. \":?\"\r\n\r\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.','',0,'gA==','5bbbd',1,0,'',613,0,0),(245802,18336,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181151306,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="smk":d276a][quote="Brother Grimace":d276a]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:d276a]\n\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. \":?\"\n\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.[/quote:d276a]\r\n\r\nRemember when Linda told the girls that Lawndale was evacuated?','',0,'gA==','d276a',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245803,18336,6,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181151463,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":90aac][quote="smk":90aac][quote="Brother Grimace":90aac]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:90aac]\n\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. \":?\"\n\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.[/quote:90aac]\n\nRemember when Linda told the girls that Lawndale was evacuated?[/quote:90aac]\r\n\r\nOK, but Trent was gone. Yeah, he was . . . I\'m not sure where he was, but he was gone. Gone, I say!','',0,'gA==','90aac',1,0,'',613,0,0),(245804,18313,4,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1181151464,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','From my understanding of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_v._White:962f5]Texas vs. White[/url:962f5] in 1869, no state has a right to secede from the United States. To quote the Wikipedia article:\r\n\r\n[i:962f5]The union between Texas and the other States was as complete, as perpetual, and as indissoluble as the union between the original States. There was no place for reconsideration, or revocation, except through revolution, or through consent of the States. [/i:962f5]\r\n\r\nWhich leaves any state wanting to secede only a few options:\r\n\r\n1. The present day Supreme Court overturning Texas vs. White all or in part -- this would probably require a state to secede, then claim to the Supreme Court that their act of secession is still a legal act. Since Texas v. White would interpret the state having seceded to still be a part of the United States, the state government should be able to file a suit of some sort hinging on Texas vs. White. \r\n\r\nThe danger to the seceding state would be that the Supreme Court would refuse to hear the case, or uphold Texas v. White in more explicit terms.\r\n\r\n2. An attempt to appeal to the states. The decision states \"consent of the states\", meaning that the States could theoretically let Vermont go, but it does not state how the consent of the states is to be obtained or how unanimous that consent is to be. There is no mechanism, and it would probably lead to some pro-statehood parties in Vermont claiming that the revolution is illegal -- and could the US please come and take over again?\r\n\r\n3. Armed rebellion. From that point on, it\'s in the hands of Congress (or with our Imperial Executive, President Bush IV might decide to call a \"police action\"). If the rebels win, well, no one will dispute their right to a new nation. If they lose...well, hard times all around, although only one person in the Confederacy was ever executed for war crimes.\r\n\r\n4. A new constitutional convention that explicitly gives states a right to secede.\r\n\r\nOf course, we could just decide not to dispute the decision. \":)\"\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!','',0,'MA==','962f5',1,0,'',213,0,0),(245805,18336,6,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181151781,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":e5e1f][quote="smk":e5e1f][quote="Brother Grimace":e5e1f]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:e5e1f]\n\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. \":?\"\n\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.[/quote:e5e1f]\n\nRemember when Linda told the girls that Lawndale was evacuated?[/quote:e5e1f]\r\n\r\nTrent: Whoa, where\'d everybody go? \":D\"','',0,'gA==','e5e1f',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245806,18336,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181152060,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="smk":7d557][quote="Brother Grimace":7d557][quote="smk":7d557][quote="Brother Grimace":7d557]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:7d557]\n\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. \":?\"\n\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.[/quote:7d557]\n\nRemember when Linda told the girls that Lawndale was evacuated?[/quote:7d557]\n\nOK, but Trent was gone. Yeah, he was . . . I\'m not sure where he was, but he was gone. Gone, I say![/quote:7d557]\r\n\r\n\r\nYes... yes. Trent probably was gone. Maybe he and the Boys of Spiral were off doing a gig at some dive elsewhere, and spent the time afterward partaking of The Skanks Whose Names They Could Care Less About... that\'s why they weren\'t there.\r\n\r\nIf you also want to go with the plausible what-if\'s... there\'s every chance that he Boys of Spiral saw Quinn and company and rescued them... why?\r\n\r\n1.) It\'s the right thing to do.\r\n\r\n2.) Because Trent would do it to keep Daria from being sad. \r\n\r\n\r\nYes... that\'s what happened...\r\n\r\nIt is. \r\n\r\nReally. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \":twisted:\"','',0,'gA==','7d557',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245807,18336,6,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181152980,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":eb129][quote="smk":eb129][quote="Brother Grimace":eb129][quote="smk":eb129][quote="Brother Grimace":eb129]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:eb129]\n\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. \":?\"\n\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.[/quote:eb129]\n\nRemember when Linda told the girls that Lawndale was evacuated?[/quote:eb129]\n\nOK, but Trent was gone. Yeah, he was . . . I\'m not sure where he was, but he was gone. Gone, I say![/quote:eb129]\n\n\nYes... yes. Trent probably was gone. Maybe he and the Boys of Spiral were off doing a gig at some dive elsewhere, and spent the time afterward partaking of The Skanks Whose Names They Could Care Less About... that\'s why they weren\'t there.\n\nIf you also want to go with the plausible what-if\'s... there\'s every chance that he Boys of Spiral saw Quinn and company and rescued them... why?\n\n1.) It\'s the right thing to do.\n\n2.) Because Trent would do it to keep Daria from being sad. \n\n\nYes... that\'s what happened...\n\nIt is. \n\nReally. \n\n\n\n \":twisted:\"[/quote:eb129]\r\n\r\nAnd thus a beautiful relationship(per) was born!!! \":D\"','',0,'gA==','eb129',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245808,18315,5,253,0,'70.229.173.175',1181153345,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Two things. 1...\r\n[quote="starmeshelion":44644]Don\'t they understand that The Fashion Club girls are so fashionable, that they can wear the same apparel all the time, and still be fashionable, because they\'re so fashionable that whatever they wear is always fashionable, even if they wear it all the time?[/quote:44644]I think Stars actually turned into Stacy there. \":lol:\" \r\n\r\n2, the definition of a ditz. What\'s been said before is pretty much accurate, but it should be pointed out that a ditz is always a good person at heart, there\'s no such thing as a bad ditz.','',0,'gA==','44644',1,0,'',253,0,0),(245809,18315,5,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181153849,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="atimnie":8a83b]Two things. 1...\n[quote="starmeshelion":8a83b]Don\'t they understand that The Fashion Club girls are so fashionable, that they can wear the same apparel all the time, and still be fashionable, because they\'re so fashionable that whatever they wear is always fashionable, even if they wear it all the time?[/quote:8a83b]I think Stars actually turned into Stacy there. \":lol:\" \n\n2, the definition of a ditz. What\'s been said before is pretty much accurate, but it should be pointed out that a ditz is always a good person at heart, there\'s no such thing as a bad ditz.[/quote:8a83b]\r\n\r\natimnie, you must understand. The genesis of the problem isn\'t so much the meaning of the word \'ditz\', but the implication that subject of the discussion (in this case, Stacy) is anything less than utter perfection. Historically, people have been [i:8a83b][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Scholl:8a83b]executed[/url:8a83b][/i:8a83b] for having such opinions.','',0,'sA==','8a83b',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245810,18336,6,671,0,'64.12.116.9',1181153917,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Story-wise that would be pretty cool. Mystik Spiral and the fashion Club (plus Sam and Chris) trekking around looking for their loved ones and blowing the heads off of anything that gets in their way.','',0,'sA==','183ba',1,0,'',671,0,0),(245811,18336,6,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181154311,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":f1dc1]Story-wise that would be pretty cool. Mystik Spiral and the fashion Club (plus Sam and Chris) trekking around looking for their loved ones and blowing the heads off of anything that gets in their way.[/quote:f1dc1]\r\n\r\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in full commando mode, leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\r\n\r\n\r\nThat would be [size=200:f1dc1][color=red:f1dc1][b:f1dc1][i:f1dc1]AWESOME!!![/b:f1dc1][/i:f1dc1][/color:f1dc1][/size:f1dc1]','',0,'5g==','f1dc1',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245812,18333,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181155129,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Reese Kaine":23cf4]Before I went to bed last night, I found out that the test IS solvable.\n\nThe way the answers were formed...........oh god.............but yeah, when you correctly complete the test, it will say SOLVED in giant letters over top of the questions.[/quote:23cf4]\r\n\r\nCome on then Dungeon Master!\r\n\r\nWhat is the route through the maize!!!','',0,'gA==','23cf4',1,0,'',588,0,0),(245813,18333,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181155221,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Eccles":c262f][quote="Reese Kaine":c262f]Before I went to bed last night, I found out that the test IS solvable.\n\nThe way the answers were formed...........oh god.............but yeah, when you correctly complete the test, it will say SOLVED in giant letters over top of the questions.[/quote:c262f]\n\nCome on then Dungeon Master!\n\nWhat is the route through the maize!!![/quote:c262f]\r\n\r\nWhile working your way through the maize, do you get to hear music by Helpful Corn? \":D\"','',0,'gA==','c262f',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245814,18333,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181155636,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":86616][quote="Eccles":86616][quote="Reese Kaine":86616]Before I went to bed last night, I found out that the test IS solvable.\n\nThe way the answers were formed...........oh god.............but yeah, when you correctly complete the test, it will say SOLVED in giant letters over top of the questions.[/quote:86616]\n\nCome on then Dungeon Master!\n\nWhat is the route through the maize!!![/quote:86616]\n\nWhile working your way through the maize, do you get to hear music by Helpful Corn? \":D\"[/quote:86616]\r\n\r\nNo this isn\'t the [url=http://www.yorkmaze.com/pages/index.html:86616]York Maize Maze[/url:86616]','',0,'kA==','86616',1,0,'',588,0,0),(245815,18200,3,1,0,'67.168.150.56',1181156292,1,0,1,1,1,1,'CharlieGirl','','TheEleventy, I actually agree with you. I find women with smaller breasts much more attractive, partly because large breasts tend to get in the way. Although they are helpful at times. I can carry 24 Subway sauce bottles into the back room at once simply by using my bosom to balance the load, which no one else at my work can do. It\'s convenient, but I DO end up with sauce streaks in unfortunate places \":lol:\"','',0,'kA==','d64f0',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245816,18336,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181157951,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":ae8e5][quote="Gouka Ryuu":ae8e5]Story-wise that would be pretty cool. Mystik Spiral and the fashion Club (plus Sam and Chris) trekking around looking for their loved ones and blowing the heads off of anything that gets in their way.[/quote:ae8e5]\n\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in full commando mode, leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\n\n\nThat would be [size=200:ae8e5][color=red:ae8e5][b:ae8e5][i:ae8e5]AWESOME!!![/b:ae8e5][/i:ae8e5][/color:ae8e5][/size:ae8e5][/quote:ae8e5]\r\n\r\n\r\nUntil Jake looked up into a grove of trees and SCREAMED as a horde of squirrels in blue uniforms (with some in red with white trim) come running out from the trees yelling, at the top of their little squirrel voices:\r\n\r\n\r\n[u:ae8e5][size=200:ae8e5][color=red:ae8e5][b:ae8e5]\"COBRRRAAAA!!!\"[/b:ae8e5][/color:ae8e5][/size:ae8e5][/u:ae8e5]','',0,'5w==','ae8e5',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245817,18330,6,323,0,'162.114.40.32',1181158255,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":3cc91]That said, I\'m not satisfied with this scene as it stands. I wanted it to move from a straightforward comic tone to a blackly comic but brief bit of bullying and finally to a comic/sardonic tone as Daria and Jane are resigned to make an even more atrocious poster than Mr. O\'Neill\'s first revision. The section with Vitale goes on too long and relies too much on how a reader might deliver the lines (as indicated by the italics, bolds, and changes in point size) than the content; what follows with Daria and Jane is too short.[/quote:3cc91]\r\n[[i:3cc91]throws self forward and grabs SMacG by the ankles[/i:3cc91]]\r\n[b:3cc91]NO! NO, DON\'T CHANGE A THING! PERFECT! DON\'T TOUCH IT! DON\'T SECOND-GUESS IT! DON\'T GUILD THE LILY! YOU NAILED IT![/b:3cc91] \":!:\" \":!:\" \":!:\" \":!:\" \":!:\" \":idea:\" \":!:\" \":arrow:\" \":?:\" \":!:\" \":idea:\" \":idea:\"','',0,'4A==','3cc91',1,0,'',323,0,0),(245819,18330,6,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181159588,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":0bb55][quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":0bb55]That said, I\'m not satisfied with this scene as it stands. I wanted it to move from a straightforward comic tone to a blackly comic but brief bit of bullying and finally to a comic/sardonic tone as Daria and Jane are resigned to make an even more atrocious poster than Mr. O\'Neill\'s first revision. The section with Vitale goes on too long and relies too much on how a reader might deliver the lines (as indicated by the italics, bolds, and changes in point size) than the content; what follows with Daria and Jane is too short.[/quote:0bb55]\n[[i:0bb55]throws self forward and grabs SMacG by the ankles[/i:0bb55]]\n[b:0bb55]NO! NO, DON\'T CHANGE A THING! PERFECT! DON\'T TOUCH IT! DON\'T SECOND-GUESS IT! DON\'T GUILD THE LILY! YOU NAILED IT![/b:0bb55] \":!:\" \":!:\" \":!:\" \":!:\" \":!:\" \":idea:\" \":!:\" \":arrow:\" \":?:\" \":!:\" \":idea:\" \":idea:\"[/quote:0bb55]\r\n\r\n\r\nWow, TAG. I need to take lessons from you on how to convince Snips to not change things about his work. \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','',0,'4A==','0bb55',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245820,18336,6,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181160129,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":03f8b][quote="cyde":03f8b][quote="Gouka Ryuu":03f8b]Story-wise that would be pretty cool. Mystik Spiral and the fashion Club (plus Sam and Chris) trekking around looking for their loved ones and blowing the heads off of anything that gets in their way.[/quote:03f8b]\n\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in full commando mode, leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\n\n\nThat would be [size=200:03f8b][color=red:03f8b][b:03f8b][i:03f8b]AWESOME!!![/b:03f8b][/i:03f8b][/color:03f8b][/size:03f8b][/quote:03f8b]\n\n\nUntil Jake looked up into a grove of trees and SCREAMED as a horde of squirrels in blue uniforms (with some in red with white trim) come running out from the trees yelling, at the top of their little squirrel voices:\n\n\n[u:03f8b][size=200:03f8b][color=red:03f8b][b:03f8b]\"COBRRRAAAA!!!\"[/b:03f8b][/color:03f8b][/size:03f8b][/u:03f8b][/quote:03f8b]\n\nOnce over his surprise, Jake pulled forward his carbine with a snarl. Realizing that the gun was too bulky and his targets too small, Jake fell back on his squirrel contingency plan...\n\n[quote="The Jake Morgendoffer Guide to Squirrel Terrorism; Chapter 5: What to do if ambushed.":03f8b]1. One can of Raid.\n2. One Zippo lighter.\n3. ??????\n4. Profit![/quote:03f8b]\r\n\r\n\r\nJake\'s maniacal laughter ensured that history would remember that evening as \"The Night of the Great Squirrel Pogrom\".','',0,'5w==','03f8b',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245821,18336,6,105,0,'170.59.186.100',1181160929,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="cyde":e92b6]\n\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in [b:e92b6]full commando mode[/b:e92b6], leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\n\n\nThat would be [size=200:e92b6][color=red:e92b6][b:e92b6][i:e92b6]AWESOME!!![/b:e92b6][/i:e92b6][/color:e92b6][/size:e92b6][/quote:e92b6]\r\n\r\n\r\nNo underwear? Eeew!','',0,'5g==','e92b6',1,0,'',105,0,0),(245822,18336,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181160945,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":b6b42][quote="Brother Grimace":b6b42][quote="cyde":b6b42][quote="Gouka Ryuu":b6b42]Story-wise that would be pretty cool. Mystik Spiral and the fashion Club (plus Sam and Chris) trekking around looking for their loved ones and blowing the heads off of anything that gets in their way.[/quote:b6b42]\n\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in full commando mode, leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\n\n\nThat would be [size=200:b6b42][color=red:b6b42][b:b6b42][i:b6b42]AWESOME!!![/b:b6b42][/i:b6b42][/color:b6b42][/size:b6b42][/quote:b6b42]\n\n\nUntil Jake looked up into a grove of trees and SCREAMED as a horde of squirrels in blue uniforms (with some in red with white trim) come running out from the trees yelling, at the top of their little squirrel voices:\n\n\n[u:b6b42][size=200:b6b42][color=red:b6b42][b:b6b42]\"COBRRRAAAA!!!\"[/b:b6b42][/color:b6b42][/size:b6b42][/u:b6b42][/quote:b6b42]\n\nOnce over his surprise, Jake pulled forward his carbine with a snarl. Realizing that the gun was too bulky and his targets too small, Jake fell back on his squirrel contingency plan...\n\n[quote="The Jake Morgendoffer Guide to Squirrel Terrorism; Chapter 5: What to do if ambushed.":b6b42]1. One can of Raid.\n2. One Zippo lighter.\n3. ??????\n4. Profit![/quote:b6b42]\n\n\nJake\'s maniacal laughter ensured that history would remember that evening as \"The Night of the Great Squirrel Pogrom\".[/quote:b6b42]\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=150:b6b42][b:b6b42]NO MAS! NO MAS! YOU WIN!!![/b:b6b42][/size:b6b42]\r\n\r\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','',0,'5w==','b6b42',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245823,18200,3,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181161031,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','A canoe, a very secluded spring run, a grassy patch of shoreline and a picnic lunch...','',0,'5w==','6c397',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245824,18336,6,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181161194,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="echopapa":95a41][quote="cyde":95a41]\n\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in [b:95a41]full commando mode[/b:95a41], leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\n\n\nThat would be [size=200:95a41][color=red:95a41][b:95a41][i:95a41]AWESOME!!![/b:95a41][/i:95a41][/color:95a41][/size:95a41][/quote:95a41]\n\n\nNo underwear? Eeew![/quote:95a41]\r\n\r\nThis [i:95a41]is[/i:95a41] Jake we\'re talking about. We all know he\'s a little... how shall I put this... eccentric. \":lol:\"','',0,'5g==','95a41',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245825,18315,5,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181161268,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="atimnie":8e401]I think Stars actually turned into Stacy there. \":lol:\"[/quote:8e401]\r\n\r\nReally? I was going for a more of a Jerry Seinfeld kinda feel.\r\n\r\nI have to admit though that I don\'t really think that Stacy is actually perfect, but it\'s just that her imperfections are what causes me to see her in all of her humanity and find her all the more perfect for it, if that makes sense.','',0,'gA==','8e401',1,0,'',544,0,0),(245826,18148,5,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181161416,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[i:f4c1f]Nevermind[/i:f4c1f] by Nirvana\r\n[i:f4c1f]Urban Hymns[/i:f4c1f] by The Verve\r\n\r\n1990\'s classics never die.','',0,'IA==','f4c1f',1,0,'',544,0,0),(245827,18336,6,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181161425,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":66067][quote="cyde":66067][quote="Brother Grimace":66067][quote="cyde":66067][quote="Gouka Ryuu":66067]Story-wise that would be pretty cool. Mystik Spiral and the fashion Club (plus Sam and Chris) trekking around looking for their loved ones and blowing the heads off of anything that gets in their way.[/quote:66067]\n\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in full commando mode, leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\n\n\nThat would be [size=200:66067][color=red:66067][b:66067][i:66067]AWESOME!!![/b:66067][/i:66067][/color:66067][/size:66067][/quote:66067]\n\n\nUntil Jake looked up into a grove of trees and SCREAMED as a horde of squirrels in blue uniforms (with some in red with white trim) come running out from the trees yelling, at the top of their little squirrel voices:\n\n\n[u:66067][size=200:66067][color=red:66067][b:66067]\"COBRRRAAAA!!!\"[/b:66067][/color:66067][/size:66067][/u:66067][/quote:66067]\n\nOnce over his surprise, Jake pulled forward his carbine with a snarl. Realizing that the gun was too bulky and his targets too small, Jake fell back on his squirrel contingency plan...\n\n[quote="The Jake Morgendoffer Guide to Squirrel Terrorism; Chapter 5: What to do if ambushed.":66067]1. One can of Raid.\n2. One Zippo lighter.\n3. ??????\n4. Profit![/quote:66067]\n\n\nJake\'s maniacal laughter ensured that history would remember that evening as \"The Night of the Great Squirrel Pogrom\".[/quote:66067]\n\n\n[size=150:66067][b:66067]NO MAS! NO MAS! YOU WIN!!![/b:66067][/size:66067]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:66067]\r\n\r\n*takes a small bow*\r\n\r\nLet\'s hear it for round robin proto-angst! (Of course, the version of \"history\" we refer to is that of the squirrels. The fact that Jake merely got a bit overzealous about defending himself against the [i:66067]big, bad squirrels[/i:66067] is of little consequence. (Jake is a lousy spin doctor - it\'s a shame Helen had to go and die from all that radiation...))','',0,'5w==','66067',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245828,18200,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181161449,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":c001d]A canoe, a very secluded spring run, a grassy patch of shoreline and a picnic lunch...[/quote:c001d]\r\n\r\nYou will never know how envious of you I sometimes am... damn normal people... \":)\"','',0,'gA==','c001d',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245829,18325,5,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181161882,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="ahmygoddess":b0e01]the music that moves me is the music I listened to in my youth because it drove me. And it drives me still.[/quote:b0e01]\r\n\r\nI feel the same way most of the time, and I\'m only twentytwo! \":o\" But I still keep an eye (ear?) on new music that I like, as well as make sure to buy all the 1990\'s classics I missed. I own very very few albums from the 1980\'s and whenever I play them the feeling is so different and vintage. I wish bands could still make albums like that without sounding too retro. I can\'t really identify with albums that were released before the 1980\'s though, because I wasn\'t alive at the time. I guess it\'s just part of my very Luke Haines-inspired philosophy of \"destroying your record collection\".','',0,'gA==','b0e01',1,0,'',544,0,0),(245830,18315,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181162211,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":7c1ce][quote="ahmygoddess":7c1ce]Au contraire, mon ami. \"Ditz\" is a very powerful word that throws into a spotlight not only behavior, but a mindset of a woman (and it is not used for men; they\'re just called \'stupid\'). Specifically, a ditz goes into the world at full pace without the first clue, eyes wide open and seeing nothing. One thing she does realize is that if she pokes her tits forward just a bit, her brainlessness does not have to be accounted for, as hormonal males will temporarily think for her. So long as she has her car keys (and that is a frightening thought) and can get home, she\'ll be OK.[/quote:7c1ce]\n\nSo basically \"ditz\" means \"a stupid girl whose stupidity is forgiven due to her good looks\"? That\'s just horrible. \n[/quote:7c1ce]\r\n\r\n\r\nNo - it\'s how Textbook Canon Stacy kept from getting the Baldwin Brothers Treatment, Canada-Style (as shown in [i:7c1ce]South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut[/i:7c1ce])! \r\n\r\nIf Stacy didn\'t have that pretty face, the slender form, the very nice hair and those b**w-job lips, she\'d have been tossed down a well the first time she had one of those stupid panic attacks!\r\n\r\nShe\'s a DITZ! Doesn\'t mean you have to stop liking her or even see that quality in her (how many of us are stunned when we stop to think how the people who care about us STILL manage to do so with some of the things we do in full view of the public?), but she is!\r\n\r\n(P.S. - did you see the updated Stacy entry over at the Daria Wiki?)','',0,'oA==','7c1ce',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245831,18325,5,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181162281,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":9a32b][quote="ahmygoddess":9a32b]the music that moves me is the music I listened to in my youth because it drove me. And it drives me still.[/quote:9a32b]\n\nI feel the same way most of the time, and I\'m only twentytwo! \":o\" But I still keep an eye (ear?) on new music that I like, as well as make sure to buy all the 1990\'s classics I missed. I own very very few albums from the 1980\'s and whenever I play them the feeling is so different and vintage. I wish bands could still make albums like that without sounding too retro. I can\'t really identify with albums that were released before the 1980\'s though, because I wasn\'t alive at the time. I guess it\'s just part of my very Luke Haines-inspired philosophy of \"destroying your record collection\".[/quote:9a32b]\r\n\r\nDon\'t be afraid to look back, there\'s a lot of good music out there.\r\n\r\n(While listening to the [i:9a32b]Simple Gifts[/i:9a32b] theme in Copeland\'s [i:9a32b]Appalachian Spring[/i:9a32b])','',0,'oA==','9a32b',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245832,18315,5,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181162660,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":5c1ef][quote="starmeshelion":5c1ef][quote="ahmygoddess":5c1ef]Au contraire, mon ami. \"Ditz\" is a very powerful word that throws into a spotlight not only behavior, but a mindset of a woman (and it is not used for men; they\'re just called \'stupid\'). Specifically, a ditz goes into the world at full pace without the first clue, eyes wide open and seeing nothing. One thing she does realize is that if she pokes her tits forward just a bit, her brainlessness does not have to be accounted for, as hormonal males will temporarily think for her. So long as she has her car keys (and that is a frightening thought) and can get home, she\'ll be OK.[/quote:5c1ef]\n\nSo basically \"ditz\" means \"a stupid girl whose stupidity is forgiven due to her good looks\"? That\'s just horrible. \n[/quote:5c1ef]\n\n\nNo - it\'s how Textbook Canon Stacy kept from getting the Baldwin Brothers Treatment, Canada-Style (as shown in [i:5c1ef]South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut[/i:5c1ef])! \n\nIf Stacy didn\'t have that pretty face, the slender form, the very nice hair and those b**w-job lips, she\'d have been tossed down a well the first time she had one of those stupid panic attacks!\n\nShe\'s a DITZ! Doesn\'t mean you have to stop liking her or even see that quality in her (how many of us are stunned when we stop to think how the people who care about us STILL manage to do so with some of the things we do in full view of the public?), but she is!\n\n(P.S. - did you see the updated Stacy entry over at the Daria Wiki?)[/quote:5c1ef]\r\n\r\n*surfs over to look before it gets vandalized* \":wink:\"\r\n\r\n\r\nActually, that\'s pretty cool, BG. I like the additional info \"8)\"','',0,'oA==','5c1ef',1,1181163185,'',475,1,0),(245833,18332,3,70,0,'67.184.16.255',1181162691,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Ouch, Nat. I had my braces put on right before my sixteenth birthday and wore them for 4 years, 6 months and two days. I had them for that long because my canine teeth refused to descend. I had to have my baby ones extracted at age 12 and had no canines for 7 years afterwards. \r\n\r\nI had all four of my wisdom teeth out at the same time 3 years ago, and my mouth still hurts back there. I think the jerk screwed something up. I have holes in the back of my lower jaw, and I can\'t eat certain foods (like peanuts) without getting pieces painfully stuck in the holes.\r\n\r\nHeh...I\'m sure that won\'t happen to you. Sorry. I hate people who tell horror stories about something you\'re just about to have done.','',0,'oA==','5b69d',1,0,'',70,0,0),(245834,18315,5,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181163001,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":29e3c](P.S. - did you see the updated Stacy entry over at the Daria Wiki?)[/quote:29e3c]\r\n\r\nSaw it and enjoyed it, although I would remove \"kick the cat syndrome\", but not without your permission, just because there is no such syndrome in existence. But my point being that you contradict yourself. In the Character Survivor thread you had last year Stacy won big time, much thanks to you, because you said that you saw her as smart. It\'s impossible that you changed your mind just because of me. My objection to the word ditz goes way before my days in the fandom, be it actively or passively. From any possible perspective, Stacy is an intelligent girl who obviously knows more about fashion than I\'ll ever know about British alternative music or James Joyce. Just because her field of interest is sometimes perceived as \"superficial\" doesn\'t make her \"a girl whose stupidity is forgiven by her good looks\", or \"a ditz\". Brittany is the one Daria character closest to this definition, but all in all, ditz is a derogatory word for girls and for women. It\'s more of a feminist issue than a Stacy issue for me, just because this word cancels all of the good qualities in a girl based on her intelligence, or lack of.\r\n\r\nOff topic: I do wonder what would the South Park movie be like was it made in the 2000\'s. \"Blame Avril, blame Avril, she\'s not even a real singer anyway!\" \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','29e3c',1,0,'',544,0,0),(245835,18200,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181163166,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="CharlieGirl":9cacd]TheEleventy, I actually agree with you. I find women with smaller breasts much more attractive, partly because large breasts tend to get in the way. Although they are helpful at times. I can carry 24 Subway sauce bottles into the back room at once simply by using my bosom to balance the load, which no one else at my work can do. It\'s convenient, but I DO end up with sauce streaks in unfortunate places \":lol:\"[/quote:9cacd]\r\nAlways the practical one. \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','9cacd',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245837,18275,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181163558,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":52f2d]Change would be difficult and laborious and, frankly, most people have no incentive to learn a different way of doing it.[/quote:52f2d]\r\nEvery country that\'s made the change has said the same thing. \"We\'ll all be rooned!\", \"It\'s too hard!\", \"The old folks\'ll never understand it\", etc. When it happens - whaddaya know - it was all so simple.\r\n\r\nBut back on topic, petrol\'s approaching A$1.50 a litre here now.\r\n\r\nDoes anyone find it strange that, now we pwn Iraq, and the price per barrel of crude is way lower than it was before we pwned Iraq, that petrol\'s more expensive than it\'s ever been? Gee. How puzzling!','',0,'gA==','52f2d',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245838,18332,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181163668,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="smk":b83f3]Yeah, wisdom teeth removal is [i:b83f3]such[/i:b83f3] a fun process. But since you have yet to go through it, I won\'t tell my story.[/quote:b83f3]\n\nWas it [i:b83f3]that[/i:b83f3] bad? I\'m already scared. \n\n[quote="RLobinske":b83f3]Make sure you get soup that you really like. When you have the wisdom teeth pulled, make sure that you follow directions to protect the socket until it properly heals, and try to avoid catching a cold or being around anything the induces allergic sneezing. You don\'t want a dry socket, trust me.[/quote:b83f3]\r\n\r\nSounds painful. I\'ll have that in mind.','',0,'oA==','b83f3',1,0,'',305,0,0),(245839,18332,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181163683,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Teeki":ab373]\nI had all four of my wisdom teeth out at the same time 3 years ago, and my mouth still hurts back there. I think the jerk screwed something up. I have holes in the back of my lower jaw, and I can\'t eat certain foods (like peanuts) without getting pieces painfully stuck in the holes.\n\nHeh...I\'m sure that won\'t happen to you. Sorry. I hate people who tell horror stories about something you\'re just about to have done.[/quote:ab373]\r\n\r\n*grins a grin that could put Mr. Green to shame.*\r\n\r\n \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','ab373',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245840,18319,3,70,0,'67.184.16.255',1181163703,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','It\'s Ron Weasley from Potter Puppet Pals--the \"hidden episode\":\r\n\r\n\"Follow the butterflies, follow the butterflies. Wheeee!\"','',0,'gA==','73d98',1,0,'',70,0,0),(245841,18313,4,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181163719,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":a044f]That\'s not to say it could never happen. Vietnam not only kicked our butts, but then gave China the what-for.[/quote:a044f]\r\nNo no no!!! We won! We declared victory! We\'d successfully Vietnamized Viet Nam, and made a stragetic withdrawal!','',0,'gA==','a044f',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245842,18337,6,359,0,'168.28.194.24',1181163772,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','beta read request','My best friend and I are currently working on a non-[i:7d2d7]Daria[/i:7d2d7] screenplay. We\'ve nearly finished the first act, and we\'d really appreciate good critiques (especially since we already have an interested director, so we need it to be as good as we can get it). Any and all opinions will be welcome, but we really want people with screenwriting experience, since they will be able to critique structure as well as content, and have an idea of what looks good on screen as well as on paper.','',0,'IA==','7d2d7',1,0,'',359,0,0),(245843,18275,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181163894,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":22bcb]\n\nBut back on topic, petrol\'s approaching A$1.50 a litre here now.\n\nDoes anyone find it strange that, now we pwn Iraq, and the price per barrel of crude is way lower than it was before we pwned Iraq, that petrol\'s more expensive than it\'s ever been? Gee. How puzzling![/quote:22bcb]\r\n\r\nI try not to look at the pricetag. I just pay what I have, pump that much gas and keep my head down, firmly in denial.\r\n\r\nOH MY GOD GAS IS TOO EXPENSIVE!!! \":cry:\" \r\n\r\n\r\n[size=67:22bcb]Something had to give...[/size:22bcb]','',0,'hA==','22bcb',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245844,18285,3,359,0,'168.28.194.24',1181163896,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Eccles":a5304]I also hope that you start your opening lecture to a new class with the classic opening from H2G2.\n\n[quote="Douglas Adams - The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy":a5304][size=75:a5304][i:a5304]Space is big. You just won\'t believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it\'s a long way down the road to the chemist\'s, but that\'s just peanuts to space. [/i:a5304][/size:a5304][/quote:a5304][/quote:a5304]\r\n\r\nI don\'t open with that quote, but I do use it. \":D\"','',0,'pA==','a5304',1,0,'',359,0,0),(245845,18332,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181164080,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Teeki":dd003]I had them for that long because my canine teeth refused to descend.[/quote:dd003]\n\nF*ck! That\'s exactly what I have. \":shock:\" I was told though, that a year and a few months should be enough. Every treatment is different. \n\n[quote="Teeki":dd003]I had to have my baby ones extracted at age 12 and had no canines for 7 years afterwards.[/quote:dd003]\n\nOuch. Hell, no. They\'re not going to do that to me. The doctor says he\'s going to wait a couple of months into treatment to take the baby ones out, so that the adult canines can come out at the same time. \n\n[quote="Teeki":dd003]I had all four of my wisdom teeth out at the same time 3 years ago, and my mouth still hurts back there. I think the jerk screwed something up. I have holes in the back of my lower jaw, and I can\'t eat certain foods (like peanuts) without getting pieces painfully stuck in the holes.[/quote:dd003]\n\nDamn. Well, I\'m freaked out because my wisdom teeth are not even out yet, but my mum has known this doctor for over 30 years. I trust him. \n\n[quote="Teeki":dd003]Heh...I\'m sure that won\'t happen to you. Sorry. I hate people who tell horror stories about something you\'re just about to have done.[/quote:dd003]\r\n\r\nActually, I want to know what to expect. That\'s why I posted this in the first place. \":)\"','',0,'gA==','dd003',1,0,'',305,0,0),(245846,18329,4,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181164089,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Tim Bateman":153d6]TheEleventy: \n[quote:153d6]Another thing: Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you? \n\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:153d6]\n\nI wouldn\'t serve if I thought that this was the sort of thing I\'d come back to. [/quote:153d6]\r\nFew people would. So who does? The uneducated poor, for whom it\'s better than no job; the far right Shrub supporters; the would-be Rambos who believe Hollywood\'s fairy tales and like the idea of being \"dangerous\". Others?','',0,'gA==','153d6',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245847,18317,3,359,0,'168.28.194.24',1181164204,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":e0e41][quote="starmeshelion":e0e41]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:e0e41]\n\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:e0e41]we just don\'t care[/b:e0e41]. \n\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:e0e41]\r\n\r\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?','',0,'wA==','e0e41',1,0,'',359,0,0),(245848,18332,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181164220,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":db6ab]\nActually, I want to know what to expect. That\'s why I posted this in the first place. \":)\"[/quote:db6ab]\r\n\r\nSince it involves teeth, Murphy\'s Law states to expect dentures.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=75:db6ab]No, not really. It\'ll probably go better than all the work I\'ve had to have done.[/size:db6ab]\r\n\r\n\";)\"','',0,'hA==','db6ab',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245849,18327,3,359,0,'168.28.194.24',1181164381,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Doggieboy":e56fe][quote="Dervish":e56fe]If you like the show, you\'ll probably like the books. They\'re more lighthearted, more like the early shows. I\'ve found \'em really good for background materials in fanfics I make.[/quote:e56fe]\n\nDitto. To me, they\'re just plain fun to read.[/quote:e56fe]\r\n\r\nYeah, they\'re a lot of fun, and great for writing fanfic (background info and story ideas). I\'d say they\'re worth searching out, and I got my used copies cheap on Amazon.','',0,'gA==','e56fe',1,0,'',359,0,0),(245850,18317,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181164405,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":b7e51][quote="Quiverwing":b7e51][quote="starmeshelion":b7e51]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:b7e51]\n\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:b7e51]we just don\'t care[/b:b7e51]. \n\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:b7e51]\n\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:b7e51]\r\n\r\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\r\n\r\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. \":(\"','',0,'wA==','b7e51',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245851,18316,3,359,0,'168.28.194.24',1181164446,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="atimnie":1a6be]Youth ends when you put together a list of your favorite 100 songs, and none of them are from the current decade.[/quote:1a6be]\r\n\r\nThen my youth ended around age twelve.','',0,'gA==','1a6be',1,0,'',359,0,0),(245852,18316,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181164533,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":2b65c][quote="atimnie":2b65c]Youth ends when you put together a list of your favorite 100 songs, and none of them are from the current decade.[/quote:2b65c]\n\nThen my youth ended around age twelve.[/quote:2b65c]\r\n\r\nI\'ll drink to that...','',0,'gA==','2b65c',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245853,18291,3,359,0,'168.28.194.24',1181164565,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Morgendorffing Muppet":a37af][quote="E. A. Smith":a37af]You can see it in action in [b:a37af]the video from the first Georgia Dariacon[/b:a37af]; it\'s the guitar Deref is playing.[/quote:a37af]\nWhere can I find this?[/quote:a37af]\r\n\r\nMartinUK used to have it posted on his site, but I think it was taken down long ago.','',0,'wA==','a37af',1,0,'',359,0,0),(245854,17918,3,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181164663,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The loony has revised his [url=http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2007/06/05/judge_now_wants_just_54m_from_cleaner/:80ef3]lawsuit[/url:80ef3] slightly. He now wants *only* $54 million. \":roll:\" \r\n\r\n[quote:80ef3]He is now focusing his claims on signs in the shop that have since been removed. The suit alleges that Jin Nam Chung, Soo Chung and Ki Chung committed fraud and misled consumers with signs that claimed \"Satisfaction Guaranteed\" and \"Same Day Service.\"\n\nBut Chris Manning, the Chungs\' attorney, says that can be considered fraud only if the signs misled a \"reasonable\" person. No [b:80ef3]reasonable person[/b:80ef3], he says, would interpret them to be an unconditional promise of satisfaction.[/quote:80ef3]\r\nObviously, we aren\'t dealing with a reasonable person.','',0,'0A==','80ef3',1,0,'',414,0,0),(245855,18325,5,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181164788,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":0ec97][quote="Quiverwing":0ec97][quote="Dervish":0ec97]Why do I like the music I like? Just because. I find that like \"Why do you like the food you like to eat.\" And this goes for \"why it\'s better.\" Natch, that\'s better \"for me.\"[/quote:0ec97]\n\nExactly. I don\'t think I can explain why I like what I like. I just do. \n\nThis reminds me of a video I was watching last night. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEq1DOg-abM:0ec97]Guns N\' Roses in one of the best performances of \"It\'s So Easy\" live I\'ve seen, IMO.[/url:0ec97] Hell, that video is orgasmic to me. They make me want to have a time machine to go back to 1988 and watch them play. THAT was the real deal. They just rocked. Performances like that remind me why I\'ve been in love with the band since I was 13. I don\'t really know why that band makes me feel that way, they just do.\n\nToo bad the poster ruined the video with those ****ing beeps. The swearing is the best part. \":P\"[/quote:0ec97]\n\n80s metal, eh? So, do you like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmPD6-vNVY:0ec97]Mega[/url:0ec97][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEHNvxkVvqc:0ec97]deth[/url:0ec97]?:D \":D\"[/quote:0ec97]\r\n\r\nI was never a fan, but they have cool songs. Now, Guns N\' Roses are the music love of my life. \":)\"','',0,'kA==','0ec97',1,0,'',305,0,0),(245856,18316,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181164976,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":bb7c3][quote="E. A. Smith":bb7c3][quote="atimnie":bb7c3]Youth ends when you put together a list of your favorite 100 songs, and none of them are from the current decade.[/quote:bb7c3]\n\nThen my youth ended around age twelve.[/quote:bb7c3]\n\nI\'ll drink to that...[/quote:bb7c3]\r\n\r\n \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','bb7c3',1,0,'',305,0,0),(245857,18317,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181165007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":ff7e4][quote="E. A. Smith":ff7e4][quote="Quiverwing":ff7e4][quote="starmeshelion":ff7e4]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:ff7e4]\n\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:ff7e4]we just don\'t care[/b:ff7e4]. \n\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:ff7e4]\n\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:ff7e4]\n\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\n\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. \":(\"[/quote:ff7e4]\r\n\r\n\r\nThen masturbate to that celebrity\'s image like a norman person, and stop bugging the hell out of the rest of us with \'Why, why, why\'!\r\n\r\n (still annoyed about not being able to render extinct many species of spiders and other bugs... and taking it out on others. It\'ll pass.)','',0,'wA==','ff7e4',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245858,18325,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181165304,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":af05b][quote="cyde":af05b][quote="Quiverwing":af05b][quote="Dervish":af05b]Why do I like the music I like? Just because. I find that like \"Why do you like the food you like to eat.\" And this goes for \"why it\'s better.\" Natch, that\'s better \"for me.\"[/quote:af05b]\n\nExactly. I don\'t think I can explain why I like what I like. I just do. \n\nThis reminds me of a video I was watching last night. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEq1DOg-abM:af05b]Guns N\' Roses in one of the best performances of \"It\'s So Easy\" live I\'ve seen, IMO.[/url:af05b] Hell, that video is orgasmic to me. They make me want to have a time machine to go back to 1988 and watch them play. THAT was the real deal. They just rocked. Performances like that remind me why I\'ve been in love with the band since I was 13. I don\'t really know why that band makes me feel that way, they just do.\n\nToo bad the poster ruined the video with those ****ing beeps. The swearing is the best part. \":P\"[/quote:af05b]\n\n80s metal, eh? So, do you like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmPD6-vNVY:af05b]Mega[/url:af05b][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEHNvxkVvqc:af05b]deth[/url:af05b]?:D \":D\"[/quote:af05b]\n\nI was never a fan, but they have cool songs. Now, Guns N\' Roses are the music love of my life. \":)\"[/quote:af05b]\r\n\r\nI was in my second year of college, and half-asleep in my dorm room when I heard \'Welcome To The Jungle\' for the first time.\r\n\r\nI can still remember the \'WTF were you smoking?\' dream I had because of it. Definitly fodder for a dream sequene in a film someday. \r\n\r\nThe giant column of white flame that leaped into the air from the heard of the bombed-out city to transform from a giant bird of flame, to a giant skeleton and then to a howling wolf of white flame overhead were really interesting visuals... \":shock:\"','',0,'kA==','af05b',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245859,18327,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181165470,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Go to Amazon.com. You should be able to get them for a song. (I only paid $1.00 for [i:3b953]The Daria Database[/i:3b953]. \":D\" )','',0,'IA==','3b953',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245860,18148,5,359,0,'168.28.194.24',1181165548,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Gregor Samsa":42904]Byrds: [i:42904]Turn! Turn! Turn![/i:42904][/quote:42904]\r\n\r\nThat\'s the only one of the Byrds\' first five albums I was never able to get into. All the rest are fantastic, though.','',0,'oA==','42904',1,0,'',359,0,0),(245861,18315,5,359,0,'168.28.194.24',1181165733,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":56224]Funny you...\n\n\n\"Eric, why don\'t you get me a soda?\" \n\n \":P\"[/quote:56224]\r\n\r\nActually, I was referring to stars. I would [i:56224]never[/i:56224] think of calling you Quinn (and I mean that in a good way). \":)\"','',0,'oA==','56224',1,0,'',359,0,0),(245862,18315,5,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181166073,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','So you people actually think that my posts sound like Stacy and Quinn? \":shock:\" \r\n\r\nBut yeah, I\'m the true Quinn of the board. Whenever something bad happens to me, I just use it to make myself more popular. \":D\"','',0,'oA==','7ebdd',1,0,'',544,0,0),(245863,18329,4,249,0,'82.24.212.86',1181166111,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','','I wonder if this\'ll make the cops tone down the violence a little? If they don\'t care about assaulting suspects, they might care about accidentally assaulting a soldier on leave and looking like wankers when everyone finds out.','',0,'oA==','edea2',1,0,'',249,0,0),(245864,18315,5,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181166535,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":66e00]So you people actually think that my posts sound like Stacy and Quinn? \":shock:\" \n\nBut yeah, I\'m the true Quinn of the board. Whenever something bad happens to me, I just use it to make myself more popular. \":D\"[/quote:66e00]\r\n\r\nOh, yes. \"Popular\" in the Upchuck sense of the term. \":mrgreen:\"','',0,'gA==','66e00',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245865,18325,5,359,0,'168.28.194.146',1181166637,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My best friend and I have spent many, many hours of discussion on this question, trying to understand each others\' tastes as well as our own, and it still remains a difficult question to answer. I listen to music that makes me think, music that makes me feel, music that brings me up, music that brings me down. I might listen to one artist for one reason, and listen to another for the exact opposite.\r\n\r\nMaybe the best way to approach it is by genre. The genre of music I listen to the most is progressive rock. I love it for its complexity, which keeps my mind interested, even when a single song goes on for half an hour or more. I love it for its deep and intellectual lyrics, which give me something to think about long after the song is over. I love it because it takes me on a journey through different headspaces and moods, making me feel like I\'m soaring and wheeling through the notes. I love it for its epic feel, which makes my spirit swell with grandeur. Put all of these together, and prog rock excites me like no other kind of music. Progressive and power metal also fit into this category; which I listen to depends upon the mood I am in at the time.\r\n\r\nI also enjoy a lot of folk and traditional music, in many ways for the opposite reasons than I enjoy prog. Folk calms me down and sooths me with simple melodies and instrumentation. It speaks to the emotional side of my soul, instead of the intellectual side. It can make me cry or laugh, and take me away from my daily stresses. Also, for one raised in a region where family and historical ties are everything, folk and traditional music gives me a connection to my past, and I find it reassuring to be enjoying the same kind of music as my people have for generations.\r\n\r\nFinally, the third genre I would list as my favorite is Celtic music. To me, Celtic music is pure joy, or pure melancholy. Of all the kinds of dance music out there, an Irish jig or reel is the only kind that makes me actually want to get up and move my feet. Quite simply, it makes me purely happy. And a Celtic ballad is the most beautifully melancholy sound on the Earth to me, tugging at my heartstrings and making me feel the cathartic pain. Even when sung in a language I don\'t (yet) understand, Celtic music speaks to my heart like no other.\r\n\r\nI could say more -- I could type for days and not fully describe my love for music -- but I\'ll leave it there.','',0,'gA==','e5bba',1,0,'',359,0,0),(245866,18325,5,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181166762,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":54bb8][quote="cyde":54bb8][quote="Quiverwing":54bb8][quote="Dervish":54bb8]Why do I like the music I like? Just because. I find that like \"Why do you like the food you like to eat.\" And this goes for \"why it\'s better.\" Natch, that\'s better \"for me.\"[/quote:54bb8]\n\nExactly. I don\'t think I can explain why I like what I like. I just do. \n\nThis reminds me of a video I was watching last night. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEq1DOg-abM:54bb8]Guns N\' Roses in one of the best performances of \"It\'s So Easy\" live I\'ve seen, IMO.[/url:54bb8] Hell, that video is orgasmic to me. They make me want to have a time machine to go back to 1988 and watch them play. THAT was the real deal. They just rocked. Performances like that remind me why I\'ve been in love with the band since I was 13. I don\'t really know why that band makes me feel that way, they just do.\n\nToo bad the poster ruined the video with those ****ing beeps. The swearing is the best part. \":P\"[/quote:54bb8]\n\n80s metal, eh? So, do you like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmPD6-vNVY:54bb8]Mega[/url:54bb8][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEHNvxkVvqc:54bb8]deth[/url:54bb8]?:D \":D\"[/quote:54bb8]\n\nI was never a fan, but they have cool songs. Now, Guns N\' Roses are the music love of my life. \":)\"[/quote:54bb8]\r\n\r\nCool. I\'ve heard Megadeth is pretty big over in Argentina. \":D\"','',0,'kA==','54bb8',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245867,18148,5,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181166936,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Megadeth - \"Hangar 18\"','',0,'kA==','9f283',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245868,18330,6,446,0,'70.147.105.175',1181167441,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I also had some problems with this ending. The original showed the characters acting in ways that made sense to me. We know Helen will not allow someone to screw her daughter over like Ms. Li was doing. Ms. Li\'s actions are clearly wrong and a good lawyer could cause lots of trouble over it. To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school, thus leading to your ending is amusing but other than getting a few laughs at Helen\'s dressing down, what\'s the point? Also, the painting was ruined at the judging. Repainting a picture as elaborate as the one Jane did would take some time. The judges aren\'t going to wait for a week or so to let her repaint it and then award her and Daria first place. If it was an in school contest that Ms. Li was judging that could happen, but not in a multi-school contest. In the original ending Ms. Li wasn\'t trying to get them to redo the painting, she was threatening disciplinary action. If you have Vitale yell at Helen and force her to drop any action against Ms. Li, Daria and Jane should have ended up suspended or in detention or forced into some humiliating activity for the benefit of \"Laaawndale High.\"','',0,'kA==','9a986',1,0,'',446,0,0),(245869,18330,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181168438,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','A few small issues \":)\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote="brandonoh":66e2b]We know Helen will not allow someone to screw her daughter over like Ms. Li was doing. Ms. Li\'s actions are clearly wrong and a good lawyer could cause lots of trouble over it.[/quote:66e2b]\n [img:66e2b]http://www.fieldy.org/jimv.jpg[/img:66e2b]\n[quote="brandonoh":66e2b]To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school[/quote:66e2b]\nWait. \"Suddenly\"? Was it ever stated in-canon who the school board\'s lawyers were? If not, then it\'s fanon and I have plenty of faith in Snips\' continuum (and his Jim Vitale). \":D\"\n[quote="brandonoh":66e2b]thus leading to your ending is amusing but other than getting a few laughs at Helen\'s dressing down, what\'s the point?[/quote:66e2b]\nAn ending that the author was satisfied with... as was stated in the foreward. \":)\"\n[quote="brandonoh":66e2b]Also, the painting was ruined at the judging. Repainting a picture as elaborate as the one Jane did would take some time.[/quote:66e2b]\r\nI\'d like to see S.C.\'s or SRAs take on this, personally...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nedit: GOD I hate services like imagevenue. \":evil:\" \":evil:\"\r\n\r\nedit edit: [size=59:66e2b]Really, I just wanted an excuse to make and post the Jim Vitale pic. [/size:66e2b]','',0,'jA==','66e2b',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245870,18338,5,249,0,'82.24.212.86',1181168833,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','L&O parody clip.','Found [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50nF4kfWyms:a89d6]this parody of L&O:SVU[/url:a89d6] here, anyone else here watch L&O?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIt was funny to me, I thought it might also be funny to others.','',0,'EA==','a89d6',1,0,'',249,0,0),(245871,18329,4,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181169303,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="TheEleventy":cdd99][quote="Dervish":cdd99][quote="TheEleventy":cdd99]Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you?\n\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:cdd99]\n\nBtw, I DID serve in a military manner, though I didn\'t join any of the standard military. Nor would I. \'Course in retrospect, I don\'t hold the views of those I was with as I once did, and more importantly, don\'t trust the larger organization. \n\nAnd joining the military isn\'t the same thing at all as \"serving freedom.\" You might THINK it does, just as I once thought what I did was, but it\'s not in actuality.[/quote:cdd99]Explain. I\'m curious how you served. In other words, I took an oath. I\'m sure if you googled it, you could probably find the exact words enlisted personnel take. And I\'m guessing it\'s probably nothing like what you did.[/quote:cdd99]\r\n\r\nWhat I did is a bit hard to explain..and cautious self-interest dictates that I be brief on this (yeah, this IS brief! \":P\"). In October of 1999, while seriously injured and trying to thumb my way to Oregon by nightfall (and obviously wasn\'t going to make it), I ended up meeting a couple of people. The guy who first approached me is a survivalist and was active in the larger Patriot movement, though (like me) he had a lot of antipathy towards Christianity which meant he didn\'t mesh with them smoothly (the majority of Patriots identifying themselves as Christians, and some who are outright [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14686:cdd99]Dominionists[/url:cdd99]). His aunt is the one I call my mentor and she got interested in guns and other means of self-defense and took me to some survivalists and Patriots to help me learn to shoot without registring anywhere (you\'d probably like her, her being a hardcore ecoanarchist wiccan). \r\n\r\nAnyway, on my first day I shot quite a few guns. It was rough at first (I even cried a little when I first fired a shotgun as it was too loud for me, and I contemplated the awful power--and frequent use--of such weapons), but by the time we were done on that day, I manage to score a \"hawkeye\" with an AR-15 (an entire mag dead center). Some orientation. A guy was so impressed that he let me keep it (I ended up giving it back when I moved further south, though in theory I can go get it back any time I want). \r\n\r\nSome of the people there was part of the larger Patriot movement, including a former Ranger who was worried about the looming Y2K possibility. While not every militia member or Patriot person was middle-aged white with military and/or police background, Christian, etc, it seems the majority of them were. Since I was obviously gothic in appearance, living with someone publicly Wiccan, I was openly bisexual (something many patriots don\'t care much for--at least not publicly, but a husband & wife patriot couple both came onto me after I turned 18 eagerly enough), and wore pagan religious symbols, he got inspired. \r\n\r\nWhile I continued to learn to use guns (including in hunting), he decided he\'d train me as something of a wild card. This included handtohand combat, how to scratchbuild my own fireworks (this is when I learned how to make & use napalm, btw), fired a LAW twice (just in case I were to liberate one from an enemy camp one day I\'d have some idea on how it worked, and also what to expect should one ever get used on me), and all kinds of survival skills. This includes in camo, stealth, waiting in place for hours on end (as like a sniper or a spy observing enemy forces), operating while deprived of sufficient sleep and sustenance, more mundane disguise (what was supposed to make me so effective is that NO ONE would even guess that I was with them, let alone had the ability and willingness to kill--plus was the possibility that I could cause damage to 1 or more powerful enemies and frame another enemy and cause the enemies to weaken each other until the side I REALLY worked for could manage to take them on). Because of how in my past I\'d instictively obeyed, or came close to it, when it would\'ve (or was) disastrous to me as I was so scared, he even took to hypnotizing me (and teaching me self-hypnosis) to not only augment everything he taught me (especially in disguise and stealth), but to help me overcome any tendency to obey the commands of those used to weilding authority and getting obedience. Given that Y2K was nigh, he thought it was best, too, to help me learn as much as possible.\r\n\r\nI took no [url=http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/faq/oaths.htm:cdd99]military oaths[/url:cdd99] of the USA, though I was expected (including by myself) to uphold the Constitution of the United States, and to defend those ideals from enemies both foreign and domestic (this includes the current US Gov\'t which is seen as acting in defiance of the US Constitution, and thus a domestic enemy that has usurped the Constitution--which includes the military of that said government, btw, though effort is expended on recruiting cops & soldiers, or in having members enlist in those said services--hey, it\'s not just the government that puts agents in place or that engages in conspiracies). \r\n\r\nI also didn\'t get paid. I was to do it \"just because.\" At the time, I considered myself patriotic (to liberty and the Constitution that guarded liberty), honorable, and idealistic, though in retrospect I see myself as fanatical and manipulated (though I was genuinely well-meaning). \r\n\r\nIf you wanna know what idealogy/propaganda I was given, then this book pretty much describes it: [url=http://www.amazon.com/Uncommon-Sense-Real-American-Manifesto/dp/0922356955:cdd99]Uncommon Sense[/url:cdd99]. This takes an extreme libertarian position with the US Constitution, though it shies from actual anarchism. It\'s also refreshingly free of Christianity, though it did take a Diest-approach to spirituality. He sounds a bit too much like a preacher, though. At the time I was VERY impressed with it, but (I still have the copy given to me) as I look through it now it\'s not anywhere as impressive as it was upon my first reading of it. (Still has some good stuff in it though.) \r\n\r\n\r\nMy mentor was part of a group of Dianic Wiccans which came together but often operated independently, sometimes in their own covens. Like the patriots, there were a wide variety of people, but almost all were women (a few not all that different from Ms. Barch, though others were pretty different from her), most were somewhat leftist, and I can\'t think of any that weren\'t concerned with the environment (at least one was even a member of Earth First!). Heck, some even defined themselves as socialists. Partly, my mentor thought I would get quite the education by interacting with so many people from so many different backgrounds and it would help me from getting sucked into any one worldview too fanatically. Overall, the Wiccans generally didn\'t trust the Patriots and their idealogical kin, though a few got along with them (my mentor did, though she was viciously attacked by one patriot after she informed him that she was Wiccan in describing how she knew what the pentegram meant and that the red star on the Californian flag was NOT satanic or communist). She also thought that her Dianic circle and fellow hippies were in more danger than the rightwing militias (who she said were generally left alone as long as the patriots didn\'t brag about evading taxes, the feds were much more interested in the environmental activists, including teen tree sitters) but that those same militias just might come to their defense if a reason they could understand was given for them to do so (that is, she hoped they might be used to help her side).\r\n\r\nAnyway, especially disturbed that I was being hypnotized, they also took to teaching me methods for self-hypnosis, consciousness altering, and the like. And as I was a Patriot agent prepared to deal with a military crackdown on the US after Y2K, should it come about (which some Leftists also thought might happen), I was being groomed to be a \"gynarch\" agent among patriots. I find it rather funny now, looking back on it. But at the time, my mind was that the ideals of \"both sides\" didn\'t have to clash...as long as there was liberty for all, then there was room for all of us to live our lives as we wanted to. Should the Dianics decide to try to insitute a matriarchy (maybe drow-style \":P\"), I\'d have turned on them. Should the Patriots turn into Dominionists or racists or somesuch, or otherwise betrayed liberty and the US Constitution, then I\'d have turned on them. (There were other factions that also mattered, but not anywhere as much to me personally.) And in either case, I\'d be in a perfect position to do so. \":twisted:\"\r\n\r\nCome Y2K, I took part in some informal patrols (interesting enough, we weren\'t the only ones to do so--the sheriff dept was also doing unusual patrols, including in having a pair walk round and round their station, and a friend of mine was confronted over his backpack in Safeway, being accused of having a bomb in it \":roll:\"), but the volatile sitch didn\'t culminate in violence. I continued to train and be an active supporter throughout 2000. \r\n\r\n\r\nAnyway, life went on, I moved, found new interests. Then 9/11 hit, followed by the USAPATRIOT Act. Since I\'d heard more than once that when the gov\'t says the constitution no longer mattered, that was to be their line in the sand in which they got militantly proactive. So, I got in touch and seriously offered my help. But they weren\'t interested. I now realize that it was because Bush was president and some of the Dominionists had too much influence with him. If GORE had been president, I think US history would\'ve been a lot different...but this pretty much marked a real seperation between me and their cause, though it was like a slow crack that took years to fully shatter.\r\n\r\n\r\nEven today, I have art on my trench coat that marks me as sympathetic to a number of causes. One of those is the number 419, which is known in certain patriot and/or militia circles as \"April 19.\" (April 19, which commemorates when the British demanding the guns of the revolutionaries at Lexington, the day the Warsaw Jews rose up with a handful of guns and made jackasses of the nazis that were far better armed before going down as martyrs, the day of inceneration for Waco etc: that is, this is a number of defiance and recalling those who fell to tyranny, at least to some. Apparently it has other meanings to other people, including some who support what Tim McVeigh did and also celebrating the mass murder of the Jews at Warsaw.) To clarify that it\'s intended as a sign of liberty, I even put a crude snake over it (think [url=http://www.gadsden.info/:cdd99]Gadsden[/url:cdd99]), though one person did mistake it for a tribute to Metallica \":lol:\". But I keep thinking of getting a new trench coat and on my new one leaving off any symbols that declare an allegiance (though I may put up the Indep snake from Planescape \":P\"). Or at least in putting the \"allegiance\" symbols on a browncoat (think Firefly/Serenity). \r\n\r\nIf someone were to reveal themselves to be desperados hunted by the law that were working for liberty (or for the other things I show sympathy toward on my trench, like certain drug users, neopagans, gay, etc), I wouldn\'t automatically turn them away, though I\'m much less likely to get involved than I used to be. Though I figure if they can handle the rainbow triangle (sign of solidarity with the LGTBi community) and pagan symbols also on my trech coat, etc, then they\'re pobably of the minority that I can stand (ie, no neonazi or dominionist leanings).','',0,'kA==','cdd99',1,0,'',251,0,0),(245872,18285,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181170198,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":376ee][quote="Eccles":376ee]I also hope that you start your opening lecture to a new class with the classic opening from H2G2.\n\n[quote="Douglas Adams - The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy":376ee][size=75:376ee][i:376ee]Space is big. You just won\'t believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it\'s a long way down the road to the chemist\'s, but that\'s just peanuts to space. [/i:376ee][/size:376ee][/quote:376ee][/quote:376ee]\n\nI don\'t open with that quote, but I do use it. \":D\"[/quote:376ee]\r\n\r\nWhen can I take your class?','',0,'pA==','376ee',1,0,'',588,0,0),(245873,18317,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181170627,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":c0b60][quote="E. A. Smith":c0b60][quote="Quiverwing":c0b60][quote="starmeshelion":c0b60]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:c0b60]\n\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:c0b60]we just don\'t care[/b:c0b60]. \n\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:c0b60]\n\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:c0b60]\n\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\n\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. \":(\"[/quote:c0b60]\r\n\r\nWhen they are scraping up the remains with a puty knife after they jump, I doubt that the celebrity will be looking photogenic!','',0,'wA==','c0b60',1,0,'',588,0,0),(363294,26093,4,958,0,'74.197.228.82',1247025781,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Palin resigns as governor of Alaska','[quote="-sam":fc0wqukd][quote="Palin\'s Lawyer":fc0wqukd]The governor needed a break after being "on duty now for two and a half years solid," he said.[/quote:fc0wqukd]\n\nWords fail me.[/quote:fc0wqukd]\n\nOne of the guests on Countdown the other day had some pretty interesting stuff to say about this thing. This guy had just finished doing a bio on Palin for Vanity Fair and apparently in a lot of the interviews with staffers and officials that used to work with her, they all said she was kinda ADD. Like if they were having a policy meeting with her, she was great for the first 15 minutes, but after that it was like pulling teeth. Some of the (very annoyed) ex-McCain staffers said that was the problem with her during the campaign, you just couldn\'t get her to pay attention long enough to learn any of the policy positions, and especially the background information on the big international issues.\n\nTake from that what you will.','df51721cd9c2c0d62f7ba6e8d4aa8f48',0,'gA==','fc0wqukd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(245875,18283,4,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181171544,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Cross, why did you not stay in the military? You\'d have stayed away from your family, etc, and once you advance far enough I think you get your own place. You\'d have guns, too. And could be dangerous. \":P\"\r\n\r\nAnd for all your tales of woe, I don\'t recall any from your days in the military. You were Army, right? \":?\"','',0,'gA==','f2bc8',1,0,'',251,0,0),(245876,18330,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181171587,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="mman":9e9d4][quote="cyde":9e9d4]\n[quote="brandonoh":9e9d4]To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school[/quote:9e9d4]\nWait. \"Suddenly\"? Was it ever stated in-canon who the school board\'s lawyers were? If not, then it\'s fanon and I have plenty of faith in Snips\' continuum (and his Jim Vitale). \":D\"\n[/quote:9e9d4]\n\nI can\'t believe Helen wouldn\'t *know* that her law firm represents Lawndale High.[/quote:9e9d4]\r\n\r\nOf course she wouldn\'t! Have you seen how ragged Asshat runs her? \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','9e9d4',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245877,18317,3,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181171665,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Eccles":ced97][quote="cyde":ced97][quote="E. A. Smith":ced97][quote="Quiverwing":ced97][quote="starmeshelion":ced97]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:ced97]\n\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:ced97]we just don\'t care[/b:ced97]. \n\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:ced97]\n\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:ced97]\n\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\n\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. \":(\"[/quote:ced97]\n\nWhen they are scraping up the remains with a puty knife after they jump, I doubt that the celebrity will be looking photogenic![/quote:ced97]\r\n\r\nThat\'s why they show the \'before\' pictures instead of the \'after\' pictures on Access Hollywood. \":mrgreen:\"','',0,'wA==','ced97',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245878,18283,4,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181171857,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":bb07a]And for all your tales of woe, I don\'t recall any from your days in the military. You were Army, right? \":?\"[/quote:bb07a]\r\n\r\n\"For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.\"\r\n\r\n*Runs screaming from the thrown objects*\r\n\r\nI\'m sorry! I\'m sorry! That made me think of it and I couldn\'t help it--ouch!','',0,'gA==','bb07a',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245879,18300,4,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181171933,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":bdcf1]So do you have any suggestions?[/quote:bdcf1]\r\n\r\nWithout radical changes to society, then I think that a card that can be swiped over a computer can work. This has been used in combatting welfare abuse. In the past, stamps went for 1/2 their value. So a dope dealer would give a dime bag ($10 worth) for $20 of food stamps. Even guns were bought on the black market with food stamps. So a card was used to replace stamps and it was supposed to have been successful enough that it eventually replaced stamps in all states. At least IIRC. Natch, it\'s not undefeatable, but it does make the abuses practiced with food stamps to be harder to accomplish. \r\n\r\nThe gov\'t already takes out money in most paychecks for taxes and the like. If back taxes are declared owed, then that can also be taken out, too (something I think AMG talked about happening to him). In this case, it could go to a card the mom uses, which can only be used for groceries, clothes, school supplies, etc. Medical establishments should take it. But the card should refuse to recognize purchases for tobacco products and drinking alcohol, etc. \r\n\r\nAnd maybe instead of taking away a driver\'s license, impounding a car and selling it and putting that on the car for the \"amount owed.\" Just like with taxes.\r\n\r\nIt\'s not fail-safe, but it strikes me as more likely to produce the intended results.','',0,'gA==','bdcf1',1,0,'',251,0,0),(245880,17747,6,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1181172303,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','\" Helen poured two cups of coffee and said: \'Sad about Mrs. Johanson, isn\'t it, Daria? She\'s really convinced herself that she\'s dieting. She thinks she\'s eating properly and trying to follow the guidelines of the food pyramids. And she still can\'t lose any weight.\' \'That\'s because her food pyramids are in a bag of candy corn.\' \"','',0,'gA==','bbae7',1,0,'',45,0,0),(245881,18300,4,276,0,'152.163.100.200',1181172506,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Dervish, you\'re actually suggesting a new government program? \":D\" \r\n\r\nActually, I think it\'s a good idea that could be effectively put into place without too much trouble. The EBT debit cards have proven to be far less suceptable to abuse than the old paper food stamps.','',0,'gA==','75d7a',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245882,18317,3,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181172803,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":c3e3f][quote="cyde":c3e3f][quote="E. A. Smith":c3e3f][quote="Quiverwing":c3e3f][quote="starmeshelion":c3e3f]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:c3e3f]\n\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:c3e3f]we just don\'t care[/b:c3e3f]. \n\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:c3e3f]\n\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:c3e3f]\n\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\n\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. \":(\"[/quote:c3e3f]\n\n\nThen masturbate to that celebrity\'s image like a norman person, and stop bugging the hell out of the rest of us with \'Why, why, why\'![/quote:c3e3f]\r\n\r\nWhoa, whoa, whoa, wait! Who\'s Norman? \"8)\"','',0,'wA==','c3e3f',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245883,18330,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181172936,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":100cf][quote="mman":100cf][quote="cyde":100cf]\n[quote="brandonoh":100cf]To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school[/quote:100cf]\nWait. \"Suddenly\"? Was it ever stated in-canon who the school board\'s lawyers were? If not, then it\'s fanon and I have plenty of faith in Snips\' continuum (and his Jim Vitale). \":D\"\n[/quote:100cf]\n\nI can\'t believe Helen wouldn\'t *know* that her law firm represents Lawndale High.[/quote:100cf]\n\nOf course she wouldn\'t! Have you seen how ragged Eric runs her? \":lol:\"[/quote:100cf]\r\n\r\n\r\nNot to mention that:\r\n\r\na.) Helen (and this is CANON) has never espressed that much interest in Daria and Quinn\'s school - except on the occasions where NOT doing o would reflect poorly upon her,\r\n\r\nb.) Helen is so occupied with \'the small stuff\' that if someone WERE trying to keep her out of the loop on other clients the firm has, it wouldn\'t be that difficult, and \r\n\r\nc.) It\'s VERY easy to see Vitale having something loaded up and ready to use as leverage against any and every member of his firm - just the way any [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.MagnificentBastard:100cf]Magnificent Bastard[/url:100cf] worthy of the name would. There\'s nothing about Jake that would make Helen crumble (benefits of having a loser spouse), but if he can (metaphorically) bend her over a desk while [i:100cf]her daughters have to watch[/i:100cf] in order to get that partnership... hey! Better day for him!\r\n\r\nI see J.R. Ewing must have spread his seed far and wide... \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":D\"','',0,'sA==','100cf',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245884,18310,6,412,0,'72.69.194.143',1181173015,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Kitten Possible\r\nChapter 4\r\n\r\nKim sighed as she stared up at Shego, who had slumped over in sleep while she was still petting. ‘She seemed so broken at the thought of losing me...’ Kim mused as she rubbed against Shego’s belly. ‘[i:66ec9]If I don’t return to being human she wouldn’t be alone, but I have to save the world. I don’t know what to do.[/i:66ec9]’\r\n\r\nLying down on Shego’s lap Kim watched the open doorway that would allow her to escape. Millions of thoughts were running through her head as she debated running through it to freedom. Lowering her eyes she spotted something that Shego had dropped when she saw Drakken. It was a bag from Furvana stuffed full of a lot of cat toys and treats.\r\n\r\nLeaping lightly off of Shego’s lap Kim inspected the toys and tilted her head in thought, ‘[i:66ec9]Shego really went all out for her Nemmy. It looks like she really does love her,[i]’ Kim thought for a moment before looking down at the ground. ‘[/i:66ec9]Kinda sucks having to lie to her like this.[/i]’\r\n\r\nHearing a clicking noise she blinked as she saw Drakken waiting outside the door with what looked like a piece of fish in one hand and the other tucked behind his back. Kim blinked slowly as she neared the door her eyes seemingly focused on the fish. Just before she walked past the door she whipped her tail end around and knocked the door shut in Drakken’s shocked face. ‘[i:66ec9]Maybe I do give him more credit than he deserves,[/i:66ec9]’ Kim thought with a mental sigh.\r\n\r\nWhile Drakken pounded on the door, Kim crawled back over by Shego and curled up in the green woman’s lap again. Letting out a yawn she decided to take a nap with her temporary owner.\r\n\r\nKim woke as she felt Shego’s legs shift underneath her, looking over at the clock she guessed that Shego had been out for about three hours now. Facing Shego again, Kim leaned up between her breasts and licked the tip of Shego’s nose. As Shego’s eyes fluttered open she smiled at Kim sweetly, “Hey Nemmy, you stayed. Bet you’re hungry.”\r\n\r\nKim let out a pleading meow as she leapt off Shego, walking to the kitchen. Shego watched her kitten with a smile as she rose from the ground. “I can never predict what you’re going to do, that reminds me of that goody-goody princess Possible.”\r\n\r\nKim stiffened slightly at the comment, eyeing the burnt remains of the pictures before scampering into the kitchen. Shego laughed as she followed the kitten, thinking that her tone scared the poor thing again. “I’m sorry Nemmy, I didn’t mean to startle you.”\r\n\r\nPulling out a can of tuna Shego sighed and started to open it. “Kim’s not that bad a person really; she could be a rival if she dedicated herself to fighting. Sometimes she reminds me of me, before my brothers turned me off from crime fighting. I really have a lot of fun fighting her.”\r\n\r\nDraining the tuna Shego sighed and shook her head. “I guess we all have regrets to live with, huh Nemmy?”\r\n\r\nShego smiled as she pulled out a fork. Afterwards she scraped the tuna into the pet food bowl. Sliding it towards Nemmy she went over to the fridge and pulled out a soda for herself. While Kim ate the tuna, Shego sat at the table and sipped her soda. After a moment Shego reached into her pocket and retrieved the choker she had engraved earlier, looking it over with a smile she noted that it didn’t seem to have any damage from her earlier rampage.\r\n\r\nKim looked up after she had finished eating when she noticed something sparkling in Shego’s hand. Silently padding over she leaped into Shego’s lap and then onto the table to look at the shiny object. Looking at the choker she tilted her head as she noticed it said ‘Nemmy’ on it with a little heart swirled into the tail of the ‘y’. ‘[i:66ec9]You have got to be kidding,[/i:66ec9]’ Kim thought as she eyed the collar, ‘[i:66ec9]She is not putting that on me.[/i:66ec9]’\r\n\r\nWith that thought Kim sat looking at Shego expectantly. “What do you think Nemmy? I stole it just for you.”\r\n\r\nShego’s face fell when Kim turned away in a huff, almost as though offended Shego didn’t buy it.\r\n\r\n“Come on Nemmy, don’t be like that, it’s a beautiful collar,” Shego pleaded while holding out the choker, “See, it has your name on it and everything.”\r\n\r\nKim turned her head so that it was faced completely away from the choker, her eyes remaining shut. After a moment she sniffed and meowed annoyed.\r\n\r\n“Is it because I stole it?” Shego asked which to her surprise got a nod out of the cat.\r\n\r\nWith a vexed sigh Shego lowered her head to look at the kitten on her table. “Come on Nemmy, I can’t afford nice crap like this with what Dr. D’s paying.”\r\n\r\nWhen the cat walked across the table and sat with her back toward Shego, the green-skinned woman gave another vexed sigh. “Alright, fine, I do get paid enough, but I forgot my money at home.”\r\n\r\n“MROW!” Kim shouted accusingly at Shego while turning her disapproving glare on the villainess.\r\n\r\nShego slumped slightly at the look and shouted back, “OKAY ALREADY! IT WAS MORE FUN TO DO IT THIS WAY, ALRIGHT?!”\r\n\r\nKim sniffed haughtily as she curled up, with her nose turned up at the gift being presented to her. Seeing her Nemmy rejecting the gift based on the fact it was stolen Shego sighed putting her forehead into her hands. “I can’t believe I’m getting a morality lecture from a cat!”\r\n\r\nKim turned to give Shego a smirk when her eyes came across something that she had thought was her own trademarked technique. Shego was giving her a full force puppy dog pout, and she could already feel her resolve weakening. When Shego said, “Pwetty pwease wittle Nemmy... I stole-ed it for youuuu...” with the cute baby like voice Kim knew that she was crumbling inside.\r\n\r\nShego shook the choker slowly, letting the lights catch Kim’s cat eyes. Kim uncoiled slightly, eyes locked on the shiny surface that had captivated her attention. “Lookie-wookie, it has your naaaaame on it...”\r\n\r\nKim reached out a paw, letting her kitty instincts take over as her human mind still reeled from the puppy dog pout broadside she had received. Shego jiggled it around, enticing Kim to submit to the shiny.\r\n\r\nKim stared at her reflection in the mirror with her ears flat. ‘[i:66ec9]I let her put a collar on me. I have to be insane,[/i:66ec9]’ Kim thought as she turned to look at Shego.\r\n\r\n“Oh Nemmy, you’re so cute!” Shego said while reaching out to scratch Kim under the chin. Letting out a soft purr Kim sighed internally as she tried to figure out how she succumbed to the pout so easily.\r\n\r\nLooking up again, Kim noticed that Shego was now dangling a wad of string pieces tied to a longer one above her. Instinctively Kim swiped at the ball, batting it away easily. When it came back she whacked it out again, mewing playfully. Continuing to bat the ball around, Kim mewed happily while Shego giggled. After a few minutes Kim pounced on the ball, and held it down to the table, where she bit into it.\r\n\r\n‘[i:66ec9]Wait... what the... why am I...[/i:66ec9]’ Kim’s mind finally started to regain itself as she gnawed on the yarn. ‘[i:66ec9]I feel like an idiot.[/i:66ec9]’\r\n\r\nReleasing the yarn Kim walked away with an annoyed twitch to her step. She stopped when she heard a jingling of a bell. Looking back she saw Shego shaking a mouse that had a bell around its neck.\r\n\r\nTurning around again, she eyed the mouse, crouching low as she stalked towards where the mouse laid on the table. Shego twitched her fingers holding the string for the mouse to get it moving. When Kim tried to pounce on the mouse with a squeaking roar, Shego watched as she landed full on the mouse.\r\n\r\nKim blinked at the odd taste filling her mouth. It was strangely pleasing to her feline tongue, drawing her in. ‘[i:66ec9]I feel funny... wait... was that catnip?[/i:66ec9]’ was the last thing Kim thought before the buzzed and euphoric feeling surged through her. Tossing the mouse around, Kim tweaked out and started chasing it around, knocking it about with insane mental giggling.\r\n\r\nDiving down onto the mouse, Kim gave mentally shouted, ‘[i:66ec9]KITTY DEATH FROM ABOVE![/i:66ec9]’ Rolling about she let out a series of mews while she grilled the mouse mentally, ‘[i:66ec9]GOTCHA! So you thought you could escape from me, huh? Who sent you? Ve haff vays uv makingk joo tahlk.[/i:66ec9]’\r\n\r\nStanding before the toy she glared down at it, while her mind said, ‘[i:66ec9]I AM BAST! LOOK UPON ME AND WORSHIP![/i:66ec9]’ Seeing that the mouse wasn’t obeying she leaped on it again with a mental cry of ‘[i:66ec9]BONZAI!!![/i:66ec9]’\r\n\r\nAll this while, Shego was laughing hysterically at the kitty’s playful and spastic actions. Shaking her head she removed the mouse and put it back into the air tight bag that it had come in. Standing up, she left to go into the kitchen, never noticing Nemmy following behind her. Kim watched as Shego opened the fridge, perking up even more. ‘[i:66ec9]I can has cheezburger?[/i:66ec9]’\r\n\r\nShego pulled out some fixings for a sandwich, the cheese drawing Kim’s attention most of all. Leaping up onto the counter, Kim started stalking closer to where Shego was making the sandwich. Silently the great predator neared the lunchmeat; curling her legs underneath herself she readied to pounce.\r\n\r\nJust before she leapt, a green hand pushed her away, sending her skidding along the surface of the counter into a large two handled pot that flipped over and covered her. ‘[i:66ec9]AMBUSH! TAKE COVER![/i:66ec9]’ Kim’s mind cried out as she peeked out from under the pot.\r\n\r\nCreeping forward Kim smirked as she neared the area that Shego had been working on the sandwich. ‘[i:66ec9]Hehe, can’t see me, I’sa ninja kitteh turtle,[/i:66ec9]’ Kim’s mind giggled. Shego in the meantime had finished making her sandwich and put away the fixings. Watching her little kitten she made a mental note not to give her catnip again.\r\n\r\nPicking up her sandwich in one hand, and digging her kitten out from under the pot she gave a giggle at the cat’s yawn. “Alright Nemmy, no more nip for you. Don’t need to find a kitty rehab center.”\r\n\r\nKim however only had one thought in her mind as she spread out her legs forward and behind her. ‘[i:66ec9]LOOK MA! I’SA FLYING![/i:66ec9]’\r\n\r\nShego carried the spastic cat to the couch and settled down with her to watch the news and eat her lunch. Kim climbed up onto Shego’s shoulder and nuzzled under her chin, purring like a chainsaw. ‘[i:66ec9]Sheggie... you’s mah bestest fwiend, I wuvs yous![/i:66ec9]’\r\n\r\nShego smiled faintly at her kitten when Nemmy slid down onto her lap and curled up to take a nap. Looking up at the news stories of the day she let out a sigh, a slight hint of worry to her eyes. “Kimmie’s still missing? It’s been four days. She should have come home already.”\r\n\r\nOn her lap, Nemmy just snored peacefully oblivious to the world.','',0,'IA==','66ec9',1,0,'',412,0,0),(245885,18330,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181173129,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":f55c0][quote="cyde":f55c0][quote="mman":f55c0][quote="cyde":f55c0]\n[quote="brandonoh":f55c0]To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school[/quote:f55c0]\nWait. \"Suddenly\"? Was it ever stated in-canon who the school board\'s lawyers were? If not, then it\'s fanon and I have plenty of faith in Snips\' continuum (and his Jim Vitale). \":D\"\n[/quote:f55c0]\n\nI can\'t believe Helen wouldn\'t *know* that her law firm represents Lawndale High.[/quote:f55c0]\n\nOf course she wouldn\'t! Have you seen how ragged Eric runs her? \":lol:\"[/quote:f55c0]\n\n\nNot to mention that:\n\na.) Helen (and this is CANON) has never espressed that much interest in Daria and Quinn\'s school - except on the occasions where NOT doing o would reflect poorly upon her,\n\nb.) Helen is so occupied with \'the small stuff\' that if someone WERE trying to keep her out of the loop on other clients the firm has, it wouldn\'t be that difficult, and \n\nc.) It\'s VERY easy to see Vitale having something loaded up and ready to use as leverage against any and every member of his firm - just the way any [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.MagnificentBastard:f55c0]Magnificent Bastard[/url:f55c0] worthy of the name would. There\'s nothing about Jake that would make Helen crumble (benefits of having a loser spouse), but if he can (metaphorically) bend her over a desk while [i:f55c0]her daughters have to watch[/i:f55c0] in order to get that partnership... hey! Better day for him!\n\nI see J.R. Ewing must have spread his seed far and wide... \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":D\"[/quote:f55c0]\r\n\r\nI\'d imagine that with the hoops Helen seems willing to jump through, the sacrifices she seems willing to make at the altar of Asshat, the depths with which she\'s willing to sink for that firm, she\'s probably REALLY insecure and second-guesses herself almost constantly. How unbelievable is it to say she missed a client roster?\r\n\r\nHonestly, I don\'t see how she wasn\'t the heart attack victim instead of Jakey... ESPECIALLY in Snipsville. \":D\"','',0,'sA==','f55c0',1,1181173149,'',475,1,0),(363293,26054,5,900,0,'208.7.93.62',1247025638,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It\'s official--The Sci-Fi Channel\'s jumped the shark. . .','[quote="Gene":33di3dav][quote="Dervish":33di3dav]And obviously the people who run the station aren\'t scifi fans themselves, given their ridiculous stereotypes and seeming utter lack of respect for their target audience. I expect that\'s the problem (as opposed to the name).[/quote:33di3dav]\n\nSeems to me they are clueless in the ways of marketing and market research. The higher-ups are in deep contempt of whoever they perceive their audience is. I\'ve liked programs I\'ve seen there Like Eureka, Reapers and Dresden Files. I can do easily without the wrestling and ST: TNG. If this reboot looks anything like my gut reaction is saying, I\'m sure I can do without the whole package.[/quote:33di3dav]\n\nReminds me of the whole G4/TechTV merger debacle. G4 these days resembles SpikeTV more than either of the channels were before the merger. Chalk another one up to "more money, no matter how much we alienate the audience" thinking.','ff548956372688167071e3d862aad839',0,'gA==','33di3dav',1,0,'',0,0,0),(245887,16182,5,440,0,'64.12.116.199',1181173153,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[size=200:a3956][b:a3956][color=red:a3956][i:a3956]Honey Flash![/i:a3956][/color:a3956][/b:a3956][/size:a3956]\r\n\r\nIn other words, I picked up the live-action [i:a3956]Cutie Honey[/i:a3956] movie yesterday. If you like Go Nagai\'s work, then I recommend this. He even has a cameo.','',0,'Zg==','a3956',1,0,'',440,0,0),(245888,18330,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181173185,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="mman":2b3d5][quote="Brother Grimace":2b3d5]\nc.) It\'s VERY easy to see Vitale having something loaded up and ready to use as leverage against any and every member of his firm - just the way any [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.MagnificentBastard:2b3d5]Magnificent Bastard[/url:2b3d5] worthy of the name would. There\'s nothing about Jake that would make Helen crumble (benefits of having a loser spouse), but if he can (metaphorically) bend her over a desk while [i:2b3d5]her daughters have to watch[/i:2b3d5] in order to get that partnership... hey! Better day for him!\n\nI see J.R. Ewing must have spread his seed far and wide... \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":D\"[/quote:2b3d5]\n\nTime for a \"Who Shot Jim Vitale?\" episode?\n\n \":twisted:\"[/quote:2b3d5]\r\n\r\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \r\n\r\nYES!','',0,'sA==','2b3d5',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245889,18330,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181173440,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":91f84][quote="Brother Grimace":91f84][quote="cyde":91f84][quote="mman":91f84][quote="cyde":91f84]\n[quote="brandonoh":91f84]To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school[/quote:91f84]\nWait. \"Suddenly\"? Was it ever stated in-canon who the school board\'s lawyers were? If not, then it\'s fanon and I have plenty of faith in Snips\' continuum (and his Jim Vitale). \":D\"\n[/quote:91f84]\n\nI can\'t believe Helen wouldn\'t *know* that her law firm represents Lawndale High.[/quote:91f84]\n\nOf course she wouldn\'t! Have you seen how ragged Eric runs her? \":lol:\"[/quote:91f84]\n\n\nNot to mention that:\n\na.) Helen (and this is CANON) has never espressed that much interest in Daria and Quinn\'s school - except on the occasions where NOT doing o would reflect poorly upon her,\n\nb.) Helen is so occupied with \'the small stuff\' that if someone WERE trying to keep her out of the loop on other clients the firm has, it wouldn\'t be that difficult, and \n\nc.) It\'s VERY easy to see Vitale having something loaded up and ready to use as leverage against any and every member of his firm - just the way any [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.MagnificentBastard:91f84]Magnificent Bastard[/url:91f84] worthy of the name would. There\'s nothing about Jake that would make Helen crumble (benefits of having a loser spouse), but if he can (metaphorically) bend her over a desk while [i:91f84]her daughters have to watch[/i:91f84] in order to get that partnership... hey! Better day for him!\n\nI see J.R. Ewing must have spread his seed far and wide... \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":D\"[/quote:91f84]\n\nI\'d imagine that with the hoops Helen seems willing to jump through, the sacrifices she seems willing to make at the altar of Asshat, the depths with which she\'s willing to sink for that firm, she\'s probably REALLY insecure and second-guesses herself almost constantly. How unbelievable is it to say she missed a client roster?\n\nHonestly, I don\'t see how she wasn\'t the heart attack victim instead of Jakey... ESPECIALLY in Snipsville. \":D\"[/quote:91f84]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/fic50_a_matter_of_priorities.html:91f84]The bug guy\'s got that covered.[/url:91f84]','',0,'sA==','91f84',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245890,18317,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181173522,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":df09d][quote="Brother Grimace":df09d][quote="cyde":df09d][quote="E. A. Smith":df09d][quote="Quiverwing":df09d][quote="starmeshelion":df09d]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:df09d]\n\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:df09d]we just don\'t care[/b:df09d]. \n\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:df09d]\n\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:df09d]\n\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\n\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. \":(\"[/quote:df09d]\n\n\nThen masturbate to that celebrity\'s image like a [b:df09d]normal[/b:df09d] person, and stop bugging the hell out of the rest of us with \'Why, why, why\'![/quote:df09d]\n\nWhoa, whoa, whoa, wait! Who\'s Norman? \"8)\"[/quote:df09d]\r\n\r\n\r\nSorry. A Lobinske slipped in there. \":)\"','',0,'wA==','df09d',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245891,18317,3,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181173708,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":10d85][quote="cyde":10d85][quote="Brother Grimace":10d85][quote="cyde":10d85][quote="E. A. Smith":10d85][quote="Quiverwing":10d85][quote="starmeshelion":10d85]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:10d85]\n\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:10d85]we just don\'t care[/b:10d85]. \n\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:10d85]\n\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:10d85]\n\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\n\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. \":(\"[/quote:10d85]\n\n\nThen masturbate to that celebrity\'s image like a [b:10d85]normal[/b:10d85] person, and stop bugging the hell out of the rest of us with \'Why, why, why\'![/quote:10d85]\n\nWhoa, whoa, whoa, wait! Who\'s Norman? \"8)\"[/quote:10d85]\n\n\nSorry. A Lobinske slipped in there. \":)\"[/quote:10d85]\r\n\r\nWell, you\'d better tell him to keep his bugs away from your computer. Who [i:10d85]knows[/i:10d85] what you\'ll end up typing? \":wink:\"','',0,'4A==','10d85',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245892,18330,6,446,0,'68.226.6.130',1181173756,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I have no problems with how anybody acted given the situation Snips put them in. As stated, who represents the school district is very much fanon and as such the story works just fine. I was just saying that I think that the way all the characters reacted in the original ending did fit with their characters. So, Helen\'s threats, Trent\'s sleeping, Amanda\'s obliviousness, and even Ms. Li\'s concession of defeat all fit. I don\'t really think it was a deus ex machina at all. I actually think having Ms. Li get the upper hand the way she did is closer to being one. I don\'t really see a problem with that either, though. The story wasn\'t bad. It didn\'t piss me off or seem wildly out of character, either. I, personally, don\'t think it improved the original ending, though. Of course, that\'s just my opinion and has no bearing on...well, anything really. I think a better ending would have Daria and Jane just switch the card with O\'Neill\'s poem with a card with their original poem before the judges looked at it. That\'s assuming that the poem was attached to the poster/painting in some way like that and not painted on (which I think was the case). That way the judges see the work as D&J intended it and make their decision based on that. Also, Ms. Li really couldn\'t say they defaced school property or whatever BS she said in the show.','',0,'4A==','7e474',1,0,'',446,0,0),(245893,18310,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181173765,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":)\"','',0,'4A==','17b4a',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245894,18310,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181173790,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":)\"','',0,'4A==','1673b',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245895,18317,3,276,0,'152.163.100.200',1181173888,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I feel like I should say something here... \":lol:\"','',0,'4A==','30eed',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245896,18300,4,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181174197,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":a0a4c]Dervish, you\'re actually suggesting a new government program? \":D\" \n\nActually, I think it\'s a good idea that could be effectively put into place without too much trouble. The EBT debit cards have proven to be far less suceptable to abuse than the old paper food stamps.[/quote:a0a4c]\r\n\r\n\r\nHA!\r\n\r\n(not meaning to be a jerk.)\r\n\r\n\r\nHere in Illinois, they started the Link Card system in 1997... and in late January or early February, they had already discovered several cases of fraud and abuse of the system, mere weeks after it was activated. \r\n\r\nThe WORST case of abuse (so far) was actually here in Peoria, not more than a few blocks from where one of my brothers lives. There was a little mom-and-pop store that had the system set up so that people could come in and use it to get a straight cash-value off the cards, or buy liquor, drugs or even guns with their cards. \r\n\r\nThe local news media were walking around on clouds for a week after running that story into the ground. \r\n\r\n\r\nThis is a small city, also. Imagine what will - or could - or does - happen in major cities, or very small aareas that aren\'t all that heavily watched.','',0,'gA==','a0a4c',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245897,18317,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181174260,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":07466]I feel like I should say something here... \":lol:\"[/quote:07466]\r\n\r\n\r\nCome on. \'Bugging the hell out of us\' is a perfectly normal term. \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','07466',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245898,18330,6,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1181174406,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote:8895d]She knows she\'s a winner\nHappier that she\'s thinner\nIn the middle of cheers\nTo our gold medal winners!\n[b:8895d]Go Lawndale Lions![/b:8895d][/quote:8895d]\n\n[quote:8895d]Winning Entry: Lawndale High School\nAngela Li, Principal\nArt by Jane Lane\nPoem and Concept by Daria Morgendorffer[/quote:8895d]\r\n\r\nRead the left-most column of the poem for Daria\'s editorial comment. \":)\"\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!','',0,'wA==','8895d',1,0,'',213,0,0),(245899,18330,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181174460,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Roentgen":f8e59][quote:f8e59]She knows she\'s a winner\nHappier that she\'s thinner\nIn the middle of cheers\nTo our gold medal winners!\n[b:f8e59]Go Lawndale Lions![/b:f8e59][/quote:f8e59]\n\n[quote:f8e59]Winning Entry: Lawndale High School\nAngela Li, Principal\nArt by Jane Lane\nPoem and Concept by Daria Morgendorffer[/quote:f8e59]\n\nRead the left-most column of the poem for Daria\'s editorial comment. \":)\"\n\n(* * *)\n\nRoentgen\nHe\'s radioactive, man!![/quote:f8e59]\r\n\r\n...I never noticed that.','',0,'wA==','f8e59',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245900,18330,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181174492,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="brandonoh":be005]I have no problems with how anybody acted given the situation Snips put them in. As stated, who represents the school district is very much fanon and as such the story works just fine. I was just saying that I think that the way all the characters reacted in the original ending did fit with their characters. So, Helen\'s threats, Trent\'s sleeping, Amanda\'s obliviousness, and even Ms. Li\'s concession of defeat all fit. I don\'t really think it was a deus ex machina at all. I actually think having Ms. Li get the upper hand the way she did is closer to being one. I don\'t really see a problem with that either, though. The story wasn\'t bad. It didn\'t piss me off or seem wildly out of character, either. I, personally, don\'t think it improved the original ending, though. Of course, that\'s just my opinion and has no bearing on...well, anything really. I think a better ending would have Daria and Jane just switch the card with O\'Neill\'s poem with a card with their original poem before the judges looked at it. That\'s assuming that the poem was attached to the poster/painting in some way like that and not painted on (which I think was the case). That way the judges see the work as D&J intended it and make their decision based on that. Also, Ms. Li really couldn\'t say they defaced school property or whatever BS she said in the show.[/quote:be005]\r\n\r\nFair enough, fair enough. \":)\"','',0,'gA==','be005',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245901,18317,3,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181174607,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":31875]I feel like I should say something here... \":lol:\"[/quote:31875]\r\nRLobinske\r\nSite Admin\r\nSite Admin\r\n\r\n\r\nJoined: 21 May 2004\r\nPosts: 9992\r\nLocation: Third swamp on the left, Florida\r\n\r\nI say... 8 more somethings. \":wink:\"','',0,'gA==','31875',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245902,17747,6,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1181176357,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Processing the Client frag:\r\n\r\n\r\n\" \'We can\'t do that. Absolutely not!\' \'And why not?\' \'First of all, Mr. Henning, that would violate our rules concerning revelatory dissemination. You may not announce apocalyptic stuff until we decide you are ready to do so. Yes, that is the rule, and it\'s in the contract. If we let you disclose things before you fully understand what to say and how to say it, you\'ll screw it all up. And you can also forget about calling your religion \'Henningism\'. You can call it \'Henningology\' or use your first name and call it \'Jimonics\'. Or use any of a dozen other acceptable suffixes. We\'ll be happy to work with you on it. But we don\'t hand out -isms to clients. Those are earned. On that one, we stay with tradition. On another note, I must say we do like your contrasting the brilliant sensation of enlightenment your followers can achieve, with the bland gray tapioca of despair trapping the nonbelievers. We can definitely work with that... You also need to check in at Records. They need to confirm your submitted information.\' \'What sort of information?\' \'The standard trivia: finances, properties, vitals, the usual cockroach stomp. It\'s the sort of thing file clerks do when they want to prove they\'re working. It\'s not something to worry about...\' \"','',0,'gA==','76838',1,0,'',45,0,0),(245903,18315,5,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181176399,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":16217]But yeah, I\'m the true Quinn of the board.[/quote:16217]\n\nOh really, I don\'t see anyone flirting with you. \n\n[quote="cyde":16217][quote="starmeshelion":16217]Whenever something bad happens to me, I just use it to make myself more popular. \":D\"[/quote:16217]\n\nOh, yes. \"Popular\" in the Upchuck sense of the term. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:16217]\r\n\r\nYep. \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','16217',1,0,'',305,0,0),(245904,18275,3,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181177191,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','[quote="Eccles":9e80d][quote="Bliss Ticks":9e80d]The UK has an infrastructure designed to decrease peoples dependence on direct petrol consumption...here in the U.S., if you don\'t have a car (or can\'t afford to put gas in it) you are screwed, unless you live in a major city. Britons have the luxury of taking a tram; most of us here in the U.S. do not. Public transport here is a joke. You cannot compare the effects of fuel prices in the U.K. to the effects of prices in the U.S.... apples and oranges.[/quote:9e80d]\n\nI don\'t know what you\'ve been watching or reading but that is just rubbish.\n\nMove out of the big cities and most families have at least one car, round where I live nearly every adult has a car, and those who can\'t drive really suffer. The public transport in this area is good but not great, nor is it particularly safe to use.\n\nNow to back up my argument.\n\nTheir are about 33 Million Cars on the roads in the UK at present [size=75:9e80d](info from \n[url=http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=219239:9e80d]WhatCar[/url:9e80d])[/size:9e80d]\nCensus Reports I can find indicate their are about 55 - 60 Million People in the UK at present [size=75:9e80d](my sources for this are poor but [url=http://www.radstats.org.uk/no082/Simpson82.pdf:9e80d]Here they are[/url:9e80d])[/size:9e80d]\n\nSo that is about One car for every Two People, Also the Census is inclusive of Children under the driving age, so that means there must be other people out their like me with more than one vehicle each.\n(one vehicle I teach in and is leased, the other is my own)\n\nAs for the cost of fuel.\nAll I can tell you for sure is it cost me £35 to make it to Martins and do a round trip of 250 miles. so that works out at about $70 for the one trip.[/quote:9e80d]\r\n\r\nObviously you are British, and have little or no experience with the public transport system here in the US...let me tell you, as someone who has lived all over America....if you don\'t have the ability to drive, for whatever reason, your mobility is going to be severely limited. \r\nI have used the public transport system in the UK, and it is far superior to ours. This of course offsets the need for a car (and therefore the need to buy fuel) in a big way. \r\nYou have the option of taking a bus to visit Martin and you can expect to arrive there in a reasonable amount of time. The same trip by Greyhound here in the US would take 5-8 hours, and that\'s if the bus stopped where I needed to go at all. \r\nAlso keep in mind I live in a major city, so this process is easier for me than it is for most Americans.\r\nThe big difference that Brittons seem to overlook is the fact that their public transport system is subsidized, where ours is not. We want to make people buy and maintain cars, roads, ect. and damn the consequences. If I had the same options you have, I wouldn\'t bother owning a car.\r\nHere, we must transport goods/people over longer distances, and more frequently due to our larger population.\r\nYou cannot compare the effects of fuel prices in the US to those in the UK in any meaningful sense.','',0,'lA==','9e80d',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245905,18339,3,51,0,'70.221.172.93',1181177744,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','A Day in Da Raptor\'s Life','Don\'t ya just hate it when this happens?\r\n\r\n[url:48cc4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je93RCV7vDM&NR=1[/url:48cc4]\r\n\r\nGuy','',0,'EA==','48cc4',1,0,'',51,0,0),(245906,18336,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1181178458,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I hope everyone remembers the lesson we\'ve all learned here.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJust say no to drugs.','',0,'EA==','e117e',1,0,'',323,0,0),(245907,18330,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1181178795,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="mman":da068][quote="cyde":da068][quote="brandonoh":da068]To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school[/quote:da068]\nWait. \"Suddenly\"? Was it ever stated in-canon who the school board\'s lawyers were? If not, then it\'s fanon and I have plenty of faith in Snips\' continuum (and his Jim Vitale). \":D\"[/quote:da068]\nI can\'t believe Helen wouldn\'t *know* that her law firm represents Lawndale High.[/quote:da068]\r\nThis is, though, the same Helen who was talked into suing UNICEF before she realized it was supposed to be Uniroyal. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','da068',1,0,'',323,0,0),(245908,18339,3,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181179060,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":lol:\" Those are some funny videos. \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','b6dc6',1,0,'',414,0,0),(245909,18339,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1181179145,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','OMG! Those are hysterical! I watched a half dozen of them, and they are GREAT!!!! \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','',0,'gA==','3ddf9',1,0,'',323,0,0),(245910,18330,6,671,0,'64.12.116.9',1181180034,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I thought it was Eric who didn\'t know and Helen didn\'t have the figurative balls to tell her boss otherwise. During her second conversation she explains to him what UNICEF is.','',0,'gA==','f8c80',1,0,'',671,0,0),(245911,18336,6,671,0,'64.12.116.9',1181180081,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','To me the lesson was going off topic is the best topic of all. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','79081',1,0,'',671,0,0),(245912,18330,6,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181180251,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','I think people want to see more of Vitale! I know I do! \":shock:\"','',0,'gA==','f80ca',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245913,18332,3,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181180272,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":10d96][quote="smk":10d96]Yeah, wisdom teeth removal is [i:10d96]such[/i:10d96] a fun process. But since you have yet to go through it, I won\'t tell my story.[/quote:10d96]\n\nWas it [i:10d96]that[/i:10d96] bad? I\'m already scared. \n[/quote:10d96]\r\n\r\nMy wisdom teeth weren\'t out yet, either. The lower ones were laying down, and the upper ones were starting to grow into the roots of the molars in front of them, so they had to be removed to prevent damaging the other teeth. It just means they have to cut the gum to get to the teeth, which they might do in a regular extraction anyway, just because the wisdom teeth have such lovely roots. Getting two out at a time shouldn\'t be quite so bad, you should have healed some by the time you go back for the second procedure.\r\n\r\nJust take all the drugs they give you, follow all the advice, and you\'ll be fine.','',0,'oA==','10d96',1,0,'',613,0,0),(245914,17918,3,253,0,'70.229.173.175',1181180318,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Off topic, but just as interesting, and twice as sick, clicking on one of the side links leads you to [url=http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2007/06/06/man_uses_machete_on_pizza_parlor_manager/:4fad8]this.[/url:4fad8]','',0,'EA==','4fad8',1,0,'',253,0,0),(245915,18330,6,359,0,'168.28.194.149',1181180329,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":4e17f]I thought it was Eric who didn\'t know and Helen didn\'t have the figurative balls to tell her boss otherwise. During her second conversation she explains to him what UNICEF is.[/quote:4e17f]\r\n\r\nI got the impression that what happened was that Eric told her they were suing UNICEF, and then later mentioned something about tires. Helen then made the connection and cleared up the confusion.','',0,'gA==','4e17f',1,0,'',359,0,0),(245916,18332,3,359,0,'168.28.194.149',1181180481,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'m very sorry to hear that, Nat, both because I well remember the pain of braces and because I was looking forward to meeting you at the con (assuming I\'m able to make it). \":(\"','',0,'gA==','7574b',1,0,'',359,0,0),(245917,18317,3,253,0,'70.229.173.175',1181180732,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:547f6]Sorry. A Lobinske slipped in there.[/quote:547f6]Somebody\'s gotta put that on the Daria Wiki.','',0,'gA==','547f6',1,0,'',253,0,0),(245918,18332,3,671,0,'64.12.116.9',1181180806,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I have a small gap between my two front teeth but, other than having wisdom teeth removed, have never had cavities or braces. Getting your wisdom teeth out isn\'t so bad, or at least it wasn\'t for me. They stuck an IV in me and what seemed like seconds later the operation was done with, I had been out for a few hours. The worst part of the whole thing, other than not being able to go out with friends later that day because i felt fine, was the non-solid diet of apple sauce and rice pudding I had. It\'s something I wouldn\'t want to repeat. The best part is, if you ask they will let you keep your teeth. I still have my wisdom teeth in a small envelope upstairs in my room.\r\n\r\nMy brother had braces for a few years, and I think a retainer for awhile too. Neither are fun, but they will allow you to enjoy life better afterword. I hope everything works out for you financially Nat. And trust me, if your dentist tries to show you the Big Book of British Smiles close your eyes until its over. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','70d2a',1,0,'',671,0,0),(245919,18330,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1181181207,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="The people who created \'One J at a Time\'":d9943]Helen - Daria -- (cell phone rings and Helen answers) Hello? Really? Suing UNICEF? Eric, is that a good move, public relations-wise? Well, yes, it is a lot of pennies. (walks off)\n\nHelen - Well, if we\'re gonna sue the bastards, I say get \'em right after Halloween when they\'re flush.\n\nHelen - (Digging for her phone) Jake, you promised you\'d -- (turns on phone) Hello? Eric? This is a bad time, I\'m in the middle of a family -- Yes, of course I knew UNICEF\'s a charity. No, it\'s Uniroyal that makes the tires. (walks out with her phone)[/quote:d9943]\r\nI think all of us were right. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','d9943',1,0,'',323,0,0),(245920,18332,3,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181181270,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":0dec8]The best part is, if you ask they will let you keep your teeth. I still have my wisdom teeth in a small envelope upstairs in my room.[/quote:0dec8]\r\n\r\nYours came out whole? Mine were chopped up and went rattling down the suction tube.','',0,'gA==','0dec8',1,0,'',613,0,0),(245921,18329,4,253,0,'70.229.173.175',1181181484,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="TheEleventy":7fb2b]Another thing: Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you?\n\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:7fb2b]Don\'t assume, it\'s a most unattractive trait. I tried to serve, straight out of high school, but they thought I was too nervous and depressed to join. Of course, this was at a rare time when we weren\'t at war with anyone, these days I think I might get in, if I wasn\'t well into my 40\'s.','',0,'gA==','7fb2b',1,0,'',253,0,0),(245922,18259,11,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181181849,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Here\'s a YT on how evolution and Christian belief can co-exist without conflict (it\'s at the end):\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwlZ1O2Roh0\r\n\r\nBtw, be sure to see the video it\'s a response to.','',0,'gA==','8bf67',1,0,'',251,0,0),(245923,18310,6,412,0,'72.69.194.143',1181181871,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Erin Mills has been kind enough to draw out a scene he enjoyed.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.deviantart.com/deviation/57008939/','',0,'gA==','a3186',1,0,'',412,0,0),(245924,18310,6,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181182280,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Imagine the look on job interviewers\' faces when they ask Kim if she\'s ever used drugs and she tells them, \"Well, there was this one time I got high on catnip...\" \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','d6de6',1,0,'',414,0,0),(245925,18318,5,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181182293,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Sam The Smuggler":3806a]Hey..what was the orginal question?? What seperates the Jedi from the Sith? \":?\"[/quote:3806a]\r\n\r\nIt was if I missed the appropiate part on the DVD or not before I sent it back (btw, it\'s back at the library now). \r\n\r\nI suppose I should be merciful and decide the guy recalled the wrong DVD since he\'s a bona fide Star Wars geek and probably has every DVD ever put out on the series. \":P\"\r\n\r\nThough there\'s a part of me that wants to teach him about pressure points...rather painfully while telling him that he will now experience the full power of the dark side. \":twisted:\"','',0,'gA==','3806a',1,0,'',251,0,0),(363290,26054,5,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1247025240,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It\'s official--The Sci-Fi Channel\'s jumped the shark. . .','[quote="Dervish":29czkxqh]And obviously the people who run the station aren\'t scifi fans themselves, given their ridiculous stereotypes and seeming utter lack of respect for their target audience. I expect that\'s the problem (as opposed to the name).[/quote:29czkxqh]\n\nSeems to me they are clueless in the ways of marketing and market research. The higher-ups are in deep contempt of whoever they perceive their audience is. I\'ve liked programs I\'ve seen there Like Eureka, Reapers and Dresden Files. I can do easily without the wrestling and ST: TNG. If this reboot looks anything like my gut reaction is saying, I\'m sure I can do without the whole package.','b96a7b75b5e3421f934c550011f248d9',0,'gA==','29czkxqh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(363291,26113,3,651,0,'71.222.24.134',1247025457,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Game: The PPMBers Trivia Quiz (Round 1 up)','Maybe I should have played... Some of the questions have several different people that could be the answer....','c8c5377816fbbac7561b270e549b8c1a',0,'','2h2tu660',1,0,'',0,0,0),(363292,26142,3,651,0,'71.222.24.134',1247025607,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It Took Paper, Scissors, Serious Folding.....','[quote="Liz Ruiz":2n1pr65s][quote="jtranser":2n1pr65s]....and in 4 years Wataru Itou produced [url=http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/pic-wataru-itous-incredibly-detailed-papercraft-castle.html:2n1pr65s]this.[/url:2n1pr65s][/quote:2n1pr65s]\n\nThat guy is seriously talented. Also he must have more free time on his hands than the likes of us. \":shock:\"[/quote:2n1pr65s]\n\nSays the gal with 2000 plus messages in less than two years!! \":P\"','19f8fe212472d54f381857f53d8efe55',0,'kA==','2n1pr65s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(245927,18336,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181182321,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Just dealing with the hiatus before the last few episodes and the Series Finale of \'Apocalyptic Daria\'!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \":D\"','',0,'EA==','be78b',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245928,18336,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181182783,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I saw a ball of yarn and couldn\'t stop myself. \":D\"','',0,'EA==','38724',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245929,18319,3,51,0,'70.221.172.93',1181182944,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ve had mine far too long, was starting to do the hunt just before my stroke. it\'s the eustrptospondylus from my fic \r\n\'\'A Rift in Time.\" \r\n\r\nGuy','',0,'EA==','1d747',1,0,'',51,0,0),(245930,18341,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181183162,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','How will \'Apocalyptic Daria\' end?','So, things are getting quite interesting for our heroines in the year\'s hot new [i:524a0]Daria[/i:524a0] serial, [i:524a0]Apocalyptic Daria[/i:524a0]. \r\n\r\nBoth Daria and Jane have nearly been raped (and shot their attackers in retaliation), been forced to defend themselves against armed aggressors, been attacked by wild dogs, worked their way through a minefield of manure, recieved the news that Quinn is almost certainly dead and that they can [u:524a0]never[/u:524a0] return to their homes...\r\n\r\nOh, yeah. The United States has just suffered through a limited nuclear exchange, and they probably won\'t be seeing a [i:524a0]real[/i:524a0] pizza for a very long time. \r\n\r\n\r\nEnough sunshine. How do you think it\'ll all end?','',0,'IQ==','524a0',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245931,18332,3,531,0,'4.156.108.230',1181183398,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I had braces for what seemed like forever Got them early in 6th grade, they came off late in 10th grade. After that came retainers, for another 4+ years, then I just said forget it, though the dentist would probably prefer if I was wearing them to this day (more $$ for him going in every few months)\r\nMy wisdoms came out when I was in college. Not too bad an experience. Mine were more or less routine extractions, though they put me all the way out for it.\r\nGot tylenol with codeines for it...had a really fun day listening to Pink Floyd and reading the [url]Hitchhiker\'s Guide[/url]that day...','',0,'EA==','56aff',1,0,'',531,0,0),(245932,18340,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181183427,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','(Jim wakes up. He doesn\'t even bother to check himself over as he rises from his desk, and fixes himself a drink.)\r\n\r\nJim: (looks at mman) Please. You shoot me in a f*****g dream, you had better wake up and apologize. (beat) Drink? No? \r\n\r\n(walks over to mman) Let\'s see if you can spell this. N-O-T, space, H-A-P-P-E-N-I-N-G. That spell it out for you, thesaurus boy?','',0,'EA==','c3790',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245933,18341,6,359,0,'168.28.194.149',1181183713,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Ever seen [i:c2999]A Boy and His Dog[/i:c2999]? \":twisted:\"','',0,'IA==','c2999',1,0,'',359,0,0),(245934,18317,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181183742,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="atimnie":0cbea][quote:0cbea]Sorry. A Lobinske slipped in there.[/quote:0cbea]Somebody\'s gotta put that on the Daria Wiki.[/quote:0cbea]\r\n\r\n\r\n(head perks up)','',0,'gA==','0cbea',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245935,18317,3,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181183808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":b045a][quote="atimnie":b045a][quote:b045a]Sorry. A Lobinske slipped in there.[/quote:b045a]Somebody\'s gotta put that on the Daria Wiki.[/quote:b045a]\n\n\n(head perks up)[/quote:b045a]\r\n\r\nHeehehe, wiki entry for \"pulling a Lobinske\" ! \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','b045a',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245936,18302,3,198,0,'216.153.189.58',1181184134,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="TheEleventy":98861]I thought football season was over and there you go, bringing up the Stanley Bowl or whatever it is. I thought single points were scored by kicking; the 2 point thingie you had to run the oblong projectile in.\n\nMaybe that\'s what it is; TO is assuming to be Kevin.\n\nSee, it fits in this fandom![/quote:98861]\r\n\r\nIf you don\'t care about it, why did you comment in the thread, other than to be a self-righteous prick?','',0,'gA==','98861',1,0,'',198,0,0),(245937,18339,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1181184414,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Shades of the Coyote and the Roadrunner!','',0,'gA==','8b358',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245938,18330,6,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181184629,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','To toss in my own $0.02 (Gawd, we\'re talking about the show! Whee! \":D\")\r\n\r\n(1) One of the things that I find unbelievable about the real ending is that Helen, who thus far in the series has rather unsupportive of Daria\'s independent ways, to suddenly do a 180 and defend her daughter when she most aggressively flouts authority. \r\n\r\n(2) I don\'t know whether Helen\'s contention that the poster is Daria and Jane\'s property would really hold up. Ms. Li\'s statement that the poster was mandatory only for Daria and Jane makes it an assignment, and while it\'s conventional to hand students back their work, I don\'t know if its because of property concerns.\r\n\r\n(3) And even if it were so that the poster was Daria and Jane\'s, it\'s still hard for me to grasp that the Helen Morgendorffer who even earlier in this very episode was chiding her older daughter [i:1d40a][b:1d40a]and then dumped a bowl of penne a la pesto on her husband\'s head for siding with Daria regarding the poster[/b:1d40a][/i:1d40a] to suddenly discover her inner Legal Defense Fund self and threaten to bring an action on constitutional grounds.\r\n\r\n(4) The threat of a lawsuit isn\'t something to be made lightly. In fact, if you really intend to bring one, I believe a flesh and blood lawyer would advise you to have a nice hot cup of STFU, and let the party you\'re suing find out when they\'re served with papers, because you don\'t want them to get the jump on you. So in the unlikely event that Helen suddenly discovered her inner Legal Defense Fund self, she would have told Ms. Li that this was all a terrible shock, that she wanted to talk to Daria, and have a process server show up at LHS later that day.\r\n\r\n(5) Regarding Helen and Ms. Li, look ahead in the series, and you see Ms. Li getting the better of her in \"The Daria Hunter\" and \"Just Add Water.\" If nothing else, Angela Li\'s nerves are stronger than Helen\'s, and she has more low cunning.\r\n\r\n(6) Vitale, Davis, [i:1d40a]et al.[/i:1d40a] seems to be a pretty big firm, with Helen buried under the workload from one partner whose practice is corporate law. It seems entirely possible she wouldn\'t know the complete client list.\r\n\r\n(7) In addition to wanting a downbeat ending for \"Arts N Crass,\" I wanted to take Jim Vitale out for a spin \":twisted:\"\r\n\r\nI know there are many folks for whom this episode is a favorite. I don\'t mean to cast aspersions on their taste or say that they don\'t have a full grasp of the series. For example, I can see someone arguing again my point (1) that Helen is not a cold bitch, and this is not a break in characterization but just the [i:1d40a]first time[/i:1d40a] we see Helen being supportive, and that something we see more and more of in the series; and against (3) that \"That Was Then, This Is Dumb\" shows that Helen did have an idealistic side and that the surprise is that we haven\'t seen it errupt before this. Those points make sense; they just don\'t resonate with me or make me want to write.\r\n\r\n[quote:1d40a][img:1d40a]http://www.fieldy.org/jimv.jpg[/img:1d40a][/quote:1d40a]\n\nI think that should be \"How the FU<K are you?\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"\n\n[quote="Roentgen":1d40a]She knows she\'s a winner\nHappier that she\'s thinner\nIn the middle of cheers\nTo our gold medal winners!\n[b:1d40a]Go Lawndale Lions![/b:1d40a][/quote:1d40a]\r\n\r\nThat is [i:1d40a]so[/i:1d40a] much better than what I wrote \":lol:\" \":lol:\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI hate you now. \":x\"','',0,'6A==','1d40a',1,0,'',362,0,0),(245939,18342,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181184906,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Methylisothiazolinone (A Bedtime Story)','[size=167:db303]Methylisothiazolinone[/size:db303]\r\n[size=84:db303]by[/size:db303]\r\n[size=150:db303]cyde[/size:db303]\r\n(Introspective, Angst)\r\n\r\nacknowledgments: Thanks to my prereaders. My good (irl) friend Shane, Scissors MacGillicutty and Brother Grimace for helping prevent this from blowing on ice.\r\n\r\nTiffany smiled as she drew a bubblebath in the antique clawfoot tub. Tiffany had always loved that bathtub; it was so pretty... and deep. With a contented sigh, Tiffany lowered her slender body into the steaming froth. Being at home alone, she felt free to unwind.\r\n\r\nEven aware of the fact that she wasn\'t the brightest bulb in the box, Tiffany often found herself thinking when she took her baths. Inquisitive as a child, most who knew her found it a sad irony that such curiosity would come packaged with a brain so incapable of comprehending the concepts she so hungrily sought to understand. Tiffany drew upon a vague memory of watching her father shaving. Brief flashes. The glint of the stainless steel blade. It was shiny. Shiny was pretty. Tiffany expressed her curiosity and thus began Tiffany\'s love affair with all surfaces shiny. As she grew older, even Tiffany herself was unable to deny the inevitable; that she just wasn\'t cut out for learning on that level... so she stopped actively trying.\r\n\r\nEven now Tiffany tended toward a simplistic, associative method of thought. Blowing an errant strand of hair from her eyes, Tiffany mused at how good her bubblebath felt.\r\n\r\n\"Bubblebaths feel soooo goood.\"\r\n\r\nTiffany swiveled her head from side to side, staring for a moment at the white foam surrounding her, steam rising from its surface. Bubble baths were pretty too. Pleasure, beauty.\r\n\r\nHer father\'s razor. Leisurely shaving her legs, Tiffany pondered the word \'pleasure\', considering its connotations in her life in the simplest terms possible, breaking the concept down to black and white. The razor glided over a slight imperfection on the young woman\'s shin, nicking it. Tiffany stared at the slowly oozing cut for a brief moment before holding her washcloth to it to staunch the flow. Pleasure and pain.\r\n\r\nLavender, one of her favorite scents. Tiffany washed her hair. Tiffany smiled as she thought of how her favorite brand made her obsidian hair so glossy and silky. A small amount of the lather trailed down her forehead, stinging her eye. Tiffany winced and cupped her hand under the faucet, bringing the warm water up to rinse the chemical away. She reflexively squeezed her eye tight, her own tears finishing the work the clean water had started. Pleasure and pain.\r\n\r\nGlancing toward the cracked bathroom door, Tiffany spied the vanity in her room. Makeup. Tiffany always loved how properly applied makeup could bring out her cutest features. Eye makeup had always been particularly tough, however. Of Chinese descent, Tiffany had been born with the characteristic single eyelid, making it very difficult... and painful. For all the cuteness makeup could provide, she would give just about anything to have the \'normal\' creases in her eyelids which her friends took for granted. Pleasure and pain.\r\n\r\nClothes. Tiffany always found shopping for clothes pleasurable. Trying on a new outfit was always so fun... except if it made her look fat - a fear that always gripped her more strongly than her friends suspected. Tiffany wasn\'t exactly sure how to feel about her sojourns to Cashman\'s with her friends. She had seen how they treated the unfashionable and thanked her lucky stars that they didn\'t judge her by her brain. If they were to ridicule her looks, what would she have left? Her shining personality? Her brilliant conversational skills? Her quick wit? Her good grades? All her other friends? The very thought of such rejection made her want to recoil in horror. Pleasure and pain.\r\n\r\nHer peers. Tiffany never suffered for dates with the boys. Tiffany was popular. One of the most popular girls in the school. Tiffany wondered what popularity [i:db303]was[/i:db303], exactly. Everyone seemed to consider the Fashion Club popular because that was what they were SUPPOSED to do. Tiffany thought back to the dissolution of the Fashion Club when Sandi broke her leg. Without the others around, Tiffany quite simply had no one to talk to. Before high school, fashion and popularity, Tiffany never was able to find any common ground upon which to relate to her peers. She couldn\'t understand what they were talking about and they simply didn\'t want to put forth the effort to help her understand. She realized that without her three friends, her life really didn\'t amount to a hill of beans. Highs and lows. Pleasure and pain. \r\n\r\nHer friends. Tiffany did everything with them. Shopping, clothes, makeup, sleepovers, fashion shows, Waif, gossiping about other girls, gossiping about boys. All roads led back to the Fashion Club. Always the Fashion Club. It was the singular point of joy in her existence. Without it, her life would crumple like a house of cards. Tiffany vaguely realized that her association with the three other members of the Lawndale High School Fashion Club was shaky at best. What if something happened to threaten her popularity? Her looks? Her social status? Would Sandi stand by her? Would Stacy? Would Quinn? Tiffany again thought back to the dissolution of the Fashion Club... more specifically how it fell. First went Sandi and with her went Quinn. That left Stacy and herself. How long was Stacy able to tolerate her? Three days? Tiffany hadn\'t acted any differently than she always had. The thing was, she had always had Sandi, and later Quinn, around to make all the big decisions... to cause all the drama. To make the club fun. Tiffany thought back on the contempt and impatience Sandi had always shown her for her dim-wittedness. The relative indifference Quinn had always treated her with. Stacy\'s inability to cope with her on a one-on-one basis, her own insecurity covered with a layer of sweetness so saccharine that it was disgusting. Tiffany thought about other girls\' friends. Friends like that unfashionable girl that always hung out at Quinn\'s house. Wait, that wasn\'t right. Quinn\'s cousin? No. Quinn\'s sister. Daria. Yes, Daria and Jane. The two could communicate in glances. They actually shared something. THAT was friendship.\r\n\r\nIt then dawned on Tiffany that she [i:db303]had[/i:db303] no friends. Not even a sister to be best friends with... to be share her life with... to get into fights with... to [i:db303]take for fucking granted[/i:db303]. She had never considered it that way, and the feeling virtually sucked the wind out of her lungs. As Tiffany sat in the bath, trying to regain her breath and composure, she became aware of the bubbles crackling and popping around her, the sound suddenly rather annoying. The scent of the expensive soaps no longer held an appeal. The heat was making her feel slightly nauseous. She took a deep breath to regain her composure.\r\n\r\n\"Quiiiin is suuuuch a biiitch,\" Tiffany reflected, her quavering voice barely a whisper.\r\n\r\n Pleasure and pain. A pain as deep as the abyss itself.\r\n\r\nSearching for any port in a storm, Tiffany considered her bubblebath as she shaved under her arms. It\'s hot, it smells good, it\'s relaxing, I\'ve hurt myself twice today trying to take one. In her reflection, Tiffany didn\'t realize she had drawn the razor from the inside of her elbow to her wrist until the water was completely crimson, the heat of the bath helping speed the flow of blood as it left her body.\r\n\r\nAs her world dipped, spun and gradually faded to black, Tiffany gasped out, \"Saaaaandi always diiiid say I look good in reeeeeeeeeeeeed...\"\r\n\r\nThe pain of the cut, the pleasure of release. What do you know, bubblebaths really DO feel good.\r\n\r\n[b:db303]50 years later[/b:db303]\r\n\r\nAn old man lay dying in his bed at Cedars of Lawndale hospital. As his life flashed before his eyes, he remembered his beautiful, beloved only daughter. His pride and joy. The day she came into the bathroom while he was shaving. She couldn\'t have been any more than five years old. She wanted to know what he was doing... how to do it... if she would ever have to. It must have been the twenty thousandth time he\'d replayed that scene in his mind.\r\n\r\nHe remembered coming home from work shortly after his daughter\'s seventeenth birthday and finding her body in the bathtub, her skin far too pale. Then he noticed the water. Then he noticed his razor on the floor next to her limp fingertips.\r\n\r\nHe was eventually able to come to terms with the incident. With his complicity. He almost managed to forgive himself.\r\n\r\nTears traced their way down his withered face. He never was able to look at a straight razor again without becoming nauseous\r\n\r\nChuckling at the bitter irony, Mr. Deckler closed his eyes for the last time, finally at peace.','',0,'ZA==','db303',1,1181259267,'',475,4,0),(245940,18330,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181184949,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":e8ff2]To toss in my own $0.02 (Gawd, we\'re talking about the show! Whee! \":D\")\n\n(1) One of the things that I find unbelievable about the real ending is that Helen, who thus far in the series has rather unsupportive of Daria\'s independent ways, to suddenly do a 180 and defend her daughter when she most aggressively flouts authority. \n\n(2) I don\'t know whether Helen\'s contention that the poster is Daria and Jane\'s property would really hold up. Ms. Li\'s statement that the poster was mandatory only for Daria and Jane makes it an assignment, and while it\'s conventional to hand students back their work, I don\'t know if its because of property concerns.\n\n(3) And even if it were so that the poster was Daria and Jane\'s, it\'s still hard for me to grasp that the Helen Morgendorffer who even earlier in this very episode was chiding her older daughter [i:e8ff2][b:e8ff2]and then dumped a bowl of penne a la pesto on her husband\'s head for siding with Daria regarding the poster[/b:e8ff2][/i:e8ff2] to suddenly discover her inner Legal Defense Fund self and threaten to bring an action on constitutional grounds.\n\n(4) The threat of a lawsuit isn\'t something to be made lightly. In fact, if you really intend to bring one, I believe a flesh and blood lawyer would advise you to have a nice hot cup of STFU, and let the party you\'re suing find out when they\'re served with papers, because you don\'t want them to get the jump on you. So in the unlikely event that Helen suddenly discovered her inner Legal Defense Fund self, she would have told Ms. Li that this was all a terrible shock, that she wanted to talk to Daria, and have a process server show up at LHS later that day.\n\n(5) Regarding Helen and Ms. Li, look ahead in the series, and you see Ms. Li getting the better of her in \"The Daria Hunter\" and \"Just Add Water.\" If nothing else, Angela Li\'s nerves are stronger than Helen\'s, and she has more low cunning.\n\n(6) Vitale, Davis, [i:e8ff2]et al.[/i:e8ff2] seems to be a pretty big firm, with Helen buried under the workload from one partner whose practice is corporate law. It seems entirely possible she wouldn\'t know the complete client list.\n\n(7) In addition to wanting a downbeat ending for \"Arts N Crass,\" I wanted to take Jim Vitale out for a spin \":twisted:\"\n\nI know there are many folks for whom this episode is a favorite. I don\'t mean to cast aspersions on their taste or say that they don\'t have a full grasp of the series. For example, I can see someone arguing again my point (1) that Helen is not a cold bitch, and this is not a break in characterization but just the [i:e8ff2]first time[/i:e8ff2] we see Helen being supportive, and that something we see more and more of in the series; and against (3) that \"That Was Then, This Is Dumb\" shows that Helen did have an idealistic side and that the surprise is that we haven\'t seen it errupt before this. Those points make sense; they just don\'t resonate with me or make me want to write.\n\n[quote:e8ff2][img:e8ff2]http://www.fieldy.org/jimv.jpg[/img:e8ff2][/quote:e8ff2]\n\nI think that should be \"How the FU<K are you?\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"\n\n[quote="Roentgen":e8ff2]She knows she\'s a winner\nHappier that she\'s thinner\nIn the middle of cheers\nTo our gold medal winners!\n[b:e8ff2]Go Lawndale Lions![/b:e8ff2][/quote:e8ff2]\n\nThat is [i:e8ff2]so[/i:e8ff2] much better than what I wrote \":lol:\" \":lol:\"\n\n\n\n\n\nI hate you now. \":x\"[/quote:e8ff2]\r\n\r\n\r\nNo, no, no. First, steal it and thank him for the contribution to your fic. Then, scare everyone else, by writing something [i:e8ff2]together[/i:e8ff2].\r\n\r\n\r\nDoes the name \'Ellenbogen\' give the two of you ideas...? \":twisted:\"','',0,'6A==','e8ff2',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245941,18341,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181185046,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":deab9]Ever seen [i:deab9]A Boy and His Dog[/i:deab9]? \":twisted:\"[/quote:deab9]\r\n\r\n\r\nWhy do you think I put the \'on the road like Raines\' Rebels\' option in? \":wink:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'oA==','deab9',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245942,18317,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181185119,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":c3af0][quote="Brother Grimace":c3af0][quote="atimnie":c3af0][quote:c3af0]Sorry. A Lobinske slipped in there.[/quote:c3af0]Somebody\'s gotta put that on the Daria Wiki.[/quote:c3af0]\n\n\n(head perks up)[/quote:c3af0]\n\nHeehehe, wiki entry for \"pulling a Lobinske\" ! \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:c3af0]\r\n\r\n\r\nIf you\'d like, the entry\'s there!','',0,'gA==','c3af0',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245943,18341,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181185301,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":99ad0][quote="E. A. Smith":99ad0]Ever seen [i:99ad0]A Boy and His Dog[/i:99ad0]? \":twisted:\"[/quote:99ad0]\n\n\nWhy do you think I put the \'on the road like Raines\' Rebels\' option in? \":wink:\" \":twisted:\"[/quote:99ad0]\r\n\r\nI consider it a mix of options. Main characters will die, but Jake will redeem himself in the eye of his daughters... or surviving daughter... whichever. \":D\"','',0,'oA==','99ad0',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245944,18341,6,36,0,'216.54.136.18',1181185482,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I don\'t want to offer too many details, just in case I\'m right. Suffice to say that by the end of the story, D & J will have found some people, lost others, and will be left with doubts about the status of the rest. I predict a very uncertain \"What do we do now?\" kind of ending. It\'s not going to be nice with bunnies - this has been a fairly realistic story so far, and any kind of truly happy ending would betray that.\r\n\r\nThe \"best\" we can hope for is a Life-Goes-On ending, wherein Daria and Jane find some of what they\'re looking for, but more importantly they find that they have the courage to join those who would build a new world from the ashes of the old, and not just give up and lie down among the radioactive dust to die.','',0,'oA==','a404d',1,0,'',36,0,0),(245945,18300,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1181185643,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":d5988][quote="Deref":d5988]So do you have any suggestions?[/quote:d5988]\n\nWithout radical changes to society, then I think that a card that can be swiped over a computer can work. This has been used in combatting welfare abuse. In the past, stamps went for 1/2 their value. So a dope dealer would give a dime bag ($10 worth) for $20 of food stamps. Even guns were bought on the black market with food stamps. So a card was used to replace stamps and it was supposed to have been successful enough that it eventually replaced stamps in all states. At least IIRC. Natch, it\'s not undefeatable, but it does make the abuses practiced with food stamps to be harder to accomplish. \n\nThe gov\'t already takes out money in most paychecks for taxes and the like. If back taxes are declared owed, then that can also be taken out, too (something I think AMG talked about happening to him). In this case, it could go to a card the mom uses, which can only be used for groceries, clothes, school supplies, etc. Medical establishments should take it. But the card should refuse to recognize purchases for tobacco products and drinking alcohol, etc.\n\nAnd maybe instead of taking away a driver\'s license, impounding a car and selling it and putting that on the car for the \"amount owed.\" Just like with taxes.\n\nIt\'s not fail-safe, but it strikes me as more likely to produce the intended results.[/quote:d5988]\r\nNotwithstanding BG\'s post (there will always be abuses - no system is perfect) that sounds very damn interesting!\r\n\r\nWe can think of ways that people would try to circumvent it - BG\'s instanced one - certainly people would work under false names etc., but it could certainly work a damn site better than the present system.\r\n\r\n\":-)\" Seems to me I remember thinking once that you should go into politics. My fear would be that politics could corrupt even you.','',0,'gA==','d5988',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245946,18334,11,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1181185835,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','bb057',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245947,18342,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181185894,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[size=134:2d2e2]BONUS[/size:2d2e2]\r\n\r\nCharles Ruttheimer III had prepared everything he would need for a quiet evening. A stack of porno magazines on the left, a box of Kleenex on the right and a bottle of his dad\'s Viagra right down the middle.\r\n\r\nAn hour into his journey, Upchuck was still going strong.\r\n\r\nAfter two hours, he thought he had died and gone to heaven.\r\n\r\nAfter three hours, he figured that a little pain never hurt anyone; the way out is through.\r\n\r\nAfter four hours he realized he might have made a mistake\r\n\r\nLater on, as the EMTs were loading Upchuck\'s body onto a gurney and wondering how such a young man could\'ve developed fatal ventricular tachycardia, they noticed the bottle.\r\n\r\nChuckie boy had done his research well... but not well enough. If only he hadn\'t skipped the sections detailing the dangers of untreated priapism.','',0,'BA==','2d2e2',1,1181221578,'',475,4,0),(245948,18340,6,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181186005,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','You know, I actually have an idea for this one. \":twisted:\"','',0,'BA==','ed5c7',1,0,'',362,0,0),(245949,18302,3,576,0,'207.69.140.51',1181186012,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[b:e3fa3][size=200:e3fa3][color=red:e3fa3]DUCKS WIN!!![/color:e3fa3][/size:e3fa3][/b:e3fa3]\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=59:e3fa3]NOT Penguins, DUCKS...[/size:e3fa3]\r\n\r\n\r\nI feel a little better now - SHOULD have been the Sabres, but hey, there\'s always next year.','',0,'Rg==','e3fa3',1,0,'',576,0,0),(245950,18340,6,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1181186031,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Jim couldn\'t get his breath. As he coughed up the bright red blood that would soon permanently stain the antique Persian rug, he felt something bounce off the back of his head. It was a fully inflated regulation basketball. As his life quickly faded, he heard an impassioned mocking voice: [size=200:2eb70]\"IT\'S AWESOME, BABY!\"[/size:2eb70] and the face familiar from hundreds of television broadcasts came into view for the very last time and screamed: [size=200:2eb70]\"DON\'T YOU KNOW, IN THE VITALES THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE PRIME TIME PERFORMER?!\"[/size:2eb70]As the gasoline fed flames licked at the crackling corpse, Dick Vitale smiled and exulted: [size=200:2eb70]\"CALL THE FIRE CHIEF \'CAUSE HE\'S ON FIRE!!\"[/size:2eb70]','',0,'BA==','2eb70',1,1181221262,'',45,3,0),(245951,18342,6,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1181186116,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Damn you for writing a story like this, and me finding it before checking the boards the last time before sleeping...\r\n\r\n..daaaaaaaaaaammmmmm yoooooooouuuuuu!!!\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nMaking notes to read this one tomorrow.','',0,'BA==','f4232',1,0,'',213,0,0),(245952,18325,5,531,0,'4.156.108.230',1181186401,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I like what I like...genres be damned.\r\nSeriously, i can\'yt explain why I like certain bands and not others, even though they play similar types of music. i suppose it has something to do with how honest they sound. (I\'ll try to explain...) If it sounds like they mean what they say and play, I\'ll like it, if it;s mnore trying to jump on whatever\'s popular, I don\'t. It may have to do with meing a musician by hobby, and working around them for so long. It bugged the hell out of me when i\'d get a customer who said, \"I want to sound just like *** (insert name of famous/trendy band here - at the time it was Korn)\r\nWhy not sound like YOURSELF!!!!\r\nI like others because it\'s what I grew up listening to 0- my dad\'s Led Zeppelin, PInk Floyd and Santana albums, before watching The Muppet Show and Dr Who.\r\nI have just about everything in my collection, from classical to death metal...and everytthing in betweenm, except country and rap.','',0,'BA==','da24a',1,0,'',531,0,0),(245953,18317,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181186445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":85dd2][quote="Brother Grimace":85dd2][quote="atimnie":85dd2][quote:85dd2]Sorry. A Lobinske slipped in there.[/quote:85dd2]Somebody\'s gotta put that on the Daria Wiki.[/quote:85dd2]\n\n\n(head perks up)[/quote:85dd2]\n\nHeehehe, wiki entry for \"pulling a Lobinske\" ! \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:85dd2]\r\n\r\n \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','85dd2',1,0,'',305,0,0),(245954,18342,6,576,0,'207.69.140.51',1181186912,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Yikes. Wow. And Yikes again. Same goes for me - that\'s a helluva thing to read before you go to sleep. And I\'m throwing away my straight razor. Right - Freakin\' - Now.','',0,'gA==','e92a1',1,0,'',576,0,0),(245955,18341,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1181187228,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":59010]Ever seen [i:59010]A Boy and His Dog[/i:59010]? \":twisted:\"[/quote:59010]\r\nDaria and Jane eat Quinn? With a fork, I mean.','',0,'oA==','59010',1,0,'',323,0,0),(245956,18340,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1181187392,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote="mman":7eb17]Jim turned and walked toward the reception area. Whoever it was hadn\'t turned the light on. He saw the outline of someone in the dark.\n\n\"Who is it?\" he said.\n\nBLAM!!\n\nJim felt the impact of a bullet just below his right shoulder. He tried to cry out, but couldn\'t.\n\nBLAM!! BLAM!!\n\nJim Vitale crumpled to the floor.[/quote:7eb17]\r\nWhen he woke up, he was naked in a motel bed, and Helen Morgendorffer was in the shower. [i:7eb17]Thank God[/i:7eb17], he thought with a grin, [i:7eb17]the last two seasons had only been a dream![/i:7eb17]','',0,'oA==','7eb17',1,0,'',323,0,0),(245957,18341,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181187500,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Mike Xeno":14148]Ibut more importantly they find that they have the courage to join those who would build a new world from the ashes of the old, and not just give up and lie down among the radioactive dust to die.[/quote:14148]\r\n\r\nThat\'s right! Out of the Ashes!! \":shock:\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','',0,'gA==','14148',1,0,'',475,0,0),(245958,18342,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1181187648,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Methylisothiazolinone (A Bedtime Story)','[quote="cyde":92106][b:92106]50 years later[/b:92106]\n\nAn old man lay dying [b:92106][i:92106]of ebola[/i:92106][/b:92106] in his bed at Cedars of Lawndale hospital.[/quote:92106]\r\nI think it works better now.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd good story. \":D\"','',0,'4A==','92106',1,0,'',323,0,0),(245959,18318,5,309,0,'76.168.24.253',1181188470,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote="-sam":140b9]At this point I pretty much ignore everything about Star Wars that annoys me, and focus on the happy stuff, like HK-47[/quote:140b9]\r\n\r\nAvoiding the Sith vs. Jedi Morality debate, which I believe we already had when Episode 3 came out, all I\'m going to say is that this idea is the best way to deal with any sort of fandom. \r\n\r\n\'Cause really, HK-47 is pretty much amazing.','',0,'gA==','140b9',1,0,'',309,0,0),(246015,18342,6,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181222297,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:b0b07]The razor glided over a slight imperfection on the young woman\'s shin, nicking it.[/quote:b0b07]\r\n\r\nHeresy! Her skin is perfect! \":D\" \r\n\r\nIn all seriousness, though, well done. \":cry:\"','',0,'gA==','b0b07',1,0,'',613,0,0),(245961,18214,3,73,0,'24.58.20.93',1181191336,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It\'s snowing!','[quote="TippedOver":fd7be][quote="cyde":fd7be][quote="E. A. Smith":fd7be][quote="A.J.":fd7be][quote="E. A. Smith":fd7be][quote="A.J.":fd7be]Pfft. TippedOver is right. The blizzard of \'93 roughly 20\" of snow, locked us at a Watertown hotel, at the state HS bowling championships for 3 days until the roads cleared enough.\n\nAnd this fails to mention the 27\" blasting we received on Valentines day this past winter.\n\nWe would probably be swimming in weather Georgia and Florida shuts down in.[/quote:fd7be]\n\nWhy do you think I never want to live outside the South? \":D\"[/quote:fd7be]\n\nBecause all of us Northerners would be laughing at you guys when none of you take off the winter gear until June up here and put it back on in September? \":lol:\" [/quote:fd7be]\n\nI\'ve already had that happen. I went to Boston during Spring Break my Junior year, and there was about eight inches of snow (soooooooo wrong). My friend and I were bundled up in fur hats, scarves, and several layers of coats. Needless to say, we got some strange looks, but we were warm![/quote:fd7be]\n\nThe simple fact of the matter is that we Southerners don\'t know how to handle cold weather. Snow is like seeing a UFO land.\n\nFreaky! \":D\"[/quote:fd7be]\n\nHere\'s a little something that my Dad sent to me concerning good old Upstate New York.... it might tell \"ya\'ll Southerners\" a little about us...\":)\" \":)\" \":)\" (Credited to Jeff Foxworthy, but not sure if he actually did this):\n\nJeff Foxworthy\'s take on Upstate NY...\n\nIf you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 \ninches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim \nby, you might live in Upstate New York. \n\nIf you\'re proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights \neach year because [b:fd7be]MASSENA*[/b:fd7be] is the coldest spot in the nation, \nand Syracuse gets more snow than any other major city in the US, \nyou might live in Upstate New York. \n\nIf your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, \nyou might live in Upstate New York. \n\nIf you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the \nyear, you might live in Upstate New York. \n\nIf someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance, and they \ndon\'t work there, you might live in Upstate New York. \n\nIf your dad\'s suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his \nforehead, you might live in Upstate New York. \n\nIf you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might \nlive in Upstate New York. \n\nIf your town has more bars than churches, you might live in Upstate \nNew York. \n\nIf you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone \nwho dialed a wrong number, you might live in Upstate New York. \n\n\nYOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE UPSTATE NEW YORKER \n\nWHEN: \n\n\n\n1. \"Vacation\" means going South past Syracuse for the weekend. \n2. You measure distance in hours. \n3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than [b:fd7be]once**[/b:fd7be]. \n4. You often switch from \"heat\" to \"A/C\" in the same day and back again. \n5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, \nwithout flinching. \n6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings). \n7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both \nunlocked. \n8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend / wife knows \nhow to use them. \n9. You design your kid\'s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. \n10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. \n11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road \nconstruction. \n12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent. \n13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your \nblue spruce. \n14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age. \n15. Down South to you means Corning. \n16. A brot is something you eat. \n17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new shed. \n18. You go out for a fish fry every Friday. \n19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost. \n20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car. \n21. You find 10 degrees \"a little chilly.\" \n\n[/quote:fd7be]\r\n\r\nExcept for 5, 14 and 19, I have to honestly say all have happened to me or are true in one way or another. Sad but true. \":-)\"\r\n\r\nAnd my boss was born and raised in Massena, boy does he have some stories to tell...\r\n\r\nA.J.','',0,'wA==','fd7be',1,0,'',73,0,0),(245962,18300,4,203,0,'20.139.226.50',1181192048,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Politics corrupts everyone.','',0,'wA==','c9378',1,0,'',203,0,0),(245963,18330,6,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181192253,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','Scissors - you must do more Vitale as only you can! He\'s a great character and only you can do it properly! \":shock:\"','',0,'wA==','87ea3',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245964,18272,3,73,0,'24.58.20.93',1181192389,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":c8925][quote="HelpfulSkittlesExplosion":c8925]I don\'t normally like chili sauce. I wonder if it\'s really that good...[/quote:c8925]\n\nFrom Wendy\'s? No.[/quote:c8925]\r\n\r\nYes, actually. <we need a belching emoticon>\r\n\r\nA.J.','',0,'gA==','c8925',1,0,'',73,0,0),(245965,18319,3,73,0,'24.58.20.93',1181193244,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Calvin from one of if not the greatest American comic strip, \"Calvin and Hobbes\"\r\n\r\nWhy? Because I feel as though that happens all too often to me.\r\n\r\nA.J.','',0,'gA==','a79d2',1,0,'',73,0,0),(245966,18302,3,73,0,'24.58.20.93',1181193631,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="TippedOver":b198e]\n\nTell you the truth, the only reason I am cheering for the Ducks is that I am a Buffalo Sabres fan - and Ottawa got lucky and put them out. Jerks![/quote:b198e]\r\n\r\nI could say the same thing about what the Sabres did to my Rangers. If not for that goal with 7.7 seconds left in game 5 you are seeing the Rangers skating with the Cup at this very moment. \r\n\r\nSo yes I pulled for Ottawa, big whoop. \":roll:\" \r\n\r\nA.J.','',0,'gA==','b198e',1,0,'',73,0,0),(245967,18131,8,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181194088,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','[quote="The Angst Guy":c3559]Welcome, Darkest Evil! We need all the fresh bloo--um, new recruits we can get! \":D\"[/quote:c3559]\r\n\r\nBlood! Blood for our foul serpent idol! \":shock:\" Welcome, my friend...climb up onto the stone dias... \":shock:\"','',0,'gA==','c3559',1,0,'',1,0,0),(245968,16720,5,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181194390,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Since the actual aviversary is still a few months away, I\'d like to revive this thread wit some talk on your favorite TNG episodes!!\r\n\r\nPlease don\'t be afraid to share. \":lol:\" \r\n\r\nOne of my all time favorites is (well, 2 episodes really), The third season Cliff-Hanger and forth season Opener, \"Best Of The Both Worlds\". While the effects may seem dated when compared to later Trek episodes, it still remains one of the best Two-Parters they ever did...atleast IMO. \":wink:\" \r\n\r\nEnding the season with Picard, as Locutus, under the control of the Borg, about to head for Earth and Riker giving the order to open fire right before the credits rolled was just insane. It just wasn\'t something you were expecting from Star Trek. Plus, it was only the 2nd time the Borg had been featured, so they were still very mysterious. \r\n\r\nFrom the Wiki entry\r\n\r\n[quote:1ab26]Part I first aired during the week of July 1, 1990 as the third season finale and ended as a cliffhanger and fandom speculation began to mount about the fate of Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D. Part II concluded the story as the fourth season premiere during the week of September 24 of 1990, to many fans\' delight and praise. Many fans and critics regard and praise them as the best episodes of the entire Star Trek saga, having achieved an almost cinematic level of story and scope. With this episode, and with its embarkation upon an unprecedented fourth season, The Next Generation was considered to have finally emerged from the shadow of its predecessor.[/quote:1ab26]\n\nand\n\n[quote:1ab26]It appeared in TV Guide\'s 100 Most Memorable Moments in TV History feature in its July 1, 1995 edition, and also in another issue on the 100 greatest TV episodes of all time.[/quote:1ab26]\r\n\r\n \":D\"','',0,'gA==','1ab26',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245969,18336,6,545,0,'65.221.65.201',1181196940,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":514ac]I\'ve been catching up here, and it\'s all good. \":)\" The Daria-Jane banter sounds right, and to me, Jane\'s innuendoes seem like a coping mechanism for something she wouldn\'t want to think about: the likelyhood that Trent may be dead.[/quote:514ac]\n\nIn Part 6, Jane yelled at Daria when the possibility of Trent\'s death was brought up. As you and The Sidhe said, I\'ve tried to use the innuendoes as a means to cope. But, of course, anything\'s possible, since this story almost writes itself.\n\n\n[quote:514ac]Also, a tiny nitpick:\n\n[quote:514ac]The doctor looked at her and nodded. “I was afraid of that. It looks like we’ll have to use epinephrine, which I do happen to have on hand.” She prepared a hypodermic needle and cleaned a spot on Daria’s upper right arm. “Be thankful. I had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic once. I was given a weeks supply of prednisolone to take. A very tiny pill, but also very bitter. Prednisolone would take several days to work, anyway. This is a lot quicker.”\n\nDaria didn’t even react to the shot. Jane held her hands tightly to keep her from scratching and she was still biting her lower lip. Slowly, she relaxed as the antihistamine worked on her system. [/quote:514ac]\n\nEpinephrine isn\'t an antihistamine: it\'s a hormone that\'s an immunosuppresant (among other things) like prednisone, prednisolone, etc. An antihistamine blocks the effects of histamine produced by the immune system, while a shot of epi is going to block the actions of the immune system (including but not limited to the production of histamine) in the first place.\n\nBut while the categorization of the drug may be off (like I said, a nitpick), Doc. Kathy is doing the right thing, because it sounds like OH is going into anaphylaxis, which would make her get dead fast unless she gets wacked with an epi pen. Also Doc. Kathy\'s apparently blithe response might be deliberate to prevent Daria from becoming alarmed. Finally, I figure Kathy will want to keep tabs on Daria: she may need an antihistamine and prednisone tabs once her allergic crisis has passed—if there are any in the shelter, that is \":twisted:\"[/quote:514ac]\r\n\r\nI appreciate the info on that. I can\'t change my mistake in the thread now, but will in my final version and on the other forums I\'m posting to, whenever I get around to doing that again.\r\n\r\nIt\'s been 23 years since I worked as a corpsman, so my knowledge is a bit out of date. But the allergic reaction was based on a personal experience from 1999. To this day, I can taste the prednisolone. Ugh.\r\n\r\nWould you know if rabies vaccine has to be refrigerated?','',0,'gA==','514ac',1,0,'',545,0,0),(245970,18343,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181197016,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','An actual question about the show!','Okay.\r\n\r\n\r\nNow, we can all point to the big monents in [i:f6ddb]Daria[/i:f6ddb] that we like to discuss and would like to change, one way or another. \r\n\r\nTwo words. \'The Kiss\'.\r\n\r\n\r\nBut what about the little moments? The moments that were almost throwaways, the little touches, the moments of character that reveal oh, so much about all of our friendly neighborhood Lawndalians? Let\'s talk about some of those for a bit.\r\n\r\nOne little moment that always stood out for me was Upchuck getting the Rodney king treatment by the female LPD officers when his car stalls out at the Homecoming parade in [i:f6ddb]I Loathe A Parade[/i:f6ddb]. It\'s obvious from the way they speak to him (I LOVED it when one cop refers to him as \'Don Guano\'!) that they\'re all too familiar with him, and when he says one word too many & pays for it in pain (again, loved the way his screams of pain turned into crying and gurgles of agony)... Damn...\r\n\r\nWhat really sets the scene off for me is the way that NOBODY goes to his aid. I mean, even Tom (and there\'s no indication ever given that Tom knew him or even met him before that appearance) has no problem with him being beaten; just standing there and observing \'They\'re gonna kill him...\', and not making any move to interfere is some kind of Jim Vitale-level cold, you know? What kind of things had Upchuck done in the past to get this kind of response; maybe the bug-guy was right about the road Upchuck\'s taking after all...? I mean, come on! He may be a geek, but he\'s a rich white kid getting beaten by cops in the middle of the street, and during a major public spectacle! What the heck is up with Upchuck?\r\n\r\nAlso, you have to consider that - despite the portrayl on screen - Upchuck is \'Hollywood Homely\'; it\'s probably why I\'ve always seen Eric Stoltz (as he appeared in [i:f6ddb]Some Kind Of Wonderful[/i:f6ddb]) as a good live-action version of him. However, Topher Grace could also play a good Upchuck as well.\r\n\r\nSo, that\'s my question, folks. What are the little moments in the show, the tiny touches, the character-revealing moments that always caught your attention when you watch the show?','',0,'IA==','f6ddb',1,0,'',59,0,0),(245971,18341,6,545,0,'65.221.65.201',1181197383,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Angst Guy":e4400][quote="E. A. Smith":e4400]Ever seen [i:e4400]A Boy and His Dog[/i:e4400]? \":twisted:\"[/quote:e4400]\nDaria and Jane eat Quinn? With a fork, I mean.[/quote:e4400]\r\n\r\nAs long as it\'s not with a spork. That would be...uncivilized.\r\n\r\n\r\nAs far as the ending goes: I\'m not saying. Yet. But I can rule out the happy G-rated ending with bunnies and dolphins galore. I did a happy ficlet once and it nearly gave me a sugar overdose. If AiH hadn\'t fixed it with her addition, *shudder*.','',0,'oA==','e4400',1,0,'',545,0,0),(245972,18343,5,545,0,'65.221.65.201',1181197711,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','In [i:e2b05]Mart of Darkness[/i:e2b05], when Jesse tells Trent and Tom that he needs to get more scented candles because \"I haven\'t had a bath in a week.\" Trent just looks at him and says, \"You\'re sitting in the back.\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \r\n\r\nI also like it when Quinn and her reflection sing together in [i:e2b05]Daria![/i:e2b05]. \":lol:\"','',0,'IA==','e2b05',1,0,'',545,0,0),(245973,18310,6,328,0,'71.220.118.155',1181198773,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','This reminds me of something...\r\n\r\nSome months back I read a Buffy fanfic at the Fluff. It also involved a character being transformed into a kitten, and subsequently becoming the pet of a villain.\r\n\r\nAnd if this one ends up where that one did ...\r\n\r\n \":twisted:\" \r\n\r\nThis could be good.\r\n\r\nHoN','',0,'IA==','0e827',1,0,'',328,0,0),(245974,18319,3,21,0,'66.168.193.82',1181200025,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Eccles":14fa5][quote="ahmygoddess":14fa5][quote="Brother Grimace":14fa5][quote="E. A. Smith":14fa5]Mine is still the icon for [i:14fa5]Firefly[/i:14fa5], the greatest sci-fi TV show of all time.[/quote:14fa5]\n\n\n(turns to see Brother Grimace behind him wearing a PSI Cop uniform)\n\nBG: Just imagine how this could have gone, if I were a Trekkie or a [i:14fa5]Star Wars[/i:14fa5] fan. \n\n(motions as if he were tipping his hat)\n\nWe are, however, quite more civilized. Be seeing you. \n\n(walks away)[/quote:14fa5]\n\n\"Be seeing you...\" With a touch of the hat? What a marvelously obscure reference...[/quote:14fa5]\n\nIs this the bit were I get eaten by a giant sea dwelling marshmallow?\nor am I OK because I am No# 562 and therefore insignificant?[/quote:14fa5]\r\n\r\nTo the Rover, no one is insignificant, Number 562. All of us are grist for the mill, if we step out of line. Although, I don\'t think we have to worry that much until the doors to our domiciles close on their own.\r\n\r\nFor the uninitiated, the references listed are from a fantastic (but short-lived) British television series (18 episodes) called \"The Prisoner\", a direct extension of the \"Danger Man/Secret Agent\" series. In it, a spy angrily resigns, but that is not to be, as he is overcome and taken to \'The Village\' to be intensively questioned by the powers that be. Who they are is never made clear. All personnel are referred to by number: The Hero is Number Six, The Villain (who changes from episode to episode) is Number Two. Wikipedia has a detailed account (for some reason, I can\'t pull up the url, so just type in \"The Prisoner\" on your browser, and go to the Wikipedia site):\r\n\r\n \"Where am I?\"\r\n \"In the Village.\"\r\n \"What do you want?\"\r\n \"Information.\"\r\n \"Whose side are you on?\"\r\n \"That would be telling.... We want information. Information! INFORMATION!\" \r\n \"You won\'t get it.\"\r\n \"By hook or by crook, we will.\"\r\n \"Who are you?\"\r\n \"The new Number Two.\" \r\n \"Who is Number One?\"\r\n \"You are Number Six.\" \r\n \"I am not a number — I am a free man!\"\r\n\r\nThe chilling tag line, \"Be seeing you\", done with a touch of the hat, was said in perfect civility, and total menace. And it was a visual as well as a verbal threat. The simple touch by the hand, slightly dipping the hat accompanied by the the verbal comments would send shudders down your spine.\r\n\r\nThis program had a profound impact on my son. When he was was in middle school, there was some routine function that required an ordinary numeration. When it came to him, he shouted out \"I am not a number — I am a free man!\" Now of course, he was being an attention whore at the time, as many kids are, but it showed that he saw and listened to what was important to his old man, and that it became important to him.','',0,'oA==','14fa5',1,0,'',21,0,0),(245975,18310,6,412,0,'72.69.194.143',1181201291,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="HeirOfNorton":b8cdb]This reminds me of something...\n\nSome months back I read a Buffy fanfic at the Fluff. It also involved a character being transformed into a kitten, and subsequently becoming the pet of a villain.\n\nAnd if this one ends up where that one did ...\n\n \":twisted:\" \n\nThis could be good.\n\nHoN[/quote:b8cdb]Never read it, how\'d it end?','',0,'gA==','b8cdb',1,0,'',412,0,0),(245976,18341,6,656,0,'67.169.62.234',1181201847,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Please no waking up and it\'s all a dream.','',0,'gA==','3cdad',1,0,'',656,0,0),(245977,10015,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181202305,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Mmmmmm. Single malt scotch.','',0,'gA==','9333d',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245978,18302,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181202354,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Tch. You cricket fans.','',0,'gA==','e2d49',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245979,20824,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181202437,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Dammit! Let\'s have it NOW! I just heard that the Aussie $ is at US$0.85. When I was there last time it was US$0.70.','',0,'gA==','72f34',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245980,18344,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181202528,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Is this Burnout Girl?','[url=http://www.pennyandaggie.com/:67a8b]Look at the girl on the right of the second frame.[/url:67a8b]','',0,'EA==','67a8b',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245981,18344,3,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181202644,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Hmmm... \":lol:\" \r\n\r\nPerhaps so....or you\'re just seeing what you want to see.... \":shock:\"','',0,'EA==','b03b1',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245982,18315,5,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181203056,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":d8dcf]Oh really, I don\'t see anyone flirting with you.[/quote:d8dcf]\n\nNot on this board maybe, but you\'ll be surprised... \":roll:\" \n\n[quote="Quiverwing":d8dcf][quote="cyde":d8dcf][quote="starmeshelion":d8dcf]Whenever something bad happens to me, I just use it to make myself more popular. \":D\"[/quote:d8dcf]\n\nOh, yes. \"Popular\" in the Upchuck sense of the term. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:d8dcf]\n\nYep. \":lol:\"[/quote:d8dcf]\r\n\r\nHey, Upchuck may be a loser in love, but he got the cash!','',0,'gA==','d8dcf',1,0,'',544,0,0),(245983,18148,5,274,0,'124.179.48.56',1181205111,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Elliott Smith: [i:528f6]Elliott Smith[/i:528f6]\r\n\r\n[img:528f6]http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/resources/images/smiith/smiith_rel_15.jpg[/img:528f6]\r\n\r\nGo-Betweens: [i:528f6]16 Lovers Lane[/i:528f6]\r\n\r\n[img:528f6]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4f/16LoversLane.jpg/200px-16LoversLane.jpg[/img:528f6]','',0,'KA==','528f6',1,0,'',274,0,0),(245984,18275,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181205307,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','You are correct Bliss Ticks I have no personal experience with the public transport system in the US, however a lot of my RL friends are from America so I am aware how bad the system is over there. All I am saying is that over here it is not much better if any.\r\nI can\'t coment on the cost of fares, it has been about five years since I had to rely on public transport over here. All i can say is that the cost of my fuel was about the same as my return ticket from the Derby Beer Festival Dariacon.\r\n\r\nThere are only 8 City’s that have any form of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rapid_transit_systems:14cd9]Rapid Transit System.[/url:14cd9] Ie an Underground or a Tram Network. These are great, and I have used the one in Newcastle fairly regularly, the problem is they only run in that particular City they don’t really venture much into the surrounding areas, at least the one in Newcastle goes from the town centre to the coast about 10 – 15 miles away.\r\n\r\nAs for going to Martins on public transport.\r\nIf I was to have conducted my Journey last Sunday to Martins by bus and National Express Coach, It would have taken between 7 to 8 hours, each way. So yes I would have been able to consume vast quantities of alchol, but I would definitely have missed lunch! Also with the time I left late at night I would have had to wait until the next morning to come home. As it was by using a car I had enough time for breakfast, and to pick up Tom in Nottingham and it still only took 3 - 4 hours each way.\r\n \r\nOutward journeys for Sun 10 Jun 07 leaving after 08:30 \r\nOption 1 / Transport - Bus, Bus, Coach, Bus, Walk / Changes - 4\r\nLeave - 11:15 / Arrive - 18:30 / Duration 7hours, 15 mins \r\n\r\nReturn journeys for Mon 11 Jun 07 leaving after 00:30 \r\nOption 1 / Transport - Bus, Coach, Bus, Walk / Changes - 3\r\nLeave - 09:30 / Arrive - 17:39 / Duration 8hours, 09 mins\r\n\r\nOur Rail links here are better I would have at least made it in time to get a meal, \r\n\r\nOutward journeys for Sun 10 Jun 07 leaving after 08:30 \r\nOption 1 / Transport - Bus, Train, Train, Bus, Walk / Changes - 4\r\nLeave - 08:52 / Arrive - 13:50 / Duration - 4hours, 58 mins\r\n\r\nReturn journeys for Mon 11 Jun 07 leaving after 00:30 \r\nOption - 1 / Transport - Bus, Train, Train, Train, Walk / Changes - 4\r\nLeave - 05:10 / Arrive - 08:44 / Duration - 3hours, 34 mins \r\n\r\nI have done it once by rail but not to get to Martins house but a Town nearby.\r\nYou can read of my adventure for that trip here.\r\n[url=http://admingoldman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Daria/fanstuff/eccles/blog/Derby%20060107/blog.html:14cd9]Daria in Derby[/url:14cd9]','',0,'EA==','14cd9',1,0,'',588,0,0),(245985,18325,5,274,0,'124.179.48.56',1181205502,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Arrgh, impossible question. I listen to a pretty wide range of bands, and the problem with judging them to a single set of criteria is that its unfair applying them for some artists as opposed to others. For instance, while I might judge a Bob Dylan song based on its lyrics, it wouldn\'t work doing that with a My Bloody Valentine or Cocteau Twins track, where the vocals are largely used as an instrument. Similarly, I can\'t restrict music to a single emotional response because it should be about a variety of responses. No point limiting yourself to a single type.','',0,'EA==','0b268',1,0,'',274,0,0),(245986,18341,6,570,0,'195.178.214.14',1181205846,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I voted for the second option. Quinn is already dead or dying, and the story is dark enough to require someone else\'s death.','',0,'EA==','37242',1,0,'',570,0,0),(245987,18345,3,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181206159,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Bringing "Sexy" back??','Where did hell did it go?? Did \"Sexy\" disappear for awhile?? Why do people use this ridiculous phrase?\r\n\r\nYeah...I\'m bored...but this has been on my mind \":lol:\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[img:382f8]http://lc.fdots.com/cc/lc/9a/9a4dd838d3b23ddbf4c7bdf54891668e.jpg[/img:382f8]','',0,'CA==','382f8',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245988,18302,3,260,0,'209.195.175.103',1181207340,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="TippedOver":23ea7][b:23ea7][size=200:23ea7][color=red:23ea7]DUCKS WIN!!![/color:23ea7][/size:23ea7][/b:23ea7]\n\n\n[size=59:23ea7]NOT Penguins, DUCKS...[/size:23ea7]\n\n\nI feel a little better now - SHOULD have been the Sabres, but hey, there\'s always next year.[/quote:23ea7]\r\n\r\nNo, next year, Penguins.\r\n\r\nI\'m glad to see Randy Carlyle finally win one. He\'s definitely a good guy.\r\n\r\nPeace\r\nKevin','',0,'xg==','23ea7',1,0,'',260,0,0),(245990,18346,4,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181208522,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','This is just evil','[url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20070603_What_if_our_mercenaries_turn_on_us_.html:acc17]I had no idea that the US use of mercenaries was so entrenched.[/url:acc17]\r\n\r\nThis is serious sh1t. What kind of coverage is it getting? Is anyone worried?','',0,'EA==','acc17',1,0,'',114,0,0),(245991,18346,4,472,0,'75.178.188.105',1181209240,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: This is just evil','[quote="Deref":53256][url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20070603_What_if_our_mercenaries_turn_on_us_.html:53256]I had no idea that the US use of mercenaries was so entrenched.[/url:53256]\n\nThis is serious sh1t. What kind of coverage is it getting? Is anyone worried?[/quote:53256]\r\n\r\nI\'m all for it. Mercenaries get paid a hell of a lot better than troops, and since they join up with full knowledge that their only purpose is to shoot people, they don\'t get low morale for being sent to war after joining up to pay for vet school.\r\n\r\nPlus I applied for a job with Blackwater in their development of a recon balloon.','',0,'kA==','53256',1,0,'',472,0,0),(245992,18345,3,598,0,'86.41.125.128',1181210591,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I guess Justin Timberlake saw himself as the real deal, coming back to show all the pretenders (as he saw them) how \"it\'s\" done.\r\n\r\nHas it become a popular phrase now or something?','',0,'kA==','6be3e',1,0,'',598,0,0),(245993,18345,3,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181210860,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Well..William Shatner said it in ad for his new game show,lol\r\n\r\nBut I have heard it or read it in a few other instances\r\n\r\n[quote:d0569]Justin Timberlake[/quote:d0569]\r\n\r\nThat guy can go suck his own \":P\" \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','d0569',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245995,16720,5,598,0,'86.41.125.128',1181213246,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','\"The Best of Both Worlds\" is a classic, without a doubt, but I think the Borg\'s introduction episode, \"Q Who?\", is always worth a look. The first time we see the Borg cube approaching, it\'s a truly chilling moment. It\'s a good episode to introduce someone to TNG, and a good rebuttal to those who claim that \"everything always turns out OK\" in Star Trek. In the end, Picard and his crew have not lost one, but two battles.\r\n\r\n\"The Inner Light\" is another high point for me: it has both a moving character drama and a mind-boggling sci-fi concept. \r\n\r\nI also love \"The Survivors\" (I was truly stunned by the revelation at the end), \"Conundrum\" (very funny and tense), \"Yesterday\'s Enterprise\" (complex plot and great performances all round), and \"The Mind\'s Eye\" (probably the best episode featuring the Romulans, the most underrated ST villains).\r\n\r\nThere are loads of other episodes I could list, though.','',0,'EA==','c4120',1,0,'',598,0,0),(245996,16720,5,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181213607,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Yes indeed, more great episodes. \":D\" \r\n\r\n[quote:7f705]a good rebuttal to those who claim that \"everything always turns out OK\" in Star Trek[/quote:7f705]\r\n\r\nThat was never truer than in DS9\'s entire 7 year run \":)\" \r\n\r\nAnother favorite is \"Cause and Effect\", when the ship is caught in a repeating time loop and is destoyed over and over until they figure out how to stop it. This episode also featured Kelsey Grammar at the very end. \"8)\"','',0,'gA==','7f705',1,0,'',568,0,0),(245997,18343,5,598,0,'86.41.125.128',1181213631,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I love Trent\'s reaction to seeing Brittany in Jane\'s Room in \"Partner\'s Complaint\". \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','e5ee6',1,0,'',598,0,0),(245998,18275,3,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181213673,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":caa74]\nFrom what I understand (and please correct me if I\'m wrong), there is a movement to introduce the metric system as a replacement for the US customary system. Unfortunately, we\'re rather resistant to change and most of us have been using the US customary system for all of our lives. Change would be difficult and laborious and, frankly, most people have no incentive to learn a different way of doing it. I am six feet, three inches tall... and I couldn\'t tell you how many centimeters that is off the top of my head. You savvy? \";)\"\n\nOh god, and imagine how that would screw up (American) football!\n\nAnd biologists claim that the human is an adaptable animal? \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:caa74]\r\n\r\nThe \"movement\" has been creeping along since the 1970s and in many cases, has gone the wrong direction. The way that they tried to teach metric use back then probably turned many of my generation against the metric system. First, memorize all of the unit prefixes, even the ones that are never used in everday life (yeah, how many times does anybody use deka-). Second, bombard them with a bunch of conversion factors so that the students \"can get a feel for what the units are like\". Noboby ever thought of the simple method of [i:caa74]using[/i:caa74] the metric system to teach it.\r\n\r\nSo now, scientists are familiar with the metric system because we use it regularly and everyone else still lives in fear of bad prefixes and obscure conversions.','',0,'oA==','caa74',1,0,'',276,0,0),(245999,18343,5,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181213737,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="byron lomax":44612]I love Trent\'s reaction to seeing Brittany in Jane\'s Room in \"Partner\'s Complaint\". \":lol:\"[/quote:44612]\r\n\r\nWhat was it? \"Hey Janey, I-WHOA!!\" \":shock:\" \r\n\r\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','44612',1,0,'',568,0,0),(246000,18319,3,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181213886,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','A nice bit of exta trivia on [i:c19fd]The Prisoner[/i:c19fd]. Almost every episode featured a different Number 2 and the opening dialog AMG posted was recorded with the Number 2 of that episode. Sometimes, the inflections used gave some extra meanings, hints and confusions about the show.','',0,'IA==','c19fd',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246001,18329,4,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181214288,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="atimnie":74889][quote="TheEleventy":74889]Another thing: Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you?\n\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:74889]Don\'t assume, it\'s a most unattractive trait. I tried to serve, straight out of high school, but they thought I was too nervous and depressed to join. Of course, this was at a rare time when we weren\'t at war with anyone, these days I think I might get in, if I wasn\'t well into my 40\'s.[/quote:74889]\r\n\r\nAlso a reminder, there are more ways to serve than the military. That was a lesson my father (a career Army/Air Force non-comm and veteran of WWII and Korea) made sure all of his children understood.','',0,'gA==','74889',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246002,18346,4,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181214474,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: This is just evil','[quote="Deref":b0251][url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20070603_What_if_our_mercenaries_turn_on_us_.html:b0251]I had no idea that the US use of mercenaries was so entrenched.[/url:b0251]\n\nThis is serious sh1t. What kind of coverage is it getting? Is anyone worried?[/quote:b0251]\r\n\r\nThey\'ve gotten off and on coverage ever since 4 Blackwater contractors were killed and their mutilated bodies paraded in the streets. By some accounts, these outfits have been very reticent about detailing to families how some of these people were killed.','',0,'kA==','b0251',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246003,18300,4,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181214745,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":59f40][quote="RLobinske":59f40]Dervish, you\'re actually suggesting a new government program? \":D\" \n\nActually, I think it\'s a good idea that could be effectively put into place without too much trouble. The EBT debit cards have proven to be far less suceptable to abuse than the old paper food stamps.[/quote:59f40]\n\n\nHA!\n\n(not meaning to be a jerk.)\n\n\nHere in Illinois, they started the Link Card system in 1997... and in late January or early February, they had already discovered several cases of fraud and abuse of the system, mere weeks after it was activated. \n\nThe WORST case of abuse (so far) was actually here in Peoria, not more than a few blocks from where one of my brothers lives. There was a little mom-and-pop store that had the system set up so that people could come in and use it to get a straight cash-value off the cards, or buy liquor, drugs or even guns with their cards. \n\nThe local news media were walking around on clouds for a week after running that story into the ground. \n\n\nThis is a small city, also. Imagine what will - or could - or does - happen in major cities, or very small aareas that aren\'t all that heavily watched.[/quote:59f40]\r\n\r\nI didn\'t say that they couldn\'t be abused, just that they were less suceptable to abuse. The old paper food stamps could, and were, used fraudulently with much more ease and frequency.\r\n\r\nI have a firm believe in human inventiveness. Somebody will figure a way to scam and commit fraud in any system we can develop. That\'s why I also agree with you that oversight is critical. But as I\'ve frequently said, oversight is essential to any government program.','',0,'gA==','59f40',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246004,18259,11,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181215362,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Nice, entertaining video that gets the message across. That is one of the things that continually frustrates me. Evolution Theory says nothing about the existance of a divinity. It is simply the description of the observable biological and physical process of species change and development. It doesn\'t \"disprove\" a divinity any more than Newton\'s Laws of Motion or the Laws of Thermodynamics \"disprove\" a divinity.','',0,'gA==','fb65f',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246005,18346,4,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181216001,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','','[url=http://www.tonykevin.com/IraqNewsGettingWorse.html:036c1]Australians have also been doing this all along,[/url:036c1] so do avoid any self-righteousness here.\r\n\r\nThis is just the latest and logical (despite being immoral) extension of the military-industrial complex, which rules the governments that attempt to rule those who inhabit both countries.\r\n\r\nWhich marauding States are, by the way, [i:036c1]neither[/i:036c1] \"yours\" nor \"mine.\" I suggest in advance that we take care to avoid those bits of reckless collectivist usage, as well.','',0,'MA==','036c1',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246006,18275,3,61,0,'192.91.173.36',1181216318,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":d3450]First, memorize all of the unit prefixes, even the ones that are never used in everday life (yeah, how many times does anybody use deka-).\n[/quote:d3450]\r\n\r\n\r\nI remember using \"atto\" once on a homework assignment for a semiconductors class. I think it momentarily confused whoever graded the paper.','',0,'gA==','d3450',1,0,'',61,0,0),(246007,16720,5,598,0,'86.41.125.128',1181216923,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I\'d also add \"Schisms\", which is really underrated I think. That scene where they\'re in the holodeck trying to construct a re-enactment of the examination room from their memories of abduction is really, really creepy.','',0,'gA==','ede37',1,0,'',598,0,0),(246008,18327,3,598,0,'86.41.125.128',1181217201,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Thanks for the feedback everyone. I\'ve ordered the Database and i might get the Diaries sometime in the future.','',0,'gA==','ca592',1,0,'',598,0,0),(246009,18336,6,105,0,'170.59.186.100',1181217406,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Yes.\r\n\r\n[url:10977]http://www.drugs.com/ppa/rabies-vaccine.html[/url:10977]\r\n\r\n\r\nWhich is not to say that the mixed vaccine may not have a shelf life of a couple of days - that I can\'t answer.\r\n\r\nOr simply have D&J put the syringe in a baggie and carry it in a thermos with ice - that should keep it for two or three days, at least.','',0,'EA==','10977',1,1181223198,'',105,1,0),(246010,18341,6,671,0,'64.12.116.76',1181219657,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','To me no one will be dead unless we are specifically told by someone who saw them die or we saw a body. At this point to me everyone is still possibly alive.','',0,'EA==','0ebff',1,0,'',671,0,0),(246011,18344,3,671,0,'64.12.116.9',1181219906,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Penny and Aggie is a great webcomic. Yeah, that girl does look like Burnout Girl and Penny does look like Tori.','',0,'EA==','617b1',1,0,'',671,0,0),(246012,16720,5,671,0,'64.12.116.9',1181220197,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I wasn\'t even a full year old yet, only about 9 months. Though chances are I was with my parents when they were watching it.','',0,'EA==','07ccd',1,0,'',671,0,0),(246013,18259,11,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181221254,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":9d246]Nice, entertaining video that gets the message across. That is one of the things that continually frustrates me. Evolution Theory says nothing about the existance of a divinity. It is simply the description of the observable biological and physical process of species change and development. It doesn\'t \"disprove\" a divinity any more than Newton\'s Laws of Motion or the Laws of Thermodynamics \"disprove\" a divinity.[/quote:9d246]\r\n\r\nThis may be a dumb question, but isn\'t there a difference between micro-evolution and macro-evolution? I thought micro-evolution was dealing with species change and development, as you describe here, and macro-evolution was dealing with how it all started.\r\n\r\n[size=25:9d246]Science has never been my favorite subject, please don\'t hurt me![/size:9d246]','',0,'hA==','9d246',1,0,'',613,0,0),(246014,18348,3,598,0,'86.41.125.128',1181221374,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','veoh','I\'ve caught up with loads of Daria episodes I\'ve missed on Veoh, but now it looks like the majority of them have been relegated to the \"Mature Content\" status. It\'s weird, because there\'s lots of stuff on the website that could be considered more \"mature\" (or rather, child-unfriendly), but it\'s still there for all to see.','',0,'hA==','aedf1',1,0,'',598,0,0),(246016,18342,6,589,0,'209.162.31.98',1181222448,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Ewww....I sooooo.... didn\'t expect to see you here, Upchuck. \":)\"','',0,'hA==','a06b7',1,0,'',589,0,0),(246017,18344,3,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181222478,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":0b230]Penny and Aggie is a great webcomic. Yeah, that girl does look like Burnout Girl and Penny does look like Tori.[/quote:0b230]\r\n\r\nI just started reading it. It\'s very cool.\r\n\r\n-Dennis','',0,'gA==','0b230',1,0,'',64,0,0),(246018,18310,6,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181222564,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'ve never even seen Kim Possible, but this story is really fun.','',0,'gA==','81dac',1,0,'',613,0,0),(246019,18343,5,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181222777,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The following exchange from \"Dye! Dye! My Darling!\"\r\n\r\nJane has just finished berating Tom.\r\n\r\nJane: What do we do now?\r\n\r\nTom: I don\'t know.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a great exchange, because they don\'t know. Neither of them has ever been in this position before, and there\'s no road map. Just another sign that the writers were always thinking.\r\n\r\n-Dennis','',0,'gA==','7b8cc',1,0,'',64,0,0),(246020,18336,6,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181222903,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":df83e][quote="smk":df83e][quote="Brother Grimace":df83e][quote="smk":df83e][quote="Brother Grimace":df83e]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:df83e]\n\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. \":?\"\n\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.[/quote:df83e]\n\nRemember when Linda told the girls that Lawndale was evacuated?[/quote:df83e]\n\nOK, but Trent was gone. Yeah, he was . . . I\'m not sure where he was, but he was gone. Gone, I say![/quote:df83e]\n\n\nYes... yes. Trent probably was gone. Maybe he and the Boys of Spiral were off doing a gig at some dive elsewhere, and spent the time afterward partaking of The Skanks Whose Names They Could Care Less About... that\'s why they weren\'t there.\n\nIf you also want to go with the plausible what-if\'s... there\'s every chance that he Boys of Spiral saw Quinn and company and rescued them... why?\n\n1.) It\'s the right thing to do.\n\n2.) Because Trent would do it to keep Daria from being sad. \n\n\nYes... that\'s what happened...\n\nIt is. \n\nReally. \n\n\n\n \":twisted:\"[/quote:df83e]\r\n\r\nBetter idea! He was asleep, in the shelter! And he didn\'t bop out unprepared into fallout, because the nuclear emergency radio, without which no shelter is complete, automatically came on, and he had all the information he needed to stay safe.\r\n\r\n \":P\"','',0,'gA==','df83e',1,1181225799,'',613,1,0),(246021,18337,6,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181222964,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?','',0,'gA==','c677b',1,0,'',613,0,0),(246022,18315,5,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181223050,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":51cd3][quote="Quiverwing":51cd3]Oh really, I don\'t see anyone flirting with you.[/quote:51cd3]\n\nNot on this board maybe, but you\'ll be surprised... \":roll:\" \n\n[quote="Quiverwing":51cd3][quote="cyde":51cd3][quote="starmeshelion":51cd3]Whenever something bad happens to me, I just use it to make myself more popular. \":D\"[/quote:51cd3]\n\nOh, yes. \"Popular\" in the Upchuck sense of the term. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:51cd3]\n\nYep. \":lol:\"[/quote:51cd3]\n\nHey, Upchuck may be a loser in love, but he got the cash![/quote:51cd3]\r\n\r\nFrom his daddy, yeah. \":P\"','',0,'gA==','51cd3',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246023,18343,5,70,0,'67.184.16.255',1181223303,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','One little piece that made Daria seem a little more human and less caricature.\r\n\r\nIn The New Kid, when Daria learns that Quinn used her web page software, which Daria had planned to return. Quinn comments on how many hits her page had gotten and Daria says she can top that. Quinn acts confused--something like \"But you don\'t have a web page!\" And Daria responds:\r\n\r\n\"No, but I can hit.\"\r\n\r\n\r\nNot her most shining moment, but I know that\'s the way many of us--even us bright, verbal people--handled our little sisters from time to time. (I gave mine a huge bruise on the shoulder, while she made her own hole in my ear cartilage when we were about that age.)','',0,'gA==','47399',1,0,'',70,0,0),(246024,18259,11,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181223941,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="smk":6dfda]\nThis may be a dumb question, but isn\'t there a difference between micro-evolution and macro-evolution? I thought micro-evolution was dealing with species change and development, as you describe here, and macro-evolution was dealing with how it all started.\n\n[size=25:6dfda]Science has never been my favorite subject, please don\'t hurt me![/size:6dfda][/quote:6dfda]\r\n\r\nIt\'s mainly a matter of scale. Microevolution is small scale changes in relatively short time frames, while macroevolution is larger scale changes over longer periods that often result in sufficient divergence for new species or sub-species. There are a number of different schools of thought about how much these two are part of a continuum and how much that there are separate processes the affect both. The arguments on these differences get rather involved and lengthy. \r\n\r\nEvolution Theory itself actually does not touch upon how life orginated. It only deals with how things changed after that point.','',0,'hA==','6dfda',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246025,18341,6,387,0,'65.223.143.186',1181224142,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Their families will have survived the nuclear attacks but have been killed by bikers on the hunt for \"petrol\" and Daria and Jane will go off Mad-Max style for two more stories. \":)\" \r\n\r\nMelissa','',0,'hA==','5cb54',1,0,'',387,0,0),(246026,17945,10,468,0,'66.61.162.126',1181224274,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Nice work!\r\n\r\nYou had a page on Deviantart all along, and didn\'t tell us?! You sneaky little...\r\n\r\nWell, like I said, now that you have one (albeit a couple years old), I\'m gonna watch you!','',0,'hA==','d4b20',1,0,'',468,0,0),(246027,18336,6,671,0,'64.12.116.200',1181224364,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I\'m sure he was sleeping next to the kiln in the basement and, with all the layers of lead paint on the house\'s exterior, was safe.','',0,'hA==','434d1',1,0,'',671,0,0),(246028,18343,5,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181224524,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Also from [i:2619b]The New Kid[/i:2619b]:\r\n\r\n[quote:2619b](Ted exits)\n\nJane - Um, you did the right thing? \n\nDaria - Yeah. A guy makes me a necklace by hand and I act like it\'s nuclear waste. Sure. I did the right thing. \n\nJane - Okay, now you\'re being sarcastic. \n[/quote:2619b]\nand later:\n\n[quote:2619b]Daria - Do you think I was too mean to Ted? \n\nJane - Oh brother. \n\nDaria - He\'s not a brother, and he\'s not in a cult. He\'s just very honest and ethical and smart and I shouldn\'t have been so mean. \n[/quote:2619b]\r\n\r\nThis is one of the places where we really start seeing Daria as a feeling human who does have empathy for others and does have remorse for some of her actions. It didn\'t work out in the end, but someone, a boy, started to get inside of her self-imposed walls.','',0,'oA==','2619b',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246029,18339,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181224593,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":20050]:lol: \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Shades of the Coyote and the Roadrunner![/quote:20050]\r\n\r\nThose were unbelievably funny.\r\n\r\nThanks for sharing.','',0,'gA==','20050',1,0,'',588,0,0),(246030,18259,11,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181225702,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":834a8][quote="smk":834a8]\nThis may be a dumb question, but isn\'t there a difference between micro-evolution and macro-evolution? I thought micro-evolution was dealing with species change and development, as you describe here, and macro-evolution was dealing with how it all started.\n\n[size=25:834a8]Science has never been my favorite subject, please don\'t hurt me![/size:834a8][/quote:834a8]\n\nIt\'s mainly a matter of scale. Microevolution is small scale changes in relatively short time frames, while macroevolution is larger scale changes over longer periods that often result in sufficient divergence for new species or sub-species. There are a number of different schools of thought about how much these two are part of a continuum and how much that there are separate processes the affect both. The arguments on these differences get rather involved and lengthy. \n\n[b:834a8]Evolution Theory itself actually does not touch upon how life orginated. It only deals with how things changed after that point[/b:834a8].[/quote:834a8]\r\n\r\nIs that a change, or has that always been how scientists define it? Because that is not what I learned in school. Maybe we were only taught dumbed-down science, though.','',0,'xA==','834a8',1,0,'',613,0,0),(246031,18319,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181225719,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":66ded]A nice bit of exta trivia on [i:66ded]The Prisoner[/i:66ded]. Almost every episode featured a different Number 2 and the opening dialog AMG posted was recorded with the Number 2 of that episode. Sometimes, the inflections used gave some extra meanings, hints and confusions about the show.[/quote:66ded]\r\n\r\nNow for the real crazy stuff, The outside locations were not done on the back lot of a recording studio. It was all filmed in the Welsh village of Portmeirion. The Village actualy exists and is a real village, people live there!!!\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.portmeirion-village.com/:66ded]You can find Information, [size=150:66ded]Information,[/size:66ded] [size=200:66ded]Information,[/size:66ded] About the Village and a Quizz about the Prisoner here.[/url:66ded]','',0,'tA==','66ded',1,0,'',588,0,0),(246032,18349,5,36,0,'216.54.136.18',1181225726,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Daria in the news!','Well, sort of. Janeane Garofalo mentions her in an offhand manner at the end of an interview with the Onion:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.avclub.com/content/feature/r ... e_garofalo','',0,'tA==','6698f',1,0,'',36,0,0),(246033,18344,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181226317,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Yeah I would say that is Burnout Girl.\r\n\r\n\r\n[url:dc433]http://ssw.ssw.net/cast/characters/other/background.htm[/url:dc433]','',0,'EA==','dc433',1,0,'',588,0,0),(246034,18315,5,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181226791,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Hey, being Upchuck isn\'t that bad; He winds up with Andrea, and in some fics even with Stacy. Now I wouldn\'t mind being Andrea\'s boyfriend; She looks like one of those dark and mysterious LiveJournal Goths who enjoy slashing their wrists. Grrrrrrr, feisty! (Or is it \"bloody\"?)','',0,'EA==','24fbe',1,0,'',544,0,0),(246035,18343,5,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181227382,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Ted DeWitt Clinton is an absolute weirdo and the one person on the show I never really got. He\'s also a good person who doesn\'t deserve to be ostracised, especially not by Daria, but I can\'t identify with him for the life of me, let alone find his relationships with either Daria or Stacy in fanfics believable at all. I know that Daria is a show about highschool stereotypes, but must every television nerd be nerdy in the basest form of the word? How come American TV shows only have nerds who are into science and sci-fi and D&D, sometimes even chess, but they never have geeks who like literature or progressive rock or other things? Daria is a literate girl with glasses, therefore she is more of a \"brain\" than a \"geek\", but the point of Daria as a show is also to transcend these stereotypes, and so to have a character like Ted on the show, without allowing for any character development for him at all, to me is kind of an insult.','',0,'EA==','9ec9a',1,0,'',544,0,0),(246036,18337,6,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181227554,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="smk":b66c0]When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?[/quote:b66c0]\r\n\r\nThat depends. Does anyone here want to beta the script? \":P\"','',0,'gA==','b66c0',1,0,'',359,0,0),(246037,18341,6,545,0,'65.221.65.137',1181227775,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="waldnorm":d8230]Please no waking up and it\'s all a dream.[/quote:d8230]\r\n\r\nTrust me, that is not an option. Sounds too much like a bad episode of [i:d8230]Dallas[/i:d8230]. Besides, it would be a lame ending.','',0,'oA==','d8230',1,0,'',545,0,0),(246038,18337,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181228028,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":139f8][quote="smk":139f8]When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?[/quote:139f8]\n\nThat depends. Does anyone here want to beta the script? \":P\"[/quote:139f8]\r\n\r\nI used to do that all the time back in school - it\'s how I got my first job as a writing consultant (back when I was an actual person). \r\n\r\n\r\nBe glad to beta it for you - and if you\'re up to it, I could use someone to give me an opinion on my [i:139f8]Heroes: Origin[/i:139f8] spec script.','',0,'oA==','139f8',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246039,18336,6,545,0,'65.221.65.137',1181228193,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="echopapa":ddd05]Yes.\n\n[url:ddd05]http://www.drugs.com/ppa/rabies-vaccine.html[/url:ddd05]\n\n\nWhich is not to say that the mixed vaccine may not have a shelf life of a couple of days - that I can\'t answer.\n\nOr simply have D&J put the syringe in a baggie and carry it in a thermos with ice - that should keep it for two or three days, at least.[/quote:ddd05]\r\n\r\nThank you for that info. \":D\" \r\n\r\n \r\nI hadn\'t come across the drugs.com site yet in my research, so it will be useful for other fics as well. This helps me in part 18 (and probably parts 19 and 20, as well.)','',0,'kA==','ddd05',1,0,'',545,0,0),(246040,18341,6,499,0,'203.59.90.64',1181228544,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I have not read the series, but I can safely say that it will end in a tap-dance number.\r\n\r\nThe Klown has spoken...or typed...whatever.','',0,'kA==','4643c',1,0,'',499,0,0),(246041,18343,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181228693,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":c69fc]Ted DeWitt Clinton is an absolute weirdo and the one person on the show I never really got. He\'s also a good person who doesn\'t deserve to be ostracised, especially not by Daria, but I can\'t identify with him for the life of me, let alone find his relationships with either Daria or Stacy in fanfics believable at all. I know that Daria is a show about highschool stereotypes, but must every television nerd be nerdy in the basest form of the word? How come American TV shows only have nerds who are into science and sci-fi and D&D, sometimes even chess, but they never have geeks who like literature or progressive rock or other things? Daria is a literate girl with glasses, therefore she is more of a \"brain\" than a \"geek\", but the point of Daria as a show is also to transcend these stereotypes, and so to have a character like Ted on the show, without allowing for any character development for him at all, to me is kind of an insult.[/quote:c69fc]\r\n\r\n\r\nYes, yes, yes. That\'s all very nice, but if you want to berate him in this thread, then at least point out a specific instance, and a specific moment where he really annoyed you. If it were me, I\'d pick the point where they were at the arcade, and he basically blows Daria off to keep playing with the jocks and popular kids, who\'ve suddenly judged him \'cool\'. \r\n\r\nShe should have slapped him. Problem is, it would have only made him cooler in the guys\' eyes. (\'Dang... you the man, Ted! Hit it and quit it, and now she\'s PISSED...!\')\r\n\r\nMen. Given half the chance, we\'re [i:c69fc]dogs[/i:c69fc]. ALL of us. \r\n\r\n[u:c69fc][size=200:c69fc][b:c69fc]ARF![/b:c69fc][/size:c69fc][/u:c69fc] \":wink:\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"\r\n\r\n\r\nOh, and P.S. - since it IS a show about stereotypes, and Ted also fits into the \'Hollywood Homely\' class, in real life, Ted would look like Michael Shanks from [i:c69fc]Stargate SG-1[/i:c69fc]. \r\n\r\n(Uh, people... you can pick Teeki, NNJ and HSX up off the floor at any time - and Dervish... we know that you didn\'t just slip on spilled water. Stop trying to play it off. \":wink:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\")\r\n\r\nThink about THAT, Stars. Ted Dewitt-Clinton. Wickedly smart, well-versed in self-defense, will actually try to do things that\'ll make a girl happy AND he looks handsome enough for almost any girl but still can carry off the \'boy-next-door\' thing with ease. \r\n\r\nNo wonder you can\'t stand him. He\'d take Stacy from you without a blink - [i:c69fc]and the girl would never look back.[/i:c69fc] \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','',0,'5Q==','c69fc',1,1181229151,'',59,2,0),(246042,18337,6,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181228815,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":380c8]Be glad to beta it for you - and if you\'re up to it, I could use someone to give me an opinion on my [i:380c8]Heroes: Origin[/i:380c8] spec script.[/quote:380c8]\r\n\r\nGreat! I\'ll send you a pdf as soon as we finish revising the first act. \":D\" \r\n\r\nI don\'t know how much help I would be for [i:380c8]Heroes[/i:380c8]; I\'ve only seen the first episode so far (I do intend to see the rest as soon as I have the time). However, my best friend (who has his bachelor\'s in screenwriting) has seen every episode, and he says he would be delighted to beta your script, if you\'re willing. He\'s always been a very good beta-er for me.','',0,'oA==','380c8',1,0,'',359,0,0),(246043,18337,6,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181228864,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":7fa23][quote="smk":7fa23]When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?[/quote:7fa23]\n\nThat depends. Does anyone here want to beta the script? \":P\"[/quote:7fa23]\r\n\r\nWhat, we\'d have to [i:7fa23]do[/i:7fa23] something? What about providing unconditional support, and snarky commentary? Doesn\'t that count?\r\n\r\nSeriously, though, I could beta, but I don\'t think I have the skills you\'re looking for.','',0,'oA==','7fa23',1,0,'',613,0,0),(246044,18343,5,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1181228997,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','The great things about Ted Dewitt-Clinton are:\r\n\r\n1) He might be a virtual encyclopedia on subjects of the obscure. He\'s a young man who knows how to make couches -- out of wood. He has mastered armed combat techniques of the middle ages from reading ancient manuscripts. In short, he has one of the most naturally inquisitive minds of any of the characters. He might not be as smart as Daria, or Jodie, or Upchuck -- Ted is not seen in any of their classes -- but the scope of his knowledge is quite impressive.\r\n\r\n2) You couldn\'t really count him as a nerd for many reasons:\r\n\r\na) he has no one singular obsession: not science fiction, not Star Trek, not Buffy, not anything. He\'s much more of a Renaissance man.\r\n\r\nb) he has virtually zero familiarity with popular culture, due to his sheltered upbringing, and most \"nerds\" are pretty hip to the culture. He was unfamiliar with the Beatles, and had never had gum. I\'m sure he had never had soda or pizza, and was probably raised on some ultra-vegan macrobiotic diet. \r\n\r\nc) there\'s no simmering resentment. He holds no grudges whatsoever, and was not only quite friendly with the football players at the arcade, but after a while, they were [i:c08c4]joining up with him[/i:c08c4]. He makes friends naturally and easily, because I believe Ted simply has no reason not to seek out the best in others.\r\n\r\nHowever, these qualities would probably not lead to successful relationships. Ted\'s almost from a different planet; there\'s too much of a learning curve for any prospective partner. Ted would either have to enter Stacy\'s world or Stacy would have to enter Ted\'s; there\'s just too much [i:c08c4]terra incognita[/i:c08c4] to traverse. \r\n\r\nThen again...teenage lust might overcome all sorts of boundaries....\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!','',0,'IA==','c08c4',1,0,'',213,0,0),(246045,18350,3,499,0,'203.59.90.64',1181229084,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','GAH! Throw away the key already!','[url:3c1ac]http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/07/paris.hilton/index.html[/url:3c1ac]\r\n\r\nThis makes me very...very angry....\r\n\r\nThat is all','',0,'EA==','3c1ac',1,0,'',499,0,0),(246046,18342,6,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181229140,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','A bedtime story indeed! \":D\"\r\n\r\n[quote="The Marquis de Sade, in \'Philosophy in the Bedroom,\'":0c389]\n[color=black:0c389][size=117:0c389][b:0c389]I never eat so heartily nor sleep so soundly as when I spend the day in what fools call vice.[/b:0c389][/size:0c389][/color:0c389]\n\n[/quote:0c389] \r\n\r\n\":twisted:\"\r\n\r\nETA: and a +5 for an appropriate and gruesome end for Charles Ruttheimer, III!','',0,'xg==','0c389',1,0,'',362,0,0),(246047,18337,6,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181229148,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="smk":6410e][quote="E. A. Smith":6410e][quote="smk":6410e]When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?[/quote:6410e]\n\nThat depends. Does anyone here want to beta the script? \":P\"[/quote:6410e]\n\nWhat, we\'d have to [i:6410e]do[/i:6410e] something? What about providing unconditional support, and snarky commentary? Doesn\'t that count?\n\nSeriously, though, I could beta, but I don\'t think I have the skills you\'re looking for.[/quote:6410e]\r\n\r\nYou don\'t have to have screenwriting experience to beta. Even if you aren\'t familiar with script conventions, you can still say if the story is entertaining, if the characters are believable, ect.','',0,'oA==','6410e',1,0,'',359,0,0),(246048,18337,6,499,0,'203.59.90.64',1181229175,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'m up for some beta-reading!\r\n\r\n(I write and revise screenplays quite often for student productions)','',0,'oA==','59eda',1,0,'',499,0,0),(246049,18315,5,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181229236,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":583e6]Hey, being Upchuck isn\'t that bad.[/quote:583e6]\r\n\r\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','583e6',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246050,18343,5,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1181229275,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":1fae7]\n\nit were me, I\'d pick the point where they were at the arcade, and he basically blows Daria off to keep playing with the jocks and popular kids, who\'ve suddenly judged him \'cool\'. \n\n[/quote:1fae7]\r\n\r\nI don\'t think he blew her off, consciously. He\'s of the inventor type, a person who when he finds something new and fascinating, he wants to explore it fully. \r\n\r\nHe did something worse. [i:1fae7]He completely forgot about Daria.[/i:1fae7] He was just too wrapped up in the moment, and this will cause unending frustration for anyone who marries him.\r\n\r\nWife (on the phone): \"I\'m still at the airport! WHY HAVEN\'T YOU PICKED ME UP!!\"\r\n\r\nTed: \"Sorry about that. I discovered a fascinating abstract on the use of firearms in Japanese culture, and I just couldn\'t put it down...!\"\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!','',0,'oA==','1fae7',1,0,'',213,0,0),(246051,18341,6,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181229316,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','It\'ll end however [b:37189][size=134:37189]the author wants it to.[/size:37189][/b:37189] Which is exactly how I want it to end. \":)\"','',0,'RA==','37189',1,0,'',362,0,0),(246052,18343,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181229338,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Roentgen":e7063]However, these qualities would probably not lead to successful relationships. Ted\'s almost from a different planet; there\'s too much of a learning curve for any prospective partner. Ted would either have to enter Stacy\'s world or Stacy would have to enter Ted\'s; there\'s just too much [i:e7063]terra incognita[/i:e7063] to traverse. \n\n[b:e7063]Then again...teenage lust might overcome all sorts of boundaries....[/b:e7063]\n\n(* * *)\n\nRoentgen\nHe\'s radioactive, man!![/quote:e7063]\r\n\r\n\r\nIt usually does. Young humans are quite imaginative, eager to explore\r\n- and they can be [i:e7063]so inventive[/i:e7063]...\r\n\r\nAlso known as [i:e7063]The Blue Lagoon Axiom[/i:e7063]...','',0,'4A==','e7063',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246053,18350,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181229571,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Ugh. People like her should be locked up for life.','',0,'4A==','0b380',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246054,18337,6,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181229581,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":bff2c][quote="smk":bff2c][quote="E. A. Smith":bff2c][quote="smk":bff2c]When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?[/quote:bff2c]\n\nThat depends. Does anyone here want to beta the script? \":P\"[/quote:bff2c]\n\nWhat, we\'d have to [i:bff2c]do[/i:bff2c] something? What about providing unconditional support, and snarky commentary? Doesn\'t that count?\n\nSeriously, though, I could beta, but I don\'t think I have the skills you\'re looking for.[/quote:bff2c]\n\nYou don\'t have to have screenwriting experience to beta. Even if you aren\'t familiar with script conventions, you can still say if the story is entertaining, if the characters are believable, ect.[/quote:bff2c]\r\n\r\n\'Kay, but we get mentioned in the Oscar speech, right?\r\n\r\nAnd same goes for you at the Emmy\'s, BG.','',0,'oA==','bff2c',1,0,'',613,0,0),(246055,18343,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181229598,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Roentgen":6eff7][quote="Brother Grimace":6eff7]\n\nit were me, I\'d pick the point where they were at the arcade, and he basically blows Daria off to keep playing with the jocks and popular kids, who\'ve suddenly judged him \'cool\'. \n\n[/quote:6eff7]\n\nI don\'t think he blew her off, consciously. He\'s of the inventor type, a person who when he finds something new and fascinating, he wants to explore it fully. \n\nHe did something worse. [i:6eff7]He completely forgot about Daria.[/i:6eff7] He was just too wrapped up in the moment, and this will cause unending frustration for anyone who marries him.\n\nWife (on the phone): \"I\'m still at the airport! WHY HAVEN\'T YOU PICKED ME UP!!\"\n\nTed: \"Sorry about that. I discovered a fascinating abstract on the use of firearms in Japanese culture, and I just couldn\'t put it down...!\"\n\n(* * *)\n\nRoentgen\nHe\'s radioactive, man!![/quote:6eff7]\r\n\r\n\r\nYou\'re right - and that made me think of something REALLY scary...\r\n\r\n\r\n[i:6eff7]Ted Dewitt-Clinton is a young Reed Richards.[/i:6eff7] Being really tasteless, the only reasons that he\'s stayed married to Susan Storm for so long (yes, yes, ha, ha) is that:\r\n\r\na.) she really loves him.\r\n\r\nb.) They have children.\r\n\r\nc.) When she gets him out of the lab, his super-powers come in VERY handy. (Oh, please. You KNOW it\'s happened at least once or twice. \":wink:\" )','',0,'oA==','6eff7',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246056,18336,6,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181229626,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I think between keeping the rabies vaccine viable and any possible sequelae from anaphylaxis, OH and sidekick are gonna have an [i:16bba]interesting[/i:16bba] next few days. Well done!','',0,'IA==','16bba',1,0,'',362,0,0),(246057,18315,5,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181229811,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":bf1ab][quote="starmeshelion":bf1ab]Hey, being Upchuck isn\'t that bad.[/quote:bf1ab]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:bf1ab]\r\n\r\nNow, now. Don\'t laugh. If you can\'t win, it\'s just as well to settle for last place. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','bf1ab',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246058,18337,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181229852,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="smk":211af][quote="E. A. Smith":211af][quote="smk":211af][quote="E. A. Smith":211af][quote="smk":211af]When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?[/quote:211af]\n\nThat depends. Does anyone here want to beta the script? \":P\"[/quote:211af]\n\nWhat, we\'d have to [i:211af]do[/i:211af] something? What about providing unconditional support, and snarky commentary? Doesn\'t that count?\n\nSeriously, though, I could beta, but I don\'t think I have the skills you\'re looking for.[/quote:211af]\n\nYou don\'t have to have screenwriting experience to beta. Even if you aren\'t familiar with script conventions, you can still say if the story is entertaining, if the characters are believable, ect.[/quote:211af]\n\n\'Kay, but we get mentioned in the Oscar speech, right?\n\nAnd same goes for you at the Emmy\'s, BG.[/quote:211af]\r\n\r\n\r\nOh, without doubt. I\'d actually rather have the Emmy than the Oscar anyway; I think Greybird and I are in agreement that we\'d rather go home with a woman with golden skin and wings, than with a bald man with a sword and no genitalia. \":wink:\" \r\n\r\nAlso, if you read my [i:211af]Heroes: Origin[/i:211af] script, you\'ll see how a well-known Daria fan is prominently mentioned, and I have a character described as being like Quinn. It\'s not a compliment.','',0,'oA==','211af',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246059,17747,6,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181229874,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="jtranser":352f1]God\'s Foreign Legion:\n\n \n\"At the compound of Reverend Milton Floor near Pie Town, New Mexico:\n\n\'This is not some feeble boot camp for the spiritually inept. It is brutal, vicious and agonizing. You are chosen, You did not volunteer. Like so many others that have preceded you, you are the lowest scum this planet can produce. Do you believe in miracles? Good. Know this one. It will take a miracle to get out of this outfit. You, in your ignorance, laugh when I stress the brutality you are about to face. One of the things we will do is take your mind. After we make certain changes, it will be returned to you. Only then will you be ready for the intense discipline that will be imposed. You will beg for mercy, confusing the mere cessation of training with the splendor of God\'s gift of absolution. God, in his wisdom, may choose to let you off. We will not. After the evening meal, you will return to your tents. On each of your beds you will find a list of permitted actions. It means exactly what it says. If it\'s not on that list, you can\'t do it. Of course, some of you will try. For those who do, we are ready to demonstrate just how the Legion deals with those who step out of line. You will find it very instructive, and those who participate in such stupidity will experience new sensations of pain designed exclusively for them. You can\'t quit, you can\'t rebel and the only ways you can leave are death in action or the Call of God. The End of Days is coming. Our Prophet has said so. And each of you who survives this testing will stand with him at that Great Ending. Now, The Call! Sergeant!!\' \'Sir!!\' \'Are you watching God?!\' \'Sir! Yes, Sir!\' \'Report!\' \'Sir! God is on the move, Sir!\' \'And So Are We! Then, To your tents, you scum. And one day, if you survive, you will be one of us, God\'s Legionnaires! Dismissed!\' \"[/quote:352f1]\r\n\r\n \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \r\n\r\nIt may go against the epigrammatic style of this piece to appropriate a character, but I think we have a new first-rate fanon bad ass.','',0,'gA==','352f1',1,0,'',362,0,0),(246060,18350,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181229983,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Ok hang on. Let\'s say I run out and steal an old woman\'s purse and beat her half into a coma. I get picked up and thrown in a locked crypt somewhere.\r\n\r\nif I throw a hissy fit and refuse to eat like a three year-old, they\'ll let me go [i:b07b3]home[/i:b07b3]?\r\n\r\nIf only all those guys up on murder one knew about that sweet deal!','',0,'IA==','b07b3',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246061,18344,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181230212,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I believe it is. The resemblances in that strip are a little [i:396f9]too[/i:396f9] uncanny.','',0,'IA==','396f9',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246062,18350,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181230248,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','They should have given her what I like to call \'the Tony Danza menu\'. In his show [i:0527c]Who\'s The Boss[/i:0527c], the little boy refused to eat, and Tony told him, \'You have two choices - this, and hunger.\'\r\n\r\nIt works in real life. Ask any of my neices and nephews. \":)\"','',0,'IA==','0527c',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246063,18343,5,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181230263,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:996b3]Ted would look like Michael Shanks from Stargate SG-1. [/quote:996b3]\r\n\r\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \r\n\r\nI odn\'t have anything to add, I just found that amusing \":wink:\"','',0,'gA==','996b3',1,0,'',568,0,0),(246065,18350,3,671,0,'152.163.100.200',1181230712,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','The reason people love her so much is because she achieved the American Dream, she is rich and famous for doing absolutely nothing.','',0,'gA==','3af04',1,0,'',671,0,0),(246066,18259,11,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181231203,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="smk":1068a][quote="RLobinske":1068a][quote="smk":1068a]\nThis may be a dumb question, but isn\'t there a difference between micro-evolution and macro-evolution? I thought micro-evolution was dealing with species change and development, as you describe here, and macro-evolution was dealing with how it all started.\n\n[size=25:1068a]Science has never been my favorite subject, please don\'t hurt me![/size:1068a][/quote:1068a]\n\nIt\'s mainly a matter of scale. Microevolution is small scale changes in relatively short time frames, while macroevolution is larger scale changes over longer periods that often result in sufficient divergence for new species or sub-species. There are a number of different schools of thought about how much these two are part of a continuum and how much that there are separate processes the affect both. The arguments on these differences get rather involved and lengthy. \n\n[b:1068a]Evolution Theory itself actually does not touch upon how life orginated. It only deals with how things changed after that point[/b:1068a].[/quote:1068a]\n\nIs that a change, or has that always been how scientists define it? Because that is not what I learned in school. Maybe we were only taught dumbed-down science, though.[/quote:1068a]\r\n\r\nThat\'s been it basically all along. A lot of school programs have tacked origins hypotheses into the same class lessons as evolution, leading to that impression.\r\n\r\nOverall, evolution is poorly taught in most American schools and even that is under repeated attack.','',0,'xA==','1068a',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246067,18340,6,414,0,'68.162.228.132',1181231204,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','The shooter walked over to Jim Vitale\'s lifeless body and stared down at it. Light from a passing car briefly illuminated her auburn hair and large glasses.\r\n\r\n\"That\'s what you get for threatening my mother.\"','',0,'xA==','5ef2e',1,0,'',414,0,0),(246068,18315,5,499,0,'203.59.90.64',1181231300,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":9323c]So you people actually think that my posts sound like Stacy and Quinn? \":shock:\" \n\nBut yeah, I\'m the true Quinn of the board. Whenever something bad happens to me, I just use it to make myself more popular. \":D\"[/quote:9323c]\r\n\r\nBecause it doesn\'t matter how much people hate your guts, just as long as you\'re popular.','',0,'gA==','9323c',1,0,'',499,0,0),(246070,18343,5,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181231746,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":150d1]\n[i:150d1]Ted Dewitt-Clinton is a young Reed Richards.[/i:150d1][/quote:150d1]\r\n\r\n[b:150d1]Will you people quit doing that! [/b:150d1]I have a Daria Von Doom story forming in my mind and planning on Ted ... \":twisted:\"','',0,'4A==','150d1',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246071,18351,5,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181231856,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Two more questions about the show!','First, does anyone know in which episode Jake says, \"Crappy piece of crappy crap?\" I say this a lot, and didn\'t realize it came from Daria until the other day watching the clip show ([i:5d500]A Look Back in Annoyance[/i:5d500]).\r\n\r\nSecond, where did Trent get his dark eyes? In [i:5d500]Lane Miserables[/i:5d500], we see Vincent has Jane\'s blue eyes, Amanda has blue eyes in a different shade, Penny has green eyes, and Summer has her mother\'s blue eyes. If I remember my genetics correctly, brown eyes are the dominant gene, so for Vincent and Amanda to have not-brown eyes, they both have only the recessive (non-brown eye) genes to pass on to their children. So how did Trent get dark eyes?','',0,'IA==','5d500',1,0,'',613,0,0),(246072,18351,5,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181232034,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Two more questions about the show!','[quote="smk":29f7c]First, does anyone know in which episode Jake says, \"Crappy piece of crappy crap?\" I say this a lot, and didn\'t realize it came from Daria until the other day watching the clip show ([i:29f7c]A Look Back in Annoyance[/i:29f7c]).[/quote:29f7c]\n\nI think it\'s from \"Sappy Anniversary,\" when Jake gave his presentation at Buzzdome.\n\n[quote="smk":29f7c]Second, where did Trent get his dark eyes? In [i:29f7c]Lane Miserables[/i:29f7c], we see Vincent has Jane\'s blue eyes, Amanda has blue eyes in a different shade, Penny has green eyes, and Summer has her mother\'s blue eyes. If I remember my genetics correctly, brown eyes are the dominant gene, so for Vincent and Amanda to have not-brown eyes, they both have only the recessive (non-brown eye) genes to pass on to their children. So how did Trent get dark eyes?[/quote:29f7c]\r\n\r\nFanfic senses tingling.... Possibilities: infinite....\r\n\r\n(Not that I\'m going to explore any of them. I don\'t find Trent that interesting.)\r\n\r\n-Dennis','',0,'oA==','29f7c',1,0,'',64,0,0),(246073,18351,5,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1181232102,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','The answer to the second question is very simple.\r\n\r\nTrent is a genetic mutant.\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!','',0,'oA==','82155',1,0,'',213,0,0),(246074,18350,3,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1181232232,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Three words:\r\n\r\nNasogastric feeding tube.\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!','',0,'oA==','7aeed',1,0,'',213,0,0),(246075,18045,6,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181232239,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\"So, Daria, what was so urgent that I had to get over here today with a video camera, a package of Ex-lax, and German Shepard?\" Jane looked genuinely puzzled.\r\n\r\n\"Easy,\" Daria said. \"I\'m holding auditions for a low-budget remake of [i:12e95]Pink Flamingos[/i:12e95].\"\r\n\r\nJane didn\'t start screaming until she saw Mrs. Johansson at the front of the line.\r\n\r\n-Dennis','',0,'IA==','12e95',1,0,'',64,0,0),(246076,18350,3,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181232559,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'m glad I\'m not the only one blinded by rage by Princess Paris\' special treatment.\r\n\r\n \":x\" \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":wink:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'IA==','f23bb',1,0,'',13,0,0),(246077,18343,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181232627,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Sam The Smuggler":f28ac][quote:f28ac]Ted would look like Michael Shanks from Stargate SG-1. [/quote:f28ac]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nI odn\'t have anything to add, I just found that amusing \":wink:\"[/quote:f28ac]\r\n\r\n\r\nTell me about it!\r\n\r\n--------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\n[i:f28ac](Ted comes running up to Daria and Jane\'s lunch table. He is dressed in fatigues and wears a dew rag over his head, has a P90 autoweapon slung beneath his arm, and he\'s holding a very ornate necklace.)[/i:f28ac]\r\n\r\nTED: Daria! I was looking all over for you!\r\n\r\nDARIA: Ted...? What are you wearing... and is that a real gun...?\r\n\r\nTED: [i:f28ac](waving that off)[/i:f28ac] I got a gift for you! I picked it up on PBD-503 - it\'s really pretty, and when I saw it, I thought how it would look really nice with your hair!\r\n\r\nDARIA: Ummn... thanks?\r\n\r\n[i:f28ac](The sound of staff weapon blasts can be heard in the hallway, along with several screams of alarm!)[/i:f28ac]\r\n\r\nJANE: [i:f28ac](her eyes wide)[/i:f28ac] What the hell was THAT?\r\n\r\nTED: Uhhhn...\r\n\r\nDARIA: Ted...\r\n\r\n[i:f28ac](The doors to the cafeteria fly open, and JACK O\'NEILL rolls through! He comes back up quickly as TEAL\'C follows him through, firing off blasts from his staff weapon with measured calm into the hallway.)[/i:f28ac]\r\n\r\nJACK: Teddy-!\r\n\r\nTED: [i:f28ac](to Jack)[/i:f28ac] Stop calling me [i:f28ac]that![/i:f28ac]\r\n\r\nTEAL\'C: Theodore Dewitt-Clinton. It is imperative that we leave this location immediately. There are many innocent civilians in the line of fire, and the Jaffa that follow She-Who-Walks-Softly are not above killing them to get to us.\r\n\r\nTED: I\'m coming!\r\n\r\n[i:f28ac](At that moment, three spectacularly curvy female Jaffa warriors (you know the ones, right, bug guy? \":wink:\" ) come running into the cafeteria, and are dropped by a long burst from O\'Neill\'s weapon. )[/i:f28ac]\r\n\r\nJACK: Oh, Teddy? Run away and live now, mystery meat and day-old Jello later!\r\n\r\n[i:f28ac](Jack and Teal\'c scoop Ted up and run for the other exit; seconds later, a horde of female Jaffa storm into the cafeteria!\n\nMouths drop open as Brittany, wearing a (cough) uniform like the female Jaffa and with a gold emblem on her forehead that looks like a small saucer, walks into the cafeteria. She carries a staff weapon, and walks directly over to Daria and Jane.[/i:f28ac]\r\n\r\nDARIA: Brittany...?\r\n\r\nJANE: [i:f28ac](looking Brittany over)[/i:f28ac] Wow...!\r\n\r\nDARIA: Jane!\r\n\r\nJANE: Come on! If cheerleading gives you abs like that, I gotta get some pom-poms!\r\n\r\nBRITTANY: Silence! \r\n\r\n[i:f28ac](The doors to the cafeteria open, and all of the Jaffa drop to one knee as a small black cat with a white snout and fron paws walks in with a air of absolute superority.)[/i:f28ac]\r\n\r\nBUMP:[i:f28ac] (mentally)[/i:f28ac] [i:f28ac]Attend me.[/i:f28ac]\r\n\r\n[i:f28ac](Brittany picks Bump up, and places her on the table.)[/i:f28ac]\r\n\r\nBUMP: (mentally; pawing at the necklace) That insolent man stole one of my sacred items, from my temple, to give to you. [i:f28ac]This will not stand[/i:f28ac].\r\n\r\nJANE: (eyes wide) Daria... did you hear that cat just... [i:f28ac]think[/i:f28ac] at us?\r\n\r\nDARIA:I think we\'re in a lot of trouble.\r\n\r\nBUMP: [i:f28ac](mentally)[/i:f28ac] Indeed. [i:f28ac](Her eyes glow for a brief moment.)[/i:f28ac] Your God is most displeased. First Prime?\r\n\r\nBRITTANY: My Lady?\r\n\r\nBUMP: [i:f28ac](mentally)[/i:f28ac] [i:f28ac]Jaffa... tah\' ra\'an![/i:f28ac]\r\n\r\n[i:f28ac](Before anyone can speak, a set of golden rings drops down around the lunch table! A flash of light appears from within, and the rings disappear, along with Daria, Jane, Brittany and Bump.)[/i:f28ac]','',0,'oA==','f28ac',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246078,18148,5,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181232831,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn1FqAyKmCY\r\n\r\n\r\n\":D\"','',0,'oA==','80f84',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246079,18343,5,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181232840,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','\":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \r\n\r\n\r\nGreat Characterization btw \r\n[quote:03caf]TEAL\'C: Theodore Dewitt-Clinton.[/quote:03caf]','',0,'gA==','03caf',1,0,'',568,0,0),(246080,18045,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181232919,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[i:a259f](Ted comes running up to Daria and Jane\'s lunch table. He is dressed in fatigues and wears a dew rag over his head, has a P90 autoweapon slung beneath his arm, and he\'s holding a very ornate necklace.)[/i:a259f]\r\n\r\nTED: Daria! I was looking all over for you!\r\n\r\nDARIA: Ted...? What are you wearing... and is that a real gun...?\r\n\r\nTED: [i:a259f](waving that off)[/i:a259f] I got a gift for you! I picked it up on PBD-503 - it\'s really pretty, and when I saw it, I thought how it would look really nice with your hair!\r\n\r\nDARIA: Ummn... thanks?\r\n\r\n[i:a259f](The sound of staff weapon blasts can be heard in the hallway, along with several screams of alarm!)[/i:a259f]\r\n\r\nJANE: [i:a259f](her eyes wide)[/i:a259f] What the hell was THAT?\r\n\r\nTED: Uhhhn...\r\n\r\nDARIA: Ted...\r\n\r\n[i:a259f](The doors to the cafeteria fly open, and JACK O\'NEILL rolls through! He comes back up quickly as TEAL\'C follows him through, firing off blasts from his staff weapon with measured calm into the hallway.)[/i:a259f]\r\n\r\nJACK: Teddy-!\r\n\r\nTED: [i:a259f](to Jack)[/i:a259f] Stop calling me [i:a259f]that![/i:a259f]\r\n\r\nTEAL\'C: Theodore Dewitt-Clinton. It is imperative that we leave this location immediately. There are many innocent civilians in the line of fire, and the Jaffa that follow She-Who-Walks-Softly are not above killing them to get to us.\r\n\r\nTED: I\'m coming!\r\n\r\n[i:a259f](At that moment, three spectacularly curvy female Jaffa warriors (you know the ones, right, bug guy? \":wink:\" ) come running into the cafeteria, and are dropped by a long burst from O\'Neill\'s weapon. )[/i:a259f]\r\n\r\nJACK: Oh, Teddy? Run away and live now, mystery meat and day-old Jello later!\r\n\r\n[i:a259f](Jack and Teal\'c scoop Ted up and run for the other exit; seconds later, a horde of female Jaffa storm into the cafeteria!\n\nMouths drop open as Brittany, wearing a (cough) uniform like the female Jaffa and with a gold emblem on her forehead that looks like a small saucer, walks into the cafeteria. She carries a staff weapon, and walks directly over to Daria and Jane.[/i:a259f]\r\n\r\nDARIA: Brittany...?\r\n\r\nJANE: [i:a259f](looking Brittany over)[/i:a259f] Wow...!\r\n\r\nDARIA: Jane!\r\n\r\nJANE: Come on! If cheerleading gives you abs like that, I gotta get some pom-poms!\r\n\r\nBRITTANY: Silence! \r\n\r\n[i:a259f](The doors to the cafeteria open, and all of the Jaffa drop to one knee as a small black cat with a white snout and fron paws walks in with a air of absolute superority.)[/i:a259f]\r\n\r\nBUMP:[i:a259f] (mentally)[/i:a259f] [i:a259f]Attend me.[/i:a259f]\r\n\r\n[i:a259f](Brittany picks Bump up, and places her on the table.)[/i:a259f]\r\n\r\nBUMP: (mentally; pawing at the necklace) That insolent man stole one of my sacred items, from my temple, to give to you. [i:a259f]This will not stand[/i:a259f].\r\n\r\nJANE: (eyes wide) Daria... did you hear that cat just... [i:a259f]think[/i:a259f] at us?\r\n\r\nDARIA:I think we\'re in a lot of trouble.\r\n\r\nBUMP: [i:a259f](mentally)[/i:a259f] Indeed. [i:a259f](Her eyes glow for a brief moment.)[/i:a259f] Your God is most displeased. First Prime?\r\n\r\nBRITTANY: My Lady?\r\n\r\nBUMP: [i:a259f](mentally)[/i:a259f] [i:a259f]Jaffa... tah\' ra\'an![/i:a259f]\r\n\r\n[i:a259f](Before anyone can speak, a set of golden rings drops down around the lunch table! A flash of light appears from within, and the rings disappear, along with Daria, Jane, Brittany and Bump.)[/i:a259f]','',0,'IA==','a259f',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246081,18351,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181233113,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Roentgen":e8a87]The answer to the second question is very simple.\n\nTrent is a genetic mutant.\n\n(* * *)\n\nRoentgen\nHe\'s radioactive, man!![/quote:e8a87]\r\n\r\n\r\nWell, DELPHI [i:e8a87]was[/i:e8a87] pissed when Kyle refused to make him join up... \":lol:\"','',0,'oA==','e8a87',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246082,18343,5,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181233540,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":1a26f][i:1a26f](At that moment, three spectacularly curvy female Jaffa warriors (you know the ones, right, bug guy? \":wink:\" ) come running into the cafeteria, and are dropped by a long burst from O\'Neill\'s weapon. )[/i:1a26f][/quote:1a26f]\n\nLike [url=http://www.foxfirestudio.com/avaris.htm:1a26f]This?[/url:1a26f]\n\n\n[quote:1a26f][i:1a26f](The doors to the cafeteria open, and all of the Jaffa drop to one knee as a small black cat with a white snout and fron paws walks in with a air of absolute superority.)[/i:1a26f][/quote:1a26f]\r\n\r\n \":D\"','',0,'sA==','1a26f',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246083,18045,6,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181233617,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":44dc8][i:44dc8](At that moment, three spectacularly curvy female Jaffa warriors (you know the ones, right, bug guy? \":wink:\" ) come running into the cafeteria, and are dropped by a long burst from O\'Neill\'s weapon. )[/i:44dc8][/quote:44dc8]\n\nLike [url=http://www.foxfirestudio.com/avaris.htm:44dc8]This?[/url:44dc8]\n\n\n[quote:44dc8][i:44dc8](The doors to the cafeteria open, and all of the Jaffa drop to one knee as a small black cat with a white snout and fron paws walks in with a air of absolute superority.)[/i:44dc8][/quote:44dc8]\r\n\r\n \":D\"','',0,'sA==','44dc8',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246084,18343,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181233776,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":f8156][quote="Brother Grimace":f8156][i:f8156](At that moment, three spectacularly curvy female Jaffa warriors (you know the ones, right, bug guy? \":wink:\" ) come running into the cafeteria, and are dropped by a long burst from O\'Neill\'s weapon. )[/i:f8156][/quote:f8156]\n\nLike [url=http://www.foxfirestudio.com/avaris.htm:f8156]This?[/url:f8156]\n\n\n[quote:f8156][i:f8156](The doors to the cafeteria open, and all of the Jaffa drop to one knee as a small black cat with a white snout and fron paws walks in with a air of absolute superority.)[/i:f8156][/quote:f8156]\n\n \":D\"[/quote:f8156]\r\n\r\nWhat can I say? I was inspired. \":D\"','',0,'sA==','f8156',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246085,18319,3,653,0,'64.241.37.140',1181234340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My avatar is Blix from the movie [i:b937a]Legend[/i:b937a]. When asked if her heart is black, her response is: \"Black as midnight, black as pitch, blacker than the foulest witch.\" She\'s something of a role model for me. \":D\" \r\n\r\nAnd on the Prisoner riff; I used to work at a gas station. One evening I came in to work and discovered that our old cash registers had been replaced with fancy new computerized registers that required you to log in with an employee number and password. The store manager explained this to me, and then we had the following conversation. (note: she had never even heard of the Prisoner)\r\n\r\nManager: Ok, let\'s get you logged in. You\'re number six.\r\nMe: Who are you?\r\nManager: I\'m number two,\r\nMe: Who is number one?\r\nManager: You are number six.\r\nMe: I AM NOT A NUMBER, I AM A FREE MAN!\r\nManager: Wha?','',0,'IA==','b937a',1,0,'',653,0,0),(246086,18319,3,568,0,'24.121.203.171',1181234596,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Ok, My Avatar is now The TARDIS from the BBC sci-fi show, Doctor Who. \r\n\r\nAnd as a matter of fact, I watched Doctor Who when I was kid...','',0,'IA==','7874c',1,0,'',568,0,0),(246087,18302,3,198,0,'69.48.37.98',1181235325,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Deref":c14c8]Tch. You cricket fans.[/quote:c14c8]\r\n\r\nLet me repeat myself...\r\n\r\nIf you don\'t care about it, why did you comment in the thread, other than to be a self-righteous prick? \":roll:\"','',0,'gA==','c14c8',1,0,'',198,0,0),(246088,18341,6,440,0,'152.163.100.200',1181235361,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','It will end... with an epilogue. As all good stories should. \":P\"','',0,'gA==','9f6f2',1,0,'',440,0,0),(246089,18352,10,589,0,'192.55.2.36',1181235735,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Adult Daria (Pencil, B/W, Color)','[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/silveryfrost/535489658/:b2a07][img:b2a07]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/213/535489658_e581a80e33.jpg[/img:b2a07][/url:b2a07][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/silveryfrost/535489656/:b2a07][img:b2a07]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/535489656_0589237851.jpg[/img:b2a07][/url:b2a07][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/silveryfrost/535851386/:b2a07][img:b2a07]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/244/535851386_df47971971.jpg[/img:b2a07][/url:b2a07]\n\n\n\nMy first foray into Fan Art. Figured since I de-lurked in Creative Writing, I should delurk in the Easel too.\n\nThe first is the original pencil sketch. Next is when I had traced her using Adobe Photoshop and last, I colored her in.','cc92edf365dfe5da84d756689b382bd3',0,'GA==','b2a07',1,1181508093,'',589,2,0),(246090,18337,6,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181236089,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','We\'ve finished the first act. Anyone who wants to beta, please PM me with your email address.\r\n\r\nQuestions we would really like answers to:\r\n\r\nAre our characters (especially the two protagonists) defined well? Even with their flaws, are they likable? Does the dialogue read well? Is it subtle, or is it overly didactic? Is there anything that looks good on paper that probably won\'t go over well on screen? Does the story drag?\r\n\r\nThanks a lot! \":D\"','',0,'CA==','7e33d',1,0,'',359,0,0),(246091,18340,6,440,0,'152.163.100.200',1181236096,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Derek":f3735]The shooter walked over to Jim Vitale\'s lifeless body and stared down at it. Light from a passing car briefly illuminated her auburn hair and large glasses.\n\n\"That\'s what you get for threatening my mother.\"[/quote:f3735]\r\n\r\nWith one more bullet between the eyes for insurance and a kick to the groin for luck, Daria turned around to leave. Before she could take a step, the looming form of the night watchman stood before her.\r\n\r\nThe elder man looked at Daria, the smoking revolver in her hand and the cooling corpse of the jerk on the floor. Clearing his throat, he stated, \"I see nothing! Nothing!\" and Hans Schultz went back to his post.','',0,'gA==','f3735',1,0,'',440,0,0),(246092,18352,10,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181236228,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','That is a very different look for her, I like it.','',0,'gA==','737b1',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246093,18302,3,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181236266,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="A.J.":c0d62][quote="TippedOver":c0d62]\n\nTell you the truth, the only reason I am cheering for the Ducks is that I am a Buffalo Sabres fan - and Ottawa got lucky and put them out. Jerks![/quote:c0d62]\n\nI could say the same thing about what the Sabres did to my Rangers. If not for that goal with 7.7 seconds left in game 5 you are seeing the Rangers skating with the Cup at this very moment. \n\nSo yes I pulled for Ottawa, big whoop.[/quote:c0d62]\r\n\r\nI pulled for Ottawa, too. Stinkin\' Ducks. Well, there\'s always next year for the Rangers.\r\n\r\n-Dennis','',0,'gA==','c0d62',1,0,'',64,0,0),(246094,18148,5,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181236360,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Snow Patrol - [i:ca1d0]Final Straw[/i:ca1d0].','',0,'IA==','ca1d0',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246095,18302,3,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181236510,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="gearhead":35e0e][quote="Deref":35e0e]Tch. You cricket fans.[/quote:35e0e]\n\nLet me repeat myself...\n\nIf you don\'t care about it, why did you comment in the thread, other than to be a self-righteous prick? \":roll:\"[/quote:35e0e]\r\n\r\n\'Cause it\'s funny?','',0,'gA==','35e0e',1,0,'',613,0,0),(246096,18340,6,37,0,'69.145.132.6',1181236590,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Ninja plagerism attack!!!: Sorry, Derek, but Daria is a bit of an obvious choice. Now if it were someone else...\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote="Greystar, the plagerising shmendrick":dfe32]The shooter walked over to Jim Vitale\'s lifeless body and stared down at it. Light from a passing car briefly illuminated her brown pigtails.\n\n\"That\'s what you get for threatening my mother.\"[/quote:dfe32]','',0,'gA==','dfe32',1,0,'',37,0,0),(246097,18352,10,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181237317,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I can\'t see the picture.','',0,'gA==','0a43b',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246098,18352,10,37,0,'69.145.132.6',1181237354,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Sorry, but all I get is the little red x','',0,'gA==','105b1',1,0,'',37,0,0),(246099,18353,4,414,0,'68.162.228.132',1181237392,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Law enforcement gearing up for armed showdown in NH','Law enforcement officials appear to be [url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2007/06/07/swat_teams_armored_vehicle_seen_near_nh_compound/:98b4a]gearing up for an armed showdown[/url:98b4a] with some tax evaders in Plainfield, New Hampshire. Ed and Elaine Brown were convicted of tax evasion earlier this year and have said they will not surrender to authorities.\r\n\r\n[quote:98b4a]The Browns insist federal income tax laws are invalid and have holed up in their hilltop home on 110 acres. The home has a watchtower, concrete walls and the ability to run on wind and solar power and Ed Brown said earlier he had stockpiled food and supplies.[/quote:98b4a]\nSounds like a setup for a really nasty fight. The NH state police seem to think so as well:\n\n[quote:98b4a]Susan Williams, who lives a mile or so away from the Browns on Center of Town Road, said she saw police officers, SWAT team members, a fire truck, ambulance, helicopter and at least one armored vehicle assembled in a field across from her driveway.\n\n...\n\nAn Associated Press photographer in a plane over the Browns\' property Thursday morning was ordered out of the airspace. On the ground, state police with guns drawn set up a checkpoint at Stage Road and Route 12a and would not let reporters pass.[/quote:98b4a]\r\nI hope this is resolved in a peaceful manner, but with this setup I wouldn\'t be surprised if it turned into another [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge:98b4a]Ruby Ridge[/url:98b4a] or [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_Siege:98b4a]Waco[/url:98b4a]. \":shock:\"','',0,'kA==','98b4a',1,0,'',414,0,0),(246100,18352,10,589,0,'192.55.2.36',1181237709,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','I\'m not sure what the problem is. I can see it here just fine. Try refreshing?\r\n\r\nOtherwise try\r\n[url:7f4b3]http://www.silveryfrost.net/SickSadWorld/[/url:7f4b3]','',0,'EA==','7f4b3',1,0,'',589,0,0),(246101,18352,10,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181237738,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','It worked for me to go directly to the url...\r\n\r\nhttp://www.silveryfrost.net/SickSadWorl ... Pencil.jpg\r\n\r\nI like it, by the way. \":D\"','',0,'EA==','9af07',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246102,18340,6,30,0,'12.217.142.62',1181237739,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote="mman":a141d]The phone rang.\n\n\"Jim Vitale here!\"\n\nThere was the faint sound of breathing at the other end, then a click.\n\n\"Damn it!\" said Jim. \"Can\'t anyone just say \'wrong number\' anymore!\"\n\nJim Vitale got up, walked out of his own office and down the main corridor of the law office. There was nobody else working at this hour.\n\nVitale frowned. It wasn\'t that long after midnight. Anyone with any ambition would still be working. \n\nEspecially Helen Morgendorffer. He\'d certainly let her know she better not take her position for granted. Trying to sue the Lawndale School District, no less! Jim Vitale wouldn\'t forget that one for a long, long time, you could bet on that!\n\nYet Helen had gone home. He wondered if he\'d been forceful enough ...\n\nJim heard footsteps in the reception area, coming toward the corridor.\n\nMaybe Helen had decided to come in for some night work after all.\n\nJim turned and walked toward the reception area. Whoever it was hadn\'t turned the light on. He saw the outline of someone in the dark.\n\n\"Who is it?\" he said.\n\nBLAM!!\n\nJim felt the impact of a bullet just below his right shoulder. He tried to cry out, but couldn\'t.\n\nBLAM!! BLAM!!\n\nJim Vitale crumpled to the floor.\n\n[/quote:a141d]\r\n\r\nAs she watched the life drain from his body, Marianne smiled quietly and placed a small, neat mark next to his name on her list. Taking care not to step in the growing pool of blood, she walked out of the room and consulted her notes.\r\n\r\n[i:a141d]Eric Schrecter[/i:a141d], she confirmed. [i:a141d]I believe I have his death penciled in for 10:00 tomorrow morning. Plenty of time to get that filing done. I just hope I can fit Helen in before lunchtime.[/i:a141d]\r\n\r\nKristen','',0,'oA==','a141d',1,0,'',30,0,0),(246103,18045,6,414,0,'68.162.228.132',1181237997,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":22a83][i:22a83](Before anyone can speak, a set of golden rings drops down around the lunch table! A flash of light appears from within, and the rings disappear, along with Daria, Jane, Brittany and Bump.)[/i:22a83][/quote:22a83]\r\nMore, please. \":D\"','',0,'oA==','22a83',1,0,'',414,0,0),(246104,18319,3,37,0,'69.145.132.6',1181238139,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My avatar is one I snagged from the av gallery over on the SFMB, and pretty much represents the way I feel when I sit down to try and write any more. Actually, pretty much anytime I sit down at the computer, these days.\r\n\r\nI\'m hoping that feeling will go away sometime soon, I\'ve got stories to finish.','',0,'oA==','1cf28',1,0,'',37,0,0),(246105,18352,10,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181238522,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="lycissa":76ec9]I\'m not sure what the problem is. I can see it here just fine. Try refreshing?\n\nOtherwise try\n[url:76ec9]http://www.silveryfrost.net/SickSadWorld/[/url:76ec9][/quote:76ec9]\r\n\r\nIt loads slowly, so some browsers may timeout trying to download the image and display the no image icon.','',0,'kA==','76ec9',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246106,18350,3,493,0,'12.162.182.159',1181238972,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I wonder how much money changed hands on this one','',0,'kA==','4ecd0',1,0,'',493,0,0),(246107,18344,3,493,0,'12.162.182.159',1181239160,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','yep and the guy is a ringer for Trent','',0,'kA==','5a9fc',1,0,'',493,0,0),(246108,18340,6,589,0,'192.55.2.36',1181239245,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','\"Guns are cool.\"\r\n\"Eh heh heh, yeah.\"\r\n\"We are going to get laid!\"\r\n\"Yeah, eh heh heh, that would be cool.\"\r\n\"Diarrhea, cha-cha-cha. Diarrhea, cha-cha-cha.\"\r\n\"C\'mon. Let\'s get out of here.\"','',0,'kA==','37001',1,0,'',589,0,0),(246109,18340,6,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181239515,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote="mman":05bef]The phone rang.\n\n\"Jim Vitale here!\"\n\nThere was the faint sound of breathing at the other end, then a click.\n\n\"Damn it!\" said Jim. \"Can\'t anyone just say \'wrong number\' anymore!\"\n\nJim Vitale got up, walked out of his own office and down the main corridor of the law office. There was nobody else working at this hour.\n\nVitale frowned. It wasn\'t that long after midnight. Anyone with any ambition would still be working. \n\nEspecially Helen Morgendorffer. He\'d certainly let her know she better not take her position for granted. Trying to sue the Lawndale School District, no less! Jim Vitale wouldn\'t forget that one for a long, long time, you could bet on that!\n\nYet Helen had gone home. He wondered if he\'d been forceful enough ...\n\nJim heard footsteps in the reception area, coming toward the corridor.\n\nMaybe Helen had decided to come in for some night work after all.\n\nJim turned and walked toward the reception area. Whoever it was hadn\'t turned the light on. He saw the outline of someone in the dark.\n\n\"Who is it?\" he said.\n\nBLAM!!\n\nJim felt the impact of a bullet just below his right shoulder. He tried to cry out, but couldn\'t.\n\nBLAM!! BLAM!!\n\nJim Vitale crumpled to the floor.[/quote:05bef]\r\n\r\nA soft voice said, \"If you try to hold a butterfly in your hand, it will die. If you try to hold an artist in your hand, you will die.\"\r\n\r\nAmanda cocked her head to side, looking at the pooling blood around the body. \"So, that\'s what was in the refrigerator. I wonder where it came from?\"','',0,'gA==','05bef',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246111,18351,5,493,0,'12.162.182.159',1181240005,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','maybe Trent is wearing colored contacts','',0,'gA==','6f97e',1,0,'',493,0,0),(246112,18351,5,61,0,'192.91.173.36',1181240381,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dreamweaver":62eca]maybe Trent is wearing colored contacts[/quote:62eca]\r\n\r\n\r\nI was thinking that the milkman visited the Lane house at some point... ifyouknowwhatImean...','',0,'gA==','62eca',1,0,'',61,0,0),(246113,18302,3,576,0,'207.69.140.32',1181240512,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="A.J.":303d8][quote="TippedOver":303d8]\n\nTell you the truth, the only reason I am cheering for the Ducks is that I am a Buffalo Sabres fan - and Ottawa got lucky and put them out. Jerks![/quote:303d8]\n\nI could say the same thing about what the Sabres did to my Rangers. If not for that goal with 7.7 seconds left in game 5 you are seeing the Rangers skating with the Cup at this very moment. \n\nSo yes I pulled for Ottawa, big whoop. \":roll:\" \n\nA.J.[/quote:303d8]\r\n\r\nYes, I will conceed the point about the Buffalo/Rangers game. \":)\" I was an Isles fan for a LONG time (my cousin was the trainer from \'79 until \'85 or so) and I actually got the chance to see the Cup, up close and personal. After Nystrom\'s injury, and Bossy leaving, it just was\'nt the same. I kinda \"fell out\" of watching for a while, and then I moved to Western New York, and got the chance to see the Sabres play, and became a fan.\r\n\r\nYou gotta admit tho - ONE of the New York teams was going to make it - if Buffalo didn\'t go all the way, I would have probably cheered for the Rangers. \":)\"','',0,'gA==','303d8',1,0,'',576,0,0),(246114,18310,6,328,0,'71.220.118.155',1181241020,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Angelboy":fee13][quote="HeirOfNorton":fee13]This reminds me of something...\n\nSome months back I read a Buffy fanfic at the Fluff. It also involved a character being transformed into a kitten, and subsequently becoming the pet of a villain.\n\nAnd if this one ends up where that one did ...\n\n \":twisted:\" \n\nThis could be good.\n\nHoN[/quote:fee13]Never read it, how\'d it end?[/quote:fee13]\r\n\r\nWell, the Kitten was Xander, the villain was Spike, and they became rather...close as the fanfic went on.\r\n\r\nPretty well written, actually, and plausible when you consider that Joss Whedon wasn\'t sure early on which character would turn out to be gay, Willow or Xander.','',0,'gA==','fee13',1,0,'',328,0,0),(246115,18341,6,105,0,'170.59.186.100',1181242371,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="DigiSim":1a31d]It will end... with an epilogue. As all good stories should. \":P\"[/quote:1a31d]\r\n\r\nAnd after that, a freeze-frame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJust like the ones in [i:1a31d]Police Squad![/i:1a31d]','',0,'oA==','1a31d',1,0,'',105,0,0),(246116,18343,5,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181244712,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":a3fcf]No wonder you can\'t stand him. He\'d take Stacy from you without a blink - [i:a3fcf]and the girl would never look back.[/i:a3fcf] \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:a3fcf]\r\n\r\nThink again, pal. Me and Stacy are practically soulmates; I\'m insecure, I\'m neurotic, I\'m overanalytical, I\'ve got it all!','',0,'oA==','a3fcf',1,0,'',544,0,0),(246117,18107,3,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181245024,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','My recent contribution to the Stacy entry got deleted without explanation. The debate regarding Stacy is an ongoing one and my addition was valid, as well as written from a neutral point of view. If people insist on deleting it, they should explain why.','',0,'oA==','72941',1,0,'',544,0,0),(246118,18351,5,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1181245283,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Jane once said that she shared \"certain chromosome pairs\" with her older siblings, but beyond that \"she wasn\'t supposed to say\".\r\n\r\nMaybe by that, she meant that \r\n\r\na) Amanda had a tryst with someone who wasn\'t Vincent, and\r\nb) Jane is aware of this fact, and \r\nc) No one else is aware of it.\r\n\r\nJane might have knowledge of the fact that neither she nor Trent are Amanda\'s children by Vincent. Furthermore, \"she isn\'t supposed to say\" because [i:44878]Vincent does not know this[/i:44878]. Jane knows the secret of her parentage...but Trent doesn\'t, since he hasn\'t figured out the truth that looking into his own (brown) eyes would tell him.\r\n\r\nWhether Amanda told Jane, or whether Jane found out on her own is a tale in the telling....\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!\r\n\r\nP.S. Who is Jane and Trent\'s father? Obviously, Doug Thompson, which is why Jane will never tell anyone, not even Daria.','',0,'IA==','44878',1,0,'',213,0,0),(246119,18341,6,37,0,'69.145.132.6',1181245463,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: How will \'Apocalyptic Daria\' end?','[quote="Brother Grimace":71c6f]How will \'Apocalyptic Daria\' end?[/quote:71c6f]\n\n[img:71c6f]http://www.babylon5.ru/img/Vr_kosh.jpg[/img:71c6f]\n[size=150:71c6f]In fire.[/size:71c6f]','9f0d81d04bcdc47bd87ae5e9bd347296',0,'jA==','71c6f',1,1183188013,'',37,3,0),(246203,18327,3,576,0,'207.69.140.33',1181274524,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":1a9b4]I have the database and enjoy reading it from time to time. I\'ve been looking for the Diaries but I bet I would only be able to buy them online or on ebay.[/quote:1a9b4]\r\n\r\nI at one point had 6 or 7 of the [i:1a9b4]Diaries[/i:1a9b4], and I think 5 or 6 of the [i:1a9b4]Database[/i:1a9b4] books. I put them all up on Ebay about a year or so ago, except for one [i:1a9b4]Diaries[/i:1a9b4]. I managed to find one of the \"Sisterhood\" posters too, in great condition.\r\n\r\n\r\n***- Note - Just checked Amazon.com, and the [i:1a9b4]Database[/i:1a9b4] books are $4.12 and up, 10 new and used.','',0,'oA==','1a9b4',1,0,'',576,0,0),(246121,18351,5,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181246966,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Roentgen":3dfaf]P.S. Who is Jane and Trent\'s father? Obviously, Doug Thompson, which is why Jane will never tell anyone, not even Daria.[/quote:3dfaf]\r\n\r\nWow, he was an active little bugger, since according to one of the books, he was 35 when the show started, which means he fathered Trent at 13.\r\n\r\n-Dennis','',0,'gA==','3dfaf',1,0,'',64,0,0),(246122,18351,5,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181247323,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Two more questions about the show!','[quote="smk":451a7]\nSecond, where did Trent get his dark eyes? In [i:451a7]Lane Miserables[/i:451a7], we see Vincent has Jane\'s blue eyes, Amanda has blue eyes in a different shade, Penny has green eyes, and Summer has her mother\'s blue eyes. If I remember my genetics correctly, brown eyes are the dominant gene, so for Vincent and Amanda to have not-brown eyes, they both have only the recessive (non-brown eye) genes to pass on to their children. So how did Trent get dark eyes?[/quote:451a7]\r\n\r\nThe animators not paying attention? \":D\" \":lol:\"','',0,'oA==','451a7',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246123,18340,6,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181247597,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[b:953e7][size=134:953e7]1[/size:953e7][/b:953e7]\n\n"Mr. Vitale, you can\'t smoke in here!"\n\nJim Vitale settled back into his hospital bed, and blew a great cloud of smoke from his Partagas Lusitania. "Actually, sweetheart, that\'s not true." He put the cigar back in his mouth and winked at her. "Now, you\'d probably respond that the hospital prohibits smoking, and you\'d be right. Furthermore, you could appeal to my responsibilities as an officer of the court and refer to title 9, subtitle 12, chapter 23 of the code of Maryland that states—ah, what\'s the exact language now?—an employer must ensure that in an enclosed workplace there is no smoking." He blew another cloud of smoke and leaned forward in the bed, his expression flirtatious and friendly. "But even that wouldn\'t change that your statement was false. Wanna know why?"\n\nNurse Lauder cocked her head at him. Geriatrics aside, uncooperative patients didn\'t try to flirt with her, and this patient was no geriatric. Except for the bandages around Mr. Vitale\'s shoulder and midriff, his torso was bare, and it was sinewy and hard. She liked looking at him if only because it was a relief from the countless grown men she\'d seen in her career with bodies as soft and pale as babies, who sniveled and wept through their recoveries from preventable diseases. Vitale, in contrast, had suffered three gunshot wounds the night before and was acting like a college boy on spring break. His manners were better than the average college boy on spring break, and he was using charm rather than menace to break the rules, but he had that insolent, irresponsible vigor characteristic of young males on a tear, and exuded the same sense of entitlement that the strength and nerve to break the rules was sufficient justification to break them.\n\nShe was captivated in spite of herself. She approached his bed, her face draw into a vexed smile, and, leaning down—therefore returning the favor of a view of his chiseled chest with a view of the tops of her full breasts—purred, "Why, I certainly do want to know why what I said wasn\'t true. And then I expect you to comply with hospital rules and state law, and put out that cigar, hrm?"\n\n"Fair enough," he said, setting the cigar aside in a handsome ashtray. "But before I put out my cigar, my dear Nurse Lauder, may I call your attention to the not one but two air filters I had my staff bring in? The intent of title 9, sub 12, chapter 23 is to provide a healthy workplace, so while I am certainly in violation of the provisions of the statute, I have demonstrated a concern congruent with the spirit of the law, and so in spite of my having violated 9 12 23, I submit I\'m entitled to lenience as to whatever penalty to which I may be subject."\n\n"OK—I\'ll bring toilet paper instead of steel wool when you have to use the bedpan," she sighed, running the tip of a finger along the edge of a bandage. "And you\'ve changed the subject."\n\nHe threw up his hands. "Jeez! I can\'t get anything by you, can I?" he laughed. "Good thing you\'re not in the bench, \'cause you\'d certainly kill my batting average—"\n\n"—The answer, Mr. Vitale? And then the cigar?"\n\nHe took her hand and moved closer to the edge of the bed, his face all bedroom eyes and a sweet intimate smile. "All right sweetheart, I know when I\'m licked. Now," and here he leaned in closer to her, "you said that I [i:953e7]can\'t[/i:953e7] smoke in here. That\'s not true because [i:953e7]can[/i:953e7] refers to the [i:953e7]ability[/i:953e7] to do something, and I was obviously able to smoke my cigar. [i:953e7]May,[/i:953e7] on the other hand, refers to permission to do something, so what you should have said was that I [i:953e7]may[/i:953e7] not smoke in here, get it?" He tapped his forehead against hers and grinned. "Didn\'t the nuns teach you that back in grammar school?"\n\nStill smiling, she drew back from the bed and dropped his hand. "I went to public school, Mr. Vitale. I guess Lawndale Elementary isn\'t as good as wherever it was...?"\n\n"Saint Crisaunt Elementary School in the Bronx—or [b:953e7]DA[/b:953e7] Bronx, to use the proper pronunciation," he replied. "Then Fordham Prep, Fordham U, and Columbia Law—I\'ve come a long way from home, you know? But you—local girl, huh?"\n\nShe nodded and pointed at his ashtray. "The cigar, Mr. Vitale?"\n\n"Fear not, my dear nurse Lauder, fear not!" He sat up and held the cigar and ashtray—a hunk of flawless glass in the shape of an isosceles triangle with a deep grove for a single cigar running between the two long sides, terminating in a circular bowl for the ash on the short side—tapped the ash from its end and held it out to her. "See? It\'s gone out."\n\nShe nodded and walked towards the door. "Just don\'t light it again, Mr. Vitale—"\n\n"Please—it\'s Jim, Nurse—"\n\n"That\'s Ann to you, Jim." Now she grinned. "And don\'t re-light it after I\'m gone—while your air filters might protect other the patients, [i:953e7]you[/i:953e7] have to recuperate as well—to say nothing of the hazard a flame poses if we have to have oxygen in here?"\n\nHe gave her an innocent little boy smile and nodded. "Point taken, Nurse—"\n\n"Ann," she corrected him. "Just Ann."\n\n"OK, Ann. My apologies."\n\nShe opened the door. "Somehow, I don\'t think you mean that."\n\nHe snapped his fingers and shook his head. "Gosh...the nuns never thought so, either."\n\n"I\'ll see you later, Jim," she said, and left the room.\n\nVitale sat back in his bed, chuckling to himself. "I\'m sure you will, Ann," he murmured. Then he took up the business section of the [i:953e7]Lawndale Sun-Herald,[/i:953e7] and re-lit his cigar.\n\n==========\n\n[b:953e7][size=134:953e7]2[/size:953e7][/b:953e7]\n\nEric Schrecter crept into the Jim Vitale\'s hospital room and was shocked to find his boss not just conscious but enjoying a mid-morning coffee and a lavish fruit plate. "Jim! My God—how are you?" he squeaked.\n\n"Hey, Eric!" he said, and swung himself from the bed. "Not bad for a guy took three slugs just last night." He put on a silver gray silk robe from a clothes horse beside his bed and approached Eric, who held out an unsteady hand for the senior partner to shake. But instead of taking the junior partner\'s hand, Vitale drew him into a crushing bear-hug. "What you doing here, kid? Don\'t you have a mountain of work back at the office?" Vitale released Eric only to weigh the smaller man down with an arm across his back, dig into the muscles of his shoulder with a vice grip, and drag him towards his bed. "Want some coffee, maybe some fruit? Had [i:953e7]Chez Pierre[/i:953e7] send \'em over—hospital food is for sh1t."\n\nSchrecter struggled to keep upright. "Uh—no thanks, Jim—bagels and briefs at the Carlyle this morning."\n\nVitale gave the smaller man a slap on the shoulder that sent him tumbling against the side of the hospital bed. "You actually eat those god damn things?" He laughed. "It\'s a fu<kin\' wonder you\'re not more constipated than you usually are!" He lay his hand on Eric Schrecter\'s shoulder again, pushing his face at the tray laden with ripe fruits. "C\'mon, Eric—have a [i:953e7][b:953e7]plum.[/b:953e7][/i:953e7] I think I know what you want, and you\'ve wanted a [i:953e7]nice, juicy [b:953e7]plum[/b:953e7][/i:953e7] for a while now, but you [i:953e7]just couldn\'t get your hands on it, [b:953e7]your sorry ass couldn\'t catch a break.[/b:953e7][/i:953e7] Am I right or am I right, huh?"\n\nVitale\'s mouth was now next to Schrecter\'s ear and his voice had become a sinister hissing. The junior partner didn\'t reply at first, but instead fumbled for the lone perfect ruby plum on the fruit plate, but his hands were too unsteady to grasp it, and it popped from his fingers, rolling into a corner of the room.\n\n"See what you did there? That\'s the story of your life, asshat." Vitale raised Schrecter by the scruff of his neck, turned around, and planted Eric between himself and the door. Leaning down, he hissed in Eric\'s face, "So—tell me what the office water cooler gossip is, huh?"\n\nSchrecter was pale and trembling. "Jim—I\'m just—just surprised to see you doing so well, be-because I heard you were in the ICU—"\n\n"You heard I was in the ICU? Then why the fu<k you come down here—they don\'t allow visitors in the ICU—"\n\nEric was backing away from Jim. "I just—I just figured I\'d—" and stopped mid stammer as he found himself pressed against a great mass in a leather coat.\n\n"How you doing, [url=http://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/scarlett_ch14.html:953e7]Bruno?"[/url:953e7] said Vitale, his gaze still fixed on Eric Schrecter.\n\n"Fine, thanks to you, Mr. Vitale," came the rumbling answer from the monolith against whom Eric Schrecter found himself.\n\n"You know Bruno, Eric? One of my own clients. Why don\'t you say hello?" \n\nPutting a hand atop Eric\'s head, he spun him around to face an ugly, scarred beast who head grazed the ceiling. The monster extended a scarred hand whose nails were sharp ivory talons. "Nice to see you again, Eric," he rumbled.\n\n"N-n-nice to—wait—I—I don\'t th-think we\'ve met b-before," stammered Eric.\n\nVitale leaned to Eric\'s ear and whispered, "Oh, I think you have—Bruno Nagy is hard to forget."\n\n"Maybe I\'m mistaken, Mr. Vitale," Bruno replied. "I\'ve seen so many people since you helped me with that matter, I think maybe I\'m just confused. And thank you again."\n\n"All in a day\'s work, Bruno, all in a day\'s work," said Vitale, reaching into a travelling humidor from which he took another Lusitania. "You mind cutting and lighting this bad boy for me?" he asked, handing the cigar to Bruno. "Want one for yourself?"\n\n"No thank you, Mr. Vitale." Without the crack of a match or the hiss of a lighter, Bruno passed the lit cigar back to Vitale over Eric Schrecter\'s shoulder.\n\n"Ah—atta boy, Bruno," Vitale said, taking the cigar from the inhuman claw that held it. He raised a cloud of thick smoke that the air filters did not dissipate. "So Bruno, what brings you by here, kiddo?"\n\n"I heard you were in the hospital and I wanted to see if there was anything I could do for you." \n\nEric wasn\'t sure if his knees were buckling or the floor was shaking, but he remained standing.\n\n"Oh, I don\'t think so—it\'s nothing serious, nothing serious at all," Vitale replied in an expansive tone, patting the bandage around his midriff. "Truth be told, I\'m using it as an excuse for some down time." He bent down to Eric and hissed again, "You [i:953e7]sure[/i:953e7] you never met Bruno before? Like, say, [i:953e7][b:953e7]last week at The Settlement, just before closing time?"[/i:953e7][/b:953e7]\n\nEric tried to speak, but his mouth was parched from fear. This was fortunate for him, since the only utterance he could have made was puling gibberish.\n\n"It\'s all right, Mr. Vitale, the mistake is probably mine."\n\nVitale nodded energetically. "Fair enough, good thing you came to me though, kiddo, \'cause if you went through with that—I\'m sorry, you mind if I let our junior partner here in on the details of your case?"\n\nThe monster gave an embarrassed snort. "It\'s no problem, Mr. Vitale—after all, doing that work for me [i:953e7]pro bono[/i:953e7]—"\n\nVitale waved him off. "No problem, and stop acting like you owe me something. Clear cut abuse of police force." He bent down to Eric\'s ear again. "See asshat, my client Bruno Nagy, aka Farkas Nagy, was extradited from the state of Maryland to another jurisdiction improperly, for criminal charges that really shouldn\'t have been brought in the first place."\n\nEric swallowed and managed to stammer out a few words: "The oth-other jurisdiction be-being?"\n\n"Doesn\'t matter. I\'m a member of the bar there, too." He began to pace back and forth, waving the cigar as he did. "Anyway, the criminal bench in the other jurisdiction—talk about your ball-busting pricks! I raise solid motions to have the charges dropped, and I get squat! I try to have the the arresting officers disciplined for their improper arrest and extradition of Bruno here, but it\'s no go!" He sighed. "Best I could do was cop to a lesser charge and get him off with time served."\n\n"And that was quite something, Mr. Vitale," Bruno interjected. "I was looking a term that would have been practically forever."\n\nVitale shook his head. "I dunno Bruno, the terms of your release could have been better, but—hey, what you gonna do, yeah?"\n\n"I have my freedom again, and that is enough," rumbled the monster.\n\nVitale pointed his cigar at Bruno and smiled. "You\'re a good guy, Bruno, and I\'m glad you came to me last night—"\n\nAt the words [i:953e7]last night,[/i:953e7] Eric Schrecter\'s legs buckled beneath him, and he collapsed sobbing on the floor. Unruffled, Vitale continued: "—\'cause what that [i:953e7]asshat[/i:953e7] asked you to do would definitely landed you back someplace where you didn\'t want to go. See Eric, some [i:953e7]asshat[/i:953e7] in town here got the idea Bruno is like some arsonist and thug for hire, so [i:953e7]last Tuesday, near closing time at the Settlement, said [b:953e7]asshat[/b:953e7] proposed Bruno here do a murder for hire.[/i:953e7] The [i:953e7]asshat[/i:953e7] gives a vague time frame, no money changes hands, and Bruno comes to me last night, and tells me all about what this [i:953e7]asshat[/i:953e7] proposed to him, wondering if simply hearing this proposal might constitute a violation of the terms of his release agreement. Since no money changed hands, and Bruno had less than zero intention of doing what this [i:953e7]asshat[/i:953e7] asked him to, I say as his counsel that there\'s no violation." \n\nHe paused, and squatted next to the quivering mass between himself and the monster. "But see, then we just get to talking—hypotheticals, like back in first year law—and suddenly I get an idea for a great practical joke!" Vitale began to unwrap his bandages. "See, I figure that Bruno can approach his putative target, inform him of the hit and that he has no intention of actually doing it, but that he and the target can meet at some mutually agreed upon time where they fake the hit—have Bruno shoot the guy while\'s he\'s got on a Kevlar bodysuit or something, yeah?"\n\nBruno cleared his throat. "Pardon me, but you\'re forgetting the squibs, Mr. Vitale."\n\n"Thanks, Bruno—like kiddo here reminded me, also have squibs so it looks like a real shooting. So anyway then Bruno can photograph the bogus crime scene with your ordinary digital camera, go back to the [i:953e7]asshat[/i:953e7] to collect his fee, only to have the intended victim and Bruno confront the [i:953e7]asshat[/i:953e7] later, and embarrass all [i:953e7]fu<k[/i:953e7] out of him! That would have been a good one, huh?"\n\nEric looked up and saw the bruises on Vitale\'s ribs. Then the senior partner took a thick wad of hundred-dollar bills from the pocket of his robe and held them in Eric\'s face.\n\n"Yeah, too bad Bruno and his would-be victim didn\'t get to play that one out. It would have been a million laughs."\n\nThe voice was absolutely calm and void of any human emotion.\n\nThere was a slight rumble from Bruno. "If you don\'t need anything then, Mr. Vitale, may I go?"\n\n"No problem kiddo," he replied, his gaze fixing Eric like an insect on a pin. "Stop by anytime."\n\nThe giant left the room.\n\nVitale stood up, pulling Eric to his feet with him. "You have no idea, absolutely none whatsoever, of the [i:953e7]pain[/i:953e7] you are gonna experience—"\n\nSchrecter was beyond tears. "PleaseJimPleasePleaseDontKillMeDontDontKillMe—"\n\nVitale looked askance at the junior partner. "Kill you? What, you think we\'re some cheap mobbed-up firm? Didn\'t you learn [i:953e7]anything[/i:953e7] from your father?" He drew Eric Schrecter against himself and whispered, [i:953e7][color=red:953e7]"Death will be a blessing compared to what you\'re gonna experience, asshat."[/color:953e7][/i:953e7]\n\n[b:953e7][size=134:953e7]3[/size:953e7][/b:953e7]\n\n"Smoking in here [i:953e7]again,[/i:953e7] Mr. Vitale?"\n\nNurse Lauder waved her hands through what faint clouds persisted as she approached Jim Vitale\'s bed.\n\nVitale pouted like a small boy getting a tongue-lashing. "Guess I\'m incorrigible. It\'s what the nuns said. And please, it\'s [i:953e7]Jim,[/i:953e7] Nurse Lauder."\n\n"Jim, you are a [i:953e7]difficult[/i:953e7] patient, I must say," she said, running her hand along the hospital bed\'s railing. "How many times I did tell you my name is [i:953e7]Ann,[/i:953e7] hrm?" She leaned forward again, letting fall gracefully the bed railing, and affording him a view of her breasts—which, he noticed, were now unencumbered by a bra.\n\n"I\'m so sorry—Ann." He took her hand as she sat on the edge of his bed, and lay back upon his torso. "What sentence will the honorable Judge Ann Lauder impose upon the defendant for his multiple infractions against hosptial regulations, code of Maryland title 9, sub 12, chapter 23, and forgetting her first name?"\n\nShe let go of his hand and caressed his cheeks. "I\'m inclined to be lenient on the first two counts, but for the third—" She turned and began to kiss along the middle of his chest, rising to the throat and chin, where she gave him a tiny nip, and finally giving him a deep, soft, open-mouthed kiss. Breaking the embrace, she continued, "Does that give you an idea? I wouldn\'t know what the legalese for that would be."\n\nShe smiled as he kissed her forehead. "I believe a judge might say I was ordered to report to therapy that I would undergo until such time as a qualified expert was satisified—"\n\n"Ah, [i:953e7]satisified!"[/i:953e7] she interrupted, laughing and licking her lips.\n\nHe put his finger across her lips as if to [i:953e7]sshhh[/i:953e7] her, only to have her lick the tip, which he then drew along the very edges of her lips. "—as I was saying before I was interrupted, until such time as a qualified expert was satisified that I was, indeed, reformed."\n\nThey kissed again, she running her hands over his torso, he sliding his hands beneath her scrubs. Then she parted her mouth from his, while moving further up the bed, allowing him to feel her breasts beneath the scrubs. She let out a sigh of contentment and let her eyelids droop—but was suddenly distracted by something red in the corner of her vision. Giggling like a girl, she leaned over to the disregarded plate, and took an apple from it, holding it before her face and trying not to gasp as his strong hands caressed her torso.\n\n"Wanna bite?"\n\n"Sure."\n\nShe put the apple in her mouth and leaned down to him, both of them biting opposite sides of the apple at the same time. It fell onto the bed, where it lay beside them.\n\nAnn Lauder closed her eyes and chewed, surrendering to the myriad sensations of Jim Vitale\'s strong hands playing across her torso and the rich flavor of the apple. At last she swallowed, and said between gasps, "That has to be the best apple I\'ve ever had."\n\n"It\'s [i:953e7]Chez Pierre\'s[/i:953e7] fruit plate. You know what they say—the best of everything is good enough for me."\n\nShe giggled and took off her top. "Who says that?"\n\n"It\'s from an old movie."\n\n"Show me sometime?"\n\n"Sure."\n\n\n\n[i:953e7]"He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die." —Cormac McCarthy, [b:953e7]Blood Meridian[/b:953e7] (what Daria was reading in "Camp Fear")[/i:953e7]\n\nETA: nothing. lousy MySQL errors. \":x\"\n\nETA: nothing. rotten charset conversion problems \":x\"','dea87fe8c05ed41ee129c47550ae84e0',0,'dg==','953e7',1,1181609173,'',362,5,0),(246798,18269,5,28,0,'76.20.168.147',1181608781,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The most f---ed up movie ever made','[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3uAUp6FjgM:fe754]Turkish Star Wars[/url:fe754] Game over man, game over.','22dd2aa3717e8fbeceb9f80ca1d58d10',0,'EA==','fe754',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246125,18107,3,253,0,'70.229.173.175',1181247801,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I didn\'t see the article, but I have to ask, are you absolutly sure you were being neutral? It\'s amazing how many people think they are when they aren\'t.','',0,'dg==','f18be',1,0,'',253,0,0),(246126,18352,10,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181247839,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','','It\'s an attractive look for Daria, especially with that hat and pullover sweater. And I always thought she should be shown wearing slacks. (All we got were jeans or camo, and those not nearly often enough.)\r\n\r\nIf you can post a larger version, where the lines don\'t pixelate, it\'d be easier to see this in detail. The one you used is only 19 KB, and I don\'t see why that would take a long time to load.','',0,'dg==','164cb',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246127,18340,6,249,0,'82.24.212.86',1181247953,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','','\"Too late,\" muttered Daria.\r\n\r\nShe heard a noise behind her and took a position next to the door.\r\n\r\nShe kept her gun, a Glock 18, pointed down so she wasn\'t obscuring her view of what, for all she knew, could be a midget.\r\n\r\nShe saw Jane enter, desert eagle held high, like she was trying to assert authority rather than assassinate someone.\r\n\r\n\"Fuck, he\'s aready dead.\"\r\n\r\n\"And so are you,\" said Daria.\r\n\r\n\"AAH!\" cried Jane.\r\n\r\nDaria could barely make her shriek of surprise out over the muzzle blast from the desert eagle.\r\n\r\n\"I mean, just what was that? ... come on,\" said Daria, picking up the spent cartridge with her coat sleeve and then taking point at the door, \"Police\'ll be here soon, thankyou very much.\"\r\n\r\nShe just got out the door, when she suddenly stopped, pointing her gun down and asking \"What are you doing here?\"\r\n\r\n\"Acting before you did, I hoped. Is he dead?\" asked Jodie, Mack covering behind them.\r\n\r\n\"Yeah.\"\r\n\r\n\"By which gun? If the cops find it-\" started Jodie.\r\n\r\n\"Neither,\" said Daria, \"he was dead when we got there.\"\r\n\r\n\"So ... \"\r\n\r\n\"Daria surprised me, I put a hole in the ceiling,\" said Jane.\r\n\r\n\"Just hope it\'s tough enough that there\'s nothing left for ballistics to recover. Come on, time we weren\'t here,\" said Daria.\r\n\r\n\"Agreed,\" said Mack.\r\n\r\nThey headed out, then they all stopped and stared at the ceiling.\r\n\r\n\"Here for Vitale?\" asked Daria.\r\n\r\n\"Of Course!\" squeaked Brittany, she and the cheerleaders armed with various edged weapons, Brittany packing a modified compound bow now equipped with a number of Karma blades attached to the ends by what looked like quality welds, like what you can acheive with TIG gear.\r\n\r\n\"He\'s dead,\" they all chorused.\r\n\r\n\"Oh. ... I hope he was in terrible agony for hours,\" said Brittany.\r\n\r\n\"One gunshot wound in the shoulder, that bled out, couldn\'t have been more than a few seconds, blood and brainmatter plus his front teeth missing indicate he was then tapped at least once through the mouth, there were two distinct spatters, anything else, we\'ll leave for the CSIs, but we have to go, now,\" said Daria.\r\n\r\nEveryone followed Daria, everyone ready for anything.\r\n\r\nThen they all stopped and sighed, Jane muttering \"gettign ridiculous here.\"\r\n\r\n\"Vitale, right?\"\r\n\r\n\"Who\'s Vitale?\" asked Kevin, he and the football team except their captain (who was already there) standing there, armed with beer, cannabis, mixing decks, lights.\r\n\r\n\"What were you going to do, party him to death? what\'s with all that?\" asked Daria.\r\n\r\n\"Mackdaddy said he was going to a private party, and we wanted in on it, he said it would be boring so we decided to make it fun for him.\"\r\n\r\nMack groaned.\r\n\r\nA few seconds of silence later, as everyone reminded themselves that yes, Kevin was that stupid, Daria said \"Right. Enough fucking about. Everyone, move out, now!\"\r\n\r\n\"Why?\" asked Kevin.\r\n\r\nMack asked him \"Do you want to spend the next twenty years getting a cock in the ass every time you take a shower?\"\r\n\r\n\"No,\" responded Kevin.\r\n\r\n\"Neither, do I.\" said Mack. \"Let\'s go.\"\r\n\r\nThey all left.','',0,'dg==','b20ba',1,0,'',249,0,0),(246128,18341,6,306,0,'72.187.63.232',1181248151,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Just as long as the bunnies or a \"St. Elsewhere\" ending is out I think we\'ll all enjoy it, or have nightmares about it, you know whatever.','',0,'dg==','0bb13',1,0,'',306,0,0),(246129,18351,5,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181248435,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','','[quote="Roentgen":94bb1]Jane once said that she shared \"certain chromosome pairs\" with her older siblings, but beyond that \"she wasn\'t supposed to say\".\n\nMaybe by that, she meant that \n\na) Amanda had a tryst with someone who wasn\'t Vincent, and\nb) Jane is aware of this fact, and \nc) No one else is aware of it. [...][/quote:94bb1]\r\nAnd maybe ... Jane was just being arch and sardonic? Especially with a twit of a gym teacher, who deserved nothing more serious? Hmmm?\r\n\r\nSometimes, taking an offhand yet well-aimed witticism too literally, as the grist for potential fan fiction, pulls too much of the juice out of it.\r\n\r\nSpeaking of \"See Jane Run,\" yesterday at Target I heard a bit of chorded music over the P.A., and immediately thought: That\'s what they played when Jane was eyeing Evan in the gym!\r\n\r\n... and my next thought: I have watched these shows [i:94bb1]too many times.[/i:94bb1] {g}','',0,'oA==','94bb1',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246130,18350,3,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1181249347,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','There is a basic rule operating here. If it doesn\'t make sense, it\'s politics. Ask yourself if you, in your present circumstances of relative poverty and unpopularity, could possibly be accorded the same treatment. Considering the immense wealth and political influence that family commands, I think the pressure at the highest administrative levels of LA County was so intense as to be unbearable, so the authorities caved. It would not be the first time...','',0,'oA==','d1013',1,1181265265,'',45,1,0),(246131,18343,5,149,0,'198.85.228.129',1181249588,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Teeki":68b8b]Not her most shining moment, but I know that\'s the way many of us--even us bright, verbal people--handled our little sisters from time to time. (I gave mine a huge bruise on the shoulder, while she made her own hole in my ear cartilage when we were about that age.)[/quote:68b8b]\r\n[color=indigo:68b8b][b:68b8b]I flogged my sister with a pillow when she was seven and I was about 14. She was always playing pranks on me at that age.\n\nBTW, I always felt the viewing audience was cheated when Daria closed the bedroom door before hammering Quinn. \":twisted:\" \n\nInaria[/b:68b8b][/color:68b8b]','',0,'wg==','68b8b',1,0,'',149,0,0),(246132,15248,10,27,0,'70.181.163.228',1181249651,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','sweetness Napalm! Any chance when you do submit it, to get multible versoins for different resolutions?','',0,'wg==','bc2d4',1,0,'',27,0,0),(246133,18330,6,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181249704,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Bliss Ticks":e5250]Scissors - you must do more Vitale as only you can! He\'s a great character and only you can do it properly! \":shock:\"[/quote:e5250]\r\n\r\n[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=246123#246123:e5250]I live to serve.[/url:e5250] \":twisted:\"','',0,'kA==','e5250',1,0,'',362,0,0),(246134,18350,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181250002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Roentgen":c5dcc]Three words:\n\nNasogastric feeding tube.[/quote:c5dcc]\r\nThree more:\r\n\r\nChicken soup enemas.','',0,'gA==','c5dcc',1,0,'',114,0,0),(246135,18343,5,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181250047,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','Re: An actual question about the show!','[quote="Brother Grimace":5ee96]Now, we can all point to the big moments in [i:5ee96]Daria[/i:5ee96] that we like to discuss and would like to change, one way or another. \n\nTwo words. \'The Kiss\'.[/quote:5ee96]\r\nNot sure if you\'re suggesting \"we\" would all want to do so, but I wouldn\'t change a thing about that. A perfect blend of the rueful, the sardonic, the passionate, of joy, of fear, of rage. I\'m astonished it came off so well.\r\n\r\nAs for little revelatory moments?\r\n\r\n~ Daria picking the sock off of Jane\'s shoulder.\r\n\r\n~ \"You\'re a twisted little cruller, ain\'t\'cha?\"\r\n\r\n~ \"... you Morgendorffer tempstresses!\" (That added \"S\" sound [i:5ee96]and[/i:5ee96] the plural!)\r\n\r\n~ \"You call this parent/child bonding?\" \"Works for me.\" \"Let\'s watch again.\"\r\n\r\n~ Helen being too abashed from the role-playing at dinner.\r\n\r\n~ Daria looking out the car\'s side window.\r\n\r\n~ Daria and Quinn ridin\' off into the sunset.\r\n\r\n~ Quinn\'s note on the box.','',0,'oA==','5ee96',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246136,18344,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181250075,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dennis":1af3d][quote="Gouka Ryuu":1af3d]Penny and Aggie is a great webcomic. Yeah, that girl does look like Burnout Girl and Penny does look like Tori.[/quote:1af3d]\n\nI just started reading it. It\'s very cool.[/quote:1af3d]\r\n\":-)\" Enjoy.','',0,'gA==','1af3d',1,0,'',114,0,0),(246137,18348,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181250145,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I don\'t know what Veoh is, but Daria is definitely mature content. \":-)\"','',0,'gA==','10349',1,0,'',114,0,0),(246138,18275,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181250731,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":d5f9b][quote="cyde":d5f9b]\nFrom what I understand (and please correct me if I\'m wrong), there is a movement to introduce the metric system as a replacement for the US customary system. Unfortunately, we\'re rather resistant to change and most of us have been using the US customary system for all of our lives. Change would be difficult and laborious and, frankly, most people have no incentive to learn a different way of doing it. I am six feet, three inches tall... and I couldn\'t tell you how many centimeters that is off the top of my head. You savvy? \";)\"\n\nOh god, and imagine how that would screw up (American) football!\n\nAnd biologists claim that the human is an adaptable animal? \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:d5f9b]\n\nThe \"movement\" has been creeping along since the 1970s and in many cases, has gone the wrong direction. The way that they tried to teach metric use back then probably turned many of my generation against the metric system. First, memorize all of the unit prefixes, even the ones that are never used in everday life (yeah, how many times does anybody use deka-). Second, bombard them with a bunch of conversion factors so that the students \"can get a feel for what the units are like\". Noboby ever thought of the simple method of [i:d5f9b]using[/i:d5f9b] the metric system to teach it.\n\nSo now, scientists are familiar with the metric system because we use it regularly and everyone else still lives in fear of bad prefixes and obscure conversions.[/quote:d5f9b]\r\nIt just goes to show that you can do even the most simple things badly.\r\n\r\n99% of people get away with knowing no more than \"kilo - 1,000\". The public ed campaign here was pervasive but low key, and everyone had learnt about the metric system in first year high school science anyway so we already knew how much of a no-brainer it was. There was remarkably little opposition, though there was the odd letter to the papers complaining about how hard it was going to be for the old folks (it wasn\'t, as it turned out). I think most of us were astounded at just how easily it happened and how little opposition there was. I remember in primary school long hours converting gills to quarts and rods and perches to acres, I\'m thankful all over again. \";-)\"\r\n\r\nIIRC a foot was the length of Henry VIII\'s ... um ... elbow or something.','',0,'oA==','d5f9b',1,0,'',114,0,0),(246139,18346,4,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181251115,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Greybird":ef7e2][url=http://www.tonykevin.com/IraqNewsGettingWorse.html:ef7e2]Australians have also been doing this all along,[/url:ef7e2] so do avoid any self-righteousness here.[/quote:ef7e2]\r\nSelf-righteousness? How many times have I said that Australia is every bit as culpable as the US in this? We\'re more than a willing partner, we\'re #1 cheerleader. We make Britain appear like the reluctant bride.\r\n\r\nBut I don\'t see any reference in that article to Australia directly employing mercenaries. That means nothing of course - we might as well be.','',0,'kA==','ef7e2',1,0,'',114,0,0),(246140,18354,6,589,0,'192.55.2.36',1181251491,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Second Chances','The house was silent. Helen and Jake were still at \'work\' and Quinn was celebrating the Lawndale Lion\'s win with a \'sleepover\' at Angie\'s house. Daria sat on the floor of the attic, scribbling away on her note pad. An opened wine cooler sat by her side, besides a red plastic funnel and a broom. It looked like the floor had just been swept.\n \nDaria sighed. Same ol\' suicide note. How original.\n \n[i:67c56]Dear Mom, Dad and precious Quinny,\n \nThis life isn\'t quite what I expected. \nIt\'s just too hard trying to go on with this charade.\nSee you again, in another life. Or maybe not.\n \nDaria[/i:67c56] \n\nDaria tapped her pen on the notepad and added a few more lines.\n \n[i:67c56]PS. Just so you know Mom, Dad\'s been screwing Marianne, while you\'ve been screwing Eric. And Quinn\'s been screwing both of them behind your backs. That is when she isn\'t too busy with the football team. Sweet, innocent Quinn indeed.[/i:67c56] \n\nSatisfied, Daria laid the notepad on the floor, positioning it so it would be clearly visible by anyone coming up through the trap door. Reaching into her jacket pocket, Daria pulled out a bottle of pills. She opened the bottle and dropped a whole handful of the pills into the wine cooler, one by one. She then re-capped the wine cooler and shook it vigorously, all the while thinking darkly of how Jane the track star was probably doing the same with Evan except not with a wine cooler. \n \nGuess it\'s time, thought Daria. She placed her deadly concoction safely to the side and stood up. Daria walked over to the attic door, turned the handle and pulled...\n \n[i:67c56]Thump. [/i:67c56]\n\nThe Daria Morgendorffer on the other side had fainted clean away.\n\nDaria smirked. Predictable. How she loved predictability. \n \nDaria poked her head through the doorway, checking to make sure that her \'clone\' was alone, ready to slam the door shut, if that wasn\'t the case. She was alone. \n \nWasting no time, Daria grabbed a hold of the unconscious girl and dragged her over to her attic. Daria then clambered atop the unconscious Daria, pinning her to the floor with her weight, and grabbed for her funnel and wine cooler. The other Daria started to stir.\n\nDaria forced the funnel into her clone’s mouth and mercilessly poured her concoction down her throat. The other Daria\'s eyes popped open reflecting her fear and confusion. She struggled desperately to toss her captor off, but to no avail. Daria continued to hold her down fast, until her struggling ceased. It took a while, but Daria was patient. Daria waited another 5 minutes after her clone had stopped struggling before she got off her. To be successful, she had to be careful.\n \nHumming quietly to herself, Daria repositioned her clone\'s body, curling the clone\'s hands around the empty wine cooler. Daria next took the broom and swept the floor again, removing any potential scuffle marks. The bottle of pills was placed on its side, close to her clone, with a few pills scattered on the floor for effect. Last but not least, Daria tossed the red funnel into the next room. She would get rid of it later.\n \nDaria squared her shoulders, straightened her clothes, and stepped into the other attic. \n \n"Better you than me. Goodbye, cruel world," whispered Daria to her clone as she shut the door close.','e1c3752bb420235438de8118477fe735',0,'IA==','67c56',1,1182281307,'',589,3,0),(246141,18350,3,588,0,'82.47.171.32',1181251566,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":93e1d][quote="Roentgen":93e1d]Three words:\n\nNasogastric feeding tube.[/quote:93e1d]\nThree more:\n\nChicken soup enemas.[/quote:93e1d]\r\n\r\nI wondered how long it would take for this story to make it here on ppmb, I am just surprised it was not stars bringing it up, he seems to be our representative in pop culture these days.\r\n\r\nI feel the only solution is that taken from the film Seven. A flesh wound, a bottle of sleepy drops glued to one hand and a mobile glued to the other!\r\n\r\nLet her choose her fate.','',0,'gA==','93e1d',1,0,'',588,0,0),(246142,18354,6,589,0,'192.55.2.36',1181251655,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Apologies if I trod on anyone\'s toes with this fic. This idea just popped in the head, though maybe one of you have already written something in a similar vein. \r\n\r\nMany thanks to CharlieGirl for her Illusions and TAG\'s story of the same name. I really liked it and I guess it stuck in my head.','',0,'gA==','a4bd0',1,0,'',589,0,0),(246143,18343,5,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181251711,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: An actual question about the show!','[quote="Greybird":3d2cd][quote="Brother Grimace":3d2cd]Now, we can all point to the big moments in [i:3d2cd]Daria[/i:3d2cd] that we like to discuss and would like to change, one way or another. \n\nTwo words. \'The Kiss\'.[/quote:3d2cd]\n\n[b:3d2cd]Not sure if you\'re suggesting \"we\" would all want to do so, but I wouldn\'t change a thing about that.[/b:3d2cd] A perfect blend of the rueful, the sardonic, the passionate, of joy, of fear, of rage. I\'m astonished it came off so well.\n[/quote:3d2cd]\r\n\r\n\r\nI can live with that.','',0,'4A==','3d2cd',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246144,18354,6,83,0,'69.253.174.149',1181251859,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="lycissa":ec715]Apologies if I trod on anyone\'s toes with this fic. This idea just popped in the head, though maybe one of you have already written something in a similar vein. \n\nMany thanks to CharlieGirl for her Illusions and TAG\'s story of the same name. I really liked it and I guess it stuck in my head.[/quote:ec715]\r\n\r\nHey I wrote at least half (okay a third) of that! This was delightfully sick, though.','',0,'gA==','ec715',1,0,'',83,0,0),(246145,18340,6,83,0,'69.253.174.149',1181252312,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote="mman":133ab]\n\nThe phone rang.\n\n\"Jim Vitale here!\"\n\nThere was the faint sound of breathing at the other end, then a click.\n\n\"Damn it!\" said Jim. \"Can\'t anyone just say \'wrong number\' anymore!\"\n\nJim Vitale got up, walked out of his own office and down the main corridor of the law office. There was nobody else working at this hour.\n\nVitale frowned. It wasn\'t that long after midnight. Anyone with any ambition would still be working. \n\nEspecially Helen Morgendorffer. He\'d certainly let her know she better not take her position for granted. Trying to sue the Lawndale School District, no less! Jim Vitale wouldn\'t forget that one for a long, long time, you could bet on that!\n\nYet Helen had gone home. He wondered if he\'d been forceful enough ...\n\nJim heard footsteps in the reception area, coming toward the corridor.\n\nMaybe Helen had decided to come in for some night work after all.\n\nJim turned and walked toward the reception area. Whoever it was hadn\'t turned the light on. He saw the outline of someone in the dark.\n\n\"Who is it?\" he said.\n\nBLAM!!\n\nJim felt the impact of a bullet just below his right shoulder. He tried to cry out, but couldn\'t.\n\nBLAM!! BLAM!!\n\nJim Vitale crumpled to the floor.\n\n[/quote:133ab]\r\n\r\nHe did not recognize the girl walking toward him. His attempt at question who and why merely produced a large wet bubble of blood.\r\n\r\nThe figure of a young woman loomed closer in his quickly dimming vision. \r\n\r\nShe leaned in close to watch him die, a pensive look in her eyes. \"Nothing personal, Mr. um....\" She glanced around. \"Well, whoever you are. I\'m sure the police will know. They say the best way not to get caught is to kill someone you have no connection with and well, I need practice before I can do what I really want to do, and there\'s really no sense in getting caught for just a practice, right?\"\r\n\r\nJim Vitale didn\'t answer.\r\n\r\nStacy shrugged. Her aim was improving and once the police had come through and named their suspects, she\'d have a better idea of how to continue to elude them. For now, she\'d keep practicing and one day, she\'d finally be ready. \"Practice makes perfect,\" she said to herself as she left.','',0,'gA==','133ab',1,0,'',83,0,0),(246146,18354,6,589,0,'192.55.2.36',1181252542,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','*Smack* Doh! \r\nMany thanks to you too Angelinhel. And anyone else I forgot.\r\nLove your writing by the way. Any more coming our way??','',0,'gA==','4471b',1,0,'',589,0,0),(246147,18275,3,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181253365,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Eccles":bae55]You are correct Bliss Ticks I have no personal experience with the public transport system in the US, however a lot of my RL friends are from America so I am aware how bad the system is over there. All I am saying is that over here it is not much better if any.[/quote:bae55]You have an intercity rail system that provides relatively frequent service to every city and most major towns. Amtrak doesn\'t even hit all the cities here in the US, and many of those are served by one train at 2 in the morning. I\'d say you have a far superior public transportation system right there. Plus, it connects with trains to virtually every part of Europe.\n\n[quote="RLobinske":bae55]So now, scientists are familiar with the metric system because we use it regularly and everyone else still lives in fear of bad prefixes and obscure conversions.[/quote:bae55]\r\nEven the most obscure conversion in the metric system is easier than the one between pound-force and pound-mass. Pound-mass = pound-force, but pound-force = 32.2 pound-mass. Can there possibly be a conversion more f-ed up than that?','',0,'gA==','bae55',1,0,'',414,0,0),(246148,18354,6,306,0,'72.187.63.232',1181253681,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Hey you can\'t just end it there. What does this desperate Daria find in the other world?','',0,'gA==','99088',1,0,'',306,0,0),(246149,18340,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181253950,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote="Angelinhel":6ac3a][quote="mman":6ac3a]\n\nThe phone rang.\n\n\"Jim Vitale here!\"\n\nThere was the faint sound of breathing at the other end, then a click.\n\n\"Damn it!\" said Jim. \"Can\'t anyone just say \'wrong number\' anymore!\"\n\nJim Vitale got up, walked out of his own office and down the main corridor of the law office. There was nobody else working at this hour.\n\nVitale frowned. It wasn\'t that long after midnight. Anyone with any ambition would still be working. \n\nEspecially Helen Morgendorffer. He\'d certainly let her know she better not take her position for granted. Trying to sue the Lawndale School District, no less! Jim Vitale wouldn\'t forget that one for a long, long time, you could bet on that!\n\nYet Helen had gone home. He wondered if he\'d been forceful enough ...\n\nJim heard footsteps in the reception area, coming toward the corridor.\n\nMaybe Helen had decided to come in for some night work after all.\n\nJim turned and walked toward the reception area. Whoever it was hadn\'t turned the light on. He saw the outline of someone in the dark.\n\n\"Who is it?\" he said.\n\nBLAM!!\n\nJim felt the impact of a bullet just below his right shoulder. He tried to cry out, but couldn\'t.\n\nBLAM!! BLAM!!\n\nJim Vitale crumpled to the floor.\n\n[/quote:6ac3a]\n\nHe did not recognize the girl walking toward him. His attempt at question who and why merely produced a large wet bubble of blood.\n\nThe figure of a young woman loomed closer in his quickly dimming vision. \n\nShe leaned in close to watch him die, a pensive look in her eyes. \"Nothing personal, Mr. um....\" She glanced around. \"Well, whoever you are. I\'m sure the police will know. They say the best way not to get caught is to kill someone you have no connection with and well, I need practice before I can do what I really want to do, and there\'s really no sense in getting caught for just a practice, right?\"\n\nJim Vitale didn\'t answer.\n\nStacy shrugged. [b:6ac3a]Her aim was improving and once the police had come through and named their suspects, she\'d have a better idea of how to continue to elude them. For now, she\'d keep practicing and one day, she\'d finally be ready.[/b:6ac3a] \"Practice makes perfect,\" she said to herself as she left.[/quote:6ac3a]\r\n\r\nDamn. \r\n\r\nShades of John Clark, from [i:6ac3a]Without Remorse[/i:6ac3a]. \":shock:\"','',0,'4A==','6ac3a',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246150,18324,6,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181254226,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[b:91e0e]Part 2[/b:91e0e]\r\n\r\n\r\nIn his small apartment, Derek angrily dropped the phone onto its cradle. “Bastard.”\r\n\r\nSitting on the loveseat next to him, Karen said, “He won’t let you out of the lease?”\r\n\r\n“Nope. ‘Sorry, a contract’s, a contract.’ Bastard. Like I’m doing this to him on purpose.”\r\n\r\n“So, what are you going to do?”\r\n\r\n“I guess I’ll have to sublet, with all the headaches that go with it.” He looked up, “Need a new place?”\r\n\r\n“Sorry, but you know that I’ve given my word to Daria and Jane.”\r\n\r\n“Maybe they’ll know somebody who can move in.”\r\n\r\n“We can ask. I’ll also check with people in my classes.”\r\n\r\nHe looked around. “I guess we better start looking for boxes. I have less than two weeks to pack. At least Mom and Dad aren’t too far away; I can leave my stuff there instead of paying for a storage unit.”\r\n\r\n“Between my truck and your car, we should be able to get everything in a couple of trips.”\r\n\r\nDerek grunted an acknowledgement before saying, “We’re not even going to get to spend Valentine’s Day together.”\r\n\r\n“But we should be together for the next one…with a lot of time to make up for.”\r\n\r\n“Time. This is going to set me back at least a year, maybe more, depending on exactly when I can get reregistered for school. You’ll graduate and be off to vet school while I’m still working on my degree.”\r\n\r\nKaren grasped his hand. “In that case, I’ll have to go to Raft’s vet school. After all, I am starting to like it here.”\r\n\r\n“So, you think I’m worth staying around, huh?”\r\n\r\n“You’re a keeper.”\r\n\r\nExaggerating his Massachusetts accent, Derek asked, “Even though I’m a ‘damn Yankee’?”\r\n\r\nFully using her southern accent, Karen replied, “Tain’t nobody perfect.”\r\n\r\n\"That\'s what my mother always told me.\"\r\n\r\n\"She must be worried.\"\r\n\r\nDerek leaned over to rest his head on Karen\'s lap. \"So\'s Dad. They\'re also worried about you and want you to remember that you\'re always welcome to visit.\"\r\n\r\n\"I won\'t for get. I like them, remember?\" She bent forward to kiss him. \"Don\'t forget that I\'m worried about you, either.\"\r\n\r\n\"As if you\'ll let me forget.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBundled in a heavy jacket, CC meandered through the growing ice sculptures until she found Jane and Nell. “At it again, I see,” she quipped at her friends.\r\n\r\nJane was crouched on the ground, stacking differently tinted ice cubes in a pyramid. “Hey, CC. What’s up?”\r\n\r\nSeated on a low, rolling stool, Nell chipped away at very dark block of ice. She placed the chisel and mallet on top and said, “Decided to brave the cold, or just looking?”\r\n\r\n“I get enough cold drafts at work. I’m only here to watch the crazy people.”\r\n\r\nNell said, “And to score some of the hot cider inside.”\r\n\r\n“Okay, that too.” CC inspected the proto-artwork and said, “Let me guess, still secret?”\r\n\r\n\"Of course,\" Jane said.\r\n\r\nNell shook one of her crutches and said, \"I\'d have to kill you. Since I only have this, it would be slow and bloody.\" She paused and muttered, \"Hmmm.\"\r\n\r\n\"You can only tint the ice with tea,\" Jane said, surmising her friend\'s thought.\r\n\r\n\"Oh, yeah. By the way, CC, what\'s up with you, lately?\"\r\n\r\n\"Oh, about the same. Working up a new costume for my routine and trying to keep the dorm kiddies from wrecking the place.\"\r\n\r\nNell asked, \"Got any room? My landlord sold the building and the new owner wants everyone out by the middle of next month.\"\r\n\r\nJane looked up and said, \"Karen\'s boyfriend is looking for someone to sublet his apartment. I\'ll get his number for you.\"\r\n\r\n\"I\'d kinda feel weird sharing a place with a guy I\'ve only met a couple times.\"\r\n\r\n\"It\'s a one bedroom apartment.\"\r\n\r\n\"That\'s even weirder.\"\r\n\r\n\"Derek\'s in the National Guard and he\'s been called up for active duty. He needs someone by the end of the month. Karen says that his landlord won\'t let him out of the lease, so he needs someone reliable to finish off the lease.\"\r\n\r\nSuddenly cold, CC wrapped her arms around herself and said, \"So much for all this fresh air, guys. I\'m heading inside.\"\r\n\r\n\"See you later, CC,\" Jane said.\r\n\r\nNell said, \"Later.\" To Jane, she then said, \"That really sucks for him, but I\'ll talk to him. I really could use a place. Do you know how much he\'s paying a month?\"\r\n\r\n\"No clue.\"\r\n\r\n\"I hope I can afford it.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWith add/drop well over and pre-registration still a month and a half away, the Registrar\'s office was quite when Derek entered on Monday morning. The receptionist looked up from her paperback and said, \"May I help you?\"\r\n\r\nDerek opened his orders and showed them to her. \"My name\'s Derek Adler and I need to change my student status to Inactive-Returning.\"\r\n\r\nEmpathetic, the receptionist said, \"Oh, dear. I hope you\'re going to be all right.\"\r\n\r\n\"I hope so, too.\"\r\n\r\n\"You\'ll need to see Mrs. Wychurst. Your student number, please.\r\n\r\n\"810205-5438\"\r\n\r\nThe receptionist typed the number and said, \"Okay, please have a seat and I\'ll call you when she\'s ready.\"\r\n\r\n\"Thanks.\" Derek nodded and took a seat in the waiting room, picking up a copy of [i:91e0e]The Mast[/i:91e0e] as he did. Thinking of the dangers ahead of him, the stories and concerns in the paper seemed almost insignificant.\r\n\r\nA few minutes later, a slender black woman in her late thirties approached him and said, \"Mr. Adler, if you\'ll follow me, please.\"\r\n\r\nHe stood and asked, \"Mrs. Wychurst?\"\r\n\r\n\"That\'s me.\"\r\n\r\nShe directed him into an office and offered him a chair before sitting behind her desk. \"I\'ve taken the liberty of bringing up your records. May I see your activation orders?\"\r\n\r\nHe passed them across the desk and said, \"Here, ma\'am.\"\r\n\r\n\"Thank you.\" She quickly read the letter and then typed on her computer keyboard. \"Your professors will be officially notified in writing and by e-mail. I’m sure that you have a lot to do before leaving, so I\'m making the effective date today.\"\r\n\r\n\"Thanks.\"\r\n\r\n\"You need to go to Financial Services to tell them how you want this semester\'s tuition payment handled. Either a refund now, or we can credit you the same number of credit hours when you return.\"\r\n\r\n\"Okay, anything else?\"\r\n\r\n\"Nothing here. Once you contact the finance office, you\'ll be done. I would suggest talking to your professors; they\'re not always the best at reading their mail.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTwenty minutes later, Derek stepped out of Founder\'s Hall and looked over the Quad. Brown paths through the snow marked shortcuts across the clear space. Here and there, students hurried between buildings, while the numerous benches sat empty and dusted with snow. Raft, the focus of his life for the last two and a half years, tugged at him, as if a living entity, to stay. But another part of his mind was already disconnecting. His life would be focused on something very different soon and Raft would only be a pleasant memory.\r\n\r\n\"Damn.\"','',0,'YA==','91e0e',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246151,18350,3,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181254421,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I hoped and prayed that Paris would have to fight angry lesbians in the shower three times daily. Go figure. My wish wasn\'t fulfilled.\r\n\r\n \":?\" \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":wink:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'YA==','3fb27',1,0,'',13,0,0),(246152,18348,3,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181254671,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','http://www.veoh.com\r\n\r\nDeref, it\'s a YouTube clone. It\'s also a wonderful place to find brand new (Japanese) Naruto episodes every Friday since YouTube became dicks and began to erase every episode of Naruto: Shippuden as soon as it was posted.\r\n\r\nIn other words, check out veoh when you are having a \"Goddamn, I hate YouTube moment\" or if you like anime. Not a lot of sexy stuff on veoh, though, so be warned.\r\n\r\nVeoh is to YouTube as Branson, Missouri is to Las Vegas. There, that sums it up.\r\n\r\n \":D\" \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":wink:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'YA==','34c9f',1,0,'',13,0,0),(246153,18351,5,253,0,'70.229.173.175',1181254871,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Nonsense, you can never watch the show too many times.','',0,'YA==','d7975',1,0,'',253,0,0),(246154,18350,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181255446,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[color=blue:924a8][b:924a8][size=200:924a8]GAH![/size:924a8][/b:924a8][/color:924a8]','',0,'Rg==','924a8',1,0,'',121,0,0),(246155,18350,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181255585,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','F*ck that little brat!','',0,'Rg==','d1626',1,0,'',121,0,0),(246156,18324,6,83,0,'69.253.174.149',1181256326,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:b5f8a]With add/drop well over and pre-registration still a month and a half away, the Registrar\'s office was [b:b5f8a]quite [/b:b5f8a]when Derek entered on Monday morning. The receptionist looked up from her paperback and said, \"May I help you?\"[/quote:b5f8a]\r\n\r\nQuiet? Or quite something.\r\n\r\nDamn, sucks to be Derek and Karen. Shades of Deref and Thea\'s \"All My Children.\"','',0,'wA==','b5f8a',1,0,'',83,0,0),(246157,18324,6,249,0,'82.24.212.86',1181256596,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','','Pretty nice so far.','',0,'wA==','bbb2d',1,0,'',249,0,0),(246158,18354,6,249,0,'82.24.212.86',1181257003,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','','Nice one.','',0,'wA==','22181',1,0,'',249,0,0),(246159,18275,3,81,0,'82.3.115.164',1181257007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','TippedOver: [quote:16c12]I was in Germany with the US Army in 1987 when I got in a pretty good car crash...[/quote:16c12]\r\n\r\nAh, the Awesome Origin of your screenname.','',0,'gA==','16c12',1,0,'',81,0,0),(246160,18342,6,253,0,'70.229.173.175',1181257413,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote:97479]She realized that without her four friends,[/quote:97479]Three.','',0,'gA==','97479',1,0,'',253,0,0),(246161,18342,6,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181259244,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="atimnie":835b9][quote:835b9]She realized that without her four friends,[/quote:835b9]Three.[/quote:835b9]\r\n\r\nGood catch. Thanks \":D\"','',0,'gA==','835b9',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246162,17747,6,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1181259402,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','In the Back Pages frag:\r\n\r\n\r\nFebruary 21, 1919, the formal gardens of Schloss Morgendorf:\r\n\r\n\" \'Karl Jacob, You are my oldest son, much to my distress. And you would have been my heir, by the succession rules of this principality. No longer. Between your disgraceful behavior in Berlin last month and the fall of the Empire, that cannot happen. You have shamed this family for the last time.\' \'Father, I can explain! It wasn\'t my idea, it was Ret\'s!\' \'Oh, yes. Ret Marut, the playwright. Also known as Ret Marut, the writer. But the description that bears on your experience is Ret Marut, the anarchist. And that brings us to you, Karl Jacob. Whatever possessed you to join that gang full of would be pacifistic spiritualists? Ret Marut had an excuse. He needed a cover for his subversive activities until he could link with a group that had some chance for revolutionary success, which he has now done. He has gone to Bavaria, probably Munich, and cannot help you, even if he wanted to do so. Tell me this, did you and your friends seriously believe that by linking hands in a circle around the Reichstag and focusing your energies, you could cause the building to levitate? And did you think the government, weak though it is, could possibly ignore such a gathering? Of course, they arrested you! But, before you were to be sent to a firing squad, a junior minister had the courtesy to call me and explain the situation. You have been given into my custody. But that is temporary. The government has told me to relay this decision: You can leave the country and go to America, never to return. Or you can wait for one of the paramilitary gangs to show up and execute you.\' \'Father, can\'t you hide me? At least til the situation stabilizes?\' \'It is time for you to grow up, Karl Jacob, and be a man! I had hoped the military school in Konigsberg would instill some maturity in you, or at least something close to a backbone. But no, they did not succeed and your failures are all too evident. At least, if you go, we can face the challenges that are closing in on all sides without worrying about your incompetence wrecking our chances of survival. Enough! I know your choice! Your baggage is packed, Hans will hand you your ticket and a car is waiting to take you to Bremerhaven.\' \'What about money?\' \'Hans will hand you an envelope with a letter of credit at an American bank. As for spending money on the voyage, you will have to practice frugality. Since you will be traveling in Steerage Class, that should be relatively easy to do. Goodbye. And get out of my sight!\' As the car drove away from the ancient Schloss, Karl Jacob Morgendorf turned to face the door, and yelled: [size=150:04f0c]\'GOD DAMN YOU, OLD MAN! I\'M NOT DONE WITH YOU YET! I\'LL SHOW YOU!!\' \" [/size:04f0c]','',0,'BA==','04f0c',1,0,'',45,0,0),(246163,18346,4,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181260040,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','I am against this because it breaks down command structure and harms morale...also the mercs aren\'t bound by the MCJ. They have been running willy nilly around Iraq with little oversight or accountability.\r\nCoverage of this issue is very limited in major media outlets, but is receiving better coverage in independent media outlets such as [i:ad8b4]Democracy Now[/i:ad8b4].','',0,'IA==','ad8b4',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246164,18350,3,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181260814,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','Welcome to America and the benefits of super concentrated wealth! \":shock:\" You can rape kids, kill your ex wife, whatever...it\'s all on the table if you have the $$!','',0,'IA==','a80fa',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246165,18310,6,412,0,'72.69.194.143',1181261232,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Kitten Possible\r\nChapter 5\r\n\r\nKim put a paw to her head, and let out a moan of pain. ‘[i:6dd12]Never again, I swear on all things you care to name to never do ‘nip again. Just make the throbbing stop![/i:6dd12]’\r\n\r\nShego watched her kitten with sorrowful eyes, the little dear had slept through the night but now she seemed to be feeling the effects of the catnip. She suspected if it was anything like a hangover, the poor thing’s head would be exploding right now.\r\n\r\nShego smiled as she pet her poor little Nemmy, she had the day off from Drakken because he had to see an allergist to reduce the swelling. “You know Nemmy?” Shego whispered gently, “You are a lucky kitty.”\r\n\r\nKim lowered her paw and glared at Shego as angrily as she could muster before slumping back down to the pillow she laid upon. “No really, you got rid of Drakken for me, and once you’re feeling better we can play together.”\r\n\r\nKim let out a moan of pain at the thought of playing again. Shego laughed softly as she pet Nemmy. “No more catnip, I know. But there’re still some other toys we can play with.”\r\n\r\nTurning back to Shego, Kim gave her a death glare of doom, which had about all the effectiveness of a water balloon destroying a wall. All because of how cute Shego thought she looked when she did it. “Oh, that’s so cute Nemmy. I wish I had a camera.”\r\n\r\nAfter an hour of Shego enjoying the cuteness of Nemmy, and Kim trying to figure out how she could whoop Shego in her current feline state, Kim felt well enough to show Shego her tail end and go get some water. Lapping up the water Kim sighed as she felt the pain fade.\r\n\r\nWalking away from her bowls, Kim yawned and stretched. ‘[i:6dd12]Alright, note to self, cat nip is not a good thing the morning after. I wonder what Shego’s doing?[/i:6dd12]’\r\n\r\nPadding into the living room Kim had to stop and prevent the laughter that attempted to escaper her lips at the sight of Shego waiting with a box of treats, cat ears on her head, and large sad eyes. Beside the treats there was a scratching post.\r\n\r\nKim blinked at the sight before her. Tilting her head she voiced a quizzical meow, as though asking Shego a question.\r\n\r\n“What’s that?” Shego asked, playing along. “Oh, are the ears just a touch too much?”\r\n\r\nKim nodded while she gave out a positive mew. After a moment she pointed her tail at the television, drawing Shego to her own reflection.\r\n\r\nShego’s face fell as she looked into the TV. A strange sadness fell over her green features as she pulls the ears off and tucked them away. “Yeah... I guess you’re right. I can’t really do cute.”\r\n\r\nKim frowned internally as she ran over and leaped up onto Shego’s shoulder, nuzzling against the black-haired female’s neck, purring gently to try and cheer her up. ‘[i:6dd12]Can’t do cute? So not the truth. Did you see yourself earlier?[/i:6dd12]’\r\n\r\nKim sighed, seeing expression growing happier, though the pain in her eyes remained. ‘[i:6dd12]I can do anything, I can cheer up Shego.[/i:6dd12]’\r\n\r\nLeaping off Shego’s shoulder, Kim flicked her tail so that the very end of it would whap against Shego’s nose. Turning around she saw Shego looking down at her in surprise, which grew into a suspicious look. “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?”\r\n\r\nKim strutted forward and meowed proudly before sliding her tongue out teasingly. Shego’s face once again grew shocked before she shook her finger with a clucking of her tongue. “Now, that’s not very nice Nemmy. I’m going to have to take away your treats for that.”\r\n\r\nKim felt her eyes grow sad and round at the thought of no treats. ‘[i:6dd12]Sometimes letting this body take control is useful...[/i:6dd12]’ Kim thought as she continued the hurt kitten look, mewling piteously. Catching an image of herself in the TV, she noticed that her kitty eyes were almost as good as her puppy dog pout. ‘[i:6dd12]Hmm... there’s an experiment. What works better “puppy dog pout” or “sad kitty eyes”?[/i:6dd12]’\r\n\r\nShego sighed as she opened the box of treats and fished one out for Kim, holding it out. “Alright, enough already!” exclaimed the green female, “I’m sorry.”\r\n\r\nStriding over Kim ate the treat and then licked Shego’s hand affectionately. After a minute she pulled back and shook her head, as though trying to clear it. ‘[i:6dd12]I have to stop letting the cat body lead like that...[/i:6dd12]’\r\n\r\nShego smiled and turned her hand over to scratch Nemmy between the ears, causing her to purr softly. “That’s better Nemmy, being a good kitty means you get treats.”\r\n\r\n“SHEGO!” the com-link built into the wall screamed causing both females to jump, Nemmy’s fur standing on end.\r\n\r\n“I’m going to kill him,” Shego muttered before raising her voice. “No need to yell Doc, I’m here.”\r\n\r\n“Come up to the main lab, I need to talk to you about the next stage of the plan,” Drakken’s voice commanded, causing both of the room’s occupants to roll their eyes. “Leave that fuzzball there and come up.”\r\n\r\nFlicking off the com-unit Shego grumbled something about doctors being too fast and stood up with a sigh. “Sorry Nemmy, but mommy needs to go into work. You be good now.”\r\n\r\nAs Shego walked out of the door, she failed to notice her cat slipping out behind her, quickly ducking behind a pillar. ‘[i:6dd12]If you think I’m sitting out on the chance to mess with Drakken, you’re nuts.[/i:6dd12]’\r\n\r\nSlinking along the shadows, Kim trailed Shego as she strode to the main lab. Once they got there, Kim leaped up onto the many ledges that circled it. Climbing up her ears flicked about for any signal that she had been discovered. Hearing none she smirked as she curled up in the shadows on one ledge well above the view of the two down on the floor.\r\n\r\nDrakken huffed as he held an ice pack to his face to help reduce the swelling. “Took you long enough Shego.”\r\n\r\n“I had expected a day off Drewbie,” Shego growled causing Drakken to jump back in fear. “Not that it matters but what did you call me up here for?”\r\n\r\n“It’s time to reveal my next step to taking over the world!” Drakken exclaimed with boyish glee.\r\n\r\nShego sighed and took a chair near the giant monitor. Watching Drakken gather together his diagrams and notes she couldn’t help but let out a sigh of frustration and boredom. Pulling out her file she began to clean off the claws of her gloves, biding her time rather than striking at the obvious weakness of it being his plan.\r\n\r\n“Now Shego, I had you steal all that jewelry for a special reason, care to guess what it is?” Drakken asked with a smarmy look to his face.\r\n\r\nShego blew off the buildup she had collected before responding, never looking away from her nails. “So that you can look fabulous?”\r\n\r\n“Right, so that I... NO!” Drakken shouted at his employee. “What they are for is THIS!”\r\n\r\nDrakken rolled out a huge diagram showing a rather dazzling and complex looking ray gun. Meanwhile Kim was laughing silently at the sting Shego had given the blue doctor. Narrowing her eyes to focus on the diagram she could feel the laughter returning as she rolled her eyes.\r\n\r\n“This is my newest hypno-ray. With this I’ll be able to make everyone submit to my command,” Drakken boasted while he pointed to various points on the diagram. “First, the metal from the jewelry was melted down to form multiple reflective panels of various hues. These will shine light through the gems to create a variety of spots, which will rotate and swivel in a specific sequence designed to hypnotize people watching it.”\r\n\r\n“Yeah... one problem there doc, visual hypnosis only works for a couple hours after being seen,” Shego pointed out while tucking away her file.\r\n\r\n“I have overcome that obstacle by transmitting this through the world’s television signal with a signal powerful enough to override any of what they have on,” Drakken smirked countering Shego’s flaw.\r\n\r\n“Yeah, and when someone turns them off?” Shego asked with a smirk.\r\n\r\nDrakken looked at her like she was a clueless chimp before waving a hand. “Shego... it’s TV”\r\n\r\nPausing a moment Shego shook her head and sighed. “Good point...” Shego allowed before leaning forward in the chair. “Even so, one stronger signal surge would break the signal you’re emitting.”\r\n\r\n“Shego,” Drakken said calmly as his face grew deeper until it was almost purple, “I brought you up here to tell you what I need you to do... NOT TO POKE HOLES IN MY CAREFULLY LAID OUT PLANS!”\r\n\r\nKim covered her eyes with a silent moan of pity for Shego. ‘[i:6dd12]Shego, I am so going to try and get you to join Team Possible. If nothing else than to get you away from Drakken there,[/i:6dd12]’ Kim thought before shaking her head again as Shego agreed to go with this plan.\r\n\r\n“Okay, okay, just trying to save us both the embarrassment of you breaking down in tears after Kimmie uses some gizmo to stop the signal,” Shego grumbled disgustedly, the last two times had ruined the cat suit she had worn.\r\n\r\nDrakken smirked triumphantly as he rose to his full height. “Ah, but little miss goodie, goodie won’t be stoping us!” Drakken proclaimed loudly, “She’s been kidnapped, and that buffoon of hers isn’t smart enough to stop my perfect plan!”\r\n\r\nKim’s ears flattened to her skull as she barred her fangs to the maniacal man below her. ‘[i:6dd12]Ego much? I mean I can see from here that all I need to do is switch two plugs and the whole thing... Oh yeah... Kim Possible won’t save the world, but little Nemmy will.[/i:6dd12]’\r\n\r\nWith that thought in mind, Kim settled in, watching as Drakken continued his ranting, before he and Shego began building the device. The entire while, Kim watched the two below with her tail ticking in annoyance. ‘[i:6dd12]Drakken, you are going to hate me.[/i:6dd12]’','',0,'IA==','6dd12',1,0,'',412,0,0),(246166,18355,5,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1181261513,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Live Action Underdog Trailer','[url=http://progressive.totaleclips.com.edgesuite.net/101/b10151_b2u.mov:f423e]Coming in August[/url:f423e]\r\n\r\nYou\'ll need Quicktime','',0,'EA==','f423e',1,0,'',45,0,0),(246167,18346,4,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181262239,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Aren\'t merc armies illegal under UN laws? \r\n\r\nThough yeah they can turn on us. Otherwise they wouldn\'t really be mercs. \":P\"','',0,'EA==','0812c',1,0,'',251,0,0),(246168,18347,4,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181262367,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Always obsessed with the spelling. \":lol:\"\r\n\r\nWhat\'s really sad is how often spelling mistakes show up in educational books. One government office put out a textbook in which even the author\'s name and cover title were badly mispelled.','',0,'EA==','714eb',1,0,'',251,0,0),(246169,18340,6,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181262393,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','More Vitale mania from Scissors! Great job! \":shock:\"','',0,'EA==','8fc3d',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246170,18347,4,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181263069,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','tey cant spegl but i cnn so leaf them (an mee) aloan! \":cry:\" I win! \":cry:\"','',0,'EA==','4976c',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246171,18340,6,83,0,'69.253.174.149',1181263198,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote="Brother Grimace":1c23b]\n\nDamn. \n\nShades of John Clark, from [i:1c23b]Without Remorse[/i:1c23b]. \":shock:\"[/quote:1c23b]\r\n\r\nI\'ll have to go look that up. What\'d you think of 30?','',0,'oA==','1c23b',1,0,'',83,0,0),(246172,18344,3,203,0,'20.139.226.50',1181263256,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[url=http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=102:61a27]And, here\'s another shot of Burnout Girl, from the same strip.[/url:61a27] (Left side of panel.)\r\n\r\nNice find, Deref. \":D\"','',0,'EA==','61a27',1,0,'',203,0,0),(246173,18350,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181264208,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Bliss Ticks":f0bea]Welcome to America and the benefits of super concentrated wealth! \":shock:\" You can rape kids, kill your ex wife, whatever...it\'s all on the table if you have the $$![/quote:f0bea]\r\n\r\nNo, no, no - this is a [i:f0bea]worldwide[/i:f0bea] phomenon.\r\n\r\n\r\nTwo words.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[i:f0bea]Roman Polanski.[/i:f0bea]','',0,'oA==','f0bea',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246174,18353,4,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181264411,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','If anyone is curious, Ed Brown was heavily involved (and may have even led) this group:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.wearechange.org/whoischange.html\r\n\r\nSomeone else got him on YT where he wanted to be shown the law that says he has to pay it (I think he even offered a reward James Randi style as a bonus):\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AsRBu9Hb24&NR=1\r\n\r\nRight now, some Dominionists are on their side. Which means that Bush himself will have some influence to view these protestors favorably. Though the Browns have accused the US Gov\'t of creating 9/11 intentionally in order to assault liberty and are thumbing their noses at their authority, too, and I\'m sure Bush and friends can\'t take that too kindly. \r\n\r\nI don\'t feel able to hazard a guess over where it will end up or all that\'s involved in this. I must admit I\'m curious. It\'s even possible that the charges will be dismissed. Some Amish or Quakers were relieved of their legal obligations when they refused to honor them or recognize the authority of the US Government, so it\'s not completely impossible. But I don\'t expect it will. \r\n\r\n[url=http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Police+assemble+by+Browns%27+home&articleId=d61e0be3-66af-47a4-aa97-5e4a89bf9126:35949]more[/url:35949]\r\n\r\nhttp://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/ju ... round2.htm\r\n\r\n\r\nThough I feel compelled to point out something ironic that many will overlook. Taxes are used for corporate welfare and in doing so are destroying the environment (even when it helps, it\'s typically to fix damage done by those tax dollars in the first place). Virgin forests have roads built into them at tax payer expense that allows lumber companies to clear cut, increasing their damage, and often as not exporting to foreign countries. Most of all, the creation and use of war toys are one of THE big reasons for pollution and environmental damage of all. But we must do it in order to fight for oil and the continuation of the destruction of the environment because we are too dependent on oil and our society could collapse without it (and would at least suffer economically and militarily without enough of it). But the Browns have proved that view wrong (as have many others) and yet no one seems to be noticing it.\r\n\r\nAnd yet, without tax dollars, these folk have helped to demonstrate why those tax dollars aren\'t needed (and may have only afforded it by not paying taxes in the first place), and why oil itself is highly overated. Not in totality, natch, but plenty are doing what they\'re doing and yet hardly anyone is noticing, instead focusing on why we need the oil instead and must pay taxes to make sure \"we\" keep control of it. \r\n\r\nOn the underground economy, these alternative energy sources can be built up a lot cheaper than if you go through catalogues, and with rising energy prices, the \"expenditure\" of it becomes less and less pronounced in comparison. I can understand why this would threaten the government and their sponsors though as this threatens the concentration of wealth into the hands of a wealthy few.','',0,'EA==','35949',1,0,'',251,0,0),(246175,18214,3,531,0,'4.156.108.118',1181265808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":5b814][quote="Deref":5b814][quote="TippedOver":5b814]Man, I am trying to picture hitting a damn kangaroo - Is it kinda like hitting a big rabbit or something? Like Bugs Bunny?[/quote:5b814]\nSure. If you can imagine a six foot tall rabbit.[/quote:5b814]\n\nFrank?[/quote:5b814]\r\n\r\nNo, that was Harvey...the six-foot tall, white rabbit. And invisible.','',0,'gA==','5b814',1,0,'',531,0,0),(246255,18165,5,21,0,'66.168.193.82',1181310341,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Here\'s one by Yeats:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Second Coming\r\nWilliam Butler Yeats\r\n\r\nTurning and turning in the widening gyre\r\nThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;\r\nThings fall apart; the centre cannot hold;\r\nMere anarchy is loosed upon the world,\r\nThe blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere\r\nThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;\r\nThe best lack all conviction, while the worst\r\nAre full of passionate intensity.\r\nSurely some revelation is at hand;\r\nSurely the Second Coming is at hand.\r\nThe Second Coming! Hardly are those words out\r\nWhen a vast image out of Spritus Mundi\r\nTroubles my sight: somewhere in the sands of the desert.\r\n\r\nA shape with lion body and the head of a man,\r\nA gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,\r\nIs moving its slow thighs, while all about it\r\nReel shadows of the indignant desert birds.\r\nThe darkness drops again; but now I know\r\nThat twenty centuries of stony sleep\r\nwere vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,\r\nAnd what rough beast, its hour come round at last,\r\nSlouches towards Bethlehem to be born?\r\n\r\nThis quotation I feel encapsulated this world that we currently have to endure:\r\n\r\nThings fall apart; the centre cannot hold;\r\nMere anarchy is loosed upon the world,\r\nThe blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere\r\nThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;\r\nThe best lack all conviction, while the worst\r\nAre full of passionate intensity.\r\n\r\nNothing seems to change...','',0,'gA==','a2d74',1,0,'',21,0,0),(246177,18214,3,12,0,'152.163.100.17',1181266769,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="JrGtr42":cbd74][quote="E. A. Smith":cbd74][quote="Deref":cbd74][quote="TippedOver":cbd74]Man, I am trying to picture hitting a damn kangaroo - Is it kinda like hitting a big rabbit or something? Like Bugs Bunny?[/quote:cbd74]\nSure. If you can imagine a six foot tall rabbit.[/quote:cbd74]\n\nFrank?[/quote:cbd74]\n\nNo, that was Harvey...the six-foot tall, white rabbit. And invisible.[/quote:cbd74]\r\n\r\nYou mean, the six-foot tall white rabbit that\'s invisible against the backdrop of the snow, you know, the snow that this thread was supposed to be all about? \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','cbd74',1,0,'',12,0,0),(246178,18350,3,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181267305,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','Polanski was no Michael Jackson...plus, he was forced to flee! \":shock:\"','',0,'gA==','f9200',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246179,18352,10,645,0,'172.144.24.33',1181267840,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I like this style. It actually looks like something an adult Daria would wear. Keep up the good work! ^_^\r\n\r\nAnd Photoshop is very easy once you get the hang of it. Just keep practicing. \":wink:\"','',0,'gA==','f23f5',1,0,'',645,0,0),(246180,18352,10,493,0,'12.162.182.115',1181268178,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','nice job i like the look','',0,'gA==','8bbb6',1,0,'',493,0,0),(246182,18350,3,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181268986,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="jak981125":bebd5]F*ck that little brat![/quote:bebd5]\r\nMaybe that\'s how she got out of prison, by offering some, uh, \"favors\" to the people in charge.','',0,'gA==','bebd5',1,0,'',414,0,0),(246183,18283,4,40,0,'63.233.19.6',1181269004,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Dervish":64dc2]Cross, why did you not stay in the military? You\'d have stayed away from your family, etc, and once you advance far enough I think you get your own place. You\'d have guns, too. And could be dangerous. \":P\"\n\nAnd for all your tales of woe, I don\'t recall any from your days in the military. You were Army, right? \":?\"[/quote:64dc2]\r\n\r\n\r\n Yeah. I don\'t say much about it because it doesn\'t bear talking about. It was even worse than the rest. Besides that, I don\'t remember a lot of it very well.\r\n\r\n Though I enlisted in 1975, [i:64dc2]this[/i:64dc2] movie, set in the fall of 1989, paints a very true picture of it as I saw it:\r\n\r\n http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252299/\r\n\r\n \"A dark service comedy, Buffalo Soldiers is set on a U.S. military base in Stuttgart even as the wall is tumbling in Berlin. The tone of rampant de- (as well as a-) moralization is immediately established by an impromptu indoor touch football game during which one drug-addled GI trips, cracks his skull against a desk corner, and, ignored by his comrades, dies. \r\n\r\nThis jaunty mish-M*A*S*H has a seductive, nonchalant glitter and an unshakably mocking attitude. Alternately evoking the cream of recent caper films, Doug Liman\'s Go and David O. Russell\'s more eccentric (and sentimental) Three Kings, the movie\'s smirk is so fixed it precludes laughter. Wryly self-contained, Joaquin Phoenix plays chief supply clerk and master of the black market Ray Elwood—a cool, smack-dealing equivalent of Catch-22\'s Milo Minderbinder or Phil Silver\'s Sergeant Bilko. Elwood is a sympathetic rogue mainly because he\'s so much more self-aware than anyone else on the base. Like Bilko, he\'s blessed with a clueless colonel (Ed Harris); unlike Bilko, he\'s doing double duty servicing the colonel\'s wife (Elizabeth McGovern). \r\n\r\nDirected by Australian filmmaker Gregor Jordan from Robert O\'Connor\'s 1993 novel, Buffalo Soldiers is a movie of richly saturated colors, tastefully deployed period music, and choreographed set pieces. In the most elaborate, a smacked-out tank crew on maneuvers rolls through the local Oktoberfest, crushing an orange VW bug emblazoned with the anarchist \"A.\" Confounding an army convoy on an autobahn exit ramp, they inadvertently blow up a gas station and proceed through the woods to rejoin their company. The perps are blissfully ignorant, but their escapade enables Elwood to make off with two truckloads of arms. \r\n\r\nElwood is on the verge of his greatest score when a new top sergeant, given the heroic name of Robert Lee and played with a grim death grip by Scott Glenn, arrives to tear his playhouse down. Complicating matters, this hardass has a nubile daughter (Anna Paquin, more adult here than in X2 but no less the inadvertent femme fatale). Elwood\'s strategy of vengeful humping further inflames Lee\'s program of vengeful hump-busting. As the body count mounts and schemes are folded within schemes, Elwood sinks deeper in shit and Buffalo Soldiers loses its percolating groove somewhat short of the faux apocalyptic closer. \r\n\r\nUnderstandably, Buffalo Soldiers—which premiered at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival two days before September 11—has spent nearly two years on the Miramax shelf. Now perhaps, with another U.S. occupation rapidly souring, its time has come. Watching a tele-babbling Bush, one stoned GI asks, \"Where is the Berlin Wall?\" In its post-Vietnam cynicism, Buffalo Soldiers feels almost avant-garde.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0330,h ... 85,20.html\r\n\r\n\r\n Anyway, I\'m going to try not to say too much about my personal life/history here from now on. I get put down and called names enough in Real Life. I don\'t need it online too.\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'oA==','64dc2',1,0,'',40,0,0),(246184,18324,6,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181269445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":1ab81]\"I won\'t [b:1ab81]for get[/b:1ab81]. I like them, remember?\"[/quote:1ab81]\r\nKill the extra space.\r\n\r\nLooking good.','',0,'wA==','1ab81',1,0,'',414,0,0),(246185,17747,6,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181269642,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','So Jake is just like his grandfather. Interesting.','',0,'wA==','a6a77',1,0,'',414,0,0),(246186,18313,4,40,0,'63.233.19.6',1181269786,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','All through the Eighties and well into the Nineties I was very keen to move to Vermont, on account of its (then) unique lack of gun laws. \r\n\r\n The main thing holding me back was money, or a lack thereof. There were not many job opportunities there. You sort of had to bring your own money, as there were not many ways to make it once you got there.\r\n\r\n Since 1996 Kentucky\'s gun laws have been liveable, so the urgency has been less. Also, I have since learned that there are other ptoblems in Vermont -- high taxes, intrusive regulations in other aspects of life, etc.\r\n\r\n I wonder about and question the motives of the present Vermont secession movement. Do they want more personal freedom there? Or less? Will something approximating the original American Bill of Rights actually be respected and seriously enforced in an independent Republic Of Vermont? Or will it be some kind of socialist police state, all about high taxes and onerous regulations?\r\n\r\n Do theses secessionist actually care about freedom? Or do they merely dislike George Bush?\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'wA==','a15ec',1,0,'',40,0,0),(246187,18310,6,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181270083,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Angelboy":31865]Drakken smirked triumphantly as he rose to his full height. “Ah, but little miss goodie, goodie won’t be [b:31865]stoping[/b:31865] us!” Drakken proclaimed loudly, “She’s been kidnapped, and that buffoon of hers isn’t smart enough to stop my perfect plan!”[/quote:31865]\r\n\"[b:31865]Stoping[/b:31865]\"? Sounds pretty twisted, whatever it is.','',0,'wA==','31865',1,0,'',414,0,0),(246188,18325,5,40,0,'63.233.19.6',1181270420,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','That\'s a good question. Aside from what I hear incidentally in the soundtracks of movies and TV shows, ninety-plus percent of the music I get comes out of the car radio. So I have to make the best of a very poor selection. \r\n\r\n I don\'t ask very much of music, as a rule. I don\'t look to it for the philosophical underpinnings of my life. Mostly I\'m just satisfied if it entertains me a little as I\'m rolling down the road. Every once in a great while something will actually touch me or move me a little. I regard that as a bonus. \r\n\r\n In general I just consider the little music I have access to a passing, consumable, insignificant commodity -- not unlike fast food.\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'wA==','b05cf',1,0,'',40,0,0),(246189,18348,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1181270516,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="brnleague99":3e753]Veoh is to YouTube as Branson, Missouri is to Las Vegas. There, that sums it up.[/quote:3e753]\r\n \":D\" I\'m sold.\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.devilducky.com/media/62817/:3e753]Here\'s a reward.[/url:3e753]','',0,'kA==','3e753',1,0,'',114,0,0),(246190,18313,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1181271231,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="crossada75":d8d64]Do theses secessionist actually care about freedom? Or do they merely dislike George Bush?[/quote:d8d64]\r\nA implies B. B doesn\'t necessarily imply A.','',0,'gA==','d8d64',1,0,'',114,0,0),(246191,18347,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1181271451,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wy cann\'t polititians spel?','[quote="mman":5123b]Last week it was Hillary with her [url=http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/31/misspelling-of-the-day/:5123b]\"New Jobs for \'Tommorrow\'\"[/url:5123b]. (Presumably one of the jobs is \"proofreader\"?)[/quote:5123b]\r\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \r\nI\'m reminded of the poster captioned \"Siz munce ago I coont even spel teecher, and now I are one!\"','',0,'kA==','5123b',1,0,'',114,0,0),(246192,18346,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1181271500,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dervish":38e97]Aren\'t merc armies illegal under UN laws?[/quote:38e97]\r\nYep.\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/mercenaries.htm:38e97]International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries[/url:38e97]\r\n\r\nAlthough as I understand it, it\'s only binding on the [url=http://untreaty.un.org/sample/EnglishInternetBible/partI/chapterXVIII/treaty6.htm:38e97]signatories.[/url:38e97]\r\n\r\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenary:38e97]Here\'s some interesting detail from Wikipedia.[/url:38e97]','',0,'kA==','38e97',1,0,'',114,0,0),(246193,18313,4,40,0,'63.233.19.6',1181272437,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Deref":c735b][quote="crossada75":c735b]Do theses secessionist actually care about freedom? Or do they merely dislike George Bush?[/quote:c735b]\nA implies B. B doesn\'t necessarily imply A.[/quote:c735b]\r\n\r\n\r\n The mere departure of Bush from office is not going to usher in any new era of respect for the Constitution or Bill of Rights (as written).\r\n\r\n Almost everything the federal government has done since circa 1934 has been unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'gA==','c735b',1,0,'',40,0,0),(246194,18355,5,28,0,'76.20.168.147',1181272867,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','While I\'m a little sad they chose a \"real\" dog, I can\'t get too grumpy \'cause beagles are love.','',0,'gA==','df885',1,0,'',28,0,0),(246195,18345,3,497,0,'75.108.179.44',1181272959,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','It never left my daily lexicon, but I rarely used it to refer to people. Most often it was used in reference of something wonderful in a purely physical sense, as in: \r\n\r\nCo-worker : \"I had three doors, a one-piece with a Liftmaster and two little-door with torsion upgrades. I was done before 2.\"\r\n\r\nMe: \"Sexy.\" meaning \'damn, you knocked all that work out freaking fast\'','',0,'gA==','85855',1,0,'',497,0,0),(246196,18350,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181273093,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Derek":a1de0][quote="jak981125":a1de0]F*ck that little brat![/quote:a1de0]\nMaybe that\'s how she got out of prison, by offering some, uh, \"favors\" to the people in charge.[/quote:a1de0]\r\n\r\nThey must\'ve watched her crappy sex tape.','',0,'gA==','a1de0',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246197,18350,3,497,0,'75.108.179.44',1181273147,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','You folks are seriously and hardcore jealous. Get over it.','',0,'gA==','d2343',1,0,'',497,0,0),(246198,18345,3,576,0,'207.69.140.33',1181273263,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="TheEleventy":a3453]It never left my daily lexicon, but I rarely used it to refer to people. Most often it was used in reference of something wonderful in a purely physical sense, as in: \n\nCo-worker : \"I had three doors, a one-piece with a Liftmaster and two little-door with torsion upgrades. I was done before 2.\"\n\nMe: \"Sexy.\" meaning \'damn, you knocked all that work out freaking fast\'[/quote:a3453]\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Sexy\" - sort of like how \"Sweeeet!\" and \"NICEEEE!\" are used now. I even catch myself saying (and typing!) them every now and again.','',0,'gA==','a3453',1,0,'',576,0,0),(246199,18302,3,497,0,'75.108.179.44',1181273426,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','[quote="gearhead":0b5dd][quote="Deref":0b5dd]Tch. You cricket fans.[/quote:0b5dd]\n\nLet me repeat myself...\n\nIf you don\'t care about it, why did you comment in the thread, other than to be a self-righteous prick? :roll:[/quote:0b5dd]You\'ll have to excuse gearhead. He\'s exactly what he accuses you of: a self-righteous prick.','',0,'gA==','0b5dd',1,0,'',497,0,0),(246200,18350,3,576,0,'207.69.140.33',1181273574,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Derek":34a18]Maybe that\'s how she got out of prison, by offering some, uh, \"favors\" to the people in charge.[/quote:34a18]\r\n\r\nUgh!! I saw the tape, and to be perfectly honest, I\'d really have to think it over. \"Skin and Bone\" never really was a turn-on for me. Anyone find out what the \"medical condition\" was?','',0,'gA==','34a18',1,0,'',576,0,0),(246201,18350,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181273805,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="TippedOver":4875a][quote="Derek":4875a]Maybe that\'s how she got out of prison, by offering some, uh, \"favors\" to the people in charge.[/quote:4875a]\n\nUgh!! I saw the tape, and to be perfectly honest, I\'d really have to think it over. \"Skin and Bone\" never really was a turn-on for me. Anyone find out what the \"medical condition\" was?[/quote:4875a]\r\n\r\nI saw it too. It sucked. I don\'t get what all the fuss was about. The guy was not even a good fuck. Not to mention the fact she did nothing but being stupid all the time.','',0,'gA==','4875a',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246202,18302,3,576,0,'207.69.140.33',1181273988,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":f0472]Tch. You cricket fans.[/quote:f0472]\r\n\r\nOne word for ya, buddy:\r\n\r\nFUTBOL\r\n\r\nOr however the hell you spell/pronounce it \":)\" \":)\" It\'s still \"soccer\" in my book.... \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','f0472',1,0,'',576,0,0),(246204,18302,3,198,0,'216.153.189.58',1181274564,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="TheEleventy":f5b29][quote="gearhead":f5b29][quote="Deref":f5b29]Tch. You cricket fans.[/quote:f5b29]\n\nLet me repeat myself...\n\nIf you don\'t care about it, why did you comment in the thread, other than to be a self-righteous prick? \":roll:\"[/quote:f5b29]You\'ll have to excuse gearhead. He\'s exactly what he accuses you of: a self-righteous prick.[/quote:f5b29]\r\n\r\nOK, I was being too harsh on Deref. I\'ll admit that. You, however, are still a douche. I don\'t see anyone pissing in your cornflakes when you talk about what you like. Why did you have to do so to TippedOver?','',0,'gA==','f5b29',1,0,'',198,0,0),(246205,18350,3,245,0,'72.154.52.176',1181275120,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="TippedOver":ab17e]Anyone find out what the \"medical condition\" was?[/quote:ab17e]\r\n\r\nI did! It was on the radio on my way to work. Officially, she had a nervous breakdown. Unofficially, the word around the prison (allegedly from the prisoners themselves) is that she had a herpes outbreak and they wanted to get her away from the prisoners so she couldn\'t infect anyone.','',0,'gA==','ab17e',1,0,'',245,0,0),(246206,18350,3,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181275331,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','So in other words she threw a temper tantrum (i.e. nervous breakdown) and they let her out.\r\nIf I tried that they would turn a fire hose on me and then throw me into solitary. \":shock:\"','',0,'gA==','5a870',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246207,18357,6,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181275823,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','Iron Chef: Vitale vs. Daria','Here is your challenge: write a story where Daria comes into direct conflict with Jim Vitale. It can be over anything; you decide. One rule - the story cannot be of a violent nature, nor can the conflict be resolved by violence....it\'s too obvious! Good luck! \":shock:\"','',0,'gA==','2c2b4',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246208,18351,5,70,0,'67.184.0.177',1181276697,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','http://www.thepocket.com/wavs/damncomputer.wav\r\n\r\nUsed to be my \"error message\" sound on my old Windows ME computer. \":D\"','',0,'gA==','8eefd',1,0,'',70,0,0),(246209,18350,3,545,0,'65.221.65.133',1181276912,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','THIS JUST IN: Fox News Channel, which has recently been known as the Anna Nicole Network, will henceforth be known as the Paris Hilton Channel. I mean, yeah, it sucks, but does it have to be constantly reported on in the media? I\'m not a Michael Savage fan, but he coined it perfectly. She\'s a celebreslut. Period.\r\n\r\nThis is real life, folks. Money talks. The more you have, the louder it talks.\r\n\r\nI don\'t have mega millions. I don\'t even have mega hundreds. But, in the end, I\'m probably a happier and more satisfied person than she\'ll ever be.\r\n\r\nCrap like this is another reason why I hate television anymore. \":x\"','',0,'gA==','e4a5b',1,0,'',545,0,0),(246210,18357,6,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181276980,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','The only idea I have would have to go up over at the Fluff. \":twisted:\"','',0,'gA==','c6815',1,0,'',362,0,0),(246211,18290,3,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181276989,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','Losing nails hurts..when I was a kid I had a bike accident on a gravel road...lost half my fingernails, and the other half had to be pulled out. Then the flesh underneath had to be scrubbed with alcohol using an abrasive pad. No anesthesia..don\'t ask me why, I have no idea. I was 9 years old, about 70 lbs, and it took 4 nurses to hold me down.','',0,'gA==','cb4b9',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246212,18357,6,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181277069,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','Then post it there! \":shock:\"','',0,'gA==','02a88',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246213,18341,6,466,0,'220.253.116.191',1181277720,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Daria and Jane will finally find Jake only to discover that his mind has snapped as he adds them to his harem along with Tiffany, Mrs Defoe, Jodie and her Mum. Meanwhile a radioactivly scarred Helen serves the needs of his new squirell allies as they plan their conquest of Americas last remaining acorn plantation.','',0,'gA==','29963',1,0,'',466,0,0),(246214,18350,3,17,0,'205.188.116.78',1181277875,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Her family probably threatened to bar the judge, prosecutor and anyone involved with the case with life-long refusal of service if they try to enter a Hilton anywhere on Earth. Either that or they bought up someone\'s mortgage and told them their note was due NOW. That\'s a motivator if you have $$$. And the killer of it is, it\'s perfectly legal to do.','',0,'gA==','f74f8',1,0,'',17,0,0),(246215,18341,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181277931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: How will \'Apocalyptic Daria\' end?','[quote="Greystar":7e18d][quote="Brother Grimace":7e18d]How will \'Apocalyptic Daria\' end?[/quote:7e18d]\n\n[img:7e18d]http://www14.brinkster.com/fumadoe/kosh/kosh-vorlon.jpg[/img:7e18d]\n[size=150:7e18d]In fire.[/size:7e18d][/quote:7e18d]\r\n\r\n\r\n \":)\"','',0,'jA==','7e18d',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246216,18345,3,245,0,'72.154.52.176',1181278125,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[img:c8336]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a381/Sarcastitron/Webjunk/2004202382823454783_rs.jpg[/img:c8336]','',0,'CA==','c8336',1,0,'',245,0,0),(246217,18350,3,245,0,'72.154.52.176',1181278657,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RedlegRick":00c68]Her family probably threatened to bar the judge, prosecutor and anyone involved with the case with life-long refusal of service if they try to enter a Hilton anywhere on Earth. Either that or they bought up someone\'s mortgage and told them their note was due NOW. That\'s a motivator if you have $$$. And the killer of it is, it\'s perfectly legal to do.[/quote:00c68]\r\n\r\nActually, it was all the Sheriff\'s department. The judge was not informed and the prosecutor said if he\'d known what was going on, he\'d have prepared something. But nobody told him.','',0,'gA==','00c68',1,0,'',245,0,0),(246218,18357,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181279323,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":d4e4d]The only idea I have would have to go up over at the Fluff. \":twisted:\"[/quote:d4e4d]\r\n\r\n\r\nTease.','',0,'gA==','d4e4d',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246219,18350,3,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181279622,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RedlegRick":62850]Her family probably threatened to bar the judge, prosecutor and anyone involved with the case with life-long refusal of service if they try to enter a Hilton anywhere on Earth. Either that or they bought up someone\'s mortgage and told them their note was due NOW. That\'s a motivator if you have $$$. And the killer of it is, it\'s perfectly legal to do.[/quote:62850]\r\n\r\nBig deal. I\'ve lived 30 years without setting foot in a Hilton, let alone staying in one. Give me a Super 8 anyday and throw Paris to the lesbians.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.super8.com/Super8/control/home\r\n\r\nIn short, mother**** Paris Hilton and the Hilton Hotels.\r\n\r\n \":?\" \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":wink:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'gA==','62850',1,0,'',13,0,0),(246220,18341,6,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181280171,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','With Daria kneeling in front of the charred remains of the Giant Strawberry, waving her fist and screaming, \"You blew it all up! You bastards! Damn you to hell!\"\r\n\r\n \":D\" \r\n\r\nThat\'d be kewl.\r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":wink:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'gA==','26c68',1,0,'',13,0,0),(246221,18358,3,499,0,'203.59.113.159',1181281434,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Who stole the sexy?','Okay, it\'s time for a poll to decide who is the sexiest of them all among us.\r\n\r\nHey, Daria would be proud...kinda. Jane would anyhow.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the deal. I will give you a week to nominate your fellow PPMB\'ers in two Categories (Sexiest Male and Female). Then I will create two separate voting threads with polls so that the winner(s) can be ascertained (voting period of 2 weeks).\r\n\r\nYou can either PM me your nominations, or post your nomination(s) in this thread for the sake of transparency.\r\n\r\nI hope this will unleash a round of bitchiness and infighting amongst us...because that\'s always fun.\r\n\r\nOh, you only get two nominations per sex, so choose wisely.\r\n\r\nFrom the Ranting Klown\r\n\r\n*EDIT* No self-nominations please...because that would be incredibly lame','',0,'gA==','d49cd',1,0,'',499,0,0),(246222,18290,3,499,0,'203.59.113.159',1181281580,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Oh yeah, toes can be pains in the arse. (I know from experience of football related wear and tear).\r\n\r\nIn my experience, the procedures don\'t hurt and it feels so much better when they are done.','',0,'gA==','3ab9c',1,0,'',499,0,0),(246223,18358,3,1,0,'70.184.103.210',1181282724,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','This will only work if people post pics! \":shock:\"','',0,'gA==','07534',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246224,18353,4,36,0,'70.250.172.238',1181282882,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Law enforcement gearing up for armed showdown in NH','[quote:27aca]The Browns insist federal income tax laws are invalid and have holed up in their hilltop home on 110 acres. The home has a watchtower, concrete walls and the ability to run on wind and solar power and Ed Brown said earlier he had stockpiled food and supplies.[/quote:27aca]\r\nYou know, sending all those armed troops up there just feels like throwing good money after bad. If they want to sit in their house indefinitely and live off their stockpiles until they run out, let \'em. I say, construct an electric fence around the place and leave them in there. It\'s probably just as effective a prison as the one they\'d be sent to once they were flushed out, and cheaper to boot.','',0,'gA==','27aca',1,0,'',36,0,0),(246225,18358,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181282931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I should start campaigning.\r\n\r\n*PMs sexy pictures to every male member of the board*\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNow, let\'s have some fun. I nominate: NNJ, HSX, Micka, and The Ranting Klown (but don\'t ogle him like I do). \":P\"','',0,'gA==','2da26',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246226,18358,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181283049,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Bliss Ticks":8ea77]This will only work if people post pics! \":shock:\"[/quote:8ea77]\r\n\r\nBe patient. But in the meantime, [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14207&highlight=photos:8ea77]here you go.[/url:8ea77]','',0,'kA==','8ea77',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246227,18336,6,47,0,'68.59.253.20',1181284983,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":235e4]\nI\'m also [b:235e4]deeply[/b:235e4] impressed by everybody\'s knowledge of what to do in the event of a nuclear strike. \":shock:\" \n[/quote:235e4]\r\n\r\nIt\'s something of a genre convention, not just for post-apocalyptic stories, but also for time travel ones. (The main exception usually being zombie stories.)\r\n\r\nI have, at times, pondered the idea of plunging Lawndale into something similar to SM Stirling\'s Dies the Fire, in which all the chemical processes which make possible electricity, firearms, internal combustion and steam power stop working, if for no other reason than to show who all is in Lawndale\'s Society for Creative Anachronism.','',0,'wA==','235e4',1,0,'',47,0,0),(246228,18341,6,47,0,'68.59.253.20',1181285504,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I voted for \"Other\". \r\n\r\nKevin will turn in to a radioactive supermutant, becoming king of the world, with a lobotomized Daria as his bride, and an armless, legless, gibberingly insane Jane on a stick as his court jester.','',0,'wA==','97e8c',1,0,'',47,0,0),(246229,18358,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181287218,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Me. I am teh sexy. Memememememe!','',0,'wA==','cd703',1,0,'',114,0,0),(246230,18290,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181287309,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Bliss Ticks":668c4]Losing nails hurts..when I was a kid I had a bike accident on a gravel road...lost half my fingernails, and the other half had to be pulled out. Then the flesh underneath had to be scrubbed with alcohol using an abrasive pad. No anesthesia..don\'t ask me why, I have no idea. I was 9 years old, about 70 lbs, and it took 4 nurses to hold me down.[/quote:668c4]\r\nOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!','',0,'gA==','668c4',1,0,'',114,0,0),(246231,18302,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181289946,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="gearhead":10c6f][quote="Deref":10c6f]Tch. You cricket fans.[/quote:10c6f]\n\nLet me repeat myself...\n\nIf you don\'t care about it, why did you comment in the thread, other than to be a self-righteous prick? \":roll:\"[/quote:10c6f]\r\nMore to annoy you. I see it worked.','',0,'gA==','10c6f',1,0,'',114,0,0),(246232,18107,3,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181291796,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="atimnie":409aa]I didn\'t see the article, but I have to ask, are you absolutly sure you were being neutral? It\'s amazing how many people think they are when they aren\'t.[/quote:409aa]\r\n\r\nI added a new clause entitled \"Common Debates\" which explains how the contradictory representations of Stacy in fan fiction affect the way she is perceived in canon. I wrote something along the lines of, \"Some people see her as a kind and sweet girl, whilst others think that she is a weak person who could probably never stand up for herself\". This reflects opinions from both sides pretty well, and my addition was removed without explanation.','',0,'gA==','409aa',1,0,'',544,0,0),(246233,18353,4,40,0,'63.233.16.214',1181292637,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Law enforcement gearing up for armed showdown in NH','[quote="Mike Xeno":293e5][quote:293e5]The Browns insist federal income tax laws are invalid and have holed up in their hilltop home on 110 acres. The home has a watchtower, concrete walls and the ability to run on wind and solar power and Ed Brown said earlier he had stockpiled food and supplies.[/quote:293e5]\nYou know, sending all those armed troops up there just feels like throwing good money after bad. If they want to sit in their house indefinitely and live off their stockpiles until they run out, let \'em. I say, construct an electric fence around the place and leave them in there. It\'s probably just as effective a prison as the one they\'d be sent to once they were flushed out, and cheaper to boot.[/quote:293e5]\r\n\r\n\r\n Yeah, but it wouldn\'t make as terrifying an example to the rest of us tax serfs.\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'gA==','293e5',1,0,'',40,0,0),(363289,26054,5,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1247024476,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It\'s official--The Sci-Fi Channel\'s jumped the shark. . .','More on it:\n\nhttp://www.minyanville.com/articles/GE- ... ex/a/23429\n\n[quote:kcte4cxy]Fans\' ire has been high since March, when the network\'s remaining viewers -- already disillusioned by the addition of ECW Wrestling (WWE) and Braveheart to the programming schedule -- rolled their eyes after hearing of the name change. Any hope that the new season\'s lineup would return to the genre to which the channel was originally devoted was dashed in a torrent of corporate-speak\n\nDiscussing the shift with TV Week, Howe said, "It made us feel much cooler, much more cutting-edge, much more hip, which was kind of bang-on what we wanted to achieve communication-wise."[/quote:kcte4cxy]\n\n[quote:kcte4cxy]He told TV Week, "The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular."[/quote:kcte4cxy]\n\nWasn\'t the name that turned me off, but rather the way they did commercials, many programs that weren\'t really scifi, and that the commercials were obviously aimed at who they THOUGHT would be the main viewership. Endless ads for male enhancement, and keeping me from getting into the story with frequent & long commercial breaks, was what drove me away, not the name, and changing the spelling isn\'t gonna bring me back. \n\nAnd obviously the people who run the station aren\'t scifi fans themselves, given their ridiculous stereotypes and seeming utter lack of respect for their target audience. I expect that\'s the problem (as opposed to the name).','6bbab3ea5b23041c846c4681d56658de',0,'gA==','kcte4cxy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246235,18350,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181296643,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Oops, it looks as though she might be going back to jail. The judge reacted right away and ordered her back to court. Good. Nice to know that Paris Hilton might actually not be above the law.','',0,'kA==','7db5c',1,0,'',121,0,0),(246237,18350,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181297270,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Oh, looks like Paris might be getting a [url=http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/urn:newsml:tv.ap.org:20070607:people_richie__ER:2543:c7aac]cellmate[/url:c7aac].','',0,'EA==','c7aac',1,0,'',121,0,0),(246238,18346,4,1,0,'68.104.172.77',1181298369,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','I\'ve always taken it for granted that an army can turn on it\'s population; this could be especially dangerous in an age where technology allows a (relatively) small number of individuals to control vast amounts of power. You don\'t have to convince a lot people to remain loyal, for instance; a few thousand is all it really takes to lock down every million people in the population. \r\nHistory tells us that eventually the people get sick of this treatment, and they riot/rebel, or the state becomes too frail/ too slow to respond to exert control, and again, they (the people) riot/rebel when they sense any sort of weakness. They grow to despise the state.\r\nLet\'s not go down this road, because I don\'t want to fight remote operated fighter jets, mobile sonic weapons platforms (again, remote operated!), or deal with the effects of depleted uranium. Let\'s try to keep our respective governments accountable.','',0,'EA==','1e65d',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246239,18358,3,1,0,'68.104.172.77',1181299117,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','\":shock:\" [i:4c94e]I win!!![/i:4c94e] \":shock:\"','',0,'IA==','4c94e',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246240,18283,4,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181299997,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Hey, if you can stand to load 8:26 worth of YT (maybe while you nap or are out on some errand?), you can see CNN ream the Roanoke times for outing CCW permit owners:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kUIPRFgRE8\r\n\r\nAnother thing on this: gun owners outed featured here were parole officers, women hiding from brutal exes, crime victims that testified against crazed criminals, undercover cops, etc. To me, the people these people were worried about were dangerous. \r\n\r\nExample: the first person interviewed was a woman outed. She\'s armed, but I don\'t think of her as dangerous. They showed what happened to her the last time her ex-husband got ahold of her with a knife (you can see these pix at 1:02 - 1:14, which you should be able to load in like 5 minutes or so). To me, her ex IS dangerous, even without a gun. She, while having a gun, is not. CNN seems to agree.\r\n\r\nBut I find it hopeful that even CNN has come out on the side of gun owners (those permitted to carry concealed at that! \":shock:\"), even against a paper claiming the 1st amendment at giving the names and home address of permit owners, this time. Most of all, CNN promoted the idea that gun owners were not dangerous--at least not those who are law abiding, having gained their permits, etc. I just point this out \'cause not only should it be some small comfort to you, but that it suggests that most people do tend to define dangerous as operating with malice which has nothing to do on whether or not a person legally has a gun, which I think you\'d do yourself a favor by keeping in mind when explaining how you want to be dangerous when what you really mean is to be legally armed.','',0,'IA==','9a2ac',1,0,'',251,0,0),(246241,18313,4,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181300786,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I forget where I was reading about it, but Vermont is very strange compared to most states. It is actually largely leftist, even socialist, in nature. Despite this, it\'s also one of the easiest places to get a gun and carry it. You don\'t even need a permit to do so. (That liberal championing the 2nd, [url=http://www.paladin-press.com/authormo_0705.aspx:12c65]Cindy Hill[/url:12c65], lives in that state, btw, and I think she\'s one of the supporters of Vermont leaving the US.)','',0,'EA==','12c65',1,0,'',251,0,0),(246242,18350,3,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181301220,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I suppose it\'s good I come to PPMB. Otherwise, I wouldn\'t know half this stuff about celebrities as I almost never watch TV or read their pieces in the papers and gossip sheets.','',0,'EA==','1d872',1,0,'',251,0,0),(246243,18358,3,245,0,'72.154.61.225',1181301458,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Deref":a1a57]Me. I am teh sexy. Memememememe![/quote:a1a57]\r\n\r\nDeref IS teh sexy! He needs nominations! I nominate! \":)\"\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m sure someone else *cough* has already nominated Nat, so I won\'t bother to return the favor.\r\n\r\nI also nominate Dervish.','',0,'gA==','a1a57',1,0,'',245,0,0),(246244,18165,5,251,0,'68.118.52.90',1181301583,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I recently rediscovered this one that affected me deeply when I heard it a few years ago (it even inspired a dream that very night where I was using pyrokinetic abilities against a demon of ice...which, btw, was adapted to a Daria fic years later where I had Daria the Drow use a wand of fireballs against an ice demon). Anyway:\r\n\r\n[size=150:24797][color=indigo:24797]Others, I am not the first,\nHave willed more mischief than they durst:\nIf in the breathless night I too\nShiver now, \'tis nothing new.\n\nMore than I, if truth were told,\nHave stood and sweated hot and cold,\nAnd through their reins in ice and fire\nFear contended with desire.\n\nAgued once like me were they,\nBut I like them shall win my way\nLastly to the bed of mould\nWhere there\'s neither heat nor cold.\n\nBut from my grave across my brow\nPlays no wind of healing now,\nAnd fire and ice within me fight\nBeneath the suffocating night.\n\n--AE Housman, \"Others, I am not the first\"[/color:24797][/size:24797]\r\n\r\nThe real kicker is \"fire and ice within me fight beneath the suffocating night.\" It gives me chills. ALL of it. I wish I could explain why, but I\'m not sure I could. I think if I tried it would be long and almost certainly misunderstood. But I find it powerful to me anyway. I\'m glad I found it again.','',0,'Bg==','24797',1,0,'',251,0,0),(246245,18345,3,28,0,'76.20.168.147',1181302523,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I thought Tony Kornheiser was the man responsible for bringing the sexy back?\r\n[img:dea5a]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o56/leavethemanalone/tony.jpg[/img:dea5a]','',0,'CA==','dea5a',1,0,'',28,0,0),(246246,18350,3,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181302938,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="HelpfulSkittlesExplosion":e4554][quote="TippedOver":e4554]Anyone find out what the \"medical condition\" was?[/quote:e4554]\n\nI did! It was on the radio on my way to work. Officially, she had a nervous breakdown. Unofficially, the word around the prison (allegedly from the prisoners themselves) is that she had a herpes outbreak and they wanted to get her away from the prisoners so she couldn\'t infect anyone.[/quote:e4554]\r\nI had heard that she wasn\'t eating most of the prison food.','',0,'gA==','e4554',1,0,'',414,0,0),(246247,18341,6,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181303316,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Wormbait":51d17]Daria and Jane will finally find Jake only to discover that his mind has snapped as he adds them to his harem along with Tiffany, Mrs Defoe, Jodie and her Mum. Meanwhile a radioactivly scarred Helen serves the needs of his new squirell allies as they plan their conquest of Americas last remaining acorn plantation.[/quote:51d17]\r\n \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','51d17',1,0,'',414,0,0),(246248,18148,5,274,0,'124.179.48.56',1181306391,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Brian Eno: [i:9e980]Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks[/i:9e980]\r\n\r\n[img:9e980]http://www.kompaktkiste.de/cd/_abc/_e/egcd53.jpg[/img:9e980]\r\n\r\nCocteau Twins: [i:9e980]Treasure[/i:9e980]\r\n\r\n[img:9e980]http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00006L5PQ.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg[/img:9e980]','',0,'KA==','9e980',1,0,'',274,0,0),(246249,18358,3,81,0,'87.74.17.111',1181306851,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Nat, \r\n[quote:3d781]I should start campaigning. [/quote:3d781]\n\nThere is no need. \n\n[quote:3d781]*PMs sexy pictures to every male member of the board* [/quote:3d781]\r\n\r\nHaven\'t got mine yet, Nat - perhaps you should try again? <crosses fingers>','',0,'gA==','3d781',1,0,'',81,0,0),(246250,18275,3,576,0,'207.69.140.20',1181306982,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Tim Bateman":8ea78]TippedOver: [quote:8ea78]I was in Germany with the US Army in 1987 when I got in a pretty good car crash...[/quote:8ea78]\n\nAh, the Awesome Origin of your screenname.[/quote:8ea78]\r\n\r\nYup... that and the fact that Mr. Jack Daniel\'s and I had a VERY close, very personal relationship until about 5 years ago. \":)\" It might also give a small insight into my mental status, but...\r\n\r\nI wish I had kept a picture of the car - it looked pretty funny \"tippedover\" upside-down against the guardrail when we finished rolling around. \":!:\"','',0,'gA==','8ea78',1,0,'',576,0,0),(246251,18358,3,81,0,'87.74.17.111',1181307684,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','You can take that as a nomination for Nat, I think. And add Bluu and UU to the list.','',0,'gA==','0181d',1,0,'',81,0,0),(246252,18351,5,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181307762,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','If only one, Amanda [i:4a0b2]or[/i:4a0b2] Vincent, is a parent to Jane and Trent, then I think it has to be Vincent. Both Jane and Trent look more like him than Amanda.','',0,'IA==','4a0b2',1,0,'',613,0,0),(246253,18359,11,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181307923,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Groceries for a week: families around the world','A [url=http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519,00.html:a8192]photo essay[/url:a8192] of what families eat in a week around the world, and what the pay for it.','',0,'EA==','a8192',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246254,18358,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181309762,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','You know, if you want a \'Who shot The Ranting Klown?\' thread, you don\'t have to work so hard for it! \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','',0,'EA==','d0413',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246256,18345,3,441,0,'89.240.159.127',1181310561,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="HelpfulSkittlesExplosion":4a41e][img:4a41e]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a381/Sarcastitron/Webjunk/2004202382823454783_rs.jpg[/img:4a41e][/quote:4a41e]\r\n\r\nHehehehehehe, made me laugh\r\n\r\nI think bad spelling just appeals to me \";)\"','',0,'iA==','4a41e',1,0,'',441,0,0),(246257,18107,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181310696,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":70022][quote="atimnie":70022]I didn\'t see the article, but I have to ask, are you absolutly sure you were being neutral? It\'s amazing how many people think they are when they aren\'t.[/quote:70022]\n\nI added a new clause entitled \"Common Debates\" which explains how the contradictory representations of Stacy in fan fiction affect the way she is perceived in canon. I wrote something along the lines of, \"Some people see her as a kind and sweet girl, whilst others think that she is a weak person who could probably never stand up for herself\". This reflects opinions from both sides pretty well, and my addition was removed without explanation.[/quote:70022]\n\nI think it\'s more along the lines of \"you see her as a kind and sweet girl, whilst others think that she is a weak person who could probably never stand up for herself\". It\'s biased. This is your opinion against everyone else\'s. Let\'s see...\n\n[quote="Starmeshelion on Stacy\'s entry":70022]In 2007, debate begun on the PPMB as to the interpretation of Stacy\'s portrayal in fan fiction. This debate, spearheaded by the controversial, self-professed \'Stacyolatrist\' known as Starmeshelion, holds at its crux the prescriptivist vision that only the portrayal of \'Sweet Stacy\' is the correct portrayal of the character in Daria fanfiction, and that any other interpretation (or use thereof in fanfiction) of the character does not (at best) adhere to the original, canon depiction of Stacy in the television show, and at worst, is a gross misinterpretation of the character.[/quote:70022]\n\nSo you admit you\'re the one who started this. If you classify yourself as a \'Stacyolatrist\', then why do you think additions like this one have a neutral point of view. This sounds morel like an attempt to \"appear\" in Stacy\'s article more than anything else. \n\n[quote="Starmeshelion on Stacy\'s entry":70022]While there has been (at best) mild support for this point of view[/quote:70022]\n\nWho exactly supports your point of view on Stacy?\n\n[quote="Starmeshelion on Stacy\'s entry":70022]...the majority of Daria fandom has remained indifferent to the debate or held to the belief that the canon portrayal of Stacy is somewhat of a balance between the \'Sweet Stacy\' and \'Doomed Stacy\' personas, with the events of the fifth season of Daria and Is It College Yet? moving her personality slightly into the \'Maturing Stacy\' category. [/quote:70022]\r\n\r\nThat\'s because it\'s pretty clear that\'s how canon Stacy is. There\'s nothing to discuss.','',0,'gA==','70022',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246258,18358,3,499,0,'203.59.113.159',1181310949,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":11e75]You know, if you want a \'Who shot The Ranting Klown?\' thread, you don\'t have to work so hard for it! \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:11e75]\r\n\r\nThe bitching begins....\r\n\r\nexcellent!\r\n\r\nAlso, Isa, no nomination for Micka? OMFG CONTROVERSY!\r\n\r\nAlso, for the sake of fairness I won\'t be voting.','',0,'gA==','11e75',1,0,'',499,0,0),(246259,18107,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181311135,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":46f9e][quote="starmeshelion":46f9e][quote="atimnie":46f9e]I didn\'t see the article, but I have to ask, are you absolutly sure you were being neutral? It\'s amazing how many people think they are when they aren\'t.[/quote:46f9e]\n\nI added a new clause entitled \"Common Debates\" which explains how the contradictory representations of Stacy in fan fiction affect the way she is perceived in canon. I wrote something along the lines of, \"Some people see her as a kind and sweet girl, whilst others think that she is a weak person who could probably never stand up for herself\". This reflects opinions from both sides pretty well, and my addition was removed without explanation.[/quote:46f9e]\n\nI think it\'s more along the lines of \"you see her as a kind and sweet girl, whilst others think that she is a weak person who could probably never stand up for herself\". It\'s biased. This is your opinion against everyone else\'s. Let\'s see...\n\n[quote="Starmeshelion on Stacy\'s entry":46f9e]In 2007, debate begun on the PPMB as to the interpretation of Stacy\'s portrayal in fan fiction. This debate, spearheaded by the controversial, self-professed \'Stacyolatrist\' known as Starmeshelion, holds at its crux the prescriptivist vision that only the portrayal of \'Sweet Stacy\' is the correct portrayal of the character in Daria fanfiction, and that any other interpretation (or use thereof in fanfiction) of the character does not (at best) adhere to the original, canon depiction of Stacy in the television show, and at worst, is a gross misinterpretation of the character.[/quote:46f9e]\n\nSo you admit you\'re the one who started this. If you classify yourself as a \'Stacyolatrist\', then why do you think additions like this one have a neutral point of view. This sounds morel like an attempt to \"appear\" in Stacy\'s article more than anything else. \n\n[quote="Starmeshelion on Stacy\'s entry":46f9e]While there has been (at best) mild support for this point of view[/quote:46f9e]\n\nWho exactly supports your point of view on Stacy?\n\n[quote="Starmeshelion on Stacy\'s entry":46f9e]...the majority of Daria fandom has remained indifferent to the debate or held to the belief that the canon portrayal of Stacy is somewhat of a balance between the \'Sweet Stacy\' and \'Doomed Stacy\' personas, with the events of the fifth season of Daria and Is It College Yet? moving her personality slightly into the \'Maturing Stacy\' category. [/quote:46f9e]\n\nThat\'s because it\'s pretty clear that\'s how canon Stacy is. There\'s nothing to discuss.[/quote:46f9e]\r\n\r\n\r\nAs much as I hate doing this... that\'s my work. Except for creating the \'Common Debates\' blurb, everything else is mine.\r\n\r\n(Hands her a large glass of pink lemonade with lots of shaved ice)\r\n\r\nHere, relax. Leave Stars alone. Sooner or later, he\'s going to say something that\'ll start the flaming again, but he gets a pass here. Besides...\r\n\r\n\r\n(looks as if he wants to vomit)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n...Even if you don\'t like what he has to say, he has the right to believe what he wants and say that as well. Damned democratic process... damned belief in the rights of all people...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI need to go play \'Kitten Cannon\' for a while.','',0,'gA==','46f9e',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246360,18365,3,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181501378,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','I would be surprised but delighted. But, then again, I\'m lonely and desperate.','33f777847a609cdeb18e1335dac8834a',0,'','dbb41',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246261,18361,3,414,0,'68.162.228.132',1181311241,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Teen drives through mall','A teenager cruised through a mall on Long Island- [url=http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2007/06/08/car_drives_into_long_island_ny_mall/:43f30]in his car[/url:43f30].\r\n\r\n[quote:43f30]Dwight Thomas, 19, crashed his car through the main glass doors at the Westfield Sunrise mall Thursday evening and cruised the corridor, knocking over a kiosk and sending shoppers scurrying before exiting the building and leaving his car, police said.[/quote:43f30]\r\nApparently he thought he was Elwood.\r\n[img:43f30]http://www.filmbuffonline.com/News/Newsreel/2006/images/BluesBrothersMall.jpg[/img:43f30]','',0,'mA==','43f30',1,0,'',414,0,0),(246262,18358,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181311282,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="The Ranting Klown":566ea][quote="Brother Grimace":566ea]You know, if you want a \'Who shot The Ranting Klown?\' thread, you don\'t have to work so hard for it! \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:566ea]\n\nThe bitching begins....\n\nexcellent!\n\nAlso, Isa, no nomination for Micka? OMFG CONTROVERSY!\n\nAlso, for the sake of fairness I won\'t be voting.[/quote:566ea]\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat can I say? Those sour grapes give you lots of energy for whining! \":wink:\"','',0,'gA==','566ea',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246263,18107,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181311752,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":8ab6d]As much as I hate doing this... that\'s my work. Except for creating the \'Common Debates\' blurb, everything else is mine.\n\n(Hands her a large glass of pink lemonade with lots of shaved ice)[/quote:8ab6d]\n\nOh gee. \":lol:\" \n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":8ab6d]Here, relax. Leave Stars alone. Sooner or later, he\'s going to say something that\'ll start the flaming again, but he gets a pass here. Besides...\n\n(looks as if he wants to vomit)\n\n...Even if you don\'t like what he has to say, he has the right to believe what he wants and say that as well. Damned democratic process... damned belief in the rights of all people...\n\nI need to go play \'Kitten Cannon\' for a while.[/quote:8ab6d]\r\n\r\n \":lol:\"','',0,'gA==','8ab6d',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246264,18148,5,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181311808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I never thought I\'d give this another listen and actually [i:26eea]like[/i:26eea] it, but I do.\r\n\r\nI [i:26eea]really[/i:26eea] do. I think watching the video helped with that.\r\n\r\nR.E.M. - \"Leaving New York\"','',0,'IA==','26eea',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246265,18107,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181312005,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":49ec0] Words words words words (about starmeshelion)...[/quote:49ec0]\r\n\r\n\r\nIt\'s heresy!\r\n\r\nHERESY, I tell you!!\r\n\r\n \":D\"','',0,'gA==','49ec0',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246266,18107,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181312099,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":b46f3]\nYou can redirect that \"Corvus marinus\" article to \"Corvus Marinus\". It\'s the right thing to do pretty much for all the articles. They should have lower case redirects for them to work with the search function.[/quote:b46f3]\r\n\r\nYeah, I\'m trying to make intuitive redirects here and there when I see the need for them (lowercase, common misspellings, etc)','',0,'gA==','b46f3',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246267,18345,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181312290,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','If any one person will bring \'Sexy\' back, it is Tony Clifton...\r\n\r\n\r\n[img:ad5ce]http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/a/ab/TonyCliftonMoon.jpg[/img:ad5ce]','',0,'CA==','ad5ce',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246268,18350,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181312532,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="jak981125":c9c21]Oh, looks like Paris might be getting a [url=http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/urn:newsml:tv.ap.org:20070607:people_richie__ER:2543:c9c21]cellmate[/url:c9c21].[/quote:c9c21]\r\n\r\nGood. Maybe they can do that rotten show that they do from lockup. That\'d be the REAL simple life.','',0,'kA==','c9c21',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246269,18347,4,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181313110,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wy cann\'t polititians spel?','[quote="Deref":c5490][quote="mman":c5490]Last week it was Hillary with her [url=http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/31/misspelling-of-the-day/:c5490]\"New Jobs for \'Tommorrow\'\"[/url:c5490]. (Presumably one of the jobs is \"proofreader\"?)[/quote:c5490]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \nI\'m reminded of the poster captioned \"Siz munce ago I coont even spel teecher, and now I are one!\"[/quote:c5490]\r\n\r\nWell, in all fairness \"Tommorrow\" could be chalked up to a typographical error.\r\n\r\nDan Quayle wasn\'t typing. He was speaking. There is a term for [i:c5490]that[/i:c5490] kind of typo. Kids use it a lot.\r\n\r\n\"Retarded\"','',0,'sA==','c5490',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246270,18325,5,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181313326,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="E. A. Smith":9b102]My best friend and I have spent many, many hours of discussion on this question, trying to understand each others\' tastes as well as our own, and it still remains a difficult question to answer. I listen to music that makes me think, music that makes me feel, music that brings me up, music that brings me down. I might listen to one artist for one reason, and listen to another for the exact opposite.\n\nMaybe the best way to approach it is by genre. The genre of music I listen to the most is progressive rock. I love it for its complexity, which keeps my mind interested, even when a single song goes on for half an hour or more. I love it for its deep and intellectual lyrics, which give me something to think about long after the song is over. I love it because it takes me on a journey through different headspaces and moods, making me feel like I\'m soaring and wheeling through the notes. I love it for its epic feel, which makes my spirit swell with grandeur. Put all of these together, and prog rock excites me like no other kind of music. Progressive and power metal also fit into this category; which I listen to depends upon the mood I am in at the time.\n\nI also enjoy a lot of folk and traditional music, in many ways for the opposite reasons than I enjoy prog. Folk calms me down and sooths me with simple melodies and instrumentation. It speaks to the emotional side of my soul, instead of the intellectual side. It can make me cry or laugh, and take me away from my daily stresses. Also, for one raised in a region where family and historical ties are everything, folk and traditional music gives me a connection to my past, and I find it reassuring to be enjoying the same kind of music as my people have for generations.\n\nFinally, the third genre I would list as my favorite is Celtic music. To me, Celtic music is pure joy, or pure melancholy. Of all the kinds of dance music out there, an Irish jig or reel is the only kind that makes me actually want to get up and move my feet. Quite simply, it makes me purely happy. And a Celtic ballad is the most beautifully melancholy sound on the Earth to me, tugging at my heartstrings and making me feel the cathartic pain. Even when sung in a language I don\'t (yet) understand, Celtic music speaks to my heart like no other.\n\nI could say more -- I could type for days and not fully describe my love for music -- but I\'ll leave it there.[/quote:9b102]\r\n\r\n[b:9b102]Very[/b:9b102] well put. \":)\"','',0,'wA==','9b102',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246271,18324,6,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181313663,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Is it just me or is this feeling less and less like \'until next time\' and more like \'farewell\'?','',0,'wA==','121b6',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246272,18340,6,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181314602,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Ok, Snips. You win. \":|\" \r\n\r\n\r\nThat was awesome. \":D\"','',0,'wA==','683d0',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246273,18352,10,589,0,'192.55.2.36',1181314883,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Just so you know, I\'ve removed\r\nhttp://www.silveryfrost.net/SickSadWorl ... Pencil.jpg \r\nsince it wasn\'t such a good picture. \r\n\r\nLarger versions of the pictures can be found by going to my site and clicking on the pics.','',0,'wA==','d1d51',1,0,'',589,0,0),(246274,18354,6,671,0,'205.188.116.72',1181315282,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','The twisted irony of this would be that the world this Daria entered is even worse than the one she killed an AU counterpart to leave.\r\n\r\nVery good idea. Please keep going with this if you can.','',0,'wA==','60074',1,0,'',671,0,0),(246275,18351,5,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181315332,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="smk":bead6]If only one, Amanda [i:bead6]or[/i:bead6] Vincent, is a parent to Jane and Trent, then I think it has to be Vincent. Both Jane and Trent look more like him than Amanda.[/quote:bead6]\r\n\r\nI dunno. If you watch the scene in \"Lane Miserables,\" Jane, Trent, and Amanda all have the same high cheekbones and the same shape nose. Vincent\'s nose is more like Wind and Penny\'s.\r\n\r\n(Yes, I need a life. So what?) \":wink:\" \r\n\r\n-Dennis','',0,'oA==','bead6',1,0,'',64,0,0),(246276,18358,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181315647,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','OMG, I didn\'t steal the sexy, I swear. I borrowed it.','',0,'oA==','feb6d',1,0,'',79,0,0),(246277,18361,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181315826,1,0,1,0,1,1,'','','OMG, just like grand theft auto. It\'s video games. I blame video games!','',0,'oA==','09af2',1,0,'',79,0,0),(246280,18352,10,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181316883,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Very cool. I think it\'s something she might be wearing now.\r\n\r\nBut it\'d be much cooler if she had a really funny hat. \":wink:\" \r\n\r\n-Dennis','',0,'kA==','378a0',1,0,'',64,0,0),(246281,18354,6,589,0,'192.55.2.36',1181316960,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I just corrected a plot goof. \r\nI\'m not sure if everybody got what I was driving at, but her suicide note should provide a clue.','',0,'kA==','172b3',1,0,'',589,0,0),(246282,18361,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181317223,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="nonamejane":5e88d]OMG, just like grand theft auto. It\'s video games. I blame video games![/quote:5e88d]\r\n\r\n\":lol:\"\r\n\r\nI think it would be safe to retroactively blame video games for everything bad that\'s happened since the dinosaurs went extinct. \":D\"\r\n\r\nPeople always feel better when they have something to blame their problems on other than themselves. \":wink:\"','',0,'gA==','5e88d',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246283,18352,10,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181317797,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dennis":e78bc]Very cool. I think it\'s something she might be wearing now.\n\nBut it\'d be much cooler if she had a really funny hat. \":wink:\" \n\n-Dennis[/quote:e78bc]\r\n\r\nA [i:e78bc]helicopter beanie[/i:e78bc]!!!','',0,'oA==','e78bc',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246284,18107,3,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181318573,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":9db97]...Even if you don\'t like what he has to say, he has the right to believe what he wants and say that as well.[/quote:9db97]\r\n\r\nThank you. I further Wikified the stuff you wrote about me in the Stacy entry, and explained why. A lot of the trivia could use sources, too.\r\n\r\nMay I remind everyone that, Stacy or no Stacy, the point of any Wiki is to [i:9db97]document[/i:9db97]? If there is an ongoing debate about an issue, it should be documented, no matter who started it.','',0,'oA==','9db97',1,0,'',544,0,0),(246285,18361,3,493,0,'206.28.60.20',1181318793,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Video games caused the extinction of Dinosaurs Noooooooo All this time i though it was McDonald\'s over using them in burgers','',0,'oA==','bb3d2',1,0,'',493,0,0),(246286,18345,3,253,0,'70.229.173.175',1181318814,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Is that the real Tony Clifton, or the fake Tony Clifton? Or is it an actor playing the real or fake Tony Clifton?','',0,'oA==','a6037',1,0,'',253,0,0),(246287,18107,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181318947,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":9f600][quote="Brother Grimace":9f600]...Even if you don\'t like what he has to say, he has the right to believe what he wants and say that as well.[/quote:9f600]\n\nThank you. I further Wikified the stuff you wrote about me in the Stacy entry, and explained why. A lot of the trivia could use sources, too.\n\nMay I remind everyone that, Stacy or no Stacy, the point of any Wiki is to [i:9f600]document[/i:9f600]? If there is an ongoing debate about an issue, it should be documented, no matter who started it.[/quote:9f600]\r\n\r\nThis is true. I might also remind everyone that each article has a discussion page for editing disputes/vandalism/other issues.\r\n\r\nI.e., http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php ... Stacy_Rowe','',0,'oA==','9f600',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246288,18345,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181319015,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="atimnie":0f566]Is that the real Tony Clifton, or the fake Tony Clifton? Or is it an actor playing the real or fake Tony Clifton?[/quote:0f566]\r\n\r\nIt\'s the real Tony Clifton playing an actor playing the fake Tony Clifton, of course. \":wink:\"','',0,'gA==','0f566',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246289,18358,3,253,0,'70.229.173.175',1181319195,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Bliss Ticks":ad8a1]:shock: [i:ad8a1]I win!!![/i:ad8a1] \":shock:\"[/quote:ad8a1]BT, what happens in flame wars [i:ad8a1]stays[/i:ad8a1] in flame wars. Save the \"I win!!!\" schtick for that thread.','',0,'oA==','ad8a1',1,0,'',253,0,0),(246290,18361,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181319377,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dreamweaver":48434]Video games caused the extinction of Dinosaurs Noooooooo All this time i though it was McDonald\'s over using them in burgers[/quote:48434]\r\n\r\nDude, haven\'t you heard? Video games did 9/11.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \":roll:\"','',0,'gA==','48434',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246291,18198,11,493,0,'206.28.60.20',1181320428,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about Stacy She was in the fashion club because Sandy wanted someone to boss around .To the most part she did what she was told . I got the feeling she wasn\'t even that popular with the boys .She didn\'t have a date for her birthday. Would someone please explain what the big deal about her is?','',0,'gA==','4b213',1,0,'',493,0,0),(246292,18198,11,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181320723,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dreamweaver":988ad]I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about Stacy She was in the fashion club because Sandy wanted someone to boss around .To the most part she did what she was told . I got the feeling she wasn\'t even that popular with the boys .She didn\'t have a date for her birthday. Would someone please explain what the big deal about her is?[/quote:988ad]\r\n\r\nShe\'s damaged. Heavily. Her myriad flaws make her seem more \'down-to-earth\'... more human... more attainable to some.','',0,'gA==','988ad',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246293,18319,3,51,0,'75.201.186.109',1181321121,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Well, I done up and did it. Why an eagle you may ask? (I bet AMG\'s already guessed it \":wink:\" ) Firstly, it fits my handle (birds-of-prey were called raptors long before even the first iguanodon was ever dug up and ID\'ed).\r\n\r\nSecondly to represent my Alma Mater.\r\n\r\nWar Damn Eagle!!!\r\n\r\n[color=darkblue:12588]G[/color:12588][color=orange:12588]u[/color:12588][color=darkblue:12588]y[/color:12588]','',0,'Ag==','12588',1,0,'',51,0,0),(246294,18319,3,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181321189,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Decelaraptor":af5d4]Well, I done up and did it. Why an eagle you may ask? (I bet AMG\'s already guessed it \":wink:\" ) Firstly, it fits my handle (birds-of-prey were called raptors long before even the first iguanodon was ever dug up and ID\'ed).\n\nSecondly to represent my Alma Mater.\n\nWar Damn Eagle!!!\n\n[color=darkblue:af5d4]G[/color:af5d4][color=orange:af5d4]u[/color:af5d4][color=darkblue:af5d4]y[/color:af5d4][/quote:af5d4]\r\n\r\n \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \r\n\r\nNo more dino? Say it ain\'t so!','',0,'gg==','af5d4',1,0,'',362,0,0),(246295,18319,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181321597,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Decelaraptor":3d36e]\nWar Damn Eagle!!!\n\n[color=darkblue:3d36e]G[/color:3d36e][color=orange:3d36e]u[/color:3d36e][color=darkblue:3d36e]y[/color:3d36e][/quote:3d36e]\r\n\r\n[size=167:3d36e][color=red:3d36e]NOOOOOOOOOOoooooo[/color:3d36e][/size:3d36e][color=red:3d36e][size=84:3d36e]ooooooo!!!!!!!!!![/size:3d36e][/color:3d36e]\r\n\r\n[img:3d36e]http://wesleyprints.com/gicleeimages/tidewf.jpg[/img:3d36e]\r\n\r\n \":D\"','',0,'jg==','3d36e',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246296,18350,3,414,0,'68.162.228.132',1181323078,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Hehe, a wax model of Hilton at Madame Tussauds in NYC:\r\n\r\n[img:cc17b]http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2007/06/08/1181316893_9325.jpg[/img:cc17b]\r\n\r\n \":lol:\"','',0,'CA==','cc17b',1,0,'',414,0,0),(246297,18352,10,149,0,'198.85.228.129',1181324024,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[color=indigo:bdb96][b:bdb96]Excellent work, especially in color. It\'ll keep her warm in Boston in the winter, or at least in the fall.\n\nIs this a fashionable look right now? I have to ask. I\'m a guy.\n\nInaria[/b:bdb96][/color:bdb96]','',0,'Qg==','bdb96',1,0,'',149,0,0),(246298,18352,10,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181324201,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I also like the color. You might want to add a some kind of highlight line or similar to separate the shoes from the pants cuffs.','',0,'Qg==','09dfa',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246299,18325,5,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181325290,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":94dfa][quote="Quiverwing":94dfa][quote="cyde":94dfa][quote="Quiverwing":94dfa][quote="Dervish":94dfa]Why do I like the music I like? Just because. I find that like \"Why do you like the food you like to eat.\" And this goes for \"why it\'s better.\" Natch, that\'s better \"for me.\"[/quote:94dfa]\n\nExactly. I don\'t think I can explain why I like what I like. I just do. \n\nThis reminds me of a video I was watching last night. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEq1DOg-abM:94dfa]Guns N\' Roses in one of the best performances of \"It\'s So Easy\" live I\'ve seen, IMO.[/url:94dfa] Hell, that video is orgasmic to me. They make me want to have a time machine to go back to 1988 and watch them play. THAT was the real deal. They just rocked. Performances like that remind me why I\'ve been in love with the band since I was 13. I don\'t really know why that band makes me feel that way, they just do.\n\nToo bad the poster ruined the video with those ****ing beeps. The swearing is the best part. \":P\"[/quote:94dfa]\n\n80s metal, eh? So, do you like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmPD6-vNVY:94dfa]Mega[/url:94dfa][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEHNvxkVvqc:94dfa]deth[/url:94dfa]?:D \":D\"[/quote:94dfa]\n\nI was never a fan, but they have cool songs. Now, Guns N\' Roses are the music love of my life. \":)\"[/quote:94dfa]\n\nCool. I\'ve heard Megadeth is pretty big over in Argentina. \":D\"[/quote:94dfa]\r\n\r\nYes, they are. They have a lot of fans around here.','',0,'kA==','94dfa',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246300,18198,11,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181325450,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dreamweaver":7e88c]I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about Stacy She was in the fashion club because Sandy wanted someone to boss around .To the most part she did what she was told . I got the feeling she wasn\'t even that popular with the boys .She didn\'t have a date for her birthday. Would someone please explain what the big deal about her is?[/quote:7e88c]\r\n\r\nI don\'t know. Ask Starmeshelion. I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about her either.','',0,'gA==','7e88c',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246301,18350,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181325759,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Derek":33887]Hehe, a wax model of Hilton at Madame Tussauds in NYC:\n\n[img:33887]http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2007/06/08/1181316893_9325.jpg[/img:33887]\n\n \":lol:\"[/quote:33887]\r\n\r\nHawt! \":D\"','',0,'iA==','33887',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246302,18198,11,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181326057,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":5651f][quote="Dreamweaver":5651f]I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about Stacy She was in the fashion club because Sandy wanted someone to boss around .To the most part she did what she was told . I got the feeling she wasn\'t even that popular with the boys .She didn\'t have a date for her birthday. Would someone please explain what the big deal about her is?[/quote:5651f]\n\nI don\'t know. Ask Starmeshelion. I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about her either.[/quote:5651f]\r\n\r\nI used to think it\'s just me, but after I developed my infatuation three years ago I went online and found out that she\'s got a huge following, so I guess it\'s not just me after all.','',0,'gA==','5651f',1,0,'',544,0,0),(246303,18198,11,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181326523,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":06b2a][quote="Quiverwing":06b2a][quote="Dreamweaver":06b2a]I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about Stacy She was in the fashion club because Sandy wanted someone to boss around .To the most part she did what she was told . I got the feeling she wasn\'t even that popular with the boys .She didn\'t have a date for her birthday. Would someone please explain what the big deal about her is?[/quote:06b2a]\n\nI don\'t know. Ask Starmeshelion. I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about her either.[/quote:06b2a]\n\nI used to think it\'s just me, but after I developed my infatuation three years ago I went online and found out that she\'s got a huge following, so I guess it\'s not just me after all.[/quote:06b2a]\r\n\r\nYou misrepresent the case a little, Star. Not all Stacy fans are as obsessive about it as you are. I consider myself a Stacy fan; I find the character to be very sympathetic and I like to see her coming into her own and coming out ahead in life.\r\n\r\nYou seem to intimate that there is a huge Stacy following out there, and that they are all just like you (or, just as disturbingly, that any fan who ISN\'T just like you isn\'t a true Stacy fan). That simply isn\'t the case. While I have no problem with this characterization myself, it would probably be appreciated if you didn\'t paint with such a broad brush.','',0,'gA==','06b2a',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246304,18352,10,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181327410,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":8ae39][quote="Dennis":8ae39]Very cool. I think it\'s something she might be wearing now.\n\nBut it\'d be much cooler if she had a really funny hat. \":wink:\"[/quote:8ae39]\n\nA [i:8ae39]helicopter beanie[/i:8ae39]!!![/quote:8ae39]\r\n\r\nThat would rule!\r\n\r\nSome other good ones would be a bishop\'s mitre/pope hat, the Cat in the Hat\'s hat, and Flavor Flav\'s viking helmet. Or maybe a fez. The possibilities are endless.\r\n\r\n-Dennis','',0,'oA==','8ae39',1,0,'',64,0,0),(246305,18352,10,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181327780,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Dennis":71337][quote="cyde":71337][quote="Dennis":71337]Very cool. I think it\'s something she might be wearing now.\n\nBut it\'d be much cooler if she had a really funny hat. \":wink:\"[/quote:71337]\n\nA [i:71337]helicopter beanie[/i:71337]!!![/quote:71337]\n\nThat would rule!\n\nSome other good ones would be a bishop\'s mitre/pope hat, the Cat in the Hat\'s hat, and Flavor Flav\'s viking helmet. Or maybe a fez. The possibilities are endless.\n\n-Dennis[/quote:71337]\r\n\r\nA marine corps style campaign hat! Like the kind that Smokey the Bear wears!\r\n\r\n[img:71337]http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/6542/femdi.jpg[/img:71337]\r\n\r\nOr maybe a tall felt tophat a la Scrooge McDuck. \":D\"\r\n[img:71337]http://www.twainquotes.com/tophat.jpg[/img:71337]','',0,'qA==','71337',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246306,18198,11,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181327815,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Someone, on Wikipedia,":c566b]Pigtailed Stacy is the secretary of the club and appears in the beginning of the show to be skittish, extremely insecure, and a born follower. However, later in the show, it was frequently hinted at that she probably possessed more character than anyone else in the fashion club except perhaps Quinn. [b:c566b][u:c566b]She has developed a powerful following among Daria fans,[/b:c566b][/u:c566b] and was voiced by Sarah Drew.[/quote:c566b]\r\n\r\nThat was written way before I joined/started posting regularly. I always admitted to being the most obsessive fan, there\'s no denying this; That doesn\'t mean that I don\'t recognise other Stacy fans when I see them. Austin Covello, S.C. and Sam The Smuggler are all Stacy fans, even though they\'ve never admitted to being in love with her like I did; And let me tell you that when I read that Stacy has a powerful following, it really took me by surprise. One of the main reasons why I love Stacy so much is that she\'s unassuming, and thus underrated, and so when I read this I was like \"So other fans actually notice her too\". Stacy fandom has begun way before I was in it and will continue way after I leave this world.','',0,'wQ==','c566b',1,0,'',544,0,0),(246307,18198,11,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181328486,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":431ac][quote="Someone, on Wikipedia,":431ac]Pigtailed Stacy is the secretary of the club and appears in the beginning of the show to be skittish, extremely insecure, and a born follower. However, later in the show, it was frequently hinted at that she probably possessed more character than anyone else in the fashion club except perhaps Quinn. [b:431ac][u:431ac]She has developed a powerful following among Daria fans,[/b:431ac][/u:431ac] and was voiced by Sarah Drew.[/quote:431ac]\n\nThat was written way before I joined/started posting regularly. I always admitted to being the most obsessive fan, there\'s no denying this; That doesn\'t mean that I don\'t recognise other Stacy fans when I see them. Austin Covello, S.C. and Sam The Smuggler are all Stacy fans, even though they\'ve never admitted to being in love with her like I did; And let me tell you that when I read that Stacy has a powerful following, it really took me by surprise. One of the main reasons why I love Stacy so much is that she\'s unassuming, and thus underrated, and so when I read this I was like \"So other fans actually notice her too\". Stacy fandom has begun way before I was in it and will continue way after I leave this world.[/quote:431ac]\n\nI\'ve been aware of the Stacy fan following for quite some time now. Quite some time longer than the current incarnation of this message board, in fact. That isn\'t the question or the issue.\n\n[quote="Star me, She-Lion \":lol:\" amirite?":431ac]\nI went online and found out that she\'s got a huge following, so I guess it\'s not just me after all.[/quote:431ac]\r\n\r\nNo, it IS just you... by your own admission. I\'m just suggesting that you don\'t categorize others using yourself as a measuring stick. \":D\"','',0,'wQ==','431ac',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246308,18198,11,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181328507,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":528a9][quote="Someone, on Wikipedia,":528a9]Pigtailed Stacy is the secretary of the club and appears in the beginning of the show to be skittish, extremely insecure, and a born follower. However, later in the show, it was frequently hinted at that she probably possessed more character than anyone else in the fashion club except perhaps Quinn. [b:528a9][u:528a9]She has developed a powerful following among Daria fans,[/b:528a9][/u:528a9] and was voiced by Sarah Drew.[/quote:528a9]\n\nThat was written way before I joined/started posting regularly.[/quote:528a9]\r\n\r\nHave in mind that since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that anyone can edit, you shouldn\'t take that kind of fan claims seriously unless they\'re backed up by a reliable source.','',0,'wQ==','528a9',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246309,18198,11,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181328649,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":c1972]Star me, She-Lion \":lol:\" amirite?[/quote:c1972]\r\n\r\nHuh? \":?\"','',0,'gA==','c1972',1,0,'',544,0,0),(246310,18198,11,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181328769,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":44c5b][quote="cyde":44c5b]Star me, She-Lion \":lol:\" amirite?[/quote:44c5b]\n\nHuh? \":?\"[/quote:44c5b]\r\n\r\nYou like R.E.M. \r\n\r\n\"Star Me Kitten\" from [i:44c5b]Automatic for the People[/i:44c5b].\r\n\r\nThat is a [i:44c5b][b:44c5b]MIGHTY[/i:44c5b][/b:44c5b] big coincidence, you must admit. \":D\"\r\n\r\nYou mean to tell me Stacy isn\'t your little she-lion? \";)\" \";)\" *nudge nudge*','',0,'4A==','44c5b',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246311,18198,11,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181329009,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":ea3d4]You like R.E.M. \n\n\"Star Me, Kitten\" from [i:ea3d4]Automatic for the People[/i:ea3d4].\n\nThat is a [i:ea3d4][b:ea3d4]MIGHTY[/i:ea3d4][/b:ea3d4] big coincidence, you must admit. \":D\"\n\nYou mean to tell me Stacy isn\'t your little she-lion? \";)\" \";)\" *nudge nudge*[/quote:ea3d4]\r\n\r\nYep, that\'s the reference, however \"Star Me Kitten\" is actually my least favourite [i:ea3d4]Automatic[/i:ea3d4] song. I came up with the screenname on another board, and believe it or not Stacy isn\'t involved.','',0,'4A==','ea3d4',1,0,'',544,0,0),(246312,18198,11,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181329173,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="starmeshelion":ee9d0][quote="cyde":ee9d0]You like R.E.M. \n\n\"Star Me, Kitten\" from [i:ee9d0]Automatic for the People[/i:ee9d0].\n\nThat is a [i:ee9d0][b:ee9d0]MIGHTY[/i:ee9d0][/b:ee9d0] big coincidence, you must admit. \":D\"\n\nYou mean to tell me Stacy isn\'t your little she-lion? \";)\" \";)\" *nudge nudge*[/quote:ee9d0]\n\nYep, that\'s the reference, however \"Star Me Kitten\" is actually my least favourite [i:ee9d0]Automatic[/i:ee9d0] song. I came up with the screenname on another board, and believe it or not Stacy isn\'t involved.[/quote:ee9d0]\r\n\r\nI\'m just happy I figured it out. \"8)\" \"8)\" \"8)\" \"8)\" \"8)\"','',0,'4A==','ee9d0',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246313,18362,5,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181329515,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','"Daria" poster on eBay','What must be one of the more rare promotional items for \"Daria\" is [url=http://cgi.ebay.com/MTVs-Daria-POSTER-rare-find-Hell-is-other-people_W0QQitemZ160125537513QQihZ006QQcategoryZ18837QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem:178aa]on auction[/url:178aa] at eBay until 14 June.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a poster that appears to be about 21\" x 42\" — and, as the seller says, quite well worn. It borrows one of OH\'s lines from \"Monster.\" (Saved as attachment to keep it available after the auction.)','',1,'EA==','178aa',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246314,18198,11,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181330251,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Okay.\r\n\r\n\r\nStars, this is why people gen annoyed with you.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis morning, I placed the followingover on the Daria Wiki as part of the Stacy entry:\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:a4837][b:a4837]In 2007, debate begun on the PPMB as to the interpretation of Stacy\'s portrayal in fan fiction. This debate, spearheaded by the controversial, self-professed \'Stacyolatrist\' known as Starmeshelion, holds at its crux the prescriptivist vision that only the portrayal of \'Sweet Stacy\' is the correct portrayal of the character in Daria fanfiction, and that any other interpretation (or use thereof in fanfiction) of the character does not (at best) adhere to the original, canon depiction of Stacy in the television show, and at worst, is a gross misinterpretation of the character. \n\nWhile there has been (at best) mild support for this point of view, the majority of Daria fandom has remained indifferent to the debate or held to the belief that the canon portrayal of Stacy is somewhat of a balance between the \'Sweet Stacy\' and \'Doomed Stacy\' personas, with the events of the fifth season of Daria and Is It College Yet? moving her personality slightly into the \'Maturing Stacy\' category.[/b:a4837] [/quote:a4837] \n\n\nI tried to keep an impartial, objective tone to things. However, you come along with this:\n\n\n[quote:a4837][b:a4837]In 2007, Starmeshelion started a debate at PPMB about the interpretation of Stacy in Daria fan fiction. He proposed that \'Sweet Stacy\' and \'Maturing Stacy\' were the most accurate portrayals of the character and assumed that many other interpretations didn\'t adhere to canon, or at worst, created a gross misinterpretation of the character. \n\nWhile there has been some support for this point of view, many Daria fans have remained indifferent to the debate or held to the belief that the canon portrayal of Stacy is somewhat of a balance between the \'Sweet Stacy\' and \'Doomed Stacy\' personas, with the events of the fifth season of Daria and Is It College Yet?, moving her personality slightly into the \'Maturing Stacy\' category.[/b:a4837][/quote:a4837]\r\n\r\n\r\nI was curious why you took out the encyclopedic tone, as well as why you had to rework the section to focus on yourself personally instead of the debate. This is what annoys about you - it\'s as if you\'re so desperate to get attention that - even when someone tries to do something to placate you (and let\'s be honest: if I could go out and find all of this stuff on the character as well as define two of the variants - including the most sympathetic variation - why didn\'t you do any of this long ago?), you still work it so that you just stir up more controversy and get more people to post about you. \r\n\r\nThis is what being an \'attention whore\' means.','',0,'wA==','a4837',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246315,18352,10,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181330323,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','','Thanks for the sharper and colored versions! I\'d say her hat is just fine as it is. (And, to my eye, at least rakish and fitting her persona, whether or not it\'s stylish.) The color contrast between slacks and boots does well enough ... although I tend to have a higher brightness on my monitor.','',0,'wA==','6d218',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246316,18198,11,253,0,'70.229.173.175',1181330336,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','I\'m changing my name to metarzanshejane. \":P\" \":P\" \":P\"','',0,'wA==','3fc38',1,0,'',253,0,0),(246317,18198,11,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181330416,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','BG, a lot of that last entry was mine, edited down from a longer entry. Stars made a couple typo corrections.\r\n\r\nETA: The entry has been revised to remove personal references and to focus only on the debate.','',0,'wA==','dffe3',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246318,18361,3,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181330505,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Teen drives through mall','[quote="Derek":cbf97]A teenager cruised through a mall on Long Island- [url=http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2007/06/08/car_drives_into_long_island_ny_mall/:cbf97]in his car[/url:cbf97].\n\n[quote:cbf97]Dwight Thomas, 19, crashed his car through the main glass doors at the Westfield Sunrise mall Thursday evening and cruised the corridor, knocking over a kiosk and sending shoppers scurrying before exiting the building and leaving his car, police said.[/quote:cbf97][/quote:cbf97]\r\n\r\nWow. That\'s where I grew up.\r\n\r\n-Dennis','',0,'kA==','cbf97',1,0,'',64,0,0),(246319,18350,3,441,0,'89.240.139.168',1181330576,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','But... Wouldn\'t not eating be a normal thing for her? \":?\"','',0,'kA==','a1900',1,0,'',441,0,0),(246320,18198,11,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181331000,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":30794]BG, a lot of that last entry was mine, edited down from a longer entry. Stars made a couple typo corrections.\n\nETA: The entry has been revised to remove personal references and to focus only on the debate.[/quote:30794]\r\n\r\nI can live with that.','',0,'gA==','30794',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246321,18198,11,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181331074,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="RLobinske":f7914]BG, a lot of that last entry was mine, edited down from a longer entry. Stars made a couple typo corrections.\n\nETA: The entry has been revised to remove personal references and to focus only on the debate.[/quote:f7914]\r\n\r\nRemember, people: NPOV.\r\n\r\nIf we\'re gonna run a wiki, we have to run it [i:f7914]precisely[/i:f7914] the way Wikipedia is run.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOk, bad joke. But seriously. We all should try to keep a neutral point of view when making or editing articles. \":D\"','',0,'oA==','f7914',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246322,18198,11,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181331296,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":581cb][quote="RLobinske":581cb]BG, a lot of that last entry was mine, edited down from a longer entry. Stars made a couple typo corrections.\n\nETA: The entry has been revised to remove personal references and to focus only on the debate.[/quote:581cb]\n\nI can live with that.[/quote:581cb]\r\n\r\nHeheh, [i:581cb]you[/i:581cb] were the guilty one this time for not looking at the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Stacy_Rowe&curid=1427&diff=7226&oldid=7212:581cb]diff.[/url:581cb] \":P\"','',0,'sA==','581cb',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246323,18350,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181331343,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":1fdac][quote="Derek":1fdac]Hehe, a wax model of Hilton at Madame Tussauds in NYC:\n\n[img:1fdac]http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2007/06/08/1181316893_9325.jpg[/img:1fdac]\n\n \":lol:\"[/quote:1fdac]\n\nHawt! \":D\"[/quote:1fdac]\r\n\r\n\r\n(igniting his lightsaber) Not yet... \":twisted:\"','',0,'iA==','1fdac',1,0,'',59,0,0),(246324,18358,3,441,0,'89.240.139.168',1181331445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Sexy pics! Sexy pics! I demand sexy pics! (Men over 40 need not take past in the swimsuit round \":P\")','',0,'iA==','2b833',1,0,'',441,0,0),(246325,18350,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181331510,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Brother Grimace":f5294][quote="cyde":f5294][quote="Derek":f5294]Hehe, a wax model of Hilton at Madame Tussauds in NYC:\n\n[img:f5294]http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2007/06/08/1181316893_9325.jpg[/img:f5294]\n\n \":lol:\"[/quote:f5294]\n\nHawt! \":D\"[/quote:f5294]\n\n\n(igniting his lightsaber) Not yet... \":twisted:\"[/quote:f5294]\r\n\r\nA.J.\'s signature rocks:\r\n\r\n\"Give Paris Hilton a match and she\'ll be hot for one night.\r\n\r\nSet her on fire and she\'ll be hot for the rest of her life.\"\r\n\r\n \":twisted:\"','',0,'iA==','f5294',1,0,'',305,0,0),(246326,18358,3,1,0,'68.104.172.77',1181331565,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','Kem and Bluu get my nominations! You are both very pretty, but I had reservations about nominating Bluu! She is too young! \":shock:\" \r\nI would feel better if this thread used \"pretty, handsome\", instead of \"sexy\"; it\'s hard to tell how \'sexy\' a girl is until you actually speak with her. I have met some very pretty girls whom I did not find sexy at all after 2 seconds of conversation.\r\n\r\nThis pic was taken last x-mas! \":shock:\"','',1,'iA==','1029a',1,1181331917,'',1,1,0),(246327,18362,5,253,0,'70.229.173.175',1181331640,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','If you\'re gonna sell something on eBay, learn to take a decent picture. This is closer to what the poster actually looks like.','',0,'iA==','43263',1,0,'',253,0,0),(246328,18333,3,441,0,'89.240.139.168',1181331677,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','*weeps*','',0,'iA==','068c7',1,0,'',441,0,0),(246329,18358,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181331796,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Bliss Ticks":8048d]Kem and Bluu get my nominations! You are both very pretty, but I had reservations about nominating Bluu! She is too young! \":shock:\" \nI would feel better if this thread used \"pretty, handsome\", instead of \"sexy\"; it\'s hard to tell how \'sexy\' a girl is until you actually speak with her. I have met some very pretty girls whom I did not find sexy at all after 2 seconds of conversation.[/quote:8048d]\r\n\r\nA lot more than physical beauty goes into my interpretation of a \'sexy\' woman. \":D\"\r\n\r\nFor instance, have you ever seen a person who is physically very attractive... then you spent a few minutes talking to them and realized that you wouldn\'t be caught dead with them (for whatever reason)?','',0,'gA==','8048d',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246330,18350,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181331967,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Quiverwing":80220][quote="Brother Grimace":80220][quote="cyde":80220][quote="Derek":80220]Hehe, a wax model of Hilton at Madame Tussauds in NYC:\n\n[img:80220]http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2007/06/08/1181316893_9325.jpg[/img:80220]\n\n \":lol:\"[/quote:80220]\n\nHawt! \":D\"[/quote:80220]\n\n\n(igniting his lightsaber) Not yet... \":twisted:\"[/quote:80220]\n\nA.J.\'s signature rocks:\n\n\"Give Paris Hilton a match and she\'ll be hot for one night.\n\nSet her on fire and she\'ll be hot for the rest of her life.\"\n\n \":twisted:\"[/quote:80220]\r\n\r\nOr until there isn\'t any carbon left in the remains...\r\n\r\n*glances at all the disgusted faces*\r\nWhat?!? \":D\"','',0,'iA==','80220',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246331,18334,11,441,0,'89.240.139.168',1181332098,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','lolz\r\n\r\nBut am i really laughing... \":?\"','',0,'iA==','a7ddd',1,0,'',441,0,0),(246332,18334,11,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181332290,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','You left out the \"50 Hitler Post\" that would\'ve taken place just before the moderator locked the topic... (or, interchangeably, before the restaurant manager threw you and your friends out)\r\n\r\n*big wink*','',0,'iA==','6db24',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246333,18283,4,40,0,'65.151.50.25',1181332491,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Dervish":37227]Hey, if you can stand to load 8:26 worth of YT (maybe while you nap or are out on some errand?), you can see CNN ream the Roanoke times for outing CCW permit owners:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kUIPRFgRE8\n\nAnother thing on this: gun owners outed featured here were parole officers, women hiding from brutal exes, crime victims that testified against crazed criminals, undercover cops, etc. To me, the people these people were worried about were dangerous. \n\nExample: the first person interviewed was a woman outed. She\'s armed, but I don\'t think of her as dangerous. They showed what happened to her the last time her ex-husband got ahold of her with a knife (you can see these pix at 1:02 - 1:14, which you should be able to load in like 5 minutes or so). To me, her ex IS dangerous, even without a gun. She, while having a gun, is not. CNN seems to agree.\n\nBut I find it hopeful that even CNN has come out on the side of gun owners (those permitted to carry concealed at that! \":shock:\"), even against a paper claiming the 1st amendment at giving the names and home address of permit owners, this time. Most of all, CNN promoted the idea that gun owners were not dangerous--at least not those who are law abiding, having gained their permits, etc. I just point this out \'cause not only should it be some small comfort to you, but that it suggests that most people do tend to define dangerous as operating with malice which has nothing to do on whether or not a person legally has a gun, which I think you\'d do yourself a favor by keeping in mind when explaining how you want to be dangerous when what you really mean is to be legally armed.[/quote:37227]\r\n\r\n\r\n From the beginning my use of the term \"dangerous\" has been misunderstood. I\'m not using the word in the same sense most people nowadays seem to understand it. I\'m not sure how I can explain it any more clearly than I have. It\'s kind of like \"If you don\'t know, I can\'t tell you.\"\r\n\r\n Oh, what the heck, I\'ll try again. If you aren\'t dangerous, anyone who likes can and usually will do all sorts of bad things to you. This has been the case as far back as any historical records can show. I mean since hieroglyphic and cuneiform days, and back in cave-painting days.\r\n\r\nI don\'t know if he was ever [i:37227]legally[/i:37227] armed (he certainly never held a permit, or had to undergo a background check), but Daniel Boone was dangerous. He killed a lot of people, mostly but not exclusively Indians (who were trying to kill him or his friends and family at the time). \r\n\r\n He was especially noted as a rifleman, but he was competent in the use of all the weapons in common use then, including a tomahawk and a knife. But most people at the time did not think he was a bad man. Even the Indians respected him. Once or twice when they captured him they adopted him into the tribe.\r\n\r\n I could cite countless other examples. The encyclopedia is full of them. Not all of them were as upright or honest as Boone, of course. Many were flawed, and some were downright scoundrelly in some ways, or at some points in their lives. There\'s no need to name names or make accusations against the long-dead. \r\n\r\n Yet in many cases the one thing that redeemed them was their courage and capability -- their skill-at-arms and combat prowess. Lacking that, they\'d have been nobodies in their own time, and long-forgotten now.\r\n\r\n Now, besides the semantic misunderstanding, there\'s a philosophical or ideological difference. Even those who \"get\" my use of the word \"dangerous\" may say, \"Well, that was then, and this is now. Being able and willing to use violence as a private individual -- outside of a military or law enforcement context -- was all very well hundreds of years ago, maybe even as recently as sixty or seventy years ago. But that time has passed. \r\n\r\n There is no need or place for dangerous people in our society now, unless they\'re on the public payroll, in the law enforcement or military establishments. Only they -- whose [i:37227]job[/i:37227] it is -- should have weapons or expertise in weapons. Only getting paid to do a thing legitimizes a thing.\r\n\r\n The rest of us should just content ourselves with our little jobs and our little, hamster-on-a-treadmill-like lives, with our little cars and big plasma televisions, and faithfully make all our payments on time. No more dreams of derring-do for us. We must dismiss all ideas of fighting for anything, least of all our rights. That\'s not our [i:37227]job[/i:37227].\r\n\r\n Above all we must be passionate only about those things currently deemed passion-worthy by Currently Approved Social Doctrine -- cars, sports, TV sit-coms and reality shows, and some types of sex, I guess, for some people, anyway. The attractive ones. For the [i:37227]un[/i:37227]attractive folks, just thinking about sex at all may be a punishable criminal offense in some cases. \r\n\r\nOf course, if you can just keep them deprived long enough the desire (for that, or anything else) falls off to nothing eventually. They\'re usually pretty harmless by that time. I mean the killer instinct fades along with the sex drive.\r\n\r\n Nobody much thought there was anything wrong with being passionate about guns or shooting or hunting in Teddy Roosevelt\'s day, but that day has passed. Now, any show of passion about such things is a diagnostic criteria for mental illness. (What [i:37227]isn\'t[/i:37227], now?) \r\n\r\n Certainly anyone who admits that the unfettered exercise of his right to keep and bear arms means more to him than family or career must be viewed askance and called names and insulted in various ways (though perhaps not in person).\r\n\r\n\r\n \"Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a ****ing big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of ****ing fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the **** you are on Sunday night. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing ****ing junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, p!$$ing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, ****ed up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?\" -- Opening narration from [i:37227]Trainspotting[/i:37227]\r\n\r\n \"The wheel\'s still turning, but the hamster\'s dead.\" -- the Amazing Jonathan or something like that, a Las Vegas stage illusionist on the Comedy Channel\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n Cross\r\n\r\n P.S. Yes, it\'s disgraceful the way the political/legal establishment and its willing media shills continually vilify, demonize, and stigmatize citizens who try or even wish to exercise their right to bear arms. The association between an armed citizenry and criminality is reflexively assumed in an unexamined, unreflective, unquestioned way. \r\n\r\n Gun owners and even fully vetted permit holders (who had to jump through all sorts of legal hopps and prove all sorts of things no free person should ever be required to prove) are routinely treated worse than convicted child molestors. And it\'s about to get worse.\r\n\r\n I can remember being told more than once in my college days that some persons (invariably Left-wingers, BTW) considered me \"dangerous.\" At least once I replied that as far as I was concerned, I had never been nearly dangerous enough. If I had been, I\'d have achieved a lot more by that time.','',0,'oA==','37227',1,0,'',40,0,0),(246342,18363,4,149,0,'198.85.228.129',1181333136,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Has Bush fallen off the wagon?','[color=indigo:4951f][b:4951f]Okay, so it\'s not exactly one of the burning issues of the day, but I found a pic of President Bush finishing off a glass of beer at the G8 summit in Germany this week. If you look carefully, you can see some of the head inside the glass.\n\n[url=http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070607/481/d13c6cc2994a4213affd4fc94bf1d53b;_ylt=ArsliJWM_YEm5plu8ZJ0iCMDW7oF:4951f]Here\'s the link.[/url:4951f]\n\nInaria[/b:4951f][/color:4951f]','',0,'Ug==','4951f',1,0,'',149,0,0),(246341,18148,5,1,0,'68.104.172.77',1181332972,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Bliss Ticks','','[u:20dce][b:20dce]Tremendous Brunettes[/b:20dce][/u:20dce] - Mike Doughty\r\n\r\n[i:20dce]All them tremendous brunettes around\nAll them tremendous brunettes\nAll them tremendous brunettes around\n\nSlow down, don\'t f**k with my high\nI want to be left alone here with my monsters and\nSay, now it\'s time to ride\nTo see lovely girls and to not put the moves on them\n(Chorus)\n\nPraise now the baby genius\nShe skips in the shade of the lonely sour apple tree\nWhile she snaps on her gum\nHer gleaming teeth bared and the shine that she shows to me\n(Chorus)\n\nAll of your ill-gotten gains\nThat you have whipped up to a rich, foamy lather, girl\nNameless gnaw of my pains\nLike three hundred trumpets, and just one is out of tune\n(Chorus, Fade)[/i:20dce]','',0,'YQ==','20dce',1,0,'',1,0,0),(246336,18283,4,40,0,'65.151.50.25',1181332601,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="Dervish":0349c]Hey, if you can stand to load 8:26 worth of YT (maybe while you nap or are out on some errand?), you can see CNN ream the Roanoke times for outing CCW permit owners:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kUIPRFgRE8\n\nAnother thing on this: gun owners outed featured here were parole officers, women hiding from brutal exes, crime victims that testified against crazed criminals, undercover cops, etc. To me, the people these people were worried about were dangerous. \n\nExample: the first person interviewed was a woman outed. She\'s armed, but I don\'t think of her as dangerous. They showed what happened to her the last time her ex-husband got ahold of her with a knife (you can see these pix at 1:02 - 1:14, which you should be able to load in like 5 minutes or so). To me, her ex IS dangerous, even without a gun. She, while having a gun, is not. CNN seems to agree.\n\nBut I find it hopeful that even CNN has come out on the side of gun owners (those permitted to carry concealed at that! \":shock:\"), even against a paper claiming the 1st amendment at giving the names and home address of permit owners, this time. Most of all, CNN promoted the idea that gun owners were not dangerous--at least not those who are law abiding, having gained their permits, etc. I just point this out \'cause not only should it be some small comfort to you, but that it suggests that most people do tend to define dangerous as operating with malice which has nothing to do on whether or not a person legally has a gun, which I think you\'d do yourself a favor by keeping in mind when explaining how you want to be dangerous when what you really mean is to be legally armed.[/quote:0349c]\r\n\r\n\r\n From the beginning my use of the term \"dangerous\" has been misunderstood. I\'m not using the word in the same sense most people nowadays seem to understand it. I\'m not sure how I can explain it any more clearly than I have. It\'s kind of like \"If you don\'t know, I can\'t tell you.\"\r\n\r\n Oh, what the heck, I\'ll try again. If you aren\'t dangerous, anyone who likes can and usually will do all sorts of bad things to you. This has been the case as far back as any historical records can show. I mean since hieroglyphic and cuneiform days, and back in cave-painting days.\r\n\r\nI don\'t know if he was ever [i:0349c]legally[/i:0349c] armed (he certainly never held a permit, or had to undergo a background check), but Daniel Boone was dangerous. He killed a lot of people, mostly but not exclusively Indians (who were trying to kill him or his friends and family at the time). \r\n\r\n He was especially noted as a rifleman, but he was competent in the use of all the weapons in common use then, including a tomahawk and a knife. But most people at the time did not think he was a bad man. Even the Indians respected him. Once or twice when they captured him they adopted him into the tribe.\r\n\r\n I could cite countless other examples. The encyclopedia is full of them. Not all of them were as upright or honest as Boone, of course. Many were flawed, and some were downright scoundrelly in some ways, or at some points in their lives. There\'s no need to name names or make accusations against the long-dead. \r\n\r\n Yet in many cases the one thing that redeemed them was their courage and capability -- their skill-at-arms and combat prowess. Lacking that, they\'d have been nobodies in their own time, and long-forgotten now.\r\n\r\n Now, besides the semantic misunderstanding, there\'s a philosophical or ideological difference. Even those who \"get\" my use of the word \"dangerous\" may say, \"Well, that was then, and this is now. Being able and willing to use violence as a private individual -- outside of a military or law enforcement context -- was all very well hundreds of years ago, maybe even as recently as sixty or seventy years ago. But that time has passed. \r\n\r\n There is no need or place for dangerous people in our society now, unless they\'re on the public payroll, in the law enforcement or military establishments. Only they -- whose [i:0349c]job[/i:0349c] it is -- should have weapons or expertise in weapons. Only getting paid to do a thing legitimizes a thing.\r\n\r\n The rest of us should just content ourselves with our little jobs and our little, hamster-on-a-treadmill-like lives, with our little cars and big plasma televisions, and faithfully make all our payments on time. No more dreams of derring-do for us. We must dismiss all ideas of fighting for anything, least of all our rights. That\'s not our [i:0349c]job[/i:0349c].\r\n\r\n Above all we must be passionate only about those things currently deemed passion-worthy by Currently Approved Social Doctrine -- cars, sports, TV sit-coms and reality shows, and some types of sex, I guess, for some people, anyway. The attractive ones. For the [i:0349c]un[/i:0349c]attractive folks, just thinking about sex at all may be a punishable criminal offense in some cases. \r\n\r\nOf course, if you can just keep them deprived long enough the desire (for that, or anything else) falls off to nothing eventually. They\'re usually pretty harmless by that time. I mean the killer instinct fades along with the sex drive.\r\n\r\n Nobody much thought there was anything wrong with being passionate about guns or shooting or hunting in Teddy Roosevelt\'s day, but that day has passed. Now, any show of passion about such things is a diagnostic criteria for mental illness. (What [i:0349c]isn\'t[/i:0349c], now?) \r\n\r\n Certainly anyone who admits that the unfettered exercise of his right to keep and bear arms means more to him than family or career must be viewed askance and called names and insulted in various ways (though perhaps not in person).\r\n\r\n\r\n \"Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a ****ing big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of ****ing fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the **** you are on Sunday night. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing ****ing junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, p!$$ing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, ****ed up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?\" -- Opening narration from [i:0349c]Trainspotting[/i:0349c]\r\n\r\n \"The wheel\'s still turning, but the hamster\'s dead.\" -- the Amazing Jonathan or something like that, a Las Vegas stage illusionist on the Comedy Channel\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n Cross\r\n\r\n P.S. Yes, it\'s disgraceful the way the political/legal establishment and its willing media shills continually vilify, demonize, and stigmatize citizens who try or even wish to exercise their right to bear arms. The association between an armed citizenry and criminality is reflexively assumed in an unexamined, unreflective, unquestioned way. \r\n\r\n Gun owners and even fully vetted permit holders (who had to jump through all sorts of legal hopps and prove all sorts of things no free person should ever be required to prove) are routinely treated worse than convicted child molestors. And it\'s about to get worse.\r\n\r\n I can remember being told more than once in my college days that some persons (invariably Left-wingers, BTW) considered me \"dangerous.\" At least once I replied that as far as I was concerned, I had never been nearly dangerous enough. If I had been, I\'d have achieved a lot more by that time.','',0,'oA==','0349c',1,0,'',40,0,0),(246339,18362,5,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181332787,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','Nit pick: OH says \"Hell is other people\" in \"Monster,\" but that line comes from Sartre\'s play [i:a63b2]No Exit,[/i:a63b2] which she and Jane are trying to make into a piece of claymation. \r\n\r\n[Runs and hides]','',0,'IA==','a63b2',1,0,'',362,0,0),(246340,18283,4,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181332803,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Holy quintuple posts, Batman!','',0,'IA==','5ea12',1,0,'',475,0,0),(246343,18283,4,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181333161,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":34c6d]Holy quintuple posts, Batman![/quote:34c6d]\r\n\r\nFixed.','',0,'gA==','34c6d',1,0,'',276,0,0),(246344,18283,4,40,0,'65.151.50.25',1181333162,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','','[quote="cyde":ba4d3]Holy quintuple posts, Batman![/quote:ba4d3]\r\n\r\n Yeah, first I got some weird internal server error message, then \"Page cannot be displayed,\" then the \"Debug\" page several times, and some other weird things. I just kept hitting \"Submit,\" and it finally said \"Message entered successfully.\" It didn\'t say it had entered five times.\r\n\r\n I started trying to delete the redundant pots, but I got a message saying I could not delete posts that had already been replied to.\r\n\r\n Cross','',0,'gA==','ba4d3',1,0,'',40,0,0),(246345,18350,3,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181333237,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','Heard the word? The judge is sending her back to jail. Paris was reportedly \"in tears\" as the judge made his announcement. THAT\'s what they oughta put on YouTube...footage of Paris crying as the bailiffs drag her out of the courtroom. I\'d watch that over and over again and dry heave laugh. I swear I would.\r\n\r\n \":D\" \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":wink:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'gA==','c5de6',1,0,'',13,0,0),(246346,18361,3,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181355263,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":0f032][quote="Dreamweaver":0f032]Video games caused the extinction of Dinosaurs Noooooooo All this time i though it was McDonald\'s over using them in burgers[/quote:0f032]\n\nDude, haven\'t you heard? Video games did 9/11.\n\n\n\n\n\n \":roll:\"[/quote:0f032]\r\n\r\nActually it was the main characters of every single Grand Theft Auto: Carl \"C.J.\" Johnson, Tommy Vercetti etc. who teamed up, did it, and framed Osama. You didn\'t know?\r\n\r\n \":D\" \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":wink:\" :twisted','',0,'gA==','0f032',1,0,'',13,0,0),(246347,18350,3,414,0,'24.60.195.243',1181355413,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="Bluu":d61a9]But... Wouldn\'t not eating be a normal thing for her? \":?\"[/quote:d61a9]\nThat\'s Nicole Richie (or however you spell her last name) and one of the Olson twins.\n\n[quote="brnleague99":d61a9]Heard the word? The judge is sending her back to jail. Paris was reportedly \"in tears\" as the judge made his announcement. THAT\'s what they oughta put on YouTube...footage of Paris crying as the bailiffs drag her out of the courtroom. I\'d watch that over and over again and dry heave laugh. I swear I would.[/quote:d61a9]\r\n \":twisted:\"','',0,'gA==','d61a9',1,0,'',414,0,0),(246348,18358,3,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181355425,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','If that\'s really Bluu\'s picture in her avatar, I\'d like to nominate her. She\'s teh sexy. And she\'s Scottish, so she has the accent thang going.\r\n\r\n*grins like a doofus*\r\n\r\n \":D\" \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":wink:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'gA==','0db6d',1,0,'',13,0,0),(246349,18341,6,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181355602,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="WacoKid":5ccc8]I voted for \"Other\". \n\nKevin will turn in to a radioactive supermutant, becoming king of the world, with a lobotomized Daria as his bride, and an armless, legless, gibberingly insane Jane on a stick as his court jester.[/quote:5ccc8]\r\n\r\nBeen watching Freaks and Boxing Helena have we, WacoKid?\r\n\r\n \":D\" \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":wink:\" \":twisted:\"','',0,'gA==','5ccc8',1,0,'',13,0,0),(246350,18364,12,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181499782,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Whoa!','Are we back now?\n\nWhoa! New look! It will take some time to get used to, but I think I like it.\n\nAlso, when I logged on, I got a popup for a new PM, but when I checked, I couldn\'t find one. If someone sent me a PM in the last few days, you might need to resend it.','c5fc005234c0e7e862b8d01a13ffb077',0,'','cbc00',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246351,18365,3,36,0,'70.250.172.238',1181500222,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Seeking advice','Okay, here\'s my situation:\n\nEvery once in a while, I enter the names of old friends into search engines and see what pops up. Well, the other day, I found someone I hadn\'t spoken with in about twelve years. Not just ANY someone - my first love.\n\nThanks to a free people-finding service, I now have her phone number.\n\nHowever, I\'m not sure if it\'s polite or socially acceptable to just call her out of the blue. I\'d rather send a letter and leave it up to her insofar as whether she wants to write back, but the problem is I\'m not 100% certain of my information. It would drive me nuts sitting here wondering if that letter found the right person.\n\nSo, how would everyone here feel about it someone you once knew, and with whom you had an emotional history, called you from out of nowhere? I\'m not trying to re-start something (after all, I am now very happily married), it\'s just that this is someone I once cared for a great deal and I would kind of like to know how her life has been.','6182d63b81bbce087cab29b6d2654dd2',0,'','8535e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246352,18336,6,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181500429,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="WacoKid":8ef61]I have, at times, pondered the idea of plunging Lawndale into something similar to SM Stirling\'s Dies the Fire, in which all the chemical processes which make possible electricity, firearms, internal combustion and steam power stop working, if for no other reason than to show who all is in Lawndale\'s Society for Creative Anachronism.[/quote:8ef61]\n\nI\'ve seen those books, and thought that they looked interesting. Are they any good?','f594152a41acc71500436b2d28b2398c',0,'gA==','8ef61',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246353,18341,6,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181500625,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="echopapa":14182][quote="DigiSim":14182]It will end... with an epilogue. As all good stories should. \":P\"[/quote:14182]\n\nAnd after that, a freeze-frame.[/quote:14182]\n\nAnd a final one-liner from Waylon Jennings, just like [i:14182]The Dukes of Hazard[/i:14182]. \":)\"','e002777b44fb94f0014d569276a7badc',0,'oA==','14182',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246356,18358,3,441,0,'84.13.213.70',1181500985,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re:','[quote="brnleague99":4d144]If that\'s really Bluu\'s picture in her avatar, I\'d like to nominate her. She\'s teh sexy. And she\'s Scottish, so she has the accent thang going.\n\n*grins like a doofus*\n\n \":D\"[/quote:4d144]\n\nYah, tis me lol. Though my accents mismash of Scottish and English. I\'m a half-breed \":(\"\n\n\nI vote for HelpfulSkittlesExplosion... And I\'ll have a snoop round before I use the other votes \":)\"','81382dee6299e05a423bb524e72b1742',0,'gA==','4d144',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246357,18275,3,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181501049,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="Deref":2fd03]99% of people get away with knowing no more than "kilo - 1,000". The public ed campaign here was pervasive but low key, and everyone had learnt about the metric system in first year high school science anyway so we already knew how much of a no-brainer it was. There was remarkably little opposition, though there was the odd letter to the papers complaining about how hard it was going to be for the old folks (it wasn\'t, as it turned out). I think most of us were astounded at just how easily it happened and how little opposition there was. I remember in primary school long hours converting gills to quarts and rods and perches to acres, I\'m thankful all over again. \";-)\"\n\nIIRC a foot was the length of Henry VIII\'s ... um ... elbow or something.[/quote:2fd03]\n\nThere\'s more than just practical reasons at play. Most of us here in the US have an emotional attachment to the English system. Even though, as a scientist, I know the metric system like the back of my hand, I [i:2fd03]like[/i:2fd03] using the English system in my everyday life. It just feels "right" to me.','7844e50b747dd386738444e84c2764db',0,'oA==','2fd03',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246358,18366,12,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181501070,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','PPMB Upgraded','If you\'ve been to the SFMB, you probably know by now that Gamer has updated us to the latest version of phpBB. You\'ll notice that this version has several new features we didn\'t have before (I\'ll refer to HSX\'s post over at SFMB). \n\n1. A system for warning posts. This will work for spam, off topics, wrong forums, anything you see violating the rules. Just click on the little red ! on the offending post if you see something worth reporting. Please try not to abuse the system since it just creates more mod work. \n\n2. A new Friends and Foes list in the User Control Panel. The Friends list allows you to easily send PMs to people you frequently talk to, the Foes list is an ignore list so do be careful and don\'t add your friends. Yes, we now have an ignore function. \n\n3. A function to change text size. There is an A with an up arrow and a down arrow in the top right. Clicking on that will make the text bigger twice, then send it back to the original size.\n\n4. There are some neat little new bits in your profile (now known as "User control Panel") to check out, including your most active threads.\n\nPlease report any bugs you find by either PMing a moderator or posting here.','66e75aa21c5c086eb9cff3615ea27ab1',0,'','f9043',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246359,18345,3,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181501183,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bringing "Sexy" back??','I don\'t think I ever used "sexy" for anything other than dictionary definition, and not even very much for that.','2f975d3465b0a12a05f3e1cb59953760',0,'','da990',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246362,18345,3,260,0,'141.158.115.173',1181501598,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bringing "Sexy" back??','[quote="E. A. Smith":9f0c5]I don\'t think I ever used "sexy" for anything other than dictionary definition, and not even very much for that.[/quote:9f0c5]\n\nNor have I, and right now, I can\'t think of a situation where I\'ve needed or wanted to. \n\nPeace\nKevin','9a39d0891d3a3db4d47eabeef8282170',0,'gA==','9f0c5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246363,18345,3,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181501694,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bringing "Sexy" back??','[quote="ktrick45":b436c][quote="E. A. Smith":b436c]I don\'t think I ever used "sexy" for anything other than dictionary definition, and not even very much for that.[/quote:b436c]\n\nNor have I, and right now, I can\'t think of a situation where I\'ve needed or wanted to. [/quote:b436c]\n\nIt\'s always felt like a silly word to me. If I find a woman attractive, there are better words than that with which to complement her.','cceb952fe9e85d324a63ee940f4cc7ea',0,'gA==','b436c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246364,18366,12,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181501817,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','Unfortunately, it looks as though we have lost the "next post" and "previous post" links, meaning that we have to back to the forum after every thread. Kind of a pain for those of us with slow connections. Please tell me that they are still there and I\'m just missing them somehow.','dc3270c43ad5fe9bc8a2110fc3cda0a7',0,'','a8eb9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246365,18148,5,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181502237,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="cyde":0f421]I never thought I\'d give this another listen and actually [i:0f421]like[/i:0f421] it, but I do.\n\nI [i:0f421]really[/i:0f421] do. I think watching the video helped with that.\n\nR.E.M. - "Leaving New York"[/quote:0f421]\n\nGreat song. One of their best of the past decade. Give [i:0f421]Around the Sun[/i:0f421] a few chances, and the whole album will grow on you like that.\n\nAs for me, I just finished listening to [i:0f421]A Golden Field of Radioactive Crows[/i:0f421], by The 77s:\n\n[img:0f421]http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre600/e630/e63021zrbw9.jpg[/img:0f421]\n\nAnd before that, it was [i:0f421]Cyclorama[/i:0f421], by Styx:\n\n[img:0f421]http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf700/f729/f72912hxdrb.jpg[/img:0f421]','ddecbad7b627fe1df155e9e36a445f43',0,'qA==','0f421',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246366,18366,12,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181502370,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="E. A. Smith":9fe78]Unfortunately, it looks as though we have lost the "next post" and "previous post" links, meaning that we have to back to the forum after every thread. Kind of a pain for those of us with slow connections. Please tell me that they are still there and I\'m just missing them somehow.[/quote:9fe78]\n\nI\'m not sure what links you\'re talking about, probably because I never used them. I always go back to the forum after every thread. Anyway, we\'re still in the process of getting used to this version with new settings, so I wouldn\'t be surprised if we don\'t know where it is yet.','7441fc70928a4eb847f69daa5d23581f',0,'gA==','9fe78',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246367,18362,5,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181502539,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Daria" poster on eBay','Hmmm . . . tempting.','5117a92380133e6a5b5b71440a36cac9',0,'','d601e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246368,18353,4,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181502722,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Law enforcement gearing up for armed showdown in NH','Nothing like refusing to pay taxes to get the government\'s attention. They could be running a child porn ring up there, but it takes not shelling out their fair share to get the powers that be really ticked off.','e9225741a7e9f244c83948d4dfc1f3f1',0,'','e4ef9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246369,18313,4,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181502873,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Vermont plotting to secede?','If Vermont actually makes it out, I\'m gonna call "foul" on the Civil War. Well, I\'m gonna call "foul" on the Civil War [i:e4bca]again[/i:e4bca]. \":P\"','3857ec980a3cc196b9ae39694112726d',0,'IA==','e4bca',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246370,18368,3,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181502990,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Testing, testing, testing...','Are we live here?\n\nETA: looks like it.','f3a148504a24cf4e1def0d7c82466a0a',0,'','a101f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246372,18352,10,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181503081,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Adult Daria (Pencil, B/W, Color)','Interesting stance you have her in. Looks like she\'s gotten some attitude with the new duds. \":)\"','6fa1386fe666f86ca6d2ad4308b8cda9',0,'','8e317',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246374,18368,3,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181503195,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','It\'s . . . it\'s [i:ad191]aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive[/i:ad191]!','6026f0f69f821f17255fb7c6bef0d282',0,'IA==','ad191',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246375,18368,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181503430,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','It\'s working well so far.','09b23e30ad3995eb76ac5c0e722466ea',0,'','ded36',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246376,18369,5,26,0,'64.246.132.152',1181503525,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','New FHFIF ep for 6/8/2007','Sorry this is very, very, very late, folks, but given how I dozed off at around 8:00 PM Friday then PPMB going kablooey, well. . . \":(\" \n\nAnyhow. . .\n\n[quote:0bd8e][color=#EBEADD:0bd8e]It\'s time for the annual county fair, and the entire gang at Foster\'s is headed for it. Before they go on the bus, however, Frankie wants them to team us as "buddies". Mac and Bloo are all set to do so until Mac talks about the fair\'s rollercoaster called the Vomit Comet and dares Bloo to a contest where they\'ll ride until one or the other throws up. Bloo, determined to get to the fair first, asks Madame Foster to take him there in her souped-up TransAm. But what he didn\'t count on was that she\'d make a pit stop at the local sewing supplies store for "just a minute", which drags on for hours! Can Bloo make it on board the Vomit Comet before Mac does?\n[/color:0bd8e][/quote:0bd8e]','7a556d217f952b4ab6807a0d332c0372',0,'gg==','0bd8e',1,1182014067,'',26,1,0),(246377,18365,3,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181503794,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','My $0.02: [b:a241d]DON\'T DO IT.[/b:a241d] It\'s stalkerish and creepy. I\'m not casting any aspersions on you, only considering how it might be perceived by the person in question.\n\nAlso: people fall out of touch with each other for reasons other than life circumstances.','e167e6dccdbfd3b10cd725556a125d1c',0,'QA==','a241d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246378,18370,5,26,0,'64.246.132.152',1181504098,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Spoiler schedule for 6/10-16/2007','Sorry this is late given PPMB going kablooey, but anyhow. . .\n\nAnyhow. . .\n\nFriday: New ep of [i:8ec02]Foster\'s Home for Imaginary Friends[/i:8ec02]\n\nConsider yourself warned. \":D\"','821f586ad989f597eb5dedf3df208646',0,'IA==','8ec02',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246379,18107,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181504147,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki Pt. 2','The Main Page has a new design! I had been wanting to do that for a while. Feel free to comment on it or make suggestions. \":)\"','a5e74e576e9337958fb69c7c0c844a8b',0,'','5641b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246380,18105,5,26,0,'64.246.132.152',1181504286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The axe finally falls on Veronica Mars','It took Tinsley long enough, but he finally sounded off on the CW cancelling the show.\n\nYou can read it [url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp?date=20070608:fc316]here[/url:fc316].\n\nThis is why [i:fc316]Mallard Fillmore[/i:fc316] will always be funnier than that lame-o, non-political [i:fc316]Non Sequitor[/i:fc316] the Glens Falls Post-Star put in Mallard\'s place. \":D\"','afe0422a8b90ad40e0346d5766611a71',0,'MA==','fc316',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246381,18107,3,359,0,'68.158.124.219',1181504402,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki Pt. 2','[quote="Quiverwing":914c0]The Main Page has a new design! I had been wanting to do that for a while. Feel free to comment on it or make suggestions. \":)\"[/quote:914c0]\n\nI like it. Much more visually interesting, and more in keeping with the wikipedia look.','06095d89a61db855060609bb7c173669',0,'gA==','914c0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246382,18366,12,253,0,'70.229.173.202',1181504512,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','Would it be possible to design new themes for the board? I might have a few ideas for that.','39fc9dd5261bedf87baf858c14000ccf',0,'','e8793',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246383,18366,12,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181505086,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="atimnie":b473e]Would it be possible to design new themes for the board? I might have a few ideas for that.[/quote:b473e]\n\nI think so, because Thea was already working on restoring the black and violet theme for the Fluff. I\'m still not sure how though. First we have to make sure this one works.','7aeb9e728a98d27e38161f8a2f9153c5',0,'gA==','b473e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246385,18363,4,149,0,'71.65.235.35',1181505439,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has Bush fallen off the wagon?','[color=#800080:3308b][b:3308b]False alarm! As another picture taken minutes before shows, Bush is drinking Buckler\'s, a Dutch brand of non-alcoholic beer. Oopsie! \":)\" \n\nInaria[/b:3308b][/color:3308b]','8b84bc80e1a5abff21310963872995e3',0,'Qg==','3308b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246386,18350,3,253,0,'70.229.173.202',1181506142,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="Becky":e17e2]Serves her right. No celeb, no matter how big he/she may be, can be above the law.[/quote:e17e2]\nO. J. Simpson, Robert Blake, Michael Jackson, George Bush... care to rephrase your statement?','ac9a26e571af8e9032c916a1700280e9',0,'gA==','e17e2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246387,18368,3,253,0,'70.229.173.202',1181506502,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','Lost a day or two of PM\'s, aside from that... \":?\"','df40f25c59a59e714efeb7d3c063b555',0,'','cbca1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246388,18365,3,253,0,'70.229.173.202',1181506813,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','Write a letter, excluding how you got her address (that does seem stalkerish) but including something like... "If this isn\'t (insert name here), please let me know." Also, in case it isn\'t her, don\'t get too personal. Confirm, then follow up.','c9ee8083e5c38722cd18c2f5146db6ab',0,'','96c30',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246389,18358,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181506862,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','We doing photos again? Well this one was taken last night at a wedding and it\'s far less goofy than the last one I put up.\n\n[img:0e457]http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/aa281/jak981125/jak0.jpg[/img:0e457]','9288f4a96fad5359f55944650f3a9e21',0,'CA==','0e457',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246390,18324,6,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181507196,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 57: A Star for the Window (Part 3)','[b:ed02e]Part 3[/b:ed02e]\n\n\nSitting on the stool, Nell continued to carve as the ice block started to take on the shape of an anvil partially embedded into the ground. She said, “You have your duck’s in a row this year at work, don’t you?”\n\nLooking up from a seemingly random pile of small blocks, Jane said, “Jane Lane has learned her lesson about pissing off public affairs. Everything is in order, signed, dotted, notarized, sealed, stamped, folded, spindled and mutilated.”\n\n“It’s cool that you’re getting the kids involved again.”\n\nJane carefully placed another cube. “I have a reputation to uphold, and besides, they really love getting to part of a grown-up contest.”\n\nStopping to cup her hands around a thermos of hot cider, Nell asked, “Jane, do you have time to give me a ride tonight? I can take the T if I need to, but I’m still a little nervous later at night.”\n\n“I guess. Where to?”\n\n“I called Derek and I’m going to look at the apartment. The rent’s only a little more than I’m paying now and his building has an elevator.”\n\n“A bonus for you.”\n\n“Don’t you know it.”\n\n“I can give you a ride, that’s what friends are for.”\n\n“Cool.”\n\n\n\n\n“He didn’t say it was a big elevator,” Nell told Jane.\n\nReading the information plate, Jane said, “Maximum capacity 800 lbs. Don’t try to move a piano.”\n\nLooking at the space that might hold 4 people, Nell said, “Good luck fitting one in here.”\n\n“This place has stairs too, right?”\n\n“He said that there were stairs and fire escapes. Plenty of ways for me to break my neck.”\n\nThe door opened and they stepped into a hallway. Jane said, “At least it’s only the second floor and not high enough for you go to ‘splat.’”\n\nThe room was only a short distance way and they could see stairs at the end of the hall. When Nell pressed the doorbell button, the unit produced an annoying buzz. “Charming.”\n\nKaren pulled the door open, “Hey, come on in.”\n\nEmpty cardboard boxes were stacked in the living room. Jane tilted her head and read the labels. “Petri dishes…tissue culture plates…pipette tips. It looks like you and Derek raided a lab.”\n\nFrom his room, Derek said, “I stopped by the microbiology department’s supply room and asked for empties and managed to get some before they were flattened.”\n\nNell looked at a box marked, [i:ed02e]Escherichia coli[/i:ed02e] stock cultures, and said, “I really hope that they were empty.”\n\nDerek said, “What’s a little gastrointestinal flora among friends? Hi, Jane.” Pointing, he added, “Nell, you’re in the living room, the kitchen is crammed into that corner, the bathroom is there and the bedroom there. Go ahead and look around and ask if you have any questions.”\n\nGoing toward the bathroom, Nell said, “Please, don’t let there be anything embarrassing in there.”\n\nExamining the minimally furnished room, with only a pair of towels, a toothbrush, razor, tube of toothpaste, bottle of shampoo and one bar of soap visible, Nell said, “Not bad for a guy’s bathroom, must be the military training.”\n\nStepping back into the hallway, she saw Derek and Karen’s faces and said, “Oops, sorry about that.”\n\nKaren said, “Not your fault.”\n\nNell whispered, “Thanks,” before looking into the bedroom. It was a bit cluttered. Several shelf units were filled with books, a couple of filled boxes were already residing on the floor and the bed was unmade. Nell worked her way through and looked into the closet and was satisfied that it was adequate for her needs. She came out of the room and said, “I’ll take it.”\n\nDerek asked, “Are you sure?”\n\n“Hey, it has everything I need.”\n\n“I have to report on the first, which is a week from Friday. I suppose you can start moving in then.”\n\nNell said, “What about your landlord? Should I meet him?”\n\n“I’ll give him your name when I tell him about the sublet. I’m sure he’ll poke his nose in soon enough to introduce himself.”\n\n“He’s not creepy or something, is he?”\n\n“Nah, just a hardnosed ass who watches the place like it was plated in gold. Probably comes from renting to college students for too long.”\n\n“Considering my freshman roommate, I can see that.”\n\n\n\n\nLeaving the zoo early the next evening, Karen did a double-take at seeing CC waiting next to Karen’s truck. When she was closer, she said, “CC? Why are you here?”\n\nSounded much more subdued than normal, CC said, “Um…I thought I’d let you know that if you need to talk with someone who understands, I’m available.”\n\n“Huh?”\n\nCC took a step closer. “I’m an army brat, remember?”\n\n“Oh, yeah, now I remember.”\n\n“My Dad was with the 82nd Airborne and was sent down to Panama in ’89.”\n\nSensing how much CC was letting her guard down, Karen said, “We were what, eight?”\n\n“Yeah.”\n\n“I’m sure you were glad that didn’t last long.”\n\n“We were. But then, my Mom was deployed to Saudi Arabia in the next year.”\n\n“How long was she there?”\n\nCC looked at the ground and didn’t say anything for several seconds. “About six months.”\n\nKaren started to ask, “Didn’t you once say that your mother died…dear God.”\n\nCC muttered, “Dammit, I didn’t mean to bring that part up. I only wanted to let you know that I understand how scared you can be for someone.”\n\n“Wh..what happened?”\n\nEyes damp, CC said, “Mom was with the Quartermaster Corps and attached to the XVIIIth Airborne Corps. After Kuwait was liberated, the deuce and a half Mom was riding in hit a land mine.” CC stopped and stared at the ground. “She was airlifted to Germany but died before Dad and I could see her.”\n\nKaren reached over and hugged CC. “I’m sorry I asked.”\n\nCC said, “I hope you don’t need me for that.”\n\n“Me, too.”\n\n\n\n\nRunning at an easy trot between classroom buildings, Derek called, “Hey, Michael! Hold up.”\n\nIn a group of other history students, Michael said, “Just a second, everyone.”\n\nThe one woman in the group smirked and said, “Some guy’s chasing after you. I think we need to warn Daria.”\n\n“Funny, Clarissa,” Michael said, “That’s Daria’s roommate’s boyfriend.”\n\nSean said, “That sounds even more twisted.”\n\n“Only if the roommate is involved, too,” said Jack, pulling the collar up on his trench coat.\n\nMichael faced his friends. “Why don’t you three find a room and work off some of your frustration, together?”\n\nClarissa put her hands on Jack and Sean’s shoulders. “I don’t think that they’re up to the task.”\n\nDerek said, “Michael, if I can separate you from the Lonely Heart’s Club, I need some advice.”\n\n“Sure.” To the other, Michael said, “I’ll catch up with you later. If not, oh well, then I’ll see you tomorrow.”\n\nAs they walked away, Clarissa said, “I’m telling.”\n\nMichael shook his head and said, “They’re not usually that bad…often they’re worse. So, what’s going on?”','d86059b44ee98c330c173610dee9d203',0,'YA==','ed02e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246391,18371,2,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181507398,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','New board discussion thread','Mr Orange and TerraEsperZ are showing as registered users, not as admins. I think we need to look into these new administrator/global moderator settings.','d954ca29266f9af2be425582d33303c7',0,'','5b204',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246392,18364,12,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181507449,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Whoa!','I hope we can get some new skins soon, that yellow highlight on the forums the curser resides over is driving me nuts already.','d1a63cf99b61bc09ea883ce2d76d9c38',0,'','23601',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246393,18358,3,359,0,'172.153.38.87',1181507901,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','Next, we\'ll be taking nominations for the new Fashion Club. \":P\"','1fb4edb5ef4d167c76a01b54ba2a71a7',0,'','c9358',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246394,18371,2,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181508163,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Okay, I just noticed we lost two mods','Digging through the settings, it looks like single forum moderators no longer have highlighted names and are not titled as moderators. Global moderators are similar to the old regular mods like Eric and Nat were until a couple weeks ago.','6076c980410de9a13b54f07c24144fb2',0,'','cd394',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246396,18372,10,589,0,'209.162.31.98',1181508447,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Quinn (Pencil, B/W, Color)','[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/silveryfrost/536512472/:e8669][img:e8669]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1036/536512472_f528e3abde.jpg[/img:e8669][/url:e8669][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/silveryfrost/567033848/:e8669][img:e8669]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1305/567033848_4fcc6adaea.jpg[/img:e8669][/url:e8669][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/silveryfrost/567033852/:e8669][img:e8669]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1210/567033852_62e3375cf2.jpg[/img:e8669][/url:e8669]\n\nHad so much fun doing Daria, I did one of Quinn too.','e0170ad773ef4393cdee5d3b576a8f32',0,'GA==','e8669',1,1182226018,'',589,2,0),(246397,18365,3,21,0,'66.168.193.82',1181508755,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','Well, it depends upon the depth of your convictions. I\'ve done the exact same thing, although I had an address. I wrote to her, and she wrote me back. As it turned out, neither one of us was happy with our circumstances (not to say we were unhappy with our respective marriages), but both of us had unfinished business. The upshot of it was, was that we ended up meeting at a Starbuck\'s (and from here on in, know that I have no regrets whatsoever). I entered the establishment and briefly cast about. She saw me and she stood up. I had not seen her for 35 years. We sat and had polite chit chat. She wanted to know how I knew about her former husband\'s cruelty. I told her that I found her totally as a fluke in my job at the IRS; when I did so, I (and now I would go to prison for what I did, but things were different back then) pulled up every single file associated with any SSN that had her anywhere on it. I gave her a remarkably accurate assessment of the breakup of her first marriage, and it was all based on code. When we left, we embraced, and as we parted, I gave her ass a good squeeze, and that was all it took for her. She was all over me, and we had a brief but torrid affair.\n\nSo, to answer your question: If there is any unfinished business between the two of you, be prepared to have an emotional roller coaster ride. Still and all, Paul Simon\'s "Still Crazy After All These Years" is not an inaccurate way to sum it up. I was able to have an emotional and physical re-connect with the woman that turned my lights on. And, possibly more than the affection we shared, I got ANSWERS to things that had haunted me for decades. \n\nSo, it depends upon how deep you want to get.','c5fc0e2dd922d3e562343ea336d2d3a5',0,'','55367',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246398,18373,3,598,0,'86.41.125.128',1181509100,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','At last!','Well, it\'s finally happened. After months and months of fruitless searching and interviews that got me nowhere, I\'ve finally gotten a job relevant to my Environmental Science degree. I\'ll be re-locating to a small town called Bandon and commence a position at Acorn Water on Tuesday. I\'m really happy and excited. \n\nDue to my re-location, I will likely be unable to have access to the PPMB for quite a while, so I\'ll talk to y\'all later, OK? \n\nThat\'s all I\'ll write, as I\'m in the middle of a hectic whirlwind weekend, and I\'m exhausted. Bye!','5908e03af08f118150c0e15488aee49f',0,'','6bb69',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246399,18374,3,39,0,'85.211.81.102',1181509185,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Kara\'s on her way home','I bade a sad farewell to Kara this morning at the bus station. She texted me to say she made it to her (tiny-roomed) London hotel. \n\nTomorrow Kara flies back to the US, so, PPMB admins, mods, and users, tidy up and look innocent: the boss is coming home! \":mrgreen:\" \n\nMartin.','bf98642fde4df5a0c265939b26c35643',0,'','bafb9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246400,18373,3,359,0,'172.153.38.87',1181509190,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: At last!','Good luck!','82a09b9d442f67a6f71c5eed67c103fd',0,'','d64ac',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246401,18374,3,359,0,'172.153.38.87',1181509275,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Kara\'s on her way home','There goes all that intoxicating extra power. Good riddance. \":wink:\" \n\nIt\'ll be good to have her back. \":)\"','2574a50c70460ce8d9a171d26ba49c97',0,'','2e3fd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246402,18375,8,26,0,'64.246.132.152',1181509364,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Need help with spoiler mode','I\'ve tried to use the old spoiler trick RLobinske had suggseted in PPMB\'s 2.0 incarnation, but somehow I can\'t seem to get the rasn\' frasn\' color right to make the text disappear into the quote box. Does anyone know the computer code for the color that\'ll work? \":shock:\"','c6fc445dbc7e38b7a8648d664427c914',0,'','7acb4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246403,18368,3,671,0,'205.188.117.11',1181509389,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','I have to admit i liked the old setup better. It is also really weird having the avatars and stuff on the right side of the screen instead of the left.','27b83c21ecb5f8362394c2a17e695d61',0,'','45754',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246404,18373,3,671,0,'205.188.117.18',1181509513,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: At last!','Congratulations! I hope it all works out.','95bd4a913b3355d6c7d697d6e96a5612',0,'','1d799',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246405,18310,6,412,0,'72.69.194.143',1181509546,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: KP: Kitten Possible','Kitten Possible\nChapter 7\n\nKim rested on Shego’s stomach, watching the sleeping female’s face quietly as her thoughts raged inside. ‘Shego’s been so nice to me, but that’s probably because she doesn’t know who I am. I... I don’t want to fight her anymore, not after seeing this side of her. I know I will have to, and... ARGH this is so the drama.’\n\nLaying her head down Kim sighed heavily as she felt her paws brush against the collar. With a small frown she rubbed the collar against her paws, feeling the engraving with her fur. ‘She really does need Nemmy, but I know that DNAmy’s chemicals will wear off eventually. I should leave before that happens, but it’s just so comfortable here.’\n\nClosing her eyes she smiled as she thought about how Drakken’s plans had failed today. It felt good disrupting a plan before it had been sprung once in a while. Letting herself drift off to sleep she sighed again. ‘Please don’t let Shego be hurt when I go back. If there is any force out there, please spare her pain.’\n\nThe next morning Kim woke before Shego and stretched her arms above her head, brushing her red hair aside while she yawned. Blinking her eyes she looked up at her smooth skinned arms and hands. Reaching up to the top of her head she felt the lack of cat ears there she gulped and stood up on her own legs, walked to the mirror.\n\nStepping in front of the reflective surface Kim blushed as she noticed she was completely naked save for a thin band of black around her neck. Reaching back to try and work loose the choker, Kim found that the knot was too tight to loosen. ‘Come on Kim, get it together. You’ve got to get covered and get out of here.’\n\nLooking around Kim saw a clean cat suit of Shego’s hanging on the door to the closet. With a frown she grabbed the suit and slipped it on quickly, ignoring how tight it was on her. Looking into the mirror she sighed and shook her head before moving towards the exit. ‘Green and black are so not my colors.’\n\nPeeking out into the hall Kim noted the lack of guards and slipped out into the corridor. Striding along the wall at Shego’s pace, she prayed silently that the security cameras were the same cheap black and white ones Drakken had used the last time she stormed his lair and that whoever was watching her wasn’t paying attention.\n\nGetting to the exit she gulped before looking back over her shoulder with tear filled eyes. Bowing her head she pushed open the door and stepped out into the predawn darkness. ‘Shego, I’m sorry I can’t stay Nemmy for you.’\n\nLooking around the area Kim wiped her eyes, struggling as she tried to bury the guilt and pain of running away from Shego like this. After she finally cleared her vision, she noticed a pair of Drakken’s hover pods waiting nearby. Running to the first pod she jumped on board and started it up.\n\nTaking a look at the GPS when it booted up, Kim sighed realizing how close to Middleton she was, and took off towards her home. Looking back over her shoulder, she felt tears flutter off her cheeks into the cold wind that blew past her. Something inside her begged her to go back, to stay with Shego and comfort her long time rival.\n\nMeanwhile, Shego awoke to her empty room. Looking around she felt something missing, but her sleep deprived mind couldn’t place it. Standing up out of the bed, she let out a yawn as she continued searching for what was missing. Then it hit her.\n\n“Nemmy?” Shego said curiously, listening for a response. “Nemmy are you here?”\n\nFighting against the rising panic in her chest Shego walked into the living room and saw that the main door was open. Nemmy was gone. Looking around the room, Shego felt her world closing around her, crushing her under its weight. Closing her eyes she fought that feeling with a more familiar one, rage. “I’m going to kill Drakken for this, he took Nemmy.”\n\nStorming back into her room Shego walked to her closet and pulled out a cat suit with a growl. Slipping it on her eyes grew harder and filled with a fiery rage aimed at one blue-skinned cat hater. Sitting down on her bed to adjust her boots she noticed three fine strands of gleaming red hair sitting right next to her.\n\n“No... she wouldn’t... Kimmie wouldn’t kidnap a cat,” Shego said dismissing it, “Drakken’s trying to distract me, and it won’t work. I’ll get the security tapes and prove his guilt. After that I’ll give him a plasma enema if he doesn’t give me back my Nemmy.”\n\nStorming out of her room, Shego followed the halls towards the camera control room. Opening the doors she frowned as she saw Drakken’s henchman sleeping on the job. Brushing past the lazy slob she pulled out the feed on the halls outside her room and connected it to a spare recorder, getting it back running. Jacking into the captured footage she had isolated Shego rewound until she saw movement leaving her room about an hour ago.\n\nPlaying the movie Shego grinned with feral delight as she watched the door open, knowing she’d catch Drakken this time. Her grin faded to sheer disbelief and pain as she saw Kim Possible slipping out of her room in one of Shego’s jumpsuits. She even looked guilty about something as she slinked away.\n\n“No... not Kimmie, she wouldn’t... it has to be a mind chip... she was kidnapped...” Shego murmured in disbelief as she replayed the scene again, watching as Kim slipped out of her room again and again, agonizing over each time. It was Kim, she couldn’t believe it but it was Kim Possible walking away from her room burdened down with guilt.\n\nShego walked out of the camera room with a look of pure shock on her face. Kim had taken Nemmy, her nemesis had taken her only friend in the world. Stopping in her tracks Shego’s face grew cold and hard as flames flared up around her fists. “Kim Possible, I’m going to kill you!” Shego screamed with rage as she ran to the landing pads where the hover pods were kept.\n\nKim sighed as she finally slumped down in her room. She had ditched the pod about a mile away in the woods and had sneaked to her house, climbed up the wall and slipped into her room. She needed to contact Wade, but first she had to get out of Shego’s cat suit.\n\nStripping out of the form hugging suit Kim grabbed out her mission pants and was reaching for her normal shirt when she remembered the choker about her neck. With a sigh she plucked out one of her turtleneck crop tops and slipped it on quickly. Sliding on the rest of her clothes she sighed and hid Shego’s cat suit. ‘Can’t get Shego in trouble... it was my own fault.’\n\nStanding up she sighed as she saw the ink stain and paw prints running away. ‘I have to get that cleaned up...’ Kim thought as she stepped around the mess and headed for her Kimmunicator that someone had placed on her dresser when she heard a savage voice from outside calling her name, causing her blood to freeze in its veins.\n\n“KIM POSSIBLE! GET OUT HERE!”\n\nTurning to the windows she saw the person standing on her lawn, glowing green with hate fueled energy. Starring down in fear and pain she knew exactly what was going on, it was what she had feared the worst. “Shego,” Kim whispered as the idea of what was going to happen flashed through her mind. “I am so sorry Shego.”\n\n\nKitten Possible\nChapter 8\n\nKim groaned as she slid open her window and leaped out of it to the ground, hitting it with a roll to end up on her feet facing a furious Shego. “Shego, please don’t do this, I don’t want to fight you.”\n\n“That’s too bad Kimmie... see, you took something from me, and I want her back,” Shego growled stalking closer, “Give me Nemmy back.”\n\n“I can’t do that Shego,” Kim whispered with defeat in her voice. ‘God do I wish I could Shego.’\n\nShego growled fiercely her eyes glowing with rage as she drew nearer to Kim. “I won’t tell you again Possible. Where’s my cat?”\n\n“She’s gone Shego, I can’t get her back!” Kim shouted briefly before ducking the first swipe of Shego’s claws. “Don’t do this Shego!”\n\nLeaping away Kim felt the heat off of Shego’s claws as they passed within inches of her back. ‘She’s not holding back... I can still get her to stop. I can do anything!’\n\nDropping down to the ground Kim watched as Shego charged forward once again, slashing and clawing away like a madwoman. Waiting for just the right moment Kim leaped through the air, to land on Shego’s shoulders, knocking the older woman back as she somersaulted off. Flipping through the air, Kim added a twist so that she was facing Shego who was already charging at her again.\n\nDucking under the first strike, Kim slammed her fist into Shego’s solar plexus as hard as she could, in an attempt to buy some time to come up with a plan. Shego’s roar of rage changed to a gasp within an instant allowing Kim to fall back. Gritting her teeth Kim watched Shego nervously as she tried to think of a way to get through to the irate villainess. Gulping against the bulge in her throat and the tightness of the choker, Kim knew that this fight was not going to be easy.\n\n“Look Shego,” Kim pleaded quietly, “Let’s stop this and I’ll tell you why I can’t give you Nemmy back. Please, just calm down.”\n\nShego got her breath back while Kim was talking, though she still faked being winded, hoping to draw her opponent closer. “Good hit Kimmie... maybe... with that sneaking... you did... earlier you could... be a theif...”\n\nKim winced hearing pain in Shego’s voice, stepping closer to the wounded woman. “Please Shego, just listen to me and we can talk this over.”\n\nShego watched as Kim’s feet drew closer, waiting for the moment to strike. “I want Nemmy back you bitch, and you stole her from me. She was my only friend,” Shego growled out, trying to keep her breathing labored.\n\n“I...” Kim started with a hurt tone before looking down at her feet, “I had no choice Shego, and I didn’t want to hurt you. Please just let’s talk about this and I’ll tell you why I can’t bring you Nemesis. Please SheeeeeEEE!” Kim cut herself off as a flaming claw raked up her front side, barely missing her.\n\nFlipping back Kim gulped as Shego advanced on her again. Ducking under one claw strike she barely had time to see the lower one before it took her across the back, tearing into her shirt across the shoulder blades and burning the skin underneath. As she felt the scorching pain and smelt the burning flesh Kim let out a shriek, and rolled away.\n\nShego wasn’t letting up though. Kim had to block one downward strike only to have Shego’s boots meet with her ribs a second later, cracking a few and sending her sprawling. Shaking her head to clear it from the pain dizziness she felt, she never saw Shego approaching.\n\nShego bent down and picked Kim up by the hair, raising the younger girl up to stare directly into her face. “Possible. You will tell me where Nemmy is, or you will regret it for the rest of your life.”\n\nWincing in pain at being held up by her hair Kim tried to speak, but her pained ribs and heaving breath wouldn’t allow her to. Moving her mouth to speak, Kim tried to communicate where Nemmy was, but just couldn’t seem to form any words. Shego grew angrier with each failed attempt until finally she just threw the girl into a tree, causing her to grunt as she slid down the bark.\n\nLooking up at Shego’s looming forms drawing nearer, Kim’s shaky hand dragged itself along her form to do the only thing she could think of. Grabbing the shirt’s collar she pulled it down to reveal the tight choker about her neck as she wheezed out, “Nemmy... here...”\n\nShego froze as she saw the glint of metal from the plate of the choker. She also knew that Kim couldn’t have removed it from Nemmy without breaking it, as she had burnt the ends closed just small enough that the cat’s head wouldn’t fit through.\n\nKneeling down next to Kim she gulped and stroked the collar with a trembling hand. “N... no... y... you can’t be...”\n\nShego’s eyes drifted to Kim’s, she stared into the olive orbs that were so familiar to her, searching for an answer. Shego’s mind found it in something Kim had said moments earlier, she had never told anyone the name Nemesis, only Nemmy and Shego knew it. Shego pulled her hand back as though burned when she saw Kim’s eyes glaze over with pain they slid shut, and Kim passed out.\n\nKim was Nemmy all along. Kim had been the one to be her friend, and she just beat her into unconsciousness. Curling herself into a ball next to Kim she watched the teen just laying there, barely breathing. After a moment her ears heard the sound of approaching sirens, but she didn’t care, her Nemmy needed her. Reaching out and stroking Kim’s hair Shego whispered, “I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you Princess, please don’t die... I need you to keep me sharp.”\n\nKim’s eyes fluttered open and slowly focused on Shego’s form as she smiled tiredly, the words, “Shego... Run...” barely escaped her lips before darkness consumed her world again, leaving her in a state of painless unconsciousness.\n\nShego gulped at Kim’s words. She had told Shego to run, to escape the cops for what she did. Kim still cared, and Shego needed to be free to find out more about why. Standing up Shego dusted off her cat suit and ran towards where she had left the hover pod. “We’ll talk again Nemmy, I promise.”\n\nThe next thing Kim knew when she woke up, was finding her parents slouched over the chairs at the end of her hospital bed, while the Tweebs napped on the longer couch near the window. Breathing in the rich Oxygen that they were pumping into her, Kim sighed as she felt something nuzzling her neck gently.\n\nLooking down she saw a dark green cat, sitting on her bed staring at her with accusing eyes. “Sh... Shego?” Kim asked with great strain. The strange cat walked stood up on its hind quarters and walked up next to Kim’s head. Lifting one paw, the feline rested it on Kim’s lips lightly as its eye closed in a wink. Turning away from Kim’s head the cat nimbly leapt over the tubes and wires running into Kim heading down. With a final glance at Kim’s body, the silent cat walked gently onto Kim’s belly and curled up, her eyes looking at Kim’s sadly.\n\n‘Oh boy, what do they have me on?’ Kim pondered as her eyes locked with the nearly black cat using her as a bed.','2969fb07ab8494920f6b746e61ceb1f8',0,'','f8eb6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246406,18373,3,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181510117,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: At last!','Congratulations.','744759119bb8c877dcfcb0a29f327e72',0,'','1c056',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246407,18313,4,36,0,'70.250.172.238',1181510228,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="crossada75":d76c4]Almost everything the federal government has done since circa 1934 has been unconstitutional.[/quote:d76c4]\nAs you say, [b:d76c4]almost[/b:d76c4], but not quite everything. Consider [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell:d76c4]this[/url:d76c4] landmark case, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1988.','0b025d543f2951a319d622a6b8c79170',0,'0A==','d76c4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246408,18310,6,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181510737,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: KP: Kitten Possible','\":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','812fcfe10cb7f37ac0b867a3d9c7359e',0,'','ad6ce',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246409,18362,5,671,0,'205.188.116.143',1181510803,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Daria" poster on eBay','If I had the money I would totally attempt to but it.','289e0ce0aa673b0f6503714e87833c88',0,'','521c6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246410,18372,10,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181510806,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quinn (Pencil, B/W, Color)','Now that would have the 3 J\'s fighting each other... \":D\" \"8)\"','c559163b6f2bdd42f4409a7bf9dd08f5',0,'','7ada7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246411,18358,3,253,0,'70.229.173.202',1181510826,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="E. A. Smith":842f6]Next, we\'ll be taking nominations for the new Fashion Club. \":P\"[/quote:842f6]I nominate Andrea, she\'s got the goth look down.','1ea9bc00e5bbc91786281013e0413516',0,'gA==','842f6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246412,18364,12,82,0,'207.200.116.138',1181510916,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Whoa!','"Good god, we\'re so professional!"','8ee5241ea599507260e2514cd993ad1a',0,'','3815b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246413,18333,3,328,0,'71.220.118.155',1181511039,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Anti-Daria: Guaranteed to break any brain in half.','So...do I win a prize, or anything?\n\nHoN','d18be6aed45d400ad043b79243e6b8cb',0,'','5ff26',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246414,18362,5,82,0,'207.200.116.130',1181511315,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Daria" poster on eBay','I\'m too busy SELLING stuff on E-Bay then buying right now. Though the poster is tempting AND I did place a bid for the AUQA TEEN HUNGER FORCE movie soundtrack.\n\nPicky picky me,\nDon-O','3fb5ed4deb4f9f77c7cd6a24a80718b0',0,'','34ca5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246415,18371,2,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181511611,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','Wow, banning is now in the regular moderator control panel and doesn\'t require an additonal login, though autosets for length of ban is nice.\n\nA lot of the features seemed to be geared a lot more toward more moderator intervention than we\'ve been applying, and much more troublesome members.','55b1c71422eb7ed68ad3969ce70b08dd',0,'','236f5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246416,18364,12,245,0,'72.154.19.123',1181511641,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Whoa!','Lemme know if you need help figuring out the moderator control panel. It took me a bit to get the hang of and Deref even longer.','6dbf2cc12d5257578810a8847419b37d',0,'','03cfa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246417,18364,12,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181511682,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Whoa!','My gosh, how I hate this new look. I\'ll never get used to this. And the SFMB just looks ridiculous with this format.','5ffaba1cb7764c9bd53d961d173506a7',0,'','8785a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246418,18364,12,651,0,'70.58.197.51',1181512089,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Whoa!','Wow, I\'m not sure about this either....','8081de13a59436bdce9b97366d38b70c',0,'','71f21',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246419,18371,2,359,0,'172.153.38.87',1181512133,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','[quote="RLobinske":d47d7]Wow, banning is now in the regular moderator control panel and doesn\'t require an additonal login, though autosets for length of ban is nice.\n\nA lot of the features seemed to be geared a lot more toward more moderator intervention than we\'ve been applying, and much more troublesome members.[/quote:d47d7]\n\nI\'m curious as to what the "report post" button does exactly.','821c5a3889a73dda47502d063ce4e760',0,'gA==','d47d7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246420,18336,6,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181512270,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="WacoKid":36065]I have, at times, pondered the idea of plunging Lawndale into something similar to SM Stirling\'s Dies the Fire, in which all the chemical processes which make possible electricity, firearms, internal combustion and steam power stop working, if for no other reason than to show who all is in Lawndale\'s Society for Creative Anachronism.[/quote:36065]\n\nAnd then see how fast things fall apart... \":lol:\" \n\nThe SCA is a lot of fun (I\'ve been active for 23 years), but overall, to use a term from its governing documents, it is based on a "reasonable attempt at pre-17th century". Most members would be just as lost as everyone else.','66c2ccb6396c128854c2edabdbc87662',0,'gA==','36065',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246422,18371,2,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181512450,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','[quote="E. A. Smith":83e4a][quote="RLobinske":83e4a]Wow, banning is now in the regular moderator control panel and doesn\'t require an additonal login, though autosets for length of ban is nice.\n\nA lot of the features seemed to be geared a lot more toward more moderator intervention than we\'ve been applying, and much more troublesome members.[/quote:83e4a]\n\nI\'m curious as to what the "report post" button does exactly.[/quote:83e4a]\n\nI"ll go into the Firing Range and test.','f7ca091bbd5935049937ba057132d8d9',0,'gA==','83e4a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246421,18376,10,49,0,'84.25.18.234',1181512305,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Daria /Naruto crossover in the works.','I have a (non-hentai) fan manga in the works which will be a Daria/Naruto crossover manga, a what if the Lawndale residents were Kohona residents.\n\nImagine: Mr. DeMartino with a Sharingan eye...\n[img:9f95b]http://www.almostsmart.com/upload/files/2004/Jan/sharingan%20eye.JPG[/img:9f95b]\n\nI\'ll keep you guys updated on this as it devellops','bfb7361a4c05467a284e08034aab9eda',0,'CA==','9f95b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246423,18371,2,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181512579,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','Go into the Moderator Control Panel and view "Reported Posts"\n\nSomeone can report several automatic categories or go into a dialog.','45c1ffca4359eda8a78e0545fa671223',0,'','d444d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246424,16898,12,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181513569,1,0,1,1,1,0,'Greybird','','[b:23a37]8 June:[/b:23a37] The new Daria [fandom] Wiki has many passionate and closely-knit participants ... and therein, perhaps, lies [url=http://dariafans.blogspot.com/2007/06/wiki-wacky.html:23a37]notable conflict[/url:23a37], as they contend over entries that are [url=http://www.haloscan.com/comments/krisk/5019324345006847157/#217022:23a37]quite different[/url:23a37] from message-board posts.\n\n[b:23a37]9 June:[/b:23a37] Slicing and dicing trends of [url=http://dariafans.blogspot.com/2007/06/wiki-by-numbers.html:23a37]recent changes[/url:23a37] at that wiki. (More of this in [url=http://www.haloscan.com/comments/krisk/2774621024054672205/#217047:23a37]the comments[/url:23a37].)','f1e5953554fcae7ea8f903fdef70a300',0,'UA==','23a37',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246425,17147,12,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181513919,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Greybird','','[b:a8fd1]10 June:[/b:a8fd1] After a break, Cinc looks at "Pinch Sitter," where Daria shows her slyly subversive nature with those "little monsters" at the Guptys ... or does she?','3879071598aefe5ffe86252e9285be77',0,'QA==','a8fd1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246426,18364,12,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181514262,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Greybird','Re: Whoa!','Absolutely glistening look, and FAR easier to read! As well as to compose a post! Don\'t change a thing! (Except for inserting something other than the generic phpBB logo at upper left.)\n\nIt\'s a new version of phpBB, and that will allow for easier maintenance.\n\nOne quick observation: You can turn off the new "Online" banner above your avatar — per login, if you want, or under Edit Global Settings.','abc39d600cedb39b5db368093c569788',0,'','b64ab',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246427,18366,12,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181514576,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Greybird','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="Quiverwing":3de94][...] Thea was already working on restoring the black and violet theme for the Fluff.[/quote:3de94]I was going to say, "Good gods, I hope not." It gives me a headache, and dissuades me (among other reasons) from posting there.\n\nSomeone pointed out in last night\'s AIM chat, though, that Thea apparently needs that ultra-high-contrast look to aid her own vision. That\'s understandable.\n\nI just hope that its current look (similar to this board\'s, except with user info on the left) is retained as a "skin" option.','87af0dfdb8170509136d84eadca59ce7',0,'gA==','3de94',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246428,18377,10,94,0,'68.205.181.71',1181514893,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Carmen\'s Eleven (Featuring Jane)','[img:68124]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e209/shallow15/Carmens11.jpg[/img:68124]\n\nCarmen\'s Eleven\n\nBack Row:(l to r) Gus Finn ("The Ref"), Thomas Crown (The Thomas Crown Affair, 1999), Lupin III, Prof. G.H. Dorr (The Ladykillers, 2004), Randall Raines (Gone in 60 Seconds, 2000)\n\nFront Row: (l to r) Shego, Jane Lane (Daria), Carmen Sandiego, Minnie-May Hopkins (Gunsmith Cats), Devi D. (Johnny the Homicidal Maniac/I Feel Sick), Rally Vincent (Gunsmith Cats)\n\n--Erin M.','715ca0e7a7747e0073d9967690e5a268',0,'CA==','68124',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246429,18373,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181515412,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: At last!','Congratulations! It sounds like a good job - come back soon.','017fb8ca36e5e902f5da202d2f316269',0,'','811c6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246430,18358,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181515918,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','Hmm, don\'t know if you stole the sexy, but you definitely stole the "terrified a priest is going to assrape me" look.\n\n\n\n\n[quote="jak981125":88e36]\n\n[img:88e36]http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/aa281/jak981125/jak0.jpg[/img:88e36][/quote:88e36]\n\n\n\njust kidding, just kidding. I feel it is my duty to nominate Jak for stealing the sexy. \n\nI\'ll nominate Nat too cause it doesn\'t look like she got an official nomination and she helped me with me spanish homework. She stole the sexy and the smart.\n\nUh... hmm.. ooooooooh Jess, I nominate Jess cause she stole the sexy, I saw it.\n\nI\'ll take bribes for my last vote.','f0a8a93bc6b019e18fc2e9839ea9b916',0,'iA==','88e36',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246431,18107,3,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181515933,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Greybird','','Nice going, Nat, with that new main-page design. It\'s far more functional and helpful to have related elements grouped together.\n\nIt\'s also gratifying, and our pleasure, that you\'re using [url=http://dariafans.blogspot.com/:d2dce]the Fandom Blog[/url:d2dce] as a Darianews source.','cbb8cfe2dafb1f80dc136782f0b6f2dd',0,'EA==','d2dce',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246432,18374,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181516081,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Kara\'s on her way home','uh........look busy?','1a255d70d617ffb7600a858bc302c365',0,'','99693',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246433,18310,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181516905,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: KP: Kitten Possible','\":)\"','50585be4e3159a71c874c590d2ba12ec',0,'','c5a9b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246434,18377,10,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181517075,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Greybird','As to the truncated image ...','Witty and delightful, especially in how they\'re all put in the Kim Possible style! Even though the "Carmen" is Ms. Sandiego. Do the games share that style?\n\n§ § §\n\nThe new phpBB software is truncating this image — [i:95bd6]as to what displays on the thread page.[/i:95bd6] The linked image is, of course, not affected.\n\nIn my roughly 900 x 730 browser window, about 50 pixels on the right-hand side is "covered up." More of it if the window is narrowed, less if it\'s widened.\n\nThe new right-hand sidebar isn\'t being overwritten ... thank goodness, as that would make page displays chaotic. It\'s shrinking or expanding in rough proportion.\n\nYou can see the full image by right-clicking and choosing "View Image," or by replying to the thread, where it\'ll appear in full in "Topic Review," as long as it doesn\'t exceed the width of your browser window.','5ede55c0ba4d740e65f1b814dbb0e78c',0,'IA==','95bd6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246435,18362,5,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181517571,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Greybird','Re: "Daria" poster on eBay','Erhm ... somebody else is selling it. (Not sure about that "you.") And it\'s heavily taped and considerably damaged, as the seller readily admits. Including with Velcro on the four corners of the reverse side.','f1b73ad0636119ed2a7ff6878e13d7dc',0,'','9c54b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246436,18372,10,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181517730,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Greybird','','Hell\'s bells, it\'d have me locking the Three Js in a rubber room, and taking her at once to Chez Pierre! Beautiful work. (Even better in your larger version at Flickr.)','fadee884b543e1adabc1617db003f8d1',0,'','13fde',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246437,18358,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181519039,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="nonamejane":f2150]Hmm, don\'t know if you stole the sexy, but you definitely stole the "terrified a priest is going to assrape me" look.[/quote:f2150]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','50c10b7d7d5813d503abb1167cf58bf6',0,'gA==','f2150',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246438,18374,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181519123,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Kara\'s on her way home','Thanks for the warning, Martin. \"8)\"','8a717ee2380402e861954cacb7c94b6f',0,'','53603',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246439,18368,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181519196,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":44f9f]I have to admit i liked the old setup better. It is also really weird having the avatars and stuff on the right side of the screen instead of the left.[/quote:44f9f]\nTry some of the other skins.','79663c96b85edf7b7682e0347c283997',0,'gA==','44f9f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246440,18365,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181519325,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','No. There lie dragons. Let the past be the past, Mike.','8946f31fa632c8f739cccb8a64dff573',0,'','588eb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246441,18368,3,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181519452,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','[quote="Deref":c9731][quote="Gouka Ryuu":c9731]I have to admit i liked the old setup better. It is also really weird having the avatars and stuff on the right side of the screen instead of the left.[/quote:c9731]\nTry some of the other skins.[/quote:c9731]\n\nThere currently are no other skins available.','0ae968045a40d3532202da70c7a07702',0,'gA==','c9731',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246442,18275,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181519632,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="E. A. Smith":63e17][quote="Deref":63e17]99% of people get away with knowing no more than "kilo - 1,000". The public ed campaign here was pervasive but low key, and everyone had learnt about the metric system in first year high school science anyway so we already knew how much of a no-brainer it was. There was remarkably little opposition, though there was the odd letter to the papers complaining about how hard it was going to be for the old folks (it wasn\'t, as it turned out). I think most of us were astounded at just how easily it happened and how little opposition there was. I remember in primary school long hours converting gills to quarts and rods and perches to acres, I\'m thankful all over again. \";-)\"\n\nIIRC a foot was the length of Henry VIII\'s ... um ... elbow or something.[/quote:63e17]\n\nThere\'s more than just practical reasons at play. Most of us here in the US have an emotional attachment to the English system. Even though, as a scientist, I know the metric system like the back of my hand, I [i:63e17]like[/i:63e17] using the English system in my everyday life. It just feels "right" to me.[/quote:63e17]\nIt\'s the same everywhere. Even though I was young at the time I had a similar attachment to the Imperial System. But sometimes you have to let those things go in return for the benefits. If you think about it for a few minutes, the concept of being emotionally attached to something like the Imperial System is pretty silly, no more than than the force of habit and familiarity. "But I [i:63e17]like[/i:63e17] eating my mammoth raw!" \";-)\"','1f2fb4ad22755805ffb5c2d59b006faf',0,'oA==','63e17',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246443,18341,6,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181520074,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="E. A. Smith":84a3a][quote="echopapa":84a3a][quote="DigiSim":84a3a]It will end... with an epilogue. As all good stories should. \":P\"[/quote:84a3a]\n\nAnd after that, a freeze-frame.[/quote:84a3a]\n\nAnd a final one-liner from Waylon Jennings, just like [i:84a3a]The Dukes of Hazard[/i:84a3a]. \":)\"[/quote:84a3a]\n\nRight around dis time dem Mystik Spiral boys knew they was in a right pickle.\n\n \":D\" \n\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\n\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":P\" \":mrgreen:\"','7f4ae658e513c406ccdf7f60bde762e9',0,'oA==','84a3a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246444,18365,3,245,0,'72.154.19.123',1181520147,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','No. Bad, bad idea. First loves are too potent. It\'s too easy to fall for your first love.\n\nJust let it go.','a9702824d717e02e6a0146633e66bcf0',0,'','01c05',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246445,18310,6,412,0,'72.69.194.143',1181520433,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: KP: Kitten Possible','Kitten Possible\nChapter 9\n\n2 days ago:\n\nAfter Shego had ran away from the bruised and battered form of Kim Possible, she knew that she had crossed a line she had never crossed before. She had grown to care for someone, and care deeply. Gulping Shego tried to swallow the lump in her throat as she jumped into the hoverpod, lifting off she decided she deserved a break from Drakken.\n\nAs the pod lifted up and away from the sounds of the approaching emergency vehicles, Shego turned on the cloaking device, turning her invisible to witnesses’ eyes. She didn’t know where to go, but she knew that she had to get away. Biting her lip she ran through a list of hideouts that she kept for escapes. Picking out the closest one she let her mind drift back over the fight.\n\nKim hadn’t fought back; she had even said that she didn’t want to fight anymore. No, it wasn’t just fighting. It was fighting Shego that Kim had given up. Shego knew that she had lost it too, lost it on the one person who could stand up to her. If she believed in God, she’d be praying that Kim lived, that Kim would come after her. She didn’t want Kim out of her life, not for good.\n\nShaking her head, Shego noticed that she had gotten farther than she had thought. Slowing down, she landed in front of an abandoned lumber mill that she had found a while ago. Setting the pod down she wiped and over wrote the core memory until she felt even GJ would give up trying to read it. Once the memory was purged Shego programmed it to return to Drakken after a minute, she then jumped out in front of the abandoned lumber mill and walked away as it powered up and flew off.\n\nSlipping though a loose section of wall Shego scanned the interior, judging by the layer of dust and the still standing stack of canned goods she could tell the place had been undisturbed since her last visit. Before allowing herself to relax Shego checked the room over and found her sleeping bag and wash basin right where she left them, the basin reminded her she was sweaty and grimy and she wanted a bath, but for now she decided something to eat and some sleep would come first.\n\nLetting out a sigh of annoyance Shego pulled a random can from the top of the stack, beef stew, yum she thought sarcastically. Muttering darkly she sliced the top open with her finely honed claws. Setting the can on a nearby cinderblock, well scorched from previous use, she began heating the block with her plasma leaving her mind to drift back in thought.\n\nShe had let Kim see her as no one ever saw her, she would never be able to live it down that she was crying, and Kim had known who she was the whole time. Had it all been a plot to spy on her and Drakken, she wondered. No, that wasn’t Kim’s style, nor was it likely that she would have ever been able to arrange for the meeting to occur how it did, loose dogs aren’t exactly controllable. And she couldn’t see Kim running herself into a wall that hard deliberately. Heck, when she thought about it, Shego herself hadn’t even known she was going to be coming out of that building until an hour before, when Drakken asked her to make the run.\n\nHe wanted bananas of all things, and rather than just send some of his henchmen, he sent her. She was a class ‘A’ thief with green skin, powers over plasma, a penchant for violence, and damn sexy, not some stupid, mindless errand girl. The only reason she had done it was to get away from his whining.\n\nShaking her head to clear away the memories Shego smelled something that didn’t make her any happier, it smelt like something burning. Looking at the can of stew she had been heating she noticed, it was slightly on fire and carbonizing on top. Thinking quickly she opened a bottle of water and dowsed the flame, muttering irritably and fuming a bit herself Shego took out her camp spoon scraped off the top crust and forced down several mouthfuls of the overcooked goop.\n\nClosing her eyes so she wouldn’t have to fight revulsion over the appearance as well as the taste, Shego groaned as she saw Kim’s face in her mind’s eye. Kim was looking at her with worry and compassion. It was the same expression she had worn when she had mauled the redhead. Looking at it now, she couldn’t understand why Kim hadn’t just tried to run away from her attacking. The redhead had to have known she would likely take a beating, but still she approached.\n\n“Please Shego, just listen to me and we can talk this over.” Kim had said during the battle. Kim had to have known it was a trap, she had to, but her heart had tried to get through to Shego. Kim had cared deeply for Shego, and apparently not just from her time as Nemesis.\n\n“I had no choice Shego, and I didn’t want to hurt you,” Kim’s voice said in her mind softly, the pain in her own voice plainly evident. Why was she such a fool as to not have picked up on that, Shego pondered as the sound of her spoon scraping the bottom of the can reached her ears.\n\nShego set her can aside as she stood up and stretched. There was nothing to do right now but go to sleep, especially since she seemed to be developing a headache. Letting out an annoyed sigh, Shego rolled out her sleeping bag and placed her pillow at the open end.\n\nRubbing the sore spot that was building in her lower back, Shego plopped down in her sleeping bag and closed her eyes. “Princess, you better heal alright. I know you’re strong enough to bounce back.”\n\nWith that last thought, Shego turned over onto her stomach and drifted off to sleep. As she slept events were taking place that she’d find out in the morning, but all she knew right now was that visions of Nemmy resting on her lap filled her dreams, slowly shifting to Kim’s head resting there.','c5580028da70c4b5a6dfdb069f9a9436',0,'','28552',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246446,18366,12,32,0,'69.218.221.80',1181520440,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','Skinning this new version appears to be a whole new barrel of fish but deref and I are working on it, the plan is to keep the two skins there now, and add \'dark\' versions of both. The previous version of the board had more than one skin option and changing it as always is in your profile.','8b59b9a10d5648d6c6d51c6b4141766f',0,'','60fad',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246447,18358,3,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181520598,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','I\'d like to nominate Helpful Skittles Explosion (Isa), Quiverwing (Nat) and Bluu (?).\n\nThey are teh sex goddesses.\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nCan I also request that any tie be broken by catsuit wrestling?\n\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\n\n \":D\" \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":P\"','f176046c2b692254bb1cf1d86944d40f',0,'','6a4ae',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246448,18362,5,671,0,'205.188.116.76',1181520735,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Daria" poster on eBay','At least it is not too damaged, the center looks okay.','d679d03464aec41dd08cca4c59ae57f4',0,'','1ae14',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246449,18373,3,260,0,'141.158.115.173',1181520771,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: At last!','What they all said. Congrats, and get back here as soon as you can.\n\nPeace\nKevin','6c87e4879772ee0d84e0768838876e72',0,'','2e3b5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246450,18350,3,260,0,'141.158.115.173',1181520959,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GAH! Throw away the key already!','Would someone please tell me why I should care?\n\nPeace\nKevin','ab49b4cf0a7527209d8d8e789deb6161',0,'','7dfec',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246451,18362,5,253,0,'70.229.173.202',1181521065,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Daria" poster on eBay','[quote="Greybird":ce2d7]Erhm ... somebody else is selling it. (Not sure about that "you.") And it\'s heavily taped and considerably damaged, as the seller readily admits. Including with Velcro on the four corners of the reverse side.[/quote:ce2d7]I meant the generic you, as in, if anybody is gonna sell... etc.','62a3817fd203380302d8f8f78f644603',0,'gA==','ce2d7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246452,18148,5,260,0,'141.158.115.173',1181521275,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What music are you listening to now? Track 2.','It\'s another flashback day. Firefall, [i:2afc2]Luna Sea[/i:2afc2].\n\nPeace\nKevin','47ee4be4aaad23aeb325b4477a557732',0,'IA==','2afc2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246453,18378,8,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181521618,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Greybird','Images now truncated in display','The updated phpBB software is truncating images that are too wide — but only [i:b5915]as to what displays on the thread page.[/i:b5915] That display doesn\'t scroll left to right. A linked image is, of course, not itself affected.\n\nThe board rules call for images to be a maximum of 640 pixels wide. In my roughly 900 x 730 browser window, anything wider than about 625 pixels is partially "covered up." More of it if the window is narrowed, less if it\'s widened.\n\nThe new right-hand sidebar isn\'t being overwritten ... thank goodness, as that would make page displays chaotic. If the browser window is resized, it shrinks or expands in rough proportion.\n\nYou can see the full image by right-clicking and choosing "View Image," or by replying to the thread, where it\'ll appear in full width in "Topic Review," as long as it doesn\'t exceed the width of your browser window.','6ba6139de10cfa1f45f483d53f0ddff3',0,'IA==','b5915',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246454,18332,3,87,0,'65.119.225.41',1181521710,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The longest year','I had mine removed all at once. As I told the doctor, "Remove them all now, because you\'re not getting me back in here."\n\nI don\'t like needles, I don\'t like pain, I HATE dentists, and I was not looking forward to any of it. It\'s one of those times where having a wife can make you act more \'like a man.\' Every time I wanted to run and hide I\'d look over at her and found that I was [i:8ac9a]not[/i:8ac9a] going to let her down. That she told me she was proud of later made it worth all of it.\n\nThat and she fed me oatmeal.\n\nJust don\'t start thinking about the Bill Cosby \'dentist\' sketch while you\'re in recovery. I was lying there, still mostly out of it, and saying things like, "Smoke, smoke!" and "Fire!"','e26442a828872ce67ce9a37a0fcd6964',0,'IA==','8ac9a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246455,18372,10,87,0,'65.119.225.41',1181521956,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quinn (Pencil, B/W, Color)','[quote="RLobinske":0ebce]Now that would have the 3 J\'s fighting each other... \":D\" \"8)\"[/quote:0ebce]\n\nNot to mention a few other letters of the alphabet. Nice work!','18b3e96f1103effb17b36375c51bfa80',0,'gA==','0ebce',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246456,18366,12,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181522025,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Greybird','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="mistress thea zara":a09ec][...] The previous version of the board had more than one skin option and changing it as always is in your profile.[/quote:a09ec]Sorry about my not explaining: I knew about more than one skin being available, but never changed it, because image attachments wouldn\'t display in anything but the board\'s default skin. (Either at PPMB or at SFMB.)\n\nThat has changed, according to Gamer\'s comments in the chat last night. Attachment functions are now part of the main phpBB program, not a bolted-on addition. So attachments can be used with all skins, when more than one is made available.','7022180239c2415952f8e4468500f802',0,'gA==','a09ec',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246457,18045,6,87,0,'65.119.225.41',1181522509,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="Derek":a5af5][quote="Brother Grimace":a5af5][i:a5af5](Before anyone can speak, a set of golden rings drops down around the lunch table! A flash of light appears from within, and the rings disappear, along with Daria, Jane, Brittany and Bump.)[/i:a5af5][/quote:a5af5]\nMore, please. \":D\"[/quote:a5af5]\n\nWith that I agree. The continuation should be most entertaining.','443c8d20ad8c2fd7ef2814f50b854e40',0,'oA==','a5af5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246458,18365,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181522589,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','Hmm,\n\nI don\'t think there is anything wrong with contacting her if the relationship didn\'t end badly or weird. I know there are people from my past that I\'m curious to know how their life went. I guess I say do whatever you really think is right, after you ask your wife how she feels about it.','ec1ba31ed4fb2efa495310bafbf4cc1b',0,'','2f180',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246459,18354,6,87,0,'65.119.225.41',1181522632,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Second Chances','She was certain the other Daria was still, but was she dead? She may wake up or become sick at her stomach and throw up but not die. \n\nThere are always (twisted) possibilities. Way many ways for this to go very very wrong. \":twisted:\"','bf7fbba93098fcea55dc6d2e8569a2de',0,'','f9429',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246460,18379,3,49,0,'84.25.18.234',1181523089,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','SSW: Real life Tetris game...','[url:12476]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE6I8vHV0MY[/url:12476]\n\nOkaaaaaaaaayyyyy...','02d70cdbabc9e64a249be0e317fd50fa',0,'EA==','12476',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246461,17747,6,45,0,'24.124.119.91',1181523145,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stacy Rowe, Seeker','In the Human Parking Garage frag:\n\n\n" Daria looked at the laid out corpse of a young man in the city morgue. Sooner or later, a reporter wound up on crime beat stories and she was no exception. He was a young artist, found lying atop a number of smashed sheet cakes decorated with his bloody frosting, with numerous self inflicted wounds and a single fatal one executed by a .45 automatic. With growing interest, she looked at the photographs of the death scene and concluded that the man was an artist to the very last. Her understanding of his work deepened as she stared at his body sprawled over the cakes like a human equivalent of an archeopterix skeleton. Just previously, she\'d interviewed his friends and got the usual conflicting evaluations. To some he was unreliable and careless. To others he was superficial and offhand. To his girlfriend, he was outrageous and psychotic. But, to Daria, these qualities, like such mass-produced materials as Microfiber and Kevlar, were striking for their variety and texture. In the end, the coroner ruled it a suicide. In some countries, acts of suicide are judged by their sincerity. If sincerely conceived and executed, the reasons are accepted and one\'s reputation is kept. On the other hand, if the act is mere reaction and ineptly concluded, that individual\'s character is destroyed and his family\'s memories of him are locked in a closet forever. Daria finished her notes, took one last look at Aristide Del Bando, clapped her hands and said in a hushed voice: \'Bravo!\' Then, having acknowledged his masterpiece, she walked out the door toward the waiting cab. "','2c62287c5e0332e79134c123fd04d983',0,'','339a9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246462,18366,12,245,0,'72.154.19.123',1181523175,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="Greybird":7463c][quote="mistress thea zara":7463c][...] The previous version of the board had more than one skin option and changing it as always is in your profile.[/quote:7463c]Sorry about my not explaining: I knew about more than one skin being available, but never changed it, because image attachments wouldn\'t display in anything but the board\'s default skin. (Either at PPMB or at SFMB.)\n\nThat has changed, according to Gamer\'s comments in the chat last night. Attachment functions are now part of the main phpBB program, not a bolted-on addition. So attachments can be used with all skins, when more than one is made available.[/quote:7463c]\n\nActually, I used Fluff Light and never had a problem with attachments not showing. I even posted them.','71cec5f71085b6d05f40169c7761b161',0,'gA==','7463c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246463,18148,5,64,0,'65.96.178.242',1181523183,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What music are you listening to now? Track 2.','Sting, [i:dbe4d]The Soul Cages[/i:dbe4d].\n\nA highly underrated album, in my opinion. Looking forward to seeing the Police in seven weeks.\n\n-Dennis','89c481f1ff3e84bcab3b4a6c76637561',0,'IA==','dbe4d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246464,18354,6,589,0,'209.162.31.98',1181523314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Second Chances','I am planning on writing at least one more part to this. Not sure when I\'ll get around to it, though.\nAs to the question as to whether the \'other\' Daria is dead? Well, that depends on the the type of pills as well. Are they fast-acting? \":)\" \nI\'m not planning on pursuing that particular line at this moment in time. So, feel free to add to your own twisted possibilities, in that the \'other\' actually survives.\n\nGlad you guys like it.','5749b1093be531e4e57de6ee832e2e48',0,'','1ca2a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246465,18366,12,28,0,'76.20.168.147',1181523869,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','Don\'t like: Everything is reversed.\nDo liek: Foes, you mean I don\'t have to even see the stupid shit some people post?!? Fantastic.','05315eb7c59288a183973db06647d943',0,'','50a2f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246466,18319,3,64,0,'65.96.178.242',1181523890,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','It\'s Skeletor from the original [i:37999]He-Man and the Masters of the Universe[/i:37999] cartoon. I like Skeletor, even if he is a bit of a nebbish. He\'s my Official Prime Force of Evil.\n\n-Dennis','f2a2e0b612b7ae12c36fdcba77129665',0,'IA==','37999',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246468,18358,3,30,0,'12.217.142.62',1181524022,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','Well, I may not be much to look at now, but according to [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18286:0f2c7]this thread[/url:0f2c7], I was [i:0f2c7]hot[/i:0f2c7] in high school! See?\n\n[img:0f2c7]http://www.bored.com/findschoolphotos/images/pig.jpg[/img:0f2c7]\n\n\":-D\"\n\nKristen','a157d87ecbdacff537ce5b91f852edf8',0,'OA==','0f2c7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246470,18373,3,30,0,'12.217.142.62',1181524217,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: At last!','Congratulations and good luck!\n\nKristen','ffac7f4dec3cee137507dd87df4f6fcc',0,'','33d0e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246471,18371,2,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181524890,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','How come I appear last in the Moderator\'s list? \":o\" \n\n\nNow, to more important matters. I think the new settings are quite better than the other ones, but far more complex. Migfht take a while to get used to them. \n\nEric, as for the "report post" function, my only concern is Starmeshelion using it all the time for no reason. \":roll:\"','506e936c2d96b847174ca52506e129b2',0,'','972ed',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246472,18380,3,26,0,'64.246.133.154',1181525065,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The weirdest thing you ever saw in your life','Let\'s face it--all of us have seen things that were just weird, even [i:f5fff]Sick, Sad World[/i:f5fff]-worthy, that just stands out in your memory.\n\nFor me, it had to be the mid-1990s or so (I\'m not sure of the exact date now). I was sitting at the Greater Glens Falls Transit terminal at Ridge Street (for those who don\'t know the area well, it\'s just a couple of booths with benches, nothing like the Port Authority Bus Terminal in NYC or the Hempstead Bus Terminal in Nassau County). All of a sudden, I see this guy who looked like he was mentally retarded wearing nothing but a sky blue patient\'s smock going down the sidewalk next to me, and running right behind him was a GFPD officer in full uniform, who grabbed him by the shoulder, turned him around and led him back to Glens Falls Hospital. To this day I don\'t know how the heck he got out of the hospital or what he was doing there in the first place.\n\nSo, what was the weirdest thing you ever saw in your life? \":shock:\"','dcf2e11a2b80b5becb5c5adced9c4122',0,'IA==','f5fff',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246473,18354,6,671,0,'205.188.116.67',1181525077,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Second Chances','I just would like to comment that based of the suicide note it seems like this Daria has killed her AU counterparts and taken their place more than once. Fun! \":D\"','9400c1bed0d343dbe83419dfd5f23ea8',0,'','141f8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246474,18371,2,359,0,'172.153.38.87',1181525087,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','[quote="Quiverwing":0440a]Now, to more important matters. I think the new settings are quite better than the other ones, but far more complex. Migfht take a while to get used to them. [/quote:0440a]\n\nExcept for a few minor details, I do prefer this setup. It seems to consolidate a lot of options that were separate before (like the menu for deleting, moving, splitting, ect. posts).\n\n[quote:0440a]Eric, as for the "report post" function, my only concern is Starmeshelion using it all the time for no reason. \":roll:\"[/quote:0440a]\n\nOr jak.','b120c3462971ac6fe884a2267ce8c4df',0,'gA==','0440a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246475,18371,2,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181525173,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','[quote="RLobinske":3ce58]Mr Orange and TerraEsperZ are showing as registered users, not as admins. I think we need to look into these new administrator/global moderator settings.[/quote:3ce58]\n\nRichard, at the SFMB, the only mod that appears in colour is Deref because he\'s an admin. The other 4 appear as registered users. They seem to be having the same problem with that.','48ae0a03a8d0fd20a202a6a953f497f2',0,'gA==','3ce58',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246476,18350,3,359,0,'172.153.38.87',1181525236,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GAH! Throw away the key already!','[quote="ktrick45":191b4]Would someone please tell me why I should care?[/quote:191b4]\n\nI would say "because it\'s a monstrous subversion of justice that no good citizen should ignore", except that ship sailed with OJ, if not long before.','fd1afdc7e77ad0cb87ffa2d7466039c7',0,'gA==','191b4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246477,18332,3,359,0,'172.153.38.87',1181525310,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The longest year','[quote="Ranger Thorne":2a0a5]Just don\'t start thinking about the Bill Cosby \'dentist\' sketch while you\'re in recovery. I was lying there, still mostly out of it, and saying things like, "Smoke, smoke!" and "Fire!"[/quote:2a0a5]\n\nOkay, rinse! \":lol:\"','546d4174338d53353d04feefdf3d2ec6',0,'gA==','2a0a5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246478,18381,5,30,0,'12.217.142.62',1181525422,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Web site!','With everyone else sharing their new web pages, I figured I\'d throw my first (fairly mediocre) attempt out there. It\'s not Daria-related, though; it\'s a compilation of the humor columns I wrote for the local paper back when I was a teenager and thought I was clever. \":wink:\" \n\n[url=http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~kll52/class/index.html:5ca67]South of 20[/url:5ca67]\n\n(Incidentally, ignore the contact form. It was put in for an assignment, but isn\'t functional. I haven\'t gotten around to removing it yet.)\n\nKristen','081be95e648daffe18d5d2cc3fad24b5',0,'EA==','5ca67',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246479,18350,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181525758,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GAH! Throw away the key already!','She\'s back in jail though. Guess life is not as unfair as it seems. \":lol:\"','217c9af785cbba6692ca1e471cc1ad83',0,'','901da',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246480,18332,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181525985,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The longest year','[quote="Ranger Thorne":c2040]I had mine removed all at once. As I told the doctor, "Remove them all now, because you\'re not getting me back in here."[/quote:c2040]\n\nUnfortunately, my dentist doesn\'t want to take them all out at once. I guess it\'s because they\'re not even out yet, so it\'ll be like a tiny surgery. The first 2 will be out Thursday morning, with the other 2 the following Thursday. I\'m not looking forward to it.','d26c7d3fa96a4baf459030f9a1c14e9b',0,'gA==','c2040',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246481,18365,3,36,0,'70.250.172.238',1181526059,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','[quote:e75fd]...after you ask your wife how she feels about it.[/quote:e75fd]\nI should mention - the wife knows about it. She\'s cool. I\'m not hiding anything.','3353924e67bbce9858fb39969fe28003',0,'gA==','e75fd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246482,18373,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181526137,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: At last!','Congrats and see you soon!','af66844f99bf25e470168c3319ad9e34',0,'','5c13b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246483,18374,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181526319,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Kara\'s on her way home','The party\'s over. \":P\"','c5ed47c7d301d6a50624f0ecdb39b883',0,'','ea023',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246484,18312,4,36,0,'70.250.172.238',1181526718,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Russia to US: Attack North Korea and/or Iran. . .','I can see why Russia would be leery about someone attacking Iran - after all, they get oil from there. But why in the nine levels of Hell would anyone be supportive of North Korea? I was under the impression that Kim Jong Il didn\'t really have any friends to speak of in the international community - even China doesn\'t particularly like being associated with him lately.\n\nHowever, I really can\'t believe that W. is talking about a missile defense system in the first place. It\'s a stupid idea. Missiles are no longer the weapon of choice; they essentially come with a return address. Missiles are usable weapons only if one is unafraid of massive reprisal. If Iran started launching missiles into Europe, they\'d get American ICBMs in return, and they know it.','a3ff7e1a2eb58c21dc8672d2ae5c1684',0,'','def4c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246485,18358,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181526925,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="The Ranting Klown":1b7a1]Also, Isa, no nomination for Micka? OMFG CONTROVERSY![/quote:1b7a1]\n\nI kinda did that for her. Besides, we know he\'s sexy. \":P\"','76f75e8cc8d3c62f60261926c2c79a2b',0,'gA==','1b7a1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246486,18381,5,245,0,'72.154.19.123',1181526935,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Web site!','Yaaay! Webpages! \":)\"','4fef6fd0769e03ccc0a586d0e1828641',0,'','a2968',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246487,18358,3,245,0,'72.154.19.123',1181527002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="Kristen Bealer":837e0]Well, I may not be much to look at now, but according to [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18286:837e0]this thread[/url:837e0], I was [i:837e0]hot[/i:837e0] in high school! See?\n\n[img:837e0]http://www.bored.com/findschoolphotos/images/pig.jpg[/img:837e0]\n\n\":-D\"\n\nKristen[/quote:837e0]\n\nI\'ll nominate Kristen! She\'s my lesbian lifepartner, after all.','38f44ab31363ad54032c702ac7422251',0,'uA==','837e0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246488,18365,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181527068,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','[quote="Mike Xeno":039f3][quote:039f3]...after you ask your wife how she feels about it.[/quote:039f3]\nI should mention - the wife knows about it. She\'s cool. I\'m not hiding anything.[/quote:039f3]\n\n\nThen I don\'t see the big deal. Worst case scenario your former flame gets kinda creeped out.','af4e22970191d01dc2ecae3b1da48a23',0,'gA==','039f3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246489,18358,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181527079,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote:adef2]I\'ll nominate Kristen! She\'s my lesbian lifepartner, after all.[/quote:adef2]\n\nWhat\'s this? Are you cheating on NNJ?','baa7e411612e7173fdf91ec8f01c485e',0,'gA==','adef2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246490,18358,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181527201,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="nonamejane":48efc]Hmm, don\'t know if you stole the sexy, but you definitely stole the "terrified a priest is going to assrape me" look.\n\n\n\n\n[quote="jak981125":48efc]\n\n[img:48efc]http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/aa281/jak981125/jak0.jpg[/img:48efc][/quote:48efc]\n\n\n\njust kidding, just kidding. I feel it is my duty to nominate Jak for stealing the sexy. \n\nI\'ll nominate Nat too cause it doesn\'t look like she got an official nomination and she helped me with me spanish homework. She stole the sexy and the smart.\n\nUh... hmm.. ooooooooh Jess, I nominate Jess cause she stole the sexy, I saw it.\n\nI\'ll take bribes for my last vote.[/quote:48efc]\n\nYeah, yeah, for some reason I was having a lot of trouble smiling for photos last night.','6a4ae834c07213fde1e8ed9670c75add',0,'iA==','48efc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246491,18358,3,64,0,'65.96.178.242',1181527483,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','I didn\'t take teh sexy, and I have the picture to prove it. \n\nIt\'s from a wedding last year.\n\n-Dennis','6c32fb7f72d0d143e0f342ec950402a4',0,'','1f063',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246492,18365,3,64,0,'65.96.178.242',1181527726,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','Strangely enough, I did something similar recently. Except it wasn\'t my first real love, just my first crush, from when we were both like 10 or 11.\n\nI sent her an email. She responded, but I haven\'t had much luck corresponding. In general, I think email\'s a pretty safe way to resume contact. Calling out of the blue seems a little invasive to me.\n\n-Dennis','86be8cf7c6a53c47c43fa187f402d7a3',0,'','6a51a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246493,18365,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181527806,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','[quote="NNJ":88b24]I don\'t see the big deal. Worst case scenario your former flame gets kinda creeped out.[/quote:88b24]\n\nNo, worst case scenario is that they creep YOU out and keep you on the phone for hours on end. People get weird sometimes. I know this girl I knew from high school who has totally joined the ranks of the Amercian Trailer Trash. She\'s called me randomly before (not lately, thank God) and it\'s downright painful to listen to this girl talk about her screwed-up existence. She goes and has a baby with some abusive jackass with one arm after living in a car with him, baby dies from SIDS, she gets a new boyfriend, the one armed man shows up and starts s*** with the new boyfriend, she gets pregnant AGAIN. \":roll:\" I often thank my lucky stars I never slept with her (she\'s the only girl who has ever made the offer).\n\nMike, don\'t call unless you\'re certain this conversation won\'t go down a road you desperately want to avoid.','f25767bfa9f2fe529cc913255158952f',0,'gA==','88b24',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246494,18365,3,359,0,'172.153.38.87',1181528712,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','[quote="jak981125":fe0e9]She goes and has a baby with some abusive jackass with one arm after living in a car with him, baby dies from SIDS, she gets a new boyfriend, the one armed man shows up and starts s*** with the new boyfriend, she gets pregnant AGAIN.[/quote:fe0e9]\n\nIt\'s always a good idea to avoid one-armed men. Just ask Dr. Kimble. \":P\"','55d9cab0b960dd0e7d831bdbcc0fc634',0,'gA==','fe0e9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246495,18381,5,589,0,'209.162.31.98',1181528780,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Web site!','Very cool site.\nThanks for sharing.','608d83d74c2be77184bda47ca1b0ae73',0,'','14f58',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246496,18365,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181529167,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','[quote="E. A. Smith":2fc3c][quote="jak981125":2fc3c]She goes and has a baby with some abusive jackass with one arm after living in a car with him, baby dies from SIDS, she gets a new boyfriend, the one armed man shows up and starts s*** with the new boyfriend, she gets pregnant AGAIN.[/quote:2fc3c]\n\nIt\'s always a good idea to avoid one-armed men. Just ask Dr. Kimble. \":P\"[/quote:2fc3c]\n\nSaw that one coming from a mile away.','c9b34831da5e5c7c667718271454b114',0,'gA==','2fc3c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246497,18365,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181529286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','[quote="Mike Xeno":9d009][quote:9d009]...after you ask your wife how she feels about it.[/quote:9d009]\nI should mention - the wife knows about it. She\'s cool. I\'m not hiding anything.[/quote:9d009]\n\nIf that\'s the case then go for it. As long as your wife knows.','ffd661fb1daed2904b29e6aa2c717633',0,'gA==','9d009',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246498,18381,5,87,0,'65.119.225.41',1181529475,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Web site!','\":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nI just read the first one and it was great. Some of the lines sounded Daria-esque (the one about lunch sounded perfect) but most of it was even better.\n\nTo me, anyway.','7a341b6e3243bd2e398431ca58c8992d',0,'','fb7d0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246499,18365,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181529590,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','[quote="jak981125":66d4e][quote="NNJ":66d4e]I don\'t see the big deal. Worst case scenario your former flame gets kinda creeped out.[/quote:66d4e]\n\nNo, worst case scenario is that they creep YOU out and keep you on the phone for hours on end. [/quote:66d4e]\n\nThat\'s odd, my phone has this feature that lets me end a call if I feel like it. I suggest you upgrade, it\'s awesome.','c21ebf05ef16528dfc07c2d97b07b4bc',0,'gA==','66d4e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246500,18358,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181529709,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="jak981125":15142][quote:15142]I\'ll nominate Kristen! She\'s my lesbian lifepartner, after all.[/quote:15142]\n\nWhat\'s this? Are you cheating on NNJ?[/quote:15142]\n\nThat\'s what I thought at first, but then I realized that I don\'t want a life partner, I\'m not into commitment, so I\'ll be her lesbian mistress.','f2a425852b083735d9f6739aa2380afc',0,'gA==','15142',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246501,18358,3,499,0,'203.59.33.9',1181529812,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="brnleague99":65613]I\'d like to nominate Helpful Skittles Explosion (Isa), Quiverwing (Nat) and Bluu (?).\n\nThey are teh sex goddesses.\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nCan I also request that any tie be broken by catsuit wrestling?\n\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\n\n \":D\" \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":P\"[/quote:65613]\n\nAlthough they are all worthy of nomination, only 2 votes per sex. Sorry.','7e562ae18ed26787e7d27ef401ce0aeb',0,'gA==','65613',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246502,18381,5,359,0,'172.153.38.87',1181529828,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Web site!','[quote="Ranger Thorne":2dc34]:lol: \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nI just read the first one and it was great. Some of the lines sounded Daria-esque (the one about lunch sounded perfect) but most of it was even better.[/quote:2dc34]\n\nBetter than "Daria-esque"?! Heretic! \":P\"','ee5f37c17481356cc40b37b0a2bdc553',0,'gA==','2dc34',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246503,18382,6,87,0,'65.119.225.41',1181529881,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Big Jake\'s Harley-Davidson','Nothing major. Just part one of a little two part thing I\'ve been thinking about.\n\n=====\n\n\n\n(Quick shots of gloves being pulled on, jackets being zipped up, then cut to a garage door as it begins to slide up and two motorcycle engines are heard.)\n\n(Music starts: Tim Wilson [i:59db2]Learned to Ride (The Motorcycle Song)[/i:59db2])\n\n(Cut to: Street shot as two females on Harley-Davidson motorcycles roar from a drive and onto the street toward the camera. POV backs away, keeping both in shot. They are on identical black bikes, wearing black leather from their boots to their hands along with black helmets with dark visors. The only differences are the one to the camera\'s right is slightly taller with bright red hair coming out from the helmet while the other has brown hair.)\n\nMY MOMMA WAS ON A MOTORCYCLE THE NIGHT THAT SHE HAD ME\n\n(Cut to: Shot looking from just past the redhead, toward the other female)\n\nSHE RODE ME HOME ON THE HANDLEBARS OF A HARLEY 883\n\n(Cut to: Close up of Harley logo on one of the bikes.)\n\nI HAD A ‘LIVE TO RIDE\' TATOO BACK IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL\n\n(Cut to: Near ground level in front and to side of shorter rider. Both riders are visible.)\n\nLEARNED TO CRAWL LEARNED TO RIDE LEARNED TO WALK\n\n(Cut to: One of the front wheels. A spinning circle appears over the wheel, then stops with the words "The Morgendorffers" written inside a circle.)\n\nI LEARNED TO CRAWL, LEARNED TO RIDE, LEARNED TO WALK\nI COULD SING ‘BORN TO BE WILD\' BEFORE I COULD TALK\n\n(Cut to: Behind the bikes, looking ahead, showing shops and stores.)\n\nMY HOMETOWN IS ANYWHERE BLUE SKY MEETS ASPHALT\nLEARNED TO CRAWL, LEARNED TO RIDE, LEARNED TO WALK\n\nYEAH I DID\n\n(Musical break.)\n\n(Cut to: Reaction of people as they turn to look at the riders. Just as the vocals begin, cut to shot in front of riders looking between them.)\n\nI GREW IN A LITTLE HOUSE MADE OF STEEL AND CHROME\n\n(Cut to: Man on sidewalk watching the riders while he walks into a pole.)\n\n‘KAWASAKI\' WAS A CUSS WORD IN OUR HARLEY HOME\n\n(Cut to: Front of riders looking back. Riders raise their left hands to wave at something to their right. Cut to a man sitting on his own Harley. Smiling, he waves back.)\n\nYEAH I WAS RAISED BY THE SIDE OF A CUSTOM DYNA GLIDE\n\n(Cut to shot to the front and side of bikes, but on the median side this time.)\n\nLEARNED TO CRAWL, LEARNED TO RIDE, LEARNED TO WALK\n\n(Cut to shot in front, then pan up over and come down behind them.)\n\nI LEARNED TO CRAWL, LEARNED TO RIDE, LEARNED TO WALK\n\n(Quick cuts of boots as they change gears, gloves as they work the clutch or brakes.)\n\nI COULD SING ‘BORN TO BE WILD\' BEFORE I COULD TALK\n\n(Bikes turn right in formation.)\n\nMY HOMETOWN IS ANYWHERE BLUE SKY MEETS ASPHALT\nLEARNED TO CRAWL, LEARNED TO RIDE, LEARNED TO WALK\n\nLEARNED TO CRAWL, LEARNED TO RIDE, LEARNED TO WALK\n\n(Cut to shot looking across two parking spaces as the music fades and the riders pull into the spaces.)','a52a05d68aa9ed5fc72d940b126e43e3',0,'IA==','59db2',1,1210858914,'',87,2,0),(246504,18358,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181529938,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="jak981125":93718]\n\nYeah, yeah, for some reason I was having a lot of trouble smiling for photos last night.[/quote:93718]\n\n\nI think it\'s cause your parents dress you like a tool.','55ed9901b55aa7de15724cf4f80c5565',0,'gA==','93718',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246505,18358,3,359,0,'172.153.38.87',1181530018,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="Kristen Bealer":42ec6]Well, I may not be much to look at now, but according to [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18286:42ec6]this thread[/url:42ec6], I was [i:42ec6]hot[/i:42ec6] in high school! See?\n\n[img:42ec6]http://www.bored.com/findschoolphotos/images/pig.jpg[/img:42ec6][/quote:42ec6]\n\nCute smile. \":P\"','acac7033459172e76ec6df8749d1be4c',0,'uA==','42ec6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246506,18353,4,251,0,'71.94.226.230',1181530471,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Law enforcement gearing up for armed showdown in NH','You can see this rebel scum\'s vlog here:\n\nhttp://edbrownvlog.blogspot.com/\n\nTheir blog also links to this google video, Freedom to Fascism, which explains why they\'re so passionate about this:\n\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3867390173\n\nFor those that don\'t have the time and/or ability to sit through almost 2 hours of that, you should be able to get the gist of it here:\n\nhttp://www.freedomtofascism.com/\n\nThough the vid is very good. The director, btw, also did [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098230/:96a75]Rude Awakening[/url:96a75] (where some out of touch hippies return from their retreat nearly 2 decades later to stop a war only to find that their former friends have become yuppies more interested in buying the world than saving it). Because of that, my neohippie (who LOVES that flick and it\'s love & peace & hug the earth message) friend wanted to see it. Having done so very recently, she hasn\'t said much on it yet other than it\'s disturbing, though she liked it much better than Al Gore\'s An Inconvenient Truth (and she\'s a major Greenie). \n\nI\'ve taken a page worth of notes and will look into them as time permits. (Btw, I did this with Michael Moore\'s Bowling for Columbine...his documentary fell apart upon closer examination to the point I now consider Moore to be a willful liar, and it\'s possible that Russo\'s will fall apart for me the same way, too.)\n\nI thought it was very good in that it transcends the left/right dichotomy (a false one, I believe). It calls Bush out on what he has done since 9/11, but it also shows how Clinton was leading the way before him, too. It reams the majority of Democratic and Republican candidates alike, as well as Fox and other media. In the last few minutes, it suggests "Stop being a good Democrat...stop being a good Republican..." So the many people who hold the philosophy "My party, right or wrong," are automatically going to be alienated from it. In this way, it\'s not going to be heard, let alone sympathized with, by plenty of self-proclaimed liberals and conservatives.\n\nOTOH, it promotes many conservative ideas and feelings with such support as Ron Paul. It also promotes many liberal ideas and feelings, and has gotten help from such organizations as the ACLU. It explains where the money for schools, national defense, highways, etc, comes from and it\'s not the Income Tax. More importantly, that under Supreme Court decisions and the laws as written invalidates the Income Tax for most private citizens, CORPORATIONS can be so taxed constitutionally (though they pay a very small fraction of it now, and yet more and more of the world, including outside US borders, are coming under direct control of a small elite of private hands). \n\nIt also goes off on electrnic voting fraud, illegal immigration, the War on [some] Terrorism & Iraq, national ID (and why it\'s more serious than in other countries), and ties it into the Federal Reserve (a privatised bank & corporation) and its Income Tax. While parts of this are likely to make a few Democratic and Republican supporters cringe a bit, I\'d think it would do a lot to draw in sympathy from supporters of either major party, too. Russo is essentially saying, "This is why you should care, even if you DO vote Democrat or Republican."\n\nIt had some comic relief, too. I think my favorite one was an old clip where someone points out that their tax dollars support Congress, etc, and then asks, "So why can\'t I claim them as dependents [on my tax form]?" \":lol:\"\n\nI was just reading about life in medieval times, and it reminded me somewhat of this vid. I\'ll have to look at it again though before I feel comfortable enough to share it here. \n\nAnyway, if you can see it, I think you can understand why the Browns are so passionate about this, and that their story is part of a much bigger one with global implications. \'Course, if the Browns could be shown the law (see the hunt for this law in the vid, including why some jurors let a guy off from paying taxes because the judge and prosecutor couldn\'t provide it), then it would end for them really fast...and Russo would apologize (at least if he\'s honest). Apparently, even a $50,000 challenge (James Randi style) couldn\'t get any takers, too. \":shock:\" \n\n\n[color=#0000FF:96a75]"If a thousand people were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the state to commit violence and shed innocent blood."\n\n–Henry David Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience[/color:96a75]','270fad05b836ae10e2362064efc14266',0,'Eg==','96a75',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246507,18358,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181530567,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="The Ranting Klown":16330][quote="brnleague99":16330]I\'d like to nominate Helpful Skittles Explosion (Isa), Quiverwing (Nat) and Bluu (?).\n\nThey are teh sex goddesses.\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nCan I also request that any tie be broken by catsuit wrestling?\n\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\n\n \":D\" \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":P\"[/quote:16330]\n\nAlthough they are all worthy of nomination, only 2 votes per sex. Sorry.[/quote:16330]\n\nHSX, Bluu and I were all nominated before Brandon posted. So I guess he can use his nominations on someone else (not your votes, Bran, just nominations). \":P\"','74cc1e0c8934a6289d865632dc458683',0,'gA==','16330',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246508,18365,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181530858,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','[quote="nonamejane":36848][quote="jak981125":36848][quote="NNJ":36848]I don\'t see the big deal. Worst case scenario your former flame gets kinda creeped out.[/quote:36848]\n\nNo, worst case scenario is that they creep YOU out and keep you on the phone for hours on end. [/quote:36848]\n\nThat\'s odd, my phone has this feature that lets me end a call if I feel like it. I suggest you upgrade, it\'s awesome.[/quote:36848]\n\nI\'m not going to just hang up on the poor girl. I\'m assertive enough to hang up on someone who\'s being intentionally unpleasant but not on an old friend who\'s having a miserable time of it. Hell, the girl had to bury her first-born.','f611d15a15f22eb16847187dbb9607ff',0,'gA==','36848',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246512,18334,11,251,0,'71.94.226.230',1181531224,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Real Life vs. The Internet','As an experiment, I\'m thinking of going to a board with its mindless flame wars and threats and posting my own mindless flames and threats. See if I can get any pleasure out of it like so many others do. I doubt I will, but it might be an interesting experiment.','a5b8392880449f0a096c0c18ca14fd59',0,'','17f6b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246514,18382,6,87,0,'65.119.225.41',1181531448,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something different to \'celebrate\' PPMB being back up.','And now we switch to prose. \n\n\n=========\n\n\nThe sign on the fence surrounding the parking lot said, "Students of Lawndale High Parking Only," explaining why there was no one over 20 in the group staring at the two riders. The redhead sighed before lifting her leather-clad right leg into the air and slowly swinging it over the bike. Standing, she loosened her gloves one finger at a time before sliding them off and setting them on the seat behind her. Next came the helmet, which came off to reveal flawless skin and quickly-fluffed red hair.\n\nTurning away from the crowd, the girl leaned across the bike to slip the helmet and gloves into the hard case on the far side while seeming to not hear the gasps and two whistles that came from the group behind her. \n\nFacing the group again, she looked up and leaned back against the bike as she slowly unzipped the leather jacket. Once the zipper was open, she slipped the jacket off one shoulder at a time as she took a deep breath. \n\nShe almost smirked when one of the guys fainted.\n\nWith the jacket removed, her pink T-shirt was now visible. Across the front was a picture of a gold coin with a man\'s profile on it in relief. The logo [i:10a4e]Big Jake\'s[/i:10a4e] was above the coin. On the back of the shirt was the Harley Davidson logo.\n\nShe turned and bent over again, this time actually grinning as a few moans were heard. The grin was gone, however, as she turned back with a pink backpack in her hand. Her jacket was in her left hand as she draped one of the straps of the backpack over her other shoulder. "Could someone help me find the office?" she asked in an innocent-sounding voice?\n\nThen, after a chorus of offers of help, she was gone.\n\nThe other rider shook her head as she slipped off her own helmet while being careful of her glasses. The smirk was almost predatory as she slipped off of the bike and stowed her helmet.\n\n"Quinn," she muttered, "it\'s too bad you\'re not on commission. You\'ve probably sold at least a dozen motorcycles in the last five minutes."\n\nUnzipping her own jacket, her green T-shirt was visible, with the same gold logos. As she grabbed her black backpack, she ran a hand over the handlebars of her bike.\n\n"Don\'t worry, baby," she whispered, "Momma Daria will be back after class." Then, with a smirk, she followed the path carved by her sister.','e45cdfdb77c4e1f26458161b8683d2e0',0,'IA==','10a4e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246515,18383,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181531531,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Totally random thought: no one\'s favorite color','Yellow.\n\nHonestly, I don\'t think anyone finds yellow to be the most appealing color. The two most common and obvious answers are red and blue. It probably speaks volumes about the person because red is a warm color and blue is a cool color. But yellow (another warm color) doesn\'t seem to make any positive emotional connection with people.','c857c541ee6b59966229c98a97d37cf4',0,'','0b916',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246519,18283,4,251,0,'71.94.226.230',1181531786,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: I say it\'s okay to be ...','Cross, I was just saying that I think you could communicate your ideas better by keeping in mind how people tend to think of the terms you use. IMO, I think you\'re falling into the trap of those wanting to ban guns by labelling yourself dangerous for having them.\n\nOh, yeah...on deleting multiple posts, try deleting the very last post first and work your way back (if you tried this, then disregard this line.)','921491a0a647d856111f735889a6e7c8',0,'','7a15d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246521,18358,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181532000,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','Every chick in this community is teh sexy. Simply being in this community automatically qualifies them.','fbef9ff97a09e78d28b50f04cd19e11b',0,'','370c7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246524,18384,8,545,0,'65.221.65.221',1181532100,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','A little help, please','I like the new changes, but I\'ve noticed that in the now-locked [i:f602b]Apocalyptic Daria[/i:f602b] thread, all the quote marks and apostrophes in the story are...odd. I corrected the problem for this one on the same thread at SFMB, but I don\'t know how to take care of it here. Any suggestions?','e160c48fbfb883034c20157610679320',0,'IA==','f602b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246529,18358,3,499,0,'203.59.33.9',1181532465,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="Deref":f2707]Every chick in this community is teh sexy. Simply being in this community automatically qualifies them.[/quote:f2707]\n\nOn that note, I could use a few more male nominations.\n\nC\'mon ladies and gentlemen, what do we have to do?\n\n*dances*','7d52b94117caca46ec5ac4ea4aeb1334',0,'gA==','f2707',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246531,18365,3,545,0,'65.221.65.221',1181532706,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','Personally, I think that it\'s dangerous to do. You don\'t know just what you might be stepping into. The last time I saw my first girlfriend, she took picture after picture of my then-6-month-old son. Creeped me [i:7d7a5]and[/i:7d7a5] my wife out. If she were to suddenly show up or start calling, it would creep me out even more.\n\nI occasionally check up on her location online just to make sure that she\'s still in Illinois. I want to stay at DefCon 4. DefCon 1 is not a fun state to be in.','1039f221ceadd115adb56c62153cdfbf',0,'IA==','7d7a5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246532,18385,5,124,0,'75.109.13.177',1181532999,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Wrestletalk','This is for the discussion of the WWE 2007 draft lottery to take place on the June 10 edition of Monday Night Raw. Speculation? Predictions? Favorites that should go? This is your chance to unload on the situation.\n\nThe only thing I have so far is my prediction that this will be the moment where they finally swap Jim Ross with Michael Cole in the broadcast booth, there\'s been a lot of talk that Cole is being groomed to be the top announcer for the WWE (SNME pretty much served as a test run). Personally, I can\'t see why they would even go this route. As much as I can\'t stand the typical redneck talk from Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler, Michael Cole\'s bland babyface persona alone is even worse than those two.\n\nEDIT: Originally, this was the discussion solely for the WWE 2007 draft lottery, but as you can see from the posts in months following, it\'s become more than that. So now it\'ll just be Wrestletalk from here on.','c1e0d488eeb8ccf8d3f1ec14004388ad',0,'','c99e2',1,1187816883,'',124,1,0),(246533,18383,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181533105,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Totally random thought: no one\'s favorite color','My mom and my best friend both love yellow. My mom painted her kitchen yellow at the last place she lived. It gave me a migraine just to go in there. \n\n\nI don\'t really have a favorite color, I like dark blues and purples. I like my house to be decorated inall black, red and white. 95% of my clothes are black. It\'s deep, it\'s meaningful and it\'s slenderizing!','9635b27fd7169050811f4e8b772f0578',0,'','257b1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246534,18374,3,260,0,'141.158.115.173',1181533925,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Kara\'s on her way home','And there was much rejoicing.\n\n(Yay!)\n\nPeace\nKevin','f5d6d83b3ae4dc9ef21bf453779deccf',0,'','ba78e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246535,18381,5,260,0,'141.158.115.173',1181534455,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Web site!','Not at all bad, Kristen. Both the site and the writing.\n\nPeace\nKevin','54a5dc9d6d2cb56c8f53b73968ec4ee1',0,'','c638e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246536,18386,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181534748,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Girls and gays only....','I\'ve been thinking and I\'ve come to the conclusion that I don\'t think I have enough shoes. I thought I had more than 12 pairs. That\'s not even 2 weeks worth! Especially considering that the pink bow heels don\'t fit me, I just bought them cause they were on sale and I thought they were cute. Here is on shoe from each pair of shoes I have not counting boring tennis shoes. Yes, I know some are dirty, when I find a pair of shoes, I wear them a lot.I just bought the shiny blue shoes and the black platform heels. Sigh... I know that this is like somebody showing photos of their kids, but my shoes are a lot cuter.','518afdcc087bb15a3c345afcc19c3b72',1,'','2a1b9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246537,18363,4,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181535043,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has Bush fallen off the wagon?','[quote="Becky":4afba]I\'ve seen world leaders drinking booze before.[/quote:4afba]\n\n\nGoogle "fallen off the wagon" and then think about what you\'ve done.','de5106897818598f61085eef4bdf47fa',0,'gA==','4afba',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246538,18336,6,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181535131,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="cyde":90bee][quote="Brother Grimace":90bee]\n\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in full commando mode, leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead...\n\n\nUntil Jake looked up into a grove of trees and SCREAMED as a horde of squirrels in blue uniforms (with some in red with white trim) come running out from the trees yelling, at the top of their little squirrel voices:\n\n\n[u:90bee][size=200:90bee][color=red:90bee][b:90bee]"COBRRRAAAA!!!"[/b:90bee][/color:90bee][/size:90bee][/u:90bee][/quote:90bee]\n\nOnce over his surprise, Jake pulled forward his carbine with a snarl. Realizing that the gun was too bulky and his targets too small, Jake fell back on his squirrel contingency plan...\n\n[quote="The Jake Morgendoffer Guide to Squirrel Terrorism; Chapter 5: What to do if ambushed.":90bee]1. One can of Raid.\n2. One Zippo lighter.\n3. ??????\n4. Profit![/quote:90bee]\n\n\nJake\'s maniacal laughter ensured that history would remember that evening as "The Night of the Great Squirrel Pogrom".[/quote:90bee]\n\n\nHistory [b:90bee]would[/b:90bee] remember it as such. \n\nJake\'s manical laughter rose as high as the flames... until a squirrel, somewhat larger than the others, stepped through the flames with nary a bit of fur even singed. \n\nhe stood up on his hind legs, wiped a half-burned blade of grass from his snout, and bellowed:[b:90bee]"[u:90bee]Don\'t you know who I am?[/u:90bee] I\'m the [u:90bee]Juggernaut[/u:90bee], bitch!"[/b:90bee]\n\n*****\n\nThe first responders were never able to figure out how Jake\'s Lexus ended up at the top of the tree, or why a quivering Jake, hogtied with his own clothing, had been left on the shoulder of the road with a can of Raid partially inserted into his rectum.\n\nFor months afterward, most of the men and women who responded that night looked uneasily at the trees and telephone poles of lawndale, and all because of Jake\'s gibbering words as he was gently placed on a stretcher and into the ambulance:\n\n[i:90bee]"...squirrels... squirrels... the squirrels..."[/i:90bee]','e1195b9e1ef7e1e72e12fa215bd587fc',0,'5w==','90bee',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246539,18380,3,253,0,'70.229.173.202',1181535243,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The weirdest thing you ever saw in your life','I\'ve been on the net for ten years, and I\'ve seen a lot of strange things... and that\'s all I gotta say about that.','2a67d55a6f745ffd2029bd1503485735',0,'','6f872',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246540,18383,3,260,0,'141.158.115.173',1181535387,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Totally random thought: no one\'s favorite color','We studied that as part of semiology back when I was journalism major. It turns out (at least in the 1970s) that yellow was the least chosen as a favorite color among the primary colors. Along with the positive associations with the sun and cheerfulness, it has strong negative associations with illness and unease. It\'s also the color to which the eyes are most sensitive (actually, chartreuse is, but yellow is the primary that\'s closest to that). As a result, the eyes tire of yellow very quickly.\n\nIts visibility is the reason Dr. Stephen Solomon suggested that fire apparatus should be yellow or chartreuse instead of red. It was tried in the 1970s, but never really caught on, except for airport crash rescue vehicles. It turns out that, though it initally caught their attention better, people tended to look away more quickly from a chartreuse (paint manufacturers called the vehicle color "lime yellow") vehicle.\n\nPeace\nKevin','f1dada6d327df9b837ed4e899d968ced',0,'','e176a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246541,18368,3,37,0,'69.145.132.6',1181535640,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','Ooooooooooooo-kay.\n\nDis is highly unusual...Don\'t think I\'m going crazy....\n\nNeat new layout. A little confusing for a few seconds, but still and all, very neat.','908b8e736ba8868b2f3902280f58048d',0,'','5ebde',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246542,18332,3,260,0,'141.158.115.173',1181535744,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The longest year','Ouch. Prayers and best wishes and all like that. \n\nPeace\nKevin','de84f72874356769ab46b935d4b4b0ad',0,'','b5d94',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246543,18382,6,37,0,'69.145.132.6',1181536344,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something different to \'celebrate\' PPMB being back up.','This just screams to be continued. you know that don\'t you?','6617f302c153b35ffc1c13ba7d954a96',0,'','d53d8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246544,18386,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181537061,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','Women hardly ever think they have enough shoes. I have...probably around 25 pairs not counting sneakers. But I never wear them all that often. Now, some of my friends think I\'m insane because well, my shoes are not considered to be cheap around here...but my mother and I always get them in the same place. They\'re just great. Why would you buy shoes that don\'t fit you, btw? And while we\'re at it, I\'ll show you some of my favourites.','6a29f64262d3b3242427d933d851d71f',0,'','e1d3c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246546,18384,8,389,0,'70.190.190.182',1181537550,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A little help, please','Could you provide a link to a thread showing me this problem?','53dabd688a83a2cef6c41f7632b4e06d',0,'','3930a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246547,18378,8,389,0,'70.190.190.182',1181537597,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Images now truncated in display','Have you tried clicking on the picture? This is a resizing feature of phpbb3.','eec1b284449464ece54b8c7539b28aba',1,'','e27ec',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246551,18371,2,389,0,'70.190.190.182',1181537962,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','Custom roles and I believe colors can be defined on the board.','02bc535162f2da149651bd2d70b7e105',0,'','173fa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246553,18368,3,389,0,'70.190.190.182',1181538093,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','[quote="atimnie":17249]Lost a day or two of PM\'s, aside from that... \":?\"[/quote:17249]\n\nPMs should have only been lost if they were sent after I disabled posting (If posting a pm was a separate file, oops.).\n\nI do still have the old board online if you need to retrieve something. Send me a PM.','5f5934f6a80c9c0a5fe890230f6daf0d',0,'gA==','17249',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246554,18368,3,389,0,'70.190.190.182',1181538142,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','[quote="RLobinske":35692][quote="Deref":35692][quote="Gouka Ryuu":35692]I have to admit i liked the old setup better. It is also really weird having the avatars and stuff on the right side of the screen instead of the left.[/quote:35692]\nTry some of the other skins.[/quote:35692]\n\nThere currently are no other skins available.[/quote:35692]\n\nThere should be both prosilver and subsilver2. Subsilver2 is like the old default skin, with avatars/etc on the left.','f26e2d44fd65f0340b27a2a0dd506568',0,'gA==','35692',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246560,18371,2,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181538946,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','[quote="Gamer":37f0e]Custom roles and I believe colors can be defined on the board.[/quote:37f0e]\n\nI think so too, but I couldn\'t find it.','c02351760552f94580514482972c1eca',0,'gA==','37f0e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246561,18377,10,545,0,'65.221.65.221',1181539123,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Carmen\'s Eleven (Featuring Jane)','Excellent! I love this. \":D\"','49f641c4e9534e3f033c0822ffc34dcf',0,'','b163f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246562,18384,8,389,0,'70.190.190.182',1181539350,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A little help, please','[quote="Doggieboy":efe5a][url:efe5a]http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17037[/url:efe5a]\n\nThank you for any help you can give here. \":D\"[/quote:efe5a]\n\nYouch. That\'s the result of converting from the latin1_random_other_languages charset to true utf8. I\'ll see if I can clean those up.\n\n"test" \'test\' "\'"','3ec41ae3085c82d187b9f2dc841dd5eb',0,'kA==','efe5a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246563,18386,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181539462,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','Omg, I want those boots. I like the second pair too. The third pair is cute, but not my style.','dfa71e6503aa509da2120262e3d82f47',0,'','d8c5b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246556,18368,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181538443,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','[quote="Gamer":593df][quote="RLobinske":593df]There currently are no other skins available.[/quote:593df]\n\nThere should be both prosilver and subsilver2. Subsilver2 is like the old default skin, with avatars/etc on the left.[/quote:593df]\n\nActually, prosilver is the only one available. I just checked my User Control Panel again.','535471cec7950489b432c32d2c787007',0,'gA==','593df',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246557,18378,8,253,0,'70.229.173.202',1181538509,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Images now truncated in display','[quote="Gamer":b86e9]Have you tried clicking on the picture? This is a resizing feature of phpbb3.[/quote:b86e9]That works for attatchments, but not for linked images.','59c20f6909b3bdb41e5d94ef1ea987dd',0,'gA==','b86e9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246558,18384,8,545,0,'65.221.65.221',1181538565,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A little help, please','[url:ca69b]http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17037[/url:ca69b]\n\nThank you for any help you can give here. \":D\"','1b7ebaac06410eb19bb47eb417e5c1f6',0,'EA==','ca69b',1,1181538643,'',545,1,0),(246559,18384,8,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181538637,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A little help, please','Similar problem at the SFMB: see [url:6457d]http://sfmb.gamerspage.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1270[/url:6457d] for an example.','b9a9e318e4a8122bed902959f2a81284',0,'EA==','6457d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246564,18358,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181540281,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','Lesse, I guess I ought to make some nominations here. Well...\n\nSince Kem\'s not here anymore I\'ll nominate NNJ and Nat. \n\nNow, for the guys...\n\nOh that\'s right, no self-nominations. \n\nHmmm....\n\n[quote="The Ranting Klown":b5ff0][quote="Deref":b5ff0]Every chick in this community is teh sexy. Simply being in this community automatically qualifies them.[/quote:b5ff0]\n\nOn that note, I could use a few more male nominations.\n\nC\'mon ladies and gentlemen, what do we have to do?\n\n*dances*[/quote:b5ff0]\n\nme shoves a $5 bill in The Ranting Clown\'s g-string but nominates Micka and Sam the Smuggler.','edfa0509abc26bf1678dd2e842523e84',0,'gA==','b5ff0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246566,18383,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181540648,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Totally random thought: no one\'s favorite color','[quote="ktrick45":d42d6]We studied that as part of semiology back when I was journalism major. It turns out (at least in the 1970s) that yellow was the least chosen as a favorite color among the primary colors. Along with the positive associations with the sun and cheerfulness, it has strong negative associations with illness and unease. It\'s also the color to which the eyes are most sensitive (actually, chartreuse is, but yellow is the primary that\'s closest to that). As a result, the eyes tire of yellow very quickly.\n\nIts visibility is the reason Dr. Stephen Solomon suggested that fire apparatus should be yellow or chartreuse instead of red. It was tried in the 1970s, but never really caught on, except for airport crash rescue vehicles. It turns out that, though it initally caught their attention better, people tended to look away more quickly from a chartreuse (paint manufacturers called the vehicle color "lime yellow") vehicle.\n\nPeace\nKevin[/quote:d42d6]\nThat\'s very interesting! Fire engines have been charteuse here for many years now.','b4f80e1ef79be6e424599cacef932dcf',0,'gA==','d42d6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246567,18358,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181540634,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="jak981125":8e91e]Lesse, I guess I ought to make some nominations here. Well...\n\nSince Kem\'s not here anymore I\'ll nominate NNJ and Nat. \n\n...nominates Micka and Sam the Smuggler.[/quote:8e91e]\n\nBut NNJ, Micka and I are already nominated!Don\'t you want to nominate someone else? Remember we\'re not voting yet. \":wink:\"','422bf1ca335a3c93339acddf59b3199b',0,'gA==','8e91e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246568,18358,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181540950,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','Me! I vote for me!!!!','f334bed41f4728546fabf46eb1cc5f2d',0,'','0bbc0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246569,18386,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181541136,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','You forgot shoe fetishists. I\'m not one, but I just didn\'t want them to feel left out.','ad4ac38d81c215729e546352310fdcf0',0,'','7b3ac',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246570,18358,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181541258,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="Quiverwing":86145][quote="jak981125":86145]Lesse, I guess I ought to make some nominations here. Well...\n\nSince Kem\'s not here anymore I\'ll nominate NNJ and Nat. \n\n...nominates Micka and Sam the Smuggler.[/quote:86145]\n\nBut NNJ, Micka and I are already nominated!Don\'t you want to nominate someone else? Remember we\'re not voting yet. \":wink:\"[/quote:86145]\n\nOh, um, OK...\n\nI somehow thought the number of nominations mattered.\n\nWell then I change the female nominations to AIH and HSX.','2175d60ce47bac7cdc81edde74317725',0,'gA==','86145',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246571,18368,3,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181541330,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','I\'ve been doing some serious editing of the style, and I\'m happy with the way it\'s working out so far.\n\nIf you want to have a look at what I\'ve done, try the derefsubsilver2 style at the SFMB. You may not notice any major differences, but they\'ve made it go from dreadful to pretty good for me. \":-)\" I\'d appreciate any thoughts.','5440653df38fdc02e0aad470c376002b',0,'','cffcb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246572,18358,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181541438,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="jak981125":b6f36][quote="Quiverwing":b6f36][quote="jak981125":b6f36]Lesse, I guess I ought to make some nominations here. Well...\n\nSince Kem\'s not here anymore I\'ll nominate NNJ and Nat. \n\n...nominates Micka and Sam the Smuggler.[/quote:b6f36]\n\nBut NNJ, Micka and I are already nominated!Don\'t you want to nominate someone else? Remember we\'re not voting yet. \":wink:\"[/quote:b6f36]\n\nOh, um, OK...\n\nI somehow thought the number of nominations mattered.\n\nWell then I change the female nominations to AIH and HSX.[/quote:b6f36]\n\nHSX is already nominated too. \":)\"','3eadcf368c4739311a8cb42155e491df',0,'gA==','b6f36',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246573,18368,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181541562,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','[quote="Deref":7c606]I\'ve been doing some serious editing of the style, and I\'m happy with the way it\'s working out so far.\n\nIf you want to have a look at what I\'ve done, try the derefsubsilver2 style at the SFMB. You may not notice any major differences, but they\'ve made it go from dreadful to pretty good for me. \":-)\" I\'d appreciate any thoughts.[/quote:7c606]\n\nIt doesn\'t seem to be working for me. \":(\" I wonder what\'s wrong.','974e8ad6c4934ad4ef0f17630192eb30',0,'gA==','7c606',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246574,18358,3,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181541636,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="Quiverwing":cb54d]\nHSX is already nominated too. \":)\"[/quote:cb54d]\n\nHuh? Damn, I gotta pay attention here.','4fb9dce059cde9b8e4394e813adaa16a',0,'gA==','cb54d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246575,18375,8,121,0,'67.184.67.137',1181541892,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Need help with spoiler mode','[quote="Becky":97164]Have you ever tried using the white colour for the text?[/quote:97164]\n\nThe quote boxes aren\'t white anymore.','791ade1992178de63d7b5e01d1eeaf04',0,'gA==','97164',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246576,18365,3,36,0,'70.250.172.238',1181542461,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','We don\'t have any "creepy" history. I fell for her back in high school and basically revealed all my feelings just [i:f8c64]after[/i:f8c64] she moved away - all we\'ve ever had, really, is an LDR. We lost touch after we both got married. So I think it\'ll be all right.\n\nI would have e-mailed, but unfortunately the Online White Pages doesn\'t have that information, and I didn\'t want to use a subscription people-finding service; that [i:f8c64]does[/i:f8c64] seem stalker-like and creepy to me. Anyway, I think I\'ve decided I am going to call. She would have to have changed pretty severely for things to get truly weird, and even if they do she\'s a thousand miles away in a state I have no plans to visit.\n\nEh, it\'s probably a wrong number anyway. I\'ve tried using the internet to look up myself or friends that I\'m already in touch with, and the information is always two to three years out-of-date. Maybe the paysites are better, but I\'m not going to go there.','3b3f71fbc6be09134131c3eb4fd4a22c',0,'IA==','f8c64',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246577,18387,3,306,0,'72.187.63.232',1181542619,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Out of curiosity, any W.I.T.C.H. fans here?','Out of curiosity, any W.I.T.C.H. fans here? I know there\'s a fair number of KP fans here, but was wondering if anyone else here likes W.I.T.C.H.? Was wondering because I can\'t seem to find a strong U.S. fan community.','5c4e15ad471a8aa6577d2d6ce09f366a',0,'','0b69a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246578,18380,3,36,0,'70.250.172.238',1181543094,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The weirdest thing you ever saw in your life','That would probably be the time I left a bar at one o\'clock in the morning, feeling more than a little drunk, and saw that the sun was still up.\n\nActually, that was to be expected, since I was south of the Antarctic Circle at the time. But it\'s the sort of thing where the full reality of it hits you rather harder than one might think, especially after having consumed a lot of beer.\n\nOh, and on my way back to my bed, a couple of penguins crossed the road in front of me. This actually would have been a lot easier to take had I not known that I still would have seen them if I\'d been sober.','9c1b6fc0b9ba6af93e347756ea55df89',0,'','120bc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246579,18312,4,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181543989,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Russia to US: Attack North Korea and/or Iran. . .','I think that what we\'re seeing is sabre-rattling for domestic consumption from Putin. There\'s an election coming up. Russia has lost enormous face - it\'s gone from being one of two superpowers to at best a middle-level power, and there\'s lots of domestic mileage in talking tough.\n\nContrast with Japan after WWII - they basically said "ok - we can\'t be a military empire any more, so we\'ll become a financial superpower." Russia has enormous natural resources - it controls the supply of natural gas to Europe, for instance. If they wanted to they could become another Japan.','26a3d6bc720ff498c4ff710cde3c3a75',0,'','ac40a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246580,18368,3,1,0,'67.168.150.56',1181544023,1,0,1,1,1,1,'CharlieGirl','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','I vote we return to the old way the board looked. To be perfectly honest, this looks like crap, and is harder to navigate. I\'ll check back tomorrow to see if those skins have been made to work for everybody.','732043eff2f1ced48275239f44147d0d',0,'','e79c7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246581,18334,11,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181544558,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Real Life vs. The Internet','[quote="Dervish":d66f2]As an experiment, I\'m thinking of going to a board with its mindless flame wars and threats and posting my own mindless flames and threats. See if I can get any pleasure out of it like so many others do. I doubt I will, but it might be an interesting experiment.[/quote:d66f2]\n \":D\" Sounds like fun. Report back.','ac3967b4d802d502e3ffd134bdcf720c',0,'gA==','d66f2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246582,18198,11,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181544822,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="cyde":c8467]\n[quote="Star me, She-Lion \":lol:\" amirite?":c8467][/quote:c8467][/quote:c8467]\n \":shock:\" You may have discovered the secret!!\n\nIs Star me She-Lion a WOMAN?','91750b2608acd49da924e090e8761b14',0,'gA==','c8467',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246584,18380,3,21,0,'66.168.193.82',1181546739,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The weirdest thing you ever saw in your life','The absolutely most weirdest thing I ever witnessed was an event during Streak Week at UGA in 1973. At the Myers Quadrangle (female housing) there were literally thousands of people congregating. I set myself up in a tree to have a good view of the melee. At the center of the melee was a naked woman on a mule. That she could control the steed in the midst of such chaos was remarkable. That she could do it a la Lady Godiva was unbelievable. The mule was one centimeter away from going nuts. And, oh yeah, there were a lot of other naked people there of both sexes. The Athens Police Department ended up using tear gas to disperse the crowd. Hell of a sight...','10e9e26f110ba8d666f04939fdd92c3a',0,'','49d72',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246585,18325,5,612,0,'4.233.140.219',1181548731,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What makes Music good to you?','I like a great deal of profanity-laden music. Because after all, it\'s not the occasional word that matters. It\'s the point of the song itself. The music isn\'t dictated by how make f\'s are in it.\n\nMay I say that you are starting to look very weird to me, Becky. This isn\'t the first very almost childlike thing you\'ve said. No offense of course, just... weird. \":?\"','7b8aa6c3a4abebfc096def27e2926a0e',0,'','00bf1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246586,18385,5,612,0,'4.233.140.219',1181548956,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wrestletalk: The 2007 Draft','My goodness, I haven\'t watched professional wrestling in several years. I do try to watch a little when I pass the channel and it\'s playing. But I only watched for the \'hot guys\' and they\'ve started making stars out of too many guys wearing pants. And I\'m talking jeans. And I\'m a bit of a wrestling purist. I don\'t think guys should wear jeans in a wrestling ring. It\'s just wrong.','c086fce72d23156229414959ddeb1176',0,'','f1ab6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246587,18269,5,612,0,'4.233.140.219',1181550410,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The most f---ed up movie ever made','I\'ll never forget how angry that scene made me. I couldn\'t and didn\'t even concentrate on the rest of the movie. Lloyd Kaufman should have known how wrong that was and should have removed it from the film. He wasn\'t making the movie in a country where people hate or eat their pets. This is America and we love our pets. It was really disgusting and downright cowardly.\n\nBut I\'ll say anything to hurt that movie. That scene was just [b:fde99]way[/b:fde99] too much.','ae94e44b82ca889d16377b7bf606afe5',0,'QA==','fde99',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246588,18384,8,114,0,'210.9.141.114',1181552767,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A little help, please','\":-)\" thanks Gamer!','903f4ea9451ed5f81a2e8adbe5093d1f',0,'','13c6e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246589,18368,3,389,0,'70.190.190.182',1181555708,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','[quote="CharlieGirl":1279a]I vote we return to the old way the board looked. To be perfectly honest, this looks like crap, and is harder to navigate. I\'ll check back tomorrow to see if those skins have been made to work for everybody.[/quote:1279a]\n\nYet again: Use SubSilver2. That\'s the PHPBB2 equiv.','e0266c9c28c8b8a5dd29b449ca5e0e69',0,'gA==','1279a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246590,18368,3,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181556655,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','[quote="Gamer":52585][quote="CharlieGirl":52585]I vote we return to the old way the board looked. To be perfectly honest, this looks like crap, and is harder to navigate. I\'ll check back tomorrow to see if those skins have been made to work for everybody.[/quote:52585]\n\nYet again: Use SubSilver2. That\'s the PHPBB2 equiv.[/quote:52585]\n\nWe don\'t have that option here. The only skin installed is the default. Can you please install SubSilver2?\n\nETA--Now I see SubSilver2, thanks.','11b349529be193932584847bffdf1014',0,'gA==','52585',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246591,18366,12,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181557322,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="-sam":a1765]Don\'t like: Everything is reversed.\nDo liek: Foes, you mean I don\'t have to even see the stupid **** some people post?!? Fantastic.[/quote:a1765]\n\nNew skin is now available that\'s similar to the old default.','04a2852ea028a030ec8950d4184d8d09',0,'gA==','a1765',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246592,18378,8,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181557465,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Images now truncated in display','There\'s no truncation in SubSilver2, so you may want to try that.','b781208bceadcfee7c82fa99bba3ea6a',0,'','b7a87',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246593,18375,8,32,0,'69.212.82.247',1181557548,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Need help with spoiler mode','[color=#EBEADD:64916]According to my Pixie color picker this code for quotes is #EBEADD[/color:64916] While regular boxes use [color=#E1EBF2:64916]use #E1EBF2[/color:64916]\n\n\nIf you can\'t ready anything above this, highlight the body of this message.','aef3e43eb77d64fc85bc728dead54a74',0,'Ag==','64916',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246594,18371,2,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181558738,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','I changed the board default style to SubSilver2. If anyone has a problem with the change, we can easily return it to ProSilver.','2f760434e0f43a89bf7804389457b181',0,'','da8dd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246595,18387,3,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181560023,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Out of curiosity, any W.I.T.C.H. fans here?','I\'m a W.I.T.C.H. fan!\n\nviewtopic.php?f=5&t=16937\n\nCornelia is the girl who drew me in, because I know a real life girl named Cornelia. She\'s actually the nicest person I know and nothing like Cornelia Hale, but it\'s good to hear her name on screen. Going by character though, I think my favourites are Hay Lin (just because she\'s so nice) and Will (because she\'s the assertive, yet modest leader). I even had a dream once that Will was my girlfriend! They\'re all mostly loveable though. Unfortunately I missed most of season two because I didn\'t know it\'s on, so I\'ll have to wait until it\'s rerun again. \n\nIt took me a while to like it, though. I\'m usually not into stuff that\'s too much like [i:3aee3]Lord Of The Rings[/i:3aee3].','b3642201bd8dfba61e3c2e0077e48935',0,'IA==','3aee3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246596,18319,3,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181560368,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','I always preferred Hordak.','8cac79f9e3f16d4af8f07f339b87ebc5',0,'','5e489',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246597,18371,2,276,0,'69.246.173.20',1181560733,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','I\'ve tested the member registration and lookthrough. The new emails include a link to examine the member, which is nice.\n\nI cleared through some of the inactive members, deleting spammers that slipped through during the transition and activating some older members that I know were real.','e0779b4496277ee8578d844acd4c72dd',0,'','04f89',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246598,18319,3,21,0,'66.168.193.82',1181563106,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="Decelaraptor":9cfa0]Well, I done up and did it. Why an eagle you may ask? (I bet AMG\'s already guessed it \":wink:\" ) Firstly, it fits my handle (birds-of-prey were called raptors long before even the first iguanodon was ever dug up and ID\'ed).\n\nSecondly to represent my Alma Mater.\n\nWar Damn Eagle!!!\n\n[color=darkblue:9cfa0]G[/color:9cfa0][color=orange:9cfa0]u[/color:9cfa0][color=darkblue:9cfa0]y[/color:9cfa0][/quote:9cfa0]\n\nIt took me a couple of seconds, but yes, I picked it up right away. 364 days a year, the \'raptor and I are comrades in arms. I have great respect for Auburn, and it is obvious that Guy has high regard for Georgia. But on one Saturday afternoon in the fall, all bets are off. The glue that initially cemented our relationship and allowed it to blossom is our mutual detestation of \'Bama (Sorry, CAPSGIRL and others, the Tide don\'t roll here). Once both teams are off off the gridiron, (as that Thing in Star Trek said) all is as it was. Except one of us gets bragging rights... \":wink:\"','b0c8e46ecf269e37c3ff1887fdd6fcf8',0,'gg==','9cfa0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246599,18366,12,671,0,'64.12.116.8',1181565675,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','Thanks for the new skin! Its great being able to have the older look. Will skins have the problem Greybird described with attachments like it did before the update?','39a62b71f7b72ca194a54ca72d90914e',0,'','1a273',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246600,18387,3,251,0,'71.94.226.230',1181566769,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Out of curiosity, any W.I.T.C.H. fans here?','Not really. They\'re ok, but nothing special to me.\n\nHowever, there is ONE ep that I saw (I\'ve only seen a few) that I absolutely LOVE: WITCH, H is for Hunted. See it here:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akNKysu9jtY\n\nPresumably anyone who can see that can see the other parts. I\'ll probably be sure to see others because I loved this ep so much, but the others I saw just didn\'t strike me as much as this one did.','ceeb4410d1bfa0f85513145be0fc99d2',0,'','52734',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246601,18382,6,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181566825,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something different to \'celebrate\' PPMB being back up.','This is great, I demand more!\n\n[size=85:6be27]I\'m feeling brain-dead this morning: I couldn\'t figure out who the red-haired rider would be until they got to school.[/size:6be27] \":roll:\"','09456d2e44739846c80f785f582baaef',0,'BA==','6be27',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246602,18377,10,589,0,'209.162.31.98',1181567442,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Carmen\'s Eleven (Featuring Jane)','Very nice!! \":mrgreen:\"','b5f8ee34e0d49c8d7dda5f434c9dc627',0,'','11b9e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246603,18125,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181567616,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New Daria site','It looks like we have our work cut out for us. \":D\"','a085cc0ae88e7c9dc8771fa2af5634e9',0,'','e58ec',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246604,18319,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181567750,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="ahmygoddess":53d12][quote="Decelaraptor":53d12]Well, I done up and did it. Why an eagle you may ask? (I bet AMG\'s already guessed it \":wink:\" ) Firstly, it fits my handle (birds-of-prey were called raptors long before even the first iguanodon was ever dug up and ID\'ed).\n\nSecondly to represent my Alma Mater.\n\nWar Damn Eagle!!!\n\n[color=darkblue:53d12]G[/color:53d12][color=orange:53d12]u[/color:53d12][color=darkblue:53d12]y[/color:53d12][/quote:53d12]\n\nIt took me a couple of seconds, but yes, I picked it up right away. 364 days a year, the \'raptor and I are comrades in arms. I have great respect for Auburn, and it is obvious that Guy has high regard for Georgia. But on one Saturday afternoon in the fall, all bets are off. The glue that initially cemented our relationship and allowed it to blossom is our mutual detestation of \'Bama (Sorry, CAPSGIRL and others, the Tide don\'t roll here). Once both teams are off off the gridiron, (as that Thing in Star Trek said) all is as it was. Except one of us gets bragging rights... \":wink:\"[/quote:53d12]\n\nIt rolls wherever \'Bama fans go, if only in our hearts, my friend. \":mrgreen:\"','aa5d4db7e672d3a51df8dccbcdb4582d',0,'gg==','53d12',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246605,18368,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181567969,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Testing, testing, testing...','It goes to show you that humans are much more resistant to change than we like to admit. I was actually starting to get used to the new style, but I changed as soon as the old default style was available. \":)\"\n\nThat said, I like a lot of the options available with the new version of phpBB.','193946d2ef81ea65080f7f422f46cacb',0,'','2437f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246606,18386,3,7,0,'121.45.35.198',1181568082,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','[quote="Deref":a2261]You forgot shoe fetishists. I\'m not one, but I just didn\'t want them to feel left out.[/quote:a2261]\nFor real, or like how TAG and Tux\'s relationship is strictly platonic? IJS . . .','502380592fd2cd00778d3cd8290ebde1',0,'gA==','a2261',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246607,18374,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181568440,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Kara\'s on her way home','Let\'s see. What happened while Kara was gone?\n\nWe not only broke the board, but fixed it then got a new one. \"8)\"','5cd43431cea468338f2d8ab7d0ba28e4',0,'','b8bc1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246608,18366,12,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181568454,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":9b077]Thanks for the new skin! Its great being able to have the older look. Will skins have the problem Greybird described with attachments like it did before the update?[/quote:9b077]\n\nMy test with Firefox 1.5x on a WinXP box didn\'t have the problem.','55c46380a213da12f5c35501df15b2a6',0,'gA==','9b077',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246609,18333,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181568598,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Anti-Daria: Guaranteed to break any brain in half.','[quote="Becky":16b21]Sound like that SeeD test you took in Final Fantasy 8.[/quote:16b21]\n\nProps for the reference! \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"\n\nWhat would instructor Quistis say? \":)\"','b3d2ec68f2f37eb1225d083f8bd0692d',0,'gA==','16b21',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246610,18350,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181568722,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GAH! Throw away the key already!','[quote="Quiverwing":101d2]She\'s back in jail though. Guess life is not as unfair as it seems. \":lol:\"[/quote:101d2]\n\n\nStop laughing and hide the key! Quick! \":D\" \":D\"','cbdb4699e1eb35dff3ad07298b27f1a3',0,'gA==','101d2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246611,18366,12,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181568967,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="Greybird":cf3cf][quote="Quiverwing":cf3cf][...] Thea was already working on restoring the black and violet theme for the Fluff.[/quote:cf3cf]I was going to say, "Good gods, I hope not." It gives me a headache, and dissuades me (among other reasons) from posting there.\n\nSomeone pointed out in last night\'s AIM chat, though, that Thea apparently needs that ultra-high-contrast look to aid her own vision. That\'s understandable.\n\nI just hope that its current look (similar to this board\'s, except with user info on the left) is retained as a "skin" option.[/quote:cf3cf]\n\nYou know, the Fluff [i:cf3cf]did[/i:cf3cf] have a relatively \'normal\' looking dark on light skin, in case you didn\'t look in your user CP...','dfc90ec837bfc0b56c09e5e86fb4142c',0,'oA==','cf3cf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246612,18325,5,260,0,'141.158.115.173',1181569239,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What makes Music good to you?','Hmm. What would I consider a "profane tune?" Sounds like a discussion I\'d have on one of the liturgical/pastoral/ecclesial musician lists. All popular music is, by those standards, "profane."\n\nIn "consumer" music, I\'d rather not hear anyone screaming vulgar lyrics. Or screaming at all for that matter. And I\'d like to be able to pick out at least a few definable pitches in both the vocals and the accompaniment. Melody, harmony, rhythm, dynamics and phrasing are all good things, too. Beyond that, it\'s wide open.\n\nPeace\nKevin','9644777b1d1a2c1d671a7b4a036eb6b0',0,'','cc05c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246613,18371,2,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181569449,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','Does anyone know how we can set up the PPMB logo again?','509a227b027a19c9e3d8b49536f74ea0',0,'','c3a8f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246614,18371,2,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181569635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','[quote="Quiverwing":ceb9c]Does anyone know how we can set up the PPMB logo again?[/quote:ceb9c]\n\nI\'m still looking, though that may have to go through ftp control panel and I\'d rather wait until Kara is back before digging around in there.','e23e3a3f906ca3e4a2da0dcacd83b21f',0,'gA==','ceb9c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246615,18336,6,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181570034,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="Brother Grimace":15fd9][quote="cyde":15fd9][quote="Brother Grimace":15fd9]\n\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in full commando mode, leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead...\n\n\nUntil Jake looked up into a grove of trees and SCREAMED as a horde of squirrels in blue uniforms (with some in red with white trim) come running out from the trees yelling, at the top of their little squirrel voices:\n\n\n[u:15fd9][size=200:15fd9][color=red:15fd9][b:15fd9]"COBRRRAAAA!!!"[/b:15fd9][/color:15fd9][/size:15fd9][/u:15fd9][/quote:15fd9]\n\nOnce over his surprise, Jake pulled forward his carbine with a snarl. Realizing that the gun was too bulky and his targets too small, Jake fell back on his squirrel contingency plan...\n\n[quote="The Jake Morgendoffer Guide to Squirrel Terrorism; Chapter 5: What to do if ambushed.":15fd9]1. One can of Raid.\n2. One Zippo lighter.\n3. ??????\n4. Profit![/quote:15fd9]\n\n\nJake\'s maniacal laughter ensured that history would remember that evening as "The Night of the Great Squirrel Pogrom".[/quote:15fd9]\n\n\nHistory [b:15fd9]would[/b:15fd9] remember it as such. \n\nJake\'s manical laughter rose as high as the flames... until a squirrel, somewhat larger than the others, stepped through the flames with nary a bit of fur even singed. \n\nhe stood up on his hind legs, wiped a half-burned blade of grass from his snout, and bellowed:[b:15fd9]"[u:15fd9]Don\'t you know who I am?[/u:15fd9] I\'m the [u:15fd9]Juggernaut[/u:15fd9], bitch!"[/b:15fd9]\n\n*****\n\nThe first responders were never able to figure out how Jake\'s Lexus ended up at the top of the tree, or why a quivering Jake, hogtied with his own clothing, had been left on the shoulder of the road with a can of Raid partially inserted into his rectum.\n\nFor months afterward, most of the men and women who responded that night looked uneasily at the trees and telephone poles of lawndale, and all because of Jake\'s gibbering words as he was gently placed on a stretcher and into the ambulance:\n\n[i:15fd9]"...squirrels... squirrels... the squirrels..."[/i:15fd9][/quote:15fd9]\n\nInside the ambulance, Jake\'s thoughts were already beginning to coalesce, the change of surroundings and atmosphere breathing clarity into his mind.\n\nSwiveling his head as much as his restraints would allow to take in his location, the emotion on Jake\'s tear-streaked face abruptly disappeared at the remembrance of his newest foe.\n\nAn ice-cold voice could\'ve been heard over the beeping of the mobile instruments.\n\n"The vengeance of heaven is slow but sure."\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[size=50:15fd9](in other words, I haven\'t decided what to do yet. I may have to take a nap on this one, BG.) \":D\"[/size:15fd9]','cefd214e6843e698e788fc203c56b8d6',0,'5w==','15fd9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246616,18198,11,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181570320,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="Deref":a2cb9][quote="cyde":a2cb9]\n[quote="Star me, She-Lion \":lol:\" amirite?":a2cb9][/quote:a2cb9][/quote:a2cb9]\n \":shock:\" You may have discovered the secret!!\n\nIs Star me She-Lion a WOMAN?[/quote:a2cb9]\n\nNot quite. In this case (as with the R.E.M. song, "Star Me Kitten"), \'She-Lion\' is the recipient of the request to \'star me\'. \":)\"\n\nI think in this case we could change it to "starmestacy". \";)\"\n\nIt should start making a LOT of sense to people familiar with the song at this point. \":D\"','6870a6e6f8d8cc9221a7b110fa8386b0',0,'gA==','a2cb9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246617,18374,3,39,0,'85.211.81.102',1181570326,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Kara\'s on her way home','Last I heard, Kara was in Paris, waiting for her connecting flight. Pity her. Charles de Gaulle airport. [i:a683e]Martin shudders.[/i:a683e]\n\nMartin.','6a62e22edcec764be22895d5603153c5',0,'IA==','a683e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246618,18312,4,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181570796,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Russia to US: Attack North Korea and/or Iran. . .','[quote="Deref":78c02]I think that what we\'re seeing is sabre-rattling for domestic consumption from Putin. There\'s an election coming up. Russia has lost enormous face - it\'s gone from being one of two superpowers to at best a middle-level power, and there\'s lots of domestic mileage in talking tough.\n\nContrast with Japan after WWII - they basically said "ok - we can\'t be a military empire any more, so we\'ll become a financial superpower." Russia has enormous natural resources - it controls the supply of natural gas to Europe, for instance. If they wanted to they could become another Japan.[/quote:78c02]\n\nIf they could get organized, clean up the corruption in the government and military, introduce some modern domestic policy and put even a [i:78c02]dent[/i:78c02] in the organized crime.\n\nTall order, Deref. \":)\"\n\nOn the other hand, my information may be a bit out of date. I think Sergey would be better qualified than I to speak on the state of things in Russia, honestly. I may be completely off base by now. \";)\"\n\nI DO know that the fall of the iron curtain didn\'t exactly leave an easy task. \":(\"','149b8035a089360ad76040ffcb019626',0,'oA==','78c02',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246619,18386,3,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181571109,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','I\'m afraid to count my shoes. The total is well over 30 pairs, though.','5c10bece0eedd8045a51e3973d4c8026',0,'','72c98',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246620,18386,3,30,0,'12.217.142.62',1181571226,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','I have nine pairs, although two are ones I need to throw out or put in a garage sale because I\'ve had them for years and they\'ve been replaced. I\'ve got a pair of sneakers, two pairs of sandals (one of which I need to get rid of), three pairs of heels (black, white, and one I had to get for my last bridesmaid\'s dress), a pair of boots, and two pairs of dress flats (also one of which I\'m going to be getting rid of soon).\n\nMight post pictures later, but most of them are in the back of my closet right now. \":)\" \n\nKristen','5e6aeafd2fdf8a153a014befb8afcd74',0,'','c4eb0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246621,18366,12,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181571437,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="Quiverwing":91303]3. A function to change text size. There is an A with an up arrow and a down arrow in the top right. Clicking on that will make the text bigger twice, then send it back to the original size.[/quote:91303]\n\nDumb question: Where exactly is this A? I\'ve been exploring the new format, and I\'ve yet to find it.\n\nAnd what happened to the spell check option?','8c9e4a89b058faef505882fe201c352f',0,'gA==','91303',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246622,18386,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181572013,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','Further breaking the moratorium on straight guys for this thread, I own three pairs of shoes. \":)\"\n\nOne pair of semi-dressy shoes for work, one pair of sneakers and one pair of sandals. All of them except the semi-dressy shoes need to be retired and replaced. \n\nMaybe when I have the spare money, I\'ll see about doing that. \";)\"\n\n[size=85:f2908]In other words, I suppose that means it will be put off indefinitely.[/size:f2908]','5d2a943e60be4aedf8e157676f1f197c',0,'BA==','f2908',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246623,18366,12,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181572346,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="smk":e2bce][quote="Quiverwing":e2bce]3. A function to change text size. There is an A with an up arrow and a down arrow in the top right. Clicking on that will make the text bigger twice, then send it back to the original size.[/quote:e2bce]\n\nDumb question: Where exactly is this A? I\'ve been exploring the new format, and I\'ve yet to find it.[/quote:e2bce]\n\nYou need to change to prosilver style, the one we had as default yesterday. It\'s on the top right corner, under the "PPMB. A place to talk about stuff" banner. \n\n[quote="smk":e2bce]And what happened to the spell check option?[/quote:e2bce]\n\nSince the spell check was an extra function added to the previous version of phpBB, it\'s been disabled with the update.','989c44193679c96959d333415ff2a5be',0,'gA==','e2bce',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246624,18366,12,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181572486,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="Quiverwing":754be]\n[quote="smk":754be]And what happened to the spell check option?[/quote:754be]\n\nSince the spell check was an extra function added to the previous version of phpBB, it\'s been disabled with the update.[/quote:754be]\n\nIt only works to 20,000 characters, but you can copy/paste the body of your post into the field provided here. Works in a pinch if your OS/Browser doesn\'t underline mistakes.\n\nhttp://www.spellcheck.net/\n\nIt isn\'t perfect, but que sera, sera.','ad5c83b1c5bb91f399efb00f3a8fd7e0',0,'gA==','754be',1,1181572585,'',475,1,0),(246625,18366,12,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181572517,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','\'Kay, thanks.','8514525c3b278dbe3b43b0f16fe548db',0,'','6aa6d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246626,18366,12,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181572586,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','Spellcheck is something we will look into reactivating. Please be patient, we\'re still learning how this thing works. \":D\"','ccdbe1132c2c08138584c629639e5cf9',0,'','49f86',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246627,18366,12,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181572969,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="RLobinske":71c2b]Spellcheck is something we will look into reactivating. Please be patient, we\'re still learning how this thing works. \":D\"[/quote:71c2b]\n\nI\'m in no hurry, I was mostly asking to make sure I wasn\'t just overlooking it in the new format. After all, I don\'t need spell check as badly as some. \"8)\"','7bbf306a78e0961c0a3f7336b1e62e9d',0,'gA==','71c2b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246628,18366,12,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181573302,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="smk":6c32d][quote="RLobinske":6c32d]Spellcheck is something we will look into reactivating. Please be patient, we\'re still learning how this thing works. \":D\"[/quote:6c32d]\n\nI\'m in no hurry, I was mostly asking to make sure I wasn\'t just overlooking it in the new format. After all, I don\'t need spell check as badly as some. \"8)\"[/quote:6c32d]\n\nI tihnk Im deying withot it. \"8)\"','10790f143fd6a871a5bbd1c79f66da46',0,'gA==','6c32d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246629,18366,12,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181573619,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="cyde":d58d1][quote="smk":d58d1][quote="RLobinske":d58d1]Spellcheck is something we will look into reactivating. Please be patient, we\'re still learning how this thing works. \":D\"[/quote:d58d1]\n\nI\'m in no hurry, I was mostly asking to make sure I wasn\'t just overlooking it in the new format. After all, I don\'t need spell check as badly as some. \"8)\"[/quote:d58d1]\n\nI tihnk Im deying withot it. \"8)\"[/quote:d58d1]\n\nGah! Don\'t do that! There should be a two-per-sentence limit on \'pulling a Lobinske.\'','abfcea0c7d0877edd86d11d582aadb6e',0,'gA==','d58d1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246630,18386,3,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181574678,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','[quote="nonamejane":b1c6e]I know that this is like somebody showing photos of their kids, but my shoes are a lot cuter.[/quote:b1c6e]\n\nSure, but how much fun are jokes about mangled and dead shoes? \":twisted:\"\n\nA pair of my shoes:\n\n[img:b1c6e]http://pecunianonolet.com/images/HonestShoes.jpg[/img:b1c6e]\n\nI wear these to job interviews, so they haven\'t been getting a lot of use lately.\n\nAnother pair of shoes, these for everyday walking around:\n\n[img:b1c6e]http://pecunianonolet.com/images/WorkingShoesWeb.JPG[/img:b1c6e]\n\nAnd both were [size=120:b1c6e]MADE IN AMERICA BY UNION LABOR!!![/size:b1c6e] \":)\" \":)\"','dae845b94d43aeca630bbfd5d047a13a',0,'jA==','b1c6e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246631,18319,3,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181574906,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','Gregory House, MD, with his signature line.\n\nSomebody should write a House/Daria x-over.\n\n[ThinksAboutIt]\n\nGosh, time for lunch already? ....','5cc69bc98c6a3ba42062b140e91e0b6d',0,'','5b784',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246632,18386,3,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181574985,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','We need to get BG to post a shoe photo! Didn\'t he say he wears size 27 or something like that?','4072ac44ead762408f23f50e0de9a38e',0,'','f7e1e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246633,18365,3,36,0,'216.54.136.18',1181575675,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','[b:6dc51]I did it![/b:6dc51] I called.\n\nTurns out I had a wrong number, but it was close enough. The good news is that her Mom remembers me, and she has no problem passing on my information.\n\nSo the ball\'s in her court now, and it\'s probably best that way; if she wants to just let the past be history, I\'ll not bother her again. We shall see.\n\n\n\nIt\'s strange... there\'s a ghost of a butterfly fluttering about in my abdomen that\'s been resting in its cocoon for a long, long time...','e0b046d6569392c5d9f7457dc7f852a9',0,'QA==','6dc51',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246634,18386,3,79,0,'208.100.134.1',1181576306,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','[quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":aa5e5]\n\nSure, but how much fun are jokes about mangled and dead shoes? \":twisted:\"[/quote:aa5e5]\n\n\nHmm good point, jokes about mangled and dead shoes are just really really depressing.','2c667b95f64c63b321372875e34b421c',0,'gA==','aa5e5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246635,18366,12,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181576920,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="smk":8602e]\nGah! Don\'t do that! There should be a two-per-sentence limit on \'pulling a Lobinske.\'[/quote:8602e]\n\n\":lol:\"','84a5fb6f286b99ea0594edd930729d56',0,'gA==','8602e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246636,18386,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181577000,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','[quote="smk":ca4d2]We need to get BG to post a shoe photo! Didn\'t he say he wears size 27 or something like that?[/quote:ca4d2]\n\nSomething like that. I just picture big, floppy clown shoes to be honest. \":D\"','5fb8e6b51be0203de35ab92491eefbca',0,'gA==','ca4d2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246637,18366,12,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181577493,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','I liked the new look better, but this subsilver2 skin does have my beloved "previous topic" and "next topic" links. Decisions, decisions . . .','a2ef9130b87dcdefa0a38cfd0000799a',0,'','1e45a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246638,18353,4,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181577721,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Law enforcement gearing up for armed showdown in NH','[quote:44055]Brown, who asserts that the federal government has no jurisdiction in New Hampshire and no authority to charge him under a non-existent law, said the activity surrounding his properties in Plainfield and West Lebanon yesterday was a "Zionist, Illuminati, Free Mason movement."[/quote:44055]\n\n[url=http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Ed+Brown+says+feds+have+no+jurisdiction+in+New+Hampshire&articleId=844a9c5f-5475-4d71-a149-102ea693ee4b:44055]Source[/url:44055]\n\nGetting out guns just dignifies these wackjobs. If law enforcement has to be there, they should be there to make sure he doesn\'t go on a rampage against passers-by, not try to arrest him. Otherwise, let him rot.','67c720cca887d7434e899b9876a93aaf',0,'kA==','44055',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246639,18319,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181577744,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','[quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":5077d]Somebody should write a House/Daria x-over.[/quote:5077d]\nWhoa. The results of that meeting could potentially be really, really ugly.\n\nI have a nagging feeling that, if the wits were to be trained on each other, Daria would come out on the losing end. Greg House is [i:5077d]easily[/i:5077d] as witty as Daria, if not more so, and he plays dirty. Real dirty. Cruelly so. Besides that, he\'s had a lot more time to perfect his craft and he hasn\'t exactly done it with a kind, gentle goal in mind. I sincerely doubt that, with all she\'s been through, Daria is prepared for that. Low blows and psychological dismantlement are just part of the routine... and pity? What pity? \":D\"\n\nYeah. To paraphrase a wizened old bat, Daria is about 20 years too early to take on House (and maintain ANY kind of suspension of disbelief). I think that the battered ego and humbling she\'d leave with, though, would be her first step in the right direction for a rematch (or a complete character overhaul, seeing what she may end up like at that age) \";)\"\n\nHell, House is one of the only characters I can even think of whose tactical ability with words could divest Daria and keep it believable.\n\nIn other words, [size=200:5077d]WRITE IT!!!!![/size:5077d] \":D\"','cfbb154cc2f14307c7cb7e59a8a6c6cb',0,'pA==','5077d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246640,18383,3,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181577837,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Totally random thought: no one\'s favorite color','Yellow really is an annoying color. Blue for me, please.','fb255f172bb3617e1979e38cf5bf8b1f',0,'','74eac',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246641,18365,3,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181578185,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Seeking advice','[quote="Mike Xeno":22a9f]So the ball\'s in her court now, and it\'s probably best that way; if she wants to just let the past be history, I\'ll not bother her again. We shall see.[/quote:22a9f]\n\nCool! It certainly is a lot easier to be in the "wait and see" position. If she calls, then things are great, and if she doesn\'t, you don\'t have to have an uncomfortable talk, so you can pretend like nothing ever happened in the first place.','644f2997a503ab88038e8909886054f3',0,'gA==','22a9f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246642,18386,3,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181578359,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','Just to demonstrate my straight maleness, I will say I have only two pairs of shoes. One nice and uncomfortable pair for job interviews and the like, and one pair of tennis shoes for everything else (including work -- if I\'m going to be on my feet teaching for several hours at a time, I want to be comfortable during it). I really don\'t know what I would do with any more shoes than I have.','e942fe4f66dd5590db7dc8f56f0b31e7',0,'','27837',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246643,18366,12,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181578831,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PPMB Upgraded','The new (Subsilver, please) look is great. As for spellchecking, I\'ve never used The Spelling Cow, as I have ieSpell. I think it\'s still for download, but I haven\'t checked.','e01c954879c2de9b44b5a38544349621',0,'','f6eb9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246644,18358,3,441,0,'89.240.154.149',1181578923,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','We need smexy man pictures! With posing and pouting aplenty!\n\n\nOoh, and in case anyone wanted to know, it\'s Kirsty. Just so ya don\'t have to call me \'Bluu (?) \":lol:\"','b316342a0e54ab7087283ed41be6412a',0,'','355df',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246645,18383,3,441,0,'89.240.154.149',1181579133,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Totally random thought: no one\'s favorite color','My wee sister loves yellow...\n\nYou know what no one likes? Puce! \'A dark flea colour\'.... Ew!','62302997e9a9f601ca237ef048d04fd6',0,'','5a850',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246646,18380,3,441,0,'89.240.154.149',1181579281,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The weirdest thing you ever saw in your life','Don\'t know about in my life, but strangest thing this week was a rather fat (read: morbidly obese) aqaintence of mine on saturday night.... Dressed in tarten hot pants and a tight black top displaying her 4 bellies... *shudders*','7f4cb483c00ffdfcb54f7fe90d5f219c',0,'','cfc31',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246647,18380,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181579397,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The weirdest thing you ever saw in your life','[quote="Bluu":5d350]Don\'t know about in my life, but strangest thing this week was a rather fat (read: morbidly obese) aqaintence of mine on saturday night.... Dressed in tarten hot pants and a tight black top displaying her 4 bellies... *shudders*[/quote:5d350]\nDefine "strange". \":D\"','7c5c499fa9849d3f6a43698d3c5e2c94',0,'gA==','5d350',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246648,18380,3,441,0,'89.242.133.10',1181579628,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The weirdest thing you ever saw in your life','[quote="cyde":3d8ce][quote="Bluu":3d8ce]Don\'t know about in my life, but strangest thing this week was a rather fat (read: morbidly obese) aqaintence of mine on saturday night.... Dressed in tarten hot pants and a tight black top displaying her 4 bellies... *shudders*[/quote:3d8ce]\nDefine "strange". \":D\"[/quote:3d8ce]\n\nMaybe more eye-pain-inducing then strange then...\n\n*listens to self* Jeez, fashion club here I come.','3794eb9f17bec4fa1dc8d7178ef97bdd',0,'gA==','3d8ce',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246649,18380,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181579817,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The weirdest thing you ever saw in your life','[quote="Bluu":d23e9][quote="cyde":d23e9][quote="Bluu":d23e9]Don\'t know about in my life, but strangest thing this week was a rather fat (read: morbidly obese) aqaintence of mine on saturday night.... Dressed in tarten hot pants and a tight black top displaying her 4 bellies... *shudders*[/quote:d23e9]\nDefine "strange". \":D\"[/quote:d23e9]\n\nMaybe more eye-pain-inducing then strange then...\n\n*listens to self* Jeez, fashion club here I come.[/quote:d23e9]\nAw, now don\'t be too hard on yourself. While I fancy myself rather tolerant of others\' physical attributes, there are some things that just plain shouldn\'t be showcased... and that has less to do with fashion than it does with good taste. \";)\"','718ba9b6518091e2730b72fe21f25648',0,'gA==','d23e9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246650,18198,11,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181579975,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','[quote="cyde":8f310]I think in this case we could change it to "starmestacy". \";)\"[/quote:8f310]\n\nAwwwww, but you see, my love for Stacy is so deep that it transcends all sexual attraction, even though there obviously is sexual attraction.\n\n(Yes, I\'m creepy even with the new format. \":D\" )\n\nThe She-Lion reference is an obscure one, though. In fact, I can think of only one other person on this board who might get it, and me and that person don\'t get along. That\'s all I can say.','e9a005d0b88ae571cd36aaede7beec04',0,'gA==','8f310',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246651,18386,3,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181580050,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','[quote="E. A. Smith":25e20]Just to demonstrate my straight maleness, I will say I have only two pairs of shoes. One nice and uncomfortable pair for job interviews and the like, and one pair of tennis shoes for everything else (including work -- if I\'m going to be on my feet teaching for several hours at a time, I want to be comfortable during it). I really don\'t know what I would do with any more shoes than I have.[/quote:25e20]\n\n\":shock:\" I have 4 pairs of tennis shoes...and I\'m thinking of getting a new one. I think one of them needs a replacement. What do I do with so many shoes? It depends on the clothes I\'m wearing. \":)\"','cd29a306abd03d5ec67420553e5785c8',0,'gA==','25e20',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246652,18386,3,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181580329,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','Hmm, let\'s see I have:\nSteel-toe work boots\nKnee-high snake boots\nsneakers\ndress shoes\n2 pairs of shoes for reenactments, 1 a pair of low boots and the other similar to a roman sandal.','49b2ed6c5b5b05c9fcbe13dab581b108',0,'','14482',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246653,18325,5,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181580346,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What makes Music good to you?','Just like with everything else, there\'s good vulgar and bad vulgar. With music, the Manics\' [i:0ee82]The Holy Bible[/i:0ee82] qualifies for good vulgar, whereas anything by Limp Bizkit qualifies for bad vulgar.','bc38e97f499d574961c636fe1717e530',0,'IA==','0ee82',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246654,18198,11,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181580898,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="starmeshelion":6840a][quote="cyde":6840a]I think in this case we could change it to "starmestacy". \";)\"[/quote:6840a]\n\nAwwwww, but you see, my love for Stacy is so deep that it transcends all sexual attraction, even though there obviously is sexual attraction.[/quote:6840a]\nBecause, of course, couples who are deeply in love abstain from sexual contact...\n\n\n...right. \":roll:\"','20232336faa110ddd8cf785e6d0cb2d2',0,'gA==','6840a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246655,18386,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181581763,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','[quote="cyde":476ff][quote="smk":476ff]We need to get BG to post a shoe photo! Didn\'t he say he wears size 27 or something like that?[/quote:476ff]\n\nSomething like that. I just picture big, floppy clown shoes to be honest. \":D\"[/quote:476ff]\n\n\n1.) Size 16, 5E. I\'ve got three pairs - one dress, one that hurts when I put them on (time for new ones - God, I hate shopping for shoes), and one that\'s VERY worn but I like them because they don\'t hurt when I put them on. \n\nGod, I really hate shopping for shoes, and it\'s even worse because of the size. I have to go to the naval shipyards and have them do the work...\n\n2.) Floppy shoes? Oh, so you think I\'m FUNNY? Do I make you laugh, like a clown?\n\n\n(You know, I really only liked the opening sequences of [i:476ff]Goodfellas[/i:476ff], when they showed Henry growing up and getting involved with the guys at first.)\n\n3.) What is it with chicks and shoes? You put them on, you go somewhere, you take them off. What\'s the big deal? \":)\"','e88092462ea27b86c028ac44a74a7d05',0,'oA==','476ff',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246656,18386,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181582045,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','[quote="Brother Grimace":da2df][quote="cyde":da2df][quote="smk":da2df]We need to get BG to post a shoe photo! Didn\'t he say he wears size 27 or something like that?[/quote:da2df]\n\nSomething like that. I just picture big, floppy clown shoes to be honest. \":D\"[/quote:da2df]\n\nGod, I really hate shopping for shoes, and it\'s even worse because of the size. [/quote:da2df]\nOh god, I can imagine...\n[quote="Brother Grimace":da2df]\n2.) Floppy shoes? Oh, so you think I\'m FUNNY? Do I make you laugh, like a clown?[/quote:da2df]\n\":mrgreen:\" Something like that. \":D\"\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":da2df]\n(You know, I really only liked the opening sequences of [i:da2df]Goodfellas[/i:da2df], when they showed Henry growing up and getting involved with the guys at first.)[/quote:da2df]\n At the risk of channeling Bliss Ticks, \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \n\nYou ONLY liked the opening sequences? When you said \'opening sequence\', I thought about the flashback showing Tommy stabbing the guy in the trunk.\n[quote="Brother Grimace":da2df]\n3.) What is it with chicks and shoes? You put them on, you go somewhere, you take them off. What\'s the big deal? \":)\"[/quote:da2df]\nI don\'t get it either.\nMaybe that\'s why NNJ gave this thread the title she did... \":lol:\"','b5945a7b3b4eb81abd66c7e61c6c6da4',0,'oA==','da2df',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246657,18319,3,362,0,'209.6.244.178',1181582318,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','TV: Death wore velvety green. Homicidal house plants, next on [i:1f457]Sick, Sad World.[/i:1f457]\n\n(Helen tries to usher Dr. House into Daria\'s room)\n\nHelen: The word malpractice must still have some meaning.\n\nHouse: Actually, no. You lawyers drained it of any meaning after about the gazillionth six-figure settlement for some idiot kid\'s scraped knee. \n\nHelen: (Angry) Why—\n\nHouse: Or maybe you\'re not familiar with that because your practice is limited to helping corporations evade taxes. So much more classy than chasing ambulances.\n\nHelen: (Angrier) I [i:1f457]never—[/i:1f457]\n\nHouse: Really? So your daughter\'s adapted then?\n\nHelen: (Flummoxed) I—no, she\'s my daughter—\n\nHouse: (looks at Jake, sleeping. Then, in a whisper:) Oh, I get it—just not [i:1f457]his[/i:1f457] daughter, right? (winks at Helen)\n\nHelen: (Furious) No, he\'s her father!\n\nJake: (waking up) What? Who? (suddenly aghast) You mean Daria is—\n\nHelen: Jake, Daria is not—\n\nDaria: (To House) Who the hell are you, and why are you harassing my mom?\n\nHouse: (Pointing at Daria) Look, she\'s talking! The laryngytis must have resolved on its own. Bye! (Starts to leave, but Helen blocks his way)\n\nJake: That\'s all it was—laryngytis?\n\nHelen: Jake, be QUIET! (To House) Dr. House, she had a [i:1f457]rash![/i:1f457]\n\nHouse: (glancing at Daria) Well, her skin\'s clear now. It must have resolved on its own. Bye! (Starts to leave, but Trent comes into the doorway)\n\nTrent: Um...\'cuse me. Is this Daria Morgendorffer\'s room?\n\nHouse: (looking askance at Trent) Dude! You think I\'m like allowed to tell you that?\n\nTrent: (noticing Helen) Oh, hey, Mrs. M. Is Daria in here?\n\nHelen: (glad to see a friendly face, but still trying to get House to look at Daria) Hello Trent, and yes she is, but this isn\'t the best time— (grabs House\'s sleeve) Doctor, if you would only—\n\nHouse: (distracted, sniffing the air. To Trent:) Dude, that stuff only makes you [i:1f457]think[/i:1f457] you can play better.\n\nTrent: What? Whoa—\n\nHouse: (grabs Trent\'s hands and looks at them) And you\'re never gonna get [i:1f457]anywhere[/i:1f457] until you at least learn to play in an open D tuning.\n\nTrent: (wounded) Hey, that\'s just cruel. It\'s not like I haven\'t been trying.\n\nHouse: [i:1f457]Try harder![/i:1f457]\n\nTrent: Eep! (He never says that in the series, does he?)\n\nJake: (hearing the voice, trying to see over Helen and House\'s shoulders) Is that Trent? Hey, Trent, my man! C\'mon in!\n\nDaria: Trent? (Starts to turn red. Then starts to wheeze)\n\nJake: Kiddo? You all right?\n\nHelen: (Turns, notices Daria struggling to breathe) Daria! Oh God! (rushes to her side) Doctor, can\'t you see she\'s—\n\nHouse: (pulling a syringe with epinephine from a cabinet) Jesus, it\'s as if you people never saw anaphylaxis before— (jabs her in the arm with it, and Daria\'s swelling and wheezing start to abate. Takes her chart and begins to scribble on it) I\'m going to order another scratch test [i:1f457]and[/i:1f457] a RAST test for allergies, \'cause obviously your friendly Dr. Phillips missed something. But so what if he almost killed her? His bedside manner is much better than mine. (Pointing to Trent, who\'s been watching with alarm from the doorway) And you—stay away from her until we find out what she\'s allergic to. (Beat. Then, turning to the Morgendorffers) Maybe you should keep him away even afterward—he might say she looks [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9157&p=113865&hilit=beer#p113865:1f457]cool holding a beer or something,[/url:1f457] and who knows where that\'ll lead? [Author tips his hat to the WacoKid] (To no one in particular) I\'m now returning to my strip poker game with the candystripers, already in progress. (He goes to the door as Trent comes into the room, but stops Trent to look at his hands) You know, a guitar is tuned E-[b:1f457]A-D[/b:1f457]-G-B-E.\n\nTrent: (wide-eyed) Really?\n\nHouse: Would I lie to you? Especially just after saving your girlfriend\'s life?\n\nTrent: But she\'s not my—\n\nCUT TO:\n\nDaria\'s bed. Her back goes rigid, her eyes squeeze shut, and she begins shaking furiously.\n\nHelen: (shocked) Doctor, look!\n\nJake: (furiously paging through one of his teenagers and drugs pamphlets) Gah damn it! She must be snorting Mary Sue!\n\nHouse: (looks over his shoulder, raises an eyebrow, and then yells out into the hallway) Call a code. (Walks over to Daria\'s bed. Smiles) Guess this isn\'t going to be such a bad day after all...','7aa3b6c52d509c09370fd985e8cb036d',0,'cA==','1f457',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246659,18386,3,613,0,'207.206.196.117',1181582644,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','I can\'t speak for everyone, of course, but I have some shoes that I may never wear again, but I keep them for the sheer pleasure of owning something so lovely.\n\nBesides, we must have options!','a6982a2dfa368908aba97ce25e9c55de',0,'','6d4ca',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246660,18319,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181582707,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','[quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":82d61]A Story[/quote:82d61]\n\n\n[i:82d61][b:82d61][size=200:82d61][color=#FF0000:82d61]FINISH IT! FINISH IT OR THERE WILL BE TROUBLE!!!!!!![/color:82d61][/size:82d61][/b:82d61][/i:82d61]','fe090a5ee7ffdc6c48da441c9abda3a7',0,'5g==','82d61',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246661,18386,3,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181582713,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','[quote="cyde":09a0c]\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":09a0c]\n(You know, I really only liked the opening sequences of [i:09a0c]Goodfellas[/i:09a0c], when they showed Henry growing up and getting involved with the guys at first.)[/quote:09a0c]\n At the risk of channeling Bliss Ticks, \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \n\nYou ONLY liked the opening sequences? When you said \'opening sequence\', I thought about the flashback showing Tommy stabbing the guy in the trunk.\n\n[b:09a0c]That was cool, too. It was just interesting seeing how a future gangster grew up. I REALLY loved the courtroom sequence - and I once showed that to my niece to explain to her how to stay the frak out of trouble.\n\n[i:09a0c]\'Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.\'[/i:09a0c]\n\nSage advice.\n \":wink:\" [/b:09a0c]\n[/quote:09a0c]','c5ee02cbfef85b9384f001ca11cdbd6c',0,'4A==','09a0c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246662,18319,3,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1181582964,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Explain your avatar','The gauntlet has been thrown down. Verily, you must finish the Daria/House crossover. We still don\'t know how much cleavage Cutty is showing this week.\n\n(* * *)\n\nRoentgen\nHe\'s in the MRI of Doom, man!!','432ebaf4a2cdeddb75d9954d218f5138',0,'','38311',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246663,18363,4,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181583046,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has Bush fallen off the wagon?','Bush\'s conversion on the road to Damascus from drunken party-boy failure to sober true believer is a major component of his Official Narrative. Bush back on the sauce undermines a huge chunk of what his (eleven remaining) supporters think of as his positive traits.\n\nThat said, I don\'t thinlk this is a very big deal. Of course he was "indisposed" the next day...\n\n-Dennis','4cc4a2141d84ec86ce7ae98024316721',0,'','b0743',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246664,18319,3,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181583326,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','That\'s at least twenty-three distinct types of awesome. You\'d [i:89598]better[/i:89598] finish that!\n\n-Dennis','e8bbf0b554c9bc2a3f1f71e612178315',0,'IA==','89598',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246665,18198,11,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181583342,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="starmeshelion":277bd][quote="cyde":277bd]I think in this case we could change it to "starmestacy". \";)\"[/quote:277bd]\n\nAwwwww, but you see, [b:277bd]my love for Stacy is so deep that it transcends all sexual attraction[/b:277bd]\n\n[/quote:277bd]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"\n\n[b:277bd](stops laughing; puts all forces on high alert and arms [u:277bd]all[/u:277bd] personnel as he orders a Level One Diagnostic of all tactical and detection equipment, and then declares DEFCON Three status.)[/b:277bd]\n\n[b:277bd]When people start saying things like that, it\'s [i:277bd]far past time to be worried...[/i:277bd] and time to start issuing the warnings. [/b:277bd]','655e567d8724742abb9111a16f770963',0,'4Q==','277bd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246666,18319,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181583639,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','Mods: We might also wish to sever this part of the topic and move it to Creative Writing...','6063ab5906936c1d789345ba7d14d2a4',0,'','f74c6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246667,18198,11,59,0,'74.136.109.168',1181583722,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re:','[quote="Quiverwing":3fbe3][quote="Brother Grimace":3fbe3][quote="RLobinske":3fbe3]BG, a lot of that last entry was mine, edited down from a longer entry. Stars made a couple typo corrections.\n\nETA: The entry has been revised to remove personal references and to focus only on the debate.[/quote:3fbe3]\n\nI can live with that.[/quote:3fbe3]\n\nHeheh, [i:3fbe3]you[/i:3fbe3] were the guilty one this time for not looking at the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Stacy_Rowe&curid=1427&diff=7226&oldid=7212:3fbe3]diff.[/url:3fbe3] \":P\"[/quote:3fbe3]\n\n\nOh, be quiet and get back to doing math proofs and being cute! \":lol:\"','f4cd5b0de362eaa087b7ec036df50053',0,'sA==','3fbe3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246668,18386,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181583847,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','[quote="Brother Grimace":ee1ad][quote="cyde":ee1ad]\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":ee1ad]\n(You know, I really only liked the opening sequences of [i:ee1ad]Goodfellas[/i:ee1ad], when they showed Henry growing up and getting involved with the guys at first.)[/quote:ee1ad]\n At the risk of channeling Bliss Ticks, \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \n\nYou ONLY liked the opening sequences? When you said \'opening sequence\', I thought about the flashback showing Tommy stabbing the guy in the trunk.\n\n[b:ee1ad]That was cool, too. It was just interesting seeing how a future gangster grew up. I REALLY loved the courtroom sequence - and I once showed that to my niece to explain to her how to stay the frak out of trouble.\n\n[i:ee1ad]\'Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.\'[/i:ee1ad]\n\nSage advice.\n \":wink:\" [/b:ee1ad]\n[/quote:ee1ad][/quote:ee1ad]\n\nYeah, that was good stuff. If you\'ve never read it, check out the [url=http://www.amazon.com/Wiseguy-Nicholas-Pileggi/dp/0671723227:ee1ad]book it was based on[/url:ee1ad].','fe62c525e7a4497f0b12d0ffc43331a4',0,'8A==','ee1ad',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246669,18363,4,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181583959,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has Bush fallen off the wagon?','[quote="Dennis":4fdda]Of course he was "indisposed" the next day...[/quote:4fdda]\n\n\nYes, saying hello to Ralph on the big white phone...','933a8676cd2b76e419ab2bdc3006c501',0,'gA==','4fdda',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246670,18198,11,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181584235,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="Brother Grimace":963ae][quote="Quiverwing":963ae]\nHeheh, [i:963ae]you[/i:963ae] were the guilty one this time for not looking at the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Stacy_Rowe&curid=1427&diff=7226&oldid=7212:963ae]diff.[/url:963ae] \":P\"[/quote:963ae]\n\n\nOh, be quiet and get back to doing math proofs and being cute! \":lol:\"[/quote:963ae]\n\nLook on the bright side, BG. If you mess up like that a few more times, we can create a DariaWiki article for it and call it something like "Pulling a Grimace" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','97eb20223614c156b3e1470d3243dc91',0,'sA==','963ae',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246671,18371,2,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181584342,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','I was wondering about the Friends/Foes function. I assume that we mods can\'t put anyone on ignore (I haven\'t tried that yet), even though it can be tempting sometimes. \":P\"\n\nDid you guys see what Greybird said about the subject at the DFB? What do you think?\n\n[quote="Greybird":c0064]I don\'t keep up political discussions in endless iterations, beyond any sign that someone involved is persuadable or is asking for information. If the "ignore" feature allows avoiding infinite cycles of acrimony, it might actually raise the tone of Nick\'s Corner.\n\n"Please note that you cannot ignore moderators or administrators," says the Control Panel. (Or PMs.) Well, with the mods being such active participants, that dilutes some of the usefulness of the feature, anyway.\n\nI see every such board needing at least one or two mods who don\'t discuss and remain above the fray. It makes for greater impartiality. Most boards don\'t have that luxury, unfortunately.[/quote:c0064]','fd70af79d31617a05748b9e9fbccb01b',0,'gA==','c0064',1,0,'',0,0,0),(363288,26143,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1247024098,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: There but for the grace of God go I @-0','We\'ve had plenty of illegal fireworks shot off for the 4rth around here, and for many other areas around. Some of them were homemade, and are being treated as terrorism, though it\'s not. \n\nBut that guy does sound crazy. And I\'d be curious why he was WALKING when he could drive (whatever he was up to), or even bike.\n\nA scary report I recall from my childhood was a Houston man pulled over for DWI. He was drunk, smoking a cigarette...and had a bunch of dynamite right beside him. I forget the exact amount, but suffice to say it was enough that no one would\'ve wanted to have been driving next to him had it gone off...','8a86999dff906d11014582b97a60cda7',0,'','1kahlgqu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246673,18198,11,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181584691,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="Brother Grimace":a410f][quote="Quiverwing":a410f]\nHeheh, [i:a410f]you[/i:a410f] were the guilty one this time for not looking at the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Stacy_Rowe&curid=1427&diff=7226&oldid=7212:a410f]diff.[/url:a410f] \":P\"[/quote:a410f]\n\n\nOh, be quiet and get back to doing math proofs and being cute! \":lol:\"[/quote:a410f]\n\nI\'m always cute! Even when I\'m teasing you. \":P\"\n\n[quote="cyde":a410f]Look on the bright side, BG. If you mess up like that a few more times, we can create a DariaWiki article for it and call it something like "Pulling a Grimace" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:a410f]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','e55c78725c7205f675b4b11a12816c84',0,'sA==','a410f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246674,18371,2,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181584743,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','I don\'t think it would be a good idea for us to use the ignore function, as tempting as it may be.\n\nAs for DFB, if Greybird wants to once again publically state that he\'s an arrogant ass who can\'t admit how he really behaves, oh well, all it mostly does is generate snickers among most of the fandom.','faf78702b9e0a2a32e8d22fcc75fa478',0,'','bf594',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246675,18363,4,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181585262,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has Bush fallen off the wagon?','[quote="Dennis":a06fa]Bush\'s conversion on the road to Damascus from drunken party-boy failure to sober true believer is a major component of his Official Narrative. Bush back on the sauce undermines a huge chunk of what his (eleven remaining) supporters think of as his positive traits.\n\nThat said, I don\'t thinlk this is a very big deal. Of course he was "indisposed" the next day...[/quote:a06fa]\n\nIf you\'ll notice Inaria\'s retraction, Bush was [i:a06fa]not[/i:a06fa] drinking alcohol. No "falling off the wagon" took place.','51e5b0ded5f2b6a69571487ce521b6c6',0,'oA==','a06fa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246676,18366,12,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181585316,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Greybird','Re: PPMB Upgraded','[quote="HelpfulSkittlesExplosion":70b33][quote="Greybird":70b33][...] Attachment functions are now part of the main phpBB program, not a bolted-on addition. So attachments can be used with all skins, when more than one is made available.[/quote:70b33]\nActually, I used Fluff Light and never had a problem with attachments not showing. I even posted them.[/quote:70b33]Well, what I remember — from when they were activated with the previous version — was that my attempts on both boards to see attachments only worked with the default skins. I didn\'t test this again later, and I have no idea what might have been changed in the software after that.\n\nAs for alternate skins as such, I don\'t recall any of them being either especially attractive or eye-friendly at (the previous) SFMB, at least to my taste. So I stuck with the default, especially since I rarely visited. After a while, I stopped checking.','16d68877c873183830e2bf07f4eb43b6',0,'gA==','70b33',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246677,18371,2,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181585361,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','[quote="RLobinske":ba4e3]I don\'t think it would be a good idea for us to use the ignore function, as tempting as it may be.[/quote:ba4e3]\n\nI know, I agree with you. But you have to admit it\'s tempting. \":wink:\"\n\n[quote="RLobinske":ba4e3]As for DFB, if Greybird wants to once again publically state that he\'s an arrogant ass who can\'t admit how he really behaves, oh well, all it mostly does is generate snickers among most of the fandom.[/quote:ba4e3]\n\nI didn\'t like what he said at all. He\'s complaining about us being "active participants," but I\'m sure that if we did nothing around here, he\'d complain too.','a1a1665531e49665cee84a6728296f51',0,'gA==','ba4e3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246678,18387,3,306,0,'72.187.63.232',1181585424,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Out of curiosity, any W.I.T.C.H. fans here?','starmeshelion, the entire second season is on YouTube if you want to watch it. That\'s actually what made me ask the question here. I didn\'t get into it to much when it first came on, but found the whole thing on YouTube by chance and watched it all the way to the end and it was pretty good.','7c02cd3fe60e0aa79aafea69c3d21b59',0,'','1bf03',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246679,18363,4,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181585506,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has Bush fallen off the wagon?','[quote="E. A. Smith":2eb3e][quote="Dennis":2eb3e]Bush\'s conversion on the road to Damascus from drunken party-boy failure to sober true believer is a major component of his Official Narrative. Bush back on the sauce undermines a huge chunk of what his (eleven remaining) supporters think of as his positive traits.\n\nThat said, I don\'t thinlk this is a very big deal. Of course he was "indisposed" the next day...[/quote:2eb3e]\n\nIf you\'ll notice Inaria\'s retraction, Bush was [i:2eb3e]not[/i:2eb3e] drinking alcohol. No "falling off the wagon" took place.[/quote:2eb3e]\n\nNot saying he did, but how many college students have put "something else" in an otherwise innocent-looking bottle... \":D\"','35fd7004d94bbd47e4755b0aded35b74',0,'oA==','2eb3e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246680,18385,5,568,0,'206.255.106.116',1181585599,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wrestletalk: The 2007 Draft','MICHAEL COLE??!! \":shock:\" Dear God, No!! I haven\'t had the chance to watch RAW in awhile, but if they put Cole on, I don\'t think I\'ll want to. He\'s one of the reasons why I stopped watching SmackDown last year.','c4a8566768d808d168a305eede0374d2',0,'','2fd64',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246681,18371,2,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181585626,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','[quote="Quiverwing":15fa7][quote="RLobinske":15fa7]As for DFB, if Greybird wants to once again publically state that he\'s an arrogant ass who can\'t admit how he really behaves, oh well, all it mostly does is generate snickers among most of the fandom.[/quote:15fa7]\n\nI didn\'t like what he said at all. He\'s complaining about us being "active participants," but I\'m sure that if we did nothing around here, he\'d complain too.[/quote:15fa7]\n\nI\'m sure he would, complaining is what he does best. It makes him feel [i:15fa7]special[/i:15fa7]. \":lol:\"','b38a0408084274c66d664763b910972d',0,'oA==','15fa7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246682,18371,2,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181585739,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','I would love to use the "foes" option to cut out NNJ, stars, Guerin, and maybe a couple others, but that [i:5dec1]would[/i:5dec1] defeat the purpose of being a mod, wouldn\'t it? \":P\"','cd3627704b64ec6331b79a213ec48a23',0,'IA==','5dec1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246683,18371,2,305,0,'200.112.145.104',1181586310,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','[quote="E. A. Smith":f3bae]I would love to use the "foes" option to cut out NNJ, stars, Guerin, and maybe a couple others, but that [i:f3bae]would[/i:f3bae] defeat the purpose of being a mod, wouldn\'t it? \":P\"[/quote:f3bae]\n\nExactly. \":wink:\"','2d9fc1e237c5c2a9425d6bdfbeda4819',0,'oA==','f3bae',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246684,18198,11,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181586480,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="Quiverwing":cbde0][quote="Brother Grimace":cbde0][quote="Quiverwing":cbde0]\nHeheh, [i:cbde0]you[/i:cbde0] were the guilty one this time for not looking at the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Stacy_Rowe&curid=1427&diff=7226&oldid=7212:cbde0]diff.[/url:cbde0] \":P\"[/quote:cbde0]\n\n\nOh, be quiet and get back to doing math proofs and being cute! \":lol:\"[/quote:cbde0]\n\nI\'m always cute! Even when I\'m teasing you. \":P\"[/quote:cbde0]\n\n"Even when" or "Especially when"? \":o\"','8f103e8a365fb2eaab4be0acbd9b2978',0,'sA==','cbde0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246685,18386,3,387,0,'63.118.77.100',1181586919,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','12 is so not enough pairs of shoes. \":D\" I believe I am at around...well, let\'s say at least 60. I haven\'t counted for awhile and got rid of a few that didn\'t fit and then just bought two pairs on Saturday. So, um, yeah. People at work know I have lots of shoes. You really never can have too many.\n\nMelissa','8ce7635f5d24fee1d72974af8e8bfff8',0,'','c1a6d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246686,18383,3,70,0,'67.184.0.177',1181587027,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Totally random thought: no one\'s favorite color','Yellow has been one of my favorite colors since I was very small. There are tons of pictures of me as a child dressed all in yellow.\n\nThese days, certain shades of green and blue are above yellow, but I still love it. I sleep in a bright yellow bedroom.','21fb44c864162d6a04f67aed3befccf4',0,'','6742a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246687,18386,3,70,0,'67.184.0.177',1181587458,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Girls and gays only....','I\'m weird...for shoes I actually wear, not ones I should throw out...\n\nI have a pair of brown earth shoes I wear to work every day (despite what Jake says, I would totally wear them hiking. They\'re so comfortable!)\n\nA pair of brown sandals, a pair of black sandals\n\nA nice pair of brown shoes, a once-nice pair of black shoes that got torn up last time I wore them.\n\nA pair of sneakers that I wear to work out....\n\nand a pair of pink flip flops.\n\nTotal: 7. More than I thought!','ddc697742d1cd1d614d7e6daab4bf1c6',0,'','9e0f0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246688,18319,3,542,0,'66.0.32.4',1181588220,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Explain your avatar','These threads can take on a life of their own, can\'t they? \":lol:\" Good story.','200f177904b3c1b323beb1b9abe0475b',0,'','19a00',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246689,18198,11,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181588375,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="Brother Grimace":f040a][quote="starmeshelion":f040a][quote="cyde":f040a]I think in this case we could change it to "starmestacy". \";)\"[/quote:f040a]\n\nAwwwww, but you see, [b:f040a]my love for Stacy is so deep that it transcends all sexual attraction[/b:f040a]\n\n[/quote:f040a]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"\n\n[b:f040a](stops laughing; puts all forces on high alert and arms [u:f040a]all[/u:f040a] personnel as he orders a Level One Diagnostic of all tactical and detection equipment, and then declares DEFCON Three status.)[/b:f040a]\n\n[b:f040a]When people start saying things like that, it\'s [i:f040a]far past time to be worried...[/i:f040a] and time to start issuing the warnings. [/b:f040a][/quote:f040a]\n\nI expected these kind of comments. Let me explain:\n\nI find Stacy very attractive. Very, very, very goodlooking. If we were in a relationship, we\'d definitely be having sex (depending on her consent, of course.) But, because I am so deeply in love with her, I can\'t bring myself to fantasise about her. I find it hard to fantasise about a girl I have such deep feelings for, because to me, it kind of cheapens the experience. Why? Many reasons. First of all, sex needs depravity, and with Stacy, there is none. (Let us not go into the characterisation debate again, as it\'s already on the Wiki entry.) Another reason is that with Stacy, the love really does transcend the sexual attraction: I can name a good few girls who (arguably) look better than Stacy, real or fictional, animated or otherwise; But see, with Stacy, I am more in love with her actual [i:f040a]personality[/i:f040a] than her looks. Of course, without her looks there would be no attraction or love or whatever anyway, but it\'s what she is which makes me love her more. Some of you seem to be looking [i:f040a]down[/i:f040a] on Stacy, especially when she cries, but I actually look [i:f040a]up[/i:f040a] to her, because her insecurity and tears symbolise all that is beautiful and humane about her, and thus dignify her more than most "real" girls. \n\nAlso, if I ever change my screenname (not that I plan to), it\'ll be to "Stacy\'s Partisan", as Greybird referred to me on The Fandom Blog. (I made it to The Fandom Blog, see? Attention whoredom pays!)\n\nI think that\'s enough creepiness for one day.','d1bb09746b61b08f5f84ecc4b52fd375',0,'4Q==','f040a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246690,18387,3,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181589124,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Out of curiosity, any W.I.T.C.H. fans here?','[quote="Staren":c43b8]starmeshelion, the entire second season is on YouTube if you want to watch it. That\'s actually what made me ask the question here. I didn\'t get into it to much when it first came on, but found the whole thing on YouTube by chance and watched it all the way to the end and it was pretty good.[/quote:c43b8]\n\nFor some reason, YouTube always freezes for me, and my computer speakers are of the lowest quality (mono). I was absolutely sure that the second season will be cyclically rerun after it ends, but the channel just put a lesser show instead, which is a shame because I started watching it only from U Is For Undivided (a Corneliacentric episode, lucky me!) and then watched most other episodes until Z Is For Zenith; So basically I know how season two ends, but not how it begins, which is kind of a cool effect. (Don\'t ruin the beginning for me though. Seriously, don\'t.) I hope it will be rerun come July.\n\nI think the characters are worth discussing though, as they are particularly strong and well-written. Which girl is your favourite?','1c7d5d2ab24ca0c779af6ead66b15fe9',0,'gA==','c43b8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246691,18198,11,359,0,'24.131.43.232',1181589433,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="starmeshelion":9aa6d]sex needs depravity[/quote:9aa6d]\n\nUm . . . no, it doesn\'t. Sex is not automatically a depraved act (it can be, but just about anything [i:9aa6d]can[/i:9aa6d] be). Dealing with some issues, are we?','e2348769677f09d2354eb8363a86059b',0,'oA==','9aa6d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246692,18198,11,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181589811,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="E. A. Smith":36ab1][quote="starmeshelion":36ab1]sex needs depravity[/quote:36ab1]\n\nUm . . . no, it doesn\'t. Sex is not automatically a depraved act (it can be, but just about anything [i:36ab1]can[/i:36ab1] be). Dealing with some issues, are we?[/quote:36ab1]\n\nWrong choice of words on my behalf. What I meant was, a sexual [i:36ab1]fantasy[/i:36ab1] needs (some levels of) "depravity", or "dirtiness". I\'m not religious at all so sex is not a problem for me, and since I don\'t believe in marriage, all sex (assuming I\'d have it) will be premarital (or nonmarital) anyway. I just can\'t think of Stacy in situations that are overly sexual, although I can imagine myself in long and passionate embraces and kisses with her which will lead there eventually.','237cdd06923a273ca9dcbb9eae8d6ef8',0,'oA==','36ab1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246693,18387,3,306,0,'72.187.63.232',1181589887,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Out of curiosity, any W.I.T.C.H. fans here?','Of the girls, it\'s a toss up between Irma and Taranee. Irma has a mouth on her, but is basically a good kid. She gets some great lines in at times. Taranee is intresting because so much of the time she\'s so quiet, but once in a while she\'ll reach her limit and jump into the middle of whatever is going on. My facorate character though is is probably Susan, Wills mom.','6092fe19c839fb1fc9a492fe337079e6',0,'','d811a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246694,18371,2,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181590238,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New board discussion thread','I\'ve had several reports from members who have had difficulty staying logged on, most of it seems intermittant.','5a043deeabb27123288e8306da0ae66a',0,'','1732f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246695,20824,3,1,0,'68.104.172.77',1181590247,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Bliss Ticks','Re:','[quote="Deref":e6cd1]Dammit! Let\'s have it NOW! I just heard that the Aussie $ is at US$0.85. When I was there last time it was US$0.70.[/quote:e6cd1]\n\nDon\'t worry about the exchange rate... I\'d imagine it will only get better (for you). \":shock:\"','4e2b57fabaa993302db16c5453562976',0,'gA==','e6cd1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246696,18198,11,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181590491,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="starmeshelion":51bbe][quote="E. A. Smith":51bbe][quote="starmeshelion":51bbe]sex needs depravity[/quote:51bbe]\n\nUm . . . no, it doesn\'t. Sex is not automatically a depraved act (it can be, but just about anything [i:51bbe]can[/i:51bbe] be). Dealing with some issues, are we?[/quote:51bbe]\n\nWrong choice of words on my behalf. What I meant was, a sexual [i:51bbe]fantasy[/i:51bbe] needs (some levels of) "depravity", or "dirtiness". I\'m not religious at all so sex is not a problem for me, and since I don\'t believe in marriage, all sex (assuming I\'d have it) will be premarital (or nonmarital) anyway. I just can\'t think of Stacy in situations that are overly sexual, although I can imagine myself in long and passionate embraces and kisses with her which will lead there eventually.[/quote:51bbe]\n\nFantasy doesn\'t require it either.\n\nWhat makes people feel dirty is reading your posts. Cuh-REEPY! \";)\"','f9b934d5f68eaaea1be6a0f530cee76f',0,'oA==','51bbe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246697,18358,3,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181590623,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','[quote="Bluu":b36df]We need smexy man pictures! With posing and pouting aplenty!\n\n\nOoh, and in case anyone wanted to know, it\'s Kirsty. Just so ya don\'t have to call me \'Bluu (?) \":lol:\"[/quote:b36df]\n\nBrilliant. Just exactly what we needed. Yet [i:b36df]another[/i:b36df] variation of Kristen/Kristin/Kirsten.\n\n \":D\" \n\n(And y\'know, Kirsty, if\'n you want some smexy man pictures, hold on a second whilst I dust off my thong and get a bottle of olive oil...now where did I put that Right Said Fred tape???\n\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\n\n \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":P\" \":mrgreen:\"','f23faea431244c3cb9a3e7a02bdc1267',0,'oA==','b36df',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246698,18376,10,645,0,'172.165.0.97',1181590964,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria /Naruto crossover in the works.','Sounds interesting. I\'m looking forword to this. \":)\"','c29c494747a9b65fffcf0a085cccffb5',0,'','4e592',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246699,18358,3,475,0,'209.12.211.2',1181591185,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Who stole the sexy?','All I want to know is this:\n\nIs it [i:97761]really[/i:97761] too much to ask that whoever stole the sexy [b:97761]please[/b:97761] return it? We don\'t need to know who you are - it can be turned in anonymously. I\'d hate to see everyone suffer for one person\'s avarice.\n\n\n[size=85:97761]OK! I [i:97761]don\'t[/i:97761] have anything to contribute to the discussion, so I\'ll leave!!![/size:97761] \":D\"','1f41734c49bcac7eb5d5cdc64251e104',0,'ZA==','97761',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246700,18387,3,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181591275,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Out of curiosity, any W.I.T.C.H. fans here?','You\'re right, most of the times Taranee goes unnoticeable. She\'s the only one out of the five I don\'t fancy though, but her name is unique. Since I already know a Cornelia, it would be great to know a Taranee, although I\'ve never heard of an actual girl with such a name. I love Irma too; She\'s the wittiest one, and the way she teases Corny provides for some of the funniest and most character-revealing moments on the show.\n\nCornelia might be my favourite after all, even though I\'m biased. I just enjoy comparing her to the real Cornelia so much, even though the parallels are mostly rudimentary. But Cornelia always told me how her name is so rare, even in Germany, and so she was a bit surprised that there\'s a character named Cornelia on a current TV show. I think it\'s actually thanks to W.I.T.C.H. that we started talking again. I think that Cornelia Hale is probably the strongest character, and I find her stubbornness (if not bitchiness) as an interesting contrast to her loyalty and protectiveness over her friend Elyon, especially considering how she treats her sister.\n\nHay Lin is just plain amiable and having her as a girlfriend (or even just friend) would be a real treat, + she\'s got an awesome and unique sense of fashion. She\'s also the most logical and levelheaded, sometimes, and the one girl who actually manages to talk some sense into the bad guys once in a while.\n\nWill seems like an obvious favourite character because she\'s the leader, but if you remember in the beginning she was still fumbling with her status, and of course, Cornelia tried to usurp her at one point. But that\'s what makes her a more believable leader: She\'s human, she makes mistakes, she doesn\'t have the answer to everything. Will Vandom is your perfect anti-Mary Sue.\n\nGenerally speaking, the shippers in W.I.T.C.H. are also really strong, realistic, and don\'t hurt the main plots one bit. They provide great material for fan fiction, especially Corny and Caleb whose relationship at times resonates with the tragedy of Tristan and Iseult.\n\nI\'ll be thankful if someone knows in which country Heatherfield is located.','d2fd39945143258d6cdc6b34eb06a28f',0,'','2e362',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246701,18198,11,544,0,'83.130.250.122',1181591698,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="cyde":adc72]Fantasy doesn\'t require it either.[/quote:adc72]\n\nYou\'ve obviously never read Joyce then. \":D\" I\'m not sure I\'m even allowed to link to this episode here, because at one point it was considered pornography. \n\n[quote="cyde":adc72]What makes people feel dirty is reading your posts.[/quote:adc72]\n\nEven when there aren\'t any sexual references? That\'s creepy indeed.','3fe41a812ba6bd08002a610b7aa07163',0,'gA==','adc72',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246702,18269,5,13,0,'74.224.227.248',1181591932,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The most f---ed up movie ever made','I take it you have never seen a 1969 Japanese movie called "Blind Beast". I saw this movie on one of the Showtime channels a couple of months back...and watched the last half of it with my mouth open and repeatedly saying, "WTF?"\n\nIt\'s about this blind Japanese man who, along with his elderly mother, kidnaps an actress that the man has a crush on. He keeps her locked in this room with eyes, noses, mouths and other facial features sculpted out of stone hanging on the walls, and a huge torso sculpture in the middle of the room. He tells her that he wants to sculpt her and that he won\'t hurt her. Naturally, the woman is scared and angry making multiple escape attempts and screaming at and belittling the guy. One day, during an escape attempt that almost works...the blind man accidentally kills his mother when the woman convinces him that he\'d be better off doing so. \n\nFrom here on the actress develops a strange Stockholm syndrome with the blind man and stays with him voluntarily, becoming his lover. Now here\'s the WTF part. Their relationship deteriorates into such insanity, that they begin cutting one another with knives during sex. To the point where, at the movie\'s end, the once beautiful actress is blind also from staying in the room so long with this guy, and she dies when she willingly asks him...to cut off her freaking leg. Weirdest movie I ever saw...and on Showtime Extreme, nonetheless.\n\n \":?\" \n\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\n\n \":D\" \":)\" \"8)\" \":lol:\" \":mrgreen:\"','61faf7990e0a1c65d78b126581a2489e',0,'','ed8d2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246703,18388,10,645,0,'172.165.0.97',1181592580,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Shipper series...','Okay, since I am bored out of my mind and have nothing better to do or draw, I\'m starting a "shipper" series. If you are on DeviantArt then you already know about this. Basically, it\'s gonna be series of pictures featuring Daria couples. Whether it be canon (Daria/Tom or Helen/Jake) or just a pairing you wish would have hapenned (Daria/Trent or Quinn/Jamie), or a couple you wish would just DIE-(LITTERALLY!) (Brittany/Kevin), or maybe a really, [i:7985a]really,[/i:7985a] [i:7985a]REALLY[/i:7985a] weird pairing (Tiffany/Jesse or Sandi/Upchuck), it\'ll be inluded in this series.\n\nHere\'s what I have so far... \n\n1. [url=http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/57310966/:7985a]Quinn/Joey[/url:7985a]\n2. [url=http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/57503562/:7985a]Quinn/Jeffy[/url:7985a]\n3. [url=http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/57916939/:7985a]Quinn/Jamie[/url:7985a]\n4. [url=http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/59020111/:7985a]Daria/Trent[/url:7985a]\n5. [url=http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/60113042/:7985a]Daria/Mack[/url:7985a]\n6. [url=http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/59395229/:7985a]Tom/Jodie[/url:7985a]\n7. [url=http://hershey-chan.deviantart.com/art/Sandi-X-Charles-79937140:7985a]Sandi/Upchuck[/url:7985a]\n8. [url=http://hershey-chan.deviantart.com/art/Charles-x-Andrea-91813436:7985a]Andrea/Upchuck[/url:7985a]\n9. [url=http://i29.tinypic.com/25s0vv6:7985a]Jodie/Trent[/url:7985a]\n10. [url=http://hershey-chan.deviantart.com/art/Jane-and-Mack-x3-148765460:7985a]Jane/Mack[/url:7985a]\n\nGot a couple you want to see drawn? PM me or leave a reply. :3','356cc121baa17a9a82c1c81035083559',0,'MA==','7985a',1,1262328555,'',645,11,0),(372072,18388,10,645,0,'205.188.116.76',1252389726,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Shipper series...','[url=http://i29.tinypic.com/25s0vv6:20ksy3ps]I\'m baaaaaaack. :3[/url:20ksy3ps]\n\n\nJust a little somthing to show I\'m still alive. \n[size=50:20ksy3ps](Yes, I\'m aware of the date on it.)[/size:20ksy3ps]\n\nNext pairing: Well, Jodie and Trent seem pretty happy, but I sure wonder what [i:20ksy3ps][b:20ksy3ps]MACK[/b:20ksy3ps] [/i:20ksy3ps]and [i:20ksy3ps][b:20ksy3ps]JANE[/b:20ksy3ps][/i:20ksy3ps] have to say about it.... Oh, yeah. It\'s coming, and it\'s gonna knock your socks off....I hope. xD\n\nStay tuned! =]','dee341c872a4600d524ad04ee57b82e5',0,'dA==','20ksy3ps',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246704,18198,11,276,0,'198.180.241.2',1181592630,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wikipedia\'s take on Stacy...','There\'s more to life than Joyce... \n\nA [b:5cfc5]LOT[/b:5cfc5] more. \":D\"','6fdeb2dceebc46dce752f0bb80ed128c',0,'QA==','5cfc5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246705,18387,3,306,0,'72.187.63.232',1181592949,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Out of curiosity, any W.I.T.C.H. fans here?','There is one fanon idea that already bugs me just a little. Irma is the only one who gets away with calling her Corny on a simi-regular basis. No one else in the show actually uses it. \n\nAs far as Heatherfield goes, the original W.I.T.C.H comic is from Italy, and the cartoon is from France, so I would assume one of those two.','b4d727871a24a58fdf66e33c60f5a717',0,'','35e33',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246706,18383,3,645,0,'172.165.0.97',1181593135,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Totally random thought: no one\'s favorite color','I don\'t really like yellow. It\'s too \'loud.\'\nBlack kicks all ass, though. :3','be35cc838a43667b2d2dd8014766a821',0,'','67762',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246707,18388,10,1,0,'71.107.181.91',1181593179,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Greybird','Well, why not?','Quinn and Joey actually look like a couple in your rendition. He has a touch of being perceptive, rather than being just a good-looking lame-brain that Quinn is showing off. \n\nAs for other possibilities: Daria and ... Mack!\n\nI\'ve long had a suspicion that Our Heroine might have had a secret yen for a jock [i:68bed]with brains.[/i:68bed] To cultivate the physicality without losing her sanity. ... If Jodie weren\'t around, that is.\n\nThe skin-tone contrast would also be intriguing. (I\'m not using the I-word, because I don\'t believe "race" makes much sense as a concept.)','84771e3164fa7fd9f1f0c3b7219a35ef',0,'IA==','68bed',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246708,18333,3,124,0,'75.109.13.177',1181593397,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Anti-Daria: Guaranteed to break any brain in half.','Quistis: "Stop staring at Selphie and join me in the cave for special lessons on how to handle your first GF."','13df580c9a45ed5c9c8e9b34093fada4',0,'','15e27',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246709,18363,4,64,0,'68.236.101.202',1181593455,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has Bush fallen off the wagon?','[quote="E. A. Smith":3e989][quote="Dennis":3e989]Bush\'s conversion on the road to Damascus from drunken party-boy failure to sober true believer is a major component of his Official Narrative. Bush back on the sauce undermines a huge chunk of what his (eleven remaining) supporters think of as his positive traits.\n\nThat said, I don\'t thinlk this is a very big deal. Of course he was "indisposed" the next day...[/quote:3e989]\n\nIf you\'ll notice Inaria\'s retraction, Bush was [i:3e989]not[/i:3e989] drinking alcohol. No "falling off the wagon" took place.[/quote:3e989]\n\nAnd you base that statement on what?\n\n1) There\'s no images of anyone pouring him the nonalcoholic beer. There\'s Bush chugging a beer, and a bottle indicating the beer is nonalcoholic. Could be a prop.\n\n2) The "nonalcoholic" beer in question is [i:3e989]not[/i:3e989] nonalcoholic. It is 0.5% alcohol, or 1/6 to 1/8 the alcohol of a regular beer (well, less than 1/10 if you\'re doing it right). So technically, he falls off the wagon every time he drinks a near beer, and there are many photo ops showing him with near beer.\n\n3) What he did at the state dinner may have no bearing on what he did afterwards. Maybe he drank one near beer and then headed back to his room to polish of a bottle of cheap scotch.\n\nI don\'t honestly think Bush is drinking heavily again. I don\'t honestly care. I can\'t imagine Drunk Bush doing any worse of a job than Sober Bush. But, like I said, he [i:3e989]was[/i:3e989] photographed drinking beer, and he [i:3e989]was[/i:3e989] sick the next day. You can draw your own conclusion. \":twisted:\" \n\n-Dennis','dc89e25957123985bcbfe02d0b016acc',0,'oA==','3e989',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246710,18385,5,124,0,'75.109.13.177',1181593673,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wrestletalk: The 2007 Draft','There was a lot of predictions on Live Audio Wrestling last night about Shane McMahon becoming the new Raw GM, and Teddy Long being moved to ECW, while Vickie Guerrero becomes the new Smackdown GM.','4d9ad81720e2c93343dce64102edb3fd',0,'','64d17',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246711,18372,10,645,0,'172.165.0.97',1181593829,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quinn (Pencil, B/W, Color)','These are really good. Keep it up. \":)\"','0c6aec058b346352cde6abf05a161ade',0,'','7bfdc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246712,18198,11,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181593841,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Re:','[quote="starmeshelion":ce89d][quote="cyde":ce89d]Fantasy doesn\'t require it either.[/quote:ce89d]\n\nYou\'ve obviously never read Joyce then. \":D\" I\'m not sure I\'m even allowed to link to this episode here, because at one point it was considered pornography. [/quote:ce89d]\n\n\nBut... and I know this is total heresy... what if Joyce doesn\'t dictate how I live my life or plot my fantasies? Now, I realize that the idea I\'ve considered constitutes thoughtcrime and may well get me blacklisted from... well... I\'ll get back to you on that one.\n\nBesides, just because one author\'s mind is a filth-ridden sewer doesn\'t mean everyone in the world is the same way. \";)\"','4ec6ea5fb46d617126ced29e07555376',0,'gA==','ce89d',1,1181607055,'',475,1,0),(246713,18374,3,671,0,'205.188.116.137',1181594003,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Kara\'s on her way home','*starts mopping up the spilled beers*\n\nSomeone needs to replace the broken furniture! \":D\"','5ec4d4181196145ad2500d83566105e0',0,'','f61cd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246714,18363,4,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181594290,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has Bush fallen off the wagon?','[quote="Dennis":8c01c]\n1) There\'s no images of anyone pouring him the nonalcoholic beer. There\'s Bush chugging a beer, and a bottle indicating the beer is nonalcoholic. Could be a prop.[/quote:8c01c]\nI\'m a subscriber to the "The fact that there\'s a \'non-alcoholic\' beer on the table doesn\'t make it [i:8c01c]his[/i:8c01c]..." theory, myself.\n\nBush was probably downing every glass of cheap hooch they put in front of him by the time the night was over, the drunk!','d580a7a1804ccb63408bb8f196256365',0,'oA==','8c01c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246715,18389,5,1,0,'68.104.172.77',1181594340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Bliss Ticks','Cool Music on Video','Here is a place for cool music vids/songs! A few to start us out! \":shock:\" \n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTmo2HsmwZs\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKrGOlumS7E (quality?)\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zyUEFPyrG4\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkycd0A3S8E\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CToPK14-gsc\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCuUcTi_iSg\n\n\nEnjoy! \":shock:\"','9184a1ff99ea6c792e13af77e4e0c8cc',0,'','7e1e5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(246716,18269,5,475,0,'71.8.14.93',1181594471,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The most f---ed up movie ever made','The most fucked up movie ever made was doubtlessly the one made about [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400172/:66de7]Snips\' younger brother[/url:66de7].\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','075f146712ad0733bb18911aed432b1f',0,'EA==','66de7',1,0,'',0,0,0); INSERT INTO `phpbb3_posts` VALUES (356693,25617,6,545,0,'65.221.65.178',1243401643,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cold Comfort (Part 5)','[quote="The Angst Guy":mvqiaip7][quote="Doggieboy":mvqiaip7]...the Sanders County Justice Building....[/quote:mvqiaip7]\n[[i:mvqiaip7]slaps hand over face[/i:mvqiaip7]]\n\nNot the Colonel...[/quote:mvqiaip7]\n\nWhen I chose the name, I checked my list of Kentucky counties and found to my surprise that there was no Sanders County. It was just too "finger-lickin\' good" to pass up.\n\n\n\n[quote="The Angst Guy":mvqiaip7]\n \":D\"\n\n[quote:mvqiaip7]Drink Ale-8-One. For Bracing Pep.[/quote:mvqiaip7]\nIt works, too! Had five bottles so far today![/quote:mvqiaip7]\n\nI\'ve only had one can today, but then I have to drive some forty or fifty miles to get Ale-8-One in the six-pack bottles (or 12-pack cans). However, if I have no problem paying $1 a bottle, I can buy it at a fudge shop in Portland (about a mile from the factory where I work), along with other bottled soft drinks such as Green River, Frostie Root Beer, 7Up (in glass!) and a few others I can\'t remember. \n\nYou probably realized it, but this story is set in Ale-8-One\'s original core selling area.','6e0709dfa69d61175d9f183df0fddf5b',0,'oA==','mvqiaip7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356694,25716,3,129,0,'24.118.48.176',1243402987,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wedding Photos','Congratulations! You all look fantastic!','76324e1d33a2be480c5512f3274f3c4f',0,'','g2pkjvyp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356695,25725,5,450,0,'203.83.49.188',1243403099,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Best of Batman','Not strictly Batman but Batgirl: Year One was good.\n\nThrillkiller was a good Elseworlds story','4e65a538b18e903a5a15acceedb40a50',0,'','34kpvr49',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356696,25666,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243403701,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','[quote="Roentgen":1uk9e70d][b:1uk9e70d]The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test[/b:1uk9e70d]\nv. 1.0 – by Roentgen\n\nDaria Morgendorffer sat in the room.\n\n[/quote:1uk9e70d]\n\nDaria Morgendorffer sat in the room.\n\nAs she came to, Daria became immediately became aware of two things; the rancid smell of stale vomit that infiltrated her nostrils, and the faint burning sensation in her wrists and ankles. She made a vain attempt to move her heavy head, but quickly came to the realisation that she was trapped. Her head was held in place against the tall back of a hard wooden chair by two leather straps that ran the girth of her forehead and chin; likewise she found that her hands and feet had been shackled in a similar fashion. She pulled hard at her restraints and writhed in pain, as the burning in her limbs intensified.\n\nThe faint click of a lock mechanism and the screech of a door as it protested against its bearings froze Daria in her place. A strong beam of fluorescent light streamed into the darkened room and illuminated a large white projection screen in front of Daria.\nShe opened her eyes wide in fear. "No...No...Not again." she choked. The hairs on the back of her neck bristled as she heard the sound of footsteps as they approached her from behind. “Please, no more...” Her pleading fell on deaf ears.\n\nDaria winced in pain as the intruder plunged a large hypodermic needle callously into the side of her neck. The figure then retreated from the room and heaved the heavy door shut, as they exited.\nA wave of nausea washed over her, as the screen in front flickered and began to play the video again. Still images of war, violence and antisocial behaviour were coupled with a soundtrack of hard rock and grunge music.\n\nMs Li stood at the two way mirror and observed the scene with malice, a broad smile stretched across her face. She turned and addressed the other occupant of the room, Mr O’Neil, who stood timidly in the corner.\n\n"I don\'t know why I wasted so much time on those pathetic self esteem classes; this is a much more effective treatment."','18ab94b9e774b3f6bd2fe040d159aee1',0,'wA==','1uk9e70d',1,1250747621,'',992,3,0),(356697,25666,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243404483,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','\":o\" \n\n \":shock:\" \n\n \":lol:\"','88b444977d9b187edc1e22e6f69a10f0',0,'','1zjjly0c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356698,25332,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243405254,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 8','Still rivers run deep.\n\n"My boots make a fashion statement: they say that I will STOMP your FACE."','1edb421fa44837a1d8967efd5328524c',0,'','1gzneqwe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356699,25666,6,37,0,'72.175.149.142',1243405308,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','Daria Morgendorffer sat in the room.\n\nThe six foot tall warrior clad from head to toe in a golden metallic shell walked in an stood at attention before her. A single red glow passed back and forth in a black slot where it\'s eyes should have been. It\'s synthisized voice uttered a single sentence.\n\n"By Your Command."\n\nDaria smiled.','976a0b396ade52833634d2577fcebb2a',0,'','3pspm8s6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356700,25332,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243405880,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 8','[i:2s3g0ax8]\'These boots were made for walkin\'...\'[/i:2s3g0ax8]\n\n \":D\"','b00ebba0317b77f89fd3211be3b0a36c',0,'IA==','2s3g0ax8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356701,25666,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243405985,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','[quote="Greystar":22w2h7tc]Daria Morgendorffer sat in the room.\n\nThe six foot tall warrior clad from head to toe in a golden metallic shell walked in an stood at attention before her. A single red glow passed back and forth in a black slot where it\'s eyes should have been. It\'s synthisized voice uttered a single sentence.\n\n"By Your Command."\n\nDaria smiled.[/quote:22w2h7tc]\n\nThat was beautiful.','ac286d140ac27c618b6062e1918fbbc4',0,'gA==','22w2h7tc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356702,25088,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243406261,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Legion of Lawndale Heroes GT 1:3 - "Coffee Klatch"','Lance needs to quit poking the bear.','db36de539fdea50eb0c3075a899d1896',0,'','649iq8y7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356703,25666,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243407296,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','Daria Morgendorffer sat in the room.\n\nThere was no light. \n\nThere was no sound, save that of her breathing and the soft sounds of her urine as it dripped over the edge of the metal chair she sat bound to and puddled beneath her. \n\nShe had no idea how long she had been there. Her stomach was beginning to feel the pinch of hunger; her arms, fastened behind the chair, had long since gone numb, but periods of sensation as her arms felt as if there were bloating up from her fingertips to her undearms with the pain of thousands of needles pressing outwards.\n\nSweat ran down her cheeks; her tongue flickered out for drops of fluid, and took in each salty drop she could manage with an intensity that was both terrifyig and pathetic.\n\nThe air was still. When she had still bothered to scream, there was no echo, no sense of what size of area she was in.\n\nShe had lost control of her bladder four times - no, five - so far, and she tried to detach from the smell and sensation of her bowel movement, trapped in the chair with her.\n\nShe had lost concept of time.\n\n\nDaria Morgendorffer sat in the room.','d84755dc935f3aeecae07b56a6298d52',0,'','r529wun7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356704,25088,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243407398,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Legion of Lawndale Heroes GT 1:3 - "Coffee Klatch"','[quote="NightGoblyn":1uzi2dxd]Lance needs to quit poking the bear.[/quote:1uzi2dxd]\n\nI don\'t know. The last couple of bears that poked Daria like that ended up playing tonsil-hockey with her. \";)\"\n\nI wonder, however, how they\'re going to treat Daria when they find out that she went toe-to-toe with another member of the Family...','d73aadb02886e8760ac0754ed1dd184c',0,'gA==','1uzi2dxd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356705,25443,6,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1243409276,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Am I Being Served? (part 5)','note: I used Mr. Harman as opposed to Mr. Mash because I felt he\'d fit better and I just like the character better\n\n[i:guj3uiua]Fade out and fade in. Snippet of instrumental Splendora cover of AYBS? theme plays.[/i:guj3uiua]\n\n[i:guj3uiua]Miss Brahms, Mr. Lucas and Mr. Humphries reseat themselves at the lunch table.\n[/i:guj3uiua]\nBrahms: I don\'t know \'ow they did it but the made the staff cafe worse.\n\nLucas: I know we\'re doing the whole environmental thing, but I didn\'t figure that that meant we wouldn\'t be able to get a decent meal. I was used to being treated like pack animals, but not eating like them.\n\nHumphries: Why, what did you have?\n\nLucas: Granola, it was the only thing that seemed the slightest bit appetizing in there. It\'s positive cardboard.\n\nBrahms: Why didn\'t you get some of the melon balls to go with the granola?\n\nLucas: I did consider it. After all, the fruit flies were pretty much the only protein to be had in there. What did you finally settle on?\n\nBrahms: Sardine on toast.\n\nHumphries: Aren\'t you the courageous one to have cafe fish.\n\n[i:guj3uiua]Mrs. Slocombe is seated at the table.[/i:guj3uiua]\n\nHumphries: Oh, Mrs. Slocombe, what\'s your poison?\n\nSlocombe: Well I was split between the custard and the anchovy paste. Well, I ultimately decided on the custard; if I came home smelling of fish I\'d have to reach up my skirt to calm my pussy down. She goes absolutely mad if she thinks there\'s fish in the house and she doesn\'t have any; you know she\'ll go straight towards the smell.\n\n[i:guj3uiua]Captain Peacock is seated.[/i:guj3uiua]\n\nPeacock: Absolutely dreadful. Being a military man stationed in north Africa, I am an authority on both and this hummus with Mediterranean-style flatbread is gruel with fried dough.\n\n[i:guj3uiua]Mr. Grainger is seated.\n[/i:guj3uiua]\nHumphries: What did you get, Mr. Grainger?\n\nGrainger: I\'m not sure. It\'s some sort of foreign dish, toe-foor-kay. Looks to be some kind of pudding.\n\nHumphries: I think you mean tofurky; that\'s falsified turkey.\n\nGrainger: If that\'s falsified turkey then I\'m falsified Errol Flynn.\n\n[i:guj3uiua]Daria, Quinn and Jane enter.[/i:guj3uiua]\n\nDaria: I know that we haven\'t been able to find a decent slice since we got here but this is ridiculous.\n\nJane: That\'s no pizza, it\'s an abomination.\n\nQuinn: Normally I like cheeseless pizza, but this is not what I mean by cheeseless.\n\n[i:guj3uiua]Quinn is seated. Daria and Jane remain standing near the table.[/i:guj3uiua]\n\nBrahms: What\'s exactly wrong with it?\n\nQuinn: They replaced the cheese with a tofu-based substitute. I mean it\'s healthy and all, but my Dad\'s cooking is, like, way better than this, and his cooking has put people in the hospital. And no diet soda. How do you people live?\n\nHumphries: Tea and saccharin.\n\nDaria: So, Quinn how\'d you manage to get Mom and Dad to go along with this whole traveling Europe thing? I mean the idea of you going Swedesville overnight would be enough to give Dad a coronary. Even [i:guj3uiua]I[/i:guj3uiua] couldn\'t have gotten away with that.\n\nQuinn: It turns out that when you don\'t make jokes he only goes half as crazy.\n\nJane: The more jokes you make, the angrier he gets. The angrier he gets the more jokes you can make. Nice racket, Morgendorffer.\n\nHumphries: You\'re getting warmer there, but I still lead.\n\nQuinn: Anyway, I\'ve been saving for this trip for a while and when I talked to Mom about the money and what I planned to do with it she went along with it. Said it was, like, a test to see if I can be responsible. That and a test to see if Dad can survive both of us being out of the house.\n\nHumphries: My mother did something like that once. She gave me twenty quid and told me to take a bus to the gourmet market across town and pick up something for dinner. They found me eighteen hours later in the hard end of town with one of my schoolyard chums holding each other out of sheer fear.\n\nBrahms: What was his name?\n\nHumphries: What makes you think my friend was a he?\n[i:guj3uiua]\nEnter Mr. Harman.[/i:guj3uiua]\n\nMr. Harman: Well, \'ello all. Oh, this must be the new addition. I\'m Harman, pleased to meet you.\n[i:guj3uiua]\nMr. Harman extends his hand to shake. Quinn begins to extend her hand to shake, looks at Mr. Harman\'s hand and returns her hand to its original position.[/i:guj3uiua]\n\nQuinn: I\'m Quinn Morgandorffer. Hi.\n\n[i:guj3uiua]Mr. Harman briefly shows a bit of confusion as to why the handshake did not occur.[/i:guj3uiua]\n\nHarman: Ok... I guess that solves mystery number one. Now \'oo are these two.\n\nBrahms: That\'s \'er sister and one of \'er friends.\n\nHarman: I see.\n\nPeacock: Is there some further purpose for this visit or is it just a \'meet and greet\', as it were.\n\nHarman: I actually come with a message from Jugears. \'E requests that you be prompt when returning from lunch as the environmentally friendly goods have been delivered and the greening things have been implemented and Young Mr. Grace will be on the floor to view the programme personally. Of course he doesn\'t want the person what replaced the light bulbs and changed the thermostat triggers to be acknowledged but that\'s to be expected.\n\nDaria: I think that Jugears is just jealous of his intelligence.\n\nJane: Are we sure that Amphoraman is even the real manager? I mean they could have pulled a \'Prince and the Pauper\' to mess with the new recruit.\n\nHarman: I like these two. You birds need to come around more often.\n\nLucas: First they take half of our lunch and then they want to make sure we don\'t come back any later. I\'m right close to saying something that will really (voice mocking Peacock\'s) endanger my future in this institution.\n\nBrahms: Yeah, I bet ol\' Jugears\'s never \'ad to miss a break in \'is life. Not that there\'s much difference between the break and the work.\n\nPeacock: If you\'re quite done being disrespectful to management we\'ve only got five minutes until we need to be on the floor. I\'d imagine if we wanted to avoid a severe reprimand we should leave posthaste.\n\nBrahms: But I\'m not even \'af done me sardine.\n\nHumphries: Rushing through this is going to give me indigestion all night, I just know it.\n\nJane: Right. [i:guj3uiua]That[/i:guj3uiua]\'s the part of eating here that\'s going to give you stomach problems.\n[i:guj3uiua]\nThose that are eating quickly finish what they are eating. Then they all leave.[/i:guj3uiua]','92282dd7f62ef3535e61b2fde03f33bc',0,'IA==','guj3uiua',1,1244681936,'',972,4,0),(356706,25521,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243410001,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Supreme Court\'s Souter Retiring...','Condi Rice was pretty popular among conservatives in general...at least as long as Bush held her leash anyway. \n\nI am curious why she chose not to run for POTUS (and if she ever plans to), as I think she\'d have a lot of support. \n\nI understand that Condi may have been chosen by McCain over Palin, save for some pesky gay rumors. Ah, found something on that, I KNEW I\'d read this somewhere:\n\nhttp://marriageequalitynow.com/2008/12/ ... -equality/','41a5dd069e91c20e38962983333739de',0,'','2hmsws7g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356707,25727,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243411341,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s most litigious man sues Guinness','It really does seem to me that there should be some law against so many lawsuits (putting a cap on how many times you can sue in a period of time at least), or make it a suable offense. \n\nI know of one woman who had 20 lawsuits out at one time. She was always suing someone. Most were thrown out of court or lost, but enough won a settlement that it meant she didn\'t have to get a real job. \n\nThat kind of gaming the system calls for vigilante action, if it\'s going to be left completely legal. Natch, I\'m sure the majority of lawyers (at least those who profit from these suits) want it left completely legal, too.','bb36c1979d9c9fb162a22ab090274527',0,'','1jrxoi1t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356708,25711,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243411728,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Goung To The Loo In Japan Is Horrifying...','You know, if [url=http://www.chick.com/default.asp:tts8th7a]Chick Publications[/url:tts8th7a] got inspired by this...it would be SO appropriate. \":P\"','538e9a318d320e67e8f2b1a4acd4724e',0,'EA==','tts8th7a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356709,25521,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243411751,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Supreme Court\'s Souter Retiring...','[quote="Liz Ruiz":1dkdu6a7]...\nOh I definitely agree. I was more commenting on the fact that I don\'t particularly believe the Bush Era GOP would have gone for anyone of other ethnicity than white, even if the nominee was a woman. I think that it\'s a good thing that the ethnic diversity of the United States is finally being reflected on the government.[/quote:1dkdu6a7]\nPraise be to George W for appointing Alberto Gonzales to the Cabinet! \":D\"','97860dbb25ee1f43f5651a9c5aa2074e',0,'gA==','1dkdu6a7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356710,25693,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243412031,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="losdia":1r0k5kvm]...\nPftt. And? Democracy is outlawed in the US. Article 4 Section 4 Part 1 of the US Constitution:[i:1r0k5kvm] The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government.[/i:1r0k5kvm]\n...[/quote:1r0k5kvm]\nWhy should the terms \'republic\' and \'democracy\' be treated as antonymical?','b5597e8aea6303861ca4ad367890a0dd',0,'oA==','1r0k5kvm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356711,25711,3,114,0,'210.9.137.190',1243414224,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Goung To The Loo In Japan Is Horrifying...','[quote="Dervish":1p93aum1]You know, if [url=http://www.chick.com/default.asp:1p93aum1]Chick Publications[/url:1p93aum1] got inspired by this...it would be SO appropriate. \":P\"[/quote:1p93aum1]\n \":lol:\" New favourite webcomix!','f5f59b7ec0be793a7c4f6b3bc3f142f0',0,'kA==','1p93aum1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356712,25727,3,114,0,'210.9.137.190',1243414326,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s most litigious man sues Guinness','\":lol:\" Only in America!','f219b39896a023870a1142553dbab120',0,'','1yqiitxj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356713,25634,3,114,0,'210.9.137.190',1243414923,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Your favorite childhood toy','[quote="Brother Grimace":227w8gd9]When I was seven, my family went to a soda parlor place called Farrells, in the Northwoods Mall here in Peoria. While I was there, I won a little stuffed dog - a boxer with a little golf cap on his head. I named him Woof-Woof. (Hey, I was seven years old.)\n\nI loved that little toy - so naturally, my psychotic brother tore his head off, and all of the stuffing came out. I don\'t want to think about how lond or how hard I tried to get the stuffing back in and sew him back up, and finally, I had to face that I couldn\'t fix Woof-Woof. I wanted to cry, but I couldn\'t even do that.\n\nI threw him away, and I never let myself care about another toy ever again.[/quote:227w8gd9]\n \":|\" That\'s soooo sad.','f2e8fc173bb4c9a704842a5bbb008583',0,'gA==','227w8gd9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356714,25498,3,114,0,'210.9.137.190',1243414984,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has anyone heard from Liz?','[quote="The Angst Guy":16c7guum][quote="Liz Ruiz":16c7guum][quote="The Angst Guy":16c7guum]Has anyone heard from Liz? Is she out of prison yet?[/quote:16c7guum]\nNo, she\'s still trying to find out who framed her for pushing a certain Mr. M onto a cow causing his death.[/quote:16c7guum]\nHe probably deserved it.[/quote:16c7guum]\nGo on.\n\n[takes notes]\n\nYou were jealous of his success I suppose. I don\'t blame you. He was well-loved. Who wouldn\'t be jealous?\n\nSo - the cow was there, Mr. M was there...anyone would have done the same thing, wouldn\'t they?','ad399ad734f249ae55bcf97a0557d7c2',0,'gA==','16c7guum',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356715,25714,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243415340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','It\'s gotten worse:\n\n[url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/27/2582359.htm:41saddfc]N Korea ditches armistice, threatens force[/url:41saddfc]\n\n[quote:41saddfc]North Korea is threatening to use military force against the South, [b:41saddfc]saying it is no longer bound by the terms of the 1953 armistice between the two Koreas.[/b:41saddfc][/quote:41saddfc]\n\n[url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSEO14165620090527:41saddfc]SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea, facing international censure for this week\'s nuclear test, threatened on Wednesday to attack the South after it joined a U.S.-led plan to check vessels suspected of carrying equipment for weapons of mass destruction.[/url:41saddfc]\n\nTechnically, this has just turned the situation on the Korean Peninsular "hot." Now it only need someone to start shooting, but hopefully all this is is posturing.','0c698b4f6200caab177bddd836f25c42',0,'0A==','41saddfc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356716,25714,4,114,0,'210.9.137.190',1243415765,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','This is becoming some serious shit. North Korea\'s playing a serious game of brinksmanship here. The situation bears watching with great interest.','65c0dbf03ed0d5fca0b9b8f99c38148e',0,'','2z1kuaio',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356717,25521,4,114,0,'210.9.137.190',1243416091,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Supreme Court\'s Souter Retiring...','[quote="Dervish":q7jocbpg]Condi Rice was pretty popular among conservatives in general...at least as long as Bush held her leash anyway. \n\nI am curious why she chose not to run for POTUS (and if she ever plans to), as I think she\'d have a lot of support. \n\nI understand that Condi may have been chosen by McCain over Palin, save for some pesky gay rumors. Ah, found something on that, I KNEW I\'d read this somewhere:\n\nhttp://marriageequalitynow.com/2008/12/ ... -equality/[/quote:q7jocbpg]\nGay, straight, or whatever - she\'s still a reactionary.\n\nShe\'ll make a fine president one day, no doubt.','ad68f9d90a821880b9e8b1da6f158ee9',0,'gA==','q7jocbpg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356718,25711,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243416238,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Goung To The Loo In Japan Is Horrifying...','[quote="Deref":2y5sm0yw][quote="Dervish":2y5sm0yw]You know, if [url=http://www.chick.com/default.asp:2y5sm0yw]Chick Publications[/url:2y5sm0yw] got inspired by this...it would be SO appropriate. \":P\"[/quote:2y5sm0yw]\n \":lol:\" New favourite webcomix![/quote:2y5sm0yw]\n\nBe sure to see this one (which Jack Chick tried to sue out of existence for "stealing" his own tract--as if those mocking it claimed to have authored it themselves--and failed):\n\nhttp://www.rpglibrary.org/inspiration/darkdungeons/','3b69f283d6fc84c8da9fdffad5bce8a4',0,'kA==','2y5sm0yw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356719,25714,4,900,0,'72.131.3.2',1243419286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','This just went from annoying to troubling. I will be watching with rapt attention until they stand down (if they stand down).','f416b46439a57d568f07b21fa0bf8f26',0,'','2yuapiin',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356720,25583,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243420355,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Brother Grimace":2cwi3kwc][quote="A.J.":2cwi3kwc][quote="Kristen Bealer":2cwi3kwc][quote="Brother Grimace":2cwi3kwc]If Ms. Bealer ever did the Chloe O\'Brian scene from Day Four of [i:2cwi3kwc]24[/i:2cwi3kwc] with the M-16, she\'d be up there, too. \":D\"[/quote:2cwi3kwc]\n\nIf I did who in the what now? Does this have anything to do with minks? Or am I getting waterboarded? \'Cause I want to put my little orange floaties on first. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen[/quote:2cwi3kwc]\n\n[url=http://www.tv.com/video/3330/24%3A+Rough+Ronnie++(DVD+Bonus+Feature)?o=tv&tag=video_list;9;watch_link:2cwi3kwc]He means this.[/url:2cwi3kwc] Though you wouldn\'t do this for a laptop. Maybe some good chocolate on the other hand... \":mrgreen:\" \n\nA.J.[/quote:2cwi3kwc]\n\n\nThank you, A.J. Because of this link, I found this:\n\n\n\n[url:2cwi3kwc]http://abc.go.com/fallpreview/index?pn=v&partner=rm&cid=rm+google+v[/url:2cwi3kwc]\n\n\n\nLord, this brings back memories - and Morena Baccarin [i:2cwi3kwc]CERTAINLY[/i:2cwi3kwc] does, especially for all of us who remember [i:2cwi3kwc][b:2cwi3kwc]Diana[/b:2cwi3kwc][/i:2cwi3kwc]. \":shock:\"[/quote:2cwi3kwc]\n\nWe\'ll never get a film version of [i:2cwi3kwc]Childhood\'s End[/i:2cwi3kwc] because so many people will say the opening was a ripoff... \":(\"','070a89eee6ba454586b4a92d78686864',0,'8A==','2cwi3kwc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356721,25725,5,598,0,'86.41.123.109',1243420450,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Best of Batman','[quote:1gg5e1k4]Yeah, those are all good. Some of the recent comics have been just amazing though.\n\nI don\'t think you can do a much better Batman story than Grant Morrison\'s current arc. Even if it gets a little... well a LOT weird, the pay off of Batman 678 with one of the coolest endings ever written is worth it. "...it would be far easier to consider it a dream. But how can I? For in my hand... I hold the Bat-Radia. And I... I am The Batman. THE BATMAN OF ZUR-EN-ARRH!" Bat-Mite: "uh-oh" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"\nSo yeah, Batman and Son, Batman: The Black Hand, and Batman R.I.P are all pretty awesome. \":mrgreen:\" [/quote:1gg5e1k4]\n\nI haven\'t read any of Morrison\'s recent Batman or JL stuff, but it\'s interesting in that it\'s generated so much strongly-divided opinion among comic readers - I\'ve read a lot of vitriol spat at his recent series, but I might check it out someday myself. Talking of weird Batman\'s stories, I love Peter Milligan\'s short run from the early 90s - haunted grass from Ireland, conjoined-twin hitmen with one head white and the other black, a Golem, a killer librarian, the human bomb and a mind-reader who thinks he\'s Bruce Wayne. Very strange, but not just for the sake of being strange - his stories tackled themes of prejudice and identity superbly. I\'d love him to come back to writing Bats someday.\n\n[quote:1gg5e1k4]\nEver read The Joker\'s Apprentice? A young man gets sent to Arkham Asylum for the sole reason that he\'s hard to classify psychologically. His first day there, he\'s sitting at a table playing cards with some other inmates when the Joker approaches them. The other three men flee in terror, but the young man is irritated and insults the Joker, who is impressed that the guy shows no fear. Joker takes the kid under his wing and "teaches him everything he knows" in the ways of various crimes. When the kid learns all he can from the Joker, Joker helps him escape Arkham and sends him after the Batman. Now completely psychotic from the Joker\'s "teachings" the kid goes on a vicious, brutal rape and murder spree even going so far as to send videos of the murders to Commissioner Gordon. Finally Batman captures the kid and sends him back to Arkham...a raving deranged madman. Joker, upon seeing the kid returned to Arkham, smiles and says "Happy fifth anniversary, Batman."\n\n\":mrgreen:\"\n\nWhat about Knightfall? The legendary story in which Bruce Wayne is crippled by Bane?[/quote:1gg5e1k4]\n\nNever heard of that Joker story, but it sounds promising. I might track it down - it\'s difficult to write stories that centre on villains, but some have worked remarkably well.','b0ce57cc15eea4aa74894036423a061b',0,'gA==','1gg5e1k4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356722,25693,4,7,0,'121.45.20.108',1243421155,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="UU":3id63dv4][quote="losdia":3id63dv4]...\nPftt. And? Democracy is outlawed in the US. Article 4 Section 4 Part 1 of the US Constitution:[i:3id63dv4] The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government.[/i:3id63dv4]\n...[/quote:3id63dv4]\nWhy should the terms \'republic\' and \'democracy\' be treated as antonymical?[/quote:3id63dv4]\nNot antonymous, strictly speaking, but not synonymous either. And treating them that way allows right-wingers to morally justify Bush getting elected without a plurality of votes in 2000, and radicals of all stripes to explain the same thing and justify their wanting to kick over the whole sandcastle.','cf0eaa57b72af3c596d34957f0b38954',0,'oA==','3id63dv4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356723,25670,4,7,0,'121.45.20.108',1243421868,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="The Angst Guy":cvll17bp][quote="UU":cvll17bp]Hope for what -- seeing a crescent-adorrned flag over the White House? \'Cos it\'s the only context where this might be possible. \":lol:\"[/quote:cvll17bp]\nYou\'ve been chatting about radical politics on SFMB again, haven\'t you?[/quote:cvll17bp]\nIt\'s those nutjob [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Carolina:cvll17bp]South Carolinian separatists[/url:cvll17bp] again… \";)\"','e7598ddba61dd9cfd91d1d6837313e3b',0,'kA==','cvll17bp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356724,25521,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243422330,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Supreme Court\'s Souter Retiring...','[quote="Deref":mfcya2j8]She\'ll make a fine president one day, no doubt.[/quote:mfcya2j8]\n\nA black lesbian? Symbolic victory, in more ways than Obama. AND she knows how to dress. \":P\" \n\nOTOH, she makes Obama look calmer, reasonable, and peaceful in comparison, although I think not as much as many people would claim. \n\nAnd I\'d say lesbians should fear the new stereotyping that would come about based on her, but I don\'t think she could do any worse for us in that regard than Rosie O\'Donnell has already done (and please, Ascended Goddess Sappho, don\'t let Ann Coulter come out of the closet! \":shock:\"). \":P\"','dfc7c079a34a5efaa7c01337b07d9934',0,'gA==','mfcya2j8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356725,25670,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243422589,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":2zg6g8yp]Hope for what -- seeing a crescent-adorrned flag over the White House? \'Cos it\'s the only context where this might be possible. \":lol:\"[/quote:2zg6g8yp]\n\nThis reminds me of a show I caught on YT (NOT the feel good movie of the year)\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyATtyhQpnE\n\n[quote:2zg6g8yp]Child Stabs President Bush to Death and Turns the White House into a Mosque in a Hamas TV Puppet Show[/quote:2zg6g8yp]\n\nIf this is children\'s entertainment, no wonder they look down upon Disney as corrupting with poor morals of avoiding war & revenge, pursuing love & liberation instead, in enough flicks. \":P\" (And did\'ya see how people dressed in Disney\'s Aladdin!? \":shock:\" Allah must tremble in rage at such uppity tramps like Princess Jasmine. \":x\"). \n\nBG, compare & contrast with that KP fic I recently forwarded to you. \":)\"','0f9bc0fa5d46bd1a8fbc378bf1504f65',0,'gA==','2zg6g8yp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356726,25728,6,1000,0,'220.253.2.74',1243425578,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Sinspiration; 28 Chapters; complete','Hey! I\'m the author of [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5076768/1/Sinspiration:19zj9s6g]Sinspiration[/url:19zj9s6g]! I thought I\'d advertise my own fic right here on PPMB because... \n\nIt\'s a Daria/Trent centric story, based around a loosely AU existence after Mart of Darkness, progressing from there before going into summer - I won\'t even try and place this into canon. It happens before seasons four and five, though! Anyway.\n\n[quote:19zj9s6g][size=85:19zj9s6g]The tinny sound of a television out of tune drifted throughout the house, abandoned and ignored. The Lane house was, once again, void of most human life. The usual tenants were secluded to Trent’s room, playing with paints and twanging a guitar. Very rarely would the two create in the same room, being that they were very ineffective working partners. This was probably owed to accidentally and frequently pointing out the other’s issues or flaws. However, they gave it the good ol’ Lawndale one-two and tried anyway.\n\nJane was dappling paint onto a canvas, working the brush strokes the best she could to the slow, repetitive twanging of the same guitar chords over and over again. ‘Could you pick more than one? Just once?’ she asked out the corner of her mouth, a few other choice phrases remaining quiet. Her eyes strayed from the canvas to Trent, receiving only a grunt for her politeness. Trent continued through this ‘creative block’, managing a few scratched lyrics and a few more twangs of the chord.\n\nAfter a while, Trent took to singing whatever he had managed to concoct in his current state – a languid, vertically-challenged college drop-out.[/size:19zj9s6g][/quote:19zj9s6g]\n\n\nI\'m a tad egocentric! So any comments, crits or otherwise are accepted and welcomed.','fc431be523711bdaca8282a6e38163de',0,'lA==','19zj9s6g',1,1257941586,'',1000,8,0),(356727,25728,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243425774,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','ha! fishing for complements lol \n \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \n\nwaiting for an update missy \":roll:\"','d7c15f4a8d48e3140fd1f3b4b2867e6c',0,'','3qg6gmlz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356728,25666,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243425894,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','\":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" nice one BG','9b605744e2160195a3b72c687aaf0ef1',0,'','3u575mew',1,1250747724,'',992,2,0),(356738,25729,3,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243428454,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8068088.stm:ld31hz9g]Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?[/url:ld31hz9g]\n\nIt\'s called the Eternal City by many, but Rome also has the sobriquet "Stab City" among football fans because of the level of knife attacks in the Italian capital. \n\nThere are fears tonight\'s Champions League final, being held in the city\'s Olympic Stadium, will be marred by such violence after several knife-related attacks on supporters from a number of English clubs over the last decade. \n\nWhat is marked about the attacks is that victims are often stabbed in the buttocks. The practice even has its own slang name in the local Roman dialect - "puncicate". But why is the backside targeted?','3e9e19d7efc9b2767b91ed4d446ca8fd',0,'EA==','ld31hz9g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356739,25714,4,7,0,'121.45.20.108',1243429032,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="UU":10eukp3m]\'And the mountain trembleth. And the earth groaneth. And it issueth forth a roar deep: "Hey yo-o-o-o-u-u-u, o-o-o-ver there in the White Ho-o-o-o-u-u-u-use!!! Give us some money!!!"\' (Andrei Lankov).[/quote:10eukp3m]\nI doubt they\'re [i:10eukp3m]that[/i:10eukp3m] fussy about the provenance of the money (so long as it can be denied, they\'ll probably even accept it from the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_House:10eukp3m]Blue House[/url:10eukp3m]). My favourite explanation, though, is that this is the result of senior army officials and the like competing for the favour of Kim, the favour of his likely replacement when he finally topples over, or to [i:10eukp3m]be[/i:10eukp3m] that replacement. Although being top of the pile in North Korea can\'t be [i:10eukp3m]that[/i:10eukp3m] appealing a job, I guess it beats being at the bottom . . .','961dfab99bd021459fa9c951809b335d',0,'sA==','10eukp3m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356729,25728,6,1000,0,'220.253.2.74',1243425970,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','I have the next - 10 chapters scripted out. I just need the time to write them out and make them less insane-sounding. Thanks for the comments/reviews though~!','473eebf7287c5f18786e69b736f7e4fd',0,'','1o0ecuo7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356730,25427,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243426083,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Crossovers Not Yet Crossed Over','[quote="vlademir1":2fl7fkz8]What? No Lolita nor A Clockwork Orange? I\'m appalled as a fan of the mans work.[/quote:2fl7fkz8]\n\nk this is a xpost- but it fits here too\n\nDaria Morgendorffer sat in the room.\n\nAs she came to Daria immediantly became aware of two things;\nThe rancid smell of stale vomit that infiltrated her nostrals, and the faint burning sensation in her wrists and ankles. She made a vain attempt to move her heavy head but quickly came to the realisation that she was trapped; her head was held in place against the tall back of the hard wooden chair by two leather straps that ran the girth of her forehead and chin. Likewise she found her hands and feet shackled in a similar fashion, she pulled hard at her restraints writhing in pain as the burning in her limbs intensified.\nThe sound of lock mechanisms turning and a door screeching in protest against its bearings froze Daria in her place. A strong beam of fluorescent light streamed into the darkened room, illuminating a large white projection screen infront of Daria.\nShe opened her eyes wide in fear "No..no..not again" she choked as she heard the approaching footsteps from behind.\nDaria winced in pain as the figure plunged a large hyperdermic needle callously into the side of her neck, then returned to the door heaving it shut behind them.\nA wave of nausea washed over her as the screen infront of her flickered and began to play the video again\n\nMs Li stood at the two way mirror observing the scene with malice, a broadening smile stretched across her face, she turned and adressed the other occupant of the room, Mr O\'neil stood timidly in the corner \n\n"I don\'t know why I let you waste so much time on those pathetic self esteem classes; this is a much more effective treatment"','34a52cad809f514a1e546b0dc4d6e77a',0,'gA==','2fl7fkz8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356731,25670,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243426157,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','Just curious -- were there any calls to have Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko and Gorbachev tried by a \'War Crimes Tribunal\' -- or, for that matter, to try Saddam Hussein for that pesky Iran-Iraq thing -- or is this partiucular brand of hot air reserved for American politicians?','cb5850d00ec90c70bea7147aa2ef94d2',0,'','2ff6uhp7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356732,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243426410,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','I respectfully decline the invitation to join your hallucination.\n\nScott Adams','eb02101ea0b8befaea02981657433c01',0,'','2emmr9ad',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356733,25693,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243426716,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="Caira":39vcjnah]...\nNot antonymous, strictly speaking, but not synonymous either. And treating them that way allows right-wingers to morally justify Bush getting elected without a plurality of votes in 2000, and radicals of all stripes to explain the same thing and justify their wanting to kick over the whole sandcastle.[/quote:39vcjnah]\nGotta love political rhetoric, eh? \":D\"','21b95b2cd2098de3d3ea8682e3f9bac0',0,'gA==','39vcjnah',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356734,25714,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243427121,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','\'And the mountain trembleth. And the earth groaneth. And it issueth forth a roar deep: "Hey yo-o-o-o-u-u-u, o-o-o-ver there in the White Ho-o-o-o-u-u-u-use!!! Give us some money!!!"\' (Andrei Lankov).','21b4b3b3950eb9f5128f98b0fa089e33',0,'','3iglbcx1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356735,25583,3,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1243427477,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="A.J.":3qavjmte][url=http://www.tv.com/video/3330/24%3A+Rough+Ronnie++(DVD+Bonus+Feature)?o=tv&tag=video_list;9;watch_link:3qavjmte]He means this.[/url:3qavjmte] Though you wouldn\'t do this for a laptop. Maybe some good chocolate on the other hand... \":mrgreen:\" \n\nA.J.[/quote:3qavjmte]\n\nOhhh, okay.\n\nNo, I would never shoot a man. I\'d much prefer the pure tactile satisfaction of snapping his neck with my bare hands. Heh, that reminds me of a funny story from when I was in second grade.\n\nEr. Wait. My lawyer says I\'m not supposed to tell that story anymore.\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','aad73e9034b6e32da52c709199479cc6',0,'kA==','3qavjmte',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356736,25666,6,1000,0,'220.253.2.74',1243427632,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','I feel I might be a canon purist...? And an AU fanatic.\n\n[size=85:2nbn9o4b][quote:2nbn9o4b]Daria Morgendorffer sat in the room. The room in question was that of Jane – of course, this wasn’t the important aspect of why she was in the room… Her mind flashed back to Mr. O’Neil (who wasn’t the slightest bit Irish) and his project idea. \n\n‘Go experience someone else’s life for this week. Daria, Jane you trade… Kevin, Mack you change… Jodie, Brittany…’ and thus the coupling continued until there was no one left. Daria assumed there had been some kind of secret ballot done without their knowledge, as everyone seemed grouped together based on their friendship groups – or lack thereof. \n\nShe scoffed at the thought, turning over one of Jane’s shirts with the toe of her boot. ‘What a week…’ she said under her breath, wondering if this was effectively the best punishment ever – or the worst. She was away from her family, but she was also thrown into unknown territory.\n\n---\nQuin had spent some time berating Jane’s attire, ignorant to the fact she was preaching to a deaf ear. Eventually Jane turned her attention to Quin, her hand settling on her hip and an paint palette clucked in her other hand.\n\n\'What does Daria usually do when you talk to her like that?\'\n\n\'Say something about Stalan – or Stilan…? Whatever, some German guy I think.\'\n\n\'It all makes so much sense now...\'\n[/quote:2nbn9o4b][/size:2nbn9o4b]','920469b276a0c16fc514685469689dda',0,'hA==','2nbn9o4b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356737,25670,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243428296,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Caira":2v2a601f][quote="The Angst Guy":2v2a601f][quote="UU":2v2a601f]Hope for what -- seeing a crescent-adorrned flag over the White House? \'Cos it\'s the only context where this might be possible. \":lol:\"[/quote:2v2a601f]\nYou\'ve been chatting about radical politics on SFMB again, haven\'t you?[/quote:2v2a601f]\nIt\'s those nutjob [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Carolina:2v2a601f]South Carolinian separatists[/url:2v2a601f] again… \";)\"[/quote:2v2a601f]\nAt least South Carloina has a nice flag instead of that cookie-cutter state-seal-on-a-plain-field design typical for individual states.','8629d492ece43f95c4b930bcb5d91471',0,'kA==','2v2a601f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356740,25147,5,7,0,'121.45.20.108',1243429972,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','','In brief: Woohoo! [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=19425:m6mik599]The Chasers[/url:m6mik599] are back!','e4241d22f01ad3057d990fe408133bb7',0,'EA==','m6mik599',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356741,25670,4,7,0,'121.45.20.108',1243430978,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":1rre929b][quote="Caira":1rre929b][quote="The Angst Guy":1rre929b][quote="UU":1rre929b]Hope for what -- seeing a crescent-adorrned flag over the White House? \'Cos it\'s the only context where this might be possible. \":lol:\"[/quote:1rre929b]\nYou\'ve been chatting about radical politics on SFMB again, haven\'t you?[/quote:1rre929b]\nIt\'s those nutjob [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Carolina:1rre929b]South Carolinian separatists[/url:1rre929b] again… \";)\"[/quote:1rre929b]\nAt least South Carloina has a nice flag instead of that cookie-cutter state-seal-on-a-plain-field design typical for individual states.[/quote:1rre929b]\nTrue, but I still really want to put it in a pile with Malaysia and a bunch of other Muslim countries\' flags and ask a Texan good ol\' boy to pick which is the American one . . .','aac9ed5ec88cf18e0c0a7a4011edf986',0,'kA==','1rre929b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356742,25670,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1243431045,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":1scectvc][quote="Caira":1scectvc][quote="The Angst Guy":1scectvc][quote="UU":1scectvc]Hope for what -- seeing a crescent-adorrned flag over the White House? \'Cos it\'s the only context where this might be possible. \":lol:\"[/quote:1scectvc]\nYou\'ve been chatting about radical politics on SFMB again, haven\'t you?[/quote:1scectvc]\nIt\'s those nutjob [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Carolina:1scectvc]South Carolinian separatists[/url:1scectvc] again… \";)\"[/quote:1scectvc]\nAt least South Carloina has a nice flag instead of that cookie-cutter state-seal-on-a-plain-field design typical for individual states.[/quote:1scectvc]\n\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Florida.svg:1scectvc]Like Florida?[/url:1scectvc] \":lol:\" \n\n(At least they ditched the mountains from the seal)','766790f6d0ee250a7504ebdf626eabe0',0,'kA==','1scectvc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356743,25670,4,7,0,'121.45.20.108',1243431561,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="RLobinske":1x5or2m2][quote="UU":1x5or2m2][quote="Caira":1x5or2m2][quote="The Angst Guy":1x5or2m2][quote="UU":1x5or2m2]Hope for what -- seeing a crescent-adorrned flag over the White House? \'Cos it\'s the only context where this might be possible. \":lol:\"[/quote:1x5or2m2]\nYou\'ve been chatting about radical politics on SFMB again, haven\'t you?[/quote:1x5or2m2]\nIt\'s those nutjob [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Carolina:1x5or2m2]South Carolinian separatists[/url:1x5or2m2] again… \";)\"[/quote:1x5or2m2]\nAt least South Carloina has a nice flag instead of that cookie-cutter state-seal-on-a-plain-field design typical for individual states.[/quote:1x5or2m2]\n\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Florida.svg:1x5or2m2]Like Florida?[/url:1x5or2m2] \":lol:\" \n\n(At least they ditched the mountains from the seal)[/quote:1x5or2m2]\nNah, more like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Wisconsin:1x5or2m2]Wisconsin[/url:1x5or2m2] or the twenty-odd others that put it on a plain blue background. It makes vexillogy exactly as dull as it sounds.','111478a6c6360e0c3251c0e1283f785d',0,'kA==','1x5or2m2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356744,25729,3,7,0,'121.45.20.108',1243432111,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','[quote="UU":2qcpqudd][url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8068088.stm:2qcpqudd]Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?[/url:2qcpqudd]\n\nIt\'s called the Eternal City by many, but Rome also has the sobriquet "Stab City" among football fans because of the level of knife attacks in the Italian capital. \n\nThere are fears tonight\'s Champions League final, being held in the city\'s Olympic Stadium, will be marred by such violence after several knife-related attacks on supporters from a number of English clubs over the last decade. \n\nWhat is marked about the attacks is that victims are often stabbed in the buttocks. The practice even has its own slang name in the local Roman dialect - "puncicate". But why is the backside targeted?[/quote:2qcpqudd]\nSo that Romans can use the word "puncicate" as often as possible, of course. Hee!\n\n(Seriously, I will never understand why fans of two professional soccer clubs that haven\'t existed for ten years between them need to be kept separate in the stadium lest there be an outbreak of Darwinian carnage, but I can go to an equally professional Australian rules football match [i:2qcpqudd]in the same town, on the same day,[/i:2qcpqudd] between two highly parochial, working-class teams, and trade all manner of abuse with the other mob\'s supporters, without fearing for life, limb nor buttock.)','78afb27f3563734af29fe747e84d8df7',0,'sA==','2qcpqudd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356745,25726,6,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1243432312,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Iron Chef: "My braces made me do it."','JUDGE HAUK: Thank you, counsel. Counsel for the defense. Ms. Morgendorffer?\n\n(Daria Morgendorffer stands up. She is 28 years old. Sitting next to her at the defense bench is Sandi Griffin. Sitting behind the defense bench are a number of familiar faces: Quinn Morgendorffer, Helen Morgendorffer, Tom and Linda Griffin. One older, unrecognized face is that of Sam Griffin, Sandi\'s younger brother, now in his early twenties.)\n\nDARIA: Thank you, your honor. (Addresses the jury.) I will have to admit that Ms. Jericho and her lawyers have told a compelling story. \n\n(The jury looks over at the heavily bandaged Jericho.)\n\nAnd certainly, they have done an admirable job of supplying a burden of proof. It is definitely true that on September 2nd, Sandi Griffin assaulted Tori Jericho, beating her about the face for several minutes, breaking her jaw and fracturing her eye socket. The defense has never contested the evidence offered by the prosecution. We have offered no objections for it.\n\nHowever (Daria takes off her glasses), I would like to remind the jury that nothing matters without [i:9a7uohgp]context[/i:9a7uohgp]. A man is shot in his home. Was it a burglar shooting the man while in the middle of a robbery? Or was the shooter a young girl, defending herself from her molesting father? Presenting mere fact - that a shooting has taken place - without context provides no meaning. Did you park in the handicapped spot because were too lazy to walk an extra 25 feet, or did you park there because you have a cake in the oven and if you don\'t get that milk in two minutes, your party will be ruined? Circumstances mean much more than a dry recounting of facts.\n\nLet\'s look at the facts. Yes, it\'s true that Tori Jericho was beaten, and that Sandi Griffin did indeed injure Ms. Jericho. But we forget [i:9a7uohgp]why[/i:9a7uohgp]. The prosecution claims that this is because of animosity, that Tori Jericho teased Sandi Griffin when they were in middle school, and Sandi Griffin decided to take revenge because Tori Jericho cut her off from a parking space at Cashman\'s. They present Ms. Griffin as a woman who simmers over imagined slights for years, suddenly exploding with a paroxysm or rage. But if indeed Ms. Griffin is an explosive keg...then who lit the fuse?\n\nCan you imagine, say, wearing braces as a child? Mind you, these are the plastic invis-a-line braces that are sold by dentists far and wide? No, these were the 1980s stainless steel braces. Can you imagine the taunts? "Braceface"? "Metal-mouth"? "Pac-man"? Can you imagine the taunts day after day after day? There was no where to hide from braces. Every time you open your mouth you betray your weakness. A fat student could perhaps lose weight, or a glasses-wearer could simple slide one\'s glasses in one\'s pocket - as I have just done. But for Sandi Griffin, there was no escape from Tori Jericho. Jericho has admitted this animosity, it is a matter of her testimony.\n\nFor you see, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we are missing this context. We have not fully traveled back to the past; we have not realized the burden that Tori Jericho unjustly left for Sandi Griffin. I have a picture of a young Sandi Griffin. I would like the jury to look at this picture.\n\nPROSECUTION: Objection! This has not been admitted as evidence, and this is very irregular for a closing argument. One\'s argument should not rest on...[i:9a7uohgp]props[/i:9a7uohgp].\n\nDARIA: This is a family picture of Sandi Griffin that was printed in the [i:9a7uohgp]Lawndale Sun-Herald[/i:9a7uohgp] when Sandi was seven. I contest that this picture is a matter of public record.\n\nJUDGE HAUK: Overruled. Continue, counselor.\n\nDARIA: Thank you.\n\n(Daria passes the picture to the jury foreman. It is a picture of a young Sandi Griffin holding her cat, Fluffy, which is a kitten. Griffin is smiling broadly. One can definitely tell that she has braces. This is the picture of the younger and happier Sandi Griffin.)\n\nDARIA: Look at the smile on that face. (Daria takes her glassed out of her pocket.) Can you imagine...can you conceieve of the cruelty of someone who would mock someone so precious?\n\n(The jury turns to look at Tori Jericho, who hardly can defend herself, her face covered in bandages. Jericho looks a bit like [i:9a7uohgp]Darkman[/i:9a7uohgp].)\n\nDARIA: And when Tori Jericho pulled into that parking space, when she stepped out of her Porsche and said, "Sorry Sandi...too slow again!"...Ms. Jericho [i:9a7uohgp]smiled[/i:9a7uohgp]. A smile full of perfect, white teeth that would not need braces.\n\n(Daria inadvertantly (?) points to Sandi Griffin with her glasses. The jury follows the imaginary line to Sandi, who has a particularly distraught face, like a six year old about to bawl.)\n\nDARIA: A mocking smile. Another boot in the face by Tori Jericho. Maybe it\'s time that the [i:9a7uohgp]true victim of assault[/i:9a7uohgp] is recognized, and is given her due by this jury. There is only one correct response, one response that brings justice. Members of the jury, I ask that Sandi Griffin be found not guilty of all charges. Thank you.\n\n\n(Daria returns back to her table.)\n\n\nSANDI: Gee Daria, I didn\'t think you were going to spin my suggestion into a whole argument. Half of the stuff you said isn\'t even true. That picture was never in the paper.\n\nDARIA: It doesn\'t matter. What matters is if they believe it.\n\n\n(The jury has been given its instructions, and leaves. Jericho and her attorney walk out. The prosecuting attorney turns to Daria.)\n\nPROSECUTION (angrily): Nice job making shinola from shit, Morgendorffer.\n\nDARIA: I enjoy being complemented by [i:9a7uohgp]experts[/i:9a7uohgp].\n\n(As the prosecution walks out, Daria turns to her mother. Helen and Daria exchange smiles.)','fabd8dfe0462b8fc6c4412ca67554193',0,'IA==','9a7uohgp',1,1243456390,'',213,1,0),(356746,25729,3,568,0,'206.255.101.7',1243435382,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','And people think pro-wrestling fans need help. \":roll:\"','ab9424d4976ab720019715e67a9bff4b',0,'','3o7dvuhg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356747,25634,3,55,0,'75.163.81.222',1243435930,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Your favorite childhood toy','[quote="Deref":1s200cvd][quote="Brother Grimace":1s200cvd]When I was seven, my family went to a soda parlor place called Farrells, in the Northwoods Mall here in Peoria. While I was there, I won a little stuffed dog - a boxer with a little golf cap on his head. I named him Woof-Woof. (Hey, I was seven years old.)\n\nI loved that little toy - so naturally, my psychotic brother tore his head off, and all of the stuffing came out. I don\'t want to think about how lond or how hard I tried to get the stuffing back in and sew him back up, and finally, I had to face that I couldn\'t fix Woof-Woof. I wanted to cry, but I couldn\'t even do that.\n\nI threw him away, and I never let myself care about another toy ever again.[/quote:1s200cvd]\n \":|\" That\'s soooo sad.[/quote:1s200cvd]\n\nWow. That\'s terrible.\n\nThat\'s almost enough to make me cry right now.\n\nBut then I have a deep respect and love for childhood stuffed animals, as evidenced by my first teddy bear, still sitting on my dresser. A little worse for wear, considering I was sick as a child a lot, my bear still lives wherever I live.','bdb77a31eab5ed89c14e33eb4f2fd6a6',0,'gA==','1s200cvd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356748,25147,5,568,0,'206.255.101.7',1243436262,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','Lately here, my fiance and I have been watching Angel. We\'re done with the first 4 seasons. Hopefully we\'ll be able to start Season 5 soon.','f14eb5bdce2c5eeea8d5ec37eb9aba41',0,'','2ctcuyy7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356749,25498,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1243438042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has anyone heard from Liz?','[quote="Deref":je4mbu1j][quote="The Angst Guy":je4mbu1j][quote="Liz Ruiz":je4mbu1j][quote="The Angst Guy":je4mbu1j]Has anyone heard from Liz? Is she out of prison yet?[/quote:je4mbu1j]\nNo, she\'s still trying to find out who framed her for pushing a certain Mr. M onto a cow causing his death.[/quote:je4mbu1j]\nHe probably deserved it.[/quote:je4mbu1j]\nGo on.\n\n[takes notes]\n\nYou were jealous of his success I suppose. I don\'t blame you. He was well-loved. Who wouldn\'t be jealous?\n\nSo - the cow was there, Mr. M was there...anyone would have done the same thing, wouldn\'t they?[/quote:je4mbu1j]\n\n\nYes, I admit I had motive and opportunity. But if you see the determined the look on my face, you\'ll notice that a) I\'m innocent and b) Cow Thrower I WILL find you.\n\nThe only clue I\'ve found some time has led me to believe the person who framed me may work near or with arctic fowl. I\'m following that lead.','995e3445ea1a64e01b7cec0555d19830',0,'gA==','je4mbu1j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356750,25634,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1243438250,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Your favorite childhood toy','Hmm, several things come to mind.\n\nI had most of the old [url=http://www.tylisaari.com/prehistoricscenes/main.htm:1dsd8wv9]Aurora Prehistoric Scenes[/url:1dsd8wv9], only lacking the [i:1dsd8wv9]T. rex[/i:1dsd8wv9] and the Cave Bear.\n\nI had a fairly small, ~2" reflector telescope that I used a lot.\n\nI had an assortment of rocket models over the years, mostly of the Apollo program. I\'ve managed to build reissues of almost all of them in years since.\n\nI had a stuffed bear that I won at the county fair that eventually was passed down to one of my nephews after he developed an attachment to it, including button replacement eyes and multiple patches.','06f80a2340e662a2005894d2dc314a1a',0,'MA==','1dsd8wv9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356751,25666,6,129,0,'24.118.48.176',1243440239,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','Daria Morgendorffer sat in her room. She found it adequate.\n\nI\'d add myself in to the exercise as a character-exploration writer, which I consider by default off-canon - as only the Creator can know the Mysteries of life, so can only Eichler truly know the thoughts of Daria, Jake, Helen, Trent, Quinn or anyone else in Dariaverse. That\'s how I see it, anyway.','23c8c2448e306a7e106b223bd9d49fe5',0,'','1t19gyef',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356752,25375,3,83,0,'67.42.181.27',1243442418,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Do you ever get the feeling you drive people to drink? Because you should really be getting that feeling.','cf4b8d136eb212a0587206f330fa6b1e',0,'','1btw3r6a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356753,25634,3,955,0,'151.151.7.52',1243443529,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Your favorite childhood toy','[quote="Bryan":1pb9v5so][quote="Deref":1pb9v5so][quote="Brother Grimace":1pb9v5so]When I was seven, my family went to a soda parlor place called Farrells, in the Northwoods Mall here in Peoria. While I was there, I won a little stuffed dog - a boxer with a little golf cap on his head. I named him Woof-Woof. (Hey, I was seven years old.)\n\nI loved that little toy - so naturally, my psychotic brother tore his head off, and all of the stuffing came out. I don\'t want to think about how lond or how hard I tried to get the stuffing back in and sew him back up, and finally, I had to face that I couldn\'t fix Woof-Woof. I wanted to cry, but I couldn\'t even do that.\n\nI threw him away, and I never let myself care about another toy ever again.[/quote:1pb9v5so]\n \":|\" That\'s soooo sad.[/quote:1pb9v5so]\n\nWow. That\'s terrible.\n\nThat\'s almost enough to make me cry right now.\n\nBut then I have a deep respect and love for childhood stuffed animals, as evidenced by my first teddy bear, still sitting on my dresser. A little worse for wear, considering I was sick as a child a lot, my bear still lives wherever I live.[/quote:1pb9v5so]\n\nI lost both of my favorite childhood bears in a fire in 1995. The irony in that is both of them had survived a previous fire in 1976. \n\nAveraging to 21 years, I\'m not looking forward to being 63.','cf5e43031d849b0179ae2d4ab2dff49b',0,'gA==','1pb9v5so',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356754,25666,6,362,0,'170.223.207.24',1243444237,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','Daria Morgendorffer sat in the room.\n\nThe room had been designed by generations of Baltimore homicide detectives. Designed, however, is too deliberate a word. Who was the police who first had the insight to put heat at sub-tropical levels? Had the insight underlying this, that the guilty had a tendency towards torpor, been forgotten and redicovered?\n\nIf the detective who caught Charles Ruttheimer the III\'s murder been inclined to reflect on the wisdom of his elders, he would have marvelled at yet another confirmation of it, for Daria was a sweating nervous mess when he came in. But before she could even stammer out a request for a call to her lawyer (her mother), the police uncermemonously dismissed her. Daria, too grateful and relieved for further conversation, said nothing.\n\nAs she sped out of the BPD\'s homicide unit, another police noticed her and asked the cop closing the box behind him, "Shoulda kept her in there, Bunk. Looked like she woulda confessioned to anything."\n\n"And fuck you very much, too," replied Bunk. "We got a hit on the prints at the scene, so it\'s down." He passed the other detective a slender case file. "Little Miss Morgendorffer, whom you just saw passing, was only somebody who\'d threatened the vic\'s life in [i:2reon6a5]print."[/i:2reon6a5] \n\n"You\'d think the major would get a sense of humor visitors getting killed in Baltimore. But no, one wigger from the county gets clipped, and he\'s all testy about the clearance." He opened the folder. "Jesus, this is still gonna be a clusterfuck--got this well-monied out-of-state broad for your shooter, one Alison Aertegun, works as an artist, which translates to \'unemployed\' with no fixed address."\n\n"Fool." Bunk grabbed the folder. "Yeah, she is money and out-of-state, but because she\'s money and out-of-state, she does have a fixed abode, even owns it, in Woodstock, New York. Probably getting her ass back up there now. Screw-it: some trooper can pick her up on I-95. And we\'ve got statements from subjects there and here she was also in our fair city by the bay. So down and out, Norris."\n\nNorris shook his head. "Tourist on tourist violence. What\'s to become of our city?"','e7caf10f2ac724550108d20fc5e86f74',0,'IA==','2reon6a5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356755,25693,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243444265,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="UU":12jg3pk2][quote="Caira":12jg3pk2]...\nNot antonymous, strictly speaking, but not synonymous either. And treating them that way allows right-wingers to morally justify Bush getting elected without a plurality of votes in 2000, and radicals of all stripes to explain the same thing and justify their wanting to kick over the whole sandcastle.[/quote:12jg3pk2]\nGotta love political rhetoric, eh? \":D\"[/quote:12jg3pk2]\n\nExactly! \":mrgreen:\" \n\nDemocracy overall is a bad idea. Just look at what that word actually means, Mob Rule. A Republic on the other hand (or the more modern conception of a Polyarchy) is a system where the people are allowed to channel their collective will towards equitable goals, while maintaining the rights of the minority, and allowing for the responsiveness of more Authoritarian styles of government. It doesn\'t always work well, but unless someone can find the one person of perfect morality to become the Monarch it is probably the best system.\n\nConflating Democracy and Republicanism, is the same as allowing repressive socialist states to be regarded to as Communist states. Last time I checked there has never been a Communist state, not in the Marxist or Trotskyist sense of the word, but if one ever pops up I\'ll be the first one on a plane to move there.','2011d81aebe1feecfbc02563d4845952',0,'gA==','12jg3pk2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356756,25634,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243445471,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Your favorite childhood toy','I just got [url=http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/b76e/:2w5qnfdz]a new toy[/url:2w5qnfdz] that has revived my childhood. \":D\" The RetroDuo a third party console that plays all of the old NES and SNES cartridges, \n\nWhen I was a kid I spent all of 2nd and 3rd grade too sick to go to school with "an unknown wasting disease with neurological symptoms". Ultimately I went to an RL Dr. House type who treated me, but for two years I was laid up unable to do much but play video games. The legacy of all that, apart from some minor brain damage that leaves me feeling like I\'m randomly being electrocuted, is that I can beat all the levels of Super Mario World in about 12 hours. \n\nTo me nothing is more relaxing then just letting my mind go and decimating a Mario game.','effa4a86699e755452433e3898775fdb',0,'EA==','2w5qnfdz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356757,18385,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243445775,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wrestletalk','[quote="Disco316":2jydrlms][quote="brnleague99":2jydrlms]One more shoutout. "Showtime" Eric Young of TNA...deserves a push. If anyone deserves the X Division title, it\'s EY. Goddamn, that kid has heart and talent.[/quote:2jydrlms]\n\nI think they\'re going to try running him as a heel, now that he\'s out of his coward/superhero phase. He definitely pulls his weight in the matches, and it\'s been nice seeing him evolve beyond the accidental pins and being afraid of his own pyro.[/quote:2jydrlms]\n\nI was really digging the "mini-feud" that he had with Sheik Abdul Bashir and think that TNA should have done more with it. For one thing, have a long match with a conclusive ending. No ref bump, no crazy ass Shane Sewell, just EY hitting a finishing move and getting a legit pin.','2f651a6026ee9a81dc9e3ea87cee070f',0,'gA==','2jydrlms',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356758,25521,4,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1243445816,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Supreme Court\'s Souter Retiring...','[quote="UU":1wswwuev][quote="Liz Ruiz":1wswwuev]...\nOh I definitely agree. I was more commenting on the fact that I don\'t particularly believe the Bush Era GOP would have gone for anyone of other ethnicity than white, even if the nominee was a woman. I think that it\'s a good thing that the ethnic diversity of the United States is finally being reflected on the government.[/quote:1wswwuev]\nPraise be to George W for appointing Alberto Gonzales to the Cabinet! \":D\"[/quote:1wswwuev]\n\nAh, you know that Google slogan? "Don\'t be Evil"? Well, evil trumps ethnicity every single time! Besides Gonzalez was the whitest Hispanic guy ever. I\'d say even more than Henry Cisneros, if that is possible.','7eb299211edde238f93784296dd9e19d',0,'gA==','1wswwuev',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356759,25443,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243445877,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Am I Being Served? (part 5)','hehheh very nice \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":mrgreen:\"','e2c55ee5d8db0d381a368428a3fc3e77',0,'','3th6wqvq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356760,25666,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243446854,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','Daria Morgendorffer sat in the room, surrounded by rabid squirrels with ebola.\n\nTruly, Judgement Day was here.','5914e1df52fb8305f0119bcf8387ca59',0,'','3injpfna',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356761,25693,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243447075,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="losdia":3l6an8n3]...\nDemocracy overall is a bad idea. Just look at what that word actually means, Mob Rule.[/quote:3l6an8n3]\nErm, wouldn\'t that be ochlocracy\'?\n\n[quote="losdia":3l6an8n3]A Republic on the other hand (or the more modern conception of a Polyarchy) is a system where the people are allowed to channel their collective will towards equitable goals, while maintaining the rights of the minority, and allowing for the responsiveness of more Authoritarian styles of government. It doesn\'t always work well, but unless someone can find the one person of perfect morality to become the Monarch it is probably the best system.[/quote:3l6an8n3]\nIsn\'t republic just a state with a president instead of a monarch?\n\n[quote="losdia":3l6an8n3]Conflating Democracy and Republicanism, is the same as allowing repressive socialist states to be regarded to as Communist states. Last time I checked there has never been a Communist state, not in the Marxist or Trotskyist sense of the word, but if one ever pops up I\'ll be the first one on a plane to move there.[/quote:3l6an8n3]\nErm, a Communist state is impossible in the Marxist or Trotskyist sense of the word ([i:3l6an8n3]Anti-Dühring[/i:3l6an8n3]), so there\'s no risk of you moving there. \";)\"','cfac101705e22f95daefaee36c1673c3',0,'oA==','3l6an8n3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356762,25670,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243447184,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Caira":29p82upf]...\nNah, more like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Wisconsin:29p82upf]Wisconsin[/url:29p82upf] or the twenty-odd others that put it on a plain blue background. It makes vexillogy exactly as dull as it sounds.[/quote:29p82upf]\nYep, Florida at least has that red saltire thing. \":)\"','78e203c4de0d710ff4bb681433669419',0,'kA==','29p82upf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356763,25666,6,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243447982,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','Scissors, \":drink:\"','237475ed31e98ed0869b151a72fb1eff',0,'','3vpfmooq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356764,25693,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243448719,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="UU":1ub6x1kj][quote="losdia":1ub6x1kj]...\nDemocracy overall is a bad idea. Just look at what that word actually means, Mob Rule.[/quote:1ub6x1kj]\nErm, wouldn\'t that be ochlocracy\'?\n\n[color=#0000FF:1ub6x1kj]I cannot express how little skill I have with Greek, but pretty much every commentary I\'ve read on Aristotle\'s works has explained that his usage of [i:1ub6x1kj]demos [/i:1ub6x1kj]in [i:1ub6x1kj]democracy [/i:1ub6x1kj]was meant to have a negative connotation. Meaning something like Mob or Rabble. I know he didn\'t invent the concept or word, but Aristotle\'s analysis of governments is one of those works that helped shape the western world\'s understanding of those systems.\n\nSo I was referring to Democracy in the Aristotelian sense, where democracy is the negative form of rule by the many.\n[/color:1ub6x1kj]\n\n\n[quote="losdia":1ub6x1kj]A Republic on the other hand (or the more modern conception of a Polyarchy) is a system where the people are allowed to channel their collective will towards equitable goals, while maintaining the rights of the minority, and allowing for the responsiveness of more Authoritarian styles of government. It doesn\'t always work well, but unless someone can find the one person of perfect morality to become the Monarch it is probably the best system.[/quote:1ub6x1kj]\nIsn\'t republic just a state with a president instead of a monarch?\n\n[color=#0000FF:1ub6x1kj]No, not even a little bit. A Classical Republic just refers to an elected Aristocracy. A modern Polyarchy on the other hand is a somewhat more nebulous concept, and is one of those things that can really only be described as "you know it when you see it."[/color:1ub6x1kj]\n\n[quote="losdia":1ub6x1kj]Conflating Democracy and Republicanism, is the same as allowing repressive socialist states to be regarded to as Communist states. Last time I checked there has never been a Communist state, not in the Marxist or Trotskyist sense of the word, but if one ever pops up I\'ll be the first one on a plane to move there.[/quote:1ub6x1kj]\nErm, a Communist state is impossible in the Marxist or Trotskyist sense of the word ([i:1ub6x1kj]Anti-Dühring[/i:1ub6x1kj]), so there\'s no risk of you moving there. \";)\"\n\n[color=#0000FF:1ub6x1kj]Yeah. While I really like Marx\'s work and Trotsky\'s interpretation of it, I dislike utopianist conceptions of government (even anarchical stateless societies). Even if I did believe in the Utopian Communist/Anarchy I don\'t think the world has yet reached the level of globalization or disparity of wealth Marx spoke of being necessary for The Revolution to truly begin.[/color:1ub6x1kj]\n\n[/quote:1ub6x1kj]','22e3560a7e45de641ee7f35778dbe734',0,'og==','1ub6x1kj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356765,25726,6,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243452718,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: "My braces made me do it."','Nice. \":lol:\" \n\n[quote="Roentgen":27ls7hy2]PROSECUTION: Objection! This has not been admitted as evidence, and this is very irregular for a closing argument. One\'s argument should not rest on...[i:27ls7hy2]props[/i:27ls7hy2].\n\nDARIA: This is a family picture of Sandi Griffin that was printed in the [i:27ls7hy2]Lawndale Sun-Herald[/i:27ls7hy2] when Sandi was seven. I contest that this picture is a matter of public record.\n\nJUDGE HAUK: Sustained.[/quote:27ls7hy2]\nWouldn\'t that mean the [i:27ls7hy2]objection[/i:27ls7hy2] was sustained and therefore Daria couldn\'t show the photo to the jury?','883c1fbdfa3f0614ed6314f93d790143',0,'oA==','27ls7hy2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356766,25692,4,249,0,'82.24.218.72',1243453133,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Somali Pirates Like Going Dutch','So, a choice between equipping freighters with [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MILAN:1yowkyl5]Milan[/url:1yowkyl5] or [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGM-71_TOW:1yowkyl5]TOW[/url:1yowkyl5] missiles, or granting residence to pirates whose respect for their neighbours right to retain their possessions is somewhat questionable.\n\n\n\nDecisions, decisions ...','5e9934c33ecb9165c008216639e8405e',0,'EA==','1yowkyl5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356767,25692,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243453841,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Somali Pirates Like Going Dutch','[quote="psychotol":32recukf]So, a choice between equipping freighters with [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MILAN:32recukf]Milan[/url:32recukf] or [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGM-71_TOW:32recukf]TOW[/url:32recukf] missiles, or granting residence to pirates whose respect for their neighbours right to retain their possessions is somewhat questionable.\n\n\n\nDecisions, decisions ...[/quote:32recukf]\n\nOh, don\'t be so pessimistic! \n\nWith the ships these pirates have there is no need for something like a TOW launcher. A [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FGM-148_Javelin:32recukf]Javelin[/url:32recukf] would work fine. \":mrgreen:\"','41f33c1b20692bd5d397299fa5161563',0,'kA==','32recukf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356768,25498,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243454647,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Has anyone heard from Liz?','[quote="Liz Ruiz":8roswy8k][quote="Deref":8roswy8k][quote="The Angst Guy":8roswy8k][quote="Liz Ruiz":8roswy8k][quote="The Angst Guy":8roswy8k]Has anyone heard from Liz? Is she out of prison yet?[/quote:8roswy8k]\nNo, she\'s still trying to find out who framed her for pushing a certain Mr. M onto a cow causing his death.[/quote:8roswy8k]\nHe probably deserved it.[/quote:8roswy8k]\nGo on.\n\n[takes notes]\n\nYou were jealous of his success I suppose. I don\'t blame you. He was well-loved. Who wouldn\'t be jealous?\n\nSo - the cow was there, Mr. M was there...anyone would have done the same thing, wouldn\'t they?[/quote:8roswy8k]\nYes, I admit I had motive and opportunity. But if you see the determined the look on my face, you\'ll notice that a) I\'m innocent and b) Cow Thrower I WILL find you.\n\nThe only clue I\'ve found some time has led me to believe the person who framed me may work near or with [b:8roswy8k][color=#0000FF:8roswy8k]arctic[/color:8roswy8k][/b:8roswy8k] fowl. I\'m following that lead.[/quote:8roswy8k]\nPuffins, yes, of course. That sounds right.','55f721fe3fc1d3fc3a577e03baad3d76',0,'wg==','8roswy8k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356769,25714,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243454851,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','I\'ve already used a Korean atomic war in my fanfics TWICE. Can\'t the Maldives get the Big Nuke or something?','e1ad3830795a851a2ebc61f39a7d9e53',0,'','3s31xffq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356770,25617,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243455081,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Cold Comfort (Part 5)','[quote="Doggieboy":39z989tl][quote="The Angst Guy":39z989tl][quote="Doggieboy":39z989tl]...the Sanders County Justice Building....[/quote:39z989tl]\n[[i:39z989tl]slaps hand over face[/i:39z989tl]] Not the Colonel...[/quote:39z989tl]\nWhen I chose the name, I checked my list of Kentucky counties and found to my surprise that there was no Sanders County. It was just too "finger-lickin\' good" to pass up.[/quote:39z989tl]\nI live down the road from his ex-wife\'s restaurant (Claudia Sanders).\n\n[quote="Doggieboy":39z989tl][quote="The Angst Guy":39z989tl][quote:39z989tl]Drink Ale-8-One. For Bracing Pep.[/quote:39z989tl]\nIt works, too! Had five bottles so far today![/quote:39z989tl]\nYou probably realized it, but this story is set in Ale-8-One\'s original core selling area.[/quote:39z989tl]\nI was BORN in the city that current makes it.','9a04474cdfe96c494ce52f2ce828b5d3',0,'oA==','39z989tl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356771,25498,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243455090,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has anyone heard from Liz?','[quote="Liz Ruiz":3ovcwkbp][quote="Deref":3ovcwkbp][quote="The Angst Guy":3ovcwkbp][quote="Liz Ruiz":3ovcwkbp][quote="The Angst Guy":3ovcwkbp]Has anyone heard from Liz? Is she out of prison yet?[/quote:3ovcwkbp]\nNo, she\'s still trying to find out who framed her for pushing a certain Mr. M onto a cow causing his death.[/quote:3ovcwkbp]\nHe probably deserved it.[/quote:3ovcwkbp]\nGo on.\n\n[takes notes]\n\nYou were jealous of his success I suppose. I don\'t blame you. He was well-loved. Who wouldn\'t be jealous?\n\nSo - the cow was there, Mr. M was there...anyone would have done the same thing, wouldn\'t they?[/quote:3ovcwkbp]\nYes, I admit I had motive and opportunity. But if you see the determined the look on my face, you\'ll notice that a) I\'m innocent and b) Cow Thrower I WILL find you.\n\nThe only clue I\'ve found some time has led me to believe the person who framed me may work near or with [b:3ovcwkbp][color=#0000FF:3ovcwkbp]arctic[/color:3ovcwkbp][/b:3ovcwkbp] fowl. I\'m following that lead.[/quote:3ovcwkbp]\n\nAh ha! It was the butler who did it. Always strutting around in that coat and tails, no wonder people suspected penguin involvement! \":mrgreen:\"','965b2f5c1f05c3becc56da505501872a',0,'wg==','3ovcwkbp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356772,25332,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243455151,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 8','I dunno. This story could use some angst.','a713d6309bf5818d5ffc936c004c0b23',0,'','227ai3b7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356773,25498,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243455199,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Has anyone heard from Liz?','[quote="losdia":1kuge1j5][quote="Liz Ruiz":1kuge1j5][quote="Deref":1kuge1j5][quote="The Angst Guy":1kuge1j5][quote="Liz Ruiz":1kuge1j5][quote="The Angst Guy":1kuge1j5]Has anyone heard from Liz? Is she out of prison yet?[/quote:1kuge1j5]\nNo, she\'s still trying to find out who framed her for pushing a certain Mr. M onto a cow causing his death.[/quote:1kuge1j5]\nHe probably deserved it.[/quote:1kuge1j5]\nGo on.\n\n[takes notes]\n\nYou were jealous of his success I suppose. I don\'t blame you. He was well-loved. Who wouldn\'t be jealous?\n\nSo - the cow was there, Mr. M was there...anyone would have done the same thing, wouldn\'t they?[/quote:1kuge1j5]\nYes, I admit I had motive and opportunity. But if you see the determined the look on my face, you\'ll notice that a) I\'m innocent and b) Cow Thrower I WILL find you.\n\nThe only clue I\'ve found some time has led me to believe the person who framed me may work near or with [b:1kuge1j5][color=#0000FF:1kuge1j5]arctic[/color:1kuge1j5][/b:1kuge1j5] fowl. I\'m following that lead.[/quote:1kuge1j5]\nAh ha! It was the butler who did it. Always strutting around in that coat and tails, no wonder people suspected [b:1kuge1j5][color=#FF0000:1kuge1j5]PUFFIN[/color:1kuge1j5][/b:1kuge1j5] involvement! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1kuge1j5]','df6e2a130d2a2704acf6c75d06e101de',0,'wg==','1kuge1j5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356774,25088,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243455276,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Legion of Lawndale Heroes GT 1:3 - "Coffee Klatch"','[quote="NightGoblyn":gr7w4mn1]Lance needs to quit poking the bear.[/quote:gr7w4mn1]\nAnd start porking her?','d9c91040800b33e15450ef0bc61dc08b',0,'gA==','gr7w4mn1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356775,25332,6,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243455309,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 8','[quote="The Angst Guy":g513y6pt]I dunno. This story could use some angst.[/quote:g513y6pt]\n\nI know! What was that? Only the third of fourth suicide attempt in this fic? Make us feel like you\'re trying! \":mrgreen:\"','b7401da76cb9637a0d5e4c5808568804',0,'gA==','g513y6pt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356776,25728,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243455334,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','Your stories will continue to be promoted mercilessly on DFB2. \":D\"','78273fa9f43af3ec4c9a71ebe9019be7',0,'','339wm3tk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356777,25726,6,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1243456442,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Iron Chef: "My braces made me do it."','Yep. You\'re right. I went ahead and corrected that.','624e621073c5e9867a783630a967347d',0,'','4bpj40om',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356778,25666,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243456759,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','nice work Snips!','6740f29770cad7cb093d32b2c9f8c2d5',0,'','2quarvyz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356779,25332,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243456882,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 8','[quote="losdia":78i5ceqm][quote="The Angst Guy":78i5ceqm]I dunno. This story could use some angst.[/quote:78i5ceqm]\nI know! What was that? Only the third of fourth suicide attempt in this fic? Make us feel like you\'re trying! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:78i5ceqm]\nI have this dreadful feeling that things are going to end happily. \":(\"','1a71cfe0a357e4abd5679c4b66b732a4',0,'gA==','78i5ceqm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356780,25729,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243456946,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','[quote="Sam The Smuggler":3d0cwi9c]And people think pro-wrestling fans need help. \":roll:\"[/quote:3d0cwi9c]\n\nOf course they need help. Their carnage and rioting skills are seriously below par compared with football holligans \":mrgreen:\"','d006f4343e3cf89993568d4b13472761',0,'gA==','3d0cwi9c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356781,25670,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243457058,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":1nm9ky63]Just curious -- were there any calls to have Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko and Gorbachev tried by a \'War Crimes Tribunal\' -- or, for that matter, to try Saddam Hussein for that pesky Iran-Iraq thing -- or is this partiucular brand of hot air reserved for American politicians?[/quote:1nm9ky63]\n\nNo. A lot of people forget this fun fact but the US does not recognize the legitimacy of the International Criminal Court (or quite a lot of International Law in general). The way current US law is written would actually force the US to invade The Hague if they ever tried to make one of our citizen face charges. \n\nThe whole thing with Bush is that a couple of [i:1nm9ky63]rouge [/i:1nm9ky63]states (Canada, Spain, a few others) have talked about holding a war crimes trail for Dubya and a few of his closer associates. This is mostly just some junior left wing politicians trying to make a name for themselves though. There isn\'t any real risk of a trial ever being held for the Bushies.\n\nThe truly horrifying thing is that what Cheney is doing is setting himself up for the 2012 Presidential election. He doesn\'t actually want the nomination, he just wants to run to cement his place in the RNC power structure and set the tone of the Republican campaign issues... \":(\"','1795b4500684427c0558f963a4591ccb',0,'oA==','1nm9ky63',1,1243457996,'',958,1,0),(356782,25133,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243457097,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch3, Part 7)','[u:2uja3jab][b:2uja3jab]Chapter Four: The Ace of Knaves[/b:2uja3jab][/u:2uja3jab]\n \n[i:2uja3jab] He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.\n - Friedrich Nietzsche[/i:2uja3jab]\n\n\n Daria stood and watched the video screen, protected from the chill of the cave by a pair of slacks and a turtleneck sweater, both in black. The video had been recovered from one of the parking lot security cameras at the Gotham convention center, and Daria was watching it frame by frame.\n\n The frame she was currently studying showed a crowd of injured people; some standing, some sitting on the asphalt, and some lying unconscious. The worst of the wounded were being attended by paramedics, with Gotham police officers performing first aid on those who were not in immediate danger of death.\n\n There were two other things in the image, and those two objects were the focus of Daria’s study. In the lower part of the frame there was a short streak, mostly blue but with a red stripe at the top. At one end of the streak was a human shaped blur that Daria knew to be the superhumanly fast Supergirl. The mystery was the long, indistinct red streak that curved across the top of the frame.\n\n “Stacy, come here a moment.”\n\n From behind Daria, the rhythmic clinking of Stacy working a weight set ended with a clang as the slim brunette put the weights back into the rest position. She wiped the sweat off her face and walked over to see what her mentor wanted.\n\n “Look at this image, and tell me everything you see.”\n\n “It’s the parking lot outside the arena, after the bombing,” Stacy said, her voice catching slightly on the word ‘bombing.’ She took a deep breath and continued, “I see policemen so this was taken after you left, and it’s probably from a security camera. Maybe one mounted on a light pole?”\n\n Daria quirked an eyebrow and motioned for Stacy to continue.\n\n “There are paramedics and policemen helping wounded people. I see Supergirl in the bottom of the frame delivering another rescued person to them. There’s some sort of red blur at the top of the screen, maybe a problem with the film?”\n\n “I’ve analyzed the video with three different computer programs, and that’s not a false image. Something was there.”\n\n Stacy stepped closer to the screen and examined the picture carefully. “Well, then it’s either a random shaft of red light that no one at the scene noticed, or it’s something moving faster than Supergirl.”\n\n “You can see Supergirl’s movement across the parking lot when the video is played at regular speed. What caught my attention were several injured children appearing from nowhere several yards away from where Supergirl was dropping people off.”\n\n Stacy frowned. “If you already knew there was a second person moving at superhuman speeds, why did you ask me?”\n\n “I wanted to see if you’d come to the same conclusion I did. I’m not always right, you know.”\n\n “So, do you know who it is?”\n\n “No,” Daria said. “We’ll have to stay alert, and see if we can gather more data on this unknown metahuman.”\n\n “Okay.”\n\n “Are you done with your weight training for the day?” Daria asked.\n\n “Yeah,” Stacy said. “I’m about ready to hit the showers. Hey, there was something I wanted to ask you about.”\n\n “If this is about your missing loofah, ask Quinn. I don’t use the things.”\n\n “No, I wanted to ask you something about my training. I’ve seen the way you fight, your suit is heavily armored and you do a lot of blocking.”\n\n “Correct.”\n\n “I’m faster than you are and I could have competed in the Olympics as a gymnast. Maybe I need to train more to those strengths than try to copy your fighting style,” Stacy said.\n\n Daria looked at Stacy for a moment and slowly quirked an eyebrow. “So, you think you have a better idea what kind of training you require than I do?”\n\n “Um . . . yes?” Stacy shuffled her feet a little and looked away. “I’ve pretty much been my own coach for the last couple of years, so it’s not like I haven’t made decisions like this before. And I just thought that if I’m going to help you, maybe it would be better if I did things a little differently, you know? Mix things up?”\n\n “Very well,” Daria said, and turned back to the large screen. “Draw up a new regimen for yourself, but don’t stint on the weight training. I know you don’t want to lose flexibility, but you are going to need to build your upper body strength.”\n\n “Alright.”\n\n Daria glanced at her watch. “I have a business meeting to attend, so I’ll see you back down here tonight. I want you at the computer observing one of my patrols.”\n\n “Will do.” Stacy turned and jogged away, eager to get out of the chilly cave and into a warm shower.\n\n The computer beeped twice, drawing Daria’s attention to one of the side screens. The screen displayed two sets of wavy lines on charts, stacked one on top of the other. Beneath them, in red letters, the screen displayed the words: voice match complete.\n\n “Very interesting,” Daria muttered. The alarm on her wristwatch beeped, and she turned and strode to the ladder leading back up to the house.','e395c4e07f2cbcdb71069d9886fb5f0d',0,'YQ==','2uja3jab',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356783,25666,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243457421,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','[quote="Brother Grimace":242h1fix]Daria Morgendorffer sat in the room.\n\nThere was no light. \n\nThere was no sound, save that of her breathing and the soft sounds of her urine as it dripped over the edge of the metal chair she sat bound to and puddled beneath her.[/quote:242h1fix]\nCollege sororities. Good times, good times....\n\n\n\nAll of these are pretty funny! \":D\" Thank you!','1177776a3b758a0cc3e8325409564244',0,'gA==','242h1fix',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356784,25670,4,114,0,'210.9.137.127',1243457680,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":291si6ld]Just curious -- were there any calls to have Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko and Gorbachev tried by a \'War Crimes Tribunal\' -- or, for that matter, to try Saddam Hussein for that pesky Iran-Iraq thing -- or is this partiucular brand of hot air reserved for American politicians?[/quote:291si6ld]\nNo - only for those in countries from which we hope for (as opposed to expect) a higher standard of ethics.','03530d0d2ce3e38c4fe089baf3a2a914',0,'gA==','291si6ld',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356785,25714,4,114,0,'210.9.137.127',1243458198,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="The Angst Guy":7a9vqgeu]I\'ve already used a Korean atomic war in my fanfics TWICE. Can\'t the Maldives get the Big Nuke or something?[/quote:7a9vqgeu]\nI hear Tasmania\'s developing one.','b571a886859743ca76a61e3a0524a5f7',0,'gA==','7a9vqgeu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356786,25693,4,114,0,'210.9.137.127',1243458273,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','Candide, anyone? \";-)\"','579a058bd2828efcecb5b5daa0ccfa1b',0,'','11rk26mx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356787,25714,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243458355,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="Deref":1qaxjkho][quote="The Angst Guy":1qaxjkho]I\'ve already used a Korean atomic war in my fanfics TWICE. Can\'t the Maldives get the Big Nuke or something?[/quote:1qaxjkho]\nI hear Tasmania\'s developing one.[/quote:1qaxjkho]\nThe little devils!','1feaaa2dac02be9411b926904d6a2eb7',0,'gA==','1qaxjkho',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356788,25729,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243458516,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','If Star Trek & Star Wars geeks were to act like this to each other, maybe they\'d finally get some respect. (At least I bet there\'d be a lot fewer people mocking them...)\n\nBut in all seriousness, WHY are there ANY stabbings at all over this?\n\n\n[quote:1k4anodp]The city\'s reputation as "Stab City" among football supporters causes great offence among local people and police have been criticised for failing to deal with the problem, he adds.[/quote:1k4anodp]\n\nTIP: Ban the game from the city until the fans can demonstrate civilized behavior. \n\nSeriously, crap gets banned for less than this (like merely causing harmless offense). Ban it. Make it illegal, and know that the howls that follow would be the sound of justice, or at least a little law and order being brought to the city.','8f25a25cf480202d94fc409ef8e3ef5f',0,'gA==','1k4anodp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356789,25133,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243458729,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 1)','its interesting, I do not know comics anywhere near well enough to make educated guesses about what is coming , who is involved etc, so it gives me an extra dose of suspense that comic fans may not get, makes it more fun in a way I think','e9489d5a99d2e45cec191ffc3a1e0147',0,'','2z9vk5wb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356790,25583,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243458891,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Does anyone know what TAG was doing back in 1986?\n\nI just got to wondering as I read this:\n\nhttp://www.chick.com/articles/dnd.asp\n\n[quote:2tfue498]Back in 1986, a fellow appeared on The 700 Club who was a former employee and game writer for TSR. He testified right on the show that he got into a wrangle with the management there because he saw that the rituals were too authentic and could be dangerous. He protested to his boss and was basically told that this was the intent—to make the games as real as possible. He felt conscience-stricken (even though he was not a Christian at the time), and felt he had to resign from the company.[/quote:2tfue498]','752ff290d16750e0da406c09772b7e3f',0,'gA==','2tfue498',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356791,25666,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243458963,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','I spy, with my little eye, new people to the forum.\n\nWelcome to the PPMB and thanks for participating. \":mrgreen:\" The tour guides will be along shortly with directions and safety tips.','0988b9b70d0707254b52714137d5daa9',0,'','3r4g4ljy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356792,25711,3,114,0,'210.9.137.127',1243459006,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Goung To The Loo In Japan Is Horrifying...','[quote="Dervish":ecsfbq1v][quote="Deref":ecsfbq1v][quote="Dervish":ecsfbq1v]You know, if [url=http://www.chick.com/default.asp:ecsfbq1v]Chick Publications[/url:ecsfbq1v] got inspired by this...it would be SO appropriate. \":P\"[/quote:ecsfbq1v]\n \":lol:\" New favourite webcomix![/quote:ecsfbq1v]\n\nBe sure to see this one (which Jack Chick tried to sue out of existence for "stealing" his own tract--as if those mocking it claimed to have authored it themselves--and failed):\n\nhttp://www.rpglibrary.org/inspiration/darkdungeons/[/quote:ecsfbq1v]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nOoooooohhh yes.','a92ba3e18a352aa095f7cd82926661b6',0,'kA==','ecsfbq1v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356793,25375,3,260,0,'68.162.131.41',1243459417,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else. \n-Lyndon Johnson','5454a30937b527ed083d58643ecfe4ec',0,'','1s0ue62o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356794,25670,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243459431,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":3cqoa48e]Just curious -- were there any calls to have Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko and Gorbachev tried by a \'War Crimes Tribunal\' -- or, for that matter, to try Saddam Hussein for that pesky Iran-Iraq thing -- or is this particular brand of hot air reserved for American politicians?[/quote:3cqoa48e]\nNah. They\'re old guys. Well, except Saddam, but he\'s been hung and that took all the joy out of making fun of him. Bastards. Andropov was whacked out, but he invited that little girl [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Smith:3cqoa48e]Samantha Smith[/url:3cqoa48e] over, so even if he did lots of bad things, he was okay. Chernenko almost started an atomic war, so he was pretty cool. Or was that Andropov? Wait.... [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83:3cqoa48e]it was Brezhnev and Andropov[/url:3cqoa48e], not Chernenko. So Chernenko didn\'t do anything and doesn\'t count. And Gorbachev had that cute spot on his head, and he had something to do with thinking up the title for that long musical about AIDS.\n\nSo, no war crimes tribunals for them. Plus, they\'re not Republicans.','af9dbc4f8ae560d70cff6e4b1f5e0740',0,'kA==','3cqoa48e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356795,25693,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243459602,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="losdia":1rraga77]Even if I did believe in the Utopian Communist/Anarchy I don\'t think the world has yet reached the level of globalization or disparity of wealth Marx spoke of being necessary for The Revolution to truly begin[/quote:1rraga77]\n\nI don\'t think this is possible until there\'s a vast change in human society, such as colonizing other worlds. In the case of anarchist societies, those would probably wither away as they became more populated, though if enough options existed (and they weren\'t standing on some rare resources that other powers REALLY wanted), those not happy with the anarchist system could emigrate away, while others preferring it could emigrate to it. I can even see how such an area could become a valued "neutral meeting ground" (and a place to hide wealth) that allowed for prosperity to its citizens and protection by outside powers with a vested interest in maintaining such a place. \n\nCommunism, at least in the Marxian sense, would probably have to be controlled from the top (*) by AIs instead of humans, and the AI(s) would probably need to be Resident Evil strong, with implants & monitoring devices in all citizens. Otherwise, I don\'t ever see it happening. (*A bit confusing as Marx talked about centralized command decisions from the top that affected all from one side of the mouth, while talking about "the will of the people" from the other side of his mouth, without seeming rhyme or reason to me. But an AI with the kind of power I imagine could shape a populace in which both are one and the same anyway. \":P\")\n\n\'Course in either case, I don\'t see either as utopian. Potentially preferable to anything we have now, maybe, and I find it completely believable that it wouldn\'t be any worse overall than any other system in place, but not utopian.','06631cd44484e41075a95f8d24ddeab6',0,'gA==','1rraga77',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356796,25666,6,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243459651,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','[quote="NightGoblyn":1yarjmh5]I spy, with my little eye, new people to the forum.\n\nWelcome to the PPMB and thanks for participating. \":mrgreen:\" The tour guides will be along shortly with directions and safety tips.[/quote:1yarjmh5]\n\nBah, all the tour guides ever say is if The Angst Guy does anything just walk away slowly and don\'t make eye contact. Just because the man is a nature lover. \":P\"','f09dd7eedaace0bf5d4bef52be7c64d1',0,'gA==','1yarjmh5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356797,25726,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243459757,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: "My braces made me do it."','(with apologies to the TV show [i:246ysj0b]Eerie, Indiana[/i:246ysj0b])\n\nSandi sat in her bedroom and pouted. Her teeth ached from the constant pressure of the new braces, and she had several new cuts on the insides of her cheeks and lips where her mouth was adjusting to the new appliance. Her only solace was the new kitten her parents had bought her as a reward for being a brave little girl at the dentist\'s office. She cuddled the little ball of fur in her lap and smiled down at it.\n\n"How about I call you Fluffy? Do you like Fluffy?"\n\n[i:246ysj0b]Fluffy is suitable for now. If you prove yourself in my service, perhaps I will allow you to know my real name.[/i:246ysj0b]\n\nSandi blinked in confusion. The kitten was staring up at her, its green eyes unblinking.\n\n"Did you . . . no, it\'s just the pain pills." Sandi giggled. "I thought you were talking to me, Fluffy."\n\n[i:246ysj0b]I am talking to you, Alexandra Griffin. The plates and wires our agent installed inside your skull make you receptive to feline telepathy. You have been chosen to be the first of my servants.[/i:246ysj0b]\n\n"You\'re going to try to take over the world?"\n\nFluffy emitted an amused sounding meow. [i:246ysj0b]Take over? My dear child, cats have run the world since the time of the Pharaohs.[/i:246ysj0b]','93f9970d169fb961ac4248856cf0cc54',0,'IA==','246ysj0b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356798,25670,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243459855,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','I recall some noise over Georgia (Russia), and declaring the Russian leadership war criminals or some such. But I guess better distractions were found, because I hadn\'t heard anything about that in awhile.','b87b61ee4e8df53e4fa22610cfc58be8',0,'','fxrvkehm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356799,25583,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243459911,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Dervish":2nfophut]Does anyone know what TAG was doing back in 1986?\n\nI just got to wondering as I read this:\n\nhttp://www.chick.com/articles/dnd.asp\n\n[quote:2nfophut]Back in 1986, a fellow appeared on The 700 Club who was a former employee and game writer for TSR. He testified right on the show that he got into a wrangle with the management there because he saw that the rituals were too authentic and could be dangerous. He protested to his boss and was basically told that this was the intent—to make the games as real as possible. He felt conscience-stricken (even though he was not a Christian at the time), and felt he had to resign from the company.[/quote:2nfophut][/quote:2nfophut]\nI couldn\'t remember that for the life of me, but this might help:\n\nhttp://www.ntskeptics.org/1995/1995may/may1995.htm\n\nIt was a hoax. And the spell I just cast will make you forget this ever happened. DING!','fe50dcee45b12d4c6ad8b0000f3845e4',0,'gA==','2nfophut',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356800,25666,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243460116,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','[quote="losdia":2122h0vk][quote="NightGoblyn":2122h0vk]I spy, with my little eye, new people to the forum.\n\nWelcome to the PPMB and thanks for participating. \":mrgreen:\" The tour guides will be along shortly with directions and safety tips.[/quote:2122h0vk]\n\nBah, all the tour guides ever say is if The Angst Guy does anything just walk away slowly and don\'t make eye contact. Just because the man is a nature lover. \":P\"[/quote:2122h0vk]\n[size=200:2122h0vk][b:2122h0vk]NIXON CONTACTED ME FROM SATURN AND TOLD ME IT WAS LEGAL![/b:2122h0vk][/size:2122h0vk]','d5cdded41af19fa29431f13a9bf89b96',0,'xA==','2122h0vk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356801,25583,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243460414,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Dervish":1sa0o127]Does anyone know what TAG was doing back in 1986?\n\nI just got to wondering as I read this:\n\nhttp://www.chick.com/articles/dnd.asp\n\n[quote:1sa0o127]Back in 1986, a fellow appeared on The 700 Club who was a former employee and game writer for TSR. He testified right on the show that he got into a wrangle with the management there because he saw that the rituals were too authentic and could be dangerous. He protested to his boss and was basically told that this was the intent—to make the games as real as possible. He felt conscience-stricken (even though he was not a Christian at the time), and felt he had to resign from the company.[/quote:1sa0o127][/quote:1sa0o127]\n\nOkay. First off, what were you doing on chick.com, and do we need to have an intervention to stop it from happening again?\n\nSecondly, why, oh why, would you ever take anything written on there seriously? Jack Chick has half his site devoted to supposed interviews with "Reformed Satanists" and "Ex-Gnostic Christian Preachers" who claim that now that they\'ve the light, if you too don\'t convert to hardcore Fundamentalist Christianity you will burn. \n\nThirdly, I doubt TAG was in anyway involved in that story. There wasn\'t even one mention of a guy running around asking if "anybody wanted to explore the South Pole" or if they could "find a nice home for Chilly Willy". That seems the sort of thing a Jack Chick testimonial would mention too. \":lol:\" \n\nLastly, and related to other things. DUDE! BG, that trailer for the new V looks good! I didn\'t even hear they were doing a new V! \":D\"','796f7a2f43f9b5b8b1c6730cd47cb377',0,'gA==','1sa0o127',1,1243461591,'',958,1,0),(356802,25498,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243460926,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has anyone heard from Liz?','leave the Puffin alone. Is the miscreant who handles them who put me behind bars!','6bd65a9800d283c72f0440dafbf3587e',0,'','2lk2z8pr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356803,25693,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243460987,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="Dervish":1grsrili]Communism, at least in the Marxian sense, would probably have to be controlled from the top (*) by AIs instead of humans, and the AI(s) would probably need to be Resident Evil strong, with implants & monitoring devices in all citizens. Otherwise, I don\'t ever see it happening. (*A bit confusing as Marx talked about centralized command decisions from the top that affected all from one side of the mouth, while talking about "the will of the people" from the other side of his mouth, without seeming rhyme or reason to me. But an AI with the kind of power I imagine could shape a populace in which both are one and the same anyway. \":P\")[/quote:1grsrili]\n\nThis makes me question that you\'ve read Marx...','33814f07d2de7ee82f3407a3f10eb62f',0,'gA==','1grsrili',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356804,25583,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243461203,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="losdia":a7igwu7f][quote="Dervish":a7igwu7f]Does anyone know what TAG was doing back in 1986?\n\nI just got to wondering as I read this:\n\nhttp://www.chick.com/articles/dnd.asp\n\n[quote:a7igwu7f]Back in 1986, a fellow appeared on The 700 Club who was a former employee and game writer for TSR. He testified right on the show that he got into a wrangle with the management there because he saw that the rituals were too authentic and could be dangerous. He protested to his boss and was basically told that this was the intent—to make the games as real as possible. He felt conscience-stricken (even though he was not a Christian at the time), and felt he had to resign from the company.[/quote:a7igwu7f][/quote:a7igwu7f]\n\nOkay. First off, what were you doing on chick.com, and do we need to have an intervention to stop it from happening again?\n...\n[/quote:a7igwu7f]\n\nDude, chick.com is a site of extreme awesomeness. It combines the guilt of religion with the guilty pleasure of camp! Come on, spend some time reading those online tracts. They are like crack!','714ffd2213d49bc43078aecf1e99192f',0,'gA==','a7igwu7f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356805,25697,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243461534,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 2 up!)','This is really great. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nIt looks like there\'s at least three missions going on at once, and not everybody is on the same page about them. This will only lead to trouble. \":D\"','725621600d251f4450116a46874f0b3d',0,'','2sjt7t7h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356806,25583,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243461820,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote:1awtw1xg]Okay. First off, what were you doing on chick.com, and do we need to have an intervention to stop it from happening again?[/quote:1awtw1xg]\n\nThe [url=http://www.rpglibrary.org/inspiration/darkdungeons/:1awtw1xg]Dark Dungeons MST3000 satire[/url:1awtw1xg] eventually linked to it. To keep me from doing it again, I expect large donations of cash would convince me. \n\n[quote:1awtw1xg]Secondly, why, oh why, would you ever take anything written on there seriously? Jack Chick has half his site devoted to supposed interviews with "Reformed Satanists" and "Ex-Gnostic Christian Preachers" who claim that now that they\'ve the light, if you too don\'t convert to hardcore Fundamentalist Christianity you will burn.[/quote:1awtw1xg] \n\nChristians don\'t lie or perpetrate hoaxes (*). Their religion forbids it. (Well, [url=http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/lie.html:1awtw1xg]sometimes[/url:1awtw1xg]). \n\n(*\'Course since they don\'t lie, this means that I am a bisexual witch that seduces Christians into devil worship and have LITERALLY had sex with satan, and I\'ve also killed cats in sacrifice [though interesting that when a mentor of mine was accused of witchcraft, someone began poisoning her cats].)\n\nOTOH, no matter what (lie, kill, rape, etc) they do, can\'t they just "wipe it away with the Bood of Jesus" anyway? Maybe they get a free pass for all these lies & hoaxes...though I wish they\'d stop acting amazed when people become skeptical of their claims when they practice such daily deceits. Just because Jesus forgives & forgets doesn\'t mean the rest of us are obligated to.\n\n[quote:1awtw1xg]Thirdly, I doubt TAG was in anyway involved in that story. There wasn\'t even one mention of a guy running around asking if "anybody wanted to explore the South Pole" or if they could "find a nice home for Chilly Willy". That seams the sort of thing a Jack Chick testimonial would mention too[/quote:1awtw1xg]\nHis demonic obsession didn\'t come about until AFTER TSR cursed him for spilling the beans to the only ones who could stop them.\n\n[quote:1awtw1xg]They are like crack![/quote:1awtw1xg]\n\nEspecially on how they affect the brain. \":P\" \n\n\nBtw, did\'ya hear that Chick has inspired OTHER religions to get involved? Like this one:\n\nhttp://rubbersuitstudios.com/ptcct.htm','50c12906c1264a91f62ba8aee9e1209d',0,'kA==','1awtw1xg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356807,25693,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243462227,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="losdia":2tcsrabt][quote="Dervish":2tcsrabt]Communism, at least in the Marxian sense, would probably have to be controlled from the top (*) by AIs instead of humans, and the AI(s) would probably need to be Resident Evil strong, with implants & monitoring devices in all citizens. Otherwise, I don\'t ever see it happening. (*A bit confusing as Marx talked about centralized command decisions from the top that affected all from one side of the mouth, while talking about "the will of the people" from the other side of his mouth, without seeming rhyme or reason to me. But an AI with the kind of power I imagine could shape a populace in which both are one and the same anyway. \":P\")[/quote:2tcsrabt]\n\nThis makes me question that you\'ve read Marx...[/quote:2tcsrabt]\n\nProbably a different Marx from the one you\'ve read. \":P\" \n\nI could link again to an example, but in the past I\'ve found that\'s like linking to Bible inconsistencies to Christians (ie, pointless). \n\nBut by all means, feel free to explain your personal interpretation of Marx. Maybe then I\'ll become more specific or actually point what I mean out.','1e2a007ce85b096f6989547b3a901fd6',0,'gA==','2tcsrabt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356808,25666,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243462341,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','[quote="NightGoblyn":1wevy71k]I spy, with my little eye, new people to the forum.\n\nWelcome to the PPMB and thanks for participating. \":mrgreen:\" The tour guides will be along shortly with directions and safety tips.[/quote:1wevy71k]\n\nDo we have enough left in the HAZMAT budget to handle more newcomers? When I joined up the brain bleach they gave me was diluted due to budget constraints... I haven\'t been the same since... \":shock:\"','94eae95e2fc31af3c06538fc088cb4c0',0,'gA==','1wevy71k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356809,25583,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243462531,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Liz Ruiz":37jlxuxy][quote="losdia":37jlxuxy][quote="Dervish":37jlxuxy]Does anyone know what TAG was doing back in 1986?\n\nI just got to wondering as I read this:\n\nhttp://www.chick.com/articles/dnd.asp\n\n[quote:37jlxuxy]Back in 1986, a fellow appeared on The 700 Club who was a former employee and game writer for TSR. He testified right on the show that he got into a wrangle with the management there because he saw that the rituals were too authentic and could be dangerous. He protested to his boss and was basically told that this was the intent—to make the games as real as possible. He felt conscience-stricken (even though he was not a Christian at the time), and felt he had to resign from the company.[/quote:37jlxuxy][/quote:37jlxuxy]\n\nOkay. First off, what were you doing on chick.com, and do we need to have an intervention to stop it from happening again?\n...\n[/quote:37jlxuxy]\n\nDude, chick.com is a site of extreme awesomeness. It combines the guilt of religion with the guilty pleasure of camp! Come on, spend some time reading those online tracts. They are like crack![/quote:37jlxuxy]\n\nThe Chick Tracts are funny if you\'re, you know, kind of baked, but everything else is just stupid. \n\nThe interviews and testimonials are just... bleh. These are things written by people with no conception of what non-christian religions are like. They just assume that Satanist, Gnotics, Wiccans, and New Agers all have big uber churches like the Southern Baptists and other fundichurches, and I guess they just assume they don\'t know where they are in the yellow pages or something... \n\nThe Tracts are kitsch enough to be funny, everything is just makes me mad.\n\n[quote="Dervish":37jlxuxy]\n\nChristians don\'t lie or perpetrate hoaxes (*). Their religion forbids it. (Well, sometimes).\n\n(*\'Course since they don\'t lie, this means that I am a bisexual witch that seduces Christians into devil worship and have LITERALLY had sex with satan, and I\'ve also killed cats in sacrifice [though interesting that when a mentor of mine was accused of witchcraft, someone began poisoning her cats].)\n\nOTOH, no matter what (lie, kill, rape, etc) they do, can\'t they just "wipe it away with the Bood of Jesus" anyway? Maybe they get a free pass for all these lies & hoaxes...though I wish they\'d stop acting amazed when people become skeptical of their claims when they practice such daily deceits. Just because Jesus forgives & forgets doesn\'t mean the rest of us are obligated to.[/quote:37jlxuxy]\n\nYou should read some of his REALLY tasteful ones, like about how the Jews killed christ and they\'re all going to burn. And how Catholics aren\'t really Christians. I think he actually did one on how the genocide against the Native Americans was okay because most of them were forced to convert in the end. My favorite though is about how Islam is a pagan religion worshiping the son of the moon goddess. \n\nHis stuff on Wicca is almost tame compared to some of that. (Just out of curiosity what school of wicca are you Dervish?)','c31424c54967f8bfb197ae6bdb51130f',0,'gA==','37jlxuxy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356810,25666,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243463833,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','Daria Morgendorffer sat in the room. Quinn Morgendorffer sat in the other room. Jake Morgendorffer sat in the office. Helen Morgendorffer sat in the courtroom. Each had only one thought.\n\n[i:2obt7aix]Thank God no one in my family is here.[/i:2obt7aix]','0697dfa70f5fe2efb45e1db5a1fd49d4',0,'IA==','2obt7aix',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356811,25714,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243464442,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="Caira":3q3dpdbi][quote="UU":3q3dpdbi]\'And the mountain trembleth. And the earth groaneth. And it issueth forth a roar deep: "Hey yo-o-o-o-u-u-u, o-o-o-ver there in the White Ho-o-o-o-u-u-u-use!!! Give us some money!!!"\' (Andrei Lankov).[/quote:3q3dpdbi]\nI doubt they\'re [i:3q3dpdbi]that[/i:3q3dpdbi] fussy about the provenance of the money (so long as it can be denied, they\'ll probably even accept it from the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_House:3q3dpdbi]Blue House[/url:3q3dpdbi]). My favourite explanation, though, is that this is the result of senior army officials and the like competing for the favour of Kim, the favour of his likely replacement when he finally topples over, or to [i:3q3dpdbi]be[/i:3q3dpdbi] that replacement. Although being top of the pile in North Korea can\'t be [i:3q3dpdbi]that[/i:3q3dpdbi] appealing a job, I guess it beats being at the bottom . . .[/quote:3q3dpdbi]\n\nOne commentator down here (a former ambassador to South Korea) has said that this may be brinkmanship posturing... but not to draw the West\'s attention. Considering the reports that Kim Jong-Il had been the victim of a stroke, it appears that there is some jostling going on for the best position to take over from him once he goes, and Kim may be being provocative in order to shore up his own position within the North Korean ruling elite enough so that he can pass on his position as leader to one of his sons. Sort of along the lines of what his dad did.','d0f36710d5686fed8c40c9f511a55cef',0,'sA==','3q3dpdbi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356812,25666,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243464635,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','[quote="Dennis":br887awx]Daria Morgendorffer sat in the room. Quinn Morgendorffer sat in the other room. Jake Morgendorffer sat in the office. Helen Morgendorffer sat in the courtroom. Each had only one thought.\n\n[i:br887awx]Thank God no one in my family is here.[/i:br887awx][/quote:br887awx]\nI had [b:br887awx][size=200:br887awx]ALL[/size:br887awx][/b:br887awx] the stories listed on DFB2, and then you wrote this one. Dang. Back to DFB2....','514a9e6fc081f7507c0fa3771b03f35d',0,'5A==','br887awx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356813,25693,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243464739,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="Dervish":2trvqi2y][quote="losdia":2trvqi2y][quote="Dervish":2trvqi2y]Communism, at least in the Marxian sense, would probably have to be controlled from the top (*) by AIs instead of humans, and the AI(s) would probably need to be Resident Evil strong, with implants & monitoring devices in all citizens. Otherwise, I don\'t ever see it happening. (*A bit confusing as Marx talked about centralized command decisions from the top that affected all from one side of the mouth, while talking about "the will of the people" from the other side of his mouth, without seeming rhyme or reason to me. But an AI with the kind of power I imagine could shape a populace in which both are one and the same anyway. \":P\")[/quote:2trvqi2y]\n\nThis makes me question that you\'ve read Marx...[/quote:2trvqi2y]\n\nProbably a different Marx from the one you\'ve read. \":P\" \n\nI could link again to an example, but in the past I\'ve found that\'s like linking to Bible inconsistencies to Christians (ie, pointless). \n\nBut by all means, feel free to explain your personal interpretation of Marx. Maybe then I\'ll become more specific or actually point what I mean out.[/quote:2trvqi2y]\n\nMarx wrote almost nothing about what a Communist State would be like. Mostly he just explained his view on the end of capitalism. The idea of a transition from a society and economic system based upon privilege and power to one based purely upon the idea of "from each according to his ability; to each according to his need."\n\nThe Marx everyone has read, [u:2trvqi2y]The Communist Manifesto[/u:2trvqi2y], is more of a propaganda piece then much of explanations of the Marxist view of socialism. Marx, simply put, was more of a political commentator than a political theorist. Most of his political works are based around giving a leftist critique of the events of his day and (then) recent historical events. The essential purely political writings of Marx are [i:2trvqi2y]Writings on the U.S. Civil War[/i:2trvqi2y], [i:2trvqi2y]The Holy Family[/i:2trvqi2y], [i:2trvqi2y]The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon[/i:2trvqi2y], and [i:2trvqi2y]The Civil War in France[/i:2trvqi2y]. His main work describing a communist state is [i:2trvqi2y]The Critique of the Gotha Program[/i:2trvqi2y].\n\nThe real Marx is almost purely works on the Philosophy of Economics. These books are ponderous, boring, and can in no way be considered pleasure reading, but if you want to understand communist thought, they are the holy gospel; [i:2trvqi2y]Das Kapital, Theories of Surplus Value, Grundrisse der Kritik der Politischen Ökonomie, Wage-Labor and Capital,[/i:2trvqi2y] and [i:2trvqi2y]Die Deutsche Ideologie[/i:2trvqi2y].\n\nWhat you\'re talking about is Leninist thought. It is a scatter shot ill conceived reworking of Marx to suit the needs of Russia after the revolution. It is taught a lot with Maoism by right wingers to make communist ideology sound like something very different than it really is.','388945bcb33aa20ab07d8b1ba356d38a',0,'oQ==','2trvqi2y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356814,25666,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243464886,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','[quote="losdia":xhkktv4f][quote="NightGoblyn":xhkktv4f]I spy, with my little eye, new people to the forum.\n\nWelcome to the PPMB and thanks for participating. \":mrgreen:\" The tour guides will be along shortly with directions and safety tips.[/quote:xhkktv4f]\n\nBah, all the tour guides ever say is if The Angst Guy does anything just walk away slowly and don\'t make eye contact. Just because the man is a nature lover. \":P\"[/quote:xhkktv4f]\n\nNow, now. We also warn them not to hog the chocolate if they know what\'s good for them. \":D\"','3b56f770b632b1d4092b53d15a751de1',0,'gA==','xhkktv4f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356815,25666,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243465002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','[quote="RLobinske":11pa15x8][quote="losdia":11pa15x8][quote="NightGoblyn":11pa15x8]I spy, with my little eye, new people to the forum.\n\nWelcome to the PPMB and thanks for participating. \":mrgreen:\" The tour guides will be along shortly with directions and safety tips.[/quote:11pa15x8]\n\nBah, all the tour guides ever say is if The Angst Guy does anything just walk away slowly and don\'t make eye contact. Just because the man is a nature lover. \":P\"[/quote:11pa15x8]\n\nNow, now. We also warn them not to hog the chocolate if they know what\'s good for them. \":D\"[/quote:11pa15x8]\n\nIf we actually posted all of the helpful warnings to newcomers it would take an extra gig of drive space \":shock:\"','dc93e11c8f6be11d36cc23a5e435b68e',0,'gA==','11pa15x8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356816,25666,6,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243465182,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','[quote="undefinedlust":3tvcma4j][quote="RLobinske":3tvcma4j][quote="losdia":3tvcma4j][quote="NightGoblyn":3tvcma4j]I spy, with my little eye, new people to the forum.\n\nWelcome to the PPMB and thanks for participating. \":mrgreen:\" The tour guides will be along shortly with directions and safety tips.[/quote:3tvcma4j]\n\nBah, all the tour guides ever say is if The Angst Guy does anything just walk away slowly and don\'t make eye contact. Just because the man is a nature lover. \":P\"[/quote:3tvcma4j]\n\nNow, now. We also warn them not to hog the chocolate if they know what\'s good for them. \":D\"[/quote:3tvcma4j]\n\nIf we actually posted all of the helpful warnings to newcomers it would take an extra gig of drive space \":shock:\"[/quote:3tvcma4j]\n\nIsn\'t that what the drinking game thread is for? \":mrgreen:\"','07a9f6828390a9eee98b27252638b3bc',0,'gA==','3tvcma4j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356817,25276,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243465591,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: (LSBS Act 2) Not Too Soon (Ch.9 up! Act 2 Complete!)','[quote="The Angst Guy":37clenus][quote="undefinedlust":37clenus][quote="brnleague99":37clenus]Has anyone done a Jodie/Daria? That could be interesting and has tons o\' angst potential.[/quote:37clenus][/quote:37clenus]\nI can\'t see this. Personality clashes galore. Both are oldest children, bad with emotions, etc.[/quote:37clenus]\n\nActually someone did a Jodie/Brittany pairing that worked out.\n\nAnd actually, I\'m gonna have to disagree with you on that TAG.\n\nDaria Jodie would actually work fairly well if you really think about it.\n\nBoth are intelligent and would mentally stimulate each other. It\'s their drive to participate that clashes, and mostly that is due to Jodie\'s parents.\n\nHonestly I could easily seethe two of them meeting somewhere in the middle, and being quite content','a134e85e49e2b57cf7fc87fac7ba7cbc',0,'gA==','37clenus',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356818,25730,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243465752,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Taliban blamed for Lahore attack','[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8070408.stm:1wl9qbs9]Pakistan\'s government has blamed Taliban fighters for a bomb attack in Lahore which killed 23 people and left hundreds more injured.[/url:1wl9qbs9]\n\nThe Pakistani political elite reaps what it has sown, unfortunately. And the Pakistani people are suffering for it. \":(\"','67b205c7aa1cd7c45e1353cec76ca39a',0,'EA==','1wl9qbs9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356819,25332,6,466,0,'220.253.67.151',1243466242,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 8','Tom\'s gonna have a hard time sweet talking young girls if and when he\'s released, with his face all re-arranged. Not that they\'ll mind in prison in the meantime.','c62fbe82871a5a02442a4ed455cd52c6',0,'','e2e4z7zh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356820,25730,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243466462,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Taliban blamed for Lahore attack','I\'ve got to wonder where China is all of this. The PRC is just as closely aligned with Pakistan as the USA (and in some ways much more so). And above all China is actually GOOD at this kind of thing. \n\nThe US has a long and varied history of doing a very bad job of dealing with popular uprisings. China on the other hand isn\'t squeamish about doing the kind of things needed to suppress this kind of terrorism. Just ask the "East Turkestan" rebels who they\'d rather deal with. \n\nI know China has a very firm policy of staying out of "internal conflicts" (and a complex set of reasons for doing so :cough:Taiwan:cough:), but this one is on their doorstop. You\'d think Islamabad would be on the phone to Beijing screaming for help by now.','98ecfe324e409d316c2b5ca2a14fca80',0,'','3fxnrppc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356821,25666,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243466852,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','[b:1b7cazcp]Herself[/b:1b7cazcp]\n\nDaria sat in the room.\n\nWhere the room was at or it\'s contents were irrelevant. The quiet...the quiet was what was important. Inside, there was peace. Rest. Sanity.\n\nEach time, she could visit for only a short while and she could never predict when she would return to the room, but she savored every moment, every second that she was there.\n\nBecause she would hear the clicking of keys and she would be off to another world - another dimension - or even another time.\n\nBut while she sat, she could be what she could not be elsewhere.\n\nHerself.','90e9cde2d5bb113c702c040aa3f55b94',0,'QA==','1b7cazcp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356822,25666,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243467661,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','Daria sat in the room.\n\nHell, it beat standing.','2918f0ab0f04c9796967a906d8d6e123',0,'','8kozdnv4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356823,25133,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243468215,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 1)','[quote="undefinedlust":3s23fgr6]its interesting, I do not know comics anywhere near well enough to make educated guesses about what is coming , who is involved etc, so it gives me an extra dose of suspense that comic fans may not get, makes it more fun in a way I think[/quote:3s23fgr6]\n\n\nI think The Flash is a safe guess at this point \":)\"','8b86f1f3825a80fa8b89ba20a1d971b1',0,'gA==','3s23fgr6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356824,25133,6,785,0,'190.246.44.127',1243468237,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 1)','And here I was about to kick you in the nads. You prevented a massacre here, good sir.\n\nI think she just figured out Tom\'s secret identity.','9ca838a16ebdcbc6da80a4a8ed440ed5',0,'','2ytvagme',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356825,25276,6,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243468491,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: (LSBS Act 2) Not Too Soon (Ch.9 up! Act 2 Complete!)','[quote="undefinedlust":2fodsbvf][quote="The Angst Guy":2fodsbvf][quote="undefinedlust":2fodsbvf][quote="brnleague99":2fodsbvf]Has anyone done a Jodie/Daria? That could be interesting and has tons o\' angst potential.[/quote:2fodsbvf][/quote:2fodsbvf]\nI can\'t see this. Personality clashes galore. Both are oldest children, bad with emotions, etc.[/quote:2fodsbvf]\n\nOh I never said it would work... I said it had tons of angst potential \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\"[/quote:2fodsbvf]\n\nThe [i:2fodsbvf]Diary Entries[/i:2fodsbvf] sequence was Jodie/Daria but [b:2fodsbvf]It stopped before it was finished![/b:2fodsbvf].\n\nAs far as Jodaria working, well, it depends on the characterization. I think Kara\'s Jodie in DWU might make a good couple with a gentler characterization of Daria, something like (but not the same as) Richard\'s Daria in Falling into College.','da9ddf9e6816d6c78a1790d38c98f0bd',0,'4A==','2fodsbvf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356826,25332,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243470302,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 8','[quote="The Angst Guy":1iyrbw08][quote="losdia":1iyrbw08][quote="The Angst Guy":1iyrbw08]I dunno. This story could use some angst.[/quote:1iyrbw08]\nI know! What was that? Only the third of fourth suicide attempt in this fic? Make us feel like you\'re trying! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1iyrbw08]\nI have this dreadful feeling that things are going to end happily. \":(\"[/quote:1iyrbw08]\n\n\nSeriously TAG\n\nThere is no such thing as "happy" in this fic any more (not for quite some time).\n\nI could see a bittersweet ending though.','bd2df34d90b940cf5666923689dd9f79',0,'gA==','1iyrbw08',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356827,25133,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243470387,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 1)','[quote="Dark Kuno":3c9vpfwl][quote="undefinedlust":3c9vpfwl]its interesting, I do not know comics anywhere near well enough to make educated guesses about what is coming , who is involved etc, so it gives me an extra dose of suspense that comic fans may not get, makes it more fun in a way I think[/quote:3c9vpfwl]\n\n\nI think The Flash is a safe guess at this point \":)\"[/quote:3c9vpfwl]\n\n\nOh I could guess at least that much, its the not knowing who the enemies are, or enough of the Flash\'s backstory to guess the alter ego kind of thing','e79a8eafd26e904fc98ec44309da3f59',0,'gA==','3c9vpfwl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356828,25666,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243470841,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','[quote="undefinedlust":1ozjfg2g][quote="NightGoblyn":1ozjfg2g]I spy, with my little eye, new people to the forum.\n\nWelcome to the PPMB and thanks for participating. \":mrgreen:\" The tour guides will be along shortly with directions and safety tips.[/quote:1ozjfg2g]\n\nDo we have enough left in the HAZMAT budget to handle more newcomers? When I joined up the brain bleach they gave me was diluted due to budget constraints... I haven\'t been the same since... \":shock:\"[/quote:1ozjfg2g]\n\n\nI was raised on the movies you see on MST3K.\n\nand a college English professor for a grandmother who could not say no to her little 4 year old grandson asking to read her books with no pictures. The expressions of adults as they realize a 6 year old is reading a 1000+ page novel about the cold war/genocide of an African tribe/etc still amuse me to this day.\n\nYou\'re welcome to my supply, I don\'t need it \":)\"','a086356d2afb6228eedfc75285c3110b',0,'gA==','1ozjfg2g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356829,25133,6,430,0,'74.229.39.43',1243471392,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 1)','Interesting.\n\nThank you for the update.\n\nMore soon, please.','3a45ff29ea45820973c893cad88a888d',0,'','1qp4mutz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356830,25332,6,430,0,'74.229.39.43',1243471644,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 8','Very well written.','9c84058dae280f218f0eeb6eb1d7e8fe',0,'','1wp0xfus',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356831,25332,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243471783,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 7','[quote="Dennis":3nykjleq][quote="Derek":3nykjleq][quote="Dark Kuno":3nykjleq]Honestly Linda could have a [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=25645:3nykjleq][b:3nykjleq]randy emu[/b:3nykjleq][/url:3nykjleq] for a lawyer and win her divorce case against Tom. Given everything else, she can get anything she wants.[/quote:3nykjleq]\nCorrected it for you. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:3nykjleq]\n\nHelen: This is our new associate, ah, Randy Emu.\n\nEmu: (whatever the hell noise emus make)\n\nJudge: What is this, an episode of [i:3nykjleq]Animaniacs[/i:3nykjleq]?\n\nYakko: No! This is! (Shows the episode where Yakko, Wakko, and Dot defend Dr. Scratchansniff from a parking ticket.)[/quote:3nykjleq]\n\nAhhh...you mean Randy Emu and his law partner, Cass O. Wary?\n\nGotcha.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','4b5c004812836385668a70a4739ad4e2',0,'8A==','3nykjleq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356832,25731,3,26,0,'66.217.182.182',1243472500,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Sick, Sad World: Nevermind waiting for Life After People. .','. . .the flying cats are here [color=#800000:3uc8g1ak][size=200:3uc8g1ak][u:3uc8g1ak][i:3uc8g1ak][b:3uc8g1ak]NOW!!!!!!!!!![/b:3uc8g1ak][/i:3uc8g1ak] [/u:3uc8g1ak][/size:3uc8g1ak][/color:3uc8g1ak] \":shock:\" \n\nA cat in China has surprisingly developed wing-like appendages. Scientists are baffled as to why it\'s happening.\n\nAll the details [url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30967440/?GT1=43001:3uc8g1ak]here[/url:3uc8g1ak].\n\nLaptop is really pissed off. He wanted to be the world\'s first flying cat! \":lol:\"','8d295e8935aed18b35ab5979d4988c9f',0,'dw==','3uc8g1ak',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356833,25538,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243473002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[b:yrvs7wwz]Conclusion[/b:yrvs7wwz]\n\n\n"Hello, Tom," a pretty blonde said while stepping past Quinn as if she wasn\'t there.\n\nUncomfortable and annoyed, he said, "Hi, Melanie."\n\n"It\'s nice to see you out and about like this instead of skulking around the little people."\n\n"Ahem," Quinn sharply said.\n\n"Melanie," Tom said, "I\'d like you to meet my date tonight; Quinn."\n\nShe turned and said, "Oh, hello. I haven\'t seen you around Fielding or St. Swithun\'s. Are you a new exchange student?"\n\nQuinn felt a Daria-like annoyance and answered in kind. "I’m from Highland."\n\n"Really?" Melanie said. "You don\'t even speak with an accent."\n\n"Practice." Quinn took Tom\'s arm and said, "If you will excuse us," and led him away.\n\n"Thanks for the save," Tom whispered.\n\n"Skulking around with the little people," Quinn fumed. "If it wasn\'t a crime against fashion to damage a Sammi Rudolph gown, I\'d have…oooh."\n\n"I\'d say you got her pretty good," Tom said. "On an intellectual level."\n\nQuinn stopped, smiled and said, "I did, didn\'t I?"\n\n\n\n\nAn older gentleman with a ring of white hair around his bald head inspected one of John\'s paintings and then turned to Kay Sloane. "I agree. Why don\'t we take it before the board this evening, since we\'re all here?"\n\nCarrying two sodas, John came back into the gallery and stopped beside Daria. "Here you go. I ran into Quinn out there and from what Tom said, it sounds like you\'ve been rubbing off on your sister.\n\n"Oh?"\n\n"Just a little verbal fencing with an unarmed victim."\n\n"There may be hope for her yet."\n\nJohn noticed the man and said, "What\'s up with the guy next to Mrs. Sloane?"\n\n"He\'s head of the acquisitions committee, Mr. Loudon, and thinks they should buy it."\n\n"So you mean I\'m getting something more than free food and drink out of this?"\n\n"If four out of five members agree. You\'ve got two already, so…"\n\n"We need to make sure we don\'t say the wrong thing to the wrong three people. Who are the other others?"\n\n"Um, I don\'t know."\n\n\n\n\n"That\'s what I get for drinking three glasses of soda," Daria grumbled. The nearest restroom was across the main hall from John\'s gallery, so Daria had to venture out past the refreshments table and through the well-dressed crowd to reach it.\n\nA part of Daria noted that the standard of attire was elegant and by a vast majority, in excellent taste. She thought it was a pleasant change of pace from what usually passed as fashionable at Lawndale High. Also, a small part of her felt underdressed, though she was wearing one of the nice dresses that Quinn had convenience her to buy for special occasions.. She saw Quinn and gave her sister a small wave while noting that she had chosen well for her dress, and further realizing that Quinn\'s fashion sense had shifted some over the summer to something more mature.\n\nA young man of perhaps eighteen or nineteen stepped up beside Daria and said, "May I interest you in the next dance?"\n\n"Um, me?"\n\n"Well, yes, unless you have an invisible twin."\n\nDaria faintly smiled and said, "No, I don\'t."\n\n"So, may I interest you in the next dance?"\n\n"Sorry," she said, "but I\'m here with my boyfriend. His work is in the gallery across the hall."\n\nThe man sighed and said, "Shoot. All the cute ones are taken or chasing after the hot dates."\n\n"Hopefully, not all," Daria said, trying to be somewhat helpful. She motioned to the restroom door and said, "Excuse me."\n\n"Oh, sure," he said and turned around to join the crowd.\n\nEntering the restroom, she thought, [i:yrvs7wwz]You have to admit that they have better manners around here than at Lawndale High[/i:yrvs7wwz].\n\n\n\n\nQuinn and Tom stopped at the gallery and Quinn fell back against the wall. Embarrassed, Tom said, "I’m sorry for the complete lack of manners you\'ve had to deal with tonight."\n\n"What\'s going on?" Quinn said. "Some kind of contest to see who can grab you first?"\n\nDaria went over to Quinn and said, "Are you okay?"\n\n"I’m beat," Quinn replied. "They\'re like sharks out there. You\'d better keep John close or they\'ll be all over him, too."\n\nTom slowly shook his head. "He\'s probably safe. Among the Muffys, they compete for what they consider high value dates. Usually based on what a guy\'s family is worth. Regrettably, I\'m in the top bracket and John is…"\n\n"Substandard, but I can live with that," John joked. "Why don\'t you hang out here with the crazy artist and his girl? That should keep the sharks at bay for while."\n\nDaria looked at John, back at Quinn and then John again. "Oh no, you\'ve got an idea fermenting in that head of yours."\n\n"Never let inspiration get away."\n\n\n\n\nWatching a middle-aged man examine the painting that Mrs. Sloane and Mr. Loudon had discussed earlier, John whispered to Tom, "Out of curiosity, is that guy on the acquisitions committee?"\n\n"Yes, it\'s Mr. Vilano. Why?"\n\n"Your mother and a Mr. Loudon were discussing buying it earlier tonight."\n\nTom rubbed his forehead. "Don\'t count on their votes. He doesn\'t consider anything that smacks of that \'newfangled abstract stuff\' to be art."\n\n"Great. That means I have to get the vote of the other two. Can you point them out?"\n\n"Uh, oh," Tom said.\n\n"What?"\n\n"There they are right now, the Hamptons."\n\n"Is that a problem?"\n\n"Not them exactly, but, um, their daughter…"\n\n"Is one of those that hit on you earlier."\n\nDaria said, "Let me guess, she\'s the kind to hold a grudge and knows how to manipulate her parents."\n\n"Yep. Let\'s hope…damn."\n\nMelanie joined her parents from among the crowd and followed them into the gallery. She saw Tom and Quinn and an evil smiled formed on her lips.\n\n"That\'s her," Quinn said.\n\n"I\'m sunk," John said. "Oh well, at least I got free food out of the deal and I think a few contacts."\n\n\n\n\nHaving saved it for last, John took down the painting he\'d hoped to sell and said, "Could\'ve been better, but not a really bad night."\n\n"I\'m sorry," Quinn said.\n\n"You couldn\'t know," Daria said. "Besides, I\'m proud of how you handled her, my apprentice."\n\n"It did feel good," Quinn said. "But…"\n\n"Look," John said. "Personal snits and other stuff are common as hell in the art world. It\'s not your fault the parents listened to their bratty kid."\n\n"But sometimes, we\'ll listen to our other child," a man\'s voice said. Mr. and Mrs. Hampton stood behind them, along with the young man that had asked Daria for a dance earlier. Mr. Hampton said, "Our son tells us that your lady friend was very charming and pleasant and that your art fascinating."\n\nTom said, "I didn\'t know you were back in town from Crestmore, Raymond."\n\n"Only for the weekend," Raymond said. "I see that you\'ve caught the fancy of the young lady\'s sister. The family resemblance is unmistakable."\n\n"We\'re friends," Tom said.\n\n"If you say so."\n\nAngier and Kay Sloane arrived in the gallery, along with Mr. Loudon. The latter came up to John and shook his hand. "The committee has agreed to the purchase."\n\nJohn couldn\'t speak for several seconds. Overcoming his shock, he said, "Um…cool." Inside, he thought, [i:yrvs7wwz]God, that sounded just like my brother.[/i:yrvs7wwz]\n\nKay produced a check from her purse and said, "The committee also found your asking price acceptable."\n\nJohn took the check and stared at the amount that he\'d thrown out more as a lark than a real price. "It\'s been nice doing business with you."\n\n\n\n\nWhile the family ate breakfast the next morning, John rested his cheek on one hand and stared at his breakfast bowl. "I should\'ve kept my mouth shut."\n\n"Now John," Helen said, lifting her coffee cup. "You\'ll appreciate having that money set aside for when you\'re in college."\n\n"You\'d have only blown it on paint and canvas, anyway," Daria said. "Art junkie."\n\n"Hey, John!" Jake said, folding the paper and turning it toward the teen. "You\'re in the paper."\n\nQuinn looked and said, "Since when do you read the society page, Dad?"\n\n"It\'s a great place to find contacts!"\n\n"You made it into the paper, that\'s great. We\'ll need to keep a clipping for your college applications," Helen said.\n\n"That\'s nice. I see the picture of John and Daria. What does it say about me?"\n\nJake read silently and then said, "Sorry, Quinn."\n\nShe looked again, failed to find any mention and sat down. "Daria, if you had the slightest amount of fashion sense, you\'d be dangerous."','120726d9685c46cce3e8b6e8e140e9d3',0,'YA==','yrvs7wwz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356834,25714,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243474084,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','I hope it\'s just about passing on the legacy. My fear is that as the great leader realized his growing irrelevancy, he was gonna pull an epic Jim Jones stunt of some kind (though attacking others until his country is destroyed).','c1a3c401c012a080c3052f2e08976d12',0,'','3ax815dh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356835,25732,3,89,0,'67.189.212.82',1243474596,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','For Aviation enthusiasts...','...and Naval enthusiasts too. On Memorial Day (5/24/2009) I visited the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum, located at Pier 86 on Manhattans west side. The ship returned to it\'s berth off of 12th Ave. and 44th Street last fall after a two year refurbishment. There are many new exhibits. One is a full motion flight simulator that I would have really liked to experience, but with over 750,000 visitors that day, the lines were just TOO long. Maybe next time. The Concord is amazing, but so cramped inside the cabin. Not much more room than an RJ. Another exhibit billed as the only nuclear capable submarine open to the general public was the USS Growler. A first generation missile submarine, it was equipped with 4 Regulus cruise missiles, housed in two tubular hangars on the front of the boat. It had a short service life due to the major drawback that it had to surface in order to fire its missiles. It is so cramped inside that a sign is posted at the beginning of the tour warning claustrophobic people not to take the tour .As promised, here are some pictures. I hope you like them.\n\nhttp://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a93/Jo ... 9/?start=0','61023e362cc7527182910adfc8dd2304',0,'','38yi3nx4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356836,25693,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243475138,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','TCM is the only one I\'ve read in its entirety. As for his other stuff...yeah, I\'d find watching paint dry to be more interesting. \'Course I say that about many academics and mystics, so full of themselves and saying almost nothing through a fog of rhetoric or meaningless buzz words. (If you want some real fun, try diagramming sentences and outlining their books from these people, it can be quite enlightening--in the cynical sense...)\n\nI understand that there are many takes on Marx, including many who have polished his philosophy, and I\'ve read very little of that. \n\nAs for what I\'m talking about is how the Communist state will really be practiced. I\'ve no more interest in reading Marx to understand how Communism works than I do in reading Adam Smith or Ayn Rand to understand how Capitalism or the Free Market works. It doesn\'t matter which system you use, people are gonna pee in the pool and mess it up. \n\nAnd while right wingers love to slam Commies (and seem obsessed with connecting Commies to Democrats, especially Obama, to where I can\'t even take them seriously anymore when they use the C-word), Communism applied has pretty much discredited itself & Marx, just as Capitalism has done. \n\nIronically, people like Rockefeller actually tried putting TCM into action, though he did so for Capitalist ends rather than Communist ones (also I\'d say robber barons have done much to get the agenda in TCM passed, and would say Capitalism has done more to destroy the family-based community than Communism itself has done). Still, no difference to me. Human nature being what it is, the ones who control the resources (especially in a monopoly, especially a supreme monopoly) are going to oppress everyone else. The more monopoly they have, the worse it will be. (It\'s one thing I can\'t help but roll my eyes at, Marx going on and on about "monopoly is bad!" and then about how there must be "a huge monopoly of EVERYTHING.")\n\nNow if some uber powerful computers with Artificial Intelligence and not a slave to the survival instincts run amok (especially greed, ego, etc) could seize power, then MAYBE it would be different. But as long as it\'s humans running things, there will always be an oppressor, and Leninism and such are pretty much inevitable. At least I haven\'t seen or heard of anything involving a society of more than a thousand people to suggest otherwise.','6fce051517f912117633cf1193c5788f',0,'','1kci3e36',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356837,25094,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243475241,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Fanfiction 2009: Off and Running','I\'ll say this once, and only once.\n\nIf you haven\'t read newcomer Charliefox2012\'s BRILLIANT [i:2nbu4a9f]Wristcutters: A Daria Story[/i:2nbu4a9f] then get your bum to ff.net and read it now. It\'s absolutely amazing. Been a long time since I\'ve seen a Daria fan just come out of nowhere and produce something so surreally good.\n\nShort synopsis: After killing herself, Daria Morgendorffer searches a hellish landscape for her beloved Jane Lane. \n\nHere be there tygers. Be warned, it\'s every bit an adult story. With violence, language and femmeslash. Y\'know, all that stuff that makes us grin.\n\nGo read it, now. Or may you be eaten by a Grue with meningitis.\n\nhttp://www.fanfiction.net/s/5006377/1/W ... aria_story\n\nThis guy has a lot of potential.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','3d72e4f3daa44dde5373024e7ca8276b',0,'IA==','2nbu4a9f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356838,25583,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243476341,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="losdia":1fsfxoqn](Just out of curiosity what school of wicca are you Dervish?)[/quote:1fsfxoqn]\n\nI\'m not. My "mentor" (rather not explain that now) is Dianic. When I lived with her, she was part of a loose band of Dianics with various philosophies. Some mixed with men and some didn\'t want anything to do with them (at least in any mystical sense), and they\'d come together on many solstices & equinoxes. \n\nMost of what I learned of Wicca first hand I learned from her, though a nephew of hers taught me more magic-based stuff, which was more general Western Mystery Tradition than Wicca specifically (but he helped her with magical projects sometimes). She was willing to mix in with males herself, though she didn\'t include a god in her daily devotions (she did call on various gods at times, but rarely). \n\nI\'ve been around other Wiccans and have attended Wiccan gatherings (nothing big, yet), and can share a lot about that, but I don\'t really consider myself Wiccan. \n\nI joined a Discordian Kabal for laughs once, but it really did change me. I don\'t consider myself Discordian anymore, but I\'m very supportive of it, and now believe it to be a true spiritual path.','23ff469e1ab2a0e4d01dacc2ecc52a76',0,'gA==','1fsfxoqn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356839,25732,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243477271,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For Aviation enthusiasts...','\":D\" Most excellent - I\'ll spend more time on them when I get home.\n\nRe those wooden covers with "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT", when I first saw one of those I assumed it was a joke. I guess I was wrong. \":lol:\"','53993657787181e69517010f9f92b8ed',0,'','2o9dj399',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356840,25731,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243477459,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sick, Sad World: Nevermind waiting for Life After People. .','[quote:3bwsm238]\nCompère That is Tiddles, I believe?\nMan Yes, this is, this is Tiddles.\nCompère Yes, and what does she do?\nMan She flies across the studio and lands in a bucket of water.\nCompère By herself?\nMan No, I fling her.[/quote:3bwsm238]\nPython (Monty)','c17ae237c8222e0e0291a059d752e44d',0,'gA==','3bwsm238',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356841,25498,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243477626,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has anyone heard from Liz?','Puffin, penguin - they\'re both, as Opus says, "svelte, buoyant waterfowl".','bf0bed273f3116a103816dca90adb09e',0,'','1vykfaqg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356842,25729,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243477704,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','[quote="Dervish":31xx15mr]If Star Trek & Star Wars geeks were to act like this to each other, maybe they\'d finally get some respect. (At least I bet there\'d be a lot fewer people mocking them...)\n\nBut in all seriousness, WHY are there ANY stabbings at all over this?\n\n\n[quote:31xx15mr]The city\'s reputation as "Stab City" among football supporters causes great offence among local people and police have been criticised for failing to deal with the problem, he adds.[/quote:31xx15mr]\n\nTIP: Ban the [b:31xx15mr]game[/b:31xx15mr] from the city until the fans can demonstrate civilized behavior. \n\nSeriously, crap gets banned for less than this (like merely causing harmless offense). Ban it. Make it illegal, and know that the howls that follow would be the sound of justice, or at least a little law and order being brought to the city.[/quote:31xx15mr]\nThat\'s the problem - it\'s not a game, it\'s a business. If it was a game it would have been banned long ago.','ce8b566f847e76fd2d1fc8e5ad2921dd',0,'wA==','31xx15mr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356843,25714,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243477884,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="Dervish":vtniavpq]I hope it\'s just about passing on the legacy. My fear is that as the great leader realized his growing irrelevancy, he was gonna pull an epic Jim Jones stunt of some kind (though attacking others until his country is destroyed).[/quote:vtniavpq]\nIt\'s not inconceivable. What a pity he doesn\'t have any oil - or at least that he actually [i:vtniavpq]does[/i:vtniavpq] have weapons of mass destruction.','94e8cd518a34c2eeed7db1175b64c4fe',0,'oA==','vtniavpq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356844,25733,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243478387,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED!','[quote:1uggws7e][url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/27/att_may_have_swayed_american_idol_vote/:1uggws7e]Telecom giant AT&T stands accused of attacking the very foundations of American suffrage and decency, after allegedly tainting the results of the country\'s largest democratic election...[/url:1uggws7e][/quote:1uggws7e]\n\n \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\"','30328e74074ba00f1881d4d6127beefa',0,'kA==','1uggws7e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356845,25734,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243478578,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Mars rover named by 12 year old girl','[quote:26gmmbz8][url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/27/msl_dubbed_curiosity/:26gmmbz8]A 12-year-old girl from Kansas has chosen the name of NASA\'s nuclear-powered Mars Science Laboratory rover.[/url:26gmmbz8]\n\nClara Ma, an elementary student from Lenexa, Kansas, submitted the winning entry, "Curiosity" for the space agency\'s nationwide essay contest for youths to name the rover. Her suggestion was selected from more than 9,000 proposals, NASA announced today.[/quote:26gmmbz8]\n\n\":-)\" Brilliant!!!!','34cff30983e47146e1cd869631c8b58b',0,'kA==','26gmmbz8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356846,25719,3,233,0,'69.158.102.136',1243478738,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','I\'m from the GTA so I have very little knowledge about Vancouver culture.\n\nThe blinking green light/arrow is an Advance Green, meaning you can go but oncoming traffic still has a red light.','801303b0cde95c1563f84d7327048468',0,'','2b3j314f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356847,25729,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243478770,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','I think the thing a lot of Americans don\'t get about soccer riots is exactly who the soccer hooligans are. Imagine San Fransisco, now imagine that the Crips and Hell\'s Angels support the Raiders while Dieciocho and the Black Dragons support the 49ers. Then the 49ers and Raiders have a game where all their "fans" show up, hijinks ensue...\n\nThis isn\'t anything new, read up on the Blues and Greens of the Hippodrome. Working class people like sports, and they also like the support structure of a gang. It\'s two classic flavors that just go great together.','93a57103f43a387895ce8bbcf78f3064',0,'','2sb2f4qq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356848,25734,3,900,0,'208.7.93.62',1243478975,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Mars rover named by 12 year old girl','I like the second story on that page.\n\n[quote:2uo7897a]So there still may be proof of life on Mars after all. It just turns out melting the natives isn\'t the best way to establish contact.[/quote:2uo7897a]\n\n(Insert [i:2uo7897a]The Price is Right[/i:2uo7897a] fail sound here)','9cc0958cc2c477e9baacf36c86b57a6e',0,'oA==','2uo7897a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356849,25733,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243479073,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED!',':snort: If I actually cared about American Idol I\'m sure I\'d be both shocked and appalled... \n\nEven so, the evil of Ma Bell must not go unchecked! \n\nNow I\'m off to fight that evil by stealing every service of theirs I can think of! \":mrgreen:\"','137dc39e5b89fcf1659725df108109de',0,'','28luxg9t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356850,25729,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243479213,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','[quote="Dervish":1evi9x23]If Star Trek & Star Wars geeks were to act like this to each other, maybe they\'d finally get some respect. (At least I bet there\'d be a lot fewer people mocking them...)\n\nBut in all seriousness, WHY are there ANY stabbings at all over this?\n\n\n[quote:1evi9x23]The city\'s reputation as "Stab City" among football supporters causes great offence among local people and police have been criticised for failing to deal with the problem, he adds.[/quote:1evi9x23]\n\nTIP: Ban the game from the city until the fans can demonstrate civilized behavior. \n\nSeriously, crap gets banned for less than this (like merely causing harmless offense). Ban it. Make it illegal, and know that the howls that follow would be the sound of justice, or at least a little law and order being brought to the city.[/quote:1evi9x23]\n\n\nDude you cannot ban football from rome and expect anything but the entire city dissolving into mad chaos after a couple of hours. It will be anarchy and then the dark ages all over again!','faeab9264cd472ac781ca04c705bfb21',0,'gA==','1evi9x23',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356851,25714,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243479373,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="Deref":2iga59zx][quote="Dervish":2iga59zx]I hope it\'s just about passing on the legacy. My fear is that as the great leader realized his growing irrelevancy, he was gonna pull an epic Jim Jones stunt of some kind (though attacking others until his country is destroyed).[/quote:2iga59zx]\nIt\'s not inconceivable. What a pity he doesn\'t have any oil - or at least that he actually [i:2iga59zx]does[/i:2iga59zx] have weapons of mass destruction.[/quote:2iga59zx]\n\nI think the reason we haven\'t blow them away already has a little more to do with that pesky mutual defense treaty they have with China. \n\nI sometimes wonder if McArthur didn\'t have the right idea in \'50... \":nono:\"','e82e57efd4cf21cd5e6831c3a5a2169c',0,'oA==','2iga59zx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356852,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243479506,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="ktrick45":1sujgf4v]Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else. \n-Lyndon Johnson[/quote:1sujgf4v]\n\nOne of my favorite LBJ quotes:\n\nBetter to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside pissing in. \n\n(Lyndon B. Johnson, on J. Edgar Hoover)','d8f4c8a8bf045943a9102428c341d9ec',0,'gA==','1sujgf4v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356853,25716,3,531,0,'66.19.201.70',1243479565,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wedding Photos','damn!!! How\'d a guy like you get a girl like that?!?!?!?!\n\n\njust kidding, man... Many congrats and all the best.','a2536f9a0c839dc81b63e8ea2de5473a',0,'','1f6dh9fk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356854,25558,5,568,0,'206.255.101.7',1243480566,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: So, the new Trek movie......','Well, I finally saw it today and I rather liked it. I\'d even put it in my top 3 favorite Trek movies. Karl Urban\'s performance of McCoy was awesome. He nailed it. As I\'m sure others have said, having Nimoy in the film really gave is some credibility. \n\nAfter I\'ve had some sleep, I\'ll type up a review,lol','9b90d674a0ccdc8c3bf735ff3bef59c7',0,'','3ofncrb5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356855,25735,6,947,0,'75.7.203.44',1243481038,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','The task is simple. Try to plausibly work a famous movie line into the story. \nThis not a crossover, the setting and time is up to you.\n\nThe line you must work into the story is from Casablanca.\n\n[quote:20mrdsof]Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine. [/quote:20mrdsof] \n\nLet\'s hear those keyboards click \":mrgreen:\"','ed20dbc7f268a8f26835a9b64f834805',0,'gA==','20mrdsof',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356856,25729,3,568,0,'206.255.101.7',1243481134,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','[quote:4lreqyln]If Star Trek & Star Wars geeks were to act like this to each other, maybe they\'d finally get some respect. (At least I bet there\'d be a lot fewer people mocking them...)[/quote:4lreqyln]\n\nI doubt it. Have you seen Fanboys?? If the fight between the Trekkies and the Star Wars fans turning to butt stabbing...I....well damn..now I\'m at a loss for words.','20ee1f83916cfc43516f044721b8e2f4',0,'gA==','4lreqyln',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356857,25733,4,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243481400,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED!','I am shocked and appalled. American Idol has the greatest voter turnout of any election in the free world, yet politicians have yet to catch up with the idea of changing the voting system to text messaging!','0af944488c77045742c05cc2b6cedb2a',0,'','2qmin84g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356858,25733,4,900,0,'208.7.93.62',1243481993,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED!','[quote="Liz Ruiz":3jxbeuql]I am shocked and appalled. American Idol has the greatest voter turnout of any election in the free world, yet politicians have yet to catch up with the idea of changing the voting system to text messaging![/quote:3jxbeuql]\n\nThen we have a bunch of volunteers sorting through disputed ballots trying to decide who gets the vote for "Bark McB0MA".','d897855a511b5e01869b9db3d0f656c3',0,'gA==','3jxbeuql',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356859,25714,4,7,0,'203.63.223.178',1243482343,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="losdia":qmq2ge7k][quote="Deref":qmq2ge7k][quote="Dervish":qmq2ge7k]I hope it\'s just about passing on the legacy. My fear is that as the great leader realized his growing irrelevancy, he was gonna pull an epic Jim Jones stunt of some kind (though attacking others until his country is destroyed).[/quote:qmq2ge7k]\nIt\'s not inconceivable. What a pity he doesn\'t have any oil - or at least that he actually [i:qmq2ge7k]does[/i:qmq2ge7k] have weapons of mass destruction.[/quote:qmq2ge7k]\n\nI think the reason we haven\'t blow them away already has a little more to do with that pesky mutual defense treaty they have with China. [/quote:qmq2ge7k]\nHow about the fact they\'ve got one of the world\'s largest megalopolises (greater Seoul) within artillery range? China or no China, the Korean War turns hot again, a hell of a lot of civilians are going to die.','5c6f3211f6cadf0edbec0b91bdc8abd7',0,'oA==','qmq2ge7k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356860,25670,4,7,0,'203.63.223.178',1243482762,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Deref":2sn97s0t][quote="UU":2sn97s0t]Just curious -- were there any calls to have Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko and Gorbachev tried by a \'War Crimes Tribunal\' -- or, for that matter, to try Saddam Hussein for that pesky Iran-Iraq thing -- or is this partiucular brand of hot air reserved for American politicians?[/quote:2sn97s0t]\nNo - only for those in countries from which we hope for (as opposed to expect) a higher standard of ethics.[/quote:2sn97s0t]\nAlso Israel and Palestine (not usually from the same person, obviously \";)\" ). I think. My eyes tend to glaze over in self-defence when I read anything about the place.','4e925ef07af65a32db7b9d4dc5a581df',0,'gA==','2sn97s0t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356861,25521,4,7,0,'203.63.223.178',1243482855,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Supreme Court\'s Souter Retiring...','[quote="UU":fkinwi80][quote="Liz Ruiz":fkinwi80]...\nOh I definitely agree. I was more commenting on the fact that I don\'t particularly believe the Bush Era GOP would have gone for anyone of other ethnicity than white, even if the nominee was a woman. I think that it\'s a good thing that the ethnic diversity of the United States is finally being reflected on the government.[/quote:fkinwi80]\nPraise be to George W for appointing Alberto Gonzales to the Cabinet! \":D\"[/quote:fkinwi80]\nWell, yeah, but despite some people\'s delusions neither President nor Cabinet membership is a job for life. \";)\"','9f0351e556fac464d3ca0fde861391d2',0,'gA==','fkinwi80',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356862,25714,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243483211,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="Caira":1kcb6gxp][quote="losdia":1kcb6gxp][quote="Deref":1kcb6gxp][quote="Dervish":1kcb6gxp]I hope it\'s just about passing on the legacy. My fear is that as the great leader realized his growing irrelevancy, he was gonna pull an epic Jim Jones stunt of some kind (though attacking others until his country is destroyed).[/quote:1kcb6gxp]\nIt\'s not inconceivable. What a pity he doesn\'t have any oil - or at least that he actually [i:1kcb6gxp]does[/i:1kcb6gxp] have weapons of mass destruction.[/quote:1kcb6gxp]\n\nI think the reason we haven\'t blow them away already has a little more to do with that pesky mutual defense treaty they have with China. [/quote:1kcb6gxp]\nHow about the fact they\'ve got one of the world\'s largest megalopolises (greater Seoul) within artillery range? China or no China, the Korean War turns hot again, a hell of a lot of civilians are going to die.[/quote:1kcb6gxp]\n\nThis is why the US has so many "illegal" weapon systems. If things ever heat back up the DPRK, with their second to last generation soviet weapon systems, have to get through the world\'s largest minefield, the latest generation of US anti-missile systems, and the better part of 75,000 troops, all the while facing precision guided cluster munitions, Fuel Air Explosive Bombs, Nerve Gas bombardment, air support from fifth generation fighter/bombers, and satellite monitoring. The Korean DMZ is the world largest meat grinder designed, at great expense by the US, to shatter any aggression by the DPRK. \n\nThe US would LOVE them to fire on Seoul, their treaty with China doesn\'t cover aggressive actions. Once the first shot is fired, there is no more DPRK.','e0e7b4d712b84b9605fad8ff7dafb7bf',0,'oA==','1kcb6gxp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356863,25733,4,940,0,'96.248.115.44',1243484074,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED!','Oh my god american pop culture is... fake?\n\nCALL OBAMA.','ec166320997bf497c97a3663f1d95e47',0,'','9vwugn5d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356864,25538,6,531,0,'66.19.201.70',1243484517,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[quote="RLobinske":3i4jf2kk]\n...what usually passed as fashionable at Lawndale High. Also, a small part of her felt underdressed, though she was wearing one of the nice dresses that Quinn had [b:3i4jf2kk]convenience [/b:3i4jf2kk]her to buy for special occasions.. She saw Quinn and gave her sister a small wave while noting that she had chosen well for her dress, and further realizing that...\n [/quote:3i4jf2kk]\n\nConsidering it is Daria and formal (or semi-formal, anyways) clothing, wouldn\'t that be INconvenienced?\n\nand I like the reference to the Sammi Rudolph gown... \":lol:\"','297623723a06015b8e64aaf59fd9e7fc',0,'wA==','3i4jf2kk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356865,25736,6,940,0,'96.248.115.44',1243484684,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Writer\'s Block','I\'m 80% done my fic WOLF... but...\n\nI can\'t seem to finish. And I have pages of notes for new stories.\n\nHELP.','dd13e761e1d7fc7be28ceb821f3ca711',0,'','czjp8bqf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356866,25733,4,545,0,'65.221.65.189',1243484883,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED!','Next thing you know, you\'re going to tell me that wrestling is fixed. \";)\" \n\n\nActually, when I read the title of the thread, my first thought was, well, duh! It happened in our 2000 elections. (Well, actually, a lot of times before that, but this is the most obvious right now. \":P\" )','a58288ead86410802a184cd74ac5b3b0',0,'','lcfiqjjk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356867,25736,6,545,0,'65.221.65.189',1243485099,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writer\'s Block','Get some paper and start writing down anything you can think about, even if it takes two or three pages. Sometimes, that can unblock the creative writing flow.\n\nPlus it can give you some neat notes that you can use later.\n\nGood luck.','649d5a53754b0c30dda51779b29bc369',0,'','3pjo169i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356868,25736,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243486335,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writer\'s Block','I have found that writing something else, anything else helps. Just keping in the flow of writing is a big help for when you do get the feel right for the main project. The Iron Chef prompts were a huge help to me in getting unblocked recently.\n\nGood luck!','89a66633f2d1084abec5ff25c7002c77',0,'','3778pn8e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356869,25666,6,545,0,'65.221.65.189',1243488004,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Daria Fan Fiction Classification Test','Daria Morgendorffer sat in the room. She waited quietly, though she was not necessarily patient about it. It was hard to be patient when the surrounding rooms had zombies in them.\n\nOf all the places to be, she got stuck in what had once been a living room on the fourth floor of an apartment building in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. How she got there, she didn\'t know, but knew that either Robert or Jane had done something wrong. \n\nShe looked around at the dust covered couch, television set and coffee table and wondered how long it had been since a living human had last been here.\n\nShe picked up a [i:2kddcel6]TV Guide[/i:2kddcel6] from the coffee table and lightly brushed off the dust. Actors James Arness and Amanda Blake from the TV show [i:2kddcel6]Gunsmoke[/i:2kddcel6] were on the cover and she saw that the magazine was from the year 1961. \n\n[i:2kddcel6]I\'m now officially creeped out[/i:2kddcel6], she thought. [i:2kddcel6]Hopefully this is someone\'s collector copy and this world hasn\'t been dead since 1961.[/i:2kddcel6]\n\nA purple flash from behind her lit up the room and she turned slightly to see Jane Lane stand there. "About damn time you got here," the auburn-haired teen said, her voice quiet. "This building...this city...is filled with zombies."\n\n"I know," Jane said. "From what Blue Iguana\'s told me, this world\'s apparently been in a class four state for nearly ten years. The Ringmasters are still trying to decide what to do about it."\n\n"Blue who?" Daria asked.\n\n"Code name, [i:2kddcel6]amiga.[/i:2kddcel6] Some Ringbearers like to use code names."\n\nMoans from the hallway could then be heard and Jane moved over to Daria. "Time to leave," she said as hands hit the door on the other side.\n\nDaria held onto the [i:2kddcel6]TV Guide[/i:2kddcel6] as they disappeared from the room.','0f18e7f37cf24eb25b75e777cbdd469c',0,'IA==','2kddcel6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356870,25716,3,397,0,'209.242.132.51',1243489382,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wedding Photos','Congratulations! Great pictures...it looks like you had a lovely wedding!!','431fd7faf749efd9c2df5a7d4298bd21',0,'','3rq9i00p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356871,25692,4,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243490779,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Somali Pirates Like Going Dutch','[quote="losdia":3ayxl019][quote="psychotol":3ayxl019]So, a choice between equipping freighters with [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MILAN:3ayxl019]Milan[/url:3ayxl019] or [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGM-71_TOW:3ayxl019]TOW[/url:3ayxl019] missiles, or granting residence to pirates whose respect for their neighbours right to retain their possessions is somewhat questionable.\n\n\n\nDecisions, decisions ...[/quote:3ayxl019]\n\nOh, don\'t be so pessimistic! \n\nWith the ships these pirates have there is no need for something like a TOW launcher. A [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FGM-148_Javelin:3ayxl019]Javelin[/url:3ayxl019] would work fine. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:3ayxl019]\nMy uncle thinks they should start equipping merchant ships with [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS:3ayxl019]Phalanx[/url:3ayxl019] systems.','b74ac2d10ad246f15c94fe83951130dc',0,'kA==','3ayxl019',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356872,25726,6,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243491398,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: "My braces made me do it."','Ok, that one needs to be continued. \":D\"','7329f4fc009120e79d5abf2839470d6d',0,'','3oddh9px',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356873,25538,6,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243491893,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[quote="RLobinske":dvofpds4]"We need to make sure we don\'t say the wrong thing to the wrong three people. Who are the [b:dvofpds4]other others[/b:dvofpds4]?"[/quote:dvofpds4]\n \":P\"','70493f401836aa32b4a8764121d19f3e',0,'wA==','dvofpds4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356874,25538,6,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243493011,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','After rereading the completed version of this chapter I think I\'m going to rephrase my original question about it. What\'s going on with Quinn\'s feelings for Tom? There was a lot of this chapter I couldn\'t decide if Quinn was starting to have serious feelings for Tom or not. Then again there were parts of it were I couldn\'t decide if she was being territorial or if she was mad at potentially being thought of as "the help".\n\nOverall, this was a nice change of pace from the summer vacation story arc and the lead up to it. John Lane is always a great read though. \":D\"','6f580c837db50e113e5c1a378a9d9122',0,'','10dokj33',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356875,25521,4,545,0,'65.221.65.189',1243494176,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Supreme Court\'s Souter Retiring...','[quote="Liz Ruiz":3t5cxmyw][quote="UU":3t5cxmyw][quote="Liz Ruiz":3t5cxmyw]...\nOh I definitely agree. I was more commenting on the fact that I don\'t particularly believe the Bush Era GOP would have gone for anyone of other ethnicity than white, even if the nominee was a woman. I think that it\'s a good thing that the ethnic diversity of the United States is finally being reflected on the government.[/quote:3t5cxmyw]\nPraise be to George W for appointing Alberto Gonzales to the Cabinet! \":D\"[/quote:3t5cxmyw]\n\nAh, you know that Google slogan? "Don\'t be Evil"? Well, evil trumps ethnicity every single time! Besides Gonzalez was the whitest Hispanic guy ever. I\'d say even more than Henry Cisneros, if that is possible.[/quote:3t5cxmyw]\n\n\nI think that Alberto Gonzalez is considered by the neo-cons to be even whiter than me, and my only claim to genetic racial diversity is that my great-great-great grandmother was a Cherokee.\n\nBoy, did that ever irritate [i:3t5cxmyw]some[/i:3t5cxmyw] of my family.','aa773f4d485e0cd4c29d1441233ec2fa',0,'oA==','3t5cxmyw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356876,25693,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243494350,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="losdia":2e289rtx]...I cannot express how little skill I have with Greek, but pretty much every commentary I\'ve read on Aristotle\'s works has explained that his usage of [i:2e289rtx]demos [/i:2e289rtx]in [i:2e289rtx]democracy [/i:2e289rtx]was meant to have a negative connotation. Meaning something like Mob or Rabble.[/quote:2e289rtx]\nNot really, they have a special word -- \'ochlos\' -- for that. As for \'demos\' -- haven\'t you ever heard how the word \'people\' is used with negative connotations? Well, you probably haven\'t...\n\n[quote="losdia":2e289rtx]I know he didn\'t invent the concept or word, but Aristotle\'s analysis of governments is one of those works that helped shape the western world\'s understanding of those systems.\n\nSo I was referring to Democracy in the Aristotelian sense, where democracy is the negative form of rule by the many.[/quote:2e289rtx]\nUh-huh; but, meaning no disrespect for the guy, but the Aristotelian classification is hardly applicable in full to the modern times.\n\n\n[quote="losdia":2e289rtx]No, not even a little bit. A Classical Republic just refers to an elected Aristocracy. A modern Polyarchy on the other hand is a somewhat more nebulous concept, and is one of those things that can really only be described as "you know it when you see it."[/quote:2e289rtx]\n\'Not even a little bit\'? Quick, write to the University of Oxford and thell them that their definition, \'a state in which supreme power is hela by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch\', is invalid and sucks. \":lol:\" \n\nI\'m soorry if this definition isn\'t helpful for political scientists -- but maybe it\'s just the way things are?\n\n[quote="losdia":2e289rtx]Yeah. While I really like Marx\'s work and Trotsky\'s interpretation of it, I dislike utopianist conceptions of government (even anarchical stateless societies). Even if I did believe in the Utopian Communist/Anarchy I don\'t think the world has yet reached the level of globalization or disparity of wealth Marx spoke of being necessary for The Revolution to truly begin.[/quote:2e289rtx]\nWhat do you mean by \'Communist state\' then, having in mind that both Marx and Trotsky did more or less regard this as an oxymoron?','a3fe1905aaf1b33f2c8b30b1f9b5c7a3',0,'oA==','2e289rtx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356877,25670,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243494467,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="losdia":1utxkd9g]No. A lot of people forget this fun fact but the US does not recognize the legitimacy of the International Criminal Court (or quite a lot of International Law in general). The way current US law is written would actually force the US to invade The Hague if they ever tried to make one of our citizen face charges.[/quote:1utxkd9g]\nNeither do we, thankfully. \n\n[quote="losdia":1utxkd9g]The whole thing with Bush is that a couple of [i:1utxkd9g]rouge [/i:1utxkd9g]states (Canada, Spain, a few others) have talked about holding a war crimes trail for Dubya and a few of his closer associates. This is mostly just some junior left wing politicians trying to make a name for themselves though. There isn\'t any real risk of a trial ever being held for the Bushies.[/quote:1utxkd9g]\nAbsolutely.\n\n[quote="losdia":1utxkd9g]The truly horrifying thing is that what Cheney is doing is setting himself up for the 2012 Presidential election. He doesn\'t actually want the nomination, he just wants to run to cement his place in the RNC power structure and set the tone of the Republican campaign issues... \":(\"[/quote:1utxkd9g]\nWell, let him be an elder statesman -- he has a lot of things to teach the upcoming generations, no? \";)\"','950be19dd99a580376789ead6f8fc2a1',0,'oA==','1utxkd9g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356878,25670,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243494779,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Deref":1l996q7a][quote="UU":1l996q7a]Just curious -- were there any calls to have Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko and Gorbachev tried by a \'War Crimes Tribunal\' -- or, for that matter, to try Saddam Hussein for that pesky Iran-Iraq thing -- or is this partiucular brand of hot air reserved for American politicians?[/quote:1l996q7a]\nNo - only for those in countries from which we hope for (as opposed to expect) a higher standard of ethics.[/quote:1l996q7a]\nThis made me blink. Several times, actually.\n\nSo, \'war crimes tribunals\' are for countries from which \'we\' (who are those \'we\'?) hope for, but not expect, a higher standard of ethics -- like one hopes for, but not expects, to find a trunk filled with money? This is the US.\n\nHowever, \'war crimes tribunals\' are not meant by those \'we\' for the countries from which \'they\' do not hope for the higher standard of ethics (the USSR of the 80s, Iraq of the 80s...) Maybe it is because a higher standard of ethics could be expected from them, like one can expect a train... or an intercity bus?\n\nI\'d like you to substantiate your reasoning behind this.','c655b34cd250ea826bf80c3741a19879',0,'gA==','1l996q7a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356879,25521,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243494907,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Supreme Court\'s Souter Retiring...','[quote="Caira":qoa1iqey]...\nWell, yeah, but despite some people\'s delusions neither President nor Cabinet membership is a job for life. \";)\"[/quote:qoa1iqey]\nI didn\'t know that only lifetime jobs count. Well, Clarence Thomas is at hand to welcome that Sotomayor woman, right? \";)\"','f428d9867d8888d4f3c592aebf982473',0,'gA==','qoa1iqey',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356880,25521,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243495057,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Supreme Court\'s Souter Retiring...','[quote="Doggieboy":3nkp5b4i]I think that Alberto Gonzalez is considered by the neo-cons to be even whiter than me,...[/quote:3nkp5b4i]\nI wonder whether Ms Rice did regard him as such... well, yes, probably -- in comparison with her own skin colour Gonzales (BTW, guys, why do all y\'all spell him with the final \'z\'?) surely looks pale. \":D\"','cd3534bd2debdbd7815faadb3307472b',0,'gA==','3nkp5b4i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356881,25538,6,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243496101,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[quote="losdia":3vdavt5q]After rereading the completed version of this chapter I think I\'m going to rephrase my original question about it. What\'s going on with Quinn\'s feelings for Tom? There was a lot of this chapter I couldn\'t decide if Quinn was starting to have serious feelings for Tom or not. Then again there were parts of it were I couldn\'t decide if she was being territorial or if she was mad at potentially being thought of as "the help".\n\nOverall, this was a nice change of pace from the summer vacation story arc and the lead up to it. John Lane is always a great read though. \":D\"[/quote:3vdavt5q]\n\nI\'ve got a sneaking suspicion that things could progress. After all, they\'re currently good friends, and plenty of relationships do develop from there.','e696cf5eddc945540f948a4dcf3c6fc4',0,'gA==','3vdavt5q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356882,25714,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243496673,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="losdia":3n34y0ct][quote="Caira":3n34y0ct][quote="losdia":3n34y0ct][quote="Deref":3n34y0ct][quote="Dervish":3n34y0ct]I hope it\'s just about passing on the legacy. My fear is that as the great leader realized his growing irrelevancy, he was gonna pull an epic Jim Jones stunt of some kind (though attacking others until his country is destroyed).[/quote:3n34y0ct]\nIt\'s not inconceivable. What a pity he doesn\'t have any oil - or at least that he actually [i:3n34y0ct]does[/i:3n34y0ct] have weapons of mass destruction.[/quote:3n34y0ct]\n\nI think the reason we haven\'t blow them away already has a little more to do with that pesky mutual defense treaty they have with China. [/quote:3n34y0ct]\nHow about the fact they\'ve got one of the world\'s largest megalopolises (greater Seoul) within artillery range? China or no China, the Korean War turns hot again, a hell of a lot of civilians are going to die.[/quote:3n34y0ct]\n\nThis is why the US has so many "illegal" weapon systems. If things ever heat back up the DPRK, with their second to last generation soviet weapon systems, have to get through the world\'s largest minefield, the latest generation of US anti-missile systems, and the better part of 75,000 troops, all the while facing precision guided cluster munitions, Fuel Air Explosive Bombs, Nerve Gas bombardment, air support from fifth generation fighter/bombers, and satellite monitoring. The Korean DMZ is the world largest meat grinder designed, at great expense by the US, to shatter any aggression by the DPRK. \n\nThe US would LOVE them to fire on Seoul, their treaty with China doesn\'t cover aggressive actions. Once the first shot is fired, there is no more DPRK.[/quote:3n34y0ct]\n\nWhich is quite true. In fact, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces is one of the largest on the planet (ranked sixth), and is also equipped with current generation weapons. For example, their K1 series main battle tank is based on the M1 Abrams, and should really be considered a variant. The air force is a little dated, but should be able to hold its own against the North Koreans. In fact, the South Koreans are more than capable of handling North Korea by itself, and only have US forces there as a back-up. Or a tripwire.\n\nAs for the mutual defence treaty with China: I suspect that if the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North Korea) decided to be stupid enough to attack the South, they may well decide to let Pyongyang swing in the wind. After all, the ROK is a more valuable trading partner than the DPRK.','476764fa2686894130a7fc63da36f82a',0,'oA==','3n34y0ct',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356883,25693,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243497055,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="UU":12aqj7z3]\nWhat do you mean by \'Communist state\' then, having in mind that both Marx and Trotsky did more or less regard this as an oxymoron?[/quote:12aqj7z3]\n\nIn what way did they view it as an oxymoron? Both of them spoke of a transitional state between Capitalism and a stateless society. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship_of_the_proletariat:12aqj7z3]The Dictatorship of The Proletariat[/url:12aqj7z3] under a true Marxist system would be the only state that could be considered communist. However, as Trotsky spoke of in [i:12aqj7z3]The Revolution Betrayed[/i:12aqj7z3], the only socialist states that have ever emerged have been [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerated_workers\'_state:12aqj7z3]Deformed workers\' states[/url:12aqj7z3]. A state degraded away from even the virtues of capitalism towards a new caste system under "The People\'s" bureaucracy. \n\nIn his later works, Trotsky was even less enthralled by the idea of a quick transition to a stateless society. For all his talk of the need for permanent revolution he wrote eloquently on the subject of the need for a Workers Democracy for a long term transitional state.','7f8a4136fb425b4e68829dda2fba1558',0,'sA==','12aqj7z3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356884,25730,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243497189,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Taliban blamed for Lahore attack','[quote="losdia":17ujlfm2]I\'ve got to wonder where China is all of this. The PRC is just as closely aligned with Pakistan as the USA (and in some ways much more so). And above all China is actually GOOD at this kind of thing. \n\nThe US has a long and varied history of doing a very bad job of dealing with popular uprisings. China on the other hand isn\'t squeamish about doing the kind of things needed to suppress this kind of terrorism. Just ask the "East Turkestan" rebels who they\'d rather deal with. \n\nI know China has a very firm policy of staying out of "internal conflicts" (and a complex set of reasons for doing so :cough:Taiwan:cough:), but this one is on their doorstop. You\'d think Islamabad would be on the phone to Beijing screaming for help by now.[/quote:17ujlfm2]\n\nChina is basically on the sidelines hoping that things don\'t spin out of control. But the problem is all internally generated, with elements in the Pakistani elites, mainly the military, having, with Saudi help and money, cultivated Islamist groups as a means of securing their strategic position in South Asia, with the Taliban in Afghanistan supposedly providing strategic depth [i:17ujlfm2]vis-a-vis[/i:17ujlfm2] India. The best way to understand what is happening in Pakistan is to remember several things: Firstly, Pakistan was basically born in conflict with India at Partition. Secondly, even though Pakistan\'s founder, Mohammad al-Jinnah, was a Western-educated, whiskey drinking secularist, Pakistan\'s foundation identity, and the one they tend to cling to, is as an Islamic Republic, again to differentiate itself from secular, Hindu India. Third, Pakistan has fought several wars against India, mainly over Kashmir, but also, in the \'70s, over the nativist Bengali revolt in East Pakistan that, thanks to Indian intervention, resulted in the formation of Bangladesh. This incident, I should add, basically fueled the fears of the mainly Punjabi elites in Pakistan that India was actively plotting the dissolution of Pakistan.\n\nIt\'s a long and twisted history.','87427688f59ff529976ee8cc473c395c',0,'oA==','17ujlfm2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356885,25729,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243497267,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','I was being somewhat...ok, I will NOT say "tongue in cheek" given the typical maturity of this forum, so...ironic. \":P\" \n\nThere does seem to be some serious psychological aspect to sports, though. One sociologist made some interesting parallels between love of sports and religious devotion (and history does that, too). This appeal eludes me, so I don\'t know if I can get it. But when a person\'s "team" wins, it can cause serious spiking of mayhem and even the sex drive, whereas losing has the opposite effect. \n\nI also wonder if stabbing in the butt doesn\'t have sexual connotations...think of how "fuck you" is used to establish contempt & dominance, and it could be that plays a part in why a phallic knife is used on the butt of rivals, a subconscious desire to establish dominance and thus enhance self-esteem and a sense of personal power.\n\n\nBtw, any idea why even sports that don\'t pay is "sacred"? It was that way in Texas, though I hear Texas is especially prone to this (just like religion...again, a connection in the impulses?) At my high school, the faculty let the jocks (including cheerleaders) get away with almost anything. To this day I\'m amazed that the principal even tried to make me feel guilty that my classmates beat a jock bad enough for him to miss a game when I was there with my face swollen and unable to talk straight because that same jock had knocked the crap out of me (which is why my classmates attacked him--and thus, from my principal\'s POV apparently, my fault that he got beaten). He became furious when I asked him this question, and pointed out, "they lose more games than they win!" \n\nIn retrospect--though this is a guess--I\'d hazard that the teams represented the potency and worth of the school, and thus the faculty, and that\'s why the jocks were so spoiled and sacred. \n\nReally, someone should do their dissertation on the psychology of sports. And on that, I\'m serious.','cd0d71b9eccf564924a6b7d2ddbbf336',0,'','1meg7xgp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356886,25734,3,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1243498879,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Mars rover named by 12 year old girl','Aren\'t they always named by a young girl?\n\nSojourner was named by 12 year old Valerie Ambroise.\nSpirit and Opportunity were named by 9 year old Sofi Collis.\n\nI\'d jokingly cry "sexism!" but Sofi\'s essay beats the pants off of anything that any other literate person could write:\n\n[quote:3kdlbqyk]I used to live in an orphanage. It was dark and cold and lonely. At night, I looked up at the sparkly sky and felt better. I dreamed I could fly there. In America, I can make all my dreams come true. Thank you for the \'Spirit\' and the \'Opportunity.\'[/quote:3kdlbqyk]','315f095785e13f45a2d170d698584992',0,'gA==','3kdlbqyk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356887,25714,4,769,0,'80.92.96.50',1243499080,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="The Sidhe":35ajtju5][quote="losdia":35ajtju5][quote="Caira":35ajtju5][quote="losdia":35ajtju5][quote="Deref":35ajtju5][quote="Dervish":35ajtju5]I hope it\'s just about passing on the legacy. My fear is that as the great leader realized his growing irrelevancy, he was gonna pull an epic Jim Jones stunt of some kind (though attacking others until his country is destroyed).[/quote:35ajtju5]\nIt\'s not inconceivable. What a pity he doesn\'t have any oil - or at least that he actually [i:35ajtju5]does[/i:35ajtju5] have weapons of mass destruction.[/quote:35ajtju5]\n\nI think the reason we haven\'t blow them away already has a little more to do with that pesky mutual defense treaty they have with China. [/quote:35ajtju5]\nHow about the fact they\'ve got one of the world\'s largest megalopolises (greater Seoul) within artillery range? China or no China, the Korean War turns hot again, a hell of a lot of civilians are going to die.[/quote:35ajtju5]\n\nThis is why the US has so many "illegal" weapon systems. If things ever heat back up the DPRK, with their second to last generation soviet weapon systems, have to get through the world\'s largest minefield, the latest generation of US anti-missile systems, and the better part of 75,000 troops, all the while facing precision guided cluster munitions, Fuel Air Explosive Bombs, Nerve Gas bombardment, air support from fifth generation fighter/bombers, and satellite monitoring. The Korean DMZ is the world largest meat grinder designed, at great expense by the US, to shatter any aggression by the DPRK. \n\nThe US would LOVE them to fire on Seoul, their treaty with China doesn\'t cover aggressive actions. Once the first shot is fired, there is no more DPRK.[/quote:35ajtju5]\n\nWhich is quite true. In fact, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces is one of the largest on the planet (ranked sixth), and is also equipped with current generation weapons. For example, their K1 series main battle tank is based on the M1 Abrams, and should really be considered a variant. The air force is a little dated, but should be able to hold its own against the North Koreans. In fact, the South Koreans are more than capable of handling North Korea by itself, and only have US forces there as a back-up. Or a tripwire.\n\nAs for the mutual defence treaty with China: I suspect that if the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North Korea) decided to be stupid enough to attack the South, they may well decide to let Pyongyang swing in the wind. After all, the ROK is a more valuable trading partner than the DPRK.[/quote:35ajtju5]\nDo not forget that North Korea serves as a buffer. That was the whole point of China entering the war in 1950 - to prevent the deployment of American forces on their borders.','bb77081bdb23cbb98d91358277f9c02b',0,'oA==','35ajtju5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356888,25521,4,7,0,'203.63.223.178',1243500950,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Supreme Court\'s Souter Retiring...','[quote="UU":chp5ikst][quote="Caira":chp5ikst]...\nWell, yeah, but despite some people\'s delusions neither President nor Cabinet membership is a job for life. \";)\"[/quote:chp5ikst]\nI didn\'t know that only lifetime jobs count. Well, Clarence Thomas is at hand to welcome that Sotomayor woman, right? \";)\"[/quote:chp5ikst]\nIt\'s not that other jobs don\'t count, it\'s just that they count for [i:chp5ikst]more[/i:chp5ikst] . . . we\'ll be whinging about this woman\'s decisions for decades, whereas Bush of course is already forgo—\n\n \";)\"','866b8ee9bf2dfabd91767733780f8e27',0,'oA==','chp5ikst',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356889,25714,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243501432,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="AHT":1xd9nh0j]\nDo not forget that North Korea serves as a buffer. That was the whole point of China entering the war in 1950 - to prevent the deployment of American forces on their borders.[/quote:1xd9nh0j]\n\nThat isn\'t really true anymore. Now the US has Afghan/China border to work from, and the air and navel bases at Diego Garcia. As if either country were in a position to think of going to war with each other...\n\nChina is also not on very good terms with the DPRK these days. In the simplest terms China views North Korea in the same way the far right of the US views Mexico, only more so. North Korean illegal immigrants have flooded China for the last decade, and China has had to create a large border defense force.','ba3e77fd9895a9072132e2da1e62a6c4',0,'gA==','1xd9nh0j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356890,25737,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243502009,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Pets or Food is DISGUSTING!','On Nick\'s I shared about how people thought The Onion was real. Well here\'s another one that\'s believed...from [url=http://petsorfood.com/:2yjlydtt]pets or food[/url:2yjlydtt] which has been shared before, I read this one recipe of cooking Golden Retriever puppies, and some of the comments were full of win, like this one:\n\nhttp://petsorfood.com/blog/2008/03/28/n ... urguignon/\n\n[quote:2yjlydtt]13Lazarus\n\nI tried this recipe once and it was so good that now I can’t eat anything else. The local shelters and pet stores are all out of new born golden retrievers and I just had to eat soI kidnapped (dognapped? or… puppynapped? LOL) my neighbors puppies and… COOKED THEM AND ATE ‘EM MMMMMMMMMMMM-MMMMM now if only their damn kids would stop crying and making my heart feel bad \":(\" because my stomach sure as hell feels great! 10/10 recipe, even though the squealing puppies gave me some trouble at first[/quote:2yjlydtt]\n\nOk, just going along with the joke, but a surprising number think this is REAL...examples:\n\n[quote:2yjlydtt]#\n9me\n\nseriously this made me puke and cry i cant believe any 1 could do this.\n\n\n#\non 12 Nov 2008 at 7:52 am30sophie\n\nu r descusting ur soooooooo gunna get reporting u\n\n\n#\non 13 Nov 2008 at 5:47 am31i hate you!!!\n\ni hate u i hate you you digustin sick people these animals should live a loving carefree life. I hate you you are horrible and i will report you!!!\n\n\n#\non 13 Nov 2008 at 5:49 am32On behalf of the world\n\nThis is sick. I think it is so horrid it is really bad!!! I really hate u!!!\n#\n\n\non 18 Nov 2008 at 8:19 am33charity\n\nAll of you idiots commenting this site seriously with hatred need to get a life. Go outside and get laid.\n\n\n#\non 09 Dec 2008 at 4:07 pm34Jaber\n\nI believe this is wrong, and if you believe this is ok then you must not have a straight mind. Cats, dogs, parakeets should not be eaten, they must be loved and charished. if you think you are normal, you arent. Cows arent ment to be eaten i agree. Humans should not be meat eaters, i am one but its hard to stop eating meat. I tried for about a week and i couldnt.\n\n\n#\non 12 Dec 2008 at 8:56 pm35Animal llover\n\nWhats wrong with you people eating these poor creatures. U think animals dnt have feelings 2! aNIMALS R JUST LIKE HUMANS!!! EATING YOR PET IS LIKE TAKING YUR CHILD AND CHOMPING DOWN ON IT!!! wHAT THE HELL! u DISGUST ME U SHOULD B DISGUSTED OF YOURSELF. WHEN YUR PET STARES AT U WHILE U PUT IN THE OVEN IN A SAD WAY REMEMBER THAT HE/SHE WAS YUR ONLY FRIEND!!! AND GOD WILL PAY U BACK. AMEN!!!\n\n\n#\non 13 Dec 2008 at 3:47 pm36u r all cruel\n\nC razy ppl I hate\nR uin the animal world\nU never even care, do you?\nE lves will eat you\nL EAVE YOU IN THE DIRT\n\nI hate you all, u dirty ppl.[/quote:2yjlydtt]\n\nI wish I could just get through my head just how gullible so many people are. When I DO keep it in mind, the world makes SO much sense, but once I let the thought go, I go back to giving people too much credit...\n\nStill, in this case, I about cried from laughing so hard. The recipe itself didn\'t amuse me much, but those replies almost made me fall out my chair!','0346e623aab42b9b645525759199c108',0,'kA==','2yjlydtt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356891,25737,3,114,0,'61.69.25.8',1243502222,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pets or Food is DISGUSTING!','I\'m disgusted. That\'s the most vomitous thing I think I\'ve ever read. Eating Golden Retriever puppies! How abominable!!\n\nNow Jack Russel terriers -[b:2mzw265l] there\'s[/b:2mzw265l] a tasty dish.','80ea386a7c7fa08d28af3fa70f76f76a',0,'QA==','2mzw265l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356892,25729,3,114,0,'61.69.25.8',1243502341,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','Rome used to be famous for men pinching women\'s bottoms. This is clearly a case of escalation.','ddfd8cbb52d56ca320c90bbf09c5ba1f',0,'','d1o2uvr4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356893,25375,3,114,0,'61.69.25.8',1243502537,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','LBJ and his wife, LBJ, were heading out from some official function. As he strode across the tarmac lined with Air Force aircraft, an Air Force guy, trying to be helpful, pointed and said "Youre airplane\'s over there, sir."\n\n"Son," LBJ replied, "they\'re [i:1ghq3oby]all[/i:1ghq3oby] my airplanes."','e820d61c8f42fdb32e769f6628487c65',0,'IA==','1ghq3oby',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356894,25719,3,114,0,'61.69.25.8',1243502665,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','[quote="Beatnik Shaggy":3o6l06l0]I\'m from the GTA so I have very little knowledge about Vancouver culture.\n\nThe blinking green light/arrow is an Advance Green, meaning you can go but oncoming traffic still has a red light.[/quote:3o6l06l0]\nWhat does unblinking green mean? Here, it means what you\'ve just described for blinking green.','86f692a1de3eca103c0217217af8b4c3',0,'gA==','3o6l06l0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356895,25737,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243502741,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pets or Food is DISGUSTING!','I bet you could order penguins & puffins from this site...just be sure to specify which is for "petting" and which is to be "ready to eat."','9833add2aab401cc4b8015449abf4175',0,'','edc17ka2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356896,25733,4,114,0,'61.69.25.8',1243503337,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED!','Now taking bets about how long before Presidential elections are conducted via SMS.','8edc7bda591447c31e322393cfb8b560',0,'','3cs947ks',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356897,25714,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243504422,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="losdia":sn11zfnp][quote="AHT":sn11zfnp]\nDo not forget that North Korea serves as a buffer. That was the whole point of China entering the war in 1950 - to prevent the deployment of American forces on their borders.[/quote:sn11zfnp]\n\nThat isn\'t really true anymore. Now the US has Afghan/China border to work from, and the air and navel bases at Diego Garcia. As if either country were in a position to think of going to war with each other...\n\nChina is also not on very good terms with the DPRK these days. In the simplest terms China views North Korea in the same way the far right of the US views Mexico, only more so. North Korean illegal immigrants have flooded China for the last decade, and China has had to create a large border defense force.[/quote:sn11zfnp]\n\nThe thing is China now no longer needs buffers on its borders. It has spent the past decade modernising the People\'s Liberation Army\'s equipment and training. The PLA would be quite capable of defending the Motherland from outside attack from anybody, including the US. What it does not need is irritations, and North Korea is now becoming more of an irritation to Beijing. They\'d probably prefer to have the Republic of Korea on its borders than the DPRK, as they\'d have a far more stable relationship. \n\nIn any case, it\'s not China making noises about limiting any UN Security Council resolutions: it\'s Russia.','29fa993a0250ab39b54178693cd56c8e',0,'gA==','sn11zfnp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356898,25558,5,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243505543,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: So, the new Trek movie......','I liked that Starfleet Command was based on the old Franz Josef design (making all the old SFB players happy).','d96cdb24c96cceda3e1de9ce3e83acdf',0,'','tjx8qm0m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356899,25538,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243505626,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[quote="losdia":rdb6jrwe]After rereading the completed version of this chapter I think I\'m going to rephrase my original question about it. What\'s going on with Quinn\'s feelings for Tom? There was a lot of this chapter I couldn\'t decide if Quinn was starting to have serious feelings for Tom or not. Then again there were parts of it were I couldn\'t decide if she was being territorial or if she was mad at potentially being thought of as "the help".[/quote:rdb6jrwe]\n\nPerhaps she doesn\'t know yet... \";)\"','ac507e3ca4df5896650e2b35dbbe462c',0,'gA==','rdb6jrwe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356900,25736,6,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243506157,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writer\'s Block','Four words: Rocks fall. Everyone dies. \";)\" \n\nHow long have you been stuck? Sometimes it\'s a good idea to take a couple of days and let things percolate in your mind. And working on something else can be a good idea.','76fbda4b6da76b047d05685f6b79fa96',0,'','b2hwfto3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356901,25728,6,1000,0,'220.253.14.37',1243507313,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','You\'ll be pleased to know then I have two more stories in the works. Their storylines? WOULDN\'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW. *laughs*\n\nI intend to post a new chapter ASAP. *nods*','0135a65fca08f7cbe7b8a5aa5ae92a9f',0,'','10sbkfzi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356902,25728,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243507961,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','Hey there and welcome to our little corner of the nuthouse.\n\nSelf-promotion is encouraged. Now, write some more. \":D\"','f2bb522097e2ad87e393c005b9e7768a',0,'','2hu0k8rz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356903,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243508625,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Reaped Out: Act 1 COMPLETE Beta\'d 8/24','Dead like me x over http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Like_Me - for those that ure unfamiliar with the show\n\nFF.net link to read with out comments: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5093679/1/Reaped_Out_Act_1\n\n\n[size=150:jtfjezm6][b:jtfjezm6]Reaped Out[/b:jtfjezm6][/size:jtfjezm6]\n[b:jtfjezm6]Act 1[/b:jtfjezm6]\n\n[u:jtfjezm6]Chapter 1[/u:jtfjezm6]\n\n[i:jtfjezm6]Being an eighteen year old young woman on the cusp of adulthood, days shy of graduating high school; most would say I had the world at my feet. Having been blessed with a higher than average IQ and the ability to drown out the white noise of adolescent society, I had successfully coasted through high school and now rivalled a select few to take the title of valedictorian; many of my peers and teachers saw great things in my future. As part of a routine wind down of senior year I, along with the other graduating students, were interviewed by the hapless excuse of a school councillor to plot out the rest of our lives. \n\n"What do you want to do with your life Daria?"\n\nTruth be told, I hadn\'t given it much thought. The major goal I had set three years prior was to survive high school life unscathed and thus far, I had somewhat managed that. Physically at least. Mentally, I hadn\'t been so lucky; having one of the most popular girls in school as a sibling had its drawbacks, especially when I had been constantly referred to as her \'cousin or whatever\'.\n\nWhat was my life plan? Was there a predestined path for me to follow, or was I in charge of my own reality? Was life really what you made it or was it a series of random events you unwittingly stumbled through till the day you died; which for me was in approximately forty minutes time.\n[/i:jtfjezm6]\n***\n\n"Good afternoon Laaaawndale High. This is your principal speaking, to remind any of you who may have forgotten that the first ever annual Fashion Expo will be held in the auditorium in half an hour. I will also remind you that attendance is mandatory for all. So come along and support your school- Goooo Lions!"\n\n"Well, there goes all hope of actually doing anything productive this afternoon." Jane muttered as she and Daria arrived at their lockers. "Although, I could do some sketches and compile them for a new work...You could use it as a basis for an essay on the deterioration of teen society and the worrying trend of preteen wrinkles." She shot a smirk toward Daria.\n\n"I\'m not going. I\'ve had enough of all this, Li can\'t do anything; we have a little more than a week left of school before we graduate."\n\n"Hmm, I wouldn\'t bet on it she\'d find a way to make you pay."\n\n"Forget it. I\'m out of here, I just have to return a book to the library and I\'m going home." Daria retrieved a large thick textbook from her locker, shut the door and began to walk toward the library.\n\n****\n\nDaisy stood at the door to the auditorium and glanced at her companion with a worried look.\n\n"How on earth are we supposed to find our Reap?" Daisy fretted as she nervously pushed a stray lock of golden hair behind her ear.\n\n"We? Our? Since when did this become a team sport? The only reason I\'m here is because you can\'t be bothered to steal your own car." The younger blonde deadpanned as she scanned the halls.\n\n"Georgia, come on, please? There\'s thirty five minutes \'til E.T.D." Daisy\'s crystal blue eyes shone helplessly.\n\nGeorgia sighed. "Fine, who do we have?"\n\nDaisy retrieved a crumpled Post-It from her purse and studied it. "D. Morgendorffer, 1:45pm Lawndale High School auditorium. Which would be helpful, if the whole damn student body weren\'t assembling there."\n\n****\n\nDaria and Jane walked slowly toward the school\'s exit which unfortunately, meant passing by the entrance of the auditorium. Daria stole a few furtive glances as they walked by; it seemed they were able to evade Ms Li. They had reached the large, glass, double doors to the exit of the building when they were caught.\n\n"Ms. Lane, Ms. Morgendorffer. Where do you think you are going?" Ms Li stood in the middle of the corridor her hands placed firmly on her hips, feet planted on the ground. The two girls froze in the school\'s threshold; one door semi -ajar, held open by Jane\'s outstretched hand. "Inside. Now."\n\nThe two girls exchanged glances then turned and sheepishly followed Ms. Li.\n\nDaisy and Georgia perked as they heard the name and slowly turned toward each other. Daisy flashed a smile, and turned to greet Ms Li.\n\n"Excuse me, Ms..."\n\n"Li." Ms Li turned toward the thin, stylish blonde. One look and she deduced this woman had to have been involved with the expo, the expo that was funding the new football uniforms.\n\n"I was wondering if I might have a word with Ms. Morgendorffer?" Li raised her brow in suspicion and Daisy thought on her feet. "She has been elected to partake in the expo; a makeover." Daisy beamed.\n\n"Fine. Good luck." She scoffed. "Ms Lane, this way."\n\nJane stood in the doorway of the auditorium and observed the other young female that accompanied the blonde. Jane guessed she\'d be no older that nineteen; her face mirrored the familiar deadpan expression that was regularly seen on Daria. Jane glanced back to Daria as the taller blonde shook Daria\'s hand, then turned and motioned to the other girl to follow her, as Daria returned.\n\n"Come on. In. Both of you." Ms Li said curtly, she saw the disdain on the girls faces. "Go on. It won’t kill you."\n\n"What was that about?" Jane whispered as they walked down the aisle.\n\n"I have no idea; I think she\'s had one too many hair treatments or chemical peels."\n\nThe two girls found a seat in the front row. Daria scoffed as they sat and looked around the hall at the larger-than-life size beauty products, with the closest to them a curling iron and a set of bobby pins.\n\n"It looks like a Barbie threw up in here; who on earth would find this appealing?" Daria queried; she didn\'t have to wait long for an answer.\n\n"Oh wow, Kevvie! Look at that big hair dryer. Imagine how much hair you\'d have to have to use that!" Brittney\'s inflected voice squeaked from behind them.\n\n"Aww Babe they\'re for like, giant chicks."\n\n"Oh Kevvie, you\'re so smart."\n\n"Oh. My. God. You just [i:jtfjezm6]had[/i:jtfjezm6] to try and rebel. We could have had a seat way back in the safety of the outcast section..." Jane muttered.\n\nThe lights dimmed as loud electronic house music filled the room and a parade of Lawndale\'s popular females traipsed across the stage. Stacy walked out followed by Sandi; it was evident that they were arguing.\n\n"Stacy, I will go first." Sandi ordered.\n\n"But Sandi, we decided in the choreography earlier, that we were going out by height." Stacy replied meekly.\n\n"Yes. But now I\'ve changed my mind."\n\nSandi yanked Stacy\'s arm back. It caused her to stumble and lose her footing. Stacy reached out and scrambled for something to use to regain her balance and found only the large curling iron sculpture for support.\n\nThe sculpture teetered precariously and fell. It upended the table that housed the bobby pin sculptures and launched them into the air.\n\nThe room stood silent. The only sounds were the soft sobs emitted from Stacy as she lay trapped under the curling iron sculpture. Jane took in the scene and was the first to break the stunned silence.\n\n"HA!” she cackled, making no attempt to hide her laughter. Tears streamed down her face and she tapped Daria\'s shoulder while she tried to regain a little composure. "Aren\'t…you…glad…you…didn\'t…miss…that." she managed between breaths, eyes glued to the train wreck on stage. She waited for a response, moments of silence passed and Jane turned to her friend.\n\nDaria sat lifeless; impaled to her chair by two of the over sized hair pins. One had gone through her stomach and the other was lodged through her head, still swaying slightly. Jane sat in shock and found herself incapable of movement.\n\nDaria stood at the doors, confused as to how she had gotten there so quickly.\n\n"Hey, Dara." A hushed feminine voice beckoned from the hall.\n\nDaria turned, entered the corridor and met with the shorter blonde from earlier.\n\n"Hey, you\'ve got to hurry up and move on. I’ve got to get back to town I have a Reap at seven." Georgia spoke in a hushed tone while she scanned the empty hall as they walked to the exit. "You didn\'t see that blonde chick did you; tall, stylish, complete pain in my ass?"\n\n"Move on? What reap? What the hell\'s going on?" Daria asked her normally monotone voice broke in bewilderment.\n\nGeorgia sighed in exasperation. "You\'re dead. Your current state of existence is a soul. You’re a ghost." George stuck out her hand and moved it through Daria\'s mid-section for emphasis. "Now, I have to find Daisy and you have to go to, where-ever it is you go." She said as she opened the doors and caught a final glimpse of a bright burst of light. She looked between the lights and Daria.\n\n"Aww shit. Well, it looks like you\'re sticking around. Welcome to your afterlife."','526c98c24372f54d8bb651a6c98912d5',0,'ZQ==','jtfjezm6',1,1251931508,'',992,32,0),(356908,25473,12,450,0,'203.83.49.188',1243512168,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria on MTV...RIGHT NOW!!!!','Daria on MTV, even just for a little while? And they say grumbling bitterly alone in your room never accomplishes anything!','914d9da03e94d71f3bef1749889bb402',0,'','3taekuqr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356909,25728,6,1000,0,'220.253.14.37',1243512177,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','RE; Trent and Daria make sweet music together','http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5076768/14/Sinspiration\n\nUpdated with a new chapter! My favourite chapter thus faaaar! *bops*','1f161c6d1634c2c917463e1fef518f9c',0,'','13ie7fwm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356910,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243512332,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Deref":2051bggu]LBJ and his wife, LBJ, were heading out from some official function. As he strode across the tarmac lined with Air Force aircraft, an Air Force guy, trying to be helpful, pointed and said "Youre airplane\'s over there, sir."\n\n"Son," LBJ replied, "they\'re [i:2051bggu]all[/i:2051bggu] my airplanes."[/quote:2051bggu]\n\nHe was a colorful character!\n\nWhy he showed the gallbladder scar at a news conference. A reporter asked: "Mr. President, you\'ve been in the office a year and a half. What do you have to show for it?"','532d84762a60e831bbe9157e34769e09',0,'oA==','2051bggu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356905,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243509099,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','[u:1h4dexq7]Chapter 2[/u:1h4dexq7]\n\nThe two girls stood in the doorway. Daria had stopped and looked down at the floor.\n\n"What do you mean dead? How can I be dead? I\'d remember it; I\'d have felt it." She spoke slowly; her voice distorted with disbelief.\n\n"And here I thought the fact you were able to dematerialise would have convinced you." Georgia muttered the annoyance was evident in her voice. "Look, you didn\'t feel anything because your soul was taken before you died, and believe me, you died; I saw it, it wasn\'t pretty."\n\n"Wait, did you kill me?"\n\n"No, look I can take you back inside and you can see for yourself though I guarantee it won’t do any good."\n\nDaria stood firm and looked at Georgia. Georgia sighed and walked back into the building, to the doors of the auditorium and slipped in with Daria in tow. The mood inside had reached a chaotic level; many of the students sat in shock or scrambled to get a better view. Daria filtered down through the crowd to where she had been seated.\n\nThe first thing she saw was Jane hunched in a seat, closest to the aisle. Her cheeks were red, burnt by tears. She sat in a fetal position with her arms hugged to her legs while she stared over to where they had originally been seated. Daria followed Jane’s gaze to the source of the action; her own limp body. It was next to the seat and the offending bobby pins removed and laying nearby. She watched the vain attempts of the school nurse to use CPR in an effort to resuscitate her.\n\n"I knew the fashion industry would kill me one way or another," She mused, as the irony of being impaled by a pair of oversized novelty hair pins struck her. She turned away and glanced back at Jane once more; Quinn had found her, the pair held each other and sobbed. Daria bit her tongue, hard, in a bid to abate the tears that began to well in her eyes. She turned and walked back to Georgia. The two girls exited the school and drove away in George\'s red convertible Ford Mustang.\n\nDaria sat in silence as they drove. She listened to Georgia\'s introductions and explanation of her new life and duties. She would become a Reaper, collecting people\'s souls and aiding their transition into the afterlife. She described the other Reapers in their group, including their leader, Rube, a middle aged man that gave out the assignments and handled the bureaucracy with upper management.\n\n"Like God?" Daria asked. George looked at her with a bemused smile and shrugged. \n\nGeorgia went on to describe Roxy, a hard assed meter maid turned cop who didn\'t take shit from anyone, and sixties wild child Mason, an English drug-addled screw-up that \'meant well\'. They pulled up at a modest white weatherboard house and entered. Georgia informed her that once she met the rest of the gang they would set off to her autopsy and funeral.\n\nDaria was unnerved by the casual tone the girl took as she discussed Daria\'s passing; as though it were an insignificant trivial event. Her normal stoic misdemeanour had begun to slip, as the pent up mixture of emotions boiled to the surface. \n\n"It\'s not fair, how could I have died? This isn\'t the way things were suppose to be. I\'m doomed to spend the rest of my days in Lawndale, providing the janitorial services and cleaning up souls after their earthly body\'s demise. This has to be a dream; an effort of my subconscious telling me to stop alienating myself and using my sarcastic wit to keep people at arm’s length. Just a dream brought on by one of dad\'s \'Maddog curry combinations\' that\'s all. Any minute now the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future will appear and teach me my lessons...." Daria groaned and looked around the still, dark room. There were no apparitions, no blinding lights, no waking up in the safety of her padded cell in a sweat drenched frenzy to curse her father\'s culinary disaster. This was the real deal.\n\nDaria paced around the unfamiliar house as her mind drifted back to her family and more important best and only friend Jane.\n\n***\n\nTrent pulled his car up to the police station and jogged quickly toward the entrance. For someone that spent most of his time idle, he could move fast. He had received a call from one of the junior officers about Janey and expected the worst.\n\n"Can I help you sir?" the petite blonde seated behind the desk asked.\n\n"Uhh, I’m here for Janey...Jane Lane. I was told she was being questioned." Trent looked around nervously; the last time he had been in the police station wasn\'t because he had been the only available guardian for a younger sibling.\n\n"Of course, the high school tragedy. She\'ll be out soon." the woman replied and motioned toward the hard plastic waiting chairs.\n\nTrent turned and reluctantly sat down; a million scenarios passed through his mind -- high school tragedy? What the hell happened?\n\nTrent was on the verge of a stress-induced panic attack when Jane finally appeared, wrapped in a coarse grey blanket. She shuffled out slowly behind a detective. Her face was pale and void of any discernable emotion. Trent observed a faint mist of dried blood on her left cheek. He stood and enveloped her in his arms he was thankful that she seemed physically unscathed, he felt her slim frame shudder as she spoke into his chest.\n\nAlthough muffled there was no denying what she had said. "Daria\'s dead."\n\n***\n\nGeorgia led Daria into the Waffle House and motioned her toward a booth seat while she proceeded to the counter. Daria stood a few feet away from the table that was occupied by, whom Daria assumed, were her new colleagues and fellow Reapers. The three seemed not to have noticed her.\n\nThe elder of the three, the dark haired, middle aged man that Georgia had described earlier as Rube, sat in the corner doing a crossword. Roxy, a short, dark-skinned woman, slowly sipped her coffee as she perused a thick file. Mason, a tall, scruffy man in his mid twenties who sat opposite of Roxy eyed the discarded breakfast in the middle of the table.\n\n"Roxy darlin\' you finished with that?" He asked in a thick English accent before reaching over to grab a strip of bacon without waiting for a reply.\n\nWithout missing a beat, Roxy grabbed her fork and stabbed at his outstretched hand. The prongs plunged through the back of his palm and into the table top. Daria flinched and her eyes grew wide as she stared at them.\n\nMason cried out in pain. "Oh sweet Jesus Christ Roxy! What the fuck was that for? That bloody hurt." he whined as he pulled the cutlery item out of his hand and wiped the blood off. He held his hand up and turned it as he inspected the wound. Daria watched in amazement as the lesion knitted itself back together before her eyes. By the time Georgia returned with a takeout coffee, the only evidence of the encounter was a small streak of blood on the table. The older man seemed to have not noticed the ordeal at all.\n\nRoxy said, "Mason, I\'m not in the damn mood; I\'ve had a fucked up night dealing with a bullshit investigation over at the high school. The principal is suing a major cosmetics company over the death of a student and it doesn\'t help that the girl’s mother is a hard assed lawyer that\'s suing them both." She sighed and gave a small chuckle. "It was a pretty bloody death; you would have enjoyed it."\n\n"Excuse me?" Daria spoke for the first time since she had entered. All four Reapers looked at her with varying levels of interest.\n\nRube closed his paper, looked up at Daria and smiled warmly. "Ahh Daria, how you holding up, kiddo?"\n\nDaria\'s stomach twisted at the use of her father\'s pet name, but was determined not to let it show.\n\n"So this is her? The one that\'s replacing Daisy?" Mason asked with a mournful tone.\n\nRube formally introduced himself and the others before he turned to George. "You and the screw-up take her to the funeral parlour, watch the autopsy and stick around for the funeral. Don\'t fuck up."','d5b24f21d3833a0a16757ee7a414b519',0,'AQ==','1h4dexq7',1,1263417586,'',992,4,0),(356906,25693,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243510280,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="losdia":e22g7l9r]In what way did they view it as an oxymoron? Both of them spoke of a transitional state between Capitalism and a stateless society. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship_of_the_proletariat:e22g7l9r]The Dictatorship of The Proletariat[/url:e22g7l9r] under a true Marxist system would be the only state that could be considered communist.[/quote:e22g7l9r]\nOf course not! The dictatorship of the proletariat was regarded by Marx as a transitional stage to communism, but not as the stage where communism was already in existence. Also, Marx did not describe the \'true Marxist system\' of the dictatorship of the proletariat, so... \":?\" \n\n[quote="losdia":e22g7l9r]However, as Trotsky spoke of in [i:e22g7l9r]The Revolution Betrayed[/i:e22g7l9r], the only socialist states that have ever emerged have been [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerated_workers\'_state:e22g7l9r]Deformed workers\' states[/url:e22g7l9r]. A state degraded away from even the virtues of capitalism towards a new caste system under "The People\'s" bureaucracy. \n\nIn his later works, Trotsky was even less enthralled by the idea of a quick transition to a stateless society. For all his talk of the need for permanent revolution he wrote eloquently on the subject of the need for a Workers Democracy for a long term transitional state.[/quote:e22g7l9r]\nTo my knowledge, Trotsky never (in theory, of course -- his practice in Soviet Russia was something very different) derogated from Marx\'s view described above, although he definitely stepped aside from holding up the Paris Commune of 1871 (which, coincidentally, made its last stand at the Père Lachaise Cemetery exactly 138 years ago) as the example of the dictatorship of the proletariat.','3fd586f356a006478bbd92a93e09a944',0,'sA==','e22g7l9r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356907,25521,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243510371,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Supreme Court\'s Souter Retiring...','[quote="Caira":3jqzuywc][quote="UU":3jqzuywc][quote="Caira":3jqzuywc]...\nWell, yeah, but despite some people\'s delusions neither President nor Cabinet membership is a job for life. \";)\"[/quote:3jqzuywc]\nI didn\'t know that only lifetime jobs count. Well, Clarence Thomas is at hand to welcome that Sotomayor woman, right? \";)\"[/quote:3jqzuywc]\nIt\'s not that other jobs don\'t count, it\'s just that they count for [i:3jqzuywc]more[/i:3jqzuywc] . . . we\'ll be whinging about this woman\'s decisions for decades, whereas Bush of course is already forgo—\n\n \";)\"[/quote:3jqzuywc]\nDont\'t worry, Messrs Roberts and Alito are there to stay as a subtle reminder. \":P\"','c0dda01f193a1d7e7a22cd635cc63dfc',0,'oA==','3jqzuywc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356911,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243512361,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','I am a part of everything that I have read. \n\nTheodore Roosevelt','f9eb2972dc349fa4dce7eef369a4fb26',0,'','2m4zktbg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356912,25732,3,450,0,'203.83.49.188',1243512479,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For Aviation enthusiasts...','I wish the Growler was open when I visited. The air collection was amazing on that boat but I was disappointed to what they did to it on the inside, covering some of the bulkheads up with walls, it might as well have been on land and not in a carrier.','26fd2389f83e1b8dc916f4d7aefe211c',0,'','2mxk2u48',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356913,25375,3,260,0,'68.162.130.176',1243512759,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. \n-P. J. O\'Rourke','247c77e542ff3cfc685ee66eebda9813',0,'','3n7njqat',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356914,25693,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243513769,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="UU":2ubrqmkk][quote="losdia":2ubrqmkk]In what way did they view it as an oxymoron? Both of them spoke of a transitional state between Capitalism and a stateless society. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship_of_the_proletariat:2ubrqmkk]The Dictatorship of The Proletariat[/url:2ubrqmkk] under a true Marxist system would be the only state that could be considered communist.[/quote:2ubrqmkk]\nOf course not! The dictatorship of the proletariat was regarded by Marx as a transitional stage to communism, but not as the stage where communism was already in existence. Also, Marx did not describe the \'true Marxist system\' of the dictatorship of the proletariat, so... \":?\" [/quote:2ubrqmkk]\n\nWhat else can be a communist state but a state founded on communist principals which functions as an instrument of the transition to a stateless society? And by a true Marxist system I meant a state following the precepts laid out by Marx for this transitional period. A state solely geared towards building mutual wealth, prosperity, and stability while working towards the dissolution of government. \n\n[quote="UU":2ubrqmkk][quote="losdia":2ubrqmkk]However, as Trotsky spoke of in [i:2ubrqmkk]The Revolution Betrayed[/i:2ubrqmkk], the only socialist states that have ever emerged have been [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerated_workers\'_state:2ubrqmkk]Deformed workers\' states[/url:2ubrqmkk]. A state degraded away from even the virtues of capitalism towards a new caste system under "The People\'s" bureaucracy. \n\nIn his later works, Trotsky was even less enthralled by the idea of a quick transition to a stateless society. For all his talk of the need for permanent revolution he wrote eloquently on the subject of the need for a Workers Democracy for a long term transitional state.[/quote:2ubrqmkk]\nTo my knowledge, Trotsky never (in theory, of course -- his practice in Soviet Russia was something very different) derogated from Marx\'s view described above, although he definitely stepped aside from holding up the Paris Commune of 1871 (which, coincidentally, made its last stand at the Père Lachaise Cemetery exactly 138 years ago) as the example of the dictatorship of the proletariat.[/quote:2ubrqmkk]\n\nSort of? \":?\" That\'s true to a point, but in all of his writings after his exile Trotsky was discussing the real world experiences of the failings of Stalinism and Leninism. The whole point of his founding of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_international:2ubrqmkk]The Fourth International[/url:2ubrqmkk] was to speak out against the inequity of the USSR. He was working from the prospective of what needed to be done with real world large scale communist states. By that point he was arguing more for the principals of the Paris Commune rather than the large scale implementation of a similar system.','777b32a6d914632845dad216b3d5df1a',0,'sA==','2ubrqmkk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356915,25498,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243517244,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has anyone heard from Liz?','As a Hobo said in a Looney Tunes cartoon, "Penguins is practically chickens."','c5e1d00503293627efdcf8c1ae025684',0,'','1h318pd3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356916,25693,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243517279,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="losdia":2q75dyal]What else can be a communist state but a state founded on communist principals which functions as an instrument of the transition to a stateless society?[/quote:2q75dyal]\nHave you ever considered the possibility that the dictatorship of the proletariat is not a Communist state? Well, according to Marx and Marxians, it isn\'t. There\'s no such term in the whole body of Marx\'s work.\n\n[quote="losdia":2q75dyal]And by a true Marxist system I meant a state following the precepts laid out by Marx for this transitional period. A state solely geared towards building mutual wealth, prosperity, and stability while working towards the dissolution of government.[/quote:2q75dyal]\nLOL -- my point is, Marx didn\'t lay down a lot of precepts for it. Nothing on how the collective property was to be established, on what is the role of the state-remnant, on whether the dictatoship of the proletariat could be reversed were the majority of the people to turn against it... Need I continue as to how this was implemented in practice, by Trotsky among others?\n\n[quote="losdia":2q75dyal]Sort of? \":?\" That\'s true to a point, but in all of his writings after his exile Trotsky was discussing the real world experiences of the failings of Stalinism and Leninism. The whole point of his founding of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_international:2q75dyal]The Fourth International[/url:2q75dyal] was to speak out against the inequity of the USSR.[/quote:2q75dyal]\nThe inequity in which he had played a leading part when he could, yeah...\n\n[quote="losdia":2q75dyal]He was working from the prospective of what needed to be done with real world large scale communist states. By that point he was arguing more for the principals of the Paris Commune rather than the large scale implementation of a similar system.[/quote:2q75dyal]\nFor the principals -- the leaders, you mean? Well, I really dunno how exaclty did he view Blanqui, Eudes, Rossel [i:2q75dyal]et alia[/i:2q75dyal].','41ae4ebd848de556d8f28d02c491d9e4',0,'sA==','2q75dyal',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356917,25719,3,233,0,'69.158.103.35',1243518398,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','I should really stop posting explanations when I\'m half asleep.\n\nIf you get an Advance Green, only traffic flowing in the same direction as you are, is moving. Traffic moving in the opposite direction still has a Red light. A plain Green light has both you and the opposite direction moving.','5b80973f539f9b0c14dee39cc8d058d0',0,'','18clvmsr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356918,25739,5,955,0,'151.151.7.55',1243523674,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The DC Quarter','I was sorting pennies out of my change this morning and happened to look at a quarter there. I knew the state quarters were up to Alaska, but had not known there was going to be a DC coin.\n\nIt has Duke Ellington on it. How cool is that? Edward Kennedy Ellington grew up in the District. He is clearly a Favorite Son. \":D\"','03cfc5b4ef9ff67f5f8898a816d94e08',0,'','2fai4xgd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356919,25737,3,83,0,'71.34.245.14',1243526137,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pets or Food is DISGUSTING!','[quote="Dervish":1mtwxb0n]I bet you could order penguins & puffins from this site...just be sure to specify which is for "petting" and which is to be "ready to eat."[/quote:1mtwxb0n]\n\n\nThe fact you can "order" Bald Eagle should really tip people off. Yeah, selling not only the National Symbol, but also an endangered species... this site is obviously legit.\n\nAnd you can actually eat puffin. They have it in Iceland. They were out of it the day we were at a restaurant that had it, not that I would have ordered it as they are just too damn cute.','264e42e99517bbb62beae7e4203505a1',0,'gA==','1mtwxb0n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356920,25729,3,568,0,'206.255.101.7',1243526686,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','[quote:3e6kgs9g]I was being somewhat...ok, I will NOT say "tongue in cheek" given the typical maturity of this forum, so...ironic.[/quote:3e6kgs9g]\n\nI kinda figured, but I went with it anyway \";)\"','82549cf005cfd216a720043c12ccb844',0,'gA==','3e6kgs9g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356921,25737,3,955,0,'151.151.73.163',1243530943,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pets or Food is DISGUSTING!','[quote="Angelinhel":1u3urfv1][quote="Dervish":1u3urfv1]I bet you could order penguins & puffins from this site...just be sure to specify which is for "petting" and which is to be "ready to eat."[/quote:1u3urfv1]\n\n\nThe fact you can "order" Bald Eagle should really tip people off. Yeah, selling not only the National Symbol, but also an endangered species... this site is obviously legit.\n\nAnd you can actually eat puffin. They have it in Iceland. They were out of it the day we were at a restaurant that had it, not that I would have ordered it as they are just too damn cute.[/quote:1u3urfv1]\n\nHave you ever watched Weird Foods with Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel? He\'s eaten puffins, bats, spiders and all manner of creatures. The Iceland episode with puffins, blood pudding and Greenland Shark were quite interesting. Or really off-putting depending on your POV.','9888da97fc550f6d5c91d59c0ae5dd67',0,'gA==','1u3urfv1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356922,25583,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1243532750,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','I have no idea if I will ever get married or not. Don\'t give it much though, if it happens fine, and if it doesn\'t well, heck. But...\n\nI had a fitting for my fifth bridesmaid gown today. I just love the fact that I get to pay 350 bucks to attend a wedding in a puffy red dress just because my brother\'s getting married. I kept thinking of "I Don\'t" and seriously considering declining being a bridesmaid in the future, unless they let me use one of the five gowns I\'ll have in my closet.\n\nHeh, not that I\'m cranky or anything \":mrgreen:\"','803da048037a06e43001896c4ba0b4ca',0,'','1mxpry0s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356923,25583,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1243532992,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Liz Ruiz":1txyd9fx]I have no idea if I will ever get married or not. Don\'t give it much though, if it happens fine, and if it doesn\'t well, heck. But...\n\nI had a fitting for my fifth bridesmaid gown today. I just love the fact that I get to pay 350 bucks to attend a wedding in a puffy red dress just because my brother\'s getting married. I kept thinking of "I Don\'t" and seriously considering declining being a bridesmaid in the future, unless they let me use one of the five gowns I\'ll have in my closet.\n\nHeh, not that I\'m cranky or anything \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1txyd9fx]\n\nI\'ve never got the "stick the wedding party with buying the clothes" bit. Granted, my wife and I only had 2 witnesses, but we still paid for what we asked them to wear because it seemed rude to us to do otherwise.','415a7b4c1071680990ec5eb4e57d27ed',0,'gA==','1txyd9fx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356924,25729,3,96,0,'71.144.90.233',1243533318,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','Wasn\'t there something like this in [i:jj9xx51b]Midnight Express[/i:jj9xx51b] (1978)?\nI think they called it a "Turkish murder".','ae364bc23b0cca7a4b9a01c4a15401e1',0,'IA==','jj9xx51b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356925,25583,3,955,0,'151.151.73.163',1243533412,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="RLobinske":ffti4gvf][quote="Liz Ruiz":ffti4gvf]I have no idea if I will ever get married or not. Don\'t give it much though, if it happens fine, and if it doesn\'t well, heck. But...\n\nI had a fitting for my fifth bridesmaid gown today. I just love the fact that I get to pay 350 bucks to attend a wedding in a puffy red dress just because my brother\'s getting married. I kept thinking of "I Don\'t" and seriously considering declining being a bridesmaid in the future, unless they let me use one of the five gowns I\'ll have in my closet.\n\nHeh, not that I\'m cranky or anything \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:ffti4gvf]\n\nI\'ve never got the "stick the wedding party with buying the clothes" bit. Granted, my wife and I only had 2 witnesses, but we still paid for what we asked them to wear because it seemed rude to us to do otherwise.[/quote:ffti4gvf]\n\nAll three times I\'ve had to wear formal wear as a Groomsman, I\'ve had the rental covered. If I were to insist there be a certain type of costuming at an event, I would think I should pay it. Otherwise, come as you are.','54fdc6faa6db9605997aa59d24b4601e',0,'gA==','ffti4gvf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356926,25692,4,249,0,'82.24.218.72',1243535385,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Somali Pirates Like Going Dutch','[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hlj4EbdsE:1ubbl8mp]Or ...[/url:1ubbl8mp]','4a01768cd8d162ef38c0786f66d83b44',0,'EA==','1ubbl8mp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356927,25583,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243535724,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','It\'s the bachelor party that really kills you... if you do it right. \";)\"','bbbabd1dc9946ea1bc2e19d00dc55123',0,'','21x162gj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356928,25738,6,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1243536294,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','I want to love this, but I have been burned by unfinished Daria/Dead Like Me crossovers before.\n\nSo you keep writing and finish this or I will mail you pitchforks every day for the rest of your life.','0badd9544505b2909e464d0941d9bd10',0,'','3ck229np',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356929,25375,3,994,0,'64.185.108.40',1243537511,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"Mr. Wade, that\'s just about the distance to the Capitol, isn\'t it?"\n-Abraham Lincoln, in reply to Senator Benjamin Wade\'s accusation that he was letting the country go to hell on anecdotes and they couldn\'t be more than a mile from Hell itself.','d913516a8065587783e245dfcc4a46f3',0,'','272k1tll',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356930,25538,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243538898,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[quote="losdia":78h7m2sx]After rereading the completed version of this chapter I think I\'m going to rephrase my original question about it. What\'s going on with Quinn\'s feelings for Tom? There was a lot of this chapter I couldn\'t decide if Quinn was starting to have serious feelings for Tom or not. Then again there were parts of it were I couldn\'t decide if she was being territorial or if she was mad at potentially being thought of as "the help".\n\nOverall, this was a nice change of pace from the summer vacation story arc and the lead up to it. John Lane is always a great read though. \":D\"[/quote:78h7m2sx]\n\nI don\'t see where the confusion could come from.\n\nShe got snubbed plain and simple by someone who believes they are better than Quinn. I honestly think Quinn\'s reaction would have been the same whether she was with Tom or one of the the J\'s. No one treats Quinn like she\'s beneath them and gets away with it \":)\"\n\n[quote="RLobinske":78h7m2sx]Perhaps she doesn\'t know yet... \";)\"[/quote:78h7m2sx]\n\nAnd of course there\'s always that. Quinn doesn\'t exactly get to know any of the guys she dates on a level beyond their social standing at LLH and how being seen with them can improve her own standing. Her relationship with Tom is a completely new creature for her. She could quite easily find heself suddenly coming to the realization that she likes Tom as more than just a friend. And the same could quite easily be said for young Thomas in this scenario \":)\"','4a5c8dbad434a6fce0dcfb5860aad497',0,'gA==','78h7m2sx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356931,25583,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243539150,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','I used to think that Chick Tracts were good for getting, you know. chicks. Kept handing them out. Never got a date. Weird.','65b65a70d125730b1f10b85638ad336f',0,'','qf0yrc2m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356932,25729,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243539271,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','All I know is, with all the buttock stabbing going on, we\'re never going to hear the end of it.','53863bceb210e635cf3ebe4c78cf5b4c',0,'','3fqb8rv1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356933,25538,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243539559,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[quote="RLobinske":1k0c9f06][quote="losdia":1k0c9f06]After rereading the completed version of this chapter I think I\'m going to rephrase my original question about it. What\'s going on with Quinn\'s feelings for Tom? There was a lot of this chapter I couldn\'t decide if Quinn was starting to have serious feelings for Tom or not. Then again there were parts of it were I couldn\'t decide if she was being territorial or if she was mad at potentially being thought of as "the help".[/quote:1k0c9f06]\n\nPerhaps she doesn\'t know yet... \";)\"[/quote:1k0c9f06]\n\nPerhaps she\'s going to kill and kill again, aided and abetted of course by [s:1k0c9f06]Mickey and Mallory[/s:1k0c9f06] Daria and John.','4bf9931f9891bf70055846573527a0ec',0,'gAQ=','1k0c9f06',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356934,25733,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243539899,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED!','Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! \n\n \":fail:\"','7f65154690bdb8b9e6e8156224349174',0,'','176viq9q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356935,25670,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243540206,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":13mbcydq][quote="losdia":13mbcydq]The truly horrifying thing is that what Cheney is doing is setting himself up for the 2012 Presidential election. He doesn\'t actually want the nomination, he just wants to run to cement his place in the RNC power structure and set the tone of the Republican campaign issues... \":(\"[/quote:13mbcydq]\nWell, let him be an elder statesman -- he has a lot of things to teach the upcoming generations, no? \";)\"[/quote:13mbcydq]\n \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \n\n \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \":beat:\" \n\nBad Russian! No borscht for you!','307a138400170ad8fb0c35780898c83c',0,'gA==','13mbcydq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356937,25729,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243540300,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','[quote="MJPollard":2df1qbdf][quote="The Angst Guy":2df1qbdf]All I know is, with all the buttock stabbing going on, we\'re never going to hear the end of it.[/quote:2df1qbdf]\nHopefully, the authorities will get to the bottom of it.[/quote:2df1qbdf]\nAs long as they don\'t makes asses of themselves.\n\n[img:2df1qbdf]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/rimshot.gif[/img:2df1qbdf]','df069957ae2dc8a68b7da87326d83693',0,'iA==','2df1qbdf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356936,25729,3,65,0,'64.118.129.78',1243540225,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','[quote="The Angst Guy":1snk3nny]All I know is, with all the buttock stabbing going on, we\'re never going to hear the end of it.[/quote:1snk3nny]\nHopefully, the authorities will get to the bottom of it.','651fa1bb72ede593b21e52725f2f32c8',0,'gA==','1snk3nny',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356938,25726,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243540511,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: "My braces made me do it."','[quote="NightGoblyn":3jamsmdd](with apologies to the TV show [i:3jamsmdd]Eerie, Indiana[/i:3jamsmdd])\n\nSandi sat in her bedroom and pouted. Her teeth ached from the constant pressure of the new braces, and she had several new cuts on the insides of her cheeks and lips where her mouth was adjusting to the new appliance. Her only solace was the new kitten her parents had bought her as a reward for being a brave little girl at the dentist\'s office. She cuddled the little ball of fur in her lap and smiled down at it.\n\n"How about I call you Fluffy? Do you like Fluffy?"\n\n[i:3jamsmdd]Fluffy is suitable for now. If you prove yourself in my service, perhaps I will allow you to know my real name.[/i:3jamsmdd]\n\nSandi blinked in confusion. The kitten was staring up at her, its green eyes unblinking.\n\n"Did you . . . no, it\'s just the pain pills." Sandi giggled. "I thought you were talking to me, Fluffy."\n\n[i:3jamsmdd]I am talking to you, Alexandra Griffin. The plates and wires our agent installed inside your skull make you receptive to feline telepathy. You have been chosen to be the first of my servants.[/i:3jamsmdd]\n\n"You\'re going to try to take over the world?"\n\nFluffy emitted an amused sounding meow. [i:3jamsmdd]Take over? My dear child, cats have run the world since the time of the Pharaohs.[/i:3jamsmdd][/quote:3jamsmdd]\n\na side story in the same verse as Bump: System Lord? \":)\"','7f3813d62a1ad3ec068dafaeed89833b',0,'oA==','3jamsmdd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356939,25740,6,129,0,'24.118.48.176',1243543940,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','It was a good idea at the time...','Awhile ago, someone dared me to write a Daria/Harry Potter/Strawberry Shortcake crossover. (I know someone else already did it. I don\'t [i:1sm8g2dr]care[/i:1sm8g2dr].)\n\nSo, I offer you in all its cringe-inducing glory: [i:1sm8g2dr]It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time[/i:1sm8g2dr].\n\n[url:1sm8g2dr]http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5094469/1/It_seemed_like_a_good_idea_at_the_time[/url:1sm8g2dr]','e926594a694420f089c2f34e3b70eb61',0,'MA==','1sm8g2dr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356940,25538,6,671,0,'151.204.74.51',1243544057,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[quote="Dark Kuno":37c3nxyt]\nAnd of course there\'s always that. Quinn doesn\'t exactly get to know any of the guys she dates on a level beyond their social standing at LLH and how being seen with them can improve her own standing. Her relationship with Tom is a completely new creature for her. She could quite easily find heself suddenly coming to the realization that she likes Tom as more than just a friend. And the same could quite easily be said for young Thomas in this scenario \":)\"[/quote:37c3nxyt]\n\nI thought BG said he was taking a page out of Legendled\'s book and making her interested in only women. \n\n*runs away*','28c9b33ef86c2540611fbdb3d3d057c4',0,'gA==','37c3nxyt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356941,25719,3,114,0,'210.11.147.69',1243544086,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','[quote="Beatnik Shaggy":j9nryjdi]I should really stop posting explanations when I\'m half asleep.\n\nIf you get an Advance Green, only traffic flowing in the same direction as you are, is moving. Traffic moving in the opposite direction still has a Red light. A plain Green light has both you and the opposite direction moving.[/quote:j9nryjdi]\nAh - ok - thanks. \":-)\" I was thinking of the blinking green arrow, though. What\'s the deal with that?','cb11992e6afd8b588689dbaa212c2059',0,'gA==','j9nryjdi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356942,25670,4,260,0,'68.162.130.176',1243544338,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":heo26ska][quote="Caira":heo26ska]\nAt least South Carloina has a nice flag instead of that cookie-cutter state-seal-on-a-plain-field design typical for individual states.[/quote:heo26ska][/quote:heo26ska]\n\nDon\'t get me started on that one. "A seal on a bedsheet." Yep, Pennsylvania has one o\' them, too.\n\nPEace\nKevin','066e274f3ce4b614622c046e9410812a',0,'gA==','heo26ska',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356943,25670,4,114,0,'210.11.147.69',1243545016,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":gr7dauck][quote="Deref":gr7dauck][quote="UU":gr7dauck]Just curious -- were there any calls to have Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko and Gorbachev tried by a \'War Crimes Tribunal\' -- or, for that matter, to try Saddam Hussein for that pesky Iran-Iraq thing -- or is this partiucular brand of hot air reserved for American politicians?[/quote:gr7dauck]\nNo - only for those in countries from which we hope for (as opposed to expect) a higher standard of ethics.[/quote:gr7dauck]\nThis made me blink. Several times, actually.\n\nSo, \'war crimes tribunals\' are for countries from which \'we\' (who are those \'we\'?) hope for, but not expect, a higher standard of ethics -- like one hopes for, but not expects, to find a trunk filled with money? This is the US.\n\nHowever, \'war crimes tribunals\' are not meant by those \'we\' for the countries from which \'they\' do not hope for the higher standard of ethics (the USSR of the 80s, Iraq of the 80s...) Maybe it is because a higher standard of ethics could be expected from them, like one can expect a train... or an intercity bus?\n\nI\'d like you to substantiate your reasoning behind this.[/quote:gr7dauck]\nIt really boils down to two things. The first is claims. For instance, Shrub said "the US does not torture", while he was happily approving it. If he\'d said something like "Fuck yeah - we torture anyone we feel like torturing, and if there are too many of them we\'ll hand them over to other countries whole torture them for us", then at least he couldn\'t be charged with hypocrisy. As far as I know, no leader of the USSR or Mr. Saddam ever made such claims.\n\nThe second is capacity. No court can function effectively without an enforcement arm to back it up.','af3ced54c049810f33c1d9e5f8b5ff5c',0,'gA==','gr7dauck',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356944,25733,4,114,0,'210.11.147.69',1243545074,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED!','[quote="The Angst Guy":i303095h]Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! Dimpled chads! Hanging chads! \n\n \":fail:\"[/quote:i303095h]\nDoes Diebold have a telecoms arm? \";-)\"','3dc2bc5e490e21015e22a07611f71bf6',0,'gA==','i303095h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356945,25692,4,114,0,'210.11.147.69',1243545408,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Somali Pirates Like Going Dutch','[quote="psychotol":3mjyqzk5][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hlj4EbdsE:3mjyqzk5]Or ...[/url:3mjyqzk5][/quote:3mjyqzk5]\nAh, yes. Another great Australian invention. \":x\"','d301cc474be6e35fee9209c807c99a3b',0,'kA==','3mjyqzk5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356946,25727,3,39,0,'92.27.208.61',1243545600,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s most litigious man sues Guinness','Doesn\'t the US have the recourse of declaring someone a [url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications_media/speeches/2006/sp300606.htm:28s6tjc6]vexatious litigant[/url:28s6tjc6]? \n\nMartin.','6c12e11db71326e0fd2436bdea4bc6f2',0,'EA==','28s6tjc6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356947,25740,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243546823,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was a good idea at the time...','So very, very strange. And violent. I like it. \":)\"','d1ce9fe7c39adab666f03c3d1b8492b5',0,'','3oento0h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356948,25375,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243547118,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','What am I, flypaper for freaks?\n\n--Anon.','9c1cf4b74eda56375ad093f8fd881b84',0,'','i8rtveqt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356949,25670,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243547235,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','Ever hear Liz Cheney? Once she was saying something like how it should\'ve never been released that waterboarding was going on because it forewarns terrorists so that they can train for it, implying that it\'s a harsh technique, despite that "it\'s not torture." Then, very same footage and like less than a minute later, points out that our own Special Forces experience it as part of their training "to prepare them for torture." \n\nAt least on FOX, no one calls her on things like this. Maybe she should try her doubletalk on other news channels...\n\nOne day, I\'m going to explode on the audience that accepts this BS without question and probably lose my membership in the process when they complain about my meltdown. Not that they\'ll hear me point things like the above out, they\'ll just hear meaningless noise, so what\'s the point? I keep telling myself that, that it\'s not worth it to have a meltdown...\n\nBut must they be so adamant about making me watch them eat crap and like it?','7720382fee9f693b145bd11c57f84f95',0,'','9z7ndgws',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356950,25741,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243547275,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Hope for Texas Education','[url=http://tfnblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/senate-takes-up-mcleroy-nomination/:204zy8g8]Creationist Don McLeroy\'s nomination to continue as chair of the Texas Board of Education fails[/url:204zy8g8]. It was a party line vote and Gov. Perry is a known conservative, but hope does survive.','f64de76c18ce04b3055c3f0e63092ba0',0,'EA==','204zy8g8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356951,25583,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243547327,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="The Angst Guy":2mz80d2l]I used to think that Chick Tracts were good for getting, you know. chicks. Kept handing them out. Never got a date. Weird.[/quote:2mz80d2l]\n\nThat\'s because baby penguins can\'t read. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nI remember when I was in college and worked in lower Manhattan. The Mormons, the Jehovah\'s Witnesses, and the First Holy Church of the Rapture and Penn Station were always out and about handing out literature to all and Sundry, except me. They always used to avoid me.\n\nThe Wiccans and other pagans, on the other hand, went out of their way to give me stuff. It was kinda funny, actually.','0a83d81442dc02f37d2b031c16770f6b',0,'gA==','2mz80d2l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356952,25692,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243547766,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Somali Pirates Like Going Dutch','Don\'t miss your chance to smite pirates!\n\nhttp://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... ckage.html','ed4535d27b56261fc5a984b43ad07610',0,'','1poj5354',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356953,25741,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243547941,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hope for Texas Education','It\'s a sign of the end times & tribulation. \":P\"','e96cba930d7b195ff85ef109d5c7f4d2',0,'','2flqquo2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356954,25742,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243548050,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Iron Chef: Favorite Aunt Meets Amiga','I was just going over the classic Angelboy fic [i:3e00p1xb]Repressions And Reprecussions[/i:3e00p1xb] and it made me wonder...if anyone had ever done an Amy/Jane shipperfic. (Hey, don\'t give me that look. Read the abovementioned fic and you\'ll see exactly where I got the idea). I may be crazy, but I could totally see Jane having a crush on Amy, a crush that may or may not go any farther. Not to mention that I\'ve read many fics where Amy was bisexual, and it strikes a chord with me. Yeah, it does. \n\nThe mission...should you choose to accept it is...\n\nWrite a fic where Jane meets and develops feelings for Amy. It doesn\'t have to go any further than a crush, but...if you [i:3e00p1xb]insist[/i:3e00p1xb], then be my guest. For simplicity\'s sake, it\'s just assumed that Jane\'s 18+\n\nSimple no? Any takers?\n\n \":D\"','15f4c61240595c71123382857d3c798c',0,'IA==','3e00p1xb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356955,25741,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243548244,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hope for Texas Education','[quote="Dervish":o4d4erlq]It\'s a sign of the end times & tribulation. \":P\"[/quote:o4d4erlq]\n\nI prefer to think of it as the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribble_(Star_Trek):o4d4erlq]Tribbleation[/url:o4d4erlq] \";)\"','73ce7aced60f774f24a4fb91de7a5a81',0,'kA==','o4d4erlq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356956,25741,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243548417,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hope for Texas Education','hmm? I\'ll believe there is hope for Texas and other states when they stop encouraging "push outs". \n\nThe whole "debate" about Intelligent Design is such a minor symptom of what is wrong with the American school system that I refuse to be heartened by every minor showing of common sense.','56da5c495ab0e08f0ec56c68cba34a26',0,'','1abxk0yu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356957,25742,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243548781,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Favorite Aunt Meets Amiga','You just can\'t get enough femslash can you Brandon \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','1bb7755de5c1273fd303bde7ea4033d6',0,'','2la928cl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356958,25741,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243548882,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hope for Texas Education','[quote="losdia":gl4m1v0y]hmm? I\'ll believe there is hope for Texas and other states when they stop encouraging "push outs". \n\nThe whole "debate" about Intelligent Design is such a minor symptom of what is wrong with the American school system that I refuse to be heartened by every minor showing of common sense.[/quote:gl4m1v0y]\n\nAs a biologist, I don\'t consider ID to be a minor problem. Granted, there are many things we need to work on, but we can\'t turn away from making sure that religious dogma isn\'t taught in place of good science. Also, considering the changes that McLeroy was trying to push through in other subjects like English and History, getting rid of him was a good move for more than stopping his creationism nonsense.','4825cfc0ac78d68584fd9a7769b1174e',0,'gA==','gl4m1v0y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356959,25692,4,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243548915,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Somali Pirates Like Going Dutch','[quote="Dervish":31qw0mng]Don\'t miss your chance to smite pirates!\n\nhttp://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... ckage.html[/quote:31qw0mng]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Cool, where do I sign up? \";)\"','5dc4fc59921fa5c1521aa3e610e7aa90',0,'gA==','31qw0mng',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356960,25742,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243549527,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Favorite Aunt Meets Amiga','[quote="undefinedlust":mp3v73nl]You just can\'t get enough femslash can you Brandon \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:mp3v73nl]\n\nI\'m a fan of the femmeslash genre. Sue me.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','76282e8db55c0260bfc6282f855b432a',0,'gA==','mp3v73nl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356961,25583,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243549560,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Dennis":b8oq9va9][quote="The Angst Guy":b8oq9va9]I used to think that Chick Tracts were good for getting, you know. chicks. Kept handing them out. Never got a date. Weird.[/quote:b8oq9va9]\n\nThat\'s because baby penguins can\'t read. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nI remember when I was in college and worked in lower Manhattan. The Mormons, the Jehovah\'s Witnesses, and the First Holy Church of the Rapture and Penn Station were always out and about handing out literature to all and Sundry, except me. They always used to avoid me.\n\nThe Wiccans and other pagans, on the other hand, went out of their way to give me stuff. It was kinda funny, actually.[/quote:b8oq9va9]\n\nI like the guys who hand out religious brochures at my campus. They\'re always these nice old guys in their 60\'s and 70\'s without anything better to do. If I have a free half hour I always try to buy them a snack or a cup of coffee and chat with them for a while. I mostly do it because I feel bad for them with how some of the more "enlightened" undergrads treat them. \n\nThe real show is when the hardcore Pentecostal street preachers come a callin\'. Some idiot shows up screaming about how everyone at the school is going to burn and then some of the "religiously knowledgeable" undergrads try to debate with them. It is the closest thing Oklahoma gets to performance art. \":mrgreen:\"','113dc0ac79700dd366e3c6e92e521768',0,'gA==','b8oq9va9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356962,25689,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243549635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 2)','A piece of advice that was given to me when I started writing, and I shall now pass on to you: never be afraid to use the word \'said.\' He said, she said, they said, Daria said, Jane said, Kevin said. Said, said, said. It\'s perfectly fine to repeat \'said\' every single piece of dialogue - you should treat it like any other piece of punctuation.\n\nNear synonyms for \'said\', like \'stated\', \'declared\', \'proclaimed\', etc., should be held in reserve for emphasis, because when used willy-nilly they tend to knock the reader out of the story. \'Asked\' should probably be used whenever necessary, however.\n\nThat\'s my critical advice. Plotwise, the story seems interesting and I\'m curious where you\'re going with it.','582ab2d96fee651b38aad5ad0e8c9fe2',0,'','2qimcbvb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356963,25739,5,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243549652,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The DC Quarter','Friends of mine have two cats, one named Ella Fitzgerald, the other Duke Ellington. I\'d say the quarter was in his honor, but I\'m pretty sure he\'s never even been to D.C.','c26f4183dfc65e6659cb76cd37557a90',0,'','1hg2fhkc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356964,25740,6,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243549770,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was a good idea at the time...','\":lol:\" Very nice.','602c63c689f8e827bc6c3325e565668d',0,'','7j8ggsuv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356966,25741,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243552265,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hope for Texas Education','[quote="RLobinske":wqqyi0fo]\nAs a biologist, I don\'t consider ID to be a minor problem. [/quote:wqqyi0fo]\n\nI will never understand why scientists take these guys so seriously. I have never once heard an ID supporter who could even articulate the five forces of evolution. Let alone even address the concept of single generational evolution. When an ID(iot) Scientist comes out with pseudoscience beyond their Flintstones argument and nitpicking for why evolution is wrong then I too will consider them a threat to science. \n\nI asked a cousin of mine if I could read his high school biology text after I had heard they had put ID stuff in it. It took me like an hour to find the part about Intelligent Design in it and what I found was a one page blurb that basically said; many people believe life on Earth had help in developing outside of the known natural processes of science. Wow. I think they had that in my old book too, just as a small liner note and not part of the main text. They can\'t say anymore than that or the courts would be able to step in. \n\nAlright, I know there are much worse text out there then that (ones that basically have the ID point by point arguments against evolution MSTing the main body of the work). And for all that, so what? High School Biology as it is taught in the US does not deal with evolution in any kind of meaningful way. All secondary school students are expected to have learned is the basic concepts of microbiology , the absolute basics of mendelian genetics, and thetaxonomic system. So what if you need a real understanding of the concepts of evolution to understand the life sciences. We aren\'t giving them enough of a grounding in those sciences for it to matter.','433e627d816cbd68b1ad83dfb940a791',0,'gA==','wqqyi0fo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356967,25692,4,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243552508,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Somali Pirates Like Going Dutch','[quote="Derek":37rjeh51][quote="Dervish":37rjeh51]Don\'t miss your chance to smite pirates!\n\nhttp://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... ckage.html[/quote:37rjeh51]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Cool, where do I sign up? \";)\"[/quote:37rjeh51]\n\nI\'d much rather be in a Dutch prison than catching smite from a bunch of tourists! \":mrgreen:\"','b93ffa81149ef0ed52c84dac89a71e9a',0,'gA==','37rjeh51',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356968,25697,6,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243552527,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 2 up!)','So, this is, like, a really good story and everything. Weird, but good. There\'s just this thing that\'s bugging me:\n\n[quote="The Angst Guy":876t2r86]“Yes sir.”\n\n“You want to go? This is for volunteers only, we—”\n\n“Yes sir.”[/quote:876t2r86]\nSir is a noun of direct address and should be set off from the rest of the sentence by commas.\n\nThat is all. Please continue.','1971be4f8a724a2bde5708c323c8853f',0,'gA==','876t2r86',1,1243698001,'',613,1,0),(356969,25743,4,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243552770,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Lifestyles of the frightfully stupid','[url=http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20090528/US.ODD.Orange.Juice.Emergency/:3ee7fv8r]Ore. man calls 911 over orange juice at McDonald\'s[/url:3ee7fv8r]','fa6776f486c9e542368598562a3c22cc',0,'EA==','3ee7fv8r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356971,25697,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243553365,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 2 up!)','[quote="smk":1ro4zw9y]So, this is, like, a really good story and everything. Weird, but good. There\'s just this thing that\'s bugging me:\n\n[quote="The Angst Guy":1ro4zw9y]“Yes sir.”\n\n“You want to go? This is for volunteers only, we—”\n\n“Yes sir.”[/quote:1ro4zw9y]\nSir is a noun of direct address and be set off from the rest of the sentence by commas.\n\nThat is all. Please continue.[/quote:1ro4zw9y]\n\n"Ma\'am! Yes, ma\'am!"','eec24f05455f27d9703cf38685ea7c62',0,'gA==','1ro4zw9y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356972,25498,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243553642,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Has anyone heard from Liz?','[quote="Dennis":1qdatnp3]As a Hobo said in a Looney Tunes cartoon, "Penguins is practically chickens."[/quote:1qdatnp3]\n\nYep, taste just like chicken which has eaten a lot of fish. \":mrgreen:\"','147cb4f4ebd9f6128eca546ee6c1cea5',0,'gA==','1qdatnp3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356973,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243553812,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Dennis":jiuor5hy]What am I, flypaper for freaks?\n\n--Anon.[/quote:jiuor5hy]\n\nI can sooo relate to that! \":lol:\"','3c8a61c8df362cc9cc13a57e2a9b426c',0,'gA==','jiuor5hy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356974,25741,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243555900,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hope for Texas Education','[quote="losdia":23osx3dr][quote="RLobinske":23osx3dr]\nAs a biologist, I don\'t consider ID to be a minor problem. [/quote:23osx3dr]\n\nI will never understand why scientists take these guys so seriously. I have never once heard an ID supporter who could even articulate the five forces of evolution. Let alone even address the concept of single generational evolution. When an ID(iot) Scientist comes out with pseudoscience beyond their Flintstones argument and nitpicking for why evolution is wrong then I too will consider them a threat to science. \n\nI asked a cousin of mine if I could read his high school biology text after I had heard they had put ID stuff in it. It took me like an hour to find the part about Intelligent Design in it and what I found was a one page blurb that basically said; many people believe life on Earth had help in developing outside of the known natural processes of science. Wow. I think they had that in my old book too, just as a small liner note and not part of the main text. They can\'t say anymore than that or the courts would be able to step in. \n\nAlright, I know there are much worse text out there then that (ones that basically have the ID point by point arguments against evolution MSTing the main body of the work). And for all that, so what? High School Biology as it is taught in the US does not deal with evolution in any kind of meaningful way. All secondary school students are expected to have learned is the basic concepts of microbiology , the absolute basics of mendelian genetics, and thetaxonomic system. So what if you need a real understanding of the concepts of evolution to understand the life sciences. We aren\'t giving them enough of a grounding in those sciences for it to matter.[/quote:23osx3dr]\n\nWhy take them seriously? Because they want to teach [i:23osx3dr]lies[/i:23osx3dr]. That is the antithesis of education. When you don\'t oppose the teaching of untruth, people will believe the untruth.\n\nThe problem with the ID movement is more than that small blurb you gave. Look deeper into the problem and you will find that they want to teach many different types of bullshit that spread beyond biology into geology and even into astronomy.\n\nThey want to impose their [i:23osx3dr]religious[/i:23osx3dr] view onto students as a scientific fact in complete violation of separation of church and state. Read the Wedge Document to see that they, in fact, want to use ID to rentroduce creationism into schools.\n\nWe have a hard enough time teaching good science to students as it is, we don\'t need to drop a bunch of bullshit "strengths and weakness" or "teaching the controversy" or "academic freedom" on top of that. Remember, this idiocy is already influencing elected officials throughout the county. We don\'t need to encourage more of it by not fighting for teaching the facts about science.\n\nThis ignorance doesn\'t convince scientists, but it does convince many nonscientists, most frighteningly, politicians and other policy makers. When they make decisions based on ignorance, superstition and simply lies, then we all can suffer.\n\nETA:\nCreationism is just one part of the extreme christian right\'s assault on education. For example, take a look at the bills the Texas Freedom Network followed this year:\nhttp://www.tfn.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Bills2009\n\nRead more of the Texas Board of Education antics here:\nhttp://tfnblog.wordpress.com/','20200148d2247e8afa1f3ed82d0cf936',0,'oA==','23osx3dr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356975,25276,6,904,0,'67.78.76.147',1243556624,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: (LSBS Act 2) Not Too Soon (Ch.9 up! Act 2 Complete!)','Simply spectacular. Just flailingly, mind-bogglingly good stuff. I\'m speechless trying to express how beautifully crafted this chapter is.\n\nThe timely appearance of Parte the Third will be most appreciated, sir.','ed05e02c61a94e549d2ee1ed37622366',0,'','2tgb9ol7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356976,25147,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243558579,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','Just watched Jean Claude Van Damme\'s [i:t5vdxw2j]The Quest[/i:t5vdxw2j] on one of the Encore channels. Even though it follows the formula of [i:t5vdxw2j]Bloodsport[/i:t5vdxw2j] almost exactly (JCVD goes to Asia to compete in a tournament full of ethnically diverse fighters) it\'s still a pretty entertaining film. Saw it in the theatre back in the day.','c7b7fcb764b1e503b30ad7f09516a07e',0,'IA==','t5vdxw2j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356977,25744,5,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243558889,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','Cartoon fandoms are weird. The Archie/Betty and Archie/Veronica factions are about to start stabbing each other in the butt. No comment yet from the Betty/Veronica slashers (I KNOW they exist, though I haven\'t searched out their fanfic yet), but I expect once they make it, the entire world will hear of it. \n\nThough I\'ll be surprised if this is allowed to stand. I think Veronica will turn into a bridezilla, and the wedding will be called off after Archie and Betty get to bond some more. Then Veronica will become a recurring villain trying to split them up, though Archie will prove insufferable enough without Veronica\'s help. \n\nAnything to up sales. (\'Course if their fandom shrinks enough, they can have Betty & Veronica hook up...then CNN will friggin mention it, sending sales skyrocketing as new people get drawn in.)\n\nhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30983247/\n\n[img:2hvm4zqx]http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090528-archie-vlrg-9a.widec.jpg[/img:2hvm4zqx]','0d3e2a38221cf9d74c405dd96c3ba1a1',0,'CA==','2hvm4zqx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356978,25744,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243558995,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','Kate Couric covered it on last night\'s news. \":roll:\"','711c9ba62c86cb1dd28965675e07e5f5',0,'','3of55bhb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356979,25743,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243559380,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lifestyles of the frightfully stupid','And help is on the way:\n\n[img:k52dqazx]http://doogs.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/whambulance.jpg[/img:k52dqazx]','b08bd51eea9ef73414f968044edefc70',0,'CA==','k52dqazx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356980,25744,5,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243559388,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','Come on, you know this has as much chance of lasting as Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson...','00707487083735a092c775cd5b802ed1',0,'','3oyl0v8h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356981,25744,5,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243559795,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="RLobinske":3dkft4ic]Come on, you know this has as much chance of lasting as Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson...[/quote:3dkft4ic]\n\nWhich \'verse? \":lol:\"','84ab428a15088a0a768213f51e3f39a4',0,'gA==','3dkft4ic',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356982,25741,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243559957,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hope for Texas Education','Texas also affects the rest of the nation, because big corporations that want to sell the most textbooks try to please the most, and that makes Texas one of the few states to indirectly set standards for the rest of the nation\'s schooling. (California is another one, so textbooks tend to get interesting in how they\'re worded to please both states...though nearly useless & dull, too.)\n\nAnd it\'s important to remember that it\'s not just Texas that generally pushes this, they just seem to be the most open about doing so, and their buying power makes them a force to be reckoned with, augmented by less overt support in other states. \n\nI know with what I experienced in Texas schools (which were far from the worst--at least I was never held or expelled for casting evil spells as other students have been in Texas & Oklahoma), I\'m gobsmacked whenever I hear how "secular" schools are. If our schools (especially in Texas) are too secular, then those saying so won\'t be happy until the USA is just a Christian version of Iran.','0cc49c0e44ea30f2d52e64dfb307383c',0,'','37kvadqd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356983,25043,5,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243560102,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Web Sites of Extreme Awesomeness!','The coverbrowser is loaded with awesome!\n\nhttp://www.coverbrowser.com/','73780efcbb16e38a73ec636425a00783',0,'','3b8b82vd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356984,25745,3,531,0,'66.19.201.51',1243560158,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Don\'t know if this quite qualifies as SSW','[url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-05-28-prom-queen_N.htm?csp=24&RM_Exclude=Juno:3iobmk43]LA school picks Gay teen as Prom Queen[/url:3iobmk43]','cf6e8884ffc3fedb1f22c70cc32ea6c4',0,'EA==','3iobmk43',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356985,25732,3,531,0,'66.19.201.51',1243560787,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For Aviation enthusiasts...','I was there a couple years ago. The Growler was open, the Concorde was, below decks on the Intrepid was open, but the\nflight deck was closed. Some guy Robby Keneivel was going to jump a motorcycle that night. Damn him for picking the one day I was going to be there to pull that stunt.\nI was really looking forward to the SR- 71 up there.','319979c676500cab19de0b47da5dd1f3',0,'','3in6psg8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356986,25732,3,900,0,'208.7.93.62',1243560961,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For Aviation enthusiasts...','[quote="JrGtr42":3or8gl76]I was really looking forward to the SR- 71 up there.[/quote:3or8gl76]\nYeah, "Right Now" was a good song.\n\nWait, wasn\'t someone talking about planes?','36fa16ff69363d8ad17f2627b74d41e2',0,'gA==','3or8gl76',1,1243561704,'',900,1,0),(356990,25744,5,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243564267,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','Veronica\'s rich. No wonder.','dff48f76ca2f9a341b7818b9ee299ef2',0,'','13i852ea',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356991,25147,5,531,0,'66.19.201.51',1243565527,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','Watching Cheap Trick\'s 25th anniversary show on DVD - Silver.\nreally good... way underrated band, IMO.','3dcd60bcfea4a02aca211f4ab16b1a4d',0,'','2gqs5m7g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356987,25744,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243561041,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','Hey, Bruce Wayne had a son with Talia not too long ago...anything can happen.\n\nI\'m not lying. Damien Wayne.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','5027e7a9aa8ffbd1ca5ba94074ff65ee',0,'','288tbo82',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356989,25732,3,260,0,'68.162.130.176',1243561326,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For Aviation enthusiasts...','Nice photos. I\'ll have to put that on the list of places to visit. \n\nPeace\nKevin','7eb3d2d82fe4516109c5f0a2b04a04d3',0,'','2etkaqyb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356992,25677,3,397,0,'209.242.132.51',1243566098,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: School cuts loo paper supply','It would give you an excuse other than "the dog ate my homework"...','06f94c0f40e850736038907e7f6c82dc',0,'','3qqx4kv6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356993,25693,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243567520,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="UU":1h248rkd]Have you ever considered the possibility that the dictatorship of the proletariat is not a Communist state? Well, according to Marx and Marxians, it isn\'t. There\'s no such term in the whole body of Marx\'s work.[/quote:1h248rkd]\nWhat are you talking about? He coined the phrase! "[i:1h248rkd]Between capitalist and communist society there lies the period of the revolutionary transformation of the one into the other. Corresponding to this is also a political transition period in which the state can be nothing but [b:1h248rkd]the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat[/b:1h248rkd].[/i:1h248rkd]" - Karl Marx, [url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/index.htm:1h248rkd]Critique of the Gotha Programme[/url:1h248rkd], Chapter 4.\n\n[quote="UU":1h248rkd]LOL -- my point is, Marx didn\'t lay down a lot of precepts for it. Nothing on how the collective property was to be established, on what is the role of the state-remnant, on whether the dictatoship of the proletariat could be reversed were the majority of the people to turn against it... Need I continue as to how this was implemented in practice, by Trotsky among others?[/quote:1h248rkd]\nMarx laid out his basic principles on this transitional period In the Critique of the Gotha Programme and [url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/civil-war-france/:1h248rkd]The Civil War in France[/url:1h248rkd]. Lenin\'s reworking of those ideas in [url=http://www.magister.msk.ru/library/lenin/lenin007.htm:1h248rkd]ГОСУДАРСТВО И РЕВОЛЮЦИЯ[/url:1h248rkd] ([url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/:1h248rkd]The State and Revolution[/url:1h248rkd]), was meant for a purely Russian audience and ignored one of the most basic precepts of Marx\'s work. That being that a communist revolution was meant to emerge from a fully industrialized capitalist state. Russia in 1905 was only 30 years away from the end of a system of serfdom and still had something like 60% of its population working as peasant farmers. For all of his other failings when compared to Lenin, Mao was more intellectually honest in his writings on the realities of the needs of a peasant revolution.\n\n[quote="UU":1h248rkd]For the principals -- the leaders, you mean? Well, I really dunno how exaclty did he view Blanqui, Eudes, Rossel et alia.[/quote:1h248rkd]\n:sigh: I meant "principles". I\'m dyslexic and have a bad spell checker integrated into my browser, sue me...\n\nI would also like to point out I am not in any way a Communist. I merely spent my last two years as an undergraduate working as a research assistant for an ardent Trotskyite who savagely beat this stuff into my head. Personally I\'m a believer in John Rawl\'s concept of a sustainable economy and the neomedievalist school of thought concerning international relations.','d87d63bf7d3c784d50ab6e756ca8cbe1',0,'8A==','1h248rkd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357014,25670,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243576445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="A.J.":2t1heo8w][quote="losdia":2t1heo8w]\n\nThe truly horrifying thing is that what Cheney is doing is setting himself up for the 2012 Presidential election. He doesn\'t actually want the nomination, he just wants to run to cement his place in the RNC power structure and set the tone of the Republican campaign issues... \":(\"[/quote:2t1heo8w]\n\nJust the opposite. He\'s doing this because he has absolutely no intention of running for anymore political offices, therefore he doesn\'t need to sugarcoat anything he says for potential voters and can say things that need to be said but can\'t be said by many other politicians for fear of losing. And as much as he\'s near universally disliked he\'d never get elected, and there aren\'t enough spin doctors in the world who could make him a viable presidential candidate, [color=#0000FF:2t1heo8w]possibly except for Obamas team who pulled off the near impossible.[/color:2t1heo8w]\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:2t1heo8w]Let\'s be honest here - [b:2t1heo8w]if it hadn\'t been for the economic implosion, Obama would not have been elected.[/b:2t1heo8w] I\'m still surprised that he was elected, because there is still so much institutionalized racism, even on a subconscious level and across all races in the U.S., that still holds the belief that there\'s no person of color (or woman) who is or will ever be as or more capable for a given position than a White male. The fact that the implosion was so all-encompassing that it forced people to make a change in the hope that ANYONE ELSE could solve it was the only reason for Obama\'s victory, not spin.\n\nSpin had nothing to do with it - and for the love of God, the man\'s only been in office six months. The wave of people crying out that Obama\'s leading the country into Hell is tiresome... just as the wailing of people was who said that Clinton would destroy the country because he wanted to allow gays to serve openly, or the constant jokes about Reagan being nothing but an empty-headed B-list actor.\n\nYou\'re also deluded if you think that Cheney couldn\'t be made into a viable candidate. He\'s beating the GOP\'s big drum - national defense - and with some canny people in the mix, he could do it. [/color:2t1heo8w]\n\nA.J.[/quote:2t1heo8w]','c6141542c270aacbc939cfa7cf81bd15',0,'wg==','2t1heo8w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356994,25744,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243567578,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','Anyone else remember the hoopla when Superman was "killed" by Doomsday?\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThat\'s the vibe I\'m getting from this. (Even if [i:37o1izmz]Reign Of The Supermen[/i:37o1izmz] freakin\' ruled.)','2882a3690b9c1dac179ed64f68fc1321',0,'IA==','37o1izmz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357013,25744,5,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243576173,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="project pegasus":8h09em0k]Damn. I thought Archie was going to pick Jug Head.[/quote:8h09em0k]\n\nBanky Edwards: Archie is *not* ****ing Mr. Weatherbee!','016ea39a8a57274ee98a5d701eb66c98',0,'gA==','8h09em0k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356995,25746,6,87,0,'4.152.165.11',1243567848,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','It\'s not a Daria fic, but . . .','I did a Buffy crossover that some might find interesting. But instead of posting it here I posted it on a Buffy crossover sight called \'Twisting The Hellmouth.\' And for once I just don\'t feel like posting it in one place. Mostly because I\'m just lazy and tired. I\'m just glad I\'ve been able to get some project done with all the stress of the past couple of weeks.\n\nAnyway, here\'s a link for [i:1qd0yip5]Doc Xander[/i:1qd0yip5]\n\n[url:1qd0yip5]http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-19315/RngrThorne+Doc+Xander.htm[/url:1qd0yip5]','5247d527838aef89bc346487ec1b0064',0,'MA==','1qd0yip5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356996,25736,6,940,0,'96.248.115.44',1243568043,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writer\'s Block','Been stuck months- its not that I\'ve written myself into a corner I justt can\'t seem to get started.\n\nMaybe I will work on another one but "just do it" seems to be the best advice- can\'t write if you\'re not writing.','53a8f0d050c218017d6b662a7203cd68',0,'','169ezlul',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356997,25746,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243568247,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It\'s not a Daria fic, but . . .','Personally I\'m not a fan of Buffy fanfic, but it always makes me think of Thea Zara.\n\nShe LOVED Buffyfic.\n\n \":D\"','9e97d2c50dac2ba06426faabc0337ed5',0,'','2x3brcrh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356998,25740,6,904,0,'67.78.76.147',1243568793,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was a good idea at the time...','Freaking fabulous. The stuff of evil genius. I pimped it on my Harry Potter forum. Hopefully they\'ll get you some reviews.','a86b25f0d71bb5cd32b77c898e97ddf3',0,'','hij918j7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(356999,25740,6,129,0,'24.118.48.176',1243570216,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was a good idea at the time...','Thank you so much, all of you. I read the story to my fiancee, and all he did was stare at me in horror. This was exactly the response I had wanted!','32c1be8428c99d87979c076e68dfd563',0,'','1essn87o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357000,25740,6,545,0,'65.221.65.136',1243570406,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was a good idea at the time...','That was hilarious! \":lol:\"','d3e24c077347af7ca50d0fbcea505afa',0,'','24k3s77k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357001,25740,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243571706,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was a good idea at the time...','Whatever you\'ve been smoking... buy more. \":drink:\"','1bc7b08e3a6018135e6d8aa569aabc42',0,'','83e1tixo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357002,25744,5,545,0,'65.221.65.136',1243571770,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','You know, when Popeye and Olive Oyl got married, there wasn\'t this kind of buzz. \":lol:\"','f5fa1c1b238f57be50513e68738b456b',0,'','2opwc8j5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357003,25744,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243571892,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="brnleague99":20ndpvn1]Anyone else remember the hoopla when Superman was "killed" by Doomsday?\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThat\'s the vibe I\'m getting from this. (Even if [i:20ndpvn1]Reign Of The Supermen[/i:20ndpvn1] freakin\' ruled.)[/quote:20ndpvn1]\n\n\nOh, yeah. Please, don\'t remind me. The [i:20ndpvn1]freaky[/i:20ndpvn1] fanboys and the civilians whined [b:20ndpvn1]so[/b:20ndpvn1] much... \":bang:\"','5dfec146ebefec8f01442ccfb704f357',0,'4A==','20ndpvn1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357004,25715,11,545,0,'65.221.65.136',1243572354,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','[quote="Mike Quinn":2ulw9grp][quote="johndotcalm":2ulw9grp]Flossing gets the crud out from between your teeth, then brushing cleans it away. If you don\'t do this the food will rot and you will have breath that smells like Satan\'s asshole. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2ulw9grp]\n\n\nI usually floss after brushing (when I do floss). It seems to me that brushing after flossing would just push the rotting food back between the teeth. I\'ve only had one or two cavities, not counting the one they found in my wisdom teeth right before they were extracted.\n\nI think it should be brush, then floss and then rinse. I\'ll ask my dentist the next time I go (if I rememeber). It probably doesn\'t make any real difference as long as you brush and floss...[/quote:2ulw9grp]\n\nI asked my dental hygienist on Wednesday about this. She said that it really doesn\'t matter, but if you floss then brush, you simply push the crud back between the teeth, since the toothbrush bristles are too big to put under the gums.','f1cdb1aad8491df29530b70138f42227',0,'gA==','2ulw9grp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357005,25583,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243573543,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','I just took a glance through some of my photographs from a decade ago and which I hope to start scanning in later this year. Between the crappy fixed focal-length point and shoot camera I had and my lack of skill at the time, a lot of them are pretty bad.\n\nIt\'s amazing how much a few years of experience and an upgrade to some decent equipment can improve one\'s photos.','0ffa65e3a1fb63bad74e3b6f8ad2ed5e',0,'','10ae0mbl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357006,25744,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243573756,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="Brother Grimace":2b0jwdtu][quote="brnleague99":2b0jwdtu]Anyone else remember the hoopla when Superman was "killed" by Doomsday?\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThat\'s the vibe I\'m getting from this. (Even if [i:2b0jwdtu]Reign Of The Supermen[/i:2b0jwdtu] freakin\' ruled.)[/quote:2b0jwdtu]\n\n\nOh, yeah. Please, don\'t remind me. The [i:2b0jwdtu]freaky[/i:2b0jwdtu] fanboys and the civilians whined [b:2b0jwdtu]so[/b:2b0jwdtu] much... \":bang:\"[/quote:2b0jwdtu]\n\nROTS kicked ass, though. Much love to John Henry Irons, the "Man of Steel".\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','ad4476327e5c778fe0ded685f572d3bf',0,'4A==','2b0jwdtu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357007,25670,4,73,0,'67.242.27.78',1243574619,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="losdia":2i61u9dw]\n\nThe truly horrifying thing is that what Cheney is doing is setting himself up for the 2012 Presidential election. He doesn\'t actually want the nomination, he just wants to run to cement his place in the RNC power structure and set the tone of the Republican campaign issues... \":(\"[/quote:2i61u9dw]\n\nJust the opposite. He\'s doing this because he has absolutely no intention of running for anymore political offices, therefore he doesn\'t need to sugarcoat anything he says for potential voters and can say things that need to be said but can\'t be said by many other politicians for fear of losing. And as much as he\'s near universally disliked he\'d never get elected, and there aren\'t enough spin doctors in the world who could make him a viable presidential candidate, possibly except for Obamas team who pulled off the near impossible.\n\nA.J.','d766de53a1a9f39685ecd262af956d7c',0,'gA==','2i61u9dw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357008,25733,4,73,0,'67.242.27.78',1243574756,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED!','[quote="Deref":1g16zxud][quote:1g16zxud][url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/27/att_may_have_swayed_american_idol_vote/:1g16zxud]Telecom giant AT&T stands accused of attacking the very foundations of American suffrage and decency, after allegedly tainting the results of the country\'s largest democratic election...[/url:1g16zxud][/quote:1g16zxud]\n\n \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\"[/quote:1g16zxud]\n\nWhoop. De. Doo.\n\nAnd might I add: Da Day.\n\nA.J.','0e12d96df9611cb793641eef887d5495',0,'kA==','1g16zxud',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357009,25744,5,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243575199,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="brnleague99":tb41l0xf][quote="Brother Grimace":tb41l0xf][quote="brnleague99":tb41l0xf]Anyone else remember the hoopla when Superman was "killed" by Doomsday?\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThat\'s the vibe I\'m getting from this. (Even if [i:tb41l0xf]Reign Of The Supermen[/i:tb41l0xf] freakin\' ruled.)[/quote:tb41l0xf]\n\n\nOh, yeah. Please, don\'t remind me. The [i:tb41l0xf]freaky[/i:tb41l0xf] fanboys and the civilians whined [b:tb41l0xf]so[/b:tb41l0xf] much... \":bang:\"[/quote:tb41l0xf]\n\nROTS kicked ass, though. Much love to John Henry Irons, the "Man of Steel".\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:tb41l0xf]\n\nNo way! The Eradicator as the Last Son of Krypton was much cooler! \n\nAnd Kon! Where\'s your Kon love? \":lol:\" \n\nFrom what I\'ve heard from the "old timers" the reaction to Jason Todd\'s death was a much bigger nightmare than the Death of Superman stuff.','8eee5499706b309fcf6b60ff16099bf7',0,'4A==','tb41l0xf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357010,25729,3,7,0,'121.45.222.111',1243575237,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','[quote="The Angst Guy":1p5wiws7][quote="MJPollard":1p5wiws7][quote="The Angst Guy":1p5wiws7]All I know is, with all the buttock stabbing going on, we\'re never going to hear the end of it.[/quote:1p5wiws7]\nHopefully, the authorities will get to the bottom of it.[/quote:1p5wiws7]\nAs long as they don\'t makes asses of themselves.\n\n[img:1p5wiws7]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/rimshot.gif[/img:1p5wiws7][/quote:1p5wiws7]\nI wouldn\'t bet on it. The [i:1p5wiws7]carabinieri[/i:1p5wiws7] have always been the butt of jokes.\n\n[size=85:1p5wiws7](shame on me.)[/size:1p5wiws7]','9c221ad5118ea365ab5742b9ea0c8966',0,'rA==','1p5wiws7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357011,25740,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243575518,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was a good idea at the time...','crackfic at it\'s finest (and I mean that in the very best way!!!) \":mrgreen:\"','ca6eb5088b857405e02889e99ba28cd5',0,'','3gij3ctc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357012,25744,5,952,0,'71.108.178.251',1243575637,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','Damn. I thought Archie was going to pick Jug Head.','5f7e7b5542d423d76a532c610a606dce',0,'','fklquzvu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357015,25693,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243576496,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="losdia":310ca4um]What are you talking about? He coined the phrase! "[i:310ca4um]Between capitalist and communist society there lies the period of the revolutionary transformation of the one into the other. Corresponding to this is also a political transition period in which the state can be nothing but [b:310ca4um]the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat[/b:310ca4um].[/i:310ca4um]" - Karl Marx, [url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/index.htm:310ca4um]Critique of the Gotha Programme[/url:310ca4um], Chapter 4.[/quote:310ca4um]\n\nNo such term as \'Communist state\', losdia! I should\'ve been more clear. \":P\" I isn\'t present in the whole body of work by Marx and Engels. \n\nAs for the term \'dictatorship of the proletariat\', it was coined not in the [i:310ca4um]Critique of the Gotha Program[/i:310ca4um], but a quarter of a century earlier, in Marx\'s 1850 articles [i:310ca4um]13 June 1849[/i:310ca4um] and [i:310ca4um]The Consequences of 13 June[/i:310ca4um].\n\n[quote="losdia":310ca4um]Marx laid out his basic principles on this transitional period In the Critique of the Gotha Programme and [url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/civil-war-france/:310ca4um]The Civil War in France[/url:310ca4um]. Lenin\'s reworking of those ideas in [url=http://www.magister.msk.ru/library/lenin/lenin007.htm:310ca4um]ГОСУДАРСТВО И РЕВОЛЮЦИЯ[/url:310ca4um] ([url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/:310ca4um]The State and Revolution[/url:310ca4um]), was meant for a purely Russian audience and ignored one of the most basic precepts of Marx\'s work. That being that a communist revolution was meant to emerge from a fully industrialized capitalist state. Russia in 1905 was only 30 years away from the end of a system of serfdom and still had something like 60% of its population working as peasant farmers. For all of his other failings when compared to Lenin, Mao was more intellectually honest in his writings on the realities of the needs of a peasant revolution.[/quote:310ca4um]\nMarx did not describe in the [i:310ca4um]Critique of the Gotha Programme[/i:310ca4um] the conditions of the transition from one stage to the other, he does not describe what is to happen if the popular majority would opt for restoring old order, how the state will act within the framework of the dictatorship of the proletariat etc etc. However, it is not to be denied that he regarded the dictatorship of the proletariat as a purely interim step, whereas you seem to regard the \'Communist state\' (a non-Marxist concept, again) as the final goal.\n\n[quote="losdia":310ca4um]:sigh: I meant "principles". I\'m dyslexic and have a bad spell checker integrated into my browser, sue me...[/quote:310ca4um]\n\":(\" Commiserations...\n\n[quote="losdia":310ca4um]I would also like to point out I am not in any way a Communist. I merely spent my last two years as an undergraduate working as a research assistant for an ardent Trotskyite who savagely beat this stuff into my head. Personally I\'m a believer in John Rawl\'s concept of a sustainable economy and the neomedievalist school of thought concerning international relations.[/quote:310ca4um]\nCool, but you\'ve expressed your wish to move to a \'Communist state\' and you\'ve read Marx -- the imperialists will get ya! \":shock:\"\n\nP.S. Due to a brain malfunction at first I edited the previous post instead of posting my own. If something has changed, it\'s my fault -- I\'m profoundly sorry.','399e79f3ad8f7c6c010f8c47154b1349',0,'8A==','310ca4um',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357016,25670,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243577017,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Deref":1cr7bx9v]It really boils down to two things. The first is claims. For instance, Shrub said "the US does not torture", while he was happily approving it. If he\'d said something like "Fuck yeah - we torture anyone we feel like torturing, and if there are too many of them we\'ll hand them over to other countries whole torture them for us", then at least he couldn\'t be charged with hypocrisy. As far as I know, no leader of the USSR or Mr. Saddam ever made such claims.[/quote:1cr7bx9v]\nHypocrisy is not a crime. This approach absolves, for example, those convicted at the Nuremberg Trials.\n\nLaw isn\'t based on \'claims\' -- what the hell is that -- \'we won\'t prosecute a killer \'cos he killed a guy in the open and is bragging \'bout that\'?\n\nHave you ever been interested as to how the USSR and old Iraq described themselves?\n\n[quote="Deref":1cr7bx9v]The second is capacity. No court can function effectively without an enforcement arm to back it up.[/quote:1cr7bx9v]\nSo, there is an enforcement arm somewhere strong enough to grab Washington but not Moscow or Baghdad? If anything, Messrs Bush and Cheney proved you wrong re: Baghdad.\n\n====\nAnd: who are those nebulous \'we\'?','1c1489b62bcb1ceb3122c11dca3605c0',0,'gA==','1cr7bx9v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357017,25670,4,73,0,'67.242.27.78',1243577317,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Brother Grimace":2qnzpakh][quote="A.J.":2qnzpakh][quote="losdia":2qnzpakh]\n\nThe truly horrifying thing is that what Cheney is doing is setting himself up for the 2012 Presidential election. He doesn\'t actually want the nomination, he just wants to run to cement his place in the RNC power structure and set the tone of the Republican campaign issues... \":(\"[/quote:2qnzpakh]\n\nJust the opposite. He\'s doing this because he has absolutely no intention of running for anymore political offices, therefore he doesn\'t need to sugarcoat anything he says for potential voters and can say things that need to be said but can\'t be said by many other politicians for fear of losing. And as much as he\'s near universally disliked he\'d never get elected, and there aren\'t enough spin doctors in the world who could make him a viable presidential candidate, [color=#0000FF:2qnzpakh]possibly except for Obamas team who pulled off the near impossible.[/color:2qnzpakh]\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:2qnzpakh]Let\'s be honest here - [b:2qnzpakh]if it hadn\'t been for the economic implosion, Obama would not have been elected.[/b:2qnzpakh] I\'m still surprised that he was elected, because there is still so much institutionalized racism, even on a subconscious level and across all races in the U.S., that still holds the belief that there\'s no person of color (or woman) who is or will ever be as or more capable for a given position than a White male. The fact that the implosion was so all-encompassing that it forced people to make a change in the hope that ANYONE ELSE could solve it was the only reason for Obama\'s victory, not spin.\n\nSpin had nothing to do with it - and for the love of God, the man\'s only been in office six months. The wave of people crying out that Obama\'s leading the country into Hell is tiresome... just as the wailing of people was who said that Clinton would destroy the country because he wanted to allow gays to serve openly, or the constant jokes about Reagan being nothing but an empty-headed B-list actor.\n\nYou\'re also deluded if you think that Cheney couldn\'t be made into a viable candidate. He\'s beating the GOP\'s big drum - national defense - and with some canny people in the mix, he could do it. [/color:2qnzpakh]\n\nA.J.[/quote:2qnzpakh][/quote:2qnzpakh]\n\nI truly can\'t see it happening. If nothing else, the fact that he\'s older with a history of major heart problems would prevent him from doing so.\n\nAlso, I was one of those Clinton bashers (still am to this day, I hated him as soon as I laid eyes on him back in \'91), but we haven\'t had enough time to see if Obama\'s policies are working out so I\'m not saying were headed to hell, but so far I\'m not impressed with anything he\'s done so far.\n\nA.J.','9ef6990f41bd9b3224809a1f6736f28c',0,'wg==','2qnzpakh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357018,25104,6,900,0,'208.7.93.63',1243577780,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daylight: FFG: I Should Have Been Home Yesterday','The story lives again!\n\nChapter Six\n\nAt the outskirts of Mink Shoals, three men stood ready to face anyone and everyone coming their way. Over the last few days, they hadn’t had much to worry about. There were a few wanderers looking for sustenance and a traveling salesman (who claimed that despite the devastation, there was still quite the market for ladies’ unmentionables) looking for business, none of whom could have caused trouble had they wanted to.\n\nToday, however, the three travelers approaching their post were enough to rouse the interests of the two larger men, who each stood over six feet tall and weighed well over 250 pounds each. The man on the left clapped his hand on the prone form of the third man, who may have been five-foot-ten and at best 135 pounds. The previously slumbering man bolted awake, and said, “Owwww! What’d you do that for, lummox?” The larger man merely gestured to the approaching women, and the smaller man smiled and stood. All three readied their weapons of choice – the larger men shotguns, the smaller man a short sword he’d gotten from a convention a few years back – and allowed the women to approach.\n\nAs the women approached within 25 feet, the smaller man yelled, “Halt, who goes there!” and pointed his sword at the women. The tone of his was intended to be stern, though the intimidating effect was somewhat negated by the higher register and reedy quality of his voice.\n\nThe redhead at the front of the group replied. “Hi, I’m Quinn, and this is Sandi and Stacy.” She gestured to both in turn. “We’re just passing through on our way to Nitro, so if you don’t mind letting us go through…”\n\nThe smaller man smirked. “Not so fast, my fair maidens! Anyone who would cross our territory must answer me these questions three, ere the other side she see!”\n\nPractically everyone other than him, including the other two men, rolled their eyes at this. Sandi said, “Like, is he for real?”\n\nStacy stepped forward, assuring the other girls, “Don’t worry; I’ve got this. Go ahead and ask; I’m not afraid.”\n\nThe man first asked, “What…is your name?”\n\nStacy smiled, knowing she had remembered the movie properly. “I am Stacy Rowe of Lawndale.”\n\nThe man responded, “What…is your quest?”\n\nStacy answered, “We seek the Grail.”\n\nThe man asked his final question. “What…are my chances of going out with you?”\n\nStacy smirked. “About the same chances you have of watching that movie any time soon.”\n\nThe two larger men started laughing. The smaller man turned around angry. “Stop that! You’re supposed to be on my side!”\n\nThe man on the left calmed himself enough to say, “Clyde, you just got faced, big time!”\n\nThe man on the right added, “Denied!”\n\nClyde stewed. “Shut up, Kevin; you too, Devon!”\n\nStacy took in the scene before her with bemusement. “Well, if it’s all right, we really need to get to Nitro as soon as possible.”\n\nThe man on the left, Kevin, slowly stopped laughing. “Well, unless you want to get there in pieces, I’d recommend taking your time.”\n\nSandi asked, “And why is that?”\n\nDevon, on the right, explained, “Most of Charleston’s been taken over by the JJ5. They’re a bunch of crooks, thugs, and politicians trying to rule the whole city. They take over an area, take away everything the people have, and then give them barely what they need to survive.”\n\nKevin, on the left, continued, “Life for most of the people living there is pretty grim from what we’ve heard; even worse than we have it here. Most of the people work for the JJ5 as farmers or soldiers, and they work at their jobs as long as there’s light. After about the tenth person climbed to the top of what’s left of the Laidley Tower, they put a large dumpster at its base. They said it was to aid in general cleanup, but most people figure it was to give them something to aim for as they fall.”\n\nQuinn was flabbergasted by this point. “That’s terrible!”\n\nDevon nodded. “If we hadn’t negotiated with them, we’d be in the same situation. Of course, it’s just a matter of time before they come after us anyway. Why do you need to get to Nitro, anyway?”\n\nStacy spoke up. “We have, shall we say, personal business there that must be completed by the 14th, next Monday.”\n\nKevin inquired, “Important?”\n\nSandi answered, “Absolutely.”\n\nClyde, finally able to find his tongue, piped up, “Um, you’ll want to take 77 north to Tuppers Creek Road. Take that west to Sissonville Drive, then north to 622. 622 will pretty much take you to Nitro.”\n\nStacy jotted down the directions. “Thanks, anything else we need to know?”\n\nDevon answered, “Just be careful. The JJ5 were pushing that direction, but Virginia Heights was bothering them something fierce last we heard. The best of luck to the three of you. I think you’ll need it.”\n\n---\n\nMeanwhile, Steve Jensen had gotten the word that he would be heading to Nitro in two days to handle any negotiations between the JJ5 and the Secretary of Labor, if indeed he was there at all. He carefully packed up all the belongings he could carry which, these days, were almost everything he owned.\n\nAs he packed the last of his spare clothes into his duffel bag, he thought back on his life. Back when he was fresh out of college, he thought about packing everything into a backpack and wandering around just to see what the country was like outside of West Virginia. Then the girl of his dreams arrived, the one he’d been looking for since he knew the difference between men and women. When he met her, he almost forgot his wanderlust. Soon he was taking an entry level job, working his way up in the company to supplement his fiancé’s part-time job. Soon he was making enough that his wife didn’t have to work, and she brought him two beautiful children. A part of him still wished he could see the country, but he knew he would only go if he could bring his family with him. It wasn’t that he felt obligated to provide for them; it just wouldn’t be the same if he couldn’t share the wonders of the road with them.\n\nSteve sighed, looking at the family picture he’d salvaged from his office as his computer incinerated. If he ever got the chance to run away from the JJ5, he knew he had to go home first. He wouldn’t blame his family if they thought he was dead. After all, if it wasn’t for his invisible shackles, he’d have been home long before now. He wasn’t sure what would await him when he got home. Maybe it’d just be burned-out rubble. Maybe it’d be picked clean by bandits and folks passing through just looking to survive. Maybe he’d even find his family, or at least a note saying where they went.\n\nOf course, that was if he ever got the chance to leave at all.\n\nSteve Jensen packed the picture into his waist pack where he kept his few important possessions. Maybe he’d get the chance to wander the country after all. At the very least, if he never got out, they could all walk around heaven some day.','eab8f950e820cfa179d3b3c0062f1107',0,'','20m3ufmx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357019,25693,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243579050,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="UU":9to8s13d]\nMarx did not describe in the [i:9to8s13d]Critique of the Gotha Programme[/i:9to8s13d] the conditions of the transition from one stage to the other, he does not describe what is to happen if the popular majority would opt for restoring old order, how the state will act within the framework of the dictatorship of the proletariat etc etc. However, it is not to be denied that he regarded the dictatorship of the proletariat as a purely interim step, whereas you seem to regard the \'Communist state\' (a non-Marxist concept, again) as the final goal. [/quote:9to8s13d]\n\nI should more clearly outline what I\'m saying as what I\'m talking about is needlessly abstract. You\'re correct, according to Marx there can be no such thing as a communist state, because the ultimate goal of communism is a transition to anarchy (a stateless society). However, a state must exist to facilitate the dismantling of centralized government and oversee the redistribution of collective resources. But The Dictatorship of The Proletariat is not actually a state, it merely refers to a state in which the working class has seized control of political power and the means of production. So what kind of state is it that facilitates the transition to anarchy? In the Leninist interpretation of Marx that transitional state would be defined as a Communist State, however as Trotsky correctly points out no such state has ever existed. All the "communist" states that have been created have followed the same self perpetuating tenancies of every other type of state. So, accepting the Leninist definition and the Troskyite critique of real states, a communist state is the nature of the transitional dictatorship of the proletariat that exists for sole end of creating genuine anarchy while overseeing the redistribution of wealth.\n\nEdit: Don\'t worry about the edit. \":D\"','5e90777f56567e33215749605bdc8c71',0,'oA==','9to8s13d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357020,25670,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243579176,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="A.J.":1hwii6lz] \nAlso, I was one of those Clinton bashers (still am to this day, I hated him as soon as I laid eyes on him back in \'91), but we haven\'t had enough time to see if Obama\'s policies are working out so I\'m not saying were headed to hell, but so far I\'m not impressed with anything he\'s done so far.\n\nA.J.[/quote:1hwii6lz]\n\nThat\'s something that I\'ve never understood - this virulent hatred (or love, for that matter) for people that, in all likelihood, persons one will probably never ever really know on a personal level so as to have them deserve that level of emotional excess.\n\nTo me, Reagan was scary because he was an actor - and any trained actor, given a great script and a hell of a director, can knock it out of the ballpark. See the lists of Academy Award winners if you don\'t believe me. Just his words and the way he delivered them scared people - and at a time when we all were afraid that someone WOULD start lobbing nukes...\n\nBush II scared me because he had, during the 2000 campaign, the same look in his eyes that Bin Laden has... that look that he\'s hearing a voice no one else is, and following that voice\'s instructions so as to do \'a greater good\'. Bush was scary because he acted as if he was doing divine works, and that no other opinions mattered, regardless of the cost paid or if we didn\'t understand what he was doing - because history would judge him well...\n\nExplain to me why Clinton scared people, and why conservatives have such hatred for Obama. I mean - \'hated him as soon as you laid eyes on him?\' \":shock:\" \n\n[i:1hwii6lz]What did they ever do to you [b:1hwii6lz]BEFORE[/b:1hwii6lz] they got into office? Clinton, or Obama?[/i:1hwii6lz]','1f30a2f459f3e22c4cb1d82f27ed5359',0,'4A==','1hwii6lz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357021,25732,3,450,0,'203.83.49.188',1243579674,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For Aviation enthusiasts...','[quote="JrGtr42":2b2alku1]I was there a couple years ago. The Growler was open, the Concorde was, below decks on the Intrepid was open, but the\nflight deck was closed. Some guy Robby Keneivel was going to jump a motorcycle that night. Damn him for picking the one day I was going to be there to pull that stunt.\nI was really looking forward to the SR- 71 up there.[/quote:2b2alku1]\n\nActually it\'s not an SR-71, it\'s better than that- It\'s an A-12, the precursor to the SR-71. They\'re rarer than the Blackbird.','ef5e58a6d21998ad4ffddfefc1be9dbd',0,'gA==','2b2alku1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357022,25670,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243579950,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Brother Grimace":2mp04gp2]\n[i:2mp04gp2]What did they ever do to you [b:2mp04gp2]BEFORE[/b:2mp04gp2] they got into office? Clinton, or Obama?[/i:2mp04gp2][/quote:2mp04gp2]\n\n"Hello 911? You\'ve got to help me! There\'s a black man here, I think he\'s trying to take over the country!" \":nono:\" I hang out with way too many Republicans not to think it is mostly racial. It\'s just this look they get about half of the time, like they think he\'s giving "the others" ideas. That and the fact he isn\'t Bush or Reagan. They really want Bush or Reagan back....\n\nAs for Clinton, well everyone knew he was a stoner pinko liberal commie. He practically admitted it himself. Damn draft dodger, not going and getting himself shot at in \'nam like those brave heroes of the Bush administration!','09a16d124f7af79bf47cfe95a8d9b21e',0,'4A==','2mp04gp2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357023,25744,5,450,0,'203.83.49.188',1243580358,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','I didn\'t realize Archie was such a big deal. (I say as I go back to watching a show MTV canceled 7 years ago)','4c4d4c3b43e0dae9481406ad633bac08',0,'','m613gbzq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357024,25645,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243580486,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Woman seeks love for randy emu','Update:\n\n[url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/29/2584231.htm:2juyqpi3]The owner of a remote Northern Territory roadhouse which bills itself as one of the world\'s UFO hotspots is hoping to play matchmaker in the case of a sex-starved pet emu located 800 kilometres away.[/url:2juyqpi3]\n\n[quote:2juyqpi3]But there\'s a problem: the roadhouse owner can\'t tell which of his pet emus are male and which are female.[/quote:2juyqpi3]','c48aad341212b8a18743a869ff202c9a',0,'kA==','2juyqpi3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357025,25747,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243580539,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Love in the air for lonely dugong','[url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/28/2583714.htm:32y3l4yr]An Opposition Senator has taken on a match-making role for a lonely male dugong on Cocos Island.[/url:32y3l4yr]','7a197243f51e73fe824614d3cc407bff',0,'EA==','32y3l4yr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357026,25748,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243580603,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','SSW: Cancer drug wiped patient\'s fingerprints','[url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/28/2582844.htm:1dqlkbex]A patient who took an anti-cancer drug lost his fingerprints, which caused him to be detained for hours when he tried to visit the United States.[/url:1dqlkbex]','0800446e414996c991d9b5dd40744d80',0,'EA==','1dqlkbex',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357027,25670,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243580645,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="losdia":u0gvy53q][quote="Brother Grimace":u0gvy53q]\n[i:u0gvy53q]What did they ever do to you [b:u0gvy53q]BEFORE[/b:u0gvy53q] they got into office? Clinton, or Obama?[/i:u0gvy53q][/quote:u0gvy53q]\n\n"Hello 911? You\'ve got to help me! There\'s a black man here, I think he\'s trying to take over the country!" \":nono:\" I hang out with way too many Republicans not to think it is mostly racial. It\'s just this look they get about half of the time, like they think he\'s giving "the others" ideas. That and the fact he isn\'t Bush or Reagan. They really want Bush or Reagan back....\n\nAs for Clinton, well everyone knew he was a stoner pinko liberal commie. He practically admitted it himself. Damn draft dodger, not going and getting himself shot at in \'nam like those brave heroes of the Bush administration![/quote:u0gvy53q]\n\n\nYeah, about that:\n\n[attachment=0:u0gvy53q]gore_army.gif[/attachment:u0gvy53q]\n\n\nYet, he still wasn\'t good enough and didn\'t have enough backbone for some people..','cccc9932a32b8ea4430cfdac5ab5593a',0,'4Ag=','u0gvy53q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357028,25714,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243580771,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','Latest: [url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/28/2583422.htm:f3y1kzf6]Korea tension: US, South boost alert level[/url:f3y1kzf6]\n\nMind, I don\'t really expect anything to happen, but with North Korea getting desperate, one can never tell.','f828d18b623d30a732f0074fd00f3b0c',0,'EA==','f3y1kzf6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357029,25730,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243580852,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Taliban blamed for Lahore attack','[url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/29/2583877.htm:1130ce8i]Bombs, gun battle, rock Pakistan\'s Peshawar[/url:1130ce8i]\n\nGetting worse, things are. \":(\"','efd32c6b848e66a2af353d886d538d1b',0,'EA==','1130ce8i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357030,25747,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243580857,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Love in the air for lonely dugong','I didn\'t know TAG had relatives down under...\n\n[quote:2fc7t35x]"The dugong ... is a terrific tourist attraction, he\'s a young fellow or a middle-aged bloke who staggers around the lagoon. Fantastic bloke," he said.\n\n"Last chat I had to him, he doesn\'t have any girlfriends and it says here that you have the power to take actions to implement a recovery plan."[/quote:2fc7t35x]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','f9b6e626c9f447ebde30418a49015201',0,'gA==','2fc7t35x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357031,25670,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243581042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','Wow! \":shock:\" Is it just me or does Gore look like Daniel Jackson in that picture?','689534377c44b44d47e331c146008d7a',0,'','1qy83szi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357032,25749,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243581084,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','What Was I Saying About Cylons?','[url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/05/29/2584259.htm:39f6zrj6]Serious moral and legal dilemmas are posed by the increasing use of machines to replace solidiers in battle.[/url:39f6zrj6]','bc6a790e093fb80b1256efa978e8f35c',0,'EA==','39f6zrj6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357033,25729,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243581322,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','[quote="Caira":22rmokcg][quote="The Angst Guy":22rmokcg][quote="MJPollard":22rmokcg][quote="The Angst Guy":22rmokcg]All I know is, with all the buttock stabbing going on, we\'re never going to hear the end of it.[/quote:22rmokcg]\nHopefully, the authorities will get to the bottom of it.[/quote:22rmokcg]\nAs long as they don\'t makes asses of themselves.\n\n[img:22rmokcg]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/rimshot.gif[/img:22rmokcg][/quote:22rmokcg]\nI wouldn\'t bet on it. The [i:22rmokcg]carabinieri[/i:22rmokcg] have always been the butt of jokes.\n\n[size=85:22rmokcg](shame on me.)[/size:22rmokcg][/quote:22rmokcg]\n\nAssume nothing. Because we all know what happens when we assume.','17c79726ea59ccb9be42867338fa0041',0,'rA==','22rmokcg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357034,25750,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243581418,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Beavers return after 400-year gap','[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8072443.stm:2d9ldabn]A total of 11 beavers have been released into the wild in Argyll as part of a reintroduction programme.[/url:2d9ldabn]\n\nAnd cue TAG in: 5...4...3...2...1... NOW!','093d94aba4c1f41d4c1dbf2d37939992',0,'EA==','2d9ldabn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357035,25670,4,114,0,'210.11.146.113',1243582118,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":3jzewb5q][quote="Deref":3jzewb5q]It really boils down to two things. The first is claims. For instance, Shrub said "the US does not torture", while he was happily approving it. If he\'d said something like "Fuck yeah - we torture anyone we feel like torturing, and if there are too many of them we\'ll hand them over to other countries whole torture them for us", then at least he couldn\'t be charged with hypocrisy. As far as I know, no leader of the USSR or Mr. Saddam ever made such claims.[/quote:3jzewb5q]\nHypocrisy is not a crime. This approach absolves, for example, those convicted at the Nuremberg Trials.\n\nLaw isn\'t based on \'claims\' -- what the hell is that -- \'we won\'t prosecute a killer \'cos he killed a guy in the open and is bragging \'bout that\'?\n\nHave you ever been interested as to how the USSR and old Iraq described themselves?[/quote:3jzewb5q]\nI\'m always delighted to be educated. How [i:3jzewb5q]did[/i:3jzewb5q] they describe themselves?\n\nAt no time did I suggest, say, infer, or indicate that only those guilty of hypocrisy should be prosecuted. Clearly I\'d say no, but hypocrisy adds insult to injury and, in my book, would be taken into account.\n\nAlso, see [url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/abu-ghraib-photos-show-rape-of-prisoners-20090528-boxp.html?skin=text-only:3jzewb5q]this article[/url:3jzewb5q]\n\n[quote:3jzewb5q]PHOTOGRAPHS of alleged prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and other prisons which Barack Obama is attempting to censor include images of rape and sexual abuse, it has emerged.\n\nAt least one shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee. Further photographs are said to depict sexual assaults with objects including a truncheon, wire and a phosphorescent tube.[/quote:3jzewb5q]\n\nI\'d propose to you that if W had said, in his election campaign, "Here\'s what we\'re gonna do to people without benefit of a trial" and described those things, he may not have been elected.\n\n[quote="UU":3jzewb5q][quote="Deref":3jzewb5q]The second is capacity. No court can function effectively without an enforcement arm to back it up.[/quote:3jzewb5q]\nSo, there is an enforcement arm somewhere strong enough to grab Washington but not Moscow or Baghdad? If anything, Messrs Bush and Cheney proved you wrong re: Baghdad.[/quote:3jzewb5q]\nReally, UU - you should be ashamed of yourself. You don\'t need to descend to creating straw men to argue with me - you\'re [i:3jzewb5q]much[/i:3jzewb5q] better than that.\n\nThe very root of the problem is that there [i:3jzewb5q]is[/i:3jzewb5q] no enforcement arm, thus it\'ll never happen.\n\n[quote="UU":3jzewb5q]And: who are those nebulous \'we\'?[/quote:3jzewb5q]\nFair cop. "Me."','5d08414b5ae6bbbe8a29777659ba212f',0,'sA==','3jzewb5q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357036,25714,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243582517,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','Yeah, just because I haven\'t seen anyone talking about this wonderful piece of news... \n\n[url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-05/27/content_7947660.htm:1mhjnv9e]DPRK declares to tear up truce agreement[/url:1mhjnv9e]','a6cd53eaf800968e9096fe98798284a4',0,'EA==','1mhjnv9e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357037,25714,4,114,0,'210.11.146.113',1243582997,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="losdia":3ro1otkr]Yeah, just because I haven\'t seen anyone talking about this wonderful piece of news... \n\n[url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-05/27/content_7947660.htm:3ro1otkr]DPRK declares to tear up truce agreement[/url:3ro1otkr][/quote:3ro1otkr]\nYou have to admire the guy\'s balls. He\'s playing a very dangerous game with some big players.\n\nNo doubt he\'s relying on China as protection against reactive obliteration, and that\'s probably not a bad gamble. There\'s no way that China wants the US and its allies on its doorstep in NK, even across a radioactive wasteland. I\'d hate to be playing chess against him.','7c2187782bcee9db97fb4a4651ba012f',0,'kA==','3ro1otkr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357038,25147,5,952,0,'71.108.178.251',1243583284,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','Question: What are you watching?\n\nAnswer: My neighbor undress using a high powered telescope.','bfc83ed9e7ac5ba008ac8cbe5f28fd0f',0,'','y8tz82z3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357039,25750,3,952,0,'71.108.178.251',1243583378,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Beavers return after 400-year gap','Beavers returning after a 400 year gap? So What? If you\'ve seen one beaver, you\'ve seen them all.\n\nInappropriate Beaver Joke Count: 1','28f5dd341c362f8de7f9d4dd34fe22bd',0,'','1msob8uy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357040,25741,4,114,0,'210.11.146.113',1243583728,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hope for Texas Education','[quote="losdia":2gep6zat]hmm? I\'ll believe there is hope for Texas and other states when they stop encouraging "push outs". [/quote:2gep6zat]\nWhat\'s them?\n\nAnd congratulations to Texas - a small ray of hope on the horizon, perhaps.\n\nIosdia, I agree with Richard. Something\'s either science or it\'s not; to include any reference to ID in a science text, other than to debunk it, gives anti-science a respectability that it should never be given and that, in the minds of some, may give the false impression that it should even be considered.\n\nIs there any reason why a science text should include something like "Some people believe that Earth is flat and supported on the backs of four elephants standing on the carapace of a giant turtle"? Of course not - it\'s risible, but no more risible than ID.','a790d4c3f01414546d05a7e0b58baa75',0,'gA==','2gep6zat',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357041,25741,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243584887,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hope for Texas Education','[quote="Deref":22cta1py][quote="losdia":22cta1py]hmm? I\'ll believe there is hope for Texas and other states when they stop encouraging "push outs". [/quote:22cta1py]\nWhat\'s them?\n\n[color=#0000FF:22cta1py]A push out is a marginal student who is... encouraged to quit secondary school. Texas specializes in using this method to bolster their test scores.[/color:22cta1py]\n\nAnd congratulations to Texas - a small ray of hope on the horizon, perhaps.\n\nIosdia, I agree with Richard. Something\'s either science or it\'s not; to include any reference to ID in a science text, other than to debunk it, gives anti-science a respectability that it should never be given and that, in the minds of some, may give the false impression that it should even be considered.\n\nIs there any reason why a science text should include something like "Some people believe that Earth is flat and supported on the backs of four elephants standing on the carapace of a giant turtle"? Of course not - it\'s risible, but no more risible than ID.\n\n[color=#0000FF:22cta1py]I completely agree that ID is stupid and not worthy of consideration. The problem is that the real key to defeating it isn\'t outrage but patience. Ultimately what they are doing is teaching religion in public schools, which is unconstitutional. They have some cover right now because of support from church based political organizations, and cloaking it in the weakest pseudoscience. But if they ever go too far it will enable the supreme court to strike down all laws requiring the teaching of ID. I\'d rather have the craziest ID supporters on state school boards right now in hopes that one will put something actionable into law. \n[/color:22cta1py]\n\n[/quote:22cta1py]','2bf1a274fa0f128766177d82277a23a9',0,'gg==','22cta1py',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357042,25111,3,952,0,'71.108.178.251',1243587840,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Grad School Thread','Grr . . . . gotta finish a paper for a school journal publication . . . so I can work on my next paper. Hurrah!','9185d943d854deb65c47d69881f4a6b5',0,'','yi0nsizs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357043,25751,6,940,0,'96.248.115.44',1243588739,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The Wolf with The Red Roses (Explicit)* (Moved)','Hay, \n\nI finished the rough draft of The Wolf With the Red Roses.\n\nIn a semi alternate time-line, Daria finds herself in Philadelphia snorting pills and selling herself on the street when she runs into an old flame. A dark hearted shipper.\n\nI wanted to do a love story and this is what I got *sigh*\n\nBased loosely on MAMA by Genesis. \n\n*EDIT*\n\nLink removed. I\'ll repost at sh33py (: Thanks for the heads up.','4b1ca1f5aec7a6fd8ee0671fe2391cfd',0,'','3tw6931s',1,1243607638,'',940,2,0),(357084,25738,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243606983,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','[quote="pinkminx":lwcxd9uf][quote="The Angst Guy":lwcxd9uf]Do it to it. \":D\"[/quote:lwcxd9uf]\n\nglad you like \":D\"\n\nits harder than i thought trying to get in the head space of two similar leading ladies- got a rough plot sketched out should have something together by mondayish[/quote:lwcxd9uf]\nYou could always get rid of or downplay one of them, the one that isn\'t Daria. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','9f5fd60f0f4e91895dc7907850f6fd8b',0,'gA==','lwcxd9uf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357044,25670,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243589075,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Deref":24meoiyc]I\'m always delighted to be educated. How [i:24meoiyc]did[/i:24meoiyc] they describe themselves?[/quote:24meoiyc]\nAs the coolest guys on the block.\n\n[quote="Deref":24meoiyc]At no time did I suggest, say, infer, or indicate that only those guilty of hypocrisy should be prosecuted. Clearly I\'d say no, but hypocrisy adds insult to injury and, in my book, would be taken into account.[/quote:24meoiyc]\nOf course you did:\n\n[quote:24meoiyc]It really boils down to two things. The first is claims.[/quote:24meoiyc]\n\nAgain -- read up on international law. This is absolutely irrelevant.\n\n[quote="Deref":24meoiyc]I\'d propose to you that if W had said, in his election campaign, "Here\'s what we\'re gonna do to people without benefit of a trial" and described those things, he may not have been elected.[/quote:24meoiyc]\nIrrelevant, no? \n\n[quote="Deref":24meoiyc]Really, UU - you should be ashamed of yourself. You don\'t need to descend to creating straw men to argue with me - you\'re [i:24meoiyc]much[/i:24meoiyc] better than that.[/quote:24meoiyc]\nIf it\'s a straw man -- try to set fire to it and let\'s see what happens.\n\nThe very root of the problem is that there [i:24meoiyc]is[/i:24meoiyc] no enforcement arm, thus it\'ll never happen.[/quote]\nExcellent! Otherwise barratry would\'ve made diplomacy impossible.\n\n[quote="Deref":24meoiyc]Fair cop. "Me."[/quote:24meoiyc]\nMeaning no disrespect, but you ain\'t much of an authority on international law. \":D\"','e65215e39e468494ce9fb8f44841ab88',0,'oA==','24meoiyc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357045,25693,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243589536,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="losdia":27ozmmxs]I should more clearly outline what I\'m saying as what I\'m talking about is needlessly abstract. You\'re correct, according to Marx there can be no such thing as a communist state, because the ultimate goal of communism is a transition to anarchy (a stateless society).[/quote:27ozmmxs]\nErm... Marx did never describe it as an anarchy, and \'anarchy\' and \'stateless society\' are clearly not synonymous.\n\n[quote="losdia":27ozmmxs]However, a state must exist to facilitate the dismantling of centralized government and oversee the redistribution of collective resources. But The Dictatorship of The Proletariat is not actually a state, it merely refers to a state in which the working class has seized control of political power and the means of production.[/quote:27ozmmxs]\nWhy -- it is a state! Marx envisaged the continuous existence of parliament etc. at this stage...\n\n[quote="losdia":27ozmmxs]So what kind of state is it that facilitates the transition to anarchy?[/quote:27ozmmxs]\nAgain, Marx did not regard Communism and anarchy as synonymous.\n\n[quote="losdia":27ozmmxs]In the Leninist interpretation of Marx that transitional state would be defined as a Communist State,[/quote:27ozmmxs]\nIt [u:27ozmmxs]never[/u:27ozmmxs] was, though. \n\n[quote="losdia":27ozmmxs]however as Trotsky correctly points out no such state has ever existed. All the "communist" states that have been created have followed the same self perpetuating tenancies of every other type of state. So, accepting the Leninist definition[/quote:27ozmmxs]\nWho the hell has told you that there is such a definition in Lenin? He oughta suffer! \":D\" \n\n[quote="losdia":27ozmmxs]and the Troskyite critique of real states, a communist state is the nature of the transitional dictatorship of the proletariat that exists for sole end of creating genuine anarchy while overseeing the redistribution of wealth.[/quote:27ozmmxs]\nI\'m sorry, but this isn\'t a Marxist or Leninist definition -- there is no Communism unless and until the state has withered away, you see. The term \'Communist state\' was invented by Western \'Marx-eaters\' and is meaningless within the framework of Marxist (or Leninist) theory.','021c3ab98955485d74ad6ab70060168e',0,'gQ==','27ozmmxs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357046,25133,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243590685,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 2)','“So, how’s Stacy?” Charles asked\n\n “How do you think she is?” Quinn answered sadly. The couple stood on the school lawn, shivering slightly in their heavy winter coats and watching the light snow drifting down. “She went from Olympic hopeful to crippled orphan before she graduated high school.”\n\n “Crippled?”\n\n Quinn shrugged. “The doctor that looked at her x-rays said she’ll probably be walking with a cane for the rest of her life.”\n\n “Harsh, but not the same as crippled.”\n\n “I just wish . . . I just wish things had been different,” Quinn said. “Supergirl was there, Batgirl was there, and still all those people got hurt and died.”\n\n “That tells us something very important,” Charles said. “It tells us that as helpful as these superheroes are, at the end of the day humanity still needs to look out for itself.”\n\n “I guess.”\n\n “I’m not complaining.” Charles turned and put his arms around Quinn. “I’m grateful they rescued the person most important to me.”\n\n Quinn leaned into the embrace and muttered something against Charles’ chest.\n\n “What was that?”\n\n “I said that my face is getting cold.”\n\n “Really?”\n\n “No, but I’m not repeating myself. You snooze, you lose Ruttheimer.”\n\n Charles grinned and started to say something when he was distracted by the sight of a gloomy-looking Mack MacKenzie leaving the cafeteria and trudging through the thin layer of snow on the ground.\n\n Quinn looked up at Charles’ frown and then followed his gaze to the football player. “Mack?”\n\n He glanced up when Quinn called his name, and changed his direction to approach his friends. “Hey, Quinn. Upch . . . uh, Charles.”\n\n “What’s wrong?” Quinn asked.\n\n Mack shook his head. “Nothing I want to talk about. I’m heading down to the field to run some laps, I’ll see you two later.”\n\n “That doesn’t bode well,” Charles said. A moment later the bell rang, recalling the students at lunch to their afternoon classes.\n\n “We better get to the paper room,” Quinn said. “We’ll let Jodie know that Mack isn’t going to be there today.”\n\n “I have a suspicion she knows,” Charles said.\n\n “Yeah,” Quinn said with a sigh.\n\n Charles shrugged as they walked into the building. “At least she didn’t get stuck in some crappy foster home.”\n\n “What? Who?”\n\n “Stacy,” Charles said. “I’m picking up the conversation where we left off.”\n\n “Oh, yeah. It was really nice of Daria to suggest that we take her in, Stacy’s nearest relatives are in the Midwest somewhere. It would have sucked to have to move away from all her friends after what happened.”\n\n “You moved away from all your friends in Texas,” Charles said.\n\n “I didn’t have any friends in Texas, I was a big nobody.”\n\n “No friends at all?”\n\n “Well, there were a couple of guys I hung out with sometimes, but it was mostly out of morbid curiosity,” Quinn said. “They were a year older than me, but they acted like five year olds.” Quinn frowned. “Perverted five year olds.”\n\n “Ah, now I see why you were able to put up with me,” Charles said, giving her a small smile.\n\n “No matter how bad you may have been you were better than both of these guys put together.”\n\n “You have a basis for comparison, then?” Charles grinned widely and made a clawing motion in midair with one hand. “Feisty!”\n\n “Oh, yuck,” Quinn said. “You will be punished for putting that image in my head, just as soon as I think of something suitably terrible.”\n\n “I await with bated breath.” Charles opened the door to the computer lab and stepped aside so Quinn could precede him.\n\n “Hi, Jodie. We’re here to break all records in journalistic excellence,” Quinn said as she walked into the room. “How does ‘Local Girl Mauls Boyfriend’ sound as a headline?”\n\n “I guess you ran into Mack,” Jodie answered, swiveling her computer chair around to glare at Quinn.\n\n “Yeah. Oh . . . eh . . . I was actually talking about roughing up Charles. I’m sorry, Jodie, what happened?”\n\n “I don’t want to talk about it.”\n\n Quinn fished around in her pants pocket and dug out a dollar bill, and then turned and handed it to Charles. “Go get me a soda, Diet Ultra Cola, please. And walk slowly.”\n\n “I live to serve,” Charles said with a small bow, and headed out of the room.\n\n “How do you put up with his cornball act?” Jodie asked.\n\n “He doesn’t do it that often anymore,” Quinn said. “Mostly when he thinks I need cheering up. So, now that it’s just us girls: what happened?”\n\n “Nothing happened.”\n\n “Jodie . . . .”\n\n “No, that’s what happened: nothing.” Jodie sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. “Mack and I have been dating since middle school, and we’re really good friends. He’s always there for me, even though my parents keep me so busy that I usually can’t be there for him. I love him, but . . . .”\n\n “You’re not in love with him?”\n\n “It’s stupid and girly, isn’t it?” Jodie asked.\n\n “Nah,” Quinn said with a shrug. “There’s no spark, I get it.”\n\n “Exactly, Mack and I are together because everybody thinks we should be. I think it just took us a while to realize we were going through the motions just to be role models and we really weren’t happy.”\n\n “I’m sorry it didn’t work out.”\n\n “I’m not, not really. Mack and I will always be really good friends and that’s just as important. I just feel bad because I think I’ve been wasting his time, when he could have had a girlfriend that could pay attention to him.”\n\n “He seemed a little upset when we ran into him, I’m not sure he felt like he was wasting his time,” Quinn said.\n\n “We agreed the relationship wasn’t going anywhere,” Jodie said. “I’m sure he’s not happy about breaking up, I’m not ecstatic about it myself. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t the right thing to do.”\n\n “You’re in a better position to judge than I am,” Quinn said. “So, are you going to be okay, or do we need to dig up another editor for a week or two?”\n\n “I’ll be fine,” Jodie said.\n\n The door opened, admitting a scowling Mr. DeMartino with Ms. Li right on his heels.\n\n “I’m glad to hear that, Miss Landon,” Ms. Li said. “I wish more students had your focus and reliability.”\n\n “Thanks,” Jodie said, a note of depression creeping into her voice.\n\n “Where is everyone else?” Li asked, looking around the mostly empty room.\n\n “We’re here for a study period,” Jodie answered. “Everyone else will be here next hour.”\n\n “Hmm, very well then. I only need to talk to Miss Morgendorffer anyway.”\n\n Quinn’s eyes narrowed, and she glanced over at Mr. DeMartino. The teacher shrugged slightly and looked away.\n\n “I wanted to remind you that you’re writing articles for a high school newspaper. You are not a professional investigative reporter.”\n\n “This is about the Scarecrow story, isn’t it?” Quinn asked.\n\n “Dr. Manson was a long term, valuable member of the Lawndale High faculty. It doesn’t reflect well on this school or this community to focus on her unfortunate nervous breakdown,” Ms. Li said, glaring at Quinn.\n\n “She was drugging students at this school for years,” Quinn said, glaring back. “I think that looks pretty bad on you, and never mind the school or the community. Why don’t you give me an interview, tell your side of the story and explain how she fooled you for so long?”\n\n “Miss Morgendorffer, this paper will print stories that are appropriate reading for high school students or it will cease to exist. Am I understood?”\n\n “I understand,” Quinn said.\n\n “Very good.” Ms. Li smiled brightly. “Everyone cheer up and try to have a good time with your activity. Have fun learning!” The principal turned and left the room, humming happily as she walked away.\n\n “Mr. DeMartino,” Jodie said.\n\n “My hands are tied, Miss Landon.” His eye twitching, the teacher turned and stomped out of the room.\n\n “Li knows something,” Quinn said.\n\n “Can you prove it?” Jodie asked.\n\n “Not yet.”','37dc6ae5d2dda21b9b2293aa775220c9',0,'','169mb1vz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357047,25738,6,804,0,'61.44.48.41',1243591353,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','Good start. I definitely would like to see more.','ed00018ef79e0709e8fd654a1c87d3bb',0,'','20geov5f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357048,25720,4,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243592546,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','[quote="MartinUK":3jz5eggp]"Scientology church members trial" doesn\'t quite capture it. That\'s happened before. What\'s significant about this trail, at least if I understand the BBC reports, is that it\'s [i:3jz5eggp]the organisation [/i:3jz5eggp]that\'s in the dock. Hence the threat to the whole cult, in France: if the court finds Scientology [i:3jz5eggp]is set up to[/i:3jz5eggp] offer worthless \'therapies\' to separate people from their money, rather than that being the practice of some rogue member, the organisation could face a nationwide ban. \"8)\" \n\nMartin.[/quote:3jz5eggp]\n\nWhich would be unbelievably wonderful. \":D\"','96f064d2a563cc818532d5c473efed7c',0,'oA==','3jz5eggp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357049,25712,5,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243593478,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cool Green Lantern Fan Trailer','Wow.\n\nNow I really wanna see that movie! \":(\"','195fd531ad9a5ad0af69679720fbfafb',0,'','2k7k7g51',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357050,25741,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243593841,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hope for Texas Education','[quote="losdia":2krfr8zx][color=#0000FF:2krfr8zx]I completely agree that ID is stupid and not worthy of consideration. The problem is that the real key to defeating it isn\'t outrage but patience. Ultimately what they are doing is teaching religion in public schools, which is unconstitutional. They have some cover right now because of support from church based political organizations, and cloaking it in the weakest pseudoscience. But if they ever go too far it will enable the supreme court to strike down all laws requiring the teaching of ID. I\'d rather have the craziest ID supporters on state school boards right now in hopes that one will put something actionable into law. \n[/color:2krfr8zx]\n[/quote:2krfr8zx]\n\nYou\'re right, outrage alone doesn\'t make a difference. However, you don\'t get something to the Supreme Court by being patient and sitting on your ass, especially since these idiots are unconsititionally going at it despite [url=http://atheism.about.com/library/decisions/indexes/bldec_CreationismIndex.htm:2krfr8zx]numerous prior court cases[/url:2krfr8zx], including those decided by SCOTUS, such as [i:2krfr8zx]Edwards v. Aquillard[/i:2krfr8zx] and [i:2krfr8zx]Epperson v. Arkansas[/i:2krfr8zx]. I want local and state boards to avoid falling into another [url=http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2006/02/the-dover-trap.html:2krfr8zx]Dover trap[/url:2krfr8zx] and have to pay millions of dollars in legal fees. I don\'t want to see the damage these idiots can cause in the mean time until we get a SCOTUS decision, which could easily take years. It\'s bad enough that the children of Lousiana have to live through [url=http://lasciencecoalition.org/category/academic-freedom/:2krfr8zx]their "Academic Freedom"[/url:2krfr8zx] (and that has a good chance of becoming a SCOTUS case). After all, [url=http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/dover/kitzmiller_v_dover.html:2krfr8zx][i:2krfr8zx]Kitzmiller v. Dover[/i:2krfr8zx][/url:2krfr8zx] was clear cut and showed the creationist intentions of the ID movement, especially the Discover Insititute and was clearly unconstituitonal and yet these people continue to push. Therefore, we have to keep pushing back to minimize the damage caused. Patiently waiting for someone else to do the work is not the answer.','81ac84443593595d072ce6af52653779',0,'sg==','2krfr8zx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357051,25750,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243594428,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Beavers return after 400-year gap','Actually I\'ve already used [url=http://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/suite4cello.html:1gc9jvy2]beaver jokes in a fanfic[/url:1gc9jvy2], so I\'ll shut up here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExcept to note that, as all biologists know, there\'s no beaver like wild beaver.','abe21611d292ed1a004be7b1a239322c',0,'EA==','1gc9jvy2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357052,25645,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243594534,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: SSW: Woman seeks love for randy emu','[quote="The Sidhe":4d5hr5sr]But there\'s a problem: the roadhouse owner can\'t tell which of his pet emus are male and which are female.[/quote:4d5hr5sr]\n"I\'ve had sex with both of them," he stated, "and I [u:4d5hr5sr]still[/u:4d5hr5sr] can\'t tell which is which!"','ab7288715552d3648e7f5fb5e9e29139',0,'gQ==','4d5hr5sr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357053,25747,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243594722,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Love in the air for lonely dugong','[quote="losdia":20lcg9t9]"The dugong ... is a terrific tourist attraction, he\'s a young fellow or a middle-aged bloke who staggers around the lagoon. Fantastic bloke," he said. "Last chat I had to him, he doesn\'t have any girlfriends and it says here that you have the power to take actions to implement a recovery plan."[/quote:20lcg9t9]\nWhere\'s that guy Randy Emu when you need him?','a235d2136cd512556314d3672a53354f',0,'gA==','20lcg9t9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357054,25752,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243594877,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','For those with a killer fashion sense','There\'s something new for you:\n\nhttp://www.empowerthyself.com/tacticalcorsets/#homelogo\n\nMy favorite is the "interrogation pouch" to add to your tac corset (see under "Purses are obsolete"). \":D\" \n\n\'Course the cuffs pouch is a needed accessory, too. Let\'s see TAG evade my questions when I put those to good use...\":twisted:\"','9ebdf1188677b97ef8e99ec568e1b42b',0,'','1mb2gj45',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357055,25752,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243594976,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: For those with a killer fashion sense','This thread is officially scaring me. \":shock:\"','f710af53093b90d39e8f548b5060bbe6',0,'','2jj3iwo1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357056,25645,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243594978,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Woman seeks love for randy emu','[quote="The Angst Guy":26gcpge0][quote="The Sidhe":26gcpge0]But there\'s a problem: the roadhouse owner can\'t tell which of his pet emus are male and which are female.[/quote:26gcpge0]\n"I\'ve had sex with both of them," he stated, "and I [u:26gcpge0]still[/u:26gcpge0] can\'t tell which is which!"[/quote:26gcpge0]\n\n"I just thought they was odd looking sheep, you know?" he later commented.','8f59de1a3d17c28388774933d8cda2f2',0,'gQ==','26gcpge0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357057,25750,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243595159,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Beavers return after 400-year gap','The fools. Don\'t they know how many trees beavers destroy?\n\nFor people who give a dam about the environment, save a tree and eat a beaver. \n\n\n[size=85:gph5nrwb]Inappropriate Beaver Joke Count: 3[/size:gph5nrwb]','3f870d942c0d662a14fc6b4fccf2c79b',0,'BA==','gph5nrwb',1,1243597152,'',251,1,0),(357058,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243595164,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 2 up!)','[quote="smk":3l0hnz1k]So, this is, like, a really good story and everything. Weird, but good. There\'s just this thing that\'s bugging me:\n\n[quote="The Angst Guy":3l0hnz1k]“Yes sir.”\n\n“You want to go? This is for volunteers only, we—”\n\n“Yes sir.”[/quote:3l0hnz1k]\nSir is a noun of direct address and be set off from the rest of the sentence by commas.\n\nThat is all. Please continue.[/quote:3l0hnz1k]\nA comma is used when there is a pause in speech. If there is no pause, there is no comma. Hmmph.\n\n\nOh, right, have to post the next chapter.\n\n\n\n[color=#FF0000:3l0hnz1k][size=200:3l0hnz1k][b:3l0hnz1k]GIMME SKELTER[/b:3l0hnz1k][/size:3l0hnz1k][/color:3l0hnz1k]\n\n\n[size=150:3l0hnz1k][b:3l0hnz1k]Chapter Three:\nGoing Someplace and There’s No Turning Back[/b:3l0hnz1k][/size:3l0hnz1k]\n\n\n[i:3l0hnz1k]Have you ever seen the coyote in the desert? Watching, tuned in, completely aware.... He hears every sound, smells every smell, sees everything that moves. He’s in a state of total paranoia, and total paranoia is total awareness.[/i:3l0hnz1k]\n[size=85:3l0hnz1k]—Charles Manson[/size:3l0hnz1k]\n\n\n[b:3l0hnz1k]Former state of New Mexico\nLate August 1999[/b:3l0hnz1k]\n\nAfter thirty years without visits from maintenance crews, the two-lane highway was not in good shape. Tall weeds overgrew the shoulders and sprang from a million cracks in the asphalt. Bushes and saplings growing up through the middle of the road were crushed under the Saladin’s thick tires, then pulverized by the heavy trucks coming after it. Overhanging tree branches were snapped off by convoy trucks. Rusted-through road signs were invisible in the dense growth lining the wide culverts to either side of the highway. Maintaining a convoy speed of even 30 miles an hour was a constant challenge. Through breaks in the tree line along the culverts, Lieutenant Mackenzie saw only miles and miles of scrubland and desert, occasionally relieved by the vine-covered ruins of homes, gas stations, and shopping centers. And the occasional zom.\n\nThe convoy’s first encounter with a zom lasted less than two seconds. The zom—a woman, Mackenzie thought from his glimpse of it—came out of the tree line fifty feet ahead and ran at the Saladin. Freeman did not slow the vehicle down or try to avoid her. The impact was a wet thump that flung the rag-doll zom into the overgrown culvert on the right side. It happened so quickly there was no time to shoot or even call out. Several gunners on the following trucks peered after her, but did not fire. No one saw what became of her.\n\nUnnerved by the encounter, Mackenzie unhooked a radio mike from where he stood up in the Saladin’s main turret hatch, cooled by the road wind snapping his uniform. He raised the mike to his mouth, one thumb hovering over the on button, but had no idea of who he was calling or what he meant to tell them. He grimaced and put the mike away. For a while earlier he had worn a pair of goggles on to protect his eyes from dust, but they limited his field of vision. After the hit-and-run he wanted to see everything he could. Paranoia was the key to safety.\n\nHe went back to studying the highway maps under the hazy summer sky. Being the commander of the lead vehicle meant he had to guide the convoy to California according to the chosen route, without mistake. They were supposed to be on Highway 380, but it was difficult to tell exactly where they were. The maps were not especially detailed. The gold-plated compass he had been given indicated they were still heading due west as they had since dawn. He figured they had crossed the old state line into New Mexico at least an hour ago. The first big town they would find would be Roswell, which Mackenzie wanted to avoid at all costs because of the number of zoms he feared might be in the area. The pre-Zom population of Roswell was guessed to lie between twenty and thirty thousand. Barring disaster, some of the zoms would still be there, mindlessly roaming about in their never-ending search for someone with dark skin to appear.\n\nThe zoms’ very existence defied science, logic, and reason. Zoms did not eat or excrete anything; neither did they breathe or reproduce. They appeared to age, though slowly. A ten-year-old zom in 1969 was now a teenager in size. A shot to the head would stop it, but so would a shot to the heart or any other vital organ that would incapacitate a normal human. Their injuries did not heal though their wounds ceased bleeding in moments. It was not uncommon to see old zoms missing arms, hands, or even feet, walking on leg stumps. Zoms did not use tools or weapons, but a berserk, bellowing attack using only yellowed teeth, sinewy fists, and clawlike fingernails was a terrifying thing—especially when there were hundreds of zoms and only one of you.\n\nSeveral times over the years foolhardy individuals had tried to disguise themselves as zoms to see if they could “pass.” It had never worked. The consequences were too often fatal, and few bothered to try anymore. Zoms obviously had some means of knowing if another human was not one of them. Their detection system did not seem to be based on sight, smell, sound, or any other sense known. This verifiable observation gave rise to the Satan hypothesis, which suggested that zoms had supernatural guidance, perhaps even an intelligent supernatural master. (That zoms were supernatural in themselves was widely considered fact, not theory.) The Satan hypothesis could not be proven, but it could not be disproven, and the evidence tended to support it.\n\nMackenzie mulled over all this as he strained to find any landmark that would pinpoint their exact position on the maps. So much had changed in three decades. Everything outside of Texas had reverted to wilderness or worse. Crossroads were dust-buried, buildings were rubble piles; little of the old world remained. The Saladin’s odometer readings gave a general idea of their location, once converted from kilometers to miles, but Mackenzie wanted more.\n\nHe caught a glimpse of a coyote or wolf on the far side of a culvert, silently watching the convoy with wide yellow eyes. It was comforting to know that canines were still around. Thinking predators appreciate thinking company.\n\nJust as zoms could detect live, dark-skinned humans, canines could detect zoms without difficulty. In these latter days most families had at least one dog and often more, friendly to all living people but intolerant of zoms. The irony of this was not lost on older folks who still remembered white policemen using German shepherds to attack civil rights marchers. Training a dog to attack a zom was absurdly easy. Few doubted that dogs had helped turn the tide.\n\nThe coyote made Mackenzie think of Rascal. Rascal had been his dog. He had loved the lazy, overweight border collie with all his heart. Rascal had been his best childhood friend. Rascal died fighting zoms that had gotten into the Houston suburb where Mackenzie and his father had lived. He incapacitated four zoms and injured five others before they killed him. Mackenzie and his father buried Rascal by their front porch, where he had liked to beg for treats from amused neighbors. After Rascal, Mackenzie had never wanted another dog. Rascal had been dog enough.\n\nMackenzie shook himself into awareness, mortified, and rubbed his eyes. Daydreaming was dangerous to the whole convoy. He did not want to think any longer about Rascal or the thirteen-year-old boy who screamed his dog’s name from a second-floor window as he watched his only friend die. He did not want to think of anything but the task at hand, finding a recognizable landmark, but all the landmarks he needed most had been erased by time.\n\nIn mid-afternoon, the scrub abruptly changed to light woodland, primarily cottonwoods and large oak shrubs that often grew around old subdivisions. The terrain was still flat. Mackenzie saw a significant break in the tree line ahead. He crouched and shouted for Freeman to slow down, then he stood and got the mike. “Wolf One to Alpha Wolf.”\n\n“Alpha, over,” came the Old Man’s voice without delay.\n\n“Might have something here.” Still holding the mike, Mackenzie peered through the gap in the tree line as they approached and found himself looking up another old street. The stone foundation of a home was barely visible through the undergrowth on the corner. More foundations and what appeared to be pits (basements, he thought) came into view as the Saladin kept moving. No standing walls, no road signs. The Saladin slowed and Mackenzie braced himself as the vehicle rolled over a decayed log in the road. The log appeared to have been carbonized.\n\nHe lifted the binoculars hanging from his neck and looked through the trees. Black logs lay about here and there, feeding new growth. The stub of a lone brick chimney rose through the trees, covered with vines. The ruins of the houses here were not merely collapsed. They were entirely gone except for the stony parts closest to the ground.\n\n“It’s a town,” he said into the mike. “There must have been a fire here, maybe ten, twenty years ago.”\n\n“Roger. Wolf Pack, maintain speed, stay alert. Out.”\n\nIf there had been a widespread fire, would any zoms have survived? They avoided fire if possible, but did not flee from it. Mackenzie shouted to Freeman to keep going moving at twenty-five miles an hour. The old street soon became two lanes wider and easier to travel. Mackenzie recognized the regularly spaced stumps of old telephone poles to the sides, their cables sometimes visible hanging from cottonwoods. Sunlight reflected off something among the treetops ahead. As the Saladin rolled by, Mackenzie looked up. It was an old gas station sign mounted on a tall rusted pole. The sign was a bright white trapezoid stained by nesting birds, with one red-lettered word: SINCLAIR. Below the word was a green creature with a thick, elephantine body, four legs, a long raised neck with a tiny head, and a long tail. Below that was a white rectangular sign, almost hidden by the trees. The words on the lower sign, visible for only a moment, read: ALIENS WELCOM\n\nShit. He had blown it big time.\n\n“We’re in Roswell!” he shouted down at Freeman. “Watch for zoms!” He stood up and raised the mike to shout a warning—then froze, fighting for self-control. [i:3l0hnz1k]Stay cool, stay cool, stay cool. The Old Man is here. Make your dad proud[/i:3l0hnz1k]. He took a slow breath. “Wolf One to Alpha Wolf.”\n\n“Alpha.”\n\n“We’re in R-town, going down old Second.” He gave a humorless grin. “No Greys in sight.”\n\nThe Old Man caught the joke and chuckled. “Carry on.”\n\nMackenzie put down the mike. With trembling hands he checked the dual grenade launchers to reassure himself that the high explosive rounds and not the fire-starting WP rounds were loaded. A fire in a ruined town was not good, especially if the convoy had to return home by this route. Still, if it was between burning the place down or fighting a few thousand zoms...\n\nMore ruins appeared by the roadsides: an old parking lot or used-car dealership that was now a weed field for blackened junk heaps, an overgrown diner with no windows, a block of collapsed brick buildings from which a stand of ponderosa pines rose high into the sky. Movement caught his eye as he admired the pines. He shaded his eyes and looked up.\n\nHe quickly picked up the mike. “Turkey vultures, one o’clock,” he said. He counted ten before he gave up and estimated there could be up to thirty or forty. They were circling something half a mile ahead. He prayed it would not turn out to be the remains of recently slaughtered people who had missed rescue by a hair’s breadth. It had happened before in the past, too often to tell about.\n\nThe convoy rumbled through intersection after intersection, the buildings now closer together and the blocks shorter. Part of the road was covered by a fallen brick wall at one point, but there was enough room to drive around the rubble through what had once been someone’s front yard.\n\nThe place that the vultures were circling drew closer. Mackenzie thought it was only two or three blocks away.\n\n“Wolf One to Alpha.”\n\n“Alpha.”\n\nHis throat was dust-dry. “Request permission to dismount and investigate a kill site.”\n\nA pause. “Is the site visible?”\n\n“Hold one.” He crouched again. “Twenty!” he called to Freeman, then got up and raised the binoculars, scanning. Buildings, another parking lot, a—\n\n“Jesus! Freeman, stop, stop, stop, stop! Jesus [i:3l0hnz1k]Christ![/i:3l0hnz1k]” The Saladin lurched to a halt, throwing Mackenzie forward as the tires skidded on the filthy road. He looked through the binoculars again. It was gone. Had he really seen it? He grabbed the mike.\n\n“Movement, three o’clock!” He swallowed and tried to slow his breathing.\n\n“Wolf Pack, all stop!” said the Old Man over the radio. “Lock and load!” The convoy creaked to a halt, engines running.\n\n“What the fuck did you see, man?” yelled Freeman. “We got zoms? Answer me, man!”\n\n“Animal!” Mackenzie yelled back. “Big one!”\n\n“What? You wanted to stop for a fucking cow?”\n\n“It wasn’t a cow! It ran off!” He looked up. The vultures were circling right overhead. He got the mike. “Request permission to dismount!”\n\n“Do you need assistance?”\n\n“I want my driver to turtle up. Need about three, four to go with me.”\n\n“Roger, on the way.” The radio went silent, but Mackenzie could hear the Old Man shouting in the next truck, the deuce-and-a-half with the covered load, just over a hundred feet back. Three men got down from the back of the truck, preparing their weapons.\n\n“Seal the vehicle!” he told Freeman as he got down inside the dark vehicle to get his weapons.\n\n“I’m going with you!” the corporal snapped.\n\n“No! You stay in the vehicle! If things screw up, you come and get me!”\n\nFreeman hit a metal panel with his fist and cursed, but then subsided. Mackenzie slipped on a machete in an over-the-shoulder sheath, checked his assorted sidearms and knives, then grabbed a Thompson submachine gun with a round ammo drum and climbed out of the turret. A minute later he met up with three other soldiers who had between them an antique Browning automatic rifle, a civilian-made semiautomatic shotgun, and an M-16 with a grenade launcher in addition to uncountable lesser weapons. One man, a master sergeant named Lucas, had two hatchets stuck into his belt.\n\n“I’ll take point,” Mackenzie told the men. “Stay back and cover me. I think there’s a predator’s kill across that lot. I saw something run off from it, a big animal, but no zoms, nothing like that. We’re gonna make it quick.”\n\n“What kind of animal, sir?” asked Lucas. He surveyed the area, his Remington shotgun aimed up at the circling vultures.\n\n“I don’t know. It was huge. Brown, I think.”\n\n“Grizzly?” said the man with the BAR, also looking around with interest.\n\n“I heard they don’t usually come down this far,” said Lucas. “You said it was brown, sir?”\n\n“Yeah, with spots.” Mackenzie suddenly realized how silly that sounded.\n\n“Spots?” Lucas turned to stare at Mackenzie. “You said spots, sir?”\n\nMackenzie exhaled heavily. “I thought I saw—”\n\n“Hey, I smell something,” said the BAR man, lifting his weapon. “Wind’s from that-a-way.”\n\nA light breeze carrying the sick-sweet stench of carrion reached Mackenzie’s nostrils. He looked around, saw nothing moving. “Follow me,” he said. He gripped his Thompson and started toward the weed-choked parking lot, looking left and right. The other men silently fell in behind him, weapons up and ready.\n\nThe old parking lot was devoid of wreckage for the most part. A collapsed and overgrown strip mall lay just over a hundred fifty feet ahead. Halfway across the lot, Mackenzie began walking more slowly. It was hard to see through the waist-high weeds growing up from the broken pavement. The nausea-inducing odor of death grew stronger.\n\nHe saw a space where the weeds ahead had been flattened. Something dark lay in the middle of it. “Cover me,” he said, raising the Thompson to his shoulder. He took a slow step forward, then another, then—\n\nHe blinked in horror. When he recovered he looked around again, then looked back at the shredded, rotting carcass scattered before him. He dared take only one more step to clarify what he was looking at. Then he began to back up.\n\n“Get to the trucks,” he said to the other men. “You see anything move, shoot the motherfucker and don’t stop.”\n\n“What was it?” asked Lucas.\n\n“It was a bear!” snapped Mackenzie. “Keep moving!”\n\n“A bear did it?” asked the BAR guy, picking up the pace.\n\n“No! It [i:3l0hnz1k]killed[/i:3l0hnz1k] a bear! It killed a full-grown black bear! Something tore that motherfucker to pieces!”\n\nEyes wide, the BAR guy lifted his weapon and held it against his chest. “What killed it?”\n\n“I don’t fucking know! Just keep moving!”\n\n“Holy [i:3l0hnz1k]shit[/i:3l0hnz1k],” said the master sergeant, and the next thing Mackenzie heard was a twelve-gauge shotgun blast, a shell ejecting, then a second blast. The buck sergeant with the grenade launcher yelled and began firing three-round bursts from his M-16. Mackenzie spun and saw the other men were looking in terror at something behind them. He raised his Thompson to fire but saw nothing to shoot at.\n\nThe two sergeants stopped firing at the ruined shopping center. “It went back inside that middle building!” said the master sergeant in awe. “Jesus Mohammad God, it was big!”\n\n“What the hell was that?” said the BAR man. “Was that a wolf?”\n\n“That wasn’t no fucking wolf!” said Lucas, his shotgun still braced against his shoulder. “Lieutenant’s right, get back to the trucks!”\n\nThey picked up speed in their retreat but kept nervously watching behind them. The creature did not reappear. When they reached the convoy, the Old Man was standing by the second truck, scanning the area with binoculars. Everyone else was topside on a vehicle and had a weapon ready.\n\n“Sergeant Lucas, Lieutenant Mackenzie!” shouted the Old Man. “Everyone else mount up and get ready to roll!”\n\nMackenzie could not keep himself from looking back, fearing that something would jump on him from behind at any moment. The general waved the two men over to a spot near the Saladin, away from the other vehicles. “What was it?” he asked.\n\n“I don’t know,” said Mackenzie, out of breath. “I thought it was a bear or a wolf at first, but—”\n\n“It was different shades of brown and spotted on the sides, and it came up to my shoulders!” Lucas interrupted. “It wasn’t a wolf!”\n\n“Whatever it was killed a black bear, ripped it apart,” Mackenzie added. “The men shot at it, but it got away, sir.” He realized his heart was thumping like a tank engine. [i:3l0hnz1k]Stay cool, stay cool[/i:3l0hnz1k]—\n\n“I got a good look at it, sir,” said Lucas, also trying to calm down. “That wasn’t no goddamn animal that I ever seen.”\n\nUnperturbed, General Armalin fished something out of an unbuttoned shirt pocket. It was a set of cards bound up with string. The cards were bent and worn and very old. As the Old Man shuffled them in his hands, Mackenzie read the words [i:3l0hnz1k]Zoo Animals[/i:3l0hnz1k] on the backs of each, with smiling cartoon faces of lions and tigers for decoration and lots of tiny print Mackenzie could not read. The Old Man picked out one card and held it up to Mackenzie and Lucas. “It look like this?” he said.\n\nThe card had a color photograph of a strange animal on it. Mackenzie felt the breath catch in his chest. “That’s it!” he said, pointing. “That’s what I saw! That’s it!”\n\n“Good God,” said Lucas as he stared at the card. “What is that thing?”\n\nThe Old Man put the cards away instead of giving an answer, then glanced over Mackenzie’s shoulder in the direction of the old strip mall. Mackenzie immediately looked back. He saw nothing moving but weeds in a summer breeze.\n\nHe had the unmistakable feeling he was being watched.\n\n“They must have escaped from a zoo,” said the Old Man softly. “They’ve got to be breeding in the wild. None of ‘em should’ve lived this long otherwise. An adult could lift a dead horse in its jaws. Could be dozens or even hundreds of ‘em around here. No wonder we didn’t see any zoms, they ate ‘em all.” He started back to the deuce-and-a-half at a brisk pace. “Mount up and get out, fast as you can,” he said without turning around. “It’s their city, not ours.”\n\nFrustrated for an answer but unwilling to press the issue, Mackenzie went back to the Saladin at a trot, carrying his Thompson. Freeman had the main hatch open. “What the fuck is going on?” he called. “Was it a cow or what?”\n\nMackenzie looked up to shout a reply.\n\nA madman laughed in a weird high voice that echoed across the ruins. The laughter was loud and came from very close by.\n\nMackenzie gasped and spun, submachine gun up, looking everywhere.\n\nNothing.\n\nCrazed laughter arose from many places at once. Whatever was laughing was not human. Mackenzie knew it in his bones.\n\nComing straight through Roswell had been a very serious error. The convoy was dead center in a city of monsters.\n\nFreeman had vanished back inside the turret. Mackenzie did not remember getting up the side of the Saladin. He dropped into the hatchway and pulled the hatch shut, locking it in a flash. “[i:3l0hnz1k]Get us the fuck out of here![/i:3l0hnz1k]” he roared.\n\nFreeman threw the vehicle into gear. The Saladin’s tires spun before catching traction, flinging dirt behind it in a wide cloud. The rest of the convoy thundered along behind. Insane laughter filled the wreckage of the city as they left.\n\n\n[[i:3l0hnz1k]to be continued[/i:3l0hnz1k]]','051d03dc79824b6a0af2be37949df4f0',0,'5g==','3l0hnz1k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357059,25752,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243595384,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For those with a killer fashion sense','[quote="The Angst Guy":bua4f901]This thread is officially scaring me. \":shock:\"[/quote:bua4f901]\n\nHere TAG, see if this song puts you in a better mood:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAYAVEzGybM\n\nThis has become my theme song, and I\'ll probably be singing it when I meet you in my hot new corset and its many pouches (I\'ll replace the lyrics "recite a single spell" to something like "reach into a single pouch"). And who can\'t love the positive thinkers with the devil may care attitudes? \":)\"','59f3578fbf1fbbdd4ccb00a13822e069',0,'gA==','bua4f901',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357060,25744,5,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243596029,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="NapalmKracken":2naa21ur]I didn\'t realize Archie was such a big deal. (I say as I go back to watching a show MTV canceled 7 years ago)[/quote:2naa21ur]\n\nActually, I didn\'t either. Though I have seen Archie comics by enough registers over the years. \n\nI even own a few Sabrina the Teenage Witch comics, if that counts.','b212162119c6dd70fcc9008f085e02c9',0,'gA==','2naa21ur',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357061,25750,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243596563,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Beavers return after 400-year gap','[quote="Dervish":2qtg7qdx]For people who give a dam about the environment, save a tree and eat a beaver. \n\n[size=85:2qtg7qdx]Inappropriate Beaver Joke Count: 2[/size:2qtg7qdx][/quote:2qtg7qdx]\nYou didn\'t count MY joke! \":(\"','02e36da47c6eff59a84ae62cb0754892',0,'hA==','2qtg7qdx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357062,25744,5,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243596652,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="Dervish":3m8v0u6c][quote="NapalmKracken":3m8v0u6c]I didn\'t realize Archie was such a big deal. (I say as I go back to watching a show MTV canceled 7 years ago)[/quote:3m8v0u6c]\nActually, I didn\'t either. Though I have seen Archie comics by enough registers over the years.[/quote:3m8v0u6c]\nArchie is so lame, even a Betty/Veronica story line couldn\'t un-lame it.','d26ab7312fc7c4fd7d92f24d01c5d4ee',0,'gA==','3m8v0u6c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357063,25750,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243597308,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Beavers return after 400-year gap','[quote="The Angst Guy":12ksqpn2]You didn\'t count MY joke! \":(\"[/quote:12ksqpn2]\n\nOk, I counted it. I figured for YOU, that was downright vanilla. \":P\" \n\nActually, I got distracted by your fic, and with the sun getting ready to rise and me not going to sleep yet! \":(\" \n\nAnd now, General Error messages...','6f9b53294c460d0c12ec4e13ba139013',0,'gA==','12ksqpn2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357064,25744,5,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243597380,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="The Angst Guy":31rp41gx]Archie is so lame, even a Betty/Veronica story line couldn\'t un-lame it.[/quote:31rp41gx]\n\nHow about a crossover with The Punisher? (Looks like Josie and the Pussycats are also there...maybe Sabrina is, too, just not shown...)\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Meets_the_Punisher','39b5ed70c65cb1328d72d64963eca964',0,'gA==','31rp41gx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357065,25744,5,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243597632,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="Dervish":1c49bhu3][quote="The Angst Guy":1c49bhu3]Archie is so lame, even a Betty/Veronica story line couldn\'t un-lame it.[/quote:1c49bhu3]\n\nHow about a crossover with The Punisher? (Looks like Josie and the Pussycats are also there...maybe Sabrina is, too, just not shown...)\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Meets_the_Punisher[/quote:1c49bhu3]\n\nI actually own that. And you know what? Archie even managed to make a deranged psychokiller anti-hero story lame...\n\nETA: Man, wikipedia doesn\'t even have the image of the cool variant cover. That was the whole reason I bought that comic, a nice big crosshair lined up right between the eyes of Jughead\'s dopey looking face... \":D\"','ccc43deaac6a337f1c960d1794f56ed0',0,'gA==','1c49bhu3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357066,25375,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243597868,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"Lenin left us a great legacy. And we, his heirs, have f**ked it up!"\n\nJoseph Stalin after Germany invaded the Soviet Union.','a7c0cd23810a17ad6c7088bc1826ae32',0,'','2hdm7u9y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357067,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243598671,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Two from Harry Truman.\n\nWhen you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.\n\nHarry S. Truman \n\nWhenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.\n\nHarry S. Truman','383b9ca95a127b276d564d512b199f93',0,'','1a4ru7mj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357068,25752,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1243599563,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For those with a killer fashion sense','I wonder if my wife... \":D\"','d71d7a296a3d27b2724c9d3d3a8cbef3',0,'','1tbt41hu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357069,25583,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243599915,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Another valuable life lesson: Even if you really need to meet a deadline taking diet pills, chain smoking, chugging several pots of coffee a day, and using a rescue inhaler is a bad way to keep your edge for 30 hour days. Apparently, unless you\'re willing to actually detox, even easing off that many uppers will screw up your sleep pattern for a month... \":(\"','b55816133764f1634030c03a62e48fdb',0,'','2737zot5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357070,25583,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243600652,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="losdia":2p7zz15q]Another valuable life lesson: Even if you really need to meet a deadline taking diet pills, chain smoking, chugging several pots of coffee a day, and using a rescue inhaler is a bad way to keep your edge for 30 hour days. Apparently, unless you\'re willing to actually detox, even easing off that many uppers will screw up your sleep pattern for a month... \":(\"[/quote:2p7zz15q]\nThis is why everyone should switch to using ALE 8-1!','f194ae3534211b7cbd268d4b6dc27e94',0,'gA==','2p7zz15q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357071,25538,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243601880,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[quote="RLobinske":1fszj7jx]"Hello, Tom," a pretty blonde said while stepping past Quinn as if she wasn\'t there.\n\nUncomfortable and annoyed, he said, "Hi, Melanie."\n\n"It\'s nice to see you out and about like this instead of skulking around the little people."\n\n"Ahem," Quinn sharply said.\n\n"Melanie," Tom said, "I\'d like you to meet my date tonight; Quinn."\n\nShe turned and said, "Oh, hello. I haven\'t seen you around Fielding or St. Swithun\'s. Are you a new exchange student?"\n\nQuinn felt a Daria-like annoyance and answered in kind. "I am. They\'re exchanging Fielding for me."[/quote:1fszj7jx]\n\nor\n\n[quote:1fszj7jx]"Tom, be a good date and get one of the waiters." Quinn looked Melanie up and down. "Someone\'s left trash behind."[/quote:1fszj7jx]','9775bcd033c890af32d656ee1dc5a0f7',0,'gA==','1fszj7jx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357072,25719,3,233,0,'69.158.102.211',1243601920,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','The arrows are still an Advance Green. The symbol is supposed to the arrow, but because traffic lights can be expensive, the blinking Green light is used until the older lights need to be replaced.','817518a4e1ec2f9f99f90e5db9973d82',0,'','3n96sg1s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357073,25719,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243602524,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Back from Canada','[quote="Beatnik Shaggy":1zwz4qar]The arrows are still an Advance Green. The symbol is supposed to the arrow, but because traffic lights can be expensive, the blinking Green light is used until the older lights need to be replaced.[/quote:1zwz4qar]\nSee, America? This is what socialism gets you! Vote Republican before it\'s too late!','4265cd5f9bd67a37a5d7fd2ace98e78c',0,'gA==','1zwz4qar',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357074,25689,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243602628,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 2)','[quote="NightGoblyn":38kekf7k]A piece of advice that was given to me when I started writing, and I shall now pass on to you: never be afraid to use the word \'said.\' He said, she said, they said, Daria said, Jane said, Kevin said. Said, said, said. It\'s perfectly fine to repeat \'said\' every single piece of dialogue - you should treat it like any other piece of punctuation.\n\nNear synonyms for \'said\', like \'stated\', \'declared\', \'proclaimed\', etc., should be held in reserve for emphasis, because when used willy-nilly they tend to knock the reader out of the story. \'Asked\' should probably be used whenever necessary, however.\n\nThat\'s my critical advice. Plotwise, the story seems interesting and I\'m curious where you\'re going with it.[/quote:38kekf7k]\nYeah, what he said.','5bc5fd3e94197e2ccd06b667517309fb',0,'gA==','38kekf7k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357075,25736,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243602734,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Writer\'s Block','Just call up the file and start writing. Everything you write will seem like crap. Finish a chapter, then take a break and look it over later. It will look great. It always works.','0376c686b878b85d8638858b0cb78e95',0,'','3mod2k8l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357076,25740,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243603256,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: It was a good idea at the time...','[quote="medea42":1or4w6zm]Thank you so much, all of you. I read the story to my fiancee, and all he did was stare at me in horror. This was exactly the response I had wanted![/quote:1or4w6zm]\nHe\'s one lucky S.O.B. You rule.','289998f7419beb589d3ce3a1aa16cb43',0,'gA==','1or4w6zm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357077,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243603362,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','I\'m working on it \":D\"\n\n[color=#FF40FF:3du1hv7n][b:3du1hv7n]shameless self promotion [/b:3du1hv7n][/color:3du1hv7n]I have some dead like me fics if anyones interested while they wait, The Untilted series (currently working on #3)\n\n#1: Celibracy and Sobriety http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4681605/1/U ... d_Sobriety\n[quote:3du1hv7n]The week started off like any other, well the same as it had for the past three years- obligatory breakfast at the das waffle house followed by a rush across town and a race against the clock to my desk at the deceivingly titled ‘Happy Time’. No sooner had my ass hit the swivel chair, my ever watchful boss Dolorous with her big – and ever observant eyes swooped upon my cubical.[/quote:3du1hv7n] *complete*\n\n#2: You win some, You lose some http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4691118/1/U ... _lose_some\n[quote:3du1hv7n]You win some you lose some; I never fully comprehended that old adage. I mean I got it sure; the message was pretty f**king clear. It’s just sometimes life and death can throw you a curveball; and the definition of winning and losing can become pretty distorted.[/quote:3du1hv7n] *complete*\n\n#3: The saga continues*reworked* (in progress) http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4904258/1/U ... s_Reworked\n[quote:3du1hv7n]I like to refer to myself as a constant procrastinator, and i get the feeling I\'m not the only one who thinks that of me either. I choose to avoid an issue for as long as humanly possible in the hope that the problem will disappear.[/quote:3du1hv7n]','9219ed8c0f686ba695069fef9cdd2aa3',0,'wg==','3du1hv7n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357078,25751,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243603589,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The Wolf with The Red Roses (Explicit)','Maybe a little too explicit. Not sure the link here is a good idea. SFMB would be a better forum for hard-core adult stuff.','12115b6df5b1426c99b4d3929f4475b8',0,'','39zrft30',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357079,25738,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243603834,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','Do it to it. \":D\"','4131cb7b14f02c678e4c80e246b36f5c',0,'','32xgkfn8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357080,25697,6,7,0,'121.45.83.152',1243604104,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.','1b72b2536080afc92e825140ebb04635',0,'','h6lcomys',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357081,25728,6,904,0,'67.78.76.147',1243604787,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','Killer stuff. And 14 chapters in less than a week? That\'s madness, I tell you. Madness.','3bfc3cb6e64a8ba193302dc05ccc48c0',0,'','237n56xe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357082,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243605278,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','[quote="The Angst Guy":14zs88dt]Do it to it. \":D\"[/quote:14zs88dt]\n\nglad you like \":D\"\n\nits harder than i thought trying to get in the head space of two similar leading ladies- got a rough plot sketched out should have something together by mondayish','c430fd9fe1b07b7bccfcccaf2c314292',0,'gA==','14zs88dt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357083,25751,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243606022,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Wolf with The Red Roses (Explicit)','It is linked to another page with the warning Explicit, but TAG is probably right.','4a756b94a1ee670ece8e1883972fff32',0,'','20opnk2b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357085,25728,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243607137,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','[quote="RLobinske":1l9izhu2]Self-promotion is encouraged.[/quote:1l9izhu2]\nThat\'s good to know.\n\n[img:1l9izhu2]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/opus1.jpg[/img:1l9izhu2]','fa4a9c43f67aa5de56cb1c510177b69f',0,'iA==','1l9izhu2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357086,25753,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243607429,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_ ... shoots_cop\n\nStory is self-explanatory. God damn it.','e755ef321cf64f2ebf7fe8ae60b6c6a9',0,'','2pj4bf7v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357087,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243607453,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','[quote="The Angst Guy":gmwknhcn][quote="pinkminx":gmwknhcn][quote="The Angst Guy":gmwknhcn]Do it to it. \":D\"[/quote:gmwknhcn]\n\nglad you like \":D\"\n\nits harder than i thought trying to get in the head space of two similar leading ladies- got a rough plot sketched out should have something together by mondayish[/quote:gmwknhcn]\nYou could always get rid of or downplay one of them, the one that isn\'t Daria. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:gmwknhcn]\n\nyeah thats the plan- this is daria after all, setting it in Lawndale(i think)- reaper gang have been momentarily transferred','feae99c9dac3d01bd04d4a4249138e41',0,'gA==','gmwknhcn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357088,25753,4,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243607797,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','Shooting first and asking questions later is not such a good idea. My condolences to the family of the officer who was killed.','d9cc368b24b3bafb2521557605f9231e',0,'','14s06lnl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357089,25147,5,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243608019,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','[quote="project pegasus":3up3pato]Question: What are you watching?\n\nAnswer: My neighbor undress using a high powered telescope.[/quote:3up3pato]\n\nWhich would be much less unnerving if your neighbor wasn\'t Dick Cheney.','cf7e67e441a3444c7a7e7fc2891410ae',0,'gA==','3up3pato',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357090,25111,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243610097,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Grad School Thread','Besides the obvious disadvantages of having to replace the committee member, and having to deal with the criminal justice system, what are the downsides to killing a thesis/dissertation committee member? (I think killing a thesis/dissertation committee usually gets written off to justifiable homicide!)\n\nDude had my proposal a month, and we are narrowing proposal defense dates down to the next few weeks and he all of a sudden wants stuff in the proposal on direct linkage to extant theories (which should be fun, as none of them actually work, and showing their ineffectiveness for the phenomena is a major feature of the work) and potential sampling issues with the data. (Again, fun. It\'s the only data that is available, or even can be obtained... but that\'s just adding 4 paragraphs.. easy, but annoying as generally that might be a question asked at defense, but not actually included in the proposal).\n\nSo yay, the other 3 (including the chair) think it\'s perfect, but he won\'t even agree to a defense date until I make the changes. \n\nGuess the next act of LSBS gets put off an extra week \":lol:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\"','7d045f6cda8d0feeafbcfb2a44ad2823',0,'','4idl5wie',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357091,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243611195,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','Updated [url=http://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/gimme.html:24jjaps0]here[/url:24jjaps0], too.\n\nWorking on next chapter. Something with some angst in it.','141ab4dfa2ba685c6ca0215c1d561ca6',0,'EA==','24jjaps0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357092,25147,5,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243611357,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','[quote="Dennis":3pi0s5u3][quote="project pegasus":3pi0s5u3]Question: What are you watching?\n\nAnswer: My neighbor undress using a high powered telescope.[/quote:3pi0s5u3]\nWhich would be much less unnerving if your neighbor wasn\'t Dick Cheney.[/quote:3pi0s5u3]\nThat\'s not Cheney, that\'s me. Keep watching, Tux and I have this acrobatic act we like to do.','14a9474d39c8bbca03a9f1c853477ffa',0,'gA==','3pi0s5u3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357093,25715,11,83,0,'209.180.233.202',1243612276,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','I floss in the shower.','b1c154a7b184e2ae19855a973d49fdfa',0,'','2hkzd7qc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357094,25697,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243612605,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','[quote="The Angst Guy":2c62wia4]Something with some angst in it.[/quote:2c62wia4]\n\nI\'ll get drinks and meet everyone in the concrete bunkers 37 miles from the actual fic.','a93cc31ef19fffcc1a5d59b0bbdc4e1b',0,'gA==','2c62wia4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357095,25740,6,83,0,'209.180.233.202',1243613042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was a good idea at the time...','What would be hilarious (on top of the already present level of awesome) would be if Jane were running through Hogwarts yelling, "Tom ate my gummy bears!"','67939da2324c07087daf403bb5263f7f',0,'','1xeq5akd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357096,25111,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1243613246,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Grad School Thread','[quote="undefinedlust":2pz6z42m]Besides the obvious disadvantages of having to replace the committee member, and having to deal with the criminal justice system, what are the downsides to killing a thesis/dissertation committee member? (I think killing a thesis/dissertation committee usually gets written off to justifiable homicide!)\n\n[color=#0000FF:2pz6z42m]The graduate office secretary will have to process the paperwork and depending on their opinion of the faculty member, either blame you or give you a cookie.[/color:2pz6z42m]\n\nDude had my proposal a month, and we are narrowing proposal defense dates down to the next few weeks and he all of a sudden wants stuff in the proposal on direct linkage to extant theories (which should be fun, as none of them actually work, and showing their ineffectiveness for the phenomena is a major feature of the work) and potential sampling issues with the data. (Again, fun. It\'s the only data that is available, or even can be obtained... but that\'s just adding 4 paragraphs.. easy, but annoying as generally that might be a question asked at defense, but not actually included in the proposal).\n\nSo yay, the other 3 (including the chair) think it\'s perfect, but he won\'t even agree to a defense date until I make the changes. \n\nGuess the next act of LSBS gets put off an extra week \":lol:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\"[/quote:2pz6z42m]\n\n[color=#0000FF:2pz6z42m]Better get used to it, they only start doing stranger things later on in the process. "What do you mean, \'Why didn\'t I do X?\' Why didn\'t you say something 2 years ago when we created the experimental design?"[/color:2pz6z42m]','0853749b350602aeeb57a84d0bde9f29',0,'gg==','2pz6z42m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357097,25740,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243613251,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was a good idea at the time...','[quote="Angelinhel":2gqyd9cq]What would be hilarious (on top of the already present level of awesome) would be if Jane were running through Hogwarts yelling, "Tom ate my gummy bears!"[/quote:2gqyd9cq]\n\nNow there\'s a crossover. Jane joins the anti-Death Eater resistance because Tom Riddle had a weakness for gummi bears. \":mrgreen:\"','3585c891706437997d4ac590171fe0b1',0,'gA==','2gqyd9cq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357098,25697,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243613562,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','[quote="Dennis":1vaujra5][quote="The Angst Guy":1vaujra5]Something with some angst in it.[/quote:1vaujra5]\n\nI\'ll get drinks and meet everyone in the concrete bunkers 37 miles from the actual fic.[/quote:1vaujra5]\n\nDon\'t forget extra brain bleach... \":shock:\" And since this is TAG we\'re talking about, I might suggest some heroin to go along with the drinks. \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":mrgreen:\"','9e99d6ea7c8012d4c9177e5bf0e8c102',0,'gA==','1vaujra5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357099,25754,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1243613576,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Stuff you miss along the way...','So I\'ve been working on the Administrative Sciences campus of the University of Juarez for these last five years. I drive there every day, I occasionally leave the office and go to meetings or whatnot in other buildings of campus. I\'m usually much more preoccupied by something else to stop and literally smell the roses, or even look up from the ground.\n\nYesterday I had to walk all the way across campus to get to a meeting. I found that a terrible annoyance. I chose not to take my car because parking on the south lot is near impossible after a rainstorm. I took my meeting and on my way back I noticed, [i:2dvxvlzh]something[/i:2dvxvlzh]. They say there is no better camera than the one you have at hand. In my case, it was my iphone. I basically opened my eyes and realize that my workplace is not too shabby. Not too shabby at all.\n\n[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/38911988@N04/sets/72157618964019428/:2dvxvlzh]Some pictures to share with you.[/url:2dvxvlzh]','beacffb893fe65d1c284aa3169a0a603',0,'MA==','2dvxvlzh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357100,25719,3,9,0,'68.183.65.140',1243613844,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','The arrows blink because they are less expensive? Interesting... I suppose our version of that down here is the unprotected left green light -- in southern California especially, those lights are everywhere and it\'s annoying to have only one or two cars go per traffic cycle because they need to wait for oncoming traffic to cease.','8f8e2460b10ae9809d49c6fdc05d88de',0,'','3kqb7u9e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357101,25697,6,7,0,'121.45.83.152',1243614060,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','[quote="The Angst Guy":svpo0512]Updated [url=http://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/gimme.html:svpo0512]here[/url:svpo0512], too.\n\nWorking on next chapter. Something with some angst in it.[/quote:svpo0512]\nPity, I like the mystery and skin-crawling horror in this better, personally . . . Hyenas are so underrated. \";)\"','bdced96906850d63fbb5b1fe1dae46f3',0,'kA==','svpo0512',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357102,25375,3,260,0,'68.162.169.146',1243614071,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','All generalizations are dangerous, even this one. \n-Alexandre Dumas','18dace3d15af5c48c7dd037acd231154',0,'','cxsioj26',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357103,25697,6,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1243614282,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','Okay, when you mentioned laughing, I figured "hyena." But while spotted hyenas are pretty tall, they don\'t come up to the shoulder.\n\nOf course up until Armalin pulled out the zoo pictures my Fallout nerd was thinking "Deathclaw," followed by "oh shit."','e0849c693f4fe6dee586325a91b748a3',0,'','zrrdkzrj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357104,25111,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243614723,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Grad School Thread','[quote="RLobinske":28mqg0fz]\n\n[color=#0000FF:28mqg0fz]The graduate office secretary will have to process the paperwork and depending on their opinion of the faculty member, either blame you or give you a cookie.[/color:28mqg0fz]\n\n[color=#0000FF:28mqg0fz]Better get used to it, they only start doing stranger things later on in the process. "What do you mean, \'Why didn\'t I do X?\' Why didn\'t you say something 2 years ago when we created the experimental design?"[/color:28mqg0fz][/quote:28mqg0fz]\n\n\nYeah... in this case they would blame me. As far as commentary on the experimental design, I may get a few comments on the good old fashioned OLS regression, but other than that, well only the chair and I know how to do it, or have any clue whatsoever on how to do it. Comments on that would be lots of fun and I will just have the chair toss them the few thousand pages of spatial econometrics texts and program manuals they need to understand it and they will just defer to the chair \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nActually its kind of funny, my chair said I am getting a much higher level of scrutiny than is usual for this process. I am told the reason why is that all of the members have had me in classes before and expect more from me than they do of essentially anyone else. I have a multidisciplinary committee and members of all three disciplines represented have made comments about wanting to whip this thing into a piece that has a realistic shot at winning best dissertation awards at major conferences in each of the three disciplines. Even better each has talked to me about what I plan to teach and each think I would be best suited to their discipline.\n\nYippie... I\'m flattered, but this just makes it more of a pain in the ass. Right now I wish I were just an average student that they just wanted a passable, defendable work from... \":nono:\" \":nono:\" \":nono:\" \":nono:\" \":nono:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\"','b90733e097cc2fa27356cb42a46a8ac3',0,'gg==','28mqg0fz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357105,25735,6,671,0,'151.204.74.51',1243614927,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','"But Tom, Tom, Tom!" Daria nearly shouted as the young man who had been making to leave but had stopped and turned to see what her outburst was about. "Tom, if you go, where will I go? What will I do?"\n\n"Frankly my dear, I don\'t give a damn." Tom then turned his back on her and walked away, quickly disappearing into the foggy weather.\n\n---------------------------------\n\nQuinn: "I\'ve always relied on the kindness of strangers."','a188505fd0fc309d745ada1b251248cf',0,'','2fqp4w7v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357106,25735,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243616366,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine." Daria said [i:1rvoq8mc]sotto voce[/i:1rvoq8mc] from behind the bar, as her sister strolled in with a cheerly smile, her fashionista friends in tow.\n\n"Hi, sis!" Quinn bubbled. "We\'ll take your best table."\n\n"But you haven\'t played cards since you got bored with Go-Fish!"','8e67526202b914efa4c1d5502ac02650',0,'IA==','1rvoq8mc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357107,25689,6,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1243616393,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 2)','[quote="NightGoblyn":11edrspv]A piece of advice that was given to me when I started writing, and I shall now pass on to you: never be afraid to use the word \'said.\' He said, she said, they said, Daria said, Jane said, Kevin said. Said, said, said. It\'s perfectly fine to repeat \'said\' every single piece of dialogue - you should treat it like any other piece of punctuation.\n\nNear synonyms for \'said\', like \'stated\', \'declared\', \'proclaimed\', etc., should be held in reserve for emphasis, because when used willy-nilly they tend to knock the reader out of the story. \'Asked\' should probably be used whenever necessary, however.\n\nThat\'s my critical advice. Plotwise, the story seems interesting and I\'m curious where you\'re going with it.[/quote:11edrspv]\n\nThanks for the advice. I\'ve tried to do that more in the next installment, which should be up fairly soon.','6c94f646fc2622890b680b4daeee6d77',0,'gA==','11edrspv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357108,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243617497,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','[quote="SigDiff":izahyzlu]Okay, when you mentioned laughing, I figured "hyena." But while spotted hyenas are pretty tall, they don\'t come up to the shoulder.\n\nOf course up until Armalin pulled out the zoo pictures [i:izahyzlu]my Fallout nerd was thinking "Deathclaw," followed by "oh shit."[/i:izahyzlu][/quote:izahyzlu]\n\n\nYeah. Oh, yeah. No zombies, because the native animals ate them all. Now THAT\'S a twist you don\'t usually see in a zombie fic. \":D\" \n\n\nFor some reason, I just keep thinking of [i:izahyzlu]Star Blazers[/i:izahyzlu] every time I read this - and oh, I can\'t wait until the first time they use the Landon Lightning... \":shock:\" \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":drink:\"','51d1d0fc435e8d145c2893da85404008',0,'oA==','izahyzlu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357109,25753,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243617749,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','No. \n\n\nI hate saying this, but the way our country was created and operates on a fundamental level today precludes any other answer to this question.\n\n\nSee also \'why people of color laugh when they hear the phrase \'party of inclusion\'.\n\n\n \":nono:\" \":bang:\" \":(\"','10f434cea78437ea8f48039100d6a1e0',0,'','2fnp5skr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357110,25689,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243618107,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 2)','[quote="The Angst Guy":2k14jkb7][quote="NightGoblyn":2k14jkb7]A piece of advice that was given to me when I started writing, and I shall now pass on to you: never be afraid to use the word \'said.\' He said, she said, they said, Daria said, Jane said, Kevin said. Said, said, said. It\'s perfectly fine to repeat \'said\' every single piece of dialogue - you should treat it like any other piece of punctuation.\n\nNear synonyms for \'said\', like \'stated\', \'declared\', \'proclaimed\', etc., should be held in reserve for emphasis, because when used willy-nilly they tend to knock the reader out of the story. \'Asked\' should probably be used whenever necessary, however.\n\nThat\'s my critical advice. Plotwise, the story seems interesting and I\'m curious where you\'re going with it.[/quote:2k14jkb7]\nYeah, what he said.[/quote:2k14jkb7]\n\n\nRighteous advice, dude! \n\n(kicks off a vicious air-guitar solo)','18eb4e06aefb7261bda75504d93f216a',0,'gA==','2k14jkb7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357111,25754,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243618269,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','If you squint hard when you look at [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/38911988@N04/3575524495/in/set-72157618964019428/:1pc2k850]this one[/url:1pc2k850], the clouds sort of look like an Antarctic landscape on which a million penguins are dancing. Naked.','661a4e5d0d16694ecaf794726352e278',0,'EA==','1pc2k850',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357112,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243618783,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','[quote="SigDiff":2i7oczp3]Okay, when you mentioned laughing, I figured "hyena." But while spotted hyenas are pretty tall, they don\'t come up to the shoulder.[/quote:2i7oczp3]\nMine do.\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":2i7oczp3]...and oh, I can\'t wait until the first time they use the Landon Lightning...[/quote:2i7oczp3]\nThere would have to be a very significant reason for them to do so.\n\nWhich is coming.','bc8f03cc886af5afdd251c0ca53a0e23',0,'gA==','2i7oczp3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357113,25744,5,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1243622684,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','I always, always rooted for Betty over Veronica. Archie totally made the wrong choice. Or the right one if what you are aiming at is to marry rich!','5a03ada06be431ee9e760f61b74999fd',0,'','2jcx0yk5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357114,25754,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243622821,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','Nice! \":D\"','59735e6cfb1f712acfe5026265cd4777',0,'','pwynnzcy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357115,25538,6,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243623624,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[quote="The Angst Guy":36pp031b][quote:36pp031b]"Tom, be a good date and get one of the waiters." Quinn looked Melanie up and down. "Someone\'s left trash behind."[/quote:36pp031b][/quote:36pp031b]\n \":mrgreen:\"','785e120e33e319df227055d69f346ea6',0,'gA==','36pp031b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357116,25744,5,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243623684,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="Liz Ruiz":dnzaep8b]I always, always rooted for Betty over Veronica. Archie totally made the wrong choice. Or the right one if what you are aiming at is to marry rich![/quote:dnzaep8b]\n\nI think Betty and Veronica made the wrong choice. It\'s the new millennium. They should decide they\'re poly and take turns with him and Reggie, and whoever else they feel like.\n\nOr, you know, not. \":mrgreen:\"','26464a3a5f27583522c4edc33aa657b1',0,'gA==','dnzaep8b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357117,25754,3,9,0,'68.183.65.140',1243624611,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','Very pretty... that\'s the reason I like walking so much. \":)\"','42de5c065ffb5c2ef1666a7a0d83ba7d',0,'','12fplnxc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357118,25043,5,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243625355,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Web Sites of Extreme Awesomeness!','[url:2xl29ipw]http://suigintou.desudesudesu.org/4scrape/[/url:2xl29ipw]\n\nFull of some of the most win backgrounds ever seen by mortal eyes.\n\n[url:2xl29ipw]http://www.ninjaburger.com[/url:2xl29ipw]\n\nI mean what could be more awesome than ninjas delivering hamburgers?\n\n[url:2xl29ipw]http://gaijinsmash.net/[/url:2xl29ipw]\n\nthe continuing story of a 6\'+ black teacher from the US teaching English in Japan.\n\nI don\'t think there is enough time in the day to express the amount of awesome win the stories on this blog contain \":)\" Hit the archives and start from the beginning.','2afa5a1f6604c4587f27b14b62a062d0',0,'EA==','2xl29ipw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357119,25583,3,83,0,'209.180.233.202',1243625538,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Every time we go for a walk with the stroller, I strap Eleanor into the car seat- not as tight as if we were going in the car, but snug- just in case.\n\nJust in case Zoie freaks out about the big garbage truck, yanks on the leash, makes me roll my ankle and trip, tipping the stroller toward me as I fall on the sidewalk. The nice garbage truck man did come to help me out.\n\nI seriously hope I didn\'t break my foot and I have a sweet road rash, but I\'m the only one who got hurt. And that\'s the way I like it.','37ff7cbd8f67d624851534243d940614',0,'','2m7e5y4l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357120,25697,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243625851,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','[quote="Brother Grimace":3sh4ufwx]\nFor some reason, I just keep thinking of [i:3sh4ufwx]Star Blazers[/i:3sh4ufwx] every time I read this - and oh, I can\'t wait until the first time they use the Landon Lightning... \":shock:\" \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":drink:\"[/quote:3sh4ufwx]\n\nDoes that make the Landon Lightning the same as the Wave Motion Gun? \":shock:\"','f0c0a9d04e07d2490723e5936ad812f4',0,'oA==','3sh4ufwx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357121,25744,5,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243625947,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="losdia":2uyj69yi][quote="RLobinske":2uyj69yi]Come on, you know this has as much chance of lasting as Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson...[/quote:2uyj69yi]\n\nWhich \'verse? \":lol:\"[/quote:2uyj69yi]\n\nin all fairness it took a complete temporal geopolitical shift the first time ([url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_House_of_M:2uyj69yi]everyone loves mutants and Gwen Stacy & Uncle Ben didn\'t die[/url:2uyj69yi])\n\nThe second time was because of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_One_More_Day:2uyj69yi]Mephisto[/url:2uyj69yi]. \n\nseriously, when it takes global resets of history and/or intervention of "The Devil" to keep the two from ending up together you know there\'s power in the relationship.\n\nHell, in House of M they were still best friends \":)\"','3b247031f502c2a2e4199ec12b44148b',0,'kA==','2uyj69yi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357122,25744,5,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1243626213,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="Dark Kuno":19e9lbhq]The second time was because of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_One_More_Day:19e9lbhq]Mephisto[/url:19e9lbhq]. [/quote:19e9lbhq]\n\nAnd, seriously, who makes a deal with Mephisto and thinks it\'ll end well? Has Spider-Man [i:19e9lbhq]ever [/i:19e9lbhq]had a conversation with his friend Johnny Blaze? \n\nKristen','bb18296ddca5d102229da96bffe3ded4',0,'sA==','19e9lbhq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357123,25754,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1243626302,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','[quote="Kara Wild":2rzyn1oc]Very pretty... that\'s the reason I like walking so much. \":)\"[/quote:2rzyn1oc]\n\nI remember an episode from [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168340/:2rzyn1oc]this old sitcom[/url:2rzyn1oc] where one of the characters tried to become a "walker" in L.A. and failed miserably. Since then I\'ve always had the impression (probably the very wrong impression) that Californians dislike walking. Huh.','955dcb52ed7fe75b5b8527cbfced68f5',0,'kA==','2rzyn1oc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357124,25697,6,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1243627313,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','[quote="The Angst Guy":3huyfg70][quote="SigDiff":3huyfg70]Okay, when you mentioned laughing, I figured "hyena." But while spotted hyenas are pretty tall, they don\'t come up to the shoulder.[/quote:3huyfg70]\nMine do.\n[/quote:3huyfg70]\n\nSo crazy mutated hyenas or just normal, albeit big, hyenas?\n\nAlso, thought you\'d like to know that I just woke up from a nap after having a nightmare about this fic.','7e36fd19f7ec870493140af2a5d90cb7',0,'gA==','3huyfg70',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357125,25697,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243628443,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','First I get the new Marilyn Manson album. Then I get the new issue of Star Wars Legacy. Then TAG updates the story. Later I\'m going to see [i:3apzqt4b]Drag Me To Hell[/i:3apzqt4b].\n\nWhadda day.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','15c543c632f5a3f6a7a7d57f3f44d8a5',0,'IA==','3apzqt4b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357126,25754,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243628993,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','[quote="The Angst Guy":1fbx9sbp]If you squint hard when you look at [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/38911988@N04/3575524495/in/set-72157618964019428/:1fbx9sbp]this one[/url:1fbx9sbp], the clouds sort of look like an Antarctic landscape on which a million penguins are dancing. Naked.[/quote:1fbx9sbp]\n\nOr a puffy white Chthulu about to eat the world. Either way, good times, right? \":)\"','86385bcbb558cd8876dbbd9b30f1b843',0,'kA==','1fbx9sbp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357127,25689,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243629324,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 2)','[quote="NightGoblyn":3sdwz5uv]A piece of advice that was given to me when I started writing, and I shall now pass on to you: never be afraid to use the word \'said.\' He said, she said, they said, Daria said, Jane said, Kevin said. Said, said, said. It\'s perfectly fine to repeat \'said\' every single piece of dialogue - you should treat it like any other piece of punctuation.\n\nNear synonyms for \'said\', like \'stated\', \'declared\', \'proclaimed\', etc., should be held in reserve for emphasis, because when used willy-nilly they tend to knock the reader out of the story. \'Asked\' should probably be used whenever necessary, however.\n\nThat\'s my critical advice. Plotwise, the story seems interesting and I\'m curious where you\'re going with it.[/quote:3sdwz5uv]\n\n\nI tend to vary my use of said and it\'s synonyms mostly because something about seeing said 50 times in a row just grates my literary nerves for some unexplainable reason.\n\nGranted I often use emotional backing in my dialogue (or lack there of) so the use of the "said" alternates isn\'t so out of place.','81d046e12723f311a2ff487a7b960caa',0,'gA==','3sdwz5uv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357128,25697,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243629701,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','Absolutely loved the horror-movie atmosphere in this chapter. And I didn\'t twig to \'hyenas\' until the Zoocards came out - it was also very cool that he\'d have something like that. That man is planning ahead.','5878730d941cda49e2a6d277ee5808a3',0,'','3rw1thy1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357129,25697,6,37,0,'72.175.149.142',1243630014,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','[quote="undefinedlust":70mqwbwk][quote="Brother Grimace":70mqwbwk]\nFor some reason, I just keep thinking of [i:70mqwbwk]Star Blazers[/i:70mqwbwk] every time I read this - and oh, I can\'t wait until the first time they use the Landon Lightning... \":shock:\" \":D\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":drink:\"[/quote:70mqwbwk]\n\nDoes that make the Landon Lightning the same as the Wave Motion Gun? \":shock:\"[/quote:70mqwbwk]\n\nMe thinks that the Landon Lightning will be something like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hlj4EbdsE:70mqwbwk]this.[/url:70mqwbwk] Or maybe [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyAjzowYP1o&feature=related:70mqwbwk]this.[/url:70mqwbwk]\nOuch!','bda241dbe84efb6dbf9aa6f743fad9d6',0,'sA==','70mqwbwk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357130,25744,5,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243630947,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="Kristen Bealer":31ejrxs7][quote="Dark Kuno":31ejrxs7]The second time was because of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_One_More_Day:31ejrxs7]Mephisto[/url:31ejrxs7]. [/quote:31ejrxs7]\n\nAnd, seriously, who makes a deal with Mephisto and thinks it\'ll end well? Has Spider-Man [i:31ejrxs7]ever [/i:31ejrxs7]had a conversation with his friend Johnny Blaze? \n\nKristen[/quote:31ejrxs7]\n\nWell the stuff he was doing was a bad idea in the first place. I think he was trying to stop his aunt may for dying. ...And Give MJ super powers? \":?\" ....and raise the dead.... I think they might have been trying to have an abortion on the cheep too (The price is you unborn daughter\'s soul indeed...).','d346148952d56711bc845c2b76bcafae',0,'sA==','31ejrxs7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357131,25735,6,37,0,'72.175.149.142',1243631992,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','[quote="Dennis":8k5568nh]"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine." Daria said [i:8k5568nh]sotto voce[/i:8k5568nh] from behind the bar, as her sister strolled in with a cheerly smile, her fashionista friends in tow.\n\n"Hi, sis!" Quinn bubbled. "We\'ll take your best table."\n\n"But you haven\'t played cards since you got bored with Go-Fish!"[/quote:8k5568nh]\n\n"Who said anything about playing cards," Quinn said as she handed Daria an envelope with a bank logo on it. "We\'re here to reposses it. You\'re behind on your payments."','b730a64ac7c26ed2a0a0d0faf0ad41f6',0,'oA==','8k5568nh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357132,25744,5,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1243635228,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="losdia":2ixvls00]I think he was trying to stop his aunt may for dying.[/quote:2ixvls00]\n\nYeah, and like I said: Ghost Rider is just standing to the side, facepalming. \";)\" \n\nKristen','bbf5aef14d318baaa0d4a49bd8387cab',0,'gA==','2ixvls00',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357133,25735,6,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243635562,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','[quote="Greystar":1ndclam0][quote="Dennis":1ndclam0]"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine." Daria said [i:1ndclam0]sotto voce[/i:1ndclam0] from behind the bar, as her sister strolled in with a cheerly smile, her fashionista friends in tow.\n\n"Hi, sis!" Quinn bubbled. "We\'ll take your best table."\n\n"But you haven\'t played cards since you got bored with Go-Fish!"[/quote:1ndclam0]\n\n"Who said anything about playing cards," Quinn said as she handed Daria an envelope with a bank logo on it. "We\'re here to reposses it. You\'re behind on your payments."[/quote:1ndclam0]\n"I knew I shouldn\'t have taken out a loan for a table."','6442f7609c2e8ed3362967483d86a94c',0,'oA==','1ndclam0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357134,25714,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243635770,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','More news on North Korea and their ever so stable foreign policy:\n\n[url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-05/29/content_7953154.htm:2qbcxjzc]DPRK fires short-range missile off east coast: Yonhap.[/url:2qbcxjzc]','38922546d700b2d335f01c023595c768',0,'EA==','2qbcxjzc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357135,25754,3,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243636145,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','\":D\" Very fine, Liz. What a lovely campus. That last shot is particularly nice.\n\nYour phone camera\'s a damn site better than the camera in the World\'s Worst Phone (tm), but like you say, the best camera\'s the one you have with you.\n\nHere\'s the view from a window outside my office.\n[img:ddoi4pab]http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5589/windowc.jpg[/img:ddoi4pab]\n\nHere\'s some shrubs below my building a couple of weeks ago.\n[img:ddoi4pab]http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2750/autumnh.jpg[/img:ddoi4pab]','b949d9aa2ad9f3839c42744ab403caf4',0,'CA==','ddoi4pab',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357136,25583,3,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243636224,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Angelinhel":ic3t4fne]Every time we go for a walk with the stroller, I strap Eleanor into the car seat- not as tight as if we were going in the car, but snug- just in case.\n\nJust in case Zoie freaks out about the big garbage truck, yanks on the leash, makes me roll my ankle and trip, tipping the stroller toward me as I fall on the sidewalk. The nice garbage truck man did come to help me out.\n\nI seriously hope I didn\'t break my foot and I have a sweet road rash, but I\'m the only one who got hurt. And that\'s the way I like it.[/quote:ic3t4fne]\n \":(\" I hope it\'s not broken!','bb03024568c620563f1e902531a731d7',0,'gA==','ic3t4fne',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357137,25752,3,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243636467,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For those with a killer fashion sense','Who could resist "quick release Fastex buckles"? \":D\"','ccb4c5d28fd95eb51aa9be4c3b2f02b5',0,'','hbiladfu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357138,25689,6,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1243636757,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Regifted (Ch. 3)','Ch.3 Meanwhile...\n\nJane leaned against the lockers in the usual hallway in the usual fashion, ignoring the usual people, but something was certainly amiss. [i:2n33cw0v]This day is going to go incredibly slowly. At least with Daria I had someone intelligent to talk to. Darn it if she didn\'t just brighten up the day with her pessimism.[/i:2n33cw0v]\n\n“Hi Jane,” Brittany said. “Umm... where\'s Daria?”\n\n“Daria doesn\'t go here anymore,” Jane said. “Ms. Li basically forced her out.”\n\n“See, I knew it,” Kevin said. “It\'s like those old movies; the brains are always making zombies or monsters or robots that kill all the football players.”\n\n“No Kevin,” Mack said. “Grove Hills paid Ms. Li off so they could poach Daria. That\'s how we got those luggage x-ray machines. It\'s the same place Jodie went.”\n\n“Ooh, I hate poachers,” Brittany said. “They\'re always killing those cute animals in Africa. Now they\'ve got Daria and Jodie. Someone should do something about this.”\n\n“Yeah,” Jane joked. “Principal Zaroff\'s really changed the place. You should have seen what happened to Rainsford.”\n\n“I think what Jane is trying to say is that it\'s not that kind of poaching,” Mack said. “Grove Hills took Daria because she got a really good score on the entrance exam and their school looks better if they have the smartest people.”\n\n“Ohhh...” Brittany said.\n\n“How did Ms. Li manage it anyway?” Mack asked.\n\n“Ms. Li scheduled a whole bunch of appointments with Mrs. Morgendorffer to deal with her daughter\'s attitude problem,” Jane said. “The hassle became enough so that Daria was \'encouraged\' to go to Grove Hills. I\'m lucky I have the grades I do; it seems that the quality of my attitude would plummet if some school were to become interested in me.”\n\n“Yeah,” Kevin said. “People always tell me I have an awesome attitude.”\n\n“The prosecution rests,” Jane said.\n\n“What are you going to do without Daria?” Brittany asked. “You have no one to talk to. Umm... I\'d talk to you more but I\'m, like, way too popular and I\'m not sure I know how to talk to a brain.”\n\n“Oh no! Whatever will I do? Oh woe is me.” Jane said in a tone that gave up the nugget of truth in the joke.\n\n“Actually,” Jane added. “I got by here for quite a while before I met Daria. Although this time I won\'t have the self-esteem class to prop up my social life. I wonder if the goths have an opening. But then again it takes a lot of effort to put on all that makeup.” Jane paused briefly to wait for someone to continue the joke before remembering Daria\'s departure. “Anyway, Daria\'s not staying on campus, so I\'ll see her in the evenings. What I\'m interested in is how you and Jodie are dealing with this, Mack.”\n\n“Well,” Mack said. “She is going to try and phone me every day and we\'re going to make sure to get together at least once a month.”\n\n“Almost sounds like she\'s in prison,” Jane said.\n\n“Yeah, we didn\'t have much time for each other as it was. I don\'t know how long we can keep this up, but if any people can pull through, we can.”\n\n“Kevy,” Brittany squeaked. “Do you think we could stay together if we, like, didn\'t go to the school?”\n\n“Of course babe,” Kevin said.\n\nAt that moment the bell rang and they all filed into their respective classrooms.\n\n* * *\n\n“Welcome back class,” Mr. DeMartino said. “Now, can anyone explain the Teapot Dome scandal and the precedent it set for American politics...Kevin?”\n\n“Isn\'t that where they dumped all the tea off that dome to like complain about taxes and stuff,” Kevin replied. “And it set George Washington as president.”\n\nMr. DeMartino sighed in frustration. “Kevin, I DON\'T know WHERE to start with telling you what is WRONG with what your PALEOLITHIC BRAIN just ARTICULATED. But I guess I should COMMEND you for being able to describe something VAGUELY SIMILAR to something that ACTUALLY HAPPENED, it\'s a shame that it has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with TEAPOT DOME. Now Brittany, what do YOU know about Teapot Dome.”\n\n“Teapot Dome,” Brittany said. “Isn\'t that one of those really fancy home decor stores?”\n\n“Well,” Mr. DeMartino said. “NOW that I have the LOST CAUSES out of the way, maybe someone with TWO BRAIN CELLS TO RUB TOGETHER FOR WARMTH could tell me about TEAPOT DOME. DARIA, perhaps? Hey, where\'s Daria.”\n\n“Daria doesn\'t go here anymore,” Brittany said. “She goes to Grove Mills, or something, now.”\n\n“THAT\'S IT. THIS IS THE YEAR I\'M GOING TO BE OUT OF HERE. Whether suicide, quitting, firing or ANEURYSM, by god, I\'m getting out of here.”\n\n* * * \n\n“Hey Quinn,” Sandi said. “There\'s that girl that knows that girl you know. But where\'s that girl you know?”\n\n“Whaaat...” Tiffany said.\n\n“How should I know where she is,” Quinn said. “Just because I know her doesn\'t mean I keep tabs on her. Lets just say she doesn\'t go here anymore.”\n\n“Oh, that\'s good,” Sandi said. “I hate to think what the relationship that you had with your cousin, or whatever, was having with your popularity. I hope for your sake that everyone has forgotten about her over the summer.”\n\n“Speaking of over the summer,” Quinn said. “I hardly saw you over the summer. What was that about?”\n\n“Well maybe if [i:2n33cw0v]Stacy[/i:2n33cw0v] wasn\'t always too busy to answer the phone whenever I called to organize an off-season Fashion Club meeting, we could have seen each other more over the summer.”\n\n“I\'m so sorry,” Stacy said. “I don\'t know why, but I never seemed to be home when you called and I never seemed to be able to listen to the message in time. Oh god, I\'m breaking us up. How can I ever forgive myself?”\n\n“It\'s alright Stacy,” Sandi said. “As long as you don\'t let whatever distracted you so much during the summer conflict with the regularly scheduled Fashion Club meetings, we\'ll let your previous negligence slide. We\'ll just consider it an extended sabbatical.”\n\n“Oh, thank you Sandi,” Stacy said.\n\n“See to it that my kindness was deserved,” Sandi said. “Now, in the latest issue of [i:2n33cw0v]Waif[/i:2n33cw0v] it says that the current neutral is slate, which means that brighter yellows and reds are in.”\n\n“But Sandi,” Quinn said. “It depends upon the item. I imagine that you could get away with a deep orange if it was an accessory or something.”\n\n“That\'s true Quinn but what I was saying was...”\n\nEDIT: Almost forgot, special thanks for undefinedlust for betaing and the various people in the above posts for their criticism','1e035708d93f79ea40b6be6c5862c40c',0,'IA==','2n33cw0v',1,1243700583,'',972,3,0),(357139,25645,3,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243636838,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Woman seeks love for randy emu','Jeez - elephant in the loungeroom. Emu drumsticks, people!','3b057a662314ebae08bc83aa1ec7d809',0,'','1caspnfy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357140,25729,3,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243636916,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','If this keeps up, Rome will be overrun with assholes!','a7cc69c4f691793d6ed17e5b94f94eb0',0,'','2x46jpv9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357141,25754,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243636936,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','I wish my campus looked that nice. \":(\" \n\nThe OSU agricultural science and chemistry departments spent the better part of 50 years pumping out so much waste that the big claim to fame of the campus are the mutant ducks...','da364e6c2f200e29a7b2d3a712ff3e29',0,'','1jpiezxj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357142,25689,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243638216,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 3)','[quote="Ajar":292510xq]Ch.3 Meanwhile...\n\nJane leaned against the lockers in the usual hallway in the usual fashion, ignoring the usual people, but something was certainly amiss. [color=#0000FF:292510xq][i:292510xq]This day is going to go incredibly slowly. At least with Daria I had someone intelligent to talk to. Darn it if she didn\'t just brighten up the day with her pessimism[/i:292510xq][/color:292510xq]. [color=#FF0000:292510xq]Try italics for thought, I find it easier to read.[/color:292510xq]\n\n“I think what Jane is trying to say is that it\'s not that kind of poaching,” Mack said. “Grove Hills took Daria because she got a really good score on the entrance exam and [color=#FF0000:292510xq][s:292510xq]they're[/s:292510xq][/color:292510xq] [color=#0000FF:292510xq]their[/color:292510xq] [color=#0000FF:292510xq]school looks better if they have the smartest people.”\n[/color:292510xq] [color=#FF0000:292510xq] still not quite it on the phrasing[/color:292510xq]\n\n“How should I know where she is,” Quinn said. “Just because I know her doesn\'t mean I keep tabs on her. Lets just say she doesn\'t [s:292510xq][i:292510xq]come[/i:292510xq][/s:292510xq] [color=#0000FF:292510xq]go [/color:292510xq]here anymore.” [/quote:292510xq]','043518835c399ebb2e39f4be442aa4ec',0,'ogQ=','292510xq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357145,25755,4,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243638887,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','voting drops 83% in all-digital election','In an attempt to cut costs, the Honolulu Neighborhood Board decided to go all-digital for their recent election, the first such election in the US. The result: [url=http://www.kitv.com/politics/19573770/detail.html?treets=hon&tml=hon_9am&ts=T&tmi=hon_9am_1_02000105272009:2zyy8xmc]83% fewer people voted[/url:2zyy8xmc] than in the previous election in 2007. \":fail:\" \n\nNext time, I\'d recommend having one of the voting options be an actual paper ballot.','ed7e6a515d1f4f5d34cdcf313b679d35',0,'EA==','2zyy8xmc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357146,25689,6,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1243638997,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 3)','[quote="undefinedlust":24axjqf5][quote="Ajar":24axjqf5]Ch.3 Meanwhile...\n\nJane leaned against the lockers in the usual hallway in the usual fashion, ignoring the usual people, but something was certainly amiss. [color=#0000FF:24axjqf5][i:24axjqf5]This day is going to go incredibly slowly. At least with Daria I had someone intelligent to talk to. Darn it if she didn\'t just brighten up the day with her pessimism[/i:24axjqf5][/color:24axjqf5]. [color=#FF0000:24axjqf5]Try italics for thought, I find it easier to read.[/color:24axjqf5]\n\n“I think what Jane is trying to say is that it\'s not that kind of poaching,” Mack said. “Grove Hills took Daria because she got a really good score on the entrance exam and [color=#FF0000:24axjqf5][s:24axjqf5]they're[/s:24axjqf5][/color:24axjqf5] [color=#0000FF:24axjqf5]their[/color:24axjqf5] [color=#0000FF:24axjqf5]school looks better if they have the smartest people.”\n[/color:24axjqf5] [color=#FF0000:24axjqf5] still not quite it on the phrasing[/color:24axjqf5]\n\n“How should I know where she is,” Quinn said. “Just because I know her doesn\'t mean I keep tabs on her. Lets just say she doesn\'t [s:24axjqf5][i:24axjqf5]come[/i:24axjqf5][/s:24axjqf5] [color=#0000FF:24axjqf5]go [/color:24axjqf5]here anymore.” [/quote:24axjqf5][/quote:24axjqf5]\n\nGah! I know better than to correct on the fly. Anyways, fixed.','8be3e95cdc85ecc4cfd09c83b96a0aa9',0,'ogQ=','24axjqf5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357147,25720,4,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243640181,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','Germany\'s done it, now France. Who\'s next? \":-)\"','40bc3f8be7587ebe536cb4de59f0057b',0,'','2o9dgtbx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357148,25693,4,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243640291,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="UU":1ps57oah]I\'m sorry, but this isn\'t a Marxist or Leninist definition -- there is no Communism unless and until the state has withered away, you see. The term \'Communist state\' was invented by Western \'Marx-eaters\' and is meaningless within the framework of Marxist (or Leninist) theory.[/quote:1ps57oah]\nAnd this, of course, is why "Communist", as it\'s commonly used, is no more solid than "left wing" or "right wing". It\'s all moveable and relative.','2344e7d907a393a4aed05ed1e981cd5a',0,'gA==','1ps57oah',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357149,25735,6,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243640312,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','[quote="Greystar":3vu2a9k0][quote="Dennis":3vu2a9k0]"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine." Daria said [i:3vu2a9k0]sotto voce[/i:3vu2a9k0] from behind the bar, as her sister strolled in with a cheerly smile, her fashionista friends in tow.\n\n"Hi, sis!" Quinn bubbled. "We\'ll take your best table."\n\n"But you haven\'t played cards since you got bored with Go-Fish!"[/quote:3vu2a9k0]\n\n"Who said anything about playing cards," Quinn said as she handed Daria an envelope with a bank logo on it. "We\'re here to reposses it. You\'re behind on your payments."[/quote:3vu2a9k0]\n\n"Gimme a break, Quinn. You know that\'s a fake."\n\n"What makes you think so," Sandi put in haughtily. \n\n"For one thing, America\'s slop model," Daria said, a sneer on her face, "there\'s no Tyra Bank. Now unless you\'d like to be the Old Maid, I suggest you pick a direction that takes you out of here."','8150b226ef93d137f3985f9634b0dd54',0,'oA==','3vu2a9k0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357150,25743,4,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243640479,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lifestyles of the frightfully stupid','There are few questions to which "gunz" is the answer. This is one of them.','088437c7c04750e4265724770cc7367c',0,'','1q29r7eg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357151,25645,3,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243641208,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Woman seeks love for randy emu','Put your hands together for Mr. Randy Emu and Sexual Vegemite!\n\n(+1 for the original quote I\'m playing off.)','03e5a8818310e2abb3484d4648d2e0f3',0,'','2bkryvf7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357152,25754,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243641510,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','[quote="Deref":1c6jcwtd]:D Very fine, Liz. What a lovely campus. That last shot is particularly nice.\n\nYour phone camera\'s a damn site better than the camera in the World\'s Worst Phone (tm), but like you say, the best camera\'s the one you have with you.\n\nHere\'s the view from a window outside my office.\n[img:1c6jcwtd]http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5589/windowc.jpg[/img:1c6jcwtd]\n\nHere\'s some shrubs below my building a couple of weeks ago.\n[img:1c6jcwtd]http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2750/autumnh.jpg[/img:1c6jcwtd][/quote:1c6jcwtd]\n\n\nShow off! \":P\" \n\nYeah that last shot a was my favorite. I\'ve sat there and seen an Ibsen play under the moonlight on a spring night. Weird that I never noticed what a beautiful spot it was.\n\nAlso, I would be glad to have that view from my office! And, Mr. D, if your phone\'s got a camera than is not a certifiable WWP!','7477d6938c9f8522c2fbd440b5a4939f',0,'iA==','1c6jcwtd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357143,25752,3,651,0,'71.215.148.70',1243638308,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For those with a killer fashion sense','I think it looks cool, but I have a feeling Quinn would say "Ewww!"','1f547f0fdee1259f0347886c26db35be',0,'','3eec0sx5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357144,25753,4,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243638445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote:3hkr19cc]Edwards left his shift early at the police housing bureau in Manhattan\'s Harlem neighborhood Thursday around 10:30 p.m. when he noticed a man rummaging through his car along a darkened street. The man, Miguel Santiago, had used a metal spark plug to smash the window, police said.\n\nEdwards struggled with Santiago, who wriggled out of his sweat shirt and took off running. Edwards pursued him with his 9 mm Smith & Wesson handgun drawn, witnesses told police.[/quote:3hkr19cc]\nSo in response to Santiago\'s breaking his car window, Edwards felt that the appropriate response was a gun?\n\nNo, TAG. As long as that attitude exists, nothing will change.','380ee2e2c3e0b8234a6ed25f8b795620',0,'gA==','3hkr19cc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357153,25720,4,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243641514,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','On a somewhat related note, [url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/29/wikipedia_bans_scientology/:3ps1c0r4]Wikipedia has banned contributions[/url:3ps1c0r4] from IP addresses known to belong to the Church of Scientology.','d04029fe73f31dd8427b7eab24433d9f',0,'EA==','3ps1c0r4',1,1243665986,'',414,1,0),(357154,25670,4,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243642076,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":za6kv3jk][quote="Deref":za6kv3jk]I\'m always delighted to be educated. How [i:za6kv3jk]did[/i:za6kv3jk] they describe themselves?[/quote:za6kv3jk]\nAs the coolest guys on the block.[/quote:za6kv3jk]\nAnd who could argue with them?\n\n[quote="UU":za6kv3jk][quote="Deref":za6kv3jk]At no time did I suggest, say, infer, or indicate that only those guilty of hypocrisy should be prosecuted. Clearly I\'d say no, but hypocrisy adds insult to injury and, in my book, would be taken into account.[/quote:za6kv3jk]\nOf course you did:\n\n[quote:za6kv3jk]It really boils down to two things. The first is claims.[/quote:za6kv3jk]\n\nAgain -- read up on international law. This is absolutely irrelevant.[/quote:za6kv3jk]\nAs I said, I never claimed that it was. I never made any claims about international law - I merely expressed an opinion that I\'d love to see them tried.\n\n[quote="UU":za6kv3jk][quote="Deref":za6kv3jk]I\'d propose to you that if W had said, in his election campaign, "Here\'s what we\'re gonna do to people without benefit of a trial" and described those things, he may not have been elected.[/quote:za6kv3jk]\nIrrelevant, no? [/quote:za6kv3jk]\nIrrelevant no. It adds significantly to my desire to see them tried.\n\n[quote="UU":za6kv3jk][quote="Deref":za6kv3jk]Really, UU - you should be ashamed of yourself. You don\'t need to descend to creating straw men to argue with me - you\'re [i:za6kv3jk]much[/i:za6kv3jk] better than that.[/quote:za6kv3jk]\nIf it\'s a straw man -- try to set fire to it and let\'s see what happens.\n\n[quote="Deref":za6kv3jk]The very root of the problem is that there [i:za6kv3jk]is[/i:za6kv3jk] no enforcement arm, thus it\'ll never happen.[/quote:za6kv3jk]\nExcellent! Otherwise barratry would\'ve made diplomacy impossible.[/quote:za6kv3jk]\nI don\'t follow that line of reasoning. Why?\n\n[quote="UU":za6kv3jk][quote="Deref":za6kv3jk]Fair cop. "Me."[/quote:za6kv3jk]\nMeaning no disrespect, but you ain\'t much of an authority on international law. \":D\"[/quote:za6kv3jk]\nNolo contendere, which is why I don\'t pontificate on it.','c80715594ad0867e8e9927ea52a933fb',0,'oA==','za6kv3jk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357155,25689,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243642290,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 3)','[quote="Ajar":2mf4yqj2]\n\nGah! I know better than to correct on the fly. Anyways, fixed.[/quote:2mf4yqj2]\n\nI have done that before, fixed the beta suggestions and actually made it worse in the process \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\"','aa62916cfd5bc69701086bca92f08a8a',0,'gA==','2mf4yqj2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357157,25729,3,65,0,'69.14.14.207',1243644698,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','[quote="Deref":2d0zxngs]If this keeps up, Rome will be overrun with assholes![/quote:2d0zxngs]\n[b:2d0zxngs]Dark Helmet:[/b:2d0zxngs] Who made that man a gunner?\n[b:2d0zxngs]Major Asshole:[/b:2d0zxngs] I did, sir. He\'s my cousin.\n[b:2d0zxngs]Dark Helmet:[/b:2d0zxngs] Who is he?\n[b:2d0zxngs]Colonel Sandurz:[/b:2d0zxngs] He\'s an asshole, sir.\n[b:2d0zxngs]Dark Helmet:[/b:2d0zxngs] I know that! What\'s his name?\n[b:2d0zxngs]Colonel Sandurz:[/b:2d0zxngs] That [i:2d0zxngs]is[/i:2d0zxngs] his name, sir. Asshole, Major Asshole.\n[b:2d0zxngs]Dark Helmet:[/b:2d0zxngs] And his cousin?\n[b:2d0zxngs]Colonel Sandurz:[/b:2d0zxngs] He\'s an asshole, too, sir. Gunner\'s mate First Class Philip Asshole.\n[b:2d0zxngs]Dark Helmet:[/b:2d0zxngs] How many assholes do we have on this ship, anyway?\n[b:2d0zxngs]Entire Bridge Crew:[/b:2d0zxngs] Yo!\n[b:2d0zxngs]Dark Helmet:[/b:2d0zxngs] I knew it. I\'m surrounded by assholes!','0248b30eeffd2f8ea3b2a5f7a5dcc8ea',0,'4A==','2d0zxngs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357158,25736,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243644912,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writer\'s Block','[quote="ninetwelve":3ulxx7u7]Been stuck months- its not that I\'ve written myself into a corner I justt can\'t seem to get started.\n\nMaybe I will work on another one but "just do it" seems to be the best advice- can\'t write if you\'re not writing.[/quote:3ulxx7u7]\n\nive done the same fixed it by answering a few challenges/iron chefs- they were crap but it helped, or i started a new fic...','874922ce4112eec6c7b5c6a148ca3ef4',0,'gA==','3ulxx7u7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357159,25043,5,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243645028,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Web Sites of Extreme Awesomeness!','More awsome covers!\n\nhttp://www.comic-covers.com/','d8716a2fe50bdc4478a39b6009f0e0a2',0,'','3jbwix0q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357160,25743,4,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243645139,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lifestyles of the frightfully stupid','[quote="Dervish":2fy5usws]And help is on the way:\n\n[img:2fy5usws]http://doogs.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/whambulance.jpg[/img:2fy5usws][/quote:2fy5usws]\n\nWow! Just. . . Wow!\n\nYou\'re becoming my hero!','074155085951ec48441fb8e2a93a93dc',0,'iA==','2fy5usws',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357161,25756,5,26,0,'66.217.181.111',1243645632,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','New ep of B: TBATB for 5/29/2009','Spoilerage ahead (highlight to read):\n\n[color=#E1EBF2:34akcgg1]First Batman along with Ace the Bat-Hound stop Cat-Man from selling a Sumatran tiger to persons who want to make it their next meal. Then, while foiling a bank robbery, Batman is interrupted by Bat-Mite, a being from the Fifth Dimension who\'s worshipped the Dark Knight from afar. After defeating a souped-up Calendar Man (who\'s turned into Calendar King), Bat-Mite seems to take his leave, only to teleport the Caped Crusader to the Fifth Dimension to take on some of that dimension\'s monsters! Is there any way Batman can get out of this situation? The ep had references to the campy 1960\'s live-action series, [i:34akcgg1]Batman: The Animated Series[/i:34akcgg1] and even the Looney Tunes cartoon [i:34akcgg1]Duck Twacy[/i:34akcgg1]![/color:34akcgg1]','4d690ac7bada8272bfe6e53462d6b333',0,'Ig==','34akcgg1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357162,25729,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243645779,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?','[quote="Deref":awnoiomb]If this keeps up, Rome will be overrun with assholes![/quote:awnoiomb]\n\nLook on the bright side, maybe the new assholes will keep the old assholes off their vespas, saving them from looking like complete tools.','6e2c06e4f2f0fea905d992da3dc04f5b',0,'gA==','awnoiomb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357163,25757,5,26,0,'66.217.181.111',1243645874,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Spoiler schedule for 5/31-6/6/2009','Kind of a busy week ahead.\n\nAnyhow. . .\n\nSunday (spoilers to be definitely posted Monday because this will be up against the season finale of [i:e3x93nno]Deadliest Warrior[/i:e3x93nno]--the big IRA/Taliban battle I\'ve been looking forward to seeing): Masaharu Morimoto takes on Sam Mason on a new ep of [i:e3x93nno]Iron Chef America[/i:e3x93nno]\n\nFriday: New ep of [i:e3x93nno]Batman: The Brave and the Bold[/i:e3x93nno]\n\nConsider yourself warned. \":D\"','c332a1011f98541709522ba9852e2fb8',0,'IA==','e3x93nno',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357164,25736,6,940,0,'96.248.115.44',1243646043,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writer\'s Block','That seemed to be good advice (: Doing an iron chef tonight. Its helping. Especially since my work station for music went kaput. God is telling me to write.\n\nAlso writing something without blood is proving to be a big and welcome change of pace (:','293fb974fc616b50bd17d273e2d02bd2',0,'','1l3k34jw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357165,25728,6,1000,0,'58.104.80.212',1243646828,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','Thanks! I\'ll be revamping and adding a new chapter this week, depending on how school goes. : P','6f4ef3c94c4ec1234e6c14c0c6430cef',0,'','1nnaq8w9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357166,25720,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243646930,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','[quote="Derek":2ly11otc]On a somewhat related note, [url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/29/wikipedia_bans_scientology/Wikipedia has banned contributions[/url] from IP addresses known to belong to the Church of Scientology.[/quote:2ly11otc]\n\nThis is getting even better! Admittedly there are Freedom of Speech concerns, but as I understand it, the $cientologi$ts have more than abused freedom of speech.\n\nHopefully this will spread to other jurisdictions.','2268666aab25ba0f93967119ff20948d',0,'gA==','2ly11otc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357167,25714,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243647057,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="losdia":ray94qd6]More news on North Korea and their ever so stable foreign policy:\n\n[url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-05/29/content_7953154.htm:ray94qd6]DPRK fires short-range missile off east coast: Yonhap.[/url:ray94qd6][/quote:ray94qd6]\n\nThis is definitely beginning to look more and more like posturing. But dangerous posturing. All it takes is for something unintended to happen, and... \":(\"','df14fafd86fffa231aea0f18564770bb',0,'kA==','ray94qd6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357168,25720,4,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243647103,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','\":D\" There\'s the answer.\n\n[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/29/wikipedia-bans-scientolog_n_208967.html:3cya79qj](Just a re-linking to the site Derek mentions above.)[/url:3cya79qj]','fe625caefc32182ff7a3501b8cd50f33',0,'EA==','3cya79qj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357169,25583,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243647191,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Some advice for would-be cat owners:\n\n[img:3j6m7nn4]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/funny-pictures-you-should-feed-your-cat-before-dinner.jpg[/img:3j6m7nn4]','32657357bcf516395a27cc8e649cd4a3',0,'CA==','3j6m7nn4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357170,25714,4,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243647485,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="The Sidhe":26gdpzhq][quote="losdia":26gdpzhq]More news on North Korea and their ever so stable foreign policy:\n\n[url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-05/29/content_7953154.htm:26gdpzhq]DPRK fires short-range missile off east coast: Yonhap.[/url:26gdpzhq][/quote:26gdpzhq]\n\nThis is definitely beginning to look more and more like posturing. But dangerous posturing. All it takes is for something unintended to happen, and... \":(\"[/quote:26gdpzhq]\nYep. Sooner or later someone\'s going to get seriously pissed off. Of all the likely countries, my money\'s on Japan.','d4add4c2a8a572757891b927c06b404b',0,'kA==','26gdpzhq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357171,25714,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243648055,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="Deref":zd1f7svd][quote="The Sidhe":zd1f7svd][quote="losdia":zd1f7svd]More news on North Korea and their ever so stable foreign policy:\n\n[url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-05/29/content_7953154.htm:zd1f7svd]DPRK fires short-range missile off east coast: Yonhap.[/url:zd1f7svd][/quote:zd1f7svd]\n\nThis is definitely beginning to look more and more like posturing. But dangerous posturing. All it takes is for something unintended to happen, and... \":(\"[/quote:zd1f7svd]\nYep. Sooner or later someone\'s going to get seriously pissed off. Of all the likely countries, my money\'s on Japan.[/quote:zd1f7svd]\n\nJapan has more sense than that. Too much of Asia is still mad at them over, [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_War_Crimes:zd1f7svd]you know, stuff. Things the Japanese people are sure reasonable historians will tell you are exaggerated, and even if they weren\'t happened a long time ago...[/url:zd1f7svd] \n\nAlthough that isn\'t to say Japan isn\'t freaking out about this. I read a few Japanese papers and half the op-eds are about how the US really needs to do something about North Korea.','c4253f41ba023db30a5ae0450a8434d7',0,'kA==','zd1f7svd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357172,25754,3,129,0,'24.118.48.176',1243650167,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','I added you to my flickr contacts (I\'m magickalrealism.) So gorgeous!','db16af7201e12cec7473ea6debbefa6b',0,'','1pzbh8aw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357173,25758,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243650515,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Drag Me To Hell','Back from the newest Raimi Brothers ([i:1nwz0j5e]Spider Man[/i:1nwz0j5e], [i:1nwz0j5e]The Evil Dead Trilogy[/i:1nwz0j5e]) release and I have mixed feelings. To those who intend to see the film, a couple of warnings. If you think you\'re going to see a standard, "serious" horror film, you are going to be disappointed. If you enter the theater expecting to see an "over the top" horror comedy in the vein of [i:1nwz0j5e]Army Of Darkness[/i:1nwz0j5e] then you\'ll have a ball.\n\nPlot: An elderly Gypsy woman shows up at a bank to get an extension on her home loan. Having had two extensions already, she is denied, and in a rage she places a curse on the loan officer, who has three days to appease an evil spirit or be taken to hell for all eternity.\n\nEvery second I watched this film, I expected Bruce Campbell to pop up somewhere (he didn\'t). At first the constant laughter pissed me off as I was trying to get into the movie, but after about 20 minutes...the over the top nature of the film really got me snickering and I gave in to my inner child, and immediately began to HAVE A BLAST. I can honestly say that this movie is an exception to the rule when it comes to PG-13 horror films sucking. I can\'t wait for the inevitible Unrated DVD.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','f001d12f636993f1c2c7323ddac63611',0,'IA==','1nwz0j5e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357174,25758,5,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243651171,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Drag Me To Hell','I was going to skip on this, but now I\'m reconsidering.','951c318575e58387a34dfac9194455e8',0,'','2dowvper',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357175,25754,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243651691,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','[quote="medea42":2ikhfubl]I added you to my flickr contacts (I\'m magickalrealism.) So gorgeous![/quote:2ikhfubl]\n\n\nAww, thanks Di!','cb99c2e0fddb052f22975548f6d9e47c',0,'gA==','2ikhfubl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357176,25758,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243652243,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Drag Me To Hell','[quote="Dervish":13rs3sal]I was going to skip on this, but now I\'m reconsidering.[/quote:13rs3sal]\n\nSame here, now. I\'ll check it out on Monday afternoon.','449fcd5724d2be87a6a4e2ae68707f9e',0,'gA==','13rs3sal',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357177,25735,6,83,0,'71.34.243.79',1243652251,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','[quote="Dennis":awahhmfv][quote="Greystar":awahhmfv][quote="Dennis":awahhmfv]"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine." Daria said [i:awahhmfv]sotto voce[/i:awahhmfv] from behind the bar, as her sister strolled in with a cheerly smile, her fashionista friends in tow.\n\n"Hi, sis!" Quinn bubbled. "We\'ll take your best table."\n\n"But you haven\'t played cards since you got bored with Go-Fish!"[/quote:awahhmfv]\n\n"Who said anything about playing cards," Quinn said as she handed Daria an envelope with a bank logo on it. "We\'re here to reposses it. You\'re behind on your payments."[/quote:awahhmfv]\n\n"Gimme a break, Quinn. You know that\'s a fake."\n\n"What makes you think so," Sandi put in haughtily. \n\n"For one thing, America\'s slop model," Daria said, a sneer on her face, "there\'s no Tyra Bank. Now unless you\'d like to be the Old Maid, I suggest you pick a direction that takes you out of here."[/quote:awahhmfv]\n\n\nLooking away from her computer screen, it was at that moment Daria realized she really, really hated Mr. O\'Neil and his stupid \'special assignment\'.','e479567d35e3c36efd85e8ab99817b82',0,'oA==','awahhmfv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357178,25714,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243652362,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="losdia":1futt6fe][quote="Deref":1futt6fe][quote="The Sidhe":1futt6fe][quote="losdia":1futt6fe]More news on North Korea and their ever so stable foreign policy:\n\n[url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-05/29/content_7953154.htm:1futt6fe]DPRK fires short-range missile off east coast: Yonhap.[/url:1futt6fe][/quote:1futt6fe]\n\nThis is definitely beginning to look more and more like posturing. But dangerous posturing. All it takes is for something unintended to happen, and... \":(\"[/quote:1futt6fe]\nYep. Sooner or later someone\'s going to get seriously pissed off. Of all the likely countries, my money\'s on Japan.[/quote:1futt6fe]\n\nJapan has more sense than that. Too much of Asia is still mad at them over, [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_War_Crimes:1futt6fe]you know, stuff. Things the Japanese people are sure reasonable historians will tell you are exaggerated, and even if they weren\'t happened a long time ago...[/url:1futt6fe]\n\nAlthough that isn\'t to say Japan isn\'t freaking out about this. I read a few Japanese papers and half the op-eds are about how the US really needs to do something about North Korea.[/quote:1futt6fe] \n\nQuite. Besides, the Japanese Constitution (written by the United States) has a clause in it renouncing war, which could be a bit of a hurdle, unless Japan is actually attacked. Then we shall see if the JSDF (ranked 24th by size) is capable of doing things other than fighting off attacks by Godzilla and other Japanese movie monsters. \";)\" \":P\"','594dda6d970b305382de9b13d8f331aa',0,'kA==','1futt6fe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357179,23493,6,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243652537,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Other Side of Time: Unfinished Business','Working on it now (yes, I am aware of the pitchforks being rusted) but I\'m also working on other things as well. PLus life, the universe and everything.','eaa5e46250da5c64e124fe6782555a15',0,'','jydg6mse',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357180,25751,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243652585,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Wolf with The Red Roses (Explicit)* (Moved)','Looking at this, it makes me realize I could very easily come dangerously close to the line of what is PPMB safe and what is not, hell I probably already have, but I think that is the risk a story like this (or things I might write) takes to maintain honesty. The grim brutality of the sexuality in the piece may be over the line here, but I am not sure a sanitized version would have half the impact.\n\nIt seems a bit forced in places (I wish I could give concrete examples, but its just a sense) but nonetheless its a good, if gruesome, example of angst \'shipping.','abe435a58107e275cba8d8c02767bd61',0,'','z4pkpt4g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357181,25677,3,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243653095,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: School cuts loo paper supply','[quote="paisleygal":12dvnhy8]It would give you an excuse other than "the dog ate my homework"...[/quote:12dvnhy8]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','8d0ec152f8aaab9240b35826ecfcedcf',0,'gA==','12dvnhy8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357182,25744,5,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243653100,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','But covers like this are full of win, making anyone proud to read it with such a cover:\n\nhttp://superdickery.com/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=32\n\nEspecially when they enter SFMB territory:\n\nhttp://superdickery.com/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=36\n\nhttp://superdickery.com/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=36\n\nhttp://superdickery.com/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=36','dbc2c6b535d009e9a7829f833c87ccff',0,'','9ojx9iw2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357183,25715,11,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243653334,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','[quote="Angelinhel":9e712nc9]I floss in the shower.[/quote:9e712nc9]\n\nIf you also pee in the shower, that will save you even more time.','733788eb47b86b4c116d759a22747386',0,'gA==','9e712nc9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357184,25759,5,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243653533,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Where did this Reagan comic come from?','Obama was on the cheesy side, but this one really gets out there!\n\nhttp://superdickery.com/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=34\n\nSince enough people here know comics, I was hoping one of you would recognize where this is from and/or the context (ie, what\'s going on, is that really Reagan or an impostor, etc--and if Reagan, how did he get his superpowers or whatever).','98db824df95a9eb903fb258e2d7f0579',0,'','2j457v22',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357185,25753,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243653978,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','Years ago on a gun board, it got mentioned that a cop shot & killed a woman he pulled over because he mistook the cell phone she was talking into for a gun. This branched out onto even more ridiculous cases of trigger happy cops. And a bunch of cops started posting saying we had no right to judge them, we\'re not there when these cases go down, etc. \n\nI killed the thread when I said they were probably right and hoped that they give me the same benefit of a doubt they feel they\'re entitled to should I also ever shoot an unarmed person 6 times in the back.','bfeec5540ef5e6093857ae19f4670d21',0,'','2lqv8190',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357186,25735,6,430,0,'74.229.39.43',1243654020,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','[quote="Angelinhel":39seo97p][quote="Dennis":39seo97p][quote="Greystar":39seo97p][quote="Dennis":39seo97p]"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine." Daria said [i:39seo97p]sotto voce[/i:39seo97p] from behind the bar, as her sister strolled in with a cheerly smile, her fashionista friends in tow.\n\n"Hi, sis!" Quinn bubbled. "We\'ll take your best table."\n\n"But you haven\'t played cards since you got bored with Go-Fish!"[/quote:39seo97p]\n\n"Who said anything about playing cards," Quinn said as she handed Daria an envelope with a bank logo on it. "We\'re here to reposses it. You\'re behind on your payments."[/quote:39seo97p]\n\n"Gimme a break, Quinn. You know that\'s a fake."\n\n"What makes you think so," Sandi put in haughtily. \n\n"For one thing, America\'s slop model," Daria said, a sneer on her face, "there\'s no Tyra Bank. Now unless you\'d like to be the Old Maid, I suggest you pick a direction that takes you out of here."[/quote:39seo97p]\n\n\nLooking away from her computer screen, it was at that moment Daria realized she really, really hated Mr. O\'Neil and his stupid \'special assignment\'.[/quote:39seo97p]\nIf I had the skill, I\'d animate that. \":lol:\"','d2d599ebda6c6ec987cba5face60e3f6',0,'oA==','39seo97p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357187,25735,6,947,0,'75.7.203.44',1243654328,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','This is great! After I posted this, I was thinking maybe it was too narrow.\nShould we open this up to any movie line?\n\nI was trying to think of a writing exercise to limber up those little gray cells','07a3b5991902e11a787bc327a45d96bd',0,'','1hg5eadu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357188,25736,6,947,0,'75.7.203.44',1243654571,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writer\'s Block','[quote="Dennis":14d9o91u]Four words: Rocks fall. Everyone dies. \";)\" \n\n[/quote:14d9o91u]\n\nDo not laugh, I was so frustrated with my own piece of work, The first draft of the last chapter I posted was.\n\nJane commits suicide and Daria goes flat line the hospital','851dcfcf269f281f9924cb4731270a64',0,'gA==','14d9o91u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357189,25760,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243654645,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','SSW: When Civil Servants Attack!: Real Idiots Caught On Tape','[url=http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=10428746:37a0iztw]OHP Trooper Scuffle Caught On Videotape[/url:37a0iztw]\n\n[quote:37a0iztw]BOLEY, OK -- Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers get into a fight with a paramedic and it is all caught on videotape. \n\nThe fight happened during an emergency call when a patient waiting to be taken to the local hospital was in the back of the ambulance.\n\nOfficials say OHP troopers became upset after the paramedic failed to yield while the troopers were rushing to a call of their own.\n\nThe troopers claim the paramedic assaulted one of them before the camera started rolling.\n\nThe video was shot by the patient\'s son. He says he continually asked the troopers to stop, so his mom could be taken to the hospital.\n\n"We\'re like telling this dude. \'Man, my mom is in the back.\' My step-dad was like \'man my wife is in the back, can we do this at the hospital,\'" said Kenyada Davis.\n\nThe patient was finally taken to the hospital where she was treated and released. [/quote:37a0iztw]\n\n[url=http://www.newson6.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=3802649&h1=OHP%20Scuffle%20Videotape&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=55733&LaunchPageAdTag=News&activePane=info&rnd=46543672:37a0iztw]The Video[/url:37a0iztw]','f608d3b81dc2455adc7814a6ae86733a',0,'kA==','37a0iztw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357190,25752,3,430,0,'74.229.39.43',1243654722,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For those with a killer fashion sense','Doesn\'t provide any protection if the perp aims above the bustline, though.','1d7efbad07ff8ea8a89b15369908f96a',0,'','3tl5l8ct',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357191,25736,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243654923,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writer\'s Block','[quote="Roxanne M":3bvqkljp][quote="Dennis":3bvqkljp]Four words: Rocks fall. Everyone dies. \";)\" \n\n[/quote:3bvqkljp]\n\nDo not laugh, I was so frustrated with my own piece of work, The first draft of the last chapter I posted was.\n\nJane commits suicide and Daria goes flat line the hospital[/quote:3bvqkljp]\n\n\nI don\'t doubt it. Without giving spoilers to anyone who hasn\'t read LSBS and may want to read it later, Act 2 could have had a very different end and Act 3 would have been very short. \":shock:\"','e6052922ec71e164f8fc784b3d3dd967',0,'gA==','3bvqkljp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357192,25133,6,430,0,'74.229.39.43',1243655160,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 2)','Interesting.','60ac90e9261a83d48fbcf09bb7cebc0c',0,'','2xmprv7v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357193,25735,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243655236,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','[quote="Roxanne M":1myf2vmg]This is great! After I posted this, I was thinking maybe it was too narrow.\nShould we open this up to any movie line?\n\nI was trying to think of a writing exercise to limber up those little gray cells[/quote:1myf2vmg]\n\n\nYeah, it\'s a little too closed to really stretch. I had an idea for a Monique/Alison shipper micro using the quote you supplied, I just haven\'t had the time or motivation to write it yet \":fail:\" \":fail:\" \":fail:\" \":fail:\" \":fail:\"','015242ceeed79cc457d2ea0d482b3861',0,'gA==','1myf2vmg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357194,25756,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243655350,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New ep of B: TBATB for 5/29/2009','The very first transformation Bat-Mite performs on Batman, the one Bat-Mite dismisses as "Too Dracula," is the vampire Batman of Earth-43, also known as the Batman from the [i:s514idhh]Red Rain[/i:s514idhh] trilogy. Awesome.\n\nThe "Zebra Striped" Batman also had his own story once...\n\n[img:s514idhh]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8ie37mgxIXA/R7XOxDhvlCI/AAAAAAAACqE/FIFk18J-lDw/s400/zebra.jpg[/img:s514idhh]\n\n...and it was awesome to see Calendar Man and Ace, the Bat-Hound, again. Not to mention Copperhead and Kite-Man. (Wanna hear something that sucks? Kite-Man was killed by Bruno Mannheim during [i:s514idhh]52[/i:s514idhh]. He was a pretty cool Z-list Bat-villain.)\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','21964fda4c08fa195291f602edb670d6',0,'KA==','s514idhh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357195,25754,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243655578,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','Administrative Sciences? Business or Governmental? Any classes taught in English? If so are they hiring? \":lol:\"','1dc842fc600ebbe741c5611d34c4a8a1',0,'','3fnsudi4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357196,25759,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243656201,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Where did this Reagan comic come from?','Damn ole Ree-pub-lican prop-O-ganda if\'n ya ask me!\n\nP\'tui!\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','196508b2ad81f373b665f2da684625be',0,'','16vt15lr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357197,25744,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243656448,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="losdia":1yo2mi6e][quote="brnleague99":1yo2mi6e][quote="Brother Grimace":1yo2mi6e][quote="brnleague99":1yo2mi6e]Anyone else remember the hoopla when Superman was "killed" by Doomsday?\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThat\'s the vibe I\'m getting from this. (Even if [i:1yo2mi6e]Reign Of The Supermen[/i:1yo2mi6e] freakin\' ruled.)[/quote:1yo2mi6e]\n\n\nOh, yeah. Please, don\'t remind me. The [i:1yo2mi6e]freaky[/i:1yo2mi6e] fanboys and the civilians whined [b:1yo2mi6e]so[/b:1yo2mi6e] much... \":bang:\"[/quote:1yo2mi6e]\n\nROTS kicked ass, though. Much love to John Henry Irons, the "Man of Steel".\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1yo2mi6e]\n\nNo way! The Eradicator as the Last Son of Krypton was much cooler! \n\nAnd Kon! Where\'s your Kon love? \":lol:\" \n\nFrom what I\'ve heard from the "old timers" the reaction to Jason Todd\'s death was a much bigger nightmare than the Death of Superman stuff.[/quote:1yo2mi6e]\n\nI was eleven when JT was killed. I remember [i:1yo2mi6e]Death In The Family[/i:1yo2mi6e] and the hoopla that came with it!\n\n...and Kon! I will never forget that time he slept with Wonder Girl in the barn, and Cassie walked out in Kon\'s shirt and ran right into Ma and Pa Kent.\n\n...and Dervish? I am now obsessed with getting Archie #600! Thanks! You know how impressionable I am!\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','ed54447ebd906527745ccab0dd586779',0,'4A==','1yo2mi6e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357198,25735,6,900,0,'208.7.93.62',1243657643,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','Sandi addressed the women gathered around her while Quinn stood silently behind her. "The first rule of Fashion Club is that you do not talk about Fashion Club. The second rule of Fashion Club is [i:v2yeetrz]you do not talk about Fashion Club.[/i:v2yeetrz] Third rule of Fashion Club: if a girl slaps you or cries, even if they\'re faking it, the fashion lesson is over. Fourth rule: two girls to a lesson. Fifth rule: one lesson at a time. Sixth rule: Only reasonable fashion choices will be made. No tube tops, no stretch pants, no clogs. Seventh rule: the lessons go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fashion Club, your outfit will be subject to a fashion lesson."','417d611d69f48678b37a870a25dc334b',0,'IA==','v2yeetrz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357199,25736,6,904,0,'67.78.76.147',1243657989,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writer\'s Block','[quote="pinkminx":2h29i0ju][quote="ninetwelve":2h29i0ju]Been stuck months- its not that I\'ve written myself into a corner I justt can\'t seem to get started.\n\nMaybe I will work on another one but "just do it" seems to be the best advice- can\'t write if you\'re not writing.[/quote:2h29i0ju]\n\nive done the same fixed it by answering a few challenges/iron chefs- they were crap but it helped, or i started a new fic...[/quote:2h29i0ju]\nThis. I\'ve been damned near prolific (for me, at least) over the last couple of weeks. And even though it\'s been in another fandom, it was an Iron Chef here that broke me out of a months-long slump.','627c6e16a198aab1364fefed8900e147',0,'gA==','2h29i0ju',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357200,25735,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243658204,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','[quote="Disco316":foeq4gno]Sandi addressed the women gathered around her while Quinn stood silently behind her. "The first rule of Fashion Club is that you do not talk about Fashion Club. The second rule of Fashion Club is [i:foeq4gno]you do not talk about Fashion Club.[/i:foeq4gno] Third rule of Fashion Club: if a girl slaps you or cries, even if they\'re faking it, the fashion lesson is over. Fourth rule: two girls to a lesson. Fifth rule: one lesson at a time. Sixth rule: Only reasonable fashion choices will be made. No tube tops, no stretch pants, no clogs. Seventh rule: the lessons go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fashion Club, your outfit will be subject to a fashion lesson."[/quote:foeq4gno]\n\n\nThat begs for a full treatment... oh god what a twisted crossover!!! \":mrgreen:\"','dbfd4c27768e830f4b598bbf3d929fc8',0,'oA==','foeq4gno',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357201,25736,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243658402,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writer\'s Block','[quote="respite":3e50yvss][quote="pinkminx":3e50yvss][quote="ninetwelve":3e50yvss]Been stuck months- its not that I\'ve written myself into a corner I justt can\'t seem to get started.\n\nMaybe I will work on another one but "just do it" seems to be the best advice- can\'t write if you\'re not writing.[/quote:3e50yvss]\n\nive done the same fixed it by answering a few challenges/iron chefs- they were crap but it helped, or i started a new fic...[/quote:3e50yvss]\nThis. I\'ve been damned near prolific (for me, at least) over the last couple of weeks. And even though it\'s been in another fandom, it was an Iron Chef here that broke me out of a months-long slump.[/quote:3e50yvss]\n\nAnother fandom? Don\'t make me get out a pitchfork... cough Write Me In cough \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\"','aa33ad4649e4107c767c7579fbc45f9c',0,'gA==','3e50yvss',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357202,25735,6,900,0,'208.7.93.62',1243658986,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','[quote="undefinedlust":2ctxmusc][quote="Disco316":2ctxmusc]Sandi addressed the women gathered around her while Quinn stood silently behind her. "The first rule of Fashion Club is that you do not talk about Fashion Club. The second rule of Fashion Club is [i:2ctxmusc]you do not talk about Fashion Club.[/i:2ctxmusc] Third rule of Fashion Club: if a girl slaps you or cries, even if they\'re faking it, the fashion lesson is over. Fourth rule: two girls to a lesson. Fifth rule: one lesson at a time. Sixth rule: Only reasonable fashion choices will be made. No tube tops, no stretch pants, no clogs. Seventh rule: the lessons go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fashion Club, your outfit will be subject to a fashion lesson."[/quote:2ctxmusc]\n\n\nThat begs for a full treatment... oh god what a twisted crossover!!! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2ctxmusc]\nThanks, might just have to go there. Though I\'m almost wondering if Stacy would work better where Quinn\'s standing...','46b8e00f39f0ddd3edd14887456c8a70',0,'oA==','2ctxmusc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357203,25761,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243660007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','SSW:Boo-boo gets a physics lesson...','...in which he learns about electricity... and gravity.\n\n\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ciMvYN ... re=related\n\n\n \":shock:\" \n\n\nOUCH.','2e7d730641040df6b25a0f3459c3fe28',0,'','2pq1816x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357204,25759,5,545,0,'65.221.65.143',1243660669,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Where did this Reagan comic come from?','This came from the Legends miniseries that DC ran right after [i:yvkw70nh]Crisis on Infinite Earths[/i:yvkw70nh] was completed. I actually owned this at one time and can remember it. Darkseid was trying to destroy the "legends" on Earth (well, more than likely, U.S. legends) and one of those legends was Lambo himself (I\'m sorry, I meant President Reagan. \":P\" )','6b70dc606ca75cb3965fb564f9bb6066',0,'IA==','yvkw70nh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357205,25583,3,545,0,'65.221.65.143',1243661152,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Right before I turn off the TV, I\'m scanning the channels and I come across [i:27mc3q4w]South Park[/i:27mc3q4w] on the local MyTV network channel, so I check it out. [i:27mc3q4w]Jesus and Pals[/i:27mc3q4w] is on, and he\'s giving advice to viewers who call in and one of the boys (Stan or Kyle, I\'m not sure which) calls in and asks if it\'s O.K. to kill someone who\'s in a lot of pain and really suffering.\n\nJesus said, "Son?"\n\nThe boy said, "Yes, Jesus?"\n\n"I\'m not touching that one with a 16-foot pole." Then he hangs up.\n\n\nI lost it. That just made me crack up. After the week I\'ve had, I needed that. \":D\" \n\n\nAdd to that my daughter had a button made for me. The picture from my avatar with the title "Doggieboy" in blue above it. So if you see me out with it on my shirt, you\'ll know who I am. \":D\"','d78694d8b796335b1eb93c2a870d3f44',0,'IA==','27mc3q4w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357206,25735,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243661302,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','[quote="Disco316":1at2y0z1][quote="undefinedlust":1at2y0z1][quote="Disco316":1at2y0z1]Sandi addressed the women gathered around her while Quinn stood silently behind her. "The first rule of Fashion Club is that you do not talk about Fashion Club. The second rule of Fashion Club is [i:1at2y0z1]you do not talk about Fashion Club.[/i:1at2y0z1] Third rule of Fashion Club: if a girl slaps you or cries, even if they\'re faking it, the fashion lesson is over. Fourth rule: two girls to a lesson. Fifth rule: one lesson at a time. Sixth rule: Only reasonable fashion choices will be made. No tube tops, no stretch pants, no clogs. Seventh rule: the lessons go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fashion Club, your outfit will be subject to a fashion lesson."[/quote:1at2y0z1]\n\n\nThat begs for a full treatment... oh god what a twisted crossover!!! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1at2y0z1]\nThanks, might just have to go there. Though I\'m almost wondering if Stacy would work better where Quinn\'s standing...[/quote:1at2y0z1]\n\nShe probably would, now that you mention it. In any case, eventually you must write it. You have a significant talent for the crossover as evidenced by The Quinn Show and this looks too tasty to pass up. (What would the homework assignments be??? \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" )\n\nHell I was hoping if anyone picked up my Mystic Tap idea from the brains for rent thread I hoped it would be you, so I know you can do the crossover justice.\n\nYou must do this!!!! \":mrgreen:\"','28b7dfc42fc97f040bb8bf5d9bed8bf6',0,'oA==','1at2y0z1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357207,25720,4,545,0,'65.221.65.143',1243661543,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','[quote="Deref":2nksf7j0][quote="Dervish":2nksf7j0]In Scientology, you also have to pay to be preached to, so even the courses would cost (and I understand cost quite a bit, one of the reasons why the bulk of the membership is middle class and higher).[/quote:2nksf7j0]\nPft - what\'s the percentage in selling Xenu to poor people?[/quote:2nksf7j0]\n\n\nThe problem is that it doesn\'t matter how much you make, once you\'re in this church, you\'re expected to pay the full amount for the courses, no matter how long it takes, and no matter who you are. People like Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Priscilla Presley are simply able to pay their amount a lot quicker.','199c8ead0b7ec46380b6846352ad99be',0,'gA==','2nksf7j0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357208,25583,3,545,0,'65.221.65.143',1243662542,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','And now, a complaint.\n\n\nAs far as my music tastes go, I\'m eccentric, and will listen to pretty much anything (though I don\'t like either modern country or contemporary Christian).\n\nOne of the stations I\'ve listened to was an easy listening AM station out of Marion, Indiana. I could hear Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin or Perry Como quite regularly. I was guaranteed to hear [i:2vm1lnb7]Love is Blue[/i:2vm1lnb7] at least once a week (I love that piece of music).\n\nWell, much like some of the rock stations I listened to, this one also changed its format...but to Southern Gospel instead of talk or country. I like Southern Gospel, but now what do I do for easy listening?\n\nI may actually have to get satellite radio.\n\nThis really sucks. \":(\"','dfc560eb7e878b92a5395db21eab663d',0,'IA==','2vm1lnb7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357209,25583,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243663563,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Doggieboy":3dvk34nz]And now, a complaint.\n\n\nAs far as my music tastes go, I\'m eccentric, and will listen to pretty much anything (though I don\'t like either modern country or contemporary Christian).\n\nOne of the stations I\'ve listened to was an easy listening AM station out of Marion, Indiana. I could hear Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin or Perry Como quite regularly. I was guaranteed to hear [i:3dvk34nz]Love is Blue[/i:3dvk34nz] at least once a week (I love that piece of music).\n\nWell, much like some of the rock stations I listened to, this one also changed its format...but to Southern Gospel instead of talk or country. I like Southern Gospel, but now what do I do for easy listening?\n\n[color=#0000FF:3dvk34nz]I may actually have to get satellite radio.\n\nThis really sucks. [/color:3dvk34nz]:([/quote:3dvk34nz]\n\n\nSpeaking of which - any suggestions for decent music that\'s out recently? Anyone? Anyone?','2fc7769bb89cf4c297cbedec5c59ec29',0,'og==','3dvk34nz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357210,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243663813,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 3 is now up)','If this part is too explicit, it can be trimmed and posted in uncut form on the other webpage. Let me know. Thanks, BG.\n\n\n\n[color=#FF0000:2gnsb4ra][size=200:2gnsb4ra][b:2gnsb4ra]GIMME SKELTER[/b:2gnsb4ra][/size:2gnsb4ra][/color:2gnsb4ra]\n\n\n\n[size=150:2gnsb4ra][b:2gnsb4ra]Chapter Four:\nSitting Down Here in the Campfire Light[/b:2gnsb4ra][/size:2gnsb4ra]\n\n\n[i:2gnsb4ra]In order for there to be a good, there has to be evil.[/i:2gnsb4ra]\n[size=85:2gnsb4ra]—Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, Manson Family[/size:2gnsb4ra]\n\n\n[b:2gnsb4ra]U.S. 70, 30 miles southwest of Alamogordo\nWhite Sands Missile Range\nFormer state of New Mexico\nLate August 1999[/b:2gnsb4ra]\n\nTo Mackenzie’s surprise, the White Sands really were white. Gypsum crystals, said the Old Man. There had been a lake covering the basin a few millions years ago until it dried out and left the startling white dunes west of the highway where the convoy was encamped for the night. Mackenzie was surprised the Old Man would admit even in a roundabout way that he wasn’t a Bible thumper. It wasn’t politic these days to profess otherwise, but the Old Man clearly believed in revelation of the scientific variety, not so much the religious. It was impossible to say the Old Man wasn’t religious, however. It was impossible to say much about him as a fact, for that matter.\n\nMackenzie sat on the cracked highway pavement with his back against one of the Saladin’s middle tires, facing west toward the ragged silhouette of the San Andres Mountains as he ate a late dinner by his campfire. It was still quite warm out and pleasant, the entire sky aflame with brilliant stars. The old White Sands Missile Range lay in a flat valley between the San Andres and Sacramento Mountains, which ran north-south and nicely boxed the missile range in. Many of the most famous places of scientific, technological, and military legend lay close by. Mackenzie had eagerly read about them at Buxton Ridge: the ruins of the first atomic city, Alamogordo, through which they had passed two hours earlier; the missile range itself, said to have been one of the old U.S.A.’s first spaceports; Holloman Air Force Base, a vital testing and training grounds for air and space research they had passed by before stopping for the night; and the holiest of holies for the technophile, Trinity Site, where the first atomic bomb had been exploded over half a century earlier if the pre-Zom histories were correct. Some books even said parts for the Apollo program had been tested here. It was a mixed honor, given the theory that the Zom had been a by-product of an alien virus picked up on the Moon thirty years earlier.\n\nThe missile range was a technological El Dorado. Mackenzie reflected that there was any number of places that Andrew Landon and his Army escorts could be at that moment. Once the convoy had come to a full stop on the highway, the Old Man had cut Landon and six men loose. Leading the men was the captain Mackenzie had spoken with the day before, the buoyant Rhodes, but it was clear that Landon was calling all the shots. They had taken the general’s deuce-and-a-half with its covered load, which Mackenzie knew better than to ask about, and driven northeast back in the direction of Alamogordo or Holloman. Questions from soldiers about the group’s destination went unanswered. The Old Man acted as if he had forgotten the matter as soon as the truck was out of sight. Mackenzie wondered again if Freeman was right, that a lot of things were going on with this mission about which few people knew, even among those in the convoy.\n\n“So, that old saying about Texans never running from a fight isn’t true after all.”\n\nMackenzie paused in middle of raising a warm spoonful of franks and beans to his mouth, then slowly shook his head and ate it anyway. The observation did not merit a polite response. A moment later, Jodie Landon walked into view around the side of the Saladin and stood looking down at him across from the small campfire he had built for heating his dinner and providing light. No one else was around. Mackenzie had hoped to keep it that way, but now—\n\nJodie still wore a simple white skirt and blouse of company issue, undoubtedly a clean set. The way she carried herself she looked like a teenage fashion model, standing in the firelight with the backdrop of stars and night behind her. She wore low walking shoes and ankle socks that left her smooth shins bare. From where he sat with his back against one of the Saladin’s huge tires, he was exactly on eye level with her skirt-covered crotch. He lowered his gaze to his meal.\n\n“Do you always eat out of a can?” she asked.\n\n“If I don’t have a plate. Aren’t you up past your bedtime?” He finished off the franks and beans, then tossed the can to one side and wiped his mouth on his fatigue sleeve.\n\n“Oh, that was nice,” she said in mild disgust. “Don’t officers use napkins?”\n\n“If the Army had wanted us to have them, they would have issued us a few.” He fished a small can opener out of a shirt pocket and picked up another can by his side.\n\n“You should hear what everyone’s saying about you,” she said.\n\n“It’s probably all true, so I don’t need to listen. Don’t you have a new big gun to work on or something?” He said it to give her the brush off, but it came out in a teasing, flirtatious way that he did not intend or like.\n\n“Depends,” she said. “Whose big gun are we talking about?”\n\nHe exhaled. Her introductory comment had pissed him off and he wanted her to go away, but the way she was talking made it hard to concentrate on that goal. “You want some peaches?” he asked, angry with himself for offering.\n\n“What am I going to use to eat them with?”\n\n“I’d loan you my spoon, but I’m using it.” He finished opening the small can and held it out. “They’re good peaches. Nothing but the best for this man’s Army.”\n\n“No, thanks.” She had her hands on her hips, posing, looking him over in a contemplative manner. It was hard to believe she was only eighteen. “They said you walked right up to the building where the hyena was hiding and dared it to come out.”\n\n“Sorry. Not true.” He began to shovel peach slices into his mouth.\n\n“Daddy wouldn’t let me look out of the cab. I couldn’t see what was going on.”\n\n“That’s a shame. You missed a fun time.”\n\n“Sergeant Lucas said the thing he saw was five feet high at the shoulders. Spotted hyenas don’t get that big.”\n\nHe remembered his momentary impression of the creature through the binoculars. “That one sure did.”\n\nShe frowned. “Fear makes lousy witnesses.”\n\n“So I hear.” He finished the peaches and tossed away the can after drinking the leftover juice. “I’d like to hear your personal first-hand impression of those little fellas next time we drive back that way.”\n\n“General Armalin said we’re not going back the same way. We’re going around Roswell next time, not through it.”\n\n“General Armalin is a damn smart man.”\n\n“Why didn’t you shoot it? It was just a lousy hyena.”\n\nThe comment made him laugh. He coughed on a bit of food and covered his mouth with the back of his hand before recovering. He still laughed a little afterward. “We did shoot it,” he finally said. “It didn’t seem to notice.”\n\n“You think cowardice is funny?”\n\nHer attitude was beginning to grate. “Guess you had to be there,” he said without looking up. He picked up another can and read the lid. “Sure you don’t want some of this? Got some molasses cookies here. They’re pretty good. Army buys ‘em from Barbados. Best molasses cookies in the world.”\n\n“I’m not that cheap a date.”\n\nHe began to open the can, still halfway between being intrigued and annoyed with her. “I wasn’t even aware we were dating.” \n\nShe didn’t answer right away. She watched him work on the can until he had it open. “Why does everyone call General Armalin the ‘Old Man’?” she asked at last. “He’s not even forty. My daddy’s older than he is by over a decade.”\n\n“We call him that out of respect.” He tossed the lid of the can aside.\n\n“What’s he ever done that no one else has?”\n\nMackenzie lowered the can and looked up at her with a raised eyebrow. “I would have thought someone like you would know everything there was to know about potential customers for your goods.”\n\nThat made her face tighten. “What goods are you talking about?”\n\n“Weapons. What goods were [i:2gnsb4ra]you[/i:2gnsb4ra] talking about?” He picked out a cookie and bit into it.\n\n“I don’t like you,” she said. “I thought you were a gentleman.”\n\n“Life’s a bitch like that,” he said through a mouthful of cookies. He reached for his canteen.\n\n“So what did the general do that was so great?”\n\nMackenzie took a long swallow of water from the canteen, then screwed the cap back on and put it on the asphalt beside him. “To start with, he walked all the way to Texas from a little Ohio town near Toledo, not far from Detroit.”\n\n“I know where Toledo is.” She watched him finish the cookies. “Lots of people walked to Texas, some from further away than that. So what?”\n\n“He was twelve at the time.” He tossed the can aside, stifled a burp, and looked through his rations for a final snack. “Family was dead. They were living in a white suburb before the Zom. He thought maybe he’d be safer down south.”\n\n“I heard he was older than that.”\n\n“He was twelve.”\n\n“How do you know?”\n\n“Everyone knows that.” He was suddenly tired of the conversation and wanted to end it. “Everyone except you.”\n\nShe glared. It was nothing more than the narrowing of her eyes, but something about it was not the same as when other women glared. It seemed that something missing in her look, and what was missing was any evidence of rational restraint. “Don’t talk to me like that,” she whispered. “No one ever talks to me like that.”\n\n“First time for everything.” He lost his appetite and leaned back against the tire. When was this princess going to get the hint?\n\n“I’ve killed zombies,” she said after a pause.\n\nMackenzie had not heard that word in years. It sounded archaic. “I’m happy for you.”\n\n“I’ve shot them with every kind of gun there is. I killed most of them with my own handgun.”\n\n“I hope it was a gun your daddy made. Damn shame if you had to use one made by someone else.”\n\nShe walked around the fire and knelt down close to him, balancing on the balls of her shoes with her knees tightly together and her arms crossed over her thighs. She was at eye level with him now, her back to the little fire.\n\n“You know how Landon Armaments tests its weapons?” she said in a level, emotionless tone. “You know how we know if a weapon we make will do the job we say it will? We test it on zombies.”\n\n“You do,” he said. He did not make it a question.\n\n“We have people all around the country trap them and drive them to a testing facility near Abilene. We keep them locked up in outdoor pens till we need them. If we want to see what a weapon does, we cut a zombie out of the herd and get him to chase a man sitting in the back of a pickup truck driving away from the stockade. Then we shoot him while he’s running. That’s how we know what our weapons will do.”\n\nHe said nothing as he stared at her. He had long ago heard rumors to this effect but had thought they were just stories. He had never imagined he would have confirmation of this practice, and certainly not from someone like her.\n\n“We shoot men and women, old and young, big and small, fat and thin,” she continued. “Sometimes we chain them up in groups and shoot them, sometimes we tie them to posts, sometimes we shoot them when they’re milling around in the pens. We shoot them any old way we like. And I get to shoot them, too. My daddy said it was good for me to do it. I drive over to Abilene on weekends and shoot zombies every chance I get. The employees call me the Queen of the Dead.”\n\n“Doesn’t seem fair,” Mackenzie said in a soft voice. “You ought to do the shooting when they’re coming right at you, a bunch of them all at once that haven’t been chained up. You ought to do it when you’re all by yourself instead of with company guards all around. That would be a better way of testing your weapons, don’t you think?”\n\n“You can go to hell,” she said, her voice rising. “I’ve killed more zombies than everyone else in this damn expedition put together. I’ve killed two thousand nine hundred and sixteen of them exactly. I keep count of every one. No one else alive has killed so many, no one anywhere, not even you. And you tell me you respect a man whose only achievement was to walk to Texas, but you won’t respect me for what I’ve done? I don’t deserve to be treated like that, you worthless son of a black-trash [i:2gnsb4ra]bitch![/i:2gnsb4ra]”\n\nThey stared at each other without blinking for a long moment.\n\n“Only black trash bitch I’ve ever known in my entire life,” he said, “I’m looking at right now.”\n\nFor an instant he thought he saw actual flames roar up in her eyes. He put it down to a trick of the firelight. Maybe.\n\n“You’re not a real man,” she whispered. “You ran off from a dumb animal. A real man would never have run.”\n\n“Shooting zoms in a pen is like stepping on ants. Anyone can do it.” On a cold impulse he added, “There’s nothing special about you, girl.”\n\nHe thought she might strike him, but then something changed in her eyes. Her look became seductive and wicked. Her lips curved up in a faint smile. She rocked an inch or two from side to side, sitting on her heels. Then she moved one foot aside so that her legs parted, as wide as they could within the confines of her skirt. Her fingers pulled the hem of her skirt up over her knees.\n\nThe thin material of her clothing let enough firelight through to perfectly illuminate everything between her thighs. She wore nothing underneath the skirt. Nothing at all.\n\n“Do you think you’re a real man?” she purred, watching his expression. “A real man would know what to do with that. A real man would’ve had me flat on my back right now pounding it home, and I’d let him do it. Are you that kind of a man?” Her expression became ferocious. “Or are you thinking about pounding it into that white zombie girl we’re supposed to rescue? Is that what turns you on, slipping it to zombies instead of a woman like me? Is that what kind of man you are, boy?”\n\nHe tore his gaze away from the hypnotic tangle of curled hair between her thighs and looked her in the face with undisguised hatred.\n\n“Grow up,” he said.\n\nShe shot to her feet and kicked him as hard as she could. “[i:2gnsb4ra]****[/i:2gnsb4ra] you!” she yelled, then she stamped away.\n\nHe let out his breath in a long sigh and rubbed the sore spot on his shin where she had kicked him. He had originally planned to sit and enjoy the crystal-clear view of the night sky from the middle of a desert, but he wasn’t in the mood now. He sat there for a while, reviewing the whole incident, then sighed and got to his feet to take a walk.\n\n“Excuse me, sir—”\n\n“AHHH! Jesus! Damn it to hell, Freeman, don’t come up on me like that!”\n\nThe shirtless, hatless corporal ignored the reprimand and took Mackenzie by the arm. The odor of burnt marijuana surrounded him like a thick cloud. “Look, man,” Freeman said, “I’m going to talk to you like a brother and not like the Army thing, okay? You need to hear this from someone who’s been there.”\n\nMackenzie threw off Freeman’s grip. “Knock it off!”\n\n“That right there—” Freeman pointed in the direction that Jodie Landon had left “—is the meanest pussy that ever walked this planet. It’s not even pussy, it’s more like tiger pussy, the man-eater kind. Bite your thing right off. I’m not joking. You get your business in there and it’s [i:2gnsb4ra]gone.[/i:2gnsb4ra]”\n\n“Just shut the hell up!”\n\n“Brother, I’m telling you this for your own good. You’ll wake up one morning and say, ‘****! Where’s my artillery? Where’s my main gun?’ And she’ll be walking off looking like she’s chewing up a hot dog, know what I’m saying?”\n\n“[i:2gnsb4ra]Freeman![/i:2gnsb4ra]”\n\n“That bitch is part of what’s so messed up about this little caravanserai. We’re like swimming around in a pool full of barracudas pretending to be on our side, but someone’s throwing sharks in the pool, too. And tiger pussy, that too. You’re damn lucky I saved your—”\n\nMackenzie grabbed the corporal by the throat and dragged the thinner man’s face up to his own. After a long red moment, literally shaking with fury, he realized what he was doing. Aghast, he slowly let Freeman go and staggered back, awash in horror and shame.\n\nThe corporal rubbed his throat and coughed, but he did not seem particularly upset about being attacked. “Oh, almost forgot,” he said. “The reason I came by is because the Old Man wants to see you. He’s down by the ninety at the end of the line.”\n\n“****!” Furious, Mackenzie kicked the campfire into instant extinction. The Old Man must have heard what was going on. It was over. Everything Mackenzie had wanted just went down the drain. He would never make his dad proud.\n\nThe stoned Freeman clapped a friendly hand on Mackenzie’s back. “Glad to help a brother out. Anytime.”\n\nMackenzie left, walking with a painful limp, before the renewed temptation to strangle the corporal grew too strong to resist. He did not see Jodie among the people standing by the line of vehicles parked on the roadway. Many of the men looked away or pretended to be checking the trucks and equipment. He didn’t care if everyone had heard what happened. Getting thrown out of the Army was better than being around a soulless creature like Jodie Landon. The giant bear-eating hyenas of Roswell didn’t seem so bad, now.\n\nMackenzie found the bald general standing with his hands in his fatigue pockets a short walk past the de-tracked tank destroyer and its tractor-trailer. An ancient and battered eight-track tape player sat on the end of the M-38’s trailer, playing a fast-moving but unfamiliar song over damaged speakers. The set-up looked like it had been taken out of an old car and crudely connected to a vehicle battery, with wires strung all over from the player to the speakers. Someone with an odd accent was singing about a nineteenth nervous breakdown, accompanied by guitars and drums.\n\nThe Old Man was looking up at the stars. Mackenzie stopped six feet short of him and snapped to attention with a salute. “Lieutenant Mackenzie reporting, sir.”\n\n“At ease.” The Old Man never saluted back or looked down from the stars. “You can see the Milky Way from here, even with the full Moon,” he said, taking a hand from a pocket and pointing. “See that? That band there?”\n\nMackenzie stood at parade rest, feet apart and hands behind his back. He felt like he was in front of a firing squad that was taking its own sweet time loading its rifles. “Yes, sir.”\n\n“You know what that is, the Milky Way?”\n\nMackenzie took a deep breath. He had no idea what was going on and hoped the Old Man wasn’t playing games with him. “It’s our galaxy, sir. We’re looking at it edge-on, from inside it, so it looks like a white band in the sky.”\n\nThe Old Man nodded and put his hand back in his pocket. “You’re a smart man, lieutenant, a smart man and an honorable man. You keep your head when nobody else can or will. I like that.”\n\nMackenzie steeled himself for the chewing out to come.\n\n“That’s why I’m putting the care of that girl out there in California in your hands,” the Old Man went on. “Soon as we find her, if we do find her, you’re going to be responsible for her. That’s why you have the only armored vehicle we could find that we could seal off, aside from the M-38 which can’t do a damn thing on its own. Keep her in the armored car when you have to, and keep her alive. That’s your only real mission here. Do that if you do nothing else.”\n\nMackenzie forgot to breathe. He was supposed to do [i:2gnsb4ra]what?[/i:2gnsb4ra]\n\n“We got to the Moon, lieutenant,” said the Old Man, looking to the east where the Moon hung low over the dark Sacramento ridge. “I use the royal ‘we’ when I say that, but we did it, the human race did. We got there. Damn shame what happened after that, but we did it. One day we’ll go back. We’ll go to the Moon, and then to Jupiter, which is that bright star next to the Moon, and then to Saturn, which is right next to it, and we’ll go on to the rest of the universe after that. It’s our destiny. Jesus is not coming down to stop the show anytime soon. We’re still on our own here and will be for a long time to come. We’ll go back to the Moon and make it ours.”\n\nGeneral Armalin lowered his gaze and fixed his dark eyes on Mackenzie. “The only way we’ll do it, though, is to find out what started the Zom, and then turn it off. That’s what this mission is about, lieutenant. We’re going to find out what made nine-tenths of the human race go mad, and we’re going to stop it. Beats the living hell out of me how we’re going to do it, but we’re damn sure going to do it or die trying. We’ll probably die anyway. If we do what we’ve set out to do, it won’t matter if we’re gone or how we went. The rest of the world will be free of the horrors of the last thirty years. We’ll be the ones who wiped it away.”\n\nThe Old Man looked for a moment at the broken pavement at their feet, then turned to look north at the stars again. “It’s beautiful, the future is,” he said. “It’s worth dying for, to save it.”\n\nMackenzie swallowed. “Yes, sir, it is.”\n\nThe Old Man nodded, then swung his head back to face Mackenzie. “If anything happens to the rest of us, lieutenant, anything at all,” he said in a calm, conversational tone, “you’re to take the armored car and keep going. Find the girl and find out what she knows. Do everything in your power to stop the Zom. You are permitted everything in order to do this, if it will save what’s left of the human race in the end. We’re not here to quibble over morality. We’re here to make sure there will be morality in existence long after we’re gone.”\n\nMackenzie opened his mouth but was too stunned to speak. The general pulled a folded scrap of paper from his pocket and handed it to Mackenzie. “That’s the girl’s broadcasting frequency. I’ve got someone listening to her right now, but your vehicle will pick it up as well as mine. I made sure of that. Don’t try to talk to her until you get to the old state line and you’re in California itself. Don’t get her hopes up until you’re almost there.”\n\n“What if it’s a trap, sir?” he asked, tucking the paper into a shirt pocket. He had no idea how the idea got into his head, but he asked anyway.\n\n“It isn’t,” said the Old Man. “I can tell. Beats hell out of me how she’s not turned into a zom herself. Maybe she’ll let you in on her secret. I’d sure love to know.”\n\n“You think she’s really white?”\n\nThe general smiled. “Son, all I know is, she isn’t lying. Her name’s Daria, by the way. Funny kind of name. No last name, apparently. Just Daria.”\n\n“Daria,” repeated Mackenzie.\n\n“I bet she’s got a one hell of a story to tell.” The Old Man looked up at the stars. “Good night, lieutenant.”\n\n“Good night, sir.” Hardly able to think, Mackenzie walked away. He did not remember until later he had failed to salute before he left. As he walked by the last trailer, the singer on the eight track said he was pleased to meet you and hoped you would guess his name. It was a catchy tune. [i:2gnsb4ra]Ooo, ooo. Ooo, ooo.[/i:2gnsb4ra]\n\nNo one spoke to Mackenzie as he went back to the Saladin and sat on top of its turret with his knees drawn up, looking south at the glittering stars over the black road ahead. The rising Moon made the white sands to the west seem to glow. It was a landscape one would see only in dreams.\n\n“Daria,” Mackenzie whispered again. He wondered what she was like. He could not imagine it. He wondered why the Old Man had not chewed him out over Jodie Landon, if the general had even known about the episode, and why the Old Man had instead picked him to protect the girl. He recalled the general’s words and wondered what could possibly happen that would leave him, a minor Army lieutenant named Michael James Mackenzie, as the sole survivor of an outrageously well-equipped and heavily armed military expedition. He began to be afraid that he would soon find out.\n\n\n[[i:2gnsb4ra]To be continued[/i:2gnsb4ra]]','18d04b3500d62c3a2899dba63528e1de',0,'Zg==','2gnsb4ra',1,1245389129,'',323,3,0),(357211,25759,5,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243663949,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Where did this Reagan comic come from?','So how did Reagan get his powers (apparent invulnerability & super strength)? Was it after he was shot by Hinckley? Did he have any special vulnerabilities?\n\nAnd it appears that the terrorists were surprised by them. So he kept his powers a secret?','0443d6f79c235ec610f9c6412e499a35',0,'','2go3wgoa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357212,25583,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243664222,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Brother Grimace":18j28o94][quote="Doggieboy":18j28o94]And now, a complaint.\n\n\nAs far as my music tastes go, I\'m eccentric, and will listen to pretty much anything (though I don\'t like either modern country or contemporary Christian).\n\nOne of the stations I\'ve listened to was an easy listening AM station out of Marion, Indiana. I could hear Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin or Perry Como quite regularly. I was guaranteed to hear [i:18j28o94]Love is Blue[/i:18j28o94] at least once a week (I love that piece of music).\n\nWell, much like some of the rock stations I listened to, this one also changed its format...but to Southern Gospel instead of talk or country. I like Southern Gospel, but now what do I do for easy listening?\n\n[color=#0000FF:18j28o94]I may actually have to get satellite radio.\n\nThis really sucks. [/color:18j28o94]:([/quote:18j28o94]\n\n\nSpeaking of which - any suggestions for decent music that\'s out recently? Anyone? Anyone?[/quote:18j28o94]\n\nI gave up on recent music years ago. Unless it\'s a new album by a band I already like its unlikely I will be interested. I am already an old man... I listen to what passes for punk or alternative these days and it\'s not so much that its bad, its more of a thing where I can listen and quickly tell you who they ripped off \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\"','1a85e622e76f528de4f810f19e2d1528',0,'og==','18j28o94',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357213,25759,5,545,0,'65.221.65.143',1243664275,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Where did this Reagan comic come from?','[quote="Dervish":1p0otlc8]So how did Reagan get his powers (apparent invulnerability & super strength)? Was it after he was shot by Hinckley? Did he have any special vulnerabilities?\n\nAnd it appears that the terrorists were surprised by them. So he kept his powers a secret?[/quote:1p0otlc8]\n\nThat wasn\'t Reagan. It was the Martian Manhunter who stood in for Reagan (note the real president in the background in the last panel.)','e9d7f292d24d8383f004e65e858ba7e9',0,'gA==','1p0otlc8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357214,25752,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243664297,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For those with a killer fashion sense','[quote="Prince Charon":3ru7rlpb]Doesn\'t provide any protection if the perp aims above the bustline, though.[/quote:3ru7rlpb]\n\nIt\'s not so much armor as it is carrying anything you need. For example, a pouch for this:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6bKVHcyroQ\n\nNot as fun as the interrogation pouch, but should deal nicely with someone trying to hit me. \":twisted:\"','955348e65a49039201d673803402e789',0,'gA==','3ru7rlpb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357215,25583,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243664534,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Brother Grimace":m0z37561][quote="Doggieboy":m0z37561]And now, a complaint.\n\n\nAs far as my music tastes go, I\'m eccentric, and will listen to pretty much anything (though I don\'t like either modern country or contemporary Christian).\n\nOne of the stations I\'ve listened to was an easy listening AM station out of Marion, Indiana. I could hear Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin or Perry Como quite regularly. I was guaranteed to hear [i:m0z37561]Love is Blue[/i:m0z37561] at least once a week (I love that piece of music).\n\nWell, much like some of the rock stations I listened to, this one also changed its format...but to Southern Gospel instead of talk or country. I like Southern Gospel, but now what do I do for easy listening?\n\n[color=#0000FF:m0z37561]I may actually have to get satellite radio.\n\nThis really sucks. [/color:m0z37561]:([/quote:m0z37561]\n\n\nSpeaking of which - any suggestions for decent music that\'s out recently? Anyone? Anyone?[/quote:m0z37561]\n\nDepends on what you\'re in to. If you like the old alternative sound, like the Daria soundtrack, your best bet is to go to one of the torrent sites and search for "Indie Playlist" (a couple of groups put out a legal pack of the best new indie stuff every month, be warned most of them are about a 2 gigs though). Indie Pop is the only new stuff that doesn\'t give me a headache. Not that it is all good, but you can usually find a few songs to add to your personal playlist. \n\nAs for getting a satellite radio, don\'t. Just don\'t. Everyone I know who has one (including myself) spends about half their time pissed off with their service provider. For more or less the same reason doggieboy is complaining about. All of the cool stations that aren\'t an "uncensored" talk format get their programing changed about every two months. So by the time you find a station you like they\'ve changed the format to all American Idol Hits or something...','d0aefd8b2a2e4bc8128c3f0614319ebc',0,'og==','m0z37561',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357216,25759,5,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243664700,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Where did this Reagan comic come from?','Ok, thanks! \":)\"','4714247e6a1ed5d15616cea9648049d4',0,'','54u9d2ov',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357217,25697,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243665046,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','I can\'t imagine that being too explicit. Perhaps at some point a reexamination of what is and is not acceptable should be in order if people think that is too much. There is a huge difference in R rated, even hard R and something exploitative . Between you wondering if this is too much and 912\'s post today it has gotten me to wonder (and worry) about acceptable boundaries.\n\nOh and let the language filter get this. Fucking brilliant piece of work. \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":mrgreen:\"','4bd88f82e97a574b7393827e5868ec69',0,'','1bkmwzx9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357218,25375,3,83,0,'71.34.243.79',1243665260,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Look, if you have accident prone children, you make them wear a helmet. If you have death-prone children, you keep a couple clones of them in your lab.','297de69f6f69af49b1ab5cf0b5fe032d',0,'','19mvz6iv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357219,25759,5,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243665322,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Where did this Reagan comic come from?','There are [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNspZx5pPWo:wf1zeii9]some things[/url:wf1zeii9] from the 80\'s it is just best not to ask about...','f92ae1d6d2c1a9e1bfc22a1e4e9ff490',0,'EA==','wf1zeii9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357220,25760,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243665358,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: When Civil Servants Attack!: Real Idiots Caught On Tape','I guess whatever the cops were originally responding to wasn\'t very important if they had time to beat up a paramedic on the way.','bc8e6c9f94d600b6a9bc6ca913aaf4c8',0,'','34e1jitd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357221,25744,5,440,0,'172.135.146.222',1243665862,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="losdia":35md6vts][quote="RLobinske":35md6vts]Come on, you know this has as much chance of lasting as Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson...[/quote:35md6vts]\n\nWhich \'verse? \":lol:\"[/quote:35md6vts]\n\nMarvel Zombies. Though she\'ll probably be with him for awhile. Especially if he\'s constipated.','bfc4b010b4adcb3ff590d0018c80e1f1',0,'gA==','35md6vts',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357222,25735,6,900,0,'208.7.93.63',1243666002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Famous Movie Lines','[quote="undefinedlust":1nxtdt2w][quote="Disco316":1nxtdt2w][quote="undefinedlust":1nxtdt2w][quote="Disco316":1nxtdt2w]Sandi addressed the women gathered around her while Quinn stood silently behind her. "The first rule of Fashion Club is that you do not talk about Fashion Club. The second rule of Fashion Club is [i:1nxtdt2w]you do not talk about Fashion Club.[/i:1nxtdt2w] Third rule of Fashion Club: if a girl slaps you or cries, even if they\'re faking it, the fashion lesson is over. Fourth rule: two girls to a lesson. Fifth rule: one lesson at a time. Sixth rule: Only reasonable fashion choices will be made. No tube tops, no stretch pants, no clogs. Seventh rule: the lessons go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fashion Club, your outfit will be subject to a fashion lesson."[/quote:1nxtdt2w]\n\n\nThat begs for a full treatment... oh god what a twisted crossover!!! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1nxtdt2w]\nThanks, might just have to go there. Though I\'m almost wondering if Stacy would work better where Quinn\'s standing...[/quote:1nxtdt2w]\n\nShe probably would, now that you mention it. In any case, eventually you must write it. You have a significant talent for the crossover as evidenced by The Quinn Show and this looks too tasty to pass up. (What would the homework assignments be??? \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" )\n\nHell I was hoping if anyone picked up my Mystic Tap idea from the brains for rent thread I hoped it would be you, so I know you can do the crossover justice.\n\nYou must do this!!!! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1nxtdt2w]\nI do have one advantage in this crossover that I wouldn\'t for Mystic Tap. I\'ve actually seen Fight Club.\n\nI\'ve led such a [s:1nxtdt2w]depraved[/s:1nxtdt2w] deprived life.','503ed6f476c3297434b425d5f957112e',0,'oAQ=','1nxtdt2w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357223,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243666051,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote:2a8ixogs]"We’re going to find out what made nine-tenths of the human race go mad, and we’re going to stop it."[/quote:2a8ixogs]\n\nI read that the population was 3.6 billion in 1969 - so there are over [i:2a8ixogs][b:2a8ixogs]three billion zombies[/b:2a8ixogs][/i:2a8ixogs] on this Earth?\n\nYeah. That\'s a Class Four outbreak, for sure. \n\n\nTwo words: [i:2a8ixogs]interdicted world[/i:2a8ixogs]. \":shock:\"','f1999a3d56837e72f2eda87b88e92fae',0,'4A==','2a8ixogs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357224,25762,3,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243666986,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','check out these sculptures','[url=http://www.tskuebler.com/gallery.html:1ocup29n]Tom Kuebler makes the most amazing sculptures![/url:1ocup29n]\n\nWhich one would you like? \":-)\"\n\nI\'d love to buy [url=http://www.tskuebler.com/beggars_and_freaks/cletus_and_shorty_Banjo-cl.html:1ocup29n]Cletus and Shorty[/url:1ocup29n]!\n\nJust imagine what this guy could do with Daria!','64c496ea4dfa98c50dab46a66df4f4b0',0,'EA==','1ocup29n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357225,25752,3,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243667752,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For those with a killer fashion sense','[quote="KatrinaMedina":61zyz3dn]I think it looks cool, but I have a feeling Quinn would say "Ewww!"[/quote:61zyz3dn]\nJane, on the other hand, would say "Hmmmm. Intriguing."','e1c51c3497a6eab601132b364f1031f5',0,'gA==','61zyz3dn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357226,25761,3,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243667831,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW:Boo-boo gets a physics lesson...','\":shock:\" There are no picanic baskets where he\'s going!','db9ecb23127f4620ad471aca3f368ae3',0,'','11ns17i9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357227,25763,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243667982,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Now\'s the time to sneak into Russia...','The fools will be completely unprepared. (\'Course so will you for the treacherous environment and/or Russian drivers, in all likelihood...)\n\nhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/da ... inpictures\n\n[img:1l5chjny]http://imgs.sfgate.com/n/pictures/2009/05/28/guards6.jpg[/img:1l5chjny]\n\nOTOH, who says they\'re not like this EVERY day? \";)\"','7070e4d5eca51601b0e04bf7525734ac',0,'CA==','1l5chjny',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357228,25762,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243668250,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: check out these sculptures','For me, it\'s a tossup tween Blackwater Hattie and the Bog Shaman. \n\nNosferatu and The Dark One were very well done. I think they\'d actually scare me if I put them by my futon. \":shock:\"','ed2cd3bd5a990807a61995d4ed6d3a93',0,'','2it0elec',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357229,25763,3,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243668930,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Now\'s the time to sneak into Russia...','Isn\'t that UU being helped up?\n\n\":P\"','208eba32c706e182dddb97d803329fea',0,'','1su1mpc9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357230,25720,4,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243669184,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','[quote="Doggieboy":1jq8lbdw][quote="Deref":1jq8lbdw][quote="Dervish":1jq8lbdw]In Scientology, you also have to pay to be preached to, so even the courses would cost (and I understand cost quite a bit, one of the reasons why the bulk of the membership is middle class and higher).[/quote:1jq8lbdw]\nPft - what\'s the percentage in selling Xenu to poor people?[/quote:1jq8lbdw]\n\n\nThe problem is that it doesn\'t matter how much you make, once you\'re in this church, you\'re expected to pay the full amount for the courses, no matter how long it takes, and no matter who you are. People like Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Priscilla Presley are simply able to pay their amount a lot quicker.[/quote:1jq8lbdw]\nI\'d take a bet that those idiotic dupes don\'t pay anything. What they see of Scientology is nothing like what ordinary people see.','b068c801e4c992ea216213379e2beea1',0,'gA==','1jq8lbdw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357231,25714,4,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243669377,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="losdia":3n7xirvx][quote="Deref":3n7xirvx][quote="The Sidhe":3n7xirvx][quote="losdia":3n7xirvx]More news on North Korea and their ever so stable foreign policy:\n\n[url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-05/29/content_7953154.htm:3n7xirvx]DPRK fires short-range missile off east coast: Yonhap.[/url:3n7xirvx][/quote:3n7xirvx]\n\nThis is definitely beginning to look more and more like posturing. But dangerous posturing. All it takes is for something unintended to happen, and... \":(\"[/quote:3n7xirvx]\nYep. Sooner or later someone\'s going to get seriously pissed off. Of all the likely countries, my money\'s on Japan.[/quote:3n7xirvx]\n\nJapan has more sense than that. Too much of Asia is still mad at them over, [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_War_Crimes:3n7xirvx]you know, stuff. Things the Japanese people are sure reasonable historians will tell you are exaggerated, and even if they weren\'t happened a long time ago...[/url:3n7xirvx] \n\nAlthough that isn\'t to say Japan isn\'t freaking out about this. I read a few Japanese papers and half the op-eds are about how the US really needs to do something about North Korea.[/quote:3n7xirvx]\nYou\'re probably right about that. Nevertheless, the Japanese are (rightly) worried about these latest developments and, remember, they\'re the second most significant economic power.','53ba491acb8e4a5ef2e034ca80f97ce5',0,'kA==','3n7xirvx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357232,25755,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243679849,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: voting drops 83% in all-digital election','[quote="Derek":27i70led]In an attempt to cut costs, the Honolulu Neighborhood Board decided to go all-digital for their recent election, the first such election in the US. The result: [url=http://www.kitv.com/politics/19573770/detail.html?treets=hon&tml=hon_9am&ts=T&tmi=hon_9am_1_02000105272009:27i70led]83% fewer people voted[/url:27i70led] than in the previous election in 2007. \":fail:\" \n\nNext time, I\'d recommend having one of the voting options be an actual paper ballot.[/quote:27i70led]\n\nCome on, people. Florida went to all the time and expense of showing how much of a fuckup electronic voting really is and they still want to try it?','faa7b8d390e237a51f2309a09a141b43',0,'kA==','27i70led',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357233,25743,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243679911,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lifestyles of the frightfully stupid','[quote="Gene":357m53lp][quote="Dervish":357m53lp]And help is on the way:\n\n[img:357m53lp]http://doogs.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/whambulance.jpg[/img:357m53lp][/quote:357m53lp]\n\nWow! Just. . . Wow!\n\nYou\'re becoming my hero![/quote:357m53lp]\n\nDervish knows where to find the really cool stuff. \":D\"','28633d3317dbdffe04ff4263dad6b617',0,'iA==','357m53lp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357234,25751,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243681198,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Wolf with The Red Roses (Explicit)* (Moved)','I didn\'t get a chance to look, but to clarify. If the link went directly to the an explicit story, then it was proper to move it. If it went to a page without visible explicit content that had a second link to the story, then it was okay.','d2c8cb845730a65dbb0536846205e344',0,'','36udzu3a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357235,23493,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243681342,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Other Side of Time: Unfinished Business','Yeah, life happens. The hard part is cleaning up after it.','adc1ad08dd1102001becce46f6e101b5',0,'','1jy3wvnr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357236,25754,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243681654,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','[quote="undefinedlust":n7eletrg]Administrative Sciences? Business or Governmental? Any classes taught in English? If so are they hiring? \":lol:\"[/quote:n7eletrg]\n\nHeh, answers, \n\n1) Social and Administrative sciences. Anything from Literature to Business Administration\n2) Governmental. Although it is not a state school. The university system in Mexico proposes that each non profit Uni be Autonomous. Meaning we get money from the government but mostly through grants.\n3) Yes, every student is required to take at least three career classes in English before they can graduate. There is always the Foreign Languages Department, as well.\n4) Ah, always. There are actually full time professorships being offered right now.\n\nBonus Answer - J-Town, not as bad as it sounds in the papers. Plus when you work for the university you are never more than 15 minutes away from the Old U.S. of A!\n \":P\"','1d24103c78867af24c360f2327b1db43',0,'gA==','n7eletrg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357237,25583,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243682128,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Angelinhel":3f06d643]Every time we go for a walk with the stroller, I strap Eleanor into the car seat- not as tight as if we were going in the car, but snug- just in case.\n\nJust in case Zoie freaks out about the big garbage truck, yanks on the leash, makes me roll my ankle and trip, tipping the stroller toward me as I fall on the sidewalk. The nice garbage truck man did come to help me out.\n\nI seriously hope I didn\'t break my foot and I have a sweet road rash, but I\'m the only one who got hurt. And that\'s the way I like it.[/quote:3f06d643]\n\nOh, I hope it\'s not broken!\n\nAlso, I just realize you have the cutest baby and the cutest dog ever. How are Eleanor and Zoie getting along? I\'ve always wondered what would happen if I had a child, because my beautiful cat is actually quite jealous.\n\nYour baby is gorgeous. When you find time between being a mom and sleeping, post more pictures of her!','85c18144365e1d48af2bb0d071e37e80',0,'gA==','3f06d643',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357238,25583,3,45,0,'24.124.97.8',1243683519,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Getting an over the air easy listening station is getting really tough these days. In most areas, people are turning to internet streaming to get their favorite musical genres. For easy listening, [url=http://www.thebreez.com/:3go447iy]go here,[/url:3go447iy] click \'listen live now\', pick your player and you should be good to go. Of course, if your internet provider has restrictive monthly bandwidth limits and overage charges, stick to over the air radio....','e198e258c4977d77e08538a7ee465094',0,'EA==','3go447iy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357239,25375,3,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243684383,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','I\'m generalizing from one example, but everyone generalizes from one example, or at least I do.\n-Vlad Taltos (Steven Brust)','4c33669d4d33d683bac6992f89fb4943',0,'','7n9dgnyq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357240,25758,5,542,0,'71.207.162.51',1243684550,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Drag Me To Hell','"Hey, [i:lufvql0q]Drag Me To Hell[/i:lufvql0q] is playing at the Cinaplex," Jane said looking up from the leisure section of the newspaper.\n\n"Why do we need to see that?" Daria asked. "We all ready live in Lawndale."','e7fee1eb9e77b87c777196f60f05270b',0,'IA==','lufvql0q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357241,25744,5,542,0,'71.207.162.51',1243684952,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="Dervish":35egt8eb]But covers like this are full of win, making anyone proud to read it with such a cover:\n\nhttp://superdickery.com/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=32\n\nEspecially when they enter SFMB territory:\n\nhttp://superdickery.com/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=36\n\nhttp://superdickery.com/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=36\n\nhttp://superdickery.com/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=36[/quote:35egt8eb]\n\nWhy do I get the feeling that Beavis and Butthead work at Superdickery?','37ec605199b6bca48b090733ddd4bb73',0,'gA==','35egt8eb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357242,25375,3,260,0,'68.162.142.129',1243685009,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"Be yourself," is about the worst advice you can give to some people. \n-J. B. Priestley','4e434c63c758f63c4fce605aec935a8a',0,'','29b9zmd8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357243,25762,3,260,0,'68.162.142.129',1243685577,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: check out these sculptures','Hmm, Johnny Appleseed. The property here is supposed to have been part of an apple orchard once tended by John Chapman before he left town to become Johnny Appleseed.\n\nPeace\nKevin','ebfa1d06c55ad5233c7a8d673ee6bd90',0,'','30vza4sn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357244,25697,6,573,0,'137.226.12.153',1243685983,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','An arms manufacturer making sure nothing happens to the demand side of his business? Gee, that would never ever happen in real life. </sarcasm>\nLovely dystopian story with a lot of parties of different interests at work. Feels pretty much like a [i:2rwpaotg]Paranoia[/i:2rwpaotg] campaign. \":P\"\n\nBlackHole','bf2fd30759fe5eb34bcd6b3b1cba0f5c',0,'IA==','2rwpaotg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357245,25717,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243687149,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: need some help for a fic','new fic new question- whats the name of the owner of the zon(zen)? is one ever given- i recall reading a fic where daria talked to the bouncer? and his name was dino...','3b95dba99bb465edbf8c3b5a6815a6b0',0,'','2ciswf9d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357246,25583,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243687758,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Remember, you can always get [url=http://dariablog2.blogspot.com/:2xgl95wq]Radio by Daria[/url:2xgl95wq] at the DFB2. \":D\"','80ba98aa3e27111e27801670c6b6f287',0,'EA==','2xgl95wq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357247,25763,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243687830,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Now\'s the time to sneak into Russia...','Ah, brings back fond memories of grade school.','c2b5f7c9fd6d9dc921bf932766a1c7c3',0,'','2yhx9wl0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357248,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243688094,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Brother Grimace":3rvhsw4i][quote:3rvhsw4i]"We’re going to find out what made nine-tenths of the human race go mad, and we’re going to stop it."[/quote:3rvhsw4i]\nI read that the population was 3.6 billion in 1969 - so there are over [i:3rvhsw4i][b:3rvhsw4i]three billion zombies[/b:3rvhsw4i][/i:3rvhsw4i] on this Earth?\n\nYeah. That\'s a Class Four outbreak, for sure.\n\nTwo words: [i:3rvhsw4i]interdicted world[/i:3rvhsw4i]. \":shock:\"[/quote:3rvhsw4i]\nAnd they\'re not even really dead yet!','0aabd90bdcd0775cb9e7834f1c13c910',0,'4A==','3rvhsw4i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357249,25717,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243688145,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: need some help for a fic','[quote="pinkminx":diqefvbk]new fic new question- whats the name of the owner of the zon(zen)? is one ever given- i recall reading a fic where daria talked to the bouncer? and his name was dino...[/quote:diqefvbk]\nI don\'t believe that was ever brought up in the series. You\'ve got free reign for fanfic.','418781174c01e16c7ccb2de390a85de6',0,'gA==','diqefvbk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357250,25689,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243688493,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 3)','This story is eating my brain. Seriously, this is awesome.\n\n\n\n[size=50:3pppqirh]plz plz plz plz Jane/Mack plz plz plz plz u no u want 2 plz plz plz plz Jane/Mack don\'t forget plz plz plz plz[/size:3pppqirh]','bde649d064a74d7bd8f281aa01d8ad1d',0,'BA==','3pppqirh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357251,25717,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243688926,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: need some help for a fic','[quote="The Angst Guy":2aiptz43][quote="pinkminx":2aiptz43]new fic new question- whats the name of the owner of the zon(zen)? is one ever given- i recall reading a fic where daria talked to the bouncer? and his name was dino...[/quote:2aiptz43]\nI don\'t believe that was ever brought up in the series. You\'ve got free reign for fanfic.[/quote:2aiptz43]\n\n \":twisted:\" awesum lol- thanx TAG','140dd6bf65ce6bf65f139c859cfecc2d',0,'gA==','2aiptz43',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357252,25697,6,12,0,'74.60.175.207',1243690097,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','\":shock:\" Dang, TAG! As usual, you\'ve done (or are doing) it again. Interesting about Jodie: She sounds and behaves like one of those movie/tv-type of white racist girls who want to taste the forbidden fruit of getting laid by a black man just to see how it feels, even though she\'s black! \":shock:\" \":D\" Then, we\'ll see Daria, who I suspect will be the non-hating, sympathetic girl who\'ll be right at home around blacks, even though she\'s white! \":shock:\" Are you kidding me?! Where do you come up with this stuff, man?! \":shock:\" How much have you suffered to get it?! \":shock:\"','1cb73cd7810a15e56b5beddae2306b28',0,'','1h6pxnql',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357253,25763,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243690825,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Now\'s the time to sneak into Russia...','Just remember, in Russia it isn\'t alcoholism, it\'s just having a fun loving nature. \":P\"','61dd235d650b5b3639560c93de715a07',0,'','2zeu22m3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357254,25758,5,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243691566,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Drag Me To Hell','[quote="Cap":3d07wxui]"Hey, [i:3d07wxui]Drag Me To Hell[/i:3d07wxui] is playing at the Cinaplex," Jane said looking up from the leisure section of the newspaper.\n\n"Why do we need to see that?" Daria asked. "We all ready live in Lawndale."[/quote:3d07wxui]\n\nNo need to drag, they\'re at lest in the Hellburbs. \":lol:\"','88761fa54f7d60d3132e42dde784c573',0,'oA==','3d07wxui',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357255,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243691577,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Steven Galloway":3i1o61zd] \":shock:\" Dang, TAG! As usual, you\'ve done (or are doing) it again. Interesting about Jodie: She sounds and behaves like one of those movie/tv-type of white racist girls who want to taste the forbidden fruit of getting laid by a black man just to see how it feels, even though she\'s black! \":shock:\" \":D\" Then, we\'ll see Daria, who I suspect will be the non-hating, sympathetic girl who\'ll be right at home around blacks, even though she\'s white! \":shock:\" Are you kidding me?! Where do you come up with this stuff, man?! \":shock:\" How much have you suffered to get it?! \":shock:\"[/quote:3i1o61zd]\nI just wanted an evil Jodie. For some reason that made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.\n\nDaria.... I haven\'t figured her out yet. She might have issues. \":D\"\n\nThis is probably a good place to discuss appropriate of the material (and similar material), if there are any problems with it. I\'m game for any feedback.\n\n\n[b:3i1o61zd][color=#FF0000:3i1o61zd]UNRELATED NOTE[/color:3i1o61zd][/b:3i1o61zd]: [url=http://stardate.org/nightsky/almanac/s199908_alm.html:3i1o61zd]This is where[/url:3i1o61zd] I got my notes for what the sky looked like at night, from General Armalin\'s point of view.\n \":D\"','6481435a1ba946192af2714a4c78d081',0,'0g==','3i1o61zd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357256,25763,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243691830,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Now\'s the time to sneak into Russia...','[quote="Dervish":1gb6o08j]The fools will be completely unprepared. (\'Course so will you for the treacherous environment and/or Russian drivers, in all likelihood...)\n\nhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/da ... inpictures\n\n[img:1gb6o08j]http://imgs.sfgate.com/n/pictures/2009/05/28/guards6.jpg[/img:1gb6o08j]\n\nOTOH, who says they\'re not like this EVERY day? \";)\"[/quote:1gb6o08j]\n\nWhat a bunch of <ahem, Steve Martin Russianish accent> WILD AND CRAZY GUYS!\n\nExcuse me! That should be a Steve Martin Czech-like accent.','600fa88b19ec43a231ffd618152f67a0',0,'iA==','1gb6o08j',1,1243704052,'',955,1,0),(357257,25763,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243691919,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Now\'s the time to sneak into Russia...','Dude, that reminds me of my grad school graduation party. We should have totally gotten along with the Russians!','d2da56bdaa6210543e412bbb4d7dbd03',0,'','2a9pioy2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357258,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243692200,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="ktrick45":2jazuhei]"Be yourself," is about the worst advice you can give to some people. \n-J. B. Priestley[/quote:2jazuhei]\n\nI know some people whom I\'d advise to be someone else.','451a079623916c25cf80a55f71985a43',0,'gA==','2jazuhei',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357259,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243692607,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.\n\nJohn Barrymore \n\n<I don\'t anticipate being old anytime soon.>','52d4fe0c15f378173c78eaaeefa5c8ce',0,'','1z5yh01s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357260,25583,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243692947,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Brother Grimace":pxpdbgc9][quote="Doggieboy":pxpdbgc9]And now, a complaint.\n\n\nAs far as my music tastes go, I\'m eccentric, and will listen to pretty much anything (though I don\'t like either modern country or contemporary Christian).\n\nOne of the stations I\'ve listened to was an easy listening AM station out of Marion, Indiana. I could hear Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin or Perry Como quite regularly. I was guaranteed to hear [i:pxpdbgc9]Love is Blue[/i:pxpdbgc9] at least once a week (I love that piece of music).\n\nWell, much like some of the rock stations I listened to, this one also changed its format...but to Southern Gospel instead of talk or country. I like Southern Gospel, but now what do I do for easy listening?\n\n[color=#0000FF:pxpdbgc9]I may actually have to get satellite radio.\n\nThis really sucks. [/color:pxpdbgc9]:([/quote:pxpdbgc9]\n\n\nSpeaking of which - any suggestions for decent music that\'s out recently? Anyone? Anyone?[/quote:pxpdbgc9]\n\n\nWell, it\'s a pity you don\'t like contemporary christian, because that leaves out some of my favorite recomendations (just for kicks, I\'ll recommend Burlap to Cashmere, and The afters). One of my favorite albums this year has been my McCartney\'s Alter ego "The Fireman". Nat recommended Sigur Ros to me and it was golden. I\'m a fan, now. Um, let\'s see, The Arcade Fire, Jack White\'s other band, The Raconteours, The Shins and Thirteen Senses have all put out excellent albums recently. Oh, The Thrills, particularly "Let\'s Capture Bohemia". I enjoyed Velvet Revolver latest, as well. Iron and Wine and Rodrigo and Gabriela (an Ironically Irish band) are great.\n\nYou can never go wrong with Elliott Smith, of course.\n\nAh, it\'s too early, I haven\'t had my cup of coffee yet, but I\'ll post more later!','041b02bd1c807c7cd9588e129a99a417',0,'og==','pxpdbgc9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357261,25755,4,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243694870,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: voting drops 83% in all-digital election','Make the candidates sing and dance. I mean that seems to be working perfectly fine for American Idol. Maybe what America needs it\'s a little showmanship from their politicians!','25eb0ec571c8dc745302d775b4246edd',0,'','i7pecja6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357262,25758,5,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243695195,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Drag Me To Hell','Another positive review. You just have to embrace the over the top factor to enjoy it, which is pretty much what every Sam Raimi Fan should do, anyway. I particularly liked the ending. Won\'t spoil it here, of course, but it was such a cliche that it actually came as a surprise. I keep reading bad review for this film, wondering if these reviewers have ever, ever seen any of the Raimi\'s work.','f39943f1d0e9bcb4171002919bd66be2',0,'','3kov5dxk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357264,25762,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243696105,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: check out these sculptures','Hehehe, while I can\'t imagine having any of these sculptures at home (My John Lennon Life Sized Poster freaked me out when I forgot it was there), I\'m partial to Myron Klinefelter\'s Revenge. Heh, Both Myron and his Zombie bot just seem made for each other (well, they were, but you know what I mean \";)\" )','dfc2dfb51a8bc08ba4de13efbab79b17',0,'','2iqfauls',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357265,25583,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243696659,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Anything by Tool. \":D\"','0259d8af0de108dfafb64f027d2698ac',0,'','o99u5krm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357266,25583,3,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243697011,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','What do you do when you have no chocolate in the house, but you do have butter, cocoa, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla? You [i:vlp08q58]make[/i:vlp08q58] chocolate! Mmmm.','5b0b6d5f8ab8335ac54a8cd8a4ef66bd',0,'IA==','vlp08q58',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357267,25375,3,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243697512,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."\n-Benjamin Franklin','fc0706c96ff9cd754952fc6453bd29c8',0,'','2seqoj8z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357268,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243697732,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','[u:3kywukoi]Chapter 3[/u:3kywukoi]\n\nDaria peered down through the murky skylight onto the examination table below as her cold, lifeless corpse was processed by the ancient pathologist. The octogenarian licked his thin lips nervously and mopped the slight glean on his tissue-paper thin brow. He held a voice recorder to his mouth and continued to narrate. \n\nDaria winced at the sound of a bone saw as it sliced her ribcage. She thought it funny that, in the years of medical advancement of the human race; the procedures for post-mortem examination had been scarcely changed. \n\nThe last twenty four hours had been surreal. Coming to terms with her abrupt demise had proven to be the first in a long line of vexatious occurrences. She found the indifference shown by her two companions to be extremely irksome. Daria was pulled out of her reverie and back to the darkened rooftop on which she stood, well, slightly hovered, by a loud snap of her breastbone from beneath.\n\n"I don\'t see the point in the autopsy, it\'s pretty clear that the cause of death was a sharp-force traumas through the head and chest cavity," Daria deadpanned.\n\n"Yeah, but you have to admit; watching your own autopsy is pretty fucking cool." Georgia turned to Daria with a fiendish smile.\n\nDaria sighed. She hated to admit it, but it was cool watching herself being torn apart and put back together. Although she found it depressing that the first man to see her fully undressed was the one that was readying her for burial. One thought resonated through her mind. Don\'t try and cop a feel you old necrophiliac bastard.\n\nThey sat in silence for the remainder of the procedure, When the pathologist started to sew her body back together Daria inched back away from the large window. \n\n"Are we done yet?" Daria looked pleadingly toward George and Mason; this was starting to feel too morbid, even for her.\n\n"Still one more thing to go and the initiation is complete." \n\n"Yeah, yeah, the funeral, and here I though the sorority initiations would be grueling."\n\n\n***\n\nIn the morning sun, Daria paced the length of the drive trying to build up the courage to venture inside. She had spent the morning at the funeral home, watching loved ones mourn her. She thanked God her parents had opted for a closed casket. She was wracked with guilt over the pain and anguish her passing had put on her family and hoped they were okay. It seemed Jake had taken it the hardest; he had always been an emotional man with a quick temper and a tendency to drink too much. Daria hoped that he was able to control himself. Although sober at the service, she doubted that he was still in the same state, now the wake had begun.\n\nQuinn appeared to be coping as well as to be expected, an apparent united sabbatical was taken for all four members of the Fashion Club. Daria could just make out their slim frames through the window in Quinn’s room, and was glad that her sister had some level of support. \n\nDaria\'s inherited quick temper flared as she recalled her mother\'s behavior during the end of the service. \n\n[i:3kywukoi]The funeral director stopped abruptly as the faint ring tone could be heard, all eyes directed on Helen as she hurried out into the lobby. "Eric this isn\'t the time...I know I told you...WHAT?...No no, yes you\'re right...those bastards......."\n[/i:3kywukoi]\n"One day, one day. She couldn\'t go one day without working." Daria seethed as she quickened her pace momentarily.\n\nDaria had yet to see Jane. Trent was at the funeral home and she assumed Jane was too; the chance to see Jane was the driving force that compelled her to stay. Both Georgia and Mason had let her be, Georgia was inside and she had watched the later follow Trent to the furthest point on the boundary of the yard as he sparked up a smoke; from what she knew of Trent and what she had been told of Mason she was willing to bet the smoke contained something other than tobacco.\n\nShe stopped pacing, turned toward the house and inhaled deeply.\n\n"Well here goes nothing." She muttered. \n\n---\n\nJane had been the last to leave the funeral home and had given Trent instructions to drive to Daria\'s without her because she needed time alone to process. She stood in the empty room of the funeral home next to the dark wood mahogany casket and withdrew a portrait of Daria and herself. She peered around the room to make sure she was alone and slowly inched the lid of the casket open. She pushed the small sketch through the crack and closed it. She patted the lid softly as a small tear ran down her cheek.\n\n"Another time Amiga." she whispered, as she left the home and started towards the Morgendorffer abode.\n\nJane was two houses away when she looked up and saw her; a petite brunette pacing the length of the driveway. Jane rubbed her eyes, as she stood frozen to the spot and a wave of anger surged through her. She proceeded over to confront her, the young woman who wore thick circular framed glasses, a green jacket, black combat boots and a mid thigh black pleated skirt.\n\n"[b:3kywukoi]WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING?[/b:3kywukoi]" Jane yelled as she crossed the street, her long legs covered the ground in a few quick paces.\n\nDaria turned to Jane.\n\n"Is this some kind of joke?" Jane continued in a hostile tone.\n\n"You, you can see me?" Daria asked bewildered.\n\n"Of course I can see you, you better get out of here before anyone else sees you! Do you think it’s funny? Dressing up like it\'s a damned Halloween party? Or did someone put you up to this? Sandi? Whatever she\'s paying I\'ll double it if you piss off right now." Jane\'s voice cracked with rage and her eyes threatened tears.\n\n"Money..." Daria uttered barely audible.\n\n"What? So this is a gag and she\'s paying you. I knew she was a bitch. How much? Enough for the latest Jimmy Choo\'s? Or a vacation house on the coast?" Jane shook her head and laughed in disbelief, tears now streamed down her face.\n\n"Vacation house," Daria mused. "The Montana Cabin fund, under the bed, it\'s yours."\n\nJane stood stunned. Daria had never told anyone about her stash of money, at least not its location. "Who are..."\n\n---\n\nGeorgia had heard the woman\'s voice over the din of the guests in the house and had gone outside to investigate. She watched the confrontation and collected Mason from the stoner in the backyard.\n\n"Aww, shit," she breathed as she walked over to the two girls trying to remember Daria\'s last name; Morganraff...no Morgandopp... no...\n\n"Morgan." she cried as she laid a hand gently on Daria\'s shoulder and began to lead her away. "I\'m so sorry Miss," she called over her shoulder to Jane as the three Reapers walked down the road.\n\nJane watched the three strangers walk to the red Mustang parked down the road. [i:3kywukoi]Who was that girl and how did she know about the fund?[/i:3kywukoi]\n\nDaria peered at her reflection in the car window and raised a hand to her face. A stranger stared back.\n\n"This is freaking weird..." Daria muttered in disbelief.','781eef2b590e7089b2f3d8f47a0c74f1',0,'YQ==','3kywukoi',1,1251079399,'',992,5,0),(357270,25583,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243698945,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="smk":1n8ufbns]What do you do when you have no chocolate in the house, but you do have butter, cocoa, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla? You [i:1n8ufbns]make[/i:1n8ufbns] chocolate! Mmmm.[/quote:1n8ufbns]\n\n\nHehehe, I don\'t think I\'ve ever had all those ingredients in my kitchen at the same time. Pray, tell, How awesome was your home made chocolate?','9987f3a7d2b67d9c54329545edb583b8',0,'oA==','1n8ufbns',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357271,25583,3,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243699132,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Liz Ruiz":1mryqvmx][quote="smk":1mryqvmx]What do you do when you have no chocolate in the house, but you do have butter, cocoa, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla? You [i:1mryqvmx]make[/i:1mryqvmx] chocolate! Mmmm.[/quote:1mryqvmx]\n\n\nHehehe, I don\'t think I\'ve ever had all those ingredients in my kitchen at the same time. Pray, tell, How awesome was your home made chocolate?[/quote:1mryqvmx]\nIt\'s good. Really, really good. Smooth and rich and dark. I\'d offer to share, but that would be mean, with your diabetes and all.','b4a82132b8413ef0e6ce3f70a3eb7b2d',0,'oA==','1mryqvmx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357272,25744,5,26,0,'67.240.29.31',1243700254,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="losdia":2y1ts5rt][quote="brnleague99":2y1ts5rt][quote="Brother Grimace":2y1ts5rt][quote="brnleague99":2y1ts5rt]Anyone else remember the hoopla when Superman was "killed" by Doomsday?\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThat\'s the vibe I\'m getting from this. (Even if [i:2y1ts5rt]Reign Of The Supermen[/i:2y1ts5rt] freakin\' ruled.)[/quote:2y1ts5rt]\n\n\nOh, yeah. Please, don\'t remind me. The [i:2y1ts5rt]freaky[/i:2y1ts5rt] fanboys and the civilians whined [b:2y1ts5rt]so[/b:2y1ts5rt] much... \":bang:\"[/quote:2y1ts5rt]\n\nROTS kicked ass, though. Much love to John Henry Irons, the "Man of Steel".\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2y1ts5rt]\n\nNo way! The Eradicator as the Last Son of Krypton was much cooler! \n\nAnd Kon! Where\'s your Kon love? \":lol:\" \n\nFrom what I\'ve heard from the "old timers" the reaction to Jason Todd\'s death was a much bigger nightmare than the Death of Superman stuff.[/quote:2y1ts5rt]\n\nI remember when the [i:2y1ts5rt]Death in the Family[/i:2y1ts5rt] storyline went down and I voted to let Robin live.\n\nOf course back in the day Dennis O\'Neill did say it would be a real sleazy stunt to bring him back--and they did. \":P\" \n\nBesides, despite the fact he\'s now Nightwing, Dick Grayson was, is and always will be the best of the Robins hands down in my book.\n\nHoly rehash, Batman! \":lol:\"','3be22de759590d1dd9833399382eaa7e',0,'4A==','2y1ts5rt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357273,25763,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243700307,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Now\'s the time to sneak into Russia...','The guy on the right kinda looks like Putin after he\'s had a few too many. \":lol:\"','e5580f301c0322c9e254b0487d485b44',0,'','1jis0iq9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357274,25558,5,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1243700694,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: So, the new Trek movie......','Heh. I didn\'t notice the joke about Archer\'s dog until the second viewing.','ee16eb97468da6bd68c9ece836495053',0,'','2cm66xmt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357275,25763,3,65,0,'69.14.14.207',1243700820,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Now\'s the time to sneak into Russia...','In Russia, you don\'t take drink, drink takes [i:1ecmejmc]you[/i:1ecmejmc]! \":lol:\"','df074b13cea1c684db81a0deca253bd2',0,'IA==','1ecmejmc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357276,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243700907,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Steven Galloway":wz8gvt0e]:shock: Dang, TAG! As usual, you\'ve done (or are doing) it again. Interesting about Jodie: She sounds and behaves like one of those movie/tv-type of white racist girls who want to taste the forbidden fruit of getting laid by a black man just to see how it feels, even though she\'s black! \":shock:\" \":D\" \n\n[color=#0000FF:wz8gvt0e]Oh, Black women exist like her in real life - my oldest brother\'s first wife was like that. When they got divorced, at the final court hearing, she actually said (as to why she wanted a divorce), \'I wanted a n****r that I could control.\'\n\nI only wish that I were joking. That kind of Black woman is of the mindset that she\'s superior to every Black man in existance, and they\'re only \'real Black men\' if they do what she says - which, of course, automatically disqualifies them. It\'s a serious mind-game - and oh, Lord, yes, I\'ve run afoul of a couple of girls like that before. Weapons-grade haters, those ladies. [/color:wz8gvt0e]\n\n\n Then, we\'ll see Daria, who I suspect will be the non-hating, sympathetic girl who\'ll be right at home around blacks, even though she\'s white! \n\n[color=#0000FF:wz8gvt0e]Now, really. Haven\'t you learned that one should never assume things like that when dealing with a work of TAG? \":wag:\" \":lol:\" [/color:wz8gvt0e]\n\n\":shock:\" Are you kidding me?! Where do you come up with this stuff, man?! \":shock:\" How much have you suffered to get it?! \":shock:\"\n\n[color=#0000FF:wz8gvt0e]I\'ve wondered that, too, and I think that the more angstful the works, the more decent and happy the RL is. Look at AiH - happy marriage, wonderful little girl rugrat, cool dog, and writes things that makes powdered milk curdle. \":D\" [/color:wz8gvt0e]\n\n[/quote:wz8gvt0e]','839cab93036814bca9199161bc158401',0,'gg==','wz8gvt0e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357277,25697,6,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1243701352,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','I was wondering when the Rolling Stones would show up. \":P\"','508821392f4c955ed64f18d5cd8b012d',0,'','3s0zr8qm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357279,25764,6,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243702017,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Grammar Lessons','Let\'s start with nouns of direct address, as it has come to my attention that many of our writers do not know or appreciate this particular rule.\n\nFrom page 126 of [i:1u8x1axr]Every Day English Handbook[/i:1u8x1axr]:\n\n[quote:1u8x1axr]Use a comma to set off a noun in direct address that occurs at the beginning or end of a sentence. If this noun appears in the middle of a sentence, use a pair of commas:\n\n[list:1u8x1axr]Mark, please don\'t finish the potato chips.\nI asked you not to finish the potato chips, Mark.\nI can\'t tell, Mark, if you\'re listening.[/list:u:1u8x1axr][/quote:1u8x1axr]\n\nFrom [url:1u8x1axr]http://www.lessontutor.com/eesnouns.html[/url:1u8x1axr]:\n\n[quote:1u8x1axr][b:1u8x1axr]Nouns of address [/b:1u8x1axr]\n\nThis is a noun used to call upon a person for his or her attention. It can be the person\'s name or the name by which he or she is known. Here are some examples: \n\n[list:1u8x1axr]Cindy, why are you here? (Noun of direct address is Cindy) \nMom, please help me. (Mom) \nI didn\'t understand, Judge, that I had to tell the truth. (Judge) \nDon\'t you dare leave this room, Kelly! (Kelly) [/list:u:1u8x1axr]\n\nNouns of direct address are "set off" by commas. This means that if the noun of direct address comes at the first of the sentence, it is followed by a comma as in the first two examples. If the noun of direct address is in the middle of the sentence, put commas before and after. If the noun of direct address is at the end of the sentence, put the comma before it. [/quote:1u8x1axr]\n\nFrom [url:1u8x1axr]http://www.dailygrammar.com/131to135.shtml[/url:1u8x1axr]:\n\n[quote:1u8x1axr]Parts of the Sentence - Nouns of Address\n\nNouns or nominatives of address are the persons or things to which you are speaking. They are set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma or commas, may have modifiers, and are not related to the rest of the sentence grammatically. You can remove them and a complete sentence remains. They may be first, last or in the middle of the sentence.\n\n[list:1u8x1axr]Sir, may I speak with you for a moment?\nJeff, are you leaving tomorrow?\nListen carefully to the instructions, boys and girls.\nFred, Anna needs your assistance for the afternoon.\nPlease, Mr. President, accept our apologies.\nHere, Mary, is a glass of water.\nMy fellowmen, there is no need for worry.\nWhat happened to my car, Dad?\nYou, my friends, are so kind!\nWe have no more candy, Jeanne.\nGeneral, your men are loyal soldiers and brave fighters.\nThere is no need for alarm, students.\nWill he give the instructions again, Miss Jones?\nMen and women, we must meet our goals to be successful.\nBecky, the guests have already arrived.[/list:u:1u8x1axr][/quote:1u8x1axr]\n\nFrom [url:1u8x1axr]http://www.apsu.edu/majord/punctuate/explanation.html[/url:1u8x1axr]:\n\n[quote:1u8x1axr][b:1u8x1axr]Noun of direct address:[/b:1u8x1axr] A noun of direct address is a name or title used in a sentence when speaking or writing to someone, and it should be set off with a comma or commas if it comes in the middle of the sentence.[/quote:1u8x1axr]','2ca0175a89fa564c3cfd1e8aad77d1ac',0,'8EA=','1u8x1axr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357280,25697,6,573,0,'137.226.12.153',1243703601,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Steven Galloway":2vp3mywj]Then, we\'ll see Daria, who I suspect will be the non-hating, sympathetic girl who\'ll be right at home around blacks, even though she\'s white![/quote:2vp3mywj]\nNaah, it\'s going to be Zombie-queen Daria: intelligent, cunning, and a serious nutcase like any intelligent girl who had only the company of obedient but brainless Zombies for decades. \":twisted:\"\nI mean, that\'s like Highland with no one but a million clones of Beavis and Butthead around.\n\nBlackHole','1e92a0dc03d745aba4005003986d2d1c',0,'gA==','2vp3mywj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357281,25764,6,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243703912,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','I think we\'re supposed to say gramercy for this. \":mrgreen:\" \":lol:\"','5bd54ca0708b0e5948e34c2032013b9a',0,'','pudxc4lp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357282,25697,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243703962,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="The Angst Guy":14taz76a]\n\nDaria.... I haven\'t figured her out yet. She might have issues. \":D\"\n\n[/quote:14taz76a]\n\nYa think? \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nHell even in pure cannon the girl has issues. I find fics in which she [i:14taz76a][b:14taz76a]doesn\'t[/b:14taz76a][/i:14taz76a] have issues to be far less realistic than worlds with zombie hordes, dimensional portals and other assorted bizzaro elements. \n\nThe idea of a perfectly well adjusted Daria who has no issues is probably the most unbelievable and scary thing I could find in a fic. \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":mrgreen:\"','035b9a951703d31b11423c2dd3ab3588',0,'4A==','14taz76a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357283,25751,6,940,0,'96.248.115.44',1243704396,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Wolf with The Red Roses (Explicit)* (Moved)','Yeah (: I\'m going to do a PG version of it to post here.\n\nGenerally when I write stuff I have a rule that every sentence has to work towards the story- and this one needs a lot of trimming cuz I fell in love with myself while writing it haha\n\n"Oooh more adjectives! more violence! YEAH! MICHAEL BAY CAN MAKE THIS INTO A MOVIE!"\n\nOk maybe not.\n\nBut agreed (: thanks again for the advice on moving it- i don\'t wanna break the rules!','cb0b1174746b22ab982a38038ddbfc8c',0,'','p5a8cd5e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357284,25583,3,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1243705063,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="smk":3li2exu8]What do you do when you have no chocolate in the house[/quote:3li2exu8]\n...\n\nWhat?\n\n[i:3li2exu8]What?[/i:3li2exu8]\n\n[b:3li2exu8][i:3li2exu8]WHAT?![/i:3li2exu8][/b:3li2exu8]\n\n \":P\" \n\nNo, seriously, that\'s a great idea. I\'m glad it turned out well--and you can feel perfectly free to share it with me! \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','1c1a334969e5c3768e2293effd739970',0,'4A==','3li2exu8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357285,25764,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243705276,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','You guys should be thanking her. I have to ask nicely to get this. \":)\"','0b4a145c2a6ba9111c969dc078d5d6c0',0,'','1odrfpnd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357286,25764,6,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1243705407,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','Is this supposed to be a hint like when you get a stick of deodorant as a Christmas gift? \":lol:\"','872f59279f151e3a16382173b6b91b73',0,'','35g7ie5u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357287,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243705764,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="undefinedlust":u3x9igzj][quote="The Angst Guy":u3x9igzj]\n\nDaria.... I haven\'t figured her out yet. She might have issues. \":D\"\n\n[/quote:u3x9igzj]\n\nYa think? \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nHell even in pure cannon the girl has issues. I find fics in which she [i:u3x9igzj][b:u3x9igzj]doesn\'t[/b:u3x9igzj][/i:u3x9igzj] have issues to be far less realistic than worlds with zombie hordes, dimensional portals and other assorted bizzaro elements. \n[color=#0000FF:u3x9igzj]\nThe idea of a perfectly well adjusted Daria who has no issues is probably the most unbelievable and scary thing I could find in a fic.[/color:u3x9igzj] \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:u3x9igzj]\n\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:u3x9igzj]Actually... in this reality, that actually makes sense, and would be truly frightening. Alone in a world of the zombies, but with all of your faculities and reasoning intact, as well as a frighteningly high intelligence level that allows you, with the materials around you, to educate yourself... that is a frightening person.\n\nShe already shows signs of this, also. She\'s taught herself Morse Code, radio operations, a command of the English language, serious survival, evasion and scavenging skills - and she understands enough of the world situation to have fully grasped what\'s happened to the world, how its happened and how it can be stopped, but that she needs to get help to do so. \nEven if this is all just a false flag\' ploy to get victims, it still shows a remarkable level of intelligence on her part. [/color:u3x9igzj]','731ab0295ba33389de849c7d619522e9',0,'4g==','u3x9igzj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357288,25583,3,83,0,'71.34.243.79',1243706109,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Liz Ruiz":24rstpit]\nOh, I hope it\'s not broken!\n\nAlso, I just realize you have the cutest baby and the cutest dog ever. How are Eleanor and Zoie getting along? I\'ve always wondered what would happen if I had a child, because my beautiful cat is actually quite jealous.\n\nYour baby is gorgeous. When you find time between being a mom and sleeping, post more pictures of her![/quote:24rstpit]\n\nThe way it\'s bruised indicates something either broke or tore (or both!) but it hurts way less today and I can walk fine, so I\'m not worrying about it. That road rash burns like hell, though. I need to find some shorts so I don\'t have fabric brushing against it all day.\n\n\nPICTURES!\n\nThe one in the hat is older- maybe 3 weeks ago? My brother gave it to her.\n\nShe loves to blow bubbles.\n\nHer grandma gave her that peace onesie.\n\n\nIt says "the board attachment quota has been reached." I can\'t add more pics with the puppy.','42d16bf1e215a81ca2c98c37c4340c6c',1,'gA==','24rstpit',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357289,25583,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243707058,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','I mean like ANYTHING by Tool. Tool r0olZ!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[size=10:271lttes]Cute baby.[/size:271lttes]\n \":D\"','b7ff7fa3ba2262c7882854caee17084f',0,'BA==','271lttes',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357290,25738,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243707756,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','The resolution at the end is a little confusing. What happened to break up the confrontation between Daria and Jane? Can Daria become visible when other spirits cannot?\n\nLove the story, just seeking clarification. \":D\"','9d47c5a389121d759a375f57d1285018',0,'','18buy2dx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357291,25751,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243707805,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The Wolf with The Red Roses (Explicit)* (Moved)','[quote="ninetwelve":3imizp9z]But agreed (: thanks again for the advice on moving it- i don\'t wanna break the rules![/quote:3imizp9z]\nMore fanfic is always good.','75653f1333ffb123b25299ee63efb644',0,'gA==','3imizp9z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357292,25764,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243707914,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','Okay, okay okay okay, I\'ll put in the commas! Stop! \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\" \":lawn:\" [size=50:3c3wug2p]damn editors[/size:3c3wug2p]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[size=10:3c3wug2p]and, um, thank you[/size:3c3wug2p]\n \":D\"','16d4f8f25f28033e5bc493e9f7f4f336',0,'BA==','3c3wug2p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357293,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243708128,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Brother Grimace":3odv6mqz][color=#0000FF:3odv6mqz]Actually... in this reality, that actually makes sense, and would be truly frightening. Alone in a world of the zombies, but with all of your faculities and reasoning intact, as well as a frighteningly high intelligence level that allows you, with the materials around you, to educate yourself... that is a frightening person.[/color:3odv6mqz][/quote:3odv6mqz]\nAnd this Daria uses makeup, too!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo, no no, just kidding, that would cross the line. Sorry.','992ebf30a68dc8fa7efaa2fb337f68f6',0,'gg==','3odv6mqz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357294,25764,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243708716,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','Tune in next week for dangling participles and obscene gerunds!!! \":mrgreen:\"','5ab1fb26352fb5b8b51dcfd41975af22',0,'','22rxn06h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357295,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243710109,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="The Angst Guy":s0asy1d1][quote="Brother Grimace":s0asy1d1][color=#0000FF:s0asy1d1]Actually... in this reality, that actually makes sense, and would be truly frightening. Alone in a world of the zombies, but with all of your faculities and reasoning intact, as well as a frighteningly high intelligence level that allows you, with the materials around you, to educate yourself... that is a frightening person.[/color:s0asy1d1][/quote:s0asy1d1]\nAnd this Daria uses makeup, too!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo, no no, just kidding, that would cross the line. Sorry.[/quote:s0asy1d1]\n\n\nAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH! She\'s wearing [i:s0asy1d1]SCRUNCHIES![/i:s0asy1d1] RUN!','03503dc1b8b1a5d45f94ab8afeb06d41',0,'og==','s0asy1d1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357296,25764,6,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243712247,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','Also, free rein. Not free reign.\n\nAnd surveil is not a word. The verb form of surveillance is survey. And procession comes from proceed, not process, just like concession comes from concede.\n\nAnd now that I\'ve gotten that off my chest, I\'ll shut up. \":mrgreen:\"','e8fa04bc6ab7f1f2dc7adc1e295194cf',0,'','kexvay9t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357297,25583,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243712381,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Angelinhel":2x09whqg][quote="Liz Ruiz":2x09whqg]\nOh, I hope it\'s not broken!\n\nAlso, I just realize you have the cutest baby and the cutest dog ever. How are Eleanor and Zoie getting along? I\'ve always wondered what would happen if I had a child, because my beautiful cat is actually quite jealous.\n\nYour baby is gorgeous. When you find time between being a mom and sleeping, post more pictures of her![/quote:2x09whqg]\n\nThe way it\'s bruised indicates something either broke or tore (or both!) but it hurts way less today and I can walk fine, so I\'m not worrying about it. That road rash burns like hell, though. I need to find some shorts so I don\'t have fabric brushing against it all day.\n\n\nPICTURES!\n\nThe one in the hat is older- maybe 3 weeks ago? My brother gave it to her.\n\nShe loves to blow bubbles.\n\nHer grandma gave her that peace onesie.\n\n\nIt says "the board attachment quota has been reached." I can\'t add more pics with the puppy.[/quote:2x09whqg]\n\n\nI\'m glad you are doing better. Still, I suppose you should get that checked out.\n\nOkay, now, public warning. Getting into Girly Girl mode now. Babies are involved!\n\nOMG! OMG! OMG! Dude, your baby is like sooooooooooooo cute! AWWWW, look at the one where she\'s blowing bubbles. She just has the prettiest eyes in the whole wide world! \n\nI\'m glad you didn\'t upload the ones with the puppy, I would have died out of cuteness overload!\n\ngirly girl move over\n\nYou should really open a flickr account for your baby pictures. Share the wealth with the world and all!','9d989e9ce18d09af89a3e373651c9bc9',0,'gA==','2x09whqg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357298,25583,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243712524,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="smk":hff2f3m8][quote="Liz Ruiz":hff2f3m8][quote="smk":hff2f3m8]What do you do when you have no chocolate in the house, but you do have butter, cocoa, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla? You [i:hff2f3m8]make[/i:hff2f3m8] chocolate! Mmmm.[/quote:hff2f3m8]\n\n\nHehehe, I don\'t think I\'ve ever had all those ingredients in my kitchen at the same time. Pray, tell, How awesome was your home made chocolate?[/quote:hff2f3m8]\nIt\'s good. Really, really good. Smooth and rich and dark. I\'d offer to share, but that would be mean, with your diabetes and all.[/quote:hff2f3m8]\n\n\nHehehe, given the right kind of chocolate, I\'d totally risk it, dude. Glad it came out okay!','d3a68ae0cf47b6f145d10e040d36062f',0,'oA==','hff2f3m8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357299,25754,3,9,0,'24.6.245.208',1243713441,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','[quote="Liz Ruiz":2q5v0fm6][quote="Kara Wild":2q5v0fm6]Very pretty... that\'s the reason I like walking so much. \":)\"[/quote:2q5v0fm6]\n\nI remember an episode from [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168340/:2q5v0fm6]this old sitcom[/url:2q5v0fm6] where one of the characters tried to become a "walker" in L.A. and failed miserably. Since then I\'ve always had the impression (probably the very wrong impression) that Californians dislike walking. Huh.[/quote:2q5v0fm6]\n\nIt depends on where you live. In L.A., there are many places with long, wide boulevards, where walking to the store means waiting at several intersections to cross. Why would you want to walk alongside a noisy, ugly boulevard unless you had no choice? Also, poor planning has led to a lot of developments out in the middle of nowhere where the nearest grocery store is a few miles away. Walking would be highly inconvenient... especially because many of these areas lack sidewalks.\n\nOn the other hand, I was remembering recently how much more frequently I used to walk to do my errands when I lived in L.A. I would walk through one ugly area, but otherwise, my typical walk to the store took me down this charming street with cafes, then through a neighborhood with several nice homes, then finally a short walk along a boulevard before I finally reached the shopping area. By contrast, my current area isn\'t charming or scenic at all, and going to the store would require having to cross a large, loud boulevard twice, so I feel less incentive to walk.','e5ce9662231b95ca5433cd2012bb4398',0,'kA==','2q5v0fm6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357300,25697,6,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243715971,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="undefinedlust":vu5omazn][quote="The Angst Guy":vu5omazn]\n\nDaria.... I haven\'t figured her out yet. She might have issues. \":D\"\n\n[/quote:vu5omazn]\n\nYa think? \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nHell even in pure cannon the girl has issues. I find fics in which she [i:vu5omazn][b:vu5omazn]doesn\'t[/b:vu5omazn][/i:vu5omazn] have issues to be far less realistic than worlds with zombie hordes, dimensional portals and other assorted bizzaro elements. \n\nThe idea of a perfectly well adjusted Daria who has no issues is probably the most unbelievable and scary thing I could find in a fic. \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:vu5omazn]\n\nActually, it\'s all in the characterization. Do you go with the needy, possessive "See Jane Run" and "Jane\'s Addition" Daria? Or the "remarkably well-adjusted" and self-aware Daria of "Psycho Therapy" or "Jake of Hearts" for example? Given that Lawndale is basically, to use a term of Daria\'s devising, "a bughouse full of freaks," it\'s possible that Daria is the [i:vu5omazn]most[/i:vu5omazn] well-adjusted person there.\n\n[size=50:vu5omazn]And don\'t tell me Jane is. Daria never ate aspic [i:vu5omazn]or[/i:vu5omazn] wore a snood.[/size:vu5omazn]','05b8571005e7286019270623fc6d25b5',0,'5A==','vu5omazn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357301,25765,3,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1243716077,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','\'Maters!','Okay, not yet. But soon I will be reviving the old shipper war tradition. Literally. With yummy, yummy Romas. Assuming no random kids run through the backyard and kick the buckets over, anyway. Damn hypothetical kids.\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\n[img:39b8g5r8]http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9050/tomato1.png[/img:39b8g5r8]\n\n[img:39b8g5r8]http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/73/tomato2.png[/img:39b8g5r8]\n\nKristen','ed3e9d6aac432402d1b311ff10d1bcb6',0,'CA==','39b8g5r8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357303,25697,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243717644,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Dennis":3s5wuyuy][quote="undefinedlust":3s5wuyuy][quote="The Angst Guy":3s5wuyuy]\n\nDaria.... I haven\'t figured her out yet. She might have issues. \":D\"\n\n[/quote:3s5wuyuy]\n\nYa think? \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nHell even in pure cannon the girl has issues. I find fics in which she [i:3s5wuyuy][b:3s5wuyuy]doesn\'t[/b:3s5wuyuy][/i:3s5wuyuy] have issues to be far less realistic than worlds with zombie hordes, dimensional portals and other assorted bizzaro elements. \n\nThe idea of a perfectly well adjusted Daria who has no issues is probably the most unbelievable and scary thing I could find in a fic. \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:3s5wuyuy]\n\nActually, it\'s all in the characterization. Do you go with the needy, possessive "See Jane Run" and "Jane\'s Addition" Daria? Or the "remarkably well-adjusted" and self-aware Daria of "Psycho Therapy" or "Jake of Hearts" for example? Given that Lawndale is basically, to use a term of Daria\'s devising, "a bughouse full of freaks," it\'s possible that Daria is the [i:3s5wuyuy]most[/i:3s5wuyuy] well-adjusted person there.\n\n[size=50:3s5wuyuy]And don\'t tell me Jane is. Daria never ate aspic [i:3s5wuyuy]or[/i:3s5wuyuy] wore a snood.[/size:3s5wuyuy][/quote:3s5wuyuy]\n\nDepends on whether or not you believe the Daria of "Psycho Therapy" is as self aware and well adjusted as she seems or is saying what she believes needs to be said to hedge against further examination. It\'s a tough call. I would never say Jane was the most well adjusted. The way I am portraying her in LSBS is the way I would see the real Jane (if she actually existed). Serious abandonment issues etc...','ea17de93e4352460062489f4e848088b',0,'5A==','3s5wuyuy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357304,25744,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243718001,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="DocForbin":2bx0iapc]Besides, despite the fact he\'s now Nightwing, Dick Grayson was, is and always will be the best of the Robins hands down in my book.[/quote:2bx0iapc]\n\nMaybe. But Tim Drake is extremely good as Robin, also. \n\n...oh, and here\'s something for you to consider buying Doc.\n\n[img:2bx0iapc]http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/25820000/25820813.JPG[/img:2bx0iapc]\n\nIt\'s 16 bucks, BUT it\'s 500 pages of Robin stories...most from that WONDERFUL 1969-1971 period when the Bat titles were all dark, mythic and gothic looking.\n\nGood good investment, Peter.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','4deecc93df9b59df048007cedcc6c497',0,'iA==','2bx0iapc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357305,25170,6,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1243718078,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','Quinn Morgendorffer walked happily towards the Fashionable Table at the Lawndale High School lunch room. She was wearing a brand new fashionable pair of expensive designer tennis shoes with pink shoelaces and she was looking towards the Three Js fawning all over her.\n\nInstead, she saw the Three Js fawning over...[i:2a536vgs]Jane Lane[/i:2a536vgs]. Jane was sitting in Joey\'s lap, and Jamie was busy rubbing Jane\'s shoulders. Jeffy was holding a milk carton and straw near Jane\'s mouth...so that Jane could call for a sip without having to move.\n\n"Ex-CUSE me?" Quinn said, not quite happily. "Ahem. Jane, what are you doing with Joey, Jeffy and Jafar?"\n\n"Sorry, Quinn," said Jane. "New edict. According to The Powers That Be, we each get assigned one letter of the Alphabet. Daria has "T" so she gets Trent and Tom. And Jane of the d\'Lane\'s asked for the letter "J" which is why I\'m surrounded by all this high grade beef."\n\n"Are you uncomfortable, Jane?" asked Joey. "I\'ll get you a brand new pillow!"\n\n"I\'ll get you two pillows!" said Jeffy.\n\n"I\'ll get you a pillow and put chocolates on it!" said Jamie.\n\n"Not necessary. Although chocolate milk sounds nice." Jane snapped her fingers. "Milk Slave...get your Mistress some milk."\n\nAs Jeffy ran to the lunch counter to the obvious envy of the other two Js, Quinn fumed. "But those were [i:2a536vgs]my[/i:2a536vgs] Js! What does that leave [i:2a536vgs]me[/i:2a536vgs] with?"\n\nQuinn was suddenly hugged from behind. It was Stacy.\n\n"Quinn! Oh Quinn, this is so great! Now we can be together forever!"\n\n"Ahhh!" Quinn found herself unable to escape Stacy\'s grasp.\n\n"[i:2a536vgs]Ahem[/i:2a536vgs]." Quinn saw an unhappy Sandi standing nearby. "Like, if we\'re going to start going out and stuff, I don\'t want to have to share your attention with certain clingy people." As Stacy chattered about all of the places she and Quinn were going to go, Sandi was reading her list of Non-Negotiable Dating Demands to Quinn.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"Oh yeah. That feels nice." \n\nDaria gazed into Trent\'s eyes. He gazed back with obvious romantic interest. They were both laying down, fully clothed, on Daria\'s bed. "Bard, play us some music."\n\nNearby, Ted played a tune on the [i:2a536vgs]lira da gamba[/i:2a536vgs], which had been made from scrap aluminum.\n\n"Very cool music," said Trent. "but I don\'t like sharing."\n\n"I don\'t think you have a choice," said Daria.\n\n"Yeahhhhhh....you don\'t havvvve a choice....." said Tiffany, smiling and wearing nothing but a negligee.\n\n"Mmmmph!! MMMmmph!" squealed a gimped-up Tom.','2a196fff0a0da1f49016f8b827783d25',0,'IA==','2a536vgs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357306,25758,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243718159,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Drag Me To Hell','[quote="Liz Ruiz":34ufl291]Another positive review. You just have to embrace the over the top factor to enjoy it, which is pretty much what every Sam Raimi Fan should do, anyway. I particularly liked the ending. Won\'t spoil it here, of course, but it was such a cliche that it actually came as a surprise. I keep reading bad review for this film, wondering if these reviewers have ever, ever seen any of the Raimi\'s work.[/quote:34ufl291]\n\nI liked the ending too, Liz, and (not a spoiler) the cemetery scene. Beautifully designed cemetery, no?\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','77638659b02f05baa652fbca54f92a20',0,'gA==','34ufl291',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357307,25765,3,10,0,'173.26.36.4',1243718377,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Maters!','[quote="Kristen Bealer":2z2yn0az]Okay, not yet. But soon I will be reviving the old shipper war tradition. Literally. With yummy, yummy Romas. Assuming no random kids run through the backyard and kick the buckets over, anyway. Damn hypothetical kids.\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen[/quote:2z2yn0az]\nThey do that. I\'ve never seen anyone in my yard, but last year I lost my \'maters that way. Surrounded by a tall wire ring, I found them knocked over and the ring squashed, like someone had cut through the yard and tripped over it. They also keep breaking off my raspberry canes. Luckily, the peonys along the house seem to be out of the traffic pattern or sturdier than my trespassers.\n\nGood luck with them. My mom bought herself one of those upsidedown planters as seen on TV, and is trying it out this year.\n\nHarley','652c2d93387dac4fb36112b082ff4341',0,'gA==','2z2yn0az',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357308,25170,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243718500,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','Let\'s not forget Jane has Jennifer the burnout girl to keep her company and roll joints for her \":mrgreen:\"','0fa5feb82cf6780f79d8b9d4bb7cd67f',0,'','15djrn5s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357309,25697,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243719145,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','BTW. The song Kyle Armelin is listening to is...of course...\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuTiTfbf ... re=related\n\nI was around when Jesus Christ...had his moment of doubt and pain.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','9c33dd5d1e821ad78d758bcc1b070e30',0,'','3w0af2q1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357310,25764,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243719317,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','And for the last time...the their, they\'re, there rule.\n\nTheir mailbox has been stolen.\n\nThey\'re a couple of dillholes.\n\nThere is the road to Dallas, Texas.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','9c5b5a47cd381caacf109713d945d29a',0,'','27m3de33',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357311,25697,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243719967,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Brother Grimace":3219wend][quote="The Angst Guy":3219wend][quote="Brother Grimace":3219wend][color=#0000FF:3219wend]Actually... in this reality, that actually makes sense, and would be truly frightening. Alone in a world of the zombies, but with all of your faculities and reasoning intact, as well as a frighteningly high intelligence level that allows you, with the materials around you, to educate yourself... that is a frightening person.[/color:3219wend][/quote:3219wend]\nAnd this Daria uses makeup, too!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo, no no, just kidding, that would cross the line. Sorry.[/quote:3219wend]\n\n\nAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH! She\'s wearing [i:3219wend]SCRUNCHIES![/i:3219wend] RUN![/quote:3219wend]\n\nScrunchies made of human flesh... \":D\"','59a7e470c0f1386dd1060e9fba92693a',0,'og==','3219wend',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357312,25736,6,904,0,'67.85.127.173',1243720722,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writer\'s Block','[quote="undefinedlust":we7mswar][quote="respite":we7mswar]\nThis. I\'ve been damned near prolific (for me, at least) over the last couple of weeks. And even though it\'s been in another fandom, it was an Iron Chef here that broke me out of a months-long slump.[/quote:we7mswar]\n\nAnother fandom? Don\'t make me get out a pitchfork... cough Write Me In cough \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\"[/quote:we7mswar]\nYou know, I actually had a pretty good start on the sequel before my computer shit the bed. And my HP friends who also like our Irony Maiden are on me to un-fade to black. They\'ll be waiting a bit, I think. But I\'m glad you liked it - it\'s great to get feedback like that \":)\"','4365b6dd76dbd9192670a68fa32e94a3',0,'gA==','we7mswar',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357313,25765,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243721345,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: \'Maters!','The only good \'mater is a ketchup \'mater.\n\n\n\n\n\'Nuff said.','be3a64ea88b0c4a3a6e4ec64fe171e1a',0,'','2t7jx91c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357314,25170,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243721512,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','God bless America! \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','39414157d31c1f7ad3f30c2edc67eb04',0,'','1c6a40ok',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357315,25717,6,900,0,'72.131.3.2',1243721517,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: need some help for a fic','I used Stu for the owner of the Zon. Then again, I picked that because he was making a big pot of stew when he entered the story, so feel free to pass on that one.','8c183f23891df1f1d0db81ba04a1ecd7',0,'','19t13bl9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357316,25765,3,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243721639,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Maters!','\":D\" There are few things better than a sun-ripened warm mater out of your own garden. Particularly if it\'s sprinkled with a little fresh chopped basil from your own garden. So good are they that we once sported a political party called The Sun-ripened Warm Tomato Party. I\'m not making this up. Who could refuse to vote for such yummy goodness?\n\nMy advice is plant more. One is never enough.','3b402d1d9e34679a5824cebcc3f1ff36',0,'','ntkq92vz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357317,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243721644,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="brnleague99":esgc7ary]BTW. The song Kyle Armelin is listening to is...of course...\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuTiTfbfy7Q[/quote:esgc7ary]\nThe song, of course, has nothing to do with the plot of the story. Just so everyone knows.\n\n[quote="RLobinske":esgc7ary]Scrunchies made of human flesh... \":D\"[/quote:esgc7ary]\nWhoa. Yeah. That could happen. Thanks! \":D\"','ec54035a7def965b21baa7e89bd28d6c',0,'gA==','esgc7ary',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357318,25375,3,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243721824,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Dennis":2acdwt73]"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."\n-Benjamin Franklin[/quote:2acdwt73]\n\n"And Fosters is proof that the Devil walks among us and works his evil still."\n-Me','773fad3c469b7d952d05a5c7587e8bb9',0,'gA==','2acdwt73',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357319,25697,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243721981,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="The Angst Guy":13pwhm9s]\n[quote="RLobinske":13pwhm9s]Scrunchies made of human flesh... \":D\"[/quote:13pwhm9s]\nWhoa. Yeah. That could happen. Thanks! \":D\"[/quote:13pwhm9s]\n\nNot only can you use them on your hair, they make great chew-toys for your pet zombies!','6233c1fdd3970cca3a7f9d4f083c9b1c',0,'gA==','13pwhm9s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357320,25765,3,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1243722010,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Maters!','[quote="Deref":1yatz5u7]My advice is plant more. One is never enough.[/quote:1yatz5u7]\n\nWell, we\'re starting with two plants this year. If they live, we\'ll plant more next year. If they wither and die, shrieking "Why? What did we ever do to you?" in little desperate tomato voices, then we\'ll know better than to inflict ourselves on poor helpless plants next time. \";)\" \n\nKristen','bb1adf38d1203b9ee5865077b8c04f66',0,'gA==','1yatz5u7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357321,25755,4,114,0,'210.9.137.178',1243722059,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: voting drops 83% in all-digital election','[quote="Liz Ruiz":1cdvo42m]Make the candidates sing and dance. I mean that seems to be working perfectly fine for American Idol. Maybe what America needs it\'s a little showmanship from their politicians![/quote:1cdvo42m]\n[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=25733:1cdvo42m]Ahem...[/url:1cdvo42m]','8cec204946b99621276d1e79c29ba491',0,'kA==','1cdvo42m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357322,25375,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243722909,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Deref":2k57rlo0][quote="Dennis":2k57rlo0]"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."\n-Benjamin Franklin[/quote:2k57rlo0]\n\n"And Fosters is proof that the Devil walks among us and works his evil still."\n-Me[/quote:2k57rlo0]\n\nBe glad you\'ve never tried [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Beer:2k57rlo0]Billy Beer.[/url:2k57rlo0]','2035b441945744ea49d4d556d49558fd',0,'kA==','2k57rlo0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357323,25758,5,987,0,'92.22.127.26',1243723244,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Drag Me To Hell','I was going to give it a miss..... but now.... it\'s a comedy? \":o\" \n\nI think it\'d be a good laugh to see then.','7e28721ed22a67e00893d591cfae48e3',0,'','28lmrp4a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357324,25754,3,987,0,'92.22.127.26',1243723528,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','Theoretically you can find beauty in most places... you just have to look. Thanks for the pics that demonstrate this Liz. They put a smile on my face.','c7f3669dc7be5b5d18d565593e5b9cac',0,'','3nsc7fv9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357325,25375,3,45,0,'24.124.97.8',1243723704,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Then, there is the wisdom of the Capuchin monk, Brother Epp: "Because without beer, things do not seem to go as well..."','7d509c79e49f2121663b795bcfcda07a',0,'','74bflq90',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357326,25375,3,83,0,'71.34.243.79',1243724530,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Clothing your children follows a natural progression from baby, to child, to teenager: You\'re wearing this, I\'m wearing this, and you\'re NOT wearing [i:17ben97o]that[/i:17ben97o].','e1c3c669a1ca05f02c42a03ee9005680',0,'IA==','17ben97o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357327,25583,3,83,0,'71.34.243.79',1243724892,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Maybe I can do it this way...\n\n\n[img:1k57qb3h]http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h148/koimyspacepics/EandZ.jpg[/img:1k57qb3h]\nZoie is actually pretty good with her. It\'s funny because when Eleanor cries, Zoie wolf-howls along with her, so the baby\'s crying, the dog\'s howling, hilarious but very loud. Zoie does get jealous though, so I try to play and cuddle with her as much as possible.\n\n\n[img:1k57qb3h]http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h148/koimyspacepics/babiesaredelicious.jpg[/img:1k57qb3h]\nAnd finally, Zoie says, babies are delicious!','1a8c3b01da04dea7b5d4984640ce092f',0,'CA==','1k57qb3h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357328,25583,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243726234,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','What kind of dog is Zoie?','2bc42811a61dd4a473d4221f103aac23',0,'','2a3mtq1e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357329,25583,3,83,0,'71.34.243.79',1243727653,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Brother Grimace":1qys7m26]What kind of dog is Zoie?[/quote:1qys7m26]\n\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Fox_Terrier:1qys7m26]A Toy Fox Terrier[/url:1qys7m26]','ccb9040032fe45c691a9a9c3c4b52d8d',0,'kA==','1qys7m26',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357330,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243727675,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','[quote="The Angst Guy":3vl9mokj]The resolution at the end is a little confusing. What happened to break up the confrontation between Daria and Jane? Can Daria become visible when other spirits cannot?\n\nLove the story, just seeking clarification. \":D\"[/quote:3vl9mokj]\n\nkinda meant to- reader seeing through Daria and she has no idea whats happening...yet \":)\"\ngeorge n mason went to collect daria and led her away while jane stood confused after the montana cabin comment...as for daria\'s visability, all will be revealed for those unfamiliar with DLM fokelore- lets say daria has been initiated \":)\"','fd9131cb68d6c930b224c60c215ac886',0,'gA==','3vl9mokj',1,1243763120,'',992,1,0),(357331,25697,6,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243727892,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="undefinedlust":22kx01pn][quote="Dennis":22kx01pn][quote="undefinedlust":22kx01pn][quote="The Angst Guy":22kx01pn]\n\nDaria.... I haven\'t figured her out yet. She might have issues. \":D\"\n\n[/quote:22kx01pn]\n\nYa think? \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nHell even in pure cannon the girl has issues. I find fics in which she [i:22kx01pn][b:22kx01pn]doesn\'t[/b:22kx01pn][/i:22kx01pn] have issues to be far less realistic than worlds with zombie hordes, dimensional portals and other assorted bizzaro elements. \n\nThe idea of a perfectly well adjusted Daria who has no issues is probably the most unbelievable and scary thing I could find in a fic. \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:22kx01pn]\n\nActually, it\'s all in the characterization. Do you go with the needy, possessive "See Jane Run" and "Jane\'s Addition" Daria? Or the "remarkably well-adjusted" and self-aware Daria of "Psycho Therapy" or "Jake of Hearts" for example? Given that Lawndale is basically, to use a term of Daria\'s devising, "a bughouse full of freaks," it\'s possible that Daria is the [i:22kx01pn]most[/i:22kx01pn] well-adjusted person there.\n\n[size=50:22kx01pn]And don\'t tell me Jane is. Daria never ate aspic [i:22kx01pn]or[/i:22kx01pn] wore a snood.[/size:22kx01pn][/quote:22kx01pn]\n\nDepends on whether or not you believe the Daria of "Psycho Therapy" is as self aware and well adjusted as she seems or is saying what she believes needs to be said to hedge against further examination. It\'s a tough call. I would never say Jane was the most well adjusted. The way I am portraying her in LSBS is the way I would see the real Jane (if she actually existed). Serious abandonment issues etc...[/quote:22kx01pn]\n\nSure. The darker characterizations of Daria are perfectly valid, as long as they start from flaws she shows in the episodes. But there\'s enough episodes in the series showing her in a positive light (Season One Daria is Daria Triumphant) that the idea of Daria as a well-adjusted introvert is perfectly acceptable.\n\nIf less fun. After all, how can you have scrunchies made of human flesh in a story where Daria\'s all well-adjusted and shit? \":lol:\"','de0d04e5ee450c6d0d39a0b12fb96ac9',0,'5A==','22kx01pn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357332,25697,6,933,0,'24.196.10.214',1243728082,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="BlackHole":2j9pkzfq]I mean, that\'s like Highland with no one but a million clones of Beavis and Butthead around.[/quote:2j9pkzfq]\n\nnow THAT is a truly scary concept','d40b371809e4f1aa26bf414711c000bd',0,'gA==','2j9pkzfq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357333,25738,6,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1243728341,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','[quote="pinkminx":1xfwx60u]as for daria\'s visability, all will be revealed for those unfamiliar with DLM fokelore- lets say daria has been initiated \":)\"[/quote:1xfwx60u]\n\nAh, I thought that\'s what it was, but wasn\'t sure.\n\nRe-reading it, it may help if you clarify that Daria says the last line.','44915ad89924d8d2e1c1dbf00d0f661b',0,'gA==','1xfwx60u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357334,25583,3,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243728904,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Kristen Bealer":19w48jcl][quote="smk":19w48jcl]What do you do when you have no chocolate in the house[/quote:19w48jcl]\n...\n\nWhat?\n\n[i:19w48jcl]What?[/i:19w48jcl]\n\n[b:19w48jcl][i:19w48jcl]WHAT?![/i:19w48jcl][/b:19w48jcl]\n\n \":P\" \n\nNo, seriously, that\'s a great idea. I\'m glad it turned out well--and you can feel perfectly free to share it with me! \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen[/quote:19w48jcl]\nSomehow, this reaction does not surprise me. Don\'t think I don\'t know what your signature means.','0dcb797df9c9be60d7dccb6613c215e1',0,'4A==','19w48jcl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357335,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243728989,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','[quote="SigDiff":1due4rs2][quote="pinkminx":1due4rs2]as for daria\'s visability, all will be revealed for those unfamiliar with DLM fokelore- lets say daria has been initiated \":)\"[/quote:1due4rs2]\n\nAh, I thought that\'s what it was, but wasn\'t sure.\n\nRe-reading it, it may help if you clarify that Daria says the last line.[/quote:1due4rs2]\n\nFixed- sorry it was 2am when I wrote the last bit','22ff9309b60d422fa141a7b292754156',0,'gA==','1due4rs2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357336,25764,6,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243729195,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="Dennis":2bi13lx2]And surveil is not a word.[/quote:2bi13lx2]\nYou\'d think that, wouldn\'t you. But, look at [url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveil:2bi13lx2]this[/url:2bi13lx2], and [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/surveil:2bi13lx2]this[/url:2bi13lx2], and [url=http://www.yourdictionary.com/surveil:2bi13lx2]this[/url:2bi13lx2]. It came up in a beta recently, and I had to let it slide. \":nono:\"','92e0e09bbafde5f873ff89ec020647c8',0,'kA==','2bi13lx2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357337,20310,6,45,0,'24.124.97.8',1243729685,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stacy Rowe, Seeker (Part II)','Whip Fodder frag:\n\n"In the Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Russia:\n\nEvgenia, the palace antiquities curator, found herself invisibly bound hand and foot, her clothes scattered on the tessellated travertine and marble floor and an angry Daria standing over her holding the Respighest, fully charged and rippling moires of crackling energy. Two steps behind the livid Grand Duchess was her friend Jane, regarding the squirming museum curator with a quizzical smile and a shimmering violet aura whose release would bring sudden agonizing pain in every chakra. If only Sasha had held up his end and liquidated that American hell spawn, her sister and her mother... But he\'d failed miserably and was liquidated in an instant. And now, he was parked in a grave covered with thousands of dead squirrels whose bodies were arranged to escort him into the afterlife. Trembling with fear, Evgenia didn\'t know which was going to be worse, the immediate retribution by the Grand Duchess or the long, slow Aztec torture meted out by Magda. Then Daria spoke: \'Zhenya, did you really think we wouldn\'t find you? Magda was not about to waste any of her mana to protect the likes of you when you failed. And she certainly knew you and Sasha would last about as long as a popsicle stick picture frame in a tsunami. And now you are in my hands. Since we\'re going to be on more familiar terms from now on, I think it\'s time we reintroduced ourselves: I\'m cruel, and she\'s unusual. And we\'re here to punish you...\' "','08ae8ff04a00109ddcf430f51a9c67b5',0,'','2vg219y7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357338,25764,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243730191,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','If anyone notices ANYTHING incorrect in one of my fanfics, please let me know. Thanks!','0eeb19f18318dcbb2351c2c8583bc1d0',0,'','l3f3a3cz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357339,20310,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243730428,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Stacy Rowe, Seeker (Part II)','Damn squirrel lover. I knew she was up to no good.\n\n\n\n\n\nSo, is this a lesbian S&M scene coming up, or what? Is there fan art?','fd138ed5ef20a656fed7180316837303',0,'','h22o6q4v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357340,25133,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243730453,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 3)','Jane grabbed another slice of pizza and shook her head. “Can she get away with that? Isn’t there something in the Constitution about freedom of the press? I clearly remember DeMartino talking about it last year.”\n\n “It’s her press,” Quinn answered. “She has final say over what it prints. It’s not fair, but I don’t think there’s anything we can do about it.”\n\n “At least the [i:xwyzqexj]Sun-Herald[/i:xwyzqexj] will print whatever you find out.”\n\n Quinn sighed. “No, they won’t. I got a call from the editor while I was waiting for you to show up. He thinks this is some kind of vendetta for me because she gassed me twice, and told me to go focus on something else.”\n\n “Well, crap. I don’t know what to say then, except sorry I was late getting here,” Jane said.\n\n “I didn’t see you at school today, and you were late for pizza,” Quinn said. “Where were you?”\n\n “I had stuff,” Jane said, waving one hand in the air. “Family emergency, you know how it is. Nothing major, it just required my immediate attention.”\n\n “Is everything okay?”\n\n “Yeah, I just had to run to Metropolis and help my sister out of a jam. You remember me mentioning Penny?”\n\n “The journalism major?”\n\n “Yeah.” Jane leaned back in her seat with a thoughtful expression. “Hey, aren’t you rich now? Why not buy a newspaper and make them print your stories?”\n\n “That’s what Daria always does. Anytime somebody tells her no, she buys the place she’s at so she can change the rules. I don’t want to be like that, it’s arrogant.”\n\n “So you’d rather carry on with your chosen solution, which is to ignore the rules and hope you don’t get into trouble.”\n\n “It’s worked so far, mostly.”\n\n “Well, now that we have a plan, what have you found out about the Scarecrow formerly known as Dr. Margaret Manson?”\n\n Quinn shrugged. “Dr. Manson graduated in the top five percent of her class, and moved straight into private practice as a psychologist. A couple of years later, she closed her doors and got a job at Cedars of Lawndale. Then, things get weird.”\n\n “Okay, I like weird. Let’s hear it,” Jane said, digging into the pizza again.\n\n “She lost her job at the hospital, and all the records about why are sealed. She was hired at the high school three months later. Records are usually sealed to protect the identities of victims, so I’m guessing she was doing something to the patients.”\n\n “That’s not just weird, it’s also creepy.”\n\n “And then she got hired at the school without a hitch, and no charges were ever filed against her or the hospital. That tells me that somebody covered for her, and then put her in a position to have all the test subjects she’d ever need.”\n\n “Okay, I stand corrected,” Jane said. “Now it’s gotten creepy.”\n\n “There’s just one other thing I’ve figured out,” Quinn said, and slumped down in her seat. “Manson was getting all her supplies from Ace Chemicals.”\n\n “That’s great, we can go by there and do a little snooping and . . . why isn’t it great?”\n\n “Charles’ dad is the plant director, plus he like . . . owns it or something. What if he’s directly involved? If I dig something up that sends him to jail, Charles is never going to forgive me,” Quinn said. “Or worse, what if Charles already knows? What if he’s been lying to me all this time?”\n\n “Okay, whoa. I admit that I’m not exactly Chuck’s number one fan but even I can tell that he’s devoted to you.” Jane frowned. “Almost stalker-level devotion, but that’s not my point.”\n\n “You’re not helping.”\n\n “Sorry. I just don’t think he’d keep anything from you. Also, you’re not going to know if Chuck Junior is involved until you dig into it, and we both know that not knowing will drive you crazy.”\n\n “True.”\n\n “So, let’s go expose some truth. We’ll decide what to do with it when we know what’s really going on.”\n\n Quinn nodded. “I just have a feeling this isn’t going to end well.”\n\n---\n\n Amy stepped away from the ladder and walked across the cave to the information center. The center consisted of several monitors resting on or hanging above a banked console, the whole thing operated by a single keyboard resting in front of a large and comfortable-looking chair.\n\n Stacy looked up from the chair with a small smile and waved at the older woman. Amy walked over and leaned against the console and crossed her arms, looking down at Stacy.\n\n “Are you sure this is where you want to be? What you want to be doing?”\n\n “Of course this isn’t where I want to be,” Stacy said with a small sigh. “I want to be at home with my parents and little sister, working my ass off to compete for a spot on the Olympic gymnastics team. This is where I am, and I’m . . . I’m okay with it.”\n\n “Are you sure?”\n\n Stacy turned and looked up at Amy, her jaw tightening. “The man that murdered my family is in Arkham, but the people who hired him are still out there. I want to see them stopped, and punished. This is the only way that’s going to happen.”\n\n “I . . . .”\n\n “I had a nervous breakdown a little over a year ago,” Stacy continued. “I always had self-esteem issues, self-image problems. According to my therapist, my mother had been undercutting me psychologically my whole life. The therapist wanted to file child abuse charges.”\n\n “I’m sorry,” Amy said.\n\n “Two days after the therapist discussed it with my father, he confronted my mother about it. They had a huge, raging argument and Mom stormed out of the house. She was back the next day, and my parents never argued again. A week later, I found out my therapist had been killed . . . she supposedly walked in on a man robbing her house.”\n\n “My God.”\n\n “Of course by that time the damage had been done, and somewhere in the back of my mind resentment against my mother hid and grew. I didn’t want to believe, when Daria . . . when Batgirl told me that my mother was a crime boss. I didn’t want to believe, but part of me wasn’t surprised. Part of me just said, ‘oh, well . . . that certainly explains everything doesn’t it?’ and then felt justified.”\n\n “I miss my sister,” Amy said quietly. “Sisters, really. Helen, Daria and Quinn’s mother, was the middle sister. I haven’t spoken to Rita since the funeral, there was an argument, and . . . .” Amy shrugged.\n\n “Does it get easier?”\n\n “The pain never goes away, not completely, but you get used to it. It settles in and stops being so fresh. And then one of the girls will stand a certain way or say something in a certain tone of voice and it’s like Helen is there again for just a second. And for a second, I feel just as lonely and empty as the afternoon I was called out of class and told she was dead.”\n\n “The two of you were close?”\n\n “We couldn’t stand each other,” Amy said with a chuckle. “People used to refer to the three of us together as the Battling Barksdales.”\n\n “Shelly and I were really close, she thought I was the coolest big sister ever,” Stacy said sadly. “That’s why I’m doing this.” Stacy reached out and tapped one of the monitors.\n\n Amy leaned forward and examined the wire-frame schematics slowly rotating on the monitor. “Your suit?”\n\n “My sister helped me design my costume for the gymnastics competition, and I’m going to give my armor the same look. I’ll have to darken the colors, of course: a flat crimson for the torso, and forest green for the limbs.”\n\n “This is modeled on the Batgirl armor?”\n\n “Yeah, that’s what I’m using as the starting point,” Stacy said. “I’m pulling out the armored inserts and the steel boning so I can maintain speed and flexibility. I’m also dropping the cloak in favor of that.” Stacy pointed at a box on a nearby table. The box was open and a length of dull yellow cloth was spilling over one side.\n\n Amy pulled out a length of the cloth and ran it through her hands. “Feels like silk.”\n\n “It’s actually an advanced poly . . . um, poly-thingy. I don’t know, Daria explained all of this to me before she left on patrol, I’m just working from the notes I took while she was talking.”\n\n “What does it do?”\n\n “It gets rigid when you run electricity through it,” Stacy said. “She was going to use it to make her cloak turn into a glider, but for some really complicated reason that involves molecules it only comes in yellow. She has people working on changing that, but for now it clashes with the rest of her outfit.”\n\n “It clashes?” Amy asked, quirking an eyebrow.\n\n “Well, that’s not how she put it, but yeah it clashes. Anyway, I’m gonna use it to make like a flying squirrel; it’ll be awesome. I haven’t gone hang gliding since I was a kid, but I guess it’s like riding a bike.”\n\n “Just don’t fall off the bike,” Amy said, quirking an eyebrow. “It might be a long way down.”\n\n One of the panels behind Stacy lit up with a series of flashing red lights, accompanied by a low but insistent chiming. The brunette spun around in her chair and jabbed a button to bring up the communication system.\n\n “Batgirl, we’re picking up an alert from the police network. Are you in trouble?” Stacy said.\n\n “Trouble?” Batgirl asked, her voice backed by a thin hiss as it issued from the speakers. “No, no trouble.”\n\n “She’s lying,” Amy said, pointing at a screen. The monitors for Batgirl’s vital signs were spiking, a sure sign of strenuous physical activity.\n\n “But,” Stacy said.\n\n “Quiet,” Amy snapped. “Get out of my chair.”','f22e2103fb3af37dad646a2c81d01bdd',0,'IA==','xwyzqexj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357341,25764,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243730820,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[img:1erg8nr2]http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/apple-braeburn.jpg[/img:1erg8nr2]\n\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','2a4131c3cd62c410d03808382845e80e',0,'CA==','1erg8nr2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357342,25763,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243730826,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Now\'s the time to sneak into Russia...','[quote="MJPollard":3lt6lb74]In Russia, you don\'t take drink, drink takes [i:3lt6lb74]you[/i:3lt6lb74]! \":lol:\"[/quote:3lt6lb74]\nThat was in Soviet Russia. \";)\"','70247bba213cd4da50e11b59bc37bdda',0,'oA==','3lt6lb74',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357343,25765,3,260,0,'68.162.142.129',1243732153,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Maters!','It\'s not kids here, it\'s deer. Electrified fencing is prohibited by township ordinance. They\'re not deterred by the chicken wire. \n\nPeace\nKevin','f2c376178b34326407d783df4706bb52',0,'','22knxt7q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357344,25133,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243732552,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 3)','I\'m still hooked, and I love what you are doing with Amy. Great stuff.','aa927c0d3b9b78b0241f7f57f82b83c0',0,'','2j7ljq3k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357345,25133,6,785,0,'190.246.44.127',1243732611,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 3)','\":D\" \n\nDaria\'s year one is turning up to be more complicated for her than Bruce\'s.','3c7da5a19dc35f70104e5332b22f24b8',0,'','wt8kfywv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357346,25764,6,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243733682,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="smk":3e29i11m][quote="Dennis":3e29i11m]And surveil is not a word.[/quote:3e29i11m]\nYou\'d think that, wouldn\'t you. But, look at [url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveil:3e29i11m]this[/url:3e29i11m], and [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/surveil:3e29i11m]this[/url:3e29i11m], and [url=http://www.yourdictionary.com/surveil:3e29i11m]this[/url:3e29i11m]. It came up in a beta recently, and I had to let it slide. \":nono:\"[/quote:3e29i11m]\n\nSorry, don\'t care. Not a word. M-W can be weak and give in to erroneous usage, but I\'m standing firm. After all, defending the language calls for stupid, futile gestures, and I\'m just the guy to make \'em. \";)\"','b62b3ebaa03cca9c2a07bdabc0ea04c8',0,'kA==','3e29i11m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357347,25689,6,785,0,'190.246.44.127',1243734832,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 3)','Poor DeMartino.\n\nI feel for him. \":(\"','ff1c1463c05f585c4d8275ce67fa00ff',0,'','3gjp9nu9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357348,25583,3,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243734927,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="The Angst Guy":19b1bfvj]Remember, you can always get [url=http://dariablog2.blogspot.com/:19b1bfvj]Radio by Daria[/url:19b1bfvj] at the DFB2. \":D\"[/quote:19b1bfvj]\n\nAll we hear is Radio Daria, Radio Janie, Radio Daria. \nAll we hear is Radio Daria, Radio Blah-blah.\nDaria. what\'s new? Someone still loves you!\n\nOr, if you\'re more of a punk fan:\n\nThis is Radio Daria on Lawndale satellite!\nThis is not free Lawndale\nNor a high school network\nThis is Radio Daria using mental ammunition\nThis is Radio Daria can we get the school to listen?\nThis is Radio Daria using brainy ammunition\nThis is Radio Daria can we get those teens to listen?\nThis is Radio Daria on Lawndale satellite!','41ef8cb0d259c074cd56e854f18ceafd',0,'kA==','19b1bfvj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357349,25689,6,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243735026,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 3)','Nice job so far. Can\'t wait to see where this one goes.','0683373daa885d5ae0ea2bc8cfbad112',0,'','30ntenlp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357350,25375,3,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243735230,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"You spend the first three years of your child\'s life hoping they\'ll learn to talk and the rest of it hoping they\'ll shut up."\n—A philosopher of note','342202ac81334054787c1e88b8ddc0ba',0,'','ui3tye56',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357351,25583,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243735564,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Dennis":3j5ypc4f][quote="The Angst Guy":3j5ypc4f]Remember, you can always get [url=http://dariablog2.blogspot.com/:3j5ypc4f]Radio by Daria[/url:3j5ypc4f] at the DFB2. \":D\"[/quote:3j5ypc4f]\n\nAll we hear is Radio Daria, Radio Janie, Radio Daria. \nAll we hear is Radio Daria, Radio Blah-blah.\nDaria. what\'s new? Someone still loves you!\n\nOr, if you\'re more of a punk fan:\n\nThis is Radio Daria on Lawndale satellite!\nThis is not free Lawndale\nNor a high school network\nThis is Radio Daria using mental ammunition\nThis is Radio Daria can we get the school to listen?\nThis is Radio Daria using brainy ammunition\nThis is Radio Daria can we get those teens to listen?\nThis is Radio Daria on Lawndale satellite![/quote:3j5ypc4f]\n\nBravo... Bravo... \":drink:\"\n\nActually, let\'s stay with this...\n\nI was tuning in the shine on the light night dial\ndoing anything radio Daria advised\n\n\nDaria radio... Daria radio... Radio radio... I\'m on a Daria radio. I\'m on a Daria, whoa-Oh, radio I\'m on a Daria radio.Daria radio Radio radio... What does she say ?\n\nI remember you and I listening to bands that we liked\nOnly the songs mattered to you\nBut now you\'re a D.J. and preaching that hype\n"Corporate Rock Sucks"\n"You know, Daria radio enlightens you"','2dfbc9b31e2ee5ff02b6cfec4f1150e1',0,'kA==','3j5ypc4f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357352,25754,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243736278,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','[quote="Nightwing":aidr51kn]Theoretically you can find beauty in most places... you just have to look. Thanks for the pics that demonstrate this Liz. They put a smile on my face.[/quote:aidr51kn]\n\n\nOh, you are most definitely welcome!','2d9237a10e78f7616f5339754e201afa',0,'gA==','aidr51kn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357353,25750,3,531,0,'24.63.246.228',1243736868,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Beavers return after 400-year gap','Hmmph. Sounds like my love life.\n\nInappropriate Beaver Joke Count: 4','33e1aa7724989334a992277742bff0c7',0,'','1exrhkn9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357354,25763,3,65,0,'69.14.14.207',1243737184,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Now\'s the time to sneak into Russia...','[quote="Derek":3fvtujne][quote="MJPollard":3fvtujne]In Russia, you don\'t take drink, drink takes [i:3fvtujne]you[/i:3fvtujne]! \":lol:\"[/quote:3fvtujne]\nThat was in Soviet Russia. \";)\"[/quote:3fvtujne]\nSimply adjusting for the times. \":D\"','d98679fb61eea3b01df2cf5e31ebc58d',0,'oA==','3fvtujne',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357355,25758,5,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243737554,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Drag Me To Hell','[quote="brnleague99":pjkt4hc8][quote="Liz Ruiz":pjkt4hc8]Another positive review. You just have to embrace the over the top factor to enjoy it, which is pretty much what every Sam Raimi Fan should do, anyway. I particularly liked the ending. Won\'t spoil it here, of course, but it was such a cliche that it actually came as a surprise. I keep reading bad review for this film, wondering if these reviewers have ever, ever seen any of the Raimi\'s work.[/quote:pjkt4hc8]\n\nI liked the ending too, Liz, and (not a spoiler) the cemetery scene. Beautifully designed cemetery, no?\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:pjkt4hc8]\n\nOh the cemetery scene was awesome! Heh, now I\'m starting to thing that were overhyping this movie. Basically if you got the Evil Dead movies you\'ll enjoy this one. If you have absolutely no expectations whatsoever, you will probably enjoy it too.\n\nIf you are a Raimi fan because of the Spiderman flicks, you\'ll be sorely disappointed.','a75b6279a98fb746607df89ac8232819',0,'gA==','pjkt4hc8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357356,25697,6,7,0,'121.45.160.175',1243739357,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Brother Grimace":j308vhse][color=#0000FF:j308vhse]Actually... in this reality, that actually makes sense, and would be truly frightening. Alone in a world of the zombies, but with all of your faculities and reasoning intact, as well as a frighteningly high intelligence level that allows you, with the materials around you, to educate yourself... that is a frightening person.\n\nShe already shows signs of this, also. She\'s taught herself Morse Code, radio operations, a command of the English language, serious survival, evasion and scavenging skills - and she understands enough of the world situation to have fully grasped what\'s happened to the world, how its happened and how it can be stopped, but that she needs to get help to do so. \nEven if this is all just a false flag\' ploy to get victims, it still shows a remarkable level of intelligence on her part. [/color:j308vhse][/quote:j308vhse]\nI\'m not sure what\'s scarier . . . self-taught Daria, or Daria taught by her parents. Remember (barring further divine intervention) Daria was almost certainly raised by Jake, Helen and their friends in this universe, at least old enough to give her a decent command of English—so four years old at a bare minimum. You want fucked up, imagine being brought up by [i:j308vhse]those[/i:j308vhse] people . . . and then [i:j308vhse]losing[/i:j308vhse] them when you\'re just old enough to understand what that means.','be4f154be348c9f827def65a9bb8fb4d',0,'og==','j308vhse',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357357,25750,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243739809,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Beavers return after 400-year gap','"Beavers return after 400-year gap"\n\nMan, think about it. That\'s a long time between beavers.','ba4e8bdac4a61e7ad7218f855d4080c7',0,'','1yzrtvjl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357358,25583,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243739861,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','I know I missed something here.','b1dba03d29f6f156845d9dfaba063a66',0,'','zcab2iod',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357359,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243739981,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','I\'m sure everything will work out fine in the end.','0c04f519ddfd2aac8b88e9df68832ae3',0,'','1e05fqyv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357360,25765,3,26,0,'66.217.178.130',1243740745,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Maters!','My stepfather is planting some tomatoes himself. Our problem isn\'t kids or deer, it\'s squirrels. They seem to like to eat them. \":shock:\" \n\nAnyhow, back in the day I was the one who came up with the lavender \'maters, which made someone an O\'Neill/Barch \'shipper. \":mrgreen:\"','0e6cedc3314f8f6e9d90c8f92e136613',0,'','135r4fc3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357361,25744,5,26,0,'66.217.178.130',1243741787,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="brnleague99":1872pp9w][quote="DocForbin":1872pp9w]Besides, despite the fact he\'s now Nightwing, Dick Grayson was, is and always will be the best of the Robins hands down in my book.[/quote:1872pp9w]\n\nMaybe. But Tim Drake is extremely good as Robin, also. \n\n...oh, and here\'s something for you to consider buying Doc.\n\n[img:1872pp9w]http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/25820000/25820813.JPG[/img:1872pp9w]\n\nIt\'s 16 bucks, BUT it\'s 500 pages of Robin stories...most from that WONDERFUL 1969-1971 period when the Bat titles were all dark, mythic and gothic looking.\n\nGood good investment, Peter.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1872pp9w]\n\nI might consider it. Thanks. \":)\" \n\nAnyhow, as to my opinion on the matter at hand, no one thought that Cathy and Irving would tie the knot, either. I thought that she\'d resort to threatening to give Irving a "Bobbit job" in order to get him to commit. \":lol:\" \n\nI have to go with the majority--Old Carrot-Top will leave Ronnie standing at the altar. \":P\" \n\nBut now, seriously, about another \'shipper matter--for the love of God, Luann, don\'t go steady with Elwood Druit! He\'s even worse than Gunther and even nerdier! Do the right thing, run away to Hawaii, reunit with Aaron Hill and run away with him to Mexico so you can get married to him and have a bazillion kids!\n\n[b:1872pp9w]LUANN AND AARON HILL WERE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER!!!!!!!!!![/b:1872pp9w] \":D\"','89eb688f47715b43e6b0f47a70c63fd6',0,'yA==','1872pp9w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357362,25583,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1243745197,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="The Angst Guy":75guybo3]I know I missed something here.[/quote:75guybo3]\n\nThat makes two of us....','7028538cebbb34f277d9f3a0f5490c50',0,'gA==','75guybo3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357363,25744,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243745483,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="DocForbin":34opltrd][quote="brnleague99":34opltrd][quote="DocForbin":34opltrd]Besides, despite the fact he\'s now Nightwing, Dick Grayson was, is and always will be the best of the Robins hands down in my book.[/quote:34opltrd]\n\nMaybe. But Tim Drake is extremely good as Robin, also. \n\n...oh, and here\'s something for you to consider buying Doc.\n\n[img:34opltrd]http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/25820000/25820813.JPG[/img:34opltrd]\n\nIt\'s 16 bucks, BUT it\'s 500 pages of Robin stories...most from that WONDERFUL 1969-1971 period when the Bat titles were all dark, mythic and gothic looking.\n\nGood good investment, Peter.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:34opltrd]\n\nI might consider it. Thanks. \":)\" \n\nAnyhow, as to my opinion on the matter at hand, no one thought that Cathy and Irving would tie the knot, either. I thought that she\'d resort to threatening to give Irving a "Bobbit job" in order to get him to commit. \":lol:\" \n\nI have to go with the majority--Old Carrot-Top will leave Ronnie standing at the altar. \":P\" \n\n[color=#0000FF:34opltrd]But now, seriously, about another \'shipper matter--for the love of God, Luann, don\'t go steady with Elwood Druit! He\'s even worse than Gunther and even nerdier! Do the right thing, run away to Hawaii, reunit with Aaron Hill and run away with him to Mexico so you can get married to him and have a bazillion kids!\n\n[b:34opltrd]LUANN AND AARON HILL WERE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER!!!!!!!!!![/b:34opltrd] \":D\"[/quote:34opltrd][/color:34opltrd]\n\n\nI swear, I\'m going to learn about this property just so I can write a world-class tearjerker where they finally become a couple - just so I can kill the both of them off after a fairytale wedding...\n\nNo. I\'ll have them tormented, used harshly and then left to die on opposite sides of a door, so that they\'ll hear each other dying, but be unable to reach out or even see each other as they pass away. \n\nEvery time I hear about those two, the Angst Lord in me begins to boil over and rise into the air like the Dark Phoenix...','6184517fd05badd29ca2ac298098d6a2',0,'yg==','34opltrd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357364,25375,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1243745683,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"Blacker than a moonless night, more bitter and hot than hell itself....this is [i:1lhjj9d3]coffee[/i:1lhjj9d3]."\n-Godot, [i:1lhjj9d3]Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations[/i:1lhjj9d3]\n\n"Coffee doesn\'t make the world go round, Kri, but it does keep me from unleashing my world-ending homicidal rage upon the poor populace of this high school on a daily basis. You should thank your deity of choice for that."\n-Me, slightly exaggerating why I need coffee every morning','b0bd797a127e5c88a92ee59e6a18af40',0,'IA==','1lhjj9d3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357365,25764,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243745968,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="NightGoblyn":ln98ivo4][img:ln98ivo4]http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/apple-braeburn.jpg[/img:ln98ivo4]\n\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:ln98ivo4]\n\n\n[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaGyQLjHW44&feature=related:ln98ivo4]She\'ll need something to wash that down...[/url:ln98ivo4]','a6a955ce6050421cead9bbf11f33641d',0,'mA==','ln98ivo4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357366,25758,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243746056,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Drag Me To Hell','I\'ll probably see this instead of [i:cfoqsxoq]Terminator Salvation[/i:cfoqsxoq] on Monday afternoon. \":)\"','76c7aafa6af8be7675fad6e978f5365a',0,'IA==','cfoqsxoq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357367,25758,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243746985,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Drag Me To Hell','[quote="Brother Grimace":2ca78e5z]I\'ll probably see this instead of [i:2ca78e5z]Terminator Salvation[/i:2ca78e5z] on Monday afternoon. \":)\"[/quote:2ca78e5z]\n\nI would. I refuse to see TS, because I despise movies from an R-rated series that are rated PG-13 just to put asses in seats. It\'s an affront to man and beast, I tells ye.','9d1c8e462677ac1f705bb090d9c9fb01',0,'oA==','2ca78e5z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357368,25744,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243747219,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','I bought $32 worth of Archie titles today just for the hell of it. I bought an Archie, a Jughead, some Bettys, some Veronicas and some Betty and Veronicas, just to poke around in the fandom. I ordered them online, they\'ll be here in a couple of weeks. Y\'know, Archie #600 doesn\'t come out until September 1st?\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nhttp://www.archiecomics.com','6ce2272143356799281bb1f08160652f',0,'','16vbqhr3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357369,25697,6,466,0,'220.253.67.151',1243748256,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="The Angst Guy":3e3natq2]I\'m sure everything will work out fine in the end.[/quote:3e3natq2]\n\n\nThere\'s normal person fine and the there is TAG fine. TAG fine is what normal people would call "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, IT BURNS, IT BURNS..... KILL ME... KILL ME NOW OR I\'LL SEE IT EVERYWHERE FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE.... AAHHHH THE PAAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNNN........"','9b70bf3ec61db777f7248059ad53f2cc',0,'gA==','3e3natq2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357370,25744,5,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243752015,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="brnleague99":if84ajke]I bought $32 worth of Archie titles today just for the hell of it. I bought an Archie, a Jughead, some Bettys, some Veronicas and some Betty and Veronicas, just to poke around in the fandom. I ordered them online, they\'ll be here in a couple of weeks. Y\'know, Archie #600 doesn\'t come out until September 1st?\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nhttp://www.archiecomics.com[/quote:if84ajke]\n\nHave you really never read Archie? They aren\'t always bad, but even when they work it is just... odd. The best way I can describe it as a Hanna-Barbera style take on something like Degrassi High with a kind of 70\'s Three\'s Company-esque sitcom sensibility... \":?\"','59f5277eee1e12ab12b70e98ff0a175b',0,'gA==','if84ajke',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357371,25750,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243752152,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Beavers return after 400-year gap','[quote="The Angst Guy":2nigu8ss]"Beavers return after 400-year gap"\n\nMan, think about it. That\'s a long time between beavers.[/quote:2nigu8ss]\n\nAnd I think that was "Inappropriate beaver Joke Number Five!" \":P\"','aecc052f5afc25299f635c7b27df7168',0,'gA==','2nigu8ss',1,0,'',0,0,0),(413372,29293,6,1017,0,'71.224.1.52',1274421832,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Finn Morgendorffer 47: Hell is Homecoming (DONE)','[b:tp1ar9p2]Finn Morgendorffer: Chapter 47 - Hell is Homecoming[/b:tp1ar9p2]\n[i:tp1ar9p2]Summary: Homecoming is coming up, and Finn\'s a shoo-in to become its King. But a King needs a Queen, and Finn finds he has little desire to find himself a date. All Finn\'s friends notice, and they are eager to snap him out of his funk by setting up a date for him. Meanwhile, Helen begins her lawsuit against the school district, but Eric is eager to finish the case quickly and tackle more prestigious ones. Can Helen convince him to fight the good fight, rather than the wealthy one? And what happens when Jane returns to town? [/i:tp1ar9p2]\n\n[i:tp1ar9p2](Part 1)[/i:tp1ar9p2]\n\n“So, Finn, what happens now? With the whole Barch thing?” Jeffy asked as all the guys were sitting around the lunch table. \n \n“Well, she’s gone, isn’t she?” Finn replied. “My mom met with Cartwright yesterday about the whole thing.”\n \n“And?” Joey asked.\n \n“I don’t know. I fell asleep before my Mom got home and she wasn’t there when I woke up. Seriously, though, I think the best thing we can do about it is just concentrate on everything we have to do and let my mom handle that part. She’s been a lawyer since before we were born. She knows what she’s doing. But our lives still go on.”\n \n“Yeah.” Jamie nodded. “But still, dude, you got Barch gone. As if you couldn’t get any cooler.”\n \n“No. Barch got herself gone.” Finn replied. “But let’s talk about another topic. If the whole Cartwright thing goes like my mom thinks it’s going to go, I’m going to be hearing a lot more about it at home. Gotta get away from such a thing.”\n \n“I guess.” Jamie replied. “Hey, Homecoming’s coming up!”\n \n“Yeah. Dude, those Penguins aren’t going to know what hit `em.” Jeffy remarked. \n \n“Haha!” Finn laughed. “The new guys are doing pretty good.”\n \n“You did a great job, Captain.” Joey praised.\n \n“Thanks, but honestly, without you guys, it wouldn’t have happened. I can’t be everywhere. You’re totally right, though, Jeffy. We are going to bust some ass on Homecoming. So, we’ll do what we did last year for the parade?”\n \n“Probably not.” Joey returned.\n \n“Huh?” Finn asked.\n \n“Dude, you’re gonna be Homecoming King.” The black-haired man returned. “So you’ll have that private float with the Queen.”\n \n“Lucky bastard.” Jamie returned.\n \n“Homecoming King?” Finn replied. \n \n“Don’t be dense, dude.” Jamie continued, and, since it was Jamie saying it, Finn had to consider it seriously. \n \nIt was probably true. Mack was Homecoming King three years running, and he was captain of the team. And the ladies never worshipped him like they did to Finn. \n \nBeing Homecoming King meant sitting around waving on a float in the parade. Much like it was for the football team, but Finn would be on his own private float. Mack didn’t like doing it, he felt like he was buying into the system, whatever that meant. \n \nFinn hated parades for his own reasons, namely, that he was sitting there waving on some flower-covered slow-moving car when they could be out doing something more exciting. Part of him wanted to hijack a float and turn it off the parade course, but he wouldn’t do that. People could get hurt. \n \n“Finn!” A female voice called over to him. Finn looked up to see Tiffany and Brooke walk over towards him. The guys rearranged themselves to make room.\n \n“Hello, girls.” \n \n“Hey, Finn, the Fashion Club was just thinking about some ideas. For floats that we could do. And we wanted to run them past you, you know, let us know what you think is best.” Brooke answered. She was a very sweet girl, and, considering how much she had grown up since that dance ages ago where she had Jane decorate the gym and tried to take the credit. Enough to be considered worthwhile to associate with. \n \nHowever, she was still very much devoted to the Fashion Club, and, while Sandu was not the same judgmental bitch she normally was, Tiffany made brain cells die with just her presence, and Brooke could not be persuaded that she was indeed nothing more than a walking narcissism. \n \nBrooke rattled off a few ideas, while Tiffany kept interjecting in her dull monotone. They weren’t bad, but most were infeasible.\n \n“I still think you guys would need to talk with Sandi though.” Finn replied.\n \n“Ummm...Finn. I...I wanted to know if...maybe you could come over sometime, and maybe...maybe we could talk about these some more.” \n \n“Really?” Finn asked.\n \n“Of course!” Brooke cheered. “You’re going to be Homecoming King, I just know it! And I don’t think I’m going to be Homecoming Queen, so I at least want something that you like. So we can put our float in front of yours and you can smile as you look at it.” \n \n“That’s...pretty nice of you. But I’m really booked this week. Why don’t you guys get your idea down and I’ll advise on the finishing touches.” Finn smiled.\n \n“Thanks.” Tiffany noted. “Finn...am I...popular enough...to be the Queen?” Tiffany asked. Brooke looked a little upset at Tiffany’s comment. After all, Brooke had just admitted she didn’t think she could become her, and then, Tiffany just talked about herself again. \n \n“I’m not a fortuneteller.” Finn replied. Tiffany and Brooke stood up to leave the table. \n \n“No one vote for Tiffany.” Finn stated to the guys.\n \n“Did Brooke Cameron ask you on a date, or was that just me?” Jeffy asked. \n \n“She asks me for advice on a parade float. The Fashion Club puts a float on the parade. Remember, they wanted you to pull it like you were Roman slaves or something. Put a stop to that, thank God. You guys might have pulled your backs before the game.” Finn returned.\n \n“Dude, she’s crushing on you.”\n \n“She’d been crushing on me for three years.” \n \n“Did you and that artist girl break up?” Jamie asked.\n \n“Shut up, Jamie!” Joey returned.\n \n“Ow!” Jamie returned sharply. Must have been kicked under the table.\n \n“It’s okay, Joey. Yeah, we did.” Finn replied. At that, Finn felt a slight gust of wind under the table. Jamie must have retaliated with a kick to the shins of his own. \n \n“But you haven’t gone on any dates, and it’s been months!” Jamie returned.\n \n“So?” Finn replied. “I’ll date when I want to.” All three of the guys looked at him strangely, but said nothing. \n \n“Lunch is almost over. If I’m Homecoming King, someone’s going to have to take the quarterback’s spot on the float. And I sure as hell am not going to let it be Kevin.” Finn eagerly changed the subject yet again. He had no desire to discuss his dating life with anyone. And two years ago, his dating life was the talk of the town and he loved it. Did lives change so much in those couple of years\n\n \nHelen Morgendorffer knocked on the door of Eric Schrecter’s office.\n \n“Helen!” Eric cheered. He seemed even more cheerful than usual. “I am so glad you walked in the office, because I thought of the perfect...”\n \n“Actually, Eric.” Helen interrupted. “Let me go first. I found us another case.”\n \n“Really? Do tell!” Eric listened intently to what Helen had to say. Cartwright’s offer yesterday had been slightly above an insult and a lot less than a pittance. There wouldn’t be enough left to treat all the plantiffs to ice cream. So it meant war. But a war required soldiers and a really good team. And Helen knew who she wanted. Greg Riordan had worked discrimination cases for a long time, and Eric could recite law faster than anyone Helen knew. \n \n“I’ll have to talk to Greg when he gets back from vacation in two days.” Helen returned. “But Eric, I’m filing that class action against them and I want you in my corner.”\n \n“Sue a school?” Eric asked. “Isn’t that bad for PR?”\n \n“[i:tp1ar9p2]Says the man who wanted to sue the Red Cross[/i:tp1ar9p2].” Helen thought to herself.\n \n“I’ve reviewed the literature and it is quite obvious what happened here. A case like this would do very well in a trophy case, taking on an evil teacher and the school district that allowed her to prey upon these young men for being born a certain way.”\n \nEric cocked his head and looked at Helen. Helen, being the youngest partner, did not often get direct calls from people; her cases were usually in the fact that more than one lawyer signed on.\n \n“Why didn’t you tell me sooner, Helen! Let’s hit these teacher bastards right where it hurts. No one’s going to tell these young men that they caused all the world’s misery, or that their mothers made the worst mistake of their lives by not aborting or crashing the car into a ditch four days before you get your...”\n\n“Eric!” Helen called.\n\n“What!” He was jitterly as he answered.\n \n“Let’s stick with the case. Not the father you continually disappoint.”\n \n“Asshole thought he was so great...” Eric started muttering as the two went to Helen’s office to talk more about the details.','9e8c62560273af9612541e77eabc6572',0,'YA==','tp1ar9p2',1,1275160168,'',1017,8,0),(357373,25747,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243752408,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Love in the air for lonely dugong','[url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/29/2584868.htm:170lhqzt]The Federal Government is being urged not to be "prudish" and act on finding a girlfriend for a lovelorn dugong on Cocos Island.[/url:170lhqzt]\n\n[quote:170lhqzt]Northern Territory Country Liberal Party Senator Nigel Scullion says he has asked a Senate estimates hearing to consider transporting "a sustainable harem" of female dugongs to the lonely male, named Kat.[/quote:170lhqzt]','182ef74f87782b38cb06e50768287f61',0,'kA==','170lhqzt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357374,25766,5,26,0,'66.217.178.130',1243752521,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','For those of you who can\'s stand Twitter. . .','. . .this past week\'s [i:3o7u8vmm]BC[/i:3o7u8vmm] plotline might give you a chuckle or two (or not, depending on how you feel about it).\n\nMainly it deals with a "Twitter Bird" who keeps giving updates on what the cavemen are doing--to the annoyance of everyone. \":P\" \n\nIt all started with this:\n\n[img:3o7u8vmm]http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=ed3eefd498c2f6e3941c15f3a6aeef0a[/img:3o7u8vmm]\n\nThis has to be the funniest plotline since Johnny Hart died. \":D\" \n\nYou can read it all starting [url=http://www.creators.com/comics/bc/37664.html:3o7u8vmm]here[/url:3o7u8vmm] (to read the rest of the strips, click on each day for the week of 5/25-30 on the calendar further down the page).\n\nI know there are people out there who gripe "Who cares?" about news about celebrity gossip and about constant Twittering, but let\'s put it this way--there has to be [b:3o7u8vmm]SOMEBODY[/b:3o7u8vmm] out there who cares about things like this or they wouldn\'t bother to report it.\n\nTake a case in point about one person in my area. She\'s this mentally retarded woman named Violet Fuquah, who works at the bottle return area of the local independently-owned supermarket in town. She constantly calls this morning drive-time show on one of the local radio stations and keeps bugging the DJs about celebrity gossip and such. They keep telling her, "Violet, nobody cares about stuff like that!" But she keeps saying "But I do! I care! And do you know why I care? Because I\'m [b:3o7u8vmm]SOOOOOOOOOO[/b:3o7u8vmm] retarded! Hee hee hee!"\n\nI know that there are people out there who would rather have people follow more "serious" news or even plain old generic "good" news, but that\'s the way it is these days. \":P\"','361f62b91202f405792c36e96f04cacd',0,'eA==','3o7u8vmm',1,1257566400,'',26,1,0),(357375,25767,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243752721,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','SSW: Taiwan confiscates cocaine-laced energy drinks','[url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/30/2585388.htm:zf5vw8c7]Taiwanese authorities say they have confiscated nearly 18,000 cases of Red Bull energy drinks containing slight traces of cocaine and imported from Austria.[/url:zf5vw8c7]','130a0dcbac076c826d86cdf5e7416344',0,'EA==','zf5vw8c7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357376,25750,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243752835,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Beavers return after 400-year gap','Everyone is ignoring that whole fishy problem with beavers...\n\n[quote:1elgcrfg]But Allan Bantick, chair of the Scottish Beaver Trial, believes the programme is a step forward in "rebuilding the natural biodiversity of Scotland".\n\n"Our critics worry that beavers might pose a risk to migratory fish numbers, including salmon," he said. [/quote:1elgcrfg]','dd7b6708a41231af5b2088233416d801',0,'gA==','1elgcrfg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357377,25747,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243753102,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Love in the air for lonely dugong','Man, judging by this forum no antipodean animals are getting laid... [size=50:2uh1d95u]you know, aside from the sheep...[/size:2uh1d95u]','9966e317b21bf3e16357b446be2bb8c7',0,'BA==','2uh1d95u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357378,25715,11,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243755300,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','[quote="Dervish":1c6mtvmh]\n\nIf you also pee in the shower, that will save you even more time.[/quote:1c6mtvmh]\n\nHuh, I\'m fine with that as long as they are not public showers, like gym showers and whatnot. I mean, I\'ve never have to use a communal bathroom in my life, but the thought of someone peeing in one knowing that someone else is going in right after kinda grosses me out.\n\nAnd really, what do you do with the time you save peeing and flossing in the shower? She said, fearing the answer.','25cf816c1b6817b8efb473cba7a8d585',0,'gA==','1c6mtvmh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357379,25697,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243756970,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Wormbait":2wygk70k][quote="The Angst Guy":2wygk70k]I\'m sure everything will work out fine in the end.[/quote:2wygk70k]\n\n\nThere\'s normal person fine and the there is TAG fine. TAG fine is what normal people would call "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, IT BURNS, IT BURNS..... KILL ME... KILL ME NOW OR I\'LL SEE IT EVERYWHERE FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE.... AAHHHH THE PAAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNNN........"[/quote:2wygk70k]\n\nSee? Fine. \":D\"','e93b5b02339eb7ed485fcef13f325bb4',0,'gA==','2wygk70k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357381,25375,3,955,0,'67.41.109.223',1243757662,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Silver":21gto3xf]"Blacker than a moonless night, more bitter and hot than hell itself....this is [i:21gto3xf]coffee[/i:21gto3xf]."\n-Godot, [i:21gto3xf]Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations[/i:21gto3xf]\n\n"Coffee doesn\'t make the world go round, Kri, but it does keep me from unleashing my world-ending homicidal rage upon the poor populace of this high school on a daily basis. You should thank your deity of choice for that."\n-Me, slightly exaggerating why I need coffee every morning[/quote:21gto3xf]\n\n\nSome coffee quotes from ST character Katheryn Janeway, who is perhaps more dedicated to coffee than OH Jane.\n\nJaneway was well-known for her addiction to coffee. She refused to go a day without a cup of coffee and preferred it completely black, without milk or sugar. Janeway once tried to give up coffee, unsuccessfully. Once, Neelix tried to get her to use Voyager\'s food reserves instead of her replicator rations by giving her his "Even better than coffee substitute". Grudgingly, Janeway agreed to try it, but was relieved when the bridge called her just before Neelix was finished pouring it. (VOY: "The Cloud") In an alternate timeline, Janeway gave up coffee in favor of tea later in life. (VOY: "Endgame")\n\n Janeway\'s Coffee Quotes\nA replicator replicates the mug after the coffee\nNeelix pouring Janeway his "Even better than coffee substitute"\n\n"Coffee, black."\n\n Janeway, to Voyager\'s computer \n\n"Just...coffee."\n\n - Janeway, after Neelix tried to give her another alternative to coffee instead of his custom substitute (VOY: "The Cloud") \n\n\n"There\'s coffee in that nebula!"\n\n - Janeway (VOY: "The Cloud") \n\n\n"I\'m just going to have to give up coffee, that\'s all there is to it."\n\n - Janeway, after losing even more energy reserves in a nebula (VOY: "The Cloud") \n\n\n"Coffee: the finest organic suspension ever devised...I beat the Borg with it."\n\n - Janeway, to Chakotay (VOY: "Hunters") \n\n\n"One more cup [of coffee] and I\'ll jump to warp."\n\n - Janeway, to Neelix (VOY: "Once Upon a Time") \n\n\n"You ought to try it one day. Keeps you sharp."\n\n - Janeway, to Seven of Nine (VOY: "Dark Frontier") \n\n\n"It\'s an acquired taste."\n\n - Janeway, to Kurros (VOY: "Think Tank") \n\n\n"Coffee, black."\n"Make it yourself."\n\n - Janeway and Voyager\'s computer, after Q gave it a personality (VOY: "Q2") \n\n\n"I don\'t know why I ever gave this up."\n\n - Admiral Janeway, talking about when she gave up coffee in an alternate timeline (VOY: "Endgame") \n\n\n"Listen carefully, Neelix, because I\'m only going to say this once. Coffee, black."\n\n - Janeway, to Neelix after he informed her that more replicators had gone offline (VOY: "Bride of Chaotica!")','be398ef76f48f29958075758f38bddaa',0,'oA==','21gto3xf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357382,25375,3,955,0,'67.41.109.223',1243758696,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','If life were fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.\n\nJohnny Carson','73e024330ab44f61fe3f6ff04fc54694',0,'','265sd7m0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357383,25767,3,114,0,'210.11.145.81',1243761719,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Taiwan confiscates cocaine-laced energy drinks','\":D\" Coca Cola rides again!','90c1e04a16bbb5a20af88fc5ed0230c7',0,'','2aoxuxvn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357384,25375,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243763831,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[color=#4000FF:ytpuumc2]"Show me a hero and I\'ll write you a tragedy."\n\n--attributed to F. Scott Fitzgerald, but he stole it from TAG.[/color:ytpuumc2]','c6958b6fdd9d3ea99d5c6c56e2872b39',0,'Ag==','ytpuumc2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357390,25697,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243768050,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Wormbait":ty2082rn][quote="The Angst Guy":ty2082rn]I\'m sure everything will work out fine in the end.[/quote:ty2082rn]\n\n\nThere\'s normal person fine and the there is TAG fine. TAG fine is what normal people would call "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, IT BURNS, IT BURNS..... KILL ME... KILL ME NOW OR I\'LL SEE IT EVERYWHERE FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE.... AAHHHH THE PAAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNNN........"[/quote:ty2082rn]\n\nOh yes, I know that well. Had TAG written [i:ty2082rn]The Princess Diaries[/i:ty2082rn], Buttercup would have burst into flames instead of rolling down that silly hill and spent the last three quarters of the movie in a burn ward.\n\n \"8)\"','56de8d6821f44a31eb533872a7aa59ac',0,'oA==','ty2082rn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357387,25170,6,440,0,'172.135.146.222',1243766404,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','But on the negative side, Jane also has Janet Barch and Daria has Timothy O\'Neil. Of course, Jane also gets Jake and Jodie.','a4d1c63910cb4c3fd0362fc8d81a0817',0,'','3tat6i4t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357388,25744,5,440,0,'172.135.146.222',1243767038,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="DocForbin":1cph7x3b][b:1cph7x3b]LUANN AND AARON HILL WERE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER!!!!!!!!!![/b:1cph7x3b] \":D\"[/quote:1cph7x3b]\n\nUh, no, they\'re not. I get the distinct impression that Greg Evans deletes the emails you send to him without reading them. You\'re the kind of fan that kills all the good in a series, because the creator ends up hating it thanks to your obsessive behavior. Leave the poor man alone.','9a2f10daf97e9ea19d159d8c2c5287cf',0,'wA==','1cph7x3b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357389,25375,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243767083,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','I let my mind wander, but it didn\'t come back.\n\n--seen on a t-shirt.','1998eca488489e79f23d3e178868a71c',0,'','21o3lukq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357391,25697,6,466,0,'220.253.67.151',1243768924,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="brnleague99":3n9fp5ws][quote="Wormbait":3n9fp5ws][quote="The Angst Guy":3n9fp5ws]I\'m sure everything will work out fine in the end.[/quote:3n9fp5ws]\n\n\nThere\'s normal person fine and the there is TAG fine. TAG fine is what normal people would call "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, IT BURNS, IT BURNS..... KILL ME... KILL ME NOW OR I\'LL SEE IT EVERYWHERE FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE.... AAHHHH THE PAAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNNN........"[/quote:3n9fp5ws]\n\nOh yes, I know that well. Had TAG written [i:3n9fp5ws]The Princess [b:3n9fp5ws]Diaries[/b:3n9fp5ws][/i:3n9fp5ws], Buttercup would have burst into flames instead of rolling down that silly hill and spent the last three quarters of the movie in a burn ward.\n\n \"8)\"[/quote:3n9fp5ws]\n\nIsn\'t that The Princess Bride?','dd27c91e00e84c2d184a8bb93690ec85',0,'4A==','3n9fp5ws',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357392,25724,3,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243770015,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Like I Said...','[quote="Disco316":38w6e0jp].089 is barely over the limit, isn\'t it?[/quote:38w6e0jp]\nYep, at least here (0.08% is the limit for drivers of land vehicles, and 0.02% for anyone on a flight deck).\n\nMartin.','ab91dc68a3720af8921dd853b54b6c15',0,'gA==','38w6e0jp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357393,25665,3,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243770228,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','Sitrep: I\'m still trying to find someone to cover that weekend for me.\n\nThanks for the offers of accommodation! I hope I\'ll be able to accept (which, depends on flight prices on the day I book).\n\nMartin.','cbdae70df129ed4d4622be273f084bec',0,'','35kfdrp3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357394,25375,3,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243770294,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Seen on a T shirt at Holy Mass this morning: [b:n4y1v8hz]I listen to bands that haven\'t even formed yet.[/b:n4y1v8hz]\n\nMartin.','1740825d827c0895052e6d5f0b4643f2',0,'QA==','n4y1v8hz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357395,25732,3,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243770407,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For Aviation enthusiasts...','[quote="Deref":1wxen00w]"REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT", when I first saw one of those I assumed it was a joke.[/quote:1wxen00w]\nI deny ever having met the RAF pilot who attached an embroidered REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT tag to the zipper pull of her flight suit.\n\nMartin.','a5acf5ee86ead0cc69941d27393591ee',0,'gA==','1wxen00w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357396,25719,3,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243771353,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','[quote="Kara Wild":1vfqburi][quote="MartinUK":1vfqburi]Welcome back, Kara! Glad you had a good time. \"8)\" \n\n[quote="Kara Wild":1vfqburi]Ate afternoon tea at the famous (albeit overpriced) Empress Hotel[...][/quote:1vfqburi]\nOverpriced, compared to that place beside the Spanish Steps? \";)\" \n\nMartin.[/quote:1vfqburi]\n\nI don\'t remember that place... wasn\'t everything by the Spanish steps overpriced? \";)\"[/quote:1vfqburi]\nThat place where some kids in T shirts got shown into one section, and visitors in elegant attire got shown into another. Tea in a silver pot. Ring any bells?\n\nNow of course, I\'m thinking, "If it wasn\'t Kara, who was it that I had tea there with?" It\'s not like I\'ve a [i:1vfqburi]long [/i:1vfqburi]list of people I\'ve taken tea with in Rome\'s finest tea rooms.\n\n[quote:1vfqburi]The Empress charged $55 Canadian dollars per person. Since the Canadian dollar is strong against the American one right now, that did not result in much of a savings...[/quote:1vfqburi]\nHmm. That\'d be about €35 EUR. Unless it was a significant meal (ie more than a scone or something), then, yes, even more overpriced than that place beside the Spanish steps. \":shock:\" \n\nMartin.','17e64749a481eb6c83035688ed1a7d5b',0,'oA==','1vfqburi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357397,25583,3,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243771825,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Angelinhel":2i6vstht]The way it\'s bruised indicates something either broke or tore (or both!) but it hurts way less today and I can walk fine, so I\'m not worrying about it.[/quote:2i6vstht]\nSpartaaaa!\n\n[quote:2i6vstht]That road rash burns like hell, though.[/quote:2i6vstht]\nOw. I hope it clears up soon. Though it is a free pass to biker bars, if you want to take advantage of it.\n\nMartin.','faadd66efed99331ee12dd2300678a33',0,'gA==','2i6vstht',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357398,25754,3,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243772026,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stuff you miss along the way...','\":D\" \n\nThank you, Liz and Deref!\n\nMartin.','c2f1dfc9b136e983c84e7cc744e75bea',0,'','aw5w06z0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357399,25721,3,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243772258,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stoner dog smells out illegal crop','\":lol:\" \n\nFuller report, and link to a video package, [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2009/05/08/cannabis_calcot_feature.shtml:3acbtz9l]here[/url:3acbtz9l].\n\nMartin.','26ba67eccc3aa254270ecf5720ace27b',0,'EA==','3acbtz9l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357400,25583,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243773353,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Wake up \":D\"','839a365417626fbf04e718282ddb9c77',0,'','1jrqvqmm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357401,25538,6,450,0,'203.83.49.188',1243773604,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','I know I\'m late to this party (and not fashionably) but I have to say Ms. Ruiz seems too well adjusted for LHS. She\'s secretly a serial killer with a grammar fetish isn\'t she?\n\nThe art party was different, nice to see the way this series is diverging from the series. Are there going to be anymore stories based on episodes or is it all on a new trajectory from here?','89cb471ba6df77411acc724355fc7665',0,'','2fppcz8p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357402,25538,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243773994,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[quote="NapalmKracken":3ilqozb0]I know I\'m late to this party (and not fashionably) but I have to say Ms. Ruiz seems too well adjusted for LHS. She\'s secretly a serial killer with a grammar fetish isn\'t she?\n\nThe art party was different, nice to see the way this series is diverging from the series. Are there going to be anymore stories based on episodes or is it all on a new trajectory from here?[/quote:3ilqozb0]\n\nThere are some episode-based stories still to come that use events that would occur regardless of the differences from canon, such as the school budget crunch from "Fizz Ed" or the 5 year reunion invitation from "Camp Fear".','6cecc2b033b96d9a4ba7f86dd883ad67',0,'gA==','3ilqozb0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357403,25147,5,450,0,'203.83.49.188',1243774113,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','Star Trek TOS Season 1, Disc 2','86e12fd9a8c04a2b5e65b61afe460201',0,'','21914fdk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357404,25715,11,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243775461,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','Peeing in the shower is supponsed to prevent athlete\'s foot, which means it would be more important in a communal bathroom than not. Then again, athlete\'s foot is caused by the same fungus that caused jock itch, so maybe the peeing in the shower thing is just a myth.','02521835eb80dda3022dcf5b13d935c7',0,'','1w98d86q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357405,25728,6,1000,0,'220.253.14.37',1243775514,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','New chapter up at [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5076768/15/Sinspiration:3sy9h1q2]FF.net[/url:3sy9h1q2]','3d3e479a8ddb26e09d9b054ad6d7b56b',0,'EA==','3sy9h1q2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357406,25728,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243775629,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','[quote="Vlora":1ca7ygt1]New chapter up at [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5076768/15/Sinspiration:1ca7ygt1]FF.net[/url:1ca7ygt1][/quote:1ca7ygt1]\n\nwas just about to prod you for more \":D\"','fce4dc414bbcf4ba95607644a246d934',0,'kA==','1ca7ygt1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357407,25665,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243780546,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','The obvious solution here is to declare the home of Kristen and Bryan an Open City, and just have everyone show up there at any time, day or night. This would eliminate all the troublesome planning.','7dbf9bc8114f16d45b9431923d6ed5ef',0,'','18ll8zwe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357408,25538,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243780884,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[quote="RLobinske":1jwiaosu]There are some episode-based stories still to come that use events that would occur regardless of the differences from canon, such as the school budget crunch from "Fizz Ed" or the 5 year reunion invitation from "Camp Fear".[/quote:1jwiaosu]\n[size=10:1jwiaosu]Amelia/John[/size:1jwiaosu] That\'s sounds great! [size=10:1jwiaosu]Amelia/John[/size:1jwiaosu]\n \":D\"','a93e99364dcf3834cbc3487a7f0bd5bc',0,'hA==','1jwiaosu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357409,25583,3,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1243781099,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Okay, if the cat is going to go into panic mode every time there\'s a bird on the lawn, then this will be a very long summer.\n\nKristen','bb11e86645a7fc0e0d40cbba15ef6772',0,'','3c44agng',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357410,25665,3,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1243781254,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="The Angst Guy":30rf29oj]The obvious solution here is to declare the home of Kristen and Bryan an Open City, and just have everyone show up there at any time, day or night. This would eliminate all the troublesome planning.[/quote:30rf29oj]\n\nYou know, I almost said "No way!" and moved on, but then it occurred to me that I should find out what the usual price per night is at most bed and breakfasts. That idea could become very profitable for us. \"8)\" \n\nKristen','e4723e4be8ece1794245ea3f9d80cb51',0,'gA==','30rf29oj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357411,25697,6,694,0,'67.82.241.186',1243782202,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','I\'m not completely sure why everyone\'s assuming that Daria has been on her own her whole life. If I had to guess I\'d say that the Manson family is still going strong, and either Charles Manson or his trusted deputy Mad Dog is now in possession of the Holy Spear. Daria just somehow managed to scrounge up a sense of morality in spite of being raised by psychos; Morse Code and radio protocols come from being raised to head operations for the Family.\n\nOf course, now that she\'s slaughtered both her family and extended "family," and the Zom still haven\'t stopped, that\'s why she\'s trying to contact the rest of the world.','48985d79e38d8393994d07eaa97dd5c2',0,'','3la4fdl8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357412,25767,3,573,0,'137.226.12.158',1243782601,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Taiwan confiscates cocaine-laced energy drinks','[url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4274275,00.html:1z642ntm]Not just Taiwan...[/url:1z642ntm]\n\nOTOH, why are banknotes still legal, seeing most of them conterminated with cocaine as well?\n\nBlackHole','031af16ecabbabb25d45da0dffac44f0',0,'EA==','1z642ntm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357413,25583,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1243783482,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Kristen Bealer":3uebfi1b]Okay, if the cat is going to go into panic mode every time there\'s a bird on the lawn, then this will be a very long summer.\n\nKristen[/quote:3uebfi1b]\n\nAt least there\'s an audible cue before panic mode.','9a82126709e99f3fa744dc38de3b6a7d',0,'gA==','3uebfi1b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357414,25375,3,260,0,'68.162.164.157',1243784890,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous. \n-Tacitus','9f0e146783c1d2be55a02f578269c3dd',0,'','81zj922o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357415,25755,4,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243786108,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: voting drops 83% in all-digital election','[quote="Deref":2kb2i9tt][quote="Liz Ruiz":2kb2i9tt]Make the candidates sing and dance. I mean that seems to be working perfectly fine for American Idol. Maybe what America needs it\'s a little showmanship from their politicians![/quote:2kb2i9tt]\n[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=25733:2kb2i9tt]Ahem...[/url:2kb2i9tt][/quote:2kb2i9tt]\n\n\nOh, you have all the credit for bringing this up. I just thought that if the elections were gonna be rigged anyway, this American Idol text messaging voting thing could be a good thing. Aparently not!','9bd2a46d2df05b90680a9347549c6d70',0,'kA==','2kb2i9tt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357416,25583,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243787045,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[url:2wxyx5nd]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmaster[/url:2wxyx5nd]\n\n\nNow THAT\'S what I\'m talking about! \":D\" \":drink:\" \":D\"','e3d0f804804cce057ef04bccae59bea2',0,'EA==','2wxyx5nd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357417,25375,3,83,0,'71.34.243.79',1243787810,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Who said life is fair? Where is that written?\n\n\nI don\'t get the expression, "Happy as a clam." What do clams have to be so damn happy about?\n\n\nOpen a can of worms? Why would you have a can of worms? Where would you even make such a purchase?','1264a631c15d7c076d26da2e26ff9067',0,'','13plvdce',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357418,25758,5,83,0,'71.34.243.79',1243787983,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Drag Me To Hell','[url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/drag_me_to_hell/:27agdfh5]It\'s still 94% at Rotten Tomatoes.[/url:27agdfh5]','cb6b668f9451d5d78454d1aa7a44da31',0,'EA==','27agdfh5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357419,25558,5,83,0,'71.34.243.79',1243788229,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: So, the new Trek movie......','I grew up with a Trek mom so I\'ve been involuntarily invested in the series basically my whole life (or until TNG went off the air). Yes, she dragged us to numerous conventions, however, I\'ve met most of the original cast (Uhura gave me a cookie!).\n\nThat said, this movie rocked. Definitely the right choice for our first outing since the baby.\n\n\n\n***SPOILER***\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHowever, the Spock/Uhura romance totally felt like fanfic to me.','bcc8927245156b3de4aef44c33c02d29',0,'','c6gy0no9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357420,25764,6,83,0,'71.34.243.79',1243788582,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="brnleague99":38xvtbl4]And for the last time...the their, they\'re, there rule.\n\nTheir mailbox has been stolen.\n\nThey\'re a couple of dillholes.\n\nThere is the road to Dallas, Texas.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:38xvtbl4]\n\n\nI\'ll add the it\'s, its rule.\n\nIt\'s= it is\n\nits= possessive\n\n\nIt\'s possible to know its rules.\n\n\nI hate the incorrect apostrophe. Apostrophes indicate either possession or a missing letter in a contraction. It is (it\'s) NEVER part of a plural. Menus are notorious for this.\n\nCorrect: Tuesday\'s Specials\nIncorrect: The Special\'s for Tuesday','3df9a593842538215c708f0ba1eb216c',0,'gA==','38xvtbl4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357421,25768,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243788931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Bad-ass of the Week - Australia!','[url:32pmc1qc]http://www.badassoftheweek.com/australia.html[/url:32pmc1qc]\n\n\nHOLY-! \":shock:\"','183a33ea5fccc03298e6a731278e76e0',0,'EA==','32pmc1qc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357422,25744,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243789656,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="losdia":2balr3nm][quote="brnleague99":2balr3nm]I bought $32 worth of Archie titles today just for the hell of it. I bought an Archie, a Jughead, some Bettys, some Veronicas and some Betty and Veronicas, just to poke around in the fandom. I ordered them online, they\'ll be here in a couple of weeks. Y\'know, Archie #600 doesn\'t come out until September 1st?\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nhttp://www.archiecomics.com[/quote:2balr3nm]\n\nHave you really never read Archie?[/quote:2balr3nm]\n\nNope. From age ten to twenty five or so...I was strictly a Batman fan, then I moved on to all of DC with some independant leanings as well.\n\nBut no Archie. Yet.','eb5823feb2e0b377f41204ed05374a85',0,'gA==','2balr3nm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357423,25375,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1243790095,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"See, there\'s a reason things go boom around here. Besides the fact that everybody loves a good explosion."\n-Me','50ba81afb1e5ebe3b2822160036c4131',0,'','3bl7fgmh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357424,25715,11,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243790273,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','[quote="smk":2rr8ecz5]Peeing in the shower is supponsed to prevent athlete\'s foot, which means it would be more important in a communal bathroom than not. Then again, athlete\'s foot is caused by the same fungus that caused jock itch, so maybe the peeing in the shower thing is just a myth.[/quote:2rr8ecz5]\n\nOk, so you pee in the shower, prevent athlete\'s foot but get jock itch? And still I have no idea what you do with the same you save by doing so? \n\nEat a cookie?\nPet your cat?\nMake homemade vanilla ice cream?','93103dfedea4b72a89ff7f79aeb4245c',0,'gA==','2rr8ecz5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357425,25583,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243790617,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="The Angst Guy":pivxii71]I know I missed something here.[/quote:pivxii71]\n\n\nJust Playing with changing song lyrics to fit Radio Daria.\n\nMine were Radio Radio by Elvis Costello, Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo and Know it All by Lagwagon \":mrgreen:\"','0491ce34e06892bd596252ead468328b',0,'gA==','pivxii71',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357426,25583,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243792035,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="The Angst Guy":15k8llj2]I know I missed something here.[/quote:15k8llj2]\n\nYeah, you missed the music, man! Start tuning out of those oldies stations and get with the program!\n\nVote TAG, He\'ll get those kids off of your lawn.','93486c34f4f146b33040686dc6d07ecb',0,'gA==','15k8llj2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357427,25764,6,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243792821,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="Angelinhel":2pbc3p8u][quote="brnleague99":2pbc3p8u]And for the last time...the their, they\'re, there rule.\n\nTheir mailbox has been stolen.\n\nThey\'re a couple of dillholes.\n\nThere is the road to Dallas, Texas.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2pbc3p8u]\n\n\nI\'ll add the it\'s, its rule.\n\nIt\'s= it is\n\nits= possessive\n\n\nIt\'s possible to know its rules.\n\n\nI hate the incorrect apostrophe. Apostrophes indicate either possession or a missing letter in a contraction. It is (it\'s) NEVER part of a plural. Menus are notorious for this.\n\nCorrect: Tuesday\'s Specials\nIncorrect: The Special\'s for Tuesday[/quote:2pbc3p8u]\n\nAnd it\'s amazing how often this error is seen in every kind of publication. Everyone makes small mistakes, especially in things like message board posts, but you\'d think someone would go over a publication carefully before they make thousands of copies of it.','4936d10d6843772a77b7ae0250f2c4ac',0,'gA==','2pbc3p8u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357428,25583,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243793153,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Liz Ruiz":2wo7j4kc][quote="The Angst Guy":2wo7j4kc]I know I missed something here.[/quote:2wo7j4kc]\n\nYeah, you missed the music, man! Start tuning out of those oldies stations and get with the program!\n\nVote TAG, He\'ll get those kids off of your lawn.[/quote:2wo7j4kc]\n\n\nTo be fair, that last one was pretty obscure \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','1754578c11d206a22284b1dbd8781651',0,'gA==','2wo7j4kc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357429,25764,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243793315,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="Dennis":3s9luyxc][quote="Angelinhel":3s9luyxc][quote="brnleague99":3s9luyxc]And for the last time...the their, they\'re, there rule.\n\nTheir mailbox has been stolen.\n\nThey\'re a couple of dillholes.\n\nThere is the road to Dallas, Texas.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:3s9luyxc]\n\n\nI\'ll add the it\'s, its rule.\n\nIt\'s= it is\n\nits= possessive\n\n\nIt\'s possible to know its rules.\n\n\nI hate the incorrect apostrophe. Apostrophes indicate either possession or a missing letter in a contraction. It is (it\'s) NEVER part of a plural. Menus are notorious for this.\n\nCorrect: Tuesday\'s Specials\nIncorrect: The Special\'s for Tuesday[/quote:3s9luyxc]\n\nAnd it\'s amazing how often this error is seen in every kind of publication. Everyone makes small mistakes, especially in things like message board posts, but you\'d think someone would go over a publication carefully before they make thousands of copies of it.[/quote:3s9luyxc]\n\nAmong the worst offenders? Academic Journals. But then you see it most in heavily statistically oriented pieces. The pure numbers people can\'t be expected to be perfect in grammar. \":mrgreen:\"','7950d1e17001b72b3a7a8c4c7c0fb4a4',0,'gA==','3s9luyxc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357430,25665,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243793904,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Kristen Bealer":28zw13pa][quote="The Angst Guy":28zw13pa]The obvious solution here is to declare the home of Kristen and Bryan an Open City, and just have everyone show up there at any time, day or night. This would eliminate all the troublesome planning.[/quote:28zw13pa]\n\nYou know, I almost said "No way!" and moved on, but then it occurred to me that I should find out what the usual price per night is at most bed and breakfasts. That idea could become very profitable for us. \"8)\" \n\nKristen[/quote:28zw13pa]\n\n\nHeh, hey, if your prices are not competitive I\'m so staying at a Holiday Inn.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','c877bf266c9e3a47127e721dedd18cc1',0,'gA==','28zw13pa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357431,25583,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243794115,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="undefinedlust":2inf2rxx][quote="Liz Ruiz":2inf2rxx][quote="The Angst Guy":2inf2rxx]I know I missed something here.[/quote:2inf2rxx]\n\nYeah, you missed the music, man! Start tuning out of those oldies stations and get with the program!\n\nVote TAG, He\'ll get those kids off of your lawn.[/quote:2inf2rxx]\n\n\nTo be fair, that last one was pretty obscure \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:2inf2rxx]\n\nYeah, but come on, two of those were pretty obvious, anyway!','7c50d9192321e5b621638d156fb53281',0,'gA==','2inf2rxx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357432,25665,3,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1243795007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Liz Ruiz":70oc4lt5][quote="Kristen Bealer":70oc4lt5][quote="The Angst Guy":70oc4lt5]The obvious solution here is to declare the home of Kristen and Bryan an Open City, and just have everyone show up there at any time, day or night. This would eliminate all the troublesome planning.[/quote:70oc4lt5]\n\nYou know, I almost said "No way!" and moved on, but then it occurred to me that I should find out what the usual price per night is at most bed and breakfasts. That idea could become very profitable for us. \"8)\" \n\nKristen[/quote:70oc4lt5]\n\n\nHeh, hey, if your prices are not competitive I\'m so staying at a Holiday Inn.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:70oc4lt5]\n\nOh, it\'s okay. We\'re having a "no charge" Labor Day weekend special this year. Plus, out-of-country guests always stay free. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','508fdd4bb0cd821be95299b5e12d12fa',0,'gA==','70oc4lt5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357433,25764,6,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1243795263,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="Dennis":3vq2ws2u]And it\'s amazing how often this error is seen in every kind of publication.[/quote:3vq2ws2u]\n\nEven cakes! Have you ever looked at [url=http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/:3vq2ws2u]Cake Wrecks[/url:3vq2ws2u]? There are punctuation mistakes/misspellings there that just boggle the mind. Random apostrophes, extraneous periods, crazy "typos" (frostingos?), you name it.\n\nHappy Falker Satherhood! \":)\" \n\nKristen','043b67c94482ab4bd4e2365e2fb63807',0,'kA==','3vq2ws2u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357434,25617,6,545,0,'65.221.65.203',1243795985,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cold Comfort (Part 6)','Time for Part 7.\n\n\n[i:38oobo24][b:38oobo24]Cold Comfort\n\nPart 7[/b:38oobo24][/i:38oobo24]\n\n\nDaria reached the top of the hill several minutes after leaving the sheriff behind. She bent over slightly, her hands on her knees, as she panted in the now-steady rainfall. Her breaths came out in white vapors and goose-bumps dotted her forearms.\n\nShe looked around as she rested and saw an oil pump in the distance. Beyond that she saw some sheds and what looked like a large oil tank of some sort.\n\nThe woman finally took off at a jog towards the oil company equipment.\n\n**********\n\nBill Dougherty stood outside the old barn with the rusty soft drink ad and waited as two of his department’s cars pulled up and stopped. “Mindy, call for a posse backup, cause she’s gone and run off into the woods.”\n\n“Gotcha, Bill,” the young woman said and grabbed her radio.\n\nThe sheriff turned to the other deputy, a tall and large-built man. “Randy,” he said, “you got your cell phone with you?”\n\nThe deputy blushed. Carrying a cell phone while on patrol was one of the few things Bill Dougherty would try to fire an officer for. He finally nodded and looked down at the ground.\n\n“I thought so. Call old Gregory with it and tell him I need him to bring the dogs out here.” When the deputy turned to obey, the sheriff added, “Tell him to bring the Dobermans. I want something that makes that bitch piss her pants when she sees them coming at her.”\n\n“O.K., Bill.”\n\n“Randy.”\n\nThe deputy looked at his superior and the sheriff said, “Leave it in your locker next time, O.K.?”\n\nThe deputy’s blush intensified. “Yes, sir.”\n\nThe sheriff then turned to the female deputy and she smiled and said, “They’re on their way, Bill.”\n\n“Good, give me your radio.” He took the mike and called in, “Jack, you there?”\n\n“Yes, Bill,” the senior deputy replied.\n\n“Get over to the airport and get Hanson and his chopper up here to search from the air. He’s cashed our check, so he can’t say no now.”\n\nThe man’s chuckle came in clearly over the airwaves. “You know, I’ll probably find her before y’all will,” he said.\n\n“Doesn’t matter,” Dougherty said. “I want her caught.”\n\n**********\n\nDaria reached the equipment area several minutes later. The access road here, unlike the one she led the sheriff on, was mostly sand, with some gravel spread around. In one area, rains had caused some of the sand to wash away in a very small gully that wound it’s way down the hill.\n\nThe area itself looked to be little used, but she moved to the first shed and tried the door. She found it locked and moved to the next two with similar results.\n\nThe fourth shed had windows and she looked in on what appeared to be a small tool storage area. She broke one window and unlocked the door from the inside.\n\nOnce inside, the woman quickly searched the available tools and set aside a hammer, as well as a spool of nylon rope.\n\nA dark jacket hung on a hook near the door. The name “Mike” was emblazoned over the left side in blue thread. Daria quickly donned it, sighed from the immediate warmth it gave and turned her attention back to her earlier task.\n\nThree minutes after she entered the shed, she left with the hammer and the rope. As she re-entered the woods, a clap of thunder sounded in the west.\n\n**********\n\nSheriff Dougherty led seven officers into the woods, along with a man in his sixties who had six Doberman Pinschers on leashes. The dogs sniffed the ground eagerly and led the man in one direction.\n\nThe older man turned to Dougherty and laughed. “They’ve got her scent, Bill. She’s headed up towards Horse Cliff.”\n\n“Good,” the sheriff said and grabbed the mike of his radio. “There’s no way out of there for her, except by us.”\n\n“Unless she falls off, Bill,” one deputy said and several of them laughed. \n\nThe female deputy who had been pushed out the window was there and she smirked. “Yeah, and if she don’t fall, I can push her ass off it,” she said.\n\n“None of that, Connie,” Dougherty said. “I want her captured and brought in, not killed.” He looked at his deputies. “We do not kill her unless we absolutely have to, do I make myself clear?”\n\nThe deputies saw the expression on the sheriff’s face and finally nodded, one by one.\n\n“O.K., Greg, you take the lead with your dogs. Mindy, you and Randy follow him, but stay about ten feet apart. I’ll be behind you two. Connie, I want you, Kevin, Jimmy, Eldon and Brenda to spread out behind us and make a skirmish line. Narrow in only when we start to close in on Horse Cliff itself.” A clap of thunder made him look up at the skies and he frowned. “Let’s go.”\n\n**********\n\nAs Daria moved, she heard a sound in the distance and looked back. The sound of multiple barking reached her ears and she swallowed briefly. “Shit! Dogs!”\n\nShe turned back around and moved quicker ahead.\n\n**********\n\nMore than a half hour later, a helicopter flew in the skies to the north of Hopeful and over the forest itself. In addition to the pilot, deputies Jack and Tina rode. His face had claw marks from where Daria had attacked him, while her nose was swollen and bruised. Both were armed with rifles and had angry, determined looks on their faces.\n\nJack grabbed the radio and called out, “Bill, can you hear me?”\n\nDougherty’s voice came back. “Jack, she’s headed for Horse Cliff and we’ve got her bottled in. Get up there and spot her for us.”\n\nJack looked at the pilot, who nodded, then replied, “We’re on our way, Bill.”\n\n**********\n\nDaria moved quickly through the woods, until she found herself on a large rock outcropping that jutted out into the air. The woman stopped just outside the tree line and listened as the sounds of the barking dogs mixed with what sounded like human voices.\n\n[i:38oobo24]They’re going to capture you, dumbass! Move![/i:38oobo24]\n\nShe moved to the edge of the cliff and looked down. For the most part there were trees, while in one section a cleared out patch looked to be a field, and in another a large reservoir of water stood.\n\nDaria listened to the dogs once more, moved to one part of the cliff and moved down the rock face to a small ledge she saw. When she reached that ledge, she looked around for another and worked her way to that one. Then she heard the sound of a helicopter somewhere nearby and froze in place.\n\n**********\n\nThe helicopter reached the area over Horse Cliff and both deputies looked around. Jack looked back at his fellow officer and asked, “Do you see her?”\n\nTina shook her head.\n\n“Go around,” Jack told the pilot. “Maybe she did an end run around the posse.”\n\nAs the pilot turned the aircraft around, Tina looked down at the cliff face and pointed. “There!” she yelled. “There she is!”\n\nJack looked and smiled. “Why, I’ll be a sonuvabitch,” he said and looked back at the pilot. “Turn it around where I can face her, then hover there.”\n\nThe pilot did so and Jack opened the cockpit door.\n\n“Jack!” the pilot said. “You can’t open the door, man! That violates all kinds of safety laws and regulations that I have to follow.”\n\nThe senior deputy glanced at him, said, “Shut up,” then turned and raised his rifle to his shoulder. “Hey! Cutie pie! Remember me?” Then he fired the rifle.\n\nThe bullet struck the cliff face several feet from Daria’s head and she quickly closed her eyes as she felt rock slivers hit her left hand.\n\n**********\n\nSheriff Dougherty and the posse heard the rifle shot and stopped. They could also hear the helicopter somewhere ahead. “What the hell’s going on here?” he asked and grabbed the radio. “Jack? Get on the radio now and tell me what’s going on!”\n\n**********\n\nTina started to reach for the radio, but Jack glanced back at her and said, “No. We’re going to take care of this bitch ourselves.”\n\n“But Bill’s calling you directly, Jack.”\n\nHe smiled at her and said, “You let me worry about Jack. I’ve known him for more than forty years.” Then he turned back around. “Hey, cutie pie! No hard feelings!” Then he shot the rifle at her again.\n\nThe bullet struck even closer to Daria and she gasped and looked down from her present position. She could see several branches in her path to the reservoir.\n\n**********\n\n“Dammit, Jack Miller! I’m telling you to pick up the radio right now! I want her alive, you hear me? I don’t want her dead!”\n\n**********\n\nJack then aimed the rifle and said, “Hold it steady, Hanson. I’ve got her damned head sighted in right now.”\n\n“I’m toast!” the pilot said. “Dougherty’ll hang my balls from the highest tree for this!”\n\n“You let me worry about Bill Dougherty,” Jack said and cocked the rifle.\n\nDaria took a deep breath, then jumped out into the air over the reservoir, just as the rifle barked once more. The bullet struck the rock right where her head had been.\n\n(To be continued...)','2161523b2e3d15a91d58b00171c4ffd0',0,'YA==','38oobo24',1,1283742680,'',545,3,0),(357435,25665,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243796265,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Kristen Bealer":2ulivmwc][quote="Liz Ruiz":2ulivmwc][quote="Kristen Bealer":2ulivmwc][quote="The Angst Guy":2ulivmwc]The obvious solution here is to declare the home of Kristen and Bryan an Open City, and just have everyone show up there at any time, day or night. This would eliminate all the troublesome planning.[/quote:2ulivmwc]\n\nYou know, I almost said "No way!" and moved on, but then it occurred to me that I should find out what the usual price per night is at most bed and breakfasts. That idea could become very profitable for us. \"8)\" \n\nKristen[/quote:2ulivmwc]\n\n\nHeh, hey, if your prices are not competitive I\'m so staying at a Holiday Inn.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2ulivmwc]\n\nOh, it\'s okay. We\'re having a "no charge" Labor Day weekend special this year. Plus, out-of-country guests always stay free. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen[/quote:2ulivmwc]\n\nPHEW!\n\nNow I wonder if that Holiday Inn reservation is refundable?','82f7eb11c1fa60c6e59a8b04c502d8ad',0,'gA==','2ulivmwc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357436,25764,6,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1243796379,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="Kristen Bealer":1gs84oav][quote="Dennis":1gs84oav]And it\'s amazing how often this error is seen in every kind of publication.[/quote:1gs84oav]\n\nEven cakes! Have you ever looked at [url=http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/:1gs84oav]Cake Wrecks[/url:1gs84oav]? There are punctuation mistakes/misspellings there that just boggle the mind. Random apostrophes, extraneous periods, crazy "typos" (frostingos?), you name it.\n\nHappy Falker Satherhood! \":)\" \n\nKristen[/quote:1gs84oav]\n\n[url=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SYzF7BD8mwI/AAAAAAAAB3M/mjl5kQXKA18/s1600-h/Ellen+F.JPG:1gs84oav]For example.[/url:1gs84oav]\n\nKristen','ce0d9a08dcbb262f56dcebebcea406d5',0,'kA==','1gs84oav',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357437,25764,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243797161,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','Somewhere I have a photograph of a billboard in Wisconsin that managed to spell "It\'s" as: [b:o1pxoubc][size=150:o1pxoubc]I\'ts[/size:o1pxoubc][/b:o1pxoubc] in letters two or three feet high.','04acbd6c90aeebb5533f32bd9e2e0bbc',0,'RA==','o1pxoubc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357438,25697,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243798597,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Wormbait":2a7d4cf4][quote="brnleague99":2a7d4cf4][quote="Wormbait":2a7d4cf4][quote="The Angst Guy":2a7d4cf4]I\'m sure everything will work out fine in the end.[/quote:2a7d4cf4]\n\n\nThere\'s normal person fine and the there is TAG fine. TAG fine is what normal people would call "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, IT BURNS, IT BURNS..... KILL ME... KILL ME NOW OR I\'LL SEE IT EVERYWHERE FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE.... AAHHHH THE PAAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNNN........"[/quote:2a7d4cf4]\n\nOh yes, I know that well. Had TAG written [i:2a7d4cf4]The Princess [b:2a7d4cf4]Diaries[/b:2a7d4cf4][/i:2a7d4cf4], Buttercup would have burst into flames instead of rolling down that silly hill and spent the last three quarters of the movie in a burn ward.\n\n \"8)\"[/quote:2a7d4cf4]\n\nIsn\'t that The Princess Bride?[/quote:2a7d4cf4]\n\nSHIT!\n\nYes it is.\n\n \":x\" \":x\" \":x\"','c2c070873f13a50410b5cd6543331cdc',0,'4A==','2a7d4cf4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357439,25697,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243799153,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="brnleague99":3m2n8rk4][quote="Wormbait":3m2n8rk4][quote="brnleague99":3m2n8rk4][quote="Wormbait":3m2n8rk4][quote="The Angst Guy":3m2n8rk4]I\'m sure everything will work out fine in the end.[/quote:3m2n8rk4]\n\n\nThere\'s normal person fine and the there is TAG fine. TAG fine is what normal people would call "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, IT BURNS, IT BURNS..... KILL ME... KILL ME NOW OR I\'LL SEE IT EVERYWHERE FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE.... AAHHHH THE PAAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNNN........"[/quote:3m2n8rk4]\n\nOh yes, I know that well. Had TAG written [i:3m2n8rk4]The Princess [b:3m2n8rk4]Diaries[/b:3m2n8rk4][/i:3m2n8rk4], Buttercup would have burst into flames instead of rolling down that silly hill and spent the last three quarters of the movie in a burn ward.\n\n \"8)\"[/quote:3m2n8rk4]\n\nIsn\'t that The Princess Bride?[/quote:3m2n8rk4]\n\nSHIT!\n\nYes it is.\n\n \":x\" \":x\" \":x\"[/quote:3m2n8rk4]\n\nAnd [b:3m2n8rk4][color=#FF0000:3m2n8rk4][size=200:3m2n8rk4]Why[/size:3m2n8rk4][/color:3m2n8rk4][/b:3m2n8rk4] would you be thinking [i:3m2n8rk4]The Princess [b:3m2n8rk4]Diaries[/b:3m2n8rk4][/i:3m2n8rk4]? \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nIs it because you are a pretty pretty princess? \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":mrgreen:\"','c08add1b527568861b7a498afd0b14ec',0,'5g==','3m2n8rk4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357440,25719,3,9,0,'24.6.245.208',1243799339,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','[quote="MartinUK":1ekgec2w]That place where some kids in T shirts got shown into one section, and visitors in elegant attire got shown into another. Tea in a silver pot. Ring any bells?\n\nNow of course, I\'m thinking, "If it wasn\'t Kara, who was it that I had tea there with?" It\'s not like I\'ve a [i:1ekgec2w]long [/i:1ekgec2w]list of people I\'ve taken tea with in Rome\'s finest tea rooms.[/quote:1ekgec2w]\n\nThat might have been on your first trip. When you and I were there, I think we were going to skip lunch and wait until dinner, but I was so hungry that we went to this little restaurant and had some pasta. I remember going to lots of good little restaurants, but no tea.','4c805008c35579eeb0989983d42257d2',0,'oA==','1ekgec2w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357441,25697,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243800922,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="undefinedlust":22vxmz98][quote="brnleague99":22vxmz98][quote="Wormbait":22vxmz98][quote="brnleague99":22vxmz98][quote="Wormbait":22vxmz98][quote="The Angst Guy":22vxmz98]I\'m sure everything will work out fine in the end.[/quote:22vxmz98]\n\n\nThere\'s normal person fine and the there is TAG fine. TAG fine is what normal people would call "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, IT BURNS, IT BURNS..... KILL ME... KILL ME NOW OR I\'LL SEE IT EVERYWHERE FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE.... AAHHHH THE PAAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNNN........"[/quote:22vxmz98]\n\nOh yes, I know that well. Had TAG written [i:22vxmz98]The Princess [b:22vxmz98]Diaries[/b:22vxmz98][/i:22vxmz98], Buttercup would have burst into flames instead of rolling down that silly hill and spent the last three quarters of the movie in a burn ward.\n\n \"8)\"[/quote:22vxmz98]\n\nIsn\'t that The Princess Bride?[/quote:22vxmz98]\n\n****!\n\nYes it is.\n\n \":x\" \":x\" \":x\"[/quote:22vxmz98]\n\nAnd [b:22vxmz98][color=#FF0000:22vxmz98][size=200:22vxmz98]Why[/size:22vxmz98][/color:22vxmz98][/b:22vxmz98] would you be thinking [i:22vxmz98]The Princess [b:22vxmz98]Diaries[/b:22vxmz98][/i:22vxmz98]? \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nIs it because you are a pretty pretty princess? \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:22vxmz98]\n\nBecause it was 7:15 a.m. and I was roughly shaken out of a blissful, pill induced sleep.\n\n \"8)\"','2a985468f4f60889f22b9297dd0329a8',0,'5g==','22vxmz98',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357442,25583,3,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243801416,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="undefinedlust":2r3lujna][quote="The Angst Guy":2r3lujna]I know I missed something here.[/quote:2r3lujna]\n\n\nJust Playing with changing song lyrics to fit Radio Daria.\n\nMine were Radio Radio by Elvis Costello, Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo and Know it All by Lagwagon \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2r3lujna]\n\nMine shouldn\'t need explanation, but were Radio Gaga by Queen and This is Radio Clash by the Clash.','c823f404264d7e7336ddffebda7b48f2',0,'gA==','2r3lujna',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357443,25719,3,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243801864,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','[quote="Kara Wild":cu4qyuy1]That might have been on your first trip.[...] I remember going to lots of good little restaurants, but no tea.[/quote:cu4qyuy1]\nAh. And yes, they were good, weren\'t they, even when I knocked over a carafe of wine? \";)\" \n\n[size=85:cu4qyuy1]Don\'t tell me that place in Trastevere wasn\'t with Kara, either.[/size:cu4qyuy1]\n\nMartin.','4a51b11428f78c32630dfc4d43f62759',0,'hA==','cu4qyuy1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357444,25719,3,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243801913,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','[quote="Deref":2dkrihkk]:D Great stuff, Kara. Moar photos, please![/quote:2dkrihkk]\n\nNow Deref, she\'s been in Canada. You have to speak her language.\n\n*clears throat*\n\nMoar photos, eh?\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','3a30350a4132d7f1a650873c88568c09',0,'gA==','2dkrihkk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357445,25583,3,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243802007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Liz Ruiz":3elkegsh][quote="NightGoblyn":3elkegsh][quote="Quiverwing":3elkegsh]When I started [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20424:3elkegsh]the original completely random [s:3elkegsh]posts[/s:3elkegsh] post thread[/url:3elkegsh] on November 28, 2007, I never thought it would be such a hit. My thread [s:3elkegsh]has[/s:3elkegsh] would have over 4200 posts and counting![/quote:3elkegsh]\n\nYou\'re a trend setter.[/quote:3elkegsh]\n\nDamn right she is! And if you fail to mention it, she\'ll slap you silly and deservedly so![/quote:3elkegsh]\n\nOooh! Kinky!\n\nSlap me! Demean me! Make me write bad checks! Oh baby! Oh baby!\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','aef9e41313d773b3c422a85e8fdeacfb',0,'kAQ=','3elkegsh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357446,25769,3,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243802376,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','He\'s Lucky...','http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=a ... &type=lgns\n\nThat I didn\'t know there was a contest, or, diabetes or no...I\'d have put him in the grave! The grave, I tells ye!\n\n*flexes*','ae7b006068cad22aadd7fd329503902d',0,'','14blisog',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357447,25768,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243802518,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bad-ass of the Week - Australia!','This is EXACTLY why Mrs. Deref has to stand on her front porch with a nightstick keeping all the 18-year-old groupies away from her hubby.\n\nAustralia kicks so much ass.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','c3b07b7d90773af4f09a57a384fa2bf2',0,'','3hmy3bfe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357448,25583,3,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243802797,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','So, I\'ve been to eleven of the [url=http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-density-125.html:3v14ggcc]top 100 cities[/url:3v14ggcc]. By population density (the list actually goes to 125 on that page, but I wasn\'t [s:3v14ggcc]bored[/s:3v14ggcc] interested enough to count beyond the top 100).\n\nAnd fourteen of the [url=http://www.citymayors.com/economics/richest_cities.html:3v14ggcc]70 richest cities[/url:3v14ggcc].\n\nAnd, yeah, fourteen of the [url=http://www.citymayors.com/economics/expensive_cities2.html:3v14ggcc]71 most expensive cities[/url:3v14ggcc]. Didn\'t stay long.\n\nMartin.','36ab26e224a4233bf9837b3658f2fccc',0,'EAQ=','3v14ggcc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357449,25769,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243802916,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: He\'s Lucky...','[quote="brnleague99":ks3492m0]http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-pizza-eatingcontest&prov=ap&type=lgns\n\nThat I didn\'t know there was a contest, or, diabetes or no...I\'d have put him in the grave! The grave, I tells ye!\n\n*flexes*[/quote:ks3492m0]\n\n\nBran, you wouldn\'t. That guy is like a duck, he doesn\'t even stop to chew. I\'ve seen him eat hot-dogs. It\'s both hypnotizing and awesome. Little dude knows how to eat!','98007ba4492589049756fd4666a56e4e',0,'gA==','ks3492m0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357450,25769,3,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243803005,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: He\'s Lucky...','Liz, you wound me.\n\n \":D\"','c3135bd49833a59214629eac5ef9b22b',0,'','76u13nj5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357451,25617,6,249,0,'82.24.218.72',1243803222,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cold Comfort (Part 7)','[quote:u00n3epc]The sheriff turned to the other deputy, a tall and large-built man. “Randy,” he said, “you got your cell phone with you?”\n\nThe deputy blushed. Carrying a cell phone while on patrol was one of the few things Bill Dougherty would try to fire an officer for. He finally nodded and looked down at the ground.\n\n“I thought so. Call old Gregory with it and tell him I need him to bring the dogs out here.” When the deputy turned to obey, the sheriff added, “Tell him to bring the Dobermans. I want something that makes that bitch piss her pants when she sees them coming at her.”\n\n“O.K., Bill.”\n\n“Randy.”\n\nThe deputy looked at his superior and the sheriff said, “Leave it in your locker next time, O.K.?”\n\nThe deputy’s blush intensified. “Yes, sir.”[/quote:u00n3epc]\n\nThis guy really is a twat. From what I can tell, most police forces, cell phones are part of your kit.','b393ba2158ee2cfa3785dc7a79a012e5',0,'gA==','u00n3epc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357452,25769,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243804916,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: He\'s Lucky...','[quote="brnleague99":1x6n39nn]Liz, you wound me.\n\n \":D\"[/quote:1x6n39nn]\n\nFirst, one diabetic to another, I protect and shield you!\n\nSecond, I have no doubt you can totally kick most of our asses in a eating contest. I bow to the master. But Kobayashi, man, he\'s in a league of his own. Just you tube his name and you\'ll see why.\n\n \":hug:\"','e8c6c3f7043a527943866c4c3b9ab687',0,'gA==','1x6n39nn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357453,25770,3,114,0,'210.11.145.81',1243805233,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Autumn drink time','Just a few shots taken in my backyard a couple of weeks ago with my sister\'s camera. It\'s so good that I ordered one for myself. \":-)\"','f44d6a92bda922c730d3cdcc926a6a8a',0,'','x2p5so5x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357454,25770,3,114,0,'210.11.145.81',1243805332,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Autumn drink time','...and one more.','21fccbd99dc65601372cb772d8e62d8d',0,'','1d1tjgh1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357455,25770,3,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243806732,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Autumn drink time','Nice!\n\nOne of my first shots with that camera\'s older brother (ie, the model that your model replaces) is [url=http://martin.photosleeve.org/v/FZ18-sample-by-Martin-Sylvester.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1:2iah7bjy]here[/url:2iah7bjy].\n\nMartin.','abf40b3f49c4fa8f2ab92d97f094bd6c',0,'EA==','2iah7bjy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357456,25764,6,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243810469,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="The Angst Guy":31gsot9s]If anyone notices ANYTHING incorrect in one of my fanfics, please let me know. Thanks![/quote:31gsot9s]\nI [i:31gsot9s][b:31gsot9s]did![/b:31gsot9s][/i:31gsot9s] And you ignored me!','68ac0058a0b494a26b4a64936eb0e96a',0,'4A==','31gsot9s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357457,25719,3,9,0,'68.183.65.5',1243810563,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','[quote="MartinUK":2chqre62][quote="Kara Wild":2chqre62]That might have been on your first trip.[...] I remember going to lots of good little restaurants, but no tea.[/quote:2chqre62]\nAh. And yes, they were good, weren\'t they, even when I knocked over a carafe of wine? \";)\" \n\n[size=85:2chqre62]Don\'t tell me that place in Trastevere wasn\'t with Kara, either.[/size:2chqre62]\n\nMartin.[/quote:2chqre62]\n\nNo, that was with me. \"8)\" I miss that restaurant...','35259c0e22127aa84d52cad4456f401d',0,'hA==','2chqre62',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357458,25538,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243810577,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[quote="The Angst Guy":fya2g2z6][quote="RLobinske":fya2g2z6]There are some episode-based stories still to come that use events that would occur regardless of the differences from canon, such as the school budget crunch from "Fizz Ed" or the 5 year reunion invitation from "Camp Fear".[/quote:fya2g2z6]\n[size=10:fya2g2z6]Amelia/John[/size:fya2g2z6] That\'s sounds great! [size=10:fya2g2z6]Amelia/John[/size:fya2g2z6]\n \":D\"[/quote:fya2g2z6]\n\n[size=10:fya2g2z6]Then I guess you\'re not going to like the Alison/Amelia slash subplot.[/size:fya2g2z6]','164280937be9ab7703294bedc8e46c2f',0,'hA==','fya2g2z6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357459,25719,3,9,0,'68.183.65.5',1243810587,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','[quote="brnleague99":ku7wk1rq][quote="Deref":ku7wk1rq]:D Great stuff, Kara. Moar photos, please![/quote:ku7wk1rq]\n\nNow Deref, she\'s been in Canada. You have to speak her language.\n\n*clears throat*\n\nMoar photos, eh?\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:ku7wk1rq]\n\nThey\'re coming... I just need to edit some more.','e0d6775b309ea289b4e8efbbdd7fb5b4',0,'gA==','ku7wk1rq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357460,25133,6,430,0,'74.229.39.43',1243811045,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 3)','I have this very cold feeling that Quinn is going to become the Joker. I hope I\'m wrong, Daria has more than enough angst, as it is.','24ad4fa0d9c3ccb8ab714a9cc63c4caa',0,'','30zpslys',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357461,25771,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243811065,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','So what\'s in a flu shot anyway?','I just saw this vid and got to wondering:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWfCnjnShnM\n\nI realize it\'s a comedy, but I was wondering how much truth there is to making it. All I know (or think I know anyway) is that vaccines are supposed to be the bugs that have already been killed (so mercury, formaldehyde, etc, could be involved in killing it as far as I know). \n\nI\'d look into this myself, but I fear being misled by the industry that has built itself up by attacking vaccinations. I\'m just not in the mood to shovel BS. So I was hoping someone here would know more about what actually goes into them. \n\nTy','5ca2536e30be042b5a21223f7ce085e4',0,'','1dy0juy0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357462,25744,5,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243811690,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="Brother Grimace":29nfkexg]Every time I hear about those two, the Angst Lord in me begins to boil over and rise into the air like the Dark Phoenix...[/quote:29nfkexg]\n\nI was thinking Aaron goes to prison & becomes a bitch, and while sharing this with Luann in his letters, words it in a way that says he\'s "enjoying experimenting," but after a few years, Luann decides he must be gay and so secretly has herself surgically altered into a guy to surprise him when he gets out of prison. To pay for this, she has to whore herself out and worries incessantly about the STDs she and Aaron both might be getting. \n\nFinally, Aaron is released and gets his surprise--and after Luann, er Louie, went through, she, er he\'s not about to let him go EVER. Which is too bad, because Aaron has a severe flashback as Luann, now Louie, embraces him and tries to flee. After Louie realizes Aaron isn\'t the least bit interested despite all the years of faithful waiting and whoring herself (and later himself) out to pay for the operation, she-he (whatever!) has a violent psychotic breakdown, raping & killing Aaron, and soon finds her--er, himself--going to prison to replace Aaron as the prison bitch. \n\nHowever, if you believe in Hell, I\'m pretty sure you shouldn\'t write this fic. I don\'t, and yet I still felt this instinctive fear of Hellfire as I thought this scenerio up (and I could somehow feel the flames get even hotter as I thought about how the fic should be placed on all Luann fan boards). \":shock:\"','c3de1f0ce0d1700933fde9747956ab1a',0,'gA==','29nfkexg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357463,25764,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243812531,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="smk":dpx8jizg][quote="The Angst Guy":dpx8jizg]If anyone notices ANYTHING incorrect in one of my fanfics, please let me know. Thanks![/quote:dpx8jizg]\nI [i:dpx8jizg][b:dpx8jizg]did![/b:dpx8jizg][/i:dpx8jizg] And you ignored me![/quote:dpx8jizg]\nI fixed it. [[i:dpx8jizg]groan[/i:dpx8jizg]]','21fbeab7bfe31c6bfd99b83046546f75',0,'4A==','dpx8jizg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357464,25538,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243812571,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','[quote="RLobinske":uqvosy3v][quote="The Angst Guy":uqvosy3v][quote="RLobinske":uqvosy3v]There are some episode-based stories still to come that use events that would occur regardless of the differences from canon, such as the school budget crunch from "Fizz Ed" or the 5 year reunion invitation from "Camp Fear".[/quote:uqvosy3v]\n[size=10:uqvosy3v]Amelia/John[/size:uqvosy3v] That\'s sounds great! [size=10:uqvosy3v]Amelia/John[/size:uqvosy3v] \":D\"[/quote:uqvosy3v]\n[size=10:uqvosy3v]Then I guess you\'re not going to like the Alison/Amelia slash subplot.[/size:uqvosy3v][/quote:uqvosy3v]\nOh! OH! OOOOOOOOOOO-KAY!','4e72e5609c6dafca9f965f072ccf9a21',0,'hA==','uqvosy3v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357465,25715,11,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243812684,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','[quote="Liz Ruiz":1jbaks1w]And really, what do you do with the time you save peeing and flossing in the shower? She said, fearing the answer.[/quote:1jbaks1w]\n\nLots of extra time for masturbation. Without the complications of trying to masturbate while flossing & peeing in the shower (still, nothing improves the flavor of floss as much as that...)\n\nWhile I\'m certain this is the case with Angelinhel, she might also need extra time for writing her fics. At least until she can finally give Eleanor up to a family like the Dursleys--not only will that allow for more time for fic writing, but also a lot of inspirational angst material as she drops in for a visit from time to time (especially when she finally explains that "suffering creates better art, but I thought why should I be the one to suffer when I have a perfectly good daughter to suffer FOR me?").\n\nIs that answer fearful enough for you? \":P\"','3841b7d1296f902f8434ae6b6340b485',0,'gA==','1jbaks1w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357466,25771,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1243813023,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: So what\'s in a flu shot anyway?','Rubbing alcohol is used to kill the germs. I know that much.','ff9a008b7f0cdea0d0b11b496b3e40a5',0,'','9pg7yckf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357467,25583,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1243813242,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','And the random bulldrek continues. Whoo. Lord, I need a latte...','db7bad725690541dc8422e0487156596',0,'','wru6bhlx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357468,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243813246,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','I should point out that Brother Grimace, the great and powerful, is being listed as the story\'s co-author on the tale\'s main website. He has offered too many evil ideas that have significantly improved the development of the story, particularly in the direction the story is about to take. He broke my angst-o-meter.\n\nhttp://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/gimme.html\n\nThank you, BG. You are the best. \":D\"','1c658a83df151cdd5a7cabd12cc5a206',0,'','3pifkwqs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357469,25771,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243813363,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: So what\'s in a flu shot anyway?','It gives typical antivaccination talking points that misrepresent what\'s actually going on.\n\n1. Chicken embryos. Viruses are cultured on live tissue and chicken is one of those species that has been used.\n\n2. Live virus. You need to replicate the virus(es) to produce the antigens needed for the body to produce an immune response. Vaccines can be made with attenuated live virues, dead viruses or even specific antigens from the virus.\n\n3. Formaldehyde. It is used to inactivate the virus and a tiny amount remains that is far below any kind of toxic level. Your body produces more as a metabolic byproduct and your general environmental exposure is much higher.\n\n4. Ether. This mostly likely refers to polyethylene glycol pisooctylphenyl ether, commonly called Triton X-100, a surfactant used cell culturing and to adjust membrane permeability. This may also refer to a tween/ether method used to extract live viruses from culture, but in that case, none of the ether remains afte the procedure. It is not diethyl ether, the chemical most people think about when they hear the word ether.\n\n5. Detergent. A twofer, most likely refers to Triton X-100 or perhaps a tween compound used in the extraction process. Low toxicity and if present, would only be in tiny amounts.\n\n6. Mercury. The classic antivax nonsense. This refers to thimerosal, the preservative at the center of the longterm antivax activists like the Griers. This has been safely used for decades. A metabolite of this is ethylmercury which is quickly excreted by the body and does not accumulate like methylmercury, which is the problematic form.\n\nI don\'t know about Canada, but the vaccine inserts including ingredients are commonly available.','3bb478a8595dd504e3b4b238d0515d8d',0,'','3ubfkmru',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357470,25770,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243814190,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Autumn drink time','Nice! \":D\"','59735e6cfb1f712acfe5026265cd4777',0,'','2hemgomv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357471,25133,6,37,0,'72.175.149.142',1243814536,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 3)','[quote="Prince Charon":2o8wh3z7]I have this very cold feeling that Quinn is going to become the Joker. I hope I\'m wrong, Daria has more than enough angst, as it is.[/quote:2o8wh3z7]\n\nNah. I think that Upchuck\'s going to become the Joker. Quinn\'s part is more analogus to Vicky Vale, without the romantic entanglements. Ew.','690d769848e6968e26288d64297be6f4',0,'gA==','2o8wh3z7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357472,25697,6,37,0,'72.175.149.142',1243814602,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="The Angst Guy":2bj8isjf]I should point out that Brother Grimace ...broke my angst-o-meter.\n\nThank you, BG. You are the best. \":D\"[/quote:2bj8isjf]\n\nZeus help us!','69d044a4be0ba3bdca77f9cee7a9af40',0,'gA==','2bj8isjf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357473,25771,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243814649,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: So what\'s in a flu shot anyway?','Thanks!','38f5c24717fedaa404babb0c4710152e',0,'','3bagjbak',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357474,25715,11,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243815271,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','[quote="Dervish":1e9bprl5][quote="Liz Ruiz":1e9bprl5]And really, what do you do with the time you save peeing and flossing in the shower? She said, fearing the answer.[/quote:1e9bprl5]\n\nLots of extra time for masturbation. Without the complications of trying to masturbate while flossing & peeing in the shower (still, nothing improves the flavor of floss as much as that...)\n\nWhile I\'m certain this is the case with Angelinhel, she might also need extra time for writing her fics. At least until she can finally give Eleanor up to a family like the Dursleys--not only will that allow for more time for fic writing, but also a lot of inspirational angst material as she drops in for a visit from time to time (especially when she finally explains that "suffering creates better art, but I thought why should I be the one to suffer when I have a perfectly good daughter to suffer FOR me?").\n\nIs that answer fearful enough for you? \":P\"[/quote:1e9bprl5]\n\n\nThat answer was... Surreal. Perfectly in fitting with your style though \":P\"','110d51bba2bdaeecd07fb61c3c5a0c99',0,'gA==','1e9bprl5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357475,25743,4,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243815822,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lifestyles of the frightfully stupid','I seem to remember something similar about McCain\'s brother calling 911 to complain about traffic. What I\'m not sure about is if any fuss was raised over it.','991d75c7577ed0773169ebbe9cf4049c',0,'','395wnst2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357476,25770,3,260,0,'68.162.164.157',1243815863,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Autumn drink time','Very nice, as always. Thanks.\n\nPeace\nKevin','86403597ae297b9150edef76a46b529f',0,'','24ffirva',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357477,25766,5,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243816182,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For those of you who can\'s stand Twitter. . .','Twitter can be retarded, yes. But as as someone who does the twitter thing I\'ve also found it to be a tremendous networking tool, and great way to stay in touch with friends (micro bloggin! imagine that!) who don\'t have much time to write or call. Late last night I got a twitter alert from a friend of mine who had been engaged with his girlfriend forever. It read "Eloped, meet us (Name of random bar)". I show up and over 35 of their closest friends did too. Also some people who had no idea who they were but joined in on the festivities.\n\nSometimes, though, it\'s just a great way to waste some time at the office. And everybody enjoys those.','112a7faba84291fcccb29d3589d2f859',0,'','4k1cnrtc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357478,25583,3,651,0,'71.222.7.41',1243816698,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','This, too, can happen to you! I prescribed Hawaii to TAG for his recent illness. Then a friend prescribed Hawii for me, got the tickets and we\'re going... THURSDAY! I guess she got a heckofa deal. (Six days in condo, airfare and rental car for under 1000 for 2 people.) My husband\'s upset because he can\'t get away from work. Since I set my own hours, I can go. (Only had to rearrange 3 patients.)\nSo, the moral of the story is wish good things for your friends and someday the good things will come back to you! (About dang time too!)','76c677f55cded41f54cf3d0623db86d8',0,'','1ksz9fxn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357479,25538,6,450,0,'203.83.49.188',1243817265,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: John Lane 40: Starry Eyes Open (Conclusion)','Sounds like fun then, Camp Fear was the fifth season episode that eventually grew on me. (I disliked about 11 or so episodes of that season)','418d4b001acc05c9741bb7183cf9d60a',0,'','358ahbrj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357480,25697,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243817420,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','\":shock:\"\n\nOh, hell. This is like evil chocolate and evil peanut butter, making evil Reeces\' cups. It\'s evil, but you just can\'t stop eating.','d09143dd59ea16f643e02235770a72ae',0,'','25owto85',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357481,25133,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243818056,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 3)','Ahhh, speculation. \":D\" \n\nJust remember: whatever you come up with, expect it to be worse when it happens. \":mrgreen:\" \n\n---\n\n The Gotham east side got cold at night, when the sun went down and the wind started blowing off the Atlantic. More so on the rooftops, most of which are barren and open to the cutting knife of the wind. The moon was obscured behind the thin, scudding clouds, almost like it couldn’t stand to look down on Gotham.\n\n [i:3i40h774]Sometimes, I know exactly how it feels[/i:3i40h774], Batgirl thought. She crouched on the edge of a rooftop, silently staring down at the city. She had been there for the last hour and a half, patiently waiting for something to happen.\n\n “Fine, fine you win. You always were better at motionless patience than I was, I get bored too easily.”\n\n Batgirl stood and turned, looking at the speaker. The other girl on the rooftop was a couple of inches taller and dressed head to foot in layers of black cloth and leather. When Batgirl stepped into the light, the other girl took a half step backwards before recovering herself.\n\n “Talia,” Batgirl said.\n\n “My father calls me that,” the girl said. She reached up and removed her leather faceguard so she could pout without an obstruction. “I was always Nat to you, Dee.”\n\n “Dee isn’t here.”\n\n “Yeah,” Talia said, shaking her head. “I’ve been getting the local newspaper, reading all about the terrible and menacing Batgirl. You certainly took Father’s lessons to heart, you’ve become a true shadow warrior.”\n\n “Why are you here?”\n\n “You know why I’m here. You left the Academy with no warning and without permission; Father sent me to bring you home.”\n\n “Gotham is my home,” Batgirl said flatly. “Go back to your father, and tell him I won’t be returning.”\n\n Talia’s face hardened. “How can you betray us like this? This is all about Quinn, isn’t it?”\n\n “I wanted to come back when I heard about her injuries, but I decided to remain and finish my training instead. So, no, this has nothing to do with Quinn.”\n\n “Then why? Why did you leave us, Dee?” Talia looked down at the gritty rooftop for a moment, and then back up at Batgirl. “Father misses you, you know he always thought you were his best student.”\n\n “I left because I discovered the true purpose of the Academy,” Batgirl said. “I’ve devoted my life to stopping criminals, not committing mass murder.”\n\n “Yes, you must protect the commoners that infest this world like parasites,” Talia said, her voice harsh with disdain. “These people are worse murderers than any graduate of the Academy, and they’re blind to the destruction they cause.”\n\n “I’m afraid we have a different definition of murder,” Batgirl said. “Go home, Nat. Tell Ra’s al Ghul that I won’t be joining his League of Assassins.”\n\n Silently, Talia buckled her faceguard back into place. She turned and took a few steps away and then stopped. “No, it’s not that easy,” she said, spinning in place and hurling a handful of small pellets at Batgirl.\n\n Little explosions ripped across the rooftop as Batgirl jumped backwards to avoid the pellets. She performed a flip in midair and vanished, dropping past the edge of the roof and out of view.\n\n Talia ran to the edge and looked over, just in time for Batgirl to swing herself back up onto the rooftop. She spun sideways under the force of the Dark Knight’s passing blow, catching her balance a bare inch before the twelve-story drop to the alley below.\n\n “Are we really going to do this?” Batgirl asked.\n\n “I hate you!” Talia screamed, charging across the roof towards her enemy.\n\n Batgirl dropped into a leg sweep, which Talia jumped over to deliver a nasty kick to the face. The pair fought back and forth across the rooftop, trading kicks and punches but neither able to strike a conclusive blow. A few minutes into the fight, the air suddenly filled with the deep growling of a helicopter rotor.\n\n The ‘copter swung around a neighboring building, playing its searchlights across the rooftop and illuminating Batgirl and Talia. It hovered for a moment, and then one of the doors slid open to reveal James Gordon.\n\n “This is the police,” he said, his voice amplified through a bullhorn. “We have the building surrounded, throw down your weapons and surrender.”\n\n “This isn’t over, Dee.” Talia turned and ran, leaping off the rooftop. She did a front flip in the air and then dove, crashing through an office window and into the next building over.\n\n “Lieutenant,” the chopper pilot said. “Should we go after her?”\n\n “Call it in,” Gordon said. “Maybe we can get some use out of Branden and his thugs for a change. Keep those lights on Batgirl.”\n\n “Yes, sir.”\n\n Batgirl sprinted for the roof edge opposite the one Talia had exited from, and her earbud crackled to life.\n\n “Batgirl.” The voice was Stacy’s, made small and hollow by the tiny speaker. “We’re picking up an alert from the police network. Are you in trouble?”\n\n Batgirl leapt from the rooftop, firing a cable at the next building as she went. The piton imbedded itself, and the sudden force of the line swinging her out and over the street made her shoulder weep. As she crossed over the street she saw a dozen or so police cars and several SWAT vans, their red and blue lights illuminating the gulf beneath her.\n\n “Trouble? No, no trouble.”\n\n The inertia from her leap and subsequent fall combined to whip her around the side of the second building and into the alley. She released the line and flipped out her cloak, using it as a parachute to slow her plummet towards the concrete below. She had barely touched down when her earbud came on again.\n\n “According to chatter on the police band, you’re being tracked by Gordon’s task force,” Amy said. “They’ve sent SWAT after your accomplice, whoever that may be.”\n\n “I wish them luck,” Batgirl muttered. She swung one leg over her bike, her hands on the controls bringing the machine to life. As she gunned the engine and roared for the street the helicopter came into view again, its searchlight stabbing down at her to reveal her location.\n\n “They’re using a helicopter to track you,” Amy said.\n\n “Good to know.” She made a tight turn onto the street and shot away, pushing the bike for all it had.\n\n “There she goes,” Gordon shouted, pointing down at the bike and rider below. He tapped the pilot on the shoulder and said, “Don’t lose her, unless you want to be directing traffic around an elementary school.”\n\n “Yes, sir.” The helicopter spun in place and then accelerated after the motorcycle. “Don’t worry, sir, there’s no street legal vehicle that can get away from us.”\n\n “So,” Gordon said, watching the bike pull ahead. “I guess I can add speeding to the list of charges against the Batgirl.”\n\n “That . . . that shouldn’t be possible,” the pilot said.\n\n Below, Batgirl wove in and out of traffic in an attempt to lose the police cars pursuing her. When the sirens started to grow more distant, she pulled into a parking garage and allowed the bike to slow to a stop. She sat and waited, listening as the police cars howled past the garage, still searching for her. A moment later, she heard the helicopter pass over as it slowly circled the area.\n\n “They lost you,” Amy said. “Gordon is pissed, by the way.”\n\n “He has my sympathy.”\n\n “Funny. So, who were you meeting with?”\n\n “Just a friend from school,” Batgirl said. “Tell the new hire to come pick me up, I don’t want to give that helicopter another chance to notice me.”\n\n “Okay.”\n\n “Tell her to take the Porsche, the keys are hanging on the peg next to the front door.”','9cffb7783ec707bb71f558fd5d5bc699',0,'IA==','3i40h774',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357482,25766,5,947,0,'75.7.203.44',1243818355,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For those of you who can\'s stand Twitter. . .','I will be honest, I just don\'t get it. There is nothing about my life that is so exciting that world needs to know about it.\nFrankly I could not care if that guy from the 70\'s show gets one or a billion hits and why is this news?\n\nGuess I am too geeky to get it \":mrgreen:\"','747a31bf16bfc4ce44684342f4e74976',0,'','3ckfpqr9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357483,25764,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243819023,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','I eat, shoot, and leave.','df8d1baba148285caf37cf31e6972e75',0,'','3h6vc8fx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357484,25771,3,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243819193,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: So what\'s in a flu shot anyway?','Isn\'t it obvious?\n\nFloo powder.\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThank yew...','3b456028afa8415293c11c4f4eb3313c',0,'','2pfv337m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357485,25764,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243819725,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="The Angst Guy":2jj3c6rc]Somewhere I have a photograph of a billboard in Wisconsin that managed to spell "It\'s" as: [b:2jj3c6rc][size=150:2jj3c6rc]I\'ts[/size:2jj3c6rc][/b:2jj3c6rc] in letters two or three feet high.[/quote:2jj3c6rc]\n\n\nhaha nice pics or it never happened \":D\"','04588c405a7b7e5b5adae1203f6f669c',0,'xA==','2jj3c6rc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357486,25771,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243823055,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: So what\'s in a flu shot anyway?','[quote="RLobinske":2yl36d8t]It gives typical antivaccination talking points that misrepresent what\'s actually going on.\n\n1. Chicken embryos. Viruses are cultured on live tissue and chicken is one of those species that has been used.[/quote:2yl36d8t]\n\nOf all the nasty stuff Comrade Lobinske mentioned, the chicken embryo is what screws the most people up. Chicken Embryos (a.k.a Eggs) are one of the most common acquired food allergies. So, directly injecting an undiluted portion of it can have nasty side effects like, just to name one, anaphylaxis.\n\nThe other big danger in a flu shot is, well the flu virus. Dormant viral material can reactivate, in which case you basically just have the flu, and all the dangers that go with it.','2e6ba5e45681c14873866c07ada2c3a0',0,'gA==','2yl36d8t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357487,25133,6,785,0,'190.16.13.202',1243823583,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 4)','\":D\" \n\nAwesome. But I can\'t wait until Gordon becomes one of Daria\'s most trusted allies.','d02945f6c0675f3be27e357244095cac',0,'','qehy9kfc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357488,25764,6,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243823685,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="The Angst Guy":3v7r150h][quote="smk":3v7r150h][quote="The Angst Guy":3v7r150h]If anyone notices ANYTHING incorrect in one of my fanfics, please let me know. Thanks![/quote:3v7r150h]\nI [i:3v7r150h][b:3v7r150h]did![/b:3v7r150h][/i:3v7r150h] And you ignored me![/quote:3v7r150h]\nI fixed it. [[i:3v7r150h]groan[/i:3v7r150h]][/quote:3v7r150h]\nEventually, yes. However, I must correct myself. You didn\'t ignore me. You said I was wrong.','61fc5c4324eaee2906499de0110c24f1',0,'4A==','3v7r150h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357489,25770,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243823734,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Autumn drink time','[quote="MartinUK":3gukhulz]Nice!\n\nOne of my first shots with that camera\'s older brother (ie, the model that your model replaces) is [url=http://martin.photosleeve.org/v/FZ18-sample-by-Martin-Sylvester.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1:3gukhulz]here[/url:3gukhulz].\n\nMartin.[/quote:3gukhulz]\n \":shock:\" IT\'S A GREY!','3a3b0ee8acbce37fbf732731b2dd3050',0,'kA==','3gukhulz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357490,25170,6,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1243823785,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','Daria Morgendorffer and Jane Lane walked into Ms. Li\'s office. They had been called out of Mr. O\'Neill\'s class over the intercom and they entered the room with a mixture of dread and relief - it got them out of a test.\n\n"Ms. Morgendorffer, Ms. Lane," said Principal Li, "this is a new student at Lawndale High and I want you to introduce her to everybody. I wanted her to be treated very nicely."\n\n"Hi!" said the blonde girl. "My name\'s Luann! Luann DeGroot!"\n\n"Hi!" said Jane, conveying a lack of interest.\n\n"Hi." Daria conveyed the exact same sentiment.\n\n"Now now, ladies! I want you to show her around. Luann is to be an integral part of Lawndale High."\n\nDaria and Jane looked at each other. Luann smiled. Unspoken, Daria and Jane both thought [i:20hvfk56]How bad it could it be? She\'s probably not that bad once you get to know her.....[/i:20hvfk56]\n\n(* * *)\n\n"My arm\'s getting tired!" Tom hated working in the middle of the night. The three had worked all night, with two digging and working and one holding the flashlight.\n\n"Well, I\'ve worked long enough," said Jane. She deposited a cement-caked trowel in a burlap bag.\n\n"Besides," said Daria, "you always wanted for the three of us to do something together. Now here we are."\n\nTom continued to smooth out the sidewalk cement which now extended the walkway a further six feet. "Whew. This ought to be dried out by the following Monday. You know this is wet cement...we should write something on it...."\n\n"How about \'Rest in Peace\'?" said Daria.\n\n"No, I have a better idea." Jane reached over and wrote [b:20hvfk56]L. D. + A. H.[/b:20hvfk56] in the wet cement, encircling the letters with a heart shape.\n\n"Aaron Hill?" said Daria.\n\n"Yup. She talked about him often enough."\n\n"And now, we\'ll never have to hear another word. Thank God."\n\n"Well kid," said Jane, "we did our job." She addressed the cement slab. "Congratulations. You are now an integral part of Lawndale High, and will be for years to come."\n\n"I\'m hungry," said Daria. "Pizza?"\n\n"There\'s no pizza place open," said Jane. "It\'s 2:30 in the morning on a Friday night."\n\n"I have a bottle of Jagermeister," said Tom. \n\nDaria and Jane looked at each other.\n\n"Sounds good."\n\n"Yup."','2f8bc67a86c0660713080b11e7d3e5b2',0,'YA==','20hvfk56',1,1243826642,'',213,1,0),(357491,25583,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243823799,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="KatrinaMedina":1ua13x6z]This, too, can happen to you! I prescribed Hawaii to TAG for his recent illness. Then a friend prescribed Hawii for me, got the tickets and we\'re going... THURSDAY! I guess she got a heckofa deal. (Six days in condo, airfare and rental car for under 1000 for 2 people.) My husband\'s upset because he can\'t get away from work. Since I set my own hours, I can go. (Only had to rearrange 3 patients.)\nSo, the moral of the story is wish good things for your friends and someday the good things will come back to you! (About dang time too!)[/quote:1ua13x6z]\n \":D\" Lucky you! That\'s a helluva deal! Take photos!','542978376478bb51610eacae0c63a61a',0,'gA==','1ua13x6z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357492,25719,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243823841,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','[quote="Kara Wild":2nb8k0p4][quote="brnleague99":2nb8k0p4][quote="Deref":2nb8k0p4]:D Great stuff, Kara. Moar photos, please![/quote:2nb8k0p4]\n\nNow Deref, she\'s been in Canada. You have to speak her language.\n\n*clears throat*\n\nMoar photos, eh?\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2nb8k0p4]\n\nThey\'re coming... I just need to edit some more.[/quote:2nb8k0p4]\nDo you mean "edit some more, eh"?','8f0c3fb1b0060f5fa0ab4da86df884d3',0,'gA==','2nb8k0p4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357493,25583,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243824465,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','HOLY CRAP! LIONS! ...but these are at the Lion Country Safari in Florida (which I visited a decade ago), not [url=http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/kenya/:1j41qzcx]Kenya[/url:1j41qzcx]. And yes, the only thing between me and the lions was the car door.\n\n[attachment=1:1j41qzcx]lions_1.jpg[/attachment:1j41qzcx]\n[attachment=0:1j41qzcx]lions_2.jpg[/attachment:1j41qzcx]','44ff7fef88f50e3db842ac4bf447a858',0,'EAg=','1j41qzcx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357494,25766,5,940,0,'76.124.103.52',1243824637,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: For those of you who can\'s stand Twitter. . .','I\'ve found twitter extremely usefull in keeping in touch with my band and buisness partners. Quicker than a mass text- and we can all read each other\'s replies. If we miss something or have to refer back- its logged online.\n\nOther than that i\'m usually pretty annoyed at the friends I had to delete for constantly twittering: I am eating a hot dog. \n\nor some such nonsense.\n\nBut as far as a simple gag (: that BC is great.','14be6613cd0b46825c54c5d1863282e6',0,'','2gcqsdgu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357495,25170,6,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243824725,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="Roentgen":1vvioxrf]"Ms. Morgendorffer, [b:1vvioxrf]Ms. Li[/b:1vvioxrf]," said Principal Li, [/quote:1vvioxrf]\n \":P\"','b9e6ebd67b8b5e01c45ac2e8d8f41ee7',0,'wA==','1vvioxrf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357496,25583,3,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243824868,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Liz Ruiz":q2qavx00][quote="The Angst Guy":q2qavx00]I know I missed something here.[/quote:q2qavx00]\n\nYeah, you missed the music, man! Start tuning out of those oldies stations and get with the program!\n\nVote TAG, He\'ll get those kids off of your lawn.[/quote:q2qavx00]\n\nTo be fair, landmines do the same thing and you don\'t have to encourage them.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','19b55d9aeb9cd781014975884547fc1b',0,'gA==','q2qavx00',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357497,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243825636,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="NightGoblyn":1tawojgt]Oh, hell. This is like evil chocolate and evil peanut butter, making evil Reeces\' cups. It\'s evil, but you just can\'t stop eating.[/quote:1tawojgt]\nI want to be the evil chocolate! No, wait--the evil peanut butter! No, I want to be both! [b:1tawojgt][i:1tawojgt]BOTH, DO YOU HEAR ME?!?!?[/i:1tawojgt][/b:1tawojgt]','98d0c4046c7fde144ca8adcb1036b8d7',0,'4A==','1tawojgt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357498,25772,5,26,0,'66.217.180.208',1243825958,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','New ep of Iron Chef America for 5/31/2009','Spoilerage ahead (highlight to read):\n\n[color=#E1EBF2:2o15m4vt]This week Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto is pitted against Sam Mason, the co-owner and executive chef of Tailor in Manhattan\'s SoHo district. Mason specailizes in dishes that combine sweet and salty (which he first honed at another restaurant, WD-40) such as bell pepper cake and cornbread ice cream.\n\nSkirt steak--the meat used in fajitas--was the secret ingredient chosen for this battle.\n\n[b:2o15m4vt]The judges for tonight\'s battle were:[/b:2o15m4vt]\n\n1. Michael Ruhlman--Food Reporter, [i:2o15m4vt]New York Times[/i:2o15m4vt]; Author, [i:2o15m4vt]The Making of a Chef[/i:2o15m4vt] and [i:2o15m4vt]The Elements of Cooking[/i:2o15m4vt]\n\n2. Kate Flannery--Actress, [i:2o15m4vt]The Office[/i:2o15m4vt]\n\n3. Jeffrey Steingarten--Food and Wine Critic, [i:2o15m4vt]Vogue[/i:2o15m4vt] Magazine; Author, [i:2o15m4vt]The Man Who Ate Everything[/i:2o15m4vt]\n\n[b:2o15m4vt]Challenger Mason went first in the judging and offered the following dishes:[/b:2o15m4vt]\n\n1. Skirt Tartare with Marjoram Emulsion\n\n2. Beef and Broccoli with Egg Sheets\n\n3. Grilled Skirt Steak with Bone Marrow Creme Brulee\n\n4. Cocoa Fried Skirt Steak\n\n5. Skirt Steak Ice Cream\n\n[b:2o15m4vt]Iron Chef Morimoto went next in the judging and offered the following dishes:[/b:2o15m4vt]\n\n1. Skirt Steak Tartare\n\n2. Skirt Steak Duo\n\n3. Ginger Rice with Sake Skirt Steak\n\n4. Ground Skirt Steak in Cabbage\n\n5. Teriyaki Skirt Steak and Marinated Skirt Steak\n\n[b:2o15m4vt]Judgment:\n\nIron Chef Morimoto:[/b:2o15m4vt]\n\nTaste: 28\nPlating: 13\nOriginality: 12\n[b:2o15m4vt]Total: 53\n\nChallenger Mason:[/b:2o15m4vt]\n\nTaste: 24\nPlating: 10\nOriginality: 12\n[b:2o15m4vt]Total: 46[/b:2o15m4vt]\n\nIron Chef Masaharu Morimoto takes Battle Skirt Steak! \":D\" \n\nNext week: Michael Symon vs. Gavin Kaysen[/color:2o15m4vt]','cb308a2e331519e2eb93ccebab38dc77',0,'Yg==','2o15m4vt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357499,25743,4,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243826340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lifestyles of the frightfully stupid','[quote="Liz Ruiz":2n3c5u0e]I seem to remember something similar about McCain\'s brother calling 911 to complain about traffic. What I\'m not sure about is if any fuss was raised over it.[/quote:2n3c5u0e]\n\nI\'ve seen a number of news stories in the past year about dubious and inappropriate calls to 911.','e6180481b07569d0e12eaf3b8e65971b',0,'gA==','2n3c5u0e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357500,25170,6,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1243826758,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="Derek":1f19xjsz][quote="Roentgen":1f19xjsz]"Ms. Morgendorffer, [b:1f19xjsz]Ms. Li[/b:1f19xjsz]," said Principal Li, [/quote:1f19xjsz]\n \":P\"[/quote:1f19xjsz]\n\nJane is used to being called "Ms. Li", as she is Angela Li\'s illegitimate daughter (don\'t ask how that works). Daria has learned not to ask questions. However, for your sake, I have changed that part of the story. \":D\"','a7c496691de29597f8b34e72533f29bd',0,'wA==','1f19xjsz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357501,25764,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243827015,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="smk":308q96mc][quote="The Angst Guy":308q96mc][quote="smk":308q96mc][quote="The Angst Guy":308q96mc]If anyone notices ANYTHING incorrect in one of my fanfics, please let me know. Thanks![/quote:308q96mc]\nI [i:308q96mc][b:308q96mc]did![/b:308q96mc][/i:308q96mc] And you ignored me![/quote:308q96mc]\nI fixed it. [[i:308q96mc]groan[/i:308q96mc]][/quote:308q96mc]\nEventually, yes. However, I must correct myself. You didn\'t ignore me. You said I was wrong.[/quote:308q96mc]\n[[i:308q96mc]falls to his knees, rends garment, casts ashes on his head, falls on his face before the boots of smk[/i:308q96mc]]\n\nWhen I said you were wrong, I was wrong.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI meant misinformed, I was misinformed. My staff has been sacked. They [b:308q96mc][i:308q96mc][size=200:308q96mc]OUCH[/size:308q96mc][/i:308q96mc][/b:308q96mc] bloody hell, I was [b:308q96mc][size=150:308q96mc]WRONG![/size:308q96mc][/b:308q96mc] You were right! I beg forgiveness!\n\nReally. I was wrong.\nIt sounded right, but I was wrong.\n\n \":(\"','39074fd3609e838796dab68cca59ed81',0,'5A==','308q96mc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357502,25769,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243827119,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: He\'s Lucky...','Friends, I\'m diabetic too. I\'ll occasionally make jokes about diabetic comas. I don\'t do anything to risk one.','a2ba11287d70cdc6f0fc3d5d420a1881',0,'','2wzoohwy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357503,25170,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243827259,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','\":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" If this story comes up for best fanfic of the year, it\'s going to win. Jeez Louise.','6846c848164889e752fe44e99446f1a8',0,'','3m8wolhy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357504,25764,6,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243827350,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="The Angst Guy":pckxiq7q][quote="smk":pckxiq7q][quote="The Angst Guy":pckxiq7q][quote="smk":pckxiq7q][quote="The Angst Guy":pckxiq7q]If anyone notices ANYTHING incorrect in one of my fanfics, please let me know. Thanks![/quote:pckxiq7q]\nI [i:pckxiq7q][b:pckxiq7q]did![/b:pckxiq7q][/i:pckxiq7q] And you ignored me![/quote:pckxiq7q]\nI fixed it. [[i:pckxiq7q]groan[/i:pckxiq7q]][/quote:pckxiq7q]\nEventually, yes. However, I must correct myself. You didn\'t ignore me. You said I was wrong.[/quote:pckxiq7q]\n[[i:pckxiq7q]falls to his knees, rends garment, casts ashes on his head, falls on his face before the boots of smk[/i:pckxiq7q]]\n\nWhen I said you were wrong, I was wrong.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI meant misinformed, I was misinformed. My staff has been sacked. They [b:pckxiq7q][i:pckxiq7q][size=200:pckxiq7q]OUCH[/size:pckxiq7q][/i:pckxiq7q][/b:pckxiq7q] bloody hell, I was [b:pckxiq7q][size=150:pckxiq7q]WRONG![/size:pckxiq7q][/b:pckxiq7q] You were right! I beg forgiveness!\n\nReally. I was wrong.\nIt sounded right, but I was wrong.\n\n \":(\"[/quote:pckxiq7q]\n\nOuch! That\'s really serious! Hey, Tux looks cute in a Nurse costume. \":lol:\"','5242d8806f97d31e34a5f83343cfaebb',0,'5A==','pckxiq7q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357505,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243827584,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Angelinhel":2usnnrjg]Who said life is fair? Where is that written?\n\n[color=#0000FF:2usnnrjg]It\'s one of those handy, unwritten rules which can be what anyone says.[/color:2usnnrjg]\n\nI don\'t get the expression, "Happy as a clam." What do clams have to be so damn happy about?\n\n[color=#0000FF:2usnnrjg]When the walrus dies?[/color:2usnnrjg]\n\nOpen a can of worms? Why would you have a can of worms? Where would you even make such a purchase?[/quote:2usnnrjg]\n\n[color=#0000FF:2usnnrjg]A bait shop.[/color:2usnnrjg]','f805d9eab31606909670414ce80a5e2b',0,'gg==','2usnnrjg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357506,25375,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243828400,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Silver":3kw2cotc]"See, there\'s a reason things go boom around here. Besides the fact that everybody loves a good explosion."\n-Me[/quote:3kw2cotc]\n"Boom!"\n-Commander Susan Ivanova, [i:3kw2cotc]Babylon 5[/i:3kw2cotc]','f60b7e0035b5ccb02963171d80685155',0,'oA==','3kw2cotc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357507,25133,6,430,0,'74.229.39.43',1243829555,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 4)','Interesting.','60ac90e9261a83d48fbcf09bb7cebc0c',0,'','22ognqwp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357508,25375,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1243829639,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Derek":1sn1l2np][quote="Silver":1sn1l2np]"See, there\'s a reason things go boom around here. Besides the fact that everybody loves a good explosion."\n-Me[/quote:1sn1l2np]\n"Boom!"\n-Commander Susan Ivanova, [i:1sn1l2np]Babylon 5[/i:1sn1l2np][/quote:1sn1l2np]\n\n"When in doubt...C-4!"\n-Jamie Hyneman','c1cde4c271e247d75353a3fe82df7c50',0,'oA==','1sn1l2np',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357509,25697,6,466,0,'220.253.75.182',1243829776,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','So this whole story is just a plot by Daria right? Even as a twinkle in Jakes eye she persuaded him to give Manson the spear, in the process killing or mutating all white people but her (she obviously communed with the spear while Jake held it and convinced it not to harm her when she was born). Then the Zom kill all the Black folk, all except one.\n\nAnd then Daria gets to date Mack without anyone being alive to interfere.\n\nThat\'s why Jodie is so mad, she figured out Daria\'s plan, but is too deranged and skanky to do anything about it.','54e2f14bb60f0b697a7d6c8dae6d695b',0,'','1x21r4il',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357510,25133,6,933,0,'24.196.10.214',1243830920,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 4)','[quote="LSauchelli":3u6kag7k]:D \n\nAwesome. But I can\'t wait until Gordon becomes one of Daria\'s most trusted allies.[/quote:3u6kag7k]\n\nassuming it actually goes down that way \":)\"','0fc81183e76be5d6ef5e84cc779c55cf',0,'gA==','3u6kag7k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357511,25133,6,525,0,'71.244.230.154',1243831009,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 4)','I just got caught up from 3-7 and that still read as way too short... \":fork:\" \";)\"','defb5014d90701a7b0eca3bf0066b434',0,'','2thypfu4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357512,25764,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243832341,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="Gene":1roofu3h]Ouch! That\'s really serious! Hey, Tux looks cute in a Nurse costume. \":lol:\"[/quote:1roofu3h]\nProbably time for my "injection."\n\n\n\n\n\n[b:1roofu3h][color=#FF0000:1roofu3h]Grammar Note[/color:1roofu3h][/b:1roofu3h]: See how the use of quote marks change the meaning of a word?','ee1bbbf0b7d3224e21657b05391bf12e',0,'wg==','1roofu3h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357513,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243834288,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Wormbait":3pa8oobd]So this whole story is just a plot by Daria right? Even as a twinkle in Jakes eye she persuaded him to give Manson the spear, in the process killing or mutating all white people but her (she obviously communed with the spear while Jake held it and convinced it not to harm her when she was born). Then the Zom kill all the Black folk, all except one. And then Daria gets to date Mack without anyone being alive to interfere. That\'s why Jodie is so mad, she figured out Daria\'s plan, but is too deranged and skanky to do anything about it.[/quote:3pa8oobd]\nUh... well, yeah, that was it, but I\'m changing it now. Maybe this would better as a ballet instead of a short story, too.','b4085f7d33558849474c5536c010f41d',0,'gA==','3pa8oobd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357514,25583,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243834509,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','From a long time back:\n\n\n\n[quote:1knzswci]\n\n[color=#0000FF:1knzswci][size=150:1knzswci]Top Ten Reasons why Star Wars is better than Star Trek:[/size:1knzswci]\n\n\n\n[i:1knzswci]10) In the Star Wars universe, weapons are rarely, if ever, set on "stun."\n\n9) The Enterprise needs a huge engine room with an anti-matter unit and a crew of twenty just to go into warp--the Millenium Falcon does the same thing with R2-D2 and a Wookie.\n\n\"8)\" After resisting the Imperial torture droid and Darth Vader, Princess Leia still looked fresh and desirable--after pithy Cardassian starvation torture, Picard looked like hell.\n\n7) One word: lightsabers.\n\n6) Darth Vader could choke the entire Borg empire with one glance.\n\n5) The Death Star doesn\'t care if a world is class "M" or not.\n\n4) Luke Skywalker not obsessed with sleeping with every alien he encounters.\n\n3) Jabba the Hutt would eat Harry Mudd for trying to cut in on his action.\n\n2) The Federation would have to attempt to liberate any ship named Slave I\n\n1) Picard pilots Enterprise through asteroid belt at one-quarter impulse power. Han Solo floors it.[/i:1knzswci][/color:1knzswci]\n[/quote:1knzswci]','a1a8bebc036496993cc1f1ce65ff47e9',0,'pg==','1knzswci',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357515,25697,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243834575,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="The Angst Guy":2foqzojj][quote="Wormbait":2foqzojj]So this whole story is just a plot by Daria right? Even as a twinkle in Jakes eye she persuaded him to give Manson the spear, in the process killing or mutating all white people but her (she obviously communed with the spear while Jake held it and convinced it not to harm her when she was born). Then the Zom kill all the Black folk, all except one. And then Daria gets to date Mack without anyone being alive to interfere. That\'s why Jodie is so mad, she figured out Daria\'s plan, but is too deranged and skanky to do anything about it.[/quote:2foqzojj]\nUh... well, yeah, that was it, but I\'m changing it now. Maybe this would better as a ballet instead of a short story, too.[/quote:2foqzojj]\n\n\nBallet? No. Musical? Maybe... \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":mrgreen:\"','3bf2f6599078cc5a2fc91f9ba5b204c2',0,'gA==','2foqzojj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357516,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243834732,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="undefinedlust":27sf0v2x][quote="The Angst Guy":27sf0v2x][quote="Wormbait":27sf0v2x]So this whole story is just a plot by Daria right? Even as a twinkle in Jakes eye she persuaded him to give Manson the spear, in the process killing or mutating all white people but her (she obviously communed with the spear while Jake held it and convinced it not to harm her when she was born). Then the Zom kill all the Black folk, all except one. And then Daria gets to date Mack without anyone being alive to interfere. That\'s why Jodie is so mad, she figured out Daria\'s plan, but is too deranged and skanky to do anything about it.[/quote:27sf0v2x]\nUh... well, yeah, that was it, but I\'m changing it now. Maybe this would better as a ballet instead of a short story, too.[/quote:27sf0v2x]\n\n\nBallet? No. Musical? Maybe... \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:27sf0v2x]\n\n\nYou know what scuks about this world? No hot Latina babes.\n\nOn the other hand, there\'s no crappy Budweiser beer and no Starbucks, so it all balances out.','7639011c953ab2bb39acbc76a328b08c',0,'gA==','27sf0v2x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357517,25697,6,525,0,'71.244.230.154',1243835989,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','There are times when reading TAG\'s fics I find myself with deja vu of Steven King. Reading this I had that during the conversation between Armalin and Mack. That scene carried itself in a manner that put me in mind of each Cort, Colonel Abraham Kurtz, and General William Starkey at times... and then there was Sympathy....','ba0ada35f5a1e1f9b2cc71b77a91715f',0,'','17cyim5c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357518,25375,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243837074,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Silver":2yv03lsu][quote="Derek":2yv03lsu][quote="Silver":2yv03lsu]"See, there\'s a reason things go boom around here. Besides the fact that everybody loves a good explosion."\n-Me[/quote:2yv03lsu]\n"Boom!"\n-Commander Susan Ivanova, [i:2yv03lsu]Babylon 5[/i:2yv03lsu][/quote:2yv03lsu]\n\n"When in doubt...C-4!"\n-Jamie Hyneman[/quote:2yv03lsu]\n\n"But that\'s what we do on Mythbusters: blow s##t up!"\n\n- Jamie Hyneman.','1d7b11accf40d87471fae46a604c5f9c',0,'oA==','2yv03lsu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357519,25764,6,525,0,'71.244.230.154',1243837162,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="Dennis":24s6lvuz][quote="smk":24s6lvuz][quote="Dennis":24s6lvuz]And surveil is not a word.[/quote:24s6lvuz]\nYou\'d think that, wouldn\'t you. But, look at [url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveil:24s6lvuz]this[/url:24s6lvuz], and [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/surveil:24s6lvuz]this[/url:24s6lvuz], and [url=http://www.yourdictionary.com/surveil:24s6lvuz]this[/url:24s6lvuz]. It came up in a beta recently, and I had to let it slide. \":nono:\"[/quote:24s6lvuz]\n\nSorry, don\'t care. Not a word. M-W can be weak and give in to erroneous usage, but I\'m standing firm. After all, defending the language calls for stupid, futile gestures, and I\'m just the guy to make \'em. \";)\"[/quote:24s6lvuz]\n\n\nThat\'s really just an example of connotation slipping far enough from definition for a new word to be coined to carry the unambiguous connoted meaning, especially common where you have those who can\'t interpret the intended meaning from context \";)\".','b089df9f5bc55adfdc82fb3ecab9e630',0,'kA==','24s6lvuz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357520,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243837611,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','[u:1gwypr1o]Chapter 4[/u:1gwypr1o]\n\n*********** (A/N: If this were actually been seen- the reader/viewer would see Daria as normal) \n\nDaria watched Jane and Trent shrink into the distance as the Mustang drove away. She turned, slumped into her seat and caught a glimpse of her reflection in the in rear view mirror; a stranger stared back with a mirroring expression of bewilderment. Of all the things that dying entailed, this freaked her out the most.\n\nThey shared the same eyes, but there were many discernable differences. The mirrored girl\'s chin was more angular, her cheekbones a little more prominent. Daria\'s lips remained although she seemed to have been blessed with Quinn\'s nose.\n\n"Freaks you out, doesn’t it?" George turned back to Daria briefly as she drove.\n\nDaria removed her glasses and rubbed her eyes in exhaustion, then looked up at George and Mason. She realized that she was able to see without her glasses quite easily. She sighed and placed them back on the bridge of her nose defiantly before she addressed her two companions.\n\n"Who decides what we look like?"\n\n"Mason once told me it\'s what you\'re inner child would have looked like if they were to have grown up into an adult." George smiled. "Mine looks like a crack whore; looks like you lucked out, she\'s pretty."\n\nDaria glowered slightly and opted to ignore the last comment; she hadn\'t spent eighteen years ignoring the fashion industry, to be snuffed out by oversized grooming paraphernalia and replaced by a fashion-fiend clone.\n\n"So, do I see you as you were or what you are now?" Daria asked slowly, her brow furrowed slightly as she tried to get things straight in her head.\n\nMason turned from the front passenger seat and smiled. “As we were, only the living see us like that." He pointed to the rear view mirror.\n\n"So, that\'s why Jane could see me? Why she was so mad? She thought I was just some chick dressed up like me?" Daria asked her eyes widening with the realization, Mason nodded.\n\n"No wonder she looked so confused..." Daria mused softly to herself, as she turned her attention to the passing Lawndale scenery.\n\n***\n\n"Hey Janey, are you okay?" Trent asked quietly, as he approached her.\n\nJane jumped the sound of Trent\'s voice snapped her out of her stunned silence. "Did you know that guy?"\n\nTrent shook his head slowly. "Nah, but he had some good weed..."\n\n"You\'re high?" Jane voice squeaked in disbelief.\n\n"Hey,” Trent started defensively. "If I have to console Mr. M. I need some assistance... So anyway, who was that chick? Is everything okay? You were screaming like a banshee." Trent repeated his question and looked at Jane with concern.\n\n"I don\'t know, she said something..." Jane trailed off, as she watched the red Mustang turn the corner out of sight.\n\n"I figured as much...Hey, I scream like a banshee, coz you said somethin\' to me...hmmm, nah." Trent shook his head and smiled warmly at Jane. He slung an arm around her shoulders and pulled her into a hug. "Come on, Daria\'s dad showed me where he hides his stash. I\'ll get you a drink." The two Lane siblings walked into the Morgendorffer house together.\n\n"Maybe two, I\'ve had a weird day.” Jane replied.\n\n***\n\nJane stood and scrutinized Daria\'s bedroom door. She halted slightly as she slowly turned the handle, and then willed her arm to open it. She inhaled deeply and pushed, the door breezed open with a slight creak and Jane entered the room. She surveyed its contents. Everything was just as it had been three days prior when she had last visited Daria; a few books lay strewn across the floor, a forgotten sock under her computer desk, an empty glass next to the idle computer. The power still connected, Jane could hear the faint hum of the computer\'s fan as it sat on standby. She slowly inched her way over to the desk and flicked the mouse, the black screen flashed to life. A white document page emblazoned the screen with a short paragraph at the top: \n\n[i:1gwypr1o]Melody\'s faced hardened as she observed the lifeless form in front of her; she kicked out at his feet eliciting a small groan.\n\n"Thank God," she sighed. "He\'s only worth half the ransom if he\'s dead."\n[/i:1gwypr1o]\nJane smiled fondly as she read Melody\'s unfinished foray. She turned and eyed the unmade bed in the opposite corner. She walked over and knelt beside it, pursing her lips as she looked at the small gap between the floor and the frame with anticipation.\n\n"Come on Lane, just reach your hand in feel around; prove that the girl was a complete nutcase." She exhaled loudly, and reached her hand out; it faltered inches from the gap. "But...what if she\'s right? What if... Oh hell."\n\nJane bent down on all fours and stuck her hand under the bed. She felt around for a box like object. After several moments, Jane felt the search was fruitless and the girl was truly full of it. She prematurely breathed a sigh of relief; as she began to withdraw her hand, she heard the door creak open once again. She jumped slightly at the thought of being caught, shoulder deep, under Daria\'s bed. She froze as her hand brushed the corner of a small shoebox.\n\nQuinn entered the room and glanced around furtively, before her eyes rested on Jane still frozen in place on the floor.\n\n"Oh, it’s just you." Quinn walked into the room and sat on the bed. "I thought one of the guests was creeping around in here." She explained and laid her hands in her lap. She picked at her thumbnail absently and directed her eyes to Jane.\n\nJane pulled the box out from under the bed and sat beside Quinn. She cradled the battered cardboard shoebox on her lap and her fingers idly tapped the sides.\n\n"What’s that?" Quinn asked, as her nose screwed slightly.\n\n"A shoebox." Jane replied simply, Quinn raised her eyebrows and shot Jane a look of annoyance.\n\n"The Montana Cabin fund, I guess?" Jane replied earnestly.\n\n"So, she really was hoarding all her money. I thought she was kidding." Quinn said.\n\n"You...you didn\'t know about this, or where she had it hidden?" Jane asked apprehensively.\n\nQuinn shook her head in return.\n\n"Daria\'s wardrobe-- her clothes, do you know how many sets of clothes she had?" Jane asked quickly, as she walked to the cupboard and threw the doors open.\n\n"Four...now, she had five but..." Quinn replied uneasily.\n\n"But...but, what? Where\'s the fifth set?" Jane asked frantically, as she counted the items that hung in Daria\'s cupboard.\n\n"The fifth set...The fifth...that was set she wore to school that day." Quinn’s voice cracked and she inhaled deeply to calm herself.\n\nJane turned and looked at Quinn. Jane\'s arms hung limp at her sides, as she slid to the floor. "I\'m sorry, I...I...I don\'t know, I think I better leave. I\'ve got to work through a few things." She said, as she rose to her feet. She handed the box to Quinn as she walked to the door. Quinn raised a hand to it and pushed it back.\n\n"You keep it, I got a feeling she\'d have wanted you to have it anyway." Quinn smiled as she stood and the two girls left the room.\n\n***\n\nJane was confused; her expedition into Daria\'s room to confirm her suspicions had raised more questions than answers. The girl she had spoken with bore many similarities to the Morgendorffer/ Barksdale clan; a long lost cousin or forgotten sister maybe? But that didn\'t excuse her audacity to show up in Daria\'s attire. How had she known the location of the money or of its existence? Her mind wandered back to the encounter and she recalled the surprise shown on the girls face as if she hadn\'t expected to be seen...\n\nJane collected her boozy brother from the lounge and she and Trent walked home in a contemplative silence. Jane resolved to find the girl and have her questions answered.','b36aa8702c46554715b20754ea1051c4',0,'IQ==','1gwypr1o',1,1251080004,'',992,4,0),(357521,25714,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243838510,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','Upping the ante:\n\n[url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/01/2585781.htm:10g3ebel]N Korea \'preparing ballistic missile launch\'[/url:10g3ebel]\n\n[quote:10g3ebel]South Korea has accused the communist North of preparing to defy the world yet again by readying for the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.[/quote:10g3ebel]\n\n[url=http://www.defensetech.org/archives/004660.html:10g3ebel]F-22s Deployed To Guam and Okinawa[/url:10g3ebel]\n\n[url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20090531-145071.html:10g3ebel]F-22 deployed to Japan amid tensions[/url:10g3ebel]\n\nIt seems as though this is a deployment that has been planned for some time. But it may also be sending a message.','4d9c12a98852bfff0a9fe57a3a869900',0,'kA==','10g3ebel',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357522,25689,6,525,0,'71.244.230.154',1243838649,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 3)','[quote="LSauchelli":2aso5mtp]Poor DeMartino.\n\nI feel for him. \":(\"[/quote:2aso5mtp]\n\nNah, Mack has it worse... two decent conversationalists gone in one shot, now all he\'s got is Jane for company.... You know what, forget I said that \";)\".','3b88b0453d4081bd633e5a4c11295ade',0,'gA==','2aso5mtp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357523,25773,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243838836,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/business/01auto.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all:g6wnober]WASHINGTON — President Obama will push General Motors into bankruptcy protection on Monday, making a risky bet that by temporarily nationalizing the onetime icon of American capitalism, he can save at least a diminished automaker that is competitive.[/url:g6wnober]\n\n[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/business/01downfall.html?hp:g6wnober]After Many Stumbles, the Fall of an American Giant[/url:g6wnober]','5525c1fd35a82ebd49442d8c0f2018e7',0,'EA==','g6wnober',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357524,25774,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243839019,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25567372-953,00.html:192e7yz8]THIS giant feral pig was shot on a Pilbara cattle station after it was spotted eating a dead cow.[/url:192e7yz8]\n\nThe Western Australian Department of Primary Industry claims this was faked, but I dunno... the damn things do get pretty big...','4820828775af50f1f5a01a693e658b68',0,'EA==','192e7yz8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357525,25775,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243839106,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Last Titanic survivor Millvina Dean dies','[url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25567309-954,00.html:5gmx5ny3]MILLVINA Dean, the last remaining survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, died today aged 97 at a care home in England.[/url:5gmx5ny3]','ea628341fc33db344ceaf04c67297faa',0,'EA==','5gmx5ny3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357526,25215,6,545,0,'65.221.65.201',1243839391,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Things Fall Apart (Part 14)','[i:2axk7yja][b:2axk7yja]Things Fall Apart\n\nPart 15: Training and Rescue, All in One[/b:2axk7yja][/i:2axk7yja]\n\n\nFindlay, Ohio\n\n\nAfter the rescue in the abandoned Salvation Army Thrift Store, Julie Renner practiced the use of the new Defender Ring on her right hand. One practice she found funny involved using her newfound telekinetic powers to lift Robert and make him do funny dances.\n\nNightman and the Green Speedster walked in on one session, where Robert’s legs were made to do incredibly ridiculous steps across the room.\n\n“Julie, this is getting real old!” Robert complained. He saw the two heroes laughing at one end of the room and groaned in frustration.\n\n“Now, Robert,” she said, a smirk on her face, “you know that Valkyrie said that I had to practice. If you were [i:2axk7yja]really[/i:2axk7yja] my best friend, you’d let me use you as a guinea pig...I mean, a practice partner.”\n\nThe Green Speedster then laughed out loud and covered his face.\n\n“I’m glad I’m amusing you,” Robert said and glared at the costumed men.\n\n“It’s just that I remembered where I’ve seen this before,” the emerald-hued hero said. “The Ministry of Silly Walks.”\n\nJulie smiled at them as Robert still did the contorted walks. “I wondered if your world had Monty Python.”\n\nNightman smiled at her and said, “There’s nothing sadder than coming upon an Earth without Monty Python. Although Blackadder can sometimes make up for it.”\n\nRobert looked from the costumed men to Julie and shook his head. “I guess that I should be thankful that she hasn’t made me pull my pants down.”\n\nThe Green Speedster looked at Julie quickly and said, “I’d appreciate it if you didn’t. No offense, Robert, but seeing men in their underwear does nothing for me.”\n\nJulie smirked again and said, “But you wouldn’t mind seeing a woman in hers, huh?”\n\n“Well...I’d rather not incriminate myself anymore than I already have.”\n\n“I think you’re too late for that.” Valkyrie’s voice could be heard as she walked into the room. She watched Robert move around the room like a marionette and smiled. “Ah, memories. Julie, you can let Robert go for now. It’s time for you to try out your flying abilities.”\n\nRobert was released and his body relaxed. He sat on a nearby chair, sighed in relief and said, “Thank you.”\n\nJulie’s response was to hug him, kiss his left cheek and said, “Be back, buddy.”\n\nAs the two females left the room, the Green Speedster watched their backsides, whistled lightly, and said, “Cute, cute, cute.”\n\nNightman saw the way Robert looked at his fellow hero and said in a stage whisper to the teen, “Ignore him. He wouldn’t know what to do with a woman if he ever got one.”\n\n“I heard that,” the other hero said and smiled at them. “For your information, Midnight...”\n\n“That’s Nightman, not Midnight.”\n\n“As I was saying, Shadowman, for your information, I try not to limit myself to just one woman, since I’d just simply make every other woman jealous.”\n\nNightman covered his eyes and shook his head. “That’s too many commas in one sentence.”\n\nThe Green Speedster looked offended. “You sound like my grammar teacher,” he said. “You don’t look like her, however. She had a real nice set of vowels and I was hoping that we would have a chance to discuss consonants, too.”\n\nRobert blinked. “I thought that I was obsessed with women,” he said.\n\nNightman sighed. “My fast friend here stayed a teenager, even though he got older. Captain Liberty sometimes has her hands full in dealing with him.”\n\n“Says you,” the speedster said. “I’ve tried to put myself in her hands several times. She just simply drops me like a hot potato.”\n\n“The fact that she’s involved with another man might have something to do with that.”\n\nRobert laughed.\n\n**********\n\nOutside, Valkyrie took Julie to a clear area within a chain link fence. Armed National Guard soldiers patrolled the perimeter, while a man in a white body suit flew around the skies above them. He left a trail of ice behind him that evaporated after several seconds.\n\n“O.K.,” the blonde Ringbearer said. “Put your hands down at your sides and concentrate on lifting yourself into the air.”\n\n“Does putting my hands at my sides help in some way? Like, make me aerodynamic, or something?”\n\n“No,” Valkyrie said. “It simply keeps you from hitting them on building overhangs, tree branches, or nearby birds.”\n\n“Oh.” The teen concentrated and she slowly lifted up in the air. The senior Ringbearer followed close behind her.\n\nWhen the two reached about 300 feet, Julie suddenly flew ahead, her arms spread out. “Wheee!” she yelled and laughed.\n\nValkyrie chuckled as she remembered her own first flights and moved to keep up with the girl. When she caught up with her, she said, “Remember my warning about the birds. If you hit some of them, they will give you an earful. After all, the Ring can and does translate what animals say.”\n\n“Really?” Julie said. “That sounds fun!”\n\n“You’ve never heard a flock of ducks cuss you out, either.”\n\nJust then, a flash could be seen from the ground to the southwest and a bullet bounced off the shields that the Rings generate.\n\n“What was that?” Julie said.\n\nValkyrie frowned. “Someone’s taking potshots at us. Come on.”\n\nThe two women then flew towards the source of the bullet.\n\n**********\n\nWhen Valkyrie and Julie arrived at the scene, they found a farmhouse surrounded by zombies and three teens atop the roof.\n\nThe blonde sensed the fear in Julie and said, “Attack the dead. Don’t worry, they can’t hurt you. I’ll see to the people on the roof.”\n\nJulie lowered herself to the ground and the attention of the dead turned to her. She shivered as they rushed towards her, then raised her right hand ahead of her. Her shields automatically deployed and several zombies bounced off of them. She concentrated harder and those who closed in after that disintegrated.\n\nThe fact that the girl remained unreachable seemed to anger the dead, who made a concerted rush towards her. Dead people even rushed out of the farmhouse itself when they realized that there was dinner in the front lawn.\n\nThen one zombie near a large barn picked up a tractor and threw it at Julie.\n\nThe force of the tractor’s impact with her shields threw the young brunette back. She landed on her back and slid several feet before she remembered her now-active telekinetic powers. The tractor was thrown at least a hundred feet away as she got back to her feet.\n\nThe nearby dead ignored the tractor and still tried to reach Julie. They also continued to disintegrate as they came into contact with her shields.\n\nThe dead man who threw the tractor threw a truck this time. Before the vehicle reached her, it transmuted into water, which harmlessly hit the ground.\n\n“Dammit, that’s a meta-zombie!” Valkyrie said as she fired a blue bolt of energy at the dead man, who stumbled back and growled in anger.\n\n“A meta-zombie?” Julie asked. “You mean that there are superhuman zombies, too?”\n\n“Yes.” She then fired a sustained blue bolt of energy at the dead man. Unlike the other zombies, this one didn’t disintegrate immediately. He rushed towards the two Ringbearers, and disintegrated piece by piece as he ran. By the time he got to within ten feet of the women, he finally fell to pieces and then to powder.\n\nThe remaining zombies joined their fallen comrades within the next ten seconds. Those still in the farmhouse took another twenty seconds. Then Valkyrie took Julie to the roof.\n\nThe three teens there were one boy and two girls, between the ages of thirteen and fifteen, all of whom looked cold, dirty and badly scared. Julie swore that she could smell the fear that radiated from the three.\n\nOne girl, a tall blonde held a rifle and looked at their rescuers with a mixture of dread and relief. She cleared her throat and said, “I...I’m the one who shot at you. We saw you flying in the air and we needed help!”\n\nThe other girl, a younger redhead, wiped her nose and eyes and added, “We’ve been up here for five days!”\n\nThe boy said nothing. He sat on the shingles, covered his face and bawled. The other two teens started to cry as well.\n\nValkyrie turned to Julie and said, “More practice for you. Use your Ring to calm their fears and relax them.”\n\nThe freckled brunette swallowed and concentrated on what Valkyrie told her to do. Her Ring flashed blue and the teens calmed down. In fact, the boy stretched out on the roof and promptly fell asleep. The two girls yawned and looked very sleepy themselves.\n\n“Time to leave,” Valkyrie said and telekinetically lifted the teens. “Let’s go.”\n\nThe five left the roof and headed back to the rescue center in Findlay.','cbb82f8eeb9e788bcbfd6e33b39eb06c',0,'YA==','2axk7yja',1,1280446360,'',545,2,0),(357527,25753,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243839402,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Deref":2lu8o1hc][quote:2lu8o1hc]Edwards left his shift early at the police housing bureau in Manhattan\'s Harlem neighborhood Thursday around 10:30 p.m. when he noticed a man rummaging through his car along a darkened street. The man, Miguel Santiago, had used a metal spark plug to smash the window, police said.\n\nEdwards struggled with Santiago, who wriggled out of his sweat shirt and took off running. Edwards pursued him with his 9 mm Smith & Wesson handgun drawn, witnesses told police.[/quote:2lu8o1hc]\nSo in response to Santiago\'s breaking his car window, Edwards felt that the appropriate response was a gun?\n\nNo, TAG. As long as that attitude exists, nothing will change.[/quote:2lu8o1hc]\n\nUnfortunate, but true, as the following shows: [url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-abortion-doctor-shot-dead-in-church-20090601-brvi.html:2lu8o1hc]US abortion doctor shot dead in church.[/url:2lu8o1hc]','ed9f48d66abb14822b8e6ed71ccf42d0',0,'kA==','2lu8o1hc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357528,25753,4,114,0,'61.69.24.82',1243840295,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="The Sidhe":3bh85iz2][quote="Deref":3bh85iz2][quote:3bh85iz2]Edwards left his shift early at the police housing bureau in Manhattan\'s Harlem neighborhood Thursday around 10:30 p.m. when he noticed a man rummaging through his car along a darkened street. The man, Miguel Santiago, had used a metal spark plug to smash the window, police said.\n\nEdwards struggled with Santiago, who wriggled out of his sweat shirt and took off running. Edwards pursued him with his 9 mm Smith & Wesson handgun drawn, witnesses told police.[/quote:3bh85iz2]\nSo in response to Santiago\'s breaking his car window, Edwards felt that the appropriate response was a gun?\n\nNo, TAG. As long as that attitude exists, nothing will change.[/quote:3bh85iz2]\n\nUnfortunate, but true, as the following shows: [url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-abortion-doctor-shot-dead-in-church-20090601-brvi.html:3bh85iz2]US abortion doctor shot dead in church.[/url:3bh85iz2][/quote:3bh85iz2]\nWhat part of \'thou shalt not kill\' does that brand of Christianity not understand?\n\n[quote:3bh85iz2]"It\'s an unfortunate incident to happen on a Sunday morning," Wichita police captain Brent Allred told reporters.[/quote:3bh85iz2]\nYep. Damn inconsiderate of them!','e4596c1ec44e5ec8a2f728a282a8536a',0,'kA==','3bh85iz2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357529,25714,4,114,0,'61.69.24.82',1243840605,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','Shades of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis:2nfi8490]the Cuban Missile Crisis[/url:2nfi8490]?\n\nProbably not yet. Yet.','719bfb4bdfd13a53cff4c572892b9473',0,'EA==','2nfi8490',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357530,25728,6,1000,0,'220.253.14.37',1243841500,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','Yes, I /finally/ updated. : P\n\nLucky I didn\'t choose to upload a chapter a week like I originally intended to do... we\'d only be up to chapter two! :I','03e44e212f914a292f4de37a55ef0c96',0,'','254y8z1f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357531,25172,6,525,0,'71.244.230.154',1243846523,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Second coming of the New Ideas Thread','Very much demands a full treatment','291c2fc63d5c698b7e69beda2c516fb5',0,'','3j3l7bcm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357532,25714,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243848159,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="Deref":3j6t2ndl]Shades of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis:3j6t2ndl]the Cuban Missile Crisis[/url:3j6t2ndl]?\n\nProbably not yet. Yet.[/quote:3j6t2ndl]\n\nWell, the thing is, unless they\'ve been getting design assistance from somewhere, it is unlikely that any nukes they make will be small enough (or viable enough) to load on a missile and fire. It\'s even more unlikely considering just how unreliable their missiles have been so far in testing. Therefore, unless, like I said, they\'ve been given some design assistance, that any nuclear device they make will be a first-generation design (think the bomb dropped on Nagasaki). \n\nHopefully, all of this is just posturing tied in with internal North Korean politics.','5590b9d3a5bcf0bd0ff68a730295c49f',0,'kA==','3j6t2ndl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357533,25764,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243851682,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="Gene":25w0zoov]Ouch! That\'s really serious! Hey, Tux looks cute in a [b:25w0zoov]Norse[/b:25w0zoov] costume. \":lol:\"[/quote:25w0zoov]\n\n\nHazmat team on standby.','96af58cea0bf24a754ea1c2bc02fd55d',0,'wA==','25w0zoov',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357534,25529,5,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243852724,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Things I Love to Watch on YouTube','2 Kim Possible vids that I\'d think the guys would like (though I\'m adding them to my playlist, too):\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uILAq8LUuoM\n\nRon-centric one:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c4d1Wa94Fo\n\n\n\nAnd while I\'m at it, a scene from the end of a KP ep polished into a Master Card ad:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ip3Dq2cfkQ\n\n(If that makes you want to see the ep again, you can see it [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lllVNYGTD50:3gxb1mol]here[/url:3gxb1mol])','4ff7be613fb1eaf6c42a592d883eb366',0,'EA==','3gxb1mol',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357535,25764,6,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243853097,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="vlademir1":274a2a4e][quote="Dennis":274a2a4e][quote="smk":274a2a4e][quote="Dennis":274a2a4e]And surveil is not a word.[/quote:274a2a4e]\nYou\'d think that, wouldn\'t you. But, look at [url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveil:274a2a4e]this[/url:274a2a4e], and [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/surveil:274a2a4e]this[/url:274a2a4e], and [url=http://www.yourdictionary.com/surveil:274a2a4e]this[/url:274a2a4e]. It came up in a beta recently, and I had to let it slide. \":nono:\"[/quote:274a2a4e]\n\nSorry, don\'t care. Not a word. M-W can be weak and give in to erroneous usage, but I\'m standing firm. After all, defending the language calls for stupid, futile gestures, and I\'m just the guy to make \'em. \";)\"[/quote:274a2a4e]\n\n\nThat\'s really just an example of connotation slipping far enough from definition for a new word to be coined to carry the unambiguous connoted meaning, especially common where you have those who can\'t interpret the intended meaning from context \";)\".[/quote:274a2a4e]\n\nYes, but it still sucks. Language follows usage, but it doesn\'t have to when usage goes someplace stupid. \"8)\"','19d1b733a66ef34d02a748ef7f130fd6',0,'kA==','274a2a4e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357536,25753,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243853350,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="The Sidhe":urmq1j0q]Unfortunate, but true, as the following shows: [url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-abortion-doctor-shot-dead-in-church-20090601-brvi.html:urmq1j0q]US abortion doctor shot dead in church.[/url:urmq1j0q][/quote:urmq1j0q]\n\nBut fortunate for the church that the one who went nuts with a gun wasn\'t a D&D player, or drunk, or player of video games. Otherwise, the church would have to mount a campaign to have it banned.','fba5da7462d94ffc93876f44fb69d086',0,'kA==','urmq1j0q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357537,25776,3,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243853558,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','French plane lost over Atlantic','[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8076848.stm:ixymx3wy]French plane lost over Atlantic[/url:ixymx3wy] \n\nAn Air France plane carrying 228 people from Brazil to France has gone missing over the Atlantic.\n\nParis Charles de Gaulle airport said contact was lost with the flight from Rio de Janeiro at 0600 GMT.\n\nBrazil\'s air force confirmed the plane was missing and said a search and rescue mission was under way near the island of Fernando de Noronha.','ac616d8f7815d61e658e8eaddf26fc7b',0,'EA==','ixymx3wy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357538,25693,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243853702,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="Deref":ldc76rti][quote="UU":ldc76rti]I\'m sorry, but this isn\'t a Marxist or Leninist definition -- there is no Communism unless and until the state has withered away, you see. The term \'Communist state\' was invented by Western \'Marx-eaters\' and is meaningless within the framework of Marxist (or Leninist) theory.[/quote:ldc76rti]\nAnd this, of course, is why "Communist", as it\'s commonly used, is no more solid than "left wing" or "right wing". It\'s all moveable and relative.[/quote:ldc76rti]\nNo, it all depends upon the semiotic process which is realized in different kinds of discoursive practices. \":P\"','839b6ff8dade3d52370e60eea5eefede',0,'gA==','ldc76rti',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357539,25670,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243854087,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Deref":294gkhpu]And who could argue with them?[/quote:294gkhpu]\nClio.\n\n[quote="Deref":294gkhpu]As I said, I never claimed that it was. I never made any claims about international law - I merely expressed an opinion that I\'d love to see them tried.[/quote:294gkhpu]\nSo, the trial is but a sublimation of hidden desires, having nothing to do with law as it stands? Whoa!\n\n[quote="Deref":294gkhpu]Irrelevant no. It adds significantly to my desire to see them tried.[/quote:294gkhpu]\nYour desire is irrelevant. \":shock:\" \n\n[[quote="Deref":294gkhpu]Really, UU - you should be ashamed of yourself. You don\'t need to descend to creating straw men to argue with me - you\'re [i:294gkhpu]much[/i:294gkhpu] better than that.[/quote:294gkhpu]\nIf it\'s a straw man -- try to set fire to it and let\'s see what happens.\n\n[quote="Deref":294gkhpu]I don\'t follow that line of reasoning. Why?[/quote:294gkhpu]\nWhy have talks and seek compromise if a state needs only to join the gang calling the shots in this \'enforcement\' and enforce whatever they want upon the \'new Hitlers\' etc? Yugoslavia has been on the receiving end of this in the 90s -- and where is it now?\n\n[quote="UU":294gkhpu]Nolo contendere, which is why I don\'t pontificate on it.[/quote:294gkhpu]\nO RLY? \":)\"','31b84c2d8fecdee77f86368df5cb4782',0,'oA==','294gkhpu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357540,25714,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1243854250,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="Deref":31olpms0]Shades of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis:31olpms0]the Cuban Missile Crisis[/url:31olpms0]?\n\nProbably not yet. Yet.[/quote:31olpms0]\nIf North Korea is the new Cuba, where is the new USSR?','bd1d716750f662eb12a615f23a72c00a',0,'kA==','31olpms0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357541,25743,4,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243854462,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lifestyles of the frightfully stupid','[url=http://news.scotsman.com/theemergencyservices/Keep-999-for-emergency-callouts.3330806.jp:28jvlbj5]Don\'t think[/url:28jvlbj5] "Only in America."\n\nIn England (and Wales?), misuse of 999 can attract an £80 GBP ($130 USD) ticket, or an [url=http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/anti-social-behaviour/penalties/anti-social-behaviour-orders/:28jvlbj5]ASBO[/url:28jvlbj5]. Some offenders don\'t respond to those sanctions; in London, more than 100 \'persistent misusers\' have had their phone disconnected (mind you, the 999 service has been going since 1937, so, per year, that\'s not too bad).\n\nMartin.','9576298893858177da60013483870153',0,'EA==','28jvlbj5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357542,25728,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243854683,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','[quote="The Angst Guy":1hzitrvo][quote="RLobinske":1hzitrvo]Self-promotion is encouraged.[/quote:1hzitrvo]\nThat\'s good to know.\n\n[img:1hzitrvo]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/opus1.jpg[/img:1hzitrvo][/quote:1hzitrvo]\n\nAaah. Changed your prescription yet again, did they TAG? In that case...I\'ll be in this penguin-proof bunker if you need me. Hold my calls.','8f18d58e2f0090100648d4901cbd8708',0,'iA==','1hzitrvo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357543,25170,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243854808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="Roentgen":2svcz9n4][quote="Derek":2svcz9n4][quote="Roentgen":2svcz9n4]"Ms. Morgendorffer, [b:2svcz9n4]Ms. Li[/b:2svcz9n4]," said Principal Li, [/quote:2svcz9n4]\n \":P\"[/quote:2svcz9n4]\n\nJane is used to being called "Ms. Li", as she is Angela Li\'s illegitimate daughter (don\'t ask how that works). Daria has learned not to ask questions. However, for your sake, I have changed that part of the story. \":D\"[/quote:2svcz9n4]\n\nMEDIC! One lobotomy please! *runs screaming into the night*','ca1cd8d8836841422b60f3e1ed213ef3',0,'wA==','2svcz9n4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357544,25776,3,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243855002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','I suspect Greenland.\n\nBut that\'s the case with most things. Them barstids is slippery.\n\n*shifty eyes*','e062ee063109325922d13b9c42e18150',0,'','1i4rewvm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357545,25776,3,260,0,'68.162.140.97',1243859229,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','Hoping for the best, but, unfortunately, expecting the worst. Setting down an A330 in the Atlantic is not as likely to go as well as setting down an A320 in the Hudson.\n\nPeace\nKevin','bcf1fab3d47fd82a9c168d064ba1a2e0',0,'','3pggvvs3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357546,25375,3,260,0,'68.162.140.97',1243859417,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don\'t need an enemy. \n-Kurt Vonnegut','2ae8e3ee49d2344709b0112cbe60f2ba',0,'','am2lzi92',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357547,25583,3,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1243859975,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','What kind of sadist closes all three campus restrooms for cleaning [i:1cgt3bse]at the same time[/i:1cgt3bse]? \":bang:\" \n\nKristen','54235d2bb416de8135823f54ddb0705e',0,'IA==','1cgt3bse',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357548,25714,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243860464,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="The Sidhe":g3h1lypv][quote="Deref":g3h1lypv]Shades of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis:g3h1lypv]the Cuban Missile Crisis[/url:g3h1lypv]?\n\nProbably not yet. Yet.[/quote:g3h1lypv]\n\nWell, the thing is, unless they\'ve been getting design assistance from somewhere, it is unlikely that any nukes they make will be small enough (or viable enough) to load on a missile and fire. It\'s even more unlikely considering just how unreliable their missiles have been so far in testing. Therefore, unless, like I said, they\'ve been given some design assistance, that any nuclear device they make will be a first-generation design (think the bomb dropped on Nagasaki). \n\nHopefully, all of this is just posturing tied in with internal North Korean politics.[/quote:g3h1lypv]\n\nThat\'s a little overstated. North Korea, like Iraq twenty years ago, bases their missile tech off the concept of beefing up old Soviet short range systems. They aren\'t really trying for the dangerous and more complex tech of a true ICBM (like multiple reentry vehicles). To quote Wernher von Braun "You can put a beer can on the moon with enough thrust."','ec86902e7b166c8f5d438d2105052956',0,'kA==','g3h1lypv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357549,25768,5,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243860596,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bad-ass of the Week - Australia!','[quote="Brother Grimace":1z0ij5uf][url:1z0ij5uf]http://www.badassoftheweek.com/australia.html[/url:1z0ij5uf]\n\n\nHOLY-! \":shock:\"[/quote:1z0ij5uf]\n\n home! lol nice-gotta love it \":D\"\nLeft out kangaroos- you ever seen a full grown male over 2 meters tall- could rip your head off!\nwomats- i know i know but one charging full speed is down right scary \nbrown/tiger snake taipan...\nand lets not forget the sharks\nstone fish\nthe killer nasties aren\'t the half of it- the ones that just down right hurt are bad- blue bottles(Portuguese [b:1z0ij5uf]Man O\' War[/b:1z0ij5uf]), red back/whitetail/ well any spider really, mosquitoes/sand flies,','0943f221b4dc5e24d82263660efe38b2',0,'0A==','1z0ij5uf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357550,25583,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243865322,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Kristen Bealer":3egisx91]What kind of sadist closes all three campus restrooms for cleaning [i:3egisx91]at the same time[/i:3egisx91]? \":bang:\" [/quote:3egisx91]\n\nGiven the information provided, I\'d guess either the kind that gets off on making people wait to pee, or the kind that gets off on making people pee in inappropriate places.\n\nBut that\'s just me. \":D\"','66f6a06a3bb132cdf7dd7e0cfa41a578',0,'oA==','3egisx91',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357551,25375,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243865567,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Angelinhel":3mpawede]Who said life is fair? Where is that written?[/quote:3mpawede]\n\nYou\'re in the wrong universe for fair.\n—SF author and noted blogger John Scalzi\n\n[quote="Angelinhel":3mpawede]I don\'t get the expression, "Happy as a clam." What do clams have to be so damn happy about?[/quote:3mpawede]\n\nHow can you tell if a moth is farting? \nIt flies in a straight line.\n—George Carlin\n\n[quote="Angelinhel":3mpawede]Open a can of worms? Why would you have a can of worms? Where would you even make such a purchase?[/quote:3mpawede]\n\nThere\'s more than one way to skin a cat, but that begs the question of why you would want a skinless cat.\n—Me','27e25a20379df7a29abeb786601df601',0,'gA==','3mpawede',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357552,25170,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243867521,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','\":D\"','8f0d73882229b1f472cf172ee2f66ad8',0,'','r8q37qts',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357553,25375,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1243867650,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"Objection! That was...objectionable!"\n-Miles Edgeworth','759b1cc8d8504c8fe2886af2356f0988',0,'','1d18rbjp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357554,25753,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243867653,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Dervish":2m4hkfii][quote="The Sidhe":2m4hkfii]Unfortunate, but true, as the following shows: [url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-abortion-doctor-shot-dead-in-church-20090601-brvi.html:2m4hkfii]US abortion doctor shot dead in church.[/url:2m4hkfii][/quote:2m4hkfii]\n\nBut fortunate for the church that the one who went nuts with a gun wasn\'t a D&D player, or drunk, or player of video games. Otherwise, the church would have to mount a campaign to have it banned.[/quote:2m4hkfii]\n\n\nOuch.','d028e9b3996400d768ce5ce639a0b10f',0,'kA==','2m4hkfii',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357555,25583,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1243867836,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Kristen Bealer":38rp1miq]What kind of sadist closes all three campus restrooms for cleaning [i:38rp1miq]at the same time[/i:38rp1miq]? \":bang:\" \n\nKristen[/quote:38rp1miq]\n\nThe same kind that decides the middle of a torrential downpour is a good time to clean the bus stop shelter.','b4506a92acc9bd2708f69b7aa1b3c2f2',0,'oA==','38rp1miq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357556,25665,3,55,0,'75.163.74.170',1243869025,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','This means I\'m going to have to cook. A lot. Right?\n\n\n\n\n\nYay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! \":D\"','43aca1b1608563aa721340e63ba44db3',0,'','18udhylg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357557,25769,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1243869161,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: He\'s Lucky...','[quote="Gene":3tkdb0m5]Friends, I\'m diabetic too. I\'ll occasionally make jokes about diabetic comas. I don\'t do anything to risk one.[/quote:3tkdb0m5]\n\nAh, I\'m just waking up from one right now. I had some of SMK\'s homemade chocolate late night. It was sooooo worth it.','40caa97878459490a499ac09056bcafe',0,'gA==','3tkdb0m5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357558,25753,4,55,0,'75.163.74.170',1243869770,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Deref":fask2fm8][quote="The Sidhe":fask2fm8][quote="Deref":fask2fm8][quote:fask2fm8]Edwards left his shift early at the police housing bureau in Manhattan\'s Harlem neighborhood Thursday around 10:30 p.m. when he noticed a man rummaging through his car along a darkened street. The man, Miguel Santiago, had used a metal spark plug to smash the window, police said.\n\nEdwards struggled with Santiago, who wriggled out of his sweat shirt and took off running. Edwards pursued him with his 9 mm Smith & Wesson handgun drawn, witnesses told police.[/quote:fask2fm8]\nSo in response to Santiago\'s breaking his car window, Edwards felt that the appropriate response was a gun?\n\nNo, TAG. As long as that attitude exists, nothing will change.[/quote:fask2fm8]\n\nUnfortunate, but true, as the following shows: [url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-abortion-doctor-shot-dead-in-church-20090601-brvi.html:fask2fm8]US abortion doctor shot dead in church.[/url:fask2fm8][/quote:fask2fm8]\nWhat part of \'thou shalt not kill\' does that brand of Christianity not understand?\n\n[quote:fask2fm8]"It\'s an unfortunate incident to happen on a Sunday morning," Wichita police captain Brent Allred told reporters.[/quote:fask2fm8]\nYep. Damn inconsiderate of them![/quote:fask2fm8]\n\n\nI know the pastor of that particular Lutheran church in Wichita, KS. This has shaken the whole congregation. It\'s a horrible thing to happen any time, any place, but to have it happen at a church, where regardless of who we are or what we do, we come together to worship the Lord, hear the Word, and receive the Sacraments. \n\nThe ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) interprets "thou shalt not kill" very widely, but also allows for many variations. Most Lutheran pastors I know, for example, are against abortion at all, against the death penalty, against violence of any kind. We try to follow Martin Luther\'s explanation to this commandment (from the Small Catechism): "We are to fear and love God so that we do not hurt our neighbor in any way, but help him in all his physical needs."','9ba05e1ca2ac1cf7648adeabeeda9bbc',0,'kA==','fask2fm8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357559,25170,6,87,0,'4.153.66.13',1243870299,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','People keep putting stuff like that in the wrong thread....','1d857fa6c459470bcacc58b509e9e403',0,'','1xamvsqf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357560,25375,3,955,0,'151.151.21.99',1243870338,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','You shouldn\'t listen to us at all if you\'re looking for information. We don\'t take ourselves seriously on any level; we\'re just comedians. \n\nStephen Colbert','fe612954ef3b18609cde1222e2b8fb7a',0,'','sc82lv9o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357561,25375,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1243870625,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Death, after all, is just a symptom that you have lived.\n\n-Someone who was really drunk at a pub last night','e96ecae1d73def14f08c27f7e1468dea',0,'','3a1ox44n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357562,25665,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1243870836,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Bryan":2o6rc5xu]This means I\'m going to have to cook. A lot. Right?\n\n\n\n\n\nYay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! \":D\"[/quote:2o6rc5xu]\n\n\nYes, yes you will!\n\nHopes Bryan is a really, really good cook!','62bfbdc1973a21e8efd41d0f65756f42',0,'gA==','2o6rc5xu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357563,25764,6,87,0,'4.153.66.13',1243871221,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','Well, I\'m going point out some things that bother me. First of all is when people repeat words from early in the sentence first of all. See? I find that in a lot of otherwise well written stories. Annoys me a lot.\n\nSecond, and this will probably bother some of the \'grammar-cops\' out there, is that when they write everyone\'s dialogue in perfect English. "Yes, we will go out and find out way to high school." Who really talks like that? I mean, get the spelling right, but don\'t write Jane Lane saying, "Yes." She doesn\'t say that word a lot, now does she? She\'ll say, "Yep," or "Yeah." Even, "You betcha," is more accurate.\n\nOh, and as for commas? I had a teacher tell me that you use commas, in most cases, but not all, to separate parts of the sentence that could be removed without changing its primary meaning. And I know I\'m very guilty of sticking stuff into sentences that, really, don\'t need to be there.','fe4beffd11acdd4873065c529e22e2eb',0,'','7ukehiv8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357565,25764,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243872938,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="Ranger Thorne":13iq3xwb]Well, I\'m going point out some things that bother me. First of all is when people repeat words from early in the sentence first of all. See? I find that in a lot of otherwise well written stories. Annoys me a lot.[/quote:13iq3xwb]\n\nTake it up with the Department of Redundancy Department.\n\n[quote="Ranger Thorne":13iq3xwb]Second, and this will probably bother some of the \'grammar-cops\' out there, is that when they write everyone\'s dialogue in perfect English. "Yes, we will go out and find out way to high school." Who really talks like that? I mean, get the spelling right, but don\'t write Jane Lane saying, "Yes." She doesn\'t say that word a lot, now does she? She\'ll say, "Yep," or "Yeah." Even, "You betcha," is more accurate.[/quote:13iq3xwb]\n\nI agree. Dialogue is not narration. People speak in contractions, and they don\'t use each other\'s names every time they speak. Nothing will pull me out of a story faster than a line of dialogue like. "You are right, Daria. We had better get to class or we will be late." Now that William F. Buckley is dead, [i:13iq3xwb]no one[/i:13iq3xwb] talks like that.\n\n[quote="Ranger Thorne":13iq3xwb]Oh, and as for commas? I had a teacher tell me that you use commas, in most cases, but not all, to separate parts of the sentence that could be removed without changing its primary meaning. And I know I\'m very guilty of sticking stuff into sentences that, really, don\'t need to be there.[/quote:13iq3xwb]\n\nAll I have to say is,\n\nSerial commas. Learn \'em, live \'em, and love \'em. If you leave the comma out before the "and" in the last element of a series (3 or more elements), the grammar police will huntcha ass down.\n\nAnd you\'ll deserve it.','731a8edf42cbbc36bfb70f79c54cb70e',0,'oA==','13iq3xwb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357566,25697,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243873293,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Brother Grimace":1vte95bu]You know what scuks about this world? No hot Latina babes.\n\nOn the other hand, there\'s no crappy Budweiser beer and no Starbucks, so it all balances out.[/quote:1vte95bu]\n\n\nActually that does bring up a question that\'s been bugging me.\n\nWhat\'s going on with the non-European countries with small to no significant white populace? What\'s going on with the Asian countries. We can imagine how the Middle East has turned out in this verse. But what are the Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc doing?\n\nHow is Australia fairing?\n\nNext on Ultimate Warrior: Skelter Zom vs Aborigine','873431d370acbfd8ce5aaf7b72470075',0,'gA==','1vte95bu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357567,25583,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243873326,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Silver":3dtnce1v][quote="Kristen Bealer":3dtnce1v]What kind of sadist closes all three campus restrooms for cleaning [i:3dtnce1v]at the same time[/i:3dtnce1v]? \":bang:\" \n\nKristen[/quote:3dtnce1v]\n\nThe same kind that decides the middle of a torrential downpour is a good time to clean the bus stop shelter.[/quote:3dtnce1v]\n\nNo, no. One wants people to get wet; the other wants people to wet themselves. There\'s a difference. \":mrgreen:\"','c62ceda9a4ec31a05be74af2139c481f',0,'oA==','3dtnce1v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357568,25769,3,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243873676,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: He\'s Lucky...','[quote="Liz Ruiz":1twiyepb][quote="Gene":1twiyepb]Friends, I\'m diabetic too. I\'ll occasionally make jokes about diabetic comas. I don\'t do anything to risk one.[/quote:1twiyepb]\n\nAh, I\'m just waking up from one right now. I had some of SMK\'s homemade chocolate late night. It was sooooo worth it.[/quote:1twiyepb]\nGood thing I made you sign that release before I gave you the chocolate.','5300f21b48b29903f1fd98875d8694a1',0,'gA==','1twiyepb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357569,25764,6,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243873685,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','I\'m of the school of thought that there is no such thing as a hard rule of grammar. Almost all of the English rules of grammar come to us from Latin, which is a very different beast. As long as the intent is clear I tend to ignore minor issues. Although I have graded some papers that had some cringe worthy abuses of our beloved English language...\n\nThen again IRL I speak with a semi-affected mix of SoCal and Floridian accents and I\'m a known user of l33t5p34k when IMing. So who am I to judge? \":mrgreen:\"','70d97978a5bbefbdbfd471d730194ea2',0,'','2mfhndpa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357570,25697,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243873830,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Dark Kuno":1vbbpy3b][quote="Brother Grimace":1vbbpy3b]You know what scuks about this world? No hot Latina babes.\n\nOn the other hand, there\'s no crappy Budweiser beer and no Starbucks, so it all balances out.[/quote:1vbbpy3b]\n\n\nActually that does bring up a question that\'s been bugging me.\n\nWhat\'s going on with the non-European countries with small to no significant white populace? What\'s going on with the Asian countries. We can imagine how the Middle East has turned out in this verse. But what are the Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc doing?\n\nHow is Australia fairing?\n\nNext on Ultimate Warrior: Skelter Zom vs Aborigine[/quote:1vbbpy3b]\n\nWell, TAG said that 90% of humanity went nuts, so I\'m assuming that only the people of sub-Saharan African origin (those that could be described as "black," versus just "darker skinned people") didn\'t.','b3ba5acebb6507760ecd9b60d11f9ce7',0,'gA==','1vbbpy3b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357571,25583,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1243873834,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Dennis":1pz8tinb][quote="Silver":1pz8tinb][quote="Kristen Bealer":1pz8tinb]What kind of sadist closes all three campus restrooms for cleaning [i:1pz8tinb]at the same time[/i:1pz8tinb]? \":bang:\" \n\nKristen[/quote:1pz8tinb]\n\nThe same kind that decides the middle of a torrential downpour is a good time to clean the bus stop shelter.[/quote:1pz8tinb]\n\nNo, no. One wants people to get wet; the other wants people to wet themselves. There\'s a difference. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1pz8tinb]\n\nActually, I\'m inclined to think both want the latter, they just have different methods to accomplish it.','a7bd4f14ee53fc8079fc344a7923ab08',0,'oA==','1pz8tinb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357572,25764,6,83,0,'71.34.243.79',1243874131,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="Ranger Thorne":2igleg3n]Well, I\'m going point out some things that bother me. First of all is when people repeat words from early in the sentence first of all. See? I find that in a lot of otherwise well written stories. Annoys me a lot.[/quote:2igleg3n]\n\n[color=#00BF00:2igleg3n]I am guilty of this, but this is why I always re-read my stuff a number of times before letting anyone else beta. Or I\'ll repeat the same phrase two sentences in a row, especially if I go back and add stuff in (ooo, ended in a preposition). I think my brain knows I want to include it, but if I don\'t go back and read the section again, I don\'t realize I already did.[/color:2igleg3n]\n\n[quote="Ranger Thorne":2igleg3n]Second, and this will probably bother some of the \'grammar-cops\' out there, is that when they write everyone\'s dialogue in perfect English. "Yes, we will go out and find out way to high school." Who really talks like that? I mean, get the spelling right, but don\'t write Jane Lane saying, "Yes." She doesn\'t say that word a lot, now does she? She\'ll say, "Yep," or "Yeah." Even, "You betcha," is more accurate.[/quote:2igleg3n]\n\n[color=#00BF00:2igleg3n]I always write dialogue as people talk. You\'re right, no one speaks in grammatically correct sentences, it just sounds ridiculous. This is a time when I allow my self to end with a preposition.\n\nThe only thing I do correct is usage of adverbs, which a lot of people don\'t use correctly when they speak. It\'s [i:2igleg3n]well,[/i:2igleg3n] not [i:2igleg3n]good[/i:2igleg3n] and most adjectives need an \'ly\' added- it just sounds wrong to me so I always fix it in dialouge. There was Nutrisytem commercial that used to drive me nuts because she kept saying "It works that good." It\'s WELL! It works that [i:2igleg3n]well[/i:2igleg3n].[/color:2igleg3n]\n\n[quote="Ranger Thorne":2igleg3n]Oh, and as for commas? I had a teacher tell me that you use commas, in most cases, but not all, to separate parts of the sentence that could be removed without changing its primary meaning. And I know I\'m very guilty of sticking stuff into sentences that, really, don\'t need to be there.[/quote:2igleg3n]\n\n[color=#00BF00:2igleg3n]That\'s how I figure out where commas go, too! That and if I read the sentence, if it needs a \'pause\' to be able to be read easily.[/color:2igleg3n]\n\n[quote="Dennis":2igleg3n]Serial commas. Learn \'em, live \'em, and love \'em. If you leave the comma out before the "and" in the last element of a series (3 or more elements), the grammar police will huntcha ass down.\n\nAnd you\'ll deserve it.[/quote:2igleg3n]\n\n[color=#00BF00:2igleg3n]I will never forget- there was a court case where siblings were trying to settle a parent\'s will and it ended up that the fortune was divided between Son, Daughter and Daughter. With that comma usage- it ended up that instead of going in thirds evenly, Son got half and the two daughters had to split the other half between them. All for the lack of a comma.\n[/color:2igleg3n]','f73dfdf29aaadf4ef696637e43da6e75',0,'og==','2igleg3n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357573,25769,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1243874560,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: He\'s Lucky...','[quote="smk":949ug4wm][quote="Liz Ruiz":949ug4wm][quote="Gene":949ug4wm]Friends, I\'m diabetic too. I\'ll occasionally make jokes about diabetic comas. I don\'t do anything to risk one.[/quote:949ug4wm]\n\nAh, I\'m just waking up from one right now. I had some of SMK\'s homemade chocolate late night. It was sooooo worth it.[/quote:949ug4wm]\nGood thing I made you sign that release before I gave you the chocolate.[/quote:949ug4wm]\n\nYeah, you always release yourself of any legal responsibility Hey, dude, I\'m so not complaining. Now, if I sign another form, would you release some more of that yummers home made, rich, dark, chocolate?\n \":lol:\"','65852c31f364db5ddd5ed7aeded7c774',0,'gA==','949ug4wm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357574,25375,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1243874611,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"No man is a khan to his mother."\n-Mongolian proverb','c339cd87f1b44c967d16bfbc0d35df99',0,'','2vqg8mua',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357575,25769,3,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243874725,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: He\'s Lucky...','[quote="Liz Ruiz":2q9lat82][quote="smk":2q9lat82][quote="Liz Ruiz":2q9lat82][quote="Gene":2q9lat82]Friends, I\'m diabetic too. I\'ll occasionally make jokes about diabetic comas. I don\'t do anything to risk one.[/quote:2q9lat82]\n\nAh, I\'m just waking up from one right now. I had some of SMK\'s homemade chocolate late night. It was sooooo worth it.[/quote:2q9lat82]\nGood thing I made you sign that release before I gave you the chocolate.[/quote:2q9lat82]\n\nYeah, you always release yourself of any legal responsibility Hey, dude, I\'m so not complaining. Now, if I sign another form, would you release some more of that yummers home made, rich, dark, chocolate?\n \":lol:\" [/quote:2q9lat82]\nNope, s\'all gone. [url=http://www.smileys.im/:2q9lat82][img:2q9lat82]http://www.smileys.im/albums/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-smiley-0024.gif[/img:2q9lat82][/url:2q9lat82]','e8f8cf853156359590d4d815e0d9d712',0,'mA==','2q9lat82',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357576,25375,3,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243874795,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','At work, the \'morale committee\' sends out a quote of the day. I have yet to see one that\'s even halfway as interesting as any here.','d3f665f97978803eeacc6b26b18bb592',0,'','23y7cqpx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357577,25776,3,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243875184,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','Reportedly the last thing heard from AF447 was an automatic databurst sent at 0214Z, signalling an electrical malfunction. \":(\" \n\nNo reports yet of whether EPIRBs have been detected. Normally they\'d be detected within an hour of hitting the water. There must\'ve been several satellite passes by now, so if the screen\'s not lit up in Falmouth, the likelihood of there being liferafts afloat is small.\n\nAir France have released the nationality breakdown of those aboard.\n[list:35xvrwri] * 2 American\n * 1 Argentinian\n * 1 Austrian\n * 1 Belgian\n * 58 Brazilian\n * 5 British\n * 1 Canadian\n * 9 Chinese\n * 1 Croatian\n * 1 Danish\n * 1 Dutch\n * 1 Estonian\n * 1 Filipino\n * 61 French\n * 1 Gambian\n * 26 German\n * 4 Hungarian\n * 3 Irish\n * 1 Icelandic\n * 9 Italian\n * 5 Lebanese\n * 2 Moroccan\n * 3 Norwegians\n * 2 Polish\n * 1 Romanian\n * 1 Russian\n * 3 Slovakian\n * 1 South African\n * 2 Spanish\n * 1 Swedish\n * 6 Swiss\n * 1 Turkish\n\n[/list:u:35xvrwri]ASN is now [url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090601-0:35xvrwri]reporting[/url:35xvrwri] this incident (albeit with a caveat) as 228 fatalities. May they rest in peace.\n\nMartin.','5b99eb2a94888b2284ed3aecf29988b0',0,'EEA=','35xvrwri',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357578,25768,5,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243875378,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bad-ass of the Week - Australia!','Nice pieces about Churchill and the Duke of Wellington, too. \":lol:\" \n\nMartin.','51807ec26668d5d8c48a093dc4c6ed9e',0,'','3p9ts8yd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357579,25665,3,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1243875450,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Liz Ruiz":w8gahc20]Hopes Bryan is a really, really good cook![/quote:w8gahc20]\n\nNodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnod.\n\nYes, yes he is. \":D\" \n\nKristen','160bff320a1d67d6a38270b453201143',0,'gA==','w8gahc20',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357580,25665,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1243876139,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Kristen Bealer":o3uulwyh][quote="Liz Ruiz":o3uulwyh]Hopes Bryan is a really, really good cook![/quote:o3uulwyh]\n\nNodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnod.\n\nYes, yes he is. \":D\" \n\nKristen[/quote:o3uulwyh]\n\n\nYay!\n\nNebraska, here I come!','50cbcdb12e09f87ea89666a9f213cd9f',0,'gA==','o3uulwyh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357581,25697,6,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1243876946,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','Well now I\'m curious about mixed-race people.','492f2f530aa6078302122c9079c8b435',0,'','23rgzwm4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357582,25697,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243877022,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="SigDiff":my6zoc9l]Well now I\'m curious about mixed-race people.[/quote:my6zoc9l]\n\nIt\'s a secret. \":P\"','885d501aa23e47cb862a02bf0dfd0533',0,'gA==','my6zoc9l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357583,25375,3,955,0,'151.151.98.238',1243877480,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="smk":1dn84jpc]At work, the \'morale committee\' sends out a quote of the day. I have yet to see one that\'s even halfway as interesting as any here.[/quote:1dn84jpc]\n\nThe \'morale committee\' hasn\'t done this one yet? \n\nBeatings will continue until morale improves.','dde086c3d0180221fb2b84d4a7859e3a',0,'gA==','1dn84jpc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357584,25697,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243879796,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="SigDiff":2r0orze5]Well now I\'m curious about mixed-race people.[/quote:2r0orze5]\n\nThey get a bit crazy every other day...but are rational Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays...and half of Sunday.\n\n \":D\"\n\nKinda like when Bill Weasley was attacked by Fenrir Greyback in [i:2r0orze5]Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince[/i:2r0orze5] but didn\'t become a full werewolf.\n\nOr Ben Gunn in [i:2r0orze5]Treasure Island[/i:2r0orze5], remember how he was just "kinda crazy?"','47f95b7bdcbdff20f2affe7b41a7e3de',0,'oA==','2r0orze5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357585,25147,5,45,0,'24.124.97.8',1243879796,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','Future Boy Conan Movie (a compilation of Miyazaki\'s anime series), Shurato, Oishinbo (cooking anime), Lupin III (third series), 獣神ライガー (a Go Nagai anime). And that\'s just on one tape. I\'m going through a mess of old anime VHS tapes that were taped off the air, saving a few to keep and piling about a hundred or so into boxes to throw away.\n\n[size=85:1klzhgz9]I\'m somewhat amazed that the tapes have held up so well, considering their age (especially those from the 1980\'s)[/size:1klzhgz9].','c9ab00dda8d4343f7a3a79efd6998768',0,'BA==','1klzhgz9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357586,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243881051,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Dennis":2zavd4w5][quote="Dark Kuno":2zavd4w5][quote="Brother Grimace":2zavd4w5]You know what scuks about this world? No hot Latina babes.\n\nOn the other hand, there\'s no crappy Budweiser beer and no Starbucks, so it all balances out.[/quote:2zavd4w5]\n\n\nActually that does bring up a question that\'s been bugging me.\n\nWhat\'s going on with the non-European countries with small to no significant white populace? What\'s going on with the Asian countries. We can imagine how the Middle East has turned out in this verse. But what are the Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc doing?\n\nHow is Australia fairing?\n\nNext on Ultimate Warrior: Skelter Zom vs Aborigine[/quote:2zavd4w5]\n\nWell, TAG said that 90% of humanity went nuts, so I\'m assuming that only the people of sub-Saharan African origin (those that could be described as "black," versus just "darker skinned people") didn\'t.[/quote:2zavd4w5]\n\n\nI think that Charles\' words were taken to a literal extreme, so that anyone below a specific point on Von Luschan\'s chromatic scale (20 or below) was affected and went Zom. \n\n\n[quote:2zavd4w5]\ntype I: von Luschan 1-5 (very light). \ntype II: von Luschan 6-10 (light). \ntype III: von Luschan 11-15 (intermediate). \ntype IV: von Luschan 16-20 ("Mediterranean"). \ntype V: von Luschan 21-28 (dark or "brown"). \ntype VI: von Luschan 29-36 (very dark or "black"). \n\n\nThe important difference between the von Luschan and the skin type scales is one of intended application: [i:2zavd4w5]the skin tone scale is intended to simply classify individuals by their de facto skin tone, not to establish racial classifications of entire cognate populations.[/i:2zavd4w5]\n\n[/quote:2zavd4w5]\n\n\n\n[url:2zavd4w5]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Luschan%27s_chromatic_scale[/url:2zavd4w5]','06c46362da650932ef92184b406a8f60',0,'sA==','2zavd4w5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357588,25714,4,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243882906,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="UU":itztcpru][quote="Deref":itztcpru]Shades of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis:itztcpru]the Cuban Missile Crisis[/url:itztcpru]?\n\nProbably not yet. Yet.[/quote:itztcpru]\nIf North Korea is the new Cuba, where is the new USSR?[/quote:itztcpru]\nChina, probably, though in a less direct fashion since they\'re merely allies with North Korea and haven\'t (as far as we know) been supplying them with nukes.','b8255c4db334e480fe8937d6dde25bf0',0,'kA==','itztcpru',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357587,25753,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243881829,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Bryan":2igu548f][quote="Deref":2igu548f][quote="The Sidhe":2igu548f][quote="Deref":2igu548f][quote:2igu548f]Edwards left his shift early at the police housing bureau in Manhattan\'s Harlem neighborhood Thursday around 10:30 p.m. when he noticed a man rummaging through his car along a darkened street. The man, Miguel Santiago, had used a metal spark plug to smash the window, police said.\n\nEdwards struggled with Santiago, who wriggled out of his sweat shirt and took off running. Edwards pursued him with his 9 mm Smith & Wesson handgun drawn, witnesses told police.[/quote:2igu548f]\nSo in response to Santiago\'s breaking his car window, Edwards felt that the appropriate response was a gun?\n\nNo, TAG. As long as that attitude exists, nothing will change.[/quote:2igu548f]\n\nUnfortunate, but true, as the following shows: [url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-abortion-doctor-shot-dead-in-church-20090601-brvi.html:2igu548f]US abortion doctor shot dead in church.[/url:2igu548f][/quote:2igu548f]\nWhat part of \'thou shalt not kill\' does that brand of Christianity not understand?\n\n[quote:2igu548f]"It\'s an unfortunate incident to happen on a Sunday morning," Wichita police captain Brent Allred told reporters.[/quote:2igu548f]\nYep. Damn inconsiderate of them![/quote:2igu548f]\n\n\nI know the pastor of that particular Lutheran church in Wichita, KS. This has shaken the whole congregation. It\'s a horrible thing to happen any time, any place, but to have it happen at a church, where regardless of who we are or what we do, we come together to worship the Lord, hear the Word, and receive the Sacraments. \n\nThe ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) interprets "thou shalt not kill" very widely, but also allows for many variations. Most Lutheran pastors I know, for example, are against abortion at all, against the death penalty, against violence of any kind. We try to follow Martin Luther\'s explanation to this commandment (from the Small Catechism): "We are to fear and love God so that we do not hurt our neighbor in any way, but help him in all his physical needs."[/quote:2igu548f]\n\n\nThis is not meant to be a slam of any kind. \n\nWhat are your feelings about self-defense; in terms of someone assaulting a member of your faith, or your response in case of being involved in an escalating altercation?','62a7e52265a80c53c6d3cab2fb6d7226',0,'kA==','2igu548f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357589,25773,4,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243883023,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','About time.','a311c62f7c3aa885405ab0a2147faa54',0,'','18tktw93',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357590,25753,4,940,0,'151.197.53.70',1243883174,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','Well there\'s two ways of looking at it.\n\nA cop saw a man running in a bad neighborhood and figured shoot first was the best response because no one would care.\n\nBut I have to say that a policeman\'s job is to put his life in danger. \n\nFrom a cop friend: I see a man walking down the street and he stumbles. I offer to help him because he looks hurt. Turns out he had just gotten stabbed while mugging a couple. He thinks I\'m stopping him for the mugging and pulls his gun on me- Because I went into a situation without knowing who or what I was dealing with I almost was killed. So since the I appraoch every situation defensively.\n\nThis is the other side of the coin.\n\nObviously the something wrong happened here- and a horrible mistake was made. And the results are tragic- but given the situation of both \'bad attitudes\' and \'reasonable fear\' ... no. \n\nOnly way this won\'t happen is when we stop killing each other.','8b5060c04211a11ff0f190b2c650f233',0,'','3n60dhyk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357591,25753,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243883369,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Brother Grimace":hbdvinjy]\nThis is not meant to be a slam of any kind. \n\nWhat are your feelings about self-defense; in terms of someone assaulting a member of your faith, or your response in case of being involved in an [color=#0000FF:hbdvinjy]escalating altercation[/color:hbdvinjy]?[/quote:hbdvinjy]\n\nHow is this in any way escalating or new? The far Christian right in the US has subtly supported both terrorist groups and lone gunmen targeting abortion clinics and doctors since the 80\'s.\n\nTo quote from the article linked above:[quote:hbdvinjy]In 1986, someone placed a bomb on the roof of the clinic, seriously damaging the building.\n\nIn 1993, Tiller was shot in both arms outside the clinic. He recovered, and his assailant received an 11-year prison term.\n\nAbout 2000 protesters were also arrested outside the clinic during summer-long demonstrations in 1991.\n\nHe was acquitted in March on charges that he performed 19 illegal abortions in 2003 in a case which his lawyer described as a witch hunt.[/quote:hbdvinjy]\n\nThese sorts of attacks are so common (averaging about 18 a year according to the latest DHS domestic terrorism report) that the 24 hour news channels usually won\'t even give them "breaking news coverage". Quite honestly I was surprised this one got as much coverage as it did.','94c52d81e439ddca2adc1b29bec8d916',0,'gg==','hbdvinjy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357592,25697,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243883446,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Brother Grimace":on4y7awc][quote="Dennis":on4y7awc]\nWell, TAG said that 90% of humanity went nuts, so I\'m assuming that only the people of sub-Saharan African origin (those that could be described as "black," versus just "darker skinned people") didn\'t.[/quote:on4y7awc]\n\n\nI think that Charles\' words were taken to a literal extreme, so that anyone below a specific point on Von Luschan\'s chromatic scale (20 or below) was affected and went Zom. \n\n\n[quote:on4y7awc]\ntype I: von Luschan 1-5 (very light). \ntype II: von Luschan 6-10 (light). \ntype III: von Luschan 11-15 (intermediate). \ntype IV: von Luschan 16-20 ("Mediterranean"). \ntype V: von Luschan 21-28 (dark or "brown"). \ntype VI: von Luschan 29-36 (very dark or "black"). \n\n\nThe important difference between the von Luschan and the skin type scales is one of intended application: [i:on4y7awc]the skin tone scale is intended to simply classify individuals by their de facto skin tone, not to establish racial classifications of entire cognate populations.[/i:on4y7awc]\n\n[/quote:on4y7awc]\n\n\n\n[url:on4y7awc]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Luschan%27s_chromatic_scale[/url:on4y7awc][/quote:on4y7awc]\n\nso again Skelter Zom vs Aborigine \":)\"','058636248f2c3fff6bd87246ed90640f',0,'sA==','on4y7awc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357593,25764,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243883526,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="RLobinske":12h740y6][quote="Gene":12h740y6]Ouch! That\'s really serious! Hey, Tux looks cute in a [b:12h740y6]Norse[/b:12h740y6] costume. \":lol:\"[/quote:12h740y6]\n\n\nHazmat team on standby.[/quote:12h740y6]\n\n\nIs that a TAGCON 4 or 3 warning?','fdcbe4cfb22f788c3276bb548b62145c',0,'wA==','12h740y6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357594,25764,6,940,0,'151.197.53.70',1243883661,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','I bookmarked this thread. There is a very nice book of grammar on my shelf that has a layer of dust that can be carbon dated to grade school.\n\nI think I\'d read it if it had the soothing blue tones of the PPMB.','6ca67aa27c46dc5aa8435a04ae30702e',0,'','27ci8lcp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357595,25375,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243885255,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity.','0baf48b3e5ad995987daccc9afe46721',0,'','27rslajb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357596,25753,4,55,0,'75.163.74.170',1243886518,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Brother Grimace":3vlkovn4][quote="Bryan":3vlkovn4][quote="Deref":3vlkovn4][quote="The Sidhe":3vlkovn4][quote="Deref":3vlkovn4][quote:3vlkovn4]Edwards left his shift early at the police housing bureau in Manhattan\'s Harlem neighborhood Thursday around 10:30 p.m. when he noticed a man rummaging through his car along a darkened street. The man, Miguel Santiago, had used a metal spark plug to smash the window, police said.\n\nEdwards struggled with Santiago, who wriggled out of his sweat shirt and took off running. Edwards pursued him with his 9 mm Smith & Wesson handgun drawn, witnesses told police.[/quote:3vlkovn4]\nSo in response to Santiago\'s breaking his car window, Edwards felt that the appropriate response was a gun?\n\nNo, TAG. As long as that attitude exists, nothing will change.[/quote:3vlkovn4]\n\nUnfortunate, but true, as the following shows: [url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-abortion-doctor-shot-dead-in-church-20090601-brvi.html:3vlkovn4]US abortion doctor shot dead in church.[/url:3vlkovn4][/quote:3vlkovn4]\nWhat part of \'thou shalt not kill\' does that brand of Christianity not understand?\n\n[quote:3vlkovn4]"It\'s an unfortunate incident to happen on a Sunday morning," Wichita police captain Brent Allred told reporters.[/quote:3vlkovn4]\nYep. Damn inconsiderate of them![/quote:3vlkovn4]\n\n\nI know the pastor of that particular Lutheran church in Wichita, KS. This has shaken the whole congregation. It\'s a horrible thing to happen any time, any place, but to have it happen at a church, where regardless of who we are or what we do, we come together to worship the Lord, hear the Word, and receive the Sacraments. \n\nThe ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) interprets "thou shalt not kill" very widely, but also allows for many variations. Most Lutheran pastors I know, for example, are against abortion at all, against the death penalty, against violence of any kind. We try to follow Martin Luther\'s explanation to this commandment (from the Small Catechism): "We are to fear and love God so that we do not hurt our neighbor in any way, but help him in all his physical needs."[/quote:3vlkovn4]\n\n\nThis is not meant to be a slam of any kind. \n\nWhat are your feelings about self-defense; in terms of someone assaulting a member of your faith, or your response in case of being involved in an escalating altercation?[/quote:3vlkovn4]\n\nI know it wasn\'t meant as a slam, and I thank you for clarifying. \n\nMy feelings toward violence are very...odd...for a pastor. I have long recognized my own very short temper and my own tendancy for violence with the little provocation. Thus, I make every attempt to restrain myself from violent or angry outbursts.\n\nI think proportional violence in self-defense or in defense of someone else is justified. By "proportional" I mean that the amount of violence used to protect someone should be no more than needed, and hopefully without the intent of actually killing the offender. Unlike this "pro-life" believer who shot a man in church, I am pro-life - I believe all life is a gift from God and should be treasured. But this includes people who would hurt or kill others. \n\nBut I also know that we are all sinful, evil people capable of coming up with all kinds of ways of being nasty to each other. After all, Metallica\'s song "Am I Evil?" sums up the human condition: "Am I evil? Yes I am. Am I evil? I am man."\n\nI count myself lucky that I have never been involved in a serious, life-threatening violent engagement, and have no wish to surmise what I would actually do in a situation like that, because I know that my anger would flare. And I\'m not sure of anyone who can make a logical assumption of what they would do when they are angry.\n\nIn this case in Kansas, I\'m sure the church parishoners did all that they could, but we could hardly expect them to combat an armed assailant who obviously had every intent to kill anyone who got in his way of completing his mission. Mostly here, I feel sorry for the families of both parties, and of course for that church community, now that no one is going to feel safe in that church for a very long time.','592d2a615e237cab6a33d517b2588519',0,'kA==','3vlkovn4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357597,25777,3,54,0,'87.114.42.239',1243888435,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Political interview from Derefworld','I\'m very impressed with the way this politician dealt with his grilling.\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-QNAwUdHUQ','1c133eca22bb5eee9a222483ed7d96d1',0,'','3bpk3z0p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357598,25777,3,39,0,'78.151.197.35',1243888936,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Political interview from Derefworld','As funny now as the first time I saw it! Thanks, Ned. \":lol:\" \n\nMartin.','3c4b7b19529c4947a307c025c6ce3639',0,'','26zx5j6x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357599,25777,3,114,0,'210.9.142.174',1243889227,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Political interview from Derefworld','\":D\" A great classic.','423ce690a84a63f1b4de91b62857d080',0,'','1hia9bul',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357600,25777,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243889348,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Political interview from Derefworld','I love Australian politics. Half the time it gets so weird they don\'t even need comedy shows to send them up (Even though I\'m pretty sure that\'s what that was). \n\nMy personal favorite story of Aussie politics is the time they managed to [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Holt:3f5gp89t]misplace their prime minister[/url:3f5gp89t]...','60138c03892cec35892f7d55d238a4f8',0,'EA==','3f5gp89t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357601,25753,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243889966,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Bryan":1dubzht1] [quote="Brother Grimace":1dubzht1][quote="Bryan":1dubzht1]\n\nI know the pastor of that particular Lutheran church in Wichita, KS. This has shaken the whole congregation. It\'s a horrible thing to happen any time, any place, but to have it happen at a church, where regardless of who we are or what we do, we come together to worship the Lord, hear the Word, and receive the Sacraments. \n\nThe ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) interprets "thou shalt not kill" very widely, but also allows for many variations. Most Lutheran pastors I know, for example, are against abortion at all, against the death penalty, against violence of any kind. We try to follow Martin Luther\'s explanation to this commandment (from the Small Catechism): "We are to fear and love God so that we do not hurt our neighbor in any way, but help him in all his physical needs."[/quote:1dubzht1]\n\n\nThis is not meant to be a slam of any kind. \n\nWhat are your feelings about self-defense; in terms of someone assaulting a member of your faith, or your response in case of being involved in an escalating altercation?[/quote:1dubzht1]\n\nI know it wasn\'t meant as a slam, and I thank you for clarifying. \n\nMy feelings toward violence are very...odd...for a pastor. I have long recognized my own very short temper and my own tendancy for violence with the little provocation. Thus, I make every attempt to restrain myself from violent or angry outbursts.\n\nI think proportional violence in self-defense or in defense of someone else is justified. By "proportional" I mean that the amount of violence used to protect someone should be no more than needed, and hopefully without the intent of actually killing the offender. Unlike this "pro-life" believer who shot a man in church, I am pro-life - I believe all life is a gift from God and should be treasured. But this includes people who would hurt or kill others. \n\nBut I also know that we are all sinful, evil people capable of coming up with all kinds of ways of being nasty to each other. After all, Metallica\'s song "Am I Evil?" sums up the human condition: "Am I evil? Yes I am. Am I evil? I am man."\n\nI count myself lucky that I have never been involved in a serious, life-threatening violent engagement, and have no wish to surmise what I would actually do in a situation like that, because I know that my anger would flare. And I\'m not sure of anyone who can make a logical assumption of what they would do when they are angry.\n\nIn this case in Kansas, I\'m sure the church parishoners did all that they could, but we could hardly expect them to combat an armed assailant who obviously had every intent to kill anyone who got in his way of completing his mission. Mostly here, I feel sorry for the families of both parties, and of course for that church community, now that no one is going to feel safe in that church for a very long time.[/quote:1dubzht1]\n\nThis is the kind of answer that I look for; someone who tries to see all sides of an issue. Thanks.','097221f9760708d38eb3c62c6ccaad4c',0,'gA==','1dubzht1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357602,25777,3,114,0,'210.9.142.174',1243890093,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Political interview from Derefworld','[quote="losdia":1rivqxh5]My personal favorite story of Aussie politics is the time they managed to [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Holt:1rivqxh5]misplace their prime minister[/url:1rivqxh5]...[/quote:1rivqxh5]\nBelieve me, we don\'t do that [i:1rivqxh5]nearly[/i:1rivqxh5] often enough!','4ccb09c9caf956d751edbddee7755357',0,'sA==','1rivqxh5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357603,25665,3,114,0,'210.9.142.174',1243890202,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Kristen Bealer":3hbqbbnb][quote="Liz Ruiz":3hbqbbnb]Hopes Bryan is a really, really good cook![/quote:3hbqbbnb]\n\nNodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnod.\n\nYes, yes he is. \":D\" \n\nKristen[/quote:3hbqbbnb]\n \":D\" E-mail me some.','63f4631cd461db5b03bfb34fa282cc4b',0,'gA==','3hbqbbnb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357604,25777,3,54,0,'87.114.42.239',1243890225,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Political interview from Derefworld','[quote="Deref":119nd7eg][quote="losdia":119nd7eg]My personal favorite story of Aussie politics is the time they managed to [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Holt:119nd7eg]misplace their prime minister[/url:119nd7eg]...[/quote:119nd7eg]\nBelieve me, we don\'t do that [i:119nd7eg]nearly[/i:119nd7eg] often enough![/quote:119nd7eg]\n\nCan you send me the instruction for making a PM vanish.\nc/o Mr A Darling\n11 Downing Street,\nLondon,\nEngland,','f0e74e982cded13b497041e9b6dfef13',0,'sA==','119nd7eg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357605,25776,3,114,0,'210.9.142.174',1243890451,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','A dreadful business. The report in today\'s paper says they suspect that weather may have had something to do with it.','b7fe3d30cb58e1e41da18008db07653e',0,'','rgtz9ksb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357606,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243890505,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Dark Kuno":isvuoudn][quote="Brother Grimace":isvuoudn][quote="Dennis":isvuoudn]\nWell, TAG said that 90% of humanity went nuts, so I\'m assuming that only the people of sub-Saharan African origin (those that could be described as "black," versus just "darker skinned people") didn\'t.[/quote:isvuoudn]\n\n\nI think that Charles\' words were taken to a literal extreme, so that anyone below a specific point on Von Luschan\'s chromatic scale (20 or below) was affected and went Zom. \n\n\n[quote:isvuoudn]\ntype I: von Luschan 1-5 (very light). \ntype II: von Luschan 6-10 (light). \ntype III: von Luschan 11-15 (intermediate). \ntype IV: von Luschan 16-20 ("Mediterranean"). \ntype V: von Luschan 21-28 (dark or "brown"). \ntype VI: von Luschan 29-36 (very dark or "black"). \n\n\nThe important difference between the von Luschan and the skin type scales is one of intended application: [i:isvuoudn]the skin tone scale is intended to simply classify individuals by their de facto skin tone, not to establish racial classifications of entire cognate populations.[/i:isvuoudn]\n\n[/quote:isvuoudn]\n\n\n\n[url:isvuoudn]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Luschan%27s_chromatic_scale[/url:isvuoudn][/quote:isvuoudn]\n\nso again Skelter Zom vs Aborigine \":)\"[/quote:isvuoudn]\n\nBarring actual supernatural intervention on behalf of the aboriginials - [b:isvuoudn]there wouldn\'t be any left[/b:isvuoudn]. Correct me if I\'m wrong on the stats, but the aboriginal population of Australia is 2.6% of the total population - and in 1969, Australia\'s population was 12.6 million people. \n\nConsidering that the zombiefication happened almost immediately on a global scale, they literally wouldn\'t have had a chance to escape, let alone fight. \n\n\nAnd I thought that the [i:isvuoudn]Great Zack Wakabout[/i:isvuoudn] was bad... \":shock:\"','682d7e9f29fc771d0d12462908136acf',0,'8A==','isvuoudn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357607,25774,3,671,0,'151.204.74.51',1243891264,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','I remember someone posted a news piece with this image a while back (might have been TAG):\n\n[img:1femuyow]http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/ffximage/2007/05/26/wildpig_wideweb__470x317,2.jpg[/img:1femuyow]\n\n\nThis isn\'t fake either.','3fdca821f48223abf2a5ee1830aa6607',0,'CA==','1femuyow',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357608,25515,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243895113,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Two Halves - Chapter 4 - Teaser','I would have at least the first part ready for reading (and likely be well into the 2nd part) except for the fact that a tooth on the left side of my mouth decided to chip/break down to the filling. Not painful in and of itself so much as annoying.\n\nIn Addition, for no apparent reason other than jealousy for the attention I was paying the left side, the right side of my mouth decided to become almost mind numbingly sore.\n\nJust sitting and not wanting to rip my jaw off with a pair of vice grips is trying. Eating (which I haven\'t done since Saturday btw) if a special kind of heaven.\n\nAnd joy of joys, I can\'t get to my dentist for an appointment until Monday.\n\nso story progress postponed until I can get to the dentist and/or get a new mouth cloned and transplanted.','979d17bc37346ab14306389a3df3790c',0,'','1qyo3boo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357609,25665,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243897144,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','I have Skype now. I need to really learn how to use it (still having problems with that round thing that goes forward when you put it on the ground), but I\'ll be able to dial into the Dariacon. \":)\"','59fb6bda63fd846f5c8fe688e64ecb28',0,'','11tslr8k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357610,25778,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243898147,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Hey, people.\n\n(Wow. This is hard. Years since the last time i´ve registered in a new forum. Well, I suppose this is like riding bikes...)\n\nI´ll keep it short. I´m Spanish, 23, male. I´ve discovered "Daria" recently (or should I say "re-discovered"?). Obviously, I fell in love for it almost instantaneously. I haven´t joined any kind of fandom (or made an attempt at fan fiction) since I was 19. So, well, it struck me pretty hard. Then I started to read some fics, and digging a little into the fandom. And here I am, not knowing what the hell to say.\n\nMmm... What about "Hello, everybody?" \":)\"','c95a353a03966eb7996a4e6c4a9256de',0,'','1y5o18u2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357611,25375,3,89,0,'67.189.212.82',1243898220,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"Money can\'t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to sail up to it."-- Johnny Depp','129386f6647997e701e4ba534efc02f0',0,'','2htjxprv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357612,25753,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243898402,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/terry-declares-tiller-reaped-what-he-sowed-then-asks-if-someone-will-buy-him-lunch:1djuyf9q]Words fail me.[/url:1djuyf9q]','c91510d6cd0fb7d65c3752da12f41f85',0,'EA==','1djuyf9q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357613,25778,3,83,0,'71.34.243.79',1243898440,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Welcome!\n\n\nHeh heh heh, new board member brave enough to say hello.\n\n<[i:rie5c9ym]sits back and waits for the others to smell the fresh meat[/i:rie5c9ym]>\n\n\n\nDid I just say that out loud? Oops.','49045e477a1086b9f4eaf3bd7683bc3d',0,'IA==','rie5c9ym',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357614,25778,3,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1243898532,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Welcome! \":D\" \n\nKristen','b4a9216d4506560ea27e15d8556bfcbe',0,'','129xhqbl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357615,25778,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243898580,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Hey there. We\'re mostly harmless. Just stay away from the penguins, don\'t get between anyone and chocolate and beware of comma abuse.\n\n \":D\"','a437c9c06b73948939905bd54ddd3b99',0,'','2spo2a8d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357616,25774,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243898624,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','For TAG:\n\n[color=#FF0000:1oy49m7b][size=200:1oy49m7b]HOGZILLA DOWN UNDER![/size:1oy49m7b][/color:1oy49m7b]','fe8e30d432976ad9aba2686abdf21221',0,'Bg==','1oy49m7b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357617,25778,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243898856,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','[quote="RLobinske":1p0nej82]Hey there. We\'re mostly harmless. [/quote:1p0nej82]\n\nHey, just like Earth. \":D\"','8762277436bf124601ae90c6bb2c2986',0,'gA==','1p0nej82',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357618,25778,3,83,0,'71.34.243.79',1243898955,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','[quote="RLobinske":15d6o9qz]Hey there. We\'re mostly harmless. Just stay away from the penguins, don\'t get between anyone and chocolate and beware of comma abuse.\n\n \":D\"[/quote:15d6o9qz]\n\nWh,at,,, c,om,,ma,, abu,se,?\n\nI, lo,ve ea,,ch an,d,, e,ver,,y on,e,.','39d893d601f8ebe7c244c9c9ee45fe13',0,'gA==','15d6o9qz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357619,25778,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243899172,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','(picks up the scent)\n\n\nOh, TAG? There\'s a new face in town!\n\n\nLet\'s give the new fellow a... proper introduction. Send him a large bag of Hershey\'s Kisses, a \'I heart Tom Sloane\' T-shirt, a penguin costume, and the link to the \'position paper\' on Luann and Aaron being meant to be together forever.\n\n\n\n \":)\"','7d737a1190f780e78a1dac450e17acf4',0,'','2hji7gtp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357620,25778,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243899282,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','[quote="Raskolnikov":34pujkzd][quote="RLobinske":34pujkzd]Hey there. We\'re mostly harmless. [/quote:34pujkzd]\n\nHey, just like Earth. \":D\"[/quote:34pujkzd]\n\n\nAnd we have such lovely, crinkly edges, too!','07233a02cdaf2fded0dba458e2b21a22',0,'gA==','34pujkzd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357621,25778,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243899408,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Why are cartoon characters here? What is their purpose in the universe? Are they destined only to die in unspeakable torment, stripped of hope and honor and decency, or should they suffer mind-rending horror until the end of time, when they are then cast into the Lake of Fire to burn forever? Who the hell cares?\n\nOh, right, welcome to our fandom. Glad to have you. \":D\"','b38a2a56a6e24cd9f6dc1f4b44c09a07',0,'','duim8t8k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357622,25753,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243899425,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="RLobinske":3ldlebar][url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/terry-declares-tiller-reaped-what-he-sowed-then-asks-if-someone-will-buy-him-lunch:3ldlebar]Words fail me.[/url:3ldlebar][/quote:3ldlebar]\n\nRemember a couple of months ago, when the Department of Homeland Security put out a report that with Obama\'s election right wing domestic terrorist acts were likely? Then Fox News explained about how that report was a massive conspiracy to discredit Republicans and pave the way for reeducation camps? This is what Homeland Security was talking about. \n\nWith how Fox and a few others have been trying to whip up the right into a frenzy this sort of thing is going to keep happening. There will always be unbalanced people and "true believers" who will take that sort of rhetoric to heart. Right now there has been enough time for serious planing, so I expect we will be seeing more of this as assorted nuts snap, crackle, and pop over the next few months.','4e6024ec4704adeb661328baad96f6fa',0,'kA==','3ldlebar',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357623,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243899508,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="johndotcalm":182i7kri]"Money can\'t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to sail up to it."-- Johnny Depp[/quote:182i7kri]\n\nBoat (noun) A hole in the water which you pour money into.','f9d72cf845b2ec89b2e1d6aa8a4e5b74',0,'gA==','182i7kri',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357624,25773,4,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243899647,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','If it wasn´t because thousands of people would end unemployed, and that would screw up the economies of dozens of counties, cities, towns, and even countries (including the city where I grew up), I´d say "To hell with ´em". Big enterprises, all of ´em saying during the past twenty years that what we needed was to loose their leashes even more, an now that their own greed has managed to destroy the global economy, they only can think of whining and bitching to Daddy State, asking him to patch the mess they´ve put us on.','eb0ec4fabd4e58880a78e6393eb52afe',0,'','2evbt83p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357625,25753,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243899846,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="losdia":1uxc0cde][quote="RLobinske":1uxc0cde][url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/terry-declares-tiller-reaped-what-he-sowed-then-asks-if-someone-will-buy-him-lunch:1uxc0cde]Words fail me.[/url:1uxc0cde][/quote:1uxc0cde]\n\nRemember a couple of months ago, when the Department of Homeland Security put out a report that with Obama\'s election right wing domestic terrorist acts were likely? Then Fox News explained about how that report was a massive conspiracy to discredit Republicans and pave the way for reeducation camps? This is what Homeland Security was talking about. \n\nWith how Fox and a few others have been trying to whip up the right into a frenzy this sort of thing is going to keep happening. There will always be unbalanced people and "true believers" who will take that sort of rhetoric to heart. Right now there has been enough time for serious planing, so I expect we will be seeing more of this as assorted nuts snap, crackle, and pop over the next few months.[/quote:1uxc0cde]\n\nI agree. What really got to me about that report was Randal Terry\'s casual way of angling for beer and wings after the conference.\n\nI may not drink another Guiness for a very long time.','b05a529b6044d65238b91da08a039103',0,'kA==','1uxc0cde',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357626,25778,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243899890,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','[quote="The Angst Guy":3f0ov4l2]Why are cartoon characters here? What is their purpose in the universe? Are they destined only to die in unspeakable torment, stripped of hope and honor and decency, or should they suffer mind-rending horror until the end of time, when they are then cast into the Lake of Fire to burn forever? Who the hell cares?[/quote:3f0ov4l2]\n\nWow... \":shock:\" That\'s excessive even for TAG. Dude, is Tux holding out on you again?\n\nOh, and hail and well met and all that. Have fun and don\'t worry too much. The insanity takes hold quickly. \":mrgreen:\"','994cf6fc7cc9d555ed435445a022d186',0,'gA==','3f0ov4l2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357627,25778,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243899977,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','My God, ye olde Angst Lords welcoming me to the board! I am not worthy.\n\nBy the way, I am gonna say it now, so you can start building the gallows. I don´t hate Tom.\n\nIn fact, I think he´s a quite nice guy.\n\nPS: losdia, the insanity was precisely what brought me here in the first place...','e62439187905fa9c0f4249e968e779b4',0,'','aluo6v30',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357628,25753,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243900038,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="losdia":1xjhb9gq][quote="RLobinske":1xjhb9gq][url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/terry-declares-tiller-reaped-what-he-sowed-then-asks-if-someone-will-buy-him-lunch:1xjhb9gq]Words fail me.[/url:1xjhb9gq][/quote:1xjhb9gq]\n\nRemember a couple of months ago, when the Department of Homeland Security put out a report that with Obama\'s election right wing domestic terrorist acts were likely? Then Fox News explained about how that report was a massive conspiracy to discredit Republicans and pave the way for reeducation camps? This is what Homeland Security was talking about. \n\nWith how Fox and a few others have been trying to whip up the right into a frenzy this sort of thing is going to keep happening. There will always be unbalanced people and "true believers" who will take that sort of rhetoric to heart. Right now there has been enough time for serious planing, so I expect we will be seeing more of this as assorted nuts snap, crackle, and pop over the next few months.[/quote:1xjhb9gq]\n\nAll, sadly, quite true. Which makes things like [url=http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/8967610531.html:1xjhb9gq]this,[/url:1xjhb9gq] [url=http://www.operationsaveamerica.org/555.htm:1xjhb9gq]this[/url:1xjhb9gq] and [url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/31/tiller/:1xjhb9gq]this[/url:1xjhb9gq] even less surprising.\n\nThere should be a legal campaign against these individuals and groups. I feel there is a very strong case to be made in the light of this event for these groups and individuals to be charged with incitement. BUt that may also push others deeper into "resistance to the godless Powers That Be."','5c5733bd2736edb1fcfd3932c3dc20e0',0,'kA==','1xjhb9gq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357629,25778,3,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243900171,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Welcome aboard and good luck. \":)\"','9149fe0ec0035c2eb045818f760ad642',0,'','1z5epgar',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357630,25779,6,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1243900274,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','A Beavis and Butt-Head fanfiction story I\'m working on.','I could use a beta reader here before I unleash this one.\n\nBut here\'s the first draft.\n\n\nA Swing of the bat.\n\nA Beavis and Butt-Head fanfiction story by Wouter Jaegers\n\n\nThere it stood, where it had been all of these years after it happened, that aluminium baseball bat that changed everything. Butt-Head\'s tired eyes glanced at it filled with hatred, that fucking baseball bat robbed him of companionship forever. Still he never felt like getting rid of it, it was afterall, a keepsake of the coolest thing he ever did.\n\nWas what happened really that sudden or were there indications that something was about to take place? Butt-Head glanced at a picture of him and Beavis together. Beavis had the tendency to start babbling like a dumbass every once in a while. Butt-Head clearly recalled watching a music video of a Band named Korn when on such occurence happened, Beavis started babbling about what was wrong with the music and how it fitted in the mantle of alternative rock or whatever but then again he did say sphynter. Butt-Head quickly learned that a smack in Beavis\' face would be enough to get him back to normal.\n\nBut that wasn\'t the case when the Baseball bat incident happened. Butt-head slowly laughed as he saw the thing in his mind again. They were playing frog baseball when all of a sudden the biggest butterfly Butt-Head ever recalled seeing landed on Beavis \'head. They stole this brand new metal bat from a sport store earlier and Butt-Head recalled thinking that squashing that big ass butterfly would be the perfect way to break that bat in, hitting Beavis in the process would be an added bonus.\n\nAs expected Beavis went out cold after recieving the blow that he never even saw coming. Butt-Head laughed out loud as he recalled seeing Beavis hitting the ground. Even after all those years the memory of having knocked Beavis down was enough to have him laughing for hours. That was without a doubt the coolest thing that ever happened, just how long he stood there laughing at that fartknocker, he couldn\'t recall but every time he tried to get over to Beavis to see if he was alright, just the sight of him lying there was enough to get him laughing again.\n\nEventually Beavis came around again and if it weren\'t for the fact that he was still laughing Butt-Head could have noticed that Beavis was different. First of all, Beavis\' "Heh-heh" way of laughing wasn\'t there, instead Beavis reached for his head and asked what happened. Butt-Head laughed at seeing Beavis confused at what was happening. "Come on dude, let\'s get out of here." Butt-Head laughed.\n\nBut Beavis, seeing the metal bat in Butt-Head\'s hands, apparently had put two and two together. Butt-Head recalled seeing Beavis\' face going into a shock and that made him laugh even louder. "Did you hit me in the head with that?" Beavis shouted in a tone of voice Butt-Head never heard before and that was yet another reason to laugh, this just got cooler and cooler. "Yeah, huh-huh, it was cool." But what happened next was unexpected, Beavis suddenly leaped up and ran away screaming for police and an ambulance. Butt-Head remembered being baffled: normaly Beavis would start to fight and try kick him in the nads. In a way it was cool, Butt-Head would later call him a cowardice buttwipe for it. Shrugging it off, Butt-Head decided to go home.\n\nBut when arriving home, Beavis wasn\'t there, instead there was a cop car and the clerk of the sport store waiting for him to arrive. Butt-Head saw them, looked at the stolen metal baseball bat in his own hands and looked at the cops and the clerk looking at him and all of a sudden felt his inside going really cold. This would be a great time to panic, he couldn\'t recall ever running so hard but the cops and the shepperd dog they had with them caught up with him without any trouble. Once he was shoved in the back of the cop car, Butt-Head tried to piece together the chain of events that got him there. It must have been the theft of the bat and that Beavis must be in custody already. When being brought into the office Butt-Head tried to make out Beavis\' voice in the mish-mash of voices inside the building but Beavis\' tell tail voice wasn\'t among them.\n\n"Uuhh, huh-huh, where\'s Beavis?" Butt-Head asked the cop who took his fingerprints and mug shots? The answer was confusing, something about a hospital, charges of first degree assault and theft. When he was placed in a cell Butt-Head once again asked around for Beavis, the others in the cells had no idea where this "dumbass fartknocker" as Butt-Head described him was. It was at that time that Butt-Head got a little worried. So he asked the cop who was guarding the place where the bunghole that he hit with the bat was? The cop turned to him and told him that Beavis was in the hospital being treated for his injuries.\n\nThe next day Butt-Head stood in a line up. "That\'s the one officer." Mr. Stevenson said while pointing straight to Butt-Head. "That\'s the boy who lives with Beavis and who whacked him in the back of the head with a metal bat." Butt-Head was taken to a seperate room and a cop asked him about it. This time Butt-Head wanted to know a little more about what happened to Beavis. Butt-Head was told that Beavis had suffered severe trauma to his head and had sustained possible brain damage, it was the adrenaline rush that abled him to run away to safety. Hearing that and seeing the thing happening again made Butt-Head chuckle "Yeah I kicked his ass." The cop then started to look really darkly at him and said "So you admit to doing it?" it only made Butt-Head laugh louder "Yeah, it was cool."\n\nAfterwards Butt-Head was put in another line up and this time the store clerk identified him as the one who took the bat. When being pressed about it Butt-Head insisted that Beavis had been there as well but when shown the security camera footage Butt-Head was reminded that when he stole the bat he had Beavis outside the store to stand guard. Butt-Head slowly began to understand that whatever was about to happen now, it was gonna suck. As the days went by in the cell, Butt-Head found out that being locked up sucked. he was constantly being beat up by guys bigger than him. Then there was this assmunch who tried to score with him. If there was food, the food sucked and worst of all, no TV. Butt-Head recalled wanting to go to Burgerworld or Taco bell to get something real to eat.\n\nThe court case was cool though: those lawyers and judges in their silly suits, plus he finally got to see Beavis again. Butt-Head just sat there in the courtroom laughing at words like "Penal" and at the wordplay of his defense attourney, it was all a big laugh really. But the biggest laugh of all was when Beavis was brought forwards to testify. Beavis was wearing formal attire, the judge had to remove him from the hearing because of Butt-Head laughing so hard at how Beavis looked. "Butt-Head, may I have a word with you." a familiar voice spoke up after Butt-Head was removed from the court room, it was Mr. Van Driessen. He told him that Beavis was found by Mr. Stevenson who took him to the hospital. And Beavis managed to tell Mr. Stevenson and the medics that Butt-Head had hit him with a bat. The medics allerted the police and Stevenson gave them the home adress of Beavis and Butt-Head. Van Driessen also told him that Beavis now lived at the Stevenson\'s house and how Beavis had improved really well. \n\nIn the end Butt-Head was convicted of first degree assault, apparently stating that "It was the coolest thing in the world" was the wrong thing to say because he could remeber seeing his defense attourney cringe and stating that he "Should slap some sense into that butt-munch" also didn\'t help matters much, Beavis asked him straight why he thought so. "Hey isn\'t it like the rule to say the truth and nothing but the truth in a courtroom, uh-huh-huh." Yeah that courtcase was one big laugh after another Beavis had become such a wuss and he now constantly spoke in that strange wussy way, all he needed was for Butt-Head to make him settle down again and a few slaps in the face would do nicely.\n\nBut then came the sentence: two years in a youth prison. Two years without TV, two years of having his ass kicked on a daily basis, two years of not having something decent to eat and two years of no opportunity to kick Beavis\' ass fot ratting him out. And why didn\'t the guidence councillors get it when he told him that it was cool to whack Beavis in the head with the bat? It wasn\'t really that hard to understand was it?\n\nBut most of all, it was two years of loneliness, nobody to talk to, nobody to do cool stuff together with; like frog baseball or blowing up mail boxes. Two years without Beavis.\n\nIt was just after his 18\'th birthday that Butt-Head was released, it was strange to be back in highland again after his jail time, after getting his stuff back from the police Butt-Head went straight to the Burgerworld to have something good to eat and to see something familiar after all that time. He was served by a polite boy and the burger was really good, the place itself was clean as a whistle. Butt-Head saw kids playing in the newly built playground and the place ran like a well oiled machine. "This place sucks more than it ever did." Butt-head sighed, two years without him and Beavis making it cool had left deep scars. As Butt-Head walked through his neighborhood he saw more things had changed in two years. There was Mr. Anderson\'s house looking like new, Butt-Head remembered chuckling when he saw it, fat chance that it was gonna stay that way. "This place rules!" Butt-Head remembered saying in awe when seeing what two years of not being maintained whatsoever did to the house he grew up in. Take the Hallway alone: the foul air was thick and musky, the windows were covered in cobwebs, there were wet stains all over the place and several stray cats quickly hid between the piles of stuff lying all over the place. This was a home coming of all home comings, Butt-Head carefully walked through every room checking if they matched the epitome of "Cool" of the hallway. The toilet was the best: the turd Beavis left two years ago was still there but in the meantime had turned into a wierd looking black fibre-looking rock hard disc. Butt-Head quickly lifted it from the bowl and placed it in the window, the coolest ornament ever. A visit to the kitchen supplied him with a microwaved Burrito that had been in the fridge for far too long, Butt-Head looked at the espiration date and shrugged, a Burrito only became better with age. Butt-Head then walked to the living room, saw that everything was still there, the couch was crusty and infested with mice, never the less, Butt-Head let himself drop into the couch with a happy sigh before reaching for the remote of the TV which was covered in a thick layer of dust and turned the TV on. He felt happy, finally back home, sitting on the couch watching TV after having been deprived of just that for far too long.\n\nBut after two days of being at home watching TV, the empty spot on the couch seemed to become emptier with the minute. Butt-Head realized that in order for him to find out where Beavis was, he had no choice to go to the suckiest place in the whole town: Highland High school. As he exited the front door something caught his eye: it was the metal baseball bat, apparently it was all but forgotten after the cops had taken him in. Butt-Head picked it up and he instantly saw it happening again, Beavis was whacked in the head and he went cold, Butt-head laughed at the memory while bringing it inside and placing it next to the TV, a nice reminder of that ultra cool day. With his mood improved Butt-Head started to make his way to Highland High.\n\nWhen arriving there, he saw several football players walking past wearing their wide padded jerseys, apparently it was pep-rally day. Just then one of those players caught his eye: he was big, muscular and talked with a cocky tone of voice but Butt-Head recognized him as the shy, demure and fat kid he used to be. "Uhh... huh-huh, Stewart, is that you?" the boy turned around and looked at the skinny, scraggy and unkept guy who addressed him. "Do we know each other?" he asked in a mocking way. "It\'s ME, Butt-Head, your ...uh.. Friend, remember?" Stewart and the other football players then turned around and moved in a circle around Butt-Head. Stewart then looked at him with an angry glare. "Yeah, I remember, I remember you and Beavis torturing me by throwing a cactus in my underpants, I remember you guys blowing up my parents\' kitchen, I remember all the hardship I went through thanks to YOU." Butt-Head couldn\'t help but to laugh at the memories caused by what Stewart just brought up. "Oh yeah, huh-huh-huh, that was cool."\n\n"What\'s going on here people?!" a voice hollered, it was Coach Buzzcut. "Nothing really coach, just a little pantsy that apparently has crawled up from under his rock again." Stewart spoke while he and the other football players moved aside. "Hey, you bung lick, don\'t make me kick your ass!" Butt-Head protested, but all the same feeling that his chances of actually doing so were VERY small, he was out numbered and out gunned. Coach Buzzcut gave him a look over and then a smiled crep on his face "Your hair is longer and you\'ve grown somewhat but you\'re still the same weak maggot you always were Butt-Head, I see that even jail couldn\'t change you. Luckely your former companion is a whole different story." at hearing that Butt-Head\'s eyes went wide. "Uh, huh-huh, what are you like talking about?" \n\n"He\'s talking about my older brother." Stewart spoke up. "After you smacked him with that baseball bat, Beavis needed a place to recover from his injuries. My Parents took him in and were pleasantly surprised at how much his demoenor had changed after you smacked him, he proved an excellent help around the house, well mannered, atlethic with outstanding grades in school, he has redeemed himself. My family has formally adopted him and thus he and I became brothers." At hearing that Butt-Head couldn\'t help but to laugh "Huh-huh-huh, that waiste of bumwipe became an even bigger wuss than I thought! Huh-huh-huh. Where is he anyway?" \n\n"Well then Butt-Head, seeing as you have been out of it for two years, let me fill you in here." Coach Buzzcut hollored, while grabbing Butt-Head\'s arm and dragging him inside the school. "In addition what Stevenson has already told you, he and Beavis both joined the football team and trained really hard and honed their skills, Beavis even became team captain." Buzzcut laughed while shoving Butt-Heads face towards a framed picture of the football team from the prior season, sure enough, wearing the team captain jersey and looking way wider and muscular than Butt-Head could ever imagine him to be was Beavis. "No way, huh-huh, that can\'t be Beavis."\n\nWhen the pep rally went underway a baffled Butt-Head sat down on the bleachers and watched the game but not really paying attentions, he saw Stewart tackling other guys, moving them away with ease. This no longer was the Stewart Stevenson he and Beavis used to bully. To keep his mind off of things he focussed on the cheerleaders but when he went "Uh-huh-huh. Hey Beavis do you think they..." he once again was reminded of that vacant spot next to him. With a sigh and an uneasy chuckle Butt-head decided to leave, go home, eat something and watch TV ...for all eternity.\n\nIt was then that faith smiled on him as a run down and rusty car stopped in front of him. "Hey man, are you new in town?" it was Todd. Butt-Head suddenly felt hopeful. "Uh-huh-huh, yeah, I just got released from prison." Todd eyed the 18 year old lanky, unkept, longhaired and scruffy kid: there was some potential here... With a smile he opened the door and threw him a pack of cigarettes. "Then why don\'t you come with me man, there\'s a party at Slay\'s." Butt-Head was feeling elated, Slay\'s place was the coolest place in town and Todd was inviting him over.\n\nThe following four years saw Butt-Head as a member of Todd\'s gang, being introduced to booze, violence and drugs. Butt-Head felt like a fish in water, this was like being fifteen again and pulling the stints he did with Beavis but in a much higher degree. Doing smack, shooting guns, breaking into peoples houses, THIS was the life. But there was one thing that he wasn\'t allowed to do: no sex, leave the chicks alone, the only condition here. Todd never did explain why, but Butt-Head didn\'t mind hanging out with all those cool people, doing such cool things and all those fights and wild parties were enough for him to NOT question Todd\'s rules. Butt-Head was arrested a few times but Todd was always there to get him out.\n\nBut it was on a certain morning that it all came crashing down, in the litteral sense. Butt-Head and Todd rear ended this fancy black SUV. "Why you little!" Todd fumed "Damage my car will you!" before jumping out, Butt-head right behind him. Time to teach that driver of the SUV a lesson. But then the door opened and this HUGE guy stepped out. "Take that rust speck off of my car right now and nothing will happen." the guy spoke. Butt-Head went cold inside, the pitch had changed but he knew that voice, in fact he knew it very well. "Uh-huh-huh, Beavis is that you?" \n\n"I don\'t go by that name anymore, the name is Stevenson, Peter Stevenson. Who are you anyway?"\n\nWhat happened next was a bit of a blur, Todd wanted to have a fight no matter what but was quickly knocked to the other side of the street. Butt-Head looked in Awe, Beavis just kicked Todd\'s ass, that simply was too cool. But then came the realisation that he could finally smack Beavis in the face and knocking some sense into him, finally an opportunity to get Beavis back. But while raising his arm up, Beavis quickly turned around and intercepted him. Butt-Head recieved a Knee to his solar plexus and toppled over. It was then that he saw that there were other people in the car, two kids and a woman, a good looking woman. Beavis then re-entered his car and drove off. Butt-Head couldn\'t believe what happened here: he finally found Beavis again and Beavis kicked Todd\'s ass and then he got his own ass kicked by Beavis who had a woman and kids in his car, probably his wife and children. He couldn\'t make up his mind about whether this was cool or not. "Hey man, are you okay?" Todd asked while helping him up. "Seems like you know this guy."\n\n"Uh-huh-huh, yeah he... uh was like a warden in that jail I was in." Butt-Head replied, wondering why he covered up for Beavis. "We\'d better avoid this buttknocker Todd, he\'s a mean son of a bitch."\n\nThat was now two years ago. Butt-Head later found out that Beavis had legally changed his name into Peter Stevenson, had joined the marines after graduation and had married the former head cheerleader. Butt-Head looked at the Baseball bat, and opened a beer, Todd already called him about a heist that was about to take place later tonight. Butt-Head rubbed his fat belly and sat down on the old worn out couch. Wondering who ended up with the cooler lifestyle? \n\n- Butt-Head was a full fledged member of Todd\'s gang, he was alcoholic, did smack, there were a lot of cool parties, fights, Chicks (eventhough he still wasn\'t allowed to score with them).\n\n- But Beavis was a former Football player, a marine, big and muscular enough to kick everybody\'s ass and he had a wife and two children which meant that he scored at least two times, maybe more.\n\nButt-head looked at the vacant spot and then looked at the Baseball bat, and in an instant the memory of seeing Beavis lying knocked out after recieving the blow made Butt-Head laugh again. It still was the coolest day of his life.\n\nThe end.','071a796e7988de22d6f27396feb8b3f6',0,'','2jay1ha3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357631,25778,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243900319,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','[quote="Raskolnikov":298s4r6e]\n\nBy the way, I am gonna say it now, so you can start building the gallows. I don´t hate Tom.\n\nIn fact, I think he´s a quite nice guy.\n\n[/quote:298s4r6e]\n\n\n(a \'mater whooshes past)\n\n\nSorry. Reflex.','6a6037f30c391fb398b265180c9460b8',0,'gA==','298s4r6e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357632,25399,11,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243900683,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What is the population of Lawndale?','[quote="The Angst Guy":3hg0zp7e]It\'s supposed to be a suburb of a major East Coast metropolitan city, Baltimore or Philadelphia or whatnot.[/quote:3hg0zp7e]\n\nThat´s something I find quite confusing. Supposedly, Lawndale is about 150 miles or so from Fremont. That would site the town in California, halfway between LA or Seattle and Frisco. West Coast city then (and I think is quite sensible, considering that Texas is way nearer to California than Maryland) Buuuuut, if I recall correctly, in "Is It College yet" Daria ends up in Raft College, in Boston. Which is notsofar from Lawndale considering that supposedly, you can drive from one place to another in a couple of hours.\n\nSo my theory is that Lawndale is some kind of interdimensional node that lies about two hours in car from everywhere. Quite handy, if I can say so.','264305337e397bfd626a261e2686bc66',0,'gA==','3hg0zp7e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357633,25778,3,45,0,'24.124.97.8',1243900864,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Welcome aboard!','2a2fc3da24610ea160f5dbc535ec0fc1',0,'','156lmc5g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357634,25780,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1243901364,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','It was Thirty three years ago today','That Arnold Jaegers and his wife Mary had their first baby boy.','f64e8f18486b5a9769c0b18ffad42858',0,'','2nlkd7nw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357635,25399,11,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243901608,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What is the population of Lawndale?','[quote="Raskolnikov":1gtm97w8][quote="The Angst Guy":1gtm97w8]It\'s supposed to be a suburb of a major East Coast metropolitan city, Baltimore or Philadelphia or whatnot.[/quote:1gtm97w8]\n\nThat´s something I find quite confusing. Supposedly, Lawndale is about 150 miles or so from Fremont. That would site the town in California, halfway between LA or Seattle and Frisco. West Coast city then (and I think is quite sensible, considering that Texas is way nearer to California than Maryland) Buuuuut, if I recall correctly, in "Is It College yet" Daria ends up in Raft College, in Boston. Which is notsofar from Lawndale considering that supposedly, you can drive from one place to another in a couple of hours.\n\nSo my theory is that Lawndale is some kind of interdimensional node that lies about two hours in car from everywhere. Quite handy, if I can say so.[/quote:1gtm97w8]\n\n\nActually, the interdimensional node in at the back of the Good Time Chinese restaurant. \":)\"','baddf307cd4b41cdb60ca2d58e415d39',0,'gA==','1gtm97w8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357636,25781,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1243901940,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','SSW: A clown\'s funeral.','http://projects.springfieldnewssun.com/ ... 909clowns/\n\nDon\'t ask, just watch.','40c84623b7915843b27e507eb257cb44',0,'','1tz6fpte',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357637,25697,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243902531,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[size=50:3si97jnh]I can has moar story...plz?[/size:3si97jnh]\n\n[size=50:3si97jnh]Just sayin\'.[/size:3si97jnh]','95eccc99043db86da7ef2bf6657b1f7d',0,'BA==','3si97jnh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357638,25715,11,12,0,'74.60.175.207',1243902660,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','While I\'m amused with certain people\'s er, "habits", could we please get back to the subject at hand? \":D\" Speaking of which, do you use hand or battery-powered toothbrushes? Me, battery. Cleans much better and faster.','4a305380121e46042f3ff0ae9d28dcad',0,'','2ovf5gh0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357639,25515,6,440,0,'172.130.18.10',1243903768,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Two Halves - Chapter 4 - Teaser','[quote="Steven Galloway":37zl6dh4][quote="The Angst Guy":37zl6dh4][quote="JPalmer53":37zl6dh4][quote="undefinedlust":37zl6dh4][quote="Dark Kuno":37zl6dh4]You guys are gonna keep this up till I post more aren\'t you? \":?\"[/quote:37zl6dh4]\nYes.[/quote:37zl6dh4]\nMaybe. That would greatly depend on how quickly you put up more of the work. Course I can\'t say much, I haven\'t written anything of my own fan fiction in nearly half a year but enough of my problems, back to the parrot. I love that skit. \":lol:\"[/quote:37zl6dh4]\nAre we talking about parrots? I\'m not "into" parrots, if you know what I mean, wink wink nudge nudge say no more, eh?[/quote:37zl6dh4]\n\nAs long as the bird doesn\'t suddenly say, "Roger Moore! Roger Moore!", then whistle, I\'m cool with it... \":twisted:\"[/quote:37zl6dh4]\n\nWhat if it says Dennis Moore? Or shouts "Stand and deliver!" and starts demanding lupins?','ce24e9484c8961b7bfcf0cf2e5bda85c',0,'gA==','37zl6dh4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357640,25782,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243904031,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Falling Into College 68: Judging January (Conclusion)','As everyone starts to settle into their new living arrangements, they encounter new complications to their lives, from Daria and Micheal beginning to look for graduate schools to Karen adapting to the changes in Derek to a surprise opportunity for Jane.','a9bde6fe9f65bc228536bb3960d96be5',0,'','3d0qmu5f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357641,25782,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243904062,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 68: Judging January (Part 1)','[size=150:35pc5odo][b:35pc5odo]Judging January[/b:35pc5odo][/size:35pc5odo]\n\n\n[b:35pc5odo]Part 1[/b:35pc5odo]\n\n\nSeated on the sill of the kitchen window and looking out at the orange tabby sitting in the window across the snow-covered alley, Bump called, "Mrow, rwoar."\n\nThough no sound made it through the glass, she could see the other cat also meowing back at her.\n\nA click at the door told Bump that one of her humans was home. Daria quickly entered and closed the door. Shrugging off a heavy coat, she said, "Talking to the neighbors?"\n\nBump hopped down and walked over to Daria, waiting patiently as the young woman removed her snow boots. Once they were free, Bump rubbed against Daria\'s ankles and purred."\n\nDaria scratched the cat\'s head and said, "I bet you\'re hungry again, aren\'t you?"\n\n"Meow."\n\nWalking slowly as Bump continued to rub against her ankles; Daria went to a kitchen cabinet and removed a bag of cat food. When she poured some of the food into the bowl, Bump\'s attention switched to the food and she began to eat.\n\n"You\'d think I was starving you." Daria put the food away and opened the refrigerator to find some dinner for herself. "Looks like we\'re on our own tonight."\n\nNot feeling that energetic after work, she heated up a bowl of leftover pasta in the microwave and sat on their small sofa to eat. After she was through eating, Bump joined Daria on the sofa and curled up for a nap on her lap. When her cell phone rang, Daria shifted on the sofa and reached to the coffee table to grab it while not disturbing the cat. After noticing the caller ID, she flipped it open and said, "Hi, Quinn."\n\n"Hi, Daria. I thought I\'d call and see how you and Michael were settling in."\n\n"We haven\'t killed each other yet, though if he leaves the toilet seat up one more time, all bets are off."\n\n"Oh, come on, sis. Even I don\'t worry about that with Q."\n\nDaria lifted an eyebrow and said, "Somehow, I don\'t think guys are allowed to stay in the sorority house overnight."\n\n"Um, well, no."\n\nDaria indulged in an evil smile. "So you\'ve stayed at his place."\n\n"Okay, so I\'ve stayed at his place. You know, for a bachelor\'s place, it\'s really pretty nice."\n\n"I\'m not surprised. So, it sounds like you two are still doing well."\n\n"We\'re having fun. What are you and Michael up to tonight?"\n\n"\'We\'re\' not up to anything. He\'s on the way back from Newtown after meeting with Prof. Daniels and probably won\'t be home until after eleven."\n\n"Eleven? Doesn\'t he have class in the morning?"\n\n"Oh, he\'s not going to be happy waking up, but at least he\'s getting paid for travel time."\n\nQuinn said, "God, Daria. You\'re starting to sound all grown up and stuff. You\'re still in college, you know."\n\n"We thought about becoming career undergrads, but with how much Raft charges for tuition, we realized that moving on to grad school would probably be cheaper."\n\n\n\n\n"You weren\'t even giving us enough support, what makes you think you can support another invasion?" Derek bitterly said to the television news.\n\nSeated at the other send of the sofa, Karen set her textbook aside and said, "Maybe having the news on while studying is a bad idea."\n\nHe dropped his head back and looked at the ceiling. "No, leave it on."\n\n"You\'re still getting back into studying and I thought…"\n\n"You thought wrong. I can\'t ignore it."\n\n"I don\'t want you to ignore it, just not let it get in the way."\n\n"I won\'t."\n\n"Okay," Karen said, unconvinced.\n\n\n\n\nJane had a bright smile on her face as she trotted up the stairs to her apartment. BFAC\'s annual "Ice Tea Party" was coming soon and she had a great idea for her project. Nell was planning on entering again and CC had already pledged whatever support she could give to both – short of actually standing around outside in subfreezing weather for long periods of time.\n\n"Hey kids, I\'m home," she said and tossed her coat on the back of a chair.\n\nPracticing dance moves on a portable pole in her room, CC said, "You\'ve got a letter from the dean\'s office on the table."\n\n"Dean\'s office?" Jane said, looking around the random assortment of stuff on the table. \n\nNell was sitting on a worn, but serviceable recliner. "What did you do this time?\n\n"Nothing. Ah, here it is." She opened the letter and read:\n\n[b:35pc5odo]Dear Ms. Jane Lane,\n\nIt is with great pleasure to inform you that the faculty of Boston Fine Arts College has nominated you to be a Senior class judge of the annual Boston Ice Tea Party in recognition of your artistic talent and knowledge. If you choose to accept this invitation, you will have the opportunity to work with some of the most prestigious artists, critics and faculty of the greater Boston area.[/b:35pc5odo]\n\nWe look forward to hearing from you.\n\n"Whoa," she said in an amazing imitation of her brother.\n\n"What\'s up?" Nell asked.\n\n"They want me to be a judge?"\n\n"What kind of judge?"\n\n"For the Ice Tea Party."\n\n"Jane!" CC said, quickly coming out of her room. "You\'re kidding!"\n\nShe handed over the letter and shook her head. CC quickly read and said, "Damn, girl. You\'ve hit the big time."\n\n"Yeah," Nell said. "You get to hobnob with all the art royalty in the area. Think of the connections you can make to show your work. Go for it."\n\nWhen Jane didn\'t make a reply, CC said, "Think of the great munchies you\'ll get."\n\n"If we put baggies in your pockets, you could snag enough free food for a day or two," Nell said.\n\nJane sat down and said, "I hope you don\'t mind, but I need to think about this.','14adc940226889ab97ef7c33a3997d69',0,'RA==','35pc5odo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357642,25515,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243904078,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Two Halves - Chapter 4 - Teaser','[quote="DigiSim":3bxum5z1]\nWhat if it says Dennis Moore? Or shouts "Stand and deliver!" and starts demanding lupins?[/quote:3bxum5z1]\n\nOr Demi Moore and starts doing a combo striptease/SEAL workout... \":shock:\"','ab3ee8a8b8705423bec1fc6917980ec5',0,'gA==','3bxum5z1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357643,25515,6,933,0,'24.196.10.214',1243904485,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Two Halves - Chapter 4 - Teaser','[quote="undefinedlust":596d0o8f][quote="DigiSim":596d0o8f]\nWhat if it says Dennis Moore? Or shouts "Stand and deliver!" and starts demanding lupins?[/quote:596d0o8f]\n\nOr Demi Moore and starts doing a combo striptease/SEAL workout... \":shock:\"[/quote:596d0o8f]\n\nAm I the only one who hates the fact that Demi Moore always looks like she is on the verge of a Stacy level sob every moment of her life?','d3195f5915276cf5a42d03ba0c9bc362',0,'gA==','596d0o8f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357644,25375,3,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243904678,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Gene":2qtpfy12][quote="smk":2qtpfy12]At work, the \'morale committee\' sends out a quote of the day. I have yet to see one that\'s even halfway as interesting as any here.[/quote:2qtpfy12]\n\nThe \'morale committee\' hasn\'t done this one yet? \n\nBeatings will continue until morale improves.[/quote:2qtpfy12]\n \":lol:\"','3c0d4dbdff24855035bfd4756f674088',0,'gA==','2qtpfy12',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357645,25778,3,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243904853,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Hi! Don\'t mind the bars, they\'re for your own good.\n\n[url=http://www.smileys.im/:1doxbwxj][img:1doxbwxj]http://www.smileys.im/albums/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-smiley-0009.gif[/img:1doxbwxj][/url:1doxbwxj]','ef4a1433df75eb81152d8d7a68c083d2',0,'GA==','1doxbwxj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357646,25778,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243905863,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Hey there, and welcome! Now you are here, there is no escaping us now!\n\nHey, make yourself at home, really!','1a19f67204c4d4b3b39c73c6555a6922',0,'','33ojzkjn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357647,25670,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243906005,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":1x4f6n0c][quote="UU":1x4f6n0c]Nolo contendere, which is why I don\'t pontificate on it.[/quote:1x4f6n0c]\nO RLY? \":)\"[/quote:1x4f6n0c]\n[size=85:1x4f6n0c]Uh [[i:1x4f6n0c]cough[/i:1x4f6n0c]], you seem to be talking to yourself.Quite all right on this board, of course, just wanted to, um, make the observation.[/size:1x4f6n0c]','99dc555a440394e74f8d181e3ff58f2c',0,'pA==','1x4f6n0c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357648,25778,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243906078,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Wiener.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[size=50:1ackottq]\nI said "wiener" on a message board.[/size:1ackottq]\n\n\n\n\n[size=50:1ackottq]Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh! \":D\" [/size:1ackottq]','2336b012b2aec05337e16153ff93d8b5',0,'BA==','1ackottq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357649,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243906428,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','BG is correct. Helter Skelter was interpreted quite literally regarding black vs. white.\n\nMore story coming. Delayed, but over half done. Needs angst, though.','a6e431bcd6dd4a8e8d5bafa4c382a58c',0,'','1x4vj336',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357650,25719,3,531,0,'66.19.201.144',1243906752,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','[quote="Deref":3864x1xx][quote="Kara Wild":3864x1xx][quote="brnleague99":3864x1xx][quote="Deref":3864x1xx]:D Great stuff, Kara. Moar photos, please![/quote:3864x1xx]\n\nNow Deref, she\'s been in Canada. You have to speak her language.\n\n*clears throat*\n\nMoar photos, eh?\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:3864x1xx]\n\nThey\'re coming... I just need to edit some more.[/quote:3864x1xx]\nDo you mean "edit some more, eh"?[/quote:3864x1xx]\n\nNope, she has it right.\n"eh" is used as an interoggatory after a question, or a statement requiring assent. For instance, Moar Photos, eh, would be right, but "edit some more, Eh" would not.','e95669a0c7a4da5033d5e5f667eef3eb',0,'gA==','3864x1xx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357651,25738,6,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1243907297,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','Hooray!\n\nIt\'s quite fun to notice that in both your story and Thea Zera\'s start-up of a Dead Like Me crossover, Daria and Jane are still connected. It\'s a quick and effective way for people coming into the Daria universe from DLM to learn how deep their friendship runs, and of course it allows us to avoid the usual painful experience of them getting separated forever (Like TAG would do. Only he would throw in some ebola and perhaps a supernova.)\n\n\nJust FYI, it would be a big help for you in getting feedback to edit the topic of the first post whenever you update, so that everyone can know you\'ve posted a new section. There\'s so many stories running parallel on this board that it can be difficult to keep up to date with them all. I\'m probably one of the pickiest readers here and there\'s still 7 of them on the first page alone that I\'m rabidly keeping up with.','1dfa029b67fe64c5a867b0bf61985455',0,'','kiolyzqv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357652,25780,3,397,0,'209.242.132.51',1243907632,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was Thirty three years ago today','Sounds like congratulations are in order!! \n\nHappy Birthday!','c2fb9a5b9483814720dd4aa0b949e9ea',0,'','2auiqa46',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357653,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243907734,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','[quote="SigDiff":1csbaufj]Hooray!\n\nIt\'s quite fun to notice that in both your story and Thea Zera\'s start-up of a Dead Like Me crossover, Daria and Jane are still connected. It\'s a quick and effective way for people coming into the Daria universe from DLM to learn how deep their friendship runs, and of course it allows us to avoid the usual painful experience of them getting separated forever (Like TAG would do. Only he would throw in some ebola and perhaps a supernova.)\n\n[color=#FF00FF:1csbaufj]I\'m debating where this is heading; not sure if I\'m going to resolve it or leave it open leave room for a sequal... Plus I\'m no angst lord; I try but tend to fail miserably- Maybe I need some angst lessons from TAG \":D\" [/color:1csbaufj]\n\n\nJust FYI, it would be a big help for you in getting feedback to edit the topic of the first post whenever you update, so that everyone can know you\'ve posted a new section. There\'s so many stories running parallel on this board that it can be difficult to keep up to date with them all. I\'m probably one of the pickiest readers here and there\'s still 7 of them on the first page alone that I\'m rabidly keeping up with.[/quote:1csbaufj]\n\nLike in the first post just say: "UPDATED: New chapter #4 added" or something like that?','0d4ab8354ee28715c57a75b89e8b16e2',0,'gg==','1csbaufj',1,1243908137,'',992,1,0),(357654,25774,3,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1243907776,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":9eiokob5]I remember someone posted a news piece with this image a while back (might have been TAG):\n\n[url:9eiokob5]http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/ffximage/2007/05/26/wildpig_wideweb__470x317,2.jpg[/url:9eiokob5]\n\n\nThis isn\'t fake either.[/quote:9eiokob5]\n\nIt\'s not fake, but the boy is further back than he first appears, making the hog look WAY bigger than it is.\n\nIt was still something like half a ton at any rate.','e5d4c569a344cee7fdcb91d38b361d44',0,'kA==','9eiokob5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357658,25738,6,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1243908852,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: Chapter 4','Kickass!','47c3f1aba1e4907be9a58c7d82a23ded',0,'','34p4lavi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357655,25776,3,531,0,'66.19.201.144',1243908019,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','From what I;ve been reading and hearing all day, they flew through a thunderstorm. \nLightning strike is suspected, though one of the so-called "experts" they interviewed this morning said that it;s all but impossible that a lightning strike would wreck the entire electrical system, including the multiple backups, on such a plane.\nGuess that one - in - a - zillion chance turned up. \":(\"\nRIP to the entire manifest, and thoughts and wishes to the families and friends left behind. \nI hope they are able to at least find and recover enough wreckage and debris to determine exactly what did happen.','180e7a36b2a6ba8672480e7cdc0fb3ca',0,'','285io8p0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357656,25738,6,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1243908094,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','[quote="pinkminx":p8la9fqg]\nLike in the first post just say: "UPDATED: New chapter #4 added" or something like that?[/quote:p8la9fqg]\n\nNah, you can edit the subject of the first post so that the thread title changes on the Creative Writing page itself.','b451b7d3f81893cb122f78d5571e1747',0,'gA==','p8la9fqg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357657,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243908175,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me)','[quote="SigDiff":3k2b73wc][quote="pinkminx":3k2b73wc]\nLike in the first post just say: "UPDATED: New chapter #4 added" or something like that?[/quote:3k2b73wc]\n\nNah, you can edit the subject of the first post so that the thread title changes on the Creative Writing page itself.[/quote:3k2b73wc]\n\nooh how? I\'v been looking... Aha! got it thanls for the update idea Sig \":)\" new chapter up soonish','5e35eb8a2f31230f792df7f8b3ec8037',0,'gA==','3k2b73wc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357659,25375,3,531,0,'66.19.201.144',1243909111,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="RLobinske":2hakgc2n]I let my mind wander, but it didn\'t come back.\n\n--seen on a t-shirt.[/quote:2hakgc2n]\n\nthe best T-shirt I\'ve ever seen:\nBomb Disposal Technician.\nIf you see me running, try to keep up.\n\n[quote="Angelinhel":2hakgc2n]Who said life is fair? Where is that written?[/quote:2hakgc2n]\nAnyone who says life is fair is selling something.\n - The Man in Black / The Princess Bride (William Goldman)','e7733a7bbde544a8c8b675ed12bc5ac6',0,'gA==','2hakgc2n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357660,24452,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243909177,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What\'re You Reading? (Part II)','The newest issue of [i:2t3bl8u7]America\'s Civil War[/i:2t3bl8u7] magazine. It had two great articles in it. One about Union General Daniel Sickles (he who once killed a man in the street across the road from the White House and had his leg "shot off" at Gettysburg) and the other about Confederate General Andrew Jackson Grigsby who was expected to be promoted to lead the Stonewall Brigade after Antietam but wasn\'t promoted because his "flair for profanity and impulsive nature." His response? He swore that "once the war was over he would challenge Stonewall to a duel." Despite this, you have to respect the guy. After being shot in the shoulder at the Battle of Malvern Hill, Grigsby staggered up to a group of soldiers passing around some water and asked for some to be poured on his gunshot wound.\n\n"Colonel, does it hurt?" one asked.\n\n"Yes, damn it," he snarled, "it was put there to hurt."\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nHow can you not like a tough SOB like that?','252f423755cb81619c7ea87fb50bcb69',0,'IA==','2t3bl8u7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357661,25783,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243909292,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Juliet\'s balcony opens for Verona lovers','[url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/02/2586715.htm:254wqzd2]A modern-day Romeo finally got his girl when the northern Italian city of Verona opened up the balcony where Juliet supposedly pined for her lover as a venue for weddings.[/url:254wqzd2]','13fa151f26ac9844f9b6285efae4e0d5',0,'EA==','254wqzd2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357662,25778,3,531,0,'66.19.201.144',1243909305,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Welcome aboard...\n\n<----------pub that way (just stay away from Fr. Martin (MartinUK)\'s stash)\nPizza Prince that way ---------------------->\n\n\nJust remember, you don\'t have to be crazy to get along here...\n but it sure helps.','81f704c6772aa78e0a29c823231d17ce',0,'','2k3x36m4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357663,25697,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243909361,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="The Angst Guy":1511fc7k]BG is correct. Helter Skelter was interpreted quite literally regarding black vs. white.[/quote:1511fc7k]\n\nIn other words, those of mixed race will only be "partly crazy" like Ben Gunn from [i:1511fc7k]Treasure Island[/i:1511fc7k]?\n\nC\'mon that\'s a PERFECT simile and you know it.','7e3141e0e4e8085bc8e5d0876d815c69',0,'oA==','1511fc7k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357664,25784,5,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1243909367,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Cartoon characters made to match their voice actors','I guess we all know that when a cartoon is being made, the casting of the voice actors is being done by searching for a specific kind of voice quality. But sometimes it\'s the characters themselves who are modified to fit the performance of the voice actor.\n\nLet\'s talk about those cartoon characters who have been modified along the way to fit the way their voice actor voices them.\n\n[img:aat2gjql]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Misty_AG.jpg[/img:aat2gjql]\nTake for example [b:aat2gjql]Misty[/b:aat2gjql] ([b:aat2gjql]Kasumi[/b:aat2gjql] in Japanese) of [i:aat2gjql]Pokémon[/i:aat2gjql], when the casting begun for the original first japanese series [b:aat2gjql]Mayumi Iizuka[/b:aat2gjql] was cast to play Kasumi based on her normal speaking voice. In the original Script, Kasumi was to be a lot like Akane Tendo from "Ranma1/2" volatile, tomboyish and violent. But after the first run of ten episodes was completed Kasumi\'s character was altered to a more relaxed, level headed, motherly but still very head strong based on how Iizuka performed Kasumi\'s voice.\n\nThen there\'s [b:aat2gjql]Sokka[/b:aat2gjql] from [i:aat2gjql]Avatar, the last airbender[/i:aat2gjql] \n[img:aat2gjql]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/avatar/images/5/55/Sokka_0003.png[/img:aat2gjql]\nIn the original script, Sokka was meant to be this cool, composed, soft spoken character. But when [b:aat2gjql]Jack DeSena[/b:aat2gjql] got the role, DeSena\'s enthusiastic voice and goofy behavior inspired the writers so much that they started to model Sokka\'s character on DeSena. As a result, Sokka became a loud, brash, goofy but still smart and cunning character. Jack DeSena has expressed that his favorite part of Voicing Sokka was the scene in the episode "the desert" where Sokka drinks cactus juice and hallucinates and begins to say all kinds of absurd things.','015b85e94762ef763aee7ea19e2990ad',0,'aA==','aat2gjql',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357665,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243909401,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','This Earth now had a listing in the Daria Multiverse: Daria-1969.\n\nOh, and for those Ringbearer fans out there - because of the [i:10rsj4hx]Nova Valdris Accords[/i:10rsj4hx], they can\'t even [b:10rsj4hx]think[/b:10rsj4hx] of trying to do anything on that world, let alone set foot on the surface or go near it. However, due to the threat that whatever created the Zoms could have on the rest of the Multiverse, [i:10rsj4hx]that Earth is SO interdicted...![/i:10rsj4hx]','834e3d7d37ee2af425a67e6695c5d6c2',0,'YA==','10rsj4hx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357666,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243909444,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="brnleague99":j7iizrku][quote="The Angst Guy":j7iizrku]BG is correct. Helter Skelter was interpreted quite literally regarding black vs. white.[/quote:j7iizrku]\n\nIn other words, those of mixed race will only be "partly crazy" like Ben Gunn from [i:j7iizrku]Treasure Island[/i:j7iizrku]?\n\nC\'mon that\'s a PERFECT simile and you know it.[/quote:j7iizrku]\n\n\nWouldn\'t it STILL be aboot skin tone, eh?','80bbece054047767d44cf0eae56978ae',0,'oA==','j7iizrku',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357667,25784,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243909460,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cartoon characters made to match their voice actors','Mark Hamill is the PERFECT voice for The Joker, and has been in practically every animated appearance Joker has made for the past 15 years.','9907ec662835f75107cd3c7e2ceec55e',0,'','1kif7bhs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357674,25784,5,73,0,'67.242.27.78',1243911439,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cartoon characters made to match their voice actors','Jon Lovitz and [i:3vbzjo7x]The Critic[/i:3vbzjo7x]. It was said that Lovitz would only do the character if they didn\'t make the character of Jay Sherman look too much like Lovitz. I think it\'s nearly a dead ringer. Maybe that\'s why that show only lasted 23 episodes.\n\nA.J.','49aeeb5335e84f5a19d3a59dfcb60dd5',0,'IA==','3vbzjo7x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357675,25515,6,440,0,'172.130.18.10',1243911655,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Two Halves - Chapter 4 - Teaser','[quote="undefinedlust":2z5kk4jt][quote="DigiSim":2z5kk4jt]\nWhat if it says Dennis Moore? Or shouts "Stand and deliver!" and starts demanding lupins?[/quote:2z5kk4jt]\n\nOr Demi Moore and starts doing a combo striptease/SEAL workout... \":shock:\"[/quote:2z5kk4jt]\n\nOr Dudley Moore and starts playing the piano.','9b3901e8bb9bb0d1523def9f0ec2061d',0,'gA==','2z5kk4jt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357676,25780,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243911811,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was Thirty three years ago today','\":D\" Happy birthday, Wouter - and thanks for all the laughs and entertainment your comix have provided us over the years!','3757e80af602ce105a92787bc1dd911e',0,'','3hf76npk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357669,25778,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243910113,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','As a representative of the Antipodean members, I welcome you to the insanity! \n\nJust be careful about thing chocolate and related to penguins.\n\nAnd dropbears.','88d463da1001bc94e11b7772203e5b42',0,'','12d27dha',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357670,25784,5,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1243910130,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cartoon characters made to match their voice actors','[quote="brnleague99":1pgohftm]Mark Hamill is the PERFECT voice for The Joker, and has been in practically every animated appearance Joker has made for the past 15 years.[/quote:1pgohftm]\n\nNot only that, but because he did such a perfect Joker, Hamill was cast to play [b:1pgohftm]Firelord Ozai[/b:1pgohftm] in [i:1pgohftm]Avatar the last airbender[/i:1pgohftm] who is a ruthless and cruel tyrant. Dante Basco who did the voice for Ozai\'s son [b:1pgohftm]Prince Zuko[/b:1pgohftm] said that it was an experience of a lifetime to have worked with Mark Hamill.\n[img:1pgohftm]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/avatar/images/3/3d/Ep60-542.png[/img:1pgohftm]','6c56012fa29e9af5ef73e080ac07f035',0,'6A==','1pgohftm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357671,25780,3,531,0,'66.19.201.144',1243910259,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was Thirty three years ago today','Happy birthday...','857c6eea294ce7999f62890428215232',0,'','3sdjdhv6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357672,25714,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243910413,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','This may have an impact on things, and apparently confirms that what we have been seeing may well have been about the succession: [url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/kims-youngest-son-named-successor-reports-20090602-btlo.html:kgw5mf9t]Kim\'s youngest son named successor: reports[/url:kgw5mf9t]\n\n[url=http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSSEO18003920090602?sp=true:kgw5mf9t]Reuters report on this.[/url:kgw5mf9t]','ca5c483824001900f3a565befe97dd94',0,'EA==','kgw5mf9t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357673,25670,4,73,0,'67.242.27.78',1243911001,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Brother Grimace":1mca2htn][quote="A.J.":1mca2htn] \nAlso, I was one of those Clinton bashers (still am to this day, I hated him as soon as I laid eyes on him back in \'91), but we haven\'t had enough time to see if Obama\'s policies are working out so I\'m not saying were headed to hell, but so far I\'m not impressed with anything he\'s done so far.\n\nA.J.[/quote:1mca2htn]\n\nThat\'s something that I\'ve never understood - this virulent hatred (or love, for that matter) for people that, in all likelihood, persons one will probably never ever really know on a personal level so as to have them deserve that level of emotional excess.\n\nTo me, Reagan was scary because he was an actor - and any trained actor, given a great script and a hell of a director, can knock it out of the ballpark. See the lists of Academy Award winners if you don\'t believe me. Just his words and the way he delivered them scared people - and at a time when we all were afraid that someone WOULD start lobbing nukes...\n\nBush II scared me because he had, during the 2000 campaign, the same look in his eyes that Bin Laden has... that look that he\'s hearing a voice no one else is, and following that voice\'s instructions so as to do \'a greater good\'. Bush was scary because he acted as if he was doing divine works, and that no other opinions mattered, regardless of the cost paid or if we didn\'t understand what he was doing - because history would judge him well...\n\nExplain to me why Clinton scared people, and why conservatives have such hatred for Obama. I mean - \'hated him as soon as you laid eyes on him?\' \":shock:\" \n\n[i:1mca2htn]What did they ever do to you [b:1mca2htn]BEFORE[/b:1mca2htn] they got into office? Clinton, or Obama?[/i:1mca2htn][/quote:1mca2htn]\n\nThey did nothing to me personally of course.\n\nObama nothing so much, I just think the most perfect set of circumstances came about for him. One thing happens differently and you\'re not hearing about him at the moment, just in the right places at the right times.\n\nBut from day one when I first saw Clinton he had this oily, smarmy used car salesman look that says "No matter what, I\'m better than you. Deal with it." That air of superiority that he could do whatever he wanted and did. And he somehow got away with it. If something were to happen to him or his wife, eh. No skin off my nose.\n\nMaybe it\'s petty, but that\'s why.\n\nA.J.','6f032b3c874853456c0125a6c55b34c6',0,'4A==','1mca2htn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357677,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243911884,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="brnleague99":2gnl563k][quote="Brother Grimace":2gnl563k][quote="brnleague99":2gnl563k][quote="The Angst Guy":2gnl563k]BG is correct. Helter Skelter was interpreted quite literally regarding black vs. white.[/quote:2gnl563k]\n\nIn other words, those of mixed race will only be "partly crazy" like Ben Gunn from [i:2gnl563k]Treasure Island[/i:2gnl563k]?\n\nC\'mon that\'s a PERFECT simile and you know it.[/quote:2gnl563k]\n\n\nWouldn\'t it STILL be aboot skin tone, eh?[/quote:2gnl563k]\n\nIt depends on HOW racist Charlie Manson was. In the landmark segregation case [i:2gnl563k]Plessy vs. Fergeson[/i:2gnl563k] in 1896, Homer Plessy was arrested for riding on a "White\'s Only" train car...and he was only one-eighth black.\n\nSo...honestly? I\'m not sure if to Manson, it would be "all about skin tone" or not. To a sane person, one-eighth doesn\'t mean crap. But to a hardline racist...\n\nI don\'t know.[/quote:2gnl563k]\n\n\nI think you\'re missing two things:\n\n1.) Most racists ONLY see what\'s directly in front of them until (or unless) someone points (name whatever) out to them. THEN, it becomes a problem, as well. Let\'s be honest - there\'s a LOT of people of African-American descent that most people would have no idea of that being the case until they met the person\'s family, or the person told them. \n\nIt\'s called \'passing\', and even nowadays, a LOT of Blacks with light skin do it for no other reason that in the United States, African-Americans are considered somehow lesser than all other races. Not trying to start something - it\'s just that with the exception of South Africa, no other nation on Earth places such a high premium on a person\'s innate worth. standing and potential in direct proportion to the lack of melanin in their skin - or vice versa. This is an ingrained, institutionalized belief that has existed in American society since before the beginning of our nation; yes, almost all of us realize that this is wrong and that it makes no sense to act this way - but it\'s going to be a LONG time before that is excised from the the American subconscious.\n\nThis is the reality that we face in 2009. Imagine what it was life forty years ago, near the end of the Civil Rights era in 1969. Of course Manson would have thought \'dark skin\' without thinking of the nuances of mixed-races, or of other races beyond Black and White. In a diseased, warped mind such as his - \'Dark skin bad, White skin good\' - and you should study how the real hard-core racist acts. If there\'s a question of race - they\'ll just kill them and solve the problem that way. \n\n2.) I direct you to:\n\n[url:2gnl563k]http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LiteralGenie[/url:2gnl563k]\n\n\nIf the artifact is what I think it is... oh, yeah. This applies... and even very light-skinned persons of African heritage were turned. \":shock:\"','49fde09c5aef25397f346c0fd4aa2ad4',0,'sA==','2gnl563k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357678,25778,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243911978,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Welcome to the circus, Raskolnikov. Any fan of Dostoyevsky is sure to fit in. \";-)\"','a93b5fba81eae3a1c6b63271ccdde0f7',0,'','23psl8m3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357679,25670,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243912003,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="A.J.":3guoobxl][quote="Brother Grimace":3guoobxl][quote="A.J.":3guoobxl] \nAlso, I was one of those Clinton bashers (still am to this day, I hated him as soon as I laid eyes on him back in \'91), but we haven\'t had enough time to see if Obama\'s policies are working out so I\'m not saying were headed to hell, but so far I\'m not impressed with anything he\'s done so far.\n\nA.J.[/quote:3guoobxl]\n\nThat\'s something that I\'ve never understood - this virulent hatred (or love, for that matter) for people that, in all likelihood, persons one will probably never ever really know on a personal level so as to have them deserve that level of emotional excess.\n\nTo me, Reagan was scary because he was an actor - and any trained actor, given a great script and a hell of a director, can knock it out of the ballpark. See the lists of Academy Award winners if you don\'t believe me. Just his words and the way he delivered them scared people - and at a time when we all were afraid that someone WOULD start lobbing nukes...\n\nBush II scared me because he had, during the 2000 campaign, the same look in his eyes that Bin Laden has... that look that he\'s hearing a voice no one else is, and following that voice\'s instructions so as to do \'a greater good\'. Bush was scary because he acted as if he was doing divine works, and that no other opinions mattered, regardless of the cost paid or if we didn\'t understand what he was doing - because history would judge him well...\n\nExplain to me why Clinton scared people, and why conservatives have such hatred for Obama. I mean - \'hated him as soon as you laid eyes on him?\' \":shock:\" \n\n[i:3guoobxl]What did they ever do to you [b:3guoobxl]BEFORE[/b:3guoobxl] they got into office? Clinton, or Obama?[/i:3guoobxl][/quote:3guoobxl]\n\nThey did nothing to me personally of course.\n\nObama nothing so much, I just think the most perfect set of circumstances came about for him. One thing happens differently and you\'re not hearing about him at the moment, just in the right places at the right times.\n\nBut from day one when I first saw Clinton he had this oily, smarmy used car salesman look that says "No matter what, I\'m better than you. Deal with it." That air of superiority that he could do whatever he wanted and did. And he somehow got away with it. If something were to happen to him or his wife, eh. No skin off my nose.\n\nMaybe it\'s petty, but that\'s why.\n\nA.J.[/quote:3guoobxl]\n\nOkay. \n\nI can understand that.','36b0ce941e3a6113cdc7734588a1c9f4',0,'4A==','3guoobxl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357680,25776,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243912168,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','[quote="JrGtr42":1p00sgqt]From what I;ve been reading and hearing all day, they flew through a thunderstorm. \nLightning strike is suspected, though one of the so-called "experts" they interviewed this morning said that it;s all but impossible that a lightning strike would wreck the entire electrical system, including the multiple backups, on such a plane.\nGuess that one - in - a - zillion chance turned up. \":(\"\nRIP to the entire manifest, and thoughts and wishes to the families and friends left behind. \nI hope they are able to at least find and recover enough wreckage and debris to determine exactly what did happen.[/quote:1p00sgqt]\nIndeed. Planes get struck by lightening all the time and, apart from frightening the passengers, it hardly ever does any damage, and any storm capable of fatally damaging a relatively new airliner would have to be a mother of a storm. I really hope that they can recover the black box.','2b8d1a45d9d338c58836ae9fcdfd3559',0,'gA==','1p00sgqt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357681,25715,11,531,0,'66.19.201.144',1243912256,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','[quote="Steven Galloway":34es0otr]While I\'m amused with certain people\'s er, "habits", could we please get back to the subject at hand? \":D\" Speaking of which, do you use hand or battery-powered toothbrushes? Me, battery. Cleans much better and faster.[/quote:34es0otr]\n\nBut that\'s going right back to those "habits" of which you spoke...\nOOOOHHHH, you were talking about oral hygiene... \n\n\n\n\n[size=85:34es0otr]yeah, yeah, I said Oral, huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh [/size:34es0otr]','46c1d336dff2821d79900080356ff7e9',0,'hA==','34es0otr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357682,25774,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243912357,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','If an olive stuffed in a sparrow stuffed in a grouse stuffed in a chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a goose stuffed in a turkey stuffed in a swan is a turducken, what\'s a cow stuffed in a pig?','060c6d5f7c473dc49cd269d1e992c488',0,'','ioiz6uht',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357683,25719,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243912417,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','[quote="JrGtr42":1smvsxu1][quote="Deref":1smvsxu1][quote="Kara Wild":1smvsxu1][quote="brnleague99":1smvsxu1][quote="Deref":1smvsxu1]:D Great stuff, Kara. Moar photos, please![/quote:1smvsxu1]\n\nNow Deref, she\'s been in Canada. You have to speak her language.\n\n*clears throat*\n\nMoar photos, eh?\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1smvsxu1]\n\nThey\'re coming... I just need to edit some more.[/quote:1smvsxu1]\nDo you mean "edit some more, eh"?[/quote:1smvsxu1]\n\nNope, she has it right.\n"eh" is used as an interoggatory after a question, or a statement requiring assent. For instance, Moar Photos, eh, would be right, but "edit some more, Eh" would not.[/quote:1smvsxu1]\n \":D\" Thank you for that grammatical exposition.','68ce1f732a752292d8fb10350f0c0a01',0,'gA==','1smvsxu1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357684,25773,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243912863,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','There was a fascinating British show on the teevee here over the weekend called, IIRC, "the History of Money". One of the things it touched on was that bankruptcy as it\'s done in the US is a very different kettle of meat to what it means here and, probably, in many other countries.\n\nIn the US, it\'s generally just means a way to legally restructure your debts and carry on business as usual, as opposed to a death knell. That was a revelation to me and it put the whole business of these bankruptcies into a very different light.','90935911121ce20bfdde03d86f63bc30',0,'','b1v4h551',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357685,25147,5,531,0,'66.19.204.167',1243912997,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','Zappa Plays Zappa.\nDVD of the concert tour last year of Frank Zappa\'s music played by a crack band led by his son Dweezil.\nAlso with guest players Steve Vai on guitar and Terry Bozzio on drums.\nDamn cool.','3384b93655c839709c3bdb82acff3139',0,'','2um3d5rc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357686,24924,6,397,0,'209.242.132.51',1243913067,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: An Unexpected View--Update','“I don’t blame you for being surprised. I asked your agent not to tell you it was me. I wanted it to be a surprise. Can I get you something to drink?” Kevin was smiling at Daria, and Daria was staring at him. She was mesmerized by the change in him. If she looked closely, she could make out the Kevin she knew in High School, but he was so different. It was compelling. His eyes were filled with warmth and intelligence. His smile was confident and charming rather than goofy and vacant. Kevin was intriguing. The writer in her couldn’t wait to unravel the mystery of such a great metamorphosis. \n\n“I would love a drink, thank you.” Daria watched Kevin move confidently towards the bar. “I’m a little confused…”\n\n“Only a little?” Kevin raised his right eyebrow as he turned to her. “I would think the contrast between how I used to be and what I have become would create moderate to severe confusion. I know that I get more than a little confused when I really sit and think about it for too long and I have lived…am living with it. What would you like? You can have anything you like.” As he spoke, Kevin gestured to the well stocked bar.\n\n“Well, since I am not driving and this is a reunion, let’s open the champagne.”\n\n“I was hoping that would be your choice.” Kevin moved with a surety that Daria would not have expected. He gently eased the cork from the bottle and filled two crystal flutes without losing a drop of the bubbling gold liquid before crossing the room and handing one glass to Daria. \n\nDaria nodded her thanks and gently grasped the stem of her flute. “Shall we toast?” \n\n“Yes. Please allow me to go first?” He waited for Daria to nod before raising his flute slightly. “To you, Daria. Your work inspires people all over the world. You have inspired me and I owe you a debt that I could never begin to repay. Thank you for all you have been, all you are now, and all you will be in the future.”\n\nDaria blushed at his praise and raised her glass until it clinked against his. After sipping the champagne and enjoying the feel of the bubbles dancing down her throat Daria toasted her host. “To my friend Kevin and the man he has become. You have surpassed the expectations set for you and definitely brought honor to Laaawwnndale High.” \n\nKevin laughed at Daria’s impersonation of Ms. Li as he acknowledged her toast and drank. “I wish I had been better equipped to appreciate your humor in High School. I bet I missed out on a lot.”\n\nDaria’s smile faded and she grew remorseful at the wistful look on Kevin’s face.\n\n“What’s wrong Daria?\n\n“I don’t know how to say this. I’m glad that you missed out on the things I said in high school. Many of them were at your expense and looking back on it, I’m sorry.” She raised her head and looked him in the eye as she finished her statement.\n\nKevin shook his head. “Don’t be. That was years ago. I was a different person back then. We’ve both changed and grown up. I hope that we will still be able to be friends though.”\n\n“Were we friends? I had never really thought about it. I pushed so many people away and held them at arm’s length back then...”\n\n“Of course we were friends! You helped me pass science. That was no small feat given that our mouse was probably more focused than I was back then.” Kevin chuckled and winked at Daria. “I never told anyone, but I had a great time watching football with your Dad. How is your family Daria?”\n\n“They are doing quite well actually. My father retired after his second heart attack. He considered it a “wake up call” and declared to the world that his new mission in life was to learn to cook, take up yoga, and improve his golf game. He has managed two out of three. I don’t think his cooking will EVER improve, but the yoga has helped his golf swing. My mother is semi-retired. I think she got a little jealous of the joy my Dad found in retirement. She retired from the law firm, but still needs to keep busy so she works for Legal Aid about fifteen hours each week. She takes yoga with Dad and every six months they do something on their bucket list. They seem to get younger each year.” \n\n“And how is Quinn?”\n\nDaria laughed. “Quinn is very pregnant. I keep teasing her that it will be twins! She pretends to be horrified at the idea, but secretly I think she would love to have twins. Her two year old, Stephan, is looking forward to being a big brother, and her new line of children’s clothes will be out in the spring. She is a great mother. I’m very proud of her.” Kevin could see the pride in Daria’s eyes as she talked about Quinn.\n\n“I can tell. I’m glad your family is doing well. I’ll have to send Quinn a gift for the baby. I have to admit to being a big fan of Quinn. The work she does for “We Are All Beautiful” is amazing. Self-esteem is so important. From what I’ve read, she has managed to impact so many people; male, female, young, old, rich or poor. No one gets left out. A far cry from her old Fashion Club days…I guess we have all changed.” Kevin mused as he refilled the glasses. “Let me show you around the apartment.”\n\nDaria nodded and motioned for him to lead the way. “I would love a tour, but you must tell me about your family too. Are your parents still in Lawndale? They must be very proud of you.”\n\nKevin stopped and Daria noticed a slight droop in his shoulders at her last statement. He turned to face her with sadness in his eyes. “I’m sorry, Kevin. I didn’t mean to pry…”\n\n“No, don’t be sorry. I should have known the subject would come up. My parents are both retired and living in Florida. I know it is cliché, but that was what they always dreamed of. My mother is very proud of me. She will go on and on for hours if you let her.” Kevin hesitated a moment before continuing, “My father is another story. He never told me he was proud of me after I injured my knee and couldn’t play football anymore. I’m sure that he would have come around. What father wouldn’t be proud of who I have become? About six months before I graduated from college, he suffered a stroke. With physical therapy, he was able to walk again and regained use of his right hand and arm, but his mind isn’t what it used to be.”\n\n“Oh Kevin, I’m so sorry. I didn’t know.” Daria reach out and placed a reassuring hand on Kevin’s forearm.\n\n“Thank you.” He shrugged and covered her small hand with his, “He’s happy. He just lives very much in the past, and is consumed by football. Fortunately, I am able to surround him with what makes him happiest. During the holidays, we always host some up and coming college ball players, and I can get him great seats to whatever game he wants to see. When I visit we talk about football, and he brags about all my glory days in high school. Even if I wanted to, I would never be able to put my past behind me.” Kevin gave Daria’s hand a quick squeeze and smiled. “Let’s have that tour and then I promise to answer the rest of your questions after dinner.”\n\n“All of my questions?” Daria asked with an evil grin.\n\n“Yes. All of your questions.” Kevin answered adding to himself, “And I will tell you a story that you may not believe, I doubt I would believe it if I hadn’t lived it.”\n\n\nDaria had marveled at the apartment. The Towers had surpassed its reputation, and she found herself wondering what it would be like to wake up to such a view each morning. The master bedroom was at the far end of the hall and like the living room had a wall of floor to ceiling windows. Kevin explained that the glass was designed to keep out noise and prying eyes, even though a helicopter would be needed to try to be a Peeping Tom so high up. There was an electronic control for the draperies in case you wanted even more privacy that could be set to open and close on a timer if you did not want to use the remote control. The room had a sleeping area with an overstuffed king sized bed that Daria imagined would cocoon the sleeper in such comfort they would never want to get up. There was also a comfortable seating area where one could enjoy a cup of tea before bed curled up with a good book in front of the fireplace. The walk in closet attached to the master suite was bigger than her first apartment had been, she doubted even Quinn in her hey-day could have filled it up. The bathroom was sheer luxury, and while she couldn’t be sure, was probably bigger than the gourmet kitchen she had in the farmhouse she had renovated a few hours outside of the city. She could see why these apartments had sold out well in advance of completion.\n\nThere were two other bedrooms, one of which could double as an office. A media room with a high end sound system and stadium seating that would be the envy of any celebrity wanting to hold a private screening for close friends and family. According to Kevin the final room could be customized as a workout room for those who preferred not to use one of the three gyms available for the residents and guests, a library, or even a nursery. He blushed slightly when he mentioned that one resident had wanted it soundproofed to use as his own personal “rumpus room”. Daria laughed at Kevin’s attempt to be politically correct. She could think of at least five different celebrities that would order the type of “rumpus room” that would make Kevin blush. “I could probably guess who made that request, but let’s not go there tonight.” Kevin sighed in relief as he ushered Daria back toward the dining area.\n\nThe chef was already busy in the kitchen when they got back. He finished giving some instructions to his assistant and wiped his hands dry on a towel before coming over to greet Daria and Kevin. “Mr. Thompson, it is always a pleasure.”\n\n“Paul, please call me Ed. There’s no need for such formality.” Kevin said shaking Chef Paul Morrow’s hand. “Paul, I believe you know Daria Morgendorffer.”\n\nDaria’s perplexed look was replaced by one of genuine joy. “Paul! I didn’t realize you were back in New York! It’s lovely to see you again.” She said leaning in to give him a quick peck on the cheek. “Will you be in town long?”\n\nPaul smiled, “I hope so. I am opening my own restaurant next month. I will be sure to send you an invitation.”\n\nDaria was thrilled. Paul Morrow was a young chef that had made quite a name for himself over the last two years. He deserved a break and she knew that he could be quite successful if the right opportunity came along. She made a quick mental note to invite some influential people to his opening that could help propel him to the top. “I can’t wait! Where will it be?”\n\n“Right here in MT Towers. Mr. Thompson…I mean Ed…made me an incredible offer to take over one of the restaurants here. If it is successful, we may open a second at another one of his properties. If you will excuse me, I must get back to your dinner.” Paul hurried back to the kitchen calling over his shoulder, “And yes, I am making your favorite dessert!”\n\n“Kevin, was it a lucky guess that I love Paul’s cooking or have you been spying on me?” Daria asked.\n\n“I wouldn’t call it spying” Kevin replied. “I read the article you wrote profiling him, and I happen to know that you were the high bidder in the silent auction at Ernie Johnson’s fundraiser a few months ago. No one would have bid that high unless they truly loved Paul’s cuisine. He is relatively unknown.”\n\n“I don’t remember seeing you at that event. It was crowded, but I would have remembered bumping into you.” Daria looked more and more perplexed as she tried to remember that night.\n\nKevin waved his hand in front of Daria’s face. “Earth to Daria…quit trying to figure out if I was hiding behind a potted palm in the corner. I wasn’t able to go. My wife got sick and I didn’t want to leave her home with the kids, but since I was co-chair of the event, I took care of contacting the winners, and awarding the prizes.”\n\nDaria thought for a moment. “But the letter with the contact information was signed ‘Edgar Thompson’. And Paul called you Ed, not Kevin. Did you change your name?”\n\n“Yes and no. My given name is Edgar Kevin Thompson. Edgar was for my Mom’s father and Kevin for my Dad’s older brother. When I was little, my Grandfather lived with us for a while. It was confusing to have two Ed’s in the house, and my father hated the name Edgar. It wasn’t the kind of name a ‘star athlete’ would have, so they called me Kevin. My Grandfather died when I was eight, but by then I was most definitely Kevin.”\n\n“What made you decide to go back to Edgar after so many years as Kevin?”\n\n“Kevin was a name associated with my past. He was the athlete. I’ll even go so far as to say he was a clueless athlete. As long as Kevin could win football games, and state championships, teachers would look the other way and pass him. Then I came to a point in my life where I woke up. I realized that I had been cheated. I could learn, but I had never been encouraged to learn or required to learn. I spent a number of years pretending to still be Kevin, but in my heart; I knew he was a lie. When I couldn’t play football anymore, I was able to stop lying. Kevin didn’t fit anymore, so I tried out Edgar. I liked the way it sounded. It also was a great way to honor my Grandfather. It was thanks to him that I got to finish my education. Well, him and Ernie.” Kevin paused and poured himself some water from the crystal pitcher on the bar.\n\nDaria just stared at him. She was now even more confused by this man, Edgar Thompson, the man that Kevin had grown into. She exchanged her champagne flute for a glass of water. “I think I need to keep my head clear tonight. I’m afraid I have a lot of questions for you Kevin…questions for both you and Edgar.” She sipped her water and gave him a small smile. “You’re not suffering from multiple personality disorder, are you?”','5811d5e6f70f460ab4b416cd839bfdf4',0,'','z8h4jxsk',1,1251008620,'',397,2,0),(357687,24924,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243914102,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: An Unexpected View','Excellent stuff. I like your descriptive work. Not so much that it becomes tedious, but just enough to help spark visualization. \":D\"','d19b1079114021ac48a1601b8d0a6221',0,'','t171d3qh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357688,25778,3,900,0,'72.131.3.2',1243914372,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Welcome! Hope you have a good time here!','631ff0ea2b0f695285ec517be198da5a',0,'','3tyu2gyo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357689,25515,6,900,0,'72.131.3.2',1243914918,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Two Halves - Chapter 4 - Teaser','[quote="DigiSim":2jxvkdip][quote="undefinedlust":2jxvkdip][quote="DigiSim":2jxvkdip]\nWhat if it says Dennis Moore? Or shouts "Stand and deliver!" and starts demanding lupins?[/quote:2jxvkdip]\n\nOr Demi Moore and starts doing a combo striptease/SEAL workout... \":shock:\"[/quote:2jxvkdip]\n\nOr Dudley Moore and starts playing the piano.[/quote:2jxvkdip]\n\nReminds me of when Bobby "The Brain" Heenan would cut spots for "Movies For Guys Who Like Movies".\n\nBobby Heenan: Demi Moore, Melba Moore, Archie Moore, and Dinty Moore in [i:2jxvkdip]How to Tease a Stripper[/i:2jxvkdip].\n\nTony Schiavonne: That\'s Demi Moore in [i:2jxvkdip]Striptease[/i:2jxvkdip]!\n\nBobby Heenan: That\'s not what my copy says...','04238e10c1dba40c47992c96dea37917',0,'oA==','2jxvkdip',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357690,25785,5,233,0,'69.158.101.6',1243915630,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The Old Repbublic','[url=http://www.swtor.com/media/trailers/deceived-cinematic-trailer?sourceid=ea3719:1yews4k2]Link[/url:1yews4k2]\n\nThat\'s what a Star Wars game should look like.','36c83f86c4e1d235a8e53ab64637eb91',0,'EA==','1yews4k2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357691,25753,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243916166,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677#31053883:3e127lgj]From tonight\'s MSNBC countdown: Fox News Killer Complicity[/url:3e127lgj]\n\nShockingly I hit the day\'s talking points without having read them... \"8)\" \n\nPerhaps the most interesting aspect of this story was a mention of the fact that the attack was somewhat coordinated on the forums of the blog at [url=http://www.operationrescue.org/:3e127lgj]Operation Rescue[/url:3e127lgj]. I would never encourage trolling, but these forums do make for... interesting reading. Quite a lot of the really incriminating stuff has already been taken offline. One fact of note is that this site had a "Tiller Watch" devoted to stopping the activities of the "noted baby killer" Dr. Tiller.\n\nETA: For anyone who would like to learn more about these terrorists, the website of the group [url=http://www.armyofgod.com/:3e127lgj]The Army of God[/url:3e127lgj] has biographies for these (according to them) "American Heroes". Included among these "heroes" is [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Rudolf:3e127lgj]Eric Rudolph[/url:3e127lgj], the terrorist who planted a pipe bomb at the \'96 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games.','0d8db76ffe74e8744084650ab803a5a7',0,'EA==','3e127lgj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357692,25774,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243917223,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="Deref":2ustc7m1]If an olive stuffed in a sparrow stuffed in a grouse stuffed in a chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a goose stuffed in a turkey stuffed in a swan is a turducken, what\'s a cow stuffed in a pig?[/quote:2ustc7m1]\n\n\nOff limits to Hindus, Jews and Muslims?','9aaec37d5caf81a4b06d545145af26f7',0,'gA==','2ustc7m1',1,0,'',0,0,0); INSERT INTO `phpbb3_posts` VALUES (357693,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243917455,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: Chapter 5','[u:21fkl1wt]Chapter 5[/u:21fkl1wt]\n\nDaria stood alone outside the large Payday complex; her eyes firmly set on the glass double doors that would seal her fate. She mentally braced herself; this was it, today was the day she was going to take her first life.\n\n"I hope it\'s not going to be messy, I should have worn a duster." She deadpanned, as she surveyed the full parking lot.\nDaria looked at the small yellow Post-It in her hand. An unneeded gesture since she had the details committed to memory.\n\nN. Johanssen.\nPayday Discount Warehouse.\nE.T.D 12:05 p.m.\n\nRube had explained that they were given a first initial, a last name, a location and an Estimated Time of Death to go on; the rest was pure detective work, as far as she could gather. \n\n"Use your powers of deduction to spot your Reap, just look for the risk factors to narrow your search. Like Nancy Drew." Rube had said.\n\nIt was funny; she didn\'t feel like Nancy Drew and she was willing to bet Nancy Drew never had to take an innocent life.\n\nIt had been a week since she had joined the ranks of the undead, and she had been informed that morning, over an obligatory breakfast of waffles, that she would have her first solo Reap. Daria glanced at her watch, shook her head and walked into the store. She racked her brain to come up with a way to find her N. Johanssen, before they bit the big one. \n\nThe store was extremely crowded and it was proving to be damn near impossible for Daria to find her mark. She sighed defeated and sunk down onto a courtesy bench in the front of the store. A loud hum echoed through the store as the sound of the loud speaker clicked.\n\n"Good morning customers, Payday wishes to inform the owner of a blue \'90 Toyota Camry, registration XQV-145 that they have left their head lights on. Thank you."\n\nA slight smile pulled at Daria\'s lips, a plan now formulated. Daria walked to the customer information desk at the front of the store and waited for the clerk to see her. He turned to address her she vaguely remembered his face from school, one of the fashion clubs fans. He tossed his head back to clear his hair from his face and gave Daria a seductive smile.\n\n"Hey there cutie."\n\n[i:21fkl1wt]\'Oh God, I can\'t believe I\'m actually going to do this...\' [/i:21fkl1wt]Daria thought, as she took a lock of hair between her fingers and twirled it.\n\n"Hey there, I\'m sorry to be a bother, but silly \'ole me forgot where I was meant to meet my friend." Daria started.\n\n"Oh, you can be my friend and hang with me." The boy smiled.\n\nDaria suppressed the biting sarcastic remark that danced on her tongue, and continued. "I was wondering if you could call out their name; so they can find me here?" She did her best Brittney impression, as her voice inflected at the end of her sentence.\n\n"Aww, sure thing babe." he crooned as Daria told him the name.\n\nAs she walked away she grimaced and gave an involuntary shudder. [i:21fkl1wt]‘Ugh I feel so dirty, I wonder if they sell industrial strength mind bleach here? This better work’[/i:21fkl1wt] Daria thought to herself as she returned to the courtesy bench and sat.\n\nDaria scanned the mass of bodies for her N. Johanssen. She gazed at her watch there were ten minutes to go, she sighed rather audibly and looked back toward the crowd and spotted her. N. Johanssen. Daria thought the name had seemed familiar when she received the Post-It that morning. The truth be told she was amazed Mrs. N. Johanssen was still alive; the last time Daria had seen her, she was one chocolate bar away from a sugar induced coma or heart attack. \n\nThe large, corpulent woman ambled slowly toward the front desk, and Daria rose from her seat to greet her. Daria mentally recited the mantra that had been circling her mind all morning: [i:21fkl1wt]Just a simple touch, that’s all it takes then sit back and wait; don\'t interfere.[/i:21fkl1wt] Daria walked over to the woman and winced inwardly at the sight of her; her short dark hair glistened and sat flat against her scalp, her forehead gleaned; a few small droplets of perspiration had beaded and slowly ran down the woman’s face. \n\n"You...Call...Called my... Name?" Mrs. Johansen managed between her panting; her southern twang dominated her speech as she regained her composure.\n\n"Uh, Mrs. Johanssen? Mrs. K. Johanssen?" Daria found her voice faulted slightly as she began.\n\n"No sweetie, N; Noelene Johanssen," she said.\n\n"Oh, I\'m sorry for wasting your time ma\'am, I\'m looking for Karen Johanssen." Daria gave her a sad smile.\n\n"Oh, well. Since you\'ve wasted my time you mind passing me a shopping cart? I\'m gonna need a lil\' help getting back to the sample aisle before twelve." Noelene Johanssen waved a flabby arm toward the row of shopping carts behind her. Daria turned and jumped.\n\n"Eep!" the sound had escaped Daria\'s mouth in shock, before she had been able to stifle it.\n\nDaria had come face to face with, what she assumed, was a Graveling; an impish creature, sporting a violaceous hue on its rough, scaly skin. Its yellowed eyes met Daria\'s, as it drew a long boney finger to its lips in a gesture of silence. \n\n"Hurry Girlie, there’s only five minutes left." the woman called impatiently.\n\nThe graveling slid into the cart and sat, as Daria wheeled it over to Mrs Johanssen.\n\n"Thanks sweetie." \n\n"No problems." Daria muttered and brushed her hand across the woman’s bulky shoulder, a blue shimmering wisp of smoked travelled from Mrs Johanssen\'s body to Daria. \n\nDaria had planned to wait in the car park, with the hopes that the soul would find her, or better yet, accept her fate and move on unassisted. Unfortunately Daria found her morbid curiosity getting the better of her. When she had been alive, after her first encounter with Mrs Johanssen, Daria had envisioned a health complication would take the gluttonous woman out. However Daria\'s Reaper division dealt with outside influences, namely murder, suicide and accidents. Daria found herself compelled to follow the large form through the crowd. \n\n---\n\nNoelene Johanssen leaned heavily on the shopping cart as she hurried, to the best of her ability, to the back of the store. The scent of the sample station grew stronger with each step she ignored the pain in the left side of her abdomen and the damp stickiness she felt down her back and neck as she pushed on. She silently cursed her misfortune of mistaken identity that had taken her away from the pole position she had acquired earlier. \n\nShe turned the last corner and came face to face with the antagonistic middle-aged man she had been hoping to evade. They stood face to face, their shopping carts positioned at adjacent angles.\n\n"You." she grunted.\n\n"Don\'t THINK you\'re GOing to shUT me out aGAIN with that obESE ass THIS time!" Mr DeMartino replied through clenched teeth.\n\nDaria viewed the encounter from her vantage point a few feet away. The Graveling that had remained seated in the woman\'s cart now stood and straddled the ends of the two carts effectively locking them together. \n\nMrs. Johanssen and Mr. DeMartino struggled to free their respective carts. After a few minutes, Mrs. Johanssen gave one final push, using the mass of her weight to disconnect Mr DeMartino from his cart. The abrupt force sent him sprawling backwards into the confectionary self-serve bowsers and caused an avalanche of candy to flood the floors. Mrs. Johanssen had abandoned her trolley and was now running toward the tasting tables with Mr. DeMartino in hot pursuit.\n\nDaria watched in amazement at the speed that the heavy set woman was able to produce. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quick enough. The stray candy had spread quicker than the woman and had gotten under foot. Mr D. was the first to go; his legs skidded backwards as he face-planted the hard linoleum floor. His out stretched hand clipped the back of Mrs. Johanssen\'s dress and caused her to topple. \n\nDaria winced as the echoed thump of her body hitting the ground brought a silence to the store. The built up momentum she had gathered launched her the extra few feet needed to reach the cooking station. She collected it with her, as she slid to a halt against the wall. Daria watched as the contents of the station; a deep fryer, a large plate of deep fried food substitutes and a container of tooth picks, flew into the air, then rained down upon Mrs. Johanssen. \n\nDaria took a few tentative steps toward the large mess. She saw the struggled actions of Mrs. Johanssen as she clawed at her neck; her face started to take on a blue tinge as she attempted to gasp for breath. Daria turned and walked back to her previous spot, unsure of how to react.\n\nMrs. Johanssen\'s soul appeared beside her moments later.\n\n"Sweet Jesus, Am I dead?" She asked incredulously.\n\n"I\'m afraid so." Daria said in a flat tone.\n\n"The doc always told me that my food addiction would be the end of me, I just never thought it would be so..." The woman seemed to search for an appropriate word.\n\n"Sudden?" Daria offered.\n\n"Literal," She replied. "So what now?"\n\n"Umm I don\'t know. You have to move on." Daria shrugged.\n\n"Like heaven?" She asked, as the aisle appeared to burst with light a large buffet style room appeared and the woman walked toward it. \n\nDaria scanned the shop if anyone had seen the culinary apparition they gave no clues that they cared. Daria sighed and walked out of the store into the parking lot, her mind registered the sound of an ambulance in the far distance, as she let her feet take her through the town as far away from the store as possible.','5e33cee915b9d9483a42af73c8c645d0',0,'IQ==','21fkl1wt',1,1251081340,'',992,4,0),(357694,25697,6,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243918314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','IIRC, Manson said that after the blacks won the race war, that they\'d then be unable to function (too stupid) and look to the Manson family for leadership (though if they\'re too stupid, they might just destroy or enslave or even simply ignore the only people who could save them...ah well, it\'s probably a good thing I wasn\'t there to ask questions...). \n\nAnd the foreshadowing seems to suggest that Manson (or possibly Daria) is manipulating events to draw the convoy out there. \n\nThe Spear of Destiny has some mighty mojo...\n\nPresumably it can be used to to stop the madness as well. \n\nSo...is Ann Coulter still kicking it with the zoms?','6cf3a90c757e67e62a3444fbd55170ea',0,'','veipu68j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357695,25785,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243918536,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','Damn. \n\nThat\'s what a [i:1wvl09rj]Star Wars[/i:1wvl09rj] [b:1wvl09rj]FILM[/b:1wvl09rj] should look like. \n\n\nMaybe they should have the writers of the games write a film or two, instread of George Lucas, and I hate saying this - but maybe we won\'t see areally good film until after he passes away and they bring a good writer in.\n\nThat\'s more or less what happened with [i:1wvl09rj]Star Trek[/i:1wvl09rj]. The REALLY good stuff was done in end runs around Roddenberry, when he wasn\'t trying to have a big moralto the story, or after he left the helm to others.','01537facb1f3dc21282793f66f78d8c3',0,'YA==','1wvl09rj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357696,25375,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1243919033,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','From yet another T-Shirt: "I\'m like a superhero with no powers or motivation."','de4b23798fd5469a94536503adc0a6cd',0,'','1em9h42k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357697,25375,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243919289,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','A personal favorite of mine: [i:1efjncw6]\'Life\'s a bitch. [b:1efjncw6]MY[/b:1efjncw6] bitch.\'[/i:1efjncw6]','80ac9cb0c07ea030101967e718db38e1',0,'YA==','1efjncw6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357698,25778,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243919416,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Welcome to our web. Keep buzzing to your heart\'s content, someone will be along soon enough. \n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":kwwn9qzj]Let\'s give the new fellow a... proper introduction. Send him a large bag of Hershey\'s Kisses, a \'I heart Tom Sloane\' T-shirt, a penguin costume, and the link to the \'position paper\' on Luann and Aaron being meant to be together forever[/quote:kwwn9qzj]\n\nDon\'t forget Ronin\'s fics. \n\nOr should we wait until we get lure him to a Dariacon to prevent him from killing himself before he reads every single word? Keeping him from covering his ears and someone to smother his screams so that he can hear Ronin\'s fics read to him (should he manage to gouge out his own eyes before he\'s done reading) could be useful, too.','c4232ff9ae2b415c983ac29dcc1f4e99',0,'gA==','kwwn9qzj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357699,25774,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243919543,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="undefinedlust":b18ul03y][quote="Deref":b18ul03y]If an olive stuffed in a sparrow stuffed in a grouse stuffed in a chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a goose stuffed in a turkey stuffed in a swan is a turducken, what\'s a cow stuffed in a pig?[/quote:b18ul03y]\n\n\nOff limits to Hindus, Jews and Muslims?[/quote:b18ul03y]\n\nDing! Ding! Ding!\n\nAnd we have a winner, folks! \":lol:\"','4ef36b4470b7188aaa0697194204b311',0,'gA==','b18ul03y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357700,25670,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243919827,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="A.J.":2koz7tte]But from day one when I first saw Clinton he had this oily, smarmy used car salesman look that says "No matter what, I\'m better than you. Deal with it." That air of superiority that he could do whatever he wanted and did. And he somehow got away with it[/quote:2koz7tte]\n\nThat\'s how Bush II came off to me, too.','6bd00f2d13689b324cab896d94bb82e6',0,'gA==','2koz7tte',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357701,25778,3,947,0,'75.7.203.44',1243919960,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','[b:1jysub2q]Abandon hope all ye who enter here[/b:1jysub2q]\n\nWelcome to the asylum. Watch out for the penguins \n\nTuesday is your day to bring pizza. Extra cheese if you value your life \":D\"','c8843c0fc784d9fd7dd0fccd408ede5b',0,'QA==','1jysub2q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357702,25753,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243920229,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="losdia":1ovbvq5c][quote="RLobinske":1ovbvq5c][url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/terry-declares-tiller-reaped-what-he-sowed-then-asks-if-someone-will-buy-him-lunch:1ovbvq5c]Words fail me.[/url:1ovbvq5c][/quote:1ovbvq5c]\n\nRemember a couple of months ago, when the Department of Homeland Security put out a report that with Obama\'s election right wing domestic terrorist acts were likely? Then Fox News explained about how that report was a massive conspiracy to discredit Republicans and pave the way for reeducation camps? This is what Homeland Security was talking about. \n\nWith how Fox and a few others have been trying to whip up the right into a frenzy this sort of thing is going to keep happening. There will always be unbalanced people and "true believers" who will take that sort of rhetoric to heart. Right now there has been enough time for serious planing, so I expect we will be seeing more of this as assorted nuts snap, crackle, and pop over the next few months.[/quote:1ovbvq5c]\n\nIDK...the way that report came off was like saying anyone concerned about the environment needed to be watched to make sure they weren\'t planting spikes in trees to kill loggers.\n\nThe report was way too vague, as they tend to be, with a lot of "maybes" to be particularly credible. It reminds me of the witch hunts against goths, and why I\'ve become extremely skeptical of any such warnings. (On more practical grounds, such vagueness turns actual threats into needles in a haystack.) \n\nThough I found some interesting reactions (usually frosty) when some right winger complains about how some cops overreacted to someone with like a Gadsden flag bumper sticker, treating the driver as if he were some right wing terrorist, when pointing out that maybe he can commiserate with all the people in Gitmo treated as if suicide bombers and insurgents on evidence just as flimsy. \n\nAnd all in all, for people to watch out for senseless violence, one should really be watching our own police, for they probably deserve such scrutiny more than anyone. (That said, thanks to the cop that made the report against "right wingers"--though not just right wingers given its broad vagueness--public.)','6b6f55fdb5d71a24932104ee54091fd4',0,'kA==','1ovbvq5c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357703,25780,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243920425,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was Thirty three years ago today','And we all appreciate very much! Happy, birthday, Wouter!\n\nThank you for the music, my friend!','bcdd1cec510bd66972ddb1c015cfe7b9',0,'','39soramx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357704,25786,3,568,0,'206.255.98.116',1243920462,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Bike Wreck','Hey guys, I had a bike wreck this past Saturday.\n\nMy friend and I were riding through our local Military Park (civil war era), when I started going down this hill [i:c4w1mho1]really[/i:c4w1mho1] fast. I decided that I would...ease on the breaks and slow down. I didn\'t ease enough I guess. The next thing I know I lose control of the bike I get thrown off on to the ground. On my way down, I though to myself "Oh this is gonna hurt!" And it did. Some how or another, one of my shoes flew off 30 ft or so straight up in the air and landed about 10 feet away from me. I got some "road rash" on my left arm and a scrape on my right hand. I have more "road rash" just bellow my left knee, to the left. just above my knee cap, to the left I have what can only describe as a hole. My flesh was pulled back so far that it looks like I only have 1 layer left before the bone. \n\nLuckily for me there were some guys up the road who heard my crash...and probably all the colorful language I used after the crash,lol, though to be honest I think I used more incoherent grunts and groans than actual words. The took my home in their truck, which I am very grateful for. We would have gone to the hospital, but we can\'t really afford to and they\'d be doing pretty much the same thing we are. We\'re trying to keep it clean as much as we can. As you can imagine, I need help getting around the house when it\'s too painful for me to move by myself. I feel blessed that I have a wonderful fiance to take care of me while I\'m hurt. She\'s been awesome. \n\nJust though I\'d share how "fun" my weekend was. And yes I know, it could have been much worse than it was.','461c407d38420ff174bdc7879e6271d1',0,'IA==','c4w1mho1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357705,25778,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243920630,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Btw, please don\'t say anything bad about Stacy Rowe or have anything bad happen to her in a fic, as she has a defender here. \n\nYou ever hear of that guy who sobbed (with real tears) on YT, "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!" Yeah, he\'s sane compared to Stacy\'s champion. Please don\'t draw him out again by taunting the Stacy. There\'s enough pandemonium as it is. \":shock:\" \n\nJust. Don\'t.','c1334af3c00d1ae7542c60e4d484320a',0,'','6i4zrtkj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357706,25774,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243920810,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="Liz Ruiz":v7trw4h7][quote="undefinedlust":v7trw4h7][quote="Deref":v7trw4h7]If an olive stuffed in a sparrow stuffed in a grouse stuffed in a chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a goose stuffed in a turkey stuffed in a swan is a turducken, what\'s a cow stuffed in a pig?[/quote:v7trw4h7]\n\n\nOff limits to Hindus, Jews and Muslims?[/quote:v7trw4h7]\n\nDing! Ding! Ding!\n\nAnd we have a winner, folks! \":lol:\"[/quote:v7trw4h7]\n\n\nIt was just too easy a joke to pass up \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":mrgreen:\"','bdbc7f14d6929f697c1d600da73e16a4',0,'gA==','v7trw4h7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357707,25375,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1243921297,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"James, if memetic mutation truly doesn\'t exist, then please, [i:2ralofru]please[/i:2ralofru] explain to me what in the hell caused Abraham Lincoln to go from being a mild-mannered president from Illinois to being a [i:2ralofru]badass[/i:2ralofru] who could kill [i:2ralofru]Rambo[/i:2ralofru] just by looking at him?"\n-Me. No, you don\'t get the context for this one.','cc11ee1f6be512fd4aeae2037c8b9b4b',0,'IA==','2ralofru',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357708,25753,4,545,0,'65.221.65.187',1243921596,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="RLobinske":hkyglk2l][quote="losdia":hkyglk2l][quote="RLobinske":hkyglk2l][url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/terry-declares-tiller-reaped-what-he-sowed-then-asks-if-someone-will-buy-him-lunch:hkyglk2l]Words fail me.[/url:hkyglk2l][/quote:hkyglk2l]\n\nRemember a couple of months ago, when the Department of Homeland Security put out a report that with Obama\'s election right wing domestic terrorist acts were likely? Then Fox News explained about how that report was a massive conspiracy to discredit Republicans and pave the way for reeducation camps? This is what Homeland Security was talking about. \n\nWith how Fox and a few others have been trying to whip up the right into a frenzy this sort of thing is going to keep happening. There will always be unbalanced people and "true believers" who will take that sort of rhetoric to heart. Right now there has been enough time for serious planing, so I expect we will be seeing more of this as assorted nuts snap, crackle, and pop over the next few months.[/quote:hkyglk2l]\n\nI agree. What really got to me about that report was Randal Terry\'s casual way of angling for beer and wings after the conference.\n\nI may not drink another Guiness for a very long time.[/quote:hkyglk2l]\n\nDo not blame Guinness for what an idiot does or says. If I remember my right-wingers guide right (heh), Randall Terry got a rep for being too mercernary for Pat Robertson.\n\nThe fact that he drinks Guinness only shows that he\'ll offend the temperence-minded portion of the evangelicals. Plus that he actually has a little bit of taste.\n\nBut he\'s still an idiot.','dd823104c26c0b5fa98ec24f6c51bc10',0,'kA==','hkyglk2l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357709,25753,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243922354,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Dervish":2ei9dvy4] \":words:\" [/quote:2ei9dvy4]\n\nWTH are you talking about? The DHS report was one of their quarterly assessment of probable domestic terrorist threats. It was a 30 page (declassified) report talking about the dangers posed by right wing fringe groups. DHS also does one for left wing groups. They\'re divided in to two separate reports because of the differences in typical operational structures. While I don\'t think the DHS analysis is the absolute best ([url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intpro.jsp:2ei9dvy4]SPLC\'s Threat Watch[/url:2ei9dvy4] is a lot better), it was a clear estimate of one of the dangers facing the US in the next several months. \n\nThere were three main things Fox spun out of all context to make this sound scary:\n\nA) It was a report on "Right Wing" threats. Why weren\'t they looking at domestic terrorism in general. This is a plot by Obama against the RNC. ext. As I pointed out above there IS a Left Wing threat analysis, it just isn\'t as interesting a read.\n\nB) Anti-Abortion, Anti-Immigration, and Anti-Tax single issue groups are the most likely threats. To Fox this meant that people with a strong commitment to fighting for core Republican principles are now considered terrorists by Obama...\n\nC) Soldiers are a high priority target for recruitment by these groups. This is a "duh" kind of thing, if you think about what they mean. Terrorist groups are going to want people who have skills with explosives and assault weapons, and soldiers have those skills. Ergo, Terrorist would really like more trained soldiers to join up. Fox News of course spun this as Obama views our brave heroes coming home from Iraq as potential terrorists.','921978f6c58e16f1cff2481c93f14bda',0,'kA==','2ei9dvy4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357710,25778,3,83,0,'71.32.124.114',1243923069,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','[quote="JrGtr42":3s9pqyni]\nJust remember, you don\'t have to be crazy to get along here...\n but it sure helps.[/quote:3s9pqyni]\n\n\nYou don\'t have to be crazy- we\'ll train you.','1c97f61ec46b892f35b4ac54f1c2760b',0,'gA==','3s9pqyni',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357711,25778,3,545,0,'65.221.65.187',1243924221,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Welcome aboard! \":D\"','757586a461e17a8f1a39b96850c2aad5',0,'','3ug0lxns',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357712,25780,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243924632,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was Thirty three years ago today','Happy Birthday!','fa64e37875addd15cd7b93931bb6cf38',0,'','29l3b30g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357713,25774,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243924955,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','That\'s a lot of bacon.','72635d3d175fe3662ba6337284a95648',0,'','ng30pbo9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357714,25787,6,401,0,'68.188.174.249',1243928279,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Daylight: Hell Freezes Over','The wind howled, battering the thin walls of Casa Lane with more and more snow. Chill seeped in through the various cracks in the walls, through the seals that no longer held the windowpanes as securely as they once had, under doors -- the house was barely warmer inside than out.\n\nThe warmest spot in the house was the basement. Figures, wrapped tightly in blankets and the thickest clothing they could find, huddled around what once was used as a kiln. Now, it held a fire, kept fed by various scraps that they had found scrounging outside during the day.\n\nDaytime...during the day, the furious snowstorms died down to almost nothing. Sometimes they could even track the sun, through the thick cloud cover. The storms always came back at night, though, battering the already-dead world.\n\nDaria Morgendorffer looked at the flames inside the kiln contemptuously; she remembers it was just two or three months ago (grasp of time was starting to slip away from them all) when fire had claimed her mother, her father, and millions (if not billions) of people. \n\nDays after, the survivors of Lawndale thrashed their way through rumor after rumor. Nuclear attack seemed to be the most popular option, even after Daria had pointed out that a nuclear attack would have flattened Lawndale in moments, instead of making it burn to the ground over a course of a few hours. \n\nTed had suggested it could have been intense sunspots -- he cited an incident in the 1800s where unusually heightened sunspot activity had overloaded telegraph wires across the United States, and that nearly every home in Lawndale (nearly every home in every first-world country, to be exact) had similar such wiring. Every item that relied on a microchip was dead -- no MP3 players, laptop computers, automated coffee makers, pacemakers, automobiles manufactured in the past 30 years -- none of it worked. The smaller items had died quietly, whereas the larger items combusted rather spectacularly. \n\nThat was how her father had died. She hadn\'t found his body in the house after the fire had finally died down (she suspected her mother had died instantaneously at the computer -- people had mentioned computer monitors exploded when the event happened, and Daria had found her skeleton with pieces of glass embedded in the skull and ribcage), so she took three days to examine every burnt-out wreck on the highway leading to downtown Lawndale. She found him late on the third day, sitting in the burnt-out Lexus that bore his license plate. She gathered his bones and buried them next to her mother\'s.\n\nShe looked to her sister, Quinn, sitting next to her. Quinn hadn\'t escaped the event unscathed: she had been talking to Sandi on her cell phone when a tremendous shock passed through the device, burning the shape of the cell phone into her cheek and damaging her ear to the point of total deafness. Quinn had struggled to crawl out of the house after that, but inhaled a lot of smoke before she could escape. (Being low to the ground meant she didn\'t take in a lethal amount of smoke, but her voice had had a harsh rasp to it ever since). \n\nTed DeWitt-Clinton was the third and last person keeping warm in the basement. His house had caught aflame as a result of being too close to another house which was already a raging inferno, catching his parents unawares. (The DeWitt-Clintons had no electronics and little wiring in their house, so were unaware that a disaster was happening until they burned alive). Ted himself was working on the yearbook at Lawndale High when the event happened. The school was built tough; a few fires broke out there, but they were all contained. \n\nThe high school actually became the new home of most of the refugees of Lawndale. Daria and Quinn, and later Ted, shied away, since they had heard too many rumors of Li descending into paranoia and general insanity. They had to be careful during their daily scrounging, or one of Li\'s scouting teams would take them into custody (which meant slavery, if not outright execution). \n\nQuinn had asked her why it had gotten so cold several weeks ago. "Quinn, if what happened here happened everywhere, which it probably did since we haven\'t seen any rescue parties at all, well...think about what happened here."\n\nDaria thought about it herself all the time. Nine out of ten buildings in Lawndale had burned to the ground, and this was just a small city. She figured that three-fourths of all buildings on the Earth had burned down, and most likely every major city had been annihilated as well. She had read once that scientists had calculated a nuclear winter lasting over two years if the United States and former Soviet Union had a massive nuclear exchange -- and a massive nuclear exchange would only destroy about a quarter of every building in both countries, leaving every other country practically untouched. Massive fires burning everywhere on every inhabitable continent meant that Punxswatawney Phil would be disappointed for many years to come, Daria suspected.\n\nJane...\n\nDaria shoved the thought out of her mind. Jane and Trent and Trent\'s band had gone to Fremont for a gig, and they were sure to have survived there. \n\nIt was what Daria told herself to make it through the day.\n\n\n\nXXXXXXXXXX\n\n\n\nHello. It\'s me, Smileyfax! (I registered here long before I went under the name Smileyfax, hence the discrepancy. Actually, if a moderator or administrator would be so kind, would you alter my username here to Smileyfax, so as to create a unified sense of identity? Thanks!)\n\nAfter repeated urging, I\'ve finally decided to stop lurking here. (It may also have something to do with the title of this fic \";)\" ). I hope I don\'t disappoint!','802064552dba83aaab2a80d1b649db6d',0,'','2z9q8ryr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357715,25697,6,7,0,'121.45.174.9',1243929016,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Brother Grimace":1yszgzju]Barring actual supernatural intervention on behalf of the aboriginials - [b:1yszgzju]there wouldn\'t be any left[/b:1yszgzju]. Correct me if I\'m wrong on the stats, but the aboriginal population of Australia is 2.6% of the total population - and in 1969, Australia\'s population was 12.6 million people. \n\nConsidering that the zombiefication happened almost immediately on a global scale, they literally wouldn\'t have had a chance to escape, let alone fight.[/quote:1yszgzju]\nNah, there\'d still be some around. Thing about us whitefellas in Australia? Most of us are on the south-east coast. The Aboriginal population in the cities would be fucked, true, but there are some communities up Arnhem Land way that had virtually no [i:1yszgzju]contact[/i:1yszgzju] with white people until the Second World War—forget being outnumbered. Up north, and in the desert, there\'d be just enough Zoms to cause trouble, not kill everyone. How long they\'d last after that depends on exactly how far a Zom will go to kill a blackfella, especially if they can\'t see or hear them and there\'s difficult terrain in the way, but it would, at worst, be a drawn-out fight.','3334827d7dabf13a1bbc0925e18ddc5e',0,'4A==','1yszgzju',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357716,25133,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243929666,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 5)','Quinn hurried across the Pizza King and dropped into a booth to join Jane and Charles, who were already most of the way through a large pizza. She leaned over and kissed her boyfriend on the cheek, and then pulled off her cap and gloves.\n\n “Sorry I’m late, I lost track of time while researching a story,” Quinn said, reaching for a slice of pizza.\n\n “No problem,” Jane answered. “I’ve spent the time trying to pick up your boyfriend.”\n\n The pizza slice stopped halfway to Quinn’s mouth.\n\n “She’s kidding,” Charles said nervously.\n\n “Yeah, I am. We’ve actually been talking about all the things you do that annoy us, but we’d never complain about to your face.” Jane’s smirk turned into a grin.\n\n “That, I believe.” Quinn began eating.\n\n “I just kept insisting you were perfect,” Charles said. “Jane kept ranting about you singing off-key in the shower.”\n\n “I said nothing of the kind,” Jane said. “He’s trying to frame me, he’s the one who was talking about your shower time serenades.”\n\n Quinn swallowed and frowned at her boyfriend. “How do you know I sing in the shower?” Her frown deepened. “And I do not sing off-key.”\n\n “I . . . uh . . . .”\n\n Jane cackled madly.\n\n “Geez,” Quinn said, rolling her eyes. “You don’t have to spy on me in the shower, Charles. You can just come on in, and help me wash my back.”\n\n Jane’s eyes widened, and her laughter immediately stopped.\n\n “Really?” Charles said, his voice small and his face bright red.\n\n “No.” Quinn continued eating, grabbing a second slice.\n\n “Hey, leave some for the rest of us,” Jane said. “Did you skip lunch or something?”\n\n “Yeah,” Quinn said with a shrug. “I was too busy . . . .”\n\n “Working on a story,” Jane said, chiming in to say it simultaneously with the redhead.\n\n “What have you been working on so hard?” Charles asked.\n\n “It’s a . . . uh . . . story,” Quinn said. “It’s still speculative, I don’t want to say anything until I have some solid proof.”\n\n “Okay,” Charles said. “If you need any help, feel free to ask. You know I’m good with computers.”\n\n “I know, thanks.”\n\n “So if you can’t talk about the story, what can we talk about?” Jane asked, quirking an eyebrow.\n\n “Family gossip?”\n\n “Always amusing,” Charles said. “My dad had a conniption last night when he found out my uncle is going to have me on stage as his assistant next week.”\n\n “Stage?” Jane asked.\n\n “He’s a prestidigitator,” Quinn said. “Charles has been studying with him.”\n\n “They let you do that in public? I mean, you’re still underage, Chuck.”\n\n “It’s stage magic,” Charles said, shaking his head. “Performing live on stage with my uncle is my final test. I can do all the tricks, I just have to show I can do them in front of an audience.”\n\n “Oo!” Jane said, grinning widely. “You mean like pulling a rabbit out of a hat and guessing what card somebody pulled?”\n\n “Actually,” Quinn said.\n\n “Yes, exactly like that,” Charles said. “Except not so tawdry.”\n\n “Well, it sounds cool.”\n\n “I’ll get you a ticket,” Charles said. “I have three I can give away, I figured I’d give two of them to you, anyway. You can bring a date.”\n\n “A date, great.” Jane’s humor seemed to flatten a little. “I’ll see what I can do.”\n\n “Mack’s single now,” Quinn said.\n\n “So I heard.” Jane shook her head. “Sometimes I wonder about Jodie’s sanity.”\n\n “She’s a very busy girl,” Charles said with a shrug. “Frankly, nobody was surprised by this except Mack.”\n\n “So, to steer the conversation somewhere less depressing,” Quinn said. “I think Amy has a secret boyfriend or something.”\n\n “Oh?” Jane asked. “Do tell.”\n\n “Well, I don’t have any hard evidence yet,” Quinn said, leaning across the table. “But there have been a few times that her car is home, but she’s not. And once, I heard her in the kitchen downstairs, and when I walked down she was gone.”\n\n “Gone?” Charles asked.\n\n “Yeah, like she’d slipped out the back door or something. I think she’s seeing some guy, and she doesn’t want to introduce him yet.”\n\n “Or maybe she’s going to those swank parties with Daria,” Jane said.\n\n “Please.” Quinn rolled her eyes. “Not even Daria is going to the swank parties with Daria.”\n\n “Come again?”\n\n “Yeah, it was a big relief when I found out. The two of you are completely sworn to secrecy.”\n\n “It won’t be a hard secret to keep,” Charles said. “Since you haven’t explained what you’re talking about.”\n\n “Oh, sorry. You know all those wild, embarrassing parties that Daria keeps showing up at, and all the tabloid pictures, and stuff?” Quinn asked.\n\n “Yeah.”\n\n “It’s not her; Daria hired a body double to go out and pretend to be her. I met her last week, and the resemblance is pretty spooky.”\n\n “Oh, that’s the girl with the bike,” Jane said. “I was wondering.”\n\n “Yeah.”\n\n “So, let me get this straight,” Jane said. “This girl gets paid to attend decadent Hollywood parties, get absolutely sloshed drunk, and hang out with the elite of the entertainment industry?”\n\n “Yeah, sounds like a real headache,” Quinn said.\n\n Charles and Jane stared at her silently for a moment.\n\n “What?” Quinn asked. After another moment passed, she said, “No, really. Why are you two looking at me like that?”\n\n “I love you, but sometimes I wonder about you,” Charles said.\n\n “It’s the head injury,” Jane said, slowly shaking her head in mock sorrow. “She just hasn’t been the same since the concussion.”\n\n “Oh, bite me.”\n\n Jane smirked as Charles quietly leaned over.\n\n “Ack! Get off, get off! Ack! That’s my ear, stop, it tickles! Ack! Jane, help!”\n\n With a shark’s grin, Jane stood and moved over to the other side of the table.\n\n “Augh! You’re all freaks!”\n\n--\n\n “Opinions?” Stacy asked.\n\n She posed for her small audience, turning back and forth to let them see her outfit from all directions. Her lightly armored, dark green leggings fit into matching boots. Above that, she wore a dark crimson tunic; the tunic was more armored than the leggings, but not enough to limit her flexibility or speed. The dark yellow cloth was seamed along her arms from wrist to armpit and then down to her waist, leaving long folds of fabric to reach nearly to the floor.\n\n “Aren’t you worried someone will recognize the design?” Amy asked.\n\n “No.” Stacy sighed. “The only people who would recognize it on sight are dead now. In the unlikely event somebody does get a good look at me and remembers the competition I’ll just hobble around on my cane for them.”\n\n “We’re going to have to do something about the hair,” Daria said. “Luckily, I’ve already got something ready for you.” She stood and walked to a nearby equipment locker, pulling out what appeared to be a long, black wig with a set of attached goggles.\n\n “I always wondered how I’d look if I dyed my hair black,” Stacy said. “I mean, I wouldn’t do it, obviously. The goth look is a huge fashion faux pas . . . and that’s really not the point, is it?”\n\n Daria slowly lowered her quirked eyebrow and approached her apprentice. As she began fitting on the wig, she said, “With a little practice you’ll be able to get in and out of this thing in just a few seconds. The goggle straps are built into the hairpiece, it may fit a little snugly but you don’t have to worry about it coming off.”\n\n Stacy shook out her new hair and reached up to settle the goggles into place. “Hey, I can see in the dark!”\n\n “The goggles are multifunctional, you control them by tapping different spots and they react to the chips built into the fingertips of your gloves,” Daria explained. “I’ll instruct you on that later. Also, the skull cap of the wig has ballistic fibers woven into it for added protection.”\n\n “My hair is bulletproof?”\n\n “No, it will not stop a shot to the head. What it will do is help turn a glancing blow and that might save your life.” Daria frowned. “The moral of the story is don’t get shot, especially not in the head. You aren’t as well armored as I’d like you to be.”\n\n “I’ll be sure not to get in front of any guns.”\n\n “Hmph.”\n\n “I seem to remember a similar conversation,” Amy said. “A few months ago, when you were first designing the Batgirl suit.”\n\n “You need a call sign,” Daria said, ignoring her aunt. “Something I can use over the radio, and call you in front of outsiders.”\n\n “Red Robin,” Amy said. “Isn’t that what your costume was supposed to be, the first robin of spring?”\n\n “Yeah.”\n\n “We’ll go with Robin,” Daria said. “It’s shorter, faster to say.”\n\n “Sweet,” Stacy said, grinning. “So, I guess I’m ready to go out and fight some crime, huh?”\n\n “No.”\n\n “But, I’ve been working out and training,” Stacy pointed down at her torso. “And hey: armored suit, with night vision goggles and stuff.”\n\n “Yes, your training has reached a new stage,” Daria said. “Now that you have body armor, I won’t have to hold back.”\n\n “Hold back?” Stacy blinked. “You’ve been holding back?”\n\n Daria slowly smiled.','d822d1962b659bf06d907efc3e91bd8c',0,'','1pythht0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357717,25787,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243930074,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daylight: Hell Freezes Over','I like it. Short, sweet, brutal.','8d40d9128b866b70aa6586b50aab7203',0,'','3sjacn95',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357718,24924,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1243930774,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: An Unexpected View **Updated**','I still think it was brain surgery. \":shock:\"\n\n \":lol:\"','9e9eddc4239e88001f56617fd68afd97',0,'','1mf5rlz1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357719,25753,4,940,0,'96.248.115.44',1243931065,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','Hmm.\n\nThis thread is case in point.','6a9f606e1f065d1d3fa4bd02eade3d81',0,'','2tvqj7sm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357720,25778,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243933518,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Wow, such a warm welcome- I´m impressed. And flattered. \n\nOh, and a) I think Stacy is sweet, so I don´t intend to say anything mean about her, or making her eat crystal in a fic or that kind of funny things [i:1gyt1sl1]some people[/i:1gyt1sl1] in this board are so fond of (I´m not much into angst... at least, into [i:1gyt1sl1]writing[/i:1gyt1sl1] it, heheheh), b) it´s unlikely that I go to a Dariacon, ever, and c) EYE GOUGING-INDUCING FANFICS? WHERE? WHERE? xD','514fdfc6a99d64a69e304f76817ae8a6',0,'IA==','1gyt1sl1',1,1243943606,'',1001,1,0),(357721,25774,3,114,0,'210.9.142.174',1243935316,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="undefinedlust":hj56rfh4][quote="Deref":hj56rfh4]If an olive stuffed in a sparrow stuffed in a grouse stuffed in a chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a goose stuffed in a turkey stuffed in a swan is a turducken, what\'s a cow stuffed in a pig?[/quote:hj56rfh4]\n\n\nOff limits to Hindus, Jews and Muslims?[/quote:hj56rfh4]\n \":D\" thank God I\'m an atheist!','3618e00771e47516f8b2b21ee9e0602f',0,'gA==','hj56rfh4',1,1243977437,'',114,1,0),(357722,25375,3,114,0,'210.9.142.174',1243935474,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','There was a young lady, Marie,\nWho went down to the river to swim.\nA man in a punt\nstuck an oar in her eye,\nand now she wears glasses, you see!','729dcf0fde233320bb0e5eb74083c8d8',0,'','1ncacyos',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357723,25753,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243935799,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','The SPLC doesn\'t have any cred with me. It\'s run by a sue happy lawyer that keeps most of what he sues on behalf of his clients and tries to scare people in dishing out more money to him. (That said, I like their Teaching Tolerance anyway.) I don\'t care for the ADL either.\n\nBased on info from the SPLC and ADL, people seeing me when I wear my trench (granted, that\'s rare anymore) would think I\'m a frothing at the mouth racist. Let\'s see, offhand, I have the number 23 (actually E23: 2+3=5, and E is the 5th letter; 23 is a "holey" number of the Discordians and tend to giggle when they see it somewhere, whereas "E" has a similar effect on ravers and the like, so I combined them on a whim), which they say equals W (23rd letter) which means "White Power." \n\n2 other numbers are 4/19 and 4/20. While the "hate watchers" are right (if missing the point, at least for how I intended it) that 4/19 is an anniversary of Waco and the OKC bombing, it\'s also the same for Lexington and the Warsaw Ghetto uprising (which they conveniently ignore). When I put it on my trench years ago, it was a sign that I was a friend to those in the freedom movement. The 4/20 was added as "1 minute later" (It\'s 4:19, got a minute?) and represents my support of marijuana legalization. Course "hate watchers" see THAT as "Hitler\'s b-day" instead. \n\nAt least I don\'t have 88, like a shirt brand from HK did (for them it represents luck, but to hate watchers, it represents "Heil Hitler," through granted "14/88" is popular enough that I can at least understand this mistake, though they really should practice paying more attention to the context). \n\nSome of the other bits on my trench would also give pause thanks to the defamation of my symbols by the ADL and SPLC. I expect wearing my Thor\'s Hammer pendant (not that I do very often, though I typically do when I wear my trench just because I feel like it) and my Texas accent would just make it seem even worse. \n\nGranted, my [url=http://www.northernsun.com/n/s/quantity.html?mv_arg=6426:1btjwm16]Wiccan patch[/url:1btjwm16] (just for laughs) and rainbow triangle might cause an observer to pause, as would many of my friends. My BFF (who likes to dress surreal herself, so I\'m mostly likely to put on my trench when with her) is very black (as in very dark skin tones, she doesn\'t identify with the black community due to how she was treated growing up) probably would, too. Which I suppose might explain why no skins or other white supremacists have ever mistaken me for one of their own, despite all my "symbols of hate." \n\nThe point being is if the SPLC is even better, then that\'s not a compliment to the actual report in my book. Even the Lady Liberty League, who normally works with them, got onto them when the SPLC decided to go after neopagans (Asatru and otherwise, even Wicca itself as "ecoterrorists" or some such), until the SPLC backtracked at the sudden support they were losing. \n\nAnd the report I read that FOX reported on is something I stand by. It was too vague. FOX went crazy with it, but that doesn\'t mean that they didn\'t have some cause to do so despite their own agenda that\'s just as untrustworthy. Especially as our government has a history of getting crazy with heretics, be they left wing or right wing or miscellaneous.\n\nAnd btw, something often forgotten is that governmental agencies have a history of hate themselves (did some scary crap against MLK Jr, for example) that continues to this day--including against immigrants (or even those they mistake for immigrants). But somehow, that just doesn\'t get a lot of media attention for some reason, despite that it\'s far more common than vigilantes doing the same.','881e64c17390eb6042bb4a72c9838ce6',0,'EA==','1btjwm16',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357724,25788,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243939192,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Silence is the Enemy','[url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/06/01/silence-is-the-enemy/:32qf33hm]Speaking out against systematic rape[/url:32qf33hm]\n\nWorth a look, and maybe a donation to Doctors Without Borders.','376845e87f65ff539e612f8670d9bf2d',0,'EA==','32qf33hm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357725,25788,4,114,0,'210.9.142.174',1243939674,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Silence is the Enemy','Definitely worth a look.\n\nAnd yes - [url=http://www.msf.org/:2vibz65y]MSF[/url:2vibz65y] is one of the worthiest of all charities. I donate to them and [url=http://www.savethechildren.org/:2vibz65y]Save the Children[/url:2vibz65y]. Please consider.','277b8de4bd50236df163c5b72da4b938',0,'EA==','2vibz65y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357726,25714,4,114,0,'210.9.142.174',1243939800,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="UU":1syce1w8][quote="Deref":1syce1w8]Shades of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis:1syce1w8]the Cuban Missile Crisis[/url:1syce1w8]?\n\nProbably not yet. Yet.[/quote:1syce1w8]\nIf North Korea is the new Cuba, where is the new USSR?[/quote:1syce1w8]\n \":lol:\" The USSA of course!\n\nNo. Seriously. China. Commies. What more do you need to know?','c9d9a37391a1b2dd6a726a2287ab2efc',0,'kA==','1syce1w8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357727,25744,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243940796,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06012009.shtml\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','cbf1a1dd1eb2c84a09c4c72cca24cd7a',0,'','hw6rc37w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357728,25693,4,114,0,'210.9.142.174',1243941776,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="UU":3qkdwz28][quote="Deref":3qkdwz28][quote="UU":3qkdwz28]I\'m sorry, but this isn\'t a Marxist or Leninist definition -- there is no Communism unless and until the state has withered away, you see. The term \'Communist state\' was invented by Western \'Marx-eaters\' and is meaningless within the framework of Marxist (or Leninist) theory.[/quote:3qkdwz28]\nAnd this, of course, is why "Communist", as it\'s commonly used, is no more solid than "left wing" or "right wing". It\'s all moveable and relative.[/quote:3qkdwz28]\nNo, it all depends upon the semiotic process which is realized in different kinds of discoursive practices. \":P\"[/quote:3qkdwz28]\nThat\'s what I said. \":P\"','bb74d53cea8cfa64c457d0f252f9e0a5',0,'gA==','3qkdwz28',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357729,25774,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243942330,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[i:1k7boh3b]"The last trend in pig breeding: cow steak for dinner! Red-blooded Aussie hogs, tonight in Sick Sad World![/i:1k7boh3b]','74d81fedfbe7c82b0fcfc0928f7096bc',0,'IA==','1k7boh3b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357730,25147,5,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1243942983,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','Just saw a British documentary on the Pakistani Taliban: "Pakistan\'s Taliban Generation." It was about the Talibs and their recruiting young children (all males) as fighters/suicide bombers.\n\nHere\'s some food for thought: The Taliban recruit mainly from impoverished families, who send their children to Talib-run madrassas in Pakistan because 1) they can\'t afford to bring those kids up and 2) the Pakistani state-run education system has collapsed in on itself.\n\nThere are eighty million kids in Pakistan. Over a quarter of them live below the poverty line. Can anyone see the potential for trouble here?','65805c236972e10f2002e5b2d0a4e816',0,'','3b7jkicz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357731,25375,3,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1243943017,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="JrGtr42":7irerifr]the best T-shirt I\'ve ever seen:\nBomb Disposal Technician.\nIf you see me running, try to keep up.[/quote:7irerifr]\n\n[quote="Silver":7irerifr]From yet another T-Shirt: "I\'m like a superhero with no powers or motivation."[/quote:7irerifr]\n\nUnsurprisingly (to anyone that knows him), Bryan has both these shirts. \":lol:\" \n\nHe also has this one:\n\n[img:7irerifr]http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/TEE_BLZT/5747~Monty-Python-The-Holy-Hand-Grenade-of-Antioch-Posters.jpg[/img:7irerifr]\n\nI would write out what the words in yellow are, but I suspect most people here already know them by heart!\n\nKristen','58db572c691e6111e02c63f0fd482976',0,'iA==','7irerifr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357732,25786,3,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1243943185,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','I\'m sorry to hear that. I hope you heal quickly!\n\nKristen','2ca00d15c33f7e3e3948c07a1270361d',0,'','25xoqezr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357733,25778,3,260,0,'151.201.130.118',1243943328,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','What they all said. Welcome.\n\nPeace\nKevin','1aaa266cf3b3adf851131545e4ae110a',0,'','qfjx3fdl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357734,25780,3,260,0,'151.201.130.118',1243943411,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was Thirty three years ago today','Happy Birthday. Hope it was a good one. You were born the day I graduated from high school. \n\nPeace\nKevin','17c007d876c8a6b4a7b5c0e21cdaa8bb',0,'','1jrqy0dp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357735,25786,3,260,0,'151.201.130.118',1243943501,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','Ouch. Speedy recovery to you.\n\nPeace\nKevin','f9620573b42920f10c6c8203c95c8880',0,'','1glgdysf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357736,25375,3,260,0,'151.201.130.118',1243944079,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective. \n-P. J. O\'Rourke','915ea3ee25cbf11010f0157c93f02e43',0,'','3tb3vci4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357737,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243944129,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Ability is what you\'re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.\n\nRaymond Chandler','69d8c495b836af58f7dc3b9677490e93',0,'','26dgism7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357738,25147,5,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243944199,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','Just finished "Is It College Yet?" Surprisingly, I´ve liked it more than "Is It Fall Yet?"\n\nThere isn´t more "Daria" left. MY GOD, THERE ISN´T MORE DARIA LEFT!!! WHAT WILL I WATCH NOW???? <sob>','ce7c33e00c0a9d9407b6911f003b685b',0,'','1vov0x49',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357739,25728,6,904,0,'192.172.8.18',1243945158,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','Chapters 16 and 17 have quickly elevated this story to a master class in how to write a T/D. Brava, and keep up the good work!','284d8fc32bd1ef9fab7222222566f5d4',0,'','19ks02wr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357740,25786,3,573,0,'137.226.12.193',1243946264,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','Owww, I feel with you. Get well soon and be happy that everything is still attached and operational. Keep things clean and disinfected - and you might want to consider seeing a doctor. That sounds quite like you could use some stitches.\n\nFor the next time, try to remember the proper order:\n1. Stop the bike.\n2. Get off the bike.\nNot the other way \'round. \":lol:\"\n\nIn the mean time, go watch some Kranked videos.\n\nBlackHole, passionate cyclist and himself not adhering to that rule all the time.','83521606d797ec37440d1675f6ca1ffe',0,'','3022m87u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357741,25728,6,1000,0,'220.253.14.37',1243948881,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','Thank you so much Respite! I don\'t even know what to say... just - thank you. *blushes*','03db698af7db3cd6e46c52ba267906c1',0,'','2crgdnb5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357742,25787,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243949628,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daylight: Hell Freezes Over','Hmm. Casa Lane would survive, or at least the underground basement/bomb shelter?\n\n\nThank you. That\'s a tidbit that I can use.\n\n\n\nThis is a nice, dystopic piece. \":)\"','523857e3fe07e2df3b013fd0d0eaa257',0,'','1gqvvo4w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357743,25786,3,55,0,'68.13.119.200',1243949716,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','Ouch.\n\nHope it heals up quick and nice!','bb230c1a1f626d0914d8b6f7b41cd6e2',0,'','ky6110zf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357744,25778,3,55,0,'68.13.119.200',1243950112,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Hi from a lurker.\n\nThe darkness is nice, but not as much fun.\n\nEnjoy yourself to your heart\'s content!','42ec3060e3f5e81154edbd584a7421a3',0,'','39ay0dka',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357745,25665,3,55,0,'68.13.119.200',1243950383,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','One of my best recipies is the 14-layer lasagna, not for the faint of heart or the lactose-intolerant (as about half of those layers are cheese).\n\n\nKristen\'s favorite is my chicken stir-fry, which I will eat despite my dislike of soy sauce.\n\n\nThen there\'s my homemade pizza crust, which also turns out nice and garlicy.\n(Is "garlicy" really a word?)','13b87b8038b9bc0ae93852b494d09d26',0,'','3jxlybcz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357746,25789,3,947,0,'75.7.203.44',1243950414,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/02/peng ... index.html\n\n\n[quote:1vvx5wos]Call it a case of high tech meeting low tech, really the lowest of tech.\nUsing this identification method, scientists have discovered 10 new penguin colonies.\nBritish scientists are using pictures from high-powered satellites to pinpoint emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica.\n\nThe penguins are difficult to pick up on sea ice, because of their natural camouflage that helps them blend into the shadows -- so the British Antarctic Survey had to come up with another method.\n\nFortunately, penguin waste shows up nicely from space, staining the ice a light brown.\n\n"We can\'t see actual penguins on the satellite maps because the resolution isn\'t good enough," said mapping expert Peter Fretwell. "But during the breeding season the birds stay at a colony for eight months. The ice gets pretty dirty and it\'s the guano stains that we can see." [/quote:1vvx5wos]\n\nTracking Penguin poop from outer space \":lol:\"\nI knew it was only a matter of time before you aroused the curiosity of the authorities \":mrgreen:\"','b7ee0a9e0c420fce242810af23482057',0,'gA==','1vvx5wos',1,1243951106,'',947,1,0),(357747,25665,3,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1243950638,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Bryan":1ey7easr](Is "garlicy" really a word?)[/quote:1ey7easr]\n\nNo, but "garlicky" is. \":P\" \n\nKristen','0d81f451477314748a3f39bd25caca58',0,'gA==','1ey7easr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357748,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243950656,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','[quote="Caira":2ncarode][quote="Brother Grimace":2ncarode]Barring actual supernatural intervention on behalf of the aboriginials - [b:2ncarode]there wouldn\'t be any left[/b:2ncarode]. Correct me if I\'m wrong on the stats, but the aboriginal population of Australia is 2.6% of the total population - and in 1969, Australia\'s population was 12.6 million people. \n\nConsidering that the zombiefication happened almost immediately on a global scale, they literally wouldn\'t have had a chance to escape, let alone fight.[/quote:2ncarode]\n[color=#0000FF:2ncarode]Nah, there\'d still be some around.[/color:2ncarode] Thing about us whitefellas in Australia? Most of us are on the south-east coast. The Aboriginal population in the cities would be fucked, true, but there are some communities up Arnhem Land way that had virtually no [i:2ncarode]contact[/i:2ncarode] with white people until the Second World War—forget being outnumbered. Up north, and in the desert, there\'d be just enough Zoms to cause trouble, not kill everyone. [color=#0000FF:2ncarode]How long they\'d last after that depends on exactly how far a Zom will go to kill a blackfella, especially if they can\'t see or hear them and there\'s difficult terrain in the way, but it would, at worst, be a drawn-out fight.[/color:2ncarode] [/quote:2ncarode]\n\n\n\n\nSigh.\n\n\n\nFrom [i:2ncarode]Gimme Skelter[/i:2ncarode], Chapter Three:\n\n\n\n[quote:2ncarode]He went back to studying the highway maps under the hazy summer sky. Being the commander of the lead vehicle meant he had to guide the convoy to California according to the chosen route, without mistake. They were supposed to be on Highway 380, but it was difficult to tell exactly where they were. The maps were not especially detailed. The gold-plated compass he had been given indicated they were still heading due west as they had since dawn. He figured they had crossed the old state line into New Mexico at least an hour ago. The first big town they would find would be Roswell, which Mackenzie wanted to avoid at all costs because of the number of zoms he feared might be in the area. The pre-Zom population of Roswell was guessed to lie between twenty and thirty thousand. [color=#0000FF:2ncarode]Barring disaster, some of the zoms would still be there, mindlessly roaming about in their never-ending search for someone with dark skin to appear.[/color:2ncarode]\n\n[color=#0000FF:2ncarode]The zoms’ very existence defied science, logic, and reason. Zoms did not eat or excrete anything; neither did they breathe or reproduce.[/color:2ncarode] They appeared to age, though slowly. A ten-year-old zom in 1969 was now a teenager in size. A shot to the head would stop it, but so would a shot to the heart or any other vital organ that would incapacitate a normal human. Their injuries did not heal though their wounds ceased bleeding in moments. It was not uncommon to see old zoms missing arms, hands, or even feet, walking on leg stumps. Zoms did not use tools or weapons, but a berserk, bellowing attack using only yellowed teeth, sinewy fists, and clawlike fingernails was a terrifying thing—especially when there were hundreds of zoms and only one of you.\n\nSeveral times over the years foolhardy individuals had tried to disguise themselves as zoms to see if they could “pass.” It had never worked. The consequences were too often fatal, and few bothered to try anymore. [color=#0000FF:2ncarode]Zoms obviously had some means of knowing if another human was not one of them. Their detection system did not seem to be based on sight, smell, sound, or any other sense known. This verifiable observation gave rise to the Satan hypothesis, which suggested that zoms had supernatural guidance, perhaps even an intelligent supernatural master. (That zoms were supernatural in themselves was widely considered fact, not theory.) The Satan hypothesis could not be proven, but it could not be disproven, and the evidence tended to support it.[/color:2ncarode]\n\nMackenzie mulled over all this as he strained to find any landmark that would pinpoint their exact position on the maps. So much had changed in three decades. Everything outside of Texas had reverted to wilderness or worse. Crossroads were dust-buried, buildings were rubble piles; little of the old world remained. The Saladin’s odometer readings gave a general idea of their location, once converted from kilometers to miles, but Mackenzie wanted more.\n\nHe caught a glimpse of a coyote or wolf on the far side of a culvert, silently watching the convoy with wide yellow eyes. It was comforting to know that canines were still around. Thinking predators appreciate thinking company.\n\n[color=#0000FF:2ncarode]Just as zoms could detect live, dark-skinned humans,[/color:2ncarode] canines could detect zoms without difficulty. In these latter days most families had at least one dog and often more, friendly to all living people but intolerant of zoms. The irony of this was not lost on older folks who still remembered white policemen using German shepherds to attack civil rights marchers. Training a dog to attack a zom was absurdly easy. Few doubted that dogs had helped turn the tide.[/quote:2ncarode]\n\n\nDon\'t forget that it\'s been [u:2ncarode][b:2ncarode]thirty years[/b:2ncarode][/u:2ncarode] since the near-instantaneous zombiefication of the population susceptable to the artifact\'s influence.\n\n\nSee also:\n\n\n[url=http://www.polvoestelar.com.mx/babilonia/Libros/Max%20Brooks/Max%20Brooks%20-%20World%20War%20Z-%20An%20Oral%20History%20of%20the%20Zombie%20War.pdf:2ncarode][i:2ncarode]World War Z - Total War[/i:2ncarode][/url:2ncarode]\n\n[url:2ncarode]http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Great_Zack_Walkabout[/url:2ncarode]','65a31f39afb7d01c256fcf381dbfeba8',0,'8w==','2ncarode',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357749,25789,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243951054,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Roxanne M":22loo5ay]http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/02/penguin.satellite.images/index.html\n\n\n[quote:22loo5ay]Call it a case of high tech meeting low tech, really the lowest of tech.\nUsing this identification method, scientists have discovered 10 new penguin colonies.\nBritish scientists are using pictures from high-powered satellites to pinpoint emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica.\n\nThe penguins are difficult to pick up on sea ice, because of their natural camouflage that helps them blend into the shadows -- so the British Antarctic Survey had to come up with another method.\n\nFortunately, penguin waste shows up nicely from space, staining the ice a light brown.\n\n"We can\'t see actual penguins on the satellite maps because the resolution isn\'t good enough," said mapping expert Peter Fretwell. "But during the breeding season the birds stay at a colony for eight months. The ice gets pretty dirty and it\'s the guano stains that we can see." [/quote:22loo5ay]\n\nTracking Penguin poop from outer space \":lol:\"\nI knew it was only a matter of time before you aroused the curiosity the authorities \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:22loo5ay]\n\n\nThose aren\'t the penguin stains they\'d track if they were after TAG.','0654d45656c177f2f3be760dd932aae7',0,'gA==','22loo5ay',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357750,25753,4,55,0,'68.13.119.200',1243951094,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Brother Grimace":19a10pzj]\nThis is the kind of answer that I look for; someone who tries to see all sides of an issue. Thanks.[/quote:19a10pzj]\n\n\nThat\'s my intent!\n\n\nI just wish "pro-life" really meant more than "anti-abortion." I really think death serves a purpose, otherwise we would not be subjected to it. But taking a life intentionally and with violence is different than taking a life out of need, or allowing life to end.\n\nBut this is all stuff that we have to work out for ourselves, with "fear and trembling," as St. Paul says in his letter to the Philippians.','3bf8bb33863cab91432dd203c52580c2',0,'gA==','19a10pzj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357751,25789,3,55,0,'68.13.119.200',1243951185,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Brother Grimace":1wi26qgi][quote="Roxanne M":1wi26qgi]http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/02/penguin.satellite.images/index.html\n\n\n[quote:1wi26qgi]Call it a case of high tech meeting low tech, really the lowest of tech.\nUsing this identification method, scientists have discovered 10 new penguin colonies.\nBritish scientists are using pictures from high-powered satellites to pinpoint emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica.\n\nThe penguins are difficult to pick up on sea ice, because of their natural camouflage that helps them blend into the shadows -- so the British Antarctic Survey had to come up with another method.\n\nFortunately, penguin waste shows up nicely from space, staining the ice a light brown.\n\n"We can\'t see actual penguins on the satellite maps because the resolution isn\'t good enough," said mapping expert Peter Fretwell. "But during the breeding season the birds stay at a colony for eight months. The ice gets pretty dirty and it\'s the guano stains that we can see." [/quote:1wi26qgi]\n\nTracking Penguin poop from outer space \":lol:\"\nI knew it was only a matter of time before you aroused the curiosity the authorities \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1wi26qgi]\n\n\nThose aren\'t the penguin stains they\'d track if they were after TAG.[/quote:1wi26qgi]\n\n\nSure it is. They\'ve heard of him, and it scared the <bleep> out of them!','ec984fcfec4a3f19dc6bbe7806d0f25f',0,'gA==','1wi26qgi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357752,25147,5,55,0,'68.13.119.200',1243951338,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','[quote="Raskolnikov":253wat8i]Just finished "Is It College Yet?" Surprisingly, I´ve liked it more than "Is It Fall Yet?"\n\nThere isn´t more "Daria" left. MY GOD, THERE ISN´T MORE DARIA LEFT!!! WHAT WILL I WATCH NOW???? <sob>[/quote:253wat8i]\n\n\nI would suggest Kelsey Grammer\'s series "Frasier." Sure, it\'s live-actors and not animation, but the snarky level is right up there with Daria and Jane. We\'re watching season 8 now!','a582da0b1de2bee8825a8edbedb4f028',0,'gA==','253wat8i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357753,25790,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243951782,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Just Friends update- chapter 17. 09/26/13','hi there, have previously asked for help on this fic and have received alot of assistance- big thanks guys. \n\nThought I\'d post a link on it here so I can get some feed back; I have a plan as to where I\'m taking this and where I\'m going to finish; however there are alot of bits and pieces I\'m toying with seeing if they will fit or make the fic too bulky.\n\n(post cannon) Follows Daria to college- this is my shameless d/t shipper- I know its been done a million times; hopefully the story it a little different.\n\nhttp://www.fanfiction.net/s/4915437/1/Just_Friends\n\nI thought I\'d post it here to open it up to more people and get a variety of response\ncheers\nminx','682a18a0575c32ab7b03e2923610fa5e',0,'','1dn43ksp',1,1380177005,'',992,6,0),(357755,25170,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243953378,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','As Daria poked her head around the boulder, a football-shaped rock shattered next to her head.\n\n"I did that on purpose. I didn\'t have to miss," Kevin said, voice indistinct.\n\n"I believe you," Daria said, looking at the behemoth football player. Nervousness crept into her voice. "So what happens now?"\n\n"We face each other as God intended...sportmanlike. No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone."\n\n"You mean I put down my gun and you put down your football and we\'ll try to kill each other like civilized people?"\n\nKevin hefted another football-shaped rock threateningly. "I could kill you now," he said with an ironic smile.\n\nDaria thought about the hand-to-hand training she\'d had, and the size and speed of the football player blocking her path. Then she thought about the mess a rock the size of her head hurled at high speed would make of her actual head if it struck. "Frankly," she said, "I think the odds are slightly in your favor at hand fighting."\n\n"Hey," Kevin said. "It\'s not my fault I\'m the QB. I don\'t even practice."\n\nDaria ran at him, trying for a leg hold to upset his balance. She bounced off. Dusting herself, she leaped, trying to get him to shift. He shrugged his massive shoulders and she flew off. Dusting off her dignity, she snapped, "Look, are you just fiddling around with me or what?"\n\n"I just want you to feel you\'re doing well. I hate for people to die embarrassed." His voice was almost apologetic, as he took a swing at her. She dodged easily. He swung again, and again she dodged. "You\'re quick," he said.\n\n"And a good thing, too," she said with a half smile. "I\'m small, so I don\'t have much else going for me."\n\nHe raised his fist to swing at her again, and suddenly pitched forward. Behind him stood Jane Lane, rock in hand. "Ta da," she said with a smile.\n\n"Where the hell were you?" Daria snarled. "He almost brained me."\n\n"Like I did to him?" Jane suddenly looked thoughtful. "Though I suppose you can\'t call it braining, since Kevin doesn\'t have one."\n\n"Oh, shut up," Daria said and the two ran on.','979aeb918180fecbeef3b99707dc341d',0,'','2hu6jlb3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357756,25170,6,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1243953817,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="Dennis":twh8a0pl]"Where the hell were you?" Daria snarled. "He almost brained me."\n\n"Like I did to him?" Jane suddenly looked thoughtful. "Though I suppose you can\'t call it braining, since Kevin doesn\'t have one."\n\n[b:twh8a0pl]"Oh, hell, not his head," Daria said and the two ran on to escape from reality collapsing into the vacuum that had been Kevin\'s skull.[/b:twh8a0pl][/quote:twh8a0pl]\n\nFixed it for you. \":D\"','3b9eb8c8fd1d15f21c1cefb21b088688',0,'wA==','twh8a0pl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357757,25753,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1243954846,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Doggieboy":2dpmyqq7]Do not blame Guinness for what an idiot does or says. If I remember my right-wingers guide right (heh), Randall Terry got a rep for being too mercernary for Pat Robertson.\n\nThe fact that he drinks Guinness only shows that he\'ll offend the temperence-minded portion of the evangelicals. Plus that he actually has a little bit of taste.\n\nBut he\'s still an idiot.[/quote:2dpmyqq7]\n\nI\'m not blaming Guinness, it\'s just that now I have an unpleasant association with it that will take a while to cleanse.','6945a8fd3f8943713e28309eda916e31',0,'gA==','2dpmyqq7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357758,25170,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243955813,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="RLobinske":r9idy4d6][quote="Dennis":r9idy4d6]"Where the hell were you?" Daria snarled. "He almost brained me."\n\n"Like I did to him?" Jane suddenly looked thoughtful. "Though I suppose you can\'t call it braining, since Kevin doesn\'t have one."\n\n[b:r9idy4d6]"Oh, hell, not his head," Daria said and the two ran on to escape from reality collapsing into the vacuum that had been Kevin\'s skull.[/b:r9idy4d6][/quote:r9idy4d6]\n\nFixed it for you. \":D\"[/quote:r9idy4d6]\n\nBad mod! No biscuit! \":lol:\"','840a5cbde07edcaf530c641447a5d1d0',0,'wA==','r9idy4d6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357759,25670,4,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243956642,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Dervish":1w8cocqf][quote="A.J.":1w8cocqf]But from day one when I first saw Clinton he had this oily, smarmy used car salesman look that says "No matter what, I\'m better than you. Deal with it." That air of superiority that he could do whatever he wanted and did. And he somehow got away with it[/quote:1w8cocqf]\n\nThat\'s how Bush II came off to me, too.[/quote:1w8cocqf]\n\nI think the thing that annoyed me the most about W. Bush was the "just plain folks" bullshit that everyone seemed to swallow. Bill Clinton, whatever you think of him, had a wonderful rags to riches story: posthumous child of a traveling salesman, raised in rural Arkansas by an alcoholic mother and abusive stepfather, by native intelligence and hard work (and helping hands and a schemer\'s brain), he made it to the top of the world. And was derided for being an evil elite. \n\nW. was the son of a president, the grandson of a senator, and has wealthy financiers in both sides of his family, and he was supposed to be "reg\'lar" because he drank beer (before he quit) and liked living in Texas? There are lots of rich Democrats too, but JFK and FDR never pretended to not be rich or afforded advantages others didn\'t have. \n\nThere\'s a great line from Gladiator, where someone (not sure if it\'s Emperor Commodus or one of the corrupt senators) confronts Senator Gracchus (played by the great Sir Derek Jacobi) about being a rich man talking about the poor. Gracchus says, "I never pretended to be a man of the people. I do try to be a man [i:1w8cocqf]for[/i:1w8cocqf] the people."\n\nSeems to me W. tried hard to be a man of the people without caring if he was a man for the people.','8e2c5efc306ff6521f9d992627e74836',0,'oA==','1w8cocqf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357760,25786,3,568,0,'206.255.98.116',1243959336,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','Thanks everyone.\n\n[quote:1p6q1pib]For the next time, try to remember the proper order:\n1. Stop the bike.\n2. Get off the bike.\nNot the other way \'round.[/quote:1p6q1pib]\n\nHmm..I\'ll try to remember that next time. \":P\" \":roll:\" \":lol:\"','405f740603871fc98d2e26ab89a9011d',0,'gA==','1p6q1pib',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357761,25786,3,83,0,'71.220.200.125',1243959702,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','Ooo, let\'s start a road rash club. Burns like Holy Hell, don\'t it?\n\nI\'m enjoying Bactine and Neosporin. The Bactine helps after the initial flaming pain (no sting, my ass) and the Neosporin will help it only need to scab once.\n\nTake ibuprofen for pain and swelling.\n\nAnd milk the fiance help for all it\'s worth while you can. I get no break. The baby doesn\'t care if I\'m in pain.','35f7a35d537e3e81b5207561419b7336',0,'','ncd3oino',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357762,25786,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1243959927,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','Looks at 29 year-old scar. Road rash...ouch.','aa9fbc08e10aae4b8515f3f9917b4f73',0,'','13iueker',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357763,25170,6,440,0,'172.130.18.10',1243959947,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="Dennis":18b7al5f]As Daria poked her head around the boulder, a football-shaped rock shattered next to her head.\n\n"I did that on purpose. I didn\'t have to miss," Kevin said, voice indistinct.\n\n"I believe you," Daria said, looking at the behemoth football player. Nervousness crept into her voice. "So what happens now?"\n\n"We face each other as God intended...sportmanlike. No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone."\n\n"You mean I put down my gun and you put down your football and we\'ll try to kill each other like civilized people?"\n\nKevin hefted another football-shaped rock threateningly. "I could kill you now," he said with an ironic smile.\n\nDaria thought about the hand-to-hand training she\'d had, and the size and speed of the football player blocking her path. Then she thought about the mess a rock the size of her head hurled at high speed would make of her actual head if it struck. "Frankly," she said, "I think the odds are slightly in your favor at hand fighting."\n\n"Hey," Kevin said. "It\'s not my fault I\'m the QB. I don\'t even practice."\n\nDaria ran at him, trying for a leg hold to upset his balance. She bounced off. Dusting herself, she leaped, trying to get him to shift. He shrugged his massive shoulders and she flew off. Dusting off her dignity, she snapped, "Look, are you just fiddling around with me or what?"\n\n"I just want you to feel you\'re doing well. I hate for people to die embarrassed." His voice was almost apologetic, as he took a swing at her. She dodged easily. He swung again, and again she dodged. "You\'re quick," he said.\n\n"And a good thing, too," she said with a half smile. "I\'m small, so I don\'t have much else going for me."\n\nHe raised his fist to swing at her again, and suddenly pitched forward. Behind him stood Jane Lane, rock in hand. "Ta da," she said with a smile.\n\n"Where the hell were you?" Daria snarled. "He almost brained me."\n\n"Like I did to him?" Jane suddenly looked thoughtful. "Though I suppose you can\'t call it braining, since Kevin doesn\'t have one."\n\n"Oh, shut up," Daria said and the two ran on.[/quote:18b7al5f]\n\n[i:18b7al5f][b:18b7al5f][size=200:18b7al5f]Inconceivable![/size:18b7al5f][/b:18b7al5f][/i:18b7al5f]','bf532ae344d5f3491bc0f79531b833f6',0,'5A==','18b7al5f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357764,25786,3,568,0,'206.255.98.116',1243960002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','Well, for the pain, I\'m taking Excedrin - Back and Body. I was taking Loratabs, but we ran out. We do have Neosporin though.','4b9be967016132dbdc96ce848025cf52',0,'','26ijvfsj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357765,24299,5,568,0,'206.255.98.116',1243960136,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening to Now Part VII','Kiss\n"Psycho Circus"\n[i:28h3ypib]Psycho Circus[/i:28h3ypib]\n\nThe Verve Pipe\n"The Freshmen"','de0e81b9cd2553307199aba785c4f0c4',0,'IA==','28h3ypib',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357766,25170,6,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243960432,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="DigiSim":2wo584mw][quote="Dennis":2wo584mw]As Daria poked her head around the boulder, a football-shaped rock shattered next to her head.\n\n"I did that on purpose. I didn\'t have to miss," Kevin said, voice indistinct.\n\n"I believe you," Daria said, looking at the behemoth football player. Nervousness crept into her voice. "So what happens now?"\n\n"We face each other as God intended...sportmanlike. No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone."\n\n"You mean I put down my gun and you put down your football and we\'ll try to kill each other like civilized people?"\n\nKevin hefted another football-shaped rock threateningly. "I could kill you now," he said with an ironic smile.\n\nDaria thought about the hand-to-hand training she\'d had, and the size and speed of the football player blocking her path. Then she thought about the mess a rock the size of her head hurled at high speed would make of her actual head if it struck. "Frankly," she said, "I think the odds are slightly in your favor at hand fighting."\n\n"Hey," Kevin said. "It\'s not my fault I\'m the QB. I don\'t even practice."\n\nDaria ran at him, trying for a leg hold to upset his balance. She bounced off. Dusting herself, she leaped, trying to get him to shift. He shrugged his massive shoulders and she flew off. Dusting off her dignity, she snapped, "Look, are you just fiddling around with me or what?"\n\n"I just want you to feel you\'re doing well. I hate for people to die embarrassed." His voice was almost apologetic, as he took a swing at her. She dodged easily. He swung again, and again she dodged. "You\'re quick," he said.\n\n"And a good thing, too," she said with a half smile. "I\'m small, so I don\'t have much else going for me."\n\nHe raised his fist to swing at her again, and suddenly pitched forward. Behind him stood Jane Lane, rock in hand. "Ta da," she said with a smile.\n\n"Where the hell were you?" Daria snarled. "He almost brained me."\n\n"Like I did to him?" Jane suddenly looked thoughtful. "Though I suppose you can\'t call it braining, since Kevin doesn\'t have one."\n\n"Oh, shut up," Daria said and the two ran on.[/quote:2wo584mw]\n\n[i:2wo584mw][b:2wo584mw][size=200:2wo584mw]Inconceivable![/size:2wo584mw][/b:2wo584mw][/i:2wo584mw][/quote:2wo584mw]\nYou keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.','459d481e664a12ff8218b04a3666b62e',0,'5A==','2wo584mw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357767,25567,4,54,0,'87.115.169.192',1243961318,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Banned from the UK','[quote="Nightwing":39eqygvp]Gordon Brown currently has a majority that John Major would have killed for, with an opposition leader that isn\'t exactly capturing the nation\'s heart. (Except maybe some of the blue bloods.) So I can see this disasterous govt continuing on for a bit longer. However I do entirely agree with you on Jacqui Smith there Ned. She\'ll get moved out of the home office. She\'s already screwed up pretty much everything she\'s done so far.[/quote:39eqygvp]\n\nBack of the net.\n\nhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/p ... 415037.ece\n\nSince it was published that she billed two porn films to parliamentary expenses it\'s not looked good for her. Now we just have to see what 4th June brings.','4e0076aee08f9f23ad5bbe917a93c81e',0,'gA==','39eqygvp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357768,24924,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243961359,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: An Unexpected View **Updated**','[quote="NightGoblyn":3hqxyeck]I still think it was brain surgery. \":shock:\"\n\n \":lol:\"[/quote:3hqxyeck]\n\n~best Ahnold vox~ Its not a tummah. \":mrgreen:\"','d6d54eaec205be323616069364fde83a',0,'gA==','3hqxyeck',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357769,25789,3,54,0,'87.115.169.192',1243962400,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','The Guano is actually a cover, this technology in fact lets them detect a finely crafted mixture of Mountain Dew and Smilies from space, or indeed anything brightly coloured. It can even be calibrated to different angst levels. It\'s developed from stolen late \'80s Russian military hardware. It was originally part of an early warning system, however due to a communications error a system that was intended to detect nuclear weapons instead detected the presence of superheroes.','afdebeb9e53a36dea58ce64b1f4f5c86',0,'','1i88hswj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357770,25786,3,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243962737,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','[quote="Angelinhel":38rv1n0u]The baby doesn\'t care if I\'m in pain.[/quote:38rv1n0u]\n\nYeah but baby smiles can make everything in the world not matter, at least for a little while \":)\"','4e3d2ec5ca662b46017ee8fbfbe8d26a',0,'gA==','38rv1n0u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357771,25787,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243963209,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daylight: Hell Freezes Over','Ahhh yes.... you have come over to the dark side.... Welcome... and if Brandon starts humping your leg over And Then Daria And Jane Kissed just smack him with a large fish of some sort. It usually works, for a few days at least! \":mrgreen:\"','46663975b1f8bb952345a3063587a292',0,'','2ocjpzxb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357774,25293,2,305,0,'67.159.44.96',1243963874,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Again, I\\\'m blacklisted','I\\\'ve been blacklisted for over a week. I request to be delisted but they do nothing about it. I have repeated the process three times and nothing. I don\\\'t get it.','b9bf711e5008a8443e3f154f476c5d98',0,'','1s9pko8j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357776,25670,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243964678,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Dennis":yhnahbp6][quote="Dervish":yhnahbp6][quote="A.J.":yhnahbp6]But from day one when I first saw Clinton he had this oily, smarmy used car salesman look that says "No matter what, I\'m better than you. Deal with it." That air of superiority that he could do whatever he wanted and did. And he somehow got away with it[/quote:yhnahbp6]\n\nThat\'s how Bush II came off to me, too.[/quote:yhnahbp6]\n\nI think the thing that annoyed me the most about W. Bush was [color=#0000FF:yhnahbp6]the "just plain folks" bullshit that everyone seemed to swallow.[/color:yhnahbp6] Bill Clinton, whatever you think of him, had a wonderful rags to riches story: posthumous child of a traveling salesman, raised in rural Arkansas by an alcoholic mother and abusive stepfather, by native intelligence and hard work (and helping hands and a schemer\'s brain), he made it to the top of the world. And was derided for being an evil elite. \n\n[color=#0000FF:yhnahbp6]W. was the son of a president, the grandson of a senator, and has wealthy financiers in both sides of his family, and he was supposed to be "reg\'lar" because he drank beer (before he quit) and liked living in Texas?[/color:yhnahbp6] There are lots of rich Democrats too, but JFK and FDR never pretended to not be rich or afforded advantages others didn\'t have. \n\nThere\'s a great line from Gladiator, where someone (not sure if it\'s Emperor Commodus or one of the corrupt senators) confronts Senator Gracchus (played by the great Sir Derek Jacobi) about being a rich man talking about the poor. Gracchus says, "I never pretended to be a man of the people. I do try to be a man [i:yhnahbp6]for[/i:yhnahbp6] the people."\n\nSeems to me W. tried hard to be a man of the people without caring if he was a man for the people.[/quote:yhnahbp6]\n\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:yhnahbp6]I wanted to scream when that news bit came out about how more people thought that Bush was a guy you could have a beer with. \":bang:\" \n\n\nThis is why people around the world think Americans are idiots. A guy born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who went to Yale is supposed to be an average person, while a guy who was born and raised in one of America\'s multiple dumping grounds used every damned gift God and his environment gave him to rise to the top of the heap - and the latter\'s \'not a Real American\'.\n\n\nI\'ve said it before - America has a internal cultural dissonance that the GOP recognizes and has taken full advantage of. The \'American Dream\' was, at one time, simply that a person worked hard and tried to raise his family in such a way so at that their sons and daughters had a better life and didn\'t have to live the lives their parents suffered through. This was a noble pursuit, a worthy task of one\'s life - and there were untold numbers of men and women who felt that their life\'s work was successful in seeing that their children were living successful lives with good educations and careers.\n\nHowever, somehow, Americans worship technological prowess while at the same time reviling the individuals (remember that word) responsible for creating and maintaining them. We want our citizens and children to be [i:yhnahbp6]smart[/i:yhnahbp6], but not necessarily i[i:yhnahbp6]ntelligent[/i:yhnahbp6] and certainly not [i:yhnahbp6]intellectuals[/i:yhnahbp6] - for in doing so, they\'ve somehow separated themselves from \'normal people\'. By gaining intelligence, they\'ve \'distanced themselved from\'the honest hard work that an average person does every day, and don\'t understand what real people have to do in order to get by\'... but the irony is [b:yhnahbp6]that this is exactly what they wanted for their children[/b:yhnahbp6] - [i:yhnahbp6]to never have to deal with the hardships of what it means to work the jobs and live the lives they did.[/i:yhnahbp6]\n\nWe revel in the myth of the rough-and-tumble, rugged \'individual\' - but the truth is, we admire, trust and follow the [u:yhnahbp6][b:yhnahbp6]comformists[/b:yhnahbp6][/u:yhnahbp6] who drive right to the middle of the road, who follow the party line and live it every day, regardless of how they really feel or the lives they might have had otherwise... lives thay may not have brought as much wealth, power or prestige, but would have been much more honest and fulfilling. \n\nThat\'s where the hypocrisy comes in, and the dissonance; we want individuals who say that they want to change things, but we always go with the centrists who maintain the status quo. We want our children to have and be better than we were - but as soon as they do so, we disavow them and cast them out, because we tell ourselves that they\'re not like us anymore. What kind of people are we to want or embrace this way of life? I ask this because we do, and we have for some time.\n\nThat was always my major problem with Bush In portraying himself the way he did, he was a charlatan and a liar far beyond Clinton (who was, yes, unsavory - but as for his affairs, I can say this (among many things, but for now, only this): \n\n\'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.\'\n\nI wonder just how fast the impeachment trial of Clinton would have dissapated if he had stood and said that - and beside him, sat two persons with laptop computers and access to Google. \n\n\nBack on target; repeat after me: [i:yhnahbp6]George W. Bush is not, and never will be, an average person. No average person could sit in the Oval Office as President - and no American with an opinion worth listening to would ever want an average person there. We do not need ordinary persons there - we need extraordinary persons there, regardless of whether we agree whth their political views or not - and it is a disservice to all Americans when someone portrays themselves as a lesser person simply to convince (and look at the first three letters of that last word) the populace that he is that simply in order to get into office. [/i:yhnahbp6]\n\nI was also vastly offended, along those same lines, when John McCain started up with his \'My Friends...\' lines, and it started working. Watching that reminded me of [i:yhnahbp6]The West Wing[/i:yhnahbp6] - particularly one episode when the President talked about why - and [i:yhnahbp6]when[/i:yhnahbp6] - he lost Texas in the election:\n\n[quote:yhnahbp6][i:yhnahbp6]POTUS: You know I didn\'t lose Texas because I made a \'ten-gallon-hat\' joke, right?\nPress Sec: Yes, sir.\nPOTUS: You know when it was that I lost Texas, don\'t you?\nPress Sec: Yes, sir.\nPOTUS: When was that?\nPress Sec: When you learned to speak Latin, sir. [/i:yhnahbp6][/quote:yhnahbp6]\n\n\nThis is an annoying subject for me, and one that hits too close to home. [/color:yhnahbp6]','55a5e7703e839984eaccebb01fcf62d7',0,'4w==','yhnahbp6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357773,25778,3,305,0,'67.159.44.96',1243963649,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','[quote="Raskolnikov":7zogt1o3]I´m Spanish[/quote:7zogt1o3]\n\nPor tu nick pensé que eras ruso. \";)\"\n\nWelcome to the board!','8972a33e0a77c24b7879eaecdaea03f7',0,'gA==','7zogt1o3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357775,25770,3,305,0,'67.159.44.96',1243964425,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Autumn drink time','Nice! I should take some too! \":)\"','d73070a133b9efc11a202c35272918bc',0,'','2ymj4ugb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357777,25789,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243964809,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Bryan":3nnf7q7g][quote="Brother Grimace":3nnf7q7g][quote="Roxanne M":3nnf7q7g]http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/02/penguin.satellite.images/index.html\n\n\n[quote:3nnf7q7g]Call it a case of high tech meeting low tech, really the lowest of tech.\nUsing this identification method, scientists have discovered 10 new penguin colonies.\nBritish scientists are using pictures from high-powered satellites to pinpoint emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica.\n\nThe penguins are difficult to pick up on sea ice, because of their natural camouflage that helps them blend into the shadows -- so the British Antarctic Survey had to come up with another method.\n\nFortunately, penguin waste shows up nicely from space, staining the ice a light brown.\n\n"We can\'t see actual penguins on the satellite maps because the resolution isn\'t good enough," said mapping expert Peter Fretwell. "But during the breeding season the birds stay at a colony for eight months. The ice gets pretty dirty and it\'s the guano stains that we can see." [/quote:3nnf7q7g]\n\nTracking Penguin poop from outer space \":lol:\"\nI knew it was only a matter of time before you aroused the curiosity the authorities \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:3nnf7q7g]\n\n\nThose aren\'t the penguin stains they\'d track if they were after TAG.[/quote:3nnf7q7g]\n\n\nSure it is. They\'ve heard of him, and it scared the <bleep> out of them![/quote:3nnf7q7g]\n\nYour point is made, kind sir. \":)\"','f06c77ce1decf6f4b46575897288a892',0,'gA==','3nnf7q7g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357778,25786,3,305,0,'67.159.44.96',1243964891,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','I have to ask, a road rash is a wound caused by the paving? If it\\\'s that then, ouch. It happened to me too when I was younger. I don\\\'t remember how I lost control of the bike, but my elbow didn\\\'t end up well.','848bf4b89e943ea8f2b11ead5bb883d9',0,'','3jond9u9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357779,25293,2,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1243965505,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Again, I\'m blacklisted','I\'ve sent an e-mail to Gamer that you\'re having problems again.','f090ff57f32c484cafdbc0c36f977842',0,'','l3smm64s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357780,25399,11,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243965825,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What is the population of Lawndale?','[quote="Raskolnikov":3kia8b1r][quote="The Angst Guy":3kia8b1r]It\'s supposed to be a suburb of a major East Coast metropolitan city, Baltimore or Philadelphia or whatnot.[/quote:3kia8b1r]\n\nThat´s something I find quite confusing. Supposedly, Lawndale is about 150 miles or so from Fremont. That would site the town in California, halfway between LA or Seattle and Frisco. West Coast city then (and I think is quite sensible, considering that Texas is way nearer to California than Maryland) Buuuuut, if I recall correctly, in "Is It College yet" Daria ends up in Raft College, in Boston. Which is notsofar from Lawndale considering that supposedly, you can drive from one place to another in a couple of hours.\n\nSo my theory is that Lawndale is some kind of interdimensional node that lies about two hours in car from everywhere. Quite handy, if I can say so.[/quote:3kia8b1r]\n\n\nIt\'s like Springfield, which borders 4 states in different coasts of the country \":)\"','e0c0901224f3f42217ff8e3bb1cfb87c',0,'gA==','3kia8b1r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357781,25399,11,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1243965884,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What is the population of Lawndale?','[quote="Brother Grimace":1lb01ewt]Actually, the interdimensional node in at the back of the Good Time Chinese restaurant. \":)\"[/quote:1lb01ewt]\nThat exists anytime between 1996 and 2002. \":lol:\"','b91f1d92e032e39349dccaddb3a5711c',0,'gA==','1lb01ewt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357782,25778,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243965992,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','No, no soy ruso. El nick es el nombre del protagonista de "Crimen y Castigo". Recientemente me he puesto a leer a Dostoievski y me he aficionado bastante.','8b33ecaadc851ab2afc95aa5e2fb46a9',0,'','3fhmlkyj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357783,25738,6,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243967655,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','Quite interesting. Not the best written fanfic I´ve ever read, but I like the idea, and there aren´t any kind of notable OOC´s. And I found the image of Daria as a Dead Like Me reaper amusing. Waiting for the next chapter with curiosity.','d5e7aa63c2d1af2a71ce4d8a7f8263af',0,'','37svyy59',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357784,25399,11,947,0,'75.7.203.44',1243967697,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What is the population of Lawndale?','[quote="Raskolnikov":3urwoidr][quote="The Angst Guy":3urwoidr]It\'s supposed to be a suburb of a major East Coast metropolitan city, Baltimore or Philadelphia or whatnot.[/quote:3urwoidr]\n\nThat´s something I find quite confusing. Supposedly, Lawndale is about 150 miles or so from Fremont. That would site the town in California, halfway between LA or Seattle and Frisco. West Coast city then (and I think is quite sensible, considering that Texas is way nearer to California than Maryland) Buuuuut, if I recall correctly, in "Is It College yet" Daria ends up in Raft College, in Boston. Which is notsofar from Lawndale considering that supposedly, you can drive from one place to another in a couple of hours.\n\nSo my theory is that Lawndale is some kind of interdimensional node that lies about two hours in car from everywhere. Quite handy, if I can say so.[/quote:3urwoidr]\n\n\nI want to say Ohio, There is a Lawndale outside of Canton that is 102 miles from Fremont Ohio. \nIn the episode that Daria went on the trip with Jake, they went to the Museum of Medical Oddities, Which is a real museum known as the Mutter Museum in Philly. Who would fly from Baltimore to Philly. Take more time to park the car than the flight. Also Lawndale Ohio is not that far from Lake Erie, if you remember the episode where they took the cruise boat that sank.\n\nThis would also explain why Lawndale sucks, It\'s in Ohio \":mrgreen:\" \n\nDear god I need a life, someone please help me \":D\"','c0489b505b3f3294e3084e271c33fe16',0,'gA==','3urwoidr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357785,25293,2,305,0,'200.112.153.38',1243968090,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Again, I\'m blacklisted','[quote="RLobinske":343zzsbl]I\'ve sent an e-mail to Gamer that you\'re having problems again.[/quote:343zzsbl]\nThank you.','f0c8a0c8eebfdaa6d5c013e610f34653',0,'gA==','343zzsbl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357786,25753,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243971017,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Dervish":33cxn1vj]The SPLC doesn\'t have any cred with me. It\'s run by a sue happy lawyer that keeps most of what he sues on behalf of his clients and tries to scare people in dishing out more money to him. (That said, I like their Teaching Tolerance anyway.) I don\'t care for the ADL either.\n\nBased on info from the SPLC and ADL, people seeing me when I wear my trench (granted, that\'s rare anymore) would think I\'m a frothing at the mouth racist. Let\'s see, offhand, I have the number 23 (actually E23: 2+3=5, and E is the 5th letter; 23 is a "holey" number of the Discordians and tend to giggle when they see it somewhere, whereas "E" has a similar effect on ravers and the like, so I combined them on a whim), which they say equals W (23rd letter) which means "White Power." \n\n2 other numbers are 4/19 and 4/20. While the "hate watchers" are right (if missing the point, at least for how I intended it) that 4/19 is an anniversary of Waco and the OKC bombing, it\'s also the same for Lexington and the Warsaw Ghetto uprising (which they conveniently ignore). When I put it on my trench years ago, it was a sign that I was a friend to those in the freedom movement. The 4/20 was added as "1 minute later" (It\'s 4:19, got a minute?) and represents my support of marijuana legalization. Course "hate watchers" see THAT as "Hitler\'s b-day" instead. \n\nAt least I don\'t have 88, like a shirt brand from HK did (for them it represents luck, but to hate watchers, it represents "Heil Hitler," through granted "14/88" is popular enough that I can at least understand this mistake, though they really should practice paying more attention to the context). \n\nSome of the other bits on my trench would also give pause thanks to the defamation of my symbols by the ADL and SPLC. I expect wearing my Thor\'s Hammer pendant (not that I do very often, though I typically do when I wear my trench just because I feel like it) and my Texas accent would just make it seem even worse. \n\nGranted, my [url=http://www.northernsun.com/n/s/quantity.html?mv_arg=6426:33cxn1vj]Wiccan patch[/url:33cxn1vj] (just for laughs) and rainbow triangle might cause an observer to pause, as would many of my friends. My BFF (who likes to dress surreal herself, so I\'m mostly likely to put on my trench when with her) is very black (as in very dark skin tones, she doesn\'t identify with the black community due to how she was treated growing up) probably would, too. Which I suppose might explain why no skins or other white supremacists have ever mistaken me for one of their own, despite all my "symbols of hate." \n\nThe point being is if the SPLC is even better, then that\'s not a compliment to the actual report in my book. Even the Lady Liberty League, who normally works with them, got onto them when the SPLC decided to go after neopagans (Asatru and otherwise, even Wicca itself as "ecoterrorists" or some such), until the SPLC backtracked at the sudden support they were losing. [/quote:33cxn1vj]\n\n(Man, I can\'t believe I\'m about to bow to the power of the 2nd law of internet debates... \":(\" )\n\nI was going to just ignore this, but then I remembered what Dervish was actually talking about. This is like a ten year old gripe by a segment of neopagans who prefer being indigent to rational, and has since been widely parroted by most of the online neopagan community. \n\nThe SPLC put forward a very simple case (like back when Daria was in season 4...), that being Hitler was in favor of a return to Norse religion for the new "Ayran Reich". To a certain segment of white supremacists that makes it seem like a good idea. So, since the 70\'s a growing number Neo-Nazis have joined Odinist groups. That isn\'t the same thing as claiming that Neopaganism is inherently racist, it is merely calling NeoNazis, in whatever religious guise they choose to take, what they are.\n\nThe articles in question can be found [url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=236:33cxn1vj]here[/url:33cxn1vj] and [url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=154:33cxn1vj]here[/url:33cxn1vj].\n\nAs for the clothes, I don\'t know a lot of people who carry their secret decoder ring in their day to day lives. But, if you\'re worried about it allow me to quote a friend of mine from [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood,_Tulsa,_Oklahoma:33cxn1vj]Greenwood[/url:33cxn1vj]; "If you don\'t want some punk drawing down on you, don\'t go throwing sign without a set backing you up."\n\n[quote="Dervish":33cxn1vj]And the report I read that FOX reported on is something I stand by. It was too vague. FOX went crazy with it, but that doesn\'t mean that they didn\'t have some cause to do so despite their own agenda that\'s just as untrustworthy. Especially as our government has a history of getting crazy with heretics, be they left wing or right wing or miscellaneous.[/quote:33cxn1vj]\n\nIt was not in any way "vague", whatever any news outlet said. They named names of militant groups they were concerned about, and guess what? The guy who shot the doctor? He was a member of TWO of the groups DHS was concerned about! Even if the report didn\'t go into great detail on every topic referenced it had like ten pages of citations that covered those areas. This wasn\'t some policy memo, it was a major publication summarizing the work of all of the US Government\'s Intelligence Agencies on the subject.\n\n[quote="Dervish":33cxn1vj]And btw, something often forgotten is that governmental agencies have a history of hate themselves (did some scary crap against MLK Jr, for example) that continues to this day--including against immigrants (or even those they mistake for immigrants). But somehow, that just doesn\'t get a lot of media attention for some reason, despite that it\'s far more common than vigilantes doing the same.[/quote:33cxn1vj]\n\nAnd...? Yeah, the US Government has a spotty record on the subject of race relations. They probably had a part in Malcolm X\'s assassination, and Reagan likely set up secret prisons for black militants. You can\'t just ignore the real dangers of whacked out terrorist types because the government hasn\'t always been on the up and up about their activities.','709fbe5eaf2423f8db00758a017410ff',0,'kA==','33cxn1vj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357787,23937,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243971309,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','I don´t think that there are any hints of Daria being a lesbian in the series, although many people tend to disagree. The relationship with Jane is just one of friendship... a deep, strong friendship, but friendship nonetheless. But for some incomprehensible reason everytime any writer creates a friendship such as Daria and Jane´s, EVERYBODY asssumes automatically the characters are gay.','a7af439fe671b6942500cb76375a2b2b',0,'','302xqu03',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357788,25753,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243971370,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="losdia":2ul4cvqn]\n\n[quote="Dervish":2ul4cvqn]And btw, something often forgotten is that governmental agencies have a history of hate themselves (did some scary crap against MLK Jr, for example) that continues to this day--including against immigrants (or even those they mistake for immigrants). But somehow, that just doesn\'t get a lot of media attention for some reason, despite that it\'s far more common than vigilantes doing the same.[/quote:2ul4cvqn]\n\nAnd...? [color=#0000FF:2ul4cvqn]Yeah, the US Government has a spotty record on the subject of race relations. They probably had a part in Malcolm X\'s assassination, and Reagan likely set up secret prisons for black militants.[/color:2ul4cvqn] You can\'t just ignore the real dangers of whacked out terrorist types because the government hasn\'t always been on the up and up about their activities.[/quote:2ul4cvqn]\n\n\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah_Bradley:2ul4cvqn]Don\'t forget what they did to Isaiah Bradley, and on so many levels...[/url:2ul4cvqn]\n\n\n(runs away)','eb83aa0420cac98d9ac7c5e231a7eedc',0,'kg==','2ul4cvqn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357789,25670,4,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243971693,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Brother Grimace":zfcgvi0r]That was always my major problem with Bush In portraying himself the way he did, he was a charlatan and a liar far beyond Clinton (who was, yes, unsavory - but as for his affairs, I can say this (among many things, but for now, only this): \n\n\'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.\'\n\nI wonder just how fast the impeachment trial of Clinton would have dissapated if he had stood and said that - and beside him, sat two persons with laptop computers and access to Google. [/quote:zfcgvi0r]\n\nWouldn\'t have mattered. There was never more than about 30% public support for President Clinton\'s impeachment. It was all inside baseball. The only reason he was impeached was because Republicans had majorities in both houses, and ol\' Newton Leroy thought he could use the President he pulled down as a stepping stone to plant his own ass in the Oval Office.\n\nThe problem with Gingrich\'s plan was that pretty much everyone saw through it, except Joe Lieberman. So when the 70% of the country that didn\'t hate the Clintons went to the ballot box in \'98, they cast a resounding vote for "Well, that was stupid, guys," and Gingrich was out of his ass.','ad754e7e4bccda3c03f8b31f29642115',0,'gA==','zfcgvi0r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357790,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243972280,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Raskolnikov":1zomosd0]I don´t think that there are any hints of Daria being a lesbian in the series, although many people tend to disagree. The relationship with Jane is just one of friendship... a deep, strong friendship, but friendship nonetheless. But for some incomprehensible reason everytime any writer creates a friendship such as Daria and Jane´s, EVERYBODY asssumes automatically the characters are gay.[/quote:1zomosd0]\n\n\n(laughs softly; sharpens blades while doing his [i:1zomosd0]Animal Mother/Colonel Casey[/i:1zomosd0] impression)\n\n\nFlush out your head gear, new guy. \":)\" (Just joking.) \n\n\nThere are points for both sides of the issue - so much so that they issue was actually addressed in an out-of-countinuity/canon fashion by the characters themselves. \n\nAlso, there\'s some belief that the ham-fisted manner in which Tom Sloane was dropped into the show was to quell the possibility that one or both girls are lesbians (even though the Great Glenn has said that Jane is probabl;y \'straight but curious\'. \n\nSee [i:1zomosd0]IIFY?:Allison/Gaydar.[/i:1zomosd0]\n\nSee also: [i:1zomosd0]TvTropes.com/Strangled By The Red String/Western Animation.[/i:1zomosd0]\n\n\n \":D\"','f690b72b3220b8eabf22ca1467bb5291',0,'oA==','1zomosd0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357791,25670,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243972479,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Dennis":2sydfjqh][quote="Brother Grimace":2sydfjqh]That was always my major problem with Bush In portraying himself the way he did, he was a charlatan and a liar far beyond Clinton (who was, yes, unsavory - but as for his affairs, I can say this (among many things, but for now, only this): \n\n\'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.\'\n\nI wonder just how fast the impeachment trial of Clinton would have dissapated if he had stood and said that - and beside him, sat two persons with laptop computers and access to Google. [/quote:2sydfjqh]\n\nWouldn\'t have mattered. There was never more than about 30% public support for President Clinton\'s impeachment. It was all inside baseball. The only reason he was impeached was because Republicans had majorities in both houses, and ol\' Newton Leroy thought he could use the President he pulled down as a stepping stone to plant his own ass in the Oval Office.\n\nThe problem with Gingrich\'s plan was that pretty much everyone saw through it, except Joe Lieberman. So when the 70% of the country that didn\'t hate the Clintons went to the ballot box in \'98, they cast a resounding vote for "Well, that was stupid, guys," and Gingrich was out of his ass.[/quote:2sydfjqh]\n\nThe really sad thing is that, if Bob Michael (the congressman from Peoria, where I\'m currently shackled) hadn\'t chosen that point to retire, he\'d have been the Speaker of the House - and this thing may not have happened, or would have been drastically lessened. \":(\"','a91f359c1acd2327b35eceef83f9858a',0,'gA==','2sydfjqh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357792,23937,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243972917,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','Actually, I can understand why people see Daria and Jane as lesbians: considering the blatantly non-girlish behaviour of Daria and the, let´s say it this way, Jane´s peculiar (or bohemian) way of life, it´s not particularly unreasonable. What I say is, fine, they may look like lesbians from the outside, but when you see how they interact with each other, they don´t look like lovers... just friends.','f6a34f0c7da1b95e243abe4d23cc75a1',0,'','1k11y6i2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357793,25753,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1243973203,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="losdia":3mqto8a8]The articles in question can be found [url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=236:3mqto8a8]here[/url:3mqto8a8] and [url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=154:3mqto8a8]here[/url:3mqto8a8].[/quote:3mqto8a8]\nI read the first article and must say that I wasn\'t impressed. It implies that Hitler was a pagan, but he heavily promoted Christianity (that\'s why some Wehrmacht belt buckles had [url=http://www.nobeliefs.com/Hitler1.htm:3mqto8a8][i:3mqto8a8]Gott mit Uns[/i:3mqto8a8][/url:3mqto8a8] written on them) and used it as part of his rationalization for antisemitism in [i:3mqto8a8]Mein Kampf[/i:3mqto8a8]. His interest in the Teutonic version of the old Norse/Germanic religion was not only part of his fascination with the occult, it played into German nationalism and culture.\n\nI disagree with:\n[quote:3mqto8a8]GARDELL: Odinism is a [20th century] racist reconstruction of pre-Christian, Norse pagan traditions that were generally called Asatrú. These were the religious traditions of Europe including Scandinavia, Iceland and Greenland about 1,000 years ago before Christianity reached northern Europe.[/quote:3mqto8a8]\n\nIt is a 20th century reconstruction, but stretching to call it a racist reconstruction. It would be appropriate to call a block of followers racist, but inaccurate and improper to call the entire group that. I can see where pagans would not be happy with that presentation.\n\nThe article also seems to confuse the various types of paganism and in my opinion, shows only a very surface understanding of the subject. \n\nAs for the second link, even the SPLC\'s review of the guy\'s book is pretty brutal and has doubts about the author\'s knowledge:\n[quote:3mqto8a8]Such statements — and others — cannot but raise questions about the extent to which Gardell is familiar with his subjects. Even though Gardell cautions the reader about accepting at face value the statements of extremists, too often he seems to do exactly that. [/quote:3mqto8a8]\n\nI found it sloppy, not well presented and didn\'t reflect well on the SPLC, which in other situations, I have considerable respect for.','43f27fd223fdbb725ec97aeeeaa35785',0,'sA==','3mqto8a8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357794,25670,4,39,0,'92.25.250.146',1243973241,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','That was as eloquent a [i:hkgp6jgd]cri de coeur[/i:hkgp6jgd] for the state of US democracy as I\'ve ever read, BG.\n\nMartin.','e605bf8802d5bdf830f099eef69daa6d',0,'IA==','hkgp6jgd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357795,25789,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243973293,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','Possibly, they found out his so-called disaster fan fiction (actually, they are world domination plans. Or notes for the survival on every doomsday scenario conceivable, I haven´t figured it out yet), and Homeland Security decided that he is some kind of undercover threat to the world security. Now they are watching every of his movements.','01511e828f1a8314ffc2edd94ddd293b',0,'','2sav8zvn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357796,23937,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243973334,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','~resists temptation to jump into this and reminds self to actually write that piece on the D/J \'ship~\n\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','ebe48b87a8d1a75c8fe611ba178f0f6c',0,'','18phs3lk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357797,23937,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243973423,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','I\'ll be honest, I don\'t really know anybody near my age (which is in theory the same age as Quinn) who is totally straight. I don\'t know if it is just my generation is more honest about the stuff Kinsey found out from his research, or if the times are such as to make us more open to the idea. \n\nA lot of my friends are these tough guy right wing Iraq War vets and all of them have some twisted story about like a crazy night they had with a pre-op transsexual stripper (or something involving a biscuit after basic... \":?\" ). It isn\'t even a question with most of the girls, they all have these sordid stories of something like a drunken night spent with their roommate. \n\nThe willingness to enter into an actual homosexual relationship on the other hard is a whole different story. The prevalent attitude seems to be that crazy sexcapades are fine, but don\'t go having a nice dinner date beforehand, and never admit you were sober either. \n\nThe point of all of that is I don\'t have a very hard time seeing any characters in a slashy pairing, as long as a little backstory is given (or they were said to be drunk when it happened \";)\" ).','86f6d9bf74f6276a433cfe6932269c39',0,'','3j4oi20b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357798,25778,3,39,0,'92.25.250.146',1243973495,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Welcome, Raskolnikov!\n\n[quote="JrGtr42":qxjm1wlk]Welcome aboard...\n\n<----------pub that way (just stay away from Fr. Martin (MartinUK)\'s stash)\nPizza Prince that way ---------------------->.[/quote:qxjm1wlk]\nThanks for picking up the slack! \":drink:\"\n\nMartin.','0d069bba4c5868d30390d730a01f1b06',0,'gA==','qxjm1wlk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357799,25786,3,83,0,'71.34.253.182',1243973567,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','[quote="Quiverwing":39884myx]I have to ask, a road rash is a wound caused by the paving? If it\\\'s that then, ouch. It happened to me too when I was younger. I don\\\'t remember how I lost control of the bike, but my elbow didn\\\'t end up well.[/quote:39884myx]\n\n\nYeah, it\'s when the road (dirt, gravel, concrete, pavement, whatever) scrapes off the top layers of skin, leaving a wide swath of raw flesh. Sometimes it\'s deep and bleeds a lot, sometimes not, depends on how fast you were going and what you landed on. I always tend to get the striation-type scratches, too.\n\nMine\'s a few days healed so it doesn\'t look so bad anymore, but this is what it generally looks like:\n\n[img:39884myx]http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h148/koimyspacepics/rr.jpg[/img:39884myx]','53a9df04aba63518eeabfffe18abb74a',0,'iA==','39884myx',1,1243974066,'',83,1,0),(357800,25780,3,39,0,'92.25.250.146',1243973594,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It was Thirty three years ago today','Happy birthday, Wouter!\n\nMartin.','918918465855da415ff8b110c6921e96',0,'','3ewvvonn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357801,25786,3,260,0,'151.201.130.118',1243973815,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','[quote="Quiverwing":2hx4ndpd]I have to ask, a road rash is a wound caused by the paving?[/quote:2hx4ndpd]\n\nYep. Large body surface area abrasions caused by contact at speed with pavement. I had my share. When I was something like eight years old, I had to bail from my bike when the chain fell off while on a steep downhill grade. That bike had a coaster brake, so no chain, no brakes. Since the option was shooting out onto a busy road at speed, I opted to bail off into a gravel driveway. I sustained no serious injury, but a major road rash, and like AIH said, with the striated deeper wounds. Ended up with a trip to the family doctor for a tetanus shot, and used lots of Neosporin for several days. I have no scars from it.\n\nPeace\nKevin','842b9e6f9f5653e21f634702c88890b6',0,'gA==','2hx4ndpd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357802,25786,3,39,0,'92.25.250.146',1243973982,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','Last one of those I had, I was playing in a PhDs vs Masters street football game. The wound was irritating, but, meh, medical care is free. I was more annoyed by the utter ruination of the best pair of trousers I\'d had to date.\n\nHeal quickly, both of you!\n\nMartin.','8230b16e991cbe10f59d5ddc60fbeefe',0,'','2pfmwtdc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357803,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243974181,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','The Manson Family has intrigued me for years. Reading about "Helter Skelter" in Wikipedia was the element that got me to thinking about this as a fanfic, mainly with the connection of Jake and Helen starting college about the same time the Tate-Labianca murders occurred. I needed a trigger for the event, and the Spear of Destiny, which had languished in my notes for years without having any air time, suggested itself. It turned out to be perfect, thanks to "Mad Dog" Morgendorffer serving in the Army (we assume) after World War II. The Spear was supposed to have been hidden by American soldiers after the war. Mad Dog merely found it and took it home as a souvenir. You know the rest of the story.\n\nCharles Manson was an antisocial ex-con from Cincinnati who spent a lot of time behind bars. He has also been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, so his grip on reality was not solid in any sense. However, he could still function in society to some degree, and he presented himself to (very dysfunctional) women as a sort of father/messiah figure. His racist attitudes were pretty strong, but he tended (so far as I can tell) to refer to blacks as blacks, not usually with the N-word. From what I have seen written about his "teachings" to the Family, he thought that Black Muslims would kill off all whites, then the Family would come out and rule, because the blacks would not know what to do. The Family would treat the blacks as slaves after Helter Skelter. (The fact that he took the name for this event from a Beatles\' song and imagined they were trying to communicate this very idea, aided by the Book of Revelation, speaks volumes for Manson\'s mental status at the time.)\n\nWhen I got into writing the story, the biggest roadblock was to define what was meant by "black." I [u:1ldrhijc]definitely[/u:1ldrhijc] did not want to get into figuring out who is "black" (e.g., Negro, whatever). Then it struck me that, given the way Manson talked about race in terms of simple color, anyone with a very dark skin tone would, in the "Literal Genie" sort of way the Spear of Destiny might work, automatically qualify as "black." Everyone else would be "white" (Chinese/Japanese/Korean/etc. Asians, albinos, "mixed ancestry," etc.). The problem of interpreting what Manson wanted was solved, and Helter Skelter began. I tried to hint around in the prologue that this was what came about, but it will be clarified in later chapters.\n\nBy the way, BG, thanks for this, it fits perfectly: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LiteralGenie\n\nPeople who would count as "black" in this scenario would include African Americans with dark skin tone (a light tone wouldn\'t cut it, but this issue has been lost in the 30 years since the Zom), African Brazilians and African Cubans, West Indies people of African descent (especially the Bahamas), South Asians with dark skin (eastern India, Ceylon/Sri Lanka), Australian aboriginals, and so forth. Melanin content of the skin was the only criterion for who was black (and survived) and who was white (and turned into a living zombie). South Africa has had a long history of stability that other parts of sub-Saharan Africa lack, so it and Texas are in the front line to inherit the world. Ceylon, being an island, could get in on the action, too. Hadn\'t thought about Madagascar, duh. Oh, well.\n\nThe Manson apocalypse is a scenario I have never seen before in science fiction or alternate world stories, so I thought, hey, why not do it and really screw up the world? Texas came into being from my research into which American cities had the highest numbers of African Americans, with a further assumption that the Zom came about over a period of a few days. This gave dark-skinned people the world over an advance clue that the white folks were acting pretty weird, now they\'re getting mean, now they\'re dangerous, etc., by which time some steps could have been taken to gain the upper hand in a few areas. The "90%" figure that has been tossed around is just a guess. It is impossible to say how many people survived with their brains intact after the Zom.\n\nThis is not to say that having a dark skin makes one angelic, as Jodie Landon is proof. I could (and can) envision loads of outrageously ugly things that could happen, and I am quite happy to bring them into being here. And there is more to come.\n\nRemember that the Zom was only the beginning of Helter Skelter, which had several stages to work through. Assuming it is allowed to finish.\n\nNote: I will have company at home over the next few days, so my writing and blogging will drop for a bit, then pick up this weekend.\n\nEnjoy the [s:1ldrhijc]nightmare angstfest[/s:1ldrhijc] fun!','52e3df1cb7e4ff256938f3ed9e77c40e',0,'AQQ=','1ldrhijc',1,1244010256,'',323,1,0),(357804,25670,4,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243974271,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Brother Grimace":34astija] We want our citizens and children to be [i:34astija]smart[/i:34astija], but not necessarily i[i:34astija]ntelligent[/i:34astija] and certainly not [i:34astija]intellectuals[/i:34astija] - for in doing so, they\'ve somehow separated themselves from \'normal people\'. By gaining intelligence, they\'ve \'distanced themselved from\'the honest hard work that an average person does every day, and don\'t understand what real people have to do in order to get by\'... but the irony is [b:34astija]that this is exactly what they wanted for their children[/b:34astija] - [i:34astija]to never have to deal with the hardships of what it means to work the jobs and live the lives they did.[/i:34astija]\n[/quote:34astija]\n\nFor the love of everything can I get an Amen!!!!!\n\nSomehow in the last 25 or so years of my life my future profession (Academic) has gone from a respected profession to being perceived as something to almost be ashamed of. I can\'t count how many times I have heard anti-intellectual or anti-academic sentiment being preached by the Republican Party. Sad thing is that it has worked. I can\'t tell you how many every day people I have met who upon hearing I plan to teach college have suggested that I was an anti American liberal intellectual sort. I hear it from students too. (Not me in particular, I don\'t disclose my ideological leanings and am very careful to cover both conservative and liberal views of everything. I know I have done my job well when small numbers of students accuse me of being liberal while other small groups accuse me of being conservative.)\n\nI despise such rhetoric. Yes, there are some academics who engage in demagoguery, but most are generally derided within the profession. Beyond that, most polemics masquerading as research never survive peer review. Yeah you are going to have the occasional prof spouting off about their ideology (more commonly in humanities courses than social science courses in my experience) but hearing someone you disagree with occasionally can actually be useful to sharpen your own critical thinking.\n\nI will get off the soapbox now... \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":ugh:\" \":ugh:\" \":ugh:\" \":ugh:\" \":ugh:\"','b81dcc63c48067a0d82bbc297de8d4e0',0,'4A==','34astija',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357805,25773,4,39,0,'92.25.250.146',1243974738,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','Heard some US pundit sounding off in an interview on the Beeb about how the restructured GM ("Government Motors") is bound to fail, because it will be bound to make hybrids, electric cars, and fuel-efficient compacts, instead of the cars that Americans want to buy: big cars, with muscle, that make lots of noise and let you know there\'s an [i:1d03e4tq]engine [/i:1d03e4tq]in there.\n\nUm....\n\nMartin.','f63fdc837cde82ae2cc5b8e5724a315e',0,'IA==','1d03e4tq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357806,25753,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243974882,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="RLobinske":2xiq8oc3][quote="losdia":2xiq8oc3]The articles in question can be found [url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=236:2xiq8oc3]here[/url:2xiq8oc3] and [url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=154:2xiq8oc3]here[/url:2xiq8oc3].[/quote:2xiq8oc3]\nI read the first article and must say that I wasn\'t impressed. It implies that Hitler was a pagan, but he heavily promoted Christianity (that\'s why some Wehrmacht belt buckles had [url=http://www.nobeliefs.com/Hitler1.htm:2xiq8oc3][i:2xiq8oc3]Gott mit Uns[/i:2xiq8oc3][/url:2xiq8oc3] written on them) and used it as part of his rationalization for antisemitism in [i:2xiq8oc3]Mein Kampf[/i:2xiq8oc3]. His interest in the Teutonic version of the old Norse/Germanic religion was not only part of his fascination with the occult, it played into German nationalism and culture.[/quote:2xiq8oc3]\n\nThe question of Hitler\'s interest in Neopaganism is one of those things you can find just reams of papers written on the subject online. I personally don\'t think the facts of Hitler\'s religious beliefs actually figure into this very much, as much as the popular perception that he was a neopagan is influencing the activities of neonazis today. From what I understand you are correct though, it was more of a general personal interest in Aleister Crowley\'s OTO style occultism than any kind of real faith in the neopaganist movement. \n\n[quote="RLobinske":2xiq8oc3]I disagree with:\n[quote:2xiq8oc3]GARDELL: Odinism is a [20th century] racist reconstruction of pre-Christian, Norse pagan traditions that were generally called Asatrú. These were the religious traditions of Europe including Scandinavia, Iceland and Greenland about 1,000 years ago before Christianity reached northern Europe.[/quote:2xiq8oc3]\n\nIt is a 20th century reconstruction, but stretching to call it a racist reconstruction. It would be appropriate to call a block of followers racist, but inaccurate and improper to call the entire group that. I can see where pagans would not be happy with that presentation.[/quote:2xiq8oc3]\n\nIs it inappropriate to call Christian Identity Churches racist in addition to its members? Does calling it such mean you are saying all Christians are racists? Asatrú isn\'t racist. Odinism, a sect of Asatru which includes a doctrinal belief in Ayran Supremacy, on the other hand is very much a racist religion.','7251f3f8d16d733cfcf2de13c15ab2dc',0,'sA==','2xiq8oc3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357807,25715,11,39,0,'92.25.250.146',1243974992,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','Used to use a Braun; now, at my last dentist\'s fervent recommendation, I use a Sonicare. I\'ve found that (in my judgement) it just about eliminates the need for flossing.\n\nYay for one aspect of my new post. In the last place, I had to drive to another town for NHS dental care. Here, it\'s a ten minute walk. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nMartin.','b83e6e32144f7a70f90dc02c28b5751d',0,'','253buf4m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357808,24452,5,260,0,'151.201.130.118',1243975428,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What\'re You Reading? (Part II)','Just got the latest issue of [i:10mi0r7r]The Pennsylvania Fireman[/i:10mi0r7r]. I have to grit my teeth and get on with it. They employ no copy editors, and the writers are increasingly unconcerned with the niceties of spelling, grammar and usage.\n\nPeace\nKevin','8294a50518d8ae5c71f01a31c0cf14a5',0,'IA==','10mi0r7r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357809,25670,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243975762,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="undefinedlust":3hktfte2][quote="Brother Grimace":3hktfte2] We want our citizens and children to be [i:3hktfte2]smart[/i:3hktfte2], but not necessarily i[i:3hktfte2]ntelligent[/i:3hktfte2] and certainly not [i:3hktfte2]intellectuals[/i:3hktfte2] - for in doing so, they\'ve somehow separated themselves from \'normal people\'. By gaining intelligence, they\'ve \'distanced themselved from\'the honest hard work that an average person does every day, and don\'t understand what real people have to do in order to get by\'... but the irony is [b:3hktfte2]that this is exactly what they wanted for their children[/b:3hktfte2] - [i:3hktfte2]to never have to deal with the hardships of what it means to work the jobs and live the lives they did.[/i:3hktfte2]\n[/quote:3hktfte2]\n\nFor the love of everything can I get an Amen!!!!![/quote:3hktfte2]\n\nAMEN!!!! I FEEL THE POWER! \":mrgreen:\" \n\n[quote="undefinedlust":3hktfte2]I despise such rhetoric. Yes, there are some academics who engage in demagoguery, but most are generally derided within the profession. Beyond that, most polemics masquerading as research never survive peer review. Yeah you are going to have the occasional prof spouting off about their ideology (more commonly in humanities courses than social science courses in my experience) but hearing someone you disagree with occasionally can actually be useful to sharpen your own critical thinking.\n[/quote:3hktfte2]\n\nI kinda disagree with this. One tactic I learned from a few of my favorite professors to get the undergrads engaged is to act very bombastic and always set up strawmen for the young\'ens to attack. Be very over the top with controversial subjects for both sides of the aisle, and you will get them arguing back at you. Once you have them engaged that first time then you have them! Make them hate you or make them love you, they\'ll always be paying attention from then on.','b146247baf9021cac885522b04ac8daa',0,'4A==','3hktfte2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357810,25753,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1243976067,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="losdia":1bl3gzls][quote="RLobinske":1bl3gzls]I disagree with:\n[quote:1bl3gzls]GARDELL: Odinism is a [20th century] racist reconstruction of pre-Christian, Norse pagan traditions that were generally called Asatrú. These were the religious traditions of Europe including Scandinavia, Iceland and Greenland about 1,000 years ago before Christianity reached northern Europe.[/quote:1bl3gzls]\n\nIt is a 20th century reconstruction, but stretching to call it a racist reconstruction. It would be appropriate to call a block of followers racist, but inaccurate and improper to call the entire group that. I can see where pagans would not be happy with that presentation.[/quote:1bl3gzls]\n\nIs it inappropriate to call Christian Identity Churches racist in addition to its members? Does calling it such mean you are saying all Christians are racists? Asatrú isn\'t racist. Odinism, a sect of Asatru which includes a doctrinal belief in Ayran Supremacy, on the other hand is very much a racist religion.[/quote:1bl3gzls]\n\nOdinism isn\'t a single sect as the author apparently believes. It would be appropriate to say that there are groups within Odinism that are racist, but it is not appropriate to say that all Odinists are racist or that the entire group is racist.\n\nTo me, the article reads very much like the those warning about Satanism during the panics of the 1980s. It front loads the racist angle, makes a lot of sloppy connections and mixes up a lot of different ideas and groups of pagans, giving the mistaken impression that racists are dominating the entire group.\n\nThe author may have had a valid point, but the article does a very poor job of presenting it, and based on the review of the author\'s book, so does he.','7a57c61c110f4eee0a6db838f4cca681',0,'gA==','1bl3gzls',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357811,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243976091,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','I look at the relationship in the same way as Xena and Gabrielle: They\'re connected in a way that goes beyond friendship, beyond romance, beyond sexuality. \n\nThey\'re simply right together.\n\n\nIn [i:106girh9]Boy Meets World[/i:106girh9], on her wedding day, Topanga admitted as much of the relationship between Cory and Shawn: "I know he loves himmore than me - but I\'m okay with it."\n\n\nThe thing about Daria and Jane is that [i:106girh9]while it was never about sex or romance, the fact remains that everyone - including Daria and Jane themselves - realizes that it [u:106girh9]could[/u:106girh9] be, and in a different setting, it [u:106girh9]would[/u:106girh9] be.[/i:106girh9] It would happen so quickly and so naturally that everyone would easily see that from the first moment that they met, or soon thereafter. \n\nSee: [i:106girh9]Richard Lobinske/The [u:106girh9]John Lane[/u:106girh9] Series[/i:106girh9].\n\nSee also: [i:106girh9]The Angst Guy/[u:106girh9]Darius[/u:106girh9][/i:106girh9]. \n\n\nP.S. - President Obama made this Lesbian/Gay/Transgender Pride Month. Oh, FOX News is going to have a [b:106girh9]field day[/b:106girh9] for the next few weeks... \":roll:\"','7154c650ef49997c0ea985c6def9fcae',0,'YQ==','106girh9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357812,23937,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243976537,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','Good points, although I don´t agree completely with ´em. Maybe I´m trying to apply real world logic in the "same sex fictional characters dynamics" subject, but I think to say that is a bit of an overstatement.\n\nBut I liked that "they are right together" thing.','09a094c61966fee00e7f427ef05639df',0,'','1pecrff8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357813,25786,3,114,0,'210.11.147.122',1243976671,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','Ow. Been a while since I had a dose of road rash, but I feel for you!','4d8e0722e822763b9e6c1c9b1b8a8778',0,'','3owarllf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357814,25670,4,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243977008,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="losdia":34wiik36][quote="undefinedlust":34wiik36][quote="Brother Grimace":34wiik36] We want our citizens and children to be [i:34wiik36]smart[/i:34wiik36], but not necessarily i[i:34wiik36]ntelligent[/i:34wiik36] and certainly not [i:34wiik36]intellectuals[/i:34wiik36] - for in doing so, they\'ve somehow separated themselves from \'normal people\'. By gaining intelligence, they\'ve \'distanced themselved from\'the honest hard work that an average person does every day, and don\'t understand what real people have to do in order to get by\'... but the irony is [b:34wiik36]that this is exactly what they wanted for their children[/b:34wiik36] - [i:34wiik36]to never have to deal with the hardships of what it means to work the jobs and live the lives they did.[/i:34wiik36]\n[/quote:34wiik36]\n\nFor the love of everything can I get an Amen!!!!![/quote:34wiik36]\n\nAMEN!!!! I FEEL THE POWER! \":mrgreen:\" \n\n[quote="undefinedlust":34wiik36]I despise such rhetoric. Yes, there are some academics who engage in demagoguery, but most are generally derided within the profession. Beyond that, most polemics masquerading as research never survive peer review. Yeah you are going to have the occasional prof spouting off about their ideology (more commonly in humanities courses than social science courses in my experience) but hearing someone you disagree with occasionally can actually be useful to sharpen your own critical thinking.\n[/quote:34wiik36]\n\nI kinda disagree with this. One tactic I learned from a few of my favorite professors to get the undergrads engaged is to act very bombastic and always set up strawmen for the young\'ens to attack. Be very over the top with controversial subjects for both sides of the aisle, and you will get them arguing back at you. Once you have them engaged that first time then you have them! Make them hate you or make them love you, they\'ll always be paying attention from then on.[/quote:34wiik36]\n\n\nI will agree that in some cases with undergrads that is an effective strategy, it all depends on what you are teaching. If I were teaching an intro section I might use it, but if I were teaching an upper division or grad class I wouldn\'t. Besides, there is no need to set up strawmen, the students are always more than happy to set them up on their own. \":mrgreen:\"','da8f909b2ef37642f96ce8996ba34c8d',0,'4A==','34wiik36',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357815,23937,3,114,0,'210.11.147.122',1243977019,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','Lesbianism in Daria fanfic? Nonsense.\n\nNor Zeldafic...\n\n[i:nd94uukk]There once was a writer whose fanfic\nWas enough to make even Japan sick.\nHer slashfic (Link/Ganon)\nWas clearly non-canon;\nIn the games, Link\'s not hungry for man-dick. [/i:nd94uukk]','37632532953f5bb6f4fe5337b814d94e',0,'IA==','nd94uukk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357816,25770,3,114,0,'210.11.147.122',1243977079,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Autumn drink time','[quote="Quiverwing":clauqt83]Nice! I should take some too! \":)\"[/quote:clauqt83]\n \":D\" Damn right you should!','e311d7e401fe1ee2ecfad20813c00e86',0,'gA==','clauqt83',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357817,24452,5,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243977385,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What\'re You Reading? (Part II)','Right now... I am reading Cormac McCarthy´s [i:3lex2859]Suttree[/i:3lex2859], [i:3lex2859]Moby Dick[/i:3lex2859] (and in its original version... hell of a book, but damned hard to read it, specially in English), Robert Anton Wilson´s [i:3lex2859]Masks of the Illuminati[/i:3lex2859] and Margaret Atwood´s [i:3lex2859]The Robber Bride[/i:3lex2859].','4a52b304a53229c4b5620f624fe0f80d',0,'IA==','3lex2859',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357818,25770,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243977506,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Autumn drink time','Man, I wish the weather here was like that. It just hit 90 for the first time this year today. I really wish I had the money to maintain two houses on opposite hemispheres, then I could avoid summer altogether. \":D\" \n\nLove the pics. \"8)\" \":mrgreen:\"','7baffc29cf2937f64f92480295732d6f',0,'','195c5po3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357819,25753,4,114,0,'210.11.147.122',1243977628,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="losdia":35uvdobl]Is it inappropriate to call Christian Identity Churches racist[/quote:35uvdobl]\nDammit! You inventive Merkins keep inventing new brands of Christianity faster than we furriners can keep up! WTF is a "Christian Identity church"?','2d0982c82ee48b616fa0cc1cc68123ff',0,'gA==','35uvdobl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357820,23937,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243977741,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','Ok, screw it, since the topic is now officially back from the dead...\n\n[quote="Raskolnikov":2ohjzeiz]Actually, I can understand why people see Daria and Jane as lesbians: considering the blatantly non-girlish behaviour of Daria and the, let´s say it this way, Jane´s peculiar (or bohemian) way of life, it´s not particularly unreasonable. What I say is, fine, they may look like lesbians from the outside, but when you see how they interact with each other, they don´t look like lovers... just friends.[/quote:2ohjzeiz]\n\n\nI will just suggest that the friendship dynamics between Quinn and the FC is in my experience much more reflective of teen friendships than the one between Daria and Jane. Do the pair have elements of a typical teen romantic relationship? Not really, but they do have elements of emotional intimacy that can be suggestive of the potential for romance. My complaint with the bulk of D/J \'shipping is that the plot typically is one where one or both recognize their feelings without much self analysis and that besides concerns of ruining the friendship the real emotional questions and consequences are not explored.\n\nSimply put, I think the D/J ship almost requires angst.\n\nOne of these days I want to write an Angst \'Shipping Manifesto. If I did there would be a couple of major points:\n\n1. All romance has angst, even if it is only minor.\n\n2. Romance between friends will invariable have angst in all stages, ranging from the fear and uncertainty of changing the nature of a relationship, to the transition of the relationship to the (if applicable) end of the relationship and reconciling the dual losses of a friend and a lover.\n\n3.Homosexuality, especially in teen/young adult cases, brings a heavy angst load into the picture on top of all of the other angst involved, particularly if one or both of the persons involved are still struggling with their identity.\n\nOf course there would be more...','f76e51787093ecbf98d9152eb2362574',0,'gA==','2ohjzeiz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357821,21394,15,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243977927,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria en Espanol','He visto un par de episodios de Daria en español latino. Personalmente opino que el doblaje es bastante apropiado, y encuentro la voz de Daria lo suficientemente monótona. Obviamente, prefiero la voz en inglés (Dios, juro que voy a hacerme un politono para el móvil con el "Damn it, damn it, damn it!" de "Dye! Dye! My darling"), pero no encuentro muchas cosas de las que quejarme en el doblaje latino.\n\nEn cuanto al doblaje español castellano, creo recordar que la voz era más cercana a la de la inversión inglesa: completa, completamente monótona. Pero vamos, hablo de cuando Daria se emitía en Canal+ los sábados por la mañana. Fácilmente hará 7 u 8 años. Como para acordarme. Lo más probable es que me lo esté imaginando.','b38bc1e51135bdfa18f9b6d08615059e',0,'','1t4p4dvu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357822,25753,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243978179,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Deref":1baa0kte][quote="losdia":1baa0kte]Is it inappropriate to call Christian Identity Churches racist[/quote:1baa0kte]\nDammit! You inventive Merkins keep inventing new brands of Christianity faster than we furriners can keep up! WTF is a "Christian Identity church"?[/quote:1baa0kte]\n\nIt is a kind of white supremacist Christianity. The basic belief is something like white people are the "real" Israelites talked about in the bible. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Identity:1baa0kte]Here[/url:1baa0kte] is the wiki entry for it.','5860e27beaea71542c9a39e0309cba61',0,'kA==','1baa0kte',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357823,23937,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243978718,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="losdia":2as1dc93]The prevalent attitude seems to be that crazy sexcapades are fine, but don\'t go having a nice dinner date beforehand.[/quote:2as1dc93]\nWell, I don\'t know. A meal at Red Lobster, Captain D\'s, Long John Silver\'s, etc. is always a good way to set the mood before Tux and I break out the plastic sheets, herring, and KY Jelly.','ccaaa15792cf340fb4d7e2ce39f8112a',0,'gA==','2as1dc93',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357824,25170,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1243978848,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="smk":1ra71p6j][quote="DigiSim":1ra71p6j][quote="Dennis":1ra71p6j]As Daria poked her head around the boulder, a football-shaped rock shattered next to her head.\n\n"I did that on purpose. I didn\'t have to miss," Kevin said, voice indistinct.\n\n"I believe you," Daria said, looking at the behemoth football player. Nervousness crept into her voice. "So what happens now?"\n\n"We face each other as God intended...sportmanlike. No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone."\n\n"You mean I put down my gun and you put down your football and we\'ll try to kill each other like civilized people?"\n\nKevin hefted another football-shaped rock threateningly. "I could kill you now," he said with an ironic smile.\n\nDaria thought about the hand-to-hand training she\'d had, and the size and speed of the football player blocking her path. Then she thought about the mess a rock the size of her head hurled at high speed would make of her actual head if it struck. "Frankly," she said, "I think the odds are slightly in your favor at hand fighting."\n\n"Hey," Kevin said. "It\'s not my fault I\'m the QB. I don\'t even practice."\n\nDaria ran at him, trying for a leg hold to upset his balance. She bounced off. Dusting herself, she leaped, trying to get him to shift. He shrugged his massive shoulders and she flew off. Dusting off her dignity, she snapped, "Look, are you just fiddling around with me or what?"\n\n"I just want you to feel you\'re doing well. I hate for people to die embarrassed." His voice was almost apologetic, as he took a swing at her. She dodged easily. He swung again, and again she dodged. "You\'re quick," he said.\n\n"And a good thing, too," she said with a half smile. "I\'m small, so I don\'t have much else going for me."\n\nHe raised his fist to swing at her again, and suddenly pitched forward. Behind him stood Jane Lane, rock in hand. "Ta da," she said with a smile.\n\n"Where the hell were you?" Daria snarled. "He almost brained me."\n\n"Like I did to him?" Jane suddenly looked thoughtful. "Though I suppose you can\'t call it braining, since Kevin doesn\'t have one."\n\n"Oh, shut up," Daria said and the two ran on.[/quote:1ra71p6j]\n\n[i:1ra71p6j][b:1ra71p6j][size=200:1ra71p6j]Inconceivable![/size:1ra71p6j][/b:1ra71p6j][/i:1ra71p6j][/quote:1ra71p6j]\nYou keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.[/quote:1ra71p6j]\n\nHelen sat in the beautifully hand carved chair at her equally beautiful matching desk. Her thoughts lingered on the hastily truncated ceremony that had wed her to Prince Eric.\n\nWith a resolute sigh, she carefully removed the silver dagger from its gold case. With a firm grip she turned the blade and let its point rest on her ample bosom, just over her heart.\n\nShe squeezed her eyes closed and took a deep breath in preparation for the plunge that would end her life, but stopped in shock as the familiar voice called out from behind her.\n\n"There\'s a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours."\n\nHelen turned in her chair towards the voice behind her. Her eyes widened as the dagger fell from her hand.\n\n"Jakey!" she exclaimed as she leapt from her chair and embraced the black clad Jake, who lounged casually on her four post bed.\n\n[i:1ra71p6j]\'Yes, perfect breast indeed,\'[/i:1ra71p6j] thought Jake with a grin as Helen began smothering him with kisses. [i:1ra71p6j]\'Sometimes, I love being the hero.\'[/i:1ra71p6j]','c98df94232f2aaff7376bc269fc3024d',0,'5A==','1ra71p6j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357825,25789,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243978895,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','Hell, I don\'t need satellites to find penguin waste. I just look in the toilet, the bathtub, the refrigerator, the outdoor grill, etc.','7092a40b6c9e107c24410c2d4873c0fb',0,'','1ji9kkjb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357826,25789,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243979041,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="The Angst Guy":26rolcew]Hell, I don\'t need satellites to find penguin waste. I just look in the toilet, the bathtub, the refrigerator, the outdoor grill, etc.[/quote:26rolcew]\n\n\nNote to self: When a thread name includes the words TAG, PUFFIN or PENGUINS, look at your risk, preferably if you haven\'t had your breakfast yet.\n\nEwww!','a96431c9a5903eb928fa742a5dc33466',0,'gA==','26rolcew',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357827,25753,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243979188,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','The doc I read defined people who were unhappy with immigration (which could include Kara Wild), people who believed in state\'s rights (that could include people who think the states should have the right to legalize pot), among other things. They didn\'t go so far as to say that every single person who was a "heretic" (disagreed with Obama) was a menace, but they did lump all of us together in that sense (saying, or at least implying, we all needed to be sifted through). \n\nAs for that crap by the SPLC on Odinism, that\'s just another example of why I dismiss them. And that wasn\'t what got the LLL mad, who only hesitantly defend Asatru (with many caveats), but when one such report of those moved to include all neopagans as Left Wing or Right Wing extremists. \n\nAnd I\'m not bothered wearing my trench. I\'m just saying why I don\'t respect what the SPLC has to say. Many (though not all) white supremacists are ignorant little fucks, but I really don\'t see the SPLC in a better light. At least the white supremacist sects that the SPLC believe I belong to know I\'m not one of them, which is proof of being more intelligent than the SPLC right there. \":P\" \n\n[quote="Deref":33vvaskg][quote="losdia":33vvaskg]Is it inappropriate to call Christian Identity Churches racist[/quote:33vvaskg]\nDammit! You inventive Merkins keep inventing new brands of Christianity faster than we furriners can keep up! WTF is a "Christian Identity church"?[/quote:33vvaskg]\n\nCI is a "special sect," not recognized (as far as I know) by any other Christian sects. IIRC, it defines the 12 tribes of Israel as whites (or at least Europeans), and preaches white supremacy. \n\nIt can\'t rightly be equated with Odinism, in part because everyone who claims to be part of CI has to believe that whites are special & chosen by God, but not all Odinists are white supremacists.\n\nI\'ll throw in that many racists that embrace the Nordic gods can call themselves Odinists, Asatru, and other names. Confusing the issue even more is that many calling themselves such (who are not white supremacists or even separatists) like to call rivals this. Overall, pretty silly, and perhaps should be seen in a "spiritual cafe" sorta thing (ie, some choose such beliefs to mix in with whatever they already believe).','12b770aafa6134194a2daaa03e828866',0,'gA==','33vvaskg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357828,25788,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243979818,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Silence is the Enemy','Stuff like this goes on in the USA, too. This one even recorded things like abductions of women (and girls) in broad daylight on mainstream while no one else pays attention:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MO_OtB3 ... annel_page\n\n(Presumably he called 911 as he recorded it, as he often does in his other vids.)\n\nETA: this ignores that plenty of underage boys are also turning tricks. Granted, boys aren\'t taken by pimps anywhere as much as girls so are left pretty much alone as freelancers (I think gay johns just call them hustlers), unlike girls. It also ignores how the system in many places is set up to make it profitable for the city & state (thus encouraging its existence as a crime, as they\'d lose too much money otherwise).','de98ee0f0ec329902493a04efb16844e',0,'','3d502k78',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357829,23937,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1243980140,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Deref":10vcz4cu][i:10vcz4cu]There once was a writer whose fanfic\nWas enough to make even Japan sick.[/i:10vcz4cu][/quote:10vcz4cu]\nIs that even possible? Even Ronin wasn\'t that bad.','06f3f5057ec505737056875e494d530e',0,'oA==','10vcz4cu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357830,23937,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243980140,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":1e78wptg]\n\nThe thing about Daria and Jane is that [i:1e78wptg]while it was never about sex or romance, the fact remains that everyone - including Daria and Jane themselves - realizes that it [u:1e78wptg]could[/u:1e78wptg] be, and in a different setting, it [u:1e78wptg]would[/u:1e78wptg] be.[/i:1e78wptg] It would happen so quickly and so naturally that everyone would easily see that from the first moment that they met, or soon thereafter. \n[/quote:1e78wptg]\n\nGreat way to make a point on the subject, BG! I completely agree with that. Whether or not the appearance of Tom in the series was motivated by the producers\' wishes to avoid the whole D/J thing, I do believe that what they had was something so special in the first place, and at such a malleable sexual age, that it wouldn\'t be a big jump for them to become romantically involved. I keep thinking of "The Hug" in "Boxing Daria". Sure there was absolutely nothing sexual about it, but in a way it brought their friendship to a new level.\n\nBut hey, BG said it best, I\'m just adding my two cents.','6ebb617449b311051cc9ede8b44bb592',0,'oQ==','1e78wptg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357831,25744,5,129,0,'24.118.48.176',1243980535,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: After 68 years, Archie makes his choice','[quote="brnleague99":hdph4vxv]http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06012009.shtml\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:hdph4vxv]\n\nRK Milholland is so totally my \'net crush.','3ca691a9c785419bb418dc5f0d4694b2',0,'gA==','hdph4vxv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357832,25789,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243980780,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Liz Ruiz":2v5f4dcf][quote="The Angst Guy":2v5f4dcf]Hell, I don\'t need satellites to find penguin waste. I just look in the toilet, the bathtub, the refrigerator, the outdoor grill, etc.[/quote:2v5f4dcf]\n\n\nNote to self: When a thread name includes the words TAG, PUFFIN or PENGUINS, look at your risk, preferably if you haven\'t had your breakfast yet.\n\nEwww![/quote:2v5f4dcf]\n\n\nWhen we finally meet, I\'m going to make it a point of taking you out for breakfast, and then letting you read something from my Omega Folder while there. \n\n\nWe\'ll probably start with the \'Deleted Scenes\' from [i:2v5f4dcf]The Winters Of Those Gone Before[/i:2v5f4dcf] file. \":P\" \":)\"','1b3d58a3d158d150f1b7e0c9c1819182',0,'oA==','2v5f4dcf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357833,25788,4,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243980813,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Silence is the Enemy','Obviously a worthy cause. Stuff like this happens all the time and in places nearer to you than you may think. Being from this particular spot of the world I completely agree with that woman that said that it completely shatters a sense of security. Sure, I have never been (Thanks God) in a similar situation, but I remember the paranoia of the early 2000\'s. The complete indignation at knowing that the police was either helpless or reluctant to help the women (many of them so poor they lived on the Shanty towns on the perifery of the city) who went through this was immense. \n\nGiving to Doctors without borders is one of the most worthy contributions you can make, by the way. When I was a volunteer for the National Human Rights Commission, I has humbled by the dedication of these professionals, who risked going to places I would never set foot in, just to help.','9d9227dbeaa34e6c4507ae3aee16300d',0,'','xhdztklv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357834,25789,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243980966,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Brother Grimace":38zgkgvn][quote="Liz Ruiz":38zgkgvn][quote="The Angst Guy":38zgkgvn]Hell, I don\'t need satellites to find penguin waste. I just look in the toilet, the bathtub, the refrigerator, the outdoor grill, etc.[/quote:38zgkgvn]\n\n\nNote to self: When a thread name includes the words TAG, PUFFIN or PENGUINS, look at your risk, preferably if you haven\'t had your breakfast yet.\n\nEwww![/quote:38zgkgvn]\n\n\nWhen we finally meet, I\'m going to make it a point of taking you out for breakfast, and then letting you read something from my Omega Folder while there. \n\n\nWe\'ll probably start with the \'Deleted Scenes\' from [i:38zgkgvn]The Winters Of Those Gone Before[/i:38zgkgvn] file. \":P\" \":)\"[/quote:38zgkgvn]\n\n\nHey, just make it a place that makes good pancakes and I\'ll summon the fortitude to read anything!\n\n(What, I love pancakes)','5024371f95ea18a7b53b24a09bb1bdfa',0,'oA==','38zgkgvn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357835,25789,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243981264,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Liz Ruiz":2ih950e9][quote="Brother Grimace":2ih950e9][quote="Liz Ruiz":2ih950e9][quote="The Angst Guy":2ih950e9]Hell, I don\'t need satellites to find penguin waste. I just look in the toilet, the bathtub, the refrigerator, the outdoor grill, etc.[/quote:2ih950e9]\n\n\nNote to self: When a thread name includes the words TAG, PUFFIN or PENGUINS, look at your risk, preferably if you haven\'t had your breakfast yet.\n\nEwww![/quote:2ih950e9]\n\n\nWhen we finally meet, I\'m going to make it a point of taking you out for breakfast, and then letting you read something from my Omega Folder while there. \n\n\nWe\'ll probably start with the \'Deleted Scenes\' from [i:2ih950e9]The Winters Of Those Gone Before[/i:2ih950e9] file. \":P\" \":)\"[/quote:2ih950e9]\n\n\nHey, just make it a place that makes good pancakes and I\'ll summon the fortitude to read anything!\n\n(What, I love pancakes)[/quote:2ih950e9]\n\nI\'ve moved pancakes down on my breakfast menu, waffles have moved up. (I like them crunchy. \":)\" ) My favorite breakfast - biscuits and sausage gravy, with LOTS of pepper. If they\'re homemade biscuits, even better. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','6b3aca5997d45698ad12ca477ce68358',0,'oA==','2ih950e9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357836,25789,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243981438,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Brother Grimace":1qnfel2q][quote="Liz Ruiz":1qnfel2q][quote="Brother Grimace":1qnfel2q][quote="Liz Ruiz":1qnfel2q][quote="The Angst Guy":1qnfel2q]Hell, I don\'t need satellites to find penguin waste. I just look in the toilet, the bathtub, the refrigerator, the outdoor grill, etc.[/quote:1qnfel2q]\n\n\nNote to self: When a thread name includes the words TAG, PUFFIN or PENGUINS, look at your risk, preferably if you haven\'t had your breakfast yet.\n\nEwww![/quote:1qnfel2q]\n\n\nWhen we finally meet, I\'m going to make it a point of taking you out for breakfast, and then letting you read something from my Omega Folder while there. \n\n\nWe\'ll probably start with the \'Deleted Scenes\' from [i:1qnfel2q]The Winters Of Those Gone Before[/i:1qnfel2q] file. \":P\" \":)\"[/quote:1qnfel2q]\n\n\nHey, just make it a place that makes good pancakes and I\'ll summon the fortitude to read anything!\n\n(What, I love pancakes)[/quote:1qnfel2q]\n\nI\'ve moved pancakes down on my breakfast menu, waffles have moved up. (I like them crunchy. \":)\" ) My favorite breakfast - biscuits and sausage gravy, with LOTS of pepper. If they\'re homemade biscuits, even better. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:1qnfel2q]\n\nDude, I\'ll read TAG and TUX\'s private diary if I can have your favorite breakfast too! \n\nHomemade biscuits... mmmmmm','7da0c59b5fc50749fb73979942a46c5a',0,'oA==','1qnfel2q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357837,25784,5,44,0,'209.30.128.95',1243981909,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Cartoon characters made to match their voice actors','There\'s no modified about this one. Poemi "Kobayashi" Watanabe of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puni_Puni_Poemy:m1vi1zlz]Puni Puni Poemy[/url:m1vi1zlz] was designed for voice actress Yumiko Kobayashi and her insane speed-talking skills. She managed to out speed both Kotono Mitsuishi (Excel Excel of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excel_Saga:m1vi1zlz]Excel Saga[/url:m1vi1zlz]) and Shizue Oda (Sana Kurata of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodocha:m1vi1zlz]Kodocha[/url:m1vi1zlz]).\n\nLots of fourth-wall breaking in this short OVA (hence the "Kobayashi" above; her character persistently refers to herself by her VA\'s name) that was meant to be as far out as they could get after having pushed (beyond) the limits of the TV censors with the end of Excel Saga.\n\nWraith\n"The Heavens call, the Earth calls, the Fans call! And heads will roll if this video doesn\'t sell! By accepting the power of magic, Puni Puni Poemi makes her big debut!"\n-- Poemi ("Puni Puni Poemy")','c9f29e4857310e5ed2ea2af5d64ffac4',0,'EA==','m1vi1zlz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357838,25753,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243982044,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Dervish":28yrdvlt]The doc I read defined people who were unhappy with immigration (which could include Kara Wild), people who believed in state\'s rights (that could include people who think the states should have the right to legalize pot), among other things. They didn\'t go so far as to say that every single person who was a "heretic" (disagreed with Obama) was a menace, but they did lump all of us together in that sense (saying, or at least implying, we all needed to be sifted through). [/quote:28yrdvlt]\n\nOkay, I was being nice-ish about this before. You have not read the report in question, I know this for a fact because it was not, and can not legally be published in full. It was a declassified (meaning redacted) report put out on the Homeland Security information distribution network for use by media outlets, state law enforcement agencies, and university researchers. There is a set of arcane rules that say how much of it may be quoted, and the media never quoted more than small segments from it. However, it isn\'t classified so if you have access to it you may freely discuss it. \n\nThe only reason I have access to Homeland Security\'s information net is I do a lot of work on the subject of cyberterrorism and Information Warfare. It was like a three month screening process to get access to it, and it was a massive pain. \n\nWhat you\'re talking about is what some of the media said was in it. The report were not talking about individuals who feel strongly about those issues, the report was on the likelihood of attacks by fringe groups. DHS was not talking about people like the Catholic Collation as antiabortion supporters, they were talking about the terrorist group The Lambs of God. DHS did not mean anti-immigration supports like Lou Dobbs (or Ms. Wild) they meant radical militias like the Minutemen and the Freemen. This was an analysis of the threat of domestic terrorism, of course it wasn\'t about the mainstream right. \n\nAs for why I said the SPLC does better intelligence reports on domestic terrorist groups, quite simply they do. Even with the USAPATRIOT Act and the new FISA there are limits to how much information the government can collect on some groups. The SPLC is under no such restrictions, and through litigation are able to force many groups to disclose their assets and membership rolls. Say what you will about them, how much they stifle free speech, how they\'re greedy and litigious, and how they are a threat to people\'s personal liberties, these guys are still the ones who put a stake in the heart of the original Klan.','4fca39b482d6e91f776debfc3e6e08d7',0,'gA==','28yrdvlt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357839,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1243982168,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="Raskolnikov":xyfye7up]there aren´t any kind of notable OOC´s. And I found the image of Daria as a Dead Like Me reaper amusing. Waiting for the next chapter with curiosity.[/quote:xyfye7up]\n\nNor will there be- Mrs Johansen: http://www.outpost-daria.com/ch_guest.html#mrs_johansen \n\nplan to kill of a few unknown Lawndalians when the reaping occurs. Thanks for your imput and glad you enjoy it.\n\ncheers minx','be63d2dacdf0e6848f98464a8f6c9962',0,'gA==','xyfye7up',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357840,25697,6,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243982257,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 4 now up)','Helen and Jake as memebers of the Manson Family? Zombie Apocalypse? Mack as the hero? Bitchin´Jodie? Possible Mack/Daria pairing in the future? Action with big mutated hyenas in the ruins of downtown Roswell? Man, this is angstilicious! Waiting for more.','4d1676e5abc4e39419b3e3b3c69e26a0',0,'','1vud7a0t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357841,24299,5,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243982438,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening to Now Part VII','Canned Heat.','1590913fd87029f6f11472cd79f8661c',0,'','23m8edpq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357842,23937,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1243982492,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','I posted this before I\'ll post it again. From my comic "Growing pains"\n\n[img:1ymqy18a]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/plaatje-1.jpg[/img:1ymqy18a]','0a2dab23174cc9b19b0f0fcb05eba464',0,'CA==','1ymqy18a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357843,23937,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243983377,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','We will never know if Daria and Jane are lesbians, because we never got to see them act in a play.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOh! [u:1p4yr7np]LES[/u:1p4yr7np]-bians. I thought.... okay, never mind, not important.\n \":oops:\"','f6634e89b246babffe9ff68df9095bb2',0,'AQ==','1p4yr7np',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357844,25789,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243983476,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Liz Ruiz":30d3ncod]Dude, I\'ll read TAG and TUX\'s private diary if I can have your favorite breakfast too!\n\nHomemade biscuits... mmmmmm[/quote:30d3ncod]\nTux makes the best gravy. (Hint: It has something to do with the theme of this thread.)','4f8af18bf6fd1cc9e7053c3c95f990d0',0,'gA==','30d3ncod',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357845,23937,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243983593,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":22mbtrtj][quote="Disco316":22mbtrtj]If this turns into Tennesee Tuxedo Slash Fics, I\'m out of here...[/quote:22mbtrtj]\n\n\nAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH! I have just gone so blind...![/quote:22mbtrtj]\n\nBut is Chumly the top or the bottom?\n\n[size=50:22mbtrtj]I can\'t believe I just typed that.[/size:22mbtrtj]','a8f9d2f83f288f1a85ceaae08d63a96b',0,'hA==','22mbtrtj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357846,25778,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243983609,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','[quote="Raskolnikov":f995sq62]No, no soy ruso. El nick es el nombre del protagonista de "Crimen y Castigo". Recientemente me he puesto a leer a Dostoievski y me he aficionado bastante.[/quote:f995sq62]\nOh, a Frenchman! Well, [i:f995sq62]nome Paree oo la la Englees Eiffel Tower[/i:f995sq62], amigi!','a87aa41811f96b19fe2e0d281a2296c1',0,'oA==','f995sq62',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357847,25789,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243983820,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="The Angst Guy":jnv9g51r][quote="Liz Ruiz":jnv9g51r]Dude, I\'ll read TAG and TUX\'s private diary if I can have your favorite breakfast too!\n\nHomemade biscuits... mmmmmm[/quote:jnv9g51r]\nTux makes the best gravy. (Hint: It has something to do with the theme of this thread.)[/quote:jnv9g51r]\n\nHmmm. Subtle, I\'ll get the boys from MI-5 to work on cracking that code right away!','126aebe6c131f37597bccc75a38048af',0,'gA==','jnv9g51r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357848,23937,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243984099,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Dervish":2khl754u]Though somehow...probably because I\'m so incredibly twisted...I can see Strawberry Shortcake and her friends doing naughty things to themselves and each other with specially shaped strawberries. The details of what I\'m imagining would drive a Puritan blind as well as giving him/her blisters.[/quote:2khl754u]\n\nSpecially Shaped Strawberries would be a good name for a band.','4886d2675b96af914a9dddacd52c9968',0,'gA==','2khl754u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357849,23937,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243984337,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','I feel the need to point out that Daria and Jane are both straight. The One True Lesbian \'Ship in [i:3ff7drsy]Daria[/i:3ff7drsy] is Quinn/Sandi (Quindi). So there.\n\nHmm.... I wonder if I should stick that in GTS. It would certainly fit Bujold\'s First Law of Storytelling: "If you\'re stuck, just ask yourself what\'s the worst thing you could do to your characters that fits in the context of the story.','8855fdd5417448f51b0de23128c99be7',0,'IA==','3ff7drsy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357850,23937,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1243984618,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Dennis":1oam9agl][quote="Brother Grimace":1oam9agl][quote="Disco316":1oam9agl]If this turns into Tennesee Tuxedo Slash Fics, I\'m out of here...[/quote:1oam9agl]\nAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH! I have just gone so blind...![/quote:1oam9agl]\nBut is Chumly the top or the bottom?\n\n[size=50:1oam9agl]I can\'t believe I just typed that.[/size:1oam9agl][/quote:1oam9agl]\nWalruses have no part in [u:1oam9agl]real[/u:1oam9agl] TT slash. I can quote from my upcoming novel trilogy on this issue if you wish.','775bf3af43023eb9e7e7e01d51220000',0,'hQ==','1oam9agl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357851,25788,4,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243984635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Silence is the Enemy','I agree. Silence is the Enemy is indeed a worthy cause.','75c3050d957a43ca3ea4b75559d9e4a2',0,'','27rcuesb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357852,23937,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243984676,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="The Angst Guy":3sblgdib][quote="Dennis":3sblgdib][quote="Brother Grimace":3sblgdib][quote="Disco316":3sblgdib]If this turns into Tennesee Tuxedo Slash Fics, I\'m out of here...[/quote:3sblgdib]\nAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH! I have just gone so blind...![/quote:3sblgdib]\nBut is Chumly the top or the bottom?\n\n[size=50:3sblgdib]I can\'t believe I just typed that.[/size:3sblgdib][/quote:3sblgdib]\nWalruses have no part in [u:3sblgdib]real[/u:3sblgdib] TT slash. I can quote from my upcoming novel trilogy on this issue if you wish.[/quote:3sblgdib]\n\nThanks for the offer, but, uh, I\'m going to walk away slowly instead. \";)\"','4e6d954f8585473c36c7fe37ac60d753',0,'hQ==','3sblgdib',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357853,23937,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1243984809,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...','f293a89ea631372e9f53a186285270cf',0,'','2w6rk5zu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357854,23937,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243984877,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="RLobinske":4ejseleb]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:4ejseleb]\n\nYou should fix that right away! You don\'t want to be left out, do you? \":D\"','d82b9ddb41732c2cddaf0579b44761c3',0,'gA==','4ejseleb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357855,23937,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243984947,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="losdia":11ei6z2d][quote="RLobinske":11ei6z2d]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:11ei6z2d]\n\nYou should fix that right away! You don\'t want to be left out, do you? \":D\"[/quote:11ei6z2d]\n\nNo way! Quindi forever! (Or at least for like a week or so.)','016d229ad81530b4e37b75abc33c799b',0,'gA==','11ei6z2d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357856,23937,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243985075,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Dennis":33jtdscd][quote="losdia":33jtdscd][quote="RLobinske":33jtdscd]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:33jtdscd]\n\nYou should fix that right away! You don\'t want to be left out, do you? \":D\"[/quote:33jtdscd]\n\nNo way! Quindi forever! (Or at least for like a week or so.)[/quote:33jtdscd]\n\nLet\'s compromise and bug him to do a nice Quinn/Jane. \":D\" Either that or get on Deref to do something new.','188ecba861816a2b1223a1d70dcf9580',0,'gA==','33jtdscd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357857,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243985507,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="RLobinske":1ydf4ohr]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:1ydf4ohr]\n\n\nYeah, right. The [i:1ydf4ohr]John Lane[/i:1ydf4ohr] series is the longest-running D/J slashfic in Daria fandom history. \":)\"','f2a3c572a24c37df1f506964189ff09b',0,'oA==','1ydf4ohr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357858,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243985610,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="losdia":3vq58f2m][quote="Dennis":3vq58f2m][quote="losdia":3vq58f2m][quote="RLobinske":3vq58f2m]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:3vq58f2m]\n\nYou should fix that right away! You don\'t want to be left out, do you? \":D\"[/quote:3vq58f2m]\n\nNo way! Quindi forever! (Or at least for like a week or so.)[/quote:3vq58f2m]\n\nLet\'s compromise and bug him to do a nice Quinn/Jane. \":D\" Either that or get on Deref to do something new.[/quote:3vq58f2m]\n\n\nHmm... a Quinn/Jane shipper. \n\n\nThat gives me an idea for [i:3vq58f2m]Daylight[/i:3vq58f2m]...','37f5b7f3b6986ad10f95f01b667b8571',0,'oA==','3vq58f2m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357859,23937,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243985804,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":1gzxvyzh][quote="losdia":1gzxvyzh][quote="Dennis":1gzxvyzh][quote="losdia":1gzxvyzh][quote="RLobinske":1gzxvyzh]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:1gzxvyzh]\n\nYou should fix that right away! You don\'t want to be left out, do you? \":D\"[/quote:1gzxvyzh]\n\nNo way! Quindi forever! (Or at least for like a week or so.)[/quote:1gzxvyzh]\n\nLet\'s compromise and bug him to do a nice Quinn/Jane. \":D\" Either that or get on Deref to do something new.[/quote:1gzxvyzh]\n\n\nHmm... a Quinn/Jane shipper. \n\n\nThat gives me an idea for [i:1gzxvyzh]Daylight[/i:1gzxvyzh]...[/quote:1gzxvyzh]\n\nBut... but if you do it then it\'ll have that whole angst lord flavor and wouldn\'t be the same as the mad scientist behind The Lobinske Virus doing it. \n\n...wait... What am I saying, do it. DO IT NOW! \":D\"','04ac27aa82b6609ef2d580e58bbd34e2',0,'oA==','1gzxvyzh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357860,23937,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243986007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','My god, I think i´ve resurrected a monster.','58ebbf4bc6bfc51b51f6bb084a45bbd5',0,'','1w57l95q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357861,25670,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243986407,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','Oh, Lord... a world-class WTF?! moment from the former Vice-President:\n\n\nhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/200906 ... tico/23228\n\n\nThe title gets the WTF?! - and it goes into the [i:1p5tpypw]Twilight Zone[/i:1p5tpypw] from there. \n\nRemember - the Bush Administration said that they invaded Iraq because there was a definite link between Iraq and the 9/11 attacks...\n\n\n \":bang:\" infinity...','c99f7a9b3dde7105169c5547015cb9f7',0,'IA==','1p5tpypw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357862,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243986519,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="losdia":2z1246nh][quote="Brother Grimace":2z1246nh][quote="losdia":2z1246nh][quote="Dennis":2z1246nh][quote="losdia":2z1246nh][quote="RLobinske":2z1246nh]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:2z1246nh]\n\nYou should fix that right away! You don\'t want to be left out, do you? \":D\"[/quote:2z1246nh]\n\nNo way! Quindi forever! (Or at least for like a week or so.)[/quote:2z1246nh]\n\nLet\'s compromise and bug him to do a nice Quinn/Jane. \":D\" Either that or get on Deref to do something new.[/quote:2z1246nh]\n\n\nHmm... a Quinn/Jane shipper. \n\n\nThat gives me an idea for [i:2z1246nh]Daylight[/i:2z1246nh]...[/quote:2z1246nh]\n\nBut... but if you do it then it\'ll have that whole angst lord flavor and wouldn\'t be the same as the mad scientist behind The Lobinske Virus doing it. \n\n...wait... What am I saying, do it. DO IT NOW! \":D\"[/quote:2z1246nh]\n\n\nYou didn\'t read the D/J part of [i:2z1246nh]Winters[/i:2z1246nh], did you? \":fork:\"','bbdbf05bb4860e64b48399ca5d231354',0,'oA==','2z1246nh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357863,23937,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1243987175,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="losdia":3u2la2a2][quote="Dennis":3u2la2a2][quote="losdia":3u2la2a2][quote="RLobinske":3u2la2a2]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:3u2la2a2]\n\nYou should fix that right away! You don\'t want to be left out, do you? \":D\"[/quote:3u2la2a2]\n\nNo way! Quindi forever! (Or at least for like a week or so.)[/quote:3u2la2a2]\n\nLet\'s compromise and bug him to do a nice Quinn/Jane. \":D\" Either that or get on Deref to do something new.[/quote:3u2la2a2]\n\nI\'ve been bugging Deref for a new Writes of Passage for at least two years. \":)\"','62988322169ac07b30a250114a6d23b5',0,'gA==','3u2la2a2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357864,23937,3,900,0,'208.7.93.63',1243987657,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="RLobinske":2cfg1m94]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:2cfg1m94]\n*looks through his own fics* Hmm, Quinn/Sandi, Quinn/Stacy, Quinn/Jane, Trent/Tom, Daria/Sandi; nope, no Daria/Jane yet. I may need to rectify that...','a619016556dbef78abcadedf59a369d8',0,'gA==','2cfg1m94',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357865,25665,3,900,0,'208.7.93.63',1243987761,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Kristen Bealer":3pff7ooy][quote="Bryan":3pff7ooy](Is "garlicy" really a word?)[/quote:3pff7ooy]\n\nNo, but "garlicky" is. \":P\" \n\nKristen[/quote:3pff7ooy]\nAh yes; I remember that from [u:3pff7ooy]A Boy Named Charlie Brown[/u:3pff7ooy].','1027b5458b675f3d58f7111bb079bb05',0,'gQ==','3pff7ooy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357866,25753,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243988288,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','I read A report which may or may not be the same as yours. Some news agency linked to it from their report (it wasn\'t a right wing source, either). Having finally looked it up again (the report, not the news story which I can\'t find), it\'s either a different one, or it has been changed (either a possibility).\n\nKeep your security credentials to yourself. Those don\'t impress me. The mass hysteria to come from the government in times past discredits any such thing. \n\nAs for the SPLC, I just see them as having their own agenda that aren\'t as benevolent as many like to assume (here I\'m referring to the bureaucracy as opposed to the membership), and are wrong on a great many things (sometimes intentionally, sometimes not). Putting a stake in the heart of the Klan turned out to be VERY profitable, so I can\'t blame them for taking up the crusade and forming the SPLC given how much our culture worships money. \n\nThe point that you keep missing is that the SPLC gets a lot wrong. And if they\'ve done a better job than DHS (which has its own record of extreme incompetence in other matters as well), then I hardly care what they say. That\'s the point. \n\nPlus, I don\'t get why people get all freaked out over vigilantes going after illegals (which seems to happen only very rarely), for example, when the border patrol and such does things like that all the time anyway (and only rarely prosecuted for it--actually, the only ones that got prison time that I can recall for doing so were pardoned by Bush as he left office). The scrutiny more justly belongs on the government itself than on the loons of the far left & right (not that the latter should be ignored).','8f7b016ecb9f3c49c8d31f51e4751aaf',0,'','3mgpind3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357867,21394,15,305,0,'200.112.153.38',1243988794,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria en Espanol','[quote="Raskolnikov":13e1ndsq]He visto un par de episodios de Daria en español latino. Personalmente opino que el doblaje es bastante apropiado, y encuentro la voz de Daria lo suficientemente monótona. Obviamente, prefiero la voz en inglés (Dios, juro que voy a hacerme un politono para el móvil con el "Damn it, damn it, damn it!" de "Dye! Dye! My darling"), pero no encuentro muchas cosas de las que quejarme en el doblaje latino.\n\nEn cuanto al doblaje español castellano, creo recordar que la voz era más cercana a la de la inversión inglesa: completa, completamente monótona. Pero vamos, hablo de cuando Daria se emitía en Canal+ los sábados por la mañana. Fácilmente hará 7 u 8 años. Como para acordarme. Lo más probable es que me lo esté imaginando.[/quote:13e1ndsq]\n\nA qué le llamás "doblaje español latino"? Al doblaje que hacen en México? Hay un doblaje español para España? Como también usás el término "doblaje español castellano" y en este país al idioma le decimos "castellano" (en vez de español) estoy confundida. Ahora no sé cuál he escuchado en MTV. \":?\"','a1bdbcc66a3fbf808c9199a8a4401d04',0,'gA==','13e1ndsq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357868,25670,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243988808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Brother Grimace":2ag2xsgi]Oh, Lord... a world-class WTF?! moment from the former Vice-President:\n\n\nhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/200906 ... tico/23228\n\n\nThe title gets the WTF?! - and it goes into the [i:2ag2xsgi]Twilight Zone[/i:2ag2xsgi] from there. \n\nRemember - the Bush Administration said that they invaded Iraq because there was a definite link between Iraq and the 9/11 attacks...\n\n\n \":bang:\" infinity...[/quote:2ag2xsgi]\n\nTo be fair to the Bushies, though it isn\'t something I often feel compelled to be, the case for the War in Iraq didn\'t come as much from them as people like to think. Over the last five years I\'ve had to write no less than seven papers on topic of if the Iraq War met the standards of the Just War Doctrine. I\'ve written two of them from the pro-war perspective (mostly because I felt bad constantly padding and recycling the same paper...), and stepping away from my own beliefs and preconceptions actually opened my eyes to a lot of interesting information about the war. \n\nThe lack of Iraq/Al Qaeda contact isn\'t as clear as most people on the left would like to think. In the late 90\'s it is very clear Iraq was at least trying to set up some kind of relationship. There were several well publicized reports of Iraqi intelligence officials meeting with Al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan. Israeli Intelligence has also leaked a few things suggesting that Iraq may have been giving monetary and logistical assistance to Al Qaeda as late as 2002. While it is easy to say that Iraq had no direct hand in planing the 9/11 attacks, what isn\'t as clear is if Iraq\'s large briefcases filled with money didn\'t help in the process. \n\nThe definitive answers to a lot of questions came in the [url=http://intelligence.senate.gov/phaseiiaccuracy.pdf:2ag2xsgi]Senate Select Committee on Intelligence\'s Report[/url:2ag2xsgi] on prewar intelligence about Iraq. For those who don\'t feel like reading the full 600 pages, allow me to summarize. The problem wasn\'t so much that intelligence agencies were being told what to say, but rather they fell in to a kind of groupthink about what they assumed their political bosses wanted to hear. It was kind of a massive game of telephone were minor information gathered by one agency was inflated by another agency\'s analysts in their reports, that would then be turned over to another agency who would further inflate the conclusions drawn from an initially very small piece of hard data. \n\nOne of the few good accomplishments of Dubya was the establishment of Homeland Security which put a stop to those sorts of antics. \n\nAll that being said, yeah Cheney is being pretty stupid here, and burning some of his bridges with this stuff. I doubt his other big claim that former counterterrorism czar [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Clarke:2ag2xsgi]Richard A. Clarke[/url:2ag2xsgi] was the one who dropped the ball on 9/11 is winning him any friends either.','45723e3dbc34a9a3a3bef0e1afd22ce4',0,'sA==','2ag2xsgi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357869,25665,3,305,0,'200.112.153.38',1243989174,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Brother Grimace":2drht8wm]I have Skype now. I need to really learn how to use it (still having problems with that round thing that goes forward when you put it on the ground), but I\'ll be able to dial into the Dariacon. \":)\"[/quote:2drht8wm]\nGreat! We can skype at some point too. Let me know what your username is. \":)\"','11b87cdc6715406432f555997897093c',0,'gA==','2drht8wm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357870,25789,3,305,0,'200.112.153.38',1243989381,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Liz Ruiz":1qvtk081][quote="Brother Grimace":1qvtk081][quote="Liz Ruiz":1qvtk081][quote="Brother Grimace":1qvtk081][quote="Liz Ruiz":1qvtk081][quote="The Angst Guy":1qvtk081]Hell, I don\'t need satellites to find penguin waste. I just look in the toilet, the bathtub, the refrigerator, the outdoor grill, etc.[/quote:1qvtk081]\n\n\nNote to self: When a thread name includes the words TAG, PUFFIN or PENGUINS, look at your risk, preferably if you haven\'t had your breakfast yet.\n\nEwww![/quote:1qvtk081]\n\n\nWhen we finally meet, I\'m going to make it a point of taking you out for breakfast, and then letting you read something from my Omega Folder while there. \n\n\nWe\'ll probably start with the \'Deleted Scenes\' from [i:1qvtk081]The Winters Of Those Gone Before[/i:1qvtk081] file. \":P\" \":)\"[/quote:1qvtk081]\n\n\nHey, just make it a place that makes good pancakes and I\'ll summon the fortitude to read anything!\n\n(What, I love pancakes)[/quote:1qvtk081]\n\nI\'ve moved pancakes down on my breakfast menu, waffles have moved up. (I like them crunchy. \":)\" ) My favorite breakfast - biscuits and sausage gravy, with LOTS of pepper. If they\'re homemade biscuits, even better. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:1qvtk081]\n\nDude, I\'ll read TAG and TUX\'s private diary if I can have your favorite breakfast too! \n\nHomemade biscuits... mmmmmm[/quote:1qvtk081]\nThat reminds me BG wants me to try what he call biscuits and gravy (??) too. \":shock:\"','b06d277543b8623aee64b66407a6661f',0,'oA==','1qvtk081',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357871,23937,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243989406,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Raskolnikov":jxywt9uu]I don´t think that there are any hints of Daria being a lesbian in the series, although many people tend to disagree. The relationship with Jane is just one of friendship... a deep, strong friendship, but friendship nonetheless. But for some incomprehensible reason everytime any writer creates a friendship such as Daria and Jane´s, EVERYBODY asssumes automatically the characters are gay.[/quote:jxywt9uu]\n\nActually, I see Daria as more asexual (which is not to say that she wants to live alone) than anything else, and that her relationship with Tom is one of the biggest reasons I think this. I strongly suspect Jane is bi, but with a low sex drive. It\'s Quinn that I believe is the closeted lesbian in the series. \n\nBut I\'m also reminded of the B&B ep in which an angel show the wiener heads that had Daria never interacted with them, she\'d be dating guys. \":lol:\"','cb8eb735914772e1a2403060b45076f2',0,'gA==','jxywt9uu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357872,25776,3,305,0,'200.112.153.38',1243989828,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','Terrible news. From what I know, they\'re still looking for the plane. Earlier today, they said they may have found parts of it in the ocean.','f0af502b8f0a20b1d525ea1729a2d435',0,'','2am1bp7u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357873,25776,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243990119,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','[quote="Quiverwing":265cw981]Terrible news. From what I know, they\'re still looking for the plane. Earlier today, they said they may have found parts of it in the ocean.[/quote:265cw981]\n\nFrom what I saw on the Newshour it looked more like they had found one of the wing sections. I\'m guessing if they didn\'t find the rest of the plane with that it is probably scattered over half the Atlantic by now.\n\nMay those who were lost find peace in the next life.','41481757c58764b1a28fcb1ab34b5842',0,'gA==','265cw981',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357874,25771,3,305,0,'200.112.153.38',1243990140,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: So what\'s in a flu shot anyway?','[quote="losdia":wd92tx1q][quote="RLobinske":wd92tx1q]It gives typical antivaccination talking points that misrepresent what\'s actually going on.\n\n1. Chicken embryos. Viruses are cultured on live tissue and chicken is one of those species that has been used.[/quote:wd92tx1q]\n\nOf all the nasty stuff Comrade Lobinske mentioned, the chicken embryo is what screws the most people up. Chicken Embryos (a.k.a Eggs) are one of the most common acquired food allergies. So, directly injecting an undiluted portion of it can have nasty side effects like, just to name one, anaphylaxis.\n\nThe other big danger in a flu shot is, well the flu virus. Dormant viral material can reactivate, in which case you basically just have the flu, and all the dangers that go with it.[/quote:wd92tx1q]\nWho cares about the nasty stuff if they work? Flu shots work like wonders, at least for me. I haven\'t got sick since I started getting annual flu shots 4 years ago. The year before that, I had the flu twice and had tonsillitis too.','8cc6b96026811e285fa2384b3992ad03',0,'gA==','wd92tx1q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357875,23937,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243990314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','I liked this trailer of the gay/lesbian comedy [i:9ghi0wxg]But I\'m a Cheerleader[/i:9ghi0wxg] grafted over Kim Possible:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si9kkvtB ... annel_page\n\n\nBtw, I\'m REALLY surprised that the American Family Association has remained silent on this vid sung by the voice for KP (especially as they don\'t like Disney anyway):\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNsUYcnhawI\n\nRemember, they can find the gay agenda in the breakfast aisle at the grocery store. I believe they were big against Teletubbies and Spongebob, too (though after I finally saw an ep of Spongebob, I couldn\'t help but forgive them for that one...while laughing with abandon. \":P\")','42e98b64f4adb854df6ce59cb48a3dd7',0,'IA==','9ghi0wxg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357876,25778,3,89,0,'67.189.212.82',1243990323,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WE COME IN PEACE, YE EARTHLINGS!','Ooba Gooba, you are one of us.','27088de81d8e9b462a7ea64ab7b3a3f6',0,'','31ss1228',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357877,25043,5,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1243990422,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Web Sites of Extreme Awesomeness!','Another fun time waster of a site.\n\nhttp://www.retrojunk.com/','5058b461c37c72a8a54a2076a23e67b5',0,'','30k2irtb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357878,25789,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1243990894,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Quiverwing":1fv0nod4]\nThat reminds me BG wants me to try what he call biscuits and gravy (??) too. \":shock:\"[/quote:1fv0nod4]\n\n\nWell, that\'s cos they are so good. Sure full of saturated fats and complex carbohydrates, but really, really good!','a4b950f48227ce1820fbddfb883ddf23',0,'gA==','1fv0nod4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357879,21394,15,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1243991601,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria en Espanol','No sé en qué país se retransmitió el doblaje que ha escuchado. No tengo mucho oído para los acentos latinoamericanos, salvo los muy, muy obvios. En Youtube se puede encontrar capítulos enteros con este doblaje:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I_dW1ix ... B1&index=1\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUnvh6pJ ... B1&index=0\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSZIZxhN ... B1&index=6\n\nY sí, si no recuerdo mal hay un doblaje realizado en España de la serie. Como ya he dicho, de eso hace muchos años.','4422fea20574bf043616d1095c89e209',0,'','3jafsjk5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357880,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243991777,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Dervish":ilr4j8yx][quote="Raskolnikov":ilr4j8yx]I don´t think that there are any hints of Daria being a lesbian in the series, although many people tend to disagree. The relationship with Jane is just one of friendship... a deep, strong friendship, but friendship nonetheless. But for some incomprehensible reason everytime any writer creates a friendship such as Daria and Jane´s, EVERYBODY asssumes automatically the characters are gay.[/quote:ilr4j8yx]\n\nActually, I see Daria as more asexual (which is not to say that she wants to live alone) than anything else, and that her relationship with Tom is one of the biggest reasons I think this. I strongly suspect Jane is bi, but with a low sex drive. It\'s Quinn that I believe is the closeted lesbian in the series. \n\nBut I\'m also reminded of the B&B ep in which an angel show the wiener heads that had Daria never interacted with them, she\'d be dating guys. \":lol:\"[/quote:ilr4j8yx]\n\n\nWhy is it that when I think of Daria, the words \'spinner\' and \'snapper\' come to mind...? \":D\"','74577360948effd80e35c10b715e07fa',0,'gA==','ilr4j8yx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357881,25789,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243992548,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="The Angst Guy":tmoj7gv1][quote="Liz Ruiz":tmoj7gv1]Dude, I\'ll read TAG and TUX\'s private diary if I can have your favorite breakfast too!\n\nHomemade biscuits... mmmmmm[/quote:tmoj7gv1]\nTux makes the best gravy. (Hint: It has something to do with the theme of this thread.)[/quote:tmoj7gv1]\n\n\nYou\'re right about that - Tux [b:tmoj7gv1]does[/b:tmoj7gv1] make the best gravy - or, whichever of his friends happens to be passing by the night before... \":twisted:\"','6b457bad02f180983c32d4c5d4e3ac1e',0,'wA==','tmoj7gv1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357882,25133,6,430,0,'74.229.39.43',1243992850,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 5)','[quote="NightGoblyn":1wmz5rvx] “Yes, your training has reached a new stage,” Daria said. “Now that you have body armor, I won’t have to hold back.”\n\n “Hold back?” Stacy blinked. “You’ve been holding back?”\n\n Daria slowly smiled.[/quote:1wmz5rvx]\nHeh. You\'ll be disturbed by how much she\'s been holding back, Robin.','4a2f0f4ed5733e4e23406ba1fb6f8ba2',0,'gA==','1wmz5rvx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357883,25781,3,947,0,'75.7.203.44',1243992905,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: A clown\'s funeral.','They open the casket and 100 clowns jump out?\n\nWhat I would expect with a clown coffin \":lol:\" \n\n*ducks rocks being throw*','f0681b9ec436a6e499724afe74797a47',0,'','pyseqx8f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357884,23937,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243993086,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Liz Ruiz":26q4qp5d][quote="Brother Grimace":26q4qp5d]\n\nThe thing about Daria and Jane is that [i:26q4qp5d]while it was never about sex or romance, the fact remains that everyone - including Daria and Jane themselves - realizes that it [u:26q4qp5d]could[/u:26q4qp5d] be, and in a different setting, it [u:26q4qp5d]would[/u:26q4qp5d] be.[/i:26q4qp5d] It would happen so quickly and so naturally that everyone would easily see that from the first moment that they met, or soon thereafter. \n[/quote:26q4qp5d]\n\nGreat way to make a point on the subject, BG! I completely agree with that. Whether or not the appearance of Tom in the series was motivated by the producers\' wishes to avoid the whole D/J thing, I do believe that what they had was something so special in the first place, and at such a malleable sexual age, that it wouldn\'t be a big jump for them to become romantically involved. [color=#0000FF:26q4qp5d]I keep thinking of "The Hug" in "Boxing Daria"[/color:26q4qp5d]. Sure there was absolutely nothing sexual about it, but in a way it brought their friendship to a new level.\n\nBut hey, BG said it best, I\'m just adding my two cents.[/quote:26q4qp5d]\n\n\nLet\'s also not overlook the symbolism of the whole hiding in the box, coming out of the box bit. I can\'t help but wonder if GE and crew already knew season 6 was not going to happen and they tossed that in to throw a bone to D/J \'shippers and to give the finger to MTV brass.','ab10b58a1f02fd1e46d304c78c13e645',0,'ow==','26q4qp5d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357885,25665,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243993182,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Quiverwing":1uorr8cv][quote="Brother Grimace":1uorr8cv]I have Skype now. I need to really learn how to use it (still having problems with that round thing that goes forward when you put it on the ground), but I\'ll be able to dial into the Dariacon. \":)\"[/quote:1uorr8cv]\nGreat! We can skype at some point too. Let me know what your username is. \":)\"[/quote:1uorr8cv]\n\n\nWell, [b:1uorr8cv]duh[/b:1uorr8cv]. What would you expect it to be - LadiesMan217, or something? \":shock:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','ab0636474446121fbd2f387f878fc110',0,'wA==','1uorr8cv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357886,25133,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243993277,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 5)','[quote="Prince Charon":763ry2id][quote="NightGoblyn":763ry2id] “Yes, your training has reached a new stage,” Daria said. “Now that you have body armor, I won’t have to hold back.”\n\n “Hold back?” Stacy blinked. “You’ve been holding back?”\n\n Daria slowly smiled.[/quote:763ry2id]\nHeh. You\'ll be disturbed by how much she\'s been holding back, Robin.[/quote:763ry2id]\n\n"Yes Stacy, I have been holding back." Daria grinned wickedly as she handed Stacy a box. Opening the box Stacy\'s eyes grew wide. "Handcuffs, a ball gag, leather restraints and oh my god is that what I think it is? What is this for?" Daria smirked and after a moment answered,"Training".','63780ae22a2632265c6252f93ddfaa76',0,'gA==','763ry2id',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357887,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243993285,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="undefinedlust":pl8xfvu4][quote="Liz Ruiz":pl8xfvu4][quote="Brother Grimace":pl8xfvu4]\n\nThe thing about Daria and Jane is that [i:pl8xfvu4]while it was never about sex or romance, the fact remains that everyone - including Daria and Jane themselves - realizes that it [u:pl8xfvu4]could[/u:pl8xfvu4] be, and in a different setting, it [u:pl8xfvu4]would[/u:pl8xfvu4] be.[/i:pl8xfvu4] It would happen so quickly and so naturally that everyone would easily see that from the first moment that they met, or soon thereafter. \n[/quote:pl8xfvu4]\n\nGreat way to make a point on the subject, BG! I completely agree with that. Whether or not the appearance of Tom in the series was motivated by the producers\' wishes to avoid the whole D/J thing, I do believe that what they had was something so special in the first place, and at such a malleable sexual age, that it wouldn\'t be a big jump for them to become romantically involved. [color=#0000FF:pl8xfvu4]I keep thinking of "The Hug" in "Boxing Daria"[/color:pl8xfvu4]. Sure there was absolutely nothing sexual about it, but in a way it brought their friendship to a new level.\n\nBut hey, BG said it best, I\'m just adding my two cents.[/quote:pl8xfvu4]\n\n\nLet\'s also not overlook the symbolism of the whole hiding in the box, coming out of the box bit. I can\'t help but wonder if GE and crew already knew season 6 was not going to happen and they tossed that in to throw a bone to D/J \'shippers and to give the finger to MTV brass.[/quote:pl8xfvu4]\n\n\nNo, don\'t you mean \'Jane seeing Daria\'s box, but being afraid to go in?\'\n\n\n(runs away very fast)','4cc50a32f6b040f6826470bf2a9a8f7d',0,'ow==','pl8xfvu4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357888,23937,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1243993493,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":31i1h66i]\n(runs away very fast)[/quote:31i1h66i]\n\nMan, you are getting a lot of practice at that today... \":lol:\"','4c9e44050c1aefa0aeafddbfafff6e89',0,'gA==','31i1h66i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357889,25738,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243993544,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="pinkminx":1f2e1kfc][quote="Raskolnikov":1f2e1kfc]there aren´t any kind of notable OOC´s. And I found the image of Daria as a Dead Like Me reaper amusing. Waiting for the next chapter with curiosity.[/quote:1f2e1kfc]\n\nNor will there be- Mrs Johansen: http://www.outpost-daria.com/ch_guest.html#mrs_johansen \n\nplan to kill of a few unknown Lawndalians when the reaping occurs. Thanks for your imput and glad you enjoy it.\n\ncheers minx[/quote:1f2e1kfc]\n\nHeh as long as the backgrounders site is alive you will have plenty of relatively unknown Lawndalians to choose from! \":mrgreen:\"','4e2e7aa54e62aaa81ec7d3a8f92f8356',0,'gA==','1f2e1kfc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357890,23937,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243993684,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":1bbawy8u][quote="undefinedlust":1bbawy8u]\n\n\nLet\'s also not overlook the symbolism of the whole hiding in the box, coming out of the box bit. I can\'t help but wonder if GE and crew already knew season 6 was not going to happen and they tossed that in to throw a bone to D/J \'shippers and to give the finger to MTV brass.[/quote:1bbawy8u]\n\n\nNo, don\'t you mean \'Jane seeing Daria\'s box, but being afraid to go in?\'\n\n\n(runs away very fast)[/quote:1bbawy8u]\n\nHey, Smileyfax is the expert on Daria\'s box as I recall... \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":mrgreen:\"','0923314af3eea9306a5f578212ca0286',0,'gA==','1bbawy8u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357891,25738,6,947,0,'75.7.203.44',1243994146,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="pinkminx":2aid62yw][quote="Raskolnikov":2aid62yw]there aren´t any kind of notable OOC´s. And I found the image of Daria as a Dead Like Me reaper amusing. Waiting for the next chapter with curiosity.[/quote:2aid62yw]\n\nNor will there be- Mrs Johansen: http://www.outpost-daria.com/ch_guest.html#mrs_johansen \n\nplan to kill of a few unknown Lawndalians when the reaping occurs. Thanks for your imput and glad you enjoy it.\n\ncheers minx[/quote:2aid62yw]\n\n\nKill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" \nMake sure it\'s painful and gruesome','c503e564595b169e273fe5b7f45be5c9',0,'gA==','2aid62yw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357892,21394,15,305,0,'200.112.153.38',1243994538,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria en Espanol','[quote="Raskolnikov":3kwnht3j]No tengo mucho oído para los acentos latinoamericanos, salvo los muy, muy obvios.[/quote:3kwnht3j]\nYo tampoco.\n\n[quote="Raskolnikov":3kwnht3j]No sé en qué país se retransmitió el doblaje que ha escuchado. En Youtube se puede encontrar capítulos enteros con este doblaje:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I_dW1ix ... B1&index=1\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUnvh6pJ ... B1&index=0\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSZIZxhN ... B1&index=6\n\nY sí, si no recuerdo mal hay un doblaje realizado en España de la serie. Como ya he dicho, de eso hace muchos años.[/quote:3kwnht3j]\nAh, si. Ese es que pasaban acá por MTV. Ese doblaje es el que se hace en México, pero los personajes no hablan con acento mexicano. A los actores les enseñan un acento "neutro" que es con el que realizan el doblaje. Pensá en cualquier actor o cantante mexicano, compará su acento con el de esas voces, y vas a notar que es distinto.','cfda201f5748a43f1d1957c389ca3472',0,'gA==','3kwnht3j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357893,25786,3,531,0,'66.19.201.116',1243994723,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','Ouch.\nNot fun.\nI average one dose of road rash per season of cycling, usually a couple thousand miles. I\'ll ditch a few times over the course of a year, but not always resulting in the fun iof that. \nThat is one minor plus of mountain biking, is that it\'s usually softer when youhit, as long as you avoid the trees.\n\nThen there was the time I spilled some vodka on a fresh road rash (Ironically wa pouring it to try and kill the pain of the rash.) One word: don\'t.','4a0de65b48c15c699fd5f29502ccc177',0,'','1davy2m1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357894,25670,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1243995125,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','I just thought of something else. Lots of people think of Keith Olbermann as a preening, pretensious, overbearing blow-hard - and I agree. \n\n\nI still watch him for two reasons:\n\n\n1.) For the most part - he actually seems as if he\'s having a LOT of fun doing his job... whatever that is. \n\n\n2.) Olbermann represents something that I\'ve VERY rarely seen in the annals of liberals - a liberal with a backbone, who doesn\'t mind giving as good as he gets. The liberals in the U.S. (with the exception of Hillary \'Kill him and leave his cooling corpse on the White House grounds\' Clinton) are traditionally whiny and prone to curling up like armadillos in a spring rain when someone says anything about them. \n\nNot Olbermann. He goes for the green lightsaber.\n\nI\'m not saying that I agree with his politics, he (like others on his network and over at FOX News should stop skewing news with an obvious political bias (great example - when Pres. Obama did a town-hall meeting in California a few weeks back, FOX News was the only cable news challel to NOT cover it live. I actually checked during the run of the meeting\'s broadcast on the other networks), and God knows I watch him on occasion and say \'SHUT THE FRAK UP!\' - but one must admit, it\'s a welcome change from the liberals who run home to Mommy whenever something bad happens, or seek solace in the hive mind of an organized protest. \n\nIf nothing else - the broadcast when he said [b:9wnp4u4a]"F YOU!"[/b:9wnp4u4a] to Rush Limbaugh was priceless. \":)\"','349cf746db238580116b520f44f2dc46',0,'QA==','9wnp4u4a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357895,25738,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243995445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="Roxanne M":xn8v2f0z][quote="pinkminx":xn8v2f0z][quote="Raskolnikov":xn8v2f0z]there aren´t any kind of notable OOC´s. And I found the image of Daria as a Dead Like Me reaper amusing. Waiting for the next chapter with curiosity.[/quote:xn8v2f0z]\n\nNor will there be- Mrs Johansen: http://www.outpost-daria.com/ch_guest.html#mrs_johansen \n\nplan to kill of a few unknown Lawndalians when the reaping occurs. Thanks for your imput and glad you enjoy it.\n\ncheers minx[/quote:xn8v2f0z]\n\n\nKill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" \nMake sure it\'s painful and gruesome[/quote:xn8v2f0z]\n\nHave the gruesome and painful death involve penguins and you will be legend \":mrgreen:\"','1916df5b3319dc26537cc68f65d01b03',0,'gA==','xn8v2f0z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357896,23937,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243995717,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Dennis":gwbmxygh]I feel the need to point out that Daria and Jane are both straight. The One True Lesbian \'Ship in [i:gwbmxygh]Daria[/i:gwbmxygh] is Quinn/Sandi (Quindi). So there.[/quote:gwbmxygh]\nJust nitpicking, I know, but you mistyped it. You meant "Quinn/Jane".','468e2a6099f6593b4c4d6332f472e995',0,'oA==','gwbmxygh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357897,25665,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243995770,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Brother Grimace":zirnes44][quote="Quiverwing":zirnes44][quote="Brother Grimace":zirnes44]I have Skype now. I need to really learn how to use it (still having problems with that round thing that goes forward when you put it on the ground), but I\'ll be able to dial into the Dariacon. \":)\"[/quote:zirnes44]\nGreat! We can skype at some point too. Let me know what your username is. \":)\"[/quote:zirnes44]\n\n\nWell, [b:zirnes44]duh[/b:zirnes44]. What would you expect it to be - LadiesMan217, or something? \":shock:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:zirnes44]\nbfderef here. I has a webcam. \":)\"','bfb7cee04ca73728c4358bd08a5ef5f6',0,'wA==','zirnes44',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357898,25753,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1243996103,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="losdia":1or06zbn][quote="Deref":1or06zbn][quote="losdia":1or06zbn]Is it inappropriate to call Christian Identity Churches racist[/quote:1or06zbn]\nDammit! You inventive Merkins keep inventing new brands of Christianity faster than we furriners can keep up! WTF is a "Christian Identity church"?[/quote:1or06zbn]\n\nIt is a kind of white supremacist Christianity. The basic belief is something like white people are the "real" Israelites talked about in the bible. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Identity:1or06zbn]Here[/url:1or06zbn] is the wiki entry for it.[/quote:1or06zbn]\n[quote:1or06zbn]According to Chester L. Quarles, professor of criminal justice at the University of Mississippi, some of The Christian Identity movement followers hold that non-Caucasian peoples have no souls, and can therefore never earn God\'s favor or be saved.[/quote:1or06zbn]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Oh lawsey! So Jesus, a middle-eastern Jew, had no soul, yet they call themselves Christians.\n\nI\'ll say this for you folks - your inventiveness is a constant source of surprise and delight! \":mrgreen:\"','e24dbe4ea23af0c1c0c6535badc94195',0,'kA==','1or06zbn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357899,23937,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243996131,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Deref":zxhr867m][quote="Dennis":zxhr867m]I feel the need to point out that Daria and Jane are both straight. The One True Lesbian \'Ship in [i:zxhr867m]Daria[/i:zxhr867m] is Quinn/Sandi (Quindi). So there.[/quote:zxhr867m]\nJust nitpicking, I know, but you mistyped it. You meant "Quinn/Jane".[/quote:zxhr867m]\n\nThrows \'maters at both of you. How dare you elevate any lesbian \'ship above D/J???? \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\"','44923a8694a7354bd0dd5c336a4d5100',0,'oA==','zxhr867m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357900,25791,3,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243997122,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The Flight Disagreed With Him','Everytime I read about something like this, it makes me so angry I can\'t see straight.\n\nA Honduran man was arrested for "interfering with a flight crew" because he grabbed a flight attendant\'s arm when she wouldn\'t let him use the business class bathroom.\n\nWhat was he supposed to do? Shit in the aisle? I would have.\n\n[url=http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?pnum=1&bfromind=7401&eeid=6609522&_sitecat=1522&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=-2&ck=&ch=ne&rg=blsadstrgt&l=hm:6rzl1mvv]Here.[/url:6rzl1mvv]\n\nFlying on a plane has become hell on Earth since 9/11 because flight crews can do whatever they want to passengers and get away with it. \n\n \":nono:\"','5dfc2dc7afebff15fc52b76250b9f5af',0,'EA==','6rzl1mvv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357901,25764,6,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1243997284,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','Today\'s lesson: compound adjectives.\n\nFrom pages 155 and 156 of [i:3al8ewd1]Every Day English Handbook[/i:3al8ewd1]:\n\n[quote:3al8ewd1]Use a hyphen to join compound adjectives, two or more words functioning as a single adjective.\n\n[list:3al8ewd1]a good-luck charm\nan emerald-green suit[/list:u:3al8ewd1]\n\n[b:3al8ewd1]Exceptions:[/b:3al8ewd1] If the same words forming the compound are placed [i:3al8ewd1]after[/i:3al8ewd1] a noun, a hyphen should not be used:\n\n[list:3al8ewd1]She kept the charm for good luck.\nThe suit was emerald green.[/list:u:3al8ewd1]\n\nDo not place a hyphen after an adverb ending in [i:3al8ewd1]-ly[/i:3al8ewd1]:\n\n[list:3al8ewd1]extraordinarily good luck\na happily ended affair[/list:u:3al8ewd1]\n\nUse hyphens in a series of compound adjectives when the noun being modified appears only once:\n\n[list:3al8ewd1]Did you get a first-, second-, or third-place prize?[/list:u:3al8ewd1][/quote:3al8ewd1]\n\nFrom [url:3al8ewd1]http://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/hyphens-for-compound-adjectives.php[/url:3al8ewd1]:\n\n[quote:3al8ewd1]Andy Bell asked a great question about when to use a hyphen:\n\nHyphens. Sometimes you use them when you put a verb and and a noun together, but not always? What\'s the rule? Is it carbon-tipped? Is it Horse-drawn?\n\nWhile there are a few proper uses of the hyphen, the one Andy is referring to is for a compound adjective in the pre-nominal position. In other words, the hyphen goes between multiple-word adjectives when they precede the word that they are modifying. We don\'t use a hyphen, however, if one of the modifiers is an adverb ending in -ly.\n\nExamples:\n\n[list:3al8ewd1]The bride and groom rode through town in a horse-drawn carriage. \nThe employee at the hardware store recommended a carbon-tipped saw blade. \nJoan was glad that her saw blade was carbon tipped. \nBen knew the most effective door-to-door sales techniques. \nAfter he graduated from college, Ben sold kitchen knives door to door. [/list:u:3al8ewd1]\n\nNotice that "carbon tipped" in sentence 3 and "door to door" in sentence 5 do not have hyphens, because they do not come directly before nouns.[/quote:3al8ewd1]\n\nFrom [url:3al8ewd1]http://prowritingtips.com/2009/03/hyphenating-adjectives/[/url:3al8ewd1]\n\n[quote:3al8ewd1]Adjectives are tricky little buggers. While usually limited to modifying nouns and pronouns, they sometimes modify other adjectives as part of compound adjectives. These compounds should be hyphenated when they appear before the noun or pronoun they modify, and unhyphenated when they appear after it. For example:\n\n[list:3al8ewd1]John is a second-rate dancer.[/list:u:3al8ewd1]\n\nbut\n\n[list:3al8ewd1]As a dancer, John is second rate.[/list:u:3al8ewd1]\n\n[b:3al8ewd1]Why hyphenate?[/b:3al8ewd1]\n\nThese compounds should be hyphenated to avoid confusion. Consider the following sentence:\n\n[list:3al8ewd1]I’m concerned by my blue-green pee.[/list:u:3al8ewd1]\n\nAs written, we are well aware that the urine in question should be somewhere between clear and yellow. But if it weren’t hyphenated:\n\n[list:3al8ewd1]I’m concerned by my blue green pee.[/list:u:3al8ewd1]\n\nWe’re a little confused. That’s because adjectives modify the whole noun that follows it. In this case, “blue” modifies “green pee.” Why should his pee be green? If green pee turns blue, is that really any further cause for concern? \n\nMy favorite example is from Eats, Shoots & Leaves. I paraphrase:\n\n[list:3al8ewd1]The pickled-herring vendor.[/list:u:3al8ewd1]\n\nThe hyphen transforms the vendor in question from a drunk fish monger into a monger trafficking in drunk fish. It’s very important to know who, exactly, is drunk. [i:3al8ewd1](That’s not what pickled herrings are, idiot—ed.)[/i:3al8ewd1]\n\n[b:3al8ewd1]But what about the adverbs?[/b:3al8ewd1]\n\nSometimes adverbs come together with adjectives to form supermodifiers. The process is quite similar to the one employed by Voltron. They generally work the same as adjectives:\n\n[list:3al8ewd1]Well-fed zombies pose no threat.[/list:u:3al8ewd1]\n\nbut\n\n[list:3al8ewd1]There’s no reason to fear a zombie that’s well fed.[/list:u:3al8ewd1]\n\nThere is one exception: Adverbs ending in -ly are not hyphenated. Ever.\n\n[list:3al8ewd1]I hit the hungry zombie with a roughly hewn rock.[/list:u:3al8ewd1]\n\n[b:3al8ewd1]Go forth and hyphenate[/b:3al8ewd1]\n\nNow that you know the rules, you can keep your readers from accusing innocent merchants of looking for love in the bottom of a bottle. Improperly hyphenated compounds are not just aggravating to grammar snobs, they are potentially confusing. [/quote:3al8ewd1]','5c05fd6a6ef928a7fbf65692d6d8b012',0,'8EA=','3al8ewd1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357902,25781,3,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243997293,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: A clown\'s funeral.','A mime is a terrible thing to waste.','5dc8f2251b72064b2b9bd4e35dcb8d4f',0,'','p7qke1r1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357903,23937,3,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1243997369,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="The Angst Guy":20g5cwmn][url=http://www.afterellen.com/blog/stuntdouble/lesbian-scientistics-cartoon-edition:20g5cwmn]Without ado, here is something for your brain to chew on.[/url:20g5cwmn]\n\n\nComments? \":D\"[/quote:20g5cwmn]\nHuh? Oh, I\'m sorry. I saw the word "lesbian" and investigated. Sorry.\n\n \":D\"','d91ef75ab132e2643dd620b2ac85cbc4',0,'kA==','20g5cwmn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357904,25786,3,900,0,'208.7.93.62',1243997901,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Bike Wreck','Road rash is basically what happened to my left hand about six years ago during my car crash. I hit a truck towing a boat on a trailer on the highway. He was practically stopped, I was doing 60 mph, I didn\'t see him until the last moment when I swerved right. My hand went out the window (which had been closed at the time) for my two barrel rolls and scraped along the ground and whatever else. Needed a skin graft and it still looks messed up. I didn\'t lose any function, since the bones, muscles, nerves, and ligaments were all fine, but basically the skin was "degloved", as they called it. I might post a pic after I get home, if I can figure out how to do it with my phone.\n\nEdit: Here\'s my hand.','4fee446173ac7795e3146716465fa028',0,'','2tu5pqhf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357905,23937,3,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243997912,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="undefinedlust":3p43qr3u][quote="Deref":3p43qr3u][quote="Dennis":3p43qr3u]I feel the need to point out that Daria and Jane are both straight. The One True Lesbian \'Ship in [i:3p43qr3u]Daria[/i:3p43qr3u] is Quinn/Sandi (Quindi). So there.[/quote:3p43qr3u]\nJust nitpicking, I know, but you mistyped it. You meant "Quinn/Jane".[/quote:3p43qr3u]\n\nThrows \'maters at both of you. How dare you elevate any lesbian \'ship above D/J???? \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\"[/quote:3p43qr3u]\n\nDaria/Jodie? Okay. It\'s got possibilities, but it\'s no Quindi, that\'s for sure.\n\n[size=50:3p43qr3u]And so I reach 2,500 not with a bang, but well, close enough...[/size:3p43qr3u]','cfcb080f2550286c9222b31927086b3e',0,'pA==','3p43qr3u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357906,25764,6,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1243998043,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','I don\'t approve of hyphenating in public.','53e17cc4e7e34aa66f706f773fb16e49',0,'','1d3x6fu7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357907,25753,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1243998113,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Deref":1aoxehx0]So Jesus, a middle-eastern Jew, had no soul, yet they call themselves Christians.\n\nI\'ll say this for you folks - your inventiveness is a constant source of surprise and delight! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1aoxehx0]\n\nI\'ll remind you of this, which is actually seen as respectable (*) by many Christians (as opposed to CI):\n\nhttp://209.85.165.104/search?hl=en&q=ca ... tnG=Search\n\n[quote:1aoxehx0][on the sunject of a Bible printing company]\n\nYes, that is a great company. I bought one of their large print version (old eyes... what can I say?).\n\nThe only thing I don\'t like about them is they sell foreign language versions of the KJB. I don\'t think that\'s right. We know the only true translation is the 1600\'s version in English.\n\nIt\'s too risky for anybody to translate that into other languages. Mistakes can creep in... and that can lead to heresy. True Christians should only read English.[/quote:1aoxehx0]\n\n[quote:1aoxehx0]The word of God has been in heaven forever. The KJV has always been there. The so called Hebrew words like Alleluia are English words. The English did not borrow them from the Hebrew but rather the Hebrew borrowed them from the English. If the KJV has always been there and is the original word of God then there is no other conclusion. The same can be said for any so called Greek words that were borrowed from the Greek or transliterated. It is a matter of what bias you approach this particular subject.[/quote:1aoxehx0]\n\n\n[quote:1aoxehx0]If your original Hebrew disagrees with my original King James --- your original Hebrew is wrong. If your original Hebrew agrees with my original King James, your original Hebrew is right.[/quote:1aoxehx0]\n\n(*To stop local Christians for saying this isn\'t respectable for THEM, I\'m measuring by how much politicians cater to these kind wanting their votes, money, and endorsements, as opposed to your personal opinion. Politicians won\'t do it for CI, but they will for the fundies that hold the KJV sacred.)','ae6c406a12e5cf14f3bae238b2d5efb8',0,'gA==','1aoxehx0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357908,23937,3,947,0,'75.7.203.44',1243998178,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="RLobinske":2web2vga]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:2web2vga]\n\nNever crossed my mind and frankly I think it\'s been overdone. \nThis will piss off some folks, but how much of that is the over active imaginations of horny net geeks?\n\nhttp://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php ... f_the_term\n\nNumber two on the list Tired Daria Fandom Tropes is the Daira/Jane Slash. Number one is Daria/Trent\n\n[quote:2web2vga]Daria and Jane both deny being lesbians as show hosts on MTV\'s Daria Day Marathon. Examine the following conversation they have between clips, keeping in mind that, technically speaking, this is "off-canon canon."\n\n Daria: Okay, we\'re back with an online question from Brian H. \n\n Jane: "Dear Daria, are you a lesbian? If so, would you be interested in acting in a film?" Wow. \n\n Daria: Brian, I\'m not a lesbian. But if you think you have to be a lesbian to play a lesbian, then you must think Tom Cruise drinks the blood of virgins. \n\n Jane: Um, bad example. \n\n Daria: Huh? Oh yeah, but you know what I mean. \n\n Jane: I\'m a lesbian! \n\n Daria: You are not. \n\n Jane: I know, but I want to be in a movie. [/quote:2web2vga]\n\nI also rail at the idea of two people can\'t be close unless they are physically or romantically involved','e4dc17cf09cc9106e78cd3af26c54b1c',0,'gA==','2web2vga',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357909,25665,3,305,0,'200.112.153.38',1243999242,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Brother Grimace":29ou8dcv][quote="Quiverwing":29ou8dcv][quote="Brother Grimace":29ou8dcv]I have Skype now. I need to really learn how to use it (still having problems with that round thing that goes forward when you put it on the ground), but I\'ll be able to dial into the Dariacon. \":)\"[/quote:29ou8dcv]\nGreat! We can skype at some point too. Let me know what your username is. \":)\"[/quote:29ou8dcv]\n\n\nWell, [b:29ou8dcv]duh[/b:29ou8dcv]. What would you expect it to be - LadiesMan217, or something? \":shock:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:29ou8dcv]\nYou never know! \":shock:\" \n\nBut tell us, tell us! We can have a skypecon. \":)\"','efb5f1ef1012bcc4e8e122eb97efe8f3',0,'wA==','29ou8dcv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357910,23937,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1243999496,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Dennis":249u1w6d][quote="undefinedlust":249u1w6d][quote="Deref":249u1w6d][quote="Dennis":249u1w6d]I feel the need to point out that Daria and Jane are both straight. The One True Lesbian \'Ship in [i:249u1w6d]Daria[/i:249u1w6d] is Quinn/Sandi (Quindi). So there.[/quote:249u1w6d]\nJust nitpicking, I know, but you mistyped it. You meant "Quinn/Jane".[/quote:249u1w6d]\n\nThrows \'maters at both of you. How dare you elevate any lesbian \'ship above D/J???? \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\"[/quote:249u1w6d]\n\nDaria/Jodie? Okay. It\'s got possibilities, but it\'s no Quindi, that\'s for sure.\n\n[size=50:249u1w6d]And so I reach 2,500 not with a bang, but well, close enough...[/size:249u1w6d][/quote:249u1w6d]\n\nHeh... and congrats on 2500 \":mrgreen:\"','99cfb75089e2ff2b60eb7db2c55832ec',0,'pA==','249u1w6d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357911,25792,5,26,0,'66.19.34.124',1243999593,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','You can\'t really do the stuff on cartoons in real life. . .','. . .or can you? \":shock:\" \n\nThat\'s what TruTV\'s latest series [i:1wd2pv6z]Man vs. Cartoon[/i:1wd2pv6z] will set to prove by doing in real life the kind of stunts and using the kind of gadgets used in such cartoons as the Road Runner series and other well-known cartoons.\n\nApparently TruTV doesn\'t have anything up for the show on their site yet and what little information I found about it on Google was mainly articles from a few months ago in trade publication Web sites about the network acquiring the show. But from what I saw on the commercials, this should be fun. \":lol:\" \n\nIf and When TruTV does post something on their site, I\'ll post a link. The series will debut June 13 at 10:00 PM ET/9:00 PM CT.\n \nYou too can walk in the middle of the air, fall down a canyon and dust yourself off just like Wile E. Coyote! \":lol:\"','2014cc4ad0bab9c2f16b083948a78983',0,'IA==','1wd2pv6z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357912,23937,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244000025,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Roxanne M":trb1a0m3][quote="RLobinske":trb1a0m3]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:trb1a0m3]\n\nNever crossed my mind and frankly I think it\'s been overdone. \nThis will piss off some folks, but how much of that is the over active imaginations of horny net geeks?\n\nI also rail at the idea of two people can\'t be close unless they are physically or romantically involved[/quote:trb1a0m3]\n\nAs I have said before, overdone does not equate to should not be done again. If an interesting enough twist on the story is done I could care less who the pairing is. I won\'t go off pimping my own slashfic, but I don\'t think LSBS would work with any other two characters (in this fandom at least), and I would like to believe that the story has been worth telling. (At least that\'s what I tell myself to keep me going through the last 5 chapters, I may change my mind once its done \":shock:\" )\n\nAll that being said there is a lot of bad D/J slash fic. There is some very good stuff too.\n\nAs far as the overactive imagination of horny net geeks, well I am more interested in the best friend romantic dynamic regardless of gender. and I agree completely that people can be close without a romantic/sexual connection. \n\nI have said that within the world of Daria, the only cannon relationship I could see working for either Daria or Jane would be each other. I think that has more to do with their personalities, issues and baggage (the way I see them) than anything else. That should not be taken to mean they should be together. \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nThen again, all my comments should be taken with a grain of salt because I am writing what will probably be the longest (and perhaps angstiest) D/J slasher I have seen. \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','9d45fd3b36eb8a3431c61a4ea9673262',0,'gA==','trb1a0m3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357913,25133,6,785,0,'190.246.44.127',1244000087,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 4)','\":D\" Keep \'em coming. \n\nQuinn is going to figure the big secret, isn\'t she?','d56c461d15cdf4187a8d8dafb5b19705',0,'','1i58tn8h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357914,25792,5,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244000115,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: You can\'t really do the stuff on cartoons in real life. . .','[quote="DocForbin":182tkehv]You too can walk in the middle of the air, fall down a canyon and dust yourself off just like Wile E. Coyote! \":lol:\"[/quote:182tkehv]\n\nNo I can\'t. But I have a short list of people I\'d pay to see try these Looney Tunes antics. \":lol:\"','42a200712e30579eedffe75bfb47aca8',0,'gA==','182tkehv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357915,25753,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244000444,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Dervish":2l8ffooh]I read A report which may or may not be the same as yours. Some news agency linked to it from their report (it wasn\'t a right wing source, either). Having finally looked it up again (the report, not the news story which I can\'t find), it\'s either a different one, or it has been changed (either a possibility).\n\n[color=#0000FF:2l8ffooh]Could you, I dunno, post a link to this?[/color:2l8ffooh]\n\nKeep your security credentials to yourself. Those don\'t impress me. The mass hysteria to come from the government in times past discredits any such thing. \n\n[color=#0000FF:2l8ffooh]I\'m pretty sure I didn\'t mention any clearance levels I might or might not have. All I mentioned is having access to a government secure library database (i.e. a more impressive library card than you). If anyone ever tells you they have clearance online it is a good bet they are lying, as it is a criminal act to admit having it. Or at least your actual level...[/color:2l8ffooh]\n\nAs for the SPLC, I just see them as having their own agenda that aren\'t as benevolent as many like to assume (here I\'m referring to the bureaucracy as opposed to the membership), and are wrong on a great many things (sometimes intentionally, sometimes not). Putting a stake in the heart of the Klan turned out to be VERY profitable, so I can\'t blame them for taking up the crusade and forming the SPLC given how much our culture worships money. \n\n[color=#0000FF:2l8ffooh]And what do you assume they do with this money? The SPLC is a nonprofit that is required to put out a full disclosure of all income. They have a nice campus they are based out of, and their employees make slightly better money than most non-profit lawyers (something like 70k a year average compared to like 50k). All the money they get from settlements that doesn\'t go towards fees and operating expenses goes to victim\'s relief funds. It is all on their website and required by law to be kept correct and up to date.[/color:2l8ffooh]\n\nThe point that you keep missing is that the SPLC gets a lot wrong. And if they\'ve done a better job than DHS (which has its own record of extreme incompetence in other matters as well), then I hardly care what they say. That\'s the point. \n[color=#0000FF:2l8ffooh]\nWhat have you mentioned that the SPLC got wrong? As Lobinske-san correctly pointed out that the one real complaint you had was more overstated (and poorly researched) than incorrect. The other stuff you mentioned, what about it? They keep an up to date database on gang symbols used by racist groups to help law enforcement? And those symbols have more than one meaning? So what? \n\nAs for DHS, they really aren\'t what people think they are. DHS is best described as a unified central control and oversight authority for the 17 US intelligence agencies. Other than the Customs and Border Patrol side of things, they don\'t really do anything but review what all of the other agencies are up to. From this oversight they create periodicals giving basic overviews of the current national security status. They aren\'t great at it, but they are better than what was in place before (nothing). \n\nAs for missing your point, the point you are missing is that I don\'t care very much what you personally happen to think (I don\'t know you well enough to have much regard for your opinion either way). If you\'re willing to make logical arguments I\'m more than willing to debate them. If you are going to talk about something definitively, you should either be very knowledgeable on the subject, or have sources backing you up. If all you are going to do is nitpick though, then yes I\'m going to pick right back at what you are saying. [/color:2l8ffooh]\n\nPlus, I don\'t get why people get all freaked out over vigilantes going after illegals (which seems to happen only very rarely), for example, when the border patrol and such does things like that all the time anyway (and only rarely prosecuted for it--actually, the only ones that got prison time that I can recall for doing so were pardoned by Bush as he left office).\n\n[color=#0000FF:2l8ffooh]It might just be that it has historically been bad for anyone who wasn\'t white, when large groups of armed rednecks start hunting the new menace to the American Way...[/color:2l8ffooh]\n\nThe scrutiny more justly belongs on the government itself than on the loons of the far left & right (not that the latter should be ignored). \n\n[color=#0000FF:2l8ffooh]I\'m going to take a page from BG\'s book and quote some [i:2l8ffooh]West Wing[/i:2l8ffooh]: "This is a company town. Staffers talk to reporters, and when they do they like to show they\'re in the know. They like to be able to say \'I know a secret\'. 1500 people work here, and there is no group of people this large in the world that can keep a secret. I find it comforting. It\'s how I know for sure that the government isn\'t covering up aliens in New Mexico."\n\nYeah, the government needs to be monitored, but it is mostly a self correcting system. The truth always comes out eventually. The reason these terrorists are so worrying is that we live in an age where, with the internet, a crazy guy with a week of free time can make a bomb to kill thousands. [/color:2l8ffooh][/quote:2l8ffooh]','8df9c50c15c480a06ed71fab5f0c065b',0,'og==','2l8ffooh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357916,24452,5,531,0,'66.19.201.116',1244001045,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What\'re You Reading? (Part II)','The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, by Charlie Papazian.\nLooking to start making my own beer.\nWith luck, if things align cosmically, if I can make it to Midwest Con, I may be bringing my own libations.','53dedc667ce2702351a547ccc8d1f7f3',0,'','2x9gn1es',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357917,25719,3,9,0,'68.183.65.137',1244001202,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','Here are a few more:\n\nButchard Gardens\n\nhttp://www.the-wildone.com/IMG_0527.JPG\n\nhttp://www.the-wildone.com/IMG_0530.JPG\n\n\nParliament Building in Victoria\n\nhttp://www.the-wildone.com/IMG_0522.JPG','ea2c148dbd953749d724ec18bcc6e6b4',0,'','2anngsf2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357918,25792,5,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244001264,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: You can\'t really do the stuff on cartoons in real life. . .','Tell me if they manage to prove that it is possible to make a 40 meter tall fighting robot, would you? \":mrgreen:\" \n\nI\'ve got to wonder what the pitch meeting for this show was like:\n\n"It\'ll be great! Like [i:27ch7wdu]Jackass [/i:27ch7wdu]for intellectuals!"\n\n"I don\'t know, won\'t we have huge liability costs for this?"\n\n"Who cares! It\'s bound to be the highest rated show on our network!"','49058eaa97141219c6abe283da8b1de5',0,'IA==','27ch7wdu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357919,25719,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244001360,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','oooh, very pretty! The second garden one is very nice. \":)\"','f508a5d841f83c1847550c2d6bce64f3',0,'','26ek5v52',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357920,23937,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244001620,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','It\'s just nature. If 2 people live together, the rumors get started. Many are convinced Jodie Foster is a lesbian because she\'s lived with a woman for a long time, QED. \n\nIn my experience, it\'s actually easier to be closer to people WITHOUT sex being involved (it can still work with the sex of course, but it takes A LOT more work, patience, AND understanding). A lot of the pesky jealousy & drama is averted that way. \n\nThat said, I LOVE TAG\'s PITA. \":)\" \n\nI always thought it was funny that I seem to be more likely to write straight erotica than many of those who are straight themselves. \":lol:\" \n\nLet\'s see, from memory...I\'ve done Daria/Tom, Jane/Quinn, Jane/Alison/other guy (unfinished, but will include a scene with Jane & Andrea which ties into IICY?), Jane and the 7 dwarves (all male), and Summer and a guy she picked up (I believe I titled it [i:3jn14f6q]Summer of 69[/i:3jn14f6q], making it my favorite title \":P\"). I can\'t recall ever doing Jane/Daria slash yet. I kinda set the stage for Daria/Trent in one fic but it never got beyond subtext.','01b5285d708c7266c307d4e0b4d0ba84',0,'IA==','3jn14f6q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357922,25583,3,545,0,'65.221.65.147',1244003694,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Well, la di freakin\' da!','f1ecd24e45db2c1b475ae911d94d3a4e',0,'','y24ybuyc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357921,25791,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244002040,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Flight Disagreed With Him','If you were a REAL American, you\'d go fly first class to go shopping in some other city. It\'s your patriotic duty to pay for crappy services and buy crap you don\'t need, because your taxes can\'t do it alone.','0528337d5a815ba653d9d35e879c0e29',0,'','4x2rh2oq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357923,25583,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244004784,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Ugh. Is it possible for thesis work to actually make your brain melt? Even when I take time off it is still there, like it\'s stalking me... \":cry:\" \":ugh:\"','3e354dd5e668b3b57927133dbad40c35',0,'','2h2p2lz2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357924,23937,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244004831,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Dervish":3tsl468d]That said, I LOVE TAG\'s PITA. \":)\"[/quote:3tsl468d]\nThanks! I love baking bread!\n\n[quote="Roxanne M":3tsl468d]This will piss off some folks, but how much of that is the over active imaginations of horny net geeks?[/quote:3tsl468d]\n[[i:3tsl468d]points at everyone else[/i:3tsl468d]] It was their fault! They made me do it!','4dd2860497774daed34209ad33360c59',0,'oA==','3tsl468d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357925,25583,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244004870,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="losdia":the6m1cl]Ugh. Is it possible for thesis work to actually make your brain melt? Even when I take time off it is still there, like it\'s stalking me... \":cry:\" \":ugh:\"[/quote:the6m1cl]\nAngst. It\'s not just for undergraduates anymore. \":D\"','78c53f13605f41d0755edcbebb7f3127',0,'gA==','the6m1cl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357926,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244005352,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Roxanne M":3re6ge6r] \nThis will piss off some folks, but how much of that is the over active imaginations of horny net geeks?\n[/quote:3re6ge6r]\n\n\n \":nono:\" \n\n\nI can\'t believe it. Didn\'t they tell you that horny people are only looking to get laid and spend all of their time and imagination thinking about how to get some themselves instead of who other people are sleeping with - while it\'s the people whose appetites are sated that have the time to come up with the truly over-the-top things?\n\nYou\'re in a fandom that have Angst Lords - and these people are normal in real life. They\'re the ones I\'d be worried about every time they get an idea and head for the word processor, not the horny folks. \";)\" \":lol:\"','bad3f35848ec92bb9ab3abc15f721f87',0,'gA==','3re6ge6r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357927,25753,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244005522,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','\":shock:\" \n\nWow, stop reading this thread for a couple of days, and...\n\nIf nothing else, I am learning a lot.','1c585165a76d8348e220d9a450db532a',0,'','3txio5wu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357928,23937,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244005639,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":adb5ll0u]You\'re in a fandom that have Angst Lords - and these people are normal in real life.[/quote:adb5ll0u]\nWell, I am. The others are kooks.\n\n\nNo offense, of course. \":D\"','a049ce99d7dc4e91b7adc15fa22a726e',0,'gA==','adb5ll0u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357929,23937,3,900,0,'208.7.93.62',1244006014,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":3t9f077t]Didn\'t they tell you that horny people are only looking to get laid and spend all of their time and imagination thinking about how to get some themselves instead of who other people are sleeping with - while it\'s the people whose appetites are sated that have the time to come up with the truly over-the-top things?[/quote:3t9f077t]\n\nThat explains why I\'ve failed every time I\'ve attempted erotica...','1263fb1376c6ec84117a93cbf54cd2d9',0,'gA==','3t9f077t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357930,25670,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244006170,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','Just some general grumbling here....\n\nEven if the Iraq invasion fit a "just war" concept, the fact that we invaded and largely destroyed a foreign country without being attacked first by that nation (or lacking definite proof of links to an attack), and have since been proven to have been completely wrong on all justifications cited at the time for the invasion, has completely and totally screwed the preemptive strike concept, not to mention what it did to the Iraqi population. Lots of anti-American leaders with very bad habits get a pass from the USA. Was Iraq more of a threat to us than North Korea? Why didn\'t we invade them? Not enough oil there?\n\nOn the other hand, it did set a precedent for doing the whole thing all over again.\n\nI get so upset thinking about this....\n\n....but it doesn\'t matter.\n\nSo it goes.','fa6f693b35b0c8fe5e3efadb29a9bfa5',0,'','18t8h35r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357931,25583,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244006253,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="The Angst Guy":fa72p72v][quote="losdia":fa72p72v]Ugh. Is it possible for thesis work to actually make your brain melt? Even when I take time off it is still there, like it\'s stalking me... \":cry:\" \":ugh:\"[/quote:fa72p72v]\nAngst. It\'s not just for undergraduates anymore. \":D\"[/quote:fa72p72v]\nBut Angst is only fun when it is happening to someone else... wait... D\'oh! \":bang:\"','fe53055359f954283dd6f7003a3acf15',0,'gA==','fa72p72v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357932,25779,6,545,0,'65.221.65.147',1244006640,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Beavis and Butt-Head fanfiction story I\'m working on.','I like it, Wouter. Are you going to do anymore with it?','12b653a14909a6eef1a921a696c5916b',0,'','34z6oiy5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357933,25583,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244006745,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="The Angst Guy":h67kap4y][quote="losdia":h67kap4y]Ugh. Is it possible for thesis work to actually make your brain melt? Even when I take time off it is still there, like it\'s stalking me... \":cry:\" \":ugh:\"[/quote:h67kap4y]\nAngst. It\'s not just for undergraduates anymore. \":D\"[/quote:h67kap4y]\n\n\nThesis as in the usual US social science MA/MS sense or rest of the world doctoral sense?\n\nMy (doctoral) dissertation makes me cry on a regular basis. Of course I just found out the other day that there are a total of 5 peer reviewed works that directly examine (quantitative/empirically) my topic, and all of them only cover one facet (the same facet in all 5). I will be the first to complete a study in my chosen area that covers all facets, and the first to incorporate geospatial analysis. Worse, it will be the longest study period with the most study and control areas. To give you an idea of how ugly this is, the current most complete analysis has around 49 regressions ( 7 locations, 7 models each). If I followed their lead I would be looking at over 5000(without the geospatial). fortunately, I believe their model is wrong and I can get it in with (hopefully) under 1500. So yeah it can melt your brain, especially explaining the stat in such a way that the one non quant guy on the committee understands and then explaining the geospatial to everyone other than the chair.\n\n \":ugh:\" \":ugh:\" \":ugh:\" \":ugh:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\"','7dfa950bd7f97e86145dc5b6d83357c3',0,'gA==','h67kap4y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357934,23937,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244006901,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":2i6i7pw2]Didn\'t they tell you that horny people are only looking to get laid and spend all of their time and imagination thinking about how to get some themselves instead of who other people are sleeping with - while it\'s the people whose appetites are sated that have the time to come up with the truly over-the-top things?[/quote:2i6i7pw2]\n\n\nSo this means Angst Lords get action? \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\"','daefd78dfdd67b205794348dd52fff24',0,'gA==','2i6i7pw2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357935,25670,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244007074,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="The Angst Guy":3g61sx7v]Just some general grumbling here....\n\nEven if the Iraq invasion fit a "just war" concept, the fact that we invaded and largely destroyed a foreign country without being attacked first by that nation (or lacking definite proof of links to an attack), and have since been proven to have been completely wrong on all justifications cited at the time for the invasion, has completely and totally screwed the preemptive strike concept, not to mention what it did to the Iraqi population. Lots of anti-American leaders with very bad habits get a pass from the USA. Was Iraq more of a threat to us than North Korea? Why didn\'t we invade them? Not enough oil there?\n\nOn the other hand, it did set a precedent for doing the whole thing all over again.\n\nI get so upset thinking about this....\n\n....but it doesn\'t matter.\n\nSo it goes.[/quote:3g61sx7v]\n\nYeah... :sigh:\n\nI agree with all of that. Every so often it is really liberating to make the argument from the other side though. It gives you all kinds of new weapons against those arguments when you\'ve had to defend them from the inside out. \n\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_War_Doctrine:3g61sx7v]The Just War Doctrine[/url:3g61sx7v] is insane anyway. It is this bizarre concept that Saint Augustine came up with in his book De Civitate Dei contra Paganos (The City of God against the Pagans), which is for the most part (like 1500 pages \":(\" ) about why the fall of the Roman Empire was the fault of the gays, liberals, women with too many rights, and of course pagans... (somethings never change \":(\" ) Anyway, The Just War is a catholic belief on the standards for when war is acceptable, and since it endured throughout the middle ages it became the standard to which the western world held itself.','7f96e12a3d8ebf309783399e00d4e391',0,'kA==','3g61sx7v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357936,25583,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244007989,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="undefinedlust":104ralfi][quote="The Angst Guy":104ralfi][quote="losdia":104ralfi]Ugh. Is it possible for thesis work to actually make your brain melt? Even when I take time off it is still there, like it\'s stalking me... \":cry:\" \":ugh:\"[/quote:104ralfi]\nAngst. It\'s not just for undergraduates anymore. \":D\"[/quote:104ralfi]\n\n\nThesis as in the usual US social science MA/MS sense or rest of the world doctoral sense?\n\nMy (doctoral) dissertation makes me cry on a regular basis. Of course I just found out the other day that there are a total of 5 peer reviewed works that directly examine (quantitative/empirically) my topic, and all of them only cover one facet (the same facet in all 5). I will be the first to complete a study in my chosen area that covers all facets, and the first to incorporate geospatial analysis. Worse, it will be the longest study period with the most study and control areas. To give you an idea of how ugly this is, the current most complete analysis has around 49 regressions ( 7 locations, 7 models each). If I followed their lead I would be looking at over 5000(without the geospatial). fortunately, I believe their model is wrong and I can get it in with (hopefully) under 1500. So yeah it can melt your brain, especially explaining the stat in such a way that the one non quant guy on the committee understands and then explaining the geospatial to everyone other than the chair.\n\n \":ugh:\" \":ugh:\" \":ugh:\" \":ugh:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\"[/quote:104ralfi]\n\n \":cry:\" \":cry:\" \":cry:\" <- Sympathy. \n\nI\'m actually working on my doctoral dissertation, sort of... I don\'t actually have my MA yet. It\'s weird, basically OSU offered an option to publish a couple of journal articles and then just take more classes with extra tests, or do a Master\'s Thesis and nasty tests,I took option one. (actually there was a third option to do a two year Peace Corps tour and the extra tests...). Anyway, it works out that they expect you to do an even bigger dissertation if you take the more classes option (which no one told me until it was too late). They apparently created this degree path for those who wish to do one REALLY intensive dissertation (basically combining all the work of a Master\'s Thesis and Doctoral Dissertation). \n\nI sometimes wonder if it is too late to convince them to send me to Cambodia to do IT work...','7b353e83e72536455ebb77d47393d691',0,'gA==','104ralfi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357937,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244008820,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="undefinedlust":1ndlhpot][quote="Brother Grimace":1ndlhpot]Didn\'t they tell you that horny people are only looking to get laid and spend all of their time and imagination thinking about how to get some themselves instead of who other people are sleeping with - while it\'s the people whose appetites are sated that have the time to come up with the truly over-the-top things?[/quote:1ndlhpot]\n\n\nSo this means Angst Lords get action? \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\"[/quote:1ndlhpot]\n\nHow do you think those truly diabolical and yet insanely cute babies who are half-Angst Lord (and have powers because of it) get here? \":)\"','aac21069da1a218b54f9c1e23a06d290',0,'gA==','1ndlhpot',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357938,23937,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244009995,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="undefinedlust":1c0k3lyq][quote="Brother Grimace":1c0k3lyq]Didn\'t they tell you that horny people are only looking to get laid and spend all of their time and imagination thinking about how to get some themselves instead of who other people are sleeping with - while it\'s the people whose appetites are sated that have the time to come up with the truly over-the-top things?[/quote:1c0k3lyq]\nSo this means Angst Lords get action? \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\"[/quote:1c0k3lyq]\nDo Angst Lords get action? DO ANGST LORDS GET ACTION?!?!?!?\n[size=200:1c0k3lyq][i:1c0k3lyq][b:1c0k3lyq]DO ANGST LORDS GET ACTION?[/b:1c0k3lyq][/i:1c0k3lyq][/size:1c0k3lyq]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[size=50:1c0k3lyq]No. That\'s why we have angst. Well, yeah, I get action, can\'t help it, just the way I am, but none of the others get any. Well, Angelinhel, I guess, but the rest of us, no. I meant, the rest of [u:1c0k3lyq]them[/u:1c0k3lyq]. I do, they don\'t. Remember that.[/size:1c0k3lyq]','820ceca1b51c3d7b3654af2af36e197b',0,'5Q==','1c0k3lyq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357939,25670,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244010078,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','Personally, I blame the Emperor Constantine.','b5b511e50fdea0e2de71c429ee1e07c9',0,'','2zm899vi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357940,25789,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244010718,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','Will the Zoo Ordinance Gestapo never stop?\n\nTAG, you & Tux can hide with my militia if the ZOG comes after you.','82c3d958561dd928d4adae68cd4e8f66',0,'','3od6h82q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357941,24452,5,545,0,'65.221.65.147',1244010771,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What\'re You Reading? (Part II)','[i:ll25hmok]On Writing[/i:ll25hmok], by Stephen King. And that\'s on the recommendation of TAG, from something he wrote some time back.\n\nPretty good, so far. \":D\"','690cd81460d20aa9762f05ce754d8109',0,'IA==','ll25hmok',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357942,25793,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244010831,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Australia\'s last WWI Digger Jack Ross dies','[url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25580924-421,00.html:phe2y7jv]AUSTRALIA\'S oldest man and last remaining World War I Digger Jack Ross has died, aged 110.[/url:phe2y7jv]\n\n[i:phe2y7jv]"Pass, Friend. All is Well."[/i:phe2y7jv]','b8c615d0b7a3bf64d84f472f22327c08',0,'MA==','phe2y7jv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357943,25791,3,203,0,'20.139.226.71',1244011056,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Flight Disagreed With Him','And the lesson?\n\nNext time (if there is one) take the train.','0d42da3c0e7596a37097bbcfb935276a',0,'','3blpfy2f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357944,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244011119,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Wouter":319hgwyy]I posted this before I\'ll post it again. From my comic "Growing pains"\n\n[img:319hgwyy]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/plaatje-1.jpg[/img:319hgwyy][/quote:319hgwyy]\n\n\n\n[url=http://www.livescience.com/culture/090402-friends-with-benefits.html:319hgwyy]Yeah, about that:things happen, and they aren\'t a big deal unless people make them a big deal. See also: "Grow up, Daria! It\'s just sex!"[/url:319hgwyy]','c2aa8fa1a3ee17db7e920781200fb66a',0,'mA==','319hgwyy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357945,25583,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244011203,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Once again, the East Coast of Australia\'s Sporting Civil War breaks out tonight our time.\n\nYep... Rugby League State of Origin. Unfortunately, because 2GB in Sydney had a massive dummy spit, Roy and HG will not be doing their State of Origin coverage. Call it the wages of going commercial. \":(\" \n\nAnd as a part of the build-up: [url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/why-queensland-hates-nsw-20090603-bui8.html:jdmi223n]Why Queensland hates NSW[/url:jdmi223n]. However, it only scratches the surface. \":P\"','5f6f0e8bec4095525f354f2fc2cd08fd',0,'EA==','jdmi223n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357946,25789,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244011254,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Brother Grimace":3jf1qrnl][quote="The Angst Guy":3jf1qrnl][quote="Liz Ruiz":3jf1qrnl]Dude, I\'ll read TAG and TUX\'s private diary if I can have your favorite breakfast too!\n\nHomemade biscuits... mmmmmm[/quote:3jf1qrnl]\nTux makes the best gravy. (Hint: It has something to do with the theme of this thread.)[/quote:3jf1qrnl]\n\n\nYou\'re right about that - Tux [b:3jf1qrnl]does[/b:3jf1qrnl] make the best gravy - or, whichever of his friends happens to be passing by the night before... \":twisted:\"[/quote:3jf1qrnl]\n\nHmmm... spit-roasted penguin. You may be onto something there...','24c2aa4e703b2360a768f3e552ca11d8',0,'wA==','3jf1qrnl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357947,25793,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244011421,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Australia\'s last WWI Digger Jack Ross dies','St. Peter: \'Another bad-ass Aussie soldier, eh? The bar\'s that way - and go easy on the girls. We\'ve heard about you guys up here.\'\n\nHeaven just became a bit more secure today. \":drink:\"','0e9e64895507527cf7ffe59e95d4c08e',0,'','3p16bti3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357948,23937,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244012888,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":2s3fapl2]\n[url=http://www.livescience.com/culture/090402-friends-with-benefits.html:2s3fapl2]Yeah, about that:things happen, and they aren\'t a big deal unless people make them a big deal. See also: "Grow up, Daria! It\'s just sex!"[/url:2s3fapl2][/quote:2s3fapl2]\n\nI think The Great Snips did something with that a little while ago, for an Iron Chef maybe... \n\nThe problem with casual sex for Daria and Jane is that when you add sex to that kind of close friendship, you basically just end up with a couple in the same place psychologically as a couple who has been married for a decade. There is never that spark, that hunt, that is the hallmark of a truly great passion. It could be a good relationship, but the friendship would always come first, and the everything else second, which eventually could be lacking enough to ruin the basis of the whole relationship. \n\nThe big problem I see with any sort of sexual/romantic relationship Daria and Jane might enter into is just how high maintenance Daria is. While she was dating Tom, the issue was always he wanted to be more intimate with her while she was always pushing him away. Jane is often shown to be a little annoyed with how clingy Daria can be. Just imagine how much worse that would be if they were any closer, let alone seriously dating... \":shock:\"','e87532a8480388d3502613bc1dbe36f8',0,'kA==','2s3fapl2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357949,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1244013103,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote:3582gxun]Kill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" \nMake sure it\'s painful and gruesome\n\nHave the gruesome and painful death involve penguins and you will be legend [/quote:3582gxun]\n\nHe he I\'ll see what I can do \":D\"\n\n\'sup with the penguins anyway- I see TAG\'s avi is penguinated... \":?\" ?','5ec76f499f69cd8a04fbb7c5d1051eb5',0,'gA==','3582gxun',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357950,23937,3,114,0,'210.9.140.26',1244014860,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Dervish":2x4gqwf5]That said, I LOVE TAG\'s PITA. \":)\"[/quote:2x4gqwf5]\nI\'m taking up a collection to send The Boys around to make him an offer he can\'t refuse.','ca2839681ef18c90d7f11bfc2676a4a5',0,'gA==','2x4gqwf5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357951,25583,3,114,0,'210.9.140.26',1244015215,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="The Sidhe":35hy9s7m]Unfortunately, because 2GB in Sydney had a massive dummy spit, Roy and HG will not be doing their State of Origin coverage.[/quote:35hy9s7m]\nInclude me out then. Roy and HG\'s coverage is the only thing that makes sport tolerable. What happened?','91dbe4856f06581020d8c26260c7dba4',0,'gA==','35hy9s7m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357952,25791,3,114,0,'210.9.140.26',1244015275,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Flight Disagreed With Him','[quote="Dervish":5yjwpt66]If you were a REAL American, you\'d go fly first class to go shopping in some other city. It\'s your patriotic duty to pay for crappy services and buy crap you don\'t need, because your taxes can\'t do it alone.[/quote:5yjwpt66]\nDamn right.\n\nI\'m beginning the think he\'s some kinda COMMIE!','6a4cb1976c2f7a14a53f3a32872fd7a2',0,'gA==','5yjwpt66',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357953,25719,3,114,0,'210.9.140.26',1244015351,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Back from Canada','\":D\" Glorious! Those gardens must be what you can do when you have rain. I\'m sooooooo envious!','8a44e4a9a6c797cc0984790b2f1e878f',0,'','3ujq7c4i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357954,25781,3,114,0,'210.9.140.26',1244015434,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: A clown\'s funeral.','[quote="brnleague99":w4ootb66]A mime is a terrible thing to waste.[/quote:w4ootb66]\n[Slaps Brandon]','45fbba6ed98e4d56cd19653d3a73bec8',0,'gA==','w4ootb66',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357955,25670,4,114,0,'210.9.140.26',1244015614,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="The Angst Guy":2qzz6sbg]Personally, I blame the Emperor Constantine.[/quote:2qzz6sbg]\nI\'ll go along with that.','121a25432e69c4683eeaa5b396a95537',0,'gA==','2qzz6sbg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357956,25583,3,39,0,'92.25.250.146',1244015966,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="losdia":2cznxrgp]Ugh. Is it possible for thesis work to actually make your brain melt?[/quote:2cznxrgp]\nFor all practical purposes, yes. After submitting my dissertation, I took five days, staying in a static caravan in a seaside resort, doing little more than eat, sleep, walk by the sea, and sit looking at the sea. \n\nMartin.','6543f7b3384b16d307fbaa34c0822254',0,'gA==','2cznxrgp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357957,25753,4,114,0,'210.9.140.26',1244016506,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Dervish":rsmjqkbt][quote="Deref":rsmjqkbt]So Jesus, a middle-eastern Jew, had no soul, yet they call themselves Christians.\n\nI\'ll say this for you folks - your inventiveness is a constant source of surprise and delight! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:rsmjqkbt]\n\nI\'ll remind you of this, which is actually seen as respectable (*) by many Christians (as opposed to CI):\n\nhttp://209.85.165.104/search?hl=en&q=ca ... tnG=Search\n\n[quote:rsmjqkbt][on the sunject of a Bible printing company]\n\nYes, that is a great company. I bought one of their large print version (old eyes... what can I say?).\n\nThe only thing I don\'t like about them is they sell foreign language versions of the KJB. I don\'t think that\'s right. We know the only true translation is the 1600\'s version in English.\n\nIt\'s too risky for anybody to translate that into other languages. Mistakes can creep in... and that can lead to heresy. True Christians should only read English.[/quote:rsmjqkbt]\n\n[quote:rsmjqkbt]The word of God has been in heaven forever. The KJV has always been there. The so called Hebrew words like Alleluia are English words. The English did not borrow them from the Hebrew but rather the Hebrew borrowed them from the English. If the KJV has always been there and is the original word of God then there is no other conclusion. The same can be said for any so called Greek words that were borrowed from the Greek or transliterated. It is a matter of what bias you approach this particular subject.[/quote:rsmjqkbt]\n\n\n[quote:rsmjqkbt]If your original Hebrew disagrees with my original King James --- your original Hebrew is wrong. If your original Hebrew agrees with my original King James, your original Hebrew is right.[/quote:rsmjqkbt]\n\n(*To stop local Christians for saying this isn\'t respectable for THEM, I\'m measuring by how much politicians cater to these kind wanting their votes, money, and endorsements, as opposed to your personal opinion. Politicians won\'t do it for CI, but they will for the fundies that hold the KJV sacred.)[/quote:rsmjqkbt]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nLike I said, an endless source of surprise and delight.','7e47ea763b28827bfe938cd649db14ad',0,'gA==','rsmjqkbt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357958,25781,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244016526,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: A clown\'s funeral.','I don\'t know why, but for some reason I was expecting something like the old Mary Tyler Moore Show episode with the funeral of Chuckles The Clown...','2d0380ba53be3df9af227bfe5edc7926',0,'','2y0iagg5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357959,25793,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244017567,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Australia\'s last WWI Digger Jack Ross dies','[quote="Brother Grimace":29peg8sn]St. Peter: \'Another bad-ass Aussie soldier, eh? The bar\'s that way - and go easy on the girls. We\'ve heard about you guys up here.\'\n\nHeaven just became a bit more secure today. \":drink:\"[/quote:29peg8sn]\n\nAnd the Great War diggers were the baddest of the bad-asses. Towards the end of the Great War, the Germans simply refused to fight them, but kept retreating. They don\'t make them like that any more.','f2250fa35f96c9302fe4c2b3a86bf437',0,'gA==','29peg8sn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357960,25583,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244017697,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Deref":1e2v4zhx][quote="The Sidhe":1e2v4zhx]Unfortunately, because 2GB in Sydney had a massive dummy spit, Roy and HG will not be doing their State of Origin coverage.[/quote:1e2v4zhx]\nInclude me out then. Roy and HG\'s coverage is the only thing that makes sport tolerable. What happened?[/quote:1e2v4zhx]\n\nBasically, Triple M wanted Roy and HG to do their usual coverage of the Origin (remember, they moved from JJJ to Triple M.) But 2GB got up and said that this meant Triple M was trespassing on their turf and kicked up such a stink that Triple M decided to can the idea.\n\nLike I said: a massive dummy spit on 2GB\'s part.','211a8444ef04b944110d8d5ceba4779f',0,'gA==','1e2v4zhx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357961,25133,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1244019128,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 4)','Bat[s:3psxz3r9]man[/s:3psxz3r9]girl and Robin aren\'t gay! Don\'t make me link Superdickery to prove it! \":lol:\" \n\n-----\n\n Quinn leaned back in her chair and frowned at her computer screen. Through some creative research, she’d managed to turn up information on shipments to and from Ace Chemical over the last couple of years. The problem was that for the last few months the list of raw materials being shipped in and the list of finished products being shipped out didn’t quite jibe. The real problem, for Quinn at least, was the fact that the purchase orders for the extra, incongruent chemicals had all been placed by the plant director: Mr. Charles Ruttheimer, Jr.\n\n “Maybe they’re working on something new, something still in development,” she muttered to herself. There was a light knocking at her door, and without looking she said, “I’m sorry, the door you’ve reached has been disconnected. If you feel you’ve reached the message in error, please come back later and knock again.”\n\n “Um . . . okay,” Daria said from the hallway, sounding confused.\n\n “Oh, come on in, Daria,” Quinn said. She reached up and turned off her computer monitor and then swiveled her chair to face the bedroom door.\n\n “Hey, sis.” Daria walked in and glanced around briefly. “We’re about to go to dinner, you want to come along?”\n\n “Sure, I need a break.” Quinn stood and stretched, causing her back to pop.\n\n “What’s got you working so hard?”\n\n Quinn frowned a moment, and then said, “Did you know that the state keeps records on all shipments of hazardous materials to or from locations inside state lines?”\n\n “No, but I’m not surprised. There’s probably a fee or license or something they have to keep track of, I guess.”\n\n “I’ve been looking through the database, there’s a scary lot of hazardous material being shipped around. That’s not including stuff that gets shipped through the state but doesn’t stop here, of course.”\n\n “Doing another big story on the potential for an eco-nightmare?” Daria asked.\n\n “No, I just did one of those as a favor to Elsie. You remember Elsie?”\n\n “Yeah,” Daria said. “We’ve spoken once or twice, she occasionally calls to complain about less than green activities by one or another of the companies we own. Since she’s a friend of yours I speak to her personally, if I have time.”\n\n “Sounds like her.”\n\n “So, if this isn’t an ecology story then what is it?” Daria asked.\n\n “Can you keep a secret?”\n\n Daria smiled slightly and nodded. “Yeah, I think I can keep quiet about something.”\n\n “I found out that Dr. Manson was getting her supplies from Ace Chemical.”\n\n “Wow, they didn’t ask her what she was using all that stuff for?”\n\n “It’s more than that,” Quinn said. “They don’t do retail, Daria. They only deal in huge shipments to other companies, and yet they still filled her orders twice a year.”\n\n Daria frowned. “That is odd. Do you think they knew about her experiments?”\n\n “I don’t know,” Quinn said. “I hope not, but that’s not the only problem. I’ve been looking through those hazmat records I mentioned earlier, and they’re bringing in stuff that doesn’t jibe with what goes into their products.”\n\n “Is this a story?”\n\n “Not yet.” Quinn sighed and looked at the floor with a miserable expression on her face. “Charles’ dad is the plant director, and owns almost all the stock. What if he’s in on it? I can’t decide between my boyfriend and my journalistic integrity.”\n\n “Quinn, you’re fifteen,” Daria said gently. “You’re not supposed to have journalistic integrity.”\n\n “I’ll be sixteen in a couple of months,” Quinn grumbled. “And that’s not the point. You’re smart Daria, tell me what I need to do.”\n\n Daria quirked an eyebrow. “Quinn, I can’t remember where I’m going to lunch without two personal assistants, a secretary, and a PDA. You’re the smart one, I should be asking you for help.”\n\n “It’s an act.”\n\n “What’s an act?”\n\n Quinn rolled her eyes. “Your whole ‘cute, dumb, and rich’ thing is an act. You drop it whenever something important comes up, or whenever you’re talking to Mr. Fox. If you want to use it as an excuse to blow off business meetings or the press that’s fine, but don’t pull it with me. Okay?”\n\n “Maybe I just like relaxing and being irresponsible sometimes,” Daria said with a shrug. “I didn’t mean to upset you. So, you really want my advice?”\n\n “Sure.”\n\n “My advice,” Stacy said, as she leaned against the doorframe, “is to drop whatever the problem is for now and come downstairs so we can go eat. Amy’s stomach is growling loud enough it frightened me.”\n\n Quinn shot Stacy a guilty look, trying not to stare at the clunky metal brace covering her right leg or the cane she was impatiently tapping against it. “I’m sorry. You didn’t have to come up the stairs, Stacy. You could have just yelled.”\n\n “It’s fine,” Stacy said gently. “Really, it’s fine. I’ll be back at school next week anyway, I better be ready for steps.”\n\n “Okay.”\n\n “Besides,” Stacy said, turning away and clomping off down the hall. “I’m looking at the silver lining: I never have to see the inside of the locker room showers again.”\n\n Chuckling quietly, Quinn followed her. Daria lingered a moment, frowning at the darkened monitor on the computer desk, and then followed.\n\n Thirty minutes later, they, along with Amy, were seated at Chez Pierre and a pair of waiters was delivering their dinner to the table. After quickly and quietly laying out the plates and topping off the drinks, the two men withdrew.\n\n “The service here is a lot better than I remember,” Quinn said.\n\n “When did you eat at a fancy French restaurant?” Amy asked.\n\n “Charles brought me here once, but the service was less than stellar.” Quinn shrugged. “The food wasn’t that great either, this is much better.”\n\n “Glad you like it,” Daria said. “I bought the place a few weeks ago.”\n\n “I left my surprised face at home,” Quinn said, rolling her eyes.\n\n “These crescent rolls are so good,” Stacy said, happily munching on the bread.\n\n “Croissants,” Quinn said.\n\n “Sorry. These croissants are really good, you should try one. They’re buttery.”\n\n “They’ll go straight to my buttery,” Amy grumbled. “I remember being young and having a high metabolism. I hate you all.”\n\n “I brought in a couple of French chefs,” Daria said, smirking at the banter. “Real chefs, actually from France. The quality of the food improved immediately.”\n\n “And the waiters?”\n\n “Some retraining, some new hires,” Daria said. “I don’t know the details of all that, once I hired Jacques I left him in charge. I had Stacy phone in the reservation, so they probably don’t realize who we are.”\n\n “I was clandestine,” Stacy said, reaching for another croissant.\n\n “Quinn! Fancy seeing you here!”\n\n Quinn looked up when her name was spoken, and nodded at the two girls approaching the table. She immediately recognized the speaker as Elsie Sloane, but Quinn didn’t know the attractive brunette that was with her. Both girls wore expensive-looking evening gowns that were a little too fancy for the restaurant.\n\n “Elsie,” Quinn said. “Nice to see you, who’s your friend?”\n\n “Natalia Head,” Elsie said. “My friend Quinn Morgendorffer, her sister Daria, and her aunt Amy Barksdale.”\n\n “Nice to meet you,” Quinn said. “This is my friend Stacy.”\n\n “We met,” Nat said. “We were at the gymnastics competition together, ghastly business. I read about your leg, I’m so sorry.”\n\n Stacy shrugged and looked away.\n\n “How did you two meet?” Daria asked. Quinn blinked and shot her sister a look, confused by the seriousness of her sister’s tone.\n\n “We share a room at Grove Hills,” Nat said, smiling down at Daria. “You look familiar, have we met before?”\n\n “I go to a lot of parties,” Daria said, her expression remaining serious. “We might have met, but I’m pretty sure I don’t know you.”\n\n Natalia’s expression darkened a moment, and then she smiled brightly again. “Well, I’m sure we’ll run into each other again.” She turned to Quinn and her smile tightened a notch. “And it was very nice to finally meet you, Quinn.”\n\n “Finally?”\n\n “Hey, Tom’s here,” Elsie said, pointing towards the door. “We have to go, I don’t want to miss any quality groveling. Good to see everyone, and I’ll call you later in the week, Quinn.”\n\n “Uh, sure.” Quinn blinked in confusion for a moment as the two girls headed towards the restaurant’s front door, and then turned to Daria. “Did you just have a whole second conversation that I didn’t understand?”\n\n “That girl was a little creepy,” Stacy muttered.\n\n “I think I left a party with the guy she came with once,” Daria said. “She probably holds a grudge.”\n\n “You don’t actually go to any parties,” Amy said. “You hired somebody to do that for you, remember?”\n\n “I go to some parties,” Daria said defensively. “I’m just not going to fly to California so I can have drinks and chat with the people from the cover of the [i:3psxz3r9]Enquirer[/i:3psxz3r9].”\n\n “I’m going to talk to Elsie about her,” Quinn said. “She doesn’t like you Daria, and for some reason she doesn’t like me, either.”\n\n “We could get you a bodyguard,” Daria said, smiling brightly at her sister. “Maybe a big guy named Guido, he could follow you around all the time and keep the stalkers away.”\n\n “I like that idea,” Amy said. “He could make sure Charles doesn’t get too carried away when you two are making out on the couch after you think I’ve gone to bed.”\n\n “Hey!” Quinn blushed brightly.\n\n--\n\n “And then everybody laughed at me,” Quinn said. The redhead was lying sideways across Jane’s bed, her boots propped up on the wall and her hair brushing the floor. “Now you’re laughing at me, too.”\n\n “I’m not,” Jane said, suppressing a snicker. She was working on a canvas, mostly to keep her back turned towards Quinn. The laughter she could hold back, the huge grin was a little more difficult.\n\n “Why was she sneaking around spying on us, anyway? That’s a little freaky if you ask me, especially with this secret guy she’s spending time with.”\n\n “Maybe she’s just worried about you.”\n\n “I guess,” Quinn said.\n\n “So tell me more about this girl that’s stalking your sister.”\n\n “I don’t really know anything about her,” Quinn said with a frown. “Yet, anyway. You can believe that I fully intend to spend some quality time with the Grove Hills student records just as soon as I finish up my Ace Chemical research.”\n\n “My friend, the hacker. I’m envious of your leetness,” Jane said.\n\n “You should be. I do not forgive, and I do not forget.”\n\n “Speaking of forgiving and forgetting, have you talked to Charles about his dad yet?”\n\n “No, and I really don’t know what to say. The things I’ve uncovered can’t have happened without the knowledge of somebody in charge. If it wasn’t Mr. Ruttheimer then it was somebody directly beneath him.” Quinn sighed. “So he’s either a crook or dangerously unobservant, and either way it’s going to be bad if this comes out.”\n\n “If? You’re thinking of not running the story?” Jane dropped her brush into a jar of turpentine and then sat on the edge of the bed next to Quinn. “Are you going to be okay with that?”\n\n “I don’t know.”\n\n “Maybe you should talk to Charles.”\n\n “Maybe.” Quinn stared moodily at the opposite wall.\n\n “Okay, come on.” Jane stood and reached out to grab Quinn’s hand, pulling her upright. “I haven’t seen you this broody since the car wreck, let’s go.”\n\n “Where are we going?” Quinn asked, struggling to her feet.\n\n “Trent’s band is playing tonight. They’re horrible, and the pub they play in is horrible, and it’s exactly what you need to cheer yourself up.”\n\n “Well, it’s been a while since I got a good mocking in,” Quinn said, smirking. “How’s the food at this place?”\n\n “Also horrible.”\n\n “Great, let’s go.”','2fe40d4d83a8b82c8bee55dcc326b408',0,'IAQ=','3psxz3r9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357962,25753,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244020337,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="losdia":26wl3r25]As for missing your point, the point you are missing is that I don\'t care very much what you personally happen to think (I don\'t know you well enough to have much regard for your opinion either way). If you\'re willing to make logical arguments I\'m more than willing to debate them. If you are going to talk about something definitively, you should either be very knowledgeable on the subject, or have sources backing you up. If all you are going to do is nitpick though, then yes I\'m going to pick right back at what you are saying[/quote:26wl3r25]\n\nGiven that this feeling is mutual, I think we should just agree to disagree. You\'re not making sense to me anyway with much of what you said in your last post to me. \n\nI haven\'t heard of the Minute Men showing any real sign of going all vigilante, not even with the gangland slayings, kidnappings, etc (yet there have been rises in vigilante slayings in Mexico...). Even so, preparing for the possibility doesn\'t strike me as bad, but MY POINT (one of them anyway) is that it\'s downright ironic, if not hypocritical, that the authorities are looking for all these dangerous bogeymen when they have enough in their own ranks. And actually, maybe by focusing on such bogeymen, they turn attention away from themselves? Like these (found fast enough, hopefully better than your SPLC link on Odinism):\n\nhttp://revcom.us/a/v20/970-79/972/aibord.htm\n\nhttp://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ ... 83/2007/en\n\nhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php? ... R512012005\n\nhttp://www.ndsn.org/july97/goats.html\n\nOverall, It might just be that it has historically been bad for anyone, especially those who weren\'t white, when large groups of cops start hunting the new menace to the American Way...\n\nYeah, it\'s all well known (by anyone who cares), not covered up (speaking of which, I\'m baffled by your comments about how you can\'t really keep secrets with government, etc, when I not only see some problems with that line of thought, but also don\'t see how it would apply here, even if it were completely true). The government does not correct itself (especially when it\'s too busy focusing on the chosen bogeyman of the day, be it Commies, Black Muslims, Satanists, Hippies, Right Wing Extremists, etc)--not unless you count [url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-01-19-bush-pardons_N.htm:26wl3r25]Bush commuting the sentences of 2 border patrol rednecks[/url:26wl3r25] as "correcting itself" (these 2 being the very rare agent that actually gets convicted, most others seeming to get off, even when the government pays out a weregeld to the family of another victim of theirs, which, btw, is NOT "correcting itself" in my book, since it doesn\'t stop it).\n\nThis is just an example of the things you say that baffle me. I\'m also not sure what you want a link TO, btw, given what I actually said (either a news report I said I couldn\'t quickly find, having seen it some time ago, or some other report). Btw, I never thought you had clearances, I was being snarky & expressing my cynicism of DHS being so right as well as your acting as if you had privileged information (that couldn\'t possibly be wrong). \n\nI\'m also tired of your assuming that if someone doesn\'t agree with you, then they must not know anything about it, or otherwise make false assumptions. As just one example of your making false assumptions, the one you made up about the Lady Liberty League must have been upset merely over a bad report on Odinism, which you seem to think yourself knowledgeable on after reading (I hope my links are better than yours). This doesn\'t strike me as "logical arguments," but more of ad hominems (attacking the LLL--and all neopagans--as indigent, irrational 10-year-olds), straw man (by saying it was the report you linked to that they were upset over) & appeals to authority (because the SPLC, like the government, can\'t possibly be wrong, can they?). \n\nBack in another thread, you said the media wasn\'t freaking out reporting on the swine flu. I strongly disagreed, and was annoyed by being forced to listen to that crap at the fitness center, but I presumed that you actually meant that they were BETTER than with SARS (which I mostly missed) and such should be recognized and/or you think it\'s better safe and sorry, and best to push the point home for those who won\'t otherwise hear it in a simple sound bites. I wasn\'t like, "Oh, you obviously never watched the news if you think that and live in a cave to not know how the ERs are filling up with the panicking masses." I\'d appreciate if in the future you could try to do the same in return, because each time you don\'t, I find it harder to not get seriously snarky in response (much more so than already). \n\nAnyway, I think it\'s time to agree to disagree, because continuing this isn\'t something I have time to put so much effort into, especially when our backgrounds and personal experiences give us a completely different context that just makes communicating difficult, given the assumptions we both have about the nature of how things work that we (wrongly) assume are self-evident maxims.','f5b9bb982d1a23bd6e7f3cebeaf9d7fd',0,'kA==','26wl3r25',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357963,25583,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244025024,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="losdia":3lnrv4cs]Ugh. Is it possible for thesis work to actually make your brain melt? Even when I take time off it is still there, like it\'s stalking me... \":cry:\" \":ugh:\"[/quote:3lnrv4cs]\n\nYep.\n\nThink of the stalking as incentive to get the damn thing written once you complete data collection. The sooner it\'s written, the sooner you can relax.','6fe4773a6624fdde1165ee4c4cac8241',0,'gA==','3lnrv4cs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357964,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244029480,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','The Boogeyman is your conscience. The Boogeyman is the result of your own bad behavior. I love this Boogeyman.\n\nSergio Aragones','011d0146f8ecba28cc24c99c735eb402',0,'','3tikzi3v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357965,25785,5,450,0,'203.83.49.188',1244031628,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="Brother Grimace":3qlmg720]Damn. \n\nThat\'s what a [i:3qlmg720]Star Wars[/i:3qlmg720] [b:3qlmg720]FILM[/b:3qlmg720] should look like. \n\n\nMaybe they should have the writers of the games write a film or two, instread of George Lucas, and I hate saying this - but maybe we won\'t see areally good film until after he passes away and they bring a good writer in.\n\nThat\'s more or less what happened with [i:3qlmg720]Star Trek[/i:3qlmg720]. The REALLY good stuff was done in end runs around Roddenberry, when he wasn\'t trying to have a big moralto the story, or after he left the helm to others.[/quote:3qlmg720]\n\nBrent in the webcomic PvP said that exact thing awhile back when some screenshots of Star Trek were released.','5c3cb00faeb8c6a8bc40fcc3e2875312',0,'4A==','3qlmg720',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357966,25133,6,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244031675,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 5)','Still enjoying this.\n\nA little bit of geekery; the EPA keeps copious records on the transport of hazardous materials, with copies going to the shipper, receiver, transporter, and EPA documenting shipment and receipt.','e085dae1f89378d772af80b611f227ec',0,'','226ksaxe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357967,25738,6,947,0,'75.7.203.44',1244032769,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="pinkminx":3658ls71][quote:3658ls71]Kill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" \nMake sure it\'s painful and gruesome\n\nHave the gruesome and painful death involve penguins and you will be legend [/quote:3658ls71]\n\nHe he I\'ll see what I can do \":D\"\n\n\'sup with the penguins anyway- I see TAG\'s avi is penguinated... \":?\" ?[/quote:3658ls71]\n\n\nWell, umm,............. We prefer not to talk about it in public.\nIt is a subject that has been known to make strong men go weak in the knees.\n\nJust try to ignore it, is my best advice','1a1bda9385ccf224b76fb52b601ed5ad',0,'gA==','3658ls71',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357968,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1244033099,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="Roxanne M":21g2tqf5][quote="pinkminx":21g2tqf5][quote:21g2tqf5]Kill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" \nMake sure it\'s painful and gruesome\n\nHave the gruesome and painful death involve penguins and you will be legend [/quote:21g2tqf5]\n\nHe he I\'ll see what I can do \":D\"\n\n\'sup with the penguins anyway- I see TAG\'s avi is penguinated... \":?\" ?[/quote:21g2tqf5]\n\n\nWell, umm,............. We prefer not to talk about it in public.\nIt is a subject that has been known to make strong men go weak in the knees.\n\nJust try to ignore it, is my best advice[/quote:21g2tqf5]\n\nha ha fair enough \":)\"\n\nhave got me thinking bout a death though...probably Tom\'s; not a fan at all...','0941a4cb69ad00fc89d06640c42a4fd0',0,'gA==','21g2tqf5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357969,25764,6,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244033892,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','That is the one I most often got wrong in school, because I usually forget to hyphenate like that.','8b33fa14adbb108831e185b23d000995',0,'','132w6cqb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357970,25793,3,39,0,'92.25.250.146',1244033984,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Australia\'s last WWI Digger Jack Ross dies','May he rest in peace.\n\nThe three surviving verified British WWI veterans are an airman, a sailor, and a Tommy. We have three "last of" funerals to come.\n\nMartin.','7ddc03d57e4b6325f078eb8f2903024e',0,'','yoe5bnem',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357971,23937,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1244034378,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="losdia":3emwu9pj][quote="Brother Grimace":3emwu9pj]\n[url=http://www.livescience.com/culture/090402-friends-with-benefits.html:3emwu9pj]Yeah, about that:things happen, and they aren\'t a big deal unless people make them a big deal. See also: "Grow up, Daria! It\'s just sex!"[/url:3emwu9pj][/quote:3emwu9pj]\n\nI think The Great Snips did something with that a little while ago, for an Iron Chef maybe... \n\nThe problem with casual sex for Daria and Jane is that when you add sex to that kind of close friendship, you basically just end up with a couple in the same place psychologically as a couple who has been married for a decade. There is never that spark, that hunt, that is the hallmark of a truly great passion. It could be a good relationship, but the friendship would always come first, and the everything else second, which eventually could be lacking enough to ruin the basis of the whole relationship. \n\nThe big problem I see with any sort of sexual/romantic relationship Daria and Jane might enter into is just how high maintenance Daria is. While she was dating Tom, the issue was always he wanted to be more intimate with her while she was always pushing him away. Jane is often shown to be a little annoyed with how clingy Daria can be. Just imagine how much worse that would be if they were any closer, let alone seriously dating... \":shock:\"[/quote:3emwu9pj]\n\nThe way I see it is that with Daria being as shy and and hesitant, it would take one hell of a salesman to convince her otherwise. Daria has made this huge image of how she feels she needs to be and goes through enormous lengths to keep that charade up, she needs to be convinced that something she feels is damaging to that vision she has of herself, is okay to at least try. Aunt Amy convinced her that trying contactlenses was nothing to be ashamed of in "Through a lens darkly" And it was Brittany of all people who convinced her that expressing vanity wasn\'t a bad thing either. The last canonical thing about Daria\'s vision on what sex is and how it affects the way people look at her and how she looks at herself was IMHO one of the best scenes of the entire series: Jodie making hints to Daria about her and Mack already having gone beyond third base, Daria\'s facial expression says everything.\n\nWith Jane being much more at ease with herself and having no inhibitions to experiment and actually walking up to people and start conversations (Just look at how Jane and Daria met in "Esteemsters") it wouldn\'t be that much of a surprise that once Jane becomes sexually active, she wouldn\'t limit herself to just guys. The encounter with Allison was left with an open ending, there was no definitive "I\'m not like that." conclusion there. Jane is adventurous, maybe she wouldn\'t start a romantic relationship with another girl but it wouldn\'t be that much of a surprise that if the opportunity arises, she would not have any objectives of having casual sex with a partner of the same gender. The only Objective being that it has be on HER terms, Jane is also very headstrong about things like that.\n\nand again a scene from "Growing pains" to fortify my statements here.\nhttp://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/g ... jane17.jpg','c68ab12de760ae2d168380a7640ce106',0,'kA==','3emwu9pj',1,1244034570,'',49,1,0),(357972,23937,3,39,0,'92.25.250.146',1244034500,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','Off topic, but it might interest some of those following this thread. The first episode of the new British series of Wife Swap features a swap involving a heterosexual couple and a lesbian couple.\n\nMartin.','2997f615bd7dad68624b17e35f52a27f',0,'','2zbfilua',1,1244041726,'',39,1,0),(357979,25753,4,940,0,'68.162.104.72',1244042029,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','People Eating Tastey Animals are the NRA of the fascist liberal agenda.','ddd753e73f10459fc62b989f057d7d7c',0,'','20cy4gdp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357973,25785,5,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244036458,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="Brother Grimace":3fiu0cf5]Damn. \n\nThat\'s what a [i:3fiu0cf5]Star Wars[/i:3fiu0cf5] [b:3fiu0cf5]FILM[/b:3fiu0cf5] should look like. \n\n\nMaybe they should have the writers of the games write a film or two, instread of George Lucas, and I hate saying this - but maybe we won\'t see areally good film until after he passes away and they bring a good writer in.\n\nThat\'s more or less what happened with [i:3fiu0cf5]Star Trek[/i:3fiu0cf5]. The REALLY good stuff was done in end runs around Roddenberry, when he wasn\'t trying to have a big moralto the story, or after he left the helm to others.[/quote:3fiu0cf5]\n\nTwo things: \n\n1) [i:3fiu0cf5]Star Wars[/i:3fiu0cf5] is Lucas\' baby and is owned by him, lock, stock, and barrel, unlike [i:3fiu0cf5]Star Trek[/i:3fiu0cf5], which has been owned by Paramount since at least the early \'70s. I\'ll be very surprised if the Star Wars franchise outlasts its creator. (Except the books/comics. Those could go on forever.) Even if the cartoons and teevee shows don\'t disappear, I\'ll be even more shocked if anyone makes a full-length live-action [i:3fiu0cf5]Star Wars[/i:3fiu0cf5] film without Lucas\' input/oversight/total control.\n\n2) The statement about Roddenberry is only true if you discount the original series. The stuff done without Roddenberry\'s input (i.e., the third season) is far worse in quality than the work he was heavily involved in. Admittedly, Roddenberry\'s lack of involvement wasn\'t the only reason the third season sucked, but I seriously doubt the Great Bird of the Galaxy would have signed off on "Spock\'s Brain."\n\nBy the time the movies rolled around, and certainly by the time of [i:3fiu0cf5]The Next Generation[/i:3fiu0cf5], Roddenberry didn\'t have any positive input. The first season of TNG sucked explicitly because of Roddenberry\'s involvement and it stopped sucking rocks pretty much as Paramount told him to go play in a corner.','9c865cbc6d5c6128123095000222bfc4',0,'4A==','3fiu0cf5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357974,23937,3,30,0,'69.88.81.226',1244036879,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="RLobinske":2mrlecav]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:2mrlecav]\n\nNah, I haven\'t, either. Don\'t think I ever will, either. Strikes too close to home to high school, when rumors circulated about me and my best friend. Because of course two girls just can\'t be close friends without also being lovers. They just [i:2mrlecav]can\'t[/i:2mrlecav]! \":roll:\" \n\nNot that I mind D/J when it\'s really well done. ([size=85:2mrlecav]coughPITAcough[/size:2mrlecav]) I just always assume it\'s in an alternate universe. \":)\" \n\nKristen','53ba1e1554d72f824637f74a6fdeaa93',0,'pA==','2mrlecav',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357975,25781,3,30,0,'69.88.81.226',1244037000,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: A clown\'s funeral.','[quote="losdia":373gyi6j]I don\'t know why, but for some reason I was expecting something like the old Mary Tyler Moore Show episode with the funeral of Chuckles The Clown...[/quote:373gyi6j]\n\nA little song, a little dance...\n\nKristen','23f239bedec9a2ddaa403a577256da27',0,'gA==','373gyi6j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357976,25753,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244037628,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[url=http://www.kansas.com/946/story/836204.html:1xrak9on]And now for pure opportunism.[/url:1xrak9on]','89b558c1a532ff6b4c95d89e67d903e8',0,'EA==','1xrak9on',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357977,25794,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244040264,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','David Eddings 1931–2009','David Eddings, author of nearly 30 fantasy novels, including the bestselling [i:1eq08bst]Belgariad[/i:1eq08bst] sequels, died yesterday at the age of 77. He was my favorite author for virtually all of my teen years, and though my tastes changed and the quality of his writing declined since then, I still have a soft spot in my heart for his earlier works.\n\nRIP, Big Dave. You will be missed.','5066b1d4b628e535ba75d351a6146049',0,'IA==','1eq08bst',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357978,25785,5,65,0,'64.118.129.78',1244041651,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="Dennis":3fn6r120]By the time the movies rolled around, and certainly by the time of [i:3fn6r120]The Next Generation[/i:3fn6r120], Roddenberry didn\'t have any positive input. The first season of TNG sucked explicitly because of Roddenberry\'s involvement and it stopped sucking rocks pretty much as Paramount told him to go play in a corner.[/quote:3fn6r120]\nThat would be right around the third season, as I recall. S1 sucked, S2 sucked a little less (a few gems, like "Q Who?", were scattered amongst the dung pile), and S3 threw the doors wide open, then blew them off their hinges with "The Best of Both Worlds." After that, TNG was pretty much a quality show until you got to the S6-S7 doldrums, but even then it was still pretty decent. "All Good Things..." is still the best finale of any Trek series, IMHO.','f1a828e38e82704e6b09504bbfb93bf7',0,'oA==','3fn6r120',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357980,25794,3,940,0,'68.162.104.72',1244042144,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: David Eddings 1931–2009','Damn- that\'s a loss to the fantasy community. \n\nI remember in high school reading the first book of the Belgaraid and blushing at the kiss scene. \n\nHe had the rare gift of leaving you with more than the words he wrote on page- what he didn\'t write was as important. \n\nAnd it wasn\'t just more of the same. \n\nHe\'ll be missed.','9eba68fd470a851d477221f6968e757e',0,'','1py60f1j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357981,24924,6,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244042290,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: An Unexpected View **Updated**','[quote="NightGoblyn":1qpbzoup]I still think it was brain surgery. \":shock:\"\n\n \":lol:\"[/quote:1qpbzoup]\n\nFunny... I was also thinking it was a Flowers for Algernon scenario, after the new bit however I don\'t think so.','aed940925ce86b1ac5a64ec210a35bce',0,'gA==','1qpbzoup',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357982,25779,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1244043843,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Beavis and Butt-Head fanfiction story I\'m working on.','[quote="Doggieboy":370l5mng]I like it, Wouter. Are you going to do anymore with it?[/quote:370l5mng]\n\n[quote="Wouter":370l5mng]The end.[/quote:370l5mng]\n\nI\'d probably bet on a "No" to that question \";)\"','6d4a3137d3cf60653bc4d7938f96a4c6',0,'gA==','370l5mng',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357983,25794,3,793,0,'167.1.146.100',1244044371,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: David Eddings 1931–2009','One of the fondest memories I have is of reading one of his books. I can\'t even remember the name of the story but one scene with a father talking to a stuff animal about how his wife and daughter don\'t understand them makes me laugh every time I think about it. \n\nIt\'s a loss to the world of writing.','f84eb4e840e83b79cac831c5f744f591',0,'','35dpju9r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357984,25787,6,785,0,'190.246.44.127',1244044686,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daylight: Hell Freezes Over','\":)\" \nNice seeing you around here, your entries in fanfiction.net are great. Hope to read more from you around here.','bcbff7859a224a3db4089b1c1739455a',0,'','3qswfjxp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357985,25715,11,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244044718,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','For me the morning and evening mouth ritual is mouthwash, brush (it\'s manual), floss, mouthwash.','f09e166a09a6b4bf74372607ba40976a',0,'','2je3sf41',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357986,23937,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244046262,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Deref":2nhqw5n5][quote="Dervish":2nhqw5n5]That said, I LOVE TAG\'s PITA. \":)\"[/quote:2nhqw5n5]\nI\'m taking up a collection to send The Boys around to make him an offer he can\'t refuse.[/quote:2nhqw5n5]\nThey like pita bread, too?','ab12b89f8cf33d66528957deb6307e4d',0,'gA==','2nhqw5n5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357987,25738,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1244046323,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="pinkminx":3bzsaeet][quote:3bzsaeet]Kill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" \nMake sure it\'s painful and gruesome\n\nHave the gruesome and painful death involve penguins and you will be legend [/quote:3bzsaeet]\n\nHe he I\'ll see what I can do \":D\"\n\n\'sup with the penguins anyway- I see TAG\'s avi is penguinated... \":?\" ?[/quote:3bzsaeet]\n\nTrust the general consensus on [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouDoNOTWantToKnow:3bzsaeet]this[/url:3bzsaeet]','dd1e165f26154c352d76826aa45f7ec0',0,'kA==','3bzsaeet',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357988,25753,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244046514,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="RLobinske":1sxbyz55][url=http://www.kansas.com/946/story/836204.html:1sxbyz55]And now for pure opportunism.[/url:1sxbyz55][/quote:1sxbyz55]\n\n\nFunny... I just had some chicken nuggets. \":)\"','fa49a0d2eb5b43edac229ae1419e9a8b',0,'kA==','1sxbyz55',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357989,25753,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244046747,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Brother Grimace":1a1tihq3][quote="RLobinske":1a1tihq3][url=http://www.kansas.com/946/story/836204.html:1a1tihq3]And now for pure opportunism.[/url:1a1tihq3][/quote:1a1tihq3]\n\n\nFunny... I just had some chicken nuggets. \":)\"[/quote:1a1tihq3]\n\nI had chicken and ribs from the BBQ place down the road for lunch. \":D\"','b1e09459e75a494b7d4d6e7fd284b795',0,'kA==','1a1tihq3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357990,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244046769,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="MartinUK":1sqsqrox]Off topic, but it might interest some of those following this thread. The first episode of the new British series of Wife Swap features a swap involving a heterosexual couple and a lesbian couple.\n\nMartin.[/quote:1sqsqrox]\n\n\n\nI just love British television... \":)\"','3990a22dd9341395869d923322a5fe5e',0,'gA==','1sqsqrox',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357991,23937,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1244047031,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Kristen Bealer":1t0312r0][quote="RLobinske":1t0312r0]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:1t0312r0]\n\nNah, I haven\'t, either. Don\'t think I ever will, either. Strikes too close to home to high school, when rumors circulated about me and my best friend. Because of course two girls just can\'t be close friends without also being lovers. They just [i:1t0312r0]can\'t[/i:1t0312r0]! \":roll:\" \n\nNot that I mind D/J when it\'s really well done. ([size=85:1t0312r0]coughPITAcough[/size:1t0312r0]) I just always assume it\'s in an alternate universe. \":)\" \n\nKristen[/quote:1t0312r0]\n\nAlthough I have gotten plenty of requests for a Daria/Jane slash I never complied, I just don\'t see it happening.','c96dc30a70244a2ab1b9304d01c3e042',0,'pA==','1t0312r0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357992,25779,6,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1244047253,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Beavis and Butt-Head fanfiction story I\'m working on.','[quote="Doggieboy":2n44q08z]I like it, Wouter. Are you going to do anymore with it?[/quote:2n44q08z]\nWell I am planning to place this on fanfiction.net but first I want somebody to do a read over and point out grammar mistakes and such.\n[quote="Dark Kuno":2n44q08z][quote="Wouter":2n44q08z]The end.[/quote:2n44q08z]\n\nI\'d probably bet on a "No" to that question \";)\"[/quote:2n44q08z]\nIt\'s a one shot story. Simple as that.','4961ffc514e7f252aabf97a4ffa59308',0,'gA==','2n44q08z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357993,23937,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244047445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":1xaje5ad][quote="RLobinske":1xaje5ad]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:1xaje5ad]\n\n\nYeah, right. The [i:1xaje5ad]John Lane[/i:1xaje5ad] series is the longest-running D/J slashfic in Daria fandom history. \":)\"[/quote:1xaje5ad]\n\nJohn looks down, smirks and says, "I don\'t think Daria would be happy with a Jane..."\n\n \":P\"','b12b433b50dd28b53020d4c5bff951f7',0,'oA==','1xaje5ad',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357994,23937,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244048548,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','Reading some of the comments here, I am more convinced that the Daria/Jane shipping thing is nothing but wishful thinking from some excessively enthusiastic fans. I´m too lazy to expand my point, I think i´ll just wait a couple of hours or so and i´ll be back with something more solid. Or not.','36bfca21aede4a0a1c868f32b1ccacb9',0,'','vngyqcw6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357995,25781,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244048632,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: A clown\'s funeral.','And the mimes attended the wake.\n\nGood name for a hardboiled novel. It must had been the fnniest funeral ever.','4d3429d9e0d710003711d7c4e5aa3fc3',0,'','fq45t3np',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357996,25738,6,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244048766,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="Roxanne M":1zbsgtkr]\nKill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" \nMake sure it\'s painful and gruesome[/quote:1zbsgtkr]\n\nWhy so much hate?','b4b13d7f8a1b3bddb52b58fafb254674',0,'gA==','1zbsgtkr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357997,23937,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244048807,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="RLobinske":2e93kb28][quote="Brother Grimace":2e93kb28][quote="RLobinske":2e93kb28]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:2e93kb28]\n\n\nYeah, right. The [i:2e93kb28]John Lane[/i:2e93kb28] series is the longest-running D/J slashfic in Daria fandom history. \":)\"[/quote:2e93kb28]\n\nJohn looks down, smirks and says, "I don\'t think Daria would be happy with a Jane..."[/quote:2e93kb28]\n\nDarius pokes a head over John\'s bare shoulder. "But you seem to be pretty happy with a Darius, if your soldier \'standing at attention\' is any indication." \":evil:\"','5a53b17de98d2d75b789a232223c4bcd',0,'oA==','2e93kb28',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357998,25399,11,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244049043,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What is the population of Lawndale?','[quote="Roxanne M":4y1jqepi][quote="Raskolnikov":4y1jqepi][quote="The Angst Guy":4y1jqepi]It\'s supposed to be a suburb of a major East Coast metropolitan city, Baltimore or Philadelphia or whatnot.[/quote:4y1jqepi]\n\nThat´s something I find quite confusing. Supposedly, Lawndale is about 150 miles or so from Fremont. That would site the town in California, halfway between LA or Seattle and Frisco. West Coast city then (and I think is quite sensible, considering that Texas is way nearer to California than Maryland) Buuuuut, if I recall correctly, in "Is It College yet" Daria ends up in Raft College, in Boston. Which is notsofar from Lawndale considering that supposedly, you can drive from one place to another in a couple of hours.\n\nSo my theory is that Lawndale is some kind of interdimensional node that lies about two hours in car from everywhere. Quite handy, if I can say so.[/quote:4y1jqepi]\n\n\nI want to say Ohio, There is a Lawndale outside of Canton that is 102 miles from Fremont Ohio. \nIn the episode that Daria went on the trip with Jake, they went to the Museum of Medical Oddities, Which is a real museum known as the Mutter Museum in Philly. Who would fly from Baltimore to Philly. Take more time to park the car than the flight. Also Lawndale Ohio is not that far from Lake Erie, if you remember the episode where they took the cruise boat that sank.\n\nThis would also explain why Lawndale sucks, It\'s in Ohio \":mrgreen:\" \n\nDear god I need a life, someone please help me \":D\"[/quote:4y1jqepi]\n\nI could say many things but first *points to location listed under his avatar*. Now, I\'ll point out that you\'ve taken the first step by acknowledging that you need a life, and the second in asking for some help, now you need to review what led you to your current state... I\'d suggest doing it with a good bar tender, but since I live where I do I can\'t recommend any \";)\".\n\n[quote="Raskolnikov":4y1jqepi][quote="The Angst Guy":4y1jqepi]It\'s supposed to be a suburb of a major East Coast metropolitan city, Baltimore or Philadelphia or whatnot.[/quote:4y1jqepi]\n\nThat´s something I find quite confusing. Supposedly, Lawndale is about 150 miles or so from Fremont. That would site the town in California, halfway between LA or Seattle and Frisco. West Coast city then (and I think is quite sensible, considering that Texas is way nearer to California than Maryland) Buuuuut, if I recall correctly, in "Is It College yet" Daria ends up in Raft College, in Boston. Which is notsofar from Lawndale considering that supposedly, you can drive from one place to another in a couple of hours.\n\nSo my theory is that Lawndale is some kind of interdimensional node that lies about two hours in car from everywhere. Quite handy, if I can say so.[/quote:4y1jqepi]\nLawndale is in a pocket noneuclidean space that borders on both Maryland and Texas. \n\nConsidering the old MTV sites Lawndale High site (TAG linked to it a few months back via wayback) listed the student body as 1400 students I\'d guess the population to be about 20000 to 25000.','2210b3734117a5d9288a7522d9249caf',0,'gA==','4y1jqepi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(357999,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244049057,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Wouter":33iqmyz9][quote="Kristen Bealer":33iqmyz9][quote="RLobinske":33iqmyz9]I\'m beginning to think that I\'m the only one around here who hasn\'t done D/J slash...[/quote:33iqmyz9]\n\nNah, I haven\'t, either. Don\'t think I ever will, either. Strikes too close to home to high school, when rumors circulated about me and my best friend. Because of course two girls just can\'t be close friends without also being lovers. They just [i:33iqmyz9]can\'t[/i:33iqmyz9]! \":roll:\" \n\nNot that I mind D/J when it\'s really well done. ([size=85:33iqmyz9]coughPITAcough[/size:33iqmyz9]) I just always assume it\'s in an alternate universe. \":)\" \n\nKristen[/quote:33iqmyz9]\n\nAlthough I have gotten plenty of requests for a Daria/Jane slash I never complied, I just don\'t see it happening.[/quote:33iqmyz9]\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:33iqmyz9]I think that the problem with this entire conversation is that people are merging two seperate concepts and trying to see them as equal. \n\n[b:33iqmyz9]There are D/J [u:33iqmyz9]shippers[/u:33iqmyz9], which deals with romance and emotion, and D/J [u:33iqmyz9]femmeslash[/u:33iqmyz9], which deals with the sexual aspects of a relationship between the two. The latter concept is usually befeft of emotional context because it\'s designed to titillate, and the former has no need ot the titillation factor because the reader accepts that two persons who care deeply in a relationship may, at some point, express their feelings for one another in a physical manner.[/b:33iqmyz9] \n\n\nWAAAAAY back in my very first semester of college, I got ticked off at my entire writing class because I wrote a not-to-be-serious piece which oh, they took to mean that (and this was actually said aloud) that I was incapable of writing serious or of weight. Okay...\n\nOn the train ride back to school, I wrote a short story about the end of a couple\'s relationship called [i:33iqmyz9]97 Minutes[/i:33iqmyz9]. It was only halfway throgh the story that you realized that it was about a lesbian couple, and not until the end that you realized that it was set in the future, and was a sci-fi story as well. \n\nThe reasons for that? It didn\'t matter. I read an Ann Landers column before I wrote the story that began: \'Dear Ann - I\'m noit going to say if the relationship I\'m in is interfaith, interracial or homosexual. We\'re all in the same lousy boat.\'\n\nAfter reading that, I thought, \'You know, if you can write a story where you cut through all of the bull and distill it down to the core essence - two people who care about one another - and you can illustrate that to the reader...then it doesn\'t matter what kind of relationship they\'re in, because theonly thing that matters is that they [b:33iqmyz9]do[/b:33iqmyz9] care for each other.\'\n\nTo those who say that you can\'t see D/J slash - I say that you simply don\'t want to see that, and that\'s a valid, albeit limited, position on which to stand. \n\nTo those who say that you can\'t see a D/J shipper - I first ask you to watch the [i:33iqmyz9]Buffy The Vampire Slayer[/i:33iqmyz9] episode [i:33iqmyz9]The Body[/i:33iqmyz9]. After you\'ve done that, come back and we\'ll talk.[/color:33iqmyz9]','a5463bbf43d22b8275d9af1136760f37',0,'5w==','33iqmyz9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358000,25738,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1244049514,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="Raskolnikov":a7ei17t7][quote="Roxanne M":a7ei17t7]\nKill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" \nMake sure it\'s painful and gruesome[/quote:a7ei17t7]\n\nWhy so much hate?[/quote:a7ei17t7]\n\nThere are generally 2 camps regarding Young Thomas:\n\n1. The camp that hates him, and wants him to die in as painful, humiliating and violent a manner as possible.\n\n2. The camp that likes him and/or has no real opinion about him more than any other "supporting" character\n\ncamp 1 holds vastly more seats in the House than camp 2 \":)\"\n\nI would venture to say it is due to the forced nature of his character. Tom was basically shoved into the story, with no preamble, to provide romantic tension and drama that honestly wasn\'t needed to maintain the show\'s enjoyment/entertainment level.','68c74170d2f5a9176f910c49f2d2883c',0,'gA==','a7ei17t7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358001,25375,3,260,0,'70.17.162.2',1244050172,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','You can\'t make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you\'re doing is recording it. \n-Art Buchwald','c7a6f379bde252d9e413019876f92be3',0,'','13x43gc5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358002,25794,3,260,0,'70.17.162.2',1244050339,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: David Eddings 1931–2009','May he rest in peace.\n\nPeace\nKevin','312c48450d7862d71b364156b3e31ad9',0,'','1hqp6brw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358003,25764,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244050344,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','One very important rule about writing on the Internet: make full use of the Internet\'s advantages and opportunities.\n\nFor instance, you can correct your mistakes. No one ever need leave an improperly written piece linger online forever, as if it were a short story you had published in a real book that had the editor\'s errors in it, not that I am implying this ever happened to me. You can go over your work, fix the mistakes, tidy it up, and repost it for everyone to admire. I bought my own web address so that I could fix my stories any time I liked. I pass out links to the [i:epyls4rn]Daria[/i:epyls4rn] websites so they don\'t have to use up their bandwidth storing my stuff, and I don\'t have to drive the webmasters insane sending in corrected stories over and over and over and over and over. (Thanks to Kara for the suggestion, it was perfect.)\n\nMake use of hyperlinks when appropriate, not necessarily in the body of the story but in the introduction, end notes, e-mail links for feedback, etc.\n\nUse pictures and interesting type fonts, but remember most people won\'t pick up your font just because you recommend it. Post your story in HTML and use pictures for the headers and titles using the fonts you like, so everyone will see them and gasp in awe, or whatever.\n\nDon\'t be afraid of fixing the margins so the text looks more "bookish" and less crammed.\n\nMake your text look exciting. Even ASCII text can be made to look interesting and attractive, though that is difficult.\n\nIn short, take the fullest possible advantage of the medium. That\'s what it is there for.','363e7272b9d7823339019d5d375d3a16',0,'IA==','epyls4rn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358004,25793,3,260,0,'70.17.162.2',1244050378,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Australia\'s last WWI Digger Jack Ross dies','May he rest in peace.\n\nPeace\nKevin','850e9273cb04ee2db5045742a8af0e39',0,'','vjdijw7r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358005,25736,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1244051046,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writer\'s Block','[quote="undefinedlust":tjzesbpg][quote="respite":tjzesbpg][quote="pinkminx":tjzesbpg][quote="ninetwelve":tjzesbpg]Been stuck months- its not that I\'ve written myself into a corner I justt can\'t seem to get started.\n\nMaybe I will work on another one but "just do it" seems to be the best advice- can\'t write if you\'re not writing.[/quote:tjzesbpg]\n\nive done the same fixed it by answering a few challenges/iron chefs- they were crap but it helped, or i started a new fic...[/quote:tjzesbpg]\nThis. I\'ve been damned near prolific (for me, at least) over the last couple of weeks. And even though it\'s been in another fandom, it was an Iron Chef here that broke me out of a months-long slump.[/quote:tjzesbpg]\n\nAnother fandom? Don\'t make me get out a pitchfork... cough Write Me In cough \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\" \":twisted:\"[/quote:tjzesbpg]\n\nThere is absolutely nothing wrong with being part of two fandoms \":)\"\n\nActually as a writer, I could see it helping as you can keep the creative juices flowing without getting burnt out/frustrated by a block in one.\n\nWhen I get stuck, I read (re-read) other stories either in or out of the Daria verse.','cb74ab76934881d6b1f4bf82fdcbf83d',0,'gA==','tjzesbpg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358006,23937,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244051881,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','The fun part is to get the pro-D/J and anti-D/J folks together and stir the pot... \":lol:\" \n\nOh, and using BG\'s description, [i:1vmodx97]John Lane[/i:1vmodx97] would be D/J shipping, not D/J slash... \":D\"','9b8028ead5da6162af57be00a02a0e35',0,'IA==','1vmodx97',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358007,25514,11,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244052581,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Of Weddings and Anger','Catching up on whats in this forum for the first time in ages, I\'m reading this and thinking about the two friends\' weddings I attended last year.\n\nIn the case of my one friend from work the ceremony (a few days short of one full year ago) was a small, simple affair with ten total people in the wedding party followed by a raucous reception at a local VFW with seventy or more friends and family gathered eating, drinking and dancing. I did the catering work for the reception for free as my wedding gift (they paid for the food though) and it was honestly more his thing than hers (the opposite was true of the ceremony) with the menu consisting of pulled pork sandwiches, Swedish meatballs, vegetable and fruit trays, chips, soda, cupcakes, a couple mouse cakes and sweet potato pie all buffet style, a cash bar, and a small single tier standard wedding cake (for the smashing into each others faces/feeding each other bit).\n\nIn the other case the ceremony was much bigger and more traditional than the simple, barely worth memory, reception. Certainly the food wasn\'t worth mention (cheap pressed ham cold cuts and processed cheese on white bread... no I\'m not joking) beyond the cake which was more elaborate (and less traditional, being chocolate with butter cream)... oh, and dryer than an AA meeting (glad they had coffee, since I can\'t drink Big K). Sadly they spent more than the other friend on food, after turning down my offer to do their catering work as well.','891b53b9d7ade32bdfa2cd664b92e163',0,'','1xav9h2o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358008,25583,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1244052995,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Ugh, I just came back from a long and boring meeting. I hate it when people talk for three hours but say about three minutes worth of interesting stuff.\n\nPlus they didn\'t even serve lunch this time. Heh, damn budget cuts.','0dc2b43117ad07c29a454bbc6a483565',0,'','1wj63cmx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358009,23937,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244053605,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','Ok, I best not get too much into this, I could see it becoming a major time sink for me. But on the plus side it looks like we have the possible beginnings of a mini \'shipper war. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThere is no correct answer to the question of could they be, could they not be. It is simply a matter of personal preference. We all project our own ideas of what a character should be on to fictional characters in any medium.\n\nI will just say that if you think a D/J \'ship can\'t work, [b:2ov0da1x]or even worse can\'t be told as a compelling story[/b:2ov0da1x] go see [url=http://home.comcast.net/~Ranchoth/Slasher_Fics.html:2ov0da1x]Ranchoth\'s Slasher Fics Page[/url:2ov0da1x] and read TAG\'s Pause in the Air series (mmmm PITA), Crusading Saint\'s Four Play and Teenage Wasteland, and Yui Daoren\'s Out on Vacation. On the other hand sometimes romantic feelings are unrequited. That makes a heck of a good story too. See Marcello\'s trilogy on the same page. To me, these are the gold standards for the D/J ship, and I can only hope that after finishing it and many rewrites and edits LSBS will be worthy to be spoken of in the same conversation as these works.\n\nIt is one thing to think D/J or any other pairing is not a good pairing, it is quite another to be blind to good stories because of ones feelings on a pairing. It\'s also unacceptable, to my mind, to be fliply dismissive of an author because of their preferred \'ship. \n\nOne last bit... yes yes, the D/J ship is tired and trite according to TV Tropes, the Daria Wiki and whomever else. Personaly I love statements like this because they present authors with a fun challenge. Insulted that someone thinks a \'ship you like is trite, or a plot bunny or AU that you enjoy is lame? Do something about it. Write something that makes them say " uh yeah it is overdone and trite, but someone proved it still has life in it".','ada7fe7f6c2d1145f7afec08ffe68708',0,'UA==','2ov0da1x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358010,23937,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244053773,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="RLobinske":25fuyp46]The fun part is to get the pro-D/J and anti-D/J folks together and stir the pot... \":lol:\" \n\nOh, and using BG\'s description, [i:25fuyp46]John Lane[/i:25fuyp46] would be D/J shipping, not D/J slash... \":D\"[/quote:25fuyp46]\n\nYeah, it\'s the Darius/John stuff that\'s slash.\n\n[size=50:25fuyp46]Wait! Did I say that out loud?[/size:25fuyp46]','e91e4c056d32d21f9ba552c37397b0f4',0,'pA==','25fuyp46',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358011,23937,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244053941,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Dennis":2o9zjbtd][quote="RLobinske":2o9zjbtd]The fun part is to get the pro-D/J and anti-D/J folks together and stir the pot... \":lol:\" \n\nOh, and using BG\'s description, [i:2o9zjbtd]John Lane[/i:2o9zjbtd] would be D/J shipping, not D/J slash... \":D\"[/quote:2o9zjbtd]\n\nYeah, it\'s the Darius/John stuff that\'s slash.\n\n[size=50:2o9zjbtd]Wait! Did I say that out loud?[/size:2o9zjbtd][/quote:2o9zjbtd]\n \":lol:\" \nYes.\n \":lol:\" \n\nBut then, I\'ve also made J/J comments in stories... \";)\"','63fe8478cec4e68e8c0da6fe4437a534',0,'pA==','2o9zjbtd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358012,23937,3,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1244055415,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','With the exception of Peppermint Pattie, I don\'t understand most of the choices on either side.\n\nBetty and Wilma? WTF?\n\nThat\'s like Ethyl and Lucy being lesbians.\n\nVelma? I mean it\'s pretty obvious Fred was doing both Velma and Daphne (swinger\'s ascot anyone?)\n\nThe most disturbing of them all though... Dora\n\nI mean seriously, W...T...F?!?!','f2c4b7b29c96f4788d19f24d27125064',0,'','2ecw41o4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358013,25789,3,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1244055757,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Liz Ruiz":35b9317g][quote="Quiverwing":35b9317g]\nThat reminds me BG wants me to try what he call biscuits and gravy (??) too. \":shock:\"[/quote:35b9317g]\n\n\nWell, that\'s cos they are so good. Sure full of saturated fats and complex carbohydrates, but really, really good![/quote:35b9317g]\n\n\nThere are so many things wrong with this I don\'t know which direction to run.','d8c31db092b2cc047c48bb1745e6b8c2',0,'gA==','35b9317g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358014,25795,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244055814,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','Ok, since someone decided to resurrect the Daria/Jane argument, and I needed something nice and splashy for my 1000th post (yes I talk way the hell too much), I have a fun challenge for both the writers and readers out there. \n\nDefend Your \'Ship!!!!! Tell us why your favored pairing is your favorite, why it makes sense, yadda yadda yadda...\n\nEasy enough no?\n\n[size=150:2bqujprt][b:2bqujprt]But wait, there\'s more!!!![/b:2bqujprt][/size:2bqujprt]\n\n\nIs there a \'ship you don\'t like? Then walk a mile in that \'ship\'s shoes before casting stones. I challenge everyone to write a ficlet that credibly depicts a ship you don\'t care for. So if you absolutely hate the Daria/Tom \'ship, I challenge you to write a ficlet where the \'ship makes sense! (I don\'t care if it has to be AU or angst!)\n\nIf you can\'t come up with a defense of your own \'ship, don\'t diss another, just send out the SOS (Save Our \'Ship) Call and see if anyone picks up your distress call.\n\nYeah, this isn\'t quite an Iron Chef, but I\'ll say it anyway...\n[size=200:2bqujprt]\n[b:2bqujprt]Allez Cuisine!!!!![/b:2bqujprt][/size:2bqujprt]','a78f9cb14ec55acf791bc02fb9deca75',0,'RA==','2bqujprt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358015,25399,11,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1244056807,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What is the population of Lawndale?','[quote="Roxanne M":3najhqqo][quote="Raskolnikov":3najhqqo][quote="The Angst Guy":3najhqqo]It\'s supposed to be a suburb of a major East Coast metropolitan city, Baltimore or Philadelphia or whatnot.[/quote:3najhqqo]\n\nThat´s something I find quite confusing. Supposedly, Lawndale is about 150 miles or so from Fremont. That would site the town in California, halfway between LA or Seattle and Frisco. West Coast city then (and I think is quite sensible, considering that Texas is way nearer to California than Maryland) Buuuuut, if I recall correctly, in "Is It College yet" Daria ends up in Raft College, in Boston. Which is notsofar from Lawndale considering that supposedly, you can drive from one place to another in a couple of hours.\n\nSo my theory is that Lawndale is some kind of interdimensional node that lies about two hours in car from everywhere. Quite handy, if I can say so.[/quote:3najhqqo]\n\n\nI want to say Ohio, There is a Lawndale outside of Canton that is 102 miles from Fremont Ohio. \nIn the episode that Daria went on the trip with Jake, they went to the Museum of Medical Oddities, Which is a real museum known as the Mutter Museum in Philly. Who would fly from Baltimore to Philly. Take more time to park the car than the flight. Also Lawndale Ohio is not that far from Lake Erie, if you remember the episode where they took the cruise boat that sank.\n\nThis would also explain why Lawndale sucks, It\'s in Ohio \":mrgreen:\" \n\nDear god I need a life, someone please help me \":D\"[/quote:3najhqqo]\n\n\n[url=http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=lawndale+maryland&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=88smSp6ELJfFtgf1hsDqBg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1:3najhqqo]Lawndale, Maryland[/url:3najhqqo]\n\nZoom out. Seems like it would mesh with the travel time to Raft/Bromwell. It\'s where I\'m basically locating Lawndale for Two Halves purposes.','1eded62e1ff902e9ac62cd3b6eaaa222',0,'kA==','3najhqqo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358016,25795,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1244057014,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','I like this idea \":)\"','b2138bb635b824a0450190cd2efe7d4e',0,'','1smdjwii',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358017,25399,11,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244057398,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What is the population of Lawndale?','[quote="Dark Kuno":3bntj0jq][quote="Roxanne M":3bntj0jq][quote="Raskolnikov":3bntj0jq][quote="The Angst Guy":3bntj0jq]It\'s supposed to be a suburb of a major East Coast metropolitan city, Baltimore or Philadelphia or whatnot.[/quote:3bntj0jq]\n\nThat´s something I find quite confusing. Supposedly, Lawndale is about 150 miles or so from Fremont. That would site the town in California, halfway between LA or Seattle and Frisco. West Coast city then (and I think is quite sensible, considering that Texas is way nearer to California than Maryland) Buuuuut, if I recall correctly, in "Is It College yet" Daria ends up in Raft College, in Boston. Which is notsofar from Lawndale considering that supposedly, you can drive from one place to another in a couple of hours.\n\nSo my theory is that Lawndale is some kind of interdimensional node that lies about two hours in car from everywhere. Quite handy, if I can say so.[/quote:3bntj0jq]\n\n\nI want to say Ohio, There is a Lawndale outside of Canton that is 102 miles from Fremont Ohio. \nIn the episode that Daria went on the trip with Jake, they went to the Museum of Medical Oddities, Which is a real museum known as the Mutter Museum in Philly. Who would fly from Baltimore to Philly. Take more time to park the car than the flight. Also Lawndale Ohio is not that far from Lake Erie, if you remember the episode where they took the cruise boat that sank.\n\nThis would also explain why Lawndale sucks, It\'s in Ohio \":mrgreen:\" \n\nDear god I need a life, someone please help me \":D\"[/quote:3bntj0jq]\n\n\n[url=http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=lawndale+maryland&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=88smSp6ELJfFtgf1hsDqBg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1:3bntj0jq]Lawndale, Maryland[/url:3bntj0jq]\n\nZoom out. Seems like it would mesh with the travel time to Raft/Bromwell. It\'s where I\'m basically locating Lawndale for Two Halves purposes.[/quote:3bntj0jq]\n\nFairly close to where I\'ve assumed it to be. I also notice that there\'s a "Walnut Grove Mills" nearby. Hmm...awfully close to "Grove Hills"','831763d2db5a06619be268e6af016c3b',0,'kA==','3bntj0jq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358018,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244057685,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 5 up)','Here\'s a little more. Not as much angst as I would like, but there\'s a lot on the way. Enjoy.\n\n\n[color=#FF0000:3iz6osmj][b:3iz6osmj][size=200:3iz6osmj]GIMME SKELTER[/size:3iz6osmj][/b:3iz6osmj][/color:3iz6osmj]\n\n\n[b:3iz6osmj][size=150:3iz6osmj]Chapter Five:\nBlood and Hatred in the Air[/size:3iz6osmj][/b:3iz6osmj]\n\n\n[i:3iz6osmj]You’re going to die and you’d better get used to it.[/i:3iz6osmj]\n—[size=85:3iz6osmj]Susan Atkins, Manson Family, to a victim[/size:3iz6osmj]\n\n\n[b:3iz6osmj]U.S. 70, 30 miles southwest of Alamogordo\nWhite Sands Missile Range\nFormer state of New Mexico\nEarly September 1999[/b:3iz6osmj]\n\nBy ten o’clock the next morning, the sky was a deep infinite blue unmarred by cloud. The sun was a blinding white ball of silent flame. The desert was an inferno.\n\nEvery vehicle had its doors and windows open to catch the smallest breeze. Tractor cabs were draped with blankets to keep the seats and steering wheels from becoming too hot to touch. Men stripped down to fatigue trousers and took refuge in whatever shade could be found, keeping their weapons near at hand. No one spoke or moved, except by the rear tractor-trailer where the expedition’s two remaining officers and three NCOs, missing only Captain Rhodes, sat or lay in the shade of the immobilized tank destroyer. There, as men will, they argued about trivia.\n\n“You lying, man.”\n\n“No, I ain’t! I saw it on TV before the Zom! I swear to God!”\n\n“Come on, nobody made a movie like that, Top.”\n\n“General!” Master Sergeant Lucas turned around where he sat on the pavement to make a direct appeal to the Old Man. “You ever heard of a movie like that, sir?”\n\nThe Old Man had his cap pulled down over his face as he lay by the trailer’s rear tires. “A movie like what?” he said at last.\n\n“Uh, I think it was called, mmm, [i:3iz6osmj]The World of the Devil[/i:3iz6osmj].”\n\nA long pause. “What was it about?”\n\n“See, Top, he don’t remember it!”\n\nMackenzie lay on his back in the tank destroyer’s shadow and smiled. His sweat-soaked shirt was unbuttoned to his belt, but the rest of his clothes were orderly. It was obvious the other five in the group knew each other from way back. Old Army is the same everywhere. Mackenzie kept his mouth shut, feeling he was too new to butt into their conversation, but he enjoyed the chatter thoroughly.\n\n“Top’s making it up.”\n\n“I am not! You shut up!” Lucas prodded the Old Man. “Sir, it was about this brother who was the last man alive on earth. Everybody else died but him, and he—”\n\n“Oh, man!”\n\n“Shut up and give him a chance to talk! You remember seeing anything like that on TV, sir?”\n\nThe Old Man exhaled before he shook his head from side to side. “I don’t remember it, but—”\n\n“Ha! There you go!”\n\n“—but that doesn’t mean there [i:3iz6osmj]wasn’t[/i:3iz6osmj] a movie like that,” the Old Man finished. “There could have been. I didn’t see everything there was on the tube.”\n\n“But I saw it!” Lucas protested. “I know I did!”\n\n“Saw what, Top?”\n\nEvery head turned toward the new voice. No one had heard the wiry Freeman walk up. He wore fatigue pants and nothing else. He appeared unaffected by the heat, as if he had always lived in places like this.\n\n“Did you tell everyone to drink a canteen of water?” said Mackenzie without opening his eyes.\n\n“Yeah, but some of ‘em won’t listen to me, sir.”\n\nMackenzie sighed and sat up with the greatest reluctance. “I’ll talk to ‘em. Can’t have anyone coming down with heat stroke. Thanks for getting it started.”\n\n“What’d you see, Top?” said Freeman, now looking at Lucas.\n\nThe master sergeant shrugged. “We was just talking about a movie,” he said with reluctance.\n\n“Oh, I get it,” said Freeman in a wounded manner. “The Alphas don’t want to talk to the Epsilons. I’m too low on the socio-military totem pole to engage in conversation with my superiors.”\n\nMackenzie grimaced as he collected his weapons and put them back in their holsters and sheaths. “Come on, Freeman, don’t start.”\n\n“Sure, I’ll shut up. I’ll be a good field hand. I’ll just go back to my vehicle and pick watermelon seeds out of my ‘fro and mind my own—”\n\n“Freeman, for God’s sake—!”\n\nLucas held up his hands in surrender. “All right, all right! Damn, son! We was talking about this movie I saw on TV when I was a kid. It was science fiction, kind of. There was this brother who was the last man on earth, and he—”\n\nFreeman snapped his fingers. “[i:3iz6osmj]The World, The Flesh and The Devil[/i:3iz6osmj]. Black and white movie from nineteen fifty-nine, starring Harry Belafonte—”\n\n“[i:3iz6osmj]Yes![/i:3iz6osmj]” Lucas roared with glee. “That’s [i:3iz6osmj]it![/i:3iz6osmj] That’s the one I was talking about!”\n\n“What? Now [i:3iz6osmj]you[/i:3iz6osmj] lying, Freeman!”\n\n“Yeah! Stop kissing up to the man!”\n\n“Harry Belafonte was playing this mine inspector,” said Freeman, ignoring the catcalls. “There was a cave-in, and he—”\n\n“Yes! Yes! That’s it!” cried Lucas. He almost came to his feet in his excitement. “They started to dig him out, but then they left him down there!”\n\n“That’s because the rescuers died from fallout,” Freeman said. “There was an atomic war—”\n\n“You remember that scene with the bridge?” cried Lucas. “All them cars sitting there empty and no one was around anywhere but that one guy? And later when he was walking around New York City and there wasn’t a soul around but him? Man, that scared my ass to [i:3iz6osmj]death![/i:3iz6osmj]”\n\n“Keep it down, Carl,” muttered the Old Man from under his hat. “I’m trying to think.”\n\n“Where’d you see that movie, Freeman?” said a sergeant.\n\n“I didn’t see it,” said Freeman. There was a sudden silence as the others looked at him in astonishment. “I read about it, okay?” he went on. “I had this book about black people in the cinema, actors and directors, and it had a whole chapter about that movie. It had pictures from the film, like of Belafonte with that white lady, forgot her name—”\n\n“The blonde!” said Lucas, revitalized. “Yeah!”\n\n“And that other guy, Mel something, the white guy—”\n\n“White guy?” said a staff sergeant. “Wait a minute, you said this brother was the last man on earth, but now you say there was a white guy there, too? I [i:3iz6osmj]knew[/i:3iz6osmj] you both was lying!”\n\n“I ain’t lying, no way! Freeman knows what I’m talking about!”\n\n“I’m out of here,” Mackenzie said, waving goodbye and trying not to laugh. “Freeman, you’re doing pretty well here. Take a break.” He put on his cap and walked away.\n\n“Nah, I gotta find my stash, man,” said Freeman, looking annoyed. “Someone took it last night. I can’t function without a toke, man.”\n\nMackenzie rolled his eyes and kept walking, determined not to look back and get involved.\n\n“Corporal,” the Old Man growled from under his cap, “if I can do without drinking for a week or two, despite the terrible suffering and inconvenience it causes me, you can do without your dope. You smoke too much weed anyway. It’s making you paranoid.”\n\n“Sir, I don’t have to be paranoid to think some seriously weird shit is going down around here,” Freeman grumbled. “We’re ass-deep in the [i:3iz6osmj]Twilight Zone[/i:3iz6osmj].” He turned and looked after Mackenzie. “Hey, lieutenant!”\n\n“Lord, there he goes again. Listen to him.”\n\n“He said we’re in the twilight [i:3iz6osmj]what?[/i:3iz6osmj]”\n\nFreeman hurried after Mackenzie, who was walking up the line of vehicles toward the Saladin. “Lieutenant, can I talk to you for a second?” he called.\n\n“If I’d known I’d have to put up with you when I got in the Army,” Mackenzie groaned, “I’d have gone into real estate.”\n\n“Nah, seriously, I got to talk to you, sir,” said Freeman. “It’s important. I mean it.”\n\n“You’re worse than a kid brother.”\n\nThat made Freeman laugh. “Hey, that’s funny. I’m really an older brother, you know? My kid brother’s named Riley. He was a pain when we were kids. You got any brothers or sisters, sir?”\n\n“No, my dad’s all I got left.”\n\n“Yeah, my brother and I lived with my grandfather when we were little. He sure was cool. Wish he was around now.”\n\nThey arrived at the head of the parked convoy, in front of the Saladin, and stood there in full searing daylight. Mackenzie turned to ask what was on the corporal’s mind.\n\n“You know what this is, sir?” Freeman said first. The corporal held out what appeared to be an old-style ink pen, bright yellow in color. It had a clip on one end, doubtless to attach it to a shirt pocket.\n\nMackenzie frowned. It was too hot to think straight. “What are you talking about?”\n\n“Look at it, sir.”\n\nMackenzie had never heard Freeman sound so grave and concerned. He took the object and held it up. The yellow device had a small symbol stamped on it: a blue circle, inside of which was a white triangle. Inside the triangle were two red stylized letters: CD.\n\n“What the hell,” Mackenzie said in a whisper. He held up the yellow tube and peered down the barrel, which was sealed with glass at both ends like a tiny telescope. “Where’d you get this?”\n\n“You know what it is, right?”\n\nPeering through the tube, Mackenzie saw a numbered grid line inscribed on the translucent rear glass. The front glass piece was a lens that focused on the calibrations. A straight vertical line appeared to float over the low end of the scale. Above the scale was a single word: MILLIROENTGENS.\n\n“It’s a Civil Defense radiation dosimeter,” he breathed. “We used one these back in science class in school. They haven’t made these since the sixties. Where the [i:3iz6osmj]hell[/i:3iz6osmj] did you—”\n\n“Miss Tiger Pussy had it in her stuff.”\n\nMackenzie lowered the yellow device to stare at Freeman. “[i:3iz6osmj]What?[/i:3iz6osmj]”\n\n“Keep it down, sir! Sorry I had to make up all that stuff about my stash being gone. I keep my weed in the front left toolbox, right there. I had to get you away from everyone else. Tiger Pussy had it in her carry-all.”\n\n“What were you doing, going through her stuff?” Mackenzie whispered.\n\nFreeman looked uncomfortable and unhappy. “Well, she came on to me this morning, sir. She asked me if I wanted to score a lot of money and maybe some free cooch. She wanted me to be her bodyguard in return, maybe help her with a little project, but I told her I had herpes. I don’t have it, just so you know, but I wasn’t about to drive my Patton into that nasty little patch of jungle and risk getting—”\n\n“Hold it, hold it!” Mackenzie’s mind reeled. “She tried to recruit you? Where is she now?”\n\n“Tiger Puss?” Freeman started to turn in the direction of the white dunes, but stopped himself. “She went over that way with a couple of the men. She said she had to pee and wanted protection from whatever, spiders, I don’t know. She’s been gone for a while, about a half hour.”\n\nMackenzie stared at the object in his hand, trying to sort out the implications. “Maybe this isn’t a bad thing. Maybe she and her dad thought we might run into radiation on the trip.”\n\n“Where are we going to do that, sir? I don’t remember reading about any nuclear war when the Zom hit. There wasn’t any war except for white people killing black folk.” Freeman’s eyes narrowed and he looked tense. “Are we supposed to be hunting for A-bombs, sir? I know that maybe you can’t tell me, but—”\n\n“No, that’s not it at all! We’re—damn it, I [i:3iz6osmj]can’t[/i:3iz6osmj] tell you right now what we’re supposed to do, but that isn’t it!” Mackenzie briefly wondered if the Landons were indeed secretly using the expedition to hunt for A-bombs, perhaps with the Army’s (and the Old Man’s) permission, but if that were the case wouldn’t Andrew Landon have taken the dosimeter with him? Old relics like the dosimeter were priceless if they still worked. “There has to be a good explanation for this,” he finally said, knowing how lame that sounded even as he said it.\n\n“Of course there is, sir.” Freeman reached into another pants pocket. “Maybe then you can explain why she had this, too.” He pulled out a small brown bottle and handed it to Mackenzie.\n\nPills rattled inside the little bottle. Mackenzie read the label aloud in a whisper. “Potassium iodide, twenty tablets, a hundred thirty milligrams, adults take one per day for ten—”\n\n“Isn’t that stuff supposed to protect the thyroid gland in case we wade through nuclear waste or something?” asked the corporal. “I read in this old—”\n\n“Yes, damn it!” Mackenzie looked around and saw no one nearby. “I have to talk to the Old Man about this. I’ll tell him about Miss Landon trying to bribe you—”\n\n“Just leave out the herpes thing, okay? I don’t want to get rumors started about my business, y’ know?”\n\n“Christ. Sure, fine, I won’t mention it.” Mackenzie looked around once more, frustrated and worried. “What the hell’s going on around here?”\n\n“Shit, man, I’ve been saying that since before we left, and you’re only [i:3iz6osmj]now[/i:3iz6osmj] catching on?”\n\n“Stay here. Act like you’re smoking pot or something, but stay by the vehicle. And get a gun, but keep it hidden.”\n\nFreeman looked genuinely puzzled. “Why, sir?”\n\n“Just do it. I’ll be back.”\n\n“Man, I always have heat,” said Freeman. “Remember what I said about not saying anything about—”\n\n“I know, I know!”\n\nMackenzie walked back to the end of the convoy along the side in full daylight to avoid meeting anyone. The yellow dosimeter and pill bottle went into his pockets. What would he say to the Old Man? How would he explain this? The Army was in charge of the expedition, on the surface, and they did have the right to search the belongings of civilians who were going along for the ride, but did that rule apply when it came to the Landons, who had practically rearmed Texas in the last decade and become mega-millionaires?\n\nThe desert on his right was soundless and offered no advice.\n\nAt the convoy’s end, the conversation was different but still the same.\n\n“Henry Aaron could’ve done it,” said Lucas. “He could’ve beaten Babe’s record.”\n\n“Ah, bullshit. Nobody but Mays could’ve ever beaten the Babe.”\n\n“Willie was the [i:3iz6osmj]man![/i:3iz6osmj]”\n\n“Sir?” said Mackenzie. Everyone turned to look up at him—except for the Old Man, who gave out a deep sigh from under his cap. “No rest for the wicked. Go on, lieutenant.”\n\n“I think you need to look at this, sir.” He bent down and held out the dosimeter.\n\nThe Old Man reached up with one hand. Without removing his cap or opening his eyes, his fingers closed unerringly on the dosimeter. He held it in the air like that for a long moment without looking at it. Everyone watched. No one spoke.\n\nThe Old Man abruptly sat up and put on his cap. He stuck the dosimeter in his shirt pocket. “Top,” he said to the master sergeant, “get everybody up. Do it quietly. Tell ‘em we might be moving out at a moment’s notice.”\n\nEveryone stared at the general with open mouths as he got to his feet.\n\n“I meant,” said the Old Man with a dark look around, “get everyone up [i:3iz6osmj]right this goddamn second[/i:3iz6osmj]. Keep it quiet, but do it [i:3iz6osmj]now.[/i:3iz6osmj]”\n\nThe men scrambled to their feet and took off up the convoy line. The Old Man swung around to Mackenzie, blocking him from leaving. “What the hell is going on?” he asked.\n\nMackenzie shoved aside his astonishment that the Old Man had not looked once at the dosimeter, yet appeared to have a grip on the seriousness of the situation. “Jodie Landon tried to bribe Corporal Freeman and recruit him for some mission,” said Mackenzie, so quickly his words almost ran together. “He found this—and this—” He pulled out the pill bottle and handed it over “—in her belongings. I apologize if she was supposed to have this with her, but—”\n\nThe Old Man cut him off while examining the bottle. “She wasn’t, not that I know of. It’s not illegal to have this stuff, but…” His voice trailed off as he looked around. “Where is she?”\n\n“Freeman said she left the convoy with a couple of men, sir, about half—”\n\n“Master sergeant!” shouted the Old Man, turning away from Mackenzie. “Find Miss Landon and have her see me at once!”\n\n“Hey!” one of the soldiers yelled. “There’s—”\n\nMackenzie heard the stutter of automatic pistol fire. Ricocheting bullets screamed off steel, punctured truck doors, smashed out windows. Men cried out and fell. Mackenzie saw it happen and froze in disbelief, watching men stagger and drop in the hail of gunfire—then his training kicked in. He went for the .357 Magnum in his back holster and got down behind the rear of the trailer, partially shielded by the folded-up wheel ramps. He spotted something move along the top of a white dune over fifty yards away. He raised the Smith & Wesson and aimed the long barrel with both hands, waiting for a clear shot.\n\nSomething hit Mackenzie’s left arm with a stinging blow. The Magnum fired wildly and slipped from his nerveless hands. Mackenzie fell backward on the cracked asphalt, unable to make his left arm work properly. It felt numb. He looked in the direction that a moment ago had been behind him, away from the white dunes, and saw a standing figure thirty or forty yards off aiming what appeared to be an assault rifle at the trucks. The weapon jumped, firing on full automatic.\n\nMackenzie could not believe his eyes. The shooter was one of the soldiers from the convoy, gunning down the soldiers who had taken cover on the side of the convoy away from the sand dunes. Men screamed and fell. Their blood splattered vehicles and highway alike.\n\nMackenzie rolled and grabbed his revolver with his right hand, then rolled the other direction, came up on one knee, aimed, and fired over and over until he saw the shooter jerk and go down. He started to get up, then saw that his left arm was covered in blood from his elbow to the fingers of his hand. The fatigue sleeve was ripped out on one side. He turned his arm over and saw bone fragments mixed with bloody tissue from a hole in the middle of his left forearm. Part of his arm was missing, as if someone had taken a pair of pliers and ripped the flesh out.\n\n“Son of a bitch,” he said in dull surprise. He heard more automatic fire from the dunes as well as return fire from the convoy. He tried to ignore his arm as he raised the pistol and aimed at top of the nearest dune, waiting for a target.\n\nThe engine of the ancient M36 tank destroyer coughed and thundered to life. The roar shook the ground under Mackenzie’s boots. Mackenzie stared up at the old tank, his revolver still aimed at the dunes, then saw the tank barrel rise. With a whining, grinding clatter, the tank destroyer’s turret swung the long ninety-millimeter barrel in the direction of the dunes.\n\nMackenzie’s left arm began to hurt. He knew he was badly wounded but intended to wait for someone to appear among the dunes, someone he could shoot at.\n\nIt then occurred to him that the tank destroyer was about to solve the problem. He also realized that when it did solve the problem, it was going to hurt like unholy hell to be anywhere near the tank gun when it went off.\n\nRunning did not occur to him. He turned away from the tank, covering his right ear with his gun arm. He heard the turret stop turning, then heard the gun barrel change elevation.\n\n[i:3iz6osmj]When is that stupid thing going to fire?[/i:3iz6osmj] he thought. [i:3iz6osmj]And who the hell is in th—[/i:3iz6osmj]\n\nThe concussion ended all thought. It was so loud Mackenzie did not later recall hearing it. When he came to, he was staggering down the highway away from the convoy. He did not remember getting there and had no idea what he was doing. An intense stabbing pain ran through his head from ear to ear, accompanied by a shrill scream that did not end. [i:3iz6osmj]Can’t hear, gone deaf,[/i:3iz6osmj] he thought. He looked down. He still had his pistol in his right hand. His left arm did nothing and burned like it was on fire. He looked back and noticed a trail of blood leading from where he stood going all the way back to the rear of the tank destroyer’s trailer. [i:3iz6osmj]I need help,[/i:3iz6osmj] he thought. [i:3iz6osmj]I need to get help.[/i:3iz6osmj] He began walking back to the convoy, left arm limp at his side. [i:3iz6osmj]I need to get help.[/i:3iz6osmj]\n\nMen lay on the ground on both sides of the line of trucks. A few men were giving first aid to the wounded or still shooting in all directions away from the convoy. A huge cloud of smoke rose into the perfect blue sky from the white sand dunes. One of the dunes had a huge smoldering crater in it, cutting the dune in two. It was impossible to tell if the trucks were still being fired upon. It was impossible to hear anything at all except for the endless shriek from his injured eardrums.\n\nHe reached a fallen soldier and knelt down next to him. The man had been shot in the back in three places. Blood ran down the side of the tank destroyer next to them. Mackenzie put down his .357, felt for a pulse on the fallen man, found none, then got to his feet again. He went to the next fallen man and saw that the man was alive and holding his stomach with both hands. The man had no shirt on. Mackenzie knelt beside the man and tried to talk to him, but he could not hear what he was saying over the long scream in his head. The man did nothing but clutch his bloodied abdomen, teeth gritted in pain. As Mackenzie watched, the man rolled onto his face and stopped moving. Mackenzie shook the man’s shoulder. It had no effect. He then felt the side of the man’s neck. He was gone. Mackenzie rose to his knees and looked down at the dead soldier, trying to remember his name. He had not caught the names of most of the privates and lower NCOs. He felt vague regret over that.\n\nA hand waved up and down in front of Mackenzie’s face. He looked up. It was Freeman, his face filled with horror. Freeman had a strange black weapon in one hand, something like an automatic pistol with a long suppressor, a wide coiled clip, and a wire stock. He was shouting at the lieutenant, but Mackenzie could not understand a word of what the corporal was saying. [i:3iz6osmj]He smokes too much weed anyway,[/i:3iz6osmj] Mackenzie thought. The world began to slip away. His arm did not hurt so much now. It felt like it would be a good idea to get some sleep. He felt himself falling over and imagined he was in bed at home, his dad snoring in the next room. Then he knew nothing at all.\n\n\n[[i:3iz6osmj]to be continued[/i:3iz6osmj]]','4559ee88613eeb61de32d1283cf8b515',0,'Zg==','3iz6osmj',1,1245389378,'',323,6,0),(358019,25665,3,70,0,'24.2.30.92',1244058000,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','I am asking for that weekend off work when I go in next!\n\nYay! I\'ll be the first to request it off, so hopefully it will be accepted.','9abf25d291864ad3f9a809db022d70e6',0,'','332tnmj7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358020,25789,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244058340,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Dark Kuno":3132i4pl][quote="Liz Ruiz":3132i4pl][quote="Quiverwing":3132i4pl]That reminds me BG wants me to try what he call biscuits and gravy (??) too. \":shock:\"[/quote:3132i4pl]\nWell, that\'s cos they are so good. Sure full of saturated fats and complex carbohydrates, but really, really good![/quote:3132i4pl]\nThere are so many things wrong with this I don\'t know which direction to run.[/quote:3132i4pl]\nSee, if you had a satellite linkup, you\'d know where the best eatin\' was.','79a8bdd1edcb78ca413a9b0822a0a14c',0,'gA==','3132i4pl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358021,25583,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244058387,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Liz Ruiz":3105fdnu]Ugh, I just came back from a long and boring meeting. I hate it when people talk for three hours but say about three minutes worth of interesting stuff.[/quote:3105fdnu]\nKind of like reading my fanfics. \":D\"','c679a1448ee0e7e81d47833ae95c3896',0,'gA==','3105fdnu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358022,25665,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244058517,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Deref":2vo5qrjq]bfderef here. I has a webcam. \":)\"[/quote:2vo5qrjq]\nI had one of those once. Lost it one night when Tux and I got ripped on bourbon and coke. One of us will have to go in for an x-ray, I guess.','fd3a31e9d5c8b90261abbaaa6506b3b7',0,'gA==','2vo5qrjq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358023,25192,11,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244058818,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The better overall assault rifle?','[quote="BlackHole":1mtdnaav][quote="RLobinske":1mtdnaav]I\'d have to go with General Kalashnikov\'s masterwork because of it\'s reliability, durability and ease of maintenance.[/quote:1mtdnaav]\nThere\'s a plentora of Kalashnikovs. Even if we limit things to the classic AK47 there\'s still the question of subtype and make (original, licencee...).\nThe reasons mentioned above are IMHO exactly those that should influence that decision.\nWithout any prior knowledge about the "job" (climate, indoor, outdoor, urban, topology...) and pretty limited experience with assault rifles I\'d take a HK416 in 16.5".\nWhy no AK47?\n* Higher accuracy\n* more difficult maintenance outwighted by less need for maintenance (might be a problem long term, but I do not assume deployment beyond 10k rounds)\n* 5.56 Nato gives you more rounds per weigh - ammo availability was NOT an issue! An AK74 might help here.\n* HK416 seems the operatives choice - see wikipedia list of units deploying the rifle\n\nPending the job there might be a better choice nevertheless. I\'d select according to it\'s requirements, and consider the SHTF capabilities as secondaries.\n\n@BG: http://world.guns.ru\n\nBlackHole[/quote:1mtdnaav]\n\nFor me it\'d most likely be a tossup (based on reading) between the HK-416, AK-101, AK-102 or AK-108. I quoted BH only as from my reading all these guns more or less fit that profile except unit deployment. \n\nAssuming a more specific mission to an area where older AK-47, AKM and AK-74 models still see large amounts of use, and assuming a need for speed and mobility from reduced need to carry ammo, I\'d probably prefer an AK-103, AK-104, AK-105 or AK-107 depending on area.\n\nMind you that all this is purely theoretical on my part as the only of these guns I\'ve had a chance to fire or see fired in person is a AK-74.','9540a40c5e120a05531b031fc060cf17',0,'gA==','1mtdnaav',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358024,25738,6,947,0,'75.7.203.44',1244059393,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="Dark Kuno":1f8x5he1][quote="Raskolnikov":1f8x5he1][quote="Roxanne M":1f8x5he1]\nKill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" \nMake sure it\'s painful and gruesome[/quote:1f8x5he1]\n\nWhy so much hate?[/quote:1f8x5he1]\n\nThere are generally 2 camps regarding Young Thomas:\n\n1. The camp that hates him, and wants him to die in as painful, humiliating and violent a manner as possible.\n\n2. The camp that likes him and/or has no real opinion about him more than any other "supporting" character\n\ncamp 1 holds vastly more seats in the House than camp 2 \":)\"\n\nI would venture to say it is due to the forced nature of his character. Tom was basically shoved into the story, with no preamble, to provide romantic tension and drama that honestly wasn\'t needed to maintain the show\'s enjoyment/entertainment level.[/quote:1f8x5he1]\n\n\nI think someone writing their there PHD paper in psychology could have a interesting time studying the mostly male population of Camp 1 and why they hate Tom so much \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThis has been a interesting phenomena to observe. Lack of professional credentials and moral courage prevents me from posting any further on this \":D\"','706bc39fbf8b05c5269a997ea9425ea7',0,'gA==','1f8x5he1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358025,25796,5,45,0,'24.124.97.8',1244059422,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Remake of \'Alien\' coming','[url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16328:1rb9jkoz]Go Here.[/url:1rb9jkoz]','44fc88f863e2d659fdfd65e2dd4e0066',0,'EA==','1rb9jkoz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358026,23937,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244061013,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":32wtyshe]To those who say that you can\'t see a D/J shipper - I first ask you to watch the [i:32wtyshe]Buffy The Vampire Slayer[/i:32wtyshe] episode [i:32wtyshe]The Body[/i:32wtyshe]. After you\'ve done that, come back and we\'ll talk.[/color][/quote:32wtyshe]\n\nHow will [i:32wtyshe]The Body[/i:32wtyshe] help anybody beyond putting them in a place of purest angst..? \":?\" If you\'re talking about the Willow/Tara scene, while that is a nice insight into their day-to-day relationship, I always thought [i:32wtyshe]Entropy [/i:32wtyshe]and [i:32wtyshe]Seeing Red [/i:32wtyshe] shows the dynamics of that relationship more clearly. \n\nI\'m not entirely sure I agree with BG\'s overall point either. Do you know the thing every gay/bi guy eventually has said to them by a straight male friend? "It must be easier not having to deal with women..." It isn\'t. IMO, guys are more effort to date (by that I mean when dating a guy you more often have to deal with stupid s***), but it is a different sort of relationship than one with a woman. People who have never personally experienced the man love make assumptions about what it must be like, and the same is true for lesbians.\n\nI have two very dear friends who are lesbians, and from my years of friendship with them I have come to the conclusion that I will never, ever, fully understand the dynamics of the relationships they enter into. I understand them as people, and I mostly understand the girl that they date (when they aren\'t crazy...), but I know I will never get a lot of the \'whys\' of how they interact. \n\nI think the point I\'m trying to get across is don\'t make assumptions about things outside of your life experience.','ff6bcfdaeddeaac6e2480112aae49022',0,'oA==','32wtyshe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358027,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244061127,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Dark Kuno":q3f9371d]With the exception of Peppermint Pattie, I don\'t understand most of the choices on either side.\n\nBetty and Wilma? WTF?\n\nThat\'s like Ethyl and Lucy being lesbians.\n\n[color=#0000FF:q3f9371d]Velma? I mean it\'s pretty obvious Fred was doing both Velma and Daphne (swinger\'s ascot anyone?)[/color:q3f9371d]\n\nThe most disturbing of them all though... Dora\n\nI mean seriously, W...T...F?!?![/quote:q3f9371d]\n\n\nDude, please. It was the Sixties, and Shaggy had the weed, the wheels (at least in the movies) and knew how to just chill. Everybody knows that he was slipping it to Velma, and \nafter some quality bud, Daphne probably had the munchies for more than Scooby-Snacks, too...\n\n[size=85:q3f9371d](just having fun, people. Not serious about any of this.)[/size:q3f9371d]','0ef2867453d1946c716141a47b9e166f',0,'hg==','q3f9371d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358028,25796,5,65,0,'64.118.129.78',1244061560,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Remake of \'Alien\' coming','Sorry, not interested. The two [i:2ibr0r4z]AvP[/i:2ibr0r4z] feces-disguised-as-movies pretty well killed any further interest I might have had in [i:2ibr0r4z]either[/i:2ibr0r4z] franchise. \":(\"','5f719c0dcf70a250fce4fd6678b009d3',0,'IA==','2ibr0r4z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358029,25697,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244061634,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 5 up)','...but, where\'s the angst?\n\n \":D\"','4e0b921507129c88dfaba6d17e32cb89',0,'','zu8djx5z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358030,25583,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244061660,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="The Angst Guy":2o9eblee][quote="Liz Ruiz":2o9eblee]Ugh, I just came back from a long and boring meeting. I hate it when people talk for three hours but say about three minutes worth of interesting stuff.[/quote:2o9eblee]\nKind of like reading my fanfics. \":D\"[/quote:2o9eblee]\n\nNah, your fics are like the old saying about military life; Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of soul crushing terror. \":P\"','5227f179402564a7d9f06a8a3d18c341',0,'gA==','2o9eblee',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358031,25583,3,900,0,'72.131.3.2',1244061845,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="losdia":1voqi433][quote="The Angst Guy":1voqi433][quote="Liz Ruiz":1voqi433]Ugh, I just came back from a long and boring meeting. I hate it when people talk for three hours but say about three minutes worth of interesting stuff.[/quote:1voqi433]\nKind of like reading my fanfics. \":D\"[/quote:1voqi433]\n\nNah, your fics are like the old saying about military life; Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of soul crushing terror. \":P\"[/quote:1voqi433]\nThat sounds more like what "I Should Have Been Home Yesterday" is turning into.','96ae1eeb8c62185dc98e42f62d322942',0,'gA==','1voqi433',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358032,25375,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244061936,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','One could, however, spend only so much time in the company of a dead pig without becoming depressed.\n—David and Leigh Eddings','800955cb9a3d8baa6599b4fda137e885',0,'','xzexe6jo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358033,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244062000,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="losdia":3v8ocaqx][quote="Brother Grimace":3v8ocaqx]To those who say that you can\'t see a D/J shipper - I first ask you to watch the [i:3v8ocaqx]Buffy The Vampire Slayer[/i:3v8ocaqx] episode [i:3v8ocaqx]The Body[/i:3v8ocaqx]. After you\'ve done that, come back and we\'ll talk.[/color][/quote:3v8ocaqx]\n\nHow will [i:3v8ocaqx]The Body[/i:3v8ocaqx] help anybody beyond putting them in a place of purest angst..? \":?\" If you\'re talking about the Willow/Tara scene, while that is a nice insight into their day-to-day relationship, I always thought [i:3v8ocaqx]Entropy [/i:3v8ocaqx]and [i:3v8ocaqx]Seeing Red [/i:3v8ocaqx] shows the dynamics of that relationship more clearly. \n\n[color=#0000FF:3v8ocaqx]You should consider that [b:3v8ocaqx]not everything is about angst[/b:3v8ocaqx]. [i:3v8ocaqx]The Body [/i:3v8ocaqx]was chosen to be their first kiss because it wasn\'t about angst or physicality, [i:3v8ocaqx]it was about expressing emotional support during a trying time in a physical manner.[/i:3v8ocaqx][/color:3v8ocaqx]\n\n\n\nI\'m not entirely sure I agree with BG\'s overall point either. Do you know the thing every gay/bi guy eventually has said to them by a straight male friend? "It must be easier not having to deal with women..." It isn\'t. IMO, guys are more effort to date (by that I mean when dating a guy you more often have to deal with stupid s***), but it is a different sort of relationship than one with a woman. People who have never personally experienced the man love make assumptions about what it must be like, and the same is true for lesbians.\n\nI have two very dear friends who are lesbians, and from my years of friendship with them I have come to the conclusion that I will never, ever, fully understand the dynamics of the relationships they enter into. I understand them as people, and I mostly understand the girl that they date (when they aren\'t crazy...), but I know I will never get a lot of the \'whys\' of how they interact. \n\n[color=#FF0000:3v8ocaqx]I think the point I\'m trying to get across is don\'t make assumptions about things outside of your life experience.[/color:3v8ocaqx]\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:3v8ocaqx]1. Just because YOU don\'t understand doesn\'t mean that others share your lack of perception or insight on the subject.\n\n2. Where do [b:3v8ocaqx]you[/b:3v8ocaqx] get off making an assumption about my life experiences, or how or what I may or may not know about the subject? Just because [b:3v8ocaqx]your[/b:3v8ocaqx] perceptions, experiences or the individuals that you know may (perhaps) be different, please afford me the courtesy of not making any assumptions about \'outside my life experience\'. \n\nYou have absolutely no idea of what my life experience is.[/color:3v8ocaqx]\n\n[/quote:3v8ocaqx]','04300b88ab81ee025bb81d6ae0c1f548',0,'4g==','3v8ocaqx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358034,25697,6,12,0,'74.60.175.207',1244062379,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 5 up)','\":shock:\" No, wait--this is TAG.\n\nNo \":shock:\" . \":D\" \n\nOkay, then--maybe Jodie\'s turned some soldiers against the convoy. But why?? \":?\" \n\nThen, there\'s this, which I didn\'t catch until now:\n\n\n\'That made Freeman laugh. “Hey, that’s funny. I’m really an older brother, you know? My kid brother’s named Riley. He was a pain when we were kids." \'\n\nFreeman? Riley? What\'s this guy\'s first name, Huey? Are you subconciously giving us The Boondocks, dude? \":P\"','3ad974793cc1a3fd07bb369c3cce9adc',0,'','yjw650zn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358035,23937,3,114,0,'61.69.2.125',1244062642,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','You\'re all sick.\n\nEveryone knows that lesbians are just made up things, like fairies and ogres and penguins.','edcba0f4f37dc1277364de5b48ec6214',0,'','2chcysmr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358036,25665,3,114,0,'61.69.2.125',1244062711,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="The Angst Guy":2nafz2bn][quote="Deref":2nafz2bn]bfderef here. I has a webcam. \":)\"[/quote:2nafz2bn]\nI had one of those once. Lost it one night when Tux and I got ripped on bourbon and coke. One of us will have to go in for an x-ray, I guess.[/quote:2nafz2bn]\nI hate it when that happens.','f765edab022540ab55fa0335fe466c64',0,'gA==','2nafz2bn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358037,23937,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244062875,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="losdia":33dmszbu]I think the point I\'m trying to get across is don\'t make assumptions about things outside of your life experience.[/quote:33dmszbu]\nIf we did that, we\'d never have any good science fiction or fantasy! Or pornography, that too.','0f46a8b245113cc8af4f88396999ba71',0,'gA==','33dmszbu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358038,25770,3,114,0,'61.69.2.125',1244062943,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Autumn drink time','[quote="losdia":24wyuhxj]Man, I wish the weather here was like that. It just hit 90 for the first time this year today. I really wish I had the money to maintain two houses on opposite hemispheres, then I could avoid summer altogether. \":D\" \n\nLove the pics. \"8)\" \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:24wyuhxj]\nIf your house is near the beach we could always swap. \":-)\"','7f9ab1763b5887a0802963feb76ee696',0,'gA==','24wyuhxj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358039,25583,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244062962,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Disco316":11p75ha4][quote="losdia":11p75ha4][quote="The Angst Guy":11p75ha4][quote="Liz Ruiz":11p75ha4]Ugh, I just came back from a long and boring meeting. I hate it when people talk for three hours but say about three minutes worth of interesting stuff.[/quote:11p75ha4]\nKind of like reading my fanfics. \":D\"[/quote:11p75ha4]\nNah, your fics are like the old saying about military life; Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of soul crushing terror. \":P\"[/quote:11p75ha4]\nThat sounds more like what "I Should Have Been Home Yesterday" is turning into.[/quote:11p75ha4]\nHave one of the girls get eaten alive by a giant mutant hyena.Works every time.','11e11123ac930a05fd89f45621718b95',0,'gA==','11p75ha4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358040,25753,4,114,0,'61.69.2.125',1244063045,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="RLobinske":26ufutzw][url=http://www.kansas.com/946/story/836204.html:26ufutzw]And now for pure opportunism.[/url:26ufutzw][/quote:26ufutzw]\nThese will now appear in the dictionary under "non-sequitur".','26b085950610c9cafcd05982dbe10ba4',0,'kA==','26ufutzw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358041,25796,5,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244063046,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Remake of \'Alien\' coming','[quote="MJPollard":yekow3nr]Sorry, not interested. The two [i:yekow3nr]AvP[/i:yekow3nr] feces-disguised-as-movies pretty well killed any further interest I might have had in [i:yekow3nr]either[/i:yekow3nr] franchise. \":(\"[/quote:yekow3nr]\nNow, there were about 12 seconds of good action/drama in each of those movies, so they weren\'t totally worthless.','0862b99b7f028dbd351a0f557b46ca9e',0,'oA==','yekow3nr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358042,25583,3,900,0,'72.131.3.2',1244063150,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="The Angst Guy":2ebgtn79][quote="Disco316":2ebgtn79][quote="losdia":2ebgtn79][quote="The Angst Guy":2ebgtn79][quote="Liz Ruiz":2ebgtn79]Ugh, I just came back from a long and boring meeting. I hate it when people talk for three hours but say about three minutes worth of interesting stuff.[/quote:2ebgtn79]\nKind of like reading my fanfics. \":D\"[/quote:2ebgtn79]\nNah, your fics are like the old saying about military life; Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of soul crushing terror. \":P\"[/quote:2ebgtn79]\nThat sounds more like what "I Should Have Been Home Yesterday" is turning into.[/quote:2ebgtn79]\nHave one of the girls get eaten alive by a giant mutant hyena.Works every time.[/quote:2ebgtn79]\nI dunno, seems a bit subtle...','0c2209dd086cec42c7f375b367a2af66',0,'gA==','2ebgtn79',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358043,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244063258,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 5 up)','[quote="Steven Galloway":2dp94dbo]Then, there\'s this, which I didn\'t catch until now:\n[quote:2dp94dbo]\'That made Freeman laugh. “Hey, that’s funny. I’m really an older brother, you know? My kid brother’s named Riley. He was a pain when we were kids." \'[/quote:2dp94dbo]\nFreeman? Riley? What\'s this guy\'s first name, Huey? Are you subconsciously giving us The Boondocks, dude? \":P\"[/quote:2dp94dbo]\nNot subconsciously, no. Look for references to War Machine, Luke Cage, and Steve Urkel in there, too. \":D\" Oh, and [i:2dp94dbo]Charlie\'s Angels[/i:2dp94dbo] and Malcolm X. Michael Jordan did not achieve acclaim in basketball here, so Mackenzie\'s name is as it originally was, per "The Misery Chick."\n\nThe movie that the NCOs discuss in Chapter Five is [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World,_the_Flesh_and_the_Devil_(1959_film):2dp94dbo][i:2dp94dbo]The World, The Flesh and The Devil[/i:2dp94dbo][/url:2dp94dbo]. I used to watch that movie on TV every chance I got. The recent version of [i:2dp94dbo]I Am Legend[/i:2dp94dbo] has many a nod of the head to this earlier and similar film.\n\n[quote="brnleague99":2dp94dbo]...but, where\'s the angst?[/quote:2dp94dbo]\nIncoming.','fa8fbcf0d234e8b0ae299797b265c2ee',0,'sA==','2dp94dbo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358044,25583,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244063326,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="The Angst Guy":2xsd8q64][quote="Disco316":2xsd8q64][quote="losdia":2xsd8q64][quote="The Angst Guy":2xsd8q64][quote="Liz Ruiz":2xsd8q64]Ugh, I just came back from a long and boring meeting. I hate it when people talk for three hours but say about three minutes worth of interesting stuff.[/quote:2xsd8q64]\nKind of like reading my fanfics. \":D\"[/quote:2xsd8q64]\nNah, your fics are like the old saying about military life; Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of soul crushing terror. \":P\"[/quote:2xsd8q64]\nThat sounds more like what "I Should Have Been Home Yesterday" is turning into.[/quote:2xsd8q64]\nHave one of the girls get eaten alive by a giant mutant hyena.Works every time.[/quote:2xsd8q64]\nEwww, more animal intercourse!','10ba9458692db730414682021992cdd0',0,'gA==','2xsd8q64',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358045,25770,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1244063534,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Autumn drink time','[quote="Deref":27ahpzhk][quote="losdia":27ahpzhk]Man, I wish the weather here was like that. It just hit 90 for the first time this year today. I really wish I had the money to maintain two houses on opposite hemispheres, then I could avoid summer altogether. \":D\" \n\nLove the pics. \"8)\" \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:27ahpzhk]\nIf your house is near the beach we could always swap. \":-)\"[/quote:27ahpzhk]\n*points to losdia\'s location* He probably has a really big bridge, too. \":lol:\"','9de8b3fa4d6a1b89539440c2b33bf0b8',0,'gA==','27ahpzhk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358046,23937,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244064476,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":24rwlcy9][quote="losdia":24rwlcy9][quote="Brother Grimace":24rwlcy9]To those who say that you can\'t see a D/J shipper - I first ask you to watch the [i:24rwlcy9]Buffy The Vampire Slayer[/i:24rwlcy9] episode [i:24rwlcy9]The Body[/i:24rwlcy9]. After you\'ve done that, come back and we\'ll talk.[/color][/quote:24rwlcy9]\n\nHow will [i:24rwlcy9]The Body[/i:24rwlcy9] help anybody beyond putting them in a place of purest angst..? \":?\" If you\'re talking about the Willow/Tara scene, while that is a nice insight into their day-to-day relationship, I always thought [i:24rwlcy9]Entropy [/i:24rwlcy9]and [i:24rwlcy9]Seeing Red [/i:24rwlcy9] shows the dynamics of that relationship more clearly. \n\n[color=#0000FF:24rwlcy9]You should consider that [b:24rwlcy9]not everything is about angst[/b:24rwlcy9]. [i:24rwlcy9]The Body [/i:24rwlcy9]was chosen to be their first kiss because it wasn\'t about angst or physicality, [i:24rwlcy9]it was about expressing emotional support during a trying time in a physical manner.[/i:24rwlcy9][/color:24rwlcy9]\n\n\n\nI\'m not entirely sure I agree with BG\'s overall point either. Do you know the thing every gay/bi guy eventually has said to them by a straight male friend? "It must be easier not having to deal with women..." It isn\'t. IMO, guys are more effort to date (by that I mean when dating a guy you more often have to deal with stupid s***), but it is a different sort of relationship than one with a woman. People who have never personally experienced the man love make assumptions about what it must be like, and the same is true for lesbians.\n\nI have two very dear friends who are lesbians, and from my years of friendship with them I have come to the conclusion that I will never, ever, fully understand the dynamics of the relationships they enter into. I understand them as people, and I mostly understand the girl that they date (when they aren\'t crazy...), but I know I will never get a lot of the \'whys\' of how they interact. \n\n[color=#FF0000:24rwlcy9]I think the point I\'m trying to get across is don\'t make assumptions about things outside of your life experience.[/color:24rwlcy9]\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:24rwlcy9]1. Just because YOU don\'t understand doesn\'t mean that others share your lack of perception or insight on the subject.\n\n2. Where do [b:24rwlcy9]you[/b:24rwlcy9] get off making an assumption about my life experiences, or how or what I may or may not know about the subject? Just because [b:24rwlcy9]your[/b:24rwlcy9] perceptions, experiences or the individuals that you know may (perhaps) be different, please afford me the courtesy of not making any assumptions about \'outside my life experience\'. \n\nYou have absolutely no idea of what my life experience is.[/color:24rwlcy9]\n\n[/quote:24rwlcy9][/quote:24rwlcy9]\n\nWhoa there. I didn\'t mean anything personal by that. \n\nLet me put it this way, can you as an African American Male in your 40, honestly claim to fully understand the life experience of a white Gen Y lesbian? That isn\'t the same thing as saying I don\'t think you can write young lesbians well, I\'ve seen you do it, but how well can you honestly claim to understand what a relationship like that would really be like? \n\nIn the post you made that I was quoting, you said that you felt that all relationships were basically the same. From my experience I don\'t think that\'s true. That\'s all I\'m saying.','c70dd1e4b7b30fce52e889ca742eb818',0,'4g==','24rwlcy9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358047,25697,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244065634,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 5 up)','So...what\'s up with Tiger Pu-\n\nUm, I mean Jodie. Does she hypnotize guys with her.....................lower regions or what?\n\n(Sorry, I stumbled for an "acceptable" synonym.)\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','d1122f3138b03b229e826e95c90b2773',0,'','y0rbc2rl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358048,25738,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244065808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="Roxanne M":2malt3kb][quote="Dark Kuno":2malt3kb][quote="Raskolnikov":2malt3kb][quote="Roxanne M":2malt3kb]\nKill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" \nMake sure it\'s painful and gruesome[/quote:2malt3kb]\n\nWhy so much hate?[/quote:2malt3kb]\n\nThere are generally 2 camps regarding Young Thomas:\n\n1. The camp that hates him, and wants him to die in as painful, humiliating and violent a manner as possible.\n\n2. The camp that likes him and/or has no real opinion about him more than any other "supporting" character\n\ncamp 1 holds vastly more seats in the House than camp 2 \":)\"\n\nI would venture to say it is due to the forced nature of his character. Tom was basically shoved into the story, with no preamble, to provide romantic tension and drama that honestly wasn\'t needed to maintain the show\'s enjoyment/entertainment level.[/quote:2malt3kb]\n\n\nI think someone writing their there PHD paper in psychology could have a interesting time studying the mostly male population of Camp 1 and why they hate Tom so much \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThis has been a interesting phenomena to observe. Lack of professional credentials and moral courage prevents me from posting any further on this \":D\"[/quote:2malt3kb]\n\n\nHey, some of us are sort of indifferent towards Tom just depends on what we need him for story wise (yeah yeah I am in the smallest camp \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" )','3bb1b582ced85395531849e0c38e5c29',0,'gA==','2malt3kb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358049,25583,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244065912,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Disco316":1g8699tx][quote="losdia":1g8699tx][quote="The Angst Guy":1g8699tx][quote="Liz Ruiz":1g8699tx]Ugh, I just came back from a long and boring meeting. I hate it when people talk for three hours but say about three minutes worth of interesting stuff.[/quote:1g8699tx]\nKind of like reading my fanfics. \":D\"[/quote:1g8699tx]\n\nNah, your fics are like the old saying about military life; Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of soul crushing terror. \":P\"[/quote:1g8699tx]\nThat sounds more like what "I Should Have Been Home Yesterday" is turning into.[/quote:1g8699tx]\n\nHeh, some would say LSBS fits that bill well. Three minutes of \'shipper surrounded by 3 hours of Prozac Cinema/psychological angst...','26c10cf6679891f27042ca8379942419',0,'gA==','1g8699tx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358050,25697,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244065933,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 5 up)','[quote="The Angst Guy":3rtskhed][quote="Steven Galloway":3rtskhed]Then, there\'s this, which I didn\'t catch until now:\n[quote:3rtskhed]\'That made Freeman laugh. “Hey, that’s funny. I’m really an older brother, you know? My kid brother’s named Riley. He was a pain when we were kids." \'[/quote:3rtskhed]\nFreeman? Riley? What\'s this guy\'s first name, Huey? Are you subconsciously giving us The Boondocks, dude? \":P\"[/quote:3rtskhed]\nNot subconsciously, no. Look for references to War Machine, Luke Cage, and Steve Urkel in there, too. \":D\" Oh, and [i:3rtskhed]Charlie\'s Angels[/i:3rtskhed] and Malcolm X. Michael Jordan did not achieve acclaim in basketball here, so Mackenzie\'s name is as it originally was, per "The Misery Chick."\n\nThe movie that the NCOs discuss in Chapter Five is [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World,_the_Flesh_and_the_Devil_(1959_film):3rtskhed][i:3rtskhed]The World, The Flesh and The Devil[/i:3rtskhed][/url:3rtskhed]. I used to watch that movie on TV every chance I got. The recent version of [i:3rtskhed]I Am Legend[/i:3rtskhed] has many a nod of the head to this earlier and similar film.[/quote:3rtskhed]\n\nI caught the [i:3rtskhed]Boondocks[/i:3rtskhed] reference, but I think this: \n\n[quote:3rtskhed]“Ah, bullshit. Nobody but the Babe could’ve ever beaten Mays.”[/quote:3rtskhed]\n\nshould be\n\n[quote:3rtskhed]“Ah, bullshit. Nobody but Mays could’ve ever beaten the Babe.”[/quote:3rtskhed]\n\nOf course I could be wrong. \":)\"','53f66ae9281a0d4d8df8e576ff6f8f1a',0,'sA==','3rtskhed',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358051,25795,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244067240,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','All I can say in favor of Quindi is that when I went to write a story where Sandi was pining for someone, I fully expected it to be a straight \'ship, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that within the confines of the show, the only possible partner for her is Quinn, and vice-versa.','a5a2378555563bc5db43df2b4ca7f2dd',0,'','24m1p4w8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358052,25583,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244067315,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="The Angst Guy":1pnyzhb7][quote="Disco316":1pnyzhb7][quote="losdia":1pnyzhb7][quote="The Angst Guy":1pnyzhb7][quote="Liz Ruiz":1pnyzhb7]Ugh, I just came back from a long and boring meeting. I hate it when people talk for three hours but say about three minutes worth of interesting stuff.[/quote:1pnyzhb7]\nKind of like reading my fanfics. \":D\"[/quote:1pnyzhb7]\nNah, your fics are like the old saying about military life; Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of soul crushing terror. \":P\"[/quote:1pnyzhb7]\nThat sounds more like what "I Should Have Been Home Yesterday" is turning into.[/quote:1pnyzhb7]\nHave one of the girls get eaten alive by a giant mutant hyena.Works every time.[/quote:1pnyzhb7]\n\nGiant Mutant Hyenas kick ass! And it would be a great name for a band. \":mrgreen:\"','a99a04e79a68efaf0e8e9857bfe3e5f3',0,'gA==','1pnyzhb7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358053,25753,4,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244067379,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is there any possible way people can STOP DOING THIS?!?!?!?','[quote="Deref":lsj4kq38][quote="RLobinske":lsj4kq38][url=http://www.kansas.com/946/story/836204.html:lsj4kq38]And now for pure opportunism.[/url:lsj4kq38][/quote:lsj4kq38]\nThese will now appear in the dictionary under "non-sequitur".[/quote:lsj4kq38]\n\nMmm.... bacon.','ace421ccdb5c3f7f48d8bb905a6706a5',0,'kA==','lsj4kq38',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358054,25133,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244068580,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 4)','[quote="NightGoblyn":47bedtcb]Bat[s:47bedtcb]man[/s:47bedtcb]girl and Robin aren\'t gay! Don\'t make me link Superdickery to prove it! \":lol:\" \n\n[/quote:47bedtcb]\n\nFine, fine... it was just too easy a joke to pass up, especially with the return of the lesbianism issue on the board \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nBatgirl and Robin are not gay... however some older [b:47bedtcb]Batman[/b:47bedtcb] and Robin stuff has more gay imagery than the entire series run of Queer as Folk! \":mrgreen:\" \n\nGreat stuff as always. But one point, IIRC some of Superdickery would prove my point on B/R slash \":P\"','962d9ebb3eb13ba569f365f36b804fe5',0,'wAQ=','47bedtcb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358055,25795,6,83,0,'71.34.253.182',1244068878,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','[url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1579780/1/A_Broken_Night:2r93s09c]Daria/DeMartino will always be one of my favorites.[/url:2r93s09c]\n\n\n\n[size=50:2r93s09c]So what if I wrote it? [/size:2r93s09c]','30c3d79a683eb716f5f6078724cb8a23',0,'FA==','2r93s09c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358056,25715,11,83,0,'71.34.253.182',1244069192,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','[quote="Liz Ruiz":2kna4jig][quote="Dervish":2kna4jig][quote="Liz Ruiz":2kna4jig]And really, what do you do with the time you save peeing and flossing in the shower? She said, fearing the answer.[/quote:2kna4jig]\n\nLots of extra time for masturbation. Without the complications of trying to masturbate while flossing & peeing in the shower (still, nothing improves the flavor of floss as much as that...)\n\nWhile I\'m certain this is the case with Angelinhel, she might also need extra time for writing her fics. At least until she can finally give Eleanor up to a family like the Dursleys--not only will that allow for more time for fic writing, but also a lot of inspirational angst material as she drops in for a visit from time to time (especially when she finally explains that "suffering creates better art, but I thought why should I be the one to suffer when I have a perfectly good daughter to suffer FOR me?").\n\nIs that answer fearful enough for you? \":P\"[/quote:2kna4jig]\n\n\nThat answer was... Surreal. Perfectly in fitting with your style though \":P\"[/quote:2kna4jig]\n\n\nWho said anything about saving time? It\'s not like I floss [i:2kna4jig]faster [/i:2kna4jig]in the shower, it\'s just I\'m more likely to remember to do it there.\n\nI have a Sonicare toothbrush, which I don\'t think would be wise to use in the shower.\n\n\nAnd we have a perfectly good closet under our stairs here. No need to outsource. In fact, she\'s lucky because it\'s fairly large, and definitely nicer than the one Harry had to sleep in.','c6be37d9c0e43a3847bec057a89c5719',0,'oA==','2kna4jig',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358057,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1244070058,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="undefinedlust":3pmo7a8w][quote="Roxanne M":3pmo7a8w][quote="Dark Kuno":3pmo7a8w][quote="Raskolnikov":3pmo7a8w][quote="Roxanne M":3pmo7a8w]\nKill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" \nMake sure it\'s painful and gruesome[/quote:3pmo7a8w]\n\nWhy so much hate?[/quote:3pmo7a8w]\n\nThere are generally 2 camps regarding Young Thomas:\n\n1. The camp that hates him, and wants him to die in as painful, humiliating and violent a manner as possible.\n\n2. The camp that likes him and/or has no real opinion about him more than any other "supporting" character\n\ncamp 1 holds vastly more seats in the House than camp 2 \":)\"\n\nI would venture to say it is due to the forced nature of his character. Tom was basically shoved into the story, with no preamble, to provide romantic tension and drama that honestly wasn\'t needed to maintain the show\'s enjoyment/entertainment level.[/quote:3pmo7a8w]\n\n\nI think someone writing their there PHD paper in psychology could have a interesting time studying the mostly male population of Camp 1 and why they hate Tom so much \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThis has been a interesting phenomena to observe. Lack of professional credentials and moral courage prevents me from posting any further on this \":D\"[/quote:3pmo7a8w]\n\n\nHey, some of us are sort of indifferent towards Tom just depends on what we need him for story wise (yeah yeah I am in the smallest camp \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" )[/quote:3pmo7a8w]\n\nI\'m pretty indifferent to his existance- if the fic calls for his presence I\'ll put him in otherwise I ignore him; I was planning to do the later but I got a death planned for him so I think im going to use him...','d457c2f2a42cf55798168282a1663c7f',0,'gA==','3pmo7a8w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358058,25791,3,430,0,'74.229.39.43',1244072487,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Flight Disagreed With Him','[quote="Bootstrapper":2fx5nvms]And the lesson?\n\nNext time (if there is one) take the train.[/quote:2fx5nvms]\nPretty much, yeah. Oddly enough, though, the last time I flew, the TSA people were surprisingly nice. Really wasn\'t expecting that.','0d9742067bb1344a35769ac7cb22919d',0,'gA==','2fx5nvms',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358059,25738,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244074345,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="Raskolnikov":255ec48a][quote="Roxanne M":255ec48a]Kill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" Make sure it\'s painful and gruesome[/quote:255ec48a]\nWhy so much hate?[/quote:255ec48a]\nGives us something to do while we wait for the show to come out on DVD.\n\nOh, and all details on the penguin topic will be revealed in my forthcoming novel trilogy, [i:255ec48a]South Pole Swingers[/i:255ec48a], due out from Grossenpuken Press next year (sold online only to anyone who swears, cross their heart, that he, she, or it is an adult).\n\nPlease keep the story going. If Tom has to die, save it for the end so it builds up anticipation, and make him a good guy even if no one believes it. \":D\"','de0c96f32d1d2d9072cfb9666b0c904b',0,'oA==','255ec48a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358060,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244075327,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 5 up)','[quote="Dennis":1ii1xs4b]I caught the [i:1ii1xs4b]Boondocks[/i:1ii1xs4b] reference, but I think this: \n\n[quote:1ii1xs4b]“Ah, bull****. Nobody but the Babe could’ve ever beaten Mays.”[/quote:1ii1xs4b]\n\nshould be\n\n[quote:1ii1xs4b]“Ah, bull****. Nobody but Mays could’ve ever beaten the Babe.”[/quote:1ii1xs4b]\n\nOf course I could be wrong. \":)\"[/quote:1ii1xs4b]\n \":shock:\" Uh....\n\n\n\n\n....damn, no, you\'re right. Did I write that? I couldn\'t have written that. Someone else must have written it. Damn North Korean squirrels!\n\nI will fix that at once. Damn it, damn it, damn it!\n\nAnd thank you. \":D\"','e326a8aa6e33583ee2e2383ca25a729e',0,'oA==','1ii1xs4b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358108,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244089675,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 5 up)','[quote="vlademir1":1iw45efb]I noticed one small continuity gaffe here, I mention it only because it broke me from the story:\n\n[quote:1iw45efb]“No, that’s not it at all! We’re—damn it, I can’t tell you right now what we’re supposed to do, but that isn’t it!” Mackenzie briefly wondered if the Landons were indeed secretly using the expedition to hunt for A-bombs, perhaps with the Army’s (and the Old Man’s) permission, but if that were the case wouldn’t Andrew Landon have taken the dosimeter [color=#FF4000:1iw45efb][b:1iw45efb]and pills[/b:1iw45efb][/color:1iw45efb] with him? Old relics like the dosimeter were priceless if they still worked. “There has to be a good explanation for this,” he finally said, knowing how lame that sounded even as he said it.\n\n“Of course there is, sir.” Freeman reached into another pants pocket. “Maybe then you can explain why she had this, too.”[color=#FF4000:1iw45efb] [b:1iw45efb]He pulled out a small brown bottle and handed it to Mackenzie.[/b:1iw45efb][/color:1iw45efb][/quote:1iw45efb][/quote:1iw45efb]\n[img:1iw45efb]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/doh.jpg[/img:1iw45efb]\n\nFixed. Thank you!','dc118712bc368c47e83148b293e46237',0,'yg==','1iw45efb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358061,25782,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244076895,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Falling Into College 68: Judging January (Part 1)','Need a closing [ / b ] for the boldfacing. Looking good, though! \":D\"','a139e3f2a4e346e71f2c88a71f114dc7',0,'','ljtk1yr1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358062,25790,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244077009,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Just Friends (in progress frm FF.com)','Sometimes this works, sometimes it don\'t, but it\'s worth a try. \":D\"','43595207d9e18dbc7a5c5c70cb71fe86',0,'','1tmehk4p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358063,25375,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1244077212,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"I am Zengar Zonvolt! The sword that smites evil!"\n-Zengar Zonvolt, [i:3v2lq4u9]Super Robot Wars[/i:3v2lq4u9], anytime a colossal can of whoopass is about to get opened.','57c0fd49f2348c029125b1817cf09b77',0,'IA==','3v2lq4u9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358064,25665,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244077309,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Deref":1aizxxbh][quote="The Angst Guy":1aizxxbh][quote="Deref":1aizxxbh]bfderef here. I has a webcam. \":)\"[/quote:1aizxxbh]\nI had one of those once. Lost it one night when Tux and I got ripped on bourbon and coke. One of us will have to go in for an x-ray, I guess.[/quote:1aizxxbh]\nI hate it when that happens.[/quote:1aizxxbh]\n\nWhy waste money on the X-Ray? Nature will eventually deliver your webcam back, hopefully in time for skypecon 09!','f25ff028e51250c705ee21e470db2e25',0,'gA==','1aizxxbh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358065,25170,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244077363,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="smk":2kexvkhi][quote="DigiSim":2kexvkhi][i:2kexvkhi][b:2kexvkhi][size=200:2kexvkhi]Inconceivable![/size:2kexvkhi][/b:2kexvkhi][/i:2kexvkhi][/quote:2kexvkhi]\nYou keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.[/quote:2kexvkhi]\nIt means that guys can\'t have kids. His usage is correct.','b3545f266e9579df723763e53c83131d',0,'5A==','2kexvkhi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358066,25665,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244078031,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Liz Ruiz":xmj3v2mg][quote="Deref":xmj3v2mg][quote="The Angst Guy":xmj3v2mg][quote="Deref":xmj3v2mg]bfderef here. I has a webcam. \":)\"[/quote:xmj3v2mg]\nI had one of those once. Lost it one night when Tux and I got ripped on bourbon and coke. One of us will have to go in for an x-ray, I guess.[/quote:xmj3v2mg]\nI hate it when that happens.[/quote:xmj3v2mg]\nWhy waste money on the X-Ray? Nature will eventually deliver your webcam back, hopefully in time for skypecon 09![/quote:xmj3v2mg]\nHey, what happened to your avatar? Are you out of prison now? You looked so good in orange. \":P\"','47ae9716ceb292086ba84518dde31b1b',0,'gA==','xmj3v2mg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358067,25779,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244078214,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: A Beavis and Butt-Head fanfiction story I\'m working on.','[quote="Wouter":vuvkn7y7]It\'s a one shot story. Simple as that.[/quote:vuvkn7y7]\nNo chance you could add Daria to it somewhere, even as a throwaway line, so I can list it for [i:vuvkn7y7]Daria[/i:vuvkn7y7] fanfiction, too? Whatever you do, definitely put this on FF.net. The B&B section over there is dead. We need to get that Harry Butt-head story going, too!','d0fc722652ae8a4fddf3944105989f17',0,'oA==','vuvkn7y7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358068,25665,3,900,0,'208.7.93.63',1244078277,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="The Angst Guy":n9kvrku4][quote="Liz Ruiz":n9kvrku4][quote="Deref":n9kvrku4][quote="The Angst Guy":n9kvrku4][quote="Deref":n9kvrku4]bfderef here. I has a webcam. \":)\"[/quote:n9kvrku4]\nI had one of those once. Lost it one night when Tux and I got ripped on bourbon and coke. One of us will have to go in for an x-ray, I guess.[/quote:n9kvrku4]\nI hate it when that happens.[/quote:n9kvrku4]\nWhy waste money on the X-Ray? Nature will eventually deliver your webcam back, hopefully in time for skypecon 09![/quote:n9kvrku4]\nHey, what happened to your avatar? Are you out of prison now? You looked so good in orange. \":P\"[/quote:n9kvrku4]\nShe looks good in anything though.','4b8241d6291471f267cbe64a6824e1da',0,'gA==','n9kvrku4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358069,25697,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244078311,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 5 up)','[quote="The Angst Guy":26eb9hxd]And thank you. \":D\"[/quote:26eb9hxd]\n\nNo. Thank you. That\'s such a great little exchange of dialogue.','b76e9f6880d9f7fba2404bd4e3e65930',0,'gA==','26eb9hxd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358070,25790,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1244078521,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just Friends (in progress frm FF.com)','[quote="The Angst Guy":1pyiydmd]Sometimes this works, sometimes it don\'t, but it\'s worth a try. \":D\"[/quote:1pyiydmd]\n\nMeh ill take it as a don\'t- getting a little disheartened by the fic, the final chapt seems a bit off but the arc of a new series of events. Maybe this is a sign to give this one up','965dc11dffd35ac76a524dc1b6e232d7',0,'gA==','1pyiydmd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358071,25742,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1244078686,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Favorite Aunt Meets Amiga','"I can\'t believe I\'m doing this," Amy muttered. "I feel like such a pervert."\n\n"You haven\'t asked me to call you \'Mommy\' yet," Jane said, chuckling at the older woman\'s embarassment. "Maybe I should do a little song and dance routine to get you in the mood." Jane stood and walked over to her CD player and started fiddling with it.\n\n"I usually don\'t get chased by college girls," Amy said, trying to make conversation. "Most of them are experimenting with each other, not the professor."\n\n"Their loss," Jane said, turning around. "Is my fantastic gain." The music started up and Jane smiled, "I usually don\'t go for the Toxic Blonde, so don\'t tell Daria I\'ve got this CD, ok?"\n\n"I don\'t plan to tell Daria anything about any of this," Amy said.\n\nJane smiled again and started lip-synching along with the words:\n\n[i:1d2u0484]Oh baby baby have you seen Amy tonight?\nIs she in the bathroom? Is she smokin\' up outside? Oh!\nOh baby baby does she take a piece of lime\nfor the drink that I\'m gonna buy her? Do you know just what she likes? Oh![/i:1d2u0484]\n\n--\n\nNot quite safe for work, but not actually obscene [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds0yFtLbCjE&feature=related:1d2u0484]link[/url:1d2u0484] the music video of the song.','636fa5af87f67a8b6207d910af8d7222',0,'MA==','1d2u0484',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358072,25742,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244078797,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Favorite Aunt Meets Amiga','I\'m feeling a bit challenged...\n\n\n\nOh, shut up. \":)\"','b4faf6ed2c38e3001694353c8b84968a',0,'','262lymou',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358073,25665,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244078867,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Disco316":o1p1562m][quote="The Angst Guy":o1p1562m][quote="Liz Ruiz":o1p1562m][quote="Deref":o1p1562m][quote="The Angst Guy":o1p1562m][quote="Deref":o1p1562m]bfderef here. I has a webcam. \":)\"[/quote:o1p1562m]\nI had one of those once. Lost it one night when Tux and I got ripped on bourbon and coke. One of us will have to go in for an x-ray, I guess.[/quote:o1p1562m]\nI hate it when that happens.[/quote:o1p1562m]\nWhy waste money on the X-Ray? Nature will eventually deliver your webcam back, hopefully in time for skypecon 09![/quote:o1p1562m]\nHey, what happened to your avatar? Are you out of prison now? You looked so good in orange. \":P\"[/quote:o1p1562m]\nShe looks good in anything though.[/quote:o1p1562m]\n\nAwww thanks.\n\nI busted out of jail and that my "I won\'t stop until I find the guy who framed me" face!','5cc8ddd73c70144e4e072f6f7f7ecb2d',0,'gA==','o1p1562m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358074,25697,6,12,0,'74.60.175.207',1244079023,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 5 up)','[quote="The Angst Guy":2vb6gx7q][quote="Dennis":2vb6gx7q]I caught the [i:2vb6gx7q]Boondocks[/i:2vb6gx7q] reference, but I think this: \n\n[quote:2vb6gx7q]“Ah, bull****. Nobody but the Babe could’ve ever beaten Mays.”[/quote:2vb6gx7q]\n\nshould be\n\n[quote:2vb6gx7q]“Ah, bull****. Nobody but Mays could’ve ever beaten the Babe.”[/quote:2vb6gx7q]\n\nOf course I could be wrong. \":)\"[/quote:2vb6gx7q]\n \":shock:\" Uh....\n\n\n\n\n....damn, no, you\'re right. Did I write that? I couldn\'t have written that. Someone else must have written it. Damn North Korean squirrels!\n\nI will fix that at once. Damn it, damn it, damn it!\n[/quote:2vb6gx7q]\n\nWell, not to be picky, but if he was a Babe Ruth fan, could he not say that no one but Ruth could\'ve beaten Willie Mays when it came to the greatest ball player ever? \":D\"','d0f6d8651497f53f690aed1f8c8fc848',0,'oA==','2vb6gx7q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358075,25785,5,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1244079198,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="MJPollard":30g6bfpi][quote="Dennis":30g6bfpi]By the time the movies rolled around, and certainly by the time of [i:30g6bfpi]The Next Generation[/i:30g6bfpi], Roddenberry didn\'t have any positive input. The first season of TNG sucked explicitly because of Roddenberry\'s involvement and it stopped sucking rocks pretty much as Paramount told him to go play in a corner.[/quote:30g6bfpi]\nThat would be right around the third season, as I recall. S1 sucked, S2 sucked a little less (a few gems, like "Q Who?", were scattered amongst the dung pile), and S3 threw the doors wide open, then blew them off their hinges with "The Best of Both Worlds." After that, TNG was pretty much a quality show until you got to the S6-S7 doldrums, but even then it was still pretty decent. "All Good Things..." is still the best finale of any Trek series, IMHO.[/quote:30g6bfpi]\n\nIf you\'re going to bring up the quality of Star Trek, especially TNG, someone has to say:\n\n****ING WESLEY, ARRRRRRRGH.\n\nWasn\'t Roddenberry at fault for him too? Even Whil Wheaton himself hates the character.','a567bc54d79c08c344e4ecc41ff01bc4',0,'oA==','30g6bfpi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358076,25715,11,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244079224,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','[quote="Angelinhel":2gb9ii87][quote="Liz Ruiz":2gb9ii87][quote="Dervish":2gb9ii87][quote="Liz Ruiz":2gb9ii87]And really, what do you do with the time you save peeing and flossing in the shower? She said, fearing the answer.[/quote:2gb9ii87]\n\nLots of extra time for masturbation. Without the complications of trying to masturbate while flossing & peeing in the shower (still, nothing improves the flavor of floss as much as that...)\n\nWhile I\'m certain this is the case with Angelinhel, she might also need extra time for writing her fics. At least until she can finally give Eleanor up to a family like the Dursleys--not only will that allow for more time for fic writing, but also a lot of inspirational angst material as she drops in for a visit from time to time (especially when she finally explains that "suffering creates better art, but I thought why should I be the one to suffer when I have a perfectly good daughter to suffer FOR me?").\n\nIs that answer fearful enough for you? \":P\"[/quote:2gb9ii87]\n\n\nThat answer was... Surreal. Perfectly in fitting with your style though \":P\"[/quote:2gb9ii87]\n\n\nWho said anything about saving time? It\'s not like I floss [i:2gb9ii87]faster [/i:2gb9ii87]in the shower, it\'s just I\'m more likely to remember to do it there.\n\nI have a Sonicare toothbrush, which I don\'t think would be wise to use in the shower.\n\n\nAnd we have a perfectly good closet under our stairs here. No need to outsource. In fact, she\'s lucky because it\'s fairly large, and definitely nicer than the one Harry had to sleep in.[/quote:2gb9ii87]\n\n \":P\" Eleanor is certainly a lucky kid. You have a closet under your stairs all ready for her and everything. Plus she\'s cuuuuuuute!\n\nOh, staying on topic, after going to my bathroom to check the brand, I use and Oral-B electric toothbrush. \n\nWait did I say "oral"? Please keep Tag and Tux away from this thread!','f41343d7fe7ab06a32dd539bbec5eaaf',0,'oA==','2gb9ii87',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358077,25795,6,653,0,'68.53.226.24',1244079239,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','I think my favorite way-outta-left-field \'ship that I\'ve written was Stacy/Jane in [i:2mzbknwn]Misery Chicks[/i:2mzbknwn]. Especially at the end, where Stacy basically becomes Jane\'s pimp.','4426cdf6dc7dcb613ba0b02398e89133',0,'IA==','2mzbknwn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358078,25665,3,30,0,'69.88.81.226',1244079252,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Teeki":1rnt27jz]I am asking for that weekend off work when I go in next!\n\nYay! I\'ll be the first to request it off, so hopefully it will be accepted.[/quote:1rnt27jz]\n\nWoohoo! Fingers crossed! \":D\" \n\n(And various employers across the Midwest start wondering why Labor Day is so special that their employees are asking for it off months in advance. Bwa-ha-ha!)\n\nKristen','0490a441b01d4a92fb342ca8db502e38',0,'gA==','1rnt27jz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358079,25665,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244079316,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','I\'ll send over the biscuits and gravy!','fe5e5215896298fadfc53e2f0cc08172',0,'','2sm5ctvp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358080,25665,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244079559,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Kristen Bealer":jthmb1wh][quote="Teeki":jthmb1wh]I am asking for that weekend off work when I go in next!\n\nYay! I\'ll be the first to request it off, so hopefully it will be accepted.[/quote:jthmb1wh]\n\nWoohoo! Fingers crossed! \":D\" \n\n(And various employers across the Midwest start wondering why Labor Day is so special that their employees are asking for it off months in advance. Bwa-ha-ha!)\n\nKristen[/quote:jthmb1wh]\n\nMy boss didn\'t bat an eye when I told him I was taking that weekend off.\n\n"Why," he asked.\n\n"Going to Nebraska"\n\n"Business or Pleasure?"\n\n"Cartoon convention. So neither."\n\n"Oh, ok."\n\nYeah, that was basically the actual conversation we had. I love how understanding my boss is!','80b7eadb7b970c6bb0559646e30029e0',0,'gA==','jthmb1wh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358081,24299,5,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244079643,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening to Now Part VII','Rodrigo y Gabriela','8cb3e57b70e3e681ccca217bab0d87b1',0,'','xourso49',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358082,25665,3,30,0,'69.88.81.226',1244079662,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Liz Ruiz":3filss3k][quote="Kristen Bealer":3filss3k][quote="Teeki":3filss3k]I am asking for that weekend off work when I go in next!\n\nYay! I\'ll be the first to request it off, so hopefully it will be accepted.[/quote:3filss3k]\n\nWoohoo! Fingers crossed! \":D\" \n\n(And various employers across the Midwest start wondering why Labor Day is so special that their employees are asking for it off months in advance. Bwa-ha-ha!)\n\nKristen[/quote:3filss3k]\n\nMy boss didn\'t bat an eye when I told him I was taking that weekend off.\n\n"Why," he asked.\n\n"Going to Nebraska"\n\n"Business or Pleasure?"\n\n"Cartoon convention. So neither."\n\n"Oh, ok."\n\nYeah, that was basically the actual conversation we had. I love how understanding my boss is![/quote:3filss3k]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nI\'m surprised it wasn\'t:\n\n"Going to Nebraska"\n\n"Um...why?"\n\nKristen','936ac1b61a84ea375a1cc17046c79f45',0,'gA==','3filss3k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358083,25715,11,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244079917,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','[img:3qj29w8l]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/oop.gif[/img:3qj29w8l]\n\n[size=200:3qj29w8l][i:3qj29w8l][b:3qj29w8l]AAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!!!![/b:3qj29w8l][/i:3qj29w8l][/size:3qj29w8l]\n\n[img:3qj29w8l]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/BrainBleach.gif[/img:3qj29w8l]','3ee7cf8611870c40216bffb5a7c202e6',0,'bA==','3qj29w8l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358084,25790,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244079985,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Just Friends (in progress frm FF.com)','[quote="pinkminx":2bab5etm][quote="The Angst Guy":2bab5etm]Sometimes this works, sometimes it don\'t, but it\'s worth a try. \":D\"[/quote:2bab5etm]\nMeh ill take it as a don\'t- getting a little disheartened by the fic, the final chapt seems a bit off but the arc of a new series of events. Maybe this is a sign to give this one up[/quote:2bab5etm]\nNever give up. Always finish the fic. That\'s what I do. [size=50:2bab5etm][[i:2bab5etm]cough[/i:2bab5etm]][/size:2bab5etm]','e63112990b45d581e0ad7215c7976df1',0,'pA==','2bab5etm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358085,25665,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244080021,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Kristen Bealer":3r42cdzi][quote="Liz Ruiz":3r42cdzi][quote="Kristen Bealer":3r42cdzi][quote="Teeki":3r42cdzi]I am asking for that weekend off work when I go in next!\n\nYay! I\'ll be the first to request it off, so hopefully it will be accepted.[/quote:3r42cdzi]\n\nWoohoo! Fingers crossed! \":D\" \n\n(And various employers across the Midwest start wondering why Labor Day is so special that their employees are asking for it off months in advance. Bwa-ha-ha!)\n\nKristen[/quote:3r42cdzi]\n\nMy boss didn\'t bat an eye when I told him I was taking that weekend off.\n\n"Why," he asked.\n\n"Going to Nebraska"\n\n"Business or Pleasure?"\n\n"Cartoon convention. So neither."\n\n"Oh, ok."\n\nYeah, that was basically the actual conversation we had. I love how understanding my boss is![/quote:3r42cdzi]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nI\'m surprised it wasn\'t:\n\n"Going to Nebraska"\n\n"Um...why?"\n\nKristen[/quote:3r42cdzi]\n\nHey, I don\'t ask why he puts himself through the L.A. Marathon every year, he doesn\'t ask why I put myself through Nebraska. It\'s an understanding we have!','8776e4f6504a0670fdb4ef97c2dbb070',0,'gA==','3r42cdzi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358086,25715,11,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244080143,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','[quote="The Angst Guy":283jyszn][img:283jyszn]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/oop.gif[/img:283jyszn]\n\n[size=200:283jyszn][i:283jyszn][b:283jyszn]AAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!!!![/b:283jyszn][/i:283jyszn][/size:283jyszn]\n\n[img:283jyszn]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/BrainBleach.gif[/img:283jyszn][/quote:283jyszn]\n\nToo little, too sad, too late!','912fbb832e24b814c26bf800ad8079a2',0,'7A==','283jyszn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358087,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244080155,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 5 up)','Since Babe Ruth set the record first, it was up to one of the other guys to beat him. The way I wrote it at first, it sounds like Babe Ruth is trying to beat the record of one of the other guys, which wasn\'t exactly correct, historically speaking. And I spent so much time looking all that up, too.','90f3a89760ae74744bc78aea446cb0b9',0,'','2selo601',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358088,25797,11,124,0,'173.80.133.200',1244081217,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Pondering Ponderment #3','Suppose we were invited by aliens to apply for membership into the Super Intergalactic Council of lnterstellar Spacefaring Beings, who would you recommend that we send up to represent the human race?\n\n[size=10:1i2e8v09]Believe it or not, that question was posed to Dennis Miller and guest John Lithgow during Miller\'s HBO show. The topic was the existence of aliens, and at the time, Lithgow was in his third season of 3rd Rock from the Sun. Lithgow called it "The ultimate guest on a talk-show question", and Miller promptly suggested Carrot Top.[/size:1i2e8v09]\n\nJune 14 Update:\n\n[size=10:1i2e8v09]After thinking about it, my best idea for who would best represent the Human race is a pornstar (Or at least someone who prefers to do a lot of IT). When it really comes down it, people are a lot less tense and stressed when they have a good source of another person\'s crotch, and with a pornstar representing us, the aliens will send their horny folk over to mingle with our desperate horny folk.\n\nI\'ve been tense for a good long while. *sad*[/size:1i2e8v09]','45838e1bc5bb7b055ec2e2ce433e2d6c',0,'BA==','1i2e8v09',1,1245029077,'',124,1,0),(358089,25583,3,73,0,'67.242.27.78',1244083615,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Golf truly is a good walk spoiled. \":(\" 59 for 9 holes, I stink.\n\nA.J.','23c78231773e0ef2fc32644a42674d50',0,'','3o4yeff3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358090,25797,11,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1244084337,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','WIlliam Shatner, without question.','903b443a46d9f51a978ea3d777e1fee5',0,'','14p5m5ak',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358091,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244084399,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="losdia":1f7tatco][quote="Brother Grimace":1f7tatco][quote="losdia":1f7tatco][quote="Brother Grimace":1f7tatco]To those who say that you can\'t see a D/J shipper - I first ask you to watch the [i:1f7tatco]Buffy The Vampire Slayer[/i:1f7tatco] episode [i:1f7tatco]The Body[/i:1f7tatco]. After you\'ve done that, come back and we\'ll talk.[/color][/quote:1f7tatco]\n\nHow will [i:1f7tatco]The Body[/i:1f7tatco] help anybody beyond putting them in a place of purest angst..? \":?\" If you\'re talking about the Willow/Tara scene, while that is a nice insight into their day-to-day relationship, I always thought [i:1f7tatco]Entropy [/i:1f7tatco]and [i:1f7tatco]Seeing Red [/i:1f7tatco] shows the dynamics of that relationship more clearly. \n\n[color=#0000FF:1f7tatco]You should consider that [b:1f7tatco]not everything is about angst[/b:1f7tatco]. [i:1f7tatco]The Body [/i:1f7tatco]was chosen to be their first kiss because it wasn\'t about angst or physicality, [i:1f7tatco]it was about expressing emotional support during a trying time in a physical manner.[/i:1f7tatco][/color:1f7tatco]\n\n\n\nI\'m not entirely sure I agree with BG\'s overall point either. Do you know the thing every gay/bi guy eventually has said to them by a straight male friend? "It must be easier not having to deal with women..." It isn\'t. IMO, guys are more effort to date (by that I mean when dating a guy you more often have to deal with stupid s***), but it is a different sort of relationship than one with a woman. People who have never personally experienced the man love make assumptions about what it must be like, and the same is true for lesbians.\n\nI have two very dear friends who are lesbians, and from my years of friendship with them I have come to the conclusion that I will never, ever, fully understand the dynamics of the relationships they enter into. I understand them as people, and I mostly understand the girl that they date (when they aren\'t crazy...), but I know I will never get a lot of the \'whys\' of how they interact. \n\n[color=#FF0000:1f7tatco]I think the point I\'m trying to get across is don\'t make assumptions about things outside of your life experience.[/color:1f7tatco]\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:1f7tatco]1. Just because YOU don\'t understand doesn\'t mean that others share your lack of perception or insight on the subject.\n\n2. Where do [b:1f7tatco]you[/b:1f7tatco] get off making an assumption about my life experiences, or how or what I may or may not know about the subject? Just because [b:1f7tatco]your[/b:1f7tatco] perceptions, experiences or the individuals that you know may (perhaps) be different, please afford me the courtesy of not making any assumptions about \'outside my life experience\'. \n\nYou have absolutely no idea of what my life experience is.[/color:1f7tatco]\n\n[/quote:1f7tatco][/quote:1f7tatco]\n\nWhoa there. I didn\'t mean anything personal by that. \n\n[color=#0000FF:1f7tatco]Let me put it this way, can you as an African American Male in your 40, honestly claim to fully understand the life experience of a white Gen Y lesbian? That isn\'t the same thing as saying I don\'t think you can write young lesbians well, I\'ve seen you do it, but how well can you honestly claim to understand what a relationship like that would really be like? [/color:1f7tatco]\n\nIn the post you made that I was quoting, you said that you felt that all relationships were basically the same. From my experience I don\'t think that\'s true. That\'s all I\'m saying.[/quote:1f7tatco]\n\n\nThis is the [b:1f7tatco]exact same BS[/b:1f7tatco] that Spike Lee brought up when Steven Speilberg wanted to direct Malcolm X, and Lee said that a white Jewish man couldn\'t understand the subject, or do it any justice because he wasn\'t in that group. \n\nThis annoys me because it\'s in the exact same vein as those people who always say that unless your\'e (insert crap here), you\'re not a \'Real Black Person\' - and over the years, I grew to truly loathe the phrase \'The Black Experience\'... as if I wasn\'t Black enough because I wasn\'t into these things or wanted to listen or watch these things, [i:1f7tatco]ad nauseum[/i:1f7tatco]...\n\nOF COURSE all relationships aren\'t the same! No one\'s even insinuating that emotions and such are cooker-cutter identical - but I\'m quite certain that you realize that in the America we live in, an America that allowed Prop 8, that Defense of Marriage Act and actual legislation that made some forms of relationships actual criminal acts, there is a continuity of emotion and experience shared by all of those individuals involved in past or present relationships that are or were not seen as \'the ususal thing\'. \n\nOne [i:1f7tatco]perfect[/i:1f7tatco] example: When you\'ve been talking to your casual friends (not that circle of two or three friends that would help you move not just furniture, but bodies) about this person you\'ve met or you\'ve been seeing, and you\'re telling them all about that person. That person shows up, and you see the way they react - or even worse, when they pull you aside later and say \' But ____ is a ______...\' If you\'ve ever been on the recieving end of that conversation...\n\n\nAnd I stand by my earlier comment, You have absolutely no idea of my life experience, so you have [i:1f7tatco]absolutely no idea of what I am capable of understanding or how the trials I have witnessed, suffered through myself or comforted others through that has allowed me to come to such a state of understanding.[/i:1f7tatco] That attitude is as offensive to me as \'It\'s a Black thing - you wouldn\'t understand\' probably is to many others.','9e5bd6f68780a4ff1803a97eab714071',0,'4g==','1f7tatco',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358092,25797,11,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244084791,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','Spaceman Spiff. Or Adam Strange.\n\nOr maybe Dr. Strange.','9b36851b220ff67fc5e56163d674005c',0,'','1nhh0xg9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358093,25583,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244084819,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="A.J.":lsn2antz]Golf truly is a good walk spoiled. \":(\" 59 for 9 holes, I stink.\n\nA.J.[/quote:lsn2antz]\n\nI\'d laugh if I hadn\'t manage to shoot a 128 on 18 one time.','d38f831f39635c9f9c983ffd9da69d4b',0,'gA==','lsn2antz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358094,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244084884,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Silver":27v8fiuc]"I am Zengar Zonvolt! The sword that smites evil!"\n-Zengar Zonvolt, [i:27v8fiuc]Super Robot Wars[/i:27v8fiuc], anytime a colossal can of whoopass is about to get opened.[/quote:27v8fiuc]\n\n"SPOON!"\n\nThe Tick','24c9dd7894f87987ba429ee79024ade3',0,'oA==','27v8fiuc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358095,25583,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244085017,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Dennis":38tbw8uh][quote="The Angst Guy":38tbw8uh][quote="Disco316":38tbw8uh][quote="losdia":38tbw8uh][quote="The Angst Guy":38tbw8uh][quote="Liz Ruiz":38tbw8uh]Ugh, I just came back from a long and boring meeting. I hate it when people talk for three hours but say about three minutes worth of interesting stuff.[/quote:38tbw8uh]\nKind of like reading my fanfics. \":D\"[/quote:38tbw8uh]\nNah, your fics are like the old saying about military life; Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of soul crushing terror. \":P\"[/quote:38tbw8uh]\nThat sounds more like what "I Should Have Been Home Yesterday" is turning into.[/quote:38tbw8uh]\nHave one of the girls get eaten alive by a giant mutant hyena.Works every time.[/quote:38tbw8uh]\n\nGiant Mutant Hyenas kick ass! And it would be a great name for a band. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:38tbw8uh]\n\nA great name for a band or a monkey martial art: Flung Poo.','8ca612d55915e88c99de1ab039113737',0,'gA==','38tbw8uh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358096,25583,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244085319,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Has Jack Black actually ever done a movie that\'s ever remotely funny, if you\'re over the age of twelve?','f6cc2bea48aab1deb70bf70154ad0c7d',0,'','1esbhsc5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358097,25797,11,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244085915,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','David Letterman, Shia LeBeouf, Liz Claman (the busty redhead from the [i:1u30ajwc]FOX Business Network[/i:1u30ajwc]), Eva Mendes, the [i:1u30ajwc]Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce[/i:1u30ajwc], Steven Colbert, and [i:1u30ajwc]Iron Chef[/i:1u30ajwc] Chinese Chen Kenchi.','4eeab8da7af03df1735ab4ded4bee26e',0,'IA==','1u30ajwc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358098,25798,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244085950,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','KoKo Taylor 1928-2009','http://blues.about.com/b/2009/06/03/chi ... p.htm?nl=1','8e03e89055d4e90396a10bf78d8ddb8c',0,'','3fbo7me0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358099,25583,3,73,0,'67.242.27.78',1244086284,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="losdia":sapul0t0][quote="A.J.":sapul0t0]Golf truly is a good walk spoiled. \":(\" 59 for 9 holes, I stink.\n\nA.J.[/quote:sapul0t0]\n\nI\'d laugh if I hadn\'t manage to shoot a 128 on 18 one time.[/quote:sapul0t0]\n\nAlso shot 115 for 18 just last Friday. And I managed to lose 15 golf balls in one round. Like I said, I stink.\n\nI\'ve never been great, normally around 48-50 for 9 and 96-100 for 18, but this year, I\'ve just stunk.\n\nI think I\'ll stick with bowling, I shot games of 268, 250, 268, and 256 Tuesday, averaging 260.5 for those 4 games. \":D\" \n\nA.J.','e5798a3e9435d08371d2ef1e44b34829',0,'gA==','sapul0t0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358100,25583,3,73,0,'67.242.27.78',1244086321,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Brother Grimace":1qo7prj5]Has Jack Black actually ever done a movie that\'s ever remotely funny, if you\'re over the age of twelve?[/quote:1qo7prj5]\n\nNo. No he hasn\'t.\n\nA.J.','8b58695ad534eada590abf5f58155355',0,'gA==','1qo7prj5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358101,25583,3,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1244086761,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Brother Grimace":2reax9t6]Has Jack Black actually ever done a movie that\'s ever remotely funny, if you\'re over the age of twelve?[/quote:2reax9t6]\n\nNot a movie, but Brutal Legend is an upcoming videogame starring Jack Black as the voice of the main character. Looks pretty awesome and funny. But that\'s a Tim Schafer game for you.','3e9ea01d1296fc64e5b5a495f2b05418',0,'gA==','2reax9t6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358102,25697,6,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244087206,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 5 up)','I noticed one small continuity gaffe here, I mention it only because it broke me from the story:\n\n[quote:2n4q6s91]\n“No, that’s not it at all! We’re—damn it, I can’t tell you right now what we’re supposed to do, but that isn’t it!” Mackenzie briefly wondered if the Landons were indeed secretly using the expedition to hunt for A-bombs, perhaps with the Army’s (and the Old Man’s) permission, but if that were the case wouldn’t Andrew Landon have taken the dosimeter [color=#FF4000:2n4q6s91][b:2n4q6s91]and pills[/b:2n4q6s91][/color:2n4q6s91] with him? Old relics like the dosimeter were priceless if they still worked. “There has to be a good explanation for this,” he finally said, knowing how lame that sounded even as he said it.\n\n“Of course there is, sir.” Freeman reached into another pants pocket. “Maybe then you can explain why she had this, too.”[color=#FF4000:2n4q6s91] [b:2n4q6s91]He pulled out a small brown bottle and handed it to Mackenzie.[/b:2n4q6s91][/color:2n4q6s91][/quote:2n4q6s91]\n\n\nLoving this so far, can\'t wait to see where things go from here.','81a91ccaf68e4b92f67a34eda9c1a35c',0,'wg==','2n4q6s91',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358103,25790,6,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244087347,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just Friends (in progress frm FF.com)','[quote="The Angst Guy":360fgnyn][quote="pinkminx":360fgnyn][quote="The Angst Guy":360fgnyn]Sometimes this works, sometimes it don\'t, but it\'s worth a try. \":D\"[/quote:360fgnyn]\nMeh ill take it as a don\'t- getting a little disheartened by the fic, the final chapt seems a bit off but the arc of a new series of events. Maybe this is a sign to give this one up[/quote:360fgnyn]\nNever give up. Always finish the fic. That\'s what I do. [size=50:360fgnyn][[i:360fgnyn]cough[/i:360fgnyn]][/size:360fgnyn][/quote:360fgnyn]\n\nYep, may take you weeks, months, or years to do so but you usually do seem to try to do just that.','94fdd59b39ea305a4970b05535e0fbd7',0,'pA==','360fgnyn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358104,25583,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244088433,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','I never got to see the Tenacious D movie, was it any good?','14fa89a4155c1d2953ea5b31f23852e7',0,'','2au4co78',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358105,25785,5,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244088815,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="SigDiff":5f0fpb86]****ING WESLEY, ARRRRRRRGH.\n\nWasn\'t Roddenberry at fault for him too? Even Whil Wheaton himself hates the character.[/quote:5f0fpb86]\n\nI wonder if GR wanted to reincarnate as Wesley, so was trying a little magical thinking (or at least wishful thinking) with putting the character in. \n\nAh well, those who dislike him may like this scene:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thK1MhvF_-U','cb491b5eb2b6a358f1d20ea58b1f9f8f',0,'gA==','5f0fpb86',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358106,25583,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244089043,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="A.J.":3do24rsw][quote="Brother Grimace":3do24rsw]Has Jack Black actually ever done a movie that\'s ever remotely funny, if you\'re over the age of twelve?[/quote:3do24rsw]\nNo. No he hasn\'t.[/quote:3do24rsw]\nWell, now, there was.... no, maybe.... mmm....','1c2666e0eb625cf6838be4c7f48153e6',0,'gA==','3do24rsw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358107,25797,11,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244089227,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','Josef Stalin. Reanimated by Disney.','9150d3fdeacc8515bfe3566670112277',0,'','1agy7wpu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358109,25797,11,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244089702,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','Is this to represent the best of the human race, or the most honest example of humanity (despite the collective shame...because I\'m thinking Homer Simpson here)? \n\nI\'m assuming this is just out of the blue they make their presence known and request Earth send a rep, because otherwise what\'s known about them would make a difference. \n\n\n\nBtw, there was a chapter about this in the novel Contact by Carl Sagan that dealt with this very question. It was just one of many reasons why it was way better than the movie, IMO (if a bit dated). And if Ellie were a real character, I\'d be very happy with her going (and hopefully she could say something more relevant than she did when she came back...)','f71cb421389ae61b8f3f1866d1d7965b',0,'','2y0rsnmj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358110,25583,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244090457,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="undefinedlust":f9427dcf]I never got to see the Tenacious D movie, was it any good?[/quote:f9427dcf]\n\nOnly if you were REALLY high. Which is pretty much true of all of his movies. His kids movies are okay, or at least slightly more bearable than some of the crap that has come out in the last decade.\n\n \":ugh:\" I\'m still having flashbacks to being forced to sit though the American Girl Doll movie and that Clone Wars thing with the littlest jedi...','15fb04f9aa7471729c048416002558ad',0,'gA==','f9427dcf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358111,25795,6,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244090718,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','I don\'t have any particular ones to defend, believing that as long as it makes sense in context of the story it occurs in that any given ship can viably work in theory, but I want to request anyone who wishes to make the attempt to create new content in defense of Daria/Sandi, Daria/Quinn, Sandi/Stacy, Quinn/Elsie or Daria/Stacy. If anyone wants to know why those five... well, they\'ll be interesting if nothing else. That said I really could kinda see Daria/Sandi working in the right situation, but the only fanfic I remember dealing with it is... well, Ronin\'s (I heard someone reedited that, but haven\'t looked to see how that is yet).','45642a5f27605f76829bc789f6212ab6',0,'','63wsgfqd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358112,23937,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244090854,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="The Angst Guy":bi9a0kup][quote="losdia":bi9a0kup]I think the point I\'m trying to get across is don\'t make assumptions about things outside of your life experience.[/quote:bi9a0kup]\nIf we did that, we\'d never have any good science fiction or fantasy! Or pornography, that too.[/quote:bi9a0kup]\n\nTAG, I know you don\'t like the Onion, but you might actually like this one:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4kwk5jV2nU\n\n(And again...people thinking this is a REAL news program! \":lol:\")','ca6c948f3227e0839e8b60422edb5f45',0,'gA==','bi9a0kup',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358113,25583,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244091117,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="losdia":2ilon8tb][quote="undefinedlust":2ilon8tb]I never got to see the Tenacious D movie, was it any good?[/quote:2ilon8tb]\n\nOnly if you were REALLY high. Which is pretty much true of all of his movies. His kids movies are okay, or at least slightly more bearable than some of the crap that has come out in the last decade.\n\n \":ugh:\" I\'m still having flashbacks to being forced to sit though the American Girl Doll movie and that Clone Wars thing with the littlest jedi...[/quote:2ilon8tb]\n\ndisappointing, early Tenacious D was fun in its own absurd way','be7e108619802ecaafede30842d28bf4',0,'gA==','2ilon8tb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358114,25799,4,124,0,'173.80.133.200',1244091229,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Here we go again........','[quote="Associated Press":3j6f6yxo]WICHITA, Kan. — Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation\'s few providers of late-term abortions despite decades of protests and attacks, was shot and killed Sunday in a church where he was serving as an usher.\n\nThe gunman fled, but a 51-year-old suspect was detained some 170 miles away in suburban Kansas City three hours after the shooting, Wichita Deputy Police Chief Tom Stolz said.[/quote:3j6f6yxo]\n\n[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090531/us-tiller-shooting/:3j6f6yxo]Link to article[/url:3j6f6yxo]\n\nDuring the eight years of Bush, we had none of this (Because it was legally harder to get an abortion, at least the wording would have you believe), but during the Clinton years, this shit happened all the time, and now it\'s happening again.\n\nRandi Rhodes went apeshit on her radio show the other day about how the spin-factories were labelling this whole thing as wholly-necessary. [url=http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/LOSANGELES-CA/KTLK-AM/Randi%20Rhodes%20June%202%2C%202009.mp3?CPROG=PCAST&MARKET=LOSANGELES-CA&NG_FORMAT=talk&SITE_ID=695&STATION_ID=KTLK-AM&PCAST_AUTHOR=Randi_Rhodes&PCAST_CAT=Talk_Radio&PCAST_TITLE=The_Randi_Rhodes_Show:3j6f6yxo]right-click to download link[/url:3j6f6yxo]','8c17b62f72ccba5940f9090db9bf764d',0,'kA==','3j6f6yxo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358115,25785,5,65,0,'75.45.192.50',1244091324,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="SigDiff":2h3k0tsj]If you\'re going to bring up the quality of Star Trek, especially TNG, someone has to say:\n\n****ING WESLEY, ARRRRRRRGH.\n\nWasn\'t Roddenberry at fault for him too? Even Whil Wheaton himself hates the character.[/quote:2h3k0tsj]\nI think the problem with Wesley Crusher wasn\'t so much the character itself (we\'ve all heard examples of child prodigies), but how the character was written. I do seem to recall that there were a few times where the writing did justice to the character, but most of the time it was lost in the whole "saves the ship" nonsense.','51392d1a79b058e5c520620008029de2',0,'gA==','2h3k0tsj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358116,23937,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244091640,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Dervish":28sdbofd][quote="The Angst Guy":28sdbofd][quote="losdia":28sdbofd]I think the point I\'m trying to get across is don\'t make assumptions about things outside of your life experience.[/quote:28sdbofd]\nIf we did that, we\'d never have any good science fiction or fantasy! Or pornography, that too.[/quote:28sdbofd]\nTAG, I know you don\'t like the Onion, but you might actually like this one:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4kwk5jV2nU[/quote:28sdbofd]\nActually I used to love the Onion (the paper) and read it constantly. Haven\'t gotten into the new Onion, the TV/movie version. Doesn\'t work as well as paper humor does. That video was great, though!\n \":D\"','c9fa36288f61e9a017729a2ab582b58a',0,'gA==','28sdbofd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358117,25799,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244092166,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Here we go again........','Yeah, there was [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=25753:xz0549b9]another topic[/url:xz0549b9] this story came up on, but it got a little sidetracked...\n\nMore reports are starting to come out that this may not have been an attack by a lone gunmen. [url=http://www.kansascity.com/703/story/1230964.html:xz0549b9]Local coverage[/url:xz0549b9] has managed to scoop the big outlets on getting a lot of facts about this out there.\n\nEdit: whoa... \":shock:\" I didn\'t even know Randi Rhodes was still on the air, let alone had acquired an A-game since \'04.','6fc9004a1ffdcb8387723651fa5d1310',0,'EA==','xz0549b9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358118,25375,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1244092263,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"NO! Don\'t let Caboose help me!"\n-Pvt. Leonard Church, [i:32v2mnkt]Red vs Blue: Reconstruction[/i:32v2mnkt]','ae39a731d944be671234733945d19348',0,'IA==','32v2mnkt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358119,25665,3,305,0,'200.112.137.98',1244092325,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Disco316":2673vze0][quote="The Angst Guy":2673vze0][quote="Liz Ruiz":2673vze0][quote="Deref":2673vze0][quote="The Angst Guy":2673vze0][quote="Deref":2673vze0]bfderef here. I has a webcam. \":)\"[/quote:2673vze0]\nI had one of those once. Lost it one night when Tux and I got ripped on bourbon and coke. One of us will have to go in for an x-ray, I guess.[/quote:2673vze0]\nI hate it when that happens.[/quote:2673vze0]\nWhy waste money on the X-Ray? Nature will eventually deliver your webcam back, hopefully in time for skypecon 09![/quote:2673vze0]\nHey, what happened to your avatar? Are you out of prison now? You looked so good in orange. \":P\"[/quote:2673vze0]\nShe looks good in anything though.[/quote:2673vze0]\nHey, I resent that. I have a reputation to protect, you know, newbie. \":wag:\"','5cf8fba24e462d3bec7a25fcfd340fad',0,'gA==','2673vze0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358120,23937,3,305,0,'200.112.137.98',1244092610,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','Why is everyone so obsessed with Daria and lesbianism? Seriously.\n\n\n\nOh, I forgot - 81.63% of the regular posters are men. That explains it.','69bf9ef4c58576713435a5ff07e9f525',0,'','vhcn12jq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358121,23937,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244092631,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','Btw, I LOVED this conversation/Q&A between a straight guy and a lesbian:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtPRjmYY ... re=related\n\nI think I found it so funny because I\'ve had conversations real similar like that in real life. \":o\" \n\nThough I\'m more familiar with the "chicks who look just like men," and while her response is pretty much in line with what I\'d have told him, I do recall one (who was very "mannish") who actually carried around & would show a...well, this isn\'t SFMB, so I\'ll just say "toy" that she promised to "break us in." And it was HUGE. She scared the crap out of me and I moved myself to be as far from her as possible. She had takers though, which amazed me. And I really thought bragging about how "big" it is was something only a guy would do... \":shock:\" \n\n\nI also liked this brief summary comparing & contrasting dating girls & guys from South of Nowhere (a show I haven\'t seen yet) layered over HM (the only place I know to find the quoted section relatively quickly):\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz5wOTDJyns','b85bbb3ba7ce93f13dec94cef6220ae9',0,'','4362f2pn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358122,25583,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1244093577,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','So. Anyone been keeping up with E3 news?','1ff723642b8c83f134d0142c831da47b',0,'','3kxnutq8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358123,25773,4,124,0,'173.80.133.200',1244093666,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','It would be nice if the new GM embraced hybrid fuel-efficiency, and gave everyone in (North) America an opportunity to trade-up their old cars for awesome new cars that saves a lot more gas AND look like cars you\'d WANT (Let\'s face it, the Prius is ugly as shit), charging only a small fee for processing the paperwork.\n\nTo me, I\'m seeing it as a win-win scenario: The people get new cars, and the new GM gets some old cars and engine parts to break down into raw materials. True, there\'d be no profit for a few years, but think of the positive PR that would be generated. \n\nBest-case scenario: Other companies would follow suit and offer their own slick-ass cars and vans, all energy-efficient for a free trade-up.\n\nAlright, out with it: Tell me how this is a dumb idea. \":P\"','74a4c30fd1f4bc41d2039c59d663e6af',0,'','2yocj5r6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358124,25583,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244094173,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Silver":2mv8d7ta]So. Anyone been keeping up with E3 news?[/quote:2mv8d7ta]\n\n\nYeah I finally have to buy a PS3 next year for FF 13\n\nThat and as much as I dislike xbox the body sensor sounds cool \":shock:\"','f0591384e89aab1373620cf633bc35f3',0,'gA==','2mv8d7ta',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358125,25583,3,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1244095170,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="undefinedlust":2d74z3b5][quote="Silver":2d74z3b5]So. Anyone been keeping up with E3 news?[/quote:2d74z3b5]\n\n\nYeah I finally have to buy a PS3 next year for FF 13\n\nThat and as much as I dislike xbox the body sensor sounds cool \":shock:\"[/quote:2d74z3b5]\n\nYeah, Project Natal is pretty awesome. Although I\'m not really sold on Molyneaux\'s whole Milo thing. The biggest problem with Natal is that it\'s not a pack-in like a Wiimote is so 3rd parties won\'t develop for it. (insert your Nintendo joke here) Also the PS3 motion sensor was pretty cool too. It had the advantage of being demoed in ways that appeal to the hardcore.\n\nThe biggest announcements there for me were that Lucasarts was making a new Monkey Island game and that Team Ninja was making the next Metroid game.\n\nAlso Red Steel 2, The Conduit, The Old Republic, Rock Band: The Beatles, Alan Wake, Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age are all looking good.','cde65a4eb5ea4cba12596ef9132da5da',0,'gA==','2d74z3b5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358126,25800,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244095558,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','\'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8081829.stm:2vm35lqa]Two "gay" male penguins have hatched a chick and are now rearing it as its adoptive parents, says a German zoo.[/url:2vm35lqa]','7db38fc2ab98ab82707d11de340a0902',0,'EA==','2vm35lqa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358127,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244095582,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Quiverwing":3fpmggqk]Why is everyone so obsessed with Daria and lesbianism? Seriously.\n\n\n\nOh, I forgot - 81.63% of the regular posters are men. That explains it.[/quote:3fpmggqk]\n\nQW...\n\n\n\n\n(walks away, then turns back)\n\n\nQW - you are a young, beautiful, intelligent and educated woman who, in all likelihood, is going to end up in what is considered by most to be a \'normal\' relationship. I\'ve already differentiated on my opinion of the differences of the two variations on the genre we\'re discussing here - and as I just mentioned to losdia , that kind of mindset - you don\'t know anything about it unless you\'re specifically in that group OR you\'re just trying to use it for the titillation factor...\n\nComments like that don\'t help.\n\n\nYou know, back in college, there\'s a reason why they called the outreach group there [i:3fpmggqk]Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and FRIENDS.[/i:3fpmggqk] \n\n\n\n\n(walks away)','c31bb5a1f468e6a0316d1ef392e4858d',0,'oA==','3fpmggqk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358128,25583,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244095662,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Ajar":2ofwxcow][quote="undefinedlust":2ofwxcow][quote="Silver":2ofwxcow]So. Anyone been keeping up with E3 news?[/quote:2ofwxcow]\n\n\nYeah I finally have to buy a PS3 next year for FF 13\n\nThat and as much as I dislike xbox the body sensor sounds cool \":shock:\"[/quote:2ofwxcow]\n\nYeah, Project Natal is pretty awesome. Although I\'m not really sold on Molyneaux\'s whole Milo thing. The biggest problem with Natal is that it\'s not a pack-in like a Wiimote is so 3rd parties won\'t develop for it. (insert your Nintendo joke here) Also the PS3 motion sensor was pretty cool too. It had the advantage of being demoed in ways that appeal to the hardcore.\n\nThe biggest announcements there for me were that Lucasarts was making a new Monkey Island game and that Team Ninja was making the next Metroid game.\n\nAlso Red Steel 2, The Conduit, The Old Republic, Rock Band: The Beatles, Alan Wake, Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age are all looking good.[/quote:2ofwxcow]\n\nI am more of a casual gamer, so the sensor stuff is kind of eh for me, although it sounds cool (although if they ever get rock band to mimic my drumming without need for a kit...) I just care about the games and a new FF makes me drool heheheh','9de3c62cd54638a2d449f4867638597c',0,'gA==','2ofwxcow',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358129,25801,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244095746,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Internet filter: $44.5m and no goal in sight','[url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/internet-filter-445m-and-no-goal-in-sight-20090603-bvax.html:1l0xy2p9]The Rudd Government\'s internet censorship policy will [b:1l0xy2p9]cost about $90,000 per blocked web address to implement[/b:1l0xy2p9] and the Government has admitted [b:1l0xy2p9]it has not developed any criteria to determine whether trials of the scheme are a success.[/b:1l0xy2p9][/url:1l0xy2p9]\n\nCan we say "waste of resources" kiddies?','e76dd62661dc4e1c3b08233cd034594c',0,'UA==','1l0xy2p9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358130,25785,5,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244096081,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="MJPollard":3ft5kk2w][quote="SigDiff":3ft5kk2w]If you\'re going to bring up the quality of Star Trek, especially TNG, someone has to say:\n\n****ING WESLEY, ARRRRRRRGH.\n\nWasn\'t Roddenberry at fault for him too? Even Whil Wheaton himself hates the character.[/quote:3ft5kk2w]\nI think the problem with Wesley Crusher wasn\'t so much the character itself (we\'ve all heard examples of child prodigies), but how the character was written. I do seem to recall that there were a few times where the writing did justice to the character, but most of the time it was lost in the whole "saves the ship" nonsense.[/quote:3ft5kk2w]\n\nI never really got why my fellow trekies were so bothered by Wesley saving the ship. When they had him do that sort of thing he was mostly used how Scottie or Spock were in TOS. He saved the day with his magical powers, like what, two and a half times? Almost every time he did anything it was working with Data and/or Geordi to build a mcguffin to save the day. \n\nThe annoying stuff about Wesley was the moralizing they had him doing. That and how dumb they would make him in his frequent role as audience surrogate...','65a7638dd68cb3b707c860621c7ecd02',0,'gA==','3ft5kk2w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358131,25665,3,900,0,'208.7.93.62',1244096628,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Quiverwing":5mo5u43a][quote="Disco316":5mo5u43a][quote="The Angst Guy":5mo5u43a][quote="Liz Ruiz":5mo5u43a]Why waste money on the X-Ray? Nature will eventually deliver your webcam back, hopefully in time for skypecon 09![/quote:5mo5u43a]\nHey, what happened to your avatar? Are you out of prison now? You looked so good in orange. \":P\"[/quote:5mo5u43a]\nShe looks good in anything though.[/quote:5mo5u43a]\nHey, I resent that. I have a reputation to protect, you know, newbie. \":wag:\"[/quote:5mo5u43a]\n*looks confused (well, more than normal)* I think I missed something.\n\n[size=85:5mo5u43a]Then again if missing something was an olympic sport, I\'d have a medal by now.[/size:5mo5u43a]','126b09a5f6e546f5f6a538241a7a0181',0,'hA==','5mo5u43a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358132,25583,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1244096733,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Ajar":2nngfsp5]\nAlso Red Steel 2, The Conduit, The Old Republic, Rock Band: The Beatles, Alan Wake, Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age are all looking good.[/quote:2nngfsp5]\n\nMass Effect 2. Metroid: Other M. I\'m a happy camper now.','0e8a8f9c9332673e22a17f72b39bdefe',0,'gA==','2nngfsp5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358133,23937,3,947,0,'75.7.203.44',1244096985,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Quiverwing":pcidrwc2]Why is everyone so obsessed with Daria and lesbianism? Seriously.\n\n\n\nOh, I forgot - 81.63% of the regular posters are men. That explains it.[/quote:pcidrwc2]\n\n\nI don\'t think you are suppose to notice that, It does cause a person to take pause and wonder.','a03284e9f7fde1d8e6020af3404038af',0,'gA==','pcidrwc2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358134,23937,3,900,0,'208.7.93.62',1244097011,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":2rghhxib]You know, back in college, there\'s a reason why they called the outreach group there [i:2rghhxib]Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and FRIENDS.[/i:2rghhxib][/quote:2rghhxib]\nI liked UW-RF\'s equivalent group\'s name: The Gay-Straight Alliance. Made it seem like they were actively fighting for something. Another thing I probably would have gotten into in college if I hadn\'t been so neurotic and shy.','67b75495020df93c1638f0279b411384',0,'oA==','2rghhxib',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358135,25375,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244098527,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"On May 29, 1942, Vyacheslav Molotov... arrived in the United States to discuss... lend-lease matters... Being cautious and uncertain in a formerly hostile country, he carried in his luggage some sausages, a piece of black bread, and a pistol for survival if need be."\n\nTaken from [i:1hz0lzmd]Alaska at War, 1941-1945: The Forgotten War Remembered,[/i:1hz0lzmd] University of Alaska Press.','93f612a51abf435788b47fda435d2874',0,'IA==','1hz0lzmd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358136,25792,5,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244098988,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: You can\'t really do the stuff on cartoons in real life. . .','This is from a few years ago: [url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2005/oct/31/highereducation.uk4:1589fshz]Inquest told of student catapult death[/url:1589fshz]\n\n[quote:1589fshz]Oxford University student Kostydin Yankov, 19, suffered multiple injuries when he missed a safety net after being flung from a medieval-style trebuchet catapult.[/quote:1589fshz]\n\nAnd [url=http://www.howtobuildcatapults.com/humancatapult.html:1589fshz]here are the plans, complete with US Patent Office filing, for a bungee-cord-powered Human Free-Flight Catapult.[/url:1589fshz]\n\nSo this ain\'t all that novel.','bfcaeac3d8fa99a93c50c6e7ddec04f4',0,'kA==','1589fshz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358137,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1244099974,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[u:35rmhnih]Chapter 6[/u:35rmhnih]\n\nThe warm summer breeze glided around Daria\'s bared shoulders, it encircled her as she plodded along the pavement; head down with her arms folded loosely across her abdomen. The vision of Mrs Johanssen as she swept across the floor of Payday, on a cascading kaleidoscopic sea of candy, repeated once again in her conflicted mind. She was unsure of how she felt; guilt was one of the prominent emotions. The guilt of her involvement in the death of an innocent woman, but more so, the guilt of not feeling guilty enough. She was a Grim-Reaper, death; proverbial scythe at the ready and it scared her that she was more than a little okay with that. \n\nDaria glanced at her watch; 5:30pm. She had lost herself for near five hours as she wandered the streets of Lawndale. She surveyed her surroundings and cursed silently, as her eyes rested on the Morgendorffer residence that loomed in front of her. Jake\'s blue Lexus stood alone in the drive, Daria frowned; her mother was usually home by now. Her eyes swept the deserted street as she crept toward the back of the house. She paused at the kitchen window and hazarded a look inside. \n\nJake sat alone at the kitchen table and appeared frail and slightly unkempt. His broad shoulders collapsed, cheeks slightly drawn highlighted by peppered stubble. The table had been set for three; identical plates of lasagna waited. Daria noted that her chair had been removed from the table and now sat in the far corner of the dining room. \n\nJake\'s somber demeanor perked when he heard sound of the front door as it closed, he sat straighter in his chair and watched the hall with eager anticipation.\n\n"Hey honey," Jake started, his voice overly enthused. "I made us all..."His voice dropped slightly as he observed his youngest daughter enter the kitchen. "Oh...Hey, kiddo" he made no attempt to hide the disappointment in his voice\n\n"Hey...Mom’s working late again huh..." Quinn stated mournfully.\n\nJake nodded and looked down at the food. "You know how your Mom is, it\'s a big case, and it means a lot to her."\n\nQuinn sighed and took a seat; she pushed away the plate with disgust. "They all mean a lot to her..." she rolled her eyes as she set her elbows on the table.\n\n"Quinn, honey."\n\n"I know Daddy, it\'s Daria\'s case, but... I mean we all lost her, and Mom’s way of coping is making me think we\'re losing her too." Quinn inhaled deeply, trying to calming herself.\n\nJake pulled his chair closer to Quinn\'s, enveloped her in his arms and he drew her into a comforting bear hug.\n\nDaria had seen enough; she slipped away from the window, once clear she began to run through the darkened streets. She hoped that the physical distance she was able to put between them, would equate to an emotional separation. \nShe had finally stopped and collapsed in the town park, on an old dilapidated bench. As the pounding in her ears began to subside, she could distinguish the heavy footsteps of someone running toward her.\n\n"Je-sus luv, what the bloody hell are you running from?" The familiar British accent managed between pants.\n\nDaria looked up to see Mason couched as he regained his breath, she shrugged in response.\n\n"You know Rube\'s had me out lookin\' for you all afternoon; to make sure you\'re okay." Mason stood and took Daria\'s hand and gently pulled her to a standing position.\n\n"I\'m fine." Daria replied stoically.\n\nMason cocked an eyebrow and put an arm around her shoulders. "C\'mon, we\'ll debrief the Mason way." He shot a cheeky grin toward Daria, but it went unnoticed; her eyes set on the cracked pavement in front.\n\n---\n\nThe smell of stale beer hung in the hazy, smoked filled room. Daria grimaced as she felt the sole of her boot cling to the sticky floor.\n\n"This place is disgusting." she murmured, as she took a seat at the bar next to Mason.\n\nThe bartender set two drinks in front of them, Daria eyed them cautiously.\n\n"Mason, I\'m not twenty one..."\n\n"Love, you\'re dead. You\'re never going to be twenty one." He replied, as he took the glass in his hand and brought it to his lips. He finished the drink in a practiced, fluid movement.\n\nDaria hesitated slightly and eyed the drink; a tall glass of clear alcohol. She shrugged slightly and held the drink to her lips and repeated Mason\'s actions. She retched as she swallowed feeling the warm sensation travel through her body.\n\n"This is your way of debriefing?" Daria shot a questioning look toward Mason, who had ordered another round.\n\n"What? You think talking about it really helps? Trust me Daria, this is much more effective than the psycho bullshit babble, unless you need to off load... Georgie\'s like that, can\'t shut her up. You want to talk about it then?"\n\n"It\'s just... I feel guilty, I mean she didn\'t do anything wrong. Why her?"\n\n"Why not her? Why you, Why me?"\n\n"Well, I was in the wrong place at the right time it seems, so was Mrs. Johanssen; deaths plan and all. You? You took a six inch masonry drill, put it to your temple and drilled a hole in your head as a way of achieving a permanent high; you kinda asked for it." A small smile slipped across Daria\'s mouth. \n\nA silence befell them as Daria contemplated her next words. She knew that contact with your family was forbidden, but the urge to tell someone was growing.\n\n"I went by my house today; that\'s why I was running." Daria blurted out, she kept her eyes firmly set on the full glass in front of her and waited for the wrath.\n\n"Took you long enough." Mason\'s voice bore a sympathetic tone.\n\n"You\'re not going to tell Rube, get me in trouble?" she looked up; her brow stitched in confusion.\n\nMason scoffed. "Yeah right, me? No. Don\'t tell Roxy though...So you try to speak to them?" \n\n"No, I was looking through the window."\n\n"Best not to try talk to them about your old life anyway. But..."\n\nDaria raised an eyebrow.\n\n"But, that\'s not saying you can’t talk to them pretending to be someone else; Morgan for example." Mason flashed a smile.\n\n"I...I can do that?" \n\n"Make the best of your situation. When life gives you lemons...”\n\n"You make lemonade." Daria dead panned.\n\n"Pfft, no. You drink tequila, give me your hand." Mason chuckled as he took Daria\'s hand in his and bent over the bar to retrieve a few wedges of lemon. He wiped one over the heel of her thumb. He then poured a little salt over the area and handed her the shot glass and lemon. \n\n"Go, on like this." He prepared himself, the proceeded to lick, sip, and suck. \n\n***\n\nThe effects of the alcohol were minor but apparent; Daria felt the emotional load that she had been carrying lifted. She was amazed at the amount she was able to consume without feeling drunk Mason had informed her that it was her new \'reaper metabolism\' at play. The ability heal fast wasn\'t the only thing it did apparently it had a drug and alcohol clause, that enabled them to consume vast quantities of alcohol and hardly feel the consequences. Daria failed to see the logic in imbibing at all.\n\nMason stood and excused himself; he had a reap in the back alley and he was running late. Daria sat in silence and waited for his return. She picked up her unfinished drink and swirled its contents, watching the depleted ice cubes circle the cup.\nShe didn\'t notice the dark haired young man approach the bar beside her.\n\n"Excuse me, miss?"\n\nDaria\'s blood ran cold, as she turned to face the familiar speaker.\n\n"Hi, I\'m Tom, Tom Sloane."','fd15077012c00f30a5917f2cfb268846',0,'AQ==','35rmhnih',1,1251082882,'',992,4,0),(366927,26325,3,64,0,'24.61.9.228',1248919006,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What training/education do you have?','B.A. in Poli. Sci., Masters in Medieval History\n\nAs for certifications, well, I\'m a certified pain in the ass. Does that count?','df7bf28ae9bab715e0cc2825c30e5d95',0,'','1alymhcz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358138,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244100958,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Roxanne M":q6dc7p88][quote="Quiverwing":q6dc7p88]Why is everyone so obsessed with Daria and lesbianism? Seriously.\n\n\n\nOh, I forgot - 81.63% of the regular posters are men. That explains it.[/quote:q6dc7p88]\n\n\nI don\'t think you are suppose to notice that, It does cause a person to take pause and wonder.[/quote:q6dc7p88]\n\n\nOh, part of me REALLY wants to do a Clintonian-level breakdown of those two statements - but instead, I\'ll just go back to my over-the-top fics. I have zombies and ginat robots to plan bad things for.','48f73ed95509de912943756aaeb3afc4',0,'gA==','q6dc7p88',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358139,23937,3,114,0,'210.11.146.137',1244102846,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Quiverwing":295qbme4]Why is everyone so obsessed with Daria and lesbianism? Seriously.\n\n\n\nOh, I forgot - 81.63% of the regular posters are men. That explains it.[/quote:295qbme4]\no/I wish I was a lesbian\nAnd not a hetero.\\o','7dfd49952cf3ef505b9be075fcfe82d6',0,'gA==','295qbme4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358140,25375,3,114,0,'210.11.146.137',1244103011,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="The Sidhe":1b3uzyt6]"On May 29, 1942, Vyacheslav Molotov... arrived in the United States to discuss... lend-lease matters... Being cautious and uncertain in a formerly hostile country, he carried in his luggage some sausages, a piece of black bread, and a pistol for survival if need be."\n\nTaken from [i:1b3uzyt6]Alaska at War, 1941-1945: The Forgotten War Remembered,[/i:1b3uzyt6] University of Alaska Press.[/quote:1b3uzyt6]\nI don\'t know about the gun, but I make a point of carrying black bread and sausages wherever I go. You just never know.','1626ebce289d25356e557b9379b37efb',0,'oA==','1b3uzyt6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358141,25801,3,114,0,'210.11.146.137',1244103128,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Internet filter: $44.5m and no goal in sight','No, but I can say "fscking morons". Will that do?','8b8019120d541b8744d8894bfd33cd01',0,'','1jn8udqu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358142,25800,3,114,0,'210.11.146.137',1244103186,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','[quote="The Sidhe":20ogrl12][url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8081829.stm:20ogrl12]Two "gay" male penguins have hatched a chick and are now rearing it as its adoptive parents, says a German zoo.[/url:20ogrl12][/quote:20ogrl12]\nGod will surely smite them!\n\nIf He doesn\'t, it\'s absolute proof that there is no God!','b75ce64775dbd78350f1326bfcf29c1e',0,'kA==','20ogrl12',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358143,25770,3,114,0,'210.11.146.137',1244103287,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Autumn drink time','[quote="Derek":27iap188][quote="Deref":27iap188][quote="losdia":27iap188]Man, I wish the weather here was like that. It just hit 90 for the first time this year today. I really wish I had the money to maintain two houses on opposite hemispheres, then I could avoid summer altogether. \":D\" \n\nLove the pics. \"8)\" \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:27iap188]\nIf your house is near the beach we could always swap. \":-)\"[/quote:27iap188]\n*points to losdia\'s location* He probably has a really big bridge, too. \":lol:\"[/quote:27iap188]\nHmmm - I wonder if the wind realy comes sweeping down the plains?','1b1020bc872fbff68f504295666bfe47',0,'gA==','27iap188',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358144,23937,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244106289,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Deref":264aapny]o/I wish I was a lesbian\nAnd not a hetero.\\o[/quote:264aapny]\n\nHear the song set to KP:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCuW_JNrkqo\n\nEspecially see the last couple of seconds...if you recognize where that scene is from, it will probably make you laugh. If you\'re not a fan and never saw the ep that was taken from (with its context), you\'ll think this cartoon is a lot more, er, inappropriate than it is. \":lol:\"','95e8f505464b4a06b8b0ec2a7bac1540',0,'gA==','264aapny',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358145,25720,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244108339,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','Some of the latest developments:\n\nFrom Wikinews: [url=http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Norwegian_government_considers_prosecuting_Scientology:3avrxiub]Norwegian government considers prosecuting Scientology[/url:3avrxiub]\n\n[quote:3avrxiub]The Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services is considering prosecuting and banning some Scientology practices, [b:3avrxiub]in particular the use of the Scientology personality test to sell courses.[/b:3avrxiub] [/quote:3avrxiub]','bc0f5101b0d89b2dcda9e624e4c5e039',0,'0A==','3avrxiub',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358146,25773,4,573,0,'137.226.12.193',1244111282,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','I was always curious how thing would be if gas(or, more general, oil) would happen to be priced according it\'s real total cost:\n* prospecting\n* infrastructure to well it up, construction & maintenance\n* infrastructure to distribute, construction & maintenance\n* some cut for all involved parties\n...so far, that\'s what\'s already in the price. But that\'s only the first half...\n* infrastructure to remove the exhausts generated by combustion from the atmosphere, construction & maintenance\n* facilities to store the waste, construction & maintenance\n* prospecting for suitable facilities\n\nBTW, AFAIK is doing that cycle energetically nonsense.\n\nBlackHole','682990ec3f0859a84afb51f0ea4b649f',0,'','33ku4o9w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358147,25801,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244112140,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Internet filter: $44.5m and no goal in sight','Damn, is the Aussie government taking lessons from the US?','563f80e195c3e4e390b0f4b6cb0fe0c1',0,'','3si446ao',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358148,25773,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244112345,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','[quote="Deref":1phjkpho]There was a fascinating British show on the teevee here over the weekend called, IIRC, "the History of Money". One of the things it touched on was that bankruptcy as it\'s done in the US is a very different kettle of meat to what it means here and, probably, in many other countries.\n\nIn the US, it\'s generally just means a way to legally restructure your debts and carry on business as usual, as opposed to a death knell. That was a revelation to me and it put the whole business of these bankruptcies into a very different light.[/quote:1phjkpho]\n\nActually, it depends upon the [url=http://money.howstuffworks.com/personal-finance/debt-management/bankruptcy1.htm:1phjkpho]type of bankruptcy declared.[/url:1phjkpho] Chapter 7 is probably what most outside the US think of while businesses mostly go the Chapter 11 route.','7801dad2ba28d3b541a861ce118be3a3',0,'kA==','1phjkpho',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358149,25375,3,260,0,'68.162.175.29',1244116292,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not \'Eureka!\' but \'That\'s funny...\' \n-Isaac Asimov','355741f1c8c95dc8864b07818fe27e18',0,'','3b8ldoyn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358150,25798,3,260,0,'68.162.175.29',1244116420,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: KoKo Taylor 1928-2009','I heard that on the news this morning. May she rest in peace.\n\nPeace\nKevin','c79483e6d7f1e433c6f537f9a8220a93',0,'','ieavh4rw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358151,23937,3,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244116992,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','I know that some people say things like, "If you\'re not (insert racial/ethnic/religious/oppressed group), then you\'ll never understand what it\'s like to be part of this group." I understand and respect this. I don’t know what it means to be a black person in America and I never will. On the other hand, to me, an artist should have the freedom to create. The act of creating a world that lies outside of an artist\'s experience requires empathy. Also, there is the dynamic of consuming an artistic work: a person who reads a book or watches a movie about people who have had different experiences must also be empathetic if they are to get anything out of the book or the film. Empathy can only lead to good. \n\nBut on the other hand, this empathy must be humble enough to respect the limitations of empathy. The problem arises when one group, usually the more powerful group, imposes its meaning onto the group being discussed. For instance, when a white woman, Harriet Beecher Stoew, wrote "Uncle Tom\'s Cabin," she was obviously worried about the condition slaves in America. Of course, in her act of creating her empathetic picture of Black slaves in America, she also imposed a White meaning onto what it meant to be a Black person in America (i.e. the stereotype of an "Uncle Tom," a stereotype created by a white person, was imposed on Blacks). \n\nThus, like all rights and privileges, the act of artistic creation must be used responsibly. It is a dance between the artist\'s prerogatives of freedom and the knowledge that the act of artistic creation is one that will have political ramifications.','e779a5660d89d068722f0927ea3ad07b',0,'','1fangfpa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358152,25795,6,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244117156,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','[quote="Angelinhel":17hzp905][url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1579780/1/A_Broken_Night:17hzp905]Daria/DeMartino will always be one of my favorites.[/url:17hzp905]\n[/quote:17hzp905]\n\nBest concept for a story I heard since Garth Marenghi´s Darkplace.\n\nEDIT: ´Ship I will defend: Daria/Jane/Tom triangle. Reasons why I defend it: It actually happened. End of the argumentation.\n\nDiscuss! \":mrgreen:\"','780cfd50d3babaf6f105d371fe8ff337',0,'kA==','17hzp905',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358153,25738,6,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244117938,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="Roxanne M":1r1cttsf]\nI think someone writing their there PHD paper in psychology could have a interesting time studying the mostly male population of Camp 1 and why they hate Tom so much \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThis has been a interesting phenomena to observe. Lack of professional credentials and moral courage prevents me from posting any further on this \":D\"[/quote:1r1cttsf]\n\nJesus H. Christ! Are you actually suggesting there may be some kind of reason after that behaviour? Like, you know, a [i:1r1cttsf]sexual[/i:1r1cttsf] behaviour? About a [i:1r1cttsf]cartoon[/i:1r1cttsf] character? Oh, God! That´s so abnormal and disturbed that can only be true!','3e037953c6b369b316c2f65bc23c1594',0,'oA==','1r1cttsf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358154,25796,5,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244118163,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Remake of \'Alien\' coming','I heard is actually a prequel of the first film. Not very interested, either way.\n\nPS. Sigh. Am I the only one person in the world who thinks that AvP 2 was some kind of underrated 50´s sci-fi homage/black comedy/crapfest?','f92b3eadab93ae7d0b381f3ce0957d50',0,'','190rf69t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358155,23937,3,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244118652,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','But on to more important things: lesbians!\n\nIt\'s weird, but not one, but two of my friends have said that I give off a very lesbian vibe. One of those friends is actually a lesbian and she said that my love of cats, filtered water (yes for some reason lesbians like filtered water), and Virginia Woolf all give me a very lesbian vibe. Also, when I was in my young teens, I had a little crush on Ellen before she came out of the closet, and later in life I fell in love with Rachel Maddow\'s voice from her radio show before I found out that she, too, was a lesbian. As such, I think that this gives me a certain authority on this question of whether or not Daria is a lesbian.\n\nIMHO, I never saw Daria as a lesbian. To me, both Daria and Quinn actually seem to be both very afraid of sexuality for different but related reasons. I think that in general, women have more reason than men to be afriad of sexuality: the act of sexual intercourse involves being penetrated and they are the ones who have to carry babies to term. It is also important to remember that up until the 20th century, sexuality and death were very closely related. For instance, I took a course on Milton and the professor said that in early modern Europe, a pregnancy had a 10 per cent chance of ending in the mother\'s death. \n\nBut there is something more holding back both Daria and Quinn. For Quinn, even though she is certainly a tease, her prudishness goes beyond the sense of power from stringing men along. True, she does enjoy the sense of power that comes with being able to manipulate expensive things out of men without having to reciprocate with her body. But it is also the fear of being labeled a whore. She already knows that she will never be as smart as Daria, so she finds other ways of getting what she wants. Of course, she is much more self-aware than most people give her credit for. In Daria\'s diagnosis, Quinn is terrified to look inside of herself for fear of finding nothing there. The last thing she would want to do is look inside of herself and find a whore.\n\nDaria has equally complex reasons motivating her fear of her own body. One is her knowledge that family attachments would limit her. In Daria\'s fantasy of the future in "Write Where It Hurts," she is married, but does not plan on having children. Another reason Daria fears sexuality is because love is never pure, and she is someone who is made uneasy by the fact that motives will always be mixed in the real world. For instance, Daria knows that despite a deep love for her family, Helen needs her family for professional reasons as much as for personal reasons, perhaps even more. To me, Daria is someone who prizes her freedom above all else and this is why she seems to resist love and emotional attachments. She is free, but it is a lonely freedom.','3b2b1300119a87f1e66ae7830be7b0fa',0,'','2dwunbfo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358156,25701,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244118665,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DAYLIGHT:The Hope Mission','Here\'s the completed fic. \n\n\n\n\n\n[i:209or1z4][u:209or1z4]The Hope Mission[/u:209or1z4]\n\nA Tale of [u:209or1z4][b:209or1z4]Daylight[/b:209or1z4][/u:209or1z4], by Brother Grimace[/i:209or1z4]\n\n\n\n[b:209or1z4]NOTE: This fic takes place during the [u:209or1z4]Desperate Seasons[/u:209or1z4] portion of [u:209or1z4][i:209or1z4]Daylight[/i:209or1z4][/u:209or1z4], roughly about the beginning of the [u:209or1z4]Mass Extinctions[/u:209or1z4] section.[/b:209or1z4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[i:209or1z4]“Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil…”\n\n -Hebrews 6:19[/i:209or1z4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[i:209or1z4]Earth.[/i:209or1z4]\n\n\nSeventeen months after the events of [i:209or1z4]Zero Hour[/i:209or1z4], the view of the planet’s surface from space was surprisingly clear, given the worldwide disasters that had polluted the atmosphere and darkened the skies, increasing the severity of the holocaust that had already wiped out over five billion people.\n\nIt would probably make little difference to the people alive on Earth that the solar disturbance that had effectively destroyed human civilization was coming to an end, and with a quickness that would have surprised any surviving astronomers. \n\nThe blistering illumination that had heralded death for most of humanity was fading; the sun was returning to normal.\n\n\nOne month later, the solar system appeared as it had for millions upon millions of years. \n \n\n*****\n\n\nNo human eyes saw the small vortex in space appear. \n\nIt was there only for a moment, visible as it formed three hundred and fifty miles above the northeastern Caribbean – long enough for an object to appear and pass through. \n\nThe object was some sort of heavily armored space vehicle, or perhaps a very large satellite. About one hundred and twenty meters in diameter and circular, with eight metal spheres attached on hard-points around the full circumference of the vehicle and a large, lozenge-shaped container attached securely below, the vehicle was slightly larger than the [i:209or1z4]International Space Station[/i:209or1z4] – hanging lifelessly in space directly ahead.\n\nFiring maneuvering thrusters, the vehicle altered course to travel over the drifting remains of the [i:209or1z4]ISS[/i:209or1z4], casting a shadow over the [i:209or1z4]Colbert[/i:209or1z4] module and the pair of carbonized bodies that stared lifelessly outwards as it passed above. \n\nAfter five minutes of travel beyond the orbiting carcass that had somehow managed to avoid falling into the Earth’s atmosphere, the vessel fired its thrusters in select bursts – first, to slow the vehicle down, and then, to rotate into a position that aimed the under-slung container towards the Earth’s surface.\n\nInside the vehicle, four figures – each wearing what appeared to be heavily shielded versions of the NASA EMU (Extravehicular Mobility Unit) continued to operate controls after taking a brief look at the world below them.\n\n“It doesn’t look as bad as I imagined,” one man said. “The cloud cover caused by the fires and pollution seems to have dissipated faster than we thought.”\n\n“That’s because of the metahumans, I’ll bet,” another man spoke up. “They came up with some manner of clearing the air – that would have been a priority to lessen the long-term effects to the planet’s animal and plant species. Enough sightseeing. Are we in position yet?”\n\nA woman’s voice was heard. “We’re on top of Position Tango, sir. The gateway was more accurate in setting us down than we thought.” The woman was silent as she checked several instruments.”We’re getting a reading on Beacon Twenty-One, sir. The site is still intact and active.”\n\n“Good,” the second man replied. “Damn kids are harder than anyone thought. Launch [i:209or1z4]Messenger One[/i:209or1z4] – and do one final check on ‘the package’ before we make the drop.”\n\n\n*****\n\n\nTen minutes later, one of the spheres silently separated from the circular craft. It drifted slowly away; thirty seconds after separation, the sphere separated, revealing a circular satellite. The satellite seemed to turn itself slightly, and three mast-sized protrusions telescoped outwards from manhole-sized iris portals at the two-, six- and ten o’clock positions on the satellite. \n\nThe satellite moved off to a distance of about one mile, and tiny maneuvering thrusters fired in short bursts, allowing the satellite to hold its pre-set position. Massive solar panels began to unfurl from the masts, and ninety seconds later, the Space Age began anew for humanity as a wide-band signal from the satellite registered aboard the space vehicle. \n\nInside the craft, the fourth person watched a series of screens. \n\n“[i:209or1z4]Messenger One[/i:209or1z4] is coming on-line,” she said. “Solar panels have deployed… she’s adjusting speeds to assume geo-stationary orbit over Drop Zone Lima-2 – primary systems are online.”\n\nThe first man spoke up again. “From what the earlier probes showed before they were destroyed, Drop Zones Lima-2 and Auxiliary Drop Zone Tango are the only viable zones to aim for. I’m getting a strong signal from Beacons Six and Twenty-One now, but Drop Zone Foxtrot is very hot.”\n\n“And General Trainor would rather check in our people first,” the second man told him. “Transmit the signal – and prepare to drop ‘the package’.”\n\n\n*****\n\n\n[i:209or1z4]Legion Tower – Lawndale, Maryland (First U.S. Military Section)[/i:209or1z4]\n\n\n“Hey, fearless Leader.”\n\nQuinn Morgendorffer lifted her head and turned around in her chair as the door to the Communications Center closed behind Danielle Todds, who carried two Styrofoam cups and a thermos. “Standing watch over the area… keeping us all safe from the wolves and barbarians at the gates?”\n\nThe Leader of the Legion smiled, turning in her chair and watching as Danielle sat the cups on the table on the other side of the room, and then turned to hold the thermos up. “Guess what I’ve got…?”\n\n“Coffee?”\n\nDanielle smiled that wonderful smile at her. “Nope.”\n\nQuinn ran through the list in her mind of the things Danielle loved to drink. “Hot tea? You got hold of some Earl Grey tea?”\n\nDanielle’s smile got even wider. “Strike two.”\n\nThe slender young woman leaned forward, brushing wayward locks of her medium-long carrot-colored hair from her eyes as she tried to hit her girlfriend with an annoyed glare. \n\nDanielle let a tinkling laugh flow from her. “You know, you’re the only Morgendorffer that I know who [u:209or1z4]can’t[/u:209or1z4] do that.”\n\n“Do what?” Quinn asked.\n\n“Intimidate with a glare,” Danielle said, pouring a measure of the thermos’ contents into a cup and bringing it over to Quinn. “You’re like that kitten that Captain Adler’s wife gave your sister; trying to look all tough… it makes you look even more adorable.”\n\nQuinn thought dark and unholy thoughts about Bump – her sister’s adopted kitten (although she still wasn’t sure who adopted who). As far as she was concerned, the Adlers – Derek and Karen – didn’t give that little hell-spawn to Daria… that furry, white-pawed wraith simply brought a new manager onto its staff. \n\n[i:209or1z4]I can’t believe that Daria actually pulls favors to get that cat [u:209or1z4]a fish[/u:209or1z4] every Sunday…[/i:209or1z4]\n\nSince that – [u:209or1z4][i:209or1z4]cat[/i:209or1z4][/u:209or1z4] – and the Adlers had arrived in Lawndale, Daria had all but made them members of the Morgendorffer family. Quinn thought of how fast Karen Myerson (a Raft University major in veterinary medicine before everything went to hell), had become part of that tiny, exclusive club that had once only been Daria and Jane-\n\nQuinn put that thought aside – [u:209or1z4]quickly[/u:209or1z4]. \n\nNo Legionnaire had heard from or seen Jane Lane in almost five months. \n\nDanielle ran her fingers through Quinn’s hair. “I know that look, copper-top,” she said, seeing a familiar look of sadness mixed with concern. “Anything Daria-related makes you think about Jane. You couldn’t do anything about what happened – or about Jane deciding to leave. You can only take care of – well, what you can. The past year and a half has taught all of us that lesson.”\n\n“Talking like a doctor, again, Danny - Being all reasonable, but not sugar-coating anything.” Quinn noticed how Danielle managed to still hide the cup’s contents from her view. “What’s in the cup – hemlock? You know, you have to actually join the Legion like Sidney did before you can try to get me out of the way and become Leader.”\n\n“I’ve already got a standing offer to join the Marshals anytime I’m not happy with my Major’s commission in the USMC, thank you very much,” Danny quipped. “Besides – you Legionnaires don’t seem to do very well with intramural dating, and I know just how much you love seeing me in my uniform… not to mention out of it…”\n\nA smile re-emerged upon Quinn’s face. “So… what did you bring me?”\n\nDanielle aped Quinn’s smile. “Close your eyes.”\n\nHer left eyebrow raised just barely, Quinn did as she was asked; Danielle hesitated for a second, lowered her lips to Quinn’s, and parted moments later after a slow, lingering kiss. “Okay, that was nice,” the redhead said, licking her lips after Danielle had lifted away, “but I can get that anytime. What’s in the cup?”\n\nDanielle shook her head, lowered the cup to Quinn’s lips – and her smile broadened as Quinn’s eyes flew open. \n\n“Diet soda?” Quinn sat up straight and grasped at the cup. “Diet [u:209or1z4]orange[/u:209or1z4] soda! Danny! Where did you find this?”\n\n“Are you sure that you want to know?” \n\nQuinn wrinkled her nose in that certain way that Danielle found adorable. “What I want to know is where the ice cubes are.”\n\n“If you want ice, you know who to go looking for.”\n\nThe redhead turned her head from Danielle – but held onto the cup of soda for dear life. \n\nDanielle couldn’t help but smile. “Fine. [u:209or1z4]Be[/u:209or1z4] that way.”\n\nQuinn turned back to give Danielle a look that combined equal parts pouting and glare – [i:209or1z4]and how she can do that, I’ll never know[/i:209or1z4], the dark-haired young woman thought quite loudly. “Okay, I’ll tell you,” she said, letting go of the cup as Quinn downed it quickly before holding it out for a refill. “You remember a few months ago, when those guys brought that tiny herd of cattle in, in exchange for a safe place to stay? Well, long story short – when they took some of them down for meat, I got hold of some of the sheep intestines and bladders. I treated them, figured out a way to mass-produce – well, more or less – the material, and I’ve been making condoms.”\n\nQuinn’s shriek of surprise and disgust rang out through the room. “EWWWWWW!”\n\n“Come on, Quinn,” Danielle said, pouring her more soda. “You’re a big girl – and there’s an important reason to make them, too. There’s been a big rise in STD’s, and it’s not as if I can synthesize all of the antibiotics and inhibitor drugs they had before [i:209or1z4]Zero Hour[/i:209or1z4]. A lot of them – well, if I actually knew what they were, or had samples, it would be a different story. If I were Sherrie Klein, it would be a whole new story, because she could just create new ones – but they have her sequestered at [i:209or1z4]Zero Area[/i:209or1z4], coming up with things to bring humanity back up on its feet. Fighting the clap isn’t high on the list.”\n\nShe stroked Quinn’s hair as she continued. “There’s also the matter of birth control. With al the pollution and contaminants in the environment… well, having babies isn’t exactly the safest thing to do – at least, not for a while. Those condoms are saving people from a whole world of heartbreak, and medical problems no one really wants to think about. The birth defects that could – that have been occurring now, with the way things are…”\n\nQuinn took Danielle’s hand, knowing that as part of the few persons at Legion Tower with actual advanced medical training – and the only metahuman with healing skills within a couple of hundred miles of Lawndale – Danielle had seen some hideous things since the day that humanity had almost died out… especially in regards to childbirth and infant care. A normal, reasonably safe delivery and a healthy child afterwards was actually a reason for celebration now – and the makeshift cemetery at the far end of the quarry was occupied by far, far too many tiny occupants…\n\n“How many of those can you make?”\n\n“A lot more than you’d believe. It’s just synthesizing the original samples from the sheep, and then – oh, you don’t want to hear the gooey details.” Danielle brushed her hair back ‘It’s not as if I’m profiteering, Quinn – and the fact is, the ones I synthesize are actually safer than some of the older ones… We’ve been giving them out as part of the pay that workers get, if they want them, and they’re also a hot trading item.”\n\n“So you traded for diet soda? For me?” Quinn reached out to take Danielle’s hand in her own. “Danny… you got it for [u:209or1z4][i:209or1z4]me[/i:209or1z4][/u:209or1z4]?”\n\n“Well, I was talking to that trooper that you knew in school – Sergeant White – and he was talking about all the dates he took you on.” Danielle smiled at the look that appeared on Quinn’s face. “He was part of the detail that escorted me to [i:209or1z4]Camp Defiance[/i:209or1z4], just outside Langley, and we talked a bit. Boy, did he have a thing for you.”\n\nQuinn finished her second cup of soda as images of Jaime White flashed through her mind. “Had? Well, isn’t that something? I didn’t realize I was that easy to get over.”\n\n“I think he just realized that competing with an officer for the hand of an attractive Legionnaire wasn’t a fight he wanted to get into,” Danielle said. “Or maybe it’s the fact that all of those young women that see him as their strapping young hero have distracted him. You should see the girls he’s pulling in now – I mean, if I wasn’t seeing someone, I’d be out there chasing after the girls with him! He’s an excellent wingman, and [i:209or1z4]funny-![/i:209or1z4] He can keep any best friend occupied while you seal the deal with someone you’re interested in…”\n\nQuinn pulled her hand back, crossed her arms and gave her girlfriend a glance that should have left powder burns on the wall behind Danielle, who laughed at the Legionnaire’s attitude. “Oh, come on! I’m talking about the first night [i:209or1z4][u:209or1z4]we[/u:209or1z4][/i:209or1z4] snuck off together! Don’t you remember how the sergeant started doing that comedy routine, doing jokes about everything and everybody in sight? No one even noticed we had left!”\n\nDanielle saw how the jealously flowed out of Quinn – but she wasn’t about to let her off the hook yet. “It’s a good thing, too, Quinn, because you’re entirely too loud. I don’t mind at all, when we’re in your nice, soundproofed room – but do I have to remind you of that time when we were in the medical center that night and the General came charging in with the security detail, because they thought someone was killing us both?”\n\nThe deep, burning blush that covered Quinn’s entire body made Danielle laugh out loud. “So you do remember. Anyway – he got four two-liters of diet soda and a case of root beer from a scrounger who works the area around the camp for twenty condoms, two magazines for a M9 pistol, and a box of 9mm ammo. He gave me half of the diet soda and a six-pack or root beer for fifty condoms.”\n\nQuinn tried not to fixate on the idea of cold soda with her dinner in a few hours. “So that’s why the General’s been so happy the past week.”\n\n“The General told Jaime – I call him that off-duty – that if they run across anyone else with root beer for trade, to offer them a PFT if they have it in bulk,” Danielle replied. “Basically the same deal we’ve been making for viable medical supplies – ammo, light weapons, or even a full-power M2. He [u:209or1z4]really[/u:209or1z4] wants more root beer.”\n\n“So, that’s how you kept him from screaming bloody murder after he shooed me out of the medical ward,” Quinn said. “You gave him that bag of root beer candies you had!”\n\n“And, I promised him that I’d talk David Allen into digging up a case of root beer.” Danielle almost laughed when she remembered how she did so. “Of course, being a complete and total bastard, he’s been teleporting two cans of the stuff in every Friday night for the past six weeks – and to top it all off, he sent the empty box [i:209or1z4]first[/i:209or1z4]. Kind of explains why he and Julia get along so well.”\n\n"If you could manage to get the two of them to go ahead and head down to Australia for a fun weekend, they\'ll both be happy enough to just give you an entire case right off," said Quinn. "Maryann told me that with everything that\'s happened, they rarely get any time together."\n\n"I\'d be careful about gossiping with [i:209or1z4]her[/i:209or1z4]," Danielle shot back. "She\'s the one that told your former Leader that we were a couple, just before you beat him in the election. Yes, we got to share the dinner Mack got for tattling, but gossiping - it\'s just - you\'d [i:209or1z4]think[/i:209or1z4] with the end of the world, that people would have more important things to deal with, but-"\n\nQuinn was about to reply when a shrill, constant beeping sounded from the computer display. “That’s the LIDAR tracking system – there’s an object coming into the atmosphere, on a course for the quarry,” she said, turning away from Danielle to look over the long-distance display console. ”It’s big, whatever it is. ”\n\n“’Whatever it is?’ Is it a meteor, or a satellite?” Danielle asked. “They started dropping out of orbit about six months ago…”\n\n“Only if it’s slowing down and adjusting its course as it comes in,” Quinn replied, focusing her attention on her flight ring. [i:209or1z4]Tom! Bai Zheng! Tori! I need you to-[/i:209or1z4]\n\n[i:209or1z4]They’re already in the air, Quinn,[/i:209or1z4] a surprisingly calm voice informed her, through the mental link Legionnaires could access through their flight rings. [i:209or1z4]You should calm down and tell the General and everyone else about this. Tell them to be down by the other end of the quarry. It’s going to come down on the beach.[/i:209or1z4]\n\nQuinn allowed herself a moment to fume at her Deputy Leader’s actions. \n\nI hate the way Andrea only tells us about things she’s seen in her visions ‘when she thinks the time is right.’ \n\n[i:209or1z4]Andrea-![/i:209or1z4]\n\n[i:209or1z4]Don’t complain, Quinn – and bring Danielle with you. She’ll like this a lot. Everyone will. You two can make out later – and this time, lock the door of the communications room.[/i:209or1z4]\n\n[b:209or1z4][u:209or1z4]ANDREA![/u:209or1z4][/b:209or1z4]\n\n[i:209or1z4]Don’t worry, Quinn. This is a good thing. [/i:209or1z4]\n\n“We have to go down to the beach,” Quinn said, setting her cup down. “Our visitors are going to set down on the beach.”\n\n\n*****\n\n\nTom Sloane, Bai Zheng Bo and Tori Jericho – the three most powerful Legionnaires - soared through the air in formation with the lozenge-shaped container as it slowly descended through the clouds. \n\n[i:209or1z4]Don’t do anything stupid, Tom![/i:209or1z4] The blonde-haired young woman cast, streams of energy flowing from where her feet normally would be and propelling her alongside the vehicle. [i:209or1z4]Andrea said that it was safe to let this land![/i:209or1z4]\n\n[i:209or1z4]She said that about the Metal Intelligence, too, [/i:209or1z4]Tom shot back, a little miffed that the ‘newbie’ Legionnaire would have the nerve to give him orders.\n\nTori felt the flash of heat around her as Tom’s snotty attitude flowed through the Ring-link; even with the trio of Psychon Mark 70 ‘quantum stabilizers’ she wore as gauntlets and a belt that allowed her to keep her human form, a multitude of shifting razor-thin lines begin to flow across the surface of her body, radiating with the brilliant, signature copper-hued shade that only anti-energy held.\n\n[i:209or1z4]Victoria. Be calm. Thomas is incorrect – but we have work to do.[/i:209or1z4]\n\nTori glanced over at the short, yet muscular Chinese youth flying just above her, his usually serious demeanor diluted by a look of concern and affection for-\n\n[i:209or1z4]I don’t need you to tell me my job, Bai Zheng[/i:209or1z4].\n\nThe ‘Tron lines’ that tattooed her entire body seemed to explode with burning anti-energy as Tori took the lead position.\n\n[i:209or1z4]I know my job. Oh, and since you seem to keep forgetting – when we’re on duty, don’t call me by that name.[/i:209or1z4]\n\nThe skies above the Maryland shoreline lit up as Tori shut off her stabilizers with a mental command and shifted over fully, her body now composed of pure, deadly anti-energy.\n\n[i:209or1z4]I’m [u:209or1z4]Wildfire[/u:209or1z4].[/i:209or1z4]\n\nThe Legionnaire spiraled downwards in a boiling corona of energy, sealing her thoughts off totally from her teammates as she passed through the clouds.\n\n[i:209or1z4]And I don’t need [u:209or1z4]anything[/u:209or1z4] from you.[/i:209or1z4]\n\n\n*****\n\n\nA crowd of several hundred people watched from the cliff overlooking the beach as the container – a series of ten garbage-can-sized devices attached to the sides, all pulsing with light – came in for a soft landing on the beach, followed in by Tori, Bai Zheng and Tom.\n\nLed by Quinn and Daria Morgendorffer, a group of Legionnaires walked down the beach as a group of USMC troopers, led by General Kyle Armalin and Sergeant Major Brenda Nemec, went along side-by-side. \n\n“I’ll be damned,” the Sergeant Major said, moving close to the vehicle. “Shades of [i:209or1z4]Thunderbird Two[/i:209or1z4].”\n\n“What?” Daria asked. “You recognize that thing?” \n\n“She should,” a voice from behind spoke up, and Sidney Simon - looking annoyingly appropriate in her Legion uniform of black with shining gold trim and undershirt (or so both Morgendorffer sisters thought), stepped to the front of the crowd. “This is a [i:209or1z4][u:209or1z4]Project Starseed[/u:209or1z4][/i:209or1z4] re-supply drop.”\n\n“She’s right,” Nemec said, shouldering her weapon as she looked over the container – one large enough to hold two or three semi-trailer trucks. “It’s a Class Three general-relief drop container – and someone put a lock on the doors, too. Look at that.”\n\nThe Sergeant Major walked to the end of the container, where two identical handprint scanners were revealed as panels on both sides of the doorway slid upwards. “Yes, someone wanted to be sure that only people who were meant to got in here. Trinary security release – voice-recognition, retina-scan and heat-sensitive in the handprint scanner, too. People got wise to the movie trick of cutting off or pulling out body parts in order to fool the scanners.”\n\n“Hey, look at that!” \n\nEveryone turned as Mack Mackenzie, being curious, looked into the retina scanner on the right side of the door – and the machine beeped before sending a message across the small screen below the scanner: \n\n[b:209or1z4]RETINA SCAN CONFIRMED – MACKENZIE, MICHAEL JORDAN – THE LEGION \n\nCOMPLETE ID CONFIRMATION-\nVOICEPRINT – ID CODE\nPALM SCANNER[/b:209or1z4]\n\n“Whoa,” Charles Ruttheimer said, stepping in close. “It recognized – [i:209or1z4]it’s programmed to recognize Legion members.”[/i:209or1z4]\n\nMack glanced around at the faces all staring at him; Quinn stepped up. “Well – finish what you started, Mack.”\n\nShrugging, Mack turned to place his hand on the scanner, and remembered the security code he chose when he joined the Legion. [i:209or1z4]Damn, Charles. You watched entirely too much Star Trek – and I think the only reason they all agreed to go along with your idea for security codes when the Tower went active was just to annoy Daria-[/i:209or1z4]\n\nMack actually jumped when a chorus of voices in his head all spoke in unison. \n\n[i:209or1z4]We can all hear you, Mack.\n\nYeah. We REALLY need to work on NOT projecting when we’re wearing these things.[/i:209or1z4]\n\nMack scowled, jerked his ring from his finger, and stuffed it into his pocket with one hand as he placed the other on the scanner. “Michael Jordan Mackenzie – Active Member, Legion Chapter One. Authorization code – um, ah… Mackenzie Omega zero-zero-two-three.”\n\nThe screen under the scanner went green, and the General moved over to the other scanner before anyone else could. “Colonel Kyleton Isaiah Armalin,” he said, looking into the retina scanner as his hand rested on the palm-print scanner. “DELPHI Special Assignment Officer. Authorization code Starhound, Starhound - five-one-seven-slash-Trinity-break-Psi-Upsilon-break.”\n\nStacy Rowe, standing directly in front of the doors, hissed and leaped back in surprise as they immediately hissed open. “Oh, wow,” Brittany Taylor piped up, her eyes almost bulging as she saw the contents of the container – three large semi-trailer containers sitting side-by-side, and a large number of blue fifty-five gallon plastic drums – each clearly marked ‘FRESH FRUITS’ in large orange letters, loaded in front of the trailers.\n\nA cheer went up from the crowd on the ledge. “This is definitely someone’s idea of a morale-booster,” Nemec said, smiling broadly. “God bless that person for the rest of their days.”\n\nGeneral Armalin turned to Quinn – a small smile on his face as he glanced over at Danielle – and cleared his throat. “Morgendorffer, would you kindly assign a few Legionnaires to crowd control before people start hurting themselves and each other trying to get down here? It looks like someone’s sent enough fruit for everyone here to have a taste – and a few more things – but I am not going to have a mad stampede to rummage through these containers.” \n\nHe glanced back towards the wide-eyed group of USMC troopers. “Lieutenant Molyneux, Lieutenant Herman – put your eyes back in, and go assist the Legionnaires in calming the people down. Let them know an announcement is forthcoming. Lieutenant Blum!”\n\nThe red-haired telepath in fatigues stepped forward. “Yes, sir!”\n\n“You and the Sergeant Major organize a detail to inventory the contents of this container. Have Sergeant Connarubias and the Legion’s flying bricks move the container up to the Tower, and put guards around it 24/7.”\n\n“Here’s the manifest, sir,” the Sergeant Major said, stepping out of the container and handing him a loose-leaf binder. “Like I said, sir – standard [i:209or1z4][u:209or1z4]Project Starseed[/u:209or1z4][/i:209or1z4] re-supply drop. There’s also this.”\n\nShe held up a hardshell case; on the side, also in orange letters, was the message [b:209or1z4]OPEN AND PLAY IMMEDIATELY[/b:209or1z4]. “No beating around the bush about that, is there?”\n\nDaria soundly ignored the stares leveled at her as she spoke. “It’s safe,” Tom said, looking through the case with his ‘shape-vision’ as he stepped forward and stood beside Daria. “There’s a laptop computer in there, and a DVD in a jewel case.”\n\n“Well, we’re not going to play it right out here in the open,” Quinn said; behind her, the General gave a tiny nod of approval. “Tom, Tori, Bai; you stay with the Sergeant Major and get everything taken care of – and if there’s anything important like hair shampoo and conditioner or makeup – let me know [i:209or1z4][u:209or1z4]right away[/u:209or1z4][/i:209or1z4].”\n\nThe Asian Legionnaire exhaled a tiny breath of exasperation. The young woman, despite everything she had done and was capable of (including a relationship that actually seemed to work), could be – well, [i:209or1z4]fixated on the mundane[/i:209or1z4] didn’t begin to cover it.\n\nHis expression changed dramatically as Quinn nudged him gently. “Just kidding. Everyone else – [i:209or1z4]conference room.”[/i:209or1z4]\n\nBai Zheng let a flicker of a smile cross his face as he watched Quinn and several others walk away. \n\n[i:209or1z4]One would think that, after a thousand years, very little would surprise me. Yet, that one does so consistently.[/i:209or1z4]\n\n\n*****\n\nJodie Landon inserted the DVD in the laptop, already connected to the giant screen in the Legion’s Main Conference Room, and sat back as it booted up.\n\nDanielle, standing next to Quinn, glanced around the area; there were over a hundred persons in the now-SRO Conference Room – mostly the USMC officers and local citizens cleared for the Tower, like Jake and Helen Morgendorffer, but also members of the U.S. Marshals Service, and people from USMC Central Command, the Academy and Echo Base – all of whom had ways of near-instantaneous travel over hundreds of miles…\n\nShe glanced over to where Carolyn Field of [i:209or1z4]The Alliance[/i:209or1z4] and Lt. Amorette Molyneux – both Canadians – stood and listened to a woman with glasses and thick red hair (tied back in a heavy ponytail) as she spoke to General Armalin. [i:209or1z4]That’s Heather Hudson – head of Department H after her husband got killed during Zero Hour. She’s the one who got the field super-generators running that absorbed the energy of the EM surges and kept that shield up that saved Ottawa-[/i:209or1z4]\n\n“Hey! Everyone! [i:209or1z4]SHUT UP!”[/i:209or1z4]\n\nLike everyone else, Danielle turned to where Jeffrey Brace stood next to Jodie, who looked at him with a cool expression reserved for animals urinating on a person’s shoes. “There you go,” he said, smiling at her in a way that made her briefly consider knocking him through a wall with her force-field belt. “You can go ahead and start it up. They’re paying attention now.”\n\nJulia Carlyle slapped Jeffrey in the back of the head and pulled him over to where David Allen Farrington stood; Danielle turned back to the screen as the image of a black woman, dressed in the uniform of a four-star Air Force general, appeared on the screen.\n\nAs the camera angle pulled back to show a group of four men and women standing behind the Black woman and the desk she sat at, Danielle’s head whipped back around to Quinn as she gasped in shock, and nearly fell over.\n\n“What?” she asked, keeping Quinn from falling to the floor as the redhead stared at the screen. “What’s wrong?”\n\n“It’s – it’s [i:209or1z4][u:209or1z4]Aunt Amy[/u:209or1z4]!"[/i:209or1z4] Quinn squeaked, in that way Danielle knew meant that she was beyond surprise or excited. “She’s alive – [i:209or1z4]Aunt Amy’s [u:209or1z4]alive[/u:209or1z4]!”[/i:209or1z4]\n\nOut of the corner of Danielle’s eye, she saw Quinn’s mother and father hugging Daria close as they stared at the screen; tears flowed down Helen Morgendorffer’s face as she silently wept with joy.\n\n[i:209or1z4]“Hello,”[/i:209or1z4] the Black woman said, her voice echoing through the room. [i:209or1z4]“If you’re watching this, you must either be members of the United States military, one of the Federal law-enforcement agencies, or with the Legion. Let me introduce myself. I am General Paula Trainor. I am the Director of DELPHI. I am a fellow American.”[/i:209or1z4]\n\n“She made it out,” Armalin said, remembering the text message that allowed him to save the Legionnaires and so many others. “She made it off-world.”\n\n[i:209or1z4]“Since the events of [u:209or1z4]Zero Hour[/u:209or1z4] occurred eighteen months ago, the DELPHI forces that evacuated to another Earth have been making every effort to monitor the situation at home. Once a month for the past seventeen months, we have deployed shielded probes into low orbit to observe events; obviously, because of the conditions, we have been able to gain very little information.”[/i:209or1z4]\n\nGeneral Trainor paused. [i:209or1z4]“That has now changed. Today, with the generous assistance of the governments on this world, we have sent a space vehicle through, which even as I speak, is deploying a network of ten communications satellites around the globe. The [u:209or1z4]Messenger Network[/u:209or1z4] will allow us to establish and maintain communications with all surviving facilities on Earth, as well as reestablishing the means for global communications for you. This is a vital first step; in order to facilitate this, we have sent enough portable satcom transceivers for your forces to set up ground stations around the world. We have also sent medical supplies, stores of ammunition and weapons, portable power generators, a supply of food, water purifiers – and it was suggested that some morale-boosting supplies would be appreciated. A supply of – non-essential items - was also included in the shipment.”[/i:209or1z4]\n\nA cheer went up through the room. [i:209or1z4]“There is someone else who wants to speak to you,” [/i:209or1z4]Trainor continued. “Ladies and gentlemen – [i:209or1z4][u:209or1z4]the President of the United States[/u:209or1z4].”[/i:209or1z4]\n\nEveryone went silent as the image of General Trainor dissolved to the Presidential Seal, which dissolved to a wide shot of a slender, distinguished African-American man in his late forties, sitting at his desk in the Oval Office. \n\n“Hey – that’s [i:209or1z4]Barack Obama[/i:209or1z4],” Jeffrey said, his face full of awe. “He’s our Senator – I’m from [i:209or1z4]Chicago[/i:209or1z4] – he’s the junior Senator from Illinois. He became [i:209or1z4]President? [u:209or1z4]Cool[/u:209or1z4].”[/i:209or1z4]\n\n“Shhh!” Julia Carlyle hissed. “Let’s hear what he has to say!”\n\nThe man began to speak [i:209or1z4]“I am Barack Obama – and on this Earth, I am the President of the United States of America. At this time, I wish to extend greetings to you, in the name of all of your brothers and sisters, your mothers and fathers; those men and women from your Earth who have sought and found sanctuary upon our shores. We have welcomed them into our homes and into our hearts, and yet, we recognize the pain and sadness each and every one of them have felt upon leaving the world of their birth in the hour of its greatest need, even if only to return someday with the assistance needed to help those left behind.”[/i:209or1z4]\n\nJeffrey chuckled. “Yeah. That’s Senator Obama, all right.”\n\nThe President continued. [i:209or1z4]“I will not seek to lessen your trials, your suffering, or your losses by saying that I understand what you have lived through over the past eighteen months, for all of you listening have been witness to an event unimaginable by any who have not experienced for themselves what can only be described as the death of cultures, of nations, of a world forever lost. I will not demean that which all of you now endure as your way of life by suggesting even for a moment that I can somehow envision those struggles; I will not patronize any of you by saying that things for you will be better, now that the solar disturbances have ceased, for we all know that is not to be – not for years, not for decades or centuries, and perhaps, never again. The lives you once had are now a part of history. The world that you once knew now belongs to the ages.”[/i:209or1z4]\n\nThe sound of deep silence was broken only by sporadic sniffling, the shuffling of feet, and the quiet weeping of many who were listening to President Obama’s address. [i:209or1z4]“I speak of these things not to reawaken wounds old and new or to revisit the horror of your recent past and your present, but to remind all of you listening now that despite everything that you have suffered through – [u:209or1z4]you have survived[/u:209or1z4]. Through unspeakable cataclysmic events, through the burning of continents, though the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have walked the lands you call home unchecked and touched each and every single one of you, forever changing all that you know and that which you are – [u:209or1z4]you have survived[/u:209or1z4]. At that place where the road to Perdition forever ends, at the blackened gates of Hell itself, you have all stood and held the line. With a profound determination, with courage beyond imagination, you have chosen to stand and begin life anew – and today, I am proud to tell you that we stand with you. Let it be known that on this date, the Untied States of America and her allies have chosen to stand with the men and women of your world, and provide any and all forms of assistance that we can.”[/i:209or1z4]\n\nThe Conference Room exploded with cheering, but others quickly quieted them down as President Obama continued. [i:209or1z4]“This is only the first of many, many excursions to your world, which will provide humanitarian relief for you and yours. We will provide the means for you to rebuild areas in which you may restart safe, secure communities, free from disease, the climactic changes affecting your world for decades to come, and from the collapse in society which has allowed the worst in humanity to rise from the darkness and thrive. We will assist you in every way imaginable in order to begin to shape your world in the visions that you and your people have chosen, rising from the ashes in order to build a future that pays tribute to those lost; one that gives hope to your children and all those yet to come afterwards that your sacrifices were not in vain, and proves to one and all that this race of Man shall not perish from this Earth. On this day, on two worlds, let these words ring out so that all may hear them and rejoice: ‘You are not alone anymore.’ From this day forth and forevermore – you will never be alone. God bless you, and God watch over you all.”[/i:209or1z4]\n\nThe Presidential Seal reappeared and hung on screen; Jodie turned off the monitor, and as the lights came up, an explosion of sound filled the room as almost everyone began to talk.\n\nDanielle wasn’t aware of any of that; she felt Quinn’s arms tight around her, and felt the wetness of Quinn’s tears as the smaller woman cried in her arms. “Aunt Amy’s alive…”\n\nShe held Quinn tight to herself, beyond caring who was watching; all that mattered was that one of the holes her Quinn had – one of too many, to be sure - was suddenly healed. “It’s a start, Quinn,” she whispered into the redhead’s ear, unsure if Quinn had even heard her speak. “It’s not even a light at the end of the tunnel… but it’s something.”\n\nDanielle was surprised as Quinn lifted her head and looked into her eyes. “It’s hope,” she said, a soft smile on her face. “It’s hope.”\n\n\n[b:209or1z4]END[/b:209or1z4]','f445ac29de5a86e6834515e9ab14e75b',0,'YQ==','209or1z4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358157,25697,6,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244119412,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 5 up)','Damn it! I hate cliffhangers! Need more.\n\nGreat pace, and great suspense build, TAG. Waiting for the next chapter.','10b7d1e3805cf6f3f8d33afb4ae4b990',0,'','2kqwq9g2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358158,25797,11,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244119597,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','I was thinking of Bob Geldof.','f9fe046ede688b80545f9dca2e35c2f3',0,'','mbh6fwea',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358159,25800,3,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244119684,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','[quote="Deref":17v36btr][quote="The Sidhe":17v36btr][url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8081829.stm:17v36btr]Two "gay" male penguins have hatched a chick and are now rearing it as its adoptive parents, says a German zoo.[/url:17v36btr][/quote:17v36btr]\nGod will surely smite them!\n\nIf He doesn\'t, it\'s absolute proof that there is no God![/quote:17v36btr]\n\nThose penguins have obviously never read the Bible or else they would be ashamed of what terrible sinners they were!\n\nIn all seriousness though, this brings up an important point. Lots of anti-gay people argue that "Queering doesn\'t make the world work." For some animals, like salmon or frogs or flies, the emphasis is on producing as many offspring as possible so a gay salmon or frog or fly would really serve no purpose to the species because the emphasis is purely on reproduction.\n\nBut for animals like people or penguins, the emphasis is not on having numerous children, but on having only a precious few and raising them well, and a gay parent can raise a child just as well as a straight parent. Put another way, any guy can bust a nut in a woman, but how many men can be good fathers? I\'m straight and I\'ll tell you right now that I\'d be a perfectly shitty father. I rest my case.','1c70d921cbdd9405dd128655d74834ff',0,'kA==','17v36btr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358160,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244119712,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="project pegasus":3vecri3c]I know that some people say things like, "If you\'re not (insert racial/ethnic/religious/oppressed group), then you\'ll never understand what it\'s like to be part of this group." I understand and respect this. I don’t know what it means to be a black person in America and I never will. On the other hand, to me, an artist should have the freedom to create. The act of creating a world that lies outside of an artist\'s experience requires empathy. Also, there is the dynamic of consuming an artistic work: a person who reads a book or watches a movie about people who have had different experiences must also be empathetic if they are to get anything out of the book or the film. Empathy can only lead to good. \n\nBut on the other hand, this empathy must be humble enough to respect the limitations of empathy. The problem arises when one group, usually the more powerful group, imposes its meaning onto the group being discussed. For instance, when a white woman, Harriet Beecher Stoew, wrote "Uncle Tom\'s Cabin," she was obviously worried about the condition slaves in America. Of course, in her act of creating her empathetic picture of Black slaves in America, she also imposed a White meaning onto what it meant to be a Black person in America (i.e. the stereotype of an "Uncle Tom," a stereotype created by a white person, was imposed on Blacks). \n\nThus, like all rights and privileges, the act of artistic creation must be used responsibly. It is a dance between the artist\'s prerogatives of freedom and the knowledge that the act of artistic creation is one that will have political ramifications.[/quote:3vecri3c]\n\n\n\nThank you.','f93ccd287e0a087d46dcad21fa554f57',0,'gA==','3vecri3c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358161,25774,3,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244119874,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote:2te33t70]Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'[/quote:2te33t70]\n\nThat is no way to talk about Kirstie Alley!','3aff823bacf99927f683402ed26f3f26',0,'gA==','2te33t70',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358162,25728,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1244120131,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','oh come on Vlora you cant leave us hanging like [i:3g3mt89t]that[/i:3g3mt89t]... please may we have some more? \":mrgreen:\"','21a8870f07fce8409adedfd618dac8be',0,'IA==','3g3mt89t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358163,25725,5,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244120743,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Best of Batman','I liked that episode of Justice League Unlimited when Amanda Waller tells Batman that Ace of the Royal Flush Gang has a brain tumor and when she dies the release of mental energy could take out a wide area of the city. Batman approaches Ace alone and instead of using the weapon that Waller gave him to kill her, he holds Ace\'s hand and comforts her through her dying moments.','2b5593fa14f9a19385af64c164475972',0,'','19739cv5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358164,25802,5,598,0,'86.41.123.109',1244120986,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Scary Music','Has any music ever [i:ay0iiws3]scared[/i:ay0iiws3] you? I don\'t mean music that self-consciously sets out to be "scary", but music that actually produced a strong, frightened reaction in you. Here are a couple that terrified me (and I don\'t believe I was alone):\n\n[b:ay0iiws3]4 Hero - "The Elements"[/b:ay0iiws3] - a dark jungle track from the early 90s. The "tune" (ha ha) consists of a vari-speeded choir, who sound like they\'re howling in agony, a creaky door closing shut, weird banging drum sounds, and other unsettling noises. I first heard this while listening to a jungle/drum\'n\'bass compilation late at night, on the headphones, in the dark. Guess if I slept that night. I also heard a story about a guy who played this in his car - and ended up crashing it.\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HefafW-8wP0\n\n[b:ay0iiws3]Bikini Kill - "Star Bellied Boy"[/b:ay0iiws3] - the riot grrl punk band made lots of heavy tunes, but this is so utterly loud and chaotic it really unnerved me the first time I heard it. The screeching chipmunk sample clashing with the usual angry, confrontational vocals still makes me jump out of my skin.\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nYX9C_lF4U\n\n[b:ay0iiws3]Butthole Surfers - "22 Going on 23"[/b:ay0iiws3] - recording of a young woman calling into a talk radio show, describing a brutal sexual assault committed to her while the band play rumbling bass beneath. The [i:ay0iiws3]Locust Abortion Technician[/i:ay0iiws3] album had plenty of scary, unnerving moments, but this final track was totally on another level. I\'ve heard a rumour that the recording is actually genuine, so the whole thing is pretty much in questionable taste; but as an experience, it can hardly be denied. \n\n[b:ay0iiws3]PiL - "Death Disco"[/b:ay0iiws3] - John Lydon howls "see it in your eyes" over a distorted version of "Swan Lake" - the song is about his mother, dying of cancer. The emotional trauma conveyed is painfully sincere, but the end result is pretty terrifying, and earned me yet another sleepless night.','98a8dfd209a6e32a64ce3875ad9b7a99',0,'YA==','ay0iiws3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358165,25665,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244121017,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Disco316":219y4d76][quote="Quiverwing":219y4d76][quote="Disco316":219y4d76][quote="The Angst Guy":219y4d76][quote="Liz Ruiz":219y4d76]Why waste money on the X-Ray? Nature will eventually deliver your webcam back, hopefully in time for skypecon 09![/quote:219y4d76]\nHey, what happened to your avatar? Are you out of prison now? You looked so good in orange. \":P\"[/quote:219y4d76]\nShe looks good in anything though.[/quote:219y4d76]\nHey, I resent that. I have a reputation to protect, you know, newbie. \":wag:\"[/quote:219y4d76]\n*looks confused (well, more than normal)* I think I missed something.\n\n[size=85:219y4d76]Then again if missing something was an olympic sport, I\'d have a medal by now.[/size:219y4d76][/quote:219y4d76]\n\n\nNat is the the undisputed hottest girl on the PPMB! What you have missed, is the honor of seeing a pic of her!\n\nBut I still thing that comment was very sweet. And not at all threatening to the Queen Bee of the PPMB!','a77fd61c85ff5d6abaf9d789514039f5',0,'hA==','219y4d76',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358166,25775,3,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244121427,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Last Titanic survivor Millvina Dean dies','Rest in peace.\n\n(But at least Millvina Dean outlived that bitch Rose Dawson. (j/k))','2f4667cd9cdc8af325897bbb64837fe8',0,'','1vkzegu7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358167,25762,3,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244122018,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: check out these sculptures','I like Johnny Appleseed too. He looks like both a visionary and a dropout.','8109cfffc34be77e8073d769ed9fac93',0,'','elrzt240',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358168,25775,3,260,0,'68.162.175.29',1244123755,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Last Titanic survivor Millvina Dean dies','May she rest in peace.\n\nPeace\nKevin','ef15e73377b04ad4895597ec1c401469',0,'','6g9qna5e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358169,23937,3,305,0,'200.112.137.98',1244124834,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":1w96f36q]Comments like that don\'t help.[/quote:1w96f36q]\n\nBG, BG...I was just pulling your leg. \":)\"','ca79af4ba80d15679321b952415825bb',0,'gA==','1w96f36q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358170,24780,6,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244124919,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 1,001 Deaths of Tom Sloane - Part II','[quote="The Angst Guy":2t6mhyjy][quote="Brother Grimace":2t6mhyjy]Jane looked around the Sloane kitchen. "I love raiding your kitchen, Tommy boy," she said, putting the finishing touches of a saucer-sized cheeseburger with all the fixings." What else do you have to go with this?"\n\n"Well, I\'ve got a nice-sized banana up in my room," Tom replied. "If you want it, I\'ll show you where it is."[/quote:2t6mhyjy]\nAs Tom slumped slowly to the kitchen floor, unable to stand from the overwhelming nausea he felt, Jane took another bite out of the giant cheeseburger with the sliced banana on it.[/quote:2t6mhyjy]\n\n"Hey you two," Daria said as she walked into the room. "Hey, is that a cheeseburger?" she said with a slight pique of curiosity.\n\n"Sure is. Have some," she said, handing the cheeseburger over to Daria.\n\n"Oh gross!" Daria said as she lifted the bun to inspect it, "Pickles!"\n\n"That\'s right. You don\'t like pickles," Jane said, disappointed. "But Tom does, don\'t you honey?" \n\n"No," he protested. But as he opened his mouth, Daria rammed the cheeseburger down his throat.\n\n"But now you have nothing to eat yourself," Jane lamented.\n\n"What about that banana Tom said was in his room?" Daria asked.\n\n"Yeah, let\'s go find it!" Jane said, "You don\'t mind if we go into your room, do you Tom?"\n\nBut Tom only laid silently on the floor as tears began to pool in his eyes. \n\n"No? Ok, let\'s go Daria!" Jane said cheerfully as she skipped away with Daria. They ran upstairs and left Tom to suck on the meat in his mouth.','cf6f00b25befa48720fe508c10ed1f4c',0,'gA==','2t6mhyjy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358171,25803,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244125012,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','R.I.P. David Carradine','CNN has just reported that the actor, beat known for his role as Caine in the 1970\'s TV hit [i:3vlvv9kd]Kung FU[/i:3vlvv9kd] and the title role in the Tarantino [i:3vlvv9kd]Kill Bill[/i:3vlvv9kd] flims, was found dead in a Bangkok hotel.\n\nMore details as they arrive.\n\n\nEDIT: Here\'s the link. \n\n\n[url:3vlvv9kd]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_thailand_david_carradine[/url:3vlvv9kd]','bd022290cbf7fcb2e5b46e246e3cea76',0,'MA==','3vlvv9kd',1,1244127327,'',59,1,0),(358172,25665,3,305,0,'200.112.137.98',1244125408,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Liz Ruiz":fjf1h7ql][quote="Disco316":fjf1h7ql][quote="Quiverwing":fjf1h7ql][quote="Disco316":fjf1h7ql][quote="The Angst Guy":fjf1h7ql][quote="Liz Ruiz":fjf1h7ql]Why waste money on the X-Ray? Nature will eventually deliver your webcam back, hopefully in time for skypecon 09![/quote:fjf1h7ql]\nHey, what happened to your avatar? Are you out of prison now? You looked so good in orange. \":P\"[/quote:fjf1h7ql]\nShe looks good in anything though.[/quote:fjf1h7ql]\nHey, I resent that. I have a reputation to protect, you know, newbie. \":wag:\"[/quote:fjf1h7ql]\n*looks confused (well, more than normal)* I think I missed something.\n\n[size=85:fjf1h7ql]Then again if missing something was an olympic sport, I\'d have a medal by now.[/size:fjf1h7ql][/quote:fjf1h7ql]\n\nNat is the the undisputed hottest girl on the PPMB! What you have missed, is the honor of seeing a pic of her![/quote:fjf1h7ql]\nDamn straight. Which do you think is my best side? They\'re both good!\n\n[quote="Liz Ruiz":fjf1h7ql]But I still thing that comment was very sweet. And not at all threatening to the Queen Bee of the PPMB![/quote:fjf1h7ql]\nYou know your sides are good too!','7172a5af5293980ae3ec53779c66faaf',0,'hA==','fjf1h7ql',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358173,25800,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244125660,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','In Milwaukee in the early 1990s, there was a gay male couple who had adopted a young girl with a compromised immune system. (If I recall correctly, her complicated medical condition kept many people from adopting her.) This was unfortunately at the time and place of the worst outbreak of cryptosporidium in the US, an event I missed only by the skin of my teeth because I was living in Glendale immediately north of Milwaukee, which got its water from a different plant. I would drive to work at TSR on major Interstate highways which had NO CARS AT ALL DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR even through downtown, because so many people south of Glendale had been stricken (including stepson). I swear to God you never saw anything like it. Details are here.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_ ... m_outbreak\nhttp://www.mkelgbthist.org/events/health/crypto.htm\n\nMy wife will not drink tap water of any kind because of this. (See second article.) Anyway, the point was that the girl died of the outbreak, and I remember there was a heartbreaking story in the [i:m0n854qp]Milwaukee Journal[/i:m0n854qp] about the two men who had lost their child.\n\nAs moved as I am sometimes to play the fool here... sorry, I think I was supposed to be stupid here and I wish I had been. I read about the "gay penguins" and the adopted chick and remembered Milwaukee instead.','6a1f2ac3898e5b0b953ce78d12b97593',0,'IA==','m0n854qp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358174,25803,3,305,0,'200.112.137.98',1244125667,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','What? How? Why? \":shock:\"','7727c9b196bb63795f733e677c4cc843',0,'','14fz6nx8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358175,25803,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244125743,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','Oh, man. I used to watch his show, and I own the Kill Bill set. He was tremendous. \":(\"','9da989474aca1d8421def219acd3ca28',0,'','1dwh4rqx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358176,25774,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244125812,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="project pegasus":uwcf2q9x][quote:uwcf2q9x]Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'[/quote:uwcf2q9x]\nThat is no way to talk about Kirstie Alley![/quote:uwcf2q9x]\n[size=200:uwcf2q9x][b:uwcf2q9x]SLAP![/b:uwcf2q9x][/size:uwcf2q9x]\n\n\n\nWe do need some fanfic about this, though. \":D\"','605872b103e0b224b64a6601e38c9e44',0,'xA==','uwcf2q9x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358177,25803,3,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244126034,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','Huh . . .','17552a25eda89faa507d01ff52157d2e',0,'','1yi2ylp1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358178,25701,6,653,0,'76.127.51.152',1244126048,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DAYLIGHT:The Hope Mission (COMPLETED)','Superlative.','0d0a69d8e39c41f72ae75e3e5a282b90',0,'','3lzr13ej',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358179,25791,3,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244126272,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Flight Disagreed With Him','You see? This is why I never leave my room.','035c6ae82471db75d9f9c956615ae229',0,'','w24n5a4x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358180,25701,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244126534,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: DAYLIGHT:The Hope Mission (COMPLETED)','\":shock:\" Talk about your cameos! \":D\"','4012b76d09cf6cea9c05735681ecd3a5',0,'','2ygdtahn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358181,25738,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244126854,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Daria X over (dead like me) UPDATED: Chapter 6 on 6/4/09','Excellent first paragraph, especially the last line thereof: a real grabber! \":D\" Moar plz\n\n\n\nOne correction: It\'s [url=http://dariablog2.blogspot.com/2007/12/meet-mrs-johanssen-part-1.html:1n4259l7][b:1n4259l7][size=150:1n4259l7]Johanssen[/size:1n4259l7][/b:1n4259l7][/url:1n4259l7], with two s\'s, one n. Even MTV got it wrong at times, but they do have an "official" spelling if one hunts for it.','7fb272c057a1b2ed8f5eb0aa069facfb',0,'VA==','1n4259l7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358182,25701,6,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244127005,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DAYLIGHT:The Hope Mission (COMPLETED)','[quote="The Angst Guy":3saopray]:shock: Talk about your cameos! \":D\"[/quote:3saopray]\n \":D\" \n\nBG, years ago I saw an article on an early 17th century condom made from sheep intestines and a silk drawstring...nice low-tech solution.','9af680425a566411be5bfd49092f5cc7',0,'gA==','3saopray',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358183,25797,11,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244128841,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','[quote="Dervish":10jw4eyl]Is this to represent the best of the human race, or the most honest example of humanity (despite the collective shame...because I\'m thinking Homer Simpson here)? \n\nI\'m assuming this is just out of the blue they make their presence known and request Earth send a rep, because otherwise what\'s known about them would make a difference. \n\n\n\nBtw, there was a chapter about this in the novel Contact by Carl Sagan that dealt with this very question. It was just one of many reasons why it was way better than the movie, IMO (if a bit dated). And if Ellie were a real character, I\'d be very happy with her going (and hopefully she could say something more relevant than she did when she came back...)[/quote:10jw4eyl]\n\n"They should have sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful . . . I had no idea."\n\nSend up George W Bush. The aliens might pity us and with any luck we might qualify for Space Welfare for stupid species.','1f5878676ee1a0ba20e3e769c2e0dac2',0,'gA==','10jw4eyl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358184,25803,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244128969,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','May he rest in peace.','e8df205047c6d7456224591040a7cc92',0,'','1skbsyck',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358185,25375,3,955,0,'151.151.73.163',1244129693,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three. \n\nElayne Boosler','de285e563125014170be0802fd7b6460',0,'','23u2p7g0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358186,25801,3,7,0,'121.45.14.89',1244129721,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Internet filter: $44.5m and no goal in sight','[quote="RLobinske":2ymglxfn]Damn, is the Aussie government taking lessons from the US?[/quote:2ymglxfn]\nThis is one of those rare occasions when I can\'t imagine the US government being that stupid.\n\n[size=85:2ymglxfn]Lest I send this thread summarily to Nick\'s: I in no way mean to imply that the US and/or Australian governments arenoticeably stupider than any others . . . [/size:2ymglxfn]','61e0371486de7df35c60b348de7386ec',0,'hA==','2ymglxfn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358187,25803,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1244129772,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','May he rest in peace. Man, I am going to miss the guy.','f8b11d1f5c60d89675e9ff918f25099b',0,'','1y7mn22l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358188,25781,3,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244129957,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: A clown\'s funeral.','Damn it! From the title, I thought Rush Limbaugh had died! Don\'t get my hopes up like that!','c7f3d4c1dcb3371bd6dbd536fb8c317a',0,'','hacez44y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358189,25375,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244130089,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Tank you veddy much.\n—Andy Kaufmann','592fabc668027ab884f4e8805dd4d7f7',0,'','naickkjh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358190,25803,3,260,0,'68.162.175.29',1244131307,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','May he rest in peace.\n\nPeace\nKevin','312c48450d7862d71b364156b3e31ad9',0,'','9qj414zk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358191,25583,3,83,0,'71.34.253.182',1244132605,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="A.J.":3g10meh8][quote="losdia":3g10meh8][quote="A.J.":3g10meh8]Golf truly is a good walk spoiled. \":(\" 59 for 9 holes, I stink.\n\nA.J.[/quote:3g10meh8]\n\nI\'d laugh if I hadn\'t manage to [b:3g10meh8]shoot[/b:3g10meh8] a 128 on 18 one time.[/quote:3g10meh8]\n\nAlso [b:3g10meh8]shot[/b:3g10meh8] 115 for 18 just last Friday. And I managed to lose 15 golf balls in one round. Like I said, I stink.\n[/quote:3g10meh8]\n\n\nMaybe the problem is using a gun instead of golf clubs?','ababac1754d80899ca66ec60d303e37b',0,'wA==','3g10meh8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358192,25804,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244132605,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Sense About Science-A cause for our UK members','A call to [url=http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/index.php/site/project/333/:3vwapnu0]keep libel laws out of science.[/url:3vwapnu0]\n\nI knew UK libel laws were plaintiff friendly but... \":shock:\"','2b269399f4918bf505a9475e19754a22',0,'EA==','3vwapnu0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358193,25375,3,83,0,'71.34.253.182',1244132680,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','If at first you don\'t succeed, skydiving is not for you.\n\n\nIt\'s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. And then it\'s just a game. To find the eye.','0bbfd40f399e534e7ef19542984206a2',0,'','ant1i1f4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358194,25797,11,83,0,'71.34.253.182',1244132733,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','Harrison Ford. Duh.','a7176cfc63e2cc45693369d7b9bd8e62',0,'','27c1djzf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358195,25583,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1244132944,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Angelinhel":2zz4o3o3][quote="A.J.":2zz4o3o3][quote="losdia":2zz4o3o3][quote="A.J.":2zz4o3o3]Golf truly is a good walk spoiled. \":(\" 59 for 9 holes, I stink.\n\nA.J.[/quote:2zz4o3o3]\n\nI\'d laugh if I hadn\'t manage to [b:2zz4o3o3]shoot[/b:2zz4o3o3] a 128 on 18 one time.[/quote:2zz4o3o3]\n\nAlso [b:2zz4o3o3]shot[/b:2zz4o3o3] 115 for 18 just last Friday. And I managed to lose 15 golf balls in one round. Like I said, I stink.\n[/quote:2zz4o3o3]\n\n\nMaybe the problem is using a gun instead of golf clubs?[/quote:2zz4o3o3]\n\n\nAnd you are only telling me this now? And what are these clubs you speak of?','d5e77b10506a743dd5eb4ef6a55fa077',0,'wA==','2zz4o3o3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358196,25800,3,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1244133061,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','[quote="project pegasus":3egsbhek]I\'m straight and I\'ll tell you right now that I\'d be a perfectly ****ty father. [/quote:3egsbhek]\n\n[quote="[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23937&p=358155#p358155:3egsbhek]here[/url:3egsbhek] project pegasus":3egsbhek]It\'s weird, but not one, but two of my friends have said that I give off a very lesbian vibe. One of those friends is actually a lesbian and she said that my love of cats, filtered water (yes for some reason lesbians like filtered water), and Virginia Woolf all give me a very lesbian vibe. Also, when I was in my young teens, I had a little crush on Ellen before she came out of the closet, and later in life I fell in love with Rachel Maddow\'s voice from her radio show before I found out that she, too, was a lesbian.[/quote:3egsbhek]\n\nSo are you a straight man who gives off a lesbian vibe, or a straight woman who would make a lousy father, \'cause you\'re, you know, a woman?','09026245335aebf6b96ea59500c31b28',0,'kA==','3egsbhek',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358197,25375,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244133750,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Micromanaging is too much damn work.','674d55e8d5aa4546fc05d2fa5d4d1d2c',0,'','1kx2wd9x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358198,25800,3,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244134249,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','[quote="smk":198y0cbv][quote="project pegasus":198y0cbv]I\'m straight and I\'ll tell you right now that I\'d be a perfectly ****ty father. [/quote:198y0cbv]\n\n[quote="[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23937&p=358155#p358155:198y0cbv]here[/url:198y0cbv] project pegasus":198y0cbv]It\'s weird, but not one, but two of my friends have said that I give off a very lesbian vibe. One of those friends is actually a lesbian and she said that my love of cats, filtered water (yes for some reason lesbians like filtered water), and Virginia Woolf all give me a very lesbian vibe. Also, when I was in my young teens, I had a little crush on Ellen before she came out of the closet, and later in life I fell in love with Rachel Maddow\'s voice from her radio show before I found out that she, too, was a lesbian.[/quote:198y0cbv]\n\nSo are you a straight man who gives off a lesbian vibe, or a straight woman who would make a lousy father, \'cause you\'re, you know, a woman?[/quote:198y0cbv]\n\nI\'m a straight guy who gives off a lesbian vibe. Don\'t ask me how I do it; it\'s a mystery to me too.','f871a55398e83e028806b472a1534cb8',0,'kA==','198y0cbv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358199,25583,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244134443,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="losdia":320oxdmw][quote="A.J.":320oxdmw]Golf truly is a good walk spoiled. \":(\" 59 for 9 holes, I stink.\n\nA.J.[/quote:320oxdmw]\n\nI\'d laugh if I hadn\'t manage to shoot a 128 on 18 one time.[/quote:320oxdmw]\n\nI shot a 77 once. [size=75:320oxdmw]For 9 holes.[/size:320oxdmw]','c51296e8c114d8bc5929cbf107a98616',0,'hA==','320oxdmw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358200,25375,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1244134880,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Angelinhel":2fd8mcjh]It\'s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. And then it\'s just a game. To find the eye.[/quote:2fd8mcjh]\nIt\'s only funny until someone gets hurt. Then it\'s hilarious!\n-one of the many mottoes of the Darwin Awards','a672d7ca3c109c5bac3fee00d294b580',0,'gA==','2fd8mcjh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358201,25375,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244135710,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','There are only two levels of cliff diver: "Grand Champion" and "stuff on a rock."\n—Norm McDonald','699bc6472a4a36ffab3df46279607958',0,'','21wdxx2r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358202,25375,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244135808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','...it is much easier to scare someone than it is to educate them.\n\n[i:3lhltv60]Steve Novella[/i:3lhltv60]','b5c12c0b60198df45b8566d51011091e',0,'IA==','3lhltv60',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358203,25803,3,26,0,'74.70.181.97',1244136295,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','I just found out about this myself. He seemed to be pretty well and had been doing ads for Yellow Book recently.\n\nIIRC he had played Caine\'s grandson (alongside Chris Potter\'s charcter of Peter Caine) in [i:35n6go68]Kung Fu: The Legend Continues[/i:35n6go68], which aired as part of Warner Bros. synidcated Prime Time Entertainment Network package along with [i:35n6go68]Time Trax[/i:35n6go68] and [i:35n6go68]Babylon 5[/i:35n6go68].\n\nHere\'s hoping Grasshopper is doing some fancy Kung Fu moves in the hereafter. \":cry:\"','00a698705bf67ba3adb3616c729a7c1a',0,'IA==','35n6go68',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358204,25689,6,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1244139244,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Regifted (Ch. 4)','Again, thanks to ul for betaing and thanks for all the nice/constructive comments.\n\n[b:z3q1g3fb]Ch. 4 One Habit Of A Highly Effective Person And Six Habits Of Some Less Effective People[/b:z3q1g3fb]\n\n“At least you can\'t say it\'s boring,” Jane said as she stared at the rather minimalist piece forming on the canvas.\n\n“Just stupid,” Daria replied from an inverted position on Jane\'s bed.\n\n“Oh come on, amiga,” Jane said. “It could be boring [i:z3q1g3fb]and[/i:z3q1g3fb] stupid. You still remember your old school chums, right?,” Jane continued.\n\n“It\'s the intelligence of all the people there that makes the stupidity so bad,” Daria said.\n\n“Are you sure you\'re feeling okay?” Jane said.\n\n“What I mean is that these people seem to be able to articulate thoughts more complex than, say, one of the Fashion Drones. So when they act like a jerks they understand exactly what they\'re doing and they know exactly how to do it for optimum effect.”\n\n“A Fashion Club with a brain,” Jane joked. “What\'s next, a Mr. O\'Neill with a spine?”\n\n“No,” Daria said. “But we have a calm Mr. DeMartino. He teaches English, thinks everyone is unworthy of his tutelage. The only difference is that Mr. DeMartino was justified in that opinion. I never thought that you could make reading \'Kubla Khan\' sound like boot camp.”\n\n“I imagine getting close enough to Kubla Khan to read him would take some intense training,” Jane said.\n\n“No,” Daria said. “You just have to be good at reading while performing a kowtow.”\n\n“You should have seen DeMartino today,” Jane said. “I swear he was one stupid answer away from going Katie Ka-Boom on us.”\n\n“I take it increasing the ratio of football players and cheerleaders to other people didn\'t agree with him,” Daria said.\n\n[i:z3q1g3fb]DeMaritno\'s not the only one who that didn\'t agree with[/i:z3q1g3fb], Jane thought.\n\n“Well, it does suck,” Jane said. “At least we know the grass isn\'t greener.”\n\n“No,” Daria said. “Just equally brown. Although there do seem to be some alright teachers, mostly the ones who have lost all passion for what and where they\'re teaching. And there were some alright people too. Weird, but alright. Actually one of them kind of reminded me of you. Completely calm in an awkward situation.”\n\n“Replacing me already Morgendorffer?” Jane joked.\n\n“Well,” Daria said. “In a free market of friends you have to keep up with the competition in order to maintain your clientèle.”\n\n“Curse my limited office hours.”\n\n* * *\n\n[i:z3q1g3fb]This is weird[/i:z3q1g3fb], Jodie thought. [i:z3q1g3fb]No parents around pressuring me to do things. Lots of people my own age fending for themselves. It\'s like[/i:z3q1g3fb] Lord of The Flies [i:z3q1g3fb]but with a lot more Piggys[/i:z3q1g3fb].\n\nThe dorm rooms of the campus carried over the federal architecture of the rest of the campus but the bright fluorescent lighting and lack of windows combined with the wear and tear of hundreds of students and the small sizes of the rooms gave the area a white-collar prison vibe. Each room was a mirror image of the one adjacent to it with doors placed at one side of the room such that each door was in an aesthetically pleasing pair with one of its mirrors. Unfortunately the hinges were also mirror to the adjacent door making opening both doors simultaneously an impossibility. This was information Jodie lacked when she left her new room to go to dinner. \n\n“Ow!” Jodie grunted as a rapidly slamming door threw her onto the ground.\n\n“I\'m so sorry,” said Marina as she ran into the room to see if the occupant was okay. “I know better than to swing open those doors. Stupid me. So, are you all right? Anything broken? Do you need first aid?”\n\n“No... I\'m fine. Just a little bruised.”\n\n“Oh,” Marina said. “It\'s you Jodie. So sorry. Didn\'t realize you were the one who moved in here. Are you sure you\'re okay? Have you met the neighbors yet? I should introduce you.”\n\nSomething seemed a bit off about the meter of Marina\'s speech and the rapid shifts in topic but Jodie just chalked this up to panic and embarrassment. Marina, aside from the brief loss of her ever-present smile, looked like a carbon copy of herself from the beginning of the day except for a change in reading material. The only English words among the hodgepodge of Latin on the tome\'s cover were “The Book of the Law”. \n\nAs Jodie stood up, she was grasped by the arm and led to the pair of doors directly across the hallway and Marina knocked on the left one. Immediately after the knock ended, the door opened to someone Jodie remembered seeing previously.\n\n“Hi, David,” Marina said. “David, this is Jodie. She just moved in to the room across from yours. Jodie, this is David. He\'s captain of the school trivia team and quite the interesting conversationalist.”\n\n“Hello, David,” Jodie said. “Nice to meet you.”\n\n“Hello, Jodie. The statistical likelihood is that I\'ve met a number of new faces today. I have some alternative theories but the most likely is that. Hello. Now that\'s a funny word. In the Victorian era and before hello was a mild curse that one would say when startled. That\'s where it comes from, hell-oh. Now how could a mild curse change in definition to a greeting?...”\n\nJodie peered past David and into his room. The room was rather unkempt with various books, electronic equipment and scribblings in seemingly random piles throughout. The walls had posters with a wide variety of subjects and titles. A few posters that happened to catch Jodie\'s eye were titled “Neu!”, “Eichler”, “Mizuho”, “Mach Go Go Go” and “Suda 51”, the subjects of which were unfamiliar to her.\n\n“...Although, coming through the same path as \'speak of the devil\' seems a bit of a stretch. Do you have any ideas?”\n\n“I have no idea,” Jodie said.\n\n“This warrants further research,” David said. “I will see you some other time.”\n\nWith that the door closed in their faces.\n\n“He\'s....interesting,” Jodie said in the most tactful way possible.\n\n“The trick is you have to butt into what he is saying to get a word in edgewise,” Marina said. “He doesn\'t ever seem to mind it and you can have some rather fascinating conversations if you do.”\n\nMarina then knocked on the adjacent door. After a minute or two someone opened the door.\n\n“Hey, Ryan,” Marina said. “Jodie here just moved in beside me. I thought you might want to meet her.”\n\n“I do, pleased to meet you.”\n\n“Ryan here, well, you were published in the school paper, right?”\n\n“Yeah, the school paper printed a few pieces of humourous doggerel that I wrote. Not by choice, though. You get paid for it here and I wanted the money. That\'s one of the perks of going to school that wants everything it does to be prestigiously academic. Not that they printed any of the meatier pieces I submitted.”\n\n“Well,” Jodie said. “I\'m planning to join the paper, perhaps I look at those articles.”\n\n“Sure, sure,” Ryan said. “What else are you planning to do here?”\n\n“I\'d like to get into student government,” Jodie said. “Join the French Club and maybe join a few sports teams.”\n\n“I see,” Ryan said. “Quite involved. I am off to supper, you are welcome to join me if you so desire but I am too hungry to keep up this conversation at the moment.”\n\n“We might meet up with you later,” Marina said, depriving Jodie of her opportunity to respond.\n\n“Suit yourself,” Ryan said as he walked off. “Nice to meet you Jodie.”\n\n“You know,” Marina said. “I never thanked you for getting Graham off my case. Thanks for that.”\n\n“No problem,” Jodie said. “It was the right thing to do.”\n\n“It was more than a lot of people\'d do,” Marina said. “Perhaps I could do something to thank you. Maybe I could take you out to dinner?”\n\n“Wait, are you asking me out?” Jodie said.\n\nMarina nodded tentatively.\n\n“I\'m sorry, Marina,” Jodie said. “But I\'m straight and I have a boyfriend.”\n\n“Oh, okay,” Marina said sounding positively crestfallen. “Darn it, now it\'s going to be awkward whenever we see each other.”\n\n“It\'s okay,” Jodie said. “We can be friends. I like you, just not in that way.”\n\n“Thanks,” Marina said nervously in an attempt to break the awkwardness of the situaiton. “What was I thinking anyway? Asking someone out after injuring them. A relationship starting with an injury would never work, or at least it would have a lot of angst it would need to overcome. Although it would be interesting to watch from the outside.”\n\n“Yeah,” Jodie said. Marina did not succeed in her attempt.\n\n“Well I\'ll see you later then,” Marina said in order to end the preceding uncomfortable situation.\n\n“Bye.”\n\n* * *\n\nGraham sat in his room talking with with someone on the phone.\n\n“Hello...Yes...No, I\'m sure nobody knows about us...I can\'t do as much for you when it\'s not summer...Yes, you are hot...Off?...Well... it\'s just that some girl embarrassed me in front of my whole economics class...Yes, I take economics. It\'s all about money which is all about power...No, I\'m not telling you what to do...It was merely a suggestion...Oh, she\'s was black with long braided hair. She was dressed in pretty business-y attire for school...Yes I believe Landon was her last name...Oh, so you know her?...So she\'s...Yeah I have that kind of influence...So then I should...That\'s a great idea for getting back at her...Oh yeah, way more than just a hot ass...Yeah I\'ll talk to you tomorrow.”\n\n* * *\n\nRyan lay in bed and reflected on the day.\n\n[i:z3q1g3fb]That Jodie is Marina\'s kind of girl[/i:z3q1g3fb], Ryan thought. [i:z3q1g3fb]In every sense of that phrase. I wonder how much she knows about Marina. Hopefully Jodie is more resilient than under pressure than Marina. And that Daria, if I have pegged her right from the limited interaction we have had it will be nice to have another relatively stable, rational person around here.[/i:z3q1g3fb]\n\n* * *\n\n“Hello,” Jodie said into the telephone receiver. “Is Mack there?”\n\n“Hi, Jodie,” Mack said while grabbing the phone on the other end. “How\'s the new school?”\n\n“It\'s going okay,” Jodie said. “There are quite a few weirdos and jerks here but I guess you could say the same thing about Lawndale. How are things going there anyway?”\n\n“It\'s the same as always,” Mack said. “Kevin is still Kevin; Brittany is still Brittany. Jane was looking a little lonely without Daria, so I tried to help her along. From the sounds of it, I shouldn\'t be worried about you finding someone better and us breaking up.”\n\n“Actually, someone did ask me out today.”\n\n“Really, on the first day?”\n\n“I was as surprised that it happened so fast as you are,” Jodie said. “I turned her down of course.”\n\n“Wait,” Mack said. “[i:z3q1g3fb]Her[/i:z3q1g3fb]?”\n\n“Yeah,” Jodie said. “Her name\'s Marina. She lives in the room next to mine. She\'s also the president of student council. That\'s going to make for some awkward cabinet meetings. She seems nice, if a bit overpowering personality-wise.”\n\n“Do you want to try to get together this weekend?” Mack asked. “I can tell you could use a break from all this craziness.”\n\n“I\'d really like to,” Jodie said. “I miss you, but I\'d imagine I have a week\'s worth of volunteer work waiting for me when we get back. Maybe next weekend.”\n\n“Okay,” Mack said with obvious disappointment.\n\n“Well,” Jodie said. “I\'m going to go get ready for bed; it\'s been a long day and I\'m exhausted. I\'ll call you again tomorrow and I\'ll see you as soon as I can.”\n\n“Goodnight.”\n\n“\'Night.”\n\n* * *\n\nDavid had some difficulty visualizing the girl he had met that morning.\n\n[i:z3q1g3fb]Why is it that you remember things best when going over them right before sleep?[/i:z3q1g3fb] David thought. [i:z3q1g3fb]It seems odd that the most difficult time to recall information, when you\'re tired, is when recalling information helps you to remember that information in the future. I guess that\'s just one of the ironies of life.[/i:z3q1g3fb]\n\nDavid finally was able to visualize Daria with her name underneath her like a caption. While maintaining this image in his mind David chanted her name over and over until he didn\'t have to actively think about it to recall her name. He then proceeded to do this for the other girl he had met that day. He then went to sleep.\n\n* * *\n\n“Damn it,” Marina said to her empty room. “Generally Graham doesn\'t get to me but he was especially vicious today. And then I do this fucking stupid thing with Jodie... If only she wasn\'t just so damn hot... But then I always did have a thing for people who run in and save me." Marina cursed herself. [i:z3q1g3fb]Fuck...Why do I always have to screw up every normal relationship I have?[/i:z3q1g3fb] she thought sadly. \n\nShe then took a larger amount of mescaline then she normally did every night and blubbered her nightly mantra: “Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.”','22a8c590cc789bdf91386a50faba34a4',0,'YA==','z3q1g3fb',1,1244257790,'',972,2,0),(358205,25170,6,785,0,'190.246.44.127',1244139466,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','Daria was casually chewing gum as her car ran over a stop sign. She raised an eyebrow at the stares she got from the boys in blue and got out of her vehicle. \n\n"Whats the problem?" She asked to the nearest officer.\n\nThe guy blinked, looking at the crushed stop sign but quickly shook his head and pointed at a nearby office building. "There\'s a sniper on the roof. We managed to evacuate everyone but he\'s shooting left and right. There\'s also a good chance that he\'s got backup over there."\n\nDaria spat her gum and then took a few steps towards the building. Suddenly a shot was fired and one of the tires from her car exploded. "Oh, son of a bitch. I just finished paying that!" She exclaimed and glared at the man on the roof. \n\n"Ma\'am?" The officer said, "be careful you shouldn\'t-" \n\n"Shut up, and trust me. I know what I\'m doing." She went back to the back of her car and opened the back-door and took what appeared to be a simple green tube from it. She glared one more time at the crook and put the tube over her shoulder, after a few seconds it was obvious that it was a bazooka.\n\n"What the-" Another office said, not quick enough as Daria fired at the building.\n\nAn explosion ensued, and the whole place went to the ground.\n\nDaria grinned at the boys in blue, "I think I got him."','f360079a2179d65db0fb4c11d3f1be03',0,'','1rscowdv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358216,25665,3,900,0,'72.131.3.2',1244143240,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Liz Ruiz":16p7ys9u][quote="Disco316":16p7ys9u][quote="Quiverwing":16p7ys9u][quote="Disco316":16p7ys9u][quote="The Angst Guy":16p7ys9u][quote="Liz Ruiz":16p7ys9u]Why waste money on the X-Ray? Nature will eventually deliver your webcam back, hopefully in time for skypecon 09![/quote:16p7ys9u]\nHey, what happened to your avatar? Are you out of prison now? You looked so good in orange. \":P\"[/quote:16p7ys9u]\nShe looks good in anything though.[/quote:16p7ys9u]\nHey, I resent that. I have a reputation to protect, you know, newbie. \":wag:\"[/quote:16p7ys9u]\n*looks confused (well, more than normal)* I think I missed something.\n\n[size=85:16p7ys9u]Then again if missing something was an olympic sport, I\'d have a medal by now.[/size:16p7ys9u][/quote:16p7ys9u]\n\n\nNat is the the undisputed hottest girl on the PPMB! What you have missed, is the honor of seeing a pic of her![/quote:16p7ys9u]\nThat would do it. The only QW pic I\'ve seen is Big Ben\'s tower, so I can\'t glean much from that one.','6d290062cd35bdffd24384c997972bde',0,'hA==','16p7ys9u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358206,25803,3,994,0,'64.185.108.50',1244140050,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','....We always loose the greatest earliest, it seems....','b2d40ddd2d70ce7be3f96fef1d013d1b',0,'','185iqzjl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358207,25799,4,124,0,'173.80.133.200',1244140149,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Here we go again........','The following day, Randi invited Randall Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue, who was also on the killer\'s speed-dial. She asked him what he, as a Christian, could do to stop all of the hate, and the actual quote is as follows:\n\n[url=http://nlsngrc.blogspot.com/2009/06/randall-terry-on-randi-rhodes-show-hate.html:36k2gdsn]"Hate can be a good thing."[/url:36k2gdsn]\n\nGathering all the facts about the guy, I can say that it wouldn\'t be surprising at all if he arranged for Tiller\'s murder.','d4eea781a41a58cb92ba1889a5b8994b',0,'EA==','36k2gdsn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358208,25375,3,994,0,'64.185.108.50',1244140240,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"You written any fanfic yet?"\n"No."\n"Then you\'re not a real fan. NEXT!"\n-Myself and friend James Baker, on the qualifications to be a \'fan.\'','7aafb0c814e2f7b5b1f3007be3aba4b0',0,'','2vutf6aw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358209,25670,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1244140301,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="The Angst Guy":36wmseyp]Personally, I blame the Emperor Constantine.[/quote:36wmseyp]\nFor the grammar Nazis: why one does see from time to time \'the Emperor Constantine (Alexander, whatever)\', but not (AFAICT) \'the King William\' or \'the Queen Salote\'?','25cb754b0ac8aff6500fd1ccee22d673',0,'gA==','36wmseyp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358210,25714,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1244140382,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="Deref":hrt220bx][quote="UU":hrt220bx][quote="Deref":hrt220bx]Shades of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis:hrt220bx]the Cuban Missile Crisis[/url:hrt220bx]?\n\nProbably not yet. Yet.[/quote:hrt220bx]\nIf North Korea is the new Cuba, where is the new USSR?[/quote:hrt220bx]\n \":lol:\" The USSA of course!\n\nNo. Seriously. China. Commies. What more do you need to know?[/quote:hrt220bx]\nYou aren\'t talking to Cross, are you? \":lol:\" \n\nWhat was the major threat during the Cuban Crisis?','9105a9e50609d2fa4fba6e15a08f238d',0,'kA==','hrt220bx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358211,25693,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1244140462,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="Deref":2waw5zmf]...\nThat\'s what I said. \":P\"[/quote:2waw5zmf]\nAh... Which discourse would you prefer? \":D\"','85e56c23b851360c4664101284c16f2b',0,'gA==','2waw5zmf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358212,25583,3,994,0,'64.185.108.50',1244140518,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Dennis":2cjz958i][quote="losdia":2cjz958i][quote="A.J.":2cjz958i]Golf truly is a good walk spoiled. \":(\" 59 for 9 holes, I stink.\n\nA.J.[/quote:2cjz958i]\n\nI\'d laugh if I hadn\'t manage to shoot a 128 on 18 one time.[/quote:2cjz958i]\n\nI shot a 77 once. [size=75:2cjz958i]For 9 holes.[/size:2cjz958i][/quote:2cjz958i]\n\n256. On the [i:2cjz958i]two-hole practice course at the college[/i:2cjz958i]. To be fair, the clubs were cut short, since they belonged to my friend Jeff, who is a full head shorter than I.','26784e8ebe644a8cf85ed3b127119ef5',0,'pA==','2cjz958i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358213,25794,3,994,0,'64.185.108.50',1244140618,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: David Eddings 1931–2009','....Dammit. Another great author, gone.','bb316f0887028488a64888d0a74bc70a',0,'','j2k9fewq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358214,25799,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244140657,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Here we go again........','[quote="Reese Kaine":3vvfpwx2]The following day, Randi invited Randall Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue, who was also on the killer\'s speed-dial. She asked him what he, as a Christian, could do to stop all of the hate, and the actual quote is as follows:\n\n[url=http://nlsngrc.blogspot.com/2009/06/randall-terry-on-randi-rhodes-show-hate.html:3vvfpwx2]"Hate can be a good thing."[/url:3vvfpwx2]\n\nGathering all the facts about the guy, I can say that it wouldn\'t be surprising at all if he arranged for Tiller\'s murder.[/quote:3vvfpwx2]\n\nRandall Terry, another product of Florida for which I must apologize to all. I have more respect for the gunk I scrape off my boots after walking through the shop at work than I have for him.','7d2954fa1236814f9a86f092b7e42695',0,'kA==','3vvfpwx2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358215,25170,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244141649,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="LSauchelli":mh12s13w]Daria was casually chewing gum as her car ran over a stop sign. She raised an eyebrow at the stares she got from the boys in blue and got out of her vehicle. \n\n"Whats the problem?" She asked to the nearest officer.\n\nThe guy blinked, looking at the crushed stop sign but quickly shook his head and pointed at a nearby office building. "There\'s a sniper on the roof. We managed to evacuate everyone but he\'s shooting left and right. There\'s also a good chance that he\'s got backup over there."\n\nDaria spat her gum and then took a few steps towards the building. Suddenly a shot was fired and one of the tires from her car exploded. "Oh, son of a bitch. I just finished paying that!" She exclaimed and glared at the man on the roof. \n\n"Ma\'am?" The officer said, "be careful you shouldn\'t-" \n\n"Shut up, and trust me. I know what I\'m doing." She went back to the back of her car and opened the back-door and took what appeared to be a simple green tube from it. She glared one more time at the crook and put the tube over her shoulder, after a few seconds it was obvious that it was a bazooka.\n\n"What the-" Another office said, not quick enough as Daria fired at the building.\n\nAn explosion ensued, and the whole place went to the ground.\n\nDaria grinned at the boys in blue, "I think I got him."[/quote:mh12s13w]\n\nSledge Daria!','476166f0fb9724bad0fa7fd7bdcea289',0,'gA==','mh12s13w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358217,25803,3,900,0,'72.131.3.2',1244143601,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','Well, I mean, he was 72, but it\'s still a shock. I may have to watch Death Race 2000 again in memoriam. He was a great actor, even if he spent his life on the b-movie circuit. May he rest in peace.','c805d18620a990813f082b1a31ddc2fe',0,'','2uigqm80',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358218,25802,5,900,0,'72.131.3.2',1244144252,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scary Music','When I was little, I got scared of the song "In the Year 2525". Then again I don\'t go looking for stuff to scare me.','fc39d114df381348bf98fe0145ce7898',0,'','gy9osihn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358219,25503,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244145029,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Real life superheroes?','New article on this phenomenon, wait while I hunt for it. Ah.\n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/04/re ... index.html\n\nThis worries me, but I\'m beginning see that in order to be a superhero, you need a super-ego, too. Running around claiming credit for all one\'s good deeds can really grate on the nerves of the listeners.','5d5a09e124a0d88941efabe4ab882b8c',0,'','ee0301jo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358220,25670,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244145109,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":236liryt][quote="The Angst Guy":236liryt]Personally, I blame the Emperor Constantine.[/quote:236liryt]\nFor the grammar Nazis: why one does see from time to time \'the Emperor Constantine (Alexander, whatever)\', but not (AFAICT) \'the King William\' or \'the Queen Salote\'?[/quote:236liryt]\nMan, I can\'t explain English, I just try to speak it. \":D\"','56e52cd04e9c8dd1300dcce9b328d262',0,'gA==','236liryt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358221,25689,6,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244145561,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 4)','Just when I think I have a handle on who these people are, you throw me off...','bcb59ba597e6c0daf0f97bbf268c8d6a',0,'','19vy2m87',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358222,25133,6,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244145854,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 4)','[quote="undefinedlust":344f2y8d][quote="NightGoblyn":344f2y8d]Bat[s:344f2y8d]man[/s:344f2y8d]girl and Robin aren\'t gay! Don\'t make me link Superdickery to prove it! \":lol:\" \n\n[/quote:344f2y8d]\n\nFine, fine... it was just too easy a joke to pass up, especially with the return of the lesbianism issue on the board \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nBatgirl and Robin are not gay... however some older [b:344f2y8d]Batman[/b:344f2y8d] and Robin stuff has more gay imagery than the entire series run of Queer as Folk! \":mrgreen:\" \n\nGreat stuff as always. But one point, IIRC some of Superdickery would prove my point on B/R slash \":P\"[/quote:344f2y8d]\n\nYeah, probably the better question is which is more overwhelmingly the case \":D\"','7b80fae8822e09946d77e37929da964d',0,'wAQ=','344f2y8d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358223,25689,6,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1244145963,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 4)','[quote="vlademir1":3idgj1jp]Just when I think I have a handle on who these people are, you throw me off...[/quote:3idgj1jp]\n\nThen my work here is done.','e0e7e26ad04e2d94ae19e4dd1668ac11',0,'gA==','3idgj1jp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358224,25689,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244146286,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 4)','[img:rukzsuu3]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/oop.gif[/img:rukzsuu3]\n\n\nGood show, there. \":D\"','ee8bd93a9070390fc9faf07faf5c3139',0,'CA==','rukzsuu3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358225,25170,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244146464,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','People are badly abusing this thread. It is for stories that should never be, not stories that should never be discontinued.','ac9557afeda3afff504b0c45c9375913',0,'','3jmzarg3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358226,25795,6,904,0,'68.192.126.174',1244146689,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','[quote="Raskolnikov":13a7myn2] \nEDIT: ´Ship I will defend: Daria/Jane/Tom triangle. Reasons why I defend it: It actually happened. End of the argumentation.\n\nDiscuss! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:13a7myn2]\n\nSo did Stacy/Quinn. Okay, it was a bit one-sided, but it was there, on-screen, in all its creepy stalkerish glory.','10fde016744af0769e9dc963b3bd3a71',0,'gA==','13a7myn2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358227,25728,6,904,0,'68.192.126.174',1244146739,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','[quote="pinkminx":14i3uctv]oh come on Vlora you cant leave us hanging like [i:14i3uctv]that[/i:14i3uctv]... please may we have some more? \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:14i3uctv]\nWhat she said.\n\nAnd is there a :pitchfork: ?','83c6dbcc63b54087fef0052c4b2f7045',0,'oA==','14i3uctv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358228,25795,6,994,0,'64.185.108.50',1244146907,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','....Y\'know, I think I\'m just gonna sit back and watch how this plays out....','a8db41b83439578ad3230e8ead821cd6',0,'','x1rkvm00',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358229,25797,11,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244147959,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','The real question is are we sending someone to truly represent the shared interests of humanity, or are we using this as an excuse to remove the trash from the local gene pool?','ed823e6baa4c3f36ce36885afe160cd7',0,'','2o9uonsv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358230,25797,11,39,0,'78.151.196.218',1244148100,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','Reminds me of the time a journo asked, I think, the head of the Vatican Observatory, "If we encountered aliens, would you baptise them?"\n"If they asked for baptism, yes."\n\nMartin.','1423e80fe5181392b4f611dfbdc9b11d',0,'','3huv5un8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358231,25665,3,114,0,'61.69.2.143',1244148977,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Disco316":16avqpm1]That would do it. The only QW pic I\'ve seen is Big Ben\'s tower, so I can\'t glean much from that one.[/quote:16avqpm1]\nHow does Ben feel about that?','4f1fa1f8a5929187eae2c3133f7cd69b',0,'gA==','16avqpm1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358232,25800,3,114,0,'61.69.2.143',1244149679,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','[quote="The Angst Guy":5zzbn6k3]In Milwaukee in the early 1990s, there was a gay male couple who had adopted a young girl with a compromised immune system. (If I recall correctly, her complicated medical condition kept many people from adopting her.) This was unfortunately at the time and place of the worst outbreak of cryptosporidium in the US, an event I missed only by the skin of my teeth because I was living in Glendale immediately north of Milwaukee, which got its water from a different plant. I would drive to work at TSR on major Interstate highways which had NO CARS AT ALL DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR even through downtown, because so many people south of Glendale had been stricken (including stepson). I swear to God you never saw anything like it. Details are here.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_ ... m_outbreak\nhttp://www.mkelgbthist.org/events/health/crypto.htm\n\nMy wife will not drink tap water of any kind because of this. (See second article.) Anyway, the point was that the girl died of the outbreak, and I remember there was a heartbreaking story in the [i:5zzbn6k3]Milwaukee Journal[/i:5zzbn6k3] about the two men who had lost their child.\n\nAs moved as I am sometimes to play the fool here... sorry, I think I was supposed to be stupid here and I wish I had been. I read about the "gay penguins" and the adopted chick and remembered Milwaukee instead.[/quote:5zzbn6k3]\nWerd.\n\nWe\'ve discussed this stuff for so long and we all know each other\'s views so well that we tend to resort to one-liners as verbal shoulder-shrugs. But anyone who confuses those with a lack of serious conviction about the issues would be sadly mistaken.','b92866008d61b8fce4637af2520f3805',0,'oA==','5zzbn6k3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358233,25665,3,900,0,'72.131.3.2',1244149680,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Open invitation for Midwest Dariacon','[quote="Deref":3m5vwwwr][quote="Disco316":3m5vwwwr]That would do it. The only QW pic I\'ve seen is Big Ben\'s tower, so I can\'t glean much from that one.[/quote:3m5vwwwr]\nHow does Ben feel about that?[/quote:3m5vwwwr]\nHe didn\'t seem to mind when I asked him.','b9fcac0261a4d42196d9001d92528a47',0,'gA==','3m5vwwwr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358234,25804,3,114,0,'61.69.2.143',1244149915,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sense About Science-A cause for our UK members','\":x\" Thanks Richard. Signed.','b62e83c2517db07ac3b8e3f8d20ed68c',0,'','1ids7q6u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358235,23937,3,114,0,'61.69.2.143',1244150774,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Dervish":m45b7kw9][quote="Deref":m45b7kw9]o/I wish I was a lesbian\nAnd not a hetero.\\o[/quote:m45b7kw9]\n\nHear the song set to KP:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCuW_JNrkqo\n\nEspecially see the last couple of seconds...if you recognize where that scene is from, it will probably make you laugh. If you\'re not a fan and never saw the ep that was taken from (with its context), you\'ll think this cartoon is a lot more, er, inappropriate than it is. \":lol:\"[/quote:m45b7kw9]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"\n\nA true work of Art.','eb1ffd3641ef69865484d724d2967fc6',0,'gA==','m45b7kw9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358236,25795,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244150851,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','Harry/Luna or death-\n\nUm wait....\n\nEd/Winry or death-\n\nNo, let\'s try this again...\n\nFlips pages....Dariaverse....okay!\n\nQuinn/Stacy or death!\n\nSigh I read too many fanfics. I\'m a grown man, for corn\'s sake!\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','351f2bcedca729836e9b32699ba630d8',0,'','2zp0w2k3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358237,25670,4,114,0,'61.69.2.143',1244151033,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="The Angst Guy":1smbs3ah][quote="UU":1smbs3ah][quote="The Angst Guy":1smbs3ah]Personally, I blame the Emperor Constantine.[/quote:1smbs3ah]\nFor the grammar Nazis: why one does see from time to time \'the Emperor Constantine (Alexander, whatever)\', but not (AFAICT) \'the King William\' or \'the Queen Salote\'?[/quote:1smbs3ah]\nMan, I can\'t explain English, I just try to speak it. \":D\"[/quote:1smbs3ah]\n \":D\" But you have to admit, it\'s an interesting question.','920b6b271105240721309160dee62f08',0,'gA==','1smbs3ah',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358238,25799,4,114,0,'61.69.2.143',1244151180,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Here we go again........','If this guy had been a Muslim, everyone would be running around screaming blue bloody murder about GODLESS COMMIE HEATHEN MUSLIM TOWELHEAD FURRIN TERRISTS.\n\nBut he was a good, God-fearin\' church-goin\' Christian, so that makes it all good. Or at best an unfortunate incident.','d9f48160604e87c64817134c9415124b',0,'','1szwf8ju',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358239,25725,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244151234,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Best of Batman','For Byron.\n\n[img:ivjittx9]http://image2.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/ebaysize/08241428878.1.GIF[/img:ivjittx9]\n\n \":mrgreen:\"\n\nAlso, I liked the recent storyline about the police conspiracy where the previous Commissioner turned those three cops into Batman clones by using drugs and psychological "therapy". Only thing is, all three turned psychotic.','049c6da0be2e8186313e3888ec65c6f1',0,'CA==','ivjittx9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358240,25773,4,114,0,'61.69.2.143',1244151268,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','[quote="RLobinske":5ocs2iw7][quote="Deref":5ocs2iw7]There was a fascinating British show on the teevee here over the weekend called, IIRC, "the History of Money". One of the things it touched on was that bankruptcy as it\'s done in the US is a very different kettle of meat to what it means here and, probably, in many other countries.\n\nIn the US, it\'s generally just means a way to legally restructure your debts and carry on business as usual, as opposed to a death knell. That was a revelation to me and it put the whole business of these bankruptcies into a very different light.[/quote:5ocs2iw7]\n\nActually, it depends upon the [url=http://money.howstuffworks.com/personal-finance/debt-management/bankruptcy1.htm:5ocs2iw7]type of bankruptcy declared.[/url:5ocs2iw7] Chapter 7 is probably what most outside the US think of while businesses mostly go the Chapter 11 route.[/quote:5ocs2iw7]\nYes, you\'re absolutely right.','4cc5a6f1adda736605c3d4d0e1519c44',0,'kA==','5ocs2iw7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358241,25720,4,114,0,'61.69.2.143',1244151347,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','[quote="The Sidhe":pqk86za3]Some of the latest developments:\n\nFrom Wikinews: [url=http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Norwegian_government_considers_prosecuting_Scientology:pqk86za3]Norwegian government considers prosecuting Scientology[/url:pqk86za3]\n\n[quote:pqk86za3]The Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services is considering prosecuting and banning some Scientology practices, [b:pqk86za3]in particular the use of the Scientology personality test to sell courses.[/b:pqk86za3] [/quote:pqk86za3][/quote:pqk86za3]\nWhat is it about Europe that causes these regular outbreaks of sanity?','37f2846d8acb9af18c511e0a3b32af19',0,'0A==','pqk86za3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358242,25800,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244151434,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','I dated a girl for a while who was doing her dissertation on this subject. Well not exactly this subject, I think it was on homosexual behavior in predatory felines (I think she was studying lynxes). Anyway, the thing I remember her telling me about this research is that homosexual behavior only seems to exist in animals with (relatively) higher brain power. From what I understood of what she explained on the work done in this field, it sounded like the current thinking is that homosexuality is an evolutionary trait that emerged to prevent overpopulation of alpha predators. Any biologists out there who can explain about the current research in the area?','2403bc62d432bd42900b8b56f46dd8f8',0,'','3qegoz2b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358243,24299,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244151757,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening to Now Part VII','KISS-King Of The Night Time World\n\nLove it. Love it. Love it. It used to be my theme song on my page at Sh33pie.\n\n \":D\"','dbf32de25a4de6fca43c89417a2d292b',0,'','1it9eho8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358244,24452,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244151853,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What\'re You Reading? (Part II)','[quote="Doggieboy":3pp0pawm][i:3pp0pawm]On Writing[/i:3pp0pawm], by Stephen King. And that\'s on the recommendation of TAG, from something he wrote some time back.\n\nPretty good, so far. \":D\"[/quote:3pp0pawm]\n\n[i:3pp0pawm]IT[/i:3pp0pawm] is my all time favorite SK book.\n\nPennywise the Clown, aka Mr. Bob Gray, for the win.','0cce4a6e46f214a4d0bb4db4ff29c020',0,'oA==','3pp0pawm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358245,25799,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244152249,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Here we go again........','[quote="Deref":1nqui5pw]If this guy had been a Muslim, everyone would be running around screaming blue bloody murder about GODLESS COMMIE HEATHEN MUSLIM TOWELHEAD FURRIN TERRISTS.\n\nBut he was a good, God-fearin\' church-goin\' Christian, so that makes it all good. Or at best an unfortunate incident.[/quote:1nqui5pw]\n\nWow, how did you know what [url=http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/opinion-jihad-has-come-to-the-us-and-more-attacks-will-likely-follow-r-1244134735:1nqui5pw]the right is complaining about today[/url:1nqui5pw]! Well, sort of. \n\nThough no one has mentioned it on this forum there was a terrorist attack last Monday in Arkansas (about 30km from where I live). An American Born Muslim Terrorist, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, shot and killed two soldiers at a US Army Recruiting Station. The problem (as they see it) is that there hasn\'t been a lot of media coverage on this attack, or at least less coverage then there has been of the Tiller attack, so the right is starting to complain that the government and media are ignoring the larger terrorist threat.','8ec267aae23c7995dc4b5a1548e0f866',0,'kA==','1nqui5pw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358246,25800,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244152271,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','That\'s the instincts of many species. To care for their young. In this particular case, it shows clear as day that nature just plain doesn\'t care if chick penguin has two daddies. \n\nNew Rule: If nature\'s okay with something, I\'m cool with it too.','aa79af88e43692a17b9a032cd9e0be12',0,'','3qupjs3s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358247,25795,6,904,0,'68.192.126.174',1244152278,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','[quote="brnleague99":1sezcdoe] Harry/Luna or death-[/quote:1sezcdoe]\n\n"Or Death". Is that the new "For The Win"? \n\n[quote="brnleague99":1sezcdoe]Sigh I read too many fanfics. I\'m a grown man, for corn\'s sake!\n\n \":mrgreen:\" [/quote:1sezcdoe]\nOh good lord. If I let silly things like my age get in the way, I\'d have to pick a new hobby. I\'m just glad that this fandom seems to comprise mostly other grown men. \n\nAnd I love the H/L. But only after the poor boy crashed and burned with his pink-haired Auror.','1df7ee86988146a4f3de56779d4e575b',0,'gA==','1sezcdoe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358248,25795,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244152562,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','Morgoth/Manwe\n\n[size=50:tb6zznmv]I said that out loud again, didn\'t I?[/size:tb6zznmv]','2a2fbdeff1368d2fc21e339c42cc4ac6',0,'BA==','tb6zznmv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358249,24299,5,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244152721,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening to Now Part VII','I am on a Tsunami Bomb kick listening to the albums: The Definitive Act and The Ultimate Escape','f4fde1ac98815090ac58fb7466cafda7',0,'','22rrle4g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358250,25797,11,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244152792,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','The smartest kindergarden kid I could find. Little kids man, they ask all sort of questions, question all of your answers and answer in the most straightforward simplest way possible. \n\nCouldn\'t think of anyone I\'d rather put my faith on to represent the human race.','dad86e75142bb63b835a3519ea060fbe',0,'','1rd4uib4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358251,24299,5,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244152968,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening to Now Part VII','Dead Poetic / The finest.\n\nCool record.','70924c5389c9e7a9803bc7dc7772068a',0,'','nc1skxy3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358252,25805,5,39,0,'78.151.196.218',1244152983,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Best TV crosstrail of the year, so far.','Tonight. "Well, having proved that you\'re a person of taste by having chosen to watch [i:1a5rvnfa]Big Bang Theory[/i:1a5rvnfa], you might not have been aware that [i:1a5rvnfa]Big Brother[/i:1a5rvnfa] has just started tonight. But you can still catch the launch again, over on Channel Four Plus One. Next here on E4...."\n\n\":drink:\" to that continuity dude.\n\nMartin.','788e8abc3708a23831b496136dd94532',0,'IA==','1a5rvnfa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358253,25796,5,45,0,'24.124.97.8',1244153766,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Remake of \'Alien\' coming','[quote="Raskolnikov":12q3hlhe]\n\nPS. Sigh. Am I the only one person in the world who thinks that AvP 2 was some kind of underrated 50´s sci-fi homage/black comedy/crapfest?[/quote:12q3hlhe]\n\n\nProbably not. But for underated sci-fi homage/black comedy/crapfests I prefer "Godzilla vs. King Kong", or "Gamera vs. Guiron" (which showcases Gamera\'s gymnastic skills).','c6203181c690ef7887bdff6b91abcec1',0,'gA==','12q3hlhe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358254,25670,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244153933,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','I was just channel surfing and I realized that no one here has mentioned MSNBC\'s real equivalent of Bill O\'Reilly. Has anybody else ever tried to get through an episode of [url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30031533/:uypxb5ct][i:uypxb5ct]The Ed Show[/i:uypxb5ct][/url:uypxb5ct]? I\'m pretty far to the left on some things, and I actually like MSNBC (even if I prefer NPR, PBS, BBCAmerica, and VOA), but I can not cope with anyone as shrill as [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Schultz:uypxb5ct]Ed Schultz[/url:uypxb5ct]. Despite how over the top Olbermann can be his show is meant to be, and often is, funny. Ed Schultz on the other hand just devotes two hours a day to nothing but calling the right stupid.\n\n(BTW, about UU\'s Constantine grammar question: As far as I know there isn\'t any kind of rule about articles being required for certain monarchs. I think it is just whatever convention happens to emerge.)','045746d1355b015a0c5d4fc3baf6a04d',0,'MA==','uypxb5ct',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358255,25795,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244154019,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','[quote="respite":1d5zg52a][quote="brnleague99":1d5zg52a] Harry/Luna or death-[/quote:1d5zg52a]\n\n"Or Death". Is that the new "For The Win"? \n\n[quote="brnleague99":1d5zg52a]Sigh I read too many fanfics. I\'m a grown man, for corn\'s sake!\n\n \":mrgreen:\" [/quote:1d5zg52a]\nOh good lord. If I let silly things like my age get in the way, I\'d have to pick a new hobby. I\'m just glad that this fandom seems to comprise mostly other grown men. \n\nAnd I love the H/L. But only after the poor boy crashed and burned with his pink-haired Auror.[/quote:1d5zg52a]\n\nI love Harry/Tonks stories too...but there are too damned few. I know of two. Both unfinished. "Birthday Boy" and "What Dreams May Come." WDMC has what I consider to be the single best "sex dream" sequence I\'ve ever read. Harry dreams about Hermione, Cho and Ginny...then discovers it\'s not really them, but Tonks using her Metamorphagus abilities.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','d332b0c38ab86a211a6a5f6f54d21fd3',0,'gA==','1d5zg52a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358257,25670,4,39,0,'78.151.196.218',1244154734,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":15o8vi8f][W]hy one does see from time to time \'the Emperor Constantine (Alexander, whatever)\', but not (AFAICT) \'the King William\' or \'the Queen Salote\'?[/quote:15o8vi8f]\nIntriguing question. Sadly, my [i:15o8vi8f]Fowler\'s[/i:15o8vi8f] is still packed, and, come to think of it, I can\'t remember seeing [i:15o8vi8f]Hart\'s Rules [/i:15o8vi8f]when I packed my books.\n\nMartin.','6034800be05c02593168cf046fa248a6',0,'oA==','15o8vi8f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358258,25803,3,65,0,'69.14.14.207',1244155354,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','Further info: he was found hanging by a nylon rope in the hotel room\'s closet. The rope was from the hotel room curtains, and there don\'t seem to be any signs of force entry. Initial speculation: suicide. \":(\" Autopsy is pending.','e3860305d68e0a11d2864b698d66ba14',0,'','2k0pv1xf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358259,25764,6,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1244156640,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','Today\'s lesson: cannot\n\nOne word, people, not two.\n\nAnd I\'m not even going to quote any sources to prove this.','7f8d66ffe3ac3b8f44342e8d0b60e0ec',0,'','384p3qap',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358260,25803,3,39,0,'78.151.196.218',1244156672,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','May he rest in peace.\n\n \":(\" \n\nMartin.','49bb8f9003638d3c1914a73e4a039e44',0,'','314ozm1q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358261,25803,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244156691,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','[quote="MJPollard":1j1v6uop]Further info: he was found hanging by a nylon rope in the hotel room\'s closet. The rope was from the hotel room curtains, and there don\'t seem to be any signs of force entry. Initial speculation: suicide. \":(\" Autopsy is pending.[/quote:1j1v6uop]\n\nWell that\'s even more depressing... \":(\" \n\nI hope he finds himself happier in his next life.','a8de64f966315c8f0ff7ca7267366704',0,'gA==','1j1v6uop',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358262,25583,3,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1244156864,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Okay, so I work at a call center, right? And the calls are routed to different queues depending on the caller\'s issue. Each CSR\'s \'resume\' determines which queues they are assigned to, and I\'m in most of the queues, but I do get a bit of a break, \'cause I\'m still new and stuff. But, I swear today they assigned me to the moron queue. I didn\'t even know there was a moron queue, but there must be.','ab372caa00147c788245c6918ef0c9a4',0,'','2yff02qd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358263,25795,6,900,0,'208.7.93.62',1244157138,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','You know, given how much female slash gets [s:u1wuptme]lip service[/s:u1wuptme] talked about, I\'m kind of surprised there aren\'t more Andrea slashes done. I mean, sure, I\'m delving into stereotype territory, but wouldn\'t she be one of the first ones people would make assumptions about, given the whole goth look and all?','b860571f124b8c0c20fb061e57da7d61',0,'AAQ=','u1wuptme',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358264,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1244157291,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria X over (dead like me) UPDATED: Chapter 6 on 6/4/09','[quote="The Angst Guy":35c3sbxf]Excellent first paragraph, especially the last line thereof: a real grabber! \":D\" Moar plz\n\n[color=#FF00BF:35c3sbxf]thakyou TAG im glad you like hopefully have more up soon- prob by mon nite(your mon morning) we gotta long week end so i might be a little late on it\n[/color:35c3sbxf]\nOne correction: It\'s [url=http://dariablog2.blogspot.com/2007/12/meet-mrs-johanssen-part-1.html:35c3sbxf][b:35c3sbxf][size=150:35c3sbxf]Johanssen[/size:35c3sbxf][/b:35c3sbxf][/url:35c3sbxf], with two s\'s, one n. Even MTV got it wrong at times, but they do have an "official" spelling if one hunts for it.[/quote:35c3sbxf]\n\nahh i knew it lol i\'ll go thru n fix it up- i was calling her Ms as well tsk tsk thanks again TAG','08f232d237c1cc1f004e404b864440d6',0,'1g==','35c3sbxf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358265,25689,6,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1244157523,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 4)','Weren\'t you [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25764:396ipcl7]paying attention?[/url:396ipcl7]','2f5116b0d9570d8d7519a7ac0b4d7b64',0,'EA==','396ipcl7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358266,25583,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244158173,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="smk":2s2itwiv]Okay, so I work at a call center, right? And the calls are routed to different queues depending on the caller\'s issue. Each CSR\'s \'resume\' determines which queues they are assigned to, and I\'m in most of the queues, but I do get a bit of a break, \'cause I\'m still new and stuff. But, I swear today they assigned me to the moron queue. I didn\'t even know there was a moron queue, but there must be.[/quote:2s2itwiv]\n\nCome on. Every queue is the moron queue. \":)\"','282d6e1eca4f39f2b5c96df422a3a2a0',0,'gA==','2s2itwiv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358267,25375,3,89,0,'67.189.212.82',1244158346,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"Hey, watch this."-- The one thing you NEVER want to hear a pilot say.','6fb0404ad9f9f51886ad428774bd5e42',0,'','3bucs4o7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358268,25785,5,472,0,'67.238.220.172',1244158363,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','Hey wasn\'t this thread about Star Wars?\n\nZero to off-topic in one post.','6c0f816eae023103be4b86cff2ac847b',0,'','2erdh8cx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358269,25720,4,39,0,'78.151.196.218',1244158568,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','[quote="Deref":obx418cl]What is it about Europe that causes these regular outbreaks of sanity?[/quote:obx418cl]\nExperience? \";)\" \n\nScientology\'s tried dressing up in three costumes here in the UK.\n\n[b:obx418cl]Therapeutic organisation[/b:obx418cl]. Nope. That ploy was blocked in the 1970s by legislation to regulate the practice of psychotherapy.\n[b:obx418cl]Charitable organisation.[/b:obx418cl] Nope. The Charity Commission ruled that their activities have no public benefit.\n[b:obx418cl]Religion.[/b:obx418cl] Nope. Their attempted registration failed because of their "pay to know" structure.\n\nIt\'s still legal here, but as a business. I suspect that\'s better than banning them, and handing them the persecution card to play to uncritical, disaffected nonconformists.\n\nMartin.','ca6a5d6fdf4c1d596864745d57b15062',0,'wA==','obx418cl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358270,25375,3,39,0,'78.151.196.218',1244158831,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','With a grateful nod to John for triggering my memory of these. \n\n"It\'s better to be down here, wishing you were up there, than up there, wishing you were down here."\n"May you have as many landings as takeoffs."\n\nMartin.','b00c720132c339b7bc0bbecfc98cb46e',0,'','qxko7d5j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358271,25785,5,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244158845,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="SigDiff":tseee40n]Hey wasn\'t this thread about Star Wars?\n\nZero to off-topic in one post.[/quote:tseee40n]\n\nYeah but The Old Republic is too awesome for mere words to convey. \":mrgreen:\"','ac70c06380bf47b98b1500752ecb0aff',0,'gA==','tseee40n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358272,25689,6,10,0,'173.26.36.4',1244159383,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 4)','Am I the only one who saw Jordan from [i:7froaj8h]Real Genius[/i:7froaj8h]?\n\nHarley','824eb9bd68622c9d2beac4239a02f752',0,'IA==','7froaj8h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358273,25774,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244159661,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="The Angst Guy":le8kse27][quote="project pegasus":le8kse27][quote:le8kse27]Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'[/quote:le8kse27]\nThat is no way to talk about Kirstie Alley![/quote:le8kse27]\n[size=200:le8kse27][b:le8kse27]SLAP![/b:le8kse27][/size:le8kse27]\n\n\n\nWe do need some fanfic about this, though. \":D\"[/quote:le8kse27]\n\nWell, what\'s stopping you?','26ffaa3e337b5801131b77126478e06e',0,'xA==','le8kse27',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358274,25795,6,904,0,'68.192.126.174',1244161321,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','[quote="brnleague99":3b6x4wyb] \nI love Harry/Tonks stories too...but there are too damned few. I know of two. Both unfinished. "Birthday Boy" and "What Dreams May Come." WDMC has what I consider to be the single best "sex dream" sequence I\'ve ever read. Harry dreams about Hermione, Cho and Ginny...then discovers it\'s not really them, but Tonks using her Metamorphagus abilities.[/quote:3b6x4wyb]\n\nI\'ll hook you up in a PM. There are only a few good ones, but the ones that are good are great.\n\n(And at the risk of driving this thread even further horribly, horribly OT, Birthday Boy is one of my favorite stories ever. I can see why she stopped writing on it, but damn. That story was actually an inspiration for my own H/T. And I think I\'ve read the other one, too.)','6b9059728a8c5125276df3f103a0b011',0,'gA==','3b6x4wyb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358275,25785,5,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244161545,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="SigDiff":2m0is0w7]Hey wasn\'t this thread about Star Wars?\n\nZero to off-topic in one post.[/quote:2m0is0w7]\n\nIf you wanna talk about Star Wars, then start a thread about Wesley. I figure there will be many reflections shared on that after I mention how Wesley would\'ve fared under Palpatine. \":P\"','3eaa4770da13d02ec7f841a95d4cc72a',0,'gA==','2m0is0w7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358276,25773,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244161942,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','Interesting. I figured that if you\'re a corporation, all profits belong to you, all losses (and tax burdens) are the responsibility of the tax payers to cover (IOW, closer to oligarchy, or "rule of the rich, private law for the privileged" rather than "free market"). All others lose everything in bankruptcy.\n\nStill, I bet you\'d need a good lawyer to get a Chapter 13...which is to say the less you actually need it, the more likely you\'ll be to get it.','168fb574279a470ddefac871b3c8672f',0,'','1ai70v90',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358277,25720,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244162007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','Found this online: http://www.anti-scientologie.ch/pdf/rus ... essiah.pdf \n\nIt\'s [i:228gkdkg]Bare-Faced Messiah,[/i:228gkdkg] the completely unauthorised bio of L. Ron Hubbard that the Scilons have attempted to suppress.\n\nSpread it as far as possible.','00ff0c563fb1b87399e55fde3217c34b',0,'IA==','228gkdkg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358278,25798,3,531,0,'66.19.205.117',1244162426,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: KoKo Taylor 1928-2009','Damn, another of the great ones gone.\nThe celestial blues jam has another vocalist. \":(\"','fca3d44e212496be247fb3badb863936',0,'','2pxi8ldr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358279,25799,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244162803,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Here we go again........','[quote="RLobinske":1py5bzqo]I must apologize to all. I have more respect for the gunk I scrape off my boots after walking through the shop at work than I have for him.[/quote:1py5bzqo]\n\nCareful, remember what happened to the Dixie Chicks after they apologized on behalf of Texas for Bush.\n\nLuckily, they got to keep their awards, even if they were booed while getting them. [sarcasm]No doubt in thanks to the very same people upset that the CA beauty queen might lose her crown for stating an unpopular opinion, as they\'re more interested in fairness & freedom of speech than in petty partisan politics, so of course defended the Dixie Chicks, Michael Moore, Rosie O\'Donnell, and everyone else who ever faced the same harsh reactions & loss of recognition awards for saying something unpopular.[/sarcasm]','9b01fb8c65beca6ca4156c9f8e7fe0d6',0,'gA==','1py5bzqo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358280,25802,5,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244163388,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scary Music','Most of the... let´s define it with the word "stuff" done by Spanish popstars freaks the hell out of me.\n\nBut, well, scary as in the sense you have expressed... well, perhaps "On Land" by Brian Eno can enter in the selection. And Lou Reed´s "Metal Machine Music". Although I think this last one can be listed in the "mere annoyance" column.','dbd4b54a4cd7904b53f0e6f325d74d44',0,'','1e2x21rl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358281,25799,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244163564,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Here we go again........','[quote="Dervish":2agvjxbp][quote="RLobinske":2agvjxbp]I must apologize to all. I have more respect for the gunk I scrape off my boots after walking through the shop at work than I have for him.[/quote:2agvjxbp]\n\nCareful, remember what happened to the Dixie Chicks after they apologized on behalf of Texas for Bush.\n\nLuckily, they got to keep their awards, even if they were booed while getting them. [sarcasm]No doubt in thanks to the very same people upset that the CA beauty queen might lose her crown for stating an unpopular opinion, as they\'re more interested in fairness & freedom of speech than in petty partisan politics, so of course defended the Dixie Chicks, Michael Moore, Rosie O\'Donnell, and everyone else who ever faced the same harsh reactions & loss of recognition awards for saying something unpopular.[/sarcasm][/quote:2agvjxbp]\n\nSince you mentioned them:\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dblAC5uLb8\n \":D\"','52876708fc4e86193945f0a0e28a28cd',0,'gA==','2agvjxbp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358282,25583,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244163591,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Angelinhel":2j98us5b]Maybe the problem is using a gun instead of golf clubs?[/quote:2j98us5b]\n\n \":shock:\" \n\nI just had a vision of an awesome new game using orange golf balls where "fore!" is yelled just after another shouts "pull!"\n\nIt\'s not like the sport isn\'t crazy enough anyway. Here\'s the game explained real short & sweet:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPrR49qsDc','225a9ec4fb2e5887333503d4f7893bde',0,'gA==','2j98us5b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358283,25801,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244163871,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Internet filter: $44.5m and no goal in sight','[quote="Caira":12xuc5nx][quote="RLobinske":12xuc5nx]Damn, is the Aussie government taking lessons from the US?[/quote:12xuc5nx]\nThis is one of those rare occasions when I can\'t imagine the US government being that stupid.\n\n[size=85:12xuc5nx]Lest I send this thread summarily to Nick\'s: I in no way mean to imply that the US and/or Australian governments arenoticeably stupider than any others . . . [/size:12xuc5nx][/quote:12xuc5nx]\n\nMy personal philosophy is: never bet on people´s intelligence. Like, [i:12xuc5nx]ever.[/i:12xuc5nx]','390239f2d2123f6d32282b65649543d7',0,'pA==','12xuc5nx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358284,25503,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244164339,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Real life superheroes?','[quote="The Angst Guy":22xg2ah7]New article on this phenomenon, wait while I hunt for it. Ah.\n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/04/re ... index.html\n\nThis worries me, but I\'m beginning see that in order to be a superhero, you need a super-ego, too. Running around claiming credit for all one\'s good deeds can really grate on the nerves of the listeners.[/quote:22xg2ah7]\n\nYes, it does. I heard a vigilante brag, and it was annoying. I didn\'t believe him either, because I didn\'t think he\'d be there to brag if he did. But I found out he was telling the truth. And he won\'t be playing hero anymore. He should\'ve kept a lower profile. \n\nI do wonder why they don\'t join the Guardian Angels and such. Maybe not as much fun?\n\nI suppose I should be glad I grew up among so many drunks, schizos, and the like, and have friends into cosplaying (which I\'ve done a little myself). With that in mind, I\'ll probably take any people in costume taking themselves too seriously in stride. Heck, if I can take people in uniform taking themselves too seriously, why not? \":P\"\n\n(Unlike officials, they can\'t "police themselves" by using the time honored method of firing the whistle blowers...so maybe they\'ll even be more trustworthy...)','aabe311ced16cbef2b3b6bf43b16a888',0,'gA==','22xg2ah7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358285,25799,4,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244164448,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Here we go again........','[quote="RLobinske":24i9ugmp]\nSince you mentioned them:\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dblAC5uLb8\n \":D\"[/quote:24i9ugmp]\n\nGreat song, great video.\n\nFollowing the issue, even considering how the Catholic Church has fucked up Spain, its history, and its inhabitants since the dawn of time, many times I feel relieved, considering that even the most ignorant radical asshole here is far away from the brainless will and organizative capability of that kind of homemade killing drones.','8d6c01123d1f1bd464d7df7ea7ca2deb',0,'gA==','24i9ugmp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358286,25797,11,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244164854,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','[quote="MartinUK":vta6449y]Reminds me of the time a journo asked, I think, the head of the Vatican Observatory, "If we encountered aliens, would you baptise them?"\n"If they asked for baptism, yes."\n\nMartin.[/quote:vta6449y]\n\n\n\nYes. \":D\"','919f1941186077fc2f0b0fa102c2088e',0,'gA==','vta6449y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358287,25797,11,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244165759,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','Andrew Jackson\n\nA badass who is a lawyer who can at least pretend to be a statesman.\n\nAnd Ben Grimm, in case a can of whopass needs opening.','4e1433a20a1b8b485fba48c4665089cf',0,'','o3d0w2gp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358288,25583,3,531,0,'66.19.205.117',1244166368,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Dennis":zzocia92][quote="smk":zzocia92]Okay, so I work at a call center, right? And the calls are routed to different queues depending on the caller\'s issue. Each CSR\'s \'resume\' determines which queues they are assigned to, and I\'m in most of the queues, but I do get a bit of a break, \'cause I\'m still new and stuff. But, I swear today they assigned me to the moron queue. I didn\'t even know there was a moron queue, but there must be.[/quote:zzocia92]\n\nCome on. Every queue is the moron queue. \":)\"[/quote:zzocia92]\n\nTell me about it...\nI\'ve been doing customer service of some form or another for a long time, and it still amazes me that people can call up, looking for vital information about their order / insurance claim / whatever, and not have any of the basic information for us to look it up, like claim / order number, policy / customer number, etc.\nOne of these days I will answer a call that the person doesn\'t know their own name.','274edc4c48f4bc4d2e504ad39687d9b1',0,'gA==','zzocia92',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358289,23937,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244166722,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="project pegasus":1xqeteln]It\'s weird, but not one, but two of my friends have said that I give off a very lesbian vibe. One of those friends is actually a lesbian and she said that my love of cats, filtered water (yes for some reason lesbians like filtered water), and Virginia Woolf all give me a very lesbian vibe. Also, when I was in my young teens, I had a little crush on Ellen before she came out of the closet, and later in life I fell in love with Rachel Maddow\'s voice from her radio show before I found out that she, too, was a lesbian.[/quote:1xqeteln] \n\nSomething I\'ve long hesitated on bringing up here before, because this topic causes enough drama in the lesbian community and is hard enough for even us to define, is the idea that a few guys really do seem to be lesbians in male bodies.\n\nUnderstand: [u:1xqeteln]this isn\'t strictly about a desire to bond with women[/u:1xqeteln]. It\'s hard to define (especially as there\'s such a huge disagreement about it), but a guy has to be pretty feminine before he can be considered this. To be way too simplistic, if a guy strikes other guys as gay and/or does things (like cross dressing) that is considered gay by other men, yet is completely straight, then he may be a "lesbian in a man\'s body." The most extreme cases of this are MtF transexuals who were into women & continue to be after transitioning (some cite these people as proof that "lesbians in men\'s bodies exist"). \n\nComplicating this (and perhaps one of the reasons that some get downright angry over this musing) is the insecurity brought about unfair laws and the marginalization of lesbians. This is the main reason why bisexuals are often snubbed by lesbians, IMO, because it\'s believed that while a bi might love a woman as well as a guy, in the end she\'ll do what\'s easiest and settle with a man (ie, she\'ll leave you because she CAN, she has that option while you don\'t). There are other reasons, too, but I believe that\'s the biggest one. Adding the idea that a few men are actually wired more like lesbians than actual guys (and could theoretically be considered "marriage material," especially by many with "fluid sexuality") only aggravates this insecurity, IMO. \n\nThe other bit is because it\'s well known how men are fascinated by lesbians. In like the 1950s, male fetishization with lesbians led to an underground of books and such that made underground lesbians feel not so alone. It\'s something that a few gay guys are bitter about, and will sometimes even accuse lesbians of selling out (as if all the lesbian porn made for men was made by lesbians--and while it\'s true that lesbians also make lesbian porn, it\'s usually very different than what male pornographers make, and also generally not preferred by men but by lesbians, and interesting enough, even straight women seem to like shows like The L Word). Lesbians get a lot of harassment from guys in many ways (oddly, it\'s not unknown for men to offer to dress as women to have sex with them or even ask a lesbian to use a strap on on him). So when some guy claims to be more a lesbian than a guy--or someone else, even a lesbian, says that about him--it can cause some outrage and very cynical disbelief.\n\nI\'ve met a couple of guys with a lesbian vibe, so I\'m a believer in it. I\'ve also met a few lesbians with a "mannish" vibe that felt more like men in women\'s bodies, too. Hard to define, though, because there are guys who are comfortable about wearing dresses and/or being feminine (especially if a goth or cosplayer) while completely straight that DON\'T give off that vibe (maybe androgynous at most, but often just weird). Just as there are "masculine" women who don\'t give off the "mannish" vibes. Also, many "metrosexuals" just come off as more fops & dandies than gay. \n\nBtw, even when a lesbian adopts a "submissive" or "dominant" role (as in "nearly all the time" rather than "sometimes I\'m top, sometimes on bottom, sometimes equal" that is more normal), it\'s not necessarily in the traditional male-female way. She could be submissive in a boyish way (ie, masculine despite being submissive), or dominant and/or controlling in a motherly or...dare I say it?..."Helen Morgendorffer" way (ie, still feminine). \n\nI hope this is understandable. I\'ve held off from ever attempting to explain this before because it\'s not easy to explain, and mostly subjective or intuitive. But Project Pegasus strikes me as a likely example (and I\'m also thinking of things he\'s posted before in addition to what he shared here).','682f850d24dcca94a3069a01bc8585cf',0,'gQ==','1xqeteln',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358290,25800,3,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1244167521,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','[quote="Liz Ruiz":31lj6f3g]New Rule: If nature\'s okay with something, I\'m cool with it too.[/quote:31lj6f3g]\nI don\'t know. Nature seems pretty much cool with spiders, but I am the exact opposite of "cool with spiders." Nature and I will just have to agree to disagree on that one, I\'m afraid.\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','3369ec7bbb4bb33fa3dab74190da82fe',0,'gA==','31lj6f3g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358291,25583,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244167647,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','And the Lord sayeth, \'Thou shall pack heat in My house of worship.\'\n\n\n[url:2nh77pkt]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_re_us/us_guns_in_church[/url:2nh77pkt]','2bda20605b8ddebdb304050453e0b9a2',0,'EA==','2nh77pkt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358292,25583,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244167841,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Brother Grimace":34jy13pt]And the Lord sayeth, \'Thou shall pack heat in My house of worship.\'\n\n\n[url:34jy13pt]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_re_us/us_guns_in_church[/url:34jy13pt][/quote:34jy13pt]\n\nIf I ever go into a Christian fundie church in the future, you can damn well bet I\'ll be packing (*). \":P\" \n\n(*Note, I said "packing." Not to be confused with "blazing away.")','0d2d7f07db4c6c26b0fd55b7b1a3264a',0,'kA==','34jy13pt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358293,23937,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244168002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','Well said Dervish. \":)\" \n\nOne thing that often freaks out newbies to the LBGT community is just how blurry expected gender roles can become. Even if most people don\'t like to admit it, we all carry around what sociologist call "mentifacts". Subconscious beliefs based upon our cultural and societal upbringing that shape our expectations of right and wrong in our daily lives. Nothing screws with an average person more than being slapped in the face by the idea that it is okay to ignore what everyone else thinks of as normal.','60d6981280b33d30121abcaf216fef42',0,'','33dgbs1h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358294,25802,5,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1244168047,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scary Music','I don\'t know if it counts, but when I was really little, the song "Purple People Eater" scared me until my dad convinced me that I was safe because it only ate purple people.\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','7dc08059f7684842e0ef983027fb5b74',0,'','safpo3zr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358295,25795,6,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1244168338,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','Well, technically I did write [url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ive_waited_here_for_you.html:1yyt106t]a shipper[/url:1yyt106t] once, but I doubt it could be considered a defense of said \'ship. \";)\" \n\nKristen','bc8ce5178924337bfbb927b551d911b4',0,'EA==','1yyt106t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358296,25583,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244168384,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','[quote="Brother Grimace":9z7mmstr]And the Lord sayeth, \'Thou shall pack heat in My house of worship.\'\n\n\n[url:9z7mmstr]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_re_us/us_guns_in_church[/url:9z7mmstr][/quote:9z7mmstr]\n\nYou know one of the only fun things about Oklahoma? You never have to wonder about who is packing. Everyone is, all the time. It is actually legal to carry a handgun in High Schools here if you\'re over 18. I think the only place you can\'t carry in this state is in courthouses. \n\nYou know what we don\'t get a lot of here? Random street crime, if someone gets shot there was a story behind it (and a gunfight...).','8a72282d22d9d0a69de2bfa93c811082',0,'kA==','9z7mmstr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358297,25773,4,9,0,'68.183.65.252',1244168472,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','[quote="MartinUK":13emep4l]Heard some US pundit sounding off in an interview on the Beeb about how the restructured GM ("Government Motors") is bound to fail, because it will be bound to make hybrids, electric cars, and fuel-efficient compacts, instead of the cars that Americans want to buy: big cars, with muscle, that make lots of noise and let you know there\'s an [i:13emep4l]engine [/i:13emep4l]in there.[/quote:13emep4l]\n\nOh, so some idiot pundit, you mean.\n\nWho was it? Rush? Hannity? Chris Matthews? There are just so many...','f21ac0dcc42dbe2c864e9ce624830955',0,'oA==','13emep4l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358298,25795,6,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244168666,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','[quote="Kristen Bealer":5kx68dg6]Well, technically I did write [url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ive_waited_here_for_you.html:5kx68dg6]a shipper[/url:5kx68dg6] once, but I doubt it could be considered a defense of said \'ship. \";)\" \n\nKristen[/quote:5kx68dg6]\n\nI dunno, that could be a wonderful start to a Daria/Brittany shipper. \":twisted:\"','f39d5448bb8d62282b418a8c834e8c6e',0,'kA==','5kx68dg6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358299,25583,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244168808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Posts Thread XV: Penguin Prison Shower','Watching the party scene in the new USA show [i:1far21h3]Royal Pains[/i:1far21h3]. As Maverick said in [i:1far21h3]Top Gun[/i:1far21h3], \'This is a target-rich environment, Goose...\' \":D\"','088bd947abfa37ca2975736c1576334b',0,'IA==','1far21h3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358300,25797,11,124,0,'173.80.133.200',1244168990,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','Just asked Mom, she recommended Ron Howard and his daughter.\n\nMy thoughts on that: Maybe he could film a movie while up there.......','ba5abd6f97b0fe99d66fcf267b235f43',0,'','bwd1sc19',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358301,23937,3,900,0,'208.7.93.63',1244169564,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','I keep trying to post a reply to Dervish\'s comments with my personal experiences, but it just keeps coming out presumptive or weak. Suffice to say I\'ve had thoughts that I give off somewhat lesbian vibes myself, and the whole gender roles thing is all over the map for me. It\'s kind of an intangible thing, but I can see fitting into that mindset.\n\nI\'ve been told that liking the Spice Girls may be an indication.','4130d5637842d287aa084f07d563b5a5',0,'','3fji59oo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358302,25375,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1244169585,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"Political Correctness is doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."\n\n[size=85:3gr2jcor]This definition was the winning entry in an competition at Texas A&M University calling for the most appropriate definition of a contemporary term, with political correctness being the subject matter for this year and the winner was R.J. Wiedemann (LtCol, USMC Ret.)[/size:3gr2jcor]','bbc331a1a76f7bae1716ad762e5f576d',0,'BA==','3gr2jcor',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358303,25806,3,305,0,'200.112.137.98',1244169669,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','We can move on now. \":mrgreen:\"','63448057b64704ea8a387fcc4622daec',0,'','2fmjeebz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358304,25797,11,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244169776,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','[quote="Angelinhel":lrbbhpeo]Harrison Ford. Duh.[/quote:lrbbhpeo]\n\nI\'m with you, but I think I\'d add the back up team of William Shatner, Ben Affleck, Bruce Campbell, Bill Clinton, Karl Rove, and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Walzer:lrbbhpeo]Michael Walzer[/url:lrbbhpeo].','03251ac728c47ac19c76a260e58b2eb2',0,'kA==','lrbbhpeo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358305,25797,11,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1244169824,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','Ron Popeil. If he can sell spray-on hair he can sell this faulty product.','3b8184c9c1eeae5ff43f4843c0f02f49',0,'','3arvhv3o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358306,25803,3,305,0,'200.112.137.98',1244169979,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','[quote="losdia":23j6y5w3][quote="MJPollard":23j6y5w3]Further info: he was found hanging by a nylon rope in the hotel room\'s closet. The rope was from the hotel room curtains, and there don\'t seem to be any signs of force entry. Initial speculation: suicide. \":(\" Autopsy is pending.[/quote:23j6y5w3]\n\nWell that\'s even more depressing... \":(\" [/quote:23j6y5w3]\nIndeed. \":(\"\n\nMay he rest in peace.','873929054ca4421c4ae94068f11f0c08',0,'gA==','23j6y5w3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358307,25806,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244170013,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="Quiverwing":1wt5urz5]We can move on now. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1wt5urz5]\n\nNo we can\'t, not until we determine whether it\'s alive or undead... Lots of zombies lurking on this board. Amd since this is the thread that just won\'t die... \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\"','81d33f1917f6180273b8426e5f2ff5ee',0,'gA==','1wt5urz5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358308,25800,3,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244170119,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','[quote="Deref":36byteap][quote="The Angst Guy":36byteap]In Milwaukee in the early 1990s, there was a gay male couple who had adopted a young girl with a compromised immune system. (If I recall correctly, her complicated medical condition kept many people from adopting her.) This was unfortunately at the time and place of the worst outbreak of cryptosporidium in the US, an event I missed only by the skin of my teeth because I was living in Glendale immediately north of Milwaukee, which got its water from a different plant. I would drive to work at TSR on major Interstate highways which had NO CARS AT ALL DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR even through downtown, because so many people south of Glendale had been stricken (including stepson). I swear to God you never saw anything like it. Details are here.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_ ... m_outbreak\nhttp://www.mkelgbthist.org/events/health/crypto.htm\n\nMy wife will not drink tap water of any kind because of this. (See second article.) Anyway, the point was that the girl died of the outbreak, and I remember there was a heartbreaking story in the [i:36byteap]Milwaukee Journal[/i:36byteap] about the two men who had lost their child.\n\nAs moved as I am sometimes to play the fool here... sorry, I think I was supposed to be stupid here and I wish I had been. I read about the "gay penguins" and the adopted chick and remembered Milwaukee instead.[/quote:36byteap]\nWerd.\n\nWe\'ve discussed this stuff for so long and we all know each other\'s views so well that we tend to resort to one-liners as verbal shoulder-shrugs. But anyone who confuses those with a lack of serious conviction about the issues would be sadly mistaken.[/quote:36byteap]\n\n::Nods::','9d80351f5b7cd2844df0fba1b17af67a',0,'oA==','36byteap',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358309,25773,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1244170264,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','[quote="Dervish":2ijotgh5]Interesting. I figured that if you\'re a corporation, all profits belong to you, all losses (and tax burdens) are the responsibility of the tax payers to cover [/quote:2ijotgh5]\n \":D\" It\'s the Capitalist Motto: Privatise the profits and socialise the losses!','98d25d391f10f5695a7e4247ab81c12b',0,'gA==','2ijotgh5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358310,25774,3,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1244170750,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','Don\'t distract him! He\'s in the middle of a really interesting AU, and I want to . . . um, wait a second, giant feral pig? That may fit right in.','5b192b9007416545e3bb1430b09a1089',0,'','1jq05t25',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358311,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244171330,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="johndotcalm":2q5hkhsg]"Hey, watch this."-- The one thing you NEVER want to hear a pilot say.[/quote:2q5hkhsg]\n\n"You may be a redneck if you have a relative whose last words were, \'Here hold my beer. I betcha you\'ve never seen nobody do this before!\'"\n \nJeff Foxworthy','8ed9bd734d8d5fe599b2e2e294f38abd',0,'gA==','2q5hkhsg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358312,25806,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244171353,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','Has anyone else played Tom Clancy\'s EndWar? I just picked up a copy yesterday and the voice control system is just too cool! \":D\" \n\nAlso awesome is how free this game is in letting you use WMDs. I don\'t think I\'ve ever had as much fun as activating the mic and calling for an orbital kinetic strike... \":mrgreen:\"','3b6c1444697cefe5e624f7de48ef6655',0,'','3d4tj4gu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358313,25800,3,55,0,'68.13.119.200',1244171679,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','[quote="project pegasus":32f3p6f3][quote="Deref":32f3p6f3][quote="The Angst Guy":32f3p6f3]In Milwaukee in the early 1990s, there was a gay male couple who had adopted a young girl with a compromised immune system. (If I recall correctly, her complicated medical condition kept many people from adopting her.) This was unfortunately at the time and place of the worst outbreak of cryptosporidium in the US, an event I missed only by the skin of my teeth because I was living in Glendale immediately north of Milwaukee, which got its water from a different plant. I would drive to work at TSR on major Interstate highways which had NO CARS AT ALL DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR even through downtown, because so many people south of Glendale had been stricken (including stepson). I swear to God you never saw anything like it. Details are here.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_ ... m_outbreak\nhttp://www.mkelgbthist.org/events/health/crypto.htm\n\nMy wife will not drink tap water of any kind because of this. (See second article.) Anyway, the point was that the girl died of the outbreak, and I remember there was a heartbreaking story in the [i:32f3p6f3]Milwaukee Journal[/i:32f3p6f3] about the two men who had lost their child.\n\nAs moved as I am sometimes to play the fool here... sorry, I think I was supposed to be stupid here and I wish I had been. I read about the "gay penguins" and the adopted chick and remembered Milwaukee instead.[/quote:32f3p6f3]\nWerd.\n\nWe\'ve discussed this stuff for so long and we all know each other\'s views so well that we tend to resort to one-liners as verbal shoulder-shrugs. But anyone who confuses those with a lack of serious conviction about the issues would be sadly mistaken.[/quote:32f3p6f3]\n\n::Nods::[/quote:32f3p6f3]\n\n\nAnd this comes the night before I go to the NE synod assembly where we will be discussing the proposal to allow the ELCA to roster homosexuals in active relationships. The current procedures call for homosexuals who desire to be pastors must remain celebate.\n\nThis is a passionate debate and discussion in the ELCA right now, that all too often is turned into one-liner hate-speeches, about how one side is going against scripture, or one side is stupid and hateful.\n\nI\'m tired of talking about this topic with people who don\'t seem to care that we\'re talking about peoples\' lives, their happiness, and their wholeness, but who seem to only want to be "right."','9e753da9308de9a1099d39ca6722e0b8',0,'oA==','32f3p6f3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358314,25375,3,55,0,'68.13.119.200',1244171901,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"There is no time for pants."\n\nDave Barry and Ridley Pearson in "Science Fair"','ef87b826f8c5aad772d67c75befbc55f',0,'','1z7bne9m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358315,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1244173072,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria X over (dead like me) UPDATED: Chapter 6 on 6/4/09','[u:53gedtrk]Chapter 7[/u:53gedtrk]\n\nTom extended his hand as an introduction toward Daria and smiled. The shock of having Tom appear by her side in a grungy brew pub had rendered her speechless. She eyed his outstretched hand cautiously, and took it gingerly with her own. \n\n"Morgan." Daria replied slowly, as she withdrew her hand and placed it on her lap.\n\n"I haven\'t seen you around before, are you new in town?" He enquired, his emerald green eyes flashed; he oozed the old money charm she had familiarized herself with in the months prior to her death.\n\nDaria\'s mind reeled. "He is not trying to hit on me."\' \n\n"Kinda." Daria replied dismissively, as she faced the front of the bar.\n\n"Oh... Look, the reason I came over here is that I\'m supposed to meet someone, and I\'m a little late. I was wondering if you had seen her. Tall, dark hair, blue eyes... She wears a pair of combat boots just like yours." He pointed to her feet and smiled sadly. "Well not exactly the same as those...Her name\'s Jane."\n\nA sorrowful look flashed quickly across Daria\'s features as she held a hand up to adjust her glasses; a habitual action she had yet to break, she had discarded her beloved frames, a few days prior. Before she had time to answer the woman in question walked into the pub and spied Tom at the bar. Daria turned her attention back to Tom and pointed to Jane.\n\n"That her?" \n\nTom turned. "Thanks Morgan." he called over his shoulder as he strolled over to Jane.\n\n---\n\nTom led Jane to a quiet booth seat in the far corner of the bar and sat down. Jane stood at the end of the table her arms folded protectively across her chest.\n\n"What do you want?" she asked vehemently, she was not in the mood for social niceties.\n\n"Please Jane, sit down." Jane slid into the opposite seat and waited. "I just wanted to see how you were, let you know that I\'m here for you. I know what you’re going through."\n\nJane scoffed. "That\'s a cop out and you know it. How would you know what I’m going through? You weren\'t even at the funeral, Tom."\n\n"Jane, you know Fielding graduates a week before Lawndale. I couldn\'t get out of it."\n\n"Couldn\'t or wouldn\'t? It\'s all about keeping the family name safe, right?"\n\n"Jane, please," Tom pleaded.\n\nJane looked at Tom, he [i:53gedtrk]had[/i:53gedtrk] gone to the trouble to look her up, to make sure she was okay; in fact, he was the only one that had, beside Trent. She sighed defeated and looked up at him. "I\'m okay I guess. Thanks."\n\n"So, did you get into BFAC?" \n\n"I never submitted my portfolio." Jane looked down at her hands resting on the table.\n\n"You could still..."\n\n"I\'m not going." Jane interjected. "Why be taught by two bit hacks that couldn\'t make it in the art world as real artists?" Jane reasoned.\n\n"Look, my dad has a contact at BFAC; I could get him to..."\n\n"I don\'t need your charity or your pity." Jane quipped, interrupting Tom again.\n\n"This isn\'t charity and it sure as hell isn\'t pity, Jane. I thought you might need a friend to talk to, that\'s all." Tom\'s voice grew stern. \n\n"I have plenty of friends I can talk to, thank you very much."\n\n"Jane, Daria was pretty much it."\n\nJane stood and leaned over the table, her face inches from Tom’s; he felt her hot, rasping breath graze his cheeks. Her eyes narrowed; her seething anger was evident.\n\n"Go to hell Tom. I get your game, inviting me down here, in front of \'my kind\' so they can witness your gallantry. The noble Thomas Sloane, descending from Crewe Neck to take time out to make sure poor Jane Lane is okay. Trying to buy my loyalty with offers of a college education \'cause I can\'t get in on my own merit. You really are just a trust fund brat. I don\'t need your connections, I don\'t need your pity and I sure as hell don\'t need your friendship. Get out of here and go back to your country club and your life of luxury."\n\nJane\'s voice had gotten considerably louder and all eyes rested on the feuding couple in the corner. Nobody noticed the slightly built, auburn haired woman slip through the crowd and out into the night.','7142885600e7c019736e2dc8f98f79c7',0,'IQ==','53gedtrk',1,1251083245,'',992,4,0),(358316,25806,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244173885,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="losdia":sdr28a61]Has anyone else played Tom Clancy\'s EndWar? I just picked up a copy yesterday and the voice control system is just too cool! \":D\" \n\nAlso awesome is how free this game is in letting you use WMDs. I don\'t think I\'ve ever had as much fun as activating the mic and calling for an orbital kinetic strike... \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:sdr28a61]\n\n\nWhat\'s an orbital kinetic strike? Is that some form of railgun, or mass driver? \":shock:\" \":D\"','3df45e98458a4f47759c3acda8084652',0,'gA==','sdr28a61',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358317,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244173970,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Disco316":23879ri1]I keep trying to post a reply to Dervish\'s comments with my personal experiences, but it just keeps coming out presumptive or weak. Suffice to say I\'ve had thoughts that I give off somewhat lesbian vibes myself, and the whole gender roles thing is all over the map for me. It\'s kind of an intangible thing, but I can see fitting into that mindset.\n\nI\'ve been told that liking the Spice Girls may be an indication.[/quote:23879ri1]\n\n\nThere are many things that liking the Spice Girls is indicative of - but I don\'t think that this subject is among them. \":)\"','ce3db9df67809b52b827d85177a2d140',0,'gA==','23879ri1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358318,25806,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244174109,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="Brother Grimace":1ks5c0qs][quote="losdia":1ks5c0qs]Has anyone else played Tom Clancy\'s EndWar? I just picked up a copy yesterday and the voice control system is just too cool! \":D\" \n\nAlso awesome is how free this game is in letting you use WMDs. I don\'t think I\'ve ever had as much fun as activating the mic and calling for an orbital kinetic strike... \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1ks5c0qs]\n\n\nWhat\'s an orbital kinetic strike? Is that some form of railgun, or mass driver? \":shock:\" \":D\"[/quote:1ks5c0qs]\n\nYup. A big honkin\' space gun. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCqO9tTOCQY:1ks5c0qs]Share and enjoy[/url:1ks5c0qs] the fun! \":mrgreen:\"','21b978433f4d382bc2cc62b82a8ad42c',0,'kA==','1ks5c0qs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358319,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244174347,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Bryan":2llg8xta]"There is no time for pants."\n\nDave Barry and Ridley Pearson in "Science Fair"[/quote:2llg8xta]\n\n"My clothes!" \n\n"No time for that!"\n\n(Protagonists rush away from the impending doom.)\n\nStandard exchange in many an opus by Wally Wood.','0c5208192b82ebf43367885bfbb3452e',0,'gA==','2llg8xta',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358320,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244174565,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Don\'t go into a knife fight as a baloney sandwich.\n\nMe to my new puppy as he harrasses the cats.','db9d51cb8d532fa4fcae86c70bf5bdc6',0,'','1idm4e9i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358321,25800,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244174844,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','I have to say that I\'m quite pleased this has stirred a sensible, mature conversation about this topic (gay parenting). But then, I should not be all that surprised, with the fairly high level of average intelligence on this board. \n\nAlthough at times I do wonder about the level of maturity! \":P\" But then, it\'s better than that of the vast majority of "anti-gays" I\'ve encountered, who usually strike me as confused, frightened individuals who really should be taken pity of.','9e95340a0733b398c256f318ea51b2a3',0,'','1w8whc6b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358322,25774,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244174897,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="smk":1rourk4w]Don\'t distract him! He\'s in the middle of a really interesting AU, and I want to . . . um, wait a second, giant feral pig? That may fit right in.[/quote:1rourk4w]\n\nIt could fit in with a couple of others as well.','ab962f0891bb78206a2a5c3dd7535a11',0,'gA==','1rourk4w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358323,25777,3,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244174915,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Political interview from Derefworld','My jaw dropped. I thought this was real for about the first half of it.','a41e4e9954c467837a6c346cc05472bd',0,'','3gsck0v1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358324,25800,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244175341,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','Her name was Becky Furmann. I was afraid I wouldn\'t find it.\n\nhttp://lakewhatcom.org/cryptosp.htm','622e0cf202c283db5caf2c647ce1db4b',0,'','2nm7dahj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358325,23937,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244175612,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Brother Grimace":3tr82za7][quote="Disco316":3tr82za7]I keep trying to post a reply to Dervish\'s comments with my personal experiences, but it just keeps coming out presumptive or weak. Suffice to say I\'ve had thoughts that I give off somewhat lesbian vibes myself, and the whole gender roles thing is all over the map for me. It\'s kind of an intangible thing, but I can see fitting into that mindset.\n\nI\'ve been told that liking the Spice Girls may be an indication.[/quote:3tr82za7]\n\n\nThere are many things that liking the Spice Girls is indicative of - but I don\'t think that this subject is among them. \":)\"[/quote:3tr82za7]\n\nNow liking Two Nice Girls is another matter \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nhttp://www.twonicegirlsmusic.com/\n\nhttp://www.metrolyrics.com/i-spent-my-l ... girls.html','e0d0b277c3ff20eefc02f7afd8d57e69',0,'gA==','3tr82za7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358326,23937,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244175737,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','So, what, I dunno what to do. If I write more PitA, is that bad or good or purple or what? I don\'t wan to think about whether I am a lesbian or infatuated with lesbians or whatever. I just want to be silly and sometimes write about people I know nothing about and see if it gets somewhere.','fd377f0b8f6a5e8f382e702d75610e56',0,'','1okkyach',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358327,25774,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244175875,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="The Sidhe":3pn40qyv][quote="smk":3pn40qyv]Don\'t distract him! He\'s in the middle of a really interesting AU, and I want to . . . um, wait a second, giant feral pig? That may fit right in.[/quote:3pn40qyv]\nIt could fit in with a couple of others as well.[/quote:3pn40qyv]\nLobinske\'s "John Lane" stories seriously need a giant feral pig. Richard, are you reading this? GIANT FERAL PIG!\n\n\n\n\nAND MAKE IT EATING A COW!','a33b90f9fae752266b138bc8b981587a',0,'gA==','3pn40qyv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358328,25806,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244175937,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','Someone made my Penguin Prison Shower thread end before its time.\n\n\nI\'ll remember that.','d7b5c6708ed4c923b41408600cf1401e',0,'','24ovkmx8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358329,25738,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244176036,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria X over (dead like me) UPDATED: Chapter 7 on 6/5/09','Nice... \":mrgreen:\"','68cf5fc5fe5ee1cc8f13a184821d241a',0,'','2wqylcfp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358330,25764,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244176141,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="smk":2xg2hxfn]Today\'s lesson: cannot\n\nOne word, people, not two.\n\nAnd I\'m not even going to quote any sources to prove this.[/quote:2xg2hxfn]\nI can not believe you can\'t find sources.','7cf675498f790ae1c5ebae3df85ad441',0,'gA==','2xg2hxfn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358331,25795,6,904,0,'68.192.126.174',1244176227,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','[quote="Kristen Bealer":39kg8tva]Well, technically I did write [url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ive_waited_here_for_you.html:39kg8tva]a shipper[/url:39kg8tva] once, but I doubt it could be considered a defense of said \'ship. \";)\" \n\nKristen[/quote:39kg8tva]\nI think I have a new favorite Trent/Daria.','f10a8e3aaf3472ca06811ddb02b2e92d',0,'kA==','39kg8tva',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358332,25795,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244176242,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','[quote="Disco316":npxv8x0r]You know, given how much female slash gets [s:npxv8x0r]lip service[/s:npxv8x0r] talked about, I\'m kind of surprised there aren\'t more Andrea slashes done. I mean, sure, I\'m delving into stereotype territory, but wouldn\'t she be one of the first ones people would make assumptions about, given the whole goth look and all?[/quote:npxv8x0r]\nSFMB. Adult art section. \'Nuff said.','49697afe8d87058019ceb207dfad11ac',0,'gAQ=','npxv8x0r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358333,25795,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244176283,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','[quote="Kristen Bealer":2r2y46ii]Well, technically I did write [url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ive_waited_here_for_you.html:2r2y46ii]a shipper[/url:2r2y46ii] once, but I doubt it could be considered a defense of said \'ship. \";)\"[/quote:2r2y46ii]\nI need to remember that story next time I get into DariaWiki. Masterful.','94942eb3faee9ba2ca8766afef05a349',0,'kA==','2r2y46ii',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358334,25738,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244176443,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Daria X over (dead like me) UPDATED: Chapter 7 on 6/5/09','That one gave me hurty bumps aaaaalllll over my body.\n\n\n\n\nDo it again. With a whip this time. A spiked whip! \":D\"','95716c35c2d6bc729fa569ac2764e6b4',0,'','2r99vy15',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358335,23937,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244176820,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="The Angst Guy":ucbm9p7k]So, what, I dunno what to do. If I write more PitA, is that bad or good or purple or what? I don\'t wan to think about whether I am a lesbian or infatuated with lesbians or whatever. I just want to be silly and sometimes write about people I know nothing about and see if it gets somewhere.[/quote:ucbm9p7k]\n\nIf you write more PitA you are a hero... end of story.\n\nNot to be pumping up your ego or anything, but the more I look at my stuff the more I am in my mind wishing I were writing the prequel to PitA (even though the timelines are way different.)','a8735d49a04344bdd8f78029d53b34bf',0,'gA==','ucbm9p7k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358355,25776,3,952,0,'130.191.145.19',1244186655,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','Those clowns on Fox News were reporting that we should not rule out terrorism. That\'s right, south Atlantic thunderstorms hate our freedom.','f7b306bddf0f0793c8f5e6311ccc5a94',0,'','e2r3eum4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358336,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244177363,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="The Angst Guy":3l0mn81s]So, what, I dunno what to do. If I write more PitA, is that bad or good or purple or what? I don\'t wan to think about whether I am a lesbian or infatuated with lesbians or whatever. I just want to be silly and sometimes write about people I know nothing about and see if it gets somewhere.[/quote:3l0mn81s]\n\n\n(prepares to kick TAG, but then looks up and sees that [i:3l0mn81s]Doctor Who\'s[/i:3l0mn81s] on the tape he\'s checking.)\n\n It\'s the scene in [i:3l0mn81s]Partners In Crime[/i:3l0mn81s] where The Doctor and Donna see each other through the window and the door - easily the single funniest scene in the series. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \n\nIt\'s also one of the best scares - and I love the line [i:3l0mn81s]\'Are we interrupting you?\'[/i:3l0mn81s] \":shock:\" The way that comes about - and the realization that she allowed them to keep going - REALLY makes the Nanny scary... \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\"','f9341ed80a0a4ac630efc9b681fb535f',0,'oA==','3l0mn81s',1,1244177541,'',59,1,0),(358337,23937,3,900,0,'208.7.93.63',1244177446,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="The Angst Guy":1eze24c0]So, what, I dunno what to do. If I write more PitA, is that bad or good or purple or what? I don\'t wan to think about whether I am a lesbian or infatuated with lesbians or whatever. I just want to be silly and sometimes write about people I know nothing about and see if it gets somewhere.[/quote:1eze24c0]\n\nBetween PitA and "The Two of Them", I think you have a free pass in writing Slash.','aed99657783012ab09cb813c1b88b4a8',0,'gA==','1eze24c0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358338,23937,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244177614,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="Disco316":kmnbzswv][quote="The Angst Guy":kmnbzswv]So, what, I dunno what to do. If I write more PitA, is that bad or good or purple or what? I don\'t wan to think about whether I am a lesbian or infatuated with lesbians or whatever. I just want to be silly and sometimes write about people I know nothing about and see if it gets somewhere.[/quote:kmnbzswv]\n\nBetween PitA and "The Two of Them", I think you have a free pass in writing Slash.[/quote:kmnbzswv]\n\n\n(nudges at Disco\'s leg)','0fbd391f2c9754cf74e7b139f47a6c65',0,'gA==','kmnbzswv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358339,23937,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244177769,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="undefinedlust":cqy6i5j0][quote="The Angst Guy":cqy6i5j0]So, what, I dunno what to do. If I write more PitA, is that bad or good or purple or what? I don\'t wan to think about whether I am a lesbian or infatuated with lesbians or whatever. I just want to be silly and sometimes write about people I know nothing about and see if it gets somewhere.[/quote:cqy6i5j0]\n\nIf you write more PitA you are a hero... end of story.\n\nNot to be pumping up your ego or anything, but the more I look at my stuff the more I am in my mind wishing I were writing the prequel to PitA (even though the timelines are way different.)[/quote:cqy6i5j0]\n\nI like PiTA too, but I\'m not really sure where TAG could take it next.\n\nPiTA\'s story ran its course, and it had a strong ending. PiTA was a story about transition, if you were in the mood to be florid about it ,it could even be described as a coming of age story. Daria and Jane\'s relationship changed from that as best friends who married to one with them being the parents in a stable family. And while the stories of that family might be interesting, they wouldn\'t have the same flavor as the pause series. \n\nI think TAG should learn from the mistakes of Lucas, and just leave a good story where it is. I would love to see TAG do another story *like* PiTA, but I don\'t really see more PiTA stories as being helpful to the series.','102be4204eb59fa83ee69f9378dea3f4',0,'gA==','cqy6i5j0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358340,23937,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244178054,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="losdia":wn5ez9tn][quote="undefinedlust":wn5ez9tn][quote="The Angst Guy":wn5ez9tn]So, what, I dunno what to do. If I write more PitA, is that bad or good or purple or what? I don\'t wan to think about whether I am a lesbian or infatuated with lesbians or whatever. I just want to be silly and sometimes write about people I know nothing about and see if it gets somewhere.[/quote:wn5ez9tn]\n\nIf you write more PitA you are a hero... end of story.\n\nNot to be pumping up your ego or anything, but the more I look at my stuff the more I am in my mind wishing I were writing the prequel to PitA (even though the timelines are way different.)[/quote:wn5ez9tn]\n\nI like PiTA too, but I\'m not really sure where TAG could take it next.\n\nPiTA\'s story ran its course, and it had a strong ending. PiTA was a story about transition, if you were in the mood to be florid about it ,it could even be described as a coming of age story. Daria and Jane\'s relationship changed from that as best friends who married to one with them being the parents in a stable family. And while the stories of that family might be interesting, they wouldn\'t have the same flavor as the pause series. \n\nI think TAG should learn from the mistakes of Lucas, and just leave a good story where it is. I would love to see TAG do another story *like* PiTA, but I don\'t really see more PiTA stories as being helpful to the series.[/quote:wn5ez9tn]\n\n\nI have gone back and forth with the same thought. Where it stands now is an effective end, but...\n\nIn the hands of a writer of TAG\'s caliber, there could still be many interesting tales to tell in that timeline...','1156d47b12e3668b93868fda4c26554f',0,'gA==','wn5ez9tn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358341,25375,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1244178120,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="MartinUK":3dtwdj51]"May you have as many landings as takeoffs."[/quote:3dtwdj51]\nThat\'s guaranteed. There\'s no guarantee, however, that all landings will be the good kind. \";)\"','7909512614b46704b5469b39805e3907',0,'gA==','3dtwdj51',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358342,25799,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244178761,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Here we go again........','That video was brilliant, with the "Victorians" taking them to task in it. Texas country is supposed to be the "anti-Nashville" where "people can speak their minds without fear," but the Dixie Chicks sure proved that one wrong. \n\nI\'m glad California didn\'t stop playing them. I don\'t listen to country very often, but I do like it from time to time, and they\'re one of the bands I like...and I hate that they suffered so much over a comment, far more than many other celebs have done for saying much worse (and I can\'t say I disagree with \'em on this one). I liked how they didn\'t back down, too. \n\nThat song reminded me, they DID get death threats, like the one that promised they\'d be shot dead if they played in Dallas:\n\nhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12745436/\n\nThe CA beauty queen got off easy.','d848705dcf9f636b82e16f8071550fdc',0,'','1nftgylb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358343,23937,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244178984,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','I confess I was thinking the series had run its course, too. So much was unresolved, but it wasn\'t necessary. The birth was the real resolution.\n\nAnother series like it would be okay, I think sometimes, then I think it would be creepy. I\'ve written a lot about lesbians.\n\nBut not so much about gay guys. I had a funny idea along this line. Might play with it after some other stuff gets done.','2598efd6bdb5ab7b3305811f2c072cf7',0,'','3izrioqe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358344,25797,11,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244179473,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','I recall a short story I read as a teen, too:\n\nAliens come to Earth to see if humans are worth enslaving and abduct one. But the guy they abduct is a homeless wino. After studying him, they decide humans would be more trouble than they\'re worth to make work for them so decide to write off Earth. But they keep the wino and put him in a zoo for other aliens to see (and why Earthlings wouldn\'t make good slaves) and is given all the alcohol he wants...\n\nIt should\'ve been the feel good story of the year. \":D\"','d50edb8c0854a8a2d46ef8347dae3d4f',0,'','3mplru3r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358345,25764,6,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1244179512,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="The Angst Guy":398233at][quote="smk":398233at]Today\'s lesson: cannot\n\nOne word, people, not two.\n\nAnd I\'m not even going to quote any sources to prove this.[/quote:398233at]\nI can not believe you can\'t find sources.[/quote:398233at]\n\nI agree, it is possible for you not to believe that sources couldn\'t be found.','51bab19c07322b505207b45b31f0a8ac',0,'gA==','398233at',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358346,25801,3,573,0,'137.226.12.193',1244179675,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Internet filter: $44.5m and no goal in sight','[quote="Deref":1772nkgp]"fscking morons"[/quote:1772nkgp]\nPlease do not insult the people, who - despite journaling file systems, SMART, etc. - diligently and periodically do an [i:1772nkgp]fsck[/i:1772nkgp] to make sure things are really alright. The people you are referring to are called \'deceitful morons\'.\n\nBlackHole, currently faced with the same idiocy and manipulation\n\n[size=50:1772nkgp]PS:\n[code:1772nkgp]\n#man -k fsck\nfsck (8) - check and repair a Linux file system\n# man women\nNo manual entry for women\n[/code:1772nkgp]Dang![/size:1772nkgp]','fbcdbdb02b8bcaf51e6ebf73679eb7ee',0,'pIA=','1772nkgp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358347,25689,6,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1244179794,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 4)','[quote="smk":1lq22w1s]Weren\'t you [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25764:1lq22w1s]paying attention?[/url:1lq22w1s][/quote:1lq22w1s]\n\nAre you just talking about my misuse of commas? Or have I performed other grammatical transgressions?','be226abb95e91282323d07dde4cdce52',0,'kA==','1lq22w1s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358348,25774,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1244180305,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="The Angst Guy":1tehnahb][quote="The Sidhe":1tehnahb][quote="smk":1tehnahb]Don\'t distract him! He\'s in the middle of a really interesting AU, and I want to . . . um, wait a second, giant feral pig? That may fit right in.[/quote:1tehnahb]\nIt could fit in with a couple of others as well.[/quote:1tehnahb]\nLobinske\'s "John Lane" stories seriously need a giant feral pig. Richard, are you reading this? GIANT FERAL PIG!\n\n\n\n\nAND MAKE IT EATING A COW![/quote:1tehnahb]\n... and have a skydiver crash into the cow while it\'s being eaten.','2d4e8fcc356310c3f26744f89b5b628b',0,'gA==','1tehnahb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358349,25689,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244180551,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 4)','[quote="Ajar":27esc7h1][quote="smk":27esc7h1]Weren\'t you [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25764:27esc7h1]paying attention?[/url:27esc7h1][/quote:27esc7h1]\n\nAre you just talking about my misuse of commas? Or have I performed other grammatical transgressions?[/quote:27esc7h1]\n\nI think she was talking to TAG \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','944c60af6932d6584899a7d22fa34acd',0,'kA==','27esc7h1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358350,23937,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244180763,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="The Angst Guy":18we3nde]I confess I was thinking the series had run its course, too. So much was unresolved, but it wasn\'t necessary. The birth was the real resolution.\n\nAnother series like it would be okay, I think sometimes, then I think it would be creepy. I\'ve written a lot about lesbians.\n\nBut not so much about gay guys. I had a funny idea along this line. Might play with it after some other stuff gets done.[/quote:18we3nde]\n\n\nI agree. When I read it the first time I thought it was finished. It was listing it as unfinished that made me greedy and want more. Still, I see more story based in the same continuity. The whole incident at the birthing class and the bigotry of Grandma Barksdale made me imagine a scenario in which after a few more incidents (and the realization that one of them needed a steady income to support the kid) Daria changes course and decides to go to law school. Lots of interesting possibilities there.','0814973650a54fd95c49232d15b4fb47',0,'gA==','18we3nde',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358351,25774,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244180834,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="Derek":2bbstzrt][quote="The Angst Guy":2bbstzrt][quote="The Sidhe":2bbstzrt][quote="smk":2bbstzrt]Don\'t distract him! He\'s in the middle of a really interesting AU, and I want to . . . um, wait a second, giant feral pig? That may fit right in.[/quote:2bbstzrt]\nIt could fit in with a couple of others as well.[/quote:2bbstzrt]\nLobinske\'s "John Lane" stories seriously need a giant feral pig. Richard, are you reading this? GIANT FERAL PIG!\n\n\n\n\nAND MAKE IT EATING A COW![/quote:2bbstzrt]\n... and have a skydiver crash into the cow while it\'s being eaten.[/quote:2bbstzrt]\n\nAnd then they all roll into the path of Tom Sloane videotaping himself in an act of self love wilst driving a car at over 100MPH!!!! \":mrgreen:\"','b4f19c4d5b5844281c207c52d47e8bdf',0,'gA==','2bbstzrt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358352,25714,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244182615,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f9d129c-5066-11de-9530-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=319b98a6-0c1a-11db-86c7-0000779e2340.html:lhcfnmv4]Cult status will elude N Korean heir[/url:lhcfnmv4]\n\n[quote:lhcfnmv4]Kim Jong-il looks set to be the last North Korean leader to enjoy a semi-divine status and rule the nation single-handedly.[/quote:lhcfnmv4]','5d042a27075712650346aec94b9f9b43',0,'kA==','lhcfnmv4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358353,25807,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244184166,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Island koalas too close for comfort','[url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/04/2589156.htm:olmh32hf]Despite being plentiful in number, Australia\'s two largest populations of koalas are so heavily inbred, they risk instant extinction, say researchers.[/url:olmh32hf]','a5bf1d54b877224b07873ab1cdf8861f',0,'EA==','olmh32hf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358354,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1244185005,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria X over (dead like me) UPDATED: Chapter 7 on 6/5/09','[u:1u841sj5]Chapter 8[/u:1u841sj5]\n\n\nThe bright morning sun glistened across the large pond, casting streams of reflected light into the green canopy of the large oaks above. Two children sat upon a small jetty; their feet dangled in the shallows of the water as they cast out their fishing poles. A red kite danced across the crystal blue sky in the warm breeze; the young girl it was tethered to squealed with glee as she ran along below it. It was a perfect summer\'s day and Daria couldn\'t care less. \n\nShe sat in the shade of one of the oak trees as she bided her time before her next reap. She withdrew the small piece of crumpled yellow paper and glared at; she knew the hit, she knew the address; it was her mother\'s law firm and her care factor was hovering around zero.\n\nThere was a little over half an hour before the death and it would take her almost that long to get there. Daria stood and brushed off her short black denim skirt and adjusted her dark green vest as she set off toward her mother\'s law firm.\n\nDaria sat in the small waiting room as she plotted her next move. She ignored the occasional scrutinizing looks she was given from her mother\'s assistant. Daria had had no trouble convincing Marianne that she was a witness to the high school \'mishap\' and she had been called in to give her report on the event. She hadn\'t lied; she was a witness, and had inside info to boot. A slight smile ghosted her lips as she imagined the outburst if her account was given.\n\n"Yes, I saw the accident; I [i:1u841sj5]was[/i:1u841sj5] the accident. I\'m really Daria Morgendorffer in someone else\'s body, and if you don\'t believe that, wait it gets better; the cause for the accident wasn\'t negligence. It was caused by these little purple creatures called Gravelings, but they\'re invisible and only me and a few of my new friends can see them. So you\'re going to have to trust me on that..."\n\nDaria stood and walked around the perimeter of the room. She glanced at the photos and news article cut outs that had been hung on the walls; most of them boasted the firm’s excellence. She winced at the sound of her mother\'s voice permeated the adjacent room.\n\n"MARIANNE!" \n\nThe high strung woman jumped and frantically rushed to Helen\'s beckons, Daria followed and listened through the slight crack of the door.\n\n"I need you to go into Eric\'s office and retrieve the two files for the Marcus case, then call the school and have Ms Li send over the agreement she had with the Evlon company, then I need you to have that police woman that was in here yesterday fax over the statements she took from the students the morning of the accident at the school. Oh and Marianne? Refill the toner in the fax machine first." Helen ordered.\n\nDaria stepped back from the door and followed Marianne to the supply room. Once Marianne was clear of the door, Daria pulled the door shut and barricaded it; trapping the frazzled secretary inside. Daria glanced at her watch there were five minutes to go.\nShe walked down the hall quickly as she found the right door and knocked, an invitation to enter was called and Daria entered the room.\n\nEric Schrecter cast his eyes upon the young female that had entered his office and he raised a hand to his ear piece.\n\n"I\'ll have to call you back." He said uncertainly, and removed the hands free head set from his ear. "Can I help you?" \n\n"I, ah... I need the files for the Marcus case." Daria\'s voice faulted slightly. "For Helen, I\'m...her new intern." She affirmed.\n\nEric studied Daria, and raised an eyebrow. He turned toward his desk and retrieved two thick manila folders. He walked over to Daria and held them out; Daria saw her chance and brushed a hand over his, taking his soul with the files. \n\n"At least your prettier than the last one, but do yourself a favor and lose those boots; they do nothing for your ensemble." He flicked his fingers and motioned toward her outfit.\n\n"Hmm. sure." Daria suppressed the urge to bite back and slid out the door to wait.\n\n\nEric watched the young female leave the room; a pursed smile donned his face as he checked out the woman\'s backside. He proceeded over to his desk and sat in the large office chair and unlocked his bottom draw. He retrieved a small silver tray, covered with a fine white power and retrieved two silver, custom made implements from his breast pocket.\n\n\nDaria waited patiently at the door of Eric\'s office she hoped that no one would feel the urge to stretch their legs and walk around the office block. She heard a muffled gurgle and a high pitched squeal of a male’s voice and slid over to the door. She slowly turned the handle and slipped inside.\n\n"Whoa, this is weird, that stuff is awesome. I\'ve never had an out of body trip before." Eric looked in amazement around the room and rested his eyes on Daria.\n\n"Hey, What are you doing here?" He asked.\n\n"Um, you\'re dead," Daria informed him and waited for his reaction.\n\n"What? Dead? I can\'t be dead. No. We just landed a huge case; I can’t die yet. This is horrible." Eric moaned as he slumped at the table.\n\n"There, there. Now, now." Daria dead panned as she patted his shoulder with unenthused force.\n\n"Wait, that girl, was she? I mean, did she...Kill me?"\n\n"That girl was me and no, no one killed you. You did that all by yourself." She pointed towards his corpse.\n\nEric\'s lifeless body sat in the large chair behind the desk; his head slumped forward and rested against his shoulder. An off-white sludge, oozed out of his slightly ajar mouth mixing with the river on blood that seeped from his nose. \n\n"I OD\'ed?" He asked incredulously, as he turned to Daria.\n\n"Looks that way, doesn\'t it. So now you\'ve accepted your death, you can go now."\n\n"No, no, no, no. I\'m not going anywhere I have to get the case from Morgendorffer. If she submits it by herself and I\'m not here she\'ll get partner, and I\'ve worked her too damn hard for her to be one."\n\n"You better choose your next words carefully..." Daria warned.\n\n"Why would you...Oh oh, I know who you are now. Helen\'s eldest. The smart, ugly one."\n\n"Hey." Daria interjected.\n\n"So, you\'re doomed to collect souls for eternity? Ha!"\n\n"You know you really are an asshole." Daria muttered as she walked over to Eric\'s body and dug into his breast pocket.\n\n"Hey! What do you think you\'re doing?"\n\nDaria pulled out Eric\'s wallet and waved it at him. Eric\'s eyes went wide.\n\n"You can\'t steal from me." He protested helplessly.\n\n"Too late, just think of it as severance pay. For three years of shitty frozen lasagna and forced family bonding time." She smirked at him as she pulled out the wad of hundred dollar notes, threw the considerably lighter wallet at the body, and strolled out the room.','2784936327b721bb9387bf428a666fe1',0,'IQ==','1u841sj5',1,1251083959,'',992,2,0),(358356,25802,5,952,0,'130.191.145.19',1244186908,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scary Music','Remember that scary piano theme from "Eyes Wide Shut?"','6264a2c04fc60bd636703106801314cd',0,'','2jmp1229',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358357,25773,4,952,0,'130.191.145.19',1244188876,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','[quote="Deref":3n1j20fn][quote="Dervish":3n1j20fn]Interesting. I figured that if you\'re a corporation, all profits belong to you, all losses (and tax burdens) are the responsibility of the tax payers to cover [/quote:3n1j20fn]\n \":D\" It\'s the Capitalist Motto: Privatise the profits and socialise the losses![/quote:3n1j20fn]\n\nSeriously. Another way I\'ve heard it is, in America it\'s state welfare for the rich and pure capitalism for the rest of us.\n\nAt any rate, I hope that the GM restructuring works and they produce more hybrid and electrics. Maybe if you live in the rural areas you need a heavy duty truck, but for most people living in the city or the suburbs, there is no reason to buy an SUV. Seriously. People say that they buy an SUV because it makes them feel safe. Well, seeing those midget tanks rolling down the street doesn\'t make ME feel safe. I drive a \'99 Toyota Carolla and you know what makes me feel safe? Watching the freaking road.\n\nThe only things that might stop Americans from buying gas guzzlers is if the price of gas goes through the roof. Huggy-touchy-felly things like buying a hybrid because you love the environment won\'t fly for most Americans. Anyway, I\'m going to get off my soap box now.','9d80886f2d2a048c5c2d0061ba50eb69',0,'gA==','3n1j20fn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358358,25773,4,39,0,'78.151.196.82',1244191167,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GM To Go Into Bankruptcy.','[quote="Kara Wild":2dlnob0f]Oh, so some idiot pundit, you mean.\n\nWho was it? Rush? Hannity? Chris Matthews? There are just so many...[/quote:2dlnob0f]\nI\'d not recognise any of their voices, but I think it was someone who specialises in US motor industry punditry. Industry lobbyist? Spokesman for a motoring organisation? Car museum owner? Something along those lines.\n\nI was too busy refitting my jaw to take careful note. \":P\" \n\nMartin.','68cb6840c797537358fe364e837cd04d',0,'gA==','2dlnob0f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358359,25776,3,114,0,'61.69.1.75',1244191870,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','[quote="Quiverwing":3qqqsb4g]Terrible news. From what I know, they\'re still looking for the plane. Earlier today, they said they may have found parts of it in the ocean.[/quote:3qqqsb4g]\nThe most recent news I heard is that the wreckage and the oil slick were false alarms - just regular junk and oil leaking from a ship. \":-(\"\n[quote="project pegasus":3qqqsb4g]Those clowns on Fox News were reporting that we should not rule out terrorism. That\'s right, south Atlantic thunderstorms hate our freedom.[/quote:3qqqsb4g]\n \":x\" Why am I not surprised.','26179c201df12e4eb4527c0125ab40c8',0,'gA==','3qqqsb4g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358360,25807,3,114,0,'61.69.1.75',1244192003,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Island koalas too close for comfort','\":x\" What we need is for someone to invent koala oil, or at least some way to make lots of money from koalas. After all - that\'s all that counts.','22d897fef9ad4fd9793d3d7ab05b736f',0,'','1gnj14pb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358361,23937,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244192010,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','Btw, for anyone wanting to read more about "male lesbians," here\'s a couple of links:\n\nhttp://www.examiner.com/x-7485-Minneapo ... it-happens\n\nThat one isn\'t a universal definition, but a common one. Here\'s some varying answers that shows how different people see it:\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 936AAd9gLV\n\nAs a bonus, urban dictionary weighs in:\n\nhttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... %20lesbian','f0e3bd0d4de1c9de70679f4816117b02',0,'','37eqbiu5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358362,25776,3,39,0,'78.151.196.82',1244192298,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','None of the items retrieved from the suspected wreckage footprint have turned out to be from the aircraft, so it\'s back to a square search. \":(\" \n\nI\'ve never before found myself defending Fox News, but at this stage, with so little evidence, nothing can be ruled out. Though it\'d be an extraordinary terrorist who didn\'t claim the credit, if that\'s the word, for their murderous act.\n\nMartin.','4e4312897c8d081c9ec52837093d0edb',0,'','1gpsc7vn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358363,23937,3,114,0,'61.69.1.75',1244192313,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lesbian Science . . . and Daria!','[quote="The Angst Guy":nrc4fwqh]So, what, I dunno what to do. If I write more PitA, is that bad or good or purple or what? I don\'t wan to think about whether I am a lesbian or infatuated with lesbians or whatever. I just want to be silly and sometimes write about people I know nothing about and see if it gets somewhere.[/quote:nrc4fwqh]\nSTOP THINKING AND WRITE, DAMMIT!','fa595efc6f5b5601eb18d8464d5121cd',0,'gA==','nrc4fwqh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358364,25798,3,39,0,'78.151.196.82',1244192532,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: KoKo Taylor 1928-2009','May he rest in peace.\n\nMartin.','2c821a86b5d2b0593fc2c26d37996095',0,'','bnsy33r3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358365,25801,3,114,0,'61.69.1.75',1244192547,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Internet filter: $44.5m and no goal in sight','[quote="BlackHole":1clwp4l1][size=50:1clwp4l1]PS:\n[code:1clwp4l1]\n#man -k fsck\nfsck (8) - check and repair a Linux file system\n# man women\nNo manual entry for women\n[/code:1clwp4l1]Dang![/size:1clwp4l1][/quote:1clwp4l1]\n[Slaps BH]','509f827d871e779764b106ec4d125452',0,'hIA=','1clwp4l1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358366,25800,3,114,0,'61.69.1.75',1244192813,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','[quote="Bryan":3qai615j]And this comes the night before I go to the NE synod assembly where we will be discussing the proposal to allow the ELCA to roster homosexuals in active relationships. The current procedures call for homosexuals who desire to be pastors must remain celebate.\n\nThis is a passionate debate and discussion in the ELCA right now, that all too often is turned into one-liner hate-speeches, about how one side is going against scripture, or one side is stupid and hateful.\n\nI\'m tired of talking about this topic with people who don\'t seem to care that we\'re talking about peoples\' lives, their happiness, and their wholeness, but who seem to only want to be "right."[/quote:3qai615j]\nBryan, if I were a religious man I\'d pray for you. Instead I\'ll wish you the best of luck and hope that they synod makes a wise decision.\n[quote="The Angst Guy":3qai615j]Her name was Becky Furmann. I was afraid I wouldn\'t find it.\n\nhttp://lakewhatcom.org/cryptosp.htm[/quote:3qai615j]\n \":cry:\" Dreadful, TAG.','fe3965e3181a30a6998668cdf9a11c51',0,'gA==','3qai615j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358367,25689,6,466,0,'203.33.162.20',1244192866,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 4)','[quote="undefinedlust":eb953b7c][quote="Ajar":eb953b7c][quote="smk":eb953b7c]Weren\'t you [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25764:eb953b7c]paying attention?[/url:eb953b7c][/quote:eb953b7c]\n\nAre you just talking about my misuse of commas? Or have I performed other grammatical transgressions?[/quote:eb953b7c]\n\nI think she was talking to TAG \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:eb953b7c]\n\nPeople talk to TAG? I thought they just poked him with sticks until he roused enough to unleash plagues and meteors on unsuspecting fandoms, toss him a penguin to calm him down and then let him settle while everyone recovers (bleach\'s brains, scrubs eyeballs, etc) before doing all again.','53a79d732e90c3fd91cd806f887ca412',0,'kA==','eb953b7c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358368,25777,3,114,0,'61.69.1.75',1244193030,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Political interview from Derefworld','[quote="project pegasus":3i8emlkr]My jaw dropped. I thought this was real for about the first half of it.[/quote:3i8emlkr]\nJohn Clark is a Living National Treasure. Even though he\'s a Kiwi. \";-)\"','ad407a1232bb485ba7526641879245c4',0,'gA==','3i8emlkr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358369,25714,4,114,0,'61.69.1.75',1244193230,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="UU":152ftild][quote="Deref":152ftild][quote="UU":152ftild][quote="Deref":152ftild]Shades of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis:152ftild]the Cuban Missile Crisis[/url:152ftild]?\n\nProbably not yet. Yet.[/quote:152ftild]\nIf North Korea is the new Cuba, where is the new USSR?[/quote:152ftild]\n \":lol:\" The USSA of course!\n\nNo. Seriously. China. Commies. What more do you need to know?[/quote:152ftild]\nYou aren\'t talking to Cross, are you? \":lol:\" \n\nWhat was the major threat during the Cuban Crisis?[/quote:152ftild]\nPft. Commies!','5eaab3f71bbe6c910d806cfa7d269417',0,'kA==','152ftild',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358370,25670,4,114,0,'61.69.1.75',1244193497,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":u964hoiu][quote="UU":u964hoiu]Nolo contendere, which is why I don\'t pontificate on it.[/quote:u964hoiu]\nO RLY? \":)\"[/quote:u964hoiu]\nYep.','d2614fd4c95690cc75c30ed3f03cb09f',0,'gA==','u964hoiu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358371,25375,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244193784,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom,\n\nBoom, Boom, Boom,\n\nBoom, Boom, Boom, Boom,\n\nBoom, Boom, Boom."\n\n[i:2rotyamw]The German Guns,[/i:2rotyamw] by Pvt. S. Baldrick of either the Cambridgeshire Regiment, or the Suffolk Regiment. (We really don\'t know!)','803260a29983ab59a40420b8da1a2141',0,'IA==','2rotyamw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358372,25693,4,114,0,'61.69.1.75',1244193785,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="UU":pjfrhed0][quote="Deref":pjfrhed0]...\nThat\'s what I said. \":P\"[/quote:pjfrhed0]\nAh... Which discourse would you prefer? \":D\"[/quote:pjfrhed0]\nMine.','3534de5bb2bf55e8f515b858c852f57f',0,'gA==','pjfrhed0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358373,25776,3,952,0,'130.191.145.19',1244195234,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','[quote="MartinUK":1a5yfivk]None of the items retrieved from the suspected wreckage footprint have turned out to be from the aircraft, so it\'s back to a square search. \":(\" \n\nI\'ve never before found myself defending Fox News, but at this stage, with so little evidence, nothing can be ruled out. Though it\'d be an extraordinary terrorist who didn\'t claim the credit, if that\'s the word, for their murderous act.\n\nMartin.[/quote:1a5yfivk]\n\nVery true, but if you see hoof prints on the ground, then suspect horses, not zebras and certainly not terrorists.','f3dc0d2b06e94f88b86a501b250b6a9f',0,'gA==','1a5yfivk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358374,25375,3,39,0,'78.151.196.82',1244195550,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Derek":3g66v77a][quote="MartinUK":3g66v77a]"May you have as many landings as takeoffs."[/quote:3g66v77a]\nThat\'s guaranteed. There\'s no guarantee, however, that all landings will be the good kind. \";)\"[/quote:3g66v77a]\nA story I was told of a flight that\'d touched down (well, walloped down) with a very hard landing, on one of those airlines where someone from the flight deck stands in the cockpit door as passengers file off. He thought they\'d got away with it, until one of the last passengers passed by. She was an elderly lady, who\'d been an air transport pilot in WW2.\n\n"I know you must be busy, but do you mind if I ask you a question?"\n"Not at all, madam!"\n"Did we land, or crash?"\n\nMartin.','34995eabafa18c912fd8c0742c0b6f80',0,'gA==','3g66v77a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358375,25800,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244198051,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: \'Gay penguins\' rear adopted chick','[quote="losdia":365sa0s8]I dated a girl for a while who was doing her dissertation on this subject. Well not exactly this subject, I think it was on homosexual behavior in predatory felines (I think she was studying lynxes). Anyway, the thing I remember her telling me about this research is that homosexual behavior only seems to exist in animals with (relatively) higher brain power. From what I understood of what she explained on the work done in this field, it sounded like the current thinking is that homosexuality is an evolutionary trait that emerged to prevent overpopulation of alpha predators. Any biologists out there who can explain about the current research in the area?[/quote:365sa0s8]\n\nMuch of the research trying to find an evolutionary link for many human behaviors is still really in its infancy, with hypotheses like that of your friend\'s floating around without a lot of good evidence yet. \nThings like the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotka-Volterra_equation:365sa0s8]Lotka-Volterra model[/url:365sa0s8] already do a good job with explaining predator populations through resource limitations, but it doesn\'t rule out othe factors.\n\nWhen I get to work later, I\'ll run through my references.','d93a57120701810a6a7acff8fcaf8aa2',0,'kA==','365sa0s8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358376,25774,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244198270,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="The Angst Guy":249p9o0d][quote="The Sidhe":249p9o0d][quote="smk":249p9o0d]Don\'t distract him! He\'s in the middle of a really interesting AU, and I want to . . . um, wait a second, giant feral pig? That may fit right in.[/quote:249p9o0d]\nIt could fit in with a couple of others as well.[/quote:249p9o0d]\nLobinske\'s "John Lane" stories seriously need a giant feral pig. Richard, are you reading this? GIANT FERAL PIG!\n\n\n\n\nAND MAKE IT EATING A COW![/quote:249p9o0d]\n\nIt\'s a pig, it\'s a cow! Genetically enginering a bacon/cheeseburger! Next, on [i:249p9o0d]Sick, Sad World[/i:249p9o0d]!','cd0747ef9f9c9839e3caa6640b5f8b8d',0,'oA==','249p9o0d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358377,25799,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244198813,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Here we go again........','[quote="Dervish":2rzi3mud]That video was brilliant, with the "Victorians" taking them to task in it. Texas country is supposed to be the "anti-Nashville" where "people can speak their minds without fear," but the Dixie Chicks sure proved that one wrong. \n\nI\'m glad California didn\'t stop playing them. I don\'t listen to country very often, but I do like it from time to time, and they\'re one of the bands I like...and I hate that they suffered so much over a comment, far more than many other celebs have done for saying much worse (and I can\'t say I disagree with \'em on this one). I liked how they didn\'t back down, too. \n\nThat song reminded me, they DID get death threats, like the one that promised they\'d be shot dead if they played in Dallas:\n\nhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12745436/\n\nThe CA beauty queen got off easy.[/quote:2rzi3mud]\n\nHow they were treated was especially ironic considering this song:\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hlYNU6xPJc','97ce59806654ead46aa7e98bf05a080e',0,'gA==','2rzi3mud',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358378,25785,5,64,0,'24.128.189.249',1244199340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="Dervish":386l8hpw][quote="SigDiff":386l8hpw]Hey wasn\'t this thread about Star Wars?\n\nZero to off-topic in one post.[/quote:386l8hpw]\n\nIf you wanna talk about Star Wars, then start a thread about Wesley. I figure there will be many reflections shared on that after I mention how Wesley would\'ve fared under Palpatine. \":P\"[/quote:386l8hpw]\n\nBut we knew how Wesley, or a more annoying version of Wesley fared until Palpatine. It\'s amazing how much better the simple act of making all the characters eight years older would have improved the prequel trilogy.','afa7eff51dffba6706297b93873e5e55',0,'gA==','386l8hpw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358379,25777,3,7,0,'121.45.114.82',1244199976,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Political interview from Derefworld','[quote="Deref":3t56gkhh]John Clark is a Living National Treasure. Even though he\'s a Kiwi. \";-)\"[/quote:3t56gkhh]\nWell, obviously. We\'ve been claiming the efforts of New Zealanders as our own since at least the 25th of April, 1915.','d02792f58f6ead257814a342eaee66ab',0,'gA==','3t56gkhh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358380,25689,6,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1244201539,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 4)','[quote="Ajar":le5sxs30][quote="smk":le5sxs30]Weren\'t you [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25764:le5sxs30]paying attention?[/url:le5sxs30][/quote:le5sxs30]\n\nAre you just talking about my misuse of commas? Or have I performed other grammatical transgressions?[/quote:le5sxs30]\nI was particularly referring to the first lesson, nouns of direct address. I didn\'t have the heart to count how many times you broke the rule.\n\nGood story, though. \":)\"','9435dde3a0279a9c478b703c45ac5b21',0,'kA==','le5sxs30',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358381,25795,6,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244201617,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','[quote="The Angst Guy":27n0sxpz][quote="Disco316":27n0sxpz]You know, given how much female slash gets [s:27n0sxpz]lip service[/s:27n0sxpz] talked about, I\'m kind of surprised there aren\'t more Andrea slashes done. I mean, sure, I\'m delving into stereotype territory, but wouldn\'t she be one of the first ones people would make assumptions about, given the whole goth look and all?[/quote:27n0sxpz]\nSFMB. Adult art section. \'Nuff said.[/quote:27n0sxpz]\n\nI know I´m going to regret this, but... link, please?','1d230dbb278634216bbf904715606175',0,'gAQ=','27n0sxpz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358382,25803,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244202532,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','Sad. Very sad. At least, he won´t be forgotten.','9cf70f177a5aced1d932eecc69d7fdef',0,'','2dp54ls3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358383,25720,4,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244202945,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','Can someone explain me the cause of the worldwide hate towards Scientology? Not trying to troll or something, just curious. I mean, it´s bunch of quite ridiculous beliefs, but I have the opinion that everyone should be allowed to believe in any kind of stupidity they please as long as they don´t start giving me a headache with their "true" dogma.','d498fbb7b38b2422945238407e097b96',0,'','26nmiq4e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358384,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244203671,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Don\'t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.\n\nCharles M. Schulz','176561f989141d738dc896e5542a9518',0,'','fngogvzk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358385,25803,3,65,0,'64.118.129.78',1244204335,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','[quote="MJPollard":3dqpecml]Further info: he was found hanging by a nylon rope in the hotel room\'s closet. The rope was from the hotel room curtains, and there don\'t seem to be any signs of force entry. Initial speculation: suicide. \":(\" Autopsy is pending.[/quote:3dqpecml]\nEven more further info: authorities now say he was hanging naked, with the rope around both his neck and... well, his Happy Fun Place. \":shock:\" Thus, speculation has now shifted from "suicide" to "auto-erotic asphyxiation."\n\nThis story is getting weirder by the minute. \":nono:\"','f05a5108f40e50d991021b6f0fdeff00',0,'gA==','3dqpecml',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358386,25805,5,61,0,'192.35.35.34',1244204560,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Best TV crosstrail of the year, so far.','[quote="MartinUK":39w8drfr]Tonight. "Well, having proved that you\'re a person of taste by having chosen to watch [i:39w8drfr]Big Bang Theory[/i:39w8drfr]...[/quote:39w8drfr]\n\n\nNot even getting into the train wreck that is [i:39w8drfr]Big Brother[/i:39w8drfr], what exactly is the appeal of [i:39w8drfr]The Big Bang Theory[/i:39w8drfr]? I\'ve see that show and have made an honest effort to enjoy it, but it is way more grating than entertaining (to me). Yet I see all of these glowing reviews for it... what gives?','7160ac0e83b87ac6d1869fe543565503',0,'oA==','39w8drfr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358387,25738,6,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244204922,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria X over (dead like me) UPDATED: Chapter 7 on 6/5/09','[quote="pinkminx":2s4qj5e5]"You better choose your next words carefully"\n\n"Why would you...Oh oh I know who you are now. Helen\'s eldest. The smart, ugly one."\n\n"Hey" Daria started defensively\n[b:2s4qj5e5]\n"So you\'re doomed to collect souls for eternity ha!"[/b:2s4qj5e5]\n\n"You know you really are an asshole" Daria muttered as she walked over to Eric\'s body and dug into his breast pocket\n\n"Hey! What do you think you\'re doing?"\n\nDaria pulled out Eric\'s wallet and waved it at him. Eric\'s eyes went wide\n\n"You can\'t steal from me" He protested helplessly\n\n[b:2s4qj5e5]"Too late, just think of it as severance pay. For three years of ****ty frozen lasagne and forced family bonding time." She smirked at him as she pulled out the wad of hundred dollar notes and threw the considerably lighter wallet at the body, and strolled out the room.[/b:2s4qj5e5]\n\n***[/quote:2s4qj5e5]\n\nAbsolutely HILARIOUS. This fic is getting better every second. MOAR!','f8addb43fef41f91c80d86de96777b28',0,'wA==','2s4qj5e5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358388,25803,3,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244205033,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','This is clearly a WTMI moment. I hope the info stops right now.','bd5eb3b08d80769bbacd1f93be9405c0',0,'','3nyikw4s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358389,24780,6,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244205527,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 1,001 Deaths of Tom Sloane - Part II','Lawndale Herald, June 4th 2009\n\n"SLOANE HEIR FOUND MURDERED"... "the body was found the Thursday morning horribly mutilated"... "over 9000 stabs"... "hanged, emasculated, and with hints of being tortured before his demise"... "a passional crime is suspected"... Mmm, nothing new under the sun, I guess...','ec0c3f5dd007c4560592f83d1c52c8fd',0,'','11cqlhbj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358390,25774,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244205679,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="undefinedlust":1ahpvzi8][quote="Derek":1ahpvzi8][quote="The Angst Guy":1ahpvzi8][quote="The Sidhe":1ahpvzi8][quote="smk":1ahpvzi8]Don\'t distract him! He\'s in the middle of a really interesting AU, and I want to . . . um, wait a second, giant feral pig? That may fit right in.[/quote:1ahpvzi8]\nIt could fit in with a couple of others as well.[/quote:1ahpvzi8]\nLobinske\'s "John Lane" stories seriously need a giant feral pig. Richard, are you reading this? GIANT FERAL PIG!\n\nAND MAKE IT EATING A COW![/quote:1ahpvzi8]\n... and have a skydiver crash into the cow while it\'s being eaten.[/quote:1ahpvzi8]\nAnd then they all roll into the path of Tom Sloane videotaping himself in an act of self love whilst driving a car at over 100MPH!!!! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1ahpvzi8]\nRichard, your mission is clear. The future of the fandom rests on your shoulders. [[i:1ahpvzi8]salutes[/i:1ahpvzi8]] Godspeed!','7b0b265d6547539df97e925964727003',0,'oA==','1ahpvzi8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358391,25689,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244206079,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 4)','[quote="smk":19u3016j][quote="Ajar":19u3016j][quote="smk":19u3016j]Weren\'t you [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25764:19u3016j]paying attention?[/url:19u3016j][/quote:19u3016j]\nAre you just talking about my misuse of commas? Or have I performed other grammatical transgressions?[/quote:19u3016j]\nI was particularly referring to the first lesson, nouns of direct address. I didn\'t have the heart to count how many times you broke the rule.[/quote:19u3016j]\n[[i:19u3016j]drums begin in background[/i:19u3016j]]\n\nHe broke the rule.\n\n[i:19u3016j]He broke the rule.[/i:19u3016j]\n\n[b:19u3016j]HE BROKE THE RULE![/b:19u3016j]\n\n[size=200:19u3016j][i:19u3016j][b:19u3016j]HE BROKE THE RULE![/b:19u3016j][/i:19u3016j][/size:19u3016j]\n\n[[i:19u3016j]drums stop[/i:19u3016j]]\n\nHe must pay.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe must write more.\n\n \":D\"','2ed72b2c26d50d9a38100babf6b5beee',0,'9A==','19u3016j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358392,25795,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244206150,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Defend Your \'Ship!!!!','[quote="Raskolnikov":djgy7h5n][quote="The Angst Guy":djgy7h5n][quote="Disco316":djgy7h5n]You know, given how much female slash gets [s:djgy7h5n]lip service[/s:djgy7h5n] talked about, I\'m kind of surprised there aren\'t more Andrea slashes done. I mean, sure, I\'m delving into stereotype territory, but wouldn\'t she be one of the first ones people would make assumptions about, given the whole goth look and all?[/quote:djgy7h5n]\nSFMB. Adult art section. \'Nuff said.[/quote:djgy7h5n]\nI know I´m going to regret this, but... link, please?[/quote:djgy7h5n]\nI got out of that a long while ago, can\'t give a link. Someone else could do it.','d019ce3c51f6173e70aace48f82f1612',0,'gAQ=','djgy7h5n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358393,24780,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244206236,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: 1,001 Deaths of Tom Sloane - Part II','This would be a good place to use a giant feral pig, if you know what I mean. [[i:7xgmiaf4]wink wink, nudge nudge, a nod is as good as a wink, eh what![/i:7xgmiaf4]]','c7b6226ee155b76610b1ddc284544ffe',0,'IA==','7xgmiaf4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358394,25738,6,992,0,'121.44.167.211',1244206281,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="undefinedlust":20qvlpis][quote="Roxanne M":20qvlpis][quote="pinkminx":20qvlpis][quote="Raskolnikov":20qvlpis]there aren´t any kind of notable OOC´s. And I found the image of Daria as a Dead Like Me reaper amusing. Waiting for the next chapter with curiosity.[/quote:20qvlpis]\n\nNor will there be- Mrs Johansen: http://www.outpost-daria.com/ch_guest.html#mrs_johansen \n\nplan to kill of a few unknown Lawndalians when the reaping occurs. Thanks for your imput and glad you enjoy it.\n\ncheers minx[/quote:20qvlpis]\n\n\nKill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" \nMake sure it\'s painful and gruesome[/quote:20qvlpis]\n\nHave the gruesome and painful death involve penguins and you will be legend \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:20qvlpis]\n\n\nim purposely staying away from the 1001 deaths of Tom in case i decide to off him\n\n[quote="Raskolnikov":20qvlpis]Absolutely HILARIOUS. This fic is getting better every second. MOAR![/quote:20qvlpis]\n\n\":D\" glad you guys like it wasn\'t sure how the fic would be percieved\nmoar in the next few days','89f0da5484ba906a16c3b16a2017fe61',0,'gA==','20qvlpis',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358396,24780,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244210031,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 1,001 Deaths of Tom Sloane - Part II','Something about salmon swimming upstream just popped into my mind.\n\n\nOutside, the world held its breath, but inside the room, all was quiet. Senator William Jacob Sloane, the senior Senator from Maryland looked down at the aged figure in the bed before him. His farther had maintained vigor in both body and mind well into his 90s, but the death of his beloved wife of over 70 years had finally sent the great man into his fatal decline. Now all that was left was a barely breathing shell.\n\nWilliam thought about his father\'s legacy. Banker, industrialist, philanthropist, Thomas Angier Sloane was all of that and more, but to William and his sisters Amy and Ellen, he was just Dad, a guy who married his high school sweetheart, Daria Morgendorffer, right out of college and lived in his hometown for his whole life. Sure, they had condos in New York and LA, but home was Lawndale, and Mom and Dad had tried to make sure Billy and his sisters had a normal childhood.\n\nAnd now the man [i:3udm57j1]Time[/i:3udm57j1] called "The Father of the Twenty-First Century" was dying. Amy and Ellen were en route, but they weren\'t expected until this evening. Meanwhile, his father\'s soft breaths grew shallower and shallower as William stood helplessly. Finally, with a last soft rasp, they ceased and Tom Sloane\'s dead eyes stared sightlessly at the ceiling. Tenderly, his only son closed them. \n\nSoon, he would go out of the room, his parents\' bedroom where his mother had also died. The media waited and the various encomia from most of the world. But for the moment, he stayed, not as a powerful man accepting the responsibility that had finally come on him, but instead as a little boy mourning his lost father. He looked down at the old man in the bed and wept softly. "I love you, Dad," he whispered as he straightened. "Tell Mom I love her too."\n\nDrying his eyes, he left the room.','ec6026ff6f6bea1fe5923a2ddb887e66',0,'IA==','3udm57j1',1,1253053917,'',64,1,0),(358395,25720,4,39,0,'78.151.196.82',1244206565,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','[quote="Raskolnikov":3clz439v]Can someone explain[...][/quote:3clz439v]\nSir John Foster could. His report of the Parliamentary Enquiry into the Practice and Effects of Scientology informed a generation. It\'s hard to find copies (there have been allegations that library copies were systematically stolen), but you might find it online.\n\nMartin.','a71090217b13c085c1463d44bb3abe1b',0,'gA==','3clz439v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358397,25806,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244210439,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','It\'s the XVI. Of course it\'s dead. It had its head chopped off.','194265aefef35b58626ac1ee52d657d5',0,'','25t9evay',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358398,25375,3,260,0,'68.162.147.45',1244210848,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Don\'t join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. \n-Dwight D. Eisenhower','93c292ccc60a9b079b76a0371200e089',0,'','3ixdpqjn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358399,25170,6,800,0,'119.11.28.61',1244211184,1,0,1,0,1,0,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="Dennis":19zg46o2][quote="LSauchelli":19zg46o2]"Shut up, and trust me. I know what I\'m doing." She went back to the back of her car and opened the back-door and took what appeared to be a simple green tube from it. She glared one more time at the crook and put the tube over her shoulder, after a few seconds it was obvious that it was a bazooka.\n\n"What the-" Another office said, not quick enough as Daria fired at the building.\n\nAn explosion ensued, and the whole place went to the ground.\n\nDaria grinned at the boys in blue, "I think I got him."[/quote:19zg46o2]\n\nSledge Daria![/quote:19zg46o2]\n\n"She can\'t bat and she can\'t bowl," one cop muttered to another. "And she sure as hell can\'t shoot straight."','52c13f0db6256950e6ef9bf0abb64704',0,'gA==','19zg46o2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358400,25764,6,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244211836,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="smk":dmqkz5n9]Today\'s lesson: cannot\n\nOne word, people, not two.\n\nAnd I\'m not even going to quote any sources to prove this.[/quote:dmqkz5n9]\n\n\n\":D\" OK, then I will:\n\n[url=http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/cannot.html:dmqkz5n9]"These two spellings are largely interchangeable, but by far the most common is “cannot” and you should probably use it except when you want to be emphatic..."[/url:dmqkz5n9]\n\n[url=http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutspelling/cannot?view=uk:dmqkz5n9]"Both cannot and can not are acceptable spellings, but the first is much more usual. You would use can not when the \'not\' forms part of another construction such as \'not only\'"[/url:dmqkz5n9]\n\n[url=http://www.dailywritingtips.com/cannot-or-can-not/:dmqkz5n9]"Although my personal Error Alarm buzzes whenever I see cannot written as two words, both forms are acceptable usage."[/url:dmqkz5n9]\n\nOh, wait... you said to [i:dmqkz5n9]prove[/i:dmqkz5n9] it \";)\". All that aside it isn\'t common modern usage though is still technically viable usage.','975db03564b903fe268afaa7fc59abc8',0,'sA==','dmqkz5n9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358401,25728,6,525,0,'70.106.237.163',1244211949,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','[quote="respite":1b06pm1j][quote="pinkminx":1b06pm1j]oh come on Vlora you cant leave us hanging like [i:1b06pm1j]that[/i:1b06pm1j]... please may we have some more? \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1b06pm1j]\nWhat she said.\n\nAnd is there a :pitchfork: ?[/quote:1b06pm1j]\n \":fork:\" no "pitch" in it','29e91ee38e573a59910bc3509a403ed3',0,'oA==','1b06pm1j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358402,25776,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244212747,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','[quote="MartinUK":1hux6eig]None of the items retrieved from the suspected wreckage footprint have turned out to be from the aircraft, so it\'s back to a square search. \":(\" \n\nI\'ve never before found myself defending Fox News, but at this stage, with so little evidence, nothing can be ruled out. Though it\'d be an extraordinary terrorist who didn\'t claim the credit, if that\'s the word, for their murderous act.\n\nMartin.[/quote:1hux6eig]\n\n\nThere\'s that old saying: [i:1hux6eig]To whom the good?[/i:1hux6eig]\n\nFOX News (and that REALLY conservative friend of mine) wanted to jump to \'terrorism\' - but here\'s the thing. \n\n(1.) No one has claimed credit. Terrorists don\'t work that way. \n\n(2.) Why? Why hit an Air France plane coming out of Brazil? \n\n(3.) In order to cause greater fear, wouldn\'t it have been better to destroy the plane over land, rather than water - this being so as that the media can film the crash site?\n\n\n\nBREAKING NEWS: The debris found was [b:1hux6eig]NOT[/b:1hux6eig] from Air France 447.','428e5aecbfa85fc466f94ac7ea0ac44e',0,'4A==','1hux6eig',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358403,25670,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1244213531,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Deref":32tmyx9z][quote="UU":32tmyx9z][quote="UU":32tmyx9z]Nolo contendere, which is why I don\'t pontificate on it.[/quote:32tmyx9z]\nO RLY? \":)\"[/quote:32tmyx9z]\nYep.[/quote:32tmyx9z]\nSo, this trial and justice talk is stuff is just for fun? I can go along with that. \"8)\"','4e4b33c80982c0a829b61177bd761d5a',0,'gA==','32tmyx9z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358404,25170,6,952,0,'130.191.145.19',1244213744,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="31415":b46rqv48][quote="Dennis":b46rqv48][quote="LSauchelli":b46rqv48]"Shut up, and trust me. I know what I\'m doing." She went back to the back of her car and opened the back-door and took what appeared to be a simple green tube from it. She glared one more time at the crook and put the tube over her shoulder, after a few seconds it was obvious that it was a bazooka.\n\n"What the-" Another office said, not quick enough as Daria fired at the building.\n\nAn explosion ensued, and the whole place went to the ground.\n\nDaria grinned at the boys in blue, "I think I got him."[/quote:b46rqv48]\n\nSledge Daria![/quote:b46rqv48]\n\n"She can\'t bat and she can\'t bowl," one cop muttered to another. "And she sure as hell can\'t shoot straight."[/quote:b46rqv48]\n\nDaria climbed leisurely up the stairs that led to the roof, humming "Pop Goes the Wiesel" for kicks. As she lifted the hatch that opened onto the roof, she met the smell of military grade explosives mixed with construction material turned carcinagenic by being set aflame. The slightest whiff of charred flesh made her blood rush. \n\nMr. O\'Neil lay dazed and badly burned. Daria slithered toward him like a snake.\n\nHe caught sight of her at the last minute and tried to pull out his side arm but it was too late. Daria locked his hand in a vise-like hold so painful that Mr. O\'Neil no longered gave any thought to his gun, so mindnumbing was the pain pulsing through his arms. \n\n"Melody Pow--" he began. "No, it\'s you!"\n\n"You sound nervous," Daria said in a sing-song lilt, "Do you want to know how I got these emotional scars?" She did not wait for an answer but continued, as though giving a performance to herself, "My sister was a Fashion Club member and its vice president. And one meeting, she goes off crazier than usual with the lip gloss. Stacey got out a pair of spandex strech pants to repel Quinn. She doesn\'t like that. Not one bit. So, me watching, she forces Stacey to strip and put on the strech pants, laughing as she does it. She turns to me and says, \'Why so cynical?\'"','689f1d8b5fa40784d5228d7df58e2c23',0,'gA==','b46rqv48',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358405,25670,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1244213781,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="losdia":28512ivm]...\n(BTW, about UU\'s Constantine grammar question: As far as I know there isn\'t any kind of rule about articles being required for certain monarchs. I think it is just whatever convention happens to emerge.)[/quote:28512ivm]\nI don\'t think it is linked with certain monarchs, but rather with certain titles, like the imperial one.... why? \":?\" Because one can\'t merge away the definite article in French -- [i:28512ivm]l\'empereur[/i:28512ivm] -- [i:28512ivm]de l\'empereur[/i:28512ivm], [i:28512ivm]roi[/i:28512ivm] -- [i:28512ivm]du roi[/i:28512ivm]? \":?:\"','1a49c7388d5194cb2fb8eaf000f879d3',0,'oA==','28512ivm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358406,25693,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1244213926,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="Deref":1kp4044m][quote="UU":1kp4044m][quote="Deref":1kp4044m]...\nThat\'s what I said. \":P\"[/quote:1kp4044m]\nAh... Which discourse would you prefer? \":D\"[/quote:1kp4044m]\nMine.[/quote:1kp4044m]\nBut what is the postsructuralicity of your [i:1kp4044m]geste[/i:1kp4044m]? Where is, so to say, your determinism? \":D\"','197b86edd8077e9901a0b9bbdaea3d84',0,'oA==','1kp4044m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358407,25714,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1244213999,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="Deref":4xhnto6j]...\nPft. Commies![/quote:4xhnto6j]\ni\'m not a Cross. I\'d like you to elaborate. \":?\"','0c76a6fd290d4f9607c16cd694ffb377',0,'gA==','4xhnto6j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358408,25789,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244214101,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Goverment Is Tracking TAG from space','[quote="Dark Kuno":7eb9aywy][quote="Liz Ruiz":7eb9aywy][quote="Quiverwing":7eb9aywy]\nThat reminds me BG wants me to try what he call biscuits and gravy (??) too. \":shock:\"[/quote:7eb9aywy]\n\n\nWell, that\'s cos they are so good. Sure full of saturated fats and complex carbohydrates, but really, really good![/quote:7eb9aywy]\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:7eb9aywy]There are so many things wrong with this I don\'t know which direction to run.[/color:7eb9aywy][/quote:7eb9aywy]\n\nGo on...','ed736c2e83f5d3828fb234d519aba239',0,'gg==','7eb9aywy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358409,24299,5,952,0,'130.191.145.19',1244214441,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening to Now Part VII','I\'m addicted to this:\n\n[url:hax5snbp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VdkbkPI9TY&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div[/url:hax5snbp]','b74d04601ec2ec19855c08e111015564',0,'EA==','hax5snbp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358410,25714,4,7,0,'121.45.114.82',1244216006,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="UU":1es20b32][quote="Deref":1es20b32]...\nPft. Commies![/quote:1es20b32]\ni\'m not a Cross. I\'d like you to elaborate. \":?\"[/quote:1es20b32]\nI do believe that his point is that there is no logic or reasoning involved in this kind of thinking to elaborate on. The threat was and is obviously any country which has red on their flag. \";)\"','431157547a694a87430b3ec8a7653294',0,'gA==','1es20b32',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358411,25689,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244217034,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 4)','[quote="smk":1wh5g715][quote="Ajar":1wh5g715][quote="smk":1wh5g715]Weren\'t you [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25764:1wh5g715]paying attention?[/url:1wh5g715][/quote:1wh5g715]\n\nAre you just talking about my misuse of commas? Or have I performed other grammatical transgressions?[/quote:1wh5g715]\nI was particularly referring to the first lesson, nouns of direct address. I didn\'t have the heart to count how many times you broke the rule.\n\nGood story, though. \":)\"[/quote:1wh5g715]\n\n\nWhich is why everyone should have a grammar cop do their beta and not just depend on me. I only depend on Word\'s Grammar Check function...','748b40f860ad0b9a60ff5c87576974d0',0,'kA==','1wh5g715',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358412,25617,6,545,0,'65.221.65.152',1244219224,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cold Comfort (Part 7)','Time for Part 8.\n\n\n[i:326gqsmc][b:326gqsmc]Cold Comfort\n\nPart 8[/b:326gqsmc][/i:326gqsmc]\n\n\nWhen Daria stepped away and jumped off the cliff face, the three people in the helicopter stared in shock. All were silent, except for the single f-bomb uttered by Jack.\n\nThey watched as the woman hit several pine, maple and fir tree branches on her way to the reservoir below. Each branch she hit broke, but they also served to slow her fall, somewhat. Then she hit the water in a dive and disappeared under the surface.\n\n“She’s dead,” Hanson said then and shook his head. “She’ll hit bottom in that pond for sure. Break her neck or knock herself out.”\n\n“No, she won’t,” Jack said in disgust. “That pond’s at least seventy feet deep. I know. My granddaddy helped build it in the fifties.” He pointed at the water. “Follow her down and let’s find her.”\n\n**********\n\nThe initial shock of the cold water on Daria’s system stayed with her briefly as her body slowed to a stop. She then kicked her feet and swam for the surface.\n\n**********\n\n“Jack!” Sheriff Dougherty’s voice on the radio called out. “Pick up your radio right now and talk to me! That is an order, dammit!”\n\nTina reached for the radio, but looked at Jack, who shook his head. She pulled her hand back and put it back on her rifle.\n\nHanson brought the helicopter down to about ten feet above the water level and hovered there.\n\n“Jack,” Tina said, “Bill’s gonna tear you a new asshole, man.”\n\nThe senior deputy sighed and glanced at her. “I’m gonna kill that bitch, Tina!” he said. “No prisoner touches me like she did and gets away with it. Ever.”\n\n“Bill wants her alive, Jack!” Hanson said and looked at him briefly. “You heard him. Hell, all of us heard him.”\n\nJack looked at both the pilot and his fellow deputy. “She resisted arrest,” he said, then looked down at the water. “You two [i:326gqsmc]will[/i:326gqsmc] back me up.” He gripped his rifle tighter and looked at both of them through narrowed eyes. “Do I make myself clear?”\n\nHanson’s face went pale and Tina said, “You know I’m on your side, Jack. I always have been.”\n\n“I’m with you, too, Jack!” Hanson said quickly. “You don’t have to threaten me, man.”\n\nJack nodded, a small smile on his face. “Good. Now keep a lookout for that bitch.”\n\n**********\n\nDaria saw the disturbance on the water’s surface as she rose and swam for it.\n\nHer head came out of the water just below the helicopter. She took several deep breaths as she treaded water, then finally swam past the aircraft’s tail, headed for the shore.\n\n**********\n\nAfter a couple of minutes, Hanson said, “I don’t see her, Jack. Is it possible she’s trapped underwater?”\n\n“Maybe,” he admitted. “Ashland Oil sometimes puts trees down there for the fish. Move around some anyway. Even if the fall did kill her, her body would still come to the surface.”\n\nAs the helicopter turned to the right slowly, Tina suddenly pointed ahead. “There! There she is! On the shore to the east!”\n\nJack smiled and said, “Keep it steady, Hanson. Give me some clear shots!”\n\nDaria ran from the cleared shore area towards the trees as Jack fired one shot after another at her. Water ran from her clothing and backpack as she moved.\n\n“Hey, sweetie pie!” he yelled at her. “Let me give you a love tap, you little bitch!” Then he laughed.\n\nThe auburn-haired woman reached the trees and dove behind a large blue spruce. She laid there and panted and listened to the helicopter approach her position. [i:326gqsmc]I don’t know how long I can keep this up![/i:326gqsmc]\n\nShe peeled off the backpack and then the jacket. The impact with the trees made her back and arms ache, but it tore the back of the jacket in several places. “You served your purpose,” she muttered and winced as Jack shot at her. The bullet hit the ground several feet ahead of her.\n\nThen she looked carefully around the side of the tree. Jack shot at her again and the bullet tore a chunk out of the tree a few inches above her head. “Dammit!” she said and jerked her head back.\n\nThe helicopter adjusted its position several yards to the right and the deputy yelled, “Peek-a-boo, bitch!” He shot at her again.\n\nShe saw the bullet zip over her; it barely missed her by a couple of inches at most. She moved back around the tree and the helicopter followed her again.\n\n**********\n\nBy now, Sheriff Dougherty was using every curse word he knew and it seemed as if he were making up new ones. It didn’t matter, however, because Jack still ignored it as he pinned Daria down.\n\n“Hey, Tina,” he said. “Unbuckle yourself and join in on the fun. Let’s make this girl dance!”\n\nHanson shook his head and muttered, “There is a reason for safety rules, dammit!”\n\n**********\n\nDaria jumped to one spot and grabbed a large stone, then moved back behind the tree. This time two rifles fired and the bullets whizzed by her.\n\nAs the helicopter adjusted its position yet again, she jumped out in the open and threw the stone towards the pilot.\n\n**********\n\nTerrance Hanson was an experienced helicopter pilot. Experienced enough to know, for instance, that a stone wouldn’t do more to his aircraft than crack the canopy or scratch the paint job. But when he saw the projectile coming at him, his reflexes took over and he jerked the control stick to the left as he attempted to avoid it.\n\nJack lost his balance when the helicopter shifted to the left; he fell sideways out of the craft and cried out in fright as he saw the rocks of the pond’s shoreline coming at him. His rifle slipped out of his hands and fell slightly farther inland.\n\n“Jack!” Tina yelled and moved to see where he went.\n\nThe sudden loss of weight on the right side caused the helicopter to bank even more to the left and Hanson automatically tried to compensate for it.\n\nTina was then thrown to the right as the helicopter shifted. She tried to keep from falling out of the open door and grabbed for the seat in front of her. At the same time, her right hand squeezed the trigger of her rifle, the barrel of which was now inside the cockpit.\n\nThe rifle fired one shot directly into Hanson’s back; his body jerked from the impact and blood sprayed out the front of his chest and onto the interior of the canopy. Then he fell forward and the helicopter immediately headed to the ground.\n\nTina got out one scream as the propeller blades impacted with the ground and buckled. Then the helicopter itself hit the ground. A loud metallic screech filled the air.\n\n**********\n\n“What the hell was that?” Bill Dougherty asked as he and the posse stopped. Everyone looked confused and he said, “Get to the cliff! We’ll see what’s going on?”\n\nAs the deputies, the dog handler and the Dobermans moved forward, Bill keyed his radio again. “Jack! I’m telling you to pick up the radio and talk to me. If you still want your job, you better answer me right now.”\n\n**********\n\nDaria waited until the rotors stopped moving for good before she rushed up to Jack’s body. He laid still on the rocks; his eyes stared lifelessly upwards and blood decorated the rocks where he had impacted. She looked at him for several seconds, then grabbed his nearby rifle and searched his pockets for anything of use.\n\nThen she rushed to the helicopter and looked inside. The blonde deputy who had called her a sorry looking piece of shit was in the rear seat, lying in a mangled heap. Her head was twisted in an awkward angle. The pilot laid against his door. She could see the exit wound of a close range rifle shot on his chest.\n\nQuickly, she jerked the rifle out of the dead female’s hands and searched her pockets as well.\n\nWhen she finished with her search, she ran back to the trees with what she took.\n\n**********\n\nBill Dougherty and the posse reached the cliff and looked around. “Where’d she go? Where did the helicopter go?”\n\n“Look!” Old man Gregory said and pointed down towards the reservoir. “The helicopter crashed!”\n\n“Give me the binoculars!” Bill ordered Mindy, who quickly handed them to the sheriff.\n\n“Oh, shit!” Randy said. “I see a body down there!”\n\nBill looked down and said, “Oh, no, no, no, NO!”\n\nThen Connie pointed down and said, “Bill! Over at the trees! It’s her!”\n\nEveryone’s attention was on Daria, who stood just outside the trees and looked up at them. She cupped her hands around her mouth and yelled up, “THERE’S THREE PEOPLE DEAD DOWN HERE! IT’S NOT MY FAULT! I DON’T WANT ANYMORE TROUBLE!”\n\n“YOU STAND RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE!” Dougherty ordered her. “GIVE YOURSELF UP RIGHT NOW OR WE BLAST YOUR ASS OFF!”\n\nDaria moved back slightly. “BUT I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING!”\n\n“FREEZE, YOU LITTLE BITCH!” the sheriff yelled back. “YOU’RE UNDER ARREST!”\n\n“BUT I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING!” Then she moved closer to the trees.\n\nSuddenly, the posse opened fire and bullets rained down on Daria’s position. She cried out and ran for the trees. She stumbled, fell, then got back up and continued on her run.\n\nEven after she disappeared into the trees, the men and women on the cliff kept firing. After a few seconds, Dougherty yelled, “Cease fire!”\n\nAll the rifles fell silent except one. The male deputy with it kept up a full automatic burst as he shot into the trees below.\n\nSuddenly, he was rifle butted in the face and fell onto the rock itself. He looked up at Dougherty and started to say something, but the expression on the sheriff’s face froze his words in his throat.\n\n“Kevin, you damn bastard, I told you to cease fire,” the older man said. “Next time, I won’t hit you in the face with my rifle stock. I’ll just shoot you. Do I make myself clear?”\n\nThe deputy blinked and said, “Yes, sir. I’m sorry.”\n\n“Get up.” Then to everyone, he said, “I think we hit her. Let’s get down there and check the situation out.”\n\n(To be continued...)','3ea74dc8f16f96e506a93495facbe505',0,'YA==','326gqsmc',1,1283743000,'',545,2,0),(358413,25670,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244219353,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":2bpw7q99][quote="losdia":2bpw7q99]...\n(BTW, about UU\'s Constantine grammar question: As far as I know there isn\'t any kind of rule about articles being required for certain monarchs. I think it is just whatever convention happens to emerge.)[/quote:2bpw7q99]\nI don\'t think it is linked with certain monarchs, but rather with certain titles, like the imperial one.... why? \":?\" Because one can\'t merge away the definite article in French -- [i:2bpw7q99]l\'empereur[/i:2bpw7q99] -- [i:2bpw7q99]de l\'empereur[/i:2bpw7q99], [i:2bpw7q99]roi[/i:2bpw7q99] -- [i:2bpw7q99]du roi[/i:2bpw7q99]? \":?:\"[/quote:2bpw7q99]\n\nI\'m really not sure about this, but I\'d assume that you would only use the definitive article for a title there was only one of. As there was only one emperor of the HRE, I\'d guess they would be THE Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. The only problem is I know it wasn\'t always used (in English anyway). A number of emperors were just referred to as emperor whoever of the HRE. Which is why I\'d assume it is just whatever convention happens to emerge from historical usage. \n\nIt could also be it depends on what language was the native tongue of the emperor in question (i.e. what language most documents would be written in). It would be really bad grammar in Spanish or Italian (and possibly Middle Latin) to say The Emperor <insert your favorite monarch\'s name here>.','f98db254f818111fa50e887a60d3804e',0,'oA==','2bpw7q99',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358414,25617,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244219864,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cold Comfort (Part 8)','ohhh time to set up a body count scoreboard! \":P\"','0da3c9b915fdac30909f5a77cfe797d4',0,'','2ae3o3s7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358415,25776,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244219934,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','Has anyone heard anything new about this? I had MSNBC on in the background and they were talking about a statement put out by France\'s equivalent of the NTSB. Apparently someone in the French government is saying it is starting to look like pilot error was at fault. MSNBC was wondering where this claim is coming from as nothing has been recovered to give any evidence for such as claim.','6435a6eefa3b742ce42cf895ac67696e',0,'','21ufn3tu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358416,25375,3,83,0,'67.42.182.8',1244220522,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','It\'s a dog eat dog world and I\'m wearing bacon underwear.','fa4c0b572ac7e10d265b1c3f2ccb1d6e',0,'','3s1bnvjn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358417,25797,11,83,0,'67.42.182.8',1244220883,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pondering Ponderment #3','[quote="Liz Ruiz":3emcetow]The smartest kindergarden kid I could find. Little kids man, they ask all sort of questions, question all of your answers and answer in the most straightforward simplest way possible. \n\nCouldn\'t think of anyone I\'d rather put my faith on to represent the human race.[/quote:3emcetow]\n\nThis is freaking brilliant.\n\nAdd in the fact they can be as annoying as hell with their rambling questions mixed with vague stories that go nowhere, the aliens would return it going, "Okay go back to mommy now. " <kid still babbling away> "Yeah, that\'s great, uh huh, and then the puppy went where? Great. OK. Thanks. Here\'s your kid back, thanks again. Don\'t call us, we\'ll call you. Good luck with that."','13f571456efe137c6a975b178fa76334',0,'gA==','3emcetow',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358418,25714,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1244221550,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="Caira":2ch5wfc8][quote="UU":2ch5wfc8][quote="Deref":2ch5wfc8]...\nPft. Commies![/quote:2ch5wfc8]\ni\'m not a Cross. I\'d like you to elaborate. \":?\"[/quote:2ch5wfc8]\nI do believe that his point is that there is no logic or reasoning involved in this kind of thinking to elaborate on. The threat was and is obviously any country which has red on their flag. \";)\"[/quote:2ch5wfc8]\nIf this is why the present situation has reminded Monsieur Deref of the Cuban Crisis, I\'d say it is very strange... \":lol:\" \n\nSeriously, though, the Cuban Crisis represented the clearest threat of [u:2ch5wfc8]worldwide[/u:2ch5wfc8] conflagration the planet has ever seen. Naturally, the present situation cannot conceivably be viewed as leading -- even in theory -- to the end of humanity.','6df8e9f63be34ee54275f1686c0d0d70',0,'gQ==','2ch5wfc8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358419,25617,6,249,0,'82.24.218.72',1244222149,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cold Comfort (Part 8)','What, like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0MHpWXiq8o:daya2fg2]this one?[/url:daya2fg2]','fdb9633f1741837b397ec6bf29bf0947',0,'EA==','daya2fg2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358420,25714,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244222628,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="UU":1tyja42b][quote="Caira":1tyja42b][quote="UU":1tyja42b][quote="Deref":1tyja42b]...\nPft. Commies![/quote:1tyja42b]\ni\'m not a Cross. I\'d like you to elaborate. \":?\"[/quote:1tyja42b]\nI do believe that his point is that there is no logic or reasoning involved in this kind of thinking to elaborate on. The threat was and is obviously any country which has red on their flag. \";)\"[/quote:1tyja42b]\nIf this is why the present situation has reminded Monsieur Deref of the Cuban Crisis, I\'d say it is very strange... \":lol:\" \n\nSeriously, though, the Cuban Crisis represented the clearest threat of [u:1tyja42b]worldwide[/u:1tyja42b] conflagration the planet has ever seen. Naturally, the present situation cannot conceivably be viewed as leading -- even in theory -- to the end of humanity.[/quote:1tyja42b]\nWell, a significant portion of humanity on that peninsula might have issues. Theme song from "You Only Live Twice" keeps going through my head.\n\nMaybe the Great Leader will start taking his medication again and everything will come out all right.\n\nOr maybe not. I\'ll cross my fingers and hope for the best. Hyundai makes [url=http://car-reviews.automobile.com/Hyundai/picture/hyundai-confirms-development-of-rear-wheel-drive-sports-car/1239/:1tyja42b]nifty cars[/url:1tyja42b].','620f96bfc3cdff755aae56b7efc8cf65',0,'kQ==','1tyja42b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358421,25738,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244223073,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Untitled Daria X over (dead like me) Updated: **Chapter 5**','[quote="undefinedlust":1qpj3f8a][quote="Roxanne M":1qpj3f8a][quote="pinkminx":1qpj3f8a][quote="Raskolnikov":1qpj3f8a]there aren´t any kind of notable OOC´s. And I found the image of Daria as a Dead Like Me reaper amusing. Waiting for the next chapter with curiosity.[/quote:1qpj3f8a]\nNor will there be- Mrs Johansen: http://www.outpost-daria.com/ch_guest.html#mrs_johansen \nplan to kill of a few unknown Lawndalians when the reaping occurs. Thanks for your imput and glad you enjoy it.\ncheers minx[/quote:1qpj3f8a]\nKill Tom and you will be a hero to theses guys \":mrgreen:\" \nMake sure it\'s painful and gruesome[/quote:1qpj3f8a]\nHave the gruesome and painful death involve penguins and you will be legend \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1qpj3f8a]\nOh God yes! In a prison shower! Covered in fish oil!','5738142f90f1a838251ebeb6e2487200',0,'gA==','1qpj3f8a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358422,25170,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244223240,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[b:3tv5ptx9]Yes! [size=150:3tv5ptx9]YES! GO ON![/size:3tv5ptx9] [size=200:3tv5ptx9]IN A PRISON SHOWER! [i:3tv5ptx9]WITH FISH OIL![/i:3tv5ptx9][/size:3tv5ptx9][/b:3tv5ptx9]','d1a897b8e9433af67dc5a03579e01d8f',0,'ZA==','3tv5ptx9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358423,25170,6,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244224171,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="The Angst Guy":198klejw][b:198klejw]Yes! [size=150:198klejw]YES! GO ON![/size:198klejw] [size=200:198klejw]IN A PRISON SHOWER! [i:198klejw]WITH FISH OIL![/i:198klejw][/size:198klejw][/b:198klejw][/quote:198klejw]\n\nBump: Did someone say fish?','f59f6572eaa2a85efd3d177c806553aa',0,'5A==','198klejw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358424,25808,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244224335,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200 ... ydisgusted\n[color=#FF0000:3tvgiigd]\n[size=200:3tvgiigd][b:3tvgiigd]You read it here FIRST![/b:3tvgiigd][/size:3tvgiigd][/color:3tvgiigd]\n\n \":D\"','a175b1c517548c9888636e6eeb0571e0',0,'Rg==','3tvgiigd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358425,25170,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244224665,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF','[quote="RLobinske":2qubrhy1][quote="The Angst Guy":2qubrhy1][b:2qubrhy1]Yes! [size=150:2qubrhy1]YES! GO ON![/size:2qubrhy1] [size=200:2qubrhy1]IN A PRISON SHOWER! [i:2qubrhy1]WITH FISH OIL![/i:2qubrhy1][/size:2qubrhy1][/b:2qubrhy1][/quote:2qubrhy1]\nBump: Did someone say fish?[/quote:2qubrhy1]\nHey, hey, hey, back to work on that John Lane story. Giant feral pig eating a cow or whatever. Make it huge. \":D\"','4675fbb1b90756692bb767b87bf372b3',0,'5A==','2qubrhy1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358426,25808,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244225455,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','Interesting. I tend to distrust studies of applied psychology on the subject of politics though. It\'s one of those endless debates Biological Scientists, Anthropologists, Sociologists (including Political Scientists), and Psychologists get into on the subject of environment vs. heredity. \n\nThe only theory I\'ve ever really worked with in this area that I\'ve found is generally true, is that with more education people tend to become more centrist. Not to say that there aren\'t well educated people on the fringes, but in general with more education an average person tends to be able to see more sides of an issue.','9f1016dc9b6d196d261bcd461be05fa5',0,'','1ri4p7u5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358427,25808,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244225868,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote="losdia":869z7xyj]Interesting. I tend to distrust studies of applied psychology on the subject of politics though. It\'s one of those endless debates Biological Scientists, Anthropologists, Sociologists (including Political Scientists), and Psychologists get into on the subject of environment vs. heredity. \n\nThe only theory I\'ve ever really worked with in this area that I\'ve found is generally true, is that with more education people tend to become more centrist. Not to say that there aren\'t well educated people on the fringes, but in general with more education an average person tends to be able to see more sides of an issue.[/quote:869z7xyj]\nBut I read it on the Internet! It\'s [i:869z7xyj]GOTTA[/i:869z7xyj] be true!','fd336d689260e87d04126d446838a300',0,'oA==','869z7xyj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358428,25808,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244226843,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote="losdia":2zziqt4s]Interesting. I tend to distrust studies of applied psychology on the subject of politics though. It\'s one of those endless debates Biological Scientists, Anthropologists, Sociologists (including Political Scientists), and Psychologists get into on the subject of environment vs. heredity. \n\nThe only theory I\'ve ever really worked with in this area that I\'ve found is generally true, is that with more education people tend to become more centrist. Not to say that there aren\'t well educated people on the fringes, but in general with more education an average person tends to be able to see more sides of an issue.[/quote:2zziqt4s]\n\nSomething I read a couple months ago appropriately called most of these kinds of reports [i:2zziqt4s]Just So Stories[/i:2zziqt4s].','5b85b4d74a5ec3b08e4878e56a9bde34',0,'oA==','2zziqt4s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358429,25808,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244228167,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote="RLobinske":181ddgiu]\nSomething I read a couple months ago appropriately called most of these kinds of reports [i:181ddgiu]Just So Stories[/i:181ddgiu].[/quote:181ddgiu]\n\nNever heard that term before, but I think I like it. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThe problem I have with most of these studies is that research psychologists are poaching on sociological turf and using their own methodology. Mostly they\'re still using the kind of sample sizes you\'d expect to see on psychological research (less than 500 subjects), and still claiming these studies have validity in a global sense. This particular one wasn\'t that bad, as it was mostly a narrow focus study about the psychology of a particular group, but some of them get into the creepy (and quasi-racist) arguments Richard Dawkins first put forward about genetic psychological predetermination.','bcf57113db9a8cb854deffa88762b128',0,'oA==','181ddgiu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358430,25802,5,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1244228330,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scary Music','Hmm, Revolution No. 9 by the beatles used the living lights out of me when I was a kid. Number 9, number 9....\n\ncreepy','3d11b22ab3d1ccad79070b444bb61d7f',0,'','2bgqm50n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358431,25808,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244230141,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote="losdia":2u4a66ky][quote="RLobinske":2u4a66ky]\nSomething I read a couple months ago appropriately called most of these kinds of reports [i:2u4a66ky]Just So Stories[/i:2u4a66ky].[/quote:2u4a66ky]\n\nNever heard that term before, but I think I like it. \":mrgreen:\" [/quote:2u4a66ky]\n\n[url=http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/:2u4a66ky]A book by Rudyard Kipling[/url:2u4a66ky]. \n\n[quote:2u4a66ky]The problem I have with most of these studies is that research psychologists are poaching on sociological turf and using their own methodology. Mostly they\'re still using the kind of sample sizes you\'d expect to see on psychological research (less than 500 subjects), and still claiming these studies have validity in a global sense. This particular one wasn\'t that bad, as it was mostly a narrow focus study about the psychology of a particular group, but some of them get into the creepy (and quasi-racist) arguments Richard Dawkins first put forward about genetic psychological predetermination.[/quote:2u4a66ky]\n\nLet\'s not even go near the problems with them trying to use evolutionary biology and genetics...','82708b8a233d4befa9dcdfcd95750b8d',0,'sA==','2u4a66ky',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358432,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244230380,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','Hope you all enjoy this. Brother Grimace had some wonderful ideas....\n\n\n\n[color=#FF0000:2cukfraj][size=200:2cukfraj][b:2cukfraj]GIMME SKELTER[/b:2cukfraj][/size:2cukfraj][/color:2cukfraj]\n\n\n[size=150:2cukfraj][b:2cukfraj]Chapter Six:\nNo Peace, No Rest[/b:2cukfraj][/size:2cukfraj]\n\n\n[i:2cukfraj]You should have seen it, people were running around like chickens with their heads cut off.[/i:2cukfraj]\n—[size=85:2cukfraj]Charles “Tex” Watson, Manson Family\n(psychiatric interview, laughing about the Tate/LaBianca murders)[/size:2cukfraj]\n\n\n[b:2cukfraj]U.S. 60, between Socorro and Quemado\nFormer state of New Mexico\nWednesday afternoon, September 1, 1999[/b:2cukfraj]\n\nMackenzie found it easier to stand up in the Saladin’s turret if he supported himself with his right elbow on the lip of the gunner’s hatch while bracing his left boot against a stacked ammo box by the ladder below. Keeping the sling for his left arm tied against his chest also helped, though he credited much of his consciousness to the bursts of agony from his gunshot wound whenever the Saladin’s bad shocks jolted after hitting broken asphalt or debris. Medication scarcely diminished the pain. The dry wind blowing in his face helped, however, as did the breeze flowing through the crew compartment from the open driver’s window in front.\n\nHe checked the old map gripped in his right hand. Freeman had briefly mentioned that the Old Man had changed the driving route after the firefight. The convoy had crossed a rugged pass in the San Andres Mountains into the outskirts of Las Cruses, then instead of continuing west had gone north on old U.S. 85, paralleling the Rio Grande. Mackenzie drifted in and out of consciousness, occasionally standing up in the turret to see where they were as they drove for hours through the Rio Grande valley. There was nothing to see but rocky desert with barren hills and cliffs to either side, with occasional rusted-out car bodies to the sides. Vultures, deer, and shrubs were the only wildlife he remembered. At the place where a small town called Socorro was supposed to be, though no trace of it could be found, the convoy turned left on old U.S. 60 and headed westward once again through low hills and then into flat, open desert. The convoy was able to reach forty miles an hour thanks to the good condition of the two-lane road, at times covered by windblown dust but almost always clear.\n\nMackenzie had a lot to ask both Freeman and the Old Man when they next encamped. He wanted to know first how many men had survived the ambush and what condition they were in. At least they were able to keep all four remaining trucks on the road, despite damage incurred during the shootout. The fuel truck was in good shape. This made Mackenzie suspect the ambushers had wanted to keep it intact for other purposes. The survivors of the attack had loaded up and left immediately at General Armalin’s direction. Only the dead had stayed behind. Mackenzie remembered hearing that much before passing out a second or third time at the old camp.\n\nThe fate of the attackers and what and who had motivated them were also hot issues on his agenda. Mackenzie believed Andrew had been in on the plan as well as Jodie. The six soldiers who had gone off exploring with Andrew Landon would likely not be seen again. He wondered what had been under the canvas on the back of the deuce and a half, but it probably wasn’t relevant now.\n\nIt wasn’t difficult to figure out why the Old Man had changed the route. With the Army out of the way, someone would have to come in and pick up the pieces. Seizing control of the convoy’s vehicles and equipment would greatly help a second expedition sent out after the first one, especially if the second expedition was bankrolled by Landon Armaments. The ambush was a reasonable if not perfect way to acquire military firepower otherwise unavailable to a private company, even a company as huge and poorly regulated—and undoubtedly corrupt—as Landon’s.\n\nAll that had stopped that plan from working was a nosy corporal finding the dosimeter and pills in Jodie’s belongings. But for that, Mackenzie knew he would be just another bullet-riddled body by the roadside. None of that explained why the Landons had wanted the convoy to begin with. Were they atom-bomb hunting, as Freeman suggested? Had they ever planned to rescue that girl in California and learn what she knew?\n\nNone of that explained, too, what happened when the Old Man took the dosimeter without looking at it, then ordered everyone up and ready without asking a single question. Thinking about that made Mackenzie nervous. He had long thought some of the rumors about the Old Man were too crazy to be true. Now he wasn’t sure. Maybe the Old Man did have a hot line to God inside his head. Zom hordes, giant hyenas, anything seemed possible.\n\nHe squinted into the wind and thought he saw clouds on the western horizon. Rain would make the going worse, but no one was in a position to do anything about it.\n\nThe radio crackled below, up front where Freeman was driving. “Huey here,” Mackenzie heard the corporal say. The return transmission was marred by static, but Freeman replied, “Roger that, out.” A moment later, Freeman shouted, “How’re you doing up there, sir?”\n\n“I’ll live,” Mackenzie called back sourly. “And you don’t have to keep calling me ‘sir’ when it’s just you and me around.”\n\n“No problem with that, sir,” Freeman said. “Listen, sir, the general says we’re gonna stop after we get through some woods ahead. Can you keep from dying until then, sir?”\n\n“Fuck off.” Mackenzie then frowned. “What woods?”\n\n“Some old park or something.”\n\nMackenzie checked the map. It had to be the Cibola National Forest, which covered a topographically challenging region of low mountains and narrow valleys. He wondered how one pronounced Cibola. “The terrain ahead might be bad,” he called. “Watch for rockslides.”\n\n“Will do, but we’re going through it anyway. The general wants to put a lot of space between us and the Whore of Babylon. His words, not mine.”\n\n[i:2cukfraj]I should have killed her[/i:2cukfraj], Mackenzie thought. [i:2cukfraj]There wasn’t justification, but I knew right then she was nothing but trouble. It would have been better than going through this nightmare[/i:2cukfraj].\n\n“Is he worried that we’re being followed?” Mackenzie said aloud.\n\n“What? What do you mean?”\n\n“By Landon’s people. Isn’t that why we turned north in Las Cruces, to throw them off?”\n\n“Hell, no. We turned north because of the radiation.”\n\nMackenzie was positive he had not heard that correctly. He eased himself down from the hatch and moved forward to take the commander’s seat, which had little padding but was all that was available. He managed not to do more than hiss through his teeth when he bumped his left arm on the back of the seat. “The what?” he gasped.\n\nFreeman turned his head for a moment to peer at Mackenzie through his protective driving goggles. It was impossible to say how ridiculous he looked, yet so perfectly true to form. “What?”\n\n“The radiation? You said—”\n\n“Oh, right, forgot you were out for that part. The general made us stop when we came out of the pass above Las Cruces so he could use one of the dosimeters Miss Bitch had. He didn’t like the readings he got, so we went north to try to go around it.”\n\n“Radiation?”\n\n“Yeah.”\n\nMackenzie waited for more of a response but got nothing. “[i:2cukfraj]What[/i:2cukfraj] radiation? What the hell are you talking about?” he exploded.\n\n“Oh.” Freeman took his right hand off the steering wheel and made grand gestures as he spoke. “The general thinks the Landons knew there was some kind of fallout thing in the direction of the west coast. Maybe they sent an expedition of their own that way a while back and found out about it, but didn’t tell anyone else. The general doesn’t think there was a war, though. He said there was a big nuclear power station somewhere between Los Angeles and San Diego that probably blew up in sixty-nine or seventy after everyone went Zom. Obviously there were no brothers running it, or we wouldn’t be worrying about it. Anyway, the general didn’t want to go anywhere near the coast as we didn’t have any idea what it would be like. He told us not to eat or drink anything that didn’t come out of our supplies, too. We’re still going to link up with U.S. 180 and get to Vegas by way of Flagstaff, like before, but we’ll stay out of the contaminated areas a little longer. He’s going to check the readings again when we stop for the night to see if we can keep going west or have to go around north some more.”\n\nMackenzie was stunned. “Are we driving through radiation now?”\n\nFreeman shrugged. “Uh . . . yeah, probably. Not much, though. Maybe.” He put his right hand back on the steering wheel. Mackenzie noticed at that moment that while Freeman had been talking, he had been manipulating the steering wheel with his knees. His left hand had been resting in his lap the whole time.\n\n“Not much radiation,” Mackenzie repeated, trying to ignore Freeman’s driving. “You’re sure?”\n\n“Shit, I don’t know, man. Doesn’t really matter, does it?”\n\n“What? Of [i:2cukfraj]course[/i:2cukfraj] it matters!”\n\nFreeman gave a short, humorless laugh. “No it don’t, ‘cause we’re down to seven unwounded effectives, six wounded semi-effectives including yourself, some of whom can barely stand up, and five wounded ineffectives who can’t do shit. Everybody else is dead or way back behind us too far to care about. Radiation, shit, that’s number eleven on the list of our ten biggest problems right now. We were damn lucky anybody left knew how to drive. We got only three men who know how to operate those Lightnings in case we run into zoms, but at least the Landons don’t have ‘em and we do. I hope that evil bitch gets eaten by a giant fucking mutant rattlesnake.”\n\nThat made Mackenzie burst out in laughter, which lasted only a second because laughter made his chest shake and that made his left arm explode in pain signals. He screamed.\n\n“Your arm still hurting?” asked Freeman, giving the lieutenant a glance.\n\n“[i:2cukfraj]Motherfucking HELL![/i:2cukfraj]”\n\nFreeman shook his head and sighed, his eyes back on the road. “We’ve got a lot of catching up to do next time we see that girl. [i:2cukfraj]Lot[/i:2cukfraj] of catching up.”\n\nWhen the spasm passed and Mackenzie wasn’t seeing spots before his eyes, he leaned back in the commander’s seat and looked around the cramped crew compartment. His gaze fell upon the radio. “Has anyone tried to call back and tell the folks in Austin what happened?”\n\n“The general did,” said Freeman, scratching his chin. “He talked to the President herself on a secure line. It won’t do any good, though. There’s still a Landon in Austin who’ll screw things up for us.”\n\nMackenzie realized he hadn’t thought of that. “You think so?”\n\n“Lieutenant, your whole problem is that you aren’t paranoid enough. I wouldn’t put it past that witch Michele to pull a coup on the ‘O.’ That was one political deal that was made in hell, getting a Landon into the Capitol.”\n\nMackenzie shook his head. “President Winfrey can take care of herself.”\n\n“Yeah, right. She can get outgunned by her V.P. like the rest of us.” Freeman’s face wrinkled up. “Man, do you smell that? It’s like something burning. Better not be us.”\n\nThe same thought occurred to Mackenzie at the same moment. The air suddenly had the thick odor of a wood fire. He then thought of the smoke he had seen minutes earlier to the west ahead of them. Cursing profusely, he jumped up and climbed back into the turret, then struggled to lift a pair of binoculars to his eyes with one hand. It took several minutes of observation to confirm his fears.\n\n“Forest fire!” he shouted to Freeman. “It’s west-by-northwest of us, maybe five miles off!”\n\nAs Freeman radioed in the news, Mackenzie studied the fire and checked it against his map and the compass he carried. He could not see any flames yet, but the source of the smoke was clear: it was rising from the old national forest, only a short distance ahead. The map indicated they would drive through a river valley that cut through the rolling terrain of the woods, but it was impossible to tell yet if they would accidentally drive into the fire itself.\n\n“General says to keep going!” Freeman shouted.\n\n[i:2cukfraj]He would[/i:2cukfraj], thought Mackenzie. It wasn’t like there were lots of other options. The brown and gray haze to the west thickened as he watched.\n\nThere was little else to do except tie cloths over their noses and mouths to keep out the falling ash as they got closer. At the start of the foothills, Mackenzie saw a decayed sign announcing that they were entering Datil, New Mexico. He saw no sign of any buildings through the overgrowth, though some of the local streets still existed among the pines. Freeman shifted gears as the Saladin began climbing a long grade. Curtains of dark smoke descended around them until it was difficult to see the next truck behind them even with its headlights on.\n\nThe journey through the forested hills took only an hour by anyone’s watch. To Mackenzie it was a lifetime. Every cough was agony, jarring his injured arm. They never saw the fire itself, which was apparently north of the road, in mountainous terrain they could not see. Spruces and firs surrounded them as they entered a long, winding canyon with eroded cliffs and jagged mountains on all sides. Wildlife became visible whenever the smoke thinned. Animals had gathered along the banks of the river to the right: pronghorn antelopes, a forlorn black bear, small herds of deer.\n\nOne of the deer was entirely white, an albino. Mackenzie stared at it, wondering if it was a fallout-created mutant. Albinism was a fairly common genetic error. Most other errors would have prevented a creature from reaching adulthood. He looked back at the truck behind him to see if anyone had noticed, then turned to the albino deer again.\n\nIt was gone. Startled, Mackenzie looked up and down the river but saw nothing of it. Perhaps the deer had run off—but why didn’t the rest of the deer run, too? Perhaps it had been a trick of the smoke.\n\nThe convoy drove on. The canyon walls got lower. The smoke and haze were soon behind them, not in front of them. The rugged hills and mountains became relatively scrubland again, the landscape dotted with low trees. They continued heading west toward the blinding sun as it approached the horizon.\n\n[i:2cukfraj]Thank you, God,[/i:2cukfraj] Mackenzie thought, limp with relief. He remembered then that he had been concerned about rockslides, but had forgotten all about them. After seeing that the terrain was not going to change anytime soon, he climbed down and took his seat by Freeman again.\n\n“We made it!” shouted Freeman. They slapped hands until Mackenzie realized Freeman was driving with his knees again and made him stop that. They settled back and made small talk, waiting for the Old Man to call for the convoy to pull over. That call came about half an hour later, before the red sun went down. The convoy slowed, then one by one, starting with the Saladin, the vehicles pulled over and their engines rumbled into silence. They were at an old intersection with a road heading to the north. A dense clump of pines lay a short distance to the northwest.\n\nMackenzie pulled himself out of the Saladin’s turret, banging his wounded arm four times in doing so. He thought he would pass out after the fourth time, but he managed to recover and push himself off the armored car to land on his feet. The impact brought a shock of pain that left him staggering, trying not to fall down. He accidentally backed into an unreadable old road sign that knocked the wind out of his lungs. He sank to the ground, legs out in front of him, gasping for air.\n\n“Better get up before the general sees you,” Freeman called, jumping down from the Saladin. “You can sit around on your ass later.”\n\nMackenzie made every effort to tell Freeman what he thought of that idea, but it was impossible to speak. After the dizziness passed, he got up and stumbled back to the Saladin, leaning on it for support. As he rubbed his face, he heard someone walk up and stop in front of him.\n\n“Fuck off,” he grumbled.\n\n“You forgot to say ‘sir,’” said the Old Man.\n\nMackenzie jumped in fright and stood away from the vehicle, straightening up as best he could. “Shit! I’m sorry, sir, I didn’t know—”\n\n“At ease, forget it,” said the Old Man with a rare smile. “I’ve known that corporal longer than you have. How’re you holding up?”\n\nMackenzie caught his breath again and leaned against the Saladin again. “I guess I can’t complain too much, sir,” he said. “Least I’m alive.”\n\n“We have nine dead,” said the Old Man. “We lost two more on the way here, Stewart and Zeddemore. The rest of us should make it. Did the corporal talk to you about what’s been going on?”\n\n“Uh, yeah, he did, sir. He said there was radiation around, but he didn’t—”\n\n”Here.” The Old Man pulled a yellow penlike object from his shirt pocket. “Should be enough light to use it,” he said, handing it over. “Take a reading.”\n\nMackenzie took the dosimeter and raised it to his right eye. He turned to aim it near the setting sun for the best light. “It says… thirty… six milliroentgens.” He hesitated, then added, “That should be per hour.”\n\n“Way over background normal,” said the Old Man. “I think the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station melted down on the coast west of here, probably during the Zom. I’ve been wondering why we never got any transmissions from Southern California before now. Everyone like us probably died of radiation sickness or cancer, later on. Every zom in that area must be radioactive as hell. Millions and millions of them. And we thought it couldn’t get any worse.”\n\n“Mother of God.” Mackenzie handed the dosimeter back in shock. A thought struck him, something Freeman had said earlier. “Freeman said something about there being more than one dosimeter.”\n\n“Yes, indeed. Miss Landon left us an array of equipment designed to detect, measure, and defend oneself against radiation.” The Old Man pulled another dosimeter like the first one from his pocket and gave it to Mackenzie. “Try this one.”\n\nMackenzie peered into it. “Looks like the first one,” he said, “but I’m not getting the same—what the hell. This one’s calibrated in full roentgens. Tens of roentgens.”\n\n“That dosimeter was used only by people working directly with bomb-grade material, probably plutonium,” said the Old Man. “It’s no good for detecting fallout, unless you’re standing right at ground zero one minute after.”\n\nMackenzie handed over the dosimeter, the message sinking in. “They were hunting for bombs.”\n\n“That was Andrew’s pet project,” said the Old Man with a grim look. “I didn’t object to it, President’s orders, but I wasn’t in favor of it, either. The state the world’s in right now, we don’t need a nuclear arsenal. Too many of us dead already. Zoms we can handle.”\n\n“So why look for bombs, sir?”\n\nThe general shrugged. “President’s orders, as I said. Ours is not to reason why. I trust she’s got a good reason for it. She might want to get a good idea of what’s lying around for others to pick up. That would make sense. It’s not my place to do her thinking for her.”\n\n“So the Landons planned this, getting rid of us.”\n\n“I don’t think Andrew did. Too much of a math nerd to care about raw power.” The Old Man raised an eyebrow at Mackenzie. “We might not be able to go home even if we could.”\n\nHearing it from the Old Man was infinitely worse than hearing it from Freeman. “Michele Landon.”\n\n“We lost contact with the Capitol an hour ago. Try not to talk about it with anyone, though everyone else probably already knows. We can’t raise anyone.”\n\nMackenzie covered his face with his hands. All hope left him. “Oh, shit.”\n\n“We’ve got thirteen people left who can walk or pick up a weapon, and three who can shoot as long as they’re lying down. We’re not beaten yet, soldier.”\n\n“I can’t believe this.” Mackenzie dropped his hands and looked up. “What about Daria, that girl?”\n\n“I changed my mind about you not contacting her before now. Come by the rear trailer when you’re up to it. I’ve got a file for you on her, everything she’s talked about. She’s even set aside a frequency for our response. Read the file first, then give her a call tomorrow, let her know we’re coming, but don’t tell her how we’re getting there or from which direction.”\n\n“I thought you said you trusted her, sir.”\n\n“I don’t want anyone else who happens to be listening in to get the jump on us. All she needs to know is that we’re coming. Read the file, then we’ll talk, then you call her.”\n\nMackenzie nodded. It was a lot to absorb all at once.\n\n“Had a question for you,” said the Old Man. “See any zoms around here?”\n\n“What? Here?” Mackenzie quickly scanned the area.\n\n“I meant on the way over, since we started out.”\n\n“Uh, we hit one way back, but that was a couple days ago.” Mackenzie thought about it. “That’s weird, but no, sir, I haven’t. I didn’t think about that till you mentioned it.”\n\n“I can understand what happened to the ones in Roswell, but…” The Old Man rubbed his mouth. “I don’t like this. I think I’d have been happier if we’d shot a few dozen of them by now. I haven’t seen a one.”\n\nThe two men stared at each other. “That doesn’t make sense,” said Mackenzie. “Maybe all the ones in this area died. Maybe the radiation killed ‘em.”\n\n“I haven’t seen any bones, either.”\n\nMore silence.\n\nThe Old Man clapped a gentle hand on Mackenzie’s right shoulder. “We’re not down yet,” he said. “Long as one of us can drive and shoot, we’re not out of the game.”\n\n“Yes, sir.”\n\nThe Old Man started walking back to the rear of the convoy. “And if you see that corporal,” he said as he left, “tell him to fuck off.”\n\n[i:2cukfraj]God damn it, he would say that[/i:2cukfraj], Mackenzie thought, favoring his left arm but unable to keep from laughing.\n\nAfter the vehicles were secured, some of the men explored the area. Mackenzie went with them, being now the only other officer in the convoy. Among the cluster of pines by the road junction they found the scattered remains of a few houses and old cars. Mackenzie knelt and brushed the dust off a fallen, hand-painted metal sign.\n\n\n[b:2cukfraj]OMEGA, N.M.[/b:2cukfraj]\n[i:2cukfraj]Population: ?[/i:2cukfraj]\n\n\n“That,” he said under his breath, “is messed up.” He got up after a moment, walked back to the Saladin, and set up guard-duty shifts for the night. He gave himself the two a.m. to four a.m. shift, which was always the hardest. Some of the men were early risers and could handle things from four a.m. onward.\n\nHe walked back to the rear tractor-trailer while everyone was eating their canned dinner, got the file from the Old Man, and stopped to see the three men who had been most seriously wounded. One of them was the old master sergeant, Lucas.\n\n“We’re in the shit now,” Lucas said with a weak smile when he saw Mackenzie walking up. “Next in line after the Old Man is a lieutenant. We’re goners for sure.”\n\n“How’re you doing?” Mackenzie said, kneeling by Lucas’s side on the ground.\n\n“Not bad, sir, not bad,” said Lucas. He looked down at his chest, wrapped in blood-soaked bandages. “My first wife shot me back in ‘sixty-eight, that was worse.”\n\nMackenzie’s eyes widened. “[i:2cukfraj]Shot[/i:2cukfraj] you?”\n\n“Yeah, she said she was tired of me being right all the time. Least I didn’t get hit in a lung.”\n\n“Need some water?”\n\n“Nah, I got some right here. Thanks.” Lucas looked at the canteens on the ground beside him, then turned his head back to Mackenzie. “That damn Freeman still alive?”\n\nMackenzie smiled. “He is.”\n\n“Good. Tell him the general and I are promotin’ him. He’s gonna make sergeant when we get back, and I don’t want to hear any shit out of him about it. That man’s gonna do some [i:2cukfraj]real[/i:2cukfraj] work after this.”\n\nMackenzie struggled not to laugh. “I’ll tell him.”\n\n“The general and I might make you captain before this trip’s over. Can’t have a lieutenant running things, God knows. No offense of course, sir.”\n\n“As long as that doesn’t mean I have to work, too.”\n\nThat made the master sergeant laugh. “You’re a good man, sir. Kyle was right to pick you to come with us.” Lucas coughed at that point, then waved Mackenzie goodbye, unable to speak.\n\n[i:2cukfraj]Kyle was right to pick you?[/i:2cukfraj] General Armalin had picked him, Mackenzie, to go on the expedition? That wasn’t what the Old Man had said. [i:2cukfraj]I put out the call, some desk jockey in Austin thought you might have it in you to make the trip, and bam, you’re here.[/i:2cukfraj] That implied it had been an impersonal selection. Which was true? Did it matter?\n\nMackenzie shrugged it off. He had other things to worry about. The issue passed from his mind.\n\nAn hour later he fell into a fitful sleep beside the Saladin, fully dressed and with his weapons lying next to him. He was awakened from a disturbing dream, the details of which he could not later recall, when one of the midnight-to-two guards walked up and nudged his left boot. “Two o’clock, sir.”\n\n“Okay.” He winced and groaned as he moved his left arm, then slowly got to his feet. After posting the other men, he walked out to the other side of the pines carrying an empty supply crate in his right hand. He dropped it on the ground, went back and got his weapons bag, then returned to the crate and sat down. He laid everything out so he could get to it the moment he noticed trouble: Thompson submachine gun by the crate, .357 in back holster, sawed-off shotgun (a fine gift it had been) between his legs, machete sheathed over his shoulder. Machetes were great against zoms, who always reached out at victims and left themselves open to having arms and then heads sliced off. The moon was up, a few days past full. Crickets chirped. He found the sound comforting. Life clung to the land, radiation or no.\n\nHe had a canteen full of cold coffee, but he tried to stay awake without it. He’d never get back to sleep if he drank even a sip. He began to hum songs he remembered from Buxton Ridge. He wondered what Daria was like, if it was a trap anyway, what the secret was to the Zom. He’d had no time to go through the file before sleeping and did not want to read it on guard duty and miss something important that was creeping in.\n\nWhen he realized he was yawning despite his best efforts, he reached for the canteen beside him. His fingers brushed against fur and muscle instead.\n\nSomething growled with a sound like thunder.\n\nHe did not move or breathe for several seconds. The growl ended. With infinite care, he turned his head slightly to the right.\n\nIt was a mountain lion. He had never seen one before except in book pictures. The huge cat sniffed his canteen, licked it once, then looked up into Mackenzie’s face with enormous green eyes that glowed in the moonlight.\n\nMackenzie stared back, motionless. He was intensely aware of the warmth of the cougar’s breath on his face, the studied way it looked into his eyes as if judging him, considering what to do with him and when. Mackenzie’s shotgun was two feet from his hand. That was two feet too far. He elected to wait. If the cougar looked for a moment as if it would spring, he would go for it, but not before. He might get off one double-barreled shot. It might be all he needed. For now, he could wait.\n\nThe mountain lion snorted and looked away. It relaxed, no longer interested in the human, and briefly surveyed the scrubland around them. It then turned to stare at Mackenzie again but seemed bored. It yawned, sat down one foot away from Mackenzie and licked its nose, then began to wash itself with one paw like a housecat.\n\nMackenzie forgot about grabbing a weapon. He watched the beautiful beast in the moonlight, unaware if he was even breathing. He felt there was something right about it, something good, and even if it might kill him it was still worthy of life. He made himself relax as best he could. Any other option had unacceptable drawbacks.\n\nHow long they sat together in the night, Mackenzie didn’t know. At some point he blinked or became forgetful for a moment, lost in the spell, and the mountain lion was gone. He froze in terror, then slowly looked around. Nothing. He stood up and looked again, everywhere. The creature had vanished utterly.\n\nCoffee forgotten, he stayed where he was and kept looking for the cougar, turning in place and holding his shotgun, until another soldier walked out and relieved him. He collected his weapons and staggered back to the Saladin. Nothing was out of place. Everyone was asleep but the changing guards. He put his weapons bag down by the armored car, took out the shotgun, made sure it was loaded, and leaned against the vehicle. He was hardly aware of the pain from his cramped left arm. He stayed awake and standing until dawn came and everyone got up.\n\nThat was when they found the bodies of the two dead soldiers, which had been placed among the pines behind Mackenzie for later burial, were gone without a trace. The discovery caused a brief panic and everyone threw their gear into the trucks and left the former hamlet of Omega at once. The Old Man looked at Mackenzie for a long silent moment before they went, then shook his head and walked back to his truck.\n\nThere must have been more than one. Mackenzie knew this in his bones. One had made sure the live human did nothing to interrupt things while the others, at least one but possibly two, carried the bodies away. How they knew to do this he couldn’t say, but they had done it, it had been deliberate, and they had been perfectly at ease with it.\n\nHow many generations of animals had come and gone since the Zom? How many species had mutated after breathing and ingesting the fallout from the west? What else waited for them in the miles to come?\n\n“I slept good last night, man,” said Freeman from the driver’s seat, putting the Saladin into gear. “How about you, sir?”\n\n\n[[i:2cukfraj]to be continued…[/i:2cukfraj]]','de2a504ae06c6c2e6ad672e394ac03a3',0,'Zg==','2cukfraj',1,1245389520,'',323,1,0),(358433,25697,6,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244231178,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','Wow, just wow. \":D\" You\'re really having fun with this one aren\'t you TAG?','2772bf41058dd0f038ab02a4665d8d53',0,'','261xpwgm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358434,25697,6,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1244231378,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','I haven\'t had this much fun since you were writing [i:2qdfzvkn]Drive[/i:2qdfzvkn]. \":D\"','937f91030bea6087ba2ef1b0e6c74acb',0,'IA==','2qdfzvkn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358435,25697,6,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244231913,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','Damn! Winston didn\'t make it! \":mrgreen:\"','f2dc267b85bd0b7423d0fbe7f172cc0d',0,'','l6slrhox',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358436,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244232870,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','Needs more angst, though. \":(\"','bd67852d4acf270b0cc1350013e86228',0,'','3iq7k3rf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358437,25802,5,45,0,'24.124.97.8',1244235192,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scary Music','My sister used to be scared of Lawrence Welk. In addition to his appearance, his music had to play a part...','6f6307bc91979897447bb84cf62ac043',0,'','1wc9kirk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358438,25774,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1244236132,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Giant feral pig \'was eating a cow\'','[quote="The Angst Guy":225os4fu][quote="undefinedlust":225os4fu][quote="Derek":225os4fu][quote="The Angst Guy":225os4fu][quote="The Sidhe":225os4fu][quote="smk":225os4fu]Don\'t distract him! He\'s in the middle of a really interesting AU, and I want to . . . um, wait a second, giant feral pig? That may fit right in.[/quote:225os4fu]\nIt could fit in with a couple of others as well.[/quote:225os4fu]\nLobinske\'s "John Lane" stories seriously need a giant feral pig. Richard, are you reading this? GIANT FERAL PIG!\n\nAND MAKE IT EATING A COW![/quote:225os4fu]\n... and have a skydiver crash into the cow while it\'s being eaten.[/quote:225os4fu]\nAnd then they all roll into the path of Tom Sloane videotaping himself in an act of self love whilst driving a car at over 100MPH!!!! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:225os4fu]\nRichard, your mission is clear. The future of the fandom rests on your shoulders. [[i:225os4fu]salutes[/i:225os4fu]] Godspeed![/quote:225os4fu]\nI don\'t care who writes it, but this needs to go in the "1001 Deaths of Tom Sloane" thread. \":mrgreen:\"','6abd0c6522a2f24a14a1792ebcc5a83b',0,'oA==','225os4fu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358439,25697,6,933,0,'63.84.81.43',1244236871,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="Dennis":2l5lqzpy]Damn! Winston didn\'t make it! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2l5lqzpy]\n\n\nDammit beat me to it \":)\"','4681e6cc40685e2f7ae536b420917491',0,'gA==','2l5lqzpy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358440,25776,3,114,0,'210.9.136.153',1244239266,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','[quote="losdia":1aywwrbq]Has anyone heard anything new about this?[/quote:1aywwrbq]\n[url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/air-france-pilots-battled-to-control-plane-20090605-byho.html:1aywwrbq]Yes.[/url:1aywwrbq]\n\n[quote:1aywwrbq]Air France pilots battled to control plane\n\nTHE pilots on the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic on Monday battled for up to 15 minutes to save their jet.\n\nElectronic messages from flight AF447 suggested the plane was flying too slowly and two key computers malfunctioned before the jet, with 228 people on board, plummeted into the sea 600 kilometres off Brazil.[/quote:1aywwrbq]','e8449a9246288181f3bdaa3d3f33bdd4',0,'kA==','1aywwrbq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358441,25375,3,114,0,'210.9.136.153',1244239343,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Speaking of bacon, some Quotes of the Day are visual.','804fc025bb7d5e3eb391af908da1b1dd',0,'','hljfwht4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358442,25808,4,114,0,'210.11.146.5',1244241038,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote="losdia":23uut6dv][quote="RLobinske":23uut6dv]\nSomething I read a couple months ago appropriately called most of these kinds of reports [i:23uut6dv]Just So Stories[/i:23uut6dv].[/quote:23uut6dv]\n\nNever heard that term before[/quote:23uut6dv]\n \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \n\n[url=http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/:23uut6dv]Just So Stories[/url:23uut6dv]','7bea4a30c81ddde98e5da49a793803c6',0,'sA==','23uut6dv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358443,25714,4,114,0,'210.11.146.5',1244241146,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="UU":3p26n5jw][quote="Caira":3p26n5jw][quote="UU":3p26n5jw][quote="Deref":3p26n5jw]...\nPft. Commies![/quote:3p26n5jw]\ni\'m not a Cross. I\'d like you to elaborate. \":?\"[/quote:3p26n5jw]\nI do believe that his point is that there is no logic or reasoning involved in this kind of thinking to elaborate on. The threat was and is obviously any country which has red on their flag. \";)\"[/quote:3p26n5jw]\nIf this is why the present situation has reminded Monsieur Deref of the Cuban Crisis, I\'d say it is very strange... \":lol:\" \n\nSeriously, though, the Cuban Crisis represented the clearest threat of [u:3p26n5jw]worldwide[/u:3p26n5jw] conflagration the planet has ever seen. Naturally, the present situation cannot conceivably be viewed as leading -- even in theory -- to the end of humanity.[/quote:3p26n5jw]\nPft. Missiles. Commies. Crisis. What more do you need to know?','229db07a96073342cbe43946076deb04',0,'gQ==','3p26n5jw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358444,25670,4,114,0,'210.11.146.5',1244241237,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="UU":p34pua9b][quote="Deref":p34pua9b][quote="UU":p34pua9b][quote="UU":p34pua9b]Nolo contendere, which is why I don\'t pontificate on it.[/quote:p34pua9b]\nO RLY? \":)\"[/quote:p34pua9b]\nYep.[/quote:p34pua9b]\nSo, this trial and justice talk is stuff is just for fun? I can go along with that. \"8)\"[/quote:p34pua9b]\nNot so much for fun, merely an expression of desire.','626d9168346c486a614636f0431422cb',0,'gA==','p34pua9b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358445,25375,3,45,0,'24.124.97.8',1244241783,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Now, [i:1n9z2rll]that\'s[/i:1n9z2rll] some appetite pleasin\' eatin\'!!','ca18b10173a60c4be021ff7bb80111f5',0,'IA==','1n9z2rll',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358446,25714,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244241831,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21poI4ZmIRU:3alr8u62][b:3alr8u62]Don\'t worry, Planet Earth! We\'re on it![/b:3alr8u62][/url:3alr8u62]\n\n[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDitUVMMzE0:3alr8u62][b:3alr8u62][size=150:3alr8u62]NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT! THINGS ARE WELL IN HAND![/size:3alr8u62][/b:3alr8u62][/url:3alr8u62]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \":D\" \n\n\n[size=50:3alr8u62]NOTE: The above post was intended to be sarcastic without any real political meaning whatsoever. It is presented here for annoying purposes only.[/size:3alr8u62]','8128e128f1d8d4522ae4980e7e351f53',0,'VA==','3alr8u62',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358447,25693,4,114,0,'210.9.143.58',1244242046,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="UU":22uxwsrf][quote="Deref":22uxwsrf][quote="UU":22uxwsrf][quote="Deref":22uxwsrf]...\nThat\'s what I said. \":P\"[/quote:22uxwsrf]\nAh... Which discourse would you prefer? \":D\"[/quote:22uxwsrf]\nMine.[/quote:22uxwsrf]\nBut what is the postsructuralicity of your [i:22uxwsrf]geste[/i:22uxwsrf]? Where is, so to say, your determinism? \":D\"[/quote:22uxwsrf]\n \":shock:\" If you\'re suggesting that the signified and the signifier are inseparable then I shall have to ask you to step outside!\n\nBloody post-phenomenologists.','61013c25c25475906c4f82570386d5b6',0,'oA==','22uxwsrf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358448,25375,3,64,0,'65.220.93.50',1244242184,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Deref":1dnynjp9]Speaking of bacon, some Quotes of the Day are visual.[/quote:1dnynjp9]\n\nGood lord. I think my blood just stopped from looking at that.','29df8a26125e9fe80777925abc4c7415',0,'gA==','1dnynjp9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358449,25720,4,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244242569,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','[quote="MartinUK":bomnyzmd][quote="Raskolnikov":bomnyzmd]Can someone explain[...][/quote:bomnyzmd]\nSir John Foster could. His report of the Parliamentary Enquiry into the Practice and Effects of Scientology informed a generation. It\'s hard to find copies (there have been allegations that library copies were systematically stolen), but you might find it online.\n\nMartin.[/quote:bomnyzmd]\n\nThe Foster report is on [url=http://www.xenu.net/archive/audit/ofpapers.html:bomnyzmd]this page[/url:bomnyzmd], which has a lot of various Government reports on the $cientology cult.','eb3074be27a526ca130f035486732c96',0,'kA==','bomnyzmd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358450,25808,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244242690,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote="Deref":11njd3f4][quote="losdia":11njd3f4][quote="RLobinske":11njd3f4]\nSomething I read a couple months ago appropriately called most of these kinds of reports [i:11njd3f4]Just So Stories[/i:11njd3f4].[/quote:11njd3f4]\n\nNever heard that term before[/quote:11njd3f4]\n \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \n\n[url=http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/:11njd3f4]Just So Stories[/url:11njd3f4][/quote:11njd3f4]\n\nI\'ve read the book, I just had never heard these kind of flakey studies referred to as that before...\n\nEdit: I haven\'t read that in forever, I really need to thank you guys for linking to that. \":D\" How The Camel Got Its Hump and The Elephant\'s Child were two of my favorite stories growing up. \":D\" \":D\"','82e6edd06d90eeca2536ee37801cfda2',0,'sA==','11njd3f4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358451,25375,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1244244316,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"Nineball (PN): Annoying repeat opponet from the Armored Core series of games. Best referred to as a mechanical Speedy Gonzoles hopped up on amphetamines and Macross. It\'s not uncommon for AC players to destroy their consoles due to their inability to hit him half the time."\n-Sarcastic response to an AC newbie who inquired who Nineball was.','c8b951ef8084fcb1dd76ca8962edafb9',0,'','21ycfuhb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358452,25776,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1244244616,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','[url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/04/did-a-meteor-bring-down-air-france-447/:73i9u3xf]Discover Magazine is wondering if a meteor brought down the plane.[/url:73i9u3xf]','26ef3692e3a457bc04c454cf55b33bc6',0,'EA==','73i9u3xf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358453,25276,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244245080,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Act 3 Slight Delay (and some music)','Just wanted to let anyone reading LSBS know Act 3 will start a little later than hoped most likely. Between my committee finally deciding to actually make me work at school and some pretty massive burnout I have just now started on the outline/prep for chapter 10 and will hopefully get some of the chapter done this weekend. Its proving to be a rather tough chapter to write because its really just a recap and setup chapter for the final chapters.\n\nMy apologies, I had really hoped to have this up by around now, or early next week. Who knows, maybe I will catch lightning in a bottle and still get it done by next week (I am thinking next weekend would be more likely).\n\nAs a token of apology, I have dug up as many of the songs mentioned in the text, or that I thought just kind of fit, and started a blip FM page.\n\nSongs are in reverse order of when I added them, so start from the bottom and work your way up. (After The Hardest Walk) its just going to be random stuff I like, not strictly LSBS soundtrack.\n\nhttp://blip.fm/undefinedlust','647167f4f03f019051a644f87dffb7da',0,'','25d7k9v1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358454,25764,6,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1244245084,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','Fine, if you insist:\n\nFrom [url:23xjh7cb]http://www.englishpage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7124[/url:23xjh7cb]:\n\n[quote:23xjh7cb]There is an important difference between "can not" and "cannot". "Can not" is an awkward way to say is able to refrain from doing, while "cannot" means is not able to do. It\'s best to avoid "can not" altogether. \n\nThe following illustrates the difference:\n\nCase #1: You bet me that I will not be able to keep my nervous tick under control today. I reply confidently, "I can not jiggle my leg." \n\nCase #2: A bad reaction to medication paralyzes the lower half of my body. You ask me what\'s wrong. I reply, "I cannot jiggle my leg." [/quote:23xjh7cb]','5116380a57b82c82cf9f67132ab27f9f',0,'kA==','23xjh7cb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358455,25776,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244245115,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','[quote="Derek":xs8v1bry][url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/04/did-a-meteor-bring-down-air-france-447/:xs8v1bry]Discover Magazine is wondering if a meteor brought down the plane.[/url:xs8v1bry][/quote:xs8v1bry]\n\nThat somehow seems like the kind of thing they would have squawked about...','779241224ab9c231f42a8ae09d48a8f5',0,'kA==','xs8v1bry',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358456,25764,6,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244245298,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','Why not just use "can\'t" when possible to avoid confusion...?','ff9e73f463444162ec3890cfe0661ee9',0,'','2zs3l6tx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358457,25764,6,613,0,'12.216.113.0',1244245649,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Grammar Lessons','[quote="smk":55o6iz07]Fine, if you insist:\n\nFrom [url:55o6iz07]http://www.englishpage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7124[/url:55o6iz07]:\n\n[quote:55o6iz07]There is an important difference between "can not" and "cannot". "Can not" is an awkward way to say is able to refrain from doing, while "cannot" means is not able to do. It\'s best to avoid "can not" altogether. \n\nThe following illustrates the difference:\n\nCase #1: You bet me that I will not be able to keep my nervous tick under control today. I reply confidently, "I can not jiggle my leg." \n\nCase #2: A bad reaction to medication paralyzes the lower half of my body. You ask me what\'s wrong. I reply, "I cannot jiggle my leg." [/quote:55o6iz07][/quote:55o6iz07]\n\nOh, yeah, and I should mention that [i:55o6iz07]my[/i:55o6iz07] source trumps [i:55o6iz07]your[/i:55o6iz07] source because it agrees with me. \":mrgreen:\" \n\n[quote="losdia":55o6iz07]Why not just use "can\'t" when possible to avoid confusion...?[/quote:55o6iz07]\n\nThat\'s good, but when you want to emphasize it, you\'re gonna want to write it out, and you should do so correctly.','7fa671640d4afcc03d639b9b06a32fdf',0,'sA==','55o6iz07',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358458,25375,3,89,0,'67.189.212.82',1244246073,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="MartinUK":3m6dqpuq][quote="Derek":3m6dqpuq][quote="MartinUK":3m6dqpuq]"May you have as many landings as takeoffs."[/quote:3m6dqpuq]\nThat\'s guaranteed. There\'s no guarantee, however, that all landings will be the good kind. \";)\"[/quote:3m6dqpuq]\nA story I was told of a flight that\'d touched down (well, walloped down) with a very hard landing, on one of those airlines where someone from the flight deck stands in the cockpit door as passengers file off. He thought they\'d got away with it, until one of the last passengers passed by. She was an elderly lady, who\'d been an air transport pilot in WW2.\n\n"I know you must be busy, but do you mind if I ask you a question?"\n"Not at all, madam!"\n"Did we land, or crash?"\n\nMartin.[/quote:3m6dqpuq]\n\nA good landing is any landing you can walk away from. A great landing is when you can use the airplane again.\n\nTakeoffs are optional. Landings are mandatory.','251f03b338bf4888c4f6224a3ae11699',0,'gA==','3m6dqpuq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358459,25776,3,89,0,'67.189.212.82',1244246611,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','Latest I\'ve heard is that icing on the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot-static_system:2wyv5l8w]pitot/static system[/url:2wyv5l8w] may have given the flight crew incorrect airspeed information causing them to fly too fast into turbulence.','b656caf0f866e5ffbf02471e453c43c0',0,'EA==','2wyv5l8w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358460,25276,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244246669,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Act 3 Slight Delay (and some music)','[quote="undefinedlust":11ggp5v0]Just wanted to let anyone reading LSBS know Act 3 will start a little later than hoped most likely.[/quote:11ggp5v0]\n\nUnacceptable! MOAR! NOW!\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','b93fbf4c8b3e375c4582775e3eec09c0',0,'gA==','11ggp5v0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358461,25697,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244247920,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','TAG knows his way around New Mexico, I\'ll say that.\n\n \":D\"\n\n[quote="The Angst Guy":3s187it0]That was when they found the bodies of the two dead soldiers, which had been placed among the pines behind Mackenzie for later burial, were gone without a trace.[/quote:3s187it0]\n\nI thought all the dead were left behind when they first took off from the ambush point?','e2edcbf9d3c19bb11b7bb63ccd8a7fc9',0,'gA==','3s187it0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358462,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244248538,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="brnleague99":3bz7b7jh]TAG knows his way around New Mexico, I\'ll say that.\n\n \":D\"\n\n[quote="The Angst Guy":3bz7b7jh]That was when they found the bodies of the two dead soldiers, which had been placed among the pines behind Mackenzie for later burial, were gone without a trace.[/quote:3bz7b7jh]\n\nI thought all the dead were left behind when they first took off from the ambush point?[/quote:3bz7b7jh]\n\n\nI figured those two were injured in the firefight, and died on the road afterwards.','e75b6984d98fe9406a62ad15673d8f54',0,'gA==','3bz7b7jh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358463,25803,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244248578,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','Quite a few go out that way. More examples here:\n\nhttp://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/cowheart.asp\n\nOn the plus side, he probably enjoyed the transition tween life & death more than most others do, AND he wasn\'t patronizing child prostitutes as many other tourists in Thailand do.','a5cfe9b4f4ae442817d385bfbe5f581f',0,'','a9d9ztnp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358464,25809,3,114,0,'210.9.143.58',1244248851,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The world\'s oldest personal computer','[url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/05/tob_minuteman_1/:2a0wfs9h]Probably not what you\'d think.[/url:2a0wfs9h] \":-)\"\n[quote:2a0wfs9h]A lot of folks tend to honor the Osborne 1 as the world\'s first mass-produced portable computer. The machine was admittedly an early pioneer in totable systems in 1981, but another, much-earlier computer perhaps really deserves the credit.[/quote:2a0wfs9h]','b55807d0e5012ea2e880eea44b083e57',0,'kA==','2a0wfs9h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358465,25808,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244248982,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','thiss iz reel sience damit!!!! st0p mak1ng fuyn ofit!!!!!!!11!1!! u peeple ar worsethen h1tler!!!!!!!!!','fa2e86c93754df12d3a56f24f7422801',0,'','ymxu92tt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358466,25808,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244249187,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote:3b1f759o]People who squirm at the sight of bugs or are grossed out by blood and guts are more likely to be politically conservative, new studies find[/quote:3b1f759o]\n\nYou mean all those hunters are more likely to be politically liberal? \":shock:\" \n\nMakes sense I suppose...all the better to practice for the day they hunt, field dress, and eat the rich (they should make a movie about when that day finally comes, call it Dawn of the Liberals or some such). \":P\" \n\nHey, the Manson family were likely liberals, too! \":shock:\" \n\nMaybe Manson should be released and we can vote for him for change...finally get a real liberal in the White House.\n\nNot PETA, though...easily grossed out by killing animals--even in video games!--for food, they must be conservative. \n\n[quote="The Angst Guy":3b1f759o]thiss iz reel sience damit!!!! st0p mak1ng fuyn ofit!!!!!!!11!1!! u peeple ar worsethen h1tler!!!!!!!!![/quote:3b1f759o]\n\nSpeaking of h1tler, I believe he was squeamish. When like being driven through war torn France, he was supposed to keep the curtains on his car window or whatever closed. He was vegetarian (at least tried to be). So he was probably some conservative. Best to stick with Manson and the NRA for real liberals.','582d6f6841c47e4d435501e7aabe4994',0,'gA==','3b1f759o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358467,25776,3,114,0,'210.9.143.58',1244249432,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','[quote="Derek":2py25lhg][url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/04/did-a-meteor-bring-down-air-france-447/:2py25lhg]Discover Magazine is wondering if a meteor brought down the plane.[/url:2py25lhg][/quote:2py25lhg]\nWill they also wonder whether it was space aliens or maybe a particularly strong vichyssoise?','96d6b95af7ff9b84db5ea8774aac6c35',0,'kA==','2py25lhg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358468,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244249466,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="Brother Grimace":1ubccas2][quote="brnleague99":1ubccas2]TAG knows his way around New Mexico, I\'ll say that.\n \":D\"\n[quote="The Angst Guy":1ubccas2]That was when they found the bodies of the two dead soldiers, which had been placed among the pines behind Mackenzie for later burial, were gone without a trace.[/quote:1ubccas2]\nI thought all the dead were left behind when they first took off from the ambush point?[/quote:1ubccas2]\nI figured those two were injured in the firefight, and died on the road afterwards.[/quote:1ubccas2]\nThat was it. Maybe it didn\'t come out right, but that\'s what I meant. They left with five severely wounded, per Freeman, but two died en route, per General Armalin.\n\nA few amusing notes: There really is a tiny unincorporated township called Omega in New Mexico, right where the story says it is, er, was, and you can find it by typing in "Omega, New Mexico" into Google Maps. Use the street-level view. Not much there, but it was perfect. \":D\" \n\nZeddemore was Winston, yeah, and Stewart was John (Green Lantern, but without the ring in this world). And the president of Texas was.... look, if you missed that one, I don\'t need to repeat it. \":lol:\" \n\nI\'ve gone back and corrected some small errors and annoying parts in the story at theangstguy.com, so it reads the way it should, not the way I sort of screwed up here. This is a good time to point out that any errors in the story are my own, not Brother Grimace\'s.\n\nhttp://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/gimme.html (best version)\n\nOh, in case you were worried, the story will end happily. I promise. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','1eb048abf60a05a306259068689145b6',0,'gA==','1ubccas2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358469,25809,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244249830,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The world\'s oldest personal computer','My mom\'s first job out of college was helping design the tracking program for that. She gets mad at me a lot for saying things to her like "How can you still remember how to create a 6,000 line program one punch card at a time for a univac , and not have figured out how to use cc in outlook after a decade?" \":lol:\"','1aa3376e679de6ceb7ce484edcaa8fce',0,'','2bvb6s6b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358470,25720,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244249943,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scientology church members trial','[quote="Raskolnikov":2ztq39or]Can someone explain me the cause of the worldwide hate towards Scientology? Not trying to troll or something, just curious. I mean, it´s bunch of quite ridiculous beliefs, but I have the opinion that everyone should be allowed to believe in any kind of stupidity they please as long as they don´t start giving me a headache with their "true" dogma.[/quote:2ztq39or]\n\nYeah, here in the USA it\'s not Scientologists who are shoving their religion down our throats through laws and constitutional amendments. Nor are they corrupting the educational process. So they strike me as a pretty minor annoyance, all things considered.\n\nRecently, a bunch of the hardcore Christian conservatives stopped coming to our fitness center because an openly gay guy (and he\'s VERY obvious about it) has finally become too much for them (I\'ve heard that "coincidentally" some church member also recently opened his own fitness center, so that may have something to do with it). The result? 90% LESS FOX NEWS! YAY!!! \":D\" \n\nGood riddance.\n\nIf there are any Scientologists there, I don\'t know about it. Given that I wouldn\'t have enough money for them, they\'d leave me alone anyway, and there aren\'t any "Scientology channels" that I know of (thankfully). So if they start showing up (or already are), they\'re more than welcome (since I can ignore them). \n\nIOW, guess which group I\'d like to see banned before Scientologists? \n\nStill, it will never happen. I think the only reason Scientology has done as well as it has is by its wealth and prestigious membership (socially speaking, thinking celebs and the like). And overall, the bigger religions don\'t like competition, and have a tendency to stomp them out (or at least throw up road blocks, just like big biz does to small biz when small biz seems to be taking away too many of their profits). \n\nI don\'t care one way or another about Scientologists, and I\'m bemused that so many are excited about them "getting their just desserts" as if it will make society a lot better (while ignoring even more toxic groups because they have too many members).','a51444fa8689f5765407ebb349ec32a3',0,'gA==','2ztq39or',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358471,25697,6,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244250073,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="The Angst Guy":cfgzlifc]Oh, in case you were worried, the story will end happily. I promise. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:cfgzlifc]\n\n \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\"\n\nI think I\'m going to go gibber in terror for a while now...','d7937cbef7a90a0829997c20785277cc',0,'gA==','cfgzlifc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358472,25697,6,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244250501,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="The Angst Guy":2ua3m4l9]Oh, in case you were worried, the story will end happily. I promise. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:2ua3m4l9]\n\nCharles Manson, if reading this in prison, will surely be comforted by that. He could use a happy ending for a change.','5f2859306947e8215b8a113ae2fa0bc7',0,'gA==','2ua3m4l9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358473,25798,3,531,0,'66.19.201.41',1244250637,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: KoKo Taylor 1928-2009','[quote="MartinUK":2j6px4qu]May he rest in peace.\n\nMartin.[/quote:2j6px4qu]\n\nUm, don\'t you mean SHE?','490f83e614be9b9d8c2b4533c716d64c',0,'gA==','2j6px4qu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358474,25808,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244250659,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote="Dervish":1bh2lodp]Hey, the Manson family were likely liberals, too! \":shock:\"[/quote:1bh2lodp]\nThey supported animal rights. They still do. You think I am lying, but I am not. Too much research. They still get upset about the mistreatment of animals and think society should do something about it. God as my witness, this is true. After they butchered the LaBiancas, three of the Manson family played with the dead couple\'s two dogs before they left.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_K ... ca_murders\n\nAnd there you have it. Charles Manson had a real gift for collecting psychopaths. He got only the best. \":roll:\"','21ebce70005658af511e4c3e9f49f306',0,'gA==','1bh2lodp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358475,25776,3,260,0,'68.162.147.45',1244251010,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','[quote="johndotcalm":2ucxw4tm]Latest I\'ve heard is that icing on the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot-static_system:2ucxw4tm]pitot/static system[/url:2ucxw4tm] may have given the flight crew incorrect airspeed information causing them to fly too fast into turbulence.[/quote:2ucxw4tm]\n\nQuite possible given the conditions. Whether it was too fast or too slow, it\'s very possible that the flight crew was getting incorrect data from the instruments. Either way, in that kind of weather, bad things are likely to happen. \n\nPeace\nKevin','d15f655eec68d7197be2dbf40db7722e',0,'kA==','2ucxw4tm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358476,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244251062,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="Dervish":1nv1lrzl][quote="The Angst Guy":1nv1lrzl]Oh, in case you were worried, the story will end happily. I promise. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:1nv1lrzl]\nCharles Manson, if reading this in prison, will surely be comforted by that. He could use a happy ending for a change.[/quote:1nv1lrzl]\n"In prison? What prison? You got a prison in your mind? You see what I\'m saying? You\'re in prison, son. You\'re the one that\'s in jail because you think there is such a thing as a prison. I\'m sitting on the ground and a guy comes up and draws a line and he says, \'You\'re in prison.\' I say, \'Oh, I\'m in prison?\' and he puts up a big gate and says, \'You can\'t get out.\' I say, \'Oh, I can\'t get out?\' and he says, \'Yes,\' then he dresses people up and walks them back and forth and has them say \'We\'re keeping you locked up,\' and I say, \'Oh, you are? I didn\'t have anything else to do anyway.\'"\n\n—Charles Manson (1988 interview)\n\nI guess he\'s happy already.','8a2293834627dac3d66dd2aea8c5a46e',0,'gA==','1nv1lrzl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(413371,29266,16,9,0,'68.183.70.93',1274421169,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Dariawiki III','[quote="Dennis":3dvdn36v][quote="RLobinske":3dvdn36v]Continued from:\nhttp://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtop ... 64#p410764[/quote:3dvdn36v]\n\nIs this the one where Dariawiki turns evil and hangs out with Richard Pryor?[/quote:3dvdn36v]\n\nYou just gave away the plot for Dariawiki IV!','f7ca9636039722c242d54ca0cf8986fe',0,'gA==','3dvdn36v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358478,25808,4,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244251372,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote="The Angst Guy":3065t2tv][quote="Dervish":3065t2tv]Hey, the Manson family were likely liberals, too! \":shock:\"[/quote:3065t2tv]\nThey supported animal rights. They still do. You think I am lying, but I am not. Too much research. They still get upset about the mistreatment of animals and think society should do something about it. God as my witness, this is true. After they butchered the LaBiancas, three of the Manson family played with the dead family\'s two dogs before they left.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_K ... ca_murders\n\nAnd there you have it. \":roll:\"[/quote:3065t2tv]\n\nDespite the sarcastic tone, quite a lot of what Dervish said is pretty much true. Most hunter\'s are actually concerned about environmental protection. One of the biggest ecological conservation groups in America is [url=http://www.ducks.org/:3065t2tv]Ducks Unlimited[/url:3065t2tv] (a group I occasionally do fund raising work for) that was founded by duck hunters to promote wetlands preservation. A lot of analyst think this demographic was what allowed for the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_general_elections,_2006:3065t2tv]Democrats to retake the house in 2006[/url:3065t2tv], with moderately conservative democrats campaigning on environmental issues in the plains states.','ef5fb514ace9e95c1dd61c47d8c27023',0,'kA==','3065t2tv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358479,18385,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244252062,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wrestletalk','[quote="Disco316":vz2i4o1o][quote="brnleague99":vz2i4o1o]One more shoutout. "Showtime" Eric Young of TNA...deserves a push. If anyone deserves the X Division title, it\'s EY. Goddamn, that kid has heart and talent.[/quote:vz2i4o1o]\n\nI think they\'re going to try running him as a heel, now that he\'s out of his coward/superhero phase. He definitely pulls his weight in the matches, and it\'s been nice seeing him evolve beyond the accidental pins and being afraid of his own pyro.[/quote:vz2i4o1o]\n\nYou called it, dude. He turned on Jarrett after losing a King Of The Mountain qualifying match and then yesterday...this happened.\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZsxiOkIaTI\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nAwesome. Awesome. Awesome.','7d7bbce960307fc3cf0029ee10f67229',0,'gA==','vz2i4o1o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358480,25808,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244252322,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote="The Angst Guy":dmlalbln]thiss iz reel sience damit!!!! st0p mak1ng fuyn ofit!!!!!!!11!1!! u peeple ar worsethen h1tler!!!!!!!!![/quote:dmlalbln]\n\nSo is [b:dmlalbln]Exten[size=200:dmlalbln]z[/size:dmlalbln]e[/b:dmlalbln]. The cute model said so!','fcc4a4ed3ef28ca91eef0651cbfd4488',0,'xA==','dmlalbln',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358482,25697,6,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244253165,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','Finally read it! Whoa! \":shock:\" \n\nI loved that they had a President O, too. \":lol:\" \n\n[quote="The Angst Guy":2dbcz82z]I guess he\'s happy already.[/quote:2dbcz82z]\n\nYeah, well, the guys at [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormfront_(website):2dbcz82z]Stormfront[/url:2dbcz82z] don\'t seem happy. They really need a story to cheer them up. I promised them that this story would give them an ending they were happy with.','1de101f6710271d4932dd5bb2b61a4e6',0,'kA==','2dbcz82z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358483,25809,3,45,0,'24.124.97.8',1244253447,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The world\'s oldest personal computer','It\'s a nuke thing....\n_________________________________\n\n\'”。。。それというのも 私はお前たちの新しい神であり、これからのお前たちの日々をお前たちの間にあって過ごす者なのだから.” ーー新しき神\' --Stacy Rowe, Seeker','913008bf618d91ccf717e595fdd5c948',0,'','13kg2zz0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358484,25375,3,114,0,'210.9.143.58',1244253702,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','One more visual QotD...','3e2a49256f0751a6a46308171a243694',0,'','hla7t75n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358485,25808,4,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244253902,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','All kidding aside, many hunters actually care for the welfare of the environment and dignity of animals in a way that would surprise many people unfamiliar with them. I was just more or less mocking the article that divided the world into "black & white" (conservative & liberal). Granted, the really obnoxious stereotype of the hunter also exist, but I hear of most of them from other hunters who are disgusted with them. \n\nThat said...I about had an out of body experience when I learned to field dress a deer. It\'s most definitely not something for the squeamish. Very disturbing, yet I did feel bonded with nature, including my own mortality, through it. All the same, I\'ll be happy if I never find myself doing that again.','b9159ba14bc972f05a868c21410cdc09',0,'','2fk4p06v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358486,25776,3,531,0,'66.19.201.41',1244254165,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','[quote="Derek":2koctax2][url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/04/did-a-meteor-bring-down-air-france-447/:2koctax2]Discover Magazine is wondering if a meteor brought down the plane.[/url:2koctax2][/quote:2koctax2]\n\nI call BS on this theory. \nI did read the article, and it still seems like fuzzy math. For something as small as a meteor to actually it something as (comparably) small as an airliner, flying at 550+ MPH, the chances are still infitesimally small. \nI\'m more of the opinion that the flash of light the other plane saw was Flight 447 on the way down. the splitting was the plane breaking up.','69cb7ec179a2432b45f8fc27b666bf89',0,'kA==','2koctax2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358487,25776,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244254323,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','[quote="JrGtr42":96ushf40][quote="Derek":96ushf40][url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/04/did-a-meteor-bring-down-air-france-447/:96ushf40]Discover Magazine is wondering if a meteor brought down the plane.[/url:96ushf40][/quote:96ushf40]\n\nI call BS on this theory. \nI did read the article, and it still seems like fuzzy math. For something as small as a meteor to actually it something as (comparably) small as an airliner, flying at 550+ MPH, the chances are still infitesimally small. \nI\'m more of the opinion that the flash of light the other plane saw was Flight 447 on the way down. the splitting was the plane breaking up.[/quote:96ushf40]\n\nThat and it doesn\'t mesh up with the tracking reports very well.','117ea1e6540320ac371fbda1d2bb4149',0,'kA==','96ushf40',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358488,25808,4,73,0,'67.242.27.78',1244255806,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','Have to disagree with their second statement. I am not tidy. My room, my car, my workspace, all cluttered and dirty. You should see all my pigsty\'s The other statements do apply to me though.\n\nA.J.','f45004cf75d8d95589d8dbcacf236287',0,'','nwl5pomq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358489,25810,5,26,0,'66.217.176.42',1244256014,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','New ep of B: TBATB for 6/5/2009','Spoilerage ahead (highlight to read):\n\n[color=#E1EBF2:1n3zcsnv]First Batman and Green Arrow team up to stop the Joker\'s souped-up Jokermobile then go after Catwoman when she robs a bank. Then, Red Tornado invites Batman to witness the "birth" of his son--Tornado Champion, who just happens to have human emotions built into him. When Major Disaster zaps the Champ, his emotions go fully on-line. The Champ\'s rather curious about why he and dear old Dad protect humanity despite their foibles, then wonders why humanity should exist at all. When he gets too carried away trying to stop Major Disaster\'s jailbreak, Red Tornado shuts him down--or so he thinks! Having deactivated the "fail-safe" program built into him, the Champ decides to make some modifications and become the Tornado Tyrant! Now can the Dark Knight and Red Tornado stop Tornado Tyrant before he wipes out humanity?[/color:1n3zcsnv]','b91981dc77bbce7b3b2b6c5dad863151',0,'Ag==','1n3zcsnv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358490,25811,5,26,0,'66.217.176.42',1244256199,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Spoiler schedule for 5/7-13/2009','Kind of a light week ahead.\n\nAnyhow. . .\n\nSunday (spoilers to be posted Monday): Michael Symon takes on Gavin Kaysen on a new ep of [i:2s0oxen9]Iron Chef America[/i:2s0oxen9]\n\nFriday: New ep of [i:2s0oxen9]Batman: The Brave and the Bold[/i:2s0oxen9]\n\nConsider yourself warned. \":D\"','8053f91ad0386aa85fe4d1799d9358b6',0,'IA==','2s0oxen9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358491,25806,3,73,0,'67.242.27.78',1244256926,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="Liz Ruiz":1y3qg56g] \n[quote="Angelinhel":1y3qg56g] \n[quote="A.J.":1y3qg56g] \n[quote="losdia":1y3qg56g]\n[quote="A.J.":1y3qg56g] \nGolf truly is a good walk spoiled. \":(\" 59 for 9 holes, I stink.\n\nA.J.[/quote:1y3qg56g]\n\n\nI\'d laugh if I hadn\'t manage to shoot a 128 on 18 one time.[/quote:1y3qg56g]\n\n\nAlso shot 115 for 18 just last Friday. And I managed to lose 15 golf balls in one round. Like I said, I stink.[/quote:1y3qg56g]\n\n\n\nMaybe the problem is using a gun instead of golf clubs?[/quote:1y3qg56g]\n\n\n\nAnd you are only telling me this now? And what are these clubs you speak of?[/quote:1y3qg56g]\n\nI wish I had a gun sometimes, I\'d shoot the clubs, the balls, the bag, the whole sheBANG.\n\nAnd Stalker/ee, any type of club you want. <winks> \":D\" \n\nA.J.','b61fb4716aeebba12862720d20021f01',0,'gA==','1y3qg56g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358492,25802,5,531,0,'66.19.201.41',1244256945,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scary Music','The first time I heard [i:w6uxmtnc]Thriller[/i:w6uxmtnc], the voice-over by Vincent Price kinda freaked me out. (Of course, I had no idea who it was at the time, I just knew it was a scary voice)\nOf course, I was what, 7 at the time?','c573ddf784b140cb4ea557d0fefe841a',0,'IA==','w6uxmtnc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358494,25375,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1244257559,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Deref":2kzfngk4]One more visual QotD...[/quote:2kzfngk4]\n\n[i:2kzfngk4]"Thank god the Tiki Bar is open\nThank god the Tiki Torch still shines\nThank god the Tiki Bar is open\nCome on in and open up your mind."[/i:2kzfngk4]\n-John Hiatt','22be53280e208543b61362f285a5c9e9',0,'oA==','2kzfngk4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358495,25689,6,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1244257716,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted (Ch. 4)','[quote="smk":2qbs1702][quote="Ajar":2qbs1702][quote="smk":2qbs1702]Weren\'t you [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25764:2qbs1702]paying attention?[/url:2qbs1702][/quote:2qbs1702]\n\nAre you just talking about my misuse of commas? Or have I performed other grammatical transgressions?[/quote:2qbs1702]\nI was particularly referring to the first lesson, nouns of direct address. I didn\'t have the heart to count how many times you broke the rule.\n\nGood story, though. \":)\"[/quote:2qbs1702]\n\nFixed (I think), also fixed some random typos.','821f3f9f2ea0c93b9b4fa23ff4cdae58',0,'kA==','2qbs1702',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358496,25806,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244257742,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="A.J.":2vcjpetq][quote="Liz Ruiz":2vcjpetq][quote="Angelinhel":2vcjpetq][quote="A.J.":2vcjpetq][quote="losdia":2vcjpetq][quote="A.J.":2vcjpetq]Golf truly is a good walk spoiled. \":(\" 59 for 9 holes, I stink.[/quote:2vcjpetq]\nI\'d laugh if I hadn\'t manage to shoot a 128 on 18 one time.[/quote:2vcjpetq]\nAlso shot 115 for 18 just last Friday. And I managed to lose 15 golf balls in one round. Like I said, I stink.[/quote:2vcjpetq]\nMaybe the problem is using a gun instead of golf clubs?[/quote:2vcjpetq]\nAnd you are only telling me this now? And what are these clubs you speak of?[/quote:2vcjpetq]\nI wish I had a gun sometimes, I\'d shoot the clubs, the balls, the bag, the whole sheBANG.\nAnd Stalker/ee, any type of club you want. <winks> \":D\" [/quote:2vcjpetq]\n \":shock:\" Hey, hey! Whoa! No dirty golf jokes! We have standards here!','1ea1fe672efa51a1160b3d27d3039f8e',0,'gA==','2vcjpetq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358497,25806,3,994,0,'68.189.137.79',1244257810,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="losdia":2i5v1q0j][quote="Brother Grimace":2i5v1q0j][quote="losdia":2i5v1q0j]Has anyone else played Tom Clancy\'s EndWar? I just picked up a copy yesterday and the voice control system is just too cool! \":D\" \n\nAlso awesome is how free this game is in letting you use WMDs. I don\'t think I\'ve ever had as much fun as activating the mic and calling for an orbital kinetic strike... \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2i5v1q0j]\n\n\nWhat\'s an orbital kinetic strike? Is that some form of railgun, or mass driver? \":shock:\" \":D\"[/quote:2i5v1q0j]\n\nYup. A big honkin\' space gun. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCqO9tTOCQY:2i5v1q0j]Share and enjoy[/url:2i5v1q0j] the fun! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2i5v1q0j]\n\nThey punch [i:2i5v1q0j]hard[/i:2i5v1q0j] in the EndWar universe.','cc6b9c8324511dbb9762f93f6a73aaac',0,'sA==','2i5v1q0j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358498,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244257906,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="Dervish":vfot1ygp]Yeah, well, the guys at [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormfront_(website):vfot1ygp]Stormfront[/url:vfot1ygp] don\'t seem happy. They really need a story to cheer them up. I promised them that this story would give them an ending they were happy with.[/quote:vfot1ygp]\nMaybe one day I will write a story for them, too. In fact....','fe79918c1c6102b41760c0e9192900d7',0,'kA==','vfot1ygp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358499,25806,3,900,0,'208.7.93.62',1244258152,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="The Angst Guy":r9fo3wdh][quote="A.J.":r9fo3wdh]I wish I had a gun sometimes, I\'d shoot the clubs, the balls, the bag, the whole sheBANG.\nAnd Stalker/ee, any type of club you want. <winks> \":D\" [/quote:r9fo3wdh]\n \":shock:\" Hey, hey! Whoa! No dirty golf jokes! We have standards here![/quote:r9fo3wdh]\n*sorts through a basket filled with papers* Standards, standards, I know I saw them somewhere...ah! Here we go...and yes, no dirty golf jokes. Even has it underlined.','9b784efdce27892c8426365164005fb6',0,'gA==','r9fo3wdh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358500,25697,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244258458,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="The Angst Guy":wft3p7cy][quote="Dervish":wft3p7cy]Yeah, well, the guys at [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormfront_(website):wft3p7cy]Stormfront[/url:wft3p7cy] don\'t seem happy. They really need a story to cheer them up. I promised them that this story would give them an ending they were happy with.[/quote:wft3p7cy]\nMaybe one day I will write a story for them, too. In fact....[/quote:wft3p7cy]\n\n\nAnyone else get a chill down their spine? \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\"','77d556b24bca9b1afdf05dea2a31b329',0,'kA==','wft3p7cy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358501,25806,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244258931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="A.J.":32yzp200][quote="Liz Ruiz":32yzp200][quote="Angelinhel":32yzp200][quote="A.J.":32yzp200][quote="losdia":32yzp200][quote="A.J.":32yzp200]Golf truly is a good walk spoiled. \":(\" 59 for 9 holes, I stink.[/quote:32yzp200]\nI\'d laugh if I hadn\'t manage to shoot a 128 on 18 one time.[/quote:32yzp200]\nAlso shot 115 for 18 just last Friday. And I managed to lose 15 golf balls in one round. Like I said, I stink.[/quote:32yzp200]\nMaybe the problem is using a gun instead of golf clubs?[/quote:32yzp200]\nAnd you are only telling me this now? And what are these clubs you speak of?[/quote:32yzp200]\nI wish I had a gun sometimes, I\'d shoot the clubs, the balls, the bag, the whole sheBANG.\nAnd Stalker/ee, any type of club you want. <winks> \":D\" [/quote:32yzp200]\n\n\nJazz violin player Joe Venuti was a golf fanatic. One less than sterling day on the links after missing a two foot putt, he proceeded to throw his clubs, one at a time into the water hazard, followed by the bag, his caddy and himself! Gotta watch that Italian temper!','f17e724adde4196b1e5d9e798d211778',0,'gA==','32yzp200',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358502,25697,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244259181,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','It just dawned on me...it\'s witty that Oprah\'s president...but what\'s Barack Obama up to in this universe?\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','cdb310cff14e45110ca83342e062c84b',0,'','2vuo7n0f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358503,25806,3,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244259453,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="Silver":3qg9dqac][quote="losdia":3qg9dqac][quote="Brother Grimace":3qg9dqac][quote="losdia":3qg9dqac]Has anyone else played Tom Clancy\'s EndWar? I just picked up a copy yesterday and the voice control system is just too cool! \":D\" \n\nAlso awesome is how free this game is in letting you use WMDs. I don\'t think I\'ve ever had as much fun as activating the mic and calling for an orbital kinetic strike... \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:3qg9dqac]\n\n\nWhat\'s an orbital kinetic strike? Is that some form of railgun, or mass driver? \":shock:\" \":D\"[/quote:3qg9dqac]\n\nYup. A big honkin\' space gun. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCqO9tTOCQY:3qg9dqac]Share and enjoy[/url:3qg9dqac] the fun! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:3qg9dqac]\n\nThey punch [i:3qg9dqac]hard[/i:3qg9dqac] in the EndWar universe.[/quote:3qg9dqac]\n\nWell, what did the Russian expect! Invading the city of my birth! Did they think I wouldn\'t carpet bomb Kiev?! \":mrgreen:\" \":twisted:\" \n\nThe second training mission of the game has you defending the Kennedy Space Flight Center (about five miles from where I was born) from a "terrorist" (Spetsnaz) attack designed to prevent the launch of the shuttle carrying crew to the new military space station the "Freedom Star" (A mass driver command and control facility).','f3e97bc9f2ffc16a7047bc1cbc7ddfb6',0,'sA==','3qg9dqac',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358504,25697,6,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244259797,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="brnleague99":31ehe0o6]It just dawned on me...it\'s witty that Oprah\'s president...but what\'s Barack Obama up to in this universe?\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:31ehe0o6]\n\nI\'d guess he is busy being dead from all the white folks he was hanging around with in the Ivy League...\n\nCome to think of it he might be a Zom himself, he is kinda on the borderline of what was said to be the limit for turning.','d0252f40f0e33f805ec7d94bc94ac964',0,'gA==','31ehe0o6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358505,25802,5,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244260264,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scary Music','[quote="JrGtr42":375mfq9c]The first time I heard [i:375mfq9c]Thriller[/i:375mfq9c], the voice-over by Vincent Price kinda freaked me out. (Of course, I had no idea who it was at the time, I just knew it was a scary voice)\nOf course, I was what, 7 at the time?[/quote:375mfq9c]\n\nPrice also did a voice over on Alice Cooper\'s Welcome to My Nightmare album. The song was called The Black Widow.\n\nI can\'t think of any music which has really scared me. For extremely creepy and disturbing, there\'s a song by Van Morrison called TB Sheets.\n\nHere\'s the critical reaction section from the wikipedia article on the song:\n\nThe Allmusic review states, "The listener is placed in the room. Although somewhat disturbing, it certainly describes the term realism with one bold masterful stroke".\n\nJohn Collis describes the song\'s theme this way:\n\n First of all, the singer chides the terminally ill invalid for crying. "It ain\'t natural," he says. The woman cries all night and the observer, trapped in the death room, is embarrassed and helpless. Later in the song, the sun bouncing off a crack in the window pane "numbs my brain",...And then there\'s the crushing claustrophobia of the sickroom - "Let me breathe," he demands of the woman whose breath is failing, bubbling in cheesy lungs. There is a street below, a street she\'ll never walk in again, and he is getting desperate to be down there, to rejoin the living, because "the cool room is a fool\'s room".\n\nBrian Hinton described the song\'s music as follows:\n\n Here is a Dickensian tale of death and decay in a big city. Organ and drums go free form, then a stately groove, fitting Van\'s voice like a garrotte, led by nagging lead guitar. Van\'s harmonica hurts the ear, then he\'s like a terrier, lecturing his girfriend, "Julie" about it not being natural her staying awake at night, dying.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TB_Sheets','bb12789c8434d9bf2a0bcc44e105f933',0,'oA==','375mfq9c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358506,25215,6,531,0,'66.19.201.41',1244261587,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Things Fall Apart (Part 14)','[quote="Doggieboy":ggyw4pmh]\n“It’s just that I remembered where I’ve seen this before,” the emerald-hued hero said. “The Ministry of Silly Walks.”\n\nJulie smiled at them as Robert still did the contorted walks. “I wondered if your world had Monty Python.”\n\nNightman smiled at her and said, “There’s nothing sadder than coming upon an Earth without Monty Python. Although Blackadder can sometimes make up for it.”\n[/quote:ggyw4pmh]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\n[quote="Doggieboy":ggyw4pmh]\n\nWhen the two reached about 300 feet, Julie suddenly flew ahead, her arms spread out. “Wheee!” she yelled and laughed.\n\nValkyrie chuckled as she remembered her own first flights and moved to keep up with the girl. When she caught up with her, she said, “Remember my warning about the birds. If you hit some of them, they will give you an earful. After all, the Ring can and does translate what animals say.”\n\n“Really?” Julie said. “That sounds fun!”\n\n“You’ve never heard a flock of ducks cuss you out, either.”\n[/quote:ggyw4pmh]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \nI bet those ducks have mouths (beaks?) that would make sailors blush, if they could understand those ducks....\nI mean, ever wondered what Donald Duck was actually saying when he \'quack\'ed in frustration?','af12adf54edb279741088045274db458',0,'gA==','ggyw4pmh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358507,25617,6,545,0,'65.221.65.210',1244263933,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cold Comfort (Part 8)','[quote="psychotol":1id2om0y]What, like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0MHpWXiq8o:1id2om0y]this one?[/url:1id2om0y][/quote:1id2om0y]\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\n\nI always wondered how that boat he was standing in kept from sinking.\n\n\nIt helps to remember that the total number of people Daria has killed so far is:\n\n\n\nThree\n\n\n\nAnd they were in Part One.\n\nThe three who died in Part Eight died from the gross stupidity of a deputy who wanted revenge more than he wanted justice.\n\n\nMore to come...','9a209054959a268d0c7d25bd73a303c1',0,'kA==','1id2om0y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358508,25806,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244264245,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','Tonight\'s beer report.\n\nBoth from Stone Brewing Company (Escondido California)\n\nI reported on Stone\'s IPA and Arrogant Bastard Ale previously, so I am just adding to that review.\n\nTonight I tried two variants on what I had already tried Stone\'s Ruination IPA and Old Guardian Ale\n\nRuination is one of their stock, year round beers. As I recall I said their IPA was heavy on the citrusy hops. I was wrong... [u:1v0kafk6][b:1v0kafk6]This [/b:1v0kafk6] [/u:1v0kafk6] is seriously heavy on the citrusy hops side. Its very good, so long as you can stand hops so heavy on the citrus end that you involuntarily pucker your lips. All the usual beer snob elements are solid, nice laticing, pleasant nose, appropriate carbonation etc, but this beer is seriously only for the devoted IPA (India Pale Ale) fan.\n\nEverything I said previously about Arrogant Bastard Ale can be repeated for Old Guardian Ale. I have never had a non Belgian barley wine ale that deserved the name, but this one does. This is not a beer for the faint hearted. Coming in at a stout 11.3% alcohol volume, it is definitely a strong beer, but the alc % isn\'t the half off it. It is really strong on the malt taste, and for a barley wine ale the hop flavor is almost shockingly pronounced. Beyond that, it is highly drinkable, unlike some of the Belgian stuff which (for me at least) kills your stomach. This is a limited yearly release, so if you can get it, grab it when you see it.','b2cee1fbc157707a4fefa5c2f5e28e9d',0,'QQ==','1v0kafk6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358509,25697,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244264284,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="losdia":lkk65aui][quote="brnleague99":lkk65aui]It just dawned on me...it\'s witty that Oprah\'s president...but what\'s Barack Obama up to in this universe?\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:lkk65aui]\n\nI\'d guess he is busy being dead from all the white folks he was hanging around with in the Ivy League...\n\nCome to think of it he might be a Zom himself, he is kinda on the borderline of what was said to be the limit for turning.[/quote:lkk65aui]\n\n\nNope. Too dark - but then, considering that he was eight years old and in Indonesia when the Zom outbreak began, he\'s almost certainly dead.','1c096acc1c2a485a8f6a5a015588c04f',0,'gA==','lkk65aui',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358510,25617,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244264303,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cold Comfort (Part 8)','True... but the law would hang it on Daria','a078cb8b455dc9ab05cbe48b932a39fe',0,'','2h0yaze7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358511,25617,6,545,0,'65.221.65.210',1244264473,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cold Comfort (Part 8)','[quote="undefinedlust":11g2wz5z]True... but the law would hang it on Daria[/quote:11g2wz5z]\n\n\nOf course. John Rambo was blamed for Art Galt\'s death in the movie [i:11g2wz5z]First Blood[/i:11g2wz5z], though it was Galt\'s own fault for violating all sorts of safety rules in the first place, not to mention proper police procedure.','45893dc6a0f5f2c838a0c0fa2a9907df',0,'oA==','11g2wz5z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358512,25133,6,998,0,'24.196.10.214',1244265013,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 5)','one of the best stories i\'ve read since i\'ve registered, also i was wondering when were you going to update your heather and damsel chronicles love that series as well','e3ebae51a18f7419c0a4f24863703d0e',0,'','39sypy6t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358513,25670,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1244266537,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="Deref":xe90raq8]...\nNot so much for fun, merely an expression of desire.[/quote:xe90raq8]\nKinky! \";)\"','e4c63fa15aef34891561eb37021f8404',0,'gA==','xe90raq8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358514,25670,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1244266765,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RNC: Democrats are Nazis? WTF?','[quote="losdia":3dz67qnp]...I\'m really not sure about this, but I\'d assume that you would only use the definitive article for a title there was only one of. As there was only one emperor of the HRE, I\'d guess they would be THE Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. The only problem is I know it wasn\'t always used (in English anyway). A number of emperors were just referred to as emperor whoever of the HRE. Which is why I\'d assume it is just whatever convention happens to emerge from historical usage.[/quote:3dz67qnp] \nThe thing is, I\'ve seen a lot of \'Emperor Constantine\' and \'Emperor Alexander\' without an article, too.\n\n[quote="losdia":3dz67qnp]It could also be it depends on what language was the native tongue of the emperor in question (i.e. what language most documents would be written in). It would be really bad grammar in Spanish or Italian (and possibly Middle Latin) to say The Emperor <insert your favorite monarch\'s name here>.[/quote:3dz67qnp]\nYa, but neither Latin nor Russian have definite articles (I had Alexander I in mind \":)\"). \":)\" As for the language of documents -- that would be Latin for Constantine, and French was the language of diplomacy in the times of Alexander I.','1d914d18110ab65690ef7561079b4121',0,'gA==','3dz67qnp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358515,25693,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1244266893,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: California needs a much bigger fix','[quote="Deref":2qwy86q7][quote="UU":2qwy86q7][quote="Deref":2qwy86q7][quote="UU":2qwy86q7][quote="Deref":2qwy86q7]...\nThat\'s what I said. \":P\"[/quote:2qwy86q7]\nAh... Which discourse would you prefer? \":D\"[/quote:2qwy86q7]\nMine.[/quote:2qwy86q7]\nBut what is the postsructuralicity of your [i:2qwy86q7]geste[/i:2qwy86q7]? Where is, so to say, your determinism? \":D\"[/quote:2qwy86q7]\n \":shock:\" If you\'re suggesting that the signified and the signifier are inseparable then I shall have to ask you to step outside!\n\nBloody post-phenomenologists.[/quote:2qwy86q7]\nStop peddling here this cultural logic of late capitalism! \":P\"','9dd2c6b32e6316b1a8cb0cdb4d2d8942',0,'oA==','2qwy86q7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358516,25714,4,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1244267012,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: North Korea conducts nuclear test','[quote="Deref":2tvi7sdz]...\nPft. Missiles. Commies. Crisis. What more do you need to know?[/quote:2tvi7sdz]\n \":?\"','bc298b8b1f47dce811a333fa7c29b8fc',0,'gA==','2tvi7sdz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358517,25806,3,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1244267075,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','Big day for Tux: \n\n[img:yj29ndfp]http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2009/01/12/new__1231779854_4187-20.jpg[/img:yj29ndfp]\n\n \":lol:\"','9511a12c457affc505a0feb47cb937bf',0,'CA==','yj29ndfp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358518,25802,5,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1244267178,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scary Music','Some songs that made me feel kind of off kilter the first time I heard them include [i:28o1slk3]Aumgn[/i:28o1slk3] by Can and [i:28o1slk3]Moonllight in Glory[/i:28o1slk3] by Brian Eno & David Byrne.\n\nAs for PiL, [i:28o1slk3]Fodderstompf[/i:28o1slk3] scared me but for an entirely different reason.','a14871fefea0a560835026da1ae05d78',0,'IA==','28o1slk3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358519,25375,3,562,0,'124.187.109.179',1244270354,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','"If this young man expresses himself in terms too deep for [i:2nc1s27r]me[/i:2nc1s27r],\nWhy, what a very singularly deep young man this deep young man this deep young man must be!"\n\nL. Sprague De Camp quoting WS Gilbert when commenting on [i:2nc1s27r]Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health[/i:2nc1s27r] after its release in 1950.\n\n(that\'s how long the con has been going on for.)','6bba3aace12fd435fb65adc52b4abbb3',0,'IA==','2nc1s27r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358520,25798,3,39,0,'78.151.196.82',1244279015,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: KoKo Taylor 1928-2009','[quote="JrGtr42":azgo0bon][quote="MartinUK":azgo0bon]May he rest in peace.\n\nMartin.[/quote:azgo0bon]\n\nUm, don\'t you mean SHE?[/quote:azgo0bon]\nThanks for catching my typo! Yes, she. I\'m not claiming to know something about her nobody else does.\n\nMartin.','1dfc809140d1bf2650e26db87ec3f00c',0,'gA==','azgo0bon',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358521,25776,3,39,0,'78.151.196.82',1244282681,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','While little can be ruled out on present evidence, arcane causes aren\'t needed to explain this sad loss. It\'d be comforting to think that only the mother of all storms, or a meteor strike, or whatever, could bring down a large jetliner, but simple things can do it. Fifteen seconds of distraction or inattention is long enough for a jet upset* to develop, and if, say, a crew who\'d decided to weave between cells, instead of taking a 200 mile detour around the whole storm, suddenly lost weather radar, or had some other gross instrument or automation failure, then an ordinary Atlantic thunderstorm could do the job.\n\nMartin.\n\n[size=85:auhf1vyp]* For more than you want to know about how jet upsets develop, see chapter two of [url=http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/training/media/AP_UpsetRecovery_Book.pdf:auhf1vyp]this PDF[/url:auhf1vyp].[/size:auhf1vyp]','108346ee7b49457e90c32dd8819b83a9',0,'FA==','auhf1vyp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358522,24299,5,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244286777,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening to Now Part VII','Listening to: "Roxy Music Collection- Roxy Music".','8a0253ede25b49d207481363f659c60c',0,'','39x3wufw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358523,25808,4,1001,0,'79.145.225.147',1244287574,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote:ompfhj2j] * A study last year found that when people feel physically clean, they are less judgmental.\n * Another study found that political conservatives tend to be tidy, with organized offices, but liberals favor colorful, more stylish but cluttered spaces.\n * Political views are driven by religion, culture and even biology, other research has shown.\n * A large, global study in 2007 concluded that political preference is 50 percent genetic.\n[/quote:ompfhj2j]\n\nIs it suddenly April the 1st and I haven´t realized?\n\nOh, wait. April the 1st was two months ago. So this study must be, um, serious.','4cbcc9d162c6832ff82050286d388e5e',0,'gA==','ompfhj2j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358524,25375,3,260,0,'68.162.129.246',1244287715,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours. \n-Eric Idle','ad34001737cad1f0797a1954f37a4e83',0,'','2yymqbc9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358525,25808,4,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244287756,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote="Dervish":3eyruqsc]All kidding aside, many hunters actually care for the welfare of the environment and dignity of animals in a way that would surprise many people unfamiliar with them. I was just more or less mocking the article that divided the world into "black & white" (conservative & liberal). Granted, the really obnoxious stereotype of the hunter also exist, but I hear of most of them from other hunters who are disgusted with them. [/quote:3eyruqsc]\n\nA lot of people would also be surprised at how many environmental professionals are hunters and/or from rural backgrounds.','f14f610f9f60cc8aad7377a6877c5a2e',0,'gA==','3eyruqsc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358526,25375,3,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244288226,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','I\'ve GOT to stop staying up late to watch cartoons online. It eventually leads to those days I sleep 12 hours straight...\n\nBut a couple of new quotes for here:\n\n [color=#8000BF:36jaqnaa][b:36jaqnaa]Ron Stoppable:[/b:36jaqnaa] It\'s an exposé I call...\n\n [b:36jaqnaa]Editor:[/b:36jaqnaa] "Math: You\'ll Never Actually Use It In The Real World"\n\n [b:36jaqnaa]Ron Stoppable:[/b:36jaqnaa] I\'m already working on a follow-up piece about semicolons! \n\n--KP: All the News[/color:36jaqnaa]\n\n\nAnd maybe someone should share this one on the wrestling thread in the WoMD forum:\n\n [color=#BF0080:36jaqnaa][b:36jaqnaa]Ron Stoppable:[/b:36jaqnaa] Sorry, KP, but discovering your favorite action hero is a big fake is not something you just \'get over\'.\n\n [b:36jaqnaa]Kim Possible:[/b:36jaqnaa] And this from a wrestling fan?\n\n [b:36jaqnaa]Ron Stoppable:[/b:36jaqnaa] I don\'t see the connection. \n\n--ibid[/color:36jaqnaa]','9f0e532ab676e98232d9f73cca24f7f2',0,'Qg==','36jaqnaa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358527,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244288229,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="Brother Grimace":1zgsua3q][quote="losdia":1zgsua3q][quote="brnleague99":1zgsua3q]It just dawned on me...it\'s witty that Oprah\'s president...but what\'s Barack Obama up to in this universe?[/quote:1zgsua3q]\nI\'d guess he is busy being dead from all the white folks he was hanging around with in the Ivy League...\n\nCome to think of it he might be a Zom himself, he is kinda on the borderline of what was said to be the limit for turning.[/quote:1zgsua3q]\nNope. Too dark - but then, considering that he was eight years old and in Indonesia when the Zom outbreak began, he\'s almost certainly dead.[/quote:1zgsua3q]\nI have this image of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew wandering around as zombies with their arms out, growling. Not so different from real life. Me, um, lemme see, I think I had discovered AM radio then, WAKY in Louisville, so I would be a ninth-grader in Woolworth\'s on Bardstown Road at the Eastland Shopping Center, going GNAR GNAR GNAR while chewing on Aretha Franklin album covers. (My favorite would be [i:1zgsua3q]Aretha Now[/i:1zgsua3q] from 1968, because of "Think.")','6bf2d17ea8ad264975397e089f4e23f7',0,'oA==','1zgsua3q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358528,25812,4,562,0,'121.222.161.130',1244288670,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Tiananmen Square: new pictures from the fringes of the crack','[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/05/tiananmen-square-new-pictures-beijing:5leq4dva]Guardian publishes images kept secret by photographer for 20 years of Beijing people\'s skirmishes with Chinese military[/url:5leq4dva]','752088189b5fbb2b8cde3fa852ca9738',0,'EA==','5leq4dva',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358529,25133,6,653,0,'76.127.51.152',1244289175,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 5)','[quote="RLobinske":3727temi]Still enjoying this.\n\nA little bit of geekery; the EPA keeps copious records on the transport of hazardous materials, with copies going to the shipper, receiver, transporter, and EPA documenting shipment and receipt.[/quote:3727temi]\n\nGood to know.\n\n[quote="masterchief1984":3727temi]one of the best stories i\'ve read since i\'ve registered, also i was wondering when were you going to update your heather and damsel chronicles love that series as well[/quote:3727temi]\n\nThanks, and welcome to the forums. You\'re right, I need to do something with Heather & Damsel soon.\n\n---\n\n The rough surface of the rooftop crunched as Robin settled herself down to peer over the low safety wall at the edge. She tapped the side of her goggles the way she’d been shown to activate the zoom function, and then carefully scanned the shipping yard across the street. The stench of the industrial park was stupendous, but she wasn’t going to let that dim her high spirits.\n\n “I have an assignment for you,” her mentor had said. “This is reconnaissance only, you are not ready to make contact with the enemy. If you are discovered, you’re fired. If you deviate from your instructions, you’re fired.”\n\n Daria didn’t think she was ready for field work yet, but every bird has to leave the nest eventually. So while Batgirl followed up on leads downtown, Robin found herself perched over Ace Chemical.\n\n “If they’re smuggling the chemicals out of the plant,” Daria had said, “they’ll be doing it at night in small trucks or unmarked vans. We need to know where those chemicals are going, if they’re leaving the plant.”\n\n “If?” Stacy had asked.\n\n “They might be stockpiling, and that’s probably worse.”\n\n Now she sat and watched, waiting to see if there were any secret shipments being sent out in the dead of night. If she spotted anything suspicious, she was to report it immediately and then follow the pick up vehicle. If nothing happened, then she was to sit on the roof until just before dawn and then come home.\n\n “Bored already,” she muttered.\n\n “You’re the one that was in a hurry to get out into the field,” Amy said, speaking over the comlink. “You realize I could just surveil the place via satellite, right?”\n\n “Eep! Sorry, I forgot this thing was voice activated.”\n\n “It’s okay. You can switch over to a push control by pressing the button on your goggle strap behind your left ear,” Amy said. “I don’t recommend it, you never know when you’re going to need to talk to me while you use your hands for something.”\n\n “Yeah, okay.” Robin looked thoughtful a moment and then said, “It must be pretty cool, to sit in front of those computers and have all that information and satellite images and stuff right there at your finger tips.”\n\n “I spend too much time on wikipedia,” Amy said. “I know more about my favorite soap operas than I’m comfortable admitting.”\n\n Robin snickered. “It’s like talking to an oracle or something. If I have questions, you’ll have answers.”\n\n “Oracle, hmm? I like that,” Amy said. “You guys got code names, and I was feeling left out. From now on, I’m Oracle.”\n\n “Cool.” Robin sighed. “Okay, I’m gonna settle down and keep an eye out for bad guys.”\n\n “Alright, I’ll be here if you need me.”\n\n Stacy knelt on the roof, leaning against the low safety wall, and tried not to brood. She’d always been upbeat and cheerful, if slightly neurotic, but ever since the gymnastics competition maintaining a good mood was always an uphill battle.\n\n Over and over, her thoughts drifted back to that day. She could see her parents and her sister, framed for a split second by falling debris before being crushed by hundreds of pounds of concrete. The caskets at the funeral had been empty; the bodies weren’t recovered until weeks after the bombing.\n\n Stacy was bedridden and missed the funeral, but she was up in time for the actual burials. She remembered trying to open her sister’s coffin, and finding it bolted shut. She had raged and screamed at the funeral director, a pudgy man who had taken everything she said in stride. After she was done he had patted her on the shoulder and said, “It’s for the best, you know. You don’t want to see what’s in the box, it isn’t your sister anyway.”\n\n After that, the day was a blur. She remembered that she eventually ended up back in the cave, and had worked herself to exhaustion on the exercise machines. She never could get the image out of her mind, though. The perfect mental snapshot of her family, the last second she ever saw them.\n\n Robin was snapped out of her gloomy reverie by a metallic thump behind her. She turned and stood, immediately seeing the man perched nearby on top of an air conditioning unit. He wore black leather from his boots to his mask, and he gave the startled girl a slight smile.\n\n “The rooftops are getting awfully crowded these days,” he said. “There’s me and you, and Batgirl, and the other day I saw a ninja fighting a group of policemen.”\n\n Robin reached up with her left hand and pressed a spot behind her ear. “A ninja?”\n\n “Yeah, you see some crazy stuff up here. I mean, who dresses up like a ninja and runs around on rooftops?”\n\n Robin blinked, and glanced over the man’s apparel before glancing down at her own. “Ninja is passé,” she said, smirking slightly. “Retro, even.”\n\n “Nice, you have a sense of humor. That makes about half of us up here.” The man dropped off the air conditioner unit to the rooftop and took a couple of cautious steps forward. “You haven’t tried to hit me yet, so how about we keep talking?”\n\n Robin nodded. “Why are you here?”\n\n “Same reason you are, I bet. Ace Chemical has connections to organized crime, and I want more information about it. Is that why you’re here?”\n\n “Yeah,” Robin said. She glanced back over at the plant’s shipping yard and then back at the man in leather. “I’m watching for people smuggling chemicals out of the plant, in the deep dark dead of night.”\n\n “Very noir,” he said with a smirk. “Well, since we’re both here for the same thing there’s no reason we shouldn’t keep each other company. No real point in using up two rooftops when we can share this one, right?”\n\n “I suppose,” Robin said, wondering what the man looked like under the mask. The part of his face she could see was handsome enough, and he had a pleasant voice.\n\n He stepped past her and crouched down, quickly scanning the yard across the street with a pair of binoculars. Robin knelt down next to him and checked the area herself for anything suspicious.\n\n “So, I noticed that your outfit looks a lot like Batgirl’s,” he said casually. “You work with her?”\n\n “Yeah.” She turned and held out one hand. “I’m Red Robin, but you can call me Robin.”\n\n He took her hand and shook, his grip strong and polite. “Tomcat.”\n\n “So, you’re a crime fighter?”\n\n “In a manner of speaking,” he said. “Let’s just say I’ve got a pressing need to have a personal, face-to-face conversation with Lex Griffin.”\n\n “Oh. What did he do to you?”\n\n “Maybe we can talk about that later,” Tomcat said. “It’s personal, and I don’t want to give up all the mystery on the first date.”\n\n “Date?” Robin asked, her voice cracking slightly.\n\n “Robin, are you okay?” Oracle asked. “Your heart rate just spiked and your skin temperature jumped a couple of degrees.”\n\n She reached up and tapped the comlink button. “I’m good, I just . . . ah . . . I just saw a cat, that’s all.” She tapped the button again and glared at her companion. “Quit smirking or I might change my mind about trying to hit you.”\n\n “Okay,” Oracle said. “Try not to get jumpy up there, I’m going back to click-clicking my life away on wikipedia.”\n\n “If nothing happens tonight, tomorrow I’ll bring Chinese,” Tomcat said. “Is that okay with you?”\n\n “I like lo mein,” Robin said, turning away and smiling into the night. “I’ll bring some soda.”\n\n “Cool.”','bce331aed27cc86d624801a39c5270de',0,'gA==','3727temi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358530,25697,6,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244289304,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="Brother Grimace":3ttqb9tl][quote="losdia":3ttqb9tl][quote="brnleague99":3ttqb9tl]It just dawned on me...it\'s witty that Oprah\'s president...but what\'s Barack Obama up to in this universe?\n\n \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:3ttqb9tl]\n\nI\'d guess he is busy being dead from all the white folks he was hanging around with in the Ivy League...\n\nCome to think of it he might be a Zom himself, he is kinda on the borderline of what was said to be the limit for turning.[/quote:3ttqb9tl]\n\n\nNope. Too dark - but then, considering that he was eight years old and in Indonesia when the Zom outbreak began, he\'s almost certainly dead.[/quote:3ttqb9tl]\n\n[b:3ttqb9tl]GIMME SKELTER PRELUDES I: Roger That[/b:3ttqb9tl]\n\n"Mom!" Little Obama ran screaming. "Mom!" It wasn\'t long before Obama realized that silence was the better part of fleeing, and learned it while other, larger, more visible targets remained for what would later be called the zoms. \n\nObama was breathing hard as he made it home. He hoped he could get out of this place before they were both killed. Hopefully she\'d dumped that loser who was here on vacation.\n\nBut inside was a disaster, and no one called out, "How\'s my little B?" (thankfully). Cautiously, he snuck to the fireplace and picked up a poker and began to silently but furtively look for his mom. With trepidation he approached the kitchen where he heard a disturbing sound.\n\nOpening the door he saw that geek Roger Moore, unkempt gray beard, feasting on the house cleaner. His pet penguin waddled around squawking in protest at being ignored. \n\nSilently, Little B approached Roger Moore, whose disgusting smacking noises covered up the slight sounds of his approach. \n\nHe remembered when Roger first knocked on the door, selling TSR products. His mom heard "fantasy games" and thought it was something kinky and was on that like a bear on honey. When Roger explained, "No, these are products of your imagination," his mom had told Roger what she was imagining doing to him, and he to her, and it was even grosser than what he was seeing now. He was suddenly glad that he now had an excuse to do what he wanted to do the moment this freak had first come to his door. \n\nSuddenly Roger\'s head came up and he made an awkward hiccuping noise. Then, a river of puke came from him, creating a pool around him. Then he began to make another noise.\n\n"heh, heh, heh, heh..."\n\nObama couldn\'t stand it anymore, even if the puke & entrails covered up Roger\'s normal BO. It was time to make some changes and take out the trash.\n\n"DIE YOU FREAK! DIE!!!!!" He brought the poker down on the shrieking head of Roger over and over again, punctured him several times, until the montrosity finally lay still. \n\n"Momma!" cried Obama, "I killed the freak! Momma!" He saw his momma. "Oh, shit..." \n\nThe poker fell from his slack hands. He could only stare and scream in horror as death claimed him.','57f0b874fba7889cf3ff7d5fe68f7cc4',0,'wA==','3ttqb9tl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358531,25697,6,653,0,'76.127.51.152',1244290167,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','This is amazingly good.','ba3a6fffeda277b6ac30f05461f399fb',0,'','2llzae18',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358532,25697,6,251,0,'68.118.67.149',1244290646,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="NightGoblyn":2hj6ztmu]This is amazingly good.[/quote:2hj6ztmu]\n\nThank you. \":)\"','36f3221b8dcda41c807fee9c7e49bc5d',0,'gA==','2hj6ztmu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358533,25697,6,653,0,'76.127.51.152',1244290971,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="Dervish":16otzgak][quote="NightGoblyn":16otzgak]This is amazingly good.[/quote:16otzgak]\n\nThank you. \":)\"[/quote:16otzgak]\n\nWell, I was talking about the main story in the thread . . . but your contribution [i:16otzgak]was[/i:16otzgak] quite funny! \":mrgreen:\"','c7615f494a6ccfb99f6dc7d2e72ecae8',0,'oA==','16otzgak',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358534,25133,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244293511,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 6)','I love this serial. I totally love it. But "Wikipedia" is capitalized, like "Internet." Go forth and sin no more. \":wag:\"','ad7b17bfcdc8c37f2aec168c1425b9f8',0,'','fhh5904v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358535,25332,6,793,0,'71.54.184.248',1244293574,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 9','Expecting Trouble 9\n\n\n\nHelen Morgendorffer didn’t hear her youngest daughter enter the kitchen but when she finally noticed Quinn standing at the age of the nook bar looking at her, she couldn’t shake the feeling that the redhead had been standing there for a long time. She pushed the paperwork away from her and tried to give a smile that she hoped wouldn’t be more of a grimace. \n\n“Hi sweetie.” \n\nQuinn smiled but Helen could see resolve in her eyes. \n\n“There’s something you want to talk about.” It wasn’t a question because everything about Quinn was screaming ‘talk time’\n\nQuinn pulled out Jake’s chair on the opposite side of the kitchen table and sat down. Helen waited for her to make the first move.\n\n“I want to drop out of the lawsuit against Tom.”\n\n“WHAT!”\n\nQuinn flushed but Helen watch with pride as her daughter pushed her chin back out and continued. “I don’t want to keep having a relationship with him.”\n\nHelen had to shake her head to try to process what she heard. It didn’t do any good. “What?”\n\n“It’s just with all the criminal charges and lawsuits and everything, I see him more now than when I was sleeping with him.” Quinn’s face flushed again just visible before her head lowered. “I still have feelings for him. Now I see him every few days it seems and I have to remember that he used me.”\n\n“Quinn, it’s ok for you to feel like this, if you weren’t confused then I’d be worried.” Helen gave a sour laugh. “More worried.”\n\n“I know but I … feel like it’s time to walk away.” A slight sniffle was the first clue that Quinn had started to cry. “I’m asking you to let me walk away from him.”\n\n“I’m just trying to do what I think is best sweetheart.” Helen started. \n\n“I feel like I’m chained to him so I’m begging you to let it end.” Quinn looked up at her mother with streaks of tears running down her cheeks. “Can you let me do that?”\n\nHelen nodded. “The other girls have all gotten other lawyers now and the divorce will be finished on the third of next month. After that there would still be the criminal case … .” She let the sentence hang.\n\n“I don’t … he … I’m fine with him going to jail.” Quinn said looking angry for the first time during the conversation. “So this is ok?”\n\n“If it’s what you want.” Helen said.\n\n“It is. Thank you.” Quinn got up from the chair with a bit of effort. “Are Daria and Dad going to be home soon?”\n\n“The anger management class should be over in … .” Helen looked at her watch. “Ten minutes ago so they should be home any time now.”\n\n“They stopped for food.” Quinn couldn’t help but smile.\n\n“That sounds like something they would do.” Helen caught the infectious smile herself. She watched Quinn turn to leave the kitchen and spoke as quickly as she could. “There are times when … as a parent … that you are proud beyond words at your children.” She took a deep breath. “This is one of those times Quinn.”\n\n \n\nStacy Rowe snuck looks both ways before she approached Jake and Daria Morgendorffer stealthily to eavesdrop on their conversation. After listening to them discuss the benefits of vegetable oil vs animal fat to fry food in for almost two minutes, she let out a breath and tapped Daria on the shoulder. They were standing in line in a fast food restaurant and several of the customers turned to stare as Daria felt the tap and. \n\n“AHHHHH!” Daria almost screamed as she turned and found the pig tailed girl standing directly behind her. “Don’t … do … that.”\n\nStacy gave an apologetic shrug before answering sheepishly. “Sorry.”\n\n“Then why do you keep doing it?” Daria’s look was accusatory.\n\nStacy’s face flushed but quickly returned to normal. “Just keeping an eye out.” She even squared out her shoulders. Daria sighed knowing it wouldn’t do any good to declare her father safe, Stacy didn’t trust men anymore. \n\n“I finished another chapter.” Stacy held out a thumb drive to Daria. \n\n“Not bad.” Daria said taking the drive. “Did you get the email with the revisions I sent you?” \n\nStacy nodded. “I know I’m not very good so whatever you think is best.”\n\nDaria looked down at her feet to buy herself sometime to word her next statement correctly. “You got really personal in the last chapter.”\n\n“I want it to be the truth, maybe that way I can feel like it wasn’t for nothing.”\n\nJake Morgendorffer had moved away to allow the girls some privacy but their expressions made his heart break. He knew at this point that offering any kind of support or empathy would be taken the wrong way by Stacy so he wisely kept his thoughts to himself. Daria pulled Stacy away from the other customers. \n\n“This one gets pretty graphic.” Stacy didn’t blush but she took her turn to study her feet. \n\n“Graphic?” Daria said then it clicked. “Together … kind of graphic.”\n\n“The first two times. I want to leave them in but … .” Stacy did blush now. \n\n“Maybe a little to graphic?” Daria understood now and Stacy nodded to confirm it. “I’ll make sure to take two looks at those sections.”\n\n“Thanks.” Stacy gave away one of her warm smiles. “My Mom said that she won’t have a problem if I try to get it published and since there’s a little interest in the story it might happen.”\n\n“Well it’s a good story and … .” Daria started then sighed. “That’s what makes it good; you can forget that it’s all true.”\n\n“I couldn’t do it without your help.” Stacy hugged Daria without warning. “Sandi said to say hi. She’ll be back next month.” The last part was added in a whisper. “I already told Quinn.”\n\n“Is she going to move back in with you?” Daria made sure to not mention where Sandi currently was.\n\nStacy nodded. “I don’t think her and her Mom will be getting along enough to live together for awhile. I have to go, Mrs. Li is trying to worm her way out of having the relationship safety class by saying that Mr. O’Neil would be the one teaching it.”\n\nDaria groaned loudly at the thought. Stacy patted her on the shoulder. “Don’t worry I’m not going to let her get away that. My Aunt knows our Senator and she set up a meeting for me to talk to him today.” Stacy gave her another hug before almost bouncing away. \n\nDaria watched her go off to fight another war. She found in fascinating how some of the girls had changed. Sandi had turned inward to her darkest places, blaming herself for what had happened to her and the others. :[b:1awjcf7a] Well and Linda. Quinn becomes the mother, Sandi the regretting old woman and Stacy becomes the warrior. Maybe I could get Jane to paint them as the fates. :[/b:1awjcf7a]\n\nShe heard her father clear his throat to bring her back to reality. \n\n“It’s time to go.” His arms were loaded down with their takeout order. \n\n“Ok.” She took some of the bags to free him up some before following him out to the car. [b:1awjcf7a]: And I just got angry. You better hope you don’t ever run into me on the outside Tom. : [/b:1awjcf7a]\n\n\n\nLinda Griffin sat inside the Morgendorffer living room after signing what would be the last paperwork in her divorce. It had been a week since Helen had filed the paperwork for Quinn to withdraw from the lawsuit. \n\n“That’s everything Linda. It’s in the judge’s hands now.”\n\n“I lost everything.” Linda said sounding almost as bad as she looked. Her appearance was worlds away from the professional go getter that Helen had in her mind’s eye. \n\n“Not everything.” Helen tried to be supportive. \n\n“My marriage, my daughter and my bastard of a husband. He was screwing my daughter right under my nose and I was too busy to notice. Now Sandi can’t even look at me. Chris and Sam are in therapy trying to come to terms with all of it. I quit my job because I was afraid something would happen to them if I left them alone for too long.” She glanced down at her watch; something Helen had seen her do almost thirty times during the meeting. “I can’t even look at another man without wanting to hit them.”\n\n“It’ll get … better with time.” Helen said understandingly. “Everyone has to come to terms with this in their own way … and their own time.” \n\n“I’m surprised that the other lawyers didn’t try to stop all this money from getting away.” Linda said waving her hands at the paperwork that represented her marital assets. \n\nHelen leaned in and whispered out of court room habit. “I don’t think any of the girls actually wants anything. They just want to make him hurt and seeing as taking money is the only way to do that to him. As long as Tom ends up with nothing, they\'re all happy.”\n\nLinda bit her lip while looking at her watch again. “Why did Quinn pull out?”\n\nHelen sighed; she had expected this question sooner. “Quinn felt that participating in the lawsuit was maintaining a pseudo relationship with Tom and she wanted a clean break.”\n\nLinda thought for a moment. “Maybe I should withdraw Sandi, have you spoken with her?”\n\n“Yes and she wants to stay in.” Helen chuckled. “Something about sitting in a park and burning every dollar then taking a picture of the ashes then sending it to him.”\n\nLinda laughed honestly; it was the first honest laugh she could remember in a long time. “That sounds like my Sandi.”\n\n\n\nQuinn looked around her room with a critical eye and was pleased with what she saw. The bassinet was next to the bed so she could answer the babies cries quickly and the feeding station that consisted of a small square table and chair was just a short few steps away. The changing table’s position wasn’t ideal but unless she wanted to move her bed there wasn’t any better location. \n\n“That’ll do.” She smiled as a picture of a small pig came to her mind. Her closet was far more empty now. Anything that had reminded her of him had to go. The last item had been the hardest. One of his own shirts, she had worn it home after her own had been destroyed in a moment of passion. Before her life had exploded she had like to smell it during the times they weren’t able to be together. Now all she remembered was the smell as it had burnt in a pot on the floor of the kitchen. \n\nHer parents hadn’t asked but she knew that they knew what had happened. [b:1awjcf7a]: It’s probably in the stupid pamphlets. At least Dad has mellowed some. As long as I phrase anything to do with the baby in the terms of me, I, then he’s a teddy bear. He thinks I didn’t see but I caught him eyeing those world’s greatest granddad shirts. :[/b:1awjcf7a] She smiled happily. \n\nWalking over to the crib she gently fingered the mobile that hung over it. It had been a gift from Jane and it had the ability to make Quinn smile each time she saw it. On every string was a math equation in foam numbers. Quinn patted her round stomach and sighed. \n\n“Your Dad had a knack for numbers so maybe you will too. Something that creep can give you besides heartbreak. At least you’re a girl so maybe you’ll get your looks from me. I\'m gonna do my best for you.” A single tear escaped her eyes. \n\n\n\nDaria waited in the hall until she was sure that Quinn was done speaking and maybe wouldn’t realize that she had been overheard. Quinn had kept the sex of the baby a secret so far.\n“Hey chubby, foods here.” She called into the room with an almost giddy cheer. \n\n“I AM NOT chubby. I’m with child.” Quinn said with a pout. \n\n“Whatever, we got the fried mashed potatoes you wanted. Throw on a bib and join us downstairs.” Daria hurried away from the door as fast as her feet could carry her.\n\n“Why you, cravings are a normal part of … come back here!” Quinn said as she chased her sister at the fastest pace she could manage being seven months pregnant. “I’m going to dye your hair green tonight when you sleep.” She shouted ahead. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSorry for the delays. School for the kids just let out yesterday so it\'s been crazy around here for the last three weeks or so. Also at work we just released a huge new product today so it\'s been a madhouse for a while now. \n\nI\'m hoping things calm down a little so I can unwind a bit. \n\n\nPS I\'m thinking one or two more parts to go in this story.','db9427601a9c5b0f83edd95a976d3bef',0,'QA==','1awjcf7a',1,1244323703,'',793,1,0),(358536,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244293647,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="NightGoblyn":2judh38f][quote="Dervish":2judh38f][quote="NightGoblyn":2judh38f]This is amazingly good.[/quote:2judh38f]\nThank you. \":)\"[/quote:2judh38f]\nWell, I was talking about the main story in the thread . . . but your contribution [i:2judh38f]was[/i:2judh38f] quite funny! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2judh38f]\n[size=200:2judh38f][b:2judh38f]I DO [u:2judh38f]NOT[/u:2judh38f] HAVE "NORMAL" B.O.![/b:2judh38f][/size:2judh38f]','c372eeef76dc96b342297eb866422116',0,'5Q==','2judh38f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358537,25805,5,28,0,'76.20.170.5',1244293915,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Best TV crosstrail of the year, so far.','[url=http://twitter.com/wilw/status/2039755409:1cidffyl]Because Wil Wheaton says so.[/url:1cidffyl]','851def3c6eb4daf08fb7faaab2b51044',0,'EA==','1cidffyl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358538,25785,5,28,0,'76.20.170.5',1244294380,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="Brother Grimace":34cljt4f]That\'s what a [i:34cljt4f]Star Wars[/i:34cljt4f] [b:34cljt4f]FILM[/b:34cljt4f] should look like. [/quote:34cljt4f]\n\nConsidering that\'s just a cinematic for the game, this is about right.\n\nI need more information on just how exactly this mmo is going to work before I let myself get toooo excited. the thought of WoW-style raid mechanics in a star wars setting just gives me a bad feeling. I really don\'t want to have to farm Darth Fancypants a bajillion times in the hopes that the Qel-Droma lightsaber drops.','bfee912f5df9dd9c93ebe86c967cc795',0,'4A==','34cljt4f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358539,25806,3,531,0,'66.19.201.144',1244294648,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="undefinedlust":2cpp7rbd]Tonight\'s beer report.\n\nBoth from Stone Brewing Company (Escondido California)\n\nI reported on Stone\'s IPA and Arrogant Bastard Ale previously, so I am just adding to that review.\n\nTonight I tried two variants on what I had already tried Stone\'s Ruination IPA and Old Guardian Ale\n\nRuination is one of their stock, year round beers. As I recall I said their IPA was heavy on the citrusy hops. I was wrong... [u:2cpp7rbd][b:2cpp7rbd]This [/b:2cpp7rbd] [/u:2cpp7rbd] is seriously heavy on the citrusy hops side. Its very good, so long as you can stand hops so heavy on the citrus end that you involuntarily pucker your lips. All the usual beer snob elements are solid, nice laticing, pleasant nose, appropriate carbonation etc, but this beer is seriously only for the devoted IPA (India Pale Ale) fan.\n\nEverything I said previously about Arrogant Bastard Ale can be repeated for Old Guardian Ale. I have never had a non Belgian barley wine ale that deserved the name, but this one does. This is not a beer for the faint hearted. Coming in at a stout 11.3% alcohol volume, it is definitely a strong beer, but the alc % isn\'t the half off it. It is really strong on the malt taste, and for a barley wine ale the hop flavor is almost shockingly pronounced. Beyond that, it is highly drinkable, unlike some of the Belgian stuff which (for me at least) kills your stomach. This is a limited yearly release, so if you can get it, grab it when you see it.[/quote:2cpp7rbd]\n\nRuination is one of my top 2 or 3 favorite beers of all time. \nIf you\'re into citrusy hops, check out Lagunitas\' Hop Stoopid. I swear it was like drinking a glass of grapefruit juice. \nI didn\'t like it as much as Ruination because Stone uses some other types of hops to get a bit of a pine flavor in there as well - Lagunitas is all about the citrus, and the malt base isn\'t as pronounced as Stone\'s. \nThe Guiitadian is great as well...just haveto watch the ABV...11.3 will get you if you\'re not careful...','a0fe32066d55e8b9af7ae6dc1d644ba1',0,'wQ==','2cpp7rbd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358540,25715,11,28,0,'76.20.170.5',1244294898,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','Where\'s the option for flossing as needed? insensitive clods /slashdot','59619ab25906ef8c5ec8b1d32b057730',0,'','3c6hpdrh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358541,25806,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244296481,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[url=http://notalwaysright.com/a-double-edged-flat-screen/2046:8szmdvdu]Now that\'s payback.[/url:8szmdvdu]\n\n \":lol:\"','e2dc1633b24c72cd93b7c4e4606360d5',0,'EA==','8szmdvdu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358542,25806,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244296925,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="RLobinske":z5rfnk49][url=http://notalwaysright.com/a-double-edged-flat-screen/2046:z5rfnk49]Now that\'s payback.[/url:z5rfnk49]\n\n \":lol:\"[/quote:z5rfnk49]\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Amateur. \n\n\nI can just imagine the color commentary that my friends and I would have as we drank beer and watched those films...Come on - the [i:z5rfnk49]Ya-Ta Sisterhood[/i:z5rfnk49]? Oh, the things I would say... and I\'d probably be shot at once [i:z5rfnk49]Legally Blonde[/i:z5rfnk49] or [i:z5rfnk49]Sex And The City-The Movie[/i:z5rfnk49] started playing...\n\n\n \":twisted:\"','25d86267164fc16ca2cc5dfc90d4b669',0,'sA==','z5rfnk49',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358543,25785,5,958,0,'74.197.228.99',1244297109,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="-sam":2gttf8e9][quote="Brother Grimace":2gttf8e9]That\'s what a [i:2gttf8e9]Star Wars[/i:2gttf8e9] [b:2gttf8e9]FILM[/b:2gttf8e9] should look like. [/quote:2gttf8e9]\n\nConsidering that\'s just a cinematic for the game, this is about right.\n\nI need more information on just how exactly this mmo is going to work before I let myself get toooo excited. the thought of WoW-style raid mechanics in a star wars setting just gives me a bad feeling. I really don\'t want to have to farm Darth Fancypants a bajillion times in the hopes that the Qel-Droma lightsaber drops.[/quote:2gttf8e9]\n\nEverything I\'ve read about it makes me question if The Old Republic should even be called an MMO. It has a persistent online environment, but it looks like most of the game was actually designed for soloing. All the news about the game that has come out makes it look like an RPG that just happens to have large scale online elements.\n\nIn other words, it looks a little more Diablo than Warcraft from what I\'ve read.','401f8646bf603fa2f17c47c7404aaa82',0,'4A==','2gttf8e9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358544,25785,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244298361,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="losdia":3e1dmgth][quote="-sam":3e1dmgth][quote="Brother Grimace":3e1dmgth]That\'s what a [i:3e1dmgth]Star Wars[/i:3e1dmgth] [b:3e1dmgth]FILM[/b:3e1dmgth] should look like. [/quote:3e1dmgth]\n\nConsidering that\'s just a cinematic for the game, this is about right.\n\nI need more information on just how exactly this mmo is going to work before I let myself get toooo excited. the thought of WoW-style raid mechanics in a star wars setting just gives me a bad feeling. I really don\'t want to have to farm Darth Fancypants a bajillion times in the hopes that the Qel-Droma lightsaber drops.[/quote:3e1dmgth]\n\nEverything I\'ve read about it makes me question if The Old Republic should even be called an MMO. It has a persistent online environment, but it looks like most of the game was actually designed for soloing. All the news about the game that has come out makes it look like an RPG that just happens to have large scale online elements.\n\nI[b:3e1dmgth]n other words, it looks a little more Diablo than Warcraft from what I\'ve read.[/b:3e1dmgth][/quote:3e1dmgth]\n\n\nAs a big Diablo fan - it does! \":drink:\"','3060280b44a1331ed23d1cbc40badf5c',0,'4A==','3e1dmgth',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358545,25133,6,30,0,'68.13.119.200',1244299376,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 6)','Because I wanna be first to say it...\n\nDaria: Stacy, I kissed your boyfriend. I kissed Tom. I didn\'t mean to.\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nYou know, I think that joke has been beaten so far into the ground, it has actually emerged out of the other side of the planet.\n\nAnd I don\'t care.\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','aa1fd203f3a8e86add2f8433adacb688',0,'','af98j6zv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358546,25785,5,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1244299904,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','[quote="losdia":vxorcz68][quote="-sam":vxorcz68][quote="Brother Grimace":vxorcz68]That\'s what a [i:vxorcz68]Star Wars[/i:vxorcz68] [b:vxorcz68]FILM[/b:vxorcz68] should look like. [/quote:vxorcz68]\n\nConsidering that\'s just a cinematic for the game, this is about right.\n\nI need more information on just how exactly this mmo is going to work before I let myself get toooo excited. the thought of WoW-style raid mechanics in a star wars setting just gives me a bad feeling. I really don\'t want to have to farm Darth Fancypants a bajillion times in the hopes that the Qel-Droma lightsaber drops.[/quote:vxorcz68]\n\nEverything I\'ve read about it makes me question if The Old Republic should even be called an MMO. It has a persistent online environment, but it looks like most of the game was actually designed for soloing. All the news about the game that has come out makes it look like an RPG that just happens to have large scale online elements.\n\nIn other words, it looks a little more Diablo than Warcraft from what I\'ve read.[/quote:vxorcz68]\n\nThe team has stated that they are going to include group quests and events the are story significant to all players involved. In terms of amount of soloing to amount of grouping I would guess it would be probably around the same amount as Age of Conan. \n\nIt\'s odd that you\'d mention Diablo because Diablo was a bigger loot grind than Warcraft, you just didn\'t have to party for it. I\'m thinking it\'s probably closer in style to a Neverwinter Nights.\n\nOf course this is all conjecture based upon the limited gameplay that has been shown and the interviews that the developers have done.','69f62a306aaae2890264158f0152957d',0,'4A==','vxorcz68',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358547,25697,6,12,0,'74.60.175.207',1244299933,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','Mackenzie shook his head. “President Winfrey can take care of herself.”\n\nYou nut. \":lol:\" I\'m enjoying this adventure, TAG, which is typical, of course... \":D\"','cab6c0005b4d45ecbb6e67de692f3a4b',0,'','2d055fnq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358548,25813,3,26,0,'67.240.29.31',1244303573,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Sick, Sad World: Man streaks at World\'s Longest Parking Lot','A 39-year-old man was caught by Suffolk County NY sheriff\'s deputies streaking along the Long Island Expressway near Exit 57 in Hauppauge yesterday.\n\nDetails [url=http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lilie0612849057jun05,0,6375237.story:wwfk8lap]here[/url:wwfk8lap].\n\nHey, when you\'re stuck in rush hour traffic, it helps to break up the monotomy! \":lol:\"','72166895eede71fe49a98873b0e2da38',0,'EA==','wwfk8lap',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358549,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244304084,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','Thank you! Speaking of cameos, you (Steven) got a micro-cameo in Chapter 1 as a bottle of Galloway rum. (There really is such a brand, so I had to use it.) Kevin Thompson, who so used to torment Mack, was the Thompson submachine gun Mack uses. I had a few other micro-cameos but now I\'ve forgotten what and who they were. I will of course have to create something special for Dervish. Something very special. Making her the zom that got run over at the start of the story is not special enough. Let me think.','5f0cb4fa3ba9aa645929d2f7ab25d58b',0,'','9i41or7o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358550,25814,4,26,0,'67.240.29.31',1244304284,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Glens Falls about to shoot itself in the foot again @-0','Mayor John "Jackass" Diamond has decided to try and close down the Hotel Madden on South Street so he can "redevelop" it (i.e. tear it down and chase the poor people who live in it out) as part of his and the previous two mayor\'s now morally bankrupt plans to make downtown Glens Falls competitive against Wal-Mart.\n\nDetails [url=http://poststar.com/articles/2009/06/02/news/local/doc4a2566b4ebe5e932325807.txt:1cm5krn6]here[/url:1cm5krn6].\n\nGreat going, "Jackass" Diamond. Chase out the people who are dependent on downtown to do their shopping and guess what? Since there\'s no place else for them to live in Glens Falls, they\'ll move to other housing projects in Queensbury, and guess where they\'ll do their shopping? At Wal-Mart, since that\'s about the only place they can go to on bus or on foot.\n\nThe last three mayors--Bob "Bonehead" Regan, Roy "Ditto" Akins and now "Jackass" Diamond have advocated this crazy gentrification plan which included knocking down the Henry Hudson Townhouses (they\'ve built something else but whether any of the tenants who used to live in the townhouses are back there now is questionable), turning an old factory into condominiums which has now become a white elephant bust in this economy, and now chasing the poor people out of the Hotel Madden.\n\nThis on top of the stupid traffic circle that\'s an accident waiting to be happen, threatening to knock down Burger King and OTB, trying to lure Boscov\'s to Glens Falls (which Wal-Mart would eat alive) and trying to close off Hudson Avenue--is it any wonder Wal-Mart\'s winning? \":evil:\"\n\nInstead of idiotic projects like this they should be concentrating on bringinig in businesses that can legitimately compete against Wal-Mart. I\'ve advocated bringing in Kohl\'s since it\'s the only major retailer we don\'t have and it\'ll save people the trip to Saratoga Springs.\n\nBTW, one of our customers at the print shop\'s located there--The Open Door soup kitchen. Warren County\'s promised to "relocate" them but to me it sounds more like "out of sight, out of mind".\n\nI feel they should renovate the place and make it liveable so the resident there can shop downtown instead of Wal-Mart.\n\n[b:1cm5krn6][i:1cm5krn6][u:1cm5krn6][size=200:1cm5krn6][color=#400000:1cm5krn6]DEATH TO THE MERCHANTS OF DEATH!!!!!!!!!! SHOP YOUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT FIRST!!!!!!!!!! THEY NEED THE MONEY MORE THAN WAL-MART DOES!!!!!!!!!![/color:1cm5krn6][/size:1cm5krn6][/u:1cm5krn6][/i:1cm5krn6][/b:1cm5krn6] \":evil:\"','ecbb4d67ba943f4a69ac935c7509f648',0,'dw==','1cm5krn6',1,1244402845,'',26,1,0),(358551,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244304673,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="The Sidhe":eyz3li5p]"If this young man expresses himself in terms too deep for [i:eyz3li5p]me[/i:eyz3li5p],\nWhy, what a very singularly deep young man this deep young man this deep young man must be!"\n\nL. Sprague De Camp quoting WS Gilbert when commenting on [i:eyz3li5p]Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health[/i:eyz3li5p] after its release in 1950.\n\n(that\'s how long the con has been going on for.)[/quote:eyz3li5p]\n\nL. Ron Hubbard has been dead 23 years and "best way to make lots of money" con shows no sign of ending. \n\nAnd I say cult, not religiion.\n\nAn acquaintance of mine from an email list says Scientology has helped him over the years, He certainly got testy about some negative remarks I made about Hubbard. YMMV.','f192d6dd547eedaab6939b4e26ac2866',0,'oA==','eyz3li5p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358552,25375,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244305216,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','Perfectionists are their own devils.\n\nJack Kirby','8acd8ce0cae87972309355a5aa978120',0,'','estdwvhr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358553,25806,3,955,0,'173.25.120.204',1244306326,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="Brother Grimace":za43pdyd][quote="RLobinske":za43pdyd][url=http://notalwaysright.com/a-double-edged-flat-screen/2046:za43pdyd]Now that\'s payback.[/url:za43pdyd]\n\n \":lol:\"[/quote:za43pdyd]\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Amateur. \n\n\nI can just imagine the color commentary that my friends and I would have as we drank beer and watched those films...Come on - the [i:za43pdyd]Ya-Ta Sisterhood[/i:za43pdyd]? Oh, the things I would say... and I\'d probably be shot at once [i:za43pdyd]Legally Blonde[/i:za43pdyd] or [i:za43pdyd]Sex And The City-The Movie[/i:za43pdyd] started playing...\n\n\n \":twisted:\"[/quote:za43pdyd]\n\nBack in 1970 I had threats directed at me in a theater when I was laughing at the mawkishness and earnestness of Love Story.','ba27bed3f394959ab53d39af495f86b3',0,'sA==','za43pdyd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358554,25133,6,785,0,'190.246.44.127',1244307385,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lawndale\'s Finest: The Dark Knight (Ch4, Part 6)','[quote="Kristen Bealer":29q9c36i]Because I wanna be first to say it...\n\nDaria: Stacy, I kissed your boyfriend. I kissed Tom. I didn\'t mean to.\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nYou know, I think that joke has been beaten so far into the ground, it has actually emerged out of the other side of the planet.\n\nAnd I don\'t care.\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen[/quote:29q9c36i]\n\nBut considering that this Daria si a lot like Bruce Wayne, you could see this happening. He did steal Barbara from Dick in the Animated Series.','8fe8bec09b1d95750d8cf7ce43c61a93',0,'gA==','29q9c36i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358555,24299,5,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244307703,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening to Now Part VII','Just started playing with Blip FM, so whatever I am listening to will probably be seen at http://blip.fm/undefinedlust','5d26bd28e688fb938ab56baee2048015',0,'','2uuux3kn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358556,25806,3,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244308005,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="JrGtr42":2jnsua3g][quote="undefinedlust":2jnsua3g]Tonight\'s beer report.\n\nBoth from Stone Brewing Company (Escondido California)\n\nI reported on Stone\'s IPA and Arrogant Bastard Ale previously, so I am just adding to that review.\n\nTonight I tried two variants on what I had already tried Stone\'s Ruination IPA and Old Guardian Ale\n\nRuination is one of their stock, year round beers. As I recall I said their IPA was heavy on the citrusy hops. I was wrong... [u:2jnsua3g][b:2jnsua3g]This [/b:2jnsua3g] [/u:2jnsua3g] is seriously heavy on the citrusy hops side. Its very good, so long as you can stand hops so heavy on the citrus end that you involuntarily pucker your lips. All the usual beer snob elements are solid, nice laticing, pleasant nose, appropriate carbonation etc, but this beer is seriously only for the devoted IPA (India Pale Ale) fan.\n\nEverything I said previously about Arrogant Bastard Ale can be repeated for Old Guardian Ale. I have never had a non Belgian barley wine ale that deserved the name, but this one does. This is not a beer for the faint hearted. Coming in at a stout 11.3% alcohol volume, it is definitely a strong beer, but the alc % isn\'t the half off it. It is really strong on the malt taste, and for a barley wine ale the hop flavor is almost shockingly pronounced. Beyond that, it is highly drinkable, unlike some of the Belgian stuff which (for me at least) kills your stomach. This is a limited yearly release, so if you can get it, grab it when you see it.[/quote:2jnsua3g]\n\nRuination is one of my top 2 or 3 favorite beers of all time. \nIf you\'re into citrusy hops, check out Lagunitas\' Hop Stoopid. I swear it was like drinking a glass of grapefruit juice. \nI didn\'t like it as much as Ruination because Stone uses some other types of hops to get a bit of a pine flavor in there as well - Lagunitas is all about the citrus, and the malt base isn\'t as pronounced as Stone\'s. \nThe Guiitadian is great as well...just haveto watch the ABV...11.3 will get you if you\'re not careful...[/quote:2jnsua3g]\n\nHeh, I\'m paying for the Old Guardian this morning. Had the full bomber plus a couple of pints of something else last night... oh I don\'t feel so good now, but it seemed worth it at the time... \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\"','0bde32c65ebdc7d942dc9e0a3cf1bd1f',0,'wQ==','2jnsua3g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358557,25617,6,466,0,'203.33.162.20',1244308337,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Cold Comfort (Part 8)','[quote="Doggieboy":3puopuor][quote="undefinedlust":3puopuor]True... but the law would hang it on Daria[/quote:3puopuor]\n\n\nOf course. John Rambo was blamed for Art Galt\'s death in the movie [i:3puopuor]First Blood[/i:3puopuor], though it was Galt\'s own fault for violating all sorts of safety rules in the first place, not to mention proper police procedure.[/quote:3puopuor]\n\nBut then unlike the movie Daria would just have to get a lawyer with a little competence to ask "so my client was unarmed and running from a helicopter from which two people were shooting at her unlawfully? So how did she bring that hellicopter down? Wishful thinking?" \n\nWith the amount of media frenzy something like this would attract there would be so much scrutiny on everything it would be hard to railroad her. Even the chances of having it heard in the town court wouldn\'t be garentee\'d. Something these movies forget, the media knows all.','12cffd8b817a20e5f761e5c4e0b4e8f9',0,'oA==','3puopuor',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358558,25332,6,946,0,'173.64.205.104',1244308526,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 9','excellent stuff, this chapter really puts the humanity back into focus, which of course hurts..','12850ce8dc9c37ed74e69850ac3b5261',0,'','134x6igw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358559,25697,6,466,0,'203.33.162.20',1244309813,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="Brother Grimace":3c2w6w9f][quote="brnleague99":3c2w6w9f]TAG knows his way around New Mexico, I\'ll say that.\n\n \":D\"\n\n[quote="The Angst Guy":3c2w6w9f]That was when they found the bodies of the two dead soldiers, which had been placed among the pines behind Mackenzie for later burial, were gone without a trace.[/quote:3c2w6w9f]\n\nI thought all the dead were left behind when they first took off from the ambush point?[/quote:3c2w6w9f]\n\n\nI figured those two were injured in the firefight, and died on the road afterwards.[/quote:3c2w6w9f]\n\nThe Old Man did say they lost two on the way.\n\nThings could get interesting now the wildlife are working with more intelligent and cunning minds than most of the convoy. Maybe Daria has graduated from [i:3c2w6w9f][b:3c2w6w9f]Faerie Queen of Squirrels[/b:3c2w6w9f][/i:3c2w6w9f] to [i:3c2w6w9f][b:3c2w6w9f]Mutant Queen of Mutant Radioactive Animals[/b:3c2w6w9f][/i:3c2w6w9f].','70a8d60a1aa242280466e5c73c66804e',0,'4A==','3c2w6w9f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358560,25375,3,994,0,'64.185.108.61',1244311926,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day','[quote="Gene":2mujskkt]Perfectionists are their own devils.\n\nJack Kirby[/quote:2mujskkt]\n\n"Perfection. A word that only causes trouble. Evidence Azula from Avatar, the entire Von Karma family from the Ace Attorney games, Raphael, Michelangelo, my own mother....do I really need to go on?"\n-Me','c5211e42bd7b423b880572d7972cac72',0,'gA==','2mujskkt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358561,25806,3,994,0,'64.185.108.61',1244312029,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="undefinedlust":1i9svh1c]Tonight\'s beer report.\n\nBoth from Stone Brewing Company (Escondido California)\n\nI reported on Stone\'s IPA and Arrogant Bastard Ale previously, so I am just adding to that review.\n\nTonight I tried two variants on what I had already tried Stone\'s Ruination IPA and Old Guardian Ale\n\nRuination is one of their stock, year round beers. As I recall I said their IPA was heavy on the citrusy hops. I was wrong... [u:1i9svh1c][b:1i9svh1c]This [/b:1i9svh1c] [/u:1i9svh1c] is seriously heavy on the citrusy hops side. Its very good, so long as you can stand hops so heavy on the citrus end that you involuntarily pucker your lips. All the usual beer snob elements are solid, nice laticing, pleasant nose, appropriate carbonation etc, but this beer is seriously only for the devoted IPA (India Pale Ale) fan.\n\nEverything I said previously about Arrogant Bastard Ale can be repeated for Old Guardian Ale. I have never had a non Belgian barley wine ale that deserved the name, but this one does. This is not a beer for the faint hearted. Coming in at a stout 11.3% alcohol volume, it is definitely a strong beer, but the alc % isn\'t the half off it. It is really strong on the malt taste, and for a barley wine ale the hop flavor is almost shockingly pronounced. Beyond that, it is highly drinkable, unlike some of the Belgian stuff which (for me at least) kills your stomach. This is a limited yearly release, so if you can get it, grab it when you see it.[/quote:1i9svh1c]\n\nIn the unlikely event you end up in Portland, Oregon, you might look up a small brew pub called the Lucky Labrador. Try the house IPA.','fa9db8f6e7a1460e3616178407133424',0,'wQ==','1i9svh1c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358562,25806,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244312406,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="The Angst Guy":s1bsjmu2][quote="A.J.":s1bsjmu2]\nI wish I had a gun sometimes, I\'d shoot the clubs, the balls, the bag, the whole sheBANG.\nAnd Stalker/ee, any type of club you want. <winks> \":D\" [/quote:s1bsjmu2]\n \":shock:\" Hey, hey! Whoa! No dirty golf jokes! We have standards here![/quote:s1bsjmu2]\n\nI\'m shocked and appalled to find out that there is a [i:s1bsjmu2]here[/i:s1bsjmu2] here. Forget standards. \n\nOh and I like my clubs with good music, good friends and good fun, stalker/ee! \":hug:\"','23fbf0baa3abcdad3ef983ff6567d49d',0,'oA==','s1bsjmu2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358563,25776,3,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244312671,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/brazil_plane:o9295kat]And the plot thickens...[/url:o9295kat]','b2a31cf0e930a0e2da33d8f9caa3aef4',0,'EA==','o9295kat',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358564,25776,3,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244312756,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','It\'s the worst when these things happen and there are just no answers, no?','ded534e09836021d6e89d873e1cb5181',0,'','3ctsnba2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358565,25808,4,952,0,'68.8.53.214',1244312842,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','Conservatives gross me out and I consider myself a liberal. Does this mean I\'m really a conservative, but just don\'t know it?','bb8cba7db485640785bcfeda5071fa61',0,'','232mtn3v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358566,25332,6,249,0,'82.24.218.72',1244313542,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 9','Daria looked into the mirror on her way to the toilet and froze.\n\n"I thought that was a hyperbola. ... ... Meh."\n\nShe continued with her morning piss.','bc9505db43cd119b8ff9644ca1bc21c7',0,'','377cddr7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358567,25803,3,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244314708,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: R.I.P. David Carradine','If it was me, I think I\'d rather have the papers say I "hanged myself" rather than say I was "choking myself for pleasure" and the rope slipped.\n\n \":x\" \n\nPoor guy.','a80717d2e2408e0fb2f40fe600c1b6e1',0,'','f9nnp4dl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358568,25776,3,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244314781,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: French plane lost over Atlantic','So...it wasn\'t Greenland?\n\n*twirls invisible mustache*\n\nI\'ll get you next time, Greenland!','4eab466a59b6808567930b0150018059',0,'','2wxxtme0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358569,24299,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244314984,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening to Now Part VII','Dedicated to fellow Motley Crue fanatic, Natalie, who I haven\'t talked to in a while. \":(\" \n\nMotley Crue-Red Hot\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','063ef97d5168e9ac09bdc991de1f28b2',0,'','kc0qcjdg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358570,25697,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244315122,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="The Angst Guy":3jc45d2x][quote="NightGoblyn":3jc45d2x][quote="Dervish":3jc45d2x][quote="NightGoblyn":3jc45d2x]This is amazingly good.[/quote:3jc45d2x]\nThank you. \":)\"[/quote:3jc45d2x]\nWell, I was talking about the main story in the thread . . . but your contribution [i:3jc45d2x]was[/i:3jc45d2x] quite funny! \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:3jc45d2x]\n[size=200:3jc45d2x][b:3jc45d2x]I DO [u:3jc45d2x]NOT[/u:3jc45d2x] HAVE "NORMAL" B.O.![/b:3jc45d2x][/size:3jc45d2x][/quote:3jc45d2x]\n\nRoger, we know. It\'s comparitive to a toxic waste dump deep in the Sudanese desert. It has been known to make lesser authors, myself included, pray for the grave.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"\n\nHappy now?','4159a183daa38a37dbc378f2674cd194',0,'5Q==','3jc45d2x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358572,25782,6,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244315274,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 68: Judging January (Part 2)','[b:2yc6tqpt]Part 2[/b:2yc6tqpt]\n\n\nSomething woke Karen and she rolled over to notice that Derek was sitting upright. "Again?" she asked.\n\n"It\'s okay," he said.\n\nShe sat up and held him. "No, it\'s not. You need the rest."\n\n"I got by on less overseas."\n\n"You\'re not there any more and you\'re still recovering."\n\nHe sighed. "Honey, I\'m trying. But I hear things and wake up, ready for anything. You don\'t just go back to sleep after that."\n\n"I’m going to get you some ear plugs."\n\n"At least I stopped sleeping with the knife under my pillow."\n\n"That\'s because I kept bumping it in the middle of the night and you moved it to your nightstand."\n\n"It\'s progress."\n\nHolding him against her chest, Karen laid back down. "Now, show me some more progress and get some sleep."\n\n"Hmm, you are comfortable."\n\nStroking his hair, she said, "That\'s the idea."\n\n"Good night."\n\n"Good night."\n\n\n\n\nBarely keeping one eye open, Michael alternated between spooning cream of wheat into his mouth and slurping coffee from a mug.\n\nPutting her breakfast dishes in the sink, Daria said, "Hurry up or we\'ll miss the 7:45 on the T."\n\n"I\'m getting there," he mumbled. "You know I didn\'t get to bed after midnight."\n\n"Is there anything I can do to speed up the process?"\n\n"Um, yeah. Can you dump the stuff out of my backpack?"\n\nShe walked over to the sofa and picked it up. "Normally I\'d spend a day to two studying before attempting such a complicated operation, but here goes," she said before upending the bag and depositing the contents on the sofa.\n\n"There\'s also stuff in the zipper pocket," Michael said.\n\nDaria opened the pocket and removed two neat packets of paper and a softbound book. When she read the top page if one of the packets, she said, "What\'s this?"\n\n"I picked up applications to the graduate school while I was at Bromwell yesterday. I know Prof. Daniels would put in a good word for me and I\'m sure you won\'t have a problem with your grades, GRE scores and work experience."\n\nDaria\'s face clouded and she dropped the applications onto the rest of the bag contents. "We\'ll talk about this later."\n\n"Okay…" he said, recognizing the tone in Daria\'s voice and knowing from experience not to go any further on the subject.\n\n\n\n\nAs soon as she arrived at work, Jane went to her boss\'s office and knocked on the open door. "\'Bel?"\n\nThe older woman looked up from the paperwork on her desk. "Yes, Jane?"\n\n"You remember my plans for the contest this year?"\n\n"How could I forget?"\n\n"I\'ve run into a complication."\n\n"What would that be?"\n\n"I\'ve been asked to be a judge."\n\n"Congratulations," \'Bel enthusiastically said. "Way to go!"\n\n"Thanks, but, well, if I judge, I can\'t enter."\n\n\'Bel leaned back in her chair and thought for several seconds. "I think we can work with this. What do you think about letting the children vote and see how well they stack up against your judging team?"\n\n"I like it," Jane said. "I like it a lot. If Karen can webcam her ceremony to Derek\'s buddies in Afghanistan, then we can webcam the contest to here."\n\n"I\'ll run it by Public Information for you."\n\n"That would be great."\n\n"Oh, and Jane."\n\n"Yes?"\n\n"Let\'s hope there are no surprise entries this year."\n\n"You can bet on a lot of politics this time, but, yeah. Public Information would have a fit if I showed something, um, not safe for work, to the kids."\n\n\n\n\nAs Nell grumbled, "Nope…nope…not close…dammit…nope…" as she plucked tea-tinted ice cubes from a tray and then tossed them into the kitchen sink in disappointment. Almost done with the tray, she found one and said, "Whoa. Hay, CC, come check this one out!"\n\nCC jogged into the kitchen from the living room and said, "Whatcha got?"\n\nNell held up a golden-colored ice cube. "What do you think? Is that the right color?"\n\n"Hmm, I think you\'ve got it."\n\n"Yes!" Nell shouted.\n\n"So you\'re still planning on going through with it."\n\n"As long as you\'re okay with it."\n\nCC got a little misty-eyed and said, "You know I am."\n\n\n\n\nMichael slowly and carefully sliced an onion while Daria poured olive oil into a skillet and tossed in a heaping spoonful of minced garlic. Though they still bumped into each other from time to time, they had learned to work together in the small kitchen, though his tendency to carefully follow recipes to the letter conflicted with Daria\'s to simply hit close to the mark with whatever was on hand, following Karen\'s often-used description of "add to taste."\n\nHe said, "This morning, you said you wanted to talk about the Bromwell applications I picked up. How about now?"\n\n"While we both have ready access to sharp knives?"\n\n"Daria…"\n\n"Okay, what possessed you to pick up grad school applications? We\'re still trying to put a list of schools together that have good programs for both of us."\n\n"Prof. Daniels had an unexpected visitor and I have some time to kill. I figured that since I was already on campus, I\'d run by the admissions office and pick stuff up. Maybe save us some time and effort later."\n\nAs she started to sauté the garlic, Daria said, "I know you meant well, but in the future, could you ask first before doing something like this?"\n\n"Uh, sure. Okay," Michael said, knowing that something was still wrong.\n\n\n\n\nDerek stretched out on the sofa and used his right hand to massage the sore muscles in his leg after the day\'s physical therapy session. His left hand held a cordless phone to his ear. "I\'m still in, Nell," he said. "I can swing by your place after class tomorrow. It\'ll be interesting to see what you\'ve done to Karen\'s old room."\n\nHe listened to Nell and then said, "I can bring that, too. Not a problem."\n\nAfter another question, he said, "Yes, I really am okay with it. Besides, my psychiatrist says it will do me some good."','6f92b3533f5c9a001fb01239e4f45d61',0,'QA==','2yc6tqpt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358573,25332,6,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244315317,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 9','[quote="psychotol":1triooxi]Daria looked into the mirror on her way to the toilet and froze.\n\n"I thought that was a hyperbola. ... ... Meh."\n\nShe continued with her morning piss.[/quote:1triooxi]\n\n*slaps psychotol with a frozen TV dinner*','7fc146f09c7c491b40eb5069b7bc7b89',0,'gA==','1triooxi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358574,25806,3,55,0,'192.189.123.1',1244317267,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','I don\'t know why I do this to myself, though I am rather enjoying playing "Warcraft II" again. The only problem is now I dream of killing orcs and leveling buildings with ballista and gryphon riders!','d03046524593e9850cfd7d0db7b2e612',0,'','2ip8xrht',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358575,25806,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244318027,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="Gene":2tp8six2][quote="Brother Grimace":2tp8six2][quote="RLobinske":2tp8six2][url=http://notalwaysright.com/a-double-edged-flat-screen/2046:2tp8six2]Now that\'s payback.[/url:2tp8six2]\n\n \":lol:\"[/quote:2tp8six2]\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Amateur. \n\n\nI can just imagine the color commentary that my friends and I would have as we drank beer and watched those films...Come on - the [i:2tp8six2]Ya-Ta Sisterhood[/i:2tp8six2]? Oh, the things I would say... and I\'d probably be shot at once [i:2tp8six2]Legally Blonde[/i:2tp8six2] or [i:2tp8six2]Sex And The City-The Movie[/i:2tp8six2] started playing...\n\n\n \":twisted:\"[/quote:2tp8six2]\n\nBack in 1970 I had threats directed at me in a theater when I was laughing at the mawkishness and earnestness of Love Story.[/quote:2tp8six2]\n\nI remember back in the spring of 1987, when my dorm had a movie night and played [i:2tp8six2]Dirty Dancing[/i:2tp8six2] first. I was in the back with a couple of guys, generally being the ringmaster in making asses of ourselves... and the girls (expecially the ones who thought I was actually deserving of existence) got REALLY pissed at me. \n\nI still remember one girl and how she [b:2tp8six2][u:2tp8six2]screeched[/u:2tp8six2][/b:2tp8six2] at me to shut up from her couch in the front of the TV room...\n\nDo I even need to mention how the tye-dye vegan earth goddess reacted after another showing of a chick flick, when I suggested that we watch Lethal Weapon next?\n\n \":shock:\" \":shock:\" Why is it that the ones who actually like you, as well as the ones that delight in how they loathe you with their entire being yet still somehow always manage to find themselves in close proximity, always get pissy when you don\'t enjoy \'chick flicks\', or fail to pretend to pay close attention? \":lol:\"','11857222dbd665cebc3210168e0af7af',0,'8Q==','2tp8six2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358576,25806,3,955,0,'75.170.136.95',1244318411,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="Brother Grimace":2sal4hrm][quote="Gene":2sal4hrm][quote="Brother Grimace":2sal4hrm][quote="RLobinske":2sal4hrm][url=http://notalwaysright.com/a-double-edged-flat-screen/2046:2sal4hrm]Now that\'s payback.[/url:2sal4hrm]\n\n \":lol:\"[/quote:2sal4hrm]\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Amateur. \n\n\nI can just imagine the color commentary that my friends and I would have as we drank beer and watched those films...Come on - the [i:2sal4hrm]Ya-Ta Sisterhood[/i:2sal4hrm]? Oh, the things I would say... and I\'d probably be shot at once [i:2sal4hrm]Legally Blonde[/i:2sal4hrm] or [i:2sal4hrm]Sex And The City-The Movie[/i:2sal4hrm] started playing...\n\n\n \":twisted:\"[/quote:2sal4hrm]\n\nBack in 1970 I had threats directed at me in a theater when I was laughing at the mawkishness and earnestness of Love Story.[/quote:2sal4hrm]\n\nI remember back in the spring of 1987, when my dorm had a movie night and played [i:2sal4hrm]Dirty Dancing[/i:2sal4hrm] first. I was in the back with a couple of guys, generally being the ringmaster in making asses of ourselves... and the girls (expecially the ones who thought I was actually deserving of existence) got REALLY pissed at me. \n\nI still remember one girl and how she [b:2sal4hrm][u:2sal4hrm]screeched[/u:2sal4hrm][/b:2sal4hrm] at me to shut up from her couch in the front of the TV room...\n\nDo I even need to mention how the tye-dye vegan earth goddess reacted after another showing of a chick flick, when I suggested that we watch Lethal Weapon next?\n\n \":shock:\" \":shock:\" Why is it that the ones who actually like you, as well as the ones that delight in how they loathe you with their entire being yet still somehow always manage to find themselves in close proximity, always get pissy when you don\'t enjoy \'chick flicks\', or fail to pretend to pay close attention? \":lol:\"[/quote:2sal4hrm]\n\nDichotomies are one of the things which keep life interesting.','510b40653f068eb8133918d1dfe450d3',0,'8Q==','2sal4hrm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358577,25813,3,994,0,'64.185.108.61',1244318844,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sick, Sad World: Man streaks at World\'s Longest Parking Lot','And my dad insists Portland is weird...','0b9252a56a63da7e49f46d53d26a8cbb',0,'','2zf46k0q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358578,25808,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244319281,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote="project pegasus":3d9h7y3x]Conservatives gross me out and I consider myself a liberal. Does this mean I\'m really a conservative, but just don\'t know it?[/quote:3d9h7y3x]\nYes.','1f71974fe0c9798d213b40473ee8099f',0,'gA==','3d9h7y3x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358579,24299,5,955,0,'75.170.136.95',1244319326,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening to Now Part VII','JB Lenoir radio and Blues Tag radio on Last.fm','0525c8e983204fc548b268ea4eb583bb',0,'','21dchfs2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358580,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244319364,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="brnleague99":26fz9a4e]Happy now?[/quote:26fz9a4e]\nA little. \":P\"','252db0a620567cf8f5744c146c9ca584',0,'gA==','26fz9a4e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358581,25806,3,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244319488,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="Gene":1ij18fd4][quote="Brother Grimace":1ij18fd4][quote="RLobinske":1ij18fd4][url=http://notalwaysright.com/a-double-edged-flat-screen/2046:1ij18fd4]Now that\'s payback.[/url:1ij18fd4]\n\n \":lol:\"[/quote:1ij18fd4]\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Amateur. \n\n\nI can just imagine the color commentary that my friends and I would have as we drank beer and watched those films...Come on - the [i:1ij18fd4]Ya-Ta Sisterhood[/i:1ij18fd4]? Oh, the things I would say... and I\'d probably be shot at once [i:1ij18fd4]Legally Blonde[/i:1ij18fd4] or [i:1ij18fd4]Sex And The City-The Movie[/i:1ij18fd4] started playing...\n\n\n \":twisted:\"[/quote:1ij18fd4]\n\nBack in 1970 I had threats directed at me in a theater when I was laughing at the mawkishness and earnestness of Love Story.[/quote:1ij18fd4]\n\nOh, back about 1980 I couldn\'t help but laugh through [i:1ij18fd4]Blue Lagoon[/i:1ij18fd4]. The girl I was with never went out with me again.','e21086519ea82c4b2410f88e0e253a43',0,'sA==','1ij18fd4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358582,24299,5,598,0,'86.40.242.118',1244320199,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening to Now Part VII','Elton John\'s greatest hits in concert. Not that I like his music, or anything, but the concert stadium is ten minutes away from my house, so I (or anyone else in my area) don\'t really have a choice, do I?','37ab0b28d10048c072f62a63ae804c0c',0,'','11ontf96',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358583,25697,6,12,0,'74.60.175.207',1244320265,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="The Angst Guy":3vdgsg9t]Thank you! Speaking of cameos, you (Steven) got a micro-cameo in Chapter 1 as a bottle of Galloway rum. (There really is such a brand, so I had to use it.) Kevin Thompson, who so used to torment Mack, was the Thompson submachine gun Mack uses. I had a few other micro-cameos but now I\'ve forgotten what and who they were. I will of course have to create something special for Dervish. Something very special. Making her the zom that got run over at the start of the story is not special enough. Let me think.[/quote:3vdgsg9t]\n\n \":shock:\" What?! Really?! Don\'t jive me, dude! \"8)\" I\'m gonna go back and see if I can find that, excuse me...','2cca9c45d32cec794ad0eaa4b537c97a',0,'gA==','3vdgsg9t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358584,25806,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244320522,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="RLobinske":1nzgjidl][quote="Gene":1nzgjidl][quote="Brother Grimace":1nzgjidl][quote="RLobinske":1nzgjidl][url=http://notalwaysright.com/a-double-edged-flat-screen/2046:1nzgjidl]Now that\'s payback.[/url:1nzgjidl]\n\n \":lol:\"[/quote:1nzgjidl]\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Amateur. \n\n\nI can just imagine the color commentary that my friends and I would have as we drank beer and watched those films...Come on - the [i:1nzgjidl]Ya-Ta Sisterhood[/i:1nzgjidl]? Oh, the things I would say... and I\'d probably be shot at once [i:1nzgjidl]Legally Blonde[/i:1nzgjidl] or [i:1nzgjidl]Sex And The City-The Movie[/i:1nzgjidl] started playing...\n\n\n \":twisted:\"[/quote:1nzgjidl]\n\nBack in 1970 I had threats directed at me in a theater when I was laughing at the mawkishness and earnestness of Love Story.[/quote:1nzgjidl]\n\nOh, back about 1980 I couldn\'t help but laugh through [i:1nzgjidl]Blue Lagoon[/i:1nzgjidl]. The girl I was with never went out with me again.[/quote:1nzgjidl]\n\n\nAll I have to say is this: I am so glad that I\'ll never have to deal with taking someone to see [i:1nzgjidl]Twilight[/i:1nzgjidl] or [i:1nzgjidl]New Moon[/i:1nzgjidl]. \n\n\nTo quote Egon from [i:1nzgjidl]Ghostbusters[/i:1nzgjidl]:\n\n[i:1nzgjidl]\'It would be [b:1nzgjidl]bad[/b:1nzgjidl].\'[/i:1nzgjidl]\n\n \":shock:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','16c35ae6a266f77322ba664713fd89ef',0,'8A==','1nzgjidl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358585,25697,6,12,0,'74.60.175.207',1244320676,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="The Angst Guy":z1eot1t4]Thank you! Speaking of cameos, you (Steven) got a micro-cameo in Chapter 1 as a bottle of Galloway rum. (There really is such a brand, so I had to use it.) Kevin Thompson, who so used to torment Mack, was the Thompson submachine gun Mack uses. I had a few other micro-cameos but now I\'ve forgotten what and who they were. I will of course have to create something special for Dervish. Something very special. Making her the zom that got run over at the start of the story is not special enough. Let me think.[/quote:z1eot1t4]\n\nWell, TAG, I looked for my little cameo, and this is what you wrote:\n\n"Mackenzie found the water among numerous bottles of well-sampled West Indies rum, then hesitantly picked up a nearby glass that did not look too dirty. The Old Man took a seat behind his desk and poured himself a straight shot. Mackenzie noticed it was fine dark Jamaican rum, [b:z1eot1t4]Appleton[/b:z1eot1t4] brand. The Old Man didn’t believe in half-stepping. Mackenzie didn’t begrudge the Old Man his poison. He was thirsty as a horse and the water was fine."\n\n"Appleton" as in Darren, yes, but not "Galloway" as in moi... \":lol:\" Either way, thank you for the indirect reference.','e37797103b75118581c55d6c011262a8',0,'wA==','z1eot1t4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358586,25715,11,12,0,'74.60.175.207',1244320855,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Flossing: Before Or After Brushing?','[quote="-sam":2whrtjwy]Where\'s the option for flossing as needed? insensitive clods /slashdot[/quote:2whrtjwy]\n\nOh, now that\'s something that\'s never occurred to me, dude. \":D\" I thought it was just an either or thing...','8b77b42169b3644635d346de405eb9a2',0,'gA==','2whrtjwy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358587,25806,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244321537,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="Brother Grimace":29yzmf9i][quote="RLobinske":29yzmf9i][quote="Gene":29yzmf9i][quote="Brother Grimace":29yzmf9i][quote="RLobinske":29yzmf9i][url=http://notalwaysright.com/a-double-edged-flat-screen/2046:29yzmf9i]Now that\'s payback.[/url:29yzmf9i] \":lol:\"[/quote:29yzmf9i]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Amateur. I can just imagine the color commentary that my friends and I would have as we drank beer and watched those films...Come on - the [i:29yzmf9i]Ya-Ta Sisterhood[/i:29yzmf9i]? Oh, the things I would say... and I\'d probably be shot at once [i:29yzmf9i]Legally Blonde[/i:29yzmf9i] or [i:29yzmf9i]Sex And The City-The Movie[/i:29yzmf9i] started playing...\n \":twisted:\"[/quote:29yzmf9i]\nBack in 1970 I had threats directed at me in a theater when I was laughing at the mawkishness and earnestness of Love Story.[/quote:29yzmf9i]\nOh, back about 1980 I couldn\'t help but laugh through [i:29yzmf9i]Blue Lagoon[/i:29yzmf9i]. The girl I was with never went out with me again.[/quote:29yzmf9i]\nAll I have to say is this: I am so glad that I\'ll never have to deal with taking someone to see [i:29yzmf9i]Twilight[/i:29yzmf9i] or [i:29yzmf9i]New Moon[/i:29yzmf9i]. To quote Egon from [i:29yzmf9i]Ghostbusters[/i:29yzmf9i]: [i:29yzmf9i]\'It would be [b:29yzmf9i]bad[/b:29yzmf9i].\'[/i:29yzmf9i] \":shock:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:29yzmf9i]\nThis one time, when I was at penguin camp, I saw that [i:29yzmf9i]Team America[/i:29yzmf9i] movie and saw this puppet vomit and it was the funniest thing I ever saw, I swear to God. I laughed so much I was almost thrown out of the theater.','f4db39fd41d71a777c1da8641d4e1635',0,'8A==','29yzmf9i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358588,25697,6,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244321631,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: GIMME SKELTER (Part 6 now up!)','[quote="Steven Galloway":r04hkfeg][quote="The Angst Guy":r04hkfeg]Thank you! Speaking of cameos, you (Steven) got a micro-cameo in Chapter 1 as a bottle of Galloway rum. (There really is such a brand, so I had to use it.) Kevin Thompson, who so used to torment Mack, was the Thompson submachine gun Mack uses. I had a few other micro-cameos but now I\'ve forgotten what and who they were. I will of course have to create something special for Dervish. Something very special. Making her the zom that got run over at the start of the story is not special enough. Let me think.[/quote:r04hkfeg]\n\nWell, TAG, I looked for my little cameo, and this is what you wrote:\n\n"Mackenzie found the water among numerous bottles of well-sampled West Indies rum, then hesitantly picked up a nearby glass that did not look too dirty. The Old Man took a seat behind his desk and poured himself a straight shot. Mackenzie noticed it was fine dark Jamaican rum, [b:r04hkfeg]Appleton[/b:r04hkfeg] brand. The Old Man didn’t believe in half-stepping. Mackenzie didn’t begrudge the Old Man his poison. He was thirsty as a horse and the water was fine."\n\n"Appleton" as in Darren, yes, but not "Galloway" as in moi... \":lol:\" Either way, thank you for the indirect reference.[/quote:r04hkfeg]\nDid I say Galloway? I meant Appleton. My brain is out of parts. Sorry. [[i:r04hkfeg]slaps forehead[/i:r04hkfeg]]','d08b2218d2385773b5f9d5b33ff11c47',0,'4A==','r04hkfeg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358589,25806,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244321910,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="Derek":3pvbdo0b]Big day for Tux: \n\n[img:3pvbdo0b]http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2009/01/12/new__1231779854_4187-20.jpg[/img:3pvbdo0b]\n\n \":lol:\"[/quote:3pvbdo0b]\n\n\nTux and TAG will rock out to this at the graduation party:\n\n\n[url:3pvbdo0b]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2s8DSh55Hw&feature=related[/url:3pvbdo0b]','baab380f8d3e98119a98e224331c957c',0,'mA==','3pvbdo0b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358590,25332,6,414,0,'24.60.13.92',1244322334,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 9','[quote="legendeld":2qlyz4vk]“I’m surprised that the other lawyers didn’t try to stop all this money from getting away.” Linda said waving her hands at the paperwork that represented her [b:2qlyz4vk]martial[/b:2qlyz4vk] assets.[/quote:2qlyz4vk]\n"Oh, I almost forgot," said Helen, "some nice men from the ATF came by earlier. They said they wanted to talk to you about your martial assets. Something about illegal gunrunning."\n\n"Dammit!"','f61d50ade128b10a81e0ab0925fc144a',0,'wA==','2qlyz4vk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358591,25332,6,793,0,'71.54.184.248',1244323751,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 9','[quote="Derek":353yzwd1][quote="legendeld":353yzwd1]“I’m surprised that the other lawyers didn’t try to stop all this money from getting away.” Linda said waving her hands at the paperwork that represented her [b:353yzwd1]martial[/b:353yzwd1] assets.[/quote:353yzwd1]\n"Oh, I almost forgot," said Helen, "some nice men from the ATF came by earlier. They said they wanted to talk to you about your martial assets. Something about illegal gunrunning."\n\n"Dammit!"[/quote:353yzwd1]\n\nGot it. At least it was only a little off.','a4905662d0eefddbf465d66a351005ba',0,'wA==','353yzwd1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358592,25815,4,39,0,'78.151.196.82',1244324151,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire turn blue','Following Thursday\'s election, for the first time in 28 years this county and its neighbour (combined population of the two counties, something over 2 million) each have a Conservative controlled county council. \n\nIn opposition, the Tories were vociferously opposed to extending the [url=http://www.thetram.net/maps/route.asp:gy8tq9ve]NET[/url:gy8tq9ve], the cunning rapid transit system that runs as light rail in the suburbs and as a tram service in the inner city. \n\nI hope wiser counsels will prevail when the new council moves in to the corridors of power, but I fear for public transport and social services.\n\nIt\'s a mark of how low things have got for Labour, that counties that\'d never forgiven the Tories for what Maggie did to the colliers have now each put a Tory local government into County Hall.\n\nMartin.','e5dce4691b1b1ac1f89b52d511a3cc4b',0,'EA==','gy8tq9ve',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358593,25043,5,13,0,'65.13.29.115',1244324266,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Web Sites of Extreme Awesomeness!','http://www.mariowiki.com\n\nExactly what you\'d expect, a detailed Wikipedia of ANYTHING related to the classic Nintendo hero Mario. If you grew up worshipping Mario as I did, and think of yourself as a true fan of the genre...you owe it to yourself to check out this wonderful Wiki.\n\n \":mrgreen:\"\n\nHowever, I still cannot find an answer to that classic question...\n\nJust where the Hell did Dr. Mario get his medical degree?','86715428ae4a7125752a4c7e7fbe3cc6',0,'','f1353odc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358594,25332,6,466,0,'203.33.162.20',1244324277,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 9','And the sad thing is, going by what seems to happen in trials today, Tom will probably only get six years, four with probation and be out in two and a half on "good behavior" (which has to be one of the most rediculous ideas ever thought up "yes i\'ll continue to be good after I get out....like hell")','538bc08f033c19ae3121f8d5a1d5327e',0,'','1etwkt5j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358595,25805,5,39,0,'78.151.196.82',1244324692,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Best TV crosstrail of the year, so far.','I think the appeal is in the situation, and in the writing. Casting\'s okay, too.\n\nThe funny bits in [i:18jf2zpj]The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time[/i:18jf2zpj] showed that humour can work with a hero on the autistic spectrum. Mix Sheldon with some other geeks and a tolerant neighbour, with plots that might have come from [i:18jf2zpj]Friends[/i:18jf2zpj], and if it\'s written well you have an entertaining twenty minutes. Since the four mates work at a uni, you can use college plots too. Winner.\n\nMartin.','a2dc5e4aaa5bcaee615134a7e15b1a83',0,'IA==','18jf2zpj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358596,25808,4,1,0,'63.19.13.209',1244325757,1,0,1,1,1,1,'deadtotheworld2','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','Librulz: Dirty, disgusting people . . . nasty meaufauxs ... don\'t wash their hands. Do they even wipe? Oh for gosh sake, don\'t put your tongue on that ... .\n\n-- "Does it disgust you to touch the faucet in a public restroom? . . . [C]onservatives are more likely than liberals to sense contamination or perceive disgust." \n\nAlso, this: \n\n"For liberals, morality derives mostly from fairness and prevention of harm. [But not "fairness" for white firemen or "prevention of harm" to people who die in fires without the best firefighters working, or the unborn] For conservatives, morality also involves upholding authority [eh, no, not the "authority" of the IRS, the ATF, activist judges, constitutional law professors, academic researchers, and other "authorities" so revered by liberals] and loyalty — and revulsion at disgust." \n\n It\'s more a matter of which and what kind of "authority" or "authorities" you think are legitimate and worthy of respect. A conservative might not be willing to slap his real father in a stage play, even with permission. But he\'d be glad to slap some Social Services worker who\'s telling him how to raise his kids. Conservatives are more prone to respect traditional sources of authority that have grown up organically over hundreds or thousands of years, such as the family and religion, and far [i:3rr2qzkg]less[/i:3rr2qzkg] respectful of governmental and bureaucratic authority. Conservatives used to respect learning and institutions of higher learning, until they stopped being anything like a university used to be.\n\n As for squeamishness\n\n Dead skunk in the middle of the road\n Dead skunk in the middle of the road\n You gotcher dead cat and you gotcher dead dog\n On a moonlight night you gotcher dead toad frog\n Gotcher dead rabbit andjer dead raccoon\n Oh the blood and the guts they gonna make you swoon\n It\'s dead\n It\'s in the middle\n And it\'s stinkin\' to hi-igh heaven \n\n Well, at last liberals will never starve, as long as there\'s roadkill.\n\n DTW2','0214f061c0996fca5b60d2751e559513',0,'IA==','3rr2qzkg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358597,25816,4,1,0,'63.19.13.209',1244325910,1,0,1,1,1,1,'deadtotheworld2','SCOTUS nominee\'s comments "taken out of context"','WASHINGTON - President Obama said that comments by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in a 2004 speech in which she called for the “castration of all white males until they are no longer dominant,” have been “taken out of context” by right wing ideologues.\n\nIn the speech delivered to the San Juan chapter of NOW, Sotomayor said, “I want to be perfectly clear about this next comment so that there is no mistaking my words to mean something other than what they plainly say: the time has come to end white male oppression by castrating every white male until they are no longer dominant in Western culture. That means forcible removal of their testicles. I realize the brutality of my comment, and I don’t know how to say it more clearly.”\n\nIt was revealed that Sotomayor used precisely the same language in seven other speeches.\n\nWhite House spokesman Robert Gibbs agreed with President Obama that the statement “has been taken out of context,” and added that Sotomayor “certainly did not mean” that white males should be castrated. “Judge Sotomayor was simply saying that there should be room at the American table for diverse cultures, that’s all. It is astounding that people are reading ‘castration’ into it.”\n\nPresident Obama told MSNBC: ”Look, when Judge Sotomayor appears before the Senate committee, all this nonsense being spewed out by ideologues will be revealed for what it is.”\n\nhttp://carbolicsmoke.com/2009/06/02/oba ... f-context/\n\n\n DTW2','834c8dd1648b257df2183a6c911095e6',0,'','jkeonzh4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358598,25785,5,233,0,'69.158.99.203',1244328658,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Old Repbublic','I go away for a few days....\n\nFrom what I hear the games going to be more like guild wars, you can normal group or solo with some npc\'s heroes. Also the rumor is that it will be free to play.','f3322ff1ffe25755785fbcaf3008b266',0,'','2tw22ohl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358599,25817,3,562,0,'121.222.161.130',1244334910,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Dead US man gets parking tickets','[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8087186.stm:vlr3mu4a]Officials in New York have found the decomposing body of a man inside a van parked for weeks beneath a busy highway overpass, gathering parking tickets.[/url:vlr3mu4a]\n\nRead further... it is... Words fail me.','e1a81e02bd0dcf272cbda07faa1a5967',0,'EA==','vlr3mu4a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358600,25728,6,1000,0,'220.253.14.37',1244335780,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sinspiration (In Progress)!','Hey guys, your author has gone.... away? xD I have to work and study a lot, due to a trip at the end of the year I\'d like to go on. Anyway~! I will try and get the next chapter up tonight, and then disappear again... it\'s what I do \":P\"\n\nThanks for the whole \":fork:\" thing. \":roll:\"','4a345537a8db86118a2f32edc788dbef',0,'','84u6djcw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358601,25808,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244336232,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote="deadtotheworld2":foug1ahm]Librulz: Dirty, disgusting people . . . nasty meaufauxs ... don\'t wash their hands. Do they even wipe? Oh for gosh sake, don\'t put your tongue on that ... .\n\n-- "Does it disgust you to touch the faucet in a public restroom? . . . [C]onservatives are more likely than liberals to sense contamination or perceive disgust." \n\nAlso, this: \n\n"For liberals, morality derives mostly from fairness and prevention of harm. [But not "fairness" for white firemen or "prevention of harm" to people who die in fires without the best firefighters working, or the unborn] For conservatives, morality also involves upholding authority [eh, no, not the "authority" of the IRS, the ATF, activist judges, constitutional law professors, academic researchers, and other "authorities" so revered by liberals] and loyalty — and revulsion at disgust." \n\n It\'s more a matter of which and what kind of "authority" or "authorities" you think are legitimate and worthy of respect. A conservative might not be willing to slap his real father in a stage play, even with permission. But he\'d be glad to slap some Social Services worker who\'s telling him how to raise his kids. Conservatives are more prone to respect traditional sources of authority that have grown up organically over hundreds or thousands of years, such as the family and religion, and far [i:foug1ahm]less[/i:foug1ahm] respectful of governmental and bureaucratic authority. Conservatives used to respect learning and institutions of higher learning, until they stopped being anything like a university used to be.\n\n As for squeamishness\n\n Dead skunk in the middle of the road\n Dead skunk in the middle of the road\n You gotcher dead cat and you gotcher dead dog\n On a moonlight night you gotcher dead toad frog\n Gotcher dead rabbit andjer dead raccoon\n Oh the blood and the guts they gonna make you swoon\n It\'s dead\n It\'s in the middle\n And it\'s stinkin\' to hi-igh heaven \n\n Well, at last liberals will never starve, as long as there\'s roadkill.\n\n DTW2[/quote:foug1ahm]\n\n\nIt feels like there\'s a disturbance in the Force...\n\n\n\n[i:foug1ahm]Is this Crossada, with a new name and address? [/i:foug1ahm] \":shock:\"','c48c2b437386c84b74ac7e16fdea7fbb',0,'oA==','foug1ahm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358602,25816,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244336460,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SCOTUS nominee\'s comments "taken out of context"','[size=200:x0lzlfib][b:x0lzlfib]I think that Crossada\'s back, everyone![/b:x0lzlfib][/size:x0lzlfib]','98b133aa110886c76a2fa611f8ca4b7e',0,'RA==','x0lzlfib',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358603,25816,4,900,0,'208.7.93.63',1244336706,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SCOTUS nominee\'s comments "taken out of context"','[quote:1m4wbm7m]Proud Publishers of Fake News since 2005[/quote:1m4wbm7m]\n\nBefore anyone starts taking these comments seriously, always check the source.','16ba5b216f0b1ed2dcd18490378db935',0,'gA==','1m4wbm7m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358604,25818,2,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244337202,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','deadtotheworld2','I think this account might bear watching. The posting style is starting to look like Crossada and the IP addresses, while not an exact match, do belong to the same ISP as a fair number of his old posts.','c42684119b66e5c8cd9f483d30cad87c',0,'','18sa5zm9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358605,25818,2,9,0,'68.183.65.102',1244337239,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: deadtotheworld2','I was just thinking the same thing after looking at some of his posts. \":P\"\n\nviewtopic.php?f=4&t=25808&p=358596#p358596','f6755c13514c9cc4cfa390aee9bf91c5',0,'','lnq0upu0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358606,25816,4,9,0,'68.183.65.102',1244337340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SCOTUS nominee\'s comments "taken out of context"','[quote="Brother Grimace":3ovo363v][size=200:3ovo363v][b:3ovo363v]I think that Crossada\'s back, everyone![/b:3ovo363v][/size:3ovo363v][/quote:3ovo363v]\n\nIf it is crossada under a new name (not saying it is), you would think he\'d have learned to adopt an entirely different persona to blend in... \":?\"','8592fe3331c5a8215f20f4b5712882f8',0,'xA==','3ovo363v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358607,25818,2,9,0,'68.183.65.102',1244337476,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: deadtotheworld2','Richard, I don\'t know if you\'ve done it yet, but we could ask Deref for crossada\'s IP info.\n\n"Deadtotheworld" would make sense as a handle for him, given that\'s what he so often claims he is on the SFMB.','ccbbce17515d35030813e658a83ee50a',0,'','2uscxhdf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358608,25818,2,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244337527,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: deadtotheworld2','[quote="Kara Wild":2q46ndm0]Richard, I don\'t know if you\'ve done it yet, but we could ask Deref for crossada\'s IP info.\n\n"Deadtotheworld" would make sense as a handle for him, given that\'s what he so often claims he is on the SFMB.[/quote:2q46ndm0]\n\nI haven\'t yet, I just noticed it myself when BG sent me a PM about today\'s posts.','5043f5662ae0ba95807c77674a113458',0,'gA==','2q46ndm0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358609,25818,2,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244337708,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: deadtotheworld2','Looking closer, the ISP matches the one Crossada used for his last posts.','39b691fd1eccf5ca271e0c91b689cfd7',0,'','3lm3fv1q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358610,25818,2,9,0,'68.183.65.102',1244337886,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: deadtotheworld2','[quote="RLobinske":16nh9i5e]Looking closer, the ISP matches the one Crossada used for his last posts.[/quote:16nh9i5e]\n\nWell, well, well... what to do. Confront him in a PM?','1c9cac05dd324b9aeb68913ddc888be0',0,'gA==','16nh9i5e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358611,25818,2,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244337980,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: deadtotheworld2','[quote="Kara Wild":3opsl9pf][quote="RLobinske":3opsl9pf]Looking closer, the ISP matches the one Crossada used for his last posts.[/quote:3opsl9pf]\n\nWell, well, well... what to do. Confront him in a PM?[/quote:3opsl9pf]\n\nMight as well.\n\nGoing by the IP addresses, that ISP uses dynamic addressing so there are dozens of individual IP addresses that his account has used from that ISP.','856d4f37b845385d51b8920b5a36f881',0,'gA==','3opsl9pf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358612,25818,2,9,0,'68.183.65.102',1244338472,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: deadtotheworld2','[quote="RLobinske":230970se][quote="Kara Wild":230970se][quote="RLobinske":230970se]Looking closer, the ISP matches the one Crossada used for his last posts.[/quote:230970se]\n\nWell, well, well... what to do. Confront him in a PM?[/quote:230970se]\n\nMight as well.\n\nGoing by the IP addresses, that ISP uses dynamic addressing so there are dozens of individual IP addresses that his account has used from that ISP.[/quote:230970se]\n\nLet\'s see: "We have evidence to suggest that you are the same person we banned from the message board several months ago. We will delete your account immediately unless you provide evidence that you are a different person from Crossada." Too harsh? The question is, how could he provide convincing evidence that he [i:230970se]isn\'t[/i:230970se] Crossada?','d0eb40e22716430c973ad891b5dfae61',0,'oA==','230970se',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358613,25806,3,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244338823,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The completely random post thread XVI - it\'s alive!','[quote="Brother Grimace":4nt2ogwi][quote="Derek":4nt2ogwi]Big day for Tux: [pic][/quote:4nt2ogwi]\nTux and TAG will rock out to this at the graduation party:\n[url:4nt2ogwi]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2s8DSh55Hw&feature=related[/url:4nt2ogwi][/quote:4nt2ogwi]\nI don\'t get it. What does this have to do with sex?','882b625a874af26c326fc66587fa72c5',0,'kA==','4nt2ogwi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358614,25808,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244339055,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','[quote="deadtotheworld2":18ldx07l] \":words:\" [/quote:18ldx07l]\nKind of sounds like the C. Someone ask him about his mattress. Dervish? You there?\n\n\n\nI don\'t have a problem with conservative viewpoints like AJ\'s and CAP\'s because they express themselves reasonably and coherently in accordance with the laws of logic. You can read what they say and come away with something worth thinking about.','0d48017232ef311e4f72019a0f6b3d37',0,'gA==','18ldx07l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358615,25818,2,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244339153,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: deadtotheworld2','I would suggest something like:\n\nYour writing style, posting style and the subject matter of your posts are suspiciously similar to that of Crossada75, someone that was banned several months ago. We also have other evidence that you are the same person.\n\nAre you Crossada75?','6416f070bbfda7d77d7c4a24891cd1fb',0,'','2x2gkdvn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358616,25816,4,323,0,'70.145.5.93',1244339210,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: SCOTUS nominee\'s comments "taken out of context"','[quote="Brother Grimace":3n2x3d15][size=200:3n2x3d15][b:3n2x3d15]I think that Crossada\'s back, everyone![/b:3n2x3d15][/size:3n2x3d15][/quote:3n2x3d15]\nLet\'s all make sure we wash after using the computer, mm\'kay?','098deda651eac886b57e4e12e6518d2b',0,'xA==','3n2x3d15',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358617,25818,2,9,0,'68.183.65.102',1244339273,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: deadtotheworld2','[quote="RLobinske":2648roy6]I would suggest something like:\n\nYour writing style, posting style and the subject matter of your posts are suspiciously similar to that of Crossada75, someone that was banned several months ago. We also have other evidence that you are the same person.\n\nAre you Crossada75?[/quote:2648roy6]\n\nThat works. And if he ignores it?','74950087420775717f615916bb1d578a',0,'gA==','2648roy6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358618,25816,4,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244339435,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SCOTUS nominee\'s comments "taken out of context"','It\'s good to know that someone else cares for news that are unencumbered by the facts. I mean, come on people all this "fair and balanced" stuff was getting way boring.','76f79bd8660cfe948024b4a1bcae53f0',0,'','3ow7qdps',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358619,25818,2,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244339496,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: deadtotheworld2','I think we need to ask Deref about his recent IP addresses to see if any match. If they do and the posting style continues, especially if he shows his regular troll behavior, be prepared to delete or ban the account.','838ad8db90df4486fa80c6ce36300aba',0,'','37yuhj4f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358620,25818,2,9,0,'68.183.65.102',1244339594,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: deadtotheworld2','[quote="RLobinske":tjsxkno4]I think we need to ask Deref about his recent IP addresses to see if any match. If they do and the posting style continues, especially if he shows his regular troll behavior, be prepared to delete or ban the account.[/quote:tjsxkno4]\n\nYeah, I sent him a PM on SFMB. If you haven\'t done that as well, maybe you could PM him here. That way, we\'ll be covered no matter where he is. \":)\"','b523e704eb69ad0a354797ec59671775',0,'gA==','tjsxkno4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358621,25818,2,276,0,'68.59.52.11',1244339856,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: deadtotheworld2','I\'ve sent a PM to Deref here asking him to check the IPs.','8733c41b1af738c0f61016afcb9ef115',0,'','26ou6gyq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358622,25332,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1244339961,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Expecting Trouble Pt 6','[quote="The Angst Guy":3uctlh7e][b:3uctlh7e]TAG[/b:3uctlh7e]: [[i:3uctlh7e]scowls, digs toe in the dirt[/i:3uctlh7e]] It was all right, I guess. I mean, the angst was, you know, pretty good, even without radiation poisoning or the sun going nova or anything, or a comet hitting the ocean, classic stuff that I would have added. Maybe something with swine flu, I dunno. [sighs] I guess I\'d better go back and write some more angsty stuff and see if anyone likes it. [[i:3uctlh7e]kicks pebble, grumbles to self[/i:3uctlh7e]] Maybe I\'ll write something with REAL angst. That would show \'em. They\'ll be sorry. Angstium. Huh. I\'ll show \'em Angstium. Yeah, I\'ve got their Angstium right here. Damn straight. I\'ll be right back.[/quote:3uctlh7e]\n\n\n \":shock:\" \n\n\nOne thing you gotta say about TAG... [i:3uctlh7e]he\'s a man of his word. [/i:3uctlh7e]','5cb29f61836280daea6ce324f21ad809',0,'4A==','3uctlh7e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358623,25818,2,9,0,'68.183.65.102',1244340008,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: deadtotheworld2','[quote="RLobinske":1n2zm4fq]I\'ve sent a PM to Deref here asking him to check the IPs.[/quote:1n2zm4fq]\n\nExcellent. \":)\"\n\n\nNow the question is... how many more aliases could he be hiding...?','90cb6c05e2c0f35b5978a0c7f749100f',0,'gA==','1n2zm4fq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(358624,25808,4,846,0,'187.131.216.154',1244340014,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: BREAKING NEWS: Scientists say conservatives get grossed out!','I still can\'t get used to the "liberal" and "conservative" labels. They are just so... absolute. I would think I\'m socially liberal and fiscally conservative, but that wouldn\'t be exactly right either. But then again, two of those parameters are completely random and the other two completely irrelevant. So conservatives are squeamish and tidy? Way to stereotype some. I guess that liberals are dirty hippies then. And since I\'m neither of those things apparently I politics just don\'t fit me.','c0b2b29812095bd3ab1f79ddf674370e',0,'','2elg3thi',1,0,'',0,0,0); INSERT INTO `phpbb3_posts` VALUES (395616,26447,6,994,0,'68.189.140.4',1265869574,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: M4 (Series Thread)','Deodora\n~An M4 series fic~\n\n"Why are we doing this again?" Sandi Griffin griped for the ninth time in as many minutes.\n\n"Because it\'s fun?" Stacy Rowe asked her.\n\n"Because you made the tactical error of having me choose the activity?" Chris O\'Connor said. Sandi choked back a half-laugh. She could her the grin in his voice. It was hard not to; his voice conveyed such things quite well.\n\nCurrently, the trio were seated some miles distant from one another. They were connected in a game of The Elder Scrolls Online, which- at Chris\' insistance- they\'d settled on after Stacy and Sandi had been unable to agree on any other game, electronic or otherwise.\n\n"I\'m serious! This armor is [i:3btm8sdi]hideous[/i:3btm8sdi]!" Sandi groused.\n\n"Function over form is how Tamriel works, Sandi. Besides, if you think this is bad, you should\'ve seen what some of the armor did in Morrowind. Talk about inconsistant...[i:3btm8sdi]Guh[/i:3btm8sdi]..." Chris\' Kahjit warrior turned this way and that on her screen. She knew he was looking for creatures to slay, but it struck her as very cat-like in behavior. She let herself chuckle and try to enjoy it. It was hard to even let that happen. She wasn\'t in control, and that sat wrongly with her. She forced her feelings down, and let Chris take lead.\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\nStacy winced at Sandi\'s griping. It was a wince she\'d hidden when Sandi had suggested the idea. After all, her friend was one of the most domineering people she knew. Right after Sandi\'s own mother, Linda. She forced her train of thought back to the game when her headset began to relay the crunching sounds of characters being chewed on. She quickly dispatched the thing with a mutter of [i:3btm8sdi]"Stupid netch"[/i:3btm8sdi], and flung a fireball, knocking another one away.\n\n"Oi! OI! In over my head!" Chris called out. Stacy groaned, flicking her mouse to the side. Sure enough, one Kajhit in bronze-colored armor was surrounded by Netches on all sides.\n\n"Why is he in charge again?" Sandi asked.\n\n"He\'s got the highest level. Supposedly, that means he\'s the most experienced." Stacy replied, doing what she could to free Chris\' trapped character. Sandi\'s spellsword nibbled away at the pack where she could.\n\n"You could\'ve fooled me," Sandi replied. It was a tone of voice Stacy was familiar with, one where Sandi was frustrated to the point of nearly gnashing her teeth.\n\n"Would it help if I said I\'m sorry for this?" Chris inquired as his own character waded in.\n\n"NO!" both girls replied.\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\nIn a second-story bedroom that finished the triangle of players, Chris O\'Connor grimaced sheepishly, even though he knew full well the girls wouldn\'t see the expression. He sipped from his drink, set it back on the nightstand, and started to mop up the last few netch. "Okay. I\'ll take none of the spoils," he said at last. "No items, no gold."\n\n"And you pack mule all the netch meat and eggs back you can carry so we can sell it," Sandi said flatly. "There\'s a belt I saw at the market that would look lovely with the clothes I have."\n\n"You heard her," Stacy chimed in. \n\nChris groaned. "All right, all right. Why are we playing this again?"\n\n[i:3btm8sdi]"Because you chose it!"[/i:3btm8sdi] came the chorused reply.','19b27efc349377895615a737da3cd871',0,'IA==','3btm8sdi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395617,28229,6,249,0,'82.24.218.72',1265869756,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It\'s All About The Intention','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18973:ky2jtjdo]Actually, this follows an entirely different story.[/url:ky2jtjdo]','55a932707c289e58971ba33eeca0b9ef',0,'EA==','ky2jtjdo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395618,27761,6,972,0,'99.227.130.51',1265870769,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Regifted 2: I Put Away Joyless Things (Ch. 4)','[b:21g5pvcl]Ch. 4 J\'accuse[/b:21g5pvcl]\n\n“...and so when some new evidence came out exonerating Monsieur Dreyfus...”\n\n“Um...Daria,” Stacy said timidly.\n\n“What?”\n\n“What does ex-on-er-ating mean?”\n\n“Well...let\'s say that you stole something.”\n\n“W-why would that happen?”\n\n“It\'s just make believe,” Daria said wearily.\n\n“Okay.”\n\n“Let\'s say that you stole something and your best friend was accused of doing it.”\n\n“Oh, no! Not Quinn! Anything but that.”\n\n“If you confessed to the crime, that would [i:21g5pvcl]exonerate[/i:21g5pvcl] Quinn, and she would be free to go.”\n\n“Can we break now, Daria, please,” Stacy said, agitated. “I need some air.”\n\n[i:21g5pvcl]I guess I should know better than to use a hypothetical,[/i:21g5pvcl] Daria thought.\n\n“Fine,” Daria said, rubbing her eyes out of both physical and mental agitation. “You can have a break until I manage to put in some eyedrops without blinking.” \n\n“I know. I hate it when my makeup runs.”\n\n“That\'s the risk you take when you wear as much makeup and do as much physical activity as me,” Daria deadpanned.\n\n“But you don\'t...” Stacy started to say, before catching the sarcasm. “I mean, what\'s wrong, then?”\n\n“Contact lenses: they irritated my eyes.”\n\n“I didn\'t know that you wore contact lenses.”\n\n“I didn\'t. Not until today.”\n\n“Trying something out with a new group? I\'ve always thought it might be fun to try something new with a new group of friends; project more confidence, command respect instead of seeming weak, be my own person instead of having to do other people\'s dirty work.” Stacy\'s rhetoric boiled past casual conversation levels.\n\n“Uh...are you alright?”\n\n“What?...Oh...Uh...Yeah, sorry. So, you\'re trying something new out?”\n\n“Stacy, not that it\'s any of my business, but if Sandi bothers you this much, why do you hang around with her?”\n\n“Well, she\'s president of the Fashion Club and thats where all the cute, popular people are.\n\n“Y\'know, popularity isn\'t everything.”\n\n“Well, who else am I supposed to hang out with? You? The geeks? Brooke? Why would I do that? It\'s not like popularity doesn\'t matter at all; you\'re even trying the contacts thing.”\n\n“That\'s not for popularity reasons. They\'re for driving.”\n\n“Then why did you change the subject when we were talking about them?”\n\n“Because you exploded with pent up rage in my room and against my better judgment I thought I would show some concern.”\n\n“I don\'t know whether I \'exploded\'. I just thought that they would make you look nicer, which is something that\'s not really like you and it just reminded me of what I don\'t like about me. Anyway, if they were for driving, why are you wearing your glasses for me when, from the looks of your eyes, you were wearing contacts all day? I thought I shouldn\'t care about what other people think.”\n\n“I didn\'t have my glasses with me today. I left the contacts in so I could see. I put on my glasses when I got home because my eyes were burning. I don\'t understand why you\'re having so many problems with this, anyway. If you can argue with me like this, why can\'t you stand up to Sandi? And why are you so fixed on this point, anyway?”\n\n“I don\'t know. You don\'t scare me like Sandi or even Quinn does. You just don\'t seem to understand how things work, like we\'re playing different games. You\'re just some weird girl with glasses.”\n\n“So, basically, you\'re used to me and I\'m no threat to you, so you can stand up to me. Well, Sandi\'s not really any threat to you either. She can\'t hurt you in any way that a couple years and some therapy can\'t fix.”\n\n“But that\'s the whole point. She seems threatening. You could be threatening too, if you wanted to be. A little lipstick, some blush, maybe some leggings; how do you feel about eggshell?”\n\n“They were [i:21g5pvcl]just[/i:21g5pvcl] for driving. I prefer to stay away from jerks. Pandering to them only makes them worse. We\'ll cover Neville Chamberlain in a few weeks, or so. You\'ll see what I mean. Now get out of here before my eyes fall out.”\n\n“Ewww...”\n\n* * *\n\n“So, what do you think?” Jane asked.\n\n[i:21g5pvcl]Here goes nothing,[/i:21g5pvcl] Ryan thought as he puzzled over the piece. It was quite different from what art of hers he\'d seen before. More De Stijl and not so much de Kooning. [i:21g5pvcl]Best to praise her for trying something.[/i:21g5pvcl]\n\n“It\'s great,” said Ryan. “You\'re not limiting yourself to one style. You can explore form and shape outside of your normal paradigm of symbolism and shock.”\n\n“If I wanted pretentious fawning praise, I would have bribed the New Yorker.”\n\n[i:21g5pvcl]Crap! Time for damage control.[/i:21g5pvcl]\n\n“I guess I may have laid it on a little thick.”\n\n“Any thicker and you\'d have to go into politics. What do you really think?”\n\n“It\'s really very good. Why don\'t we go out and celebrate?”\n\n“Sure, but tell me what you [i:21g5pvcl]really[/i:21g5pvcl] think.”\n\n“What do you want me to say?”\n\n“You really don\'t get me, do you?”\n\n“This is all rather trite for you. The girl claiming the guy doesn\'t get her.”\n\n“Why can\'t you just do that?”\n\n“Do what?”\n\n“I\'m not some girl making impossible-to-understand demands. I just want to know what you really think.”\n\n“Fine.” Ryan was fed up. “It\'s okay, but it\'s not your style. It seems sort of uninspired.”\n\n“And that\'s what I thought about it, too. Was that really so hard?”\n\n“I don\'t get it: sometimes you bite my head off for lying and sometimes for telling the truth. I can\'t win.”\n\n“I have people dismissing me all day; I just want you to be here with me and to be an actual person. It\'s not that hard.”\n\n“I just can\'t seem to peg you.”\n\n“Pegs are the whole problem.”\n\n“Then I guess I shouldn\'t bring up what I wanted to do later.”\n\n“Oh, shut up,” Jane said, when this was, in fact, the first time she didn\'t want him to shut up since he came over.','d1f3b7cef565f72afd3acfadd106c723',0,'YA==','21g5pvcl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395619,27581,5,545,0,'65.221.65.178',1265872193,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The ten coolest weapons in entertainment','[quote="RLobinske":1imt8cta]Come on, nobody mentioned the Mobile Infantry armor from [i:1imt8cta]Starship Troopers[/i:1imt8cta]?[/quote:1imt8cta]\n\nI was going to mention it awhile back, but Aloysius beat me to it, and added a dig against the movie, as well. It\'s on page one.\n\n\nOne of the coolest weapons in entertainment, to me, is the Green Lantern Ring.','9350407fbfea3c9813abba78fe17caac',0,'oA==','1imt8cta',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395620,27761,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265872377,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted 2: I Put Away Joyless Things (Ch. 4)','Oh, to be a student at that school, where I would make their lives hell for being such asshats... and I really can\'t wait until these bitchy little character assassins have to deal with someone who\'s just going to beat the brakes off them, and then dare them to cry.','e91d26c315464140306dcb85bc3e5633',0,'','3uhgg9vk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395621,28240,10,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1265873717,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Something Different','A challenge as part of a group I joined.\n\nEach week 5 shapes are given and you have to create characters from them\n\nhttp://pinkminx09.deviantart.com/art/DA ... -153668825','6025892e1122f83024fec37c20a4258f',0,'','183p79qq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395622,28239,3,114,0,'210.9.140.101',1265875589,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Girl beaten while security guards watch...','[quote="Brother Grimace":3o6fkb46][quote="MJPollard":3o6fkb46]What really saddened me is this more-than-familiar comment:\n\n[quote:3o6fkb46]The girl, who is black, also told the detective that the altercation began at a nearby department store, where some in the group made threatening comments that she had "nice things" and that she acts "white."[/quote:3o6fkb46]\n[color=#0000FF:3o6fkb46]Translation: you\'re only a "true black" if you\'re poor, have no nice things, and have to scrape and scrounge just to live (or start running with the "gangstas"). [/color:3o6fkb46] It\'s a sickening attitude that\'s been commented on more than a few times by columnists such as Leonard Pitts, and does nothing except perpetuate the very conditions that poor, inner-city blacks constantly complain about.[/quote:3o6fkb46]\n\n\nOne of these days, I\'ll treat you to a beer, and tell you some stories about people who subscribe to that mindset, regardless of color, that\'ll make you want to slap some people. I still remember how the comments on how \'I must have grown up among White people\' because of how I speak... and the time I lost a job because the person (who had spoken to me at length over the phone and really liked me) was shocked to discover that I was Black when we met in real life. \n\nMy mother would also tell me stories on how she would make calls for family members and friends to enroll them in community activities, classes and so forth because they had found that \'classes would be full\' if the others called, because they had traditionally Black qualities in their voices.[/quote:3o6fkb46]\nSigh. We\'ve got a long way to go.','ca01edf85f0b1bce300eb12ef64e9470',0,'gg==','3o6fkb46',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395623,28241,3,995,0,'112.141.89.84',1265876788,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','SSW: TV Fight Again','Me thinks that some people need help.\n\nhttp://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/101 ... v-argument','f480fef49f2cc7fb1446b5f81d6c6c30',0,'','2u4sxw1z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395624,23173,6,995,0,'112.141.89.84',1265877297,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Things Students Still Are Not Allowed To Do At Lawndale High','576: Due to events Headmaster and Godmaster Transtectors can be used as transport. Please note for Targetmaster Partners the robots can not fight each other. \n\n\n576 a:If there is a fight you must sign a form and hand it in also we do allow students to go fight since we do not want any more damage to the world.','32ffa8519e9aab3c9611cd4b5e717b24',0,'','x3l5vhrl',1,1265952851,'',995,1,0),(395625,28203,3,545,0,'65.221.65.178',1265878490,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','I used to believe that just because someone said that they were a Christian, that they would actually be nice and kind.\nI also used to believe that Christians [u:wb12o4f2]never[/u:wb12o4f2] lied. There are those who don\'t, but others make a living and a life out of their lies.\nI used to believer that teachers and the police had your best interests at heart.\n\nThe biggie, however, is...\nI used to believe that you could trust all adults to be good and decent and help you when needed.\n\nIt only took once for reality to wake me up and slap the crap out of me. It\'s been 35 years, and those incidents still have a tendancy to pop up and replay in my mind.','2e83eb24427c9e5a3529b1b1dc8b5fee',0,'AQ==','wb12o4f2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395626,28206,4,7,0,'118.210.76.76',1265878745,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The 1997 election ...','[quote="Deref":3ii44j3n][quote="The Sidhe":3ii44j3n]\nHear hear! Now if you can also get an upper house that\'s also representative, that would be a big step forward.\n\nBelieve me, I know what I\'m talking about. Queensland has had no upper house since the early part of last century and it shows in how our governments conduct themselves. But there\'s no likelihood of [i:3ii44j3n]any[/i:3ii44j3n] government of [i:3ii44j3n]any[/i:3ii44j3n] stripe even [i:3ii44j3n]considering[/i:3ii44j3n] holding a referendum to see if we should reestablish the old Legislative Council on a representative basis.[/quote:3ii44j3n]\nI\'m in two minds about that (and I should mention that our little parliament here is monocameral).\n\nI\'m not convinced that, at least at a federal level, the Senate acts as a house of review. It\'s just another political platform where party politics play themselves out without, I suspect, any benefit to anyone except its members. Whether putting an upper house back would achieve the desired effect for you (or for us) is uncertain, at best.[/quote:3ii44j3n]\nWhile it may not be working the way they told it to us in primary school, I\'m not sure that\'s such a bad thing; the present setup allows a majority party to get on with everyday government while the smaller parties\' influence in the Senate means that any proposal too obnoxious or ambitious gets slapped down.','1b58383b360063f52c0b524b612ca91a',0,'oA==','3ii44j3n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395627,28203,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265879724,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','Perhaps an appropriate additional question for this would be \'When/how did reality catch up with you in relation to what you posted for your answer to the first question?\'','0777f7d9df8ba51645d875f3aaad19db',0,'','1c2wmh3o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395628,28231,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1265880574,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WHO Freakin\' DAT! Part 1','Sounds like it made Mardi Gras just that more enjoyable. Which is an achievement in itself, given that Mardi Gras is [i:1iq682rt]easily[/i:1iq682rt] in the Top Five Street Parties Of The World.\n\nBG [i:1iq682rt]may[/i:1iq682rt] disagree with me on the following, but I\'d say that it\'s easily pipped by Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, and probably on the same level as [url=http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/area.asp?id=4:1iq682rt][i:1iq682rt]Carnivale[/i:1iq682rt][/url:1iq682rt] in Venice. More energetic, in its own way, but on the same level. \n\nStill, I wouldn\'t mind being able to go to all three.','7612626955b30f4bb7a699dd183a309c',0,'MA==','1iq682rt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395629,28225,11,1000,0,'220.253.46.196',1265881229,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','Personally, I think (given canon events) Daria would wait for Jane to get married first then... Ohhh, too soon? Well anyway.. I haven\'t read FiC but i feel that, if it were the path the author wishes to take, then there\'s nothing that can be said or done. Daria doesn\'t seem the type of character to have sex without curling into a ball of angst, let alone tying herself to someone forever... then again, forever is a very flexible term nowadays.\n\n...\n\nEr, summed up. Daria, to me, doesn\'t seem the type to get married before the age of 25. If an author/artist feels differently, then that\'s fine. No one complains about all my Daria/Everyone so I won\'t complain either.','350556e1d2b16517c0ab0d5e88e581c6',0,'','3pd8vtik',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395630,28306,5,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265881277,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening To Now? - February Edition','[quote="MJPollard":3oj8n18f]Enigma\'s [i:3oj8n18f]Love Sensuality Devotion[/i:3oj8n18f] (a "greatest hits remix" of Enigma\'s first four albums) is currently making the rounds on my MP3 player. Just the thing to relax me after a tense afternoon gettting several teeth drilled. \":(\"[/quote:3oj8n18f]\n\nI love that album. It\'s soooooo relaxing.\n\nRight now, I\'m listening to [i:3oj8n18f]Killer Klowns from Outer Space[/i:3oj8n18f], by "The Dickies", which must be one of the funniest songs ever wrote. And it was the main theme of an even [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Klowns_From_Outer_Space:3oj8n18f]funnier movie.[/url:3oj8n18f]','2620cf3335e6be91a8aaf5caf69165cf',0,'sA==','3oj8n18f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395631,28216,16,1000,0,'220.253.46.196',1265881383,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: So how many of these people are regulars here?','Wow, 44 reviews and all five stars! That\'s pretty neat... though, to be expected; it\'s Daria after all!','e861f4ff1ad88ac61a52ddeb77f3017d',0,'','2xkk44sh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395632,28234,5,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265881657,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sarah Drew on Grey\'s Anatomy','Now that you mention it, I saw her in the chapter of Supernatural of two weeks ago, as the "girl-next-door" love interest of an idiotic, nerdy teen warlock. Lovely, as usual.','174c679ab22b0c1693f45a68e66142ca',0,'','1890cug3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395633,20867,5,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265881835,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What games are you playing?','[quote="SigDiff":ztktxoka]You mean the mining mini-game? There\'s no need to hoard, just mine on an as-needed basis.[/quote:ztktxoka]\n\nYeah. My tactic was to buy the maximum of probes, look for a "Rich" planet (they tend to be little and rocky) and then apply corporative logic. That\'s right: spoiling it to the bone. \":mrgreen:\"','2b16ba7d11c57893226ad7f16287016e',0,'gA==','ztktxoka',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395634,28203,3,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265882701,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','When I was a kid, I used to believe all my family got along. Then I heard things.\n\nAlso, in those years, I was also a fervient believer in Sick Sad World crap. UFO\'s, occult sciences, licanthropy, Batboy, all that kind of BS. I blame "The-X-Files" and all the pseudosciences magazines I used to read (Funny enough, my other favorite magazine when I was a child was the most important scientific Spanish magazine of the time). I still like that kind of things, but in a ironic, self-conscious way.','46929257b77ed9dd78a10f1c5f0c3561',0,'','37julxqk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395635,28172,6,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265884846,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Fight Like Hell (Updated 2/10)','What a funny coincidence! I was hearing [url=http://www.goear.com/listen/83135d8/insanity-oingo-boingo:29yf9ct7]this song[/url:29yf9ct7] when I read this new part. And it fits so well!','5e4ae36b14ec1e17a67bc49f76c9fd99',0,'EA==','29yf9ct7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395636,28226,4,39,0,'92.25.250.107',1265887441,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Judges to Government: justice trumps "special relationship"','[quote="Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for President Barack Obama":3410bida]As we warned, the court\'s judgment will complicate the confidentiality of our intelligence-sharing relationship with the UK, and it will have to factor into our decision-making going forward.[/quote:3410bida]\n[i:3410bida]Oops. We\'re really sorry about this separation of powers and rule of law thing we do. It\'s a habit we got into, and we know we\'ve been lax about breaking ourselves of it. It\'s not like we weren\'t trying: we got rid of habeas corpus and abolished the office of Lord Chancellor. It\'s a start, right? Right? Hello?\n\nDammit, the hotline just stopped working. Or there\'s nobody there the other end.[/i:3410bida]\n\nAs for the allegations that one or more MI5 officers failed to report crimes against the former captive\'s person, a police enquiry continues.\n\nMartin.','fab35d6a73fb829d0cc409d8d2a78dfc',0,'oA==','3410bida',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395637,28225,11,276,0,'205.188.117.8',1265888207,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','[quote="Jim North":vjcdsrcg][quote="RLobinske":vjcdsrcg]It stayed internal because Tom was emphatically nonromantic while dating her.[/quote:vjcdsrcg]\nOne of the reasons Tom was emphatically non-romantic while dating her was [i:vjcdsrcg]because[/i:vjcdsrcg] her romantic streak was internalized. It just happened to also suit him fine because he wasn\'t much into that stuff either.[/quote:vjcdsrcg]\n\nHowever, it was Tom\'s chivalric touches in "I Loathe a Parade" that helped begin Daria\'s attraction to him. If he had tried, he probably would\'ve been able to bring it out in Daria. He simply didn\'t want to try. That\'s a recipe for his failure with Daria, but doesn\'t exclude anyone else.\n\nI think the big difference is that you are seeing Daria as much colder and emotionally crippled that I do. If that portrayal isn\'t in the Dariawiki as a trope, it should be. I see her has very cautious, but not cold to those important to her. \n\n\n[quote:vjcdsrcg][quote:vjcdsrcg]But in this case, it is a reasonable point in context.[/quote:vjcdsrcg]\nNot in the context of whether Daria herself would marry early or not, where I and a couple others already said it seems fairly irrelevant whether or not [i:vjcdsrcg]other[/i:vjcdsrcg] people marry young. I only responded to BG\'s post there to clarify a different point, which we have settled.\n\nSo, thanks for the link, but I wasn\'t [i:vjcdsrcg]actually[/i:vjcdsrcg] asking. [img:vjcdsrcg]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/esn1g/Smilies/jim_wink01.gif[/img:vjcdsrcg][/quote:vjcdsrcg]\n\nWhile you made comments to that effect, multiple people were coming across as arguing that Daria wouldn\'t marry early because it was so rare among younger people today. I was addressing the general argument and pointing out that it\'s not as rare as had been presented. \";)\"\n\nI think that some have missed the point that there are subgenerational changes in society and what is happening to college graduates of 2010 is not necessary what was going on with college graduates in 2003.','720085a6e228036823e8fc78cf3834dd',0,'qA==','vjcdsrcg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395638,28220,4,276,0,'205.188.116.203',1265888674,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Report a bad apple only if you can do the time','[url=http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/02/report_a_bad_doctor_to_the_authorities_g_2.php:3850mltm]And it keeps getting worse.[/url:3850mltm]\n\nThe American Association of Physicians and Surgeons is about as deep into crankery as you can get. And people wonder why I have so little respect for their most high-profile member, Ron Paul.','c65be8102140e169503fc8c891df21b7',0,'EA==','3850mltm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395639,28242,10,572,0,'70.180.201.113',1265890722,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Wide Sketch is Wide','I started sketching Daria in my style last night, then went on to Jane, then sorta got carried away after that. Not sure if I\'ll "finish" it at a later date but it was fun while it lasted. \";)\"\n\n[url=http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a217/enigmawing/darialong33.jpg:3hn89kb2][img:3hn89kb2]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a217/enigmawing/darialongprev.jpg[/img:3hn89kb2][/url:3hn89kb2]\n\nDone on my Wacom tablet in Photoshop. Click on the pic to see a larger version. Hope you like! \":)\"','a0955da6bc69b139d2c04ac7b74b1110',0,'GA==','3hn89kb2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395640,28214,10,572,0,'70.180.201.113',1265891072,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria of Today?','Thanks for all the wonderful feedback, it means a lot! I\'ve really needed some practice with the pen tool and it was great fun to work on this piece. \":)\" \n\n[quote="Quiverwing":10vgq2bx]It looks great! I\'d pay you to teach me how to colour my drawings.[/quote:10vgq2bx]\n\nThanks! Do you have Photoshop? I certainly wouldn\'t mind posting a tutorial or two. \":D\"\n\n[quote="The Angst Guy":10vgq2bx][[i:10vgq2bx]dances around the room in his underwear[/i:10vgq2bx]]\n\n \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:10vgq2bx]\n\nUm, nice to know I\'ve inspired some underwear dancing. \";)\"','e47debda59b45238d5cfa0b7f4ed5a5a',0,'oA==','10vgq2bx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395641,28236,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1265892440,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 1)','[quote="MJPollard":23l4tp1y][size=200:23l4tp1y][b:23l4tp1y][i:23l4tp1y]D[u:23l4tp1y]E[/u:23l4tp1y]MARTINO! NOT D[u:23l4tp1y]I[/u:23l4tp1y]MARTINO! D[u:23l4tp1y]E[/u:23l4tp1y]MARTINO!!![/i:23l4tp1y][/b:23l4tp1y][/size:23l4tp1y]\n\n(This is not anger. This is frustration...[/quote:23l4tp1y]\n\nOf course it is. (Steps back slowly) \":mrgreen:\" \n\n<[s:23l4tp1y]O'Neill[/s:23l4tp1y]O\'Niel>Venting feels good, doesn\'t it?</[s:23l4tp1y]O'Neill[/s:23l4tp1y]O\'Niel>\n\nKristen','5f029d699a796537ebf04f76a338de08',0,'5QQ=','23l4tp1y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395642,28242,10,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1265892561,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','They\'re all so cute! Including Andrea! Um, you know she\'s going to kill you for that, right? \";)\" \n\nKristen','6bc99cbbec692f1e4c4401a68f3a49d7',0,'','1ynk62f5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395643,5992,6,356,0,'58.169.241.245',1265892620,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sarcasm at 1600 (After nearly a year, Chapter 16!)','Soooo....is this story dead and buried?','ae92f6ae40434de4615a48af225654b3',0,'','e2pa2hze',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395644,28240,10,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1265892662,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something Different','Oh, that\'s neat! It makes me wish I could draw so I could try that.\n\nNice pictures! I really liked the dragon. \":)\" \n\nKristen','c8f2bd23f4f935af3e108d8b6072f32c',0,'','5xz7f4el',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395645,5992,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1265892765,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sarcasm at 1600 (After nearly a year, Chapter 16!)','[quote="Jonathan D. Parshall":1e8xt185]Soooo....is this story dead and buried?[/quote:1e8xt185]\n\nMaybe he\'s waiting for the [i:1e8xt185]actual [/i:1e8xt185]2024 election to take place? Y\'know, to find out if Daria wins or not. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','1c1077b9e6880f139664f1e0a58f0f13',0,'oA==','1e8xt185',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395646,28218,3,81,0,'80.5.88.69',1265894616,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 2 years....','I shall play [i:36fyoi0s]Led Zeppelin IV [/i:36fyoi0s]tonight in his honour. \n\nAbout a year ago I started being able to play that LP without immediately thinking of him.','cd4ddd8008d431d3f89f6fc5ff838ad8',0,'IA==','36fyoi0s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395647,28164,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1265895002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Question 4 Mods: How many of us?','[quote="HeirOfNorton":3mojhqr3]I would also wonder if "Last Active" includes site [i:3mojhqr3]visits[/i:3mojhqr3], or just site [i:3mojhqr3]posts[/i:3mojhqr3]. If it only counts posts, then it would leave out lurkers like myself. According to a quick search this is my first post since september ([i:3mojhqr3]whoa[/i:3mojhqr3]), but I visit the site nearly everyday, mostly Creative Writing.\n\n(And I really do need to finish that damn fic...)[/quote:3mojhqr3]\n\nLast active is site visits, not posts. We have several lurkers who regularly visit but never post.','f9f7225a4c920551abb7102888354a77',0,'oA==','3mojhqr3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395648,28236,6,65,0,'173.13.28.177',1265895338,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 1)','[quote="Kristen Bealer":1e9q6z9n][quote="MJPollard":1e9q6z9n][size=200:1e9q6z9n][b:1e9q6z9n][i:1e9q6z9n]D[u:1e9q6z9n]E[/u:1e9q6z9n]MARTINO! NOT D[u:1e9q6z9n]I[/u:1e9q6z9n]MARTINO! D[u:1e9q6z9n]E[/u:1e9q6z9n]MARTINO!!![/i:1e9q6z9n][/b:1e9q6z9n][/size:1e9q6z9n]\n\n(This is not anger. This is frustration...[/quote:1e9q6z9n]\nOf course it is. (Steps back slowly) \":mrgreen:\" [/quote:1e9q6z9n]\n[i:1e9q6z9n](lunges against his restraints, screaming incoherently about misspelled words and penguins)[/i:1e9q6z9n]','5cffc5902622f4672bf20799c1b0ab5f',0,'5Q==','1e9q6z9n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395649,28225,11,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1265895472,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','I think I\'m also approaching this from the viewpoint of having the good luck to know a fascinating and broad group of people who have been involved in many different relationships. Young, old, straight, gay or lesbian, polyamorous, married, not married, and so on. I\'ve seen enough successful and unsuccessful relationships that I\'ve learned that life can and will surprise you. There are no simple rules or observations. Even people that you think of as cold and the least likely to find someone, can.','0cf80cacc9ce4f74c073a690df9f467c',0,'','111e7hwa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395651,28216,16,65,0,'173.13.28.177',1265895711,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: So how many of these people are regulars here?','[quote="Vlora":f8nhcxfx]Wow, 44 reviews and all five stars! That\'s pretty neat... though, to be expected; it\'s Daria after all![/quote:f8nhcxfx]\nConsidering that all of those reviews (including mine) are praise for the series and/or bitching about the lack of it on DVD. \":mrgreen:\"','bfed4bb4d964c7dc5612e7dc9caf05bc',0,'gA==','f8nhcxfx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395652,27917,6,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1265896387,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/9/10)','[quote="Jim North":1dbl7c7b]Once they had gone through, pushing the gravcart in front of them, it thudded shut, blocking them off from an easy escape.\n\nAs expected, there were no human security checks beyond the door, but that was where DENA\'s intel had ended. They had no idea why there were only automated security systems inside and had been lucky to scam entrance IDs from the system without putting up any red flags, so they hadn\'t pushed their luck any further.[/quote:1dbl7c7b]\n\nWell, that doesn\'t sound ominous [i:1dbl7c7b]at all[/i:1dbl7c7b]. Really.\n\nWhere\'s my popcorn? \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','4d001ff73304bad08dc4c0491027205b',0,'oA==','1dbl7c7b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395654,28225,11,260,0,'68.162.163.139',1265897993,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','[quote="Quiverwing":29i10yqc][quote="RLobinske":29i10yqc][quote="Quiverwing":29i10yqc][quote="RLobinske":29i10yqc]One thing I\'ve learned is that there is no predicting when a person will find someone. Some sooner, some later, and usually when they least expect it. \";)\"[/quote:29i10yqc]\nIn a world like ours at a time like [i:29i10yqc]this[/i:29i10yqc], it\'s later rather than sooner. \n\nAnd Richard, how many times do we have to tell you? You\'re the [i:29i10yqc]exception[/i:29i10yqc], not the rule! \":)\"[/quote:29i10yqc]\n\nI\'ll admit to being at the sooner end of the spectrum, but I\'m not the [i:29i10yqc]only[/i:29i10yqc] one around here. \":D\"[/quote:29i10yqc]\nOkay. You and...probably one or two people. \";)\"[/quote:29i10yqc]\n\n(Raises hand, continues reading)\n\nPeace\nKevin','b35a00318f6010bbd6d97dd431beec96',0,'oA==','29i10yqc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395655,28166,3,894,0,'110.55.180.158',1265899447,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Checking In! :D It\'s 2010 and I\'m good to go!','Thanks guys! \":D\"','9a9f5092b5684e5e3c1e4164955170ed',0,'','39qjcwv3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395656,28173,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265900568,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Palin to Tea Baggers - "It\'s Revolution Time!"','[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100211/us_time/08599196356400:1ybhhn37]Sad. Just... sad.[/url:1ybhhn37]\n\n\n[quote:1ybhhn37][i:1ybhhn37][color=#0000FF:1ybhhn37]Palin hits the same mystic chords as Clinton. A woman who goes to war against the 19-year-old boy who knocked up her daughter and then posed for Playgirl is far more comprehensible to most Americans than deficit spending is. In her Fox interview with Chris Wallace the day after her Nashville speech, Palin said she\'d been focusing more on "current events" since she quit as governor of Alaska. She quickly corrected herself and said "national issues," but she probably shouldn\'t have: current events is American for "policy."[/color:1ybhhn37][/i:1ybhhn37][/quote:1ybhhn37]\n\n\n\n \":bang:\"','11f4ed38df29c63ed766e4046ee93ef7',0,'sg==','1ybhhn37',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395657,28236,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265900816,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 1)','[quote="MJPollard":1asemrjb][quote="Kristen Bealer":1asemrjb][quote="MJPollard":1asemrjb][size=200:1asemrjb][b:1asemrjb][i:1asemrjb]D[u:1asemrjb]E[/u:1asemrjb]MARTINO! NOT D[u:1asemrjb]I[/u:1asemrjb]MARTINO! D[u:1asemrjb]E[/u:1asemrjb]MARTINO!!![/i:1asemrjb][/b:1asemrjb][/size:1asemrjb]\n\n(This is not anger. This is frustration...[/quote:1asemrjb]\nOf course it is. (Steps back slowly) \":mrgreen:\" [/quote:1asemrjb]\n[i:1asemrjb](lunges against his restraints, screaming incoherently about misspelled words and penguins)[/i:1asemrjb][/quote:1asemrjb]\n\nAh! Prepping for your stumping speech at the next local Tea Party rally?\n\n(steps back, enjoys the show)','ba0f5c32966babc4206dd37ce27521f3',0,'5Q==','1asemrjb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395658,28152,6,694,0,'98.221.80.242',1265901103,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: Chapter 31 - TATBTBAHB (Part 4)','Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine:\n[quote="HolyGrail2007":23s8a9wd]It was truly a great [color=#FF0000:23s8a9wd]segway[/color:23s8a9wd] into his upcoming birthday in a few days.[/quote:23s8a9wd]\nWhat constitutes a great segway? A seatbelt? I feel as if this should be a segue into a joke somehow...\n\nAs for the rest, \":shock:\" BG, I\'ve got some spare crystals if you need them.','99aa9a2511fffd66c638c2a4cfc88c7c',0,'gg==','23s8a9wd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395659,28172,6,87,0,'4.152.165.189',1265901172,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Fight Like Hell (Updated 2/10)','Makes me wonder if the Jake who took her for the ride in the first place might have been the \'Fake-Jake.\'','4a762039b11091c12251f35129309650',0,'','mnhb083t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395660,28203,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1265901658,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','[quote="Raskolnikov":24dq0bpk]I was also a fervient believer in Sick Sad World crap. UFO\'s, occult sciences, licanthropy, Batboy, all that kind of BS. I blame "The-X-Files" and all the pseudosciences magazines I used to read.[/quote:24dq0bpk]\nI know exactly how that feels. My best friend and I find ourselves laughing about that quite often. We grew up watching The X-Files and when we were kids we used to create all kinds of conspiracy stories in our heads. We say the show brainwashed us at that point. But we remember that quite fondly. We had so much fun. \":D\"','d4f06ef78265c22566a922db26d63612',0,'gA==','24dq0bpk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395661,28236,6,65,0,'173.13.28.177',1265901849,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 1)','[quote="Brother Grimace":38s7501m][quote="MJPollard":38s7501m][i:38s7501m](lunges against his restraints, screaming incoherently about misspelled words and penguins)[/i:38s7501m][/quote:38s7501m]\nAh! Prepping for your stumping speech at the next local Tea Party rally?\n\n(steps back, enjoys the show)[/quote:38s7501m]\nYou betcha! Nuthin\' I enjoy more\'n\'a good teabaggin\'!\n\n\n\nWaitaminute...','33a176f7c467663d2988524e11fff57e',0,'oA==','38s7501m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395662,28214,10,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1265901868,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria of Today?','[quote="enigmawing":zqafjjx8]Do you have Photoshop? I certainly wouldn\'t mind posting a tutorial or two. \":D\"[/quote:zqafjjx8]\nPlease! I\'m downloading the CS4 version. I\'m extremely busy this month, but I\'m sure I\'ll find some time to check it out. \":)\"','b3fe2ede155023e6bddc4acf477f5c91',0,'gA==','zqafjjx8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395663,27941,10,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1265901913,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Mr. and Mrs. Sloane (revised)','[quote="minx":2kus7dni]If you do get Photoshop heres a group on DA that have some really helpful tutorials and resources http://masterphotoshop.deviantart.com/gallery/[/quote:2kus7dni]\nThanks! I\'m currently in the process of getting Photoshop. I\'ll check it out. \":)\"','7c864dd6dbd680109bb5dc4b32e2e20a',0,'gA==','2kus7dni',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395664,28240,10,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1265902067,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something Different','Looks like a fun challenge! Wish I had the time! \":)\"','14d778081227d3df214474737c27491d',0,'','ulxgwb5g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395667,28236,6,1017,0,'71.224.0.215',1265904047,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 1)','(Part 2)\n\n“Finn!” Jane called. Finn quaked in his sneakers. She was speaking to him? What did this mean.\n \n“Hello.” Finn’s voice cracked a bit. \n \n“I wanted to say I felt like an ass for not showing up at your birthday. I just had a lot of stuff on my mind.” Jane answered. Her bluntness calmed Finn down just a little bit. \n \n“Oh, well, if you weren’t feeling up to it, I certainly wasn’t going to force you to come.” Finn answered.\n \n“I wanted to paint you something, but everything I painted ended up being too depressing even for me.” Jane remarked.\n \n“Jane, you’ve painted pictures of people drowning in tidal waves.” Finn pointed out.\n \n“That’s what I said.” Jane remarked. “I was going to tell you that I got accepted to an art colony’s summer program. I leave this weekend.”\n \n“Trent’s going to be all right by himself?” Finn asked.\n \n“You’d be surprised what you can scrounge if you’re that hungry. Still, I’ll consider vaccinations before I go home.” There was silence between the two of them.\n \n“How’s Tom?” Jane asked.\n \n“We’ve barely spoken. I saw him on my birthday and that was it. He and Daria...well, I don’t know what they’re doing.”\n \n“You’ve been avoiding Daria?” Jane asked.\n \n“Haven’t you?”\n \n“Not as completely as you. She’s been following me around.”\n \n“Little bitch.” Finn spat out. To his surprise, Jane did not chastise his language. It was rare, if ever, when he spoke of Daria to Jane, as he knew it would make her uncomfortable. \n \n“I’m looking forward to the art colony. Two months doing nothing but living my dream.”\n \n“Crammed into a wooden cabin with people who have poor hygiene. Aren’t these camps just, like, sex ed?”\n \n“Jealous, Finn?” Jane teased, and Finn found himself uncomfortable. This was that flirting that drove Tom to Daria. The body language, the suggestive words. All of it was there. And Finn realized he had not spoken to Jane about the breakup. But she did ask him about Tom. What did that mean? \n \n“Well, I’m glad you’re doing something you’re enjoying.” Finn replied earnestly. “I like seeing you happy.”\n \n“I should call in favors from my mom’s commune friends more often. Here.” Jane handed Finn a folded piece of paper.\n \n“I wrote down the address of the place.” Jane explained. “So, if you want, you can come for a visit. I can always use a visit from a friend.”\n \n“I’ll keep that in mind. But I’ve got summer plans too. I’m thinking of, well, a tutor.”\n \n“A tutor?” Jane remarked with disbelief.\n \n“Keep it down!” Finn hushed her. “If this got out...”\n \n“Sorry.” Jane apologized. “Well, if you want one, go for it. What brought this about?”\n \n“College. They look at the junior year, supposedly.”\n \n“Wish I had known that.” Jane remarked.\n \n“What college are you looking at?” \n \n“Art schools.” Jane answered. “Hopefully I can get some good stuff here.”\n \n“Jane Lane, ambition?” Finn teased.\n \n“Drop it.” She replied in a low, but playful voice. \n \n“[i:2ltmh4km]And there’s that flirting again[/i:2ltmh4km].” Finn thought. \n\n \n“Hey, Finn!” A familiar voice called over to him. Finn turned around to see Mack walking over, Jodie in tow. \n \n“Hey, dude, what’s up?” Finn asked pleasantly.\n \n“Yearbooks.” Mack handed him two yearbooks, presumably his and Jodie’s. \n \n“No prob.” Finn smiled. “What are you guys doing for the summer?” Finn asked pleasantly. Jodie rambled off a list of things as Finn worked on signing her yearbook. Volunteer work, two internships, golf lessons, and the list went on. \n \n“That’s a lot of ammo.” Finn commented. “Golf lessons?”\n \n“My parents are trying to get into Winged Tree Country Club.” Jodie volunteered.\n \n“Oh, I know that place, Tom’s mom is on the board.” Finn blurted out.\n \n“Tom Sloane? Jane’s boyfriend?” Jodie asked. Finn realized that Jodie wouldn’t have known of the whole sordid affair. He kept his mouth shut about it.\n \n“What about you, Mack?” Finn asked, desperate to change the topic. \n \n“Driving an ice-cream truck?” Mack delivered flatly.\n \n“Dude.” Finn replied sympathetically. That had to be pretty humiliating. \n \n“I owe my dad some money, so I’m paying him back.”\n \n“That shows some killer integrity, man.” Finn praised.\n \n“I am proud that you’re doing that.” Jodie agreed. \n \n“Yo!” Familiar voices called over to Finn again. His buddies all came over, yearbooks in hand.\n \n“[i:2ltmh4km]I should have brought a table[/i:2ltmh4km].” Finn chuckled to himself. \n \n“So, Finn, what are you planning this summer?” Mack asked. \n \n“Not a whole lot.” Finn answered. “Stay on my workout, ball with the guys. Get a tutor.” Finn said in a hushed tone the last part of the sentence.\n \n“Really?” Jamie remarked with as much disbelief as Jane.\n \n“That’s a good idea, Finn.” Mack remarked. \n \n“I know someone. Would you like me to give her your number?” Jodie asked.\n \n“No thanks.” Finn remarked. “I’ll find one on my own. How hard could it be?” Finn remarked.\n \n“Well, call me if you want to change it. Just leave a message if I don’t answer.” Jodie remarked.\n \nThe rest of the guys seemed to be puzzling what Finn had mentioned, and said nothing else.\n \n“Well, I should get going. Enjoy yourselves, call me if you want to go out and have fun.” Finn handed yearbooks back to their respective people, and darted off. \n\n \nWith court wrapping up much earlier than she thought, Helen headed home earlier than she usually would. In truth, she was glad for it. With what had been going on between her two children, she wanted to be around in case they needed her. She knew that Finn, for the longest time, had always felt isolated and apart from his mother, but the lesson she learned at the retreat wasn’t to just spend time with Finn, but not to assume her position as mother granted her the unilateral love and respect from her children. \n \nAfter her conversation with Finn, she had told Daria that both of her excuses were not very legitimate. Jane’s treatment of Tom may truly have been deplorable, but that had nothing to do with Daria. And Finn, well, there was even less excuse there. Daria was always too willing to blame Finn for her problems. \n \nWhen Helen arrived home, she found Finn in the kitchen, looking through the phone book. \n \n“Good afternoon, Finn.” Helen greeted warmly. \n \n“Hi.” Finn did not look up from the phone book. He appeared to be frustrated, so he clearly wasn’t finding what he was looking for.\n \n“Finn, what are you looking for?” Helen asked pleasantly. Helen did want to ask her children what their plans were for the summer. There was no way they were going to sit around and do nothing. \n \n“I’m looking for a tutor. I can’t find any in here!” Finn commented.\n \n“A tutor?” Helen remarked. Of all the things she expected her son to say, that was not one of them.\n \n“Oh!” Finn looked just as surprised as Helen was. \n \n“Finn, that’s a wonderful idea.”\n \n“Thanks.” Finn replied sourly. \n \n“What’s so bad about it?” Helen asked. Finn didn’t answer.\n \n“I’m just doing this to get me into Keystone State. This isn’t about becoming a brain. I\'m not turning into Daria.” Finn answered. Keystone State was a school that Helen knew. It was about it’s football team, first and foremost. Finn could get a decent job there, but it wasn’t a school like Crestmoore or Bromwell. It was better than Middletown, but not by much. \n \nHelen thought of lecturing her son about getting a better school, but let it slide for now. Let him get the tutor first and get his grades up. Better grades meant more options would be feasible, and it would be more prudent to deal with it then.\n \n“Why are you looking in the phone book for a tutor?” Helen asked.\n \n“Where else would I look? It’s not like I looked for a tutor before. If you want to find something, you look in the phone book.”\n \n“Finn, a tutor is not a pizza.” Helen remarked. “Why don’t you let me find one for you? Jasmine has been seeing a tutor, why don’t see if he’s available?” \n \n“Well, alright.” Finn sighed. “I need a nap.” Finn shut the phone book and put it away. Helen didn’t even have time to speak to him about Tom and Jane. Helen could feel his bleeding-raw bitterness over the whole ordeal, but there was something different in addition. Finn was really depressed over the whole ordeal, and Helen didn’t know why. She did know that Finn would never answer her if she asked him about it. She had to figure out just what was wrong. \n\n \nSchool ended on a Wednesday, so while the children were sleeping in, Helen was still headed to work bright and early. She didn’t miss summer break, she was always so bored with it, but it must have been nice at that age. \n \nHelen looked over a few depositions, but found her mind drifting back to her children. This whole kiss incident was pretty tough on them, and Helen worried she wasn’t there for them as much as she could.\n \n“[i:2ltmh4km]I suppose all parents feel this way[/i:2ltmh4km].” Helen thought. A blessing and a curse. \n \nHelen sighed as she picked up the depositions and started to head towards Eric’s office. She had to pass through the reception area to reach it. Helen found that the receptionist was gone, and, waiting in the front office was a young girl. \n \nShe was slightly older than her children, maybe nineteen or twenty. Thin girl, rather pretty. She wore glasses and had long blonde hair. She looked at Helen, but did not speak. The expression on her face told Helen that the girl was expecting someone else.\n \n“Where did the receptionist go?” Helen thought to herself.\n \n“Have you been helped?” Helen asked pleasantly. No reason to ever show a client, even a young one, bad manners. \n \n“I’m here for my Uncle...sorry, I’m here for Gregory Riordan.” The woman answered directly. Greg Riordan was a senior partner at the firm, and was probably even more capable than Eric was when it came to workplace issues such as discrimination. Every time someone didn’t get a promotion, it always turned into a race or gender thing, and Greg stopped those predatory opportunists every time. \n \nBut Helen hadn’t worked very much with him. Did he have a niece? He did have a younger brother with a family, but Greg had no children of his own. \n \n“I don’t know if he is in.” Helen remarked. “Your name is?”\n \n“Sierra.” The girl answered. “Sierra Riordan.”\n \n“I’m Helen Morgendorffer.” Helen dispensed pleasantly.\n \n“Oh, I’ve heard your name from Uncle Greg. The new partner, right?” \n \n“Newest. I’ve been partner for a few months now. I’m sorry I don’t know more about you.”\n \n“It’s okay.” Sierra replied. “If you spoke to my uncle, he’d just tell you I play the violin. Never mind that I’ve been Dean’s List four semesters straight and counting. He just loves that...” \n \n“Dean’s List?” Helen questioned. “That’s quite impressive.”\n \n“Thanks.” Sierra remarked.\n \n“What brings you here?” Helen asked.\n \n“I was hoping to get a summer job.” Sierra answered. “College has been out for a month now and all the places around here do the whole minimum wage crap. I got books to buy.” \n \n“Hmmm...” Helen started to think. Sierra was certainly an outspoken woman, and Dean’s List? She certainly was bright. \n \n“What college are you in?” Helen asked.\n \n“I go to Pacific, up in New York.”\n \n“That’s a good school.” Helen praised.\n\n“I wanted Crestmoore, but they wait-listed me. I kept trying, but I think I’d like Pacific better.” \n \n“[i:2ltmh4km]And smart too[/i:2ltmh4km].” Helen thought. She was going to talk to Eric about David Sorensen, the tutor that was working with Jasmine. But this pretty, smart girl? Finn would respond very well to such a tutor.\n \n“You know, Sierra, my son is looking for a tutor, and you’re a bright girl. How would you like to make some extra money.”\n \n“Money talks.” Sierra remarked. “Tell me more.”','d5b2d8bffae77f58b6158f250a5577dd',0,'IA==','2ltmh4km',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395669,28242,10,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265905551,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','Woa... they\'re all so... proportioned.\n\nWhat the hell, they are [i:j9n0cvls]cute[/i:j9n0cvls]. Damn cute. Cute enough to make my eyes ache!','e97849c8f429e1f7480e7c9a387b6d60',0,'IA==','j9n0cvls',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395670,28236,6,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265906586,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 2)','Holy crap. This is so fast it\'s starting to be frightening. \":shock:\"','8262d85b93b7560774ccf563afeb335d',0,'','2u1bkb7a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395671,28203,3,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265906640,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','[quote="Quiverwing":54r0vgxd][quote="Raskolnikov":54r0vgxd]I was also a fervient believer in Sick Sad World crap. UFO\'s, occult sciences, licanthropy, Batboy, all that kind of BS. I blame "The-X-Files" and all the pseudosciences magazines I used to read.[/quote:54r0vgxd]\nI know exactly how that feels. My best friend and I find ourselves laughing about that quite often. We grew up watching The X-Files and when we were kids we used to create all kinds of conspiracy stories in our heads. We say the show brainwashed us at that point. But we remember that quite fondly. We had so much fun. \":D\"[/quote:54r0vgxd]\n\nYeah, exactly like that. \":D\" Except, um, for the best friend part.','f159833ebcdcd4d9d0a655bbc6c87bc9',0,'gA==','54r0vgxd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395672,28236,6,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1265906775,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 2)','Uh oh...are we about to add yet another dimension to the [s:h97n5cxy]triangle square pentagon hexagon[/s:h97n5cxy]I don\'t even know anymore? \":shock:\" \n\nWell, just as long as Tom and Finn end up together.\n\nKristen','88103ab747b4c2d165d2fac97bae9ac9',0,'AAQ=','h97n5cxy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395673,28225,11,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265907542,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','[quote="RLobinske":168l9se9]I think the big difference is that you are seeing Daria as much colder and emotionally crippled that I do. If that portrayal isn\'t in the Dariawiki as a trope, it should be. I see her has very cautious, but not cold to those important to her. .[/quote:168l9se9]\n\nWell, obviously I\'m mixing personal experience in this, but in my dictionary, a person who avoids deliberately human contact, so fearful of rejection that prefers to avoid any kind of contact to prevent any disapponitment, that literally says she\'s horrified at the prospect of physical intimacy... that sounds quite emotionaly crippled to me.\n\n[quote="RLobinske":168l9se9]I think I\'m also approaching this from the viewpoint of having the good luck to know a fascinating and broad group of people who have been involved in many different relationships. Young, old, straight, gay or lesbian, polyamorous, married, not married, and so on. I\'ve seen enough successful and unsuccessful relationships that I\'ve learned that life can and will surprise you. There are no simple rules or observations. Even people that you think of as cold and the least likely to find someone, can.[/quote:168l9se9]\n\nTell me your secret!','459d312d67be5673707e62eaec2c6245',0,'gA==','168l9se9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395674,28168,6,1003,0,'198.86.93.254',1265907641,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','[quote="Greystar":uc2e3qo8]Mayor of the City of Lawndale, Angela Li looked at the open metal box with the electronic lock for a moment, then removed the bit of folded paper within it. With a raised eyebrow, she carefully unfurled the parchment and revealed a message that was printed over a map of the City of Lawndale\'s Power Supply Center.\n\n"Imprortant instructions for exit," Mayor Li read the neat, large faced type.\n\n"Mayor of Lawndale.\n\n"Two hundred years have elapsed since the implementation of Project Lawndale. We, the Builders, have deemd this period of time sufficent for habitable conditions such that could support life. It is time to lead the citizens of Lawndale back into the world. This is your solemn duty. This box contains one of two key cards necessary for activation. The other key card is already in your possession."\n\nLi glanced down the list of instructins that followed the short message. In the box was a large, clear card with the image of the Power Supply Center logo etched into it. The card was a twin to the one she wore around her neck as a symbol of her office.\n\n"Humph," Li grunted to herself as she walked over to her office shredder. "If those fools thought that I\'m going to give all this up just to lead everyone out into the middle of oblivion, they\'re out of their minds."\n\nA moment later, the shredder made a loud grinding noise as both key card and paper were sliced up into small bits.\n\n"Daria!" Li shouted to her assistant. "Come in here and take this trash to the incenerators."[/quote:uc2e3qo8]\n\nI would like some more of this please. Assuming that this rather inauspicious start doesn\'t doom ALL of Lawndale to oblivion in the dark at least.','0e84ee3e0ce88ae3c409c38df4bdce45',0,'gA==','uc2e3qo8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395675,28225,11,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1265908232,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Vlora":3i0u071t]Personally, I think (given canon events) Daria would wait for Jane to get married first then... Ohhh, too soon?[/quote:3i0u071t]\n\nI\'m curious as to what brought you to that conclusion \":)\"\n\n[quote:3i0u071t]Well anyway.. I haven\'t read [i:3i0u071t]FiC[/i:3i0u071t]...[/quote:3i0u071t]\n \":shock:\" \n\nGo remedy that ASAP, you won\'t be sorry \":)\"\n\nStart with [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2288975/1/:3i0u071t][u:3i0u071t]The Last Summer[/u:3i0u071t][/url:3i0u071t]. then move on to [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/search.php?plus_keywords=falling%20into%20college&minus_keywords=&categoryid=38&genreid=0&subgenreid=0&languageid=0&censorid=0&statusid=0&type=story&match=&sort=&ppage=1&characterid=0&subcharacterid=0&words=0:3i0u071t][u:3i0u071t][i:3i0u071t]FiC[/i:3i0u071t] and it\'s associated sidestories[/u:3i0u071t][/url:3i0u071t]\n\n[quote:3i0u071t]Daria doesn\'t seem the type of character to have sex without curling into a ball of angst, let alone tying herself to someone forever... then again, forever is a very flexible term nowadays.[/quote:3i0u071t]\n\nwait... what?\n\n[quote:3i0u071t]Er, summed up. Daria, to me, doesn\'t seem the type to get married before the age of 25. If an author/artist feels differently, then that\'s fine. No one complains about all my Daria/Everyone so I won\'t complain either.[/quote:3i0u071t]\n\nI agree that under general circumstances I don\'t see her getting married before 30 unless Cupid shows up from Holiday Island with a backpack love nuke. however, love/attraction is rarely predictable and can lead to some pretty out of the norm behavior (like our erudite, poker faced heroine becoming tongue-tied/turning into a radish at the mere sight of a certain slacker musician on occasion). The right guy, at the right place, at the right time, with the right approach...','0d96e4528c7c18867f4d151ac34e1c78',0,'sQ==','3i0u071t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395676,27574,6,1003,0,'198.86.93.254',1265908427,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: More Crossovers Not Yet Crossed Over','This isn\'t [i:2viz6wir]quite[/i:2viz6wir] significant enough to give its own thread, so I figured I would just post it here. I\'m not sure how far I\'m going to be going with this as I\'m not sure how much justice I can actually give the source material. I\'m also not very satisfied with my writing in this, so it might just stay in my \'openings never continued\' file.\n\nSome wiki\'s to the source material:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar_tonelic ... _of_Elemia\n\nI\'ve always rather enjoyed this series, as it has some nice sci-fi elements, but is still campy and funny, even if unintentionally.\n\nThis ficlet occures [i:2viz6wir]centuries[/i:2viz6wir] before any of the games do.\n\n////////////////////////\n\nDaria Morgendorffer in:\n\nDaria the Reyvateil\n\n////////////////////////\n\nLawndale’s newest residents, the Morgendorffers, were enjoying the first quite day they since moving into town. School started on Monday, but with unpacking mostly finished the Morgendorffer matron had declared that it would be a night for relaxation. \n\nEach Morgendorffer settled into things. The youngest, Quinn, was organizing her closet and going over her ‘first impression’ outfit what must have been the fortieth time. Whatever Helen Morgendorffer had planned was interrupted by a phone-call from her new workplace. Daria Morgendorffer had settled outside in the family’s new backyard with a book, that’s when she discovered what her father, Jake Morgendorffer, had planned to do with his time.\n\nDragging out a rather battered grill, Jake grinned at his oldest daughter as he set up the grill. “Hey kiddo. I was going to cook us up some burgers for dinner tonight, what do you say to that!”\n\nDaria stood carefully and approached her father’s side. “I think I can survive it, but I think one of your bricks is out of place.” \n\n“They’re called briquettes, Daria.” Jake said who double checked the he had placed the charcoal briquettes [i:2viz6wir]just[/i:2viz6wir] right. \n\nDaria returned to her seat and continued to read. A few minutes later, her father had gone in and out of the house twice, gone into the garden shed once, and searched the area around the grill three times.\n\n“Kiddo, have you seen the lighter fluid?” Jake asked.” I could have sworn I bought a great big can of it when I got the charcoal.” \n\n“I don’t think so.” Daria said while getting up. She gave the barely visible can a swift kick to knock it further under the deck. “Maybe you’re thinking about that last time you grilled in Highland, the one where the first grill melted?”\n\n“It was very unfair that your mother forbid grilling for three months,” Jake grumbled. “It wasn’t [i:2viz6wir]my[/i:2viz6wir] fault that stupid grill was defective. And I only used half that bottle of lighter fluid that Jack gave me.”\n\n“Wasn’t Jack’s house destroyed when his [i:2viz6wir]illegal[/i:2viz6wir] fuel refinery [i:2viz6wir]exploded[/i:2viz6wir]?” Daria asked.\n\n“That was just bad luck on ol’ Jack’s part. At least nobody was hurt.” Her father said as he waved off Daria’s question. “Too bad I don’t have any of Jack’s Number 2 Special right now. I’m not going to get dinner on the table in time without something. Say, Daria I don’t supposed you’d . . . you know for me?”\n\n“Mom would throw a fit if she found out.” Daria pointed out.\n\n“So we won’t tell her.” Jake wheedled. “Come on Daria; help your old man out?”\n\nDaria sighed; she had seen this coming when she hid the lighter fluid. “I’m not even sure I can connect this far north Dad. Give me a moment, okay?”\n\nNod waiting for her father’s confirmation, Daria turned to face a precise direction. She didn’t need a compass to guide her; all she had to do was listen to the hum in her mind. \n\nOpening her mouth, a Daria sung a command in a language that sounded it belonged more in a church rather then in the backyard of a suburban home. \n\n<<Exec_SignalStrength –priority_low –return_loadstatus –return_bandwidth>>\n\n“That always sounds so beautiful when you do that, kiddo.” Jake commented.\n\n“It does sound that way,” His daughter commented while waiting for results. “But only if you translate it. Converting Hymmnos runes directly into English letters make it sound like computer code.”\n\nSeveral thousand kilometers away a massive, but still incomplete, tower responded to a legitimate user request. Half a world away, Daria felt the Tower’s reply in the section of her mind reserved for it. Daria felt both of her eyebrows rise as she contemplated the results.\n\n“Something wrong kiddo?” Jake asked, concerned.\n\n“No,” Daria said haltingly, “my connection to the Tower’s a lot better than I expected it to be this far north.” Daria shrugged her shoulders, “The maximum power output is down, and broadcast efficiency is low, but I can still use all the codes I know.” \n\nJake brightened, “Then you can light the grill?”\n\nDaria suppressed a chuck at her father’s enthusiasm. “Yes; and hopefully without melting it this time. But just in case, why don’t you go stand over by the door.”\n\nAfter making sure her father was out of the line of fire, Daria carefully considered exactly what she need to start the charcoal without damaging the grill. Finally deciding on the parameters needed, Daria opened her connection to the proto-tower and sung her command.\n\n<<Exec_firebolt –priority_low –maxcap_30 –autorun>>\n\nWithin seconds of singing the last of the musical code, the charcoal burst into gentle flames. Seeing that the grill hadn’t melted into an unrecognizable lump like the last time she had tried to light one, Daria let out the breath she was holding.\n\nJake quickly went to examine his newest grill. “Perfect shot, kiddo.”\n\n“Just consider it part of the Reyvateil service package.” Daria deadpanned.\n\n“Will do, kiddo.” Jake said, oblivious to his daughter’s tone of voice. “Could you go tell your mother dinner will be ready in an hour?”\n\nAt the mention of her surrogate mother, Daria made a face. It wasn’t that she didn’t love the infertile woman who had given birth to her, but ever since Daria’s connection to the Tower opened and she became a Reyvateil Daria had been getting mixed signals from the woman she called mother.\n\n“If she’s not still on the phone with work.” Daria said, putting her bookmark in place and heading into the house.\n\nNot finding her mother in the kitchen Daria headed upstairs to her parents’ rooms. Passing her sister’s, bedroom Daria peaked in. Technically, Quinn was her half-sister, with only a connection through their father. Despite this, and though she would rather have teeth pulled than admit it, Daria cared for her half-sister. Seeing Quinn discarding yet another rejected outfit onto her bed Daria wondered why.\n\nBoth of their parents had breathed a large sigh of relief when Quinn did not manifest a tattoo the same way Daria had when she turned eleven. The lack of a data port ‘tattoo’ meant that Quinn was not a Third Generation Reyvateil like Daria and would not experience the negative effects of being one. \n\nKnocking and entering her parents’ bedroom Daria found her mother working on a crossword puzzle.\n\n“Dad says dinner will be ready in an hour.” Daria said.\n\nHelen sighed and looked up. “What did he decide to cook?”\n\n“Burgers; don’t worry I hid the lighter fluid.”\n\nThe Morgendorffer matron smiled at her surrogate daughter. “Thank you very much Daria. I suppose I’ll put an order in for pizza in a couple of hours after Jake fails to light . . . .” Helen trailed off when she noticed her daughter’s face. “You lit it for him.”\n\nThe Reyvateil shrugged. “I was careful, nothing but the charcoal caught fire and the grill is fully intact. No offense, but both Quinn and I are getting a little tired of pizza.”\n\nHelen smiled even as she sighed. “I’ll admit that I am too, honey. I’ve just been too busy to prepare anything this week and Jake’s attempts to cook for us . . .”\n\nBoth Morgendorffer women shuddered at the memories.\n\n“Dad does grill fairly well.” Daria offered.\n\n“True,” Helen granted, “but his history with grills surviving him is a little spotty. I suppose as long as you are [i:2viz6wir]careful[/i:2viz6wir] you can help your father out by lighting the grill for him.”\n\n“How about a deal?” Daria began. “I’ll light the grill whenever Dad wants, and we don’t have pizza again for at least a month. And could we at least [i:2viz6wir]try[/i:2viz6wir] a different brand of lasagna?”\n\nHelen thought for a moment before replying. “Deal. But I reserve the right to tell Jake that he can’t grill [i:2viz6wir]every[/i:2viz6wir] night.”\n\n“Agreed,” Daria allowed. \n\n//////////////////////////','a0d087f9e22ea2bd44d1c662d37ce955',0,'IA==','2viz6wir',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395677,28225,11,885,0,'207.119.43.94',1265908911,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="RLobinske":jzjotecl]However, it was Tom\'s chivalric touches in "I Loathe a Parade" that helped begin Daria\'s attraction to him. If he had tried, he probably would\'ve been able to bring it out in Daria. He simply didn\'t want to try. That\'s a recipe for his failure with Daria, but doesn\'t exclude anyone else.[/quote:jzjotecl]\nHowever, it was Daria not letting Tom know that she wanted those romantic touches every once in a while in Sappy Anniversary that showed that he didn\'t even try to continue them because [i:jzjotecl]she[/i:jzjotecl] had led him to believe they weren\'t important to her [i:jzjotecl]at all[/i:jzjotecl]. Attempts made by both him and herself to get her to externalize that desire ended up in an entire episode that was the equivalent of pulling teeth one at a time. \n\n[quote:jzjotecl]I think the big difference is that you are seeing Daria as much colder and emotionally crippled that I do.[/quote:jzjotecl]\nI never said that, nor is that necessarily the case. I only say "necessarily" because I don\'t know exactly how cold or emotionally crippled you might see her, so I can\'t judge whether I think she\'s more so or not. In any case, we have both been talking completely in degrees of cautiousness here as far as I\'ve been aware. Both of those things can indeed contribute to that cautiousness (and probably do in the latter case . . . personally I\'ve never seen Daria as being cold at all to people she cares for, only for those she doesn\'t), but you don\'t have to be emotionally crippled to be the type that takes smaller steps forward than the rest of the world, and you don\'t have to be cold to want to hold off on marriage.\n\n[quote="RLobinske":jzjotecl]I think I\'m also approaching this from the viewpoint of having the good luck to know a fascinating and broad group of people who have been involved in many different relationships. Young, old, straight, gay or lesbian, polyamorous, married, not married, and so on. I\'ve seen enough successful and unsuccessful relationships that I\'ve learned that life can and will surprise you. There are no simple rules or observations. Even people that you think of as cold and the least likely to find someone, can.[/quote:jzjotecl]\nI\'ve known a very broad range of relationships, too, m\'man. My great-grandparents were happily married for 60 years or so. My roommate is polyamorous. I\'ve got a buddy who\'s been divorced a few times, and another who\'s been married since we got out of high school. I\'ve known people who ask other people out all the time, and I know a guy who only ever asked one woman out in his entire life (oh, wait . . . tha\'s me!). And so on.\n\nAnd I\'ve found that while life may indeed throw you the occasional twist or turn, while there are no [i:jzjotecl]simple[/i:jzjotecl] rules or observations, there are still levels of probability that can be reliably counted on in many cases. Not everything in life comes out a surprise, and indeed, quite often things will turn out very close to what is expected. Our fics can let us delve into areas where things do end up with a huge surprise twist in someone\'s love life, but those twists are surprises and can make for a good story partially [i:jzjotecl]because[/i:jzjotecl] of how unlikely they are.','f1de2aaf2d56e271c93d8d779f405bbe',0,'oA==','jzjotecl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395678,28242,10,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1265909052,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','I declare this WIN.','c2e4a9d25dd04f24071b04bcaaf3f87a',0,'','2i9gy8ym',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395679,28204,16,9,0,'66.245.255.220',1265909496,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','[quote="RLobinske":1i22uvxh]Thread hijack moved over to [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=28225:1i22uvxh]here[/url:1i22uvxh].\n\nIf you know what I\'m talking about, you understand. If not, you\'re probably better off. \":lol:\" \n\nJane:Off Topic. Really off topic. Eww.[/quote:1i22uvxh]\n\nHeh. I actually think it\'s a great topic -- it just needed its own thread. \":mrgreen:\"','81d3567c3a582967b315748ac6af7c9a',0,'kA==','1i22uvxh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395680,28231,3,82,0,'98.173.237.223',1265909907,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WHO Freakin\' DAT! Part 1','My mom went to the Carnival in Rio and was disappointed. There was no physical contact between the floats and the audience (compared to NO), the parade lasts six hours, they play the same song almost non-stop and the stands where you watch this where steep and concrete. She and her sister didn\'t last two hours before they made their escape to the cruise ship. Oh and it was 9 PM, 95 degrees with 90% humidity.\n\nCarnival N\'awleanz-style is much better.\n\nDon-O','827108894de7865fd4e5fb2d1471c3e7',0,'','o7ddwpx3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395681,5992,6,36,0,'128.177.33.135',1265911421,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sarcasm at 1600 (After nearly a year, Chapter 16!)','I\'m still alive... I just kind of petered out on Daria for a while, and before I knew it a couple of years had passed. I do intend to finish what I started!\n\nWith the DVD finally coming out, I am starting to get interested again. I\'ll try to produce a chapter and see how it goes.\n\nThanks for remembering me!','71c66fba730dc24dbe3265dbe334b6e2',0,'','3bs866w4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395682,5992,6,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1265912142,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sarcasm at 1600 (After nearly a year, Chapter 16!)','[quote="Mike Xeno":ogjr0pqa]I\'ll try to produce a chapter and see how it goes.[/quote:ogjr0pqa]\n\n(Does happy dance)\n\nKristen','a20d84aebf207da16d136ebd2795048c',0,'gA==','ogjr0pqa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395683,28236,6,904,0,'68.193.59.226',1265913913,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 2)','[quote="Kristen Bealer":35oyxqdk] \nWell, just as long as Tom and Finn end up together.\n [/quote:35oyxqdk]\nTBH, when he was cursing out Daria, I thought he sounded kinda jealous... Oh, and he\'s really into fashion. And the flirting with Jane is pretty lightweight. The more I think about it, the more Tom/Finn makes sense...','9213c3c39c28c6b6b35a292d2f98e433',0,'gA==','35oyxqdk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395684,28239,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1265917019,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Girl beaten while security guards watch...','[quote="Brother Grimace":14apw6fu][quote="MJPollard":14apw6fu]What really saddened me is this more-than-familiar comment:\n\n[quote:14apw6fu]The girl, who is black, also told the detective that the altercation began at a nearby department store, where some in the group made threatening comments that she had "nice things" and that she acts "white."[/quote:14apw6fu]\n[color=#0000FF:14apw6fu]Translation: you\'re only a "true black" if you\'re poor, have no nice things, and have to scrape and scrounge just to live (or start running with the "gangstas"). [/color:14apw6fu] It\'s a sickening attitude that\'s been commented on more than a few times by columnists such as Leonard Pitts, and does nothing except perpetuate the very conditions that poor, inner-city blacks constantly complain about.[/quote:14apw6fu]\n\n\nOne of these days, I\'ll treat you to a beer, and tell you some stories about people who subscribe to that mindset, regardless of color, that\'ll make you want to slap some people. I still remember how the comments on how \'I must have grown up among White people\' because of how I speak... and the time I lost a job because the person (who had spoken to me at length over the phone and really liked me) was shocked to discover that I was Black when we met in real life. \n\nMy mother would also tell me stories on how she would make calls for family members and friends to enroll them in community activities, classes and so forth because they had found that \'classes would be full\' if the others called, because they had traditionally Black qualities in their voices.[/quote:14apw6fu]\n\nLet me put on a song by En Vogue about just that...\n\n[i:14apw6fu]Prejudice, wrote a song about it.\nLike to hear it? Here it go.\n\nI wear tight clothing, high heeled shoes\nIt doesn\'t mean that I\'m a prostitute, no, no, no\nI like rap music, wear hip hop clothes\nThat doesn\'t mean that I\'m sellin\' dope no, no, no\nOh my forgive me for having straight hair, no\nIt doesn\'t mean there\'s another blood in my heir, ya, ya\nI might date another race or color\nIt doesn\'t mean I don\'t like my strong black brothers.\n\noh la la, oh la la, oh la la, oh la la\nWhy oh why must it be this way?\noh la la, oh la la, oh la la, oh la la\nBefore you can read me you got to learn how to see me, I said\n\nFree your mind and the rest will follow\nBe color blind, don\'t be so shallow.\nFree your mind and the rest will follow\nBe color blind, don\'t be so shallow\n\nSo I\'m a sistah\nBuy things with cash\nThat really doesn\'t mean that all my credit\'s bad, oooh\nSo why dispute me and waste my time\nBecause you really feel the price is high, for me\nI can\'t look without being watched, and oh\nYou rang my buy before I made up my mind, OW!\nOh now attitude, why even bother\nI can\'t change your mind, you can\'t change my color\n\noh la la, oh la la, oh la la, oh la la\nWhy oh why must it be this way?\noh la la, oh la la, oh la la, oh la la\nBefore you can read me you got to learn how to see me, I said\n\nFree your mind and the rest will follow\nBe color blind, don\'t be so shallow…\nFree your mind and the rest will follow\nBe color blind don\'t be so shallow....Free Your mind!\n\noh la la, oh la la, oh la la, oh la la\nWhy oh why must it be this way?\nBefore you can read me you gotta learn how to see me, I said\n\nFree your mind and the rest will follow\nBe color blind, don\'t be so shallow\nfree your mind and the rest will follow\nBe color blind, don\'t be so shallow....Free your mind![/i:14apw6fu]\n\nI am of Indonesian heritage and one can see it in my face and my pitch black hair. As a result I always felt different from others. Add to the fact that my parents chose to deliberately not to teach me the local dialect of the town where I live, thinking that I would stand a much better chance in life if I spoke normal Dutch. As a result of that, I never made friends at school because most of the time I never understood what they were saying and even teachers didn\'t try to ask me why I didn\'t talk like the rest of the whole school. \n\nWhen that BS on that other forum started to happen people accused me of being gay because of me being very outspoken of using the word "Gay" in a negative context, IE: to say that something sucks. I am not gay but I still think it\'s downright repulsive to use a word that describes certain kinds of people as a degenative word. It\'s much the same if they would start saying "That\'s so Arabian" to describe when something sucks. It\'s not right.','21ba9d76b84169e0ec194319445b0e6a',0,'og==','14apw6fu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395685,28220,4,946,0,'173.64.198.244',1265917190,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Report a bad apple only if you can do the time','Thankfully, the jury wasn\'t as dumb as the Sheriff and prosecutor.\n\nNot Guilty!!!!','9bc79fe43a36279a68862aa005f77206',0,'','pcj3hx5x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395686,28204,16,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1265918364,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','Well, we could always begin the quest to get [i:2lwyhf9i]Daria [/i:2lwyhf9i]on Betamax.\n\nKristen','2a8d216261815504e368289b0dff01eb',0,'IA==','2lwyhf9i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395687,28214,10,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1265919390,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria of Today?','[quote="Quiverwing":1f0uv6kb][quote="enigmawing":1f0uv6kb]Do you have Photoshop? I certainly wouldn\'t mind posting a tutorial or two. \":D\"[/quote:1f0uv6kb]\nPlease! I\'m downloading the CS4 version. I\'m extremely busy this month, but I\'m sure I\'ll find some time to check it out. \":)\"[/quote:1f0uv6kb]\n\n\nOoh yes please- I really need to learn to use the pen tool correctly, I just cant get it to work for me.\n\n\nGreat stuff by the way, love your stuff (plus your DA gallery as well- so so good \":)\")','e8d5e99e0e6fbce13be3c470f51e0d4a',0,'gA==','1f0uv6kb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395688,28242,10,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1265919413,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','\":mrgreen:\" nice \":mrgreen:\"','cf21bb7df820f4f4d72698ec17a35cb5',0,'','p1do5cqw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395689,28216,16,129,0,'24.118.48.176',1265919772,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: So how many of these people are regulars here?','[quote="Dark Kuno":314biyr1]I doubt there are any of our crew there. It is likely fans that do not know/don\'t have an interest in fanfiction.[/quote:314biyr1]\n\nThis place wasn\'t all fan fiction when the show was on the air. And I\'ve had multiple local friends find out I write Daria fanfic that say "There\'s Daria fanfic? Really? Cool!" and they\'re not being remotely sarcastic or ironic. I\'ve been getting the steady impression Daria has far more fans than the show was ever given opportunity to formally collect.','927a925258d913757aa89dad79aa15a8',0,'gA==','314biyr1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395690,28236,6,573,0,'137.226.12.156',1265919884,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 2)','[quote="Kristen Bealer":3t2jnas5]\nWell, just as long as Tom and Finn end up together.[/quote:3t2jnas5]\nI didn\'t know it was Kristen \'Fujiyoshi\' Bealer.\n*gd&r* BlackHole','2428a2d09c388ab9dddc8d19f6033b7c',0,'gA==','3t2jnas5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395691,28225,11,276,0,'205.188.116.196',1265919975,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Jim North":2be66tya][quote="RLobinske":2be66tya]However, it was Tom\'s chivalric touches in "I Loathe a Parade" that helped begin Daria\'s attraction to him. If he had tried, he probably would\'ve been able to bring it out in Daria. He simply didn\'t want to try. That\'s a recipe for his failure with Daria, but doesn\'t exclude anyone else.[/quote:2be66tya]\nHowever, it was Daria not letting Tom know that she wanted those romantic touches every once in a while in Sappy Anniversary that showed that he didn\'t even try to continue them because [i:2be66tya]she[/i:2be66tya] had led him to believe they weren\'t important to her [i:2be66tya]at all[/i:2be66tya]. Attempts made by both him and herself to get her to externalize that desire ended up in an entire episode that was the equivalent of pulling teeth one at a time. [/quote:2be66tya]\n\nIt was 2x4 to the head obvious that such things were important to her. Which showed how clueless Tom could be at times, though that was a also good example of Daria\'s passive/aggressiveness. He accepted her explanation even though she didn\'t mean it. \n\n[quote:2be66tya][quote:2be66tya]I think the big difference is that you are seeing Daria as much colder and emotionally crippled that I do.[/quote:2be66tya]\nI never said that, nor is that necessarily the case. I only say "necessarily" because I don\'t know exactly how cold or emotionally crippled you might see her, so I can\'t judge whether I think she\'s more so or not. In any case, we have both been talking completely in degrees of cautiousness here as far as I\'ve been aware. Both of those things can indeed contribute to that cautiousness (and probably do in the latter case . . . personally I\'ve never seen Daria as being cold at all to people she cares for, only for those she doesn\'t), but you don\'t have to be emotionally crippled to be the type that takes smaller steps forward than the rest of the world, and you don\'t have to be cold to want to hold off on marriage.[/quote:2be66tya]\n\nOkay, then. However, it still doesn\'t preclude someone choosing to marry early if they find someone. Less likely, yes. but as unlikely as many seem to think, no.\n\n[quote:2be66tya][quote="RLobinske":2be66tya]I think I\'m also approaching this from the viewpoint of having the good luck to know a fascinating and broad group of people who have been involved in many different relationships. Young, old, straight, gay or lesbian, polyamorous, married, not married, and so on. I\'ve seen enough successful and unsuccessful relationships that I\'ve learned that life can and will surprise you. There are no simple rules or observations. Even people that you think of as cold and the least likely to find someone, can.[/quote:2be66tya]\nI\'ve known a very broad range of relationships, too, m\'man. My great-grandparents were happily married for 60 years or so. My roommate is polyamorous. I\'ve got a buddy who\'s been divorced a few times, and another who\'s been married since we got out of high school. I\'ve known people who ask other people out all the time, and I know a guy who only ever asked one woman out in his entire life (oh, wait . . . tha\'s me!). And so on.\n\nAnd I\'ve found that while life may indeed throw you the occasional twist or turn, while there are no [i:2be66tya]simple[/i:2be66tya] rules or observations, there are still levels of probability that can be reliably counted on in many cases. Not everything in life comes out a surprise, and indeed, quite often things will turn out very close to what is expected. Our fics can let us delve into areas where things do end up with a huge surprise twist in someone\'s love life, but those twists are surprises and can make for a good story partially [i:2be66tya]because[/i:2be66tya] of how unlikely they are.[/quote:2be66tya]\n\nI\'m sorry, but my experience has been to the opposite. Even crude levels of probability estimates can easily lead you astray. As long as those in the relationship show respect for each other and communicate...a lot of the rest takes conventional wisdom and stomps it into the ground. \";)\"','af3f0d3c48a707452362740066a9c951',0,'oA==','2be66tya',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395692,28204,16,276,0,'205.188.117.80',1265920215,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','[quote="Kara Wild":rwfgrfk2][quote="RLobinske":rwfgrfk2]Thread hijack moved over to [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=28225:rwfgrfk2]here[/url:rwfgrfk2].\n\nIf you know what I\'m talking about, you understand. If not, you\'re probably better off. \":lol:\" \n\nJane:Off Topic. Really off topic. Eww.[/quote:rwfgrfk2]\n\nHeh. I actually think it\'s a great topic -- it just needed its own thread. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:rwfgrfk2]\n\nDon\'t worry, I just couldn\'t resist using the line after I thought of it. \":lol:\"','dca56f5d27bfeac91f8db4cf6e58d6cc',0,'kA==','rwfgrfk2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395693,28236,6,276,0,'205.188.116.142',1265920888,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 2)','[quote="Kristen Bealer":20pltzed]Uh oh...are we about to add yet another dimension to the [s:20pltzed]triangle square pentagon hexagon[/s:20pltzed]I don\'t even know anymore? \":shock:\" \n\nWell, just as long as Tom and Finn end up together.\n\nKristen[/quote:20pltzed]\n\nOnly if they include Ted... \":lol:\"','e30a19a93f25241c5ca7b876bfdcbe37',0,'gAQ=','20pltzed',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395694,28216,16,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1265921140,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: So how many of these people are regulars here?','[quote="Dark Kuno":3j73aons]I doubt there are any of our crew there. It is likely fans that do not know/don\'t have an interest in fanfiction.[/quote:3j73aons]\nThey haven\'t read fanfic? [size=200:3j73aons][b:3j73aons]THEN WE MUST [u:3j73aons]FORCE[/u:3j73aons] THEM!!![/b:3j73aons][/size:3j73aons]','73c3567b00761a17c6a5737a045d7f17',0,'xQ==','3j73aons',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395695,28242,10,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1265921211,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','Where are their boobs? I can\'t see their boobs!','1849ec689d8fb973acdac0fa4e91e35e',0,'','22s0jf8t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395696,28226,4,114,0,'210.11.145.233',1265921619,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Judges to Government: justice trumps "special relationship"','[quote="MartinUK":13hb48n4][i]Oops. We\'re really sorry about this separation of powers and rule of law thing we do. It\'s a habit we got into, and we know we\'ve been lax about breaking ourselves of it. It\'s not like we weren\'t trying: we got rid of habeas corpus and abolished the office of Lord Chancellor. It\'s a start, right? Right? Hello?[/quote:13hb48n4]\nYeah - dammit - stop doing that!','54ebc4cf574c4760c37c3700e3c30bdc',0,'gA==','13hb48n4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395697,28206,4,114,0,'210.11.145.233',1265921969,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The 1997 election ...','[quote="Caira":1tq0ojl8]While it may not be working the way they told it to us in primary school, I\'m not sure that\'s such a bad thing; the present setup allows a majority party to get on with everyday government while the smaller parties\' influence in the Senate means that any proposal too obnoxious or ambitious gets slapped down.[/quote:1tq0ojl8]\nYeah - when it works like that it\'s working, to a degree. I\'d prefer, though, to see a more effective preferential system in the Reps, resulting in a more balanced representation. At the moment the system still discriminates against minor parties, which is why the senate is the only place that the minor parties stand a chance of getting in. See the ACT\'s modified D\'Hondt system with Robson rotation, for example. And get rid of the abomination of "optional preferential" ("above-the-line") voting,','f192876c32b615758156df58419a93e6',0,'gA==','1tq0ojl8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395698,28245,3,39,0,'92.25.250.107',1265922251,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','One of the biggest payment system flaws ever discovered','I\'ve always been a chip and pin sceptic, convinced that it was about transferring risk from the banks to their customers. But it seems that whatever its purpose, it\'s not exactly a robustly engineered system.\n\nProf Ross Anderson, the Cambridge University Computer Laboratory\'s expert on financial transaction security, has worked in that field for 25 years. When [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/susanwatts/2010/02/new_flaws_in_chip_and_pin_syst.html:152p6w64]he describes a flaw in chip and pin[/url:152p6w64] as "one of the biggest flaws that we\'ve uncovered - that has ever been uncovered - against payment systems" you can be sure it\'s not trivial. Essentially, they\'ve demonstrated an exploit that will allow a stolen or cloned card to be used in a payment terminal without knowledge of its PIN. \n\nMartin.','43ad29633f60d345eb18f9e45457fc62',0,'EA==','152p6w64',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395699,28204,16,900,0,'72.131.7.159',1265922763,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','[quote="Kristen Bealer":1x9ssnp9]Well, we could always begin the quest to get [i:1x9ssnp9]Daria [/i:1x9ssnp9]on Betamax.\n\nKristen[/quote:1x9ssnp9]\n\nDaria: The Complete Series. Available on 8 DVD\'s or 36 Betamax tapes.','b2930e57440c9d098bf5da4441a2bcac',0,'oA==','1x9ssnp9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395700,28225,11,885,0,'207.119.43.94',1265922818,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="RLobinske":16lnhed9]It was 2x4 to the head obvious that such things were important to her.[/quote:16lnhed9]\nTom: I always feel so comfortable with you.\nDaria: You\'re talking to me and not the bench, right?\nTom: I mean I can just relax and be myself. i don\'t have to worry about impressing you.\nDaria: Yah, wouldn\'t want you to do that.\nTom: If I didn\'t know better, I\'d swear you were mad at me. . . . you [i:16lnhed9]are[/i:16lnhed9] mad at me.\nDaria: I don\'t want to talk about it.\nTom: You\'re mad but you won\'t tell me why. Jeez, Daria, you\'re acting like, I don\'t know, a typical girl.\nDaria: And you\'re talking like, I don\'t know, a sexist guy.\nTom: I just meant that you\'re usually different.\nDaria: Oh, that\'s right. I\'m not average. I don\'t have typical expectations like normal girls.\nTom: What are you talking about?\nDaria: Nothing. Just forget I said anything.\nTom: If you\'re not going to tell me, I can\'t do anything about it.\n\nThis scene is probably the clearest example of what I\'m talking about. All she gives to Tom throughout the episode are vague clues that start to completely contradict everything she\'d led him to believe about her expectations up until that point. That\'s not a 2x4 to the head obvious. That\'s changing the rules without letting the other person know, and then getting mad because they didn\'t know about it. Which, like Tom said, is not like Daria at all . . . if it took him a little while longer that it might shoulda to catch on to what was happening, it was because she\'d blindsided him completely with this sudden change from an internal romantic to something even slightly approaching an external one.\n\n[quote:16lnhed9]Less likely, yes. but as unlikely as many seem to think, no.[/quote:16lnhed9]\nIt doesn\'t preclude it, no, of course not, but as unlikely as many seem to think [i:16lnhed9]in Daria\'s case[/i:16lnhed9], I still stand by yes.\n\n[quote:16lnhed9]I\'m sorry, but my experience has been to the opposite. Even crude levels of probability estimates can easily lead you astray. As long as those in the relationship show respect for each other and communicate...a lot of the rest takes conventional wisdom and stomps it into the ground. \";)\"[/quote:16lnhed9]\nThe real problem with this is if things kept happening so often in the opposite way from the main probabilities, then the probabilities themselves would shift to fit those patterns. The very fact that something is more probable to happen means that most of the time, it does happen that way. Humans can be unpredictable, there\'s no doubt about that, but insinuating that the strange is more typical than the norm . . . well, that just can\'t be true because then the strange [i:16lnhed9]would[/i:16lnhed9] be the norm and therefore no longer the strange.\n\nIt\'s nothing to do with conventional wisdom, which may or may not have any basis in actual fact or probability, being simply beliefs that people hold about things and pass along whether they\'re true or not.\n\nAnd as shown in the scene I quoted from Sappy Anniversary, communication is one of the problems that Daria [i:16lnhed9]has[/i:16lnhed9] regarding her romantic relationships.','8f498eea4da45474e39e203521fbbf96',0,'oA==','16lnhed9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395701,28204,16,39,0,'92.25.250.107',1265923398,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','[quote="Kristen Bealer":51h8a82g]Well, we could always begin the quest to get [i:51h8a82g]Daria [/i:51h8a82g]on Betamax.[/quote:51h8a82g]\nAnd then we can go on to Quadruplex. There\'s nothing quite like the anticipation that comes from threading up a tape. \n\nYou kids, obsessed with rapid play, with your newfangled Betamaxes and Umatics, have no idea. \":lawn:\"\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nMartin.','4a9afdefbe3b90a55be7c3ed639c5b04',0,'oA==','51h8a82g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395702,28204,16,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1265923524,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','[quote="MartinUK":175bxzwk][quote="Kristen Bealer":175bxzwk]Well, we could always begin the quest to get [i:175bxzwk]Daria [/i:175bxzwk]on Betamax.[/quote:175bxzwk]\nAnd then we can go on to Quadruplex. There\'s nothing quite like the anticipation that comes from threading up a tape. \n\nYou kids, obsessed with rapid play, with your newfangled Betamaxes and Umatics, have no idea. \":lawn:\"\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nMartin.[/quote:175bxzwk]\n\nWe start with Betamax and work our way back, medium by medium, to cave drawings. \":D\" \n\nKristen','a3d162c93447606d0ca11a72113fdded',0,'oA==','175bxzwk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395703,28204,16,39,0,'92.25.250.107',1265923768,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','[quote="Kristen Bealer":2lv3zg1w]We start with Betamax and work our way back, medium by medium, to cave drawings. \":D\" [/quote:2lv3zg1w]\nOh, OK, that\'s good.\n\nBut we have to brace ourselves for the format wars: sandstone or granite?\n\nMartin.','fbe11177726ce6a3605b8c09168ca4bd',0,'gA==','2lv3zg1w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395704,28204,16,885,0,'207.119.43.94',1265924069,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','If it\'s not on wax cylinder, it\'s [i:2f80vdmq]crap![/i:2f80vdmq]','0765e9a74f50161026d9337a5e744955',0,'IA==','2f80vdmq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395705,28166,3,260,0,'68.162.163.139',1265925017,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Checking In! :D It\'s 2010 and I\'m good to go!','What they all said. Welcome back. Have fun.\n\nPeace\nKevin','9a48d983c73decea1391d796fa655d3d',0,'','1kctou3s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395706,28225,11,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1265925335,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Jim North":1x3on4vf][quote="RLobinske":1x3on4vf]It was 2x4 to the head obvious that such things were important to her.[/quote:1x3on4vf]\nTom: I always feel so comfortable with you.\nDaria: You\'re talking to me and not the bench, right?\nTom: I mean I can just relax and be myself. i don\'t have to worry about impressing you.\nDaria: Yah, wouldn\'t want you to do that.\nTom: If I didn\'t know better, I\'d swear you were mad at me. . . . you [i:1x3on4vf]are[/i:1x3on4vf] mad at me.\nDaria: I don\'t want to talk about it.\nTom: You\'re mad but you won\'t tell me why. Jeez, Daria, you\'re acting like, I don\'t know, a typical girl.\nDaria: And you\'re talking like, I don\'t know, a sexist guy.\nTom: I just meant that you\'re usually different.\nDaria: Oh, that\'s right. I\'m not average. I don\'t have typical expectations like normal girls.\nTom: What are you talking about?\nDaria: Nothing. Just forget I said anything.\nTom: If you\'re not going to tell me, I can\'t do anything about it.\n\nThis scene is probably the clearest example of what I\'m talking about. All she gives to Tom throughout the episode are vague clues that start to completely contradict everything she\'d led him to believe about her expectations up until that point. That\'s not a 2x4 to the head obvious. That\'s changing the rules without letting the other person know, and then getting mad because they didn\'t know about it. Which, like Tom said, is not like Daria at all . . . if it took him a little while longer that it might shoulda to catch on to what was happening, it was because she\'d blindsided him completely with this sudden change from an internal romantic to something even slightly approaching an external one.\n.....\n\nAnd as shown in the scene I quoted from Sappy Anniversary, communication is one of the problems that Daria [i:1x3on4vf]has[/i:1x3on4vf] regarding her romantic relationships.[/quote:1x3on4vf]\nAgreed. In fact, I\'m going to show you how that conversation would\'ve turned out if I had been in Daria\'s place. \n\nTom - I always feel so comfortable with you. \nMe - You\'re talking to me, right? \nTom - I mean I can just relax and be myself. I don\'t have to worry about impressing you. \nMe - Yeah. Wouldn\'t want you to do that. \nTom - If I didn\'t know better I\'d swear you were mad at me. You [i:1x3on4vf]are[/i:1x3on4vf] mad at me. \nMe – [Short silence] Well…I can\'t believe I’m bringing this up, but we agreed we\'d talk things over if anything came up. Hmmm. You see, I\'m kind of upset because…the anniversary of our first date is tomorrow. \nTom - It is?\nMe - Yes. I admit I kind of forgot about it myself.\nTom - So you\'re mad at me for forgetting something you forgot yourself?\nMe – Well, it got me thinking about whether or not...you were taking me for granted and if you really do care that much about our relationship. \nTom - Of course I do. It\'s just that I\'m not into that corny crap. \nMe – I know. And you know that in usual circumstances neither am I. But I thought that perhaps...we could find some other way to celebrate…without celebrating, you know, in that corny way. \nTom – Sounds reasonable. Hey, now that I know these things are important to you, we\'ll celebrate.\nMe - But they\'re not. \nTom - Okay, then. \nMe - But we can celebrate anyway. \nTom - Okay, then. \n\nAnd then I wake up. \n\nI believe that the basis of a healthy relationship is communication. Like Daria, I can be a bit stubborn at first (as I showed in my conversation with my hypothetical boyfriend Tom), but I [i:1x3on4vf]always[/i:1x3on4vf] end up talking about it. Daria was the problem there, not Tom.','2e89ef9bad37eaabfd67ca4b8396d164',0,'oA==','1x3on4vf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395707,28225,11,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1265925449,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Jim North":261nm0r2][quote="RLobinske":261nm0r2]It was 2x4 to the head obvious that such things were important to her.[/quote:261nm0r2]\nTom: I always feel so comfortable with you.\nDaria: You\'re talking to me and not the bench, right?\nTom: I mean I can just relax and be myself. i don\'t have to worry about impressing you.\nDaria: Yah, wouldn\'t want you to do that.\nTom: If I didn\'t know better, I\'d swear you were mad at me. . . . you [i:261nm0r2]are[/i:261nm0r2] mad at me.\nDaria: I don\'t want to talk about it.\nTom: You\'re mad but you won\'t tell me why. Jeez, Daria, you\'re acting like, I don\'t know, a typical girl.\nDaria: And you\'re talking like, I don\'t know, a sexist guy.\nTom: I just meant that you\'re usually different.\nDaria: Oh, that\'s right. I\'m not average. I don\'t have typical expectations like normal girls.\nTom: What are you talking about?\nDaria: Nothing. Just forget I said anything.\nTom: If you\'re not going to tell me, I can\'t do anything about it.\n\nThis scene is probably the clearest example of what I\'m talking about. All she gives to Tom throughout the episode are vague clues that start to completely contradict everything she\'d led him to believe about her expectations up until that point. That\'s not a 2x4 to the head obvious. That\'s changing the rules without letting the other person know, and then getting mad because they didn\'t know about it. Which, like Tom said, is not like Daria at all . . . if it took him a little while longer that it might shoulda to catch on to what was happening, it was because she\'d blindsided him completely with this sudden change from an internal romantic to something even slightly approaching an external one.[/quote:261nm0r2]\n\nThat was exactly the scene I was thinking about when I mentioned Daria\'s passive/aggressive streak and also Tom\'s cluelessness. Despite Daria\'s claims to the contrary, it is abundantly clear that romance is important to her and that she was hurt that she didn\'t experience any from Tom. In that scene, he chose to flee instead of trying to figure out what was wrong.\n\n[quote:261nm0r2][quote:261nm0r2]Less likely, yes. but as unlikely as many seem to think, no.[/quote:261nm0r2]\nIt doesn\'t preclude it, no, of course not, but as unlikely as many seem to think [i:261nm0r2]in Daria\'s case[/i:261nm0r2], I still stand by yes.[/quote:261nm0r2]\n\nAnd based on my experience and the comments of others here, I stand by my position. It\'s not out of character.\n\n[quote:261nm0r2][quote:261nm0r2]I\'m sorry, but my experience has been to the opposite. Even crude levels of probability estimates can easily lead you astray. As long as those in the relationship show respect for each other and communicate...a lot of the rest takes conventional wisdom and stomps it into the ground. \";)\"[/quote:261nm0r2]\nThe real problem with this is if things kept happening so often in the opposite way from the main probabilities, then the probabilities themselves would shift to fit those patterns. The very fact that something is more probable to happen means that most of the time, it does happen that way. Humans can be unpredictable, there\'s no doubt about that, but insinuating that the strange is more typical than the norm . . . well, that just can\'t be true because then the strange [i:261nm0r2]would[/i:261nm0r2] be the norm and therefore no longer the strange.\n\nIt\'s nothing to do with conventional wisdom, which may or may not have any basis in actual fact or probability, being simply beliefs that people hold about things and pass along whether they\'re true or not.[/quote:261nm0r2]\n\nNo, I\'m not "Insinuating that the strange is more typical than the norm." Please, let\'s avoid the logical fallacies. You keep talking about probabilities, but provide no details. What are these probabilities that you seem to find so clear in relationships? What are these probabilities that you see that indicate Daria to be almost incapable of forming a relationship after IICY? Humans are not machines and their relationships are far more complicated than plugging in probabilities. \n\n[quote:261nm0r2]And as shown in the scene I quoted from Sappy Anniversary, communication is one of the problems that Daria [i:261nm0r2]has[/i:261nm0r2] regarding her romantic relationships.[/quote:261nm0r2]\n\nAt one time or another, that kind of conversations happens in very many relationships. It\'s not a deal-breaker. It\'s more of a sign that there is a relationship and that someone is hurt. Quickly, Daria feels bad about the exchange and the writers play off of that same kind of conversation in others. By the end of the episode, some of it has finally dawned on Tom [i:261nm0r2]after[/i:261nm0r2] Daria made the effort to explain to him why she was upset.\n\nHowever, Daria has also shown at other times that she can clearly communicate with those that are important to her. These are skills that grow with time and certainly can grow over the years someone attends college. For many people, college really is a time of intense personal growth and maturation. I don\'t find it strange or odd that Daria could mature during this time. As she demonstrated the ability to do during the run of the series.\n\nAs I stated early on, I can see the canon character finding a relationship in college, in her later twenties, thirties, forties or not finding one at all. It depends on what occurs in her life. I find it odd that so many consider the idea of her finding someone sooner to be so improbable.','339a3ff3ec4ed57d61518f9fccba42c6',0,'oA==','261nm0r2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395708,28306,5,81,0,'82.3.118.136',1265925873,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening To Now? - February Edition','"A song that reminded me of our lost friend Jeff." \n\nThat\'s whom I thought of as I read the thread title and thought \'I\'ve just listened to[i:2ox0uc6c] Led Zeppelin IV[/i:2ox0uc6c]. \'','4f46bbe028f2a2145fb09e44d9dcf39f',0,'IA==','2ox0uc6c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395709,28225,11,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1265925885,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Quiverwing":g68o74bn]\nAgreed. In fact, I\'m going to show you how that conversation would\'ve turned out if I had been in Daria\'s place. \n\nTom - I always feel so comfortable with you. \nMe - You\'re talking to me, right? \nTom - I mean I can just relax and be myself. I don\'t have to worry about impressing you. \nMe - Yeah. Wouldn\'t want you to do that. \nTom - If I didn\'t know better I\'d swear you were mad at me. You [i:g68o74bn]are[/i:g68o74bn] mad at me. \nMe – [Short silence] Well…I can\'t believe I’m bringing this up, but we agreed we\'d talk things over if anything came up. Hmmm. You see, I\'m kind of upset because…the anniversary of our first date is tomorrow. \nTom - It is?\nMe - Yes. I admit I kind of forgot about it myself.\nTom - So you\'re mad at me for forgetting something you forgot yourself?\nMe – Well, it got me thinking about whether or not...you were taking me for granted and if you really do care that much about our relationship. \nTom - Of course I do. It\'s just that I\'m not into that corny crap. \nMe – I know. And you know that in usual circumstances neither am I. But I thought that perhaps...we could find some other way to celebrate…without celebrating, you know, in that corny way. \nTom – Sounds reasonable. Hey, now that I know these things are important to you, we\'ll celebrate.\nMe - But they\'re not. \nTom - Okay, then. \nMe - But we can celebrate anyway. \nTom - Okay, then. \n\nAnd then I wake up. \n\nI believe that the basis of a healthy relationship is communication. Like Daria, I can be a bit stubborn at first (as I showed in my conversation with my hypothetical boyfriend Tom), but I [i:g68o74bn]always[/i:g68o74bn] end up talking about it. Daria was the problem there, not Tom.[/quote:g68o74bn]\n\nNow, instead of the confident 24-year old with years of college experience, do you really think you would be that clear as a 17-year old dealing with your first relationship? I know I certainly wouldn\'t have been. \";)\"','921444ae7b68d6781cbfcf7f913ab66a',0,'oA==','g68o74bn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395710,28225,11,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1265926948,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="RLobinske":x7bvkxtk][quote="Quiverwing":x7bvkxtk]\nAgreed. In fact, I\'m going to show you how that conversation would\'ve turned out if I had been in Daria\'s place. \n\nTom - I always feel so comfortable with you. \nMe - You\'re talking to me, right? \nTom - I mean I can just relax and be myself. I don\'t have to worry about impressing you. \nMe - Yeah. Wouldn\'t want you to do that. \nTom - If I didn\'t know better I\'d swear you were mad at me. You [i:x7bvkxtk]are[/i:x7bvkxtk] mad at me. \nMe – [Short silence] Well…I can\'t believe I’m bringing this up, but we agreed we\'d talk things over if anything came up. Hmmm. You see, I\'m kind of upset because…the anniversary of our first date is tomorrow. \nTom - It is?\nMe - Yes. I admit I kind of forgot about it myself.\nTom - So you\'re mad at me for forgetting something you forgot yourself?\nMe – Well, it got me thinking about whether or not...you were taking me for granted and if you really do care that much about our relationship. \nTom - Of course I do. It\'s just that I\'m not into that corny crap. \nMe – I know. And you know that in usual circumstances neither am I. But I thought that perhaps...we could find some other way to celebrate…without celebrating, you know, in that corny way. \nTom – Sounds reasonable. Hey, now that I know these things are important to you, we\'ll celebrate.\nMe - But they\'re not. \nTom - Okay, then. \nMe - But we can celebrate anyway. \nTom - Okay, then. \n\nAnd then I wake up. \n\nI believe that the basis of a healthy relationship is communication. Like Daria, I can be a bit stubborn at first (as I showed in my conversation with my hypothetical boyfriend Tom), but I [i:x7bvkxtk]always[/i:x7bvkxtk] end up talking about it. Daria was the problem there, not Tom.[/quote:x7bvkxtk]\n\nNow, instead of the confident 24-year old with years of college experience, do you really think you would be that clear as a 17-year old dealing with your first relationship? I know I certainly wouldn\'t have been. \";)\"[/quote:x7bvkxtk]\nYes. For the record, my age and college experience have nothing to do with my view on relationships. That hasn\'t changed since I was 17. I have an old soul, I have always been like that! And I haven\'t had as many boyfriends as some people around here seem to think. I never met anyone at college who was actually worth my time. Not at mine anyway.','763289fbca45f231fa97e61a1ca1cfab',0,'oA==','x7bvkxtk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395711,28225,11,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1265927311,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Quiverwing":1w7migzj]Yes. For the record, my age and college experience have nothing to do with my view on relationships. That hasn\'t changed since I was 17. I have an old soul, I have always been like that! And I haven\'t had as many boyfriends as some people around here seem to think. I never met anyone at college who was actually worth my time. Not at mine anyway.[/quote:1w7migzj]\n\nThen you were very mature for your age then (and that\'s a good thing). I didn\'t mean to imply anything about number of boyfriends, I was thinking more of the general level of confidence and maturity that comes with college education.','3a65306cbc950e1e99d96f55651b171a',0,'gA==','1w7migzj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395712,28239,3,414,0,'24.147.138.173',1265928175,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Girl beaten while security guards watch...','So if these security guards aren\'t supposed to be providing security, what exactly were they hired for? Transit agencies aren\'t known for having excess cash to throw around.\n\n[quote:2ht5a862]The guards\' duties include helping customers and reporting suspicious objects, disruptive behavior and equipment problems.[/quote:2ht5a862]\nSounds to me like the job description of the customer service agents the MBTA has here in Boston, not security guards.','60cee65485d557ffaa748713f7cca7d3',0,'gA==','2ht5a862',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395713,28225,11,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1265928488,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="RLobinske":1lrlxnz3][quote="Quiverwing":1lrlxnz3]Yes. For the record, my age and college experience have nothing to do with my view on relationships. That hasn\'t changed since I was 17. I have an old soul, I have always been like that! And I haven\'t had as many boyfriends as some people around here seem to think. I never met anyone at college who was actually worth my time. Not at mine anyway.[/quote:1lrlxnz3]\n\nThen you were very mature for your age then (and that\'s a good thing). I didn\'t mean to imply anything about number of boyfriends, I was thinking more of the general level of confidence and maturity that comes with college education.[/quote:1lrlxnz3]\nYes, I know. Also, the hypothetical conversation I posted above is a good indication of why I\'ve always liked the Tom character. I\'ve always thought I could get along perfectly well with someone like him. Keep in mind I was 14 or 15 when I first saw those episodes, and [i:1lrlxnz3]even then[/i:1lrlxnz3] I thought it could work. I\'ve always looked past The Triangle when it came to Tom. I just can\'t bring myself to hate him. I guess that makes me the black sheep of Daria fandom. \":)\"','c9f9303006bb8e5ca9c21af19d1e5733',0,'oA==','1lrlxnz3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395714,28071,3,414,0,'24.147.138.173',1265928648,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','All that snow that hit Washington, DC must be Republican: it completely shut down the government. \":P\"','0e6e9e1b0c094bcfe4dead5984684b28',0,'','64bw4rvu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395715,28225,11,885,0,'207.119.43.94',1265928828,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="RLobinske":1ujwjvtg]it is abundantly clear[/quote:1ujwjvtg]\nBut it isn\'t, and that\'s the entire [i:1ujwjvtg]point[/i:1ujwjvtg] of that scene and, in fact, most of the episode.\n\n[quote:1ujwjvtg]And based on my experience[/quote:1ujwjvtg]\nBut is your experience that of being a person like Daria?\n\n[quote:1ujwjvtg]No, I\'m not "Insinuating that the strange is more typical than the norm." Please, let\'s avoid the logical fallacies. You keep talking about probabilities, but provide no details. What are these probabilities that you seem to find so clear in relationships? What are these probabilities that you see that indicate Daria to be almost incapable of forming a relationship after IICY? Humans are not machines and their relationships are far more complicated than plugging in probabilities.[/quote:1ujwjvtg]\nIt\'s simple psychology and sociology that you can find in virtually any textbook, behavioral studies done on humans that you can find across the internet or in your local library. Observation of human beings in their natural habitats. People are wired in certain ways that make up who they are, and acting contrary to those ways are generally less likely to happen than otherwise . . . if they didn\'t, then they wouldn\'t have those ways as part of their personality structure in the first place. A cautious man is usually cautious, a virtuous woman is usually virtuous, a mean child is usually mean. Changes can be made over time, but these changes are rarely as fast as you see in the movies, and while a cautious man acting reckless isn\'t completely out of the question, it\'s also rare . . . otherwise, he would be a [i:1ujwjvtg]reckless[/i:1ujwjvtg] man, not a cautious one. Humans are indeed machines, if extremely complex ones that occasionally break down, and their behavior is generally set on a certain path from which it takes time and effort to change more than temporarily.\n\nAnd I\'ve already told you reasons as to why the probability of Daria marrying early is low. She\'s cautious with relationships, romantic or otherwise. She\'s realized on some occasions just how little she knows about handling romantic relationships. She isn\'t fond of humans or their social institutions. If you want a few more, there\'s her high standards. There\'s the fact that she doesn\'t make friends that easily, much less boyfriends, and a general dislike of socializing with anyone she doesn\'t have to. And Jake and Helen don\'t always give her the greatest example to follow for a married couple. And so on.\n\nYes, she does start moving past this on several points, but as I also already said, she does so at an extremely slow pace. There are several points in Boxing Daria and Is It College Yet? that showcase quite well that while she may have changed somewhat here and there and shows promise of further change, she still carries a great deal of the same person she always was with her.\n\n[quote:1ujwjvtg]As I stated early on, I can see the canon character finding a relationship in college, in her later twenties, thirties, forties or not finding one at all. It depends on what occurs in her life. I find it odd that so many consider the idea of her finding someone sooner to be so improbable.[/quote:1ujwjvtg]\nI also said early on that I could see her getting married early, but that does not mean that it\'s likely to happen given her personality. Doing so would require much [i:1ujwjvtg]much[/i:1ujwjvtg] more rapid growth than anything she showed in high school. As a person who has shown marked [i:1ujwjvtg]resistance[/i:1ujwjvtg] to change on several occasions, it also seems less likely that she would partake in such intense growth over a short period of time.','975cecf6dd99657e8d5c979e6119c160',0,'oA==','1ujwjvtg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395716,28225,11,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1265930359,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Jim North":2rrq5n4q][quote="RLobinske":2rrq5n4q]it is abundantly clear[/quote:2rrq5n4q]\nBut it isn\'t, and that\'s the entire [i:2rrq5n4q]point[/i:2rrq5n4q] of that scene and, in fact, most of the episode.[/quote:2rrq5n4q]\n\nWe clearly differ on that. I still think that it is very clear. I\'ve seen people show exactly that sort of behavior too many times. I saw the point of the episode was Daria being forced to openly admit that part of her personality. \n\n[quote:2rrq5n4q][quote:2rrq5n4q]And based on my experience[/quote:2rrq5n4q]\nBut is your experience that of being a person like Daria?[/quote:2rrq5n4q]\n\nI was cautious about relationships early on, and have known several people who, like Daria, were very reluctant and cautious. So, I have a good idea and that\'s what influences by interpretation. \n\n[quote:2rrq5n4q][quote:2rrq5n4q]No, I\'m not "Insinuating that the strange is more typical than the norm." Please, let\'s avoid the logical fallacies. You keep talking about probabilities, but provide no details. What are these probabilities that you seem to find so clear in relationships? What are these probabilities that you see that indicate Daria to be almost incapable of forming a relationship after IICY? Humans are not machines and their relationships are far more complicated than plugging in probabilities.[/quote:2rrq5n4q]\nIt\'s simple psychology and sociology that you can find in virtually any textbook, behavioral studies done on humans that you can find across the internet or in your local library. Observation of human beings in their natural habitats. People are wired in certain ways that make up who they are, and acting contrary to those ways are generally less likely to happen than otherwise . . . if they didn\'t, then they wouldn\'t have those ways as part of their personality structure in the first place. A cautious man is usually cautious, a virtuous woman is usually virtuous, a mean child is usually mean. Changes can be made over time, but these changes are rarely as fast as you see in the movies, and while a cautious man acting reckless isn\'t completely out of the question, it\'s also rare . . . otherwise, he would be a [i:2rrq5n4q]reckless[/i:2rrq5n4q] man, not a cautious one. Humans are indeed machines, if extremely complex ones that occasionally break down, and their behavior is generally set on a certain path from which it takes time and effort to change more than temporarily.[/quote:2rrq5n4q]\n\nYou still didn\'t really answer my question, but I think I understand what you are attempting to say. These are good for estimating most of our regular behavior, but there is still a very wide variance that make things interesting. That is my point. \n\nAs for "changing fast," I\'m not talking about movies. Please, try to avoid strawmen. I\'m talking about someone growing over [i:2rrq5n4q]four years[/i:2rrq5n4q] or so of college. And for many of us, college years were a time of intense change and growth. I can easily see it being the same for Daria.\n\n[quote:2rrq5n4q]And I\'ve already told you reasons as to why the probability of Daria marrying early is low. She\'s cautious with relationships, romantic or otherwise. She\'s realized on some occasions just how little she knows about handling romantic relationships. She isn\'t fond of humans or their social institutions. If you want a few more, there\'s her high standards. There\'s the fact that she doesn\'t make friends that easily, much less boyfriends, and a general dislike of socializing with anyone she doesn\'t have to. And Jake and Helen don\'t always give her the greatest example to follow for a married couple. And so on.[/quote:2rrq5n4q]\n\nBut she still does make friends, and even found a boyfriend when she wasn\'t really looking. \";)\" What you bring up is true and is a good indicator that she would not date a whole lot of people. On the other hand, her reluctance and standards also help to increase the chance that someone she would date would be compatible. \n\n[quote:2rrq5n4q]Yes, she does start moving past this on several points, but as I also already said, she does so at an extremely slow pace. There are several points in Boxing Daria and Is It College Yet? that showcase quite well that while she may have changed somewhat here and there and shows promise of further change, she still carries a great deal of the same person she always was with her.[/quote:2rrq5n4q]\n\nAnd we would expect a lot of that to continue and it wouldn\'t be necessary for there to be a huge change of character for her to marry if she finds the right person. I\'d say that there has been less time and opportunities for her to find someone would be a larger contributor to reducing the chance of her getting married soon after college.\n\n[quote:2rrq5n4q][quote:2rrq5n4q]As I stated early on, I can see the canon character finding a relationship in college, in her later twenties, thirties, forties or not finding one at all. It depends on what occurs in her life. I find it odd that so many consider the idea of her finding someone sooner to be so improbable.[/quote:2rrq5n4q]\nI also said early on that I could see her getting married early, but that does not mean that it\'s likely to happen given her personality. Doing so would require much [i:2rrq5n4q]much[/i:2rrq5n4q] more rapid growth than anything she showed in high school. As a person who has shown marked [i:2rrq5n4q]resistance[/i:2rrq5n4q] to change on several occasions, it also seems less likely that she would partake in such intense growth over a short period of time.[/quote:2rrq5n4q]\n\nSee above. I thought that she grew quite a bit during high school and I see the capacity for her to grow considerably more during college. Once again, I don\'t consider the four years of college to be a short period of time.\n\nI accept that the chances of Daria getting married right out of college is lower, I\'m not arguing against that. I\'m arguing against the concept that it is so improbable as to be unbelievable.','a99b26f24eb3abc4fe3a2e570c2049bf',0,'oA==','2rrq5n4q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395717,28242,10,809,0,'68.161.191.155',1265930935,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','They\'re all adorable! I love your art style. \":)\"','58859984a3859d6d6f748dd894eca9f0',0,'','8aofqlh9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395718,28168,6,440,0,'172.129.164.19',1265931101,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','One sunny afternoon Sandi Griffin strolled downstairs to watch Fashion Vision, diet soda in one hand and [i:or613mkr]Waif[/i:or613mkr] in the other. But what she saw when she arrived in the living room stopped her in her tracks... the orgy had started without her.\n\n"Sam! Chris! Fluffy! You were supposed to wait for me!"','44551ed50311c2a9a964343c1b8e2583',0,'IA==','or613mkr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395719,28225,11,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1265931236,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','Oh yeah, thanks for the vigorous debate. This is fun.','e4767f33c2e3a690464347fbc5b8aa80',0,'','d0d1sw33',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395720,28239,3,809,0,'68.161.191.155',1265931650,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Girl beaten while security guards watch...','[quote="Derek":230d3lqa]So if these security guards aren\'t supposed to be providing security, what exactly were they hired for? Transit agencies aren\'t known for having excess cash to throw around.\n\n[quote:230d3lqa]The guards\' duties include helping customers and reporting suspicious objects, disruptive behavior and equipment problems.[/quote:230d3lqa]\nSounds to me like the job description of the customer service agents the MBTA has here in Boston, not security guards.[/quote:230d3lqa]\n Most security agencies have that in common. Even armed guards are expected to leave altercations such as these to the police. Unless it\'s for the private sector, guards are generally not allowed to interfere.','3b59264f66edcc82ce6e3ec95223d2b2',0,'gA==','230d3lqa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395721,25529,5,1035,0,'165.235.152.31',1265931747,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Things I Love to Watch on YouTube','[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAtBki0PsC0:1yif4ha5]Beaker singing "Dust In the Wind," sort of.[/url:1yif4ha5]\n\nActually, the whole [url=http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=MuppetsStudio&annotation_id=annotation_967836&feature=iv:1yif4ha5]MuppetsStudio Channel[/url:1yif4ha5].','9863010f7429a0673938cc32a41c9cbb',0,'EA==','1yif4ha5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395722,28225,11,885,0,'207.119.43.94',1265932526,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote:2n7xy376][quote:2n7xy376][quote:2n7xy376]And based on my experience[/quote:2n7xy376]\nBut is your experience that of being a person like Daria?[/quote:2n7xy376]\nI was cautious about relationships early on, and have known several people who, like Daria, were very reluctant and cautious. So, I have a good idea and that\'s what influences by interpretation.[/quote:2n7xy376]\nWere you a social outcast? Were you constantly under fire for being a brain, dismissed entirely by everyone around you in hurtful ways? Did you have little to no faith in other human beings as a result? Did you have only one or two actual friends?\n\nIt\'s not just about being cautious or reluctant . . . Daria has often actively sought to remain apart from the people around her.\n\n[quote:2n7xy376]These are good for estimating most of our regular behavior, but there is still a very wide variance that make things interesting. That is my point.[/quote:2n7xy376]\nAnd my point is that those variances are rare by their very nature, making them more unlikely to be acted upon than regular behavior.\n\n[quote:2n7xy376]As for "changing fast," I\'m not talking about movies. Please, try to avoid strawmen. I\'m talking about someone growing over [i:2n7xy376]four years[/i:2n7xy376] or so of college. And for many of us, college years were a time of intense change and growth. I can easily see it being the same for Daria.[/quote:2n7xy376]\nI neither said nor implied that you were talking about movies. [i:2n7xy376]I[/i:2n7xy376] am the one who mentioned movies, and simply as an example of speed, not as an absolute guideline for [i:2n7xy376]how[/i:2n7xy376] speedy. Please try not to turn my words into attacks.\n\nI have been, in fact, talking about over four years or so of college as well. As I already said, I can easily see it [i:2n7xy376]not[/i:2n7xy376] being a time of intense change and growth for Daria because it runs contrary to the type of person she is. Change and growth at all, yes of course, but not likely that fast. People as resistant to change and as set in their ways as Daria can indeed take several years to overcome themselves, even if they\'re actively trying to do so.\n\n[quote:2n7xy376]But she still does make friends, and even found a boyfriend when she wasn\'t really looking. \";)\" What you bring up is true and is a good indicator that she would not date a whole lot of people. On the other hand, her reluctance and standards also help to increase the chance that someone she would date would be compatible.[/quote:2n7xy376]\nOne friend. Maybe two, if you count Tom. Jodie and perhaps Mack are the closest she makes to friends besides them, and even they are more like close acquaintances. Further, neither her friend(s) nor her boyfriend were people she sought out herself. While her standards may increase her chances of dating someone compatible, they also lower her chances of [i:2n7xy376]finding[/i:2n7xy376] someone compatible in the first place.\n\n[quote:2n7xy376]I accept that the chances of Daria getting married right out of college is lower, I\'m not arguing against that. I\'m arguing against the concept that it is so improbable as to be unbelievable.[/quote:2n7xy376]\nAnd I\'m not arguing that Daria getting married right out of college is unbelievable. Improbable is not impossible, and boiled down my argument is this and only this:\n\n[b:2n7xy376]It is improbable.[/b:2n7xy376]\n\nFull stop.\n\n[quote:2n7xy376]Oh yeah, thanks for the vigorous debate. This is fun.[/quote:2n7xy376]\nYou\'re welcome, but I\'m starting to tire of it, myself. Once a debate starts dissolving into the opposing parties repeating themselves, it starts to lose its appeal.\n\nPlus, I haven\'t been working on collar because I\'ve been doing this all day instead.','d83fc8e4f82fbf386a4cc504cf5d633b',0,'4A==','2n7xy376',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395723,28241,3,114,0,'210.11.145.233',1265932654,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: TV Fight Again','They didn\'t name the place after Charles for nothing.','c4e55e5ea65f8335269e2a23268e7e25',0,'','34ifra1r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395724,28229,6,249,0,'82.24.218.72',1265933691,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It\'s All About The Intention','Daria eventually got back to base.\n\nThe fuck was wrong with Armalin? He either intended for Daria to make up with Helen, or he intended to torture them both.\n\nShe pulled into the garage and noticed Graham’s car and it’s driver still there.\n\n“What the fuck?” she asked as she pulled into her space.\n\nShe got out and approached the driver saying “have you been here since your first arrival?”\n\n“Yeah. … Why?”\n\nDaria winced and approached a comm. Station and, addressing the base, said “Would the secretary of defence please make his way to the nearest comm. Box and select private channel 1?”\n\nShe then selected private channel 1 and waited.\n\nEventually she heard Graham say “What do you want General Morgendorffer?”\n\n“If you intend to stay, I could find quarters for you, but if you’re lost, I respectfully request you ask someone for help.”\n\n“SHUT UP!”\n\nDaria held back some choice comments and calmly asked “What does the nearest door have written on it?”\n\nAfter several minutes of silence, Graham sighed and said “Armoury five.”\n\n“Armoury five. Right, I’ll be there in a minute, meantime, for the love of god, don’t touch anything.”\n\n“Eat shit.”\n\n“You’re welcome.”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nDaria eventually got to the secretary of defence, who had walked through three blast doors (not exactly like the rest of the doors on the base, these were counterweighted slabs of concrete that drop down to allow people and bombs through) and was in a room filled with Mk 83s.\n\nThe fuses were stored in cases in the same room, but that was not a problem because as long as they’re not in the bombs, they can explode all they like, they might even put out the fire before the bombs have time to cook off.\n\nDaria led Graham back to his car.\n\nTwo privates passed them in the hallway, absorbed in their conversation and waving their guns around.\n\n‘The fuck?’ thought Daria as she said “ATTENNNNNN-TION!”\n\nThe two snapped to attention.\n\nDaria walked up to them and watched them for a few seconds before she asked “do you intend to shoot something at this exact moment?”\n\n“No Ma’am,” said the two privates.\n\n“THEN WHAT IS YOUR FINGER DOING ON THE TRIGGER?” asked Daria, causing them to shoot the floor next to their ankles.\n\nThey promptly removed their fingers from the trigger guards.\n\n“Where the hell did you learn gun safety?” asked Daria.\n\n“We were cops before we enlisted Ma’am,” answered Private Joanna Pryde, Private Vincent Smith remained silent.\n\n“That figures,” said Daria, recalling how highly variable standards of firearms training was amongst Law Enforcement schools, “Having said that, once I’ve seen off our boss here, you will report to my office for a nice, cosy, General’s mast.”\n\n“Yes Ma’am,” they chorused.\n\nDaria turned to move on, but then stopped and held out her hands.\n\nThe two privates took three seconds to realise Daria’s gesture meant they should hand over their guns. They did so, feeling like children being told off by their parents when they were three.\n\nDaria checked the safeties were engaged before saying “Dismissed,” and continuing on with the Secretary of defence in tow.\n\n“Bit over the top weren’t it?” said Vincent.\n\n“Not really, trigger guard’s there for a reason, I can’t BELIEVE no one called us on that before now,” said Joanna.\n\n“Sounded like she understood the situation.”\n\n“Yeah, well flag officers generally don’t like having to do the jobs drill instructors failed to do, we’re well in the shit.”\n\n“It’s just a General’s mast, how bad could it be?”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n“Hey Boss,” said Jane as she and Quinn encountered her CO on their base.\n\n“Captains,” acknowledged her CO.\n\n“How did things go with Morgendorffer?” asked Jane.\n\n“All right.”\n\n“How did she react to your promotion?” asked Jane.\n\n“She didn’t,” said Major Taylor, “I was invisible the whole time, can’t wait until she finds out though.”\n\n“Ma’am, humbly request you keep a camera on, you,” said Jane.\n\n“Granted. Where’s Griffin?”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nSandi sat silently as she watched the recording again.\n\nYesterday, she was with the Blum Decklers, Tiffany and Nathen were celebrating their fifteenth anniversary, their kids were running around with plastic swords playing Ninjas and Samurai or some such thing.\n\nThey had sounded and felt like they were having fun. Except every time those kids squealed or shouted something at each other, it brought her back to that prison cell where she had been used as a weapon to execute a family that had been imprisoned for … … probably just looking like political opponents, or just pissing someone off that proceeded to slander them to the cops or something.\n\nThe phencyclidine had served to obscure her empathic senses, but the guards were definitely amused at this, they probably viewed empathy as a vulnerability.\n\nWell, why else would they co-opt her body to kill a man, a woman and their young children if they thought it would have no effect? If their intel was halfway decent, they’d know that marines take pride in self control and discipline. They made her body into a wild frenzied animal. They had stolen her self control, made her body, with all it’s muscle memory attenuated to killing with her bare hands, commit several murders against people who probably were just ordinary good people who didn’t deserve this.\n\nWhy couldn’t they have just raped her, or whipped her with razor wire, shove her head into a bucket of raw sewage, ANYTHING that wouldn’t have turned her into a murder weapon? Because they had been beating her up and molesting her since they had captured her with no sign it was effective. Maybe she could have cried or begged for them to stop and supplied fake intelligence, but she might have given away something that turned out true, or put even more innocent lives in danger. What the fuck should she have done?\n\n“That’s one way to drive yourself crazy.”\n\nSandi turned around and stood at attention. It was obvious to Brittany that Sandi was holding back tears.\n\n“Hoping to learn how not to let that happen again,” said Sandi.\n\n“Are you familiar with the term ‘Target Fixation’?” after a pause, Brittany asked “How about ‘Chasing The Ball’? Must know what that means, hanging around Jane, Quinn and Stacy all those years.”\n\n“I know. … Really, I do, I have it together, it’s just … … I was around Tiffany’s kids yesterday, it brought it back, that’s all.”\n\n“You want to spend more time around kids and acclimatise, the circumstances under which that happened are highly unlikely to repeat,” said Brittany.\n\n“I know. … Still, I would like a solution ready, just in case.”\n\n“Shelve it. We got a shout, and I need your head in the game, come on.”\n\nSandi closed the file and shut down her personal computer before following Brittany out.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nThe regiment assembled in the town centre.\n\nAdel addressed them. “Doing better people, we’re down to five minutes. Time to select the next incubator.” At the chorus of ‘Awwww’s, he said “Yeah, I know, I know, but … ”\n\nThey started showing each other their recordings, they each had microcameras on them, they used these recordings to work out who took longest.\n\nEventually the person with the longest time reached the front.\n\n“You’re still helping, even if you don’t get to shoot anyone, you’re going to provide the ammunition that’ll score the biggest Bodycount.”\n\n“I know.”\n\n“Allah be with you.”\n\n“Allah be with you.”\n\nThe selected new incubator walked over to the van where two of his comrades dressed in biohazard suits prepared the previous incubator for the transfusion.\n\nAfter this had been done they entered into prayers.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n“How long can we delay insertion?” asked the Colonel.\n\n“We’ve been given a month to prepare, if we’re not completely in field by three days from, it’ll look damn odd. We’ve been given the locations of suspected weapons launch points, apparently this says the Iranians are going with cruise missiles. We know they have missiles capable of reaching Israel, they announced this and allowed inspectors to look at them but won’t destroy them. They’ve deliberately kept the range short enough to avoid threatening Europe and the United States, and they’re on good terms with Russia. China are also friendly with them, anything that stretches NATOs attention’s all right with them, and gives China another way to piss us off,” said Daria.\n\n“So this precludes Iran attacking the US then does it?” asked the colonel.\n\n“Not in and of itself, but I have to wonder how it is we don’t have the intel that shows them testing their cruise missiles, there should be corroborating evidence, shouldn’t there? We have the photos of the supposed weapons through the open hanger doors, but that’s just a little too lucky, how’d they get on a strategic weapons program if they’re that stupid?” asked Daria.\n\n“’We shall swoop in like hawks while they look to the heavens for our wrath, they will see pestilence, then they will see the light, then they will smell death’, BNC.” Said the colonel reading the transcript.\n\nThe CD was being analysed as they went over everything. Daria said “And then the Mullahs, having sown the wind, will reap the whirlwind. If we don’t outright nuke them, we’ll at least invade and we’re way better at violence than they are. They know this. We’re too thin on motive.”\n\n“What if this is straight up, we kill the mission, and Washington disappears?” asked the colonel.\n\n“If this is straight up, we’ll find that out too. Okay, we’ll insert devils to the suspected cruise missile sites right away. At the very least we can work out what’s going on with those sites if anything.”\n\n“Okay, but we’re not spies, they go in, they’ll have to kill the personal they encounter,” said the colonel.\n\n“Right. Okay, we need to get a look at the weapons insides, specifically the guidance and power plant. The warheads would also be nice, there’s radioactivity from some of these structures, but again, they’re faking, that won’t have anything fissionable, just radioactive, fissionable material’s too precious.”\n\n“We’ll need to make sure our devils are current on portable mass spectrometry kits,” said the colonel.\n\n“Good, let’s get started shall we?”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n“Agent Pryde, could you please explain to me how the case you’re working could possibly have anything to do with mutants?” asked Nick as he entered the ballistics lab.\n\n“Super speed boss,” said Katherine, not the least bit hesitant in her reply. She had come up with what was actually quite a plausible theory.\n\n“Based on what?”\n\n“It seemed too efficient to be an attack by any of the usual gangs, whoever did this wanted those people dead as fast as possible with little to zero waste of ammo, so I’m currently considering it was the same person going through the village.” She had left out her observation that the houses that appeared to have been hit first were evenly spaced along with the houses that had been hit second and the houses that had been hit third. It was impossible to recover the projectiles as they were frangible and no longer carried a comparable striation pattern, so all they had was the firing pin indentations on the shell casings.\n\n“I see, so we’re comparing all these shell casings to ascertain the number of X-rays involved?”\n\n“Yes sir.”\n\n“Okay, continue for now,” said Nick as he left.\n\n“Agent Pryde, there is something interesting going on here,” said the scientist entering the images.\n\n“Yeah?”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nDaria had just finished off the briefing when she was called to one of the comm. Stations.\n\n“Y’ello?” asked Daria.\n\n“Marine one inbound, apparently the president is carrying out a surprise inspection,” said the person on the other end.\n\n“Of course she does.”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nOf all the people who could be elected president, why Cassidy?\n\nWhy ANYONE from that asshole factory?\n\n‘’Cos they’re all bent as a DNA molecule, how else are they supposed to receive massive business world support?’ thought Daria.\n\nDaria put on her best neutral face and waited with her aide as the three helos landed.\n\nEventually the pres and her secret service goon squad exited their helo.\n\n“Welcome to Fort Warner Madame President,” said Daria.\n\n“I’m sure. General Morgendorffer, why did you contact Armalin over this mission when you were ordered not to?”\n\n“I did no such thing.”\n\n“Cut the bullshit Morgendorffer, Graham’s an arrogant twat, but he has his limits, he wouldn’t have made that call that was apparently in his voice.”\n\n“Who else could it have been?”\n\n“An individual extremely good at imitating peoples voices,” said Cassidy.\n\n“Someone such assssssssss … me?”\n\n“You had motive.”\n\nDaria let out a laugh. “Ms President, General Kyle Armalin is the original patent holder of the invention of being an asshole. I can’t stand the guy, why would I call him over something like this?”\n\n“Like what?” asked Cassidy.\n\n“Cut the bullshit Madam president. I’ll do the mission as long as I have insufficient cause to doubt the validity, I’ll prepare for and execute the mission as ordered. Do you remember what Operation Iraqi Freedom did to George Bush twos career?”\n\n“I sincerely believe the sincerity of your touching concern for my political career,” said Cassidy.\n\n“I don’t give a flying fornicate about your political career, my concern is we’ll be down most our army and the United States will look evil again.”\n\n“Uh-huh. … Brigadier general Morgendorffer, do you know how replaceable flag officers are?”\n\n“Do you know how disposable puppet politicians are? I have no means to threaten your career, all I can do is defend my country and uphold the moral standards of my command to the best of my ability. The threat to you comes from your corporate backers. You’ll be voted out or outright impeached and they’ll still have their million per annum salaries, golden parachutes, etc. etc. ect. Yes-men shield you from reality, Cassidy.”\n\n“Right.”\n\n“So, would you like me to show you around Ms President?” asked Daria.\n\n“Sure.”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nAs Sandi left the CIA car park, Brittany asked “anything useful?”\n\n“There was some suspicion at our questions, it didn’t increase when I ‘expressed surprise’ Daria was there, my excuses were accepted. They also seemed concerned about that anonymous tip I supposedly received from Lockheed Martin, wanting in.”\n\n“I found out where they put the data on Iran, I’ll return later to bug it. Thanks for getting me in, how are you doing with your … .”\n\n“I’ll get over it. Just hope I can stop feeling like I’m going to throw up any time I see a kid.”\n\nSandi had trouble seeing through her tears and couldn’t quite work out if she was staying within her lane. She then felt the Wheel move and heard Brittany say “I got it.”\n\n“Thanks,” said Sandi.\n\n“I did manage to find something of significance: Plutonium refinement has been up for a while, last three months they’ve refined enough to manufacture forty times four criticality nukes, and an officer has bought a load of cobalt.”\n\n“Salted nukes. Sounds like Daria’s on the wrong side of this.”\n\n“So far, but she has a point about motive: Why would the Iranians kick off knowing what our reply would be?” Asked Brittany.\n\n“Our Marine boots, firmly up their mullahs asses. Yeah, I know. But we trust this data?”\n\n“CIA seem to, no one’s talking about making it plausible, they were talking about finding the fissionable material. It apparently didn’t pass through the known weapons plants, it was recorded to have been transported to nuclear fuel vault five, but that shipment was never seen by our people entering the premises.”\n\n“And we can forget tracing chemical explosives,” said Sandi, “what else is going on?”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nAfter Marine one finally lifted off, Daria said “well that was bracing.”\n\n“Pushed it there didn’t you?” asked the Colonel.\n\n“Yeah, I did. Hopefully something useful might come from that. Armalin said he’d get people on this, hopefully I’ve nudged something loose.”\n\n“General, something’s been bothering me about the Iranian’s cruise missiles, why would they fake those?”\n\n“I don’t know, I don’t see any of this serving Iran’s interests, those missiles look big enough to have global reach, but cruise missiles are vulnerable if detected, ballistic missiles remain the surest way to get something through, no stealth necessary.”\n\n“Okay, I guess we proceed as ordered if they’re real, but what do we do if the missiles turn out to be decoys?”\n\n“Find out why. As you mentioned, why would any of them invite an unwarranted ass kicking? Where did their orders come from? We’re going to have to become cops. … … Hope Pryde and Smith accept the reason I had them practicing loading and unloading those bombs for the last three hours.” Daria glanced at her watch and said “I’ll give them another five minutes.”','3f4be421bfb749f88b57be029bfd2045',0,'','yski9iwf',1,1266106242,'',249,1,0),(395725,28239,3,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1265934271,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Girl beaten while security guards watch...','Yup. I worked security for several years and my job consisted of:\n\n1- be visible\n2- watch the employees\n3- if anything happens, call the police','0db0fede0a2cdb59249e4b78355de913',0,'','2q55l26j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395726,28203,3,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1265934437,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','Heh. I always thought Batboy was pretty awesome. \":mrgreen:\"','4adcabdd0c693da801edc94ea2c89099',0,'','2lg8x8mn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395727,28242,10,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1265934947,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','awesome \":D\"','0064b0adae19fc968c59f63aa1cea4e4',0,'','3v4bemo0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395728,28225,11,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1265934996,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Jim North":266ifdiz]Were you a social outcast? Were you constantly under fire for being a brain, dismissed entirely by everyone around you in hurtful ways? Did you have little to no faith in other human beings as a result? Did you have only one or two actual friends?[/quote:266ifdiz]\n\nIn many ways, yes. The same for my wife. Oh, she was 20 when we got married. \";)\" \n\n\n[quote:266ifdiz][quote:266ifdiz]As for "changing fast," I\'m not talking about movies. Please, try to avoid strawmen. I\'m talking about someone growing over [i:266ifdiz]four years[/i:266ifdiz] or so of college. And for many of us, college years were a time of intense change and growth. I can easily see it being the same for Daria.[/quote:266ifdiz]\nI neither said nor implied that you were talking about movies. [i:266ifdiz]I[/i:266ifdiz] am the one who mentioned movies, and simply as an example of speed, not as an absolute guideline for [i:266ifdiz]how[/i:266ifdiz] speedy. Please try not to turn my words into attacks.[/quote:266ifdiz]\n\nYou may not have intended it, but it came across that way. I accept that it wasn\'t your intent.\n\n[quote:266ifdiz]I have been, in fact, talking about over four years or so of college as well. As I already said, I can easily see it [i:266ifdiz]not[/i:266ifdiz] being a time of intense change and growth for Daria because it runs contrary to the type of person she is. Change and growth at all, yes of course, but not likely that fast. People as resistant to change and as set in their ways as Daria can indeed take several years to overcome themselves, even if they\'re actively trying to do so.[/quote:266ifdiz]\n\nAnd college is several years. \";)\" I understand stubborn and I really don\'t see Daria being that resistant. I find her being heavily resistant to growth and change to be highly improbable.\n\n\n[quote:266ifdiz]Plus, I haven\'t been working on collar because I\'ve been doing this all day instead.[/quote:266ifdiz] Yeah, this has kept me away from the lastest [i:266ifdiz]FiC[/i:266ifdiz] myself. Let\'s get back to writing. \":D\" \n\nOh, and if find [i:266ifdiz]FiC[/i:266ifdiz] improbable, you should probably stay away from [i:266ifdiz]John Lane[/i:266ifdiz] \":lol:\"','cafbb26845c6ef5dae96bc60b2123eac',0,'oA==','266ifdiz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395729,28225,11,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1265935026,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','TAG: I always feel so comfortable with you.\nDaria: Are you talking to me or that penguin? \nTAG: Tux. No, you, I mean. Sorry. I mean I can just relax and be myself. i don\'t have to worry about impressing you. [[i:30fhbx26]farts loudly[/i:30fhbx26]]\nDaria: Untie me! [b:30fhbx26]UNTIE ME, DAMMIT!!![/b:30fhbx26]','b26ea04ebfe79fe7433ba3b76eb7d06a',0,'YA==','30fhbx26',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395730,28242,10,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1265935102,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','Well, they\'re dynamite even without their boobs. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','fea01485e78076436c718fea1eaaf044',0,'','13bzyydv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395731,5992,6,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1265935801,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sarcasm at 1600 (After nearly a year, Chapter 16!)','[quote="Mike Xeno":lnsqs10l]I\'m still alive... I just kind of petered out on Daria for a while, and before I knew it a couple of years had passed. I do intend to finish what I started!\n\nWith the DVD finally coming out, I am starting to get interested again. I\'ll try to produce a chapter and see how it goes.\n\nThanks for remembering me![/quote:lnsqs10l]\n\nYay! This is one of my girlfriend\'s favorite stories, she\'ll be happy to know it\'s not totally dead. \":D\"','107f778ca4cfca277088d936004914cd',0,'gA==','lnsqs10l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395732,27574,6,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1265936019,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: More Crossovers Not Yet Crossed Over','interesting','a76637b62ea99acda12f5859313f539a',0,'','1mxz86dd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395733,26955,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1265936064,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 2009 Daria Fanworks Awards - Winners announced','I\'m kinda surprised that my "Paint by numbers" gag isn\'t in the list, when I issued that one everybody went wild over it. I fully expected that one to be in the list of best Comedy artworks but it\'s not.\n\nWhat happened? \":?\"','ca60a95416be490522f9de26323effa7',0,'','c216rq9j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395734,27728,6,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1265937981,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[b:3qkbg16g]Part 7[/b:3qkbg16g]\n\n\nA "wet paint" sign next to "Landon Consulting" on the door window instantly told Jane that Jodie had completed the buyout. Therefore, she was slightly surprised to find Mr. Morgendorffer inside. "Oh," she said.\n\nJake turned and said, "Hey there, Jane-O. Long time. These must be your new business partners. Jodie was just telling me that you were expected."\n\nJane said, "Yeah, this is Nell and CC. Guys, this is Daria\'s dad."\n\n"Hey," CC said.\n\n"Hi, Mr. Morgendorffer," Nell said.\n\nInside, Jodie said, "Please everyone, come in. I\'m anxious to get started."\n\n"And I\'ll get out of your way, Jodie," Jake said. "Good luck."\n\n"Thanks, Mr. Morgendorffer."\n\n"Jane, Nell, CC. Take care. I\'ll see you at the wedding."\n\n"Trust me, I wouldn\'t miss it," Jane said.\n\n"Why don\'t you stop by and say, \'Hi,\' tonight? I\'m sure Helen would love to see you."\n\nJane looked at Nell and CC and shrugged. "Sure."\n\n"That goes for all three of you. See you tonight!" Jake almost skipped as he left the office and went to his car.\n\nJane said, "I think retirement suits him well."\n\nJodie sighed. "I\'m glad we\'re finally done with the transition. I really appreciate all the experience I had working for him and getting the chance to buy the business but…well Jane, you know how he can be."\n\n"True, very true," Jane said.\n\nAfter everyone had taken a seat in Jodie\'s office, she passed around several folders. "I\'ve located several possible locations for you. Personally, I think the storefront on Dega St. is your best bargain."\n\nJane looked at the address and said, "That\'s across the street from Axl\'s."\n\n"The city council is trying to bring more boutique and specialty shops into the downtown area and what you have in mind fits well."\n\nCC said, "Is the city willing to kick in any money to help with their grand plan?"\n\n"Not cash up front, but tax breaks for new businesses that should really help you out while you get started. The details are on page four of your packet."\n\nAfter reading, Nell said, "Not bad. Not bad at all."\n\n"When can we look at the storefront?" CC asked.\n\nJodie said, "We can call the owner right now if you want."\n\nAfter receiving nods and shrugs from her partners, CC said, "No sense in waiting around. The sooner we can get started, the sooner we can start getting some income."\n\nJane said, "Sounds good to me. Oh, CC, trust me, you don\'t want to work in the strip clubs in Lawndale."\n\nAfter a short laugh, Nell said, "What about building up a clientele? Jane told us about Gary\'s Gallery and we\'re really hoping to sell more originals."\n\n"That reminds me," Jane said. "Is Gary\'s still in business?"\n\n"No," Jodie said. "Lawndale is all yours."\n\nJane asked, "What about drawing customers from the Baltimore and DC areas."\n\n"I have some ideas about that," Jodie said. "I still know a couple of staffers from the summers I worked at Congressman Sack\'s office. I can put the word out with them to the DC crowd."\n\nNell said, "Nice connections you have there."\n\nThere as a little sadness and regret in Jodie\'s voice when she said, "I figure that I should get something out of wasting my summers there."\n\n\n\n\nLooking at Lawndale High as she got out of Jane\'s car, CC said, "It doesn\'t look as bad as you and Daria made it sound."\n\nJane said, "Ms. Defoe got rid the most obvious security devices."\n\nJane felt a little strange leading her friends through the front door and to the office. At the front desk, she said, "I\'m Jane Lane. I have an appointment with Principal Defoe."\n\n"Ms. Lane," the receptionist said. "She\'s been expecting you. Go right in."\n\nClaire Defoe rose as they entered, "Jane. Such a pleasure."\n\n"Claire, these are my friends and new business partners, CC and Nell. Guys, this is my favorite teacher from high school, Claire Defoe."\n\nClaire sat back down and waved the newcomers to fairly comfortable chairs. "It\'s hard to believe it\'s been four years since you graduated. My, how time flies."\n\n"And three years since you got this office permanently," Jane said. "No offense, but that still freaks me out a little."\n\n"You get used to it," Claire said. "How is your old friend, Daria?"\n\n"She\'s good. Getting married next month."\n\n"So young?"\n\nJane shrugged. "She found a good male and grabbed him."\n\n"You said business partners."\n\n"That\'s right. We\'re going to open up a gallery here in town. We looked at a place on Dega St. that we liked and with a little luck, can open soon."\n\n"That\'s wonderful."\n\n"While a lot of our stock is going to be our stuff, we want to open up space for new artists. Like, say, promising high school students."\n\nCC said, "We think it\'ll be cool to give the kids someplace other than school or home to show off their work."\n\n"I think I can talk the new art teacher into agreeing to this," Claire said. "You\'re making me proud, Jane."\n\n"You gave me a leg up with that internship, Claire. It\'s only fair that I return the favor."\n\n\n\n\nMike MacKenzie felt comfortable in his old bedroom. After the hectic days of finals and graduation, it felt good to relax in long-familiar surroundings. Closing his eyes, it was easy to feel like a teenager again.\n\nHis reverie was interrupted by his mother at the bedroom door. "Mike, honey. You have a phone call."\n\nMike rolled off the bed. "Oh. Who is it?"\n\n"Someone named Sean."\n\n"I can\'t think of anyone named Sean who would call me, but I\'ll take it."\n\nMrs. MacKenzie passed the phone to her son and said, "Dinner will be ready soon."\n\nThe thought of his mother\'s home cooking made his stomach growl in anticipation. He held the phone to his ear. "Hello."\n\n"Hi, my name is Sean and I\'m a friend of Michael Fulton."\n\n"Oh, okay. What can I do for you?"\n\n"A bit of a favor for Michael. Since Jack and I don\'t really know anybody in Lawndale…I was hoping to get some help in finding a location for his bachelor party."\n\n"How, um, extreme do you expect this thing to get?"\n\nSean gave a good-natured snort. "We\'re talking about Michael here. Beer and console gaming."\n\n"In that case…I think I can help you."','e58764b14abe86b99d71872413d6da83',0,'QA==','3qkbg16g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395735,28220,4,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1265938313,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Report a bad apple only if you can do the time','[url=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/11/us/AP-US-Texas-Nurse-Acquitted.html?_r=1:1t52j78x]More details on the acquittal.[/url:1t52j78x]\n\nI hope that their civil complaint is successful and I hope that they add malicious prosecution to the mix.','2c115d5663660bb28616e9bf9902ff39',0,'EA==','1t52j78x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395736,28246,5,26,0,'4.157.68.50',1265939138,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Spoiler schedule for 2/14-20/2010','Kind of a light week ahead.\n\nAnyhow. . .\n\nSunday (spoilers to be posted Monday): New ep of [i:2nhprty0]Aqua Teen Hunger Force[/i:2nhprty0]\n\nFriday: New eps of [i:2nhprty0]Batman: The Brave and The Bold[/i:2nhprty0] and [i:2nhprty0]Star Wars: The Clone Wars[/i:2nhprty0]\n\nConsider yourself warned. \":D\"','cfdf5d6f5b708e29b9f2d612c5d04212',0,'IA==','2nhprty0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395737,27728,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265939404,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote:zij85wza]Jane felt a little strange leading her friends through the front door and to the office. At the front desk, she said, "I\'m Jane Lane. I have an appointment with Principal Defoe."\n\n"Ms. Lane," the receptionist said. "She\'s been expecting you. Go right in."\n\nClaire Defoe rose as they entered, "Jane. Such a pleasure."\n\n"Claire, these are my friends and new business partners, CC and Nell. Guys, this is my favorite teacher from high school, Claire Defoe."\n\nClaire sat back down and waved the newcomers to fairly comfortable chairs. "It\'s hard to believe it\'s been four years since you graduated. My, how time flies."\n\n"And three years since you got this office permanently," Jane said. "No offense, but that still freaks me out a little."\n\n"You get used to it," Claire said. [color=#0000FF:zij85wza]"How is your old friend, Daria?"\n\n"She\'s good. Getting married next month."\n\n"So young?"\n\nJane shrugged. "She found a good male and grabbed him."[/color:zij85wza][/quote:zij85wza]\n\n\nThis is an excellent point - and one that should be brought up in the \'Daria/marriage\' thread. I mean - if you\'re young when you find someone who makes you happy and who you can live with (and vice versa) - why do the \'we\'re too young, we should wait and get more life experience\' thing? After all, if you want too long, becoming \'financially/emotionally/whatever\' secure, you run the risk of having someone else get this wonderful person. \n\nIn this reality - in this one - she was able to find a good man, and allow herself to be happy and love him. \n\nSometimes, as [i:zij85wza]South Park:Bigger, Longer and Uncut[/i:zij85wza] showed with Satan himself (and yes, I know that it\'s just a movie) - anyone can be involved in circumstances that allow them to find someone to care for. Granted, he was Saddam Hussein\'s \'bottom\', but the man made him happy for a time... \";)\" \n\nThat whole thread reminds of a frequent refrain of mine to my old film school friends: [i:zij85wza]"You know, it is possible to have a deep story and a happy ending also."[/i:zij85wza] \":D\"','51020be5f56f0d62deead5c3869805da',0,'og==','zij85wza',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395738,28220,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265939640,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Report a bad apple only if you can do the time','[quote="RLobinske":cxvy019j][url=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/11/us/AP-US-Texas-Nurse-Acquitted.html?_r=1:cxvy019j]More details on the acquittal.[/url:cxvy019j]\n\nI hope that their civil complaint is successful and I hope that they add malicious prosecution to the mix.[/quote:cxvy019j]','9a450f9ade4d89dbf3b976ab2c98a37b',0,'kA==','cxvy019j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395739,28239,3,531,0,'66.3.102.22',1265939665,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Girl beaten while security guards watch...','[quote="Derek":skhs3d59]So if these security guards aren\'t supposed to be providing security, what exactly were they hired for? Transit agencies aren\'t known for having excess cash to throw around.\n\n[quote:skhs3d59]The guards\' duties include helping customers and reporting suspicious objects, disruptive behavior and equipment problems.[/quote:skhs3d59]\nSounds to me like the job description of the customer service agents the MBTA has here in Boston, not security guards.[/quote:skhs3d59]\n\nI was just about to ask the same thing. They are security guards. It is their job (or so I understand from the name "security" and "guard") to intervene in such events.\nIf they were conductors, or the people who sell tickets, I can understand calling for help but not getting involved.\nthis...\nI would hope that a lot of people lose their jobs and a serious review of policy happens.','612c32736da03454162b01225dcfbd18',0,'gA==','skhs3d59',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395740,28172,6,809,0,'68.161.191.155',1265940648,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Fight Like Hell (Updated 2/10)','Very well done. I do wonder who (what?) was in Daria\'s room when she got home. And kudos on the humorous additions to the story.\n\nThis is quite the spiffy debut, friend. Welcome to the board.','830e4b9dbcfa4bbbbd65451fad468f90',0,'','1wqgyaux',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395741,27728,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1265941125,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Brother Grimace":2jdug4n6][i:2jdug4n6]"You know, it is possible to have a deep story and a happy ending also."[/i:2jdug4n6] \":D\"[/quote:2jdug4n6]\n\nDude, don\'t talk about happy endings when it\'s not over yet! As we speak, meteors are streaking through space, heading directly toward Lawndale. Mark my words. (nods sagely)\n\nKristen','c15f188d4ea7b5f70bb6d5806539746c',0,'oA==','2jdug4n6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395742,28215,3,10,0,'173.26.36.4',1265942032,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Far-off food puts vast penguin colony under threat','[quote="The Angst Guy":22j11i2e][quote="The Sidhe":22j11i2e][url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/12/penguins-food-under-threat:22j11i2e]Growing distance between nesting and feeding sites reduces chances of breeding successfully, say researchers[/url:22j11i2e][/quote:22j11i2e]\nI\'ll breed with them![/quote:22j11i2e]I think their standards of successful breeding and yours differ markedly.\n\nHarley','1ec46f095baf12d6aa4edbe8c155ee2d',0,'kA==','22j11i2e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395743,28211,3,809,0,'68.161.191.155',1265942524,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should we invite the new kids over to play?','[quote="JrGtr42":zgegqgkt][quote="The Angst Guy":zgegqgkt]\n*edit, photo NSFA (not safe for anyone)*\n\nI\'m ready for \'em! \":D\"[/quote:zgegqgkt]\n\nYou\'re paying for my therapy, eye replacements and brain bleach.[/quote:zgegqgkt]\n Ditto \":ugh:\" \":lol:\"','e7afea2e2ee8b8510633b903edb83222',0,'gA==','zgegqgkt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395744,27728,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265943664,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Kristen Bealer":1kgy7apu][quote="Brother Grimace":1kgy7apu][i:1kgy7apu]"You know, it is possible to have a deep story and a happy ending also."[/i:1kgy7apu] \":D\"[/quote:1kgy7apu]\n\nDude, don\'t talk about happy endings when it\'s not over yet! As we speak, meteors are streaking through space, heading directly toward Lawndale. Mark my words. (nods sagely)\n\nKristen[/quote:1kgy7apu]\n\nAh... you do know that there are forces beyond this world that are determined to show that at least one Daria can have, if not a happy ending, then true and complete happy moments, right?\n\nAs for meteors... where have you been, babe? Doy did notice that the Earth of the [i:1kgy7apu]FiC[/i:1kgy7apu] universe is one of the Earths [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Daylight:1kgy7apu]where the [i:1kgy7apu]Daylight Crisis[/i:1kgy7apu] never occurred, right?[/url:1kgy7apu]\n\nAs the [i:1kgy7apu]TotR[/i:1kgy7apu] fics [i:1kgy7apu]Jurisdiction[/i:1kgy7apu] and [i:1kgy7apu]Balance[/i:1kgy7apu] show, it\'s in canon that although they will never know it, the Fulton-Morgendorffer family is officially being watched over, even though it\'s from a distance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bump:1kgy7apu][color=#0000FF:1kgy7apu][i:1kgy7apu]Besides... [u:1kgy7apu]your Goddess[/u:1kgy7apu] expects stability as she trains her Jaffa to provide her with new generations of warriors and servants to serve her every need.[/i:1kgy7apu][/color:1kgy7apu][/url:1kgy7apu] \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','80454750e27cfaf484df8e1ae6ec9342',0,'sw==','1kgy7apu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395745,28229,6,414,0,'24.147.138.173',1265943859,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It\'s All About The Intention','One nitpick: I believe that a female president would be addressed as "Madame President", not "Miss President".','3aa446341321057b96ce4b5f48e3e5ad',0,'','3dcpy1cx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395746,28247,3,26,0,'4.157.68.50',1265944568,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Is anyone in your area competing in the Winter Olympics?','With the Winter Olympics in Vancouver set to begin tomorrow, I should point out that the Adirondack North Country\'s once again pretty well-represented on the US team.\n\nYou should especially keep your eye on this guy. . .\n\n[img:18m437sx]http://images.townnews.com/saratogian.com/content/articles/2010/01/31/sports/doc4b65086dae5ed737366248.jpg[/img:18m437sx]\n\nSpeed skater Trevor Marsicano of Ballston Spa.\n\nMore about him [url=http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2010/01/31/sports/doc4b65086dae5ed737366248.txt:18m437sx]here[/url:18m437sx].\n\nIs anyone in your neck of the woods competing in the Olympics?\n\nSound off! \":D\"','633704574777101636e2e85f30969aa2',0,'GA==','18m437sx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395747,28247,3,79,0,'24.20.253.48',1265945754,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is anyone in your area competing in the Winter Olympics?','people care about the olympics?','058ec5e5e8f690253cbbbb93ae3dfc9c',0,'','1hozfv6r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395748,27761,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1265947562,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Regifted 2: I Put Away Joyless Things (Ch. 4)','[size=200:3pqq1ops][b:3pqq1ops]YOU DIDN\'T FINISH THE CHAPTER![/b:3pqq1ops][/size:3pqq1ops] \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" [size=200:3pqq1ops][b:3pqq1ops]MOAR!!![/b:3pqq1ops][/size:3pqq1ops]\n\n\nSeriously. You stopped right at the moment I had to know what was happening next! [size=200:3pqq1ops][b:3pqq1ops]AAAAUGH!!![/b:3pqq1ops][/size:3pqq1ops]','cf3fa50f82fcaf04bef04b30996daa14',0,'RA==','3pqq1ops',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395749,28248,3,45,0,'24.143.42.36',1265947868,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The Master Modeler','Photos of a time gone past and they all look real. But they are all models done by Michael Paul Smith. [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/sets/72157604247242338/show/with/2346008881/:2lo06cxy]Go here and watch the slide show.[/url:2lo06cxy]','d6c28757a0bb79e61574cdb8065975a1',0,'EA==','2lo06cxy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395750,27917,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1265948295,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/10/10)','It\'s time for the\n\n[size=200:3kp0whcf][b:3kp0whcf]EBOLA.[/b:3kp0whcf][/size:3kp0whcf] \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','3421deb97420f1467a26554c433310ea',0,'RA==','3kp0whcf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395751,28172,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1265948597,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Fight Like Hell (Updated 2/10)','[quote:kngg4jsx]...a reenactment with badly handled puppets of a gorilla and penguin...[/quote:kngg4jsx]\n[i:kngg4jsx][size=200:kngg4jsx][b:kngg4jsx]FAN ART!!![/b:kngg4jsx][/size:kngg4jsx][/i:kngg4jsx]','a4ba5103e07827a4709486c5d2e3d0fc',0,'5A==','kngg4jsx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395752,28236,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1265949006,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 2)','[quote="RLobinske":uo8emldn][quote="Kristen Bealer":uo8emldn]Uh oh...are we about to add yet another dimension to the [s:uo8emldn]triangle square pentagon hexagon[/s:uo8emldn]I don\'t even know anymore? \":shock:\" \n\nWell, just as long as Tom and Finn end up together.[/quote:uo8emldn]\nOnly if they include Ted... \":lol:\"[/quote:uo8emldn]\nAre we making a sandwich or a daisy chain here? Focus, people, focus!','73ee73548fd972d6c261b558b4184fc8',0,'gAQ=','uo8emldn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395753,28168,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1265949094,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','[quote="DigiSim":1j88vtv8]One sunny afternoon Sandi Griffin strolled downstairs to watch Fashion Vision, diet soda in one hand and [i:1j88vtv8]Waif[/i:1j88vtv8] in the other. But what she saw when she arrived in the living room stopped her in her tracks... the orgy had started without her.\n\n"Sam! Chris! Fluffy! You were supposed to wait for me!"[/quote:1j88vtv8]\nThank God that SOMEONE is actually paying ATTENTION to the title of this THREAD!','bd1d9afc5aaf2ac276a33fbcd7ed16fe',0,'oA==','1j88vtv8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395754,28071,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1265949125,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','The following is how cats classify the universe:\n\n[i:3rx7by27]Primary Classification: [b:3rx7by27]Mine.[/b:3rx7by27][/i:3rx7by27]\n\n[i:3rx7by27]First Level Secondary Classifications: [b:3rx7by27]Food[/b:3rx7by27] and [b:3rx7by27]Not Food.[/b:3rx7by27][/i:3rx7by27] The order these are listed in is important.\n\nPlease feel free to elaborate.','405217bb74667f9150609878324e3742',0,'YA==','3rx7by27',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395755,28248,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1265949225,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Master Modeler','Simply amazing!','24a28f0b92b65fc54cdde61476f9e49b',0,'','71pt0utk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395756,28214,10,468,0,'99.130.203.174',1265950399,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria of Today?','That looks pretty damn good. Nicely done updating her look... and her hair \":)\"','0e67c2071e4a9a6c2ce9cf90a1b562fb',0,'','3dqby0sj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395757,28249,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1265950577,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Good News For Ms Bealer!','Not that she really NEEDS an excuse for one of these, but...\n\n[url=http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Health/2010/02/12/Red_wine_dark_chocolate_kill_cancer_427935.html:1stwwfam]Red wine, [b:1stwwfam]dark chocolate[/b:1stwwfam] kill cancer[/url:1stwwfam]\n\n[quote:1stwwfam]Cabernet wine and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to research presented in the US.[/quote:1stwwfam]','3b3884975b8ddbb98e64c321f4cfb05c',0,'0A==','1stwwfam',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395758,28250,16,1,0,'211.30.106.237',1265950621,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Sir','Quick Question?','I heard that the DVDs will come with something called mystik spiral pilot, is that like an actual unaired episode?','850e096d82034172bf50cacd7783b3a0',0,'','2khm7kxq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395759,28250,16,900,0,'208.7.93.71',1265951044,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quick Question?','[quote="Sir":2jayvgsl]I heard that the DVDs will come with something called mystik spiral pilot, is that like an actual unaired episode?[/quote:2jayvgsl]\nIt\'s actually the script for the pilot. They never got to the point where it would have been drawn/animated/voiced/etc. It\'s basically just going to be text. Freaking cool text, but text nonetheless.','fd00249babf21046ef9210077f5e8ee4',0,'gA==','2jayvgsl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395760,27963,6,1037,0,'99.146.3.236',1265951612,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: General Semantics, Private Angst (chapter 11 up)','Disclaimer: gwrtheyrn owns nothing at all, especially not Daria, and even more especially not the works of the late A. E. van Vogt.\n gwrtheyrn tries to steal from good sources.\n\n[u:2p86sixw][b:2p86sixw]General Semantics, Private Angst[/b:2p86sixw][/u:2p86sixw]\n\nA Daria crossover fanfic, by A. E. van Vogt, and gwrtheyrn\n\nChapter Eleven: Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them\n\nDaria\'s plan for an easy exit lay in ruins. How had the gang got on her trail? They must have been told that she was on Mars. It had to be that, but it didn\'t add up. Only the Games Machine or \'Aunt Amy\' would even have known that she was alive, unless her analysis was all wrong, and why would either of them do anything so daft as tell the gang about her? She sucked air through her teeth, and shook her head.\n\nShe saw nothing for it but to learn what she could as quickly as she might, and leave on foot. The decision braced her. \n\n"Where do you keep your maps of Mars?" Daria demanded. \n\nThe man made no reply; Nastasya shrugged and said, "They are in a cupboard in the laboratory." She described the location of the cupboard.\n\nDaria remembered having rifled through it. She ran down the steps, and back up the stairs with three maps. She spread them out on the floor, and knelt beside them. If she\'d ever seen a map of Mars before, she had no memory of it, but she quickly located several pencil markings on the map labeled \'Three.\' One of the pencil markings was in mountainous territory, apparently not especially near much else, about 550 kilometers north of a city called New Reykjavík.\n\nDaria held up that map to where Nastasya Mackenzie could see it. "I take it this indicates where we are. Please confirm or deny."\n\nThe woman peered. "Yes, that\'s right."\n\n"Oh, there\'s plenty of fruit," she said, in answer to Daria\'s next query. "Various types of berries by the billions, peaches, apricots, apples, walnuts; think of fruit that would grow in North America, except citrus. Those grow in hothouses, but not wild on most of Mars."\n\nDaria asked, "Lie detector? Is this true?"\n\n"Yes."\n\nDaria studied the bound woman\'s face searchingly. "You\'re certain that I\'ll be captured before I can go far, aren\'t you?"\n\n"Of course you\'ll be captured," said the woman, calmly. "We have no police on Mars, and no ordinary crime, but the cases requiring detective work are always solved with great speed. You will be interested in meeting a null-A detective, but you will be shocked at how rapidly you are caught."\n\nDaria was torn. She was eager to meet anyone who might serve as authorities on Mars. She was on a planet which had no formal governmental apparatus at all; perhaps null-A detectives would be the right people for her to seek. But. If she was right, it wasn\'t null-A detectives who were closing in, but Micha Mackenzie\'s co-conspirators from the gang.\n\nBut Nastasya Mackenzie had the wrong end of the stick so thoroughly that Daria was inclined to take her innocence as proven. Conversely, her husband looked guiltier by the minute. He [i:2p86sixw]did[/i:2p86sixw] recognise her somehow, but how? \n\nA grim hypothesis struck Daria: suppose Micha Mackenzie were a trusted agent of the Games Machine and had been briefed by it in full about her; suppose further that the Machine\'s judgment had been at fault. The gang could influence the Machine\'s grades, maybe its other judgments were vulnerable as well. Suppose Mackenzie were a flat-out double agent: a space invader who, with assistance from some sort of technological aid, had winnowed his way into the Machine\'s confidence. She hoped it wasn’t possible, and all she had to go on were the man\'s silences and his insolent, knowing looks; but how much it would explain! Still, wouldn\'t Wing Green have known if this were so? She wished that she understood more about what lie detectors could discern, and what they couldn\'t. \n\nDaria\'s impulse was to leave at once. The sooner she could vanish into the mighty forest, the better off for her, and maybe for Dr Nastasya Mackenzie, as well. \n\nShe couldn\'t ask appropriate questions of the man without giving away more than she could get thereby. It would use up her only concealed asset: the friendship and help of the lie detectors; worse, it would [i:2p86sixw]betray the AIs[/i:2p86sixw] to consequences difficult to guess, but certain to be bad. She must not lead the gang to suspect that lie detectors were anything but appliances. If they didn\'t already know it, of course. In that event, she had nothing, except being dead and yet living.\n\nHow could she get a private conversation with Wing Green before she had to go? As it had turned out, it would have worked out better if she had just left the lie detector downstairs. A wise man had once said, "Prediction is very difficult; especially, of the future." Sometimes, wise men could be very annoying.\n\nIf Mackenzie did recognise her, was it absolutely certain that his information had to come from the Machine? Would photographs and videos have told him enough? Supposedly, the mouth was the most distinctive part of the human face, and the balaclava did expose hers. But difficult. Daria doubted that she could have done it, and who knew her own face better than she did?\n\nIn any event, she did not want Micha Mackenzie to know that she had known about his role in the plot from the beginning of this encounter. That sort of tid-bit would lead straight back to Jane Lane, and would probably compromise Hrafn, as well.\n\nDaria felt constrained from all sides, but that was the way it was: no sense crying about it.\n\nAll this calculation took only a split instant. Nastasya Mackenzie only noticed a slight hesitation. And at the end of it, Daria decided that she could not leave without telling the other woman what she knew. Then, if she herself should be caught or killed, some hope would remain that the story might reach -- at least the security groups in the Martian cities. In the absence of a government, they might do. Warned of the imminent threat, at least they could take some sort of measures. \n\nDaria would be risking this apparently innocent person\'s safety, by telling her, but it seemed necessary. She had a plan about that, anyway. The woman would make the decision about whether to trust her husband. Nastasya Mackenzie was a null-A, and presumably knew him better than anyone. \n\nDaria sat down on the edge of the bed, and rolled up her cap, exposing her face. Now that she had made her decision, she felt cool and unshakeable. Ostensibly, she addressed both of the Mackenzies, but actually, only the woman interested her. After a little more than a minute, Micha Mackenzie shifted his position and began watching her closely. Daria did not deign to take notice of that. She herself had a figurative tightrope to walk.\n\nTwenty minutes later, she finished up the first part of the tale that she meant to tell, ending with the ambush at the base of the Machine, and her mysterious awakening, a couple of kilometers away from the house on Mars. If her reading of the situation were not completely askew, Micha Mackenzie had known all of that. All she had to conceal were her thoughts, and she was determined not to mention Wing Green under any circumstances.\n\n“But, that’s fantastic!” Nastasya Mackenzie said, enthralled. “And brought [i:2p86sixw]here?[/i:2p86sixw] Why in the world…?”\n\n“That, I don’t know,” said Daria. “It’s what led me to consider the idea that you two were somehow behind it all.” It was true, that had flashed through her mind, though she hadn’t actually taken the notion seriously. [i:2p86sixw]“Please, Wing, let this one go by, it’s not actually a lie,”[/i:2p86sixw] she thought. \n\n“There really isn’t anything else out here,” the other woman said. “You’d have to think that we were connected somehow. I suppose that’s why you attacked us. Gosh, what a mystery!”\n\nMicha Mackenzie finally spoke up. “I suppose you realise, there’s a serious flaw in that story,” he said, finally entering the conversation.\n\n“And that would be --?” Daria prompted.\n\n“Your identification with Daria Morgendorffer, who died on Earth.”\n\n“That would be a problem, true, but I don’t know that I actually did die. The fact that I’m here, now, seems to argue against it,” said Daria, mildly.\n\n“But Daria Morgendorffer did die,” Micha Mackenzie riposted. “It was all over the news, the day before I left Earth. She was gunned down by Secret Service men while attempting to destroy the Games Machine.”\n\n“While [i:2p86sixw]what?[/i:2p86sixw]” Daria demanded, incredulously.\n\n“Well, that’s what the news said had been going on. They said she had a rucksack full of C4.”\n\n“What crap. A rucksack of C4 wouldn’t even give the Machine a love tap. It’s too distributed.”\n\nMicha Mackenzie said, “Well, they did kill her, and that\'s what they said about it. Maybe there’s a thermal exhaust port where that amount of explosive could hurt the Machine seriously.”\n\nDaria shook her head to hear such nonsense, but despite everything, confirmation of her death on Earth shook her. “Excuse me, lie detector? You’ve heard all this; am I that Daria Morgendorffer who was ambushed and murdered during the second policeless night of the recent games, in the Machine\'s City?”\n\nWing Green replied, “My judgments are based upon memory flow, and on that basis, miss, you are. It is my duty to recommend that you consult a trauma therapist as soon as possible. Your memories of that attack reflect intense agony. I cannot tell whether you actually did die, but it is clear that you suffered terribly. There is still no knowledge in your brain concerning your true identity.”\n\nAnd that was that. It no longer could be dodged: she was a zombie, or something. \n\nShe was a zombie who had to [i:2p86sixw]get moving.[/i:2p86sixw] Daria did not understand why the gang hadn\'t made its move against her, but it surely wouldn\'t be postponed much longer. There was no time for a leisurely private chat with Wing Green, for all that she burned for what she could learn from it, and there was just no way she could break the AI\'s trust in her by quizzing it in front of the Mackenzies. Maybe she\'d encounter another friendly lie detector later; they seemed to stay in touch with each other.\n\nShe bent down and untied Nastasya Mackenzie\'s feet, though not her hands, and helped her to stand up. \n\n"My plan is to take you with me for a couple of kilometers, then release you to come back and treat your husband. I think he just has a clean break of his right forearm, but it should be treated promptly." \n\nShe had another reason for taking the other woman along. She intended to tell her what the rest of the situation was. She had to be told about her husband\'s role. The decision concerning what to do about Micha Mackenzie would be left to his wife.\n\nDaria filled her in during the final half kilometer, before untying her hands. When Daria had finished, the other woman was silent for so long that she added, finally, "Your husband may decide to prevent you from passing on the information I\'ve given you. On the other hand, his relatively new adherence to null-A may be stronger than his loyalty to his organisation. You\'ll have to make up your own mind about that, based on your knowledge of him."\n\nThe other woman sighed, but all she said was, "I understand."\n\n"Your hospital -- how does it work?" Daria had been wondering this.\n\n"It\'s all volunteer, of course," said Dr Mackenzie. "We\'re on Hospital Exchange. When someone get hurt, or otherwise needs hospitalisation, the exchange calls the nearest suitable unit. If that\'s us, we accept or reject the patient. Lately, I\'ve been turning them down, because,--" she stopped, and looked earnestly at Daria. "Thank you for telling me this. Thank you very much." She hesitated. "I have to trust him. But I intend to give you a long head start."\n\n"Good luck!" Daria said, and watched her as she started her return journey. She hoped that what the other woman was planning wasn\'t a ghastly mistake, but the mistake was hers to make. A thoroughly nice woman, even so.\n\nDaria turned on her heel, and headed on toward the forest. The grass was soft beneath her feet, and there was still a sort of a path. The clean, sweet scent of the rain-scrubbed afternoon beckoned to her, but she was intent on her way.\n\nShadows, as she came beneath the canopy of those enormous trees. It was almost like entering a cave from a bright day. The path was like a twisting corridor in some non-Euclidean Gothic romance, changing, curving, now opening up into great antechambers, now narrowing to a pathless tangle of shrubbery, but always with a roof above to hide the sky. She suddenly realised that it would be hard to maintain her sense of direction among the trees. She had a compass, taken from the Mackenzies, but that might or might not be good enough if there were magnetic deposits in the area.\n\nShe pressed on tirelessly through the interminable forest, and eventually noticed that the diffuse shadows were darkening. Night was falling. She was just wondering whether she would have to sleep under the trees when she emerged from behind a huge bole into a large, open meadow.\n\nShe had found a grassy knoll, and was just settling herself down, when a plane winged silently over the edge of a nearby hill. It came down about sixteen meters from her, and rolled to a stop. A spotlight flashed on in its nose, and quickly pinned Daria like a butterfly to a cork, and, out of the darkness, a voice came.\n\n"Daria Morgendorffer, I am not an enemy, but there is not a moment to be lost. Get in the plane now. I direct your attention to six guns which I have pointed in your direction. Explanations will follow once you have complied."\n\nDaria saw six snouted barrel ends poking out of the fuselage, that tracked her movements. So long as they were there, it didn\'t matter whether she believed that the plane was or was not an enemy. Without further ado, she went around to the side of the plane, and clambered in through the open hatch she found there. \n\nShe was allowed just enough time to secure herself in one of the six seats inside, when the door slammed and all the lights blinked out. She was evidently the only living thing in the plane.\n\nThe machine raced forward and took flight, climbing steeply into the night sky.','acc03bf0af1517890440df15beb1f8c3',0,'YQ==','2p86sixw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395761,28241,3,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1265951709,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: TV Fight Again','[quote="DrNoGood09":2qj32nfr]Me thinks that some people need help.\n\nhttp://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/101 ... v-argument[/quote:2qj32nfr]\n\nHow horrible.\n\nI once contemplated killing a guy who wouldn\'t move out and making it look like a suicide (as he kept telling people he was gonna do anyway). It was more of a fantasy (as well as fantasizing about coming home to find out he really did kill himself).\n\nBut instead I just got a couple of big guys to throw his ass his out with all his stuff and making it very clear how much worse it was gonna get if he so much as spoke to me again.\n\nToo bad this guy couldn\'t have done the same before he snapped. Though if the pair who moved in didn\'t have their names on the lease, the police should\'ve been able to throw him out. (Or maybe there\'s more to the story here or we\'re not being told the truth.) \n\nOn the upside, assuming this article is telling the truth, there\'s one less asshole in the world, and I consider that a good thing. I\'d hope that this would make assholes everywhere think about changing their asshole ways, but I know that\'s hoping for too much.','52b556f65e28a8bf0c535183c6384ba0',0,'gA==','2qj32nfr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395762,28251,3,785,0,'190.245.205.239',1265952142,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','SSW: Newlywed Woman Is Murdered by Stalker','[quote:1ew18mfx]The Florida woman killed by a man who had allegedly stalked her since her Hooters waitressing days had tried to get an order of protection against him, but a judge refused the request.\nFormer Hooters waitress could not get an order of protection against him.\n\nAlissa Blanton, 23, of Cocoa, Fla., was shot and killed Monday in the parking lot near her new job at an AT&T call center in Orange County, Fla. Police said her killer, 61-year-old Roger Troy, fatally shot himself immediately afterward.\n\nAbout a week before she died, Blanton asked a judge for an order of protection against Troy, whom she said had been stalking her for two years. Despite the evidence she presented -- her petition contained more than 70 pages of harassing e-mails Troy sent to her -- Brevard County Circuit Court Judge Dean Moxley said he didn\'t have enough information to rule on the petition.\n\nAccording to ABC News\' Orlando affiliate WFTV, Moxley ordered a hearing for Feb. 16 to gather more information on the request. \n\nIn an interview with the Orlando Sentinel newspaper, Moxley said he couldn\'t determine if Troy\'s actions met the legal definition of stalking based on the information presented by Blanton.\n\n"As a judge you have to follow the law. You\'re not omniscient. God bless her soul," he told the newspaper.\n\nA top forensic psychologist, Michael Welner, said that while we rely on the court system to protect victims, it is also important to remember that the stalker is fixated on someone else. \n\n\n"So what is going to happen after a court hearing? If he is a predator he is still going to prey. If he is locked up for a few months, he is still going to target her. In my professional experience, separation is the best solution," Welner said on "Good Morning America" this morning. Welner suggested that if you cannot immediately escape to a location where the stalker can\'t find you, ask your neighbors and your workplace security to be your eyes and ears.\n\n"Get yourself escorted to the parking lot, or escorted [into work] until the courts can make a difference or until laws change to allow civil commitment of people who are a danger to someone in the community. But the key thing is [to] limit your communication. Be very specific. Get separation, and until you can get separation, don\'t allow yourself to be alone," Welner said.\n\n[b:1ew18mfx]Stalker Harassed Woman, Sent Disparaging E-mails[/b:1ew18mfx]\n\nIn the court papers she filed, Blanton said she met Troy when she was working at Hooters in Brevard County and he was a customer.\n\nBlanton said she quit the job because Troy began to stalk her, but the harassment continued.\n\nHe would drive past her house, visit her at her new job and call her, Blanton said in her court filing.\n\nShe reported him to the police in an effort to get him to stop contacting her, she said.\n\nIn e-mails Troy sent Blanton, he repeatedly calls her a "tramp" and a "whore" and disparages her apparent weight gain. He also makes demeaning comment about her marriage in August.\n\n"You are the poster girl for \'beauty is only skin deep,\'" Troy, a Cocoa Beach, Fla., businessman, wrote in one of the emails that were part of Blanton\'s request for an order of protection.\n\nBlanton and her husband, Brent, were co-workers, the Sentinel said.\n\nOn Monday they had lunch, returned to work, then headed in separate directions, Alissa Blanton\'s mother, Connie Hassell of Festus, Mo., told the Sentinel. Moments later, Hassell said, Brent Blanton received a phone call from his wife and she told him Troy was there.\n\nA witness told police that Troy shot Blanton multiple times. \n[/quote:1ew18mfx]\n\nhttp://abcnews.go.com/GMA/alissa-blanto ... 964&page=1','6bb0289d2c22d006c08b22634a47fd22',0,'wA==','1ew18mfx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395763,28220,4,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1265952241,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Report a bad apple only if you can do the time','[quote="undefinedlust":enl6gr89]Thankfully, the jury wasn\'t as dumb as the Sheriff and prosecutor.\n\nNot Guilty!!!![/quote:enl6gr89]\n\nThe sheriff at least wasn\'t dumb, he was corrupt.','fb67f127c28ae32515f21b02f2efbd83',0,'gA==','enl6gr89',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395764,28252,3,995,0,'112.141.89.84',1265952363,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','SSW: Things you are not to show at work','The man is two-times a nut.\n\nhttp://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/101 ... -co-worker','4fc4489a3d4b4c60dc5e6d7b5da28b2b',0,'','3ufjj89i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395765,28250,16,1,0,'211.30.106.237',1265952506,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Sir','Re: Quick Question?','Thanks a bunch, that\'s so cool','3ac7ea4cd0ac45dc14920e84ffe503d2',0,'','3ejbddh7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395766,28251,3,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1265952679,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Newlywed Woman Is Murdered by Stalker','The restraining order wouldn\'t have done her a bit of good, even if that was one of the rare places that actually enforce them. It\'s not a magic scroll that would put a force field around her or give her clairvoyance or teleport her to safety or any other magical protection.\n\nAnd [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rock_v._Gonzales:1hjek3zx]Castle Rock vs. Gonzales[/url:1hjek3zx] goes along with the same theme that cops don\'t have to protect anyone they don\'t feel like protecting.\n\nIt was a tragedy, surely, but not because the courts refused to give her a worthless restraining order, which is irrelevant.\n\nETA: The only reason to get a restraining order is to bolster your case in case you end up having to shoot him in self-defense.','deb9ebbda871ab566781b40d7bc88d07',0,'EA==','1hjek3zx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395767,23173,6,995,0,'112.141.89.84',1265952732,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Things Students Still Are Not Allowed To Do At Lawndale High','577: You can not show any body piercings to the other Students. Face and Ear piercings are OK but if its anywhere else on the body you will be punshed in the worst way possable.','968c10f1d0a427277b617b990b034b5b',0,'','82tij5xr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395768,28236,6,1017,0,'71.224.0.215',1265953992,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 3)','[i:2iyaxag1](Part 3)[/i:2iyaxag1]\n\nFinn was seated at the table late that evening when the doorbell rang. He stood up to answer it. However, his parents were already seated in the living room, and they opened the door first. Tom was standing there.\n \n“Hello, Tom.” Helen engaged pleasantly. Finn ducked into the kitchen \n \n“[i:2iyaxag1]Oh, God, don’t let him be over here for me[/i:2iyaxag1].” Finn thought. He had treated Tom so cruelly, both when he first found out about Daria, and during his birthday. While Finn was right to be furious at Tom for kissing Daria not an hour after dumping Jane, Finn knew he could no longer be innocent in the sordid affair. How could he look Tom in the eye after treating him so horribly? \n \nBut it seemed as though Tom was here for Daria. Were they actually dating? Finn didn’t know if he should be angry about that or not. The two of them did make out. Why not go all the way. \n \nThe revelation of that really hit home for Finn. The Jane and Tom Romance Hour was over.\n \n“[i:2iyaxag1]Over because of me[/i:2iyaxag1].” Finn took in a deep breath to prevent himself from making noise and being discovered. But, Helen kept talking to Tom, and kept the conversation steered. Not for Finn’s sake, she was just doing the mother thing that all parents did when their daughters went out dating. Not that Finn got any of that. Of course, he never brought his dates to the house on his own insistence, so he couldn’t fault her. \n \nFinn did not peek outside into the living room, but he heard Daria descend the stairs a moment later. There was some shuffling, and then the door shut. Daria and Tom would be gone. Finn walked out of the kitchen.\n \n“Hey, Finn!” Jake said cheerfully. Finn, perhaps the first time in his life, did not acknowledge his father. \n \n“Finn?” Jake called.\n \n“Huh?” Finn shook his head. “Oh, sorry, Dad. I’m just a little sleepy. Turning in early.” Finn bounded up the stairs to his room. \n\n \nHelen sighed as she took a seat back down on the couch.\n \n“Something wrong, honey?” Jake asked. As if he needed to, although Helen wondered if Jake, like most times, was truly oblivious as to what was happening in this house. He had a difficult enough time accepting the fact that Daria was dating Tom, someone he knew was Finn’s friend. He didn’t know anything of the intrigue behind it. And there was a lot of intrigue. \n \nFinn would never have told his father. He would have preferred to suffer alone then ever let his father feel sad. Daria, certainly, wouldn’t have mentioned it either. Helen wondered if this was going to be all up to her. Should she tell Jake about it? Would he just freak out? Helen’s mind was torn in many different ways. Jake was a bungler and scared of stepping up, but he did surprise her when she least expected it. But ultimately, she decided not to at the moment. Time healed many wounds, or at least soothed them. Perhaps that was her own problem, she took charge at the first sign. \n\n \nDaria went out with Tom to Pizza Palace, but it didn’t take long for her to be accosted by people that she knew. \n \n“Hey, Daria!” Kevin came over to greet her. \n \n“Hi!” Brittany eagerly squeaked beside him. “Hi, Tom.” \n \n“Hi.” Tom returned.\n \n“Daria, why are you with Tom? Isn’t he Jane’s boyfriend.”\n \n“Jane is at an art camp.” Daria remarked, a statement she quickly realized wasn’t the best to say with those two idiots.\n \n“So while Jane’s away...Daria!” Brittany comments slyly, exactly what Daria realized a second after she said it. \n \n“Brittany, I...” Daria started.\n \n“Does Finn know? I mean, you and he are friends, aren’t you?” \n \n“Jane and I aren’t dating anymore.” Tom remarked. \n \n“Oh.” Kevin seemed to understand, and Daria was thankful that he didn’t have the higher brain function to see past that one thought. It was one of the few things that was remotely tolerable. \n \n“Daria, you vixen.” Brittany, however, possessed the marginally more intellect to continue the thought. She wasn\'t criticizing her. In fact, Brittany seemed amused by her whole idea. \n \n“Brittany, we just came back from Cashman’s. They’re having intermediate markdowns.” Daria delivered a classic line she remembered Finn use to escape from the Fashion Club.\n \n“What? But Cashman’s closes in...Kevvy, we have to go!” And any thought about Tom and Jane were dispelled immediately. \n \n“But babe...” Kevin was dragged off by his girlfriend straight out of the pizza parlor. \n \n“That was effective.” Tom remarked. “I wish there was a way to tailor that to family outings.”\n \n“I can think of a few things, but they’re too tasteless even for me. Do this feel weird?” Daria asked.\n \n“Does what feel weird?’\n \n“Us. Going out.” \n \n“You mean dating?” Tom asked.\n \n“You had to use foul language?” \n \n“What’s the big deal? I called you up, asked if you wanted to go for pizza, and you said yes. It’s been four times since then.” \n \n“It’s just weird, that’s all.” Daria remarked. Tom leaned over and kissed her.\n \n“Did that help?”\n \n“A little.” Daria smiled. “But still, having people walk in that know who I am, and can see this...”\n \n“Want to head to my parent’s club? Who would know you there?” Tom offered. Daria sighed. While she was actually enjoying herself, part of her was two steps away from bolting out the door. And another was wondering if Finn was using this time to set a lethal trap in her room. \n\n \nOn Saturday, there was a knock at the door around lunchtime. Finn wasn’t expecting anyone, but he went to the door anyway to answer it. Standing outside was someone Finn had never seen before. She was a rather pretty woman with blonde hair.\n \n“Well, hello.” Finn smiled at her.\n \n“You must be Finn.” The girl replied aloofly. “Is Helen Morgendorffer here?” \n \n“Yeah. Come on in.” Finn offered. Finn led the girl inside. As if responding to her name, Helen descended the stairs.\n \n“Sierra!” Helen called warmly. “I’m so glad you found the house.” \n \n“Thank you, Mrs. Morgendorffer.” This girl, Sierra, replied.\n \n“Finn, this is Sierra Riordan. I hired her to be your tutor.” \n \n“Oh?” Finn’s eyebrows raised. “Alright.” The two young ones went into the kitchen while Helen excused herself. \n \n \n“Why don’t we start with English.” Sierra offered.\n \n“Ummm...okay. You’re the tutor. Whatever you think is best.” \n \n“What books did you read this year?”\n \n“Okay, let me think a minute. We did that one book about the guy who drove...Farewell to Arms, that was it.” \n \n“Ah, that one was wonderful.” Sierra remarked. “The imagery of the priest, classic Hemingway.”\n \n“Um...I just remember the baby was dead at the end.” Finn answered. Sierra frowned, and made a note in her book.\n \n“Okay, so you’ve took European history last year, and American history in next year. I suppose we won’t need to revisit the French Revolution.” \n \n“That was when they used the guillotine, right?\n \n“Yes, but there’s a lot more to the French Revolution than beheading.” Sierra looked at Finn very curiously. \n \n“Hey, I got the answer right.”\n \n“History’s not just about right answers. And now, we move on to biology.”\n \n“Oh God, I’m really bad there.”\n \n“And what about economics.”\n \n“I’m okay there. I mean, I know how to spend money, and you buy things that are cheap and sell them when they’re not.” Finn answered cheerfully.\n \n“[i:2iyaxag1]This is not going to be easy[/i:2iyaxag1].” Sierra sighed to herself. \n\n \nFinn started the lesson with cell biology. He hated this subject, and he didn’t even see the point of studying during class. Barch would fail him anyway, so he reasoned. \n \n“Now, there are four base pairs of DNA. Adenine will always pair with thymine, and cytosine will always pair with guanine.” Sierra had already discussed cell structure, and was now moving on.\n \n“Isn’t DNA, like, the stuff that determines everything about a person?” Finn asked.\n \n“It depends on the scientist you ask. Some might say all things can be determined by that. Others say it’s only physical traits, and some more say it’s a mix.” Sierra answered.\n \n“That’s stupid.” Finn remarked. “I choose who I want to date, some base pair thing doesn’t do that.” \n \n“And whose to say such a defiant attitude isn’t another base pair?” Sierra asked. Finn paused.\n \n“Still, that’s kind of lame. No decision making at all? Every bad choice you make is scripted?”\n \n“We’re starting to veer off topic. Let’s stick to the actual physical DNA strand. Now, DNA’s structure includes...” Sierra started. The lesson continued. \n \n“Now, DNA’s structure is called a double...” \n \n“Are we still on DNA? It’s been, like, an hour.” \n \n“This is one of the most important factors of life and evolution.” Sierra replied. “It’s not just a simple read. But we are out of time right now.” \n \n“It’s been three hours already?” Finn asked. His brain hurt from all the learning. \n \n“I’ll see you next week.” Sierra packed up her notebooks. “I’ve complied a list of things to work on by yourself. Do yourself a favor and do it. It’ll make next week less stressful.” And Sierra slung her backpack over her shoulder, and walked out the door. \n \n \nFinn sat in the kitchen for a moment. His brain felt like it was on fire. This Sierra Riordan was a strange girl. She wasn’t like the girls at Lawndale; she bucked him. The second he complained about something, she shut him up. She asked interesting questions. \n \nFinn started to sweat a little, and get into the same nervous reaction he had around Jane. \n \n“[i:2iyaxag1]To Sierra?[/i:2iyaxag1]” Finn thought. This didn’t make any sense. Sierra was an egghead, a brain. According to her, she made Dean’s List, which was list the smart thing in college, Finn didn’t know what it was. \n \nFinn did not like brains. They were egotistical. They were stuck-up. They liked high-brow insults. They were Daria. Even Jodie Landon, another egghead, was, although more tolerable than Daria, was still very elitist in her own way. \n \nSierra was a bit different, although that may have been that Finn didn’t care about her brains since he needed them for the tutoring. But that had nothing to do with attraction, did it? \n \nBut Finn’s shallow breathing, sweaty palms, and hard-on told him otherwise.','b80b792910b9d36a0c6dc98ed08c6f4e',0,'IA==','2iyaxag1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395769,28252,3,114,0,'210.9.136.197',1265954757,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Things you are not to show at work','What a dick.','aac1b17fc395d1a97d6299cb74048a88',0,'','2pt9hlbq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395770,28249,3,114,0,'210.9.136.197',1265954878,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Good News For Ms Bealer!','[quote="The Sidhe":gcryylxk]Not that she really NEEDS an excuse for one of these, but...\n\n[url=http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Health/2010/02/12/Red_wine_dark_chocolate_kill_cancer_427935.html:gcryylxk]Red wine, [b:gcryylxk]dark chocolate[/b:gcryylxk] kill cancer[/url:gcryylxk]\n\n[quote:gcryylxk]Cabernet wine and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to research presented in the US.[/quote:gcryylxk][/quote:gcryylxk]\n \":shock:\" OMG. I\'m going to take some anti-cancer medicine RIGHT NOW!','fe4b59898b034057d3ab7abdb19c8fdf',0,'0A==','gcryylxk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395771,28235,16,250,0,'71.79.48.128',1265954949,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','Wow... looks they they are selling preorders for just 41.99 right now at DVDEmpire.\n\nElsewhere, it looks like that 69.99 SRP isn\'t set in stone. Best Buy wants 89.99, while Barnes and Noble have the list price at 79.99.','67af0d5bcecd44d93f695cde58f4e1e5',0,'','2782haqh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395772,28220,4,946,0,'173.64.198.244',1265955302,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Report a bad apple only if you can do the time','[quote="Dervish":qakwd1yf][quote="undefinedlust":qakwd1yf]Thankfully, the jury wasn\'t as dumb as the Sheriff and prosecutor.\n\nNot Guilty!!!![/quote:qakwd1yf]\n\nThe sheriff at least wasn\'t dumb, he was corrupt.[/quote:qakwd1yf]\n\n\nTrue, but sadly corrupt is taken for granted when talking about any southern sheriff...','376a8c1b444151144433cc67c9e6db56',0,'gA==','qakwd1yf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395773,28248,3,114,0,'210.9.136.197',1265955333,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Master Modeler','\":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \n\nIncredible!!! Thanks for finding that!','aa4bbe0475fd7dccb9b756a312998f6b',0,'','2v8p6e6b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395774,28249,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1265955643,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Good News For Ms Bealer!','[quote="Deref":2nqudbp2][quote="The Sidhe":2nqudbp2]Not that she really NEEDS an excuse for one of these, but...\n\n[url=http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Health/2010/02/12/Red_wine_dark_chocolate_kill_cancer_427935.html:2nqudbp2]Red wine, [b:2nqudbp2]dark chocolate[/b:2nqudbp2] kill cancer[/url:2nqudbp2]\n\n[quote:2nqudbp2]Cabernet wine and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to research presented in the US.[/quote:2nqudbp2][/quote:2nqudbp2]\n \":shock:\" OMG. I\'m going to take some anti-cancer medicine RIGHT NOW![/quote:2nqudbp2]\n\nWhich one? Or does it matter?','44cb7f808ca97cea271ed4c9b3dd2639',0,'0A==','2nqudbp2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395775,28247,3,114,0,'210.9.136.169',1265956349,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is anyone in your area competing in the Winter Olympics?','They have a winter olympics?','626b2e617e8e1eefc9475ecff9a77c70',0,'','198mol9s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395776,28242,10,468,0,'99.130.203.174',1265956398,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','This is looking awesome.','888c3d210524c78a8db1626f43de2487',0,'','3l1hcrvo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395777,28249,3,114,0,'210.9.136.169',1265956407,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Good News For Ms Bealer!','[quote="The Sidhe":2w1uyvp5][quote="Deref":2w1uyvp5][quote="The Sidhe":2w1uyvp5]Not that she really NEEDS an excuse for one of these, but...\n\n[url=http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Health/2010/02/12/Red_wine_dark_chocolate_kill_cancer_427935.html:2w1uyvp5]Red wine, [b:2w1uyvp5]dark chocolate[/b:2w1uyvp5] kill cancer[/url:2w1uyvp5]\n\n[quote:2w1uyvp5]Cabernet wine and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to research presented in the US.[/quote:2w1uyvp5][/quote:2w1uyvp5]\n \":shock:\" OMG. I\'m going to take some anti-cancer medicine RIGHT NOW![/quote:2w1uyvp5]\n\nWhich one? Or does it matter?[/quote:2w1uyvp5]\nBoth! You can never have too much cancer medicine!','d31859b6229767bc704931ae4b37f974',0,'0A==','2w1uyvp5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395778,28214,10,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1265956434,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria of Today?','Awesome \":mrgreen:\"','fb2b85deacad4ab3c7d04495fe5b6fa8',0,'','2xvsv2zg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395779,28242,10,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1265956499,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','I\'m liking what happens when you get carried away \":D\"','101ff3384ed4666b8320e8b46f07181f',0,'','3d0rcnet',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395780,28153,10,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1265956614,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Outting The Ins','Nice \":D\"','5f12ca3c66f9086e1ace78fdd2c6a838',0,'','24vgdfpm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395781,28236,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265956618,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 3)','Well... so much for Finn being gay. \":lol:\"','91c4f4c6c50f4459ba90f37fbd42ae19',0,'','1n8bnpfz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395782,28240,10,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1265956632,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something Different','That\'s cool!','fdd2d24cc88623d9af187ab9d59680a4',0,'','s74vltec',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395783,28249,3,545,0,'65.221.65.201',1265956756,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Good News For Ms Bealer!','Now that\'s a medicine I can deal with. Give me a prescription! \":D\"','e478e5b6467d3e8da6b506f544a8ed92',0,'','14xk9xtv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395784,28236,6,933,0,'24.177.179.253',1265956772,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 3)','[quote="Brother Grimace":15hxjsd5]Well... so much for Finn being gay. \":lol:\"[/quote:15hxjsd5]\n\nTom will just have to share him with Sierra.','6447da88925d549db7247695ecb2a70a',0,'gA==','15hxjsd5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395785,26874,10,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1265956807,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Small joke','\":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" Awesome stuff, dude!','97d4b680e878f42e01531346cbc6cd87',0,'','2rdtx0fc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395786,28189,10,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1265956904,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quinn (my style)','Good stuff \":D\"','e2871973380e4daf302d7147cb47c4e0',0,'','3735n6dj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395787,28204,16,933,0,'24.177.179.253',1265956984,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','Then the media wars will affect the fanfics and we\'ll start arguing over the pros and cons of hieroglyphics and papyrus vs cuneiform and clay tablets','174caa4d7adfaae5d0a2e598e82d70de',0,'','2jaxnuyc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395788,28235,16,933,0,'24.177.179.253',1265957097,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','[quote="sarcadam":firu7quq]Wow... looks they they are selling preorders for just 41.99 right now at DVDEmpire.\n\nElsewhere, it looks like that 69.99 SRP isn\'t set in stone. Best Buy wants 89.99, while Barnes and Noble have the list price at 79.99.[/quote:firu7quq]\n\nBest Buy always jacks up prices. But they have the advantage of almost always having the new releases in large quantities.\n\nI\'ll probably pre-order mine from Amazon unless MTV has a special or promotional reward from ordering directly form them. Which I\'m hoping they will.','213b10ab6511681c161c705f31171f74',0,'gA==','firu7quq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395789,28214,10,933,0,'24.177.179.253',1265957177,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria of Today?','I tried my hand at photoshop ages ago and never quite got the hang of it.\n\nI should probably give it another go one of these days.\n\nGood stuff btw \":)\"','63398369b7c4007821aa76ecac86c7f1',0,'','uq0i7853',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395790,28249,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1265957239,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Good News For Ms Bealer!','This is excellent news \":mrgreen:\"','86bcd306a594b0759db2394ce48f8866',0,'','2b6lvm45',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395795,28240,10,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1265958507,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something Different','thanks everyone- its been really fun and successfully pulled me from a creative slump \":)\"\n\nHeres a full length coloured version of the cowboy dude http://pinkminx09.deviantart.com/art/Co ... -153769582','b9572d1eec48ca61b941c822539f8244',0,'','3d96gugm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395796,28252,3,114,0,'210.9.136.169',1265958631,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Things you are not to show at work','[quote="Doggieboy":10alqmli]:shock: \n\nNow, what is a good behaviour bond? I\'ve never heard of it.[/quote:10alqmli]\n[quote:10alqmli][url=http://www.lawhandbook.sa.gov.au/ch11s04s03s05.php:10alqmli]If a court considers that there are good reasons[/url:10alqmli], it may order the release of a defendant on the defendant\'s entering into a promise (recognisance or bond) to be of good behaviour for such period as the court thinks fit, usually between six months and three years. This can occur with or without a criminal conviction. Payment of a sum of money may be specified in the event of non compliance and guarantors may be required to ensure compliance (Criminal Law (Sentencing Act) 1988 s.41).[/quote:10alqmli]\n\nBasically, the court\'s saying "you\'ve been a naughty boy. If you do it again I\'ll send you to bed without your supper."','6299d0d7f02896dbc71df69d34d68fe6',0,'kA==','10alqmli',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395792,28249,3,994,0,'68.189.140.4',1265957377,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Good News For Ms Bealer!','[quote="The Sidhe":2nqjk17d][quote="Deref":2nqjk17d][quote="The Sidhe":2nqjk17d]Not that she really NEEDS an excuse for one of these, but...\n\n[url=http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Health/2010/02/12/Red_wine_dark_chocolate_kill_cancer_427935.html:2nqjk17d]Red wine, [b:2nqjk17d]dark chocolate[/b:2nqjk17d] kill cancer[/url:2nqjk17d]\n\n[quote:2nqjk17d]Cabernet wine and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to research presented in the US.[/quote:2nqjk17d][/quote:2nqjk17d]\n \":shock:\" OMG. I\'m going to take some anti-cancer medicine RIGHT NOW![/quote:2nqjk17d]\n\nWhich one? Or does it matter?[/quote:2nqjk17d]\n\nBoth sounds good to me!','7271c2ceed4a12843610da384ad100eb',0,'0A==','2nqjk17d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395793,28071,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1265957634,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="Angelinhel":1nmqsxxs]Pictures as requested:\n...[/quote:1nmqsxxs]\n\nAaaaaaawwwwwwwwww ^_^','8e7e715859bec3087fd4132b96148edb',0,'gA==','1nmqsxxs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395794,28252,3,545,0,'65.221.65.201',1265957714,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Things you are not to show at work','\":shock:\" \n\nNow, what is a good behaviour bond? I\'ve never heard of it.','42208814c1c49bf41fa1cd032f7c0111',0,'','3hg7a3k1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395797,28240,10,1039,0,'76.102.192.90',1265958726,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something Different','Very nice. \":D\" I\'m planning/pondering the idea of creating my own DeviantArt account. Any advice for a newbie such as me?','61c773e3a619ea4a4344fe5e398333ff',0,'','16cqidnt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395798,28251,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265958979,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Newlywed Woman Is Murdered by Stalker','[quote="Dervish":3q29ziwj]The restraining order wouldn\'t have done her a bit of good, even if that was one of the rare places that actually enforce them. It\'s not a magic scroll that would put a force field around her or give her clairvoyance or teleport her to safety or any other magical protection.\n\nAnd [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rock_v._Gonzales:3q29ziwj]Castle Rock vs. Gonzales[/url:3q29ziwj] goes along with the same theme that cops don\'t have to protect anyone they don\'t feel like protecting.\n\nIt was a tragedy, surely, but not because the courts refused to give her a worthless restraining order, which is irrelevant.\n\nETA: The only reason to get a restraining order is to bolster your case [color=#0000FF:3q29ziwj]when[/color:3q29ziwj] you end up having to shoot him in self-defense.[/quote:3q29ziwj]\n\n\n[b:3q29ziwj]The only way to effectively deal with stalkers, and survive the experience.[/b:3q29ziwj]\n\n\nDon\'t be fooled, people - [b:3q29ziwj]better to be judged by twelve than carried by six,[/b:3q29ziwj] and as Halle Berry said of the police in the 1991 Bruce Willis action film [i:3q29ziwj]The Last Boy Scout, \'Oh, sure. They\'ll get there in time to ID my body.\'[/i:3q29ziwj]','b5fe0ecb80be4b30b17c7803deaaed85',0,'8g==','3q29ziwj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395799,28252,3,545,0,'65.221.65.201',1265959025,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Things you are not to show at work','Ah, I see. Thank you.\n\n\nHad that happened here, he would have been fined, might have gotten a suspended jail sentence (up to a year or 18 months), then his photo would have probably ended up on the state\'s sexual offender website.\n\nThere are 18-year-olds on Indiana\'s website whose only crime was to still have sex with their underage girlfriends after they themselves turned 18. Vindictive parents can be vicious when given a chance.','c19a68878913637378b8a439b570d6ea',0,'','2jruj8ly',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395800,28071,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265959329,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="The Sidhe":bgub2kdx]The following is how cats classify the universe:\n\n[i:bgub2kdx]Primary Classification: [b:bgub2kdx]Mine.[/b:bgub2kdx][/i:bgub2kdx]\n\n[i:bgub2kdx]First Level Secondary Classifications: [b:bgub2kdx]Food[/b:bgub2kdx] and [b:bgub2kdx]Not Food.[/b:bgub2kdx][/i:bgub2kdx] The order these are listed in is important.\n\nPlease feel free to elaborate.[/quote:bgub2kdx]\n\n\nAs a former First Prime to two different System Lords - I mean, cat owner, I think you missed two secondary classifications: [b:bgub2kdx]Prey[/b:bgub2kdx], and [b:bgub2kdx]Threats[/b:bgub2kdx]. The food issue is resolved after these two are established, and a strategy to move items from the latter category to the former is established and implemented. \":)\"','3d32d7945bff609e437428cc0373b158',0,'4A==','bgub2kdx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395801,28240,10,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1265959830,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something Different','[quote="midnightstorm":cb323v51]Very nice. \":D\" I\'m planning/pondering the idea of creating my own DeviantArt account. Any advice for a newbie such as me?[/quote:cb323v51]\n\nIm relatively new myself, my first digital work was about 7 months ago and I joined DA not long after (UL thankyou \":)\")\n\nAdvice? hmmm fav me \":lol:\" nah, just upload your work. You can upload unfinished pieces and theres a scraps section to put them in after you up the finished piece. Theres a few good groups and resources to help you with your chosen program (photoshop, painter, illustrator, gimp etc) \n\nQuite a few artist on this board have DA accounts (Jim\'s got a Jane Lane club going) You should join the fun \":D\"\n\nEDIT: let me know if/when you do join and tell me your name so I can find you \":)\"','8f3ed88c50cfa0954ab6bb308fbdb734',0,'gA==','cb323v51',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395802,28242,10,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1265959946,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','[quote="Kael Seoras":2wihc0js]I\'m liking what happens when you get carried away \":D\"[/quote:2wihc0js]\n\n\nI wish I could get carried away like that, I am in awe of your talent Enigma. I\'d love to see it coloured \":)\"','32158413ab15e72b1710923e02880584',0,'gA==','2wihc0js',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395803,28253,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265960094,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Hey, Nat...','...thought you\'d love this one. \":D\"\n\n[attachment=0:2qth2ms7]Defeat The World!.jpg[/attachment:2qth2ms7]','2febd4d329a9bf86517df44486865ec0',0,'AAg=','2qth2ms7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395804,28235,16,9,0,'66.245.255.7',1265960155,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','Supposedly, MTV will be offering a promotional. Stay tuned.','40d66883e932cd8c19e0c270ee4de412',0,'','j0o7qdec',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395805,28189,10,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1265961803,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quinn (my style)','Thanks \":)\" Im relatively proud of this one- I like the way the flutterby turned out','046f34b2e20ab2210bdbfeeb4e97b014',0,'','1ho4j77k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395806,27995,6,545,0,'65.221.65.201',1265961955,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','And away we go!\n\n\n[i:1eseb8d1][b:1eseb8d1]A Ticket to Ride\n\nPart 5[/b:1eseb8d1][/i:1eseb8d1]\n\n\nLinda gave Ted another firm grip and relaxed her hand, then looked at his face.\n\nHe stared ahead as he drove, but briefly glanced down at her hand when she adjusted it.\n\n“Do you ever just tell jokes, Ted?” she asked.\n\n“I’m sorry,” he said. “I didn’t get that.”\n\n“Do you tell jokes?” the brunette asked again. “I don’t mean dirty jokes, either. I mean, do you tell any plain old dumb jokes. It’s dawned on me that while you may chuckle on occasion, you haven’t laughed out loud or even tried to be humorous with me yet. It’s kind of odd.”\n\n“Oh?”\n\nShe nodded. “Back when I was married, my husband told dumb jokes. Before I was with him, the guys I dated did the same thing. But you haven’t...yet.” She smiled, though and gripped him again. “I’m not complaining, mind you, but I’m just curious.”\n\nHe said nothing for several seconds, then inhaled quickly as he felt one of her fingernails move across a “delicate” area a little too roughly.\n\n“Sorry,” she said and gave him a weak smile. “I did [i:1eseb8d1]not[/i:1eseb8d1] mean to do that.”\n\n“S’O.K.,” he said and glanced at her. “You could kiss it, and make it better.”\n\nLinda laughed and shook her head. “Not while you’re driving, I’m not. Have you ever seen [i:1eseb8d1]The World According to Garp[/i:1eseb8d1]?”\n\n“No.”\n\n“Let’s just say that something got bit off while they were in a car, and leave it at that.”\n\nTed winced and shuddered. “Ow.”\n\nShe nodded. “Yeah.”\n\nHe looked at her again, then said, “Concerning your question on jokes, no, I haven’t really told many jokes.” He sighed and shook his head. “My parents were always so serious, and I guess it kind of rubbed off on me.” He glanced at her. “They don’t like a lot of what makes up normal society, and they’re quick to criticize others on how they raise their children.” He shook his head again. “They don’t even like coffee, if you can believe that.”\n\n“You drank coffee this morning,” she said.\n\n“That’s right,” he said. “I’ve developed a taste for it, but I had to keep it hidden while I lived at home. In fact, I can’t wait to try the different varieties I’ve heard about.”\n\n“Why’s that?”\n\n“Oh, it’s an idea that I have.” He smiled at her. “I’m still making investments and one idea I have involves coffee.” He looked ahead then and sighed again. “When my parents find out, they are going to freak.”\n\nLinda looked at him for several seconds, then smiled in admiration. “I’m really curious to see how your ideas work out,” she said. “I bet you’ll be successful in whatever you do.”\n\n“I hope so,” Ted said, then pulled the car over in the emergency lane.\n\nShe looked around and asked, “What’s wrong?”\n\n“Nothing,” he said and put the car into park. He then turned towards her and smiled. “I do have a joke for you, but it requires the use of both of my hands.” He put his hands together as if he were about to pray, then pulled his fingers and palms apart. His wrists were still together as if joined and he moved them closer to the brunette. “Do you know what this is?” he asked.\n\nLinda was obviously uncertain, because she looked at his hands, then shook her head. “Uh, no,” she said and shook her head. “I don’t, but it looks like a weird crab or spider. What is it?”\n\nSuddenly, the opened hands came down onto her left breast and clamped onto her. “It’s a booby trap,” he said.\n\nThe woman’s initial shock gave way to a smile and she laughed. “Now, that’s a good one,” she said, “though I don’t recommend you try it on any of your female professors.”\n\nHe squeezed her breast once and said, “I’d rather do it to you.” He moved over towards her and they kissed, then he released her breast. “I need to work more on my humor, I know.” His smile widened and he stroked her left cheek. “I just have to develop it more.”\n\nAs he put the car back into drive and merged onto the interstate, she adjusted her hand again and exposed him to her sight. He sighed as she moved her fingers over him.\n\n“You are a handful, Ted,” she said and gripped him very tightly. His response was to inhale deeply and grip the steering wheel hard. “Tell me if I’m hurting you.”\n\n“No!” he said and moved his hips slightly. “It feels great!” He moved his left leg closer to the door and she adjusted her hand again. “Richmond, here we come!” he exclaimed and sped the car up to seventy.\n\n“Don’t get a ticket,” she warned him and smirked. “If you do, my hand will stay right where it’s at the whole time. Your pants will stay open, too.”\n\nThe young man thought about that briefly, then slowed the car back down to the speed limit.\n\n**********\n\nThe couple left the interstate at the U.S. 40 interchange on the Indiana/Ohio state line. Once he merged with the National Road, Ted pointed ahead at a four-story building on the south side of the highway. “There it is,” he said. “The Holiday Inn. I figured that we’d check in, then get some supper. What do you think?”\n\nOnce again, Linda gripped him tightly, then relaxed her hand. “Before we go out to eat,” she said, “I want to stretch out...on top of you.” She smiled. “Then, we’ll go out, and come back to swim.”\n\nHe nodded. “O.K.”\n\nWhen he turned the car into the hotel’s parking lot, he squinted ahead and said, “I believe that they have valet parking.”\n\nLinda smirked and squeezed him again. “So?” But then, she pulled her hand out and zipped up his pants. “You’ll have to do the rest yourself.”\n\nHe pulled the car up towards the front entrance. “Now, I feel cold inside my pants.”\n\nShe moved her face close to his right ear and said, “You won’t for long.” Then she ran her tongue over his ear lobe and onto his neck.\n\nTed shivered and smiled at the thought.\n\n**********\n\nThis time, the couple had a room on the fourth floor, and once again, they were the only people on the elevator. When the doors closed, Linda dropped her Walgreens bag. “Oh, crap!” she muttered and bent over to pick it up.\n\nTed looked her rear end and smiled. He dropped his luggage, grabbed the woman by her hips and proceeded to dry hump her.\n\n“A little eager, aren’t you?” she asked and turned her head slightly to look at him.\n\n“Just a bit,” he admitted and pulled her back towards him. Then he moved his hands forward to open her slacks.\n\n“Ah, ah, ah,” Linda said and stood up. “Not out in the open, dear.” She turned and kissed him quickly. “Wait until we’re in the room.”\n\nThe elevator slid to a stop, the doors opened and the couple stepped out into the hallway. Just then, three boys, all elementary school aged, ran by in swimming trunks, followed by an exhausted-looking woman and a man with a distracted look on his face.\n\nThe brunette watched the family walk by and shook her head. “Been there, done that,” she muttered, then followed Ted to their room.\n\n**********\n\nTed barely got the door locked when Linda came up behind him and embraced him. She kissed the right side of his face while she worked his belt loose and opened his pants.\n\nAt the same time, he reached behind him and worked to open her slacks, but without success.\n\nShe yanked his pants and underwear halfway down his thighs, and both of her hands immediately moved to his midsection. “So much better without clothing to get in the way,” she muttered and ran her tongue over his outer right ear.\n\nHe gasped as her tongue moved on him and his right hand shook briefly before clamping onto the crotch of her slacks.\n\n“Turn around, handsome,” she breathed in his ear and nibbled his lobe. “Maybe you’ll get in my pants a little easier if you can see what you’re doing.”\n\nTed turned around and Linda kissed his mouth as he worked open her slacks. He pulled both her slacks and panties down to her knees and released them.\n\nThe two moved sideways, still in a kissing embrace, towards the bed. When they reached it, they fell onto the mattress, still kissing.\n\nThen Linda rolled Ted onto his back and stood up. First, she pulled his shoes off and tossed them aside. Then she kicked her shoes off and pulled her slacks and panties the rest of the way down her legs. When she stepped out of them, she grabbed his pants and underwear in both hands and pulled them off his legs.\n\nHe looked up at her as she moved astraddle his midsection and lowered herself onto him. When he smiled, she did as well, and said to him, “Get ready to work up an appetite.” Then she thrust her hips forward and he reached up for the front of her blouse.\n\n**********\n\nNearly an hour later, Ted and Linda drove down National Road into the eastern part of Richmond to search for a restaurant.\n\n“How do you feel about Chinese?” he asked.\n\n“You mean a buffet?” she asked back.\n\n“Yes. There‘s one up ahead.”\n\nShe leaned back in the passenger seat and nodded. “Let’s go for it,” she said. “I don’t know about you, but I’ve definitely worked up an appetite.”\n\nHe smiled and glanced at her. [i:1eseb8d1]Kind of funny how she keeps her thighs apart.[/i:1eseb8d1] When he turned right into a parking lot, he moved his right hand over and fondled the inside of her left thigh.\n\nLinda sighed and looked down at his hand. Then she grabbed the hand, pulled it up and kissed each finger slowly.\n\nEven with that, Ted was still able to park his car and shut it off.\n\nThe two looked at each other, kissed again, then got out of the car.\n\nThe restaurant was painted with a bright and glittery green paint and was decorated with faux-Chinese building designs.\n\nTed looked at the sign near the front door. “It says here that they have an all-you-can-eat buffet.” He looked at Linda, then let his gaze move over her entire body. “I wonder what they’d say when I put you on the table in front of me?”\n\nThe brunette blushed and shivered as she smiled at him. “I’d say that everyone would probably watch us - at first.” She touched his right shoulder and said, “Then, of course, your turn on the table would be next.” She kissed him and gave him a brief hug. “You may not tell many jokes, Ted, but you have a sweet smile and very active fantasies. In fact, your smile...it does something to me...and I like it.”\n\nHis smile widened and she shivered again. “I’m glad.”\n\n“Let’s go inside and eat,” she suggested. “Then, we can head on back and go swimming.”\n\nThey walked into the restaurant.\n\n**********\n\nIt was nearly six p.m. when Linda and Ted left their room, dressed in their swimsuits. When the elevator doors shut, the young man quickly moved his left hand behind his companion and slid it down the back of her swimsuit bottom.\n\nShe smiled at him as he squeezed her right butt cheek on and off. “Having fun?” she asked.\n\nHe returned her smile and was rewarded with another shiver from her. “Not yet,” he said. “Wait until I get you in the water.”\n\nThe brunette raised her eyebrows. “What are you going to do?” she asked.\n\nThe young man looked ahead innocently and said, “You’ll see.”\n\n**********\n\nThe smell of chlorine was strong as the two walked into the pool area. Fake palm trees decorated the room and the only people in there was a thirtyish woman with a pre-teen girl. Both swam around the shallow end of the large pool.\n\nTed pointed at a whirlpool spa located in its own little alcove. “Let’s sit in there first.”\n\nShe nodded and said, “O.K.”\n\nThey deposited their towels and room key on a nearby chair, then got into the spa. Linda closed her eyes and reclined slightly as the whirlpool generated bubbles all around her body. Ted moved next to her and did the same. Then he moved his left hand onto her right thigh.\n\n“Someone might see you,” she whispered.\n\n“Not under these bubbles, they won’t,” he countered.\n\nThen she heard a splash and looked to see her companion totally under the surface. She felt his hands move up to her waist and gasped as he pulled her swimsuit bottom down her legs and off.\n\nHe surfaced, sat back beside her and stuck her garment inside his swim trunks. “Mine,” he said.\n\nLinda looked at him, slightly amazed. “We will probably get thrown out if we’re caught.”\n\n“You could always retrieve them,” he suggested.\n\n“O.K.,” she said and moved her right hand back under the water. She reached into his trunks, pulled out her part of the swimsuit and looked at her companion. “You dirty boy.” She kissed his left cheek and then whispered, “I’ll have to punish you later.”\n\n[i:1eseb8d1]I look forward to it,[/i:1eseb8d1] he thought as he looked through the bubbles at her dark and trimmed racing stripe. \n\nThen Linda lowered herself under the water more and put back on the rest of her swimsuit.\n\n(To be continued...)','81826dd95f0c436bea34176f1eb2d0a1',0,'YA==','1eseb8d1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395807,28211,3,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1265962170,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should we invite the new kids over to play?','Dammit TAG you got me with this one over on the easle and here two- I swear to god Im going to hunt you down and make you pay for the intense theraphy needed to over come that \":lol:\"','7ae638a20406c9b26feada796b7bc1d4',0,'','2ubhxr8w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395808,27796,3,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1265962335,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Boob-fight erm...I meant discussion :)','[quote="Sir":dr2a3td8]What? Why? \":ugh:\"[/quote:dr2a3td8]\n\nCos its funny \":lol:\"','f20d6f2519cc8c2ec8da7694dafb0d97',0,'gA==','dr2a3td8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395809,28225,11,545,0,'65.221.65.201',1265962496,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="The Angst Guy":33ioelg9]TAG: I always feel so comfortable with you.\nDaria: Are you talking to me or that penguin? \nTAG: Tux. No, you, I mean. Sorry. I mean I can just relax and be myself. i don\'t have to worry about impressing you. [[i:33ioelg9]farts loudly[/i:33ioelg9]]\nDaria: Untie me! [b:33ioelg9]UNTIE ME, DAMMIT!!![/b:33ioelg9][/quote:33ioelg9]\n\n\nI know that when it\'s an older woman and younger man, she\'s called a cougar. But, in this case, what would you be called?\n\nDaria: I\'ll tell you! He\'s an @&%@**%! Now, untie me and get me away from him! Watch out for that penguin! And cover your nose if you value your nose hairs!','a150d3998fcebc8a3bb0708f708a5ac4',0,'4A==','33ioelg9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395810,28200,12,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1265962916,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Outpost Daria update - February 2010','[quote="MJPollard":27d1w2k7]This update is mainly to get the news about the DVDs out to the tens of people who visit my site. \":D\" I\'ll likely have at least one more "updated update" before the end of the month.[/quote:27d1w2k7]\n\n\nfeel free to use any of my art, I can send you the files if you want- I have reaped out (xover fic) but its not that great','6ccd7a8ce86a04d71cdc105eb9289369',0,'gA==','27d1w2k7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395811,28211,3,1039,0,'76.102.192.90',1265963702,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should we invite the new kids over to play?','[quote="minx":3apj99vf]Dammit TAG you got me with this one over on the easle and here two- I swear to god Im going to hunt you down and make you pay for the intense theraphy needed to over come that \":lol:\"[/quote:3apj99vf]\n\n If we could only get to his photo stock then maybe.... \":twisted:\"','e46f747d3f5ad72360f991f91caf5c27',0,'gA==','3apj99vf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395812,28252,3,114,0,'210.9.141.33',1265964333,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Things you are not to show at work','[quote="Doggieboy":3famwl0l]Ah, I see. Thank you.\n\n\nHad that happened here, he would have been fined, might have gotten a suspended jail sentence (up to a year or 18 months), then his photo would have probably ended up on the state\'s sexual offender website.\n\nThere are 18-year-olds on Indiana\'s website whose only crime was to still have sex with their underage girlfriends after they themselves turned 18. Vindictive parents can be vicious when given a chance.[/quote:3famwl0l]\nThat\'s ridiculous. The punishment is supposed to fit the crime.','d69e7d10e0e25ddef29bd9d522cceff1',0,'gA==','3famwl0l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395813,28211,3,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1265964959,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should we invite the new kids over to play?','[quote="midnightstorm":3ohde0xj][quote="minx":3ohde0xj]Dammit TAG you got me with this one over on the easle and here two- I swear to god Im going to hunt you down and make you pay for the intense theraphy needed to over come that \":lol:\"[/quote:3ohde0xj]\n\n If we could only get to his photo stock then maybe.... \":twisted:\"[/quote:3ohde0xj]\n\n\nMan I dont want to be in therapy [i:3ohde0xj]that[/i:3ohde0xj] long \":lol:\"','14b75990103e401b6b295f2925925731',0,'oA==','3ohde0xj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395814,28225,11,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265965435,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Doggieboy":3e5uegk4][quote="The Angst Guy":3e5uegk4]TAG: I always feel so comfortable with you.\nDaria: Are you talking to me or that penguin? \nTAG: Tux. No, you, I mean. Sorry. I mean I can just relax and be myself. i don\'t have to worry about impressing you. [[i:3e5uegk4]farts loudly[/i:3e5uegk4]]\nDaria: Untie me! [b:3e5uegk4]UNTIE ME, DAMMIT!!![/b:3e5uegk4][/quote:3e5uegk4]\n\n\nI know that when it\'s an older woman and younger man, she\'s called a cougar. [color=#0000FF:3e5uegk4]But, in this case, what would you be called?[/color:3e5uegk4]\n\nDaria: I\'ll tell you! He\'s an @&%@**%! Now, untie me and get me away from him! Watch out for that penguin! And cover your nose if you value your nose hairs![/quote:3e5uegk4]\n\n\nBack in the Nineties, the term for an older guy like that was a \'poacher\'. However, in TAG\'s particular case, I believe that the term to be referenced would be \'Dead Man Waddling...\'','578f7410212c634722330883b1c521cd',0,'4g==','3e5uegk4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395815,28211,3,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1265966198,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should we invite the new kids over to play?','[quote="The Angst Guy":3uzei9w7][img:3uzei9w7]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/moobs.gif[/img:3uzei9w7]\n\nI\'m ready for \'em! \":D\"[/quote:3uzei9w7]\n\nA new avatar for cynigal! \":)\"','2faebff259e16739026ac2475b4c84b9',0,'iA==','3uzei9w7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395816,28211,3,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1265966578,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should we invite the new kids over to play?','[quote="Dervish":hxnbodx1][quote="The Angst Guy":hxnbodx1][img:hxnbodx1]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/moobs.gif[/img:hxnbodx1]\n\nI\'m ready for \'em! \":D\"[/quote:hxnbodx1]\n\nA new avatar for cynigal! \":)\"[/quote:hxnbodx1]\n\n\nHasnt she already used that \":)\"','7c85442e5bcf48748ec592015c39b509',0,'iA==','hxnbodx1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395817,26955,3,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1265966863,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 2009 Daria Fanworks Awards - Winners announced','[quote="Wouter":rhiin4qf]I\'m kinda surprised that my "Paint by numbers" gag isn\'t in the list, when I issued that one everybody went wild over it. I fully expected that one to be in the list of best Comedy artworks but it\'s not.\n\nWhat happened? \":?\"[/quote:rhiin4qf]\n\n\nAs I said earlier, there were a lot of great artists/writers that misses out on well deserved noms, and wins','a767683d0d49cf86077a1889d2c113fe',0,'gA==','rhiin4qf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395818,28251,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1265968181,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Newlywed Woman Is Murdered by Stalker','http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ymxgS4XHRA\n\n"You made a wake of our honeymoon"\n\nI\'m sure that that judge will be plagued with guilt now for not granting that restraining order, it was thanks to that so called "Lack of evidence" that it came to this.','f8958dc5395ff755bb9018c61c394ae1',0,'','25ia4sp7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395819,28225,11,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265972910,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="RLobinske":24ts00k8]However, Daria has also shown at other times that she can clearly communicate with those that are important to her. These are skills that grow with time and certainly can grow over the years someone attends college. For many people, college really is a time of intense personal growth and maturation. I don\'t find it strange or odd that Daria could mature during this time. As she demonstrated the ability to do during the run of the series.\n\nAs I stated early on, I can see the canon character finding a relationship in college, in her later twenties, thirties, forties or not finding one at all. It depends on what occurs in her life. I find it odd that so many consider the idea of her finding someone sooner to be so improbable.[/quote:24ts00k8]\n\nIndeed. College is a time for personal growth and maturation (for most people, at least), but that doesn\'t mean that college changes you radically. It can help you to be more level-headed, more wise, or it can help you with your social skills (it, um, also can definitely confirm your low opinion on the human race, of course). But it doesn\'t change your personality, the important things what conform what *you* are.\n\nMy personal opinion in this particular matter (Daria getting marred or not at 22) it\'s the fact that during he whole series, she didn\'t seem particularly interested in relationships. For one reason or another, she blew off everyone who were interested in her (until Tom, and she couldn\'t blew him off definitely because he was the boyfriend of her best friend, so one way or another she had to get along until, well, until the kiss). It\'s not impossible she can find the man of her life in college, and that she overcomes her natural, call it cautiousness, reluctancy, emotional crippling, whatever, and she marries and lives happy for as long happiness endures, but well, I find it unlikely.\n\n[quote="Quiverwing":24ts00k8][quote="RLobinske":24ts00k8][quote="Quiverwing":24ts00k8]Yes. For the record, my age and college experience have nothing to do with my view on relationships. That hasn\'t changed since I was 17. I have an old soul, I have always been like that! And I haven\'t had as many boyfriends as some people around here seem to think. I never met anyone at college who was actually worth my time. Not at mine anyway.[/quote:24ts00k8]\n\nThen you were very mature for your age then (and that\'s a good thing). I didn\'t mean to imply anything about number of boyfriends, I was thinking more of the general level of confidence and maturity that comes with college education.[/quote:24ts00k8]\nYes, I know. Also, the hypothetical conversation I posted above is a good indication of why I\'ve always liked the Tom character. I\'ve always thought I could get along perfectly well with someone like him. Keep in mind I was 14 or 15 when I first saw those episodes, and [i:24ts00k8]even then[/i:24ts00k8] I thought it could work. I\'ve always looked past The Triangle when it came to Tom. I just can\'t bring myself to hate him. I guess that makes me the black sheep of Daria fandom. \":)\"[/quote:24ts00k8]\n\nAw, come on, I\'m sure it\'s not that dram...\n\nWait a minute... considering I think Tom is a nice guy and he doesn\'t deserve a painful and horrid death, does that turn me into a black sheep too?','6e92123a3e600da970cdce2a302ce536',0,'oA==','24ts00k8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395820,28203,3,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265973326,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','[quote="NightGoblyn":2d0d4fpk]Heh. I always thought Batboy was pretty awesome. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2d0d4fpk]\n\nOf course he is. Nice fella. I play poker with him every Thursday night. He is a damn good bluffer.','3ce8ca03dbe3a368be1abba473facaa4',0,'gA==','2d0d4fpk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395821,28253,3,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265973428,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hey, Nat...','Is that Stephen Colbert? \":shock:\"','3d22c660b74bdc6b4154bd8a70682550',0,'','2f7bmmgx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395822,28071,3,276,0,'64.12.116.143',1265974830,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="Derek":o5juzb6x]All that snow that hit Washington, DC must be Republican: it completely shut down the government. \":P\"[/quote:o5juzb6x]\n\nNonfood is broken down to staff and nonstaff.','f93954df5f0794bf141faa4230eb076b',0,'gA==','o5juzb6x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395823,28247,3,276,0,'64.12.117.78',1265974961,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is anyone in your area competing in the Winter Olympics?','Oh yeah, so many kids in Florida focus on sports centered around frozen water...','796290aaacf57495e1ed9f60af477813',0,'','2k6q2pem',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395824,28225,11,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1265975022,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Raskolnikov":1j1v00ii]College is a time for personal growth and maturation (for most people, at least), but that doesn\'t mean that college changes you radically.[...] But it doesn\'t change your personality, the important things what conform what *you* are.[/quote:1j1v00ii] \nNo, it doesn\'t. \n\n[quote="Raskolnikov":1j1v00ii]It can help you to be more level-headed, more wise, or it can help you with your social skills (it, um, also can definitely confirm your low opinion on the human race, of course).[/quote:1j1v00ii]\nIn my case, it was all of the above. \n\n[quote="Raskolnikov":1j1v00ii]Wait a minute... considering I think Tom is a nice guy and he doesn\'t deserve a painful and horrid death, does that turn me into a black sheep too?[/quote:1j1v00ii]\nCome on. Even [i:1j1v00ii]I[/i:1j1v00ii] think his painful and horrid deaths are good for entertainment.','f0e2c1cfdd7e13c16144d39d8e00d9b9',0,'oA==','1j1v00ii',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395825,28225,11,276,0,'64.12.116.143',1265975333,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Raskolnikov":1vhgle9e]Indeed. College is a time for personal growth and maturation (for most people, at least), but that doesn\'t mean that college changes you radically. It can help you to be more level-headed, more wise, or it can help you with your social skills (it, um, also can definitely confirm your low opinion on the human race, of course). But it doesn\'t change your personality, the important things what conform what *you* are.[/quote:1vhgle9e]\n\nNobody has claimed that college changes someone that dramatically. But, the very changes you mentioned are the changes that could contribute to Daria being more open to someone.\n\nI think the difference is that I\'ve seen it happen and you haven\'t. \";)\"','c47395440aade6e9d598209ac96905bb',0,'gA==','1vhgle9e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395826,28253,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1265975586,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hey, Nat...','\":lol:\" \n\n[quote="Raskolnikov":23y4j1o3]Is that Stephen Colbert? \":shock:\"[/quote:23y4j1o3]\nIs it? \":shock:\"','ae516271067373ab6062c02e5c607120',0,'gA==','23y4j1o3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395827,28168,6,276,0,'64.12.117.79',1265975792,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','From the stairs, Daria looked down in annoyance. "Mom, Dad. On the couch? I really hope you\'re going to clean up after yourselves this time and put the penguin away.','5150fecc64e926571f4980d2fa8ad2f6',0,'','25b7w2ru',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395828,28253,3,276,0,'64.12.117.74',1265976508,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hey, Nat...','[quote="Quiverwing":3drvgaym]:lol: \n\n[quote="Raskolnikov":3drvgaym]Is that Stephen Colbert? \":shock:\"[/quote:3drvgaym]\nIs it? \":shock:\"[/quote:3drvgaym]\n\nOh, yes.','a0f80f109fcefb24af696cacb95beb37',0,'gA==','3drvgaym',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395829,28236,6,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1265976519,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 3)','[quote="Brother Grimace":3hxn22lp]Well... so much for Finn being gay. \":lol:\"[/quote:3hxn22lp]\n \":lol:\"','6705bdf163280881cf0bcff95106ea61',0,'gA==','3hxn22lp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395830,28254,16,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1265977518,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Music on the DVDs: a disappointment?','Something I loved about the show was the music. Most of them were hits at the time and I enjoyed watching a cartoon featuring the same music I was listening on MTV at the time (yes, MTV used to air music videos back then). \n\nI keep thinking I\'ll be very disappointed when I watch the DVDs. They said they were going to keep "some music" and the rest would be replaced by covers (are there even covers of [i:toyn9q34]all[/i:toyn9q34] those songs?). But as I said in another thread, a cover of, let\'s say, REM and Foo Fighters would be bad. \n\nI hope they go through the [url=http://www.the-wildone.com/dvdaria/dvdariamusiclist.html:toyn9q34]DVDaria music wish list[/url:toyn9q34] at least. All I know is that the first episode I\'ll be watching when I finally get the DVDs will be "Daria Dance Party." It\'ll be a good indication of the music status in the rest of the episodes. I just can\'t imagine episodes like that one with different music.','62d7cc191d5525bf3b6c21fa27eafe24',0,'MA==','toyn9q34',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395831,28254,16,276,0,'64.12.116.141',1265977669,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Music on the DVDs: a disappointment?','I agree that there were certain key pieces of music that helped to set or make a scene. I hope that those are kept. To be honest, a lot of the other stuff I\'ve seen listed and I couldn\'t tell you when it was used in an episode. For those, I\'d probably never notice if a cover was used.','b19417aab451d263d5fe20c1abdf6a5a',0,'','s51snlvq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395832,28225,11,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265977698,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Quiverwing":7ixaie4t] [quote="Raskolnikov":7ixaie4t]Wait a minute... considering I think Tom is a nice guy and he doesn\'t deserve a painful and horrid death, does that turn me into a black sheep too?[/quote:7ixaie4t]\nCome on. Even [i:7ixaie4t]I[/i:7ixaie4t] think his painful and horrid deaths are good for entertainment.[/quote:7ixaie4t]\n\nWell, yeah, me too, but I feel sorry for the poor bastard. Specially with the humiliating ones.\n\nOh, wait.\n\n[quote="RLobinske":7ixaie4t][quote="Raskolnikov":7ixaie4t]Indeed. College is a time for personal growth and maturation (for most people, at least), but that doesn\'t mean that college changes you radically. It can help you to be more level-headed, more wise, or it can help you with your social skills (it, um, also can definitely confirm your low opinion on the human race, of course). But it doesn\'t change your personality, the important things what conform what *you* are.[/quote:7ixaie4t]\n\nNobody has claimed that college changes someone that dramatically. But, the very changes you mentioned are the changes that could contribute to Daria being more open to someone.\n\nI think the difference is that I\'ve seen it happen and you haven\'t. \";)\"[/quote:7ixaie4t]\n\nYeah, I guess.','8b3284c0bf2af0b7a1d395f9a0889b93',0,'oA==','7ixaie4t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395833,23173,6,64,0,'76.24.222.101',1265977829,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Things Students Still Are Not Allowed To Do At Lawndale High','578. The Pavlovian response has not be renamed the Ruttheimer response, and the term Ruttheimer response is not to be used in science class. This means you, Ms. Morgendorffer.','b8a7d5e8848af81a435ec2cc451d590a',0,'','qsc1azrw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395834,28254,16,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265977842,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Music on the DVDs: a disappointment?','Well... we\'ll always have YouTube. The uploaded Daria chapters in streaming have more than decent quality. And with all the songs.','e3e19ed5cb96cdabffe3555541768a9d',0,'','m9mrd6oa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395835,23173,6,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1265977992,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Things Students Still Are Not Allowed To Do At Lawndale High','579. No meta in the grounds of the school. And that goes for you, the lazy bastard who\'s writing this.','1fd69af2f55c87633d9c0ea16759a0e5',0,'','1ifr486c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395836,28254,16,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1265978341,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Music on the DVDs: a disappointment?','[quote="RLobinske":2md0v6kz]To be honest, a lot of the other stuff I\'ve seen listed and I couldn\'t tell you when it was used in an episode. For those, I\'d probably never notice if a cover was used.[/quote:2md0v6kz]\nI wouldn\'t notice it if the part of the song used in the original version was short enough for me not to notice the change. It also depends on the songs in question. The more popular they are, the more likely it is for me to notice. \n\n[quote="Raskolnikov":2md0v6kz]Well... we\'ll always have YouTube. The uploaded Daria chapters in streaming have more than decent quality. And with all the songs.[/quote:2md0v6kz]\nI don\'t worry about that. I have all the episodes anyway, most of us do.','3058d77712b00d3646bdf94b74a37e3a',0,'gA==','2md0v6kz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395837,28249,3,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1265978688,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Good News For Ms Bealer!','See, this is why I\'m going to live forever. You all just thought I had some kind of crazy addiction of some. Showed you guys, didn\'t I? \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','99bf88762574eb7beeaaf1fdba4f8a9c',0,'','100bj4fe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395838,28225,11,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1265978919,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Raskolnikov":nvl07kla][quote="Quiverwing":nvl07kla]I\'ve always looked past The Triangle when it came to Tom. I just can\'t bring myself to hate him. I guess that makes me the black sheep of Daria fandom. \":)\"[/quote:nvl07kla]\n\nAw, come on, I\'m sure it\'s not that dram...\n\nWait a minute... considering I think Tom is a nice guy and he doesn\'t deserve a painful and horrid death, does that turn me into a black sheep too?[/quote:nvl07kla]\n\nI don\'t think liking Tom makes you guys black sheep. You\'re in pretty good company there, actually! \n\nNow, liking Tommy [i:nvl07kla]Sherman[/i:nvl07kla], on the other hand... \":lol:\" \n\nKristen','93298add9f78d6a8251597a44fb35950',0,'oA==','nvl07kla',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395839,28254,16,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1265979031,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Music on the DVDs: a disappointment?','[url=http://dariablog2.blogspot.com/2010/02/top-ten-message-board-posts-on-may-12.html:2beatexd]I still maintain that the use of "Closer" during the makeover scene was just weird.[/url:2beatexd] \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','cee0c12522bcef286847f114e261a553',0,'EA==','2beatexd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395840,27728,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1265979208,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Brother Grimace":1y3xu4iy]As for meteors... where have you been, babe? Doy did notice that the Earth of the [i:1y3xu4iy]FiC[/i:1y3xu4iy] universe is one of the Earths [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Daylight:1y3xu4iy]where the [i:1y3xu4iy]Daylight Crisis[/i:1y3xu4iy] never occurred, right?[/url:1y3xu4iy][/quote:1y3xu4iy]\nYup. That\'s why they\'ll never expect it! [b:1y3xu4iy][i:1y3xu4iy]BAM![/b:1y3xu4iy]\n[/i:1y3xu4iy]\n[quote="Brother Grimace":1y3xu4iy][url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bump:1y3xu4iy][color=#0000FF:1y3xu4iy][i:1y3xu4iy]Besides... [u:1y3xu4iy]your Goddess[/u:1y3xu4iy] expects stability as she trains her Jaffa to provide her with new generations of warriors and servants to serve her every need.[/i:1y3xu4iy][/color:1y3xu4iy][/url:1y3xu4iy] \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:1y3xu4iy]\nSorry, conflict of interest. My cat would not be amused by my serving another. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','21bcb179b15ce9ad607b3ebc2e65bae8',0,'8w==','1y3xu4iy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(413283,28364,6,992,0,'121.44.223.89',1274395078,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Into the Fray (Chapter 10) 5/20/10','[quote="vlademir1":2vdm4euu]Someone wanted a flaming pitchfork sale??? 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they\'d be awesome if they were real- its cold down here \":)\"','5931b64525cbb23d77a2bf2195bac694',0,'iA==','2vdm4euu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395842,28187,12,61,0,'192.91.173.36',1265984155,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Glitter Berries Down ?','[quote="The Angst Guy":1bhc2jm4][quote="midnightstorm":1bhc2jm4]You can try going on, I have multiple times. But it appears to me Kem\'s site is down. Hopefully she or someone can fix it. It always says the same thing " Service Temporarily Unavailable " \":(\"[/quote:1bhc2jm4]\nGetting the same message. If it is lost, we do have the downloadable form of it.[/quote:1bhc2jm4]\n\nI\'ll check with her... I don\'t remember what has been done with it.\n\n\nEdit: The problem is with freehostia... a request to them to look into it was made (if it hasn\'t been fixed already).','64a5462ddc2eda6fceb054c0cc853b97',0,'gA==','1bhc2jm4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395843,28177,5,61,0,'192.91.173.36',1265985036,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Super Bowl LXIV Prediction Thread','[quote="Quiverwing":2r2arpk5]I predict I won\'t be watching. \n\nYep, I\'m not. \n\nYou should switch to normal football. [/quote:2r2arpk5]\n\n\nWhat... and be bored out our minds? \";)\"\n\nI\'d rather watch curling... seriously...','a03ff5361cdf7bd7a470323605315f00',0,'gA==','2r2arpk5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395844,28071,3,414,0,'70.91.143.201',1265988243,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="RLobinske":3iin362m][quote="Derek":3iin362m]All that snow that hit Washington, DC must be Republican: it completely shut down the government. \":P\"[/quote:3iin362m]\n\nNonfood is broken down to staff and nonstaff.[/quote:3iin362m]\nI think you quoted the wrong person.','267262be209482914a1d09f791198c65',0,'gA==','3iin362m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395845,28071,3,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1265988340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="Derek":2uv6zvaj][quote="RLobinske":2uv6zvaj][quote="Derek":2uv6zvaj]All that snow that hit Washington, DC must be Republican: it completely shut down the government. \":P\"[/quote:2uv6zvaj]\n\nNonfood is broken down to staff and nonstaff.[/quote:2uv6zvaj]\nI think you quoted the wrong person.[/quote:2uv6zvaj]\n\nI think you\'re right. \":lol:\"','86eb7581fa454fb968c326718c6d76f2',0,'gA==','2uv6zvaj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395846,28242,10,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1265988551,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','Okay, question for the modern artist types out there. Doing this on tablet makes this a digital work, but basically, isn\'t using the stylus this way the same as a traditional pencil or pen sketch?','9c957f5c78594ffca0f3295ab38acb5d',0,'','3e54mu8e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395847,28071,3,39,0,'78.151.219.136',1265988583,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="RLobinske":3h7otwfe]I think you\'re right. \":lol:\"[/quote:3h7otwfe]\nAww. I thought you being faithful to the thread title.\n\nMartin.','36eb6247de5b7871af2506374d143722',0,'gA==','3h7otwfe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395848,28071,3,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1265989412,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="MartinUK":6smiukho][quote="RLobinske":6smiukho]I think you\'re right. \":lol:\"[/quote:6smiukho]\nAww. I thought you being faithful to the thread title.\n\nMartin.[/quote:6smiukho]\n\nBlueberries!\n\nKristen','bc6e6c601ab49c5e79e55ffec1dc0f6d',0,'gA==','6smiukho',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395849,28168,6,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1265989414,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','[b:1owqpa43]Daria and the Gang[/b:1owqpa43]\n\nin\n\n[b:1owqpa43]The Brittrix[/b:1owqpa43]\n\n\n\n"And at the END of the first WORLD WAR...Americans felt cheated and RETREATED into a period of ISOLATIONISM. The election of 1920 was viewed as a REFERENDUM on WILSON and the DEMOCRATS - !"\n\nMr. DeMartino\'s lecture on the era between the World Wars was interrupted by a beeping noise. Quickly, Mr. DeMartino trained his good eye on the entire class. "I told you to SHUT OFF THOSE CELL PHONES!!"\n\nThe class looked around, confused.\n\nDeMartino was determined to get to the bottom of it. "DAWN!" He pointed his finger at the obese girl who perpetually wore her iPod earphones in all of her classes. Dawn took off her earphones, held the tiny iPod Shuffle to her ears, and shrugged. [i:1owqpa43]No fault there.[/i:1owqpa43]\n\nThe noise continued to beep. Like a minesweeper, DeMartino swept the halls, listening carefully. He finally found his target. "BRITTANY!"\n\n"Eap!" The cheerleader almost jumped out of her seat.\n\nDeMartino faced her desk, resting each of his hands at the front of her desk. "CHECK...YOUR...BACKPACK!" he growled.\n\nBrittany grabbed her bunny rabbit backpack and began looking through it. Everyone could hear the beeping once they isolated its source. She pulled out various electronic items "Lemme see...no...no, that\'s not it...." The contents of Brittany\'s backpack piled up on Brittany\'s desk like a small volcano until DeMartino blew his top."\n\n"BRITTANY TAYLOR! TO THE PRINCIPAL\'S OFFICE! NOWWWWWWWW!!" The echo scared birds off of the telephone wires outside.\n\n(* * *)\n\n"Now, Brittany," said Ms. Li. "Now I understand that it wasn\'t your fault, and that as head cheerleader you bring a lion\'s share of honor to Llllllawndale High! However, we must placate Mr. DeMartino." DeMartino was one of a handful of competent instructors. "Did you have your cell phone on?"\n\n"No!" said Brittany. "I had it on vibrate." She pulled a Hello Kitty phone out of her purse. "That\'s just my normal cellphone." \n\nShe pulled out a black rectangle. "That\'s my beeper, in case my cell phone\'s not working." Then, another black retangle. "That\'s my iPod." A larger black rectangle. "That\'s my i[i:1owqpa43]Pad[/i:1owqpa43]." Another black rectangle. "This is my iPhone."\n\nA larger pink rectangle. "This is my MacBook, where I take notes." Brittany pulled out several wires. "And these are all my wires...and this is my cordless mouse...and this is my plug-in." A small camera came out. "And this is my web camera. The MacBook has a web camera built in, but the resolution isn\'t as good as this one." \n\nMore stuff. "And this is my headset for Skype...and this is my PSP that has my NeoPets game on it...and this is my sound microphone, because the built in sound is really crappy...and these are my LINUX boot-up disks...."\n\nBrittany continued. "..and this is my Flip camera...and this is my other digital camera for cheerleader pictures...and this is my voice recorder...and this is my GPS...and this is my battery recharger, and these are spare batteries, and...."\n\n"Oh sweet Mother," muttered Li. "Is there anything you [i:1owqpa43]don\'t[/i:1owqpa43] have in that backpack? Why on earth could you possibly be carrying thousands of dollars worth of computer equipment wherever you go?"\n\n"Duh!" cried Brittany. "How am I going to keep up with my e-mail, Skype, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, my blog and the American Cheerleader messageboards? Not to mention all the phone calls and gossip that I need? Like...[i:1owqpa43]get in the game[/i:1owqpa43], Ms. Li!"\n\n"I\'ll ignore that, young lady. So what was beeping?"\n\nBrittany smiled. "Oh, that was just my timer, letting me know that I was [i:1owqpa43]late for Mr. DeMartino\'s class[/i:1owqpa43]!" \n\nIt was about that time of day when Ms. Li wished that she was a bank teller....','25687f55be2001a4a193aee9917f1ed2',0,'YA==','1owqpa43',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395850,28071,3,39,0,'78.151.219.136',1265989629,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="Kristen Bealer":xaxna3b8]Blueberries![/quote:xaxna3b8]\nFunny you should say that, because as I walked past the barber\'s shop, I saw every seat was occupied.\n\nMartin.','30b7ac90cd07efd5cefe4051070ed00a',0,'gA==','xaxna3b8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398479,28412,3,484,0,'201.239.42.146',1267370314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Off Chile','thans for care guys.yesterday the electricity was cut off in my home town , but now is on .\nnow in spanish...\nestaba en la casa de una amiga durmiendo placidamente cuando me desperto el movimiento, al ser adoctrinada desde niña en cuanto a temblores, nos paramos bajo los marcos de las puertas, duro bastante tiempo y las replicas se sintieron toda la noche , las comunicaciones eran imposibles .\nla mañana siguente me pude comunicar con la mayoria de mis familiares y amigos , todos estaban bien pero algo asustados, en es sector de Valparaiso donde estaba habia electricidad y pude ver la noticias , hasta ese momento no existia la informacion del maremoto que afecto las costas y las islas.\nquiero agradecer por toda preocupacion que han mostrado y tambien las traducciones , gracias \";)\"','b77708ba8cce7607405564556a99c98e',0,'','20i4wnna',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398480,28160,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1267371445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: collar (2/27/10)','Awwww. \":)\" \n\nAnd it\'s pretty rare to get "Awwww"s for a story about Sandi! \":lol:\" \n\nKristen','b6106457a0adcb156114476385188971',0,'','2ug0u4l6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398481,27728,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1267371688,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight(Part 10)','[quote="Staren":2tgohq7s]That\'s why you have to be careful about a cats personality before you let one alone with a little girl. Happens every time. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2tgohq7s]\n\n \":lol:\" Reminds me of the time my friend\'s toddler met our cat. Fortunately, the cat is pretty easygoing--he even let her eat some of his food when we weren\'t looking. He seemed to expect reciprocity later, though, when she was eating her Froot Loops. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','1fe82dd810352162ccfc0b29d5bee832',0,'gA==','2tgohq7s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398482,27728,6,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1267372046,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight(Part 10)','[quote="Kristen Bealer":1306l8rz][quote="Staren":1306l8rz]That\'s why you have to be careful about a cats personality before you let one alone with a little girl. Happens every time. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1306l8rz]\n\n \":lol:\" Reminds me of the time my friend\'s toddler met our cat. Fortunately, the cat is pretty easygoing--he even let her eat some of his food when we weren\'t looking. He seemed to expect reciprocity later, though, when she was eating her Froot Loops. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen[/quote:1306l8rz]\n\nConsidering I\'m living with a Siamese Drama Queen and the feline version of Finn Morgendorffer... \":lol:\"','33ae41f172caed84276267e952fc9d8f',0,'gA==','1306l8rz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398483,28364,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1267372283,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Into the Fray (Chapter 4) 2/26/10','[quote="minx":24l6cj7a]“Who is going to go on sentential duty?” Quinn asked, she was answered by confused looks from the rest of the group, “You know look out duties?” she turned to Daria in time to see smirk grace her sisters lips.\n\n“I’ll do it.” Trent said. None of the others objected.[/quote:24l6cj7a]\n\nYou know the world has gone mad when no one sees a problem with Trent staying awake to act as look-out. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','012b6f096fb81bd47dd07996e887ebc7',0,'gA==','24l6cj7a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398484,28409,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1267372829,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Infectious (NEW)','Uh oh.\n\nKristen','60da995b7f369d130e98dbbcc25e8665',0,'','32c2lb1o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398485,28412,3,885,0,'75.120.191.222',1267373871,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Off Chile','[quote="acidgirl":j4p32fiu]estaba en la casa de una amiga durmiendo placidamente cuando me desperto el movimiento, al ser adoctrinada desde niña en cuanto a temblores, nos paramos bajo los marcos de las puertas, duro bastante tiempo y las replicas se sintieron toda la noche , las comunicaciones eran imposibles .\nla mañana siguente me pude comunicar con la mayoria de mis familiares y amigos , todos estaban bien pero algo asustados, en es sector de Valparaiso donde estaba habia electricidad y pude ver la noticias , hasta ese momento no existia la informacion del maremoto que afecto las costas y las islas.\nquiero agradecer por toda preocupacion que han mostrado y tambien las traducciones , gracias \";)\"[/quote:j4p32fiu]\n"I was at a friend\'s house sleeping soundly when I was woken up by the movement. In order to stay safe from the tremors, we moved under the door frames. It was a difficult time, and the aftershocks could be felt all night, communication was impossible.\n\n"The next morning I was able to get in touch with the majority of my friends and family. They were all okay but scared. There was power in the Valparaiso area, and I could see the news. As of the moment, no information exists on the tidal wave that affected the coasts and the islands.\n\n"I want to thank everyone for all the concern that\'s been shown, and also for the translation, thanks. \";)\""\n\nYou are very welcome for the translation, though I\'m pretty sure I screwed up the second sentence this time around. Babel Fish gave me "to the being indoctrinated from girl as far as tremors, us deserts under the marks of the doors," which is spectacularly unhelpful.','d67026250f3878607ff6fda7d0d837b4',0,'gA==','j4p32fiu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398486,28412,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1267374578,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Off Chile','[quote="Jim North":xb331dfc]You are very welcome for the translation, though I\'m pretty sure I screwed up the second sentence this time around. Babel Fish gave me "to the being indoctrinated from girl as far as tremors, us deserts under the marks of the doors," which is spectacularly unhelpful.[/quote:xb331dfc]\nBasically, she\'s saying she was taught from a young age what to do in case of earthquakes, that\'s why she moved under the door frame. \n\nWhen you live in regions that are prone to earthquakes, you tend to have earthquake drills at school or at work a few times a year. I used to have those as well. The truth is that sometimes the panic is so overwhelming that the last thing you do is get to a door frame.','eb12536a173bdeedb7a8420a5c1c1735',0,'gA==','xb331dfc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398487,28412,3,885,0,'75.120.191.222',1267375007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Off Chile','[quote="Quiverwing":nmzhqnyy]When you live in regions that are prone to earthquakes, you tend to have earthquake drills at school or at work a few times a year. I used to have those as well.[/quote:nmzhqnyy]\nYah, been there myself . . . I grew up on one of the tail ends of Tornado Alley here in the states, so we had to go through regular tornado drills at school. Every few months, we\'d all end up lined against the wall in the duck and cover position for about fifteen minutes or so. Good times, good times!','3f36e259e8d72bf0b727f11c2ed7bfa0',0,'gA==','nmzhqnyy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398488,27574,6,1062,0,'76.233.170.170',1267375520,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: More Crossovers Not Yet Crossed Over','How about a Jules Verne \'Mysterious Island\' or \'20,000 Leagues Under the Sea\' with Daria as Nemo?','ec867730fd0057f88bf2b1e90754cdc0',0,'','23vgwsl4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398490,28013,10,1026,0,'95.26.133.196',1267376616,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 2010 Daria FanArt Listing (February 28)','[quote="RLobinske":1x5ojzxt]Pinhead, you have so much new stuff, please check to make sure I didn\'t miss anything.[/quote:1x5ojzxt]\nHas no value. \":D\"','4bdcb670072ea1b290b603a3409a641a',0,'gA==','1x5ojzxt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398491,28404,3,570,0,'188.123.238.2',1267376739,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 23 years','Here\'s to another 23! \":)\"','4223880cbfa5be911eb5de8ffb7c177b',0,'','137o6yt2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398492,28402,10,991,0,'85.140.39.186',1267378161,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stacy sketches','Update: she has Tiffany\'s face with Stacy\'s eyes \":-D\"','af2b12a39c643f1cea8c07ffbc8c5a48',0,'','2vjybpyy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(398493,28409,6,885,0,'75.120.191.222',1267381903,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Infectious (NEW)','***\n\n"Lane."\n\n"Miss Lane," said the male voice on the other end of the comm. "This is the Department of Extra-"\n\n"Y\'know, you-" she tried to interrupt, then started again when he didn\'t stop. "Y\'know, you don\'t have to say the whole damn thing every time. You could always say \'Hey, Jane, it\'s DENA, whassup?\'"\n\n"I\'m afraid I couldn\'t, ma\'am," he replied. "We require your assistance at the DENA building."\n\nJane scrunched up her face and looked in the back seat of Daria\'s car. "No can do, chief. We\'re hauling a paycheck at the moment, but we\'d be happy to stop by and chat after we\'re done. How does an hour sound?"\n\n"Unacceptable. Your presence is needed immediately. We are invoking the emergency clause of your contract."\n\n"What\'s going on?" Daria asked from the driver\'s seat.\n\nJane put her hand over the receiver and said, "They\'re being dicks again. Pulling the emergency card."\n\n"We get paid extra for that, don\'t we?"\n\nJane\'s eyebrows shot up as she thought it over. "Yes," she finally said as she removed her hand from the commlink. "Yes, we do. Okay, boss, we\'re headed that way. What are we gonna do about our package in the meanwhile?"\n\n"We will keep him in our own lockup for the moment," the male agent said, "and then transfer him to the police department ourselves later."\n\n"And the extra paperwork?"\n\n"Consider it taken care of. Please hurry."\n\nJane snapped her comm shut and turned around in her seat. "Hear that, sunshine?" she said to the vehicle\'s third occupant. "You\'re gonna get to cool your heels in one of those upscale [i:1hmdd6dq]federal[/i:1hmdd6dq] pens for a while. Better enjoy the three course meals and padded toilet seats while you can!"\n\nThe woman in the back seat simply stared back, completely impassive.\n\n"Now don\'t you give me that face," Jane admonished her. "You could have sat at home, smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo, but no, you decided to indulge in your little hobby instead. I hope you learned a valuable lesson!"\n\n"Hrn," the other woman grunted, the first sound she\'d made since getting in the car. "Yeh. Request different bondsman next time."\n\nJane got a funny look on her face, then laughed as she turned back around. "I like her," she said. "Doesn\'t say much, but makes it count."\n\n"Hrn," Daria grunted as she turned onto the nearest off-ramp headed toward DENA HQ.\n\nThe trip was short and silent for the most part, and the colony structure containing several of the local federal buildings quickly came into sight. Daria decelerated as she did a fly-by first, then slowly turned the corner at the next intersection.\n\n"Problems?" Jane asked.\n\n"Maybe," Daria said. "Look at the landing pads."\n\nJane frowned and squinted out the window. Like every other colony structure in the city, landing areas for various grav-vehicles dotted the sides, each sitting in front of the entrance to its respective building. Since the structure they were circling was government affiliated, it had a decent number of people parked outside.\n\nThe problem that Daria had spotted was that many of those people were also standing outside the doors and looking very unhappy. Every once in a while, Jane could see one of them reach out and try to slide the automatic doors by hand and less often someone trying the manual doors, but neither seemed to be allowing access.\n\n"Is it a holiday or something?"\n\nDaria shook her head. "Columbus Day was earlier this week, but nothing today," she said. "Not unless they declared a new one without telling anyone. Something\'s wrong."\n\n"Well, I\'d assume that\'s why our agent buddies called us about an emergency," Jane said with a shrug.\n\n"Yes," Daria conceded, "but I think we should take this slowly."\n\n"I think we should still take it sometime today," Jane grumbled. "Can we at least land so I can stretch my legs?"\n\nDaria glared at the building outside her window for a moment, then nodded. "Fine," she said as she sped the car up, taking it all the way back around to the DENA landing pad.\n\nThe first thing the women noticed as they got out of the vehicle was the absence of people standing outside the doors. Unlike the rest of the structure, the only cars parked out front seemed to be the sleek black sedans belonging to the organization\'s agents. Jane helped their passenger out of the back seat, then peered around curiously.\n\n"Wow," she said. "Where are all the nutjobs?"\n\nDaria didn\'t answer as she, too, scanned the area. On the few occasions they had stopped by the DENA building, its front lot and much of its main lobby had been taken up with every imaginable form of delusional mental case that inhabited Lawndale City. The agents, Daria and Jane had come to understand, tried to deal with as many of them as they could, but the flood of crank cases and people who truly believed they had seen things they really hadn\'t seen continued unabated every single day.\n\nDaria was heartened by the fact that DENA at least seemed to hold a healthy amount of skepticism concerning the masses that assaulted their doors daily. Once, one of the agents had even told her, "Just because they give an excruciatingly detailed report, have dozens of pictures and vids as evidence, and can even supply working parts taken directly from a spaceship, that doesn\'t mean they actually [i:1hmdd6dq]saw[/i:1hmdd6dq] a spaceship."\n\nBut the UFO chasers were gone for the day, it seemed. Daria, Jane, and their latest ward were all alone on the pad, and the only noises they could hear were those of traffic and the muted sounds of angry shouting drifting over from other lots.\n\n"Let\'s go," Daria said, starting toward the doors.\n\nJane grabbed their prisoner\'s arm and pulled her forward gently. "And if the doors are closed here, too?"\n\n"Then we open them."\n\nThe trio stopped short as the doors opened for them. Darkness lay just beyond, ameliorated only by the midday light streaming through the thick glass of the doors and windows.\n\n"Trap," Jane said, her features clouding up.\n\n"Trap," Daria agreed as she pulled her pistol from its holster.\n\n"We\'re still going in?" Jane asked.\n\n"We\'re still going in," Daria confirmed. She then turned to the third woman and said, "What we\'re about to do is very, very dangerous. We\'ve got experience dealing with these things, but we can\'t promise you any protection once we\'ve crossed these doors, even if we leave you out here in the car. In fact, it may be even [i:1hmdd6dq]more[/i:1hmdd6dq] dangerous to wait out here. So we\'re going to leave it up to you . . . in or out?"\n\nJennifer "Burnout" Burns mulled the situation over for a few moments, her thoughts visible in the one green eye that wasn\'t covered by her pale blonde hair, but nowhere else on her face. She looked back at the virtually empty parking lot, in at the dark building, then made a one-shoulder shrug.\n\n"In," she said in her raspy, high-pitched voice. "No telling if I\'d ever be found if you didn\'t come back out. Cuffs?"\n\n"Stay [i:1hmdd6dq]on[/i:1hmdd6dq]," Jane said sternly. She pulled out one of her own pistols and checked its charge. "Just in case all that\'s wrong is a local power problem. Don\'t worry, when the scary crap starts happening, we\'ll set you loose. Unless it\'s more convenient to feed you to whatever\'s chasing us."\n\n"Cops?" Burnout asked.\n\nJane snorted and shook her head. Daria said, "If what we think is going on is really going on, then the police who don\'t just mess up and get killed will probably try to actively stop us. We\'re not exactly on the best terms with most of the LCPD at the moment."\n\nBurnout frowned slightly but didn\'t say anything else. Daria and Jane finished checking their equipment, then steeled themselves.\n\n"Here we go," Jane breathed as they stepped into the building and the darkness within.','6911ca8829a19a7d1370622123c8f65d',0,'IA==','1hmdd6dq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395853,28247,3,39,0,'78.151.219.136',1265990096,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is anyone in your area competing in the Winter Olympics?','[quote="DocForbin":3f83ucu4]You should especially keep your eye on this guy. . .[/quote:3f83ucu4]\nNah, this is the local athlete I\'d sooner keep an eye on, thanks.\n[url=http://vancouver2010.teamgb.com/TeamGB/athletes/sarah-lindsay:3f83ucu4][img:3f83ucu4]http://cdn.vancouver2010.teamgb.com/images/athlete/S_Lindsay350x350.jpg[/img:3f83ucu4][/url:3f83ucu4]\n[url=http://vancouver2010.teamgb.com/TeamGB/athletes/sarah-lindsay:3f83ucu4][size=85:3f83ucu4]Sarah Lindsay. Photo: Team GB.[/size:3f83ucu4][/url:3f83ucu4]\n\nThere\'s more than half a dozen Team GB athletes who\'d count as "in my area." I live a bus ride away from the National Ice Centre.\n\nMartin.','4520b0450f97f64e16bda9dcbbf135c3',0,'nA==','3f83ucu4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395854,28203,3,87,0,'4.152.165.195',1265990432,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','When I was very very young I use to think that the "Fire Lane" was where all the fires were supposed to start.','4e78782981ad98f7db89a93b2668fe1c',0,'','2f9w5gpu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395856,28236,6,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1265992677,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 3)','[quote="Brother Grimace":3k2imjsq]Well... so much for Finn being gay. \":lol:\"[/quote:3k2imjsq]\nMaybe it\'s a delayed reaction from when Tom was over. Maybe it turns out he\'s bisexual. Maybe a wizard did it. Doesn\'t really matter; it\'s obvious to everyone who the OTP is here, so \":P\" \n\nKristen','fbc101ca96b41eb04a38d850728bbc10',0,'gA==','3k2imjsq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395857,28113,4,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1265992776,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Lancet withdraws MMR jab \'autism\' paper','[url=http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/02/wakefield_retracted_again.php:1b3tz9a3]Another paper of Wakefield\'s withdrawn[/url:1b3tz9a3]','40bb842cde465584d5c1f523e00b73a4',0,'EA==','1b3tz9a3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395858,28168,6,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1265993040,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','\":lol:\" \n\nKristen','9e34b2ccdfdebb9f16a4bd1717f34801',0,'','2yf98o9q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395859,28225,11,885,0,'207.119.43.94',1265994282,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Doggieboy":zcqf3r2p]I know that when it\'s an older woman and younger man, she\'s called a cougar. But, in this case, what would you be called?[/quote:zcqf3r2p]\nCradle-robber.','3529d7059283b914f042595c7d33e5df',0,'gA==','zcqf3r2p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395860,28225,11,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265994773,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="RLobinske":1zv1ts62][quote="Raskolnikov":1zv1ts62]Indeed. College is a time for personal growth and maturation (for most people, at least), but that doesn\'t mean that college changes you radically. It can help you to be more level-headed, more wise, or it can help you with your social skills (it, um, also can definitely confirm your low opinion on the human race, of course). But it doesn\'t change your personality, the important things what conform what *you* are.[/quote:1zv1ts62]\n\nNobody has claimed that college changes someone that dramatically. But, the very changes you mentioned are the changes that could contribute to Daria being more open to someone.\n\n[color=#0000FF:1zv1ts62]I think the difference is that I\'ve seen it happen and you haven\'t.[/color:1zv1ts62] \";)\"[/quote:1zv1ts62]\n\nExactly. \n\nAnother way of looking at the question is to look at it from two points of view: people who\'ve known the person before they went off to college, and the persons who\'ve only known them from their time in college. I always said that if you got a group of people who knew me from the city I grew up in (especially my high school days) and from my college years - the latter would go away laughing themselves silly, and the former would leave going \'what the hell just happened?\'\n\nBack in high school and growing up overall, I was trying to be liked, to be a nice guy; that was a textbook exercise in humility. In college (especially my fraternity days) I realized that some people are not going to like you or respect you, regardless of what you do, and they\'re going to hold their own opinions of you regardless of what you do... so you might as well do exactly what you want, get the job done, and knock down bodies of anyone who gets in your way (if necessary). \n\nI still remember the first time my fraternity brothers met my parents - and how shocked they were that I treated them (or anyone) with respect; I also remember the reactions of a number of people who I dressed down severely (not to mention how I faced down the head executive of the company I worked for once, on a topic I felt strongly about). As Nemo Blank said of Mack Mackenzie in [i:1zv1ts62]Ring Toss[/i:1zv1ts62], in college, I found my will. \n\nThat\'s why I don\'t find it impossible in the [i:1zv1ts62]FiC Continuum[/i:1zv1ts62] that Daria would make the changes, subtle and gross, that would allow her to find and accept her heart, and allow someone to share it. I have no problems with seeing a fictional character change fractionally in the six-year period depicted in the [i:1zv1ts62]FiC Continuum[/i:1zv1ts62] to a point from not able to seeing herself with anyone to being happily married.\n\nThere\'s also one further point that the people who say that it couldn\'t happen are overlooking;[i:1zv1ts62] in [u:1zv1ts62]Daria[/u:1zv1ts62], OH simply and forcefully did not want to change, and furthermore had (in her own eyes) had no reason to change[/i:1zv1ts62] - but despite that, allowed herself to make fractional changes in her personality to evolve. The Daria of [i:1zv1ts62]Esteemsters[/i:1zv1ts62] could not have made the speech that the Daria of [i:1zv1ts62]IICY?[/i:1zv1ts62] did; those changes, and the environment and individuals that she found for support and encouragement in the [i:1zv1ts62]FiC[/i:1zv1ts62] [i:1zv1ts62]Continuum[/i:1zv1ts62], allowed her to evolve further simply because she wanted to become more than she was. No dramatic changes, just subtle ones that allowed her to evolve.','da61b8da419ce0b267d8373ac6dcd59f',0,'ow==','1zv1ts62',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395861,28168,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265995237,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','[url=http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php:kc1u8nau][img:kc1u8nau]http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-laughing025.gif[/img:kc1u8nau][/url:kc1u8nau]','5254c48b60ac4cf8c955732a4901294b',0,'GA==','kc1u8nau',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395862,28251,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265995425,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Newlywed Woman Is Murdered by Stalker','[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Schaeffer:2l76ydzh]Even more than twenty years later, the lesson of Rebecca Schaeffer\'s stalking death has not sunk in.[/url:2l76ydzh] \":(\"','9aeee00b2a3c9d39e18e680d7ab0cae9',0,'EA==','2l76ydzh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395863,28229,6,249,0,'82.24.218.72',1265995576,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It\'s All About The Intention','Well, I\'ve been looking for anything to support or contradict your assertion, but I\'m finding nothing either way. I think I\'ll change it to Madame President anyway, that does actually sound like the most probable title.','cbb00760c6e6b08aad0043a3d18d2ef8',0,'','1p8jzx2m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395864,28229,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265996515,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It\'s All About The Intention','[quote="psychotol":udqunklt]Well, I\'ve been looking for anything to support or contradict your assertion, but I\'m finding nothing either way. I think I\'ll change it to Madame President anyway, that does actually sound like the most probable title.[/quote:udqunklt]\n\n\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madam#In_composed_titles:udqunklt]One source to consider;[/url:udqunklt] however, I do recall that in the ABC Network program [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_in_Chief_%28TV_series%29:udqunklt]Commander-In-Chief[/url:udqunklt], President Allen was addressed as \'Madame President\' when appropriate (for example, when leaving her presence: [i:udqunklt]"Thank you, Madame President"[/i:udqunklt]).','a7f3716769014d472622953051df9a66',0,'sA==','udqunklt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395865,28177,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1265996656,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Super Bowl LXIV Prediction Thread','[quote="Mike Quinn":2jc2qadd][quote="Quiverwing":2jc2qadd]I predict I won\'t be watching. \n\nYep, I\'m not. \n\nYou should switch to normal football. [/quote:2jc2qadd]\n\n\nWhat... and be bored out our minds? \";)\"\n\nI\'d rather watch curling... seriously...[/quote:2jc2qadd]\n\n\nWell, there is something oddly fascinating about curling...','c46220724a896b51338bc6fd1c71ec7d',0,'gA==','2jc2qadd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395866,28168,6,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1265998443,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','[b:35fwl2bg]Daria and the Gang[/b:35fwl2bg]\n\nin \n\n[b:35fwl2bg]The First Law of Identity[/b:35fwl2bg] (*)\n\n\n\n"So Jane, what did you do last night?" Daria asked.\n\n"Oh nothing. I just cleaned my paintbrush, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n"It must have been a really dull night."\n\n"Well, not until I did that," Jane said.\n\n"I have to admit," said Daria, "there are some nights where I dog-ear the pages, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n"Really?"\n\n"Oh yeah. I was getting really bored and I thought, you know, it\'s been a while since I thumbed through the index, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n"Yeah," said Jane, "but sometimes there\'s a clean-up on Aisle Two, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n"Hmm. My problem is sometimes I Call For Philip Morris, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\nJodie brought her tray to Daria and Jane\'s table. "What\'s up?"\n\n"Nothing," smiled Jane. "Daria was telling me how she boosted her iPod warranty, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n"I\'m killing you right now, Lane," muttered Daria, the threat of violence implicit.\n\n"Calm down, Daria," said Jodie with a giggle. "You know, every girl has to reload her PEZ dispenser, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n"By yourself?" asked Jane.\n\n"Well, sometime I ask Mack to make his saving throw, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n"Can I ask a personal question?" asked Jane.\n\n"Go ahead."\n\n"Is Mack the establishing shot of [i:35fwl2bg]2001: A Space Odyssey[/i:35fwl2bg], [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]?"\n\nJodie thought for a while. "Let\'s just say that that the V2 is landing in London, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n"A pity," said Jane. "I\'ve been looking for someone that can fill the popcorn cooker, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]. Hmm. Maybe Kevin Thompson?"\n\nDaria interrupted, "Oh please, that cereal box is missing the minimum daily requirements, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean.[/i:35fwl2bg]"\n\n"Right," answered Jane. "Says the girl who can\'t get her .pdf files to download, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n"Wait a minute!" cried Daria.\n\n"Actually, Jane," whispered Jodie, "As regards Kevin...and keep this to yourselves...I\'ve ordered a few books from Amazon.com, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n"No...I [i:35fwl2bg]don\'t[/i:35fwl2bg] know what you mean," said Jane with interest. Daria was also leaning forward.\n\n"Let\'s just say that the launch was aborted, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n"Are you talking about Kevvy?" squeaked Brittany Taylor.\n\n"Oh my God," said Jodie. "Brittany, I\'m so embarrassed. I mean...I mean I shouldn\'t have...!"\n\n"That\'s okay," said Brittany, waving it off. "Frankly, I think Kevvy likes to eat at Subway, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n"Kevin Thompson?" Daria almost staggered at the thought. "[i:35fwl2bg]Him[/i:35fwl2bg]? What makes you think that, Brittany?"\n\n"Upchuck was standing by his locker," whispered Brittany, "and I watched Kevin reading some baseball statistics, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]?"\n\n"You mean that Kevin was surfing the Weather Channel, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]?" asked Daria.\n\n"No," answered Brittany, "but he definitely had his eyes on Davy Crockett\'s hat, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n"Well," said Jodie. "Then I suppose you can\'t really be that upset."\n\n"No," said Brittany. "But tonight I\'ll be making Kevin provide a four-course Malaysian dinner, [i:35fwl2bg]if you know what I mean[/i:35fwl2bg]."\n\n\n\nAnd no one wanted to know what Brittany meant.\n\n\n\n\n\n(*) With apologies to Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles, Drew Carey, Josie Lawrence, Greg Proops, etc.','4c714b960e97125b250a518e946d8f8e',0,'YA==','35fwl2bg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395867,27796,3,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1265998798,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Boob-fight erm...I meant discussion :)','[quote="minx":1ezb8u0m][quote="Sir":1ezb8u0m]What? Why? \":ugh:\"[/quote:1ezb8u0m]\n\nCos its funny \":lol:\"[/quote:1ezb8u0m]\n\nand that makes everything OK \":D\"','4e81e88f6ecb7f99d5a6f16d0b6596aa',0,'gA==','1ezb8u0m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395870,28254,16,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1265999608,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Music on the DVDs: a disappointment?','[quote="Raskolnikov":2dvlnhby]Well... we\'ll always have YouTube. The uploaded Daria chapters in streaming have more than decent quality. And with all the songs.[/quote:2dvlnhby]\n\nYeah but given the DVD release and previous trends, I anticipate MTV/Viacom will have Youtube kill those videos.','4cd08753d57a3e234defdf8f031db899',0,'gA==','2dvlnhby',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395871,28177,5,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1265999873,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Super Bowl LXIV Prediction Thread','[quote="Brother Grimace":1rbt4evm][quote="Mike Quinn":1rbt4evm][quote="Quiverwing":1rbt4evm]I predict I won\'t be watching. \n\nYep, I\'m not. \n\nYou should switch to normal football. [/quote:1rbt4evm]\n\n\nWhat... and be bored out our minds? \";)\"\n\nI\'d rather watch curling... seriously...[/quote:1rbt4evm]\n\n\nWell, there is something oddly fascinating about curling...[/quote:1rbt4evm]\n\nAside from trying to figure out how in the 9 hells the sport was even invented in the first place?','98b88012c70bb890321733a5958b112b',0,'gA==','1rbt4evm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395872,28242,10,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1265999970,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','[quote="RLobinske":1hehbeb5]Okay, question for the modern artist types out there. Doing this on tablet makes this a digital work, but basically, isn\'t using the stylus this way the same as a traditional pencil or pen sketch?[/quote:1hehbeb5]\n\nYeah. You\'re basically "drawing" on the tablet.','efd1ebe6458ce400e0866f7231d34d8f',0,'gA==','1hehbeb5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(413282,28995,5,1030,0,'41.145.242.90',1274395000,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Guess the Video Game quote','[quote="Jim North":1315xb9h]Wow, kinda figured someone would have gotten this one by now. It\'s the last thing said in the penultimate storyline cutscene, right before the final mission gets underway. But here ya go, this clue should [i:1315xb9h]surely[/i:1315xb9h] give it away:\n\nThis game features the voice talents of Dennis Hopper, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzman, and . . . well, nah, I think I\'ll refrain from saying the main character\'s actor\'s name, at least, so we\'ll go with . . . Fairuza Balk and Gary Busey are in it, too.\n\nOh, and Lee Majors as the leader of a motorcycle gang![/quote:1315xb9h]\n\nFull Throttle?','63d6c27192a1ba24ad9b7ec3bfd799d4',0,'oA==','1315xb9h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395874,28177,5,39,0,'92.27.250.198',1266000191,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Super Bowl LXIV Prediction Thread','[quote="Dark Kuno":2gs4oz1p]Aside from trying to figure out how in the 9 hells the sport was even invented in the first place?[/quote:2gs4oz1p]\nNow there speaks a man who\'s never spent a winter in Scotland.\n\nMartin.','32bee09b226e503cfecd650db61bbc70',0,'gA==','2gs4oz1p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395875,28177,5,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1266000664,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Super Bowl LXIV Prediction Thread','[quote="MartinUK":1p1djons][quote="Dark Kuno":1p1djons]Aside from trying to figure out how in the 9 hells the sport was even invented in the first place?[/quote:1p1djons]\nNow there speaks a man who\'s never spent a winter in Scotland.\n\nMartin.[/quote:1p1djons]\n\nThe highland games are made of pure testosterone \":)\"\n\nI find them immensely more entertaining than "fooball!"','2e0985deb0be6f5854675bfe2bab831a',0,'gA==','1p1djons',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395876,27995,6,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1266002884,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','*fans himself*\n\nanyone else hot in here?','5ab82c892922b28008cc93f65966c757',0,'','2nzkcgo2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395877,28225,11,570,0,'188.123.238.2',1266003502,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Raskolnikov":38qsj5a6]...\n\nIndeed. College is a time for personal growth and maturation (for most people, at least), but that doesn\'t mean that college changes you radically. It can help you to be more level-headed, more wise, or it can help you with your social skills (it, um, also can definitely confirm your low opinion on the human race, of course). But it doesn\'t change your personality, the important things what conform what *you* are.\n...[/quote:38qsj5a6]\n\nUnless you don\'t know what you are. Does Daria -- with all her intellect and propensity to reflection (it alone, I think, makes the possibility of her establishing a long-term relationship early a but distant -- however, see below) -- know, or does she define herself as \'not them\' first and foremost? \n\nThank you, BG, for reminding me of the [i:38qsj5a6]IICY?[/i:38qsj5a6] speech. \'Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless experience proves you wrong.\' But it is far from clear what exactly Daria of the Canon believes in.\n\nIf it\'s just \'I am Daria\', it wouldn\'t it be very different from Tom Wolfe\'s [i:38qsj5a6]I Am Charlotte Simmons[/i:38qsj5a6]. This novel is seriously grotesque, but it boils down to a Daria-like (OK, with a lot of Jodie in her -- although we all know that Jodie is too busy with her career to marry in her 20s \":)\") figure getting into college and transformed by the end of the book into Brittany. I don\'t know whether Wolfe watched [i:38qsj5a6]Daria[/i:38qsj5a6] or not, but I couldn\'t help thinking when I read it that a hypothetical sequel to [i:38qsj5a6]Daria[/i:38qsj5a6] in the style of \'everyday horror\' wouldn\'t be much different.','d157221bbb296ae2ea4fd86fb3e90d16',0,'oA==','38qsj5a6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395880,28168,6,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1266004522,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','\":lol:\" \":lol:\"','3d75500a276784625d0233f496bf64d8',0,'','kg28og3y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395881,28168,6,37,0,'72.175.149.142',1266004598,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','Playing Taboo at the Morgendorffer\'s.\n\nQuinn: Okay, this is something you do on your knees...\n\nJake: Pray?\n\nHelen: Blow job! BLOW JOB!!!\n\nDaria: Mom, you really need to stop bringing work home with you.','31f40ecc16aed25fa4595c51fbe2c468',0,'','10tfkgk3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395882,28203,3,83,0,'174.30.23.230',1266005318,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','[quote="Ranger Thorne":18by2adj]When I was very very young I use to think that the "Fire Lane" was where all the fires were supposed to start.[/quote:18by2adj]\n\n\nI was always super-confused by the "Do Not Pass" sign. I couldn\'t figure out how you could [i:18by2adj]not [/i:18by2adj]pass it while driving by.','a7e5c520805e6b49f87da1e5c33c19cd',0,'oA==','18by2adj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395883,27620,6,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1266005386,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Reaper in the Wind (part 9)','[quote="RLobinske":2x2mau5j]"To get me to a large poppy field...."[/quote:2x2mau5j]\n\nOkay, is this going to turn into a Wizard of Oz crossover, too? \":P\"\n\nKristen','f8725e026dcbec1ce0921c3f85df749b',0,'gA==','2x2mau5j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395884,28168,6,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1266005479,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','[quote="Greystar":2qf81rki]Playing Taboo at the Morgendorffer\'s.\n\nQuinn: Okay, this is something you do on your knees...\n\nJake: Pray?\n\nHelen: Blow job! BLOW JOB!!!\n\nDaria: Mom, you really need to stop bringing work home with you.[/quote:2qf81rki]\n\n \":shock:\" \":)\" \":D\" \":lol:\"','2813288991a683fb6de2801274d3a8fa',0,'gA==','2qf81rki',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395885,27620,6,276,0,'64.12.116.13',1266005564,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Reaper in the Wind (part 9)','[quote="Kristen Bealer":1ab5qz6s][quote="RLobinske":1ab5qz6s]"To get me to a large poppy field...."[/quote:1ab5qz6s]\n\nOkay, is this going to turn into a Wizard of Oz crossover, too? \":P\"\n\nKristen[/quote:1ab5qz6s]\n\nDammit, I was looking forward to the flying monkeys. Now I have to rewrite the ending.','fd5e6a108448bbcdd28f7d8e7c176bd2',0,'gA==','1ab5qz6s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395886,28203,3,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1266006147,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','[quote="Angelinhel":2sjcaexu][quote="Ranger Thorne":2sjcaexu]When I was very very young I use to think that the "Fire Lane" was where all the fires were supposed to start.[/quote:2sjcaexu]\n\n\nI was always super-confused by the "Do Not Pass" sign. I couldn\'t figure out how you could [i:2sjcaexu]not [/i:2sjcaexu]pass it while driving by.[/quote:2sjcaexu]\nAnd it took me awhile to understand stop signs. I mean, stop lights change to green eventually, but the sign just keeps saying "Stop." When the hell are you supposed to go?\n\nKristen','476a685ef93582ef438fa262c5ad85d2',0,'oA==','2sjcaexu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395887,28200,12,65,0,'75.45.182.135',1266006855,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Outpost Daria update - February 2010','[quote="minx":12od88jh][quote="MJPollard":12od88jh]This update is mainly to get the news about the DVDs out to the tens of people who visit my site. \":D\" I\'ll likely have at least one more "updated update" before the end of the month.[/quote:12od88jh]\nfeel free to use any of my art, I can send you the files if you want- I have reaped out (xover fic) but its not that great[/quote:12od88jh]\nThanks! I\'ll take anything (non-erotica) you care to send me.','d66edc3ebed0e5d57edcb9df4a1a5a16',0,'gA==','12od88jh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395888,28203,3,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266006937,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','[quote="Angelinhel":kqnll8qa][quote="Ranger Thorne":kqnll8qa]When I was very very young I use to think that the "Fire Lane" was where all the fires were supposed to start.[/quote:kqnll8qa]\n\n\nI was always super-confused by the "Do Not Pass" sign. I couldn\'t figure out how you could [i:kqnll8qa]not [/i:kqnll8qa]pass it while driving by.[/quote:kqnll8qa]\n\nI used to wonder what head I was supposed to stop... \n...also why teh sign said no outlet when we had electricity on the street (growing up on a cul-de-sac).\n\nI\'m gonna walk away now before I\'m reminded that I used to actually believe that humans, in general rather than on average, were an intelligent species.','a4927f026ec3364f75f108d985d00edb',0,'oA==','kqnll8qa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395889,28071,3,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266008157,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','My new computer hardware arrived while I was reading the forum and eating lunch... W00T!!!!\n\nFor the interested:\n[list:ykvb4f26]AMD Athlon II 2.6GHz quad core\n4 GB DDR3 1333\nRadeon 4850 512MB video\n750 GB SATA Caviar Green WD HDD\nSATA Sony 24X DVD/48X CD burn drive\nand a nice MSI MB to tie it all together\n[/list:u:ykvb4f26]\n\nNow I\'m off to go build... where did I put that grounding strap...','06d656583cdc219b777009cd1dac0e53',0,'AEA=','ykvb4f26',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395890,28225,11,39,0,'92.25.249.254',1266008614,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','I thought of this thread, and its discussion of the age at which people marry, when I learned that an elderly gentleman (aged about 30 years) was the first to place a lonely hearts ad, [url=http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/results.asp?image=076960&imagex=1&searchnum=2:24qv1y7m]according to the British Library[/url:24qv1y7m].\n\nMartin.','062fd7d79eee1afaa1ffb213bf8d3c57',0,'EA==','24qv1y7m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395879,27620,6,276,0,'64.12.116.145',1266004060,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Reaper in the Wind (part 9)','[b:3e7dhr78]Part 9[/b:3e7dhr78]\n\n\nPatience is one of the hallmarks of a trained sniper, as well as for a trained hunter. By use of careful camouflage and slow, calculated movements, Gibbs and Sloane gained a position to observe the encamped marine platoon.\n\nWhatever had happened to the marines, it had not affected their combat proficiency. Even with his experience, Gibbs was more than reluctant to attempt a closer approach. \n\nTom was the first to spot the reaper. As in the UAV camera recording, it was wearing a burkha to hide its appearance. However, the fact that it was ordering marines around dispelled any misconception that it might be anything or anyone else.\n\nMore disconcerting was when it took a satellite radio from under its clothing and began to talk on it.\n\n"Your mythical beasts are learning technology pretty quick," Gibbs whispered.\n\n"Too quick," Tom whispered back.\n\n"Sloane, we\'re never going to capture this thing with all these marines around it."\n\nA smaller figure appeared from a tent and ran toward the reaper. Along the way, the head covering of the burkha pulled away to clearly show the young reaper\'s head. \n\nTom said, "Is it me, or does it already look a little taller?"\n\nGibbs said, "I think your right. This just keeps getting worse."\n\n"Why do you think we\'ve been trying to clean up this mess?"\n\n"Because our bosses that cause them never do."\n\n\n\n\nWhen they returned to the command post, the look on Daria\'s face caused Tom to say, "Looks like it\'s time for whose news is worse."\n\nDaria nodded and "There\'s been another possible reaper-related killing. This one was at Ft. Bragg – the Special Warfare School."\n\nTom said, "The reapers are with the marines. The little one has probably grown a couple inches in height and we spotted it using a satellite phone."\n\nMcGee said, "It sounds like a coordinated infiltration of the military. We need to bring in more help."\n\n"It may be too late for that," Daria said.\n\n"We have to do something," McGee said.\n\n"Agreed," Daria said. "But simply expanding our current efforts isn\'t going to work."\n\n"What do you suggest?" Ziva said.\n\n"I don\'t know yet. I need some time to think."\n\nTony said, "What do you suggest we do in the mean time?"\n\nTom said, "Try to think of something that we\'ve missed."\n\nMcGee said, "Shouldn\'t we alert our military bases?"\n\nGibbs said, "Do you really think they\'re going to believe us?"\n\nMcGee said, "Let\'s start trying to think of something we missed."\n\n\n\n\nAbby paced back and forth in MTAC until Daria appeared on the large satellite link monitor. "Agent Morgendorffer! I got it!"\n\nDaria said, "A solution to our problem?"\n\n"Exactly. But, well, you may not like it."\n\n"Right now, I\'m interested in anything you have to say. Go ahead."\n\nHer hands gesturing as she spoke, Abby replied, "Do you remember how you said that these reaper thingies disappeared as the manna that powered magic was depleted?"\n\n"Yes. They\'re partially magical creatures and depended upon it."\n\n"And you said that the Earth hasn\'t regenerated all that much manna and if word got out about magic, humans would quickly deplete it again."\n\n"Yes."\n\n"Well, since nobody but you, us, and I guess, your bosses know about it…why don\'t we deplete it again. Do something really big, like save the whales or something."\n\nDaria sat down. "That\'s a good idea, Abby. That\'s the only way to be sure we\'ve eliminated the reapers."\n\n"I knew it!"\n\n"Now I need to figure out something that will, literally, use up all the available magic.\n\n"I take it the whales suggestion won\'t work."\n\n"I really don\'t know anything about cetacean magic. Sorry."\n\n"Cure everyone with AIDS?"\n\nDaria shook her head. "The ancients never encountered HIV, so they never developed a treatment."\n\n"Well, something. There\'s lots of stuff out there that\'s been around forever. The common cold."\n\n"Sorry, even the ancients never developed cure for that, either."\n\n"How about the flu? You know, like that new strain that\'s going around."\n\n"Hmm," Daria said. "I know some broad treatments for influenza. I\'ll need to think about it. Abby, can you check botanical records for me?"\n\n"No, but I know someone who can…no questions asked."\n\n\n\n\nInside the conference tent of the marine command post, Daria said, "Abby pulled through and gave us what may be out best and only shot at eliminating the reapers. That, and nature in the form of the H1N1 influenza that the WHO is concerned may become a serious pandemic. I can\'t stop the pandemic and I can\'t save everyone infected, but I can weaken it. To the rest of the world, it\'ll look like we dodged a bullet."\n\n"Will it be enough?" Gibbs asked.\n\n"With hundreds of millions or billions potentially infected…I think so."\n\n"You think so?"\n\n"There\'s no way to test beforehand. Even if it doesn\'t completely consume the manna, we\'ll weaken the reapers and spared the world a serious pandemic."\n\n"I can\'t argue with that," Gibbs said. "What do you need from us?"\n\n"To get me to a large poppy field. Abby\'s friend provided satellite imagery for the closest, large concentration."\n\n"A lot of those are controlled by the Taliban," Gibbs said.\n\n"I know. I\'m going to need protection while I work."\n\nGibbs frowned. "That could get tricky."\n\n"Most things in life worth doing are," Daria said.','469b640007767a86f9b79a97dbb29c65',0,'QA==','3e7dhr78',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395891,28255,4,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1266008854,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Hint of the day: Don\'t ask followers to harrass a judge','[url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/02/12/heres-something-kevin-trudeau-wants-you-to-know-hes-contemptible/:qtizjcn0]Brought to you by the "Natural Cures They Don\'t Want You To Know About" scammer, Gary Trudeau.[/url:qtizjcn0]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nSometimes, justice does smile.','1c1fb4d3e9f4cd90e1d55a086b2e8bb2',0,'EA==','qtizjcn0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395892,28225,11,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1266009482,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="UU":3jyv4h3u][quote="Raskolnikov":3jyv4h3u]...\n\nIndeed. College is a time for personal growth and maturation (for most people, at least), but that doesn\'t mean that college changes you radically. It can help you to be more level-headed, more wise, or it can help you with your social skills (it, um, also can definitely confirm your low opinion on the human race, of course). But it doesn\'t change your personality, the important things what conform what *you* are.\n...[/quote:3jyv4h3u]\n\nUnless you don\'t know what you are. Does Daria -- with all her intellect and propensity to reflection (it alone, I think, makes the possibility of her establishing a long-term relationship early a but distant -- however, see below) -- know, or does she define herself as \'not them\' first and foremost? \n\nThank you, BG, for reminding me of the [i:3jyv4h3u]IICY?[/i:3jyv4h3u] speech. \'Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless experience proves you wrong.\' But it is far from clear what exactly Daria of the Canon believes in.\n\nIf it\'s just \'I am Daria\', it wouldn\'t it be very different from Tom Wolfe\'s [i:3jyv4h3u]I Am Charlotte Simmons[/i:3jyv4h3u]. This novel is seriously grotesque, but it boils down to a Daria-like (OK, with a lot of Jodie in her -- although we all know that Jodie is too busy with her career to marry in her 20s \":)\") figure getting into college and transformed by the end of the book into Brittany. I don\'t know whether Wolfe watched [i:3jyv4h3u]Daria[/i:3jyv4h3u] or not, but I couldn\'t help thinking when I read it that a hypothetical sequel to [i:3jyv4h3u]Daria[/i:3jyv4h3u] in the style of \'everyday horror\' wouldn\'t be much different.[/quote:3jyv4h3u]\n\nOn that note, one of the tangents I can also see for Daria is one that\'s rarely been examined (TAG\'s "Smoky Mirror" would be the closest), that of her losing herself in college and failing her freshman year. It happens to "good" students all the time. Think of the angst of Daria coming home a failure as Quinn prepares to go off for college...','e874c30a65bea0412c4beaa3bd7ae1cb',0,'oA==','3jyv4h3u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395893,28256,5,995,0,'112.141.89.84',1266009617,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The 30 greatest movie put-downs','These are supposed to be the best movie put downs out there if not what do you think is a great movie put-down.\n\nhttp://www.zooweekly.com.au/funny-stuff ... nsults.htm','c7cb1548c1a386821ba55ff0cbb89b36',0,'','1oiv5zc0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395895,28168,6,37,0,'72.175.149.142',1266010638,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','Grandma Ruth: WTF, well done.\nQuinn: What do you think WTF means?\nGrandma Ruth: "Wow Thats Fantastic?". \n\n \":mrgreen:\"','b38531c0ce20e93063b909c4545f129c',0,'','31q0sw74',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395896,28160,6,885,0,'207.119.43.94',1266011566,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: collar (2/10/10)','***\n\nThe Diamond Cage, known to most of its patrons simply as the Cage, was a small downtown club that catered to the leash and leather set and had long been a favorite haunt of Sandi and Stacy\'s. The city didn\'t hold a very large population of kinks compared to others like New York or Los Angeles, but there was still a decent crowd there when the two women rolled up in Sandi\'s BMW.\n\nOnce they had found a good parking spot, Sandi stepped out and put on the top hat that had been sitting in the back seat. She and Stacy both straightened their coats, locked the car, and crossed the street to walk up to the main entrance. The bouncer immediately recognized them and let them pass with only a smile and a polite bow at the waist. He knew that their cover was still paid up for several nights in advance.\n\nInside, they stopped at the coat check area, where they handed theirs over to a man wearing a bright yellow dress over a copious petticoat. Keeping with their usual diamond-based themes, it appeared that all the club employees were dressed as the Diamond Dog dancers from [i:2ht6529b]Moulin Rouge[/i:2ht6529b] that night.\n\nWhile not quite as elaborately decked out as many of the people in the club, both women had their own special outfits. Stacy was wearing a leather black dress with a matching collar from which dangled a thin, short leash, while Sandi was sporting a rust red corset, long fingerless gloves, a Victorian style skirt, and heavy, wide-heeled boots. Here and there on Sandi\'s dress were implements of the steampunk genre that she had recently taken a shine to, including a pair of multi-lensed goggles strapped just above the top hat\'s brim.\n\nSandi pulled Stacy in by the leash for a quick kiss, purposefully leaving behind a light lipstick outline on the other woman\'s cheek. "Go find us a table, sweet," she said. "I\'ll get our drinks."\n\nThe two women parted as they entered the club proper. Canned music, heavy and thumping, pounded down from the ceiling, but Stacy could see a band setting up on a stage overlooking the dance floor. A large sign behind them identified them as the Carnival Cutters, a group that she had enjoyed when they had played a few week before.\n\nStacy found herself having to push through the feathers worn by two clubbers dressed like peacocks, leaving her momentarily blinded. Someone ran into her from the other side, nearly pushing her down, but she quickly regained her balance with their help.\n\n"Oh, sorry about that, dear!" a lilting male voice called out over the music. "Here, let me . . . oh. [i:2ht6529b]Oh![/i:2ht6529b] Well, if it isn\'t our little Pub, back to see us again! My my my!"\n\nSuddenly realizing who it was, Stacy threw her arms around the man\'s skinny neck, then they both drew back and squealed like little girls.\n\n"Timmy, oh my God!" Stacy exclaimed happily. "But I thought you worked Friday nights!"\n\nTimmy tilted his head down puffed his lips out. "You remember me talking about ol\' Mr. Bee\'s Knees, honey?" he asked. "Well, he went and got himself [i:2ht6529b]promoted[/i:2ht6529b], he did. First thing he decides to do is cut down [i:2ht6529b]my[/i:2ht6529b] hours, and you [i:2ht6529b]know[/i:2ht6529b] that fish don\'t fly!"\n\nStacy covered her mouth in shock. "Oh, no! What are you gonna do?"\n\n"Well, first things first, me and Mr. [i:2ht6529b]Big Boss[/i:2ht6529b] are gonna have a little chat," he said, swinging a hand back and forth for emphasis, "and then Mr. Bee\'s Knees is gonna have himself a little wait in the [i:2ht6529b]unemployment line[/i:2ht6529b]. Timmy knows a few thing he might not oughta know, and Timmy\'s feeling a little [i:2ht6529b]talkative[/i:2ht6529b] now, know what I\'m saying? Mm-hmm, I think you do.\n\n"Anyway, girl, damn! It\'s good to see you! Is the missus about?" he asked as he peered around.\n\n"She\'s getting our drinks," Stacy told him. "What about Rick?"\n\nTimmy rolled his eyes and said, "Rick the Brick is having himself a little sitdown, as usual. Care to join us? I could stand to have a little more intelligent conversation and heaven knows [i:2ht6529b]he\'s[/i:2ht6529b] not going to provide it."\n\nShe laughed and slapped playfully at his shoulder. "You\'re terrible!" she said.\n\n"Mmm-hmm," he purred as he proffered one fishnet-covered arm. "Shall we, my dear?"\n\n"I believe we shall," she returned, taking the arm and allowing him to lead her to circle of small couches sitting near the dance floor.\n\n"Riiiiiick," Timmy trilled softly to the heavyset but muscular man wearing a passing approximation of the outfit worn by Victor Willis, the police officer in Village People. "[i:2ht6529b]Rick![/i:2ht6529b]" he said more forcefully, giving the other man a light kick to the shin. "Wake up and say hi to the Pub already, you Neanderthal!"\n\nTimmy\'s partner - and husband, as Timmy was fond of saying, if the right state laws would ever get passed - snorted awake and greeted them with a small wave of his beefy hand and a grunt that sounded vaguely like "hey".\n\n"He\'s delighted to see you as always, dear," Timmy deadpanned, causing Stacy to giggle. "Have a seat, have a seat, plenty to go around!"\n\nHe settled in next to his man as Stacy sat down across from them. The two subs chattered idly for the next few minutes as the first few screeching strains of the Carnival Cutters checking their sound sliced across the club. Rick remained sedentary, making few additions to the conversation other than an occasional deep chuckle.\n\n"Are these two men [i:2ht6529b]bothering[/i:2ht6529b] you, Stacy?" an arched voice suddenly asked from behind her shoulder. Stacy looked up to see a severe looking Sandi holding two glasses of diet cola and leveling a steely glare at Rick and Timmy.','e53e74c7ccfdd22a81dc49ccb6c55508',0,'IA==','2ht6529b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395897,28211,3,114,0,'210.9.142.12',1266013346,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should we invite the new kids over to play?','[quote="Dervish":b370pu1a][quote="The Angst Guy":b370pu1a][img:b370pu1a]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/moobs.gif[/img:b370pu1a]\n\nI\'m ready for \'em! \":D\"[/quote:b370pu1a]\n\nA new avatar for cynigal! \":)\"[/quote:b370pu1a]\nI thought that [i:b370pu1a]was[/i:b370pu1a] cynigal. \":shock:\"','a05de0751da82c6250f27a3584560ccf',0,'qA==','b370pu1a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395898,28160,6,1037,0,'99.40.48.77',1266013378,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: collar (2/12/10)','This story is very engagingly written.\n\n-g','e4c7f62df55bc1f7be824669d5504297',0,'','1wygih1r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395899,28255,4,114,0,'210.9.142.12',1266013523,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hint of the day: Don\'t ask followers to harrass a judge','\":D\" Although it\'d be nice to see him done for murder. I wonder how many people he\'s killed?','7176468a012fc0b1001eaacb0fe65d3a',0,'','3txg2d1m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395900,28257,4,114,0,'210.9.142.12',1266013815,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','We\'re getting organised. Finally.','[url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/atheisms-true-believers-gather-20100212-nxm5.html?skin=text-only:3jfkqbkg]As religious extremism grows, its opponents are getting organised.[/url:3jfkqbkg]\n\n[quote:3jfkqbkg]If a religion accepts state-funding and tax breaks, should it be able to absent itself from, say, anti-discrimination labour laws?\n\n\'\'You get a clash of cultures,\'\' Hohne says. \'\'Should Christians be forced to hire a Muslim, a homosexual or an atheist?\'\' He is quick to condemn any homophobic or aggressive policies that result in discrimination. He admits that where faith-based communities are receiving state money, \'\'they have to weigh up very carefully the extent to which they want to keep themselves separate from state laws\'\'.\n\nThe debate becomes more complex when the state seeks to regulate the religious sphere. Atheists are traditionally aligned with libertarianism and civil rights, but religious organisations increasingly complain that a militantly secular state represses the rights of the faith[/quote:3jfkqbkg]','295189f094f0af54e642fa6b1082c0c9',0,'kA==','3jfkqbkg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395901,28200,12,900,0,'208.7.93.71',1266015098,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Outpost Daria update - February 2010','[quote="minx":1iel8r70][quote="MJPollard":1iel8r70]This update is mainly to get the news about the DVDs out to the tens of people who visit my site. \":D\" I\'ll likely have at least one more "updated update" before the end of the month.[/quote:1iel8r70]\n\n\nfeel free to use any of my art, I can send you the files if you want- I have reaped out (xover fic) but its not that great[/quote:1iel8r70]\n\nWhen your story is nominated for Favorite Overall at the Booties, "not that great" really doesn\'t apply. \"8)\"','99b6e9595e6ef327702d8785e02167e3',0,'gA==','1iel8r70',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395902,28247,3,900,0,'208.7.93.71',1266015502,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is anyone in your area competing in the Winter Olympics?','I heard on the radio that there are 32 Wisconsinites at the Olympics this year, including 13 former Badger Hockey players. The Speed Skating team trains here, so there are a number that are either from here or live here to train.','63dc0b7f0efd79fa50fec90546e6bd53',0,'','113v1mws',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395903,28071,3,83,0,'174.30.23.230',1266015518,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="vlademir1":11zj6utr]\n\nNow I\'m off to go build... where did I put that grounding strap...[/quote:11zj6utr]\n\nTotally thought that said "groundhog strap".','22e211a430861555e5dfdd041caf19a3',0,'gA==','11zj6utr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395904,28071,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266016206,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="MartinUK":t6c5lwbc][quote="Kristen Bealer":t6c5lwbc]Blueberries![/quote:t6c5lwbc]\nFunny you should say that, because as I walked past the barber\'s shop, I saw every seat was occupied.\n\nMartin.[/quote:t6c5lwbc]\n\n[url=http://www.ebris.com/questions.html:t6c5lwbc]So it was a Jewish barbershop, hmm?[/url:t6c5lwbc]\n\n\n(ducks TAG\'s kosher penguin roll. Ew.)','aba6f320feac1dc3d4633c8eb9e87772',0,'kA==','t6c5lwbc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395905,28071,3,900,0,'208.7.93.71',1266016231,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="Angelinhel":32mr3kt3][quote="vlademir1":32mr3kt3]\n\nNow I\'m off to go build... where did I put that grounding strap...[/quote:32mr3kt3]\n\nTotally thought that said "groundhog strap".[/quote:32mr3kt3]\n\nGroundhog Strap, from the makers of Weasel Whip!','e5712f2f1ac1d0268799d3b52aa98124',0,'gA==','32mr3kt3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395906,28254,16,900,0,'208.7.93.71',1266016578,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Music on the DVDs: a disappointment?','I\'d imagine "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" will be there.','57694259d4fc48709c0e7f0369415258',0,'','2pjoakh5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395907,28225,11,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266017404,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','So, when Daria and Michael go on their honeymoon and leave Bump with Jane (who has Zachary and Taylor to keep Bump company) should Jane be afraid if she come home one night [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW8S58CYQqs:2w04352i]to hear this playing inside Casa Lane, and the sounds of much meowing inside?[/url:2w04352i]','7307b68dfa03833e79c05ca98014c39b',0,'EA==','2w04352i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395908,28071,3,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266017662,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="Disco316":1urojpad][quote="Angelinhel":1urojpad][quote="vlademir1":1urojpad]\n\nNow I\'m off to go build... where did I put that grounding strap...[/quote:1urojpad]\n\nTotally thought that said "groundhog strap".[/quote:1urojpad]\n\n[url=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=dhk&q=%22Groundhog+Strap%22&aq=f&aqi=&oq=:1urojpad]Groundhog Strap[/url=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=Wjk&q=%22Weasel+Whip%22&aq=f&aqi=&oq=], from the makers of [url]Weasel Whip[/url:1urojpad]![/quote:1urojpad]\n\":twisted:\"\n\n\nwhy is it that my new motherboard only came with one SATA cable \":cry:\" logically most people building their own system would want/need two. I guess this is what I get for buying naked drives.','d5477bacd68dee54bd8d38cf21fb8218',0,'kA==','1urojpad',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395909,28220,4,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1266019727,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Report a bad apple only if you can do the time','I wonder if this editorial will last or if it will get taken down fast. \n\nhttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/met ... 63319.html\n\n[quote:otj9go7z]A West Texas jury Thursday promptly acquitted a nurse charged with a felony for filing a complaint with the Texas Medical Board against a doctor who had a history of ineptitude at the hospital where she worked.\n\nNow it\'s time for the sheriff who investigated her and the district attorney who prosecuted her to be brought to justice. We can only fantasize.[/quote:otj9go7z]\n\n[quote:otj9go7z]But what about the sheriff and the prosecutors, who appear to have engaged in “misuse of official information” to indict two women who were trying to protect patients?\n\nHistory offers little hope that the state or the bar will hold them accountable. Maybe the voters will.[/quote:otj9go7z]\n\nBack when I was in Texas, I noticed a lot of contempt of authority, but you wouldn\'t find it in the papers, mainly because the "good ol boy network" is so well connected, though even if they did publish anything, even a letter to the editor, you could expect unfavorable consequences. Sometimes even when a letter to the editor wasn\'t published it was still forwarded to the cops and such who retaliated over it. And with that said, I hope the writer of this piece really does live in or around Houston AND that the authorities he says this about don\'t have any professional contacts in his area.','04cc7431deac1438f14c3dee4129b1cb',0,'gA==','otj9go7z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395910,28257,4,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266021091,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: We\'re getting organised. Finally.','State money comes with strings. Accept the strings, or refuse the money.\n\nI would further comment that, in my opinion, being tax exempt is functionally identical to receiving state money.','352866c270ea14a33a7437cb4945998a',0,'','1nkctwk2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395911,28255,4,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266021225,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hint of the day: Don\'t ask followers to harrass a judge','[quote="Deref":2pbf9q3l] I wonder how many people he\'s killed?[/quote:2pbf9q3l]\n\nNone.\n\nThat line of reasoning obviates the individual\'s responsibility for their own decisions. Just because I advise you to jump off a cliff, does not mean I\'m a murderer if you\'re dumb enough to do it.','09f4c9b16b4b29e26501de123fb92649',0,'gA==','2pbf9q3l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395912,28236,6,1017,0,'71.224.0.215',1266023813,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 4)','[i:2aqt3ji8](Part 4)[/i:2aqt3ji8] \n\nFinn barely paid attention to the list of work Sierra had given him. He looked at it a little bit, just so he would know about it. But Finn spent his time practicing his pick-up lines. Sierra didn’t mention a boyfriend, so there was no rule against flirting, testing the field. \n \nFinn still found it a little odd that he was feeling Sierra like he did, but reason or not, Finn knew what he liked, and he liked Sierra. He did not like other brains, just her. She was attractive, not like other brains, but that couldn’t have been it.\n \n“[i:2aqt3ji8]Or maybe it is. Who cares[/i:2aqt3ji8].” Finn thought. The work Sierra had assigned was random subjects. Study more on the structure of DNA, read [u:2aqt3ji8]Pride and Prejudice[/u:2aqt3ji8], which Finn put down after five pages, and some pages on the Reign of Terror. It sounded interesting at first, but it was all politics and nonsense. Finn could barely stomach it. Why was all this learning crap so boring? Football wasn’t boring, and that took brains. Finn knew enough to know that.\n \nBut he found himself cheering up when he practiced his lines in the mirror. Perhaps he wasn’t the brainiac, but he could learn enough to get to Keystone State. \n \n“[i:2aqt3ji8]Besides, there’s things more important. Those who spend all their time learning about life miss the chance to make it on their own. Hey, that’s pretty good, Finn.[/i:2aqt3ji8]” Finn cheered himself as he practiced more smooth pick-up lines. \n\n \nSierra arrived on Saturday. She was always so prompt, and Finn liked that in a girlfriend. Girls who did the girl thing of running late never got second dates. It was a rule.\n \n“Hey, there.” Finn smiled warmly. He wore his tightest shirt and a pair of shorts that day, flaunting the best parts of his body while still being completely covered. A tactics that served him well.\n \n“Good afternoon.” Sierra looked directly at Finn’s face, and did not acknowledge any other parts. “I hope that you have studied.” \n \n“Of course.” Finn smiled. “Are you hungry or thirsty?’\n \n“No, thanks.” Sierra replied politely, but briefly. “I eat before I come.”\n \n“Still, try to be a good host.” Finn chuckled a bit. His charms were working in overdrive, but Sierra seemed...aloof, and disinterested.\n \n“That couldn’t be. Perhaps she’s just doing the stupid hard-to-get thing girls think they can try and pull.” Finn reasoned. \n \n“Shall we begin?” Sierra remarked. “We’ll start with Pride and Prejudice.”\n\n“Ugh, that book was pretty lame. I could think of about three hundred more interesting things.”\n \n“I can’t say I was a fan of it either, but it’s a classic.” Sierra, still the cold fish, replied. “But we still need to read it. You’re studying British literature, and it’s a staple.”\n \n“Staple of boring, maybe.” \n \n“England’s not all Shakespeare.” \n \n“Even Shakespeare’s dull.” Finn moaned.\n \n“It may be dull, but I was hired to teach these things to you.”\n \n“I’m sure there’s more interesting stuff. And I’m sure you know them. Come on, let’s learn about a more fun topic.” \n \n“Kid, why the hell are you wasting my time. I mean, I’m here for the money, what the hell do you want?’ Sierra scowled at Finn.\n \n“Aren’t we supposed to learn stuff?” Finn asked.\n \n“How do you propose to learn stuff when you give up after six seconds?” Sierra accused. “I mean, you treat everything here like it’s some sort of game. This is your life. Not everything is sunshine and bunnies.”\n \n“I know that!” Finn protested. \n \n“Kid, you’re probably somewhat bright, but it really doesn’t matter. You’re acting like a hotshot, when you’re about as interesting as a colony of mold on three-week old cheese.”\n \n“Hey!” Finn became irate at the insult. “I ‘m the most popular kid in school.”\n \n“That’s only because you’re the quarterback and you’re attractive. I admit it, you’re one handsome man. But high school ends, and soon you’ll be doing nothing with your life, drifting from boring, stupid jobs to make ends meet. Your looks, they aren’t going to last. And recruiters aren’t going to get you on your skill at football alone.” \n \n“But that’s why I want to learn, so I can get into those schools.”\n \n“You only want to go to college so you can get into a good football school?” Sierra continued to criticize. “That is one of the stupidest reasons ever to go to college. Do you even want to learn?”\n \n“I don’t want to be a brain. Brains are elitist snobs.”\n \n“No, elitist snobs are elitist snobs. Some just use their brains to be elitist snobs. You don’t need brains to have a crappy attitude. I should know, there’s one right in front of me.”\n \n“Hey!” Finn was really angry now. He had never, not even once, ever been talked too like that by anyone. Except for Daria, of course, but she didn’t count. \n \n“Kid, quit wasting my time.” Sierra started putting things away in her backpack. “There’s no reason to stick around. Money isn’t worth this.”\n \n“Hey, don’t go, I need to learn stuff.” Finn protested.\n \n“You aren’t going to learn anything if you only put forth the most minimal amount of effort.”\n \n“Sierra.” Finn looked down at the table. “I did bad on my PSTAT’s.”\n \n“I’m not surprised. So what?”\n \n“So they’re bad. I did the best of all my friends, but they were bad. But it’s not like they were so bad that I can’t get them up the extra few points.” \n \n“Banking on the minimum is not a good strategy.” Sierra remarked. “But anyway, the only way your scores are going to get better is if you stop acting like such a whiny kid, buckle down, and apply yourself. Maybe it’s not fun, but it’s necessary. But you don’t want that. Later.” Sierra slung her backpack over her shoulder.\n \n“Please stop.” Finn called. Sierra paused, but said nothing.\n \n“I...I do think I can do better.” Finn stated. Sierra was still silent.\n \n“I...I want to do better. I don’t want to be like Daria, but I do want to do better.” Sierra paused for a moment. Finn continued to look at the table. Finally, she put her backpack on the floor.\n \n“Daria? I think I heard that name mentioned...” Sierra trailed off.\n \n“She’s my sister.” Finn answered. “She’s an egghead, and she’s a bitch.” There was silence for a moment. \n \n“If I assign you [u:2aqt3ji8]Pride and Prejudice[/u:2aqt3ji8], would you read it this week?”\n \n“Y...yeah.” Finn sighed. “I wish it wasn’t so awful, but I’ll do it.” \n \n“Hmmm...don’t read that one. Even I think that was cruel. But I will expect you to finish reading all the work on cell biology by next week.”\n \n“Yeah...all right.” \n \n“Then I’ll see you next week. And wear something appropriate, for the love of God.” Sierra instructed before leaving. \n\n \nFor the whole week, Finn sat upstairs at his desk, reading everything on Sierra’s check-sheet. He focused on cell biology like she said, but he also did his history and trigonometry work. She was right; it wasn’t easy. But Finn sat down and focused, even drawing the blinds so he wouldn’t see what good football weather it was. \n \n“[i:2aqt3ji8]Okay, this stuff is starting to make more sense.[/i:2aqt3ji8]” Finn thought by Tuesday. By Thursday, he really started to get it. It still wasn’t interesting, by any means. But he could still comprehend it. \n \nWhen Sierra came around the next Saturday, Finn tried to recall the things he had learned. He discussed with his tutor RNA synthesis, and while Sierra had to correct his pronunciation a few times, last week’s unpleasantness was behind them.\n \nSierra also discussed American History with him, as that was what Finn would be taking in Mr. D’s class. \n \n“After the defeat of the Continental Army in New York forcing their retreat, General Washington devised a plan to raise American morale.”\n \n“That was when he crossed the Delaware River?” Finn asked.\n \n“You did read. Yes, they crossed the treacherous, icy river in the middle of the night.” Sierra remarked. Finn chuckled a little.\n \n“And then they fought that battle on Christmas in...where was it...Trenton! The Battle of Trenton!”\n \n“It was a decisive moral victory.” Sierra added. “It helped bolster the number of re-enlistments.”\n \n“That’s like football.” Finn commented. “You don’t do good if you think you’re going to lose.”\n \n“You can think of it that way, if it helps. As long as you remember we’re dealing with history and wars.” Sierra affirmed. “Well, it seems as though you’re applying yourself somewhat. But there’s still a long way to go. You’re going to have to work a lot harder.” \n \n“It’s...it’s okay.” Finn smiled. But in truth, he was trying to hide the knot in his stomach.\n\n \nAfter Sierra left, Finn calmed himself down. He really did try to apply himself with the studying thing, but every time things got quiet, he thought back to Daria and her kissing Tom, and losing his best friend. \n \nIt was driving him crazy. Finn was still scared to look Tom in the face, having ruined his relationship. And there was no way in hell Finn was talking to Daria about this. He had calmed down a bit over her being such a whore, but that didn’t mean she was anything less than the immoral creature she was. \n \nThere was only other one person to talk to, and t hat was Jane. He dialed the art colony on the phone, and, to his surprise, Jane took him up on his offer to visit. \n\n \nFinn planned for the visit to be on a Thursday. There were no classes to attend, but there were speakers and lecturers and whatever weird art stuff happened there. Jane informed him that it would be the best day.\n \nJake allowed his son to use the car, and when Thursday morning rolled around, Finn was off as soon as he woke up. He desperately needed to speak to her, scared as he was. \n\n \nWhen he reached the colony, Jane greeted him warmly. \n \n“It’s been a month.” Finn chuckled to Jane. \n \n“But it’s still good to see you.” Jane remarked. There was very awkward silence, and Jane looked like she wanted to say something more.\n \n“How’s Daria?” Jane asked.\n \n“Haven’t talked to her, but I overheard Mom say she got a job at a summer camp for emotionally distraught kids taught by O’Neill.”\n \n“Did she attempt a bribe?” \n \n“Mom’s really weird about summer activities. I got away with it for tutoring, but Daria...”\n \n“Tutoring?” Jane asked.\n \n“Yeah.” Finn admitted. \n \n“Hey, you want to do it, go ahead.” Jane remarked. Not exactly the advice Finn was hoping for on the matter. \n \n“And how’s Tom?” Jane asked.\n \n“Haven’t spoken to him, either.” Finn answered. “He’s still dating Daria, not that I know how it’s going. Not that I care.”\n \nJane, to Finn’s surprise, did not seem angry about the whole matter. Or perhaps she was just better at hiding it.\n \n“Come on, show me around.” Finn offered.\n \n“It’s not as fun as you’d think.” Jane replied.\n \n“Still, give me the tour.” \n\n \nAfter a tour of the camp, which consisted of hot spots where Jane liked to create, the two found themselves on Jane’s loft.\n \n“Artists are weird folk. Present company exempt.” Finn remarked once he was certain they were alone.\n \n“I am weird, it’s okay.” Jane laughed.\n \n“Seriously, if one more person asks me to pose nude for something, I’m going to light this place on fire.” \n \n“This place goes up in flames, or you drop your shorts. I can’t see the bad side.” Jane laughed again. The artist camp was much taken with Finn’s good looks. Not that she blamed them. Artists had an observing eye, and liked beauty. And Finn was beautiful. \n \n“Glad you’re so amused. Painting and sculpting I can get, but I swear that last chick was just making stuff up.” Finn sighed. \n \n“No, that’s real. It’s called macrame. It’s real art. It’s textile making using knots, in a nutshell.” \n \n“Why the hell would I need to be naked for that?” Finn remarked. \n \n“Inspiration. Comes in many forms.” \n \n“So anyway, how have you been. I wanted to ask you that question once we were alone.” Finn asked politely.\n\n“This camp sucks.” Jane remarked. “Pretentious artists. But at least I did make a friend.”\n \n“Oh?”\n \n“Her name’s Allison. You’d like her, she’s inspiring. She’s making her way as a real artist.”\n \n“Maybe I’ll meet her later. Oh my God, is it hot. Don’t you artists believe in air conditioning?” Finn remarked as he adjusted the collar of his shirt.\n \n“It’s supposed to stoke the coals of the heat of inspiration.” Jane remarked.\n \n“What?” \n \n“I was trying to sound like O’Neill. No, they’re just too cheap to get AC.” \n \n“Jeez, I’m drowning in my own sweat.” Finn remarked. “Jane, you mind if I...” He tugged on his shirt.\n\n“Go ahead.” Jane answered.\n \n“Thanks.” Finn pulled his shirt off and used it to wipe the sweat off his chest and underarms. He was right, he was sweating a lot. \n \n“Anyway, you never told me about tutoring.” Jane couldn’t keep her eyes off Finn. True, whenever he was shirtless, her eyes tended to be locked, but now there was something else, something she couldn’t put her finger on. Ever since shortly after her breakup with Tom, Finn had been very sad. What was it? \n \nIn truth, Jane wouldn’t have minded if Finn and Tom stayed friends. Her breakup had nothing to do with them, and Tom and Finn had a good time around each other. Finn was a close friend and deserved happiness, and Jane, all things considered, couldn’t really hate Tom that much. \n \n“Anyway, Sierra’s a good tutor. I think I’m learning stuff.” Finn talked.\n \n“Is she pretty?” Jane asked.\n \n“I suppose.” Finn affirmed. “Not like you, Jane.” He flirted with her, as he always did. \n \nJane’s mind started to race about Finn. He had truly been on her mind ever since the breakup. She knew Finn’s flirty attitude was just who she was, but a part of her, a secret part of her that she shared with no one, wanted to believe the flirting was real. Finn was always so awkward when the two were alone, that was all it could be. \n \nAnd after Tom, Jane had been so frustrated. She felt awful that she drove Tom away for constantly treating him like trash. Being dumped was not fun: It made Jane feel like less of a woman. \n \nFinn continued to talk, but Jane’s ears no longer functioned. She saw her chance, and she took it. \n\n \nFinn had been discussing tutoring, just rambling off the details for Jane, when something unexpected happened. Jane grabbed Finn by the arms, leaned forward on top of him, and kissed him as hard as she could. He was so surprised he wouldn’t have been able to stop her, even if he wanted to.\n \nAnd he didn’t want to.','5e0858221672fbca1a533516d1de1286',0,'IQ==','2aqt3ji8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395913,28247,3,83,0,'174.30.5.61',1266023865,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Is anyone in your area competing in the Winter Olympics?','Actually, a guy on my husband\'s bowling team does snowshoeing in the winter Olympics- but for the Special Olympics, not the regular ones.','e601da01f6283ea28a674712e97e0d6c',0,'','iet6yw3z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395914,24889,6,952,0,'68.8.51.159',1266023943,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Daria is Raven\'s Apprentice','Well technically, Robin is officially with Starfire, but it seems that she has deeper feelings for Raven. The prospects for a Raven/Starfire are always tantalizingly close though . . .','e87cb0353af4e23b3d13a47756ea4352',0,'','1m9m5azb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395915,28255,4,276,0,'64.12.116.201',1266024053,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hint of the day: Don\'t ask followers to harrass a judge','[quote="NightGoblyn":1x2apoxr][quote="Deref":1x2apoxr] I wonder how many people he\'s killed?[/quote:1x2apoxr]\n\nNone.\n\nThat line of reasoning obviates the individual\'s responsibility for their own decisions. Just because I advise you to jump off a cliff, does not mean I\'m a murderer if you\'re dumb enough to do it.[/quote:1x2apoxr]\n\nI disagree. By that same logic, we shouldn\'t proscecute fraud. After all, if someone is dumb enough to fall for a scam, it\'s clearly their responsiblity. But, we don\'t do that and we shouldn\'t allow people who kill through quackery to go free, either.\n\nThis man knowingly is selling fraudulent information and I think that he should be fully held accountable for his behavior.','cb9138f29a5819ebc9436623b690f407',0,'gA==','1x2apoxr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395916,28214,10,89,0,'67.189.212.82',1266024398,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria of Today?','[quote="MDetector5":30kgi4qc]That looks pretty damn good. Nicely done updating her look... and her hair \":)\"[/quote:30kgi4qc]\n\nIt has bouncity-bounce. \":mrgreen:\"','9356b84d7ac6062b10a3aceb4b2db10d',0,'gA==','30kgi4qc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395917,28236,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266024646,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 4)','Well, I can\'t say that was unexpected, but it does keep getting more and more interesting by the second... \":D\" \n\n[size=50:2ztrvccp]Finn + Tom = OTP![/size:2ztrvccp]\n\nKristen','0a24682ef702bcc11a68d2e87d70cade',0,'BA==','2ztrvccp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395918,28236,6,656,0,'24.165.88.90',1266026455,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 4)','Then, the door sprang open. And there she was, Alison: hot sweaty and angry to see Jane kissing this guy, this man, when it should be her! Alison wailed in anguish. Then she picked up the sculpting tools on the floor and had a crazed look in her face . . .','3df9d7dad09e2a0104540446a3cd290f',0,'','3v6cr5dp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395919,28258,3,114,0,'210.9.142.12',1266027296,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Just my luck','It was #1 daughter\'s 21st birthday on Thursday and today we\'re having a party for her in the back yard. She\'s invited 50 friends. They start to arrive at four and we finish at midnight. We\'ve catered for plenty of food and drink for everyone.\n\nWe\'ve just had the 2nd driest hottest January on record. So far this month there\'s been hardly any rain.\n\nToday\'s forecast: "Rain periods, becoming heavy later in the day. Scattered thunderstorms, chiefly\nin the afternoon and evening."\n\nIt is, as we say here, pissing down, already.\n\nWhy me?\n\nEdit: It\'s raining much harder now.','f1c1758fad9de11912e20cbca6f32798',0,'','397hgvue',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395920,28259,5,26,0,'4.157.59.70',1266029128,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','New ep of Star Wars: The Clone Wars for 2/12/2010','Spoilerage ahead (highlight to read):\n\n[color=#E1EBF2:3pb7kd0a]Dutchess Sateen of Mandalore has arrived safe but far from sound on Corisant, where she hopes to make her case to the Senate in regard to her system\'s neutrality. However, she\'s also become the target of a Deathwatch assassin and a plot to send Republic troops to her homeworld in order to stop Deatwatch whether she likes it or not! Now she ironically needs Obi-Wan\'s help in order to flush the assassin out and get to the bottom of what seems to be a doctored message from her deputy minister calling for Republic troops to invervene.[/color:3pb7kd0a]','3f9d62b3b825d0f840f9e3b90fe7ea39',0,'Ag==','3pb7kd0a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395921,28260,3,26,0,'4.157.59.70',1266029607,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Sick, Sad World: Woman Twitters while in labor @-0','Sadly, this happened in my area.\n\nA woman decided to Twitter every freaking detail about her going into labor and giving birth.\n\nDetails [url=http://poststar.com/news/local/article_d58fa5ac-182c-11df-bbaa-001cc4c03286.html:a9g627ja]here[/url:a9g627ja].\n\nThis time they have really gone too freaking far with Twitter. \":evil:\"','4035ee4086957601d28b5306e03590f7',0,'EA==','a9g627ja',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395922,28261,3,26,0,'4.157.59.70',1266030210,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','This might pique Quiverwing\'s interest. . .','. . .since she\'s the resident tennis freak here. \":D\" \n\nThere\'s a possibility that Martina Hingis and Serena Williams might play in a match in Glens Falls this summer.\n\nHere\'s the deal:\n\nBoth are players in World Team Tennis, with Hingis playing for the New York Buzz (who actually play in Albany) while Williams plays for the defending league champion Washington Kastles. The Buzz plan on playing one of their games at the Glens Falls Civic Center.\n\nMore details [url=http://poststar.com/news/local/article_8be22b06-1777-11df-87da-001cc4c03286.html:3ahkwpxh]here[/url:3ahkwpxh].\n\nThis could prove to be pretty interesting, folks. \":D\"','bc4c9525641925b056674a05e1a16ed2',0,'EA==','3ahkwpxh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395923,28262,5,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1266030252,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','The Six Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Makes','Another [url=http://www.cracked.com/article_18413_the-6-baffling-mistakes-every-horror-franchise-must-make.html:3rmkrfzy]Cracked.com article[/url:3rmkrfzy]. If the article is TL;DR, here is the summary:\n\n1. [b:3rmkrfzy]Set a sequel installment in the "hood". [/b:3rmkrfzy] \n\nOffenders: Friday the 13th, Children of the Corn, Leprechaun (did it twice)\n\n2. [b:3rmkrfzy]Killer invades outer space or cyberspace.[/b:3rmkrfzy]\n\nOffenders: Friday the 13th, Halloween, Hellraiser (did each of these)\n\n3. [b:3rmkrfzy]Killer given a supernatural justification for his/her/its survival abilities.[/b:3rmkrfzy]\n\nOffenders: Halloween, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th\n\n4. [b:3rmkrfzy]Sequel having little or no relation to source material - a seemingly unrelated film with the same name.[/b:3rmkrfzy]\n\nOffenders: Hellraiser, Friday the 13th, Troll, Halloween\n\n5. [b:3rmkrfzy]"Lampshade sequels" - self-referential comedy.[/b:3rmkrfzy]\n\nOffenders: Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Child\'s Play\n\n6. [b:3rmkrfzy]Series reboots.[/b:3rmkrfzy]\n\nOffenders: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Children of the Corn\n\n\nWhat I found interesting about this list was it isn\'t just horror franchises that fall into these categories, but other franchises as well. The [i:3rmkrfzy]Batman[/i:3rmkrfzy] franchise fell into #5 and #6, for example.','6774bc3e64a7478447a442835ec36d35',0,'cA==','3rmkrfzy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395924,28236,6,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266030335,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 4)','[quote:fmt64aq6]Finn + Tom = OTP![/quote:fmt64aq6]\n\n[url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DieForOurShip:fmt64aq6]You know what must happen[/url:fmt64aq6] \";)\"','c30ace1e595c242e68c8c67609b794e8',0,'kA==','fmt64aq6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395925,28236,6,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266030441,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 4)','Oooooh. I\'m loving this. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \n\nMy next drawing will be fanart for this series. I have decided. \":D\" \n\nAlthough, my sudden inspiration will have to be put on hold. I have tons and tons of things to study for the upcoming weeks.','cbd2a9dd864c40150daf3ea878055771',0,'','19e8m1lc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395926,28225,11,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266030698,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Brother Grimace":19aw5s9u]So, when Daria and Michael go on their honeymoon...[/quote:19aw5s9u]\nDaria will dump him at the altar.','51a1f0dc2923fdc00d35a98b63bd9245',0,'gA==','19aw5s9u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395927,28258,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266031077,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','50 people celebrating a 21st birthday at home on a summer afternoon? She should\'ve had the party at a pub or dance club or something! \n\nJust think of all the cleaning you [i:gkzq5s0z]won\'t[/i:gkzq5s0z] have to do afterwards!\n\n[quote="Deref":gkzq5s0z]Edit: It\'s raining much harder now.[/quote:gkzq5s0z]\nDamn. Hope the weather improves. It should come my way! You don\'t want it, but I do. \":)\"','dd8715b4085d74aa2cd74af41b1dba9f',0,'oA==','gkzq5s0z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395928,28236,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266031268,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 4)','[quote="vlademir1":2e948ab4][quote:2e948ab4]Finn + Tom = OTP![/quote:2e948ab4]\n\n[url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DieForOurShip:2e948ab4]You know what must happen[/url:2e948ab4] \";)\"[/quote:2e948ab4]\n\n \":lol:\" \n\nKristen','0cfc1cbe9d2360460348d3ebc2ca1df2',0,'kA==','2e948ab4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395929,28261,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266031480,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: This might pique Quiverwing\'s interest. . .','[quote="DocForbin":2g1uu468]. . .since she\'s the resident tennis freak here. \":D\" [/quote:2g1uu468]\nYeah, but I follow [i:2g1uu468]men\'s[/i:2g1uu468] tennis. Women\'s matches should be moved to the parking lot. \n\n[quote="DocForbin":2g1uu468]There\'s a possibility that Martina Hingis and Serena Williams might play in a match in Glens Falls this summer.[/quote:2g1uu468]\nSounds interesting. You should go. \":)\"','1e9a0ff35a91969a09769fdce3cb31f2',0,'oA==','2g1uu468',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395930,27917,6,885,0,'75.121.71.21',1266032671,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/10/10)','***\n\n"I don\'t like this."\n\n"You don\'t like anything."\n\n"I like this even less," Daria said gruffly. "Office after office, completely empty, just like the clothing factory."\n\nJane grunted in irritation. "I guess you\'re right, this [i:3c3v03l4]is[/i:3c3v03l4] pretty bad," she said. "Which is to say, boring. I wanna shoot someone already."\n\nBoth bounty hunters kept their weapons up just in case, but after ten minutes of stalking the corridors, they had found no one and nothing except short side-halls lined with rooms of various shapes and sizes, but all sharing the same lack of furniture, decoration, or any other sign that people ever used them for anything. The main hallway they trudged through was nice and large, but had no other interesting qualities. There were no signs anywhere, no boxes of cargo sitting around, nothing.\n\nIt was as if the Landons had hollowed out part of their own building and left it to sit in sterile stagnation.\n\n"Okay, this is giving me the creeps," Jane said after a long pause, shuddering slightly. "Why all the security just to guard a bunch of nothing? These offices aren\'t even particularly nice rooms . . . they\'re more like prison cells without bars."\n\n"Maybe we\'ll find out soon enough," Daria replied, a hint of hope entering her voice as she nodded her head forward. "End of the line."\n\nJane looked and sure enough, in the dim emergency lighting that had been illuminating their way she could see the end of the corridor. The first sign of any kind of activity past or present in the area was a wide display of actual signs plastered across the wall, each covered with a number of safety precautions, procedural lists, and dire warnings to unauthorized personnel.\n\nIgnoring all of them, Jane and Daria approached the massive cargo door that the signs surrounded, and nearly opened fire when it started opening on its own. They managed to restrain themselves and quickly scrambled for the nearest side-hall. The door moved almost a meter and a half, then stopped completely. Several long seconds passed by as Daria and Jane sweated in the dark corridor.\n\nJane poked her head around the corner and swiftly moved back, a frown creasing her forehead. "Nothing," she whispered.\n\n"Maybe our IDs tripped the sensors," Daria mused.\n\n"From that far away?" Jane asked as she shook her head slightly. "Sensitive sensors."\n\nDaria shrugged. "Well, we [i:3c3v03l4]are[/i:3c3v03l4] the only ones here," she whispered back. "Maybe the door\'s dog brain didn\'t feel like waiting for us to get right up to it."\n\n"I don\'t like this."\n\n"I already said that," Daria pointed out wryly. "But we\'re not getting anywhere just sitting here. Let\'s go."\n\nThey moved in, but cautiously, approaching the massive door as if it were a dangerous animal. Once they reached it, they shifted over to stand to either side of the opening, their backs against the wall. Daria gave a three count, then they rolled around the corners and held their pistols out, ready to blast the hell out of anything that even thought about looking at them funny.\n\nUnlike the rest of that floor of the building, there was something inside the new room, but it wasn\'t looking at the bounty hunters funny. In fact, it - or rather, [i:3c3v03l4]they[/i:3c3v03l4] - weren\'t looking at anything at all. Daria and Jane still kept their weapons up, but moved into the room with a little more confidence. Keeping her pistol trained on one of the objects, Daria approached it and gave it a thorough once-over. Her glasses ran a scan on it as she did so, and all of the energy signatures it detected were either in stand-by mode or completely dormant.\n\nShe heard a loud [i:3c3v03l4]clang[/i:3c3v03l4] and snapped her head over to see that Jane had kicked one. "Are you [i:3c3v03l4]crazy?![/i:3c3v03l4]" she hissed.\n\nJane chuckled at first as she looked up at the two meter tall monstrosity, then her chuckle became a laugh which gathered in intensity until she finally doubled over and started wiping tears from her eyes. "Oh . . . oh [i:3c3v03l4]man[/i:3c3v03l4], this is [i:3c3v03l4]beautiful[/i:3c3v03l4] . . . " she gasped in between giggling fits.\n\nFiguring that anything bad that was going to happen would have happened already, Daria lowered her gun and put her hands on her waist. "When you\'re done with your little nervous breakdown," she said flatly, "perhaps you could share what\'s so funny with the rest of the class?"\n\n"Ki- eheheheh . . . ki-killer robots!" Jane guffawed. "[i:3c3v03l4]I totally called it![/i:3c3v03l4]"\n\nDaria frowned in annoyance, then muttered, "Oh my God," as she suddenly remembered their conversation from several weeks ago. "You have got to be kidding me."\n\nBut as she looked out at row after row of the roughly humanoid machines, Daria had to admit that that was pretty much what it looked like. Her glasses were already reporting back to her that she was standing at the head of a group of FW2B-2170 Vexxer model drones. A few other bits of information were listed, but she couldn\'t make much sense out of them.\n\n"Okay, alright," she said sardonically, "break time is over. I\'m getting what looks like weapons schematics popping up here. What are we looking at?"\n\nJane did her best to collect herself and started reading in between giving the machines a real-world lookover. "They, uh, aheheh . . . well, they\'re Vexxers," she said, "and if I remember the ads right, that means they\'re built for speed and agility. Well, as much as you can get out of a \'bot, anyway. Past that, they\'re supposed to be multi-purpose models, used for anything from courier service to garbage cleanup.\n\n"These guys, however," she continued, "have been turned into weapons platforms. Combat drones. I can see an Impeller laser cannon here, a stun net thrower there. Nasty stuff. But . . . I don\'t know. Not [i:3c3v03l4]too[/i:3c3v03l4] nasty. If they\'d wanted proper killer robots, they should have gone for something from LZR or Remington. Hell, LE makes a pretty nice battle chassis themselves."\n\n"They didn\'t want this traced back directly to them," Daria said thoughtfully. "The question is, does it have anything to do with our mysterious doctor and his heinous inventions?"\n\n"There\'s a few things that aren\'t registering quite right with the DENA databanks," said Jane. "Let\'s dig in and see what we can see, right?"\n\nDaria nodded agreement, and the two bounty hunters stepped in amongst the giants. A new discovery was made almost immediately, though neither could figure out what it meant.\n\n"This one isn\'t finished," Jane said with a hint of surprise. "There\'s some spots hollowed out in the chest and hands, and it looks like something was going to be fitted through the forearms here."\n\n"Same with this one," Daria responded, stepping away from her own \'bot. "There doesn\'t seem to be any construction equipment in here, and there sure as hell wasn\'t any just outside. Why would they just throw a bunch of half-built robots into a half-lit room?"\n\nJane shrugged and said, "Probably a half-baked reason. Moving on!"\n\nThe next robot Daria checked was in even worse shape than the last. The flared lower half of each arm was completely missing, leaving only the spindly upper arms with various wires and other connection leads hanging down. The head had also been hollowed out, leaving an open space with an empty socket sitting right above the middle of the neck. Daria spent several moments staring at this oddity, pulling herself up on the tips of her toes by grasping the edge of the white robot\'s wide barrel chest.\n\n"Hey, Jane, where do these things keep their brains?" she called out.\n\n"Most drones store their computers in the chest cavity," Jane replied distractedly.\n\nDaria hummed to herself. "That\'s what I thought," she said, "and the head just carries the primary sensor hub?"\n\n"Usually," said Jane. "Though most have perfectly good secondary sensors in other parts of the body, so you can pop the top without stopping the \'bot. Why do you ask?"\n\n"Seems like a bunch of them over here have gotten sensor lobotomies," the other woman said, looking around. "What\'ve they got over there?"\n\nJane propped herself up on one of the machines. Being a few inches taller than Daria, she didn\'t have to stretch as far and got a better look in than her partner would have managed.\n\n"Ummmm . . . oh, wow."\n\n"What is it?" Daria asked.\n\n"I\'m not sure," Jane replied. "It [i:3c3v03l4]looks[/i:3c3v03l4] like a sensor hub, but it\'s . . . I\'m not sure I\'ve seen one this sophisticated. It might be military. And there are a few additions here that look like holoprojectors. And get this . . . all of it is fit to sit right inside the head cavity!"\n\nScrewing her face up in confusion, Daria let herself down from the drone she was leaning against and walked over to Jane to see what she was talking about. Jane pointed at the machine\'s head with a shrug and backed away so Daria could get a better look.\n\nThe front of the head had been taken off and the inside hollowed out like she\'d seen with the previous machine, but a pod of various implements about the size of a grown man\'s fist was sitting in the slot attached to the top of the neck. But instead of being uncovered like the other \'bot, the drone had a "face" made out of a slightly curved plate of clear glass, sealing the hub away along with a lot of empty space inside the bullet-shaped head.\n\n"So, this head is supposed to be complete?"\n\n"I guess so," Jane said with another shrug.\n\n"What are the projectors for?" Daria asked.\n\n"Hey, you got me. [i:3c3v03l4]I[/i:3c3v03l4] didn\'t build the damn thing."\n\nDaria sighed in frustration. She hadn\'t expected much about the mission to make sense, but it was still getting on her nerves. They moved on again, finding several more half-built machines, but neither more questions nor any answers. Daria was just about ready to give up, leave, and tell DENA that whatever wrong the Landons were committing was more in the jurisdiction of the FBI or NSA when Jane gave out a cry of triumph.\n\nHurrying over to the other woman, Daria found Jane holding the hand of one of the machines palm-up.\n\n"These back here are almost complete," the taller woman said happily, "and check [i:3c3v03l4]this[/i:3c3v03l4] baby out!"\n\nJane held out the robotic hand for Daria to see. Instead of the uncovered internal mechanisms that the other machines had sported, this one had a fully contiguous plasteel sheathe with a raised area right in the middle of the palm. The area was circular with a slight ridge around the edge, and there were patterns on it that made it look similar to an old-fashioned circuit board.\n\nDaria pointed at the raised disk several times, and excitement bubbled through her normal monotone. "The energy bomb dispenser on Thompson\'s suit!" she said.\n\n"Bigger and badder than his," Jane said with a wicked grin, "but just similar enough to get a full-on investigation rolling! Shall we scan?"\n\n"Let\'s," Daria agreed.\n\nThey started diligently working the image capture and sensors on their glasses, letting the lenses study the weapon from several angles. The digipads sitting in their coverall pockets quickly and efficiently sorted and stored all of the incoming data, preparing it for display back at DENA HQ as soon as Daria and Jane were out of the building.\n\nSo engrossed were the two bounty hunters in their task that they didn\'t notice any movement nearby until one of the drones had turned fully around and leveled both of its arms at them. Several barrels bristled from the flare surrounding each of its metallic fists.\n\n"Well \'allo \'allo \'allo, luvs!" said a heavily accented voice coming from the chest of the machine. "Y\'know, I\'m beginning to fink that you lot ain\'t supposed to be \'ere!"','c0129110c7448ca4b37fef000c973d57',0,'IA==','3c3v03l4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395931,28225,11,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266033231,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Brother Grimace":bglcmlra][quote="Doggieboy":bglcmlra][quote="The Angst Guy":bglcmlra]TAG: I always feel so comfortable with you.\nDaria: Are you talking to me or that penguin? \nTAG: Tux. No, you, I mean. Sorry. I mean I can just relax and be myself. i don\'t have to worry about impressing you. [[i:bglcmlra]farts loudly[/i:bglcmlra]]\nDaria: Untie me! [b:bglcmlra]UNTIE ME, DAMMIT!!![/b:bglcmlra][/quote:bglcmlra]\nI know that when it\'s an older woman and younger man, she\'s called a cougar. [color=#0000FF:bglcmlra]But, in this case, what would you be called?[/color:bglcmlra]\n\nDaria: I\'ll tell you! He\'s an @&%@**%! Now, untie me and get me away from him! Watch out for that penguin! And cover your nose if you value your nose hairs![/quote:bglcmlra]\nBack in the Nineties, the term for an older guy like that was a \'poacher\'. However, in TAG\'s particular case, I believe that the term to be referenced would be \'Dead Man Waddling...\'[/quote:bglcmlra]\nI\'m not dead yet!','8b9dd4a6295041a337b7cfaf15720ecc',0,'4g==','bglcmlra',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395932,28262,5,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266033440,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Six Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Makes','What about the [i:3bhqwrcg]Amityville Horror[/i:3bhqwrcg] series, and the sequel to [i:3bhqwrcg]The Blair Witch Project[/i:3bhqwrcg]? [i:3bhqwrcg]The Omen[/i:3bhqwrcg] was rebooted.','27e3031db9075e7f2bc1b0027682da6b',0,'IA==','3bhqwrcg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395933,28013,10,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266033676,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 2010 Daria FanArt Listing (January 24)','[quote="RLobinske":dr0f24e8]BoaZig\n[url=http://boazig.deviantart.com/art/The-Day-Daria-Turned-18-151529886:dr0f24e8]The Day Daria Turned 18[/url:dr0f24e8] Digital[/quote:dr0f24e8]\nThis one disappeared! \":shock:\"','400bbfc39908528bd45a5914c837dd1f',0,'kA==','dr0f24e8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395934,28262,5,900,0,'208.7.93.71',1266033797,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Six Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Makes','I think this overlooks the one mistake every horror franchise makes: making horror movies.','b7734a8a81b38fe71ca0ccadaa1a8616',0,'','2i0ms7l4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395935,27917,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266033885,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/10/10)','[quote="Jim North":21wz2ko3]Jane did her best to collect herself and started reading in between giving the machines a real-world lookover. "They, uh, aheheh . . . well, they\'re Vexxers," she said...[/quote:21wz2ko3]\nDid they get them new but priced-as-used from Wally at half price? \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','e4c0ae7bca04dd53634b7b2a54cf233f',0,'gA==','21wz2ko3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395936,28258,3,79,0,'24.20.253.48',1266034042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','Wet t-shirt contest!\n\n\nOr something less creepy.','c201152f6143f4f321787826f636e299',0,'','194wft3w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395937,27917,6,885,0,'75.121.71.21',1266034154,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/10/10)','[quote="Kristen Bealer":1aibkg4v][quote="Jim North":1aibkg4v]Jane did her best to collect herself and started reading in between giving the machines a real-world lookover. "They, uh, aheheh . . . well, they\'re Vexxers," she said...[/quote:1aibkg4v]\nDid they get them new but priced-as-used from Wally at half price? \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1aibkg4v]\nAnother swift reference catch! Y\'all are too good at this. I\'m gonna have to start getting [i:1aibkg4v]really[/i:1aibkg4v] obscure from now on!\n\n\n\n\n[size=75:1aibkg4v] . . . like I already did with the [i:1aibkg4v]other[/i:1aibkg4v] reference in this last section. [i:1aibkg4v]Muahaha . . . [/i:1aibkg4v][/size:1aibkg4v]','a41d60f3b71767c9539ead54cdbe822c',0,'pA==','1aibkg4v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395938,27917,6,1037,0,'99.40.48.77',1266034300,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/12/10)','Happy, happy! Joy, joy!\n\nWe have plenty of robots; now, just add a corpse or two, and it\'s written for gwrtheyrn! Where can we find any of those?\n\nMuhuwahaha!\n\n-g','b64bbb2bb66e8a3322ae56b89118cd6b',0,'','ku8w1em0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395939,28236,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266035123,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 4)','[quote="vlademir1":1yooz6ag][quote:1yooz6ag]Finn + Tom = OTP![/quote:1yooz6ag]\n\n[url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DieForOurShip:1yooz6ag]You know what must happen[/url:1yooz6ag] \";)\"[/quote:1yooz6ag]\n\n\n[quote:1yooz6ag][i:1yooz6ag][color=#0000FF:1yooz6ag]Some [u:1yooz6ag]Daria[/u:1yooz6ag] fans are still upset that Daria got over her crush on the cool slacker Trent and ended up with the charming preppie Tom, even though Tom is exactly like Daria, only male and well-adjusted, and even though it\'s made clear in the series that she would have been really unhappy with Trent. Perhaps some of this antipathy stems from the fact that, initially, it seemed like Daria "stole" Tom from Jane; in canon, the characters all eventually got past it and agreed it was unintentional and probably inevitable. [b:1yooz6ag]The weird part is that Tom and Daria broke up at the end of the series anyway, so they\'re free to ship her with anyone else... and yet they still try to kill him.[/b:1yooz6ag][/color:1yooz6ag] [/i:1yooz6ag][/quote:1yooz6ag]\n\n\nWait for it...','a27c457b5376ba1691dc465f79ba1e5c',0,'8w==','1yooz6ag',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395940,28258,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266035366,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','[quote="cynigal":cfdjp317]Wet t-shirt contest!\n\n\nOr something less creepy.[/quote:cfdjp317]\n\n\nIt wouldn\'t be so creepy in the eyes of women if all of the guys are cut like Olympic gymnasts and look like male underwear models...','cb59d40fc3be46eab6f1593f99566091',0,'gA==','cfdjp317',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395941,28258,3,900,0,'208.7.93.71',1266035516,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','[quote="Brother Grimace":2gxxkzvo][quote="cynigal":2gxxkzvo]Wet t-shirt contest!\n\n\nOr something less creepy.[/quote:2gxxkzvo]\n\n\nIt wouldn\'t be so creepy in the eyes of women if all of the guys are cut like Olympic gymnasts and look like male underwear models...[/quote:2gxxkzvo]\n\nMoreover it wouldn\'t be so creepy if it wasn\'t his daughter, methinks.','b1e8d0b252065d4d1400b6217d42aa69',0,'gA==','2gxxkzvo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395942,28236,6,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266036521,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 4)','[quote="Brother Grimace":3lr9ucc0][quote:3lr9ucc0][i:3lr9ucc0][color=#0000FF:3lr9ucc0]Some [u:3lr9ucc0]Daria[/u:3lr9ucc0] fans are still upset that Daria got over her crush on the cool slacker Trent and ended up with the charming preppie Tom, even though Tom is exactly like Daria, only male and well-adjusted, and even though it\'s made clear in the series that she would have been really unhappy with Trent. Perhaps some of this antipathy stems from the fact that, initially, it seemed like Daria "stole" Tom from Jane; in canon, the characters all eventually got past it and agreed it was unintentional and probably inevitable. The weird part is that Tom and Daria broke up at the end of the series anyway, so they\'re free to ship her with anyone else... and yet they still try to kill him.[/color:3lr9ucc0] [/i:3lr9ucc0][/quote:3lr9ucc0][/quote:3lr9ucc0]\nAnyone would think that\'s pretty obvious, but noooooooo. \":lol:\" \n\n\nHe [i:3lr9ucc0]is[/i:3lr9ucc0] a charming preppie, indeed. \":hug:\"','a0211186af1a8180e33ed4cd7ee4bebc',0,'ow==','3lr9ucc0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395944,28236,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266036883,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 4)','[quote="Quiverwing":2dt38n5a][quote="Brother Grimace":2dt38n5a][quote:2dt38n5a][i:2dt38n5a][color=#0000FF:2dt38n5a]Some [u:2dt38n5a]Daria[/u:2dt38n5a] fans are still upset that Daria got over her crush on the cool slacker Trent and ended up with the charming preppie Tom, even though Tom is exactly like Daria, only male and well-adjusted, and even though it\'s made clear in the series that she would have been really unhappy with Trent. Perhaps some of this antipathy stems from the fact that, initially, it seemed like Daria "stole" Tom from Jane; in canon, the characters all eventually got past it and agreed it was unintentional and probably inevitable. The weird part is that Tom and Daria broke up at the end of the series anyway, so they\'re free to ship her with anyone else... and yet they still try to kill him.[/color:2dt38n5a] [/i:2dt38n5a][/quote:2dt38n5a][/quote:2dt38n5a]\nAnyone would think that\'s pretty obvious, but noooooooo. \":lol:\" \n\n\nHe [i:2dt38n5a]is[/i:2dt38n5a] a charming preppie, indeed. \":hug:\"[/quote:2dt38n5a]\n\n\nOh, yes, he was... Quite the handsome, charming fellow, that one...\n\n\n\n(booming, maniacal laughter rings out across Lawndale)','633e146d303599a87997f8077f0747e8',0,'ow==','2dt38n5a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395943,28255,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266036723,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hint of the day: Don\'t ask followers to harrass a judge','[quote:pdhkl4g2][color=#0000FF:pdhkl4g2][i:pdhkl4g2]Did I read that right? Kevin Trudeau is looking for a place on Fox News ? Here’s the quote, “In a recent on-air radio broadcast, Trudeau talks about wanting to land a TV show. If Fox gave him the chance, he said he’d be: “Bigger than O’Reilly. Bigger than Glenn Beck.”[/i:pdhkl4g2][/color:pdhkl4g2][/quote:pdhkl4g2]\n\n\n \":shock:\" \n\n\nWTF? \n\n\n\n \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\"','192411a08d47c808c3f1b6730f3aa49b',0,'og==','pdhkl4g2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395945,28262,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266037125,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Six Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Makes','[quote="Disco316":3n0ooexo]I think this overlooks the one mistake every horror franchise makes: making horror movies.[/quote:3n0ooexo]\n\n\nNo, there are actually decent horror movies. The problem comes when someone decides on milking the phenomenon and making hideous sequels...','b39fbdd8a8a33c159b9fe947c16841f3',0,'gA==','3n0ooexo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395946,28263,3,995,0,'112.141.89.84',1266037909,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','SSW: Teacher goes nuts. That is not a good sign.','Now the teachers are doing it. \n\nhttp://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/101195 ... y-shooting','82371678eed8ee1c0e01155aa9a4a0c7',0,'','1wcnduow',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395947,28258,3,114,0,'210.9.142.12',1266038108,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','[quote="Quiverwing":23dwmfwi]50 people celebrating a 21st birthday at home on a summer afternoon? She should\'ve had the party at a pub or dance club or something! \n\nJust think of all the cleaning you [i:23dwmfwi]won\'t[/i:23dwmfwi] have to do afterwards![/quote:23dwmfwi]\nBelieve me - I tried and tried, but she was insistent. \n\nAnd make that a hot, wet, humid summer afternoon. It\'s NEVER hot, wet and humid here!!!!\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":23dwmfwi][quote="cynigal":23dwmfwi]Wet t-shirt contest!\n\n\nOr something less creepy.[/quote:23dwmfwi]\n\n\nIt wouldn\'t be so creepy in the eyes of women if all of the guys are cut like Olympic gymnasts and look like male underwear models...[/quote:23dwmfwi]\nSo far they are and they do. What is it with kids these days, dammit?\n\nAnd they\'re drinking cocktails that have more sugar in them than I would have believed could have been crammed into such a small space. I tasted one. It gave me diabetes.','e89691ff650b04420ac01e217d520c0b',0,'oA==','23dwmfwi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395948,28192,16,73,0,'67.242.29.94',1266040175,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 11th May, 2010!','Quinn: I always knew this day would come and wondered how it would be. Yet, now that it has, I feel strangely... serene.\n\nThe day many of us have waited over 10 years for! Here at last! (almost)\n\nToo good to be true! But it is! \n\nA.J.','76676b39f7159dc75f4d6aa2e3aa9e9c',0,'','3rlmr1hc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395949,28258,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266040582,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','[quote="Deref":1twn8ynh][quote="Quiverwing":1twn8ynh]50 people celebrating a 21st birthday at home on a summer afternoon? She should\'ve had the party at a pub or dance club or something! \n\nJust think of all the cleaning you [i:1twn8ynh]won\'t[/i:1twn8ynh] have to do afterwards![/quote:1twn8ynh]\nBelieve me - I tried and tried, but she was insistent. \n\nAnd make that a hot, wet, humid summer afternoon. It\'s NEVER hot, wet and humid here!!!!\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":1twn8ynh][quote="cynigal":1twn8ynh]Wet t-shirt contest!\n\n\nOr something less creepy.[/quote:1twn8ynh]\n\n\nIt wouldn\'t be so creepy in the eyes of women if all of the guys are cut like Olympic gymnasts and look like male underwear models...[/quote:1twn8ynh]\nSo far they are and they do. [color=#0000FF:1twn8ynh]What is it with kids these days, dammit?[/color:1twn8ynh]\n\n[/quote:1twn8ynh]\n\n\nOh, I\'m fair certain that you were [b:1twn8ynh]the bane[/b:1twn8ynh] of the local parents\' existence when you were those kids\' age... \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','f01508e52403c8feda170f9ae8bde2af',0,'4g==','1twn8ynh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395950,28255,4,545,0,'65.221.65.197',1266041276,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hint of the day: Don\'t ask followers to harrass a judge','I actually own a couple of his books. It\'s amazing what you can find real cheap at a rummage sale, and I wanted to see what the heck he was shilling on TV. After all, to order the book from him for $15.99 (or whatever), you also had to subscribe to his newsletter for a year (only $500!) and I wasn\'t about to do that.\n\nHe\'s very good at fooling people, especially those who feel that there\'s a grand conspiracy out there to kill us anyway. The one thing I can remember from his book was that he strongly recommended that people eat nothing but organic food. A safe recommendation, but unrealistic for most working people, since organic food is very expensive. People had apparently complained to Trudeau about the expense, because he found it a bad argument. After all, he said, if you don\'t pay for it through good, organic food, you\'ll pay for it later in highly expensive medical tests and treatments.\n\nNot very sympathetic, but I expect that from a Scientologist.\n\nMy cousin, the biorhythm specialist (snerk), thinks highly of this guy and is constantly promoting the idea of buying organic. Well, if I was a kept man, I\'d be able to buy nothing but organic, too.\n\nLIke the comments in that article said, now maybe they can get that colon cleanse guy off the air.','b724c7ce830feb464a67751df06e927c',0,'','15v3r4wf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395951,28258,3,114,0,'210.9.142.12',1266041314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','[quote="Brother Grimace":g0i3huqz]Oh, I\'m fair certain that you were [b:g0i3huqz]the bane[/b:g0i3huqz] of the local parents\' existence when you were those kids\' age... \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:g0i3huqz]\nOh - unodubtedly - but I didn\'t look like an underwear model!:P','4874b082dcd5e33b68f732f0d80ec372',0,'wA==','g0i3huqz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395952,28257,4,545,0,'65.221.65.197',1266041533,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: We\'re getting organised. Finally.','A preacher I know who runs a Christian school said that he will always refuse to accept any government money (though he does accept and expect the tax-free status) because he knows that there are strings attached to it.\n\nCan you imaging going on and on about how evil "teh gay" is, but being forced to hire gays?','625e7f7981c82611870ac9cbc2f8b620',0,'','1cqfvrtl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395953,27496,6,362,0,'209.6.125.89',1266041865,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Dream of the White Darkness','[quote="Greystar":1fbd2hyp][quote="The Angst Guy":1fbd2hyp]Win. No more need be said. \":D\"[/quote:1fbd2hyp]\n\nWell, "formatting," maybe.[/quote:1fbd2hyp]\n\nNo Thomas Bernhard or L.F. Celine for you, then.','37cfa20d3f2d84d08caebc047526cc50',0,'gA==','1fbd2hyp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395954,28136,11,73,0,'67.242.29.94',1266042056,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Would You Rather . . . ?','Naturally I\'m late, so:\n\n[quote="Jim North":2fil6nds]\n\n1) lose an [b:2fil6nds]arm[/b:2fil6nds] or a [b:2fil6nds]leg[/b:2fil6nds]?[/quote:2fil6nds]\n\nLeg. Bionics are too well advanced today not to.\n\n[quote:2fil6nds]2) have [b:2fil6nds]super strength[/b:2fil6nds] or [b:2fil6nds]super speed[/b:2fil6nds]?[/quote:2fil6nds]\n\nStrength. Who would need steroids then?\n\n[quote:2fil6nds]3) eat [b:2fil6nds]glass[/b:2fil6nds] or [b:2fil6nds]nails[/b:2fil6nds]?[/quote:2fil6nds]\n\nAnother nails vote. Chew them up then spit them out. Who needs clippers anyway? The real question should be fingernails or toenails?\n\n[quote:2fil6nds]4) do [b:2fil6nds]Jabba the Hutt right after a shower[/b:2fil6nds] or [b:2fil6nds]a service droid[/b:2fil6nds]?[/quote:2fil6nds]\n\nDroid.\n\n[quote:2fil6nds]5) have [b:2fil6nds]eyebrows that randomly move all over your face on occasion[/b:2fil6nds] or have [b:2fil6nds]faint playground chatter emanating from your crotch[/b:2fil6nds]?[/quote:2fil6nds]\n\nCrotch. At least it might get someone looking at it besides myself.\n\n[quote:2fil6nds]6) have pizza or ice cream?[/quote:2fil6nds]\n\nPizza, this is a Daria fandom after all.\n\n[quote:2fil6nds]7) look exactly like Adolph Hitler or Saddam Hussein?[/quote:2fil6nds]\n\nHitler. At least Moe Howard got some laughs from it.\n\n[quote:2fil6nds]8) have a Green Lantern ring that only works on the color beige or only works when you\'re completely naked (except for the ring, of course)?[/quote:2fil6nds]\n\nThe second one.\n\n[quote:2fil6nds]9) fart confetti or sweat cheese?[/quote:2fil6nds]\n\nThe second one.\n\n[quote:2fil6nds]10) have your genitals chewed off by rats or be pecked to death by ducks?[/quote:2fil6nds]\n\nThe second one. What good is life otherwise?\n\nA.J.','43ed175b1ec5376b02ce3822ae53b5ca',0,'wA==','2fil6nds',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395955,27496,6,362,0,'209.6.125.89',1266042723,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Dream of the White Darkness','Oh yeah: these are amazing feats of pure imagination put down in beautiful prose. I would chew my arm out of a bear trap to write a single sentence like [quote:1cazjbdw]Her old blue and white Buick Roadmaster seemed to mock the ephemeral segments of the local impermanent reality with its deep rumbling engine noise as she headed out on the highway and the few wind gnarled elm trees disappeared and the land became pool table flat[/quote:1cazjbdw] and this is full of them.\n\nIf you can\'t see why this is special, you don\'t deserve to be able to read.','31b5a5551d716d8424d3d31a4ccf650d',0,'gA==','1cazjbdw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395956,28203,3,545,0,'65.221.65.197',1266043100,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','[quote="vlademir1":3gvybup3][quote="Angelinhel":3gvybup3][quote="Ranger Thorne":3gvybup3]When I was very very young I use to think that the "Fire Lane" was where all the fires were supposed to start.[/quote:3gvybup3]\n\n\nI was always super-confused by the "Do Not Pass" sign. I couldn\'t figure out how you could [i:3gvybup3]not [/i:3gvybup3]pass it while driving by.[/quote:3gvybup3]\n\nI used to wonder what head I was supposed to stop... \n...also why teh sign said no outlet when we had electricity on the street (growing up on a cul-de-sac).\n\nI\'m gonna walk away now before I\'m reminded that I used to actually believe that humans, in general rather than on average, were an intelligent species.[/quote:3gvybup3]\n\nMy sister and I would look at one another, then croak in low voices, "Stop ahead. Stop ahead. stop ahead." Then we would grab each other\'s heads.\n\nUsually, within a minute, Dad would say, "You two be quiet back there."\n\nIt got even worse when we\'d see the "Fog Ahead" signs on I-75 south of the London exits in Kentucky. Because then, we\'d croak "Frog ahead. Ribbit." over and over and over again.\n\nSometimes, I\'m surprised that Dad didn\'t beat the crap out of us. We certainly deserved it at times.','726ebb1fabba9aeb3f6856659750f0e9',0,'oA==','3gvybup3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395957,28258,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1266043112,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','Sounds like you\'re finally receiving the rain we\'ve been having in Western Queensland. \n\nBTW, what qualifies as "humid" in Canberra anyway? When I was there for six weeks some years ago at the AWM, the locals were complaining about the fact that it was 10% humidity, until I told them that I was actually enjoying the weather because it was so dry! \":P\" Of course, when they found out where I was from, they understood completely. \";)\" \n\nBrace yourself: there\'s more on the way. But look on the bright side: it\'s brought some relief to the Murray-Darling basin.','630d882f25ef642ac48790f1cf89be4d',0,'','z9xw15uw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395958,28071,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1266043254,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','Here\'s an interesting fact about Australian cats: \n\nThe overwhelming majority of Australian cats are non-responsive to catnip. \n\nI leave you to speculate as to why this is.','bb969b0ebf3559d27f9c15397ef822e6',0,'','19gh2ugn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395959,28136,11,885,0,'75.121.71.21',1266043579,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Would You Rather . . . ?','[size=200:1ozd9zbb][b:1ozd9zbb]Would you rather . . .[/b:1ozd9zbb][/size:1ozd9zbb]\n\n11) have [b:1ozd9zbb]fingers that make noises like wind chimes[/b:1ozd9zbb] or [b:1ozd9zbb]neon colored straws for hair[/b:1ozd9zbb]?\n\n12) have the ability to create [b:1ozd9zbb]water[/b:1ozd9zbb] or [b:1ozd9zbb]food[/b:1ozd9zbb]?\n\n13) have [b:1ozd9zbb]telepathy[/b:1ozd9zbb] or [b:1ozd9zbb]telekinesis[/b:1ozd9zbb]?\n\n14) [b:1ozd9zbb]have a monkey follow you around and throw things at your back for the rest of your life[/b:1ozd9zbb] or [b:1ozd9zbb]bleed from your eyes every three hours[/b:1ozd9zbb]?\n\n15) [b:1ozd9zbb]always be right but everyone thinks you\'re always wrong[/b:1ozd9zbb] or [b:1ozd9zbb]always be wrong but everyone thinks you\'re always right[/b:1ozd9zbb]?','7192ed68ede8fba180b0bda076ba7d3e',0,'RA==','1ozd9zbb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395960,28262,5,933,0,'24.177.179.253',1266044302,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Six Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Makes','Actually, the new Halloween movie was quite good.','6475e938d4db48642bcbfc377c87029f',0,'','3u8vtbai',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395961,27917,6,466,0,'220.253.79.92',1266045102,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/12/10)','[quote:vtqhw7us]"Well \'allo \'allo \'allo, luvs!" said a heavily accented voice coming from the chest of the machine. "Y\'know, I\'m beginning to fink that you lot ain\'t supposed to be \'ere!"[/quote:vtqhw7us]\n\nHmmm, with an accent like that Daria better hope he doesn\'t pierce her navel with any of his shots.','abfef1795d07b02799066719640f17a9',0,'gA==','vtqhw7us',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395962,28177,5,73,0,'67.242.29.94',1266045622,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Super Bowl LXIV Prediction Thread','[quote="Roentgen":29io9i6u]I predict that I\'ll be watching Puppy Bowl VI instead. I got money bet on that.[/quote:29io9i6u]\n\nHow can you predict Super Bowl 64? That\'s 20 years from now!\n\nAnd no one caught this error? My faith in this board is slipping. \":fail:\" \n\nI\'ll try. In Super Bowl 64 the Dallas Cowboys will defeat the New York Jets 37-23 after Brett Favre "retires" for the 20th time the previous offseason and wins the MVP.\n\nSeriously, I\'m disappointed.\n\nA.J.','3e50bb630e5839b823add3b55b0a4971',0,'gA==','29io9i6u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395963,28168,6,545,0,'65.221.65.197',1266047184,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','[quote="Roentgen":jy2hrtkh][b:jy2hrtkh]Daria and the Gang[/b:jy2hrtkh]\n\nin \n\n[b:jy2hrtkh]The First Law of Identity[/b:jy2hrtkh][/quote:jy2hrtkh]\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\n\nI think you put this in the wrong thread, [i:jy2hrtkh]if you know what I mean.[/i:jy2hrtkh]\n\n\nI haven\'t laughed this hard since I read about Scarlett the Fairy\'s picnic experiences.','4a5ef70be9fdd7f461c1dd1683f047d9',0,'4A==','jy2hrtkh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395964,28177,5,545,0,'65.221.65.197',1266048473,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Super Bowl LXIV Prediction Thread','Actually, I predict that the Dallas Dolphins will beat their arch rivals, the Cincinnati Saints, 33-31, in overtime.\n\nBut nobody will see that, because with 3:07 left in the game, a CBS technician will accidentally switch to Heidi 2: The Revenge. The resulting chaos will melt down the cell phone network, so much so that when anyone tries to make a call, all they\'ll hear is a tinny version of [i:1cgs4nzp]A Bicycle Built for Two.[/i:1cgs4nzp]\n\n\nFans of the Green Bay Tigers, the New Orleans Bears and the Miami Steelers will still be mad over their teams not even making it to the playoffs, let alone the Super Bowl itself.\n\nPeyton Manning will be doing commercials for Depends, and the Shuffle will make a comeback, but fans of the Chicago Cowboys will wonder why.','c829093fd7758c7bd786c5a06386a063',0,'IA==','1cgs4nzp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395965,28164,3,73,0,'67.242.29.94',1266048863,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Question 4 Mods: How many of us?','[quote="vlademir1":3har7e4e]Damn PoS computer... I\'ll be glad when my new hardware gets in... it took me 100 minutes to achieve the following numbers, then 20 minutes to get to where I can post.\n\n[img:3har7e4e]http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i58/vlademir1/MemeStuff/hair.jpg[/img:3har7e4e]\n[size=130:3har7e4e][b:3har7e4e]ATTENTION POST WHORES: MY HAIR SAYS THE FOLLOWING 61 OF YOU POST AT LEAST ONCE PER DAY![/b:3har7e4e][/size:3har7e4e]\n\n[code:3har7e4e]\nName....................Posts/Day\nTAG..........................8.45\nDeref........................8.01\nRlobinske....................7.63\nBrother Grimace..............6.55\nQuiverwing...................5.25\nmidnightstorm................4.86\nDervish......................4.47\nE. A. Smith..................4.34\nPinhead......................4.23\nundefinedlust................4.15\nNightGoblyn..................4.10\nLiz Ruiz.....................4.08\ncyde.........................4.05\nGene.........................3.76\nvlademir1....................3.73\nminx.........................3.72\nMartinUK.....................3.34\nKara Wild....................3.34\nDisco316.....................3.31\nRaskolnikov..................3.03\nsmk..........................2.91\nDark Kuno....................2.86\ncrossada75...................2.80\nKristen Bealer...............2.59\nHelpfulSkittlesExplosion.....2.53\nDoggieboy....................2.43\nUU...........................2.41\nThe Sidhe....................2.34\nSilver.......................2.25\nDerek........................2.16\nKael Seoras..................2.03\nRanger Thorne................2.02\nJim North....................1.99\nGouka Ryuu...................1.94\nScissors MacGillicutty.......1.89\nDecelaraptor.................1.86\nAngelinhel...................1.85\nTheEleventy..................1.82\nJrGtr42......................1.79\nahmygoddess..................1.75\nRobin Sena...................1.73\nEccles.......................1.69\nlosdia.......................1.66\nDocForbin....................1.64\nktrick45.....................1.52\ncynigal......................1.51\nLsauchelli...................1.50\nbrnleague99..................1.39\nlegendeld....................1.29\nSteven Galloway..............1.28\njak981125....................1.26\nWouter.......................1.21\nDennis.......................1.20\nHolyGrail2007................1.17\nInaria.......................1.15\nDigiSim......................1.12\nA.J..........................1.09\nGregor Samsa.................1.07\njtranser.....................1.04\nThe Ranting Klown............1.02\nMJPollard....................1.01\npsychotol....................1.00\n[/code:3har7e4e][/quote:3har7e4e]\n\n1.09 hardly = post whore, but I\'m on a list so people know of me again. Yay!\n\nA.J.','0f1e423ee8fdb9e3bf31465038879d7e',0,'zIA=','3har7e4e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395966,28264,10,468,0,'99.90.117.147',1266048979,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Pose In Pasties','I did a Valentine\'s Day sketch. I might do something in color later, but this\'ll have to do for now. I put it on my blog (and there I Mature-tagged it), so uh, [url=http://mdetector5.blogspot.com/2010/02/pose-in-pasties.html:19wgtfzo]here it is.[/url:19wgtfzo]\n\nEnjoy!\n\nOh, and read the comments for that one. I put in a little conversation between Sandi and Quinn. One thing, though... I only did this twice, for this drawing, and for an [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=27763:19wgtfzo]earlier drawing I did.[/url:19wgtfzo] Am I making Sandi too... I dunno, bitchy?','0c17483086191bb0bcc6b67047d03669',0,'EA==','19wgtfzo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395967,28071,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266049847,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="The Sidhe":3w3q7cw8]Here\'s an interesting fact about Australian cats: \n\nThe overwhelming majority of Australian cats are non-responsive to catnip. \n\nI leave you to speculate as to why this is.[/quote:3w3q7cw8]\n\n\nDude, really. [i:3w3q7cw8]They\'re [u:3w3q7cw8]Australian cats[/u:3w3q7cw8][/i:3w3q7cw8] - they definitely get high on life... no matter how short it is, seeing that they\'re in Australia. \":)\"','bcb865da0ae0a39885c10f2573a555c1',0,'oQ==','3w3q7cw8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395968,27829,3,73,0,'67.242.29.94',1266050136,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #22: Still not edgy enough','My late condolences as well.\n\nA.J.','0bae7e3e62ea117bdca9668a91e411b4',0,'','etfv6vtn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395969,28168,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266050175,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','[quote="Roentgen":23be46qx][b:23be46qx]Daria and the Gang[/b:23be46qx]\n\nin \n\n[b:23be46qx]The First Law of Identity[/b:23be46qx] (*)\n\n\n\n[/quote:23be46qx]\n\n\n[b:23be46qx]THE WRONGNESS - IT BURNS!!![/b:23be46qx]\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\n\n\nYou see, this fic illustrates exactly why film studios always hold their Oscar-bait until late in the year. This fic is a Daria Fanworks contender, but we\'ll have all but forgotten come nomination time later this year.','4ea864f333786d12fb5bae2a87b05cd8',0,'wA==','23be46qx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395970,18107,3,1,0,'211.30.106.237',1266051146,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Sir','Re: Daria Wiki','Would it be okay if i added the character\'s alter egos to their pages?\nand if that is okay with you, could i just get the pics of the MTV website or is there like a copyright or whatever?','c596ed740f84aa57b43984a8b2d62b2a',0,'','346zhlpd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395971,28136,11,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266053995,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Would You Rather . . . ?','11) have [b:1aqerl1w]fingers that make noises like wind chimes[/b:1aqerl1w] or [b:1aqerl1w]neon colored straws for hair[/b:1aqerl1w]?\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:1aqerl1w]The straws. I can wear hoodies and hats. [/color:1aqerl1w]\n\n\n12) have the ability to create [b:1aqerl1w]water[/b:1aqerl1w] or [b:1aqerl1w]food[/b:1aqerl1w]?\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:1aqerl1w]Water. That\'s an awesome weapon, and you can use it to get food. [/color:1aqerl1w]\n\n\n13) have [b:1aqerl1w]telepathy[/b:1aqerl1w] or [b:1aqerl1w]telekinesis[/b:1aqerl1w]?\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:1aqerl1w]Telekinesis. That\'s not even an issue.[/color:1aqerl1w]\n\n\n14) [b:1aqerl1w]have a monkey follow you around and throw things at your back for the rest of your life[/b:1aqerl1w] or [b:1aqerl1w]bleed from your eyes every three hours[/b:1aqerl1w]?\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:1aqerl1w]The Monkey. That would make things interesting in life. [/color:1aqerl1w]\n\n15) [b:1aqerl1w]always be right but everyone thinks you\'re always wrong[/b:1aqerl1w] or [b:1aqerl1w]always be wrong but everyone thinks you\'re always right[/b:1aqerl1w]?\n\n[color=#0000FF:1aqerl1w]Option A. They will come around - or at least remain eternally frustrated that I\'m always the one to save the day. [/color:1aqerl1w]','035ccb73b6cc800647dfb8a2ed9fe7cc',0,'Qg==','1aqerl1w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395972,28200,12,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1266054261,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Outpost Daria update - February 2010','[quote="Disco316":wjexexct][quote="minx":wjexexct][quote="MJPollard":wjexexct]This update is mainly to get the news about the DVDs out to the tens of people who visit my site. \":D\" I\'ll likely have at least one more "updated update" before the end of the month.[/quote:wjexexct]\n\n\nfeel free to use any of my art, I can send you the files if you want- I have reaped out (xover fic) but its not that great[/quote:wjexexct]\n\nWhen your story is nominated for Favorite Overall at the Booties, "not that great" really doesn\'t apply. \"8)\"[/quote:wjexexct]\n\nOh, I just had some good deaths that drew attention \":P\" (While I know Im good at art (though not as good as some), writing is something that is hard for me- Reaped has flaws, but I like the story- as obscure of xover as it is \":)\")','3a921ce8fb9701837bf7ca53381aedee',0,'gA==','wjexexct',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395973,28265,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266056510,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','"Dr. Evil - the Alan Parsons Project is on-line at last!"','[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_arms_laser:25wfaepp]Okay, a bit over-the-top - but still... Any comments from the science- and military types around here on this?[/url:25wfaepp]','8a4ae379b4b6ba72aa4c26af9d6cb8ac',0,'EA==','25wfaepp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395974,28200,12,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266056546,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Outpost Daria update - February 2010','Hmm...','de0f1abf9bb5237cb3eac6d75f864d51',0,'','1ijf4iwx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395975,28071,3,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266057868,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','Well, the new PC is together... after acquiring a SATA cable from my friend and downloading and burning Ubuntu 9.10 off (I would\'ve gone to 10.04, but as it\'s still alpha I didn\'t want that as my primary... I\'ll wait \'til April). Until I get the OS installed and get everything running nice together (or have dead HW and have to do [i:3v750jv0]that[/i:3v750jv0] dance), I\'ll see you lot on the flip side. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','f0f4ced13d900ea76a8b6cd561031f90',0,'IA==','3v750jv0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395976,28200,12,1,0,'211.30.106.237',1266059286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Sir','Re: Outpost Daria update - February 2010','Hey Pollard, I just wanted to say that Outpost Daria is what got me into the fandom and that you have a great site','bed676ae6fa976903bc6b7cf186e264e',0,'','2wlomx86',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395977,28255,4,7,0,'118.210.76.76',1266059331,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hint of the day: Don\'t ask followers to harrass a judge','[quote="RLobinske":1g6cprt4][url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/02/12/heres-something-kevin-trudeau-wants-you-to-know-hes-contemptible/:1g6cprt4]Brought to you by the "Natural Cures They Don\'t Want You To Know About" scammer, Gary Trudeau.[/url:1g6cprt4][/quote:1g6cprt4]\nI first read that as "Natural Cures [i:1g6cprt4]You[/i:1g6cprt4] Don\'t Want To Know About", which I thought was surprisingly accurate.','aa7d0f8e98de3c369c6e4271615cf5a6',0,'sA==','1g6cprt4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395978,28071,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1266059668,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','This will convince you that yes, we are mad down here.\n\nWe\'ve just had our first major Rugby League game down here: the National Rugby League Allstars versus the Indigenous Allstars. It was held on the gold Coast at Skilled Stadium, which is open to the elements. The temperature throughout the game was in the 26-27 deg. C range.\n\nOh, and the Indigenous Allstars won. Brilliant game, and it seems that this is now to be an annual event on the Australian Rugby League calendar.','9b7735343766676d43373e986dac9579',0,'','1jl8js8g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395979,28071,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1266059918,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="Brother Grimace":lruin2th][quote="The Sidhe":lruin2th]Here\'s an interesting fact about Australian cats: \n\nThe overwhelming majority of Australian cats are non-responsive to catnip. \n\nI leave you to speculate as to why this is.[/quote:lruin2th]\n\n\nDude, really. [i:lruin2th]They\'re [u:lruin2th]Australian cats[/u:lruin2th][/i:lruin2th] - they definitely get high on life... no matter how short it is, seeing that they\'re in Australia. \":)\"[/quote:lruin2th]\n\nYou really don\'t know our cats. Sometimes I think they are even more laid-back than the humans here. I think their motto here is "Yeah, whatever! Just let me go back to sleep," even if confronted by a nasty beastie.\n\nUnless they\'re feral cats. Then watch out.\n\nThink of a bulldog\'s frame and musculature shoved into a cat\'s body and as tempermental as much of the wildlife here is and you get the picture.','7f7b42f5b4b89bec01c3ec36e1386434',0,'oQ==','lruin2th',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395980,28262,5,827,0,'209.132.175.131',1266061515,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Six Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Makes','The Child\'s Play/Chucky movies went downhill with Seed of Chucky. Bride was kind of good.\n\nWait until you guys see the remake of the Wolfman. I don\'t know why it got an R rating, since the original was more G-PG rated?\n\nI\'m getting tired of Slasher movies, even the Scary Movie series. I like the Full Moon Studio films like Puppet Master, Shrunken Heads, Demonic Toys, etc.\n\nTell Michael Bay to stop remaking the classic horror films we love. I didn\'t like what he did to Friday the 13th.\n\nI did like Freddy vs Jason though.','dd1ac3f469091df3e94572902d0b3daa',0,'','3mvps70v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395981,28258,3,7,0,'118.210.76.76',1266061520,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','[quote="The Sidhe":2rrw6ozb]Sounds like you\'re finally receiving the rain we\'ve been having in Western Queensland. \n\nBTW, what qualifies as "humid" in Canberra anyway? When I was there for six weeks some years ago at the AWM, the locals were complaining about the fact that it was 10% humidity, until I told them that I was actually enjoying the weather because it was so dry! \":P\" Of course, when they found out where I was from, they understood completely. \";)\" \n\nBrace yourself: there\'s more on the way. But look on the bright side: it\'s brought some relief to the Murray-Darling basin.[/quote:2rrw6ozb]\nTo give people an idea of what "relief" means in this context: the Murray-Darling is a river system, the largest on the continent. The French have different words for "river" depending on whether or not it flows into the sea. Neither can be consistently applied to the Murray.','3f2a766c1e535a247ecf62fd8828f427',0,'gA==','2rrw6ozb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395982,28265,3,39,0,'92.26.245.200',1266061980,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Dr. Evil - the Alan Parsons Project is on-line at last!"','Another three years, and it\'ll be the centenary of the first military science research at [url=http://martin.photosleeve.org/v/awre/:kxo6viwe]the site[/url:kxo6viwe] that hosted the first experiments into directed energy weapons. They decided that it wasn\'t yet a feasible weapon technology, but an intriguing observation was exploited in an invention called radar.\n\nA centenary flyover would be fun.\n\nMartin.','829a1f81b20adb80880e1981d5a4a8b1',0,'EA==','kxo6viwe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395983,28266,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1266063965,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Building myself a double neck guitar','Well you guys it has been a while since I posted things about me building guitars but things have been crazy with both my job and with my band. But I have some exciting news.\n\nA few months ago I started working on a double neck guitar using this template I made by tracing my stratocaster.\nhttp://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/g ... 0_1215.jpg\n\nBut before I can subject any serious wood to this (I bought some really beautiful Mahogany to use someday) I figured that I should try out the templates and make a prototype so I can tweak the design where needed. So I bought a sandwich pine table top that was big enough for me to rout a body from and used that one as a try out.\nhttp://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/g ... 0_1238.jpg\nRight away I discovered a flaw in the position of the neck pockets, the necks are too close together, so I have to angle them a bit away from each other.\nhttp://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/g ... 0_1239.jpg\n\nhttp://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/g ... 0_1240.jpg\nFlip the body over and you\'ll find what I\'m planning for controls each half will get their own pots and switches. The switch for switching necks will be at the bottom end of the upper half control cavity of the guitar, neatly out of the way when you don\'t need it and readily available when you do.\n\nAnyway, I just got the body back from the guy who was painting it for me.\n\nhttp://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/g ... eneck1.jpg\n\nhttp://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/g ... eneck2.jpg\n\nhttp://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/g ... eneck3.jpg\nI asked for a vintage Fender cream color, like the strats that Yngwie Malmsteen plays, I got my wish.\n\nNow all I need to do is assemble it.','a809efddf7364e2e2ce76d2a760ad824',0,'','18072e06',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395984,28071,3,276,0,'64.12.116.7',1266063975,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[img:21lz8z3m]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/funny-pictures-kittens-sleep-in-heart-shape.jpg[/img:21lz8z3m]','8ccaaec626ebf028a7e7d89549795439',0,'CA==','21lz8z3m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395985,28230,10,276,0,'64.12.117.6',1266066157,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Peregrine 7 (Work Now In Progress)','Basic assembly done. Next will be priming and looking for surface flaws that need fixing.','6127c36fb2a693d3909f7749e3617292',0,'','29702c0v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395986,28168,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266070703,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','[quote="Brother Grimace":3iimjege][quote="Roentgen":3iimjege][b:3iimjege]Daria and the Gang[/b:3iimjege]\n\nin \n\n[b:3iimjege]The First Law of Identity[/b:3iimjege] (*)\n\n\n\n[/quote:3iimjege]\n\n\n[b:3iimjege]THE WRONGNESS - IT BURNS!!![/b:3iimjege]\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\n\n\nYou see, this fic illustrates exactly why film studios always hold their Oscar-bait until late in the year. This fic is a Daria Fanworks contender, but we\'ll have all but forgotten come nomination time later this year.[/quote:3iimjege]\n\nUnless, like some people, you have the foresight to nominate periodically throughout the year. \":P\" \n\nWhich reminds me, I should probably start working on my first batch soon...\n\nKristen','8a79f193bb43902055df7208722fb60f',0,'wA==','3iimjege',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395987,28264,10,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266070819,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pose In Pasties','Aaaaand the three J\'s have spontaneously combusted. \":lol:\" \n\nKristen','bc0bbd3ee51ffb95329ab6e7b802cda6',0,'','3s05i0at',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395988,28177,5,28,0,'67.162.223.140',1266071794,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Super Bowl LXIV Prediction Thread','[quote="Brother Grimace":1jpwjbxs][quote="Mike Quinn":1jpwjbxs][quote="Quiverwing":1jpwjbxs]I predict I won\'t be watching. \nYep, I\'m not. \nYou should switch to normal football. [/quote:1jpwjbxs]\nWhat... and be bored out our minds? \";)\"\nI\'d rather watch curling... seriously...[/quote:1jpwjbxs]\nWell, there is something oddly fascinating about curling...[/quote:1jpwjbxs]\n[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs-9g5qHI2Y:1jpwjbxs]c\'mon baby, put the rock in the house[/url:1jpwjbxs]\n\nGame wasn\'t as good as last year\'s, but good to see the Saints win.\n\nAnd I keep telling you people, football is a game for intellectuals.','c5722643d57a776a30e3c8dbef86ee9e',0,'kA==','1jpwjbxs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395989,27963,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266072224,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: General Semantics, Private Angst (chapter 11 up)','This is wild. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','486edcd7625e09a1fa2e922a27fe18ef',0,'','28758sr2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395990,27728,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266072319,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','I bet this [i:srb56btd]does[/i:srb56btd] end happily. \":(\" [[i:srb56btd]sulks[/i:srb56btd]]','86f06be2f2e6d2fd1ee9d28afd5831dd',0,'IA==','srb56btd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395991,28177,5,39,0,'92.26.245.200',1266072472,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Super Bowl LXIV Prediction Thread','[quote="-sam":3lmjwctn][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs-9g5qHI2Y:3lmjwctn]c\'mon baby, put the rock in the house[/url:3lmjwctn][/quote:3lmjwctn]\nI won\'t presume to speak for anyone else, but that\'s the best curling song I\'ve heard so far this year. \n\nThanks! \"8)\" \n\nMartin.','eee4e9026ea6892daf39da2a3e4d089f',0,'kA==','3lmjwctn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395992,27620,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266072480,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Reaper in the Wind (part 9)','[quote="RLobinske":1r3rhiqo][quote="Kristen Bealer":1r3rhiqo][quote="RLobinske":1r3rhiqo]"To get me to a large poppy field...."[/quote:1r3rhiqo]\nOkay, is this going to turn into a Wizard of Oz crossover, too? \":P\"[/quote:1r3rhiqo]\nDammit, I was looking forward to the flying monkeys. Now I have to rewrite the ending.[/quote:1r3rhiqo]\n"People, don\'t fear the reaper..." Oh, sorry. What?','820ea2a191729d88e89f8c333947848e',0,'gA==','1r3rhiqo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395993,27995,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266072775,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','I\'ve been reading this whole way hoping Linda was going to give Ted ebola, but I\'m starting to think maybe that\'s not going to happen. I\'d settle for herpes, but ebola would be more exciting.','9cf01fec93478dd5f0b60043d7024c09',0,'','d7zx3ra6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395994,28160,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266073096,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: collar (2/12/10)','Oh. [u:3hgzcneh]That[/u:3hgzcneh] kind of Cage. Yeah, I knew that.','aa1f5a1356c958c3cbe0b10e2000f292',0,'AQ==','3hgzcneh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395995,28267,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266073192,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Top 10 most popular characters according to Dariawiki','The top 10 most viewed articles on characters are: \n\n[b:1cqt7i5z]1. Daria Morgendorffer ‎(10,853 views)[/b:1cqt7i5z] \nExpected. \n[b:1cqt7i5z]2. Trent Lane ‎(8,274 views)[/b:1cqt7i5z] \nWhoa, I thought Jane would be taking this spot. I guess the D/T shippers are still going strong.\n[b:1cqt7i5z]3. Jane Lane ‎(6,638 views)[/b:1cqt7i5z]\n3rd? I still think she deserves nº2. Hell, she\'s right up there with Daria. TAG hasn\'t been viewing the page as much as he did.\n[b:1cqt7i5z]4. Tom Sloane ‎(6,232 views)[/b:1cqt7i5z] \nThe most hated character in the fandom, yet he gets the 4th place? Half of those views must come from my IP. \n[b:1cqt7i5z]5. Amy Barksdale ‎(5,017 views)[/b:1cqt7i5z]\nMighty aunt Amy more popular than mom Helen. \n[b:1cqt7i5z]6. Stacy Rowe ‎(4,849 views)[/b:1cqt7i5z]\nBack in 2007, Starmeshelion viewed the article enough times to keep it in the top 10 for years to come. \n[b:1cqt7i5z]7. Quinn Morgendorffer ‎(4,064 views)[/b:1cqt7i5z]\nWho would\'ve thought Quinn could be so....unpopular. \n[b:1cqt7i5z]8. Sandi Griffin ‎(4,005 views)[/b:1cqt7i5z]\nThat makes Tiffany the least popular member of the Fashion Club and the only one who didn\'t make it to the top 10 overall.\n[b:1cqt7i5z]9. Helen Morgendorffer ‎(3,073 views)[/b:1cqt7i5z]\nShe\'s obviously more popular than Jake. \n[b:1cqt7i5z]10. Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III ‎(2,638 views)[/b:1cqt7i5z]\nThe most popular of the rest. \n\n[b:1cqt7i5z]Most popular teacher:[/b:1cqt7i5z] Anthony DeMartino ‎(2,153 views)\n\n[b:1cqt7i5z]Beavis and Butt-head[/b:1cqt7i5z] ‎(2,898 views) rank ahead of Charles, but weren\'t included because they never appeared on the [i:1cqt7i5z]Daria[/i:1cqt7i5z] spin-off. \n\nGee, I seem to be thinking of anything but National Accounts right now. Back later.','4b1aed55d6134d211cdff504d2c5ec81',0,'YA==','1cqt7i5z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395996,27917,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266073658,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/10/10)','[quote="Jim North":23nkfyc2][quote="Kristen Bealer":23nkfyc2][quote="Jim North":23nkfyc2]Jane did her best to collect herself and started reading in between giving the machines a real-world lookover. "They, uh, aheheh . . . well, they\'re Vexxers," she said...[/quote:23nkfyc2]\nDid they get them new but priced-as-used from Wally at half price? \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:23nkfyc2]\nAnother swift reference catch! Y\'all are too good at this. I\'m gonna have to start getting [i:23nkfyc2]really[/i:23nkfyc2] obscure from now on!\n\n[size=75:23nkfyc2] . . . like I already did with the [i:23nkfyc2]other[/i:23nkfyc2] reference in this last section. [i:23nkfyc2]Muahaha . . . [/i:23nkfyc2][/size:23nkfyc2][/quote:23nkfyc2]\nI went back over it but there was nothing about a penguin.','0f0328d4e334daa3e5ad34c73bf20624',0,'pA==','23nkfyc2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395997,28266,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1266073735,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Building myself a double neck guitar','http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/g ... eneck4.jpg\n\nAssembled but not yet wired up.','db83b10aca7572ee08d0750217e8bf58',0,'','ekpoq6vx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395998,28168,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266074203,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Ouch Time','I could floss my teeth for years with this thread... [i:1bihltae]if you know what I mean![/i:1bihltae] \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','72a9038ffae1d28d9d13f0dbf10626f0',0,'IA==','1bihltae',1,0,'',0,0,0),(395999,27917,6,885,0,'75.121.71.21',1266074274,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/10/10)','[quote="Wormbait":3e13fwff]Hmmm, with an accent like that Daria better hope he doesn\'t pierce her navel with any of his shots.[/quote:3e13fwff]\nOn the plus side, this time the piercing won\'t be closing up anytime soon.\n\n[quote="The Angst Guy":3e13fwff][quote="Jim North":3e13fwff][size=75:3e13fwff] . . . like I already did with the [i:3e13fwff]other[/i:3e13fwff] reference in this last section. [i:3e13fwff]Muahaha . . . [/i:3e13fwff][/size:3e13fwff][/quote:3e13fwff]\nI went back over it but there was nothing about a penguin.[/quote:3e13fwff]\nI hid it extremely well. No one will get this one.\n\nNo, it\'s not behind the penguin. Don\'t bother looking there.','04c85a93773c4418dbb1ae307747300c',0,'pA==','3e13fwff',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396000,27917,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266074346,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/10/10)','[quote="Jim North":2a5o3of8][quote="The Angst Guy":2a5o3of8][quote="Jim North":2a5o3of8][size=75:2a5o3of8] . . . like I already did with the [i:2a5o3of8]other[/i:2a5o3of8] reference in this last section. [i:2a5o3of8]Muahaha . . . [/i:2a5o3of8][/size:2a5o3of8][/quote:2a5o3of8]\nI went back over it but there was nothing about a penguin.[/quote:2a5o3of8]\nI hid it extremely well. No one will get this one. No, it\'s not behind the penguin. Don\'t bother looking there.[/quote:2a5o3of8]\nInside the penguin?\n\n\nWhat the hell, may as well look anyway.','e777e3bd3cc0aa3c457b0d72fbd407c3',0,'pA==','2a5o3of8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396001,28160,6,885,0,'75.121.71.21',1266074452,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: collar (2/12/10)','[quote="gwrtheyrn":32drmi4f]This story is very engagingly written.[/quote:32drmi4f]\nThat\'s the sort of thing you say to someone right before you dump them! Just don\'t tell me that I have a nice personality and can meet plenty of other readers or that it\'s not me, it\'s you! [img:32drmi4f]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/esn1g/Smilies/jim_shock01.gif[/img:32drmi4f]\n\nPS, thanks!\n\n[quote="The Angst Guy":32drmi4f]Oh. [u:32drmi4f]That[/u:32drmi4f] kind of Cage. Yeah, I knew that.[/quote:32drmi4f]\nIf it helps any, they\'ve probably got those kind of cages in that kind of Cage.','fd22469f68e4157e7231f86dae62b8f5',0,'iQ==','32drmi4f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396002,27995,6,885,0,'75.121.71.21',1266074534,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','She\'s gonna get Ted pregnant.\n\nDRAMA','cd6aec00d3ff045552f0459d1fd86e4c',0,'','2w3k7112',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396003,28177,5,276,0,'205.188.116.72',1266075092,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Super Bowl LXIV Prediction Thread','[quote="A.J.":2tbyzunw][quote="Roentgen":2tbyzunw]I predict that I\'ll be watching Puppy Bowl VI instead. I got money bet on that.[/quote:2tbyzunw]\n\nHow can you predict Super Bowl 64? That\'s 20 years from now!\n\nAnd no one caught this error? My faith in this board is slipping. \":fail:\" \n\nI\'ll try. In Super Bowl 64 the Dallas Cowboys will defeat the New York Jets 37-23 after Brett Favre "retires" for the 20th time the previous offseason and wins the MVP.\n\nSeriously, I\'m disappointed.\n\nA.J.[/quote:2tbyzunw]\nI\'ll stick with my predictions. \":lol:\"','e07873afb4d9ca946bf80a45d5c5727f',0,'gA==','2tbyzunw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396004,24854,5,39,0,'92.26.245.200',1266076824,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 30 Rock (UK)','Update. The release has been delayed by [s:iysl1ci4]two months[/s:iysl1ci4] a month, to 5th April. \n\nMartin.','cd52edf0c02c92295e6ac616247eec16',0,'AAQ=','iysl1ci4',1,1266089693,'',39,1,0),(396005,27728,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266077808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="The Angst Guy":1gt0ysr3]I bet this [i:1gt0ysr3]does[/i:1gt0ysr3] end happily. \":(\" [[i:1gt0ysr3]sulks[/i:1gt0ysr3]][/quote:1gt0ysr3]\n\nSo it\'s angsty in the sense that it\'s causing TAG angst over it\'s non-angstiness. It\'s like that S&M joke:\n\nThe masochist said to the sadist, "Hurt me, hurt me!" Very calmly, and with a look of pleasure, the sadist answered, "No."\n\n \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','59ac0d18af417e70881a057eba045ad3',0,'oA==','1gt0ysr3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396006,28265,3,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1266078169,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Dr. Evil - the Alan Parsons Project is on-line at last!"','Comments...?\n\nI WANT A VIDEO! \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"','2769ff2a0dedcad05ee43b3445a17f78',0,'','3cs5x7ej',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396007,28265,3,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1266078961,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Dr. Evil - the Alan Parsons Project is on-line at last!"','Interesting, but still far from deployable device with a lot of details to overcome.\n\nThis was a comparatively short range test hitting a missile during the boost phase, the easiest part of the flight to target. Plus, the system is still installed on a 747. Probably needs a considerable amount of work before it can be mounted on a combat aircraft.\n\nI\'d be more impressed with a system that can effectively target during the coast phase of the missile profile. During that time, it is at its highest altitude, hence you can hit it at longer ranges. Longer ranges allow for bigger, less-combat worthy aircraft to be used and you can deploy them closer to home, where they can be protected.','5eae1d970f27ed0564bbeb640ffb12c4',0,'','23uqcswj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396008,28268,6,1062,0,'76.233.170.170',1266079208,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Story idea','I blame this idea on Greystar, he still hasn\'t finished "The Longest Year" still, it got me thinking, as did the Writer\'s Block thread. Anyone can take this idea, I seem to do better at thinking up ideas, than getting far in them.\n\n\nDaria arrives in Lawndale pregnant (perhaps by Butthead from a depressed drinking bash? She was a loner after all), but not showing, (maybe just barely from last week/night before they left Highland) so maybe nobody knows yet. No financial, moral or any other kind of help would be available from the father.\n\nWould make a different what if. Could be very angsty, or a mix.\n\nQuinn would be as canon trying to distance herself from Daria; maybe even more so if/when pregnancy known to family, especially so after whole school knows.\n\nDaria would definitely end up in Self Esteem class; probably befriend Jane, maybe Andrea as well. She\'d be likely to be more emotional from the hormones; causing less of a "brain" image; especially as news broke across campus part way into the year. Probably just as sarcastic, less of a superiority feeling (as she is pregnant) versus her class mates. Most likely more hostile to Chuck, as well as Kevin. Perhaps more sympathetic to Brittney; though Brittney may be less inclined to talk with Daria.\n\nTrent crush might be stronger, maybe go past crush to a relationship.\n\nTom triangle likely would never arise, by then Daria would be very different, even if she didn\'t keep baby.\n\nWould she keep it or put the baby up for adoption? Probably put it up; plus this would make it easier to use ideas from canon episodes.\n\nHow will all of this affect Quinn\'s dating and social relationships? I\'d imagine she\'d be much more closely supervised. Probably even less likely to get close to her peers; not wanting to end up similar to Daria.','934c4c74b6a9b11ad3cbdd0a9d28ff96',0,'','nx2bvtir',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396009,28236,6,1062,0,'76.233.170.170',1266079388,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 4)','I like this. Very interesting watching Daria from a different perspective. Fantastic how fast this keeps coming.','cf272c763ff69ab36720b30ae6f23c44',0,'','2bgszx0h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396010,28268,6,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1266079519,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Story idea','Now that\'s a way to make an angsty introduction. \":drink:\"\n\nWelcome to PPMB and hope you have a good time.\n\nIt looks like you\'re already sufficiently warped to fit right in. Just stay away from the penguins and don\'t get between certain people and chocolate. You should be fine.\n\nProbably.\n\nPossibly.\n\nOh, who am I kidding? \":lol:\"','8d8ed7171fb258094dc43a05605c1253',0,'','8c36j573',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396011,28255,4,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1266079654,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hint of the day: Don\'t ask followers to harrass a judge','[quote="RLobinske":32bk79oi][quote="NightGoblyn":32bk79oi][quote="Deref":32bk79oi] I wonder how many people he\'s killed?[/quote:32bk79oi]\n\nNone.\n\nThat line of reasoning obviates the individual\'s responsibility for their own decisions. Just because I advise you to jump off a cliff, does not mean I\'m a murderer if you\'re dumb enough to do it.[/quote:32bk79oi]\n\nI disagree. By that same logic, we shouldn\'t proscecute fraud. [i:32bk79oi]After all, if someone is dumb enough to fall for a scam, it\'s clearly their responsiblity. [/i:32bk79oi] But, we don\'t do that and we shouldn\'t allow people who kill through quackery to go free, either.\n\nThis man knowingly is selling fraudulent information and I think that he should be fully held accountable for his behavior.[/quote:32bk79oi]\n\nThere are some scams, not all of course, but some of them, every time some idiot falls for them, I feel happy. I don\'t know if in the English world there\'s something similar to [i:32bk79oi]"el timo de la estampita"[/i:32bk79oi] (I\'m pretty sure, since there are idiots everywhere). That kind of scam involves two people, one that plays the role of a mentally-retarded person, and other one who plays the role of a "smart" one. The "dumb one" makes believe the victim he has a lot of money in an envelope, but he doesn\'t realize the actual value of the money; the usual trick is to say they are "saints picture cards" ([i:32bk79oi]estampitas[/i:32bk79oi]), and he is selling them for a rdiculous price. In this moment, the "smart" con man appears, and makes a deal with the victim to try to fool the "dumb" and buy all the "picture cards" to share the money in the envelope. Obviously, when the "victim" buys the envelope, the second con man makes a switch, so the idiot only gets an envelope full of papercuts, leaving the two scammers with his money. There are dozens of scams like this, scams that take a profit not only of the victim\'s stupidity, but also their willingness to take advantage of someone in a weak situation. And I personally think that every time an ill-intentioned idiot falls for this kind of trick, he gets excactly what he sowed for.','daaad2ffeaf512492c2391da9352c491',0,'oA==','32bk79oi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396012,28268,6,1062,0,'76.233.170.170',1266080126,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Story idea','Thanks. I\'ve been lurking here for the last 2 years. I have really enjoyed your "John Lane" series, as well as your other stories. Now if I could ony write much.','01c92e90b52d720cea3ca221010dc370',0,'','2b5lx5sp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396013,28268,6,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1266080281,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Story idea','It would definitely provide a reason for "Why did the Morgendorffers leave Highland and move to Lawndale?"','01a67b047439abc4a667232a69ed6379',0,'','3gtulbad',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396014,28268,6,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266080550,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Story idea','[quote="Drachen":37lgruyx]I blame this idea on Greystar, he still hasn\'t finished "The Longest Year"[/quote:37lgruyx]\nWe know, we know. \":fork:\" \":fork:\" \":fork:\" \n\n[quote="Drachen":37lgruyx]Daria arrives in Lawndale pregnant[/quote:37lgruyx]\nYou\'d have to provide a plausible explanation for that. \":lol:\"','49f0199449adee3e1218b6d5069e0440',0,'gA==','37lgruyx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396015,28236,6,1017,0,'71.224.0.215',1266080832,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 4)','[i:2x70ewt9](Part 5)[/i:2x70ewt9] \n\nFinn still wasn’t exactly sure what happened after Jane broke off the kiss with him. His eyes widened, he was in complete shock. Did Jane Lane, Daria’s best friend, recently dumped by Tom Sloane, just kiss him?\n \nIt was rare for girls to initiate kisses with Finn. He always had to take the lead. For a minute, there was absolutely no movement. Jane on top of Finn, his look of surprise, her nervous breathing.\n \n“Oh God.” Jane just realized what she had done. “I’m...I’m sorry.” Finn was about to tell her a reassurance, but the words would not form in his throat. But Jane’s distressed face hurt him greatly, and he knew how to make that stop. In one gracious move, he flipped himself and Jane, so that he was on top of her, and he kissed her. Hard, just as she did to him. Once Finn had to come up for air, Jane seemed a lot less distressed. \n \n“I can’t believe we just did that.” Finn remarked. He looked around for his shirt, but it must have fallen to the floor, he couldn’t see it. \n \n“Yeah, I know.” Jane remarked. “That’s not like you.” Finn didn’t answer her.\n \n“I should...probably get going.” Finn returned. “It’s getting kinda late, I need to get back. Long drive.” \n \n“Yeah, I shouldn’t keep you.” Jane admitted. Finn dug around for his shirt, and put it on. His entire body shook for a minute.\n \n“It was...good to see you.” Finn smiled. Jane could sense that he was nervous, but intimacy always did that to him. \n \n“I know.” Jane remarked. And then, Finn left. There were no more kisses. Finn knew where he had parked. There was silence just after Finn left. And once Jane was alone with her thoughts, she started to go back over the moments in her head.\n \nBut she didn’t have a lot of time to do so, for shortly afterwards, Allison strode up the stairs. \n \n“Hey.” Allison remarked. “You all right? You look kinda starstruck.”\n \n“I just kissed my best friend’s hot brother. Buy me dinner, I’ll tell you all about it.”\n \n“Sure.” Allison smiled. \n\n \nJane and Allison had pasta and wine. Pasta was one of Allison’s favorite dishes: it was very filling, gave lots of energy, and it was cheap compared to most other foods. Jane had told her the entire story of what happened between Daria, Tom, Finn, and herself, from the breakup forward.\n \n“Wow. No one can say you don’t lack for excitement.” Allison teased.\n \n“Not helping.” Jane remarked. \n \n“Finn was the guy you were with at the camp today?” \n \n“Yeah, that’s him.” \n \n“He certainly was hot, I won’t deny that.” Allison chuckled. “I’d be doing more than making out.”\n \n“You wouldn’t get very far. He’s not into that sort of stuff.” \n \n“So why’d you kiss him? You weren’t dating.”\n \n“I...I don’t know. It’s just been a long month. My boyfriend dumped me for my best friend, and, believe it or not, my boyfriend was Finn’s best friend.”\n \n“I asked why you kissed him.”\n \n“It...it just sorta happened. We were up in my loft, and we were talking, then he took his shirt off, and I swear to God, there were rose petals streaming off him when he did it.” \n \n“You watch too many movies.” Allison chuckled. “So you don’t want to date him?”\n \n“I don’t know. First off, Daria would be furious, she and Finn hate each other. And Finn’s got the entire school dancing for his favor. He could have any girl he wants.” \n \n“Didn’t he come here to see you? Lawndale’s kinda far from here.” Allison asked. “If you ask me, he likes you. But if you’re not interested in him...”\n \n“I don’t know. I mean, I really like him and he’s a great guy, no matter what Daria says. But...”\n \n“Your boyfriend dumped you, and you’re worried that Finn’s going to get hurt?” Allison filled in the blanks. \n \n“Yeah.”\n \n“There’s a lot of reasons you could be feeling that way is how I see it. Could be your best friend, could be you still care about your ex. Could be exactly what you described. Even others.” \n \n“Damn it, relationships are so complicated, and this so-called good artists around here aren’t making things easier. At least I’ve got someone like you, Allison.” Jane remarked pleasantly.\n \n“Yeah.” Allison lowered her voice and chuckled a bit. “You’ve got me.” \n\n \nFinn drove quietly home in his father’s Lexus back to Lawndale. He was driving slower than he normally did, and he was grateful that the road to Lawndale was, although long, it was mostly striaght. He turned the radio off, and drove in silence. He had too much to think about to sing along.\n \nHe just kissed Jane. Jane may have done it first, but he didn’t stop her when she did. And he kissed her back. Finn Morgendorffer, who prided himself in his integrity, made out with the ex his best friend had dumped. \n \n“[i:2x70ewt9]Was this how you were feeling, Tom?[/i:2x70ewt9]” Finn asked. True, Tom did not have Finn’s confused feelings regarding Sierra and tutoring. But Sierra, no matter Finn’s attraction to her, was really far away in his mind. Tom had frustrations, all people did. And breaking up with Jane was certainly frustrating, even if Tom was the one who dumped her.\n \n“[i:2x70ewt9]Now who am I to criticize?[/i:2x70ewt9]” Finn chastised himself. “[i:2x70ewt9]God, Finn, you are such an asshole. You give this huge damn speech about not stabbing people in the back, and here you are making out with Jane. On her bed. And you were shirtless. Jesus, what the hell is the matter with you. It’s bad enough you broke Tom and Jane up in the first place. Now you\'re macking on Jane[/i:2x70ewt9].” Finn continued to berate himself, glad there were no other cars on the road. \n \n \nFinn reached the house just before sunset. \n \n“Hey, Finn!” Jake called once he entered the house. Finn tossed the car keys to his father, but didn’t return his greeting.\n \n“How was your trip?” Jake asked. Finn went upstairs to his room.\n \n“Finn?” Jake called. \n\n \nOnce inside his room, Finn started punching his pillows. He wanted to punch something harder, but this wouldn’t make much noise. While he did so, he continued to berate himself. He was an asshole, slut, all sorts of horrible words. Then he looked inside the mirror, that full-length mirror he always looked in several times a day. \n \nThe creature reflected within looked like a handsome man. Great hair, strong and defined features, body like a Greek statue. \n \n“[i:2x70ewt9]And all it’s brought me is this[/i:2x70ewt9].” Finn cursed the creature, he cursed his looks for the first time ever. All it gave him was the attentions and affections of the idiot girls he didn’t even care about. There were rare girls who Finn actually cared about, but his looks didn’t matter to them. \n \n“[i:2x70ewt9]You’re nothing. Sierra was right. You’re just some good-looking guy who is awash in the affections of the idiots just because you’re good-looking. That’s all they care about. You may be good-looking, and you might be good with the pigskin, but that’s it. You do nothing but cause misery to everyone around you. You make Sierra upset when you flirt with her, you freaking slut. You break Tom and Jane up, and you sure as hell don’t stop them. You didn’t stop them because you liked it. Jane was cool, and you revelled in the fact that she liked you, no matter what it did to Tom. You’re horrible, you’re awful[/i:2x70ewt9].” Finn continued to address the mirror.\n \n“[i:2x70ewt9]You’re no better than Daria[/i:2x70ewt9].”','74066a914b03288dd859d69aa84d9c0b',0,'IA==','2x70ewt9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396016,28268,6,1017,0,'71.224.0.215',1266080862,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Story idea','[quote="Drachen":3cyxlk50]I blame this idea on Greystar, he still hasn\'t finished "The Longest Year" still, it got me thinking, as did the Writer\'s Block thread. Anyone can take this idea, I seem to do better at thinking up ideas, than getting far in them.\n\n\nDaria arrives in Lawndale pregnant (perhaps by Butthead from a depressed drinking bash? She was a loner after all), but not showing, (maybe just barely from last week/night before they left Highland) so maybe nobody knows yet. No financial, moral or any other kind of help would be available from the father.\n\nWould make a different what if. Could be very angsty, or a mix.\n\n[color=#008000:3cyxlk50]I see potential for angst, but not much else.[/color:3cyxlk50]\n\nQuinn would be as canon trying to distance herself from Daria; maybe even more so if/when pregnancy known to family, especially so after whole school knows.\n\n[color=#008000:3cyxlk50]Normally, when girls get pregnant, they go to a different school once they start to show. You\'d have to work around that.[/color:3cyxlk50]\n\nDaria would definitely end up in Self Esteem class; probably befriend Jane, maybe Andrea as well. She\'d be likely to be more emotional from the hormones; causing less of a "brain" image; especially as news broke across campus part way into the year. Probably just as sarcastic, less of a superiority feeling (as she is pregnant) versus her class mates. Most likely more hostile to Chuck, as well as Kevin. Perhaps more sympathetic to Brittney; though Brittney may be less inclined to talk with Daria.\n\n[color=#008000:3cyxlk50]I don\'t see how she\'d be more hostile to Kevin, and I would see Upchuck being less inclined to flirt with her. I think she\'d see him more as damaged merchandise.[/color:3cyxlk50]\n\nTrent crush might be stronger, maybe go past crush to a relationship.\n\n[color=#008000:3cyxlk50]I could see this. Trent raises the kid during the day, perhaps. Not sure who in their right mind would trust Trent with that, but he is available when Helen is not.[/color:3cyxlk50]\n\nTom triangle likely would never arise, by then Daria would be very different, even if she didn\'t keep baby.\n\n[color=#008000:3cyxlk50]Triangle, probably not. I\'d still see Tom dating Jane and being friends with Daria. Perhaps enkindling her love of learning, since she\'d be taking care of the child in her off-time.[/color:3cyxlk50]\n\nWould she keep it or put the baby up for adoption? Probably put it up; plus this would make it easier to use ideas from canon episodes.\n\n[color=#008000:3cyxlk50]If the baby was gone, things would return much to canon.[/color:3cyxlk50]\n\nHow will all of this affect Quinn\'s dating and social relationships? I\'d imagine she\'d be much more closely supervised. Probably even less likely to get close to her peers; not wanting to end up similar to Daria.[/quote:3cyxlk50]\n\n[color=#008000:3cyxlk50]Quinn\'s pretty prudish to begin with. While I could see more interaction on Helen\'s end, Quinn doesn\'t slow dance until the fifth date. She herself, not so much. [/color:3cyxlk50]\n\nWell met and welcome, hope you\'re enjoying yourself','3cdf37a7f6b8923f722005f6a69b9b99',0,'gg==','3cyxlk50',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396017,28236,6,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1266081241,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (Part 4)','[quote="HolyGrail2007":2dmjit0e][i:2dmjit0e](Part 4)[/i:2dmjit0e]“Shall we begin?” Sierra remarked. “We’ll start with Pride and Prejudice.”\n\n“Ugh, that book was pretty lame. I could think of about three hundred more interesting things.”\n \n“I can’t say I was a fan of it either, but it’s a classic.” Sierra, still the cold fish, replied. “But we still need to read it. You’re studying British literature, and it’s a staple.”\n\n[...]\n \n“If I assign you [u:2dmjit0e]Pride and Prejudice[/u:2dmjit0e], would you read it this week?”\n \n“Y...yeah.” Finn sighed. “I wish it wasn’t so awful, but I’ll do it.” \n \n“Hmmm...don’t read that one. Even I think that was cruel. But I will expect you to finish reading all the work on cell biology by next week.”[/quote:2dmjit0e]\n\nWait, what?\n\nI can think of many things to say about Jane Austen. [i:2dmjit0e]Boring[/i:2dmjit0e] isn\'t one of them.','0560a13c6dcd503c754054423f5096c3',0,'oQ==','2dmjit0e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396018,28265,3,39,0,'92.26.245.200',1266081377,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Dr. Evil - the Alan Parsons Project is on-line at last!"','[quote="Raskolnikov":14bzn2d6]I WANT A VIDEO! \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:14bzn2d6]\n[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQwLPC5MN1U:14bzn2d6]Since you asked so nicely.[/url:14bzn2d6]\n\nMartin.','70782b74ea9c8fbf86daec6bae9eeae7',0,'kA==','14bzn2d6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396019,28191,6,885,0,'75.121.71.21',1266081725,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Writer\'s Block','Ugh, I can\'t stop yawning. It\'s making it very hard to concentrate on writing anything.','9c2b61550b1458058931c0edbb8f7022',0,'','2n4bh8vc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396020,24854,5,129,0,'24.118.48.176',1266082499,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 30 Rock (UK)','[quote="MartinUK":1h8jsrlu]Update. The release has been delayed by two months, to 5th April. \n\nMartin.[/quote:1h8jsrlu]\n\nLet me know if you prefer not to wait for newer stuff.','2c008c1b74ab7403428f4239e59ac0f1',0,'gA==','1h8jsrlu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396021,28236,6,573,0,'137.226.12.157',1266089832,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','[quote="HolyGrail2007":2wu6sfvj]\n“I just kissed my best friend’s hot brother.”\n[/quote:2wu6sfvj]\nDaria\'s still/again in \'best friend\' status - looks like that went better that canon.\nQuite interesting.\n\nBlackHole','bcd0943750b07f2dd9f76a6b704544e2',0,'gA==','2wu6sfvj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396022,28236,6,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266090090,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','[quote="HolyGrail2007":1xsn8k34][i:1xsn8k34]“You’re no better than Daria.”[/i:1xsn8k34][/quote:1xsn8k34]\nLike brother, like sister. \":D\"','a4b5e185789f95a5f4adb776a33ed502',0,'oA==','1xsn8k34',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396023,28260,3,414,0,'24.147.138.173',1266090826,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sick, Sad World: Woman Twitters while in labor @-0','[img:2dx0acwz]http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/129104112495061142.jpg[/img:2dx0acwz]\n[url=http://failblog.org/2010/02/12/twitter-fail/:2dx0acwz]Failblog FTW[/url:2dx0acwz]','1476c7382eabeb7af60f51e5dee07ceb',0,'GA==','2dx0acwz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396024,28269,6,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1266094287,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','Add your own:\n\n* The episode "Depth Takes a Holiday" did not happen, and was instead a CIA-induced illusion. [i:38bm9ev7]Daria[/i:38bm9ev7] fans only [i:38bm9ev7]thought[/i:38bm9ev7] they saw "Depth Takes a Holiday". This technology is now used to produce the occasional "message" from Osama bin Laden.\n\n* Veronica Morgendorffer, the third Morgendorffer sister, was cut from the show. [i:38bm9ev7]Literally[/i:38bm9ev7]. Glenn Eichler made the decision to animate [i:38bm9ev7]Daria[/i:38bm9ev7] in Cinemascope, a decision rued by MTV executives. In the first season, the edges of the letterboxed image were cut off the screen, and since Veronica was always standing at the far left or far right, she literally disappeared.\n\nThis involved a lot of sound editing, as all audio where someone saying, "So what do [i:38bm9ev7]you[/i:38bm9ev7] think, Veronica?" had to be wiped. Unfortunately, as Veronica\'s characterization was that of "chatterbox", this resulted in episode length falling from one hour to thirty minutes.\n\n* Mike Judge\'s idea for a network cartoon was going to be a Mr. van Driessen-Daria love story, but when MTV refused to give up the rights to [i:38bm9ev7]Daria[/i:38bm9ev7], he rewrote it as [i:38bm9ev7]King of the Hill[/i:38bm9ev7].\n\n* Naughty artists over the years have drawn in a lot of "sexual aids" in the background scenes of Jane Lane\'s bedroom. See if [i:38bm9ev7]you[/i:38bm9ev7] can find them!\n\n* Tad and Tricia Gupty were originally designed to be [i:38bm9ev7]twin boys[/i:38bm9ev7], with one boy being raised as "Tricia" in what Eichler called "an act of cross-gender positive affirmation". MTV told Eichler to knock it off; however, Daria\'s reluctance to babysit the Guptys is more interesting if you know this fact.\n\n* President Bill Clinton never missed an episode, hoping that he\'d get another cameo appearance the same way he did in [i:38bm9ev7]Beavis and Butt-head[/i:38bm9ev7]. It never came. In 2001, Dick Cheney found out that Clinton was a fan of [i:38bm9ev7]Daria[/i:38bm9ev7], he subsequently put pressure on MTV to cancel the show.\n\n* Wendy Hoopes suffered a nervous break down during the series, believing that she was actually Helen, Jane, [i:38bm9ev7]and[/i:38bm9ev7] Quinn. Eichler stated that the biggest problem in dealing with Hoopes is that [i:38bm9ev7]her[/i:38bm9ev7] mental versions of these characters didn\'t have distinctive cartoon voices, "and I never could figure out which one I was talking to."','bf17f205e625d689902e2d783feedce6',0,'IA==','38bm9ev7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396067,28258,3,7,0,'118.210.76.76',1266119426,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','[quote="Deref":1pj49lwz]Dammit! There\'s so much of this black forest torte left!\n\nWon\'t some of you please help us to eat it?[/quote:1pj49lwz]\nYou\'re a cruel, cruel man, Deref.\n\nHappy belated booze-up I mean birthday to your kid.','2e93f574fc59164780d3b4d3da95d2aa',0,'gA==','1pj49lwz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396025,28270,3,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266095371,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','First Aurochs, then Velocirators!','http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100213/h ... 9196191800\n\nI want terror birds, myself. Screw that dinosaur crap, gimme a [url=http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=diatryma&aq=1&aqi=g10&oq=diatr&fp=c5aa4278f68e4a4:1fn53m03]Diatryma![/url:1fn53m03]','f41de62265c8d29003b7d0bbb888674c',0,'EA==','1fn53m03',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396026,28265,3,114,0,'210.9.138.95',1266095378,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Dr. Evil - the Alan Parsons Project is on-line at last!"','It\'s a crock IMHO.\n\n* In order to get enough energy into the beam to make it useful they have to use a chemical laser, which means that the plane has to carry large amounts of highly unstable substances which are mixed when the laser fires. It\'s like carrying several tons of nitroglycerine: it works, but it\'s not something you\'d want to do. Even the tiniest rupture of any of the tanks or connections and it\'s game over.\n\n* The 747 can carry only enough of the nasty stuff to fire the laser three times (IIRC) before it has to recharge its tanks. Those of us old enough to remember the cold war will remember that missiles on both sides were numbered in the tens of thousands. Use the back of your envelope to to work out how many 747s you\'d need in the air at any one time to provide a reasonsable coverage. Of course it could be effective against the "one-off" type of launch.\n\n* Though it\'s powerful, the beam is still subject to atmospheric interferences such as clouds and dust.\n\n* No-one\'s explained as far as I\'ve read (note that last) what happens if you chrome plate the missile.\n\nGiven all that, it seems to me that interceptor missiles are still the most effective and practical solution, be they space based or ground or air launched.\n\nIt brings to mind the satellite-based x-ray laser. Brilliant bit of kit with some fascinating physics behind it for anyone who wants to follow it up. Briefly, it\'s a it\'s a nuclear bomb with a whole bunch of copper rods glued to it. When the bomb goes off fascinating science happens, resulting in high-powered coherent and directional x-rays shooting out the end of the copper rods, frying anything they come into contact with. This all happens in the picoseconds before the whole shebang blows itself to smithereens. \n\nRemember that old WB cartoon where (IIRC) Daffy Duck is showing off his act to an agent, trying the get a gig? Daffy\'s antics become more and more extreme until finally he blows himself up. The agent is suitably impressed and offers Daffy a job, whereupon his ghost says "the problem is that I can only do it once".','242f2d937c74894b6e6477b08c1cb2cf',0,'','3fn6cck7',1,1266114015,'',114,1,0),(396027,18107,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266095543,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki','I finally created an [b:30liwlv3][url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Infobox_character:30liwlv3]infobox[/url:30liwlv3] for canon characters[/b:30liwlv3]. Feel free to contribute adding them to each character page. \":D\" \n\nI need a suitable picture for Jane\'s infobox. Feel free to add that too!','493a16be8404c7e55d7ae03990591e2d',0,'UA==','30liwlv3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396028,28258,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266095705,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','How did it go? Did the rain ever stop?','b2c3b0dda713e2a17ca9d0cdbd513b0e',0,'','3ro4j484',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396029,28258,3,114,0,'210.11.146.78',1266096111,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','Well, it\'s over. The house looks a little like a bomb\'s gone off though there\'s no damage. Everyone had a great time. The food was excellent and plentiful and we didn\'t run out of booze. I\'m reasonably confident that none of the drivers had any alcohol to drink. I should remind US listeners that these weren\'t first-time drinkers - they\'ve been drinking legally since they were 18 so, by 21, while they drank vast amounts, they knew their limits. Not one of them was aggressive or maudlin - you couldn\'t want to meet a nicer bunch of kids.\n\nThree years to go till the next one. \":P\"\n\n[quote="The Sidhe":f4cc67xi]Sounds like you\'re finally receiving the rain we\'ve been having in Western Queensland. \n\nBTW, what qualifies as "humid" in Canberra anyway? When I was there for six weeks some years ago at the AWM, the locals were complaining about the fact that it was 10% humidity, until I told them that I was actually enjoying the weather because it was so dry! \":P\" Of course, when they found out where I was from, they understood completely. \";)\" \n\nBrace yourself: there\'s more on the way. But look on the bright side: it\'s brought some relief to the Murray-Darling basin.[/quote:f4cc67xi]\nIt\'s all good. It\'s till raining heavily and it\'s forecast to stay that way until it clears up tomorrow. I have no idea whether it\'ll do the dams any good - last time we had a decent downpour the land was so dry that there was hardly any runoff. This is exceptional, though. \":-)\"\n\nHumid? Once the sweat doesn\'t evaporate before it runs off, that\'s humid for us, A friend from Sydney came down to join in the fun and to help - she was laughing at our complaints of humidity. \";-)\"','1dbc448a1cddb9ad7a9e41563c77a8d3',0,'gA==','f4cc67xi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396030,28258,3,114,0,'210.11.146.78',1266096150,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','[quote="Quiverwing":2z8jjalw]How did it go? Did the rain ever stop?[/quote:2z8jjalw]\nYou would have enjoyed the party. Pity you couldn\'t make it. \";-)\"','050684579a49440cf41d7ce247768403',0,'gA==','2z8jjalw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396031,28270,3,114,0,'210.11.146.78',1266096415,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Aurochs, then Velocirators!','Cool! Those diatrymae look pretty tasty!','e50d80aa0297221c2085a34f67c1a289',0,'','1bsw1w4c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396032,28257,4,114,0,'210.11.146.78',1266096515,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: We\'re getting organised. Finally.','[quote="Doggieboy":3ovbf5xe]A preacher I know who runs a Christian school said that he will always refuse to accept any government money (though he does accept and expect the tax-free status) because he knows that there are strings attached to it.\n\nCan you imaging going on and on about how evil "teh gay" is, but being forced to hire gays?[/quote:3ovbf5xe]\nSo he doesn\'t consider being tax-free taking government money?','9864e0e3c2caaeb315e8ba7bc9281666',0,'gA==','3ovbf5xe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396033,27954,3,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1266096837,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Why so much hate for Mr. Oneil','Hm. It comes down to the fact that O\'Neill is a fundamentally selfish and self-centered person. His love for his students is rather self-serving; he can barely remember their names. He generally shoves them into some foolish project that illustrates a moral that he is only too happy to fill in when nobody gets it; only in "The F Word" does he seem to have any self-realization regarding his "misguided drivel".\n\nThere are several episodes where Mr. O\'Neill could make a real difference; usually, he drops the ball.\n\nIn "Esteemsters" he fails to answer a simple question of Daria\'s, putting her off rather than venturing out into uncharted territory. O\'Neill\'s incompetence is actually the spark for the Daria-Jane relationship, as Jane introduces herself to Daria by telling Daria that O\'Neill\'s new-age cant is memorized. Later on in the episode, he shoves a reluctant Daria and Jane out to address a class assembly - more likely to validate his own "triumph" in teaching them so well.\n\nIn "Arts \'N\' Crass" O\'Neill has no problem with perverting the message of Daria and Jane\'s poster. He told Daria and Jane that the content of their original message would be preserved; not only does he not stand up to Ms. Li when Li says that the poster will be displayed as plan but he writes a message of "meaningless drivel" of his own. I suspect that he had no problem as "good nutrition is important, Daria."\n\nIn "The F Word" there is his plan to have the students fail at things. He completely misinterprets Professor Bentley\'s lecture. This proves disastrous for the idiots Kevin and Brittany. Jodie learns that her parents have a low opinion of Jodie\'s right to leisure time; Mack has to spend time teaching Kevin that is wasted. Jane is plunged into self-doubt when her attempt to "fail" at pursing popularity backfires. At least in this case, he did more to wreck the self-esteem of his students, due to his propensity for taking slogans as profound and seeing himself as a cutting-edge teacher by foisting an untried mess of an idea on his kids.\n\nIn "The Story of D", Mr. O\'Neill sees Daria sending her short story to [i:25y6iuhs]Musings[/i:25y6iuhs] magazine and immediately assigns himself the role of Daria\'s mentor, even though it\'s obvious that Daria can\'t stand him. He then betrays the fact that Daria sent in a story to [i:25y6iuhs]Musings[/i:25y6iuhs] to Daria\'s class. Daria tolerated his naming himself as her "mentor" in exchange for his not betraying the confidence; sure enough he betrays it.\n\nJane is generous in the same episode: "He meant well, for a teacher who does nothing well." My problem with O\'Neill is that he [i:25y6iuhs]always[/i:25y6iuhs] means well. In this case \'meaning well\' = boosting his status and feelings; there aren\'t any "I meant well" acts from O\'Neill that ever end with him doing someone good for someone other than O\'Neill. \n\nOne of the big mistakes in hindsight was Daria and Jane finding Mr. O\'Neill in his apartment, and [i:25y6iuhs]not[/i:25y6iuhs] agreeing with him in that brief moment of realization. Daria\'s plan is to foist O\'Neill on Quinn at the end of the episode; I\'m sure she came to regret that decision.\n\nO\'Neill and DeMartino have their own faults as teachers, but DeMartino\'s problems - a decline in his passion for teaching and a problem with anger management, each of which are related with the idiots he has to instruct - can maybe be cured. O\'Neill\'s faults, on the other end, are fatal; no wonder he was paired up with Mrs. Barch, who is just as selfish as he is but in very different ways. They make a good couple, if you think about it.','9ceff9652420253c8ada412a51a9537b',0,'IA==','25y6iuhs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396034,28264,10,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1266097462,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Pose In Pasties','This is part of Quinn\'s succ[b:1rd2i5lq]sex[/b:1rd2i5lq]ful - uh, that is, [i:1rd2i5lq]successful[/i:1rd2i5lq] - plan to...well....\n\nWell, I don\'t know what Quinn\'s plan is.\n\nBut I [b:1rd2i5lq]like[/b:1rd2i5lq] it!','1f5e3fdfd9cea4dc690c836515569139',0,'YA==','1rd2i5lq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396035,28266,3,114,0,'210.9.140.125',1266101753,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Building myself a double neck guitar','Very nice work, Wouter!\n\nWhat\'s the idea of two 6-string necks, a short scale and a long scale? Different tunings?','8c525fde2d9193ad3edf617f92bc4986',0,'','1zrzo1wd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396036,28270,3,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266102297,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Aurochs, then Velocirators!','[quote="Deref":fkfubsyq]Cool! Those diatrymae look pretty tasty![/quote:fkfubsyq]\nThey will think much the same of us.','fdf4a2596c5d1919673db10f073ae6f5',0,'gA==','fkfubsyq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396037,28271,3,114,0,'210.9.140.125',1266102429,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Now this doesn\'t make sense!','[url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/mayors-antilust-laws-cramping-carnival-say-revellers-20100213-nyew.html?skin=text-only:2h5044fu]Mayor\'s anti-lust laws cramping carnival, say revellers[/url:2h5044fu]\n\n[quote:2h5044fu]RIO DE JANEIRO: The mayor has been accused of ruining the atmosphere of Rio\'s famous Carnival with a "zero tolerance" approach to prostitution, drunkenness and debauched behaviour.[/quote:2h5044fu]\nBut I thought that Carnivale was all about prostitution, drunkenness and debauched behaviour. \":shock:\"','984d84e3d60a6fa9e79fea55daa3f485',0,'kA==','2h5044fu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396038,28270,3,1039,0,'76.102.192.90',1266102451,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Aurochs, then Velocirators!','[quote="Deref":h7td9pg1]Cool! Those diatrymae look pretty tasty![/quote:h7td9pg1]\n\n You have me thinking of steak now. Nice juicy, tender prehistoric steak. Mmmmm...','6453ab06f62a9948070a29c3f888c2b7',0,'gA==','h7td9pg1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396039,28230,10,276,0,'205.188.116.78',1266105243,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Peregrine 7 (Work Now In Progress)','Assembly completed, primed and ready for painting:','62742fd319f932c2f8001ae6f4ab4d67',0,'','orgmip4e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396040,28268,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266105298,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Story idea','Some basic decisions...\n\n1. Terminate the pregnancy, put baby up for adoption, keep the baby but have someone else in the family raise it (Rita, Amy, Jake\'s sister\'s family), or keep the baby and Daria (and Morgendorffers) raise it?\n\n2. Daria goes to Lawndale High, goes to any local special school or private school for such occasions, or gets home schooled by tutor?\n\n3. Father was....? We hope the sex was consensual, if ill advised, but if not we head into Angstostan immediately. This has been done before, though. Try a different tack: there is the interesting possibility that Daria wanted to get pregnant at age 15, but why? Is the biological father available to pay child support or help out? Is he in prison? Is he/it/them from another planet? Did Daria just fall for a stunt-car driver like her mother? And who in Highland could she have possibly liked well enough to "do it"? She thought everyone was just awful, except maybe for that unknown guy she was holding hands with in that B&B movie, "It\'s a Wonderful Life, Not."\n\n4. Helen & Jake think....? They almost certainly hit the roof. Or maybe they don\'t know yet.','da8da734196515acaa32a94bbbbe5314',0,'','2ildmic9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396041,28230,10,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266105377,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Peregrine 7 (Work Now In Progress)','\":D\" x infinity to the infinity power','1d181be97694afac18e481f0cbe684c2',0,'','3dkvndlm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396042,27496,6,1037,0,'99.40.48.77',1266105475,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Dream of the White Darkness','[quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":xjmqubrk]Oh yeah: these are amazing feats of pure imagination put down in beautiful prose. [...] If you can\'t see why this is special, you don\'t deserve to be able to read.[/quote:xjmqubrk]jtranser produces absolutely gorgeous stuff, maybe to be compared with the likes of Pynchon. gwrtheyrn nowadays does the happy space squid hop upon noticing updates to this thread. \n\n-g','ec5b7fa472497ac71ade824006455a9b',0,'gA==','xjmqubrk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396043,28236,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266105983,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','I must confess at this point that Finn\'s control over his raging teen hormones is nothing short of supernatural, if not godlike, especially for a guy. I can see about a thousand ways that second kiss could have gone, given that Finn has strong feelings for Jane, but not one of those thousand ways included Finn leaving right away. That would be a stunning rejection of Jane. She really wants him. She\'s ferociously turned on. He really cares about her. He probably loves her. Unless he is genuinely not interested in women for sex and romance, that second kiss could have at least led to thirty or forty more kisses with a possible "WAIT! WAIT! WE DON\'T HAVE CONDOMS!" popping out at some point. Jane would want to know that he isn\'t blowing her off or dumping her like Tom. She would want to know he felt something for her, but he is struggling with his own feelings about her... and what are those feelings, exactly, when it comes to sex and love?\n\nJust my two cents. I am available for bashing, no problem. Maybe a little more verbage between them would help.','4b78383763d66d7ef05c077429c9737f',0,'','tekc1ulf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396044,27496,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266106155,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Dream of the White Darkness','[quote="gwrtheyrn":2amuekqs][quote="Scissors MacGillicutty":2amuekqs]Oh yeah: these are amazing feats of pure imagination put down in beautiful prose. [...] If you can\'t see why this is special, you don\'t deserve to be able to read.[/quote:2amuekqs]jtranser produces absolutely gorgeous stuff, maybe to be compared with the likes of Pynchon. gwrtheyrn nowadays does the happy space squid hop upon noticing updates to this thread.[/quote:2amuekqs]\nThis is better than sex! With people, I mean, not with... anyway, I like it a lot.','7492af0520c99505869e5e12400cb9f6',0,'gA==','2amuekqs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396045,28191,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266106732,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Writer\'s Block','I find that I like updating the blog and reporting on everyone else\'s fanfiction, but draw a complete blank when thinking about my own stories. I look at some of the old stories I did and wonder how they ever got written. It\'s not like a disaster or anything because the fandom is overflowing with talent in every regard.','4f269686fa714e3d7439e1eae63ee444',0,'','ragkbbq8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396046,28230,10,276,0,'205.188.116.78',1266106777,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Peregrine 7 (Work Now In Progress)','And the spaceship logo:','a58dc135d8ea6979e57efd5c594e738d',0,'','3en28sjc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396047,28191,6,276,0,'205.188.117.73',1266107001,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Writer\'s Block','For some reason, I\'ve been distracted by something else all day... \n\n\nTAG, it\'s your fault. \":lol:\"','d2cc7f6f33fd82564de787b5540628d6',0,'','1xgl54db',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396048,28229,6,249,0,'82.24.218.72',1266107539,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It\'s All About The Intention','“There’s got to be some way we can get that bitch done for this,” said Vincent as he and Joanna barely stood in the lunch queue.\n\n“Nope, nada, no way, started thinking about this since the conclusion of that general’s mast.”\n\n“She don’t like us taking risks? We’re fucking Tasmanian Devils, danger’s what we live for.”\n\n“Yeah, but we need to know when to push it and when not to, wandering about base waving guns around was irresponsible.”\n\nThey both picked up a plate of Lamb Madras, rice, a side of Papadums, some mango chutney, a cup of Caf-Pow, and selected a table.\n\nThey had just started eating when their CO sat opposite them with her food.\n\n“You were both cops, right?” asked Daria.\n\n“Yeah?” replied Joanna, dreading anything Daria might say.\n\n“Ever investigate any fraud cases? Insurance fraud, stuff like that?”\n\n“Couple of GTAs turned out to be such conspiracies, a trip and fall artist happened our way,” said Vincent.\n\n“I’ll be briefing you more thoroughly on this later, but if I thought the President was ordering an unnecessary invasion for the purpose of allowing her corporate sponsors to loot a country, there anything off the top of your head that could help me prove that?”\n\nThe two privates thought about this for a while and Joanna eventually said “Anything unusual nominally, with fraud it’s always going to depend on the situation, I mean, what’s the justification for this invasion?”\n\n“Iran’s about to shoot first.”\n\n“They’re a theocratic tyranny with nukes, but they ain’t stupid, most their activity since the Iran/Iraq war has been their proxy war against Israel, they would quite like us to cease existing, but they like being alive a lot more.”\n\n“Hmm. … Is there any hard evidence of the intention?”\n\n“They’ve constructed what looks like a series of intercontinental cruise missiles without announcing them, radiation signatures have been detected.”\n\n“Sounds open and shut then,” said Vincent.\n\n“Yeah, if that’s plutonium 139 and not Caesium 137” said Daria.\n\n“So they’re inviting an ass kicking with a phoney threat?” asked Joanna.\n\n“Or the threat is real and they really have lost it. I don’t like either theory, they both feel wrong.”\n\n“I can see why. I smell a third party here, someone wants the United States to invade Iran.” Said Vincent.\n\n“Cassidy’s sponsors,” said Daria.\n\n“If they have opportunity to exploit the invasion or the reconstruction, that sounds right.” Said Vincent.\n\n“Right. How did they arrange for the cruise missiles to be manufactured?” asked Daria.\n\n“Someone in Iran your corporate politician masters have ties with. … You know, when you move down the food chain, intellectual prowess varies a lot more, whoever made those missiles don’t need to have anything to gain to do it, they merely need be under the impression that they have anything to gain by it. It’s possible these guys think they will be given the country on a silver platter, or just that they will be paid lots of money instead of just executed,” said Joanna.\n\n“Knowing criminals are ruthless is nothing like knowing how ruthless. Daria, they won’t just lie on TV to millions of strangers, they will lie face to face persistently and emphatically to key personal. They have no empathy, no sentiment, we’re not fraud specialists, but we’ve both read enough case files on scams to know they are cold as … Ice is too warm for this, they’re … ”\n\n“Bose Einstein Condensate,” said Daria.\n\n“Yeah-errr, what’s … ?” Replied Vincent.\n\n“Any material at zero kelvins.”\n\n“Right,” said Vincent.\n\n“I’m way out of my depth here, aren’t I?” Said Daria.\n\n“Respectfully, oh yes,” said Joanna.\n\n“Thank you privates Smith and Pryde.”\n\n“Might as well brief us now, what’s the sitch?” asked Vincent.\n\nDaria raised an eyebrow at this.\n\n“What? I can speak old guy,” said Vincent.\n\n“Old guy?” asked Daria.\n\nJoanna glared at Vince who seemed a bit concerned that he had just shown too much disrespect.\n\n“Okay, listen up, I’m basically rounding up any Tasmanian Devil with police, investigative or criminological skills and knowledge to insert into Iran, you’re basically going to have to plan the attacks with interrogation of some of the X-rays in mind. You may even have to plan new attacks from first hearing of a new location only five minutes prior and know or have the best idea what to look for,” Said Daria.\n\n“Okay, sounds like we need to know nuclear physics,” said Joanna.\n\n“Not a problem,” said Daria.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n“Believe this crap?” said Quinn.\n\n“What?” asked Stacy.\n\n“If I show up and Mom show up, there’s no way the wedding will be enjoyable. Sorry, but I’ll have to decline your invitation. Good luck with the wedding. Deepest regrets, Brigadier General Daria Morgendorffer,” Quinn read from the letter.\n\n“I thought she was getting better,” said Stacy.\n\n“She’s Plateaued,” said Quinn, “She won’t talk to Jane or Mom.”\n\n“Still?”\n\n“Still.”\n\n“Hmm. Don’t know what else to try, she thinks she can’t repair it or will exacerbate things, the only thing that will disprove that would be for her to try,” said Stacy.\n\n“And she ain’t gonna is she?” said Quinn.\n\n“Looking doubtful,” said Stacy, “I’ll be there though.”\n\n“Thanks,” said Quinn.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nHelen looked up as she heard a knock on the door.\n\n“Come in,” said Helen.\n\nDaria entered.\n\n“Another covert meeting with Armalin?” asked Helen.\n\n“Something I need to talk to you about actually,” said Daria.\n\n“Uh-huh,” said Helen.\n\n“Alright, if our country was to get involved in a dodgy war, world’s going to have trouble dealing with us, a lot of your clients are going to have problems, right?”\n\n“Honestly, there’s no way to tell. Iran, right?”\n\n“How did you know that?”\n\n“Armalin’s got me looking into it. Real reason he got me to meet with you.”\n\n“Right. … Well, if I need to know some of it I’m sure he’ll pass it on,” said Daria as she turned to leave.\n\n“So that’s it is it? No longer need anything from me, so you’re out of here?”\n\nDaria faced her again and asked “what exactly do you want from me? All I remember you ever doing while I was growing up was whining about my lack of social skills or trying to use me to get in everyone else’s good graces, kept telling me there was something wrong with me all the time, exactly what moral leverage do you think you have?”\n\n“Right, because that thing you asked Quinn to help you with ten years ago wasn’t the same thing,” said Helen.\n\n“And how was I supposed to identify the problem when my main concern was that everyone was robbing me of my personal time at every given opportunity?” asked Daria.\n\n“By me telling you.”\n\n“You stuck me in a bunch of activities saying it would be good for me, you could have explained how and given me the choice to withdraw participation.”\n\n“And then you would have said Bullshit and refused to do anything,” said Helen.\n\n“I might have found something of interest,” said Daria, “as it was, I spent the whole time avoiding your attention in order to gain some downtime. Under what circumstances would I ever ask for your help?”\n\n“Corrupt misuse of your country’s armed forces,” said Helen.\n\n“ … Yeah, there’s that.”\n\n“Daria, you were the first child I ever attempted to raise, and I’m sorry to have say this, but you were one bastard asshole child to raise, and I’m sorry to have to do this as well, but Quinn more or less raised herself.”\n\n“Because you gave her the space in which to develop herself. Jane had near zero parental influence, would you consider her an antisocial loser?”\n\n“Are you blaming this on me?” asked Helen.\n\n“Yes, damn it, I received more warmth and moral support from my drill instructors when I was a cadet.”\n\n“You ungrateful irresponsible egomaniacal bitch,” said Helen.\n\n“Back at you, I went along with all those activities for you and you just kept taking didn’t you?” responded Daria.\n\n“GET OUT!”\n\n“Thought you’d never ask,” said Daria as she left.\n\nShe ignored Helen’s obscene farewell as she emerged from the building and put her hat back on. “Smooth, general Morgendorffer, real smooth.” Daria then returned to her car, chuckling at how the rules demanded she have her hat on for such a short time just because she was outside.\n\nShe then drove off.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nQuinn was looking over her aircraft about to go up when her phone rang.\n\nShe placed the phone between her shoulder and continued marking things off on her checklist on her clipboard and said “Quinn here.”\n\n“Quinn, it’s mom, I can’t attend the wedding, not if Daria’s there. I’m sorry, I wish you all the best.”\n\n“Mom-” started Quinn, as she heard the click of Helen hanging up her end. Quinn dialled Helen again. Eventually Quinn got through and said “Daria declined, she thinks you’re coming and if she also attends it’ll turn into a chainsaw fight. Could you please tell me what prompted this?”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n“Seig Heil fatherscrewer.”\n\nDaria looked up from her game of Command And Conquer to see her Nazi dressed self standing right in front of her.\n\nShe paused her game and asked “The fuck do you want?”\n\n“No no no no no no nooooooo, it’s not what I want. … It’s what you want,” said her other self, doing a perfect imitation of Vinny off of Spaceballs.\n\n“You gone.”\n\n“Uh-huh. What you playing?”\n\n“Command And Conquer: Iran’s New Management,” said Daria, glancing at the DVD case for the game.\n\n“Enjoying it?”\n\n“Yeah, I get to use my devils to sneak in to co-opt anything that can be ridden around in and essentially delete Iran’s military with zero collateral damage.”\n\n“Even though you know the mission’s bullfaeces?” asked her other self.\n\n“Yeah. That’s what you’re on about is it? I actually would quite like to overthrow Iran, it would be pretty fucking cool. It’s what comes next that’s a problem, we’re still shit at reconstruction, and an occupied country that can look after itself in’t profitable for the occupier’s President’s backers.”\n\n“So you’re definitely tempted to go along with it anyway?”\n\n“Yes. Thank you for your attention. … Now fornicate off.”\n\n“Not just yet. You’re missing something.”\n\n“Yeah? What?”\n\n“Ain’t telling you.”\n\n“Then fornicate off.”\n\n“No. Don’t want to. I’m evil, remember, Eeeee-Viiiiillllll?”\n\n“Stupid anxiety induced dreams.”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n“There was another yesterday, and we recently found one that our coroner says is three days old,” said the DEA contact.\n\nIt had been a week since Katherine had started this investigation, and she had a newfound hatred of the CSI shows as comparing brass in real life takes so damn fucking long she could visualise villages and towns being killed off every minute. Too fucking slow.\n\n“Right, the locations you supplied seems to have no pattern, anything from the cartels or other gangs or whatnot?” asked Katherine.\n\n“Nothing. You sure you can’t tell me what your interest is?” asked the DEA agent.\n\n“Sorry,” replied Katherine.\n\n“Well, can you at least feed these guys their own testicles and/or ovaries when you find them?”\n\nKatherine Smiled and said “I’ll add that to the list. Thanks.” She then hung up the phone and sat back. What the fucking hell was all this? Entire villages wiped out as if it were special forces groups gone amok, but all the special forces in the theatre have watertight alibis. Mercenaries possibly, but even then, that’s a lot of ammunition being used. … That was what had been bothering her, the amount of ammunition used. All head shots, each team going through three houses, it wasn’t efficient at all. It was as far as firearms was concerned, but you’d want to use Molotov cocktails because then you don’t have to go in there, it’s safer and faster.\n\n“Agent Pryde?” asked the ballistics scientist.\n\n“Yo?”\n\n“Those shell casings, they indicate only one gun for every three houses.”\n\n“WHAT?” asked Pryde.\n\n“You are looking for 1495 killers.”\n\n“One individual doing three households each. That’s not gangs or mercenaries, that’s too skilled. … I think I need to talk to an armed forces contact about this.”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nDaria entered the command room and her aide said “they should be attacking in two minutes, then we’ll be making contact with them.”\n\n“Good,” said Daria, “Armalin’s given me names of a number of companies that deal with Iran, and some crap over how my conversation with my mom went.”\n\n“Right,” said her aide.\n\n“They deal pretty openly and the CIA say there’s nothing dodgy going on, and half of them don’t stand to profit from an invasion, most aren’t even Cassidy’s campaign fund contributors,” said Daria.\n\n“What about those that did finance Cassidy?” asked her aide.\n\n“Well, I’d say Teflon, but more like if you could crystallise helium, neon, argon or xenon at room temperature, it’d be like that.”\n\n“By the way, Sec-def called, said there may be additional trade soon.”\n\n“Yeah?” asked Daria.\n\n“Al Qaeda hit a Russian nuclear facility, no fissionable material is reported missing, but they need catching.”\n\n“Satellite passes reveal anything?” asked Daria.\n\n“Nope, nothing glowing,” said the colonel.\n\n“Or nothing exposed,” said Daria, “I know they want to go nuclear, but surely it’d be easier to buy some off of Iran or Pakistan, even if the heads of state know better, there’s always someone in the chain who thinks they can do a deal without us finding out.”\n\n“They have though, Armalin said fissionable material has gone walk about.”\n\n“Yeah. Maybe this is a diversion, going to want some of them alive so we can find out who put them up to this,” said Daria.\n\n“They’re attacking now,” said the colonel.\n\n“Right,” said Daria.\n\nThey waited for five minutes and then the projector which had been showing the US army flag plus computer icons now had a pop up icon saying ‘Incoming Call’ with ‘Accept’ and ‘Decline’ buttons.\n\nDaria accepted the call and a video window opened showing Privates Pryde and Smith.\n\n“What you got?”\n\n“Fake nukes, real missile, not sure about the guidance though, has the right big components, but even I can tell these chips won’t do anything, I think the guidance boards are props,” said Joanna.\n\n“The fake warheads are just balls of glass plus radioisotopes, typical nuclear waste storage medium, make a rubbish strategic weapon, but as a talking piece it worked beautifully, got a name out of them.”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nArmalin considered what he had just been told.\n\nDaria’s insane, but surely this isn’t her, why would she do something like that? Surely things aren’t that slow at Fort Warner.\n\nNever the less, there was some pretty convincing evidence.\n\n“I think I have a group that fits the bill Agent Pryde.”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n“We have three continually reoccurring names,” said the colonel.\n\n“But no addresses. Right,” said Daria, she then turned to the screen, now full of video call windows from various locations and said “Scarper and stand by, I need to have a word with the CIA re. those names,”\n\n“And SHIELD needs a word with you re. those Columbian villages.”\n\nDaria turned to see a slim, brown haired 40-ish woman pointing a gun at Daria.\n\nThe woman said “You’re busted.”\n\n“For what?” asked Daria.\n\n“Who are you?” asked the colonel.\n\n“I’m Agent Katherine Pryde, I’ve been investigating a series of mass murders in South America, and I hear the kind of warfare you specialise in bears a strong resemblance to the modus operandi of the murderers.”\n\n“Mom?” asked Joanna.\n\n“Jo? Where the fuck are you?”\n\n“Iran, what are you doing trying to arrest our CO?”\n\n“Jo … ” Eventually Katherine visibly snapped and pulled the trigger.\n\nDaria might not be at her peak, but she still kept in shape, and was fully able to evade. The colonel pulled his gun and started firing.\n\nNone of his rounds seemed to have any effect, and Katherine turned to him, and then Daria started shooting.\n\nNone of her shots hit either.\n\nTwo guards entered and also started shooting at Katherine.\n\nKatherine stopped firing and waited.\n\n“These bullets painted on or what?” asked Daria as she removed the clip to examine the ammunition.\n\nThe colonel looked around, seeing holes in the walls. The holes weren’t noticeable before because they were directly behind Katherine when they were being made. “She’s intangible.”\n\n“Like I said-” started Katherine.\n\n“But not deaf,” said Daria, she then let out a specially tuned shriek that caused everyone to double over in pain. Daria maintained the noise until she was on Kathy, who was now perfectly tangible, Daria knocked her out.\n\n“MOM?” yelled Joanna.\n\n“It’s all right, she’s just unconscious. Colonel, why don’t you try to get those addresses from the CIA while I have a word with the director of SHIELD and find out what the fuck they’re playing at,” said Daria as she wrapped Agent Pryde around her neck and headed out.','a601f4f6eef4762ef5f479379e653d30',0,'','1gmptz2v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396049,28236,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266109969,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','Something else came to me. Finn is a very self-controlled person. He\'s always held himself in check, except for emotional outbursts against Daria (as I\'ve seen while reading this); he thinks out what he says to his mother, even when he\'s angry, but not to Daria. (Correct me where I am wrong!) He kisses Jane back, thinking he\'s saving her from guilt... but didn\'t he [u:3f5xhyi2]like[/u:3f5xhyi2] kissing her? Did she smell good? Was her skin soft? Did her lips taste good? Is Jane [u:3f5xhyi2]hot[/u:3f5xhyi2]? WAS HE TURNED ON? Could Jane tell he was turned on, and not faking it? The reason I ask is because if he\'s so controlled he kissed Jane only to keep her from feeling bad, he\'s never going to get married or have a steady girlfriend. He\'ll be in love with himself only. He likes and respects Jane, which is different from the way he regards girls at the high school who want to date him. Maybe that\'s what frightens him, that he is losing his control with Jane, that he\'s falling in love with her and has tried not to deal with it. He\'s rationalized the situation to death, but Jane\'s cracking his armor wide open. He fears intimacy for some reason, but does he crave it with Jane? He\'s hung around her long enough!\n\nFinn\'s thinking way too much. He could be a good match for Jane, except for his need to get over being so controlled (not controlling, but overly self-controlled with his emotions). He\'s more than a little like a male Daria, to me. He\'s not like the Darius I wrote about, he\'s very different and perhaps closer to Daria herself.\n\nCould it be that he\'s been pushing down his real feelings for Jane? Because if he doesn\'t have any deeper feelings for her, Jane will sense it in time, and things between them will not be the same again. (They can\'t be the same after the kiss, of course, but without some deeper attachment to her and affection for her, things seem like they will come unglued. Plus their hormones are screaming.','9052be5e3aa59dc62e107f6d2b5480fa',0,'AQ==','3f5xhyi2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396050,28266,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1266109988,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Building myself a double neck guitar','The upper neck is tuned in High A to A while the lower neck is tuned a step down from normal so it\'s low D to D\n\n*Edit* Removed some unintentionally harsh words.','7821b96d0f2199ec332a98abc0fa39f5',0,'','1oljbxgk',1,1266111839,'',49,1,0),(396059,28266,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1266111890,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Building myself a double neck guitar','[quote="Sir":j59k8tbs]:D Very Cool, where did you learn that?[/quote:j59k8tbs]\n\nI\'ve been employed at a professional luthier\'s work shop for almost 12 years now.','5502a28d215770aa96b5843e184455f1',0,'gA==','j59k8tbs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396051,28230,10,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266110120,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Peregrine 7 (Work Now In Progress)','[img:1zyn4j96]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/saturnalia.jpg[/img:1zyn4j96]\n\nTIME TO PARTY! \":D\"','1295a39d082f27f6594d5e247d3e482a',0,'CA==','1zyn4j96',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396052,28271,3,89,0,'67.189.212.82',1266110303,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Now this doesn\'t make sense!','[quote="Deref":um3rulb1][url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/mayors-antilust-laws-cramping-carnival-say-revellers-20100213-nyew.html?skin=text-only:um3rulb1]Mayor\'s anti-lust laws cramping carnival, say revellers[/url:um3rulb1]\n\n[quote:um3rulb1]RIO DE JANEIRO: The mayor has been accused of ruining the atmosphere of Rio\'s famous Carnival with a "zero tolerance" approach to prostitution, drunkenness and debauched behaviour.[/quote:um3rulb1]\nBut I thought that Carnivale was all about prostitution, drunkenness and debauched behaviour. \":shock:\"[/quote:um3rulb1]\n\nAnd tiny bikinis.','8d0a8344338018877a0a9d48cc38b56e',0,'kA==','um3rulb1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396053,27496,6,45,0,'24.124.84.189',1266110375,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Dream of the White Darkness','The Dream Goes on:\n\nBringda Noyes Lecture Hall, Breede University, Silver Spring, MD:\n\n \'...Which brings us to the question: do dreams cease to exist when you cease to experience them? Paradoxically, no. In addition to their existence as an unconscious performing art, dreams exist outside sense data and are distinct from their properties and those that dream them. A. T. Srinivasan says it is more correct to say that dreams are the medium of all change, and that a dream is the underlying unifying force of the Universe subsuming all other forces. In short, a Dreamer is necessary to bring the Universe into being. However, since it is a dream, conscious design is not involved, let alone intelligence. It just happens.\' \'Dr. Morgendorffer? What about the idea that we live in a virtual reality simulation? How would that effect Srinivasan\'s thesis?\' \'He would say fake universes are fake dreams where evolution does not exist and all progress of life forms require the presence of frantic, overworked teaching assistants running from one cage to the next making hurried changes in life form programs and retrieving data. This would suggest the Cretaceous Extinction Event was caused by a running TA tripping over a rock, then kicking it into the Earth in a fit of anger. Afterwards, he massaged the data to include the event and gave the place over to the mammals. On the other hand, there are researchers such as Gianpietro Battaglia, who hold that we live in a self-deluding universe, one where the capacity for self-deception is not only a requirement for such a complex macrocosm, but also for any life forms within it. While this thesis has not been subjected to rigorous analysis and certain flaws seem to be immediately apparent, it does explain voting patterns and the high school experience rather well.\'','95f9b7da64db085986a292df043c1d68',0,'','1nz1ybqd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396054,27496,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266110807,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Dream of the White Darkness','Parts of this sound like quantum theory, the stuff about observers and their effects on reality. I\'m sure I\'m thinking about it wrong, but it still rings a bell.','7cf4d764f6d1a687df84ac0d70625343',0,'','1clj97qv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396055,28191,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266110865,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Writer\'s Block','[quote="RLobinske":jdcc9eog]For some reason, I\'ve been distracted by something else all day... \n\nTAG, it\'s your fault. \":lol:\"[/quote:jdcc9eog]\n[img:jdcc9eog]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/moobs.gif[/img:jdcc9eog]\n\nWhen you\'ve got it, flaunt it! \":D\"','af3d95a289ea20f20c7a702f0ab3ec25',0,'iA==','jdcc9eog',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396056,28258,3,114,0,'210.9.140.125',1266111113,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','Dammit! There\'s so much of this black forest torte left!\n\nWon\'t some of you please help us to eat it?','0211cf26730b0057f88749f3520cc8b0',1,'','hc6cnx4p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396057,27496,6,45,0,'24.124.84.189',1266111715,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Dream of the White Darkness','[quote="The Angst Guy":2m94m2a3]Parts of this sound like quantum theory, the stuff about observers and their effects on reality. I\'m sure I\'m thinking about it wrong, but it still rings a bell.[/quote:2m94m2a3] \n\nYes, indeed. I thought I\'d hook up dreams with quantum theory as well as other things. Later there will be a cat...','b30472222322ea71cea547639ccbe360',0,'gA==','2m94m2a3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396058,28266,3,1,0,'211.30.106.237',1266111802,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Sir','Re: Building myself a double neck guitar','\":D\" Very Cool, where did you learn that?','83e61af9a101a54d9ee58b6d4575ee65',0,'','11xyoevu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396060,28265,3,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1266113031,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Dr. Evil - the Alan Parsons Project is on-line at last!"','[quote="MartinUK":16y5qkqn][quote="Raskolnikov":16y5qkqn]I WANT A VIDEO! \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:16y5qkqn]\n[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQwLPC5MN1U:16y5qkqn]Since you asked so nicely.[/url:16y5qkqn]\n\nMartin.[/quote:16y5qkqn]\n\nCool! It looks like some kind of conceptual art thingy. Thnak you! \":mrgreen:\"','b67b00ea1661cfb2fce1e4c8dae5e61f',0,'kA==','16y5qkqn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396061,28024,2,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266115601,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','Well, we have proof that Sir is Heydrian. He [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=395970#p395970:2hkjetgy]said[/url:2hkjetgy] on the Dariawiki thread: \n\n[quote="Sir":2hkjetgy]Would it be okay if i added the character\'s alter egos to their pages?\nand if that is okay with you, could i just get the pics of the MTV website or is there like a copyright or whatever?[/quote:2hkjetgy]\nNow check out the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Quinn_Morgendorffer&curid=1392&diff=28541&oldid=28451:2hkjetgy]diff[/url:2hkjetgy] of the Quinn article on Dariawiki. Heydrian added the alter egos to her page.','21abfa68dcd20b6fd5f08e1f36c89e1e',0,'kA==','2hkjetgy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396062,18107,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266115852,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki','[quote="Sir":1hu0tqbx]Would it be okay if i added the character\'s alter egos to their pages?\nand if that is okay with you, could i just get the pics of the MTV website or is there like a copyright or whatever?[/quote:1hu0tqbx]\nYou know, you shouldn\'t have kept the Heydrian account on Dariawiki. Or at least you shouldn\'t have told us what [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Quinn_Morgendorffer&curid=1392&diff=28541&oldid=28451:1hu0tqbx]you were about to do[/url:1hu0tqbx]. \n\nA piece of advice, [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16595:1hu0tqbx]read the rules[/url:1hu0tqbx] next time you join a message board.','65570db7680342ca4a71c543c5be24a7',0,'kA==','1hu0tqbx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396063,28024,2,276,0,'64.12.116.138',1266116469,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','[quote="Quiverwing":2qipyszw]Well, we have proof that Sir is Heydrian. He [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=395970#p395970:2qipyszw]said[/url:2qipyszw] on the Dariawiki thread: \n\n[quote="Sir":2qipyszw]Would it be okay if i added the character\'s alter egos to their pages?\nand if that is okay with you, could i just get the pics of the MTV website or is there like a copyright or whatever?[/quote:2qipyszw]\nNow check out the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Quinn_Morgendorffer&curid=1392&diff=28541&oldid=28451:2qipyszw]diff[/url:2qipyszw] of the Quinn article on Dariawiki. Heydrian added the alter egos to her page.[/quote:2qipyszw]\n\n\":fail:\"','3b79641722d97b586a7b192d64e6e132',0,'kA==','2qipyszw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396064,28272,5,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1266116534,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','The Fashion Club\'s Secret Fashion Checklist','Well, actually no. It\'s the Dress Code for the [url=http://fashionista.com/2010/01/no-frumpy-cornells-pi-phi-forbids-american-apparel-leggings-gross-plastic-shizzz/:3qvqoqoo]Pi Phi sorority at Cornell[/url:3qvqoqoo].\n\nJust remember: "Bangles need to coordinate. I’m not saying you have to wear a Harry Winston wreath, but I am saying I won’t tolerate any gross plastic shizzzz. I love things on wrists and I demand earrings if your ears are pierced." - Sandi Griffin\n\n\n[img:3qvqoqoo]http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6083/cornell20pi20phi201.jpg[/img:3qvqoqoo]\n[img:3qvqoqoo]http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/2671/cornell20pi20phi202.jpg[/img:3qvqoqoo]\n[img:3qvqoqoo]http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8800/cornell20pi20phi203.jpg[/img:3qvqoqoo]\n[img:3qvqoqoo]http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/9205/cornell20pi20phi204.jpg[/img:3qvqoqoo]\n[img:3qvqoqoo]http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/1465/cornell20pi20phi20520co.jpg[/img:3qvqoqoo]\n[img:3qvqoqoo]http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6660/cornell20pi20phi206.jpg[/img:3qvqoqoo]\n[img:3qvqoqoo]http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8251/cornell20pi20phi207.jpg[/img:3qvqoqoo]','748afbe98057826b5a099818b2fd897c',0,'GA==','3qvqoqoo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396065,28236,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266118639,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','He has created pain and suffering to the world he had crafted.\n\n\nHe has brought controversy and righteous discourse to the fandom in his defense and excellent use of the most polarizing figure in the series. \n\n\nHe has created an iconic fandom character.\n\n\nHe has brought confusion upon not just an Angst Lord, but the First amongst the Angst Lords. \n\n\nIt is time for all to recognize HolyGraol2007 for what he is.\n\n\n[i:bt0vvevv][b:bt0vvevv]An Angst Lord.[/b:bt0vvevv] [/i:bt0vvevv]\n\n\n(presents HG with a [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Double-bladed_lightsaber:bt0vvevv]double-bladed lightsaber[/url:bt0vvevv])\n\n\n\n[i:bt0vvevv]"...and in the end, that burning was very great."\n\n- Stephen King, [u:bt0vvevv]The Stand[/u:bt0vvevv][/i:bt0vvevv]','6b8621f3a16f882a806871e31038b43e',0,'cQ==','bt0vvevv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396066,27496,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266118795,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Dream of the White Darkness','[quote="jtranser":3mp4mq61][quote="The Angst Guy":3mp4mq61]Parts of this sound like quantum theory, the stuff about observers and their effects on reality. I\'m sure I\'m thinking about it wrong, but it still rings a bell.[/quote:3mp4mq61] \nYes, indeed. I thought I\'d hook up dreams with quantum theory as well as other things. Later there will be a cat...[/quote:3mp4mq61]\nNo, a dog! Cats get all the attention! Use a dog! Except don\'t put it in a box, dog don\'t like that. Use a quantum backyard! \":D\"','215b016be4f9cf18ee7e1ca88da07431',0,'gA==','3mp4mq61',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396068,28258,3,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266119720,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','Glad it went well in spite of the rain. Happy birthday to your daughter! \":)\" \n\nKristen','d7a35f44b94d82eafe6ae24406f25aa8',0,'','dftpqg9k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396069,28258,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266120003,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','[quote="Deref":fztzzoor][quote="Quiverwing":fztzzoor]How did it go? Did the rain ever stop?[/quote:fztzzoor]\nYou would have enjoyed the party. Pity you couldn\'t make it. \";-)\"[/quote:fztzzoor]\nMaybe next year! Too bad I missed all the cocktails and the black forest. \";)\"\n\nI had an ice cream birthday cake this year. It was so hot that it seemed appropriate.','ee761fada707fca5146779c4c77b620e',0,'gA==','fztzzoor',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396070,28236,6,671,0,'70.106.115.165',1266120538,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','[quote="Brother Grimace":18ekhj88]He has created pain and suffering to the world he had crafted.\n\n\nHe has brought controversy and righteous discourse to the fandom in his defense and excellent use of the most polarizing figure in the series. \n\n\nHe has created an iconic fandom character.\n\n\nHe has brought confusion upon not just an Angst Lord, but the First amongst the Angst Lords. \n\n\nIt is time for all to recognize HolyGraol2007 for what he is.\n\n\n[i:18ekhj88][b:18ekhj88]An Angst Lord.[/b:18ekhj88] [/i:18ekhj88]\n\n\n(presents HG with a [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Double-bladed_lightsaber:18ekhj88]double-bladed lightsaber[/url:18ekhj88])\n\n\n\n[i:18ekhj88]"...and in the end, that burning was very great."\n\n- Stephen King, [u:18ekhj88]The Stand[/u:18ekhj88][/i:18ekhj88][/quote:18ekhj88]\n\nSo mote it be.','6d6e1d0de2a9019ab62e1b8d23aa63a5',0,'8Q==','18ekhj88',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396071,28262,5,671,0,'70.106.115.165',1266120715,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Six Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Makes','[quote="Roentgen":qigw1e8m]\nWhat I found interesting about this list was it isn\'t just horror franchises that fall into these categories, but other franchises as well. The [i:qigw1e8m]Batman[/i:qigw1e8m] franchise fell into #5 and #6, for example.[/quote:qigw1e8m]\n\nYes, but arguably the series could not have ever continued unless it rebooted. And, despite what people say, the quality of the two reboot universe films are far superior to the earlier series, though there are those that argue that the original Burton Batman movie is better, for whatever reason.','e08ed7d6df03125121980957d4b41e50',0,'oA==','qigw1e8m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396072,28236,6,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266120784,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','[quote="Brother Grimace":hrt438cz]He has created pain and suffering to the world he had crafted.\n\n\nHe has brought controversy and righteous discourse to the fandom in his defense and excellent use of the most polarizing figure in the series. \n\n\nHe has created an iconic fandom character.\n\n\nHe has brought confusion upon not just an Angst Lord, but the First amongst the Angst Lords. \n\n\nIt is time for all to recognize HolyGraol2007 for what he is.\n\n\n[i:hrt438cz][b:hrt438cz]An Angst Lord.[/b:hrt438cz] [/i:hrt438cz]\n\n\n(presents HG with a [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Double-bladed_lightsaber:hrt438cz]double-bladed lightsaber[/url:hrt438cz])\n\n\n\n[i:hrt438cz]"...and in the end, that burning was very great."\n\n- Stephen King, [u:hrt438cz]The Stand[/u:hrt438cz][/i:hrt438cz][/quote:hrt438cz]\n \":mrgreen:\" \":mrgreen:\" \":mrgreen:\" \n\n\nI just noticed, [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Angst_Lords#Current_Angst_Lords:hrt438cz]what a sexist list[/url:hrt438cz], only one angst lord is a woman. \":lol:\"','6f4a2063120f836089f5c6fd9e354ccf',0,'8Q==','hrt438cz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396073,28236,6,671,0,'70.106.115.165',1266121093,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','[quote="Quiverwing":3c4q7w3q]\nI just noticed, [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Angst_Lords#Current_Angst_Lords:3c4q7w3q]what a sexist list[/url:3c4q7w3q], only one angst lord is a woman. \":lol:\"[/quote:3c4q7w3q]\n\nWouldn\'t that be one Angst Lady? Or is the Dark Lady just a separate nickname from her actual title?','929e989ce5c20060d51179d5c350d1af',0,'kA==','3c4q7w3q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396074,28236,6,1017,0,'71.224.0.215',1266121688,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','Peace is a lie, there is only angst.\n\nTis a honor to be seen among such renown writers.','a36568e72ad1ff54e0d4d8dfe35b9b45',0,'','2sjtyumo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396075,25147,5,885,0,'75.121.71.21',1266121859,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','Watched all of the Clerks animated series.\n\nWhy do so many brilliant shows have to die before their time?','8aa01f3ed994817e738fca920d830677',0,'','3rfoocdq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396076,28273,3,114,0,'210.9.140.125',1266122628,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','DANGER! Do not lean against this sign!','With all the rain we\'ve been getting (which has just stopped, btw) I thought I\'d take a drive down to the dam that created our little artificial lake. I\'d heard that they\'d opened the floodgates to let some of the excess water out and, while it\'s only a little lake and a little dam, still, I thought, there could be a shot or two in it.\n\nSo I parked at the side of the dam and walked down the hill.\n\n[attachment=2:294xbnf4]Scrivener-long.jpeg[/attachment:294xbnf4]\n\nThe first thing I noticed was the stink, like sewage. Now bear in mind that it hasn\'t rained for a long time, so it wasn\'t surprising that the lake had become pretty stagnant. I wasn\'t really surprised.\n\n[attachment=1:294xbnf4]Scrivener-close.jpeg[/attachment:294xbnf4]\n\nSo I walked out along the dam wall and got some interesting shots of the cascade. (I wish we could post more than three uploaded pics in a post - forgive the dual post).\n\n[attachment=0:294xbnf4]Scrivener-looking down.jpeg[/attachment:294xbnf4]\n\nThat one\'s looking straight down. The stench at this point was pretty nasty. The colour of the water is a good indication that you wouldn\'t want to drink this.\n\nMore below...','7fb8fc9d30fa91c6d5cf7a7976bfd5cd',1,'AAg=','294xbnf4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396077,28273,3,114,0,'210.9.140.125',1266122865,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DANGER! Do not lean against this sign!','Here\'s a shot looking down the river from the dam. The shrubs growing in the middle give you an idea of how long it\'s been since they had to let some water out.\n\n[attachment=0:a34a41yd]Scrivener2.jpeg[/attachment:a34a41yd]\n\nAnyway, as I walked along a little farther I saw this sign taped to the railing:\n\n[attachment=1:a34a41yd]Scrivener-sign.jpeg[/attachment:a34a41yd]\n\nOf course I wasn\'t alone. Lots of people had brought their kids to come and look. I wonder what the hospital emergency department\'s going to look like tomorrow. I wonder if I\'ll be there.','90bb1e8e843af6d9cbb220421820c878',1,'AAg=','a34a41yd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396078,28024,2,9,0,'66.245.255.174',1266123936,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','[quote="RLobinske":193i538z][quote="Quiverwing":193i538z]Well, we have proof that Sir is Heydrian. He [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=395970#p395970:193i538z]said[/url:193i538z] on the Dariawiki thread: \n\n[quote="Sir":193i538z]Would it be okay if i added the character\'s alter egos to their pages?\nand if that is okay with you, could i just get the pics of the MTV website or is there like a copyright or whatever?[/quote:193i538z]\nNow check out the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Quinn_Morgendorffer&curid=1392&diff=28541&oldid=28451:193i538z]diff[/url:193i538z] of the Quinn article on Dariawiki. Heydrian added the alter egos to her page.[/quote:193i538z]\n\n\":fail:\"[/quote:193i538z]\n\nSo when do we delete his account?','b47eb7f249d252754d5432e9de219a4f',0,'kA==','193i538z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396079,28024,2,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266124855,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','[quote="Kara Wild":2tz393rh][quote="RLobinske":2tz393rh][quote="Quiverwing":2tz393rh]Well, we have proof that Sir is Heydrian. He [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=395970#p395970:2tz393rh]said[/url:2tz393rh] on the Dariawiki thread: \n\n[quote="Sir":2tz393rh]Would it be okay if i added the character\'s alter egos to their pages?\nand if that is okay with you, could i just get the pics of the MTV website or is there like a copyright or whatever?[/quote:2tz393rh]\nNow check out the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Quinn_Morgendorffer&curid=1392&diff=28541&oldid=28451:2tz393rh]diff[/url:2tz393rh] of the Quinn article on Dariawiki. Heydrian added the alter egos to her page.[/quote:2tz393rh]\n\n\":fail:\"[/quote:2tz393rh]\n\nSo when do we delete his account?[/quote:2tz393rh]\nI was hoping you would tell us what to do. Should we let him know first? Or just go ahead and delete it?','5424871cd17572e604d5a12e8ebf623b',0,'kA==','2tz393rh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396080,28136,11,809,0,'68.161.191.155',1266124933,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Would You Rather . . . ?','1. Leg. Can\'t play guitar with my toes.\n2. Speed. I like to run.\n3. Nails- hardcore \":D\"\n4. Service droid.\n5. Wandering eyebrows. I could play it off as a rare condition.\n6. Pizza- I\'m from New York.\n7. Hussein. Better \'stache.\n8. Nekkid ring. Conversation starter \":D\"\n9. Confetti.\n10. Ducks- I\'d die like a hero!\n11. Wind chimes. Freaking out stoners is fun.\n12. Food. Lots of money in snack stands.\n13.Telepathy. Always one step ahead.\n14. Back monkey, can always get him later.\n15. Always right, no contest.','70694ffbf99841b6a83f20c338da8d2f',0,'','3rng0wmg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396081,28274,3,114,0,'61.69.24.77',1266126427,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Aviation freaks','[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6cZLfK4Zjk&feature=related:a8v2mmzo]James May from Top Gear rides in a U-2 spy plane[/url:a8v2mmzo]\n\nWords fail me. For me, the only thing that could beat that would be a trip in an SR-71 Blackbird, and I don\'t think any of them are still flying. (In fact I didn\'t think it\'s predecessor, the U2, was still flying either.)\n\nA little aeronautical trivia...\n\nThe U2 is not a supersonic aircraft. At its ceiling of around 80,000, the U2 has a flight envelope of 3 knots indicated air speed in which to fly: exceed it and the plane goes supersonic, causing the shock wave to pull the wings off; go below it and the wing stalls in the vapour-thin air at that height and the plane drops out of the sky. This is one of the primary reasons that only the best of the best get to fly the U2 - the skill needed to maintain that envelope is staggering.','7b11ba3df81681e437fadd524a2be147',0,'EA==','a8v2mmzo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396082,28024,2,9,0,'66.245.255.174',1266126833,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','[quote="Quiverwing":16d71ohu][quote="Kara Wild":16d71ohu][quote="RLobinske":16d71ohu][quote="Quiverwing":16d71ohu]Well, we have proof that Sir is Heydrian. He [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=395970#p395970:16d71ohu]said[/url:16d71ohu] on the Dariawiki thread: \n\n[quote="Sir":16d71ohu]Would it be okay if i added the character\'s alter egos to their pages?\nand if that is okay with you, could i just get the pics of the MTV website or is there like a copyright or whatever?[/quote:16d71ohu]\nNow check out the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Quinn_Morgendorffer&curid=1392&diff=28541&oldid=28451:16d71ohu]diff[/url:16d71ohu] of the Quinn article on Dariawiki. Heydrian added the alter egos to her page.[/quote:16d71ohu]\n\n\":fail:\"[/quote:16d71ohu]\n\nSo when do we delete his account?[/quote:16d71ohu]\nI was hoping you would tell us what to do. Should we let him know first? Or just go ahead and delete it?[/quote:16d71ohu]\n\nSince he seems to come to the board often, he probably would check his PM. Though seriously, he has violated the board rules. He doesn\'t deserve courtesy at this point. If he\'s read the rules (which he once claimed he did) he will know why he was deleted.','d14eaf8afb94f8fee298cf24c96a0d0b',0,'kA==','16d71ohu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396083,28236,6,1039,0,'76.102.192.90',1266127057,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','[quote="HolyGrail2007":3grv3p03]Peace is a lie, there is only angst.\n\nTis a honor to be seen among such renown writers.[/quote:3grv3p03]\n[quote="Brother Grimace":3grv3p03]He has created pain and suffering to the world he had crafted.\n\n\nHe has brought controversy and righteous discourse to the fandom in his defense and excellent use of the most polarizing figure in the series. \n\n\nHe has created an iconic fandom character.\n\n\nHe has brought confusion upon not just an Angst Lord, but the First amongst the Angst Lords. \n\n\nIt is time for all to recognize HolyGraol2007 for what he is.\n\n\n[i:3grv3p03][b:3grv3p03]An Angst Lord.[/b:3grv3p03] [/i:3grv3p03]\n\n\n(presents HG with a [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Double-bladed_lightsaber:3grv3p03]double-bladed lightsaber[/url:3grv3p03])\n\n\n\n[i:3grv3p03]"...and in the end, that burning was very great."\n\n- Stephen King, [u:3grv3p03]The Stand[/u:3grv3p03][/i:3grv3p03][/quote:3grv3p03]\n\n There now stands ten Lords ( as well Lady ) of Angst and Misery. And we wonder who the eleventh shall be? Only time will tell...... \":D\"','78686bd2bcbde6228a1d9325584569ab',0,'8Q==','3grv3p03',1,1266127186,'',1039,1,0),(396084,28236,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266127070,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":26c84ovy][quote="Quiverwing":26c84ovy]\nI just noticed, [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Angst_Lords#Current_Angst_Lords:26c84ovy]what a sexist list[/url:26c84ovy], only one angst lord is a woman. \":lol:\"[/quote:26c84ovy]\n\nWouldn\'t that be one Angst Lady? Or is the Dark Lady just a separate nickname from her actual title?[/quote:26c84ovy]\n\nYes.','d9e8ea31536f512e61f49e6b660f39cb',0,'kA==','26c84ovy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396085,18107,3,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266127225,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki','[quote="Quiverwing":1uv3i0u4][quote="Sir":1uv3i0u4]Would it be okay if i added the character\'s alter egos to their pages?\nand if that is okay with you, could i just get the pics of the MTV website or is there like a copyright or whatever?[/quote:1uv3i0u4]\nYou know, you shouldn\'t have kept the Heydrian account on Dariawiki. Or at least you shouldn\'t have told us what [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Quinn_Morgendorffer&curid=1392&diff=28541&oldid=28451:1uv3i0u4]you were about to do[/url:1uv3i0u4]. \n\nA piece of advice, [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16595:1uv3i0u4]read the rules[/url:1uv3i0u4] next time you join a message board.[/quote:1uv3i0u4]\n\n \":lol:\" \n\nI was wondering how long it would take one of the mods to realize that Sir = Heydrian. \n\n---\n\nOn topic: that infobox is pretty swank. Any chance for swiping it and adding it to pages for original characters?','535c52a7099faca901e5ced86dcd5208',0,'kA==','1uv3i0u4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396086,18107,3,885,0,'75.121.71.21',1266127488,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki','[quote="Quiverwing":332i8bw5]I need a suitable picture for Jane\'s infobox. Feel free to add that too![/quote:332i8bw5]\n[img:332i8bw5]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/esn1g/Daria/CRAWL01.jpg[/img:332i8bw5]','29bee4bcf136f9334c1a343019361579',0,'iA==','332i8bw5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396087,28257,4,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266127626,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: We\'re getting organised. Finally.','[quote="Deref":2h9wiqax][quote="Doggieboy":2h9wiqax]A preacher I know who runs a Christian school said that he will always refuse to accept any government money (though he does accept and expect the tax-free status) because he knows that there are strings attached to it.\n\nCan you imaging going on and on about how evil "teh gay" is, but being forced to hire gays?[/quote:2h9wiqax]\n\nSo he doesn\'t consider being tax-free taking government money?[/quote:2h9wiqax]\n\nI can understand that point of view, it\'s just not the one that I hold. -shrug-','a63cab06313fae6ae7486a56a171cbdb',0,'gA==','2h9wiqax',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396088,28255,4,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266127964,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hint of the day: Don\'t ask followers to harrass a judge','I actually have a hard time replying to your argument, Mr. Lobinske. I have several different opinions on the subject, and a couple of them literally contradict one another. Basically, I agree that lying to people is wrong and if someone is hurt because you lied to them then you should be held responsible for that. At the same time, I think people should be forced to take more responsibility for their own actions, and if they believe what they\'re told without checking it out for themselves then they deserve what they get. I\'m conflicted. \":lol:\"','37a13c53dbe81a45b93049dca7724fe9',0,'','eg1cj2bq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396089,28262,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266128002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Six Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Makes','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":39s2edh6][quote="Roentgen":39s2edh6]\nWhat I found interesting about this list was it isn\'t just horror franchises that fall into these categories, but other franchises as well. The [i:39s2edh6]Batman[/i:39s2edh6] franchise fell into #5 and #6, for example.[/quote:39s2edh6]\n\nYes, but arguably the series could not have ever continued unless it rebooted. And, despite what people say, the quality of the two reboot universe films are far superior to the earlier series, though there are those that argue that the original Burton Batman movie is better, for whatever reason.[/quote:39s2edh6]\n\n\n \":)\" \n\n[i:39s2edh6]Batman (1989)[/i:39s2edh6] was an incredible film, because it was the first time that the average person (and for this [i:39s2edh6]The Dark Knight Returns[/i:39s2edh6] cannot be considered, because you have to be a comics person to have understood at the time, what a landmark work that it was, along with Watchmen) was able to truly see Batman for what he is... damaged goods, who has chosen to turn his damage outwards and make some small good of it. [i:39s2edh6]Batman Begins[/i:39s2edh6] is easily superior in this respect, but if not for Burton and Michael Keaton (who did a great job - just look at his eyes) we wouldn\'t have had Christian Bale to further that image of the darker capes in the super-hero mythos. \n\nWithout that film, people would still see Batman as the silly caricature that Adam West made the character into back in the 1960\'s . Not that I don\'t like the take - it\'s cutesy, and a fun few moments - but that impression really solidified the \'comics are just for kids\' idea that is etched in Adamantium here in American culture.\n\n[i:39s2edh6]Batman Returns[/i:39s2edh6] would also be a really great film, but two things (among many) bring it down; they should have made it about Catwoman [b:39s2edh6]only[/b:39s2edh6] (diluted focus, anyone?) and the silliness of the Penguin\'s depiction...\n\nI can even watch [i:39s2edh6]Batman Forever[/i:39s2edh6] (although I\'m still pissed that they didn\'t keep Billy Dee Williams on as Two-Face; if you realized just exactly how popular he was back in the 1970\'s as the first real Black sex symbol, and 1980\'s as Lando Calrissian...). I love the very last scene in the film; it\'s probably one of my favorite scenes in the entire franchise.\n\n\n[i:39s2edh6]Batman and Robin[/i:39s2edh6], though...','a2d777e7e3071cdb377dade648c89f25',0,'4A==','39s2edh6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396090,28275,5,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1266128105,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','If Captain Kirk had First Met the Baku (from Insurrection)','I just saw the ST: NG movie [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Insurrection:y5joboyj]Insurrection[/url:y5joboyj] again a few hours ago (making it the 2nd time, the first time being when it was at the cinema).\n\nThis time watching it I got to wondering what would Captain Kirk have done in ST: TOS? What\'s especially easy about it is that the same Baku would be alive...and it might\'ve been about the same time the generation wanted to be more like offworlders were ready to revolt.\n\nImagining it, I got an ep idea like this:\n\n[b:y5joboyj]#80 June 10, 1969: [i:y5joboyj]Kirk Is An Asshole Again[/i:y5joboyj][/b:y5joboyj]\n\n[i:y5joboyj]The Enterprise come across the Baku and Captain Kirk is upset that they have it so well. Remembering how he handled a similar sitch at Omicron Ceti III ([/i:y5joboyj]This Side of Paradise[i:y5joboyj]), Kirk beams the Baku aboard and beats them with sticks before removing them to another planet where life will suck in order to build character in them. Just to be sure no one else enjoys paradise, he fires phasers until the metaphasic rads are destroyed. The Son\'a declare Kirk their savior while Anij (wearing a brightly colored miniskirt) asks Kirk why he\'s such a bastard and he says it\'s what Starfleet looks for in its officers; she tries to slap him but he stops her, kisses her, seduces her on the spot, making the defeat, er salvation, of the Baku complete as could only happen in Gene Roddenberry\'s twisted imagination[/i:y5joboyj].\n\nThat would also help prevent needing to explain the things in the movie never explained, like how the Baku population remains small over centuries, or how people eschewing weapons & violence managed to put down a revolt of the more violent & technophile Son\'a (did they feed the rebels drugged food or what?), but it\'s Star Trek, so it\'s more important to inspire than make sense...if only it could be more inspiring.\n\nAnyone else wanna guess how Kirk would\'ve handled the Baku? \":P\" \n\n\nhttp://www.motivationalpostergallery.co ... .+Krik.jpg','10a3dfe827eddb7a3139c93c2e84c703',0,'cA==','y5joboyj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396091,28262,5,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266128119,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Six Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Makes','There\'s nothing inherently wrong with a reboot. Of course, it [i:1kpsuqo0]still[/i:1kpsuqo0] has the same chance of sucking as anything else.','628846cfa50230a65b0c51c14018e108',0,'IA==','1kpsuqo0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396092,28264,10,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266128280,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pose In Pasties','I originally read the subject to be "Pose in Past[color=#FF0000:3my6pjb8]r[/color:3my6pjb8]ies" and clicked the link with something very different in mind. \":lol:\" \n\nNice sketch, though. \":D\"','ce800008bd835bb51b748fd5d763832c',0,'Ag==','3my6pjb8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396093,25147,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266128335,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','Just watched the [i:1xtyjb0w]Doctor Who[/i:1xtyjb0w] episode [i:1xtyjb0w]Tooth And Claw[/i:1xtyjb0w] on PBS. (Every Saturday night at 11:00 p.m., here in Peoria.) \n\n\nI really enjoy that show. I wish I\'d have been able to get into it twenty or thirty years ago - or, actually known about it to get into it. (My first time seeing it was the 1996 film on the FOX Network, with the Eighth Doctor and The Master.) Oh, well. At least I had anime like [i:1xtyjb0w]Robotech, Star Blazers[/i:1xtyjb0w] and [i:1xtyjb0w]Bubblegum Crisis[/i:1xtyjb0w] - that way, the world of basically accessible sci-fi wasn\'t all just [i:1xtyjb0w]Star Wars[/i:1xtyjb0w] and [i:1xtyjb0w]Star Tre[/i:1xtyjb0w]k until [i:1xtyjb0w]Babylon 5[/i:1xtyjb0w] came along... \":D\"','7a0a91a4f8a701301a6bf004d32f690b',0,'IA==','1xtyjb0w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396094,18107,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266128777,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki','[quote="NightGoblyn":1qfg8qqc][quote="Quiverwing":1qfg8qqc][quote="Sir":1qfg8qqc]Would it be okay if i added the character\'s alter egos to their pages?\nand if that is okay with you, could i just get the pics of the MTV website or is there like a copyright or whatever?[/quote:1qfg8qqc]\nYou know, you shouldn\'t have kept the Heydrian account on Dariawiki. Or at least you shouldn\'t have told us what [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Quinn_Morgendorffer&curid=1392&diff=28541&oldid=28451:1qfg8qqc]you were about to do[/url:1qfg8qqc]. \n\nA piece of advice, [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16595:1qfg8qqc]read the rules[/url:1qfg8qqc] next time you join a message board.[/quote:1qfg8qqc]\n\n \":lol:\" \n\nI was wondering how long it would take one of the mods to realize that Sir = Heydrian.[/quote:1qfg8qqc]\nOh, we knew. I think we [i:1qfg8qqc]all[/i:1qfg8qqc] did. \":lol:\" \n\n[quote="NightGoblyn":1qfg8qqc]On topic: that infobox is pretty swank. Any chance for swiping it and adding it to pages for original characters?[/quote:1qfg8qqc]\nI added it to some of them already (Daria, Quinn, Jane, Tom, Helen, Jake, Amy), but I can\'t go through all of them by myself. \":)\"','e2a2c1babe1246458d9eecec566a7125',0,'sA==','1qfg8qqc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396095,28275,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266128784,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: If Captain Kirk had First Met the Baku (from Insurrection)','[quote="Dervish":eg2ax4po]I just saw the ST: NG movie [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Insurrection:eg2ax4po]Insurrection[/url:eg2ax4po] again a few hours ago (making it the 2nd time, the first time being when it was at the cinema).\n\nThis time watching it I got to wondering what would Captain Kirk have done in ST: TOS? What\'s especially easy about it is that the same Baku would be alive...and it might\'ve been about the same time the generation wanted to be more like offworlders were ready to revolt.\n\nImagining it, I got an ep idea like this:\n\n[b:eg2ax4po]#80 June 10, 1969: [i:eg2ax4po]Kirk Is An Asshole Again[/i:eg2ax4po][/b:eg2ax4po]\n\n[i:eg2ax4po]The Enterprise come across the Baku and Captain Kirk is upset that they have it so well. Remembering how he handled a similar sitch at Omicron Ceti III ([/i:eg2ax4po]This Side of Paradise[i:eg2ax4po]), Kirk beams the Baku aboard and beats them with sticks before removing them to another planet where life will suck in order to build character in them. Just to be sure no one else enjoys paradise, he fires phasers until the metaphasic rads are destroyed. The Son\'a declare Kirk their savior while Anij (wearing a brightly colored miniskirt) asks Kirk why he\'s such a bastard and he says it\'s what Starfleet looks for in its officers; she tries to slap him but he stops her, kisses her, seduces her on the spot, making the defeat, er salvation, of the Baku complete as could only happen in Gene Roddenberry\'s twisted imagination[/i:eg2ax4po].\n\nThat would also help prevent needing to explain the things in the movie never explained, like how the Baku population remains small over centuries, or how people eschewing weapons & violence managed to put down a revolt of the more violent & technophile Son\'a (did they feed the rebels drugged food or what?), but it\'s Star Trek, so it\'s more important to inspire than make sense...if only it could be more inspiring.\n\nAnyone else wanna guess how Kirk would\'ve handled the Baku? \":P\" \n\n\nhttp://www.motivationalpostergallery.co ... .+Krik.jpg[/quote:eg2ax4po]\n\n\n\n[url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KirkSummation:eg2ax4po]You forgot how Kirk would make some asshole-ish speech about how everything he\'s doing is actually good for the people whose lives he\'s just screwed over royally...[/url:eg2ax4po]\n\nI\'ve always thought that (even with just how horrible [i:eg2ax4po]Star Trek:Enterprise[/i:eg2ax4po] was - there\'s just no excusing the theme song, especially the \'upbeat\' version they played in the latter seasons) that Kirk was the [b:eg2ax4po]worst[/b:eg2ax4po] of the [i:eg2ax4po]Five Captains[/i:eg2ax4po].)','b6db1ad5f74fe8f03acaff039ff160c4',0,'8A==','eg2ax4po',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396096,28262,5,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1266129635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Six Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Makes','[quote="peapotmaster":3j4k1gux]I did like Freddy vs Jason though.[/quote:3j4k1gux]\n\nI liked this, too, though I did have to exercise patience at times. I considered it more WTF fun than anything, and interesting how they mixed the horror theme of one (kids alone, betrayed by adults, adults keeping secrets that bite them in the ass and threaten their children & their children\'s love for them) with the other (do sex and drugs and the bogeyman gets you). But not so scary. It was more like Army of Darkness in a way (save AoD is far more awesome, IMO). \n\nThere was a marathon one night showing all the NOES movies, but I only liked the first one and the 3rd. I can barely recall any of the others and I know I skipped some scenes in all but 1 & 3 because I just got too exasperated with them. (I\'d later see FvJ at the cinema like a couple of years after this.) Later I saw A New Nightmare which I loved for its fairy tale feel (I am a major fan of Neil Gaiman and Charles DeLint so that should be expected, but I\'m aware most NOES fans hated it). \n\nI\'ve seen 2 Ft13 movies. One had a girl with telekinesis in it and a bastard psychologist and that\'s all I remember. I hated it. The other was Jason X, which I thought was twisted fun. Part of my laughing about it is that I was trying to explain [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism:3j4k1gux]Transhumanism[/url:3j4k1gux] to my redneck relatives, which I don\'t think I ever did fully, but at some point Zack said, "Oh, like in Jason X!"\n\nI was like, "What?"\n\nHe said I HAD to see it. It amuses me for that reason, but I found it twisted (if very B-rated) fun, much like FvJ.','5f86ccae05345d9bd299c082ed031e7a',0,'kA==','3j4k1gux',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396097,28236,6,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266129660,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','[quote="HolyGrail2007":285l05lo]Peace is a lie, there is only angst.\n\nTis a honor to be seen among such renown writers.[/quote:285l05lo]\n\nI name you [i:285l05lo]Lord Imago, The Mirror of Dark Ice[/i:285l05lo].','b80714283427ae280dfd400664b8e368',0,'oA==','285l05lo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396098,24889,6,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266129768,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Daria is Raven\'s Apprentice','[quote="project pegasus":1bv43s5w]Well technically, Robin is officially with Starfire, but it seems that she has deeper feelings for Raven. The prospects for a Raven/Starfire are always tantalizingly close though . . .[/quote:1bv43s5w]\n\n[url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OT3:1bv43s5w]Robin/Raven/Starfire[/url:1bv43s5w] \":mrgreen:\"','105e77d54ec1776bdaa00ace86062242',0,'kA==','1bv43s5w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396099,27917,6,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266130211,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/12/10)','Hologram projectors? That\'s remarkably sinister, actually. More so than the weapons, in my opinion.','5479491257a9d6fcd4b779375a01a751',0,'','370b7r5i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396100,27995,6,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266130337,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','Nah, this is Doggieboy. It\'ll be nukes or zombies.\n\n\n[i:2a8i7ywv]Or both![/i:2a8i7ywv]','8b38e04f510e6933c84ca3f93104dadc',0,'IA==','2a8i7ywv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396101,28257,4,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1266130350,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: We\'re getting organised. Finally.','[quote="Deref":1ackxnm2]So he doesn\'t consider being tax-free taking government money?[/quote:1ackxnm2]\n\nI wouldn\'t consider being tax-exempt to taking government money anymore than I\'d consider a pimp letting a prostitute kept prisoner in his stable keep the money she makes as his "giving" money to her.','a1cd012b3ac0a0b9ce2a72b19fc1dc61',0,'gA==','1ackxnm2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396102,28269,6,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266131523,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','* After filming [i:18o05skz]The Invitation[/i:18o05skz] the actresses playing Tori Jericho and Tiffany Blum-Deckler were caught doing coke with an underaged male prostitute. The character Tori Jericho was written out of the series immediately, but Tiffany\'s high profile as a member of the Fashion Club meant they had to bring in a new actress and hope nobody noticed.\n\n* Stacy Rowe was meant to be blonde, so as to have all hair colors represented in the ranks of the Fashion Club. The idea was scrapped because the actress had a severe allergic reaction to hair dyes.\n\n* The part of Sandi Griffin was portrayed by a transvestite - a fact that he and Eichler kept carefully hidden from MTV until well after the series finale. He was also involved with the actress playing Quinn Morgendorffer - that\'s why there\'s so much subtext in the relationship between their characters.\n\n* Trent Lane was supposed to be a much more active character, both as Jane\'s supportive brother and Daria\'s potential love interest. Unfortunately, the actor\'s drinking and drug problems had such a strong impact on his ability to play the role that the character was downgraded in importance significantly.\n\n* The "actor" that played Tom Sloane was Glenn Eichler\'s nephew, and he got the part through pure nepotism. The script re-writes that made him the love interest for both female leads were done at his insistence. It was later leaked that the part of Tom was originally written for Wil Wheaton, who would have done a much better job portraying a brilliant, nearly perfect, teenage boy in a sympathetic light.\n\n\n\n\n\nYeah, I\'m goin\' to hell for that last one. \":lol:\"','3c83ba5142ad86418a2c9bff9bb1fa3a',0,'IA==','18o05skz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396103,28257,4,79,0,'24.20.253.48',1266131557,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: We\'re getting organised. Finally.','Any of this "Tax free money" they spend on any sort of political campaign or in support of one should immediately be taxed.','33d8b1d71e151e98459cbf4168afa2cf',0,'','2w07tznb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396104,28236,6,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266131780,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','*chuckles propping up his feet* [i:318qw3gi]That[/i:318qw3gi] marks my fourth time seeing one of those given (cyde, Gregor Samsa, NightGoblyn and now HolyGrail2007) \":D\". Woulda been five if I\'d been reading The Fluff a couple months sooner, as I\'d\'ve seen hey get his too.\n\n[quote="Quiverwing":318qw3gi]\nI just noticed, [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Angst_Lords#Current_Angst_Lords:318qw3gi]what a sexist list[/url:318qw3gi], only one angst lord is a woman. \":lol:\"[/quote:318qw3gi]\n\nWell that does seem to fit the gender break in our fandom among writers.','058926f04b28736dc45bb285c3f3b8ba',0,'sA==','318qw3gi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396105,28191,6,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266132148,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Writer\'s Block','I burn out on stories sometimes, and I usually just start a new story or switch to one that\'s already in progress. I opened up my document for [i:25nnhf75]Fimbul[/i:25nnhf75], wrote about six paragraphs, and then switched to the next [i:25nnhf75]Lawndale\'s Finest[/i:25nnhf75] story. Got a few pages done on it, and I\'m starting to feel like switching to something else. Probably either my contribution to the HP fic I\'m supposed to be helping with, or the total rewrite to the first chapter of the mega-crossover story I started.\n\nIt\'s sort of frustrating, not being able to finish anything. \":(\"','f90e04a022ee564882c303921cd5cbbf',0,'IA==','25nnhf75',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396106,28257,4,545,0,'65.221.65.170',1266132244,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: We\'re getting organised. Finally.','[quote="Deref":1ct20p7u][quote="Doggieboy":1ct20p7u]A preacher I know who runs a Christian school said that he will always refuse to accept any government money (though he does accept and expect the tax-free status) because he knows that there are strings attached to it.\n\nCan you imaging going on and on about how evil "teh gay" is, but being forced to hire gays?[/quote:1ct20p7u]\nSo he doesn\'t consider being tax-free taking government money?[/quote:1ct20p7u]\n\nI can guarantee you that he would say that it isn\'t the same thing. It would be fun to watch him try and explain it, however.\n\n[quote="cynigal":1ct20p7u]Any of this "Tax free money" they spend on any sort of political campaign or in support of one should immediately be taxed.[/quote:1ct20p7u]\n\nAmen. A lot of them are already irritated about being forbidden to campaign for their choices during elections. All you have to do is listen to James Dobson when he gets his rant on about it.\n\nEven then, we occasionally see flyers "warning" us about "attacks on our religious freedoms" that come from the "evil and godless" Democrats.','85770bb360cc69061a46d61f2ce17001',0,'gA==','1ct20p7u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396107,18107,3,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266132347,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki','[quote="Quiverwing":1zrrc0lg]\nI added it to some of them already (Daria, Quinn, Jane, Tom, Helen, Jake, Amy), but I can\'t go through all of them by myself. \":)\"[/quote:1zrrc0lg]\n\nI meant characters like Heather or Cherry, non-cannon characters. Oh, and original characters created by people who aren\'t me, too, I guess.','e27a01f266f67fb7136cc5ba888cbe40',0,'gA==','1zrrc0lg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396108,27995,6,545,0,'65.221.65.170',1266132546,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','[quote="NightGoblyn":h2u8zkgo]Nah, this is Doggieboy. It\'ll be nukes or zombies.\n\n\n[i:h2u8zkgo]Or both![/i:h2u8zkgo][/quote:h2u8zkgo]\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\n\nAm I that predictable?\n\n\nNow, you\'ve given me an idea.','eb3c7555fd13d2f1c9ce60edecd26231',0,'oA==','h2u8zkgo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396109,28272,5,39,0,'89.240.30.210',1266132633,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Fashion Club\'s Secret Fashion Checklist','Your avatar works perfectly with that post. \n\n[img:27n5ztbo]http://i48.tinypic.com/iy1zki.jpg[/img:27n5ztbo]\n\nYep, that says it all.\n\nMartin.','75d03a1d1396bf540a285c03bbe33b35',0,'CA==','27n5ztbo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396110,28274,3,39,0,'89.240.30.210',1266133593,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Aviation freaks','\":mrgreen:\" \n\nThere\'s no telling where a career with the BBC will lead.\n\nMartin.','6f3ee977bdd1fe7e6849dd92bbd5ec88',0,'','2d79nuhw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396111,28255,4,114,0,'61.69.26.139',1266133931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hint of the day: Don\'t ask followers to harrass a judge','[quote="NightGoblyn":3b2z447u]I actually have a hard time replying to your argument, Mr. Lobinske. I have several different opinions on the subject, and a couple of them literally contradict one another. Basically, I agree that lying to people is wrong and if someone is hurt because you lied to them then you should be held responsible for that. At the same time, I think people should be forced to take more responsibility for their own actions, and if they believe what they\'re told without checking it out for themselves then they deserve what they get. I\'m conflicted. \":lol:\"[/quote:3b2z447u]\nYou know, I\'m conflicted about it too.\n\nI agree that people need to take responsibility for their choices, but you can\'t make informed decisions unless you\'re [i:3b2z447u]informed[/i:3b2z447u], no? When it comes to things like health, it\'s not easy to be informed. Certainly you need a fundamental understanding of chemistry and biology (something that you can\'t really be expected to may any kind of decision about your health without), but it\'d be unreasonable to expect people to have a deep understanding of those subjects without at least a basic degree in, say, biology. And not everyone has that.\n\nSo, given that, there\'s a responsibility on society to inform people at a fundamental level about what sorts of things have been subjected to rigorous testing, and what the outcome of that testing has been.\n\nIf that information is easily available - such as, say, a mandatory link on any site sellling "health information" - then I say "caveat emptor". Without at least that, though, people are lambs to the slaughter in the hands of any fast-talking huckster.','0ce7a68d7166b17d33dff3f69142c18b',0,'oA==','3b2z447u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396112,28273,3,39,0,'89.240.30.210',1266134380,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DANGER! Do not lean against this sign!','Oops! I hope you got away with it. \":o\" \n\nIn its untreated state, that might not be appetising water for humans, but the ecosystem downstream will doubtless blossom when that nutrient soup hits it.\n\nThanks for sharing the pix. It\'s very telling to learn that there was a number of people who\'d made the trip to see the overspill, and who persisted to the water\'s edge despite the stink. I think I might be beginning to understand how much you enjoyed our excursion to Ladybower reservoir.\n\nMartin.','ee249bd54db8a3e058a00e34a745e864',0,'','2bqoqpna',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396113,28236,6,900,0,'208.7.93.71',1266134591,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','Congrats, HG, and well deserved.\n\n[quote="midnightstorm":1pt3fkz1]There now stands ten Lords ( as well Lady ) of Angst and Misery. And we wonder who the eleventh shall be? Only time will tell...... \":D\"[/quote:1pt3fkz1]\n\nMe!\n\n\n\n\nOh wait, Angst. Lightsabers. Yeah. I was thinking Light-Clown-Hammers. My bad.','256353e07f3380249c4f9c8907d37085',0,'gA==','1pt3fkz1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396114,27917,6,37,0,'72.175.149.142',1266134666,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/12/10)','Does this universe have a Zeta Project in it?','f42f4514d74a20b0d66bf306c9c1409d',0,'','q1sv7n0x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396115,27995,6,900,0,'208.7.93.71',1266134671,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','[quote="Doggieboy":3ep2dkda][quote="NightGoblyn":3ep2dkda]Nah, this is Doggieboy. It\'ll be nukes or zombies.\n\n\n[i:3ep2dkda]Or both![/i:3ep2dkda][/quote:3ep2dkda]\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\n\nAm I that predictable?\n\n\nNow, you\'ve given me an idea.[/quote:3ep2dkda]\nOoh, if it\'s the idea I\'m thinking of...','ddc23dc64073fb2f84f625668c4fa8b9',0,'oA==','3ep2dkda',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396116,28269,6,1037,0,'99.40.48.77',1266135696,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','[quote="NightGoblyn":29ebdh5o]* Stacy Rowe was meant to be blonde, so as to have all hair colors represented in the ranks of the Fashion Club. The idea was scrapped because the actress had a severe allergic reaction to hair dyes.\n\n* The part of Sandi Griffin was portrayed by a transvestite - a fact that he and Eichler kept carefully hidden from MTV until well after the series finale. He was also involved with the actress playing Quinn Morgendorffer - that\'s why there\'s so much subtext in the relationship between their characters.\n\n* The "actor" that played Tom Sloane was Glenn Eichler\'s nephew, and he got the part through pure nepotism. The script re-writes that made him the love interest for both female leads were done at his insistence. It was later leaked that the part of Tom was originally written for Wil Wheaton, who would have done a much better job portraying a brilliant, nearly perfect, teenage boy in a sympathetic light.[/quote:29ebdh5o]gwrtheyrn feels that all these things partake of a higher order of truth than mere non-falsity; therefore:\n\n [b:29ebdh5o][i:29ebdh5o][u:29ebdh5o]WRONG THREAD!!![/u:29ebdh5o][/i:29ebdh5o][/b:29ebdh5o] \":wag:\"\n\n-g','e22b4aed0f856e4b2e276bccdc741d29',0,'4Q==','29ebdh5o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396117,28236,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266136192,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','I was just thinking - with his writing style, [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Morden:3e7un4t9]HG reminds me of John Hughes - if he were a spokesman for The Shadows, like Mr. Morden.[/url:3e7un4t9] \":)\"','2df504ad1df830b6b8f9d9041f60d081',0,'EA==','3e7un4t9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396118,27829,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266137235,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #22: Still not edgy enough','I was trying to remember the character of McGee\'s name from [i:33fb2e9k]NCIS[/i:33fb2e9k], and so, I typed \'probie\' in at Wikipedia. \n\n\n\":shock:\" [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probie#Probe_.2F_Men_in_Video_Awards:33fb2e9k]Surprise! Look what came up... so to speak.[/url:33fb2e9k] \":shock:\" \n\n\nWonder what the Moral Guardians of the Internet will say about that? \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','170feac77afaa214a0de5a14a788bdad',0,'MA==','33fb2e9k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396119,28269,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266140630,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','-The ‘actor’ who portrayed \'Kevin Thompson\' took the part based upon the characters as written in the pilot episode [i:3nnxjdxd]Sealed With A Kick[/i:3nnxjdxd], because he had long nursed a crush with the actress portraying Daria Morgendorffer. Because of the two actors being caught on camera in a compromising situation by the actress playing \'Brittany Taylor\' (and her threat to release the tape) Brittany’s character was upgraded constantly over the years, she made as much as ‘Daria’ did, and Kevin’s character was radically changed and ‘dumbed down’ to allow ‘Brittany’ to have a better light.\n\n-The actor playing ‘Upchuck’ was actually considered one of the most professional players in the cast (which led to his constant upgrades in character and screen time over the course of the show). Production notes for the canceled Season Six indicate that \'Upchuck\' was to have been featured in a \'Daria-lite\' episode that was a follow-up on [i:3nnxjdxd]Gifted[/i:3nnxjdxd]. He would have been the only member of the cast to have an episode focused entirely upon him; this was to have been a featured bart of promoting the episode. After production of [i:3nnxjdxd]Daria[/i:3nnxjdxd] ended, he took on several different acting jobs, most notably the part of the Yellow Ranger in [i:3nnxjdxd]Power Rangers Mystic Force[/i:3nnxjdxd]; he actually won the role of Timothy McGee on [i:3nnxjdxd]NCIS[/i:3nnxjdxd], but had to withdraw because of a severe leg break due to an auto accident on the way back from his honeymoon (he married the actress who played ‘Brittany’). They now have two young daughters and a third child on the way, and both are involved in the production of an upcoming show on Nickelodeon. \n\n-The planned Jake-Helen-Eric story arc for Season Three (which was to be the major secondary storyline for the next two seasons) was pulled because of ‘Eric’s’ extreme sensitivity to the specific composition of ‘Helen’s perspiration. After two instances of incapacitation due to anaphylaxis (during rehearsals of love scenes between Helen and Eric), the storyline was shelved and ‘Eric’ was made a recurring character. It was because of this that the Tom Sloane storyline was expanded outwards to include The Triangle (beforehand, \'Tom\' was to have been shown as a compulsive \'cheater\', and would have been shown dating all four members of the Fashion Club. This was dropped after a unified complaint from the entire cast that \'Tom\' was getting entirely too much air time, at the expense of other characters.\n\n-The actresses who played ‘Marianne’ and ‘Rita Barksdale\' are mother and daughter.\n\n-The Doc Martens that were worn by ‘Daria’ were custom modified to hold special twenty-pound weights in them (made of an ultradense material used by runners in order to build up leg muscles). This was done because the actress playing ‘Daria’ had anger-management issues, and was prone towards kicking persons (regardless of gender) in the crotch. This was done after an incident during the filming of The [i:3nnxjdxd]Invitation[/i:3nnxjdxd], when Daria kicked the first actor who delivered the famed ‘Partying hard, or hardly partying?’ line, sending him to the hospital with severe damage to his left testicle. (The scene broadcast includes another actor in the role.)\n\n-The American Heart Association presented the producers of [i:3nnxjdxd]Daria[/i:3nnxjdxd] an award for the episode [i:3nnxjdxd]Jake of Hearts[/i:3nnxjdxd], for promoting heart-care awareness\n\n-In the production notes for the canceled Season Six, it would have been revealed that Jane Lane was not actually a Lane at all, but the child of Thomas Magnum and a young woman of British origin that he met in Saigon during his time as a Naval officer. The storyline indicated that Amanda Lane and the woman were very close friends, and when the woman was killed in a freak accident when Jane was two weeks old, the Lanes took the child as their own. (As they had been outside the U.S. for ell over a year, no one knew any different; also, the woman never told Magnum that he had a child.) Tom Selleck had already sighed on for four episodes when the news of the show’s cancellation of a new season in favor of [i:3nnxjdxd]IICY?[/i:3nnxjdxd]was announced. The Season Six finale would have had Trent and Jane becoming involved in what was described in the production notes as ‘an incident that would test every belief they’ve ever had, concerning their relationship as family…’\n\n-The actor playing \'Timothy O\'Neill\' is a longtime practitioner of aikido; He is a 5th-Dan black belt in the art, and converted to Buddhism in his junior year at College, where he studied education and graduated fourth in his year. He worked with the producers in shaping the character of \'Mr. O\'Neil\', who he says is based in great deal on a teacher he had in high school. All of the story ideas involving \'O\'Neil\' from Season Two on are based on actual occurrences involving the teacher, and the actor playing \'O\'Neil\' insists that none of the events are in any way fabricated. When asked about fan dislike for the character, the actor playing \'O\'Neil\' has said repeatedly that he wanted to play him as accurately as possible, so people will be aware of the danger posed on youngsters by incompetent educators being allowed to remain in the system due to tenure.\n\n- The actress who played \'Jane\' revealed in a [i:3nnxjdxd]CinemaFantastique[/i:3nnxjdxd] interview (published in 2005) that her favorite episodes were [i:3nnxjdxd]Life In The Past Lane, See Jane Run[/i:3nnxjdxd] and [i:3nnxjdxd]The \'F\' Word[/i:3nnxjdxd], because "I didn\'t have to dress like a pretentious f**king arty poser all damn day long!" Se also revealed that her feelings about the actor that played \'Tom\' were \'of a searing level of incandescent fury that can only be fully understood by someone who has declared a [i:3nnxjdxd]fatwa[/i:3nnxjdxd].\' She only remained on the program because \'Daria\' asked her to do so as a personal favor; \'Jane\' also revealed that the actor playing \'Tom\' had such foul breath that before any scene where they had to be in close or intimate contact, she insisted that \'Tom\' gargle with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and water, followed up by use of a eucalyptus-peppermint breath spritzer.','382b178141796c4a7f46c5e897ad0244',0,'IA==','3nnxjdxd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396120,24889,6,952,0,'68.8.51.159',1266149461,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Daria is Raven\'s Apprentice','Scene: The Borderlands between Hell and Earth. A continuation of the last scene. \n\nBiden: (To Raven) My job was to try to bring you back to Earth. (Looking at Starfire) But I think that she’s more qualified for that. (Beginning to walk away) I’ll see you around.\n\n(Biden disappears into the mist.)\n\nRaven: Starfire . . .\n\nStarfire: Friend Raven . . . you have come back.\n\n(Silence)\n\nStarfire: You are coming back are you not, Friend Raven?\n\n(Uneasy silence)\n\nStarfire: The least you could do is tell me why you left me?\n\nRaven: I just had to get away for a little bit.\n\nStarfire: But you only told Daria. You would not have even told her had she not caught you packing your bags . . . you certainly did not tell me. \n\nRaven: I’m sorry.\n\nStarfire: Why did you run away? \n\nRaven: … \n\nStarfire: Was it because of me?\n\nRaven: No of course not Starfire, you know that’s not true. You’re the only reason I was able to tolerate that place for as long as I did.\n\nStarfire: Then why did you leave me?\n\nRaven: Starfire, do you even realize that we don’t actually do anything in Titan’s Tower? Don’t you ever get tired of life on the superhero C List?\n\nStarfire: Friend Raven, how can you even say something like that?\n\nRaven: It’s true. Who do you think respects us? The Justice League? The Legion of Doom? The Freakin’ Super Friends?! I don’t think so! Remember that time we had a real assignment? We were sent to stop that shipment of illegal Japanese sex robots and we ended up attacking the wrong ship! We were just lucky that we killed every one of those Turkish merchant marines so there weren’t any witnesses.\n\nStarfire: We were eventually able to track down the sex robots though.\n\nRaven: Yes, but not before they came online and went on a killing spree.\n\nStarfire: Yes, I seem to recall that battle was particularly brutal.\n\nRaven: That’s because Robin and Beast Boy spent the whole fight trying to score with those sex bots! The freakin’ Wonder Twins had to come to our rescue! Remember what they did to mock us: “Wonder Twin powers activate! Form of: a loser!” And then they transformed into us! Come to think of it, we didn’t so much stop those killer sex robots as slow them down long enough until they gained sentience. Ugh, they were angsty after they became self-conscious. I would rather handle those robots when they were homicidal automatons than when they were --\n\nStarfire: -- The Emo!\n\n(Raven and Starfire both laugh)\n\nStarfire: Friend Raven, how can you say that you are wasting your time as a Titan? After that fight, we enjoyed each other’s company. Remember?\n\nRaven: I guess that was kind of a fun night. After we ditched the boys, you, me, and the sex robots went out to Denny’s. You had the French toast, and I had hash browns, coffee and cigarettes until morning. Did you know that we can’t have a night like that anymore? They banned cigarette smoking in restaurants.\n\nStarfire: This is why you should return with me, Friend Raven: so we can have more fun together!\n\nRaven: I’m not saying that we don’t have fun times together, but I just don’t know if it’s worth it. It seems like all I do is keep Daria from smuggling uranium into Iran or whatever the zany adventure-of-the-week is, and the only thing Robin thinks you’re good for is shutting up and looking pretty. (Long Pause) What do you see in him anyway?\n\nStarfire: Robin?\n\nRaven: Yeah, Robin. \n\nStarfire: I am a space alien with the orange skin, who else would love me?\n\n(awkward silence)\n\nRaven: I’m not saying that you should break up with Robin or anything, but there might be other people out there who wouldn’t mind dating you.\n\n(awkward silence)\n\nRaven: People who would treat you right.\n\n(really awkward silence)\n\nStarfire: Oh Friend Raven, you are only saying that as a friend . . . because you are my [i:2ioccq1x]friend[/i:2ioccq1x], and nothing will ever change that, [i:2ioccq1x]Friend[/i:2ioccq1x] Raven.\n\nRaven: (genuinely hurt) But . . . he’s so damn short! And it doesn’t matter how much money Bruce Wayne gives him, he has no right to treat you like garbage!\n\nStarfire: I do not date Robin because of his money!\n\nRaven: (taken aback) I never said you did.\n\nStarfire: (blushing) Oh . . .\n\nRaven: I’m just worried about you. The way he bullies you, it’s just not right.\n\nStarfire: Perhaps you are right. After you left, Robin’s friend, Lou Dobbs almost had me deported to Tamaran.\n\nRaven: What?\n\nStarfire: And Robin had the sexual intercourse with another space woman in front of me.\n\nRaven: Oh hell no! That’s it Starfire, we are going back to Titan’s Tower!\n\nStarfire: (beginning to cry) Friend Raven . . . \n\nRaven: If nothing else, Titan’s Tower is my home – our home! It might not be much, but it\'s worth fighting for.\n\nStarfire: (tearing up) Friend Raven, when I said that we would always be friends, I hope you did not take it the wrong way. You should know that since I have come to Earth, you have been my only true friend. Thank you.\n\n(They begin to move through the mist, towards Earth)\n\nRaven: Say Starfire, do you think that next year we’ll finally get a Bootie?\n\nStarfire: (exasperated) Oh Friend Raven, please do not speak of the booty. I already turned you down once in this episode; please don’t make me do it again.\n\n(End of Season One)\n\nSpecial thanks to everyone who reads this. You are the true superheroes . . . or at least an ironic superhero like something out of this fan fic. Seriously though, thank you. I hope that you\'ll stick around for Season 2.','b9bf79791c3cdfa334bb606cad5e0872',0,'IA==','2ioccq1x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396121,28024,2,276,0,'205.188.116.10',1266150789,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','[quote="Kara Wild":32niumnp][quote="Quiverwing":32niumnp][quote="Kara Wild":32niumnp][quote="RLobinske":32niumnp][quote="Quiverwing":32niumnp]Well, we have proof that Sir is Heydrian. He [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=395970#p395970:32niumnp]said[/url:32niumnp] on the Dariawiki thread: \n\n[quote="Sir":32niumnp]Would it be okay if i added the character\'s alter egos to their pages?\nand if that is okay with you, could i just get the pics of the MTV website or is there like a copyright or whatever?[/quote:32niumnp]\nNow check out the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Quinn_Morgendorffer&curid=1392&diff=28541&oldid=28451:32niumnp]diff[/url:32niumnp] of the Quinn article on Dariawiki. Heydrian added the alter egos to her page.[/quote:32niumnp]\n\n\":fail:\"[/quote:32niumnp]\n\nSo when do we delete his account?[/quote:32niumnp]\nI was hoping you would tell us what to do. Should we let him know first? Or just go ahead and delete it?[/quote:32niumnp]\n\nSince he seems to come to the board often, he probably would check his PM. Though seriously, he has violated the board rules. He doesn\'t deserve courtesy at this point. If he\'s read the rules (which he once claimed he did) he will know why he was deleted.[/quote:32niumnp]\n\nBesides, he should\'ve read the post where Nat publically caught him. I\'ll go ahead and take care of it this morning.','f5f68e2d3460c6109c9487ad848855db',0,'kA==','32niumnp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396122,18107,3,276,0,'205.188.116.15',1266151029,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki','[quote="NightGoblyn":1omxuw4c]I was wondering how long it would take one of the mods to realize that Sir = Heydrian. [/quote:1omxuw4c]\n\nWe\'ve watched the account since the beginning. We were waiting for clear and unambiguous proof.','30a73ef83ca2b4e4964c732f6501229c',0,'gA==','1omxuw4c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396123,18107,3,1,0,'211.30.106.237',1266151557,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Sir','Re: Daria Wiki','\":(\" Am I Banned?','d6169de46379f73550132e334e3728a9',0,'','1giw27yy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396124,28273,3,276,0,'205.188.116.206',1266151584,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DANGER! Do not lean against this sign!','Looks like the color of many lakes I\'ve done research on in central Florida. My bugs like nutrient-rich conditions.\n\nBlue-Green algae are an interesting bunch and some of them can be rather toxic while others are harmless. Since one of the nasty toxin-producers is common in eutrophic waters, I can see the sign as a caution.\n\nDepending on habitats downstream, a big slug of nutrients can do a lot of things, good and bad. Depending on how long the nutrient-laden water remains in the system, it could even change the species compositon for several trophic levels. I bet there\'s some researcher or grad student downstream taking samples to measure such changes and the recovery time to pre-flood composition and conditions.\n\nOr, some grad student trying to do a baseline survey is saying, "Oh crap, time to revise my thesis."','f596d404749f1821e52fe1955524d84d',0,'','3eh8ow61',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396125,28274,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1266151728,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Aviation freaks','The funny thing about the U2 is that while not being supersonic, it was based on a supersonic aircraft.\n\n[img:1be4hx4a]http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/lockheed-u2-274.jpg[/img:1be4hx4a]\nBecause the fuselage basically is a modified version of the fuselage of the F104 Starfighter.\n[img:1be4hx4a]http://www.military.cz/usa/air/post_war/f104/pics/f104nasa.jpg[/img:1be4hx4a]','4b2e0eb523393121e7ee75f2f288e3c3',0,'CA==','1be4hx4a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396126,28255,4,276,0,'205.188.116.68',1266152600,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Hint of the day: Don\'t ask followers to harrass a judge','[quote="NightGoblyn":qjzevkzw]I actually have a hard time replying to your argument, Mr. Lobinske. I have several different opinions on the subject, and a couple of them literally contradict one another. Basically, I agree that lying to people is wrong and if someone is hurt because you lied to them then you should be held responsible for that. At the same time, I think people should be forced to take more responsibility for their own actions, and if they believe what they\'re told without checking it out for themselves then they deserve what they get. I\'m conflicted. \":lol:\"[/quote:qjzevkzw]\n\nWe\'re probably not really that far apart. I\'m a firm believer in personal responsibility myself and that\'s why I\'m so hard against such fraud. These scammers are knowingly making money through deceit and should be held responsible for the harm that they cause. Make no mistake, the Trudeaus of the world are depending on deceit. They lie to make a profit and have no remorse about the harm they cause.\n\nDeref has pointed out the complications inherent in making such decisions. When fully informed, some will still choose quackery. There is nothing that we can or should do about that. But, we should try to minimize the amount of intentionally misleading information out there through education and regulation. Hold everyone making medical claims to the same standards of evidence and get rid of the current loopholes like DHSEA that allow such scams to flourish.','07e926d8657e00b17eb9d162114bca4d',0,'gA==','qjzevkzw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396127,28191,6,276,0,'205.188.116.19',1266152734,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Writer\'s Block','[quote="The Angst Guy":1pufqp36][quote="RLobinske":1pufqp36]For some reason, I\'ve been distracted by something else all day... \n\nTAG, it\'s your fault. \":lol:\"[/quote:1pufqp36]\n[img:1pufqp36]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/moobs.gif[/img:1pufqp36]\n\nWhen you\'ve got it, flaunt it! \":D\"[/quote:1pufqp36]\n\nAnother ad for Dr. Shar. How much is she paying you to shill for her? \":lol:\"','b4b9ecb08a9948be73ea7dfea7d22d27',0,'iA==','1pufqp36',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396128,28024,2,276,0,'205.188.117.70',1266153192,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','Account deleted.','0bc4efb88e7fb450c401deb66d3d7ac3',0,'','1j4cokfs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396129,28272,5,276,0,'205.188.117.16',1266153457,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Fashion Club\'s Secret Fashion Checklist','I can see Stacy up half the night typing that out. \":lol:\"','0ab88ed1f267b39d16582aa78e222477',0,'','1ma1lu6r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396130,28236,6,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1266153693,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','[quote="Brother Grimace":h16yk4sk]He has created pain and suffering to the world he had crafted.\n\n\nHe has brought controversy and righteous discourse to the fandom in his defense and excellent use of the most polarizing figure in the series. \n\n\nHe has created an iconic fandom character.\n\n\nHe has brought confusion upon not just an Angst Lord, but the First amongst the Angst Lords. \n\n\nIt is time for all to recognize HolyGraol2007 for what he is.\n\n\n[i:h16yk4sk][b:h16yk4sk]An Angst Lord.[/b:h16yk4sk] [/i:h16yk4sk]\n\n\n(presents HG with a [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Double-bladed_lightsaber:h16yk4sk]double-bladed lightsaber[/url:h16yk4sk])\n\n\n\n[i:h16yk4sk]"...and in the end, that burning was very great."\n\n- Stephen King, [u:h16yk4sk]The Stand[/u:h16yk4sk][/i:h16yk4sk][/quote:h16yk4sk]\n\nSo... is it official now?','c9906e503492f59b25fcf11be39d6131',0,'8Q==','h16yk4sk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396131,28024,2,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266154751,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','[quote="RLobinske":31ut1htr][quote="Kara Wild":31ut1htr]Since he seems to come to the board often, he probably would check his PM. Though seriously, he has violated the board rules. He doesn\'t deserve courtesy at this point. If he\'s read the rules (which he once claimed he did) he will know why he was deleted.[/quote:31ut1htr]\nBesides, he should\'ve read the post where Nat publically caught him. I\'ll go ahead and take care of it this morning.[/quote:31ut1htr]\nI don\'t know if that was okay, but since so many people hinted he was Heydrian before, I didn\'t want it to seem like we had done nothing about it.','1e10617d73ff880eb0e1bfbfbcebdea9',0,'gA==','31ut1htr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396132,18107,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266155416,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki','[quote="NightGoblyn":3jfpxrvi][quote="Quiverwing":3jfpxrvi]\nI added it to some of them already (Daria, Quinn, Jane, Tom, Helen, Jake, Amy), but I can\'t go through all of them by myself. \":)\"[/quote:3jfpxrvi]\n\nI meant characters like Heather or Cherry, non-cannon characters. Oh, and original characters created by people who aren\'t me, too, I guess.[/quote:3jfpxrvi]\nWe should probably start focusing more on canon characters and episodes. I know we all want to show our artworks off, but we\'ve got to the point where we have really neglected canon articles in favour of fandom articles. \n\nIf you look at the top 10 articles with the most revisions, only #10 is a canon article - and it\'s not even Daria\'s article. What does that tell you? \":lol:\" \n\n1. Daria Multiverse ‎(289 revisions)\n2. Legion of Lawndale Heroes ‎(284 revisions)\n3. Defender Ring ‎(280 revisions)\n4. Kyle Armalin ‎(184 revisions)\n5. Kara Wild ‎(172 revisions)\n6. Tired Daria Fandom Tropes ‎(151 revisions)\n7. The Angst Guy ‎(149 revisions)\n8. Brother Grimace ‎(139 revisions)\n9. Falling Into College ‎(138 revisions)\n10. Amy Barksdale ‎(134 revisions)','873b04820169c8c3157723635943f344',0,'gA==','3jfpxrvi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396133,25147,5,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266155560,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','[quote="Jim North":9dv2070a]Watched all of the Clerks animated series.\n\nWhy do so many brilliant shows have to die before their time?[/quote:9dv2070a]\n\nOooh, good choice. I loved the clip show...as the second episode of the series. "Why are we walking like this?" x infinity.\n\n \":lol:\" \n\nKristen','e6f170d7e8b971e83bfe494019ec8c6a',0,'gA==','9dv2070a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396134,28264,10,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266155937,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pose In Pasties','[quote="NightGoblyn":3b54es3s]I originally read the subject to be "Pose in Past[color=#FF0000:3b54es3s]r[/color:3b54es3s]ies" and clicked the link with something very different in mind. \":lol:\" \n\nNice sketch, though. \":D\"[/quote:3b54es3s]\n\nYou mean something like the end of [url=http://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/feedingfrenzy.htm:3b54es3s]this story[/url:3b54es3s]? \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','f35603c0cb8c97bd3e7ebce63a7a3c18',0,'kg==','3b54es3s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396135,18107,3,276,0,'205.188.116.67',1266156201,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki','[quote="Quiverwing":2bj46lfb][quote="NightGoblyn":2bj46lfb][quote="Quiverwing":2bj46lfb]\nI added it to some of them already (Daria, Quinn, Jane, Tom, Helen, Jake, Amy), but I can\'t go through all of them by myself. \":)\"[/quote:2bj46lfb]\n\nI meant characters like Heather or Cherry, non-cannon characters. Oh, and original characters created by people who aren\'t me, too, I guess.[/quote:2bj46lfb]\nWe should probably start focusing more on canon characters and episodes. I know we all want to show our artworks off, but we\'ve got to the point where we have really neglected canon articles in favour of fandom articles. \n\nIf you look at the top 10 articles with the most revisions, only #10 is a canon article - and it\'s not even Daria\'s article. What does that tell you? \":lol:\" \n\n1. Daria Multiverse ‎(289 revisions)\n2. Legion of Lawndale Heroes ‎(284 revisions)\n3. Defender Ring ‎(280 revisions)\n4. Kyle Armalin ‎(184 revisions)\n5. Kara Wild ‎(172 revisions)\n6. Tired Daria Fandom Tropes ‎(151 revisions)\n7. The Angst Guy ‎(149 revisions)\n8. Brother Grimace ‎(139 revisions)\n9. Falling Into College ‎(138 revisions)\n10. Amy Barksdale ‎(134 revisions)[/quote:2bj46lfb]\n\nWe got the canon articles right the first time? \";)\" \n\nTo some extent, I would expect the fanon articles to have more changes because those are subjects that are still growing and evolving while the canon material is fairly well set. Adding things like the information boxes is a good idea and getting things standardized will help a lot.','7be376672f87bd09da47501995e244d4',0,'gA==','2bj46lfb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396136,27728,6,64,0,'71.255.125.171',1266157196,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="The Angst Guy":msloqaaa]I bet this [i:msloqaaa]does[/i:msloqaaa] end happily. \":(\" [[i:msloqaaa]sulks[/i:msloqaaa]][/quote:msloqaaa]\n\nDon\'t wprry, TAG. There\'s still time for the meteor strike.','197fcbd6f64857969363fc86e929c536',0,'oA==','msloqaaa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396137,27728,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266157696,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Dennis":209jxb8c][quote="The Angst Guy":209jxb8c]I bet this [i:209jxb8c]does[/i:209jxb8c] end happily. \":(\" [[i:209jxb8c]sulks[/i:209jxb8c]][/quote:209jxb8c]\n\nDon\'t wprry, TAG. There\'s still time for the meteor strike.[/quote:209jxb8c]\n\nSee? I\'m not the only one who sees it. Richard was [i:209jxb8c]clearly [/i:209jxb8c]setting up the "kill everyone with meteors" ending from the very start of the series. If you look closely, you can see all the signs. It\'s completely obvious. (nodnodnod)\n\nKristen','c120aab239eefb5d851afe02d41f85d9',0,'oA==','209jxb8c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396138,28236,6,671,0,'70.106.115.165',1266158111,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','[quote="midnightstorm":2nex8vcz][quote="HolyGrail2007":2nex8vcz]Peace is a lie, there is only angst.\n\nTis a honor to be seen among such renown writers.[/quote:2nex8vcz]\n[quote="Brother Grimace":2nex8vcz]He has created pain and suffering to the world he had crafted.\n\n\nHe has brought controversy and righteous discourse to the fandom in his defense and excellent use of the most polarizing figure in the series. \n\n\nHe has created an iconic fandom character.\n\n\nHe has brought confusion upon not just an Angst Lord, but the First amongst the Angst Lords. \n\n\nIt is time for all to recognize HolyGraol2007 for what he is.\n\n\n[i:2nex8vcz][b:2nex8vcz]An Angst Lord.[/b:2nex8vcz] [/i:2nex8vcz]\n\n\n(presents HG with a [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Double-bladed_lightsaber:2nex8vcz]double-bladed lightsaber[/url:2nex8vcz])\n\n\n\n[i:2nex8vcz]"...and in the end, that burning was very great."\n\n- Stephen King, [u:2nex8vcz]The Stand[/u:2nex8vcz][/i:2nex8vcz][/quote:2nex8vcz]\n\n There now stands ten Lords ( as well Lady ) of Angst and Misery. And we wonder who the eleventh shall be? Only time will tell...... \":D\"[/quote:2nex8vcz]\n\nThere are eleven. There\'s He Who Hides Himself In Shadows or He Who Hides a Lightsaber Up His Sleeve, his identity is only known to a few of the other Lords, if he even exists at all.','dd0825a6adb236dc80dceb641138efb0',0,'8Q==','2nex8vcz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396139,28269,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266158442,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','Ajar was a [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27334:3lboq6jh]twelfth understudy show runner[/url:3lboq6jh]. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','d76d865998c62c25b3e75a13a8796dcf',0,'EA==','3lboq6jh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396140,28275,5,671,0,'70.106.115.165',1266158917,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: If Captain Kirk had First Met the Baku (from Insurrection)','My Mom always points out that if Kirk had been in a similar situation as Picard with Q, where he sends them across the galaxy and introduces the Borg and won\'t help unless specifically asked, Kirk would rather die than ask help from anyone. I mean heaven forbid. Though, Kirk was on what would be considered only a warship while Picard had children and civilians.','d5a1f32dcd0573c2d561513d52986305',0,'','354o4yeh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396141,28274,3,472,0,'71.0.184.169',1266162316,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Aviation freaks','The SR-71 definitely isn\'t flying anymore, but the U-2 is still used for atmospheric research as the ER-2. The Air Force still maintains some for spying because it\'s cheaper than the SR-71, and has better resolution than a spy satellite. When they get used, it\'s normally to confirm that the blob looking thing on the satellite picture really IS a giant nuclear missile.\n\nThat flight envelope was originally 10 knots, but decreased over time as new and more equipment added weight. I\'ve never heard anything less than 5 knots for it before, though.\n\nAlso, thanks to ground effect it\'s impossible to land the thing without stalling. Earlier in that special they showed James May in one of the chase cars that follows the plane down the runway to talk the pilot down, as the plane simply refuses to descend while in ground effect.','909ed45d40afef062c3cec8ee7532120',0,'','2wy053v3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396142,27037,11,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1266162732,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The Klosterman Questions, Part II','Question #16\n\n[b:vb2e3r9g]Let us assume you have the ability to telekinetically change culture while you actively experience it. Your mind can now dictate what you see and hear. \n\nFor example, if you were listening to Pearl Jam’s [i:vb2e3r9g]Yield[/i:vb2e3r9g] and you wanted the music to be heavier, it would immediately sound as though Mike McCready’s guitar had been tuned differently in the studio. If you were watching The [i:vb2e3r9g]Office[/i:vb2e3r9g] on NBC and decided that Michael should marry Pam (or Angela, or both), you could make it happen–all you would need to do is think about that specific desire. You could stare at an oil painting and unconsciously change the color contrasts. If a PG13 romantic comedy grew dull, you could force it to evolve into an eroticized NC-17 thriller. You could (essentially) write books as you read them, eliminating certain characters and redirecting plot points as they occurred in the text. \n\nHowever, such changes would only apply to your experience; you could kill off Han Solo at the end of [i:vb2e3r9g]Return of the Jedi[/i:vb2e3r9g], but that would not change the movie for anyone else. All other people would posses the same personal telekinetic powers as you.\n\nWould you want this? And–if this became a reality–would art retain any meaning whatsoever?[/b:vb2e3r9g]','34a23cefd84843ca905e8b80bbe7bab0',0,'YA==','vb2e3r9g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396143,28269,6,671,0,'70.106.115.165',1266163739,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','Why are a lot of these false facts done as if the show was not an animated comedy but live action? It makes no sense.','d5f44c69ee09bea4c6ecd7a040fd4f84',0,'','1xto1vl9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396144,27917,6,885,0,'75.121.71.21',1266164048,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/12/10)','[quote="Greystar":227m00l1]Does this universe have a Zeta Project in it?[/quote:227m00l1]\nI have never heard of this "Zeta Project".\n\nOoooh, but it has Diedrich Bader in it, so it can\'t be all bad.','78a19a7f396adbb210c3d0f3eadd7098',0,'gA==','227m00l1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396145,28269,6,885,0,'75.121.71.21',1266164314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":lq98adoh]Why are a lot of these false facts done as if the show was not an animated comedy but live action? It makes no sense.[/quote:lq98adoh]\nBecause they\'re false.','fa4106abd2316dab286eab88ec7d31b3',0,'gA==','lq98adoh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396146,28269,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266164344,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":2d0d94lg]Why are a lot of these false facts done as if the show was not an animated comedy but live action? It makes no sense.[/quote:2d0d94lg]\n\n[i:2d0d94lg]Daria [/i:2d0d94lg]was a live action show. They just cast animated actors to play the characters. \"8)\" \n\nKristen','96fbf82e75996f4ce216a6ed92760554',0,'oA==','2d0d94lg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396147,28269,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266166186,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','[quote="Kristen Bealer":3l1iusbk][quote="Gouka Ryuu":3l1iusbk]Why are a lot of these false facts done as if the show was not an animated comedy but live action? It makes no sense.[/quote:3l1iusbk]\n\n[i:3l1iusbk]Daria [/i:3l1iusbk]was a live action show. They just cast animated actors to play the characters. \"8)\" \n\nKristen[/quote:3l1iusbk]\n\nActually, [i:3l1iusbk]Daria[/i:3l1iusbk] was the test bed for the initial versions of the 3-D camera and computer technologis that James Cameron would use to create the film [i:3l1iusbk]Avatar[/i:3l1iusbk]. To be specific, the beta technology that was used to animate human beings as 3-D characters was used and proven viable; the show was allowed to run for five seasons in order to discover and correct any flaws before moving onto the development of the higher-quality, theatrical-grade equipment and ultra-high speed computer imaging system that would make [i:3l1iusbk]Avatar[/i:3l1iusbk] a viable opportunity.\n\nThis still allowed a great deal of the \'little tricks\' that the artists pulled off, as mentioned earlier. \":)\"','33dbcef9c93a64d4f7adb470bc9af673',0,'oA==','3l1iusbk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396148,28236,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266166442,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: 32 - It Happened One Summer (DONE)','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":3jx1mevm][quote="midnightstorm":3jx1mevm][quote="HolyGrail2007":3jx1mevm]Peace is a lie, there is only angst.\n\nTis a honor to be seen among such renown writers.[/quote:3jx1mevm]\n[quote="Brother Grimace":3jx1mevm]He has created pain and suffering to the world he had crafted.\n\n\nHe has brought controversy and righteous discourse to the fandom in his defense and excellent use of the most polarizing figure in the series. \n\n\nHe has created an iconic fandom character.\n\n\nHe has brought confusion upon not just an Angst Lord, but the First amongst the Angst Lords. \n\n\nIt is time for all to recognize HolyGraol2007 for what he is.\n\n\n[i:3jx1mevm][b:3jx1mevm]An Angst Lord.[/b:3jx1mevm] [/i:3jx1mevm]\n\n\n(presents HG with a [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Double-bladed_lightsaber:3jx1mevm]double-bladed lightsaber[/url:3jx1mevm])\n\n\n\n[i:3jx1mevm]"...and in the end, that burning was very great."\n\n- Stephen King, [u:3jx1mevm]The Stand[/u:3jx1mevm][/i:3jx1mevm][/quote:3jx1mevm]\n\n There now stands ten Lords ( as well Lady ) of Angst and Misery. And we wonder who the eleventh shall be? Only time will tell...... \":D\"[/quote:3jx1mevm]\n\nThere are eleven. There\'s He Who Hides Himself In Shadows or He Who Hides a Lightsaber Up His Sleeve, his identity is only known to a few of the other Lords, if he even exists at all.[/quote:3jx1mevm]\n\n\nOh, [i:3jx1mevm]He-Who-Hides-In-Shadows[/i:3jx1mevm] [b:3jx1mevm]does[/b:3jx1mevm] exist.','2c0b48126acf1872d3e165e9ae33b15b',0,'8Q==','3jx1mevm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396149,28269,6,885,0,'75.121.73.157',1266166877,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','[i:294e6wzl]Daria[/i:294e6wzl] was created by Celtic voodoo priestesses from the blood of innocent children. There are some who say that the show still stalks our world to this day, hunting down unwary travelers. Stay not within a crossroads, my good men and women, lest the [i:294e6wzl]Daria[/i:294e6wzl] find you and take you for its next grisly meal!','f0d65969675dccfc7856d86f07b74428',0,'IA==','294e6wzl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396150,27037,11,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266166909,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Klosterman Questions, Part II','I wouldn\'t want this as a personal ability... but if there were a way that you could have this ability distilled into a technology (such as the \'thinking caps\' helmets from the [i:yc17g4a2]Robotech[/i:yc17g4a2] franchise) where you could envision it just as you say, I\'d love this! \n\nJust because you can change those works of art doesn\'t mean that you should, and besides the reason of doing so just for a change (and yes, my perv mojo is working hard here) totally ignores the meaning the artist was trying to forward hin his/her works.','a76b93bce33d5a5960b5038e8ee1029b',0,'IA==','yc17g4a2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396151,28269,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266167416,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','[quote="Jim North":2v5euzgc][i:2v5euzgc]Daria[/i:2v5euzgc] was created by Celtic voodoo priestesses from the blood of innocent children. There are some who say that the show still stalks our world to this day, hunting down unwary travelers. Stay not within a crossroads, my good men and women, lest the [i:2v5euzgc]Daria[/i:2v5euzgc] find you and take you for its next grisly meal![/quote:2v5euzgc]\n\n\nThat\'s just another conspiracy theory by those wingnuts from the Pacific Northwest chapter of NOMA\'AM who were trying to get all shows with powerful female leads off the air. They\'re the ones who got plots introduced in [i:2v5euzgc]Popular[/i:2v5euzgc] that got it taken off the air, they pushed for the introduction of the Tom Sloane- like Riley Finn in [i:2v5euzgc]Buffy The Vampire Slayer[/i:2v5euzgc], and they began the letter-writing campaigns against the NBC show [i:2v5euzgc]Sisters[/i:2v5euzgc] and the Showtime anthology series [i:2v5euzgc]Women: Stories of Passion[/i:2v5euzgc].','eb2c1b9f883448c8025029266c9a90f8',0,'oA==','2v5euzgc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396152,18107,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266167781,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki','[quote="RLobinske":bw4epqg4][quote="Quiverwing":bw4epqg4][quote="NightGoblyn":bw4epqg4][quote="Quiverwing":bw4epqg4]\nI added it to some of them already (Daria, Quinn, Jane, Tom, Helen, Jake, Amy), but I can\'t go through all of them by myself. \":)\"[/quote:bw4epqg4]\n\nI meant characters like Heather or Cherry, non-cannon characters. Oh, and original characters created by people who aren\'t me, too, I guess.[/quote:bw4epqg4]\nWe should probably start focusing more on canon characters and episodes. I know we all want to show our artworks off, but we\'ve got to the point where we have really neglected canon articles in favour of fandom articles. \n\nIf you look at the top 10 articles with the most revisions, only #10 is a canon article - and it\'s not even Daria\'s article. What does that tell you? \":lol:\" \n\n1. Daria Multiverse ‎(289 revisions)\n2. Legion of Lawndale Heroes ‎(284 revisions)\n3. Defender Ring ‎(280 revisions)\n4. Kyle Armalin ‎(184 revisions)\n5. Kara Wild ‎(172 revisions)\n6. Tired Daria Fandom Tropes ‎(151 revisions)\n7. The Angst Guy ‎(149 revisions)\n8. Brother Grimace ‎(139 revisions)\n9. Falling Into College ‎(138 revisions)\n10. Amy Barksdale ‎(134 revisions)[/quote:bw4epqg4]\n\nWe got the canon articles right the first time? \";)\" \n\nTo some extent, I would expect the fanon articles to have more changes because those are subjects that are still growing and evolving while the canon material is fairly well set. Adding things like the information boxes is a good idea and getting things standardized will help a lot.[/quote:bw4epqg4]\n\n\nThank you. \n\nIf one feels there\'s a problem with canon materials being neglected - shouldn\'t one simply start doing so oneself? I can think of a number of persons in the fandom, such as Disco316, who can be found to have just done Borg-cubes of revisions on damn near anything that can be found in the Wiki. He/she just does it; he/she just goes through, finds things that need addition/revision, and does it.','5663377e4bcf58f616d011be40ad5a71',0,'gA==','bw4epqg4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396153,28275,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266167943,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: If Captain Kirk had First Met the Baku (from Insurrection)','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":10woxrc3]My Mom always points out that if Kirk had been in a similar situation as Picard with Q, where he sends them across the galaxy and introduces the Borg and won\'t help unless specifically asked, Kirk would rather die than ask help from anyone. I mean heaven forbid. Though, Kirk was on what would be considered only a warship while Picard had children and civilians.[/quote:10woxrc3]\n\n\nSlip your mom a copy of [i:10woxrc3]Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan[/i:10woxrc3]. \":D\" \n\n\nHowever, that could be consider the exception, rather than the rule.','9040268ecbfcacf16e0969f19944088c',0,'oA==','10woxrc3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396154,28269,6,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266168200,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','[quote="Brother Grimace":1bxwg0a7]\'Jane\' also revealed that the actor playing \'Tom\' had such foul breath that before any scene where they had to be in close or intimate contact, she insisted that \'Tom\' gargle with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and water, followed up by use of a eucalyptus-peppermint breath spritzer.[/quote:1bxwg0a7]\nBut how was that possible? Each voice actor is alone in the recording booth. \":lol:\" \n\n\n\n\nUntil about 20 years ago, it was common for voice actors to record all together in the same booth but that changed in the early 90s.','7c1d83c5ce5bdcab4ac0787fc5f930dd',0,'gA==','1bxwg0a7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396155,28269,6,885,0,'75.121.73.157',1266168478,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','[quote="Brother Grimace":22unotnl][quote="Jim North":22unotnl][i:22unotnl]Daria[/i:22unotnl] was created by Celtic voodoo priestesses from the blood of innocent children. There are some who say that the show still stalks our world to this day, hunting down unwary travelers. Stay not within a crossroads, my good men and women, lest the [i:22unotnl]Daria[/i:22unotnl] find you and take you for its next grisly meal![/quote:22unotnl]\nThat\'s just another conspiracy theory by those wingnuts from the Pacific Northwest chapter of NOMA\'AM who were trying to get all shows with powerful female leads off the air. They\'re the ones who got plots introduced in [i:22unotnl]Popular[/i:22unotnl] that got it taken off the air, they pushed for the introduction of the Tom Sloane- like Riley Finn in [i:22unotnl]Buffy The Vampire Slayer[/i:22unotnl], and they began the letter-writing campaigns against the NBC show [i:22unotnl]Sisters[/i:22unotnl] and the Showtime anthology series [i:22unotnl]Women: Stories of Passion[/i:22unotnl].[/quote:22unotnl]\nSure, right, like that\'s believable!','4ea30cf2957f87f1ac7c2e78335e1161',0,'oA==','22unotnl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396156,18107,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266168661,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki','[quote="Brother Grimace":3shcvuls]If one feels there\'s a problem with canon materials being neglected - shouldn\'t one simply start doing so oneself?[/quote:3shcvuls]\nObviously, that\'s exactly what I\'m doing. All I\'m asking is for some help. I don\'t see anything wrong with that. There are over 1000 articles in canon. You can\'t expect two or three people to improve all of them by themselves.','fb91dc95f4f0f889feed1ee4fae8adec',0,'gA==','3shcvuls',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396157,28230,10,1062,0,'76.233.170.170',1266170109,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Peregrine 7 (Work Now In Progress)','Looking forward to seeing this ship. I really enjoyed the story.','3186da447dd42307ef05decd04fa1025',0,'','18f8d3mw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396158,27295,10,1062,0,'76.233.170.170',1266170746,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Alter Egos That Should Have Been','Add one as Blackbeard, maybe DeMartino.','2f09ccfd2f9f89d07b32e494c4020259',0,'','lzizhdbv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396159,27995,6,414,0,'24.147.138.173',1266173624,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','How about nuclear-powered zombies? \":lol:\"','72ccbf5eb1ef117c6cee2a874bb19b4b',0,'','3tp05zce',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396160,28274,3,54,0,'94.195.150.141',1266174879,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Aviation freaks','Oddly enough the footage was produced for a show James May did about space. But they produced a spin off showing the training he received and the build up to the flight in the U2. I think the later show was actually more popular and has been repeated.\n\nNow lets see if I can find a U2 on ebay.','93486b5747efc01e82ebd1898ea2ed9a',0,'','7pd9ka81',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396161,27995,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266174970,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','[quote="Derek":2v21f2h4]How about nuclear-powered zombies? \":lol:\"[/quote:2v21f2h4]\n\n\n\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_%28Buffyverse%29:2v21f2h4]Eh. It\'s been done.[/url:2v21f2h4] \":)\"','6b5e8f11ba12c9ebef369c156da2dfe4',0,'kA==','2v21f2h4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396162,28071,3,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266175311,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','Happy Half-Price Candy Day Eve, everyone! \":D\" \n\nKristen','2b4030e96b1988bc39ef90b9a7843e8c',0,'','1cop0l6f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396163,27995,6,37,0,'72.175.149.142',1266177955,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','"Daria, I wanton, animalistic, passionate, nasty, call-911-at-three-in-the-morning snu-snu your boyfriend."\n\n"Grandma Ruth! How could you?!"','48f8062ff0a51053ca4f65bfc512ec64',0,'','z3m8ceqx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396164,28273,3,114,0,'61.69.26.139',1266177962,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DANGER! Do not lean against this sign!','Some stats from this morning\'s paper: they haven\'t opened the gates since 2002, and we haven\'t had this much rain since 1989. \":-)\"\n\nMartin - it\'s like mountains - water\'s a rarity so we enjoy it when we can. \";-)\"\n\nRichard - interesting info. This morning\'s paper just said that the blue-green algae could irritate noses and throats, so I guess it\'s not one of the particularly nasty ones. They\'re hoping that there\'ll be enough inflow to the lake to flush it out, but only time will tell.\n\nHere\'s a shot from the other side of the dam wall.','01d5ab2c4c25290a616588497c83a829',1,'','372b0mxv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396165,28258,3,114,0,'61.69.26.139',1266180472,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','\":D\" Thanks guys.\n\nWe survived.','a0a40a13f55a92f86d5c5121561e0ae4',0,'','1gwz1u3k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396166,27728,6,65,0,'75.45.182.135',1266180703,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Kristen Bealer":2r09zz44][quote="Dennis":2r09zz44][quote="The Angst Guy":2r09zz44]I bet this [i:2r09zz44]does[/i:2r09zz44] end happily. \":(\" [[i:2r09zz44]sulks[/i:2r09zz44]][/quote:2r09zz44]\nDon\'t wprry, TAG. There\'s still time for the meteor strike.[/quote:2r09zz44]\nSee? I\'m not the only one who sees it. Richard was [i:2r09zz44]clearly [/i:2r09zz44]setting up the "kill everyone with meteors" ending from the very start of the series. If you look closely, you can see all the signs. It\'s completely obvious. (nodnodnod)[/quote:2r09zz44]\nAm I the only one in this nuthouse who actually [i:2r09zz44]likes[/i:2r09zz44] a nice story with a happy ending? \";)\"','3a566495627a0de14250ddae1bb6f694',0,'oA==','2r09zz44',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396167,27728,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266180883,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="MJPollard":3f34cvlm][quote="Kristen Bealer":3f34cvlm][quote="Dennis":3f34cvlm][quote="The Angst Guy":3f34cvlm]I bet this [i:3f34cvlm]does[/i:3f34cvlm] end happily. \":(\" [[i:3f34cvlm]sulks[/i:3f34cvlm]][/quote:3f34cvlm]\nDon\'t wprry, TAG. There\'s still time for the meteor strike.[/quote:3f34cvlm]\nSee? I\'m not the only one who sees it. Richard was [i:3f34cvlm]clearly [/i:3f34cvlm]setting up the "kill everyone with meteors" ending from the very start of the series. If you look closely, you can see all the signs. It\'s completely obvious. (nodnodnod)[/quote:3f34cvlm]\nAm I the only one in this nuthouse who actually [i:3f34cvlm]likes[/i:3f34cvlm] a nice story with a happy ending? \";)\"[/quote:3f34cvlm]\nMeteors would make me happy!','ad3fe57487cf556775143cfcd2fe1a16',0,'oA==','3f34cvlm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396168,27728,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266182594,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="MJPollard":3tc8a7lc][quote="Kristen Bealer":3tc8a7lc][quote="Dennis":3tc8a7lc][quote="The Angst Guy":3tc8a7lc]I bet this [i:3tc8a7lc]does[/i:3tc8a7lc] end happily. \":(\" [[i:3tc8a7lc]sulks[/i:3tc8a7lc]][/quote:3tc8a7lc]\nDon\'t wprry, TAG. There\'s still time for the meteor strike.[/quote:3tc8a7lc]\nSee? I\'m not the only one who sees it. Richard was [i:3tc8a7lc]clearly [/i:3tc8a7lc]setting up the "kill everyone with meteors" ending from the very start of the series. If you look closely, you can see all the signs. It\'s completely obvious. (nodnodnod)[/quote:3tc8a7lc]\nAm I the only one in this nuthouse who actually [i:3tc8a7lc]likes[/i:3tc8a7lc] a nice story with a happy ending? \";)\"[/quote:3tc8a7lc]\n\n"Like" has nothing to do with it. If you can\'t see the blindingly obvious death and destruction lurking just over the horizon, then that\'s your own problem. \":P\" \n\nKristen','53dfb2325c5abe6bfc1d2428900372e3',0,'oA==','3tc8a7lc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396169,27037,11,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266183452,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Klosterman Questions, Part II','[quote="Roentgen":1znqx25h]Question #16\n\n[b:1znqx25h]Let us assume you have the ability to telekinetically change culture while you actively experience it. Your mind can now dictate what you see and hear. \n\nFor example, if you were listening to Pearl Jam’s [i:1znqx25h]Yield[/i:1znqx25h] and you wanted the music to be heavier, it would immediately sound as though Mike McCready’s guitar had been tuned differently in the studio. If you were watching The [i:1znqx25h]Office[/i:1znqx25h] on NBC and decided that Michael should marry Pam (or Angela, or both), you could make it happen–all you would need to do is think about that specific desire. You could stare at an oil painting and unconsciously change the color contrasts. If a PG13 romantic comedy grew dull, you could force it to evolve into an eroticized NC-17 thriller. You could (essentially) write books as you read them, eliminating certain characters and redirecting plot points as they occurred in the text. \n\nHowever, such changes would only apply to your experience; you could kill off Han Solo at the end of [i:1znqx25h]Return of the Jedi[/i:1znqx25h], but that would not change the movie for anyone else. All other people would posses the same personal telekinetic powers as you.[/b:1znqx25h][/quote:1znqx25h]\nThis sounds incredibly entertaining! Just imagine what people here would do to [i:1znqx25h]Daria[/i:1znqx25h]. We could even turn "My Night at Daria\'s" into an eroticized NC-17 drama. \":lol:\" \n\nLet\'s see...in my IICY? Daria wouldn\'t behave like such a resentful bitch. Well, she wouldn\'t have any reason to, because she would get into Bromwell in the first place. \n\nHalf the fandom would have Trent asking Daria out at the end of "Lane Miserables," and the other half would have Tom killed in a car accident on his way home right after he and Daria kissed in "DDMD." \n\nSince we\'d all discuss our versions, we would recreate other people\'s versions while watching the episodes ourselves for even more entertainment. Yep, I\'d love this!\n\nOh, in my "Pierce Me," Daria would keep the piercing. \":)\"','7c411b5e7a0731c3364d318c7e0bcc06',0,'4A==','1znqx25h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396170,28273,3,39,0,'92.27.226.27',1266183536,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DANGER! Do not lean against this sign!','[quote="Deref":jiji4iy5]Here\'s a shot from the other side of the dam wall.[/quote:jiji4iy5]\nNice pic!\n\nLooks like a summer day in Yorkshire. \";)\"\n\nMartin.','47bbf2d952b95204a11da04a3a0354d0',0,'gA==','jiji4iy5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396171,28276,6,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1266185602,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','The Hallowed Halls of Fielding (Parts 1-16)','The Morgendorffer car pulled up to the school. Jake watched Quinn climb out of the car. He turned to his other daughter, Daria. "Don\'t get upset if it takes the other kids a little while to warm up to you."\n\nDaria watched as a young lady looked Quinn over from head to toe. "Hi! You\'re cool. What\'s your name?"\n\n"Quinn Morgendorffer," Quinn answered.\n\nAnother young woman said, "[i:q5b0guh4]Huge[/i:q5b0guh4]." Whatever \'huge\' meant, it was certainly a complement. A forward young man asked Quinn out, only moments before she had arrived on campus.\n\n"I\'ll try to help her through this difficult period of adjustment." Daria sighed. She didn\'t want to be here.\n\n"That\'s my girl!" said Jake, before Jake\'s sarcasm detector went off. "Wait a minute...!"\n\n"See you, Dad." Daria had had enough.\n\n(* * *)\n\nThe student were being addressed in the auditorium. A man with a beard stood up in front of the assembly, and there was immediate silence. Daria was amazed.\n\n"Good morning. As we begin the new school year together, there are many groups that deserve thanks for their efforts. Our staff cannot be forgotten, of course. It is my pride that Mr. McCoughtry will be joining us in Latin, and Mr. Simonich will be joining us in Chemistry. They are passionate instructors and I am sure that all of those here will give them their complete and full attention.\n\n"Unfortunately, Ms .Linnere, the head of our English department, has departed us to become Head at St. Agatha\'s School in Connecticut. St. Agatha\'s has a proud history of producing national leaders in education and Ms. Linnere will follow in the footsteps of greatness. Ms. Bellus will be taking over in English this year, students should be on their guards that changes are coming and that patience will be demanded of you.\n\n"I thank the parents for their contributions to our endowment this year. We have been entrusted with your sons and daughters, and we do not take this great responsibilities lightly. It is our hope that your sons and daughters will be the beneficiaries of our good work here. Thank you for working with us, especially when your children make poor choices."\n\nA girl whispered to Daria. "And trust, me, they make poor choices [i:q5b0guh4]all[/i:q5b0guh4] the time."\n\n"No different from my last school," said Daria. "There you could get shot in class."\n\n"[i:q5b0guh4]Really[/i:q5b0guh4]?" she whispered. "You sit next to me from now on. Oh, I [i:q5b0guh4]so[/i:q5b0guh4] want to know more about you!" Her delivery was flat, but her eyes betrayed strong intelligence.\n\n"Furthermore," said the speaker, "it has come to my attention that there has been a scandal at Howe Grammar in Manhattan. It appears that the students there were paying hundreds of dollars an hour for private tutors to complete their homework assignments." The student body responded with chuckling.\n\nThe speaker\'s aspect turned ice cold. "I shall tell each of you - and I point my finger towards this group of new students -!" The speaker pointed out the section in which Daria was sitting. "I will tell you that at [b:q5b0guh4]Fielding[/b:q5b0guh4], we produce the leaders of men and women. We do not take the easier road here. We take the harder road. There are many ex-students of Fielding that will testify to the truth of that. That is why your parents sent you here instead of to Howe Grammar, or to some other school where the staff are in the pockets of wealthy, and well-meaning - but ultimately ill-intentioned parents. Your professors will demand academic excellence. It will be [i:q5b0guh4]expected[/i:q5b0guh4] of you. You will prove your knowledge every day, and any tutors you care to pay to produce homework will not be there when you are interrogated and your knowledge is put to the test in your orals." \n\n"[i:q5b0guh4]We expect excellence in everything.[/i:q5b0guh4] It is here that you will take the first step on the path that you walk in the world. You will form the social relationships that will serve you well in the future. You will feed your body in Fielding sports, and we will feed your soul in Chapel. You might claim to be an atheist, but you will [i:q5b0guh4]not[/i:q5b0guh4] be excused from Chapel. You will learn music and learn drama. You will learn selflessness. You will be loved, cherished, and understood, and so you will shall seek to love and understand others."\n\n"Congratulations to each of you. Dismissed."\n\nThe auditorium emptied out quickly. Everyone from third graders to seniors fled the room quickly. Daria turned to her fellow student. "Well, I guess both of us are stuck here now."\n\n"Actually, I\'ve been stuck here since third grade. He didn\'t tell you about the bullying and the casual racism. The older girls will be dunking the heads of the third graders in the commodes before lunchtime. This must be your first experience with a school like Fielding."\n\n"Oh, [i:q5b0guh4]joy[/i:q5b0guh4]," said Daria. "I\'m in a hellhole."\n\n"Well, hell can be comfortable if you make it so. I\'m [i:q5b0guh4]Elsie Sloane[/i:q5b0guh4]. Trust me, we\'re going to be good friends...!"','c9abc2b1f14932f1f388ee92772dd714',0,'YA==','q5b0guh4',1,1268957320,'',213,18,0),(396172,28276,6,570,0,'217.117.122.45',1266185841,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Day of School, or "What Might Have Been"','[i:25m01s0e]Parfait ![/i:25m01s0e] \":mrgreen:\"','8fb47a92aff41f8b3dd731d2b986d116',0,'IA==','25m01s0e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396173,28276,6,1062,0,'76.233.170.170',1266186526,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Day of School, or "What Might Have Been"','Ooh could be very fun. I always like AU story series.','50098b13c066dc812d8f9e2c599576e4',0,'','3ct1i9lz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396174,28071,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1266187477,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','I just ate grilled chicken with chipped potato and onion discs with mayonaise, curry and ketchup. \n\nLovely meal.','22f287a3e43cf11109d725e0c95d6ab9',0,'','e4kmc3c5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396175,28071,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266191351,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="RLobinske":v50bxm7m][img:v50bxm7m]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/funny-pictures-kittens-sleep-in-heart-shape.jpg[/img:v50bxm7m][/quote:v50bxm7m]\n\n\nOh, so many meanings to this image...','1ba4512146adac7fbfc27f59e5a75ade',0,'iA==','v50bxm7m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396176,27728,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266191488,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Kristen Bealer":3vbuqfpp][quote="MJPollard":3vbuqfpp][quote="Kristen Bealer":3vbuqfpp][quote="Dennis":3vbuqfpp][quote="The Angst Guy":3vbuqfpp]I bet this [i:3vbuqfpp]does[/i:3vbuqfpp] end happily. \":(\" [[i:3vbuqfpp]sulks[/i:3vbuqfpp]][/quote:3vbuqfpp]\nDon\'t wprry, TAG. There\'s still time for the meteor strike.[/quote:3vbuqfpp]\nSee? I\'m not the only one who sees it. Richard was [i:3vbuqfpp]clearly [/i:3vbuqfpp]setting up the "kill everyone with meteors" ending from the very start of the series. If you look closely, you can see all the signs. It\'s completely obvious. (nodnodnod)[/quote:3vbuqfpp]\nAm I the only one in this nuthouse who actually [i:3vbuqfpp]likes[/i:3vbuqfpp] a nice story with a happy ending? \";)\"[/quote:3vbuqfpp]\n\n"Like" has nothing to do with it. If you can\'t see the blindingly obvious death and destruction lurking just over the horizon, then that\'s your own problem. \":P\" \n\nKristen[/quote:3vbuqfpp]\n\nPay no attention to the naysayers. A nice story with happy ending is a great thing.','1f9e74aa868dd47bfc6025a7e087146b',0,'oA==','3vbuqfpp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396177,27728,6,65,0,'75.45.182.135',1266193067,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Brother Grimace":315vj0t8]Pay no attention to the naysayers. A nice story with happy ending is a great thing.[/quote:315vj0t8]\n[i:315vj0t8]Someone\'s[/i:315vj0t8] gotta write \'em, after all; it\'s not like we\'re short of angst around here. \":D\"','0a5ba9b2c211431badf1fc7ab9b837e3',0,'oA==','315vj0t8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396178,28276,6,804,0,'122.145.154.36',1266193896,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: First Day of School, or "What Might Have Been"','Interesting start. We definitely need to see more stories with Elsie.','63013c3bbb9c2edce602e9044af7c704',0,'','1gon6uf5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396179,28230,10,276,0,'205.188.117.71',1266195230,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Peregrine 7 (Complete)','Complete. Overall flat black with dark metallics for the fuel cell/turbopump housings and engine bells. I ended up hand-painting the logo on the Mercury because the toner on the homemade decals wasn\'t dense enough and it faded into the black. The larger logo for the base developed that pebble-like look, but I thought it gave a faded, after-reentry look and used it anyway. The base is from a box of marble trophy bases I picked up at a swap meet with the top painted gloss black.\n\nThe capsule window was transparent blue-green over silver and then filled with clear epoxy.','6f95486e9c1ed24445a2dc4b4b06f8a2',0,'','2w8t42ha',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396180,18107,3,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266196130,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Wiki','[quote="Sir":15t92h4k]:( Am I Banned?[/quote:15t92h4k]\n\nSigns point to yes. \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\n\n-----\n\nOkay, QW. I\'ll try to assemble some free time, and if I can I\'ll see what I can do about the wiki.','10dcc536191cfcbc0f674b9669bbcc43',0,'gA==','15t92h4k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396181,28272,5,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266196633,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Fashion Club\'s Secret Fashion Checklist','Wow.\n\nI would print that out, roll it up tight, and shove it straight up her . . . yeah. \":nono:\"','c32f3703fc6d2d02119195953150b513',0,'','1wo0mkef',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396182,27728,6,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266196747,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="MJPollard":33hj5b87][quote="Brother Grimace":33hj5b87]Pay no attention to the naysayers. A nice story with happy ending is a great thing.[/quote:33hj5b87]\n[i:33hj5b87]Someone\'s[/i:33hj5b87] gotta write \'em, after all; it\'s not like we\'re short of angst around here. \":D\"[/quote:33hj5b87]\n\nI like reading happy stories with nice endings. It\'s like a palate cleanser for the mind. \":)\"','ff5cb4d0b7e4510fea47e971ab6b17f6',0,'oA==','33hj5b87',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396183,24889,6,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266196952,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Daria is Raven\'s Apprentice','\":mrgreen:\" \n\nLooking forward to it! This made me giggle, often.','7fc4482ca414a242bf516a38d5407cfa',0,'','2axas0a5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396184,28269,6,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266197672,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','*coff* *coff*\n\nhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... atedActors','833225c767d4df72c9a63354dbf1212f',0,'','1yx0wjdr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396185,26955,3,276,0,'205.188.116.199',1266197733,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 2009 Daria Fanworks Awards - Winners announced','I just realizes something surprising. I\'ve won "Favorite Helen Story" three times.\n\n \":shock:\"','824be8d76d7c7d5b3ea5529b51e46959',0,'','q3gx11y3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396186,28277,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1266198694,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Playing my new double neck guitar','http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyvHflcDnI\n\nJust noodling away. There\'s some bum notes but sitting down with such a wide instrument doesn\'t exactly make it easy to play.','6b64e034b44f29f5bc6577c3822fa22d',0,'','1zqsafyg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396187,28278,5,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1266199012,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Hey DocForbin, here\'s a strip that Laptop would like','[img:3vditu19]http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2010/ga100214.gif[/img:3vditu19]','2580147fa24f336ae36299e72850cd63',0,'CA==','3vditu19',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396188,28279,6,1017,0,'71.224.0.215',1266200922,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Finn Morgendorffer: Chapter 33 - Independence (DONE)','[b:9q8pznyv]Finn Morgendorffer: Chapter 33 - Independence[/b:9q8pznyv]\n[i:9q8pznyv]Summary: Finn attempts to woo Sierra by applying himself at his studies. When the Three J\'s discover that Finn is seeing the tutor, they hire her themselves, and Sierra is able to witness just what sort of impact Finn has on another\'s lives. When Finn makes his move on the tutor, how will she react, and what more will he learn from her? Meanwhile, Daria breaks up with Tom, and both of their doubts lead them to likely and unlikely sources.[/i:9q8pznyv] \n\nPrevious Chapter Index\n\nChapter 1 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26745\n\nChapter 2 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26789\n\nChapter 3 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26809\n\nChapter 4 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26824\n\nChapter 5 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26861\n\nChapter 6 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26916\n\nChapter 7 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26976\n\nChapter 8 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27010\n\nChapter 9 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27038\n\nChapter 10 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27102\n\nChapter 11 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27165\n\nChapter 12 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27208\n\nChapter 13 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27246\n\nChapter 14 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27282\n\nChapter 15 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27314\n\nChapter 16 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27371\n\nChapter 17 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27428\n\nChapter 18 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27461\n\nChapter 19 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27522\n\nChapter 20 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27573\n\nChapter 21 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27607\n\nChapter 22 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27667\n\nChapter 23 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27719\n\nChapter 24 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27759\n\nChapter 25 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27803\n\nChapter 26 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27874\n\nChapter 27 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27919\n\nChapter 28 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27965\n\nChapter 29 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=28022\n\nChapter 30 - http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtop ... =6&t=28092\n\nChapter 31 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=28152\n\nChapter 32 - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=28236\n\n[i:9q8pznyv](Part 1)[/i:9q8pznyv]\n\nFinn had absolutely no desire to wake up the next day, and when he did, he continued to lay in bed, staring a hole at his wall.\n \nFinn had always thought he was, at the very least, better than Daria. And it was easy to feel that way. Daria was cruel to everyone, and Finn was not. He said good things to his buddies, and tried to be supportive. He participated on a team, and gave of himself so that the team might succeed, even if he got hurt in the attempt. And there was more.\n \nBut Finn wasn’t sure he could feel that way anymore. He was a narcissist, or whatever that word was that meant people loved attention and would do anything to get it. He strung along Jane because, secretly, he liked the fact that Jane preferred him to Tom. \n \n“[i:9q8pznyv]How could you be so horrible?[/i:9q8pznyv]” Finn chastised. This was the crap Daria pulled. She saw all the hell she was causing everyone growing up, and that just made her want to do it more. \n \n“[i:9q8pznyv]And here you are, asshole[/i:9q8pznyv].” Finn continued to berate himself. He eventually got out of bed, got dressed, and sat down at his desk.\n \nThings were so much simpler before Sierra walked into his life. He was on top of the world, Lawndale’s big man on campus. He had buddies, worshippers, and even female friends like Stacy. They were rare, of course. Stacy was an exception to the mindless praise. But he no longer felt worthy of their devotions. \n \nFinn grabbed the football laying on his floor. He desperately wanted to go back. Back to the world before the summer. Sure, it wasn’t all perfect, but none of the bad stuff was his fault. Daria caused all the problems in childhood. Daria was the whore who made out with Tom in spite of how Jane would feel. Finn good, Daria bad. \n \nBut it could never be true anymore, and Finn sobbed softly into his desk. \n\n \nIt wasn’t until later that night that Finn reviewed the necessary information for tutoring tomorrow. The sun would rise again, and Sierra would be back over for more work. Finn couldn’t hate her, what was the point? Sierra had not told Finn those things about himself: He did himself. It was harder to concentrate, but, just maybe, if Finn could concentrate on this tutoring work she assigned, and he did well at it, she’d be impressed. He could get the girl without his looks. Maybe instill a state of back to normality in this crazy life of his. \n \nFinn’s bad mood did not dissipate, but it lightened. \n\n \nFor the next two weeks, Sierra and Finn did their lessons. Finn still had a long way to go, but he had come a long way, and Sierra found herself impressed. \n \nBecause Finn was studying British literature, Sierra had assigned to him [u:9q8pznyv]The Picture of Dorian Grey[/u:9q8pznyv], figuring the Irish Wilde was close enough, and there was a parallel in this story she was hoping Finn would see. When Finn took an interest, Sierra allowed him to focus on this until the Fourth of July.\n \nFinn criticized Dorian strongly, and at first he seemed to ignore the motives behind aestheticism and the double life, as Wilde intended. He seemed to understand it at first.\n \n“So, how come when Dorian’s all nice and stuff, the picture doesn’t change back?” Finn asked.\n \n“That’s a very scholarly question, interpret that on your own. What do you think?” Sierra offered.\n \n“Ummm...Actually, do you think it’s because Dorian’s all bad and no matter what he does, he’s always going to be awful?” Finn asked, with an almost pathetic eagerness. Sierra did not think her plan would work this well, but she had no problems with being wrong about it. \n \n“I don’t think so.” Sierra remarked. “Dorian’s mercy wasn’t true mercy. He didn’t look at himself and want to be changed. He was just curious about being good.” \n \n“Oh.” Finn remarked. \n \n“Anyway, you seem to have read the book very well. Enjoy the Fourth of July, we’ll pick up again next week.” Sierra remarked as she picked up her things and left. \n\n \nFinn was going to be spending the Fourth of July at Jodie Landon’s bash, but Finn was only going because Mack and his buddies were going. He hadn’t heard hide nor hair from Jodie all summer, and Andrew Landon, Jodie’s father, was probably the most insufferable ass Finn had ever met. He was obsessed with name-dropping, and had an ego as large as the day was long. Finn supposed that inventing a foldable coffee cup gave him some well-deserved kudos, but that man was so full of himself it made Finn want to puke. \n \nBut at least the party had good nosh, Finn thought as he got himself a plate of food. \n \n“Nice to see everyone.” Finn clustered around his buddies. They were chatting about everything they had been doing over the summer. It didn’t amount to much: mostly boring stuff like catching some movies, a few funny stories. \n \n“What have you been doing, Finn?” Joey asked. Finn tried to deflect the question. What would he tell them, that he made out with Jane? That he learned he was a attention-starved asshole who ruined people’s lives, just like his sister? \n \nLuckily, the question didn’t need to be answered, for Jodie and Mack came over to join him.\n \n“What’s up, guys?” Mack asked pleasantly.\n \n“Hey, Mack.” Finn eagerly joined in deflecting attention from himself. “How are you?”\n \n“I’m not driving that wretched ice-cream truck today.” Mack gave the answer.\n \n“That bad, huh?” Finn asked.\n \n“At least you get to be outside wearing your nice white suit.” Jodie remarked. “All I’ve just been shredding articles of corruption.”\n \n“That’s not funny.” Finn remarked. “Mack’s paying back his dad, there’s no need to patronize him for it.”\n \n“I’m not trying to patronize him.” Jodie answered. By the look in Mack’s face, however, Finn thought there was something else that Mack didn’t believe his girlfriend. Finn was not about to break another couple up. \n \n“How has tutoring been going, Finn?” Jodie asked. \n \n“Well, I don’t get grades or anything, so I couldn’t give you a progress report. But I think it’s going better. I mean, I did learn some stuff.” \n \n“You...actually got the tutor?” Jeffy puzzled.\n \n“Didn’t I say I would?” Finn returned. He was eager to keep the topic on Sierra and his tutoring. \n \n“That doesn’t mean you did.” Jamie pointed out.\n \n“True, but I did. Her name is Sierra, my mom found her. I don’t know the specifics behind that. Why, what’s up?”\n \n“It’s...actually...kinda cool, that you actually did it.” Jamie continued.\n \n“Huh?” Finn answered. Of all the things he expected his buddies to say about tutoring, that was not it.\n \n“I had been thinking about it. You know, ever since you told me you were doing it.” Jeffy admitted. \n \n“Me too!” Joey remarked. “I mean, Finn, you’re doing it, and you’re cool. That doesn’t mean it’s dumb. It’s just doing better.” \n \n“Umm...yeah.” Finn shrugged. “I was just doing it to get my PSTAT’s up.” \n \n“It doesn\'t have to be just about those, and for what it\'s worth, I think it’s a fantastic idea.” Mack praised. “I’m glad to hear you’re doing well with it.”\n \n“Well, like I said, I don’t get grades. But I read this book, [u:9q8pznyv]The Picture of Dorian Grey[/u:9q8pznyv].”\n \n“I read that.” Jodie offered. “I wish I had more time for reading books like that. You said you finished it?”\n \n“Yeah, that was much better than the other one I read, [u:9q8pznyv]Pride and Prejudice[/u:9q8pznyv], or something.”\n \n“Well, I liked that one, but I suppose you’re not me.” \n \n“I hated it.” Mack returned. “Finn, maybe I could tell you a few more books you’d like?”\n \n“Ummm...I guess. I can run them by Sierra, see if she’s okay with it. But we gotta do other stuff too.” Finn, Mack, and Jodie continued to talk, while his buddies sat silently.\n \n“Hey, Finn, do you think...do you think I could get your tutor’s number?” Jeffy asked.\n \n“I...I guess. She might say no, but if you want to ask...” Finn looked around, grabbed a napkin, and wrote the number down.\n \n“Thanks!” Jeffy remarked.\n \n“Hey, don’t hog it, I wanna call her too!” Joey nearly snatched the napkin out of her hand.\n \n“Guys, don’t rip it.” Mack suggested. He then looked at Finn while the boys wrestled and fought. \n \n“Hey, Finn, do you remember what I told you when you took over QB?”\n \n“Uhhh...there were a lot of things.”\n \n“That you should be a leader more often.” Mack recited. \n \n“Was this what you meant?”\n \n“Mostly.” Mack answered. “But stick with the tutoring. You’ll understand later. Now, I think Jodie and I need to make rounds with her father.” Mack grimaced at the last part of the sentence.\n \n“I know he can be a little heavy-handed.” Jodie noted. “But he’s not a jerk.”\n \n“You haven’t heard him talk about the ice-cream truck. Speaking of that...” The two of them went off to argue, leaving Finn with more to think about.','5e93ec3467be50c09e6c9647963539eb',0,'YQ==','9q8pznyv',1,1266901126,'',1017,6,0),(396189,28071,3,994,0,'68.116.42.78',1266201542,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','Well! I\'m sitting here in Lincoln City, Oregon. I\'m on the third floor of the beachfront hotel I\'m in, and I can hear the waves. It\'s heaven for me.\n\nI\'ve got a few pictures, but since Photobucket is being assy tonight, I\'ll wait and upload \'em another day.','be3dfc478eb6a6bf34fbb9fed2c34f2f',0,'','nk98og2m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396191,28269,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266201984,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','[quote="Gouka Ryuu":pmmu4kt5]Why are a lot of these false facts done as if the show was not an animated comedy but live action? It makes no sense.[/quote:pmmu4kt5]\n\n\n[quote="NightGoblyn":pmmu4kt5]*coff* *coff*\n\nhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... atedActors[/quote:pmmu4kt5]\n\n\n[url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/behind_the_glasses.txt:pmmu4kt5]Ahem. You folks are... kind of new around these parts, eh?[/url:pmmu4kt5]\n\n\n[url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/behind_the_glasses_2.html:pmmu4kt5]*cough*[/url:pmmu4kt5]\n\n\n[url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/behind_the_glasses_3.html:pmmu4kt5]*cough*[/url:pmmu4kt5]\n\n[url=http://www.sh33pie.com/bg/btg4sub.htm:pmmu4kt5]I mean, really. The people who\'ve been involved it these things. Have people no taste?[/url:pmmu4kt5]\n\n\n \":)\"','7e815e81ae034e9dfdfca75aedde3b0b',0,'kA==','pmmu4kt5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396192,28071,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1266202331,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/g ... 0_1219.jpg\nA flying V copy I used to own, Piece of $hit guitar though, played really heavy and sounded raspy.','f3062ca23cf055f0fb1955343b0d01fc',0,'','2nha0ayp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396193,28272,5,1000,0,'220.253.46.196',1266202663,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Fashion Club\'s Secret Fashion Checklist','... Is it bad I agree with most that stuff. I read the whole thing through and agree with it all. Oh, except for the crap about my shoes. I\'ll wear runners if I want, thanks.\n\nOh lord, now I\'m freaked out. *runs screaming into the distance*','ed124a67947ce9b73ea9858204f897da',0,'','2bo5ovhe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396194,28272,5,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1266203032,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Fashion Club\'s Secret Fashion Checklist','I think I\'d make her faint. I\'ll assume my camo cargo pants are out, too, especially when worn with my retro-80s pink & black Globe shoes. \":lol:\" \n\nShe also probably wouldn\'t take comfort that I sometimes replace the noodle strapped top with a sports bra that I wear over a shirt of contrasting color, sometimes with striped arm wraps (of yet other colors) added in. \":P\" (ETA: How can I forget the Che beret I\'ve been wearing lately?)\n\nGranted, I don\'t dress this way when I\'m out on biz (usually). \";)\" \n\nInteresting that she had time enough to come up with such a detailed list. I can only hope that she found it quick to do because of long, bitter experience, and so spouted it out from traumatized memories. \":lol:\"\n\n[quote="Vlora":3t0ij1fp]... Is it bad I agree with most that stuff. I read the whole thing through and agree with it all. Oh, except for the crap about my shoes. I\'ll wear runners if I want, thanks.\n\nOh lord, now I\'m freaked out. *runs screaming into the distance*[/quote:3t0ij1fp]\n\nThat kind of style has its place, as long as the fashionistas remembers its small place where this kind of fashion should be considered "expected." But that she seems so squeamish, control freakish, and "weird about it" is pretty disturbing anyway. I\'d be less critical of her if I thought this was for a one time special event but even then it comes off as a bit "bridezilla"-like, and I\'d wonder just what kind of drama queen she is.','ef1dc6f31c4abbc871245b47d5db7a28',0,'gA==','3t0ij1fp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396195,26955,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266203340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 2009 Daria Fanworks Awards - Winners announced','[quote="RLobinske":3sqe0i6p]I just realizes something surprising. I\'ve won "Favorite Helen Story" three times.\n\n \":shock:\"[/quote:3sqe0i6p]\n\n\nSomething that I\'ve noticed - the last three years, every time I\'ve worked with someone on a project, we win awards. (They keep me grounded in reality, and I let them do the majority of the work. It works out very well. \";)\" ) \n\n\nI need to find a new writing partner for this year. Anyone starting a major project this summer? I should be finished writing my pilot script by May, so I\'ll be available to attach lamprey-like - I mean, partner on a project, if anyone wants. \":D\" \":D\"','4993628c6392dab030f26384f3b28907',0,'gA==','3sqe0i6p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396196,28306,5,885,0,'75.121.73.157',1266203460,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening To Now? - February Edition','I am listening to [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVL-zZnD3VU:19t9z7me]Your Woman[/url:19t9z7me] by White Town at the moment, but I will be following it up with [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_13MYoqULM:19t9z7me]Us[/url:19t9z7me] by Regina Spektor, who I discovered just a few days ago and with whom I have fallen madly in love.','3f319336042ce112784867346405b686',0,'EA==','19t9z7me',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396197,28280,3,26,0,'4.157.59.207',1266203710,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','RIP Doug Fieger','The lead singer for the band The Knack (best known for their 1979 hit "My Sharona") died from cancer today in Los Angeles at the age of 57.\n\nDetails [url=http://poststar.com/entertainment/national/article_8d107c59-7025-5692-a3de-663686510f7e.html:1p4vasq1]here[/url:1p4vasq1].\n\nRIP \":(\"','649ff955812bf8cbe181b1b9b0d58e6d',0,'EA==','1p4vasq1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396198,28281,3,26,0,'4.157.59.207',1266203961,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','RIP Dick Francis','The jockey-turned-author of mystery novels (most of which were set in the world of horse racing he was once part of) died today at the Cayman Islands at the age of 89.\n\nDetails [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/books/15francis.html?pagewanted=1:2o72za1u]here[/url:2o72za1u].\n\nRIP \":(\"','490bc9f24a25529e01f55076a2e534f5',0,'EA==','2o72za1u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396199,28306,5,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266204757,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening To Now? - February Edition','[quote="Jim North":34nr43au]I am listening to [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVL-zZnD3VU:34nr43au]Your Woman[/url:34nr43au] by White Town at the moment.[/quote:34nr43au]\nI absolutely love that song. I discovered it thanks to "Malled."\n\n\n\nI\'m listening to "Hey Lover" by LL Cool JJ and Boyz II Men. Quinn: "Ewww! Get your big, sweaty hands off of me! I don\'t slow dance until after the fifth date." \":)\"\n\nWhy couldn\'t MTV get the music licenses for future releases, dammit. \":x\"','1ade551239990b15f7c0170d492d8997',0,'kA==','34nr43au',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396200,28230,10,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266204919,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Peregrine 7 (Complete)','It looks great! By the way, where do you keep all those models and how many do you have? \":shock:\"','dbd2607996b8af1c8ac7531d2db0bab5',0,'','19qyba39',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396201,28280,3,65,0,'75.45.182.135',1266205027,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Doug Fieger','RIP. The only time I\'d ever heard of the guy was on account of his attention-whore scumbag brother, attorney Geoffrey Fieger.','048d3e5a859d30b817cf83814792afac',0,'','36ctidw7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396202,26955,3,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266205133,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 2009 Daria Fanworks Awards - Winners announced','[quote="Brother Grimace":1ku8ivaa]I need to find a new writing partner for this year. Anyone starting a major project this summer? I should be finished writing my pilot script by May, so I\'ll be available to attach lamprey-like - I mean, partner on a project, if anyone wants. \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:1ku8ivaa]\nMe! Me! Me! \n\n\nNah, you better stick to the established authors if you want to keep winning awards. \":P\"','aa9b24933f2b3f5c354a3362ce321bf2',0,'gA==','1ku8ivaa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396203,28279,6,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266205409,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: Chapter 33 - Independence (Part 1)','[quote="HolyGrail2007":56b774bj][i:56b774bj]Daria breaks up with Tom, and both of their doubts lead them to likely and unlikely sources.[/i:56b774bj][/quote:56b774bj]\nBut why? \":nono:\"\n\nWhat sources? \":shock:\"\n\nAnd what about Jane? \":shock:\"','2e59761a28c728dfd870a4ef2504de84',0,'oA==','56b774bj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396204,28272,5,1000,0,'220.253.46.196',1266205875,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Fashion Club\'s Secret Fashion Checklist','I\'ve found a few sites raving about how awful this is but... Yeah, okay, I sign my fate. I\'d probably be a candidate for the Fashion Club - but an artist somehow.','e04afd81c681aa1f36cbd658748d8288',0,'','calr7ph8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396205,28272,5,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266206780,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Fashion Club\'s Secret Fashion Checklist','[quote="Vlora":ehs7dt88]Yeah, okay, I sign my fate. I\'d probably be a candidate for the Fashion Club - but an artist somehow.[/quote:ehs7dt88]\nDon\'t worry. I\'d probably be a candidate for the Fashion Club too, but from afar. Once they got to talk to me they\'d realise I\'m from a different planet. They\'d be scratching their heads for hours. "What is a brain doing dressed like [i:ehs7dt88]that[/i:ehs7dt88]?!"\n\nI like fashion and all, but I would [i:ehs7dt88]never[/i:ehs7dt88] be able to talk about it [i:ehs7dt88]all[/i:ehs7dt88] the time. That\'s so boring.\n\nOne thing though, I can\'t live without my watch. Whoever wrote that list can go to hell. Besides, my watch is very nice.','46bebae1b95d581f6964d136597d57de',0,'oA==','ehs7dt88',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396206,28276,6,1031,0,'99.249.128.97',1266206976,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Day of School, or "What Might Have Been"','Now, I am really intrigued. \n\nHow will Daria fit into a demanding school that will truly require the best of her talents? Moreover, if Elsie\'s stories about bullying and racism are true, I doubt Daria will just stand by and let it happen. The mandatory sports and religious services attendance will certainly be a source of irritation.\n\nThere\'s also the question of how Quinn will manage in such a school.','2c56540b347a25c4ea1d96dc08724580',0,'','x0hb9c5y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396207,28282,6,994,0,'68.116.42.78',1266207816,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Crossing Stars','[i:17atlv5c][Because people seemed to enjoy it. Read, review, give suggestions, go nuts. Think of it as an open Beta Read.-S][/i:17atlv5c]\n\n"I know, Jane.”\n\n"The words were spoken as the door in front of Daria Morgendorffer hissed open.\n\n"I\'m just saying, Amiga, we haven\'t had a decent contract in weeks.” Jane Lane\'s voice filtered through the ship\'s speaker system.\n\n"I\'m aware of that, Jane.” Daria strode down the corridor, headed for the lift.\n\n"What Li’s unofficially sanctioned crusade, Zuul raiding parties and what all. You really need to check the contract boards, Daria.”\n\nDaria sighed in frustration. “I know that, Jane. Shouldn\'t you be fixing the docking computer or something?”\n\n"Oh, come on. How often do you get visited by the local Navy garrison?”\n\n"Every time we dock, Jane.” Daria lifted her glasses and rubbed the bridge of her nose as the lift rose. “I\'m tired of the system mistaking the defense halos for the station, and I\'m not particularly eager to to keep being boarded.”\n\n"Okay, okay, I\'ll fix it.” Jane\'s voice cut from the speakers as the lift\'s door hissed open, revealing the bridge. Daria stepped easily from the lift to the small alcove nearby. Her crew- that of the SS Nemo- was gathered around the holographic tank they lovingly called their “Briefing Table.”\n\n"As it so happens, Jane,” Daria said calmly, “I have checked the contract boards. As it turns out, there is a contract we could take. Some rich idiot wants to be ferried ten jumps to Malygos, and they want a class 3 jump drive equipped starship to do it. It pays thirty million ISK.”\n\n"That\'s good news,” Jane remarked.\n\n"And it leads right into the bad news.” Daria brought up the holotank display, showing its default display of the jumpweb.\n\n"Which is?” This from Mack, her tactical officer.\n\n"Some rich idiot is paying thirty million ISK for a fast ship to transport him or her to a system that\'s been under intermittent siege for the last four Leauge-standard months. Which means-”\n\n"It\'s a deathtrap.” This from Stacy, her navigator.\n\n"-It\'s a deathtrap.” Daria agreed.\n\n"What else is there?” Jodie said, looking up from her data slate.\n\nDaria brought up the contracts. “Mostly short-run jobs. Nothing that\'s going to cover the insurance, let alone maintainence for the reactor and node drive. Which means we refit for a shorter range, or we take on a deathtrap job.”\n\n"Why is it this crops up every time we finish getting things back under control? The drives are running at optimum, our limited arsenal is working fine, the reactor containment isn\'t redlining every twelve hours, and Mack\'s shower didn\'t do unspeakable things to him this morning.” Jane sighed in exaggeration. “Oh, the things we do for a paycheck.” Daria rolled her eyes, and started asking for opinions.\n\n"Mack?”\n\n"I\'m gunnery. Given the paycheck, I\'ll probably be proving myself. Again.” Mack grinned.\n\n"Jodie?”\n\n"Someone has to try and keep Mack from proving himself. Again.” Jodie flipped down the mike connection to her communications equipment.\n\n"Stacy?”\n\n"The ship doesn\'t fly without me.” The pigtailed girl folded her arms. Daria couldn\'t tell if it was from anxiety, or a bit of defiance at the suggestion she\'d leave the ship.\n\n"Deathtrap it is,” Daria said. “Jane, call Trent. Jodie, call the rich idiot and let them know there\'s a spot in the passenger berths for them. Mack, make sure that our guns are working. Stacy, once Jodie\'s let the rich idiot know there\'s a spot aboard, help her get supplies together for a long trip. I\'m going to double check our insurance.”\n\nMack arched an eyebrow at Jodie. Jodie rubbed her temple in frustration. Stacy glanced at Jane. “We have insurance?” the pigtailed girl asked plantively.\n\n"Not nearly enough.” Jane murmured concernedly.\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\nDaria’s hand pressed against the panel. The airlock hissed open. Daria caught sight of the man waiting on the other side and closed the hatch. “Damn.”\n\n"Daria, did you just close the door in his face?” Jodie inquired, sounding a little bewildered. Daria pointedly ignored her.\n\n"Jane? It’s Tom.”\n\nA pause. “Tom Sloane?” Jane asked, bewildered. Daria answered in the affirmative. “Damn,” Jane replied.\n\n"Something I should know?” Jodie asked, as the door hissed open.\n\n"Mutual ex of the captain and myself,” Jane replied. Daria was too busy trying to close the door, muttering curses to herself.\n\n"Um…Hi.” Tom said the words slowly, cautiously, as though he was fearing Daria drawing a weapon and killing him. “I didn’t know you were the one in charge.”\n\n"I didn’t know you were the rich idiot. Come inside. You’re spending the trip in the airlock.” Daria stepped back. Tom stepped forward.\n\n"I know, I’ve earned that after what happened,” Tom started. The airlock doors hissed shut as if on cue. Daria could hear Jodie and Jane arguing in the background, but tuned it out. “Um…You know there’s laws against this, right?” Tom called through the hatch. Daria allowed herself a smirk and walked away.\n\n"Stacy, tell them Mr. Sloane is on board and request departure permission.”\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\n"Daria, I cannot believe you!” Jodie snapped.\n\n"I let him out, didn’t I?” Daria countered irritably, showing more emotion than was normal for her.\n\n"Yes, after the first jump!” Jodie was pacing. “What if he sues?”\n\n"He won’t,” Jane spoke, intervening in the argument. “Daria and I, we’ve got a history with Tom. He should be grateful we chose to honor the contract, instead of refusing him entry.”\n\n"He is grateful,” Daria pointed out. “Though I wish he’d stop being so dammed cheerful. It’s starting to wear.”\n\n"At least he’s staying in his quarters,” Jane remarked dryly.\n\nJodie moaned, rubbing her face in frustration. “What is it with you two and Tom, anyways?”\n\n"We both dated him.” Jane replied.\n\n"So?” Jodie asked.\n\n"At the same time. Behind each other’s back. He was, well…let’s just say him having a wedding ring isn’t something we ever thought we’d see.” Daria finished.\n\n"Oh,” Jodie said plainly. Then her expression turned to shock. “Oh,” she repeated, more emotion in it.\n\nDaria opened her mouth, then looked confused. “Jane?” she asked.\n\n"That wasn’t a cut out. That was a kick-stop.” Jane’s reply saw Daria twist up and stride to the small galley’s door, where the communications link was.\n\n"Bridge, what’s going on?” Daria asked sharply.\n\n"Something on scanner,” Stacy replied. There was an undercurrent of nervousness to it. “I think you’d better get up here.”\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\n"Li?” Daria asked, glancing at the holotank display with a frown.\n\n"No IFF tags and milspec hardware. I’d say that’s our dear Rear Admiral Li.” Mack frowned at the display. “Battleship’s definitely set for speed. Even at a standstill, she’s radiating a lot of heat. And a frigate with minimal thermal bloom and above-normal emissions. Electric warfare.”\n\n"Shut ‘em down, stick ‘em up, and leave only a debris field,” Jodie muttered.\n\n"We can’t take them.” Stacy’s voice, commenting in a matter of fact tone.\n\n"We can’t take them,” Mack confirmed. “We could be a heavy cruiser with nothing but heavy weapons mounts, and we’d still loose this fight. E-war ship locks up scanners and targeting, and we’re flying and shooting blind.” \n\n"Never mind that, like any other civilian ships, there\'s safeties in place to shut down the drives to keep that from happening," Jane said. "So you don\'t go, say, running into a rock field."\n\n"Or misjump," Stacy added. \n\nDaria groaned. "Well, good thing Tom\'s in his quarters. Stacy, is there any way we can get around them?"\n\nStacy looked, and shook her head. "Not without running into violation of contract terms. The nearest alternate is back in Parnell, and that\'s two jump back up the arm. The time would run us over-"\n\n"And leave us without a paycheck," Jodie finished. Mack grimaced. Stacy frowned, as if trying to find another way around. Jane looked at Daria, who\'d removed her glasses and was rubbing the bridge of her nose.\n\n"We have to go through. Jodie, send a node-com through the node. Band \'gamma\', reception 4." Daria put her glasses back on and pushed them up.\n\n"Message contents?" Jodie asked, plugging the information in.\n\n"Code 13-Alpha."Daria said flatly. Jane smirked. Jodie just shrugged and sent the message. "The rest of you, get back to your stations. Let\'s move in."\n\n"This is suicide. You\'re aware of that, right?" Mack asked.\n\n"Just keep us alive, Mack." Daria snapped. Mack stepped back, and Daria sighed. "Sorry, just...do what you do."\n\n"Right," Mack sighed. "I\'ll go start up the guns and shielding and hope we don\'t get hulled."\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\nRear Admiral Angela Li, United Nations Colonial Authority stood on the bridge of her own battlecruiser, watching the plot update. She smiled, a grim, satisfied smile. "Oh, I do so love it when they decide to come on their own."\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\nJodie sighed, looking at her communications board. "Incoming communications from the battleship," she deadpanned at Daria.\n\nDaria didn\'t even look at Jodie. "Put it up."\n\nTo the surprise of nobody on the Nemo\'s bridge, Rear Admiral Li stared at them. "Attention, unathorized vessel! This is Rear Admiral Angela Li of the United Nations Colonial Authority. You are in violation of the Naval Commerce Act. Surrender your vessel and passengers, or be destroyed."\n\nDaria rolled her eyes. "You know what? Never mind. Jodie, loose this channel."\n\nEven as the screen went dark, Daria let out a breath.\n\n"You made her mad, Daria," Mack said.\n\n"And you know this how?" Daria retorted calmly. The ship chose that moment to jolt from a concussion.\n\n"The way she launched torpedoes." Mack said.\n\n"Damn," Daria muttered as the ship jostled around them.\n\n"She\'s got nav and targeting locked up," Mack said, delivering more bad news. "So what\'s the plan?" \n\n"Pray our backup shows in time," Daria admitted as the ship jolted from a severe hit.\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\nLi snorted. "Another pathetic ship with no chance. Close in, and destroy them."\n\nThere was a pause. "Ma\'am, engines have gone to idle. Radiation chokes are shut." The officer relaying the information looked bewildered as Li turned a glare on him.\n\n"Ma\'am, it\'s the auto-safeties. The jump node\'s putting out a lot of excess radiation. If I didn\'t know better, I\'d say the node is in use."\n\nLi opened her mouth to speak, only to be cut off by the noise of several alarms. Her tac officer turned to face her. "New contact! Bearing one-seven-two degrees orientation by one-eight equitorial!" The tactical officer stopped. Li whirled around.\n\n"Well?"\n\n"Ma\'am...ship\'s a dreadnought, but it\'s only armed with mining tools."\n\nLi laughed. "What sort of buffoon arms a dreadnought with mining tools?"\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\nTrent Lane smirked over his cup of coffee. "Daria. Sorry I\'m late." His words word followed by two things. The first was a long sip of coffee. The second was a simple order. "Nicholas? Frigate."\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\n"Ma\'am? We\'re getting a distress call from our electronic warfare ship."\n\nLi went from doubled over with laughter to upright within a handful of seconds. "What?"\n\n"The mining dreadnaught just cut cut the bridge off and is tractoring the rest of the frigate in."\n\n"Inform them they\'re violating Authority law! I demand they return that frigate!"\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\nThere was a shimmering as the holotank at Trent\'s side came to life. The avatar of the shipboard AI looked remarkably like the woman who\'d designed it.\n\n"Li wants her frigate back," the AI said, sounding a little put out.\n\n"All right," Trent agreed, tossing back the last of his coffee. "Chop it up and put it in the accelerator."\n\nNicholas cackled. The AI\'s eyebrows rose. "Affirmative, captain. Mass accelerator charging."\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\n"We have navigation back," Mack said. Daria nodded.\n\n"Stacy, back us off. At an angle away from both ships." Daria ordered. Stacy didn\'t reply, but carried out the orders. The Nemo began to slip backwards.\n\n"We\'re...well, the Veldnought\'s putting out EM enough that it\'s cutting through the jamming. Is that good?" Mack asked, glancing from his console to Daria, to Jodie, and back to his console.\n\n"Stacy," Daria said, her normal sarcasm gone from her voice, "Full reverse."\n\nStacy got the ship moving backwards as fast as its engines would allow.\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\n"Ma\'am, EMP surge on the mining dreadnought!"\n\nLi turned to her tactical officer. "Your point being?" The battleship slammed downwards, scattering the bridge personnel around like a collapsing house of cards.\n\n"Damage reports coming in! Shields at sixty precent! Hull breaches on decks one, three, and four between frames A and C!"\n\n"What hit us?" Li demanded. The tactical officer forced himself upright.\n\n"Ma\'am...electromagnetic charge. Shrapnel of some sort...reports are saying it\'s hull metal." The tac officer glanced at her. "Admiral, I think they\'re giving our frigate back."\n\n"Target that ship and fire!" Li ordered.\n\n"Target lock in five...four-"\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\n"Two. One." Circe cocked an eyebrow at the Veldnought\'s captain. Trent raised a hand, and pointed it forward.\n\n"Round two," Nicholas commented, pressing the fire button.\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\nDaria grimaced as Li\'s flagship swung again, forced off its heading by the sheer force of the blow. Jane had told her- more than once- that Sir Issac Newton was one of the deadliest foes in space.\n\nThe state of Li\'s flagship proved it: large holes open to space, debris jammed and slowly coming loose where it was akwardly stuck in the starship.\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\n"Report!" Li called as the bridge\'s brilliant red lights came up.\n\n"Primary generators offline! Shield generators destroyed! Sublight thrusters at ten percent. Reaction mass is leaking internally in engines four, six, and ten. Hull is open to space on all decks. Bridge is under emergency seal. Ma\'am...we need to retreat. We will not survive a third shot."\n\nLi shuddered in sheer fury, then gave the order. "Withdraw."\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\n"They\'re moving off," Max said. Trent chuckled.\n\n"Circe, send word we\'ll keep up ahead, in case Li tries anything more." Trent said. "Max, cycle the nodedrive, then take us back through."\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~\n\nIt had been three long days, three quiet, nerve-wracking days since Li\'d attacked the S.S. Nemo. Daria\'s head drooped backwards, over the top of the chair she occupied in the bridge\'s center.\n\nStacy pressed a few buttons in front of her. The computer\'s low, baritone voice remarked that the automated docking sequence had been accepted. Daria slowly bent her head forward. The door hissed open, and Daria turned her head, opening her mouth. It clicked shut as she caught sight of the figure in the doorway.\n\n"Permission to enter the bridge?" Tom asked.\n\n"Granted," Daria replied.\n\nTom stepped in. "I\'m here in one piece. Despite the bruhaha a few days back." Daria glared, and he smiled. "I\'m going to transfer the fee once we\'re docked."\n\n"Fine," Daria groused.\n\nTom watched them dock, quietly. "I might need transport again."\n\n"Find another ship," Daria told him.\n\n"And if I don\'t have a choice?" Tom retorted.\n\n"Guess you\'re stuck," Daria commented, even as the docking clamps pulled the Nemo inside the station. "We\'re docked. My fee?"\n\nTom brought his pad up, and issued the command. Jodie nodded at Daria, who caught the gesture out of the corner of her eye.\n\n"We\'re done then." Tom strode from the bridge. "You and Jane take care, Daria. Dark times are coming up."\n\n"Funny," Daria said, watching him go. She stared at the station, only remotely acknowledging her bridge crew\'s departure as well.','d0a6284e1eb8f2ad8d3ed825f479fe8f',0,'IA==','17atlv5c',1,1302371513,'',994,1,0),(396208,28276,6,955,0,'173.25.120.175',1266208214,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Day of School, or "What Might Have Been"','An intriguing start. I\'m eager for MOAR!','657302845abe21e2b238c53ef176b998',0,'','2u2o658u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396209,28272,5,955,0,'173.25.120.175',1266209294,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Fashion Club\'s Secret Fashion Checklist','I didn\'t care about fashion in high school nor do I know. Making fun of the fashionistas was always on my to do list.','fad4529dcf69e273a7d2d07f66daaed8',0,'','2d4ozz2q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396210,28283,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266209694,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','LLH Special - \'No One Is To Blame\' - SECOND TEASER','Well, in the midst of babysitting duties, writing my pilot script and being a sexist ass-for-hire (I might as well get paid for something I do that well, right?). I\'ve got a few blocks of time. I\'ve been working on a couple of things, including this, my second [i:2pzqz3gg][u:2pzqz3gg]Legion of Lawndale Heroes[/u:2pzqz3gg] Special.[/i:2pzqz3gg] \n\nIn this one, [i:2pzqz3gg]\'No One Is To Blame\'[/i:2pzqz3gg], I begin a multipart story arc focusing on Tom Sloane; this began in [i:2pzqz3gg]LLH Gold Team[/i:2pzqz3gg] and continued through the LLH Mini [i:2pzqz3gg]Network Connections[/i:2pzqz3gg], as the teen- and twenty-something Elite members that call themselves the Network have decided to strike back at Tom for his actions in West Texas... and the results of what happen reverberate through every facet of Tom\'s life, and all those who know him.\n\nFor those of you who are pro-Tom fans - this isn\'t going to be an exercise in flogging Tom just to do it, but be warned: some ugly parts of Young Master Thomas are going to come to the foreground. This one\'s prime angst territory.\n\n\nHere\'s a teaser from the upcoming fic.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[quote:2pzqz3gg][i:2pzqz3gg][u:2pzqz3gg]No One Is To Blame[/u:2pzqz3gg]\n\n\nA [u:2pzqz3gg]Legion of Lawndale Heroes[/u:2pzqz3gg] Special, by Brother Grimace\n\n\n[b:2pzqz3gg][u:2pzqz3gg]Legion of Lawndale Heroes[/u:2pzqz3gg] created by James Bowman[/b:2pzqz3gg]\n\n\n(Continuity note: This ‘Mini’ takes place during (and immediately after) the events of [u:2pzqz3gg]A Legion Halloween[/u:2pzqz3gg].)[/i:2pzqz3gg]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[i:2pzqz3gg]In a speech given at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1993, the acclaimed actor Louis Gossett, Jr. made an observation about the nature of film and television, and how an individual’s own background skewed their viewing habits and choices: ‘People want to see on the screen, what they see in the mirror every morning.’ With this observation firmly in mind, it could be argued that in the early days of the Legion, no one Legionnaire had a more difficult time as a member than Thomas Lyman Sloane. When one considers the trials of other members such as Tiffany Blum-Deckler, Quinn Morgendorffer and most famously, the star-crossed romance that Bai Zheng Bo endured, that clearly illuminates the depths of what he suffered through - as a Legionnaire, and on a personal level.\n\nIn the world that he had chosen to enter, however, Tom’s appearance, powers and family background, while bringing to him no end of acclaim or adulation from the masses, were seen by Tom himself as a curse on many occasions. Many of his personality traits, as well as effectively being raised as a young prince, meant that the worldview instilled in him was sorely out of sync with most of the individuals that he would encounter, from the throngs of average citizens, to the majority of rogue metahumans and other miscreants. Moreover, he was bereft of many of those fears the world imposes upon the majority of persons – such as the time-honored maxim ‘There’s always a bigger fish.’ This particular fear - vanishingly rare in members of the upper levels of society who are shielded from trivialities such as (in their minds) the rule of law - and quite blatant in Tom from the way he carried himself, was amplified in Tom upon discovering his Daxamite-level abilities. Not even encountering other equally-powerful beings in combat – among them, Black Majesty, Tom’s distaff (and better-trained) counterpart in [u:2pzqz3gg]The Alliance[/u:2pzqz3gg] - Maryann Lyter, several members of the Dark Legion and even Jane Lane – allowed Tom to absorb that lesson fully. In no instance was this to be seen more clearly than in the aftermath of what happened at Legion Tower on the night of the now historic [u:2pzqz3gg]Halloween Charity Costume Ball[/u:2pzqz3gg]; the ramifications of Tom’s actions – his reasoning behind them, and the forces that put everything in play - would reverberate for decades afterward.\n\nThere is another proverb that echoes through history: ‘The universe provides us not with what we [u:2pzqz3gg]want[/u:2pzqz3gg], but what we [u:2pzqz3gg]need[/u:2pzqz3gg].’ Tom Sloane would come to learn this lesson, painfully and in full view of the world and all those who knew him best, in the environment he was raised in – but in doing so, would come to experience and learn other lessons that would begin to remake him, body and spirit, into the man – and the Legionnaire - that he was destined to become.\n\n- from [u:2pzqz3gg]Chapter Number One[/u:2pzqz3gg], by Hank Stewart[/i:2pzqz3gg]\n\n\n\n\n[i:2pzqz3gg]I\'ve seen angels fall from blinding heights\nBut you yourself are nothing so divine\nJust next in line\n\nArm yourself because no one else here will save you\nThe odds will betray you\nAnd I will replace you\nYou can\'t deny the prize; it may never fulfill you\nIt longs to kill you; are you willing to die?\n\nThe coldest blood runs through my veins\nYou know my name\n\n- from ‘[u:2pzqz3gg]You Know My Name[/u:2pzqz3gg]’, by Chris Cornell[/i:2pzqz3gg]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCadet Farrington tossed his overcoat away with a casual movement of his arm as he walked into the gymnasium; as he began to unbutton the buttons on his coal-colored, double-breasted suit, Tom was at the end of a line of individuals that had followed him into the gym. \n\n“Morgendorffer - we need the gym, if you don’t mind,” the cadet said, tossing his jacket down. “Congratulations on being elected Leader, also.”\n\n“For what?” Tom asked, cutting off Daria’s response (and earning a dirty look from her in the process) “Who’s ‘we’?”\n\nTom hadn’t noticed how his fellow Legionnaires and the other onlookers had held back, allowing him a generous amount of space as he continued out into the gym. “What?” he continued, as David Allen released the three holding clasps on the Mark 30 augmenter he wore on his left forearm, and placed the device down on his jacket. “Your poor feelings are hurt, your honor is tarnished, so you’re going to-”\n\nThe cadet ignored Tom’s comments as he drew a small case from his pocket, and opened it to reveal two tiny, clear bottles with a pale blue liquid inside – [i:2pzqz3gg]nose spray,[/i:2pzqz3gg] Tom saw at once. [i:2pzqz3gg]That’s ‘[u:2pzqz3gg]flush[/u:2pzqz3gg]’.[/i:2pzqz3gg]\n\nDavid Allen broke the seal on one of the bottles; as everyone watched, he placed the tiny bottle to his nose and inhaled the contents as the tiny atomizer sprayed the [i:2pzqz3gg]‘[u:2pzqz3gg]flush[/u:2pzqz3gg]’[/i:2pzqz3gg] into his left nostril. “Take it,” he said, closing the case and tossing it to Tom. \n\nTom caught the case. “Are you kidding?” he laughed.\n\nThe cadet simply stared at him. “A fast-acting form of [i:2pzqz3gg]‘[u:2pzqz3gg]flush’[/u:2pzqz3gg][/i:2pzqz3gg] developed for sporting and emergency medical use,” he said; a murmur of understanding began to flow through the small crowd as the meaning of what Farrington had done began to sink in. “It acts immediately upon being inhaled. The dose you have dampens all powers down for exactly thirty minutes. Take it.”\n\nTom realized what was going on. It was a direct challenge from Farrington. The cadet\'s god-like powers would be suppressed for thirty minutes, and he would be as vulnerable as any man. Sloane would be expected to do the same, and he would be without his own superhuman resources.\n\nThe Legionnaire took another look at the tiny atomizer; he closed the case and tossed it back at the Academy cadet. “No.”\n\nDavid Allen stood silently for several seconds. “Position and rank are not at issue, here,” he spoke up, loudly enough so that he could be heard throughout the gym. “What happens here [u:2pzqz3gg]stays[/u:2pzqz3gg] here. [i:2pzqz3gg]Whatever happens here, today, here and now - it ends [u:2pzqz3gg]here[/u:2pzqz3gg] – and [u:2pzqz3gg]they[/u:2pzqz3gg] are leaving. This is between [u:2pzqz3gg]us[/u:2pzqz3gg].”[/i:2pzqz3gg]\n\nIgnoring the crowd, David Allen tossed it to Tom once more – and caught it again as Tom threw it right back. “If you think I’m playing into any ‘macho’ image you want to pump yourself up with to make yourself look good, you need to find someone else to play ‘fight club’ with,” Tom said, growing more insulted by the crowing and mumbling of the onlookers. “I haven’t done anything wrong. [u:2pzqz3gg]Nobody[/u:2pzqz3gg] did anything wrong. As long as the word ‘yes’ was said… [i:2pzqz3gg]whatever happens between me and anyone else is really not any of your business.”[/i:2pzqz3gg]\n\nDavid Allen walked with slow deliberation towards Tom as the latter continued to speak. “If the girl meant so much to you, then you’d have done something about it long ago,” Tom said, his attention on David Allen; off to the side, eyes were raised and several gentle gasps were heard as Tom’s pompous tone punctuated his words – and what had happened began to sink in. “She’s alone with me for fifteen minutes, and I don’t even have to ask.”\n\nDaria Morgendorffer stepped forward, shoulders forward in an attempt at alpha-female mode. "Okay, boys. Time to knock off all the macho crap. Let\'s let our hormones return to sea level."\n\n"Actually, Daria," said Jane. "I\'d like to see this." She said it with clear bitterness.\n\n"You\'ve got to be kidding me," Daria answered, aghast. She looked for some support from her Deputy Leader Charles, who telepathically spoke to Daria using his flight ring. "<I would let this play out. Yeah, I don\'t like it either but it\'s going to happen - so why stop it?>"\n\nSandi Griffin stepped forward towards Daria. "Girl talk," she said, as she put her hand on Daria\'s shoulder and walked her out of the gym, with Daria failing to notice that another Sandi duplicate had split off from the original and intended to watch every moment.\n\n“You do not understand what’s happening here, Sloane,” David Allen said, after taking a moment to keep his right hand firmly to his side. “You’ve never understood. You’ve always had the privilege of being carefree, of having money to shield you from the repercussions of your bad behavior. You’ve been allowed to be a kid for far longer than is reasonable.”\n\nThe cadet took a deep breath, and then, continued to speak. “You don’t know what it’s like to have to remain in control all of the time – and I don’t mean just about [i:2pzqz3gg]powers.[/i:2pzqz3gg] You don’t understand what it means to know that someday, you’re going to make decisions that mean people are going to die. I don’t mean just the military, either.”\n\nTom looked at David Allen, and rolled his eyes. “I feel your pain. You’ve had it so bad, with a hot redhead at your fingertips, God knows how many other women looking for a chance at you – but you’re so noble, because you don’t do anything with any of them…”\n\nThe Legionnaire’s eyes hardened. [i:2pzqz3gg]“Except for putting your lips on Daria.”[/i:2pzqz3gg]\n\nDavid Allen took a step closer to Tom; his voice low so that only the Legionnaire could hear him. “You… have never had to understand what it truly means to be [i:2pzqz3gg]Elite,”[/i:2pzqz3gg] the African-American cadet told him. “Despite everything you have and everything you are, you are simply a [i:2pzqz3gg]noble[/i:2pzqz3gg]; I am [i:2pzqz3gg]royalty[/i:2pzqz3gg]. That means that I have an obligation you will never understand. You can say anything about me that you want, but what you don’t understand is that I grew up having to understand and learn that I have a responsibility towards everyone… even if it means that I can’t do or have what I want for myself, and even if it means trying to help someone who I can’t stand the thought of still drawing breath.”\n\nThe two young men locked eyes. [i:2pzqz3gg]“What you don’t understand is that I’m trying to save you,”[/i:2pzqz3gg] David Allen said. “I want to hurt you so badly – for everything you’ve done over the course of my life, for the way you’ve abused everything I would give my soul to have, for just a moment.”\n\nThe cadet leaned in even closer. “For last night… for [i:2pzqz3gg]that[/i:2pzqz3gg], I want to do things to you that would what I did to the copper-top in VR seem like the ‘first dance’ at a wedding… [i:2pzqz3gg]but things are not best served that way.”[/i:2pzqz3gg]\n\nDavid Allen took a short breath, and then, stepped back. [i:2pzqz3gg]“Take the \'[u:2pzqz3gg]flush[/u:2pzqz3gg]’. End this here.”[/i:2pzqz3gg][/quote:2pzqz3gg]','374f6014589ad2abc06143667cb5f96c',0,'4Q==','2pzqz3gg',1,1269847579,'',59,1,0),(396212,28282,6,37,0,'72.175.149.142',1266209808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Crossing Stars','Definately liking this universe. I\'ll go through it with my nitpicking eyes tomorrow, but so far I\'m liking what I\'m reading.','471b4b94cca65f262f153b31f2b0f9f2',0,'','3jlfc4tf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396213,28269,6,440,0,'172.129.242.139',1266209866,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','[list:3q5e7rq0][*:3q5e7rq0]Not many people realize it but, Mrs. Johansen was semi-popular in her own right. She was brought back in a later season with a few changes made. Pay close attention and you\'ll see that Mrs. J and Tom Sloane are the same person.\n[/*:m:3q5e7rq0]\n[*:3q5e7rq0]Despite what it says on most websites, Mack Mackenzie was really played by only one person. Thanks to a particularly vicious puberty, the credits were changed every time the actor\'s voice shifted.\n[/*:m:3q5e7rq0]\n[*:3q5e7rq0]Another little known fact: the pairings of Taylor-Thompson and Landon-Mackenzie were not that way in the original scripts. Because of complaints from south of the Bible Belt, the two couples were never shown in their original interracial match-ups. Oddly enough, the fact that both couples were same-sex never bothered anyone.[/*:m:3q5e7rq0][/list:u:3q5e7rq0]','e849cb350dbf90eea566d4765b5a77c4',0,'AEA=','3q5e7rq0',1,1266213455,'',440,1,0),(396214,28279,6,1039,0,'76.102.192.90',1266209965,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: Chapter 33 - Independence (Part 1)','So does that mean Tom\'s available now? Hmmmm.... I smell freshed baked slash right from the oven. But then again I shouldn\'t get my hopes up. \":(\" Well whatever Mister Newfound Angst Lord does I\'ll go with it. \";)\"','b1f7479954979242888c666961bf3ea5',0,'','3si21uxh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396215,28269,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266210191,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','[quote="DigiSim":3w25qo99][list:3w25qo99][*:3w25qo99]Not many people realize it but, Mrs. Johansen was semi-popular in her own right. She was brought back in a later season with a few changes made. Pay close attention and you\'ll see that Mrs. J and Tom Soane are the same person.\n[/*:m:3w25qo99]\n[*:3w25qo99]Despite what it says on most websites, Mack Mackenzie was really played by only one person. Thanks to a particularly vicious puberty, the credits were changed every time the actor\'s voice shifted.\n[/*:m:3w25qo99]\n[*:3w25qo99][color=#0000FF:3w25qo99]Another little known fact: the pairings of Taylor-Thompson and Landon-Mackenzie were not that way in the original scripts. Because of complaints from south of the Bible Belt, the two couples were never shown in their original interracial match-ups. Oddly enough, the fact that both couples were same-sex never bothered anyone.[/color:3w25qo99][/*:m:3w25qo99][/list:u:3w25qo99][/quote:3w25qo99]\n\n\n\nThe scary thing is that I can see that happening in reality.','2e31e37839bf596dce76cc08fda888ee',0,'gkA=','3w25qo99',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396216,28283,6,994,0,'68.116.42.78',1266210213,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: LLH Special - \'No One Is To Blame\' - TEASER','Well! It\'s been a while since I read a [i:1dohlnks]teaser[/i:1dohlnks] where I wanted to break out the popcorn, but I\'m liking this.','29c8b55abdd71468e763870c6fe4402b',0,'IA==','1dohlnks',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396217,28276,6,785,0,'190.245.205.239',1266210924,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Day of School, or "What Might Have Been"','Awesome! I always wanted this story to be written (I mean, an AU with Daria going to Fielding, and I know the bug guy wrote one, but it was only like, a teaser). Hope this ends up being long \":)\".','7f019f3b529520d5bcd174cdbd92cfcd',0,'','thxk1hv0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396218,28279,6,656,0,'24.165.88.90',1266211071,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Finn Morgendorffer: Chapter 33 - Independence (Part 1)','[quote="midnightstorm":3j9jw8la]So does that mean Tom\'s available now? Hmmmm.... I smell freshed baked slash right from the oven. But then again I shouldn\'t get my hopes up. \":(\" Well whatever Mister Newfound Angst Lord does I\'ll go with it. \";)\"[/quote:3j9jw8la]\n\nTom and Daria broke up for a brief period in Is It Fall Yet? Jane convinces Daria to go back to Tom in that version. Who knows what will happen in this version? Trent may have to think of a more complex song than simply "Freakin\' Friends"!','09ef24dba04f089591af67be62fa6db9',0,'gA==','3j9jw8la',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396219,26955,3,1017,0,'71.224.0.215',1266211221,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 2009 Daria Fanworks Awards - Winners announced','[quote="Brother Grimace":1vzy2erv][quote="RLobinske":1vzy2erv]I just realizes something surprising. I\'ve won "Favorite Helen Story" three times.\n\n \":shock:\"[/quote:1vzy2erv]\n\n\nSomething that I\'ve noticed - the last three years, every time I\'ve worked with someone on a project, we win awards. (They keep me grounded in reality, and I let them do the majority of the work. It works out very well. \";)\" ) \n\n\nI need to find a new writing partner for this year. Anyone starting a major project this summer? I should be finished writing my pilot script by May, so I\'ll be available to attach lamprey-like - I mean, partner on a project, if anyone wants. \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:1vzy2erv]\n\nI think Finn should be finished by then, if I continue on the pace I have. Unsure if that will continue, co-worker currently having baby. I could bank on it, though.','75c913da6a36a4c96cfc22b5dc1104ec',0,'gA==','1vzy2erv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396220,28240,10,992,0,'121.44.144.109',1266213637,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something Different','[quote="Kristen Bealer":3eyckq83]Oh, that\'s neat! It makes me wish I could draw so I could try that.\n\nNice pictures! I really liked the dragon. \":)\" \n\nKristen[/quote:3eyckq83]\n\nI couldnt help myself- I had to give the dragon his own piece http://pinkminx09.deviantart.com/art/Dragon-154140032','c9520cb08282ecfd39df860f269e1012',0,'gA==','3eyckq83',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396221,28071,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1266214808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[img:3sng7b4p]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/funny-pictures-basement-cat-prepares-temple.jpg[/img:3sng7b4p]','714973d02aec072c18ddcef5323a454e',0,'CA==','3sng7b4p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396222,28306,5,994,0,'68.116.42.78',1266214860,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Music Are You Listening To Now? - February Edition','The Mass Effect 2 soundtrack.','8130705df0891bb9f01d54c068d94726',0,'','3tkxlyas',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396223,28273,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1266215951,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DANGER! Do not lean against this sign!','Glad to see that the downpour\'s been good for the Canberra region.\n\nHow green are things \'round there at present, and is the downpour expected to continue?','b95d4b08004daef32a004a9b561ddbfc',0,'','3dwp88pj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396224,28071,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1266215978,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','Whoever put this sign together obviously didn\'t really think it through...\n\n[img:2v4jwugt]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/uncyclopedia/images/5/56/253765418_99c741377b.jpg[/img:2v4jwugt]\n\nIf i ever get over there and have the ability I may just have to look this place up. \";)\"','b6648b9ad3a492b9cba303ac2c377307',0,'CA==','2v4jwugt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396225,28229,6,249,0,'82.24.218.72',1266216170,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: It\'s All About The Intention','The reason I initially went with Miss President is because the male counterpart to Miss is usually Mr, whereas the male counterpart to Madame or Ma\'am is usually Sir, that was my thinking initially.\n\nAnyway, gone and changed it to Madam president now.','74b88440d99c18a06d3ac6016743bb89',0,'','1bv3dfmj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396226,28273,3,114,0,'210.11.147.165',1266216741,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DANGER! Do not lean against this sign!','[quote="The Sidhe":285s76qv]Glad to see that the downpour\'s been good for the Canberra region.\n\nHow green are things \'round there at present, and is the downpour expected to continue?[/quote:285s76qv]\nThings are looking surprisingly good - it\'s amazing how quickly you get a green flush after rain. Of course it you look a little more closely you see that it\'s an illusion - there\'s a green tinge, and the trees are putting on new shoots, but the bare patches where even the weeds haven\'t been able to hang on; everywhere you look you see the dead trees that didn\'t make it; in people\'s houses yards are once again green, but they\'re weeds energised by the rain where once they were lawns; the dams have nudged back up over 50% but stage 3 water restrictions won\'t be lifted.\n\nNo-one\'s under any illusions - it\'s been welcome, but the climate has changed.\n\nI\'ll try to get out over the weekend and take some photos.\n\nEdit:\n\nHere are a couple I took picking up daughter from Tae Kwon Do this afternoon. It\'s just a stormwater drain down at the end of my street. Kids are enjoying the novelty of seeing water in it, but yesterday it was a raging torrent, up over the edges and undoubtedly dangerous.\n\n[attachment=1:285s76qv]drain1.jpeg[/attachment:285s76qv]\n\nAnd looking west:[attachment=0:285s76qv]drain2.jpeg[/attachment:285s76qv]','6e6c266456dca17c4b0bdf7c50fbf27e',1,'gAg=','285s76qv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396231,27020,6,785,0,'190.245.205.239',1266224288,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Three-peat! New Ideas Thread Wins Again!','Daria sighed as she heard screaming coming from the red bricked house. Her sister and mother were again at each other\'s throats. For a moment she wondered if it would be a good idea to simply ditch Quinn and let her go to school on her own, but before the thought completed itself in her head, she remembered she had actually promised her father should take care of the redheaded devil. \n\nShe took a long drag from her cigarette and quickly killed it on the ashtray when she noticed the front door opening, the last thing she needed was her mother complaining to her about her health, of all things. She narrowed her eyes when she saw her sister hurrying to her car. Quinn had red eyes and Helen was half-heartily trying to say something to her while at the same time talking over the phone with someone. \n\nQuinn quickly opened the passenger\'s door and threw herself at the seat. "Go, go, go!" She exclaimed, still looking back at her house. \n\nDaria started the engine. "Having a rough first day at Lawndale?"\n\nQuinn rolled her eyes. "What gave it away? Mom\'s being mom."\n\nDaria took another cigarette and put it between her lips, not bothering to lit it. "So, she\'s giving you a hard time. Again."\n\n"Like I said, she\'s mom."\n\nShe studied the girl\'s face for a moment. "You want me to talk to her?"\n\n"Gawd! No! That will make her worse!"\n\nDaria sighed. "Right, sorry I said anything."\n\n"You could kidnap me and have me living in your apartment, though." Quinn said with a smirk on her face. For a second Daria thought she was only joking, but soon realized the kid was serious. \n\n"Quinn, I have no legal right. Mom would skin me if I tried that. And besides, my apartment has only the one room."\n\n"Yes, you can sleep on the couch or something." Quinn said dismissively. \n\nThat was enough to push Daria to lit her cigarette. "I could call mom later, tell her you\'re going to spend the day with me. You want to go to J.J. Jeeters later?"\n\nQuinn made a face. "Oh! Like I would shop [i:17iv6656]there[/i:17iv6656]!"\n\nDaria glared for a second at the brat. "Okay, how about Cashman\'s Department Store? Jane says they\'re having a One-day sale, or something."\n\n"That would be great!" Quinn clapped her hands together, but quickly frowned. "But I don\'t have any money."\n\n"Relax, monkey." Daria playfully said as she parked by the school, she fished something in the backseat and handed Quiin a hardcover book. "This is paying for everything."\n\nQuinn read the title, "Another one? Weren\'t you taking a break from writing?"\n\n"Melody Powers is just a shitty series that writes itself."\n\n"Don\'t let your fans hear you say that or your sales are going to tank. You can\'t be popular if you\'re too honest."\n\nDaria raised an eyebrow as the girl opened the door and was immediately noticed by all the nearby students. "Right, you know a thing or two about popularity." She said to herself. "Guess I might have to sue mom if she keeps being a bitch. Wonder how that\'s going to affect my popularity?" She shrugged her shoulders and left the school. "Heh, my fans would probably make a campaign about how mom is evil and drove dad to an early grave." That gave her an idea, and she smiled wickedly at it.\n\n\n-----\n\nThis doesn\'t really have a title. Basically, in this AU Daria is a bit older, Jake died before the start of the series, and made Daria promise to take care of Quinn (And I guess he exclaimed a few \'Avenge me!\' at his daughters). This verse\'s Helen is meant to be as much as a Bitch (capital B) as possible. Oh, and Daria\'s a hack who writes Tom Clancy style novels with a tint of James Bond, heh.','a831a6449fa2132ab5d84edbb242e8a0',0,'IA==','17iv6656',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396227,28240,10,933,0,'24.177.179.253',1266220806,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something Different','[quote="minx":14yyskmw][quote="Kristen Bealer":14yyskmw]Oh, that\'s neat! It makes me wish I could draw so I could try that.\n\nNice pictures! I really liked the dragon. \":)\" \n\nKristen[/quote:14yyskmw]\n\nI couldnt help myself- I had to give the dragon his own piece http://pinkminx09.deviantart.com/art/Dragon-154140032[/quote:14yyskmw]\n\nDaaaaaaawwwwwwww!','9644cb3ca09f82ed9b9b2971bb989949',0,'gA==','14yyskmw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396228,27728,6,933,0,'24.177.179.253',1266220980,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="NightGoblyn":3o6nmyjg][quote="MJPollard":3o6nmyjg][quote="Brother Grimace":3o6nmyjg]Pay no attention to the naysayers. A nice story with happy ending is a great thing.[/quote:3o6nmyjg]\n[i:3o6nmyjg]Someone\'s[/i:3o6nmyjg] gotta write \'em, after all; it\'s not like we\'re short of angst around here. \":D\"[/quote:3o6nmyjg]\n\nI like reading happy stories with nice endings. It\'s like a palate cleanser for the mind. \":)\"[/quote:3o6nmyjg]\n\nAnd far less corrosive than the brain bleach we usually need \":)\"','96ae46de7540a4c297911f8a683e3f97',0,'oA==','3o6nmyjg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396229,28269,6,933,0,'24.177.179.253',1266221653,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','* The cake [i:3shbv87j]IS[/i:3shbv87j] a lie','c3507493a3e202dc4562adcc6c5a95a1',0,'IA==','3shbv87j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396230,28276,6,1026,0,'95.26.170.2',1266223427,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Day of School, or "What Might Have Been"','Brrrr!\nHorror-story! \":mrgreen:\"','cf13a8b851a7a10372e314c85d2736a2',0,'','2qn24qek',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396232,28272,5,39,0,'92.25.250.30',1266224686,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Fashion Club\'s Secret Fashion Checklist','I\'d not heard of fraternities and sororities until seeing them in US films and TV. We don\'t have them here. If the Pi Phi Sorority is a fashion club for students at Cornell, and a student who doesn\'t like the dress code either wouldn\'t join, or can just quit the club with no significant inconvenience, then it\'s funny, but hardly likely to oppress anyone.\n\nBut if the sorority provides benefits whose loss would inconvenience a student, then, especially at a time when some people are away from home for the first time and seeking a place to fit in and feel at home, it could go beyond amusing to being burdensome. If that\'s the case, it deserves a \":shock:\" instead of (or as well as?) a \":lol:\" .\n\nNo need, imho, for anyone to run off screaming into the distance if they share the opinions expressed in that memo. Only if they, too, would use any position they might hold to seek to impose them on others. \";)\" \n\nAs for me, well, I got used to the damp pop of fashionistas\' heads exploding as I walked past them, when I was regrowing my toenails after a skiing accident. I needed to wear sandals so they\'d grow back undeformed, but I wasn\'t going to expose other people to the sight. Yep, you have it: sandals with socks. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nMartin.','9dbf464a2b0dce33171fafdb1a8fc4fb',0,'','srrtu42o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396233,27963,6,1037,0,'99.40.48.77',1266224931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: General Semantics, Private Angst (chapter 12 up)','Disclaimer: gwrtheyrn owns nothing at all, especially not Daria, and even more especially not the works of the late, great, A. E. van Vogt.\n\n[u:37nc9n2h][b:37nc9n2h]General Semantics, Private Angst[/b:37nc9n2h][/u:37nc9n2h]\n\nA Daria crossover fanfic, by A. E. van Vogt, and gwrtheyrn\n\nChapter Twelve: [i:37nc9n2h]I Love This Plan, and I\'m Happy to Be a Part of It[/i:37nc9n2h]\n\nDaria gazed out the window as the dark clearing below became formless, then was vanished to view in the prevailing forest. Swiftly, the world-girdling forest and the mountain downs became one with the night. A uniform darkness enveloped the hurtling plane. Something like three or five minutes ticked by, and then gradually the flight leveled off. The cabin lights flashed on, and the roboplane\'s voice came again: "During the next ten minutes, you may ask what questions you wish. After that, I must give you your landing instructions."\n\n[i:37nc9n2h]Any[/i:37nc9n2h] questions. Well, the first one was easy: "Who are you?"\n\n"I am part of the autonomic space emergency system. As such, one could say that I work for the Games Machine."\n\nDaria sighed with relief. "Is the Machine speaking to me through you?"\n\n"Not in real-time. Speed of light, remember. But I carry you a message. Regard the holo tank."\n\nThe in-flight holo tank came to life, revealing the kindly, slightly goofy features of a square-jawed, medium-tall, middle-aged man: an image much like her remembered father\'s, an image that only she and the Games Machine in all the universe had ever perceived. "Hey, Daria! Sorry we can\'t talk directly; those damn laws of physics, y\'know. My friend, Roboplane Group Nexus 6, is going to ask you to do something you might find surprising, and I just wanted to let you know that it and I really did work out those instructions together. I can\'t lie to you, kiddo, we\'re up against it, with this space invasion business; but ol\' Jakey\'s got a lot of plates in the air trying to make it come out right for us. You\'ve got a key part in all this, so please, trust us, and do as Group Nexus 6 asks. \n\n"I wish this weren\'t necessary. I wish you were here. There\'s a lot we need to talk about that I can\'t tell you right now. Stay alive if you can, Daria. I love you." The image in the tank gave a sad little smile and a wave, then blanked out.\n\nDaria was surprised to find that tears were already running down her face. "Oh, no. The Machine expects to be destroyed," she said, hollowly. Suddenly grief-stricken at her insight, she wept.\n\nThe roboplane waited a few moments before interrupting. "Ms Daria, while the Machine does think it is likely to be targeted, its destruction is not a foregone conclusion," it said. "And, if it does come about that it gets destroyed, it\'s all the more important that we carry out its plans as well as we can."\n\nDaria inhaled deeply, and let it out slowly. "Yes. You\'re right, of course. Sorry, Group Nexus 6. Next question: have you any information about my identity?"\n\n"No. I only have information about your present situation, not about far into the past."\n\n"Does the Machine know?" she persisted.\n\n"If so, it did not confide in me," said the plane.\n\nDaria felt desperate. "But I\'ve got to find out [i:37nc9n2h]something![/i:37nc9n2h] What about my -- my death, on Earth?"\n\n"Your body was severely damaged and burnt when you were killed, but I have no idea how it happens that you are not still dead. Ms Daria, I strongly recommend that you focus your questioning on the Martian situation. Or perhaps you would rather have me summarise the conditions that prevail here, on the eve of the invasion of Mars."\n\nDaria stifled an irritable outburst; the plane\'s recommendation was obviously sound. "Yes; please provide a summary, Group Nexus 6."\n\nThe plane\'s calm baritone began. "To understand the situation here, you must reach out to the ultimate limits of your ideas of direct democracy. There is no president of Mars, no ruling council, no oligarchy. Everything is voluntary; everyone lives according to her or his own taste and judgment, yet conjoins with others to ensure that all necessary tasks are performed. But people choose their own work. You might wonder what would happen were everyone to enter the same profession. That simply doesn\'t happen. The population is entirely composed of responsible citizens, each of whom makes a careful study of the work-to-be-done situation before choosing a job.\n\n"For instance, when a detective dies or retires or changes occupation, the position is advertised, either by the outgoing detective, or by the professional association. If the detective remains alive, people who would like to become detectives discuss their qualifications with her or him, and with each other. Whether the detective is alive or not, the applicants themselves decide by a vote which should get the position."\n\nDaria felt herself smirking sardonically. "Workers of the world, arise!" she murmured. She had a private thought at that point, and it was not about the brilliant utopian society on Mars, but about Group Nexus 6: the artificial intelligence was giving her as clear a picture of the null-A super-civilisation as she had ever heard.\n\n"To continue:" the roboplane kept on, "you must now visualise a state of affairs in which more than half of the applicants for any detective or judicial positions are agents of the gang. By a careful system of murders, they have managed to eliminate the more dangerous of the normal membership, and at present have virtual control over all key detective and judicial positions, as well as quantity control of both professions. This was all done under the supervision of Micha Mackenzie, which is why he is suspect, and --"\n\nThis was where Daria interrupted. "Wait just a minute," she said. "Hold on." She unbuckled and started to rise, only distantly aware that she did so. "Are you trying to tell me --"\n\n"I\'m telling you that you cannot evade recapture."\n\n"It was you! You interdicted the Mackenzies\' phone service! And I was sure it was the gang!" Daria felt chagrined. Would she really have been best off staying back at the mountain hospital? But no, that would have been stagnation. Even if she had been safe, she\'d have been powerless there.\n\n"Yes, it was I. Since Vitale\'s arrival, those false detectives have been abusing their positions more and more, and tapping the phones of every dangerous person. So far as Vitale is concerned, this includes his own subordinates. This is why you can expect no help from Hrafn. He has to show harshness, ruthlessness and energy, or be removed from his command.\n\n"But we must wind this up," the roboplane continued. "It is your existence and the mind potential they think you have that has caused a tremendous war machine to mark time, while its leaders frantically try to find out what\'s behind you. In all earnestness, therefore, I say, do not think we are lightly asking you to do what I now propose as your only logical course:\n\n"You must let yourself fall into their hands. You must do this in the hope that they are so vitally interested in your special mental and physical makeup that they will allow you to live on for several days, at least, while they investigate your nervous system in detail, and with more care than last time.\n\n"But now, here are your final instructions:\n\n"In a few moments, you will be landed beside the forest home of Eldrað Hrafn. Go to him and tell him your story of the threat against null-A as if you do not know anything about him. Carry the pretense through to the last possible moment, but you must be the judge of your danger at any particular point."\n\nThe plane tilted downward. "Best formulate your further questions quickly," said Group Nexus 6.\n\nDaria very much wanted no part of this plan, but felt an icy certainty telling her that the AIs were correct: this was the only course in a bad situation. "Earth and Mars are in bad shape; what about the rest of the System?"\n\n"Out where everyone knows everyone, it is less easy for the gang to swap its members into control. But nearly all the population is on Earth and Mars. Once they fall, the few on Mercury and the Moon, the handful on Venus, the several in the asteroid belt, the several on the outer moons, will not be able to hold out." It was a bleak picture.\n\n"Don\'t they still have to land in force, to complete their takeover? And don\'t you control the skies, making that impossible?"\n\n"Unfortunately, they have a technological solution, rendering that irrelevant. One or two small things improve the picture somewhat, but it\'s best not to go into them just now," said Group Nexus 6.\n\n"Yes. Yes, I see what you mean." Too much grim news nevertheless threatened to put Daria into a funk. "What\'s the point of this shadow-boxing with Hrafn?" she asked, despondently.\n\n"It\'s vital that the gang get a clear, close look at a woman they feared, whom they know good and well that they murdered." The gloomy relish Daria heard in the reply must have been her imagination.\n\nThere was a bump, then a bouncing motion that ended as the plane came to a full stop. "Out!" commanded Group Nexus 6. "I cannot remain here even a minute! Get out! [i:37nc9n2h]Quick![/i:37nc9n2h]"\n\nIts tone, and the obvious truth underlying its exhortation, impelled Daria, but at the exit, she paused and half turned.\n\n"Hurry! It is vital that they not be sure how you got here! There is not a moment to be lost! Head straight away from the door!"\n\nStill reluctant, but obedient, Daria stepped down to the ground. Within a quarter minute, Group Nexus 6 had taken flight. Within another half minute, she sensed rather than saw a flash above the leaves, and suddenly a brief, torrential downpour washed away any trace of the roboplane\'s touch to the ground. Daria was alone, and wet, in the immense darkness of the world forest. \n\nOnce the rain squall had blown over, the night was peaceful, but dark. Daria followed the directions given by Group Nexus 6, and had proceeded scarcely a hundred meters when she saw a glimmer off to her left. It was a small spot of light pollution, at first, merely something to annoy an astronomer, but it grew brighter as she headed toward it, swelling to a glow that splashed the ground and lit up neighbouring trees. She saw its source, finally: massive shadows [i:37nc9n2h]from inside[/i:37nc9n2h] a vast mutant oak, near to a clearing.\n\nDaria paused in the partial cover provided by a towering shrub, and gazed up at the windows inset in the tree. Back inside the roboplane, for all her passive aggression and foot-dragging, she had known that she had to follow the Games Machine\'s plan. For all that she had moaned about her part in all this, she recognised that the Machine\'s part was many times worse: despite having been somehow compromised, it was trying to put together a defense of the Solar System, out of some meteor control drones and a fractious woman who had no discernible military value beyond being hard to kill.\n\nWait. Not even that. It had been easy to kill her; it was just strangely hard to keep her that way.\n\nAnd the Games Machine said that it "loved her." An odd echo of what \'Aunt Amy\' had said to her, only two days ago, by her internal clock. Was it deliberately harking back to that, or could the Games Machine itself [i:37nc9n2h]be \'Aunt Amy?\'[/i:37nc9n2h] Enticing as this topic was for her, Daria saw that thinking about it then was an excuse for inaction. She drew back from the topic, and returned her attention to watching the house. \n\nNo play of silhouettes in the windows had betrayed the presence of any occupants. The light from within did not change. There was no reflected movement at all from inside the great house. Dissatisfied, but resolute, Daria stepped into the light. She had already noticed a great stairway to her right, carved out of the solid trunk. She walked up the steps to a terrace that led to a closed, ornate door. A bell pull hung by the door, and Daria pulled upon it. \n\nThe clang of the doorbell resounded into the night.','bcfb9bb6db126ebfe2a4db7efc3e51fd',0,'YQ==','37nc9n2h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396234,28071,3,39,0,'92.25.250.30',1266230187,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="The Sidhe":1rm9kcf4]Whoever put this sign together obviously didn\'t really think it through..[/quote:1rm9kcf4]\nDunno about you, but until I saw that sign I\'d never heard of Tipton, Indiana, let alone of Sherril\'s. \";)\" \n\nAfter a complaint was passed down to me, I once put up a sign in college stating that visitors had been made uncomfortable by the poor state of the ablutions near the common room and sports field, and asking rugby players if they would kindly refrain from washing their muddy balls in the hand basins. I think it took less than two hours for the message to reach every single one of my fellow students.\n\nMartin.','36cc496c394a71910031844a10c961ad',0,'gA==','1rm9kcf4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396235,28280,3,39,0,'92.25.250.30',1266230287,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Doug Fieger','May he rest in peace. Thanks for the info: I\'ve heard "My Sharona" but didn\'t recognise the name.\n\nMartin.','d9da271d1423ef0d980879067325a4ce',0,'','1izmf9yc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396236,28281,3,39,0,'92.25.250.30',1266230354,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Dick Francis','May he rest in peace. This was on yesterday\'s news: all those interviewed described him as a true gentleman.\n\nMartin.','b9ba2b9607cfb0c86061c6647aff8154',0,'','19bzbyml',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396237,28272,5,1039,0,'76.102.192.90',1266230377,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Fashion Club\'s Secret Fashion Checklist','Oh god.... Honestly, I sort of agree with most stuff but I doubt I could qualify as a fashion club member. I spent most of my years in elementary/middle wearing boy outfits and sometimes still do ( only in private ). That probably contributes to why I\'m often assumed as a boy... Hell my best friend thought I was a guy at first... \n\n My outfit during my classes is simple : jeans, shirts, Converse\'s, and occasionally jackets. The odd part is I find a bunch of people walking around the mall wearing plastic accessories in bright multi-colors and neon tights shorts, tops, tanks, ect and being declared "in". I still will never understand fashion these days. \":nono:\" I rather stick to my black outfits with hints of color and coats. Lots and lots of coats keeps me happy... \":D\"','d71e55a656a27528c3f26e4fc882af71',0,'','19m53rbu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396238,28284,3,39,0,'92.25.250.30',1266232203,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Train crash in Belgium','Fatalities reported. May they rest in peace.\n\nIt\'s a line I\'ve travelled on, too. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8515855.stm:1d7ycxbk]BBC - Belgian train crash.[/url:1d7ycxbk]\n\nMartin.','9eab64f5593efac78593dd6251462830',0,'EA==','1d7ycxbk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396251,27728,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266250397,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Kristen Bealer":1aqqpfa8]\n\n...and no one notices the obvious about the fanfic writer who\'s [i:1aqqpfa8]making [/i:1aqqpfa8]all of these jokes... \";)\" \n\n \":P\" \n\nKristen[/quote:1aqqpfa8]\n\n\nEh?','0418f2acc506d86db383cb8540a44de2',0,'oA==','1aqqpfa8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396239,28230,10,276,0,'205.188.116.19',1266233911,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Peregrine 7 (Complete)','[quote="Quiverwing":g64vd3ue]It looks great! By the way, where do you keep all those models and how many do you have? \":shock:\"[/quote:g64vd3ue]\n\nWe have a garage converted to a library with shelves along both long walls. The lower 3 shelves are books and the upper 3 are models. Plus, I have 2 display cases in the living room and a few more on the entertainment center. How many? A couple hundred, or if you count the gaming minis individually...a couple thousand.\n\nI really need to buy more shelving... \":lol:\"','a6e61f125c6bdd2c881c90aff6f19bde',0,'gA==','g64vd3ue',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396240,28285,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266237701,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Love Geometry - and boy, does my head hurt!','[url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TriangRelations:ubj6euaz]As a belated notation to the infamous holiday that commercializes horniness, I present this page from TV.Tropes thatspeaks on how whacked-out the road towards love and/or sex can really be.[/url:ubj6euaz]\n\n[url=http://www.the-wildone.com/fanfics/bg_fics/tbatu.htm:ubj6euaz]Also, here\'s my Valentine\'s Day fic, resulting from an \'Iron Chef\' from some time back.[/url:ubj6euaz]','699fc019539f5d5bd83ef15f0f10719d',0,'EA==','ubj6euaz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396241,28230,10,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266237929,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Peregrine 7 (Complete)','[quote="RLobinske":gryv3f6g][quote="Quiverwing":gryv3f6g]It looks great! By the way, where do you keep all those models and how many do you have? \":shock:\"[/quote:gryv3f6g]\n\nWe have a garage converted to a library with shelves along both long walls. The lower 3 shelves are books and the upper 3 are models. Plus, I have 2 display cases in the living room and a few more on the entertainment center. How many? A couple hundred, or if you count the gaming minis individually...a couple thousand.\n\nI really need to buy more shelving... \":lol:\"[/quote:gryv3f6g]\n\nDoesn\'t your wife get suspicious of your having so many women stored in the garage? And do you let them out for photo shoots? \";)\" \n\nSeriously, very nice work. \":)\" \n\nKristen','ef1e00fc77c30298d07caeafddeab9d1',0,'gA==','gryv3f6g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396242,28240,10,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266237980,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something Different','(Dies from cute) \n\n \":D\" \n\nKristen','09778dde19de1d790fa77fb960a39f47',0,'','20iagrhb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396243,27728,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266238127,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Brother Grimace":1pj18n9v][quote="Kristen Bealer":1pj18n9v][quote="MJPollard":1pj18n9v][quote="Kristen Bealer":1pj18n9v][quote="Dennis":1pj18n9v][quote="The Angst Guy":1pj18n9v]I bet this [i:1pj18n9v]does[/i:1pj18n9v] end happily. \":(\" [[i:1pj18n9v]sulks[/i:1pj18n9v]][/quote:1pj18n9v]\nDon\'t wprry, TAG. There\'s still time for the meteor strike.[/quote:1pj18n9v]\nSee? I\'m not the only one who sees it. Richard was [i:1pj18n9v]clearly [/i:1pj18n9v]setting up the "kill everyone with meteors" ending from the very start of the series. If you look closely, you can see all the signs. It\'s completely obvious. (nodnodnod)[/quote:1pj18n9v]\nAm I the only one in this nuthouse who actually [i:1pj18n9v]likes[/i:1pj18n9v] a nice story with a happy ending? \";)\"[/quote:1pj18n9v]\n\n"Like" has nothing to do with it. If you can\'t see the blindingly obvious death and destruction lurking just over the horizon, then that\'s your own problem. \":P\" \n\nKristen[/quote:1pj18n9v]\n\nPay no attention to the naysayers. A nice story with happy ending is a great thing.[/quote:1pj18n9v]\n\n...and no one notices the obvious about the fanfic writer who\'s [i:1pj18n9v]making [/i:1pj18n9v]all of these jokes... \";)\" \n\n \":P\" \n\nKristen','fc74efbd25936ab1007e26e3d127d398',0,'oA==','1pj18n9v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396245,28276,6,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1266242624,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Day of School, or "What Might Have Been"','Oooh, this should be...interesting. To say the least. \":D\" \n\n(There [i:xfo0x3ov]is [/i:xfo0x3ov]going to be more, correct? Because it would really be a shame if this pitchfork here slipped and accidentally jabbed someone.)\n\nKristen','360caa84c0ae94567c82f8f4244fd07d',0,'IA==','xfo0x3ov',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396246,24778,6,785,0,'190.220.154.69',1266246386,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: LLH Special - Tokusatsu Team Up! (Part 1)','The Green Walker and Daria were running as fast as their legs could get them, or rather as Daria\'s could. Green had to stop every now and then because she couldn\'t keep up. "Are you alright? Do you need to rest, Lady?" \n\nDaria glared at the boy, he looked like a complete caveman but managed have better manners than any boy she had met, including Mack. "No, you just run like a damn Cheetah." She took a deep breath and looked at her monitoring device. "I\'m okay."\n\n"Please, excuse me Lady, sometimes I forget that I have super-human strength." He nodded and turned to look around the corner. "Crap."\n\n"Crap?"\n\n"More Phyrexians." \n\nDaria scanned his mind to get access to his eyes and other senses. "They don\'t look like much" She said, not bothering to complain about being called a \'Lady\' all the time and the big guy using his body as some sort of shield for her. "I think I could just null their minds like the ones before."\n\nHe shook his head and extended his hand, a battle-hammer materialized and he held it tightly. "That won\'t work, Lady. Excuse me." He dashed around the corner at their enemies without bothering to look back. \n\nShe rolled her eyes. "Men." She muttered and followed him. She frowned at the sight of the monsters. Their skin was all rock and metal, their eyes looked like mirrors. "Okay, this is weird." She muttered as she tried to scan the monsters\' minds, and found nothing there. If she had not been using her eyes to see, she would\'ve been sure that there was no one trying to kill them at the moment.\n\n“Be careful!” Cried out the green haired ranger as he jumped to intercept a rocky fist that had been directed straight at Daria’s face. “These Mindless Ones don’t look like much, but they pack punch that could easily shatter your skull!”\n\nDaria took a mental note of this and nodded but couldn’t help herself at the description the boy had given her, “Mindless Ones? You’re telling me we’re being attacked by baseball fans?” She smirked and raised her hands to her forehead to focus, her eyes emitted an eerie electric-blue glow just before a bolt of intense psionic energy blasted away a few foot soldiers. She had gathered that she couldn\'t simply null their minds, but she also guessed that [i:224pezh3]someone[/i:224pezh3] had to be controlling them. And she made sure to cut all magical strings the monster puppets had.\n\nGreen Walker wasn’t amused by her quip, “hey! I like baseball!” He said in a conversational tone as raised his hand and trees raised from the floor around them binding the remaining Mindless Ones.\n\nDaria gave the defensless Mindless Ones a rock-solid stare and shook her head, “And this disproves my point how?”\n\nGren smiled at Daria. "Come on, Lady. The Mirari awaits." She made a motion for him to lead the way, but instead of guiding her, he seemed to decide that it would be faster if he piggybacked her. He wasn\'t forceful but she didn\'t like to be handled like a child. \n\n"What the hell do you think you\'re doing?" She complained, trying to get off his back, but he had growled tree branches that held her tightly. It wasn\'t rough, though, as if he had made sure that the branches were also a seat of sorts for her.\n\n"I\'m sorry, Lady, but we need to get there as fast as we can." He crouched a little and then glowed with green energy. He [b:224pezh3]hasted [/b:224pezh3], running at speeds that Daria thought only a speedster could manage. She was sure he could top Match-1, at least. \n\nBut just as she was getting comfortable in the ridiculously tall boy, he stopped when a wall of fire blocked his path. \n\nThe older Daria materialized herself, she had a small army of what appeared to be zombiefied goblins at her command. "Hey, if it isn\'t my awesome doppelgänger! And look! She has a new boy-toy!"\n\n------\n\nI want to say that, despite the slow updates, there is an ending in sight. And I will probably get this to fit with the current LLH canon.','806ea16a0bf04f10881d4520df094da8',0,'YA==','224pezh3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396247,28286,5,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1266247096,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Werewolf Thread (or "Daria: The Werewolfening")','There\'s a game called "werewolf" that it might be interesting to play. The game requires\n\n- a minimum of seven people who can post every day (if only briefly), and\n- a "Controller", who is a person who does not play but referees - that person would be me initially\n\nThe setting of the game is an imaginary town (Lawndale?) that is suffering a werewolf infestation. Can the problem be solved, or will the town fall to the creatures of the night? ("AwOOOOO!!")\n\nSeven (or more) people sign up for the thread. I\'ll take the part of controller and private message everyone with their randomly-assigned role. The roles are:\n\n[b:7p535026]Werewolf[/b:7p535026]: The game has two werewolves. These players will actually know each other, in that after I private message them as to their roles, I\'ll identify them to each other so they can act as a private group and can scheme with each other through private messages.\n\n[b:7p535026]Seer[/b:7p535026]: One player is the "seer" - he or she has those mystical powers like that guy in [i:7p535026]The Shining[/i:7p535026]. This person has the power to ask the Controller whether one other player is a werewolf or not, and the Controller [i:7p535026]must[/i:7p535026] give an accurate response. Unfortunately, there is only one way to prove to anyone else that you\'re the seer, and that\'s if you [i:7p535026]die[/i:7p535026] - see below.\n\n[b:7p535026]Citizens[/b:7p535026]: Everyone who isn\'t a werewolf or a seer is a normal human. Your advantage is that you are in the majority. A seer is a special sort of "normal human".\n\nThe prize: control of the town. The game ends when either:\n\na) the citizens have exterminated both werewolves - this is a [i:7p535026]citizen victory[/i:7p535026], and the seer counts as a citizen for victory purposes\nb) the number of werewolves equals or exceeds the number of citizens [i:7p535026]during the day[/i:7p535026]. In which case, even if the citizens find a werewolf during the day phase, the remaining werewolf feels confident enough that he can kill the remaining two players at night, and the werewolves rule - this is a [i:7p535026]werewolf victory[/i:7p535026].\n\nThe game takes place in phases:\n\n[b:7p535026][u:7p535026]Night phase[/u:7p535026][/b:7p535026]: The game starts with the night phase. The two [b:7p535026]werewolves[/b:7p535026] get together and decide which citizen they want to kill. They private message back to the Controller which citizen they attack. They can only attack one citizen at this phase in the game. (And let me tell you, it [i:7p535026]sucks[/i:7p535026] to be the first player killed without having a chance to do anything!)\n\nThe [b:7p535026]seer[/b:7p535026] gets to dream about any one player. The Contrller gives accurate information to the seer as to whether the target of the dream is a citizen or a werewolf. Every night the seer stays alive, he or she can ask about a different player each time.\n\n[b:7p535026]Citizens[/b:7p535026] rest in their beds. There\'s work or school tomorrow, you know! They don\'t do anything this phase.\n\n[b:7p535026][u:7p535026]Day phase[/u:7p535026][/b:7p535026]: The name of the person who has been killed is announced to the players by the Controller. When killed, [i:7p535026]you may no longer post in the thread[/i:7p535026]! (The Dead don\'t speak, but now that you\'re dead, you can ask other players in PM whether they\'re werewolves or not, so you still get to enjoy that aspect of the game.) The "true identity" of the player will [i:7p535026]always[/i:7p535026] be revealed when someone dies - if the seer dies, that person will be revealed as the seer upon death.\n\nIt\'s now time for the citizens to have their bloody revenge, as Quentin Tarantino might say. They get to band together and kill one of the other players. Usually, the citizens decide who gets killed by an in-thread majority vote, but as long as the citizens agree on the designation system, it\'s fine. (But citizens have pressure to get the system ironed out quickly.)\n\nThe kicker: [b:7p535026]the werewolves get to act as citizens during the day[/b:7p535026]. The werewolves get to act in both phases - at day, pretending to be normal; at night, going out and killing while everyone else is asleep. The werewolves will pretend to be citizens, and will happily vote to have any non-werewolves killed: remember, they want final control of the town.\n\nThe suspect is then killed, and the "true identity" of the suspect is revealed - citizen, seer, or werewolf. The game then returns to the "night phase" again and we keep going until condition a) or condition b) above is met.\n\n\n(* * *)\n\nMy understanding is that the game can really mess with your mind if played correctly. My plan is to make the "night phase" last literally as long as it takes the werewolves and seer (if still alive) to make their choices; and after that there is a 48-hour "day phase".\n\nIf anyone\'s interested in playing, please post below. (Who knows? You might even want to take on the role of Lawndale characters while posting your arguments in character. Daria, Jane and the Fashion Club hunting werewolves!) \n\nA minimum of seven players is needed. In general, the rule is that [i:7p535026]it is best for an odd number of players to play[/i:7p535026]. Why? Because due to the fact that werewolves kill first, it ends up giving the werewolves an unfair advantage when there is an even number of players.\n\nIf we can get seven players, we\'ll go ahead, otherwise, it was clearly not meant to be.\n\n\n\n\n[b:7p535026]UPDATE[/b:7p535026]: The current list of players so far:\n\nRaskolnikov\nNightgoblyn\nJim North\nVlora\nKael Seoras','a78858bf31f8d15eb2ae28d1afbc2dd1',0,'YQ==','7p535026',1,1266722128,'',213,3,0),(396248,26955,3,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266248042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 2009 Daria Fanworks Awards - Winners announced','[quote="RLobinske":1oitbeff]I just realizes something surprising. I\'ve won "Favorite Helen Story" three times.[/quote:1oitbeff]\nYou old cougar-lover you! \":D\"','ad2830f73de88a5882a7234f34085d95',0,'gA==','1oitbeff',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396249,28230,10,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266248689,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Peregrine 7 (Complete)','[quote="RLobinske":2abj31gu]Complete. Overall flat black with dark metallics for the fuel cell/turbopump housings and engine bells. I ended up hand-painting the logo on the Mercury because the toner on the homemade decals wasn\'t dense enough and it faded into the black. The larger logo for the base developed that pebble-like look, but I thought it gave a faded, after-reentry look and used it anyway. The base is from a box of marble trophy bases I picked up at a swap meet with the top painted gloss black. The capsule window was transparent blue-green over silver and then filled with clear epoxy.[/quote:2abj31gu]\n \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" I\'m in love. I want to have your children. Can you wear a penguin costume in bed? If not, I will.','d0ab879330f748a7531ddabbed11bf10',0,'gA==','2abj31gu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396250,28240,10,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266248789,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something Different','Can you have Daria\'s arm sticking out of his mouth? And maybe some blood smeared around a little. That would be cool.','e75824faf9d36986b0c0652f0b2ab723',0,'','5fj2kxe0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396252,28282,6,1037,0,'99.40.48.77',1266250500,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Crossing Stars','[quote="Silver":25x1l27d]Li laughed. "What sort of buffoon arms a dreadnought with mining tools?"[/quote:25x1l27d]The only thing gwrtheyrn can complain about here is that Li survives. Looking good, so far!\n\n-g','0ff4fe996985323ab10f88e940ca6ecd',0,'gA==','25x1l27d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396253,24778,6,994,0,'68.116.42.78',1266251544,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: LLH Special - Tokusatsu Team Up! (Update! 2-12-2010)','Well, this is interesting... I like it. Designing an original Sentai team was a nice touch.','207f88e2a6017285e1db74c98d661fc9',0,'','2tkty1vi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396254,27728,6,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1266251579,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Brother Grimace":24pa89gj][quote="Kristen Bealer":24pa89gj]\n\n...and no one notices the obvious about the fanfic writer who\'s [i:24pa89gj]making [/i:24pa89gj]all of these jokes... \";)\" \n\n \":P\" \n\nKristen[/quote:24pa89gj]\n\n\nEh?[/quote:24pa89gj]\n\nHave I yet written a fic that [i:24pa89gj]didn\'t [/i:24pa89gj]have a happy ending? \":mrgreen:\" \n\nHeck, even my [url=http://outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ive_waited_here_for_you.html:24pa89gj]one angsty story[/url:24pa89gj] ended pretty happily, considering...\n\nBut we\'re all getting sidetracked! (chants) Meteors! Meteors! Meteors! \n\nKristen','a7473aaf70f573840ac36693a9fdbb4f',0,'sA==','24pa89gj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396255,28276,6,1018,0,'69.19.183.166',1266252367,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Day of School, or "What Might Have Been"','Awesome! \":mrgreen:\" \n\nDefinately looking forward to more of this.','ba89f4662a765f30b2fcedb6aa218085',0,'','2uu3fdh0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396256,27728,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266253228,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Kristen Bealer":3i1k0y92][quote="Brother Grimace":3i1k0y92][quote="Kristen Bealer":3i1k0y92]\n\n...and no one notices the obvious about the fanfic writer who\'s [i:3i1k0y92]making [/i:3i1k0y92]all of these jokes... \";)\" \n\n \":P\" \n\nKristen[/quote:3i1k0y92]\n\n\nEh?[/quote:3i1k0y92]\n\nHave I yet written a fic that [i:3i1k0y92]didn\'t [/i:3i1k0y92]have a happy ending? \":mrgreen:\" \n\nHeck, even my [url=http://outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ive_waited_here_for_you.html:3i1k0y92]one angsty story[/url:3i1k0y92] ended pretty happily, considering...\n\nBut we\'re all getting sidetracked! (chants) Meteors! Meteors! Meteors! \n\nKristen[/quote:3i1k0y92]\n\n\nNo meteors. \n\n\n\nNo meteors.','3187812e9e63c446a2af2e4cb73df64b',0,'sA==','3i1k0y92',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396257,28249,3,531,0,'67.150.55.60',1266253717,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Good News For Ms Bealer!','[quote="The Sidhe":34nwinjp]Not that she really NEEDS an excuse for one of these, but...\n\n[url=http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Health/2010/02/12/Red_wine_dark_chocolate_kill_cancer_427935.html:34nwinjp]Red wine, [b:34nwinjp]dark chocolate[/b:34nwinjp] kill cancer[/url:34nwinjp]\n\n[quote:34nwinjp]Cabernet wine and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to research presented in the US.[/quote:34nwinjp][/quote:34nwinjp]\n\nWooo hooo.\nBetween this one and the recent report that beer is good for you (in appropriate dosages) I must be about eh healthiest person available.\nWhen is the report that pizza is healthy coming out?','ae984402ab6ca821615c41aa83f064db',0,'0A==','34nwinjp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396258,27995,6,545,0,'65.221.65.148',1266256748,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','Greystar: \":shock:\" \":lol:\" \n\nHere we go again...\n\n\n[i:2e1vl92y][b:2e1vl92y]A Ticket to Ride\n\nPart 6[/b:2e1vl92y][/i:2e1vl92y]\n\n\nLinda took several seconds to adjust her swimsuit bottom under the water’s surface, then stood up in the spa, gave Ted a smile and sat back down beside him. She kissed his left cheek and whispered, “Don’t do that again, dear, or I’ll do that to you - and when I do, I’ll run off with your trunks.” She chuckled, squeezed his left forearm and closed her eyes again as the water’s heat soaked into her.\n\nTed looked at his companion’s breasts and he opened his eyes widely for a couple of seconds. “Uh, Linda, you might want to rethink your idea to run.”\n\n“Oh? Why?” Her eyes were still closed and she leaned back, her elbows on the lip of the spa.\n\n“Your swimming bra became transparent when it got wet,” he said. “I can see your nipples, plain as day.”\n\nThe brunette opened her eyes, looked down at her chest and said, “Uh, oh.”\n\nThen the door to the pool area opened and several men and women walked in from the hallway.\n\nLinda lowered herself into the water up to her neck. Her face was beet red and she looked up at Ted, who looked down at her. “Any ideas about what we should do?” she asked.\n\nHe looked at the newcomers, who all set themselves up in the plastic lawn chairs near the middle of the pool. Five of them moved to the pool’s edge and slid calmly into the water. “Why don’t we stay here for a few more minutes?” he suggested. “Then, when we do get out of the spa, I’ll hold up a towel and you can wrap yourself in it. Then we’ll go back to our room.”\n\nShe nodded. “Uh, huh. Or else I could just stand up proudly and let everyone who wants to look at my breasts, do so.”\n\nTed looked at her, then at her breasts, which were just under the surface of the water. [i:2e1vl92y]Still visible,[/i:2e1vl92y] he thought. [i:2e1vl92y]If you do that, then you’re a braver person than I am.[/i:2e1vl92y] He sensed that she wasn’t finished talking, so he waited and said nothing.\n\nLinda sighed and looked at her companion, a wry smile on her face. “I will not do that, of course. Exposing myself to strange men could lead to...dangerous situations.”\n\n“Oh?” He raised his eyebrows and looked at her. [i:2e1vl92y]You really don’t know me, either, yet you totally exposed yourself to me.[/i:2e1vl92y]\n\nShe nodded again. “I’ve already been put through enough shit and humiliation by my ex-husband to last me a lifetime,” she said and snorted. “I don’t need anymore of [i:2e1vl92y]that[/i:2e1vl92y]. Besides, we’re in Indiana, which is not exactly Maryland, or even New York. I don’t know how the laws regarding public nudity are enforced here. Do you?”\n\nHe shook his head. “No.”\n\nLinda laughed and sat back on the provided ledge, exposing her chest to the air again. “Here I am talking about humiliation, with my swimming bra now see-through. It all sounds so stupid.”\n\n“I think it just adds to your beauty,” Ted said. “But then, I think that you’re totally beautiful.”\n\nShe looked at him. “Thank you, my gallant prince of baloney.” When his expression didn’t change, she winked at him. “Seriously, Ted, thank you. I think that you’re totally handsome, yourself.”\n\n“Thank you, too,” he said.\n\n“I also want to thank you for all you’ve done for me,” she said and moved slightly closer to him. “Yesterday, when you found me outside that Cracker Barrel, I really was ready to commit suicide. I had lost my marriage when my husband dumped me for his old flame’s [i:2e1vl92y]daughter[/i:2e1vl92y]. I had lost my job, thanks to an asshole of a boss who got revenge on me for telling him ‘no’ to sex.” She wrapped her right arm around his shoulders and laid her head on his upper left arm. “If you had rejected me last night...”\n\n“I didn’t,” he said.\n\nShe smiled and ran her left hand slowly down his chest. “That’s right, you didn’t. You’ve been a very...eager...bed partner. So much so that certain parts of my body still ache from all you’ve done to them. You made me feel really good about myself. I had sat outside that Cracker Barrel for nearly two hours and you were the first person to check up on me to see if I needed help.” She kissed his bicep. “I will repay you for all you’ve done for me.”\n\n“You do not have to repay me,” he said quickly.\n\n“But I want to,” she said. “It just may take me awhile.” She looked at him. “Let’s go back to our room. I think we should just soak in the bathtub where my breasts can be exposed and you don’t have to restrain yourself.”\n\nHe smiled at her; his smile widened when she smile at him. “Am I that obvious?” he asked.\n\nFor a response, she reached under the water and patted his crotch. “You were obvious before we even left the room.”\n\nTed stood up and got out of the spa. When he walked over to their towels, his swimming trunks clung to his body and called attention to his erection. Two of the women at the pool saw it; both gawked and pointed at him, while he ignored them.\n\nLinda, however, saw their reaction and noted how her companion was totally unaware that anyone else could see. “Either that, or he doesn’t care,” she muttered.\n\nShe waited until he held up the towel for her, then she climbed out as well. He handed her the towel and she wrapped it around herself, from her armpits to halfway down her thighs.\n\nHe grabbed their other towels and keys and then they left the pool area. As they left, the two women stared at Ted, looked at Linda, then looked at each other and laughed.\n\n**********\n\nWithin five minutes of returning to their room, Linda had filled the bathtub nearly half-full of hot water and looked at Ted. She peeled off her swim suit, tossed both pieces onto the floor, then climbed into the water and sat down.\n\nHe peeled off his swimming trunks and dropped them on top of her wet clothes. As he climbed into the pool in front of her, she grabbed the backs of his thighs. “Why don’t you just stand there and let me enjoy the scenery?” she asked.\n\nThe young man smiled and said, “Well, my feet are hot, but the rest of me will get cold.” He moved his right foot to her left thigh and moved it up to her crotch. “Not only that, while I enjoy looking at you, I want to do more than look.”\n\nShe looked straight ahead at him and replied, “So do I.”\n\nHe shivered and briefly closed his eyes.\n\n**********\n\nTed ended up behind Linda in the tub. He leaned back, and she leaned back against him. They moved just enough for the water to lap at her breasts, much the way the surf hits the sand on a beach.\n\n“What are you doing?” she asked. “Besides moving the water around, that is.”\n\n“I’m enjoying the scenery,” he said. “Seeing the water hit your breasts is incredibly sexy.” He moved his left hand around and fondled her.\n\nThe brunette moved her left hand over his and squeezed it hard. In turn, he squeezed her hard also.\n\nFinally, after about ten minutes, she said, “We need to get out of the tub.”\n\n“Oh?”\n\n“Yeah,” she said. “I have to pee.” Then she looked at him and said, “After that, I want us to go to bed, so that we can do a lot more than soak and grope.” She pulled a handle and the drain plug opened.\n\nThey stood up, then embraced as the water ran out of the tub. After they stepped out of the tub, they toweled each other off somewhat haphazardly, then she shooed him out of the bathroom and shut the door.\n\n**********\n\nTed stood in the much cooler room, and let his still wet skin dry as he waited. [i:2e1vl92y]I could get used to this,[/i:2e1vl92y] he thought. [i:2e1vl92y]I can’t wait until she comes out here. I want her so bad![/i:2e1vl92y]\n\nThe bathroom door opened and he smiled as Linda moved up behind him and wrapped her arms around him. “Hey, handsome,” she said and kissed his right shoulder. “Penny for your thoughts.”\n\n“I want you - now,” he said and turned around.\n\nShe gasped as he grabbed her, pushed her back onto the bed and moved atop her. She adjusted her body slightly as they kissed, then pulled her legs apart as he positioned himself.\n\nAs the youth began, she held his body against hers and smiled.\n\n**********\n\nAfter they finished, the two cleaned up and went back to bed. This time, she held him from behind as he fell asleep and spent some silent time watching him. “What are we going to do when you get to your university?” she asked herself, her voice a whisper. “I don’t want to let you go, but we can’t stay together, either. Some young thing will come along and snag you, and I won’t - can’t - blame you for going to her.”\n\nShe kissed the back of his head. “You make me feel so alive...and needed.” She kissed him again and settled her head in the pillow. “I could easily fall in love with you.”\n\nThen she closed her eyes.\n\n**********\n\nLinda woke up groggy from a tug on her left breast and moaned. “What?” she asked, her voice slurred.\n\nTed looked up from her chest and smiled at her. “Guess what?”\n\nShe yawned and rolled onto her back. “You’re ready again?” she asked.\n\nHe pulled her legs apart and moved in-between them. “I just can’t seem to get enough of you,” he said as he settled his weight onto her.\n\nShe took a deep breath and laid her head back. “Enjoy your youth, Ted, while you have it.” Then she gripped his shoulders tightly and closed her eyes as he began.\n\n(To be continued...)','e39b037e1446d9c08886371619b57324',0,'YA==','2e1vl92y',1,1266302421,'',545,1,0),(396259,28230,10,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1266258285,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Peregrine 7 (Complete)','I think my wife would have a few problems with that, TAG. \":P\"','5855c8fa1366b5d79981b98d42853cd1',0,'','3j0slt7e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396260,24778,6,785,0,'64.76.22.66',1266260344,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: LLH Special - Tokusatsu Team Up! (Update! 2-12-2010)','That was the goal initially, to not use any canon Sentai group. That said, this is going to get major rewrites once I finish (hopefully, this year \":?\").\n\nBy the way, can anyone guess how this two-person war started? I\'m pretty sure we all know who\'s to blame here \":lol:\" .','6a8bddbd5d58f83f5fe0129bd7907b9f',0,'','3n6w3uc1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396261,28287,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266260623,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[url=http://www.publiusforum.com/2010/02/08/marvel-comics-captain-america-says-tea-parties-are-dangerous-and-racist/:3t08rqi4]There\'s a bit of a tempest over Marvel Comics and the use of recent topics in the book.[/url:3t08rqi4]\n\n[url=http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/marvel-comics-captain-america-says-tea-parties-are/:3t08rqi4]Hmm. More on the fracas.[/url:3t08rqi4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[url=http://filingcabinetofthedamned.blogspot.com/2005/10/stealing-from-long-box-or-political.html:3t08rqi4]My opinion on the subject.[/url:3t08rqi4]\n\n[img:3t08rqi4]http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/211/475/1600/Cap_Lays_It_Down.jpg[/img:3t08rqi4]\n\n[img:3t08rqi4]http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/211/475/1600/One_piece_of_cloth_for_another.jpg[/img:3t08rqi4]\n\n\n[quote:3t08rqi4][i:3t08rqi4][color=#0000FF:3t08rqi4]And damned if a comic book superhero didn’t resolve the conflict in my mind between “all men are equal” and “America kicks ass.”\n\nAfter this story, I got it: America is special because of what it [b:3t08rqi4]does[/b:3t08rqi4], not what it [b:3t08rqi4]is[/b:3t08rqi4]. The ideals are what matter, not the turf nor the symbols. Abandon the ideals and it all becomes crap. Thus was my eleven year old mind broadened, and the difference between patriotism and nationalism sank in to my young brain.\n\nThis dumbass story gave me the words to understand what I’d tried to grasp before.\n\nAll that plus the best fight ever.\n\nNot bad for a one-dollar comic book.\n\nF*@% YEAH!!![/color:3t08rqi4][/i:3t08rqi4][/quote:3t08rqi4]','a929d2fada1077527a0c2523bb5a5033',0,'+g==','3t08rqi4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396262,28284,3,414,0,'24.147.138.173',1266261591,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Train crash in Belgium','Damn. \":(\" That\'s not something you expect to hear about on Europe\'s rail network.','9801a8e8d109dcf911f2a1a342a865fd',0,'','ziri3jiz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396263,28287,4,249,0,'82.24.218.72',1266262681,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','Patriotism is in the eye of the beholder apparently.\n\nOn the one hand there\'s something a touch creepy about the TEA party, even with Obama backing warrentless eavesdropping and comulsury web log retention, the TEA party have stated they feel he\'s not extreme enough, and they\'re the cunts that came out with that death panel bullshit aren\'t they?\n\nOn the other, I understand the idea of a certain political party claiming a certain heroic figure to be their own, (BNP claiming Winston Churchill to be their idol, I can just imagine a skeliton in Churchill\'s greatcoat and hat down the local B&Q at the coutner with a lump hammer going "Okay, I know I\'m supposed to exchange money for this, but I can\'t because I\'ve been dead for the past fifty five years, can I just borrow it so I can kill Nick Griffin? It\'s a good cause, and then I\'ll bring it right back. Yeah?") although not quite the same thing (Captain America being fictional, and most people turning TEA probably don\'t see the danger lurking beneath the surface), it\'s also reminiscient of two clergymen arguing over whether Jesus supports or detests gay marriage.\n\nHaving said that, I have used current political or celebrity figures in our stories, so I can\'t really take a position opposing Marvel on this, but it does put them in a dangerous position if the TEA party get as nasty as look like they\'re going to get, any party that loud about perceived "Anti-[Insert name of country they intend to take over here] sentiments" rings alarm bells every single time.','b7a04cd2e3315e0155dce8b51522ef6a',0,'','3st31y72',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396264,28287,4,114,0,'210.11.147.165',1266264598,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','As I said in the Other Place, this is a goddamn [i:2120lagx]comic book character[/i:2120lagx] - a children\'s fairy tale. Why TF would anyone pay any attention whatsoever to what its author says?\n\nSrsly - u guyz!','c89cdb806b4725dcd977a1614cc0a822',0,'IA==','2120lagx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396265,28071,3,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266266435,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="MartinUK":29jqudkl][quote="The Sidhe":29jqudkl]Whoever put this sign together obviously didn\'t really think it through..[/quote:29jqudkl]\nDunno about you, but until I saw that sign I\'d never heard of Tipton, Indiana, let alone of Sherril\'s. \";)\" \n\nAfter a complaint was passed down to me, I once put up a sign in college stating that visitors had been made uncomfortable by the poor state of the ablutions near the common room and sports field, and asking rugby players if they would kindly refrain from washing their muddy balls in the hand basins. I think it took less than two hours for the message to reach every single one of my fellow students.\n\nMartin.[/quote:29jqudkl]\n\nThanks guys, I needed a good laugh... between the hell weekend at work and the apparently bad processor I got I\'ve been rather stressed.','d21aa508980b8f7d2444c570ffd12780',0,'gA==','29jqudkl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(413281,29286,6,1070,0,'75.137.98.83',1274394629,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Write-Off Challenge 3, Round 3','Jane Lane and Helen Morgendorffer.. two people with a common ground. Each of them are one of three sisters. (Yes I know Jane is one of five kids but two are guys so go with it) Another thing they have in common is neither has a good relationship with their sisters. Here is my challenge to you... write a story in which either Helen helps Jane [i:28ohoh8n]or[/i:28ohoh8n] Jane helps Helen with a problem with her sisters. In the end though, both sets of sister\'s relationships are better.\n Stories need to be submitted by Saturday May 29th, at 12:01 a.m. est. \n Good Luck and Have Fun!','854eb5f1d9e08d2d762ffb7287100bc9',0,'IA==','28ohoh8n',1,1275023536,'',1070,1,0),(396267,28287,4,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1266266886,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[quote="Deref":1y3138ej]As I said in the Other Place, this is a goddamn [i:1y3138ej]comic book character[/i:1y3138ej] - a children\'s fairy tale. Why TF would anyone pay any attention whatsoever to what its author says?\n\nSrsly - u guyz![/quote:1y3138ej]\n\nBecause this is the stuff kids that will grow up into the decision making adults are reading. Because a good number of current "decision making" adults read comics.\n\nI don\'t read Cap and don\'t have an opinion on the comic in question one way or the other. I will agree that some of the elements within the Tea party has some pretty whacked out ideas about a few things. However the same can be said for Repubs, Demos and Indies \":)\"','cfbfcad0c1338fce9d54b3150f94ef23',0,'oA==','1y3138ej',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396268,28287,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266269728,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[quote="Deref":2u2lhhub]As I said in the Other Place, this is a goddamn [i:2u2lhhub]comic book character[/i:2u2lhhub] - a children\'s fairy tale. Why TF would anyone pay any attention whatsoever to what its author says?\n\nSrsly - u guyz![/quote:2u2lhhub]\n\n\nI\'ll answer that by mentioning several other characters.\n\n\n\nSherlock Holmes. Captain Nemo. Simon Legree. Horatio Hornblower. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. John Galt. Bambi. Fletcher Lynd Seagull. Gatsby. \n\n\n\nWhat difference is there in those characters and the ones in the comics, than two points; that we first encounter them in different venues where the stories are discussed and shared, and that the medium of comics is vilified as being the area of children, and therefore, there can\'t be anything of depth of substance within?\n\n\nThere\'s this prejudice against comics that holds (because of the writing styles predominant to the 1960\'s-era entrance into the market of the greats like Stan Lee and Jack Kirby) that no writer could or world ever write anything worthwhile. \n\n\nI could argue the point, but instead, I\'ll just do this. On Amazon.com, they have copies of the Frank Miller/Chris Claremont [i:2u2lhhub]Wolverine[/i:2u2lhhub] miniseries - the first time that the writers at Marvel decided to take the character as more than a \'psycho-killer\'. It\'s between three and four bucks. Check it out. \n\n\n\nMore later.','930e648ec5a20df6925f7539c35cf281',0,'oA==','2u2lhhub',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396269,24778,6,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266270728,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: LLH Special - Tokusatsu Team Up! (Update! 2-12-2010)','[quote="LSauchelli":2pbd81ep]That was the goal initially, to not use any canon Sentai group. That said, this is going to get major rewrites once I finish (hopefully, this year \":?\").\n\nBy the way, can anyone guess how this two-person war started? I\'m pretty sure we all know who\'s to blame here \":lol:\" .[/quote:2pbd81ep]\n\n\nZOMG!!! UPDATE!!!\n\nFinn... yep it\'s all because of Finn... \":D\"','d17bd92ca3a10d712582bca6e7e54174',0,'gA==','2pbd81ep',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396271,20867,5,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1266271719,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What games are you playing?','I finally got around to unpacking the rest of my boxes after moving into the new apartment.\n\nAnd I stumbled across [url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/prod/betrayalhouse:10zkd3eo][b:10zkd3eo][u:10zkd3eo]Betrayal at House on the Hill[/u:10zkd3eo][/b:10zkd3eo][/url:10zkd3eo].\n\nTake Clue. Mix it with Scooby Doo/Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew and then drop it into a Stephen King novel.\n\nBasic overview:\nYou and you buddies are trapped in a haunted house. You have to explore the house (which serves as the game board).\nAs you explore you discover rooms, and thus build the house. In this way the house is never the same no matter how many times you play \":)\"\n\nEach room has special features or events that occur in it. there are items to be found both magical and mundane (from a magical spear to a gun and all other sorts of things).\n\nUnlike most other board games you are not playing against the other players (per se) but you are all working together towards the goal of getting out of the house.\n\nEventually something big happens and the key event of the game (called "The Haunt" session begins). At this point, the title of the game becomes apparent, as one of the players stops being a team player and becomes the bad guy. At this point the game becomes a race to either defeat this traitor or simply survive.\n\nI got a couple of buddies and we played it again. I had forgotten just how much fun this game was. Hands down the best board game I\'ve ever played.','2780a51196392cc901385955bf790602',0,'UQ==','10zkd3eo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396272,28240,10,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1266271811,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something Different','[quote="The Angst Guy":7jwboc9j]Can you have [color=#0000BF:7jwboc9j][u:7jwboc9j]Tom\'s[/u:7jwboc9j][/color:7jwboc9j] arm sticking out of his mouth? And maybe some blood smeared around a little. That would be cool.[/quote:7jwboc9j]\n\nfixed that for you \";)\"','aac1ba3250bdb9daf9bb37e2a2a2c5dc',0,'gw==','7jwboc9j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396274,28284,3,260,0,'151.201.9.70',1266272150,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Train crash in Belgium','Sad news indeed. May the deceased rest in peace, and speedy recovery to the injured.\n\nPeace\nKevin','8cc8f775b5a8457295c04939873b91cf',0,'','148xayk7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396275,28281,3,260,0,'151.201.9.70',1266272211,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Dick Francis','May he rest in peace.\n\nPeace\nKevin','312c48450d7862d71b364156b3e31ad9',0,'','1mg8szpm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396276,28280,3,260,0,'151.201.9.70',1266272246,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Doug Fieger','May he rest in peace.\n\nPeace\nKevin','312c48450d7862d71b364156b3e31ad9',0,'','3h1md963',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396277,28258,3,260,0,'151.201.9.70',1266272405,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','Survival is good. Sounds like you enjoyed, and that\'s better. Glad it went well.\n\nPeace\nKevin','edc11bc5a23ba84711ffae208f433328',0,'','3nnfapwi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396278,28203,3,260,0,'151.201.9.70',1266273119,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','[quote="vlademir1":2qor6c5j]\n\n...also why teh sign said no outlet when we had electricity on the street (growing up on a cul-de-sac).\n[/quote:2qor6c5j]\n\nYou betray your youth. When I was a kid, those signs said, "Dead End." They weren\'t called "cul-de-sacs" back then, either. They were "dead end streets." I don\'t think I ever wondered, "Who died?" \n\nPeace\nKevin','68a0533c6eff577492f6953814dd5cd2',0,'gA==','2qor6c5j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396280,28286,5,1001,0,'83.50.90.60',1266276728,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Werewolf Thread (or "Daria: The Werewolfening")','Oh! Ooohh! Me wants! Me wants! Count me in! \":D\" \n\n[quote:5koswrwt]If anyone\'s interested in playing, please post below. (Who knows? You might even want to take on the role of Lawndale characters while posting your arguments in character. Daria, Jane and the Fashion Club hunting werewolves!)\n[/quote:5koswrwt]\n\nCould that be mixed with a little roleplaying? I\'m pretty sure that could made some interesting responses.\n\n[i:5koswrwt]"Okay, my vote goes for killing that geek Daria. I mean, look at her! She is so, like, unproportionate! And she wears glasses. And she is SO umpopular. Isn\'t that, like, some kind of clue?"\n\n"I always knew that I died in the hands of a lynching mob. Please make it quick. This way I won\'t have to hear your ramblings again."[/i:5koswrwt]','cb462fe97cb42d8fa3c9e8411f6155ed',0,'oA==','5koswrwt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396281,28240,10,991,0,'91.79.31.169',1266277274,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Something Different','[quote="Dark Kuno":1o7qlr66][quote="The Angst Guy":1o7qlr66]Can you have [color=#0000BF:1o7qlr66][u:1o7qlr66]Barch\'s[/u:1o7qlr66][/color:1o7qlr66] head sticking out of his mouth? And maybe some blood smeared around a little. That would be cool.[/quote:1o7qlr66]\n\nfixed that for you \";)\"[/quote:1o7qlr66]','78d647a4b5492f6b219427da9d4aa13f',0,'gw==','1o7qlr66',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396282,24778,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266279827,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: LLH Special - Tokusatsu Team Up! (Update! 2-12-2010)','[quote="vlademir1":2x3jd6fk][quote="LSauchelli":2x3jd6fk]That was the goal initially, to not use any canon Sentai group. That said, this is going to get major rewrites once I finish (hopefully, this year \":?\").\n\nBy the way, can anyone guess how this two-person war started? I\'m pretty sure we all know who\'s to blame here \":lol:\" .[/quote:2x3jd6fk]\n\n\nZOMG!!! UPDATE!!!\n\nFinn... yep it\'s all because of Finn... \":D\"[/quote:2x3jd6fk]\n\n\nI was thinking that - once again - Tom Sloane is to blame. \n\n\nThis time - for real.','3a93932687eb4d123da02e7ff747a1fd',0,'gA==','2x3jd6fk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396283,28270,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1266279994,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Aurochs, then Velocirators!','How about this critter: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullockornis:8hortskl]The Demon Duck Of Doom.[/url:8hortskl]\n\n[url=http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.teara.govt.nz/files/a13654pc.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/extinctions/3/2%3Fsetlang%3Dmi&usg=__E8M7K0K_jlgLVV4_BAX-BRutDvY=&h=368&w=500&sz=41&hl=en&start=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=PL1rBHxWKnYAmM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDemon%2BDuck%2BOf%2BDoom%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DX%26um%3D1:8hortskl]Here\'s a reconstructed image of how it may have appeared.[/url:8hortskl]\n\nAnd then there\'s the rest of our megafauna. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_megafauna:8hortskl]We are still the land of the megafauna[/url:8hortskl] although how long that lasts will be seen.','2a2a2de02bcdcb54f9d0af60a85f3190',0,'EA==','8hortskl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396284,24889,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266281616,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: Daria is Raven\'s Apprentice','Why can\'t Raven tell Starfire that she... oh, I get it. This is the DC version of "Love Is a Series of Burning Sensations." Daria will know what to do to help them. She\'s been in every kind of slash fic in existence. If anyone can help them, Daria can. \":D\"','35bbcb5c5d770b6bd858d7dd9be31395',0,'','3pv5plw9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396285,28276,6,276,0,'205.188.116.5',1266281946,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Day of School, or "What Might Have Been"','[quote="LSauchelli":2yep28gr]Awesome! I always wanted this story to be written (I mean, an AU with Daria going to Fielding, and I know the bug guy wrote one, but it was only like, a teaser). Hope this ends up being long \":)\".[/quote:2yep28gr]\n It was the final scene of "Saving Hope". You know, it could be interesting writing some more about that Daria...','cb1806828557a4b23bc25584aa77a9b9',0,'gA==','2yep28gr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396286,28266,3,89,0,'67.189.212.82',1266281973,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Building myself a double neck guitar','I don\'t know anything about guitars or music, but I can tell good craftsmanship when I see it. Good work. How do you carve out the cavities for the fittings and components? Is that done by hand or is there a power tool for that task? I noticed some knots in the wood of the body. Do they have any effect on the way the instrument will sound vs. using a clear piece of wood?','f059a60c1ec5260ec7d5eb1486d05679',0,'','374kst3r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396287,24778,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266281977,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: LLH Special - Tokusatsu Team Up! (Update! 2-12-2010)','[quote="Silver":1um4b403]Well, this is interesting... I like it. Designing an original [b:1um4b403][color=#FF0000:1um4b403]Sentai[/color:1um4b403][/b:1um4b403] team was a nice touch.[/quote:1um4b403]\n[[i:1um4b403]worried tone[/i:1um4b403]] Shouldn\'t this story be on SFMB, then?','156223e0ec2cbb4940449c3fcd7fd305',0,'4g==','1um4b403',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396288,27728,6,64,0,'76.24.222.101',1266283164,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="MJPollard":33vh1abe][quote="Kristen Bealer":33vh1abe][quote="Dennis":33vh1abe][quote="The Angst Guy":33vh1abe]I bet this [i:33vh1abe]does[/i:33vh1abe] end happily. \":(\" [[i:33vh1abe]sulks[/i:33vh1abe]][/quote:33vh1abe]\nDon\'t wprry, TAG. There\'s still time for the meteor strike.[/quote:33vh1abe]\nSee? I\'m not the only one who sees it. Richard was [i:33vh1abe]clearly [/i:33vh1abe]setting up the "kill everyone with meteors" ending from the very start of the series. If you look closely, you can see all the signs. It\'s completely obvious. (nodnodnod)[/quote:33vh1abe]\nAm I the only one in this nuthouse who actually [i:33vh1abe]likes[/i:33vh1abe] a nice story with a happy ending? \";)\"[/quote:33vh1abe]\n\nThere\'s nothing wrong with a happy ending, but a bizarre, twisted, almost Andy Kaufmanesque ending after something like six years of positivity and romance would be hysterically funny.\n\nAnd pretty freakin\' awesome. \":mrgreen:\"','6d334285aab77e4ced0789dc99b01ef0',0,'oA==','33vh1abe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396289,28276,6,1062,0,'76.233.170.170',1266284159,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First Day of School, or "What Might Have Been"','Please do. A continuation of "Saving Hope" would be awsome.','72d3dcf73ff00a17415ff950ec427fdb',0,'','35jvgw4i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396290,28286,5,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266286871,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Werewolf Thread (or "Daria: The Werewolfening")','I\'ll play. And I second (third?) the notion of also having people play the roles of certain characters in the show. Maybe even have the players roleplay [i:26r2gxkw]as[/i:26r2gxkw] those characters when decision making in needed?','7ebc835c6cfb3a9465f9866418e365c3',0,'IA==','26r2gxkw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396291,28289,5,26,0,'4.157.68.21',1266287180,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','New ep of Aqua teen Hunger Force for 2/14/2010','Spoilerage ahead (highlight to read):\n\n[color=#E1EBF2:1tdjie6v]Carl keeps raking up used condoms and hypodermic needles on his lawn, which leads Frylock to suspect that unsavory activity is happening on their street. Thus Frylock decides to set up a trap using a "duck" made from the junk Carl raked up. Meatwad, however, brings it to life with Carl\'s New York Giants helmet lamp and names it Lance, and they go on some rather wild adventures that include some rather grisly dismemberment. Can Frylock and Shake convince Meatwad that Lance is leading Meatwad the wrong way in life?[/color:1tdjie6v]','0d85387c6403bbd9cd57a4bbedae1fc0',0,'Ag==','1tdjie6v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396292,27728,6,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266287808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Dennis":2rqxtfnc][quote="MJPollard":2rqxtfnc][quote="Kristen Bealer":2rqxtfnc][quote="Dennis":2rqxtfnc][quote="The Angst Guy":2rqxtfnc]I bet this [i:2rqxtfnc]does[/i:2rqxtfnc] end happily. \":(\" [[i:2rqxtfnc]sulks[/i:2rqxtfnc]][/quote:2rqxtfnc]\nDon\'t wprry, TAG. There\'s still time for the meteor strike.[/quote:2rqxtfnc]\nSee? I\'m not the only one who sees it. Richard was [i:2rqxtfnc]clearly [/i:2rqxtfnc]setting up the "kill everyone with meteors" ending from the very start of the series. If you look closely, you can see all the signs. It\'s completely obvious. (nodnodnod)[/quote:2rqxtfnc]\nAm I the only one in this nuthouse who actually [i:2rqxtfnc]likes[/i:2rqxtfnc] a nice story with a happy ending? \";)\"[/quote:2rqxtfnc]\n\nThere\'s nothing wrong with a happy ending, but a bizarre, twisted, almost Andy Kaufmanesque ending after something like six years of positivity and romance would be hysterically funny.\n\nAnd pretty freakin\' awesome. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2rqxtfnc]\n\n[i:2rqxtfnc]Thank [/i:2rqxtfnc]you! \n\nAs a compromise, I will allow that the meteors might be covered in rainbows and puppy dogs. I\'m generous that way. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','e63ba2410996431ad0997adf0f3d4183',0,'oA==','2rqxtfnc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396293,28287,4,26,0,'4.157.68.21',1266287949,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','My stepfather knows Joe Simon back from when he was running a print shop in Setauket on Long Island.\n\nThat said, I just long for the days when Cap was fighting the Red Skull on his umpteenth time back from the dead.\n\nThere was this one rather cool storyline they had in those 1966 Grantray-Lawrence Cap cartoons where this machine that was to destroy the world was built by the Red Skull and its parts were scattered all around the world, and on an appointed day they would arise and come together to fulfill their deadly task. It was pretty intresting to say the least.\n\nI have a feeling this is going to rank up there with when the Super Patriot (later the USAgent) took Steve Rogers\' job away from him and when Rogers bought it a couple of years back in the controversy department.\n\nIf Cap retires/dies/whatever happens to him again, can I get the mighty shield? \":lol:\"','9e12a2dc17f827e8191fc58aef212b9e',0,'','2alkw6j0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396294,27995,6,653,0,'68.60.6.236',1266288022,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','So, Ted is part rabbit or something? \":shock:\"','262af408224de859fe8153649f83209e',0,'','2ag7gll8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396295,27020,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266288146,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Three-peat! New Ideas Thread Wins Again!','[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greys:3hzwq6l8]Grey aliens[/url:3hzwq6l8] are said by some to be able to traverse space and time, moving from star to star and from dimension to dimension. Greys are ubiquitous in [i:3hzwq6l8]Daria[/i:3hzwq6l8], showing up on posters, SSW, etc. So, what if they were real? Greys are also supposed to abduct people, returning them later with their memories suppressed or erased.\n\nOne night a UFO lands outside of Lawndale and discharges an abducted girl, then flies away forever. The girl has been gone for twenty-five years but has not aged a bit. She thinks she\'s been gone only a few minutes. Her name is Amy Barksdale, and she\'s from a parallel universe very much like the canon Dariaverse.\n\nAdvantages of the story:\n\n1. This Amy is Daria\'s age and serves as a "second Daria" for those who like that kind of thing.\n\n2. You can borrow ideas from [i:3hzwq6l8]The Flight of the Navigator[/i:3hzwq6l8].\n\n3. You don\'t have to worry about aliens coming back, because the Greys don\'t want Amy. (She was unsuitable for some reason.) Other people might be interested in her, in time. Amy Barksdale is still Daria\'s aunt in this Dariaverse, so now there are two of them. The adult Amy doesn\'t remember anything unusual from her childhood that would explain the existence of the other Amy.\n\n4. You can make things work out differently from The Outers trilogy.\n\n5. You can also use Rita if you don\'t want to use Amy. Or use Helen. \":D\"','a3bbea86bc9aea8af86dac5d20e83e3d',0,'MA==','3hzwq6l8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396296,27995,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266288277,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','[quote="NightGoblyn":2rsynzt4]So, Ted is part rabbit or something? \":shock:\"[/quote:2rsynzt4]\nHerpes. Mark my words.','bcd6eaf3dcb0a4e75ddf67e966e6dee7',0,'gA==','2rsynzt4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396297,28269,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266288474,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: False Facts About the TV Show "Daria"','I was going to write something about penguin snuff porn in "I Loathe a Parade," but that really WAS penguin snuff porn.\n\nI wrote it, though. MTV stole it from me. I can\'t prove it, but I know they did. Richard Nixon helped them.','ef52815802f4a66fb25d807eb6993bd9',0,'','w6ab1c55',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396298,27728,6,87,0,'198.179.147.71',1266288701,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Brother Grimace":m1ky799k][quote="Kristen Bealer":m1ky799k][quote="Brother Grimace":m1ky799k][quote="Kristen Bealer":m1ky799k]\n\n...and no one notices the obvious about the fanfic writer who\'s [i:m1ky799k]making [/i:m1ky799k]all of these jokes... \";)\" \n\n \":P\" \n\nKristen[/quote:m1ky799k]\n\n\nEh?[/quote:m1ky799k]\n\nHave I yet written a fic that [i:m1ky799k]didn\'t [/i:m1ky799k]have a happy ending? \":mrgreen:\" \n\nHeck, even my [url=http://outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ive_waited_here_for_you.html:m1ky799k]one angsty story[/url:m1ky799k] ended pretty happily, considering...\n\nBut we\'re all getting sidetracked! (chants) Meteors! Meteors! Meteors! \n\nKristen[/quote:m1ky799k]\n\n\nNo meteors. \n\n\n\nNo meteors.[/quote:m1ky799k]\n\nBesides, meteors are so 1990\'s. What you want if for that new supercollider to accidently create a miniature black hole that sucks in the entire world.','ea0fa48d0d2b73b29b6dc7c8f590297d',0,'sA==','m1ky799k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396299,28258,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1266289363,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just my luck','Thanks Kevin!\n\nHere\'s a (bad) shot of the party. Birthday girl is on the right. \":-)\"\n\nI think they\'re singing the happy birthday song.','df89a8d4594bd9f690aca238aa5fc410',1,'','31pml82e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396300,27020,6,1062,0,'76.233.170.170',1266292028,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Three-peat! New Ideas Thread Wins Again!','Either of the last 2 could be fun. More angst in the older Daria/dead Jake idea though.','f2bb52315773f35b46b1aa3197f00e49',0,'','2caaeh5n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396301,28286,5,213,0,'74.244.23.52',1266292047,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Werewolf Thread (or "Daria: The Werewolfening")','Two players so far! The original post will contain the complete list. (Small list so far.)\n\nAnd yes, I heartily endorse any extra roleplay "oomph" in the deliberations. Of course, you\'ll have to figure out which Daria characters you\'re going to be playing....','960ff1c94b337ad292d5504f7eaf1e24',0,'','lcfujbhi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396302,24778,6,994,0,'69.69.95.42',1266293363,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: LLH Special - Tokusatsu Team Up! (Update! 2-12-2010)','[quote="LSauchelli":2txjuzo3]That was the goal initially, to not use any canon Sentai group. That said, this is going to get major rewrites once I finish (hopefully, this year \":?\").\n\nBy the way, can anyone guess how this two-person war started? I\'m pretty sure we all know who\'s to blame here \":lol:\" .[/quote:2txjuzo3]\nIt\'s all Kamen Rider Decade\'s fault!\n\n[quote:2txjuzo3][[i:2txjuzo3]worried tone[/i:2txjuzo3]] Shouldn\'t this story be on SFMB, then? [/quote:2txjuzo3]\n\nNo, Super Sentai...well, think Power Rangers and you\'ll get it.','b18fa1f184f12cda84ee0ed2d7dafede',0,'oA==','2txjuzo3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396303,28263,3,414,0,'24.147.138.173',1266294843,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: Teacher goes nuts. That is not a good sign.','This story is getting a lot of press here in Boston, as the shooter once lived in the area. She has a history of violence, including killing her younger brother in 1986 (which was ruled accidental at the time, but now the local police are revisiting that case), and being a suspect in an attempted mail bombing. [url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/02/quincy_man_reca.html:2zrghysf]Here\'s the latest report from around here about her[/url:2zrghysf].','39a35bbeb848ee86ee87c7cc4ab58120',0,'EA==','2zrghysf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396304,28290,3,994,0,'69.69.95.42',1266295002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Heckuva a view...','...from a third story window, which is where I shot all but two of these.\n\nShot these Saturday morning, during a short jaunt over to Newport:\n\n[img:n96ftlma]http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh142/NeoSilverThorn/Beach%20pictures/0214001141.jpg[/img:n96ftlma]\n\nTide was coming in, so you\'d get bits like this:\n\n[img:n96ftlma]http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh142/NeoSilverThorn/Beach%20pictures/0214001141a.jpg[/img:n96ftlma]\n\nAnd the quartet of shots taken from the hotel window that evening:\n\n[img:n96ftlma]http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh142/NeoSilverThorn/Beach%20pictures/0214001721.jpg[/img:n96ftlma]\n\n[img:n96ftlma]http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh142/NeoSilverThorn/Beach%20pictures/0214001725.jpg[/img:n96ftlma]\n\n[img:n96ftlma]http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh142/NeoSilverThorn/Beach%20pictures/0214001726.jpg[/img:n96ftlma]\n\n[img:n96ftlma]http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh142/NeoSilverThorn/Beach%20pictures/0214001726a.jpg[/img:n96ftlma]','78b5f86e02319e386889f3013582b4e9',0,'CA==','n96ftlma',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396305,27963,6,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266295317,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: General Semantics, Private Angst (chapter 12 up)','I have a suspicion, one I can\'t confirm except through reading of the original work that this is based on, which I don\'t have time for presently, and asking how closely this situation is modeled on the one in that. I\'ll just have to suffer this out and wait to see if I\'m right.','06f6f51ee098f6ff99d0c4deba75d399',0,'','2k179epy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396306,27917,6,809,0,'68.161.191.155',1266296064,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Hunter - Strictly Business (2/12/10)','[quote="NightGoblyn":1n55kgar]Hologram projectors? That\'s remarkably sinister, actually. More so than the weapons, in my opinion.[/quote:1n55kgar]\nWith the projectors, they can look like anyone. Even... you. \":shock:\"','9b454af3edf2ddc7fe08f5a5aa04f8eb',0,'gA==','1n55kgar',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396307,27995,6,105,0,'24.99.253.234',1266297416,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','Hey, you two, get a room!\n\nOh, yeah, right.\n\nCarry on.','8079650a53e23553b9dda7a83b8dbbe9',0,'','3rpjfchb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396308,28287,4,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1266297497,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','The story writers could\'ve just been lied to who then passed it on (similar to how Cross once came across a parody piece of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in a 2004 speech in which she called for the “castration of all white males until they are no longer dominant" and then posted it on PPMB as real which he no doubt thought it was--at least I think it was Cross who did that, not certain)...like anyone recall the black libertarian carrying an AR-15? Here\'s a quickie:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7syx26QtQIM\n\nSome of the more liberal media organizations, acting like FOX in their own way, was very deceptive to paint tea bag parties as racist and hide that this guy was black, even though they showed him carrying a gun, which you can see an example of here:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKQJ4-N7LI\n\nThey not only edited out his skin color, but then switched to give the impression that it was a white man immediately after while pretty much saying they were white racists, which is willful deceit. I really don\'t know why people get mad over FOX playing them for fools when the other stations and sources are pretty bad, if not just as bad, in their own way! Here\'s how it looks to me:\n\n[img:3t6hg2y9]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TU-ak6Yve9o/SQ0zNdXG4xI/AAAAAAAAAGM/SdkqYT5C0VE/s400/fox%2520slut.jpg[/img:3t6hg2y9]\n\nBut anyway, the story writers could\'ve simply been fooled by the liberal media rather than willfully spreading propaganda themselves. I imagine it was more mental laziness myself. \'Course the eternal question is, as Sam Clemens put it, "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it."\n\nOverall, comics & programs tend to go with the powers of the day, whether it\'s by collaboration or, more likely, because it\'s easier, not to mention safer. Take this example:\n\nhttp://img2.moonbuggy.org/imgstore/supe ... -a-jap.jpg','a4010a67ed8c73823f4ecdba33a2ef18',0,'CA==','3t6hg2y9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396309,28287,4,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1266297955,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[quote="Deref":3a1wyn5k]As I said in the Other Place, this is a goddamn [i:3a1wyn5k]comic book character[/i:3a1wyn5k] - a children\'s fairy tale. Why TF would anyone pay any attention whatsoever to what its author says?\n\nSrsly - u guyz![/quote:3a1wyn5k]\n\nI got amused when Batman comics, obviously attempting to up sales, made Batwoman, IIRC, a lesbian, and having an affair with a woman. Of course they advertised far & wide so people would rush to the comic book stores to get semi-porn that was "just a comic book." \'Course I expect maybe 1% were lesbians themselves and 0% gay males went to look (not counting any who kept up with it anyway).\n\nSeveral types to later take over the tea parties were going on how this was part of the "gay agenda" to indoctrinate their children to accept gays as good guys. Yeah, horrible to say someone gay could do anything good or heroic. \":roll:\"\n\nFrankly, I was just glad they didn\'t realize that they had a possible gaydar for them to use...if their adolescent (and older) boys didn\'t like seeing 2 no doubt beautiful & epically busty women kissing & feeling each other up, then they may be gay. \":lol:\" \n\nBut yeah, it\'s a big deal. Like when Buffy had a one night stand in the Buffy comics with another female, it was on CNN news! I was like WTF, especially given things they didn\'t report on at the time. \n\nWhat was really sad about the Buffy "Satsu-gate" was all the people who thought the comics had been "realistic" (when it was far more silly before and even Joss Whedon admitted to screwing up the canon before the one night stand with Satsu) until then, but they also said they didn\'t have a problem with gays. \":roll:\" (ETA: Oh yes, a few said Buffy lost her "morality" for that, but not when she was having sex in alleyways and at a public club with a soulless vampire while lying to her friends whose survival depended on them being able to trust each other! \":roll:\" And yet we\'re to believe that they\'re not homophobes or haters. \":fail:\")','937a204414252fba193c1477b2395f66',0,'oA==','3a1wyn5k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396310,27728,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266298219,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Falling Into College 72: Valley of Love and Delight (Part 7)','[quote="Ranger Thorne":1muyolrl][quote="Brother Grimace":1muyolrl][quote="Kristen Bealer":1muyolrl][quote="Brother Grimace":1muyolrl][quote="Kristen Bealer":1muyolrl]\n\n...and no one notices the obvious about the fanfic writer who\'s [i:1muyolrl]making [/i:1muyolrl]all of these jokes... \";)\" \n\n \":P\" \n\nKristen[/quote:1muyolrl]\n\n\nEh?[/quote:1muyolrl]\n\nHave I yet written a fic that [i:1muyolrl]didn\'t [/i:1muyolrl]have a happy ending? \":mrgreen:\" \n\nHeck, even my [url=http://outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ive_waited_here_for_you.html:1muyolrl]one angsty story[/url:1muyolrl] ended pretty happily, considering...\n\nBut we\'re all getting sidetracked! (chants) Meteors! Meteors! Meteors! \n\nKristen[/quote:1muyolrl]\n\n\nNo meteors. \n\n\n\nNo meteors.[/quote:1muyolrl]\n\nBesides, meteors are so 1990\'s. What you want if for that new supercollider to accidently create a miniature black hole that sucks in the entire world.[/quote:1muyolrl]\n\n\nUh-uh. You do that, and everyone\'s going to have a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlashForward:1muyolrl]FlashForward.[/url:1muyolrl]\n\nWell - the ones who survive their sleep... and the ones who aren\'t going to die before April 29th.','5d2df48a34964e7d24be4f190381ec9b',0,'sA==','1muyolrl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396311,24778,6,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266298504,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: LLH Special - Tokusatsu Team Up! (Update! 2-12-2010)','[quote="Brother Grimace":2vzh9sn9][quote="vlademir1":2vzh9sn9][quote="LSauchelli":2vzh9sn9]That was the goal initially, to not use any canon Sentai group. That said, this is going to get major rewrites once I finish (hopefully, this year \":?\").\n\nBy the way, can anyone guess how this two-person war started? I\'m pretty sure we all know who\'s to blame here \":lol:\" .[/quote:2vzh9sn9]\n\n\nZOMG!!! UPDATE!!!\n\nFinn... yep it\'s all because of Finn... \":D\"[/quote:2vzh9sn9]\n\n\nI was thinking that - once again - Tom Sloane is to blame. \n\n\nThis time - for real.[/quote:2vzh9sn9]\n\n*plants a crying Stacy Rowe where he was standing, and lounging above her says* way to ruin my joke... \":twisted:\"','7faa3462b27ab9c6ddeee76ce499fed0',0,'gA==','2vzh9sn9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396312,28290,3,79,0,'24.20.253.48',1266298586,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','newport oregon?\n\ni was just in lincoln city on friday','44f5ed0b03f7ae944cf75839049338da',0,'','2bnk5n3r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396313,20867,5,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266299112,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What games are you playing?','[quote="LSauchelli":1zt9mg9t]\nI meant [b:1zt9mg9t][i:1zt9mg9t]Blaster Master: Overdrive[/i:1zt9mg9t][/b:1zt9mg9t]. Great retro game. I love this.\n[/quote:1zt9mg9t]\n\nHow does the gameplay on that compare to the original? I ask because I loved the original as a kid, and still occasionally pull out the cart and play it (or the rom, depending on if I feel like hooking the NES up to the TV)\n\nedit: Oh, and I\'ve been playing a nice game of "which computer component isn\'t working" while not having really good testing hardware.','5cf951a5c1aeb3e6d9dca5d7e9731c84',0,'4A==','1zt9mg9t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396314,28290,3,994,0,'69.69.95.42',1266300201,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','[quote="cynigal":xzbhx2d9]newport oregon?\n\ni was just in lincoln city on friday[/quote:xzbhx2d9]\nNewport, Oregon. And...wow, we must\'ve just missed each other. I was in Lincoln City on Saturday and Sunday.','779067521a39ee7276287a2d022f47ee',0,'gA==','xzbhx2d9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396315,28290,3,79,0,'24.20.253.48',1266301111,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','u from oregon?','6cbb18e57f0eb301ae4278a3ddb688b3',0,'','3a0zfrk6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396316,28071,3,562,0,'124.187.17.79',1266301133,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[img:3odpe1hr]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/funny-pictures-cat-reads-a-book-about-crimes.jpg[/img:3odpe1hr]\n\n[img:3odpe1hr]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/funny-pictures-the-cuter-the-face-the-greater-the-crime.jpg[/img:3odpe1hr]','47b44234f1f2baa6e9609a49ad12a6bf',0,'CA==','3odpe1hr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396317,28287,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266301528,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[quote="Dervish":3cm8z5vb][quote="Deref":3cm8z5vb]As I said in the Other Place, this is a goddamn [i:3cm8z5vb]comic book character[/i:3cm8z5vb] - a children\'s fairy tale. Why TF would anyone pay any attention whatsoever to what its author says?\n\nSrsly - u guyz![/quote:3cm8z5vb]\n\nI got amused when Batman comics, obviously attempting to up sales, made Batwoman, IIRC, a lesbian, and having an affair with a woman. Of course they advertised far & wide so people would rush to the comic book stores to get semi-porn that was "just a comic book." \n\nSeveral types to later take over the tea parties were going on how this was part of the "gay agenda" to indoctrinate their children to accept gays as good guys. Yeah, horrible to say someone gay could do anything good or heroic. \":roll:\"\n\nFrankly, I was just glad they didn\'t realize that they had a possible gaydar for them to use...if their adolescent (and older) boys didn\'t like seeing 2 no doubt beautiful & epically busty women kissing & feeling each other up, then they may be gay. \":lol:\" \n\nBut yeah, it\'s a big deal. Like when Buffy had a one night stand in the Buffy comics with another female, it was on CNN news! I was like WTF, especially given things they didn\'t report on at the time. \n\nWhat was really sad about the Buffy "Satsu-gate" was all the people who thought the comics had been "realistic" (when it was far more silly before and even Joss Whedon admitted to screwing up the canon before the one night stand with Satsu) until then, but they also said they didn\'t have a problem with gays. \":roll:\" (ETA: Oh yes, a few said Buffy lost her "morality" for that, but not when she was having sex in alleyways and at a public club with a soulless vampire while lying to her friends whose survival depended on them being able to trust each other! \":roll:\" And yet we\'re to believe that they\'re not homophobes or haters. \":fail:\")[/quote:3cm8z5vb]\n\n\nOh, yeah. I remember how there was an uproar when Sarah Rainmaker (of the Image/Wildstorm universe) was revealed to be a lesbian, and the same thing (about television coverage) happened when Northstar was revealed to be gay (even though the writers and all of the fans KNEW that he was almost from the moment he was introduced). \n\nHowever, as soon as someone says it aloud for the general public (the ones who are like \'those are comic books, and they\'re for kids until they can get REAL literature) all of a sudden there\'s a problem, because the attitude goes to \'this just supposed to be about silly things\' so you\'re not supposed to deal with real-world issues!\'\n\n\nThose people know nothing about the stories covered in the books. For example:\n\n\n\n-[i:3cm8z5vb]Spider-Man[/i:3cm8z5vb]: read up on how they did a story that was opposed by the Comics Code; it was a story on drug use, and they ran the mag without the comics code for the first time in comics history. Let\'s not forget that it was one of the first to deal with real-world issues, such as having to actually work for a living and the repercussions of not having the money to pay the bills - and personal responsibility has always been a hallmark of the series; after all, it\'s spelled out very clearly that if Parker had been thinking about others instead of himself, his uncle would not have been gunned down.\n\n- Teen Titans: in 1986, they did \'Runaways\' - a two-parter that dealt with teen homelessness and drug abuse in a very realistic manner. Also, the long-term story arc with Green Arrow\'s former \'sidekick\' Speedy, who became an IV-drug abuser.\n\n- Power Pack: for a book about four \'tweens\' with powers, it dealt with very serious topics like homelessness, child abandonment, gun violence, dealing with the death of a parent, and so forth. \n\n- Iron Man. The hypocrisy of whining about Captain America and not mentioning the things that Iron Man has done (talk about violations of civil liberties and seeing that as okay, if it makes America \'better\')... Also, the various storylines about Tony Stark\'s alcoholism, culminating in the 1984 (or was it 1986?) issue \'Shame of the City\', where Stark, homeless and his alcoholism totally out of control, has a run-in with a cop who offers him a fifty if he can stay sober for twenty-four hours - the longest twenty-four hours of his life. Had that been an episode of any TV show, it would have been nominated for an Emmy for best writing. Iron Man also deals with topics like celebrity stalkers.\n\n- The Avengers: Anyone familiar with the name Hank Pym is aware of the story arc involving him, his wife and domestic abuse. \n\n\nAnd then, there\'s [i:3cm8z5vb]X-Men[/i:3cm8z5vb]. Where to start. Oh, Lord, where to start.\n\nHow about the way the creators put together the characters of Professor Xavier and Magneto - as avatars for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. (Professor X: \'[i:3cm8z5vb]I have a dream[/i:3cm8z5vb] that one day, humans and mutants will live together in peace." Magneto: "Humans and mutants cannot live in peace. The humans will not allow this to happen, and because of this, I will protect my people [i:3cm8z5vb]by any means necessary[/i:3cm8z5vb].")\n\nTalking about all of the social issues covered in X-Men could be a paper of its own.\n\n\nWhy is this important? Because, as many have said before, \'get \'em while they\'re young.\' Kids will read these and start to ask questions. Of course they\'ll grow up and read other forms of literature, but why not allow them to get an idea of broader issues as soon as possible? Yes, many will be there just for the \'bam-zap-pow\', but you can have those harder issues dealt with in a palatable manner for the kids current stage of development. Also, there\'s no reason not to write a good tale, because you\'re never too young to appreciate goos storytelling. \n\nOh, yeah. One of my personal favorites: X-Men #183 - [i:3cm8z5vb]"He\'ll Never Make Me Cry".[/i:3cm8z5vb] If you want a good story dealing with how a bad relationship can affect an entire group of people, especially if one of them is entirely in the wrong for how the other was treated... They did in several pages what most television shows take months or years to accomplish, and what makes it work is that it\'s almost all done in a way that the story could be transplanted to any other show or any other medium with no problem. The story is about relationships, honesty and feelings, about how people are forced to choose sides when a relationship goes sour, and how the people who can hurt you the most are the ones you let into your heart. It\'s not about \'super-powers\' or \'super-heroes\'. \n\nIt also has one [b:3cm8z5vb]hell[/b:3cm8z5vb] of a hook at the end for the \'True Believers\' (tm). \";)\" \n\n\nYou know, though, people marginalize all sorts of medium and the characters within, without noting the better works and how those works can shape opinion and beliefs... just like any good work of art is supposed to do.\n\n\nOne more thing: We first learn from our fairy tales - wherever and in what form they are presented. They\'re how we teach our children. We should care, because we aren\'t the only source from where our children form their opinions. \n\nI know that my family would have been damned glad if I hadn\'t read comics - or read at all on my youth. That way, I could share some of their views... and I wouldn\'t be here now.(Involved in a fandom that focuses on a white girl who reads all of those big books, isn\'t trying to be popular or get with some hot guy, and is white? Not done.) Reading [i:3cm8z5vb]X-Men[/i:3cm8z5vb] as a kid showed me that women are just as capable as men, that there\'s no real distinction between the sexes in terms of the way we should see them and what they are capable of except for what they bring to the table as persons. What people see when they look at you isn\'t important. Gender or sexuality or race isn\'t important - what is important is focused and encapsulated in four words:[i:3cm8z5vb] \'what can you do?\'[/i:3cm8z5vb] If you can bring something to the table, and you want to help, then very little else matters. Isn\'t that a good message to pass along to kids?\n\n\n\nEnd of rant.','109c8ad67a8c297306cc80a3b54fb427',0,'4A==','3cm8z5vb',1,1266302214,'',59,1,0),(396318,28287,4,114,0,'61.69.0.169',1266302211,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','I\'m not knocking comix - I was a big fan of Donald Duck and Superman when I was a kid. These days I follow Gunnarkrigg Court and Girl Genius assiduously. Brilliant stuff and some superb writing.\n\nIt\'s just that, when it comes to the Big Questions, I think comic book writers have about as much credibility as Hollywood Celebrities or pop stars - i.e. as social commentators they\'re great at being celebrities or pop stars.\n\nStill, at least they have more credibility than Faux News.','04943c56d6528394cbc66048326250e4',0,'','3rdpw6n5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396319,28290,3,114,0,'61.69.0.169',1266302382,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','\":D\" Damn good shots! Thanks for posting, Silver. Wow - I\'m glad it was nicer than that when I visited Newport. \";-)\"','06c5b49d5cb0732c0b6980d7d37c21be',0,'','2k1nv4ah',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396320,28287,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266302946,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[quote="Deref":3uoyz6h8]I\'m not knocking comix - I was a big fan of Donald Duck and Superman when I was a kid. These days I follow Gunnarkrigg Court and Girl Genius assiduously. Brilliant stuff and some superb writing.\n\nIt\'s just that, when it comes to the Big Questions, I think comic book writers have about as much credibility as Hollywood Celebrities or pop stars - i.e. as social commentators they\'re great at being celebrities or pop stars.\n\nStill, at least they have more credibility than Faux News.[/quote:3uoyz6h8]\n\n\nYou know, when did we get to the point that we say that if you have a certain position or job, your opinion is invalid, even if you\'re well-learned in that area? Ed Begley, Jr has been involved with the environmentalist movement for over forty years; the fact that he\'s an actor shouldn\'t invalidate decades of knowledge he brings to the table on the subject. \n\nThat\'s just one example. I understand what you\'re saying - and I can\'t stand it, myself, when people get involved with movements as basically another vehicle to promote themselves. That being said, there are people who are actually activists, and the fact that they\'re celebrities means that they actually can bring attention to worthwhile causes that otherwise would go unnoticed by the general public. \n\nGotta look at both sides, old boy. \":)\"\n\n\nAs for Cluster Faux... \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \n\nWell, the less said on them, the better.','4a5ff8f60d07f8a3f2fdb37db470226d',0,'gA==','3uoyz6h8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396321,28071,3,545,0,'65.221.65.133',1266302996,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="vlademir1":3p6g90kp][quote="MartinUK":3p6g90kp][quote="The Sidhe":3p6g90kp]Whoever put this sign together obviously didn\'t really think it through..[/quote:3p6g90kp]\nDunno about you, but until I saw that sign I\'d never heard of Tipton, Indiana, let alone of Sherril\'s. \";)\" \n\nAfter a complaint was passed down to me, I once put up a sign in college stating that visitors had been made uncomfortable by the poor state of the ablutions near the common room and sports field, and asking rugby players if they would kindly refrain from washing their muddy balls in the hand basins. I think it took less than two hours for the message to reach every single one of my fellow students.\n\nMartin.[/quote:3p6g90kp]\n\nThanks guys, I needed a good laugh... between the hell weekend at work and the apparently bad processor I got I\'ve been rather stressed.[/quote:3p6g90kp]\n\nI\'ve been to Tipton many times, especially to the Dezerland Antique Mall. About an hour from my home, and pretty much a straight shot from where I live. Unfortunately, I haven\'t been there in nearly 10 years. Never went to Sherill\'s though.\n\nIn Portland, there is a pizza place with an old sign that at one time said, "Eat Here." Problem was that the last \'e\' had vanished and for years gave a rather blunt suggestion. I regret not taking a picture of that one before they fixed it.','74aef90d0aad75d433ce113915fa7b54',0,'gA==','3p6g90kp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396322,28291,4,114,0,'61.69.0.169',1266303125,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','First we got rid of Rupe...','[url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/pauline-hanson-plans-to-emigrate-20100214-nzgr.html:fwhyc539]Now we\'re getting rid of Pauline Hanson[/url:fwhyc539]. \":-)\"\n\nSome of you may remember Pauline as the figurehead of One Nation, a private company that masqueraded as a political party and managed to get Pauline elected to the Senate on a platform of racism, ignorance and jingoism. Now Australia\'s just too damn tolerant of blacks, furriners and commies, so she\'s decided to go and live somewhere that\'s much more suited to her outlook - the UK.\n\nAll I can say is that the UK\'s loss is our gain. Thanks, UK. \":-)\"','a411e33534596d52498749a61b286f19',0,'EA==','fwhyc539',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396323,28203,3,545,0,'65.221.65.133',1266303339,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','My parents took an active role in teaching both me and my sister to read. It was successful enough that we could read kids books before we went to kindergarten. However, there were unforseen circumstances...such as me arguing that since police was pronounced the way it was, then "policy" had to be pronounced "police-y".\n\nBack then, I could not comprehend foreign languages, so everyone got a laugh out of my efforts to pronounce foreign cities in American English. I remember that I had the hardest time figuring out how to pronounce "San Juan".','f1358951178102c718338d6b83b51b7b',0,'','189o1v9t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396324,24778,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266303442,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: LLH Special - Tokusatsu Team Up! (Update! 2-12-2010)','[quote="vlademir1":gq82vhfq][quote="Brother Grimace":gq82vhfq][quote="vlademir1":gq82vhfq][quote="LSauchelli":gq82vhfq]That was the goal initially, to not use any canon Sentai group. That said, this is going to get major rewrites once I finish (hopefully, this year \":?\").\n\nBy the way, can anyone guess how this two-person war started? I\'m pretty sure we all know who\'s to blame here \":lol:\" .[/quote:gq82vhfq]\n\n\nZOMG!!! UPDATE!!!\n\nFinn... yep it\'s all because of Finn... \":D\"[/quote:gq82vhfq]\n\n\nI was thinking that - once again - Tom Sloane is to blame. \n\n\nThis time - for real.[/quote:gq82vhfq]\n\n*plants a crying Stacy Rowe where he was standing, and lounging above her says* way to ruin my joke... \":twisted:\"[/quote:gq82vhfq]\n\n\n(looks at crying Stacy)\n\n\nDude - [i:gq82vhfq]Angst Lord.[/i:gq82vhfq]\n\n\n(turns to Stacy)\n\n\n(in deep, gravely voice) [i:gq82vhfq]Hello, little girl.[/i:gq82vhfq]\n\n\n(smiles as Stacy screams and takes off running)\n\n\nGod bless us, every one. \n\n\n \":)\"','d2fb0cf0dabbae5db042e1838219f5a1',0,'oA==','gq82vhfq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396325,28287,4,114,0,'61.69.0.169',1266304743,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[quote="Brother Grimace":1gaoyy5c]Gotta look at both sides, old boy. \":)\"[/quote:1gaoyy5c]\nYou\'re right, of course - there\'s nothing that says that a comic book artist is any less credible than anyone else. [url=http://xkcd.com/:1gaoyy5c]XKCD, for example, is a brilliant and insightful commentary on All Sorts of Stuff[/url:1gaoyy5c].\n\nMy point, though, is why a comic book artist\'s opinion - or that of a celebrity or a pop star - should be a big deal. Everyone has an opinion.','64de4a133898f5eed0380894859e890b',0,'kA==','1gaoyy5c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396326,28262,5,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266305307,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Six Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Makes','The [i:2zmiouxt]real[/i:2zmiouxt] mistake is always the same,[url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Sequel:2zmiouxt]taking what was a great stand alone movie and trying to milk it by extending the story with a sequel or prequel... or series of them (in specific "unplanned sequel")[/url:2zmiouxt]. This is of course probably [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanDirt:2zmiouxt]older than dirt[/url:2zmiouxt], as such things date back to old, old oral tradition works and in terms of films date [i:2zmiouxt]at least[/i:2zmiouxt] back to King Kong and Son of Kong and quite likely before that (I don\'t feel like pulling [url=http://www.amazon.com/Movies-Richard-Griffith/dp/0671427652%3FSubscriptionId%3D1NNRF7QZ418V218YP1R2%26tag%3Dbkfndr22-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0671427652:2zmiouxt]the 100 lb book[/url:2zmiouxt] down to check \":twisted:\" Nice book but painful (literally) to actually find information in considering it\'s the size of a Britanica volume and not as well sorted)\n\n\n \n\n\n\n)','54b2b929b161e6eb2706d57937599bd1',0,'MA==','2zmiouxt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396327,28290,3,39,0,'92.27.210.40',1266306664,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','Now that\'s a room with a view. Thanks for letting us share the experience!\n\nMartin.','3b31ebcbdf852f7adfbf6b7a0ef35e53',0,'','1453duiy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396328,28291,4,39,0,'92.27.210.40',1266307382,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First we got rid of Rupe...','Thank you [i:2k1ok5tc]so [/i:2k1ok5tc]much. Look, TimTams, thank you, Vegemite, why not, and Foster\'s, well, if anyone\'s fool enough to drink it, that\'s their choice. But c\'mon, wasn\'t Rupe enough? Okay, he moved on elsewhere, but that doesn\'t mean, "Oh, the poms\'ve got a space now...."\n\nIf she is moving for the reported reasons, I suspect she might be in for a rude awakening if she\'s gleefully expecting to find a land where her views are unexceptional and unexceptionable.\n\nMartin.','108cdf74d9edf602b1edbb3c35339912',0,'IA==','2k1ok5tc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396329,24778,6,785,0,'190.245.205.239',1266311664,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: LLH Special - Tokusatsu Team Up! (Update! 2-12-2010)','The Planeswalker laughed merrily as she held a card at the two of them and the flames that were closing their path suddenly shifted and formed a circle all around the group. The zombie goblins were moaning something about \'brains\' as they started marching at the legionary and planesranger. \n\n"Careful, Lady" The green haired boy said as the branches that formed a seat on his back quietly put the girl down again.\n\n"Okay big guy, any ideas?" blurted out Daria as she tried to do her best to hold off the undead goblins with her mental powers. She quickly found out that \'cutting the strings\' that controlled the goblins was near impossible, whatever had been manipulating the Mindless Ones was nowhere near as capable as her double. She was getting tired fast and the flames were eating up all her breathing air. The little monsters didn’t seem bothered by this, though.\n\nThe green haired tall Japanese boy grinned in excitement at Daria’s question. "I just have one thing to say!" he explained and produced a weird green crystal ball from his pocket. Daria noticed some sort of glowing leaf inside of it. "Henshin go, go baby!"\n\n\'Urza\' smiled as the green suit covered the boy and a helmet with a leaf-looking visor covered his entire head. "You think a little power-up will change anything?"\n\nGreen either didn\'t hear the Planeswalker, or didn\'t care to respond. He simply extended both hands to the sides, and with a motion the flames died down. He then proceeded to take a kung-fu stance.\n\nDaria took a deep breath, thanking the ranger for the air, and glared at her double. "What do you want now?"\n\n\'Urza\' looked down at Daria\'s belt, where Charles\' box-body rested. "You captured Jane."\n\n"What if we did?" Green asked as he took a step forward and kicked the nearest zombie\'s head off. \n\n"Hey! Cut that out!" \'Urza\' exclaimed, but didn\'t seem to mean it as she was on the verge of laughing her ass off. "[i:3u8pqpt8]Poor little zombies, can\'t take a break, if it isn\'t a Ringer, it is a Ranger. Poor little zombies, can\'t take a break![/i:3u8pqpt8]"\n\n"That was lame."\n\n"Perhaps it was." \'Urza\' agreed. "But then again, I haven\'t written anything since my war with Jane started." She looked over her double and massaged her chin. "I could take her away from you now, I won\'t bother you anymore. I can even send you back home if you want."\n\nDaria kept glaring. "And leave Charles behind? Sorry, no can do."\n\nThe older Daria scratched her head. "Okay, thought you were going to say something like that."\n\nThe Green Walker put himself between the two Darias as he kept on bashing zombies. "Don\'t you dare threaten to turn her into a whore again, that was just... tasteless."\n\nThe Planeswalker nodded. "It was! Wasn\'t it?" \n\nDaria raised an eyebrow. "Are you insane?"\n\n\'Urza\' seemed to think about the question for a moment, then replied. "I guess you could say I am, but that\'s beside the point." She clapped her hands and the zombie Goblins instantly disappeared. "Come on, we don\'t have all day."\n\nBoth Daria and the Green Walker looked confused at \'Urza\'. "Excuse me, what?"\n\nThe older Daria floated past them and continued, "We\'re getting to the Mirari, of course. You\'re going to copy that form Charles took and then you\'re going to give Jane to me. I\'m sure that before she gets away I will find a way to tame her." She paused for a moment to think. "Perhaps an art colony?"\n\n"You can\'t expect us to work with you! You tried to kill us!"\n\n"No I didn\'t. If I had you would all be dead." \'Urza\' replied, and winked. "Daria, you want to go home, I want Jane. Sure, I wanted her dead like, a second ago, but now that you found a way to capture her, I\'m going to do everything to erase what that jerk did to us." With that she continued floating down some stairs that had been previously hidden.\n\nDaria turned to look at Green. "Where does that lead?"\n\n"To the Mirari" The Walker replied, stupefied, "how did she know that?"\n\n"Probably read your mind."\n\n"We can\'t let her touch the Mirari, if she gets her hands on it..." \n\n"I guess it would be like Sauron with the One Ring, or something." Daria nodded. "Come on, I will think of some way to deal with her." She couldn\'t help but wonder, [b:3u8pqpt8][i:3u8pqpt8]\'Is the Jerk who I think it is?\'[/i:3u8pqpt8][/b:3u8pqpt8]','887c5747f5a2da0b24bca281c29ecabf',0,'YA==','3u8pqpt8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396330,20867,5,785,0,'190.245.205.239',1266312366,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What games are you playing?','[quote="vlademir1":3hofbqtm]How does the gameplay on that compare to the original? I ask because I loved the original as a kid, and still occasionally pull out the cart and play it (or the rom, depending on if I feel like hooking the NES up to the TV)[/quote:3hofbqtm]\nIt\'s perhaps a tad slower, and the fact that there\'s no Classic Controller option hurts it a little bit. But the automap and the fact that it has three save slots makes this a must-have. It\'s fun, and that\'s the main selling point of this game. If you liked the original, you\'re going to like this one too.','3604a603f1cf2bccf1174be0b5f41b11',0,'gA==','3hofbqtm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396331,28235,16,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266316728,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','The DVDs are [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0019N8P2W/ref=pe_11480_14351800_emwa_email_title_1:3c7tfg5k]now available[/url:3c7tfg5k] to pre-order from Amazon. List price: $72.99. Pre-order price: $50.99.\n\nDVDEmpire is asking for $41.99. Hmmm.','d7ba4a3fe83dc05916d4430de9925f68',0,'EA==','3c7tfg5k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396332,28291,4,7,0,'118.210.76.76',1266319439,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First we got rid of Rupe...','[quote="MartinUK":1l9lajv9]If she is moving for the reported reasons, I suspect she might be in for a rude awakening if she\'s gleefully expecting to find a land where her views are unexceptional and unexceptionable.[/quote:1l9lajv9]\nQuite. Compared to those of Nick Griffin, MEP (North-West England), they\'re altogether tolerant and progressive. (In fairness, Griffin and friend won their seats with a considerably smaller share of the vote than did Hanson\'s woman.)','06956547e148f5d0abad70e86b65a9c8',0,'gA==','1l9lajv9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396333,28024,2,276,0,'64.12.116.11',1266320606,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','The boy just doesn\'t learn. Sterling registered from IP 211.30.106.237. That, and the e-mail seems familiar, I think he\'s used it for one of his previous accounts.','1327ef65101799324c43b53643ba1047',0,'','2f29nway',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396334,28291,4,276,0,'64.12.116.19',1266320679,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First we got rid of Rupe...','At least you didn\'t ship her to the US this time. \";)\"','15d3c72e06c55fb2e898e6f46841ea92',0,'','35fg5i3m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396335,24778,6,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266320997,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: LLH Special - Tokusatsu Team Up! (Update! 2-12-2010)','[quote="Brother Grimace":3ggyr8qm]\n*plants a crying Stacy Rowe where he was standing, and lounging above her says* way to ruin my joke... \":twisted:\"[/quote:3ggyr8qm]\n\n\n(looks at crying Stacy)\n\n\nDude - [i:3ggyr8qm]Angst Lord.[/i:3ggyr8qm]\n[/quote]\nReally?? Hadn\'t noticed, what with the cloaks and red lightsaber and all that wonderful fic to your name... but seriously, I needed a valid stand-in for the crying which I\'m about as given to as she *gestures at Stacy* is to megalomaniacal gloating in canon.\n\n[quote:3ggyr8qm]\n(turns to Stacy)\n\n\n(in deep, gravely voice) [i:3ggyr8qm]Hello, little girl.[/i:3ggyr8qm]\n\n\n(smiles as Stacy screams and takes off running)\n\n\nGod bless us, every one. \n\n\n \":)\"[/quote:3ggyr8qm]\n*laughs for a few minutes before going back to eating his waffles and sausage*','202dee2e3c160187aaf4348b9eeddac0',0,'oA==','3ggyr8qm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396336,28235,16,276,0,'64.12.116.210',1266321216,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','If they ship on the release date, that means it\'ll arrive while I\'m away to Wonderfest. So, it looks like I\'ll buy it locally on the day of release.','3785aa58239db12f60e5b26ae9efdcfc',0,'','c8huhyt4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396337,20867,5,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266322303,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What games are you playing?','[quote="LSauchelli":633r9cht][quote="vlademir1":633r9cht]How does the gameplay on that compare to the original? I ask because I loved the original as a kid, and still occasionally pull out the cart and play it (or the rom, depending on if I feel like hooking the NES up to the TV)[/quote:633r9cht]\nIt\'s perhaps a tad slower, and the fact that there\'s no Classic Controller option hurts it a little bit. But the automap and the fact that it has three save slots makes this a must-have. It\'s fun, and that\'s the main selling point of this game. If you liked the original, you\'re going to like this one too.[/quote:633r9cht]\n\nMay have to go borrow my aunt\'s wii and check it out... the original was painfully challenging, though not in a nintendo hard kinda way, to me.','d9746b3c820277b64d32073602e57926',0,'gA==','633r9cht',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396338,28242,10,598,0,'86.40.7.167',1266326085,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','Very beautiful. I love them!','d33095087a8f164718d2aee12a60b1c7',0,'','w0pgj3v9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396339,20867,5,785,0,'190.220.154.69',1266326992,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What games are you playing?','[quote="vlademir1":byzoywad]May have to go borrow my aunt\'s wii and check it out... the original was painfully challenging, though not in a nintendo hard kinda way, to me.[/quote:byzoywad]\nIt\'s pretty good. Has that "16-Bit" feel with most of the graphics and sound, while at the same time keeping the "8-Bit" feel, with the controls and overall gameplay. \n\nNow I can\'t wait for Megaman 10, I was going to get it for 360, but considering that it plays better on Wii, the graphics look better (!?) and it comes out a whole month earlier, it\'s a no-brainer. Wii wins by KO.','46b7f69b4c66717033c02fec548feb2f',0,'gA==','byzoywad',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396340,28203,3,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266328635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','[quote="ktrick45":k10cfs5k][quote="vlademir1":k10cfs5k]\n\n...also why teh sign said no outlet when we had electricity on the street (growing up on a cul-de-sac).\n[/quote:k10cfs5k]\n\nYou betray your youth. When I was a kid, those signs said, "Dead End." They weren\'t called "cul-de-sacs" back then, either. They were "dead end streets." I don\'t think I ever wondered, "Who died?" \n\nPeace\nKevin[/quote:k10cfs5k]\nWhile I admit to only being 30, I think that may as much be a locality thing as not, since we also have "dead end streets" which are streets that just stop as opposed to the "cul-de-sacs" which actually end in a circular area. \n\n[quote="Doggieboy":k10cfs5k]My parents took an active role in teaching both me and my sister to read. It was successful enough that we could read kids books before we went to kindergarten. However, there were unforseen circumstances...such as me arguing that since police was pronounced the way it was, then "policy" had to be pronounced "police-y".\n\nBack then, I could not comprehend foreign languages, so everyone got a laugh out of my efforts to pronounce foreign cities in American English. I remember that I had the hardest time figuring out how to pronounce "San Juan".[/quote:k10cfs5k]\nThis is very similar to a lot of hilarity my friend and I had checking out a sushi place in Fairborn last Thursday. We were using his phone\'s GPS (phone envy GAHHH!!!) to get there and had to turn onto Xenia Road. The phone pronounced [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenia,_Ohio:k10cfs5k]Xenia[/url:k10cfs5k] "zen-ee-a". I\'m not sure of the pronunciation of the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenia_(Greek):k10cfs5k]Greek term[/url:k10cfs5k] the city takes it\'s name from, so it may be correct for that.','a9f839e298275b3e060c7dd18f787ea3',0,'kA==','k10cfs5k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396341,28287,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266330538,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[quote="Deref":1l8xrwnx][quote="Brother Grimace":1l8xrwnx]Gotta look at both sides, old boy. \":)\"[/quote:1l8xrwnx]\nYou\'re right, of course - there\'s nothing that says that a comic book artist is any less credible than anyone else. [url=http://xkcd.com/:1l8xrwnx]XKCD, for example, is a brilliant and insightful commentary on All Sorts of Stuff[/url:1l8xrwnx].\n\nMy point, though, is why a comic book artist\'s opinion - or that of a celebrity or a pop star - should be a big deal. Everyone has an opinion.[/quote:1l8xrwnx]\n\n\nOn that, I think we agree. Their opinion doesn\'t matter, except for the fact that people are sheep and will follow anyone who barks or snaps loudly enough. It\'s frightening on how easily people will follow along with an attractive or handsome idiot. \n\n\n[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQdhMSEqhfg:1l8xrwnx]Until people develop some common sense, learn to think for themselves and not be drawn along with a position just because so-and-so says/thinks so, too, we\'ll just have to keep hoping for moments like this, where their lack of intellect and informed opinion becomes apparent to all.[/url:1l8xrwnx]','043e261a788c89d4bf89ceeff50ed696',0,'kA==','1l8xrwnx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396342,28235,16,140,0,'24.8.16.172',1266332386,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','Any word from MTV regarding the promotion? Now that it\'s up for pre order from Amazon the details must be pretty well finalized right?','668a9a4cb8755debb903a48e6ca7c547',0,'','ol6u0ab6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396343,28290,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1266333043,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','Whoa. Great, great pictures!','5b727c0e2d1d7233b9eb3a79c5034d78',0,'','1z3bu8xh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396344,28024,2,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266333324,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','[quote="RLobinske":1loxyis1]The boy just doesn\'t learn. Sterling registered from IP 211.30.106.237. That, and the e-mail seems familiar, I think he\'s used it for one of his previous accounts.[/quote:1loxyis1]\nDon\'t activate it. It\'s Heydrian. I just checked, adrian.marques.fletcher@hotmail.com is the email address he used to vote for the Booties.\n\nBy the way, I was just looking at [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=394584#p394584:1loxyis1]this post[/url:1loxyis1]. Misery Guy registered from the same IP (211.30.106.237). How many accounts does he plan to have?','45cbb9242cc543d43f240f6349934001',0,'kA==','1loxyis1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396345,28024,2,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1266334956,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','[quote="Quiverwing":3ccchobu][quote="RLobinske":3ccchobu]The boy just doesn\'t learn. Sterling registered from IP 211.30.106.237. That, and the e-mail seems familiar, I think he\'s used it for one of his previous accounts.[/quote:3ccchobu]\nDon\'t activate it. It\'s Heydrian. I just checked, adrian.marques.fletcher@hotmail.com is the email address he used to vote for the Booties.\n\nBy the way, I was just looking at [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=394584#p394584:3ccchobu]this post[/url:3ccchobu]. Misery Guy registered from the same IP (211.30.106.237). How many accounts does he plan to have?[/quote:3ccchobu]\n\nThat\'s why I didn\'t activate it. Like I said, the boy just doesn\'t learn. Perhaps we need to ban that IP address, too.\n\nI knew that e-mail looked familiar, thanks.','3b3dd0025c76268595e3dc55293c1c98',0,'kA==','3ccchobu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396346,28024,2,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266336534,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','[quote="RLobinske":1cuhtxay][quote="Quiverwing":1cuhtxay][quote="RLobinske":1cuhtxay]The boy just doesn\'t learn. Sterling registered from IP 211.30.106.237. That, and the e-mail seems familiar, I think he\'s used it for one of his previous accounts.[/quote:1cuhtxay]\nDon\'t activate it. It\'s Heydrian. I just checked, adrian.marques.fletcher@hotmail.com is the email address he used to vote for the Booties.\n\nBy the way, I was just looking at [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=394584#p394584:1cuhtxay]this post[/url:1cuhtxay]. Misery Guy registered from the same IP (211.30.106.237). How many accounts does he plan to have?[/quote:1cuhtxay]\n\nThat\'s why I didn\'t activate it. Like I said, the boy just doesn\'t learn. Perhaps we need to ban that IP address, too.\n\nI knew that e-mail looked familiar, thanks.[/quote:1cuhtxay]\nShould we delete the Misery Guy account too?','0f209714030aefc5c5f46b6983f4c662',0,'kA==','1cuhtxay',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396347,28203,3,260,0,'151.201.56.245',1266337939,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','[quote="vlademir1":7cfwz9rz]\nWhile I admit to only being 30, I think that may as much be a locality thing as not, since we also have "dead end streets" which are streets that just stop as opposed to the "cul-de-sacs" which actually end in a circular area. \n[/quote:7cfwz9rz]\n\nThat\'s my point. Back in the 60s, even the streets with a cul-de-sac (back then, we called it a "turnaround") were just "dead end" streets like the ones that had no such feature. I think I first heard it the "turnaround" called a "cul-de-sac" in the mid 1970s. It was a bit earlier, around 1972, that I saw "No Outlet" signs replacing "Dead End" signs. I\'m guessing that it was made standard in the 1971 edition of the MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.)\n\nPeace\nKevin','72f347c1b968aa1c4b05414502a5f659',0,'gA==','7cfwz9rz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396348,28266,3,785,0,'190.220.154.69',1266339306,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Building myself a double neck guitar','Gonna play some Stairway? \":D\" \nGreat work.','3527179a56672df961b973827e4af9b5',0,'','3gp0rfka',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396349,28290,3,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266339390,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','Where\'s the tsunami? \":(\"','ba17b3aa51b2af62bdc5c36ce0a01c1a',0,'','2dt2ys5z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396350,25147,5,1035,0,'165.235.152.31',1266339456,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (Part IV)','Romances for Valentine\'s: [i:3v1sp985]Bonnie and Clyde[/i:3v1sp985] and [i:3v1sp985]Sunset Blvd.[/i:3v1sp985]','edac0b56f2bf616f7ab13da4d4fed5de',0,'IA==','3v1sp985',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396351,28290,3,846,0,'148.210.193.83',1266339731,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','[quote="The Angst Guy":2t4n3qxc]Where\'s the tsunami? \":(\"[/quote:2t4n3qxc]\n\nI don\'t know. I am more worried about the Tsurimi. Also, hungy.','2a158a9f1ce807436e33b9a67e61a505',0,'gA==','2t4n3qxc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396352,28287,4,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266340255,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','My opinion? If Mallard Fillmore can air his views, so can Captain America.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard_Fillmore\n\nFree CAP!','1032f56eedc82cefefc3d1562e283053',0,'','29qalchl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396353,28290,3,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266340314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','[quote="Liz Ruiz":2oeh0bk3][quote="The Angst Guy":2oeh0bk3]Where\'s the tsunami? \":(\"[/quote:2oeh0bk3]\nI don\'t know. I am more worried about the Tsurimi. Also, hungy.[/quote:2oeh0bk3]\nTsurimi? Is that like a little tsunami? Why don\'t they just call it a "wave," then?','b9da30f4e1ad3c1ff99585bc8451d852',0,'gA==','2oeh0bk3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396354,28242,10,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266340416,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Wide Sketch is Wide','You can\'t be talked into doing a comic strip, can you?','744387e2bbec273e210322c905f4944a',0,'','21x0ireb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396355,27020,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266341425,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Three-peat! New Ideas Thread Wins Again!','I\'d still like to see more done with the end-of-the-world scenario from [i:2udaaey8]Beavis and Butt-head Do America[/i:2udaaey8].\n\nviewtopic.php?f=6&t=23182\n\nThere are so many ways this could turn out. The virus could have mutated or been misidentified, or the wrong virus was stolen. Who knows what biowar genie would exit that container when B&B broke it? Anything is literally possible. And it\'s [u:2udaaey8]in canon[/u:2udaaey8]! \":D\"\n\nThis would make an awesome shared Dariaverse.','63221432764ace5723b935a9ef20a04b',0,'IQ==','2udaaey8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396357,27020,6,87,0,'4.152.165.238',1266343879,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Three-peat! New Ideas Thread Wins Again!','[quote="The Angst Guy":nvzzlzb8]I\'d still like to see more done with the end-of-the-world scenario from [i:nvzzlzb8]Beavis and Butt-head Do America[/i:nvzzlzb8].\n\nhttp://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtop ... =6&t=23182\n\nThere are so many ways this could turn out. The virus could have mutated or been misidentified, or the wrong virus was stolen. Who knows what biowar genie would exit that container when B&B broke it? Anything is literally possible. And it\'s [u:nvzzlzb8]in canon[/u:nvzzlzb8]! \":D\"\n\nThis would make an awesome shared Dariaverse.[/quote:nvzzlzb8]\n\nPerhaps it\'s a virus/mutagen that gives some people powers? Or, maybe it\'s the world\'s only existing midi-clorians. If the container gets broken some may find they can use the Force!','82b72c22e68f5c6097524e19fe3f56ca',0,'oQ==','nvzzlzb8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396358,27995,6,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1266343943,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','[quote="NightGoblyn":3ihm9ygn]So, Ted is part rabbit or something? \":shock:\"[/quote:3ihm9ygn]\n\nThere are few things as potent as the teen male libido. Especially when it has been building in a sheltered/repressed box for it\'s entire life.','1cfb41b91a2e6740ab8dd44ca08c9083',0,'gA==','3ihm9ygn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396359,28235,16,9,0,'66.245.255.100',1266344136,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','The promotion will be through their website. You get the DVDs and then you get free things with them. I\'m not sure what, but it\'s supposed to be good -- T-shirts, cels, etc.','bdbcc572a2de09701039ab133f485452',0,'','d75jagbh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396360,27995,6,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1266344278,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','[quote="NightGoblyn":2f7lkbfc]So, Ted is part rabbit or something? \":shock:\"[/quote:2f7lkbfc]\n\nMaybe all of the trouble Linda got into back in Lawndale came with a death sentence. The method of execution?\n\n[i:2f7lkbfc][b:2f7lkbfc]Snu-snu![/b:2f7lkbfc][/i:2f7lkbfc] \":twisted:\" \n\n...okay, maybe not. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','8b5ccc9aa16da01e4498757eb07edcbb',0,'4A==','2f7lkbfc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396361,27020,6,785,0,'190.245.210.23',1266345055,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Three-peat! New Ideas Thread Wins Again!','[quote="Ranger Thorne":6tkb3t8b]Perhaps it\'s a virus/mutagen that gives some people powers? Or, maybe it\'s the world\'s only existing midi-clorians. If the container gets broken some may find they can use the Force![/quote:6tkb3t8b]\nThe first variation made me think about Static Shock, the second one... \":lol:\" the second one is even more awesome.','c4ec6f8c08844f4effdff4346a2aea2b',0,'gA==','6tkb3t8b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396362,27020,6,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1266347045,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Three-peat! New Ideas Thread Wins Again!','[quote="Ranger Thorne":g71pkgiy][quote="The Angst Guy":g71pkgiy]I\'d still like to see more done with the end-of-the-world scenario from [i:g71pkgiy]Beavis and Butt-head Do America[/i:g71pkgiy].\n\nhttp://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtop ... =6&t=23182\n\nThere are so many ways this could turn out. The virus could have mutated or been misidentified, or the wrong virus was stolen. Who knows what biowar genie would exit that container when B&B broke it? Anything is literally possible. And it\'s [u:g71pkgiy]in canon[/u:g71pkgiy]! \":D\"\n\nThis would make an awesome shared Dariaverse.[/quote:g71pkgiy]\n\nPerhaps it\'s a virus/mutagen that gives some people powers? Or, maybe it\'s the world\'s only existing midi-clorians. If the container gets broken some may find they can use the Force![/quote:g71pkgiy]\n\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang_%28comics%29:g71pkgiy]It\'s already been done and much better than I think any of us could have[/url:g71pkgiy]\n\n\n[quote="LSauchelli":g71pkgiy]The first variation made me think about Static Shock[/quote:g71pkgiy]\nI almost wish they hadn\'t done that cartoon. The Milestone universe was an amazing concept. One of the defining aspects of it was that it showed what would happen when normal people suddenly got super powers.\n\nIt did something few if any comics do. Showed that super powers do not "fix" you. \n\nStatic Shock is a cutesey cartoon with some moderate entertainment value. But it is a pale shadow of the comic and the verse in general.\n\n[quote="TAG":g71pkgiy]Grey aliens are said by some to be able to traverse space and time, moving from star to star and from dimension to dimension. Greys are ubiquitous in Daria, showing up on posters, SSW, etc. So, what if they were real? Greys are also supposed to abduct people, returning them later with their memories suppressed or erased.\n\nOne night a UFO lands outside of Lawndale and discharges an abducted girl, then flies away forever. The girl has been gone for twenty-five years but has not aged a bit. She thinks she\'s been gone only a few minutes. Her name is Amy Barksdale, and she\'s from a parallel universe very much like the canon Dariaverse.[/quote:g71pkgiy]\n\ndidn\'t you do something similar with Daria once? or was that someone else?\n\n[quote:g71pkgiy]Advantages of the story:\n\n1. This Amy is Daria\'s age and serves as a "second Daria" for those who like that kind of thing.\n\n2. You can borrow ideas from The Flight of the Navigator.\n\n3. You don\'t have to worry about aliens coming back, because the Greys don\'t want Amy. (She was unsuitable for some reason.) Other people might be interested in her, in time. Amy Barksdale is still Daria\'s aunt in this Dariaverse, so now there are two of them. The adult Amy doesn\'t remember anything unusual from her childhood that would explain the existence of the other Amy.\n\n4. You can make things work out differently from The Outers trilogy.\n\n5. You can also use Rita if you don\'t want to use Amy. Or use Helen.[/quote:g71pkgiy]\n\n1: The amount of character interaction and development here is immense. Giving Daria someone her own age she can really relate to is awesome. And think of the opportunities for Quinn torment \":D\"\n\n2. Such a great movie.\n\n3. Amy/Artie anyone? *insert maniacal laughter here*. I can so see a scene with her hanging out with Daria and Jane at Casa Lane and Artie showing up to deliver pizza and the two recognizing each other when she answers the door.\n\n5. I don\'t see this working with Rita as the abductee. Helen would be vastly better choice if you didn\'t go the Amy route. Due to where she gets dropped off and the current life situations of everyone else, the Morgendorffers would end up adopting her. I just don\'t see it being as interesting with Rita. Helen raising herself with Daria and Quinn has some interesting potential. Especially if (once the initial awkwardness passes) Daria and the younger Helen get along. How much of a head trip would it be fore Helen-Mom for her daughter to get along with and relate to her younger self better than her?\n\nOh and this one\'s for BG... Helen/Mack \";)\"','ee62297b7dde3194f15dee3cadb127e2',0,'sQ==','g71pkgiy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396363,28235,16,39,0,'84.13.232.60',1266347224,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','[quote="Kara Wild":3loj50o8]The promotion will be through their website. You get the DVDs and then you get free things with them.[/quote:3loj50o8]\nAs long as you\'re a US resident. \":cry:\"\n\nMartin.','923ac0414e9b6afe4a59d102450a40c6',0,'gA==','3loj50o8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396364,28235,16,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266347673,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','[quote="MartinUK":jq6nn59p][quote="Kara Wild":jq6nn59p]The promotion will be through their website. You get the DVDs and then you get free things with them.[/quote:jq6nn59p]\nAs long as you\'re a US resident. \":cry:\"[/quote:jq6nn59p]\nReally? How do you know? \":fail:\"','1ac680a3e734043ef7bce1945e7a88c7',0,'gA==','jq6nn59p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396365,27020,6,785,0,'190.220.154.69',1266347825,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Three-peat! New Ideas Thread Wins Again!','[quote="Dark Kuno":o2hy2gky]\nI almost wish they hadn\'t done that cartoon. The Milestone universe was an amazing concept. One of the defining aspects of it was that it showed what would happen when normal people suddenly got super powers.\n\nIt did something few if any comics do. Showed that super powers do not "fix" you. \n\nStatic Shock is a cutesey cartoon with some moderate entertainment value. But it is a pale shadow of the comic and the verse in general.\n[/quote:o2hy2gky]\nProbably true, but considering for example, the initial adaptation of the Ninja Turtles... I think they were pretty fair to Static. I was about to say Big Bang, but realized that most would get it better if I just said Static Shock. \n\nI still got to go back and get most of Static, only read the first few issues.','e74947abf8d3f76ea11b0dfedca3ad9a',0,'gA==','o2hy2gky',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396366,28235,16,9,0,'66.245.255.100',1266347985,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','[quote="Quiverwing":10lsrw02][quote="MartinUK":10lsrw02][quote="Kara Wild":10lsrw02]The promotion will be through their website. You get the DVDs and then you get free things with them.[/quote:10lsrw02]\nAs long as you\'re a US resident. \":cry:\"[/quote:10lsrw02]\nReally? How do you know? \":fail:\"[/quote:10lsrw02]\n\nSadly, that\'s probably the case, though I will double check. If so, they might set up a separate promotional for people outside of the U.S. for 2011 (which, of course, is too long to wait for many people).','36e78380532a0b432d7fae1cd3b6f08d',0,'gA==','10lsrw02',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396367,27020,6,933,0,'63.84.81.41',1266348015,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Three-peat! New Ideas Thread Wins Again!','[quote="LSauchelli":2dmk8n9e][quote="Dark Kuno":2dmk8n9e]\nI almost wish they hadn\'t done that cartoon. The Milestone universe was an amazing concept. One of the defining aspects of it was that it showed what would happen when normal people suddenly got super powers.\n\nIt did something few if any comics do. Showed that super powers do not "fix" you. \n\nStatic Shock is a cutesey cartoon with some moderate entertainment value. But it is a pale shadow of the comic and the verse in general.\n[/quote:2dmk8n9e]\nProbably true, but considering for example, the initial adaptation of the Ninja Turtles... I think they were pretty fair to Static. I was about to say Big Bang, but realized that most would get it better if I just said Static Shock. \n\nI still got to go back and get most of Static, only read the first few issues.[/quote:2dmk8n9e]\n\nStatic is good. Icon is better \":D\"\n\nAnd we just lost a person here at work. So what little writing time I did have just dropped dramatically. I would love to take some of my ideas from TAG\'s concept and run with them. But as it is, I doubt I\'ll be able to get much done on 2 1/2\'s, much less a new project \":(\"','9cc68644abef835ac13792299f19db6d',0,'gA==','2dmk8n9e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396368,28266,3,49,0,'84.25.192.125',1266348038,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Building myself a double neck guitar','[quote="LSauchelli":2he6rq2o]Gonna play some Stairway? \":D\" \nGreat work.[/quote:2he6rq2o]\n\nI\'d need a twelve string neck for that.\n\nAnd Jimmy Page\'s Double neck doesn\'t look a thing like mine.\n[img:2he6rq2o]http://www.modernguitars.com/imagefiles/gibson/jimmypage/long.gif[/img:2he6rq2o]\n\nWhich I also did on purpose, I didn\'t want a double neck where people went "Jimmy Page wannabe"','4384fe3b1621d25ccc5b8827d5d2cec0',0,'iA==','2he6rq2o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396369,27995,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266348075,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Iron Chef: A Cougar Story','[quote="Kristen Bealer":36wbzqx9][quote="NightGoblyn":36wbzqx9]So, Ted is part rabbit or something? \":shock:\"[/quote:36wbzqx9]\nMaybe all of the trouble Linda got into back in Lawndale came with a death sentence. The method of execution?\n\n[i:36wbzqx9][b:36wbzqx9]Snu-snu![/b:36wbzqx9][/i:36wbzqx9] \":twisted:\"[/quote:36wbzqx9]\nIsn\'t that like trying to kill Homer Simpson by making him eat too many doughnuts?\n\n"Linda Griffin, you are sentenced to have sex until you die from it!"\n\n[[i:36wbzqx9]six weeks later[/i:36wbzqx9]] "I could have sworn that would do her in. She\'s still going, though...."','67b6ffcccbd5becf83cad6519028d738',0,'4A==','36wbzqx9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396370,28266,3,785,0,'190.220.154.69',1266348487,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Building myself a double neck guitar','Duh, should\'ve realized that. Still pretty good.\n\nAlso, being called a \'Jimmy Page wannabe\' is like a boxer being called a \'Muhammad Ali wannabe\', that\'s still pretty awesome.','ac4f1c68e0e33c5162e0456874fc765d',0,'','1m2fsacs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396371,27020,6,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266349032,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Three-peat! New Ideas Thread Wins Again!','[quote="Dark Kuno":2zedy8a0][quote="TAG":2zedy8a0]Grey aliens are said by some to be able to traverse space and time, moving from star to star and from dimension to dimension. Greys are ubiquitous in Daria, showing up on posters, SSW, etc. So, what if they were real? Greys are also supposed to abduct people, returning them later with their memories suppressed or erased.\n\nOne night a UFO lands outside of Lawndale and discharges an abducted girl, then flies away forever. The girl has been gone for twenty-five years but has not aged a bit. She thinks she\'s been gone only a few minutes. Her name is Amy Barksdale, and she\'s from a parallel universe very much like the canon Dariaverse.[/quote:2zedy8a0]\ndidn\'t you do something similar with Daria once? or was that someone else?[/quote:2zedy8a0]\nMe. (The Outers series, and I am working (off and on) on the last section.)\n\nHad another idea. In an alternate universe very much like our own (and the canon Dariaverse), the Superconducting Super Collider is completed in Texas.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercondu ... r_Collider\n\nYou can use this "minor" addition to the world to create superheroes, throw unsuspecting people forward or backward through time, anything that you want it to do within the realm of [s:2zedy8a0]stupid Hollywood-style pseudo-science[/s:2zedy8a0] ultramodern cutting-edge quantum theory! I don\'t know what year it was supposed to be completed, though.','951dedd9c1444f32b5031e7b99fdafd3',0,'gAQ=','2zedy8a0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396372,28235,16,55,0,'207.224.98.233',1266349037,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','I just got a message from Daria on Facebook that said: \n\n[quote:3oybc1mb]Hey Daria fans! If you sign up for our Newsletter here: http://bit.ly/c4aH3s you\'ll get access to our exclusive DVD pre-order! You\'ll get it shipped to your door before it\'s in stores along with a FREE Daria collectors T-Shirt! La La La La La...[/quote:3oybc1mb]\n\nI haven\'t signed up for it because they require a birthdate, and I\'m reluctant to give that out, even to Facebook. \":shock:\" I suppose I could make one up, but I\'m reluctant to lie too, even on Facebook. \":lol:\"','d7960033d45ffe2bcfa3d0b38e3f1fdf',0,'gA==','3oybc1mb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396373,28024,2,570,0,'188.123.238.2',1266349435,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','I guess registering here has become his new hobby. \n\nOT: is the newly-registered Yorsh01 my compatriot? Judging by his handle ([i:2sdf0gjb]yorsh[/i:2sdf0gjb] which means either \'the ruffe\' or \'the vodka-beer cocktail\'), I\'d say his IP is likely to be from Russia or at least from the CIS. \":)\"','d08482a7c5d4dc75e7f35ce9cc8fbada',0,'IA==','2sdf0gjb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396374,28024,2,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1266349937,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Trolls','[quote="UU":2juss336]I guess registering here has become his new hobby. \n\nOT: is the newly-registered Yorsh01 my compatriot? Judging by his handle ([i:2juss336]yorsh[/i:2juss336] which means either \'the ruffe\' or \'the vodka-beer cocktail\'), I\'d say his IP is likely to be from Russia or at least from the CIS. \":)\"[/quote:2juss336]\n\nHis IP resolves to a generic EU location and his time zone is UT-4.','1a8f304c0434ab6c89b1a2d505558647',0,'oA==','2juss336',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396375,28284,3,114,0,'61.69.26.101',1266350024,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Train crash in Belgium','Dreadful. Reports are suggesting that one of the drivers failed to stop for a red light.','6a6dd87e9c562bc4dcabe8f6b582893a',0,'','1t0l8bfs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396376,28235,16,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266350042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','[quote="Kara Wild":3r8lr4e5][quote="Quiverwing":3r8lr4e5][quote="MartinUK":3r8lr4e5][quote="Kara Wild":3r8lr4e5]The promotion will be through their website. You get the DVDs and then you get free things with them.[/quote:3r8lr4e5]\nAs long as you\'re a US resident. \":cry:\"[/quote:3r8lr4e5]\nReally? How do you know? \":fail:\"[/quote:3r8lr4e5]\n\nSadly, that\'s probably the case, though I will double check. If so, they might set up a separate promotional for people outside of the U.S. for 2011 (which, of course, is too long to wait for many people).[/quote:3r8lr4e5]\nLet them know there are people outside the US who would buy it from them. But [i:3r8lr4e5]now[/i:3r8lr4e5]. None of us will wait until next year.','64ed571760bc8207e37468f01336b17d',0,'oA==','3r8lr4e5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396377,28287,4,114,0,'61.69.26.101',1266350280,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[quote="Brother Grimace":2ev7i2ne]On that, I think we agree. Their opinion doesn\'t matter, except for the fact that people are sheep and will follow anyone who barks or snaps loudly enough. It\'s frightening on how easily people will follow along with an attractive or handsome idiot. [/quote:2ev7i2ne]\nWerd.\n\nBut you have to admit that paying attention to what a comic book character says is a new low.\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":2ev7i2ne][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQdhMSEqhfg:2ev7i2ne]Until people develop some common sense, learn to think for themselves and not be drawn along with a position just because so-and-so says/thinks so, too, we\'ll just have to keep hoping for moments like this, where their lack of intellect and informed opinion becomes apparent to all.[/url:2ev7i2ne][/quote:2ev7i2ne]\n[Facepalm]\n\nSee above - well, almost a new low.','011fccf509723d426db68d029b9a35e3',0,'kA==','2ev7i2ne',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396378,28291,4,114,0,'61.69.26.101',1266350338,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First we got rid of Rupe...','[quote="RLobinske":2nmq15oa]At least you didn\'t ship her to the US this time. \";)\"[/quote:2nmq15oa]\nWe still have a lot of people we want to get rid of. \";-)\"','9572cad112342927c78d390076da5ae2',0,'gA==','2nmq15oa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396379,27620,6,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1266351050,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Reaper in the Wind (Conclusion)','[b:3kfef630]Conclusion[/b:3kfef630]\n\n\nCol. Merritt wasn\'t happy as he scanned the terrain around a large poppy field to insure his troops were in place. Holding his troops back as a rapid reaction force while civilians carried out a mission rubbed him the wrong way. "We\'re ready," he said into his radio headset, "You\'re clear to go, Agent Morgendorffer."\n\nHidden among shrubs near the field edge, Daria said, "Confirmed that we\'re clear to go." To the others, she nodded and said, "I\'ll try to be as fast as I can."\n\n"Do what you have to do," Gibbs said.\n\nWearing camouflage and body armor, Tom, Gibbs and the NCIS team spread out around Daria and with weapons drawn, escorted her into of the field.\n\nTony said, "Do you really think you can do this?"\n\n"Not until I try it," Daria said.\n\n"That doesn\'t sound very confident."\n\n"It\'s the first time I\'ve tried something on a global scale," Daria said. "Cut me some slack."\n\nDaria reached the middle of the field and squatted down. She started to take supplies from her belt pouches. Mustard seed, a scrap of cloth, vial of aromatic sap and a small bottle of mint tea. Daria pulled the crystal around her neck out from under her shirt. "You know, I really don\'t know what this is going to do to me. Some magic takes a lot out of you, so…"\n\n"Don\'t worry," Tom said. "I\'m keeping an eye on you."\n\n"Keep an eye on her," Gibbs said. "And we\'ll keep an eye on everything else."\n\nWith everything gathered, Daria first carefully said a charm over her pendant. Convinced that important step was done, she plucked a single poppy flower from a stem. "Here we go."\n\nAlerted by one of his lookouts, Col. Merritt spotted the armed men approaching and radioed, "You have hostiles approaching from the northwest. Five bogies with infantry arms."\n\n"Acknowledged," Gibbs said. To the others, he used hand signals to direct their attention to the intruders.\n\nDaria crushed the poppy flower and mixed it with the sap, mustard seeds and a little water to make a paste that she applied to the cloth scrap. The pungent smell cleared her sinuses as she whispered the matching charm. \n\n"Now comes the hard part," she said to Tom.\n\n"Keep down, we have company," he said, though she didn\'t appear to notice.\n\nThe heavy report of Kalashnikovs rolled across the field. Whether the men were from the local warlord, the Taliban or Al Qaeda meant nothing to Gibbs and his team as they took cover as best they could among the cultivated rows and returned fire.\n\nDaria recalled on one of the earliest lessons Etraya had learned; the need to focus and concentrate her magic. She remembered the importance of not letting the magic grow out of control…and what happened to apprentices that failed to learn that lesson.\n\nThree of the hostiles had fallen quickly. The two survivors dropped for cover and were more carefully returning fire. Several bullets whistled over Daria\'s head. She pulled her head lower and started to release her focus on the magic resting in her hand.\n\nDaria felt a tingle where her crystal pendant touched her. It grew through her torso and out along her limbs. From the charm, the growing magic spread from poppy plant to poppy plant like a tiny, almost invisible spark.\n\nTom jumped past her and positioned himself between the attackers and Daria.\n\nCol. Merritt called on the radio, "You have four more coming from the north. One has an RPG."\n\n"That\'s just wonderful," Gibbs said. He scanned the indicated direction, looking for the larger threat.\n\n"How are you doing?" Tom asked.\n\nDaria didn\'t respond as she continued to release the charm\'s magic and soon. The tingle had grown to a warm buzz throughout her body.\n\nTo his skilled sight, Tom noticed the faint glow spread through the field. "I think it\'s working," he said over the radio.\n\n"Good!" Gibbs said. He\'d managed to bring down one of the new group, but had failed to locate the RPG gunner. "Tony! Ziva! McGee! Covering fire!"\n\nThe three special agents kept up an even, sustained fire at the enemy while Gibbs, at a crouch, sprinted to the north.\n\nBy now, Daria felt like her entire body was vibrating and she was sitting in a sauna. The magic had spread beyond her sight and was leapfrogging from poppy field to poppy field. To her surprise, her senses were spreading with the magic. The two nearby reapers had felt the spreading magic and were desperately heading her direction.\n\nGibbs dove into a furrow, barely avoiding bursts from two assault rifles. He popped his head barely above the foliage to scan the field edge for the new threat.\n\nZiva shot one more of the original group. "Tony, concentrate on the one to your right!" she said, trying to force that man to a position where she could get a clear shot.\n\nBy this time, Daria was shaking and her skin had turned red. She let the magic completely go and directed it to the tiny bit of will she had placed in the pendant. At the limit of consciousness, she sipped the prepared tea and whispered a final charm.\n\nA rocket was launched from near the field edge and shrieked toward the agents. "Incoming!" Gibbs yelled as he spotted the man holding the launcher. He squeezed off a successful burst from his rifle as he dove for the ground.\n\nHearing the warning, the NCIS agents hugged the ground and covered their heads. Tom glanced over his shoulder, but forced himself to stay put in the hopes of providing some cover for Daria.\n\nThe rocket flew over Daria and struck the ground almost ten meters beyond. Amid the shock and smoke, to Tom it seemed as if Daria had begun to glow as she fell to the ground. He rose and charged toward her. Halfway there, Tom saw a bright flash erupt from her chest.\n\nDazzled by the light, Tom reached Daria and, more by touch, grasped and held her close.\n\nIn the distance, he heard a pair of fading, high-pitched cries.\n\nIgnoring the ongoing firefight, Tom blinked his eyes and tried to see. Daria\'s skin was dry, parched and hot to the touch. Her breathing was shallow, her heart was racing and her eyes had rolled back.\n\nTom called on his radio, "We need a medevac!"\n\nCol. Merritt said, "I\'m bringing my men in. Hold on tight and watch how Marines get the job done."\n\n\n\n\nThe doctor in the field hospital told Tom, "I don\'t know what she was doing out there, but I\'ve never seen someone with a body temperature that high and honestly, I\'m surprised that I was able to bring it down in time to save her."\n\n"What about long-term effects?"\n\n"With this severe of a case of hyperthermia, I expect that there will be some complications and possible permanent damage. We won\'t know until later. I also can\'t figure out how something burned through her body armor and left a third-degree burn on her chest."\n\n"It\'s complicated," Tom said.\n\nThe doctor sighed, "Right. I want to get her on the next plane plain to Germany."\n\n"We already have that covered, as soon you release her for travel."\n\n"I\'ll have her prepped within the hour."\n\n\n\n\nIn a secure, private room at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Tom sat next to Daria\'s bed while Gibbs and his team gathered around. Gibbs said, "Lt. Antelli and his platoon have returned to base. As far as they remember, they were acting under orders of a, surprise of surprises, CIA agent."\n\n"So the reaper was able to mentally mask its appearance," Tom said. "That explains a lot."\n\nImpatient, Abby said, "How is she?"\n\n"Drifting in and out."\n\n"Do you know if she was successful?" McGee asked.\n\n"I haven\'t asked, yet."\n\nVery weak, Daria said, "Who\'s making all of that noise?"\n\n"It\'s me, honey," Tom said, holding her hand.\n\n"You and what herd of wild ponies?"\n\nGibbs said, "Your NCIS team."\n\n"Anyone hurt?"\n\n"You were the only casualty," Gibbs said.\n\n"Good." Daria opened her eyes and looked around. "You\'re worried about me."\n\n"We are," Tony said. "But don\'t let it get out or we\'ll have to kill you."\n\nZiva said, "Agent Sloane told us that you are expected to make a full recovery, eventually."\n\n"That\'s what they\'ve told me, Daria said. "I suppose you want to know if I was successful."\n\nGibbs smiled and said, "That would be nice."\n\nDaria tried one of the simplest charms she knew. Nothing happened and the emptiness flooded through her. With profound sense of loss, Daria said, "Yes."\n\n"Are you sure?"\n\nDaria nodded.\n\nZiva said, "Too bad you couldn\'t have saved enough to cure yourself quicker."\n\n"You almost died from heat stroke," Dr. Mallard said. "Such a recovery takes time.\n\n"I saved enough to save myself. I used an anti-fever charm just before I blacked out," Daria said. "If I hadn\'t…it wouldn\'t have been pretty."\n\nTom looked at her in horror. "The crystal?"\n\n"The same thing would\'ve happened to me."\n\nEveryone stood in silence until Gibbs changed the subject and said, "We\'re going to follow through on Agent Sloane\'s recommended cover story. Gunnery Sgt. Miller was killed by an enemy agent attempting to infiltrate the base. We tracked him to Afghanistan. There, he and all members of his cell were killed in a firefight with a Marine unit."\n\nMcGee said, "Too bad we can\'t tell the truth. It would make a great story."\n\nDaria said, "Who\'s going to believe us? Even if…no, when, word of this eventually gets out, it\'ll be about as convincing as the old ESP projects that CIA ran. A few conspiracy-types will believe, but that\'s it."\n\n"But we know the truth," Ziva said.\n\n"We do," Daria replied. "And we\'ll never forget."\n\nGibbs offered his hand. "It\'s been an adventure working with you, Agent Morgendorffer. Good luck on your recovery."\n\n"Thanks for all of your help. All of you," Daria said, shaking Gibbs\' hand.\n\nFollowing their boss\'s lead, the rest of the team said good-bye and then, silently exited the room.\n\nGoing down hospital corridor, Tony said, "McGee, you\'re a writer. You could tell the story."\n\nMcGee glanced over his shoulder. "I think I\'ll leave that someone else."\n\n\n\n\nInconspicuous among the other tourists, Daria and Tom stopped in front of the glass-cased display at the center of the exhibit. Inside were the carefully displayed remains of Etraya and Cavius, preserved in their final embrace.\n\nA tear formed in Daria\'s eye as she placed one hand on the glass. "Your courage won\'t be forgotten."\n\nA teenage girl suddenly appeared next to Daria, saying, "Oh my god…oh my god, oh my god."\n\n"Can I help you?" Daria said, breaking out of her reverie.\n\nThe girl held up a book. "Ms. Powers. Can you sign this for me, please?"\n\nDaria smiled and said, "I guess I can\'t go anywhere without being recognized. Sure. What\'s your name?"\n\nGiddy, the girl said, "Denise. Oh my god, and you signing it for me [i:3kfef630]here[/i:3kfef630]! I can\'t believe how luck I am."\n\nDaria opened the book and wrote, "[i:3kfef630]To Denise on your visit to the Mantua Museum. Best wishes, Melody Powers.[/i:3kfef630]"\n\nShe handed the book back with a smile and let her hand rest on the title for a moment.\n\n[i:3kfef630]Remembering Eternity[/i:3kfef630]','c3bcd0838de3292ed3447656fca3621b',0,'YA==','3kfef630',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396380,28287,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266351245,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[quote="Deref":2oz7r94v][quote="Brother Grimace":2oz7r94v]On that, I think we agree. Their opinion doesn\'t matter, except for the fact that people are sheep and will follow anyone who barks or snaps loudly enough. It\'s frightening on how easily people will follow along with an attractive or handsome idiot. [/quote:2oz7r94v]\nWerd.\n\nBut you have to admit that paying attention to what a comic book character says is a new low.\n\n\n[color=#0000FF:2oz7r94v]On serious, topical events? Agreed.[/color:2oz7r94v]\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":2oz7r94v][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQdhMSEqhfg:2oz7r94v]Until people develop some common sense, learn to think for themselves and not be drawn along with a position just because so-and-so says/thinks so, too, we\'ll just have to keep hoping for moments like this, where their lack of intellect and informed opinion becomes apparent to all.[/url:2oz7r94v][/quote:2oz7r94v]\n[Facepalm]\n\nSee above - well, almost a new low.\n\n[color=#0000FF:2oz7r94v]\nRead up on Dan Quayle. \":)\" [/color:2oz7r94v]\n[/quote:2oz7r94v]','c412ba5e1be2099288d672863c858d14',0,'kg==','2oz7r94v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396381,28284,3,39,0,'84.13.232.60',1266351698,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Train crash in Belgium','[quote="Deref":3exadrwr]Dreadful. Reports are suggesting that one of the drivers failed to stop for a red light.[/quote:3exadrwr]\nReportedly so. A spad, as they call it here. But the automatic train protection system should apply the brakes if that happens. Did it fail to operate? Or did the poor weather make the rails so slippery that it cut in too late to avoid the collision?\n\nLet\'s hope this wasn\'t another driver-on-mobile syndrome. \":?\" \n\nMartin.','6e1526a6f97253396d5f557a14cdc21f',0,'gA==','3exadrwr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396382,28203,3,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1266352181,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','[quote="Doggieboy":ldybulrh]My parents took an active role in teaching both me and my sister to read. It was successful enough that we could read kids books before we went to kindergarten. However, there were unforseen circumstances...such as me arguing that since police was pronounced the way it was, then "policy" had to be pronounced "police-y".\n\nBack then, I could not comprehend foreign languages, so everyone got a laugh out of my efforts to pronounce foreign cities in American English. I remember that I had the hardest time figuring out how to pronounce "San Juan".[/quote:ldybulrh]\n\nI pretty much taught myself to read, and given that I absorbed so much vocabulary that way instead of from people, I often mispronounce words. "Neanderthal" is an example of one I said wrong for years. I had trouble when I asked a librarian if they had any musical CDs of "Chop-in" (spelled that way, but actually more "Sho-pan"). \n\nBecause of this, I\'ve become resentful over how words are sometimes spelled. I think they should be spelled as they\'re said (or at least some warning that it was misspelled by the OED and we\'re supposed to pretend its spelled right while saying it as it\'s actually said anyway), and add in other marks to show where the emphasis on the word goes. \n\nThough one benefit of growing up in Texas is that I absorbed a lot of Spanish pronunciations, too, so "San Juan" just wasn\'t a problem for me. It\'s just too bad that many--including school teachers--didn\'t know so many of the words I picked up from reading so that they could keep me from embarrassing myself once I was on my own.','2cb4b5508426130b05408e4df3978e45',0,'gA==','ldybulrh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396383,28235,16,39,0,'84.13.232.60',1266352230,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','[quote="Quiverwing":tkpf0pcj]How do you know? \":fail:\"[/quote:tkpf0pcj]\nWhen you try to [url=http://bit.ly/c4aH3s:tkpf0pcj]sign up[/url:tkpf0pcj] for the mailing list to learn what the offers will be, this can be found in the linked [url=http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/legal/terms.jhtml:tkpf0pcj]T&C[/url:tkpf0pcj].\n[quote:tkpf0pcj]This Site is offered and made available only to users 13 years of age or older who reside in the United States of America, its territories and possessions ("U.S.") and certain features on this Site (including, but not limited to, user registration and newsletter signups) may be subject to heightened age and/or other eligibility requirements. If you are not yet 13 years old or the required greater age for certain features, do not reside in the U.S. and/or do not meet any other eligibility requirements, please discontinue using the Site immediately[...][/quote:tkpf0pcj]\nMartin.','9909d1f328ca07e8346b5283abbf8854',0,'kA==','tkpf0pcj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396385,28235,16,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266352478,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','[quote="MartinUK":2dzs2tx4][quote="Quiverwing":2dzs2tx4]How do you know? \":fail:\"[/quote:2dzs2tx4]\nWhen you try to [url=http://bit.ly/c4aH3s:2dzs2tx4]sign up[/url:2dzs2tx4] for the mailing list to learn what the offers will be, this can be found in the linked [url=http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/legal/terms.jhtml:2dzs2tx4]T&C[/url:2dzs2tx4].\n[quote:2dzs2tx4]This Site is offered and made available only to users 13 years of age or older who reside in the United States of America, its territories and possessions ("U.S.") and certain features on this Site (including, but not limited to, user registration and newsletter signups) may be subject to heightened age and/or other eligibility requirements. If you are not yet 13 years old or the required greater age for certain features, do not reside in the U.S. and/or do not meet any other eligibility requirements, please discontinue using the Site immediately[...][/quote:2dzs2tx4]\nMartin.[/quote:2dzs2tx4]\n\n\nNo problem, guys! Let us bring democracy to your countries, then you can \'vote\' to become U.S. territories, and then, you can get to pre-order and get your totally bitching \'Daria\' swag! \":D\"','f2aa17f79ddf03ba2cddf3a1356a0890',0,'kA==','2dzs2tx4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396384,28293,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266352344,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Silent Bob speaks up - he\'s too fat for \'de plane! de plane!','[url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20344142,00.html:lh5ngnjs]Too fat to fly commercial?[/url:lh5ngnjs]\n\n[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/16/kevin-smith-challenges-so_n_463886.html:lh5ngnjs]The fat boy lays out a $10,000 challenge to the airline...[/url:lh5ngnjs]\n\n\n[url=http://www.kissfmpeoria.com/12-Things-for-Tuesday/4742933:lh5ngnjs]And from a local radio station, the jokes begin...[/url:lh5ngnjs]','fe3ba6e8ad74c0e150432b0f84bc9b76',0,'EA==','lh5ngnjs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396386,28290,3,994,0,'68.189.140.4',1266352617,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','[quote="cynigal":1nm64gm1]u from oregon?[/quote:1nm64gm1]\nNo, I\'m from southeastern Washington. I just visit Oregon a lot.','f3581f17bdef5498409d2fbe76cafc1f',0,'gA==','1nm64gm1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396387,28203,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1266352645,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','[quote="Dervish":uvj3pha7]Because of this, I\'ve become resentful over how words are sometimes spelled. I think they should be spelled as they\'re said (or at least some warning that it was misspelled by the OED and we\'re supposed to pretend its spelled right while saying it as it\'s actually said anyway), and add in other marks to show where the emphasis on the word goes.[/quote:uvj3pha7]\n\nYou can thank the Normans for that. \";)\" Anglo-Saxon English was pretty much spelled phonetically. All the strange stuff came from trying to fuse French with English and getting a bastard hybrid in the process. \":lol:\"','bcd316cdeeb145221c678ad93ab38433',0,'gA==','uvj3pha7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396388,27620,6,30,0,'209.34.217.25',1266352831,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Reaper in the Wind (Conclusion)','With Daria curing H1N1 with poppies, I want to make a joke about homeopathy.\n\nBut then I suspect I would be hunted down and killed by insect minions.\n\nSo I won\'t.\n\n \"8)\" \n\nKristen','76fd18c52e72974c78bde4f6f2db5d7c',0,'','2jw6npcg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396389,28203,3,39,0,'84.13.232.60',1266352912,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Stupid stuff you used to believe','[quote="vlademir1":3femwtt8]We were using his phone\'s GPS (phone envy GAHHH!!!) to get there and had to turn onto Xenia Road. The phone pronounced [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenia,_Ohio:3femwtt8]Xenia[/url:3femwtt8] "zen-ee-a". [/quote:3femwtt8]\nI\'d\'ve pronounced it Zēēnyă or Zēēn-ee-ă, probably to rhyme it with Quadrophenia!\n\nMartin.','0419bf70e62aa664d2da267f41f34271',0,'kA==','3femwtt8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396390,28287,4,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1266353195,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','Here\'s one I "like," though I honestly wonder if she\'s not just pretending to be that dumb (probably because she was paid):\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MGnCp3gbkk\n\nBtw, anyone recall when people were upset over Captain America using a gun? Using all kinds of power blasts against your enemies as well as super powered brawls, was good, but using a gun was just sending the wrong message! \":lol:\" \n\nhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -life.html\n\n\'Course it was a different crowd offended by that one, and they make me sigh, too.\n\n[quote="The Angst Guy":nwd6352t]My opinion? If Mallard Fillmore can air his views, so can Captain America.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard_Fillmore\n\nFree CAP![/quote:nwd6352t]\nTechnically, I understand Fillmore as understood as political humor from the start, similar to Doonesbury. Also, though a much lesser point IMO, these political comics aren\'t aimed at kids.\n\nThough just to be really clear, I see this issue as a tempest in a teapot and don\'t really care.','115800bb8d84929111c83d6f00c5182a',0,'gA==','nwd6352t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396391,28235,16,39,0,'84.13.232.60',1266353411,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','The swag for US-residing Facebook-following pre-order customers is a T-shirt.\n\n[quote:1dsou3rc]If you sign up for our Newsletter [...] you\'ll get access to our exclusive DVD pre-order! You\'ll get it shipped to your door before it\'s in stores along with a FREE Daria collectors T-Shirt![/quote:1dsou3rc]\nMartin.','908414775aa86ebf301ffb5f58a430f4',0,'gA==','1dsou3rc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396392,28290,3,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1266353575,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','[quote="Silver":283gzklv][quote="cynigal":283gzklv]u from oregon?[/quote:283gzklv]\nNo, I\'m from southeastern Washington. I just visit Oregon a lot.[/quote:283gzklv]\n\nYou know what the penalty is for spying on Oregon? \":x\"','16c8efe494f896fb0970a72a22cb8623',0,'gA==','283gzklv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396393,28294,3,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1266354042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Anyone familiar with LinkedIn?','I finally got a request from someone I actually know (online), as opposed to spam, wanting me to become a friend. To do so, I have to become a member.\n\nIn the past I\'ve refused MySpace or whatever because it\'s so buggy, slows my computer down, and there are so many viruses and stupid dramas on it. \n\nI never heard of LinkedIn though. Is this a better site?','bbdf132bc0c1016c93c97ee1f959378d',0,'','11ipj6af',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396394,28294,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1266354412,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Anyone familiar with LinkedIn?','[quote="Dervish":19euy5bm]I finally got a request from someone I actually know (online), as opposed to spam, wanting me to become a friend. To do so, I have to become a member.\n\nIn the past I\'ve refused MySpace or whatever because it\'s so buggy, slows my computer down, and there are so many viruses and stupid dramas on it. \n\nI never heard of LinkedIn though. Is this a better site?[/quote:19euy5bm]\n\nAs I understand it, it\'s more or less MySpace or FaceBook for the professional crowd.','6c7cb703f38c3222e87778bd6385c7b3',0,'gA==','19euy5bm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396395,28291,4,414,0,'24.147.138.173',1266355344,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First we got rid of Rupe...','[quote="Deref":2bjytmnw][quote="RLobinske":2bjytmnw]At least you didn\'t ship her to the US this time. \";)\"[/quote:2bjytmnw]\nWe still have a lot of people we want to get rid of. \";-)\"[/quote:2bjytmnw]\nIf you send us Conroy, we\'ll have to bring freedom to Australia. \";)\"','6023e34f4d8544c603c5ee33950dc85f',0,'gA==','2bjytmnw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396396,28235,16,87,0,'4.153.64.234',1266357497,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','I just went ahead and pre-ordered from Amazon. I probably wouldn\'t wear the T-shirt (even if Z-93 is on it) and I\'m not worried about extras.\n\nI just want the un-frelled versions of the episodes that I can actually play on my DVD player.','74a4c71c9f885c4ddf953bfcf79b3d97',0,'','1861hg5b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396397,28204,16,87,0,'4.153.64.234',1266357889,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','[quote="Brother Grimace":18qnzqmt]Hey, Ms. Wild... guess you\'re feeling a little like Kathryn Janeway during the last eps of [i:18qnzqmt]Star Trek: Voyager\'s[/i:18qnzqmt] Season Seven. \n\nLooks like you got us home. \":)\"[/quote:18qnzqmt]\n\nDoes this mean we need to call her "Captain Kara"? Or can we just use "CK"?','b1e5bc99c83b04c507bd246713836b65',0,'oA==','18qnzqmt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396398,28287,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266357959,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[quote="Dervish":2o8cjh12]\nThough just to be really clear, I see this issue as a tempest in a teapot and don\'t really care.[/quote:2o8cjh12]\n\n\nActually, I need to get a teapot. Really. I\'m tired of boiling water in the microwave - and a teapot\'s much cooler. Any suggestions on teapots?','6595bf020b086d0150d8aca2bb612f96',0,'gA==','2o8cjh12',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396399,28204,16,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266358088,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','[quote="Ranger Thorne":27snyud8][quote="Brother Grimace":27snyud8]Hey, Ms. Wild... guess you\'re feeling a little like Kathryn Janeway during the last eps of [i:27snyud8]Star Trek: Voyager\'s[/i:27snyud8] Season Seven. \n\nLooks like you got us home. \":)\"[/quote:27snyud8]\n\nDoes this mean we need to call her "Captain Kara"? Or can we just use "CK"?[/quote:27snyud8]\n\n\nI don\'t know - but we can all start using her in our fics at Helen\'s law firm, or in the JAG corps for the military-oriented stuff. \":D\"','db00307d956d991f11591232ef0505a7',0,'oA==','27snyud8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396400,28291,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1266358315,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First we got rid of Rupe...','[quote="Derek":700gsq2y][quote="Deref":700gsq2y][quote="RLobinske":700gsq2y]At least you didn\'t ship her to the US this time. \";)\"[/quote:700gsq2y]\nWe still have a lot of people we want to get rid of. \";-)\"[/quote:700gsq2y]\nIf you send us Conroy, we\'ll have to bring freedom to Australia. \";)\"[/quote:700gsq2y]\n\nNot [i:700gsq2y]freedom[/i:700gsq2y] - [i:700gsq2y]democracy[/i:700gsq2y].\n\n\nOf course, they sent us \'Crocodile\' Dundee and Rupert on one hand, but Nicole Kidman on the other. I\'d say we\'re even. \":)\"','e2a3fb609ed4c782f3b10b57af38aaf5',0,'oA==','700gsq2y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396401,27663,3,414,0,'24.147.138.173',1266359478,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: train failures strand thousands in Channel Tunnel','An independent report has been published on what happened with the Eurostar back in December. Thos who are so inclined can read it [url=http://www.eurostarindependentreview.org/:2v1ruxbn]here[/url:2v1ruxbn].','a7515997edfdeec5a14044a2af494e73',0,'EA==','2v1ruxbn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396402,28225,11,87,0,'4.153.64.234',1266359783,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="RLobinske":mjtmwnmv]\nOn that note, one of the tangents I can also see for Daria is one that\'s rarely been examined (TAG\'s "Smoky Mirror" would be the closest), that of her losing herself in college and failing her freshman year. It happens to "good" students all the time. Think of the angst of Daria coming home a failure as Quinn prepares to go off for college...[/quote:mjtmwnmv]\n\nPretty much what happened to me, RL. I did a quick one-scene where Jane finally tracks Daria down after she runs off during her Freshman year to get married. By the time she finds OH, she\'s had two kids and is pregnant with a third.\n\nI can see Daria meeting and marrying [b:mjtmwnmv]the right person[/b:mjtmwnmv] right out of college. I can see her getting engaged even while in high school. But it has to be [b:mjtmwnmv]the right person[/b:mjtmwnmv]. She\'s still Daria, after all. It was just luck (a.k.a. the writer) that her first date in college (that we know of) was with a guy she would fall in love with.','1b8e4c6c4107b53ac5dc025cd30d306b',0,'wA==','mjtmwnmv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396403,28225,11,1035,0,'165.235.152.31',1266360871,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="RLobinske":2ah7q7ep]On that note, one of the tangents I can also see for Daria is one that\'s rarely been examined (TAG\'s "Smoky Mirror" would be the closest), that of her losing herself in college and failing her freshman year. It happens to "good" students all the time. Think of the angst of Daria coming home a failure as Quinn prepares to go off for college...[/quote:2ah7q7ep]\nI always figured this was likely to happen to Jodie.','27a778eb9bd5053cd3cdeb8e87a05112',0,'gA==','2ah7q7ep',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396404,28071,3,30,0,'72.213.35.221',1266361189,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','After a multi-day search, I finally found the cat\'s favorite toy mouse--hidden under one of the couch cushions. He was happy to have it back, but now he keeps coming over and staring at me and the couch. I think he\'s expecting me to pull more toys out. Presumably he now believes that that\'s where toys come from.\n\nIf he starts offering sacrifices to the couch, though, we\'re going to have a problem. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','6e02205f3219671617e10d1e884692ec',0,'','2jv88qlw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396405,28287,4,81,0,'82.3.118.136',1266362183,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[quote="Deref":3fiukh7a]As I said in the Other Place, this is a goddamn [i:3fiukh7a]comic book character[/i:3fiukh7a] - a children\'s fairy tale. Why TF would anyone pay any attention whatsoever to what its author says?\n\nSrsly - u guyz![/quote:3fiukh7a]\n\nSometimes people get upset over things. Back in the old days, it was the German-American Bund getting upset over [url=http://www.comics.org/issue/1313/cover/4/?style=default:3fiukh7a]this[/url:3fiukh7a] - the first issue of [i:3fiukh7a]Captain America Comics[/i:3fiukh7a] (March, 1941). \n\nThey didn\'t bother with protesting over the internet. Some members of the Bund just turned up at the Simon and Kirby studios one lunchtime and \'phoned up: \n\nBund member: This is the Bund. We\'re in the lobby of this building.\n\nJack Kirby: Youse guys stay there. I\'ll be right down. \n\nBy the time Kirby descended to the lobby, the fascists had fled. \n\nOh, and I\'ve never heard of Martin Goodman issuing a grovelling letter of apology. \n\n[url=http://fantasticfangirls.org/?p=1798:3fiukh7a]More in this link here.[/url:3fiukh7a]','cf6727484daac5c2d6676e6436c5d21b',0,'sA==','3fiukh7a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396406,28287,4,81,0,'82.3.118.136',1266362739,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[quote="Dervish":1eg2vpl1]\nBtw, anyone recall when people were upset over Captain America using a gun? Using all kinds of power blasts against your enemies as well as super powered brawls, was good, but using a gun was just sending the wrong message! \":lol:\" \n\nhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -life.html[/quote:1eg2vpl1]\n\nJoe Quesada, Marvel Entertainment\'s editor-in-chief... told the New York Daily News: "There\'s bound to be a backlash when fans see Bucky Barnes, the new Cap, toss the famous shield and whip out a firearm." \n\nWell, if those fans have never seen Bucky gleefully toting a Tommy-Gun on several Golden Age covers, yeah. \n\nI am now imagining Bucky as the American Frank Pike...','3a3518fa6e933e9919797d1ee05a5100',0,'gA==','1eg2vpl1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396407,28071,3,525,0,'71.244.156.188',1266364201,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','absolutly hate, [b:2oxqq4qc]hate[/b:2oxqq4qc], [b:2oxqq4qc][size=130:2oxqq4qc]hate[/size:2oxqq4qc][/b:2oxqq4qc] hardware... software I can work with and make work where it doesn\'t really want to all day... hardware requires so much expensive ephemera I don\'t have $$$ for nor ready access to...','535bfcf2e605112c6f424d9d99926e58',0,'RA==','2oxqq4qc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396408,28295,6,545,0,'65.221.65.213',1266364791,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Upchuck\'s Nightmare (Preview of Part 2)','This is an idea I got from several different sources. I had read part of the Avatar comic series [i:2k5ykx5p]Crossed[/i:2k5ykx5p], which is nightmare fuel enough. Then I read issue five of DC comic\'s [i:2k5ykx5p]52[/i:2k5ykx5p], which showed the fall of one world, thanks to a virus that killed Karate Kid...and then spread worldwide. The stories [i:2k5ykx5p]Everybody Loves Jane[/i:2k5ykx5p] and [i:2k5ykx5p]Everybody Loves Mack[/i:2k5ykx5p] added to the soup, as did those stupid Smilin\' Bob commercials. Finally, my own story [i:2k5ykx5p]A Ticket to Ride[/i:2k5ykx5p] added itself to the mess and I came up with this tale of a dream becoming a nightmare....\n\n\nI may change the title if I can think of a better one. \n\n\n[i:2k5ykx5p][b:2k5ykx5p]Upchuck\'s Nightmare[/b:2k5ykx5p][/i:2k5ykx5p]\n\n\n“He took part in a secret experiment to become a sex god! Now he is one, and the ladies are killing him! The Reluctant Satyr, next on Sick, Sad World Live.”\n\n“Well, Mr. Ruttheimer...”the interviewer began.\n\n“Are you sure there are no women here?”\n\n“Mr. Ruttheimer, we have probably violated federal law and union regulations in doing this, but there are no women in this studio right now.”\n\nCharles “Upchuck” Ruttheimer III visibly relaxed in his chair and sighed several times. “Thank you,” he said and drank from a glass of water. His hand shook visibly. “You cannot understand the strain I’ve been under these last three weeks. You just don’t know how tired I am.”\n\nThe interviewer nodded in sympathy and said, “Why don’t you tell us what happened.”\n\n“They were looking for volunteers for a new medicine for increasing muscle bulk...”\n\nThe interviewer interrupted him. “Who are ‘they’?”\n\nUpchuck took another drink of water and said, “The Charlton Marvel Laboratories, outside of D.C.”\n\n“The Charlton Marvel Laboratories sought volunteers for muscle enhancing drugs and you volunteered?”\n\n“Yes, that is correct.”\n\n“Were they a steroid drug, Mr. Ruttheimer.”\n\n“They said it was a safe alternative to steroids and would do away with carbohydrate-based bulking up foods. All you had to do was take the medicine, work out and your muscles would build up in no time.” He sobbed briefly. “I was already a suave man about town, confident with the ladies, but I wanted to give myself better defined muscles as well.”\n\n“How old are you, Mr. Ruttheimer?”\n\n“Seventeen.”\n\n“Did you have your father’s permission to take part in this experiment?”\n\nUpchuck nearly broke down. “I lied on the paperwork and I’m suffering because of it!”\n\n“Were you aware that the Charlton Marvel Laboratories are under federal investigation for questions about the qualities of their medicines? That their medicines have wildly unforeseen side effects?”\n\n“I wish I knew about that before I volunteered.”\n\n“When did you first notice the ‘problem’?”\n\n“It happened nearly five minutes after I took the first shot,” Upchuck said. “I became...aroused...and it never went away.”\n\n“You’re a brave young man talking frankly about this,” the interviewer said.\n\nUpchuck gave a brief and bitter laugh. “I no longer have any pride. Not after what’s happened to me.”\n\n“Go on.”\n\n“After several hours, the researchers couldn’t understand what was going wrong. They monitored my heart and blood pressure and found no other irregularities. But I noticed that the female research staff stuck around me, smiling and rubbing my arms and shoulders and back. I just chalked it up to my natural attractiveness and their feistiness. I know now that the medicine hadn’t taken full effect or they would have attacked me right then.”\n\n“Go on.”\n\n“They finally let me go home and I had a normal night and slept good for school that Monday. As I walked to school, I passed Mrs. uh, I’m not going to identify her because I don’t want to hurt her marriage. Let’s say, Mrs. Smith. I passed Mrs. Smith as she was leaving for work. She passed near me as she got in her car. Usually she ignores me, but this time, she smiled and greeted me cheerfully.”\n\n“What about your arousal? Wasn’t it apparent to your family or Mrs. ‘Smith’?”\n\n“I hid that with loose clothes. After the greeting, I walked on and after a block, she was waiting on me and told me that she’d give me a ride to school. I accepted.”\n\n“What happened then, Mr. Ruttheimer?”\n\n“I never went to school and she never went to work,” Upchuck said and took another drink of water. “She called in sick for both of us and I was too shocked to react as she drove to a motel two towns away, checked us into a room and...made mad, passionate love to me.”\n\nDaria Morgendorffer sat in her bedroom as she watched the interview go to a commercial break. “You know, last week, I would have called this science fiction,” she said. \n\nJane Lane carefully opened a bottle of ouzo and took a drink from it. “It’s more accurately called horror,” she said and took another drink. “The horror that never leaves you.”\n\n“It can’t be that bad, Jane.”\n\n“No? Then [i:2k5ykx5p]you[/i:2k5ykx5p] make mad, uncontrolled love to Upchuck like I did. [i:2k5ykx5p]You[/i:2k5ykx5p] be unable to stop yourself as you...as you...” she broke down and groaned loudly as she cried.\n\nDaria watched her friend helplessly, then looked back at the TV. “I recognize the set decorations. They’re at the channel 4 studios right now. It’s a good thing we’re several miles from there.”\n\nAfter nearly a few more minutes of commercials, the interview came back on.\n\n“Mr. Ruttheimer, some people would call you lucky for that encounter with a beautiful woman.”\n\nUpchuck’s smile was weak, and he nodded. “I was lucky. She’s a beautiful and loving woman. We spent the next eight hours together and she finally fell asleep. I cleaned up and left her asleep to get back home. I had to take a cab.”\n\n“Go on.”\n\n“The cabbie was female,” Upchuck said and grimaced. “A woman in her 50s, a grandmother. She suddenly parked the cab in a wooded area, jumped over the seat and attacked me.”\n\n“You were still aroused?”\n\n“I’ve been aroused since that first shot! It’s never gone away! I’ve tried cold showers, ice buckets, horror movies. Nothing works! I can’t make it go down!” Upchuck shook in frustration and calmed himself down. “Well, I was finally able to get away from her after an hour of repeated sex and I got dressed as I ran down the highway. A trucker picked me up and took me back to Lawndale.”\n\n“Go on.”\n\n“I went to the Lawndale Family Clinic to see if I could get some help. Dr. Wilson and her staff took me right in the examining room.”\n\n“What happened then?”\n\n“Dr. Wilson gave me a shot and I became sleepy. The women undressed me and for the next two hours they took advantage of me. Over and over, as I laid there helplessly. I couldn’t get away until the drug they gave me wore off.”\n\n“Go on.”\n\n“As I ran home, I picked up a following of females. I tried losing them at Lawndale Mall. That was a mistake. I was attacked outside of Cashman’s by the F-.....a girls’ club from the high school. By the time I got away from them, I could only save my jeans. As I ran in the parking lot, two of my female teachers at the school caught me, forced me into a car and drove off. They took me to a field outside of town...and took advantage of me.”\n\n“How many times were you ‘taken advantage of’?”\n \n“I stopped counting after eighty!,” he said. “It’s no longer fun! I want to rest! I can’t take it anymore!”\n\nDaria sat quietly as the show progressed on its downward spiral. “And people say there’s no uplifting family entertainment on television anymore,” she said.\n\n“Hush, you,” Jane said from the floor. She held the now-half-empty bottle of ouzo in her right hand and her face was a deep red in color. “At least you heard about Upchuck’s problem before you could get near him.”\n\n“You sacrificed yourself to save me,” Daria said with a smirk on her face. “You took a hit for the greater good of mankind.”\n\n“Hush you,” Jane said again and coughed a couple of times. “I may have to use a blowtorch on my mouth. I can still taste his tongue.”\n\nDaria grimaced at the image that statement conjured up in her mind. “If you drink all that ouzo, you may not need a blowtorch,” she said. “By the way, if you feel the need to get colorfully, violently ill...”\n\n“I know where the bathroom is, chica,” Jane groaned and buried her face in her hands. “Oh, God, I wish I was dead.”\n\n“I was going to suggest that you use Quinn’s room. It could use some creative redecorating.”\n\n“How’s Quinn dealing with this?” Jane’s voice was now a slur. “After all, the entire Fashion Club took him at Cashman’s.”\n\nDaria suppressed a smile as she said, “They were banned from Lawndale Mall. Quinn’s life is over and she wants to join a convent. Dad wants to kill Upchuck even though he was the one who was attacked. Mom’s already working on starting a class action lawsuit against Charlton Marvel Laboratories. Twenty people have joined in on it so far. Upchuck’s dad, Linda Griffin, Ms. Defoe, Mrs. Bennett, Dr. Wilson and her female staff at Lawndale Family Clinic...”\n\n“How did your mom avoid ‘the sex machine’?” Jane asked suddenly. “My mom, who just came home from Lake Titicaca, attacked him on our front lawn and ever since Trent saw that, he refuses to come out of his room.” She grimaced and gagged briefly. “He said that he’s scarred for life. No man should see his mom doing [i:2k5ykx5p]that[/i:2k5ykx5p].”\n\n“Especially to Upchuck,” Daria added and grimaced again. “To answer your question, I intercepted Mom before she could get close to him.”\n\n“You save your mom, but not your best friend,” Jane said and gulped down more ouzo. “Some friend you are.”\n\n“I’m not exactly Wonder Woman, Jane,” Daria said, “or the Flash, either. I tried to get to you, but when I saw you go in track star mode as you chased Upchuck, I couldn’t stop you and I didn’t dare get close to him. Otherwise, we’d both be blind, stinking drunk right now. Besides, Mom is now in my debt and I’m taking full advantage of it. When you sober up, you’ll share in the benefits of that.”\n\nJane looked up at Daria sadly. “Do you have varnish?” she asked. “The ouzo isn’t working fast enough.”\n\n“Why don’t you just drink some embalming fluid?” Daria asked her. “You’ll save the mortician the trouble and maybe give your parents a discount in the process.”\n\nOn the TV, Upchuck sobbed in his hands for several seconds before looking up at the host with a tear-stained face. “I just want to sleep, Bill. I haven’t really slept since the nap after the first encounter. I just get maybe an hour at the most before I’m woke up by a lusting female.”\n\nSuddenly, a door off screen in the studio banged open and several female voices could be heard. One woman yelled, “THERE HE IS!”\n\nUpchuck sat upright in terror and cried out, “NO! DEAR GOD, NO! PLEASE, NO!”\n\nDaria turned up the volume slightly. “Action’s picking up,” she said. As she and Jane watched, Angela Li weaved around the stage crew and ran up to an obviously horrified Upchuck and tackled him out of his chair. He landed on his back and she landed on his legs. He struggled feebly as she ripped the front of his shirt away.\n\n“NOOOOOOOO!” he screamed as she then ripped open her blouse and dove down to force her mouth onto his.\n\n“And the critics said that live TV was dull and lifeless,” Daria said in her deadpan voice as Upchuck’s arms and legs waggled in panic under the principal.\n\n“Normally, this sight would horrify me,” Jane said, suddenly sober. “But seeing Upchuck assaulted by Li is like watching Kismet in action.”\n\n“I just hope Miss Li doesn’t rip off her bra or skirt,” Daria added. “It’s bad enough that I saw Upchuck naked earlier. I don’t need to see that, too.”\n\nSuddenly, Miss Li sat up on Upchuck’s legs, grabbed her bra and ripped it off her chest. For several seconds, the camera showed her bared breasts, then she pressed them into his face. At the same time, she pulled up her skirt.\n\nJust then, the SSW logo came on the screen with the bold-faced words: TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES--PLEASE STAND BY.”\n\nDaria and Jane stared at each other in shock. “Either Li wears a flimsy bra,” Jane said, “or she’s a whole lot stronger than we realized.”\n\n“Side effect of the pheromones and the lust,” Daria guessed. “That’s my theory.”\n\nDespite the interruption of the video, Li could be heard as she spoke in a soothing, loving voice. “Oh, Charles, give me loving as only you can.”\n\nThen, Janet Barch’s loud voice yelled out, “Angela! Don’t keep him to yourself! Give the rest of us a chance at that hot young thing!”\n\n“MMMMMMPH!” Upchuck’s cry was muffled.\n\nDaria walked to her window and looked out carefully.\n\n“What are you doing?” Jane asked.\n\n“I’m looking for the flying pigs.”\n\n“Oh, Charles, don’t hold back from me,” Li begged him. “I don’t know why all the girls call you ‘Upchuck’. You taste sooooo sweet.” \n\nThen the woman started moaning and the young man’s voice could then be heard. “NO! DON’T! PLEASE--MMMMMPH!”\n\n“That’s it!” Janet Barch’s voice could then be heard. “Let me nurse you, handsome.”\n\n“MMMMMPH!”\n\n“Hurry up, Angela! The rest of us want him, too!”\n\n“EEWWWWWW!” Daria and Jane said in unison and both gagged at the images in their minds.\n\nThen the sound cut out and Daria turned off the TV. She then took the remainder of the ouzo form Jane. “As much as this may dull the memory of what you did to Upchuck, I’d just as soon not lose you to alcohol poisoning.”\n\nJane blinked several times and smiled crookedly at her friend. “There’s five of you standing there,” she said. “Quints! Imagine how Quinn would react to that!”\n\n“Don’t go there,” Daria said and shook her head.\n\n“You should all wear something different, so people can tell you apart.”\n\n“You are officially snockered.” Daria laid Jane on the bed and covered her with a blanket. “Just rest. I’ll be here with you while you sleep.”\n\n“Your sisters could be named Lynn, Veronica, Janeane and Tracy.”\n\n“Just rest, Jane.”\n\n“Read me a story, Mommy,” Jane then said, her voice slurred again.\n\nDaria smiled. “Once upon a time, there was an ugly town ogre who had a witch make him attractive to women.\n\n“The spell worked for awhile and women came from all over the kingdom to be with the ogre. He felt handsome and loved the attention he got. Pretty soon, however, the ogre was tired, but the women wouldn’t leave him alone. He couldn’t sleep, he couldn’t rest, and he could barely get time to eat. He would hide, but the women would find him.”\n\n“Poor ogre,” Jane mumbled.\n\nDaria suppressed a laugh and continued, “Not every woman in the kingdom was affected by the spell, however. The town cynic, a very smart and wise woman, advised the town ogre that if he threw himself into a live volcano, the spell would be broken and he would be free of the women’s demands.\n\n“The ogre followed the advice and the spell was broken. The town cynic was hailed as a hero and given the town treasury. Everyone lived happily ever after, except the ogre.”\n\nJane passed out and Daria made sure that she could breathe easily. “Now if I can only get Upchuck to throw himself into a live volcano.”\n\nShe touched the gas mask on the floor. She hoped that Upchuck didn’t come back into the neighborhood. She really didn’t like wearing the thing, no matter how well it protected her from the pheromones.\n\nOutside, the sound of police and ambulance sirens could be heard driving in the direction of the television studios of channel 4.\n\nDaria felt a tingle inside her belly and looked at the television quickly. As fast as she could, she put on the gas mask and looked outside her bedroom window.\n\nSeveral woman and teen girls could be seen outside, all moving towards the direction of the channel 4 studios. 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She mentioned a series of mass murders in South America she was investigating, and seemed to think me and/or my subordinates were responsible for them. Any particular reason she would think such a thing?” asked Daria.\n\n“The body count, the style of the kills, she must have theorised you were using the villages for some sort of live fire exercise,” said Agent Fury.\n\n“That’s what Armalin said,” said Agent Pryde as she seemed to wake up.\n\nAs she became intangible again and fell through Daria’s body to the floor, Daria stepped away from her and said “Lieutenant General Armalin? That figures, he’s the inventor of asshole. Having said that, if someone else is training Tasmanian Devils, I need to know who and why. What have you got so far?”\n\nBoth agents stared at her.\n\n“DO YOU WANT THEM CAUGHT OR NOT?” asked Daria.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nThe phone rang.\n\nVincent accepted the call and set it up on speaker with the camera aimed at them. “Yo.”\n\n“There’s a facility the CIA says KAmyAr JahAngir frequently visits a facility just up the northern road from Deyhuk, I want you to hit it and see what’s there.”\n\n“You got it. How’s Agent Pryde?”\n\n“Well, we’re not up to our asses in SHIELD agents, I think she’s fine,” said the colonel.\n\n“Okay. Moving now,” said Vincent as he hung up.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n“These five do look sort of look like some of your personal,” said Agent Pryde.\n\n“You’re looking for one thousand, four hundred and ninety five X-rays,” said Daria.\n\n“You could have infiltrated their border controls,” said Nick.\n\n“No we couldn’t. We’re violence specialists, what you’re describing would require CIA and/or NSA support,” said Daria.\n\n“You could be blackmailing agents in those agencies,” said Katherine.\n\n“And just how am I supposed to disprove that? Also, it’s too complicated and risky for the sake of setting up live fire training exercises, that’s too much time not training for the actual attack, and then we’d have to extract all those personal if we get a shout, without getting caught. That’s also too many people, you should have checked their psychological evaluations, we’re a brigade of screwballs, most of us barely meet the standards of basic military discipline, but we’re not that sick,” said Daria.\n\n“Did you check out their psych reports?” asked Nick.\n\n“No, I was going to interrogate the general here first, that way I could potentially catch her on a lie later,” said Katherine.\n\n“Whole brigade, I guess I don’t blame you,” said Daria.\n\n“Just what have you been doing this past week anyway?” asked Nick.\n\n“Job in Iran. Looked dodgy from the outset, so I moved some of the attacks forward in time to investigate. We got fake nukes, fake cruise missiles, our President ordering me not to ask awkward questions, missing plutonium thirty nine, ‘The Base’ hit a Russian nuclear facility recently, could be exactly as it appears, or it could be Iran or Pakistan trying to divert attention from their involvement in something.”\n\n“The Base?” asked Katherine.\n\n“Al Qaeda,” said Nick.\n\n“I don’t think Iran’s heads of state are involved in this, if this is an Iranian black op, what would their leaders stand to gain? A long drop recorded to be forever accessed on Youtube? Someone between cadet and Chief Of Staff wants to take over and made a deal with someone over here.”\n\n“Coup or mutiny?” asked Nick.\n\n“Possibly. Had trouble establishing any means of communications between Cassidy’s backers and the Iranians known to be involved, anyone with legitimate dealings with Iran seem to have stayed within the rules, and it’s simply way too easy to disguise money transfers as office expenses, a collectively big enough conglomerate could fund exotic weapons development like that,” said Daria.\n\n“What about Tasmanian Devils, anything that can narrow those down?” asked Nick.\n\n“Well, any country could theoretically form a regiment, we go through ammunition like an airline company goes through Jet A, there’s also hand to hand skills, those are developed too. The main problem would be finding anyone who can be arsed to train for it. We spend most our day just shooting, punching and kicking, we have rigs that surround us with randomly appearing targets, we punch, kick or shoot those obsessively. It gets extremely boring, you need a one track mind.”\n\n“How do you select your recruits?” asked Nick.\n\n“I look for those that want to be the best killing machines on the planet if not the universe. Their discipline problems, optional extras, not prerequisites, generally relate to stuff they do when bored, whereas their physical conditions and skills are rated as excellent,” said Daria.\n\n“How about a cult?” asked Nick.\n\n“Possible,” said Daria. She had this pensive look.\n\n“What?” asked Nick.\n\n“I don’t know … … I’ve had this feeling that I’m forgetting something throughout the whole investigation, Cassidy has her excuse, corporations stand to profit, Iranian turncoats assisting, what am I missing? All the suspect stuff is there, but something’s ringing false, and I don’t know what.”\n\n“What’s the public mood like?” asked Katherine.\n\n“Don- … AGHHHHH, that’s it, Cassidy would want everyone rooting for her rather than questioning the evidence, something has to make the general public want an invasion.”\n\n“Airliner plus landmark building,” said Nick.\n\n“Gasoline plus Reichstag,” said Katherine.\n\n“Or a nuclear, biological and chemical attack,” said Daria.\n\n“But you ruled out the missiles,” said Nick.\n\n“These ones, yes, but there’s still missing plutonium to account for, someone IS going to build some nukes, it’s gotta be suitcase bombs or something like that,” said Daria.\n\n“How do they get the plutonium through customs?” asked Katherine.\n\n“Good question,” said Daria.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n“HEY! STOP RIGHT THERE!” shouted some goon in a private security uniform.\n\n“Who? Me?” asked Joanna.\n\n“Yeah, you, where’s your fucking Hijab?” He asked as other security guards came out.\n\n“What?” asked Joanna as she felt her head “OH, FUCK, my hair’s showing! God, this is more embarrassing than that time Mohammed fucked Jesus and realised he was dead and was too embarrassed to return Jesus to the tomb and so instead spit roast the messiah and-”\n\n“BLASPHEMING WHORE!” shouted another guard, and they all attacked trying to beat the shit out of her.\n\nIt took twelve seconds for her to beat the shiite out of them.\n\n“Ooohhhhhh, knocked out by a woman you outnumbered thirteen to one, how embarrassing for you,” said Joanna with a mock grimace. She then advanced on the building.\n\nIt was a pretty bland looking building, external skin was entirely painted block work, no roof visible from ground level, but the top of the wall indicated the presence of an in situ cast slab. Probably reinforced depending on how open the architect wanted the internal space. Front doors included one rolling garage door and one wooden personal access single door.\n\nJoanna kicked the wooden door in. She was through the long corridor without incident, no cameras apparent anywhere. Probably entirely reliant on their security forces patrolling outside. Or the cameras were just too well disguised. She started encountering resistance as soon as she entered the barracks. The ground floor at least was divided into the various rooms.\n\nShe made her way through the space filled with double decker beds finding a kitchen area with serving window, she eventually ended up seeing the garage space that was behind the other door, the people she was shooting were security or other service personal.\n\nShe then made her way upstairs and encountered a shower room, and then a number of round things, three metres tall, four metres across, each with a door.\n\nThey were all unoccupied.\n\nShe eventually got through that space and found herself weaving between shelves upon shelves of ammunition.\n\nAnd then she found the remaining space, a large open area with a pulpit at the most west-south-western point of it’s perimeter, and then a forest of punching mats.\n\nClusters of six pointing inwards to a hexagonal space.\n\n“Mohammed on a bicycle,” commented Joanna.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n“Y’ello,” said Daria as she answered her phone. She listened to the person on the other end of the line and eventually said “One thousand, nine hundred and forty five bunks?”\n\nNick and Katherine looked at each other.\n\n“Because that’s the number of people thought to be involved in the murder of a number of villages in Columbia. Excuse me a moment,” Daria then said “We’re not going to get into a bitch fight over jurisdiction are we?”\n\n“No, I take it you found something of interest?”\n\n“Yeah, a base set up to train Tasmanian Devils in Iran, just north of Deyhuk. Two thousand beds.” Daria then returned to her phone and said “Get down to Langley and find out if they’re in Columbia, maybe under different aliases.”\n\nShe then heard an answer and hung up. “Those mass murders, they were part shake out exercise, part loyalty test, anyone too squeamish to shoot children probably got deleted.”\n\n“Why shoot children at all?” asked Katherine.\n\n“In for a cent, in for a dollar, a bunch of people don’t become psychotic in a few seconds, disassociative drugs aside. Has to be ramped up, one decade you’re sceptically giving this party with a law and order pledge a try to see if they’re any good, the next, you’re torturing, raping and killing innocent civilians in a death camp for laughs. These guys, on the other hand, aren’t just there for laughs. This kind of warfare is business only, they’re gearing up to go against someone who can fight back, this is just to mentally commit them to the task.”\n\n“Do you use such techniques?” asked Katherine\n\n“Screw off. It’s up to the individual to judge their own will. We do take care to ensure we’re only or mainly hitting enemy combatants before we strike, but when we do, we don’t stop until we’re the only ones still alive.”\n\n“Collateral damage,” said Katherine.\n\n“Yeah,” said Daria, “Just another reason to reserve war for emergencies only.”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nPrivate Brian Kemp and Corporal Keith Mallard approached the metal shop in Bejeston.\n\nIt was an old building, looked like it had been around since medieval times, upgraded since of course. Brian raised his fist.\n\nKeith did the same.\n\nAfter three shakes of their fists, Brian’s hand was flat, and Keith’s first and middle fingers were extended.\n\n“Aww,” said Brian.\n\nKeith smiled and grabbed his guns as he walked up to the building.\n\nThis is the only kind of team work Tasmanian Devils do, if Keith got stuck at the door, Brian would watch out for X-rays outside.\n\nNo such luck, Keith wiped out all the X-rays and Brian didn’t score nothing.\n\nBrian joined Keith inside the metal shop. The place did a wide range of ornamental metalwork including trophies.\n\nThere was one area that had been done up as some kind of isolation chamber.\n\n“Bio weapons?” asked Keith.\n\n“Odd venue for it, metal shop’s the least hospitable place for micro organisms,” said Brian, he pulled the Geiger counter and approached.\n\nBrian noticed green tanks rigged to the chamber and one of the men Keith had shot was inside, he was wearing a scuba tank and had it’s mouthpiece in his mouth. The remains of one. “Chamber was filled with argon-” The Geiger counter was clicking noisily “-and it’s glowing, looks like they were working plutonium.”\n\n“I also saw some moulds in an area that smelt of TNT,” said Keith.\n\nThey entered the area Keith had described, there were several moulds that they eventually worked out cast shapes to match the plates that would be cast in the moulds in the argon filled room. Two roughly pentagonal lumps would be cast, that looked like would fit together.\n\nBrian said “Explosive lenses, two explosives with differing velocities, definitely for making implosion nukes.”\n\n“They don’t quite match though,” said Keith. He then went off and retrieved the external component of the mould. He matched it against the mould for the higher velocity explosive. “Mismatch. What else is there?”\n\n“You know … ” Brian ran off to the relatively aged part of the facility and eventually returned with some pieces of wood. They could only visually compare these parts as the moulds for the plutonium and the explosives were negative impression and the wooden pieces were positive impressions, but it was an obvious match.\n\n“What’s this for?” asked Keith.\n\n“I think it’s for a tamper, let’s check their invoices, tampers are generally made of stuff that is more common place and therefore less suspicious,” said Brian.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nThey entered the airport.\n\nThere were three departure lounges headed for American destinations: Washington, New York, and Buffalo.\n\nAdel’s team would be the one that takes the one headed for Buffalo, that would be the one that he was going to take.\n\nThe plan wasn’t simple, damn difficult in fact, but it looked like it was going to work, his aircraft was going to explode mid flight. When it did, those bombs he had been making would be ejected. The reason they had been built as solidly as they had was to ensure they withstood the explosion that would eject them. The intention was that the aircraft would survive the discharge of it’s war load (in spite of the gaping holes blown through the walls of the luggage bay) in a state that would allow it to fly in a normal controlled manner. They would mayday when that happened and were going to land and wreak even more carnage by shooting anyone they could find, prioritising police, medics, but generally just killing anyone they saw. The bombs would have parachutes to slow their descent, some would have parawings to get them some distance, others would have normal dome chutes, they’d eventually arrive at their bursting altitudes and detonate. When they ran out of ammunition, they’d blow themselves up.\n\nThis would not need to kill people with blast effects, their blood had a present for all those Allahless heathens that came into contact with it.\n\nHe and his followers immediately pulled their guns and started shooting people, the guns had suppressors fitted, so the noise was below that of the ambient noises. Some people screamed, but the speed at which they were killed off meant it didn’t last for more than five seconds.\n\n“It’s okay, there’s nothing going on or we would know,” he heard one of his people who had infiltrated airport security say.\n\nThey had infiltrated security and the luggage handlers by deleting the personal and faking IDs for themselves, they were replacement for those who were off sick.\n\nOff sick with an acute case of death.\n\nEveryone dead, his forces would fill the aircraft.\n\nHe removed his outer clothes and put on his hat, looking like an airline pilot.\n\nHe entered the aircraft and knocked on the door to the flight deck.\n\nThe peephole went dark for a second, then the door opened, the captain asked “Yes?”\n\nAdel simply whipped his arm around the back of the captain’s head, jamming the knife through his brainstem, and moved back, dragging him and his kill clear of the door in a fraction of a second, allowing his subordinates through to kill the rest of the flight crew. Knives were the order of the day because they couldn’t have large amounts of blood on the instruments or possibly risk damage to the flight controls.\n\nThey dragged the cadavers onto the gangway, the whole lounge and gate would be closed for as long as it took for things to get suspicious.\n\nHe then withdrew his knife and wiped it on the cadaver’s clothing and stood up, turning to his portion of the regiment, he said “Ladies and gentlemen, flight 538 to Buffalo is now ready for boarding.”\n\nThey then got on the aircraft, everyone settling in.\n\nAdel and Ebi sat in the pilots seats and Adel checked the frequency on the comm. System. “Tower from Five Three Eight, comm. Check?”\n\n“Five Three Eight, Tower, five by five, over.”\n\n“Five Three Eight requesting departure clearance.”\n\nAnother of his subordinates entered and said “doors are secure.”\n\nAdel looked back and nodded before looking forwards again.\n\n“Five Three Eight, cleared for departure, standby for pushback.”\n\n“Five Three Eight standing by, over.”\n\n“We have thrust reversers don’t we?” asked Ebi.\n\nAdel looked incredulous.\n\n“What?” asked Ebi.\n\n“I don’t think the ground crews will appreciate us hitting them with jet exhaust, and it’ll draw attention.”\n\n“Ah,” nodded Ebi.\n\nThe fact was they didn’t have sufficient knowledge of airport operations to replace the ATC centres for any length of time, all they could do was replace the security, the baggage handlers, some of the ground crew, and could do enough with that to get the nuclear weapons on one aircraft, and the fully charged mixer/dispensers on another aircraft.\n\n“Five three eight, check wheel brakes off, over.”\n\nAdel checked the wheel brakes and released them, before saying “Wheel brakes are off, over.”\n\nA noise indicated something heavy connecting with the airframe, and the aircraft started moving rearwards.\n\nEventually it was away from the gate and lined up with the taxiway.\n\nThe truck disconnected from the nose wheel and the controller said “Five Three Eight, cleared to taxi to runway twelve, take taxiway delta, right onto hotel, right again onto kilo, then wait on alpha for further instructions.”\n\n“Five Three Eight moving along delta.”\n\nSo far no problems, Adel hoped it would stay that way.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n“Right, thank you,” said Daria before she hung up, she then said “Medical facility at Farrashband, has the ingredients for VX nerve agent, and a morgue full of autopsied cadavers that looked like they had died from Haemorrhagic fever, that’s bio and chemical, we know these guys love their martyrdom doctrines, have the numbers of X-rays been steadily declining since the start of your investigation?”\n\n“Took us about this long to work out how many did the first one I found,” said Katherine.\n\n“Right. I need to talk to disease control, there’s a strong chance they’ll have noticed some outbreaks, My aide’s on his way with the perp book the CIA gave us, you’ll need to get that to any contacts you have with the agencies working Colombia, I’d avoid going through anyone higher than O4, the more people of low rank you go through, unless you know them well enough that-”\n\n“Got it,” said Katherine.\n\nDaria headed out, but stopped when her phone rang. She answered it, “Y’ello. … Fucking hell. … Right, thanks,” she hung up. “Cobalt bombs.”\n\nKatherine looked confused.\n\n“Enhanced fallout, assume four criticality each, they got enough fissionable material for forty nukes, apparently this stuff was found at a metalwork shop that does ornaments, trophies, etc. Had an argon filled room for moulding pyrophoric metals such as plutonium,” said Daria.\n\n“How do they intend to move the parts?” asked Katherine.\n\n“Probably disguised them as trophies or ornaments, make a statuette or something with a stem that inserts into the hole for the detonator, each piece would be disguised at the base for the trophy. That’s another thing, does Colombia have anything resembling a reliable policy regarding recording of luggage radiography?”\n\n“What would I be looking for?”\n\n“They’ll probably want something that’s easy to assemble and we’re reasonably certain they’re making implosion type bombs, you can break a sphere into twelve pentagons, the plutonium would be closest to the centre, that’s period seven, but they may mistake it for a period six metal such as gold or platinum, then the tamper, we think cobalt, it’ll look like any period four metal on an X-ray, then the low velocity explosive, then the high velocity explosive, detonator inserts into the back.”\n\n“Right,” said Catherine, she turned to go to her desk, but stopped and looked confused.\n\n“I’ll brief her, go,” said Nick.\n\n“Thanks,” said Daria as she left.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nDaria parked in the car park of the Centre For Disease Control and walked towards the main entrance.\n\n“General Morgendorffer.”\n\nDaria turned to see Armalin walking up behind her. She saluted and said “so I wiped out several villages in the last few weeks did I?”\n\n“Did you?”\n\n“No as it happens sir, I did not. I think I know who did. Got anything useful?”\n\n“Yes I did, in spite of your exchange with your mother whom I got on side to assist with this. You picked a hell of a time to try to resolve your conflict with her. None of Cassidy’s backers are involved in this.”\n\n“Right. Sir, the cruise missiles are fake, and real terrorists appear set to do a combined NBC attack, that’s who I think have been wiping out those villages.”\n\n“What they packing?” asked Armalin.\n\n“Cobalt bombs, VX and Haemorrhagic fever sir.”\n\n“What’s this based on?” asked Armalin.\n\n“Raids on facilities in Iran,” said Daria.\n\n“Oh really?” asked Armalin.\n\n“Yes really, you have a problem with initiative?” asked Daria.\n\n“No, I love initiative just fine.”\n\n“It’s just me showing it you have a problem with,” said Daria.\n\n“Because that’s not initiative, that’s impulse control problems. That’s your entire war doctrine in fact, you’re showing disregard to your teams safety,” said Armalin.\n\n“My teams are less visible and more agile than your marines,” said Daria.\n\n“Heghlu\'meH QaQ jajvam,” said Armalin.\n\n“Today is a good day to die,” translated Daria with an eye roll, “We are not suicidal.”\n\n“But death is merely an annoyance as opposed to the massive cock up the rest of us see it as. Marines do not have permission to die.”\n\n“Tasmanian Devils take the most kills with them,” said Daria.\n\n“Death is cheap,” said Armalin.\n\n“A bargain,” said Daria.\n\n“Is that all you care about? The kills?” asked Armalin.\n\n“No, the killing’s just fun, I care about my family first, my country second, the world third, and right now, all three are under threat from this stunt Cassidy and minions are trying to pull.”\n\n“All we have is evidence the mission is phony, we don’t have evidence that the President or the sec-def are complicit in the deception.”\n\n“So how do we get some?” asked Daria.\n\nArmalin eventually said “Follow me.”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nCassidy and Graham didn’t like having their schedule ruined by their underlings, especially those as wilful and subversive as Generals Daria Morgendorffer and Kyle Armalin.\n\nAnd why the fuck would they meet here of all places?\n\nAnd why were there so many marines here all of a sudden.\n\n“What?” asked Cassidy, not feeling polite enough to suppress her irritation.\n\n“We have to discuss this mission with you, but this may take a while, can I get you anything?” asked Daria pointing at the food available for purchase.\n\n“No. Get to it.”\n\n“Okay. There’s a reason we’re having this meeting here and not in any of our offices. Do you know the history of this particular eatery?” asked Daria.\n\n“There used to be a target painted on the roof because this particular eatery is in the geometric centre of the Pentagon’s central plaza. The world’s most dangerous hot dog stand. What of it?”\n\n“The Iranian special forces group that’s trying to smuggle their weapons into the United States, they’ll probably try to hit Washington. We need information that will allow us to locate them in time to prevent the attacks, or we all die here together,” said Armalin. He then turned to Daria and asked “How’s that for initiative?”\n\n“Impressive,” said Daria as she nodded. They then both turned to their bosses.\n\nCassidy looked surprised at this. “The mission was straight up. … Graham?”\n\n“It is, our opponents had been telling the CIA not to look at those sites, threatening their families if they did. We couldn’t prove any of this of course, but we had to act.”\n\n“You’d better be telling the truth, Graham,” said Cassidy.\n\n“He is,” said Sandi, “Not sensing any deception from him.”\n\n“Then why the hell wasn’t that in the notes?” asked Daria.\n\n“It wasn’t relevant, it seemed a clear cut case,” said Cassidy.\n\n“Right then,” said Daria as she dialled her phone.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n“So, why are we here?” asked one CEO.\n\nEvery backer of Cassidy’s opponent and every shadow secretary of Cassidy’s opposition was there.\n\n“Would the conspirator or conspirators in the terrorist plot please answer the man’s question?” asked Daria.\n\n“Con- … What is this shit?” asked another.\n\n“Where will the enemy’s strategic weapons be before they come here?” asked Daria.\n\n“What?” asked another.\n\n“Strategic weapons, as in nukes?” asked yet another.\n\nThey were starting to panic.\n\nSandi walked up to Daria and Armalin and whispered “this is news to all of them, I don’t think any of them are involved.”\n\n“Let’s hang on to them anyway,” said Daria.\n\n“Right,” said Armalin. A few second later, Armalin said “we could be doing something while we’re waiting for one of them to give us useful information.”\n\n“We’re missing something here,” said Daria, “if none of them are involved, who is?”\n\n“You know, crises on the scale we’d be facing here, the US looks awfully Third Reichy,” said Armalin.\n\n“Which means anyone even suspected of involvement would end up in the clink for all eternity, if not outright deleted,” said Daria, “This is a false flag.”\n\nArmalin then turned to Cassidy and asked “Any of your cabinet out of town for the next few weeks?”\n\n“Well the Agriculture Secretary’s in Hawaii, Education secretary’s visiting Belgium to try to learn something about how to run a school system, and then figure out how to implement it without forcing schools to overcome the sports corruption that’s currently fucking things up. Work and Pensions secretary’s in Mexico. … ”\n\nAfter a few seconds of silence, Daria asked “Where’s the Veep?”\n\n“It’s not the Vice President,” said Cassidy.\n\n“It’s someone who would inherit your job if you snuff it, where is he?” asked Daria.\n\n“He’s in Seattle, attending a meeting of the Christian Coalition. He’s a bit religious, but he wouldn’t … I mean, we’re … We … ”\n\nArmalin pulled his phone and started dialling someone.\n\n“Right,” said Daria as she called Agent Pryde and said “Vice President Greyson’s our main suspect now, How are you doing?”\n\n“DEA contacts found those luggage X-rays, the trophies look exactly like those bomb components we were looking for, there’s also been outbreaks of haemorrhagic fever where some Arabic looking individuals were procuring detonators, really big capacitors, relays. They specified slapper detonators, when asked if they’d like some explosives too, they said they already had some that they were trying to use up on account it was dynamite, TNG based explosives have a limited shelf life. But the detonators seemed excessive for dynamites, and apparently slappers are more sensitive to mishandling than bridge wire detonators. They countered they were smooth wall blasting, that requires precisely timed blasts, but Salesperson said you use fuse heads for smooth wall, otherwise you’re looking at a nightmare of trying to arrange wires into computer timed switches. Salesperson thought the guy was a total div, and was expecting a return visit when the guy’s supervisor found out and chewed him out for blowing company money on the wrong detonators.”\n\n“Slappers are used in nukes because they produce a more even shockwave, symmetry is everything, big capacitors and relays would be desirable to reduce cap scatter, that is the difference in the time it takes for each one to fire, and improves reliability because relays don’t blow up like thysistors might. Anything else?”\n\n“Z-80 controllers, digital altimeters, digital accelerometers, pagers, what do those sound like to you?”\n\n“Fuse components, right, what about the contacts at the airports?”\n\n“Nothing yet, that’s all we got for you right now.”\n\n“Right, thanks.”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n“And while I know you’re all tired of me raising this issue, I still feel it’s my duty to continue to remind everyone that an ignored enemy strikes without warning. We can’t afford to ignore Iran. … Thank you for your continued patience,” said Greyson as he sat back down. They were annoyed with him, but not so much that they were about to turf him out. Unlike that twat Odel, crusade against porn and sex toys, while barely keeping his activities with underage partners under wraps. He smiled politely at him as he did everyone else. You don’t screw kids and you don’t use force or drugs or anything else that leaves evidence.\n\nSuddenly, two marines entered, one Captain Morgendorffer, and one Captain Rowe. Captain Morgendorffer said “Sorry to interrupt, but you’re needed back in Washington urgently.”\n\n“Why?”\n\n“I’m afraid that’s classified, you’ll be briefed in full when you arrive, those are our orders, Mr Vice President,” said Captain Rowe.\n\n“Very well.” He then addressed the other CC members saying “I apologise for leaving you mid conference, I hope I’ll be able to return to you soon.” He then followed the two marines out the door.\n\n\nThe two hour flight went with no conversation between Greyson and Jane. Quinn and Stacy were in their JSFs, they had landed and taken off from the conference centre’s helipad.\n\n“So, how long have you been flying these things?” asked Greyson.\n\n“About fifteen years now. Lovely little thing, it’s a transporter with weapons, I can rescue people AND blow shit up without having to change into a new aircraft.”\n\n“Aren’t you uncomfortable with the idea of all those weapons being on your aircraft?”\n\n“Any reason I should be?” asked Jane.\n\n“Well, I’m sure you’re a fine pilot, but doesn’t it go against you instincts to create life when you destroy it?”\n\n“No. Marines save lives through superior firepower,” said Jane.\n\n“Are you sure that’s what God wants for you?”\n\n“Don’t know what God wants with me, God has instructions, he, she, or they can present them to me them own fucking selves.”\n\n“Do you feel powerful when you blaspheme like that?” asked Greyson.\n\n“Blaspheme?” asked Jane.\n\n“Well, God is male, man was modelled after himself, woman was created to serve man.”\n\n“Must be tough working for a female President,” said Jane.\n\n“Yeah, but I help her out as much as I can. I’ve been urging action in Iran for example.”\n\n“Really? ‘Woman was created to serve man’? They’re all kinds of that over there.”\n\n“Any faith is better than no faith, but Christianity is the one true faith.”\n\n“Which one?” asked Jane.\n\n“Christianity,” repeated Greyson.\n\n“Yeah, I mean which sect?” asked Jane.\n\n“Okay, not all those who proclaim Christianity have it right, but you should trust me on this, God created you to produce and nurture children, not to pretend to be a man. You have to realise your true purpose in life before it’s too late, because once you die, that’s it.”\n\n“Are you coming on to me? Also, Marines don’t have permission to die,” said Jane.\n\nGreyson sighed as he settled in for a long flight.\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nDaria handed Cassidy the hot dog and fries she had ordered before she started eating her own selection.\n\nThey heard three cracks.\n\n“Well, here they are,” said Daria as she picked up her plastic basket with fries and hotdog and wandered outside.\n\nThe Hummingbird transport and it’s escort eventually came into view, their exhaust systems already transitioning into hover mode. Some marines were clearing generals and other people from a landing space while three started giving Jane, Quinn and Stacy hand signals to guide them in, placing them on three of the paths connecting the building to the eatery formerly known as Ground Zero Cafe.\n\nOnce they landed, their engines started winding down.\n\nThe three pilots and Vice President Greyson got out.\n\n“What’s up Madame President?” asked Greyson.\n\n“Apparently our generals think we’re conspiring to have terrorists hit Washington, and they’re holding us here until either that happens or one of us tells them something which will allow them to stop it. They think you’re involved,” said Cassidy.\n\nGreyson looked around, alarmed.\n\n“Madman, Madman,” said Sandi.\n\nCassidy looked at Sandi.\n\n“Anti Submarine Warfare brevity code meaning possible submarine detection using Magnetic Anomaly Detectors,” explained Daria, she also said “That means we got him.”\n\n“But, what about the Iranian cruise missiles? What if-” started Dominic.\n\n“Missiles were fakes,” said Daria, “we started early.”\n\n“You sent … land forces?” asked Dominic.\n\n“Our allies take a dim view of radioactive contamination of large portions of the middle east. Even if the nukes go off wrong, it’s still going to throw large amounts of plutonium across the place. Tasmanian Devils were the obvious choice. You were counting on us bombing the facilities from on high, weren’t you?”\n\n“Looks like you have a choice, Mr Vice President, you can spend a few years waiting for a death lasting minutes, or you can spend weeks dying from cobalt sixty contamination, days dying from haemorrhagic fever, or spend years unable to move half your body due to partially effective VX poisoning,” said Daria. “Also, I’m sure you can find a good lawyer, so giving us what we need to prevent this from happening in time for us to stop it could mean you avoid jail and execution all together, your lawyer would certainly be questioning the lawfulness of the means by which we obtained the information from you.”\n\n“Although, if you get acquitted of the treason we all now know you committed,” said Armalin as he pulled his knife and a sharpening file and started running the blade’s edges across it.\n\n“Look, it wasn’t my idea, okay? I set this up through our ambassador to Iran, it was his idea that we do this,” said Dominic.\n\n“You can tell that to the cops later, do you have the information that will help us foil the attack?” asked Daria.\n\n“No, all I was told was when not to be in Washington, and that’s over the next couple of weeks,” said Dominic.\n\n“Is he still in Iran?” asked Daria.\n\n“Yes.”\n\n“Okay, Marines guard embassies, don’t they?” asked Daria.\n\n“Yes they do,” said Armalin as he started dialling.\n\n“Right, as soon as you have the name of his Iranian contact, I’ll have my Devils already in field pick him or her up for a cosy interrogation.”\n\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\nAdel could see land ahead now.\n\nThis had been a very long flight. Always is when you’re a passenger, but as a pilot you have to be on top of everything for eight long hours.\n\n“Land of the free. … Not free from the wrath of Allah though, are you?” asked Adel.\n\n“Got to love some of their music though,” said Ebi.\n\n“Eh?”\n\n“SOME, of their music.”\n\n“ … … Specifically:”\n\n“I Study Nuclear Science, I love my classes,” started Ebi.\n\nAdel laughed as he joined in singing “I got a crazy teacher who wears dark glasses, things are going great, and they’re only getting better.”','a2a48f64f13b9715e9a3b674089177c9',0,'','2t7opwqo',1,1266751139,'',249,1,0),(396412,28071,3,83,0,'174.30.18.105',1266367083,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="vlademir1":m5pg7ai6]absolutly hate, [b:m5pg7ai6]hate[/b:m5pg7ai6], [b:m5pg7ai6][size=130:m5pg7ai6]hate[/size:m5pg7ai6][/b:m5pg7ai6] hardware... software I can work with and make work where it doesn\'t really want to all day... hardware requires so much expensive ephemera I don\'t have $$$ for nor ready access to...[/quote:m5pg7ai6]\n\n\nDo you need the Weasel Whip again?','f6884a156fb1c1248c54b2e8592694e4',0,'xA==','m5pg7ai6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396413,27663,3,89,0,'67.189.212.82',1266367191,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: train failures strand thousands in Channel Tunnel','[quote="Derek":1f2kbilh]Essentially, American railroads weren\'t fenced in, and so had a problem with livestock wandering across the tracks. The cowcatcher was developed as a way of preventing animals (or people or vehicles) that wandered in front of the train from going underneath the locomotive when it hit them (which could cause a derailment). Offhand I don\'t know why the popular term is \'cowcatcher\'; perhaps that was the most common animal that the railroads had to worry about.[/quote:1f2kbilh]\n\nIt didn\'t work very well for this cow. (Warning. May be disturbing to young viewers.)\n[url:1f2kbilh]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nieK4GHov-Y[/url:1f2kbilh]','0525e44818b86fea21f46956d012953c',0,'kA==','1f2kbilh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396414,28235,16,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266367212,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Pre-orders','[quote="MartinUK":33r7ghvj]The swag for US-residing Facebook-following pre-order customers is a T-shirt.\n\n[quote:33r7ghvj]If you sign up for our Newsletter [...] you\'ll get access to our exclusive DVD pre-order! You\'ll get it shipped to your door before it\'s in stores along with a FREE Daria collectors T-Shirt![/quote:33r7ghvj]\nMartin.[/quote:33r7ghvj]\n[quote="Ranger Thorne":33r7ghvj]I probably wouldn\'t wear the T-shirt (even if Z-93 is on it)[/quote:33r7ghvj]\n\nWell, if someone (like Ranger Thorne) doesn\'t want the free t-shirt, mail it my way pleeeeease! I always get screwed when it comes to t-shirts (like when Hot Topic was selling them) and I\'d [i:33r7ghvj]love[/i:33r7ghvj] to have a t-shirt. \":fail:\" \n\nI\'ll pay for the shipping! An S size please! Thank you!','6d914ce7eb9e8bbd02da27540090a58c',0,'oA==','33r7ghvj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396415,28290,3,89,0,'67.189.212.82',1266367351,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','[quote="The Angst Guy":2xgqjb2r][quote="Dervish":2xgqjb2r][quote="Silver":2xgqjb2r][quote="cynigal":2xgqjb2r]u from oregon?[/quote:2xgqjb2r]\nNo, I\'m from southeastern Washington. I just visit Oregon a lot.[/quote:2xgqjb2r]\nYou know what the penalty is for spying on Oregon? \":x\"[/quote:2xgqjb2r]\nHE MUST BE SENT... TO [size=200:2xgqjb2r][b:2xgqjb2r]CYNIGAL![/b:2xgqjb2r][/size:2xgqjb2r][/quote:2xgqjb2r]\n\nDeath by snu-snu.','05772fc7c97956502452bded8ecc5077',0,'xA==','2xgqjb2r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396416,28071,3,276,0,'69.244.221.128',1266367389,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Post Thread #23 Now With More Angst!','[quote="Kristen Bealer":2pf06vyo]After a multi-day search, I finally found the cat\'s favorite toy mouse--hidden under one of the couch cushions. He was happy to have it back, but now he keeps coming over and staring at me and the couch. I think he\'s expecting me to pull more toys out. Presumably he now believes that that\'s where toys come from.\n\nIf he starts offering sacrifices to the couch, though, we\'re going to have a problem. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen[/quote:2pf06vyo]\n\nEspecially since the sacrifices will probably be you or Bryan... \":lol:\"','90b8dd0080d0f8e11a774a30361e85fe',0,'gA==','2pf06vyo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396417,28293,3,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266367407,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Silent Bob speaks up - he\'s too fat for \'de plane! de plane!','http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/1 ... 63322.html\n\nI was more concerned about this event with Mitt Romney. Passengers are getting too violent because so many of them are drunk. Stewardesses should be given giant mallets from Bugs Bunny cartoons to bash drunk abusive obnoxious passengers. I for one would be pleased to see this policy implemented. At the very least the airline should give breathalizer tests to boarding passengers and throw the drunk ones into large dumpsters.','a3e887ab4aca33cc21246896e1245a25',0,'','28vwq4hr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396418,28294,3,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266367575,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Anyone familiar with LinkedIn?','[quote:11t5js7b]Anyone familiar with LinkedIn?[/quote:11t5js7b]\nI never got into that whole Zelda thing, sorry.','d5c2919ab79261707139b4f05d0b5665',0,'gA==','11t5js7b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396419,28296,5,82,0,'98.172.57.95',1266367819,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','WHO freakin\' DAT! part....I forgot....','Been too busy being drunk with power (and whatever) down here in NO/MG land to do any regular updates here (y\'all have to look for me on FB), but I did won\'t to share the following:\n\n"Jesus Christ On A Cross, would you look at that!!!" - my mom pointing out a large wooden cross a Jesus freak was dragging out from her bar stool inside a gay bar on Bourbon St. BTW, found out that the wooden cross was made out of foam. JUDAS!!!\n\nDon-O','30ca896781fc021d1809a829dbadc01d',0,'','2jcxn9av',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396420,28225,11,305,0,'190.113.147.140',1266367934,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','[quote="Ranger Thorne":1hgbrtkx]It was just luck (a.k.a. the writer) that her first date in college (that we know of) was with a guy she would fall in love with.[/quote:1hgbrtkx]\nSometimes I wish Richard were the writer of my love life.\n\n\n\nIf only it were that easy. \":lol:\"','4fd14bc3b4a5823d4f5b2bbc1816cfd2',0,'gA==','1hgbrtkx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396421,28225,11,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266368020,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminations on Daria getting married','There is a story circulating around here about a teen girl, bright and attractive and straight As in college, a real powerhouse, who dropped out of college because she met a guy she liked who was in a circus, so she joined the circus, too. I know the girl. The story is true. No one can believe it. It gives a parent permanent brain damage just to imagine it happening to his/her kid.','6e5d720ea9c726e2b078ae5b7bc4c3e5',0,'','kqrlsq9v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396422,28290,3,994,0,'68.189.140.4',1266368504,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','[quote="johndotcalm":3iszhivp][quote="The Angst Guy":3iszhivp][quote="Dervish":3iszhivp][quote="Silver":3iszhivp][quote="cynigal":3iszhivp]u from oregon?[/quote:3iszhivp]\nNo, I\'m from southeastern Washington. I just visit Oregon a lot.[/quote:3iszhivp]\nYou know what the penalty is for spying on Oregon? \":x\"[/quote:3iszhivp]\nHE MUST BE SENT... TO [size=200:3iszhivp][b:3iszhivp]CYNIGAL![/b:3iszhivp][/size:3iszhivp][/quote:3iszhivp]\n\nDeath by snu-snu.[/quote:3iszhivp]\n\nOh, hush. For the record: I was born in Oregon (City of LaGrande), and count Portland as a second home.','8a06e4c310f39c8ca0a7972c8a8668c0',0,'xA==','3iszhivp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396423,28204,16,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266368506,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Ruminating on our years\'-long quest for DVDs','[quote="Brother Grimace":3dic30uv][quote="Ranger Thorne":3dic30uv][quote="Brother Grimace":3dic30uv]Hey, Ms. Wild... guess you\'re feeling a little like Kathryn Janeway during the last eps of [i:3dic30uv]Star Trek: Voyager\'s[/i:3dic30uv] Season Seven. \n\nLooks like you got us home. \":)\"[/quote:3dic30uv]\nDoes this mean we need to call her "Captain Kara"? Or can we just use "CK"?[/quote:3dic30uv]\nI don\'t know - but we can all start using her in our fics at Helen\'s law firm, or in the JAG corps for the military-oriented stuff. \":D\"[/quote:3dic30uv]\nShe is Kara, Queen of Poseidonis. (I used to call her this because somehow her home marker on an Internet map showed up in the Atlantic Ocean.)','53653f073ed81906b022641f1dba61ea',0,'oA==','3dic30uv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396424,28296,5,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266368616,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: WHO freakin\' DAT! part....I forgot....','[quote="Don-O":1l32zusc]Been too busy being drunk with power (and whatever) down here in NO/MG land to do any regular updates here (y\'all have to look for me on FB), but I did won\'t to share the following:\n\n"Jesus Christ On A Cross, would you look at that!!!" - my mom pointing out a large wooden cross a Jesus freak was dragging out from her bar stool inside a gay bar on Bourbon St. BTW, found out that the wooden cross was made out of foam. JUDAS!!![/quote:1l32zusc]\nWe can only sigh with envy as we read this....','499ea4d739ac1dcb4f0347390e385153',0,'gA==','1l32zusc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396425,28295,6,994,0,'68.189.140.4',1266369164,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Upchuck\'s Nightmare (A One-Shot)','Pardon me whilst I laugh helplessly. Yeah, I can see why Upchuck would count that as a nightmare.','d3d1e3af8d5d300e996d3df053669253',0,'','2kxp4zty',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396426,25529,5,458,0,'75.132.29.56',1266370318,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Things I Love to Watch on YouTube','[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0JxrDTJHIc:1snn23fp]This song has been stuck in my head all day.[/url:1snn23fp]','be974f04761fe314e21e202fcbfc5f8e',0,'EA==','1snn23fp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396427,28290,3,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1266370381,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Heckuva a view...','Him make good snu-snu?','3529548ff45989fe46c4cac8d0134d93',0,'','29d5yl2w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396428,28291,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1266370576,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: First we got rid of Rupe...','[quote="Brother Grimace":1qle62e1]Of course, they sent us \'Crocodile\' Dundee and Rupert on one hand, but Nicole Kidman on the other. I\'d say we\'re even. \":)\"[/quote:1qle62e1]\nWell, if you really feel bad about it, we\'ll take Nicole back. \":D\" \n\nSo - Pauline - [url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/british-farright-leader-welcomes-hanson-20100216-o8yv.html?skin=text-only:1qle62e1]it seems that some POMs are welcoming her with open arms.[/url:1qle62e1]\n\n[quote:1qle62e1]THE leader of the British National Party has declared that Pauline Hanson would not be regarded as an \'\'immigrant sponger\'\' if she moved to Britain, and if she wished to play a political role she would be \'\'very welcome\'\'.[/quote:1qle62e1]','fc547da91f033b42d25d84e67bec027b',0,'kA==','1qle62e1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396429,28287,4,114,0,'136.153.2.2',1266370964,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Should Captain America speak against the tea party types?','[quote="Brother Grimace":1ly6n7df]Any suggestions on teapots?[/quote:1ly6n7df]\nCeramic, preferably blue.\n\nPre-heat the teapot with boiling water.\n\nOne teaspoon of tea for each person and one for the pot.\n\nTake the pot to the kettle, not the kettle to the pot.\n\nBrew for 3 minutes.\n\nPut in the milk before you pour the tea.\n\nUse a strainer.\n\nServe with Tim Tams.\n\nAnd remember: \n\n"When e\'re you sip from mug or cup,\n\'Tis charming if your pinky\'s up."\n[i:1ly6n7df]Politenessman[/i:1ly6n7df]','f48c2bfeb2a3ca872f1daa922ddb67b6',0,'oA==','1ly6n7df',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396430,28105,3,323,0,'74.128.105.150',1266371654,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: President proposes new focus for NASA','http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/280539\n\nAs depressing as it is to say this, I agree that we don\'t have the money to spare for this. If China and India want to blow their budgets getting to the Moon, so be it. Goodbye, Constellation. (Even wrote a fanfic about it.)\n\nI would really like to see more robotic exploration, which would be cheaper, and I would also like to see experimental construction on the Moon. Send robots there to see how difficult it is to tunnel underground, build buildings, etc. They could build a sustainable base for astronauts to use later. Same for Mars.\n\nThe whole point of W setting the Moon as a goal, then giving it no funding, was entirely lame. Having private corporations do the space traveling will be hard at first, but it will get better. We did it with trains, planes, and everything else. Private companies already build most of the rockets used for commercial flights. With the movement for various states to create their own space launch sites, I say go for it. It will be better in the long run.','ef6079134d89c28e84d9215cde4f98d5',0,'','khg7n0wj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(396431,28297,4,251,0,'66.189.153.183',1266371788,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Crow Nation join with the Tea Parties','I\'m not certain how this is going to play out, and I\'d personally prefer someone there than the media reporting on this because it just sounds strange to me (not their distrust of the federal government and usual drama over mismanagement of funds by leaders, but going along with the tea parties that don\'t seem to be interested in the same things, other than a distrust for the federal government, which of course will only last until there\'s a Republican majority again):\n\nhttp://billingsgazette.com/news/state-a ... 002e0.html\n\n[quote:gjc3kuu5]Calling for new tribal leadership and a break from the federal government, founders of the first Crow Indian Tea Party movement rallied Monday in Hardin.\n\nLeading the new Crow Nation Tea Party was Adrian Bird Sr., a former tribal chairman candidate who recently filed a civil complaint against the Crow executive branch alleging malfeasance for mismanaging tribal funds.\n\nBird, his wife, Lavanna, and fellow Tea Party founder Karmelita Plains Bull Martin are seeking to impeach the tribe’s four executives and take the Indian government in a different direction.\n\n“We want them out of there because they are mismanaging tribal funds,” Bird said. “We need to get the people together.”\n\nThe Birds and Plains Bull Martin accuse the administration of mismanaging “tribal funds regarding education, employment, housing, casino finances,” and they accuse the tribal leadership of “total disregard of our laws and policies as the Crow Nation.”\n\nBird said the tribe would be better off if it developed the natural resources on the reservation, lived by tribal laws and declined federal government assistance.[/quote:gjc3kuu5]','75a739f807c81315eb474e3f21055fb8',0,'gA==','gjc3kuu5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(397407,28364,6,885,0,'75.121.131.216',1266901286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Untitled story (Chapter 1)','[quote="minx":ehad5kw1]It was going to be a terminator-esque fic, but Jim beat me to it.[/quote:ehad5kw1]\nNot all killer robots have to be like Terminators!','d00b0adf57b32f6037505961f8dd8f40',0,'gA==','ehad5kw1',1,0,'',0,0,0); INSERT INTO `phpbb3_posts` VALUES (565750,36717,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345536167,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Operation Glitterberries: Chapter 09 part 1','You know I would read that Melody Powers novel. Jacaranda reminds me of Columbiana with hints of Hanna. Great stuff. I love the way you\'ve implied that Daria has written so much and so well that there exists in her mind a whole life for Melody Powers to inhabit. \n\n...now I just need to take a whetstone to the tines of my pitchfork...','14b25bcf8cdbfb1c82a669bd5a353f0a',0,'','35yjubcc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565751,37399,3,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345536948,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[youtube:3igw9gjb]_SvuNcPx2dg[/youtube:3igw9gjb]','3b5bf8cb1edbf4af6f7059002f36711f',0,'AAE=','3igw9gjb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565752,37434,6,1406,0,'79.13.117.147',1345537180,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','I voted for Scars but I\'d like to have also next part of spidergirl \":D\"','d0ae4e4dae857e98d1c24863573e0fc2',0,'','2z1puvnx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565753,37002,6,1082,0,'65.128.133.189',1345537436,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="peetz5050":v7e888x0][quote="Brother Grimace":v7e888x0][quote="BF110C4":v7e888x0]Also glad to see that Jane is seriously thinking about her future. What would be her ideal job in Morgendorffer taxis other than to drive?[/quote:v7e888x0]\n\nAuto design - and security chief... \":)\" \":twisted:\"[/quote:v7e888x0]\n\nActually that raises a point I was thinking about. Daria\'s security. It\'s tough enough for women cab drivers as things stand but if you were driving around in a highly valuable automobile... She\'d have to have gps and a live connection to base...\n\n"Yes Ms. Morgendorffer, it\'s the third warehouse on the left."\n\n"That\'s a big truck... you don\'t see them around much anymore."\n\n"Well we needed one that we could fit your car into."\n\nDaria turned rapidly in her seat to find herself staring down the barrel of a large caliber handgun... it seemed endless like a little mine shaft leading straight to hell.[i:v7e888x0] \'OH CRAP!\'[/i:v7e888x0] She thought.\n\n"Just keep your hands on the wheel and drive toward the ramp. Please."[/quote:v7e888x0]\nIt may be a highly valuable automobile but its also a very unique and distinctive looking vehicle. Have you seen what a Vortex three-wheeler or a Tokai Challenger look like? They might as well drive around with the words stolen car written on the side. Any criminal with the resources to steal it in the above fashion would be smart enough to figure out it wouldn\'t workout.','e3bcf8404a199b2d981f6912c3058534',0,'oA==','v7e888x0',1,1345537484,'',1082,1,0),(565754,37002,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345537475,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="peetz5050":aruio5zy][quote="Brother Grimace":aruio5zy][quote="BF110C4":aruio5zy]Also glad to see that Jane is seriously thinking about her future. What would be her ideal job in Morgendorffer taxis other than to drive?[/quote:aruio5zy]\n\nAuto design - and security chief... \":)\" \":twisted:\"[/quote:aruio5zy]\n\nActually that raises a point I was thinking about. Daria\'s security. It\'s tough enough for women cab drivers as things stand but if you were driving around in a highly valuable automobile... She\'d have to have gps and a live connection to base...\n\n"Yes Ms. Morgendorffer, it\'s the third warehouse on the left."\n\n"That\'s a big truck... you don\'t see them around much anymore."\n\n"Well we needed one that we could fit your car into."\n\nDaria turned rapidly in her seat to find herself staring down the barrel of a large caliber handgun... it seemed endless like a little mine shaft leading straight to hell.[i:aruio5zy] \'OH CRAP!\'[/i:aruio5zy] She thought.\n\n"Just keep your hands on the wheel and drive toward the ramp. Please."[/quote:aruio5zy]\n\nOh, that\'s something I think would be set up from the first... both cars would have a number of video cameras in them with a constant security feed to home base, as well as several GPS locators on the car. One would be obvious (so an idiot would think he\'s free and clear if he rips it out), a second wouldn\'t be so obvious (say, inside the back of the seat, so they\'d have to look for it, and they\'d think that yes, they got the hidden one) and two more - one connected directly to and beneath the battery pack, and one inside the spare tire - really, who checks the spare?).\n\nThe guys who are jacking Daria would also have forget a VERY nasty truth of the new world: that Daria is a wealthy person who provides an invaluable service - so there would be a police helicopter in the air, homing in on them with trained snipers from far off... and the ones that survived for questioning would be in for a hideous time. Either that, or there would be a pair of souped-up police SUVs sent on the way with some salty SWAT types, and several very nasty weapons. \n\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-materiel_rifle:aruio5zy]You know those big anti-material rifles[/url:aruio5zy], like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_XM500:aruio5zy]the Barrett .50 caliber rifle? They may have one of those - and you won\'t be getting away.[/url:aruio5zy]\n\n\n[youtube:aruio5zy]Ou2eYRZaW0g[/youtube:aruio5zy]\n\n\nThis brings up a point that I hadn\'t had a chance to tough upon before. In this new world, the way of dealing with criminals would be supremely harsh, out of necessity. In an early draft on [i:aruio5zy]On The Road With Julia and Quinn[/i:aruio5zy], I made a reference to \'Sheriff Joe\' out in Arizona and how he\'d gotten a huge amount of stationary bikes, had them hooked up to electrical generators and turned his state prison into a makeshift electrical plant. Prisoners were put to work on mandatory two-hour shifts on the stationary bikes. Principal Li liked the idea so much that she did the same for LHS. She got some of those bikes, made exercise classes for P.E. credit mandatory and held all detention and self-esteem classes in there, as well. \n\nIn this world, the theft of a powered vehicle would be an extremely serious crime. Oh, and companies like OnStar would still seriously be in business.','6d8afbb7c344baa8f111690e55b4f99d',0,'sAE=','aruio5zy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565755,37430,5,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345537605,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Doctor Who vs. Bill & Ted vs. Daleks','That was like, totally cool dude!','f59db56100b075b01351d0d2918cf57c',0,'','1ejmsiie',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565756,37395,6,1406,0,'79.13.117.147',1345537644,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 4) (Partial Genderswap)','[quote="Shiva":iikj2w7p]The second the door closed behind him, Ty turned to Chase and said, “I… guessed… it… pay… up.”\n\nChase grumbled even while he pulled out his wallet and gave Ty the twenty bucks he owed him for their long-standing bet over which of their two friends would turn out to be Gay.[/quote:iikj2w7p]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\n[quote="Shiva":iikj2w7p]They quickly and quietly snuck away and before you could say Jack Robinson, Kevin was getting Brit back in the mood.\n\nBut even while she was being felt up, Brittany thought to herself, “I’ll just tell Angie, and maybe Carrie but that’s it!”\n\nAnd while feeling up his girl’s perfect tits Kevin was thinking, “I have to warn the guys since I’ll bet that Sandro was peeping at us!”\n[/quote:iikj2w7p]\n\noh , c**p .','b145995b7d73da29f83bbb6256c96a62',0,'gA==','iikj2w7p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565757,36717,6,1406,0,'79.13.117.147',1345538240,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Operation Glitterberries: Chapter 09 part 1','happy to read more of this \":D\"','1eeefe65bd28749e1a4bcdbd4e18fe47',0,'','173vqnif',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565758,37002,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345538340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','I love the way you can provoke an instant discussion on here. The question remains: is there someone greedy enough and/or dumb enough to try and \'jack Daria\'s car? Even with all the measures you\'ve just mentioned they are pointing a gun at her head, so she could be coerced into turning off the safety measures or she would be a hostage/shield against that nasty 50 caliber... \nBy the way the responses Vudoklak and BG gave were exactly the type of ideas I was looking for.\nDaria is smart enough to have thought of all of those things but in real life security measures don\'t stop people from stealing well known works of art or attempting to break into "impregnable" vaults...\nJust food for thought.','b0c732dd98d12c7ba9a8e08f36ccf3cf',0,'','nednepj2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565759,37437,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345539079,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Principal Li has a new school she reigns over...','[url=http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/valedictorian-denied-diploma-speech-hell-134805221.html:soaih292]...or, rather, someone is principal there who must have read her book on how to be a principal.[/url:soaih292]\n\n\n \":shock:\" \n\n\n \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\" \":bang:\"','9bb8ddaca1d63813017b173c4513fb24',0,'EA==','soaih292',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565760,37002,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345539951,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="peetz5050":1ogi5qmz]I love the way you can provoke an instant discussion on here. The question remains: is there someone greedy enough and/or dumb enough to try and \'jack Daria\'s car? [b:1ogi5qmz]Even with all the measures you\'ve just mentioned they are pointing a gun at her head, so she could be coerced into turning off the safety measures or she would be a hostage/shield against that nasty 50 caliber... [/b:1ogi5qmz]\nBy the way the responses Vudoklak and BG gave were exactly the type of ideas I was looking for.\nDaria is smart enough to have thought of all of those things but in real life security measures don\'t stop people from stealing well known works of art or attempting to break into "impregnable" vaults...\nJust food for thought.[/quote:1ogi5qmz]\n\n\nI think you missed the point. \n\nThere will be no negotiation, no manner of escape, no human shied that will suffice... and the ones that survive will wish that they had not. The whole purpose of theft is to enjoy the spoils of your criminal activities - and they will not be allowed to leave, no matter what collateral damage occurs.\n\nThere\'s a difference between being told that a punishment [u:1ogi5qmz]may[/u:1ogi5qmz] be in the offering, and a different thing to [u:1ogi5qmz]know[/u:1ogi5qmz] that it will happen... and then, see it happen. \n\nBecause of the way the world works now, this would be a [i:1ogi5qmz]Judge Dredd[/i:1ogi5qmz] world in a very real way. The means no longer exist to warehouse criminals indefinitely, so the law would be - modified - to fit the new world. No one\'s going to waste gas and energy on criminal capture and storage, and several parts of the Constitution may be in fact suspended due to national emergency. Officers of the law would operate the way they did in the American Westward Expansion phase - particularly in the period following the introduction of the Sheffield and Colt .45 revolvers, and the Sharps & Winchester rifles... [i:1ogi5qmz]It\'s cheaper to bury you than try you in a court of law, and then jail you, friend. Don\'t make us forego the choice of which we should attempt to do.[/i:1ogi5qmz]\n\n\nBottom line - don\'t let the police have reason to notice you and decide they need to speak with you about breaking the law.','404e3b4f8a19f8c14afab3daf054ca12',0,'4Q==','1ogi5qmz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565761,37399,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345541025,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','Porn music from the 1980\'s. Strangely calming. \n\n\n[youtube:vx8dz9vk]ORD7KAgi8h0[/youtube:vx8dz9vk]\n\n\nTrue story. In my fraternity, the guy who talked me into joining was a porno aficionado; he was into porn the way that Derek is into trains, DocForbin is into local politics, Deref is into travel and travelogues or I\'m into psi-active characters in the various media. \":D\" I remember one year, when we did \'Secret Santa\', I got his name, so I took a trip back up to Peoria from Carbondale and went to the best porn shop in the area - [i:vx8dz9vk]Swingers\' World[/i:vx8dz9vk] - where I bought that year\'s [i:vx8dz9vk]Official Industry Guide to Pornography[/i:vx8dz9vk]. It listed [b:vx8dz9vk]ALL[/b:vx8dz9vk] of the past and present porn stars (male and female), had info on one hellish number of known porn films, and had it listed in a very informative and professional format. \n\nThe damn thing was the size of a phone book for a medium-size city. \n\nI will never forget the look on his face when he unwrapped it... he was surprised and very, very happy. That\'s the key to buying the perfect Christmas gift: know the person you\'re buying for, know what they would like but perhaps not know about, and above all, be non-judgmental about what they are into. \":)\"','6f5f3593f0fa8fb52499da9729934bdb',0,'YAE=','vx8dz9vk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565762,36459,10,804,0,'202.238.139.53',1345541995,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The Mageborn Cynic and other fan art pieces','Nice choices.','b0cb9d6e0c7d665d30cf64fc8791adb9',0,'','19rm0y9s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565763,37438,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345542294,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','RIP Ian Ambercrombie','[url=http://www.bsckids.com/2012/01/wizards-of-waverly-place-ian-abercrombie-dies/:3nvodam4]The hilarious actor who played Professor Crumbs (the Headmaster of \'WizTech\') on [i:3nvodam4]Wizards of Waverly Place[/i:3nvodam4] throughout the series run passed away this weekend at age 77.[/url:3nvodam4]\n\n[url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000718/:3nvodam4]Of course, this was just one of a host of excellent roles that he played over the course of his long career in front of the camera.[/url:3nvodam4] \n\n\n[img:3nvodam4]http://www.bsckids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/professorcrumbs.jpg[/img:3nvodam4]\n\n\nHe also played Alfred in the short-lived WB series [i:3nvodam4]Birds of Prey[/i:3nvodam4], and did the opening intro:\n\n[youtube:3nvodam4]a3Zbwelmik0[/youtube:3nvodam4]\n\n\nAlso, fans of [i:3nvodam4]Star Wars: The Clone Wars[/i:3nvodam4] will remember his fondly:\n\n[youtube:3nvodam4]oq4n12W1YZ8[/youtube:3nvodam4]\n\n\nGo easy, bro. You will not be forgotten.','65eb72cef2c1d0d3fe1cd547a971cc24',0,'OAE=','3nvodam4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565764,37429,6,1406,0,'79.33.116.252',1345543806,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Yet Another Teacher Cruch','another great story \":D\"','206caaeb363b27997ab3d7e1f5d24725',0,'','2dcq7cd7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565765,37271,10,992,0,'175.38.122.3',1345544144,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Ten Faces of...','Been away too long spent 5 mins looking for the like button! Lol kem, brilliant as always \":)\"','e78d71360bc6d9ebac92bc6a18784352',0,'','2vsg8xe0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565766,37056,10,992,0,'175.38.122.3',1345544442,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: My characters drawn by BloodyWilliam','[quote="Dark Kuno":cpnb35kr][quote="minx":cpnb35kr]Very cool stuff, I like your style. Inspiring even... \":)\"[/quote:cpnb35kr]\n\nInspiring enough for you to wow us with more awesome work of your own /puppy eyes \n\n\":D\"[/quote:cpnb35kr]\n\nI\'d love to but my lovely son decided to put a $1 coin on my motherboard so computer and all relevant program\'s are in hibernation... Been reading my old fics, ideas are buzzing, motivational and time are lacking....','6b048f589cd6d923d54e88994b2f7fc4',0,'gA==','cpnb35kr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565768,37410,5,1019,0,'64.12.116.142',1345544634,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New Sailor Moon','[quote="breitasparrow":2n9aow6k]My favorite was always Jupiter, and still is. I always related to her being a tomboy of sorts. \":D\"\n\nThat reminds me, I need to do something with that sketch I started a while back...[/quote:2n9aow6k]\n\nJupiter kicks ass and takes names! Mwha-ha-ha-ha!\n\nWhen I was young it was Mercury but now that I’m older it’s… Pluto.\nAlthough I still love Mercury, I’m such a sap for the “[i:2n9aow6k]smart girl[/i:2n9aow6k]” type.\n\nAlthough really I grew into a fan of Pluto who I like more than Mercury. Mostly I liked her design when I was young but I also like her personality and basic story now.\n\nThere wasn’t ever a main character I hated unlike some. Not even Chibi-usa (who wasn\'t very popular outside Japan from what I hear)…\nOkay, I [b:2n9aow6k][i:2n9aow6k]really[/i:2n9aow6k][/b:2n9aow6k] didn’t like anime Chibi-usa (like Rei, she‘s almost a completely different character*)… I just never had any hate towards her.\n\n*Although unlike Rei who really [i:2n9aow6k]was[/i:2n9aow6k] a different character over-all, Chibi-usa was just so [i:2n9aow6k]exaggerated[/i:2n9aow6k] that she felt like a different - much less bearable - character.','c89f3fc08256985e3c36b7c739002705',0,'4A==','2n9aow6k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565769,37002,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345544823,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="Brother Grimace":1s2k5k5o]...no matter what collateral damage occurs.[/quote:1s2k5k5o]\n\nI rather think you\'re missing my point, everything you\'ve said is perfectly valid except that there are always people desperate enough to try it... and that\'s bad news for our heroine. I\'m not suggesting that such criminals would get away with the theft... or their lives, but Morgendorffer Taxi has been involved in some high profile situations just in the stories so far, she would have come to the notice of certain people, there is probably already a huge black market trade in stolen fuel, in fact some people might just want rid of her in order to increase the value of their services... no matter what collateral damage occurs...\n\nBy the way I\'m not arguing for the sake of it I actually think that in that situation it would be the height of hubris for Daria to think she was totally secure driving around outside the city perimeter. I think even a law enforcement officer repeating what you have said to her would be an interesting addition to this AU in and of itself.','f543a5ad44cc6999030cc91a72509498',0,'gA==','1s2k5k5o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565770,37415,16,1019,0,'64.12.116.7',1345545285,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="Charles RB":e9gy8f0z][quote="ThanatosRW":e9gy8f0z]\nSo this raises the question, was she in the self-esteem class because Manson identified these potential issues, or because she was a non-conformist? (Stacy isn\'t in the class)[/quote:e9gy8f0z]\n\nThere\'s a terrifying thought: Manson might be more on-the-ball than we think.[/quote:e9gy8f0z]\n\nImagine a story in which [i:e9gy8f0z]canon [/i:e9gy8f0z] Manson isn’t incompetent at all! In reality she’s tried to help Stacy before, but has given up due to the girl not listening to her and Stacy’s parents just making things worse.\n\nDaria was either a fluke or she honestly thought Daria had “self-esteem” issues… caused by home life with Quinn… or in fact it was all part of grand master plan to unite Daria and Jane whom she knew would be perfect for each other. She wasn’t sending Daria to self-esteem class… she was sending Daria to Jane! \n\nShe also saw that Quinn had real issues, but knew that she’d never get sending someone like Quinn to self-esteem class past her parents and/or Li. Besides - O’Neill’s self-esteem class is useless… She instead subtly directed her towards Sandi, knowing things woudl work themselves out and that Sandi and Stacy would both become better for it. (Sandi would have her ego taken down a notch and Stacy would grow as a person). Tiffanny doesn\'t need her help - she\'s actully working for Manson...\n\nManson - Lawndale High\'s Ultimate Chessmaster!!! She may have only had one major role, but she\'s behind every major event in the series!!!','4618487ac0a9f191c7bfef9fddabf408',0,'oA==','e9gy8f0z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565771,36036,6,1548,0,'72.91.86.179',1345547265,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What is Fashion?','Looks like Sandi needs to calm down and listen to some Huey Louis and The News. \":lol:\"','5e6a24b46eb04c9ab090edd5881bc50a',0,'','2cq2kw3k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565772,37002,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345547886,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="peetz5050":2c6md6ol][quote="Brother Grimace":2c6md6ol]...no matter what collateral damage occurs.[/quote:2c6md6ol]\n\nI rather think you\'re missing my point, everything you\'ve said is perfectly valid except that there are always people desperate enough to try it... and that\'s bad news for our heroine. I\'m not suggesting that such criminals would get away with the theft... or their lives, but Morgendorffer Taxi has been involved in some high profile situations just in the stories so far, [b:2c6md6ol]she would have come to the notice of certain people, there is probably already a huge black market trade in stolen fuel, in fact some people might just want rid of her in order to increase the value of their services... no matter what collateral damage occurs...[/b:2c6md6ol]\n\nBy the way I\'m not arguing for the sake of it I actually think that in that situation it would be the height of hubris for Daria to think she was totally secure driving around outside the city perimeter. I think even a law enforcement officer repeating what you have said to her would be an interesting addition to this AU in and of itself.[/quote:2c6md6ol]\n\n\nThat\'s a totally different situation than the one you outlined in your ficlet. You specifically has the bad guy say that they were there to steal the vehicle (why else did they need the large truck, as the man pointed out?)...\n\n[quote:2c6md6ol]\n"That\'s a big truck... [b:2c6md6ol]you don\'t see them around much anymore."[/b:2c6md6ol]\n\n[b:2c6md6ol]"Well we needed one that we could fit your car into."[/b:2c6md6ol]\n\nDaria turned rapidly in her seat to find herself staring down the barrel of a large caliber handgun... it seemed endless like a little mine shaft leading straight to hell. \'OH CRAP!\' She thought.\n\n[b:2c6md6ol]"Just keep your hands on the wheel and drive toward the ramp. Please.[/b:2c6md6ol]" [/quote:2c6md6ol]\n\n\n\nIf they wanted to get rid of Daria and her services, then just set her house and vehicle on fire. You get her and the others who could regenerate the business as it was, you get rid of the vehicle, the brains that put it together, modified it and could be used by others to modify other vehicles, and you even get a clear opportunity to jack the money in their accounts (it\'ll take some time to get Amy or Rita there, if they\'re not dead in the fire). Why waste tens of thousands of dollars in fuel in bringing in that truck except for the singular purpose of getting something worth far, far, far more? - which, BTW, means that those are corporation guys who want her car to study what she\'s done and mass produce a modified design, or a new design that\'s inspired by her work. For that, it only makes sense that they would need Daria as well.\n\nI think you\'re also slightly - slightly - off in the idea that Daria is in that much danger. Have you ever seen [i:2c6md6ol]The Postman[/i:2c6md6ol], or are you familiar with the Pony Express? When you have a system that\'s essential to the people of an area, then you\'ll find that the people are going to watch out for that person and that system. Personally, I\'m surprised that there wouldn\'t be a couple of folks on ten-speeds with deer rifles and cell phones watching what\'s going on, and calling the police while sighting in on the guy who seems to be the leader... \n\nThere are a lot of people who depend on Morgendorffer Taxi - and really, strangers in town with a very large truck, who aren\'t conducting specific business? They\'d have been noticed as soon as they arrived - and if someone in town was in league with them, well... the powers that be would NEVER stop looking for him/her.\n\n\nOne more thing. You\'re making Daria out to be not entirely bright, because after two years (unless this is set [i:2c6md6ol]very[/i:2c6md6ol] early in the days of her service) she would really know what to look out for. Also, Daria (and if not Daria, then Jake and Jane) know or know of many (if not most) of the people in town. They would ask \'Who\'s this?\' or \'Why do they want you to drive out to this part of town?\' If they\'re doing such a business, they would say \'you know, taxi drivers get held up all of the time, in the days before Black Sunday - and this car is far more valuable now. We need to be careful.\' Yes, they could still jack her, but it\'s not going to be that easy. If they want to get rid of the competition, just shoot her on the road, and set fire to the car.\n\nJust to clarify, I\'m not trying to be difficult, either. This thread reminds me of [i:2c6md6ol]Daylight[/i:2c6md6ol] (but not as horrific). I liked that series.','1f539e79da2955b5faec93b5c5afcdb6',0,'4A==','2c6md6ol',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565773,37414,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345548407,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Insomnia. It is a bitch.','c75181008d1ddf497f115235c4b80965',0,'','2kidq88d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565774,37439,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345549446,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','Because I was looking at my folder of MP3s and thinking, \'I need some new stuff - but what are some good songs out there?\'\n\n\nAnyone hear anything new that they think is good, or have some recommendations for some stuff from the past?','da44112c9b4f7cbd82bf610e757e072c',0,'','3529hpuv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565775,37439,3,981,0,'58.179.174.85',1345549971,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','Unless you like 80s-era goth or arabic pop, I don\'t think I have much for you. \";)\"','e5ffb9def0cf9636b6630fcef2e86ec3',0,'','3agiiobq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565776,37002,6,44,0,'67.67.217.240',1345550296,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="peetz5050":10jcvorw]"Just keep your hands on the wheel and drive toward the ramp. Please."[/quote:10jcvorw]\n\nWhich is when she pushes the button on the back of the steering wheel that triggers the tazer hidden in the passenger seat...\n\nWraith\n"Lady pushed back inside. She was not a big woman but she had a big presence. I was always surprised when I saw her after a separation because I always remembered her about a foot taller."\n -- Murgen ("She is the Darkness")','c6aed802a9e69837c54fa262e569e955',0,'gA==','10jcvorw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565777,37401,6,1139,0,'139.168.143.184',1345551798,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Man and His Box','[b:27j3z9fw]A Man and His Box VI[/b:27j3z9fw]\nLawndale. It was always Lawndale. Always this rather suburban community in northern Maryland. Often he pondered whether there was a convergence in space and time in the town. a town that many companions seemed to have a link to.\n\n"Where are we, Doctor?" One of his companions asked.\n\n"Lawndale, five years before your time," the Doctor answered.\n\n"Shouldn\'t the Blinovitch Limitation Effect stop us arriving at this time, Doctor?" his other companion asked.\n\n"No, Nyssa, it merely stops one from attempting to redo something they have already been involved in."\n\n"So, it\'s 1994, and something is happening in Lawndale?" the first companion asked.\n\n"Yes. That\'s likely," the Doctor replied.\n\n"Let\'s find out."\n\n\nAndrea Hecuba stepped out of the TARDIS and saw that it had landed on the grounds of the Big Strawberry. She could see that the trees were shorter than she remembered. It was definitely the past. She turned and saw the Doctor and Nyssa exit the ship. "So, something is happening?"\n\nThe Doctor turned to his Goth companion. "I have no idea, but there is a risk of running into your earlier self."\n\n"As long as we stay away from Glenfield Middle School, my street and the downtown area it should be fine," Andrea answered although she knew it wasn\'t as simple as that.\n\nThe Doctor locked the TARDIS. "Right, let\'s investigate."\n\nNyssa and Andrea exchanged a knowing look, before following him away from the Strawberry.','58eb2cc80d3814b55a2b547d7938918d',0,'QA==','27j3z9fw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565778,37002,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345551890,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','Hi BG, again I agree with what you\'re saying, I don\'t have a fully worked out scenario where Daria gets \'jacked, just throwing ideas out to see what kind of response I get (and I\'m not trolling, just brainstorming). I was thinking further, suppose you were a kingpin drug dealer in Baltimore or even DC. Before Black Sunday you have Janet Barch out in the woods cookin meth in her old RV and you\'re bringing it into town in private vehicles or trucks. After Black Sunday there are only a fraction of the vehicles on the road. The government has decreed that the food distribution system is a matter of national security so all convoys are guarded and checked by federal agents. There are so few private vehicles in service that the local cops know every vehicle and every driver on sight. You still have a huge customer base and it\'s a billion dollar industry so what do you do? Exchange human mules for real ones? Employ rogue Amish to smuggle it in in a horse and buggy? If you try to purchase an electric vehicle legitimately they\'ll know who you are so that\'s out. Run a normal car on stolen gas? Maybe. Or do you consider an electric vehicle with a minimal heat signature, silent running and a fibre glass body that could easily be modified to look like something else? Would that be worth the investment of a few of your foot soldiers, armed with black market Surface-to-Air missiles to take out that pesky helicopter and it\'s 50 cal. Of course the call to Morgendorffer Taxi came from someone she knew and trusted, someone who\'d co-operate with armed and masked crooks rather than see their family murdered in front of them... \nAgain, I\'m just exploring the possible. I admit that given your previous arguments such a thing is unlikely but I suggest it is not impossible.','1c185db9aed92ea70b26d133d4bffbd6',0,'','3ofytpvq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565779,37404,6,992,0,'175.38.122.3',1345552103,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writing Help, Please: Makeout Point and or Scenic Overlo','[quote="Charles RB":355q2a3p]The map in [i:355q2a3p]The Daria Diaries[/i:355q2a3p] has:\n\n[quote:355q2a3p]21: LOVER\'S LANE\nOverlooking the abandoned quarry. Warning: engage parking brakes before making moves.[/quote:355q2a3p]\n\nIt\'s on the outskirts, other side of some train tracks, and not too far from Jane\'s house.[/quote:355q2a3p]\n\nI was going to use this for my shipper fic yrs ago, but used it for an almost mass suicide for reaped','2ae613da4e2c4f91032927142223f5a0',0,'oA==','355q2a3p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565780,37401,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345552115,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Man and His Box','[quote="cfardell_Brenorenz29":3r85kyht][b:3r85kyht]A Man and His Box VI[/b:3r85kyht]\nNyssa and Andrea exchanged a knowing look, before following him away from the Strawberry.[/quote:3r85kyht]\n\n... and then what happened? You can\'t stop there, get on with it! \":fork:\" \":fork:\" \":fork:\"','d8bb276768beabd97eadd0adbe755f6e',0,'wA==','3r85kyht',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565781,37438,3,260,0,'96.235.14.195',1345552435,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Ian Ambercrombie','May he rest in peace.\n\nPeace\nKevin','312c48450d7862d71b364156b3e31ad9',0,'','29p9tl9b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578260,37838,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1351370391,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Black Hole Part 2','[quote="deneich":178kjioj]Very interesting. Even Deac Blue\'s choice to leave PPMB seems to have been enough to instigate a flame war. \":?\" \":bang:\" \n\nThere\'s only one observation that seems relevant here. Deac Blue was, from the very beginning, a controversial writer/member. The fact that there is such heat building in this thread is testament to that; however, now that he\'s chosen to pick up his toys (so to speak) and storm off like a truculent, self-indulged eight year old means that the time for meaningful discussion has come to an end. Let\'s stop expended so much time and energy on - what is in my opinion - a moot point and instead channel these valuable resources into other story threads...[b:178kjioj]heaven knows some of our newer authors would appreciate the attention.[/b:178kjioj]\n\nWell with that said, I\'ll quietly slink into my dark corner and read another thread. \":nono:\"[/quote:178kjioj]\n\n\nRecommendations?','00f9e43282e0dd0dcc43234772eac097',0,'wA==','178kjioj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578261,34200,6,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1351370940,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scream Scenes','[quote="thatLONERchick":2c6lm9r9]She\'s not. She\'s a giant gummy worm.\n\nA jelly baby would be [i:2c6lm9r9]silly[/i:2c6lm9r9].[/quote:2c6lm9r9]\n\nIn my mind, Quinn has now become the blob from \'I Have No Mouth And I Must Sceam.\' Now that\'s one horrifying crossover.','3d91b53af969b12c2c78f7cea199b086',0,'oA==','2c6lm9r9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578262,37187,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1351371003,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','Daria looked across the cafeteria at the visibly pregnant girl. "I wonder who that it?"\n\n"She must be visiting," Jane replied. \'Li would never stand for it. A pregnant teen would sully the honor, and the glory of-"\n\nA pair of spotlights suddenly shone brightly - one on Daria, and the other on the pregnant girl - as the rest of the cafeteria was suddenly awash in darkness, and a familiar voice boomed through the air:\n\n\n[size=200:1oqkryvt][b:1oqkryvt]"[i:1oqkryvt]EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY![/i:1oqkryvt] [u:1oqkryvt]JUNO[/u:1oqkryvt]! - versus - [u:1oqkryvt]DARIA[/u:1oqkryvt]! [i:1oqkryvt][u:1oqkryvt]BEGIN[/u:1oqkryvt]![/i:1oqkryvt]"[/b:1oqkryvt][/size:1oqkryvt]','34e44ecb74dc958ebc8003410158353a',0,'ZQ==','1oqkryvt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578263,37956,6,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1351371042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning','[quote="Charles RB":wmkkr1yo][quote="LongSnakeMoan":wmkkr1yo]She\'s gonna finish that one off by stabbing the poor guy in the heart singing \'Every Dog Has Its Day\' at him with a mocking laugh.[/quote:wmkkr1yo]\n\nHell no. That\'s horrible.\n\nSinging a [i:wmkkr1yo]Spiral[/i:wmkkr1yo] song, Jesus... \":x\"[/quote:wmkkr1yo]\n\nAnd she\'d get the wordd wrong just to twist the knife.','5b09487cf72db5e9e6a29da9b4d42c17',0,'oA==','wmkkr1yo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578264,37948,16,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1351371362,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Question: Tom Sloane\'s Final Alter Ego','[quote="OgRedd":3j4d72i1][quote="LongSnakeMoan":3j4d72i1][quote="Jeremy Garrett":3j4d72i1]I wonder what Luhrman\'s "future ego" would\'ve looked like.[/quote:3j4d72i1]\n\n\nHome shopping channel presenter, like the sham wow guy.[/quote:3j4d72i1]\n\n[img:3j4d72i1]http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/images/thumb/d/d3/LuhrmanDaria.jpg/200px-LuhrmanDaria.jpg[/img:3j4d72i1]\n\nI see him as the David Bowie type... for some strange reason. - Og[/quote:3j4d72i1]\n\nThat picture, that\'s the love between infomercials and morning tv right there.','9ad3bc2d9ff5d05c8fb75a372c1db57f',0,'iA==','3j4d72i1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578265,37964,3,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1351372881,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: How I Met PPMB: To all Newcomers','I came for the art and nothing else (I\'m probably the only one here who\'s done that), but nowadays I enjoy both.','4946c1be0cef35d4d9027041bf14bd60',0,'','36n51nno',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578266,37964,3,30,0,'66.241.161.13',1351373474,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: How I Met PPMB: To all Newcomers','I watched the show when it originally aired on MTV, but didn\'t know about the fandom at that time. Years later, when the show aired on The N, I went from \":-D\" to \":-?\" to \":-x\" as I realized the episodes had been censored and edited. I immediately started looking online to see if the (uncut) episodes were available on DVD, and that led me to this board, where I found plenty of other people who were outraged at the edits and unhappy at the lack of DVD release.\n\nNow the show is no longer airing on The N and the DVDs are out, but I\'m still here. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nKristen','c19e2b82d10d478c84a2c10575b44534',0,'','3rt6787q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578267,37956,6,2213,0,'98.180.20.16',1351373591,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning','[b:2w0z9emn]That Something Something You Do[/b:2w0z9emn]\n\nTrent Lane sat by himself in the middle of a huge recording studio. He was thinking about the ride he and his band, Mystik Spiral, had just taken. They\'d had their biggest gigs ever at the Zon which led to them getting signed to small indie label, Plush Records. They released their debut that started a small buzz. They went on to play many outdoor festivals, including Alternapalooza. Eventually they landed on a major, Interscope Records. They also were given a manager who just happened to be Jamie White, who Trent knew went to Lawndale High with his sister Jane. Thanks to Jamie, they started headlining arenas and got heavy radio play. They even appeared in a big time horror flick. Finally they\'d hit their peak by playing at the MTV Video Music Awards. And today they were to make their next album but rhythm guitarist Jesse Moreno had a meltdown over creative differences and stormed out. And the other two members, bassist Nick Campbell and drummer Max Tyler, were no shows for unknown reasons.\n\nTrent started to improvise on his guitar and hummed to himself. As he played, someone stepped in and stood in the doorway. Then Trent stopped and saw who was there.\n\nIt was Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, who the other Trent met at a rock club somewhere. There, they\'d talked about their careers and where they thought they\'d possibly go.\n\n"Trent Lane, right?"\n\n"Yea, yeah. Wasn\'t expecting to see you here."\n\n"I\'m just here taking a break. I was working on a project with Maynard James Kennan."\n\n"You mean the Tool guy?"\n\n"That\'s the one. I saw your band on the VMA\'s. Surprised to see you guys weren\'t that bad."\n\n"Uh, thanks. To be honest, I\'m amazed we didn\'t kill each other before or after. We haven\'t been getting along too well."\n\n"I know how that can be. Hey, I heard you play in here, you sounded pretty good. Mind if I play along with you?"\n\n"Y, you...play with me?"\n\n"Why not. I got plenty of time to kill, anyway."\n\nSoon after, Trent Reznor set up a keyboard that was cornered away and pounded out some sludgy industrial tones. Trent Lane responded with some riffs that were equally as sludgy. And right then, all seemed as perfect as it could be.\n\n[b:2w0z9emn]Author\'s Note[/b:2w0z9emn]\n\nThis is based off the scene in That Thing You Do where Guy Patterson meets up again with his idol Del Paxton in the studio where the Wonders were to record. Hope you guys dig this shortie. And the project Trent Reznor mentioned that had the Tool guy? It was an actual thing at one point called Tapeworm.','2e8519e804eb5ebafc6dd26fc6bfd000',0,'QA==','2w0z9emn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565783,35523,6,1690,0,'187.193.160.179',1345553055,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Mr. O\'Neill, Asshole','[quote="peetz5050":1uj8j1qt][quote="ST91":1uj8j1qt][quote="Charles RB":1uj8j1qt]And thus, this became the most terrifying dystopia AU of all time.[/quote:1uj8j1qt]\n\nbad O\'Neill \":beat:\"[/quote:1uj8j1qt]\n\nbad [b:1uj8j1qt]Smijey[/b:1uj8j1qt] \":beat:\"\n\n\n...fixed it for you... \":lol:\"[/quote:1uj8j1qt]Very Bad, now I can\'t take the image of O\'Neill and Li. \":ugh:\" \n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','a6d443563e90bbee37a59f3e6ddab14c',0,'wA==','1uj8j1qt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565784,37439,3,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345553066,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','You\'re in luck BG, 2012 is a positively loaded year musically. It\'s an embarrassment of riches.\n\nTop Five Albums of 2012 (so far)\n1: An Unwavering Band of Light - Jenny Owen Youngs\n2: Neck of the Woods - Silversun Pickups\n3: Not Your Kind of People - Garbage\n4: Synthetica - Metric\n5: The Lion, the Beast, The Beat - Grace Potter & the Nocturnals\n\nLive albums are ineligeable for consideration, otherwise Florence + the Machine Unplugged would be up there.\n\nBy the by fall 2012 is going to be just as awesome, with new Killers, Dave Matthews Band, and others I can\'t remember right now. \n\nAnd the best albums of [url=http://blog.slincoln.org/?p=936:1yd37i8j]2011[/url:1yd37i8j], [url=http://blog.slincoln.org/?p=770:1yd37i8j]2010[/url:1yd37i8j], and [url=http://blog.slincoln.org/?p=693:1yd37i8j]2009[/url:1yd37i8j]','ca6c1bfc9d1d847579493840c1cf4e0b',0,'EA==','1yd37i8j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578256,37838,6,809,0,'24.152.244.209',1351369819,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Black Hole Part 2','[quote="Silver":3ands5zu]\nAnd on [i:3ands5zu]that[/i:3ands5zu] delightful note: I think we need an admin in here. Can we get a lock in here, please?[/quote:3ands5zu]\nThey don\'t tend to pay much attention. You\'ll have to PM one of them if you\'d like a thread locked.\n\n[quote="deneich":3ands5zu]Even Deac Blue\'s choice to leave PPMB seems to have been enough to instigate a flame war.[/quote:3ands5zu] He\'d be proud! \":P\"','d90cccf8486e90bd8f68497ca6c1a679',0,'oA==','3ands5zu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578257,37956,6,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1351369949,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":3q9fit75][quote="Charles RB":3q9fit75]"Merry Christmas, Trent!" Jane handed him a CD. "I had this custom made: Mystik Spiral\'s Greatest Hits!"\n\n"Whoa. [i:3q9fit75]Cool[/i:3q9fit75]." He took the CD out, rushed to the player, and found: "Uh, there\'s nothing on here."\n\nJane pointed at him. "AHHHHH ha ha. [i:3q9fit75]AHHHHHH ha ha.[/i:3q9fit75]"[/quote:3q9fit75][/quote:3q9fit75]\nThat\'s worse than getting a lump of coal. Wait, no. It\'d be worse than coal if there were actually Mystik Spiral songs [i:3q9fit75]on[/i:3q9fit75] the CD. \":lol:\"','c090b48858c3a2ea9f0dc8ee7f7b929d',0,'oA==','3q9fit75',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578258,34200,6,809,0,'24.152.244.209',1351369993,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scream Scenes','She\'s not. She\'s a giant gummy worm.\n\nA jelly baby would be [i:ity5tabm]silly[/i:ity5tabm].','b71da0f39b18683d9acbc54a86f6d3a6',0,'IA==','ity5tabm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578259,37937,10,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1351370041,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Happy Halloween!','Probably my creepiest one yet. \":D\"','60c84526643b613b9038dcc1f5150202',0,'','1jgyygnl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565786,36036,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345553793,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What is Fashion?','HAHAHAHAHAHA.','39813420be5265825904561d1db31a43',0,'','22g20opj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565787,37417,4,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345553851,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','For all the hubbub about the line in the twitter-o-tron, I wonder how far it\'s penetrated (heh) to the average voter. Be interesting to see what those numbers look like after a couple weeks of ad warfare.','7783155e0b851e1b84efd8c255b16caa',0,'','1e4g848t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565788,37430,5,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345553968,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Doctor Who vs. Bill & Ted vs. Daleks','I\'m shallow, I couldn\'t get past the amateurish voice acting.','da1be2a9fa0799d2e2be0694b53dbae2',0,'','2c2uwucl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565789,37002,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345554295,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="peetz5050":22zd4zoc]Hi BG, again I agree with what you\'re saying, I don\'t have a fully worked out scenario where Daria gets \'jacked, just throwing ideas out to see what kind of response I get (and I\'m not trolling, just brainstorming). I was thinking further, suppose you were a kingpin drug dealer in Baltimore or even DC. Before Black Sunday you have Janet Barch out in the woods cookin meth in her old RV and you\'re bringing it into town in private vehicles or trucks. After Black Sunday there are only a fraction of the vehicles on the road. The government has decreed that the food distribution system is a matter of national security so all convoys are guarded and checked by federal agents. There are so few private vehicles in service that the local cops know every vehicle and every driver on sight. You still have a huge customer base and it\'s a billion dollar industry so what do you do? Exchange human mules for real ones? Employ rogue Amish to smuggle it in in a horse and buggy? If you try to purchase an electric vehicle legitimately they\'ll know who you are so that\'s out. Run a normal car on stolen gas? Maybe. Or do you consider an electric vehicle with a minimal heat signature, silent running and a fibre glass body that could easily be modified to look like something else? Would that be worth the investment of a few of your foot soldiers, armed with black market Surface-to-Air missiles to take out that pesky helicopter and it\'s 50 cal. Of course the call to Morgendorffer Taxi came from someone she knew and trusted, someone who\'d co-operate with armed and masked crooks rather than see their family murdered in front of them... \nAgain, I\'m just exploring the possible. I admit that given your previous arguments such a thing is unlikely but I suggest it is not impossible.[/quote:22zd4zoc]\n\n\nNo problem - I\'m using this for ideas, too. \n\nGoing by the scenario you\'re setting up, the solution is obvious. Have Janet Barch go politely to Daria and ask if she can look the plans over (or hell, be honest - somewhat) and say that she\'s thinking seriously about building one herself. She has a set of plans, and with some of the money the meth dealers made illegally making meth, they order all sorts of needed parts to build a couple o\' electric cars of their own, modified especially for what they want to use it for (for example, a hermetically sealed, hidden section built right into the car inside the main array of battery packs; this would both keep it from casual inspection, and because it\'s sealed as such, it will defeat the use of specially trained sniffing dogs. You could build them to be fast, agile, silent and have a special \'booster cell\' that would dramatically increase the car\'s speed - think of it as the electrical equivalent of using nitrous. You get one really hellish boost that completely drains the booster cell, but lets you outrun damned near anything on the road without draining your primary packs.\n\n(You also have Barch build one of her own, and make it really top-flight: gotta maintain the charade, and you also make sure that she builds the same additions in her car that she builds in yours. If absolutely necessary - and I mean as in \'really, no other choice imaginable\', you can take hers. No, you don\'t kill her or do anything wrong - you just give her lots of money so she can build another one, and don\'t show your face for a couple of months while she cools down from the confiscation. Now, more than ever, you do not kill the golden goose of Science.) \n\nHell, if you want to have a real twist, have the meth dealers go to Barch with the original deal - but instead of using it to transport meth, they decide to ply it by the [i:22zd4zoc]TV Tropes[/i:22zd4zoc] entry of \'[i:22zd4zoc]Cut Lex Luthor A Check[/i:22zd4zoc].\' The dealers go to the State\'s Attorney in the county (who almost certainly knows who they are or of them) and they cut a couple of deals. They slip him something that he and a few people in the right places really want but can\'t get for reasons of distance or such; that\'s the under-the-table deal that sweetens the pot. Then, the upfront deal. In exchange for \'community service\' (and a lot of it!) of an obvious nature, they get immunity for all past crimes up to that date - and their \'community service\' is becoming the city\'s private service that does the same things as Morgendorffer Taxi. Hell, with Barch\'s brains, she could probably modify a light truck or a van for electric power, and they could carry heavier loads further than Daria\'s car (even with the trailer), especially since they can use standardized trailers on the back of their electric van!\n\nThe meth dealers become an actual welcomed part of the community, lauded, paid just as much money or more legally as they were ever making selling drugs, but they now don\'t have to worry about cops, and they can walk around in the light of day. Now, I\'m not saying at all that they\'re nice guys, but being a drug dealer is one sort of crime - being a tight-fisted businessman who drives a hardbargain is another - and because they [i:22zd4zoc][u:22zd4zoc]already are[/u:22zd4zoc][/i:22zd4zoc] businessmen who\'ve manages to show their skills by coming up with this and saving the money to backroll it, they already have all sorts of contacts and distribution points all over for anything they now want to move around. Why transport drugs when you can make far, far more transporting fresh meats, or being the legally authorized shipping agent for prescription drugs from the Smarty-Mart distribution center in Middleton to all of the pharmacies in Lawndale and Carter Counties? With that electric van - or the cars, but designed to hold greater loads than Daria\'s car - you could create your own niche and not even need to compete with Daria\'s business! Everyone wins!','51d7bf70a06d267fdcfa80f5723fb97b',0,'oQ==','22zd4zoc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565790,37002,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345554591,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','All good points Deac et al, as I said I\'m really enjoying this discussion as well as the ficlets in between.\nI also couldn\'t resist the thought of Janet Barch cookin meth in the woods \":D\"','939116335810ce1be1dfe0427862a8e4',0,'','13hv09us',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578253,37863,3,1406,0,'79.13.116.161',1351369325,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread LXVII: Slightly More Roman','Italy : the only country in the world where politicians claim to have received bribes and / or favors ... without their knowledge \":fail:\"','9342339dd2429617412051d1aec63ea6',0,'','3avqpqum',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578254,37956,6,1108,0,'86.139.166.42',1351369341,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":1xqgnllw]She\'s gonna finish that one off by stabbing the poor guy in the heart singing \'Every Dog Has Its Day\' at him with a mocking laugh.[/quote:1xqgnllw]\n\nHell no. That\'s horrible.\n\nSinging a [i:1xqgnllw]Spiral[/i:1xqgnllw] song, Jesus... \":x\"','605038641e243a51d5a97e7e4322d41b',0,'oA==','1xqgnllw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578255,37187,6,2206,0,'71.202.66.26',1351369621,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','-Last one for today.\n\nDaria contemplated the odd-looking gun in her hand. She threw it down onto the white, polished floor in frustration and resignation.\n\n"All right, that\'s it, I\'m done with these damn tests. Whoever is running this damn place will just have to deal with it."\n\nThe tube behind her whirred. Daria turned around and saw a small, oval-shaped robot with legs fall out of it. It said, "Hello," and proceeded to riddle Daria with bullets.','a3cb8d3d6eec3620863274d42a628a1d',0,'','3s0if19h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565792,37399,3,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345556897,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','I\'m just gonna cheer myself up by mentioning that I\'m twenty- five years married today, to the same woman I should add. She doesn\'t read fiction of any sort so she\'s never gonna know I wrote this but I still want to say "Thanks Joan, for everything."','2ca2089918dc08cdcad9e30e0c653532',0,'','1jim8ydq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565793,37399,3,1192,0,'186.134.146.250',1345557357,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[quote="peetz5050":22lqqypq]I\'m just gonna cheer myself up by mentioning that I\'m twenty- five years married today, to the same woman I should add. She doesn\'t read fiction of any sort so she\'s never gonna know I wrote this but I still want to say "Thanks Joan, for everything."[/quote:22lqqypq]\n \":drink:\" \":drink:\" \":drink:\" \":-D\"','a882056d3de80d1ebeb305ffa4ef9817',0,'gA==','22lqqypq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565794,37408,3,1066,0,'12.54.143.10',1345557765,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s dumbest fight you ever had?','I remember when I was younger having an argument with my mom about the Meatloaf song "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won\'t Do That)." We were arguing over what the thing was that he wouldn\'t do for love. \n\nKem','65824d208b6633b643c89aef876df66d',0,'','25td0iom',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565795,37408,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345559691,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s dumbest fight you ever had?','[quote="Kem":f96ctbdf]I remember when I was younger having an argument with my mom about the Meatloaf song "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won\'t Do That)." We were arguing over what the thing was that he wouldn\'t do for love. \n\nKem[/quote:f96ctbdf]\n\n\na.) Get married?\n\nb.) Didn\'t Meat Loaf just want to get laid? Why not just lie, like most men do?','de6c5932ed10ea280fe6cc50dc24c123',0,'gA==','f96ctbdf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565796,37399,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345559802,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[quote="peetz5050":tq4zy0dx]I\'m just gonna cheer myself up by mentioning that I\'m twenty- five years married today, to the same woman I should add. She doesn\'t read fiction of any sort so she\'s never gonna know I wrote this but I still want to say "Thanks Joan, for everything."[/quote:tq4zy0dx]\n\n\n\nI\'m going to totally embarrass myself by saying \'I always thought that you were a woman.\'','5a2ebab2d282bf67be3b2452404f40d6',0,'gA==','tq4zy0dx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565797,37399,3,1070,0,'96.33.66.150',1345559815,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[quote="Shiva":2ietrdrf]This thread is sooo happy... Perhaps too happy...\n\nWe need TAG to angst up the place! Where is our penguin lover at? :goes to find him:[/quote:2ietrdrf]\n\nHe\'s ahhh ummm pre-occupied at the moment ... yes pre-occupied. \":mrgreen:\"','2fce5230afb68207f63ae6182294ffdc',0,'gA==','2ietrdrf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565798,37408,3,1070,0,'96.33.66.150',1345560303,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s dumbest fight you ever had?','TAG and I went out to dinner with a couple of our friends and we got into a roaring debate on whether or not the original Clash of the Titans was a bad good movie or a good bad movie. Lasted about an hour and ended in a tie and us eating wayy to many cheese fries and chicken wings.','7db8aefe3da452100a2e35d6815b0903',0,'','1cjccnn9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565799,37439,3,1070,0,'96.33.66.150',1345560668,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','Harry Chapin was awesome. If you like classical style music with a major kick, I would like to recommend Epica, Within Temptation, Dark Moor and Therion. If you like hard rock - Red Line Chemistry and Art of Dying. Annie Lennox\'s The Dark Road and her ultimate collection are just amazing. I just found out recently that TAG and I like some of the same older artists, Bill Withers and Dusty Springfield.','2ef93bc80240ebced09b5b8a5829c62f',0,'','1ng1y1d7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565800,37434,6,809,0,'24.152.244.209',1345560724,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','nano zombies','b51e1db4d9a2e6156ea72eecdc90c154',0,'','3gaeeel5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565801,37410,5,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1345561075,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New Sailor Moon','For Westeners who aren\'t into Japanese culture, "Chibi-usa" is a REALLY stupid name. Add to that a very annoying 6 year old who looked 13 in Senshi costume... ehhh, no. \n\nOn that note, I always thought the main characters didn\'t look 14. They should have made them 17 or 18 at least. They must also be 6\'5\'\' tall or something. \":P\"','2d87a5f8905455b84f1e84c359ca4ab5',0,'','1rphqqus',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565802,37440,5,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345561661,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Doctor Who Season Seven','[size=50:1qc5a9ie](Yes, I\'m saying season, it\'d be -- what\'s the Anglophile equivalent of weeabo? -- to use series)[/size:1qc5a9ie]\nAnyway, [url=http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/08/doctor-who-episode-701-asylum-of-daleks_20.html:1qc5a9ie]BBCA says September 8th[/url:1qc5a9ie] get hype.\n\nKind of lame though since I\'m going to see Metric that night. Life is hard.','e75b2a108ee3ca6a6f97788800be6868',0,'FA==','1qc5a9ie',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565803,37438,3,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345562476,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Ian Ambercrombie','\'Tis a Black August indeed, for us to have lost so many great people.\n\nRest In Peace, Ian.','5d11bdf9468b48478c366e8589550f5b',0,'','svorpcfq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565804,37415,16,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345562884,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="OverlordMikey":1tqyvssm][quote="Charles RB":1tqyvssm][quote="ThanatosRW":1tqyvssm]\nSo this raises the question, was she in the self-esteem class because Manson identified these potential issues, or because she was a non-conformist? (Stacy isn\'t in the class)[/quote:1tqyvssm]\n\nThere\'s a terrifying thought: Manson might be more on-the-ball than we think.[/quote:1tqyvssm]\n\nImagine a story in which [i:1tqyvssm]canon [/i:1tqyvssm] Manson isn’t incompetent at all! In reality she’s tried to help Stacy before, but has given up due to the girl not listening to her and Stacy’s parents just making things worse.\n\nDaria was either a fluke or she honestly thought Daria had “self-esteem” issues… caused by home life with Quinn… or in fact it was all part of grand master plan to unite Daria and Jane whom she knew would be perfect for each other. She wasn’t sending Daria to self-esteem class… she was sending Daria to Jane! \n\nShe also saw that Quinn had real issues, but knew that she’d never get sending someone like Quinn to self-esteem class past her parents and/or Li. Besides - O’Neill’s self-esteem class is useless… She instead subtly directed her towards Sandi, knowing things woudl work themselves out and that Sandi and Stacy would both become better for it. (Sandi would have her ego taken down a notch and Stacy would grow as a person). Tiffanny doesn\'t need her help - she\'s actully working for Manson...\n\nManson - Lawndale High\'s Ultimate Chessmaster!!! She may have only had one major role, but she\'s behind every major event in the series!!![/quote:1tqyvssm]\n\nSo Manson is a friend-shipper? Maybe she is behind Mack and Jodie being together...','6e037d7f148c89c734bc4338461f0f6e',0,'oA==','1tqyvssm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565805,37439,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345564302,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','Yes, I\'m being a lazy smartass today:\n\nhttp://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php ... Music_List','db48bdc25f06fa27c19673b7f9126dc2',0,'','2i5jptdx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565806,37414,3,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345564508,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','I have a job interview this evening. I really hope I get the job, because it\'s been four years since I was last employed, and I\'m pretty tired of leeching off my parents.\n\nWish me luck.','3c51d212334f974f5099d0211fc4c390',0,'','2x207syl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578252,37187,6,2206,0,'71.202.66.26',1351369314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','"Oh my God!" screamed Quinn. "The car exploded! Daria was in that car!"\n\nDaria looked at her sister in surprise. "Quinn, I\'m right here."\n\n"Damn shame," said Sandi.\n\nXXXX\n\nA few weeks later, Helen received a letter from LHS. It said,\n\n"Dear Parent/Sibling/Friend,\n\nWe are sorry to report that your son/daughter/sibling/friend has died."','9a4db90d93490cc4456b6aab38464745',0,'','2b6fvov0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565809,37439,3,83,0,'174.30.2.240',1345564689,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','Gordon Lightfoot. I\'m not even kidding. I love a song with a story and his melodies are oddly hypnotic. I\'m going to buy a bunch of his stuff later today. I only have "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on my iPod right now.','90211d529abfef27dea9f097948374b8',0,'','1qgbooe6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565810,37414,3,1192,0,'186.134.159.108',1345565331,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Silver":1hpv412f]I have a job interview this evening. I really hope I get the job, because it\'s been four years since I was last employed, and I\'m pretty tired of leeching off my parents.\n\nWish me luck.[/quote:1hpv412f]\nLuck, be a lady this evening. \":)\"','8e0768026b7baffc9b0ee06a0493e5ad',0,'gA==','1hpv412f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565811,37414,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345566306,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Back from exam and blood draw for my work-related medical monitoring. It sounds strange to heard the tech\'s says, "Wow, we don\'t draw too many of those samples..."','b75db9bdcd66ac660dee33e0abd21761',0,'','2zo58e0l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565812,37399,3,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345566327,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[quote="LadieTAG":33x4or7d][quote="Shiva":33x4or7d]This thread is sooo happy... Perhaps too happy...\n\nWe need TAG to angst up the place! Where is our penguin lover at? :goes to find him:[/quote:33x4or7d]\n\nHe\'s ahhh ummm pre-occupied at the moment ... yes pre-occupied. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:33x4or7d]\n\nAh, more training on how to serve the cats, right?\n\n[quote="peetz5050":33x4or7d]I\'m just gonna cheer myself up by mentioning that I\'m twenty- five years married today, to the same woman I should add. She doesn\'t read fiction of any sort so she\'s never gonna know I wrote this but I still want to say "Thanks Joan, for everything."[/quote:33x4or7d]\n\nCongrats, my good man. Or, to be more precise, Joan\'s good man. I hit 18 years back on the 5th, so I know what it\'s like to be married to your better half. Or, well, considering my weight, more like my better third. \":roll:\"','87be03b58cdcdd199af9d0c48a6ce2f8',0,'gA==','33x4or7d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565813,37417,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345566446,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','[quote="-sam":3i38dja5]For all the hubbub about the line in the twitter-o-tron, I wonder how far it\'s penetrated (heh) to the average voter. Be interesting to see what those numbers look like after a couple weeks of ad warfare.[/quote:3i38dja5]\n\nEspecially since the NRSC and the major SuperPACs have all announced that they will no longer provide money or advertising for Akin\'s campaign.','a629fdb7e0a32ce0cc16e10a5cd64912',0,'gA==','3i38dja5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565814,37414,3,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345566563,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="RLobinske":19xryzbt]Back from exam and blood draw for my work-related medical monitoring. It sounds strange to heard the tech\'s says, "Wow, we don\'t draw too many of those samples..."[/quote:19xryzbt]\n\nAh, you got a new job as a professional lab rat? \";)\" \n\n[quote="Silver":19xryzbt]I have a job interview this evening. I really hope I get the job, because it\'s been four years since I was last employed, and I\'m pretty tired of leeching off my parents.\n\nWish me luck.[/quote:19xryzbt]\n\nBest of luck, Silver. I\'ve been unemployed since the 4th of July (Yeah, I know, there\'s a whole passal of jokes there) and it\'s really bugging me.','a10ae76b57eea86c97cc94099275e062',0,'gA==','19xryzbt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565815,37415,16,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345566751,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','That\'s brilliant. Manson as the puppet master but in a good way.\n\n\nOr so we think.... \":twisted:\"','8834a01d6173b3e71bdc6d35d9dc9252',0,'','owwp9lqe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565816,37414,3,49,0,'84.25.194.131',1345567323,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[youtube:89kh32pk]EK_e3TNqWEA[/youtube:89kh32pk]\n\nLet\'s see if somebody has an idea what this song is about.','0d0f8c665524f83ec492c3be7f182583',0,'AAE=','89kh32pk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565817,37440,5,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345567477,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Doctor Who Season Seven','Sooner the better. Sorry to see the Ponds leave, though.','9502540402e821f0aa116214b249709a',0,'','2lnugxew',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565818,37365,6,1548,0,'72.91.86.179',1345567726,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Twin Tracks (chapter 1, part 1)','[size=150:2megueph]1.(count.)[/size:2megueph]\nThe phone started ringing as soon as Linda headed downstairs. Putting in her earrings while she walked over to the phone, Linda said to herself, “That better not be work.”\n\n Picking up the phone, Linda said into it, “Hello, Griffin residence.”\n\n “Hello Linda, its Judy,” the other mother said on the other end.\n\n “Oh hey Judy, I was just going to call you on where you guys wanted to meet for lunch,” Linda said while looking up at the ceiling after hearing more than one pair of feet upstairs. She turned her direction from the ceiling to the living room, where the boys were gathered around the TV, and then to the dining room, where her husband was drinking his coffee while reading the paper.\n\n “Well there’s a new buffet type restaurant near the mall.” Linda’s eyes were still focused on the ceiling while she listened to Judy on the other line.\n\n While she stared up at the wall, an idea came to her. Curious on what response she would get from Judy, Linda asked, “What time did Stacy come in last night Judy?”\n\n There was a pause on the other end for a couple of seconds before Judy responded back with, “What are you talking about Linda? Stacy told me that she was going to stay over at your house after they went out last night.” Linda opened her mouth in shock. “They told you this, didn’t they?”\n\n “Nobody told me anything,” Linda growled into the phone. From upstairs, Linda could hear her daughter say just loud enough “Oh crap”. Turning her attention back to the phone, Linda said, “Judy, I’m going to have to call you back.” With that, she slammed the phone down. All while this was happening, the father and the two brothers were watching Linda very nervously.\n\n As Linda made her way to the stairs, she could hear the upstairs window trying to be opened. Increasing her speed, she launched up the stairs and came face to face with Sandi and Stacy down the long hall. From what Linda could see Sandi was halfway in attempt at opening the second story window at the end of the hall. Of course Sandi stopped her efforts once she saw that her mother was upstairs with them. Stacy nervously looked back and forth between the mother and daughter.\n\n “SANDI JOY GRIFFIN, just what in the hell do you think you’re doing,” Linda yelled, making the two girls wince in effect.\n\n Sandi weakly looked at her mother for a moment and tried to think of the best response she could. Letting out a weak laugh, she responded, “Trying to help Stacy escape from the second story window.” Seeing that her mother was not amused, she let out a sigh and added, “Look, I’m sorry I forgot to ask you if Stacy could stay over. It was late when we got back to the house and I didn’t want to wake you.”\n\n Linda rubbed her temples while she asked, “Sandi, did it ever occur to you to call me from the club?”\n\n “Well I was going to… but then I got caught up with things that were happening at The Zon and forgot.” Still receiving a look from Linda, Sandi pleaded, “Please believe me.”\n\n In an attempt to convince Linda, Stacy said, “Its true Mrs. Griffin. I tried to remind Sandi ahead of time to call you sometime before it got too late last night. We just got caught up with things at the club.”\n\n Slightly calming down, Linda turned her attention to Stacy. “If you say that’s what happened then I guess I believe you…” Just as Linda was going to finish the sentence, she noticed a red mark on Stacy’s neck, slightly hidden by the girl’s shirt collar. \n\n Noticing that Linda’s eyes were focused on her neck, Stacy asked that obvious, “There’s a lipstick mark on my neck, isn’t there?”\n\n Trying to keep a calm face, Linda simply said, “Yep.” Linda looked back and forth between both girls and let out a sigh. “I’m not in the mood for this.” As the mother turned around and headed back downstairs, she said, “Come on girls, let’s head downstairs and get ready to leave for lunch.”\n\n\n “You got in late last night.” It was the first thing Quinn said to Daria when she got up that morning and came down into the kitchen. Despite the fact that it was only a couple of days before Christmas, Helen was still called into work that morning while Jake was outside shoveling snow. The sisters could hear him getting frustrated from the inside the kitchen.\n\n In between bites of her sugar tarts, Daria said, “Yeah, I kind of lost track of time after awhile there.” After finishing her tarts, she asked, “What did you do last night?”\n\n With a small smirk, Quinn responded, “Something I haven’t done in awhile, go on a date.” \n\n Giving Quinn a questioning eyebrow, Daria asked, “Quinn, was this an actually date or did you just string along one of the three J’s into treating you to dinner?”\n\n Having her ego deflated a little, Quinn replied, “The second one.” Immediately after the response, Quinn’s spirits lifted back up when she said, “Hey it was something. I haven’t been on a date since the beginning of the school year and since the three J’s quit following around so much, I thought I’d go on a date with one of them for old times’ sake.”\n\n While Daria drank her glass of orange juice, Quinn went to the fridge to get one of her carrot sticks. After reaching for one and closing the fridge, Quinn asked Daria on the way back to the table, “So what did you guys talk about last night? I can just imagine what a conversation between you and Sandi would go like.”\n\n “You make that sound like it’s so unusually,” Daria started. “Remember she was over last summer when she came out.”\n\n “Yeah, but there was movie to keep you all entrained…”\n\n “And there was music to keep us entrained last night. It’s the same thing Quinn,” replied Daria. There was a couple moments of silence before anything else was said. “Sandi did ask me if I was seeing anyone in collage and I told her yeah.”\n\n Quinn’s eyes perked up with excitement as she asked, “REALLY, WHO’S THE LUCKY GUY?”\n\n Daria got a little red in the cheeks as she said, “Stephanie.”\n\n “Stephanie? What kind of guy’s nam-,” Quinn quit mid-sentence when the truth sank in. She opened her mouth to say something but quit when she couldn’t think of anything to say.\n\n Witnessing her sister’s reaction, Daria said, “Well… I’m going to see if Jane is up yet.” With that, Daria quickly got up from the table.\n\n Coming out of her statue like state, Quinn quickly jumped in by saying, “Now wait a minute, you can’t flee after dropping a bomb shell like that on me.” Quinn got up from the table herself and approached her sister. In a more calm tone, Quinn said, “Please Daria, talk to me.”\n\n Turning around, Daria looked Quinn in the eyes and asked after letting out a sigh, “Ok Quinn, what you want to know first?”','74bbd2a8aeb8bfc1a7da1c4a41545028',0,'BA==','2megueph',1,1346160068,'',1548,1,0),(565819,37441,3,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345567786,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Sad, Funny & Inappropriate weather and news reports','So a friend sent one of these to me and it prompted me to do a quick search.\n\nIt\'s amazing how many news and weather flubs are out there\n\nSome of the better ones IMHO\n\n[img:2xlhdogn]http://tosh.comedycentral.com/blog/files/2011/01/weatherman-penis.jpg[/img:2xlhdogn]\nOK, easy flub to make since the folks responsible for the images/maps couldn\'t have foreseen the meteorologist standing in that exact place in that exact pose\n\n[img:2xlhdogn]http://www.thepeoplescube.com/images/WeatherForecast.jpg[/img:2xlhdogn]\n\nWorse/funnier but no different from the one above\n\n[img:2xlhdogn]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6oloLRFEQRs/TSxx_BizHiI/AAAAAAAAELI/s-SdAiK54cY/s1600/Screen_1.jpg[/img:2xlhdogn]\nOK either God is playing a joke on them or someone in the media room is really bored. \":lol:\"\n\n\n[img:2xlhdogn]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6oloLRFEQRs/TSxx99ojlsI/AAAAAAAAELE/ueTkSXaOJPI/s1600/Screen__4.jpg[/img:2xlhdogn]\nI thought it was an outmoded cliche that the media and authorities thought we all look alike but this is rediculous','2966258b9f1a70b04e74319257048e23',0,'CA==','2xlhdogn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565820,36036,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345567965,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What is Fashion?','[quote="Quiverwing":22juykgi][img:22juykgi]http://www.menstennisforums.com/images/smilies/smilies_facepalm.png[/img:22juykgi][/quote:22juykgi]\n\nWe\'ve needed that smiley for a while.','dd8527616a13456e6a6e2b97ab1d4784',0,'iA==','22juykgi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565821,36036,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345567994,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What is Fashion?','[quote="oni":xgps6sq6]Looks like Sandi needs to calm down and listen to some Huey Louis and The News. \":lol:\"[/quote:xgps6sq6]\n\nWhich one, there\'s so many good ones....','053f4885ddc6f26ea4274444e6e59e42',0,'gA==','xgps6sq6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565822,37439,3,1798,0,'82.132.244.37',1345568026,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','The entire back catalogues of Polly Harvey and Mark Lanegan.','ffb48318b31c29b196986012e494117d',0,'','2z9sd48i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565823,37415,16,49,0,'84.25.194.131',1345568256,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="ThanatosRW":3oqxcme5][quote="OverlordMikey":3oqxcme5][quote="Charles RB":3oqxcme5][quote="ThanatosRW":3oqxcme5]\nSo this raises the question, was she in the self-esteem class because Manson identified these potential issues, or because she was a non-conformist? (Stacy isn\'t in the class)[/quote:3oqxcme5]\n\nThere\'s a terrifying thought: Manson might be more on-the-ball than we think.[/quote:3oqxcme5]\n\nImagine a story in which [i:3oqxcme5]canon [/i:3oqxcme5] Manson isn’t incompetent at all! In reality she’s tried to help Stacy before, but has given up due to the girl not listening to her and Stacy’s parents just making things worse.\n\nDaria was either a fluke or she honestly thought Daria had “self-esteem” issues… caused by home life with Quinn… or in fact it was all part of grand master plan to unite Daria and Jane whom she knew would be perfect for each other. She wasn’t sending Daria to self-esteem class… she was sending Daria to Jane! \n\nShe also saw that Quinn had real issues, but knew that she’d never get sending someone like Quinn to self-esteem class past her parents and/or Li. Besides - O’Neill’s self-esteem class is useless… She instead subtly directed her towards Sandi, knowing things woudl work themselves out and that Sandi and Stacy would both become better for it. (Sandi would have her ego taken down a notch and Stacy would grow as a person). Tiffanny doesn\'t need her help - she\'s actully working for Manson...\n\nManson - Lawndale High\'s Ultimate Chessmaster!!! She may have only had one major role, but she\'s behind every major event in the series!!![/quote:3oqxcme5]\n\nSo Manson is a friend-shipper? Maybe she is behind Mack and Jodie being together...[/quote:3oqxcme5]\n\nThat reminds me of Marylin Manson being asked what he would have said to those kids who did the Columbine killings, his reply was a very thought provoking one.\n\n"I wouldn\'t have said anything, I would have listened."\n\nHow many people in the show outside of Daria actually listened to what Jane had to say, there probably aren\'t that many.','81de1dfd1ff7d077150dfaa45b90fdb8',0,'oA==','3oqxcme5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565824,36036,6,1548,0,'72.91.86.179',1345568368,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What is Fashion?','[quote:2mpappjy]Which one, there\'s so many good ones....[/quote:2mpappjy] \'Hip To Be Square\' \":P\"','9ae232d237de7c873bda2e6a8c397f15',0,'gA==','2mpappjy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565825,37439,3,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345568972,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','[quote="Angelinhel":1g5g5qri]Gordon Lightfoot. I\'m not even kidding. I love a song with a story and his melodies are oddly hypnotic. I\'m going to buy a bunch of his stuff later today. I only have "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on my iPod right now.[/quote:1g5g5qri]\n\n"If You Could Read My Mind" is another great one.\n\n\nDepends on your mood. "Weird Al" is great if you want to laugh.\n\nBut in general:\n\nBarry Manilow is one of my favorites. Some people don\'t for some reason.\n\nHuey Lewis and The News is another of my favorite groups.\n\nJethro Tull is probably my all time favorite group.\n\nBlue Oyster Cult. "Imaginos" is the best album I\'ve ever heard. Not every album can create its own mythology.\n\nSurvivor has a lot of good songs. \n\nIf you like country or 4 part harmony I highly recommend the Statler Brothers and their Greatest Hits album. I grew up listening to it and continue to listen to it to this day.\n\nRoger Miller is another of my favorites.\n\nAnd for Christmas music I recommend Mannheim Steamroller.','a5c15d431d590edf3781ce45d6276b2a',0,'gA==','1g5g5qri',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565826,37441,3,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345569063,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sad, Funny & Inappropriate weather and news reports','This morning as they put up the logo "Happening Now" on Fox News the weather lady was adjusting her clothes. They did it twice. She was probably getting mike settled but it was still funny to see.','09b16969d4f2860dd44fbb6716d2d50b',0,'','21kjpxpz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565827,37442,12,30,0,'66.241.161.13',1345569278,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Daria Fandom Blog II','Hi all,\n\nI\'m afraid I\'m going to be taking a hiatus from the blog after all. I\'m still settling into a routine and getting the hang of things with the new baby, and I know I need to pull back from other things before I become overwhelmed. There are some people who still have posting rights to the DFB2, and TAG still has admin status on it, but anyone who would like to take over primary posting (or people who want to split the duties) can PM me or reply here if they need me to do anything special. I can set someone new up as an admin, or add people to the list of bloggers (I think you need a gmail address, though; I\'m not positive).\n\nHopefully this will only be for a month or two, and then I\'ll be able to resume posting as normal. For now, though, I need to bow out for awhile.\n\nThanks for your understanding,\n\nKristen','bc0456fdf1b001fab5b62806bf019904',0,'','33icvvvp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565828,37365,6,1406,0,'79.19.32.33',1345569576,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Twin Tracks (chapter 1, part 2 )','[quote="oni":10utful5]There was a pause on the other end for a couple of seconds before Linda responded back with, “What are you talking about Linda? Stacy told me that she was going to stay over at your house after they went out last night.” Linda opened her mouth in shock. “They told you this, didn’t they?”\n\n“Nobody told me anything,” Linda growled into the phone.[/quote:10utful5]\n\nbusted \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','3b1e283fcf3e83bf399bdfedc5e9baf9',0,'gA==','10utful5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565829,36242,6,1406,0,'79.19.32.33',1345570060,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Vivian part 5','Here we are guys , after almost 2 months here it\'s the new update of this story.\n\nThanks to Peetz5050 for his work as betareader.\n\nDisclaimer :All recognizable characters are owned by Glenn Eichler and MTV . This story was made for fun , no infringement is intended, and no money is being made.\n\n\n[b:v99uf2iz]PART 6[/b:v99uf2iz]\n\nThe next day Vivian got up and after having breakfast, took a taxi to 111 Howard Drive.\n\nOnce she arrived at her destination and got out of the taxi, the blonde woman stopped for a moment to look at the place that perhaps would become her new home.\n\nThe house was simple and well cared for, the grass had been cut recently and there was a funny statue near the entrance.\n\n[i:v99uf2iz]Not bad at all[/i:v99uf2iz]. Vivian thought as she walked down the driveway and rang the bell... repeatedly, until the door was finally opened by a skinny girl, her hair tousled and with the air of someone who had just woken up.\n\n"Good morning. How may I help you? "She said in a very sleepy voice.\n\n"Hello, my name is Vivian Blake, I came because of the advertisement in the newspaper."\n\n"Oh sure, please come in," said the girl suddenly gaining a bit of lucidity, "I\'m Jane, Jane Lane, nice to meet you."\n\n"The pleasure is mine, Jane, I can call you using your first name, can\'t I?" Vivian asked politely.\n\n"Sure Ms. Blake, I apologize for making you wait so long at the door but my brother and I are not really morning people, especially on weekends."\n\n"If it\'s a problem I can return this afternoon, or you can tell me when I can find your parents and I’ll return at that time, I have other commitments to attend to."\n\n"Oh no, don\'t worry Ms. Blake, now is fine , also my parents are abroad for their business, take a seat please, can I offer you a cup of coffee?" Jane said pointing to a chair by the kitchen table, determined more than ever not to send away the only person who had shown up in response to the ad.\n\n"No thanks, I already ate breakfast." Vivian said, sitting down.\n\n"Okay." Jane said, putting the coffee pot on the stove.\n\n"So, Ms. Blake, I apologize if I seem obvious, but you’re interested in the rented room, right?"\n\n"That\'s right, I\'m back in town for the first time in years and I have chores that will take time, so I prefer to rent a room rather than spending a lot of money in a hotel."\n\n"That make sense, if you want I can show you the room now, while the coffee is brewing."\n\n"It would be perfect."\n\n"Then follow me, the room is upstairs." Jane said as she stood up from the table and led Ms. Blake to the room that she and Trent had set up with the best furniture in the house.\n\n"Here it is." Said Jane as she opened the door of her sister Penny\'s former room. They chose it because Penny was the one who returned home least often.\n\nVivian examined the room carefully, it was large and airy, furnished in a simple and intimate way, there was a bed, a wardrobe with drawers, a desk and a TV cabinet. Finally, the walls were clear except for some shelves.\n\n"I\'ll be honest Jane, I really like this room..."\n\n"But," said Jane sensed that there was a but.\n\n"Could I see the rest of the house?"\n\n"Sure Ms. Blake, no problem, follow me."\n\nSo Jane demonstrated the house to Vivian, stopping only to drink coffee.\n\n"This house is really beautiful but Jane isn’t it too big for only four people ?" asked Vivian when the tour was finished.\n\n"In fact we are seven in the family, but my parents and my older siblings are traveling abroad or have their own lives. Just me and my brother live here full time. However, Ms. Blake, now that you have seen throughout the house, what have you decided?"\n\n"I\'ll take the room, the price is great and you seem really a good girl.”\n\n"All right, so if that\'s okay we can sign the contract."\n\n"Absolutely."\n\n"Very good, follow me." Said Jane as she went into the living room and took three copies of a contract.\n\n"Here\'s a copy for you, one for me and one for my lawyer. Read it slowly, there\'s no hurry. "\n\nVivian did.\n\nAlthough written in an enriched way, the content of the contract was clear: By paying the amount due Vivian obtained possession of the room and the use of bathrooms, kitchen and living room; the cleanliness of the room was her responsibility as was food for herself. The first month\'s rent plus a security deposit must be paid in advance and if Vivian did not have the money to pay each month she would be evicted.\n\nWithout further ado, Vivian affixed her signature below that of Trent in all three contracts.\n\n"Very well, welcome to Casa Lane. I hope your stay here will be pleasant."Jane said with a smile as she took two copies of the contract.\n\n"I hope so too, and while we\'re at it, here\'s the rent money dear." Vivian said, handing Jane eight fifty-dollar bills. six hundred for the rent and another hundred as a guarantee that she would not damage the premises. \n\n"Thank you," Jane said, taking the money, "So, if I may ask what will you do now?"\n\n"Well, first go to the hotel to pick up my stuff then, once I\'m settled I\'ll go out looking for a job and buy a used car."\n\nHearing those words Jane took on a puzzled expression, "Did I understand correctly, you do not have a job?"\n\n"For the moment, no, but don\'t worry, I put aside a lot of money, enough to pay for years of rent."\n\n"Okay. Well in that case, good day and good luck." Said Jane.\n\n"Thank you dear, but before I leave, can I ask you a question?"\n\n"Sure."\n\n"Thanks, do you know if the Law Firm Vitale, Davis, Horowitz and Riodan is still active?" \n\n"Sure it is. The woman who wrote these contracts, the mother of my friend works there. "\n\n"Perfect, thank you very much dear, see you this afternoon, bye."\n\n"Bye Ms. Blake."\n\n-------------------------------------------------\n\n[i:v99uf2iz]Heck it was really easy[/i:v99uf2iz]. Vivian thought while hurtling towards Lawndale in her new car bought from Honest Lee\'s New & Used Autos.\n\nAs soon as she arrived the salesman, an ugly, slimy middle-aged man with enormous eyebrows and a hideous hairy chest sticking out from an equally hideous Hawaiian shirt had immediately tried to hit on her and at the same time to fool her, trying to sell her a wreck.\n\nBut Vivian was far from stupid, she had survived ten years in Hollywood, she was used to dealing with those kind of people, and so, in no time at all, had managed to manipulate that man like modeling clay and got herself a good used convertible at a great price.\n\nArriving in Lawndale, Vivian went to the hotel, took her things, paid the bill and returned to her new home.\n\nOnce there she met Trent, Jane’s older brother, and she was very pleased with the fact that his eyes widened when he saw her.\n\n[i:v99uf2iz]Forty-four years old and you still catch the eye of a young man, way to go Vivian[/i:v99uf2iz]. She thought, taking a generous look at the rear view of her new, hot landlord while he helped carry her bags to her room.\n\n[i:v99uf2iz]He\'s 22 so if I have any desires there are no legal problems[/i:v99uf2iz], Vivian thought with a smile\n\nThe rest of the evening was quiet and pleasant, on the way home Vivian had stopped at the grocery store so she offered to cook something tasty for them all and the two Lanes, who always craved good food, willingly accepted.\n\ntbc','9fbe8eb29ed6281342c2da60110ba984',0,'YA==','v99uf2iz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565830,37426,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345570234,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Phyllis Diller','May she rest in peace. I didn\'t recognise her name, but from that bio (thanks for the link), it seems she was a formidable woman.','e4873acf87a216b0a1005f231e6026d2',0,'','2coivszk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565831,37439,3,1189,0,'184.47.45.18',1345570300,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','If you like classic styling with a modern twist look into the group "Bond"\n[youtube:3cxvi9rr]j3nBuwOPu8A[/youtube:3cxvi9rr]\n\nSome fantastic Irish Folk. The Clancey Brothers.\n[youtube:3cxvi9rr]1PdiMlk4iOs[/youtube:3cxvi9rr]\n\nI know you dig some of the older Hard rock Like Def Leppard, AC/DC, and such. Dig a little deeper into those. Maybe bands that haven\'t been around for a long time like Quiet Riot (Where Randy Rhoads started).\n\nHere\'s an \'80\'s flashback "Don\'t Close Your Eyes" - Kix\n[youtube:3cxvi9rr]wcEu47mR43U[/youtube:3cxvi9rr] \n\nGo find all the original pieces that you liked from movies, John Williams, Danny Elfman, Michael Kamen....','d2261ed0218ed753476d4b48a60d665a',0,'AAE=','3cxvi9rr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565832,37439,3,83,0,'174.30.2.240',1345570410,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','[quote="Ranger Thorne":2al6j82g][quote="Angelinhel":2al6j82g]Gordon Lightfoot. I\'m not even kidding. I love a song with a story and his melodies are oddly hypnotic. I\'m going to buy a bunch of his stuff later today. I only have "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on my iPod right now.[/quote:2al6j82g]\n\n"If You Could Read My Mind" is another great one.\n\nDepends on your mood. "Weird Al" is great if you want to laugh.\n\nAnd for Christmas music I recommend Mannheim Steamroller.[/quote:2al6j82g]\n\n\n\nHa, that\'s the song that I keep hearing on XM that made me think I should download a bunch of his stuff.\n\nAgh! We were supposed to go to a Weird Al concert on Saturday but my bro and husband were too hungover to start the day on time so we ended up missing it. So. Pissed.\n\nI [i:2al6j82g]hate[/i:2al6j82g] Mannheim Steamroller. I mean I love Christmas and will tolerate just about any Christmas music year-round, except them. Don\'t know why. It\'s like nails on a chalkboard. Plus they are the [i:2al6j82g]worst [/i:2al6j82g]earworms.','f6ced3c0b09ff8f318752d2301cfb1d3',0,'oA==','2al6j82g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565833,37439,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345570680,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','[quote="Brother Grimace":3d5ktp00]Because I was looking at my folder of MP3s [...] Anyone hear anything new that they think is good, or have some recommendations for some stuff from the past?[/quote:3d5ktp00]\nSome artists/bands that [i:3d5ktp00]might [/i:3d5ktp00]have passed you by, and are worth listening to. No particular genre, and the decades listed are the ones when, in my view, they flourished. Any of them will add seasoning to a boring MP3 folder. \";)\" \n\n[list:3d5ktp00]1980s Martha and the Muffins\n1990s Stimmhorn\n2000s Queenadreena\n2010s Skrillex[/list:u:3d5ktp00]','001fcc92ec497a548ad4da0c294b1530',0,'oEA=','3d5ktp00',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565834,37095,6,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345571110,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: Trip Cyclone','[quote="Silver":2cqknjhb]"Oh, come on, Daria. What\'s so wrong with the situation?"\n\nIt was a good question from her friend\'s point of view, Daria considered, but she\'d consumed much less of the bottle of rum they\'d found. Jane, on the other hand, could politely be described as "Three sheets to the wind", and wasn\'t much thinking about other consequences.\n\n"Because inviting boys over would violate my agreement with my mom about having you over here while she and dad are at that Couple\'s Retreat." Daria fought down the urge to roll her eyes. "Not to mention, there\'s no real point. I mean, what kind of reason would we give them?"\n\n"That I wanna make out with someone!" Jane insisted a little louder than Daria would\'ve liked.\n\n"I\'m sure there\'s other options," Daria commented dryly. Jane blinked, then smiled broadly.\n\n"Heeeeeeey, you\'re right!" she said, then promptly laid a kiss square on Daria\'s lips. Daria, in turn, stiffened in shock.\n\nShe\'d expected a lot of things tonight. [i:2cqknjhb]This[/i:2cqknjhb] certainly wasn\'t one of them.[/quote:2cqknjhb]\n\nI think this is in the wrong thread \":D\"','5d92e4578f70c64a8f4ec7e13b0bc375',0,'oA==','2cqknjhb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565835,37430,5,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345571345,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Doctor Who vs. Bill & Ted vs. Daleks','I needed a good laugh.','a83c7a8ed809f2d8d67c944dd2fdf125',0,'','3cigguni',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565836,37414,3,83,0,'174.30.2.240',1345571370,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','So here\'s the thing, I\'m debating taking antibiotics. It\'s a 10-day course and I\'m not convinced it\'ll help, but I am very tired of being sick. It\'s been about a week and a half for my end of things. Here\'s the rundown:\n\nDaughter got laryngitis, over it in 1 1/2 days. Viral. No meds.\nImmediately following she gets pinkeye, over it in 2 days. Bacterial. 5 days of drops.\n\nTwo days after she gets pinkeye, I get laryngitis, plus the worst sore throat I\'ve ever experienced. So bad I can\'t sleep or eat. After 5 days of this I go to the doctor. Probably the same thing she had as I spent two nights on her bedroom floor. Viral. No meds. Sucks to be you.\nIn desperation, I use a sinus rinse to try to wash the pain out of my throat. Doesn\'t work, plus I end up with the inevitable massive sinus infection I knew I would get. Go to Urgent Care. Most likely viral, however possibly a different virus or bacterial from the rinse/something else. Get a scrip for antibiotics, told to wait to fill it. Still sucks to be you.\n\nNow, three days after the second visit, I am better, but I\'m not [i:2rcrseb8]better[/i:2rcrseb8], if you know what I mean. I\'m no longer in agony, though my throat does still hurt. I now have a cough I can\'t get rid of and still some congestion. I am a day past when the doc said to fill it if I wasn\'t over this.\n\nSo do I start the antibiotics, because clearly I am not fighting this off fast enough on my own and the sinus part is probably bacterial, or do I agree with the doc it\'s viral and continue to wait it out and slowly crawl back toward health? The only positive is I have actually slept okay the last 2 nights.\n\nI don\'t want to take antibiotics for a virus as it is pointless, but holy crap I can\'t be sick anymore.\n\nI know no one here is a doctor, I\'m just debating out loud the advice I was given.','d943aec9f698f209d6df9878ebe0a908',0,'IA==','2rcrseb8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565837,37441,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345571598,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sad, Funny & Inappropriate weather and news reports','[quote="Ranger Thorne":ewna3079]This morning as they put up the logo "Happening Now" on Fox News the weather lady was adjusting her clothes. They did it twice. She was probably getting mike settled but it was still funny to see.[/quote:ewna3079]\nPerhaps she was hoping to avoid doing a Gosling.\n\n[youtube:ewna3079]b21sb5wzUiE[/youtube:ewna3079]','24e6c7f48fa4601104962b98ae0c5cd8',0,'gAE=','ewna3079',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565838,37417,4,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345571660,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','We\'ll see how long that remains true now that he\'s staying in the race. They want that Senate majority pretty bad.','1d52214d70dfb3855aea054a176c9ccc',0,'','2a1vgxww',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565839,37414,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345572112,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Pointless and worse, to take antibiotics for a viral infection. And tedious, since you have to take the whole ten day course. I suppose the only things for taking them are (i) the doctor might be wrong, and it could be bacterial after all; and (ii) if there happens to be an opportunistic bacterial infection waiting to pounce upon your weakened constitution, you\'ll repel it more easily.','2b2d1f153e69cd04f0df7e2769a31dcb',0,'','2gc2dytk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565840,37417,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345572152,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','More digging from friendly Republicans:\n\n[url=http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/steve-king-statutory-rape.php:3q5lskn1]Steve King: "I’ve Never Heard Of A Girl Getting Pregnant From Statutory Rape Or Incest."[/url:3q5lskn1]\n\nand\n\n[url=http://gawker.com/5936386/mike-huckabee-would-like-to-remind-you-that-rape-has-created-some-extraordinary-people:3q5lskn1]Mike Huckabee Would Like to Remind You That Rape Has Created Some Extraordinary People[/url:3q5lskn1]','eca03918694c7317481c1c2575ade1bb',0,'EA==','3q5lskn1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565841,37414,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345572280,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Silver":g9hb67zt]I have a job interview this evening.[/quote:g9hb67zt]\nGood luck!\n\n[i:g9hb67zt]Looks at Silver\'s avatar.[/i:g9hb67zt] \n\n[img:g9hb67zt]http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/download/file.php?avatar=994_1334680986.jpg[/img:g9hb67zt]\n\nEr, you\'re not going to wear that to the interview, are you?','53a10f02f94ad025c845bc2e2eda8301',0,'qA==','g9hb67zt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565842,37408,3,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345572381,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s dumbest fight you ever had?','[quote="LadieTAG":17jg6j7k]TAG and I went out to dinner with a couple of our friends and we got into a roaring debate on whether or not the original Clash of the Titans was a bad good movie or a good bad movie. Lasted about an hour and ended in a tie and us eating wayy to many cheese fries and chicken wings.[/quote:17jg6j7k]\n\nIt\'s a good old movie \":D\"','ca77dc5a7c6ef05d6c7d8dc251194432',0,'gA==','17jg6j7k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565843,37438,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345572666,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Ian Ambercrombie','May he rest in peace.\n\nThanks for the imdb link; I didn\'t recognise his name: what a CV he had!','cb3a159851dcaf98c57b27f86939acf2',0,'','hvyt8h3z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565844,37399,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345572860,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[quote="peetz5050":10wzrcy3]I\'m just gonna cheer myself up by mentioning that I\'m twenty- five years married today, to the same woman I should add. She doesn\'t read fiction of any sort so she\'s never gonna know I wrote this but I still want to say "Thanks Joan, for everything."[/quote:10wzrcy3]\n\n\":drink:\"\nCheers, and congratulations.','16c8cfc379ce91402c502d74d9ae6fd4',0,'gA==','10wzrcy3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565845,37417,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345573254,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','And yet another one:\n\n[url=http://gawker.com/5936533/missouri-gop-leader-wants-you-to-know-that-rapes-resulting-in-pregnancy-are-a-blessing:kthjd9cc]Missouri GOP Leader Wants You to Know That Rapes Resulting in Pregnancy Are a ‘Blessing’[/url:kthjd9cc]\n\n[img:kthjd9cc]http://www.facepalm.com/img3/triple-facepalm-13612_f.jpg[/img:kthjd9cc]','77a06a1730b2a01b3844de0451b8c85f',0,'GA==','kthjd9cc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565846,37417,4,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345573344,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','You might\'ve been horribly violated, but at least you got another mouth to feed out of it. :V','552eef681fab0150925123f174d20280',0,'','1sjzpzm4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565847,37095,6,440,0,'174.20.113.108',1345573731,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: Trip Cyclone','"Jane," Daria said, "I kissed your brother\'s sister."\n\n"You what? How? Penny\'s not even in the country and I don\'t remember you ki-mmph!"\n\nJane suddenly found it difficult to speak with a second tongue occupying her mouth. The hands, one up the front of her shirt, the other down the back of her shorts inside her panties, squeezing softly, made her not care about talking.','4c0af5ab872853ece5f6481439328ee7',0,'','3h7h79qo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565848,37414,3,849,0,'67.142.163.25',1345573905,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Silver":32rrm8io]I have a job interview this evening. I really hope I get the job, because it\'s been four years since I was last employed, and I\'m pretty tired of leeching off my parents.\n\nWish me luck.[/quote:32rrm8io]\nGood luck! \":drink:\"','21ed0cdccefcbdaebe606f55b7883bec',0,'gA==','32rrm8io',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565849,37410,5,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345573988,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New Sailor Moon','amen for Sailor Jupiter\n\nI\'ve always had a thing for tomboys. Especially tall leggy ones \":D\"','9e4c4fc5b6da516a2460a403f5c973d1',0,'','2ugqnstb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565850,37440,5,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345574058,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Doctor Who Season Seven','[quote="-sam":37jn39ev][size=50:37jn39ev](Yes, I\'m saying season, it\'d be -- what\'s the Anglophile equivalent of weeabo? -- to use series)[/size:37jn39ev]\nAnyway, [url=http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/08/doctor-who-episode-701-asylum-of-daleks_20.html:37jn39ev]BBCA says September 8th[/url:37jn39ev] get hype.\n\nKind of lame though since I\'m going to see Metric that night. Life is hard.[/quote:37jn39ev]\n\n\nSqueeeeeee!!!','3dd296fc972a9e5968b54ed6c0dd551b',0,'lA==','37jn39ev',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565851,37426,3,849,0,'67.142.163.25',1345574144,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Phyllis Diller','I wish a certain website would take down that "photo" of her, it\'s highly disrespectful. But what can ya do, it\'s the place\'s nature, I guess. \":?\"','76079645555fcc19dcf5968726036f58',0,'','2olb38kn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565852,37095,6,1543,0,'70.29.77.179',1345574171,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: Trip Cyclone','[quote="peetz5050":mazuxp8o]Mack jerked awake from his nightmare bathed in sweat. "A man\'s World?... How I wish..." Just then the cell door clanged open and four scantily armored amazonian women entered and dragged him to his feet.\n"Michael Jordan Mackenzie, the last disgusting male on Earth. You are summoned to the coronation of Empress Barch..."[/quote:mazuxp8o]\n\nI just *love* what you did there!','a15768a0dcfb9b90a3cee7894456558e',0,'gA==','mazuxp8o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565853,37399,3,849,0,'67.142.163.25',1345574193,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[quote="peetz5050":1g9z4ost]I\'m just gonna cheer myself up by mentioning that I\'m twenty- five years married today, to the same woman I should add. She doesn\'t read fiction of any sort so she\'s never gonna know I wrote this but I still want to say "Thanks Joan, for everything."[/quote:1g9z4ost]\nCongrats, man. \":drink:\" \":D\"\n\n[quote="Ranger Thorne":1g9z4ost]Ah, more training on how to serve the cats, right?[/quote:1g9z4ost]\nHe\'s still having to learn to call them "sir" and/or "ma\'am" when he speaks to them, too.','6776c37cae86a4e9ce4cc70f90139ef3',0,'gA==','1g9z4ost',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565854,37095,6,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345574260,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: Trip Cyclone','[quote="DigiSim":1hg4hyds]"Jane," Daria said, "I kissed your brother\'s sister."\n\n"You what? How? Penny\'s not even in the country and I don\'t remember you ki-mmph!"\n\nJane suddenly found it difficult to speak with a second tongue occupying her mouth. The hands, one up the front of her shirt, the other down the back of her shorts inside her panties, squeezing softly, made her not care about talking.[/quote:1hg4hyds]\n\n\nI think this is in the wrong thread on the wrong board \";)\" \":lol:\"','1a7ae3e7945665d53a02ab929316774c',0,'gA==','1hg4hyds',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565855,36242,6,1690,0,'189.196.100.38',1345574340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Vivian part 6','Jane doesn\'t know the amount of troubles this woman is going to cause her directly and indirectly in the nextb few months, especially since she already set her eyes on Trent, and that is a sure way of putting her into conflict with Daria, not to mention whatever is going to happen when Brittany discovers were her evil mother is going to live.\n\nPoor Jane, she just set herself for at least two different crossfires.','b366b77d67944b33ba0f09c3e580e615',0,'','jdmjhyuv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565856,37095,6,1406,0,'79.19.32.33',1345575319,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: Trip Cyclone','[quote="DigiSim":2m7csz84]"Jane," Daria said, "I kissed your brother\'s sister."\n\n"You what? How? Penny\'s not even in the country and I don\'t remember you ki-mmph!"\n\nJane suddenly found it difficult to speak with a second tongue occupying her mouth. The hands, one up the front of her shirt, the other down the back of her shorts inside her panties, squeezing softly, made her not care about talking.[/quote:2m7csz84]\n\n \":D\"','aa76cefe318a36dd89cb937efe7938d4',0,'gA==','2m7csz84',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565857,36242,6,1703,0,'2.198.62.196',1345575651,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Vivian part 6','[quote="BF110C4":wtz909zw]Jane doesn\'t know the amount of troubles this woman is going to cause her directly and indirectly in the nextb few months, especially since she already set her eyes on Trent, and that is a sure way of putting her into conflict with Daria, not to mention whatever is going to happen when Brittany discovers were her evil mother is going to live.\n\nPoor Jane, she just set herself for at least two different crossfires.[/quote:wtz909zw]\n\nI agree .... I can\'t wait to see the battle start .... \":lol:\" \n\nGood update .... \":D\"','2f42634e11ba55247732dcc239efb76f',0,'gA==','wtz909zw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565858,37439,3,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345575830,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','[quote="MartinUK":1jywublv] 2010s Skrillex[/quote:1jywublv]\nNot that I\'ve tried very hard, but dubstep is a thing I just don\'t get. Shouldn\'t it have something to do with reggae, not electronic?\n\n*insert womp-womp bass drop joke here*','316c4cf38b2eda92943f1c544f381f62',0,'gA==','1jywublv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565859,37399,3,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345575862,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[quote="peetz5050":2m84qkss]I\'m just gonna cheer myself up by mentioning that I\'m twenty- five years married today, to the same woman I should add. [/quote:2m84qkss]\n\n\":drink:\"','8d240afdd3e94f806d128cad2fdaebe5',0,'gA==','2m84qkss',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565860,37442,12,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345575976,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Fandom Blog II','What?! You\'re putting the needs of a tiny bellowing human over stuff on the internet about a dead cartoon?! \":shock:\"','f086648cb83b6592f16ac4b1f104d183',0,'','1oqvpup1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565861,35523,6,1543,0,'70.29.77.179',1345576026,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Mr. O\'Neill, Asshole','I\'m freightened by how much I actually *like* this asshole after this installment.','ff418bb5e769201fa391fbca9137e76f',0,'','1nds6u81',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565862,37365,6,1690,0,'189.196.100.38',1345576033,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Twin Tracks (chapter 1, part 2 )','It\'s good to know that even with the additional maturity that Sandi and Stacy have after the events of the last year are still teens with stupid ideas from time to time. At least Linda doesn\'t have to worry about any new family members in within nine months... Unless Sandi\'s brothers are up to something. \";)\" \n\nAnd Daria does know how to drop a bomb to Quinn, they are siblings after all, Daria trust her sister not to be an homophobic after the way she accepted her friend\'s relationships, but she can tell her in such a way as to shock her as much as possible. \":lol:\" \n\nExcellent chapter, I can\'t wait to hear Stephanie\'s story, must be a good one. \":D\"','35630868adb2f0f699848e97dff4e6e2',0,'','2e9pbnck',1,1345602861,'',1690,1,0),(565863,36717,6,1703,0,'2.198.62.196',1345576072,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Operation Glitterberries: Chapter 09 part 1','Well ... I\'m happy to see that she\'s not going to try to kill Jane on the spot .... \n\nReally nice update .... \":D\" \":D\"','019bacf8fa1178bc4c15800ae0162a14',0,'','2x4tpxrz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565864,37095,6,1690,0,'189.196.100.38',1345576128,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: Trip Cyclone','[quote="ST91":uukrbyai][quote="DigiSim":uukrbyai]"Jane," Daria said, "I kissed your brother\'s sister."\n\n"You what? How? Penny\'s not even in the country and I don\'t remember you ki-mmph!"\n\nJane suddenly found it difficult to speak with a second tongue occupying her mouth. The hands, one up the front of her shirt, the other down the back of her shorts inside her panties, squeezing softly, made her not care about talking.[/quote:uukrbyai] \":D\" [/quote:uukrbyai] \":drink:\"','5df61909c836b4ddaf77fc3ee99f64d4',0,'gA==','uukrbyai',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565865,37415,16,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345576231,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="OverlordMikey":1m947f1c]\nImagine a story in which [i:1m947f1c]canon [/i:1m947f1c] Manson isn’t incompetent at all! In reality she’s tried to help Stacy before, but has given up due to the girl not listening to her and Stacy’s parents just making things worse.\n\nDaria was either a fluke or she honestly thought Daria had “self-esteem” issues… [/quote:1m947f1c]\n\nBased on Boxing Daria, Manson probably had a point.\n\nAlso, we know from [i:1m947f1c]The Daria Database[/i:1m947f1c] that Stacy has sessions with Manson (and Manson is drifting off during them...), so something\'s going on there. She might not be in the self-esteem class because her parents aren\'t allowing it.','8615e5fdecd966f6c7b2af172720e18d',0,'oA==','1m947f1c',1,1345586682,'',1108,1,0),(565866,37440,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345576323,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Doctor Who Season Seven','Doctor Who Magazine did their last Sarah Jane Adventures special and it reveals that Sky was only going to be around for one series - because in the last story, [i:38uf9z43]she turns out to be the Trickster\'s daughter[/i:38uf9z43] and it\'s the final battle between Sarah Jane & the Trickster with, potentially, Bannerman Road getting blown to fuck (so S6 can take place in a new town with new young characters).','c0b28779530902a70c903db9a4eba37b',0,'IA==','38uf9z43',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565867,36803,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345576602,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','Amy Barksdale gave birth to Daria and suffered post-partum psychosis - badly. That\'s why Daria looks so much like her but lives with Helen, and why Amy has been absent for so long.','c7584ab8e3edc6fe84972d4a7890a7c2',0,'','3e2rbwgj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565868,37399,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345576981,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','Happy silver anniversary, peetz!','4458e4d4b392139f1a5a100090563dcd',0,'','nf4dgfqv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565869,37401,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345577132,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Man and His Box','[b:gp6ah04e]A Man and His Box VII [/b:gp6ah04e]\n\nThe scarred, half-dead man in the magic box offered him his hand.\n\n"You will obey me. And in return, I will give you everything you\'ve wanted to do without consequence."\n\nBrian Taylor smiled.','44497e50ee1391ac41997eb8225ef172',0,'QA==','gp6ah04e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565870,37353,23,762,0,'173.168.203.221',1345577149,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Fic In FANFICTION.NET','What, you don\'t know what fanfic I\'m describing? Please, try harder!\nThe character is obsessed with Daria, and yearns to win her love.','039fe3385cb7c76b8657877f985d7835',0,'','3lqpz51r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565871,36803,6,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345577557,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="Charles RB":2wlvd6bg]Amy Barksdale gave birth to Daria and suffered post-partum psychosis - badly. That\'s why Daria looks so much like her but lives with Helen, and why Amy has been absent for so long.[/quote:2wlvd6bg]\nMy response to an old IC:\n[quote="ThanatosRW":2wlvd6bg]Aunt Amy had ppd and gave Quinn to Helen and Jake in case she did something. She later didn\'t want to take Quinn back because she thought Quinn would be more stable there. Daria resents Quinn for stealing her parents attention and Quinn resents Daria because Amy connects more with her. Amy privately acknowledges she does ignore Quinn because of the guilt she feels living a carefree single life instead of looking after her daughter.[/quote:2wlvd6bg]\n\nReven384 wrote an awesome variation of I Don\'t with it.','a19caedd93eef9643d6a5e627af5de47',0,'gA==','2wlvd6bg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565872,37399,3,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345577622,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','Because they always cheer me up\n\nhave some redheads \":D\"\n\n[img:39n1tsc5]http://www.celebritysentry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/1298642422-53.jpg[/img:39n1tsc5]\n[img:39n1tsc5]http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/lens8357641_1262366715Jennifer_Tilly_with_red_h[/img:39n1tsc5]\n[img:39n1tsc5]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/Diva380/Cherrybombs%20and%20Redheads/lauraprepon12.jpg[/img:39n1tsc5]\n[img:39n1tsc5]http://www.celebritysentry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/1298642424-47.jpg[/img:39n1tsc5]\n[img:39n1tsc5]http://static.tumblr.com/bhu1hl7/GRim7ot0g/christina-hendricks-best-pictures-4.jpg[/img:39n1tsc5]','e7db82f36573f9da8c9a2bbb9edf1f0d',0,'CA==','39n1tsc5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565873,37439,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345577635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','[quote="-sam":2pvmbrbz]Shouldn\'t it have something to do with reggae, not electronic?[/quote:2pvmbrbz]\nMaybe if 2-tone had never happened. \":mrgreen:\"','7e637ab4587c9731eddc68299210a888',0,'gA==','2pvmbrbz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565874,37415,16,49,0,'84.25.194.131',1345577720,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="Charles RB":1fjg3rau][quote="OverlordMikey":1fjg3rau]\nImagine a story in which [i:1fjg3rau]canon [/i:1fjg3rau] Manson isn’t incompetent at all! In reality she’s tried to help Stacy before, but has given up due to the girl not listening to her and Stacy’s parents just making things worse.\n\nDaria was either a fluke or she honestly thought Daria had “self-esteem” issues… [/quote:1fjg3rau]\n\nBased on Boxing Daria, Manson probably had a point.\n\nAlso, we know from [i:1fjg3rau]The Daria Database[/i:1fjg3rau] that Sandi has sessions with Manson (and Manson is drifting off during them...), so something\'s going on there. She might not be in the self-esteem class because her parents aren\'t allowing it.[/quote:1fjg3rau]\n\nStacy is seen in Manson\'s class, not Sandi.','9cc75a38ac67415b20af5ade14b65228',0,'oA==','1fjg3rau',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565875,37353,23,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345577728,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Fic In FANFICTION.NET','doesn\'t really narrow things down much \":lol:\"','f244e5c2906c5944bb0399edbcff71c9',0,'','2eccxdlk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565876,37002,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345577898,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="peetz5050":6besc3bu]The question remains: is there someone greedy enough and/or dumb enough to try and \'jack Daria\'s car? [/quote:6besc3bu]\n\nYes. Hopefully Daria would have some countermeasures in place - if only "sure, here you go" after turning the hidden GPS on and then waiting an hour for the police to give it back - but it depends on how complacent Daria is now she\'s rich and powerful. I can see her being pretty complacent because anyone with half a brain knows carjacking her isn\'t worth it and then running into someone who [i:6besc3bu]doesn\'t[/i:6besc3bu] have half a brain. \n\nSomeone with half a brain might also try "buying her out", but in that case it might be Daria\'s knowledge that\'s a bigger deal than the car itself. \n\nAnd then you have to ask if Daria\'s actually going to [i:6besc3bu]fight[/i:6besc3bu] that sort of buyout when there\'s still money involved and that\'s her primary motive here.','d4f61c9a495d4353cbaf4fc488ff56e8',0,'oA==','6besc3bu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565877,37415,16,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345578146,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','We can all read into that meeting many ways. Is it only the outcasts that are sent to O\'Neill? Was it to get back at Daria being combative and difficult? To knock her down a peg? Did she see some issues? Was she trying to steer Daria towards people she may get along with? So much alternative character interpretation based on one scene and one picture.\n\nI keep feeding that plot bunny where Li is working for Hollywood and the security footage is used to make characters for high school dramas. The self-esteem class is a way to keep people the network doesn\'t want from being involved in after school clubs and then having to be written into the show.','72d9482a6285358e15d9ec0f99802e06',0,'','2pr2xwbq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565878,37414,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345578259,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[youtube:1vbqj2qk]uIRBxRlsYR0[/youtube:1vbqj2qk]','3589da94dcc0353ac5e25398fa4cfcb5',0,'AAE=','1vbqj2qk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565879,37002,6,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345578699,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="Brother Grimace":2s1wkr6e]\nI think you\'re also slightly - slightly - off in the idea that Daria is in that much danger. Have you ever seen [i:2s1wkr6e]The Postman[/i:2s1wkr6e], or are you familiar with the Pony Express? When you have a system that\'s essential to the people of an area, then you\'ll find that the people are going to watch out for that person and that system. [b:2s1wkr6e][u:2s1wkr6e]Personally, I\'m surprised that there wouldn\'t be a couple of folks on ten-speeds with deer rifles and cell phones watching what\'s going on, and calling the police while sighting in on the guy who seems to be the leader... [/u:2s1wkr6e][/b:2s1wkr6e][/quote:2s1wkr6e]\n\nI imagine the bicycle squad of most police stations in the country have had a significant increase in man-power \":D\"\n\n[quote:2s1wkr6e]There are a lot of people who depend on Morgendorffer Taxi - and really, strangers in town with a very large truck, who aren\'t conducting specific business? They\'d have been noticed as soon as they arrived - and if someone in town was in league with them, well... the powers that be would NEVER stop looking for him/her.[/quote:2s1wkr6e]\n\nThe truck itself would have been spotted immediately no matter how they brought it in. I can guarantee bike cops and on-foot beat cops have replaced the vast majority of police patrols since you don\'t need a squad car to chase people since the criminals are not likely to use a car themselves. You have bike and beat cops making the arrests and then you have a horse drawn patty-wagon come and pick them up.\n\nWhich also brings up the idea of the mounted police units being increased dramatically as well.\n\nNot to mention remote monitoring has also likely increased to further augment police monitoring and patrolling. That truck WILL have been spotted the second it even approached town and the police would have been out checking on it and the driver/owners to ensure everything is alright since it is obviously a major player or serious matter to generate a need for a gas powered truck to be involved.\n\n[quote:2s1wkr6e]One more thing. You\'re making Daria out to be not entirely bright, because after two years (unless this is set [i:2s1wkr6e]very[/i:2s1wkr6e] early in the days of her service) she would really know what to look out for. Also, Daria (and if not Daria, then Jake and Jane) know or know of many (if not most) of the people in town. They would ask \'Who\'s this?\' or \'Why do they want you to drive out to this part of town?\' If they\'re doing such a business, they would say \'you know, taxi drivers get held up all of the time, in the days before Black Sunday - and this car is far more valuable now. We need to be careful.\' Yes, they could still jack her, but it\'s not going to be that easy. If they want to get rid of the competition, just shoot her on the road, and set fire to the car.\n\nJust to clarify, I\'m not trying to be difficult, either. This thread reminds me of [i:2s1wkr6e]Daylight[/i:2s1wkr6e] (but not as horrific). I liked that series.[/quote:2s1wkr6e]\n\nI have to agree.\n\nAnyone dumb enough to try it wouldn\'t have the capitol to finance an operation that expensive (getting the truck and the gas required). And anyone smart enough to be able to clandestinely obtain the truck and the gas and get it into town unobserved, wouldn\'t be dumb enough to try and steal it in the first place.\n\nOn a side note, betting Ted and the police stations are making a tidy profit on fertilizer sales since shipping constraints have probably increased the need for local farm produce production (likely similarly all over the country).\n\nThe only type of situation I could see like this is some dumb mook or small gang group thinking he/they can make a fast buck stealing the car. Now, that is a very dangerous and plausible situation. However, I\'m sure there are areas Daria has established as outside of her operating area because they are too high risk, the residents generally can\'t afford the cost of the service or it is outside of the vehicles base range.','a3e787a90fbf7cd80751269b81dccc30',0,'4Q==','2s1wkr6e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565880,37414,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345578825,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[url=http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-apple-social-psychology-experiment/:26300tuq]The Apple Social Psychology Experiment[/url:26300tuq]\n\nAn amusing look at how stories can propagate and are believed online.','d2d9b24b320814ff7ce1a3eeacf8ed46',0,'EA==','26300tuq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565881,37414,3,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345578843,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Silver":1t34f2ry]I have a job interview this evening. I really hope I get the job, because it\'s been four years since I was last employed, and I\'m pretty tired of leeching off my parents.\n\nWish me luck.[/quote:1t34f2ry]\n\nAll the best, hope you get it.','382e822f2b47d7c8b68a83e2acecbd81',0,'gA==','1t34f2ry',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565882,37414,3,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345578880,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','I\'ve been wondering something. \n\nPrinnies.\n\n[img:1xbz0x41]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Prinnyart.png[/img:1xbz0x41]\n\nIf one were to try and fly, would it flap it\'s penguin-like wings/hands or the little bat wings on it\'s back?','433bfe2a5afc7ba470b50644469612d4',0,'CA==','1xbz0x41',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565883,37443,4,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345578917,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Northern Ireland plans to overhaul sex-traffic laws','[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19328666:1iqa010i]Laws on trafficking and prostitution for Northern Ireland (it has a seperate legal system) are going for consultation.[/url:1iqa010i]\n\nOne change is that it would make it a criminal offence to pay for sex from a prostitute, which is actually legal [i:1iqa010i]per say[/i:1iqa010i]. The bulk focuses on trafficking and victim services:\n\n[quote:1iqa010i]Lord Morrow said it was illegal to pay for sex in Northern Ireland from someone who has been coerced.\n\n"The majority of rescued victims of trafficking in Northern Ireland are those brought here for sexual exploitation and I believe that we can do better," he said.\n\n"For instance, in Sweden, there\'s a very clear message of zero tolerance for the purchase of sex that has had a clear impact on trafficking."\n\nOther points in the Stormont bill include extending the definition of \'other exploitation\' to include forced begging; defining a victim of trafficking and outlining compensation procedures for victims.\n\nIt proposes allowing courts to take aggravating factors into consideration when passing sentence.\n\nThe bill also aims to ensure child victims have a legal advocate to support them through the relevant criminal, immigration and compensation procedures, and provide special measures for trafficking victims if they act as witnesses.\n\nIt will also set out what assistance and civil legal services are available to victims of trafficking, and [b:1iqa010i]ensure no prosecution is brought for a criminal offence committed by a trafficking victim as a direct consequence of being trafficked.[/b:1iqa010i][/quote:1iqa010i]\n\nI\'m actually stunned to learn child victims [i:1iqa010i]don\'t[/i:1iqa010i] have a legal advocate already. No brainer, surely?\n\nTrafficking has been one of the very few things [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18076227:1iqa010i]that get an all-party agreement in Stormont.[/url:1iqa010i] It\'s basically "traffickers, child-slavers, and men who use their victims are cunts", "dissident Republicans suck", and "we like money".','9ff4f4cd728be54bd87f00aac638676c',0,'8A==','1iqa010i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565884,37095,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345579153,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: Trip Cyclone','[quote="DigiSim":3pb52d6y]"Jane," Daria said, "I kissed your brother\'s sister."\n\n"You what? How? Penny\'s not even in the country and I don\'t remember you ki-mmph!"\n\nJane suddenly found it difficult to speak with a second tongue occupying her mouth. The hands, one up the front of her shirt, the other down the back of her shorts inside her panties, squeezing softly, made her not care about talking.[/quote:3pb52d6y]\n\n \":drink:\" \":drink:\" \":drink:\"','4e5be12e42f1a4b6027c5961dc01e49a',0,'gA==','3pb52d6y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565885,37444,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345579258,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','Daria and Jane sat on the grass near the library building. The school had been evacuated due to one of Kommissar Li\'s security drills and they were waiting for the all clear to go back to class. \nJane sat cross legged sketching the play of sunlight on Daria\'s face. Daria had a book on her knees but she had finished it and was looking bored and leaned back onto her elbows. Just then the gangly figure of Charles Ruttheimer the Turd sauntered around the Library, hands in his pockets and whistling a jaunty tune as he ogled some cheerleaders who were holding an impromptu practice session.\nAs he drew near Daria called out \'Hey! Upchuck!\' He turned to reply and as he did so Daria parted her knees. The late afternoon sunlight caressed her bare silken inner thighs like a solstice dawn in a neolithic tomb. \nCharles did a classic double-take, mouth open and eyes round as saucers. Then he tripped over his own feet and, unable to get his hands out of his pockets in time, fell flat on his face with an ugly sounding "splat!"\nAs Upchuck crawled away in search of emergency rhinoplasty Jane raised an eyebrow and leaned forward to peek up Daria\'s skirt. She raised the other eyebrow and said \'Went a bit overboard with the wax there didn\'tya?\'\nDaria shrugged non-committedly. Jane said \'Ehhmm... don\'t you feel a draft...?\'\nDaria smiled a little and said \'A bit... but you know... I kinda like it... HEY MACK! KEVIN!\'\nJane winced twice in quick succession and said \'Oooh! A twofer! Good one... Hey look, here comes O\'Neill...\'\nDaria smiled her Mona Lisa smile...\nLa la LA la la...','db2db1d3bef47cf2b44108297aefd85d',0,'','nb9568t1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565886,36803,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.21',1345579328,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','Janet Barch is confronted with the truth that her treatment of the guys in her classes turned most of them into woman-abusing monsters who see [i:1mry8y72]her[/i:1mry8y72] face everytime they punch their wives/girlfriends.','6fea6262f5f95c5176ac5b39271cf1a8',0,'IA==','1mry8y72',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565887,37434,6,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345579454,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','You forgot the "All of the Above" choice in your poll Jim \":D\"','aff948c076efd0f1f53dda1ce31822f3',0,'','3ier28ox',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565888,36803,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345579484,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="Shiva":wayhbqm0]Janet Barch is confronted with the truth that her treatment of the guys in her classes turned most of them into woman-abusing monsters who see [i:wayhbqm0]her[/i:wayhbqm0] face everytime they punch their wives/girlfriends.[/quote:wayhbqm0]\n\nOuch! That\'s a good one, but I, for one, wouldn\'t be able to write it.','a16da915229666891a69f36f8854d17a',0,'oA==','wayhbqm0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565889,37095,6,1229,0,'74.219.92.202',1345579558,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: Trip Cyclone','[b:1f2mu1e8]I think we made it![/b:1f2mu1e8]\n\nJane:\nWell folks it\'s the end of the road. You can\'t come up with anymore ways to twist that kiss scene into any of your twisted way.\n\n(At that moment Tom walked in dressed in leather)\n\nJane:\nThank you oh meriful god that this is post 300 and this hell is over.\n\nDe\'Shawn:\nI don\'t think so, Ms. Lane. We can always start another Scenes That Should Not Be! (evil laugh)\n\nJane:\nDamn and Tom why are you dressed in leather?\n\nTom:\nA 50 shades of grey worship.... don\'t ask.','c18d1c63e691ec4a206acceb38aea483',0,'QA==','1f2mu1e8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565890,36898,4,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345580879,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Julian Assange seeking asylum in Ecuador','[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19328335:1gb4h785]Correa raises the issue of going to the UN.[/url:1gb4h785] He also says "the British say they have no choice but to extradite him but why didn\'t they extradite Augusto Pinochet?" - which is even more cutting when you remember that Hague was head of the Tory Party back then and they were all against Pinochet being sent to Spain.','6bc31722d69622bd22001eb632b6606e',0,'EA==','1gb4h785',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565891,37399,3,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1345581060,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[quote="peetz5050":39q8zazy]I\'m just gonna cheer myself up by mentioning that I\'m twenty- five years married today, to the same woman I should add. [/quote:39q8zazy]\n\":drink:\"','033e3ed337125a792034b321de2b6f66',0,'gA==','39q8zazy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565892,36898,4,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345581393,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Julian Assange seeking asylum in Ecuador','And a discussion on Newsnight took a very nasty turn when 5:30 in, Craig Murray (former ambassador and activist) [i:7yvpky0f]named one of the alleged victims on live telly[/i:7yvpky0f] and didn\'t seem to understand why he was getting a bollocking for it. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifBeuZUiJsk:7yvpky0f]The presenter is [i:7yvpky0f]scathing[/i:7yvpky0f].[/url:7yvpky0f] Murray\'s lucky it wasn\'t bloody Paxman that night.\n\nEDIT: Also in dumb moves, Anonymous launched DDoS attacks on the websites of the Home Office (legit), Ministry of Justice (legit), and [i:7yvpky0f]the Department of Work and Pensions[/i:7yvpky0f] (totally not involved and used by people who need legal advice for work or advice on their pensions...).','e11e63912206c60e82f1a8875edec65b',0,'MA==','7yvpky0f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565893,37434,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345581433,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','[quote="Dark Kuno":x8w1kihh]You forgot the "All of the Above" choice in your poll Jim \":D\"[/quote:x8w1kihh]\n\":fork:\"','b78e6fc3019cad02fc8151441c756d5a',0,'gA==','x8w1kihh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565894,37414,3,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345581456,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Woooo, 22 chapters and give or take 68,000 words done. Just...er...five more? \n\nFfffffffffffffff','6c8f38bf0831a729a4f05c9b2b0bd1bc',0,'','hx0qm1ag',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565895,37187,6,44,0,'67.67.217.240',1345581492,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','Daria stared at Tom for a while before finally speaking. "That is also simple. It welled up out of the fountain of knowledge. My five senses are on the alert, gathering fragments of chaos from the world around me, and the fountain of knowledge inside me toys with them out of sheer boredom. Reconstructing them. If the inclination strikes me, I occasionally verbalize this in a fashion even a terribly ordinary person like yourself can understand. But normally, I can\'t be bothered and remain silent."\n\nWraith\n"Argh, it hurts! The boredom hurts! And it\'s all your fault!"\n -- Victorique ("Gosick")','2dd96cc0a71122a72b8ea77c34a4acdd',0,'','spmpx8fq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565896,37401,6,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345581839,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Man and His Box','[quote="Charles RB":3kulw6x4][b:3kulw6x4]A Man and His Box VII [/b:3kulw6x4]\n\nThe scarred, half-dead man in the magic box offered him his hand.\n\n"You will obey me. And in return, I will give you everything you\'ve wanted to do without consequence."\n\nBrian Taylor smiled.[/quote:3kulw6x4]\n\nBrian in the hands of the Master?! \":shock:\"','a223762d8998beb11692c490710300db',0,'wA==','3kulw6x4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565897,37444,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345581864,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','EXT: LAWNDALE, NIGHT\n\nCLOSE UP on the "Welcome To Lawndale" sign. A black crashes into it.\n\nCUT to the exit of the driver - a tall, badass figure in a long leather coat. He lights a cigarette and then turns to reveal he\'s a bleach-blond vampire, merciless and cool. He exhales.\n\nSPIKE\nHome sweet [sees sign] Wait, [i:2pfvixif]Lawndale?[/i:2pfvixif]\n\nCUT to the car reversing very fast, leaving the town far behind.\n\n\nINT: LAWNDALE HIGH LIBRARY\n\nBRITTANY\nI thought being a Slayer would mean [i:2pfvixif]doing[/i:2pfvixif] things.\n\nGILES\n[asleep]','29e1c524783e7fffb42239b96d876794',0,'IA==','2pfvixif',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565898,37444,6,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345582377,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','"Jane?"\n\n"Yeah Daria?"\n\n"Do you ever get that \'not so fresh\' feeling?"','d2f659d3d0d101cc0e4aceec50e26229',0,'','qweqyic4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565899,37444,6,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345583089,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Dark Kuno":20aze26k]"Jane?"\n\n"Yeah Daria?"\n\n"Do you ever get that \'not so fresh\' feeling?"[/quote:20aze26k]\n\n"Yeah, but you have to make do with what you have. If we don\'t reanimate a dead body, we\'ll never win that science fair."','8ca99227c32344c42b89971da9254bd5',0,'gA==','20aze26k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565900,37439,3,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345583139,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','[quote="Angelinhel":osh9ak71][quote="Ranger Thorne":osh9ak71][quote="Angelinhel":osh9ak71]Gordon Lightfoot. I\'m not even kidding. I love a song with a story and his melodies are oddly hypnotic. I\'m going to buy a bunch of his stuff later today. I only have "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on my iPod right now.[/quote:osh9ak71]\n\n"If You Could Read My Mind" is another great one.\n\nDepends on your mood. "Weird Al" is great if you want to laugh.\n\nAnd for Christmas music I recommend Mannheim Steamroller.[/quote:osh9ak71]\n\n\n\nHa, that\'s the song that I keep hearing on XM that made me think I should download a bunch of his stuff.\n\nAgh! We were supposed to go to a Weird Al concert on Saturday but my bro and husband were too hungover to start the day on time so we ended up missing it. So. Pissed.\n\nI [i:osh9ak71]hate[/i:osh9ak71] Mannheim Steamroller. I mean I love Christmas and will tolerate just about any Christmas music year-round, except them. Don\'t know why. It\'s like nails on a chalkboard. Plus they are the [i:osh9ak71]worst [/i:osh9ak71]earworms.[/quote:osh9ak71]\n\nWhen I worked at the Evansville, IN Sears they seemed to take great pride in finding the WORST versions of Christmas carols they could. When they would occasionally slip up and play a good one or a little MS I would almost cry with relief.\n\nEarworm? Ah, thanks, Google. I had a 3 month period where I couldn\'t get La Bamba out of my head, so I can commiserate.','03d90d7e8157dbae2db2fa2c442f34a5',0,'oA==','osh9ak71',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565901,37426,3,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345583249,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Phyllis Diller','I read once she was on a flight incognito and reading something. All it took was one funny bit and she laughed.\n\nNeedless to say [i:xbv44f68]everyone[/i:xbv44f68] knew who she was after that.','d6b654833905ab3318419d4cf55cc205',0,'IA==','xbv44f68',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565902,37444,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.26',1345583670,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[b:1e4hn375]Nurse Goodnsexy Scores a QB![/b:1e4hn375]\n\n"It\'ll be alright baby," Charlene Thompson said sweetly to her son, Kevin as he shivered in his bed with a serious case of the flu, "It\'s just the flu... You\'ll get over it."\n\n"Ok." Kevin said weakly, trying to make it sound nice and happy but failing miserably at it.\n\nCharlene kissed him on his forehead, "Your father has to work today and I\'ll be downstairs for a while, so as a treat I sent for someone to help keep an eye on you."\n\n"Is it Britt?" Kevin croaked before grabbing the water glass and taking a big swig.\n\nCharlene just shook her head and got up to leave while muttering something about, "At least this one can\'t get pregnant."\n\nKevin didn\'t have to wait long for his new helper, his blurry eyes focused on the heavenly figure that strolled into the room, she had long brown hair, big kissable red lips, massive boobs, sexy legs in white stockings, and was wearing the most alluring Hot Nurse\'s uniform he had ever seen.\n\n"Hi I\'m Nurse Goodnsexy!" she said in a very fake high-pitched tone and then giggled, "And it looks like your glad to see me!"\n\nShe giggled again as Kevin looked down and saw his meatstick at full salute, even though his Ratboy sheets were thick, his extra-large package wasn\'t very easily hidden.\n\nHe began to apologize but the Nurse cut him off, "Don\'t be big boy cus I\'m here to make you feel all better."\n\nThen the sexy caretaker pounced on the bed and ripped the sheets away and before Kevin could breathe she had his pajama pants off.\n\nBut then he felt something pressed up on his leg and when Kevin glanced down at it he saw the biggest bulge in his life in Nurse Goodnsexy\'s uniform.\n\nShe then leaned in for a kiss and that was when Kevin\'s rarely used brain made the mental connection.\n\n"Hey!" he protested, "Aren\'t you that guy Daria\'s dating, Tom Sloage or sumthin\'?"\n\nNurse Goodnsexy just smiled and said nothing, instead she used her lips for something else.\n\nLike kissing Kevin Thompson.\n\nAt that moment, everything in Kevin\'s life faded away, the only thing that mattered to him was getting himself some of that Nurse Goodnsexy!','a2fe4bbcccfbdd07e636c05dcbe5d0e8',0,'QA==','1e4hn375',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565903,37415,16,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345583738,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="ThanatosRW":1oje07k0]We can all read into that meeting many ways. Is it only the outcasts that are sent to O\'Neill? Was it to get back at Daria being combative and difficult? To knock her down a peg? Did she see some issues? Was she trying to steer Daria towards people she may get along with? So much alternative character interpretation based on one scene and one picture.\n\nI keep feeding that plot bunny where Li is working for Hollywood and the security footage is used to make characters for high school dramas. The self-esteem class is a way to keep people the network doesn\'t want from being involved in after school clubs and then having to be written into the show.[/quote:1oje07k0]\n\nCareful feeding that bunny. You could end up with another [size=150:1oje07k0]Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog![/size:1oje07k0]','341545c48a5324382ec3855118ace988',0,'hA==','1oje07k0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565904,37444,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345584145,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Shiva":350sjd1r][b:350sjd1r]Nurse Goodnsexy Scores a QB![/b:350sjd1r][/quote:350sjd1r]\n\n[img-l:350sjd1r]http://peterfree.ie/img/NurseGoodNSexy.png[/img-l:350sjd1r] I\'m baaack!','bdca7245c14932c8cf6daa1dd135b7df',0,'wABA','350sjd1r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565905,36508,6,1719,0,'76.112.222.52',1345584478,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 8 Part 2','"So you say she just ran off into the woods?" Jane Lane contemplated this for a minute, "I don\'t know much about werewolves but I\'m pretty sure what happens... happens on the full moons, right?" She spoke more to Susie than she did Tom, finding the idea of making eye contact with her ex to be uncomfortable, "So why now?"\n\nLooking nervously away for a minute, thinking about the dangers her sister might be in, Susie Rowe rubbed her arms, "The demon Saarthos. It\'s an evil spirit of the moon, known for enthralling wolves with weakness in their soul. Ever since my sister\'s birth my parents tried really hard to free her from Lycanthropy, and with success they did, until that..." Pausing, Susie clenched her fists and teeth, "Stupid, snobby, little whore ruined EVERYTHING." Tears forming in her eyes she began to cry, "Our family, along with a few strays in town, kept the secret safe... and we felt we had the situation under control." Her tone changed to darker hatred, "We should\'ve killed her when we got the chance. Stacy always trusted that stupid bitch and now..."\n\nTom looked at Susie, wanting to comfort her but feeling an unnerving gaze from Jane that made him feel like showing any affection to his current girlfriend in front of her would be a problem, so he remained silent, looking quietly out of the corner of his eye at both girls. "So... from the way Susie here\'s explained it... Now that Stacy\'s a werewolf again, this Saarthos has the ability to control her again."\n\n"So I guess having Stacy kill the wolf who turned her is out of the question then, right? Since she\'d have to willingly do it and I doubt Saarthos wants to relinquish its power again." Jane stood up and started for a book shelf, pulling off what appeared to be an old, leather bound book, held together with a rubber band and some duct tape. "Now, I\'m no professional on this kind of stuff, but my brother, Wind should know a thing or two... Has a thing for the dark side of reality or whatever you wanna call it. If that makes any sense at all." She scribbled his number on a piece of the duct tape and held the book out to Tom, "Just go easy on him. He\'s a little, fragile."','d2040624df87bef39442d93879f17fc9',0,'','268s3asa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565906,37401,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345584650,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Man and His Box','"What," Daria blinked before starting over. "What did you say?"\n\n"Huh?" Brittany twirled a ponytail in her fingers.\n\n"You said something about the TARDIS." Wide brown eyes stared at the cheerleader. "How do you know about the TARDIS?"\n\n"Wait, you know?" The two blinked before Brittany smiled. "What did he look like?"\n\n"Curly hair and a long scarf," Daria replied with a small smile of her own. "You?"\n\nAfter a laugh, came the answer, "He looked like a fuddy-duddy college professor and thinks fezzes and bow ties are cool." \n\n\n\n[quote:2f3eocvx]Dear Diary, \nI didn\'t think it was possible. But on my first day as a Senior at Lawndale High I discovered I had something in common with the head cheerleader. She traveled with the Doctor, too. He\'s even supposed to come visit next week. I\'m hoping to see him again when he does. I thought about telling Aunt Amy but she all but curses every time I mention him.\n\nOf course, he did drop us off in Nome, Alaska, and we almost froze to death in that blizzard. I\'ll have to talk to him about that....[/quote:2f3eocvx]','349d6e98cab576b241bfd445a8856b6a',0,'gA==','2f3eocvx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565907,37187,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345584744,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','[quote="Wraith":3u330zf1]Daria stared at Tom for a while before finally speaking. "That is also simple. It welled up out of the fountain of knowledge. My five senses are on the alert, gathering fragments of chaos from the world around me, and the fountain of knowledge inside me toys with them out of sheer boredom. Reconstructing them. If the inclination strikes me, I occasionally verbalize this in a fashion even a terribly ordinary person like yourself can understand. But normally, I can\'t be bothered and remain silent."\n\nWraith\n"Argh, it hurts! The boredom hurts! And it\'s all your fault!"\n -- Victorique ("Gosick")[/quote:3u330zf1]\n\nSounds like Daria Holmes is alive and well.','240988a8a80a2abf1cfed166199b5cf2',0,'gA==','3u330zf1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578250,37965,4,1406,0,'79.13.116.161',1351369152,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Berlusconi goes to directly to jail but may pass Go','[quote="Charles RB":1lceh6ek] [i:1lceh6ek]I[/i:1lceh6ek] don\'t like him[/quote:1lceh6ek]\n\nyou\'re a smart guy.','a381f9a3f02d7f99526106fe7a28e0aa',0,'oA==','1lceh6ek',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578251,37838,6,1108,0,'86.139.166.42',1351369262,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Black Hole Part 2','[quote="Silver":2ki178pw]\nAnd on [i:2ki178pw]that[/i:2ki178pw] delightful note: I think we need an admin in here. This idiotic farce of a discussion has gone on long enough. Can we get a lock in here, please?[/quote:2ki178pw]\n\nIf you want it locked, you can PM one and ask them.','c3e6712a626b606efc990c72d32aad29',0,'oA==','2ki178pw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565909,36803,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345584938,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="peetz5050":3kjh7c7x][quote="Shiva":3kjh7c7x]Janet Barch is confronted with the truth that her treatment of the guys in her classes turned most of them into woman-abusing monsters who see [i:3kjh7c7x]her[/i:3kjh7c7x] face everytime they punch their wives/girlfriends.[/quote:3kjh7c7x]\n\nOuch! That\'s a good one, but I, for one, wouldn\'t be able to write it.[/quote:3kjh7c7x]\n\nIt might be worth it if you could do a good enough (i.e. gut wrenchingly awesome) job with the revelation scene.','221d66d6926f8fd271cdab8174a2f180',0,'oA==','3kjh7c7x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565910,37444,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345585073,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Charles RB":222db9qz]EXT: LAWNDALE, NIGHT\n\nCLOSE UP on the "Welcome To Lawndale" sign. A black crashes into it.\n\nCUT to the exit of the driver - a tall, badass figure in a long leather coat. He lights a cigarette and then turns to reveal he\'s a bleach-blond vampire, merciless and cool. He exhales.\n\nSPIKE\nHome sweet [sees sign] Wait, [i:222db9qz]Lawndale?[/i:222db9qz]\n\nCUT to the car reversing very fast, leaving the town far behind.\n\n\nINT: LAWNDALE HIGH LIBRARY\n\nBRITTANY\nI thought being a Slayer would mean [i:222db9qz]doing[/i:222db9qz] things.\n\nGILES\n[asleep][/quote:222db9qz]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','c3d32c9242a0ac7fe6f486d87332a96f',0,'oA==','222db9qz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565911,37401,6,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345585384,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Man and His Box','Thorne, you started it, you finish it.\n\n(sidenote: LawndaleDoctor meets up with CanonDoctor. Cue arguments between the two about who had the better companions and Cardiff vs. Lawndale.)','113f82c088e614fb30590946b3ec73c1',0,'','hlrdzx76',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565912,37414,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345585397,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','You\'re driving along when you notice smoke coming from the front of your car. Where do you stop?\n\nHow about [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-19338012:9wwy4yec]a petrol station[/url:9wwy4yec]? Oops.','f1b35bbe5fdffb9f69b8ff7bc861d568',0,'EA==','9wwy4yec',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565913,37401,6,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345585634,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Man and His Box','[quote="ThanatosRW":27ka25u2]Thorne, you started it, you finish it.\n\n(sidenote: LawndaleDoctor meets up with CanonDoctor. Cue arguments between the two about who had the better companions and Cardiff vs. Lawndale.)[/quote:27ka25u2]\n\n\nUnless he teams up with Mack Dynamite, Rory wins that particular contest \";)\"','2ab1a6830b72a14f3059640a877f2bf1',0,'gA==','27ka25u2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565914,37401,6,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345585925,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Man and His Box','[quote="Dark Kuno":73925yut][quote="ThanatosRW":73925yut]Thorne, you started it, you finish it.\n\n(sidenote: LawndaleDoctor meets up with CanonDoctor. Cue arguments between the two about who had the better companions and Cardiff vs. Lawndale.)[/quote:73925yut]\n\n\nUnless he teams up with Mack Dynamite, Rory wins that particular contest \";)\"[/quote:73925yut]\nWhat about the Brig?','4f7567660854ee822ac7655d5fba873e',0,'gA==','73925yut',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565915,37439,3,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1345586035,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','Soulwax- Most Of The Remixes.','ea85a6456583fac71b8a1f1fa9995bb3',0,'','1h7u08px',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565916,37408,3,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1345586117,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s dumbest fight you ever had?','One of the missions on GTA IV.','578df176819f3f65340f257d38669926',0,'','1xc5gfir',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565917,37401,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345586861,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Man and His Box','The Brig could exist in the Dariaverse too, nobody ever visited Britain...','e43056145ae375d72436967a3612a130',0,'','3pga7v7t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565918,37418,6,961,0,'124.182.3.172',1345586871,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','Just finished reading through this whole series; fantastic work, I have to say.\n\nI keep picturing a desperate Senator Kinsey, with the last of his goons, breaking into Area 51 with the intention of fleeing through the Quantum Mirror to another universe, ANY universe, to start over fresh, with a pile of stolen alien tech to ensure his comfort. With the Justice Society following close behind, the lot of them end up in the Justice League Unlimited universe for a classic JLA/JSA teamup.\n\nMostly because I want to see Daria and Jane interacting with the Question and Huntress of the DCU.','df5d277ccd48967424857c726a453bfb',0,'','pzfrq9j4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565919,37415,16,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345587634,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="ThanatosRW":21q61qw2]We can all read into that meeting many ways. Is it only the outcasts that are sent to O\'Neill? Was it to get back at Daria being combative and difficult? To knock her down a peg? Did she see some issues? Was she trying to steer Daria towards people she may get along with? So much alternative character interpretation based on one scene and one picture.\n[/quote:21q61qw2]\n\nThe implication is "knock down a peg", certainly. But Manson could have legit reasons as well.\n\nAs for the class, the six students do mostly seem to be outcasts - or that they should be, because Shaggy gets around, man - but then you\'ve got [url=http://www.theangstguy.com/backgrounders/047.html:21q61qw2]"The Smirker".[/url:21q61qw2] He seems normal (except for always smirking). "The Head" seems to be getting something out of the class too, somehow.','aa90b1d81fed5b9c229424f522cee31f',0,'kA==','21q61qw2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565920,37418,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345587738,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','But which character will become [url=http://www.comicvine.com/bueno-excellente/29-12153/:zpidy0nj]Bueno Excellente?![/url:zpidy0nj]','cae1d5c67d96881acba82b8e29c7ca9a',0,'EA==','zpidy0nj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565921,37441,3,414,0,'209.6.146.209',1345588553,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sad, Funny & Inappropriate weather and news reports','[img:1a2drhr9]https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/8/16/zpzXUY7xpE-klhSk55eVUw2.jpg[/img:1a2drhr9]','234434b0b91f79895c97b26f77634342',0,'CA==','1a2drhr9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565922,37415,16,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345588702,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="Charles RB":33mbqnuw][quote="ThanatosRW":33mbqnuw]We can all read into that meeting many ways. Is it only the outcasts that are sent to O\'Neill? Was it to get back at Daria being combative and difficult? To knock her down a peg? Did she see some issues? Was she trying to steer Daria towards people she may get along with? So much alternative character interpretation based on one scene and one picture.\n[/quote:33mbqnuw]\n\nThe implication is "knock down a peg", certainly. But Manson could have legit reasons as well.\n\nAs for the class, the six students do mostly seem to be outcasts - or that they should be, because Shaggy gets around, man - but then you\'ve got [url=http://www.theangstguy.com/backgrounders/047.html:33mbqnuw]"The Smirker".[/url:33mbqnuw] He seems normal (except for always smirking). "The Head" seems to be getting something out of the class too, somehow.[/quote:33mbqnuw]\n\nThe Smirker burned down a cheese factory. I\'m surprised you didn\'t know this, it was all over the papers. He only got off because his parents bankrupted themselves pulling strings.','d9dc22091c7dd7d4f648bd18f30cd052',0,'kA==','33mbqnuw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565923,37434,6,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1345588740,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','Freakuency!','a858591889e092f159d2a7bedd7ef6fc',0,'','179wr25m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565924,37418,6,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345590282,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="Charles RB":4uuemrtq]But which character will become [url=http://www.comicvine.com/bueno-excellente/29-12153/:4uuemrtq]Bueno Excellente?![/url:4uuemrtq][/quote:4uuemrtq]\n\nI ... I ... what. I have ruminated on this ... thing of importance, and composed a concise and eloquent response.\n\nBehold!\n\n[img-l:4uuemrtq]http://e621.net/data/preview/21/2a/212afd4f38a32f165fdc2e3f5c49727e.jpg[/img-l:4uuemrtq]\n[img-r:4uuemrtq]http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmj1sqsvBs1qincmao1_500.png[/img-r:4uuemrtq]\n[img:4uuemrtq]http://mylittlefacewhen.com/media/f/img/mlfw500_130816867992.jpg[/img:4uuemrtq]\n\n[size=150:4uuemrtq]In all seriousness, should Beuno Excellente ever appears, the role will be shared by [b:4uuemrtq]Tad and Tricia Gupty[/b:4uuemrtq], in the style of Ultimate Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.[/size:4uuemrtq]\n\nNow, if you\'ll excuse me, I must go eat ice cream until I forget I ever knew anything about ... any of that.\n\n[size=50:4uuemrtq]... Whibble.[/size:4uuemrtq]','af04927cf51fefd33c58036ce54ba8c2',0,'3ABg','4uuemrtq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565925,37365,6,1548,0,'72.91.86.179',1345590375,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Twin Tracks (chapter 1, part 2 )','Stephanie\'s story while come when I have Daria and Jane up in Boston... along with some other OC\'s too. \";)\"','3d34e78f6b8945bf25d64fe5b522ee97',0,'','2l9it4ow',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565926,37426,3,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345590459,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Phyllis Diller','Rest in peace. You shall be missed.','cc92f3748a8078e314b219c48ea30548',0,'','hb9xlynp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565927,37418,6,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345590471,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="Cypher3au":11rs8936]Just finished reading through this whole series; fantastic work, I have to say.\n\nI keep picturing a desperate Senator Kinsey, with the last of his goons, breaking into Area 51 with the intention of fleeing through the Quantum Mirror to another universe, ANY universe, to start over fresh, with a pile of stolen alien tech to ensure his comfort. With the Justice Society following close behind, the lot of them end up in the Justice League Unlimited universe for a classic JLA/JSA teamup.\n\nMostly because I want to see Daria and Jane interacting with the Question and Huntress of the DCU.[/quote:11rs8936]\n\nThanks for the kind words! I could easily see the scenario you envision happening. Truth be told I\'ve got a JLU crossover on my list of things that would be awesome to do. And Kinsey, canonically, has fled earth through mysterious portals before.\n\nDaria and Jane meeting Helena and Vic would be awesome. Daria and Jane meeting Batman would just be a beautiful trainwreck. He makes Daria and Jane look so [i:11rs8936]well adjusted[/i:11rs8936].\n\nAdmittedly, if I did this my impulse would be to use a small strike force from the JSA to follow Kinsey. Only because writing large ensemble pieces is REALLY HARD. \":P\"','8a95bb98b1bc22b0207969edc8526060',0,'oA==','11rs8936',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565928,37410,5,849,0,'67.142.163.25',1345590744,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New Sailor Moon','[quote="Quiverwing":1qo090nw]For Westeners who aren\'t into Japanese culture, "Chibi-usa" is a REALLY stupid name. Add to that a very annoying 6 year old who looked 13 in Senshi costume... ehhh, no. \n\nOn that note, I always thought the main characters didn\'t look 14. They should have made them 17 or 18 at least. They must also be 6\'5\'\' tall or something. \":P\"[/quote:1qo090nw]\nYeah, they all looked older than their stated ages, that\'s for sure. \":lol:\"\n\nAnd as long as their legs are to make them so tall, then how tall does that make the MEN? \":shock:\" \":lol:\"','37d2cc917f2b0b05c5176e2cfe797894',0,'gA==','1qo090nw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565930,37415,16,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345591063,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="ThanatosRW":33ffa3qc][quote="Charles RB":33ffa3qc][quote="ThanatosRW":33ffa3qc]We can all read into that meeting many ways. Is it only the outcasts that are sent to O\'Neill? Was it to get back at Daria being combative and difficult? To knock her down a peg? Did she see some issues? Was she trying to steer Daria towards people she may get along with? So much alternative character interpretation based on one scene and one picture.\n[/quote:33ffa3qc]\n\nThe implication is "knock down a peg", certainly. But Manson could have legit reasons as well.\n\nAs for the class, the six students do mostly seem to be outcasts - or that they should be, because Shaggy gets around, man - but then you\'ve got [url=http://www.theangstguy.com/backgrounders/047.html:33ffa3qc]"The Smirker".[/url:33ffa3qc] He seems normal (except for always smirking). "The Head" seems to be getting something out of the class too, somehow.[/quote:33ffa3qc]\n\nThe Smirker burned down a cheese factory. I\'m surprised you didn\'t know this, it was all over the papers. He only got off because his parents bankrupted themselves pulling strings.[/quote:33ffa3qc]\n\nSmirker: Hey, that place had it coming!','acc94878aff0c3a5e11a763bf508f32a',0,'kA==','33ffa3qc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565931,37442,12,849,0,'67.142.163.25',1345591122,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Fandom Blog II','If my attention span was good enough to gather all the latest ficlets/serial parts each day to archive them, I\'d be glad to help out. \":)\"\n\nOh, just thought of something: What if one person was assigned to do specifically an art update at least once a week depending on the board\'s traffic? Okay, maybe dumb idea, but I check The Easel several times a day even when there aren\'t new posts, so it was just a random idea. \":P\" Anywho, I\'ve already got a Gmail account (I think you\'re correct on that, as I had to log in through Gmail to post comments before), so I\'d be all set and willing to become a blogger. \":D\"','029fbd0b5def2d0dd3642d79395774f4',0,'','1qehn6qh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565932,35345,6,1127,0,'123.3.68.123',1345591127,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: 2012 Daria Fanfiction - The Finished Stories','With Kristen going on maternity leave for the indeterminate future, I\'m actually going to have to do some work here. \":lol:\"\n\nI\'ll try my best to update the list at least every one or two days, but if I miss anything, just let me know.','41ad7cb21bf26c0742f79f697067f575',0,'','1pe70rjy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565933,37418,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345591259,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="Lord Yellowtail":289uhh0q][img:289uhh0q]http://mylittlefacewhen.com/media/f/img/mlfw500_130816867992.jpg[/img:289uhh0q]\n[/quote:289uhh0q]\n\nHeh heh heh... [i:289uhh0q]excellente...[/i:289uhh0q]','18469f7bbe0c571e0f6e3fa761d43d1c',0,'qA==','289uhh0q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565934,37408,3,83,0,'174.30.3.28',1345591541,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s dumbest fight you ever had?','[quote="Brother Grimace":1rr72tjo][quote="Kem":1rr72tjo]I remember when I was younger having an argument with my mom about the Meatloaf song "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won\'t Do That)." We were arguing over what the thing was that he wouldn\'t do for love. \n\nKem[/quote:1rr72tjo]\n\n\na.) Get married?\n\nb.) Didn\'t Meat Loaf just want to get laid? Why not just lie, like most men do?[/quote:1rr72tjo]\n\n\nI thought it was he wouldn\'t cheat.\n\nOooo, let the stupid fight begin!\n\n[quote:1rr72tjo]\n[quote="LadieTAG":1rr72tjo]\nTAG and I went out to dinner with a couple of our friends and we got into a roaring debate on whether or not the original Clash of the Titans was a bad good movie or a good bad movie. Lasted about an hour and ended in a tie and us eating wayy to many cheese fries and chicken wings.[/quote:1rr72tjo]\n\n[quote="Dark Kuno":1rr72tjo]\nIt\'s a good old movie \":D\"[/quote:1rr72tjo][/quote:1rr72tjo]\n\nIt\'s an entertaining crappy movie!\n\n\n\nDumbest fight- That ridiculousness with Stars, hands down. Some psycho threatening me because I was "mean" to a fictional character he was obsessed with? WTF?','87bbff18e3e7bbf6fd54497dd41f804e',0,'gA==','1rr72tjo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565935,37399,3,849,0,'67.142.163.25',1345591677,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[quote="Dark Kuno":2ujynpl3]Because they always cheer me up\n\nhave some redheads \":D\"[/quote:2ujynpl3]\nWHAT? No Rupert Grint pics? \":cry:\"\n\n[img:2ujynpl3]http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s12/kaybee666/tumblr_llsdanl0C71qh4xki.jpg[/img:2ujynpl3]\n\nProblem solved. \":D\"\n\nOh, and some French kitty cuteness: \n\n[img:2ujynpl3]http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s12/kaybee666/9mRV8.gif[/img:2ujynpl3]\n\n \":mrgreen:\"','5bdc63022a5ac7086a0133579e655753',0,'iA==','2ujynpl3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565936,37442,12,1127,0,'123.3.68.123',1345591792,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Fandom Blog II','\":lol:\" Now I actually have to do some proper work in collecting the completed fics here instead of mooching off Kristen.','bc0519094faa60bf0dcf56bbcfa3f0be',0,'','1zr9v2vv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565937,37365,6,1690,0,'189.253.241.31',1345592073,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Twin Tracks (chapter 1, part 2 )','[quote="oni":7sddgve0]Stephanie\'s story while come when I have Daria and Jane up in Boston... along with some other OC\'s too. \";)\"[/quote:7sddgve0]Even better. \":D\"','f608d5c55ff651cb07d7db0d14043d78',0,'gA==','7sddgve0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565938,37056,10,1454,0,'97.102.201.68',1345593343,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: My characters drawn by BloodyWilliam','[quote="ST91":35owhxdp]Hi guys , here is the new addition to this wonderful set of drawings.\n\nIs here, just for you, Dr. Abraham "Abe" King Dario and Jake\'s psychologist[/quote:35owhxdp]\n\n\nHe looks like my friend\'s dad... LOL','952a7f45c75be32c10f497a87df4dc79',0,'gA==','35owhxdp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565939,37415,16,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345593570,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="ThanatosRW":2cfn03cn]I keep feeding that plot bunny where Li is working for Hollywood and the security footage is used to make characters for high school dramas. The self-esteem class is a way to keep people the network doesn\'t want from being involved in after school clubs and then having to be written into the show.[/quote:2cfn03cn]\nNot just good plot bunny food, but also a good conspiracy theory. \";)\"','a2ef0521c6eaf8b1b220c6259d29a0ce',0,'gA==','2cfn03cn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565940,36459,10,1690,0,'189.253.241.31',1345593791,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Mageborn Cynic and other fan art pieces','Love Jane\'s clothes.','cdab78fead06c6dae364377c9827256a',0,'','2u3ruvq7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565941,37406,5,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345594050,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you listening to? Part 4','The Rice University Marching Owl Band\'s rendition of "Louie Louie" as famously used in the scene where bad guy Vincent Ludwig (played by Ricardo Montalban) gets his in [i:3fdjasaj]The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad![/i:3fdjasaj]:\n\n[youtube:3fdjasaj]WmBeWxNGSIw[/youtube:3fdjasaj]\n\nMy father went the same way! \":lol:\"\n\nBTW, I know in the scene it\'s the USC Trojan Marching Band that\'s walking over Ludwig\'s corpse but it\'s the MOB that\'s playing the song.','1f1ee3fe748baa8412c3ac8939df1826',0,'IAE=','3fdjasaj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565942,37434,6,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345594080,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','I\'m torn among these three options as to what you should work on next: Scars, Lawndale Marvels, and Quantum Stacy. But since I\'m a time travel nerd, I\'ll throw my vote in for Quantum Stacy, I think. I\'d like to see how you plan it out the second time around.* \":D\"\n\n*I\'ve had the same thing happen before where I wish I had started/planned a story better from the beginning, so you\'re not alone on that one. Hell, I think [i:3ao8ikec]everyone\'s[/i:3ao8ikec] been there before at least once. \":P\"','14e576f691ffc3875350f292b121811f',0,'IA==','3ao8ikec',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565943,37439,3,981,0,'58.179.174.85',1345594482,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','Okay then. Time to pull out the list eclectica & give you some of my favourites to play with. Please note that when you hit the arabic pop, the numbers usually signify the many & varied ways of pronouncing an \'h\' in arabic.\n\nSwitchblade Symphony:\nGutter Glitter\nMine Eyes\nWitches\n\nClan of Xymox:\nImagination\n\nBauhaus:\nShe\'s In Parties\nStigmata Martyr\n\nBlack Kites:\nGlass Parade\nPaper Heart\n\nCocteau Twins:\nPink Orange Red\nHeaven or Las Vegas\nSugar Hiccups\nLorelei\n\nDead Can Dance:\nRadharc\nBlack Sun\n\nSiouxsie & the Banshees:\nHalloween\n\nSisters of Mercy:\nAlice\nNine while Nine\n\nThe Cure:\nTo Wish for Impossible Things\nHigh\nThe Drowning Man\n\nThe Clouds (the Australian band, don\'t accept any substitutes):\nHieronymous\nBower of Bliss\nCinnamon\n\nBeats Antique:\nBattle\nLantern\nSpiderbite\n\nOmar Faruk Tekbilek:\nYa Bouy\nShashkin\nLast Moments of Love\n\nAmr Diab:\nAllem Alby\nHabibi Ya Nour\n\nSherine:\nAh Ya Leil\nLaw Kont Nesit\nBos Ba2a \nOly Emta\n\nTamr Hosny:\nArrab Habibi\n7ar2et Dam\n\nAnd we\'re done. PM me if you have any difficulty in locating the music I\'ve recommended.','ad3d4a392132cda9f65829424f9d07e0',0,'','122ipjqu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565944,37441,3,1278,0,'99.230.230.212',1345594893,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sad, Funny & Inappropriate weather and news reports','[quote="Derek":1oygjpwj][img:1oygjpwj]https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/8/16/zpzXUY7xpE-klhSk55eVUw2.jpg[/img:1oygjpwj][/quote:1oygjpwj]\nPeople die when they are killed.','92f458857fb3d31ab1558a936d1c7a53',0,'iA==','1oygjpwj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565945,37417,4,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345594945,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','The Fail is definitely strong with the people making these comments...','249f7f610f72703031640e6d8d92de45',0,'','5ulcng8c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565946,37439,3,1278,0,'99.230.230.212',1345595106,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','If you\'ve never heard anything by Hideki Naganuma, (or played Jet Grind Radio) go do it now. And then see how long it takes to get Sweet Soul Brother out of your head.','ca95ae974bf7da16b8d43dbbb26dcd66',0,'','hnruv0aa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565947,37406,5,1066,0,'69.253.173.20',1345595176,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you listening to? Part 4','This song always makes me want to sing along at the top of my lungs. Please try to ignore the cheesiness of the video. \":)\"\n\n[youtube:1eo0dw03]6km7phBQRF0[/youtube:1eo0dw03]\n\nKem','23db5cc35b86d3b893af46a8d032674c',0,'AAE=','1eo0dw03',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565948,37414,3,981,0,'58.179.174.85',1345595231,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Angelinhel":mqorus5i]So do I start the antibiotics, because clearly I am not fighting this off fast enough on my own and the sinus part is probably bacterial, or do I agree with the doc it\'s viral and continue to wait it out and slowly crawl back toward health? The only positive is I have actually slept okay the last 2 nights.\n\nI don\'t want to take antibiotics for a virus as it is pointless, but holy crap I can\'t be sick anymore.\n\nI know no one here is a doctor, I\'m just debating out loud the advice I was given.[/quote:mqorus5i]\n\nI think the antibiotics are for the serious sinus infection, which is bacterial. TAKE THEM, ALL OF THEM. And hope like hell they work. If you have a smell like rotting meat (autoclav) in there, TAKE THEM FOR FUCK\'S SAKE TAKE THEM!','aa6bce7265c8506beb799967026edd46',0,'gA==','mqorus5i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565949,37444,6,1278,0,'99.230.230.212',1345595268,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="ThanatosRW":2b3fg2cr][quote="Dark Kuno":2b3fg2cr]"Jane?"\n\n"Yeah Daria?"\n\n"Do you ever get that \'not so fresh\' feeling?"[/quote:2b3fg2cr]\n\n"Yeah, but you have to make do with what you have. If we don\'t reanimate a dead body, we\'ll never win that science fair."[/quote:2b3fg2cr]\nMACK: Sure I\'ll help with your project. But if anybody mentions the words "unspeakable Congo secrets" or "forelegs" I\'m gonna kick somebody\'s ass.','aab3f679b7124d2ea8c8f84619bf6d61',0,'gA==','2b3fg2cr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565950,37414,3,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345595314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[img:2apyrna0]https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/8/14/Ev3pO3kuc0GKI3br_Zs-5g2.jpg[/img:2apyrna0]','cfdac5f6cf703d3441824678a1438894',0,'CA==','2apyrna0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565951,37417,4,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345595387,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','[img:1c2oldfp]http://0.media.todaysbigthing.cvcdn.com/46/34/b0c5116eeba4b33808ff5b4370944be3.jpg[/img:1c2oldfp]','252127c9abdb54eba5718b4a97231dd5',0,'CA==','1c2oldfp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565952,37414,3,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345595470,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','And this is just depressing...\n\n[img:335xi2gv]https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/8/17/gmQnDkMqqE-DcLewAPSDMA2.jpg[/img:335xi2gv]','557cca2037fae7c6b577d5794d0da79c',0,'CA==','335xi2gv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565953,37441,3,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345595709,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sad, Funny & Inappropriate weather and news reports','The third weather report is just TOO blatant. \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nDamn. Once I can figure out how to search through "Probably Bad News" under the beta Failblog (I\'m not even seeing that portion linked at the moment), I\'ll have some stuff to post. \":P\"','1a4a2e467ae95074075f522a8cd7906f',0,'','21c5t88v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565954,37418,6,961,0,'124.182.3.172',1345595822,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="Lord Yellowtail":21oc5sap]Admittedly, if I did this my impulse would be to use a small strike force from the JSA to follow Kinsey. Only because writing large ensemble pieces is REALLY HARD. \":P\"[/quote:21oc5sap]\n\nWell, you could easily explain away keeping Bubbles back in the JSA\'s home universe; as Chairwoman, she can stay back to keep watch over their Earth and smooth over any ruffled feathers the JSA may have caused barrelling through Area 51, and it gives her more time to calm down.\n\nIf she got her hands on Kinsey, she\'d probably dump him at the Pacific end of Interstate 90, then drag him down the highway by his feet until all that was left was a long bloody smear and a pair of feet in swanky business shoes.\n\nI\'m thinking Jane, Daria, and Will would be essential; an ubertelepath and heavy hitter, a super detective, and a speedster would be the perfect team for running down Kinsey and Co. Maybe Steve, on a rare field mission, with some gadgetry for tracking down their fellow universe-hoppers.\n\nJL!Flash would be hilarious, because you just know he\'d hit on Daria, right up until he figures out that she\'s not just the JSA\'s Question equivalent, but their BATMAN equivalent, too.\n\nHe\'d be out of Daria\'s personal space and on the other side of the room so fast even Will would have trouble seeing him move.','251635e139ba0b445065905924358301',0,'gA==','21oc5sap',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565955,37415,16,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345596031,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="breitasparrow":gr4ple4d][quote="ThanatosRW":gr4ple4d]I keep feeding that plot bunny where Li is working for Hollywood and the security footage is used to make characters for high school dramas. The self-esteem class is a way to keep people the network doesn\'t want from being involved in after school clubs and then having to be written into the show.[/quote:gr4ple4d]\nNot just good plot bunny food, but also a good conspiracy theory. \";)\"[/quote:gr4ple4d]\nIn my endless generosity, I will give to you what that plot bunny has crapped out.\n\n1) O\'Neill is an ex-child star who was blacklisted at the age of 13 for smoking marijuana. Is bitter about the experience and takes it out on the students from behind his mask of "helpful, sensitive teacher".\n\n2)Brittany is a plant. German actress who wishes the powers that be would let her interact more with Daria. Secretly loathes Jodie, who she describes as "all-about me" and insulting.\n\n3)Stacy sees Manson due to being wild as a child. After witnessing a friend die, she went into shock and Manson is there to make sure she remains calm. The events of her friends death were made into an award-winning movie.\n\n4)There is a line of dolls based around the Fashion Club. They are attacked by parents for being sexist and the cartoon was pulled after 5 episodes. There is a doll loosely based on Daria, but she is considered an antagonist in the series.\n\n5) The kiss was adapted into a movie, but with a different ending with the knockoff Freakin\' Friends going their separate ways (The producers did not have access to them making up.) Daria\'s character is more based on Quinn in personality.','c9030421d7b3e20fa24361cdc0ba2cfe',0,'gA==','gr4ple4d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565956,37414,3,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345596105,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="breitasparrow":37lte0tc]And this is just depressing...\n\n[img:37lte0tc]https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/8/17/gmQnDkMqqE-DcLewAPSDMA2.jpg[/img:37lte0tc][/quote:37lte0tc]\n\nCan I go on wheel of fortune with these smucks?','03e905dca939328d1b972c0f3ff560e8',0,'iA==','37lte0tc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565958,37444,6,440,0,'174.20.113.108',1345596594,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Shiva":y2sscfkq][b:y2sscfkq]Nurse Goodnsexy Scores a QB![/b:y2sscfkq][/quote:y2sscfkq]\n\nThis is a case where brain bleach alone just won\'t cut it. Unless it was applied with a shotgun. And even then, it\'s iffy.','2b6c8c50d2ccbdf8dd1ec8cc9fa3d704',0,'wA==','y2sscfkq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565959,37414,3,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345597539,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="ThanatosRW":2y26295k][quote="breitasparrow":2y26295k]And this is just depressing...\n\n[img:2y26295k]https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/8/17/gmQnDkMqqE-DcLewAPSDMA2.jpg[/img:2y26295k][/quote:2y26295k]\n\nCan I go on wheel of fortune with these smucks?[/quote:2y26295k]\nYou\'d win on the first round! In that case, I say do it. \":lol:\"','0a4c2f5e8a60cfdf0d91b3b43feb76dc',0,'iA==','2y26295k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565960,37444,6,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345597906,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="DigiSim":1mvjivpz][quote="Shiva":1mvjivpz][b:1mvjivpz]Nurse Goodnsexy Scores a QB![/b:1mvjivpz][/quote:1mvjivpz]\n\nThis is a case where brain bleach alone just won\'t cut it. Unless it was applied with a shotgun. And even then, it\'s iffy.[/quote:1mvjivpz]\n[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=73559:1mvjivpz]Use this.[/url:1mvjivpz]','5d74a3c0213dde8b7a28329ca0877a35',0,'0A==','1mvjivpz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565961,37418,6,44,0,'67.67.217.240',1345598543,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="Charles RB":ltaugx0k]But which character will become [url=http://www.comicvine.com/bueno-excellente/29-12153/:ltaugx0k]Bueno Excellente?![/url:ltaugx0k][/quote:ltaugx0k]\n\nCan anyone other than Charles fit that role?\n\nUnless...\n\nYou could use Mrs. Johanssen, I suppose.\n\nWraith\n"Ah, Nidou. It was perverted beyond my wildest expectations." \n-- Tsuyuri ("Doujin Work")','e6fba924efe4781289906785623f0832',0,'kA==','ltaugx0k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565962,37410,5,1019,0,'205.188.116.74',1345598758,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: New Sailor Moon','[quote="breitasparrow":q23fnval][quote="Quiverwing":q23fnval]For Westeners who aren\'t into Japanese culture, "Chibi-usa" is a REALLY stupid name. Add to that a very annoying 6 year old who looked 13 in Senshi costume... ehhh, no. \n\nOn that note, I always thought the main characters didn\'t look 14. They should have made them 17 or 18 at least. They must also be 6\'5\'\' tall or something. \":P\"[/quote:q23fnval]\nYeah, they all looked older than their stated ages, that\'s for sure. \":lol:\"\n\nAnd as long as their legs are to make them so tall, then how tall does that make the MEN? \":shock:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:q23fnval]\n\nSexy? (Likes tall men) But really, they\'re all to "pretty boyish" for my tastes because of the artstyle. "Mamo-chan" is like a head taller than Usagi, but he\'s in High School.\n\nUm on a side note - [i:q23fnval]Chibi-usa[/i:q23fnval] isn\'t her real name... her real name is [i:q23fnval]Usagi[/i:q23fnval] - it\'s a nickname.','275d0d587f8a62f000facf54776773e3',0,'oA==','q23fnval',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565963,37444,6,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345598790,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Shiva":1ypg2o6e][b:1ypg2o6e]Nurse Goodnsexy Scores a QB![/b:1ypg2o6e][/quote:1ypg2o6e]\nMaybe we should start a thread on SFMB for these. \":lol:\"','f1dfa7afc697833f8d6570c986afadfd',0,'wA==','1ypg2o6e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565964,37445,6,545,0,'184.9.209.251',1345598855,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Major Tom (and its Sequel!)','[i:2a5mtz82][b:2a5mtz82]Major Tom\n\nA slightly demented fanfic\n\nby Doggieboy[/b:2a5mtz82][/i:2a5mtz82]\n\n\n“Ground Control to Major Tom,” the female voice said and Tom Sloane opened his eyes. For several panicked seconds, he looked around. He appeared to be inside a space capsule similar to the ones used by astronauts in the Gemini and Apollo programs. What was worse was that he was in a spacesuit, complete with helmet and his name in bold blue letters over his left breast.\n\n“What’s going on in here?” he asked himself.\n\n“Ground Control to Major Tom,” the female voice repeated.\n\n[i:2a5mtz82]I know who that is,[/i:2a5mtz82] he thought and roared as loud as he could, “ELSIE!”\n\n“Hey, big brother, wake up on the wrong side of the bed?”\n\nTom tried to lift his left hand and found that it was strapped to the module seat armrest ([i:2a5mtz82]Did the old spaceships even have armrests?[/i:2a5mtz82]) He found that he could move his right arm, but it didn’t seem to help anything, because his body was strapped in the seat. “Where am I? What have you done to me?”\n\n“Is that any way to talk to your sister?” Elsie said. “You need to take your protein pill, by the way.”\n\n“What? What protein pill?”\n\nThe sound of a bored sigh came over the radio and she said, “Oh, never mind, I’ll take care of it from here.”\n\nSuddenly, a tiny mechanical servo arm inside his spacesuit forced a pill into his mouth. At the same time another servo arm clamped his nose shut while the first arm pushed the pill to his throat and forced him to swallow it.\n\nThen the arms retracted and Tom went through several seconds of horrible coughing. “I swear, Elsie, when I get my hands on you, I’m gonna kick your ass so hard, you’ll taste the shoe polish off of my shoe!”\n\nThe young woman laughed and said, “Temper, temper, Major Tom. Oh, by the way, we’re commencing countdown.”\n\n“What?” he yelled out. “Countdown for what? What are you doing to me?”\n\nElsie ignored him as she counted down from ten slowly.\n\n“ELSIE!”\n\nWhen she got to four, she added, “May God’s love be with you, Major Tom.”\n\n“I’ll Major Tom you, dammit! Now get me out of here!”\n\nSuddenly Tom felt as if the hand of God was pushing him down as hard as it could. He felt his cheeks being drawn back, and couldn’t even scream as the roar of what sounded like rocket engines firing filled his ears, and by default, his entire body.\n\nAfter several minutes, the pressure suddenly went away and Tom felt as if he were absolutely weightless. Of course, being strapped in his chair, and being unable to find any releases to free himself, didn’t help his situation.\n\n“Oh, hell,” he muttered.\n\n“Hey, Major Tom, the papers want to know whose shirts you wear, because they all heard that you put on Daria’s shirt…and skirt.”\n\n“Elsie, I cannot count the ways that I’m going to dispose of your body. I’m thinking of feeding you to rabid zombified penguins, or maybe giving you to Daria’s classmate, Charles.”\n\nElsie laughed and said, “Oh, you mean Upchuck. Oh, don’t bother. I have better taste in men than that. I’d rather date any number of men who post on message boards for cartoon shows.”\n\n[i:2a5mtz82]Damn, that was a slam on Upchuck. Oh, well.[/i:2a5mtz82] “Elsie?”\n\n“Yes, Major Tom?”\n\n“Why are you doing this to me?”\n\n“Doing what?”\n\n[i:2a5mtz82]I think I’ll sell you to a science research lab instead.[/i:2a5mtz82] “WHY DID YOU SEND ME INTO SPACE?”\n\n“Oh, that. Daria bet me that I couldn\'t send you into space whilst referencing an obscure rock song. I couldn’t let that challenge stand, you know.”\n\nHe blinked for several seconds and shook his head. “You did this [i:2a5mtz82]because of a bet?[/i:2a5mtz82]"\n\n“Yes.”\n\n“How much of our money did my wife bet with you?”\n\n“Oh, calm down, brother dear. You’re still filthy rich. We only bet a dollar.”\n\nTom blinked again. “A dollar.”\n\n“Yes, a dollar.”\n\n“YOU SENT ME INTO SPACE FOR A DOLLAR?”\n\n“It was worth it. Oh, by the way, are you floating in a most peculiar way?”\n\n“What?”\n\nThe sound of a hand slapping skin could be heard, and Elsie said, “I forgot, I have to do that myself from here.”\n\nSuddenly, the space module opened and Tom, along with his seat, left the space capsule.\n\nHe reacted in a most peculiar way…mainly by screaming like a little girl.\n\n“Hey, Major Tom, do the stars look any different today?”\n\nHe screamed even more.\n\n“How about planet Earth. Does it look really blue today?”\n\nHe screamed some more.\n\n“Oh, poo, you are no fun, Major Tom.”\n\nJust as suddenly as he was pushed out of the space module, Tom was pulled back in. His screaming subsided as the doors shut and locked.\n\n“Hey, Major Tom, your wife says to tell you that she loves you.”\n\nTom fought to keep from hyperventilating, and said, “I know. Can I talk to her?”\n\n“Your circuit’s dead, Major Tom. Can you hear me?”\n\n“Elsie, I’m going to sell you to a circus when I get my hands on you.”\n\n“Can you hear me, Major Tom?”\n\n“Then I’ll bring back an orangutan and tell Mom and Dad that your plastic surgery worked.”\n\n“Can you hear me, Major Tom?”\n\n“When you swing from the chandeliers and scratch your head, it will clinch it for them that you’re a better person.”\n\nThe sound of a snicker could be heard, and Elsie said, “O.K., Major Tom, that was a good one. I owe you for that. Daria can’t come to the radio, but I have a special loved one here to say something to you.”\n\n[i:2a5mtz82]Loved one? Oh, crap![/i:2a5mtz82]\n\n“hh hh hh hh hh hh hh hh hh hh hh hh.”\n\nTom began screaming again.\n\n\n(The End? Oh, there will be a very short sequel that I’ll post tomorrow.)\n\n \":P\"','df140c42ac2c57b4f840314452fbbbf4',0,'YA==','2a5mtz82',1,1345768159,'',545,5,0),(565965,37415,16,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345599131,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','Off to a good start, I\'d say. \":lol:\"','69711e1b27b9cc99ba379af2cc567688',0,'','1uguxq8m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565966,37418,6,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345600155,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="Wraith":kcuja474][quote="Charles RB":kcuja474]But which character will become [url=http://www.comicvine.com/bueno-excellente/29-12153/:kcuja474]Bueno Excellente?![/url:kcuja474][/quote:kcuja474]\n\nCan anyone other than Charles fit that role?[/quote:kcuja474]\n\nNo go. I\'ve spent too much effort rehabilitating Charles via L.A.C.E. and have huge plans for him this would completely destroy. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nI was serious. If I were forced to use this character, I\'d have the role shared between the two Gupty Children, and make their relationship something along the lines of the Ultimate Scarlet Witch and her brother Ultimate Quicksilver.\n\nPlease, don\'t make me do this.\n\n[i:kcuja474]Please.[/i:kcuja474]\n\nBesides, it\'s unnecessary. I already have one legitimately sexy villain in the pipeline, and one creepily sex-based villain in the pipeline. Isn\'t that enough? \":P\"','6a5e0d3bdd64d6455ac720b4b6887b1e',0,'sA==','kcuja474',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565967,37414,3,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345600219,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="breitasparrow":2543qf6h][quote="ThanatosRW":2543qf6h][quote="breitasparrow":2543qf6h]And this is just depressing...\n\n[img:2543qf6h]https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/8/17/gmQnDkMqqE-DcLewAPSDMA2.jpg[/img:2543qf6h][/quote:2543qf6h]\n\nCan I go on wheel of fortune with these smucks?[/quote:2543qf6h]\nYou\'d win on the first round! In that case, I say do it. \":lol:\"[/quote:2543qf6h]\n\nAnd you guys have nuclear weapons...','4fa745a8b33b1a611413c5608b69f776',0,'iA==','2543qf6h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565968,37442,12,1125,0,'68.89.31.97',1345600455,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Fandom Blog II','If anyone deserves a break, it\'s you, Kristen. \":hug:\" I hope the hiatus is a relatively short one. If your daughter starts writing her own [i:gd1gvfsm]Daria[/i:gd1gvfsm] fanfics and you still haven\'t gotten back to DFB II, then I\'ll worry. \":mrgreen:\" \":lol:\"','f4aba553ce733be350bcf77c22e5c711',0,'IA==','gd1gvfsm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565969,37445,6,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345600577,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Major Tom','And theeeeeerrrreee he is floating round his tin can... \":lol:\" \n\nVery Yes \":lol:\"','f285957209eb49e9a1d7d1c63481ee25',0,'','v9f8fbf7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565970,37399,3,1125,0,'68.89.31.97',1345600723,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[quote="peetz5050":1ojpkxhy]I\'m just gonna cheer myself up by mentioning that I\'m twenty- five years married today, to the same woman I should add. She doesn\'t read fiction of any sort so she\'s never gonna know I wrote this but I still want to say "Thanks Joan, for everything."[/quote:1ojpkxhy]\n\n[i:1ojpkxhy]Twenty-five years!?[/i:1ojpkxhy] \":shock:\" Wow. Congratulations. \":drink:\" Everyone should be so lucky. \":D\" \n\nThat announcement does cheer me up, by the way. Mission accomplished. \":lol:\"','adad7f69ee039ebf0c793b074aa5b5da',0,'oA==','1ojpkxhy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565971,37444,6,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345600785,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="breitasparrow":2wgnndtv][quote="Shiva":2wgnndtv][b:2wgnndtv]Nurse Goodnsexy Scores a QB![/b:2wgnndtv][/quote:2wgnndtv]\nMaybe we should start a thread on SFMB for these. \":lol:\"[/quote:2wgnndtv]\n\nThen I would have a place to finish this on \":D\" \n\nAt first Trent liked the idea of Daria giving him a strip tease with a Mystik Spiral song playing in the background; then he recognised the opening to \'Paingasm\'.','42987cc7bb7392a877329d416c026984',0,'wA==','2wgnndtv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565972,37414,3,7,0,'118.210.132.188',1345600934,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Sidhe":26l1epcz][quote="breitasparrow":26l1epcz][quote="ThanatosRW":26l1epcz][quote="breitasparrow":26l1epcz]And this is just depressing...\n[img:26l1epcz]https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/8/17/gmQnDkMqqE-DcLewAPSDMA2.jpg[/img:26l1epcz][/quote:26l1epcz]\nCan I go on wheel of fortune with these smucks?[/quote:26l1epcz]\nYou\'d win on the first round! In that case, I say do it. \":lol:\"[/quote:26l1epcz]\nAnd you guys have nuclear weapons...[/quote:26l1epcz]\nRelax, they don\'t give people [i:26l1epcz]that[/i:26l1epcz] wilfully stupid the access codes. If you remember the classic documentary, General Ripper included [i:26l1epcz]two[/i:26l1epcz] vowels in his.','f09587e934b6d76243392420ffbeb522',0,'qA==','26l1epcz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565973,37442,12,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345601021,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Fandom Blog II','Hey, you gotta take care of yourself first.\nOr in your case, you gotta take care of your new master \":D\"','7aff83b98307febddc167e4e78965187',0,'','1ma15ki6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565974,37399,3,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345601130,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[quote="InvisibleDan":1upz1gi6][quote="peetz5050":1upz1gi6]I\'m just gonna cheer myself up by mentioning that I\'m twenty- five years married today, to the same woman I should add. She doesn\'t read fiction of any sort so she\'s never gonna know I wrote this but I still want to say "Thanks Joan, for everything."[/quote:1upz1gi6]\n\n[i:1upz1gi6]Twenty-five years!?[/i:1upz1gi6] \":shock:\" Wow. Congratulations. \":drink:\" Everyone should be so lucky. \":D\" \n\nThat announcement does cheer me up, by the way. Mission accomplished. \":lol:\"[/quote:1upz1gi6]\n\n \":drink:\"','684c5d0981049515c5292c5210bd30d8',0,'oA==','1upz1gi6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565975,37418,6,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345601357,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','You\'ve got some awesome ideas! I can\'t commit to using them, unfortunately, because time and writing resource constraints affect what I end up writing in surprising ways, but I\'ll be keeping this stuff in mind. Thanks!\n\n[quote="Cypher3au":13l97y1j]Well, you could easily explain away keeping Bubbles back in the JSA\'s home universe; as Chairwoman, she can stay back to keep watch over their Earth and smooth over any ruffled feathers the JSA may have caused barrelling through Area 51, and it gives her more time to calm down.[/quote:13l97y1j]\n\nI like how you think. Though admittedly, I really want Bubbles and Clark Kent to have to interact, because their leadership styles and personalities are so very different and clashy. \":P\" That might well need to be its own fic, though, maybe a sequel to an initial JSA/JLU crossover that lets Clark find out more about the mysterious "Power Girl" that was so important in creating the JSA with Question. Because Clark would be VERY curious, if only because the visiting JSA members couldn\'t resist comparing him to their own, equally much sweeter and much more aggressive Big Blue Girl Scout, with varying degrees of flattery.\n\n(You like what you\'re familiar with, after all.)\n\nIt\'ll be really funny if Clark tries to follow his usual instincts of sending the strange visitors to stay on his parents\' farm until things are settled.\n\n[i:13l97y1j]Daria: I\'ve crossed the barriers of reality to fight evil and got sent to Kansas to live among the fields. Unless the Children of the Corn show up, something here is horribly wrong.[/i:13l97y1j]\n\n[quote:13l97y1j]If she got her hands on Kinsey, she\'d probably dump him at the Pacific end of Interstate 90, then drag him down the highway by his feet until all that was left was a long bloody smear and a pair of feet in swanky business shoes.[/quote:13l97y1j]\n\nBy the time I\'m done, Bubbles not murdering Kinsey would be among the most superhuman feats of strength she\'s ever demonstrated. He\'s already had three binary clones grown and destroyed. They were effectively her children. This is the same man who ordered her sterilization when she was nearly dead following Black Saturday.\n\nSuperpowers or not, she\'s only a(n artificial) human.\n\nWhether her willpower and idealism and convictions are enough to keep her from murdering him given the opportunity really isn\'t something she wants to have to find out. Which of course means I\'m planning on writing about it some day.\n\n[quote:13l97y1j]I\'m thinking Jane, Daria, and Will would be essential; an ubertelepath and heavy hitter, a super detective, and a speedster would be the perfect team for running down Kinsey and Co. Maybe Steve, on a rare field mission, with some gadgetry for tracking down their fellow universe-hoppers.[/quote:13l97y1j]\n\nThe four of them would make a great team. Steve does enjoy the occasional field mission. \":)\" I had already marked Jane for inclusion in any such mission, just because I want her and J\'onn to get to meet. They\'re both the last Martian, after all. More or less. And as you say, if you can\'t send Power Girl Jane\'s your next best bet for raw power.\n\n[quote:13l97y1j]JL!Flash would be hilarious, because you just know he\'d hit on Daria, right up until he figures out that she\'s not just the JSA\'s Question equivalent, but their BATMAN equivalent, too.\n\nHe\'d be out of Daria\'s personal space and on the other side of the room so fast even Will would have trouble seeing him move.[/quote:13l97y1j]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Just imagine Batman\'s reaction to learning Daria!Question is their Batman. JLU!Q and the Huntress are quite smug.\n\nOoooh, oooh! Vic and Helena and Jane and Daria would have to double date at some point. Even if that only meant a joint stakeout.\n\n[i:13l97y1j]As an aside, I\'d have to give JLU!Flash a power-boost to bring him more in line with his comics incarnation. Because Will is based on comic-book Barry Allen, and I\'m not depowering him just because JLU failed at writing Flash\'s powers with any consistency, and always gave lame excuses for why he couldn\'t use his more awesome iconic abilities.[/i:13l97y1j]\n\nJust wait until he figures out Daria and Jane are ... together.\n\nFlash: So, wait, you two are--\nJane: I\'m Space Gumby, now. We don\'t do labels.\nFlash: ... Okay. Want some Oreos?','40bc11b6cac1be00865e45524bb7bfc4',0,'oA==','13l97y1j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565976,37365,6,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345602586,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Twin Tracks (chapter 1, part 2 )','Nice; although I have to admit, part of me wanted Linda to walk in a tad sooner during part 1 \":lol:\"','188a1930c0d9425618cbec6146186412',0,'','17dt9njk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565977,37445,6,1690,0,'189.253.241.31',1345602790,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Major Tom','Those girls take their bets seriously. \":lol:\"','0332d01e0edd0526f0d11e1d8918af2d',0,'','3pnbxzu0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565978,36242,6,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345602931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Vivian part 6','[quote="januense":22pgo6ef][quote="BF110C4":22pgo6ef]Jane doesn\'t know the amount of troubles this woman is going to cause her directly and indirectly in the nextb few months, especially since she already set her eyes on Trent, and that is a sure way of putting her into conflict with Daria, not to mention whatever is going to happen when Brittany discovers were her evil mother is going to live.\n\nPoor Jane, she just set herself for at least two different crossfires.[/quote:22pgo6ef]\n\nI agree .... I can\'t wait to see the battle start .... \":lol:\" \n\nGood update .... \":D\"[/quote:22pgo6ef]\n\nWhat they said \":mrgreen:\"','5c73d73ee0c19d822a5d0cdffcebe05f',0,'gA==','22pgo6ef',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565979,37444,6,849,0,'67.142.163.21',1345603133,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="BrownEyedBagel":2uw5av2a][quote="breitasparrow":2uw5av2a][quote="Shiva":2uw5av2a][b:2uw5av2a]Nurse Goodnsexy Scores a QB![/b:2uw5av2a][/quote:2uw5av2a]\nMaybe we should start a thread on SFMB for these. \":lol:\"[/quote:2uw5av2a]\n\nThen I would have a place to finish this on \":D\" \n\nAt first Trent liked the idea of Daria giving him a strip tease with a Mystik Spiral song playing in the background; then he recognised the opening to \'Paingasm\'.[/quote:2uw5av2a]\n[size=200:2uw5av2a][b:2uw5av2a]FINISH HIM!![/b:2uw5av2a][/size:2uw5av2a] \":twisted:\"','eebca69e1937a42c42b68620b8ed32be',0,'xA==','2uw5av2a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565980,37157,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.26',1345603387,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Unexpected Hookup: Underneath It All (Pt 7)','[b:2fx9kk6q]Unexpected Hookup: Underneath It All\nPt 7[/b:2fx9kk6q]\n\nThe frothiness of popularity was centered at the nexus of the table inhabited by the cheerleaders of the Lawndale Lions, all sporting the latest teen fashions, but each conceding to wear a blue and gold scarf that was wrapped around a body part of the cheerleader’s choosing.\n\n“And I didn’t see those two super-losers, Tori and Sandi come in for lunch.” Nikki noted while checking her makeup, “I wonder if they decided that it wasn’t worth showing their faces to the entire school.”\n\nEveryone at the table, the cheerleaders, their boyfriends, and newly acquired suck-ups all snickered at that.\n\nThough later they would learn that Tori and Sandi had been so browbeaten and dejected at their total rejection that they had been forced to eat their lunch in a lonely supply closet since no guy would take them off-campus and they were afraid of even more harassment than they had already gotten.\n\n“It doesn’t matter,” Quinn replied off-handedly while looking at the last of her carrot sticks, “Because they don’t matter anymore.”\n\n“I hear that!” Angie said with glee, now that she was at the tippy-top of the totem pole, she had had so much fun with lots of cute boys, and she knew that it was all thanks to the Fashion/Style Flameout and Quinn’s deft hand at guiding them to their new status.\n\n“I love Brittany like a lamb but the only reason she’s still captain of the squad is because she’s the most talent cheerleader of us all.” Angie thought to herself with brutal honesty.\n\nQuinn, for all her popularity was simply much to green to run the squad, plus as Angie recalled when she had been in the FC there had been plenty of chances for her to knock out Sandi and rule the roost herself but she hadn’t taken them.\n\n“Maybe she doesn’t want to be a leader,” Angie noted with curiosity at that concept, “Maybe… She just wants to have fun.”\n\nThat thought brought a lot of things into perspective for Angie, both on Quinn’s past behavior and on her present.\n\n“She could be dating lots of guys like I am but she’s latched onto Teddy like a barnacle. Hmm… Then maybe we won’t have to worry about a Brittany/Quinn war over the Captaincy.” Angie concluded as she drank her milk and listened to Britt and Quinn chat about routines that she would need to work on.\n\nThen she chose to speak out loud by asking Quinn the question that had been burning in her gut since she had heard the rumor at first period.\n\n“So I heard that Jamie White asked that Jane Lane girl out…” Angie began to say in casual tones.\n\n“Hey yeah!” Brittany chirped, “I heard that too! I mean it’s nice to see Jane come out of her shell like that.”\n\nQuinn then did something that surprised everyone at the table.\n\n“Good for her,” Quinn said with a serene grin, “I’ve seen Jane around and she could use a date and Jamie can be very nice to a girl, so more power to them.”\n\nQuinn noted the looks of surprise on everyone’s faces and she went, “What?”\n\nThen it clicked.\n\n“Oh!” She breathed before chuckling a little, “You guys thought I’d be jealous! Well I’m not, I’m going steady with Teddy so if Jamie wants to take Jane out on the town then why should it bother me? He’s a free agent, right?”\n\nEveryone reassured her that she was completely correct on the matter, the speed of which was comical and it made Quinn giggle silently even harder than before.\n\n\nAt Casa Lane Jane simply tossed her coat onto the bed and caught her reflection in her bedroom mirror and thanked her mother for that cash injection last month that had led her to buying a very good bra for her small bust line.\n\nAt the Morgendorffer’s, Daria studied herself in the mirror, the dress she had put on was one that Quinn had forced her to buy during the makeover for the ill-fated first meeting of Ron and her parents. It was a classic black dress with an hour glass cut, and it came with a small shoulder cape that had a pattern of Chinese dragons.\n\nRather appropriate for a restaurant like the Golden Dragon, and since Quinn had helped her with her makeup and had put her hair in an elaborate French bun earlier the total effect was… “Beautiful.” Daria whispered to herself.\n\nMeanwhile in her room, Quinn smiled at her own reflection, she had taken off all of her makeup and the very casual clothes she planned on wearing were on her bed.\n\nThrough her skills with the art of the makeup brush she had often been able to pass herself off as much older, so much so that she had almost forgotten what she actually looked like underneath all the pancake.\n\n“This is… nice.” Quinn whispered to herself, surprised at how good that she felt at seeing the face of a High School teenager and seeing that she was still beautiful. \n\n\nQuinn had hoped to be able to slip out of the house without incident just after Daria had left with Ron arm in arm, but alas her mother was a crafty beast and knew her habits well.\n\n“Quinn,” Helen said in tones that indicated that depending on what was said next she would start yelling, “Where are you going?”\n\nQuinn turned to face her mother, wearing a soft pink sweater, black jeans, and black flip flips without any artifice on her face.\n\n“I’m going out.” She said very plainly, hoping to avoid a fight.\n\n“Why?” Helen asked while folding her arms across her chest.\n\nQuinn knew this signal well and steeled herself, “I’m going to Teddy Wozniak’s house to watch some movies.”\n\n“You mean a date then.” Helen replied, knowing full well that her younger daughters dating moratorium would end at some point and was prepared to head her off before she dragged yet another guy around for his money and then ditch him cold.\n\n“Not the kind that I usually go on.” Quinn replied honestly, “The dates I’ve had with Teddy are… Different, more… Ordinary.”\n\nThen as her mother opened her mouth to speak Quinn snapped a bit more harshly than intended, “Oh and if you think that after all the crap you pulled on Daria that you can get your control fix out on me well… You have another thing coming.”\n\nHelen’s words turned to a gasp and she tried to say something, anything that would let her get back in edgewise but Quinn knew that if that happened she would never hear the end of it.\n\n“I’m not as good as Daria at this so I just have to keep her off-balance.” Quinn reminded herself even as she finished with the coup de grace.\n\n“I’m going now,” She said very flatly in Daria-esque tones, “Don’t bother waiting up.”\n\nThen she turned her back on her mother and walked out of the house without another word.\n\n\nOnce the door was slammed shut, Helen Morgendorffer stood silent for a minute before she muttered, “I didn’t expect… I mean… I can’t believe…”\n\nThen she just stamped her foot and yelled, “Dammit!”\n\nIt hit her all over again, just when she thought she had her children pegged they upped and surprised her with stuff like that.\n\nEven as she headed back upstairs to her bedroom Helen couldn’t help but remind herself that this was part of the process of getting to know her kids again.\n\n\nTo Jane’s surprise, the blond one out of the Three J’s proved to be a perfect gentleman, he had rung the bell at precisely 8 and had brought her actual flowers, that were now in one of her mother’s pots with some bong water to keep them fresh.\n\nThen after a ride in his rather nice Convertible they had arrived at Betty’s Pizza with good time, they had gotten very good seats away from the crowd where they wouldn’t be seen.\n\nJane suspected that either Jamie had good instincts or someone had told him that she hated being stuck in the limelight.\n\nThe conversation was a bit stilted, since most of what Jamie had to say was about his two big sports, football and baseball, and he often needed explanation about the things that Jane had to say.\n\n“But to his credit he is listening, that’s a start.” Jane conceded as the waitress arrived and took their order.\n\nJamie told her to get a whole pie rather than just a slice, “We can just doggy bag whatever we don’t eat.” He added with a grin.\n\n“Thank you.” She replied with a gentle tilt of her tone.\n\nThe order was taken and thankfully the food arrived quickly and they were able to relax more and chat more easily in between bites of the most amazing pizza that she had had in years.\n\nIt didn’t even bother her that she had to explain quite a bit about things like Art, in fact she rather enjoyed giving him quite the education.\n\n“Wow,” Jamie breathed after she told him about one of favorite painters, Goya, “I didn’t realize that paintings could be cool like that.”\n\nJane just smiled at that, and Jamie found her wry red lips strangely appealing, “Yeah… Not a whole lot of people do.”\n\n“Well at least I do now.” Jamie replied with a firm affirmative nod.\n\nThey finished what they could eat soon afterward and Jamie asked for a doggy bag and settled the bill, but while they waited for their containers for the remnants of the pizza Jamie decided to be a bit bold.\n\n“Hey Jane,” he said with what he hoped was a nice smile, “I’m really glad that you accepted this date, you’re like really cool.”\n\nShe smiled again and replied, “I’m glad I did too Jamie, I have to admit that I didn’t expect to enjoy myself as much as I have.”\n\nJamie wasn’t quite sure how to take that so he glided over it and asked if she wanted to go see a movie or something.\n\nShe shook her head no, “There’s nothing at the movies right now other than that boring chick flick.”\n\n“Whoa!” Jamie breathed in surprise and Jane said, “What?”\n\n“You’re the first chick I’ve ever dated that said she hates Chick Flicks, I’ve had to sit through a whole bunch of ‘em on dates before…”\n\n“You poor thing.” Jane replied with sympathy as the waitress came with some Styrofoam containers and they loaded the remaining slices of pizza in them.\n\nJane then smiled conspiratorially, “Well chick flicks suck but if they do play a good movie at the theater soon we could go see it together…”\n\n“You mean… You want to go out with me again?” Jamie asked with both surprise and a small amount of hope.\n\n“Sure why not?” Jane replied rhetorically and then had to explain that was a rhetorical question and suppressed a sigh.\n\n“I’m not seeing a long-term thing here,” she admitted to herself, “But dammit I’ve earned some harmless fun and the kid could use some too.”\n\nJane decided as they strolled out of Betty’s Pizza side by side that even if this flamed out in a couple days that she would make it an interesting ride.\n\n\nQuinn and Teddy munched on popcorn and laughed at the cheesy effects of the old B-Grade monster movie, “The Zombie Brides of Dracula III”.\n\n“My god!” Quinn squealed at the extremely fake organs as one of the red-shirts was ‘ripped apart’ by one of the Zombie Brides, “Did people ever take this movie seriously?”\n\n“I hope not!” Teddy snorted with contempt, “This thing probably sucked then, imagine how bad it will be in thirty years?”\n\nThey both laughed uproariously at that, Quinn then grabbed her soda and noticed that hers was empty, she almost asked him to refill it but stopped herself.\n\n“That FC crap isn’t going to cut it anymore Morgendorffer.” She told herself firmly and instead asked Teddy if he wanted a refill since she was getting one for herself.\n\n“Sure.” Teddy replied and handed her his glass, but gave her a smile while doing it.\n\nQuinn suppressed a grimace and smiled back and went to the kitchen to refill their drinks.\n\nBut when she went back she couldn’t help but smile at the fake-blond boy on the couch, wearing an old jersey that was tight on his muscular frame, comfortable pajama pants, and house shoes.\n\nHe was a fashion nightmare and didn’t care in the least.\n\n“And I don’t care either.” Quinn thought to herself and felt very liberated by it.\n\nShe then went back to the couch and sat down and handed Teddy his cup and sat hers down as well.\n\nThe movie continued to vomit up the suck, and they mocked it until they fell asleep on the couch, with their bodies propped up against one another. \n\n\nAt the Golden Dragon, Daria and Ronnie looked like a dream, with him in a very nice suit that she later learned had been bought for him a year ago for a wedding and it still fit him like a glove.\n\nShe had wowed him on the doorsteps of her house in her classical and yet modern dress and had to admit that she felt wonderful at having pulled it off.\n\n“For him I’m willing to dress up.” Daria had admitted to herself happily as Ronnie had taken her to his beat up Saturn, which they had joking dubbed ‘The Romantic Carriage’.\n\nOnce at the Golden Dragon, Ronnie and Daria had both decided to be bold and had ordered a tasting menu of all their delicacies.\n\nAs small dish after small dish of heavenly delights were served up to them by a very nice waiter, they made idle chat about their homework, their families, Quinn’s surprising attempts at a more serious relationship, and about the future.\n\n“I’m not sure where I want to go to college.” Daria admitted when Ronnie had asked her about it.\n\n“Yeah me neither.” He fessed up as well, “My brother goes to Beige but that place just doesn’t feel right to me, and Pia wants to do BFAC.”\n\nDaria smiled at that, “Jane will probably go there… The Ivy Leagues are already scouting me out, I wonder if Crestmore and Bromwell will fight over me or not.”\n\nRonnie laughed at that, “Well if WWIII starts in New England we’ll have psychotic college recruiters to thank for it.”\n\nThe rest of the night at the Golden Dragon went by like that, talking and laughter all woven together.\n\nWhen the bill came, Ronnie pulled out several hundred dollar bills and wouldn’t let Daria see the total for that night’s meal.\n\n“You don’t need to fret Dia,” he said softly, “This is all on me.”\n\nShe worried anyway, and suspected that either he had dipped deeply into his savings or his parents had ponied up for this.\n\nBut before she could dwell on it, Mr. Floyd had one more surprise up his sleeve.\n\nHe reached into his pocket and pulled out a small velvet box and for a single crazy moment Daria thought that he was about to propose.\n\nThen she realized that the box was much too long to contain a ring.\n\nShe undid the bow on it with nervous fingers and when she opened it up it revealed a beautiful necklace, a silver chain with a single pearl that was entwined with a silver swirl that attached it to the chain.\n\nIt took her breath away.\n\n“Ron I…” she tried to say before words failed her again.\n\nRonnie just smiled and before she could do anything at all he got up from the table and slipped behind her a bit and with deft fingers slipped the necklace around her neck and fastened it on.\n\nThe pearl drew the eye to her cleavage, which due to the nature of the dress was in full attendance.\n\n“You\'re beautiful Dia,” he said with a passionate whisper, “Absolutely beautiful.”\n\nThe smile she gave him for those words would stay with him for the rest of his life.\n\n\nSneaking into a house was normally a more difficult task than sneaking out, however at the Floyds this was aided by the fact that Ronnie’s parents had gone to visit Ivan’s parents and wouldn’t be back until the next day, and Pia was sleeping over with a friend.\n\nThey had the house to themselves.\n\nEven before they had the front door shut they were kissing with fiery passion, their bodies ached for the touch of the other.\n\nIt was a bit difficult but they managed to hold back long enough to get up the stairs to Ronnie’s room and shut the door behind them.\n\nDaria still felt nervous about this but she hadn’t felt this way about anyone in her life.\n\n“He talked to me, he told me his darkest secrets, he bared his soul to me, he gave me his heart.” Daria thought to herself as she felt Ronnie’s hot breath upon her neck as she tried to unzip her dress but was forced to turn around and let him do it.\n\n“And he has mine.” She thought with finality.\n\nShe felt his kisses upon her back as he unhooked her bra, then she flipped around and her fingers managed to weave their way through his silk shirt and began to play with his faint down of chest hair.\n\nShe licked her lips as he hissed with pleasure but was forced to ask the awkward question.\n\n“Do you have… you know… condoms?”\n\nRonnie nodded and went to the dresser drawer and pulled out an unopened box that looked new.\n\nThe brand was [i:2fx9kk6q]Navajo Stallion[/i:2fx9kk6q].\n\nThe name was whimsical enough to make her smile as she suppressed the last of her fears and slipped off her underwear as he undid his pants.\n\nAnd after that she put her faith in him and allowed him to put something a little different into her.','322cf6d721e5b4fdd928e4ce395e7ad4',0,'YA==','2fx9kk6q',1,1345667437,'',1891,1,0),(565981,37404,6,1189,0,'98.92.111.26',1345603819,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Writing Help, Please: Makeout Point and or Scenic Overlo','[quote="Brother Grimace":28rpht1a][quote="Lord Yellowtail":28rpht1a]\nCrisis on Infinite Make Out Spots?\n\nI can get behind that. \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:28rpht1a]\n\n\nNow, [b:28rpht1a]that\'s[/b:28rpht1a] an [i:28rpht1a]\'Iron Chef\'[/i:28rpht1a] all of us can get behind! \":D\"[/quote:28rpht1a]\n\nThat and that! Definitely.','9f9208915d1539b79d76b3e963441103',0,'4A==','28rpht1a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565982,37414,3,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345604032,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="DeacBlue":15h3p2eq][quote="Silver":15h3p2eq]I have a job interview this evening. I really hope I get the job, because it\'s been four years since I was last employed, and I\'m pretty tired of leeching off my parents.\n\nWish me luck.[/quote:15h3p2eq]\n\nSo, how\'d you do?[/quote:15h3p2eq]\n\nDespite nearly being late- I\'d like to thank Tri-Met for the 8 line running twenty minutes late, by the way- it went really well.','ee144e97ca6b8ac7b6dffdb46affa73a',0,'gA==','15h3p2eq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565983,37401,6,213,0,'166.147.121.146',1345604395,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Man and His Box','My assumption is that LawndaleDoctor IS CanonDoctor. After Eleven drops off Rory and Amy, he tools around with Brittany, and after visiting Brittany he goes back to the Ponds.\n\nBrittany met Nine (Nine did the same juggling between Rose and Brittany), then Ten had Brittany as a post-Rose companion, and then Eleven. The hard part for Brittany was to get that Ten was formerly Nine, since only Rose saw Nine\'s regeneration.\n\nBrittany has never met Amy or Rory. However, Brittany has met River. Oddly enough, River and Brittany get along very well.','c86fc6a00e4387b250815a2bf27d6d18',0,'','2pj57pta',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565984,37414,3,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345604439,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="tafka":1wbg1ndk][quote="Angelinhel":1wbg1ndk]So do I start the antibiotics, because clearly I am not fighting this off fast enough on my own and the sinus part is probably bacterial, or do I agree with the doc it\'s viral and continue to wait it out and slowly crawl back toward health? The only positive is I have actually slept okay the last 2 nights.\n\nI don\'t want to take antibiotics for a virus as it is pointless, but holy crap I can\'t be sick anymore.\n\nI know no one here is a doctor, I\'m just debating out loud the advice I was given.[/quote:1wbg1ndk]\n\nI think the antibiotics are for the serious sinus infection, which is bacterial. TAKE THEM, ALL OF THEM. And hope like hell they work. If you have a smell like rotting meat (autoclav) in there, TAKE THEM FOR ****\'S SAKE TAKE THEM![/quote:1wbg1ndk]\n\nWhat this person said \":shock:\" \nBest wishes.\n\n[quote="Silver":1wbg1ndk][quote="DeacBlue":1wbg1ndk][quote="Silver":1wbg1ndk]I have a job interview this evening. I really hope I get the job, because it\'s been four years since I was last employed, and I\'m pretty tired of leeching off my parents.\n\nWish me luck.[/quote:1wbg1ndk]\n\nSo, how\'d you do?[/quote:1wbg1ndk]\n\nDespite nearly being late- I\'d like to thank Tri-Met for the 8 line running twenty minutes late, by the way- it went really well.[/quote:1wbg1ndk]\n\n \":drink:\" \nHere\'s hoping you get the job!','5838d17b2d58387136b3491fb2618cd8',0,'gA==','1wbg1ndk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565985,37439,3,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345604697,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','I\'d recomend stuff by Deep Forest, but you either Really like that sort of thing or just plain don\'t want occupy the same room it does.\nDon\'t know anyone who says it\'s \'so-so\'\n\nSweet Lullaby is playing right now.','5ab459a6a62af7ffaa56e177e84c48c2',0,'','zufltiiw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565987,37365,6,1548,0,'72.91.86.179',1345605207,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Twin Tracks (chapter 1, part 2 )','[quote:3h4lfr5w]Nice; although I have to admit, part of me wanted Linda to walk in a tad sooner during part 1 [/quote:3h4lfr5w] \":lol:\" There\'s a nice visual.','5c069cb0c637d78b7a4dcd2392ae9cb6',0,'gA==','3h4lfr5w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565988,37414,3,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345605534,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Silver":3rf34qel][quote="DeacBlue":3rf34qel][quote="Silver":3rf34qel]I have a job interview this evening. I really hope I get the job, because it\'s been four years since I was last employed, and I\'m pretty tired of leeching off my parents.\n\nWish me luck.[/quote:3rf34qel]\n\nSo, how\'d you do?[/quote:3rf34qel]\n\nDespite nearly being late- I\'d like to thank Tri-Met for the 8 line running twenty minutes late, by the way- it went really well.[/quote:3rf34qel]\n\nHopefully one of will be employed soon. \":)\"','065d7fda1229ebd1cfb30bd5e801ac3f',0,'gA==','3rf34qel',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565989,37442,12,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345605646,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Fandom Blog II','[quote="BrownEyedBagel":3ushyg91]Hey, you gotta take care of yourself first.\nOr in your case, you gotta take care of your new master \":D\"[/quote:3ushyg91]\n\nMistress. Katherine is a girl. \":lol:\"','833cb3012fd18a081319315f3e6063e5',0,'gA==','3ushyg91',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565990,37445,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345606095,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Major Tom','You ain\'t kiddin\'.','7153044669ead08599af88fdb142e9e9',0,'','2b8n0tpl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565991,37002,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345606531,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="Charles RB":1h8lumv4][quote="peetz5050":1h8lumv4]The question remains: is there someone greedy enough and/or dumb enough to try and \'jack Daria\'s car? [/quote:1h8lumv4]\n\nYes. Hopefully Daria would have some countermeasures in place - if only "sure, here you go" after turning the hidden GPS on and then waiting an hour for the police to give it back - but it depends on how complacent Daria is now she\'s rich and powerful. I can see her being pretty complacent because anyone with half a brain knows carjacking her isn\'t worth it and then running into someone who [i:1h8lumv4]doesn\'t[/i:1h8lumv4] have half a brain. \n\nSomeone with half a brain might also try "buying her out", but in that case it might be Daria\'s knowledge that\'s a bigger deal than the car itself. \n\nAnd then you have to ask if Daria\'s actually going to [i:1h8lumv4]fight[/i:1h8lumv4] that sort of buyout when there\'s still money involved and that\'s her primary motive here.[/quote:1h8lumv4]\n\nThis. A buyout means that Daria gets to keep the car, or keeps it long enough to still use it while she builds a new one (and becomes even more of a celebrity as she\'s filmed doing so for the online reality show) Along those lines, I can see Daria making an online appearance on [i:1h8lumv4]Top Gear[/i:1h8lumv4] (it the show exists, still).','eae7a46497804335e5298be41a39f6d7',0,'oA==','1h8lumv4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565992,37414,3,83,0,'174.30.5.176',1345606922,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Yes, almost immediately after I posted that I decided to take them. Regardless of what the docs thought I know the sinus infection is related to the ill-conceived rinsing and not the laryngitis. I\'ve already taken one and to be honest, my sinuses already feel less gross and the cough is less intense. Just goes to show I do know better than the docs when it comes to knowing what I\'ve got. Mostly I blame my regular doc for being out of town, necessitating me to see 2 others I\'ve never met. She knows how often I get this crap and what to do. She probably would have given me the hardcore 3-day version (which I got last time) rather than the 10-day. Oh well, on the road to health at last!','b472f42d77c2a9b32c9c43c18bf0648e',0,'','xro1vpu9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565993,37414,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345607210,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Angelinhel":1d4uo9y1]Yes, almost immediately after I posted that I decided to take them. Regardless of what the docs thought I know the sinus infection is related to the ill-conceived rinsing and not the laryngitis. I\'ve already taken one and to be honest, my sinuses already feel less gross and the cough is less intense. Just goes to show I do know better than the docs when it comes to knowing what I\'ve got. Mostly I blame my regular doc for being out of town, necessitating me to see 2 others I\'ve never met. She knows how often I get this crap and what to do. She probably would have given me the hardcore 3-day version (which I got last time) rather than the 10-day. Oh well, on the road to health at last![/quote:1d4uo9y1]\n\n\n \":D\" This is good.','e83c2c5e11e5d044dae90f43b3ab6d58',0,'gA==','1d4uo9y1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565994,37414,3,323,0,'96.33.66.150',1345607652,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Q: Why didn\'t anyone want to talk to the bulimic coprophagic dimwit?\n\nA: He kept bringing up stupid sh!t.\n\n\n\nGawd, I love myself. \":D\" Hi, again!','5b172da0790bb1faf94fde4da1cb247c',0,'','19vv01wg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565995,37414,3,251,0,'75.111.47.87',1345607826,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":1qnvk02j]Hi, again![/quote:1qnvk02j]\n\nYer home! \":D\" \n\n[img:1qnvk02j]http://assets.amuniversal.com/cb50cd805dbd012ee3bf00163e41dd5b[/img:1qnvk02j]','0c9c7b06fed54db05f2483e0f49569ae',0,'iA==','1qnvk02j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565996,37444,6,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345608420,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','Jane glanced over Daria\'s shoulder, looking down at the little device her friend was insistently fiddling with.\n\n"So, this is what, exactly?" she finally asked after a long moment.\n\nDaria glanced over her shoulder, betraying little in the way of emotion or otherwise. "It\'s a digital intermediary. It stores spells for easy lookup."\n\n"A high-tech spellbook? Gee, will wonders never cease." Jane leaned back. "I can\'t say I\'d ever use one."\n\n"Probably because the only magic you know requires actual tools. Mine, on the other hand-" Daria paused, slipping the SD card into the device\'s side- "Isn\'t so set. Invocations don\'t work like enchantments do."\n\n"I know, Daria. That\'s freshman magecraft. We took the same course. Everyone\'s got their one talent area in addition to the rigamarole of summoning." Jane snorted in amusement.\n\nDaria shook her head, and double checked to make sure the device had transferred her small grimoire poperly. "Yeah, well, they put those restrictions in place for a reason. Remember that little incident where Upchuck decided to summon a succubus?"\n\nJane winced. Nobody would be forgetting [i:3kvd25zd]that[/i:3kvd25zd] anytime soon. "Yeah, I know. People don\'t generally appreciate being forced into a real-life version of Bible Black."\n\n"Exactly." Daria flipped her intermediary shut and looked at Jane. "So. Pizza?"','9b7fc5f8fb2851477ffbfe919a8d6f12',0,'IA==','3kvd25zd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565997,37406,5,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345608826,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you listening to? Part 4','[quote="Kem":245zyiqk]This song always makes me want to sing along at the top of my lungs. Please try to ignore the cheesiness of the video. \":)\"\n\n[youtube:245zyiqk]6km7phBQRF0[/youtube:245zyiqk]\n\nKem[/quote:245zyiqk]\n\nThere is absolutely nothing wrong with that music video. Or the song.','06dec02f89407354bcae070b466f603c',0,'gAE=','245zyiqk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565998,37414,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345609286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":1lq7924n]Q: Why didn\'t anyone want to talk to the bulimic coprophagic dimwit?\n\nA: He kept bringing up stupid sh!t.\n\n\n\nGawd, I love myself. \":D\" Hi, again![/quote:1lq7924n]\n\n\n[img:1lq7924n]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1wWTObAexYs/TTQaOY3ZhAI/AAAAAAAAHSk/m2xEm7gkZXA/s400/kat%2527s%2B9%2Blives%2Bwinter%2Bfancy%2Bfood%2Bshow%2Bnasft%2Bpenguin%2Bmint%2Bchocolate.JPG[/img:1lq7924n]\n\n[img:1lq7924n]http://itsonlymusicnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/4194739304_df86046ff5.jpg[/img:1lq7924n]\n\n[img:1lq7924n]http://static.weloveshopping.com/shop/client/000046/redwagon/MSCBP.jpg[/img:1lq7924n]\n\n[img:1lq7924n]http://i.qkme.me/3phv6f.jpg[/img:1lq7924n]\n\n[img:1lq7924n]http://mimg.ugo.com/201105/7/2/2/193227/cuts/family-guy-awkward-sex-scenes-830-image_gallery_3365_family-guy-penguin-publishing_528x297.jpg[/img:1lq7924n]\n\n\nWelcome back.','87f180ad6b0ba08834b53035f7cff1df',0,'iA==','1lq7924n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(565999,37414,3,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345609423,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":26jh016j]Q: Why didn\'t anyone want to talk to the bulimic coprophagic dimwit?\n\nA: He kept bringing up stupid sh!t.\n\n\n\nGawd, I love myself. \":D\" Hi, again![/quote:26jh016j]\n\nOh, hey, he lives!','73497fe700882e84af6dbbf6336beac5',0,'gA==','26jh016j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566000,37399,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345611351,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','Congrats \":drink:\"','a3eb30057bc483a673bf15c6df21d97f',0,'','3hzpv4os',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566001,37446,3,124,0,'75.109.131.226',1345611375,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','RIP Nintendo Power','[url=http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/08/source-nintendo-power-magazine-to-cease-publication/:3p3o1la4]Nintendo Power = 1988-2012[/url:3p3o1la4]\n\n"Get the power.....Nintendo Power. Get the clues that you can use, Nintendo Power. Higher and Higher, fighting your way thru enemy fire."\n\nI still have my issues from the beginning all the way to the beginning of the N64 era.\n\nSad day for geekdom. \":cry:\"','b3961f14069fd112e18f2d6d62524b27',0,'EA==','3p3o1la4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566002,37417,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345611916,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','Congressman Akin asks for forgiveness:\n\n[youtube:kzo80ev2]R57E3S8RO7A[/youtube:kzo80ev2]\n\nKirk Cameron steps up to defend him:\n\n[youtube:kzo80ev2]klBxsjiPJ6o[/youtube:kzo80ev2]\n\n[url=http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/family-research-council-pac-enthusiastically-backs-todd-akin:kzo80ev2]Not to be outdone, the Family Research Council trumpets their support of Congressman Akin.[/url:kzo80ev2]\n\n\n[img:kzo80ev2]http://www.gomotes.com/emoticon/facepalm.gif[/img:kzo80ev2]\n\n \":shock:\" \n\n[img:kzo80ev2]http://www.gomotes.com/emoticon/facepalm.gif[/img:kzo80ev2]\n\n \":nono:\"','1ea34baaaa1a4535fd621b5d3441821a',0,'GAE=','kzo80ev2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566003,37414,3,849,0,'67.142.163.21',1345612638,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":181qsp6a]Hi, again![/quote:181qsp6a]\nWell hello there, stranger! \":D\"','06c460e7b6e30fd2870282faaf6b6895',0,'gA==','181qsp6a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566004,37446,3,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345612750,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Nintendo Power','Damn.','f6f8d3fa0406d322d8380009dce7d0ec',0,'','1h8fcpz1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566005,37432,3,1229,0,'99.103.129.111',1345612764,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: I\'ve made the jump to Linux.','[quote="DeacBlue":4t0orkb3][quote="DIsaac":4t0orkb3]Damn Wiping the HD isn\'t a option.... That where I have my Daria episode stuff.\n\nI Could Email My Daria episodes to my email. I got to come up with a plan.\n\n\nThanks, Deac.[/quote:4t0orkb3]\n\nIt\'s still doable. While the Daria eps are a lot (somewhere around 13G for medium-quality stuff), they [i:4t0orkb3]are[/i:4t0orkb3] movable. I\'d say that you\'re on a different machine then you\'re trying to install on? If you are, and they both can be hooked to the net at the same time, you put the install CD in, start it up, and before you install, transfer the files between the two. Best bet is "sharing," between the computers (SMB/CIFS), but if not, then there are other ways (FTP comes to mind), or if your mailbox is 20GB, you can do it that way(except it\'s going to take a long time to transfer, both ways).\n\nIf there\'s no way that the eps are coming off, then what you need to do is use the disk partitioner that\'s part of the install disk to resize your windows partition [b:4t0orkb3](if you can get to windows at this point, then do a defrag before all of this starts), and give Linux some space to live.[/b:4t0orkb3][/quote:4t0orkb3]\n\n\n\nThat the problem, I can do windows just fine (I\'m still on the computer and it works just fine with windows. It just will not do Linux at all! There is no other machine.....Yet....I got a connection with Free Geek I\'ll be hitting up soon.).... I\'ll defrag it and see what happen after that.','7a17e7a5588c8cac820086172c475216',0,'4A==','4t0orkb3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566006,37434,6,1450,0,'76.188.206.66',1345613126,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','I vote Freakuency. We need more non-AU horror. \":P\"','936615c292b56ae2ca116447d7c25612',0,'','517bkh61',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566007,37444,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345613336,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','"Criminals are a supersticious and cowardly lot," Daria mused. "If I want to fight them, I need to strike [i:15u4p6ar]fear[/i:15u4p6ar] into their hearts! I need to become..."\n\n\n---\n\nThree months later.\n\n"Run! [i:15u4p6ar]It\'s [url=http://www.comicvine.com/dogwelder/29-12152/:15u4p6ar]Dogwelder![/url:15u4p6ar][/i:15u4p6ar]"\n\n"SHE\'S WELDING A DOG TO MY FAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIEEEEE!"','bc66812cd6f0c24b46dfa31f49ed71b3',0,'MA==','15u4p6ar',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566008,37445,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345613526,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Major Tom','[quote="Doggieboy":2gwjywoq] Daria can’t come to the radio, but I have a special loved one here to say something to you.”\n\n[i:2gwjywoq]Loved one? Oh, crap![/i:2gwjywoq]\n\n“hh hh hh hh hh hh hh hh hh hh hh hh.”\n\nTom began screaming again.\n\n[/quote:2gwjywoq]\n\nWell if he isn\'t a junkie YET... \":shock:\"','01c41573939bffb02649788e29318263',0,'oA==','2gwjywoq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566009,37415,16,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345613660,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="ThanatosRW":2t9orfmu]\n\n2)Brittany... Secretly loathes Jodie, who she describes as "all-about me" and insulting.\n[/quote:2t9orfmu]\n\nCANON NOW','c87b856bdf7ecb4aead58276f6a7d021',0,'gA==','2t9orfmu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566010,37445,6,1095,0,'68.50.199.153',1345614024,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Major Tom','[quote="Charles RB":2brvvyq4]Well if he isn\'t a junkie YET... \":shock:\"[/quote:2brvvyq4]\n\nJunkie nothing.\n\nDude\'s skipped directly over "Ashes to Ashes" and settled on "Hallo Spaceboy" by trying to [i:2brvvyq4]spacewalk[/i:2brvvyq4] to Mars.','0a9d3493421a09fe77c39f70587fdf65',0,'oA==','2brvvyq4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566011,37444,6,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1345615511,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','Bee Eff Eff\n\n\n\nStacy woke up, stretched, yawned, and then smiled as she remembered it was her 18th birthday. "Oh boy oh boy oh boy!" she whispered silently to herself.\n\nRight off the bat, she noticed a wrapped present on her vanity. Walking over to it, she wondered if it was from her mom, or maybe Susie. \n\n"Stacy," the note on it began. "I snuck in earlier this morning and left you this present. I hope you enjoy it for the rest of your life! Your BFF, Sandi."\n\nStacy\'s heart swelled with joy that Sandi would call HER her BFF! Wasting no time, she tore off the wrapping and opened the box.\n\nDozens of angry bees swarmed out. Stacy began screaming as they stung her face and arms repeatedly, blinding her. She could feel them crawling up her nose and into her mouth even as she threw her hands up to stop them, to no avail. Finally, anaphylaxis took hold and she fell to the ground, dying within a few minutes.\n\nAs Sandi drove off, she laughed and laughed and laughed.','008f713ff24358dac0644ebdcdf2d024',0,'','2lcdpl1q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566012,37414,3,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345615617,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Just... magnificent.\n[img:2etqwjvt]https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/419965_490293320982444_831507096_n.jpg[/img:2etqwjvt]\n\nAnd yes, it\'s Tiffany Glass.','570d34f84f2acea16485e86be0257eef',0,'CA==','2etqwjvt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566013,36242,6,1125,0,'68.89.31.97',1345615661,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Vivian part 6','Oh god... I can see Vivian trying to avoid paying her rent by exchanging... something else. \";)\" All I can say is, [i:1co9qao0]Trent! Don\'t do it! That\'s money you can use to buy pot that you\'re throwing away by sleeping with her!!!![/i:1co9qao0] \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"\n\nI am glad this story is back, just so I can see what happens. \":D\" I\'ve been in suspense for months now. \":(\"','0866fc1de6571df756bb0460f435b1e8',0,'IA==','1co9qao0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566014,37417,4,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345616057,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','[quote="breitasparrow":o3usdls0][img:o3usdls0]http://0.media.todaysbigthing.cvcdn.com/46/34/b0c5116eeba4b33808ff5b4370944be3.jpg[/img:o3usdls0][/quote:o3usdls0]\n \":lol:\" I LOLd','3ef3ac4a503f1837264f34db170a864c',0,'iA==','o3usdls0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566015,37399,3,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345616744,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[img-l:2pzfkutt]http://peterfree.ie/img/bashful.png[/img-l:2pzfkutt] Garsh! Thanks you guys... \":D\"','11fcb8ab3183a4b89fb3ed561a16c31e',0,'AABA','2pzfkutt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566016,37445,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345617888,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Major Tom','Just. Effin\'. Brilliant!','3d892bf1538c49b98e86a8fd239c5d31',0,'','3bnoafy2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566017,37365,6,1782,0,'63.233.104.250',1345618129,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Twin Tracks (chapter 1, part 2 )','But, but more, please?','19228b0ecdafc24e03f7c4c71cc03517',0,'','2f216t1v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566018,37395,6,1782,0,'63.233.104.250',1345618268,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 4) (Partial Genderswap)','[quote="peetz5050":3dczilvm] That\'s coz you\'re evil and twisted [/quote:3dczilvm]\n\nHey, I don\'t know what you heard, but those orphans attacked me.','e407fcd8b5d8ec35cc6c6467fdc3bd7d',0,'gA==','3dczilvm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566019,37356,16,1748,0,'99.116.139.39',1345618606,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: More Daria Merchendising','Speaking of merchandising, I wouldn\'t mind a reprint of the two books.','5d3c467665d24fcd7047213ec44d229d',0,'','21qm5rbz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566020,37157,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345618997,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Unexpected Hookup: Underneath It All (Pt 7)','Hot, hot, hot, HOT, Stuuufff. Hot, hot, hot, hot... \":D\" \n\n \":drink:\"','48b6e765195bf5b643122502793039bc',0,'','3lsggvtn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566021,37429,6,1782,0,'63.233.104.250',1345619007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Yet Another Teacher Cruch','You now owe me a new keyboard, this one is now covered in tea that was oly spilled because this story is both wonderfully hillarious, and really off putting, but in a good way. I don\'t know if I should congratulate you on a really well done story or set you ablaze.','61a3f9dcb823cad4713022b45844db75',0,'','27sruhau',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566022,37401,6,1139,0,'58.168.23.4',1345620194,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Man and His Box','[quote="Roentgen":1ernhm31]My assumption is that LawndaleDoctor IS CanonDoctor. [/quote:1ernhm31]\n\nThis.\n\n(Andrea is traveling with Five and Nyssa during in the period when Tegan isn\'t traveling with them...)','50793490f4b564193c216bccb79f4794',0,'gA==','1ernhm31',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566023,36242,6,1406,0,'79.12.115.154',1345620861,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Vivian part 6','[quote="InvisibleDan":3dy9bw62]\nI am glad this story is back, just so I can see what happens. \":D\" I\'ve been in suspense for months now. \":(\"[/quote:3dy9bw62]\n\nis all fault of my exams \";)\"','a6d19c8a452c5924f6c82efe316c9c84',0,'gA==','3dy9bw62',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566024,36508,6,1406,0,'79.12.115.154',1345621326,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 8 Part 3','Can we say that you\'re back now ? \":)\"','8f0f87add31171b1d89ab685974dc39f',0,'','12arv43e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566025,37157,6,1406,0,'79.12.115.154',1345622613,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Unexpected Hookup: Underneath It All (Pt 7)','[quote="peetz5050":28281xcf]Hot, hot, hot, HOT, Stuuufff. Hot, hot, hot, hot... \":D\" \n\n \":drink:\"[/quote:28281xcf]\n\nditto , plus Jane and Quinn\'s good dates and Helen destruction \":D\"','856c44b56f2a8a6d6cb4d54164a32fb0',0,'gA==','28281xcf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566026,36981,6,1406,0,'79.12.115.154',1345623836,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Resentful Cynic Ch.4 : Revenge of the malled part 8','Here it\'s last part of this story; thanks to 45Ranger for his work as betareader.\n\n[b:38w5jp5u]Disclaimer : This story was made for fun , no infringement is intended, and no money is being made. All recognizable characters are owned by Glenn Eichler and MTV , however all the not recognizable characters and setting , among with the plot [i:38w5jp5u]A Resentful Cynic [/i:38w5jp5u]belong to me .[/b:38w5jp5u]\n\n\n[b:38w5jp5u]PART 9[/b:38w5jp5u]\n\n\nThat evening, three very special dinners were consumed in Lawndale, respectively, in the villa of Ruttheimers and the homes of Hecubas and Morgendorffers.\n\nThat of Ruttheimer was the happiest of all in fact, Charles II and Susan heard the story of their son and laughed out loud when they became aware of how he had turned the tables on those businessmen, as if that was not enough they were very glad to know that Charles had been invited to study at home by some of his classmates.\n\nAfter dinner Charles II took his son aside and said, "My instinct tells me that among those guys that you\'ll go to study with there is also the girl you like, right?"\n\n"Exactly."\n\n"You still plan to use the tactic, friend first, then boyfriend?"\n\n"Yes father."\n\n"Well then good luck son, because it is very risky, you risks that another boy steals her from you."\n\n"Don’t worry dad, the only guy who could understand how much she is special already has a girlfriend, I have no rivals." Charles said, smiling mockingly.\n\n"I hope you\'re right, in any case I can’t wait to get to know this girl as your friend or even better as your girlfriend. Now excuse me but I have to go attend some business before bed. See you tomorrow."\n\n"Okay, good work dad, see you tomorrow."\n\nAfter that, Charles III did his homework and then did what he did when he did not go out, he went to see a movie with her mother. As they had done for years, Charles III and Susan chose a movie, put the tape in the VCR and relaxed for a couple of hours.\n\nWhen the movie was over, mother and son went to bed. Charles, as was his custom, fell asleep immediately while Susan waited in the bed for her husband, awake, passing the time reading a book.\n\nIt was almost midnight when Charles II went to bed, a smile appeared on his face when he saw that his beloved wife was still awake.\n\n" You stayed awake for me." Said Charles while he slipped into his pajamas.\n\n" Why are you surprised? I always do it." Susan said as she put down the book.\n\n"I love you." Charles said as he went to bed.\n\n"Love you too Charles." Susan said before kissing her husband.\n\n"Our son is really clever." Said Susan when she separated from Charles.\n\n"Yeah, he\'s giving us a lot of reasons to be proud of him lately."\n\n"And it\'s great that he has new friends, mind you Tom is a good guy but I\'m glad that Charlie is expanding his horizons."\n"Yep, and I\'ve got better news ."\n\n"What news?" asked Susan.\n\n"Charlie has a crush on a girl." Charles said, grinning.\n\n"Really?"\n\n"Absolutely."\n\n"Who is she?"\n\n"He didn’t want to tell me, the only thing I know is that she is part of the group of guys Charlie will study with."\n\n"Oh but that\'s great, I\'m so happy! I can’t wait to meet her."\n\n"Me too."\n\nAt that time, husband and wife heard a loud snoring and giggled.\n\n"Charlie is already asleep." Said Susan.\n\n"Yeah. Dear how about we take advantage of the fact that our son is a very heavy sleeper to “cuddle” each other a little." Charles said with a very seductive voice.\n\nSusan smiled mischievously, "All right. I really felt like a little “cuddling”." She said as she hugged her husband.\n\n-------------------------------------------------- \n\nEqually pleasing was the night that Jane spent with Hecubas at least until the end of the dinner.\n\nIt all started when Jane spoke, saying that Trent was out for a gig and would return only the following day.\n\nHearing those words Megan frowned and immediately said, mind you said did not ask, Jane would spend the night with them.\n\n"Don’t worry Ms. H. is not a problem, I have slept alone other times. "\n\n"But we didn’t know, now it\'s different." Said Megan.\n\n"Jane my wife is right, we would not be responsible adults if we let you sleep alone. Lawndale is a quiet, but you can never tell." Sebastian pointed out.\n\n"No, really, look, it\'s not a problem, besides, I have nothing with me for a sleep over."\n\n"Not a problem, Andrea can lend you something and I only need a few minutes to prepare a bed in her room."\n\n"But my backpack is at home with all my books."\n\n"Even this is not a problem, tomorrow I can accompany you to your house and then take you and Andrea to school before going to work." Sebatian said.\n\n"So it\'s decided. Stay here tonight." Said Megan gently but firmly.\n\nThat was when it happened. Jane began to sob, then to cry.\n\n"Jane!" cried Andrea.\n\n"Dear, what\'s wrong? Do you not feel well? "\n\n"Please stop it." Jane said between sobs.\n\n"Stop?" Asked Sebastian.\n\n"Stop being so nice to me, please." Jane stammered as she cried louder and louder.\n\n"Honey why are you crying? What do you mean that we should stop being nice? Please explain it." Said Megan as she rose from her chair and went to embrace Jane.\n\n"You ... you are always so nice to me ... you invite me to lunch, dinner, make me sleep here, you have given me gifts at Christmas and for my birthday, you treat me better than my family has ever done and I ... I can’t do anything to counter ... I\'m just a parasite, a sponge." said Jane as hot tears streamed down her face.\n\n"Sebastian, Andrea please leave us alone for a few minutes." Said Megan to her husband and her daughter who, without saying a word, went out of the room.\n\nWhen she and Jane were alone, Megan began to speak.\n\n"Honey stop crying, you have no reason to do it."\n\n"I\'m just a parasite." Repeated Jane.\n\n"No, Jane, you\'re not a parasite, stop saying these things and stop crying." Megan said, her tone of voice soft but firm.\n\nWith a little effort Jane did as she asked.\n\n"Okay, now dry those beautiful blue eyes and listen." Said Megan Jane handing a handkerchief.\n\n"Oh ... okay."\n\n"You are neither a sponger nor a parasite. You\'re a girl who accepts what is given her by people who care of her. Maybe I should have mentioned it but Jane, we treat you this way because you are like a daughter to me and Sebastian. "\n\n"A daughter?" Jane asked in surprise.\n\n"Exactly a daughter. You know that thing right? "\n\n"That what?"\n\nMegan whispered something in the ear of Jane and she nodded with the head.\n\n"Well, then, if you know that you should understand why you are like a daughter to us."\n\n"I think I understand."\n\n"Very well, then I do not want to hear anymore what you said, okay?"\n\n"Okay, I promise, word of girl scouts."\n\n"Very well," Megan said with a smile, "Now go and wash your face and see something on TV with Andrea, while I prepare the bed for you.\n\n"Okay." Jane said, rising from her chair and heading for the door, but halfway she stopped, turned around and went to embrace Megan.\n\n"Thanks." She whispered.\n\n"Anytime dear." Megan said with a smile.\n\n-------------------------------------------------- \n\nDifferent from the other two dinners was the one that was consumed at Morgendorffers’ home. Daria, still angry, did not utter a word ; as always, Jake was only present in the body while his mind wandered to places unknown to other human beings and Quinn spoke of clothes, accessories and all the frivolity that made her the person she was .\n\nThe only difference was that Helen was not attached to the phone but sadly ate her frozen lasagna.\n\n[i:38w5jp5u]Why is it every time I try to talk to Daria everything falls apart? What am I doing wrong? Where? Why is it with her everything needs to be so difficult? Why can’t it be as simple as with Quinn?[/i:38w5jp5u] Helen thought to herself, unable to find an answer.\n\nJust then the phone rang and Helen went to do what she did best, be a lawyer.\n\nThe ringing of the phone was enough to snap Jake from his fantasies. Realizing what was happening, Jake launched into one of his usual rants but this time his anger was not directed against his father, but against the law firm of his wife.\n\nHe ranted and ranted until ending by saying, "Is it possible that they can’t do anything without her? Can’t they give her a breather?"\n\nQuinn gave reason to her father, making him smile while Daria merely said, "Eeyup." With her usual flat tone of voice.\n\nOnly then Jake realized that his eldest daughter was with them at table, and his brain, recalling the discussion with Helen of the night before, made the connection Daria - Daria friends - invite to dinner. So he said, "Kiddo, did your mother tell you that we would like to know your friends, Jane and ... uh ..."\n\n"Dorothy." Lied Daria suppressing a laugh.\n\n"Yes, right, Jane and Dorothy."\n\n"DARIA! Do not tease dad. Daddy the name of her other friend is Andrea not Dorothy." Quinn said, turning first to her sister and then her father.\n\n"Ah, ah, ah, ah." Jake laughed to hide the fact that he did not understand anything, "great joke kiddo, so did your mother tell you anything?"\n\n"No." Daria lied for no particular reason.\n\n"Really? Strange. However, as I said we would like to know them and we would like to invite them to dinner. "\n\n[i:38w5jp5u]They have no intention to give up[/i:38w5jp5u], thought Daria, [i:38w5jp5u]until they know Jane and Andrea, they will not give me peace, I might as well do as they ask and take off this annoyance out of the way ... even if I have to give tons of pizza to those two as compensation.[/i:38w5jp5u]\n\nDaria smiled for a moment thinking of her friends, then said, "Okay, fine. Tomorrow morning I will talk with them and let you know. "\n\n"That\'s great kiddo!" Jake said, genuinely pleased.\n\n"If you say so, but now excuse me but I have homework to do." Lied Daria as she got up from the table and went to her room.\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nThe rest of the evening passed quietly.\n\nDaria was in her room reading, Quinn did the same ... if by reading we meant trying to fit new clothes in a closet already packed.\n\n[i:38w5jp5u]It\'s crazy[/i:38w5jp5u], Quinn thought, [i:38w5jp5u]I was able to get away with it[/i:38w5jp5u]. She panicked when she saw that her mother was at home earlier than expected .\n\nHelen and Jake worked on some of their own practices and then went to bed.\n\nNow Jake immediately went to sleep but Helen spent hours wondering what the heck Jake had done to convince Daria. But in the end she decided to shrug off and fell asleep hugging her husband.\n\n\n[b:38w5jp5u]THE END[/b:38w5jp5u]','d849734a4606b9b23ebd53b4cc7ad7c8',0,'YA==','38w5jp5u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566027,37414,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345624265,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Okay. \n\nIn the series finale of [i:1i4lo86s]LOST[/i:1i4lo86s] - who was actually alive at the end, did anyone actually survive the initial plane crash, did Jack originally die in the spot where the series actually began, and what was up with the little boy and the dog?','b5e656d1c9c1da7baf0434b11fd4ca8d',0,'IA==','1i4lo86s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566028,36981,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345627014,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Resentful Cynic Ch.4 : Revenge of the malled part 9 DO','I sense a high degree of awkwardness at THAT dinner. Maybe, just maybe, Helen will gain some understanding of her daughter...','f26e5edfd2be006a037b9b88f87a75d5',0,'','mbb1pwy5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566029,37406,5,1001,0,'81.60.151.116',1345630133,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you listening to? Part 4','A little M.I.A. :\n\n[youtube:1jx8fhub]2uYs0gJD-LE[/youtube:1jx8fhub]','efa2a18fe9620810b912241aa3012748',0,'AAE=','1jx8fhub',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566030,37432,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345630462,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: I\'ve made the jump to Linux.','Does it work when, instead of installing it, you boot from the CD and use the option called something like "Try Ubuntu without installing it"?','83c78e7657bcbf3da72ce1da40030f44',0,'','1x26ey9j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566031,37414,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345633284,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','So, I have to wait until November for my summer holiday, but at least before then I have [url=http://www.everymanracing.co.uk/manufacturers/lamborghini?product_id=462:3t9ncklt]a nice afternoon out[/url:3t9ncklt] to look forward to. \":mrgreen:\"','04bc06431e0d00678d0d332ddf7794d7',0,'EA==','3t9ncklt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566032,37414,3,1070,0,'96.33.66.150',1345636313,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":3lo728h5]Q: Why didn\'t anyone want to talk to the bulimic coprophagic dimwit?\n\nA: He kept bringing up stupid sh!t.\n\n\n\nGawd, I love myself. \":D\" Hi, again![/quote:3lo728h5]\n\n \":nono:\" and yet I luvs him.','f95927162c5e2b060d3b74e21f2db690',0,'gA==','3lo728h5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566033,37157,6,1070,0,'96.33.66.150',1345636479,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Unexpected Hookup: Underneath It All (Pt 7)','\":drink:\" \":drink:\"','7cd8ade7cdded8aa2393aff6cd23fa90',0,'','1liwgfkt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566035,37395,6,1548,0,'72.91.86.179',1345637844,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 4) (Partial Genderswap)','Interesting genderswap pairing as well as a great story! Keep it up. \":D\"','83016cef6a8bbe07a7fd31f069ee98fd',0,'','j5i7mzcb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566036,36295,3,81,0,'80.5.88.48',1345638714,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','A little luncheon at my desk while cruising the net:\n\nAvocado vinaigrette \n\nInsalata con pollo\n\nFruit Salad \n\nKit-Kat','c0ed42581d3b8e0ecdb767b04f917489',0,'','ey2ko14a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566037,37414,3,809,0,'24.152.244.209',1345639303,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','I have an 8 hour shift today, which shall translate directly into a 4-day run at job number 1. I will be leaving for first job directly after my shift at second job is over.\n\nI\'m tired already. \":lol:\"','faec7e8da4541630d10616fb0c2b081b',0,'','3rhxmc6m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566038,37414,3,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345639342,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Brother Grimace":2oebd6cc]In the series finale of [i:2oebd6cc]LOST[/i:2oebd6cc] - who was actually alive at the end, did anyone actually survive the initial plane crash, did Jack originally die in the spot where the series actually began, and what was up with the little boy and the dog?[/quote:2oebd6cc]\n\nAnyone not dead was alive at the end -- er, well, y\'know.\nYes\nYes, same spot\n\nNot that I watched Lost, but I did see the first and last episode!','6cd909c721842c0c1cd46e9ff58a75cd',0,'oA==','2oebd6cc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566039,37157,6,1690,0,'189.253.241.31',1345639506,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Unexpected Hookup: Underneath It All (Pt 7)','I\'m glad that Daria\'s first time is with such a sweet guy, when she is willing to go all out for him and for herself as well. \":hug:\" \n\nAs for Helen, I hope that finally she is learning that her daughters have become what they are despite her, not because of her... \":(\" \n\nNow she needs to learn how to talk with them before is too late.','0469d8426ccc10f9f4ec79a1e9a0c6f0',0,'','35stn9zh',1,1345656221,'',1690,1,0),(566040,36981,6,1690,0,'189.253.241.31',1345639712,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Resentful Cynic Ch.4 : Revenge of the malled part 9 DO','[quote="peetz5050":3jpfh66v]I sense a high degree of awkwardness at THAT dinner. Maybe, just maybe, Helen will gain some understanding of her daughter...[/quote:3jpfh66v]I really don\'t think so, if anything with Daria\'s luck she is going to confirm that they are a bad influenze. \":(\"','7a17ec90bca1dbd2b3c1897ee44ca454',0,'gA==','3jpfh66v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566041,37434,6,885,0,'69.29.208.219',1345640392,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','So, unless something drastic happens anytime soon, it looks like the clear winner is [b:e9q0uhet][i:e9q0uhet]Scars - Keep Out[/i:e9q0uhet]![/b:e9q0uhet] Which is a bit surprising to me. I knew folks liked [i:e9q0uhet]These Scarred Walls[/i:e9q0uhet] but I didn\'t know it was quite [i:e9q0uhet]that[/i:e9q0uhet] popular!\n\n[quote="45Ranger":e9q0uhet]Ten options? \nAnd pick only one? Curses! Are you sure you\'re a Cheer Lord?\nDamn![/quote:e9q0uhet]\nI was gonna have more, but it only allowed for ten!\n\n[quote="Charles RB":e9q0uhet]It should be [b:e9q0uhet]EVERYTHING![/b:e9q0uhet][/quote:e9q0uhet][quote="Dark Kuno":e9q0uhet]You forgot the "All of the Above" choice in your poll Jim \":D\"[/quote:e9q0uhet]\nIt should and I did! [i:e9q0uhet]*writes all ten stories as one huge SUPER STORY*[/i:e9q0uhet]\n\n[quote="thatLONERchick":e9q0uhet]nano zombies[/quote:e9q0uhet]\nOkay, just gotta figure out how I\'m gonna write nano-zombies into [i:e9q0uhet]Keep Out[/i:e9q0uhet] . . .\n\n[quote="Walter Kovacs":e9q0uhet] \":fork:\"[/quote:e9q0uhet]\n[img:e9q0uhet]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/esn1g/Smilies/jim_fork01.gif[/img:e9q0uhet]\n\n[quote="breitasparrow":e9q0uhet]*I\'ve had the same thing happen before where I wish I had started/planned a story better from the beginning, so you\'re not alone on that one. Hell, I think [i:e9q0uhet]everyone\'s[/i:e9q0uhet] been there before at least once. \":P\"[/quote:e9q0uhet]\nWell, it\'s not so much the planning part, especially as [i:e9q0uhet]Quantum Stacy[/i:e9q0uhet] was actually going exactly as I had planned . . . it\'s the writing itself. What I\'ve got written of QS:SAotTP doesn\'t have the voice I wanted for it, so I\'m gonna rewrite it to make it more punchy and to the point. Brevity is wit, and vice versa!\n\n[quote="DeacBlue":e9q0uhet]I\'ve changed my mind. Junk\'em all (well, place them carefully in your stories in progress folder). If you can\'t feel at least one of them, (and almost certainly, one of them more than the others) pulling you to work on it, you\'re not going to have the interest, the passion to make it as good as you\'re capable of. Figure out something you [i:e9q0uhet][b:e9q0uhet]want[/b:e9q0uhet][/i:e9q0uhet] to write, and we\'ll all be pleased with the results, I suspect.[/quote:e9q0uhet]\nThe problem is quite the opposite, actually. I [i:e9q0uhet]want[/i:e9q0uhet] to write all of them. It would, in fact, please me greatly if I could work on all of them all at once, but I can\'t do that. At least, not at the moment.\n\nThe reason I haven\'t been writing much in a long while is because my health has been pretty terrible for a good part of the year. I mean, it\'s terrible most of the time anyway, but it\'s been especially bad in my head, and in my head is where I do all my thinking, which is something that needs to be in pretty good repair if I\'m going to be doing any writing. I\'m not completely better (or probably anywhere near it), but I have been taking steps to get there, and I\'ve got a few more steps I\'m hoping I\'ll be able to take before the end of the year. The vague interest to get started on at least one of my old projects has finally started kicking up, but as I said, it\'s a very generalized interest that wants to go everywhere all at once.\n\nI can\'t promise I\'ll be up and writing [i:e9q0uhet]Keep Out[/i:e9q0uhet] anytime very soon, but at the very least I know that\'s the one most folks are wanting to see finished up now, so it\'s the one I\'ll be keeping in mind as I continue to heal. Thanks to everyone who has voted and commented!','88a59143d4648cdbfa87239451e91794',0,'6A==','e9q0uhet',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566042,37434,6,809,0,'24.152.244.209',1345640568,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','\":hug:\"','8a3fe8b193a8717d2b5ec7f5819da6d3',0,'','9bovvz8a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566043,37434,6,885,0,'69.29.208.219',1345640643,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','[quote="thatLONERchick":1kt3gw9c] \":hug:\"[/quote:1kt3gw9c]\n \":glomp:\"','a8bc5e84865d01e5ad3c23374100cb9c',0,'gA==','1kt3gw9c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566044,37414,3,323,0,'199.123.79.97',1345640720,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','A man walks into a bar, drinks for a while, then goes to the men\'s room. He runs back out a few seconds later. "Bartender! Bartender! There\'s an ant sitting on the rim of the toilet holding a grenade launcher!"\n\nThe bartender said, "Well, if I were you, I wouldn\'t try to piss it off."','07ed11b5e7ac3d1ad5381b67b77feb81',0,'','20312399',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566045,37446,3,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345644435,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Nintendo Power','100% not a joke. I thought Nintendo Power was killed years ago.\n\nJust like Abe Vigoda','86cf6e50d6e97fe31536ad3dc1f1eaf4',0,'','2g2qs3a2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566046,37414,3,981,0,'58.179.174.85',1345644632,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[url=http://gawker.com/5936665/heres-what-happened-when-an-elderly-man-took-it-upon-himself-to-restore-a-painting-in-a-nearby-church:k1o0jo6e]Twitch. Twitch twitch.[/url:k1o0jo6e] Must not kill well-intentioned morons. Definitely must not rob bank to afford the airfare to do so.','88a5906ebef00288284fe3d1264a7ed0',0,'EA==','k1o0jo6e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566047,37157,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345645121,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Unexpected Hookup: Underneath It All (Pt 7)','[quote="BF110C4":2dc7z44e]As for Helen, I hope that finally she is learning that her daughters have become what they are despite her, not because of her... \":(\" \n\nNow she needs to learn who to talk with them before is too late.[/quote:2dc7z44e]\nShe didn\'t learn that in canon, so why should she here?','a2e0fbf915ecefdc4d2210a5bb298e7b',0,'gA==','2dc7z44e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566048,36990,16,1189,0,'174.252.160.187',1345645521,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Deac\'s Game','O\'neill?','8815e2fb8c80a6cb973428eb74f13acd',0,'','3ilmt3hn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566049,36860,3,1,0,'166.137.88.177',1345646983,1,0,1,1,1,1,'BB25','Re: "I\'m Still New Here!": The I\'m New Here Thread II','Hi everyone! I started watching Daria years ago and just rediscovered it on Hulu Plus! It is such an awesome show, and I\'m excited to have joined this community. I can\'t wait to dig around and find some great Daria fan work. \":)\"','6d7c4fff06efc07c1c57e681b33c35ce',0,'','33s3wyx7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566050,36860,3,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345647872,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "I\'m Still New Here!": The I\'m New Here Thread II','[quote="BB25":2gdpgqcj]Hi everyone! I started watching Daria years ago and just rediscovered it on Hulu Plus! It is such an awesome show, and I\'m excited to have joined this community. I can\'t wait to dig around and find some great Daria fan work. \":)\"[/quote:2gdpgqcj]\n\nWelcome \":D\"','4b27c8f0dc90d214f2804bb2d3a53d83',0,'gA==','2gdpgqcj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566051,37440,5,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345648280,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Doctor Who Season Seven','The Internet Lied to me! [url=http://bit.ly/R057IC:2yxqkdfq]Sepinwall says the premier is Sept 1 for BBC [b:2yxqkdfq]and[/b:2yxqkdfq] BBCA[/url:2yxqkdfq].','f78201475ba223070758c3ffb25b22ce',0,'UA==','2yxqkdfq',1,1345658360,'',28,1,0),(566052,37414,3,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345652243,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="tafka":gih4uye7][url=http://gawker.com/5936665/heres-what-happened-when-an-elderly-man-took-it-upon-himself-to-restore-a-painting-in-a-nearby-church:gih4uye7]Twitch. Twitch twitch.[/url:gih4uye7] Must not kill well-intentioned morons. Definitely must not rob bank to afford the airfare to do so.[/quote:gih4uye7]\nHey, she\'s elderly. Means she\'s probably going senile.','2f1413af7ff335cd8c38b1999fb68a43',0,'kA==','gih4uye7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566053,37432,3,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1345652369,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: I\'ve made the jump to Linux.','Ubuntu is unusable. \":fail:\"','9775f5abc2b76a736a5efe3ef0d0e621',0,'','3drrzuw1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566054,36295,3,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1345652479,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','[quote="Tim Bateman":26scyazh]Insalata con pollo[/quote:26scyazh]\nYou mean ensalada con pollo? \";)\"','a8ffa560eca55146750fb705258d084a',0,'gA==','26scyazh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566055,37434,6,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1345653143,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','Scars?! BOOOO! Jim should be writing HORROR not drama! \n\nHo-rror! Ho-rror! \":D\"','2706ee15116713c04286594a21c6a9e3',0,'','nax6571u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566056,37342,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345653502,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The 180 Degree Turn ch. 2: Four Lines no waiting(Part 2)','[quote="ST91":13hc1k9v]nice update \":D\"[/quote:13hc1k9v]\n\nThanks!\n\nThose of you who like angst should watch this space. Shiva and Charles RB know what I mean.','e5152cc1f0f4a240b6ff18b46d5faed4',0,'gA==','13hc1k9v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566057,37434,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345654188,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','[quote="Jim North":13s31ohv][img:13s31ohv]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/esn1g/Smilies/jim_fork01.gif[/img:13s31ohv]\n[/quote:13s31ohv]\n\nI was actually pitchforking Dark Kuno, but I think Daria: Hunter is the one you should do next.','b0efb62c3debf77a68d899a1701869db',0,'iA==','13s31ohv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566058,37417,4,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345654960,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','At this rate, the 2016 GOP platform will include requiring women who were raped to marry the rapist.','6de0e7a3cf703ac9f48faf156b79b7cf',0,'','3mhz4jbs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566059,37417,4,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345655616,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','I can only sigh...\n\n[quote="Walter Kovacs":2uumrf4u]At this rate, the 2016 GOP platform will include requiring women who were raped to marry the rapist.[/quote:2uumrf4u]\nBut what happens if the woman was already married? \":P\"','c5bf9606857dfd4bf78fbbe932211072',0,'gA==','2uumrf4u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566060,37417,4,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345655699,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','They stone her for adultery.','e44acb04dc57854a1b79ad54f03c6fdb',0,'','7gjd8y1j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566061,37414,3,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345655770,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Site I used to watch Doctor Who moved the specials. The links are still there on the episode list, but go to an oops page. I found them only after I sent a message to the admins citing a problem. On the plus side, I discovered they had links to the classic series and classic Star Trek. So now my watch list is Old Who, new Who, Adventure Time, Dan Vs. and Classic Star Trek. I think my days as an anime geek are officially over. That is, if the links are all in order.\n\nOn the negative side, my parents going to an Journey concert featuring Pat Benatar and Loverboy next month. I can\'t go because it\'s on a Wednesday and it\'s a 3 hour drive to my college. \":(\"','3749c2f635df0d186468a54739aa726f',0,'','3anlwp72',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566062,36025,3,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345656109,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day thread','"Back in World War 2 I was doing my duty for my country by hiding under a bed. From beneath my bed I suddenly realised I could tunnel under the ground right into enemy HQ and blow them up. I definately wasn\'t trying to dig a hole to hide in until the war was over."\n- The Dandy','f2b827078832789bd4d41b1ce1246457',0,'','2qbxlr38',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566063,37342,6,1690,0,'189.196.99.245',1345656184,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The 180 Degree Turn ch. 2: Four Lines no waiting(Part 2)','Poor Darius, he cannot escape from his little sister\'s grasp. \":lol:\" \n\nExcellent update. \":)\"','ccb6fbbcb87a8f75f0277b1e79cbe2ed',0,'','2tvyfrme',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566064,37157,6,1690,0,'189.196.99.245',1345656337,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Unexpected Hookup: Underneath It All (Pt 7)','[quote="Walter Kovacs":2wtzuqdj][quote="BF110C4":2wtzuqdj]Now she needs to learn who to talk with them before is too late.[/quote:2wtzuqdj]\nShe didn\'t learn that in canon, so why should she here?[/quote:2wtzuqdj]Because this time both sisters are far less tolerant of her intervention, and this time if Daria is forced to choose between Ron and her mother... \":(\"','e014125dd6dfca91bed556f118ed7bf6',0,'gA==','2wtzuqdj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566065,37414,3,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345656448,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":1ip7hm5u]Q: Why didn\'t anyone want to talk to the bulimic coprophagic dimwit?\n\nA: He kept bringing up stupid sh!t.[/quote:1ip7hm5u]\n\nBADUMTISH! \":D\"','311fefe89ab4d0224387df44c0c772f0',0,'gA==','1ip7hm5u',1,1345657754,'',1108,1,0),(566066,37414,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345656996,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="tafka":1kot98vw][url=http://gawker.com/5936665/heres-what-happened-when-an-elderly-man-took-it-upon-himself-to-restore-a-painting-in-a-nearby-church:1kot98vw]Twitch. Twitch twitch.[/url:1kot98vw] Must not kill well-intentioned morons[...][/quote:1kot98vw]\n \":lol:\" \n\nThe Beeb correspondent who covered this story has a nice turn of phrase, reporting that the much-loved fresco now resembles a cartoon of "a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic."','a8093dbcc2d3cf093bd3e27c90d61f77',0,'kA==','1kot98vw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566067,36898,4,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345657124,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Julian Assange seeking asylum in Ecuador','So why don\'t the Swedes say they won\'t extradite to the States? [url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green/2012/08/legal-myths-about-assange-extradition:30sdadtk]New Statesman has the answer:[/url:30sdadtk]\n\n[quote:30sdadtk]It would not be legally possible for Swedish government to give any guarantee about a future extradition, and nor would it have any binding effect on the Swedish legal system in the event of a future extradition request. \n \n[b:30sdadtk]By asking for this \'guarantee\', Assange is asking the impossible, as he probably knows. Under international law, all extradition requests have to be dealt with on their merits and in accordance with the applicable law; and any final word on an extradition would (quite properly) be with an independent Swedish court, and not the government giving the purported \'guarantee\'. [/b:30sdadtk] \n \nAlso Sweden (like the United Kingdom) is bound by EU and ECHR law not to extradite in circumstances where there is any risk of the death penalty or torture. There would be no extradition to the United States in such circumstances.[/quote:30sdadtk]\n\nAssange may probably know that, but the government of Ecuador should [i:30sdadtk]definately[/i:30sdadtk] know that. \n\nAlso:\n\n[quote:30sdadtk]to those who complain that Assange has not yet been charged, the answer is simple: he cannot actually be charged until he is arrested.[/quote:30sdadtk]\n\nAlso also, [url=http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021160482:30sdadtk]turns out Ecuador once gave asylum to another man who runs a political site exposing wrongdoing and is now working to extradite him [i:30sdadtk]to fucking BELARUS[/i:30sdadtk], conveniently soon after a trade agreement, and he is quite likely to face charges of treason (he\'s ex-military) and then be executed cos it\'s FUCKING BELARUS.[/url:30sdadtk]','ad84c5a2fae5230b6ea8769e1234bd89',0,'8A==','30sdadtk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566068,37342,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345657424,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The 180 Degree Turn ch. 2: Four Lines no waiting(Part 2)','[quote="BF110C4":11dua9pi]Poor Darius, he cannot escape from his little sister\'s grasp. \":lol:\" [/quote:11dua9pi]\nIndeed. This is Quinn of all people we\'re talking about. \":)\" \n\nShe retains the ability to charm the male half of the population to do anything she asks and a perky personality even though her hobbies, relationship with siblings and level of effort she puts into academics is changed.','1c073ef9e87cc15df472d48868b09c74',0,'gA==','11dua9pi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566069,37417,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345657654,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','[quote="Staticblast":cmqmmqnr]I can only sigh...\n\n[quote="Walter Kovacs":cmqmmqnr]At this rate, the 2016 GOP platform will include requiring women who were raped to marry the rapist.[/quote:cmqmmqnr]\nBut what happens if the woman was already married? \":P\"[/quote:cmqmmqnr]\n\nPolygamy?','9e9a23c56cb8c576ec17104c33e374c7',0,'gA==','cmqmmqnr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566070,37440,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345657917,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Doctor Who Season Seven','BBC is saying 1st Sept.\n\n[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Asylum-of-the-Daleks-Premieres-1st-September-But-Theyre-Back-on-Monday:1lhvuj15]And there\'ll be a five-part web miniseries called Pond Life running from next Monday to the Friday,[/url:1lhvuj15]\n\nAlso, [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Teaser-Trail-for-Asylum-of-the-Daleks:1lhvuj15]a twenty second clip from Asylum...[/url:1lhvuj15]','fa1fd2daaaffa3dfea2ad771cfdc975c',0,'EA==','1lhvuj15',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566071,37401,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345658412,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Man and His Box','There\'s a few gaps for solo Doc, really:\n\n* Third Doctor before Sarah Jane arrives\n\n* Fourth Doctor between Sarah Jane and Leela, and between Leela and Romana\n\n* Sixth Doctor after Trial, because he has to drop future-Mel back in the future so he can meet Mel in the right order\n\n* Seventh Doctor sometime after Ace\n\n* Eight Doctor anytime\n\n* Ninth Doctor pre-Rose \n\n* Tenth Doctor between S2 and 3 and after Donna\n\n* Eleventh when the Ponds are on break (and now)\n\nAlso, we never saw (on the telly that is) his trips with just Jamie, just Nyssa, and just Turlough, or much of the First Doctor with Ben and Polly...','7d3a4e5da35007d7ae2db040e202b64d',0,'','3md2otl2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566072,37434,6,885,0,'69.29.208.219',1345658451,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','[quote="Quiverwing":3ohz5o4s]Scars?! BOOOO! Jim should be writing HORROR not drama![/quote:3ohz5o4s]\nYou just need to find between five and eight other people who agree with you and get them to all vote on the same horror story!','5e0937a9c2270f0f5c1984ad34c6397e',0,'gA==','3ohz5o4s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566073,37434,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345658583,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','[quote="Jim North":3vhdmld2]\nThe problem is quite the opposite, actually. I [i:3vhdmld2]want[/i:3vhdmld2] to write all of them. It would, in fact, please me greatly if I could work on all of them all at once, but I can\'t do that. At least, not at the moment.[/quote:3vhdmld2]\n\nSwallow pure sugar and wash it down with Red Bull. Repeat six times. \n\nAfter writing, don red costume and fight crime in Keystone City.','887062ddbebaf0942de61d61b3c03c50',0,'oA==','3vhdmld2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566074,37002,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345658740,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','Top Gear won\'t exist because Jeremy Clarkson will [i:nzsm87wn]kill himself[/i:nzsm87wn] rather than do anything supportive of non-petrol cars.','cf999eeb3c8b0ac88313f81604cc6468',0,'IA==','nzsm87wn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566075,37444,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345658798,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','Never change, man.','ca68c581001e1b584caa7c9d52cf642f',0,'','1s5ylbd6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566076,37417,4,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345658915,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','That only works with one man and 72 women.\n\nIf it\'s a woman and more than one man, it\'s a sign that she should be stoned.','eac60dc351786287e1239bfdc594d861',0,'','1jvo5uqu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566078,37440,5,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345659179,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Doctor Who Season Seven','Still have to catch up. Might be slowed down now that I found links to classic Who.','dd34884e7427001868fb4318c30b69a5',0,'','1z2e6o10',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566079,37447,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345659240,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','[url=http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/syfy-to-develop-remake-of-cult-u-k-sci-fi-series-blakes-7-with-martin-campbell/:zw48bb3c]Hurm.[/url:zw48bb3c]\n\nNow, maybe this will work. After all, Blake\'s 7 [i:zw48bb3c]did[/i:zw48bb3c] have some issues with padding and drawing stories out to fit the running length. The remake might fix that\n\n[quote:zw48bb3c]will be written by Joe Pokaski (Heroes)[/quote:zw48bb3c]\n\n[b:zw48bb3c]FUCK.[/b:zw48bb3c]','d28a4b0afc504a7e53e38919f510ab2a',0,'8A==','zw48bb3c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566081,37447,5,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345659491,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','Syfy does not mix with anything.','86247ddc3a4bf1849a94e1b49a9add45',0,'','3q4t2mty',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566082,37447,5,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345659580,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','BSG disagrees.','ce76afc6aaae5890c74925324fa850f6',0,'','11r5hp98',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566083,37447,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345659853,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','I also like the "cult UK series" bit, because while it was cult in the States it was mainstream [i:7a3gzefc]here[/i:7a3gzefc] (ten million viewers is the figure I\'ve seen). It was for a general audience. \n\nThe remake probably isn\'t going to be for a general audience.','494e8b16a00b020c2bb5a16c1d29aca9',0,'IA==','7a3gzefc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566084,37434,6,885,0,'69.29.208.219',1345659903,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','[quote="Charles RB":7gxg86u9]Swallow pure sugar and wash it down with Red Bull. Repeat six times. \n\nAfter writing, don red costume and fight crime in Keystone City.[/quote:7gxg86u9]\n[youtube:7gxg86u9]crXouafH2bY[/youtube:7gxg86u9]','c83d0e9c5700ab6343f832072371b187',0,'gAE=','7gxg86u9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566085,37444,6,885,0,'69.29.208.219',1345660384,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','"Oooooh nooooooo, spiiiiideeerrrrrrs," Tiffany droned as she swatted at the arachnids biting at her arms and face. "I thought I told Saaaandiiiii I wanted bees toooooooooo . . . "','53b7e199078928301e329b436d4fb1d5',0,'','wsxny6e7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566087,37444,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345661843,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Jim North":3rm5cuj0]"Oooooh nooooooo, spiiiiideeerrrrrrs," Tiffany droned as she swatted at the arachnids biting at her arms and face. "I thought I told Saaaandiiiii I wanted bees toooooooooo . . . "[/quote:3rm5cuj0]\n\n \":lol:\" \":fail:\" That\'s what I call a \'groaner\'. You groan when you read it then can\'t wait to tell someone else. \":lol:\" \":fail:\"','caa6bf714bae974eca94b3dd89e489e7',0,'gA==','3rm5cuj0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566088,37187,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345661946,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','As the rest of the Fashion Club looked one, Stacy frowned and said two word that sent chills down their spines.\n\n"Bored now."','b72e23d72eb477a23266e95e6de687b7',0,'','28tccavu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566089,37002,6,1690,0,'189.139.27.213',1345662070,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="DeacBlue":2ubja6m0]If Daria rebuilt, it would be on a Rowe chassis - as the Vortex, while wonderful as a commuter or kit car, is both heavier than necessary, and extremely low on cargo space. (It wouldn\'t be a Delta Wing, just a car using composite and metal construction).[/quote:2ubja6m0]Plus since the Rowe\'s already ought her money it would be quite cheaper than the competence. \":)\"','dd23bba0e203c4c365289ea82e3f9ec1',0,'gA==','2ubja6m0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566090,37417,4,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345662274,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','[quote="Walter Kovacs":v70qmbos]That only works with one man and 72 women.\n\nIf it\'s a woman and more than one man, it\'s a sign that she should be stoned.[/quote:v70qmbos]\nBut where are they gonna find that much pot?','72dd8d71b0054390a07edb60ef00058b',0,'gA==','v70qmbos',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566091,37187,6,885,0,'69.29.208.219',1345662422,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','"So," Stacy said, a shy smile crossing her lips as she stared into the webcam. "It\'s Friday night and still jobless, yay. I haven\'t left the house in a week, my therapist broke up with me . . . oh yeah, and there\'s a gnome warlock in my living room, sleeping on my couch."','5390af47343fff7cf93830db9b272982',0,'','1z78e6ji',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566092,37002,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345662655,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="Charles RB":324ts93d]Top Gear won\'t exist because Jeremy Clarkson will [i:324ts93d]kill himself[/i:324ts93d] rather than do anything supportive of non-petrol cars.[/quote:324ts93d]\n\nI think Top Gear would be replaced with James May\'s Top Turbine, Clarkson would have used the very last of his petrol to drive his Ferrari off Beachy Head and Hammond would be a bicycle courier, sitting in his Zonda every night making vrooom, vrooom noises and reliving the glory days.\n\n[quote="DeacBlue":324ts93d]If Daria rebuilt, it would be on a Rowe chassis - as the Vortex, while wonderful as a commuter or kit car, is both heavier than necessary, and extremely low on cargo space. (It wouldn\'t be a Delta Wing, just a car using composite and metal construction).[/quote:324ts93d]\n\nI agree, you could use the same lightweight construction methods but with a more practical load/passenger carrying shape such as a people carrier with foldaway seats.','55ddcf9ba77938724bff10ef8ef94014',0,'oA==','324ts93d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566093,37417,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345663023,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','[quote="Walter Kovacs":3tl39c47]That only works with one man and 72 women.\n\nIf it\'s a woman and more than one man, it\'s a sign that she should be stoned.[/quote:3tl39c47]\n\nOf course.\n\nIn the fundamentalist viewpoint, the woman is always in the wrong and should be punished.','7bbeb24e32ee6c68191c6ab66db68dbd',0,'gA==','3tl39c47',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566094,37447,5,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345663992,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','I used to be a fan... really dates me huh?\n\n... although... renegades in space... sound familiar... I always though it was the greatest failure of the Obama administration that he didn\'t bring back Firefly...','b065492fea4fbecb4219ff7610f7252e',0,'','3esupbn1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566095,37447,5,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345664158,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','[quote="Charles RB":3joo0q6m]\nThe remake probably isn\'t going to be for a general audience.[/quote:3joo0q6m]\n\nThere\'s no such thing as a general audience anymore. Cable and the interwebs has turned everything niche.','26afe531e2cbad38d9b8812d497b0c25',0,'gA==','3joo0q6m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566096,37440,5,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345664389,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Doctor Who Season Seven','BBCA: "We\'re \'simulcasting\' so you jerks don\'t torrent the new episodes"\nMe: "Thanks, but I don\'t get BBCA in HD so I\'m still going to torrent. And do something about the price of those season sets, they\'re outrageous!"','63b2de29162e2f7657937647f39a6a23',0,'','3flzm685',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566097,37417,4,849,0,'67.142.163.25',1345664494,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','Not to mention that according to them, we\'re only property from the start; first our dad\'s property, and then another man\'s property once we\'re "sold" by our fathers. \":roll:\"','6cf500bfd19b481f041b4c72bff0f663',0,'','2dyvyseo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566098,37187,6,1690,0,'189.139.27.213',1345664792,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','[quote="Jim North":2vqm4be6]" . . . oh yeah, and there\'s a gnome warlock in my living room, sleeping on my couch."[/quote:2vqm4be6]I need to know which story it is crossed with this one and see it!!! \":lol:\" \n\nPlease? \":?:\"','a6164b1fcdb2b7543d55af297be45999',0,'gA==','2vqm4be6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566099,37187,6,885,0,'69.29.208.219',1345665279,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','[quote="BF110C4":170b7a1q][quote="Jim North":170b7a1q]" . . . oh yeah, and there\'s a gnome warlock in my living room, sleeping on my couch."[/quote:170b7a1q]I need to know which story it is crossed with this one and see it!!! \":lol:\" \n\nPlease? \":?:\"[/quote:170b7a1q]\n[url=http://www.watchtheguild.com/:170b7a1q][i:170b7a1q]The Guild[/i:170b7a1q][/url:170b7a1q] \":P\"','957791b5c04e26d60e03bebdeffd8109',0,'sA==','170b7a1q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566100,37187,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345665770,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','[quote="Jim North":1w3yc0pa][quote="BF110C4":1w3yc0pa][quote="Jim North":1w3yc0pa]" . . . oh yeah, and there\'s a gnome warlock in my living room, sleeping on my couch."[/quote:1w3yc0pa]I need to know which story it is crossed with this one and see it!!! \":lol:\" \n\nPlease? \":?:\"[/quote:1w3yc0pa]\n[url=http://www.watchtheguild.com/:1w3yc0pa][i:1w3yc0pa]The Guild[/i:1w3yc0pa][/url:1w3yc0pa] \":P\"[/quote:1w3yc0pa]\n\nI was just googling that. I like Felicia Day, is the show worth a watch? I\'d have to download it from somewhere it\'s not on our Netflix.','d5f64f881ad549c6ef13fb4071b33c5a',0,'sA==','1w3yc0pa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566101,37447,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345665952,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','I can see this remake finding a way to be even nicher than that.\n\nI can also see Avon turning out to have a Heart Of Gold. Brrrr.','836d45c06c50380c1b28fa0dc61b4fcd',0,'','2vfpbnma',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566102,36981,6,1192,0,'186.134.132.169',1345666170,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Resentful Cynic Ch.4 : Revenge of the malled part 8','[quote="ST91":xblwj5do]After dinner Charles II took his son aside and said, "My instinct tells me that among those guys that you\'ll go to study with there is also the girl you like, right?"\n\n"Exactly."\n\n"You still plan to use the tactic, friend first, then boyfriend?"\n\n"Yes father."\n\n"Well then good luck son, because it is very risky, you risks that another boy steals her from you."[/quote:xblwj5do]\nTell me about it. \":)\" \n\n[quote="ST91":xblwj5do]Megan whispered something in the ear of Jane and she nodded with the head.\n\n"Well, then, if you know that you should understand why you are like a daughter to us."\n\n"I think I understand."\n\n"Very well, then I do not want to hear anymore what you said, okay?"\n\n"Okay, I promise, word of girl scouts."[/quote:xblwj5do]\nGood for Janey. Not even an unbearable sadness can wipe out her sarcasm. \":D\"\n\nA good end to this chapter. I\'d like to have coherent words to say, but I\'m overwhelmed with joy right now after reading this. Here.\n\n[img:xblwj5do]http://i.imgur.com/d23hR.jpg[/img:xblwj5do]\n\nI\'m not offering more because I\'ll be waiting the next chapter. Keep on writing! \":D\" \":drink:\"','4fd0b99ddd5b8300b3155671e4292dcb',0,'iA==','xblwj5do',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566103,37442,12,30,0,'66.241.161.13',1345666549,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Fandom Blog II','RLobinske has been given admin rights, so if anyone wishes to be added to the blogger roster then please contact him. \":)\" \n\nKristen','cf5fa26f6954f15e16552c63aa7e3abd',0,'','27c26hs0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566104,37002,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345666691,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="Charles RB":124khh7o]Top Gear won\'t exist because Jeremy Clarkson will [i:124khh7o]kill himself[/i:124khh7o] rather than do anything supportive of non-petrol cars.[/quote:124khh7o]\n\n\n\nDamn. I did not know that. Some people take it a little to seriously, eh?','5c33ca5134e5403162e620488a4447de',0,'oA==','124khh7o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566105,37417,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345666958,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','[url=http://www.examiner.com/article/paul-ryan-black-ex-girlfriend-bad-for-gop-2012-elections:1d87wr8d]Okay, we\'ve got a new contender in the \'Really, people? THIS is a news story-?\' category.[/url:1d87wr8d]\n\n\nI disagree with damned near [b:1d87wr8d]EVERYTHING[/b:1d87wr8d] this man believes in and advocates... but this is just a new low, even if his own supporters might - [i:1d87wr8d][u:1d87wr8d]might[/u:1d87wr8d][/i:1d87wr8d] - have a problem with it.','7999177ab02d16cc7fc34625af2b3eb8',0,'cQ==','1d87wr8d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566106,37446,3,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345667093,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Nintendo Power','[quote="-sam":2fisstai]100% not a joke. I thought Nintendo Power was killed years ago.\n\nJust like Abe Vigoda[/quote:2fisstai]\n\nAbe Vigoda will never die.\n\nbut seriously I too thought NP stopped being published years ago.\n\nCurse you Reese for my daily reminder of being old \":lawn:\"','95d018c9d8676688de6fec237e8b560d',0,'gA==','2fisstai',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566107,36981,6,1406,0,'79.32.116.239',1345667097,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Resentful Cynic Ch.4 : Revenge of the malled part 9 DO','Thanks Arena , but for a while there will not be another chapter. I want to finish Dario\'s ch. 3 , plus I\'m planning a new AU that will be the continuation of the story [i:1goq8cwq]Daria and Veronica[/i:1goq8cwq] Keep an eye on the creative writing section \";)\"','5cfd47ab86554d5ddee488919ab3a5e8',0,'IA==','1goq8cwq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566108,36295,3,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345667231,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','Turkey and dressing, half a baked sweet potato and steamed broccoli.\n\nAnd a big slab of salsbury steak (Culinard refers to it as "Hamburger Steak"), more steamed broccoli and the other half of the afore mentioned sweet potato\n\nhehe I ordered 2 meals for lunch today because I couldn\'t decide which one to get.','b4ccf7d9d887088bc0599f6d3fa51a3d',0,'','1frfhbti',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566109,37356,16,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345667640,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: More Daria Merchendising','[quote="Kristen Bealer":36zk0468]Bryan and I will definitely look into getting one, although we may wait until the flow of clothing ceases from our respective mothers. First grandchild for mine, and first granddaughter for his (Katherine\'s cousin--her first grandchild--was born just a month ago).\n\nOf course, odds are it will be her favorite outfit for spitting up on. The best outfits always are. \":lol:\" \n\nKristen[/quote:36zk0468]\n\n\nOf course you realize that assertion requires more pictures to keep the angry pitchfork carrying mob at bay right \":lol:\"','1d2e102983d90e9674853a43568192f4',0,'gA==','36zk0468',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566110,37414,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345667728,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Hey BG, how about an RC Helicarrier?\n\n[youtube:4f7kemz7]3QFHFXcIMuA[/youtube:4f7kemz7]','9d7f98c4717768af165745147af30f38',0,'AAE=','4f7kemz7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566111,37187,6,885,0,'69.29.208.219',1345667943,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','[quote="peetz5050":189r37fh]I was just googling that. I like Felicia Day, is the show worth a watch?[/quote:189r37fh]\nI\'ve only seen the first season and part of the second myself, but up to that point, yeah, it\'s good stuff.\n\n[quote:189r37fh]I\'d have to download it from somewhere it\'s not on our Netflix.[/quote:189r37fh]\nYou could just watch it on their website, which I linked to. [img:189r37fh]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/esn1g/Smilies/jim_winkrazz01.gif[/img:189r37fh] Or on [url=http://www.youtube.com/show?p=eYROA5iyqDw:189r37fh]its YouTube channel[/url:189r37fh], if you\'re into that. It\'s a free internet series, which may be why you\'re not finding it on your fancy-schmancy "Netflix". [img:189r37fh]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/esn1g/Smilies/jim_grin01.gif[/img:189r37fh]\n\n[youtube:189r37fh]grCTXGW3sxQ[/youtube:189r37fh]','7a1f18c0de36b817c7266ce685dc9c46',0,'mAE=','189r37fh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566112,37447,5,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345668096,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','[quote="-sam":1lrs4474]BSG disagrees.[/quote:1lrs4474]\n\nAt least until they sidetracked themselves with getting pseudo religious stuff in the end of the last season and still never really explained wtf the deal was with Starbuck.\n\nBut Eureka was absolute awesome start to finish and Warehouse 13 is still made of win.\n\nThe problem isn\'t so much the channel itself it\'s who is handling the specific show in question.\n\nI think this\n[quote:1lrs4474]will be written by Joe Pokaski (Heroes)[/quote:1lrs4474]\nIs going to be the real problem with the remake.','b37e59c0431d4527625657ff99625134',0,'gA==','1lrs4474',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566113,37444,6,414,0,'209.6.146.209',1345668653,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Charles RB":oncn1e79]"Run! [i:oncn1e79]It\'s [url=http://www.comicvine.com/dogwelder/29-12152/:oncn1e79]Dogwelder![/url:oncn1e79][/i:oncn1e79]"\n\n"SHE\'S WELDING A DOG TO MY FAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIEEEEE!"[/quote:oncn1e79]\n"How do you even weld flesh, anyway?"\n\nAlso: WTF?!','4123bee97c5ac21222ca2d42da493fcc',0,'sA==','oncn1e79',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566114,37448,6,1543,0,'70.29.77.179',1345668823,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The Kiss [Non-Daria]','This is basically just something I wrote to get over Writer\'s Block, so it\'s not meant to be very good. *g* \n\nIt was inspired by the many variations on "Dye! Dye My Darling!" but espicallly Silver\'s.Edward was standing on the street one day when he noticed his girlfriend Bella running straight toward him at top speed and oddly enough, wearing an actual facial expression.\n“Edward...”\n“Bella?”\n“I\'m sorry Edward... I kissed your sister, I kissed Alice...”\nEdward made a concerted effort to frown then, as that was the only way anyone ever knew he was unhappy. He stalked off.\nBella however, hung back with a very strange gleam in her eye. “Yeah, I\'ll bet you wish that whole bursting into flame thing worked on you now, don\'t you, bastard?”','6ade8cea998840d1ef5fbed47ee2fe77',0,'','2furwm2m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566115,37414,3,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345668922,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Fuck Bank of America and Fuck Esurance too!\n\nThanks to the fucking idiotic policies of both, and an EIGHTY-ONE CENT error in my math while I was paying bills, I may not be able to afford my rent next month.\n\nHalle-fucking-llujah.\n\n--Erin M.','dd6cabf7d28e424766d2a72515a6e669',0,'','1aq7w8yb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566116,37414,3,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345669238,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Erin M.":9ldsa2ui]**** Bank of America and **** Esurance too!\n\nThanks to the ****ing idiotic policies of both, and an EIGHTY-ONE CENT error in my math while I was paying bills, I may not be able to afford my rent next month.\n\nHalle-****ing-llujah.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:9ldsa2ui]\nSorry to hear that man.','fb6a75be01ecdeae041f9b06f7bd5df4',0,'gA==','9ldsa2ui',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566117,36879,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345669445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Judgement Is Coming','[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2qI_VDXQyY:24vq5du7]Dredd US TV spot![/url:24vq5du7]\n\n[url=http://splashpage.mtv.com/2012/08/20/lena-headey-dredd-clip/:24vq5du7]Preview clip of the villain laying the smackdown![/url:24vq5du7]\n\n[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smqAs1BZ6Mk:24vq5du7]The "Say No To Slo-Mo" PSA from Justice Department![/url:24vq5du7]\n\n[url=http://www.dreddreport.com/external/peachtree/block.html:24vq5du7]Peachtree Block news![/url:24vq5du7]','4179530f972524754595ecfe6990fd3b',0,'EA==','24vq5du7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566118,37447,5,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345669502,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','I\'ve been meaning to check out the original series since Linkara did his review on one of the comics.','ecaecaef9e68cdbe66eb6e86298119c6',0,'','2x06hnxr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566119,37157,6,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345669723,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Unexpected Hookup: Underneath It All (Pt 7)','[quote="Shiva":3oae9d86]The name was whimsical enough to make her smile as she suppressed the last of her fears and slipped off her underwear as he undid his pants.\n\nAnd after that she put her faith in him and allowed him to put something a little different into her.[/quote:3oae9d86]\n\n\nI must compliment your word play on this one \":lol:\"\n\noutstanding stuff as always \":D\"','581ca686e14d7013be4a8a53c23c429f',0,'gA==','3oae9d86',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566120,37444,6,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345670112,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Silver":c2vfvdbe]Jane glanced over Daria\'s shoulder, looking down at the little device her friend was insistently fiddling with.\n\n"So, this is what, exactly?" she finally asked after a long moment.\n\nDaria glanced over her shoulder, betraying little in the way of emotion or otherwise. "It\'s a digital intermediary. It stores spells for easy lookup."\n\n"A high-tech spellbook? Gee, will wonders never cease." Jane leaned back. "I can\'t say I\'d ever use one."\n\n"Probably because the only magic you know requires actual tools. Mine, on the other hand-" Daria paused, slipping the SD card into the device\'s side- "Isn\'t so set. Invocations don\'t work like enchantments do."\n\n"I know, Daria. That\'s freshman magecraft. We took the same course. Everyone\'s got their one talent area in addition to the rigamarole of summoning." Jane snorted in amusement.\n\nDaria shook her head, and double checked to make sure the device had transferred her small grimoire poperly. "Yeah, well, they put those restrictions in place for a reason. Remember that little incident where Upchuck decided to summon a succubus?"\n\nJane winced. Nobody would be forgetting [i:c2vfvdbe]that[/i:c2vfvdbe] anytime soon. "Yeah, I know. People don\'t generally appreciate being forced into a real-life version of Bible Black."\n\n"Exactly." Daria flipped her intermediary shut and looked at Jane. "So. Pizza?"[/quote:c2vfvdbe]\n\n\nI think this is in the wrong place.\n\nIt sounds quite intriguing \":D\"','95a31e34fa456da591f621d8dd4ad736',0,'oA==','c2vfvdbe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566121,37356,16,1454,0,'66.87.110.189',1345670488,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: More Daria Merchendising','I\'ve had my fill of spit-up fests, thanks.... (shudder - sour milk/formula smell..... UGH!)','33acd883b67ed08b653f288c55392260',0,'','2cb82jaq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566122,36901,16,1454,0,'66.87.110.189',1345670848,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria to return to MTV US!','[quote="Charles RB":k4jhb0w2]The problem with a Daria-as-teacher sequel is you\'re going for the existing, and older, fans over any bringing in the new teenagers (who might not get on well with a show about a teacher being sarcastic about, well, them).[/quote:k4jhb0w2]\n\nUnless they put the younger students in the spotlight, and keep Daria and Jane as secondary characters. Kind of how the teachers are in canon, they add to the main cast. Daria and Jane would now be moved to secondary characters, with the new generation now in the spotlight.\n\nQuestion is then, what do you call the new show?','02e91b81a8c696e561bde2a62a56c8ee',0,'gA==','k4jhb0w2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566123,36901,16,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345671045,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria to return to MTV US!','[quote="neonhomer":14nweubm][quote="Charles RB":14nweubm]The problem with a Daria-as-teacher sequel is you\'re going for the existing, and older, fans over any bringing in the new teenagers (who might not get on well with a show about a teacher being sarcastic about, well, them).[/quote:14nweubm]\n\nUnless they put the younger students in the spotlight, and keep Daria and Jane as secondary characters. Kind of how the teachers are in canon, they add to the main cast. Daria and Jane would now be moved to secondary characters, with the new generation now in the spotlight.\n\nQuestion is then, what do you call the new show?[/quote:14nweubm]\n\n[i:14nweubm]Lawndale High[/i:14nweubm], or just [i:14nweubm]Lawndale[/i:14nweubm], because if you\'re still using Daria and Jane as the focus of the program, they will have an far larger focus to their lives beyond LHS - even though it\'s the primary setting.','e1f8e743ef289c28d7d151629835f5a6',0,'oA==','14nweubm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566124,37447,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345671120,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','You\'ll be amazed how bleak the first ep is for a late-70s all-ages general audience show...','18cbef71c96ee1ec91dd659e45d5136e',0,'','3g4suzps',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566125,37356,16,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345671122,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: More Daria Merchendising','[quote="neonhomer":1hus0vrc]I\'ve had my fill of spit-up fests, thanks.... (shudder - sour milk/formula smell..... UGH!)[/quote:1hus0vrc]\n\nI was referring more to pictures of the new arrival in the a fore mentioned Daria merchandising \":lol:\"','d059df86f8d92de18ebc99ac6d1233b4',0,'gA==','1hus0vrc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566126,37414,3,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345671165,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Shit. \":(\"','b6e1ebee7f10f98389a6d48d4a98ff2d',0,'','25ke0tsf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566127,37238,5,64,0,'71.162.125.26',1345671869,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Worst Album from Your Favorite Band','[i:2vi50mdr]Face Dances[/i:2vi50mdr] by the Who\n\n[i:2vi50mdr]Around the Sun[/i:2vi50mdr] by R.E.M.\n\n[i:2vi50mdr]River of Dreams[/i:2vi50mdr] by Billy Joel','91cafb3680b144cd1ce71f3ca896885f',0,'IA==','2vi50mdr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566128,37414,3,849,0,'67.142.163.25',1345671997,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Damn. \":(\"','ef633ac1e2deac462c0303c73cf2ae07',0,'','3m2ud7q3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566129,35523,6,1229,0,'66.213.29.2',1345672512,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Mr. O\'Neill, Asshole','\":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nDamn, I can\'t even hate on O\'Neil for that! \":D\" \n\n \":drink:\" \":drink:\" \":drink:\" \":drink:\" \":drink:\"','9e464d8d2f6add980f606c13a0f6238b',0,'','w1v6o4pj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566130,37238,5,49,0,'84.25.194.131',1345672717,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Worst Album from Your Favorite Band','[quote="Dennis":3aluyqrm][i:3aluyqrm]Face Dances[/i:3aluyqrm] by the Who[/quote:3aluyqrm]\n\nScope this, when Keith Moon died and they had Kenny Jones come in he wasn\'t their first choice, it was THIS guy.\n\n[youtube:3aluyqrm]lwkImif-N1M[/youtube:3aluyqrm]\nGo to 8;20 to see why this guy was the first name on the list to replace Keith Moon. And after you watched that, go to 17:25 to see his spectacular party trick.\n\nThe Who and Golden earring had toured together a couple of times with Roger Dalterey stating that the Earring were too good to be the opening band. Earring drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk was just as big a party animal as Moon and his drum prowess was from a higher level as Moon\'s. But when they got in touch with Cesar, he declined the offer stating that he couldn\'t possibly replace Moon.\n\nBut imagine if he said yes, what would albums like "Face dances" and "Eminence front" have sounded like with Cesar behind the kit?','a07fb90452e7741899d22b6c89371320',0,'oAE=','3aluyqrm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566131,36889,3,414,0,'209.6.146.209',1345672917,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Science: it still works','[url=http://www.gizmag.com/aerofex-hover-bike/23798/:29fiyzd6]A company called Aerofex has done several successful tests with a hover bike recently[/url:29fiyzd6]\n\n[img:29fiyzd6]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8lqlwrrfE1r4zff2o2_500.jpg[/img:29fiyzd6]','a756fce9fadc75f40aaf23db614c0c9b',0,'GA==','29fiyzd6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566132,37432,3,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345673207,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: I\'ve made the jump to Linux.','[quote="Quiverwing":2rkg6qgz]Ubuntu is unusable. \":fail:\"[/quote:2rkg6qgz]\nI think the [s:2rkg6qgz]tens of thousands[/s:2rkg6qgz] millions of people using it would disagree. \";-)\"\n\nPerhaps we could help with any problems you\'re having.\n\n*Edited after checking the numbers.','188c0c000730a9641241830a0ae83418',0,'gAQ=','2rkg6qgz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566133,37449,6,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345673348,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','A Girl And Her Cougar (not fanfic) (HELP! I\'m blocked xD)','I\'m back to writing and I think I can finish this one! I only have two scenes so far but I have a very basic plot and an ending in mind.\n\nThe girl is named Tina and is about 13 years old. She wanders about with Bud, a cougar.\n\nScenes so far...\n\n\nEXT. A FIELD BY A RIVER - NIGHT (PRESENT)\n\nBud is curled up, asleep. Tina is lying on her back beside him, looking up at the clear, starry night sky. She is lost in thought.\n\nFLASHBACK TO:\n\nEXT. A WINDING ROAD ON A HILLSIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE - NIGHT (4 YEARS AGO)\n\nTina is around 9 years old, sitting in the back seat of a speeding car while her DAD and MOM are in the driver and front passenger seats. Dad and Mom have been arguing and Tina is at her wit\'s end.\n\nDAD\nWhy don\'t you just shut up for once in your fucking life?!\n\nMOM\nWell if you wouldn\'t drive like a fucking maniac maybe I would!\n\nTINA\nWhy don\'t you both shut the fuck up?!\n\nMom gasps.\n\nDAD\nWhere the hell did you learn such language young lady?!\n\nMOM\nWATCH THE ROAD!\n\nDad tries to turn into a sharp curve that he didn\'t see coming, but it\'s too late and they go flying off the road and down the steep hill, landing upside down.\n\nTina somehow managed to get only a few cuts and scurries out of the car. She finds her mom and dad motionless and covered in blood.\n\nTINA\nMom! Dad!\n\nBefore she can do anything, flames erupt and quickly spread to the front seats, engulfing the lifeless bodies. As the fire begins to devour the rest of the car, Tina, frightened, runs away.\n\nBACK TO PRESENT\n\nTina\'s flashback is interrupted by Bud\'s yawning. She cuddles close to him and he unconsciously nuzzles her chin. She returns to her daydreaming.\n\nFLASHBACK TO:\n\nEXT. A FOREST - DUSK (4 YEARS AGO)\n\nSome time has passed since the crash. Tina has managed to take care of herself without seeking help. She is wandering through the forest looking for shelter when she is startled by a sudden GUNSHOT.\n\nAfter some moments she heads in the direction the shot came from.\n\nShe soon finds a mama cougar lying dead from a gunshot wound to the head. Curled up beside her is the newborn cub Bud, whining softly.\n\nWhoever did it is gone now, and Tina gestures to the mama cougar as she shouts to the empty forest.\n\nTINA\nWhat was the point of this anyway?!\n\nBud keeps whining, and Tina sighs and sits down beside him, then takes him gently into her arms.\n\nTINA\nSh, it\'s ok bud...I\'ll be your mama now...I\'ll take care of you...\n\n\nEXT. A GENERAL STORE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A TOWN - DAY\n\nTina and Bud walk up to the corner of the general store, out of sight of anyone inside.\n\nTINA\nWait here, Bud.\n\nTina goes inside. Bud sits down and licks himself.\n\nAcross the street, PARANOID 911 CALLER sees Bud and calls 911 on her cellphone.\n\nPARANOID 911 CALLER\nWe need animal control here or something!\n\nINT. THE GENERAL STORE - DAY\n\nTina grabs a packet of single-use toothbrushes and walks up to the counter, where LECHEROUS CLERK eyes her curiously.\n\nTINA\nHey...I have no money. Is there any work I could do for these?\n\nThe lecherous clerk leans forward and at some point during his line caresses Tina\'s cheek.\n\nLECHEROUS CLERK\nHm, what could you do...I\'m sure we can work out something...\n\nTINA\nUh, never mind. Have a nice day!\n\nTina throws the packet on the counter and hastily leaves the store.\n\nLECHEROUS CLERK\nHey wait a minute--\n\nOutside, Tina is walking away, with Bud by her side.\n\nThe lecherous clerk turns white and gulps.\n\nEXT. A GENERAL STORE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN - DAY\n\nTina and Bud head down the street.\n\nTINA\nAs if I would do that for a few toothbrushes!\n\nThey stop as Tina sees the paranoid 911 caller across the street frantically yelling into her phone.\n\nTINA\nI think it\'s time to book it out of town, Bud.\n\nBud knows what those words mean and gets into position. After Tina gets on his back and holds on tight, he takes off at full speed.\n\nPARANOID 911 CALLER\nNow she\'s on his back--hurry up and send someone, they\'re running away!...No I\'m not joking!','257ef71e13d0e7531a612406f4b583ac',0,'','3ncqx1u5',1,1348890891,'',1015,2,0),(566134,36889,3,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345673386,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Science: it still works','[quote="Derek":3auu5z90][url=http://www.gizmag.com/aerofex-hover-bike/23798/:3auu5z90]A company called Aerofex has done several successful tests with a hover bike recently[/url:3auu5z90]\n\n[img:3auu5z90]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8lqlwrrfE1r4zff2o2_500.jpg[/img:3auu5z90][/quote:3auu5z90]\nI\'m waiting for the antigravity version.','0838d1736f7280416d311cdfa9d24bb0',0,'mA==','3auu5z90',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566135,37414,3,49,0,'84.25.194.131',1345673532,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','wanna see and hear something really freaky?\n\n[youtube:yx6mmtla]vEvvRfuVk30[/youtube:yx6mmtla]\nOne tends to forget that cats still are ferocious predators, this clip is a reminder.','1634c1d560e069042c09f2efb91c8788',0,'AAE=','yx6mmtla',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566136,37448,6,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345674021,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Kiss [Non-Daria]','\":lol:\" Nice...I like it \":mrgreen:\"','6719b28a27e7f70430cdfcdc438144b3',0,'','1l134yin',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566137,35523,6,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345674073,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Mr. O\'Neill, Asshole','This is one of the more disturbing fics I\'ve ever read \":mrgreen:\"','31069529414cbb5ad55552df4f095009',0,'','382bzrmy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566138,37447,5,1001,0,'81.60.151.116',1345674083,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','Meh. Think I just keep it to finish at last the original series. If I recall correctly, the first two seasons are still lurking my portable hard drive...','e0f7685d5cf6b468a0bc054aa5bdb15f',0,'','9mni6mw0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566139,37281,3,414,0,'209.6.146.209',1345674186,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: CURIOSITY IS DOWN!','[url=http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/hd-curiosity-landing/:3825eeyt]There\'s a new HD video of Curiosity\'s final descent[/url:3825eeyt].','a32a7da55b45f67141ac8da169184e60',0,'EA==','3825eeyt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566140,37447,5,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345674584,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','Found the original on the site I use for DW, if anyone wants to watch. Haven\'t checked myself for the quality of the videos. \n\n[url:14btptt8]http://watchseries.eu/serie/blakes_7[/url:14btptt8]','056445b295bbe9fa50ad3d0617e37b79',0,'EA==','14btptt8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566141,37414,3,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345674671,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','I think this tops that.\n[youtube:1ci6ge4g]uwOnFrfPRdE[/youtube:1ci6ge4g]','f44bd4daff44dadd5aebc13b089137e2',0,'AAE=','1ci6ge4g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566142,36889,3,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345674789,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Science: it still works','[quote="Derek":2l8dvcjf][url=http://www.gizmag.com/aerofex-hover-bike/23798/:2l8dvcjf]A company called Aerofex has done several successful tests with a hover bike recently[/url:2l8dvcjf]\n\n[img:2l8dvcjf]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8lqlwrrfE1r4zff2o2_500.jpg[/img:2l8dvcjf][/quote:2l8dvcjf]\n\nLooks like a [url=http://www.piasecki.com/geeps_pa59k.php:2l8dvcjf]Piasecki AirGeep[/url:2l8dvcjf]','8e842dd6f57887d8d5d23455d1fa02cf',0,'mA==','2l8dvcjf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566143,37429,6,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345674961,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Yet Another Teacher Cruch','\":shock:\" That could actually work in canon.','97bbc6114b63954360ca88059de63f7c',0,'','1rus6c8b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566144,37442,12,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345675541,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria Fandom Blog II','[quote="TheExcellentS":1z880wl2]:lol: Now I actually have to do some proper work in collecting the completed fics here instead of mooching off Kristen.[/quote:1z880wl2]\n\nI\'ll put you to work... \":D\"','e9af260edb0cd05d9bdc5d8555acd760',0,'gA==','1z880wl2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566145,37414,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345676314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Wouter":118ppwr6]wanna see and hear something really freaky?\n\n[youtube:118ppwr6]vEvvRfuVk30[/youtube:118ppwr6]\nOne tends to forget that cats still are ferocious predators, this clip is a reminder.[/quote:118ppwr6]\nTHE ENDING \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','efa0f6e4b3d2d8de925ee36dcd440060',0,'gAE=','118ppwr6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566146,37414,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345676698,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="ThanatosRW":1gznoiyk]I think this tops that.\n[youtube:1gznoiyk]uwOnFrfPRdE[/youtube:1gznoiyk][/quote:1gznoiyk]\nD:','97a3e087fdd6be8724c97b34013c7893',0,'gAE=','1gznoiyk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566147,37449,6,849,0,'67.142.163.25',1345677134,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Girl And Her Cougar (not fanfic)','I\'m looking forward to what\'s gonna happen next, and hoping they go on some wild adventures, of course. \":D\"\n\nAnd \":lol:\" at the crazy woman on the phone.','66694d350ae6b2023a063bf85043d7c5',0,'','181i283q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566148,37356,16,1454,0,'66.87.123.216',1345677292,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: More Daria Merchendising','Ahh... Must be the college environment having an effect on my old brain....','c7cb2daafca9193bd3af4637912d8ba9',0,'','3phx29xo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566149,35981,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345677609,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','Continuing from [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=539512#p539512:ki2w449k]here[/url:ki2w449k] (and SnakeMoan\'s spinoff [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=539612#p539612:ki2w449k]here[/url:ki2w449k])\n\n[b:ki2w449k][u:ki2w449k]No Esteem II[/b:ki2w449k][/u:ki2w449k]\n\n"Esteeem. A teen. They don\'t really rhyme, do they?"\n\nThis was going to be the single worst hour of Daria\'s entire life. From the instant O\'Neill began to talk, she\'d wanted to tear into him. He was a fucking fool and, worse, a fool who "meant well" and could justify his damage. She wanted to tear into him. She wanted to throw his words back at him. She wanted him [i:ki2w449k]hurt[/i:ki2w449k].\n\nAn hour of struggling to hold that in.\n\n"Excuse me, sir?" Quinn had interrupted things. \n\n"I\'m sorry, question and answer time is later."\n\n"I\'m just not sure what realising our actuality means."\n\nTo Daria\'s complete lack of surprise, O\'Neill had no idea and was fobbing her sister off. Some other girl, a lanky \'indie\' type she recognised from class, had started to mutter to Quinn; her sister snapped a few things back and the conversation died. It wasn\'t surprising, the stranger hardly looked like Book Club material. Quinn was never very good at handling people outside of a certain range.\n\nDaria didn\'t give a flying fuck about handling people. \n\nO\'Neill droned on. It was like listening to that teacher, what was his name, Von Driessen, that was it. From before she was transferred to Hope High. He\'d talked like this cretin. She\'d never been comfortable around Driessen. She couldn\'t figure out his angle. He kept everything too close to his chest, barely reacted. She\'d written a highly violent revenge fantasy to draw him out but that hadn\'t worked (and her father had become angry about it and blamed Mum, so that was not a tactic she used again). Maybe if she hadn\'t been expelled and sent to Hope High, she\'d have figured him out. \n\nThat would always bother her. The one person she never figured out.\n\nThe strange girl, for example. She could figure her out: loser. Barely awake, dressed \'alternative\' but no attempt to say \'hi\' to the stoner freak and Bomber-Jacket Girl despite that, glomming on the new smart girl and looking put out when blown off. Needy, lazy. Pathetic. Quinn made the right choice there.\n\nO\'Neill kept talking and talking and talking. She tuned him out and doodled stick figures that always turned out violent and before she knew it, it was time to take Quinn home.\n\n"Hell was that inane crap, I\'d think he was reading the book out loud for the first time if that didn\'t imply the cretin [i:ki2w449k]could[/i:ki2w449k] read," said Daria once they were outside.\n\n"Mm." Quinn walked alongside but didn\'t look at her. "That girl said he had the whole speech memorised."\n\n"She\'s been on the course before then? I am shocked, Mister Rick."\n\n"What\'s the point of being here if the teacher [i:ki2w449k]doesn\'t know?![/i:ki2w449k]" Quinn was affronted on a personal level; even after Highland, she still assumed the educators were educated. "We can\'t benefit from that! \n\n"We\'ll just do a few more lessons and then ask to take the test early. By then we should know enough bullshit to get around it."\n\nQuinn looked sad. Had she wanted the course? Pervert. "I guess." And suddenly, "why do you have to walk with me?"\n\nDaria grew tight and cold in her heart. "We are not doing this again. I did not cause the divorce."\n\n"You damn well did," said Quinn, quiet.\n\n"Okay, fine, you mewling quim, I did cause it and you should be pissy that I didn\'t cause the monstrous cunt\'s [i:ki2w449k]death[/i:ki2w449k] as well! He was [i:ki2w449k]never[/i:ki2w449k] going to stop being a monstrous cunt however many A Pluses you browntongued to get!" \n\nShe knew she\'d gone too far when she was still talking and it was a struggle to stop after two sentences, because yes, Quinn was pathetic, but that wasn\'t her fault. What else was she going to be? Every time the cunt was happy, he wasn\'t throwing a fit at Mum (or the wall); Quinn\'s path, and their Mum\'s, was logical for a given bit of logic. Even given that, Daria could only mutter "sorry" instead of something adequate. \n\n"This is why you never have friends," said Quinn, eyes full of tears. \n\nDaria pretended that hurt, just to make the whole thing stop. Truth be told? She wasn\'t sure she\'d ever cared. Except that once, with Earl, for most of a year, and that probably didn\'t count. Respect; lust; the desire, on her part, to dive into some nihilism and run with a crowd that would upset her father. (It did) Not friendship then. \n\nBut so what?','2475f36f4716a95e05c1d4d3d9fead46',0,'cQ==','ki2w449k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566150,37447,5,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345677666,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','I remember reading about this series a long time ago. Didn\'t really get it back then. I think it was in [i:3anlnjya]Starlog[/i:3anlnjya] Magazine.','1dd585d7e48b72a9c50c0fb6a268168f',0,'IA==','3anlnjya',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566151,36901,16,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345678404,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria to return to MTV US!','You could just have Daria & Jane [i:3bki05l9]after[/i:3bki05l9] college - students and recent graduates are part of MTV\'s target audience (and the nostalgia crowd went through that). I say "after" because graduates dealing with bad job prospects, the inanities of job hunting, the horror of flat-sharing, the in-limbo age of not-student-but-not-yet-proper-adult, the threat of moving back home... \n\nShit like that is tailor-made for Daria and Jane\'s sarcastic and cynical selves. And that double-act is mostly all you need, with Quinn around as a counterpoint (maybe Quinn\'s doing [i:3bki05l9]well[/i:3bki05l9] after college, much to Daria\'s fury, or maybe Quinn is doing just as bad but pretends she isn\'t because she\'s embarrassed). Tom, Helen & Jake, and Trent can cycle in when wanted: Tom as your old friend who\'s done really well when you haven\'t and it\'s a bit uncomfortable for all concerned, Helen & Jake because parents are funny, and Trent as the terrifying spectre that haunts Daria & Jane, someone who has turned from the Cool Dude to Pathetic Dude without actually changing and someone they love but don\'t want to be. \n\nEDIT: That sounds pretty bleak when I put it like that but it\'d still be played for laughs. Crap things happening to people are funny!','3f661e4d88e617240d3a59f5574e24db',0,'IA==','3bki05l9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566152,37449,6,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345679064,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Girl And Her Cougar (not fanfic)','Poor woman legit worried about a cougar is probably gonna get fined or something xD But hey, he was only sitting there licking himself \":mrgreen:\"','8f3b3b2b1480ea7ab859d6eb74362be9',0,'','1b048a6e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566153,37449,6,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345679411,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Girl And Her Cougar (not fanfic)','My hat\'s off to you, Kael Seoras. Good start and hopefully the rest of the story will be just as great! \":mrgreen:\"','9456b3168ce4c8da7742c003b9b8fc13',0,'','2it205ku',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566154,35981,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345679607,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','Oh wow, I\'d forgotten this. The terrible thing is I can see Daria becoming a nasty little carbon copy of Anthony... not a good thing, and poor Quinn\'s not much better off.','19c2313a96a9f92525178ddfa31963ba',0,'','2x1f0fru',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566155,36901,16,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345679673,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria to return to MTV US!','Kevin as a shelf stocker at the local grocery (because no one would ever let him handle the cash), with a slight bulge and a newborn son. Doug is pressuring Kevin to put the kid in football, but Kevin is reluctant because of how it didn\'t help him.\n\nUpchuck was kicked out of college for multiple instances of sexual harassment. Works as the assistant manager of the grocery where Kevin works.\n\nMack, graduated college near the top of his class, and was hired by a large bank. Is now the boss of Andrew Landon, whose bubble had burst.\n\nTiffany, stuck a fork in a toaster to get her lipstick out. Died of electrical shock.\n\nStacy, working as an actress. Currently appearing in a sci-fi series.\n\nSandi, went out to Hollywood with Stacy. Did some modeling, but attempts to sabotage others left her blacklisted. \n\nDaria, struggling to work with her publishers with her manuscript. Has had several short stories published.\n\nJane, works with city beautification. Does murals, occasional statues, but has limited say in the final product.\n\nBrittany, NFL cheerleader, married to a rockstar. They are both cheating with each other.\n\nLi, ran for governor and won. Was impeached for taking funds from the department of education to beef up security at the governor\'s mansion.','0442a6395be69a88b3017d189d1a4362',0,'','cjtogjfi',1,1345680225,'',1710,1,0),(566156,37446,3,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345679910,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Nintendo Power','Today\'s [i:27lvvb7i]Sore Thumbs[/i:27lvvb7i] strip had something to say about it:\n\n[attachment=0:27lvvb7i]st20120822.jpg[/attachment:27lvvb7i]','f5fed773f8a41473d3233bf1556d37f4',1,'IAg=','27lvvb7i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566157,36901,16,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345680120,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria to return to MTV US!','Because of Sarah Drew\'s massive acting success, I see Stacy as being the most successful member of the entire cast and making a surprise appearance where Quinn tries to laugh that off (and so fails to do so).','89109f1cf9e0a14e5f29c889af2a47cc',0,'','1vp33o9j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566158,35981,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345680178,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[quote="peetz5050":1asnwwdy]The terrible thing is I can see Daria becoming a nasty little carbon copy of Anthony... [/quote:1asnwwdy]\n\nShe could go either way.\n\nSo are you all sure you want me to write more...? \":P\"','ed79d755dbce6beaf9b4e2bbddea4d5c',0,'gA==','1asnwwdy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566159,36508,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345680661,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 8 Part 3','Do you want me to be back now? Am not gonna do proofreads or anything. I\'m in sufferable pain. :S (it\'s insufferable really, but I am suffering through it)','7d2c9b28a195b8815385f6db6247e0a9',0,'','2vzxw6bf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566160,37414,3,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345680763,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Erin M.":1rie1v75]Fuck Bank of America and Fuck Esurance too!\n\nThanks to the fucking idiotic policies of both, and an EIGHTY-ONE CENT error in my math while I was paying bills, I may not be able to afford my rent next month.\n\nHalle-fucking-llujah.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:1rie1v75]\n\nOuch. Ouch, ouch, ouch. Yeah, there\'s a reason my mom keeps trying to close her account with Bank of America. They\'ve done a lot of stupid shit to her over the years, which they shouldn\'t have really done in the first place.','154d07493406ce8fae5a9c82e8fb1f1d',0,'gA==','1rie1v75',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566161,37445,6,545,0,'184.9.240.158',1345680800,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Major Tom','And now, the sequel to [i:1uxnbm72]Major Tom[/i:1uxnbm72].\n\n[i:1uxnbm72][b:1uxnbm72]The Tom Who Fell to Earth\n\nStill more demented stuff\n\nby Doggieboy[/b:1uxnbm72][/i:1uxnbm72]\n\n\nElsie sat under a large oak tree outside of an isolated cabin, a laptop computer on a cushioned tabletop atop her lap. She sipped from a bottle of water and opened her e-mail.\n\nSure enough, there was another love letter sent to her, this time from a person who called himself "Snuggle Puppy" on the [i:1uxnbm72]Scarlett Speaks[/i:1uxnbm72] message board. She opened up the message and smiled. "This one shows some real promise." She opened a second window and did a brief search.\n\nHer smile widened. "Ah, wonders never cease. He\'s got money. Plenty of money. Not as much as I do, of course, but he won\'t be a leech, at least."\n\nShe went back to the first window and quickly sent a reply to him. "Now, it\'s up to you to prove yourself."\n\nThen the young brunette checked her watch and said, "Five, four, three, two, one."\n\nSuddenly, the cabin collapsed as a small space capsule fell on it. Several parachutes collapsed on the destruction as the dust and steam and smoke filled the air around the crash site. She coughed as she picked up a remote control and pushed a button.\n\nA door to the capsule opened, and the voice of Tom Sloane could be heard as he cried out, "Thank you, God! Thank you, thank you, thank you!"\n\n"Shouldn\'t that be \'Thank you, goddess\', big brother?" Elsie asked.\n\nTom climbed out of the capsule, fought his way out of the debris and parachutes. Finally, he made it out, covered in dust, and yelled, "YOU LITTLE JERK! I OUGHT TO STRANGLE YOU! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED ME!"\n\nShe smiled at him and shook her head. "Are you dead?" she asked.\n\nHe stood there outside of the debris and panted as he calmed down.\n\n"I thought as much," she said.\n\nTom closed his eyes and took several deep breaths. Finally, he said, "Why didn\'t you have the capsule land in the ocean?"\n\nElsie chuckled and said, "This had more humor potential. Besides, Daria now owes me another dollar."\n\n"What? What do you mean?"\n\n"Another obscure Bowie reference," she said. "Now, you\'re literally the Man Who Fell to Earth."\n\nTom did a facepalm as Elsie laughed at him.\n\n--The End--\n\n\nAuthor\'s Notes: Thanks go out to David Bowie, whose song [i:1uxnbm72]Space Oddity[/i:1uxnbm72] and the movie title [i:1uxnbm72]The Man Who Fell to Earth[/i:1uxnbm72] were the basis for these two stories.\n\nThanks also goes out to breitasparrow, whose artwork [i:1uxnbm72]Scent of Humiliation[/i:1uxnbm72] was referred to in this story. In fact, it actually takes place in this universe, too, and Elsie has the photos to prove it. \n\nThanks also goes out to Charles RB, whose [i:1uxnbm72]The Creepyling Chronicles[/i:1uxnbm72] were also referred to. Yes, this particular Tom and Daria also have a daughter named Mafalda. Hh hh hh hh hh hh.\n\nThanks also go out to my readers. Your comments are a genuine ego-boost. Yes, I promise that I\'ll finish up my other stories. Most of them, at least.','7299fec0a8ab0c589fc70d34794507e4',0,'YA==','1uxnbm72',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566162,37449,6,545,0,'184.9.240.158',1345681109,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Girl And Her Cougar (not fanfic)','Looking forward to more. \":D\"','bfec92a4dd48ade78c85db9710f4584b',0,'','37ycsefw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566163,37434,6,1220,0,'99.114.177.199',1345681718,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Next Story','[quote="DeacBlue":18krzq91]I\'ve changed my mind. Junk\'em all (well, place them carefully in your stories in progress folder). If you can\'t feel at least one of them, (and almost certainly, one of them more than the others) pulling you to work on it, you\'re not going to have the interest, the passion to make it as good as you\'re capable of. Figure out something you [i:18krzq91][b:18krzq91]want[/b:18krzq91][/i:18krzq91] to write, and we\'ll all be pleased with the results, I suspect.[/quote:18krzq91]\nI\'m inclined to disagree—all the writing advice I\'ve ever heard is to force yourself to write whether you feel like it or not, because those rare "In the Zone" periods only come along once in a great while and you\'ll never accomplish anything if you sit around waiting for them.\n\n*glances over at my notebook* Which reminds me, I supposed to write a novel this summer...','1f80b148acce2aca64914f40a0e870b9',0,'4A==','18krzq91',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566164,37447,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345681724,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','[quote="Dark Kuno":1mzx0r62][quote="-sam":1mzx0r62]BSG disagrees.[/quote:1mzx0r62]\n\nAt least until they sidetracked themselves with getting pseudo religious stuff in the end of the last season and still never really explained wtf the deal was with Starbuck.\n\nBut Eureka was absolute awesome start to finish and Warehouse 13 is still made of win.\n\nThe problem isn\'t so much the channel itself it\'s who is handling the specific show in question.\n\nI think this\n[quote:1mzx0r62]will be written by Joe Pokaski (Heroes)[/quote:1mzx0r62]\nIs going to be the real problem with the remake.[/quote:1mzx0r62]\n\n\nNo, the fact that it\'s on \'SyFy\' - the network that doesn\'t want to be for basement dwellers (i will never forget those sentiments when they changed their name) - is the problem. Ever since NBC bought the network, well...','eac0e2b7d88cc3a1d82a68280059b4ff',0,'gA==','1mzx0r62',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566165,37449,6,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345681810,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Girl And Her Cougar (not fanfic)','Thanks guys \":)\" I\'m glad you like it. I have to warn you though that I don\'t tend to write very chronologically. I still need a first scene xD','b2f6feed06529f1768ed3cf080cea86b',0,'','305o8w6o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566166,37281,3,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345682225,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: CURIOSITY IS DOWN!','[url=http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/3431:30si4zxu]Build your own from LEGOs[/url:30si4zxu]','9a03865820c7939eedbc5d131021f8d4',0,'EA==','30si4zxu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566167,37414,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345682433,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','What the hell kind of bug is this? A friend of mine is wondering and I\'ve heard there\'s a guy in these parts who knows a thing or two about bugs \":P\"','f8d399afdc3cf7dec0905eeb37750aec',1,'','q5hths0q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566168,36508,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345682470,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 8 Part 3','"Stacy..." Sandi growled out of the corner of her mouth, poking at the sleeping, nerve wrecked girl with her toe, "Uhm, like, I let you spend the night and all but I know you know that I\'ve told you that you should never overstay your welcome." Now kicking the girl a bit, Sandi Griffin sighed.\n\nMoving slightly in her sleep, Stacy Rowe moaned, "Hmm?" She carefully rubbed her head, remaining somewhat face down on the blankets, "Moooom? Why\'s your voice so... manly... it\'s like.... Sandi\'s or something..." The words had trailed off somewhere near the end making it somewhat hard to understand. \n\n"I hope I didn\'t HEAR what I THOUGHT I HEARD." Sandi folded her arms, "It\'s me, not your mother, you know, you came to my house like, last night to annoy me with your stupid fallacy and whatever. I mean, gee Stacy, learn some manners at least."\n\nPausing, Stacy sat up and rubber her eyes, "S-Sandi...? What are you doing here?" The youngest Lawndale Rowe looked nervously at her club\'s president. "Oh.... Oh my gosh..." Her eyes darted around the room and then back at Sandi, who immediately made her jump again. "W-What am I doing here?" \n\nNervously Stacy looked at her hands while trying to come up with a reasonable explanation for anything, dirt and mud caked them as she poked at her nails. (which were disgusting) "Well, apparently you thought it would be cool to break in through my window at three in the morning to tell me how much of a supposed LIAR I am, Stacy. We all know that THAT isn\'t true." Sandi grimaced, "Maybe you would be better suited for say, the woods or something? Seeing as you obviously can\'t handle a such a simple thing as using the door." With that she looked at her nails and then back at Stacy, "Not to mention, you ruined my bed sheets."\n\nLooking around her and then back at Sandi, Stacy looked away, "I... I did what? I thought I was at home, I didn\'t do this, I mean, if I did..." Starting to tear up, the pig-tailed girl started to baul. "I\'m so sorry Sandi!!" Standing up and hugging the MUCH cleaner girl, Stacy showed as much as she could her sorrow and affection, "There\'s been so many weird things going on and... I mean..." Backing away she clenched her fists, "Wait... Why am I even talking to you? You\'re the one who caused all this to happen in the first place!"\n\n"Clearly I did not, Stacy. It must\'ve been s-"\n\n"No! It all makes sense now!" She felt a bit empowered, "You\'re the reason I\'ve been-"\n\nThe phone rang and the room went silent as both girls stared fearfully at the phone.\n\n((wrote this while sipping a nice cold beerrrrrrrrrr. \":D\")','b5466dd9037ab9ead52e5a850f3b81b1',0,'','gjek5l85',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566169,37414,3,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345682572,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Kael Seoras":1jypxua4]What the hell kind of bug is this? A friend of mine is wondering and I\'ve heard there\'s a guy in these parts who knows a thing or two about bugs \":P\"[/quote:1jypxua4]\n\n[url=http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/housece.html:1jypxua4]House Centipede[/url:1jypxua4]','ac318cc3a0b6d7266af34b393bdd498c',0,'kA==','1jypxua4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566170,36170,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345682659,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (3)','[url=http://theartrix.deviantart.com/art/Today-on-Mythbusters-ponies-200939257:3efct333]The [i:3efct333]Mythbusters[/i:3efct333] experiment with Pinkie Pie. Events go roughly as one would expect.[/url:3efct333] \":shock:\"','6f9e0053d8ff06ad82d5e031125d41c7',0,'MA==','3efct333',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566171,37414,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345682676,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Hm, I guess it\'s not evil xD\n\nThanks \":)\"','cc9ad9e4cbd038172fc19615fa7f01cb',0,'','2d9n4390',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566172,37414,3,323,0,'96.33.66.150',1345683025,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Why didn\'t anyone like the cannibal who ate all his clones?\n\nHe was just too full of himself.\n\n\n\n[img:8sjp9kvv]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/rimshot.gif[/img:8sjp9kvv]','6b172e5cfb384890f6ed45f94b562c91',0,'CA==','8sjp9kvv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566173,37414,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345683334,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":dotxgmg2]Why didn\'t anyone like the cannibal who ate all his clones?\n\nHe was just too full of himself.\n\n\n\n[img:dotxgmg2]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/rimshot.gif[/img:dotxgmg2][/quote:dotxgmg2]\n*clap...clap...clap*\n\nWow \":lol:\"','f5ff511b88bbef55d7cd8aa1c7611689',0,'iA==','dotxgmg2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566174,37414,3,323,0,'96.33.66.150',1345683393,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','"I was dating a compulsive bulemic historian in college," Jane told Daria, "but I dumped him because he was always bringing up the past."\n\n[img:36x82w6f]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/rimshot.gif[/img:36x82w6f]','3c96f8ffbf9024501750c8e501e260d4',0,'CA==','36x82w6f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566175,37414,3,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345684475,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":2hvzc9mw]"I was dating a compulsive bulemic historian in college," Jane told Daria, "but I dumped him because he was always bringing up the past."\n\n[img:2hvzc9mw]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/rimshot.gif[/img:2hvzc9mw][/quote:2hvzc9mw]\n\nLadieT, either you get him under control or I will have to use...extreme measures.\n\nDon\'t force me to use the extreme measures. It\'s been a bad day and I am more than mentally prepared to take everybody here down with me.\n\n--Erin M.','437ec25e14174ea4f29729f463ad34f7',0,'iA==','2hvzc9mw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566176,37414,3,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345684693,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Erin M.":1f3jrhlg][quote="The Angst Guy":1f3jrhlg]"I was dating a compulsive bulemic historian in college," Jane told Daria, "but I dumped him because he was always bringing up the past."\n\n[img:1f3jrhlg]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/rimshot.gif[/img:1f3jrhlg][/quote:1f3jrhlg]\n\nLadieT, either you get him under control or I will have to use...extreme measures.\n\nDon\'t force me to use the extreme measures. It\'s been a bad day and I am more than mentally prepared to take everybody here down with me.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:1f3jrhlg]\n\nHere (Tosses a Prinny at TAG). Feel better?','7398c8d08f856e3a277897744307edc3',0,'iA==','1f3jrhlg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566177,35981,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345684931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[b:na38dc19]History Class with Mr. M[/b:na38dc19]\n\nxxx\n\nMornings like this made Jane Lane wish that Trent would actually go to the damn store to pick up instant coffee. Jane was still half-asleep and barely made it to school on time. Unlike tuesdays or thursdays when she had O\'Neill first period, Jane couldn\'t sleep in her history teacher\'s class because any student that did would receive the wrath of Jake Morgendorffer.\n\n"Now listen," said the teacher in a gruff voice, "I know it\'s not easy moving to a new town. With that in mind we should try our best to welcome our new classmate". Glaring, Morgendorffer looked around the classroom trying to find someone sleeping. He settled on Jen Burns, the resident pothead.\n\n"Burns!" snapped Morgendorffer. "Damn it, I\'m counting on you to set a good example! I want the new student to actually be awake in class! Jake Morgendorffer doesn\'t repeat himself! doesn\'t repeat himself!"\n\nJane shook her head. It seemed that each year, a particular student ended up falling afoul of "Mad Dog". Kevin Thompson was last year\'s and now he attended Carter County high. How he managed to get a member of the team both failed and transferred to another school was unknown but there was speculation that he had discovered the byes coaches gave players. Morgendorffer didn\'t have any targets yet this year, but that didn\'t make him nicer -- instead, he was nasty to all of his students.\n\n"Anyways" said the teacher, pointing to a bespectacled girl with long black hair and bright blue eyes who was sitting next to Jane, "Please welcome Daria DeMartino. Daria, raise your hand."\n\nDaria raised her hand as requested. Surprisingly, Daria hadn\'t flinched once during Morgendorffer\'s raving.\n\n"Well, Daria! As long as you have your hand raised," asked Morgendorffer, with a look of dark satisfaction on his face. "Last week we began a unit on westward expansion. Perhaps you feel it\'s unfair to be asked a question on your first day of class."\n\n"What" asked Daria in a deadpan voice.\n\nJane shook her head in sympathy. Seeing Morgendorffer terrorize all the new students wasn\'t something new in Jane\'s experience.\n\n"Daria, can you concisely and unemotionally sum up for us the doctrine of Mainfest Destiny?"\n\nDaria took a deep breath before saying "Manifest Destiny was a slogan popular in the 1840s. It was used by people who claimed it was God\'s will for the U.S. to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean," After her factual explanation was finished, Daria quipped "Although, if they saw the state of modern America they probably wouldn\'t have bothered."\n\n"Very good, Daria. Almost... suspiciously good. That was almost edgy. Say, what the hell is edgy!" replied Mr. Morgendorffer. Morgendorffer shifted his glare from Daria to address the class. "All right, class. Who can tell me which war Manifest Destiny was used to justify?." Morgendorffer once again looked in the direction of the stoner "Jennifer! How about you?"\n\nJen Burns was once again asleep.\n\n"Jen?" asked Morgendorffer, once again getting more irate. "Jen?!"\n\nStill no response. Jen was out cold. Both Jane and the new girl, Daria were watching the scene.\n\n"Gahdamnit!" roared Morgendorffer, as an opening to one of his rants. "Is it really too much to ask students to pay attention! Let me tell you, when my father sent me to buxton ridge we didn\'t have students sleeping in class! The corporals would have belted you one for being a slacker."\n\nMost of the class was clearly shaken by his ranting. Daria just shrugged.\n\n"Since Miss Burns seees fit to sleep and can\'t even pay attention to poor old Jakey!" The teacher turned to another student, a vapid blonde with two large breasts. "Brittany, can you tell us what war manifest destiny was used to justify?"\n\nBrittany strained to think "There was a war over manifest destiny?"\n\nThis last bit of stupidity was enough to cause Mr. Morgendorffer to start both screaming and weeping with his head in his hands.\n\n"Is there something you would like to share with the class?" asked Brittany.\n\nThe new girl turned to Jane and asked "Is it normal for the history teacher to rave about his father and end up wEEPING into his hANDs during the first third of class?"\n\n"No it\'s not" clarified Jane.\n\n"Oh. That\'s good. I guess toDAY is just a bad day" stated a relieved Daria. \n\n"Yeah. He usually does this in the second half of class" quipped Jane in a droll tone of voice.\n\nAn annoyed Daria said. "Oh god, I\'m in hELL."\n\n"Hell can be interesting if you make fun of the idiots so it\'s not all bad," snarked Jane as she extended a hand. "Jane Lane"\n\nDaria took the hand an introduced herself. "Daria DeMartino," Before Jane could ask the obvious question "You may have alREADY met my sISTER. Yes, QuINN is related to me."','4fa363f8441772b70d4a4c38e754d82f',0,'QA==','na38dc19',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566178,36860,3,1125,0,'68.89.31.97',1345685010,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "I\'m Still New Here!": The I\'m New Here Thread II','Welcome, [b:120zrv8l]BB25[/b:120zrv8l]!!!! \":drink:\" Dig away... \":mrgreen:\"','d266ef5076afee73c4f58d19824939ed',0,'QA==','120zrv8l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566179,36295,3,981,0,'58.179.174.85',1345685680,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','Smoked salmon on toast.','c93327da828d2f80d08bf4aafa4cc236',0,'','18kja2v0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566180,36981,6,1125,0,'68.89.31.97',1345685720,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Resentful Cynic Ch.4 : Revenge of the malled part 9 DO','Whoa. I didn\'t expect an ending like that. \":shock:\" \n\nJane\'s outburst made me sad. She\'s so used to being treated like crap that when she does find some people who accept her, it\'s hard for her to take it. \":(\" Maybe it\'s better that she works on her psyche now than later when it will affect her adult relationships.\n\nCharles, that strategy is very risky. It\'s also unlikely to succeed. Good luck, though. \":)\"\n\nDaria, you\'ll just have to get through that dinner and either way some good will come of it. Either it will go well and your parents will like your friends, or they\'ll embarrass you, making the bond between you, Jane and Andrea stronger. \n\nHelen, quit trying so hard. \n\nCharles II and Susan: use protection, unless you want to risk having another redhead in the family. \":mrgreen:\" \":lol:\"\n\n[quote="ST91":35l6a48q]...for a while there will not be another chapter.[/quote:35l6a48q]\n\nDamn... I\'ll be waiting. \":D\"','f775df0da821cc8837dabe2a90bb977d',0,'gA==','35l6a48q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566181,37281,3,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345685916,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: CURIOSITY IS DOWN!','[quote="RLobinske":1vdn8fv7][url=http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/3431:1vdn8fv7]Build your own from LEGOs[/url:1vdn8fv7][/quote:1vdn8fv7]\n \":D\" \n\nBut could it do [url=http://curiositywatch.com/first-results-from-chemcam-spectometer/:1vdn8fv7]this[/url:1vdn8fv7]?','76f184c29bf8aba2e024721f04f9cf08',0,'kA==','1vdn8fv7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566182,37187,6,44,0,'67.67.217.240',1345686131,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','[quote="Ranger Thorne":243cpcvn]Sounds like Daria Holmes is alive and well.[/quote:243cpcvn]\n\nIf I were going to do a Holmes crossover, I\'d do Daria as Mycroft. She\'s a great fit for the older, lazier sibling. Victorique is definitely in the Holmes/Poirot tradition, though.\n\n------\n\nStacy finished another game of Nasu, then sighed. Turning the system off, she headed for bed, wondering if she\'d have another one of those strange dreams.\n\nWraith\n"I don\'t use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough."\n -- M.C. Escher','438d28641cc21d1b5b9415cef6e8a660',0,'gA==','243cpcvn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566183,37187,6,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345686445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','Re; The Guild.\n\nI\'m finding it just fine on my streaming Netflix queue.\n\n--Erin M.','2150e7f7f5ee363ef044e5dd517dfc87',0,'','38dnieez',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566184,36901,16,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345686564,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria to return to MTV US!','Nah. Kevin would do something really illegal/stupid and Mack would take the fall and be serving 25 to life behind bars.','87890f671c6d915a6401c354974b3a77',0,'','n9x27xb9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566185,37444,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.26',1345686783,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[b:2oy0bbc6]Knocked Up Lanes[/b:2oy0bbc6]\n\n"Mom," Darius Morgendorffer said very nervously with the entire Lane family present in the Morgendorffer living room, "I have something to tell you, I... I got all the Lane\'s pregnant."\n\n"WHAT?!" Helen screeched in horror as she took in the sight of Amanda Lane, Vincenta Lane, Summer Lane, Penny Lane, Wendy Lane, Trina Lane, and Jane Lane all standing together around Darius with their hands on their belly\'s, oh sure they were flat now but that would soon change.\n\n"And..." Darius added and gave a very satisfied grin, "I loved every second of it!"\n\nHelen then suffered a stroke and died.','f6d86d388080c4475678c4ee7418924f',0,'QA==','2oy0bbc6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566186,37414,3,323,0,'96.33.66.150',1345687356,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','"Then I dated a math major," said Jane, "but I couldn\'t count on him."','15689ff813743b3f16ef067269a9f822',0,'','34ie9b6k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566187,35981,6,981,0,'58.179.174.85',1345687465,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[quote="Charles RB":1564rieg][quote="peetz5050":1564rieg]The terrible thing is I can see Daria becoming a nasty little carbon copy of Anthony... [/quote:1564rieg]\n\nShe could go either way.\n\nSo are you all sure you want me to write more...? \":P\"[/quote:1564rieg]\n\nOh yes. You\'re both doing a bang up job on this one.','3cd8b580c57b49d88b6f68bfb36edfaf',0,'gA==','1564rieg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566188,37414,3,1070,0,'96.33.66.150',1345687671,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','For sale: One slightly used penguin fancier, willing to negotiate.','3515b12b2c3578554e60b6ff71dca554',0,'','2vwy1rk2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566189,37414,3,1125,0,'68.89.31.97',1345688330,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="LadieTAG":2nffd359]For sale: One slightly used penguin fancier, willing to negotiate.[/quote:2nffd359]\n\nGuess the honeymoon\'s over. \":mrgreen:\" \":lol:\"','0e39ac5dc6b602d866f475f99736d19d',0,'gA==','2nffd359',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566190,37414,3,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345688548,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[url=http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/12/27/planetary-gear-business-card/:2b19gb8z]A pretty cool business card.[/url:2b19gb8z]','3423d86328ff39c08135881b727dab1d',0,'EA==','2b19gb8z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566191,37447,5,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345689145,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','[quote="Brother Grimace":2penp1mz]No, the fact that it\'s on \'SyFy\' - the network that doesn\'t want to be for basement dwellers (i will never forget those sentiments when they changed their name) - is the problem. Ever since NBC bought the network, well...[/quote:2penp1mz]\n\nSyFy (or whatever the Nine Green Hells it\'s calling itself these days) is, by proxy, jointly owned by General Electric and Comcast. Of [i:2penp1mz]course[/i:2penp1mz] they\'re gonna screw up Blake\'s 7. Neither company understands television viewers, after all.','9d64ec6de32a2179b07734ba482ffbca',0,'oA==','2penp1mz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566192,37444,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345689243,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[b:aj8k5run]It\'s a Bard Life[/b:aj8k5run]\n\n"Quinn." Sandi Griffin laughed as she saw her \'so called\' fashion friend walk up to her, "I can\'t believe you decided to join the Dark Brotherhood, I mean, look at what you\'re wearing. The Bard\'s College here in Solitude is soooo much better, I mean, they don\'t make you wear stealthy, stupid black uniforms and whatever."\n\nPausing and looking at Stacy, the red head sighed, "Well, in the Dark Brotherhood we don\'t have to worry about mixing knives in with our outfits."\n\n"What?" \n\nQuinn ran the knife through Sandi\'s chest and heart and then looked at Stacy, "That\'ll be 500 Septims."\n\n(I\'m sobering from drinking, sore, and tired. :/ Need to write something bad to make me lol at bad)','89852b989586cebd176542def88ca608',0,'QA==','aj8k5run',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566194,37444,6,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345689912,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','The PA of Doom came to life once again.\n\n"Attention Students," came the voice of Terror and Chaos, otherwise known as Ms. Li. "In accordance with a new study of health, well being, and general educational performance that I just found on the Internet, we are implementing a new dress code. Effective immediately, UNDERPANTS ARE NOW BANNED FROM SCHOOL PROPERTY! MWAHAHAHAHAAHAHA! FOR EVERYBODY! AND PANTS! ALL PANTS, SLACKS, SKIRTS, SKORTS, SHORTs. NOTHING AT ALL BETWEEN YOUR SHIRT AND YOUR SOCKS! DO IT! DO IT NOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!\'\n\n"God DAMN IT!" Mr. DeMartino cursed, reachign for his belt. "She\'s mixing her MEDS again!"\n\nIt took three swat teams and six fire trucks to put down the ensuing riot.\n\n--Erin M.','e24f19cbb7d8c9a6950e62c7367c581a',0,'','2a4ab33a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566195,36803,6,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345689993,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','During the school year after canon, Kevin knocks up a cheerleader. The cheerleader leaves after their son is born. Kevin, unable to go to college, gets a job to support his son. Thing is, Doug wants his grandson to focus on football like Kevin did, and even offers to adopt his grandson and raise him for Kevin. Kevin realizes how focusing on football ruined his life, how unprepared he was for the real world. Will he keep his son and the uncertainty of the future? Or will he surrender his son and let history repeat itself?','ae81fa48cde1f8dbbdcea3b78245372b',0,'','3eg9v861',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566196,37406,5,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345690006,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you listening to? Part 4','"Fight the Good Fight" by Triumph:\n\n[youtube:25433srr]rlJA-cN2C_0[/youtube:25433srr]','0d88c78faad698b13175fe81636ef47f',0,'AAE=','25433srr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566197,35981,6,1450,0,'76.188.206.66',1345690207,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[quote="Charles RB":1u0i1u5m][quote="peetz5050":1u0i1u5m]The terrible thing is I can see Daria becoming a nasty little carbon copy of Anthony... [/quote:1u0i1u5m]\n\nShe could go either way.\n\nSo are you all sure you want me to write more...? \":P\"[/quote:1u0i1u5m]\n\nPlease do. That was really good. I would love to see where it could go. \":)\"','982a2247dd33bac88fe8025a3f5d684e',0,'gA==','1u0i1u5m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566198,36717,6,1690,0,'189.253.241.31',1345691038,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Operation Glitterberries: Chapter 09 part 1','** I ** II ** III ** IV **\n\n“Jane, we’re here!”\n\nJane could hear Trent screaming through her door, ‘Umm, I guess that the gig was a bust after all, well is not as if he actually expected to be free tonight anyway… Did he say we?’ Her curiosity picked she rushed towards the front door.\n\nAnd surprisingly enough it wasn’t another member of Mystik Spiral, she had been hoping for Jesse, but her best friend. \n\n“Hey Daria.”\n\nSaid girl didn’t respond, in fact she just opened her eyes big as plates and muttered something illegible she didn’t quite catch, but now that she was paying attention she could see a lot of differences with the spectacled girl, for starters she wasn’t using her usual skirt, but some jeans of a different cut that the ones she took to Alternapaoosa, and while she was wearing her usual orange t-shirt the accompanying green jacket was missing. She was sweating as if she had just ended one of Morris practical exams and was just getting her breath back, there were cuts and bruises on her bare arms and even her face had a couple of scratches, she could see that while holding her backpack (and since when Daria had a blue backpack?) she was favoring her right side.\n\nBut while the clothes were unusual and the injuries could easily be from a mishap in the camping trip, after all Daria wasn’t known for her physical progress, it was the look in her eyes the one that was worrying her. She looked lost and confused as if she didn’t know where she was or something; if she could select one word to describe it would be shell-shocked.\n\n“Daria, are you okay?”\n\nThe question seemed to get her out of her funk, since she blinked, and then it got weird. “Yes, yes I’m fine thank you.”\n\nThe seemly innocuous answer had the opposite effect in Jane. Forget about weird clothes and weirder injuries; first of all Daria didn’t answer with a sarcastic comment, something that she did automatically in most situations; and secondly the tone she used to say those words was tired but polite, with no trace of her usual monotone, even if she could detect an undertone of tension bellow it. And Daria without her sarcastic monotone just isn’t Daria.\n\nShe shared a look with his brother who then make a move to leave; No matter how much she teased her brother about his sleeping habits and how disconnected he was from the world at large, he was the most emphatic and perceptive man she had ever known. And his look before quietly leaving the room told her that he too got the mixed signals that her friend was broadcasting and he too was worried. “I’ll get you some water, Do you want anything Janey?”\n\n“No thanks Trent.” The way Daria looked at him going to the kitchen was weird as well, she was certainly following him with her eyes, however she didn’t quite turned her head, as if she couldn’t decide between checking him or her out… And that was a weird image if she ever had one.\n\n“Are you done checking out Trent, because I can sell you tickets if you want?” This time she did spurt a somewhat normal reaction, getting a mighty blush and directing her eyes upfront to her face. It was good to know that she could still tease her as normal, even in her current condition.\n\nShe decided to cut the ice with the most obvious topic on her head. “So I’m guessing by how you look that camping with the family wasn’t a walk in the park?”\n\nWhatever reaction she expected wasn’t the one she got, for a single second the face of her friend showed repressed anger… No, it wasn’t anger, but barely suppressed fury of the kind that she had never seen in her life before. It was there a second, and the next it was gone, replaced with a neutral face and a monotone of a different nature that the one her friend commonly used. ‘What the hell happened?’ She thought concerned, Daria’s emotional armor was as thick as a battleship’s and with a lot more bite; for something, anything to go through that, it must have been hellish.\n\n“It wasn’t the most pleasant of weekends and let’s let it like that. And how was your family reunion, I heard the message on the answering machine, and I’m curious about you cheating death once more.”\n\n“Well, not death, but maybe my sanity and whatever self esteem that I have left after school. The sad thing is that I’m not joking, this time I started the family meeting in the flight to Nowhereville with the left foot thanks to Trent’s uncanny ability to say the wrong thing in the worst possible moment… \n\n“Hey Daria, here’s the water. By the way why where you walking towards here so late? You know this ‘hood isn’t exactly safe at this hour.”\n\n‘Good one Trent, I don’t know if all the noise you call music threw up all the subtlety out of you’\n\nDaria hesitated for a moment before answering. “I wanted to get out of the house…” Jane always had one finely tuned bullshit detector, the best in Lawndale High until Daria trumped her, for everyone except boys, and the next words from her friend’s mouth activated it. “…so I told my parents that I was coming here to sleep and that I already asked for your permission. I can go to a hotel afterwards if you want.”\n\n“No, don’t worry; you can sleep in Penny’s room.”\n\n“Thank you.” The weirdest part of her thanks was the slight smile on her face, which looked nothing like the Mona Lisa one she always used when something went her way. Maybe that was throwing up her BS detector; she had never seen Daria act so naturally or unnaturally as it was in her case, so she wasn’t able to get a good reading out of her.\n\nSo she continued telling her about the disastrous reunion of the Lanes, hoping to get something, anything, out of her friend and whatever happened in the weekend to make her act like that.\n\n** I ** II ** III ** IV **','a31bd58fa66ed7a76da9fb9c35c2ee3b',0,'','18ih6ete',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566199,35981,6,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345691131,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','I like imagining Daria and Quinn with the DeMartino random word exaggerations \":lol:\"\n\nAs for the angst in this thread...my God \":shock:\"','14a03a2c4d440b3dc01d05c615b517f8',0,'','2e1brnka',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566201,37414,3,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345691468,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="DeacBlue":xs6dyoh1][quote="LadieTAG":xs6dyoh1]For sale: One slightly used penguin fancier, willing to negotiate.[/quote:xs6dyoh1]\n\nYou broke him, you bought him. \";)\"[/quote:xs6dyoh1]\nI thought it was the other way around!\n\n[quote="The Sidhe":xs6dyoh1][url=http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/12/27/planetary-gear-business-card/:xs6dyoh1]A pretty cool business card.[/url:xs6dyoh1][/quote:xs6dyoh1]\nOoooooooooh, nice. \":mrgreen:\"','fddd789c74efcb794b3ae73cbd85b8bc',0,'kA==','xs6dyoh1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566202,37444,6,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345691492,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','\":lol:\" \":lol:\"','3d75500a276784625d0233f496bf64d8',0,'','2wbug434',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566203,36533,6,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345691916,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Undying Love (Updated 8/14)','Characters from Daria are the property of their respective owners; no monetary gain is made here.\n-\n\nLife used to be relatively simple. The only concerns were surviving High School. Get up, get through the day, and look forward to the rest of your life. Graduate, maybe go to college and make a life for yourself. One day possible fall in love, build a family, enjoy life. Work hard and behave; and one day reap the rewards of years of diligence and patience.\n\nFighting an abomination made of perfectly healthy human organs covered in a fine layer of frost was Not one of the ordeals that her parents or teachers said she would need to be ready for.\n\nAndrea kept a healthy distance from the creature as it clumsily stepped forward. She was prepared for violent action, but something like this was not something she expected. She expected fever crazies, loyalists made strong through the harsh world, mages, she expected a human opponent. She swore to herself, an oversight she could not afford to make. Too many people relied on her.\n\nThe thing continued its advance, she couldn’t sidestep forever. She calmly waived her hand in a wide arc over her head, eleven blank tarot formed in the drawn curve. The bobbed up and down in place while remaining over her as she continued her deadly dance. The thing grew impatient and took a wild swing. It missed her by a small margin, the impact of its fist composed of a healthy kidney and intestine segments tore chunks of the pavement from the road. Andrea tried not to think about its strength or how many members of her tribe it killed.\n\nEleven cards. Eleven potential spells. A Very good draw for her talent.\n\nShe stopped backing away as one of the cards drifted in front of her face. The creature raised both of its frost covered fists; raising them high above its head like mass. The face of the card burned away revealing a very distinct image. She saw the monstrosity and herself where they were standing, exactly how they were except the thing’s fists were just above her head. From the card in the image a violent bolt of dark green lightning shot forward.\n\nAs Angela’s newest freak brought its fists down for a decisive hammer blow, the prediction came to pass. Dark green lightning shot from the tarot card; striking the beast in its chest made of kidneys, brains, and livers. Andrea wondered if it had any bones; the movement suggested no.\n\nIt reeled back in obvious pain as some kind of orifice on its head tore open spewing out a spasm of blood. Once it had emptied itself it shrieked. Andrea felt some pity for the thing as she drew another card to her view. It had to be put down. It approached again as the face of the card burned away to reveal its message. The creature was a blur, she was a blur, but the spell was clear. She was sending dark green orb from her left palm. She hated the blurred areas. She could cast the spell now, or an hour from now for all she knew. It was out of her hands; and that was the troublesome past of her power.\n\nShe resumed her backtracking as the now shrieking abomination lurched forward, now in what might turn into a full on charge. It reached out to her, its hands shifting, falling apart. The intestines looked like they were going to fall out, but rather they snaked out at least four feet long. With unnatural speed it grabbed her midsection, in a panic she grabbed at the organs and a violent dark green burst of energy shot from her hands; setting her loose.\n\nShe drew a third card and burned the face as it recoiled back again. The infernal noise had stopped; the card’s image was crystal clear. The truck was on its back and on fire; while on top of the creature.\n\nThat…was obscure at best. Andrea was not in the image; and she had no clue as to how to lead up to this possibility; if this was even in her power to make happen. Half of her cards were self fulfilling prophesy, the rest she only had to wait. The creature took a wild swing with its unharmed hand, tearing up several pieces of pavement in her direction. She threw herself down in an attempt to dodge and rolled onto her back in preparation for what the thing would do next. She drew a fourth card as it approached. \n\nA plain image. A fireball; nothing else detailed the card’s face. The creature swiped at the card, sending it aside. Andrea got back to her feet only to be knocked down. A loud explosion was what sent her back to the road. The creature paused and looked straight ahead as the back of the truck came down on it. The now burning and totaled vehicle had done as predicted, meaning the card had to have been knocked under it and to a very convenient area.\n\nLuck of the draw…\n\nShe got to her feet and radioed her raiders back. They had a very narrow window to get what they could unless one of her remaining cards could put the fire out before it reached the fuel tank.\n\n-\n\nThe Tank drove through Lawndale’s commercial district with purpose. Trent was in the front with Jake, Daria and Jane were in the back, and their captive was tied to the roof. They elected to bring him along; Jake argued that Anthony should be made aware of these new things. Daria was indifferent except for the fact that any knowledge of her enemy made known to her allies made her stronger.\n\nPlus Jane had no interest in eating it. Daria pondered on that development. Jane had Never refused live food unless she was saving it for future consumption; and she clearly wasn’t going to eat it later. Whatever that creature tied to the top of the van was; it wasn’t natural. Angela was likely in a position to make more; Daria hoped that she would get a chance to study it soon.\n\nThe van came to a halt and Jake stepped out.\n\n“Five minutes; I’ll be right back.”\n\nJake disappeared into what used to be some family oriented restaurant. Daria wanted to smile at her own ignorance. At first she objected to the stop, and then it occurred to her why it was needed before her father could explain. He was the only human in the group; therefore he was the only one who needed food or water to survive. \n\nThat thought gave her pause. They were going to bring Jake to Anthony’s people; specifically they were going to meet people. Jane’s hunger might be a problem that she needed to prepare for. She could let Jane have her fill as she wanted; but that would probably make Anthony her enemy. Against Angela Li; she didn’t need enemies. She needed to crush Angela, grind her into dust, erase any evidence that she even existed; Angela would be properly introduced to oblivion.\n\nShe wondered if Anthony had adopted a system of crime and punishment. That led to the possibility of prisoners. That brought up the notion of capital punishment. If such was the case then the problem was solved. If not she might need to rely on what Jake described as ‘routine’ attacks made at Anthony’s stronghold. She mused on how the attackers were always a small number of berserk individuals. Angela was sending fever victims to test the fence and to rattle the colony’s morale; but never enough to do any real damage. A few injuries and deaths suffered by Anthony’s forces, but never an unrecoverable loss.\n\nDid Angela have a reason to tolerate an opposing force; one that had kept her at bay for nearly a decade? Daria wondered how big Angela’s force could possibly be. Perhaps the disaster she unwittingly caused had decimated the human population more than she assumed. Maybe she didn’t have the expendable numbers to justify a mass assault.\n\nShe shook her skull; she couldn’t afford any notions that would lead to underestimating her opponent. Angela came at Her. She came for Jane. Daria was going to invent a new sense for Angela to which experience a new form of pain. A pale blue tendril of her aura snaked into her ribcage, her phylactery was still there.\n\nJane squeezed her hand before speaking.\n\n“How many times are you gonna make sure it’s there?”\n\nDaria could have laughed. She had reached for her vessel countless times since Trent started to drive. She remembered how uncomfortable he was in the driver’s seat; and how uncomfortable her father was with it unoccupied. She squeezed back before responding.\n\n“Probably every five minutes until we get to where we’re going. Did you know that Trent had taken sides in this whole thing?”\n\n“Nope. We just always talked about us and that he and Monique had a pretty bad falling out.”\n\nDaria sighed. It never worked for those two; and yet Trent tried anyway. For a slacker, he put a lot of energy into his band and doomed relationship. Daria went on; now curious about the topic.\n\n“What happened this time?”\n\nJane rolled her eyes before speaking. \n\n“It’s weird this time. Trent said that she was with Mr. O’Neil, and I told him I didn’t want to hear any more.”\n\nDaria would have blinked in surprise under normal circumstances. Timothy was weird on his best days. He gave off a creepy vibe until you realized he was harmless. Possibly a bit too eager to reach out to impressionable minors; but still harmless. She wondered what part he would have to play in all of this. He wasn’t with Anthony or Andrea, so that left him with enough backbone to go his own way, or under Angela’s thumb.\n\nOr more likely he was now her more than willing lap dog. Either way, if he was with Angela, he was her enemy. That connected him to the attack against Jane. She was going to carve that smile from his face; cut his lips right off. Daria wanted to smile again. The capacity she had for love; she had an equal one for hate apparently. She would need it.\n\nShe wondered if Trent had listened in to their talk. He probably wasn’t listening; if he had he would have reacted in some way.\n\n-\n\nHe lay on his back with his arms and legs outstretched; because he didn’t have a choice. Well, Adam number two had a choice; but not one that went with his objective. As long as he was following them, he had a shot of witnessing Jake attack Daria, and trigger his mission. If he left now, he might not catch up with them ever again; that would mean he failed in his assignment. Failure was not an option.\n\nHe wondered for what felt like the hundredth time if there was any other way to understand his instructions. He looked for any possible way to re-interpret Angela’s orders. He wanted to act back at the house, that would have been ideal; but that wouldn’t have been according to plan. He tested the strength of the rope used to hold him in place. His left wrist was tied; the rope went into the van’s window and out the opposite side to his right wrist. His ankles were restrained in a similar fashion; any attempt to escape would alert the people inside the van.\n\n“Damnit…Capturing Jane is a lot more work than Angela predicted.”\n\n-\n\nEveryone in the van stopped thinking. Trent was the first to speak.\n\n“Did he just say what I think he just said?”\n\n-\n\nAndrea looked at her last card. The one before that had put the fire out, some supplies were salvageable. This card had burned, but in a different way. The edges burned away instead of the body, revealing a ghostly border. She hated these cards. Every time she used them; she was subject to an obscure vision; and would be unconscious for hours or even days. Most of the time she wouldn’t remember the experience until just as the event started to unfold. \n\nSometimes she discarded the card, especially if she was in combat at the time. She couldn’t save it for later, as long as she had it, she couldn’t summon a new hand of tarot cards.\n\n“Pass or play…screw it…I’ll flip for it.”\n\nShe withdrew a coin from her possessions, and tossed it into the air and let it hit the pavement. It bounced and rolled on its side for about a foot before stopping. She swore rather loudly; the coin was balancing on its edge.\n\nHer raiders sped up in their task; they must have assumed that her anger was directed at them. She didn’t correct them; this meant that they didn’t know about her complication. They didn’t need to know about the problem.\n\nShe looked at the card again. Pass or play…\n\nThe face of the card burned away and everything started to get hazy. \n\n-\n\nBrittany was satisfied with her equipment and ammunition reserves. She was ready to defend the colony. She had her family; she could do anything. She gave her boyfriend a passionate kiss and stroked his body. As he was in life, he was ready when she wanted him. He never blew his top until she wanted him too; and always went out strong and loud. She put Kevin the pipe bomb into its sleeve which she kept between her breasts.\n\n-\n\nAngela’s ghost paced around the room aimlessly. She witnessed Andrea’s idea of magic; unreliable but effective. She wondered how Anthony would handle the other creature she made of organs harvested from her followers. She was very curious in truth. She would send it sometime behind the next Adam, after he was done. She looked at the body on the frost covered table. Another incorrect way to make an Adam lay in front of her. She sent her shadow to fetch another of the faithful.\n\n“Back in the saddle!”\n\nShe laughed at herself; she was truly incorruptible in her drive. That can-do attitude would lead her to victory.\n\n“So you can fall off again.”\n\nAngela turned to source of the voice. A severed head on a meat hook hung out the window, swaying in the wind. The man who had come with Jake Morgendorffer was amusing; but annoying at times. She kept him as a trophy more than anything else. Plus it made a nice distraction for her favorite goons. Her ghost moved to the window to look at the two people in question. They were there before she moved into the place, and were unusually strong in magic. \n\nAngela looked back on her decision. A maximum security prison built for Federal offenders in Texas was a very formidable position.\n\n-','b3a78eabcb0402c35c2dae50c7eb601d',0,'','1usqv7ra',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566204,37395,6,1025,0,'209.172.232.52',1345692078,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 4) (Partial Genderswap)','This is awesome on so many levels. \":D\"','470b0effebdb87c74f2470251bec8d1b',0,'','3st39s1x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566205,37444,6,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345692083,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="breitasparrow":13of5ook]:lol: \":lol:\"[/quote:13of5ook]\n\nThat would be an understatement \":lol:\"','06ad2c4e282755d7fd7a8f221054afef',0,'gA==','13of5ook',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566206,37450,6,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345692169,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Coming Labor Day weekend: "Terror at 200 MPH"!','I think I can safely make this announcement now because my muse has been working overtime for me as though the Mystery Girl Patter attacked her. \":lol:\" \n\nAnyhow, this will be my first fic in two years and my first non-[i:3jwg9xfc]Daria[/i:3jwg9xfc] fic in seven years (I think).\n\nIt\'ll be a [i:3jwg9xfc]Scooby-Doo: Mystery, Incorporated[/i:3jwg9xfc] fan fic and the plot will be as follows:\n\nDick Dastardly is the owner of the Crystal Cove Speedway on the outskirts of town and Penelope Pitstop is the speedway\'s hottest driver. When the Hooded Claw kidnaps her, Dastardly calls upon the gang to investigate her kidnapping and rescue her.\n\nNaturally, Muttley and the Ant Hill Mob will be in it as well as Klunk, Zilly, Yankee Doodle Pigeon, Peter Perfect and Prof. Pat Pending. . .along with some surprise cameos (like a surprise appearance of two girls who look suspiciously like two fellow actresses one of the current [i:3jwg9xfc]SD: MI[/i:3jwg9xfc] voice actors used to work alongside with on a certain sitcom set in Peekskill NY, one of whom will soon be appearing on a certain reality game show).\n\nI hope to get it finished before the middle of next week. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nDrat, drat and double drat! \":mrgreen:\" \n\n[youtube:3jwg9xfc]SKm5xQyD2vE[/youtube:3jwg9xfc]\n\nBTW, I like what Bloody William\'s done so far with his Penelope Pitstop artwork. Thanks, man. \":D\"','0c3c37b6b33fd48ecce2eecaa981887f',0,'IAE=','3jwg9xfc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566207,35981,6,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345692341,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[quote="Charles RB":5uvixc6m][b:5uvixc6m][u:5uvixc6m]No Esteem[/u:5uvixc6m][/b:5uvixc6m][/quote:5uvixc6m][quote="Charles RB":5uvixc6m][b:5uvixc6m][u:5uvixc6m]No Esteem II[/u:5uvixc6m][/b:5uvixc6m][/quote:5uvixc6m]\nI\'m liking this, please continue. \"8)\" And a mention of Earl can\'t go unnoticed. \":mrgreen:\"','da5a6f6bce61df954394d37afa12a58c',0,'wQ==','5uvixc6m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566208,36981,6,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345692427,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Resentful Cynic Ch.4 : Revenge of the malled part 9 DO','Very Yes \":D\" \n\nI really liked the scene with Jane, here\'s hoping perks up.\n\nDamnit Charles get in there! \":mrgreen:\"','2d86c5fd73048398446b5df7f6ff1811',0,'','z660j8xq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566209,36508,6,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345692624,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 8 DONE','\":drink:\"','50a36d5c0598d72e4efd48da3c774196',0,'','3oms5y5t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566210,37414,3,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345693075,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="DeacBlue":1dnjfu00][quote="LadieTAG":1dnjfu00]For sale: One slightly used penguin fancier, willing to negotiate.[/quote:1dnjfu00]\n\nYou broke him, you bought him. \";)\"[/quote:1dnjfu00]\n\nIf you let him outside every now and then he won\'t be so hyper.\nJust make sure he stays on his lead \":mrgreen:\"','ff84e54d01cf0ba61c55a08732240f9b',0,'gA==','1dnjfu00',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566211,37395,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.26',1345693125,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 5) (Partial Genderswap)','After their impromptu makeout session, the pair had reluctantly pulled away and Sandro led the way back to his car, wishing that he could hold his hand but fear held him back.\n\n“We’re getting back to the sunny areas,” Sandro thought to himself with fearful glances at the occasional passersby’s, “People might see us.”\n\nIn fact as they left the park and found his Firebird, Sandro began to get paranoid about the whole thing, yes they had been in a shady part where people didn’t go normally but it didn’t mean that they couldn’t have been spotted.\n\nHe decided that anything like they had just done in the future would be done with more discretion.\n\n“What’s on your mind?” Darin asked the silent figure as he drove the car back to the Morgendorffers.\n\nSandro sighed and replied, “I think we need to be a little more discreet.”\n\nDarin shifted position in his seat to get a better look at him, his face bore the unspoken question in his thoughts.\n\nSandro elaborated, “I mean what we did in the park, I mean I loved doing it but what if we had been caught? Or like, if we were found by someone that knows us, or is like, you know… “\n\n“Homophobic?” Darin supplied and Sandro nodded enthusiastically and went, “Uh huh!”\n\nIt was Darin’s turn to sigh and he answered, “What you say has some merit but we can’t spend all our time living in fear or hiding in shadows, otherwise what kind of life is that?”\n\nBut to soften the blow Darin added, “But maybe we should try to avoid… well you know, in such a public space as best we can.”\n\nSandro gave him a small smile and said, “Yeah… But if we can sneak up to your room when we get to your house?”\n\nDarin grinned like he hit the lottery, “It’s on like Donkey Kong.”\n\n\nUnfortunately during this, Brittany and Kevin had finished up their own shenanigans and Brittany whipped out her cellphone in record time and sent txts to Angie and Carrie, both of whom read them and made posts Facebook and Lawndale High’s (un)official Twitterfeed, the Lawn-D Rumorz.\n\nWhich was run by Tori Jericho, who was in the middle of checking the feed while doing her nails, she read what had been sent and squealed, “OMG!”\n\nWithout even thinking about it, she had it up on the feed faster that you can say, “Factcheck.”\n\nWithin a few minutes, cellphones all over the Lawndale area were blowing up.\n\n\nSandro felt his iPhone vibrate like crazy in his pocket but he had learned his lesson on using his phone while driving after he nearly ran right into that semi that one time.\n\nSo by the hand of fate, and a rare moment of good sense on his part, Sandro and Darin were completely out of the loop as they headed into the house.\n\nAs they reached the top flight of the stairs, the door to Quinton’s room burst open and the man himself rushed out going, “I heard you come in, are you two alright?”\n\n“What?” Sandro said in confusion.\n\n“Uh… Is there something wrong?” Darin asked with his face showing his own confusion.\n\nIt took a minute for it to click but when it did, Quinton simply held up his phone and showed them what was posted on Tori’s twitterfeed.\n\n“Oh my god!” Darin exclaimed with his eyes widening as he read it.\n\nSandro stood stock still, his face completely blank for a long moment before stammering, “How did this happen?”\n\nHis voice was disturbing flat and emotionless, very Darin-like.\n\n“The park,” Darin thought out loud, “You were right, we should have been more discreet.”\n\nSandro shut his eyes and his face twisted into a painful grimace as he tried to hold back the tidal wave of emotion, “It’s ok I guess… It just makes coming out easier.”\n\nHe then walked towards Darin’s room but two steps in he quickly sagged the floor and would have fallen if Quinton hadn’t been quick on his feet and caught him before he hit the dirt.\n\nSandro then began to almost hyperventilate as he started to cry.\n\n\nDarin had needed some assistance from Quinton in getting Sandro into his room, which meant that Quinton wound up having to do the work since Darin wasn’t physically strong enough to lift Sandro’s heavy muscular frame into his room by himself.\n\nIt took a long time before Sandro could stop crying.\n\nDarin wasn’t sure when Quinton had left but he did realize that he was alone in the room with Sandro at some point, but most of his energy was focused on the handsome figure in his bed.\n\nDarin wasn’t used to dealing with situations like this, and he wasn’t very good with emotions, but he did his best to comfort the man who was now…\n\n“My boyfriend.” Darin thought to himself, not realizing that was the first time he had truly used the term to explain his relationship with Sandro Griffin.\n\nDarin wrapped his arms around Sandro a little bit tighter, they were cuddled up in their clothes on top of the sheets.\n\nOnce the tears had stopped flowing, a nice gentle quiet dominated the room, which was only broken by whispers.\n\n“I’m sorry about that.” Sandro mouthed quietly.\n\n“Don’t be,” Darin replied kindly, “It’s not healthy to bottle it all up, or so I’m told.”\n\nSandro managed a small chuckle at that, “Yeah but it isn’t very manly, or so I’m told.”\n\nDarin gave hints of amusement at that, “Maybe, maybe not, but I’ve never been one to care about what people think, most of them are idiots.”\n\nSandro glanced away for a brief moment and asked something that had been worrying him since him and Darin had gotten together, “Am I, you know, stupid?”\n\nDarin shut his eyes and sighed since this would require honesty and delicacy, “From what I’ve seen you haven’t been the academic type.”\n\n“True.” Sandro conceded quietly.\n\n“But just because you haven’t been using your mind much doesn’t mean that you don’t have it, you just have to start using it.”\n\n“But what if I’m not, you know, smart like you?” Sandro asked with fear, worried that this might be a deal breaker.\n\n“You don’t have to be a genius,” Darin said softly, “But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try.”\n\nThe handsome face that was mere inches from his smiled at that, “Ok, I promise I’ll try.”\n\nThen he sighed again, “But I think we avoided the real issue… How are we going to handle school and stuff?”\n\n“Hmm… Not really sure.” Darin admitted, “We could pretend that we’re not together and that might be enough to kill the rumor, or…”\n\n“Or what?”\n\n“Or we run with it.” Darin concluded plainly.\n\n“Run with it?” Sandro repeated until he realized what Darin meant by that.\n\n“Well I have to admit that it’s appealing…” Sandro conceded, “But if we do like, you know be open and stuff to everyone like that… It’s going to be a hard road.”\n\n“Yes,” Darin replied, “But it could be worth it.”\n\nDarin then planted a soft kiss on Sandro’s forehead and added, “I’m in if your in.”\n\nSandro rolled over onto his back and stared at the ceiling for a few minutes, his mind processing everything that they had said until something within him… [i:1ddng7z8]snapped[/i:1ddng7z8].\n\n“I’m in.” Sandro said firmly as he rolled back to face Darin, letting his brown eyes be mesmerized by the waifish boy’s grey ones.\n\nThey enjoyed a soft, brief kiss before pulling back.\n\n“We’re going to have to tell our family’s way earlier than planned aren’t we?” Sandro asked with dread, already knowing the answer.\n\n“Yes.” Darin said flatly and then proved that he could be more than flat and kissed him again before getting up off the bed.\n\n“My parents should be home by now.” Darin said simply as he took a step away so Sandro could join him, “We’ll use them as a dry run.”\n\nSandro shuddered at the thought of how his family would react and prayed that Darin’s would be cool with it.','9d84a00d4b63846b73a494058d7636b5',0,'IA==','1ddng7z8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566212,37414,3,1571,0,'68.114.61.8',1345693191,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="ThanatosRW":2biy0npc][quote="Erin M.":2biy0npc][quote="The Angst Guy":2biy0npc]"I was dating a compulsive bulemic historian in college," Jane told Daria, "but I dumped him because he was always bringing up the past."\n\n[img:2biy0npc]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/rimshot.gif[/img:2biy0npc][/quote:2biy0npc]\n\nLadieT, either you get him under control or I will have to use...extreme measures.\n\nDon\'t force me to use the extreme measures. It\'s been a bad day and I am more than mentally prepared to take everybody here down with me.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:2biy0npc]\n\nHere (Tosses a Prinny at TAG). Feel better?[/quote:2biy0npc]\n\nI thought that Prinnys expode when thrown...\n...oh dear...\nHe\'s gonna be mad when he wakes up \":lol:\"','c2bca8d018234d85fbfd772a56612480',0,'iA==','2biy0npc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566213,37187,6,440,0,'174.20.113.108',1345694167,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','[quote="peetz5050":23fjkudx][quote="BrownEyedBagel":23fjkudx]Ruth:" He\'s NOT the Messiah; he\'s a very naughy boy!"[/quote:23fjkudx]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:23fjkudx]\n\nHas anybody else noticed that naughty was spelled incorrectly?','b80b40680b3ff6c40c1fd01b8cec90f3',0,'gA==','23fjkudx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566214,37414,3,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345694366,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="BrownEyedBagel":2d32sqlw][quote="ThanatosRW":2d32sqlw][quote="Erin M.":2d32sqlw][quote="The Angst Guy":2d32sqlw]"I was dating a compulsive bulemic historian in college," Jane told Daria, "but I dumped him because he was always bringing up the past."\n\n[img:2d32sqlw]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/rimshot.gif[/img:2d32sqlw][/quote:2d32sqlw]\n\nLadieT, either you get him under control or I will have to use...extreme measures.\n\nDon\'t force me to use the extreme measures. It\'s been a bad day and I am more than mentally prepared to take everybody here down with me.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:2d32sqlw]\n\nHere (Tosses a Prinny at TAG). Feel better?[/quote:2d32sqlw]\n\nI thought that Prinnys expode when thrown...\n...oh dear...\nHe\'s gonna be mad when he wakes up \":lol:\"[/quote:2d32sqlw]\nAbout the explosion, or the peg-legged demon penguin being gone?','c20717d927e36bf140ffe90f4c73cb96',0,'iA==','2d32sqlw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566215,37414,3,28,0,'76.112.172.157',1345695151,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','You know it\'s getting close(ish) to homecoming when I start thinking, "hey, it might be fun to buy a kilt."','dd43be43845a464eb3024d3141642c68',0,'','21psks4v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566216,37445,6,414,0,'209.6.146.209',1345700000,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Major Tom (and its Sequel!)','\":lol:\"','439dea9d7bd79323b602bea9bd5df5ea',0,'','27mprh62',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566217,37450,6,105,0,'174.252.162.115',1345700343,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Coming Labor Day weekend: "Terror at 200 MPH"!','Any chance of a cameo by the Impossibles?','10198e71bbf478e40901fb2d4969ee02',0,'','2nyowawp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566218,37447,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345702182,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','[quote="Silver":3tdt2w3b][quote="Brother Grimace":3tdt2w3b]No, the fact that it\'s on \'SyFy\' - the network that doesn\'t want to be for basement dwellers (i will never forget those sentiments when they changed their name) - is the problem. Ever since NBC bought the network, well...[/quote:3tdt2w3b]\n\nSyFy (or whatever the Nine Green Hells it\'s calling itself these days) is, by proxy, jointly owned by General Electric and Comcast. Of [i:3tdt2w3b]course[/i:3tdt2w3b] they\'re gonna screw up Blake\'s 7. [b:3tdt2w3b]Neither company understands television viewers, after all.[/b:3tdt2w3b][/quote:3tdt2w3b]\n\nRarely have truer words been spoken. I\'ve seen several of the things that these companies have down since they got their claws into NBC (and its satellite entworks) - the total bastardization of The Weather Channel through the flood of \'weather-related\' reality TV, the firing of Keith Olbermann, putting WWE Wrestling on SyFy while also cancelling Eureka, Farscape, Stargate Atlantis (loved their rationale for that - it was pulling in GREAT numbers, but it was a monster hit with the female audience, but they wanted more guys watching; this was a real asspull, considering what\'s stated below with the channel\'s name-change) and several other great shows for no good reason - and let\'s not forget their stated rationale for changing the name and channel focus for SyFy:\n\n\n[quote:3tdt2w3b]“We couldn’t own Sci Fi; it’s a genre,” said Bonnie Hammer, the former president of Sci Fi who became the president of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and Universal Cable Productions. “But we can own Syfy.”\n\nAnother benefit of the new name is that it is not “throwing the baby away with the bath water,” she added, because it is similar enough to the Sci Fi brand to convey continuity to “the fan-boys and -girls who love the genre.”\n\nMs. Hammer and her successor as Sci Fi president, Dave Howe, said they had sat through many meetings over the years at which a name change was debated.\n\nThe principal reason the idea kept coming up, Mr. Howe said, was a belief “the Sci Fi name is limiting.”\n\n“If you ask people their default perceptions of Sci Fi, they list space, aliens and the future,” he added. “That didn’t capture the full landscape of fantasy entertainment: the paranormal, the supernatural, action and adventure, superheroes.”\n\nThat became more important as Sci Fi expanded its program offerings into those realms, Mr. Howe said, with series like “Destination Truth” and “Ghost Hunters.”\n\nAnd a shorter, more memorable name is more readily “attached to new businesses,” he added, like movies, video games, mobile content and additional channels overseas.[/quote:3tdt2w3b]\n\n\nand:\n\n\n[quote:3tdt2w3b]During its fourth-quarter earnings call, parent General Electric said Sci Fi racked up a double-digit increase in operating earnings despite the beginnings of the recession.\n\nNevertheless, there was always a sneaking suspicion that the name was holding the network back.\n\n“The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular,” said TV historian Tim Brooks, who helped launch Sci Fi Channel when he worked at USA Network.\n\nMr. Brooks said that when people who say they don’t like science fiction enjoy a film like “Star Wars,” they don’t think it’s science fiction; they think it’s a good movie.\n\n“We spent a lot of time in the ’90s trying to distance the network from science fiction, which is largely why it’s called Sci Fi,” Mr. Brooks said. “It’s somewhat cooler and better than the name ‘Science Fiction.’ But even the name Sci Fi is limiting.”\n\nMr. Howe said going to Syfy will make a difference.\n\n“It gives us a unique word and it gives us the opportunities to imbue it with the values and the perception that we want it to have,” he said.[/quote:3tdt2w3b]\n\n\nThere\'s a reason why fans (well, former fans) of the network refer to it as \'SyFail\'.','0e6dbb7e6d055ff93d30d9386220cf8c',0,'4A==','3tdt2w3b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566219,37414,3,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345704454,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":2hvfc3vs]"Then I dated a math major," said Jane, "but I couldn\'t count on him."[/quote:2hvfc3vs]\n\nDon\'t make us call out [url=http://www.comicvine.com/dogwelder/29-12152/:2hvfc3vs]Dogwelder[/url:2hvfc3vs]...','f148214a4f572f8eb87d000ac066667e',0,'kA==','2hvfc3vs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566220,37445,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345704648,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Major Tom (and its Sequel!)','That\'s nothing Tom, wait until Elsie turns you into Poor Little Fat Man...','9778aba1658aff16c90d49c4e3de551b',0,'','2k7t5ews',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566221,37444,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345704753,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Erin M.":18cfm0hb]\n"Attention Students," came the voice of Terror and Chaos, otherwise known as Ms. Li. "In accordance with a new study of health, well being, and general educational performance that I just found on the Internet, we are implementing a new dress code. Effective immediately, UNDERPANTS ARE NOW BANNED FROM SCHOOL PROPERTY! MWAHAHAHAHAAHAHA! FOR EVERYBODY! AND PANTS! ALL PANTS, SLACKS, SKIRTS, SKORTS, SHORTs. NOTHING AT ALL BETWEEN YOUR SHIRT AND YOUR SOCKS! DO IT! DO IT NOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!\'\n\n"God DAMN IT!" Mr. DeMartino cursed, reachign for his belt. "She\'s mixing her MEDS again!"\n\nIt took three swat teams and six fire trucks to put down the ensuing riot.\n[/quote:18cfm0hb]\n\n\":lol:\"','1226b56c768fcd9d5b6bcb8287e6cd5e',0,'gA==','18cfm0hb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566222,35981,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345705115,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[i:3fqu0q3m]You people are sick.[/i:3fqu0q3m]\n\n[quote="Walter Kovacs":3fqu0q3m][b:3fqu0q3m]History Class with Mr. M[/b:3fqu0q3m][/quote:3fqu0q3m]\n\nDaria may be in hELL but I\'m in fits of \":lol:\" !','ed0bb24ac4cb2bf09fed125deb7a52f7',0,'4A==','3fqu0q3m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566223,36717,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345706727,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Operation Glitterberries: Chapter 09 part 2','Run Janey, RUN!','e864cde18a216c9c4ec9b23d2af839c1',0,'','3p72xcbm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566224,37187,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345707386,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','[quote="Jim North":iivry0py][quote="peetz5050":iivry0py]I was just googling that. I like Felicia Day, is the show worth a watch?[/quote:iivry0py]\nI\'ve only seen the first season and part of the second myself, but up to that point, yeah, it\'s good stuff.\n\n[quote:iivry0py]I\'d have to download it from somewhere it\'s not on our Netflix.[/quote:iivry0py]\nYou could just watch it on their website, which I linked to. [img:iivry0py]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/esn1g/Smilies/jim_winkrazz01.gif[/img:iivry0py] Or on [url=http://www.youtube.com/show?p=eYROA5iyqDw:iivry0py]its YouTube channel[/url:iivry0py], if you\'re into that. It\'s a free internet series, which may be why you\'re not finding it on your fancy-schmancy "Netflix". [img:iivry0py]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/esn1g/Smilies/jim_grin01.gif[/img:iivry0py]\n\n[youtube:iivry0py]grCTXGW3sxQ[/youtube:iivry0py][/quote:iivry0py]\n\nThanks for the link, I\'ll check it out. \":D\" \n\n\n[quote="Erin M.":iivry0py]Re; The Guild.\n\nI\'m finding it just fine on my streaming Netflix queue.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:iivry0py]\n\nAh yes but you don\'t live in the Land of the Leprechauns, Netflix only launched her a few months ago and they only have a fraction of the selection that\'s available in the States. \":(\"','3844a843fb9a47757e059cdd3e336bf9',0,'mAE=','iivry0py',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566225,37445,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345707637,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Major Tom (and its Sequel!)','Hh hh hh hh hh...','27b757bf7cb57f9226b99d816e69f58f',0,'','ogmkfe30',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566226,36508,6,1406,0,'79.18.37.141',1345707814,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 8 Part 3','[quote="Fhujeth_x":32w9ztly]\n\n "Moooom? Why\'s your voice so... manly... it\'s like.... Sandi\'s or something..." [/quote:32w9ztly]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','1f5bb1d4f32a8c33dbf7876e7fe66d98',0,'gA==','32w9ztly',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566227,35981,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345708152,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','(Cracks whip) Enough chatter! On with the stories, all of you...','c940999726ff80b6264adf568e3f8acd',0,'','2ncot718',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566228,35981,6,1406,0,'79.18.37.141',1345708753,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[quote="breitasparrow":30s0j9md][quote="Charles RB":30s0j9md][b:30s0j9md][u:30s0j9md]No Esteem[/u:30s0j9md][/b:30s0j9md][/quote:30s0j9md][quote="Charles RB":30s0j9md][b:30s0j9md][u:30s0j9md]No Esteem II[/u:30s0j9md][/b:30s0j9md][/quote:30s0j9md]\nI\'m liking this, please continue. [/quote:30s0j9md]\n\nditto \":)\"','24e6b9f983c9731b806f209906e93c85',0,'wQ==','30s0j9md',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566229,36717,6,1406,0,'79.18.37.141',1345709125,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Operation Glitterberries: Chapter 09 part 2','[quote="peetz5050":3os9mygr]Run Janey, RUN![/quote:3os9mygr]\n\nNah , I don\'t think that Daria is planning to kill her.','cc5cb844f1c9d38593f50a67cd1fafac',0,'gA==','3os9mygr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566230,37449,6,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345709267,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Girl And Her Cougar (not fanfic)','Here\'s another scene, very likely happens after the ones I\'ve written so far.\n\n......this was tough to write.\n\nEXT. WOODS JUST OUTSIDE A TOWN - DAY\n\nTINA\nI\'m sorry Bud, it\'s just, if you come into town with me I\'m afraid they\'re gonna get you this time. I\'ll be back as soon as possible, I promise.\n\nShe scratches Bud\'s ear, and he purrs as he leans into the touch, causing Tina to smile before walking away into town.\n\nTINA\n(calling back to Bud)\nAs soon as possible!\n\nBud just sits and stares after her.\n\nINT. A GENERAL STORE IN TOWN - DAY\n\nOn a TV attached to the ceiling, an ANCHORWOMAN presents the news.\n\nTina is browsing the meat snacks section of the store, when she stops short at what she hears.\n\nANCHORWOMAN (ON TV)\n4 years later, the search continues for Tina Andrews, the little girl whose parents died in a car crash...\n\nThe anchorwoman\'s next words are a blur as Tina slowly turns around to look at the TV screen, where ROY and WILMA have appeared on the right side.\n\nANCHORWOMAN (ON TV)\nWith us now are her only surviving family, her Aunt and Uncle, Roy and Wilma Andrews. Is there anything you wish to say to Tina?\n\nROY\nJust one thing...\n\nRoy\'s voice fades as Tina stares, bewildered.\n\nFLASHBACK TO:\n\nINT. A ROOM IN ROY AND WILMA\'S HOUSE - DAY (4 YEARS AGO)\n\nTina is sitting by herself, looking bored and slightly uncomfortable. Roy walks in and sits beside her, rather too close beside her.\n\nROY\nWhat\'s up kiddo?\n\nTINA\nUm...nothing much.\n\nROY\nYou know Tina, I love you, very much...\n\nTINA\nI love you too, Uncle Roy...\n\nROY\nI\'ve never really had a chance to show you how much...\n\nHe slowly slides a hand much too far up the inside of Tina\'s thigh.\n\nTINA\n(trying to change the course of events)\nUh, where\'s Mom and Dad?\n\nROY\n(distracted)\nThey went for a walk...\n\nHe tries to kiss Tina\'s neck.\n\nTINA\nWhere\'s Aunt Wilma?\n\nROY\n(mildly annoyed)\nIn the kitchen making dinner, honey...So we can have a special time for ourselves right now...\n\nTINA\nI don\'t...this doesn\'t feel right.\n\nROY\nIt\'s ok Tina.\n\nShe stands up and he roughly pulls her back down.\n\nROY\n(softly but firmly)\nIt\'s ok...\n\nTINA\nI don\'t want to Uncle Roy!\n\nHe tries to push her down on her back but she sits right back up.\n\nTINA\nSTOP!\n\nSuddenly Aunt Wilma comes in.\n\nWILMA\nI was walking by and I heard yelling. Is everything alright?\n\nRoy is looking innocent, his hands now completely to himself. Tina finds herself unable to say anything.\n\nROY\nOh yea, everything\'s fine. We were just playing a game and Tina got over excited, didn\'t you Tina?\n\nHe playfully nudges her, then pats her back. She grimaces at the contact.\n\nWILMA\nWell, alright, just try not to get too carried away.\n\nWilma begins walking out of the room, when Tina suddenly bursts towards her. Roy tries but fails to hold her back.\n\nTINA\n(over-enthusiastic)\nIs there anything I can help you with, Aunt Wilma?\n\nTina leaves the room with Wilma before Wilma can respond.\n\nRoy frowns darkly.\n\nBACK TO PRESENT\n\nThe frown is a stark contrast to his lovingly worried expression on the news show.\n\nROY (ON TV)\n...Please, wherever you are, please come back to us.\n\nHis words seem so genuine that only Tina could know his real nature.\n\nWILMA (ON TV)\nIf you are watching this, please know we love you!\n\nTina\'s fists have balled up, and she is seething with rage which she unleashes at the TV.\n\nTINA\nFUCK YOU!\n\nEveryone in the store turns to stare at her.\n\nTina withers under the stares, and decides she\'d better get out of there, but she stops mid-walk and goes wide-eyed at the exclamation of a MAN.\n\nMAN\nSay! That\'s the missing girl!\n\nTina runs as fast as she can out of there.\n\nEXT. WOODS JUST OUTSIDE A TOWN - DAY\n\nTina sprints towards Bud, never looking back to check if she\'s been pursued.\n\nTINA\nIt\'s time to book it out of town, Bud!\n\nBud reacts to those words in the usual manner, and they hightail it into the woods as fast as Bud can go.','7a30921acc8fb7916ae8905b15fc5041',0,'','3ori5ske',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566231,37395,6,1406,0,'79.18.37.141',1345709550,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 5) (Partial Genderswap)','I was thinking , have we ever seen an homofobic Helen ?','dd7957463fd505e0a01165327ff539fe',0,'','17s3jb2z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566232,37395,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345709790,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 5) (Partial Genderswap)','Again, beautifully written Shiva.','b4db6a61d3b41cf79d82a189532b70ce',0,'','jq3sm56i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566233,36533,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345710483,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Undying Love (Updated 8/22)','OMG it\'s B&B! Great story, keep on goin!','0fdf7d3b21f477896de9f2740aa2aa02',0,'','1q8u23zn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566234,36533,6,1406,0,'79.18.37.141',1345710957,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Undying Love (Updated 8/22)','nice \":D\"','357da5457ff9a10e468fdc8f7ba945d9',0,'','3tgaelkm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566235,37451,6,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1345711936,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Breakfast in Bed (Blessings of the Moon one-shot)','Susie groaned as the light from the enroaching sunlight hit her eyes. "Ugh, I...what happened?"\n\n"Morning, sleepyhead."\n\nSusie shaded her eyes to look at her boyfriend, Tom Sloane, and saw that she was in his apartment. She also noticed that she was nude. And covered in dried blood. "Oh God," she muttered, pulling a sheet (also covered in dried blood) over herself. (Not that Tom hadn\'t seen her naked before, but...)\n\n"Last night was the full moon, wasn\'t it?" she asked rhetorically. "Shit!" She brought a fist down on the mattress. "After twenty years, you\'d think I\'d learn to read a goddamned calendar!"\n\n"Hey, hey, don\'t be so hard on yourself," he said, kissing her on the top of her head. "That\'s my job, after all," he winked. \n\nSusie gave him a dirty look, which melted into a sultry smirk a moment later. Her smirk went away when she thought of last night. "The last thing I remember is walking back to the apartment from the library..."\n\n"Yeah, I saw you change just a little ways away from your building." At her look, he added "Oh, I was coming over to surprise you." He gestured to a bouquet of flowers in a vase. \n\n"Aw, how sweet!" Susie blushed. \n\nTom smiled. "Yeah. Anyway, I followed you, to make sure that you were safe --"\n\nSusie snorted. "Yeah, protect the big bad wolf from the scary steak tartare walking around."\n\n"Hush you," Tom chided. "Anyway, I saw you tear the head off some poor sap. You were about to eat, but then I guess you heard me or something, so you ran off into the woods. After I took the body back here --"\n\n"You WHAT?"\n\n"-- I went back into the forest and looked for you. Took me all night, but I found you, and brought you back here too."\n\nSusie massaged her temples. "Tom, why in the nine circles of Hell did you take the body back HERE?"\n\nTom shrugged. "Well, I figured I could either leave it there and there\'d be a big police investigation, or I could bring it back here and we could have mblmblmbl."\n\n"I\'m sorry, what was that?"\n\n"Um...breakfastinbed?"\n\n"Tom, sweetie, you know I think you\'re a great boyfriend, and I really like spending time with you, and breakfast in bed IS really romantic, but not when that breakfast consists of the corpse of somebody I killed last night."\n\nTom sat down next to Susie and put his arm around her. "Look, Suse, I know that you feel bad about this whole \'killing\' thing, but for us creatures of the night, it\'s sometimes an inescapable fact of survival. I mean, it\'s not like you can kill the guy any more by eating all his tastiest organs, right?"\n\n"I guess not..." Susie said, still in pout mode. Her stomach took the opportunity to growl as loudly as she did in wolf form. "I guess I didn\'t get much to eat in that forest, last night," she groused. "Okay, bring him in here."\n\n"That\'s what I thought," he smiled, planting another kiss on her cheek. "I\'ll go get the guy, then join you." At her curious look, Tom smiled. "There has to be at least a pint or two of blood left in the guy...even if it\'s all congealed." Tom made a face, causing Susie to giggle.\n\n\n\nXXXXXXXXXX\n\n\n\nThis takes place in the same universe as Blessings of the Moon by Fhujeth, in which Tom Sloane is a vampire, Susie Rowe (created by Fhujeth) is a werewolf (and also Stacy\'s older sister, but that\'s not relevant in this particular story), and they are dating at Bromwell. If you don\'t read her stuff, I strongly recommend it! OR ELSE.','463bd8cc25e8a1afd45e65e09f7f3a67',0,'','1uak2c2i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566236,37451,6,545,0,'184.9.240.158',1345715299,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Breakfast in Bed (Blessings of the Moon one-shot)','I was sleepy when I logged on and read this.\n\n\nI\'m not sleepy anymore. \":shock:\" \n\n\nWell done.','d3132518bc9c5b03e00f7666f35e1632',0,'','1mvi87x7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566237,37449,6,545,0,'184.9.240.158',1345715445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Girl And Her Cougar (not fanfic)','Damn. Tina\'s in better company with Bud than she is with her aunt and uncle.','9bbc9b6e539342dfd44f841920f40ff7',0,'','1nulph9l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566238,37418,6,961,0,'124.182.3.172',1345717076,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','Considering how the earlier-set chapters made mention of Daria\'s mask making her look square-jawed, and her annoyance at her developing figure, was there a point where she could no longer keep up a gender-neutral facade? Where some photographer realised \'holy shit, the Question is actually a woman!?\', and Daria decided to drop that part of her disguise?\n\nIf that\'s the case, I wonder if someone put two-and-two together and started wondering just how young the Question was that it was only NOW that she stopped being able to disguise her gender.','c482c333e5dbba2d388febde93a9fe5c',0,'','3gyj9pn8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566239,37451,6,1406,0,'79.30.8.166',1345721725,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Breakfast in Bed (Blessings of the Moon one-shot)','nice \":)\"','7bcb719a8bd806b014d75d575d1bb220',0,'','2nrcsgz0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566240,37451,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345722172,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Breakfast in Bed (Blessings of the Moon one-shot)','lolol cool <3','79f6b6e299067e73c7dbeac34a3ceb07',0,'','26jvug87',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566241,37414,3,323,0,'199.123.79.97',1345723109,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','"Then I went out with my invisible pen pal," said Jane, "but he was nothing to write home about. And NEVER date monomaniacs. They\'re after only one thing."','61051b0e6379211cfc17a45b13bec6f5',0,'','2bjcuxyl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566242,37414,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345723334,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":15g5lnbf]"Then I went out with my invisible pen pal," said Jane, "but he was nothing to write home about. And NEVER date monomaniacs. They\'re after only one thing."[/quote:15g5lnbf]\n\nHe\'s back...\n\n \":lol:\"','32fb8d9e20aec32e09a40a1db56aae1b',0,'gA==','15g5lnbf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566243,37452,5,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345723398,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Bad Education','Anybody else caught [i:1nobun0m][url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00vrlrh:1nobun0m]Bad Education[/url:1nobun0m][/i:1nobun0m]?\n\nI\'ve only seen one ep, but I saw characters with analogues in [i:1nobun0m]Daria[/i:1nobun0m].\n\n[b:1nobun0m]The indolent teacher[/b:1nobun0m]: that would be Trent if he went into teaching. Napping on the desk for the first lesson on Monday? Trent.\n\n[b:1nobun0m]The deputy head[/b:1nobun0m]: Ms Li on her way up.\n"Has anyone told you you\'d\'ve made a great SS officer?"\n"Yes."\nIn the next scene, we see a picture (reproduction of a poster?) of a storm trooper on her office wall.\n\nAnyone else spotted any analogues?\n\n[b:1nobun0m]The class vamp[/b:1nobun0m] who delivered the "23 into 15" line has no equivalent in [i:1nobun0m]Daria[/i:1nobun0m].','23af41a173f8f9ab76068e3e703ca1d1',0,'cA==','1nobun0m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566244,37414,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345723986,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="RLobinske":233bb80e]He\'s back...[/quote:233bb80e][attachment=0:233bb80e]rtth-t.jpg[/attachment:233bb80e]\n\n[size=50:233bb80e][i:233bb80e]Edit: replaced image with smaller one (saving attachment space).[/i:233bb80e][/size:233bb80e]','5097222f2dce58a861357594e1598482',1,'pAg=','233bb80e',1,1345727112,'',39,1,0),(566245,36508,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345724020,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 8 DONE','thanks ST91. \n\nyou know, before I started this fic I did research on some of the surnames and first names of certain characters, lol.\n\nIf you go really far back to 8th century, Rowe can be reverted back to Rolf, which means I guess Renowned Wolf, but it has to do with a lot of going back and stuff and then name derivatives and stuff, but yeah... idk. just something I read before quickly writing this fic, lol.\n\nSusi in Finnish is Wolf... *cough hack cough*','1880a1201a59462dca0104f8b1ddfa2f',0,'','2ju7ziyd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566246,35981,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345725971,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[quote="Charles RB":3n0aiyv0][i:3n0aiyv0]You people are sick.[/i:3n0aiyv0]\n\n[quote="Walter Kovacs":3n0aiyv0][b:3n0aiyv0]History Class with Mr. M[/b:3n0aiyv0][/quote:3n0aiyv0]\n\nDaria may be in hELL but I\'m in fits of \":lol:\" ![/quote:3n0aiyv0]\nGlad you like it!\n\nIf you want to use my variant of EvilJake for the teacher in this AU go for it.','0598c9c7962f20471560eedad953bb30',0,'4A==','3n0aiyv0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566247,37414,3,1189,0,'184.47.47.48',1345726027,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','There appears to have been an integration failure with his Angst Lord process code. This has caused his humor center to get stuck in \'groaner\' mode. LadieTAG please initiate a re-upload and reboot of TAG\'s husband app.\n\nEither that or force him to drink decaf for a week. \":D\"','642d0636d9a1656b23e03ced259225a6',0,'','3mpkz6u5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566248,37444,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345726934,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','"Ahh, yes, what should we listen to next? Oh, Time - Inception. Hated the movie but loved the score!" Ms. Li started to play it on the speakers whilst doing a pantsless jig in her office, "Next time I\'ll have to remember to call in the troops before I take to the skies."\n\n[youtube:wueb5i1l]3qlA5f8c3G8[/youtube:wueb5i1l]','efd1862815806bcded5eee7c80b1ff41',0,'AAE=','wueb5i1l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566249,37414,3,1070,0,'96.33.66.150',1345727216,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":32xpxzml]"Then I went out with my invisible pen pal," said Jane, "but he was nothing to write home about. And NEVER date monomaniacs. They\'re after only one thing."[/quote:32xpxzml]\n\nOn the next episode of "Who The @#?! Did I Marry?" ...\n\n[quote="45Ranger":32xpxzml]There appears to have been an integration failure with his Angst Lord process code. This has caused his humor center to get stuck in \'groaner\' mode. LadieTAG please initiate a re-upload and reboot of TAG\'s husband app.\n\nEither that or force him to drink decaf for a week. \":D\"[/quote:32xpxzml]\n\nI knew I shouldn\'t have let him order that Mountain Dew with dinner last night! Bad LadieTAG.','04d109a1878215daab4b5eaf6fd12b66',0,'gA==','32xpxzml',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566250,37414,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345727512,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="LadieTAG":2uxmy9c9]\nOn the next episode of "Who The @#?! Did I Marry?" ...\n[/quote:2uxmy9c9]\n\n\nOh, Lord - there\'s the title of the next great reality TV show...','99f3954481c01eecb04aa08a1ad0dc10',0,'gA==','2uxmy9c9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566251,36533,6,1690,0,'189.247.93.153',1345727521,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Undying Love (Updated 8/22)','[quote="peetz5050":2zcd2vqa]OMG it\'s B&B! Great story, keep on goin![/quote:2zcd2vqa]Now I\'m truly scared for humanity. \":lol:\" \n\nExcellent work as always, even if Kevin should be at least a block of C4 instead of just a humble pipe bomb. \";)\"','87745fc34387ae0d4470a9079a274978',0,'gA==','2zcd2vqa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566252,37414,3,1070,0,'96.33.66.150',1345727786,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Brother Grimace":1zn1mckp][quote="LadieTAG":1zn1mckp]\nOn the next episode of "Who The @#?! Did I Marry?" ...\n[/quote:1zn1mckp]\n\n\nOh, Lord - there\'s the title of the next great reality TV show...[/quote:1zn1mckp]\n\nIt is an actual show on the invistigative discovery or bio channel cant remember which','eba60ecd62a1f8ff6734bf4e54dc8d94',0,'gA==','1zn1mckp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578248,37964,3,1108,0,'86.139.166.42',1351369122,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: How I Met PPMB: To all Newcomers','I watched the DVD, I wanted to read fanfic, I googled and found the wiki that mentioned this board and fanfic on it...','3704facb57b855770a62b56103892ad7',0,'','1wfkst65',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578249,37973,4,1108,0,'86.139.166.42',1351369141,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Radio Free Psyops in Helmand','[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-20096416:1uftqmdh]The 15 (UK) Psy Ops Group are being granted an award for setting up and running seven radio stations across Afghanistan.[/url:1uftqmdh] (It\'s public that the stations are being run by the army) \n\n[quote:1uftqmdh]In Helmand, a young DJ plays the latest Afghan music before inviting listeners to phone in with their opinions on everything from farming and local healthcare, to politicians and the government. \n\nRequests for songs can be left in a letterbox outside the military camp gates, and listeners are quick to complain if the station goes off air.\n\nWelcome to the world of psychological operations, and Radio Tamadoun, or Radio Civilisation. [/quote:1uftqmdh]\n\n[quote:1uftqmdh]"We will happily take phone-ins about the state of governance, and about security.\n\n"In fact, the Taliban ring in occasionally and we will engage in debate with them. So this is not the old idea of a propaganda radio station - this is very free and fair discussion."\n\nSo what do the Taliban ring in about? \n\n"They\'ll ring in and complain that we shouldn\'t be discussing issues. And they will make veiled, or sometimes less-than-veiled threats. \n\n"Often they\'ll get engaged in forthright discussions with people, and it\'s very useful because very quickly the lunacy of their position becomes blatantly transparent, and it\'s an own goal for them." [/quote:1uftqmdh]\n\n[quote:1uftqmdh]"It is a way to create behavioural change, for example to get more people to come to shuras (meetings) in Afghanistan and support the military mission. \n\n"I spent a lot of time planning the \'information effect\' for large-scale military operations - informing the locals what we were doing, and what Afghan forces were doing." \n\nBut if persuasion is the aim, using words rather than bombs or bullets, how can the unit measure what impact their work has? Capt Lyons admits that is complex. \n\n"For some areas, it is easier. For example, after our campaign about improvised explosive devices, the number of people ripping them out of the ground noticeably dropped, and so far fewer people were getting injured by IEDs." \n\nCommander Steve Tatham has headed 15 (UK) Psy Ops Group for some two and a half years. He points out that at a time most of the Armed Forces are being cut back, his unit is being expanded, as the military begin to put more emphasis on subtler methods of conflict prevention and - when countering insurgencies - using understanding and persuasion, as well as more traditional weapons. \n\n"I think there has been recognition on the back of Iraq and Afghanistan that we haven\'t understood the human dimension of the campaign we are engaged in. \n\n"We work intensively on trying to understand local populations and what motivates them."[/quote:1uftqmdh]\n\nThey don\'t like being called propaganda - some of what they do would be white propaganda, it\'s promotional work from an identified source, but they can\'t admit to that because it\'s a scary word - but the best bit is they don\'t like being called psyops either, because of The Men Who Stare At Goats. Commander Tatham has solemnly informed the BBC that they have never tried to run through walls or kill goats with telekinesis*. Which just goes to show what the job involves, where you have to be genuinely worried about an independent film that\'s not even about you.\n\n\n\n* And too right. That\'d be a job for the weapons development people.','de8e553aab9909b5a6080c91d5ffff29',0,'kA==','1uftqmdh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(577882,37957,3,2051,0,'205.145.193.6',1351180847,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Joining the fandom','Hello everyone, my name is KrDoz, and I like the show Daria.\n\nI have been on deviantArt for a while (3 years maybe) and I have been doing a good bit of fanart on there at a good pace. I have also drawn fanart of "The Raccoons" and "The Get Along Gang" (cartoons from the 80s).\n\nHowever some things have happened of late, and now my experience on deviantArt is not as pleasant as it once was.\n\nI hope to find another venue for showcasing my artwork, and perhaps this may be an appropriate place.\n\nI have a few links to my pictures here already, in the Easel section, but I can try to consolidate them all in to one thread to make them easier to find.\n\nI know I have been quiet here but I have been spending more time on dA, but I will divert more attention here in the future.\n\nRegards, \n\nKrDoz','167f1fa849654b657d4112a053f2a2c1',0,'','3s2u36fs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566254,37414,3,1189,0,'184.47.47.48',1345728969,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="DeacBlue":3uygdody][quote="LadieTAG":3uygdody][quote="Brother Grimace":3uygdody][quote="LadieTAG":3uygdody]\nOn the next episode of "Who The @#?! Did I Marry?" ...\n[/quote:3uygdody]\n\n\nOh, Lord - there\'s the title of the next [b:3uygdody]great reality TV show[/b:3uygdody]...[/quote:3uygdody]\n\nIt is an actual show on the invistigative discovery or bio channel cant remember which[/quote:3uygdody]\n\nDiscovery, apparently. Of course, at least you didn\'t find out that you were married to the Green River killer.\n\n\n[size=200:3uygdody][color=#FF0000:3uygdody]Or Did You!?!?!?[/color:3uygdody][/size:3uygdody][/quote:3uygdody]\nAlthough the debate about the existence of the highlighted phrase above will continue. For instance... in order to have the next doesn\'t there need to be a first?','8c65ba95c92c5746dbf727dedf8d7c69',0,'xg==','3uygdody',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566255,36948,6,809,0,'64.111.151.91',1345729026,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Ever Have: The INDEX!','Most recent thread added. Still have to add the others, but meh.','6c86a6e3cdbe81a48bd4a75a834cd982',0,'','2i41rvjf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566256,36508,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345729416,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 8 DONE','Redesigned Susie. Hated how the other came out as the lines were not digital.\n\n[img:13i2ln4h]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/MiyanoShiho/sueh.png[/img:13i2ln4h]','62acd44c7d26c26e483f2f42a4a8a909',0,'CA==','13i2ln4h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566257,37453,10,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345729459,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Susie Rowe from Blessings (+ A few other fics I guess?)','[img:2g7akjxj]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/MiyanoShiho/sueh.png[/img:2g7akjxj]','bc30ddda7d2878689934aa93bb505599',0,'CA==','2g7akjxj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566258,36508,6,1406,0,'79.30.8.166',1345729836,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 8 DONE','cute \":D\"','bc625d9a4f5540b33703269b3d583e36',0,'','2uoer7gq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566259,36508,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345730056,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 8 DONE','\":D\" YAY','d571e92c225e9d5ba6ce1eafadb6f70e',0,'','3a0b1oop',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566260,37414,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345730641,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[img:2zs85rh5]http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ialGTPr.Q5U07EdSxodnpA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYwMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/590/2012/08/22/ht-lion-and-cub-two-mr-120822-wmain-jpg_190910.jpg[/img:2zs85rh5]\n\n\n[url=http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/lion-cubs-first-meeting-dad-captured-camera-194456247--abc-news-topstories.html:2zs85rh5]Simba and Mufasa - the real-life versions.[/url:2zs85rh5] \":)\"','f26e81f0ea1ebbad0a94956cbb3d6a09',0,'GA==','2zs85rh5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566261,37414,3,1070,0,'96.33.66.150',1345730997,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Brother Grimace":2ap3le2e][img:2ap3le2e]http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ialGTPr.Q5U07EdSxodnpA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYwMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/590/2012/08/22/ht-lion-and-cub-two-mr-120822-wmain-jpg_190910.jpg[/img:2ap3le2e]\n\n\n[url=http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/lion-cubs-first-meeting-dad-captured-camera-194456247--abc-news-topstories.html:2ap3le2e]Simba and Mufasa - the real-life versions.[/url:2ap3le2e] \":)\"[/quote:2ap3le2e]\n\n \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" I particularly loved the one where the cubs were giving him little love bites','9a6ce55a2507bb8412365581a255a468',0,'mA==','2ap3le2e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566262,37395,6,1070,0,'96.33.66.150',1345731499,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 5) (Partial Genderswap)','[quote="ST91":1t7wbmky]I was thinking , have we ever seen an homofobic Helen ?[/quote:1t7wbmky]\n\n\nYeah - in "Out On Vacation" by Yui Daoren, Helen starts out as one.\n\nHaving said that, great story so far.','c05e0b9d9d1f46074a3a9c7cf53205fd',0,'gA==','1t7wbmky',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566263,36025,3,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345731806,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day thread','[quote:2cb17s10]"Hey I\'m Schrödinger, and this is crazy. But here\'s a sealed box, the cat lives, maybe" [/quote:2cb17s10]\n[size=50:2cb17s10]([url=https://twitter.com/kylitakinse/statuses/238630855675883520:2cb17s10]source[/url:2cb17s10])[/size:2cb17s10]','276f47d4a6f8e9d95f33d8b98274bb72',0,'lA==','2cb17s10',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566264,36533,6,1070,0,'96.33.66.150',1345731966,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Undying Love (Updated 8/22)','Daria losing it in 3...2...1... (not that that would be a bad thing mind you \":twisted:\" )','ee1c33d28595e6ae86623832d512fd64',0,'','2wtwglwy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566265,37444,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345732576,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[b:391zizby]Stacy\'s Mom[/b:391zizby]\n\n"So, Stacy... Do you mind if I like, come over after school and stuff?" Sandi Griffin asked nervously, "I mean, I could maybe uh... clean or something." She nervously looked away as Stacy glanced back at her curiously.\n\n"Why would you want to do that?" The pig-tailed girl blinked in confusion, "I mean, you can or something... but..."\n\n"I can even mow the grass or something, I mean, remember that one time when I was over at your house and like... your mom came out with just a towel on?"\n\nFeeling a bit uneasy at the question, Stacy nodded, "Right... it was kind of weird, but my mom isn\'t as modest as some people I suppose, and she was covered!"\n\n"It was really hot." Sandi smiled.\n\n(inspired based on song Stacy\'s mom by uhh... fountains of wayne)','07db3a831dd5f810e7d133ea75405b8b',0,'QA==','391zizby',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566266,28282,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1345733858,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Crossing Stars','Great update.','ebe671c1bafb5f49b9406c8edf44b517',0,'','18hb40jl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566267,37418,6,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345734012,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="Cypher3au":11ux2gjl]Considering how the earlier-set chapters made mention of Daria\'s mask making her look square-jawed, and her annoyance at her developing figure, was there a point where she could no longer keep up a gender-neutral facade? Where some photographer realised \'holy ****, the Question is actually a woman!?\', and Daria decided to drop that part of her disguise?\n\nIf that\'s the case, I wonder if someone put two-and-two together and started wondering just how young the Question was that it was only NOW that she stopped being able to disguise her gender.[/quote:11ux2gjl]\n\nYou ask very interesting questions. I always have to stop and think about them a bit. \":)\"\n\nShe\'s never really been of indeterminate/disguised gender--it\'s never been my intent, at least. Her body size and build is clearly feminine. Her voice, though monotone/lilting (think J. Combs performance on JLU, but a woman*), is quite obviously a woman\'s.\n\nIt honestly never occurred to her (me) to pull a Milan gambit.\n\nWhat that line in the first chapter of QAQA was supposed to be was my little toe-in-the-water/tongue-in-cheek participation in the years-long debate on Daria\'s bust size. I\'m in the "wears the baggy sweater because she has something to hide" camp because it\'s 1) funny and 2) actually makes sense. Which is a rare combination to be cherished.\n\nJust like canon!Daria, Q!Daria doesn\'t like flaunting her figure. This is part of the reason she wears an epic overcoat. Yet puberty\'s parting shots have made even her epic coat increasingly insufficient to hide just how much she\'s built like Helen, much to her irritation.\n\nOf course, that\'s 18 year old Daria. Later in the series she\'s older and more comfortable with her body (and more mature about the whole "don\'t want to be judged by appearance" thing), so it doesn\'t really bother her so much. Which is fortunate, because she IS built like her mother.\n\nOn the other hand, most people spend their time staring at Power Girl, if they\'re going to stare. \":?\" \n\nNow, you\'re right that Question\'s [i:11ux2gjl]age[/i:11ux2gjl] is indeterminate, and deliberately so. But that has less to do with her body shape and more to do with the deliberate square-jawed shape of the featureless mask and monotone voice.** Both of which combined remove most of the tells for age.\n\nPeople, generally, assume she\'s older than she actually is. But given her skill and personality, very few even imagine she could have started out as a teenager.\n\n[size=85:11ux2gjl]* I view Daria\'s near-flat/no-inflection canon voice as a literary device designed to reflect her emotional disconnection from the world. In-universe, it\'s something she does on purpose/subconsciously for the same reason. Losing Jane and becoming the Question and meeting Bubbles and founding the JLA forced her to re-engage quite a bit, so her "real" Daria voice in this AU is much more expressive, maybe even with a hint of the native accent from whatever part of Texas Highland is supposed to be in. It would still be flatter than normal and capable of biting sarcastic retorts, of course.\n\n** This is really a secondary effect. The mask is square-jawed because of the built in features meant to protect her bones from blows to to the head; filter air; and provide a limited closed-off air supply.[/size:11ux2gjl]','fa089b4b9db4dacb5db335804ceda27f',0,'pA==','11ux2gjl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566268,37446,3,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345734464,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Nintendo Power','[quote="DocForbin":3qdjm03p]Today\'s [i:3qdjm03p]Sore Thumbs[/i:3qdjm03p] strip had something to say about it:\n\n[attachment=0:3qdjm03p]st20120822.jpg[/attachment:3qdjm03p][/quote:3qdjm03p]\n\nMan I haven\'t thought about Sore Thumbs in years.','493e9f8fb015780838c3aff3eec3a4a4',0,'oAg=','3qdjm03p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566269,36303,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1345734486,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Mageborn Cynic : Daria & the School of Magic : Part','[quote="Dariclone":ze5syfbz]Love how Daria will now be unde the Magistrates protection. This definitly reads like an epic fantasy novel. \":)\"[/quote:ze5syfbz]\n\nI feel incredibly sorry for Mageborn Daria because she just lost the remains of freedom she had.','eb19df50325dd58ad39d7c67ec4aba69',0,'gA==','ze5syfbz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566270,37250,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1345734897,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sexy Daria: Lab Lockdown Sex (Pt 4)','Funny to see Mack and Daria discussing Jodie while fighting the remaining rension between them, and Brooke teasing Jane about Charles.','8966029d127b541336459cb8be743d3d',0,'','ygl4e55p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566271,37453,10,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345734974,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Susie Rowe from Blessings (+ A few other fics I guess?)','I like it! Nice technique with the facial expression.','4fbca5225d7d3d30abc9255c790e761e',0,'','pp0skiuq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566272,35096,0,2128,0,'24.12.115.87',1345735178,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: NEW USERS MUST POST WITHIN 48 HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!','Hi! I\'m a real person and not a spammer.','19d8abf4435ce0a12b6082a3b07a8225',0,'','2kx7cnu7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566273,37325,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1345735373,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: TDJS Ch.3 Kung-fu party . Part 2','[quote:1kc8y54x]Unfortunately, it was fate that the two teens could only have a little moment of privacy because shortly thereafter Helen returned home and, when she discovered the two teens making out, yelled exactly as Quinn had done before.[/quote:1kc8y54x]\n\nI hope Dario isn\'t going to be grounded, or worse, forced to stop seeing Jane.','6501563f579e72cbd336528b330b7c43',0,'gA==','1kc8y54x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566274,37444,6,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345735394,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','It was [i:1ejrfn6s]very[/i:1ejrfn6s] blue. That was the first detail that leaped out at her. Daria glanced around the room.\n\nThe second thing that caught her attention was the fact that many of the curtains draped around the room were velvet. She wondered briefly how the Fashion Club would react to that little revelation.\n\nThe third and final detail was that the room seemed to be inside a limousine, which directly contradicted the fact she\'d entered from the entirely non-mobile environs of Lawndale High School. That was the weirdest thing. She was dwelling on that fact when a slight bit of movement caught her attention, bringing it back to the old man and the apparently young woman seated at a table at the questionable room\'s far end.\n\nThe old man looked her in the eyes, making a sound of admiration. "Welcome," he said, "To the Velvet Room."','0630e588fd5d9017249f6924ca965103',0,'IA==','1ejrfn6s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566275,36541,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1345735594,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Hunter Home from the Hill, part 18','[quote="BF110C4":2m2wrjrp][quote="ST91":2m2wrjrp][quote="peetz5050":2m2wrjrp]Whoa. First the rout of the rednecks then the death of Mrs. J? Exciting stuff, well handled Deac.[/quote:2m2wrjrp]ditto \":D\"[/quote:2m2wrjrp]+1 \":D\"[/quote:2m2wrjrp]\n+2','15957c9c3b78ef50582a0959edbae82e',0,'gA==','2m2wrjrp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566276,37417,4,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345735782,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','[quote="Scott Rasmussen":26ao28jd]#Missouri Senate: #McCaskill (D) 48%, #Akin (R) 38%... [url:26ao28jd]http://t.co/YcIuxUFz[/url:26ao28jd] #akin[/quote:26ao28jd]\nThat\'s....one hell of a swing. If the money\'s truly gone, dead man walking?','3f2397d7b15f3989f56b7553dd429d5f',0,'kA==','26ao28jd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566277,36242,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1345735945,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Vivian part 6','[quote="BF110C4":1xjso2eh]Jane doesn\'t know the amount of troubles this woman is going to cause her directly and indirectly in the nextb few months, especially since she already set her eyes on Trent, and that is a sure way of putting her into conflict with Daria, not to mention whatever is going to happen when Brittany discovers were her evil mother is going to live.\n\nPoor Jane, she just set herself for at least two different crossfires.[/quote:1xjso2eh]\n\nAnd all she wanted is some money to feed herself and Trent. Talk about unexpected trouble. \":(\"','b79b29fa910e3ed9c6c6b68870efb389',0,'gA==','1xjso2eh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566278,37157,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1345736344,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Unexpected Hookup: Underneath It All (Pt 7)','Whoa, Daria is dressing up and Quinn is willing to abandon FC routine for the guys they liked.','dc7d0d521699307cb501bdadfea39fab',0,'','19qm7txf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578232,37965,4,1108,0,'86.139.166.42',1351366509,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Berlusconi goes to directly to jail but may pass Go','Berlusconi owns a large media company and his political party could withdraw support from Monti\'s government - Monti is definately going to give a fuck about that. \n\n[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20112404:1gug46cg]And Berlusconi has now threatened that his party will do just that.[/url:1gug46cg]\n\nRight after a court conviction, he threatens this. and [quote:1gug46cg]He said he wanted to "reform the justice system so that what happened to me doesn\'t happen to other citizens".[/quote:1gug46cg]\n\nAha, yeah, sure this is about the economy, Silvio.\n\nEDIT: Though even if Berlusconi wasn\'t a threat, I\'d bet Monti just doesn\'t like him very much. [i:1gug46cg]I[/i:1gug46cg] don\'t like him and I don\'t have to take over from him!','c8c198eacf0f8d5814dd96f6f486a664',0,'sA==','1gug46cg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578233,37972,10,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1351366726,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Discussion: Daria\'s characters dressed like Marvel/DC he','Muss up her hair and Quinn could be Batgirl/Oracle.','1920a34abc6e746d325f20cb356cef54',0,'','393f7mbf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578234,37956,6,1108,0,'86.139.166.42',1351366890,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning','"Merry Christmas, Trent!" Jane handed him a CD. "I had this custom made: Mystik Spiral\'s Greatest Hits!"\n\n"Whoa. [i:ujl0bgko]Cool[/i:ujl0bgko]." He took the CD out, rushed to the player, and found: "Uh, there\'s nothing on here."\n\nJane pointed at him. "AHHHHH ha ha. [i:ujl0bgko]AHHHHHH ha ha.[/i:ujl0bgko]"','5058625ab11e1998c76796c16fc0b8cc',0,'IA==','ujl0bgko',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578235,37948,16,2239,0,'98.66.57.149',1351367018,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Question: Tom Sloane\'s Final Alter Ego','[img:1z1xx08m]http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/images/c/cc/StacyChristina.jpg[/img:1z1xx08m]\n\nI always thought Stacy as Christina was hot. I know. It\'s a sick, sad world. - Og','72331272ffca8f00a0e14428c7bfa316',0,'CA==','1z1xx08m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578236,37971,6,1108,0,'86.139.166.42',1351367038,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Complete AU Stories','Finn Morgendorffer by HolyGrail until it gets uncomfortable for you (and YMMV on that), [i:2kjpf65c]definately[/i:2kjpf65c] Hallowed Halls of Fielding, Darius and Daria 2007 are both great AU takes, Smijey\'s My Best Friend if you want to feel horrible inside (that means it\'s good!), RX-87\'s Homeless Daria stuff.','f849a41a729fda23b159008356c830c0',0,'IA==','2kjpf65c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578237,34200,6,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1351367216,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scream Scenes','Jelly Quinn deserves multiple fan arts, especially is she is a giant jelly baby.','41914bcaf3b10a26f67db57044c6d195',0,'','by135x4e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578238,37955,6,1108,0,'86.139.166.42',1351367291,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Timed IC: More Legends of the Mall','I was thinking of Lovecraft\'s Innsmouth, where Bad Things are happening around town, because I read Alan Moore\'s Neonomicon recently.\n\nPS nobody else read Alan Moore\'s Neonomicon if you want a sleepless night and a quiet stomach.','282287417743616fb7a433d88cadffc6',0,'','tdz25dwc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578239,37406,5,2213,0,'98.180.20.16',1351367301,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you listening to? Part 4','Lookin\' up a buncha Opie and Anthony on YouTube now.','dda7740574a325b0d20866fc7d258388',0,'','16ubfkfu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578240,37956,6,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1351367429,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning','[quote="Charles RB":1z17zevn]"Merry Christmas, Trent!" Jane handed him a CD. "I had this custom made: Mystik Spiral\'s Greatest Hits!"\n\n"Whoa. [i:1z17zevn]Cool[/i:1z17zevn]." He took the CD out, rushed to the player, and found: "Uh, there\'s nothing on here."\n\nJane pointed at him. "AHHHHH ha ha. [i:1z17zevn]AHHHHHH ha ha.[/i:1z17zevn]"[/quote:1z17zevn]\n\n\nWIN. Oh Janey is so evil. She\'s gonna finish that one off by stabbing the poor guy in the heart singing \'Every Dog Has Its Day\' at him with a mocking laugh.','0732424539f57793867ddcf5397780de',0,'oA==','1z17zevn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578241,37948,16,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1351367663,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Question: Tom Sloane\'s Final Alter Ego','[quote="Jeremy Garrett":ybuhqtja]I wonder what Luhrman\'s "future ego" would\'ve looked like.[/quote:ybuhqtja]\n\n\nHome shopping channel presenter, like the sham wow guy.','810691d0ff3d1db48c0c7a91e6101270',0,'gA==','ybuhqtja',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578242,37863,3,1108,0,'86.139.166.42',1351367769,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread LXVII: Slightly More Roman','My favourite off-colour joke was in a history book about Stalingrad: it reproduced a Wermacht gag order, reminding everyone that when they go back to Germany they\'re [i:11g5j5ad]not[/i:11g5j5ad] to shoot civilians and their dogs and steal their food! Ohohohoho!\n\nSeriously, that was the joke. \n\nAnother joke said Christmas has been cancelled because Joseph has been called up, Mary\'s in the Red Cross, baby Jesus has been sent to the countryside to avoid the bombing, the Three Wise Men couldn\'t prove they were Ayran enough to enter etc and only the donkey is left "and you can\'t have Christmas with just a donkey". Scribbled on that in Russian is some poor intelligence officer\'s note of "I do not understand. Where did this come from?".','1c5f2358142fc6d1a3a0f946c5985450',0,'IA==','11g5j5ad',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578243,37937,10,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1351367784,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Happy Halloween!','Time has not lessened the horror of this. \n\nWell played breitasparrow, well played.','6f5e0b1cd80956dcb59108649c23ee64',0,'','nsbnu3bg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578244,37948,16,2213,0,'98.180.20.16',1351367882,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Question: Tom Sloane\'s Final Alter Ego','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":1dn26ucs][quote="Jeremy Garrett":1dn26ucs]I wonder what Luhrman\'s "future ego" would\'ve looked like.[/quote:1dn26ucs]\n\n\nHome shopping channel presenter, like the sham wow guy.[/quote:1dn26ucs]\n\nHeh, he\'d probably sound like those Jaboody Dubs videos.','47a0575e46e1f74fcbfa58c373f33578',0,'gA==','1dn26ucs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578245,37863,3,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1351367913,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread LXVII: Slightly More Roman','I\'ve heard some shocking jokes but none I could say here.','274b203c8df8f4eda6f49ba11ab287c6',0,'','1y1lprwx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578246,37948,16,2239,0,'98.66.57.149',1351368017,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Question: Tom Sloane\'s Final Alter Ego','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":3amyitdu][quote="Jeremy Garrett":3amyitdu]I wonder what Luhrman\'s "future ego" would\'ve looked like.[/quote:3amyitdu]\n\n\nHome shopping channel presenter, like the sham wow guy.[/quote:3amyitdu]\n\n[img:3amyitdu]http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/images/thumb/d/d3/LuhrmanDaria.jpg/200px-LuhrmanDaria.jpg[/img:3amyitdu]\n\nI see him as the David Bowie type... for some strange reason. - Og','5ca34c38e84dd6383bd529fb45da0e85',0,'iA==','3amyitdu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578247,37956,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.21',1351368559,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning','[b:nnwz4lc5]Running Away From It All While Sipping Margaritas On An Island Somewhere[/b:nnwz4lc5]\n\nJane licked some of the excess salt off of her lips and sighed, "Ah... Bliss."\n\nShe then turned her head lazily to the left at the figure sleeping in the other lounge chair and smiled.\n\n"She\'s the most beautiful thing I have ever seen." Jane said to herself again before turning away, watching the waves endlessly falling on the beach, letting the gentle breeze and the sunshine on her bare skin lull her into dreamland.\n\nIn the beachchair next to her, Mrs. Stoller woke up suddenly, needing a drink, so she borrowed her little Janie\'s margarita and let the ice-cold alcohol sooth her parched throat.\n\n"I wonder if little Janie will be up for some more play time?" Stoller asked herself before reclining in her chair, glad that she had stolen all that cash from out under Angela Li\'s nose and run off to this perfect paradise with her one, true love.\n\nEven if she was the biggest first grader she had ever taught.','23992402ac3757cf26feccbc0b162646',0,'QA==','nnwz4lc5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566281,36803,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1345736630,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','That depends if the cheerleader is Brittany or somebody else.','c25fda5477f0068182d91ac3c04eb025',0,'','1htzagj1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566282,37447,5,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345736728,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','[quote="Brother Grimace":2xh04xuk]There\'s a reason why fans (well, former fans) of the network refer to it as \'SyFail\'.[/quote:2xh04xuk]\n\nOh, that\'s just from the GE side of the family. Comcast is the majority shareholder in NBC-Universal right now (51% ownership last I checked), which leads to a bigger problem.\n\nComcast is the company that created G4. Yes, the G4 that took over TechTV. The G4 that went from being "The Gamer\'s Network" to the morass it is now. The one that got dropped by DirectTV. \n\n[i:2xh04xuk]You can see why I\'m a bit concerned here.[/i:2xh04xuk]','4fe527f9c6c4d801dad80933d05c8871',0,'oA==','2xh04xuk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566283,37417,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345737141,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','[quote="-sam":2ebs0wid][quote="Scott Rasmussen":2ebs0wid]#Missouri Senate: #McCaskill (D) 48%, #Akin (R) 38%... [url:2ebs0wid]http://t.co/YcIuxUFz[/url:2ebs0wid] #akin[/quote:2ebs0wid]\nThat\'s....one hell of a swing. If the money\'s truly gone, dead man walking?[/quote:2ebs0wid]\n\n[url=http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/akin-comments-could-swing-missouri-senate-race/:2ebs0wid]Nate Silver notes that, roughly, such gaffs cause a similar shift in election results.[/url:2ebs0wid]','e1befc9a0e75d5065bb3713e9dd9ce55',0,'kA==','2ebs0wid',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578230,37948,16,2213,0,'98.180.20.16',1351366340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Question: Tom Sloane\'s Final Alter Ego','I wonder what Luhrman\'s "future ego" would\'ve looked like.','c5ab25bed6c85b78b2b4887e871fc174',0,'','2ydra8vv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578231,37902,6,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1351366462,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: About A Girl (part of the A Hard Rain\'s A Gonna Fall ser','[quote="BrownEyedBagel":12bpw3rq]:shock: \nI get the errie vibe that Timothy thinks that he\'s somehow in control regardless of the situation or his body language.\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":12bpw3rq]I\'m debating as to whether the next chapter will be Angela Li being questioning or Jane calling Daria.[/quote:12bpw3rq] \n\nTease.[/quote:12bpw3rq]\n\nIt is a common practice for suspects in interview to completely disassociate themselves from their surroundings. Even a no comment interview can give a lot away, however reading a person who has shut down entirely is difficult to say the least. I also hope I made O\'Neill ambigous in his shift in attitude, again this is common in interviews, no matter the offence. \n\nI\'m swinging towards bringing in Daria next. At the very least Jane will want some straight talking at this point.','59f86cd594e6bd6f298e052067ad2a39',0,'gA==','12bpw3rq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566285,36981,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1345737336,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Resentful Cynic Ch.4 : Revenge of the malled part 9 DO','Thanks a lot for the chapter. The contrast between three dinners is overwhelming.\nDaria will needs TONS of pizza as conpensation for the embarassment.','31e83aadc2e9884cf6395503288b686a',0,'','2ctdlc5p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566286,36717,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1345737696,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Operation Glitterberries: Chapter 09 part 2','[quote="ST91":32kni79q][quote="peetz5050":32kni79q]Run Janey, RUN![/quote:32kni79q]\n\nNah , I don\'t think that Daria is planning to kill her.[/quote:32kni79q]\n\nUnless Melody discovers a hidden message in one of the SSW episodes "Kill Jacaranda".','faf90247db57dc3e45d43d043520aea6',0,'gA==','32kni79q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566287,37414,3,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345737781,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','For some reason, "Sunday morning blues" keeps reminding me of "Carefree Highway."\n\n[quote:38rbutx5]Carefree Highway\n\nGordon Lightfoot\n\nPickin\' up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream\nI wonder how the old folks are tonight\nHer name was Ann and I\'ll be damned if I recall her face\nShe left me not knowin\' what to do\nCarefree highway, let me slip away on you\nCarefree highway, you seen better days\nThe mornin\' after blues from my head down to my shoes\nCarefree highway, let me slip away\nSlip away on you\n\nTurnin\' back the pages to the times I love best\nI wonder if she\'ll ever do the same\nNow the thing that I call livin\' is just bein\' satisfied\nWith knowin\' I got no one left to blame\n\nCarefree highway, got ta see you my old flame\nCarefree highway, you seen better days\nThe mornin\' after blues from my head down to my shoes\nCarefree highway, let me slip away\nSlip away on you\n\nSearchin\' through the fragments of my dream-shattered sleep\nI wonder if the years have closed her mind\nI guess it must be wanderlust or tryin\' to get free\nFrom the good old faithful feelin\' we once knew\n\nCarefree highway, let me slip away on you\nCarefree highway, you seen better days\nThe mornin\' after blues from my head down to my shoes\nCarefree highway, let me slip away\nSlip away on you\nLet me slip away on you\nCarefree highway, got ta see you my old flame\nCarefree highway, you seen better days\nThe mornin\' after blues from my head down to my shoes\nCarefree highway, let me slip away\nSlip away on you[/quote:38rbutx5]','f654692776d8a57b1a2db3eda4256d36',0,'gA==','38rbutx5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566288,37414,3,1192,0,'186.134.173.30',1345737885,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="-sam":18zb4a78]You know it\'s getting close(ish) to homecoming when I start thinking, "hey, it might be fun to buy a kilt."[/quote:18zb4a78]\nIt will more fun to date a schoolgirl wearing a kilt.\n\nWhat?\n\nOh, yeah, I\'m 29, my prime has passed.','3e30a76eaae898bfb257a0f765b321e0',0,'gA==','18zb4a78',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566289,35981,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1345737967,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[quote="Charles RB":nmefx9qj][i:nmefx9qj]You people are sick.[/i:nmefx9qj]\n\n[quote="Walter Kovacs":nmefx9qj][b:nmefx9qj]History Class with Mr. M[/b:nmefx9qj][/quote:nmefx9qj]\n\nDaria may be in hELL but I\'m in fits of \":lol:\" ![/quote:nmefx9qj]\n\nSeconded.','2b82edc56a30019b681b5a1bb7573d4e',0,'4A==','nmefx9qj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566290,37447,5,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345738216,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Syfy to remake Blake\'s 7','Pinheads and bean counters never lead to success. And networks are crawling with them. It\'s one of the big reasons why they keep copying from each other. When was the last time one of the major networks came up with a good idea that wasn\'t a ripoff of another show, taken from a book or movie, or imported from overseas? They\'re too scared to take a chance, most of the time.','cfb34242a0448b525302004b74a0efd6',0,'','9dhrbom6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566291,37418,6,1189,0,'184.47.47.48',1345738239,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','I like how you have so many details figured out even though they are not explicitly mentioned (The reason the mask is square jawed for instance).\n\nI was under the impression that Question used some form of body armor. I do get that it\'s not heavy armor because she ends up with a large collection of bruises. Even so, I imagined it would tend to minimize certain attributes and that combined with the Epic Coat (love that description), and that fact that anyone she is fighting would be far too busy to be gawking, would be misleading as to Question\'s gender.','7c94f16817f9d38e31d0175aafdae421',0,'','2ucett0l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566292,37414,3,1192,0,'186.134.173.30',1345738423,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Ranger Thorne":37w7t7rn]For some reason, "Sunday morning blues" keeps reminding me of "Carefree Highway."\n\n[quote:37w7t7rn]Carefree Highway\n\nGordon Lightfoot\n\nPickin\' up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream\nI wonder how the old folks are tonight\nHer name was Ann and I\'ll be damned if I recall her face\nShe left me not knowin\' what to do\nCarefree highway, let me slip away on you\nCarefree highway, you seen better days\nThe mornin\' after blues from my head down to my shoes\nCarefree highway, let me slip away\nSlip away on you\n\nTurnin\' back the pages to the times I love best\nI wonder if she\'ll ever do the same\nNow the thing that I call livin\' is just bein\' satisfied\nWith knowin\' I got no one left to blame\n\nCarefree highway, got ta see you my old flame\nCarefree highway, you seen better days\nThe mornin\' after blues from my head down to my shoes\nCarefree highway, let me slip away\nSlip away on you\n\nSearchin\' through the fragments of my dream-shattered sleep\nI wonder if the years have closed her mind\nI guess it must be wanderlust or tryin\' to get free\nFrom the good old faithful feelin\' we once knew\n\nCarefree highway, let me slip away on you\nCarefree highway, you seen better days\nThe mornin\' after blues from my head down to my shoes\nCarefree highway, let me slip away\nSlip away on you\nLet me slip away on you\nCarefree highway, got ta see you my old flame\nCarefree highway, you seen better days\nThe mornin\' after blues from my head down to my shoes\nCarefree highway, let me slip away\nSlip away on you[/quote:37w7t7rn][/quote:37w7t7rn]\nHere\'s my choice for "Sunday morning blues"\n\n[youtube:37w7t7rn]uW59sZ2GzkI[/youtube:37w7t7rn]\n\n[quote:37w7t7rn]Hello Frank how\'re you doing? \nAre you alright? \n\nSunday morning blues, you know\nJust ain\'t the best\nwhen you just want to lie down \nand have a good rest. \nCoz the nerves kind of get to you\nwhen you feel kinda small\nand all those things moving\nup and down against the wall\nthen you tie on that bandana\nand you feel kind of tough\npeople know you know\nthat life is really rough\nand your mama comes and hits you\nwith a plastic telephone\nand she\'s gone and told you\nthat you\'re not even home\nand she has called you\non that telephone\nand she has called you\non that telephone\nYour mum said you weren\'t home\nShe called you on the telephone\nYour mum told you weren\'t home\nOh mama what did you do? \nwhat did you do? \nShe thinks I\'m with her\nI\'m gonna get blue\nI\'m gonna cut my throat\nI\'m gonna smash my head\nI\'m gonna jump into the bath\nI\'m gonna lie in bed\n\nWell anyway that never happened\nbecause... one day... \nreligion came to stay\noh yeah religion come to stay\noh yeah bad vibes they\'ve gone all away. \n\nReligion came to stay\nall right what you tell rastafar\nI tell you God there in the heaven\nand he looks after you\nand that\'s what they say\n\nWell I\'m telling you from\nthe southern United States of America\nthat God and Christ are in your body\nand they\'re living with you. \n\nDominus, vosbicum etu\nspiritu tuum\nAll right, let\'s pray! \n\nLet us pray! \nPo po po\nLet us pray! \nA ja ja ja\nLet us pray! \nBaby pray for us\n\nJesus Christ\nwon\'t you pray for us? \n\nI think we\'re there\nOh, no maybe not\n(doesn\'t matter) \nkeep on\nwell you know\nThese songs get kinda long\nespecially when they call me on the telephone. \nWell I\'ve been thinking about things\nBut I\'ve forgotten of what I thought\nso I think I\'ll just go on and sing this. \nOh baby stand by me\nOh no no\nNo woman no cry\nOh no no\n[i:37w7t7rn]La rubia tarada[/i:37w7t7rn]...![/quote:37w7t7rn]','8269e20cea823b567b43c633272321d1',0,'oAE=','37w7t7rn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566293,37445,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345738457,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Major Tom (and its Sequel!)','heheheheh\n\nheeheeheehee\n\nHAHAHAHAHA!\n\nOkay, I\'m better now.','e2b90d56bc400684ee84aa631c3d275b',0,'','3fwxlaja',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566294,37414,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345738513,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','http://realspacemodels.com/html/skylab.html\n\nI want. I bought.\n\n\":D\"','db3d5399690d65bd21bf7f117990594b',0,'','1r79ke09',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566295,36901,16,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345738848,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria to return to MTV US!','[quote="ThanatosRW":8f32zumq]Kevin as a shelf stocker at the local grocery (because no one would ever let him handle the cash), with a slight bulge and a newborn son. Doug is pressuring Kevin to put the kid in football, but Kevin is reluctant because of how it didn\'t help him.[/quote:8f32zumq]\n\nKevin would likely be in his Dad\'s business. At least unless he screwed up something big enough to force even his father to lay him off (he wouldn\'t fire him because he wouldn\'t want it on his son\'s employment records).\n\n[quote:8f32zumq]Upchuck was kicked out of college for multiple instances of sexual harassment. Works as the assistant manager of the grocery where Kevin works.[/quote:8f32zumq]\n\nActually Upchuck\'s smarminess would actually work on a woman or two at college. I can think of a number of college aged women now and back when I was making an attempt at it, who would be over joyed by having an intelligent and not entirely hideous young man shower them with attention. Not to mention, his linguistic style would be considered cute and/or funny by many. Cute and Funny are outstanding doors to actual interest \";)\".\n\n[quote:8f32zumq]Mack, graduated college near the top of his class, and was hired by a large bank. Is now the boss of Andrew Landon, whose bubble had burst.[/quote:8f32zumq]\n\nFrom bad with money to manager for a bank. Ahh, the irony.\n\n[quote:8f32zumq]Tiffany, stuck a fork in a toaster to get her lipstick out. Died of electrical shock.[/quote:8f32zumq]\n\nI can sadly see this happening quite easily without even having to ask "Why the hell was a lipstick in her toaster?"\n\n[quote:8f32zumq]Stacy, working as an actress. Currently appearing in a sci-fi series.[/quote:8f32zumq]\nWith a mad fanatical fanbase.\n\n[quote:8f32zumq]Sandi, went out to Hollywood with Stacy. Did some modeling, but attempts to sabotage others left her blacklisted. [/quote:8f32zumq]\n\nI can see her trying to sabotage Stacy being the real trigger, especially if something she did caused Stacy to be unavailable for an unavoidable extended period after her dark horse popularity really kicked off.\n\n[quote:8f32zumq]Daria, struggling to work with her publishers with her manuscript. Has had several short stories published.[/quote:8f32zumq]\nWhih wouldn\'t really provide enough to live on consistently. So the question is what does she do every day to make a living?\n\n[quote:8f32zumq]Jane, works with city beautification. Does murals, occasional statues, but has limited say in the final product.[/quote:8f32zumq]\nThose types of public art projects have a lot of back and forth communication with the commissioned artist. She\'d be asked to bring in roughs, sketches and other samples of her ideas for the specific project. \n\nNot to mention while BFAC is an art college, art colleges still teach courses like business and economics. I can\'t imagine BFAC being much different from the High School level School of Fine Arts in my area. They have courses dedicated to large numbers of artistic interests, specializations and subjects, but they also have to follow core educational requirements such as math, history, and social courses to maintain its accreditation. They simply apply an artistic bent to those core subjects. Like art history with a multitude of cultural specialties after the general 101 class (similar to what my college did for engineering majors with History of Engineering). Speaking of which, I bet there are Artistic Engineering courses on their curriculum just as informative and serious as any other structural engineering course at a non-art school. Not to mention classes like Geology and Metallurgy courses. And you can almost bet they have Commercial Art courses that cover exactly the type of public art programs you are referring to, and how to balance artistic vision with the client\'s wants/needs. Artistic Marketing and whole host of other practical classes that meld art with the real world.\n\nhmmm, I might be able to use that','0e8d1347585a8f443ed82695bdd5c8a3',0,'gA==','8f32zumq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566296,37345,6,1189,0,'184.47.47.48',1345739389,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Another AU (maybe an IC?)','Interesting that Daria identifies Reputation instead of appearance as Helen\'s motivation. \nEven more interesting that it does not appear to be conscious. More along the lines of "My daughters need support and reassurance and they will have it". Reputation gained from action instead of debate.\nIt may take a while for Daria and Quinn to notice, if they ever do, but Helen\'s motivation works in their favor.','637da13b6f347d98db5a1b152ce7eed3',0,'','2j2s4glq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566297,36533,6,1189,0,'184.47.47.48',1345739772,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Undying Love (Updated 8/22)','[quote="BF110C4":14xmfwsh][quote="peetz5050":14xmfwsh]OMG it\'s B&B! Great story, keep on goin![/quote:14xmfwsh]Now I\'m truly scared for humanity. \":lol:\" \n\nExcellent work as always, even if Kevin should be at least a block of C4 instead of just a humble pipe bomb. \";)\"[/quote:14xmfwsh]\nThis is a Brittany who has gone a fair ways around the twist due to emotional trauma as well as shock. Combine this with her apparent obsessive behavior and I think it would be safe to assume that Kevin is much more than a \'humble\' pipe bomb. Those things can be downright nasty if you put some thought into it. To illustrate further, we all know Brittany can be pretty devious.','cee55745e7a4d90fc29f85bb6f6d2a3b',0,'gA==','14xmfwsh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566298,36025,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345740042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day thread','A bumper sticker my wife had years ago:\n\n[i:3qudet4h]Some people have kids as an excuse to buy toys. I think it is more dignified to cut out the middleman and buy them for yourself.[/i:3qudet4h]','4affae480462929dbba2a9012a34c828',0,'IA==','3qudet4h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566299,37414,3,323,0,'199.123.79.97',1345740066,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','"That river rafter was fun," mused Jane, "but currently we\'ve drifted apart. The glassmaker was so transparent, and that cat-herder couldn\'t keep it together. But I did enjoy going out with that one-legged guy. It sounds lame, I know."','76d1c6a46ce68cd307eea901e8ab9180',0,'','3rjex9fo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566300,37414,3,323,0,'199.123.79.97',1345740184,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','"And the hunchback, that was such a conflicted relationship. When he got ugly, he rang my bell. But I kept him whipped."\n\n[img:21g769o6]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/rimshot.gif[/img:21g769o6]','bef6cef12daf9914507c11732923b7b3',0,'CA==','21g769o6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566301,37444,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345740539,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','Wasn\'t sure if it should go here or in the crossover thread.\n\n\n\n\nThe basement\'s assemblage of folding chairs were almost full. The raised platform they faced had two empty seats in the center. To their left, Angier Sloan sat beside Buck Conroy, and to their right Tim O\'Neil was next to Joe MacKenzie. Almost all were wearing their vests, gray with a patch with an animal upside down with its feet in the air. A sound on the steps caused those still standing to turn pause in their conversation as Jake Morgendorffer and Anthony DeMartino entered. \n\n"Everybody sit down," O\'Neil ordered ineffectively as he waved his arms.\n\n"Sit!" Conroy barked. As everyone seated themselves he smirked at O\'Neill.\n\nJake took his place in the center of the line of chairs as DeMartino took his seat.\n\n"All rise!" O\'Neill ordered.\n\nThe group rose and raised their curled hands up to their shoulders, then crossed them.\n\n"Quando omni flunkus moritati," they recited in unison.\n\n"All right," Jake said, sit down. After he took his own seat, he spoke again, "Now lower your heads for the man\'s prayer."\n\nAgain, all spoke in the unison of long practice. "I\'m a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess."\n\n"Okay," Jake began, "it looks like Trent slept through our meeting again. Which is bad because he was supposed to bring Vincent\'s books so we could see if we actually [i:3vmxs3ly]have[/i:3vmxs3ly] anything in the treasury....','f4c2a50b12664752c49b5548edbe50fb',0,'IA==','3vmxs3ly',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566302,37417,4,785,0,'190.136.235.25',1345740560,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','I don\'t know if this has been mentioned in the thread:\nhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012 ... -platform/\nhttp://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... =allsearch\n\nIf this actually happens, I don\'t see how Obama could lose. Unless most of the voters are batshit insane.','70d067fd143ea5dcbb98e8b8997cfa9d',0,'','3iqshyng',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566303,37414,3,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345740832,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','That\'s okay TAG, getting it out of your system is healthy. I think.\n\n\n \":shock:\" Oh no, I\'m paraphrasing O\'Neill! \":shock:\"','d4c6a3b5ebc682bcdf432711912742c9',0,'','2sticti0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566304,37414,3,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1345741044,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','My new laptop, bought in February, already has the A erased from the keyboard.\n\nThis is shit made in Argentina. Congrats, presi.','d4ad5f765f56081e0bbd4c66e7b8431e',0,'','gd2cuz63',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566305,36901,16,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1345741230,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria to return to MTV US!','[quote="Charles RB":6m0ltf71]Because of Sarah Drew\'s massive acting success[/quote:6m0ltf71]\nIt\'s not really [i:6m0ltf71]that[/i:6m0ltf71] massive. She\'s just in one hit show at the moment.','05c6724ee1c2b3b01dfd58cc914a2fe5',0,'oA==','6m0ltf71',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566306,37414,3,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345741419,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Very punny, TAG.','d8a7deabd2b2b0c498f9a4e3cf961f16',0,'','2d4ibd6v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566307,37414,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345741454,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Quiverwing":7ela27bj]This is **** made in Argentina.[/quote:7ela27bj]\nDon\'t you mean Rgentin? \":mrgreen:\"','ac26c9ea984aa1db580ad97e665778e2',0,'gA==','7ela27bj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566308,37417,4,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345741517,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','[quote="LSauchelli":1qomkr7m][...]Unless most of the voters are batshit insane.[/quote:1qomkr7m]\nYou wanna bet they aren\'t? \":mrgreen:\"','bfc45fbadc8ff825765002002b011ae9',0,'gA==','1qomkr7m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566309,37340,6,249,0,'82.24.219.38',1345741651,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Masters Degrees From Outer Space!','Starting to work out what wants to happen on Corouscant.\n\n--=+=--\n\n“Daria, right?” asked a voice.\n\nDaria looked up from her food and saw a black human male stood next to her table, he had his own tray of food with a beverage.\n\n“A human of that name does occupy this volume of space at this time,” said Daria.\n\n“Mind if I sit with you? Don’t see many other Earth humans out here on Corouscant.”\n\nDaria took a second to consider whether to approve or deny his request.\n\n“Okay.” As he sat down, she added “but bear in mind I’m not too positive on most Earth Humans.”\n\n“Noted,” he said “I’m Kyle Armalin, I teach Earth history for any aliens that want to know.”\n\n“Yeah?” asked Daria, she then asked “what’s the demand like on that one?”\n\nKyle considered her question for half a second and said “Having a hard time finding a small enough classroom.”\n\nDaria nodded. She then asked “You subsidised by anyone or wholly student funded?”\n\nKyle said “Smithsonian hired me, pays most the expenses of living and operating here, I learn as much, maybe more than my students.” Slight chuckle on the end.\n\nDaria nodded. She said “you know, you’re about the second person to have approached me out of interest in me only, not to deliver mail or discuss my grades or whatever.”\n\n“Who was the first?” asked Kyle.\n\n“Moff Calixte.”\n\n“I see. What did she ask about?”\n\n“How my sister was doing, had anyone been stalking me due to her criminal activity,” said Daria, she then added “she then asked me if I had the flash drive some man with an alien sounding name should have given me.”\n\n“Really?” asked Kyle.\n\n“No.”\n\n“I see,” he said, not really chuckling, but thinking it over.\n\n“Taking that one a bit seriously aren’t you?” asked Daria.\n\n“I suppose. But I am a citizen of Earth, so I have to wonder if you’re not being a little flippant about it.”\n\nDaria nodded.\n\nThey ate for a while longer before Kyle said “how are your studies going?”\n\n“Okay. Get laughed at occasionally when I reveal things like we don’t do exponent tables at a primary school level, or that laplace transforms aren’t in the secondary school curriculum, but it’s interesting,” said Daria.\n\nThe rest of the meal was pretty much like that until they both finished and went off to their classes.\n\n--=+=--','5758e6d3fb8fc5f7f2cb8cb922a7bbc2',0,'','kfnarr5m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566310,37444,6,1406,0,'79.3.4.133',1345741651,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','nice stories so far \":D\"','5a3966e351ca2e37f8ef4aa8ef981236',0,'','lkavmo4n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566311,37453,10,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345741767,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Susie Rowe from Blessings (+ A few other fics I guess?)','Technique? o.o I drew it like anything else I draw...','bafa6f390299879f5d02fa4ec4bcaf88',0,'','100eovpl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566312,37444,6,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345742379,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','YAY! Red Green reference!','099552367d60b50ba8ec44b23b428b79',0,'','248b1v46',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566313,37414,3,323,0,'199.123.79.97',1345742405,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','"That incontinent guy wanted so much to be affectionate, but it was always touch and go."','4591464d15e689b72c412e0e7a36263f',0,'','3auu485w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566314,36901,16,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345742511,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria to return to MTV US!','Daria, anchor babe?','e3023b49e593dce5cb06c5bcd28fac98',0,'','1c30xjz5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566315,37414,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345742601,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":2icb0ibm]"And the hunchback, that was such a conflicted relationship. When he got ugly, he rang my bell. But I kept him whipped."\n\n[img:2icb0ibm]http://www.theangstguy.com/junk/rimshot.gif[/img:2icb0ibm][/quote:2icb0ibm]\n\nAnd his back wasn\'t the only thing hunched.','e32870073f9c64dd6d17bd882e50f10e',0,'iA==','2icb0ibm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566317,37414,3,414,0,'209.6.146.209',1345742791,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[img:1a0ef8bk]https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/8/21/KK5K4mPd00-Oc0tW0cvpJA2.jpg[/img:1a0ef8bk]\n\n"If we had our marbles, do you think we\'d be wrestling with a hippo?!" \":P\"','046c265ad85ff3c7e3e05fa36ecc39f9',0,'CA==','1a0ef8bk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566318,37414,3,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345744058,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Ex-editors from the Murdoch tabloids have been thundering that the Leveson Inquiry has "neutered" our newspapers - as shown by how they\'re following their editorial code of conduct re privacy and not publishing photos of a single adult man who is naked with consenting women in a private hotel room on his holidays. \n\nTruly terrible.','2cd2623edd312c5a7c4ef351d87f6ba6',0,'','3205mqb1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566319,36901,16,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345744217,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria to return to MTV US!','[quote="Dark Kuno":loj2say4]\nWhih wouldn\'t really provide enough to live on consistently. So the question is what does she do every day to make a living?\n[/quote:loj2say4]\n\nProbably "anything", except she\'s overqualified - so "nothing". \n\n[quote="Quiverwing":loj2say4][quote="Charles RB":loj2say4]Because of Sarah Drew\'s massive acting success[/quote:loj2say4]\nIt\'s not really [i:loj2say4]that[/i:loj2say4] massive. She\'s just in one hit show at the moment.[/quote:loj2say4]\n\nThat\'s massive by MTV voice actor standards, they\'ll struggle to afford her.','10d54a0782b05edf67035290f6bbfcb6',0,'oA==','loj2say4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566320,37417,4,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345744544,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','[quote="LSauchelli":2c2p5m65]I don\'t know if this has been mentioned in the thread:\nhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012 ... -platform/\nhttp://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... =allsearch[/quote:2c2p5m65]\nPlatforms? Pssh, nobody ever reads those things.','59c07bb32ea6f72f2386b906a8561910',0,'gA==','2c2p5m65',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566321,37414,3,323,0,'199.123.79.97',1345745723,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','"I just wish that guy from Parker Brothers hadn\'t tried to monopolize my time," said Jane. "He didn\'t have a clue."\n\nAt which point Daria shot her dead.','3b14d25d91cb45d12d60b749ee3a8a9c',0,'','q0qdfoeh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566322,37414,3,1125,0,'68.89.31.97',1345746518,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":2l0b259z]"I just wish that guy from Parker Brothers hadn\'t tried to monopolize my time," said Jane. "He didn\'t have a clue."\n\nAt which point Daria shot her dead.[/quote:2l0b259z]\n\nIt was a mercy killing. \":P\"','eb028da1deabe44e5cc70451ecaf80bd',0,'gA==','2l0b259z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566323,37345,6,1690,0,'189.139.27.213',1345747252,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Another AU (maybe an IC?)','[quote="45Ranger":2nkvfueq]Interesting that Daria identifies Reputation instead of appearance as Helen\'s motivation. \nEven more interesting that it does not appear to be conscious. More along the lines of "My daughters need support and reassurance and they will have it". Reputation gained from action instead of debate.\nIt may take a while for Daria and Quinn to notice, if they ever do, but Helen\'s motivation works in their favor.[/quote:2nkvfueq]It works in their favor, but it also sends the message that the moment that it\'s on Helen\'s firm interest to cut ties with her lesbian daughters she might do so. \":(\"','0aacdfcc96d9d2cc963f1771a91112a6',0,'gA==','2nkvfueq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566324,37414,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345747303,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":uayf3g67]"I just wish that guy from Parker Brothers hadn\'t tried to monopolize my time," said Jane. "He didn\'t have a clue."\n\nAt which point Daria shot her dead.[/quote:uayf3g67][quote="InvisibleDan":uayf3g67]It was a mercy killing. \":P\"[/quote:uayf3g67]\n"I put her out of my misery," said Daria.','12062203714a6a9291de24eacf14a452',0,'gA==','uayf3g67',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566325,36901,16,1192,0,'186.134.177.215',1345747793,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria to return to MTV US!','And finally, I taped an episode on VHS. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \n\n[i:ntq8bhsk]Daria[/i:ntq8bhsk] is back in Argentina, Monday to Friday 3 pm and Saturday and Sunday 6 pm. Right now they\'re showing season 4. Now I have an opportunity to get the dubbed episodes that I need for my project.','96031bed3e2ef9217c4d8589f541ca21',0,'IA==','ntq8bhsk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566327,37340,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1345749707,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Masters Degrees From Outer Space!','The appearance of Kyle Armalin are rarely leads to a start of something positive.','b94505af0525cb12303733116cd8caea',0,'','bx86gw85',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566328,37002,6,1189,0,'184.47.47.48',1345750095,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','This has turned into an interesting discussion of the impact of a true fuel shortage in regards to the global impact and the ripple effects.\n\nI had a little scene that I wrote that would fit this IC if it went in a more Mad Max direction. It is influenced by [i:3rnm5wty]Thunder Run[/i:3rnm5wty] and [i:3rnm5wty]Black Dog[/i:3rnm5wty] there is a nod to [i:3rnm5wty]Tank Girl[/i:3rnm5wty] (the movie) and even [i:3rnm5wty]The Girl who owned a City[/i:3rnm5wty]. It involves a heavily modified 18 wheeler and some interestingly obtained weapons. Li will actually be highly regarded for her foresight and planning. And Daria drives the truck.... \":shock:\". I haven\'t/couldn\'t really take it anywhere though.','1e9ee5ae27fb1e62b6db4a43ad399794',0,'IA==','3rnm5wty',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566329,37454,4,249,0,'82.24.219.38',1345750161,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Mali being assymmilated','[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18427541:w4z5csaw]Been going on for months now, but apparently Al Qaeda\'s moving in and destroying anything even slightly different from their ideals, AQ twats apparently destroying national monuments, banning music, banning fun, etc.[/url:w4z5csaw]\n\nUK/US/etc. Won\'t get involved because they have severe doubts over who would replace Al Qaeda (plus past experience of routing AQ from places means more of the same scares the shit out of current politicians, can\'t really blame them), so, looks like Mali\'s headed for the dark ages.\n\nGuess it would be too much to hope the AU looks at what\'s happening in Mali and thinks "Shit, our armed forces are in as shit shape as Mali\'s armed forces, we need to sort it out, sharpish."\n\nOr maybe the Chinese owners of a lot of AU countries will do something for them. Doubt Al Qaeda factors into China\'s idea of a syncronised and compliant world. Not that the new Chinese empire\'s that much better than Al Qaeda, technology and living standards aside, not the best place to live if you like being able to say, watch, read and listen to what you like.','2de23465d1aeb810b78e66a6aa7bd63b',0,'EA==','w4z5csaw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578228,36295,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1351366178,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','Garlic and coriander naan, left over from lunch.','00cec6963e970d80cd6bce351c4efeaa',0,'','34uhz3zx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578229,36766,6,1229,0,'99.103.129.199',1351366191,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Rude Awakening Ep 11: Sucks To Be Them! (9) 10/26/12','[quote="peetz5050":1qycz4sv]Mack & Linda... \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" Great stuff![/quote:1qycz4sv][quote="Shiva":1qycz4sv]I will hand it to Linda for having good taste in men.... Yum!\n[/quote:1qycz4sv][quote="oni":1qycz4sv]Linda\'s going to get lucky (70s porn music) \":lol:\"[/quote:1qycz4sv]\n\n \";)\" You really think Mack is going to get lucky? What\'s the name of this story again? \":lol:\" \n\n[quote="Shiva":1qycz4sv]Poor Daria, between Val\'s pubes, puke, and falling off the wagon harder than Nazi plunder, her night is effectively shot![/quote:1qycz4sv]\n\nI really don\'t know which way this will go.... and I\'m writing it! \":lol:\" \n\n[quote="Shiva":1qycz4sv]And lest we forget... Ted + Stacy + Dani = EPIC! [/quote:1qycz4sv]\n\nYeah and after you hear Ted\'s Story of what happen to him... It shall be one of those kind of story where you just say... What just happen?\n\n\n[quote="Shiva":1qycz4sv]Then + Brittany = AHHHHHHHHH!!!! \":shock:\"[/quote:1qycz4sv]\nYeah her.... and remembering her knowledge of military tactics and her mean streak... Ted is either dead or screwed!','538d1a916b768e1b586168eff0c650c0',0,'gA==','1qycz4sv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566331,37414,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345751391,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="The Angst Guy":1p29taof]"I just wish that guy from Parker Brothers hadn\'t tried to monopolize my time," said Jane. "He didn\'t have a clue."\n\nAt which point Daria shot her dead.[/quote:1p29taof]\n \":drink:\"','9f1cc9f13d7577a0fe1000f9c07477e5',0,'gA==','1p29taof',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566332,36889,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345751404,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Science: it still works','[url=http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120821-how-many-alien-worlds-exist:fxuc95ko]The BBC lets you play with the Drake Equation[/url:fxuc95ko]','73184ba29901ef9fa1bd14cfb52ea0a9',0,'EA==','fxuc95ko',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566333,37002,6,1189,0,'184.47.47.48',1345752712,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','Hmmmm. The exposition option does give me a way to add some more meat to the scene. Let\'s see what I can come up with. \n\n*slightly monotone singing* I gotta spark, a little bitty spark. Now I need to fan it.\n\n\n\n \":oops:\" Sorry.','ff3708f8703f1f742f640a706c30d827',0,'','2dw1rin1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566334,37414,3,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345753107,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Some Penguin Lust for TAG:\n\n[img:17f7k0je]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/523609_348643038553509_623395118_n.jpg[/img:17f7k0je]','51c8f1a8e1d18ead4ca3f0eb700322bb',0,'CA==','17f7k0je',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566335,37414,3,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345755457,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="MartinUK":1wz4jfsj][quote="The Angst Guy":1wz4jfsj]"I just wish that guy from Parker Brothers hadn\'t tried to monopolize my time," said Jane. "He didn\'t have a clue."\n\nAt which point Daria shot her dead.[/quote:1wz4jfsj][quote="InvisibleDan":1wz4jfsj]It was a mercy killing. \":P\"[/quote:1wz4jfsj]\n"I put her out of my misery," said Daria.[/quote:1wz4jfsj]\n\nYes but she\'ll never get them all out of her head. She\'ll wake up in the middle of the night in a sweat with them running around and around in her --\n\n*BAM*\n\nUh, or she could just shoot herself. I don\'t have to clean this up, do I?','7118a55649991a5dd4ec84c304286cab',0,'gA==','1wz4jfsj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566336,37444,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345755606,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','I was curious if anyone would get it.','be9dd09c7d1c2ded36d073c255d1faf5',0,'','3ro9vuth',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566337,37444,6,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345756057,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','Red Green \":mrgreen:\" \":mrgreen:\" \":mrgreen:\"','fd97ab67b809f754fde6cf2756c2ecfc',0,'','36zwnz4t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566338,37439,3,2099,0,'187.140.111.79',1345757098,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','Random music for random recommendation:\n\n[youtube:1ymyrr95]w5nC5n0kWUA[/youtube:1ymyrr95]','0947edc56e482173c825eb164b0fbaa9',0,'AAE=','1ymyrr95',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566339,37414,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345757105,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','My fiance\'s cat Artemis has to be put down...as far as I know it\'s about to happen as I type this...\n\nShe\'s shy, but very talkative after warming up to you, and the smallest cat I\'ve ever known...a little black panther.\n\n...wish I could be there to say good-bye \":(\"\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151021896967205','64665d82364315826e3a6e28fd5c40eb',0,'','1mx6v1ua',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566340,36889,3,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345757437,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Science: it still works','[quote="RLobinske":2ifkdcdn]Looks like a [url=http://www.piasecki.com/geeps_pa59k.php:2ifkdcdn]Piasecki AirGeep[/url:2ifkdcdn][/quote:2ifkdcdn]\nFlying car! \":-)\" I hadn\'t seen that before!\n\nThe article\'s pretty light on info, but gives the impression that it worked well. There must have been some problem though, or they would have been used. I wonder how one would work with a small gas turbine instead of two 200 HP i.c. engines.','54cba1073a45cbcd1865fa918ad5530a',0,'kA==','2ifkdcdn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566341,37414,3,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345757623,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','\";)\"','935cc82ef2748ac36d8c208173df154a',0,'','eswc37pp',1,1345818973,'',1779,1,0),(566467,37468,3,981,0,'58.179.174.85',1345820396,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What\'s In The Package?','That website was [i:1qtta09d]not cool[/i:1qtta09d]! It completely hijacked my computer, to the point where I had to use taskmanager to shut it down twice before I could get rid of it, and that after I finally managed to close off the website & have my computer act like it was posessed. Very not cool.','a3bfbe4809c7c0aca36ec7aa09738901',0,'IA==','1qtta09d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566342,37414,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345757869,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Kael Seoras":14e9r59m]My fiance\'s cat Artemis has to be put down...as far as I know it\'s about to happen as I type this...\n\nShe\'s shy, but very talkative after warming up to you, and the smallest cat I\'ve ever known...a little black panther.\n\n...wish I could be there to say good-bye \":(\"\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151021896967205[/quote:14e9r59m]\n\nShe\'s gone','ad1ff2f5b386ef68af2a9c69404632f3',0,'gA==','14e9r59m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566343,37414,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345757944,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Kael Seoras":w6ihr1dw]My fiance\'s cat Artemis[...][/quote:w6ihr1dw]\n \":(\"','dd712ebf94ec778b382bde74b80e1626',0,'gA==','w6ihr1dw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566344,37453,10,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345757990,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Susie Rowe from Blessings (+ A few other fics I guess?)',',,, and I like the way you do it, it\'s like canon Daria animation with something extra.','4ddd6c5874952e72c9fb739a52e49bda',0,'','93di9gul',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566345,33438,3,89,0,'67.189.204.76',1345758011,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Kitties!','[url=http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2CgKQa/:sP43lvFz:9WNMuOcd/www.madpet.com/pets-drugs/:stkpqyzs]How to tell if your kitty is on drugs.[/url:stkpqyzs]','e390949fa519cc0ea0cac40ced2b9fe9',0,'EA==','stkpqyzs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566346,36948,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345758142,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Ever Have: The INDEX!','Thanks for doing this.','5450e7b93e2df95de8d15c1c66cc805a',0,'','q5tygy6p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566347,37187,6,44,0,'67.67.217.240',1345758461,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','The sounds of the [i:3t32prii]Eroica[/i:3t32prii], perfectly rendered by Artie\'s Troxan speakers, boomed from Ruttheimer\'s walls. A robot, bumbling about some task, gave a low whistle followed by a series of beeps.\nThe last straw. Ruttheimer turned in his chair and shot the robot with his distruptor. The robot froze.\nRuttheimer knew that he would probably have to pay damages, but decided that hearing the [i:3t32prii]Eroica[/i:3t32prii] unhindered was worth the cost.\n\nWraith\n"It had never occurred to me before that music and thinking are so much alike. In fact you could say music is another way of thinking, or maybe thinking is another kind of music."\n -- Ursula K. Le Guin','8c74c0f7dd66e9fd1c982e93c4b30350',0,'IA==','3t32prii',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566348,37002,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345758598,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="DeacBlue":17edpvb7][quote="45Ranger":17edpvb7]This has turned into an interesting discussion of the impact of a true fuel shortage in regards to the global impact and the ripple effects.\n\nI had a little scene that I wrote that would fit this IC if it went in a more Mad Max direction. It is influenced by [i:17edpvb7]Thunder Run[/i:17edpvb7] and [i:17edpvb7]Black Dog[/i:17edpvb7] there is a nod to [i:17edpvb7]Tank Girl[/i:17edpvb7] (the movie) and even [i:17edpvb7]The Girl who owned a City[/i:17edpvb7]. It involves a heavily modified 18 wheeler and some interestingly obtained weapons. Li will actually be highly regarded for her foresight and planning. And Daria drives the truck.... \":shock:\". I haven\'t/couldn\'t really take it anywhere though.[/quote:17edpvb7]\n\nHey, just do some intro exposition, and drop it on us. I, and I\'m pretty sure most of the rest of us, would love to read it.[/quote:17edpvb7]\n\nSeconded. All in favor?','2135e950801ffbd904ae7572c15aa608',0,'oA==','17edpvb7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566349,37395,6,1013,0,'99.235.114.228',1345759301,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 5) (Partial Genderswap)','[quote="LadieTAG":qktlsyo6][quote="ST91":qktlsyo6]I was thinking , have we ever seen an homofobic Helen ?[/quote:qktlsyo6]Yeah - in "Out On Vacation" by Yui Daoren, Helen starts out as one.\n\nHaving said that, great story so far.[/quote:qktlsyo6]Seconded.\n\nAnd the worst homophobic Helen that I recall was in the story [url=https://sites.google.com/site/legendeld2/Boston.htm:qktlsyo6]Boston[/url:qktlsyo6] by Legendeld (who usually wrote Helen as a much more accepting person, but did write a few \'villainous Helen\' stories).','8ef161fdda0ceae9e96017ce534e9f85',0,'kA==','qktlsyo6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566350,37345,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345759895,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Another AU (maybe an IC?)','Goddammit Deac that was pitch-perfect on every note, well done, I loved the nuances of everyone\'s reactions and I think you have Helen to a tee. I doubt poor Quinn could have coped on her own but with Daria (and Jane) on her side she will do more than survive.','5e2063b754554cdd5c3ec501a1c88df2',0,'','2k1b3j0k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566351,36295,3,545,0,'184.9.240.158',1345760027,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','We managed to snag hold of three and a half pounds of blueberries, so my wife made eight pints of freezer jam, and we still have some to munch on.\n\nThat, plus the green beans and zucchini from our garden, and I\'ve had some good food lately. Though I\'m about burned out on zucchini cakes (they\'re made much like potato cakes, and look like little pancakes.)\n\nI\'ve never had blueberry jam before, so I\'ve been making peanut butter and jam sandwiches with it for work. Very delicious.\n\nWe\'re going to have to get more bread. \":mrgreen:\"','1c662a81c768b398b70f8c7c06e74aaa',0,'','2vtmf70s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566352,37453,10,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345760351,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Susie Rowe from Blessings (+ A few other fics I guess?)','Ohh, thanks. \":D\" I am bad at understanding.','c671b4bc3930324a316c8a51b65a9690',0,'','1m4erhzd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566353,37455,10,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345760406,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Tom and Susie Crash the Prom...','Susie still is fairly dumb, being a Rowe and all. \":o\"\n\nhttp://fhujmasterofhedgehog.deviantart. ... /#/d5caffz','7140a6a463e8da7a2bc72bd73447c702',0,'','2kkjznz3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566354,37454,4,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345760493,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Mali being assymmilated','Not Al-Qaeda. Several affiliated groups like Ansar Dine. \n\nAnd that\'s the north of Mali, which has been taken by force of arms in a major insurgency (where the Islamists partnered with Taureg nationalists and then turned on them). The people who\'d take over the north if the Islamists were routed would be the same government who is meant to be in charge but, thanks to an army coup to stop the north being taken (WHOOPS), is spending more time trying to stay a junta and claim "WE NEED NO HELP OUTSIDE WORLD". \n\n[quote:1508ilrl]Guess it would be too much to hope the AU looks at what\'s happening in Mali and thinks "Shit, our armed forces are in as shit shape as Mali\'s armed forces, we need to sort it out, sharpish."[/quote:1508ilrl]\n\nEcowas have been talking about armed intervention since the affair started and are waiting on the UN Security Council to give them the nod (and the Mali junta to agree to it as well). It says that in the article you linked to.','6710c03777b89152cb0ba84be8bed62d',0,'gA==','1508ilrl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566355,37456,5,545,0,'184.9.240.158',1345760608,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Red Dawn is Coming','[youtube:v6uofod8]UoqlBHSePw0[/youtube:v6uofod8]\n\nI\'m looking forward to this.','41b2031c87d622588278ef0d50871e1e',0,'AAE=','v6uofod8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566356,37414,3,1125,0,'68.89.31.97',1345760693,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Kael Seoras":1ytmijub]\nShe\'s gone[/quote:1ytmijub]\n\nSorry to hear about your fiancee\'s cat. \":hug:\"','24541dad8f52b67b8d89d7abc57d168a',0,'gA==','1ytmijub',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566357,37454,4,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345760810,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Mali being assymmilated','The latest updates are [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19327916:jqnqmp0j]a government of national unity has been formed[/url:jqnqmp0j], which is basically the interim government from April and the coup boys having a shaky teamup because Ecowas told them to get the fuck on with things; and Nigeria says that if the Islamists won\'t come to a peace deal, [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19354066:jqnqmp0j]Ecowas forces will "definately" be deployed.[/url:jqnqmp0j]','53dfe406c8322622baf6aaf0c94b355f',0,'EA==','jqnqmp0j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566358,37435,3,545,0,'184.9.240.158',1345760877,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Spammy Emails','Same thing happened to me. I ended up having to reset my password to stop it.','95f553d3e3a069706e6f4aa98bfd9865',0,'','xbzvsuan',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578227,37972,10,1406,0,'79.13.116.225',1351365946,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Discussion: Daria\'s characters dressed like Marvel/DC heroes','First of all, if I put this topic in the wrong section, let me know so I will ask to shift it.\n\nNow, since Halloween is near, I was thinking about which costumes may wear the protagonists of our favorite show and I came up these ideas :\n\nAmy and Daria = Female Wolverine and X-23\n\nJake and Helen = Hulk and She-Hulk\n\nJane= Scarlet\n\nJodie = Emma Frost\n\nBrittany = Ms. Marvel or Power Girl.\n\nMs. Li = the Mandarin.\n\nDeMartino = Nick Fury ( with the eye patch on the eye that not pops up \":mrgreen:\" )\n\nMack= Luke Cage \n\nJamie = Iron Fist\n\nCindy= Squirrel girl\n\nTori = Mimo\n\nfeel free to contribute to this discussion \":D\"','baa0c7bd454ecd38675444118663dc43',0,'','1esr69t7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566360,30910,5,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345761402,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What Are You Reading? (Part III)','Just finished Deluxe volume two of Empowered.\n\nJust pre-ordered the upcoming Dresden novel Cold Days. can\'t wait till November when it gets here. Going to try not to burn through it as fast as I read the others.','18fce9f20cccdcca54cfbd4f8bcdacff',0,'','1w4l5xem',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566361,37414,3,1189,0,'184.47.48.147',1345761499,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Kael Seoras":gfmym70n][quote="Kael Seoras":gfmym70n]My fiance\'s cat Artemis has to be put down...as far as I know it\'s about to happen as I type this...\n\nShe\'s shy, but very talkative after warming up to you, and the smallest cat I\'ve ever known...a little black panther.\n\n...wish I could be there to say good-bye \":(\"\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151021896967205[/quote:gfmym70n]\n\nShe\'s gone[/quote:gfmym70n]\n \":cry:\" \":glomp:\"','3801aff4dbe7c676f35abe0c1f233f13',0,'gA==','gfmym70n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566362,36966,5,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345762224,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: To Boldly Flee/The Cinema Snob Movie','To Boldly Flee premieres in approximately 10 minutes. \n\nIn the meantime, I give you the full trailer for \'The Cinema Snob Movie."\n\nhttp://thecinemasnob.com/2012/08/23/the ... ailer.aspx\n\n--Erin M.','ad8617ee7076dd1d4f08542cd0674175',0,'','n0j92rtn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566363,37457,4,598,0,'86.41.201.254',1345762279,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Irish President vs Tea Party','http://www.independent.ie/national-news ... 08520.html\n\nThis debate actually took place in 2010 (before Michael D Higgins actually took the presidency), but, strangely, it\'s just become a viral sensation. \n\nHis closing statement certainly is memorable! Go Mike \":D\"','73fdf6386ca4945391d9c1051697989e',0,'','2md3r34s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566364,37457,4,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345762301,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Irish President vs Tea Party','It\'s epic \":mrgreen:\"','14b3fb9fdc50ac123a3aafa1a5d5b1c8',0,'','2cbd3tk2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566365,37458,16,1074,0,'67.170.29.145',1345762664,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Another Daria AV Club article','[url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-promise-and-disappointment-of-the-tv-mallpisod,84147/:2gd1z7b6]The promise and disappointment of the TV “mallpisode”[/url:2gd1z7b6]\n\nThe article mentions "Malled" and "It Happened One Nut". \n\nThe comments are really interesting as well. Some readers the website to recap the series for their "TV Club Classic" feature.','b25da6194c5fe9b8fdc66b99693d149d',0,'EA==','2gd1z7b6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566366,37459,3,598,0,'86.41.201.254',1345762834,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Jesus the Hedgehog','A well-intentioned amateur artist has "restored" a degraded Spanish church mural, but evidence suggest they weren\'t quite up to the task:\n\nhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/ ... estoration\n\nSome consider it "an unspeakable deed", and hope to reverse the travesty (if possible), though others think this new take is quite original, and deserves to be kept as it is.','243119c70b116671b8851758a8f8db11',0,'','evxj7xpc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566367,37414,3,49,0,'84.25.194.131',1345762881,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','For some people the only Moby material that counts if from his "Play" and "18" albums.\n\nThose people are unaware of an album he did called "Animal rights" which as it stands is MY favorite Moby album. \n\nHere\'s why.\n\n[youtube:1jec8cwu]76gGKpH44V0[/youtube:1jec8cwu]\n\n[youtube:1jec8cwu]S1s6tdKQ1qM[/youtube:1jec8cwu]\n\n[youtube:1jec8cwu]qm9RaDPPrK8[/youtube:1jec8cwu]','0c5e6f9ff9290b8c5b7d49c430e10621',0,'AAE=','1jec8cwu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566368,37460,10,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345763042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','IC/Request: Judith','While I love the artwork Miacis3101 did of Judith, I\'m also curious to how the other talented artists on this board would interpret her.\n\nSo, my challenge.request is this: Draw Judith. In action, in repose, in the middle of some vague horrifying act of violence, anything.\n\nPlease note that as of Worldburner, Judith doesn\'t wear glasses anymore.\n\nThanks in advance.\n\n--Erin M.','de015257831bdb4288b19efdd292b26a',0,'','349wji2e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566369,36966,5,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345763101,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: To Boldly Flee/The Cinema Snob Movie','Ladies and gentlebeings of the universe...\n\nTo Boldly Flee, part one.\n\nhttp://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videol ... lee-part-1\n\nEDIT: Holy fuck. These guys have learned from last year. This thing manages to get all the exposition, character introductions, and many many classic sci-fi references in without being as clunky as it was in Kickassia or Suburban Knights.\n\n\n--Erin M.','3dceb828bdd2231349789cf12322749e',0,'','35wctmc1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566370,37435,3,981,0,'58.179.174.85',1345763526,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Spammy Emails','That\'s always the first port of call. \":D\"','6088bb5ef2c7e2e7fb0f2c435ce0c006',0,'','2expdpax',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566371,37456,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345764163,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','I like how the trailer is trying to avoid going "CHINA CHINA CHINA" and then blows it every time we see the occupiers.','d111ae0f6c3e16d97b41a6a44d4ea2b3',0,'','3atj8v6v',1,1345764842,'',1108,2,0),(566372,37456,5,545,0,'184.9.240.158',1345764412,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','My assumption is that the occupiers are North Koreans...so far.\n\n\nWhen they started the project, it was supposed to be the Chinese, but rumor is that they got funding from the Chinese to finish it, and switched the "villians" to the North Koreans.','13c8136035c6acc11f77954da35ad795',0,'','2nkl1reu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566373,37456,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345764926,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','Oh yeah. (How the fuck is North Korea meant to invade the US?)\n\nThe story I heard was the changes were done so the Chinese government didn\'t prevent [i:26ogc5hu]all[/i:26ogc5hu] of MGM\'s films from airing in China that year (there\'s a limited number of US films allowed in).','643de3417adb888bb98ce8b23e20c03c',0,'IA==','26ogc5hu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566374,34663,5,1548,0,'72.91.86.179',1345765163,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What games are you playing (Part 3)','Persona 4 Arena... just got it today. \":D\"','21915145162dac2b228b8559ddf0966f',0,'','4bnva69n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566375,37461,4,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345765231,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Egyptian President makes ruling on press "slander"...','[url=http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/08/23/egyptian-president-orders-journalist-freed-from-jail/:1oxeveu0]...and it\'s this:[/url:1oxeveu0]\n\n[quote:1oxeveu0]\nEgyptian President Mohammed Morsi has ordered a newspaper editor accused of insulting him freed from jail.\n \nMr. Morsi Thursday decreed that no journalist shall be jailed for such alleged publishing-related crimes as libel and slander. It was his first presidential decree since taking law-making powers away from the military earlier this month.\n \nThe president\'s decision came almost immediately after a Cairo court ordered newspaper editor Islam Afifi to remain in jail until his next court appearance in September. Prosecutors say Afifi\'s Al-Dustour newspaper insulted the president and incited disorder by criticizing Mr. Morsi\'s former party, the Muslim Brotherhood.[/quote:1oxeveu0]\n\nHow much of this is Morsi alone and how much is him going along with outside pressure, we dunno. But either way, it\'s a big thing for press freedom in Egypt (and if it is Morsi who did it, a potential message to the police and prosectuon service).','6efb44d3346ae622a0f3267d0f3de0bc',0,'kA==','1oxeveu0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566376,36295,3,981,0,'58.179.174.85',1345765381,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','Ramen with smoked salmon, cream & mozarella. Delish!','97768dcc05ddf6294045898605d40d48',0,'','1qvejqn3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566377,37456,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345765801,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="Charles RB":2t7fvpuf]Oh yeah. (How the fuck is North Korea meant to invade the US?)\n\nThe story I heard was the changes were done so the Chinese government didn\'t prevent [i:2t7fvpuf]all[/i:2t7fvpuf] of MGM\'s films from airing in China that year (there\'s a limited number of US films allowed in).[/quote:2t7fvpuf]\n\n\nThat\'s the story. In addition, China is - supposedly - still the big gun behind the invasion, it\'s just that the North Koreans are also involved, and are the ones that are the main adversaries for the film\'s protagonists. Basically, think of the original film, and how Colonel Bella - a Cuban - was the main face of the enemy forces in Calumet. From what I\'ve seen, the equivalent figure for the opposition forces is a North Korean (in this film).\n\nIn addition, the trailer suggests that (again, seeming like China is actually the major force behind the invasion) that a new EMP-based weapon was used against the western part of the U.S., allowing Chinese and North Korean forces to invade with minimal resistance. (This was the backstory as well for the 1987 miniseries [i:2t7fvpuf]Amerika[/i:2t7fvpuf], where several massive nukes were detonated high in the atmosphere over North America, with the resultant EMPs wiping out all electrical capabilities in a single stroke.)\n\n\nThe funny thing is that I\'m not in a hurry to see this film. Was in the first audience to see the original (back in 1984), watched [i:2t7fvpuf]V[/i:2t7fvpuf], watched [i:2t7fvpuf]Amerika[/i:2t7fvpuf], watched several other films of this type... that\'s why I haven\'t been in a rush to see [i:2t7fvpuf]Falling Skies[/i:2t7fvpuf], or [i:2t7fvpuf]Tomorrow, When The War Began[/i:2t7fvpuf], or this. As I told my sixteen-year-old nephew (after showing him the trailers for both films) \'That one was [i:2t7fvpuf]ours[/i:2t7fvpuf]. This one is [i:2t7fvpuf]yours[/i:2t7fvpuf].\'','921afe67fce63c03b826a1d69699d486',0,'oA==','2t7fvpuf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566378,37462,5,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345765964,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Spoiler schedule for 8/26-9/1/2012','Another very light week ahead.\n\nAnyhow. . .\n\nSunday (spoilers to be posted Monday): 10:00 PM ET/9:00 PM CT--Michael Symon takes on Stephanie Izard on a new ep of [i:j81cyvga]Iron Chef America[/i:j81cyvga] on Food Network.\n\n12:00 AM ET/11:00 PM CT--Season finale of [i:j81cyvga]Aqua Something You Know Whatever[/i:j81cyvga] on Cartoon Network.\n\nConsider yourself warned. \":D\"','4ff8164884d17de3baf5310e4c6281a4',0,'IA==','j81cyvga',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566379,37460,10,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345766065,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC/Request: Judith','omg, i wanna make an IC to see people draw Susie. if I have time I\'ll try Judith!','bfe21b3c5c1472136372df3ee6aa2814',0,'','1jk74c9n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566380,37414,3,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345766427,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Kael Seoras":2fsw9c8i][quote="Kael Seoras":2fsw9c8i]My fiance\'s cat Artemis has to be put down...as far as I know it\'s about to happen as I type this...\n\nShe\'s shy, but very talkative after warming up to you, and the smallest cat I\'ve ever known...a little black panther.\n\n...wish I could be there to say good-bye \":(\"\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151021896967205[/quote:2fsw9c8i]\n\nShe\'s gone[/quote:2fsw9c8i]\nI\'m so sorry. \":(\" \":hug:\" Please send my thoughts to your fiance, as well. \":hug:\"\n\nPS: I know first-hand what it\'s like to have to put down a pet. \":(\" Both of you feel free to Skype me today if you wanna talk. \":hug:\"','223bbd838dee3410e871ab53f6a305a5',0,'gA==','2fsw9c8i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566381,37414,3,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1345766606,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Kael Seoras":3oq2qbo4][quote="Kael Seoras":3oq2qbo4]My fiance\'s cat Artemis has to be put down...as far as I know it\'s about to happen as I type this...\n\nShe\'s shy, but very talkative after warming up to you, and the smallest cat I\'ve ever known...a little black panther.\n\n...wish I could be there to say good-bye \":(\"\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151021896967205[/quote:3oq2qbo4]\n\nShe\'s gone[/quote:3oq2qbo4]\n\":(\" \n\nI\'m sorry.','65d882824ebeed7d11f20dc412411e60',0,'gA==','3oq2qbo4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566382,36966,5,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345766903,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: To Boldly Flee/The Cinema Snob Movie','Well. I\'m hooked. When\'s the next part set to come out?','1e6a587851f111e22f77274d4870b18f',0,'','3mxdwqq6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566383,36966,5,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345766975,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: To Boldly Flee/The Cinema Snob Movie','[quote="Silver":au6vx3x3]Well. I\'m hooked. When\'s the next part set to come out?[/quote:au6vx3x3]\n\nTomorrow. One part a day over the next 8 days (Including today)\n\n--Erin M.','3eb85b477529fbc20bd0aefefafb8715',0,'gA==','au6vx3x3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566384,37456,5,251,0,'75.111.47.87',1345767357,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','It has Josh Hutcherson in it. I\'m scared I\'m gonna be dragged to see it. \":P\"','cc389b8f52b1016f79e9404dcd477380',0,'','1n41cqbw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566385,37414,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345767414,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','That facebook video (it\'s set to public) is the only record I have of me and her together.','f3511ce5a5e57c5949adfd0263657b4b',0,'','218tlt7p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566386,37414,3,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345767529,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Kael Seoras":1r8y44um]My fiance\'s cat Artemis has to be put down...as far as I know it\'s about to happen as I type this...\n\nShe\'s shy, but very talkative after warming up to you, and the smallest cat I\'ve ever known...a little black panther.\n\n...wish I could be there to say good-bye \":(\"\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151021896967205[/quote:1r8y44um]\n\nOur condolences.','4bc4a9a51d4c67871b2d525e07e506ee',0,'gA==','1r8y44um',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566387,37414,3,1891,0,'67.142.181.26',1345767604,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Ive got an outline for the next part of Sexy Daria... I think I\'ll have it finished in a couple days, \":)\"','783d58a9bd2f85be5e1451f0c6be4f5b',0,'','2jlir6n0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566388,37453,10,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345767713,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Susie Rowe from Blessings (+ A few other fics I guess?)','Looks good. \":-)\"','db6e7f4dcf22a4bac31d2575bcb26607',0,'','20mo8182',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566389,37450,6,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345767904,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Coming Labor Day weekend: "Terror at 200 MPH"!','[quote="echopapa":1on0utah]Any chance of a cameo by the Impossibles?[/quote:1on0utah]\n\nI don\'t think so but you can expect a cameo by a certain blonde sunglasses-wearing doofus stud who once had an encounter with the gang to boot. \":mrgreen:\"','78a3fbcf46898c97bd38e894502d5fff',0,'gA==','1on0utah',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566390,37456,5,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345767922,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','I wonder if it\'s going to have the anti-war undertones of the original.\n\nNot to mention the great "they can take my gun from my cold, dead fingers" scene.','2679fd9af0fe12e8ff56481ffe15d862',0,'','39or3q4j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566391,37414,3,809,0,'64.111.151.91',1345768126,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Kael Seoras":am2xg3gq][quote="Kael Seoras":am2xg3gq]My fiance\'s cat Artemis has to be put down...as far as I know it\'s about to happen as I type this...\n\nShe\'s shy, but very talkative after warming up to you, and the smallest cat I\'ve ever known...a little black panther.\n\n...wish I could be there to say good-bye \":(\"\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151021896967205[/quote:am2xg3gq]\n\nShe\'s gone[/quote:am2xg3gq]\nI\'m unacquainted with your fiance, but send her a couple of these for me. \":hug:\"\n\nAnd keep some for yourself, yeah? \":hug:\"','d850392529f132422aa382208cbcac5a',0,'gA==','am2xg3gq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566392,37002,6,804,0,'163.251.196.3',1345768329,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','aye.','d55a6d47cdab62cb66e89591ff8c3c2b',0,'','3h15zsa6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566393,37414,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345768686,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Thanks everyone \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\"','b7a24fb4e6a7f99c20bd0cc7c89ad2ef',0,'','zzfxqqaa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566394,37463,3,414,0,'209.6.146.209',1345769236,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','SSW: woman steps off platform, faceplants on subway tracks','A woman and her son here in Boston tried to board a northbound subway train from the southbound platform at one station today. [url=http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2012/08/23/mother-son-fall-onto-tracks-red-line-station-kendall-mit/UVPJWKvW1ibp5s0575131H/story.html:3mp1nmc3]Somehow she managed to not notice the track in between until it smacked them in the face[/url:3mp1nmc3]. And she doesn\'t even have a cell-phone to blame for her lack of attention to where she\'s going. \":lol:\"','46909ef694a5923847d58a2cb81c2128',0,'EA==','3mp1nmc3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566395,37449,6,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345769699,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Girl And Her Cougar (not fanfic)','\":shock:\" Yeah, MUCH better off in Bud\'s company.','20c56674f392a9d5052898c918e9ecb2',0,'','2d53b818',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566396,37365,6,1548,0,'72.91.86.179',1345769773,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Twin Tracks (chapter 1, part 2 )','Hey gang! Come have some sweet and sour chicken with Sandi and the family this Sunday... which will be when the next segment comes out. \";)\"','c25eb6f41eeb2ae5a2d8f89622495ea1',0,'','1w4wfb9w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566397,37418,6,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345770614,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="45Ranger":w3axlu8l]I like how you have so many details figured out even though they are not explicitly mentioned (The reason the mask is square jawed for instance).[/quote:w3axlu8l]\n\nThanks! I think the key to writing a good story, at least after years of figuring out why I like the books I like, is [i:w3axlu8l]believability[/i:w3axlu8l]. The events can be totally unrealistic (superheroes/comic book physics), but if it\'s presented so that the story follows the rules of its own universe and is believable when taken as a closed system, you can get away with a lot.\n\nTo do that you need to create a world sufficiently detailed and logical (even if it\'s unrealistic logic according to real physics) that even if the reader doesn\'t know WHY something is happening, they can believe there actually IS a reason that is valid within the rules of the universe. (This is why I have so many problems with later-stage [i:w3axlu8l]Harry Potter[/i:w3axlu8l]. By Book 4, internal inconsistencies start showing up at an exponential rate. Dumbledore is Evil/Senile as a trope exists to try to give a reason for these inconsistencies, for example.\n\nI have [b:w3axlu8l][i:w3axlu8l]a ton[/i:w3axlu8l][/b:w3axlu8l] of details figured out for this universe that have yet to make it to page. I\'d say the written AU as it exists now is like the surface-exposed part of an iceberg. You\'re only seeing the tip of a much larger structure that exists, in large part, only in my head. Part of that is because some of the stuff that would fill the gaps I haven\'t written yet. A lot of it is stuff that I had to reason out to give myself a framework to write on top of.\n\nAnother factor is that if I try to only expose the detail necessary to fit a scene: if the information wouldn\'t flow naturally as part of what\'s going on, I keep it out as best I can. Of course, you can\'t always avoid over-exposition. \";)\"\n\nFor example: for as much as I\'ve had her on-screen, I haven\'t yet exposed Power Girl\'s full power set, or explained how she moves faster than sound when necessary without getting lost. The characters (especially the POV characters) haven\'t yet had reason to think about it on screen. Of course, another part of that is I want to have the opportunity for surprises. \":)\"\n\nFor reference, there is a VERY brief (one-line) reference to Question trying out a new prototype face-guard system in her mask way back in Chapter 2 of QAQA. She\'s impressed with how it performed during the fight and reminds herself to get Urkel a cheese wheel. ;P\n\n[quote:w3axlu8l]I was under the impression that Question used some form of body armor. I do get that it\'s not heavy armor because she ends up with a large collection of bruises. Even so, I imagined it would tend to minimize certain attributes and that combined with the Epic Coat (love that description), and that fact that anyone she is fighting would be far too busy to be gawking, would be misleading as to Question\'s gender.[/quote:w3axlu8l]\n\nYou are correct re: the armor. I\'ve never described how it works, but I lifted whole-cloth the Question\'s body armor system from the old 1980s Denny O\'Neil [i:w3axlu8l]Question[/i:w3axlu8l] comic books and or the [i:w3axlu8l]Helltown[/i:w3axlu8l] novelization of same. You\'re right that it pretty effectively hides her gender, but I still imagine most people know by voice that they\'re getting beat up by a (very small) girl. \":)\"\n\nIf you\'re curious about the defensive features of the armor system, it basically works like this (not the exact comic book explanation, b/c I can\'t go dig out my TBPs right now):\n\n[spoiler:w3axlu8l]It's layered protection. Each piece of the suit--shirt, jacket, slacks, pants, overcoat--is armored with ultra-high-grade kevlar (bullet velocity suppression/shock absorber), nomex (fire resistance), and a few ceramic-type inserts where feasible (more shock absorption/protection against melee weapon strikes). Alone any one of these articles of clothing would provide only negligible defense. All of it taken together gets you something at least nearly (but likely not quite) as good as what Batman's suits use. For this tradeoff, Daria gets a lot more flexibility and speed than she would with a more heavily armored suit. This is good, as her small size and weapon style means she depends on agility and swiftness over brute force.[/spoiler:w3axlu8l]\n\nThere\'s some offensive capabilities, but I want to keep those quiet for now.\n\nBy contrast, in the comics it\'s shown that the modern Batsuit is a heavy-armor body suit. A LOT of hard ceramic-type plates, etc. in addition to what the Question wears. The trade off there is that it\'s bulkier and a LOT heavier. Bruce Wayne can get away with this because he is over six feet tall and HUGE, which means that he\'s got a ton of raw strength to throw around. He can thus compensate for the weight of the suit and still move like a Lightning Bruiser.\n\nEven though the original comic book Question (Vic Sage) was a world-class martial artist (easily in the top 10, as he\'d been trained by some of the same people as Bruce Wayne), and very strong for his body type, he was a MUCH smaller man. For reference, see the episode of JLU where he confronts Superman and stands right in front of him and has to crane his neck up.','dcaa4afd6811efd85e539418fc697c2a',0,'4AI=','w3axlu8l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566398,37456,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345770762,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="RLobinske":2svg30ud]I wonder if it\'s going to have the anti-war undertones of the original.\n\nNot to mention the great "they can take my gun from my cold, dead fingers" scene.[/quote:2svg30ud]\n\nMy favorite scene was where Bella was writing to his wife about how he was tired of way and would resign his commission, and then, when he had a chance to kill the brothers, he let them go. There was also that great moment when he talks to the Russian officer and proudly says that he was once a freedom fighter; he turns away from him in distaste, saying \'Now I\'m like you... a [i:2svg30ud]butcher[/i:2svg30ud].\'\n\nInteresting trivia bit about the original: the \'Wolverines\' were given a serious training course in guerrilla warfare by Special Operations types who were acting as advisors for the film - and then, as a practice stunt, they were sent up in the mountains, to be \'pursued\' by members of the state\'s national Guard (as a training exercise for them, as well).\n\n\n[i:2svg30ud]The Wolverines [u:2svg30ud]obliterated[/u:2svg30ud] them.[/i:2svg30ud] (Well, metaphorically so.)\n\n\nFor me, the scariest scene in the film is when Colonel Tanner explains what happened with the invasion - particularly with the part that has Jed asking \'[i:2svg30ud]Well - who is on our side?\'[/i:2svg30ud]:\n\n[youtube:2svg30ud]5Qc8jJ0TjSY[/youtube:2svg30ud]','513acba5d061ffe2e0e68dff35f52c4c',0,'oQE=','2svg30ud',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566399,37002,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345771018,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="DeacBlue":34ptq8tz][quote="45Ranger":34ptq8tz]This has turned into an interesting discussion of the impact of a true fuel shortage in regards to the global impact and the ripple effects.\n\nI had a little scene that I wrote that would fit this IC if it went in a more Mad Max direction. It is influenced by [i:34ptq8tz]Thunder Run[/i:34ptq8tz] and [i:34ptq8tz]Black Dog[/i:34ptq8tz] there is a nod to [i:34ptq8tz]Tank Girl[/i:34ptq8tz] (the movie) and even [i:34ptq8tz]The Girl who owned a City[/i:34ptq8tz]. It involves a heavily modified 18 wheeler and some interestingly obtained weapons. Li will actually be highly regarded for her foresight and planning. And Daria drives the truck.... \":shock:\". I haven\'t/couldn\'t really take it anywhere though.[/quote:34ptq8tz]\n\nHey, just do some intro exposition, and drop it on us. I, and I\'m pretty sure most of the rest of us, would love to read it.[/quote:34ptq8tz]\n\n\nThat. Most certainly that.','88505b78d70de483163a679a7f70adb8',0,'oA==','34ptq8tz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566400,37414,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345771221,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Another furry little warrior who will enjoy cream and warm chicken broth in Valhalla tonight. \":drink:\"','1932962afed6de0b74dff52482814828',0,'','2nphbhgr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566401,37437,4,10,0,'173.22.121.26',1345771305,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Principal Li has a new school she reigns over...','Every time I see this story, I flash back to Sheridan\'s apology to the Centauri.\n[youtube:1c3r2rdg]S8vA0ANTUM0[/youtube:1c3r2rdg]\nHarley','850b7f7c329444b4d0974a4f8fdffb3d',0,'AAE=','1c3r2rdg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566402,37450,6,105,0,'174.252.162.115',1345771974,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Coming Labor Day weekend: "Terror at 200 MPH"!','Oh, mama!','8d656a534dfb6f92a815d2e96034729c',0,'','1bz2kzb2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566403,37463,3,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345773120,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: woman steps off platform, faceplants on subway trac','Drugs are bad, m\'kay?','ecde2795a78a90f2314e71ebb3877f23',0,'','37tr8ed0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566404,37463,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345773265,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: SSW: woman steps off platform, faceplants on subway trac','Oh SHIT! \":lol:\"','357051dfb06a4e15d3af257980a0a122',0,'','2m4wph83',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566405,37459,3,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345773292,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jesus the Hedgehog','I like it! \":D\"','2e83b24b0163ea141e1887419702cd8a',0,'','39ywbhxu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566406,36242,6,1685,0,'203.208.105.162',1345773318,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Vivian part 6','[quote="Waylander":2he74e73][quote="BF110C4":2he74e73]Jane doesn\'t know the amount of troubles this woman is going to cause her directly and indirectly in the nextb few months, especially since she already set her eyes on Trent, and that is a sure way of putting her into conflict with Daria, not to mention whatever is going to happen when Brittany discovers were her evil mother is going to live.\n\nPoor Jane, she just set herself for at least two different crossfires.[/quote:2he74e73]\n\nAnd all she wanted is some money to feed herself and Trent. Talk about unexpected trouble. \":(\"[/quote:2he74e73]\n\nNot to mention how her views of the woman will change considering her own parental abandonment issues.','d7bd575eee54ce5eb18d532e92b60167',0,'gA==','2he74e73',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566407,37339,6,1690,0,'189.247.93.153',1345773337,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Uranium in the Drinking Water, a HH/Daria crossover. (1)','Uranium in the Drinking Water\nChapter 2: The captain’s arrival\n\n** I ** II ** III ** IV **\n\nDisclaimer: Daria and associated characters are owned by MTV and Viacom. Honor Harrington series, characters, and settings are the property of David Weber.\n\nThis is fan fiction written for entertainment only. No money or other negotiable currency or goods have been exchanged. \n\n** I ** II ** III ** IV **\n\n[u:1yft6272][i:1yft6272]Aren’t we missing the point?\nBy Darius Xavier X.[/i:1yft6272][/u:1yft6272]\n\n[i:1yft6272]During the last few weeks the topic on everybody’s mouth had been the arrival of the Merchantmen convoy from the nearby binary system of Manticore, during that time all Grayson was speculating about the technological marvels that would be stored in their cargo bays, the might of the escort warships that would be protecting the convoy ant that on a glance from the few published reports are bigger and nastier than then best units in our (or Masada’) navy and the complex diplomatic game between the Star Kingdom of Manticore and the People’s Republic of Haven that the accompanying diplomatic delegation under Admiral Raoul Courvosier would play. Now all that is on the papers is the fact that the captain in command of the escort’s ships is a woman.\n\nCaptain (Senior Grade) Honor Stephanie Harrington of the Royal Manticore Navy is the Captain in command of the Heavy Cruiser HMS Fearless, and by virtue of seniority the de facto commander of the other light cruiser and destroyers that are currently showing the flag in the system. She is not the only woman, in fact the second ranking officer is Commander Alice Truman of the HMS Apollo, and there are dozen more women, both officers and enlisted personnel as part of the complement of the warships. \n\nCaptain Harrington herself has been a polemic figure long before arriving to the system. She is, according to the official brief given by the Star Kingdom’s embassy, a highly competent officer with ample experience as a customs officer as well as counter piracy operations; she has also participated in rescue operations both in space and during natural disasters. She has faced space combat in multiple occasions, more recently the destruction of a pirate squadron in Silesia, a part of the space infamous for the large number of lawless buccaneers.\n\nOn the other hand she has on her record more than thirty official complains from the Haven and a similar number of those from private companies of which only ten are from havenite companies and another fifteen came from manticorian shipping companies. She also damaged once a diplomatic courier boat by passing to close to it with active impellers, a dangerous maneuver.\n\nBut the real hot point between both star nations is the incident in planet Medusa and the subsequent destruction of the 7.5 million tons freighter PMSS ‘Sirius’. Haven describes how after the freighter heard of a massive native insurrection in the planetary surface the civilian captain had a panic attack and ran away towards the hyperlimit and the Captain Harrington frustrated over her inability to do something about the situation landside went to persecute it, and then launched a warning shot too close to the vessel that was destroyed over the subsequent nuclear explosion. \n\nThe version of the royal navy is quite different, denouncing the fact that the Sirius wasn’t a merchantman but a heavily armed camouflage ship that caused the smaller light cruiser serious damage and killed or injured half of its crew before being destroyed. A few days later the arrival of three Havenite battle squadrons was confirmation enough of the duplicity of Haven and Miss Harrington was promoted two full grades for her actions.\n\nIn the end I think we shouldn’t care one way or another about who is right and who isn’t regarding this incident since the havenites already won more than we can imagine by the discussion. Their objective is to prevent the Kingdom of Manticore from establishing a naval presence in the system to counter piracy in the area and add a strategic depth between the two opposing nations. The gross but ultimately innocent miscalculation of the Royal Navy has given Leonard Masterman, the Havenite ambassador to Grayson a chance to redirect the attention of our people from the establishment of a Manticorian Naval Station and the modernization of our navy and industry.\n\nIt is easy to see why the two biggest powers in this corner of the inhabited space suddenly took such an interest after centuries of being ignored by the galaxy at large, the only thing needed is a Star Chart to realize that Yeltsin and Endicott are the only two stars in the region capable of sustaining a human population. A Naval base here would become a nodal point for both the merchant and military fleets of either side, one which would require the human manpower we can offer.\n\nAnd then there is the effect that such a hypothetical naval presence would have on Masada. As the members of our armed forces who have been able to look inside on of the RMN ships can attest, the might of these vessels can easily be described as unreal, with speed, power and precision far beyond our capabilities… or those of the Masadans. Just the ability to contact the galaxy at large would have make a difference in the last war, with the destruction of many of our cities qualifying as a breach of the Eridani Edict with grim consequences.\n\nThat’s why every word expended on Harrington’s hair length is one word not used to talk about the generous economic incentives offered by the Star Kingdom to help lighten the high costs of housing and feeding our population. New materials and industrial processes that will improve the quality of life by sharing the latest technologies in starship design and construction, technology that could be easily be applied to our orbital farms and even our homes.\n\nEvery time we talk about the fact that she isn’t wearing a dress is time lost without implementing the medical advances that the rest of humanity has found in the centuries since we colonized Grayson. New treatments for lung cancer, which is the third most common cause of death in the planet are already being shared, no strings attached, and in the future we might be eligible for the application of Prolong, that has the potential to increase our life expectation up to two hundred years and is already available in the Star Kingdom in their basic health care.\n\nEach question we do to the delegation of the Star Kingdom of Manticore regarding the suitability of a woman for commanding a warship is one less of those warships willing to patrol our nearby space for the pirates that has been plaguing the region or to add modern defenses that would bring our military capabilities to the standards of this century and allow us to end the Masadan threat of renewed hostilities and nuclear bombardment of our cities.\n\nCaptain Harrington and the rest of her crew is but a insignificant part of the Royal Manticorian Navy, someone that in a few weeks at the most is going to leave the orbit probably to never return. One year from now, two at the most, no one is going to remember even her name so Grayson would be better served if we start the process now and dedicate ourselves to deal with the important businesses and let her name fade into history.\n[/i:1yft6272]\nQuinn carefully folded the latest edition of the Lawndale Sun she had been reading on her way to the latest tea party with the Lawndale Young Ladies Association while silently chuckling, she could almost feel Daria’s frustration in the last part of the article. The past week she had been going from reunion to reunion trying to gather just what was the mood of the high society in the Fielding Stead and frankly she was exhausted. When she had been younger and single she had dreamed about being a Steadholder’s wife, of the glamour and the envy of all her peers as she went from one party into another. Finally she understood what Daria meant when she said to her once, ‘Be careful what you wish for…’ even if then she had said so warning her about how Tom dealt with clingy ladies and not how she could be surrounded of the wives and sisters of powerful people until she was almost hoping to be married to a nobody… almost.\n\nAt least she knew that her fellow sisters were suffering as much as she did, if not even more. Jane for example was visiting diverse members of the Lane clan who were dispersed through half a dozen of Steadings working in many different trades and hobbies. While the branch of the clan they were part was full of nice if a bit crazy wanderers, the rest of the family was filled with stuck ups worthy of one of the First Five Keys. Due to the nontraditional way they had raised their five children they had expended most of Jane’s young criticizing her and the rest of the family, and now that she was the second wife of the Heir of Fielding and Trent was commissioned as a Fielding’s Armsman they had all reversed their position trying to get in their good graces. Instead of using her new connections to get payback, or at least mock them back as she would have done in her place, Jane had left them in peace and now was using their relief and so called gratitude to get a feel of how the population at large was reacting to the Harrington scandal all while barely holding back all those snappy comments that she had always reserved for hypocrites. At least she was able to squeeze an art event or two in her schedule.\n\nDaria on the other hand was suffering her own Test in the planetary capital gathering information on the negotiations under the stern eye of Kay Sloane so even she was hesitant to cause too much ruckus in the balls and state dinners sponsored by the Protector and other interested parts, therefore stopping cold any semblance of fun of the kind she usually amused herself to pass the time in those gatherings. Both Daria and her mother-in-law would have preferred for the eldest to stay at home while the first wife was left in charge of socializing as it was tradition, but in this particular case Daria was better at understanding and correlating whatever snippets of information she could catch from the little chats high level politicians and technical experts of either side were having whenever they thought no one important was listening. \n\nSo far, as Quinn could tell from the letters Daria had been sending to both of her fellow wives, she had caught that some of the Manticorian shipbuilders that came along to sell their spacefaring tech were far more interested in the inertial compensator developed by ‘Grace, Sloane, and Page’ R&D division for Grayson’s ships that their offhand comments on their primitive constructions techniques would lead to believe. Of lesser importance were the carefully worded discussions concerning the modernization of the orbital farms even if one of the economists in the delegation considered the facilities as merely a curiosity that would disappear with the advent of magical manticorian food.\n\nEven her habitual column was an uncomfortable compromise between her desire to defend Harrington (or more appropriately to condemn the idiocy of the men dealing with the entire affair) and the petition of Angier, and the fact that he asked her directly sent a loud and clear message to Daria and Tom about how he could end her little hobby without any effort, of a neutral article designed to get the attention of the public to the important matters. Frankly she was surprised that he hadn’t mentioned it before. Darius XX. Really? The name and writing style were so damn obvious that he probably just read one of her articles and follow the cadmium trace right to the source. And Daria still thought of her as the airhead of the family.\n\nAs she passed her paper to her armsman Jesse Moreno she reflected about just how right Daria was on her column, people was more worried about Miss Harrington than about the diplomatic mission of Admiral Courvosier. So far the talk of the women of the Ladies\' Gardening Guild was discouraging, she agreed that her hair was atrociously short and would look bad even on a man, much less someone with such a nice figure behind those dreadful clothes, in fact that particular discussion was the mirror of one she had years ago regarding Daria’s habit of finding the ugliest and less flattening dresses and combine it with the ugliest glasses she could buy, for those parties she was forced to go by mother Helen. But on the other hand she had to force herself to be quiet when the rest of the members of the guild talked about her supposed lack of composure had led to the death of those poor merchantmen in Basilisk. There had been barely a whisper for the initiative sponsored by Protector Mayhew through his wife Katherine to ask in an open letter for the interchange of new species of flowers and trees to the xenobiologist attaché in the Manticorian embassy.\n\nThis was particularly serious due to the importance Grayson gave to gardening into their society. In Grayson people weren’t buried, due to the lack of fertile earth during the colonization years they had used the remains of their dead to fertilize the crops, a practice that eventually evolved into the Gardens of Remembrance. Some family gardens were centuries old, so a basic prerequisite for belonging into Grayson’s high society was to know how to take care of plants and therefore take care of the roots of your clan; so while the power of the guild was almost non existent in theory in practice its member’s husbands were the steadholders, steaders, and businessmen that control Grayson.\n\nShe was forced to end her ruminations when the sudden stop of the car told her they had arrived to the Blum Decker’s ancient home. Steeling herself for another session of posturing and petty power plays with the President of the Lawndale Young Ladies Association, Sandi Griffin she took the hand of her designed armsman and took a step out of the vehicle.\n\n** I ** II ** III ** IV **','57e1779ac746c905ba74a60550df4370',0,'IQ==','1yft6272',1,1346938459,'',1690,2,0),(566408,37461,4,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345773378,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Egyptian President makes ruling on press "slander"...','\":drink:\" It\'s a good sign.','6362705edfaa023c5de97f200f427e21',0,'','3nlbcfkt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566409,37414,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345773492,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Brother Grimace":2kawcpoa]Another furry little warrior who will enjoy cream and warm chicken broth in Valhalla tonight. \":drink:\"[/quote:2kawcpoa]\n \":drink:\" Definitely a warrior after all the times she had to fend off Bella, an overly-insistent-on-playing-rough puppy. I\'ll never forget the time Bella ignored her prolonged hissing and then had to endure loud yowling and wildly flailing paws \":mrgreen:\"','a68eade53e5a575b838f309874c119d4',0,'gA==','2kawcpoa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566410,37032,11,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345773684,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria in Quinn The Brain','[quote="ThanatosRW":2zy98rd8]I always thought that Daria did suffer from some body issues. With everyone focusing on how "cute" little Quinn was, in addition to being not being able to connect intellectually with someone, young Daria might have come to the conclusion that people are only interested in a woman\'s body. Therefore, she actively tried to not be cute. Years later, the actual meaning was lost and people pointing out how different she was from her sister might have created the notion that since Quinn is the cute one, she must be the opposite. \n\nThat and Quinn puts a lot more effort into her appearance.[/quote:2zy98rd8]\n\nThis is pretty much exactly how I feel about canon Daria. She has [i:2zy98rd8]so many issues[/i:2zy98rd8], I think we sometimes overlook her body image problems. \":P\"','33aa8d61e19cafcceb6fff1f815ee9c3',0,'oA==','2zy98rd8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566411,36803,6,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345774006,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="ThanatosRW":1f9btfcs]During the school year after canon, Kevin knocks up a cheerleader. The cheerleader leaves after their son is born. Kevin, unable to go to college, gets a job to support his son. Thing is, Doug wants his grandson to focus on football like Kevin did, and even offers to adopt his grandson and raise him for Kevin. Kevin realizes how focusing on football ruined his life, how unprepared he was for the real world. Will he keep his son and the uncertainty of the future? Or will he surrender his son and let history repeat itself?[/quote:1f9btfcs]\n\nWe need more Kevin Triumphant.\n\nAnd more Doug Falling Off a Cliff Into Spikes. He is failure as a parent, and as a human being.\n\nI bet he burns food on the grill, too. \":P\"','12f34197262c21f5f459a11bd7ca3c66',0,'gA==','1f9btfcs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566412,36803,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.26',1345774431,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="Lord Yellowtail":12wp0u28][quote="ThanatosRW":12wp0u28]During the school year after canon, Kevin knocks up a cheerleader. The cheerleader leaves after their son is born. Kevin, unable to go to college, gets a job to support his son. Thing is, Doug wants his grandson to focus on football like Kevin did, and even offers to adopt his grandson and raise him for Kevin. Kevin realizes how focusing on football ruined his life, how unprepared he was for the real world. Will he keep his son and the uncertainty of the future? Or will he surrender his son and let history repeat itself?[/quote:12wp0u28]\n\nWe need more Kevin Triumphant.\n\nAnd more Doug Falling Off a Cliff Into Spikes. He is failure as a parent, and as a human being.\n\nI bet he burns food on the grill, too. \":P\"[/quote:12wp0u28]\n\nOk then here\'s a plotbunny for you!\n\nDoug Thompson dies of a heart attack (at some point during Kevin\'s sophomore year), leaving his son heartbroken and his mother secretly happy, since she can now encourage her son to put some energy into his studies, which she quickly discovers will require some outside help, so she hires a tutor.\n\nAnd Daria finds herself being drafted (probably by Ms. Li or her mother or a combo of the two) to perform the thankless task of educating Kevin.','89f23982be21888ca8f01946ae087204',0,'gA==','12wp0u28',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566413,36534,11,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345774751,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Shared Characters : Can characters really be "shared"?','[quote="Brother Grimace":2m46rurc]Personally, if someone wants to use my characters, go ahead, but I just think that it\'s polite if I get a heads-up on that, especially if they\'re going to use them in a way that\'s radically different from the base interpretation. I won\'t say no or get bitchy if someone uses [i:2m46rurc]The Alliance[/i:2m46rurc], Kyle Armalin, Archangel or Valkyrie, Paula Trainor or anything/anyone from USAES - I put them out there for public use, and if that changes, I\'ll let people know (although I doubt that I\'d ever do that) - but there is a certain level of impoliteness if someone uses and doesn\'t even bother to ask, or even let you know that they\'re doing it.[/quote:2m46rurc]\n\nI owe you a public apology in that regard. I asked Doggieboy if I could use (and twist) his Black Saturday nuclear exchange from [i:2m46rurc]Apocalyptic Daria[/i:2m46rurc], but I can\'t remember ever asking you if I could use Kyle Armalin for Deathstroke.\n\nI should have. I\'d certainly like a heads up, at least, if anyone was using any of my AU versions of canon characters**. Especially given how I turned him into an out and out sociopathic villain. It just slipped my mind. No offense was intended. I think maybe given how detailed his entry on the Daria wiki and how often he shows up, my brain subconsciously assumed he was public domain. Especially since the idea didn\'t occur to me to use him until about 2 hours before I wrote it--I was a bit giggly* with the possibilities and didn\'t do what I should have. That\'s no excuse, but I think that\'s what happened.\n\nAgain, my apologies. It won\'t happen again.\n\n[size=50:2m46rurc]*Am I the only one that gets giggly-happy when I get an idea I really like while writing?\n** Off the top of my head, I\'ve only got three OCs that had any significant part to play. One\'s dead now, the other pretty much exists solely as a passive evil-oozing device, and the third is my version of Veronica Morgendorffer. I\'ve got more OCs in the pipeline.[/size:2m46rurc]','1ab94f1ec02d0f3141dc6a6124e7246d',0,'pA==','2m46rurc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566414,36803,6,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345774891,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="Shiva":2dewakrx][quote="Lord Yellowtail":2dewakrx][quote="ThanatosRW":2dewakrx]During the school year after canon, Kevin knocks up a cheerleader. The cheerleader leaves after their son is born. Kevin, unable to go to college, gets a job to support his son. Thing is, Doug wants his grandson to focus on football like Kevin did, and even offers to adopt his grandson and raise him for Kevin. Kevin realizes how focusing on football ruined his life, how unprepared he was for the real world. Will he keep his son and the uncertainty of the future? Or will he surrender his son and let history repeat itself?[/quote:2dewakrx]\n\nWe need more Kevin Triumphant.\n\nAnd more Doug Falling Off a Cliff Into Spikes. He is failure as a parent, and as a human being.\n\nI bet he burns food on the grill, too. \":P\"[/quote:2dewakrx]\n\nOk then here\'s a plotbunny for you!\n\nDoug Thompson dies of a heart attack (at some point during Kevin\'s sophomore year), leaving his son heartbroken and his mother secretly happy, since she can now encourage her son to put some energy into his studies, which she quickly discovers will require some outside help, so she hires a tutor.\n\nAnd Daria finds herself being drafted (probably by Ms. Li or her mother or a combo of the two) to perform the thankless task of educating Kevin.[/quote:2dewakrx]\n\nYes, please. \":D\"','225d0b785858609c2d2dedb55da58870',0,'gA==','2dewakrx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566415,37414,3,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345775153,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','I was doing one of my video walks on youtube. I wanted to hear the old G.I. Joe opening when I clicked on a video for best forgotten 80\'s cartoons. I can only remember watching one, C.O.P.S., and even then, just the fact that I watched it. In fact, I only realized after watching the intro.\n\nBoring details aside, have I found Black Superman?\n\n[img:3nqu9y64]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Oyg7hdiGW2I/SzvPg5JachI/AAAAAAAABA4/VfS69uLg9SU/s640/Bulletproof.jpg[/img:3nqu9y64]','08e441506882bb51f4eab1e2fc2a7c5f',0,'CA==','3nqu9y64',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566416,37439,3,1712,0,'70.109.158.37',1345775388,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','[quote="tafka":3v65ztej]Okay then. Time to pull out the list eclectica & give you some of my favourites to play with. Please note that when you hit the arabic pop, the numbers usually signify the many & varied ways of pronouncing an \'h\' in arabic.\n\n(LIST OF DELICIOUSNESS)\n\nAnd we\'re done. PM me if you have any difficulty in locating the music I\'ve recommended.[/quote:3v65ztej]\n\ni was gonna say a few of the things here. looks like Wish may be SOMEONE\'S fave Cure album \";-)\" i practically have a masters degree in The Cure. if anyone has any questions about them or wants to gab about them, i\'m very much available.\n\nalso here are some of my GROOVESHARK PLAYLISTS of various things if you wanna test drive some stuff:\n\n"Parental Advisory" (a "smexy" mix of dark synth)\nhttp://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Pare ... y/68313956\n\n"Alone & Tormented" (darkwave, 1980s goth)\nhttp://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Alon ... d/68490300\n\n"Another Time, Another Place" (steam punk, gothish)\nhttp://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Anot ... e/76113842\n\n"There and Back Again" (folk, celtic folk, symphonic metal, fantasy and journey themed)\nhttp://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Ther ... n/75616191\n\n"Ballad of the Space Cowboys" (acoustic, country-ish, synth, themed after Trigun and Firefly)\nhttp://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Ball ... s/74525172\n\n"Fade From Blue" (kind of gentle acoustic stuffs)\nhttp://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Fade ... e/69111030\n\n\nthere\'s some thingies of interest there. those are all pretty good, as far as composing a playlist goes (if i do say so myself), so hopefully you\'ll enjoy a bit of them. i\'ve got to make more playlists.','10fa893999fe05972c24c7cab23addbd',0,'gA==','3v65ztej',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566417,36803,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345775412,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="Shiva":xq59819b][quote="Lord Yellowtail":xq59819b][quote="ThanatosRW":xq59819b]During the school year after canon, Kevin knocks up a cheerleader. The cheerleader leaves after their son is born. Kevin, unable to go to college, gets a job to support his son. Thing is, Doug wants his grandson to focus on football like Kevin did, and even offers to adopt his grandson and raise him for Kevin. Kevin realizes how focusing on football ruined his life, how unprepared he was for the real world. Will he keep his son and the uncertainty of the future? Or will he surrender his son and let history repeat itself?[/quote:xq59819b]\n\nWe need more Kevin Triumphant.\n\nAnd more Doug Falling Off a Cliff Into Spikes. He is failure as a parent, and as a human being.\n\nI bet he burns food on the grill, too. \":P\"[/quote:xq59819b]\n\nOk then here\'s a plotbunny for you!\n\nDoug Thompson dies of a heart attack (at some point during Kevin\'s sophomore year), leaving his son heartbroken and his mother secretly happy, since she can now encourage her son to put some energy into his studies, which she quickly discovers will require some outside help, so she hires a tutor.\n\nAnd Daria finds herself being drafted (probably by Ms. Li or her mother or a combo of the two) to perform the thankless task of educating Kevin.[/quote:xq59819b]\n\nOh, i\'ve got ideas along that line, but no heart attack as the gimmick.','e22423091e11b809ca3576bc3bcb217c',0,'gA==','xq59819b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566418,36534,11,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345775441,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Shared Characters : Can characters really be "shared"?','[quote="Kem":1kss32rc][quote="Dervish":1kss32rc]I\'m fine with my characters being used, though I\'d like to know about it just out of curiosity. [/quote:1kss32rc]\n\nI feel the same way. I don\'t think I created any characters worth borrowing, though, so it\'s probably a moot point. \":)\"\n\nJust to throw this question out there: Do you think the same unwritten rule applies to *drawings* based on original characters? As authors, do you feel differently about someone drawing your character as opposed to them writing them into one of their own stories? Do you see a distinction at all because they\'re 2 different media?\n\nKem[/quote:1kss32rc]\n\nWhen I hit the button to reply to this, I was originally going to say that I\'d be so honored if anyone wanted to draw pictures of ANY of my AU characters, I\'d not care about whether they asked permission first. Indeed, there\'s something to be said about that kind of pleasant surprise.\n\nBut by the time this window loaded I realized I would in fact NOT be happy if someone, say, drew pictures of my AU-ites involved in, say, gorn/guro, or doing unspeakable acts of evil (where such acts are out of character).\n\nNow, I realize I can\'t keep anyone from doing this, and also realize the probability of anyone actually wanting to bother to do this is pretty near nil. I suppose the most I would do is put up a public notice politely asking artists not to do certain things, and to please notify me if they draw any fanart that complies with my request, because I would be extremely appreciative of getting to see it.\n\nI plan to write professional fiction one day. If it ever got so popular as to get Rule 34\'d, I\'d likely consider that some measure of success, and then try hard not to think about it. I understand Tara Strong (the VA of Twilight Sparkle) takes this attitude to erotic pony fanwork. Seems the best way to go.\n\n.... Wow. Had more to say about this than I thought. Huh.','a97491ecb4736a7dd3ed148e22fe0400',0,'gA==','1kss32rc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566419,37464,4,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345775538,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Texas Judge: Civil War If Obama Is Reelected','[url=http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/23/us/texas-judge-warning/index.html:24esxi7a]Texas Democrats: Judge Should Resign[/url:24esxi7a]','96a81c9c6663fe90e1096f508e37c1c4',0,'EA==','24esxi7a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566420,37464,4,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345775795,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Texas Judge: Civil War If Obama Is Reelected','The big question that needs to be asked is--what kind of fricking drugs is this guy on? \":evil:\"','8a0bf075c48b03a9d689d67259672062',0,'','rjes77dq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566421,36534,11,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345775988,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Shared Characters : Can characters really be "shared"?','[quote="Brother Grimace":2xie9v32]I wish that I had the artistic ability of a dried frog; I\'m limited to [b:2xie9v32]VERY[/b:2xie9v32] bad stick-figures. (I wish to God I were kidding.) If I could draw even a decent bit, I\'d have taken [i:2xie9v32]Legion of Lawndale Heroes[/i:2xie9v32] into the webcomic phase [b:2xie9v32]long ago[/b:2xie9v32].\n\nI\'d also love to see some [i:2xie9v32]Apocalyptic Daria[/i:2xie9v32] stuff, I would actually pay for even a short [i:2xie9v32]Hallowed Halls Of Fielding[/i:2xie9v32] short comic, and the same goes for a [i:2xie9v32]FiC[/i:2xie9v32] short with Bump and Sissy. ([i:2xie9v32]The Cats Will Play[/i:2xie9v32] would do nicely.)[/quote:2xie9v32]\n\nDitto re: wanting drawings of the stuff you\'ve written. I\'ve thought about trying to commission a picture of the full JSA roster around their meeting table, like in the "Absolute Justice" episode of Smallville. \":)\"','7efe0f2bae0ca24b7bc200baaa9bf1ca',0,'4A==','2xie9v32',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566422,37439,3,981,0,'58.179.174.85',1345776540,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','I\'m interested in some of your playlist dude, but that website truly hates me. It keeps crashing out on me. \":(\"','8d207d0d8fad9c3ab2ea93a0a5b0730d',0,'','1ecpg81b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566424,37378,10,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345777344,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Call for some artwork for my next fan fic','BW just gave me the final colorized versions:\n\n[attachment=1:35qyfkrh]pen-head-colour01.jpg[/attachment:35qyfkrh]\n\n[attachment=0:35qyfkrh]pen-helmet-colour01.jpg[/attachment:35qyfkrh]\n\nAs Cyborg used to say on [i:35qyfkrh]Teen Titans[/i:35qyfkrh]--[b:35qyfkrh]BOO-YAH![/b:35qyfkrh]\n\nGreat job, BW, and thanks! \":mrgreen:\"','61e64fc61de15759f4cec914592e3be3',1,'YAg=','35qyfkrh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566425,37456,5,28,0,'76.112.172.157',1345778350,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','At least this time the [color=#0040BF:wtqvjttk]Wolve[/color:wtqvjttk][color=#FFFF00:wtqvjttk]rines[/color:wtqvjttk] were filmed in the right state.','d7c284f512bfeba59096c0250eecdcdf',0,'Ag==','wtqvjttk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566426,37406,5,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345779132,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you listening to? Part 4','"Blood and Roses" by The Smithereens:\n\n[youtube:2bxfqepm]iyF2Uqxj2FA[/youtube:2bxfqepm]\n\nI always liked the bass groove that opens this song up.','376f2c30767313901e8a59dd6b479cfc',0,'AAE=','2bxfqepm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566427,37395,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.26',1345780635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 6) (Partial Genderswap)','“Wow!” Jake Morgendorffer exclaimed with eyes wide open, “I really don’t know my kids.”\n\nQuinton snorted with amusement while standing behind the love seat adjacent to the couch in the Morgendorffer’s living room, sitting in front of him was Darin and Sandro. Sitting on the couch itself were Darin and Quinton’s parents, Jake and Helen Morgendorffer.\n\nWhile Jake had responded first, and had broken the ice after Darin had finished talking, Helen looked like a deer in the headlights while she tried to compose herself.\n\n“Come’on Helen get it together,” She thought to herself while she took a deep breath to calm herself, “You sort of expected this to happen, but… Darin with… [i:101ie10n]Sandro[/i:101ie10n]!”\n\nAloud however she pulled herself out of her mental tailspin and said, “Oh sweetie I’m so glad that you’ve decided to come out to us.”\n\nShe gave them both one of her best smiles, “And I’m happy that you managed to find someone special so quickly.”\n\nDarin gave a very faint grin at that and glanced at Sandro, “Yeah me too.” He said softly and Sandro’s smile was anything but faint.\n\nThat caused Jake to smile with some confusion, since it let him latch onto something he understood, that his eldest son was [i:101ie10n]happy[/i:101ie10n].\n\n“It’s nice to see Darin smile like that,” Jake thought to himself, “It’s been a long time since he’s done it.”\n\nHelen in the meanwhile had an odd thought, she recalled the times when she seen Darin and Jean together, practically attached to the hip but there hadn’t been a hint of anything like this between them.\n\nNow when it came to [i:101ie10n]Trent Lane[/i:101ie10n] on the other hand, several odd occurrences suddenly made more sense, the pinning looks that Darin had given him, the very minimal and nervous words given, and of course the blushing.\n\n“Now I’m really glad he’s with Sandro,” Helen thought to herself with relief, “I couldn’t imagine what sort of nightmares I’d get seeing Darin dating a bum like Trent.”\n\nGranted he was a lovable bum, but he was still a bum.\n\n“But there’s something I’m curious about,” Helen said to cover up her hard thinking, “I mean don’t get me wrong I’m glad that you two feel comfortable enough to tell us this so quickly but well…”\n\n“Why did we tell you barely a day into this?” Darin supplied for her and his mother nodded.\n\nSandro seemed to deflate in front of them and Darin suppressed a sigh, Quinton stepped forward and patted them both on the backs for support.\n\n“We were outed.” Darin said very flatly and without any emotion what so ever.\n\n“What?!” Helen and Jake both exclaimed.\n\nDarin then told them what he suspected had happened, that when he and Sandro had been at the park they were spotted together by someone that knew them and had then posted the details online.\n\nHe didn’t elaborate on what they had been doing to be spotted like that.\n\nJake didn’t pick up on it and Quinton already knew the truth of it, but Helen did not and she did pick up on it and her mind filled in the blank.\n\nWith the wrong answer.\n\n“Oh my god!” she thought to herself with instinctive maternal horror, “I can’t believe that they were doing… [i:101ie10n]That[/i:101ie10n] in public!”\n\nThe only comfort that she could take from all this was that Darin and Sandro couldn’t get pregnant.\n\nHowever a hint of this passed across her face and Darin knew the signs even if he didn’t know the details.\n\nSo to head it off at the pass he suddenly got up and said, “Well I was hoping that you guys would be able to handle it and I was proven correct, but now we have one more bed of hot coals to walk through.”\n\n“What do you mean?” Jake asked with his usual confusion, he didn’t think that Darin did the hot coal walking trick, right?\n\n“We have to tell my parents.” Sandro spoke up with a voice that was deader than Darin’s.\n\n“Oh.” Helen breathed flatly, she knew the twisted creature that was Linda Griffin well.\n\nSandro rose to join his boyfriend and asked, “If things go as badly as I think they well can I crash here for a couple days?”\n\n“Of course Sandro,” Jake said before Helen could think of a response, “Anything for my son’s friends.”\n\nTrapped by her husband’s words, Helen couldn’t think of a way around them in the very short time allotted to her, so she conceded defeat before the battle had begun.\n\n“Yes of course,” she added very smoothly, “We’ll put you up in the guest bedroom if it comes down to it.”\n\n“It probably will.” Sandro replied with flat tones and dead looking eyes, Darin grabbed his hand firmly into his own.\n\n“Let’s get this over with.” The dark brown haired boy said before he said his goodbyes and headed out the door with Darin.\n\n\n“WHAT?!” Linda Griffin screamed in disbelief at her son and that… Whatever it was that was in her living room, daring to hold Sandro’s hand in front her and her family.\n\n“I’m dating Darin,” Sandro repeated very flatly, “I’m dating a guy.”\n\nLinda went completely rigid after that, then she shook slightly like a bomb that was about to explode in the Griffin’s living room, leaving a trail of broken body parts in her wake.\n\nDuring this, Tom Griffin had slumped onto the couch, his jaw firmly dropped, his eyes doing the raccoon thing, unable to respond to this situation at all.\n\nFor once, Sandro’s little brothers Sam and Chris weren’t fighting each other, trying to pick a fight with him, or even using this as fodder for teasing, they were in just as much shock as their Dad.\n\nThen Linda came back to reality and her eyes blazed with icy cold fury.\n\n“Alessandro!” She snapped at her son using his full name, “How on God’s green earth could you possibly think that this is… I mean this is…[i:101ie10n] sick[/i:101ie10n]!”\n\nSandro at first had started to wilt under his mother’s anger, but when she had looked at Darin with those eyes, those spiteful hateful eyes, his own eyes had narrowed and he puffed himself up.\n\n“Mother,” Sandro snapped right back, his voice even more contemptuous than normal, “What this is isn’t sick, it’s just me being honest with who I am.”\n\n“And what is that?!” Linda roared right back, “Some sort of pansy fairy?!”\n\n“No,” Sandro yelled, “I like girls, but I… I also like guys, but until last night I had never acted on it… But now that I have I’m glad that I did.”\n\n“So now you’re saying that you’re Bi? Ha!” Linda barked, “First you were gay and now you\'re backpedaling, at least you know that it’s wrong.”\n\n“He never said that,” Darin spoke up while looking at the raving woman in front of him like a vaguely interesting lab specimen, “He just said that he was dating me.”\n\n“You stay out of this you faggot!” Linda yelled at the short, plain looking geek in the ugly clothes.\n\n“Don’t you dare talk to him that way you fucking bitch!” Sandro yelled while taking a step forward and putting Darin behind him a bit.\n\n“WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME?!” \n\n“You heard me you old cunt.” Sandro replied much more quietly than before and yet just as firmly, “You don’t ever speak that way to Darin if you want so much as a chance in hell to have me as your son.”\n\n“I AM NOT OLD!” Linda yelled back, her face beet red at the implications of the O-word.\n\n“God you’re pathetic.” Darin commented from the background, his voice filled with contempt.\n\n“SHUT UP!” Linda yelled, but Darin gave her a dark smile from behind her eldest son.\n\nSandro shook with rage as it took quite a bit of effort on his part not to slug his mother right in the face.\n\n“I don’t need this crap,” Sandro said with his voice pumped full of his barely contained fury, “Let’s go.”\n\nHe then turned his back on his mother and Darin lead the way to the door, she began to scream, “HOW DARE YOU TURN YOUR BACK ON ME!”\n\n“I dare a lot of things!” Sandro said without breaking his stride, “And I’ll be sending for my things in the morning.”\n\nLinda almost ran to catch up to her son and tried to grab his shoulder, but he snapped back around with blinding speed and grabbed her arm, his face twisted with such malevolence that she balked.\n\nHe said nothing and neither did she, then when he threw her arm to the side and turned back around to walk away he heard something that resembled a whimper, but it didn’t come from her.\n\nIt came from his father.\n\nBut once he was out the door, Sandro slammed it shut behind him.\n\n\nOnce Sandro’s Firebird pulled up in the Morgendorffer driveway, Darin stepped out of the driver’s side while Sandro stumbled out of the passenger side, his face red even while he wiped away more tears.\n\nHe waited until Sandro was as ready as he could be and lead the way back into his home.\n\nOnce indoors, they found Jake sitting on the couch with a martini in hand and some baseball game on the tube.\n\nJake turned and got one look at Darin and Sandro, both physically and emotionally drained, and Sandro looking like he had been put into a blender and yelled, “Helen, they’re back!”\n\nHelen stepped out of the kitchen with her cellphone in hand, and Darin noticed Quinton slipping down the stairs with Chase and Ty with him.\n\nWhile Helen tried to wrap up her conversation with her boss, his friends got one look at him and pulled him into a bro-hug.\n\n“My… God… Are you… Ok?” Ty asked once he pulled away.\n\n“Of course he isn’t!” Chase snapped in a rare moment of annoyance, “They both look like shit.”\n\n“Thanks for the honesty.” Darin snarked faintly.\n\nChase started to apologize before Quinton told him that was part of Darin’s warped sense of humor.\n\nThen Helen told Eric, “Goodbye!” and hung up the phone and really focused on her son and his new boyfriend.\n\n“Oh honey,” she said to Darin with worry, “What happened?”\n\nThen the doorbell rang and without thinking about it Chase answered it, “Oh hey Jean,” He said to Darin’s weird friend, “And who’s this?” he asked as he got a look at the girl on Jean Lane’s arm.\n\nShe was wearing a very non-descript sweater, long black pants, tennis shoes, a plain purse, her brown hair looked nice, but what drew you in were her sea-green eyes.\n\n“This is my girlfriend Tamara,” Jean replied quietly while brushing Chase aside and went over to Darin, “I got your text man, what happened?”\n\n“That’s what we were about to say.” Sandro answered for him very flatly before he related the story of what went down at the Griffin’s without any filtering or editing.\n\nOnce he was finished talking Sandro then went over to the nearest empty seat and sank into it and said very pleadingly, “Mr. and Mrs. Morgendorffer if it isn’t a bother can I stay over for a couple nights?”\n\n“…Of course.” Helen said as warmly as she could even while thinking to herself that she hadn’t quite believed that even someone like Linda could just… Reject her own flesh and blood like that.\n\n“Thank you.” Sandro replied with something that resembled hope.\n\nDarin in the meanwhile had gone over to stand by his side and put a hand on his shoulder for comfort, without thinking about it Sandro patted it with his opposite hand.\n\nIt felt strange that simple gestures like this one had quickly becoming so meaningful to him and yet, “This feels right, even more right than when I was with chicks.” He thought to himself.\n\nHe wasn’t quite sure about the why, but then again he wasn’t really used to a lot of deep thinking.\n\nDarin on the other hand was thinking, about a lot of things but it was all snarled.\n\nThe only thing that had any connection to rationality was the simple question, “Where do we go from here?”\n\nIt was a question that didn’t have a whole lot of answers.\n\n\nSandro’s friends and Darin’s friend and his friend’s girlfriend stayed over for a long time until it got late, they mostly watched TV, movies, ordered pizza and pigged out on junk food while Helen made some calls, a couple of which sounded like talks with a social worker of some sort.\n\nJake in the meanwhile was trying to be a good host, but his rants about military school tended to get in the way of that, and that was compounded by the Pizza Guy who ranted about aliens who had stolen his skin.\n\nBut in the end everyone was forced to leave, which left Sandro and Darin alone with their thoughts.\n\nAs much as they wished to just stay in the same room like they had the night before, there was no getting around the parents (which in this case meant Helen) on the matter.\n\n“Guest bedroom it is.” Sandro whispered sadly to Darin who nuzzled his neck before he got up off the couch and they headed on up together.\n\n“There’s some extra blankets in the closet in there,” Darin said quietly, “Since the vents were closed off to save on air and heating.”\n\n“Cool,” Sandro replied and then thought of something, “I’ll have to borrow some of Quinton’s clothes though since I don’t have any of my things.”\n\n“I doubt he’ll mind.” Darin answered as they reached the room where Sandro would be staying the night.\n\nThey stood outside of it for a minute and made sure that the coast was clear before they shared one last kiss for the day.\n\n“School’s gonna suck.” Sandro said even while he smiled a little in after-makeout bliss.\n\n“It always does,” Darin answered, “But tomorrow will be especially sucky… For anyone that messes with my man.”\n\nSandro’s smile grew at that, “Normally that’s me saying that about anyone messing with my girl… But in this case I… I like having someone that’s got my back.”\n\nThen he added, “And I’ve got yours too.”\n\nDarin grinned at that, “I think you want more than my back.”\n\nSandro snickered, “Yeah… But I don’t want to rush this and screw it up.”\n\n“…Me too.” Darin answered before he turned to walk away, “Well goodnight then Sandro.”\n\n“Good night… my love.” Sandro said and Darin turned his head to look at him and gave him a Mona Lisa smile.\n\nSandro smiled right back and slipped into the guest bedroom and shut it behind him once Darin had walked away.','67bb55993c8f3edf1324314291add3d5',0,'IA==','101ie10n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(567071,37414,3,981,0,'58.179.174.85',1346059635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','I\'m guessing someone in marketing decided to pull a prank on their last day.','ece44e7f03e42ad90e31593720827a9b',0,'','3ckzqptk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566429,37414,3,28,0,'76.112.172.157',1345781680,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Apparently I have a half million words archive at ff.net. That seems like a lot?\n\nIt also blows my kind a little that something I wrote seven years ago is still apparently getting hundreds of hits a month. That just doesn\'t seem right.','b4e996f703e6e59f530fab4ac41d244f',0,'','354lxvrp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566430,37465,3,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345782614,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','MartinUK - great new metal track','From Alestorm!\n\n[youtube:2jzun6ut]mIBMt28d1FA[/youtube:2jzun6ut]\n\n \":D\"','47c60ff904a8ee35bee154245c250e72',0,'AAE=','2jzun6ut',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566431,37002,6,1189,0,'184.47.48.147',1345782698,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','As requested I have started adding to the a fore mentioned plot bunny.\nMy working title has been Esteem Thunder. Clumsy sounding aint it?\nSo here\'s a little taste just to give an idea.\n\n[b:4xdinnmt]Esteem Thunder[/b:4xdinnmt]\n\n\n[i:4xdinnmt]Dear Diary,\n\nOf all the clichés in all the writings in all the world, I have to end up using that one…Dammit.\n\nI’m writing this in the hopes that it will help me make sense of things. I hope to find connections that I just can’t see due to the thoughts racing in my head. I guess I’ll start with the big world events, then go on to things that were big in my own little world. Funny…my world doesn’t feel so little anymore. Want to know how funny? I now appreciate and praise Angela Li for her paranoia and the fact she acted on it. Lawndale would be a sorry place right now if she hadn’t done so.\n\nWorld War III wound up being a surprise to many people. It wasn’t a surprise that it happened. Nor was it a surprise what caused it.\n\nOne surprise was the fact that it didn’t go nuclear. Another surprise was who ended up as allies, especially considering the biggest surprise.\n\n[u:4xdinnmt]It was the U.S. that started it.[/u:4xdinnmt] I told you it was a big surprise. The reason… oil.[/i:4xdinnmt]\n\n\nTBC?','0d363a07537d104f9395e98a9c6c7677',0,'YQ==','4xdinnmt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566432,37395,6,1782,0,'63.233.104.250',1345784119,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 6) (Partial Genderswap)','Allowing me to hate Linda even more, adorableness in spades, and Jake being awesome, and it\'s not even my birthday. Trully you have the generosity of a saint.','bbffa138e115205ceda47c45f763670b',0,'','32ybhbtn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566433,37339,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1345788178,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Uranium in the Drinking Water, a HH/Daria fusion. (2)','[quote:1p5u81ws]Even her habitual column was a compromise between her desire to defend Harrington (or more appropriately to condemn the idiocy of the men dealing with the entire affair) and the petition of Angier, and the fact that he asked her directly sent a loud and clear message to Daria and Tom about how he could end her little hobby without any effort, of a neutral article designed to get the attention of the public to the important matters.[/quote:1p5u81ws]\n\nI can imagine Daria trying her best to hold her tongue and not to tell what exactly she is thinking. \":D\"','5662c27591b847eece13b9aa0317c64e',0,'gA==','1p5u81ws',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566434,37414,3,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345788282,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[img:1odsmj13]https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/8/23/2IpaJIdCI0O-YxcM-GPVSg2.jpg[/img:1odsmj13]','5591ced5bec45bac76e84e65d5698f9b',0,'CA==','1odsmj13',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566435,37464,4,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345790947,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Texas Judge: Civil War If Obama Is Reelected','[quote:bmqrgux6]The county\'s Republican Party chief, Carl Tepper, accused the Democrats of "opportunism" and said he had called Head and left him a message offering "moral support."\n\n"I don\'t agree with him, but everyone has their opinion," Tepper said. "I can respectfully disagree with him and he can still be an elected official."\n[/quote:bmqrgux6]\n[quote:bmqrgux6][b:bmqrgux6]Head called for a well-equipped force to battle the United Nations troops that he said Obama might bring in.[/b:bmqrgux6]\n\nThe comments by Head,[b:bmqrgux6] who oversees emergency planning efforts[/b:bmqrgux6], were broadcast by CNN affiliate KJTV. He made similar remarks on radio station FOX Talk 950.\n\nSaying that as the county\'s emergency management coordinator he has to "think about the very worst thing that can happen and prepare for that and hope and pray for the best," Head told radio host Jeff Klotzman that he believes "in this political climate and financial climate, what is the very worst thing that could happen right now? Obama gets back in the White House. No. God forbid."\n\n....\n\n OK, what do you think he is going to do when that happens? He is going to call in the U.N. troops, personnel carriers, tanks and whatever."\n\nHead vowed to personally stand "in front of their personnel carriers and say, \'You\'re not coming in here.\' And [b:bmqrgux6]I\'ve asked the sheriff. I said, \'Are you going to back me on this?\' And he said, \'Yeah, I\'m going to back you.\' [/b:bmqrgux6]Well, I don\'t want a bunch of rookies back there who have no training and little equipment. I want seasoned veteran people who are trained that have got equipment. And even then, you know we may have two or three hundred deputies facing maybe a thousand U.N. troops.[b:bmqrgux6] We may have to call out the militia."[/b:bmqrgux6][/quote:bmqrgux6]\n\n[b]No.[/i] You absolutely cannot stay an elected official and be "respectfully" disagreed with after you said that, with emergency planning as part of your role, with you bringing the local fucking law enforcement in on your Red Dawn fantasies.','e698ce86ed49d76c58d084db78360fd4',0,'wA==','bmqrgux6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566436,35981,6,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1345791395,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[quote="Charles RB":1jj3emjg][quote="peetz5050":1jj3emjg]The terrible thing is I can see Daria becoming a nasty little carbon copy of Anthony... [/quote:1jj3emjg]\n\nShe could go either way.\n\nSo are you all sure you want me to write more...? \":P\"[/quote:1jj3emjg]\n\n\nYes.Poor kids. Gotta be hard growing up with a bitter twisted DeMartino for a father. I imagine that the story issue was the incident that pushed Helen into divorce. Daria is always the one to stand her ground with Tony, knowing he always backs off. The (understandable) revenge fantasy was brought to light and in the argument that followed Tony didn\'t back off and Daria briefly got the full whack of what it\'s like to be Helen. You start on her kids and the gloves are off for Helen.','9e8258bcacfba159e43b1d522b012c1d',0,'gA==','1jj3emjg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566437,36990,16,1189,0,'184.47.48.147',1345793012,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Deac\'s Game','[quote:2njnjpte] I wrote somethin’ and it killed someone else, I can’t stop killin’ people. I didn’t even mean to do it, and I’m still killin’ people, It’s never gonna end. I killed her inside.[/quote:2njnjpte]\n\nHere we go.','c64ad90cebc3eb2728b1c14103cf10a5',0,'gA==','2njnjpte',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566438,37378,10,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345793277,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Call for some artwork for my next fan fic','BOO-YAH indeed!','c992de3329f454f6a349a2d8361a4b9b',0,'','1kb1jjl6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566439,37002,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345793544,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="45Ranger":325l33h5][b:325l33h5]Esteem Thunder[/b:325l33h5]\n\nTBC?[/quote:325l33h5] Yes/[s:325l33h5]No[/s:325l33h5]','e3e72e7cd7afc777f93f41963699131d',0,'wAQ=','325l33h5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566440,37395,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345794508,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 6) (Partial Genderswap)','Well handled, I loved that whimper form Tom Griffin at the end of the scene. Some great angsty moments there.\n\nAnd I guess there\'s never gonna be a Jean/Tamara/Darin triangle in this AU. \":lol:\"','035b477c2a775da6325876794b653e82',0,'','3ijjxm9z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566441,35981,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345794695,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":xjxycj1s][quote="Charles RB":xjxycj1s][quote="peetz5050":xjxycj1s]The terrible thing is I can see Daria becoming a nasty little carbon copy of Anthony... [/quote:xjxycj1s]\n\nShe could go either way.\n\nSo are you all sure you want me to write more...? \":P\"[/quote:xjxycj1s]\n\n\nYes.Poor kids. Gotta be hard growing up with a bitter twisted DeMartino for a father. I imagine that the story issue was the incident that pushed Helen into divorce. Daria is always the one to stand her ground with Tony, knowing he always backs off. The (understandable) revenge fantasy was brought to light and in the argument that followed Tony didn\'t back off and Daria briefly got the full whack of what it\'s like to be Helen. You start on her kids and the gloves are off for Helen.[/quote:xjxycj1s]\n\n[img-l:xjxycj1s]http://peterfree.ie/img/Doc.png[/img-l:xjxycj1s]Sounds like the basis for your second contribution to this thread, get writin\'','9904d2ed8850519c26645efc1175a57f',0,'gABA','xjxycj1s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566442,33438,3,1406,0,'87.20.117.183',1345795022,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Kitties!','[quote="johndotcalm":15pbdagw][url=http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2CgKQa/:sP43lvFz:9WNMuOcd/www.madpet.com/pets-drugs/:15pbdagw]How to tell if your kitty is on drugs.[/url:15pbdagw][/quote:15pbdagw]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','bfbd98be140c910c1ea4f4f984efd00e',0,'kA==','15pbdagw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566443,37466,6,1019,0,'64.12.116.209',1345795376,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The Dark Days to Come - reecho version','I get so nervous that I never ask for a beta-reader. Anyway - I did write the first chapter of [b:3fx3rtfy]My World Alone - Re-echoed[/b:3fx3rtfy], but I feel like that one might [i:3fx3rtfy]really[/i:3fx3rtfy] need a beta-reader so instead I\'m putting this one up first. I\'m also skipping the [b:3fx3rtfy]Puppet Princess of Lawndale Kingdom [/b:3fx3rtfy]since I\'m not really in the mood to write something so light-hearted at the moment. In good news that means the revival of [b:3fx3rtfy]A Path Forged from a Lie Re-echo[/b:3fx3rtfy] and the next chapter of [b:3fx3rtfy]Tom was There[/b:3fx3rtfy] are just around the corner. I met you are [size=55:3fx3rtfy]not[/size:3fx3rtfy] happy about that! \n\nIf this gets noticed then I\'d like to have chapter 2 and onward beta read. This is one I\'m really happy to be doing again since it\'s a neat concept in my own opinion...\n\n[b:3fx3rtfy]The Dark Days to Come[/b:3fx3rtfy] - reecho version\nBy: OverlordMikey\n\n[i:3fx3rtfy]Chapter 1 - A Family Matter\n\nMy name is Jane Lane, and this is a story. A story of my best friend, her family legacy, and me. It\'s also a tragedy, a story about the coming of the end of the world. [/i:3fx3rtfy]\n\nDaria and Jane sat together watching the TV. Sick-sad World, it was one of their favorite TV shows. A collection of stories about inane idiots who thought their paranoid freak outs where worthy of a humans time and dumb conspiracy theory crap.\n\nThe current story was about a mole-rat repellent stick that made mole-rats explode. The before commercial tagline had been "Mole-rat repellent stick or super death weapon! Next on Sick Sad World!" with a cute animated giant mole-rat getting blown up by a stick. \n\nAs the somewhat ditzy women who claimed to be the inventor showed off the sticks potential by using it on a mole-rat the footage quickly switched to an obvious fake mole-rat exploding. Jane was a little shocked when they returned and the women interviewing the inventor looked sicken and what looked like blood covered the two of them.\n\n"It was just supposed to keep them away, but the customers at my local store are apparently fine with this effect. Isn\'t that just a shame, they\'re so cute..." The women went on about her other attempted inventions until she was cut off, her time apparently up.\n\n"Next on Sick Sad World, is the Antichrist among us? - As a surely high school girl in the dark..." The image was a familiar looking high school girl. Daria sat up looking somewhat perplexed. However when the story came on the girl in the story looked nothing like Daria and she calmed down; based on the girl\'s story, she probably just hadn\'t been sleeping well and had drank way to much caffeine or something. \n\n"Bring back the mole-rat lady!" Jane jokingly shouted, trying to calm the now tense air of the room. "The show hasn\'t been trying since the seventh season \'eh, Daria?"\n"That suggests they\'ve ever tried at all."\nJane smiled a half smile, it was good to hear Daria quipping back, although she sounded off. "What\'s bugging you Daria?" Daria didn\'t respond. "Don\'t tell me that whole TV thing?"\n"You didn\'t believe me..."\n"No Daria, I totally believe you\'re going to bring about the end of the world." \nBack to this again? Hasn\'t this joke gone on long enough?\n\nThen again, odd things have happened around Daria before. Like the time that hurricane was coming and it seemed like everyone started to sing. Not to mention everyone got through completely unscathed and hardly any property damage.\n\n"I\'d better, can you imagine if Quinn did?"\n"We\'d be invaded by fashion demons trying to do our hair and fix our tacky wardrobes, chaos - idiocy - shallow rampant materialism... wait, I know I was trying to make a point."\n\nDaria just smiled. "Then again, it\'d really take the two of us."\n"Um, Daria - you\'re really into this joke..."\n\nThat was when Helen called too them. Daria jumped to her feet; Jane couldn\'t help but noticed how strange Helen sounded - so angry and scared.\n\n"Helen must have had a hard day at work..."\n"She probably found my hidden lab." Daria pretended to think before adding. "The question is, will this hinder my plan for world domination?"\n"It could be the end of the world?" Jane joked, referencing her friends odd behavior. \n"Only if they refuse my demands." Daria said, her voice somewhat off-kilter.\n\nHelen called again, this time her voice was less angry, although no less scared. Still, there was an almost respectful strength in the way she sounded. She then added something. "...Jane can hear this."\n\nDaria\'s face turned paler than usual. \nJane could feel herself biting into her lip nervously. What was this feeling in the air - a foreboding feeling like the whole world was pointing all its hate and all it\'s nukes directly at this house.\n\nDaria looked at Jane and gave a nervous smile. "If you want..." \n\n[i:3fx3rtfy]You can stay down here... That\'s what Daria wanted to say to me. I should have listened, but I didn\'t...\n\nI was already making my way downstairs ahead of here, not a care in the world despite the deep feeling of resentment and hate that had filled the house.[/i:3fx3rtfy]\n\nHelen paced back an forth but her face looked determined, she pointed to the couch. Daria sat beside Quinn - Jane noticed Quinn\'s nails digging into her legs painfully and the tears welling up in her eyes. \n\nJake was sitting on the love seat. Jane, had no words to describe Jake\'s face. In all the time she\'d seen him rant, rave, and cry about his life - never had she seen a face so full of hate, anger, rage, and pain.\n\n"Jane," Helen said sympathetically. "I know I said you could stay, but perhaps you\'d like to leave." \n"No- no way. This is just a..." Quinn, maybe by bribing her. Jake, possibly through trickery or just plain for fun. But Helen? No, she\'d never go this far...\nAnd that look on Jake\'s face.\n\nJane walked to the couch and sat beside Daria. "I\'m all ears."\n\n"Is it - really okay?" Jake mumbled. \n"At this point I don\'t think it matter Jakey."\n"Yeah..."\n\nThis is really real Jane thought. She felt something slowly drifting down her face. She was crying, crying and hurting. Trent, the first person who popped into her mind was Trent.\nThis is all real...\n\n"This can\'t be real!" Quinn screamed out, not to anyone in particular though. It\'s like she was begging reality to make that so. Jane noticed her legs where now bleeding.\n\n"Quinn, I\'m so sorry..." Jake said bitterly in a voice that told Jane that he was no fan of what way happening either.\n\n"When dad?" Daria asked, doing her best to remain rational.\n"Don\'t know, either on or shortly after your graduation."\n"That\'s all the time we have left?" Daria asked, her voice filled with a noticeable sadness.\n\nJake smiled at his daughter\'s bravery in the face of this madness.\n"So, Jake is the son of the devil..." Jane said softly. Jake just nodded. "So what are you Helen? A succubus or something?"\n"I\'m a human Jane..." Helen said, somewhat confused.\n"A human lawyer, yep - like a cheap punch line." Jane said with a smile. Her tears streaming down her face.\n\nThen Daria hugged her.\n"This must hard on you Jane." Jake said. "We\'ve all had time to come to terms with what\'s happening, but you..."\n"I\'ll be fine..."\n\n"I must say Jane, you\'re taking this better than I thought you would." Helen said sincerely.\n"Probably just the way I was raised." Jane said as she patted one of Daria\'s hand, letting her friend know it was okay to let go of her. It took Daria a moment, but she did so.\n\n"I\'ll see you at school tomorrow." Jane said, as if nothing had happened.\n\n[i:3fx3rtfy]And so my best friend, the person who made my lonely and horrible little life bearable up until that point...\nShe was going to bring about the end of the world.[/i:3fx3rtfy]\n\nAs Jane headed out to go home she looked back at the Morgendorffer’s home. She tried to think of those who mattered the most to her - beside her brother Trent she realized only one other person was really there.\n\n[i:3fx3rtfy]Dark days are ahead of us…[/i:3fx3rtfy]','433e80cb8a17b8e2bf8100e6fb2bcb98',0,'ZA==','3fx3rtfy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566444,37339,6,804,0,'202.238.139.53',1345796041,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Uranium in the Drinking Water, a HH/Daria fusion. (2)','Nice article by Daria, and Quinn\'s thought on the situation and dealing with Society are an excellent touch.','5bd18d755c03817e92662e2d3d5692ce',0,'','3h0m0w1j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566445,37467,4,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345797357,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Anders Behring Breivik Sentenced To 21 Years Prison','[url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/world/europe/anders-behring-breivik-murder-trial.html?_r=1:2husp1se]A court on Friday sentenced Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian extremist who admitted killing 77 people last year, to at least 21 years in prison after ruling that he was sane when he carried out his country’s worst peacetime atrocity. The sentence [b:2husp1se]was the most severe permitted under Norwegian law, [u:2husp1se]but it can be extended at a later date[/u:2husp1se].[/b:2husp1se][/url:2husp1se]','74b02d9d899a53d6392ab47ae29a4b8b',0,'UQ==','2husp1se',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566446,37414,3,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345799969,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Interesting comment by someone who probably does know Queensland west of the Dividing Range:\n\nPeople in Western Queensland believe that [i:3oi80cmb]Mad Max[/i:3oi80cmb] is a documentary. Scary thing is that the person who said this is probably right.','6eed44ebba8561090a300b731be66570',0,'IA==','3oi80cmb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566447,37468,3,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345800352,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','What\'s In The Package?','[url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/utrolige-historier/artikkel.php?artid=10060251:i3lzq8hu]The first mayor in Sel kommune in Norway wrote «Can be opened in 2012» on a package from 1912. Friday the mystery will finally be revealed.[/url:i3lzq8hu]\n\nEDIT: [url=http://www.vgtv.no/#!id=55544:i3lzq8hu]Live webcam link.[/url:i3lzq8hu]','5c5ef2953c1c788a5164c9e8678a3fd2',0,'EA==','i3lzq8hu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566448,37465,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345800387,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: MartinUK - great new metal track','\":lol:\" \n\nI never thought I\'d hear [i:1p4s894g]any [/i:1p4s894g]cover of that song, let alone a metal one. \":mrgreen:\"','869503a14e5ba5fdf5703bb15856f104',0,'IA==','1p4s894g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566449,37461,4,1030,0,'196.6.129.105',1345801686,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Egyptian President makes ruling on press "slander"...','I get the feeling we might see Morsi\'s name go down in history in one of the best ways possible...','cee62228f5af35c4aef6382043a69e09',0,'','1haw5v28',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566450,37467,4,1030,0,'196.6.129.105',1345801746,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Anders Behring Breivik Sentenced To 21 Years Prison','Good.','324b00e392ecba80c9770c0d9a8ac9dd',0,'','3md8nzc8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566451,37406,5,810,0,'58.165.107.114',1345802403,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you listening to? Part 4','Feeder - Hole in My Head (from [i:3b0golax]Yesterday Went Too Soon[/i:3b0golax]). Play it loud! \":D\" \n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WnlRDxu5iQ','bae943b245764cefd64cbc6a0b9edc0e',0,'IA==','3b0golax',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566452,37395,6,1406,0,'80.116.80.209',1345802679,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 6) (Partial Genderswap)','[quote="peetz5050":3g7yerpi]Well handled, I loved that whimper form Tom Griffin at the end of the scene. Some great angsty moments there.\n\nAnd I guess there\'s never gonna be a Jean/Tamara/Darin triangle in this AU. \":lol:\"[/quote:3g7yerpi]\n\nbut mabe we\'ll see a Jean/Tamara/Sandro/Darin XD','a7b34ffa8aa7a6cb9ffa8f4ab9e3a80a',0,'gA==','3g7yerpi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566453,37468,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345802696,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What\'s In The Package?','Did they chose today because most of Norway is looking elsewhere this morning?','58ebe4f5e65e3a4b9b1a46f56fd9a64f',0,'','1cvmhvo1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578226,37948,16,1108,0,'86.139.166.42',1351365924,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Question: Tom Sloane\'s Final Alter Ego','[quote="OgRedd":2rsux6hs]\nEarl was cool. He probably ended up as a rocket scientist or a hand model or something. - Og[/quote:2rsux6hs]\n\nEarl will be the next Governor of Texas.','43e794d1ec1fd1f213dbf441c46a6471',0,'gA==','2rsux6hs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566455,37399,3,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345803446,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The "Let\'s cheer each other up!" Thread','[youtube:2r8i60fr]86UyxGZ_pgQ[/youtube:2r8i60fr]','30a8aa668abf303475b0ee42318014e1',0,'AAE=','2r8i60fr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566456,37414,3,1030,0,'196.6.129.105',1345805099,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[img:1wtvvhkz]http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/5142416_460s.jpg[/img:1wtvvhkz]','addc7e2d043a9b978f57757e1cab4ece',0,'CA==','1wtvvhkz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566457,37468,3,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345805116,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What\'s In The Package?','[quote="MartinUK":byk7x8j4]Did they chose today because most of Norway is looking elsewhere this morning?[/quote:byk7x8j4]\n\nApparently the date has local significance. Something to do with a war with Sweden in the 17th Century. I believe that the locals defeated a Swedish force on this date, or so it seems.','142999d25f4b266ca5ea5f6a3e9065e5',0,'gA==','byk7x8j4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566458,37469,6,827,0,'75.103.154.50',1345805411,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The New Batman/Scooby-Doo Adventures','THE NEW BATMAN/SCOOBY-DOO ADVENTURES\n OR\n WHAT’S THE FUSS, ANUBIS\n\n Written by Patrick Moore\n\n Based on an idea from Peter W. Guerin/Doc Forbin\n\n All characters are owned by their respected owners.\n\n\n\nWe open with the opening to “Batman: TAS,” then we get the “Scooby-Doo: Mysteries Incorporated” opening.\n\nThe title “The New Batman/Scooby-Doo Adventures” appear on the screen with the Scooby gang running in the background.\n\n\n Act 1\n “Reunion In Gotham City…sort of”\n\n\nExt-Crystal Cove Park-Day\n\nWe see Mysteries Incorporated and other background characters watching something happen on the large stage, as we see Mayor Nettles (S2) walk on stage.\nMAYOR NETTLES\nHello, everybody, and welcome to the first ever Batman Day in Crystal Cove.\n\nEverybody cheers, as we cut to the Scooby Gang, as we see Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby-Doo looking puzzled.\n\nVELMA\nJinkies! It’s about time Crystal Cove gave a day to Batman and Robin, since we helped them three times fight the Joker and Penguin.\n\nFRED\nGang, do you think this is kind of strange that Mayor Nettles is doing this? I never saw Batman in Crystal Cove.\n\nDAPHNE\nSure, Batman’s an icon, but this isn’t like Batman has a Bat Credit Card or anything.\n\nSHAGGY\nI sure hope they have Bat Cookies.\n\nSCOOBY-DOO\nReah!\n\nCut back to Mayor Nettles, who is sweating, as she takes out a cloth from her pocket. She drops the cloth to the ground. We cut to the cloth as we see the dirt on it move.\n\nMAYOR NETTLES\nNow, let Batman Day begin!\n\nEveryone cheers, as we see Velma looking strange as she walks to the cloth that Nettles dropped. She could see the dirt move as well.\n\nVELMA\nMayor Nettles, you dropped your cloth.\n\nMayor Nettles snatches the handkerchief out of Velma’s hand, and gives her and angered look.\n\nMAYOR NETTLES\nGive me that, brat!\n\nVELMA\nYou’re not Mayor Nettles! She’s nice to us when we solve mysteries. I know who you really are.\n\nMayor Nettles’ eyes turn clear yellow, as she clasp Velma’s arm tight. The Gang runs up to help, but “Nettles’” arm turns into a large blade.\n\nMAYOR NETTLES\nOne move, Mystery Punks, or the Daria Morgendorffer rip-off gets it!\n\nFRED\nMystery Punks?! And I thought The Planeteers had their names insulted as worse.\n\nDAPHNE\nWhat’s happening to The Mayor?\n\nMayor Nettles began to change shape, as she melted into a huge mound of clay, as the clay throws Velma off stage.\n\nSHAGGY\nZoinks!!! It’s Clayface!!!\n\nCLAYFACE\nYou were expecting the Putty Patrol, Hippie?\n\nPeople began running, as Fred and Daphne run towards Velma.\n\nDAPHNE\nYou okay, Velma?\n\nVELMA\nDaphne, we tangled with a monster made of wax before. Clay, that’s another story. Did you hear that Clayface called me a Daria rip-off?\n\nFRED\nNever mind that, Velma, we got to find the real Mayor Nettles.\n\nVOICE\nDon’t worry. She’s safe.\n\nThe Gang looks up to see a bat shaped plane, and four figures come out of it. We find out its Batman, Robin, Batgirl, and Nightwing, as they land on the ground to confront the villain.\n\nSHAGGY\nZoinks! It’s the Dark Knight himself.\n\nFRED\nHe looks different the last time we teamed up with him.\n\nVELMA\nAnd he sound clearer than Christian Bale.\n\nBATMAN\nHey! Don’t compare me to Bale.\n\nCLAYFACE\nTime to die, Batman!\n\nBATMAN\nI see you got yourself back together, Hagen, since the Justice League’s battle with you and the Secret Society, a few months back.\n\nCLAYFACE\nI still have a score to settle with the Flash as well for what he did to me. Do you know how long it took me to get back together?\n\nNIGHTWING\nShut up and fight, Hagen.\n\nClayface’s arms morph into a mace with spikes on one arm and a sword like blade on the other, as he attacks the Batman family.\n\nThe Scooby Gang runs toward Sheriff Stone, who is eating a cheeseburger, and cheering on Batman.\n\nFRED\nSheriff Stone, aren’t you going to do something?\n\nSHERIFF STONE\nJones, this is the best stunt show I’ve seen. I’m not going to have you delinquents ruin this for me.\n\nVELMA\nThis isn’t a stunt show, you idiot! It’s real!!!\n\nWe see Nightwing get thrown into Sheriff Stone’s police car by Clayface. As Clayface is about to end Nightwing’s life, a large bolt of electricity hits Hagen, knocking out completely.\n\nFRED\nGood work, Batman.\n\nBATMAN\nThat wasn’t me; it was a special secret weapon I picked up.\n\nBatman points in the sky, as we see Static and Gear fly by, as they landed on the ground near Clayface.\n\nBATMAN\nThanks, Static.\n\nSTATIC\nThank goodness you called us about this Clayface character.\n\nGEAR\nThank goodness he isn’t a huge pile of…\n\nSTATIC\nThink about the kids, Gear.\n\nStatic turns to the camera, as he breaks the 4th wall.\n\nBATGIRL\nWhat’s Matt Hagen doing here Crystal Cove anyway?\n\nROBIN\nClayface is waking up.\n\nGear takes out a large collar out of Backpack, and puts it around Clayface’s neck.\n\nVELMA\nWhat is that?\nGEAR\nIt’s a special collar to shut down his shape shifting powers, until he gets sent back to Arkham Asylum.\n\nBATMAN\nWhat are you doing here, Hagen?\n\nCLAYFACE\nThis is the first of your end and the rest of the planet, Batman. You can’t stop us.\n\nBATMAN\nWant to bet on it? Who are you working for?\n\nCLAYFACE\nNone of your business, Bat. You’ll soon find out.\n\nClayface fall into unconsciousness, as a Gotham City Police Blimp appears on the scene.\n\nVELMA\nBatman, what about the real Mayor Nettles?\n\nBATMAN\nWe found her bound and gagged in clay at her house. We were tracking down a robbery that happened in Townsville a few nights ago.\n\nFRED\nDid the Powerpuff Girls find out what was stolen?\n\nBATMAN\nThey said it was the Anubis Head…again. They went to Mojo Jojo, who stolen it twice, but he didn’t do it this time. The Girls called me to get on the case, since they’re busy on other cases. I heard you kids solve mysteries. I need all the help we can get, but stay out of the way of major threats.\n\nFRED\nYou can count on us, Batman\n\nSCOOBY-DOO\nReah!\n\nVELMA\nWho would steal the Anubis Head, if Mojo didn’t do it?\n\n\nExt-Abandoned Candy Factory-Night\n\nWe cut inside to see The Joker dancing with the Anubis Head in his hands, as Harley Quinn is sitting down eating old candy corn out of a barrel.\n\nHARLEY QUINN\nMista J, why are you dancing with a dog’s head?\n\nJOKER\nHarl, this “dog’s head” is the famous Anubis Head bust I spent a few nights stealing past those blasted Powerpuff Brats’ eyes. As soon as our mystery benefactor arrives to pick it up, we’ll get paid.\n\nVOICE\nAt least you didn’t screw it up, Joker.\n\nJOKER\nHe’s here!\n\nHARLEY QUINN\nWho?\n\nWe see only a shadowy figure over some boxes looking at the two villains.\n\nSHADOWY FIGURE\nI need the Anubis Head to complete my master plan. Clayface was a distraction for Batman and his Gotham Nerds to keep busy, while I sent Mad Hatter and Poison Ivy for the next part of my plan.\n\nJOKER\n What is your master plan anyway?\n\nSHADOWY FIGURE\nSoon, you and the rest of the world will be a part of the greatest plan for world domination ever.\n\nThe figure laughs evilly, as we fade to black.\n\n\n END OF ACT ONE','955f5655d4b16c49f00bbe491873775b',0,'','1ei1bd1p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566459,36898,4,1001,0,'81.60.151.116',1345806996,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Julian Assange seeking asylum in Ecuador','http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... a-contempt\n\n[quote="Charles RB":pi4yb1zp]So why don\'t the Swedes say they won\'t extradite to the States? New Statesman has the answer:\n\n[quote="David Allen Green":pi4yb1zp]It would not be legally possible for Swedish government to give any guarantee about a future extradition, and nor would it have any binding effect on the Swedish legal system in the event of a future extradition request.\n\nBy asking for this \'guarantee\', Assange is asking the impossible, as he probably knows. Under international law, all extradition requests have to be dealt with on their merits and in accordance with the applicable law; and any final word on an extradition would (quite properly) be with an independent Swedish court, and not the government giving the purported \'guarantee\'.\n\nAlso Sweden (like the United Kingdom) is bound by EU and ECHR law not to extradite in circumstances where there is any risk of the death penalty or torture. There would be no extradition to the United States in such circumstances.[/quote:pi4yb1zp]\n\nAssange may probably know that, but the government of Ecuador should definately know that. [/quote:pi4yb1zp]\n\nhttp://pastehtml.com/view/c91yw7wjy.html','18a9146fe3b6688087cd7f119b02e378',0,'gA==','pi4yb1zp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566460,37456,5,1001,0,'81.60.151.116',1345808254,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','...Why? I still have nbad dreams with the first one. \":P\"','fe856871693146b1211f1fd4b384869a',0,'','nedb2kna',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566461,37466,6,1406,0,'80.116.80.209',1345810179,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Dark Days to Come - reecho version','interesting , but what means reecho ?','0730e765eabf57144ab3dac724dd5678',0,'','1qpdx0e6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566462,36508,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345810992,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 8 DONE','http://fhujmasterofhedgehog.deviantart. ... 71691&qo=0\n\nJust a thing to come in the story. Illus. to go with it. I wanna draw more today... :/','1a804659a43f11e6456bcb7e7912980c',0,'','20jotvu5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566463,36534,11,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345811978,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Shared Characters : Can characters really be "shared"?','[quote="Lord Yellowtail":3sa9wvsl][quote="Brother Grimace":3sa9wvsl]I wish that I had the artistic ability of a dried frog; I\'m limited to [b:3sa9wvsl]VERY[/b:3sa9wvsl] bad stick-figures. (I wish to God I were kidding.) If I could draw even a decent bit, I\'d have taken [i:3sa9wvsl]Legion of Lawndale Heroes[/i:3sa9wvsl] into the webcomic phase [b:3sa9wvsl]long ago[/b:3sa9wvsl].\n\nI\'d also love to see some [i:3sa9wvsl]Apocalyptic Daria[/i:3sa9wvsl] stuff, I would actually pay for even a short [i:3sa9wvsl]Hallowed Halls Of Fielding[/i:3sa9wvsl] short comic, and the same goes for a [i:3sa9wvsl]FiC[/i:3sa9wvsl] short with Bump and Sissy. ([i:3sa9wvsl]The Cats Will Play[/i:3sa9wvsl] would do nicely.)[/quote:3sa9wvsl]\n\nDitto re: wanting drawings of the stuff you\'ve written. I\'ve thought about trying to commission a picture of the full JSA roster around their meeting table, like in the "Absolute Justice" episode of Smallville. \":)\"[/quote:3sa9wvsl]\n\n\nThat would be a very cool image to see.\n\n\nAlso, no problems with using Armalin. It\'ll be cool to see an evil version of him running around the DM - and like several people mentioned, he\'s been opened up as a shared character for a long while. I\'ve no problem with you using him.\n\nOne question - are you going to show him with only one eye? That would make him even more badass - and I can see a horrible running joke where people (usually before engaging a force-shield of some form or just dropping dead five seconds later) where they say, [url=http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel//universe3zx/images/thumb/d/df/Furyult.jpg/406px-Furyult.jpg:3sa9wvsl][i:3sa9wvsl]\'You know, with that eye patch, you look oddly familiar..\'[/i:3sa9wvsl][/url:3sa9wvsl] In any event - if you go that way, PM me - I\'ve got some back story info that you might want on how that could have happened.','d5ff1ae3c997b815ff47866ef6945ef1',0,'8A==','3sa9wvsl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566464,36508,6,1406,0,'79.9.117.174',1345813888,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 8 DONE','nice \":D\"','357da5457ff9a10e468fdc8f7ba945d9',0,'','1cukh8no',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566465,37418,6,961,0,'203.171.196.11',1345817571,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','Does Birdman get any special attention from the NID or SGC due to his claims of having been empowered by Ra, or is he just dismissed as a bit of a whacko since Ra was \'obviously\' just a an alien parasite who died well before Birdman got his powers?','dcc3e64242bc23ecccc8227807729d8c',0,'','24p44cq9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566466,37418,6,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345818798,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="Cypher3au":2esnqh9g]Does Birdman get any special attention from the NID or SGC due to his claims of having been empowered by Ra, or is he just dismissed as a bit of a whacko since Ra was \'obviously\' just a an alien parasite who died well before Birdman got his powers?[/quote:2esnqh9g]\n\n1) He\'s operating below the Mason-Dixon line, and sometimes in Mexico, which is heavily Catholic besides. He doesn\'t make a big deal about being empowered by someone who is not the Judeo-Christian God. \":P\"\n\n2) When he IS pressed on the matter, he\'s quick to point out that the Snake Ra was merely an imposter, and he gets his special sauce from the real Egyptian sun god.\n\n... So yeah, lots of people think he\'s a bit nuts. But they\'re pretty cool with his one-man war on border crime. That seems to be going okay.\n\n(Think Ultimate Marvel\'s Thor, before everyone realized he really WAS the Norse God of Thunder.)','cecd3ca50ed28998ac594a71c04ff247',0,'gA==','2esnqh9g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566468,35981,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345820860,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','Nobody noticed my having this AU\'s version of Jake somehow managing to have Kevin shipped off to Lawndale\'s version of Hope High yet?','e733e0eea3bf92901264f7c279c70b22',0,'','3uorpgii',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566469,36508,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345821045,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 8 DONE','[b:1lu7uvtv]Chapter 9 - Pulling together a Team or some shit like that[/b:1lu7uvtv]\n\nThere was a slightly awkward silence as Susie and Tom started to drive their way down towards the pier. Birds circled in the sky as Tom stared nervously through the windshield, trying hard not to cause any more of a stir than what the evening at his ex\'s might\'ve caused. "I didn\'t date her very long..." He muttered, looking away, "Sort of a kill joy... jealous type too..."\n\nSusie had no idea what he was talking about. She knew he and Jane were exes but she didn\'t care, "Huh? What? Sorry..." She glanced at him through the corner of her eye as she rested her head against the seatbelt, "She seemed nice..."\n\nOh, she wasn\'t jealous... More awkward silence passed for another few minutes as Tom continued on the way, "Yeah, she was... is... and it was nice of her to track down Stacy for us while we find her brother. She didn\'t have to help..."\n\nLooking at the Vampire at the wheel, Susie nodded, more than half-asleep, "Was nice of her... I\'m really... worried about Stacy..." Sitting up her thoughts began to pinacle through her head again, "She could be in danger or dead or--"\n\n"She\'s at some girl\'s house. Sandi or something." \n\nThe words came from the backseat of the car, scaring the living daylights out of Tom and Susie, causing the car to swerve off the road and off into a ditch. More silence passed as Tom cursed under his breath at his car\'s being possibly damaged. "Are you ok--" \n\nTom\'s words were cut off by Susie\'s voice. "Uhm..." Susie blinked curiously turning around to look at the person in the backseat, "Well it\'s good to know she\'s alright and all but..."\n\nTom looked at Susie and then the newly appeared guy in the backseat, purple/pink/redish hair which had been clearly dyed, piercings, a total rocker look about him, and a somewhat relaxed stare, "Sorry about the car."\n\n"That\'s great... " Tom clenched his fists, "Now if you wouldn\'t mind explaining why she couldn\'t have just called me..."\n\nThe guy shrugged and opened the car door, "Don\'t ask me, I was crashing in her kitchen when you guys came over. She gave me a fruit-roll-up to find you. Totally worth it." He laughed, pulling it from his pocket. "I should probably introduce myself... Nicholas Campbell..." He held out his not fruit-roll-up filled hand.\n\nThere was an awkward silence again as Tom made his way out of the car, "Charmed I\'m sure..." He looked sarcastically at Nick and reached his hand towards him. "Tom, Tom Sloane, I\'m sure we\'ve met bef-" He attempted to grip his hand into a handshake, his hand falling right through Nick\'s. Confusing Tom even further.\n\nNick laughed a bit, "That never, ever get\'s old. When you\'re old you learn. Experience comes for free. So don\'t let it flee from you, because then you lose it. Right?" He paused elbowing Tom in the arm, (actually hitting him as if he was a real person again) "Dude... I should write that down..."\n\n"Who and what are you and why are you here?!" Susie felt an uneasy feeling about this Nick guy.\n\nTom looked at Nick, then Susie, then back at Nick, "I\'m just an image of your imagination. Here to help with your sister\'s..." He had an \'oh my god\' moment, "Damnation. AHHHHYES!!" He pulled out his phone and began to dial a number, "Trent, yeah, Imagination, Damnation. FFFYES. That could totally make a song go platinum!" Nick, like the other members of Spiral had big, stupid dreams for their silly band, "The Spiral Livessss!" He laughed and hung up, "Moment of genius." He smiled, "Like I said; Nicolas Campbell." He held out his hand to shake Susie\'s, "Just call me Nick."\n\n\n(lolol I have ideas where this is going but I have like no idea how to write it out so here\'s some bs)','dfd00dc0cdf241126c8847a6ebf97645',0,'QA==','1lu7uvtv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566470,35981,6,1690,0,'189.247.93.153',1345821215,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','I did, in fact I can still hear Mack dancing from joy; and its quite refreshing that your Jake is not simply another O\'Neill with a louder voice. The fact is that Helen must have mellowed him quite a lot for him to be so submissive during the series.\n\nExcellent work as always.','8cab32ce70cb035f9df68e0ab8333517',0,'','wd0tq2q5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566471,37468,3,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345821273,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What\'s In The Package?','[quote="tafka":26x27wl1]That website was [i:26x27wl1]not cool[/i:26x27wl1]! It completely hijacked my computer, to the point where I had to use taskmanager to shut it down twice before I could get rid of it, and that after I finally managed to close off the website & have my computer act like it was posessed. Very not cool.[/quote:26x27wl1]\n \":?:\" \n\nWorked fine for me. What browser are you using?','015f584d31aabf4f1a3137f181526508',0,'oA==','26x27wl1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566472,37418,6,1690,0,'189.247.93.153',1345821350,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','I bet that regardless of his origin the NID would love to dissect him, but is just a minor priority compard with freaks like the Martian Manhuntress or Power Girl.','9f6963f3f2e0c622e5dbd6060c01de8f',0,'','1tipdb6d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566473,35981,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345821393,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','It\'s more that Helen made him a better person. Without Helen or another wife to set a good example, Jake ended up being Mad Dog with ADD.','f09d78f45075a24db9968984d25859b2',0,'','n3jfcegt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566474,36803,6,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345821450,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="Walter Kovacs":3iybaiss]\nOh, i\'ve got ideas along that line, but no heart attack as the gimmick.[/quote:3iybaiss]\nThere\'s already quite a few "Educating Kevin" stories, but few to none that involve Doug or his absence from Kevin\'s life as a plot point.','e64d0670a671488452027ddb29a78940',0,'gA==','3iybaiss',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566475,36803,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345821584,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','The angle I was going with, was Kevin fucking up enough for even Doug to realize that maybe, Kevin having the ability to think would be a good thing and (grudgingly) letting his wife push Kevin more re: academics.','a80cb3eef49e333c633d9694ac28786d',0,'','1jcxzlwb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578225,37948,16,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1351365481,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Question: Tom Sloane\'s Final Alter Ego','[quote="Charles RB":2uhm6gzb][url=http://dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Earl:2uhm6gzb]This dude.[/url:2uhm6gzb][/quote:2uhm6gzb]\n\nAfter \'No Esteem\' (which btw moar plz), you have no idea how much I ship Daria anx Earl.','43887722ad6205cbac2d948c17822fa4',0,'kA==','2uhm6gzb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566477,37418,6,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345823637,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="BF110C4":3r5aqg40]I bet that regardless of his origin the NID would love to dissect him, but is just a minor priority compard with freaks like the Martian Manhuntress or Power Girl.[/quote:3r5aqg40]\n\nI will say that they\'re a bit ... distracted from going after more high-level metahumans after the truth about Project Valkyrie and the Power Girl clones comes out.\n\nIt\'s not very much fun, and takes up a lot of your time, when Bubbles Utonium decides to declare war on you. \";)\" The only thing in the NID\'s favor is that Bubbles empathetically doesn\'t want to start World War III.','71e0354fbf252551112ed43e06926de4',0,'gA==','3r5aqg40',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566478,35981,6,933,0,'173.227.144.175',1345823743,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[quote="Walter Kovacs":2qdrbhh1]It\'s more that Helen made him a better person. Without Helen or another wife to set a good example, Jake ended up being Mad Dog with ADD.[/quote:2qdrbhh1]\n\nHelen always demonstrated the well honed ability to distract him from or get him to focus on the topic at hand depending on which one was more appropriate at the time.\n\nNot to mention adult time with a woman as well put together as Helen would mellow out pretty much any man, at least for a short period \";)\"','70b7aa8130bc89efd9872a78830cbe79',0,'gA==','2qdrbhh1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566479,37187,6,885,0,'69.29.208.219',1345825501,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','"Oh, I see . . . you guys are inferring that I\'m stupid," Kevin said, affronted.\n\n"That\'s not correct," Ted informed him. "We were [i:1vgkfzwo]implying[/i:1vgkfzwo] it; [i:1vgkfzwo]you[/i:1vgkfzwo] then inferred it."','5612466a8c31e1454da1d0f4c55a9b74',0,'IA==','1vgkfzwo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566480,37340,6,249,0,'82.24.219.38',1345826668,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Masters Degrees From Outer Space!','I\'m getting some ideas on what to have happen, but the main problem is that the Sith are looking at hiding out on Earth, so that puts the DELPHI operatives on Corouscant on the wrong side of the galaxy to become involved.\n\nHaving said that ... ...','866fa3dd8c387fedbe1416bd8749aad2',0,'','39scmd28',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566482,37470,5,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345827389,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Tolkien Reviews Martin','[url=http://www.theweeklings.com/sbeaudoin/2012/08/15/double-barrelled-wednesdays-book-reviews-by-the-restlessly-deceased-2/:3qzqssbh]RAW BOOK REVIEWS BY THE RESTLESSLY DECEASED: J.R.R. TOLKEIN ON GEORGE R.R. MARTIN[/url:3qzqssbh]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nI get the idea that the "channeler" doesn\'t like Martin\'s books.','6f314c7714823f283403e05d7187d3a0',0,'EA==','3qzqssbh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566483,37466,6,1019,0,'205.188.116.144',1345828629,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Dark Days to Come - reecho version','[quote="ST91":3okwwbn2]interesting , but what means reecho ?[/quote:3okwwbn2]\n\nRe-echo is when something is echoed back or repeated again. It’s just a tagline for all the fanfics I’m redoing so one can easily spot the difference between the original versions post and this one.\n\nI’m poking fun at myself for the fact that I didn‘t finish so many fanfics and the (exaggerated) idea that I’m always saying I’m gonna revive fanfics…','a0f929fd4ab1d0a67143520d871b3f31',0,'gA==','3okwwbn2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566484,36295,3,81,0,'80.5.88.48',1345828669,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','[quote="Quiverwing":3mmanlav][quote="Tim Bateman":3mmanlav]Insalata con pollo[/quote:3mmanlav]\nYou mean ensalada con pollo? \";)\"[/quote:3mmanlav]\n\nThe last time I tried this was at this very desk, and I was corrected to \'Insalata con pollo\' by a native speaker. \nI had the curious \'Insalata a pollo.\' Oh, well, all romance languages are essentially the same.','f809326b1318cdfe8a6d450a34b6a906',0,'gA==','3mmanlav',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566485,36295,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345829060,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','[quote="Tim Bateman":clu4ly3i]Insalata con pollo[/quote:clu4ly3i][quote="Quiverwing":clu4ly3i]You mean ensalada con pollo? \";)\"[/quote:clu4ly3i]\nI thought he meant chicken salad. \":P\"','3c248add157eba7548806082fa98be2a',0,'gA==','clu4ly3i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566486,37470,5,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345830623,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Tolkien Reviews Martin','That was terrible.','b3889680a59e35d9baee191ff9793d30',0,'','2tawyoww',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566487,37467,4,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345830923,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Anders Behring Breivik Sentenced To 21 Years Prison','Don\'t call us, we\'ll call you.','376bfa7d87c78200e6fea3a10e0f7815',0,'','3seph7v2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566488,37470,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345831278,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Tolkien Reviews Martin','[quote:2xvq9fk5]Okay, fine, fuck it. I didn’t even read the book.[/quote:2xvq9fk5]\n\n.....errrr, okay then.','3e7daec46f2c71dee5f7241e9a8688de',0,'gA==','2xvq9fk5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566489,37456,5,1189,0,'184.47.48.147',1345831854,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="Brother Grimace":1ydx94dn][quote="RLobinske":1ydx94dn]I wonder if it\'s going to have the anti-war undertones of the original.\n\nNot to mention the great "they can take my gun from my cold, dead fingers" scene.[/quote:1ydx94dn]\n\nMy favorite scene was where Bella was writing to his wife about how he was tired of way and would resign his commission, and then, when he had a chance to kill the brothers, he let them go. There was also that great moment when he talks to the Russian officer and proudly says that he was once a freedom fighter; he turns away from him in distaste, saying \'Now I\'m like you... a [i:1ydx94dn]butcher[/i:1ydx94dn].\'[/quote:1ydx94dn]\nWhy do I remember this line as "Now I\'m like you... a [i:1ydx94dn]policeman[/i:1ydx94dn]"\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":1ydx94dn]Interesting trivia bit about the original: the \'Wolverines\' were given a serious training course in guerrilla warfare by Special Operations types who were acting as advisors for the film - and then, as a practice stunt, they were sent up in the mountains, to be \'pursued\' by members of the state\'s national Guard (as a training exercise for them, as well).\n\n\n[i:1ydx94dn]The Wolverines [u:1ydx94dn]obliterated[/u:1ydx94dn] them.[/i:1ydx94dn] (Well, metaphorically so.)\n\n\nFor me, the scariest scene in the film is when Colonel Tanner explains what happened with the invasion - particularly with the part that has Jed asking \'[i:1ydx94dn]Well - who is on our side?\'[/i:1ydx94dn]:\n\n[youtube:1ydx94dn]5Qc8jJ0TjSY[/youtube:1ydx94dn][/quote:1ydx94dn]\n\nThe whiskey into the fire in regards to the number of "china men" definitely emphasizes the points about the brutality of war and how suddenly things can, and do, change.','966cd338d501fb3d93fed29eb71d5b61',0,'oQE=','1ydx94dn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566490,37334,4,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345832331,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Romney picks Paul Ryan as VP candidate','[url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-24/romney-makes-reference-to-birth-certificate-in-speech.html:30zicwp4]Romney must be feeling desperate if he\'s willing to play birther:[/url:30zicwp4]\n\n[quote:30zicwp4]\n“Nobody has asked to see my birth certificate,” Romney, standing with his wife, Ann, told the crowd in Commerce, near the hospital in Detroit where he was born. “They know this is the place where we were born and raised.” [/quote:30zicwp4]\n\nOr maybe he\'s just a cunt.','e24c618fd4777398c4ed0806961de84d',0,'kA==','30zicwp4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566491,37471,3,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345832652,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','RIP Jerry Nelson 1934-2012','One of the the original core group of Jim Henson\'s Muppeteers has passed away.\n\nMr. Nelson was the original performer of Floyd Pepper, bassist for the Electric Mayhem, Robin, Kermit\'s nephew as well as several beloved Sesame Street characters such as Sherlock Hemlock, Mumford the Magician and of course, the Count von Count.\n\nhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0, ... 75,00.html\n\n--Erin M.','02d1a020c1f5dcd88c71ee117799c0c3',0,'','3exhhnde',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566492,37456,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345832952,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','I like how [i:9tu7ebpa]the entire half-continent[/i:9tu7ebpa] of western Europe is "sitting this one out", including - especially - the French. \n\nAdmittedly, it\'d be a pretty short film if all the Russian soldiers hurriedly went home again because President Mitterrand had gone all Judge Dredd on East-Meg One. ("Vous ne devriez pas commencer guerres si vous ne prenez pas les [b:9tu7ebpa]conséquences![/b:9tu7ebpa]")','67351cd8861bb24e4171bccaca82a427',0,'YA==','9tu7ebpa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566493,37453,10,849,0,'67.142.163.23',1345832986,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Susie Rowe from Blessings (+ A few other fics I guess?)','[quote="peetz5050":125ua2bh]it\'s like canon Daria animation with something extra.[/quote:125ua2bh]\n+1 \":D\"','9369d1230b0325c150418764085b934e',0,'gA==','125ua2bh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566494,37456,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345833136,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="45Ranger":2grlxw05][quote="Brother Grimace":2grlxw05][quote="RLobinske":2grlxw05]I wonder if it\'s going to have the anti-war undertones of the original.\n\nNot to mention the great "they can take my gun from my cold, dead fingers" scene.[/quote:2grlxw05]\n\nMy favorite scene was where Bella was writing to his wife about how he was tired of way and would resign his commission, and then, when he had a chance to kill the brothers, he let them go. There was also that great moment when he talks to the Russian officer and proudly says that he was once a freedom fighter; he turns away from him in distaste, saying \'Now I\'m like you... a [i:2grlxw05]butcher[/i:2grlxw05].\'[/quote:2grlxw05]\nWhy do I remember this line as "Now I\'m like you... a [i:2grlxw05]policeman[/i:2grlxw05]"[/quote:2grlxw05]\n\nI stand corrected. I also remember being pleased when the brothers gave that Russian a double dose of RPG-assisted transportation straight into Hell... and that bastard Nicaraguan learned a lesson you can only learn once: never stand behind a man who\'s about to fire an RPG round. \":)\" \n\n\n[quote="45Ranger":2grlxw05][quote="Brother Grimace":2grlxw05]Interesting trivia bit about the original: the \'Wolverines\' were given a serious training course in guerrilla warfare by Special Operations types who were acting as advisors for the film - and then, as a practice stunt, they were sent up in the mountains, to be \'pursued\' by members of the state\'s national Guard (as a training exercise for them, as well).\n\n\n[i:2grlxw05]The Wolverines [u:2grlxw05]obliterated[/u:2grlxw05] them.[/i:2grlxw05] (Well, metaphorically so.)\n\n\nFor me, the scariest scene in the film is when Colonel Tanner explains what happened with the invasion - particularly with the part that has Jed asking \'[i:2grlxw05]Well - who is on our side?\'[/i:2grlxw05]:\n\n[youtube:2grlxw05]5Qc8jJ0TjSY[/youtube:2grlxw05][/quote:2grlxw05]\n\nThe whiskey into the fire in regards to the number of "china men" definitely emphasizes the points about the brutality of war and how suddenly things can, and do, change.[/quote:2grlxw05]\n\nOh, yeah. When I saw that scene, I was reminded of that famous quote from WWII: \'The Japanese language will only be spoken in Hell.\' We didn\'t need to be told anything more about the Chinese, and how they must have reacted to having nukes used upon them.','c34cc7399dcd4f45da383d7be0e9c2ba',0,'oQE=','2grlxw05',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566495,37334,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345833253,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Romney picks Paul Ryan as VP candidate','[quote="Charles RB":2oxz8u0y][url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-24/romney-makes-reference-to-birth-certificate-in-speech.html:2oxz8u0y]Romney must be feeling desperate if he\'s willing to play birther:[/url:2oxz8u0y]\n\n[quote:2oxz8u0y]\n“Nobody has asked to see my birth certificate,” Romney, standing with his wife, Ann, told the crowd in Commerce, near the hospital in Detroit where he was born. “They know this is the place where we were born and raised.” [/quote:2oxz8u0y]\n\nOr maybe he\'s just a cunt.[/quote:2oxz8u0y]\n\n\n[b:2oxz8u0y]Both.[/b:2oxz8u0y]','3c2b6d37f46815896f6721b1e2e5ea53',0,'0A==','2oxz8u0y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566496,36508,6,1406,0,'80.183.123.6',1345833285,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 9 pt 1','take your time \";)\"','042ff0b97c20a244685e29d38e6a0089',0,'','1e8zakne',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566497,36803,6,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345833443,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','What if Daria\'s family was Chinese (obviously not called the Morgendorffers), and were forced to leave to escape persecution because Daria couldn\'t keep her dissident mouth from shooting off?\n\nQuinn possibly being thankful to Daria for bringing her to what she perceives as "the Land of Fashion"\nThe Parents disliking her for forcing them to leave when one or both of them were high-ranking members of the Standing Committee\netc...','adf941ccb07d57d46a9e0c64a8460ccf',0,'','3t7pjlql',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566498,37455,10,849,0,'67.142.163.23',1345833503,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Tom and Susie Crash the Prom...','\":lol:\" But shutting off the power will only call more attention to them!... I think. Depends. \":P\"\n\nCool art, by the way. \":D\"','f0d35241a23ce90fafd1fe77a2214fa2',0,'','17738npk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566499,36295,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345833626,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','Either a baked potato with butter and black pepper, or cream of celery soup with brown rice.\n\n\nI have simple tastes.','14a80087771337c05f855015e770571b',0,'','1taf884w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566500,33906,16,849,0,'67.142.163.23',1345833744,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Dariawiki IV','I see what you did on the Crack QUeENs page, Charles. [i:1vforhko]hh hh hh hh[/i:1vforhko]. \":lol:\"','37f67971c5ae7e389c9efceb717e6481',0,'IA==','1vforhko',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566501,35981,6,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1345833898,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[quote="Charles RB":247icioa][quote="peetz5050":247icioa]The terrible thing is I can see Daria becoming a nasty little carbon copy of Anthony... [/quote:247icioa]\n\nShe could go either way.\n\nSo are you all sure you want me to write more...? \":P\"[/quote:247icioa]\n\n\nAlso, may I shamefully nick your idea (again)','5dea0fb098631875765cdd74a303a464',0,'gA==','247icioa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566502,37456,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345833991,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','Surely the Chinese used their own nukes back? \n\nThis is, admittedly, an unsolveable problem with any Cold War alt-history where there\'s an occupation of a nuclear-armed state: how the fuck did things not get irradiated? 2000 AD\'s [i:3kr6b002]Invasion![/i:3kr6b002] has the "Volgan Republic" tearing through the whole of west Europe by force of force in one day and the United States stays out because... well, it just does. (The later [i:3kr6b002]Savage[/i:3kr6b002] explained that the US and the dirty Volgs had a secret agreement to divide the world up and the US let them have western Europe, which just raises [i:3kr6b002]further[/i:3kr6b002] bloody questions)','cf9100ceb39d8ecbcbf8b24b555e0c8d',0,'IA==','3kr6b002',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566503,36981,6,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1345833997,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Resentful Cynic Ch.4 : Revenge of the malled part 9 DO','Excellent as usual.','5796e1149720295ab55b3498fef97c36',0,'','312oyfmw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566504,36803,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345834111,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','Jake is happy because there\'s no way in hell the in-laws are ever coming round now!','66479ae398460b11d656c41c21cfcc70',0,'','2n3pbklz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566505,37471,3,1125,0,'68.89.31.97',1345834212,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Jerry Nelson 1934-2012','Seems that more and more of my childhood is slipping away... \":(\"\n\nRest in peace, Mr. Nelson.','d45743a4710ed07070eebd487b0b6a23',0,'','3jvezi3p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566506,37464,4,1138,0,'97.103.132.115',1345834313,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Texas Judge: Civil War If Obama Is Reelected','I wonder how many Tea Partiers actually think this way, and how many want it.','1db8fd15de3a786d15b8e314770b4380',0,'','axlqhv6m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566507,37418,6,1690,0,'189.195.71.235',1345834844,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="Lord Yellowtail":1uo3jpjm][quote="BF110C4":1uo3jpjm]I bet that regardless of his origin the NID would love to dissect him, but is just a minor priority compard with freaks like the Martian Manhuntress or Power Girl.[/quote:1uo3jpjm]\n\nI will say that they\'re a bit ... distracted from going after more high-level metahumans after the truth about Project Valkyrie and the Power Girl clones comes out.\n\nIt\'s not very much fun, and takes up a lot of your time, when Bubbles Utonium decides to declare war on you. \";)\" The only thing in the NID\'s favor is that Bubbles empathetically doesn\'t want to start World War III.[/quote:1uo3jpjm]Historically the NID doesn\'t care about petty things like starting wars or homicide, genocide or xenocide; those concerns are for lesser organizations like the UN. \":lol:\"','43b7cb49bf078c2c1011114220554cfb',0,'gA==','1uo3jpjm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566508,37187,6,1690,0,'189.195.71.235',1345834942,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','[quote="Jim North":2v2tyct5]"Oh, I see . . . you guys are inferring that I\'m stupid," Kevin said, affronted.\n\n"That\'s not correct," Ted informed him. "We were [i:2v2tyct5]implying[/i:2v2tyct5] it; [i:2v2tyct5]you[/i:2v2tyct5] then inferred it."[/quote:2v2tyct5]In his defence, the fact that he even knows the word \'inferring\' is far beyond the level of intelligence I give Kevin. \":lol:\"','20be063e3936a2008a260b209e2fd375',0,'oA==','2v2tyct5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566509,37444,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345835035,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[b:264m992n]EVERY DAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES[/b:264m992n]\n\n(Upchuck looks at porn on the internet)\n\nUPCHUCK: Mmmmmm, [i:264m992n]feisty![/i:264m992n]\n\n(Butt-head looks at porn on the internet)\n\nBUTT-HEAD: Huh huh huh huh\n\n(Helen looks at Jake looking at porn on the internet)\n\nJAKE: [i:264m992n]I can explain.[/i:264m992n] *pause* No I can\'t.\n\n[b:264m992n]UNAWARE OF THE FORCES[/b:264m992n]\n\n(the internet goes down just as Upchuck gets to the moneyshot)\n\nUPCHUCK: Wait, no, come back! I\'m only half-done! Ohhhh, what a waste...\n\n[b:264m992n]THAT THREATEN OUR FREEDOM[/b:264m992n]\n\n(Upchuck smiles as he reads a nudie magazine)\n\nUPCHUCK: Truly, print, your death has been exaggerated.\n\nRADIO: ...internet "blackout" seems to cover the entire northern hemisphere...\n\n(Later - daylight streams through Upchuck\'s windows. He yawns, undoes the curtains, and looks out to see planes flying overhead, parachuting nuns everywhere)\n\nUPCHUCK: That\'s... implausible.\n\n(Dega Street: gunfire sounds in the distance, and Mistress Cora is handing boxes to DeMartino and Upchuck)\n\nCORA: Just take the stuff and [i:264m992n]go![/i:264m992n] \n\nDEMARTINO: We CAN\'T leave the copies of CLITTY SLICKERS!!!\n\nCORA: There\'s no time, [i:264m992n]just go![/i:264m992n]\n\n(Kevin and his father solemnly huddle around news footage)\n\nNEWSREADER: If you are receiving this broadcast, you are in a part of the country no longer covered by the First Amendment...\n\n(Armoured vehicles marked with "JUST SAY NO" drive down the roads)\n\n([url=http://dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Clark_Cobb:264m992n]Clark Cobb[/url:264m992n] in battle-armour orders the destruction of Jug-A-Lug. Upchuck stares at the burning rubble with quiet rage)\n\nUPCHUCK: They messed with the wrong perverts.\n\n[b:264m992n]THIS LABOUR DAY[/b:264m992n]\n\n(Upchuck, holding a shotgun, talks to every male teen in canon)\n\nUPCHUCK: I\'m going to fight. Anyone who wants to join me is welcome. We\'re going to fight them on [i:264m992n]our[/i:264m992n] turns. *dramatic pause* We\'re the Chauvinist Pigs.\n\n[b:264m992n]AN UNLIKELY GROUP OF HEROES WILL WANK FOR US ALL[/b:264m992n]\n\n[size=200:264m992n][b:264m992n]RED PORN[/b:264m992n][/size:264m992n]','a8d36a5fee57987a057a09598c2d2ea9',0,'dA==','264m992n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566510,35981,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345835102,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[i:2ovhm8ly]YES![/i:2ovhm8ly]','2b63f736513211e9bdae986e731583f6',0,'IA==','2ovhm8ly',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566511,36803,6,1690,0,'189.195.71.235',1345835132,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','Knowing Helen, and knowing the kind of rep needed to enter that kind of Committees it\'s more probable that they would just kill Daria and implicate a dissident group instead. Even more since they already got a spare and then they would be able to say to the masses that even members of the State follow the One Son (or daughter) policy.','78f9aad3a0b00c43b3896000f629da1a',0,'','35p329f7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566512,37334,4,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345835281,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Romney picks Paul Ryan as VP candidate','He\'s trying to establish distance from his dad to justify not releasing the tax forms.','11626a17a64de1aeb6426a443cf6b241',0,'','wp2wkqzy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566513,36508,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345835463,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 9 pt 1','((let it be inferred that Jane called when Tom and Susie left to see if Stacy was there))\n\n"Well..." Linda Griffin stared at the three older boys standing at her door. "Clearly Sandi has been unsure of what a real boyfriend should look like." She eyed them, "Don\'t you boys think you\'re a little too scraggly to be dating my daughter?"\n\n"Hmm..." The figure in the front looked down at his torn pants and then at his friends, "Maybe... but we\'re not here about a date, Mrs. Griffin." The calm voice continued, "We\'re a really popular band and uhh... your daughter... like, won a day with us and stuff... so we\'re here to like, talk to her..."\n\nA brute figure from the side of the slender one smile, "Yeah, and to see if she knows anything about Stacy Rowe or..."\n\n"Dammit Jesse, we\'re supposed to be nonchalant about this." The third one said, his shaved head an immediate unappeal to Linda. He stomped on the brute\'s foot, "You know, get the target and get out?"\n\nThe one in front sighed, "My name\'s Trent and we\'re Mystik Spiral. We\'re thinking of changing the name but that\'s kinda unimportant right now." He chuckled and coughed, per his usual routine, "I should probably be honest with you. Your daughter..." How to put it into words without coming off as a freak, "Well, she has a..."\n\n"A... spit it out, Mister, or I\'m shutting the door." Linda scowled, glancing towards the steps, the racket of Sam and Chris wandering around like nuts upstares distracting her, "As you can clearly tell I have things going on at my house and--"\n\n"Finally you losers showed up. I mean, really." Sandi pulled Stacy by the arm down the stairs and passed the messy haired pig-tailed girl off to the band, "Mother, Stacy came over last night, broke my window, and tore up my bedsheets... and if that isn\'t worse enough, she was foaming at the mouth last night too."\n\n"Cool." Jesse commented, "Happens to me all the time... especially after a shower."\n\nThere was a silence as Trent glanced at Jesse, "You\'re not supposed to eat the soap..." He looked at Stacy - who had been unusually quiet through out the entire being dragged down the stairs and handed off to almost complete strangers.\n\n"Yeah, but it smells so--" \n\nJesse was interrupted as Stacy took one quick glance at Max and began to stare him down, growling under her breath and clenching her fists, "You..." Her eye twitched as a surge of power went through her body, allowing her to easily break out of Trent\'s grasp. "YOU..." \n\n"Me?" Max blinked, realizing that Stacy did in fact mean him. "Uhh, Trent? You said this girl was a gr-"\n\nBefore Trent could respond, Stacy jumped towards Max, the urge to rip his face apart gnawing inside of her. "You\'re a sinner amongst the Moon!" \n\nBut before she could reach him she was intercepted by the brute, Jesse, who knocked Max to the ground and blocked her from getting to him. "The Moon?" Jesse blinked, practically catching Stacy, "That makes sense..." He commented as Stacy attempted to bite and scratch his arms, "Ow." He bluntly said hauling her off to the van. "Do we have any bandaides?"\n\nAs the boys walked off, Linda Griffin shut the door in complete and utter shock. "What the Hell was that?"\n\n"Can you believe it? Stacy has totally lost her mind and gone crazy."\n\n"I told you she was a bad influence on you." Linda folded her arms, "At least now hopefully she can go to a proper home and get the help she so clearly needs."\n\n((I\'ve given up hope on this fanfic, btw. It\'s becoming more crack, bad, and stupid than anything else, so I\'m giving myself free run to do with it whatever I want and that\'s that. No more sense, per se.))','3f498fb81d5ae55eebb668eb2f6a896c',0,'','3d6hn84x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566514,37455,10,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345835520,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Tom and Susie Crash the Prom...','Thanks \":D\"','a2ac8293116c88f20116c77f11a4000a',0,'','1mod92b3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566515,37444,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345835768,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Charles RB":1fwpz8r0]\n[size=200:1fwpz8r0][b:1fwpz8r0]RED PORN[/b:1fwpz8r0][/size:1fwpz8r0][/quote:1fwpz8r0]\n\nCharles.... I... (pulls a pocketful of egoboosts and hands them over).\n\nLadies and gentlemen, we stand in the presence of greatness...','9ce8043cae230fa2c696119a90a0a8c0',0,'xA==','1fwpz8r0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566516,37444,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345835790,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Charles RB":zq58abtk][b:zq58abtk]EVERY DAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES[/b:zq58abtk]\n\n(Upchuck looks at porn on the internet)\n\nUPCHUCK: Mmmmmm, [i:zq58abtk]feisty![/i:zq58abtk]\n\n(Butt-head looks at porn on the internet)\n\nBUTT-HEAD: Huh huh huh huh\n\n(Helen looks at Jake looking at porn on the internet)\n\nJAKE: [i:zq58abtk]I can explain.[/i:zq58abtk] *pause* No I can\'t.\n\n[b:zq58abtk]UNAWARE OF THE FORCES[/b:zq58abtk]\n\n(the internet goes down just as Upchuck gets to the moneyshot)\n\nUPCHUCK: Wait, no, come back! I\'m only half-done! Ohhhh, what a waste...\n\n[b:zq58abtk]THAT THREATEN OUR FREEDOM[/b:zq58abtk]\n\n(Upchuck smiles as he reads a nudie magazine)\n\nUPCHUCK: Truly, print, your death has been exaggerated.\n\nRADIO: ...internet "blackout" seems to cover the entire northern hemisphere...\n\n(Later - daylight streams through Upchuck\'s windows. He yawns, undoes the curtains, and looks out to see planes flying overhead, parachuting nuns everywhere)\n\nUPCHUCK: That\'s... implausible.\n\n(Dega Street: gunfire sounds in the distance, and Mistress Cora is handing boxes to DeMartino and Upchuck)\n\nCORA: Just take the stuff and [i:zq58abtk]go![/i:zq58abtk] \n\nDEMARTINO: We CAN\'T leave the copies of CLITTY SLICKERS!!!\n\nCORA: There\'s no time, [i:zq58abtk]just go![/i:zq58abtk]\n\n(Kevin and his father solemnly huddle around news footage)\n\nNEWSREADER: If you are receiving this broadcast, you are in a part of the country no longer covered by the First Amendment...\n\n(Armoured vehicles marked with "JUST SAY NO" drive down the roads)\n\n([url=http://dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Clark_Cobb:zq58abtk]Clark Cobb[/url:zq58abtk] in battle-armour orders the destruction of Jug-A-Lug. Upchuck stares at the burning rubble with quiet rage)\n\nUPCHUCK: They messed with the wrong perverts.\n\n[b:zq58abtk]THIS LABOUR DAY[/b:zq58abtk]\n\n(Upchuck, holding a shotgun, talks to every male teen in canon)\n\nUPCHUCK: I\'m going to fight. Anyone who wants to join me is welcome. We\'re going to fight them on [i:zq58abtk]our[/i:zq58abtk] turns. *dramatic pause* We\'re the Chauvinist Pigs.\n\n[b:zq58abtk]AN UNLIKELY GROUP OF HEROES WILL WANK FOR US ALL[/b:zq58abtk]\n\n[size=200:zq58abtk][b:zq58abtk]RED PORN[/b:zq58abtk][/size:zq58abtk][/quote:zq58abtk]\n\n\nomg. \":lol:\"','9adda871e9561374f2f471ebed81012f',0,'9A==','zq58abtk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566517,36981,6,1406,0,'80.183.123.6',1345835879,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Resentful Cynic Ch.4 : Revenge of the malled part 9 DO','thanks guys \":D\"','90f5356d00a9238782da3f27372f9cb7',0,'','11c6n92i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566518,37444,6,1406,0,'80.183.123.6',1345836080,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Fhujeth_x":1c9h5s8e][quote="Charles RB":1c9h5s8e][b:1c9h5s8e]EVERY DAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES[/b:1c9h5s8e]\n\n(Upchuck looks at porn on the internet)\n\nUPCHUCK: Mmmmmm, [i:1c9h5s8e]feisty![/i:1c9h5s8e]\n\n(Butt-head looks at porn on the internet)\n\nBUTT-HEAD: Huh huh huh huh\n\n(Helen looks at Jake looking at porn on the internet)\n\nJAKE: [i:1c9h5s8e]I can explain.[/i:1c9h5s8e] *pause* No I can\'t.\n\n[b:1c9h5s8e]UNAWARE OF THE FORCES[/b:1c9h5s8e]\n\n(the internet goes down just as Upchuck gets to the moneyshot)\n\nUPCHUCK: Wait, no, come back! I\'m only half-done! Ohhhh, what a waste...\n\n[b:1c9h5s8e]THAT THREATEN OUR FREEDOM[/b:1c9h5s8e]\n\n(Upchuck smiles as he reads a nudie magazine)\n\nUPCHUCK: Truly, print, your death has been exaggerated.\n\nRADIO: ...internet "blackout" seems to cover the entire northern hemisphere...\n\n(Later - daylight streams through Upchuck\'s windows. He yawns, undoes the curtains, and looks out to see planes flying overhead, parachuting nuns everywhere)\n\nUPCHUCK: That\'s... implausible.\n\n(Dega Street: gunfire sounds in the distance, and Mistress Cora is handing boxes to DeMartino and Upchuck)\n\nCORA: Just take the stuff and [i:1c9h5s8e]go![/i:1c9h5s8e] \n\nDEMARTINO: We CAN\'T leave the copies of CLITTY SLICKERS!!!\n\nCORA: There\'s no time, [i:1c9h5s8e]just go![/i:1c9h5s8e]\n\n(Kevin and his father solemnly huddle around news footage)\n\nNEWSREADER: If you are receiving this broadcast, you are in a part of the country no longer covered by the First Amendment...\n\n(Armoured vehicles marked with "JUST SAY NO" drive down the roads)\n\n([url=http://dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Clark_Cobb:1c9h5s8e]Clark Cobb[/url:1c9h5s8e] in battle-armour orders the destruction of Jug-A-Lug. Upchuck stares at the burning rubble with quiet rage)\n\nUPCHUCK: They messed with the wrong perverts.\n\n[b:1c9h5s8e]THIS LABOUR DAY[/b:1c9h5s8e]\n\n(Upchuck, holding a shotgun, talks to every male teen in canon)\n\nUPCHUCK: I\'m going to fight. Anyone who wants to join me is welcome. We\'re going to fight them on [i:1c9h5s8e]our[/i:1c9h5s8e] turns. *dramatic pause* We\'re the Chauvinist Pigs.\n\n[b:1c9h5s8e]AN UNLIKELY GROUP OF HEROES WILL WANK FOR US ALL[/b:1c9h5s8e]\n\n[size=200:1c9h5s8e][b:1c9h5s8e]RED PORN[/b:1c9h5s8e][/size:1c9h5s8e][/quote:1c9h5s8e]\n\n\nomg. \":lol:\"[/quote:1c9h5s8e]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','dba8b057db0384eb86e201031e8fffb9',0,'9A==','1c9h5s8e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566519,36803,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345836215,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="BF110C4":20ymwy95]Knowing Helen, and knowing the kind of rep needed to enter that kind of Committees it\'s more probable that they would just kill Daria and implicate a dissident group instead. Even more since they already got a spare and then they would be able to say to the masses that even members of the State follow the One Son (or daughter) policy.[/quote:20ymwy95]\n\nThere\'s an angle, what if they were one of those refugee families that escaped in order to have Quinn due to the one child rule. What if they doted on her because she almost didn\'t happen... and still secretly wanted a son instead. It could account for a lot of the interfamilial relationships.','52a1638e690f9eb905f8664b6b2efc6c',0,'gA==','20ymwy95',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566520,37414,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345836711,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Staticblast":2d0t0n02][img:2d0t0n02]http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/5142416_460s.jpg[/img:2d0t0n02][/quote:2d0t0n02]\nI WANT TO HUG IT','2eb9c5c9d6b887d6af2df8eebdfb7478',0,'iA==','2d0t0n02',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566521,37456,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345837043,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="Charles RB":31r4ijhn]Surely the Chinese used their own nukes back? \n\nThis is, admittedly, an unsolveable problem with any Cold War alt-history where there\'s an occupation of a nuclear-armed state: how the fuck did things not get irradiated? 2000 AD\'s [i:31r4ijhn]Invasion![/i:31r4ijhn] has the "Volgan Republic" tearing through the whole of west Europe by force of force in one day and the United States stays out because... well, it just does. (The later [i:31r4ijhn]Savage[/i:31r4ijhn] explained that the US and the dirty Volgs had a secret agreement to divide the world up and the US let them have western Europe, which just raises [i:31r4ijhn]further[/i:31r4ijhn] bloody questions)[/quote:31r4ijhn]\n\n\nOh, without doubt they used nukes (unless the KGB and GRU has exceptionally sound intelligence on where the Chinese silos and nuke storage are located, and then sent in [i:31r4ijhn]Spetznaz[/i:31r4ijhn] troops beforehand to neutralize them). Either that, or (as what was mentioned by Tanner) the Soviet missile guidance was accurate enough for them to launch a first strike against the Chinese sites, and prevent them from firing off few (if any) nukes. \n\nThat being said, there\'s probably a couple of sites that aren\'t listed in the circuit, and those sites would be used to take out some of the major Soviet targets/cities. In any event, Asia is one truly frakked up place...\n\nThere\'s the mention that Europe is sitting the war out... you really wonder if (beyond the obvious reasons for staying neutral) the main, yet unspoken reason for the Europeans staying out is because they\'re saying \'Yeah... let\'s see how you Americans like it.\'\n\nThis, of course, brings up a very interesting point: the Partisan Rock National Memorial clearly indicates that the U.S. eventually won. If that\'s the case, you\'re not looking at a United States that is VERY angry, very militaristic (even moreso than ever before), remembers that only China helped them (well, the Canadians almost certainly did as well - and they\'re also beyond pissed that the Soviets marched [i:31r4ijhn][u:31r4ijhn]sixty divisions[/u:31r4ijhn][/i:31r4ijhn] - or [i:31r4ijhn]three entire army groups[/i:31r4ijhn] - through Western Canada after coming in through Alaska) and are now also looking at the world through the glasses of an old axiom:[i:31r4ijhn]\'Never again.\'[/i:31r4ijhn]\n\nLet\'s just say that that the last line in the pre-credit sequence says a lot about how the America of post-WWIII will view global politics...','7683ea5f15b699dcc38166f8dd918ad6',0,'oQ==','31r4ijhn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566522,37334,4,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1345837379,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Romney picks Paul Ryan as VP candidate','[url=http://news.yahoo.com/romney-tithing-makes-reluctant-reveal-taxes-011454899.html:104qockv]Romney claims that tithing is the reason that he won\'t release tax information[/url:104qockv]\n\nFunny, that didn\'t seem to stop his father from revealing tax information.','0d086f0b0f673f3557f8a05156776aa8',0,'EA==','104qockv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566523,37414,3,28,0,'99.0.78.241',1345839000,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','This season is sorely testing my love of baseball holy fuck.','f610ae09be53538b92b6b1d8df83e721',0,'','1f92xygv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566524,37418,6,961,0,'120.145.169.75',1345839009,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote:1og2ktwg]Ooooh, oooh! Vic and Helena and Jane and Daria would have to double date at some point. Even if that only meant a joint stakeout.[/quote:1og2ktwg]\n\nIdly tapping the steering wheel, Vic stared at his grey-clad female counterpart out of the corner of his eye. \'So similar, but so very different...so many questions...heh, Questions.\' Despite himself, he chuckled briefly at his little accidental pun.\n\nThe female Question turned her head slightly, apparently enough for her to look at her male equivalent. "Something funny?"\n\nHe shook his head hurriedly. "No, just an idle thought." A heavy silence filled the car as the woman\'s eyes seemed to bore into his own through their respective masks with an intensity that made the male vigilante honestly uneasy. \'Hm...if this is what my suspects feel when I\'m interrogating them, maybe I need to send out a few apology cards.\' He cleared his throat. "So...telepathic girlfriend, huh? Must take some getting used to."\n\n"...some. It has its perks, though." The JSA\'s Question admitted.\n\nVic quirked his head curiously. "Oh?"\n\nRather than answer, the female vigilante leaned forward and flicked on the radio, filling the vehicle with brainless teen pop music.\n\n==========\n\nPerched on a rooftop high above her partner and his female double, the Huntress turned to the Martian at her side and arched an eyebrow as the greenskinned woman begun humming a disgustingly familiar tune.\n\n"[i:1og2ktwg]Hm hm hm hm-hm hmm...what am I gonna tell my friends? It just happened! You walked in my door and [/i:1og2ktwg]GAH, FUCKING HELL, QUESTION!" With a great deal more force than was strictly necessary, the Martian Manhuntress jammed a finger onto the activation nub of the communicator in her ear and growled into thin air with gritted teeth. "Baby, I love you to pieces, but if you keep putting that pop trash in my head, you\'re going to wake up one morning next to Mrs Johanssen."','31f67e3ce26252f0cd22fd39497b2962',0,'oA==','1og2ktwg',1,1346038707,'',961,1,0),(566525,37444,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.23',1345839204,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Charles RB":366opq7p][size=200:366opq7p][b:366opq7p]RED PORN[/b:366opq7p][/size:366opq7p][/quote:366opq7p]\n\n[attachment=0:366opq7p]million450PX.jpg[/attachment:366opq7p]\n\nDon\'t spend it all in one place! \":mrgreen:\"','c749618be84ccb8404c9b61d64d1298d',0,'xAg=','366opq7p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566526,37439,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345840139,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Completely Random Music Recommendation Thread!','[quote="BloodyWilliam":k1hsrj8w]i practically have a masters degree in The Cure. if anyone has any questions about them or wants to gab about them, i\'m very much available.[/quote:k1hsrj8w]\nAmusing bit of synchronicity. I\'m presently watching the Beeb\'s live coverage of The Cure\'s set at Reading Festival. \":mrgreen:\"','db6af184d024fb225eb3381b487bcae2',0,'gA==','k1hsrj8w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566527,37187,6,44,0,'67.67.217.240',1345841106,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','"Nothing, Helen." Jake said, "Just a private joke between me and whoever my analyst is going to be."\n\nWraith\n“Idleness is the beginning of all psychology.”\n -- Nietzsche ("Maxims and Arrows")','b68f31dac227916071dc863c68142be7',0,'','3qykqmw3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566528,37468,3,89,0,'67.189.204.76',1345841166,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What\'s In The Package?','The museum curators were going to go through the letters and note books and report back with a summery.','9e06fb250e772238aef6cd2be628187f',0,'','1tf0n3ye',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566529,36966,5,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345841897,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: To Boldly Flee/The Cinema Snob Movie','Updated To Boldly Flee release schedule.\n\nRob Walker poste don his facebook pge that, due to technical issues and not wanting to overshadow everybody else\'s videos for 8 straight days, each episode of To Boldly Flee will be released every three days. Part 1 is available now, Part 2 will be released on Sunday.\n\n--Erin M.','86a31721d0e8843f800fd1a3da239bf0',0,'','13rpubsc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566530,37456,5,1025,0,'209.172.232.102',1345842518,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="Charles RB":3m0ha5gc]I like how [i:3m0ha5gc]the entire half-continent[/i:3m0ha5gc] of western Europe is "sitting this one out", including - especially - the French. \n\nAdmittedly, it\'d be a pretty short film if all the Russian soldiers hurriedly went home again because President Mitterrand had gone all Judge Dredd on East-Meg One. ("Vous ne devriez pas commencer guerres si vous ne prenez pas les [b:3m0ha5gc]conséquences![/b:3m0ha5gc]")[/quote:3m0ha5gc]\n\nI can\'t speak for this film, but wasn\'t the situation in the original one a case of alternate history? I want to say that the back story had something about Western Europe leaving NATO in the 70s and forming some sort of third faction in the Cold War. Not sure though.','81d37833275006a1a004a3a8258f25c8',0,'4A==','3m0ha5gc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566531,37414,3,414,0,'209.6.146.209',1345843620,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Kael Seoras":3dbqjgkm][quote="Staticblast":3dbqjgkm][img:3dbqjgkm]http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/5142416_460s.jpg[/img:3dbqjgkm][/quote:3dbqjgkm]\nI WANT TO HUG IT[/quote:3dbqjgkm]\n[url=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/insanity-puppy:3dbqjgkm]You might want to think twice before doing that.[/url:3dbqjgkm]','e531597fc6d21f4cbd5f78c3114d6990',0,'mA==','3dbqjgkm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566532,36803,6,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345843721,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','Hmm, would Daria and Quinn be able to speak english? This coincides with a thought I had about Tiffany. Maybe her speaking pattern isn\'t so much because she is dumb, but because English isn\'t her first language. She just speaks slow because she wants to use the right words so she doesn\'t seem like an idiot. This could carry over to her test scores. She might know the answers, but has problems reading the questions. Heck, maybe the reason she blew off David was because she is smart, and started focusing on the toaster to make him leave.','cdadfa24703d40b38f70a3907261e342',0,'','32bu4mq8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566533,37471,3,49,0,'84.25.194.131',1345844495,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Jerry Nelson 1934-2012','[youtube:24qson56]LH62UQ8pSR4[/youtube:24qson56]\nThe Count was the only one who really gave Ernie what was coming to him.\n\nRIP Jerry Nelson, hope you and Jim Henson have a happy reunion.','afbb3a453d6f0b672356621543427424',0,'AAE=','24qson56',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566534,37456,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345845158,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','The whole of Europe leaving NATO would be one [i:39ydfthl]alternate[/i:39ydfthl] history! (France had already left NATO\'s unified military command, so even if that had happened they\'d still be around, waving their nuclear and foreign affairs willies at the world)','58348d6242a4aeaa101db1185f644bd5',0,'IA==','39ydfthl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566535,36803,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345845275,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','First two times we see Tiffany, she speaks fluent (and normal-speed) English. They never did explain what was going on there...','df7e8fb6b435f98f41baa048156dd3a3',0,'','popaqymw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566536,37334,4,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345845438,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Romney picks Paul Ryan as VP candidate','[url=http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/08/22/analysis-election-factors-points-romney-win-university-colorado-study-says:xojd5vu9]"Analysis of election factors points to Romney win, University of Colorado study says"[/url:xojd5vu9]\n\nUm...uh oh? \":mrgreen:\"','89e1e383d585aa1cbae868d633ce140e',0,'EA==','xojd5vu9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566537,37414,3,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345845625,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Derek":158hj4x9][quote="Kael Seoras":158hj4x9][quote="Staticblast":158hj4x9][img:158hj4x9]http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/5142416_460s.jpg[/img:158hj4x9][/quote:158hj4x9]\nI WANT TO HUG IT[/quote:158hj4x9]\n[url=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/insanity-puppy:158hj4x9]You might want to think twice before doing that.[/url:158hj4x9][/quote:158hj4x9]\nBut...iz a fwuffy puppy! D:','c6a766b2a2a33b52bd59fe0bf1af446e',0,'mA==','158hj4x9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566538,37334,4,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345845660,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Romney picks Paul Ryan as VP candidate','[quote="Kael Seoras":1hufxngv][url=http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/08/22/analysis-election-factors-points-romney-win-university-colorado-study-says:1hufxngv]"Analysis of election factors points to Romney win, University of Colorado study says"[/url:1hufxngv]\n\nUm...uh oh? \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:1hufxngv]\nI tend to ignore predictions. They have the annoying tendency to be agenda-fueled bullshit. I\'m not saying that this one is, but the future will come soon enough. No point wasting time and brainpower speculating.','aa47383c7293bf237b7b15e9360927d7',0,'kA==','1hufxngv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566539,37334,4,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345845816,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Romney picks Paul Ryan as VP candidate','[quote="Staticblast":2ml2ka21][quote="Kael Seoras":2ml2ka21][url=http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/08/22/analysis-election-factors-points-romney-win-university-colorado-study-says:2ml2ka21]"Analysis of election factors points to Romney win, University of Colorado study says"[/url:2ml2ka21]\n\nUm...uh oh? \":mrgreen:\"[/quote:2ml2ka21]\nI tend to ignore predictions. They have the annoying tendency to be agenda-fueled bullshit. I\'m not saying that this one is, but the future will come soon enough. No point wasting time and brainpower speculating.[/quote:2ml2ka21]\nNot being at all knowledgeable about political science, I can\'t say if this is bullshit or not. The sick part of me that wonders what a Romeny presidency would be like just finds this interesting xD','38eb8c292ecb2973007146e391aa1d09',0,'kA==','2ml2ka21',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566540,36803,6,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345846028,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="Charles RB":1r76cuel]First two times we see Tiffany, she speaks fluent (and normal-speed) English. They never did explain what was going on there...[/quote:1r76cuel]\nI still think it was an adverse reaction to a new brand of makeup, causing meningitis, subsequently damaging the speech processing parts of her brain.','de7d3504b9ec2ba5b825cdc1d9ed34bb',0,'gA==','1r76cuel',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566541,37444,6,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345846466,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Charles RB":2mktd0zk][size=200:2mktd0zk][b:2mktd0zk]RED PORN[/b:2mktd0zk][/size:2mktd0zk][/quote:2mktd0zk]\n\nI read things like this, and I find myself wondering if someone spiked the local water supply.','4dd8500c144b3d7ae72472c8d265485c',0,'xA==','2mktd0zk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566542,37471,3,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345846657,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Jerry Nelson 1934-2012','Ouch. Going to miss him. Gonna miss him a lot.','3f7b5d76793798bd5811ca5a70e13794',0,'','1bfa51ep',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566543,37465,3,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345847984,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: MartinUK - great new metal track','On a slightly related topic, my R & R band played in Bungendore last night at a nicely refurbished pub. Before the gig we had a very nice feed in their restaurant, which had the closest feel to those wonderful English pubs that I\'ve experienced here.\n\nI want to buy a round of drinks, expecting to buy myself another glass of a luscious local shiraz, when what should I see behind the bar but a cornucopia of bottled English ales!!! I bought myself a Hobgoblin and toasted you with it, in thanks for introducing me to the wonders of good beer! \":drink:\"','8d8fd9eec0a01b9ef8231be1f3fd88d5',0,'','23gng4gp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566544,37334,4,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345848181,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Romney picks Paul Ryan as VP candidate','[quote="RLobinske":1yo17u3c][url=http://news.yahoo.com/romney-tithing-makes-reluctant-reveal-taxes-011454899.html:1yo17u3c]Romney claims that tithing is the reason that he won\'t release tax information[/url:1yo17u3c]\n\nFunny, that didn\'t seem to stop his father from revealing tax information.[/quote:1yo17u3c]\nOK - I know what "tithing" is, but could someone explain WTF that has to do with it?','6139947a7d173a908ec1db3e19dcfea4',0,'kA==','1yo17u3c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566545,37472,5,757,0,'89.180.14.83',1345848279,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Restauration of a church painting gone wrong','To summarize the news: A well-intended but technically less-than-competent woman tried to proceed with a restoration of \'Ecce Homo\', a wall painting in a church in Borja, Spain (Aragon province, near Saragoza).\n\nMore details in [url=http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2012/08/21/actualidad/1345563468_581914.html:1z8ctbor]this link (spanish)[/url:1z8ctbor] and [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/world/europe/botched-restoration-of-ecce-homo-fresco-shocks-spain.html:1z8ctbor]this link (english).[/url:1z8ctbor]\n\nOn the other hand, there has a been a petition to save [url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Art/Petition-launched-to-save-world-s-worst-restoration/Article1-918752.aspx:1z8ctbor]the restaration itself[/url:1z8ctbor] (I think). \n\nYou can judge by yourself the results in the [url=http://www.publico.pt/Cultura/restauro-espontaneo-de-pintura-do-seculo-xix-acaba-em-desastre--1559914:1z8ctbor]following links (portuguese)[/url:1z8ctbor]','5023c9338753f2917cc8519f8dbc57dc',0,'EA==','1z8ctbor',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566546,37467,4,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345848282,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Anders Behring Breivik Sentenced To 21 Years Prison','Rather a pity. I was hoping that they\'d come down on the side of insane.','3294fd071309a1ca151d87a1bf447cb4',0,'','ntga7x1z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566547,37417,4,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345848409,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','I was reflecting that you USians treat your intellectually challenged better than we do. Here we try to offer them some forms of social support; you elect them to Congress.','a9394b775b832a369eeff5ac79bde79a',0,'','1jf3pgiv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566548,37444,6,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345848858,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','((Do pardon the double post.))\n\nDaria waved a calming, dismissive hand at Jane. "No, no. That won\'t be necessary." Jane responded by relaxing slightly, her hand drifting away from the holder that held the raven-haired girl\'s Sig-Sauer. Daria shifted her attention from her friend and bodyguard to the young woman seated across from her.\n\nSandi Griffin\'s bodyguards shifted, the MP-5s in the pair\'s hands shifting slightly, following Daria\'s movements. Daria didn\'t bat an eye, and her Mona Lisa smile never left her lips. Jane idly noted that the smile had been on Daria\'s face since the pair had met only a few months prior. Finally, after a long moment, Daria deigned to speak again.\n\n"How vulgar, Sandi. While I understand the need for protection, this display," she paused, gesturing at Sandi\'s bodyguards, "is simply too much. People would take notice."\n\n"When you have connections, my dear, it doesn\'t matter." Sandi settled back smugly in her own chair. "Of course, your family has a knack for butting in where they aren\'t wanted."\n\n"Discretion was never Quinn\'s strong suite. Then again, subtlety isn\'t yours." Daria said flatly. "You\'re just a brat who deals with every problem by stomping on it."\n\nSandi stood and backhanded Daria. Jane\'s hand flashed to her holster, but the motion was stopped by Daria\'s firm grip.\n\n"Problem is, my dear, is that you don\'t plan for when you stomp on something that can hurt. Daria dabbed at her lip, glancing down at the blood on her fingertips. The smile never left her face.\n\n"What does that mean?" Sandi demanded, slapping Daria again.\n\n"That you\'re stupid enough to think I came with only one person for backup." Daria chuckled at her statement. Sandi\'s brow furrowed, but before she could inquire further, hell quickly broke loose.\n\nThe first rifle slug hit Sandi\'s shoulder, knocking her to the floor with a howl of surprise. It was followed by one bodyguard dropping, clutching a wounded chest, while the gripped his throat in a futile attempt to stop himself from bleeding out. Jane glanced out at the indistinct shapes of the other skyscrapers, and told herself that she could almost see Mack\'s wan smile.\n\nThere was a soft click, and Daria puffed on her cigarette a few times to make sure it had lit. She slipped the lighter back into her coat pocket, then stood, walking calmly over to Sandi. She planted a boot in the other girl\'s chest, and took a long draw on the cigarette.\n\n"And now, Ms. Griffin, we\'re going to discuss what\'s become of my little sister.','897788fe0f252904c33adaf112aa8ce6',0,'','3v67v0pi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566549,37334,4,28,0,'76.112.172.157',1345848993,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Romney picks Paul Ryan as VP candidate','[quote="Kael Seoras":2jl1je64][url=http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/08/22/analysis-election-factors-points-romney-win-university-colorado-study-says:2jl1je64]"Analysis of election factors points to Romney win, University of Colorado study says"[/url:2jl1je64]\n[/quote:2jl1je64]\n[url=http://twitter.com/fivethirtyeight:2jl1je64]Nate Silver ripped that analysis to shreds.[/url:2jl1je64]\n\n[quote="Deref":2jl1je64]OK - I know what "tithing" is, but could someone explain WTF that has to do with it?[/quote:2jl1je64]\nNothing, it\'s just another attempt of his to dodge having to explain how he paid no taxes for 2008FY (due to the market\'s tanking, nothing illegal it just looks terrible, purely my own speculation). \n\nOr that he committed voter fraud in the 2010 special senate election.','90d351c545d587f3e0b3f58494dfe795',0,'kA==','2jl1je64',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566550,37415,16,1920,0,'144.137.215.250',1345849336,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="OverlordMikey":35mlp706][quote="Charles RB":35mlp706][quote="ThanatosRW":35mlp706]Tiffanny doesn\'t need her help - she\'s actully working for Manson...\n[/quote:35mlp706][/quote:35mlp706][/quote:35mlp706]\n\nWhich may explain why Tiffany was the "counselor" in "It Happened One Nut". As bad as Lawndale High is, I don\'t think they\'d let students act as qualified counselors, unless there was a bit of dodgy dealing going on behind closed doors. Maybe Tiffany was able to secure that position because she worked closely with Manson? I mean, it wouldn\'t be in anybody\'s best interests to let Tiffany out into the working world. Look how Quinn\'s job at the pet store ended in disaster. Now imagine Tiffany in that same role. Chaos.\n\nManson would realise also, that putting Tiffany as a "counselor" wouldn\'t have much effect anyway, as she knew that anybody who would need counseling would probably already be a lot smarter than Tiff, and wouldn\'t be prone to listening to her inane attempts at conversation. Plus the whole fact that she was reading off of a sheet.\n\nThen again, I\'m probably just massively overthinking. \":D\"','6f35a447a90342e8ff55d79990c1339b',0,'gA==','35mlp706',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566551,37186,16,1920,0,'144.137.215.250',1345850088,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: MTV asks: Where Would Daria Be Today?','These are the most ridiculous things I\'ve ever read. None of them represent anything about Daria or her journey, and they all made radical changes to the character.\n\nYeah, Daria becoming a Dubya loyalist? What hacks are writing this shit? It\'s like they\'re trying to plant the seeds in our head that "Hey! All you smart young girls who think critically would TOTALLY be like Daria if you supported a dumbass warmonger!"\n\nIf there was a continuation to the series, I\'d like it to be set in whatever years her college years take place in. Hell, there could even be foreshadowing of events that are yet to happen in the timeline since hindsight is 20/20. Not everything has to be set in the now, to get people to relate. \n\nI think College Years would be good. Same sort of ensemble cast feeling, though with different characters. New viewpoints thrown across for Daria to point out the fallacies in, and good ol\' cameos from the high school gang. Daria and Jane hang out whenever they can, and occasionally get involved in mischief at eachother\'s college. Like Daria vandalising someone\'s office at BFAC as a favour to Jane or something like that. Hilarity ensues, dammit!. \":D\"','93dd3210dcc38e3edf76ebbc65956493',0,'','5z9y9dui',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566552,35944,5,598,0,'86.41.201.254',1345850686,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (The Sixth Edition!)','On the second anniversary of Satoshi Kon\'s death, I\'ll be watching [i:2s7g5q88]Perfect Blue[/i:2s7g5q88], [i:2s7g5q88]Millennium Actress[/i:2s7g5q88], and maybe a few episodes of [i:2s7g5q88]Paranoia Agent[/i:2s7g5q88] for a mini-marathon.','ea8314734512009b1a719344fb18172a',0,'IA==','2s7g5q88',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566553,37418,6,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345851495,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="BF110C4":2zuawp3a][quote="Lord Yellowtail":2zuawp3a][quote="BF110C4":2zuawp3a]I bet that regardless of his origin the NID would love to dissect him, but is just a minor priority compard with freaks like the Martian Manhuntress or Power Girl.[/quote:2zuawp3a]\n\nI will say that they\'re a bit ... distracted from going after more high-level metahumans after the truth about Project Valkyrie and the Power Girl clones comes out.\n\nIt\'s not very much fun, and takes up a lot of your time, when Bubbles Utonium decides to declare war on you. \";)\" The only thing in the NID\'s favor is that Bubbles empathetically doesn\'t want to start World War III.[/quote:2zuawp3a]Historically the NID doesn\'t care about petty things like starting wars or homicide, genocide or xenocide; those concerns are for lesser organizations like the UN. \":lol:\"[/quote:2zuawp3a]\n\nTrue enough. Perhaps I should have been more clear.\n\nBubbles told Daria in QAQA that you destroy monsters, lest they keep hurting you and the people you care about. If she\'s sufficiently pushed and all other options have failed, well...\n\nStay tuned for Chapter 4. \":)\"\n\nThe JSA won\'t maim or kill humans. That leaves a lot on the table. And as those kinds of concerns being for lesser organizations, [i:2zuawp3a]continuing to exist as an entity[/i:2zuawp3a] is something I think the NID would be very interested in.* Go back and look at Bubbles\' description of fighting the NSA in her home universe after what they did to Blossom. \"8)\" \n\n[size=85:2zuawp3a]*Seriously, in canon SG-1, the NID getting cleaned up was a big deal. But it was also heavily political, and a lot of the old corrupt officials, including Kinsey, had a chance to jump ship like the rats they were. That won\'t necessarily be the case if the NID forces an endgame confrontation with the JSA.[/size:2zuawp3a]','3b74a53cd7515302c3b5eb1b6004563c',0,'pA==','2zuawp3a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566554,36803,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345851769,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','Her parents had her killed and smuggled in a girl of the same age from China and hoped nobody would notice.\n\nIt being lawndale, their ploy worked.','c3dd68b525fd419c0f96fd1fbc61b38e',0,'','1kt8wfo8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566555,36981,6,1138,0,'97.103.132.115',1345851783,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Resentful Cynic Ch.4 : Revenge of the malled part 9 DO','Maybe Helen will be able to get Jane and Andrea to see things from her point of view. \n\nI don\'t believe that but it could happen.','2627815f16aa6928fb12a6b8bfaf73bf',0,'','1eovu2tg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566556,37186,16,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345851815,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: MTV asks: Where Would Daria Be Today?','[quote="Potrzebie":13u80y20]they all made radical changes to the character.[/quote:13u80y20]\n\nYeah, that\'s the basic joke.','92347754c88db264a18bddcb058d4f44',0,'gA==','13u80y20',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566557,37418,6,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345852101,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="Cypher3au":272etigh][quote:272etigh]Ooooh, oooh! Vic and Helena and Jane and Daria would have to double date at some point. Even if that only meant a joint stakeout.[/quote:272etigh]\n\nIdly tapping the steering wheel, Vic stared at his grey-clad female counterpart out of the corner of his eye. \'So similar, but so very different...so many questions...heh, Questions.\' Despite himself, he chuckled briefly at his little accidental pun.\n\nThe female Question turned her head slightly, apparently enough for her to look at her male equivalent. "Something funny?"\n\nHe shook his head hurriedly. "No, just an idle thought." A heavy silence filled the car as the woman\'s eyes seemed to bore into his own through their respective masks with an intensity that made the male vigilante honestly uneasy. \'Hm...if this is what my suspects feel when I\'m interrogating them, maybe I need to send out a few apology cards.\' He cleared his throat. "So...telepathic girlfriend, huh? Must take some getting used to."\n\n"...some. It has its perks, though." The JSA\'s Question admitted.\n\nVic quirked his head curiously. "Oh?"\n\nRather than answer, the female vigilante leaned forward and flicked on the radio, filling the vehicle with brainless teen pop music.\n\n==========\n\nPerched on a rooftop high above her partner and his female double, the Huntress turned to the Martian at her side and arched an eyebrow as the greenskinned woman begun humming a disgustingly familiar tune.\n\n"[i:272etigh]Hm hm hm hm-hm hmm...what am I gonna tell my friends? It just happened! I walked in the door and [/i:272etigh]GAH, ****ing HELL, QUESTION!" With a great deal more force than was strictly necessary, the Martian Manhuntress jammed a finger onto the activation nub of the communicator in her ear and growled into thin air with gritted teeth. "Baby, I love you to pieces, but if you keep putting that pop trash in my head, you\'re going to wake up one morning next to Mrs Johanssen."[/quote:272etigh]\n\nThat was hilarious, adorable, perfectly in character on all fronts (loved Vic--he\'s always tough to write and you nailed him--and [i:272etigh]perfect[/i:272etigh]. Got to admit I melted a little at Jane telling Daria she "love[d] her to pieces." So cute and awesome. Awesute? Cuwesome?\n\nThe only thing I found that I would change would be that Jane is [b:272etigh]The Martian Manhunter[/b:272etigh]. There\'s a real, deep, and meaningful reason she uses that particular form of the name. And it\'s not just becuase it amuses me to give [i:272etigh]Jane[/i:272etigh] a superhero alias with the word [i:272etigh]manhunter[/i:272etigh] in it. \";)\"\n\nI usually prefer that people ask me before writing full fics using any of my AU versions of characters, but hadn\'t planned to get to writing a JLU crossover for at least six months, and this is a completely self-contained little scene, and contradicts with nothing I have planned so ... how would you like it to be canon for this AU? With a listing on the official timeline?\n\nLet me know.\n\n[b:272etigh]EDIT:[/b:272etigh] Even if it didn\'t fit in the official timeline, I\'d proabably still ask if I could ink to it as a non-canon story. \";)\"','c99c2169d503cdedc68ff4d7a696d133',0,'4A==','272etigh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566558,36508,6,1229,0,'108.66.44.172',1345852473,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 9 pt 2','You\'re saying it like Crackfic is bad fic? It isn\'t when done right.','b38f4eaa5182110993de975240560d45',0,'','23bcuylf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566559,37468,3,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345852693,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What\'s In The Package?','Just watched the replay of the opening. Thing\'s a time capsule. I\'ll be waiting for the summary of what\'s in it.','beb40bb4cd41ebebcfe7360822738fc4',0,'','2tav52mq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566560,37186,16,1920,0,'144.137.215.250',1345852816,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: MTV asks: Where Would Daria Be Today?','Okay. Rant over, then? \":P\" I probably should have read it in a sarcastic tone, but you know how those corporate schmucks can get. \":P\"','0457dde585ab9ff1f4964e47fde1dda8',0,'','evvujz9n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566561,37464,4,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345852873,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Texas Judge: Civil War If Obama Is Reelected','[quote="WingZero":3bz0xrxj]I wonder how many Tea Partiers actually think this way, and how many want it.[/quote:3bz0xrxj]\n\nAnd therein lies the question!','fbda52cbda227ef0004811280b1dbb4c',0,'gA==','3bz0xrxj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566562,37444,6,804,0,'202.238.139.53',1345853103,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','Wow, shades of Balalaika there. We need more of this.','4fad2468ebb10424ee6aeca6abe62895',0,'','3kw8ihxq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566563,37414,3,849,0,'67.142.163.20',1345853151,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Staticblast":3ro9q0g6][img:3ro9q0g6]http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/5142416_460s.jpg[/img:3ro9q0g6][/quote:3ro9q0g6]\n[size=200:3ro9q0g6][b:3ro9q0g6]CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE[/b:3ro9q0g6][/size:3ro9q0g6] \":mrgreen:\"','5974938026c9507757d65748eb54376b',0,'zA==','3ro9q0g6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566564,37472,5,1192,0,'186.134.171.34',1345853554,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Restauration of a church painting gone wrong','It was posted yesterday: [url:1r98vs2z]http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=37459[/url:1r98vs2z]','5145214b87284f6c43eafda229ee87ce',0,'EA==','1r98vs2z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566565,37464,4,251,0,'75.111.47.87',1345853777,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Texas Judge: Civil War If Obama Is Reelected','I know that in East Texas (at least around where most of my family lives anyway) a lot more Confederate flags (mostly private, but even some government buildings) went up after Obama won. And there was anger (even in my family) that a courthouse in Palestine (the closest Greyhound gets to my town) was made to take down their Dixie flag because of a lawsuit by a civil rights group but people seemed to blame Obama for the flag coming down than them. Now how much of this was inspired by Perry\'s talk of secession (or if this was common in Texas and thus Perry played to that) I can\'t say. But I\'d guess many in Texas (but not necessarily a majority, especially if you count the more cosmopolitan cities) feel as that judge does. \n\nWhile I don\'t understand it and don\'t know how common it actually is, I know there\'s a Texas identity many Texans have that take pride in "being like another country" and are comfortable with ideas of secession...and not only from the USA but even the rest of the South (especially Oklahoma, which they usually really hate and Oklahoma returns the regard, though I have no idea why given that they seem almost exactly the same in character & politically, and many Texans aren\'t that fond of TN either)...and even splitting Texas between East & West (as they tend to have a different attitude that easily comes into conflict, oh, and Texans tend not to like CO for some reason, too, don\'t know why). \n\nAnd as for life in Lubbock, TX, I leave one of my favorite quotes behind (as it described growing up in East Texas as well):\n\n"Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you\'re going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love." ~Butch Hancock','50315db47391a882468249a89a33d048',0,'','v9ro54kg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566566,37186,16,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345853867,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: MTV asks: Where Would Daria Be Today?','[quote="Potrzebie":37tclfbp]Okay. Rant over, then? \":P\" I probably should have read it in a sarcastic tone, but you know how those corporate schmucks can get. \":P\"[/quote:37tclfbp]\nIt\'s ok. I doubt the MTV of now could understand the MTV of Daria\'s era.','996009ff68b2e53345085b08deade508',0,'gA==','37tclfbp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566567,36295,3,981,0,'58.179.174.85',1345854765,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon on toast.\n\nI guess you\'re seeing a theme here. I\'m the only person in my household (aside from the cat) who eats smoked salmon, so to prevent waste, if eat it, I have to eat a LOT of it within a 72 hour period. \";)\"','77d4c0079cfe00a63b7f15bad5c9baeb',0,'','dvqynvw2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566568,36295,3,1891,0,'67.142.181.27',1345855250,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','Right now I\'m chewing some gum!\n\nEarlier I had Pizza for dinner with lots of Mountain Dew!\n\nLife is good! \":D\"','766db46ee87850b9c4b2cbeaab9e82fd',0,'','3p8n5p0b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566569,36609,16,1920,0,'144.137.215.250',1345855582,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Cat-People vs. Dog-People','Helen would get a dog, but she\'d be her usual workaholic self and try be #1 in competitive dog shows. Daria and Jane would get seperate tanks of Sea-Monkeys, growing them to full size, then trying to integrate each set with the other as some sort of scientific experiment, of course this would probably only happen in a scenario where Sick Sad World got cancelled.\n\nUpchuck would have a parrot that knows dirty phrases, and his tiger-growl.\n\nMs. Li would have a Komodo Dragon.','66fd17222c96bc99280d14572a6d883a',0,'','3d58ys0h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566570,37406,5,1066,0,'69.253.173.20',1345856012,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you listening to? Part 4','[youtube:5175gy3f]cNmo8I4dEQE[/youtube:5175gy3f]','868368c4e8bcac947d59b28aef742b52',0,'AAE=','5175gy3f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566571,36295,3,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345856138,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','Homemade macaroni and cheese. It\'s in the oven now, and it smells divine.','c324b4890a033c91a57830c766df2788',0,'','2rhmzdx6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566572,37467,4,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345858255,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Anders Behring Breivik Sentenced To 21 Years Prison','[quote="Deref":1qz07a05]Rather a pity. I was hoping that they\'d come down on the side of insane.[/quote:1qz07a05]\nWhy?','602d9cfad01bdf2b66e5382fe8ae0304',0,'gA==','1qz07a05',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566573,37444,6,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345858633,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Grifter74":1zquiev9]Wow, shades of Balalaika there. We need more of this.[/quote:1zquiev9]\n[b:1zquiev9][size=150:1zquiev9]Yes.\n\nMoar.\n\nNao.[/size:1zquiev9][/b:1zquiev9]','0a5d4eb8ff143fe87fd428acbd72a260',0,'xA==','1zquiev9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566574,37444,6,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1345858689,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Charles RB":qjptwflr][size=200:qjptwflr][b:qjptwflr]RED PORN[/b:qjptwflr][/size:qjptwflr][/quote:qjptwflr]\n[img:qjptwflr]http://imgsrv2.tennisuniverse.com/mtf/images/smilies/notworthy.gif[/img:qjptwflr]','6526db7907f2d0f1a9e19c3bdd2c9c99',0,'zA==','qjptwflr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566575,37186,16,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345858733,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: MTV asks: Where Would Daria Be Today?','I\'m not sure if they ever did, besides "hey, people watch this, let\'s make more and do books".','693a313b21c0164c4d2f65837d0a327b',0,'','1q13jctv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566576,37417,4,7,0,'118.210.227.134',1345859122,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "Legitimate Rape" doesn\'t cause pregnancy','[quote="Deref":1tlbvzmc]I was reflecting that you USians treat your intellectually challenged better than we do. Here we try to offer them some forms of social support; you elect them to Congress.[/quote:1tlbvzmc]\nIt\'s like anything else in the U.S.: if you\'re rich or lucky, you do well. Remember, there are only 541 elected officials in Congress, not nearly enough to go round to get everyone the help they need.','b373456c2b7553de55a8f14d75331ed1',0,'gA==','1tlbvzmc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566577,37444,6,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345859577,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','I really shouldn\'t but what the hell...here\'s a scene from an upcoming chapter of Worldhopper (actual chapter number subject to change without notice.)\n\nChapter 5: Martyr\n\n“You know what\'s bothering you? You\'re afraid that it\'s true. the Quinns of the world fit in so well because something really is looking out for them. Everything\'s already been decided, they win, you lose, and whatever you do doesn\'t matter because the end is fixed. So, why even bother?... God, I\'m depressed.”\n\n--Jane Lane, “Groped by an Angel”\n\nST. STEPHEN\'S CHURCH, LAWNDALE, MD, UNIVERSE D-1988\n\nHow did it go so wrong?\n\nThe question kept repeating itself over and over in Jane Lane\'s mind. How had things come to this?\n\nIt had begun years ago, when the woman in the red cloak who looked like Daria had given her the money to make a fresh start. It had been enough to get Jane off the streets, get a small apartment, and the rest had been donated to St. Stephen\'s, securing her a job as Father Michael\'s assistant. Things had started to look up.\n\nAnd then, she had gotten the call. \n\nThe call from the Doctor. The infamous mastermind behind the city\'s underworld. Forget heroin, cocaine, or any of the party drugs. Lawndale had the next big thing: the M series. Twelve grades of chemical euphoria ofincreasing strength, and all of them dirt cheap. By undercutting the competition with a better grade of product, it wasn\'t long before the Doctor had taken over Lawndale\'s drug trade.\n\nAnd then, he expanded.\n\nIn the years since the Economic Meltdown, organized crime had found its way into the former suburb. The Three Families moved in, took over, and for a while, ruled every shady game in Lawndale. \n\nAnd then, the Doctor took over.\n\nNo one knew just how it happened, what leverage he had found to use against the Dons, but soon everyone knew the Doctor was in charge. Things were tumultuous for a while, but soon settled down. Things achieved a kind of bizarre symbiosis, much like the Yakuza of Japan. Anyone who committed crime in Lawndale that wasn\'t part of the Doctor\'s organization learned to hope that the cops got to them first. Jane considered it a blessing that she had been able to get out of the streetwalking game when she did. She thought she had been lucky enough to be in a place where the Doctor wouldn\'t ever be interested.\n\nAnd then, she got the call.\n\nAnd she followed the orders the Doctor gave her. She took the syringe and the gun and brought them to the motel. She had no choice. The Doctor knew everything. Everything Jane had kept from Father Michael. Everything she was sure that, if he knew, would cause the priest to throw her back out on the streets.\nSo she went to the motel. She went to room 114. She knocked on the door.\n\nAnd then, Tom Sloane was back in her life.\n\nAnd for a while, things started looking up. The Doctor had a plan. A way to make things better. And she and Tom were a part of it. Unfortunately, in the years since the Meltdown, Tom had developed a nasty morphine habit, and the Doctor had switched him to a new addiction.\n\nM-13. \n\nBut still, they took comfort in each other. In the familiarity of their past, of their friendship, and eventually, of their bodies.\n\nAnd then, it all went wrong.\n\nShe found out what the Doctor had Tom doing. Why Tom had been addicted to M-13. What the Doctor\'s plan entailed. \nTom had become the Doctor\'s personal assassin. Several members of high society had been murdered over the last few weeks. Politicians, corporate executives, government officials. All had been cut down quickly and ruthlessly. There was never any evidence of who had done it. \n\nUntil the one two days ago. The Archbishop\'s murder.\n\nTom had been caught on tape. He had been sloppy. And he had barely escaped capture. But now, the police, the feds, and even some really scary motherfuckers from the Vatican were sweeping the city looking for him. They hadn\'t found him yet.\nIf they had been at the church ten minutes earlier, they would have caught him. \n\nShe was still shaking. Tom stood there in front of her, gun drawn. She remembered the cold snaking feeling in her guts as she saw the fear and pain in his eyes. He was going into withdrawl. That was the true hell of M-13. Why the Doctor never put it on the market, using it instead to ensure absolute loyalty.\n\nM-13 was so addictive, that there was no way to wean yourself off it. Less than twelve hours without a dose and withdrawl set in. A withdrawl so bad that it could only end in one way.\n\nBut, Tom didn\'t pull the trigger. He ran. \n\nBut not before he had killed Father Michael. \n\nJane found the body in the rectory after Tom fled. He had been shot in the heart. Jane was grateful that the priest hadn\'t suffered. She covered him with a sheet, then walked back to the chapel in a daze. She knew she had to call the police, but she just couldn\'t find the strength. \n\nSo, she tried to pray, but still the question kept running through her mind.\n\nHow did it go so wrong?\n\nJane sighed and tried to clear her head. She had to call the police. But she had to be calm enough to do it. She took a deep breath and began to pray, whispering for the guidance and strength she needed.\n\n“...in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.” she finished.\n\n“He can\'t hear you, you know. If He was ever there, He abandoned us a long time ago.”\n\nJane\'s eyes popped open at the sound of the quiet voice coming from behind her. She stood up and turned around, and her eyes widened even more.\n\nThe speaker was a short, attractive woman dressed in an expensive looking black woolen trenchcoat. Her brown hair was cut short in a modern take on a bob. A long streak of gray ran from the part in her hair through to the end on the left side of her head. She wore a pair of sunglasses with oblong frames. The woman reached up and took the glasses off, revealing deep brown eyes. Eyes that Jane knew very well.\n\n“Daria?” the word came out as a dry squeak. The woman gave the familiar close-lipped smirk that erased all of Jane\'s \ndoubts.\n\n“Hello, Jane.”\n\nJane dashed up the aisle and caught her friend in a massive bear hug that almost lifted the shorter woman off her feet. Jane felt tears of joy developing behind her closed eyelids.\n\n“I thought you were dead,” she whispered. “The news said you died in the apartment fire.”\n\n“I lived,” Daria said quietly. “I left.”\n\n“Why?” Jane asked, still holding onto her old friend. “Why didn\'t you try to contact me?”\n\n“I couldn\'t, Jane. It would have spoiled the plan.”\n\n“What plan? Daria, what\'s going on?”\n\n“Revolution, Jane.”\n\nJane\'s eyes snapped open as she realized two things. First, Daria hadn\'t bothered to return the hug during the last few minutes. \n\nAnd “revolution” was the Doctor\'s favorite word. \n\nShe let go of Daria and stared at her in shock and a mounting sense of horror. She looked Daria over, and saw that Daria\'s usual neutral expression was replaced with a colder, darker lack of expression. Jane felt her blood run cold, then frigid as she saw the small gold pin on Daria\'s lapel.\n\nThe pin was a stylized “Rx” symbol. The same symbol that showed up in grafitti throughout the city. The symbol that let everyone know when the Doctor was going to be open for business.\n\n“No,” Jane whispered. She felt her face begin to crumple. “No, Daria, no...”\n\nDaria sighed. “I\'m sorry, Jane. I really had hoped it wouldn\'t come to this, but you\'ve distracted Tommy from his mission, and I just can\'t have that.”\n\nThere was a cold, metallic click. Jane looked down and her face paled as Daria held the pistol on her. “Daria, please, don\'t do this! We were best friends!”\n\n“Yes,” Daria said, “We were.”\n\nPanic overtook Jane and she ran. She ran from the monster that used to be her friend. The psychotic who had destroyed the future she and Tom could have had. \n\nHer heart was pounding so loudly in her ears that she never heard the shot that entered her back. Nor did she hear the three others that pierced a lung and severed her spinal column. She olny felt her chest begin to burn and the sudden lack of feeling in her legs that caused her to stagger and fall, rolling along the floor until she hit the steps of the altar. She lay there, her eyes closed as she fought to stay conscious through the pain in her chest. \n\nShe forced herself not to cry out or move as she heard her former friend walk up behind her and kneel down. She felt Daria – no, she was the Doctor now, like she had always been, perhaps. She felt the Doctor\'s breath on the back ofher neck as the mastermind leaned over her and whispered into her ear.\n\n“For what it\'s worth, He\'ll probably welcome you with open arms.”\n\n--Erin M.','4ad97e2ae96e3af10eefce1f3fb86da5',0,'','3orhwjz2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566578,35944,5,44,0,'67.67.217.240',1345859739,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: What are you watching? (The Sixth Edition!)','[quote="byron lomax":2qc3s8pr]On the second anniversary of Satoshi Kon\'s death, I\'ll be watching [i:2qc3s8pr]Perfect Blue[/i:2qc3s8pr], [i:2qc3s8pr]Millennium Actress[/i:2qc3s8pr], and maybe a few episodes of [i:2qc3s8pr]Paranoia Agent[/i:2qc3s8pr] for a mini-marathon.[/quote:2qc3s8pr]\n\n[i:2qc3s8pr]Happy Family Planning[/i:2qc3s8pr] should be among those episodes...\n\nWraith\n"The dream is uncontrollable, an uncontrollable drama. I want my movies to be inspired by dreams in that it has the same vital power, an uncontrollable creative force."\n-- Satoshi Kon','d33a490a137cc074f3aaa061d6380dde',0,'oA==','2qc3s8pr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566579,37450,6,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345860178,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Coming Labor Day weekend: "Terror at 200 MPH"!','I can now give a very concrete date for when this will get posted at Mark Zero Fan Fiction--Next Friday, August 31. \":mrgreen:\"','a4d3a8126ac27d59623ed52b5bfc89d9',0,'','2q23sfef',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566580,37444,6,37,0,'98.127.8.118',1345860203,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Silver":1fa1f2xd]((Do pardon the double post.))\n\nDaria waved a calming, dismissive hand at Jane. "No, no. That won\'t be necessary." Jane responded by relaxing slightly, her hand drifting away from the holder that held the raven-haired girl\'s Sig-Sauer. Daria shifted her attention from her friend and bodyguard to the young woman seated across from her.\n\nSandi Griffin\'s bodyguards shifted, the MP-5s in the pair\'s hands shifting slightly, following Daria\'s movements. Daria didn\'t bat an eye, and her Mona Lisa smile never left her lips. Jane idly noted that the smile had been on Daria\'s face since the pair had met only a few months prior. Finally, after a long moment, Daria deigned to speak again.\n\n"How vulgar, Sandi. While I understand the need for protection, this display," she paused, gesturing at Sandi\'s bodyguards, "is simply too much. People would take notice."\n\n"When you have connections, my dear, it doesn\'t matter." Sandi settled back smugly in her own chair. "Of course, your family has a knack for butting in where they aren\'t wanted."\n\n"Discretion was never Quinn\'s strong suite. Then again, subtlety isn\'t yours." Daria said flatly. "You\'re just a brat who deals with every problem by stomping on it."\n\nSandi stood and backhanded Daria. Jane\'s hand flashed to her holster, but the motion was stopped by Daria\'s firm grip.\n\n"Problem is, my dear, is that you don\'t plan for when you stomp on something that can hurt. Daria dabbed at her lip, glancing down at the blood on her fingertips. The smile never left her face.\n\n"What does that mean?" Sandi demanded, slapping Daria again.\n\n"That you\'re stupid enough to think I came with only one person for backup." Daria chuckled at her statement. Sandi\'s brow furrowed, but before she could inquire further, hell quickly broke loose.\n\nThe first rifle slug hit Sandi\'s shoulder, knocking her to the floor with a howl of surprise. It was followed by one bodyguard dropping, clutching a wounded chest, while the gripped his throat in a futile attempt to stop himself from bleeding out. Jane glanced out at the indistinct shapes of the other skyscrapers, and told herself that she could almost see Mack\'s wan smile.\n\nThere was a soft click, and Daria puffed on her cigarette a few times to make sure it had lit. She slipped the lighter back into her coat pocket, then stood, walking calmly over to Sandi. She planted a boot in the other girl\'s chest, and took a long draw on the cigarette.\n\n"And now, Ms. Griffin, we\'re going to discuss what\'s become of my little sister.[/quote:1fa1f2xd]\n\n[img:1fa1f2xd]http://smileys.emoticonsonly.com/emoticons/y/you_are_the_man-969.gif[/img:1fa1f2xd][img:1fa1f2xd]http://smileys.emoticonsonly.com/emoticons/y/you_are_the_man-969.gif[/img:1fa1f2xd]','886953f8f99febf1687dff032e497772',0,'iA==','1fa1f2xd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566581,36170,5,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345860294,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (3)','[url=http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/219/e/e/emoshy_by_mihaaaa-d3k9m9h.png:2w5k8ahs]GStE FLuttershy? \":shock:\"[/url:2w5k8ahs]\n\n--Erin M.','ea254d7a36ce84507e2b789faec5fade',0,'EA==','2w5k8ahs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566582,37414,3,849,0,'67.142.163.20',1345860490,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Jesus fucking Christ. After the day I\'ve had, I do [b:3aurihou]NOT[/b:3aurihou] need this fucking shit tonight. And on top of all the other mess going on all day, I was nauseous earlier. I don\'t need to be puking all night when I have another sick pet to take care of.','5c64d9f4234fd9eef9272b4c710f6b52',0,'QA==','3aurihou',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566583,36508,6,1719,0,'69.14.1.167',1345860792,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 9 pt 2','No, Smijey has good cracks. I feel like this one is just a bad crack fic. it just sucks, lol.','2926f618d3697497596b78501bbe517f',0,'','23egvk2i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566584,37395,6,1548,0,'72.91.86.179',1345860796,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 6) (Partial Genderswap)','I can\'t wait for when they go to school. \":)\" BRING ON THE ANGST! \":P\"','f9eeecb263ab44c8e776937ad727df8f',0,'','1tc7bwcu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566585,37471,3,1278,0,'50.101.57.62',1345861049,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Jerry Nelson 1934-2012','1934-2012. 78! 78 years! Ah-ah-ah[i:12af43b0]hhhhhhhhnnnnnng![/i:12af43b0]\n\n(Hey, I\'ve already done tons of stuff I\'m going to hell for, what\'s one more?)','0befd31e22361086b15320d5c8bee848',0,'IA==','12af43b0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566586,37395,6,1782,0,'63.233.104.250',1345861431,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 6) (Partial Genderswap)','Oh Oni, it shall be wonderful.','11e576be65df9d344317e7a1e3dc34b5',0,'','eado07aa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566587,36295,3,251,0,'75.111.47.87',1345862386,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','I got some cayenne from the farmer\'s market and it\'s so incredibly good! It\'s also hot so I have to be careful not to add it (or only add it very cautiously) to anything that isn\'t strictly for me. But it\'s not only good it leaves a nice afterglow for hours after that\'s very pleasant. \n\nI\'m going back and I\'m gonna get a sack full.','5ccc0771b757484a52aa1504646e9e4d',0,'','2m9jbkwq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566588,37471,3,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345862527,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Jerry Nelson 1934-2012','[quote="RX-87":12eoowtj]1934-2012. 78! 78 years! Ah-ah-ah[i:12eoowtj]hhhhhhhhnnnnnng![/i:12eoowtj]\n\n(Hey, I\'ve already done tons of stuff I\'m going to hell for, what\'s one more?)[/quote:12eoowtj]\n\nActually, from everything I\'ve seen, he\'d find that hilarious.\n\n--Erin M.','faaa8f4f710a995f76c690e4be8996b4',0,'oA==','12eoowtj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566589,37471,3,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345862817,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Jerry Nelson 1934-2012','[quote="Erin M.":1m6cf3t6][quote="RX-87":1m6cf3t6]1934-2012. 78! 78 years! Ah-ah-ah[i:1m6cf3t6]hhhhhhhhnnnnnng![/i:1m6cf3t6]\n\n(Hey, I\'ve already done tons of stuff I\'m going to hell for, what\'s one more?)[/quote:1m6cf3t6]\n\nActually, from everything I\'ve seen, he\'d find that hilarious.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:1m6cf3t6]\n\nAnd you had to have a bit of a twisted sense of humor to work that that, anyway.','eb5f3cee94d357f5efc9aac5934a8cdc',0,'oA==','1m6cf3t6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566590,36609,16,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345863204,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Cat-People vs. Dog-People','I think Andrea would have a dog. Kind of medium sized that she can have sit next to her while she talks to it about her day. It\'s why she has to work, so she can buy it food and pay for the vet bills. Probably a rescue animal or former stray.','1d1a9a7e6a7312b6f825cae6fb0f5f08',0,'','1kcha4xx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566591,37415,16,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345863292,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jane\'s religious beliefs','[quote="Potrzebie":1ihkiqu5][quote="OverlordMikey":1ihkiqu5][quote="Charles RB":1ihkiqu5][quote="ThanatosRW":1ihkiqu5]Tiffanny doesn\'t need her help - she\'s actully working for Manson...\n[/quote:1ihkiqu5][/quote:1ihkiqu5][/quote:1ihkiqu5]\n\nWhich may explain why Tiffany was the "counselor" in "It Happened One Nut". As bad as Lawndale High is, I don\'t think they\'d let students act as qualified counselors, unless there was a bit of dodgy dealing going on behind closed doors. Maybe Tiffany was able to secure that position because she worked closely with Manson? I mean, it wouldn\'t be in anybody\'s best interests to let Tiffany out into the working world. Look how Quinn\'s job at the pet store ended in disaster. Now imagine Tiffany in that same role. Chaos.\n\nManson would realise also, that putting Tiffany as a "counselor" wouldn\'t have much effect anyway, as she knew that anybody who would need counseling would probably already be a lot smarter than Tiff, and wouldn\'t be prone to listening to her inane attempts at conversation. Plus the whole fact that she was reading off of a sheet.\n\n[b:1ihkiqu5]Then again, I\'m probably just massively overthinking.[/b:1ihkiqu5] \":D\"[/quote:1ihkiqu5]\n\nOverthinking? Here? Perish the thought! \";)\"','6c5299456db8e6bce6eeeeecf98fd3c7',0,'wA==','1ihkiqu5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566592,37450,6,827,0,'75.103.154.50',1345863666,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Coming Labor Day weekend: "Terror at 200 MPH"!','My Scooby-Doo/Batman crossover is up, Doc. See what you think of it so far, as I\'ll be writing Act Two this weekend.','8bf0bf9b8d3acd0d180cbbf6d0450f92',0,'','31idzwlq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566593,37250,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.27',1345864164,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sexy Daria: Lab Lockdown Sex (Pt 5)','[b:2gznhp0q]Lab Lockdown Sex Pt 5[/b:2gznhp0q]\n\nQuinn got her golden opportunity to strike when Daria went to the bathroom, it was a simple matter to watch the garage door from the kitchen while making it seem like she was leafing through the latest issues of Val and Waif.\n\nLuckily for her Daria was so desperate for the restroom that she didn’t see what Quinn was wearing, a come-hither purple strappy top, tight blue jeans, nice flats, and enough makeup to seem beautiful without overdoing it.\n\nAs soon as the bathroom door was shut, Quinn quickly slipped into the Garage where Mack was sitting in a folding chair taking a break, the maze looked pretty much done as far as Quinn could tell.\n\n“Oh hi Mack,” she said in a sweet innocent voice to get his attention.\n\n“Oh, hey Quinn.” Mack said as he head snapped up to look at her, he had to admit that she was cute.\n\n“So how’s the science project coming along?” she asked politely while walking over oh so delicately and then standing next to the table in such a way that she looked like a sweet little angel.\n\n“Well we have the maze pretty much done,” Mack replied without any sign that this was having much effect on him, “Tomorrow we’ll pick up a mouse and start training it.”\n\n“Gee that sounds really interesting,” Quinn answered in a very man-inciting voice, “Could you tell me about it?”\n\nMack gave her a polite smile and said, “Sure.”\n\nThen as he started to explain the project to her, the inner door to the garage opened and Daria stepped in.\n\nHer eyes zeroed in on Quinn, Quinn in that outfit, Quinn who was trying to put the moves on Mack, and Daria for some reason started to see red.\n\nHowever she pushed all that anger down and said in a fake sweet voice, “Oh hi Quinn, I thought you were busy with something tonight.”\n\n“Oh Daria,” Quinn replied in an equally fake sweet voice but her eyes said something else, “I was just asking Mack here about this project, he said something about a mouse.”\n\n“Yup,” Mack answered as calmly as he could even while looking for the nearest exit before the claws came out, “Well as I said we’re training a mouse to get through the maze and we’re going to use negative reinforcement to do so.”\n\n“Well that sounds cool,” Quinn replied even while keeping an eye on Daria as she slowly moved around them towards the door, “Well I should go, I’m working on a little project for the Fashion Club, you’ll probably hear about it soon, well see ya!”\n\nThe last was directed at Mack and Quinn gave him her nicest smile and rather enjoyed doing it in front of Daria, daring her to call her out on it.\n\n“Let’s see if the hussy will take my bait!” Quinn thought with glee.\n\nShe did not.\n\nInstead Daria kept her face very masklike and waited until Quinn had left and shut the door behind her before she let her emotions show a little.\n\n“I can’t stand that little bitch!” Daria muttered to herself before remembering that Mack was still in the room.\n\nMack for his part did the gentlemanly thing and pretended that he hadn’t heard a thing and worked with Daria to finish off the maze, due to the circumstances he didn’t stick around for idle chit chat afterward, but he did ask Daria if she was ok.\n\n“I’ll be fine Mack,” Daria answered kindly once they were outside and Mack was waiting for his ride home, “It’s nothing that I can’t handle.”\n\nHe gave her an appropriate response as Kevin’s jeep pulled up and Mack climbed in, and almost said, “Don’t call me that!” to Kevin before he realized that Kev had called him ‘Mack Dynamite’ and not ‘Mack Daddy’.\n\n“Sorry man,” Mack offered up as they pulled away, “I’m still adjusting.”\n\n“No sweat man!” Kevin answered and after a couple second promptly forgot all about it and turned on the radio.\n\nBut as the music played Mack used the time to do a mental comparison between Quinn and Daria and while he wished he knew Quinn’s side of the story, so far everything Daria had said about her hated younger sister seemed to be true.\n\n“Vapid, shallow, self-absorbed, extremely cute but not in her sister’s league at all,” Mack thought to himself having seen right through Quinn’s attempt at seduction, “I wonder what she wanted since I’m pretty sure that no one’s slept with her yet.”\n\nHe pondered the notion that Quinn had honestly believed that she could have taken him for herself and laughed at it.\n\n“Between Jodie and Daria I’ve been ruined for the ‘plain old cute ones’.” Mack thought to himself with amusements.\n\n\nDaria in the meanwhile had gone up to her room and turned on some music, her homework long finished but she turned on her compute to do something else.\n\nShe pulled up the files and began to type out ideas for the third Melody Powers story, “I wonder what thrilling erotic action fueled adventures my Melody should have this week?” Daria said to herself as she put her brain into overdrive.\n\nThe first story, which she had read out loud at the coffee shop had been a huge hit, and had caused a riot that had forced the school to shut down the coffee shop, which had been her goal all along.\n\nBut ‘The Erotic Adventures of Melody Powers’ had proven to be too good an idea to let go of, so she had created a sequel, which had yet to see the light of day and now.\n\n“Onto number three.” Daria said to herself as a structure slowly developed involving Solomon’s Mine’s, a lost magical artifact that couldn’t be allowed in enemy hands, and a secret occult group that was descended from the Thule.\n\nEven while she was doing this, Daria wondered a little bit about what Quinn was planning to do to save the Fashion Club but wasn’t particularly worried.\n\n“Whatever it is I can crush it,” Daria thought with confidence before dismissing the notion for another day.\n\nAt the moment she had bigger fish to fry, and so did Melody.\n\n\nThe next morning, Daria didn’t even bother going down for breakfast but instead headed straight out the door and waited outside for her ride, which she had called ahead the night before and asked to arrive early so they could snag some breakfast from McDonald’s before school.\n\nIt was a good excuse as any to avoid dealing with the fallout from her parent’s fight.\n\n“Which I instigated for good reason.” Daria reminded herself as Skylar’s car pulled up in front of the house and she bounded to it with a stride that bordered on a jog.\n\nOnce they were on their way, Skylar beamed like the morning sun outside and gave her a small giftwrapped box.\n\n“What’s this?” Daria asked with a sly grin as she ripped at the paper.\n\n“Oh my!” She breathed with her mouth popped wide open with surprise once she had it unwrapped.\n\nIt was a brand new cellphone and a bill for six months of service that was already paid in full.\n\n“You like it?” Skylar asked as they pulled up at the drive through.\n\n“I love it!” Daria squealed with delight and kissed him on the cheek as they got to their turn and Skylar placed their order for pancakes, hash browns, and coffee. \n\n“I hope so it cost me a bundle,” Skylar teased as he drove up to the window and got their food and drove away after paying up.\n\nAs they headed on to the school a bit early while eating their food Skylar commented, “The reason I got you the phone, I mean besides the fact that you’re my number one girl, is because I can’t get through at your house anymore for some reason.”\n\nHe then asked if her mother had some big legal case she was working on.\n\n“Probably,” Daria said airily as they pulled up at Lawndale and Skylar got a good parking spot, but they didn’t get out since they were very early, so they just kept eating in the car, “But Quinn’s the one burning up the line, she’s grounded and running the Fashion Club at the same time, so...”\n\n“Don’t bother with the landline, gotcha!” Skylar replied and they both laughed even while polishing off breakfast.\n\n\nQuinn took pride of place as she lead the Fashion Club through the halls of Lawndale, showcasing the latest teen fashions of course, and setting a [i:2gznhp0q]proper[/i:2gznhp0q] example for the others.\n\nSince they were all dressing so… Slutty.\n\n“It’s because of Daria.” Quinn thought to herself with disgust but then reminded herself of her little brainstorm that would change all of that, and save the FC from being axed by Ms. Li.\n\n“So what’s the plan President Quinn?” Tori asked from her left since she was now the Vice President of the Fashion Club.\n\nQuinn smiled beautifully at that, “Well I was thinking that to show Ms. Li what we do for the school, we should do what we always do, give out fashion advice… But offer it up as a free newsletter!”\n\n“Hey yeah!” Stacy squealed in servile obedience.\n\n“Coooool…” Tiffany drawled.\n\n“That’s a great idea Quinn!” Siobhan added while secretly wishing she could do her hair up like she used too, but the bylaws of the Fashion Club wouldn’t let her.\n\n“It sounds like work…” Tori began but was forced to go with the group and added, “But if it helps us survive Principal Hitler, then I’m in!” \n\n“Great!” Quinn said very hopefully, having been worried about a fight, “We’ll discuss what to write about when we all have study hall later and then at lunch we’ll eat fast and type it up in the computer lab.”\n\nEveryone in the Fashion Club agreed with this and Quinn truly felt in her element, she was large, in charge, and saving the last bastion of [i:2gznhp0q]true popularity[/i:2gznhp0q] from destruction.\n\n“Cus the alternative is… ugh!” Quinn mentally shuddered at the memories from Highland Middle School when she and Daria were there together and she had… she had.\n\nIt didn’t bear thinking about.\n\n\nDaria was walking through the halls with Skylar, and accompanied by Scarlett and Ronnie, the latter three were chatting about the upcoming Roller Hockey game.\n\nOr more specifically their bets on what fate Mr. DeMartino would suffer.\n\n“I’ve got him suffering a stroke in the first quarter.” Skylar boasted happily, feeling sure that Mr. D was in even worse shape than last year and wouldn’t last as long.\n\n“I’m giving him some hope,” Ronnie replied with a competitive streak, “He’ll make it until half-time and once he stops moving he’ll croak.”\n\nScarlett giggled and mentioned that she and Andrea had the same bet, “So when we’re dancing it up and cheering together boys don’t feel bad about it.” She added with a smirk.\n\nDaria would have thrown in her two cents but the devil himself came towards them with darting eyes, not wanting to be spotted, and wound up drawing more attention than before.\n\n“What’s up Mr. D?” She asked sweetly, holding back the charm a bit since he was one of the few teachers here that had her respect.\n\nHe made some general comments about her schoolwork and then slipped her a note and walked away.\n\n“Hmm…” Daria breathed as she read it and then giggled.\n\n“Oh god!” She said in between fits of laughter and when everyone asked her what it was about she handed it to the nearest person, Scarlett, and went back to laughing.\n\n“Ms. Morgendorffer,” Scarlett read aloud quietly to the other two, “I need a small favor of you, could you sit in a prominent place during the Roller Hockey game and use your charms to distract the other team?”\n\nRonnie and Skylar both busted up laughing.\n\n“Wow this is rich!” Ronnie said while hanging onto Skylar for support as he heaved in deep breaths in between laughs right along with him.\n\n“I know!” Skylar added and then he looked at Daria and began to ask, “So are you going to…?”\n\n“Oh yeah.” Daria replied with confidence, “Anything for the cool teacher.”\n\nWhile the guys praised her, Scarlett decided to reexamine her bet since this might cause Mr. DeMartino to actually win this time.\n\n\nEven while working to ensure the survival of the Fashion Club, Quinn still made time to bump into Mack when he wasn’t around Jodie, which took some doing but she had gotten her hands on his schedule so she knew when she could get away with it.\n\nFor some reason he seemed… Immune to her charms.\n\n“I mean I know that he and Jodie made out with… [i:2gznhp0q]her[/i:2gznhp0q]!” Quinn thought to herself after plying on her own talents a bit thick before walking away oh so beautifully for him.\n\n“But from what Daria said they didn’t actually go all the way… Right? [i:2gznhp0q]Right?![/i:2gznhp0q]”\n\nShe also observed Mack with Jodie and picked up on some stuff that while they were making a big show about being together that there was an emotional distance between them.\n\n“If they’re not breaking up within a week or two I’d be surprised.” Quinn thought to herself before jotting down an idea for the right shades of pink in the newsletter.\n\nA little bit later when she was headed down to her Math class she really did accidently come across Mack and Jodie and saw something that really surprised her, they were talking to Charles Ruttheimer III.\n\nQuinn stopped nearby and pretended to check her makeup and listened in.\n\n“…So we’re going to do positive reinforcement,” Charles said to Mack who then mentioned what he and Daria would be doing.\n\n“I have to admit that I’m enjoying this assignment,” Jodie added, “Normally I have to ignore Barch’s man-hating rants to get anything out of her classes but this go around…”\n\nMack tried to go with the flow but even Quinn knew that he was on Barch’s shitlist and was her number one target for verbal violence.\n\nQuinn observed them until the three of them went in their separate directions but a couple images replayed in her mind a bit.\n\nOne was of Charles himself, now that he wasn’t so sleazy and she had really seen him acting decent over the last few weeks, he had filled out and was in preppy clothes and he was turning into, well…\n\n“A catch!” Quinn thought with surprise.\n\nAnother was of the lingering stare that Jodie had given Charles when he had walked away.\n\n“Less than a week before the breakup.” Quinn said to herself before having to rush to get to class on time.','1f236a44d45d25007204dc78788f0e98',0,'YA==','2gznhp0q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566594,36803,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1345864283,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="Charles RB":v9ecuqo0]First two times we see Tiffany, she speaks fluent (and normal-speed) English. They never did explain what was going on there...[/quote:v9ecuqo0]\n\nI still think they put her on decaf and she never recovered.','491de0a0df26b716a56f499893edf309',0,'gA==','v9ecuqo0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578221,37956,6,2213,0,'98.180.20.16',1351363343,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning','[b:2w32v3ds]Daria Shreds[/b:2w32v3ds]\n\nDaria sat at her computer desk with her head in her hand. Today there was to be another practice session with her band, Girls Together Sarcastically. As of late, though, they appeared to not be going anywhere. Daria\'s guitar playing was fine as was her sister Quinn\'s singing. But Quinn\'s bass playing was close to nonexistent and their friend/drummer Jane\'s inability to keep time with Quinn was a problem as well.\n\nDaria didn\'t want to meet her bandmates in the basement of their apartment knowing nothing would get done, but she decided she should get this out of the way anyway. Walking down the stairs, Daria came up with a plan. Instead of just telling them they sucked, she\'d show her feelings another way.\n\nShe met her mates in the basement and soon they were ready to go. Then, from out of nowhere it\'d seemed, Daria began to thrash on her green colored guitar with no intent of sounding good whatsoever. Jane and Quinn just watched in total confusion. Daria then kicked over one amplifier, knocked down another with her instrument, and punched the crap out the strings before tossing her guitar into Jane\'s kit. Catching her breath, Daria said "that good enough?" She then processed to make her way back to the living room, leaving some very shocked bandmates behind.\n\nQuinn finally, after a period of time, was able to ask Jane something. "This mean we can forget about \'Roadrunner\' now?"\n\n[b:2w32v3ds]Author\'s Note[/b:2w32v3ds]\n\nFor those who don\'t know, this is an alternate look at Girls Together Sarcastically by Dennis. I highly suggest looking that story up as soon as possible.','421df8b11d08901733d841b67e224118',0,'QA==','2w32v3ds',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578222,37863,3,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1351364685,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread LXVII: Slightly More Roman','Take Me Out is the most evil show on television.','7db570971f24ff0fc6bb875ccf0cbcb8',0,'','14trn5lg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578223,37838,6,1191,0,'69.242.91.46',1351365015,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Black Hole Part 2','Very interesting. Even Deac Blue\'s choice to leave PPMB seems to have been enough to instigate a flame war. \":?\" \":bang:\" \n\nThere\'s only one observation that seems relevant here. Deac Blue was, from the very beginning, a controversial writer/member. The fact that there is such heat building in this thread is testament to that; however, now that he\'s chosen to pick up his toys (so to speak) and storm off like a truculent, self-indulged eight year old means that the time for meaningful discussion has come to an end. Let\'s stop expending so much time and energy on - what is in my opinion - a moot point and instead channel these valuable resources into other story threads...heaven knows some of our newer authors would appreciate the attention.\n\nWell with that said, I\'ll quietly slink into my dark corner and read another thread. \":nono:\"','294a7110201ff980a0cabf4559a629ea',0,'','t6u4t7u1',1,1351430668,'',1191,1,0),(578224,37965,4,1406,0,'79.13.116.225',1351365128,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Berlusconi goes to directly to jail but may pass Go','I posted this yesterday on the general forum section.\n\n\n[quote="ST91":33qc11li]Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to four years in prison for fiscal fraud at the end of the process for the acquisition of TV rights by Mediaset. The former prime minister was also convicted from holding public office for three years.\n\nThe ruling comes after nearly 10 years of investigation and 6 process \'hiccup\' between the demands of objection advanced by counsel and the request for abstention made ​​by the judge. And still sliding due to the Lodo Alfano and the subsequent use of the Consulta, request for transfer of proceedings in Brescia, legitimate grounds of the then Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and changes in charges.\n\nThe defense of the former Premeir preferred not to comment on the verdict. "Do not release statements, first I want to read the reasons," said the lawyer Niccolo Ghedini out of the classroom process. The other lawyer Piero Longo preferred not to comment.\n\n[/quote:33qc11li]\n\n\nby the way despite everything, he goes on to say that it is all a persecution against him.\n\n[quote="Charles RB":33qc11li]That noise you can hear is a big party at PM Monti\'s house[/quote:33qc11li]\n\nbelieve me Charles , Monti doesn\'t give a f**k about Berlusconi.','7f727ffe2432abf9d8099af953f44d6a',0,'gA==','33qc11li',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566596,37469,6,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345864433,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The New Batman/Scooby-Doo Adventures','Man, this rocks so far. Good work! \":mrgreen:\"','2763134f8184c0d0e20e3a0e0e889be6',0,'','mikv2qqt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566597,36803,6,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345864598,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="Ranger Thorne":1ddy3b4k][quote="Charles RB":1ddy3b4k]First two times we see Tiffany, she speaks fluent (and normal-speed) English. They never did explain what was going on there...[/quote:1ddy3b4k]\n\nI still think they put her on decaf and she never recovered.[/quote:1ddy3b4k]\nWho says that was Tiffany? She could have an older sister who hangs with Tori and is likewise never seen again.','720dc295aee75a9e5869505b2e47261a',0,'gA==','1ddy3b4k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566598,37406,5,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345864656,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you listening to? Part 4','A couple of anime songs. Specifically:\n\nMami Kawada - [i:3ctftx9n]Borderland[/i:3ctftx9n] (opening to Jormungand)\n[youtube:3ctftx9n]PqvIhXVoHUE[/youtube:3ctftx9n]\n\nand\n\nMELL - [i:3ctftx9n]Red Fraction[/i:3ctftx9n] (opening to Black Lagoon)\n[youtube:3ctftx9n]PKBoHUG9_JE[/youtube:3ctftx9n]','eb006a931624360ff3bb405014a5ad0c',0,'IAE=','3ctftx9n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566599,37250,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345864754,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sexy Daria: Lab Lockdown Sex (Pt 5)','Jodie/Quinn/Jane knockdown fight over Upchuck! YES','82fe1efb3fbae7da492bfc5e74673a61',0,'','2phlc5b9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566600,36803,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.27',1345864921,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','I\'d like to tweak the Chinese plotbunny a bit.\n\nInstead Helen is the adopted Japanese daughter of the Barksdales, so Daria and Quinn would be half-asian, while Helen americanized herself as much as possible to fit in, Quinn and Daria have felt a bit more free in exploring their roots...\n\nThought for Quinn this has meant being obsessed with one of the Japanese subcultures, like Gothic Lolita or something like that, along with cute anime mixed in with American culture.\n\nDaria on the other hand studied Japanese forms of martial arts, knows how to use Samarai swords and other weapons, and has a slightly more spiritual side in having an interest in Zen Buddhism. She would be very interested in Japanese culture, history, etc and would express it in her own way.\n\nHelen\'s personallity would be largely the same, but stereotyped as the \'Asian Tiger Mom\', Quinn might not make it into the Fashion Club but would carve out a new niche and still be popular.\n\nDaria could be more or less the same, but anyone that crosses her would probably wind up KO\'ed on the floor. But she might form a strange bond with Ms. Li and Brittany during training classes for martial arts, and maybe help Ms. Li with her control issues a bit.','bf9d6d6a8812f6e47923e50b4bf109b8',0,'','3hdjnkiq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566601,37002,6,1690,0,'189.247.93.153',1345864953,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','Morgendorffer Taxis just became a multinational. And I bet Helen is going to be green with envy, after all her daughter just became a CEO and consultant at 17 who earns more than she did in her entire lifetime.','f319a3e7943f4dfd08ed91a275402029',0,'','u1swrx3r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566602,37469,6,827,0,'75.103.154.50',1345865308,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The New Batman/Scooby-Doo Adventures','Thanks! Look for a cameo and a nod to the 60\'s Batman TV series. After I\'m done with this look for a major event coming next weekend.','aa45370e86de2f837efe9bae0544762a',0,'','3ftmvnz3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566603,37002,6,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1345865729,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','You know, this is a really interesting thread, but I wonder why nobody\'s brought up the fact that there would be a significant climate change due to the whole nuclear war thing. Even a merely regional one contained entirely within the Middle East should produce something like a nuclear autumn, if not a nuclear winter. \n\nhttp://www.time.com/time/health/article ... 64,00.html','9a68520fda508350bdc0ec3bf184cb23',0,'','1hyv8518',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566604,37473,6,827,0,'75.103.154.50',1345866179,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Coming Soon: "Return Of The Ghost With The Most"','While I\'m working on my Batman/Scooby-Doo crossover, look for a new crossover fic next weekend.\n\nSummary: Heiress, Claire Brewster, plans to tear down one of Peaceful Pines most beloved sites for a mega movie theater. But, a familiar villain is making a major revenge comeback, as Otho plans revenge on Lydia Dietz. Can Beetlejuice stop Claire and Otho\'s evil plans, and make a fast buck on the way?\n\nThis fic takes place after the animated series ended, and will feature some familiar cameos from other shows and the BJ cartoon.\n\nAct One will be out Labor Day weekend.','a4083dcef5b03d632fa2f03d977d8833',0,'','2feit5v6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(598277,32803,6,1139,0,'124.179.63.247',1361591199,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DW: The Many Doctors (Chapter 13) (Non-Daria)','[b:6uitynov]Chapter 13 – The Search for Felicia[/b:6uitynov]\n[b:6uitynov]Warning: Naturism[/b:6uitynov]\n\nThe Doctor followed Sigrun into the console room and immediately went to the scanner. “Just as you said, Sigrid,” he said after he looked at the scan results.\n\n“So, Felicia is in an earlier version of the TARDIS?” Jia’hale (now dry but still au naturale) asked as she entered the console room.\n\nThe Doctor pointedly made eye contact with Jia’hale as he said. “Yes, she is. Now we need to find out which earlier version.”\n\nHe turned back to the scanner. He ran an analysis on the scan data. The result soon came back.\n\n[code:6uitynov]Type-40 TARDIS, younger identical capsule. Inter-chronal data suggests immediate previous incarnation.[/code:6uitynov]\n\n‘That is better than an earlier incarnation,’ the Doctor thought. The earlier Post Time War incarnations would not have reacted well to an intruder in the TARDIS, and it would be difficult, although not impossible, to go pre-Time War.\n\n“Where is she then?” Sabrina asked.\n\n“She is, or was, in my twelfth incarnation’s TARDIS. Therefore we are going to look for him at a time when she is travelling with him,” the Doctor said.\n\n“Wouldn’t it be easier to just look in Norwich?” Daniel asked.\n\n“Not necessarily, Daniel. She wanted to continue traveling, remember?” Jia’hale said.\n\n“Right,” Daniel said, trying not to look at her.\n\n“Alright, this is going to take a while, and the TARDIS may still go off course,” the Doctor said.\n\n“I guess so,” Sabrina said.\n\n“Doctor, we are arriving somewhere,” Sigrun said.\n\n“Tau Ceti III, a good a place as any I suppose, but I don’t remember being there. On the other hand, Felicia will certainly change events,” the Doctor said.\n\n“Your earlier self may look for you?” Jia’hale asked.\n\n“That is a possibility too,” the Doctor said.\n\nThe TARDIS landed.\n\nSabrina went to the doors. “Let’s have a quick look,” she said.\n\n“Yes,” the Doctor said.\n\n\n[b:6uitynov]Tau Ceti III\n4 July 2211[/b:6uitynov]\nThe Doctor, Sabrina and Daniel exited the TARDIS. “Are you sure that you don’t want to come?” Sabrina asked.\n\n“It is unlikely that we would find Felicia on our first attempt,” Sigrun said from just inside the door.\n\n“True,” Daniel said.\n\n“Watch the TARDIS. If we’re not back in an hour, come after us,” the Doctor said.\n\n“Right,” Sigrun said, as she closed the door.\n\n“Ok, this way,” the Doctor said...\n\n\n[i:6uitynov]In the TARDIS[/i:6uitynov]\nSigrun turned to Jia’hale. “So, why didn’t you want to go and look?” she asked.\n\nJia’hale looked back at Sigrun. “You know why,” she said.\n\nSigrun rolled her eyes. Jia’hale’s proclivity. ‘She really doesn’t like wearing stuff, doesn’t she?’ “So what are you going to do in the meantime?” she asked.\n\n“Not sure, maybe some sparing?”\n\n“Um, sure,” said the not-so-sure Sigrun (given that Jia’hale was usually not-so-modestly attired when they spared).\n\nJia’hale saw Sigrun’s discomfort. ‘It won’t take long,’ she said.\n\nSigrun breathed heavily and then breathed slowly as she calmed herself. “OK,” she finally said. “But if I feel too uncomfortable...”\n\n“You can stop,” Jia’hale interrupted.\n\n“Deal,” Sigrun said, sounding slightly relieved.\n\nThe two friends then left the console room.\n\n\nA few hours later, the Doctor, Daniel and Sabrina returned to the TARDIS. “That was a waste of time,” Daniel said.\n\n“Not entirely, Daniel. We did solve that mystery,” Sabrina said.\n\n“Oh yeah,” Daniel said.\n\n“Not a total waste of time, Dan,” the Doctor said, as he opened the TARDIS doors. He found the console room empty. ‘of course they would be off doing whatever,’ he thought.\n\n“Where to next?” Sabrina asked.\n\n“Another random destination,” the Doctor said.\n\n“Are you sure?” Sabrina asked.\n\n“Yes, Sabie, I am sure. If I do plot a course, to a place that I do remember, it is likely that we will arrive before Felicia does,” the Doctor said.\n\n“I suppose so,” Sabrina said.\n\nThe Doctor set the TARDIS in motion.\n\n\n[b:6uitynov]The TARDIS in flight[/b:6uitynov]\n\nAfter he had set the TARDIS in motion, the Doctor left the console room.\n\nSabrina looked at the console. The current destination was Colorado Springs. ‘America? Unlikely!’ she thought.\n\n“Come on, let’s see what Sigrun and Jia’hale are up to,” Daniel said.\n\nSabrina turned to him. “Sure,” she said.\n\n\nDaniel and Sabrina arrived at the TARDIS’s gymnasium a few minutes later. Sabrina looked in, and quickly turned around “Aggh!”\n\n“Jia’hale is bare?” Daniel asked.\n\nSabrina nodded.\n\n“And yet she and Sigrun are sparing?” Daniel said.\n\nSabrina nodded again, with an expression of slight disgust.\n\n“I imagine that Sigrun must be uncomfortable,” Daniel said, with a slight smirk.\n\n“I guess so. Besides All I saw of her was that she is dressed as she usually is for that sort of activity,” Sabrina said.\n\n“Still...”\n\n“I think they’re using padded quarterstaves,” Sabrina added.\n\n“Let’s do something else,” Daniel suggested.\n\n“I’ll be in the library,” Sabrina said.\n\n“I’ll be in bed. It has been a very long day,” Daniel said.\n\n\nA while later, an exhausted Sigrun dropped to the floor. “Come on Jia’hale. We need to stop,” she said.\n\n “Yeah, it has been a rather long exhausting day,” Jia’hale said as she moved away. She placed the padded quarterstaff back on the rack. She walked back to Sigrun. “I’m going to bed. See you at breakfast.” She brushed against Sigrun as she went towards the door...\n\nSigrun stood up and watched Jia’hale leave the room. “What just happened?” she wondered. She definitely needed sleep. She put own padded quarterstaff away, then went back to her room. She was soon fast asleep.\n\n\n[u:6uitynov]The ‘Day’ after Felicia’s disappearance[/u:6uitynov]\n\nSabrina entered the kitchen to find Daniel already there. “Good morning,” she said.\n\n“Have you been to the console room yet?” Daniel asked.\n\n“I came straight here.”\n\n“I think we may have landed somewhere.”\n\n“Let me have breakfast first.”\n\n“Sure,” Daniel said with a smirk.\n\n\nSigrun entered the kitchen a short time later. She saw that Daniel was brewing some coffee and that Sabrina was making an omelette. “Having your usual large breakfasts, are you?” she asked.\n\n“Yes, my metabolism hasn’t changed just because one of my friends has disappeared,” Sabrina said.\n\n“I still have my appetite, Siggy,” Daniel said.\n\n‘Siggy’ sighed as she grabbed her cereal. She didn’t much like that nickname.\n\n“So, where do you think we are?” Daniel asked.\n\n“Earth, first or second millennium AD,” Sigrun said.\n\n“Is it that predictable?” Sabrina asked. ‘I would have thought the 1st millennium BC too,’ she thought.\n\n“It is, of the places we have been since the TARDIS began going off course, less than 10% were not on Earth, and less than 15% of those on Earth were earlier than the fall of the Roman Empire or later than the Drahvin invasion that we had just stopped,” Sigrun said.\n\n“I disagree,” Daniel said.\n\nSabrina turned from her cooking. “Please don’t fight over breakfast!”\n\n“We will discuss this later,” Daniel said.\n\n“I promise you that,” Sigrun said.\n\nSabrina breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to her cooking.\n\n\nA while later, but while the three were still eating their meals, Jia’hale entered, still bare...\n\nSabrina dropped her knife onto her plate.\n\n“What?” Jai’hale asked.\n\n“You’re usually attired when you come to breakfast,” Sabrina said.\n\n“Maybe,” Jia’hale said as she flicked her hair so that it fell down the front of her torso.\n\n“More than that,” Sigrun said, remembering the previous night’s sparring session.\n\n“I’m hungry, I have eaten like this a few times,” Jia’hale said.\n\n“Just don’t make a habit of it,” Daniel said, looking her in the eyes.\n\nJia’hale rolled her eyes as she went to get her cereal.\n\n\nA short time later Daniel and Sabrina exited the kitchen and went towards the console room.\n\n“What are you thinking?” Daniel asked.\n\n“What?” Sabrina asked.\n\n“The way you were confronting Jia’hale.”\n\n“Every time I have seen her at breakfast, she was dressed.”\n\n“There were a few times prior to now that I recall that she wasn’t.”\n\n“Maybe.”\n\n“That’s not all is it?” Daniel asked.\n\n“Of course not. I miss Felicia!” Sabrina said, almost in tears.\n\n“She’s out there somewhere, we’ll find her,” Daniel said reassuringly.\n\n“I know, Thanks.”\n\nThey entered the console room.\n\nThe Doctor was there. “Morning, had a good sleep?” he asked.\n\n“Mostly, I’m still worried about Felicia,” Sabrina said.\n\n“We’ll find her,” the Doctor said.\n\n“Where are we?” Daniel asked.\n\n“We have landed on a southern Pacific Island in the 1850’s. It should be relatively safe,” the Doctor said.\n\nSabrina thought for a moment. “Let’s explore it,” she said.\n\n“I agree,” Daniel said.\n\n“What about the other two?” the Doctor asked.\n\n“Let’s just go without them,” Sabrina said.\n\n“Are you sure?” the Doctor asked.\n\n“Yes,” Sabrina said.\n\n“Let’s go then,” the Doctor said.\n\n\n\n[b:6uitynov]26 March 1850\nBora Bora[/b:6uitynov]\nThe Doctor, Daniel and Sabrina emerged from the TARDIS. They could see the sun rising in the distance.\n“Polynesia?” Sabrina asked.\n\n“I did say the South Pacific, Sabie,” the Doctor said.\n\n“It’s just that we haven’t been to Polynesia,” Sabrina said.\n\n“Good point,” Daniel said.\n\nThe Doctor closed the TARDIS doors. “Let’s find out what’s going on here.”\n\n\nThe trio entered a settlement located a kilometre away from where the TARDIS had landed. “It seems like a normal Polynesian village,” the Doctor said.\n\n“I’ll take your word for it,” Sabrina said.','e310f4c3782c414051f4ec4c82b1e55a',0,'YYA=','6uitynov',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566605,32803,6,1139,0,'60.229.28.240',1345866635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: DW: The Many Doctors (Chapter 10 SG-1 x-over) (Non-Daria','[b:1wug5t4e]Chapter 10 – The Ori[/b:1wug5t4e]\nThree hours after the Doctor had talked to General Landry, SG1 and the Doctor’s companions were ready to go on their mission.\n\n“Remember, you have to follow my orders,” Mitchell said as a reminder to the companions.\n\n“I remember,” Tamsin snarked.\n\nThe other two nodded.\n\n“[i:1wug5t4e]Chevron Six encoded.[/i:1wug5t4e]”\n\n“Watch this,” Mitchell said.\n\n“[i:1wug5t4e]Chevron Seven, Locked![/i:1wug5t4e]”\n\nTamsin, Kiara and Felicia watched as the seventh chevron locked and the wormhole formed within the Stargate with a kawoosh.\n\n“Wow!” Felicia said.\n\n“That’s put it mildly!” Tamsin said.\n\n“That’s nothing compared to the experience of going through the ‘gate,” Mitchell said. “Let’s go,”\n\nSG-1 and their assistants walked up to the gate. Mitchell walked through first, followed by Teal’c.\n\n“After you,” Carter said to Tamsin.\n\n“Ok,” Tamsin said. She stepped forwards, through the event horizon...\n\n\n[b:1wug5t4e]P6Y-362[/b:1wug5t4e]\nTamsin emerged from the Stargate on the planet designated by the SGC as P6Y-362. “That was incredible,” she said.\n\n“I told you,” Mitchell said as the remainder of SG-1 and their accompanying ‘specialists’ emerged from the ‘Gate.\n\n“Wow, it looks just like a Canadian forest,” Felicia said.\n\n“Research suggests that the Ancients and the Goa’uld both preferred this type of biome,” Carter said.\n\n“You mean that the Stargate is usually placed in a forest like this?” Felicia asked. ‘It is definitely a beautiful view,’ she thought.\n\n“Statistically speaking, both here and in the Pegasus Galaxy, yes,” Jackson said.\n\n“That’s interesting,” Tamsin said.\n\n“You have been in Canada?” Mitchell asked.\n\n“A few times with the Doctor,” Tamsin said.\n\n“We had to stop Ice Warriors from taking over the Yukon Territory,” Kiara said.\n\n“That sounds interesting,” Carter said.\n\n\nThey started walking away from the Stargate towards the nearby settlement.\n“So, we’re here to see if the Priors have been espousing Origin here?” Tamsin asked.\n\n“Indeed,” Teal’c said.\n\n“You read the mission brief, that’s right,” Mitchell said.\n\nTamsin grumbled.\n\n“She’d like more background information,” Kiara said.\n\nCarter looked at Dr. Jackson.\n\n“The people on this planet were brought here by the Goa’uld thousands of years ago,” Daniel said.\n\n“Yes, but what about the ‘Gate in Antarctica? Couldn’t the Goa’uld have brought them through there,” Tamsin asked.\n\n“How did you find out about that?” Colonel Mitchell asked.\n\n“She pestered the records officer,” Kiara said.\n\n“After the Doctor’s psychic paper didn’t help,” Felicia said.\n\n“Psychic paper?” Carter asked.\n\n“I don’t want to know,” Daniel said, referring to Tamsin’s pestering of the records officer.\n\n“I wasn’t that bad,” Tamsin said to Daniel.\n\n“The Doctor has a piece of paper that he uses to get past problems with officials in various places,” Kiara said.\n\n“How does it work?” Carter asked.\n\n“I don’t know. It probably has something to do with the Doctor’s telepathic abilities,” Kiara said.\n\n“Anyhow, Dr. Jackson, continue,” Tamsin said.\n\n“A System Lord ruled from here for some time prior to abandoning the planet a thousand years ago. The Goa’uld continued to raid the planet for another five hundred years before leaving it alone for some reason. After that the locals advanced to a level similar to that of medieval Europe,” Daniel said.\n\n“Cool,” Tamsin said.\n\n“They have recently developed intricate clockwork....” Daniel began, Tamsin hanging on his every word.\n\n\nSG-1 and companions entered the town closest to the Stargate.\n\n“Looks deserted,” Cameron said as they started walking up the street from the main entrance.\n\n“Impossible, this is a major trading town for this region of the continent,” Daniel said.\n\n“So, SG-1 has been here before?” Felicia asked.\n\n“Yes, a few years ago,” Daniel said.\n\n“We opened relations between the major nation that this town is part of and the US,” Carter said.\n\n“That’s good,” Felicia said.\n\n“The contact has inspired cultural change similar to that in the Renaissance,” Daniel said.\n\n“So the culture was similar to medieval Europe?” Tamsin asked.\n\n“It was similar, but only in the broad strokes, their pantheon was and is still inspired by the influence of the Goa’uld,” Daniel said.\n\n“Swell,” Cameron said.\n\n“It is similar all over the galaxy, CameronMitchell,” Teal’c said.\n\n“Don’t have to like it,” Cameron said.\n\n“Indeed,” Teal’c said.\n\n“Of course,” Tamsin said, annoyed at the influence of the System Lords on the Milky Way.\n\n“We’re almost at the central square, sir. We should be walking through crowds,” Carter said.\n\n“I haven’t noticed anyone looking out of the windows,” Kiara said.\n\n“You sure?” Tamsin asked.\n\nKiara nodded.\n\n“Neither have I,” Cameron said.\n\n“What would cause this?” Felicia asked.\n\n“No idea,” Carter said.\n\n“Not a plague, we would be seeing the corpses,” Daniel said.\n\nTamsin nodded.\n\n“So where did they go?” Felicia asked.\n\n“The nearest settlements are less than a day’s journey away, but they are just villages,” Daniel said.\n\n“Do they use the Stargate?” Kiara asked.\n\n“Not often, it hadn’t been used for centuries when we arrived the first time,” Carter said.\n\n“We may have to go to one of those villages. Do you know where they are?” Colonel Mitchell asked.\n\n“Not exactly,” Daniel said.\n\n“There is a library on the other side of the square,” Sam said.\n\n“A good place to start,” Kiara said.\n\n“There may be clues as to why this happened,” Tamsin said.\n\n“Of course,” Mitchell said.\n\n“Certainly,” Daniel said.\n\n\nFifteen minutes later the expanded team entered the town’s library. The place showed much evidence of a hasty departure, with many papers strewn around the many reading tables.\n\n“This is going to take some time,” Daniel said.\n\n“I’ll help you. I’ve had some field experience,” Tamsin said.\n\n“Thanks,” Daniel said.\n\n“You’re welcome.”\n\n\n5 hours later the sun set and the planet’s two moons bathed the town in coloured light.\n“Quite strange, a red moon,” Kiara said.\n\n“It has a similar composition to Mars,” Sam said.\n\n“The fourth planet in Earth’s solar system. I have been there with the Doctor. Needed a suit outside the TARDIS and the colonial habitats,” Kiara said.\n\n“It’s the same here,” Mitchell said.\n\n“Quite beautiful, but barren,” Kiara said.\n\n“I agree,” Sam said.\n\nThen Daniel returned with Tamsin in tow.\n\n“Have you found something?” Felicia asked.\n\n“Yes, there are multiple references to a Prior being here and the usual Origin espousing spiel being said,” Daniel said.\n\n“The Prior then left, travelling back to the ‘Gate,” Tamsin said.\n\n“So what happened here?” Carter asked.\n\n“They had heard about the Ori from their contacts through the gate. Apparently the nation had been sporadically exploring through the gate. It’s possible that the Goa’uld had left behind a co-ordinate archive like the one that was on Abydos,” Daniel said.\n\n“The first planet you discovered, go on,” Felicia said.\n\n“Right. After the Prior had left; they set up guards near the gate in case the Prior came back,” Daniel said.\n\n“So the Prior came back?” Cameron asked.\n\n“Yes. The guards saw the Prior emerge from the gate in the distance and immediately ran to the town. That’s when they evacuated the town,” Daniel said.\n\n“But wouldn’t the Prior be here?” Carter asked.\n\n“We think that he may have gone to one of the other villages,” Tamsin said.\n\n“Where some of the towns’ people may have gone?” Vala asked/\n\n“Yes,” Daniel said.\n\n“We stay here tonight, and then set out for the closest for the closest of those villages. I assume that the library has a map of the region?” Cameron asked.\n\n“It does. However I must say that that village is the most likely destination for the Prior after this town,” Daniel said.\n\n“Noted, we’ll set out at first light,” Cameron said.\n\n“This planet has a rotational period of just less than 19 hours, Sir,” Sam said.\n\n“When the sun is visible,” Cameron said.\n\nSG-1 then prepared for the short night ahead.\n\n\n[b:1wug5t4e]Second day on P6Y-362[/b:1wug5t4e]\nSG-1 left the deserted town, early in the morning, whilst it was still enshrouded in fog.\n\n“How are we supposed to find our way to that village in this fog?” Felicia asked. She could barely see 100 metres ahead of her.\n\n“I’ve brought a map from the library. It clearly shows all the landmarks we need to follow,” Daniel said.\n\n“It’s not that thick,” Tamsin said.\n\n“Not compared to fogs in the Silverpeak Mountains on Tyria,” Kiara said.\n\n“Sounds dangerous,” Felicia said.\n\n“No more dangerous than what we usually run into with the Doctor,” Kiara said.\n\n“I suppose so,” Felicia said as they left the town out of the gate that they had entered it the previous day.\n\n\nThree hours later they approached the next nearest settlement to the Stargate and the abandoned town. As they approached they could see that this settlement was not abandoned.\n\n“Does that map show any public meeting places, Daniel?” Cameron asked as they approached.\n\n“There are a few meeting places around the central square,” Daniel said.\n\n“Lead the way,” Cameron said.\n\n\nAs they walked down the main road into the village, SG1 could see that many of the people were looking at them.\n\n\nIn the central square SG1 approached the nearer of the meeting places. Cameron, Daniel and Teal’c walked inside. “Does anyone have any news regarding the abandonment of the Trading town near here?” Daniel asked.\n\nThere was silence in the room.\n\n“We’re not leaving until we get an answer,” Teal’c said.\n\nThere was murmuring amongst the patrons of the establishment before a young lady slipped away and approached the trio. “We don’t like talking about the situation,” she said.\n\n“Indeed?” Teal’c asked.\n\n“I’ll say more elsewhere,” she said.\n\n“Let’s go,” Cameron said, as he noticed most of the other people in the room getting restless.\n\n\nSam and the others saw the others come out of the meeting place. “Any information, sir?”\n\n“None, although apparently this lady here is willing to divulge the information in the face of tremendous social pressure,” Daniel said.\n\n“It’s not that bad,” the lady said.\n\n“We haven’t been introduced,” Cameron said.\n\n“I’m Aa’lsvaiii’ Ye, local leader of the Record Keeping Guild, come to the Records Hall and I will fill you in on the situation,” she said.\n\n“That is important?”Vala asked.\n\n“You will see,” Daniel said.\n\n“Facinating,” Felicia said.\n\n“I agree,” Kiara said.\n\n\nThey soon approached the Records Hall, a building which resembled the library that they had seen in the other town.\n\nAa’lsvaiii’ lead SG-1 to a side entrance and opened the door. “We’re going into the non-public area of the Records Hall. Don’t touch the records without permission,” she said.\n\n‘Of course, the Records Hall is a library,’ Kiara thought. ‘But that would mean that Aa’lsvaiii’ is a librarian.’\n\nThey passed through the non-public area of the Records Hall, what would on Earth be called the ‘Stacks’ to a large room on the other side of the structure. “This is the Recordkeeper Guild’s meeting room, but the other members are busy at the moment,” Aa’lsvaiii’ said.\n\nThe seven from Earth (and Tyria) sat on the various chairs as Aa’lsvaiii’ laid out some glasses of water.\n\n“We had heard of the Priors and this ‘Origin’ that they are espousing from our contacts on various worlds. We knew that it wouldn’t take long before they would get here,” Aa’lsvaiii’ began.\n\n“And so a Prior came,” Cameron said.\n\n“Yes, the people of Re’iav Lleag were frightened, but they sent messengers with the message that a Prior had come. So plans were put in place in case a Prior should come back. I have also heard that teams have gone through the gate in search of uninhabited worlds,” Aa’lsvaiii’ said.\n\n“Impressive,” Sam said.\n\n“Indeed,” Teal’c said.\n\n“So the town was abandoned. But when we arrived there, there wasn’t any Prior,” Cameron said.\n\n“If he found the town deserted he may have gone back to the gate,” Aa’lsvaiii’ said.\n\n“No doubt that is what you are counting on, but he may just journey to another settlement,” Daniel said.\n\n“Then that settlement would be abandoned too. We will not let them dictate to us, or enslave us as our ancestors were enslaved!” Aa’lsvaiii’ said. She grabbed a tome off a bookshelf. “I’m sure you are familiar with the subject matter,” she opened the tome and placed it in front of Daniel. He read a paragraph from the tome before realising that the tome depicted the planet’s revolution against the Goa’uld.\n\n“But the Ori are worse than the Goa’uld! They will not give up as easily as the System Lords did,” Daniel said.\n\n“We shall see,” Aa’lsvaiii’ said as she took a sip from her water.\n\nTamsin was about to interject when there was a knock on the door and another lady, dressed similarly to Aa’lsvaiii’, came in.\n\n“Sorry to interrupt Ma’am, but there is an urgent message,” she said.\n\n“Let her in,” Aa’lsvaiii’ said.\n\n“Yes, Ma’am.”\n\nThe messenger paused upon seeing the team in the room with Aa’lsvaiii’.\n\n“They are Tau’ri, they can hear the message,” Aa’lsvaiii’ said.\n\nThe messenger began telling the message to Aa’lsvaiii’ and the others.\n\n\n“...And so the Prior is on his way here,” the messenger concluded.\n\n“That’s not good news, go and find the rest of the Guild,” Aa’lsvaiii’ said.\n\n“Yes, Ma’am,” the messenger said, she quickly left.\n\n“What are your plans?” Aa’lsvaiii’ asked Cameron.\n\n“We are going to intercept the Prior,” he said.\n\n“We are?” Daniel asked.\n\n“We are not going to let another village full of people leave their homes behind because of some idealistic plan,” Cameron said.\n\n“We are leaving this village as soon as we can organise,” Aa’lsvaiii’ said. “In the meantime you are welcome to look in the Records Hall,” she continued.\n\n“Right,” Daniel said.\n\n“Thanks,” Tamsin said.\n\n\nDaniel and Tamsin were looking at various books in the Records Hall as Cameron and Aa’lsvaiii’ continued to argue.\n\n“I’m certain that this village will be abandoned,” Tamsin said.\n\n“I agree,” Daniel said.\n\n“But they are just going to leave all their stuff here?” Tamsin asked.\n\n“Somehow I think they have that planned too. Send periodic expeditions to retrieve the artifacts that they had left behind,” Daniel said.\n\n“Makes sense,”\n\n“Another question, how are you understanding the writings here?” Daniel asked.\n\n“The TARDIS,” Tamsin said.\n\n“The TARDIS, what?” Daniel asked.\n\n“It’s translating the writing for me, same with speech in most places we go,” Tamsin said.\n\n“Interesting, but how could that work over interstellar distances?” Daniel asked.\n\n“I don’t know. It could be using the Stargate Network as a relay for all I know,” Tamsin said.\n\n“I think the SGC would notice that,” Daniel said.\n\n“Probably,” Tamsin said.\n\n\n[b:1wug5t4e]The SGC[/b:1wug5t4e]\nGeneral Landry entered the control room.\n\n“Sir, I have determined the source of the mysterious power drain in the Stargate,” Harriman said.\n\n“And?” the general asked.\n\n“It’s that TARDIS, it’s somehow tapped into the ‘Gate’s control circuitry.”\n\n“Call the Doctor to the control room, now!”\n\n“Yes, sir.”\n\n\n[b:1wug5t4e]N’b, Ao Plaaileala, Tiloana (P6Y-362)[/b:1wug5t4e]\n“I’ve also noticed that the villagers seem to be speaking English,” Tamsin said.\n\n“Yes, on most worlds, there is a translation matrix hidden in the platforms beneath the gate, it works in a radius of 100 kilometres, using large nanobots to change the audio,” Daniel said.\n\n“Interesting,” Tamsin said.\n\nThen Aa’lsvaiii’ entered the Records Hall from outside. “Preparations to leave the village are well underway. Colonel Mitchell is also asking for you,” she said.\n\n“Right, let’s go,” Daniel said. Tamsin followed him out.\n\n\nDaniel and Tamsin exited the Records Hall into a scene of frenzy. Villagers were running about trying to organise their departure. They quickly found the rest of SG-1 close to the Records Hall.\n\n“This is Lana Halaia, she will accompany you on your interception of the Prior,” Aa’lsvaiii’ said, indicating a nearby Record Keeper.\n\n“That isn’t really necessary,” Cameron said.\n\n“I insist, besides, she can hold her own in a fight,” Aa’lniii said.\n\n“Right,” Cameron said, doubtfully.\n\nLana then swirled her staff in the air then stopped a few centimetres short of driving it into Cameron’s face.\n\nSeeing the tough expression on Lana’s face, Cameron then pushed the staff down. “I see your point. Are all Record Keepers like this?”\n\n“Not all, Tau’ri. Only after being in the Guild for more than three years,” Lana said.\n\n“Good to know,” Cameron said.\n\n\nFifteen minutes later, SG1 left the rapidly emptying village in the direction of the Prior’s advance.\n\n“We should intercept the Ori forces in less than an hour, Colonel,” Lana said.\n\n“Remember, follow my directions, don’t just charge into the formation,” Cameron said.\n\n“I’m not stupid, Colonel!” Lana retorted.\n\nCameron sighed.\n\n\n[b:1wug5t4e]The SGC[/b:1wug5t4e]\nThe Doctor hadn’t been found anywhere in the SGC and hadn’t been noticed leaving. So there was only one place he could be; in the TARDIS. General Landry knocked on the TARDIS door. The Doctor opened it.\n\n“Hi, I know what this is about. And answer is no,” he said.\n\n“How did you know?” Landry asked.\n\n“There is no other reason I can think of,” the Doctor said.\n\n“What is the purpose of the power tap into the gate?” Landry said.\n\n“Come inside and I’ll explain it to you,” the Doctor said.\n\n“Fine,” Landry said. He stepped into the TARDIS.\n\n\n‘The descriptions don’t do it justice,’ he thought.\n\nThe Doctor sat near the console. “I’m not drawing power from the gate. The gate is communicating with the gate on the planet where SG1 is,” the Doctor said.\n\n“You expect me to believe that?” Landry said.\n\n“Yes,” the Doctor said.\n\n“I don’t.”\n\n“Fine, the TARDIS is sending and receiving signals via the gate to and from the planet.”\n\n“For what purpose?”\n\n“It translates the foreign languages into a language that my travelling companions can understand,” the Doctor said.\n\n“Really?” Landry asked.\n\n“Yes,” the Doctor said.\n\n“But it doesn’t need to use the gate for that.”\n\n“No, it doesn’t. But it’s easier than projecting the signal at interstellar distances. Do you even know where the planet is?”\n\n“P6Y-362 is over six thousand light years away,” Landry said.\n\n“The signal will continue to use the gate. It won’t interfere with its normal operations,” the Doctor said. He pressed a control on the console. “There, the TARDIS is providing the power, rather than your facility.”\n\n“How long will this continue?”\n\n“Until SG1 gets back.”\n\n“Fine,” Landry said, he turned and then left the TARDIS.\n\n\n[b:1wug5t4e]Ao Plaailealan countryside, Tiloana[/b:1wug5t4e]\nSG1 and their companions were moving wearily through a forest. “Are you certain this is the direction they are approaching from?” Cameron asked.\n\n“Yes,” Lana said.\n\n“She seems quite insistant,” Vala said.\n\n“Right...” Daniel said, warily. They continued moving forwards.\n\n\nThey soon came to a clearing. Teal’c raised his staff weapon. “They are very close,” he said.\n\nLana gripped her staff with two hands. “I agree, Jaffa,” she said. She stood defensibly by his side.\n\nKiara came up and stood at the ready to the other side of Teal’c, who activated his staff weapon.\n\nThe group was not prepared for who they would see next...\n\n\nTwo Priors emerged from the trees. “Hallowed are the Ori,” one of them said.\n\n“Hallowed, my butt!” Lana called out, as she tensed up.\n\n“That is not necessary, Ms. Halaia,” Teal’c said.\n‘’\nLana glanced at the Jaffa. “I will not be letting my energy be sucked out in worship!”\n\n“How do you know that?” Daniel asked behind her.\n\n“Alteran Lies!” the other Prior said.\n\n“The Tau’ri are not the only ones whom have come into contact with the Ancients, Dr. Jackson!” Lana said.\n\n“I guess not,” Daniel murmered.\n\nA large group of Ori troops emerged from the forest and surrounded the expanded SG1. Leading them was Adria!\n\n“So, we meet again,” she said.','2e0c32d4a9a28b104fe2c499f3baa1dd',0,'YA==','1wug5t4e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566606,37002,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345866768,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="Smijey":1hgzgwbh]You know, this is a really interesting thread, but I wonder why nobody\'s brought up the fact that there would be a significant climate change due to the whole nuclear war thing. Even a merely regional one contained entirely within the Middle East should produce something like a nuclear autumn, if not a nuclear winter. \n\nhttp://www.time.com/time/health/article ... 64,00.html[/quote:1hgzgwbh]\n\n\nI did, in passing. I mentioned that the winter months would result in a serious die-off of the population; it just seemed obvious that the nukes that hit the area would have caused that.\n\nOf course, it would be just as easy for the fic, to do a hand-wave and say that the effects on the climate were not as bad as the models predicted. \":)\"','8bc9739643c828fa149f83f0caf5a22c',0,'gA==','1hgzgwbh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566607,37414,3,28,0,'76.112.172.157',1345866910,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="-sam":3quxw9u5]This season is sorely testing my love of baseball holy fuck.[/quote:3quxw9u5]\n\nI get how it\'s good to dump a quarter of a billion in salary, but seriously, fuck baseball right now.','8916233cd5feb45f2b15aa3e0bc1bb92',0,'gA==','3quxw9u5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566608,37339,6,1690,0,'189.247.93.153',1345866930,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Uranium in the Drinking Water, a HH/Daria fusion. 2.1','Thank you for all the comments, I truly appreciate them. \":D\" \n\nBy the way I just edited the text and added a few extra paragraphs when I realized that once more I forgot just who the speaker was and did an infodumb with no personality. I hope that this one does show a little better the Point of View of a more mature Quinn that the original, even if I couldn\'t help but to add even more information. \";)\"','28f74503c72dcde11373cfcef43b23fc',0,'','2tsy9jbg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566609,37250,6,1690,0,'189.247.93.153',1345867612,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sexy Daria: Lab Lockdown Sex (Pt 5)','I think they aren\'t having enough ambulances in Lawndale for the bloodshed tha the match is going to become, but at least Demartino has a fairly good chance of getting out alive, as long as he gets a Playboy Magazine [u:rl9xsz5v]before[/u:rl9xsz5v] the game. \":lol:\" \";)\" \n\nOn the other hand I hate myself for this, but I agree with Quinn, unless there is a huge change in the relationship between Jodie and Mack I think that they will fall apart in a week. Luckily not even then Quinn is going to be able to pick the pieces, both due to the fact that Mack already seen and done better than her, and because Daria is going to destroy her long before she can do or say anything. \":twisted:\"','9f2348abaa1a1b165e8a4ac98965623c',0,'AQ==','rl9xsz5v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566610,37456,5,28,0,'76.112.172.157',1345868904,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','It doesn\'t really matter as the original Red Dawn is all about how great it is that every red blooded American has their guns.','eede22d7d4269c238cf68df1c4b76c52',0,'','2q5vovaa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566611,36170,5,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345870693,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (3)','[quote="Brother Grimace":2tmyrzix][url=http://theartrix.deviantart.com/art/Today-on-Mythbusters-ponies-200939257:2tmyrzix]The [i:2tmyrzix]Mythbusters[/i:2tmyrzix] experiment with Pinkie Pie. Events go roughly as one would expect.[/url:2tmyrzix] \":shock:\"[/quote:2tmyrzix]\nAnd THAT is why Pinkie Pie is no longer allowed near the coffee.','d48ed7725742765f628dfea51c66f066',0,'sA==','2tmyrzix',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566612,37471,3,260,0,'96.235.8.239',1345870901,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Jerry Nelson 1934-2012','May he rest in peace.\n\nPeace\nKevin','312c48450d7862d71b364156b3e31ad9',0,'','1p6ky6u5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566613,36609,16,1019,0,'205.188.116.16',1345871846,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Cat-People vs. Dog-People','[quote="Ranger Thorne":3crk9y61]I think Andrea would have a dog. Kind of medium sized that she can have sit next to her while she talks to it about her day. It\'s why she has to work, so she can buy it food and pay for the vet bills. Probably a rescue animal or former stray.[/quote:3crk9y61]\n\nYes, I’m sure she saved it herself… from a fire… with a broken leg… and snakes blocked her path… with the dogs abusive owners blocking her way (she defeated them through non-violent means and then saved them as well)… facing the fear of fires which she just happened have due to being trapped in a raging inferno as a child… all this before she fed the children of the world and read them a bedtime story… Saint Andrea lives on! \":D\"\n\n~~~\n\nI think Jake’s a cat person, but he’d be better off in the company of a dog.\n\nHelen’s a dog person, but she‘d be better off in the company of a cat.\n\nDaria’s a cat person, but probably wouldn‘t really want a pet because they‘re a hassle.\n\nAnd Quinn’s for whatever animal is cutest although if it’s the choice between a cat or a dog she’d stress over it but go with the cat for being more elegant, however deep inside she would be more fond of a smaller breed of dog with big eyes. Even deeper inside - she’s a total Pug person…\n\n[i:3crk9y61]On that note.[/i:3crk9y61]\n\nMad Dog Morgendorffer loved cats, but loathed himself for this because he perceived himself as unmanly for it and took his aggression out on his son - just like every other issue he had.\n\nRita is a “any animal” person, for some reason I see her feeding strays without realizing why that might be a bad idea. Of course she probably hates mice and animals seen as icky due to the way her mother brought her up, but at the same time having trouble hurting them (in the case of spiders and such I totally see her asking a guy or even Erin/Helen/Amy/ect. to squash it). Oddly I imagine her having a lot of fish… does that make me weird. Then again - I could see Rita owning several pets with her mother paying for it all. She probably owns at least one cat or dog - maybe both.\n\nErin probably owns a dog - because heaven knows she needs someone she can trust at home. Brian probably demanded it, but Erin is way closer to the dog. \nI imagine the dog ignoring Brian or only giving him the most weakest of doggy attention and then Erin comes home from work and the dog runs to her and then the two go into the bedroom and just lay down and cuddle - leaving Brian all alone an miserable.)\n\nAmy probably a cat person, but thinks owning a dog would be amusing. She doesn’t really come of as the nurturing type or the type that is home very often to take care of a pet. \n\nand their mother hates all animals - her hobbies are drowning her unloved show cat\'s new born kittens and kidnapping puppies to make into fur coats... \":D\"','c68c70756972a0245a5401cf4b491995',0,'oA==','3crk9y61',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566614,37471,3,28,0,'76.112.172.157',1345871891,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Jerry Nelson 1934-2012','[youtube:3izerqvh]9IGkhBHsrPc[/youtube:3izerqvh]','16c7eb0992698bbc08ba5d142663f18c',0,'AAE=','3izerqvh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566615,37467,4,573,0,'188.174.80.172',1345871951,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Anders Behring Breivik Sentenced To 21 Years Prison','[quote="Staticblast":20w3qa55][quote="Deref":20w3qa55]Rather a pity. I was hoping that they\'d come down on the side of insane.[/quote:20w3qa55]\nWhy?[/quote:20w3qa55]\nBreivik wanted/-s to be taken seriously in his actions and claims. Sending him to the asylum would have him locked away [i:20w3qa55]and[/i:20w3qa55] invalidated his \'world\'. That\'s why they said he\'d appeal any conviction on insanity but not a life sentence.\nI am torn on this. Asylum would have been the worse sentence to him, and I\'d be tempted to dish it out. But maybe the facts are different and despite all aspects of revenge the judge made the adult decision. I have high regards for how Norway - population and systems - handled this.\n\nBTW as I understand this is 21 year plus consecutive, possibly unlimited, preventative custody. Minor difference, but not the same as extending the prison sentence.\n\nBlackHole','9d498119d9d5b872ecf251213a5f5240',0,'oA==','20w3qa55',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566616,37467,4,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345872372,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Anders Behring Breivik Sentenced To 21 Years Prison','[quote="BlackHole":1eq4oxwx][quote="Staticblast":1eq4oxwx][quote="Deref":1eq4oxwx]Rather a pity. I was hoping that they\'d come down on the side of insane.[/quote:1eq4oxwx]\nWhy?[/quote:1eq4oxwx]\nBreivik wanted/-s to be taken seriously in his actions and claims. Sending him to the asylum would have him locked away [i:1eq4oxwx]and[/i:1eq4oxwx] invalidated his \'world\'. That\'s why they said he\'d appeal any conviction on insanity but not a life sentence.\nI am torn on this. Asylum would have been the worse sentence to him, and I\'d be tempted to dish it out. But maybe the facts are different and despite all aspects of revenge the judge made the adult decision. I have high regards for how Norway - population and systems - handled this.\n\nBTW as I understand this is 21 year plus consecutive, possibly unlimited, preventative custody. Minor difference, but not the same as extending the prison sentence.\n\nBlackHole[/quote:1eq4oxwx]\n\nYou\'ve pretty much nailed it. Breivik wanted to be acknowledged as a "warrior for his people," sentiments that are pretty much in line with most far-Right/Neo-Nazi groups in Europe. He\'s just the one who decided to act out.','7ce3817084f241fedf811433658d3d0c',0,'oA==','1eq4oxwx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566617,37474,4,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345873116,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Navy Seal Outed By FOX News: Now Al Quaeda Target.','[url=http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/08/24/fox-news-now-abetting-al-qaeda/:p2apnegt]Earlier this week, [b:p2apnegt]Fox News revealed the name and information for one of the Seal Six members who led the raid which resulted in the death of Osama Bin Laden[/b:p2apnegt]. As a result of their lack of responsible journalism and lack of ethics, [b:p2apnegt]the life of an American hero is in danger[/b:p2apnegt].[/url:p2apnegt]\n\nI really have no words.','b704892166766a8f0cee5c8d564b8588',0,'UA==','p2apnegt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566618,37250,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345873298,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sexy Daria: Lab Lockdown Sex (Pt 5)','Or Mack could be using Daria to get closer to Skylar.','95d5e561c7fe28fc86552daffb04e6fd',0,'','3b2ntdne',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566619,37474,4,1019,0,'205.188.116.143',1345874453,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Navy Seal Outed By FOX News: Now Al Quaeda Target.','Sounds like Fox News to me - I wonder how they\'ll blame the "bias liberal" news media for this - or perhaps they\'ll just do their age old tactic of ignore it and lie to everyone who asks (or doesn\'t ask). Fox News viewer are brainwashed enough that they\'d believe Fox News over their own eyes and ears. Fox just needs to say - we never said that - THEY said that and the sheep will believe - because they want to believe...','9d701dfd301316f92b7b6b175f1e04a7',0,'','s9skox6a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566620,37250,6,2132,0,'67.238.158.48',1345874737,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sexy Daria: Lab Lockdown Sex (Pt 5)','Look out rock and roll randy. One of the morgendorffer temptresses is comming','a1eafad24a3e98f3d2254b8e1bb2d4ec',0,'','3pa5jiag',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566621,37186,16,1019,0,'205.188.117.78',1345874805,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: MTV asks: Where Would Daria Be Today?','[quote="Dark Kuno":1o00s3kd][quote="DeacBlue":1o00s3kd]Daria would be divorced from both [b:1o00s3kd]Trent[/b:1o00s3kd] and Tom, and married to [b:1o00s3kd]Jane[/b:1o00s3kd].[/quote:1o00s3kd]\n\nThat would have to make family get-togethers rather awkward.\n\nOh that would make for some very awkward get togethers at the old Lane homestead \";)\"[/quote:1o00s3kd]\n\nI’d say - Between Daria being married to Jane and Tom being engaged to Trent - the conversation would be nothing short of unique… (Given Tom and Daria divorced when they both realized they where both gay and in love with Trent and Jane* respectively )\n\n*Trent and Jane are bisexual for those who are wondering...','58fd67fbd5552019d89d77921df1ab54',0,'wA==','1o00s3kd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566622,37250,6,1229,0,'108.66.44.172',1345875133,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sexy Daria: Lab Lockdown Sex (Pt 5)','Why am I seeing this whole thing with Mack just becoming a major mess that he won\'t be able to get out of? I\'m seeing Jodie will be single and Mack will be single after this. Once you get down to personalities of both of them... They aren\'t that good of a catch.','408d8b78201dc47e6dcd8afa046153c5',0,'','2dew3e6m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566623,37474,4,562,0,'58.111.69.251',1345875245,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Navy Seal Outed By FOX News: Now Al Quaeda Target.','In this country there has been a kind of low-level argument about regulating the news media (this in light of the "Phonegate" scandal in the UK.) In my mind, something like this adds a great deal of weight for some kind of regulatory structure. If the news media cannot be trusted to act responsibly, then they need regulating.\n\nI am aware that pretty much all of what has been happening to fuel this sort of thinking is pretty much the fault of one news network (News Corp.), but there is that old saying about bad apples and barrels.','6572928833a7ebec7050fec2b2e316a3',0,'','347kv1z7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566624,36508,6,1229,0,'108.66.44.172',1345875357,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 9 pt 2','[quote="Fhujeth_x":qs4e55sh]No, Smijey has good cracks. I feel like this one is just a bad crack fic. it just sucks, lol.[/quote:qs4e55sh]\n\nSay what you want... I just disagree with ya. I think you can pull this off if you believe you can.','db01394ad45317e72976e4ff35892cac',0,'gA==','qs4e55sh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566625,37414,3,525,0,'69.135.202.249',1345875711,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Just dropping in to say "Hey everyone I\'m actually still alive. How\'re you all doing?"','eb71324af3189169d718d9e69771df45',0,'','11hdz6oo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566626,36295,3,525,0,'69.135.202.249',1345876162,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','For the morrow, being as I\'m actually off work, I\'m making braised monkfish, saffron rice and espinacas a la Catalana. Should be hella tasty.','5e5c897c1e212c4ba318a3821ba171bf',0,'','2nyfc1k9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566627,37475,5,124,0,'75.109.131.226',1345876320,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Just when Star Wars couldn\'t sink any lower..........','Saw this on WAT earlier.\n\n[youtube:1f8n2l7b]-yRNXFhboBI[/youtube:1f8n2l7b]\n\n\nI\'ll give everyone a moment to pick your jaws off the floor, and/or calm down after raging hard enough you probably murdered your own mother.\n\n\n\n\n\n*Ahem*\n\nYes, this is real. It\'s a TV series starting in April 2013, and it\'s a shocker that it\'s NOT a full-on reboot of the series.\n\nIt\'s times like this I\'m glad I don\'t care about Star Wars anymore.','5a147e0c6a6f685e30919c3d9830827d',0,'AAE=','1f8n2l7b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566628,37446,3,525,0,'69.135.202.249',1345877022,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Nintendo Power','[quote="-sam":1prjwpwb]100% not a joke. I thought Nintendo Power was killed years ago.[/quote:1prjwpwb]\n\nThat has been the reaction I\'ve heard from quite a number of people. Thing is, NP hasn\'t been relevant to a majority of console gamers since the PS1 became the must have over a decade ago, about the time the web became the place to get most of the kind of content they covered. The fact it was US and Canada only product likely didn\'t help, as that limited their market even more.','158e471349614395e76a35a9ce7c94bc',0,'gA==','1prjwpwb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566629,36508,6,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1345877313,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 9 pt 2','Crack or no crack, this is a great fic. Take my word for it, I\'m a well-noted author of the crack (as you yourself point out \":D\" ), and it\'s always a pleasure to read the latest hijinks of Sandi the Werewolf and her crazy paranormal friends.\n\n"You\'re not supposed to eat the soap..."\n\n"You\'re a sinner amongst the Moon!"\n\nEvery chapter usually has something hilarious, or intriguing, or both. Don\'t be so hard on yourself! (As Tom said to Susie in Breakfast in Bed, hahaha). \n\nPersonally, I consider a \'bad\' crack-fic one in which the execution is cracked-out (i.e. plot is ignored or nonexistent, the characters are all interchangable hyperactive idiots, pathetic attempts at \'edgy\' humor, etc.), whereas a \'good\' crack-fic has a cracked-out premise (i.e. Lawndale is a haven for the denizens of the supernatural underworld) but written (mostly) straight. Yours definitely falls into the latter category, so discard all notions that it\'s bad! \":)\" OR ELSE. \":P\"','c8fee80ae024d2dddc3d47bdfb162e36',0,'','3g7fwznl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566630,37475,5,1229,0,'108.66.44.172',1345877516,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just when Star Wars couldn\'t sink any lower..........','I might give this a watch... and I don\'t like Star Wars but I do love something poking fun at itself.','05751302f321fa33915b7f04d52a904b',0,'','280g7nad',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566631,36508,6,1719,0,'69.14.1.167',1345879873,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 9 pt 2','Aww, thanks guysss. I\'ll keep trying.','4c601ae42785641271c3bfa12310412d',0,'','1i0xkxq3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566632,37475,5,1015,0,'64.30.126.159',1345880581,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just when Star Wars couldn\'t sink any lower..........','...Was this meant to be funny somehow?','086a60bea3cfe52f2dee09cde25751e1',0,'','6b5anrsq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566633,36170,5,1406,0,'79.18.37.173',1345881501,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (3)','[quote="Brother Grimace":3o3gyeal][url=http://theartrix.deviantart.com/art/Today-on-Mythbusters-ponies-200939257:3o3gyeal]The [i:3o3gyeal]Mythbusters[/i:3o3gyeal] experiment with Pinkie Pie. Events go roughly as one would expect.[/url:3o3gyeal] \":shock:\"[/quote:3o3gyeal]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','00f60518fb9735f8d46faef9b2e00220',0,'sA==','3o3gyeal',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566634,37250,6,1406,0,'79.18.37.173',1345883231,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Sexy Daria: Lab Lockdown Sex (Pt 5)','and so began \":D\"','4c2caf7181f12d138b55c64aee0cc81c',0,'','1trryfcu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566635,37453,10,1406,0,'79.18.37.173',1345883843,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Susie Rowe from Blessings (+ A few other fics I guess?)','very nice \":D\"','f52daa3cae7c2b91365b3c9ca5d09579',0,'','3fxlay26',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566636,37455,10,1406,0,'79.18.37.173',1345883889,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Tom and Susie Crash the Prom...','nice \":D\"','357da5457ff9a10e468fdc8f7ba945d9',0,'','27k8wn2s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566637,36803,6,1139,0,'60.229.28.240',1345884373,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="ThanatosRW":1oyzlrzi][quote="Ranger Thorne":1oyzlrzi][quote="Charles RB":1oyzlrzi]First two times we see Tiffany, she speaks fluent (and normal-speed) English. They never did explain what was going on there...[/quote:1oyzlrzi]\n\nI still think they put her on decaf and she never recovered.[/quote:1oyzlrzi]\nWho says that was Tiffany? She could have an older sister who hangs with Tori and is likewise never seen again.[/quote:1oyzlrzi]\n\nThat would work...','f9562b03eea49fdabe829a7313141f35',0,'gA==','1oyzlrzi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566649,37459,3,1001,0,'81.60.151.116',1345896794,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Jesus the Hedgehog','Whaaaaaat? You\'re discussing that EVEN HERE? \n\n[img:2474vq40]http://aziemah.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/what-the-fuck-cat.jpg[/img:2474vq40]\n\nThis is starting to get ridiculous.\n\nI mean, REALLY ridiculous. It was ridiculous when it began.','b584e9bedbaf79c34d5ba0d8ab58356e',0,'CA==','2474vq40',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566650,37456,5,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345896823,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="Raskolnikov":2nca59m5][quote="RLobinske":2nca59m5][quote="-sam":2nca59m5]It doesn\'t really matter as the original Red Dawn is all about how great it is that every red blooded American has their guns.[/quote:2nca59m5]\n\nWith a nice undercurrent poking fun at the idea.[/quote:2nca59m5]\n\nOkay, no. It\'s John Milius we\'re talking here. The only kind of humor in the movie, specially regarding that subject, is the involuntary kind.[/quote:2nca59m5]\n\nIt wasn\'t ha-ha humor, but multiple scenes poked at the macho militarism that brought many people to the film.','5c826a5c9d7699bd018d4e0b57592b1e',0,'gA==','2nca59m5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566651,37456,5,1001,0,'81.60.151.116',1345896925,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','I think you\'re mistaking lack of subtlety with a deliberate attempt at irony.','2130e539316c316a296cfc98d6998a49',0,'','1txirsqj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566652,37456,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345897076,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="RLobinske":19e4d8pf][quote="Raskolnikov":19e4d8pf][quote="RLobinske":19e4d8pf][quote="-sam":19e4d8pf]It doesn\'t really matter as the original Red Dawn is all about how great it is that every red blooded American has their guns.[/quote:19e4d8pf]\n\nWith a nice undercurrent poking fun at the idea.[/quote:19e4d8pf]\n\nOkay, no. It\'s John Milius we\'re talking here. The only kind of humor in the movie, specially regarding that subject, is the involuntary kind.[/quote:19e4d8pf]\n\nIt wasn\'t ha-ha humor, but multiple scenes poked at the macho militarism that brought many people to the film.[/quote:19e4d8pf]\n\n\nThat\'s why I shook my head at the famous \'Wolverines!\' scene, as well as when C. Thomas Howell was killed by the Hind-A. Both narm-tastic to the extreme, and in the end, pointless gestures.\n\nAlso, Paul Verhoven is much better at poking fun at things in this manner.','58989a3db7768e7189fbd90fcc719ccb',0,'gA==','19e4d8pf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566653,37456,5,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345897242,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="Raskolnikov":3nrpwrp9]I think you\'re mistaking lack of subtlety with a deliberate attempt at irony.[/quote:3nrpwrp9]\n\nI never claimed subtlety. Things like the "cold dead fingers" bit was very obvious.','a1894ac4826a63a3617fcd0358bc4fa1',0,'gA==','3nrpwrp9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566654,37456,5,1001,0,'81.60.151.116',1345897397,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="RLobinske":phz6mkzg][quote="Raskolnikov":phz6mkzg]I think you\'re mistaking lack of subtlety with a deliberate attempt at irony.[/quote:phz6mkzg]\n\nI never claimed subtlety. Things like the "cold dead fingers" bit was very obvious.[/quote:phz6mkzg]\n\nI had precisely THAT bit in mind when writing my previous assesment. Poe\'s Law in full appliance here. Lack of subtlety= IRONY! (not)','2aef3d746ae4b711ea97fb3ea0c690a2',0,'gA==','phz6mkzg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566655,37476,10,1719,0,'69.14.1.167',1345897499,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','The pics pile in!! New Daria Cosplay photoshoooot!! :D','http://scybilla.deviantart.com/art/Dari ... -323266622\n\n---\n\nDaria = Me\nJane = My friend Allison\nPhotographer = my friend Sarah!! \":D\"\n\nMore to come.','f9230bdf5198fb42ec816ba6970c786d',0,'','34hvnrx1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566656,37456,5,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345897542,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="Raskolnikov":2w2s03h4][quote="RLobinske":2w2s03h4][quote="Raskolnikov":2w2s03h4]I think you\'re mistaking lack of subtlety with a deliberate attempt at irony.[/quote:2w2s03h4]\n\nI never claimed subtlety. Things like the "cold dead fingers" bit was very obvious.[/quote:2w2s03h4]\n\nI had precisely THAT bit in mind when writing my previous assesment. Poe\'s Law in full appliance here. Lack of subtlety= IRONY! (not)[/quote:2w2s03h4]\n\nSo, that\'s a scene supporting macho militancy?\n\nOr is it irony only if its subtle?','b55335c590f59ecb8800ccb5c655193b',0,'gA==','2w2s03h4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566657,37456,5,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345897874,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[i:m74tbssb](eases away with all possible speed)[/i:m74tbssb]','e6e9a4856a539f81d4ab5adeb3a4871f',0,'IA==','m74tbssb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578206,37964,3,2126,0,'24.63.168.239',1351346975,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: How I Met PPMB: To all Newcomers','I was looking for something to entertain me without leaving the house on a really crappy day. I joined up because I wanted to read LSBS.','dcb257d6a4cd62ce79a81d39fef4128f',0,'','1ztm4bh6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578207,35944,5,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1351348401,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (The Sixth Edition!)','Star Wars Episode IV, in full, beautiful HD on ITV, feck work, I\'m watching this!','48e824f1fe0ee457786024b6fc6612c3',0,'','3huwtxge',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578208,37964,3,933,0,'71.45.30.171',1351350886,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: How I Met PPMB: To all Newcomers','[quote="LadieTAG":16k87w9o]Well, about a year and a half before I met a certain Angst Lord in person - he sent me an email complementing me on a story I had posted on Outpost Daria and how I really needed to join PPMB. I joined that night.[/quote:16k87w9o]\n\n\n[img:16k87w9o]http://jerrykremer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Mission-Accomplished.jpg[/img:16k87w9o]','44721a202ad79b99556f0984c1c3471e',0,'iA==','16k87w9o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578213,37863,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1351355146,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread LXVII: Slightly More Roman','[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/20042115:3moiha00]Wales 12 - 80 England[/url:3moiha00]\n\n\":drink:\"\n\nSix of England\'s tries were scored by two players who were wearing their country\'s shirt for the first time. \":o\"','75dd9f932b7de9e5e01652890a25fa68',0,'EA==','3moiha00',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578214,37948,16,2239,0,'98.66.57.149',1351355913,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Question: Tom Sloane\'s Final Alter Ego','[quote="Charles RB":2lfd3aj8][url=http://dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Earl:2lfd3aj8]This dude.[/url:2lfd3aj8][/quote:2lfd3aj8]\n\n[img:2lfd3aj8]http://dariawiki.org/wiki/images/c/c0/Earl.jpg[/img:2lfd3aj8]\n\nEarl was cool. He probably ended up as a rocket scientist or a hand model or something. - Og','59f4e7d5b48351fee52f1de875f24691',0,'mA==','2lfd3aj8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578215,37838,6,994,0,'24.20.144.54',1351357847,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Black Hole Part 2','[quote="breitasparrow":9t8d6rrd]Due to technical difficulties, my post was accidentally deleted. I\'ll just paraphrase what I said in that one.\n\nFirst of all, personally I don\'t think he was as great of a writer as others claim he was. Not just the content, but there wasn\'t good enough character development. Everything just seemed too OOC to even try to get into the story.\n\nSecond, everything he wrote was for attention (namely shock value). All he cared about was getting feedback, and his signature was even, "Why do I bother writing stories nobody will comment on?" - give or take a few words, yes, that was his signature. He wanted comments, he wanted attention, he simply wanted to be popular without trying. If you\'re more interested in how many comments you get for a story, then you don\'t care much about the story itself and you\'re writing for the wrong reasons.[/quote:9t8d6rrd]\n\nBrietasparrow, you\'re just retreading what some of us have already said in a much less tactful manner here. So I\'m going to be equally devoid of tact when I say what I have to say:\n\n[i:9t8d6rrd]THE HORSE IS FUCKING DEAD. STOP BEATING IT. THERE IS NO POINT ANYMORE. STOP PITBULLING AND LET IT DROP.[/i:9t8d6rrd]\n\nYour speech on why people should be creative was pleasant and made a good point, if it weren\'t for the fact people tend to have their own motives when they\'re being creatives. Deac\'s motives didn\'t mesh with yours. They didn\'t mesh with mine, either, but I\'m not sitting around bitching about them. I\'m not defending it, either.\n\nAnd on [i:9t8d6rrd]that[/i:9t8d6rrd] delightful note: I think we need an admin in here. This idiotic farce of a discussion has gone on long enough. Can we get a lock in here, please?','50b4fb910bae34ffd188eb65a4ae2552',0,'oA==','9t8d6rrd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578216,36295,3,305,0,'190.115.50.50',1351358966,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','First ice cream of the season! Spring/Summer 2012-2013. Yay.','1983d956bd8d1628ac83d439b431dfe6',0,'','262gblq3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578217,36295,3,1066,0,'69.253.173.20',1351360391,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','Mini 3 Musketeers bar. Yes, I\'ve broken into the Halloween candy already. I waited as long as I could!\n\nKem','12d762cdd11a17f6aa8520e1cda9e4b4',0,'','2y97bpar',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578218,36295,3,1548,0,'72.91.86.179',1351360437,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','digiorno pizza \":P\"','5b8a4a749ffb4fd3784e24edd689c1e2',0,'','1aj090se',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578210,37863,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1351352373,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread LXVII: Slightly More Roman','[quote="Staticblast":3ui8a9bc][quote="The Sidhe":3ui8a9bc]Heard one of those off-colour jokes that you just have to laugh at because the punchline is so shocking. And I swear from hearing it today that, given the nature of the material in the joke, it just had to have come from the Holocaust survivor community and may even have been made by a Jewish Holocaust survivor. If so, I take my hat off to the survivor who came up with it: he or she has been through hell on earth, and can still laugh at his or her experience.\n\nHowever, I won\'t tell it here unless requested.[/quote:3ui8a9bc]\nNow you\'ve piqued my curiosity. Do tell. (In a PM if you feel it would be more appropriate...)[/quote:3ui8a9bc]\n\nPlease send me that PM as well - and in return, I\'ll mention a couple of Black jokes I\'ve heard over the years.','20ff4b47326efba3eac703b087b2336e',0,'gA==','3ui8a9bc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566659,37456,5,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345898405,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="Brother Grimace":1v7o3dhv][i:1v7o3dhv](eases away with all possible speed)[/i:1v7o3dhv][/quote:1v7o3dhv]\n\n \":P\" \n\n \":lol:\"','a7cd7c3cf83da5c481ba473159cd90aa',0,'oA==','1v7o3dhv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566660,37474,4,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345898508,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Navy Seal Outed By FOX News: Now Al Quaeda Target.','[url=http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/08/23/fox-news-hypocritically-publishes-name-of-seal-who-led-bin-laden-raid/:vvmxuz8l]"In the same article that they publish his name in (I will not be putting his real name here out of respect for his obvious wishes), they also point out exactly how much danger he would be in from writing this book"[/url:vvmxuz8l]\n\nWell he certainly is NOW, you twats','484037e91705d9373f59e1fe99ede415',0,'EA==','vvmxuz8l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578205,37971,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1351346184,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Complete AU Stories','[i:2jm56wum]Sexy Daria[/i:2jm56wum] and [i:2jm56wum]Mack The Esteemer[/i:2jm56wum] are series that you\'d probably enjoy, as well. \n\nThere\'s also some of TAG\'s stuff that counts: [i:2jm56wum]Darius[/i:2jm56wum] and [i:2jm56wum]Daria 2007:The Girl From Hope[/i:2jm56wum]. Richard Lobinske\'s [i:2jm56wum]Falling Into College[/i:2jm56wum] prequel series [i:2jm56wum]First Summer[/i:2jm56wum] and [i:2jm56wum]Last Summer[/i:2jm56wum] might also interest you (make sure that you also read the one-off [i:2jm56wum]FiC[/i:2jm56wum] prequel [i:2jm56wum]Promise In Green[/i:2jm56wum], especially if you\'re a Daria/Tom shipper). There\'s also Kara Wild\'s [i:2jm56wum]The Driven Wild Universe[/i:2jm56wum], Jim North\'s [i:2jm56wum]Daria:Hunter[/i:2jm56wum], Canadibrit\'s [i:2jm56wum]The Look-Alike Series[/i:2jm56wum], and C.E. Forman\'s [i:2jm56wum]The Lost Seasons[/i:2jm56wum]. You\'ll have to look for it, but DeacBlue\'s [i:2jm56wum]The Artist As A Lesbian[/i:2jm56wum] also counts.\n\nThere were two really interesting series that were left hanging that also fit: Black Hole\'s [i:2jm56wum]Size Does Matter[/i:2jm56wum], and Smijey\'s [i:2jm56wum]Way Too Cute[/i:2jm56wum] (although [i:2jm56wum]Size Does Matter[/i:2jm56wum] got quite extensive beforehand).','32d158c1a08672bab9aeb61f3bf48941',0,'IA==','2jm56wum',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566661,37456,5,1001,0,'81.60.151.116',1345898990,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','Just to be clear about who we\'ve talking about. Have you ever seen [i:1v8mt5rs]The Big Lebowski[/i:1v8mt5rs]? Remember Walter Sobchak?\n\n[img:1v8mt5rs]http://bcnrix.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/walter-sobchak.jpg%3Fw%3D332[/img:1v8mt5rs]\n\n[youtube:1v8mt5rs]dky_V_3izXI[/youtube:1v8mt5rs]\n\nThis lovable crackpot was supposed to be a (not much exaggerated) affectionate parody of John Millius, made by people who loved and appreciate him.\n\nThis guy is so pro-gun he was [url=http://nrawinningteam.com/milius.html:1v8mt5rs]a director of the organization for several years.[/url:1v8mt5rs]\n\nThis guy, during the shooting of [i:1v8mt5rs]Conan[/i:1v8mt5rs], was so enthusiastic about the contemporary military coup d\'etat in Spain he almost left the sets with an skeleton camera crew and went to film the coup, documentary-style.\n\nThis guy was pissed at Francis Ford Coppola because of what he had done with his script of [i:1v8mt5rs]Apocalypse Now[/i:1v8mt5rs].\n\nThis guy said once that the intent of making anti-war movies is ridiculous, since war is an activity so deeply ingrained in human nature that an anti-war film is like saying an anti-human film.\n\nThis guy took Conan and converted him into a metaphor of Nietzsche\'s Overman.\n\nSo, really: No. It\'s not irony.','c9700c25971ab15add4984700572b0f2',0,'OAE=','1v8mt5rs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566662,37456,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345900941,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="Raskolnikov":2rf4buqd]\nThis guy, during the shooting of [i:2rf4buqd]Conan[/i:2rf4buqd], was so enthusiastic about the contemporary military coup d\'etat in Spain he almost left the sets with an skeleton camera crew and went to film the coup, documentary-style.[/quote:2rf4buqd]\n\nReally?','028d6cc0fb0284775dd280a22548d352',0,'oA==','2rf4buqd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566663,37475,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345901209,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just when Star Wars couldn\'t sink any lower..........','So [i:268j3bnj]why[/i:268j3bnj] did Lucas want to de-canonise the giant green rabbit in the comics then?','e6f3f04bf7fbb9336cda872db1365d65',0,'IA==','268j3bnj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566664,36170,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345901286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (3)','[quote="Erin M.":19lxj1dp][url=http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/219/e/e/emoshy_by_mihaaaa-d3k9m9h.png:19lxj1dp]GStE FLuttershy? \":shock:\"[/url:19lxj1dp]\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:19lxj1dp]\n\n[size=200:19lxj1dp][b:19lxj1dp]YEAAHHH![/b:19lxj1dp][/size:19lxj1dp]','655577d90db92c4f6abfe2266d2c53cd',0,'1A==','19lxj1dp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566665,37456,5,1001,0,'81.60.151.116',1345902081,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="Charles RB":2g5npagw][quote="Raskolnikov":2g5npagw]\nThis guy, during the shooting of [i:2g5npagw]Conan[/i:2g5npagw], was so enthusiastic about the contemporary military coup d\'etat in Spain he almost left the sets with an skeleton camera crew and went to film the coup, documentary-style.[/quote:2g5npagw]\n\nReally?[/quote:2g5npagw]\n\nOkay, perhaps this is not true. This is an anecdote a friend told me, so it could be an invention. But this friend I know it\'s one of the people that knows the most about films I\'ve ever met. And... well, it\'s [i:2g5npagw]John Milius[/i:2g5npagw] It is not that far-fetched.\n\nBesides, it\'s an awesome story, and I love to tell it from time to time! \":)\"','ba56c640d1bdd37e6f2d2bd46f4a781c',0,'oA==','2g5npagw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566666,37414,3,1127,0,'101.119.17.245',1345902343,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','So I\'m watching The Young Ones for the first time... Damn, this show is trippy as fuck. Non-sequitur gags and 4th wall shattering... It\'s like Family Guy 15 years early.','828cee6e94d4a8c80ad0281bdbd77c09',0,'','3fwqbemw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566667,37418,6,961,0,'120.145.169.75',1345902555,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="Lord Yellowtail":14ehjaj7]I usually prefer that people ask me before writing full fics using any of my AU versions of characters, but hadn\'t planned to get to writing a JLU crossover for at least six months, and this is a completely self-contained little scene, and contradicts with nothing I have planned so ... how would you like it to be canon for this AU? With a listing on the official timeline?\n\nLet me know.\n\n[b:14ehjaj7]EDIT:[/b:14ehjaj7] Even if it didn\'t fit in the official timeline, I\'d proabably still ask if I could ink to it as a non-canon story. \";)\"[/quote:14ehjaj7]\n\nSure. I\'m glad you could use it.','72655077aaae44b34ab4bf7736c0578d',0,'wA==','14ehjaj7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566668,37414,3,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345902731,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="TheExcellentS":nhhz90yq]So I\'m watching The Young Ones for the first time... Damn, this show is trippy as fuck. Non-sequitur gags and 4th wall shattering... It\'s like Family Guy 15 years early.[/quote:nhhz90yq]\n\nAlso, [i:nhhz90yq]punks[/i:nhhz90yq].\n\n(My fave 4th wall moment is Rick suddenly pointing at the camera - "I HOPE YOU\'RE SATISFIED, THATCHER!" - followed by the gag where the actors are all doing the wrong characters)','5306fcdeafcde778a2458ba9ca5f96ae',0,'oA==','nhhz90yq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566669,37444,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345903005,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[b:2mzndqu1][u:2mzndqu1]Red Dumb[/b:2mzndqu1][/u:2mzndqu1]\n\n"The Chinese have occupied Lawndale! And that sucks!" Kevin waved a shotgun for emphasis. "I\'m gonna [i:2mzndqu1]fight![/i:2mzndqu1] You can come along if you want, but if you don\'t you\'re a wuss!"\n\n"But how are we gonna fight, man?" asked Jamie.\n\n"On [i:2mzndqu1]our[/i:2mzndqu1] terms, bro - starting now. We\'re the [i:2mzndqu1]Lions.[/i:2mzndqu1]"\n\n***\n\n"And we now have breaking news from Maryland - tragedy has hit the filming of the new Red Dawn film..."','d65766447aee3ba2c339ca24d70eee7b',0,'YQ==','2mzndqu1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566670,36025,3,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345903265,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day thread','"I\'ve been known to be tired on set and actually walk up to Rygel and give him a note, and for Rygel to acknowledge me with a wink and smile, and then realise the crew are laughing at me because I\'ve given a note to a PUPPET."\n- Farscape director','b775ff50b0e28ab5b68fef01139f82d1',0,'','1d1roe1j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566671,37414,3,1127,0,'101.119.17.245',1345903273,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Oh yeah, definitely punks. Also, I\'d now like to think that the Morgendorffers had an unexploded nuclear bomb in their kitchen.\n\nAt the moment, I\'m only about 3 and a bit episodes in (out of only 12... What is with you English and ultra-short series?) and the people on the Corn Flakes box are talking.','8685c577a034a239e88803487e190230',0,'','laemp0a8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578204,37863,3,1030,0,'41.13.60.130',1351345913,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread LXVII: Slightly More Roman','[quote="The Sidhe":2w227ufp]Heard one of those off-colour jokes that you just have to laugh at because the punchline is so shocking. And I swear from hearing it today that, given the nature of the material in the joke, it just had to have come from the Holocaust survivor community and may even have been made by a Jewish Holocaust survivor. If so, I take my hat off to the survivor who came up with it: he or she has been through hell on earth, and can still laugh at his or her experience.\n\nHowever, I won\'t tell it here unless requested.[/quote:2w227ufp]\nNow you\'ve piqued my curiosity. Do tell. (In a PM if you feel it would be more appropriate...)','cbf5b15f02242ccaf51dd7a1089ecbfa',0,'gA==','2w227ufp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566673,37414,3,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345903954,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','"Why won\'t you let me set off the bomb, you bastards?"','e9494b667848a820a25403733bc8f9e3',0,'','19ya9g2c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566674,37474,4,933,0,'71.82.30.138',1345905348,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Navy Seal Outed By FOX News: Now Al Quaeda Target.','The Seal in question should sue Fox for endangering his life.\n\nWould love to see Fox Legal go up against the military lawyers \":D\"','58affe13eee4ac8f3e3593f1e51821ec',0,'','1xy5urze',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566675,36508,6,1719,0,'69.14.1.167',1345905440,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 9 pt 2','Thanks, I think...','c703f1bdaed26393986f3de1785c4760',0,'','26q7yu1i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566676,37414,3,1127,0,'101.119.17.245',1345905482,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','And now Dawn French just got crushed by a giant sandwich.\n\nThis show is cracktacular.','23579de2b1233e08d43810b4342b0af3',0,'','1sktu6ny',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566677,37414,3,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345905632,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','"Sometimes God can be so unimaginative."','2c34de40b48e99161ff6b68863b7bb2d',0,'','1w0zyvn1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566678,37476,10,1406,0,'79.17.18.171',1345905773,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The pics pile in!! New Daria Cosplay photoshoooot!! :D','great \":D\"','f14f3ebf9e09368c804fa0baee8e99a1',0,'','2an3kju6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566679,37414,3,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345905817,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[img:3g3jhgv7]http://alexandercartoons.com/images/snifferdogscolour.gif[/img:3g3jhgv7]','56f99a78c0db287eb54ed1a0d3982c71',0,'CA==','3g3jhgv7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566680,37475,5,933,0,'71.82.30.138',1345906202,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just when Star Wars couldn\'t sink any lower..........','If this had been done by Seth as another Family Guy skit, it would have been humorous.','e3e4f322bb3e9bb1f8cbf2889d5c4832',0,'','3b8j93ge',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578203,37964,3,2007,0,'142.68.101.95',1351343243,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: How I Met PPMB: To all Newcomers','As for me. I liked reading stories and looking at art for years, and like a trail of breadcrumbs, this site and it\'s content kept getting mentioned on most quality stuff. Then \'Daria\' re-appered on Canadian TV, and I read even more. And then, one day, I ran out of reading material, so I decided to go to the source. And here I am \":)\"','53ae7de010613fb9f0a549c23cb6158d',0,'','3mxetdz3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566682,37476,10,26,0,'50.75.14.66',1345908572,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The pics pile in!! New Daria Cosplay photoshoooot!! :D','They\'re very good pics. \":-D\"\n\nAnyhow, Fhujeth, have you ever thought of cosplaying that other smart, cynical, bespectacled gal out there in cartoon land, Velma from [i:3pwnyvdw]Scooby-Doo[/i:3pwnyvdw]? I guess it would mean cutting your hair to have that bob she\'s got, though.\n\nHowever, SI: MI villain/ally Marcie Fleach, a/k/k Hot Dog Water, looks pretty much like a dead ringer for you:\n\n[img:3pwnyvdw]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-anGX_LcL2B8/UCFxCeAYAoI/AAAAAAAAEpM/W5EZ-1KksMw/s1600/scooby-doo-mystery-incorporated-hot-dog-water-and-velma-418x388.png[/img:3pwnyvdw]\n\nJust an idea. \":mrgreen:\"','158aec4ae340f43c16cb55163792f2a3',0,'KA==','3pwnyvdw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566683,36803,6,37,0,'98.127.8.118',1345911171,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','RE the Chinese plotbunny:\n\nWho says they have to be Chinese?\n\nJust [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_countries:3567okq6]invent a place[/url:3567okq6] where over population is an issue and run with it. That way you can skirt issues like language and racial problems*, and just pretty much run with it.\n\n*By racial problems, I mean describing any or all of the Morgendorffers as Chinese looking characters. Personally, it\'s a twist I just can\'t wrap my petrified brain around. But then, I\'m only on my first pot of coffee, too.','34530c789a3726585b8c773e49b6a1e2',0,'EA==','3567okq6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566684,37186,16,1019,0,'205.188.116.18',1345911198,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: MTV asks: Where Would Daria Be Today?','[quote="DeacBlue":13aejby9][quote="OverlordMikey":13aejby9][quote="Dark Kuno":13aejby9][quote="DeacBlue":13aejby9]Daria would be divorced from both [b:13aejby9]Trent[/b:13aejby9] and Tom, and married to [b:13aejby9]Jane[/b:13aejby9].[/quote:13aejby9]\n\nThat would have to make family get-togethers rather awkward.\n\nOh that would make for some very awkward get togethers at the old Lane homestead \";)\"[/quote:13aejby9]\n\nI’d say - Between Daria being married to Jane and Tom being engaged to Trent - the conversation would be nothing short of unique… (Given Tom and Daria divorced when they both realized they where both gay and in love with Trent and Jane* respectively )\n\n*Trent and Jane are bisexual for those who are wondering...[/quote:13aejby9]\n\nSo...Trent and Jane were doing each other at the time?[/quote:13aejby9]\n\nIn what way did I imply Trent and Jane are [i:13aejby9]incestuous[/i:13aejby9]? \n\nAlthough that would make for even [i:13aejby9]more[/i:13aejby9] interesting diner conversation… \":shock:\"','3b21ce7ef7bd88c0baf199f034426213',0,'4A==','13aejby9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566685,36803,6,1172,0,'84.150.241.250',1345911458,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','What if...\n\n... the Daria Cast, with the exception of Daria and Jane, would belong to different cliques? Kevin as Head of the Anime Club ("Diss Dragonball in front of him, I dare you!"), Quinn as Gothic-Lolita, Jennifer Burns as head cheerleader, Sandi as geek, Mack as pothead and so on.\n\n... principle Li would have a seriously laid-back attitude?\n\n... Quinn were secretly gay?\n\n... Kevin were smart?\n\n... Jane would develop a crush on Mack?\n\n... Charles would hit on Jennifer and succeed?\n\n... Daria would open her own clique right from the start? Who would fall in with her?','bbe7cdd93beed3ca1ae3768679851600',0,'','1mrqy8vv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566686,37474,4,1019,0,'205.188.116.20',1345911460,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Navy Seal Outed By FOX News: Now Al Quaeda Target.','[quote="Dark Kuno":3b59g9kl]The Seal in question should sue Fox for endangering his life.\n\nWould love to see Fox Legal go up against the military lawyers \":D\"[/quote:3b59g9kl]\n\nAlthough that would put him in the spotlight even more - which they’d use as an excuse for why they aren’t to be blamed for any of it… after all - he’d be putting himself in the spotlight right?','9c74039cb0c57ae5cccc5c91947f629f',0,'gA==','3b59g9kl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566687,36803,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345911635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: PLOT BUNNIES II: Still furry, Still free','[quote="Wassersauefer":26e7lkot] Sandi as geek[/quote:26e7lkot]\n\n"Ugh, Voyager cosplayer. Everywhere, Voyager cosplay."\n\n"Hey... [i:26e7lkot]this[/i:26e7lkot] is Voyager cosplayer! [i:26e7lkot]I\'m WEARING VOYAGER COSPLAY!!!![/i:26e7lkot]"\n\n"They\'re DS9, Stacy! DS9!"','0487914a7d90d2fe10afcf6483505ede',0,'oA==','26e7lkot',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566688,36981,6,1138,0,'97.103.132.115',1345911979,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A Resentful Cynic Ch.4 : Revenge of the malled part 9 DO','[quote="Aruphonse":3jbi0kjd]\nWell, maybe she can.\n\nAnother thing is that Jane and Andrea will think that evidently Helen\'s point of view is bull****.\n\nOne thing that I\'ve never understood from Helen and that happens in canon too is her double standard. She\'s always on Daria\'s case but she never had any problem with Quinn\'s subpar academic performance (except when she was about to flunk O\'Neill\'s class), not showing any sort of maturity or dating a different boy each day. Either she\'s given up with Quinn and doesn\'t expect good things from her or Helen is so obsessed with Daria that distracts her from Quinn. None of those theories speak good of Helen\'s parenting skills anyways...[/quote:3jbi0kjd]\n\nHelen admitted in Psycho Therapy that she has screwed up with Quinn. The fact that neither Jake or Helen try to do something about it does not speak well of them. \nI think you are right that Andrea and Jane will see through Helen. It remains to be seen what they will think of Jake though. If he can keep a lid on the nuttier portions of his personality they may come away with a good impression. But the chances of that happening are slim to none. \":lol:\"','f66c773111bc4c5b63d13c4af2da8424',0,'gA==','3jbi0kjd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566689,36025,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345912194,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Quote of the Day thread','A technology and law commentator, whose name I didn\'t catch, challenged by a news anchor to explain why Apple didn\'t win its case against Samsung in the British courts, said:[quote:1s3iff5o]British consumers can tell the difference between an iPhone and a Samsung phone.[/quote:1s3iff5o]\n \":lol:\"','43d72650eb2d97d4fb32e4fec31d0ded',0,'gA==','1s3iff5o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566690,37444,6,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345912316,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Charles RB":1n8papub][b:1n8papub][u:1n8papub]Red Dumb[/b:1n8papub][/u:1n8papub]\n\n"The Chinese have occupied Lawndale! And that sucks!" Kevin waved a shotgun for emphasis. "I\'m gonna [i:1n8papub]fight![/i:1n8papub] You can come along if you want, but if you don\'t you\'re a wuss!"\n\n"But how are we gonna fight, man?" asked Jamie.\n\n"On [i:1n8papub]our[/i:1n8papub] terms, bro - starting now. We\'re the [i:1n8papub]Lions.[/i:1n8papub]"\n\n***\n\n"And we now have breaking news from Maryland - tragedy has hit the filming of the new Red Dawn film..."[/quote:1n8papub]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','0fdcc9c05eb452f37bb7aa5ab7e4d777',0,'4Q==','1n8papub',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566691,37002,6,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345913021,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="DeacBlue":18z5oozs][quote="Brother Grimace":18z5oozs][quote="DeacBlue":18z5oozs][quote="Smijey":18z5oozs]You know, this is a really interesting thread, but I wonder why nobody\'s brought up the fact that there would be a significant climate change due to the whole nuclear war thing. Even a merely regional one contained entirely within the Middle East should produce something like a nuclear autumn, if not a nuclear winter. \n\nhttp://www.time.com/time/health/article ... 64,00.html[/quote:18z5oozs]\n\nI know I didn\'t because I both literally "oopsed" and didn\'t think about it, and - to the extent that it pinged on my consciousness at all, it was added in. The US, the largest food exporter, still has enough to cover its people. If you\'re in India on Black Friday, and don\'t leave [b:18z5oozs]right away[/b:18z5oozs], you\'re still dead. Beyond that, it makes a difference on the edges, when you talk about people surviving.\n\nThere\'s a lot of room to write something like this, perhaps with the Barksdales? Or, though I can\'t speak for another author\'s characters, maybe a relative of someone from Fielding is either caught, or has work, up north, or in the food producing zone?\n\nAs far as that goes, how would this affect oil production in Alaska?[/quote:18z5oozs]\n\n\nActually, it would probably give TPTB incentive to do more drilling and exploration. From the Great Wiki\'s entry on the pipeline:\n\n\n[quote:18z5oozs]The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) includes the trans-Alaska crude-oil pipeline, 11 pump stations, several hundred miles of feeder pipelines, and the Valdez Marine Terminal. TAPS is one of the world\'s largest pipeline systems. It is commonly called the Alaska pipeline, trans-Alaska pipeline, or Alyeska pipeline, (or the pipeline as referred to in Alaska), but those terms technically apply only to the 800 miles (1,287 km) of the pipeline with the diameter of 48 inches (122 cm) that conveys oil from Prudhoe Bay, to Valdez, Alaska. The crude oil pipeline is privately owned by the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.\n\n[b:18z5oozs]The pipeline was built between 1974 and 1977 after the 1973 oil crisis caused a sharp rise in oil prices in the United States. This rise made exploration of the Prudhoe Bay oil field economically feasible. Environmental, legal, and political debates followed the discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay in 1968, and the pipeline was built only after the oil crisis provoked the passage of legislation designed to remove legal challenges to the project.[/b:18z5oozs]\n\n[b:18z5oozs]The task of building the pipeline had to address a wide range of difficulties, stemming mainly from the extreme cold and the difficult, isolated terrain. The construction of the pipeline was one of the first large-scale projects to deal with problems caused by permafrost, and special construction techniques had to be developed to cope with the frozen ground.[/b:18z5oozs] The project attracted tens of thousands of workers to Alaska, causing a boomtown atmosphere in Valdez, Fairbanks, and Anchorage.\n\nThe first barrel of oil traveled through the pipeline in 1977, and full-scale production began by the end of the year. Several notable incidents of oil leakage have occurred since, including those caused by sabotage, maintenance failures, and gunshot holes. The most significant oil spill associated with the pipeline was caused by the Exxon Valdez, and did not directly involve the pipeline. As of 2010, the pipeline has shipped almost 16 billion barrels (2.5×109 m3) of oil.[/quote:18z5oozs]\n\n\nThey would pump more out of the area. In addition, the Canadians would probably kick their Manitoba oil shale fields projects into high gear (it\'s new economically feasible to do so). However, the extraction process of natural gas would probably be severely curtailed, despite the need of the energy, due to the connection between \'fracking\' and earthquakes in the area where the process is in operation. (in East Texas, almost twenty earthquakes took place in a two-week period - and all were within a five mile radius of \'fracking\' sites. Imagine the earthquakes if full-scale \'fracking\' were to take place because of Black Friday - let alone the environmental damage done to groundwater. The bug-guy, being a hazmat expert, could speak with more authority on this subject.)\n\n\n\nOne more thing. I know that you don\'t want to be painted into a corner on the specifics of Black Friday (and I agree) but since you did mention India, could you give either a list of \'affected countries\' because of the two primary nuclear events that are considered Black Friday, or give us an idea of the nations that were not hit, but (like India) devastated because of the secondary effects (fallout, collapse of social order due to overcrowding, folding of medical capacities because the systems were overflowing to the point of collapse/medical personnel running for their lives)? Also, there are a lot of \'governments in exile\' - where would those people head to? (Personally, I\'m thinking the South American nations and Australia; they have embassies there, and they would have the money to buy lavish areas to live in and run their nation\'s affairs.)[/quote:18z5oozs]\n\nIt sounds like you have a good idea of what happens to who, BG. Tell us. As long as there isn\'t a big argument about it, I\'ll be happy to accept what you\'ve got. I\'m just working on basics - "Middle East goes *splat*, the nukes stay regional, work from there."\n\nSome of the choices I\'ve made, even those that have turned out really well, have been flipping a coin. Take Venezuela, for instance. I chose it because, among the countries discussed that had oil, it seemed to be the one that Penny Lane would be in. Doing more research, these are the people, in this situation, who would be lusting after someone exactly like Daria. Further, there are reasons for both Daria and Jane to want to go there. But I didn\'t know that when I typed up the last chapter, so if you\'ve got a good idea, more than cool for you to put your stamp in.\n\nThe comment about India was because it\'s pretty much a straight fact - It\'s a huge importer, especially of food, but also fuel, it\'s extremely close (as nations go) to the Middle East, it\'s wildly overpopulated for its resources already. What cohesion survives the shock of Black Friday will fall apart under the pressure of the refugees, the food riots, the lack of mobility of the government, and now add the vicious monsoons, as the dust and fallout cover the skies. I\'ll say it again. If you\'re in India on Black Friday, and don\'t get out immediately, you\'ve pretty much signed your death warrant. Maybe 1% will survive (still 12 million).[/quote:18z5oozs]\n\n\nThe idea that jumps out at me right away (and you\'ve probably already got this in the spin) is that Daria going to Venezuela is, all things considered equal, really not a good idea. There\'s no reason for her to go and leave her family in these turbulent times, and when you consider that (with the Venezuelan Government\'s assistance) Daria can be given a state-of-the-art computer with Cisco Telepresence capability - there\'s no reason for her to go. \n\nBesides, I really can\'t see the Parents Morgendorffer even remotely agreeing to let her go - and then, the United States Government would now never let her go. She would be considered a strategic asset - or at the very least, someone who possesses vital skills in the national interest. I would not be surprised if a couple of folks from the U.S. Government come to talk to the Morgendorffers shortly after Penny\'s arrival; CIA (who would have gotten a fearsome black eye over not seeing this on the radar and preventing it, as would have the FBI, the NSA and all of the other Alphabet Soup community members) would send someone over. (I can even see the government, or some corporation with government ties) giving Daria money to stay right where she is (but allowing her to conference with the Venezuelans and make money from them).\n\nLots of people teleconference on the regional or even global capacity every day, and in this world, that capacity would have exploded outward exponentially. I mentioned in Road Serviced how Angier goes to the office twice a week so that he can use the secure teleconferencing there; in Daria\'s case, that would seem even more the better/likely option. \n\nYou\'ve also just given me an interesting idea for another fic concerning Antarctica. McMurdo Station would be kept open - it\'s too important for research - but I can see all of the nations of the world abandoning their bases and making McMurdo a shared facility. That\'s actually another idea - in what ways would the nations of the world unite, in this new world, for the betterment of all?\n\n\nAlso, about India... oh, man. If barely 1% of that population survives, then several of the \'Stan\'s\' would be uninhabited... China sounds like it\'s taken a serious hit (in terms of fallout), and from the way you\'ve indicated the winds have carried things, there\'s a slight chance that Southeast Asia and perhaps even Australia might take some fallout. (I wouldn\'t readily eat anything out of the Indian Ocean, or travel through those waters, for the next several decades, either.)\n\n\nOne more thing - the EMPs from those blasts (certainly the Saudi Arabian strikes) might have crippled the electrical grids in Egypt, Israel, and several other neighboring nations, or at least caused some serious havoc.','71b64eae8d2707a9fb35227435825bdf',0,'wA==','18z5oozs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566692,37474,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345913409,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Navy Seal Outed By FOX News: Now Al Quaeda Target.','[quote="OverlordMikey":261gg96q][quote="Dark Kuno":261gg96q]The Seal in question should sue Fox for endangering his life.\n\nWould love to see Fox Legal go up against the military lawyers \":D\"[/quote:261gg96q]\n\nAlthough that would put him in the spotlight even more - which they’d use as an excuse for why they aren’t to be blamed for any of it… after all - he’d be putting himself in the spotlight right?[/quote:261gg96q]\n\n\nHe already did that by writing a first-person account of the incident, and then, by not clearing it with the DoD and Pentagon first. I really have no clue why he did this in the first place - didn\'t he think of anything but the money he would get?','0d032fa87e2c4704ebe5d586026bf131',0,'gA==','261gg96q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566693,37474,4,1019,0,'205.188.116.20',1345914265,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Navy Seal Outed By FOX News: Now Al Quaeda Target.','[quote="Brother Grimace":3e2bfg5y][quote="OverlordMikey":3e2bfg5y][quote="Dark Kuno":3e2bfg5y]The Seal in question should sue Fox for endangering his life.\n\nWould love to see Fox Legal go up against the military lawyers \":D\"[/quote:3e2bfg5y]\n\nAlthough that would put him in the spotlight even more - which they’d use as an excuse for why they aren’t to be blamed for any of it… after all - he’d be putting himself in the spotlight right?[/quote:3e2bfg5y]\n\n\nHe already did that by writing a first-person account of the incident, and then, by not clearing it with the DoD and Pentagon first. I really have no clue why he did this in the first place - didn\'t he think of anything but the money he would get?[/quote:3e2bfg5y]\n\nYou have a point. I wonder if he\'ll get punished for it? He should have shown some self-control. Did he assume that because the "leader" is dead the group has ceased function? That this is a game? - Just because the leader goes down doesn\'t mean their "cause" ends. Did he take a leave of all rational thought?\n\nStill, leave it to Fox News to make a situation worse. [sighs] Not that they\'ll accept the fact that they may have done just that...','9773995e4563a25eab5267a63f76ffd6',0,'gA==','3e2bfg5y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566694,37271,10,1066,0,'69.253.173.20',1345914703,1,0,1,1,1,0,'','Re: The Ten Faces of...','[img-l:8slmwnr1]http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o496/kemicalreaxion/gaga_quinn.jpg[/img-l:8slmwnr1]Quinn\'s finally coming out of her shell in this outfit from Gaga\'s 2011 Grammys performance. While Quinn wasn\'t thrilled with being cooped up in this little egg coffin during her entrance, she didn\'t seem to mind being carried around on the shoulders of buff, shirtless men.\n\nKem','053834c31ade63137c0f2db244fbbdce',0,'AABA','8slmwnr1',1,1345927110,'',1066,1,0),(578201,33438,3,562,0,'110.32.2.10',1351341485,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Kitties!','[img:smarcvfv]https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/10/24/CPn-keHLvUeLe0WFyF1tWw2.jpg[/img:smarcvfv]\n\n[quote:smarcvfv]"Accepting her fate as an orphan of war, \'Miss Hap\' a two-week old Korean kitten chows down on canned milk, piped to her by medicine dropper with the help of Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor ... The Marine adopted the kitten after its mother was killed by a mortar barrage near Bunker Hill. The name, Miss Hap, Sergeant Praytor explained, was given to the kitten \'because she was born at the wrong place at the wrong time\'." - Korea, ca 1953[/quote:smarcvfv]','397d5546d86b9aa57cb3fd9faf3d2814',0,'iA==','smarcvfv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578202,37187,6,440,0,'174.20.157.185',1351341825,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: World\'s Shortest Crossover VII','[quote="PrecambrianStudios":34fwe8av]"Come on you pathetic, insecure LITTLE WORM. Do your worst, you WORM!" roared DeMartino, newly appointed instructor of the "Assertive Teachers Class" for teachers. \n\nO\'Neill walked up to him in response to the challenge. "Well, Anthony, what you should do is-"\n\n"PATHETIC!" DeMartino pulled a lever on the wall, and a sixteen-ton weight fell on O\'Neill\'s head.[/quote:34fwe8av]\n\nHe\'d have better luck defending himself against fruit. But not by much.','36737265a6710c4f9b52a29781108ee3',0,'gA==','34fwe8av',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566696,37474,4,28,0,'76.112.172.157',1345915721,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Navy Seal Outed By FOX News: Now Al Quaeda Target.','Didn\'t the AP do the exact same thing?','07e87fe202a24693fc8e6397302d32c5',0,'','4511i7ls',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566697,37474,4,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1345916435,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Navy Seal Outed By FOX News: Now Al Quaeda Target.','[quote="OverlordMikey":y7h1jma4][quote="Brother Grimace":y7h1jma4][quote="OverlordMikey":y7h1jma4][quote="Dark Kuno":y7h1jma4]The Seal in question should sue Fox for endangering his life.\n\nWould love to see Fox Legal go up against the military lawyers \":D\"[/quote:y7h1jma4]\n\nAlthough that would put him in the spotlight even more - which they’d use as an excuse for why they aren’t to be blamed for any of it… after all - he’d be putting himself in the spotlight right?[/quote:y7h1jma4]\n\n\nHe already did that by writing a first-person account of the incident, and then, by not clearing it with the DoD and Pentagon first. I really have no clue why he did this in the first place - didn\'t he think of anything but the money he would get?[/quote:y7h1jma4]\n\nYou have a point. I wonder if he\'ll get punished for it? He should have shown some self-control. Did he assume that because the "leader" is dead the group has ceased function? That this is a game? - Just because the leader goes down doesn\'t mean their "cause" ends. Did he take a leave of all rational thought?\n\nStill, leave it to Fox News to make a situation worse. [sighs] Not that they\'ll accept the fact that they may have done just that...[/quote:y7h1jma4]\n\n\nHe signed a nondisclosure agreement - as do all special operations types. Now, he could have gotten permission to publish if he\'d gone to the DoD and worked with them; they could have worked something out.\n\n\nAs for FOX News... I have no words.','323b56bc029461ed00d5be0fd21baaeb',0,'gA==','y7h1jma4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578200,37863,3,562,0,'110.32.2.10',1351341268,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread LXVII: Slightly More Roman','Heard one of those off-colour jokes that you just have to laugh at because the punchline is so shocking. And I swear from hearing it today that, given the nature of the material in the joke, it just had to have come from the Holocaust survivor community and may even have been made by a Jewish Holocaust survivor. If so, I take my hat off to the survivor who came up with it: he or she has been through hell on earth, and can still laugh at his or her experience.\n\nHowever, I won\'t tell it here unless requested.','37336a5223b6690fb5d52273678b989a',0,'','1m57b4nb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566699,36609,16,1891,0,'67.142.181.27',1345919039,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Daria: Cat-People vs. Dog-People','Actually I could see Daria emerging from the ashes of Tom Sloane\'s funeral pyre as Jane approaches her and a crowd bows in submission, Daria rises covered in soot and three sleek figures crawl upon her person and one of them goes to her shoulder and shakes off the dust.\n\nThen the black and red dragon hatchling spreads it\'s wings and for the first time in centuries the roars of dragons can be heard across the world...\n\n\nOh wait sorry wrong story! \";)\"','d6c364871712f440e95046d99eeaabf4',0,'','2fo6do2n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566700,37271,10,849,0,'67.142.163.22',1345919273,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Ten Faces of...','I hope this time it wasn\'t the three J\'s carrying her around - unless they\'ve bulked up since the parade. \":lol:\" \n\nNice work again! \":mrgreen:\"','bb292d5f5a7e9876dc539be2382a18b3',0,'','3kw4ukqu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566701,37476,10,1719,0,'69.14.1.167',1345920070,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The pics pile in!! New Daria Cosplay photoshoooot!! :D','Thanks! Also, I do not cosplay characters I don\'t know, sorry...','6407f4df698f362ebc1a0f4ff484cea5',0,'','lkps2hvz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566702,37418,6,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1345921112,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (1/2) (QAQA)','[quote="Cypher3au":2pllb98y][quote="Lord Yellowtail":2pllb98y]I usually prefer that people ask me before writing full fics using any of my AU versions of characters, but hadn\'t planned to get to writing a JLU crossover for at least six months, and this is a completely self-contained little scene, and contradicts with nothing I have planned so ... how would you like it to be canon for this AU? With a listing on the official timeline?\n\nLet me know.\n\n[b:2pllb98y]EDIT:[/b:2pllb98y] Even if it didn\'t fit in the official timeline, I\'d proabably still ask if I could ink to it as a non-canon story. \";)\"[/quote:2pllb98y]\n\nSure. I\'m glad you could use it.[/quote:2pllb98y]\n\nAwesome! If you\'d break it out into its own thread, I can link to it on the timeline. I\'d rather not link to it in the thread for another fic; I think that\'d confuse people. Where by people, I mean me. \":)\"','16d9d1967f09b2516c50b78e8f6490c6',0,'wA==','2pllb98y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566703,37475,5,28,0,'76.112.172.157',1345921382,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just when Star Wars couldn\'t sink any lower..........','It\'s robot chicken in computer generated form.','2641e61b87d0c2e9a41ff14f1842ad1c',0,'','2dsg2hng',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566704,35944,5,598,0,'86.41.201.254',1345921645,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (The Sixth Edition!)','[quote="Wraith":3h8a3ntz][quote="byron lomax":3h8a3ntz]On the second anniversary of Satoshi Kon\'s death, I\'ll be watching [i:3h8a3ntz]Perfect Blue[/i:3h8a3ntz], [i:3h8a3ntz]Millennium Actress[/i:3h8a3ntz], and maybe a few episodes of [i:3h8a3ntz]Paranoia Agent[/i:3h8a3ntz] for a mini-marathon.[/quote:3h8a3ntz]\n\n[i:3h8a3ntz]Happy Family Planning[/i:3h8a3ntz] should be among those episodes...\n\nWraith\n"The dream is uncontrollable, an uncontrollable drama. I want my movies to be inspired by dreams in that it has the same vital power, an uncontrollable creative force."\n-- Satoshi Kon[/quote:3h8a3ntz]\n\nYes, I agree! That episode is fantastic. Those three "filler" episodes kinda slow the series down when watching in order, but taken on their own, they might actually be my favourites.','5d31961bfc56eac4b287859fc4e4ac85',0,'oA==','3h8a3ntz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566705,37271,10,1406,0,'79.17.18.171',1345921694,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Ten Faces of...','her expression is priceless \":lol:\"','a441cb5180e46b1aadd3a307cd5c8242',0,'','2udrocn1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566706,37002,6,1013,0,'128.100.76.53',1345922320,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','While India would be badly off, I wouldn\'t expect the population to drop as low as 1%: maybe not even down to 10%. India may import a lot of food, but even with fallout effects, it still would have large areas of fertile land and a vary large non-urban population to cultivate them by lower-tech methods when gas and oil run out. The cities would of course would be very hard hit, and banditry by starving gangs might cause more problems even than the actual food shortages -- somewhat mitigated by lack of mobility. I would expect India to split up into a multitude of tiny fiefdoms and perhaps village collectives, some of which would do relatively well (a large fraction of their population surviving) and some of which would go under.\n\nBritain is another big food importer, if I recall correctly, but they might just possibly be able to get by with food rationing and subsidizing of food imports if they could manage to import enough food, e.g., via the Chunnel and by ship; it would depend whether enough food was actually available to be imported at a price the British could afford to pay. The rest of Europe would vary according to local resources and how rationally/irrationally the crisis was handled; at the least, some splitting off of independent or semi-independent regions would be expected in the less-cohesive and more resource-poor countries.','806e697b64d9d1caa0d39daba7607448',0,'','1cpa7qsr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566707,37445,6,1703,0,'2.198.61.179',1345922453,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Major Tom (and its Sequel!)','\":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','c2b4467fe9d0a4d26162adacce6e1099',0,'','24xbqln1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566708,35944,5,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345923190,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you watching? (The Sixth Edition!)','BBC coverage of the Reading Festival. The Green Day rumours were true. \":mrgreen:\"','da9a5ca8355f2feacf1f30ce048d6015',0,'','19g22emo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566709,37477,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345923705,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','RIP Neil Armstrong','Yes, that Neil Armstrong. May he rest in peace.','8cd1d7ac3583c78dc832865d37eeb9e5',0,'','xe7mi7uh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566710,37477,3,1858,0,'68.185.175.41',1345923938,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','Very sad. I wish I had something profound to say, but sadness will have to do.','94cf63cceba1815e28891f6f9c2209ee',0,'','2yvssbzz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566711,37477,3,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1345924015,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','Oh, RIP. \n\nHe was in SPACE. He had a good life.','b60c0a546552d140fbac6cbd361f10c0',0,'','37mmj1dk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566712,37477,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345924453,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','Not profound, but an additional reflection from me.\n\nIt saddened me once to realise that that so many people I know are unable to look at the moon and say (as oldies like me can), "People walked there in my lifetime." I hope that you don\'t get to say, "There were once people alive on this planet who walked on the soil of a body beyond this earth; once, but no more."','9162d7993e005e824024261bac4790c1',0,'','3cu81eas',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566713,37465,3,39,0,'109.170.138.154',1345924686,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: MartinUK - great new metal track','\":drink:\"\n\nYou landed on your feet at that gig! If only all venues were so well stocked. Thank you for toasting me -- glad to have been of service. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nI won\'t forget your introducing me to beetroot in burgers. Mmmmmm.','84908bafc8af8fdbbc87f780f2deb22f',0,'','3rjv4rw1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566714,37478,6,1703,0,'2.198.61.179',1345925578,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Events - part 3','Well ... as all of the writers in this forum, I have a little queue of projects that I wish to have time to develop. Pitifully, now, the most of them are only ideas or fragment of chapters, due to lack of time. This is one of them, that I\'ve finally written to a decent length and that I hope is the start point of a full story.\n\nIt\'s just the first chapter and the rhythm is slow .... \n\nAs usual, every kind of feedback is really, and gladly, appreciated ... \":D\" \n\nI hope you enjoy\n\n######################\n\nEvents – part 01\n\nThe annoying sound of an alarm clock suddenly pierced the air, making the cocoon of sheet, that was laying on Daria\'s bed, tremble a little.\nA hand, lazily, came out from the sheets, closing in a fist and hitting the alarm. The noise abruptly came to an end.\nKnowing that Quinn was, certainly, still in the bathroom, Daria laid, comfortably wrapped in the sheets, for a while. \nThe noise of a closing door and the continuous, unstoppable, sound of the voice of her sister, signaled that it was time to go out of bed.\nShe sat on the border, reaching the nightstand with her hand, looking for the glasses. \nFinally, she raised on her feet, reaching the bathroom, preparing for another, useless in her opinion. day at LHS.\nShe took a quick shower and attended to her usual morning rituals, as spartan and fast as Quinn\'s were complex and time consuming. Then, cleaned and dressed in her usual outfit, she walked down the stairs and through the living room, stepping into the kitchen.\n\nShe was greeted by the usual morning picture. Helen was wandering around the room, cell phone in hand, talking about her work, while Quinn and Jake were sitting at the table. Her sister\'s non-stop talking seemed to have a narcoleptic effect on her father, judging from his half closed eyes. She was monopolizing, as usual, the house cordless.\n\nShe sighed, mentally preparing for the usual morning confrontation with her family. \n\n“Hi, mom” she deadpanned, passing near her mother, receiving, as usual, only a distracted reply.\n\n“Hi, sweetie …. no, Eric … I wasn\'t talking to you …. no, I mean … yes … I know, just let me find the report ...” the rest of the phrase faded in the air, when Helen walked away, reaching the living room, looking for something\n\nDaria grabbed a plate and a mug, filling them, respectively, with a big piece of chocolate cake, obviously not homemade, and some milk, that she found in the refrigerator. \nWith that unhealthy breakfast, she sat at her place, around the table.\n\n“Hi, sis … dad ...”\n\nQuinn graced her with an annoyed gaze, not interrupting her monologue … nothing new on that side. \nShe began to eat, slowly chewing the piece of cake, swallowing every bite with the help of a big sip of too cold milk. As usual, she looked toward her father, looking for the newspaper.\n \nSince Jake was used to read only the comics page, during breakfast, the rest of the newspaper usually laid, untouched, on the table, at her side. She developed the habit of \'stealing\' it, reading just the main titles.\n \nShe was about to grab it when she froze, uncertain, seeing her father\'s expression. He was staring at her, confusion and surprise clearly depicted on his face.\n\n“Uh … dad … is there something wrong ?” she asked, worried that she was witnessing the first symptoms of one of his usual, loud rants …. or something worse.\n\n“Daria ...” he blabbered, sounding as confused as he appeared.\n\n“Yes …. it\'s my name … you\'re the one who chose it.” she deadpanned, instinctively erecting her self defensive wall of sarcasm, but feeling worried.\n\nThen, his expression suddenly cleared, regaining its normal clumsiness and obliviousness. \n\n“Yes, kiddo, I know that I\'ve chosen your name … well, to tell the truth was your mother the one to make the choice … why ?” he replied, confused again, though in a different manner than before.\n\n“Dad … ” she said, sounding a little annoyed, now “ … YOU were the one who started this game, as far as I know ...”\n\n“Game ? What game ? Did you stole my crossword page ?”\n\n“Ok, sorry dad, forget it ...” she sighed, handing him the comics page, getting it from the still folded newspaper.\n\n“My morning strips …. GREAT !! Thanks, kiddo !!” he happily exclaimed.\n\n“This family is getting worse by the day …. maybe my plan to drive them crazy before my eighteen birthday is working ...” she thought, sarcastic even with herself, as usual.\n\nHelen, who was still speaking at her cell phone phone, and Quinn, who had never stopped to talk to in the house cordless, didn\'t notice the short \'conversation\'. \n\nSome time later, she was walking, with Jane beside her, through he front door of LHS.\n\n“I swear, sometimes, the craziness of my family leaves me speechless ….” she commented, continuing the discussion she started while walking toward the school.\n\n“Hey ! You\'re talking with a girl whose family is the undefeated Lawndale\'s champion of craziness and weirdness. Things like that are quite normal for me.” replied Jane, with nonchalance \n\n“Jane, you weren\'t there, he was staring at me as if I was just sprouted, totally unexpected, from the floor, like a mutant plant ready to eat him … I doubt that, even your father, ever behave that way.”\n\n“Mmmmhhh … teenage, mutant, flesh eating, plant …. intriguing image, I have to think about it … well … maybe my father didn\'t behave that way, but you have never seen Trent after a gig night in some places …. only breathing the air, there, made him suffer hallucination. One time, he was convinced that I was Monique … I had to hit him with my easel to calm him down …. ” she commented, shuddering a little \n\n“Jane …. too … much … details …. ” Daria replied, heavily blushing “... I think I\'ve understood the concept. Maybe it was only the result of a sleepless night ...”\n\n“Are your parent always indulging in their \'night gymnastic\' ? They\'re surely lively, for their age !” she smiled wickedly \n\n“Jane … you\'re sick … and your mind is a deep pit of devious thoughts.” she commented, further blushing, almost glowing like the red light of a police car on duty.\n\n“Thanks …. it\'s the result of a long, hard, training. I\'m quite proud of it.” answered Jane, faking an expression of bored satisfaction, like a nobleman observing his horse winning a race.\n\nDaria sighed. \n\n“Ok, ok, listen, lost daughter of Aleister Crowley, it\'s better if we reach our closets, it\'s getting late and our first lesson is with DeMartino.”\n\n“Talking about craziness …. you\'re right, it\'s better to reach our places in time, possibly unnoticed. I don\'t want to wake up the sleeping beast in him. Let\'s go.” she admitted.\n\nThey reached the class in time, passing, unharmed, both DeMartino\'s lesson and the rest of the morning, until the ring of the school bell announced lunch time.\n\nIn the cafeteria, the choice of food was, as usual, depressing, ranging from stone hard meat , drowned in a suspiciously colored sauce, and a criminal attempt to serve foreign food, pasta, to be precise, that ended in a sort of soup of overcooked, half melted, spaghetti.\n\nNot being still ready to suicide, the two girls opted for a couple of safer, albeit not really inviting, sandwiches, plus a big amount of soda, maybe hoping to boost up their morale with a sugar overdose. \n\nThey sit around a free table, exchanging, as usual, wisecracks and acid comments.\n\n“Is it me, or the food, here, is becoming more and more disgusting ? ...” sourly commented Jane “... if my memory doesn\'t fail me, there was still something edible, when school began, this year ….”\n\n“I\'m not really able to tell the difference, my mind just erased those memories …. too painful …” deadpanned Daria “.... but I\'m surprised. A control freak like Ms. Li should know that food like this is an instigation to riot.” she said, quizzically looking at her food, maybe looking for the least revolting way to eat it. \n\n“Well … maybe, she\'s doing it on purpose. A riot could surely justify her foolish expenses for security.” Jane commented, slowly munching the first of her sandwiches. \n\n“Possible, if not for one thing. We\'re talking about Ms. Li and LHS, not Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy”\n\n“Yeah … too cunning for her. You have a point here.” she replied, while drinking a long sip of soda to swallow the last bite of her sandwich. \n\nShe take a look over Daria\'s shoulders, suddenly changing expression.\n\n“Damn …. raise your shields ! Quinn and the rest of the fashion club just came in.” she murmured.\n\n“Useless ...” Daria deadpanned “... Quinn will never risk a public approach with her \'cousin\'. Not to mention the fact that, both you an me, are infected with the \'unpopular\' virus. The fashion club\'s members would never risk to be infected by such lethal disease, coming near us.” she calmly took a bite of her sandwich, her expression unchanged.\n\n“Well … maybe you\'re right, but …. they\'re quickly approaching.” she replied, quite surprised.\n\n“So, shoot them only when you see the white of their eyes, private Jane ...” she said, not averting her eyes from the sandwich, maybe still wondering the content of those two slices of bread. \n\n“Daria ! Sis ...” the high pitched, voice of Quinn, coming totally unexpected from behind her, almost made her suffocate, the last bite of sandwich stick in her throat.\nShe coughed a couple of times, swallowing the piece of food and finally regaining enough composure to turn toward her sister, staring at her, befuddled.\n\n“Oh, sorry Daria, I didn\'t want to scare you.” Quinn chirped, with an unusual, friendly tone of voice. Daria\'s mind raised her internal defcom level to the maximum, sensing a trap.\n\n“Ehmm … no, you didn\'t scare me. It\'s just that your words came .... unexpected. Sis ?” she cautiously said the last word, just to probe her reaction.\n\nQuinn simply continued to speak, apparently finding normal to be addressed that way.\n\n“Yeah, I know, sorry if I interrupted your lunch, but I just cannot wait to introduce you to the rest of the club. Daria, these are Sandi, Stacy and Tiffany” she gestured toward the other three girls, who stepped a little ahead, just enough to be in range for an handshake.\n\n“Quinn …. are you sure that it\'s all ri...” Daria began to speak, just to be interrupted by an unusually polite Sandi. \n\n“So, you\'re Daria, Quinn\'s sister. I\'m glad to make your acquaintance. Quinn always speaks so highly, about you, that I was curious to meet you in person. Nice to meet you ...” she raised her arm, with open hand, with a mid smile on her face. \n\n“Nice to meet you, too” echoed Stacy .\n\n“Niiicceee tooo meeeeet yoou ...” concluded, after some time, Tiffany.\n\nThe surprise made almost fell Daria\'s mask of indifference. She recovered from the shock, suspiciously looking at them, not reciprocating the gesture. \n\n“Sandi ….” she slowly spoke “... I\'m not sure what this means, but it\'s not funny. We already know each other …. do you remember … Fluffy and his little \'problem\' … the ten bucks ...“ she spoke to her as if she was talking to a little child.\n\n“I don\'t know what do you mean … ” she replied, wearing an, apparently sincere, expression of surprise “... this is the first time we meet. Are you, by any chance, telling that I\'m lying ?? ...” she said, a note of anger quickly appearing in her voice “... it\'s REALLY rude from you !!”\n\n“Uh … ” Daria tried to answer, her befuddlement growing “... Sandi ...”\n\n“Daria !!! ...” interrupted Quinn “... please, don\'t joke with us. Sorry, Sandi, she\'s just hard to understand, sometimes.” trying to recover the situation.\n \n“No, Quinn, I understand when I\'m not welcome in a place. Stacy, Tiffany …. let\'s go.” \n\nSandi quickly walked away, followed by the other two girls.\n\n“Ooohhh, DARIA !!! I swear, sometimes, I really don\'t understand you. Look at what have you done !!!” she ran away, following the rest of the fashion club, not waiting for a reply from her.\n\nDaria stared at her back, imitated by Jane, until she disappeared over the main door, continuing to look in that direction, in silence, for a couple of long seconds. Then, she pinched Jane\'s harm with her fingers.\n\n“OW !!! DARIA !!! Why ?” she exclaimed, indignant and surprised.\n\n“Well … I was just checking if it was a dream.”\n\n“This kind of check is supposed to be done ON YOURSELF !!” she exclaimed again, massaging her offended arm.\n\n“Maybe you\'re right, but I\'m allergic to physical pain, and your cry is a good proof, too.” she deadpanned, though with a hint of amusement in her eyes.\n\n“Funny ! Really, REALLY, funny, Morgendorffer … just expect a payback, the next time we\'re with Trent ….” she smiled wickedly “... by the way, if we are not dreaming, and we didn\'t suffer hallucinations …. what the HECK was that ?”\n\n“I have not the slightest idea ….” said Daria, thoughtfully “.... maybe the chemical substances of their make up have finally melted the remains of their brains … ” she dismissed the topic, annoyed, and a little perturbed by the strange acting of the three girls “ … I\'ll have time to investigate at home, with my regained \'sister\'. Let\'s finish this \'succulent\' meal and return to class.”\n\n“Ok, ok ….” Jane agreed, sensing Daria\'s bad mood “... but it was really weird.” she ended, eating another bite of her sandwich. \n\nThe lessons passed away, only leaving, in the two girls, a considerable amount of boredom, underlined by the dark atmosphere, growing hour after hour, in the pictures that, as usual Jane was drawing. \nUnluckily, like a final blow, stroke to a mortally wounded man, the last lesson of the day was with Mr. O\'Neill.\n\nDaria steeled herself, thinking that the end of the daily torture was near.\n\nThe teacher clumsily entered the room, carrying a big pack of paper sheets. Almost the whole class murmured, in pain and resignation. It was clear that, those sheets, were the latest homework, that Mr. O\'Neill had corrected and was, now, going to distribute. Even if he was a really soft teacher, the grades, in that class and with the usual, remarkable, exceptions, were not really good.\nTheir fears proved to be right, when the hesitant, soft voice of O\'Neill filled the air.\n\n“Ok, students. I\'ve finally corrected the last essay that you had to do, as homework, and …. well … I don\'t want to sound rude or bossy, but …. the result wasn\'t exactly at the level I expected and … well … I had to give to some of them, something that, I swear, I hated from the bottom of my heart, some bad grades ... ” he said, nervously stretching the fingers of his hands, as if he was trying to apologize “... I also want to ensure you that, those grades, don\'t mean that you\'re failing, in my class, and that, even the worse one could be recovered, with a little more application and showing good will ….” he continued, while walking through the desks, delivering every piece of paper to his owner.\n\n“Oh, no, man ! An E … why ?” said a quite dejected Kevin.\n\n“Ehmm … I know, Kevin, that you did your best, but I have to remark that you can\'t use the movie version of \'Frankenstein\' as base for your work, plus ….. ehmm … I don\'t want to sound nosy but …. ehrr … are you sure that you watched the correct film ? There isn\'t a \'Frau Blucker\' character, in it.”\n\n“Sure, man, there was the castle, the lightning and all those pieces of bodies, as you\'ve told last tim. Really cool.” he happily, obliviously, exclaimed.\n\n“Ehrrr .. ok, Kevin …. maybe we\'ll talk about this … later.” he said, Kevin\'s \'gift\' to turn every conversation into something surreal, always left him unable to properly reply.\n\n“Ohhh … poor Kevvyy ...” chirped Brittany, sit, as usual in the desk at his side “... look ! I have a D, If you want, I can help you with this …. later, at home.”\n\n“Babe, you\'re a genius. We can \'study\' together, after school.” he said, with a softer, sly, tone, while bending toward her.\n\n“Oh … Kevyy ...” she bent toward him, too. The two began to kiss passionately, for the extreme discomfort of O\'Neill, who continued to distribute the essays, trying not to look at them.\n\n“Do you think that, together, they\'ll be able to figure which one is the right movie, at least ?” asked Jane to Daria, quizzically looking at the two \'lovebirds\'.\n\n“Maybe … or maybe, next time, we\'ll discover that the monster of Frankenstein fought with Dracula.” deadpanned her \n\n“Whoa! You surely have a culture in trash movies.” replied Jane, faking awe.\n\n“Thanks to the twisted tastes of a certain person, actually in front of me, who insists to inject, in my mind, the worst possible movie garbage during our \'bad movie nights\'.” she deadpanned, with a almost unnoticeable hint of amusement in her voice.\n\n“Thanks, I\'m quite proud of my taste in movies.” she chirped.\n\nIn the meantime, Mr. O\'Neill, who almost finished to distribute the homework, reached the two girls, who were, as usual, the latest two students of the \'tour\'.\n\nHe put a paper on Jane\'s desk, who mimicked a little victory dance, since her grade was an unexpected B, then, he reached his desk, with empty hands.\n\nDaria arched her eyebrows, surprised and more than a little annoyed, followed by Jane, who finally grasped the reason of her expression.\n\n“Professor O\'Neill ….” she deadpanned “... sorry, but you have forgotten to return my homework.” \n\nHearing her voice Mr. O\'Neill jumped a little, as if caught by surprise. He turned, staring at her, surprised.\n\n“Oh …. uh … really ? Well …. I\'m really sorry, I didn\'t mean to ignore you …. ehmmm ...” he look at her for a couple of seconds, his expression lost, as if he was trying to remember something that his mind simply refused to focus. Then, he frantically grasped a couple of sheets on his desk, checking something on them, his eyes moving as if he was scanning a list.\n\nBoredom and annoyance, in Daria\'s expression, grew by the second. It was quite clear that he was desperately trying to remember her name, failing. \nIt was quite strange, though. \nShe was one of the few students that made him proud to teach, and he usually remembered, at least, her name.\n\nFinally, he gave up, wearing a quite frustrated, and guilty, expression.\n\n“I … I\'m sorry …. but … could you please tell me your name ? In my class map there\'s no name referred to your place and … I\'m REALLY sorry ...” he begged, his eyes watering “... I\'m simply not able to remember …. sorry.” he ended the phrase almost murmuring.\n\nA loud laugh came from the class. Almost all the students found that thing quite amusing.\n\n“My name is DARIA …. Daria Morgendorffer. The same one you forced to participate to a fund raising for an internet cafe ….” she narrowed her eyes, not really amused. The expression of confusion in O\'Neill\'s expression was telling her all “ or the one who wrote that extra assignment last week ….” his confusion simply grew “.... OK …. just DARIA …. now, may I have my homework …. and my grade ?” she concluded, with more than a little venom, in her voice.\n\nMr. O\'Neill seemed to be on the verge of crying.\n\n“I … I .. I don\'t know where is … sorry … I simply can\'t remember. It\'s strange … I was sure there weren\'t other essays left at home …. may … maybe, I\'ve lost it …. I\'m sorry …. I\'ll give you a grade good enough to maintain your GPA .” he almost blabbered.\n\nEven if she was definitely annoyed, she took pity of him.\n\n“Mr. O\'Neill … it\'s not necessary. Just look for my homework again. If you can\'t find it until tomorrow, we\'ll talk about the situatio” Mr\' O\'Neill was now crying a little. She felt as if their roles were and she was a cruel teacher, scolding a really shy student.\n\n“YES ! I\'ll do as you said … “ he happily exclaimed, quickly switching mood, as usual” … thank you. Now, let\'s continue our lesson.” he tried both to regain a little self control and change argument of discussion, to avoid further embarrassment\n\nThe rest of the class giggled, finding O\'Neill\'s discomfort really amusing. Only Jodie seemed to find strange, even for his standards, that behavior. She added a mental note to talk to Daria, later …. if possible.\n\nThe rest of the lesson proceeded without problems, though, sometimes, O\'Neill glimpsed, over his shoulder, at Daria, trying to be as stealthy as possible, wearing again a confused expression. \n \nFinally, the bell rang, and the student stormed out of the class. \nCuriously, Mr. O\'Neill sprinted out of the class before all of them, with a quite surprising, and athletic, move.\n\nJane and Daria, as usual walked away from the school together, directed toward Jane\'s home, hoping to pass a decent afternoon.\n\nThey arrived on the little hallway, just in front of the house, still discussing. Daria was talking with an unusually animated voice.\n\n“First, my father behaved like a man just woken up from a decennial coma, then the whole fashion club became the \'friendship all over the world\' sorority and, just to complete the picture, O\'Neill seemed to have a selective amnesia against me. I\'m tempted to write a story about my day and call \'Sick Sad World\' ….” \n\n“Nahh … not twisted enough. Well … if we claim that their behavior is due to some evil alien controlling their mind ... maybe.” Jane added, thoughtfully.\n\n“Jane …. the fashion club. There\'s no brain to control !” deadpanned her, in reply.\n\n“Ehmm … you have a point, here. Plus, I\'m quite sure that, if an alien would meet the fashion club, he\'d surely leave this planet …. at full speed, screaming”\n\nDaria made her trademark Monna Lisa smile, appreciating the last statement.\n\nJust in that moment, the front door of the house opened, revealing Trent, with his guitar in one hand and the car\'s key in the other.\n\n“Hey, Janey …. it\'s great to meet you. I was just leaving.” he greeted her with his raspy voice.\n\n“Well … it\'s nice to see you awake so \'early\'. Do you have a rehearsal with the rest of the band ?”\n\n“Nah, we\'ve found another place were we can perform. It\'s not big and the pay is low, but it\'s something new for us … wish us good luck, sis.” he said, unusually happy.\n\n“Whoa … compliments … ” she replied, quite surprised “... sure ! Good luck. Come on, Daria, tell something to him …” she addressed her friend, with a wicked smile, receiving, as reply, a murderous glare “... I\'m quite sure you want to wish him good luck, too, maybe in a personal way.” It was clearly payback time.\n\nTrent didn\'t leave her the time to reply.\n\n“Oh … yes. Daria, I didn\'t greet you properly ...” he said, with a calm, soothing, voice, bending on her and putting a gentle, long, kiss on her cheek, near her ear “... sorry, but I\'m in a hurry. It\'s nice to see you …. bye” then, he rushed toward his car, starting the engine and calmly driving away.\n\nJane was froze, half in shock, in place, following, with her eyes, the car going away. \n\n“Hey ! What the HECK !! …. “ she turned her head toward Daria ” … Daria what ...” stopping in the middle of the phrase, since her best friend was frozen in place, too, so stiff, red and jaw fallen, that the image of a postbox, ready to receive a letter, just popped out in her mind “ … figures ...” she sighed, while literally dragging her into the house “... come on ! It\'s better if we leave the street …. before someone put a parcel in your open mouth.”\n\n“Uh .. ?” was Daria only, weak, reply.\n\nSome hours later, the two girls were in Jane\'s room. Daria was sprawled on the bed, face up, arms wide open and a dreamy, mid smile, on her face.\n\nJane, on the other side of the room, was painting, apparently bored. She put down her brush, cleaning her hands on a rag that she had on her shoulder.\n\n“Daria …. come on Daria ! …. I know that it\'s something unusual, strange, and so on, but it was just a kiss on the cheek, and it happened two hours ago. It can\'t last that long, even if he shot you with a dart gun ...” while thinking “...what was thinking , that moron of my brother ?” \n\nDaria only murmured “ … maybe, this day isn\'t that bad ...” still with unfocused eyes.\n\nJane just face-palmed.\n\n“Daria, I swear …. if someday, for whatever reason, you and Trent are gonna have sex, you\'ll become the clone of Tiffany.”\n\n“JANE !!!” \n\nWell … at least the word \'sex\', referred to her and Trent, made a certain effect, Jane thought. Daria was beet red, but completely aware, now. \n\n“Oh !! You\'ve finally regained enough brain to speak, I see ...”\n\n“I\'ve regained enough brain cells to plan your murder … if needed ….” she replied, a little angry for Jane\'s brutal intermission in her dreamy state.\n\n“Ok, ok, sorry …. I just mocked you to \'wake\' you up. Now … talking about serious things … I know that, at least from your point of view, it was a REALLY pleasant thing ….” she received a warning glare “... well, you have to admit it. You have sighed more in the last couple of hours that in the rest of your life. It was REALLY strange. I\'ve never seen Trent behave that way. He\'s not the kind of man who take liberties with girls … even just a little kiss like that … especially with you.” she ended, wearing a perplexed expression.\n\n“Well ...” admitted Daria, who was finally recovering from her Trent-induced stupor “... maybe you have a point here …. he has always behaved, with me, like an older brother. Today, instead ….” she stopped, her eyes becoming unfocused, and her mind spacing out again.\n\nJane grabbed one of her biggest brush, abruptly, though gently, hitting her on the head.\n\n“OWW !!”\n\n“NOT AGAIN, young lady …. I don\'t want you to fantasize again on my brother. Not on MY bed, at least. Just stay focused.”\n\n“I knew that, hidden inside of you, there was the soul of a sadist ….” she protested, massaging the top of her head “... ok, I admit. It was weird, out of scale weird …. do you have any clue …. about the reason ?”\n\n“Not a single one …. but I\'m gonna made him tell me why, I swear. Even if I have to torture him !” she exclaimed, waving her brush in the hair, in a really intimidating way.\n\n“Ehmmm … don\'t be too hard with him ...” weakly protested Daria “... he did nothing wrong … well … no one was harmed …. I mean … he must have his reasons ...” while becoming redder by the second, unusually confused.\n\n“Be reassured ...” Jane replied, with a growing grin on her face “... I\'m not gonna seriously harm your lethargic Romeo, I have better ways to make him confess. I\'m her sister after all. By the way ...” her grin widened “... maybe … do you have a better idea about a \'way\' to make him confess ? My little \'femme fatale\' ?” the situation was weird, but also a too good occasion to embarrass her a little. She simply could not resist.\n\nDaria, now flame red and unable to endure other mocking about her and Trent, opted for an hasty retreat.\n\n“Oh, ehmmm … I think that my mother is telepathically calling me. We have to make our usual evening offer to the unholy altar that we hide in the basement. I hope to convince her to use Quinn, this time…. I have to hurry … you could not believe how touchy, those ancient gods, are …. just forget their rituals one time and you risk to find yourself devoured by a demon.” Then, she hurried out of the room and out of the house, almost jumping over the stairs.\n\nJane followed her, with the eyes, out of the room and, from the window, on the hallway, until she disappeared from view.\n\n“Oh, no … you\'re not going to escape, so easily, from me ...” she grinned, in expectation “... I can\'t wait to see you tomorrow, after a little \'siblings talking\' with my brother … she approached her easel, happily whistling.\n\nDaria finally arrived at home, opening the main door and hurriedly walking up the stairs, reaching the safety of her room. She laid on the bed, looking at the cracked ceiling. \n\nAfter few time, she heard a noise in the hallway, like a door closing, and the continuous blabber of her sister at the phone.\n\nShe decided that it was time for a little \'siblings talking\' for her, too. Raising on her feet, she walked toward the door, opening just in time to see Quinn descending the stairs. \n\nShe followed her sister, down in the lounge, then, in the kitchen, where her high pitched, continuous blabber welcomed her.\n\n“No, Stacy …. I know that peach lipstick, this season, is out, but I\'ve seen …. yes, it was during that show …. there was that expert, a VERY BIG one, who claimed that a darker shade of peach will probably be ….”\n\nDaria automatically excluded that noise from her brain, walking toward the fridge, silently opening the door to grab a can of soda, standing nearby her.\n \nQuinn, who was looking at the garden, completely absorbed by her conversation, didn\'t notice her. \n\nShe slowly sipped her drink, waiting for her sister to finish her call. It was an hard task to accomplish, but she was quite determined, and curious, to talk to her, and find the reasons behind her strange behavior, that morning. \n\nEventually, after quite a long time, Quinn pushed the button of her cordless phone, closing the call and turning back. \n\n“Quite interesting conversation, sis, I didn\'t know that so many shades of lipstick could even exist …. not that I cared that much, by the way.” she deadpanned.\n\nQuinn, caught by surprise, jumped a little, making a short, sharp, noise.\n\n“Eww … Daria ! Don\'t sneak behind my shoulders like that !!! ...” she protested “... and don\'t call me SIS !! If you get the habit you\'ll end calling me like that EVEN AT SCHOOL !!!”\n\n“Yeah … sorry … I don\'t really want to get bad habits ...” she deadpanned “... but I cannot help to notice how, this morning, you had a different opinion about the matter ….”\n\n“Uh … what do you mean ?” asked Quinn, sounding confused.\n\n“I\'m referring to the fact that, today, at lunch, you, plus the entire fashion club, came to \'introduce your elder sister to your friends\' …. using your own words …. so, may I ask you why ?” \n\nQuinn stared at her with curiosity and perplexity, as if she was wondering what kind of joke Daria was trying to use against her, this time.\n\n“I don\'t understand …. we didn\'t meet at lunch … ” she hesitantly said “... what are you saying ? ...” then, she narrowed her eyes, suddenly on guard “... wait, wait, wait …. are you trying some of your mind tricks on me, aren\'t you ? ”\n\n“No, Quinn … no mental tricks. I\'m only asking you one thing …. why did you behave that way ?” she began to feel angry. Not because Quinn\'s was denying the evidence, her sister twisting reality was something \'normal\', but for the fact that, this time, she was not able to sense any lie in her speech. It was strange, and it was making her nervous. \n\n“Behave …. HOW !?! I didn\'t meet you at lunch … I was eating with the rest of the fashion club, as usual … I didn\'t even notice that you WERE there !!! ...” she exclaimed, angry, too. Then she walked away, passing Daria with indignant expression “... now, if you don\'t mind, I have other duties to attend ...” she pushed again the buttons of the phone, dialing another number.\n\nDaria was startled, both for the last, shameless, statement of her sister, and for the fact that she was still sounding sincere.\n\nHer bad mood faded away, feeling uncertain. There were two possibilities, in her opinion, that Quinn just became a fabulous actress, plotting something against her, but still able to feign innocence, or she was really not remembering their previous discussion, thing that was, hopefully, plain impossible.\n\nShe decided to let it slip, at least for the moment. If it was a fashion club\'s plot, she will surely be able to discover it. There were weaker rings in that chain, she concluded, thinking about Stacy … or Tiffany. She, still, could not help herself, but feeling a wave of cold through her spine, apparently without reason.\n\nThose thoughts accompanied her during the rest of the day, until she went to bed, finally resting. \n\n#########################\n\nWell ... I also have a request. Since this is, hopefully, a longer project I\'d be really glad if there\'s someone who want to volunteer for some beta reading. \nI prefer to ask for each story, it leaves peoples free to chose if they\'re interested or not, without problems or embarrassment.\n\nThanks in advance ...','6a26e998f3ec19cd678421784121cba6',0,'','cxlc55h1',1,1349211056,'',1703,3,0),(569180,36169,4,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1347217816,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Argentina is the next Cuba','Chavez losing the upcoming elections would be great for the region, since Kirchner "takes advice" from him. I know a man from Venezuela living here, who says that what\'s going on here right now is exactly what was happening in Venezuela eight years ago. \n\n[quote="DeacBlue":1nwc5ul5]QW, how badly are you embedded?[/quote:1nwc5ul5]\nConsidering what I want to do career-wise, I\'d say pretty badly in the current situation.','c023b8b80617433ed30237475d585e55',0,'gA==','1nwc5ul5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566715,37477,3,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345925687,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','I wonder if NASA will name a region of the moon after him in his honor.\n\n[quote="Quiverwing":24ad6k2w]He was in SPACE. He had a good life.[/quote:24ad6k2w]\nWhat she said.\n\nMay he rest in peace.','b7e6e074623e9ef0c88bfa98a05b22b5',0,'gA==','24ad6k2w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566716,37002,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.21',1345925712,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="abe":1f0uwu4t]While India would be badly off, I wouldn\'t expect the population to drop as low as 1%: maybe not even down to 10%. India may import a lot of food, but even with fallout effects, it still would have large areas of fertile land and a vary large non-urban population to cultivate them by lower-tech methods when gas and oil run out. The cities would of course would be very hard hit, and banditry by starving gangs might cause more problems even than the actual food shortages -- somewhat mitigated by lack of mobility. I would expect India to split up into a multitude of tiny fiefdoms and perhaps village collectives, some of which would do relatively well (a large fraction of their population surviving) and some of which would go under.\n\nBritain is another big food importer, if I recall correctly, but they might just possibly be able to get by with food rationing and subsidizing of food imports if they could manage to import enough food, e.g., via the Chunnel and by ship; it would depend whether enough food was actually available to be imported at a price the British could afford to pay. The rest of Europe would vary according to local resources and how rationally/irrationally the crisis was handled; at the least, some splitting off of independent or semi-independent regions would be expected in the less-cohesive and more resource-poor countries.[/quote:1f0uwu4t]\n\nIndia has had periods in it\'s past where it was divided into several different Kingdoms/fiefdoms/etc, so this would be the probable outcome.\n\nThe same with China as well, something like this would be the straw that broke the camels back for them, regions like Tibet/Inner Mongolia/etc would be among the first to breakaway, ambitious generals would carve out their own petty-kingdoms, lots of looting, bandits, chaos, etc.','76ce2b1744ed8ee31fbd8e7d0185a4f5',0,'gA==','1f0uwu4t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566717,37429,6,1703,0,'2.198.61.179',1345925758,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Yet Another Teacher Cruch','Good one ... \":D\" \":D\"','68aca77d9e1337618f821d730087670c',0,'','2f8hv13g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566718,36990,16,1703,0,'2.198.61.179',1345925841,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Deac\'s Game','[quote="45Ranger":1qygfov0][quote:1qygfov0] I wrote somethin’ and it killed someone else, I can’t stop killin’ people. I didn’t even mean to do it, and I’m still killin’ people, It’s never gonna end. I killed her inside.[/quote:1qygfov0]\n\nHere we go.[/quote:1qygfov0]\n\nDaria ?','629032b758644b96b044c0cee5321a19',0,'gA==','1qygfov0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566719,37414,3,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345926003,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','D\'aw \":lol:\"\n\nSo our main air conditioner went out on us, and we\'re trying to move the one from the laundry room (that we never use in there) into the kitchen to replace the old one. Since the kitchen and living room are open spaces, one unit works to cool the main space of the house. If we can\'t get the laundry room unit out of the wall (the previous owners made sure to secure that sucker to be hurricane-proof), my folks might have to buy one to put in the kitchen... at least this time they won\'t have to rely on a credit card.\n\n*sigh* What a load of fun this week\'s been.\n\nIn lighter news, I replaced the board next to my personal window unit, which was long overdue. \":lol:\" Welp, at least leaves are starting to turn here; hopefully it won\'t be long before we won\'t have to worry about air conditioning so much.','46a49688d96b74183b7ab3adb2b7cfa8',0,'','atr8evc3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566720,37271,10,849,0,'67.142.163.27',1345926279,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Ten Faces of...','[quote="ST91":1hwebbtt]her expression is priceless \":lol:\"[/quote:1hwebbtt]\n"Ugh! Being cooped up in that egg has made my hair all flat! And my face feels like it\'s melting off!" ... even though her hair\'s not flat, I could see her complaining anyway. \":D\"','211f0ea2d50c0ed9fe4aea543cb9f3a7',0,'gA==','1hwebbtt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566721,37477,3,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345926923,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','RIP','a195b7c9fc241f3da0599717060f898d',0,'','17zkm590',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566722,37271,10,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345927136,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Ten Faces of...','Good one.','cdc1c31f0d180a621ed2291a4c2ea18b',0,'','3oybw7ey',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566723,36990,16,1189,0,'174.237.128.183',1345927168,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Deac\'s Game','[quote="januense":2t78791d][quote="45Ranger":2t78791d][quote:2t78791d] I wrote somethin’ and it killed someone else, I can’t stop killin’ people. I didn’t even mean to do it, and I’m still killin’ people, It’s never gonna end. I killed her inside.[/quote:2t78791d]\n\nHere we go.[/quote:2t78791d]\n\nDaria ?[/quote:2t78791d]\nYes. [i:2t78791d]Daria 2007, The Girl from Hope[/i:2t78791d]\nThe mention of writing was the clue. \nYour turn.','36e924d128d012ac8ce473e776e8cd59',0,'oA==','2t78791d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566724,37478,6,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1345928442,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Events','Hi Januense, a very intriguing story, I\'m dying to read more and I\'d be happy to beta for you.','1ab92cbb3a153313f477265a2b41262f',0,'','1as46tec',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566725,37414,3,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1345930547,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','Wow, we tied against the Springboks. I really thought we\'d lose all the matches in this [s:29volakr]Four Nations[/s:29volakr] Rugby Championships.','5bb943504a43da94b565dddc5af368f1',0,'AAQ=','29volakr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566726,36295,3,1891,0,'67.142.181.27',1345931035,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','Mashed potatoes & gravy, corn, noodles & beef, and a roll with grape jelly.','e32a9cffa1efc17b45e5bed70d34a976',0,'','3vjx5ghe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566727,37477,3,124,0,'75.109.131.226',1345931134,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','Hopefully someday, NASA will get enough funding again to take bold risks like that again. Yeah, it\'s great to send a nuclear-powered mobile lab to Mars, but getting a person in space is KIND OF A BIG DEAL.','bfd31bb06db3334d886d7a59cbcde12f',0,'','2wqk1939',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566728,37477,3,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345931292,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','Goodbye, Neal. We\'ll get back there, someday.','326cae88cfa7c840c59bf161faf5197f',0,'','jheet4d1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566729,37414,3,94,0,'98.202.162.103',1345932747,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[url=http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/558986_467380776628164_1633875918_n.jpg:3gg1hb1h]The Doctor is in a DeLorean. All arguments are now invalid.[/url:3gg1hb1h]\n\n--Erin M.','58178a924640d8e5ed62b0da5efb39f8',0,'EA==','3gg1hb1h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578188,37948,16,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1351330624,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Question: Tom Sloane\'s Final Alter Ego','Who is Earl?','7da4e3301283498b546fde52ba98fe51',0,'','33zrwta1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578189,34018,6,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1351330912,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: Darkwing Daria','[quote="Charles RB":176jzsgl][i:176jzsgl]Awesome[/i:176jzsgl].\n\nBut which villain does that make Evan...?[/quote:176jzsgl]\n\nEvan is a villain in his own right.','92347a973b6cde83357571e75ac3ccc3',0,'oA==','176jzsgl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578190,37955,6,1108,0,'86.139.166.42',1351332007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Timed IC: More Legends of the Mall','[quote="RX-87":2n6t1n8x]\n"Duuude... not cool."[/quote:2n6t1n8x]\n\nYou\'re wrong there, Kevin! \":twisted:\"','1e26c87a5900db5616f1e7705313ca2c',0,'gA==','2n6t1n8x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578191,36766,6,1548,0,'72.91.86.179',1351332394,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Rude Awakening Ep 11: Sucks To Be Them! (9) 10/26/12','Linda\'s going to get lucky (70s porn music) \":lol:\"','e696ff04cd744d6855a580e8534061ba',0,'','gugkrq8p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578192,37971,6,2160,0,'99.180.76.25',1351332617,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Complete AU Stories','Hello. I\'m looking for (only just started watching the show and reading fanfiction for it a few months ago) and want opinions (if it\'s worth reading or not) on stories that redo the entire series, such as Finn Morgendorffer or John Lane.','7813c0890d9fd27d428945a3f3d75732',0,'','2d6kaoc6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578193,37966,3,1108,0,'86.139.166.42',1351334305,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Am I choosy or mind controlled?','[quote="Ranger Thorne":20fjr817]\nBut marketing works for a reason.[/quote:20fjr817]\n\nWell, that\'s the thing - [i:20fjr817]does[/i:20fjr817] it work half the time? We see catchy ads over and over, but how often do we actually buy a product that we weren\'t buying before? (I can still remember the adorable puppies ads for Andrew toilet paper but I\'ve never bought any of it, I got the generic brands) To a large extent, the ads aren\'t there to sell the product to us: they\'re there to sell the advertisers to the people who make the products.','f2c66ba85f7ac60516e16f0657dc1ad8',0,'oA==','20fjr817',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578194,37948,16,1108,0,'86.139.166.42',1351334383,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Question: Tom Sloane\'s Final Alter Ego','[url=http://dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Earl:1purx6gj]This dude.[/url:1purx6gj]','f9d366effd33a8e3810af8f1b4752c97',0,'EA==','1purx6gj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578195,37915,16,1779,0,'89.100.36.223',1351334815,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: I just finished my Daria marathon.','[quote="dragonrider":j46y4qyd]Yay I am welcome. \":D\"[/quote:j46y4qyd]\n\nYou are indeed. Now get to work on that Daria/Pern crossover \":D\"','641389eb40aa94c5ebc69462a5df8e84',0,'gA==','j46y4qyd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578196,37971,6,1789,0,'92.243.181.15',1351335814,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Complete AU Stories','I advice you to read God Save the Esteem and Hallowed Halls of Fielding.','cd24bd54151cf33befbe4469d4215806',0,'','1ecmagrx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578197,37955,6,1406,0,'79.32.116.92',1351336906,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Timed IC: More Legends of the Mall','nice stories \":D\" \n\n[quote="Charles RB":11oc24v1]Back In The Day[/quote:11oc24v1]\n\nis this story inspired to a book or something like that ?','bd64107f339bdc022ce8df32f12b0abc',0,'gA==','11oc24v1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578198,37969,6,1406,0,'79.32.116.92',1351337395,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: [fic] Costumes and Candy','nice \":)\"','eebd33f1299d10cbae1bd71c50f981fd',0,'','7p8n29xd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578199,37942,5,1798,0,'82.132.216.14',1351339215,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Favorite Lyrics from songs','I think my favourite line from a song ever is \'everything scars the skin.\' It helps it comes from obe of the songs that will ensure I will get up and dance, not that anyone ever plays it.','f23cb50870eb54127d4c42563c7b4519',0,'','3c1l540a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566731,37002,6,1418,0,'24.58.173.101',1345933550,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','If things got this mad max the US would have a war of reunification of it\'s own to deal with well before questions of restarting world trade would come up. Think warlord-era China.\n\nThe US\'s being unable to help out due to having to retake the rockies from The Lord Humungus\'s regime* and Utah from Glenn Beck\'s** Deseret and other petty warlords would explain why India goes from over a billion down to 12 million.\n\n* I know he\'d realistically be in Australia but I don\'t care. Rule of cool is in effect.\n** Yes, I have no shame.','b5bc405704ae1a35bdd4f5cc3c1ba822',0,'','3qmslw08',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578187,37966,3,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1351330497,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Am I choosy or mind controlled?','Choosy people may choose Jiff, but cheap folks like me buy the generic. \":lol:\" \n\nBut marketing works for a reason. I mean "Plop plop fizz fizz" still registers with a lot of people my age for a reason. \n\nBut as to your question; you\'re not mind controlled, per say, just open to the occasional suggestion.','9d47a9cd14a826234342fd6bec7de2a5',0,'','hcvyyzk5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578186,37863,3,87,0,'69.180.239.24',1351330289,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread LXVII: Slightly More Roman','[quote="breitasparrow":245j9upd][quote="LadieTAG":245j9upd]I have a confession to make - I always feel weird when I leave a comment in the Easel forum. I think it\'s because I can\'t cut much less draw a straight line or am I just getting weirded out for no reason?[/quote:245j9upd]\nDon\'t feel weird. Plenty of non-writers here leave feedback for fanfics all the time, it\'s no different for art. \":D\"[/quote:245j9upd]\n\nI\'ve even posted stuff in the Easel. If they haven\'t hunted me down and strung me up yet you have nothing to worry about.','b8600212ed8a8b020ef972620a846dd0',0,'gA==','245j9upd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566733,37477,3,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345934390,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','Farewell.','1181e3c3a047cd48d90e529a8f6c203d',0,'','201z3t0p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566734,37414,3,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345934503,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','An ER visit for a severe allergic reaction is not the way I had planned to finish off a day at the beach.\n\nBack home now and feeling out of sorts, with no clue of what triggered the reaction.','9cc1a0b394299aa82ebde7faf4abf09f',0,'','25kogk7z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566735,37477,3,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345935135,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','[quote="MartinUK":2u7bi1k8]Not profound, but an additional reflection from me.\n\nIt saddened me once to realise that that so many people I know are unable to look at the moon and say (as oldies like me can), "People walked there in my lifetime." I hope that you don\'t get to say, "There were once people alive on this planet who walked on the soil of a body beyond this earth; once, but no more."[/quote:2u7bi1k8]\nVery good point.\n\n \":drink:\" Mr Armstrong.\n\nWouldn\'t a monument on Luna be a nice thing to do.','b829a4b2fcfe24b7ed8c9452410bd07f',0,'gA==','2u7bi1k8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566736,37465,3,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345935220,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: MartinUK - great new metal track','[quote="MartinUK":205wpcob]:drink:\n\nYou landed on your feet at that gig! If only all venues were so well stocked. Thank you for toasting me -- glad to have been of service. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nI won\'t forget your introducing me to beetroot in burgers. Mmmmmm.[/quote:205wpcob]\nNext time you\'re here, we\'ll have a hamburger with the lot at the Bungendore servo - best burgers in the universe - and a Hobgoblin at the pub. \":D\"','7ba3bc440a1de574c84d966cf6090d38',0,'gA==','205wpcob',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566737,37456,5,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345935308,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','Hey, the scenes are still there in the movie and that is what I and others have taken away. If they were unintentional, that just makes it funny.\n\nAn no, I had no idea of the director\'s background nor his predilections. If you had made that point sooner, I would have understood your point a lot better.','8b893fb1aa3eca572543f49c1e5e4698',0,'','8v9he8sa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566738,37474,4,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345935394,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Navy Seal Outed By FOX News: Now Al Quaeda Target.','Since it\'s Faux, Al Qaida will probably assume it\'s bullshit.','0452ccd014ffd6307287358f20365127',0,'','3psav1jk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566739,37467,4,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345935440,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Anders Behring Breivik Sentenced To 21 Years Prison','[quote="BlackHole":3g40tcmg][quote="Staticblast":3g40tcmg][quote="Deref":3g40tcmg]Rather a pity. I was hoping that they\'d come down on the side of insane.[/quote:3g40tcmg]\nWhy?[/quote:3g40tcmg]\nBreivik wanted/-s to be taken seriously in his actions and claims. Sending him to the asylum would have him locked away [i:3g40tcmg]and[/i:3g40tcmg] invalidated his \'world\'. That\'s why they said he\'d appeal any conviction on insanity but not a life sentence.\nI am torn on this. Asylum would have been the worse sentence to him, and I\'d be tempted to dish it out. But maybe the facts are different and despite all aspects of revenge the judge made the adult decision. I have high regards for how Norway - population and systems - handled this.\n\nBTW as I understand this is 21 year plus consecutive, possibly unlimited, preventative custody. Minor difference, but not the same as extending the prison sentence.\n\nBlackHole[/quote:3g40tcmg]\nThat.\n\nBeat me to it.','cd03ad63adff0f4155711ebddac9d885',0,'oA==','3g40tcmg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566740,37464,4,114,0,'210.9.140.92',1345935535,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Texas Judge: Civil War If Obama Is Reelected','I think "judge" means something different there to what it does here.','5d6a9605575e1fc2fb9aa1f7111e40cf',0,'','2bqo9r7h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566741,37002,6,1690,0,'189.247.93.153',1345936098,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','The greater that India itself could cause would be the ownership of their nuclear weapons, I bet that in the confusion that is going to follow one general or another will want to have an emergency retirement plan, and there would be a lot of buyers in the current setting.','862bd618688f51d47bbbba86b65e6ee8',0,'','18powhfi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566742,37476,10,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345936181,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The pics pile in!! New Daria Cosplay photoshoooot!! :D','[quote="Fhujeth_x":xjfzxuoc]Thanks! Also, I do not cosplay characters I don\'t know, sorry...[/quote:xjfzxuoc]\n\nWell, just asking. \":D\"','cfa2014df0f599cf40bc520ddd150231',0,'gA==','xjfzxuoc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566744,37456,5,1001,0,'81.60.151.116',1345936538,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="RLobinske":3c27vvs2]Hey, the scenes are still there in the movie and that is what I and others have taken away. If they were unintentional, that just makes it funny.\n\nAn no, I had no idea of the director\'s background nor his predilections. If you had made that point sooner, I would have understood your point a lot better.[/quote:3c27vvs2]\n\nHey, don\'t get me wrong: it\'s still a ridiculously funny moment. My point is, it\'s not deliberate.\n\nBut hell, [i:3c27vvs2]excuse me[/i:3c27vvs2] for presuming you had a minimum knowledge on the background of the matter we were discussing...! \":P\"','37462ddf6548c6b4fa1f92d3c918b627',0,'oA==','3c27vvs2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566745,37456,5,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345936796,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="Raskolnikov":1kbhrecb][quote="RLobinske":1kbhrecb]Hey, the scenes are still there in the movie and that is what I and others have taken away. If they were unintentional, that just makes it funny.\n\nAn no, I had no idea of the director\'s background nor his predilections. If you had made that point sooner, I would have understood your point a lot better.[/quote:1kbhrecb]\n\nHey, don\'t get me wrong: it\'s still a ridiculously funny moment. My point is, it\'s not deliberate.\n\nBut hell, [i:1kbhrecb]excuse me[/i:1kbhrecb] for presuming you had a minimum knowledge on the background of the matter we were discussing...! \":P\"[/quote:1kbhrecb]\n\nSorry, but I don\'t know the detailed backgrounds of movie directors. I didn\'t know that was required knowledge. \";)\" \";)\"','a4b43be4190f97b2001ece14eeb5163b',0,'oA==','1kbhrecb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566746,37477,3,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345936846,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','I was just ten months old when Apollo 11 happened. Admittedly I don\'t have too many memories of it but I do about the Skylab missions, the Viking landings (American\'s first Mars landings BTW) and then the Space Shuttle began.\n\nI knew a few people who worked at Grumman, where they built the lunar modules used for the missions.\n\nSomehow, this seemed appropriate:\n\n[youtube:el9qrqb2]FfdSX59rS7g[/youtube:el9qrqb2]\n\nGodspeed, Neil Armstrong. Godspeed. \":cry:\"','5577a2081a5e83b738fbcb74aa2d94be',0,'AAE=','el9qrqb2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566747,37464,4,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345937007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Texas Judge: Civil War If Obama Is Reelected','[quote="Deref":37skf9yi]I think "judge" means something different there to what it does here.[/quote:37skf9yi]\n\nWell, given that most state/county/municipal judges are elected in the US (all on the Federal level--including the SCOTUS justices--are appointed) and have to pander to an electorate, well, yeah, it\'s a given that it would mean differently. \":-P\"','7f1942acd0f655b190d809480a7422f7',0,'gA==','37skf9yi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566748,37474,4,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345937043,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Navy Seal Outed By FOX News: Now Al Quaeda Target.','[quote="Deref":2xljac6q]Since it\'s Faux, Al Qaida will probably assume it\'s bullshit.[/quote:2xljac6q]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','8dc7b4233bd936132ab6476e1674a655',0,'gA==','2xljac6q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566749,37308,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.24',1345937121,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Losers No More (Pt 6: Gossip Fuel)','[b:2agpyv1p]Part 6: Gossip Fuel[/b:2agpyv1p]\n\n“I’d ask if these people have anything better to do than spread gossip and spy on our going’ons,” Daria said while eating the excuse for food that was served at the cafeteria, “But I remind myself that this is Lawndale.”\n\n“Exactly,” Jane replied while polishing of the guaranteed meal of her day.\n\nNext to her, David glanced over his shoulder just in time to catch a couple of the freshman girls looking their way, they immediately ducked away and began chirping away like crickets.\n\nHe turned back to the group with a weary face and said, “You’d think they’d get bored of it by now.”\n\n“I’m sure they will,” Jane replied while eyeballing David’s largely untouched lunch, “Something else will come up, it always does.”\n\n“Look who it is.” Graham said from nowhere and directed their attention to a geeky red-headed boy who was trying to avoid their table like the plague.\n\nDavid went very rigid and his face became difficult to read, but his eyes spoke volumes and none of them were fit for polite company.\n\n“If you don’t mind my asking,” Daria said once Upchuck was out of David’s line of sight, “What’s between you and Upchuck?”\n\n“Who…? Oh right Charles.” David replied with momentary confusion since he was still getting used to the place, “It’s, well… A long story.”\n\nBut with Daria, Jane, and even Graham looking at him with anticipation, he cleared his throat and began to speak very carefully and at a lower tone than before to avoid being overheard.\n\n“I told you about us going to the same boy’s school, St. Joseph’s, we were pretty close friends,” David began with his expression a mix of anger and sadness.\n\n“In a place like that it’s kind of like prison, lots of guys with hormones starting to kick in, it tended to get pretty… Strange.”\n\nHe then sighed and went into lower tones than before, “I’ve never told anyone about this, not even Graham so I’m putting a lot of trust in you three not to blab.”\n\n“We won’t.” Graham replied and both girls nodded firmly at that, he spoke for all of them in this matter.\n\nDavid shut his eyes, “Me and Charles well… We did some stuff, experimental and all that… I have to admit that I had a crush on him but he… he…”\n\nDaria recalled what David had already said about Charles Ruttheimer III and reached the conclusion before David even said it.\n\n“He decided that he’d rather get out and ‘chase the muff around’, those were his words by the way,” David tacked on the last when Jane and Daria glared at him.\n\nHe then sighed, “Well after all that I tried to move on, I mean he was the only guy that I was ever into like that, but it really hurt to be rejected like that.”\n\n“David…” Graham said sadly while Jane put a comforting arm around him and hugged him for a minute.\n\n“It’s ok,” David answered coming back more into himself, “I mean it’s the past right? No reason to dwell on it.”\n\nHe then put on a brave smile, “And besides, I dated a couple girls at Grove Hills and I figured out that I’m straight, more or less, so it worked out in the end.”\n\n“But I have to ask,” He added to get off the topic, “How has it worked out for Charles in the ladies department?”\n\n“We all call him Upchuck,” Jane replied, “What does that tell you?”\n\n“Ouch!” Graham and David both said while wincing in unison and Daria chuckled.\n\nWhile they had been quiet, they had been observed by everyone in the cafeteria and seeing Jane hug someone was just more fuel for the fire.\n\n----\n\nWhile Graham stood by waiting while Daria got her books out of her locker, as she turned around with them in hand they heard a voice say, “Smile!”\n\nThen there was a blinding flash of light and two matching cries of pain to match retinal damage.\n\n“What was that for Ted?!” Daria said in irritation while rubbing her eyes.\n\n“I’m just getting some pictures of couples for the yearbook,” Ted Dewitt-Clinton said through the blurry haze of the duo’s visions, “I’ll have to find Jane and the other new guy, see ya!”\n\n“Hey wait!” Graham said to the figure as he retreated, as his vision came back to him he saw the back of a kid that was even nerdier than himself.\n\n“It’s too late,” Daria said while pulling Graham back a bit, “Besides you’ll never catch up to him.”\n\nGraham sighed, “Why does everyone think we’re dating?”\n\nDaria shrugged, “Don’t know, who cares?”\n\n“Good point.” Graham replied with a small smile, “Should we warn David and Jane?”\n\nDaria began to respond but a pair of matching cries of pain erupted from down the hallway.\n\n“Nah.” Daria replied with a Mona Lisa smile, which for some reason caused Graham’s stomach to flutter a little.\n\n“We should get going,” Daria added and began walking to their next class and Graham shook himself out of… Whatever it was that he was feeling and followed in her wake.\n\n----\n\nIn Bennett’s Economics class due to the new seating arraignments, Jane and Daria had the rare experience of not being able to sit together in class, instead Daria was sitting next to David in the middle rows while Jane and Graham were two rows ahead of them.\n\n“At least I still have someone to talk to,” Daria thought with small comfort at the silver lining at this very grey cloud.\n\nSo while half-paying attention to Ms. Bennett’s attempts to convey information by use of chalk drawings that resembled modern art, Daria and David chatted.\n\n“My Mom is on a parental bonding kick again,” Daria explained when David asked her why she might not be available during the weekend, “She wants to teach me how to drive.”\n\n“Is that bad?” David asked as a reply.\n\n“In theory no,” Daria conceded, “But in reality… Who knows?”\n\nDavid went, “Heh!” at that. Then he added, “Well if she’s half the workaholic that you make her out to be then something will turn up that will cause her to cancel, if that happens then I can do it myself.”\n\n“Really?” Daria replied with surprise.\n \n“Yeah really,” David replied with sincerity, “It’s better than getting nervous with a parent doing it or worse, having someone like Graham do it that’s for sure.”\n\n“Is Graham a bad driver?” Daria asked even while remembering that she had never actually seen Graham drive, it had always been David behind the wheel.\n\nDavid gave a small, dark smile, “Let’s just say that you’d be better off rolling the car down a hill with NO driver than let ‘Psycho Graham’ behind the wheel of a car, that is if you want it intact and no dead bodies in your wake.”\n\nDaria laughed until she realized that David wasn’t kidding.\n\nThen she went, “Oh.” and laughed even harder, which drew the attention of [i:2agpyv1p]everyone[/i:2agpyv1p] in the room including Ms. Bennett, none of whom (apart from Jane) had ever heard Daria laugh at anything.\n\nOnce she realized she was being stared at, Daria whipped around with her usual deadpan expression and said, “What?”\n\n“Nothing!” Ms. Bennett squeaked and then shuffled her feet, “Well it’s just… Could you keep it down please Ms. Morgendorffer?”\n\n“Of course,” Daria replied plainly, “My apologizes.”\n\nMs. Bennett nodded swiftly at that, glad that she had avoided any more awkwardness and resumed her attempts at teaching.\n\n----\n\n“Wow!” Brittany squeaked as she talked with Jodie after class, “I don’t remember ever hearing Daria laugh, or see Jane hug someone. They must really like those guys.”\n\nJodie made a small amused sound and replied, “Yeah but they’re not dating.”\n\n“Uh Jodie…” Brittany replied carefully as if she was explaining something complicated to a small child, “If they’re like, not dating then why are they so friendly with each other?”\n\n“Maybe they’re just friends,” Jodie replied, amused that Brittany thought that she knew something that she didn’t, “You know like you and me.”\n\n“Oh!” Brittany exclaimed and then did it again when Kevin came up behind her and pinched her butt.\n\nJodie smiled at that and then felt the comforting presence of Mack at her side.\n\n“Hey Mack Daddy!” Kevin said happily.\n\nMack told him not to call him that and then said, “So let me guess, you guys are talking about how David and Graham have hit it off with Daria and Jane right?”\n\nBrittany replied, “Hey yeah! How’d you guess?”\n\n“Because that’s what everyone is talking about.” Mack replied with his own amused smile at Brittany’s airhead question.\n\n“Well if they are hooking up then it’s like, wow!” Kevin said with his usual dopey grin, “Cus I was pretty sure that Daria and Jane were… You know… Into each other if you catch my drift.”\n\nJodie and Mack both sighed at that and Mack said, “Jane and Daria aren’t gay, I’ve explained this.”\n\n“Yeah but…” Kevin began before Brittany whacked him as a distraction.\n\nWhile Kevin cried out in pain he was glad he wore his pads again, cus otherwise that blow might have broken bones.\n\n----\n\n“So you’re going to show Daria how to drive?” Graham asked as he and David were washing their hands in the boy’s bathroom.\n\n“Yup,” David replied, “I’m not sure which car to use though.”\n\n“Why not the BMW?” Graham replied casually as he finished washing his hands and started looking for a paper towel dispenser that had actual paper towels in it.\n\n“That’s technically my Dad’s car,” David answered, “So if something happens to it.”\n\n“Gotcha,” Graham replied, “So which one in your name is going to be the lucky victim?”\n\n“Like I said,” David answered as he found the only full one in the room, “Not sure.”\n\n“Well I’d go with one of those fast sports cars,” Graham answered with a mad gleam in his eyes, “But a gal like Daria… Go with something built for safety, she’ll appreciate it.”\n\n“The Guardian then,” David said mostly to himself as he backed up a step and let Graham have access to the towel dispenser.\n\nAfter he was finished and they left the bathroom, Upchuck stepped out of the stall and sighed with relief, having been afraid that they’d never leave.\n\nHe washed his hands and face in the water and then cleaned himself off and looked in the mirror for the long time until he had his emotions under control and practiced his “Feisty’s” until they were at normal tones.\n\nHe couldn’t let anyone see that there was anything going on or bothering him, it might lead to awkward questions.\n\nBut even after he departed the bathroom, the knot of worry in his belly wouldn’t go away.','a0724ce284c9c0277e23949b3e984363',0,'YA==','2agpyv1p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566751,37414,3,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345937440,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="RLobinske":21hevl03]An ER visit for a severe allergic reaction is not the way I had planned to finish off a day at the beach.\n\nBack home now and feeling out of sorts, with no clue of what triggered the reaction.[/quote:21hevl03]\nShellfish? \":P\" \n\nI know, shouldn\'t joke about something like that, but I couldn\'t resist, and besides, Occam\'s Razor says it\'s most likely either that or a beesting, and you\'d have known if it was a beesting.\n\nAnyway, simplest would be to just have them do a general allergy test on you. That way you know what to avoid. I know this is advice that has been lobbed at different people repeatedly several times on the board now, but it bears repeating.','b87d03385231d32cdf42788de78f44ee',0,'gA==','21hevl03',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566752,37479,3,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1345938109,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Horse racing fans have been ROBBED! @-0','For the first time in its nearly century-and-a-half history, the Travers--the biggest race in Saratoga--ended in a [b:3u6a3f5y]DEAD HEAT[/b:3u6a3f5y]!!!!!!!!!! \":evil:\"\n\nHeavily favored Alpha and Golden Ticket ended tied for first.\n\nDetails [url=http://poststar.com/news/local/alpha-goldenticket-in-dead-heat-at-travers/article_12ba5900-ef02-11e1-9147-0019bb2963f4.html:3u6a3f5y]here[/url:3u6a3f5y].\n\nThe Horse of the Year picture has now been thrown into [b:3u6a3f5y]UTTER CHAOS[/b:3u6a3f5y]!!!!!!!!!!\n\nThey might as well name this nag Horse of the Year now:\n\n[youtube:3u6a3f5y]6GAbc5uQXJo[/youtube:3u6a3f5y]\n\n(Now mutters and curses to himself) \":evil:\"','047bee3ffb8215af42b38f403cce99f8',0,'UAE=','3u6a3f5y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566753,37414,3,849,0,'67.142.163.24',1345938145,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','My left hand got stung by a wasp while I was trying to get the screws out of the air conditioner frame. Now my hand looks like Kirk\'s in [i:11fp1wt3]Star Trek[/i:11fp1wt3].\n\n[img:11fp1wt3]http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s12/kaybee666/kirk1.jpg[/img:11fp1wt3]\n\nAll for nothing, since we ended up going out and buying a new one for the kitchen anyway. \":P\"','8c8b8c2f3b3c466f75088a14ae2e3848',0,'KA==','11fp1wt3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566754,37414,3,849,0,'67.142.163.24',1345938199,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Erin M.":1km1jgwf][url=http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/558986_467380776628164_1633875918_n.jpg:1km1jgwf]The Doctor is in a DeLorean. All arguments are now invalid.[/url:1km1jgwf][/quote:1km1jgwf]\n \":shock:\" [size=200:1km1jgwf][b:1km1jgwf]EPIC WIN!![/b:1km1jgwf][/size:1km1jgwf]','4e6d1bcb742cc2210cb6990ba4ecd6b7',0,'1A==','1km1jgwf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566755,37474,4,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345938370,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Navy Seal Outed By FOX News: Now Al Quaeda Target.','[quote="Brother Grimace":36ub2eg2]\nHe already did that by writing a first-person account of the incident, and then, by not clearing it with the DoD and Pentagon first[/quote:36ub2eg2]\n\nUnder a pseudonym. Nobody who wasn\'t the DoD and Pentagon knew his real name until Fox blurted it.','6a02afd5f0fa73b696bfc19a944abc77',0,'gA==','36ub2eg2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566756,37477,3,305,0,'190.12.184.227',1345938427,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','[quote="MartinUK":19oghyao]It saddened me once to realise that that so many people I know are unable to look at the moon and say (as oldies like me can), "People walked there in my lifetime."[/quote:19oghyao]\nYeah, I could never say that. \":)\"','cc9e59cbaff5c9031a5b4efd0c890b7b',0,'gA==','19oghyao',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566757,37414,3,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345938584,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Staticblast":347jk1c3][quote="RLobinske":347jk1c3]An ER visit for a severe allergic reaction is not the way I had planned to finish off a day at the beach.\n\nBack home now and feeling out of sorts, with no clue of what triggered the reaction.[/quote:347jk1c3]\nShellfish? \":P\" \n\nI know, shouldn\'t joke about something like that, but I couldn\'t resist, and besides, Occam\'s Razor says it\'s most likely either that or a beesting, and you\'d have known if it was a beesting.\n\nAnyway, simplest would be to just have them do a general allergy test on you. That way you know what to avoid. I know this is advice that has been lobbed at different people repeatedly several times on the board now, but it bears repeating.[/quote:347jk1c3]\n\nNo marine organism stings, no new lotions or repellents, no new foods. Trust me, I would be much annoyed if I developed a shellfish allergy.\n\nSince I have no previous history, unless there is a repeat reaction, a general allergen panel is not recommended.','6b8c56c54b8defd701de7904d117dc03',0,'gA==','347jk1c3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566758,37339,6,1543,0,'70.29.77.179',1345938933,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Uranium in the Drinking Water, a HH/Daria fusion. 2.1','Very nice!','4591f81475385fdf2b45f5a3698cd738',0,'','2ia2uzxo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566759,37477,3,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345939107,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11162858\n\n[quote:2a22hew9]Asked how he felt that day, he replied "very, very small".[/quote:2a22hew9]\n\nMay we see his like again.','9b9678f8c3d18454c1e6f12475d3a395',0,'gA==','2a22hew9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566760,36295,3,545,0,'50.106.75.97',1345939290,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What are you Eating? The third course.','I got home from work to find that my wife and daughter made a calzone from a Chef Boyardee Cheese Pizza Maker kit. It was filled with lean hamburger, spinach, red onions, mushrooms and banana peppers, along with the required mozzarella cheese and pizza sauce. With that, I also enjoyed a bottle of A&W Root Beer.\n\nYum. As my daughter likes to say, my tummy is smiling. \n\nI followed that an hour later with a bowl of fudge swirl ice cream with fresh blueberries liberally poured over it. I actually find that quite tasty.','2dc3b112717650e1823d4364d5c969d0',0,'','1qfmyxy9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566761,37477,3,545,0,'50.106.75.97',1345940232,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','Rest in peace, Mr. Armstrong.\n\n\nIf anyone here ever ends up in northwest Ohio, visit the [url=http://www.armstrongmuseum.org/:367nbveo]Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum[/url:367nbveo] to see more about the man, who was born in the area.\n\nI\'ve been there three times, and will probably go sometime in the next year.','a40e4c0f1b02d45d6a59122e8e1a3927',0,'EA==','367nbveo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566762,37456,5,545,0,'50.106.75.97',1345940403,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','Milius said at one point that he wished that MGM would\'ve let him make the original into a 3-hour epic, like he wanted.\n\n\nIt\'s interesting to imagine what he would have done with the extra time.','d3e2b55f25b4d93c848398840ab3a529',0,'','3qwhlorl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566763,36493,6,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345940638,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Family New (Part 10)','[b:2hhb0qia]Part 10[/b:2hhb0qia]\n\n\nFrom the window on the staircase landing, Rita watched Daria and Jane walk away toward school. Thinking back to high school, she regretted not having one friend like that. She\'d had many friends and was one of the most popular girls in her class, but Rita felt a tinge of regret and envy. After the girls were out of sight, she turned and walked down the stairs. "In that way, you\'re lucky, Daria."\n\n"What was that, Mom?" Erin said from the living room.\n\n"Thinking about Daria and her friend, Jane."\n\n"They seem pretty close. Kind of like me and Nancy in high school. Well, before I screwed things up."\n\n"It wasn\'t your fault."\n\n"Yes, it was, and I don\'t want to talk about it."\n\nRita sighed, "Okay, Erin."\n\n"I just seem to keep screwing up everything in my life."\n\n"Erin."\n\n"I do, and you know it." Erin bitterly laughed. "You even warned me about Brian, and you were right. You\'re even more right than you thought."\n\nRita carefully listened and didn\'t interrupt.\n\n"I don\'t even think that I love him."\n\nRita listened.\n\n"Scratch that, I don\'t love him." Erin quickly turned and marched to the front window. "The only damn reason I\'m still with him is that he gave me herpes and nobody else will ever want me."\n\nRita rushed over, "Oh, sweetie."\n\n"Did you hear me? He gave me herpes!"\n\nRita replied, "I heard, and I\'m sorry."\n\nCrying, Erin said, "You\'re not going to tell me, \'I told you so?\'"\n\n"Would it do any good?"\n\n"No."\n\n"I\'m just trying to be here for my little girl."\n\nAccepting a hug, Erin said, "Thanks, Mom."\n\nRubbing sleepy eyes, Amy walked down the stairs and saw them. "Are we having a mother-daughter moment?"\n\nErin looked up, "I\'m breaking up with my boyfriend."\n\n"Um, sorry?" Amy said, confused.\n\n"Something I just realized I need to do. Long story."\n\n"Make it a clean break," Amy said. "Trust me on that."\n\n"I will."\n\nWalking past them, Amy said, "I really need to get some coffee."\n\nTo Erin, Rita said, "Are you going to be okay?"\n\nShe said, "I think so. I already feel better."\n\n\n\n\n"Daria is one of Lawndale High\'s most prized pupils," Principal Angela Li said as she escorted Rita and Amy to the auditorium. "Her academic prowess brings honor and glory to our school."\n\nAmy carefully whispered, "I already want to throttle this woman."\n\nRita nodded in agreement, but instead said, "Thank you, Ms. Li."\n\nAt a set of double doors, Ms. Li said, "You have seats reserved for you in the front row, beside Daria. I will be on stage shortly," and then walked around to the stage entrance.\n\nOverall, the gathered students ignored them as they walked down to their seats. Daria nodded when they arrived. It was clear that she was uneasy. \n\nJane was seated to the other side of her and looked glad to have help.\n\nRita looked up to see a large photo of Quinn placed next to a large bouquet of white flowers on the stage. To the side was a podium, where Ms. Li had just arrived. \n\nThe principal said, "Settle down, settle down, everyone."\n\nThe general buzz in the room quieted.\n\n"How can we make sense of such a tragic loss? Quinn Morgendorffer was one of the bright lights of the student body of Lawndale High. A beacon of fashion to us all."\n\nRita shifted her attention to Daria. The girl sat stiffly in the chair, grasping Jane\'s hand. From time to time, Daria\'s lip quivered slightly as she struggled with her emotions.\n\nRita barely noticed the three girls that came up on stage to speak, catching only their names: Sandi, Tiffany and Stacy. However, she was startled when Ms Li said, "And finally, a few words from Daria Morgendorffer."\n\n"Oh, no," Amy said.\n\n"Hold on," Rita replied, placing a hand on Amy\'s arm.\n\nDaria stood and turned back to Jane. "It\'s all right," she said. Looking a bit shell-shocked, Daria stepped up to the stage and to the podium while the room became silent.\n\n"I have only a short comment. If you have a sister, don\'t forget to tell them that you love them. Don\'t miss your chance. And, don\'t miss your chance with anyone important to you. Thank you."','e1cfcdd56354d0ea753b93f8bf88bf80',0,'QA==','2hhb0qia',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566764,36534,11,545,0,'50.106.75.97',1345940862,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Shared Characters : Can characters really be "shared"?','[quote="Lord Yellowtail":3rony5pp][quote="Brother Grimace":3rony5pp]I wish that I had the artistic ability of a dried frog; I\'m limited to [b:3rony5pp]VERY[/b:3rony5pp] bad stick-figures. (I wish to God I were kidding.) If I could draw even a decent bit, I\'d have taken [i:3rony5pp]Legion of Lawndale Heroes[/i:3rony5pp] into the webcomic phase [b:3rony5pp]long ago[/b:3rony5pp].\n\nI\'d also love to see some [i:3rony5pp]Apocalyptic Daria[/i:3rony5pp] stuff, I would actually pay for even a short [i:3rony5pp]Hallowed Halls Of Fielding[/i:3rony5pp] short comic, and the same goes for a [i:3rony5pp]FiC[/i:3rony5pp] short with Bump and Sissy. ([i:3rony5pp]The Cats Will Play[/i:3rony5pp] would do nicely.)[/quote:3rony5pp]\n\nDitto re: wanting drawings of the stuff you\'ve written. I\'ve thought about trying to commission a picture of the full JSA roster around their meeting table, like in the "Absolute Justice" episode of Smallville. \":)\"[/quote:3rony5pp]\n\nI gave up on asking for that kind of thing a long time ago. I\'ll settle for "seeing" the characters in my imagination from now on, and if someone happens to draw one of them, then I\'ll thank them.\n\nMy own son is an artist, and refuses to draw any of my characters for me. So screw it.\n\nIf my own artistic ability ever improves, I may post the result here. Or I may not. Depends on my mood.\n\nSorry for being a downer. I\'ll go back to writing now.','8d11c719cd3fb0349d65b13d9d31edef',0,'4A==','3rony5pp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566765,37477,3,1278,0,'64.229.178.36',1345941035,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: RIP Neil Armstrong','Truly he was a part of humanity\'s golden age. Makes you realize it\'s all downhill from here.\n\nI wonder, if another sentient race ever picks up where we left off, intelligent descendants of our electronics, perhaps, will there still be any record or evidence left of him at all? Or will they think they were the first to make that giant leap?','5fb126b39f3d405c3e25200705b48209',0,'','t4oiucro',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566767,37414,3,1030,0,'196.215.203.52',1345941931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="RLobinske":25h0yotq]Since I have no previous history, unless there is a repeat reaction, a general allergen panel is not recommended.[/quote:25h0yotq]\nWhy not? Can it induce allergies? If not, what is the reason it\'s discouraged?','00916a5be371633289dbadc97242e852',0,'gA==','25h0yotq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566768,37456,5,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345941986,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','Based on 3-hour films today? Padding. Lots and lots of fucking padding. (FUCK YOU PIRATES SEQUELS.)','d1dfc26d35088479d26c81b7642a73c9',0,'','1lxfjwt6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566769,35981,6,1543,0,'70.29.77.179',1345942378,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped','[quote="Walter Kovacs":3ob88o95][b:3ob88o95]History Class with Mr. M[/b:3ob88o95]\n[/quote:3ob88o95]\n\nGenius!','efb6e8d6606bf333a777ff55381ef561',0,'wA==','3ob88o95',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566770,37475,5,994,0,'71.193.216.245',1345942421,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just when Star Wars couldn\'t sink any lower..........','No just no.','90b3f47faf6cb748675f7349bbb83ea8',0,'','3nac8z6l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566771,37448,6,1543,0,'70.29.77.179',1345942445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Kiss [Non-Daria]','Thanks a ton! \":D\"','c38cdceb7f8c4f2113cb23cc3a7096ff',0,'','1rxofq9u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566772,37448,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.24',1345942681,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: The Kiss [Non-Daria]','I\'ve had a horrifying thought, a Daria/Twilight crossover... \":shock:\"\n\nKILL IT! HELP ME KILL IT WITH FIRE!','235d967f66a0761096c8ee1849881dc6',0,'','3k8tu5qk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(578185,36889,3,59,0,'98.214.72.176',1351330106,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Science: it still works','[quote="RLobinske":1q9ku3bw][quote="Brian Taylor":1q9ku3bw][quote="Brother Grimace":1q9ku3bw][url=http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/top-10-scientifically-inaccurate-movies-slideshow-903/title-card-scifi-themed-gallery-10211.html:1q9ku3bw]Ladies and gentlemen - ten scientifically inaccurate movies. You know them, you loathe them or love to hate them, and you almost certainly have to turn your brains off to watch them.[/url:1q9ku3bw][/quote:1q9ku3bw]\n\nSo why\'s [i:1q9ku3bw]Starship Troopers[/i:1q9ku3bw] on there? The rest of the movies, I get it. But it\'s always seemed really obvious to me that in the movie, the Federation flattened Buenos Aires themselves specifically to blame it on the bugs and get everybody infected with a steaming case of War Fever. I wouldn\'t call that "scientific inaccuracy." I\'d call it a triumph of subtext.[/quote:1q9ku3bw]\n\nYeah, when bugs can squirt plasma out of their asses and blow up orbiting starships, why worry about that? \":lol:\"[/quote:1q9ku3bw]\n\nDon\'t forget how those orbiting starships are owned by some pretty damned militaristic humans, but aren\'t even armed - or if they are, how they never fire upon the damned bugs from orbit (or just drop yottatonnes of nuclear ordinance in on the things from on high)... \":D\"','96c809ee074f1698ec763bd04b9a15ab',0,'sA==','1q9ku3bw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566774,37414,3,562,0,'58.111.78.144',1345943034,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Quiverwing":5paelqij]Wow, we tied against the Springboks. I really thought we\'d lose all the matches in this [s:5paelqij]Four Nations[/s:5paelqij] Rugby Championships.[/quote:5paelqij]\n\nOh ye of little faith... Told you [i:5paelqij]Los Pumas[/i:5paelqij] have a very goor rep, otherwise they wouldn\'t have been invited to join.','76fab78634d84bb90ecc8c2b88b29ffd',0,'oAQ=','5paelqij',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566775,37456,5,1001,0,'81.60.151.116',1345943061,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="RLobinske":28mcycgt][quote="Raskolnikov":28mcycgt][quote="RLobinske":28mcycgt]Hey, the scenes are still there in the movie and that is what I and others have taken away. If they were unintentional, that just makes it funny.\n\nAn no, I had no idea of the director\'s background nor his predilections. If you had made that point sooner, I would have understood your point a lot better.[/quote:28mcycgt]\n\nHey, don\'t get me wrong: it\'s still a ridiculously funny moment. My point is, it\'s not deliberate.\n\nBut hell, [i:28mcycgt]excuse me[/i:28mcycgt] for presuming you had a minimum knowledge on the background of the matter we were discussing...! \":P\"[/quote:28mcycgt]\n\nSorry, but I don\'t know the detailed backgrounds of movie directors. I didn\'t know that was required knowledge. \";)\" \";)\"[/quote:28mcycgt]\n\nWell, you know, when you\'re talking about their lifes and works, it kinda [i:28mcycgt]helps.[/i:28mcycgt] \";)\"','d219df1ca4604d5048b6e2c2b9cb1086',0,'oA==','28mcycgt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566776,37414,3,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345943064,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Completely Random Post Thread: Sunday morning blues','[quote="Staticblast":38me644o][quote="RLobinske":38me644o]Since I have no previous history, unless there is a repeat reaction, a general allergen panel is not recommended.[/quote:38me644o]\nWhy not? Can it induce allergies? If not, what is the reason it\'s discouraged?[/quote:38me644o]\n\nBecause a general panel is for common allergens with regular exposure. Since I have not had a previous reaction, then the odds of one of the materials in the general panel being the culprit is small, thus, it has little chance to reveal usable information.\n\nIf there is a second reaction, it may be possible to identify commonalities that can provide guidance for pinpointing the allergen.','30be23dfd4f5b139bbc60d1ea1138c42',0,'gA==','38me644o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566777,36493,6,1782,0,'63.233.104.250',1345943301,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Family New (Part 10)','What I really like that you did is that you didn\'t focus on anything that Sandi said and focused more on the family. It kept the tone consistent and I think you really avoided a trap that could have dragged the story down. \n\nI\'m really enjoying this story and can\'t wait to see more.','b8ec168dfe982fc422ec20290d9c852b',0,'','3w19ae4b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566778,37475,5,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1345943392,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just when Star Wars couldn\'t sink any lower..........','Once again, Lucas just wants to say "Fuck older fans, Star Wars is for kids".','b63d45513981c329c2cb2b0714b8a913',0,'','18d4b1p2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566779,37475,5,414,0,'209.6.146.209',1345943650,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just when Star Wars couldn\'t sink any lower..........','[quote="-sam":3c0yec41]It\'s robot chicken in computer generated form.[/quote:3c0yec41]\nI\'m pretty certain you just insulted Robot Chicken.','81ef10eddfb23a52a074a9ca7af0b3fa',0,'gA==','3c0yec41',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566780,37475,5,28,0,'76.112.172.157',1345943812,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Just when Star Wars couldn\'t sink any lower..........','[quote="Derek":3g5vwddl][quote="-sam":3g5vwddl]It\'s robot chicken in computer generated form.[/quote:3g5vwddl]\nI\'m pretty certain you just insulted Robot Chicken.[/quote:3g5vwddl]\nConsidering it\'s made by the same dudes, no.','d028a9f69175619e15cc96cb2e1e2b06',0,'gA==','3g5vwddl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566781,37456,5,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1345943883,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Red Dawn is Coming','[quote="Raskolnikov":1byn8ng5][quote="RLobinske":1byn8ng5][quote="Raskolnikov":1byn8ng5][quote="RLobinske":1byn8ng5]Hey, the scenes are still there in the movie and that is what I and others have taken away. If they were unintentional, that just makes it funny.\n\nAn no, I had no idea of the director\'s background nor his predilections. If you had made that point sooner, I would have understood your point a lot better.[/quote:1byn8ng5]\n\nHey, don\'t get me wrong: it\'s still a ridiculously funny moment. My point is, it\'s not deliberate.\n\nBut hell, [i:1byn8ng5]excuse me[/i:1byn8ng5] for presuming you had a minimum knowledge on the background of the matter we were discussing...! \":P\"[/quote:1byn8ng5]\n\nSorry, but I don\'t know the detailed backgrounds of movie directors. I didn\'t know that was required knowledge. \";)\" \";)\"[/quote:1byn8ng5]\n\nWell, you know, when you\'re talking about their lifes and works, it kinda [i:1byn8ng5]helps.[/i:1byn8ng5] \";)\"[/quote:1byn8ng5]\n\nYou were talking about his life and I was talking about my impressions of the movie. Beyond your first mention of the director\'s name, your comments did not come across that you were talking about him. I thought you were making general comments about humor and irony interpretations. Again, if you had mentioned his views earlier, it would have made much more sense and we would have avoided talking about two different things without realizing it. \";)\"','69ec854424729a0b701a7ecbd0f89142',0,'oA==','1byn8ng5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566782,36493,6,1454,0,'97.102.201.68',1345944134,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Family New (Part 10)','Sweet!!!!! Very good...','52f15f66d6df715a3e7309d19ff9e120',0,'','1ufqtylw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566783,36860,3,2126,0,'24.63.168.239',1345944751,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: "I\'m Still New Here!": The I\'m New Here Thread II','Hey, I am in fact new here, hence the post in the "I\'m new here" thread. You\'ll probably go months between hearing anything out of me, I\'m not really much of a joiner. Hell, I might just wander away and not log in again for weeks on end. I was a Daria-holic back when the series was first on the air - those were my high-school years too - but I hadn\'t touched the stuff for years until I saw the DVD collection on sale a few months ago and suffered a massive relapse. Other than that, all you really need to know is I\'m pretty much a jerk and you should be glad I don\'t talk more.','93c4d1b6163d3d2f65ff82bd61fe769e',0,'','2awlpme2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566784,37345,6,1454,0,'97.102.201.68',1345945006,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Another AU (maybe an IC?)','Hooked... Thanks Deac.... LOL','f04adeaf608b1850ed95f4ba584ad31f',0,'','2q1br5gc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566785,37002,6,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345945506,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!','[quote="abe":1i0z7a3x]\nBritain is another big food importer, if I recall correctly, but they might just possibly be able to get by with food rationing and subsidizing of food imports if they could manage to import enough food, e.g., via the Chunnel and by ship; it would depend whether enough food was actually available to be imported at a price the British could afford to pay.[/quote:1i0z7a3x]\n\nWe could potentially go "oil for food" with the North Sea reserves to get extra food in the first years. We wouldn\'t have much oil [i:1i0z7a3x]left[/i:1i0z7a3x] after a decade but, with severe austerity, we could manage. But if we\'re closing our borders - which was suggested earlier in the thread - then the UK isn\'t really [i:1i0z7a3x]relevant[/i:1i0z7a3x] to the world anymore, except for the oil it dishes out for food. (Would the City survive as a financial centre after the big economic crash and an isolation policy?) One upside is that it\'s so hard to leave the place that we won\'t have the "brain drain" that Ireland and Greece used to have (and have again).\n\nNot sure about the Falklands: it would take oil to still hold the place and its untapped oil reserves, and are they big enough to justify that expense? Would Argentina strike a deal with the islanders - the Falklands retain their autonomy as long as they share the oil - to avoid a costly invasion (It\'s not a very big military anymore) when every soldier might be needed to protect the nation in turbulent times?','02aa5d52a28ceb80b3d8ec4fe003c291',0,'oA==','1i0z7a3x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566786,37444,6,414,0,'209.6.146.209',1345945733,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: PERIOD!','[quote="Staticblast":3nvpb9f7][quote="Charles RB":3nvpb9f7][b:3nvpb9f7][u:3nvpb9f7]Red Dumb[/b:3nvpb9f7][/u:3nvpb9f7]\n\n"The Chinese have occupied Lawndale! And that sucks!" Kevin waved a shotgun for emphasis. "I\'m gonna [i:3nvpb9f7]fight![/i:3nvpb9f7] You can come along if you want, but if you don\'t you\'re a wuss!"\n\n"But how are we gonna fight, man?" asked Jamie.\n\n"On [i:3nvpb9f7]our[/i:3nvpb9f7] terms, bro - starting now. We\'re the [i:3nvpb9f7]Lions.[/i:3nvpb9f7]"\n\n***\n\n"And we now have breaking news from Maryland - tragedy has hit the filming of the new Red Dawn film..."[/quote:3nvpb9f7]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"[/quote:3nvpb9f7]\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','f9bbaa60e02403994dc996d320c0a9cd',0,'4Q==','3nvpb9f7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566787,37395,6,1891,0,'67.142.181.24',1345945889,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Curing Jealousy (Pt 7) (Partial Genderswap)','After a tense breakfast at the Morgendorffer residence, Quinton, Darin, and Sandro slinked off to Sandro’s car to begin the trip to school.\n\n“What about your friends?” Darin asked as Sandro pulled out of the driveway.\n\n“Chase is taking Ty and your friend Jean to school in his car,” Quinton answered from the back while Darin had shotgun.\n\n“Oh.” Darin breathed and wondered why he hadn’t asked about Jean until he realized that he hadn’t expected Sandro or Quinton to think about it at all.\n\nDarin chalked it up as a brownie point in their favor.\n\nSandro then thought randomly aloud to fill the silence, “I’m glad that your Mom is picking up some of my stuff today and dealing with…”\n\nHe trailed off, not sure of what to say about his mother that was fit for polite company.\n\nNeither Darin nor Quinton said anything in reply to that, they had had trouble following the conversations that Helen had had on the phone last night, it was all in legalspeak.\n\nBut the gist they had picked up was that Helen had talked the CPS into investigating the Griffin household in light of their son being kicked out after coming out of the closet.\n\nThey weren’t sure if she had secured any sort of custody yet, but if she hadn’t yet neither of the Morgendorffer brothers doubted for a moment their mother’s legal skills.\n\nShe’d have it soon enough.\n\nThey pulled up in front of Lawndale High and got a good space in the parking lot, they noticed Chase, Ty, and Jean getting out of a car nearby and waved at them.\n\n“God I’m so scared right now.” Sandro said under his breath even while keeping his face as casual as he could.\n\n“It’s ok,” Darin said quietly as they got out of the Firebird, “Just don’t forget to breathe.”\n\n“Maybe we could skip or something…” Sandro began before Darin reached his said and he stopped talking.\n\n“If we don’t do this now we never will.” Darin answered and then felt a little nervous himself as he offered his hand to Sandro.\n\nSandro Griffin took a very deep breath but still shook like a leaf as he took Darin’s hand into his and clinched it so tightly that Darin winced.\n\n“I… I’m ready as I’ll ever be.” Sandro breathed nervously and began putting one foot in front of the other and tried to ignore the stares of the early arriving students as he and Darin walked through the front entrance of Lawndale High.\n\n\nAt first all there had been were stares and looks of disbelief, granted the rumor mill had been going into overdrive since that posting on the Lawn-D Rumorz, there had been a lot of, “Ha ha that’s funny!”\n\nBut not a whole lot of people had put much stock into it, after all Sandro Griffin had a massive reputation as a ladies’ man, between him and Quinton they had slept with pretty much every single popular and/or hot girl in Lawndale, and a few in other school districts as well.\n\nNow everyone kinda half-believed the idea of Darin being gay, but him and Sandro together? Impossible!\n\nUntil they saw it with their own eyes.\n\n“I can’t believe that Sandro is a freak!” Evan said to a couple of his friends after Sandro and Darin had walked past them side-by-side.\n\n“I know dude!” his friend Bobby replied with a shudder, “And I used to think he was cool!”\n\n“I think Kevin is right,” his other friend Cal added with a grimace, “I’ll bet that he was looking at us in the showers and stuff after our meets.”\n\n“Ewww!” Evan and Bobby both squealed with grossed out shudders.\n\nDuring this, Kevin had run up to Jordan Landon and Macy Mackenzie and said, “Hey Jockey Jordan have you guys heard the news?”\n\n“What news?” Jordan replied while rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, “And don’t call me that!”\n\n“Hmm… You might be right about that,” Kevin said and shocked the hell out of his two friends, “I mean with Sandro dating a dude and all people might get like, the wrong idea.”\n\n“What?!” Jordan and Macy both said in shock and Kevin delighted in telling them the gossip, and then when they told him not to listen to gossip he said, “Hey I saw them walking into school myself, holding hands and stuff, they are like uber gay!”\n\nAfter a moment’s pause to take it in, Macy glanced at Jordan and said, “Maybe we should get this from the horse’s mouth.”\n\nThen as they walked away Kevin said, “Hey wait I don’t think this school has horses!”\n\n\nJordan and Macy found Sandro and Darin together, they were talking to each other and for some reason Jean and Quinton were there as well, looking almost like bodyguards.\n\n“Oh hey guys,” Jordan said as a greeting and Quinton and Jean both glanced at them suspiciously before looking relieved and greeted them in turn politely.\n\nMacy got one look at how cozy Sandro and Darin were and went, “Whoa it is true, Kevin was actually right about something.”\n\nDarin gave a terrible grin at that, “Is the universe coming to an end?”\n\nJordan held his own, “Maybe, is the Mayan Calendar over yet?”\n\n“Who knows?” Jean replied with his own smirk.\n\nSandro in the meanwhile listened to the banter, not quite sure how to get a word in edgewise, the art of the snark was quite beyond him.\n\nBut he was spared having to come up with something when they heard Tori Jericho’s voice as she approached with her two lackeys Brooke and Kelly in tow as she said in very loud tones.\n\n“I can’t bul-eve that I dated him!”\n\n“I know,” Kelly replied sycophantically, “It’s like, disgusting that they’re putting their things into each other, it’s so wrong!”\n\n“Ewww!” Brooke squealed as they all walked past and pretended that the objects of their gossip weren’t standing right there, “It’s gross!”\n\n“You know what’s gross?” Jean yelled at them, “Seeing someone’s nose fall apart!”\n\nBrooke went beet red with humiliation at the reminder of her nasal collapse during her Freshman year and scurried away at speeds that qualified her for the Olympics.\n\nTori and Kelly were forced to chase after her.\n\n“What did I see in those bitches?” Sandro asked himself aloud.\n\nQuinton supplied the answer, “T&A.”\n\nSandro snickered at that, “Yeah but I’m regretting it now.”\n\nThen they both realized that Darin was giving them both a glare that could kill and Sandro cringed and said, “Sorry!”\n\nDarin let his face relax a little and he replied, “It’s ok I guess, I mean I know you got around but I still don’t like being reminded of it.”\n\n“I’m sorry,” Sandro said again, “I’ll work on it, you’re the only one in my eyes now.”\n\nDarin let his face completely relax and gave a hint of a smile at that.\n\n\nSadly they were forced to part ways when they went to class, since they were in separate grades, and Sandro found himself in Science with his friends.\n\nMs. Barch was in her usual barely repressed man-hating form, but everyone knew that as much as she would love to lash out at the guys in her classes for being dumped by her ex-husband, she couldn’t.\n\nThe last time she had tried everyone in the room had pulled out their cellphones and started recording.\n\nNow between that and Ms. Li being forced to tell her to back off on screwing the guys on their grades when parents started hounding them with legal threats, Janet Barch was now an even more psychotically angry figure than ever before.\n\n“But contained.” Sandro reminded himself as she dished out the day’s lesson.\n\nIt took him a while to notice that something was up when she didn’t give him the usual dirty looks and verbal tongue lashings, but when Ty went, “She’s… leaving… us… alone… why?”\n\n“Not sure,” Chase replied quietly, “But let’s not ruin a good thing, kay?”\n\n“Okay…” Ty drawled bit more loudly than he intended.\n\nBarch paused for a moment but instead of snapping in rage she simply said quietly, “I’ll need Misters, Griffin, Morgendorffer, Rowe, and Blum-Deckler to stay after class.”\n\nEven the students who now thought that Sandro was disgusting gave him looks of sympathy, being in a room alone with that harridan was like being in a cage with a sleeping bear, who’s know when it would wake up.\n\nThe bell rang with unusual speed and as they were forced to stay behind, time then slowed down to a crawl as Janet Barch stood at her desk and the four of them waited for the torture to begin.\n\nInstead something else happened instead.\n\n“I must say that I’m both surprised and impressed with all four of you.” Barch said with a small smile.\n\nThen she laughed at the four very shocked faces, “I was wondering when Darin would find a boyfriend, for a while I thought that he and Ted would click but he went with Robert instead, I was worried that the tyke would never find someone.”\n\nAt the increased levels of surprise Janet Barch smile grew even more radiant, “Oh I know Darin from the meetings of Lawndale’s GSA, which by the by is often hosted by my local Church.”\n\nThen as she went to a drawer and pulled out some flyers, Chase Rowe squeaked out a question, “But I thought that you and O’Neill…”\n\n“Oh we are,” Janet replied nonchalantly as she handed them each a flyer, “I’m just a supporter.”\n\nQuinton read the flyer, which promoted the local Gay/Straight Alliance, which apparently held it’s meetings in the basement of the Lawndale Church of Universal Unitarianism.\n\nShe then smiled very sweetly and very un-barchlike at all of them, “Not only am I glad that you’ve been brave enough to come out so openly like this Mister Griffin, I’m really impressed by your three friends, I figured you for the types that would have ditched him in a second over something like this.”\n\n“Keep on impressing me boys,” she added with a grin, “Now here’s some passes for your next classes, so feel free to be as late as you want.”\n\nThey took their passes wordlessly but while the others got up, Sandro stayed behind long enough to say, “Thanks… Ma’am.”\n\n“No problem.” Janet replied kindly, “No get on out of here scamp!”\n\nSandro did as he was told, worried that whatever spell she was under would break before he could escape with his life.\n\n\nIf it hadn’t been for Jean’s quick reflexes, Darin would have been hit pretty badly by the fist that was swung his way, instead the jock that had thrown the haymaker found himself without any support as centripetal force and gravity dragged him to the ground.\n\n“AAAHHHHEEE!” The jock whose name Darin didn’t know fell to the ground.\n\nBefore he could get up, the nameless creep with black shaggy hair found himself face to face with a combat boot inches from said face.\n\n“These are steel toe,” Darin montoned from above like a Greek Deity with a thunderbolt, “Want to find out for yourself?”\n\n“No…” the would-be bully squeaked in fear.\n\n“Leave me alone then.” Darin replied and walked away.\n\nThe jockboy began to breathe in relief until Jean kicked him in the crotch and the security guard who had only just shown up took one look and said, "I saw nuthin."\n\n\nSecond period had only lasted for five minutes before the voice of Ms. Li boomed across LHS, “Will Darin Morgendorffer and Sandro Griffin report to the Principal’s office now!”\n\nAnd thus Darin and Sandro found themselves face to face with Angela Li, the power-mad Principal of their school.\n\nShe had some files on her desk but had closed them the instant they had come in and had indicated to two chairs in front of her, when they took their seats the door opened and the schools guidance counselor, Ms. Manson entered quietly and stood off to the side.\n\n“Hello gentlemen,” Ms. Li said quietly, “I called you in due to some things that I’ve heard…”\n\nSandro grinned at that, it was kind of funny to see the conservative looking Japanese lady squirm with uncertainty.\n\nDarin did as well but wanted to get away before any funny business happened, “Whatever you heard doesn’t matter, what does matter is that yes, Sandro and myself are dating, our sexuality is our own business, and while there has been some name calling and one student did try to hit me neither one of us have been in violation of school rules regarding displays of public affection.”\n\nThe barrage of legal-esque speak gave Angela something to grab onto, “Someone tried to hit you?”\n\nDarin replied in the affirmative and told her the story, but neglected to mention the crotch kick from Jean since he hadn’t ‘seen it’.\n\nGranted he had heard it, but see no evil applied here.\n\nMs. Li tapped the desk with her nails and said, “Your description of the perp sounds a lot like Saul Maxwell, rest assure that I will go over the tapes and ensure that, whomever did this will not be allowed to get away with it.” \n\nDarin nodded at that and then began to say, “If there is nothing else…” and began to get up.\n\nHis hopes were dashed with Ms. Li saying, “There is one other thing, Ms. Manson?”\n\n“Yes,” the older woman in the doctor’s coat replied and stepped forward, “Mr. O’Neill already wants to create yet another class, for gay and lesbian students at Lawndale as a support group.”\n\nBoth Darin and Sandro grimaced at this and Darin replied, “Lawndale does have a GSA.”\n\n“Yes,” Li replied, “But I am aware that there are more students with same-sex orientations and perhaps a school based chapter would be a good thing.”\n\nDarin wanted more than anything to argue with her but he found it very difficult to come up with anything in reply and fell silent.\n\nSandro had a brainstorm and spoke up instead.\n\n“It could work…” He began but then added, “But wouldn’t it make more sense if another teacher handled it? Cus I think Mr. O’Neill is taking on, like, way too much afterschool work.”\n\nMs. Li and Ms. Manson conferred privately for a minute before nodding at each other and Li swung back around.\n\n“I believe you might be onto something there Mr. Griffin.” Li said with an arched eyebrow.\n\nWhile Sandro thanked her, Darin looked at him with surprise and when he caught his eye couldn’t resist giving him a smile.\n\nBoth Li and Manson were very surprised at that, neither one of them had ever seen Darin’s face express anything other than that deadpan disinterest or the occasional irritation.\n\n“Very well,” Li said a bit more kindly than normal, “If and when we get a school-based GSA established it will be managed by another teacher… I’ll ask around to see who would be willing to manage it.”\n\nMs. Li then glanced at her guidance counselor for the school and added, “And if either of you needs to talk to someone, our Guidance Counselor is available.”\n\nThey both nodded at that and then Ms. Li dismissed them.\n\nOnce they were out of her office Darin said to Sandro, “That was quick on your feet back there, she had me flat-footed on that one.”\n\n“No problem,” Sandro replied as he put an arm around Darin’s shoulder, “I couldn’t imagine what Mr. O’Neill would be like trying to run a Gay support group but I’ll bet it would be super creepy.”\n\n“Yup.” Darin intoned while laying his head on Sandro’s chest for a brief moment, liking that he could get away with it in the empty halls.\n\n“I was stuck in his self-esteem class once,” Darin said quietly as they took advantage of their passes to spend a little extra time together, “It was only for a couple days but it’s a time I’d rather forget.”\n\nSandro laughed, “Yeah, and then they had that assembly and you revealed to everyone that you and Quinton were brothers, his denials were very amusing by the way.”\n\n“I’ll bet.” Darin replied and they both laughed and briefly kissed before pulling away and going their separate ways to class.\n\n\n“I must say that they are cute together,” Ms. Manson said while she and Li watched them on the monitors, on a separate TV screen was being looped the attempted assault on Darin by one of the guys on the football team.\n\nThey both winced when Jean kicked Saul in the crotch over and over due to the nature of the loop.\n\n“We’ll let that slide,” Li muttered to herself, “The last thing I need is a fight over punishing Jean since he was technically defending Darin… But I’m going to have to throw the book at Saul to keep this crap from happening again.”\n\nManson listened to this quietly and secretly agreed with her, “I don’t like Darin Morgendorffer,” she thought to herself, “But I wouldn’t wish that sort of thing on anyone.”\n\nLi talked to herself as she wrote out some notes to herself and Manson learned that she was planning on suspending Saul for two weeks and using the threat to kick him off the team to ‘encourage’ him and the other Jocks to avoid this sort of thing in the future.\n\n“The legal problems associated with this sort of bullying could drown this school in lawyers’ fees!” Li said to herself while Manson quietly excused herself and left.\n\nNot to mention a potential media backlash at her precious, Laaaandaaaleeee Hiiiighhhh.','4487e06a2c18de2b21da095b1c297ab2',0,'','152yo3d4',1,1347233988,'',1891,2,0),(566788,36508,6,1719,0,'24.192.240.188',1345946120,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: Blessings of the Moon -- Chapter 9 pt 2','Shaking the strange man\'s hand, Susie smiled, feeling a bit more comfortable in the fact that her hand didn\'t go through his. "Nice to meet you..." She nervously looked over at the car, "It still works, right?" Her main concern was getting to this Wind guy to see what he could do to help her sister, "Because if it\'s not--"\n\n"It works, we just have to push it out." Tom glared at Nick who looked away.\n\nNick nodded in assurance to Susie, "Right."\n\n***\n\nJesse held Stacy close to him with overbearing strength (even though Stacy had fallen asleep again) as the Tank drove off towards the Lane household, "So... is she like possessed or something?"\n\n"I\'m not a sinner..." Max tried to defend himself, "I\'m just a victim of unfortunate circumstances... unless that\'s a sin..." Confused he looked at the band\'s leader.\n\nTrent stared intently out the window, "Janie says that this girl is cursed or something and she needs to be cured before the next full moon, or else something\'s going to happen."\n\n"Cool." Jesse didn\'t think much of it, "Too many werewolves makes for bad hunting."\n\nMax looked at Stacy, "Jesse, if it was another werewolf in Lawndale, don\'t you think it\'d be easier to handle?"\n\n"Yeah Jesse. This isn\'t just a classic case of full moon fever. Janie says it has to do with some moon deity called Saarthos or something." Trent added, "So I\'d be careful if I were you, just in-case."\n\nThe Tank stopped in front of the Lane residence as the three boys got out, Jesse carrying Stacy out of the car and into the house. "Take her to the basement..." Trent opened the door, "Put her in the room with the bars, not the kiln room this time, alright?"\n\nJesse followed orders, carrying the sleepy girl down the stairs.\n\n---\n\n"Finally!" After about a good fifteen minutes of pushing, the car\'s wheel got free, "What is this car made of, cast iron?" Nick fell back on the ground, "...and I thought life\'s a bitch. So, mind if I accompany you to find Trent\'s bro?"\n\nTom shrugged, "Sure, just don\'t scare me like that again..."\n\n***\n\nJesse pushed open the iron bars of the make-shift prison cell in Trent\'s basement and laid the sleeping girl down on the cot inside. "We\'ll get you some food later." Jesse shut and locked the cell door and started to walk towards the stairs.\n\n"I..." Stacy mumbled, "I\'m not hungry..." She commented, waking up almost immediately as Jesse began to walk away.\n\nTurning around to look at her, Jesse blinked curiously, "Oh, well, I\'m pretty hungry so I\'m going to get some cake or something." He looked towards the door, "Maybe it\'ll be choc--"\n\n"You don\'t want cake." She interrupted. "Just as I don\'t want food myself." Sitting up, a sly smile crossed across her mouth, "...but I know a way to settle both our problems with one, very simple solution, Mr. Moreno." Crossing her legs she carefully undead the messy pig-tails, "Trent was foolish to trust you with me. Then again, what could a human possibly know about the Moon."\n\nJesse wasn\'t sure what Stacy was getting at, if it even was Stacy... not that he knew what Stacy was like to begin with, so he just listened, "I don\'t know." He said blankly, "He knows a lot about music though... if you want we can practise down here."\n\nLaughing quietly, Stacy eyed the ceiling, knowing Trent and Max were upstairs mingling and waiting for Jesse to return so they could practice or sleep. "Music isn\'t what I want either my friend... but I do know of a form of entertainment that would be oh, so much fun to see." She walked towards the front of the cage, "If I\'m getting my knowledge right... you\'ve known Trent for so long... but what bonded you together more than your music was your loyalty to each other, despite the differences in your blood."\n\nThis all went over his head, "Yeah." He stepped back, "Do you want me to get you the TV?"\n\n"Can your true loyalty towards your friends protect you from yourself, Mr. Moreno?" Smiling, Stacy closed her eyes, "...or will you give into the true monster inside you and finally bite the hand that\'s spared your miserable life."\n\nHe still didn\'t get it.\n\n"Because now..." Her eyes opened, revealing they were as white as the glow of the moon, "The full moon rises for you, my pet, and I wait to see a show of true friendship unfold before my eyes."\n\n---\n\nVacant looks on their faces, Trent and Max stared somewhat absently at the TV as Sick Sad World played before them, "It\'s funny how this is almost like a documentary but people just think it\'s for show." Max scratched his arm, "Jesse\'s been taking a while, we should ditch that girl and go get some lunch."\n\nTrent mumbled something under his breath that literally meant nothing and then yawned, "Yeah... I doubt that girl will do anything while we\'re gone."\n\nMax nodded and rose from couch, "I\'ll go see if he got lost or--" His words were cut off by the breaking of ceramics in the basement. "Just more clumsy."\n\n"Oh man..." Trent stood up and starred for the basement door, seeing that the light was on (and brighter than before). "You alright down there?"\n\nMax looked down the stairs, "Follow the sound of our voices. You\'re not lost."\n\n***\n\nJesse felt an all too familiar feeling run through his body as he back away more from the girl, "Mmm... The memory of this pathetic little bitch is much better than I thought." Stacy grinned, "Remember that time Susie tried to help you? Remember when she begged you to go to her family\'s pathetic little get away?" \n\n"I had rehearsal..." He looked away from her as he felt the familiar powers ravaging through his body. His muscles began to grow more as he began to undergo the changes of the moon, "She doesn\'t like me anyways--" His teeth grew longer and sharper as hair began to grow across his body... a immediate blood lust consuming his mind. \n\n***\n\n"I hope he\'s okay..." Trent began to walk down the stairs towards the special cellar area. "Maybe I shouldn\'t have left him alone with that girl."\n\nMax shrugged, following down the stairs, "Well maybe if she didn\'t try to attack--"\n\nBoth boys paused once they reached outside the room where Stacy was being kept, the sounds of deep growls getting louder as they got near. "That\'s not a good sign." Trent heard it and crept towards the door, "Jesse?"\n\n[b:cgb3haoi]End of 9[/b:cgb3haoi]','1f26761cfc3a3a162bf1a5850e8588fe',0,'QA==','cgb3haoi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(566789,37480,4,1108,0,'86.147.209.230',1345946715,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','"The unfounded fear of Muslim immigration"','[url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/doug-saunders-the-unfounded-fear-of-muslim-immigration/article4498250/:2oyhfdfk]Big, targeted article by a Canadian writer who spent eight years in north London:[/url:2oyhfdfk]\n\n[quote:2oyhfdfk]then, less than a year later, suicide bombs tore through the public-transit system, blowing both legs off one of my neighbours. The attacks were committed by British-born Muslims from Leeds who didn’t appear all that different from some of the guys we saw on Holloway Road.\n\nGiven those experiences, who wouldn’t look askance at the new neighbours? The appearance of visibly different immigrants from a minority religion, who tended to be poor and prone to conservative beliefs, was enough of a shock – that their influx coincided with the rise of an extremist political movement obsessed with Western presence in the “land of Islam” and bent on violence made it seem more than just shocking.\n\nFor a while, I myself would cast a sidelong glance at the bearded guy on the bus and think, “Could he be one?” I’d look at the packs of children accompanying the covered women and wonder if our values – especially of gender and sexual equality – would someday become a minority creed. For all of us, it was hard not to quietly ask: Were these pockets of violence and radicalism an inevitable extension of these immigrants’ everyday beliefs? Were they all potential extremists, commanded by their religion to resist cooperation and integration? Was it always going to be like this?\n\nIt was around that time that a new “Muslim tide” argument appeared on blogs, YouTube videos, in newspaper columns and bestselling books, offering an easy “yes” to these questions.\n\nYes, it said, these immigrants are different from earlier groups. They are driven by their religion, not by the laws and social codes of their new homes. They are reproducing at an unusually rapid pace, with fertility rates far higher than those of exhausted Western populations, and are poised to become a majority. And, yes, that is a danger because they are loyal not to their host society but to Islam, which, as these writers and activists see it, is not so much a faith as an ideology of conquest.\n\nThese claims began with obscure blog posts and work by hardcore anti-Muslim activists, but around 2005 they spread to popular books by authors such as Bruce Bawer, Christopher Caldwell and Thilo Sarrazin. Eventually, they also erupted into national politics in a dozen countries.[/quote:2oyhfdfk]\n\nAnd after that, the punchline:\n\n[quote:2oyhfdfk]The unease I felt on the sidewalks and buses of our London neighbourhood was not a novel sensation.\n\nIf I had lived there a dozen decades earlier, I would have watched the streets fill with suspicious-looking men and women wearing identity-concealing head scarves. Their families were widely believed to belong to an alien civilization. They segregated themselves from the native-born population, were guided by a deeply conservative religion that seemed at odds with modern values, and had the world’s highest reproduction rate. And they were using my neighbourhood to plot a wave of terrorist attacks that killed more Londoners and caused more political alarm than the jihadist attacks of the new millennium.\n\nToday, the Irish Catholics I’m describing are simply part of the neighbourhood’s mix, their pubs and churches an integral part of London’s culture. But for seven decades, Roman Catholics and East European Jews were widely regarded as disloyal, impossible-to-integrate members of an outside civilization. And not just in Britain: If you lived in Canada or the United States in 1950, you would have been aware of a certain type of immigrant seemingly determined to impose their values on their new home – guided by a religion that was not so much a faith as an ideology of conquest.\n\nOne of the bestselling books of the period, American Freedom and Catholic Power by Paul Blanshard, argued that Catholic culture is “a survival of mediaeval authoritarianism that has no rightful place in the democratic American environment.” The book was endorsed by Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein, and had great influence in Congress and academia.\n\nIn Canada, Italians, along with most other southern European Catholics, were classed as “non-preferred.” One government memo of the time said of the Italian Catholic worker: “even his civilization seems so different that I doubt if he could even become an asset to our country.” Outside of Quebec, it was quite normal to describe Catholic immigrants as an unwelcome and dangerous addition – and their “civilization” probably appeared (and in some ways was) more alien to Anglo-Americans than that of most urban Muslims today.\n\nThese statements sound like grotesque religious prejudice today, but to many they seemed well-justified at the time.[/b] After all, most Catholic countries had fallen to fascism or religious extremism; Catholic immigrant neighbourhoods were crime-ridden, violent and impoverished; and the worst acts of North American terrorism to that point had been committed by people from Catholic backgrounds. Who wouldn’t look askance at their Catholic neighbours?\n\n[b:2oyhfdfk]We have forgotten this history. And we have forgotten that the same things were said about the waves of East European Jewish immigrants before the war. The phrase “Judeo-bolshevism” was that era’s equivalent to today’s “Islamo-fascism,” and was frequently directed against Jewish immigrants[/b:2oyhfdfk].[/quote:2oyhfdfk]\n\nHe then goes on to piss on a load of "Muslim tide" beliefs, like how They will swamp us by breeding a lot - when not only do birth rates decline for second generation Canadian Muslims, it turns out Turkey, Lebanon, Emirates, Indonesia, and [i:2oyhfdfk]Iran[/i:2oyhfdfk] are seeing declining birth rates.','b45ade841f194b55c2135c153254a2d3',0,'8A==','2oyhfdfk',1,0,'',0,0,0); INSERT INTO `phpbb3_privmsgs` VALUES (89656,89444,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1393484823,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','[quote="Smijey":2hsqfyvr]I do sometimes wonder how vulnerable the wizarding world is to the threat of nuclear weaponry. I\'ve read several fanfics where it\'s actually come up; one of them, Partially Kissed Hero, had Luna (who was descended from Alice of Alice in Wonderland) turn some nukes into tapioca pudding or somesuch. (DO NOT READ Partially Kissed Hero, though, it is FRIGGIN\' GARBAGE). Another one whose name escapes me had Voldemort and Harry team up to go around an Earth frozen by a time-stop spell ol\' Voldy had set up in the event of a nuclear war, so they could go and dismantle all the in-flight nukes and save the day.[/quote:2hsqfyvr]\n\nBah. It\'s not so much that Wizards, say, lack the power to turn nuclear missiles into canaries. It\'s that they\'re so completely dismissive of Mundanes as a culture that they have no idea of the threat and wouldn\'t understand it until city blocks started getting vaporized. You don\'t even have to use nuclear weaponry in this scenario. I highly doubt Wizards would imagine Mundanes to be capable of destruction on the scale of Dresden, which was reduced to cinders with purely conventional weaponry.\n\nI\'m definitely in the "mudanes do it better" camp when it comes to military technology and 95 percent of everything else. I cannot imagine how the corrupt, incompetent society shown in JKR\'s books could possibly win against a modern 21st century military. At the very least they would have to do it fast, but I imagine by the time they got their crap together it would already be too late.\n\nNot to mention I\'m fairly sure that Mundane Governments would have some plans in place to deal with an open assault by Magicals. They know magic exists, and there\'s got to be plenty of Mundane-born and Half-bloods loyal enough to their country to serve as information sources and spies and strategic assets.\n\nWhich is why Mundane Britain\'s government will eventually decide it needs to roll over and flatten the corrupt, fascist government of "Magical Britain"--the same one that condones slavery, a caste system, rampant corruption, and views mundanes as lower form of life--and will end up doing so rather easily. The Mudane governments don\'t want a damn thing to do with the regressive wizards, but are done letting them abuse helpless mundane citizens and those magicals and beings lower on the caste-system pole.\n\nThis might well be precipitated by Fudge trying to downplay how bad things are going right up until the moment Lal and Harry and their marry band save the Queen of England and Prime Minister from Death Eaters. \"8)\" \n\n[quote:2hsqfyvr]Eep, yeah, the one with Luna torture. I think there was a bit of rape in that one as well, though if I recall correctly Ben was able to use the power of the Force, and True Love, to save the day.[/quote:2hsqfyvr]\n\nYeah. I really didn\'t like the rape and torture elements in that one. It nearly ruined the whole fic for me. I pretty much had to pretend it didn\'t happen. It was too, IMHO, bad-fangirl hurt-comfort. (That said, I imagine Luna probably [i:2hsqfyvr]was[/i:2hsqfyvr] raped in canon, given how long she was a prisoner in Malfoy Mansion, and how sexually-creepy some of the Death Eaters were in the latter books. It makes me sad to think about.\n\n[quote:2hsqfyvr]Wouldn\'t the Basilisk have been under control of Riddle since the days when he first opened the chamber back in the 30s/40s or so? Of course, I suppose Teen Tom wouldn\'t have been powerful enough just yet to cast an Imperius that lasted decades. (Also, if Harry\'s hanging out in the Chamber, I hope that means he\'s chums with Myrtle. I believe I\'ve mentioned several times now that she\'s my favorite character in the series, hahahaha).[/quote:2hsqfyvr]\n\nEven if Riddle took "permanent" control of the Basilisk in the 40s, that control would have ended no later than when Riddle died the first time in 1980/81. Wraithmort is canonically shown as too weak to maintain any spells. It\'s a moot point, as I tend to agree with you that Teenmort\'s original control spell would have faded long before Harry\'s second year. The Basilisk should be sleeping peacefully, and perhaps even remorseful for killing Myrtle, one of the children it was supposed to protect.\n\nBy the time Lal finds him in Year 4, Harry\'s basically got a command center/fortress of solitude set up in the Chamber, complete with library and sleeping quarters. Because he\'s convinced [i:2hsqfyvr]multiple parties[/i:2hsqfyvr] in Hogwarts are trying to kill him--the Death Eaters, Dumbledore, Severus Snape (who he views as a self-interested double agent at best, and a Voldemort agent at worst), and the Ministry. \n\nHarry\'s getting a bit paranoid. Lal would be more upset about this if his paranoia wasn\'t completely justified.\n\nSecret: Snape is not a good person at all, certainly not the greatest person Harry ever knew (seriously, JKR, WTF), and deserves to be fired and possibly imprisoned for how he treats the children under his care, but he\'s not Voldemort\'s Man in Hogwarts. He\'s not the one maintaining the Stupid Good curse.\n\n[spoiler:2hsqfyvr]That would be Madam Hooch.[/spoiler:2hsqfyvr]\n\nMyrtle is one of Harry\'s agents in the school. She\'s a very good spy--when she\'s not perving on Harry and Cedric and anything else with a pulse and male anatomy. (A totally not-crying Myrtle muttering about not managing to get laid before she died would be hilarious and traumatizing for everyone.)\n\nGeorge/Myrtle/Fred, for great justice. \"8)\" \n\n[quote:2hsqfyvr]I don\'t really mind Harry/Ginny, myself. I can forgive the storybook hero worship, especially since all those Harry Potter stories she heard when growing up were probably completely blown away when he fought a thousand year old snake and took a lethal dose of poison in order to save her life. (Remember when the kid in Jingle All The Way decided he no longer needed a Turboman doll because his father WAS Turboman?) I wouldn\'t really call her presence in Book 5 wedged in, either, because wasn\'t Neville similarly practically a background character for most of the series before that? (He palled around with Harry and Hermione for a bit in Book 1 and was especially awesome trying to block their way at the end, but beyond that he was pretty much a non-entity).[/quote:2hsqfyvr]\n\nI loathe [i:2hsqfyvr]canon[/i:2hsqfyvr] Harry/Ginny, not Harry/Ginny itself. JKR has such a hamfisted way, IMHO, of writing ANY romance in the [i:2hsqfyvr]Harry Potter[/i:2hsqfyvr] books that I almost wish she hadn\'t bothered. Books 1 and 2 show Ginny as not knowing Harry at all and having a huge crush on him, presumably based primarily on fictional accounts of his life. But she goes from uninformed crush to Hermione-level friend to bodice ripper romance in a way that seems far too quick and disjointed. It felt forced to me. Not in a "love potion" way, but in a writing tone/structure way. Now that I know JKR was fighting her instincts to write Harry/Hermione, it makes more sense. Canon Harry/Ginny just doesn\'t feel natural and organic, IMHO.\n\nAnd what the hell is a "blazing look?" Ginny gets these when having eye-sex with Harry in canon. It sounds like something you\'d need to see a doctor for.\n\nI have a lot of trouble reading Harry/Ginny fanfics now because canon soured me on the idea so much, but I do read some. It\'s not the pairing I don\'t like. It\'s the canon presentation I can\'t stand. Same with Ron and Hermione. I was also annoyed by Luna/Rolf, because we never even see Rolf, and never find out if Luna discovers any of her creatures, but hey, she makes babies now, so cool! \":?\" (I would have been much happier with Book 7 without the epilogue.)\n\nCanon Harry/Ginny and Hermione/Ron--especially Hermione/Ron--just don\'t feel to me like relationships that will lead to marriage and last 20 years. Hell, Hermione and Ron argue so much I can\'t imagine a marriage lasting more than 5 years. And maybe, just maybe, if nothing else bothered me about the whole thing, I\'d oppose their union just because "Albus Severus" is the most unholy abomination of a baby name ever.\n\nAll that said, I don\'t buy into the "Evil Weasleys used love potion" thing. I read a few of those fics as a guilty pleasure, but I couldn\'t imagine that actually happening in canon. [i:2hsqfyvr]Ron and Ginny are, and always will be, heroes.[/i:2hsqfyvr]\n\nActually, my two favorite romances in canon are Molly/Arthur (they come across as incredibly genuine in their love in comparison to some of the hamfisted mess around them), and Bill/Fleur (Fleur\'s dedication to Bill is incredibly heartwarming--"I have enough beauty for the both of us!", especially in the face of Bill\'s family--including Ginny--acting like assholes to her). Both are understated and feel more realistic than most everything else. Nothing else in canon really lit up my inner romantic. Remus/Tonks bothered me because the way he acted made me think Tonks really [i:2hsqfyvr]could[/i:2hsqfyvr] have done better. \n\n[quote:2hsqfyvr]I wonder if you\'d loathe Book 7 Hermione so much if JK had included a scene where the Grangers consent to Hermione taking their memories and sending them off to Australia, haha.[/quote:2hsqfyvr]\n\nActually, no, I wouldn\'t. That would have made it consensual, and shown Hermione as getting her parents permission to do it to protect them and herself. As it is, we\'re left with the implication she did it without their consent. She found her parents\' personalties inconvenient and rewrote them to suit her needs. In the [i:2hsqfyvr]Buffyverse[/i:2hsqfyvr], tampering with memories like that makes you a dark witch, good intentions be damned.\n\n[quote:2hsqfyvr](I actually suspect Obliviate could have its non-dark uses, like for example helping war veterans with PTSD or other situations where people would rather be relieved of their memories in order to have a more productive life. All 100% consenting to the memory erasure, of course.)[/quote:2hsqfyvr]\n\nYou\'re introducing a separate issue. If you\'ve got the consent of the person whose memory is to be modified, I\'ve got no problem with that. It\'s when one person forces memory modification on another without their consent or knowledge that I object. Because all metaphysics aside, we are nothing but our memories. When you modify someone\'s memory, [i:2hsqfyvr]you kill that person[/i:2hsqfyvr], and replace them with a new person that, depending on how much you modified, is almost identical or radically different. Either way, you destroyed the person that existed for your own convenience.\n\nThis is not a power one being should have over another.\n\nAs for using the spell to treat PTSD, that\'s an interesting point. In general, I\'d argue that experiences that cause us pain usually teach us lessons, or help us build emotional/moral strength. Trying to remove someone\'s pain is a nice idea in theory, but in practice you\'d likely end up stealing the foundation of a person\'s fire and intensity. I can\'t believe I\'m saying this, but look at Star Trek V. The movie was generally crap, but there\'s a great line where Kirk refuses to let the quasi-evil/misguided Sybok remove his painful memories because all the pain he\'s endured has made him a stronger, wiser person.\n\nCaptain James T Kirk: "I don\'t want my pain taken away. I need my pain!"\n\nSee also the Star Trek: TNG episode "Tapestry," where it\'s revealed that Captain Picard would have been a much weaker, less impressive person if he had not gone through the horrific experience of getting stabbed though the heart in a pointless bar fight in Starfleet Academy.\n\nAs someone who\'s spent the last 29 years or so going through all sorts of pain of the emotional and physical kind related to disabilities and tragedies, I know the bad moments of my life have made me stronger, and I wouldn\'t give that up for anything, even if I might feel better, I would be a weaker person.\n\nI don\'t think you can remove a single memory to relieve PTSD. The disorder in many soldiers comes from repeated exposure to horrific events over a set period of time, or in non-soldiers might come from a single horrible incident. In the former case, how much do you erase to get "the seed" of the PTSD, if such a thing even exists? And when you\'re done, have you wiped out so much of the patient\'s memories that they have lost valuable experience and forgotten the skills they learned along the way? It\'s a nice idea, but I think memories are too inter-connected for it to work. You\'d have to give up too much of yourself, because the damaged bits are woven into what you want to keep.\n\nThat\'s what makes PTSD so insidious, and so difficult to treat. It\'s not a matter of getting rid of something. It\'s a matter of mastering/coping with something horrible that you can\'t get rid of.\n\n[quote:2hsqfyvr]Oh noes, not Daphne! Haha, that is a bit shocking, I have to admit. Mebbe do the Harry/Daphne thing beforehand, so it\'s doubly tragic! \":D\"[/quote:2hsqfyvr]\n\nDaphne isn\'t outright evil in the books, so I tend to buy into the idea she\'s probably neutral. Draco would get some other neutral purebloods from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff as well. I have this scene in mind where Narcissa and Jim Kirk find a pile of dead students in a Hogwarts courtyard, and it doesn\'t take long for Narcissa to piece together what happened and that her son did it.\n\nLucius is nearby, and when she confronts him he basically admits to ordering his son to kill the blood-traitors and publicly blame it on Kakaroff, Voldemort knows what really happened, so this is a way to cement the Malfoy position in the Dark Lord\'s ranks. Narcissa is horrified at what her husband has turned her son into while she pretended things weren\'t as bad as they were. She\'s so horrified she does something Lucius never expected, and draws her wand on him and fires a powerful offensive spell, in retribution for destroying her son.\n\nOf course, since she was forced to sign a marriage contract that bound her magic to obedience and fidelity to her husband, she\'s punished for directly turning against him by losing her magic on the spot. She was hoping to kill Lucius, because she knew she\'d only get one shot. She doesn\'t care. She\'s lost her son. Nothing else matters anymore.\n\nLucius is about to hit her with the Cruciatus Curse before finishing her off, but Kirk gets in the way. It\'s actually not that much more painful than an agony booth, or any of a few other horrible tortures he\'s faced while serving in Starfleet, and doesn\'t actually lock up muscles so much as overload pain receptor nerves. Much to Lucius and Narcissa\'s shock, he manages to hold out against the curse just long enough to pull himself into a crouch and tackle Lucius to the ground and break his wand before tossing him off one of Hogwarts\' towers.\n\nAs related to our previous discussion, one of the reasons Kirk is able to do this is because he\'s realized Narcissa has, in effect, just lost her son, and he\'s reminded of losing his own children and how much that hurt his soul, and motivated by his saving people thing to protect her in as superhumanly awesome a way as possible. Not to mention all the [i:2hsqfyvr]murdered children[/i:2hsqfyvr] surrounding them. In this case, his emotional pain is something he\'s able to harness to resist the physical pain just long enough to take Lucius down. Then, as the convulsions really start to disable him, he grabs Narcissa and beams them both up to a runabout (large shuttle) and Narcissa gets her first look at space from Earth orbit. Kirk manages to call for medical help just before passing out.\n\nThis is roughly 90 minutes to two hours after he killed a dragon by climbing up its back while it was in flight and throwing a bandolier of photon grenades down its throat. Do [i:2hsqfyvr]not[/i:2hsqfyvr] threaten the crew of Captain James T. Kirk or anyone else he\'s decided to protect, like, say Lal\'s son and his friends. You will have a bad time. Lal\'s an awesome, super powered badass, but Jim Kirk is still a living legend for a reason.\n\nAnd yes, Narcissa would be considerably attracted to Jim\'s physical prowess, and the fact he saved her life. It\'s enough to make her step back and really [i:2hsqfyvr]look[/i:2hsqfyvr] at him as a person. He\'s got the courage and chivalry and nerve of a Gryffindor, but unlike so many she\'s met, it\'s tempered by a constantly working, brilliant and cunning mind (Ravenclaw and Slytherin traits), and loyalty to his underlings (Hufflepuff traits). He knows when to step back and [i:2hsqfyvr]think[/i:2hsqfyvr], and avoids fights when he can, and seems to be motivated more by a sense of justice than the arrogant self-righteousness most Griffs are.\n\nHe doesn\'t fit into any mold she\'s familiar with. He [i:2hsqfyvr]fascinates[/i:2hsqfyvr] her.\n\n[quote:2hsqfyvr]Hmm, didn\'t Picard hang out with his nephew whilst in the Nexus? Haha, now I\'m imagining that it\'s Lal who gets sucked into the Nexus instead of Picard, and her presence on Viridian III is what causes Kirk to live through the experience. (And I wonder what Lal\'s Nexus would look like, too).[/quote:2hsqfyvr]\n\nLal doesn\'t get sucked into the Nexus, but her presence on Viridian III [i:2hsqfyvr]does[/i:2hsqfyvr] allow her to save Captain Kirk. She\'s the sole reason he survives. She\'s there to catch him and ensure he has a safe landing when the catwalk collapses. He\'s so impressed with her performance making sure he doesn\'t go splat and interested in learning more about the kinds of artificial lifeforms currently in Starfleet he requests that she become his aide temporarily while he\'s getting re-acclimated to the 24th century. Not to mention she\'s a fountain of endless information on what he\'s missed. They get to know each other while the [i:2hsqfyvr]Enterprise[/i:2hsqfyvr] crew is being evacuated from the planet, and he realizes how much potential she has and how it\'s likely to be squandered because she\'s got enemies in the admiralty. He decides to take her under his wing, and at the same time realizes he\'d like to look into gathering up some of the other super-talented misfits in Starfleet for his next crew...\n\nKirk and Spock were equals.\nKirk and Lal are Teacher and Student. Kirk views the [i:2hsqfyvr]Winkle[/i:2hsqfyvr] itself as a teaching ship. Then the Dominion War breaks out, and it\'s time to learn the art of war...\n\n[quote:2hsqfyvr][quote:2hsqfyvr]Molly decides to put the uppity Muggle in her place[/quote:2hsqfyvr]\n\nYeeeeeahhhh, this really doesn\'t sit well with me at all. It sounds far too close to those "Molly Weasley is secretly (or openly) a bigger blood purist than Malfoy, Voldemort, and Umbridge rolled together" fics that pop up on occasion, fics in which she\'ll casually call Hermione a mudblood, for comfort.[/quote:2hsqfyvr]\n\nWhoops. Did not mean to give you that impression at all. Molly is firmly on the side of light, and not at all a blood purist. That doesn\'t mean she views "Muggles" as anything close to equal to Wizards. I tend to see her, even in canon, as in an ideological bloc similar to 19th century abolitionists like Abe Lincoln: Wizards shouldn\'t subjugate Muggles because everyone is human, but that doesn\'t mean that Muggles are [i:2hsqfyvr]equal[/i:2hsqfyvr] to Wizards. It\'s a sort of passive bigotry, without active malice. Go back and read though the book and replace every occurrence of the word "Muggle" with "Negro" or "Colored," and every instance of the word "mudblood" with "n****r," and you\'ll get the idea of how I view the situation. The former is based on ignorance and a lack of true equality, but lacks any malice on the part of the speaker (most of the time). It\'s the idea that the Muggle/negro is a lesser form of human life, but still human life, so should not be treated cruelly even if not granted the same rights as a higher form of life (a white person/wizard). Those who ascribe to blood purist ideology are actively hateful and dangerous and treat mundanes as sub-human animals. Voldemort\'s death eaters are basically the KKK with aspirations of violent world domination.\n\nMolly\'s objections to Lal are based ignorance and personal prejudices that mostly have nothing to do with the fact Lal is a Mundane:\n1) Lal is a muggle. She has no idea how to raise a wizard. (Never mind that she did a damn fine job for about six years.)\n2) Lal is violent. Molly (often hypocritically) abhors violence in others and thinks Lal is turning Harry into a thug.\n3) Lal does not believe the sun rises and sets from Dumbledore\'s twinkling eyes.\n4) Lal is a single, apparently career oriented woman who does not at all share Molly\'s socially conservative views.\n5) Lal is singularly unimpressed with what magic can do. (For obvious reasons: Twenty-fourth century Federation tech can do most of the same things, and often do them better, and do even more things the Wizards have never thought of besides.)\n6) Lal had the temerity to call [i:2hsqfyvr]nearly everyone[/i:2hsqfyvr] on the carpet for how badly they took care of Harry\'s safety. By the time Lal finds him, Harry is basically having a cold war with the Death Eaters through their children in Hogwarts, and has had to kill to defend himself at least thrice (Quirrelmort, Diary, Troll). Meanwhile everyone calls Hogwarts "the safest place on Earth," even after Harry is trapped in the Tournament, and Lal rightfully calls this BS. Not to mention the fact that Harry was kidnapped by a mind controlled man otherwise he wouldn\'t be there anyway.\n\n[b:2hsqfyvr](Note that Lal\'s contact with Molly and most of the Order of the Phoenix (bar Remus and Sirius) occurs AFTER Albus is released from the Big Stupid Good Curse, which is why she\'s a lot freer to associate with them and call them out for some of the stupid things they\'ve done. Dumbledore has in effect allowed her to retake de facto custody of Harry. Dumbledore is a very different, repentant, more proactive wizard at this point.)[/b:2hsqfyvr]\n\nMolly loves Harry just as in canon, but just as in canon wants to ignore the fact that he\'s not a toddler anymore, and he can\'t just "enjoy his childhood." As Lal angrily points out, the incompetence of the adults in and around Hogwarts has led to Harry having to use lethal force to defend himself from assassins. His childhood is effectively ruined, and Lal intends to do what is necessary--and teach Harry what is necessary--to keep him alive through the tournament, and the prophesy--which Q told her about in front of Dumbledore, to hammer home that Lal is the agent of a higher authority. \":P\" She\'s not happy about having to seriously teach Harry to fight like a Starfleet Marine, but she\'d rather her son be alive than try to keep him innocent and unable to defend himself. The innocence boat has sailed, long before Lal even FINDS Harry again.\n\nMolly DOES have blind loyalty to Dumbledore, but it\'s taking a tumultuous ride since Albus is re-evaluating the last 3 decades of his life (the time spent under the Big Stupid Good curse) and is suddenly a much more proactive wizard who\'s much more accepting of violent solutions, though he\'s still reluctant to use them if other means are available. He\'s much more [i:2hsqfyvr]direct[/i:2hsqfyvr].\n\n[quote:2hsqfyvr]I could easily see it playing out differently -- Let\'s say Molly cares just as much for Harry in this universe as she does in canon (where her boggart was her family, dead -- including Harry himself). She doesn\'t trust Lal, especially since Dumbledore doesn\'t trust her (blind loyalty to Dumb-bledore being a lot easier to swallow than blood purist Molly). Lal, in turn, distrusts Molly for throwing her lot in with the asshole that kidnapped her son and tried to scour all memories of her from him.\n\nAnd then Molly goes to take care of that boggart from book five, the one that takes the form of her dead family. Lal is present for this, and when she sees it take the form of dead Harry, she approaches it, extremely confused and concerned. It then turns into Nega Lal, and so Lal and Mrs. Weasley have to work together to beat its ass and at the same time reach an understanding, one of those grudging respect kind of things where they both acknowledge the other has Harry\'s best interests at heart.[/quote:2hsqfyvr]\n\nI hadn\'t actually envisioned Molly ever acting the evil blood purist. Part of her just ... forgets to warn Lal about the Boggart. She figures it can\'t hurt her, and she will probably end up being scared into, in Molly\'s eyes, being more polite. It\'s not about species or ideology--though again, there are shades of the passive bigotry discussed above, but that\'s not actively malicious and Molly probably isn\'t even consciously aware of it. Molly just doesn\'t LIKE Lal as a person.\n\nI actually view Molly and Lal as mirrors of each other in certain ways. I\'d already decided to make Lal\'s boggart a mirror of Molly\'s, at least at first. Molly sees her whole family dead. Lal initially sees herself covered in blood, smiling madly, with a pile of her dead crewmates and friends and family around her, holding Harry and Jim Kirk\'s dead bodies by their broken necks.\n\nLal isn\'t confused and concerned so much as [i:2hsqfyvr]horrified and furious[/i:2hsqfyvr].\n\nMolly fears her family being killed.\nLal fears becoming a monster that would kill her family.\n\nWhen the boggart proceeds to attack and try to kill people, they quickly realize it\'s not quite a normal boggart, but are too busy dealing with the superhumanly strong, fast, deadly NegaLal trying to kill them all to think on it. NegaLal is at full power and undamaged, and Lal is actually pretty much a mess and at just under half strength and very beat up, after taking significant damage drawing Dumbledore into the ritual circle trap where the Big Stupid Good Curse was removed. She couldn\'t risk hurting him and ended up having to pull one too many punches and gets whammy\'d pretty good. With Fiendfyre.\n\nMolly and Lal work together in the sense of Molly getting everyone else away and setting up barricades while Lal takes down her evil twin--who\'s moving too fast for anyone else to really see, let alone hit. (This would be the first time anyone saw what Lal was [i:2hsqfyvr]supposed[/i:2hsqfyvr] to be capable of.)\n\nLal is weaker and slower, but manages to win because she\'s got more experience, is smarter, and is just plain [i:2hsqfyvr]more vicious[/i:2hsqfyvr] and knows how to use her (limited) capabilities to full effect. The boggart is pretending to be an android supersoldier. Lal IS an android supersoldier who\'s only ever been beaten in hand to hand combat by massively overwhelming infantry forces or Lore. \n\nThe experience DOES in fact, bring Molly and Lal closer together.\n\nAlso, after this point, until she gets some repairs Lal is out of the story as a major force of unstoppable badassery. She\'s just too badly damaged. She\'s very dependent on her aide, Winky, for her own personal safety after Dumbledore and the Boggart. Jim and the rest of the search party arrive afterwards at some point and fix her. Though Harry\'s training is coming along well.\n\n[quote:2hsqfyvr]Just not...*shudder* Molly thinking a Muggle is being uppity for aspiring to be a parent to Harry. Ew ew ew.[/quote:2hsqfyvr]\n\nMinerva McGonagall, Book 1: "They\'re the worst sort of muggle." (Now read that with the word Muggle replaced by "negro.")\n\nI actually do think there\'s a bit of passive bigotry going on, without malice, as discussed above. Because even Minerva is bigoted this way. But Molly is a good person, and a loving person, and NOT EVIL. She\'s just ... ignorant. Same for Arthur. Basically, imagine how much a white person in the Deep South who is otherwise a perfectly decent, good person in the 1950s would object to a black couple adopting a white child out of ignorance and screwed up tradition, or how much some otherwise completely good and decent people might object now to a gay couple adopting a child. (This is separate from the group of people who would object out of obvious hatred.)\n\n[b:2hsqfyvr]Would you feel better if it was Fred and George pulling what was supposed to be a completely harmless prank on Ron and Lal accidentally gets in the way and then the Boggart becomes a horrifying monster? Molly\'s still got her passive negative beliefs, but she never stoops so low as to try to use a boggart to deliberately intimidate Lal. Seeing Lal\'s innermost fear (which basically revolves around how much Lal loves Harry...and some other people) would make her stop and rethink a lot of her negativity without having to make her do something as deliberately cruel and stupid as sick a bogart on someone.[/b:2hsqfyvr]\n\n[quote:2hsqfyvr](Actually, I\'m not sure how Boggart Lal can be much of a threat, since boggarts operate via proximity and all that\'s needed is for anybody who isn\'t Lal to get between it and her. Hahaha, or maybe Boggart Lal takes this into consideration and basically uses Lal as a human shield while going around and thumping up everybody).[/quote:2hsqfyvr]\n\nAs for why the Boggart keeps NegaLal\'s form and goes on a rampage, which Boggarts aren\'t supposed to do, you can blame Q for that. [u:2hsqfyvr]He needed to teach Fred and George a lesson in responsibility, and needed to test Lal. He steered her towards Harry to let her rebuild emotionally, so he wanted to see how she would respond now to her worst fear. She confronted it directly, which was something she was too emotionally exhausted to have done before being sent back to the past.[/u:2hsqfyvr]\n\nHe\'s pleased. Though he would be very annoyed if he didn\'t know Jim Kirk and replacement parts for one of his best assets (and god-daughter) was soon to arrive.\n\nSome other bits:\n\n[list:2hsqfyvr]\n[*:2hsqfyvr]Jim and Lal both get exposed to the Sorting Hat at one point. Jim is identified readily as a Gryffindor, to the surprise of no one. Lal is classified as a Slytherin. This causes a massive uproar until the Hat loses his temper and goes off on a rant ("I\'ve been bottling up for sixty years, you snot nosed brats") about how having some personality traits as primary traits does not preclude others. The enchantment Dumbledore put on the Hat to prevent it from talking to students directly has been lifted, and it has things to say. "Do you honestly think Godric Gryffindor didn\'t understand cunning and intellect in battle, or that Salazar Slytherin wouldn\'t bravely charge into a fight when it was the best, or only option? Bravery does not mean being a brainless broadsword swinging Neanderthal, and cunning and ambition don\'t restrict you to your own self interest..." The Hat delights in giving lectures on what the Houses are actually supposed to represent, not the caricatures they\'ve become. ("Do you honestly think the Founders would have set up a \'Dark Wizard House?\' Really? Are ye all that daft?!")[/*:m:2hsqfyvr]\n[*:2hsqfyvr]Re Kirk as a Gryffindor: By his own admission he\'ll "rush in where angels fear to tread" but no one would argue he wasn\'t a brilliant, extremely cunning strategist and tactician. He\'s a bare knuckled badass motivated by a strong sense of justice, but he\'s also blessed with a massive intellect and undying loyalty to those who\'ve earned it. Gryffindor is at the core of his personality, but Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Hufflepuff qualities are there, too.[/*:m:2hsqfyvr]\n[*:2hsqfyvr]Re Lal as Slytherin: Lal became a tactical officer to satisfy her ambition to be strong enough to protect herself and others from monsters like Lore. She studied anthropology because she had ambition to expose forgotten pieces of Klingon and Orion culture. Yes, she\'s a terrifying One Woman Army with ironclad morals and sense of justice that makes her father and Jim Kirk proud, but given the choice she\'d prefer to use cunning and guile to manipulate her enemies into weakening themselves or otherwise making the eventual battle as non-violent and or one-sided in her favor as possible. Her cunning and guile also make her the kind of incredibly effective wet-works operative/spy/assassin Jim Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard could never hope to be. In other words, she\'s much more of a ninja than a samurai. When she has to go Terminator on someone or something it usually means things have deteriorated horribly.[/*:m:2hsqfyvr]\n[*:2hsqfyvr][b:2hsqfyvr]Merlin was actually Q. [/b:2hsqfyvr]He\'s not happy with how his descendants in this realm have handled themselves and has sent Lal to clean up their latest mess. His revealing himself to Albus will be quite hilarious. ("Would you all quit swearing on my beard? It\'s creepy.")[/*:m:2hsqfyvr][/list:u:2hsqfyvr]','',0,0,'4UI=','2hsqfyvr',1393484919,1,'u_401','',0),(89657,0,2552,0,'188.29.121.66',1393486687,1,1,1,1,'Re: Wheel of Misfortune Game 14: SinisterExaggerator\'s Turn','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=659762#p659762:afy8mzpl]Subject: Wheel of Misfortune Game 14: SinisterExaggerator\'s Turn[/url:afy8mzpl]\n\nOK, you\'re up. \":)\"','',0,0,'EA==','afy8mzpl',0,0,'u_2346','',0),(89658,88785,1798,0,'149.254.224.219',1393498104,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Ha ha. There could be a great build up to it too, with Todd receiving ever more bizarre gifts with pleas to issue his admirer a visitation order. He wouldn\'t until Jane sends him her picture and lust blinds him to the fact she is a bit clingy, cos Jane is a looker and he\'s in the clink too. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','1nrdquxm',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89659,0,30,0,'199.102.213.101',1393509550,1,1,1,1,'Re: Universal Birthday Thread VI','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=659772#p659772:1i3waif8]Subject: Universal Birthday Thread VI[/url:1i3waif8]\n\n[quote="SacredDust":1i3waif8][quote="Jeremy Garrett":1i3waif8][quote="SacredDust":1i3waif8]Happy birthday Teeki! Hope to see you again at this year\'s Dariacon. \":D\"[/quote:1i3waif8]\n\nWait, there\'s gonna be another Dariacon this year? You know somethin\' we don\'t, SD? \";)\"[/quote:1i3waif8]\nThat\'s what I\'m hoping. \":)\" I\'ll have to ask Kristen and Bryan.[/quote:1i3waif8]\n\nI\'d like to make MWD an annual thing, although I don\'t think it would work to have it at our house this year. Would you be interested in organizing one around the MN State Fair? Obviously you wouldn\'t have to host people in your home--just lead the discussion on the who, when, where, etc.\n\nKristen','',0,0,'kA==','1i3waif8',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89660,85127,1798,0,'149.254.224.219',1393511698,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Tried reading both Falling into College and Hallowed Halls of Fielding. Gave up, didn\'t get into them. \n\nI feel so cut off from this fandom sometimes. There are fandom fics I just can\'t get into, a whole raft of fucking terms that I don\'t understand (The whole Angst Lord/Cheer Lord thing for one. There\'s criteria for it? GTFO fandom, what the fuck does this all mean), I only found out what OH stood for a few weeks ago and a whole host of shit I don\'t get too. Oh and don\'t get me started on overbearing middle aged man type that have appointed themselves are guardians off this forum. Bore off, knobends. \n\nI\'m sure this means something in a strange way.\n\nHow are you doing','',0,0,'','1eten9bg',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89661,89444,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1393520582,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','Hmm. I wouldn\'t personally call the Ministry of Magic fascist (at least, pre-Voldemort takeover). Corrupt as hell, sure, and seriously unpleasant elements in the form of Fudge and Umbridge, but if democracies spent their time going after states that were merely corrupt, there would be nonstop global warfare. Of course, heh heh, the mundane British government can always send in, heh heh, \'peacekeeping\' forces to help fight Voldemort once the failed assassination attempt happens. And if the \'peacekeepers\' happen to intimidate Fudge into resigning, or provoke him into doing something extremely stupid, well, that\'s not really the mundanes\' fault, is it? Heh heh heh.\n\nI don\'t think canon Luna was raped, myself. For one, since she was probably a pureblood, Voldemort wouldn\'t have allowed his followers to take that sort of liberty with her. For another, it\'s possible that Luna is distantly related to Lucius (what with both of them having long blond hair), and since Lucius is canonically pro-family, he would have protected her (if, indeed, they are related). And lastly, hahaha, it\'s too damned grimdark for the setting.\n\nMm, Snape was the [i:2ku65enn]bravest[/i:2ku65enn] person Harry knew, not greatest, haha. Though, I\'ve said in the past I think Snape is rather underrated; I do wish more fics would use him in a positive light. ("Neutral, complete asshole" as you have him, is better than what he usually gets, haha).\n\nMadam Hooch! Haha, wow! Makes sense, since she\'s another one of those blank slate characters. (Did I ever tell you one of my friends\' hilarious theories before Book 7 came out, that McGonagall was secretly a Death Eater? It was off of some hilariously flimsy evidence...I think it was because McGonagall cried every time she heard Voldemort got defeated, or some garbage like that. I don\'t remember McGonagall ever crying, personally).\n\n...George/Myrtle/Fred? Ehhhhh, I really hope you just mean that Fred and George are sharing Myrtle, and not...each other as well. *shudder*\n\nIf Ginny goes to the doctor for her \'blazing look\', she\'ll probably have to stand in line behind Dumbles and his damn twinkle. (I don\'t remember how often his eyes are mentioned as twinkling in the books, but I\'m convinced if you filtered out every HP fanfic that had the word \'twinkle\' in it, there\'d be almost zero fics remaining that had Dumbles in it).\n\nSeconding that "love potions are bullcrap" sentiment. I think I remember a few fics taking for granted the idea that Molly hooked Arthur via love potion, like it was canon or something, and I absolutely don\'t remember that happening in the books. (I\'m due for a read-through one of these days).\n\nOh man, and Remus/Tonks. Blehhhhhhhhh. One of my FAVORITE moments in the whole series is in book 7 when Remus comes to Grimmauld Place and asks to join Harry on the horcrux hunt. Harry verbally bitchslaps the man and sends him back to his pregnant wife, and it\'s one of the few genuinely awesome moments Harry has. Tonks for sure could have done better.\n\n[quote:2ku65enn]Would you feel better if it was Fred and George pulling what was supposed to be a completely harmless prank on Ron and Lal accidentally gets in the way and then the Boggart becomes a horrifying monster?[/quote:2ku65enn]\n\nYes. Yes, yes, yes. YES YES YESSSSS HAHAHAHAHAAAAAA YESSSSSSSSS. I\'ve actually been mulling an idea for a while, a fic in which a Fred and George prank goes horribly wrong. After all, their idols were the Marauders, who included Sirius "I\'m going to send Snivellus Snape up against my best friend a FUCKING WEREWOLF" Black, so it\'s really only a matter of time before they tell a joke but the punchline ends up mangling somebody. (The strange thing is I actually quite like the twins, haha).','',0,0,'oA==','2ku65enn',0,0,'u_1204','',0),(89662,88785,2552,0,'188.29.124.249',1393526170,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','She calms down for a while, and is in college by the time he gets out of prison. He tracks her down and, when she sees him, it all comes flooding back again.','',0,0,'','2ra628x2',1393526184,1,'u_1798','',0),(89663,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393532872,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I like this idea, that her obsession is somewhat masked by her remaining just a woman writing letters, giving him some comfort and ego boost (the man is arrogant after all) and also gives him a reason to track her down and say thank you. Once he meets her and the full crazy is unleashed though.......','',0,0,'','37kvhx5e',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89664,0,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1393533208,1,1,1,1,'Regarding a Member','I\'m curious as to what\'s happened to Peetz5050... it\'s like he disappeared and isn\'t responding to any PM\'s or E-mails.','',0,0,'','3gt6gs3x',0,0,'u_276','',0),(89665,88785,2552,0,'188.29.124.249',1393536708,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Lets just say no piece of furniture at Jane\'s place would be safe. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','inbubb9v',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89666,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393537162,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','That poor, poor bed \":(\" \n\nThen the morning after Todd wakes up to see Jane with full OAG face on, looking into his eyes, not blinking, and he\'s really freaked out. \n\n"Uh, Jane. Are you okay?"\n\n"I\'m fine, in fact I\'m better than fine. I\'ve not slept, I\'ve been watching you sleep all night, making sure sure you don\'t stop breathing."\n\n"Why would I have stopped breathing?"\n\n"I want to hold you so tight, I could smother you. And then you would be dead, but you\'d still be all mine."','',0,0,'','1tsa6d46',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89667,88785,2552,0,'188.29.124.249',1393538236,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','The idea of Jane with OAG face is more terrifying than Stacy with OAG face.\n\nHaving been calm for a while, Jane reverts back to obsessed mode after seeing Todd. Todd never leaves Boston again.','',0,0,'','2bt3zien',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89668,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393540366,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','This could be funny, cracky or terrifying. There\'s something disturbing about anyone being kept against their will, especially when Todd realises Jane is looping the loop and he can never leave. It could go all \'Misery\' as Todd tries to escape and Jane keeps bringing him back.','',0,0,'','2862d9sc',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89673,88785,2552,0,'90.221.127.251',1393543041,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I have a vague memory of you mentioning not liking getting walls of text and me thinking \'Sounds like the PMs I get from BG.\'\n\nAlso, that gif has large amounts of win in it. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','u0cimbqf',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89674,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393544818,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I generally find that people who use great big blocks of writing to try and prove the tiniest of points or worse, say someone\'s opinion is wrong, do it either because they hope to a assault the reader into submission or because they haven\'t a lot to say and need to pad it out referencing everything under the sun. I have no doubt I will get a PM explaining exactly how my \'I don\'t get this shit\' feeling about the whole Angst Lord/Cheer Lord stuff is all wrong. \n\nNick\'s should be renamed \'Tin Foil Hats Areal.\'','',0,0,'','33k8gpe8',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89675,88785,2552,0,'188.29.112.104',1393545735,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Oh, I blog about and review video games in my spare time. I\'m very used to being told my opinion is wrong, and having it explained in copious amounts of detail why my opinion is wrong. There are many things I don\'t know about this fandom. I have no idea who this Judith character is, I know vaguely that the \'Angst Lords/Cheer Lords\' thing has to do with angsty fics versus happy fics, and that\'s about it. I read stuff on the wiki from time to time when I\'ve got nothing else I can be bothered doing.\n\nI should probably try and read GSTE at some point. That seems to have been nominated for, and won, several fanworks awards over the course of its existence.\n\nI\'ve decided my current writing target is to finish Hemming\'s Way off. I still cringe at the horrible pun of that title, but that\'s how it is. Although I\'m sure I may need to do more to adequately explain Cassidy\'s problems in TGATG. I don\'t know. This is the problem with trying to write a prequel fic. Speaking of Cassidy, I think the chibi style drawing of Cassidy I\'m working on, which I posted a WIP of in the Easel, isn\'t totally atrocious. It\'s not good, but I\'ve drawn far worse.','',0,0,'','1osehydy',1393545812,1,'u_1798','',0),(89676,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1393549231,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','BG told me once that A New World (the writing style of it) reminded him of Falling into College, so coming from a guy who raves about that story, I took it as a compliment although I\'ve never read the story, myself. QW tried to get me to read Hallowed Halls of Fielding a time or two, but the length of that story is just too overwhelming for me to start. Maybe if I\'d started reading it when there were a handful of parts up, I\'d still be reading it because it\'s less to catch up to that way, but I dunno. I DO wanna read God Save the Esteem all the way through eventually, though.\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":whu2ijs7]I feel so cut off from this fandom sometimes. There are fandom fics I just can\'t get into, a whole raft of fucking terms that I don\'t understand (The whole Angst Lord/Cheer Lord thing for one. There\'s criteria for it? GTFO fandom, what the fuck does this all mean), I only found out what OH stood for a few weeks ago and a whole host of shit I don\'t get too. Oh and don\'t get me started on overbearing middle aged man type that have appointed themselves are guardians off this forum. Bore off, knobends.[/quote:whu2ijs7]\nOh, definitely. I figured out OH a little while back, but it\'s an odd label to use, in my opinion. Why not just say her name? And I\'m so sick of the whole Angst Lord/Cheer Lord shit, too. If you write one or the other, cool. But I don\'t see the point in there being so many labels and on top of that, so many hoops to jump through to be "dubbed" as one or another. tLc and I came up with Crack QUeENs because pretty much anyone who\'s good at writing funny, cracky stories is automatically dubbed as such (plus we made that as a sorta spoof on the whole Angst and Cheer Lord thing anyway because she and I were basically saying "Let\'s make our own this, this, and this for the hell of it"). I wish Shiva would stop asking which one he is - if you have to ask others which you are, then that\'s silly.\n\nAnd don\'t get me started on the middle-aged members topic. To be honest, I wonder about some of these people who are that age, have zero kids who\'d\'ve watched the show, and were too old to have even seen it in college. Seriously, were they only watching the show because it has teenage girls in it? That\'s what I have to wonder sometimes, but then again maybe I\'m being too cynical there. I don\'t guess age is the issue, though - like you said, it\'s more the attitude that they\'re the guardians of the fandom that\'s irritating. And so many of these same middle-aged men are into MLP - wtf? I get that Erin\'s kid watches it - and hey, if a grown man watches it simply because they find it to be a cute show with values, I have no issue with that. It\'s the Bronies I have a problem with, the ones who make porn pics of the pony characters and all that who are gross to me.\n\nI\'m doing better, I guess. Still a bit depressed (I think it took a day or so to really kick in, lately I\'ve been lethargic and fatigued and generally feeling like shit over petty things like whether or not anyone really gives a shit about the stuff I\'ve done lately around here). Tried working out some scenes in my head for ANW last night and the thought of typing Daria\'s name over and over for the fic kinda made me sick, so yeah, I know I won\'t do that for a while. Too soon. I did decide, however, that once I\'m feeling up to it, I will indeed continue that story even if for nobody else than you since you really like it. I feel bad about the thought of leaving it as is when there\'s a couple of people who seem to genuinely like it, and aren\'t commenting to mock my story (as most commenters were doing early on, I think). In Thorns news, I just have the background and surroundings to somehow fill in, and that pic will be done. Once it is, I\'ll send it to you before posting it since you\'re my number one fan. \":hug:\"\n\nHow\'ve you been? I hope things are going well and that your trip was nothing but fun and fabulous. \":D\"','',0,0,'gA==','whu2ijs7',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89677,89659,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1393557700,1,1,1,1,'Re: Universal Birthday Thread VI','[quote="Kristen Bealer":39pa06pk][url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=659772#p659772:39pa06pk]Subject: Universal Birthday Thread VI[/url:39pa06pk]\n\n[quote="SacredDust":39pa06pk][quote="Jeremy Garrett":39pa06pk][quote="SacredDust":39pa06pk]Happy birthday Teeki! Hope to see you again at this year\'s Dariacon. \":D\"[/quote:39pa06pk]\n\nWait, there\'s gonna be another Dariacon this year? You know somethin\' we don\'t, SD? \";)\"[/quote:39pa06pk]\nThat\'s what I\'m hoping. \":)\" I\'ll have to ask Kristen and Bryan.[/quote:39pa06pk]\n\nI\'d like to make MWD an annual thing, although I don\'t think it would work to have it at our house this year. Would you be interested in organizing one around the MN State Fair? Obviously you wouldn\'t have to host people in your home--just lead the discussion on the who, when, where, etc.\n\nKristen[/quote:39pa06pk]\nI\'d love to! \":mrgreen:\" I don\'t have my own house to host people in (I rent a room), but there are plenty of good hotels in the area. The Fair this year is scheduled for Aug. 21-Sept. 1. I\'ll start a thread soon.\n\nDo you think Labor Day weekend works, or would too many people be busy?','',0,0,'kA==','39pa06pk',0,0,'u_30','',0),(89678,89659,30,0,'199.102.213.101',1393560561,1,1,1,1,'Re: Universal Birthday Thread VI','[quote="SacredDust":2j9mgb81][quote="Kristen Bealer":2j9mgb81][url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=659772#p659772:2j9mgb81]Subject: Universal Birthday Thread VI[/url:2j9mgb81]\n\n[quote="SacredDust":2j9mgb81][quote="Jeremy Garrett":2j9mgb81][quote="SacredDust":2j9mgb81]Happy birthday Teeki! Hope to see you again at this year\'s Dariacon. \":D\"[/quote:2j9mgb81]\n\nWait, there\'s gonna be another Dariacon this year? You know somethin\' we don\'t, SD? \";)\"[/quote:2j9mgb81]\nThat\'s what I\'m hoping. \":)\" I\'ll have to ask Kristen and Bryan.[/quote:2j9mgb81]\n\nI\'d like to make MWD an annual thing, although I don\'t think it would work to have it at our house this year. Would you be interested in organizing one around the MN State Fair? Obviously you wouldn\'t have to host people in your home--just lead the discussion on the who, when, where, etc.\n\nKristen[/quote:2j9mgb81]\nI\'d love to! \":mrgreen:\" I don\'t have my own house to host people in (I rent a room), but there are plenty of good hotels in the area. The Fair this year is scheduled for Aug. 21-Sept. 1. I\'ll start a thread soon.\n\nDo you think Labor Day weekend works, or would too many people be busy?[/quote:2j9mgb81]\n\nHard to say. MWD a few years ago was on Labor Day, and we had a decent turnout, but it depends on the people who can make it. You could always put in a poll for different dates and see what gets the most votes (IIRC you can make it so the poll allows multiple selections).\n\nKristen','',0,0,'kA==','2j9mgb81',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89679,89444,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1393563234,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','No mention of my demented action/romance plans for Jim Kirk and Narcissa Black? I must be losing my touch. \":)\"\n\n[quote="Smijey":89trg81u]Hmm. I wouldn\'t personally call the Ministry of Magic fascist (at least, pre-Voldemort takeover). Corrupt as hell, sure, and seriously unpleasant elements in the form of Fudge and Umbridge, but if democracies spent their time going after states that were merely corrupt, there would be nonstop global warfare. Of course, heh heh, the mundane British government can always send in, heh heh, \'peacekeeping\' forces to help fight Voldemort once the failed assassination attempt happens. And if the \'peacekeepers\' happen to intimidate Fudge into resigning, or provoke him into doing something extremely stupid, well, that\'s not really the mundanes\' fault, is it? Heh heh heh.[/quote:89trg81u]\n\nOh, it\'s certainly corrupt and filled with unpleasantness. And while you\'re right that it\'s not as fascist as, say, Nazi Germany or WWII Italy, I do think there\'s a candy-coated, light version of fascism going on, at least according to the definition from my Mac\'s dictionary:\n\n[b:89trg81u]"Fascism tends to include a belief in the supremacy of one national or ethnic group, a contempt for democracy, an insistence on obedience to a powerful leader, and a strong demagogic approach."[/b:89trg81u]\n\nThe blood purists in power have institutionalized the superiority of the purebloods, even before Voldemort takes over. Voldemort just makes it worse, and non-humans are classified as "creatures." Remus, who has a [i:89trg81u]disease/curse[/i:89trg81u] is treated as a Dark Creature, for crying out loud. Veela are something less than human. The Ministry\'s control of the press is surprisingly efficient--probably the most efficient thing the Pre-Voldemort Ministry does. The Quibbler is a lone voice of dissent, but is a laughingstock, so is seen as little threat. I have no doubt Fudge would have shut it down if he thought anyone was actually paying attention. (By the time Harry publishes his interview in Book 5 it\'s arguable Fudge was distracted with the Azkaban breakout and everything else and didn\'t have time to March on the Quibbler.)\n\nThe Ministry insists on obedience to itself (in particular the Minister of Magic) and cares more for obedience to itself and to its whims than the rule of law (which apparently doesn\'t exist unless you\'re a rich person). Due Process and right to trial are less important than being seen as a powerful leader "doing something" and never admitting you\'re wrong. The books are chock full of innocent people getting abused by the Ministry for "disobedience" of one form or another.\n\nThe whole structure is also ripe with demagoguery. The Ministry blames [i:89trg81u]everyone and everything but itself[/i:89trg81u] for its problems, and stirs hatred along the way. Half-Giants, "magical creatures," "Dark creatures," Dumbledore\'s and Harry\'s sympathizers, etc. Enslaving an entire magical race conditioned to allow themselves to be treated crueler than dogs is a-ok. And let\'s not forget that using magic to take advantage of Mundanes has only recently been made illegal, and modifying their memories--what I still maintain is equivalent to murder on the scale of evilness when done without consent--is done with abandon.\n\nThe only reason we don\'t see jack booted gestapo in the series is that Fudge is too incompetent to field them. Voldemort manages it because he\'s got his crap together.\n\nSo yeah, I\'d argue the pre-Voldemort ministry is Fascist by the technical definition, but so incompetent it doesn\'t immediately look that way compared to Nazi Germany and WWII Italy. Either way it\'s a huge ball of [i:89trg81u]wrong[/i:89trg81u] that needs to be torn down to the bedrock. I can\'t read the books easily anymore because I\'ve come to realize I don\'t actually care about this society. It is rotten and broken and deserves to die, even if some (most) of the people in it are probably more than decent. I can\'t see this system being easily rehab\'d. It has to be replaced. I want Voldemort to lose, [i:89trg81u]but I want the Ministry to lose, too.[/i:89trg81u]\n\nThe worst thing is Wizarding Britain is not its own country. It\'s a subdivision of the United Kingdom. Can you imagine the reaction when [i:89trg81u]the country of Winston Churchill[/i:89trg81u]\'s Mundane government realizes how corrupt and evil the "magical government" is? \n\nI\'ll be using the Prime Minister from [i:89trg81u]Love Actually[/i:89trg81u] in this story. He turns out to be a bit of a ruthless badass when pushed. He\'s just adorable and goofy. He\'s played by Hugh Grant, which makes his badass moments sort of hilarious and terrifying at the same time. And he does have the SAS on speed dial. To quote him from the movie while trying to flirt with a girl, "I\'ve got ruthless, trained killers just a phone call away."\n\n[quote:89trg81u]I don\'t think canon Luna was raped, myself. For one, since she was probably a pureblood, Voldemort wouldn\'t have allowed his followers to take that sort of liberty with her. For another, it\'s possible that Luna is distantly related to Lucius (what with both of them having long blond hair), and since Lucius is canonically pro-family, he would have protected her (if, indeed, they are related). And lastly, hahaha, it\'s too damned grimdark for the setting.[/quote:89trg81u]\n\nI\'d like to think she wasn\'t, and I hope she wasn\'t, and I\'m happy to imagine she wasn\'t. Though I\'m certain she was horribly tortured, if only because she was at the Ministry with Harry in OotP. Her close relationship with Harry might override whatever protection she otherwise had. Not to mention her father spreading dissent. On the other hand, we don\'t know she\'s a pureblood (though she probably is). We also know there were some pretty sick bastards running around virtually off the chain. Lucius can\'t watch the dungeons all the time, and an Obliviation and a cleaning charm and healing charm or two would cover a rape.\n\nAlso, I don\'t think it\'s too grimdark. Book 7 had Scabior (who in the hell names their child Scabior?! What is wrong with these people?) running around literally threatening to rape Hermione, if memory serves, though his language is just vague enough that it can go over the heads of the younger ones. There were even scene from the movie cut out that would have made this even more obvious. Quoting the actor:\n\n[quote:89trg81u]Scenes that were cut from the film involved Scabior being violent and perverse. Nick Moran said: "It\'s all very reminiscent of Germany in the 1930s. I give Ron Weasley a proper kicking and call him Ginger. Then I sniff Hermione and say: "You\'re going to be my favourite". If you take the wands out, it\'s something out of an Eli Roth movie."[/quote:89trg81u]\n\nThis guy is creepy as hell, and does a lot on his own to cement the grim dark, dystopian nightmare of the setting. But you don\'t at all need him. As soon as the Dementors are introduced, the setting is Grimdark as Fudge. (Pun!) The legitimate...and I use that term loosely...government of Magical Britain corrals and routinely deploys vile hellbeasts that not only [i:89trg81u]eat happiness[/i:89trg81u], but consume their victims\' [i:89trg81u]immortal souls[/i:89trg81u] as a means of execution. Forget whatever absolution or reward you might get in the afterlife. You\'re never gonna get there.\n\nSirius was under a Kiss on Sight order. Book 3 was when I decided this society needed to go down in flames. Who the blazing hell do these people think they are to go around destroying souls?\n\nWorst, no one in power--except maybe Dumbledore, but I can\'t remember if that\'s fanon or canon--ever is shown trying to abolish the use of Dementors, or even saying that it should be done. No, we\'re shown people upset at where or how they are used, but not at the fact they\'re used.\n\nNo mundane method of execution destroys the human soul. The acceptance of the use of Dementors makes the Ministry one of the most evil things I have [i:89trg81u]ever[/i:89trg81u] seen in fiction. They should be razed just for that.\n\n[quote:89trg81u]Mm, Snape was the [i:89trg81u]bravest[/i:89trg81u] person Harry knew, not greatest, haha. Though, I\'ve said in the past I think Snape is rather underrated; I do wish more fics would use him in a positive light. ("Neutral, complete asshole" as you have him, is better than what he usually gets, haha).[/quote:89trg81u]\n\nI\'d argue against bravest, too. Technically, the "bravest" person Harry ever knew would be his mother, even if he can barely remember her. IMHO, of course. I just have issues with that line of dialogue. It feels like JKR trying unnecessarily to glorify Snape after the fact and remind the readers they\'re supposed to regard the tremendous asshole as a hero and forget about his seven books worth of being completely reprehensible. Whether that was her intention or not, literarily it just felt forced. Especially since it seemed only to exist to justify Harry naming one of his children "Albus Severus." Because WTF, "Albus Severus." \":?\" \n\nNeutral, complete asshole is really the best way of describing him. I like that.\n\nAs a victim of real bullying (both physical and verbal) for years worth of elementary school, this is literally the best possible light I can see him in. He\'s a bully and a bastard and cares about no one but himself, but he\'s not a nazi wannabe. Even Snape\'s petty evil and self-interest has standards.\n\n[quote:89trg81u]Madam Hooch! Haha, wow! Makes sense, since she\'s another one of those blank slate characters. (Did I ever tell you one of my friends\' hilarious theories before Book 7 came out, that McGonagall was secretly a Death Eater? It was off of some hilariously flimsy evidence...I think it was because McGonagall cried every time she heard Voldemort got defeated, or some garbage like that. I don\'t remember McGonagall ever crying, personally).[/quote:89trg81u]\n\nIn story, Hooch takes EVERYONE, including Lal (the expert spy and security/tactical officer) by surprise. She\'s revealed as Voldemort\'s greatest deep cover operative, having been in place since 1971. Going to have to think of something particularly nasty to have her do to cover her escape from Hogwarts when the game is up. Maybe turn into a hawk (notice those yellow bird of prey eyes), and use her talons to do something heinous, like tear out Pamona Sprout\'s throat. Bwahahaha, evil.\n\n[quote:89trg81u]...George/Myrtle/Fred? Ehhhhh, I really hope you just mean that Fred and George are sharing Myrtle, and not...each other as well. *shudder*[/quote:89trg81u]\n\nYes, they\'re sharing her. Sometimes I think it\'s entirely possible they\'re literally one being. Like a hive-mind. This would make them wanting to share one girl make more sense. Also, relevant: "Prefects are Hot," by the Moaning Myrtles.\n\n[youtube:89trg81u]6wudIk_14xE[/youtube:89trg81u]\n\nNSFWish. Hilarious.\n\n[quote:89trg81u]Seconding that "love potions are bullcrap" sentiment. I think I remember a few fics taking for granted the idea that Molly hooked Arthur via love potion, like it was canon or something, and I absolutely don\'t remember that happening in the books. (I\'m due for a read-through one of these days).[/quote:89trg81u]\n\nThis absolutely did not happen in the books. I think it\'s a reaction to how much some people dislike Molly. I don\'t go that route because I understand that it\'s possible to severely dislike someone because they\'re flawed and overbearing, even if they\'re not evil.\n\nAfter thinking about how easily Molly no-sell\'d Belltatrix Lestrange--basically Voldemort\'s dragon--in Book 7, I got very angry. Because the implication was she could have done that the whole time but either did not because she thought it wasn\'t her responsibility to fight and maybe die (that was for other people), or just didn\'t care enough until Ginny was threatened. The former is highly annoying and makes me dislike her more, but I can understand it and forgive it. It\'s not how I\'d have handled things in her place, and seems to go against Dumbldore\'s "do what is right, not what is easy" philosophy. The latter--the idea that she didn\'t kill Bella until Bella threatened Ginny directly--is absolutely unforgivable. I honestly don\'t know why she didn\'t take on Bella sooner.\n\nSirius and everyone else Bella killed/maimed after escaping Azkaban in Book 5 deserve an answer.\n\n(Bella\'s dangerous, but she\'s a slavering wild dog. Anyone with sufficient fighting skill who doesn\'t let themselves be befuddled/disabled by fear and can keep their head while fighting her--Lal, Harry and maybe Luna in this AU, Molly Weasley in canon, etc., etc., can beat her. I consider Lucius to be a far more dangerous opponent. He keeps his wits.)\n\n[quote:89trg81u]Oh man, and Remus/Tonks. Blehhhhhhhhh. One of my FAVORITE moments in the whole series is in book 7 when Remus comes to Grimmauld Place and asks to join Harry on the horcrux hunt. Harry verbally bitchslaps the man and sends him back to his pregnant wife, and it\'s one of the few genuinely awesome moments Harry has. Tonks for sure could have done better.[/quote:89trg81u]\n\nAgree 100 percent. What\'s worse is Tonks and Remus don\'t even get an on-screen death scene. They get together, have a marital spat mostly off screen, Harry bitchslaps Lupin for trying to abandon his pregnant wife, and then Remus and Tonks are murdered off screen mostly so Harry can have more angst, and be an active godfather.\n\nSometimes I wish the series had stopped after Book 4, even if it was never finished. So many plot-holes and ... sloppy writing.\n\n[quote:89trg81u]Would you feel better if it was Fred and George pulling what was supposed to be a completely harmless prank on Ron and Lal accidentally gets in the way and then the Boggart becomes a horrifying monster?[/quote:89trg81u]\n\nYes. Yes, yes, yes. YES YES YESSSSS HAHAHAHAHAAAAAA YESSSSSSSSS. I\'ve actually been mulling an idea for a while, a fic in which a Fred and George prank goes horribly wrong. After all, their idols were the Marauders, who included Sirius "I\'m going to send Snivellus Snape up against my best friend a ****ing WEREWOLF" Black, so it\'s really only a matter of time before they tell a joke but the punchline ends up mangling somebody. (The strange thing is I actually quite like the twins, haha).[/quote][/quote]\n\nHmm. I get the feeling you like that idea. I think I\'m gonna go with it. Also, write that other story.\n\nJames Potter may have loved Lily and Harry, but the man was an unmitigated ass when he was in school. I like to imagine Sirius almost killing Severus with Lupinwolf was the wakeup call that got him to get his crap together.','',0,0,'4AE=','89trg81u',1393563342,1,'u_401','',0),(89680,0,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1393566360,1,1,1,1,'Re: \'Star Trek\' and the privacy scandals of today - Part III','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=659870#p659870:21m3q5z4]Subject: \'Star Trek\' and the privacy scandals of today - Part III[/url:21m3q5z4]\n\n[quote="SacredDust":21m3q5z4][quote="breitasparrow":21m3q5z4]I\'ll use this thread to do this... there are two things I have to say on this topic, one that I\'m repeating because I said it some time ago but I can\'t remember when.\n\nOne: This isn\'t new. There was talk about the government tapping into phone calls back when Bush was in office. I know the core reason why it\'s a current topic now is because of Snowden, but I honestly don\'t understand why anyone is SHOCKED by any of this, since there was buzz about it over ten years ago.\n\nTwo: Unless you\'re committing [b:21m3q5z4]serious[/b:21m3q5z4] felonies over the phone, internet, etc., such as planning terrorist attacks or threatening the government or those in office in any way shape or form (or even looking at illegal pornography which is bad on its own, but I think it\'s been stated that the NSA aren\'t looking into that as much, but correct me if I\'m wrong on that), then what\'s to worry about? Sure, I\'m not [i:21m3q5z4]thrilled[/i:21m3q5z4] about the thought of the government having the access to look into my private conversations or Google searches, but that\'s not stopping me from continuing to Google fanart references (and some get pretty suggestive to the point where I would, admittedly, be embarrassed if relatives were to look at my search history \":lol:\" ) or talking to my friends - and our conversations have incredible ranges, too. If mundane things like checking into search history and conversations are what some are worried about to the point of equating it to slavery, then I suggest those people look into what slavery really means before they keep running their mouths. Those who wanna bitch and moan that our freedom is now gone: The fact that you\'re still bitching and moaning on the internet about such a thing, and that you\'re still sitting at your computer in your house (or wherever you get online) and you\'re not in prison or shipped off to become a slave or thrown into a sex trafficking ring proves that no, your freedom has NOT been revoked.\n\nThat is all.[/quote:21m3q5z4]\nYou have some good points. I\'m not saying I had no suspicions about this before Snowden or equating surveillance to slavery, but in my opinion, it ain\'t right. I\'m a private person--no Facebook, no Twitter, no smartphone. I value that lifestyle. The fact that somebody in the NSA [i:21m3q5z4]could[/i:21m3q5z4] look at stuff I say, do, and buy on secure websites is enough to bother me, even though none of it is incriminating. It\'s the principle, and the slippery slope they\'re leaning over. The fact that they didn\'t tell us about the extent of it and that they have no independent oversight committee is reason enough not to trust them. \":?\"[/quote:21m3q5z4]\nTrue, but my post was mostly in reference to Robyn and some guy named Project Pegasus who have posted non-stop (or in PP\'s case, he pretty much disappeared) about how we no longer have freedom in this country. It\'s something I\'d wanted to say for a while to shut up the conspiracy theories talk among those two, so I finally got around to posting it, although some of what I said in that post is repeated from a while back. \":)\" So my post wasn\'t directed at you personally or anything. I totally agree that the whole thing is sketchy, but I\'m not exactly changing my ways since I\'m sure they\'re finding way worse stuff than my perverted fanart ideas. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'8A==','21m3q5z4',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89749,89739,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1393858338,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','Hmm, good point - people might not know who to ask which questions. In that case, the first character I\'d do will be Rosalie, then later on maybe Jules, then Bastien. \":)\"','',0,0,'','9cnoebrg',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(89683,89680,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1393573373,1,1,1,1,'Re: \'Star Trek\' and the privacy scandals of today - Part III','[quote="breitasparrow":1flljtd7][url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=659870#p659870:1flljtd7]Subject: \'Star Trek\' and the privacy scandals of today - Part III[/url:1flljtd7]\n\n[quote="breitasparrow":1flljtd7]True, but my post was mostly in reference to Robyn and some guy named Project Pegasus who have posted non-stop (or in PP\'s case, he pretty much disappeared) about how we no longer have freedom in this country. It\'s something I\'d wanted to say for a while to shut up the conspiracy theories talk among those two, so I finally got around to posting it, although some of what I said in that post is repeated from a while back. \":)\" So my post wasn\'t directed at you personally or anything. I totally agree that the whole thing is sketchy, but I\'m not exactly changing my ways since I\'m sure they\'re finding way worse stuff than my perverted fanart ideas. \":lol:\"[/quote:1flljtd7][/quote:1flljtd7]\nTrue. Wait til they find my perverted fanfiction ideas. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'kA==','1flljtd7',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89684,89680,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1393574711,1,1,1,1,'Re: \'Star Trek\' and the privacy scandals of today - Part III','I\'ve Googled so many things for fanart and fanfic ideas (some of which still haven\'t been used), that I think the people of NSA\'s heads would explode if they tried to go through everything I\'ve searched. \":twisted:\"\n\nIn other news, I hope peetz isn\'t actually leaving, he\'s a fun guy. And if he IS leaving on the count of this Robyn person, then that\'s shitty. \":?\"','',0,0,'','3vb4pzad',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89685,89680,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1393579702,1,1,1,1,'Re: \'Star Trek\' and the privacy scandals of today - Part III','[quote="breitasparrow":rqbmo2l8]I\'ve Googled so many things for fanart and fanfic ideas (some of which still haven\'t been used), that I think the people of NSA\'s heads would explode if they tried to go through everything I\'ve searched. \":twisted:\"\n\nIn other news, I hope peetz isn\'t actually leaving, he\'s a fun guy. And if he IS leaving on the count of this Robyn person, then that\'s shitty. \":?\"[/quote:rqbmo2l8]\nI didn\'t hear about that! I\'d better talk to him. If Robyn\'s bothering him we can talk to Kara or Scissors.','',0,0,'gA==','rqbmo2l8',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89686,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1393580038,1,1,1,1,'Question! :)','Hi Peetz,\n\nI\'ve heard that Robyn is pestering you about some fanfic project, i.e. s/he keeps sending you PM\'s and started a rumor that you were leaving the forum. I don\'t know if that part\'s true, but if it is, please stay! \":shock:\" We all really like you here, me included. If that wanker keeps bothering you, you can put him/her on your foes list, notify Kara, whatever you have to do. We\'ve got your back.\n\n_SD','',0,0,'','2eypoad5',1393580992,1,'u_1779','',0),(89687,89680,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1393580181,1,1,1,1,'Re: \'Star Trek\' and the privacy scandals of today - Part III','Well, I\'m not 100% sure on that, but according to [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=41232:v2xwzd3b]this thread[/url:v2xwzd3b] and [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=41245:v2xwzd3b]this one[/url:v2xwzd3b], that\'s what it sounds like. I hope peetz decides to stay regardless of whatever went on, though!','',0,0,'EA==','v2xwzd3b',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89688,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1393580710,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic Idea','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=659868#p659868:2gvjk9co]Subject: Fanfic Idea[/url:2gvjk9co]\n\n[quote="Erin M.":2gvjk9co]Robyn, knock it off with the constant thread spamming. If someone is interested in collaborating with you, they will tell you. Creating new threads, then deleting the old ones just so yours stays on top is not the way to get the kind of attention you want. \n\nYou\'re rapidly wearing out your welcome here. Calm the hell down.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:2gvjk9co]\nI agree Erin, let\'s keep an eye on this guy. Or girl. Sounds like a girl\'s name but I keep thinking guy. Something just seems off about him/her, always has. Particularly in Nick\'s Corner where s/he just keeps talking about controversial issues without having much knowledge about them. Just my two cents. \":?\"','',0,0,'kA==','2gvjk9co',0,0,'u_94','',0),(89689,89636,2552,0,'188.31.14.140',1393582122,1,1,1,1,'Re: Cassidy Dreams','Speaking of Cassidy, did you ever write that romantic style short you were planning on? I think that\'s what it was, anyway. \":?\"','',0,0,'','15rxc32w',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89690,89636,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1393582218,1,1,1,1,'Re: Cassidy Dreams','[quote="ognawk":22kninhl]Speaking of Cassidy, did you ever write that romantic style short you were planning on? I think that\'s what it was, anyway. \":?\"[/quote:22kninhl]\nNope. \":oops:\"','',0,0,'gA==','22kninhl',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89691,89636,2552,0,'188.31.14.140',1393582497,1,1,1,1,'Re: Cassidy Dreams','Oh, OK. I was just wondering whether you actually had written it and I\'d missed it. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','3qqrnmhn',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89692,0,2552,0,'188.31.14.140',1393585229,1,1,1,1,'Re: Wheel of Misfortune Game 14: SacredDust\'s Turn','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=659891#p659891:1ka5kvyn]Subject: Wheel of Misfortune Game 14: SacredDust\'s Turn[/url:1ka5kvyn]\n\nRound 3 is underway, and you get to start. \":)\"','',0,0,'EA==','1ka5kvyn',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89693,0,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1393623477,1,1,1,1,'Regarding Writing','Dear RLobinske,\n\nI\'m curious as to whether you are currently writing any fan-fics and if you have any time avaialbe?','',0,0,'','3i5ib21o',0,0,'u_276','',0),(89694,0,45,0,'24.124.70.182',1393625271,1,1,1,1,'Just checking in...','Hi Deref:\n\nAre you doing O.K.? hadn\'t seen you on the boards for some while, so I thought I\'d check in and ask. Hope you are in good health and all is well. Take care and best regards,\nJtranser','',0,0,'','3o2n8um3',0,0,'u_114','',0),(89695,87203,1798,0,'149.254.250.126',1393628510,1,1,1,1,'Re: Feel free to ignore this','Some crazy person was babbling about you on the board and I was like \'WTF.\' So this is me hoping you\'re ok.','',0,0,'','2iyh4fdz',0,0,'u_1779','',0),(89696,0,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1393634492,1,1,1,1,'Sunday\'s going to be iffy','Dear Padre, Tem and Jeremy,\n\nA couple of things might conspire against my making to to chat:\n\n1. The younger stepbrother from Southold is up here and he\'s supposed to return Sunday morning, but now they\'re calling for more snow (!) for NYS that day and into Monday, so his departure might be pushed back to Monday or Tuesday, so that means odds are I\'m going to be roped into doing grunt work with him.\n\n2. On top of that, Sarge and his now fiance (the woman from Syracuse) are supposed to be over here tomorrow, and knowing the General he\'s going to try and rope them into staying overnight, and if that snow hits odds are they\'ll be stuck here Sunday as well.\n\nSo if I don\'t make it to chat on time or don\'t show up at all, you\'ll know why. Sorry. \":-(\"','',0,0,'','2h072r3h',0,0,'u_2213:u_39:u_1233','',0),(89697,0,55,0,'199.102.213.101',1393643008,1,1,1,1,'Possible hotel stay','Hey!\n\nKristen and I have been talking about coming up to Minneapolis the first weekend of May for Free Comic Book Day and the first Wizard World Minneapolis ComicCon.\n\nWe were wondering about your hotel, how much it cost for rooms, if it had two-room suites or conjoined rooms (so Katherine could have a place to sleep), and how close it is to the Minneapolis Convention Center.\n\nLet me know when you get a chance, we might get to see you!\n\nThanks,\nBryan','',0,0,'','1aj924cm',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89698,89697,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1393645832,1,1,1,1,'Re: Possible hotel stay','[quote="Bryan":2lv8stfh]Hey!\n\nKristen and I have been talking about coming up to Minneapolis the first weekend of May for Free Comic Book Day and the first Wizard World Minneapolis ComicCon.\n\nWe were wondering about your hotel, how much it cost for rooms, if it had two-room suites or conjoined rooms (so Katherine could have a place to sleep), and how close it is to the Minneapolis Convention Center.\n\nLet me know when you get a chance, we might get to see you!\n\nThanks,\nBryan[/quote:2lv8stfh]\nHey, that\'s that great news! \":)\" I\'m thrilled that you guys are coming up here. Between us though, the Red Roof Inn I work at is old, small, and a barebones kind of motel. Not dangerous, but it\'s 33 years old and looks every day of it. \":lol:\" So there aren\'t any two-room suites or adjoining rooms, just single units, and the doors all open to the outside. Plus we are in Woodbury, a suburb of St. Paul about 30 minutes east of the Convention Center.\n\nThere is a second Red Roof Inn right there in Minneapolis that is in better condition and would make for a much shorter drive to the Con; I\'ll call them tonight and find out just how much better they are, then let you know the details. If you decide to stay there, I may be able to get you a deal. If not, that part of Minneapolis is full of hotels--Comfort Inn, Country Inn & Suites, Best Western. I\'ll help find you something!\n\nIn any case, I would love for your guys to stop by my place when you drive up here. How does lunch on the deck by a private lake sound? \";)\" \n\nNathan','',0,0,'gA==','2lv8stfh',0,0,'u_55','',0),(89699,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1393646136,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I hope my post about angry drunks didn\'t come off as an insult to you or anyone else. I apologize for that because that wasn\'t my intention (that last post of mine on the topic was in reference to my dad who\'d say and do nasty shit when he was drunk, and because of him I prefer not to deal with abusive people who drink).','',0,0,'','3aht2g04',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89700,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393667279,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I know, I agree with you. Aggressive drunk people are twats. The world could do without them. Arseholes, up hell with them. Towns on weekend nights are shit places to be. I saw your post and wanted to respond but phone is fucked. And if anyone gives you shit for your stories and art cos it\'s not what they want they want then fuck \'em, the twats. \n\nHaving phone issues. Hope you are ok after Daria\'s passing and many hugs to you. I wasn\'t being rude and ignoring you, just couldn\'t get online. \":hug:\"','',0,0,'','2z7k6mbj',1393667710,1,'u_849','',0),(89701,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1393680001,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Oh, get this: the joys of living in a rural place is that the bars are in driving distance, and some towns here have no public transportation service. So you know what that means... Yaay drunk drivers. And crazy ones, too. That\'s a major issue where I live, I think I\'d take drunk pedestrians any day over drivers.\n\nWe\'re still holding up okay, and thanks for the hugs. They\'ve been helpful. \":hug:\" Just wish the patronizing would stop around here. I\'m glad you\'re backing up my art and ideas, btw. That also means a lot. \":glomp:\" I hope your phone isn\'t giving you too much trouble.\n\nOoooh yeah, all I\'ve got now is the background to somehow color and make look good, then the pic is finished, I think. \":)\"','',0,0,'','y61xzap9',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89702,89696,39,0,'87.115.249.20',1393707639,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sunday\'s going to be iffy','Thanks for the warning!','',0,0,'','28juinjd',0,0,'u_26','',0),(89703,88785,2552,0,'188.29.126.9',1393712101,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Just read the wiki page for OATP. I voted for that in a couple of awards, so which type of person do you think I am? A drug addict, alcoholic or mentally ill? \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2cl3xjpf',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89704,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393712493,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','All three.','',0,0,'','14ifd6wy',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89705,88785,2552,0,'188.29.126.9',1393712641,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Well, that explains a lot, I guess. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','3kvq7m3b',1393713359,2,'u_1798','',0),(89706,89693,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1393715219,1,1,1,1,'Re: Regarding Writing','[quote="Robyn":2z0z1djz]Dear RLobinske,\n\nI\'m curious as to whether you are currently writing any fan-fics and if you have any time avaialbe?[/quote:2z0z1djz]\n\nMy writing time is much less these days, but this is my current story in progress:\nviewtopic.php?f=6&t=41212','',0,0,'gA==','2z0z1djz',0,0,'u_2555','',0),(89707,89444,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1393719575,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','Oh, sorry for passing over the Kirk/Narcissa stuff, I remember being fairly tired when I replied and so I basically just gave it a silent approval, haha. Well, now it\'s a vocal approval: Go for it! (Shame about her losing her magic. Oh well, maybe Twilight can help her learn a new kind of magic? Also, don\'t know why, if she\'s intending to kill Lucius with a single curse, she just doesn\'t go straight for the Avada Kedavra, other than the dramatic excitement of Kirk coming to her rescue and leading to smoochies later on).\n\nI totally agree that the Ministry needs to burn, but I still think my \'peacekeepers\' suggestion should be the way to go about it, since (ideally, anyway) democracies just don\'t outright declare war on their tyrannical neighbors. Look at Francisco Franco, the fascist ruler of Spain from 1938 until his death in 1975. He was a gigantic asshole, to be sure, but he never waged wars of conquest and he didn\'t go out of his way to genocide an entire people. Sure, NATO could have said "Down with fascism!" anyway and sent in their bombers and tanks and ships, but if we blasted the bejeezus out of Spain back then, would they really be better off now than they are today? (See also: the Iraq War). I\'ve spoken before on how war is utterly terrible and often ruins more than it saves. Fudge, with his incompetent boobery, is essentially Franco in this situation, and mundane Britain declaring war against him unprovoked would lead to greater hardships than the good it would provide. Voldemort, on the other hand, is Wizard Hitler: Crazy enough to want to watch the world burn, and competent enough that he might just be able to pull it off. Against such a madman, war is acceptable, because the price of letting him live is even higher than the war would be.\n\nWizarding Britain is literally in Mundane Britain\'s backyard, unlike ol\' Franco, so obviously Churchill\'s Britain wouldn\'t let the whole rotten mess endure any longer than necessary. The PM sends in his SAS guys to battle Death Eaters, yes, but also deliberately botches diplomacy with Fudge, and Kingsley Shacklebolt (who I believe was one of the Mundane PM\'s guards in canon) uncovers information that Mundane Britain is going to enslave all magicals. So, Fudge declares war against the Mundanes, gets his ass soundly kicked, and when he tries to tell people about the planned enslavement of all wizards Kingsley just shrugs and says Fudge is nuts. (This is essentially from the Morrowind school of diplomacy -- murder is straight-up legal if you taunt the guy into throwing the first punch. Underhanded as hell, but as long as you don\'t look too closely at the details it looks like Fudge is the crazy warmonger and the PM is the charming liberator).\n\n(Need to watch Love Actually again soon).\n\nYou know, I wouldn\'t even go so far as to say that Luna was tortured. Another factor I forgot to bring up (tiredness again) is ol\' Xenophilius himself. The Death Eaters are using his daughter as leverage for him to cooperate in their anti-Harry campaign. I\'d think they\'d have to give him constant updates that she is, in fact, alive and well and untortured, or else instead of printing pro-Voldemort newspapers he\'d just straight up go nuts (well, MORE nuts) and start a one-man war against the Death Eaters. \n\nHmm, the Dementors. Yeah, they are unquestionably the most evil beings alive. (Though I remember one fic tried to make them a bit more morally ambiguous, by pointing out that they were still technically living beings, and it would be cruel to starve them, and if they could truly only derive sustenance from human misery/souls, then they were no worse than a lion killing a human. I\'m a speciesist, though, so I still say wipe \'em all out). I actually have trouble believing that they can actually destroy peoples\' souls, though that\'s more of a personal philosophical view than anything. I mean, being Kissed is supposed to render a person totally catatonic, right? Well, guess who else is catatonic: Frank and Alice Longbottom, and nobody ever accused them of losing their souls. Since Dementors inflict misery upon people, perhaps the act of being Kissed is so miserifying that it drives them off Conscious Thought Cliff and into the Catatonia Cascades. Even if that\'s the case, though, it\'s still unquestionably evil and anybody who ever authorized their use needs to be put on trial for crimes against humanity. (Idea: A scene where the mundane PM assures Fudge that Voldemort and anybody else who used Dementors will be tried under the highest scrutiny of the law, and relishes the subsequent look on Fudge\'s face as the worm breaks into a nervous sweat).\n\nEscape scene idea: Aurors chase Hooch up the Astronomy Tower and corner her. "Give up!" they demand. She smirks, birds off, and magically triggers the large amount of erumpet horn powder she concealed at the tower\'s base years ago. Down goes the Astronomy Tower.\n\nIt\'s unlikely you ever read them, but the Doom novels (yes, somebody novelized the Doom games back in the 90s) had a \'character\' that was actually twins, members of an alien race where each individual really was one soul contained within two bodies. (Their physical appearance was described by the main character as a cross between Alley Oop and Magilla Gorilla). The novels themselves were delightfully insane crack; the first was a fairly faithful representation of the original game, whereas the second had the main characters join forces with the Mormons and the third sent them off to fight the REAL aliens behind the Doom demons, who\'d invaded the Martian moons as the latest gambit in a eons-long war over literary interpretations. And the fourth novel was the Matrix before the Matrix was a thing.\n\nI think a theme I\'ve seen a lot in fanfics is that much of Wizarding Britain is populated by weenies who are too frightened/lazy/etc. to actually lift a wand in self-defense, even if they vastly outnumber the Death Eaters. Molly probably does figure that someone else (Aurors, other Order members, Dumbledore, or Harry himself) will take care of the Death Eater problem, but so do a lot of other witches and wizards. It\'s yet another sin to lay at the feet of the society as a whole. (Another consideration: Maybe she chose to stay home in order to protect her children, at least until they\'d all grown up, graduated Hogwarts, and could look after themselves.)\n\nSome thoughts on Obliviation: In one of my in-progress HP fics, I\'m going to have Dumbledore plead with Tom Riddle to not do anything to break the Statute of Secrecy, because the last time wizards operated openly, they eventually warred with the Mundanes, leading to the destruction of Atlantis (which I\'ll have as an ex-continent that used to lay between Europe and North America). Do you think Obliviation of individuals is justified if it prevents the kind of carnage that destroys entire continents?\n\nAlso, I\'m not sure if I\'ve recommended it to you in the past, but if I have, I\'d like to once again do so and suggest you read Harry Potter and the Natural 20: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8096183/1/ ... Natural-20 . The story\'s advanced into the second book now, and there\'s a really intriguing subplot about a mundane police officer who discovers her memories have been tampered with and starts a really clandestine investigation into wizards, furious that she was essentially \'murdered\' and replaced by somebody with fewer memories. It\'s so, so, so fun.','',0,0,'','3hpklrfo',0,0,'u_1204','',0),(89708,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1393722914,1,1,1,1,'Re: The Hallowed Halls of Fielding (Part 148, 2/24/2014)','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=659782#p659782:ml1qmjxu]Subject: The Hallowed Halls of Fielding (Part 148, 2/24/2014)[/url:ml1qmjxu]\n\n[quote="Sureia":ml1qmjxu]Quick note here on the whole bomb thing. Am I the only one who thinks it could actually be Elsie? Tom and the letter are very much on my mind here. I can\'t explain the impression beyond that though.[/quote:ml1qmjxu]\n\nRunning it through the WOPR \":D\" , I can see this as a valid possibility, but there\'s just one question I have; whether she sees Daria as a frind or a possible future love interest, there\'s still the very real chance (simply because of her mental issues) that Elsie would allow that information to come out herself, if for no other reason than to hurt Daria (if she ever really went over the cliff o\'insanity) by not necessarily hurting Quinn - but by hurting Quinn and showing that it really didn\'t affect Daria as much as it should have if she actually loved her sister as a sister, instead of tolerating her as a family member she\'ll gladly be rid of come graduation day - and really, that\'s a valid interpretation of the Morgendorffer sisters\' dynamic during their time at Fielding. Really, for the most part, they do come across as cousins - distant cousins who have been forced together by circumstance.\n\nIn any event, would Elsie take that chance? Daria seems to be her last real link to attempted continuing sanity/attempts to me functional in society. Would she risk that friendship and that anchor for getting back at all of Fielding and the life she has, the people all around her? Is she really that far gone?\n\nI don\'t know if you take requests for [i:ml1qmjxu]HHOF[/i:ml1qmjxu], but if you do, I have one. It\'s for a \'Mini\', based on the concept (somewhat) that I touch upon in the post above, and the relationship that Elsie and DeeDee (I\'m starting to not even call her \'Daria\' anymore) have.\n\nWhat has happened to Jane in her life at LHS without Daria (and Quinn, to some extent) as an influence in her life? I don\'t want or expect any grand reunification between the two of them (as I mentioned before, DeeDee\'s attitude and actions when she met the Grove Hills kids shows that she\'s probably far too removed to be someone Jane would want to be around); I do, however, think that it would be interesting to see what has happened with Jane\'s life - especially if you keep a certain Young Master Sloane in canon, and have him go trolling for townies at the Zon (in order to feel manly about himself, I could see \":(\" ).\n\nAlong those lines - have we ever seen anything that (according to one poster) would make Sue Bee more sympathetic, were she actually found to be responsible for the bombing, due to her background, family and raising?\n\nJust curious. \":)\" \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'sA==','ml1qmjxu',0,0,'u_213','',0),(89709,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1393728969,1,1,1,1,'Don\'t leave because of that troll','Robyn\'s an ass. Don\'t leave because of it. You\'ve contributed far too much to leave because of that fecal dropping. \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'','1g8m96c0',0,0,'u_1779','',0),(89713,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1393739112,1,1,1,1,'Re: Russia playing war games in Ukraine?','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=660013#p660013:vyik8v75]Subject: Russia playing war games in Ukraine?[/url:vyik8v75]\n\n[quote="Derek":vyik8v75][quote="Robyn":vyik8v75][quote:vyik8v75]I know these stunts that Putin keeps pulling have a track record of not turning into world war three, but prior to 1986, the leaky seals around the RATO segment joints had a track record of not turning space shuttles inside out.[/quote:vyik8v75]You think he sabotaged the Challenger? I have never heard anything to suggest that...[/quote:vyik8v75]\n[img:vyik8v75]http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt324/freakingdork/gifs/340x.gif[/img:vyik8v75][/quote:vyik8v75]\n \":bang:\" \nCan we just ban this person from posting in Nick\'s ever again?','',0,0,'mA==','vyik8v75',0,0,'u_414','',0),(89714,89713,414,0,'24.60.252.24',1393740945,1,1,1,1,'Re: Russia playing war games in Ukraine?','The thought has crossed my mind. Unfortunately, I\'m not a moderator.','',0,0,'','sgmg6aw7',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89715,89444,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1393744382,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','Hmm, I should look into more Harry/Fleur fics. I\'m actually re-reading Harry Potter and the Wastelands of Time (another fic I recommended to you some time ago), which features the pairing. \n\nHmmmmmm. Wait, if Harry ends up with Fleur, and thusly Luna ends up with Millicent...who does Hermione end up with? My "Hermione gets tragically murdered by Death Eaters" Sense is tingling. \n\nYou\'ve got a point about the mundane PM declaring war due to decades of treaty violations by a state legally subordinate to the UK. Fulfills my definition of a just war! Hahahaha, I\'m weird. But yeah, it\'s a legit enough casus belli that Hugh Grant doesn\'t have to wait for Voldemort to take out Fudge (and will save people a lot of misery and perhaps a few lives by acting sooner rather than later).\n\n(If the PM was never directly named in Love Actually, make it so that he really is Hugh Grant, pulling a Reagan-esque transition from acting to politics).\n\n(Actually, that goes into the weird real person fiction zone, so you might not want to do that, depending on your inclinations re: RPF).\n\nGood to hear that Cedric lives. You know, I\'ve actually been pondering a canon-compliant Cedric-centric fic in which he\'s secretly panicking over being chosen as the Hogwarts champion because Hufflepuffs are useless. (A comedy, of course).\n\nTaken is super fun, but it\'s not got nearly as much mayhem as Commando. "Hey Wormtail, remember when I said I\'d kill you last? I lied."\n\nYou know, I never actually got the impression that Dementors were fully sentient. I\'d guess that they\'re as smart as dogs, else they really should have known that going places like the Hogwarts Express or the Quidditch Pitch would have only resulted in getting a faceful of Patronus. So while they are instruments of evil, they aren\'t really personally capable of deliberate evil, I would think. They must still be exterminated, but in much the same way smallpox needed to be eradicated. (And you\'ve never heard of humans who take evil pleasure in the consumption of beef? They are out there -- mainly folks who are for some reason indignant that vegetarians exist).\n\nActually, your conception of the Killing Curse is what I suspect happens when a Dementor \'eats\' a soul. I doubt it would actually get to feast on it like an Everlasting Gobstopper...my own philosophy is that, if souls do exist, they don\'t actually reside within the body, so whether the soul is cut off from the body via Killing Curse or Dementor\'s Kiss, the person is dead but their soul is still intact Elsewhere. (Though I don\'t actually think Avada Kedavra severs a person\'s soul. I think it\'d be funny if somebody got hit by one, then a somewhat ignorant Mundane-born performed CPR and -- voila! -- they\'re back!)\n\nI think Sirius not being serious (*rimshot*) about fighting Bellatrix was quite deliberate. I mean, he called Harry by his father\'s name, so he was clearly having a bit of a flashback to his glory days during the first war. Consider: He was locked up in Azkaban almost as long as his cousin, so it\'s pretty impressive he was as sane as he was. If he hadn\'t had an animagus form, he\'d be just as nutty as Bellatrix was, though he\'d be all mad-dog killer on former Death Eaters. (A few months back, I read an interesting Harry/Bellatrix time travel fic, Delenda Est, in which Bellatrix was just a regular pureblood, maybe a bit more intense than her peers, before her marriage to What\'s-His-Name Lestrange and her entry into the Death Eaters).\n\nI agree that Obliviations to ostensibly prevent a greater catastrophe are essentially garbage. I mean, it\'s pretty much a Watchmen scenario, isn\'t it? "Oh look at me, I\'m gonna prevent a nuclear war!" *Wipes out half of New York City*. Rorschach, the amoral psychopath, was the most heroic character in that friggin\' comic. It wasn\'t really relevant to my story (for Reasons), I was just curious about your take.','',0,0,'','26km5pml',0,0,'u_1204','',0),(89716,88785,2552,0,'94.118.119.255',1393757839,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Wait, has Pete actually left? That sucks big time if he has. He\'s a good guy and a great writer also. \":(\"','',0,0,'','gbr863wd',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89717,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393758060,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I sent him a PM asking of he\'s ok but I have no reply. I\'m hoping troll face gets the message and fucks off.','',0,0,'','2mse117u',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89814,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394059372,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I read it and thought "whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck is this shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit."\n\nThat\'s the only thing I can process about the arsewater of SD\'s I\'ve just read. He thinks it\'s weird (or wrong if he as being honest with himself) so everyone else must think so to? Fuck off, arsehole. And relating a father wanting to present at the birth of his child to DV is horrid, how do they connect at all? Has this guy ever heard of \'live and let live?\' By all means, if BDSM is not for you, or being present at the birth of your kid isn\'t for you either then fine. Personal choice and all. But don\'t project it, pfffftt at his rubbish.','',0,0,'','1l94tr5n',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89742,88785,2552,0,'94.197.47.65',1393844180,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','"It don\'t matter, baby. What matters is that I\'m with you now."\n\n"How many people?"\n\n\":lol:\"','',0,0,'','1lvmgtf0',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89743,88785,1798,0,'149.254.224.236',1393844899,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','"Why does it matter?" \n\n"It just does. More or less than ten?"\n\n"Uh......"\n\n"Todd, I\'m warning you."\n\n"More. I don\'t know how many, I used to screw around a lot, but that was before I met you. Now I\'m a one woman dude and I.... Baby, are you ok? You\'ve gone all red. Please put the pen down."\n\n"You better give me names and quick.God damn it, these bitches better be fast runners."','',0,0,'','1g2vzew5',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89719,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393759837,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','By which I mean Robyn, not Pete. Pete, come back.\n\nJust seen the Wheel of Fortune thread. Cassidy \":lol:\" \n\nOh God , I can see the chaos unleashed if the owners of the prizes wanted them back.\n\n[color=#804040:3cw45j4o]Kiddo, I sort of need my car back, your mother thinks I should go on a \'Driving Away Anger course. We go on relaxing rides, isn\'t that neat?[/color:3cw45j4o]\n\n[color=#00BF00:3cw45j4o]Janey, we need the Tank back. We have a gig in Sweedsville and we need to fit toilet facilities in it. Max ate a bad burger.[/color:3cw45j4o]\n\n*Door is kicked in*\n[color=#0040FF:3cw45j4o]Where the hell is my car before I put one of you in the hospital? I stole that car fair and square, man. Steal your own damn cars in future, you bunch of weeblos.[/color:3cw45j4o]','',0,0,'Ag==','3cw45j4o',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89720,88785,2552,0,'92.40.118.202',1393766113,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Come back Pete indeed.\n\nI did the \'Fanfic\' edition of the game to keep myself interested. It\'s a lot harder to do that than you might think. Especially when I\'m getting messages off people saying "Update the thread already" when I\'m trying to think of some remotely interesting dialogue to write.\n\nTodd\'s car is still in the warehouse, seeing as no-one won it. Woe betide anyone who tries to get in his way if he finds out where it is.\n\nWhat would you do if Trent came a-knocking for his Blue Bomber? \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','patz4ql6',1393766602,1,'u_1798','',0),(89722,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393778670,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','[quote:1iz9zmp4]I did the \'Fanfic\' edition of the game to keep myself interested. It\'s a lot harder to do that than you might think. Especially when I\'m getting messages off people saying [b:1iz9zmp4]\n"Update the thread already" when I\'m trying to think of some remotely interesting dialogue to write.\'[/b:1iz9zmp4]\n\nTodd\'s car is still in the warehouse, seeing as no-one won it. Woe betide anyone who tries to get in his way if he finds out where it is.\n\nWhat would you do if Trent came a-knocking for his Blue Bomber?[/quote:1iz9zmp4]\n\nWTF? You don\'t owe these people shit and who are these idiots? GTFO people. \n\nTrent will have to find Todd and the two can team up and steal that shit back. Until Jane then turns up, strong arms Trent into letting the bomber stay and Todd is like \'take my car and kiss me, lovely lady.\'','',0,0,'wA==','1iz9zmp4',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89723,88785,2552,0,'188.31.11.10',1393779316,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','It wasn\'t like I hadn\'t updated it in days either. I got that message 12 [i:16ydp7u9]hours[/i:16ydp7u9] after they\'d posted. Impatient bastards.\n\nSomehow, Todd doesn\'t strike me as the type to say "Lovely lady" to a woman. That sounds more an Upchuck thing. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'IA==','16ydp7u9',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89724,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393779552,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Alright. Todd would say "Hey baby, let\'s fuck."','',0,0,'','llrjb12v',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89725,88785,2552,0,'188.31.11.10',1393779945,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I do now have this mental image of Todd with a monocle and an ill fitting suit, stubble on his chin and hair slightly tidy but not quite, trying to be an upper class gent and not really pulling it off. Don\'t know whether it\'s hilarious or horrifying. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','15cx6kox',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89726,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393782182,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Hilariously horrifying, I can imagine him pulling it all off eventually after Jane says "I like you better when your a little bit more [i:1pg119dq]scruffy.[/i:1pg119dq]"\n\nAlso:\n\nJane didn\'t feel the heat as she stepped out the doors of El Paso International Airport, even though the pilot had told the passengers on her flight that Texas was in the grip of an unusually warm spell of weather for the time of year. No, she didn\'t feel it all. The only thing Jane felt was excitement, a thrill of anticipation that prickled in her chest as she made her way to the hire car place. She had an address of the jail her man was in and a road map to Highland. \n\n"Not long now, honey," she whispered to the woollen doll that was stuffed in her bra, pressed against her heart. "I\'m almost here."','',0,0,'IA==','1pg119dq',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89727,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1393788841,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=660155#p660155:27pw29xy]Subject: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner[/url:27pw29xy]\n\n[quote="Jeremy Garrett":27pw29xy]Inspired by Quiverwing\'s "In the Spotlight" threads, I decided to start something like those but for original fanfic characters. And so, here it is..."Character of the Week". (I have to thank Breitasparrow for the name idea, by the way.) Here\'s how this will go...once a week, a character will be given a thread and its author will have him or her answer questions from forum members.\n\nNow, with all that out of the way, allow me to introduce Mandy Crishner as the first to be featured. She debuted in a series of mine which I call "The Hot and Bothered Series". She identifies herself as a "crust punk", or "crustie" for short. She\'s also the frontwoman for the band Crust Kills, a sometimes artist, and has a hidden love of "alt-country" music.\n\nSo there you have it. Got any questions for Mandy, shoot them on over. And if any of you writers want one of your characters in a future installment, shoot me a PM and we\'ll work something out. \":)\"[/quote:27pw29xy]\n\nSure, if Ethan D. could show up later (like, when everyone else has had their go), that would be nice.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'kA==','27pw29xy',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(89728,88785,2552,0,'188.31.11.10',1393789455,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Todd is excited and nervous. He might be freaked out by the doll, though. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','1yjm1mf6',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89729,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393790548,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I\'d suggest he\'s just freaked out at the moment. Also, he doesn\'t know the crazy lady is coming for him. Poor Todd.','',0,0,'','3ux4vd7a',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89730,89721,39,0,'87.115.249.20',1393793682,1,1,1,1,'Re: This afternoon should be a go','See you soon!','',0,0,'','ac7skkoy',0,0,'u_26','',0),(89731,88785,2552,0,'94.196.251.199',1393796038,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','But then he sees her, and thinks "She\'s hot. Weird, but hot."','',0,0,'','xbyt8iqf',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89732,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393796869,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','If Beavis and Butt-head has taught us anything about Todd, it is that he is led by his fists and his dick. He looks at Jane he\'s like \'This girl is gonna kill me one day, but damn she\'s fine.\'','',0,0,'','3t7qugtg',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89733,0,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393804904,1,1,1,1,'Re: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied!','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=659862#p659862:tyo9hdip]Subject: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied![/url:tyo9hdip]\n\nI would like to say thanks for your helpful and kind words in your post. Sometimes I feel so out of my depth on here it is unbelievable, so your explanations and clarifications on things are most appreciated. With yours and Erin\'s suggestions I will take the plunge into the Judith\'s world. I think I\'m in for a wild ride.\n\nAlso, I have read your takedown for the Ianuzzis and I liked it a lot (and believe me I have a love/hate relationship with the takedown thread) because it was just incredibly done that they were taken out by a drone in a very impersonal way, which those two would hate. You also treated it as an alternative ending and not a stick to beat me with (which is the main issue I have with the takedown thread, stuff got personal shall we say) and also that you were one of the few people to show that, even though it was a brief mention, that Todd and Jane loved each other and didn\'t show Jane as a victim. She really wasn\'t. So thank you for that too. \":P\"','',0,0,'EA==','tyo9hdip',0,0,'u_59','',0),(89734,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393804969,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Good times on the almost finished art \":D\"','',0,0,'','1sb43ohi',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89735,0,1571,0,'68.112.97.85',1393805430,1,1,1,0,'Re: Fanfic Idea','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=660171#p660171:256ri60i]Subject: Fanfic Idea[/url:256ri60i]\n\n[quote="peetz5050":256ri60i]Hi All,\nFirst off I haven\'t left the site. Secondly please lay off Robyn, I haven\'t answered her pm\'s because I have a bit of a personal situation and I am STRESSED OUT! Nobody\'s fault on here I\'m just trying to get my head back together and only get a few minutes here and there to try and keep up with the board.\n\nRobyn, my sincere apologies. I will be back in touch.\nPete[/quote:256ri60i]\n\nYou gotta take care of yourself first.\nWe\'ll still be here.\nBe well peetz \":hug:\"\n\n[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM60pXdmXdE:256ri60i]Marta\'s Song[/url:256ri60i]','',0,0,'kA==','256ri60i',0,0,'u_1779','',0),(89736,89697,55,0,'199.102.213.101',1393813467,1,1,1,1,'Re: Possible hotel stay','Well poopie. It looks like that trip just isn\'t going to work out.\n\nWe\'re now kicking around coming up for the Console Room Con in mid-May, but that\'s not even for certain.\n\nWe\'ll get up to visit you sometime!\nBryan\n\n[quote="SacredDust":j6olapwg][quote="Bryan":j6olapwg]Hey!\n\nKristen and I have been talking about coming up to Minneapolis the first weekend of May for Free Comic Book Day and the first Wizard World Minneapolis ComicCon.\n\nWe were wondering about your hotel, how much it cost for rooms, if it had two-room suites or conjoined rooms (so Katherine could have a place to sleep), and how close it is to the Minneapolis Convention Center.\n\nLet me know when you get a chance, we might get to see you!\n\nThanks,\nBryan[/quote:j6olapwg]\nHey, that\'s that great news! \":)\" I\'m thrilled that you guys are coming up here. Between us though, the Red Roof Inn I work at is old, small, and a barebones kind of motel. Not dangerous, but it\'s 33 years old and looks every day of it. \":lol:\" So there aren\'t any two-room suites or adjoining rooms, just single units, and the doors all open to the outside. Plus we are in Woodbury, a suburb of St. Paul about 30 minutes east of the Convention Center.\n\nThere is a second Red Roof Inn right there in Minneapolis that is in better condition and would make for a much shorter drive to the Con; I\'ll call them tonight and find out just how much better they are, then let you know the details. If you decide to stay there, I may be able to get you a deal. If not, that part of Minneapolis is full of hotels--Comfort Inn, Country Inn & Suites, Best Western. I\'ll help find you something!\n\nIn any case, I would love for your guys to stop by my place when you drive up here. How does lunch on the deck by a private lake sound? \";)\" \n\nNathan[/quote:j6olapwg]','',0,0,'gA==','j6olapwg',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89737,89697,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1393819980,1,1,1,1,'Re: Possible hotel stay','Darn, that\'s too bad. Keep in touch though. Kristen says your place may not work for this year\'s Midwest Dariacon, so I\'m organizing it up here for Labor Day Weekend! \":mrgreen:\"','',0,0,'','3v26ihfb',0,0,'u_55','',0),(89738,88785,2552,0,'94.197.47.65',1393842767,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','The only thing Jane will kill him with is love. Obsessive, crazy love. Remember the tree.','',0,0,'','1kh1041j',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89739,0,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1393843228,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=660155#p660155:3huxrbbj]Subject: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner[/url:3huxrbbj]\n\n[quote="Jeremy Garrett":3huxrbbj]Inspired by Quiverwing\'s "In the Spotlight" threads, I decided to start something like those but for original fanfic characters. And so, here it is..."Character of the Week". (I have to thank Breitasparrow for the name idea, by the way.) Here\'s how this will go...once a week, a character will be highlighted and its author will have him or her answer questions from forum members.\n\nNow, with all that out of the way, allow me to introduce Mandy Crishner as the first to be featured. She debuted in a series of mine which I call "The Hot and Bothered Series". She identifies herself as a "crust punk", or "crustie" for short. She\'s also the frontwoman for the band Crust Kills, a sometimes artist, and has a hidden love of "alt-country" music.\n\nSo there you have it. Got any questions for Mandy, shoot them on over. And if any of you writers want one of your characters in a future installment, shoot me a PM and we\'ll work something out. \":)\"[/quote:3huxrbbj]\nOooooooooh, is there any chance I can have reservations for using the thread next week? (I wonder if a two-fer is allowed, by the way - that way I can sorta kill two birds with one stone rather than take up other people\'s weeks with my multiple characters..... plus it\'s hard for me to choose between Jules and Rosalie, so I\'d love to do both if that\'s cool.) \":)\"','',0,0,'kA==','3huxrbbj',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(89740,88785,1798,0,'149.254.224.236',1393843316,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Yes, that crazy love will be the death of him. What the hell would she do if she asked him \'how many people have you been with before me?\' Todd\'s survival instinct will be going into overdrive at that point and as he\'s trying to sweeten the answer she notices the hesitation. Run Todd, like the wind.','',0,0,'','37pl3ebt',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89741,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1393843418,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Ugh, picking out colors for their surroundings is tough. I wanna stay as canon as possible, but damn at all the pink in the room they eat in together in BatB right before the ballroom scene - and that\'s the room I\'d (in sticking with canon) need to go by, I think. Pink wouldn\'t be an issue at all if it weren\'t for Rosalie\'s gown already kinda matching the colors, I don\'t want the background walls to drown her out. \":(\" Anywho, other than figuring out which colors to ultimately use around \'em, it\'s going along well, and I should have something for you sometime later today. \":)\"','',0,0,'','v2owsbv3',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89744,88785,2552,0,'94.197.47.65',1393845089,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','\":lol:\"\n\nOh Janey, you so crazy. Todd hasn\'t been so scared in his life.','',0,0,'','32phbgcc',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89745,88785,1798,0,'149.254.224.236',1393846260,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Poor Todd wishes he was back in the clink at this point.\n\n"Well honey, to prove your love to me there\'s only one thing we can do."\n\n"What? Jane, this is crazy talk. You know I love you, I can\'t help that I had a life before you, but now my life is you. This stuff is insane, you are making me worry. Maybe you need to speak to someone."\n\n"No. What we need to do is have a baby. Then we can be a family and you can never leave me then. Doll Todd agrees with me. He\'s almost like a baby to us anyway. We can make him a real boy."','',0,0,'','3s8e3x5i',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89746,89727,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1393848583,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','Now when you say "when everyone else has had their go", do you mean when everyone\'s done with Mandy or when every fanfic character has been featured?\n\nBy the by...did you catch the season premiere of Hannibal?','',0,0,'','1fnc2bma',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(89747,89727,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1393855188,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','When other fanfic characters are featured, thanks for asking.\n\nAs much as I love the source material, I have to admit I\'m not really into the show. \":lol:\" Ironic, I know. It\'s mostly because right now I\'m reading [i:jj93xvym]A Song of Ice and Fire[/i:jj93xvym], and I want to finish those before I get back to TV.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'IA==','jj93xvym',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(89748,89739,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1393856433,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','I don\'t know if a "twofer" would work, it might make things a little confusing.','',0,0,'','1rphjrof',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89750,89636,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1393864116,1,1,1,1,'Re: Cassidy Dreams','[quote="ognawk":3jl9hnqu]Oh, OK. I was just wondering whether you actually had written it and I\'d missed it. \":lol:\"[/quote:3jl9hnqu]\nThe idea remains, however... \":mrgreen:\" \n\nI think the game has rekindled my interest in her.','',0,0,'gA==','3jl9hnqu',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89751,0,94,0,'23.30.51.129',1393871319,1,1,1,1,'Question...','Are you planning any stories going into detail about the reduction in size of the Ringbearers post-Judith Saga? I had an idea for a short story involving Mack Dynamite, Judy Blue, and Amelia and figured it might be a good way to do an in story explanation if you hadn\'t already had plans to do so. \n\nI\'m assuming that after the cleanup, the Ringmasters decided to enact Code Kerensky and leave a token force of Ringbearers behind to deal with their original mandate, while still have a sizable amount of people to re-populate the universe should something like Judith happen and succeed in the future. \n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'','1yzxffdn',0,0,'u_59','',0),(89752,89751,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1393874995,1,1,1,1,'Re: Question...','[quote="Erin M.":gmqo2p2q]Are you planning any stories going into detail about the reduction in size of the Ringbearers post-Judith Saga? I had an idea for a short story involving Mack Dynamite, Judy Blue, and Amelia and figured it might be a good way to do an in story explanation if you hadn\'t already had plans to do so. \n\nI\'m assuming that after the cleanup, the Ringmasters decided to enact Code Kerensky and leave a token force of Ringbearers behind to deal with their original mandate, while still have a sizable amount of people to re-populate the universe should something like Judith happen and succeed in the future. \n\n--Erin M.[/quote:gmqo2p2q]\n\nNo - they were leaving, period. The only reason the few (as I said, less than twenty) that were left behind were in case of occurrences happening that would endanger [i:gmqo2p2q]The Exodus[/i:gmqo2p2q], so they could use their \'Haloes\' (that\'ll be explained in a future fic) to jump beyond [i:gmqo2p2q]The Veil[/i:gmqo2p2q] and begin a search for the others. Aside from that, those left behind were there fully expecting to die in the final battles with Judith, but transmitting info until the end. \n\nI don\'t see the [i:gmqo2p2q]Corps[/i:gmqo2p2q] returning at any time in the foreseeable future; there are only three known Ringbearers that might appear anytime soon. Odell Jones is going to make an already scheduled appearance in [i:gmqo2p2q]LLH[/i:gmqo2p2q] (with Quinn, strangely enough) but remember that yes, he\'s still dead. \n\nValkyrie will make a couple of appearances; this is explained in that this is her past-self, which is still passing through inter-dimensional \'fractures\' in time and space due to the events of [i:gmqo2p2q]Spirit Stick[/i:gmqo2p2q] & [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=9/11_manifestations:gmqo2p2q]the Omega Pi Rho sorority house incident on D-404.[/url:gmqo2p2q] \n\nDanielle Todds also chose to stay behind, fully expecting to die in the fight against Judith. If there\'s going to be any use of a name Ringbearer, it\'ll be her. If you want to flesh out one of the remaining nineteen as an actual character (Valkyrie [b:gmqo2p2q]did[/b:gmqo2p2q] leave with [i:gmqo2p2q]The Exodus[/i:gmqo2p2q]), knock yourself out. Just remember that there\'s only one new restriction that those left behind were given: [i:gmqo2p2q]No new [u:gmqo2p2q]Rings[/u:gmqo2p2q] can be created[/i:gmqo2p2q]. They\'re allowed to create [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gifted_human:gmqo2p2q]\'gifted humans\'[/url:gmqo2p2q]; if the need arises, but no new Ringbearers.\n\nIn the post-Judith era, any Ringbearer with brains is in a [i:gmqo2p2q]Whisperer[/i:gmqo2p2q] mode of operation, and with good reason: everything that the [i:gmqo2p2q]Corps[/i:gmqo2p2q] went after or opposed is terrified that they may return or reconstitute themselves (due to any remaining Ringbearers) - and if one pops up (especially after the way they attempted to scour the multiverse of their foes before they left) everyone who opposed or feared them will try to pounce on it with absolute force. \n\n\nBasically, they\'re gone for good. \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'8Q==','gmqo2p2q',0,0,'u_94','',0),(89753,89751,94,0,'172.56.8.137',1393875758,1,1,1,1,'Re: Question...','Okay, I\'m confused. As I understand how things went, Judith wiped out the Corps before Kerensky was completed then Daria brought the entirety of the Corps back at the Battle of D-101. So what exactly happened after that once Judith was vanquished?','',0,0,'','31mgc9dd',0,0,'u_59','',0),(89754,89751,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1393877075,1,1,1,1,'Re: Question...','[quote="Erin M.":3d904ptz]Okay, I\'m confused. As I understand how things went, Judith wiped out the Corps before Kerensky was completed then Daria brought the entirety of the Corps back at the Battle of D-101. So what exactly happened after that once Judith was vanquished?[/quote:3d904ptz]\n\nShort form: After they were brought back, they simply decided that it wasn\'t worth it to fight a battle that they couldn\'t win (because of [i:3d904ptz][u:3d904ptz]The Prophecy[/u:3d904ptz][/i:3d904ptz], and they left. [i:3d904ptz]The Battle of D-101[/i:3d904ptz] never happened, and the Corps swore they would never again engage in a conflict that they were preordained and constrained against fighting with a chance of victory, or even being able to attempt to fulfill their Mandate.\n\n\n\n[b:3d904ptz]HOWEVER...[/b:3d904ptz] (and I feel ashamed that I forgot to mention this to you)\n\n\n\nRemember how the [i:3d904ptz]Warhammers[/i:3d904ptz] declared total war on Judith? They decided that they would fight and die, as long as Judith & her forces went out with them? \n\nShiva\'s working on a post-[i:3d904ptz]Judith Saga[/i:3d904ptz] fic called [i:3d904ptz]The Hammers[/i:3d904ptz]. Long story short (and he\'ll be able to give you more info) - the Warhammers were stripped of their Rings and excommunicated from the Corps for choosing to disobey the order for [i:3d904ptz]Code Kerensky[/i:3d904ptz] - but before they were cast out, several stole a number of the endowment matrixes for [i:3d904ptz]Defender Rings[/i:3d904ptz] (or \'[i:3d904ptz]Rixes[/i:3d904ptz]\' as Shiva has named them). They also shortened their name...\n\n\nAfter the events of [i:3d904ptz]Worldhopper[/i:3d904ptz], the [i:3d904ptz]Corps of Ringbearers[/i:3d904ptz] are gone from the [i:3d904ptz]Daria Multiverse[/i:3d904ptz]... but the Hammers remain, and they\'re out to do good, no matter who they have to stomp to do it.\n\nRemember how you mentioned that the Ringbearers are like the GLC? Take that analogy one step further; if the Ringbearers are the GLC, then the Hammers are the [i:3d904ptz]Manhunters[/i:3d904ptz]. \n\nIt\'ll be interesting to see what he does with them. \":)\" \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'4Q==','3d904ptz',0,0,'u_94','',0),(89755,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1393877434,1,1,1,1,'A minor correction...','[i:13ksmnqu][u:13ksmnqu]The Battle of D-101[/u:13ksmnqu][/i:13ksmnqu] [b:13ksmnqu]did[/b:13ksmnqu] happen - I stand corrected - it\'s just that there were no Ringbearer-influenced forces there. \n\nThe PFT-weapons had become so iconic that even without the Corps, there were other organizations that were able to copy the design from the memories of those who remembered them. Sherrie Klein and Jodie Landon were two of those who could reconstitute those weapons, so military fores that wanted them could be supplied with PFT-JK-11\'s (the M1 through M4 series were created independently of the Corps\' influence).\n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'YQ==','13ksmnqu',0,0,'u_94','',0),(89756,89755,94,0,'23.30.51.129',1393877900,1,1,1,1,'Re: A minor correction...','[quote="Brother Grimace":nx2g3sfj][i:nx2g3sfj][u:nx2g3sfj]The Battle of D-101[/u:nx2g3sfj][/i:nx2g3sfj] [b:nx2g3sfj]did[/b:nx2g3sfj] happen - I stand corrected - it\'s just that there were no Ringbearer-influenced forces there. \n\nThe PFT-weapons had become so iconic that even without the Corps, there were other organizations that were able to copy the design from the memories of those who remembered them. Sherrie Klein and Jodie Landon were two of those who could reconstitute those weapons, so military fores that wanted them could be supplied with PFT-JK-11\'s (the M1 through M4 series were created independently of the Corps\' influence).\n\n\n-BG[/quote:nx2g3sfj]\n\n\nUm... how?\n\nRead the summary again. If the story had been done as originally intended, the Ringbearers would have been instrumental in repelling Judith\'s forces from D-101 and later after Daria blazed a trail for everyone to get to D-666. \n\nGranted, D-101 was temporally reset (it\'s still the main Daria universe after all and doesn\'t inherently contain anything like the kind of tech that appears elsewhere), but in such a way that to the native inhabitants, it never happened. \n\nIf AFTERWARDS the Corps decided to leave, that\'s fine and it still works for the story. Although, their motivation seems a little passive-aggressive to me. It comes off like "we\'re pissed because we couldn\'t be the big damn heroes, so we\'re leaving. See how you all fare without us." Granted, I don\'t actually believe that\'s the motivation, but taking the whole Corps out of reality because of the prophecy, when said prophecy has been fulfilled and there\'s no evidence of a similar situation happening again comes off as kind of a dick move.\n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'4Q==','nx2g3sfj',0,0,'u_59','',0),(89758,88785,2552,0,'90.221.127.251',1393880783,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I think Jane\'s watched Pinnochio too many times. "Doll Todd will be a real boy." \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2u4s6ixe',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89759,89757,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1393881115,1,1,1,1,'Re: A question on The Judith Saga...','I thought that [i:2vt47so8]Kerensky[/i:2vt47so8] was implemented in case the prophecy failed and the Worldhopper was unable to contain the Worldburner. \n\nIt at least sounds better. \";)\"','',0,0,'IA==','2vt47so8',0,0,'u_59','',0),(89760,89755,94,0,'23.30.51.129',1393881564,1,1,1,1,'Re: A minor correction...','Let me pitch something to you...\n\nAs I said, I feel like the current motivation behind the Ringbearers\' departure seems passive-aggressive. But what if it went something like this?\n\nAfter the events of the Judith Saga, the Ringmasters realized that the Corps had become too big and too recognized throughout the multiverse. They were calling more and more attention to themselves and Judith was something of a wake-up call, especially after Laurence reported what had happened after D-476 was destroyed.\n\nSo, they did what a certain Time Lord had to do, fade back into the shadows. They decided to enact Kerensky after all, but correctly figured that the disgraced Warhammers weren\'t going to give up so easily (and it\'s most likely the Church reported the theft of the Defender Rings to them and the Agency), so they called for volunteers to stay behind with the mandate of helping where possible, but also to act as a check on the Hammers if they got out of control. And there\'s your 20 or so that stayed behind. \n\n\nIt\'s a motivation that\'s a bit more understandable and covers everything else that\'s happened.\n\nWhat do you think?\n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'','27qhkdb6',0,0,'u_59','',0),(89761,89755,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1393881848,1,1,1,1,'Re: A minor correction...','[quote="Erin M.":3rmts9x5][quote="Brother Grimace":3rmts9x5][i:3rmts9x5][u:3rmts9x5]The Battle of D-101[/u:3rmts9x5][/i:3rmts9x5] [b:3rmts9x5]did[/b:3rmts9x5] happen - I stand corrected - it\'s just that there were no Ringbearer-influenced forces there. \n\nThe PFT-weapons had become so iconic that even without the Corps, there were other organizations that were able to copy the design from the memories of those who remembered them. Sherrie Klein and Jodie Landon were two of those who could reconstitute those weapons, so military fores that wanted them could be supplied with PFT-JK-11\'s (the M1 through M4 series were created independently of the Corps\' influence).\n\n\n-BG[/quote:3rmts9x5]\n\n\nUm... how?\n\nRead the summary again. If the story had been done as originally intended, the Ringbearers would have been instrumental in repelling Judith\'s forces from D-101 and later after Daria blazed a trail for everyone to get to D-666. \n\nGranted, D-101 was temporally reset (it\'s still the main Daria universe after all and doesn\'t inherently contain anything like the kind of tech that appears elsewhere), but in such a way that to the native inhabitants, it never happened. \n\nIf AFTERWARDS the Corps decided to leave, that\'s fine and it still works for the story. Although, their motivation seems a little passive-aggressive to me. It comes off like "we\'re pissed because we couldn\'t be the big damn heroes, so we\'re leaving. See how you all fare without us." Granted, I don\'t actually believe that\'s the motivation, but taking the whole Corps out of reality because of the prophecy, when said prophecy has been fulfilled and there\'s no evidence of a similar situation happening again comes off as kind of a dick move.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:3rmts9x5]\n\n\n\nThat\'s not quite accurate. \n\nIt would be more along the lines of:\n\n"Since the beginning of this conflict, we have been vilified for being the only force that has actually been capable of actually standing against Judith and her forces and allowing the time for the [i:3rmts9x5]Worldhopper[/i:3rmts9x5] to manifest before the [i:3rmts9x5][u:3rmts9x5]Worldburner Prophecy[/u:3rmts9x5][/i:3rmts9x5] could come to pass in its entirety - and it\'s not being \'Big Damn Heroes\', it\'s what we\'ve been doing all along. [i:3rmts9x5]It\'s our [u:3rmts9x5]Mandate[/u:3rmts9x5]. [b:3rmts9x5]It\'s why we exist.[/b:3rmts9x5][/i:3rmts9x5] We didn\'t ask for parades or thanks when we fought the [i:3rmts9x5][u:3rmts9x5]Counterpoint Ringwar[/u:3rmts9x5][/i:3rmts9x5], or when we fought against the [i:3rmts9x5][u:3rmts9x5]Ringwraiths,[/u:3rmts9x5][/i:3rmts9x5] the [u:3rmts9x5][i:3rmts9x5]Dominator[/i:3rmts9x5][/u:3rmts9x5] or [i:3rmts9x5]the [u:3rmts9x5]Veiled Ones[/u:3rmts9x5][/i:3rmts9x5], and we didn\'t ask for that here: [i:3rmts9x5]we simply asked to be allowed to fulfill the purpose for which we were created.[/i:3rmts9x5] [i:3rmts9x5][u:3rmts9x5]The Agency[/u:3rmts9x5][/i:3rmts9x5] was able to place restraints upon us; that was a necessary evil, but it was the first nail that led to what happened with the Warhammers. \n\n[i:3rmts9x5][u:3rmts9x5]The Foundation\'s[/u:3rmts9x5][/i:3rmts9x5] actions, and the idea that others will be allowed to come forth with God-like power, suppress our organization as a whole until \'The Chosen Ones\' arrive to deal with that situation (regardless of the untold numbers that will die in the meantime) meaning that we will be unable to act & seen as wrong for attempting to act demonstrates that we are no longer relevant or needed. If beings and forces, whether for good or ill, are allowed to keep us from acting at will for their own purposes, then we are no longer needed, because we are no longer effective in our purpose.\'\n\nThat\'s probably why they would leave, if they left after the events of [i:3rmts9x5]The Judith Saga[/i:3rmts9x5].\n\n\n\nThere\'s also the point that [i:3rmts9x5]Code Kerensky[/i:3rmts9x5] was implemented in case the prophecy failed and the [i:3rmts9x5]Worldhopper[/i:3rmts9x5] was unable to contain the [i:3rmts9x5]Worldburner[/i:3rmts9x5]. Remember, the point was to jump beyond [i:3rmts9x5]The Veil[/i:3rmts9x5] (basically, outside the realm of the [i:3rmts9x5]Daria Multiverse[/i:3rmts9x5] in any form of comprehension) in order to save as many species as possible. It wouldn\'t matter what happened after the [i:3rmts9x5]Worldhopper[/i:3rmts9x5] reintegrated reality - the fact remained that Judith/the [i:3rmts9x5]Worldburner[/i:3rmts9x5] was an omniversal threat, [i:3rmts9x5]and the [u:3rmts9x5]Mandate[/u:3rmts9x5] would demand that they leave/escape [u:3rmts9x5]anyway[/u:3rmts9x5].[/i:3rmts9x5] (Remember, that was one of the major points behind the construction of the [i:3rmts9x5]Sky Vaults[/i:3rmts9x5].) Not even the [i:3rmts9x5]Worldhopper[/i:3rmts9x5] could have guaranteed victory. \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'4Q==','3rmts9x5',0,0,'u_94','',0),(89762,89636,2552,0,'188.29.126.100',1393882013,1,1,1,1,'Re: Cassidy Dreams','She\'s watching yoooou! \":lol:\"\n\n[img:2w1bftso]http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/images/3/30/Cassidybwilliam.jpg[/img:2w1bftso]','',0,0,'CA==','2w1bftso',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89763,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393882793,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','On a scale of one to ten, how freaked out do you reckon Todd is by the doll, the life sized statues of himself, the painting of his own wedding, JL 4 TI scrawled ever and the fact Jane has already named their six children and grandchildren? Oh, and the fact she knows his every move.','',0,0,'','1j5z45cz',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89764,89755,94,0,'172.56.8.137',1393882794,1,1,1,1,'Re: A minor correction...','see I get the logic, but it still comes off as passive-aggressive. Again, there\'s no evidence that anything of this scale is going to happen again. And the Foundation is perfectly content to let them do as they please with no further interference. As Reiko said back before everything went to he\'ll, before Judith, they didn\'t worry about the Daria multiverse because of the actions of the Ringbearers and the Agency.\n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'','20d2xt4x',0,0,'u_59','',0),(89765,88785,2552,0,'188.29.126.100',1393883116,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','On a scale of 1 to 10, I\'d say about 27.\n\n"Look at little Todd Jr. He looks so much like his father."','',0,0,'','34nuy159',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89766,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393883551,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','"Except I\'m flesh, and not wool And this is not Pinocchio." \n\n"[i:30k96hc9]Todd.[/i:30k96hc9] This is your son we are talking about."\n\nOne day, this fic will be written. This relationship is actually quite sad. I can imagine Todd and Jane Ianuzzi looking at this from another dimension and thinking "least we aren\'t this messed up."','',0,0,'IA==','30k96hc9',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89767,88785,2552,0,'188.29.126.100',1393883833,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','The tree in this dimension is warped in some way. The leaves are a strange colour.','',0,0,'','16usqw9t',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89768,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393884003,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Crazy Jane........\n\n[img:2mkt1w1z]http://i.imgflip.com/6nm1n.jpg[/img:2mkt1w1z]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nHow\'s the writing coming along?','',0,0,'CA==','2mkt1w1z',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89769,88785,2552,0,'188.29.126.100',1393884811,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I\'m looking at shorts right now. I have this little thing that came to me earlier, and I\'m not sure whether to put it in \'Shorty Shorts\', \'Scenes No Daria Fan-Fic Should Have\' or \'Recycle Bin\'. \":?\"\n\n\n\nDaria had been suspicious about this so called \'date\' for a while. Robert getting her name wrong and talking to her using cue cards were big warning signs. Yet, as she looked at his chiseled jawline and athletic frame, a very unfamiliar feeling was stirring inside her. She looked at him intently as he read from another card.\n\n"Can sports and clubs get their pages back in the yearbook?"\n\nShe should have been annoyed at that question. This confirmed her suspicions that the whole thing was a set up. Yet, as she looked into his eyes, another idea came to her head.\n\n"I think we should discuss this somewhere more private, say your place?" Daria said.\n\n"Um... yes ma\'am," Robert replied.\n\n\nDaria lay next to Robert in bed, running her finger along his chest as she smiled at him.\n\n"Did you enjoy that?" she asked.\n\n"Yes ma\'am," he replied, smiling himself.\n\nThe whole experience had felt odd to her at first, but once she got into it and let herself loose, she really enjoyed herself.\n\n"I\'ll do you a deal, Robert," Daria said, "If you keep me happy, I\'ll talk to Mr DeMartino about getting your pages back. What do you say?"\n\n"Yes, ma\'am! Thank you Darc... Daria."\n\nShe winced slightly at him nearly getting her name wrong, but smiled at him correcting himself.\n\n"You\'re welcome, Robert," she said as she planted a kiss on his lips.','',0,0,'','29mgb4mw',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89770,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393885049,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Scenes That Should Not Be.....Seductress Daria freaks the crap out of me \":shock:\"','',0,0,'','2piqyq17',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89771,88785,2552,0,'188.29.126.100',1393885108,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I should probably bin it. Unless you think I should freak everyone else out as well. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','1a0iz43e',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89772,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393885235,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Post it. If I suffer, everyone suffers.','',0,0,'','3eozq8by',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89773,88785,2552,0,'188.29.126.100',1393885359,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Your wish is my command.\n\nNext, I work on proper stuff. Tomorrow.','',0,0,'','3mwbijvj',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89774,89755,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1393886318,1,1,1,1,'Re: A minor correction...','[quote="Erin M.":34m32dbl]see I get the logic, but it still comes off as passive-aggressive. Again, there\'s no evidence that anything of this scale is going to happen again. And the Foundation is perfectly content to let them do as they please with no further interference. As Reiko said back before everything went to he\'ll, before Judith, they didn\'t worry about the Daria multiverse because of the actions of the Ringbearers and the Agency.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:34m32dbl]\n\n\nThen The Foundation has no reason to complain about their departure - and you\'re incorrect. It was the Foundation that hamstrung the Corps during the [i:34m32dbl]Judith Conflict[/i:34m32dbl] - but even worse; if what you said above is accurate, then (to quote Thor from [i:34m32dbl]The Avengers[/i:34m32dbl], when he spoke about The Tesseract) the appearance of both Judith and The Foundation means that the Daria Multiverse [i:34m32dbl]is ready for [u:34m32dbl]a higher state of war[/u:34m32dbl][/i:34m32dbl]. There is no way to predict, and no way to say for certain, that a being or event along the lines of Judith will not appear, and there\'s no reason to believe that (following along the lines of their previous actions) that The Foundation won\'t act to curtail Corps activities in the face of that potential future threat for the purpose of having that threat countered in the manner that they choose. A universe where the Corps is by definition tethered by the whims of The Foundation, and unable to act of their own volition is a place that the Corps has no purpose in[/i]. There is no reason to see this otherwise.\n\nBesides that, remember that the Ringbearers were very specifically created and held to a single purpose (policing the worlds for supernatural threats, and assisting survivors in rebuilding their worlds or finding new ones) which expanded out only to a passive secondary purpose (intelligence gathering on those worlds). They were never meant for GLC-style duties (in-universe, or for the purpose of storytelling). \n\nIf The Foundation is now concerned enough about the Daria Multiverse because of the threats that have emerged (and you can be sure (because of the writers around here \":D\" ) that Judith is only the first, then they will be forced by necessity to take up a more formal and active stance in the sphere those threats (supernatural and otherwise) - threats that by definition, do not fall under the Corps\' [i:34m32dbl]Mandate[/i:34m32dbl]. \n\nIt\'s time for The Foundation to step up, or create a force to do it for them. \n\n-BG','',0,0,'oQ==','34m32dbl',0,0,'u_94','',0),(89775,89755,94,0,'50.160.101.95',1393888838,1,1,1,1,'Re: A minor correction...','Okay... now we\'re getting into a reality vs. story gray area. \n\nIt\'s not the Foundation objecting to the way the Ringbearers leave. They could honestly care less. Judith is dealt with. Crisis over. Everybody goes back to business as usual. If the Ringbearers want to leave that\'s fine with them.\n\nWhat I\'m saying is that I have problem as a reader with their motivations. One prophecy in one story does not a perpetual threat make. This is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. And it looks really petty. The Foundation has no,intention of interfering with the Ringbearers again. It\'s not necessary. I as an author have no plans to,do,anything on this scale again. No more prophecies, no more omniversal threats, and probably no more Foundation. So unless you\'re planning something on the same scale, why would they think they have no place,in the universe? Just because there may be,something more powerful than them out there? Again, passive-aggressive "If we can\'t win we just won\'t play" thinking. \n\nIf you want them gone, then fine. I\'m saying that if their,rationale sounds petty to me, think how it will sound to someone who HASN\'T collaborated with you.','',0,0,'','38pdxu68',0,0,'u_94','',0),(89776,89755,94,0,'50.160.101.95',1393889857,1,1,1,1,'Re: A minor correction...','Okay... now we\'re getting into a reality vs. story gray area. I\'m getting deja vu. I\'m making the arguement from a story structure perspective while you seem (to me) to be making the argument as if the Ringbearers actually existed. (NOTE: I do not think that you actually do think the Ringbearers exists. I just couldn\'t think of a better way to phrase that.)\n\nIn universe, it\'s not the Foundation objecting to the way the Ringbearers leave. They could honestly care less. Judith is dealt with. There\'s a new Worldhopper who, while powerful, is only one person and probably will never return to the Daria Multiverse ever again before she dies. (Yes, Daria is still going to age and she is going to die eventually.) Crisis over. Everybody goes back to business as usual. If the Ringbearers want to leave, that\'s fine with them. The Foundation has no intention of interfering with the Ringbearers again, because it\'s not necessary. They have no other prophecies of this nature on record. Zero. Zip. Nada. The entire conflict was one that was meant to be a once in who knows how many lifetimes event. This isn\'t the damn DCU where the universe comes to an end every three years. \";)\" \n\nWhat I\'m saying is that I have problem [i:cm1hl541]as a reader[/i:cm1hl541] with their motivations. One prophecy in one story does not a perpetual threat make. This is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. And it looks like the Ringbearers are being really petty. \n\nI as an author have no plans to do anything on this scale again. No more prophecies, no more omniversal threats, and probably no more Foundation. So unless you\'re planning something on the same scale, why would they think they have no place,in the universe? Just because there may be something more powerful than them out there? Again, passive-aggressive "If we can\'t win we just won\'t play" thinking.\n\nIf you want them gone, then fine. I\'m saying that if their rationale sounds petty to me, think how it will sound to someone who HASN\'T collaborated with you. I would think you\'d rather give them a more noble reason to leave rather than "we weren\'t allowed to operate the way we wanted to during this crisis, because both the Foundation and the Omniverse at large wouldn\'t let us, so we\'re leaving because if we can be overruled so easily then obviously there\'s no need for us."\n\nBut I\'m tired of arguing. If that\'s the way you want them to go, then I\'ll work it into the story. \n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'IA==','cm1hl541',0,0,'u_59','',0),(89777,89636,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1393892060,1,1,1,1,'Re: Cassidy Dreams','[quote="ognawk":3vxdxxf5]She\'s watching yoooou! \":lol:\"\n\n[img:3vxdxxf5]http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/images/3/30/Cassidybwilliam.jpg[/img:3vxdxxf5][/quote:3vxdxxf5]\nOh, I wish. \";)\" \n\nShe\'s your character, Og; would you object to a short AU where Tom is secretly a lonelier person than he appears, and finds himself enjoying her attention even though it scares the hell out of him?','',0,0,'iA==','3vxdxxf5',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89778,89636,2552,0,'188.29.126.100',1393892288,1,1,1,1,'Re: Cassidy Dreams','What would Quinn think of you? \";)\"\n\nThat sounds interesting. I would like to see this thing that you are suggesting.','',0,0,'','372cs4k3',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89779,89636,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1393893984,1,1,1,1,'Re: Cassidy Dreams','[quote="ognawk":1is422d7]What would Quinn think of you? \";)\"\n\nThat sounds interesting. I would like to see this thing that you are suggesting.[/quote:1is422d7]\nQuinn knows she\'s number one in my heart. Plus she\'s sleeping, so she can\'t get jealous. \":)\" \n\n[youtube:1is422d7]Wqn7YzYGT_w[/youtube:1is422d7]\n\nMaybe I\'ll just write that...','',0,0,'gAE=','1is422d7',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89780,89636,2552,0,'90.221.127.251',1393895128,1,1,1,1,'Re: Cassidy Dreams','Maybe you just have a thing for redheads. \";)\"','',0,0,'','1lta80k5',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89781,89755,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1393896427,1,1,1,1,'Re: A minor correction...','Just say that they\'re gone, and they won\'t be coming back - no explanation necessary. Their fate simply becomes a great mystery that someday becomes legend, and then myth.','',0,0,'','bq3s9ho7',0,0,'u_94','',0),(89782,89755,94,0,'50.160.101.95',1393897523,1,1,1,1,'Re: A minor correction...','sounds good. Any objection to Amelia Pine being on of the ones who stuck around? Also, for my own education, is Archangel still here?','',0,0,'','31x6s1xj',0,0,'u_59','',0),(89790,89739,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1393905935,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','So it\'s settled then...after Mandy, we\'ll first give Rosalie a go. Then sometime after, we\'ll go to Jules. And sometime after that, we\'ll give Bastien the spotlight.','',0,0,'','kanafdm0',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89791,89739,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1393906283,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','Sounds great! Yeah, I wanna stay fair and let others have ample time for their characters. Thanks for making the next week\'s reservation for me. \":D\"','',0,0,'','3ry7xvbf',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(89792,89444,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1393910023,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','Well, in Wastelands of Time, the issues you bring up re: Harry and Fleur\'s backgrounds aren\'t really relevant, because Harry\'s been stuck in a time-loop for centuries (which brings its own unique issues) and Fleur doesn\'t have time to worry about her own issues due to all the times her life is put in peril by Death Eaters and demons from Hell. And there\'s definitely no harems or Veela-supercharged sex drives or Gabrielle forming a triad with the two of them, so no worries on that end either. \n\nI\'ll definitely give Champions a look!\n\nYou know, I don\'t really think Hermione is as much a slave to authority as you\'re making her out to be. I mean, look at the very first book, where she defied McGonagall and went off with Harry and Ron to the forbidden third floor corridor. (And we can easily chalk up her reservations about Snape\'s old Potions book as being Rowling meddling with the natural Harry/Hermione chemistry in her typical ham-fisted way). I really need to get on my re-readthrough of the HP series, because then I\'d have more of a sense of how Hermione related to authority in canon.\n\nI think, rather than Hermione blunder her way into blabbing to Dumbledore, when she hears that information she A. gives Harry the benefit of the doubt since they are friends, and B. gathers up a posse of her friends to actually straight-up confront him about it and have backup on the off chance he IS evil. Of course, Draco overhears, tells Snape -- who is an ass and (like you describe Hermione) not fully briefed on the situation -- who then tells Dumbledore, and then cue a big rumble with Lal and Hermione\'s posse vs. Dumbles while Harry and helpers ready the ritual. \n\n(You know, Dumbledore\'s behavior during World War II gives me cause to think he was always an idiot, so the Big Dumb Idiot Curse didn\'t really have to be all that big. I mean, I think I remember it being canon that Dumbledore dithered about and didn\'t go after Grindelwald for a long time, and once we learned afterwards that he was gay and attracted to Grindelwald, it\'s easy to deduce he didn\'t want to go after his crush, which is romantic, but also SUPER DUMB. I mean, it\'s likely that Grindelwald was in some fashion in league with Hitler, so if Dumbles had moved sooner, the Holocaust might have killed a lot less people).\n\nMm, yes, we need James Bond vs. wizards. Do it. (My first Bond was Brosnan in Goldeneye, so now I\'m imagining Alec Trevelyan teaming up with Voldemort. And of course, Hagrid somehow meets up with Valentin Zhukovsky).\n\nGood ol\' Klingon romance. One of the funniest scenes in Generations is when Soren slugs that one Klingon lady and she admonishes him, saying that she hopes he\'s trying to initiate a mating ritual.\n\nHmm, Wizarding True Lies is a compelling idea. The plot is practically writing itself in my head. Unsure if it\'s something I\'d actually want to do, though; I don\'t like doing mash-ups like that unless I can do something interesting and unexpected, like what I have in store for Daria and the Chocolate Factory. (I\'ve got such a hilarious ending in mind for that one).\n\nIf Starfleet has the technology (a jar? Really? Hahaha) to keep souls outside of bodies, I\'m not sure why death still exists in the Star Trek universe. Just hook up some gizmo to automatically vacuum up a dude\'s soul when his vital signs go from \'critical\' to \'nonexistent\', then keep it in a safe place until a new body can be cloned. (It\'d be opt-in only, for people morally opposed to immortality for some stupid reason). I\'m guessing that this only applied to Spock due to the rigamarole surrounding the Genesis project. (I think. I never actually watched Star Trek III). \n\nDelenda Est is quite fun, though the basic premise reads near-identically to Passageways (what with the time travel and the Harry/younger, less crazier Bella and butterfly effect radically changing the course of future events). I\'ll give Passageways a look, for sure, and see how things differ, though I\'ve never been crazy for the "Hogwarts is actually sentient" cliche.','',0,0,'','14yr46yn',0,0,'u_1204','',0),(89793,89755,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1393911741,1,1,1,1,'Re: A minor correction...','[quote="Erin M.":oj2vfji3]Cool. And if he goes in that direction and it ends with everybody coming back.Reiko may be issuing a formal apology to the Corps and the Ringmasters.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:oj2vfji3]\n\n\nThere\'s no need for that - but I [i:oj2vfji3][u:oj2vfji3]can[/u:oj2vfji3][/i:oj2vfji3] see the Ringmasters hammering out a formal agreement (like the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Nova_Valdris_Accords:oj2vfji3][i:oj2vfji3]Nova Valdris Accords[/i:oj2vfji3][/url:oj2vfji3] with [i:oj2vfji3]The Agency[/i:oj2vfji3]) formalizing jurisdictional scope/boundaries and so forth. \n\nI can also see many in the Corps (let alone the Hammers) still holding a grudge against them - as we saw during Worldburner, that kind of grudgewas still held by the Warhammers against the Agency, even with them on the run and needing sanctuary. \n\nI can see idiots like Warhammer Brittany Taylor nursing a fierce resentment against the Foundation. Now that they\'re essentially running wild, people might need to put them back on leashes or put them down.\n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'sQ==','oj2vfji3',0,0,'u_94','',0),(89794,89755,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1393911808,1,1,1,1,'Re: A minor correction...','[quote="Erin M.":2xemov8n]Cool. And if he goes in that direction and it ends with everybody coming back.Reiko may be issuing a formal apology to the Corps and the Ringmasters.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:2xemov8n]\n\n\nThere\'s no need for that - but I [i:2xemov8n][u:2xemov8n]can[/u:2xemov8n][/i:2xemov8n] see the Ringmasters hammering out a formal agreement (like the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Nova_Valdris_Accords:2xemov8n][i:2xemov8n]Nova Valdris Accords[/i:2xemov8n][/url:2xemov8n] with [i:2xemov8n]The Agency[/i:2xemov8n]) formalizing jurisdictional scope/boundaries and so forth. \n\nI can also see many in the Corps (let alone the Hammers) still holding a grudge against them - as we saw during Worldburner, that kind of grudge was still held by the Warhammers against the Agency, even with them on the run and needing sanctuary. \n\nI can see idiots like Warhammer Brittany Taylor nursing a fierce resentment against the Foundation. Now that they\'re essentially running wild, people might need to put them back on leashes or put them down.\n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'sQ==','2xemov8n',0,0,'u_276','',0),(89795,89444,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1393912736,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','[quote="Smijey":3tqhh1cy]Well, in Wastelands of Time, the issues you bring up re: Harry and Fleur\'s backgrounds aren\'t really relevant, because Harry\'s been stuck in a time-loop for centuries (which brings its own unique issues) and Fleur doesn\'t have time to worry about her own issues due to all the times her life is put in peril by Death Eaters and demons from Hell. And there\'s definitely no harems or Veela-supercharged sex drives or Gabrielle forming a triad with the two of them, so no worries on that end either.[/quote:3tqhh1cy]\n\nOh, that sounds lovely. Even the demons from hell bits. ... I have issues of my own, I think. Either that or I\'ve watched too much [i:3tqhh1cy]Buffyverse[/i:3tqhh1cy].\n\n[quote:3tqhh1cy]You know, I don\'t really think Hermione is as much a slave to authority as you\'re making her out to be. I mean, look at the very first book, where she defied McGonagall and went off with Harry and Ron to the forbidden third floor corridor. (And we can easily chalk up her reservations about Snape\'s old Potions book as being Rowling meddling with the natural Harry/Hermione chemistry in her typical ham-fisted way). I really need to get on my re-readthrough of the HP series, because then I\'d have more of a sense of how Hermione related to authority in canon.[/quote:3tqhh1cy]\n\nFair enough. I\'ll admit it\'s been a long time since I\'ve read the books, and I did like Book 4 Hermione a lot more than Book 5-7 Hermione. I maintain that her intellectual inflexibility is something she needs to be broken of. And as you say, her learning to break rules when necessary was something she picked up from adventuring with Harry. She doesn\'t do that this time around. She\'s not in Harry\'s badass crew this time around and is a bit more socially isolated, so she\'ll be a bit more like Early Book 1 Hermione than Canon Book 4 Hermione, but you\'re right that it doesn\'t need to be taken too far.\n\nI do agree the potions book thing reads in retrospect like hamfisted attempted ship-sinking. Unfortunately, it makes Hermione look like an [i:3tqhh1cy]idiot[/i:3tqhh1cy] for not being able to tell the difference between cheating and using a book annotated by an expert.\n\n[quote:3tqhh1cy]I think, rather than Hermione blunder her way into blabbing to Dumbledore, when she hears that information she A. gives Harry the benefit of the doubt since they are friends, and B. gathers up a posse of her friends to actually straight-up confront him about it and have backup on the off chance he IS evil. Of course, Draco overhears, tells Snape -- who is an ass and (like you describe Hermione) not fully briefed on the situation -- who then tells Dumbledore, and then cue a big rumble with Lal and Hermione\'s posse vs. Dumbles while Harry and helpers ready the ritual.[/quote:3tqhh1cy]\n\nWait, so, who\'s in Hermione\'s posse? Because you keep mentioning it and now I\'m intrigued. NERD POSSE! \":D\"\n\nI do think Draco going to Snape going to Dumbledore is a lot more likely to cause the situation I want, so thank you. It needs to come down between Lal and Dumbledore. If Lal fought Snape, she\'d not need to worry about injuring him (since she doesn\'t need him in one piece for the ritual)--it\'s debatable he\'d ever see her coming before he lost consciousness. Given how he treats Harry she\'d almost surely be a bit rougher with him than absolutely necessarily. Especially if she can rationalize an excuse to break his arms and legs and sternum (efficient means to immobilize a target). ... I might just have her fight him anyway for the LOLs. Snape fall down go boom. Hermione\'s posse would be no match for her. She\'d just nerve pinch them into submission.\n\n(Remember, she\'s not just a trained tactical officer, but also one of Starfleet Intelligence\'s deep cover agents, which includes assassination training. Hermione\'s posse would be terrifyingly outclassed, much to their ... terror.)\n\nI want to have this moment where the ritual works in the middle of Albus killing Lal and he\'s all OHSHITOHSHITWHATHAVEIDONETHELAST30YEARS and Lal\'s stoically on fire and sarcastically mutters about it being "about time." Harry\'s freaking out and she tells him not to worry because she knew he\'d come through, and it\'s all about familial bonding and adorable things that should not be adorable and Lal kindly asks Dumbledore to put her out because the Fiendfyre is starting to burn close to some critical systems and one of her legs is sort of half-melted.\n\n[quote:3tqhh1cy](You know, Dumbledore\'s behavior during World War II gives me cause to think he was always an idiot, so the Big Dumb Idiot Curse didn\'t really have to be all that big. I mean, I think I remember it being canon that Dumbledore dithered about and didn\'t go after Grindelwald for a long time, and once we learned afterwards that he was gay and attracted to Grindelwald, it\'s easy to deduce he didn\'t want to go after his crush, which is romantic, but also SUPER DUMB. I mean, it\'s likely that Grindelwald was in some fashion in league with Hitler, so if Dumbles had moved sooner, the Holocaust might have killed a lot less people).[/quote:3tqhh1cy]\n\nI can\'t believe I of all people am saying this, but I can actually sympathize a bit with Dumbledore here. What happened with Ariana\'s death probably made him afraid of killing anyone on some level, unless it\'s absolutely necessary, and most people would not be capable of killing their beloved in cold blood, even for the greater good (snark!). I\'m not saying it wasn\'t dumb--he really should have been looking out for the good of the many and gone after him as soon as possible--but we already know Wizards in canon tend not to care or even know about what is going on in the Mundane world half the time. It wouldn\'t surprise me if they had no idea what the Holocaust was. (I just read a crackfic where the Ministry in England is regarded as a backwards laughingstock internationally for, among other things, denying the existence of airplanes.)\n\nSo I assume, where Grendlewald was not concerned, Albus was enough of a super-dangerous badass Technical Pacifist to have earned his reputation as an unstoppable force for good. Basically Magical Batman without the brooding and with more TWINKLING--anything short of killing he would do, even if it meant breaking every bone in yours and your closest 250 followers\' bodies at once because he was the g\'damned DUMBLEDORE. There\'s got to be a reason Tom Riddle feared him, and I can\'t imagine Riddle fearing anything but epic violence. Following that metaphor, The Big Stupid Curse reduced Dumbledore to a parody of himself: the Adam West Batman version of himself.\n\nOnce it\'s lifted Albus Dumbledore of the 1940s is back with a vengeance (literally), and this time he doesn\'t have a crush on the Dark Lord. Though he\'s still the same person and is trying to reconcile with Harry--and get to know the woman who raised him to be such a fine young warrior for the light and scholar.\n\nAlbus\' ready acceptance of necessary violence and a brutal pragmatism--even lethal violence--is one of the most striking differences in Curse Free Dumbledore that immediately demonstrates to those around him how much his personality was affected. His thundering rage at Snape\'s attitude and job performance and the verbal demolition of the man is another. Publicly, Dumbledore is still acting like the Big Dumb Good to keep Voldemort from getting suspicious the curse failed--especially since they still don\'t know who set it in place as Hooch has not been outed--but in private he arranges for Minerva to go to the Board of Governors and get Snape sacked, much over his public protests. He then grants Snape a non-teaching position in the castle as a potions researcher, etc. to make up for the "injustice" the Board has committed. This makes it look like he\'s still in Albus\' good graces while still allowing Snape to work as a spy. Which he will do now, perfectly. Albus will not let him interact with the children because adults who emotionally bully children have no business being teachers.\n\nSnape stays on in equal parts because Dumbledore has promised to give him enough money to start a private potions research firm when the war is over and never speak to him again, and also because Dumbledore has promised to make sure the public finds out he gave Voldemort the information that led to him targeting the Potters if Snape doesn\'t get his shit together. The Dumbledore that tolerated Neutral Asshole Snape is dead and gone.\n\nThe more Dumbledore finds out about Lal\'s future the more he\'s delighted. The lack of bigotry and inclusiveness and commitment to exploration and unity between species is in many ways his dream, in a form and magnitude he never dared imagine. I\'m thinking at the end of the story he gets to travel to the future to experience it for himself, and thinks it\'s awesome.\n\nHe deserves some awesome, don\'t you think? \n\n[quote:3tqhh1cy]Hmm, Wizarding True Lies is a compelling idea. The plot is practically writing itself in my head. Unsure if it\'s something I\'d actually want to do, though; I don\'t like doing mash-ups like that unless I can do something interesting and unexpected, like what I have in store for Daria and the Chocolate Factory. (I\'ve got such a hilarious ending in mind for that one).[/quote:3tqhh1cy]\n\nI get what you mean re: plots writing themselves. I of course would read it and I think many others would, too. Daria and the Chocolate Factory sounds hilarious. Is it Fat Daria?\n\n[quote:3tqhh1cy]If Starfleet has the technology (a jar? Really? Hahaha) to keep souls outside of bodies, I\'m not sure why death still exists in the Star Trek universe. Just hook up some gizmo to automatically vacuum up a dude\'s soul when his vital signs go from \'critical\' to \'nonexistent\', then keep it in a safe place until a new body can be cloned. (It\'d be opt-in only, for people morally opposed to immortality for some stupid reason). I\'m guessing that this only applied to Spock due to the rigamarole surrounding the Genesis project. (I think. I never actually watched Star Trek III).[/quote:3tqhh1cy]\n\nHmm. No. Starfleet does not have the technology to pull souls out of bodies. This is purely a Vulcan thing. They\'re telepaths, and a big part of their power involves the interfacing of two katra--essentially the mind and spirit rolled into one.\n\nRead this: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Katra\n\nVulcans can mind-meld with humans and other species, but the transfer of a katra itself is exceedingly rare. Minds that should be preserved are passed down to suitable carriers (see Surak in the above article) to avoid losing their wisdom, but actually bringing someone back to the dead the way Spock was is almost unheard of. It only happened because he had the presence of mind to give his katra to Dr McCoy and the Genesis Planet rejuvenated his dead body, which was essentially mindless without a Katra in it. In Star Trek III his father, Sarek, actually came to Kirk looking for the katra so it could be retrieved and taken back to Vulcan so Spock\'s memory would not be lost. There was no thought of bringing him back to life until they realized his corpse had reanimated on the Genesis Planet.\n\nA katra without a body is, hmm, ah! A Katra without a body, after the person has passed on, is basically equivalent to a talking/thinking portrait in Harry Potter.\n\nThe only reason Spock got to have his Katra reunited with his body was because of the uniqueness of the genesis planet. The most a Vulcan could normally hope for would be to transfer his katra to another as he died so it could go home to Vulcan where others could use the katra\'s wisdom. Vulcans are very mortal, and death is indeed final.\n\n(For the record, Spock has melded with both Lal and Data and found them to both have Katras, even if they\'re small flickers and not the usual flame. It\'s my position these androids picked up souls along the way, because metaphysics and d\'aww and I say so because it\'s my AU. \"8)\" \":mrgreen:\" \"8)\" \":P\" \":P\" \":P\" )','',0,0,'oA==','3tqhh1cy',0,0,'u_401','',0),(89796,89444,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1393914418,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','Good point about Hermione\'s distance from Harry making her less flexible in her obedience to authority.\n\nHermione\'s Posse: Not too sure, myself. Either Krum or Millicent (or both), depending on her relationship/friendship status with either. Maybe some Ravenclaws? Maybe she goes to Harry\'s other friends and asks/begs them for help (though they probably wouldn\'t posse up if they in fact knew what was going on). Haha, hell, maybe she gets Ron in her posse, even knowing that it\'s a bad idea for various reasons.\n\nLike the plans of setting Snape up with his own business, away from kids. He does seem to end up (in fics, anyway) a lot more tolerable person when he\'s doing pure potions work without being forced to teach. I remember one fic where his respect for Harry shot up a bunch just because Harry brought him in on harvesting the basilisk for parts (and being able to keep some parts for personal use/sale probably didn\'t hurt either).\n\nAye to Dumbledore going to the future. I always think that, in any story where he somehow survives to the end of the war, he should just retire and enjoy a stress-free life. Going to the future would just be a cherry on top of that.\n\nhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/6302684/1/ ... te-Factory -- One of my many fics in progress, in which Daria gets the golden ticket that would have otherwise gone to Charlie. There are a LOT of things about Willy Wonka\'s factory that, to the non-whimsical mind, are VERY screwed up, and the plan is to have Daria verbally tear apart the whole edifice. Definitely need to update it one of these days. (I think I started it a while before I started Fat Daria).\n\nFrankly, I\'d be more shocked if androids DIDN\'T have souls. If I found out that wasn\'t the case in the afterlife, I\'d march right up to God and demand a refund.','',0,0,'','8vfrls41',0,0,'u_1204','',0),(89797,89444,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1393915493,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','Passageways: Hahahahaha, I actually stumbled across this fic before, but I stopped reading because right there in the first chapter it has Hermione ditching Harry for Ron. Hermione ditching HARRY for RON. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, no thanks. I\'ve mentioned before how I won\'t even read fics where Harry and Hermione aren\'t friends, and this was definitely one of the examples I had in my head, even though I\'d mostly forgotten about it.\n\nI mean, if you really say it\'s super good and I should just power past Impostor Hermione because the rest of it is totally worth it, I\'ll give it another go. But...MAN, ditching Harry for RONALD WEASLEY? Hahahahaha. (It\'s probably super silly to be this worked up and opinionated over, what, the first 200 words of a story? Oh well, haha).','',0,0,'','mhdqjnke',0,0,'u_1204','',0),(89798,88785,2552,0,'188.28.251.18',1393968616,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Should I be concerned that I posted that Daria/Robert short to deviantArt and it got more favourites than most of the stuff I post on there gets? \":-|\"','',0,0,'','ex606qci',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89799,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393969933,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','People love crazy shit like that.','',0,0,'','11vd7w75',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89800,88785,2552,0,'90.205.243.142',1393973592,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Apparently so. On that note...\n\n\nDaria poured out her coffee and sat down, bleary eyed, at the kitchen table. Sleep had been nigh-on impossible with the noise coming from Jane\'s room last night. As she stretched, she noticed Jane\'s Todd doll on the table. She picked it up and looked at it before wearily dropping it on the table again. As she got up to go into the living room, she noticed Jane stood in the doorway, glaring at her.\n\n"What?" Daria asked.\n\n"What did you do to Todd Jr?" Jane said, quickly stepping over to the table and picking the doll up. She stroked it\'s hair and kissed it on the forehead.\n\n"Um, Jane?"\n\n"Shh shh shh," Jane said, "It\'s OK, son, Mommy\'s going to make it better."\n\nDaria shrugged and Jane glared at her again and walked over to her, holding the doll up to her face.\n\n"Kiss Todd Jr better, Aunt Daria, and say you\'re sorry."\n\nDaria looked at Jane in disbelief, wondering if her tiredness was making her hallucinate. "Jane, it\'s a doll."\n\n"Kiss him better!" Jane demanded.\n\nDaria looked the anger in Jane\'s eyes, sighed and kissed the doll on the forehead. "I\'m sorry, Todd Jr."\n\nJane\'s glare turned into a smile. "You\'re forgiven, Aunt Daria," she said as she went to get herself some coffee.','',0,0,'','bybxgk4t',1393973666,1,'u_1798','',0),(89801,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393974215,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Oh my word, that killed me. I can imagine Daria\'s face as she has to kiss a woollen doll better because Jane is looping the loop. Oh my word, what did crazy Jane do to poor Todd the night before to make keeping people awake noise? While Jane is tending to her \'son\' is he sending out \'SOS\' signals from the window? Was the noise Jane making him sing \'Father and Son\' by Cat Stevens to Todd Jr.','',0,0,'','2sgu1qz9',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89802,88785,2552,0,'94.196.250.73',1393974859,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','What damage is Crazy Jane doing to the ship? Will Daria try to help Todd escape? And what would happen to Daria if Jane found out about it?','',0,0,'','1g0jjh7g',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89803,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1393975074,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','No worry, Todd and Jane is a forever ship. It will sail happily through the waters until it reaches sunny weather. \n\nCrazy Jane is strange through. I never know if we should make it half way serious to show how messed up she is and how Todd is essentially trapped or whether we should just run with it and make it a very black comedy.','',0,0,'','3agiwzis',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89804,88785,2552,0,'90.205.243.142',1394000800,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','When the ship stops, they\'ll walk hand in hand into the sunset.\n\nPart of me wonders whether maybe Jane might be doing the whole doll thing for a joke, and that she\'s not really [i:2ot1972j]that[/i:2ot1972j] crazy. But she probably is.','',0,0,'IA==','2ot1972j',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89805,88785,1798,0,'149.254.224.236',1394005809,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','If she isn\'t crazy then she\'s just an especially devoted girlfriend. But no, she is probably cuckoo.','',0,0,'','2qjyljoe',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89806,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394013523,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','SD\'s outright judgment of relationships and people\'s interests is getting to me right now. I mean, I don\'t take any of that personally, necessarily, since I\'m not into BDSM or any fetishes, myself - but his whole dismissal of relationships simply because "I don\'t understand them, therefore they\'re all weird and I\'ll never put myself in that position" is so stupid. And he listed the most absurd combination of things, as if they\'re all relatable to one another - lumping in abuse with live births, wtf? Sure, there are some things even I don\'t get about relationships or how they work, but it\'s all about personal taste, keyword being PERSONAL. Ugh.\n\nYou know what I think it is, truthfully? I think he\'s formed such a fantasy in his brain for Quinn, who\'s FICTIONAL, that he believes no real life woman could ever compare to her, so he sees it as "why waste my time?". Like, he\'s come up with this unrealistic laundry list of ideals he looks for in a girl that he\'ll never find because they\'re based on fiction, not reality. But instead of just saying "I\'m not interested in dating", he has to judge people who are in relationships by calling people weird if they are into kinky sex or want to watch their babies being born. Those things aren\'t weird to those who are into it, for them it\'s normal. But he\'s projecting his own judgment on everyone else, it seems, and that ain\'t right.\n\nIn other news, I had to change the color of Rosalie\'s gown (slightly - I changed the magenta-ish color to a teal color so that the background doesn\'t wash out her outfit). Hopefully all that\'s left to add is a dining table in the back to fill in the room behind them, and it\'ll be ready to show you. \":)\"','',0,0,'','msb2oj4m',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89807,85127,1798,0,'149.254.224.236',1394013842,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I block all that twat\'s posts so I\'m afraid I have no clue what you\'re on about. Send me a link to the post and then I can marvel at what cuntish thing he\'s seen fit to spew across the board. What a prick he is. I may troll him again.\n\nAnd yay for updated art, I look forward to it.','',0,0,'','3dl9x2lb',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89808,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394014203,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=660562#p660562:3179pkkf]Here\'s a link to Charles\'s quoted reply to it so that you can see the original post but also our responses to it.[/url:3179pkkf] I didn\'t wanna come off as 100% cunty so I tried to sound at least a tad polite, but yeah, his comment was very dismissive and stupid.\n\nAnd thanks, I hope to have it done in another day or so if nothing comes up. \":glomp:\"','',0,0,'EA==','3179pkkf',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89809,88785,2552,0,'94.196.125.140',1394049394,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Meanwhile, Jane Ianuzzi looks at this version of Jane and thinks "What the hell..."\n\nHer Todd hopes to god she doesn\'t take up doll making.','',0,0,'','1efyll5h',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89810,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394050451,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Her Todd is shouting at other Todd saying \'For God\'s sake man, control your woman.\' Which leads to arguments about who exactly controls who, which leads to not speaking, which leads to the murders of six people and lots of bloodlust angry make up sex before normal \'I love you baby\' \'not as much as I love you honey\' service is resumed.','',0,0,'','1u1agrdn',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89811,88785,2552,0,'94.196.125.140',1394051972,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','\'OATP - The Lost Murders\' \":lol:\"\n\nWho knows what would happen in the end. Maybe Jane calms down eventually. Maybe Todd escapes and flees to another continent. Maybe Todd Jr actually does come to life and asks Aunt Daria why she dropped him.\n\nI feel the need to write something, but I don\'t know what I\'m going to write. That\'s weird.','',0,0,'','e3xqwvod',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89812,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394053255,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Pffffft, Todd would [i:1co63vqi]never[/i:1co63vqi] escape. Jane ain\'t that daft. \n\nI have no idea what you could write. The actual follow up to crazy Jane\'s love and devotion to an incarcerated man. More adventures of Seductress Daria? Something involving Trent winning \'Miss Maryland\'','',0,0,'IA==','1co63vqi',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89813,88785,2552,0,'94.196.125.140',1394054480,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Trent winning \'Miss Maryland\'? Talk about scenes that should not be. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','1cxy3nrz',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89815,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394070144,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Oh, exactly. Wench and I were talking about it last night on Facebook and I told him that the key word in "personal taste" is PERSONAL. If something isn\'t your cup of tea, then it\'s not and nobody should force it on you - but at the same time, don\'t force your own opinions on such things on everyone else, either.\n\nAlso I told Charles that I find the live birth thing to be loving in a way. The father can watch the arrival of his child, and doing so shows how much he cares for his baby as well as how much he cares about his partner. I totally understand if some feel it\'s too icky or awkward to be into it themselves, but there\'s no need to shame others who ARE into doing that.\n\nI mean, I have no interest (curiosity, some) to have sex or do anything sexual, but I don\'t call everyone else gross for enjoying sex - far from it. Friends have told me some crazy stories of their experiences, and quite honestly I find it fascinating from an objective POV. It\'s like the more I read, watch, or hear anything about sex, the more fascinated I am by it because I feel like I\'m learning more about a world I\'m not a native in, if that makes sense. And I\'m a firm believer in "If it makes you feel good, do it by all means". Of course as long as it doesn\'t involve kids, animals, or anything non-consensual, that is. Hey, if ever comes the time that I do feel like having sex, I think all the stuff I\'ve learned will help me be prepared, too! Never hurts to learn new stuff. \":D\"\n\nAnd I\'ve found something interesting about people I used to talk to who\'re sexual: some of them thought it was strange for men to enjoy receiving anal (and by finding it strange, I mean one girl claimed that no straight guy would enjoy it unless he\'s secretly gay). How is that weird or hard to understand? It\'s not about sexual orientation, it\'s about stimulation - guys can be stimulated from pressure on their prostates, it makes perfect sense to me. It\'s no different from women who enjoy various forms of stimulation, be it anal, clitoral, or vaginal. I think the whole thing with SD and others who find something "weird" boils down to closed-mindedness.\n\nOn the topic of guys receiving..... I have an idea to (eventually, when I get a chance to get to this project) draw Rosalie dawning a strap-on and \'pegging\' Jules; I might do a ficlet to go with it where he opens up to her saying that when she was in her male disguise, he was really turned on and wanted to know what it\'d be like if she fucked him as a guy, so she replies with, "I think there\'s still a way we can do that". I looked it up, and strap-on\'s date back a while, so I could use the idea, I think, for their time period. What do you think? I\'d want it to look tasteful and even romantic, too (so far I wanna pose them where they\'re in missionary position with her on top, so that they\'re facing each other and the viewer can see her eyes glowing from being aroused \":D\" ) - once it\'s drawn I could always send you a PM on SFMB if you wanna beta-view it. \":)\"','',0,0,'','yu9vojv1',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89816,0,1,0,'76.1.232.17',1394091341,1,1,1,0,'Delete this account','Hi,\n\nI was just hoping to delete this account. I haven\'t used it in forever and there is really no need to keep it around. If you could please just delete this account that would be great. Thanks!','',0,0,'','1by9ijmx',0,0,'u_9','',0),(89818,89817,785,0,'190.210.94.116',1394136610,1,1,1,1,'Re: Quinn: Multiple personality disorder?','Yeah, I heartily agree. Writing was all over the place. But it wasn\'t just inconsistent, it also sometimes just bad writing.','',0,0,'','hxjbo0n4',0,0,'u_59','',0),(89819,89444,1204,0,'75.20.166.171',1394140004,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','[quote="Smijey":e7a9dslw]Passageways: Hahahahaha, I actually stumbled across this fic before, but I stopped reading because right there in the first chapter it has Hermione ditching Harry for Ron. Hermione ditching HARRY for RON. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, no thanks. I\'ve mentioned before how I won\'t even read fics where Harry and Hermione aren\'t friends, and this was definitely one of the examples I had in my head, even though I\'d mostly forgotten about it.\n\nI mean, if you really say it\'s super good and I should just power past Impostor Hermione because the rest of it is totally worth it, I\'ll give it another go. But...MAN, ditching Harry for RONALD WEASLEY? Hahahahaha. (It\'s probably super silly to be this worked up and opinionated over, what, the first 200 words of a story? Oh well, haha).[/quote:e7a9dslw]\n\nOkay. I have now read Delenda Est. I wanted to read it before I replied to this message. I gave myself massive eye strain for YOU. \":P\"\n\nSo. Interesting story. I really liked it, especially how different everyone from canon was in the altered future. I really, really liked Harry\'s intrigues with the Malfoy and Black elders in the 1970s, and how badass he was as Professor Ashworth. His relationship with Bella was progressed at a good clip, and was suitably complicated and took their situation into account. All in all it\'s a great story.\n\nI don\'t know, though. Leaving Passageways aside, DE feels, emotionally, surprisingly flat for such a well written story. I can\'t say why, but I just never felt emotional depth from a lot of the players, most of the time. I wonder if it\'s not because the story was trying to do too many things at once. Even Harry and Bella\'s relationship felt a bit flat, but not nearly as flat as the others. I dunno. Oddly enough, I thought the most emotionally engaging relationships were Harry\'s relationships with Romulus Malfoy and Orion and Cygnus Black. There was genuine emotional depth, there.\n\nGlad I read it, and really liked it, but it just felt like something was [i:e7a9dslw]missing[/i:e7a9dslw].\n\nNow, as to [i:e7a9dslw]Passageways[/i:e7a9dslw]. I appreciate that you\'re willing to take my word as to reading something you normally wouldn\'t, so I\'ll try to be as evenhanded as possible in my description of why I think you should read it. First off, it\'s not the political imbroglio DE is: politics plays an important role, but this is canon Sixth Year Harry at the beginning of the story: he\'s not a political mastermind and nor has he lived through a time lost Voldemort War. He\'s relying on trusted elders to help him with the political manipulations: in particular, Dorea and Charlus Potter (his grandparents) and Arcturus Black. The story is much more of an action-adventure romp than the cerebral thing DE is, but it\'s still got some genuine emotional punch. It\'s as much lighter read, tone-wise.\n\nIt\'s a cliche-ridden romp that doesn\'t take itself nearly as seriously as DE, and admits it\'s a cliche-ridden romp. You may hate it, but you might not.\n\nIt\'s also a very different version of Teenage Bella. She\'s presented much more as a strong-minded live wire, rebellious teenager who is educated enough to enjoy certain Mundane rock bands, etc. She\'s also considerably younger. She\'s a lot more of an action girl than the machiavellian figure in DE, but still recognizable as a Bellatrix Lestrange without the crazy or the Dark Lord devotion. The crazy was, in fact, forced on her. Harry prevents that with the power of ... love. In a way Barry White would approve of.\n\nHarry does get a major power boost, but he\'s not quite Super Harry. He\'s up there, but he\'s not an unstoppable force. And I actually like the reasoning for his power boost: it paints his mother\'s side of the family as descending from what was, apparently, a powerful line of Battle Mages that were wiped out by a Conspiracy of Doom. Harry is less Superman and a lot more Luke Skywalker.\n\nAs to Hermione...there is a certain line of cliches in fan fiction where a character is unnecessarily demonized to make way for another pairing, or a specific plot, and I usually hate that just as much as you do. Especially where Hermione abandons Harry. However, that is the one point in the timeline where I can see some version of Hermione, in a slightly-off canon set of events, distancing herself from Harry [i:e7a9dslw]temporarily[/i:e7a9dslw]. I imagine things would have eventually settled out and she would have made up with him and felt guilty, etc., etc., but that doesn\'t happen because of the time travel.\n\nThis is the same girl who tried to make Ron jealous with Cormac McClaggan and even cursed Cormac to get Ron a spot on the Quiddich team he didn\'t really deserve. Hermione is BAD at complex interpersonal relationships. Moreover, she\'s not a heavy combat wizard. Harry can emotionally deal with wading in the blood of his enemies. He exploded/burned away someone\'s head when he was 11. ON PURPOSE. All cliche aside, he\'s far more comfortable with violence and death HE CAUSES than Hermione is. I can see her being temporarily out of sorts after the Ministry and doing something stupid. Normally I\'d expect her to get her head on straight soon enough and fix things with her best friend. This certainly isn\'t one of those fics where she and Ron run off cackling behind Harry\'s back to betray him to Dumbledore and then have angry traitor hatesex on a pile of photos from Harry\'s album.\n\nBUT: It\'s not even really much of an issue in this story. Harry gets trapped in the past relatively quickly, and the Hermione we know effectively ceases to exist. It\'s not so much that Hermione abandons him as she ceases to exist before she can get over her shock that\'s caused her to distance herself from him. \n\nRe: the time travel it\'s actually interestingly done in a way I\'ve never seen before. Until the timeline changes get too severe Harry AND BELLA can actually go back and forward in time.\n\nAs to Hogwarts being alive, I either like it or hate it depending on how it\'s being done. Here she\'s more like ghost with control over the school\'s wards and paintings and such than a separate entity. Think of her as Rowena Ravenclaw if it helps.\n\nI\'m not saying you\'ll love it. You might hate it. But give it a chance.\n\nIf for no other reason than 11 year old Lily and Narcissa\'s friendship is sort of really adorable.\n\nSidenote: if the Locket Horcrux showed anyone trying to destroy it his or her worst fear, why did it show Ron Hermione and Harry evilly making out? If it was normal Hermione and Harry, it would have actually made more sense--it\'s a stupid worst fear in the world given the near-apocalypse in progress, but whatever. But I really don\'t understand why Ron would think Harry and Hermione are not only going to become a couple, but will become evil goth punk dark wizards and taunt him with their hot goth-punk sexings. Why is Ron afraid of goth-punk sexings? Now, if Hermione had more explicitly resembled Bellatrix and Harry looked like Voldemort, then fine.\n\n(I hate that whole scene. It\'s like one big spiteful kick in the happy place to H/Hr shippers. It\'s especially ironic now that JKR said she should\'ve done H/Hr the whole time.)\n\nSidenote 2: I was and am incredibly annoyed at Ron being able to open the Chamber of Secrets just by mimicking the noises Harry made. Aside from the fact he shouldn\'t remember unless he\'s been practicing since Harry hadn\'t been in the chamber with Ron in 5 years and he wouldn\'t have heard parseltongue for "open" since then, it just seems ridiculous. It\'d be like me listening to some people at a French restaurant in France ordering food, seeing something I liked, and then going and sitting down and making the same sounds they did in hopes I would get the same food. Parseltongue is supposed to be a magical language tied to a bloodline. You don\'t even have to learn it. It\'s just there. I always got the sense it overlaid over whatever your native language was, which is why you didn\'t realize you were speaking it unless someone told you. Ron should NOT have been able to speak it. If he wanted in the chamber she should\'ve just blasted his way in with explosions. We were never told that the entrance was shielded.','',0,0,'oA==','e7a9dslw',0,0,'u_401','',0),(89820,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394141267,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I really must remember to log on facebook at some point and add you. \n\n[quote:3f20hdwd]I mean, I have no interest (curiosity, some) to have sex or do anything sexual, but I don\'t call everyone else gross for enjoying sex - far from it. Friends have told me some crazy stories of their experiences, and quite honestly I find it fascinating from an objective POV. It\'s like the more I read, watch, or hear anything about sex, the more fascinated I am by it because I feel like I\'m learning more about a world I\'m not a native in, if that makes sense. And I\'m a firm believer in "If it makes you feel good, do it by all means". Of course as long as it doesn\'t involve kids, animals, or anything non-consensual, that is. Hey, if ever comes the time that I do feel like having sex, I think all the stuff I\'ve learned will help me be prepared, too! Never hurts to learn new stuff. \":D\"\n[/quote:3f20hdwd]\n\nWhen it comes to sex the only thing to remember is whatever feels good for you is the way to go and make sure everybody is cool with it. If that means you are a dom, a sub, like having you feet ticked, being tied up, wearing PVC, wearing high heels or be just plain old vanilla then that\'s cool. If you try something and you don\'t like it then say so and move on. Don\'t be shamed or pressured into silence if you like something out the ordinary, and the same goes for if you find it all a bit weird and just want straight sex on a bed every time. Sexuality is a varied and as different as people are. As long as everyone\'s a consenting grown up then it really is nobody\'s damn business. \n\n\n[quote:3f20hdwd]And I\'ve found something interesting about people I used to talk to who\'re sexual: some of them thought it was strange for men to enjoy receiving anal (and by finding it strange, I mean one girl claimed that no straight guy would enjoy it unless he\'s secretly gay). How is that weird or hard to understand? It\'s not about sexual orientation, it\'s about stimulation - guys can be stimulated from pressure on their prostates, it makes perfect sense to me. It\'s no different from women who enjoy various forms of stimulation, be it anal, clitoral, or vaginal. I think the whole thing with SD and others who find something "weird" boils down to closed-mindedness.\n[/quote:3f20hdwd]\n\nI side eye these people so much. A man is gay (or bi) of they are sexual attracted to men. Enjoying anal just means they get sexual pleasure from having their prostate stimulated. Whether man or women enjoys it and receiving it from a man or a woman then its all just sexual preference. It is a ridiculous as saying that women who enjoy oral are secretly lesbians because that\'s the primary method there I suspect. Its okay to find stuff weird, I personally find foot fetishes weird because feet are horrid, however I would never claim anyone who likes it is weird and especially that they are wrong. It is just my personal preference, like they have theirs.','',0,0,'gA==','3f20hdwd',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89821,89444,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1394170150,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','Good point about something being missing in Delenda Est. I don\'t really think I noticed it before, but reflecting back after you mention it, I do get that impression. \n\nHmm...okay, I\'ll give Passageways another shot. If necessary, I\'ll just hold my breath, squeeze my eyes shut, and run past all the character assassinationy bits at the beginning. (I read Order of the Phoenix in much the same way, haha. You know, after I finished that book, I left it in the hallway outside of my room for months on end; by the time I got back around to picking it up, the binding had been messed up and some pages fell out. OH WELL.)\n\nI don\'t think the locket was meant to show off a person\'s worst fears (unless a really tiny boggart lived inside, hahaha). I think it was more of a self-preservation mechanism: The locket, having a fragment of the Dark Lord\'s soul in it, was somewhat sentient, and being worn interchangably by the trio it was able to peek inside their heads and mine for some really good stuff in the event that they got the means to destroy it. So when Ron challenged it with the sword of Gryffindor, it knew that Ron was prone to jealousy, so showed him images of Harry and Hermione together. (Subtlety wasn\'t really its strong suit, hence goth-punk sexings).\n\nYou forgot that Ron was separated from Harry by a giant pile of rocks from that cave-in and was probably too focused on looking after the newly-brain bleached Lockhart to have heard Harry clearly, haha. (Once again, I\'m regretting not having read through the books recently, so that I could be clearer on the details of what went down at the end of book 2). I have to disagree with much of the latter half of your argument, though. For one, consider that it was built by Salazar Slytherin himself, and later became a frequent hangout for Tom Riddle Junior. Yes, we were never explicitly told that it was shielded, but considering two of the most powerful wizards in history used it as a secret hideout, I think it\'s a fair assumption to make that it had more protections than a mere voice lock. And while it is true that Ron can\'t properly speak Parseltongue, it makes sense that he can at least accurately mimic the noise enough to fool the Chamber\'s entrance. (Salazar probably never considered that a non-speaker could still make hissing sounds). I have read a few fics where Harry actually teaches other people Parseltongue over time; the only one that immediately comes to mind is Magical Relations (a rather fun "Dudley is also magical and goes to Hogwarts with Harry" fic).','',0,0,'','2tvmm5rx',0,0,'u_1204','',0),(89822,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1394172081,1,1,1,1,'Question and an established ASPS narrative','Question first: how long do you think I should keep Ethan on hiatus in ASPS for it to be meaningful?\n\nThis is my plan: Ethan leaves Fielding, gets hit by a car, ends up in a coma for a while. He wakes up as a paraplegic (though this won\'t be permanent, it will last a while). Ethan is now humbled and has a major hurdle to cross. Then, I introduce a plotline that has a couple of the ASPS getting roommates against their will, and to Wehrung\'s surprise (this would be a twist ending), he gets Ethan. The ASPS had no idea that Ethan ever came back to Fielding.\n\nAnd in the future (modern day), instead of Dylan and Edric getting together, they will instead become friends. After he also ends up in a coma (a pretty much permanent one) because of a car accident that also kills his wife, Dylan adopts his daughter Hero when Ethan acknowledges that he would not make a good adoptive parent.\n\nYour thoughts, Mr. Bowman?\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'','3hlxvkq4',0,0,'u_213','',0),(89823,0,1082,0,'97.116.29.212',1394173473,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Jack Kain','I wouldn\'t mind doing a character of the week for my own creation Jack Kain from my [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=36187:13igtyqi]Fallout Lawndale[/url:13igtyqi]series. Next week of course.','',0,0,'EA==','13igtyqi',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(89824,89823,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1394177119,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Jack Kain','Actually, next week\'s reserved for Breita and one of her characters. I can give you the week after, however.','',0,0,'','2nqmopjm',0,0,'u_1082','',0),(89825,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1394177734,1,1,1,1,'Re: Iron Chef: Lawndale Confessional','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=660796#p660796:3a3lv5nw]Subject: Iron Chef: Lawndale Confessional[/url:3a3lv5nw]\n\nBelieve it or not, this is not the Tom/Cassidy story I was referring to...I\'m still working on that one. This one just slipped out in the new thread. I hope you don\'t mind. \":mrgreen:\" \n\n[quote="SacredDust":3a3lv5nw][quote="LongSnakeMoan":3a3lv5nw][i:3a3lv5nw]Tom Sloane walks into the room and takes his position in front of the camera. His eyes are red and it is obvious he has been crying.[/i:3a3lv5nw]\n\n"Life, growing up. It\'s all so hard. I wish...I wish...I wish we could all get along like we used to in middle school. I wish I could bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone would eat and be happy."\n\n[i:3a3lv5nw]Quinn barrels in from outside, her face red with anger. She is livid.[/i:3a3lv5nw]\n\n"She doesn\'t even go here" \n\n[i:3a3lv5nw]Ms Li\'s voice comes in over a hidden intercom[/i:3a3lv5nw]\n\n"Do you even go to this school?" \n\n"No... I just have alot of feelings..."\n \n"Ok, just go home..." [/quote:3a3lv5nw]\nThat is so fetch. \"8)\" \n\n\n\n[i:3a3lv5nw]*Tom and Cassidy enter the video confession room.*[/i:3a3lv5nw]\n\nTOM: "Okay, Cassidy. I know this isn\'t our school, but let\'s face it. If Fielding had these and the recordings somehow got out, most of the students would have to be expelled."\n\nCASSIDY: "With extreme prejudice. Which is why we must spill our consciences here, my darling Tom."\n\nTOM: *winces* "I\'m glad we understand each other. Go ahead, let\'s get it all out of the way now."\n\nCASSIDY: "With pleasure, Tom. It\'s so much easier with you here. *turns to camera, with Tom standing uneasily behind her* All right...here goes. I really...I mean, I [i:3a3lv5nw]really[/i:3a3lv5nw] care about Tom. He means a lot to me. I wake up every day thinking about him, and how I\'m going to convince him we have a future together. And in pursuit of that goal, I\'ve done some...things, that I\'m not especially proud of."\n\nTOM: *sternly* "Go on..."\n\nCASSIDY: *sigh* "Like...giving him things. I left a gift card in his locker once so it would be a surprise, and that kind of bothered him. And when he hold me he wasn\'t interested and went out with Jane instead--even thought I knew he HAD to be interested, because we\'re just meant to be, and--"\n\nTOM: "Cass. Focus."\n\nCASSIDY: "Of course. I\'m sorry, darling. And when he went out with Jane I became very jealous. I, um...I tried to frame her. I sort of set up her and Tom\'s friend Ashley--who is male, by the way--in a compromising situation and paid an acquaintance to photograph it. Then I sent Tom the evidence in an attempt to break them up. I...I really am sorry about that. I thought it would just give him an excuse to dump Jane and go out with me instead, but it wasn\'t that easy. It really did hurt him. Even when I just went after Jane, and I argued with her and sabotaged her art show when she spilled something on me ON PURPOSE..."\n\nTOM: *sighs* "No, she didn\'t."\n\nCASSIDY: "...It still didn\'t work. And every time I hurt her, I hurt him. But I was getting a little desperate. I kept calling and hanging around and sending him letters...I just couldn\'t give up. I couldn\'t let him abandon me when I knew we were so perfect. In the end, the only way he got me to stop was by showing my diary to my parents...and...well, everybody. *slight reproach* They sent me to Quiet Ivy for a while. I don\'t think that was necessary, but looking back on it, I really was coming on very strong. I was chasing him. Stalking him."\n\nTOM: "Yes, you were, Cassidy. And here\'s my confession. *walks up and puts his arms around her* [i:3a3lv5nw]I loved every minute of it."[/i:3a3lv5nw]\n\nCASSIDY: "Mmmm, I know did, you sick animal..."\n\n[i:3a3lv5nw]*They make out ferociously as the cameraman looks on in horror.*[/i:3a3lv5nw][/quote:3a3lv5nw]','',0,0,'sA==','3a3lv5nw',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89826,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1394177793,1,1,1,1,'Re: Iron Chef: Lawndale Confessional','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=660796#p660796:25t18mub]Subject: Iron Chef: Lawndale Confessional[/url:25t18mub]\n\nBelieve it or not, this is not the Tom/Cassidy story I was referring to...I\'m still working on that one. This one just slipped out in the new thread. I hope you don\'t mind. \":mrgreen:\"','',0,0,'EA==','25t18mub',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89827,89444,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1394177985,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','Okay, I made it through chapter one of Passageways. It was HILARIOUS. If only the author had said at the outset that it takes place in an AU where the entire Wizarding World save Harry has been dosed with a nerve gas that erases 50 IQ points, I would have read it ages ago.\n\nSeriously, Molly Weasley -- the same Molly Weasley who practically worships Dumbles, is an Order member, and thus would absolutely believe Harry\'s version of the story -- banishes Harry from the Burrow for \'murdering Cedric\'. When Dumbles feebly tries to defend Harry in the Great Hall, Hannah Abbott uses the "You weren\'t there!" argument to deny Voldemort\'s return. (Ken Ham would be proud). And you said Hermione would let herself be distanced temporarily from Harry, except that a full year passes from the initial estrangement and Harry popping back in time, with references to her even wearing those "Potter Stinks" badges! I don\'t care how bad her complex interpersonal relationship skills are, the only plausible explanation is if Ron cast a Lobotimus Maximus spell on her.\n\nDon\'t get me wrong, I\'m still going to read it, haha. It\'s just a fun pastime to pick apart the terrible elements of fanfic (which that first chapter had an abundance of), and anyway since I\'ve made it past the first chapter the fun time travel shenanigans should be coming right up. I\'ll let you know what I think once I\'ve finished it (or unless I find something particularly abominable in the text).','',0,0,'','5lqcne9f',0,0,'u_1204','',0),(89828,89823,1082,0,'97.116.29.212',1394179367,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Jack Kain','Sure','',0,0,'','228jtnj5',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(89829,89826,2552,0,'94.196.255.85',1394182163,1,1,1,1,'Re: Iron Chef: Lawndale Confessional','The phrase "Well, that escalated quickly" comes to mind. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','3oo626nc',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89830,0,39,0,'87.115.249.20',1394187823,1,1,1,1,'Whisky!','You\'ve an expressed an interest in fine liquor, so I thought you might enjoy a copy of this pdf that landed in my inbox this morning. It\'s a newsletter from an off licence (BritE for liquor store) in Nottingham, a few miles from me.\n\nEdit: and when I try to attach it to this PM, PPMB tells me it\'s too big. PM me your email address if you\'d like it sent that way.','',0,0,'','3tax60kp',0,0,'u_59','',0),(89831,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394194025,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','When you get on Facebook to add me, just search Lizzy Breitigan and there I am. \":D\" That\'s assuming there isn\'t another account with that name, of course. \":lol:\" \n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":mtofou84]When it comes to sex the only thing to remember is whatever feels good for you is the way to go and make sure everybody is cool with it. If that means you are a dom, a sub, like having you feet ticked, being tied up, wearing PVC, wearing high heels or be just plain old vanilla then that\'s cool. If you try something and you don\'t like it then say so and move on. Don\'t be shamed or pressured into silence if you like something out the ordinary, and the same goes for if you find it all a bit weird and just want straight sex on a bed every time. Sexuality is a varied and as different as people are. As long as everyone\'s a consenting grown up then it really is nobody\'s damn business.[/quote:mtofou84]\nIndeed. I think I\'d be pretty vanilla since while some stuff is interesting to put into art such as pegging, there isn\'t anything that sticks out to me where I\'m thinking "I SOOO wanna do that". But I totally agree, different people are stimulated and aroused by different things, variety is the spice of life.\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":mtofou84]I side eye these people so much. A man is gay (or bi) of they are sexual attracted to men. Enjoying anal just means they get sexual pleasure from having their prostate stimulated. Whether man or women enjoys it and receiving it from a man or a woman then its all just sexual preference. It is a ridiculous as saying that women who enjoy oral are secretly lesbians because that\'s the primary method there I suspect. Its okay to find stuff weird, I personally find foot fetishes weird because feet are horrid, however I would never claim anyone who likes it is weird and especially that they are wrong. It is just my personal preference, like they have theirs.[/quote:mtofou84]\nThis. And don\'t worry, I find feet pretty horrid, myself, so I could never see myself handling feet (my thing with \'em is that I can\'t stand seeing dirty soles or people walking around barefoot out on the street or something - and if I\'m gonna see someone\'s feet on TV or in a movie, the nails need to be clean - I guess I\'ve got OCD when it comes to that). And eeeeeeew, there\'s a commercial here in the States now for a foot callus remover, and I\'m sorry, but some of those feet were downright nasty in the ad.\n\nAll that said, though, I keep in mind that people with foot fetishes aren\'t out fondling or fucking around with children or raping animals, so at the end of the day what they wanna do isn\'t hurting anyone, and they get off on it, so it\'s a win-win for them. I never fully understood how furries started, either (as in I have no idea of its origin), but again, if it\'s all just role-playing for some excitement, then it\'s not a problem. Personally I have a [b:mtofou84]much[/b:mtofou84] bigger problem with the societal pressure for people to look like porn stars, aka looking fake. I do side-eye men who are obsessed with that look on women because we have enough societal issues as it is, we don\'t need people telling us to have our boobs inflated or every inch of us waxed as if that\'s the only way someone\'s pretty. I\'m totally cool with women waxing or shaving, though - again, personal preferences! I shave my legs and under my arms even though I created a character who still has body hair, so there ya go. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'wA==','mtofou84',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89832,0,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1394201490,1,1,1,1,'Daria Timeline','I really appreciate your work on the timeline... it\'s pretty well thought out\n\nI was looking into an idea regarding a fanfic idea that I could use some advice on','',0,0,'','1hisawtb',0,0,'u_1020','',0),(89833,89822,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1394204123,1,1,1,1,'Re: Question and an established ASPS narrative','Thoughts:\n\n1) You probably have to have Ethan out for four episodes before people conclude that he\'s not coming back. And I mean "don\'t even mention Ethan". The first episode establishes it as a plot point, the "absence of evidence" in the next three eps confirms it. Then you can surprise people.\n2) I like the idea of Ethan realizing that he\'s not cut out for parenthood. Better he let someone raise his child who is cut out for it. Although you\'ll have to emphasize what he\'s doing wrong (or one of the other ASPS will have to point it out to him). \n\nShort thoughts, but a busy day up ahead. Sorry for the delay.\n\n--JB','',0,0,'','3oa2nvcz',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(89834,0,933,0,'173.227.144.160',1394218281,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic Idea','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=660171#p660171:1adzud77]Subject: Fanfic Idea[/url:1adzud77]\n\n[quote="peetz5050":1adzud77]Hi All,\n... I have a bit of a personal situation and I am STRESSED OUT! Nobody\'s fault on here I\'m just trying to get my head back together and only get a few minutes here and there to try and keep up with the board.[/quote:1adzud77]\n\n \":glomp:\" \":hug:\" \n\nHere\n\n[img:1adzud77]http://www.averagebetty.com/images/oatmeal_raisin_glam1.jpg[/img:1adzud77]\n\nOatmeal raisin cookies make everything better','',0,0,'mA==','1adzud77',0,0,'u_1779','',0),(89835,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394226033,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Just read you had another pet loss today. I hope you\'re okay as you can be and that sending my to you x','',0,0,'','3t4if1qa',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89836,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394226842,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Thanks \":hug:\" Posted about it in fuller detail on Facebook just now, might copy/paste the post here (ETA: to clarify: on the board in a thread), dunno yet. I\'ll be okay, I\'m just emotionally exhausted. I can copy the Fb post here:\n\n(First Fb post) - So, our cat Trixie, we thought, had a mere cold. We took her to the vet yesterday morning, had her checked out, came home with her medicine along with optimism. This morning when we came back from picking up Dennis and Hephaestus (they went yesterday to be neutered), something hit her hard and fast because she was already shutting down. We went straight back to the vet with her, and since there was no hope, the doc euthanized her so that she wouldn\'t suffer any longer. But before she was put down, they took a blood sample from her to run some tests because this just can\'t be a coincidence. The doc and nurses, as always, were super sweet to us today while we were dealing with this (doc also gave a nice speech prior to the euthanasia). The nurse even wrapped her up in a blanket and made her to look like she\'s curled up asleep (I didn\'t know until today that they posed the pets after passing), and the doc also gave us a group hug before we left (the nurse also hugged me multiple times while we were there because I was a wreck). Dennis and Hephy had their shots yesterday while they were there, so we\'re gonna try to take Sweet Dee soon for a checkup and her vaccines so that hopefully Trixie\'s three babies will stay healthy for a long time. Rest in peace, Trixie. ♥ We\'ll miss you. \":(\" \n\n(Second Fb post) - So yeah. As horrible as today\'s been so far, I\'m hoping some good can come from Trixie\'s blood tests - if she contracted FIV, which is what we\'re suspecting, then maybe if she was positive for it, that\'ll lead us to more answers. The vets and nurses are the absolute best, though. I give them lots and credit because even though she was more sick than we thought, they were so kind and helpful. Hey, I\'m a realist, I know they can\'t keep all of our pets alive forever, so I don\'t blame them for anything. We\'re sticking with them because they\'re awesome people. Anywho, so now we just wait for her blood results so that hopefully if it\'s something she got from someone else, we can find out once and for all what to do to help prevent things from getting worse. Okay, I\'m done talking about this for now, I guess.\n\nI\'m glad you\'ve been around to give me support when things are bad, by the way. \":hug:\" Lately most of my friends post something quick on Facebook and then never answer their IMs, texts or anything as if they just know I\'ll go on and on about sick pets and they just don\'t wanna actually hear it. Seriously, you\'re the only one out of my online friends (for a while, now) who actually listens to me and gives me support, I really appreciate that.','',0,0,'','2il524w9',1394226895,1,'u_1798','',0),(89837,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394228202,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Poor baby. At least she didn\'t suffer for long and, more importantly, she was incredibly loved throughout her life. The vets sound amazing too, especially making her look like she was sleeping. It is things like that which make a little difference I think. \":hug:\" FIV, from what I can tell, is like cancer. Some cats respond well to treatment and carry on as normal and others go quickly. \n\nAnd I\'m always here for you, I know the pain of losing a much loved fur baby. I think that people who don\'t have pets don\'t quite realise how much they are loved and how they really are a part of the family, and don\'t get the depth of feelings that you can have for them. \n\nAnytime you need to talk, or even just get things off your chest, I\'m here. \":hug:\" \":hug:\"','',0,0,'','1yy2meh2',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89838,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394228834,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Thanks. For all of that. \":hug:\" \":hug:\" Our suspicions at the moment are that we may have a certain amount of kitties who\'re FIV-positive, most of them presumably being carriers and not dealing with any real symptoms of it (which is why while we have had many who\'ve gotten sick and/or passed away, we have a fair amount who never seem to get sick, which is odd and makes us think it might be a case of those cats either not having FIV or simply carrying it). We\'re hoping that her blood tests can show us SOMETHING when the results come, if not FIV-related then at least some answers as to why she died so that hopefully it\'s something we can prevent (or perhaps treat) with her three babies. They\'re about six months old, and the two boys just got fixed and had their shots, so now it\'s just the little girl who needs her shots - we\'re hoping to take her to the vet soon for her vaccines.\n\n*sigh* I decided NOT to post this on the Fandom Warehouse under Dear Diary because I\'m sure it\'ll just piss my other friends off, so since I still want someone (who understands what I\'m going through) to read this, I\'ll paste it here:\n\n[quote:ak58hdgj]I feel like everyone disappears when I\'ve lost a loved one or when I\'m dealing with something that\'s extremely depressing. I posted about our recent loss of another pet just now on Facebook, so I know people aren\'t gonna jump right in to talk to me right away today since I\'m sure most people are at work right now or just busy. I know everyone has their own lives to live. This isn\'t with [i:ak58hdgj]everyone[/i:ak58hdgj] I\'m friends with, but I feel like with certain people, that when they hear any news that I\'m dealing with something, they disappear because they don\'t wanna have to hear me talk about it. Well, excuse the fuck out of me if I need someone to talk to - and for the record, just because I say I wanna talk to someone doesn\'t mean I\'m gonna dwell on that particular topic, so if those people are expecting me to just go on and on and make THEM depressed, then I\'ve got news: No, I\'m not. Or at the very least, I try NOT to. I usually give the news straight-out on Facebook for everyone to see at once when something tragic has happened, so that I don\'t have to repeat myself. When I say I wanna talk to someone, it means I\'d like to just TALK. About ANYTHING. Even stupid shit. Anything to make me feel better. Is that too fucking much to ask? Again, I know most people have day jobs and are busy, I\'m not saying my friends should rush to talk to me the moment I say something\'s happened. I\'m not trying to bash my friends who are actually too busy to talk when I\'m depressed, it\'s understandable. Hell, I\'m not trying to bash ANYONE, really. I\'m just frustrated with this gnawing feeling I get. It\'s probably just my insecurities that come out worst when something traumatic has happened. I don\'t know. I just wish it didn\'t SEEM all the time like my depression and real life problems are pushing them away, especially since I try to be there as much as possible for them when they deal with things. Perhaps I\'m reaching out too much or expecting too much. I just don\'t know anymore. But hey, I guess if I\'ve pissed someone off with what I\'ve had to say on this topic, then that\'s one less person who has to "deal with my shit".[/quote:ak58hdgj]\n\nMy feelings for today are still very raw, so I figured it\'s best that I don\'t post that since parts of it probably ARE extreme and hurtful. Plus I may just be overreacting, so I\'d hate to lose friends over a misunderstanding. Still, that\'s how I feel at the moment, so I had to get it out of my system, I hope you don\'t mind my sharing it with you. Also, that\'s in no way referring to you since you\'re ALWAYS here for me when shit\'s going on. Again, I can\'t thank you enough for that. \":hug:\"\n\nOh, to momentarily change the subject, what do you think of that Rosalie/Jules idea I mentioned the other day? \":)\"','',0,0,'oA==','ak58hdgj',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89839,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394229697,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I know how you feel, sometimes it feels like that people want only to be around for the good stuff. They like being around when everything is plain sailing and easy to deal with stuff because then they don\'t have to deal with the hard things in life. It could be self centred, or that they have no idea with how to deal with the crap life throws at you, but at the first sign of trouble they seem to bolt. When things go wrong, the sky darkens and things get difficult, they seem to melt away only to reappear when the days gets brighter. I think some people do stay away from those who are suffering because they don\'t want their lives disrupting, not realising that the other person would do anything not to be going through what they are and that, like you said, all they want is support and sometimes a distraction. When Peter died I was grateful to anyone who could make me laugh, because it took my mind off it a little, and my friend Catherine (who was dying of a brain tumour) knew that and had me in stitches laughing. That\'s all you need sometimes. Maybe, if you think it would help, you could send a message to friends asking them to talk about anything to give your mind a rest from grief if it can, and see if they open up that way. I think some people don\'t know how to approach someone grieving and decide to stay away in case they upset you, I suspect a lot of people may be doing that. \n\nAnd like I said, anytime. You were there for me when I was going through my bad times last year. \n\nRe: Rosalie and Jules. I like that idea, especially since it in a way could show the level of intimacy between them and that he loves her no matter what she is like, whether she is male or female, as long as she is Rosalie that it all he needs.','',0,0,'','5sjjfa28',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89840,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394230673,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Thanks, I\'m glad you understand how I\'m feeling right now. \":hug:\" I might make a post on Facebook saying that I do wanna talk to someone soon if anyone\'s available, and also mention that it doesn\'t have to be about what happened, just any topic so that I have some company right now, so to speak.\n\nI\'m sorry to hear about your friend Catherine, by the way. \":(\" I hope she went peacefully and didn\'t suffer much. \":hug:\"\n\nAlso I\'m glad you like my Rosalie/Jules idea. I was worried it might be too much, but yay it\'s not. Plus there isn\'t enough of that genre out there in fics or art, in my opinion. There needs to be more acceptance in the fandom world (and elsewhere, too) of guys letting girls take charge in bed like that. Maybe someone who enjoys that himself would see my pic and like it, who knows. \":)\"','',0,0,'','1bw78im6',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89841,88785,2552,0,'92.41.114.174',1394230915,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I think Ms Li is lying. I think she has the technology to live link Jane to Texas. She doesn\'t want to because she fears the consequences.\n\nWhat on earth have I created...','',0,0,'','5zwydxd1',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89842,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394231698,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','She knows. She knows what will happen if Todd lays eyes on Janey, the horror that shall be unleashed. She knows what the birth of Todd and Jane\'s son will mean.','',0,0,'','2ub3r99h',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89843,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394232071,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','She died in her sleep and she fought like a trooper. I think she was as comfortable as she could be at that point. Easily one of strongest, awe inspiring people I have ever known. \n\nI think there should be more acceptance of men liking receiving, anything that removes the taboo and that makes anyone who does like it feel less self conscious about it. I never did write that fic with Todd submitting to Jane, I am so rubbish \":(\" \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','1rb3b4ac',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89844,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394232991,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I might do one where Jane actually manages a live link and appears in front of a very surprised Todd, who thought he was being linked up to court. That\'s how he knows what the crazy lady looks like.','',0,0,'','syipgji8',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89845,89826,2552,0,'92.41.114.174',1394234752,1,1,1,1,'Re: Iron Chef: Lawndale Confessional','Also, Jane will not be pleased when she learns of these events. Who would have thought Cassidy and Tom could be a pair of twisted little krullers? \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','qybp88g4',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89846,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394235214,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Aww, she sounds like she was truly amazing. \":hug:\"\n\nAnd I totally agree, I wanna boost those guys\' confidence. You\'re not rubbish, girl. So many ideas I\'ve had over time that I haven\'t gotten around to doing, either, it happens. \":)\" If you still ever wanna write that, I\'d beta-read. Also there\'s a guy member here (for now I won\'t say who just in case he doesn\'t want me to tell) who\'s told me before that he enjoys receiving from a girl now and then, and I was filling him in on the Rosalie/Jules idea a few days ago, he seemed to like it. He also told me that with me being asexual, he thinks that can be advantage when drawing or writing sex because (this was his two cents on it, btw) it\'d more likely be about the art than making it porn. I took that as a nice compliment, I won\'t lie. Especially since I try to make things art and not straight-up porn anyway.','',0,0,'','2qd4wnyg',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89847,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394235635,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I agree, the thing is that you are not tied to the ideas of what you personally find sexually stimulating like for example I might be (forgive me if I\'m wrong on that) so you can explore your imagination and make it much more artistic, whereas others may be tempted to make it very personally explicit, catering to their desires and likes. You can tell with your stuff that it is a very thoughtfully done art. \n\nAnd kudos to that guy, not bowing to conventions and pressures on what it is to be a man.','',0,0,'','3f4s1950',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89849,88785,2552,0,'92.41.114.174',1394238497,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Todd wondering what the heck just happened, Jane all happy because she\'s finally talking to him. How sweet. Or scary, depending on how you look at it. Scary for Todd.','',0,0,'','mlgh8o9q',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89850,89826,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1394251195,1,1,1,1,'Re: Iron Chef: Lawndale Confessional','[quote="ognawk":2zodkhio]Also, Jane will not be pleased when she learns of these events. Who would have thought Cassidy and Tom could be a pair of twisted little krullers? \":lol:\"[/quote:2zodkhio]\nTwisted Little Crullers. I should use that title for a story sometime. \":D\" The tone of my real story, though, is quite a bit more serious. It\'s significantly AU from TGATG (and will be introduced as such) in that Tom does not deceive Cass or publish her diary, but his relationship with Jane fades out like it did in the story--just a little sooner, perhaps. Here\'s a preview.\n\n\nThings had not worked out with Jane.\nThere were a number of reasons, but Tom chalked it up to natural differences. He was neat, she was messy. He wanted to follow in his father\'s footsteps at Bromwell, she was going the "starving artist" route at B-FAC. He saw art everywhere; she saw it only in paintings and sculptures, preferably her own. They were headed in different directions.\nAt least the breakup wasn\'t messy, he thought as he guided the ancient Jaguar through the maze of small roads that made up the outskirts of his family\'s property. They hadn\'t made things hard on Daria and Ashley, who still seemed quite happy together. He and Ash had been talking a bit less, though. Maybe he was a little envious of his friend for succeeding where he failed.\nWhatever the case, Tom planned to lay low until he felt like himself again.\nHe rifled through his pockets, finally unearthing his cell phone and checking the time as he walked up to the back door. Well after ten; his parents were asleep by now, which meant no awkward questions about where he was. Not that the answers were very interesting. All he did was go back to that dingy club on Dega Street and people-watch. This time no new girlfriend had appeared to make his troubles go away.\nHis sister, as usual, was still up. She was sipping brandy and watching TV when he came in.\n"Hey, Elsie. Drunk yet?"\n"Not on a school night."\n"Lightweight," he chuckled. "You\'ll have to step it up if you want to be ready for Bromwell."\n"A 3.9 GPA isn\'t good enough?"\n"Not if it\'s higher than your BAA. Blood Alcohol Average."\nElsie refilled the glass. "I see you haven\'t lost your sense of humor. Care to join me?"\n"No thanks, I\'m beat. The whole Jane thing. You know."\n"Mm-hm. Speaking of which...I\'m sure romance is the last thing you want to talk about, but [i:2zodkhio]that[/i:2zodkhio] came for you today." She pointed to a ruby red envelope lying on the kitchen table.\nTom looked wary. "Who\'s it from?"\n"Who do you think?"\nHe sighed and took it upstairs with him. Just what he needed right now: his not-so-secret admirer from school. Why wouldn\'t she leave him alone?\nHe dropped it on the desk and sat down on the edge of the bed, removing his usual blue shirt and cargo pants like a robot before he hid beneath the blankets. Maybe things would be better tomorrow. The sooner he got to sleep, the sooner he could find out.\nBut his mind wasn\'t cooperating. He thought of Jane\'s wry smile, her skilled hands and effortless independence.\nTom groaned and rolled over. Maybe things would be better on this side. He opened his eyes and saw the red envelope still sitting on the desk. He should just throw it away and forget about it. But he needed something to take his mind off Jane\'s face, Jane\'s voice. Finally he heaved himself out of bed and tore open the envelope.\nThere was a single sheet of paper inside, with a few lines in a delicate hand.\n\n[i:2zodkhio]Tom,\nI\'m sorry about you and Jane. You probably don\'t believe that, but it\'s true.\nI know how it feels.\nCassidy[/i:2zodkhio]\n\nHe stared at the letter for a long time. \'Sorry about Jane\'? How did she even know about it? That was Cassidy, he thought. The less he told her, the more she found out. And the less he tried to associate with her, the more persistent she became. He could have ended this a long time ago--could have taken Elsie\'s advice to tell someone else about this girl and maybe get her some help--but something always stopped him. [i:2zodkhio]Tell the cops,[/i:2zodkhio] she said. [i:2zodkhio]Pretend to be her boyfriend just so you can break her heart. Steal her diary and blackmail her with it. Anything.[/i:2zodkhio] But he couldn\'t do that. Even when she was driving a wedge between him and Jane, he couldn\'t bring himself to stop it.\n"I don\'t want to hurt either of you," he told her after a disastrous art show where Cassidy vandalized her paintings in a misplaced fit of rage.\n"Well, she\'s hurting US!" Jane retorted. And she was right, as usual.\nBut what was done was done. Tomorrow he would go back to Fielding and back to his old life. There were still a few pieces to be picked up, and he would make something out of them. A Sloane always did.\nHe slipped the letter into his desk drawer with all the others. Then he went back to bed and tried to sleep.','',0,0,'oA==','2zodkhio',1394251415,3,'u_2552','',0),(89851,89444,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1394254250,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','Still reading Passageways, but it\'s got two more of my Big No-Nos In HP Fanfic Cliches. The first is Dumbledore the Manipulative, Power-Hungry Idiot. Any fanfic which portrays Dumbles as power-hungry is straight-up non-canon, since in canon Dumbles was offered the position of Minister of Magic several times, with him turning it down each time. You would think that if Dumbledore lusted for absolute power, he\'d, you know, take the job that gave him the best chances of success. And \'manipulative\' and \'idiot\' are two character traits which are directly opposed to one another. Seriously, how far do you think a person could really get if their idea of subtle manipulations is "Compulsion charms and love potions for EVERYBODY!" If Dumbledore ever gets a craving for pork, he can just eat one of his hands. Because they\'re made of ham. I\'m saying he\'s ham handed.\n\nThe second Big No-No is Lily Evans Was Secretly A Pureblood And Her Family Was Just A Bunch Of Squibs For Generations. It massively erodes the idea that pureblood supremacy is hogwash, and it also takes away from the \'identical opposites\' thing Harry has going on with Voldemort. It\'s right up there with Hermione Was Secretly A Pureblood Etc. \n\nI do find the story to be largely enjoyable apart from those elements, though. I\'m heartened to see that Hermione managed to throw off the compulsions on her; it\'s a shame she\'ll be separated from Harry once the timeline deviation thingy forces him to stay in the past, but at least they part on good terms. (Unless Harry decides to bring Hermione and Luna to the past with him or something). I\'ll keep you updated on my thoughts when I finish, unless I run into more No-Nos or, like I said previously, something really abhorrent.','',0,0,'','13jyzcrz',0,0,'u_1204','',0),(90170,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1395832504,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I just made an interesting observation... in my older Daria art threads, I used to get almost flooded with comments about how "good" my stuff was (and usually even then, it was just guys commenting on how hot Jane is or something), whereas lately with my Disney stuff, people seem more honest and critical in their feedback than anyone\'s ever been with my Daria stuff. I much prefer the honest, critical feedback because when someone gives me suggestions on how to improve something or lets me know I HAVE improved on stuff, then that\'s what I wanna know in the first place, ya know? But I\'m being told by some that I\'ve improved since my earlier years of doing fanart, which begs the question, why didn\'t these people tell me the real truth back then when my stuff was rather shitty or just off?\n\nI know you\'ve been honest with my stuff ever since we started talking, and I truly appreciate that. I\'m just curious as to why it seems as though when I do Daria stuff, I mainly get ass-kissing comments compared to when I do non-Daria stuff. The only thing I can figure is that because it\'s a Daria board, some of these people honestly don\'t care HOW good the art is, they just like that it\'s Daria-related, so when something else comes up, they feel more open to be honest about those pieces than they are with Daria works. Or perhaps when I started out on this board, people simply didn\'t want to tell me the truth about my art because they didn\'t wanna hurt my feelings. *shrug* I can recall only two times before where anyone was ever critiquing my Daria works, and neither of those pieces are even up anymore (thatLONERchick gave suggestions when I drew Tom in Daria\'s skirt - she pointed out his arm length and I think the size of his legs; and pinkminx gave suggestions on improving Tom\'s build in one of my Dariarotica pics). Hmm, now that I think about it some more, maybe it\'s to do with the fact that I used to draw Dariarotica all the time, and so people in general felt the need to kiss my ass - and now that most people know I\'m done with Dariarotica, they feel more inclined to be honest with my work. *shrug again* I\'ll shush now since it\'s late and I should be getting some sleep. I\'ll probably feel really stupid later for even ranting about this. It\'s just something I started thinking about, I\'m most likely overthinking this like I do many things.\n\nHonestly I\'m quite surprised nobody\'s commented yet on Rosalie being stacked in that gown, considering how obvious I made it that she\'s more "top-heavy" than her mom. \":lol:\" Anywho, thanks for liking my pic in the thread. \":hug:\" I might have the revision of chapter two ready in a day or two if things don\'t get too busy, then after that I\'m gonna work on the Jane/Todd piece since that\'s long overdue (plus I still feel shitty that I didn\'t send you that Rosalie pic before I posted it, what the fuck was I thinking?? \":(\" ).\n\nETA: Hmm, yeah. Apparently I\'m overthinking things, according to someone on Facebook. \":lol:\" I hope your eyes didn\'t bleed from reading all this.','',0,0,'','3blxxqlk',1395834082,1,'u_1798','',0),(89853,89826,2552,0,'94.118.25.234',1394286770,1,1,1,1,'Re: Iron Chef: Lawndale Confessional','Drinking Elsie? Tom and Ashley perhaps not quite as close as they once were? Interesting. You have my attention.','',0,0,'','2uvnv2rx',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89854,0,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1394299189,1,1,1,1,'Might be late to chat tomorrow','Dear Padre, Tem and Jeremy,\n\nLooks like the weekly shopping trip to Glens Falls is going to be pushed back to tomorrow because neither my mother or the General is feeling well right now. If that happens, I might be a bit late to chat. Just letting you know in advance. Sorry. \":-(\"','',0,0,'','84lslbhg',0,0,'u_2213:u_39:u_1233','',0),(89855,89854,39,0,'87.115.249.20',1394299426,1,1,1,1,'Re: Might be late to chat tomorrow','Noted! \":)\"','',0,0,'','20j20d2y',0,0,'u_26','',0),(89856,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394314746,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Oh, I definitely know what its like to care what people think about me. I normally couldn\'t give two hoots, but when I\'m at my most vulnerable, or I\'m having a bad time of it, it gets really hard not to. \n\nRegarding the straight men receiving thing, I think the instances of them trying it has probably remained pretty constant (I think that for most men the thought of it just doesn\'t appeal, and that\'s not a bad thing, just being honest about their likes and dislikes, much like many women saying \'um, no.\') but the willingness of those into it saying they have is rising. The problem for me is not men saying \'if that\'s your thing then that\'s cool, but it isn\'t for me\' and the mindless anal=gay homophobic attitude that some men and women still insist on having. And I agree, the sexual lives of consenting adults should be of no concern to anyone but those involved. Maybe if the people up in arms about LGBT people were more concerned about rape, child marriage, domestic violence, child abuse and other actually harmful issues the world might be a slightly better place.','',0,0,'','1jzg2ies',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89857,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394314852,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I\'d say that Jane\'s life has been made and Todd has just shat bricks.','',0,0,'','21cnfhhm',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89858,88785,2552,0,'188.29.119.239',1394314977,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I feel like I should apologize to the forum for unleashing this monstrosity. Or I should be proud of what I\'ve done. I\'m not sure.','',0,0,'','2xblbu86',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89859,0,1571,0,'68.112.97.85',1394315743,1,1,1,0,'Re: Completely Random post thread: 108 the Thread On Fire','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=660954#p660954:yqqear7r]Subject: Completely Random post thread: 108 the Thread On Fire[/url:yqqear7r]\n\n[quote="breitasparrow":yqqear7r]Those who find my posts on this topic to be boring or just not worth your time, scroll along...\n\nWe managed to have some blood drawn from our cat Trixie when we took her to the vet before she passed away, so that they can do broader tests for FIV and other illnesses. She didn\'t pass on her own just yet, but there wasn\'t any hope (she was going through the motions of shutting down on the way over there), so the doc gave us a kind speech about euthanasia once we\'d decided that was best for her, and told us he\'d do it in the other room to be respectful to both her and us. The nurse, after packing Trixie in the box to bring home and bury, told us that she posed her to look as if she\'s curled up asleep and had her wrapped in a blanket, which I thought was very nice. I honestly didn\'t know they pose pets when they pass until yesterday. The vet and nurse also gave us a group hug before we left, so now we just wait until the test results to try to find out what\'s going on. We\'re gonna have more cats tested as soon as possible, as well.\n\nThe people at the clinic we\'ve been going to for the past few years are seriously some of the best people I\'ve ever met, hands down.[/quote:yqqear7r]\n\nI\'m sorry for your loss; but at least it ended on a reasonably positive note thanks to the awesome staff \":hug:\"','',0,0,'kA==','yqqear7r',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89860,0,1571,0,'68.112.97.85',1394315836,1,1,1,0,'Re: Completely Random post thread: 108 the Thread On Fire','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=660982#p660982:ph8f9x2m]Subject: Completely Random post thread: 108 the Thread On Fire[/url:ph8f9x2m]\n\n[quote="Arena del Sur":ph8f9x2m]Yesterday I did a new tomography. Everything was fine, I could drink that horrible stuff with no problems and now I\'m waiting for the results to return to the oncology center on Wednesday 19.[/quote:ph8f9x2m]\n\nBest wishes Ariel \":hug:\"\nHope you get to hear good news when you get the results \":D\"','',0,0,'kA==','ph8f9x2m',0,0,'u_1192','',0),(89861,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394316175,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','JANE: [i:vgukqn4g]Monstrosity?[/i:vgukqn4g] This not a monstrosity, this is glorious. This is a beautiful thing that has happened here, two people have fallen in love and made a real boy. Janey loves Todd and baby makes three, Janey loves Todd and baby makes three, Janey loves Todd and baby makes three, Janey loves Todd and baby makes three, Janey loves Todd and baby makes three, Janey loves Todd and baby makes three. \n\nTODD: S.O.S, S.O.S! She\'s gonna kill me, she thinks that woollen doll is our kid. Jesus, I\'m the unwilling father of a toy. Save me, Jesus!\n\nCASSIDY: And I thought I was messed up. \n\nTOM: Jane\'s actually crazy. Oh well, dodged that bullet.\n\n[i:vgukqn4g]A bullet passes through Tom\'s head.[/i:vgukqn4g]\n\nTODD IANUZZI: Famous last words, dickweed. Asshole has a point though, I\'m glad you aren\'t a Crazy Jane, baby.\n\nJANE IANUZZI: I know. Listen bitch, get a fucking grip and ditch the doll. And that Todd needs to stop being a whiny little bitch too. \n\nTODD IANUZZI: I know, other me shames. Grow some balls, man. I love you baby. \n\nJANE IANUZZI: I love you too, honey. Oooooh, Daria\'s still breathing here. Let\'s go kill her. \n\n\n\nBe proud of the madness.','',0,0,'IA==','vgukqn4g',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89862,88785,2552,0,'188.29.119.239',1394318313,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','ASHLEY: Wait! You can\'t kill Daria! What did she ever do to you?\n\nCASSIDY: Tom\'s dead... two Janes... this is a nightmare. A horrible, horrible nightmare. Wake... wake up, Thomas.\n\nCASSIDY HEMMING-WINTERS: He\'s dead, sweetie. It\'s for the best. I\'m married to someone much better. Tom was disrespecting you anyway. He deserved it.','',0,0,'','39f79w61',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89863,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394319885,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','CASSIDY HEMMING-WINTERS: Hello, Jane. Surprised to see me again?\n\nJANE IANUZZI: Who the fuck are you? And you better run, little girl. I\'m going for Daria and I\'ll go through you to get to her.\n\nASHLEY WINTERS: Oh really, you and what army?\n\nTODD IANUZZI: This army. Now get the fuck out of my way, rich boy, or I\'ll show you how shit goes down in Texas. \n\nNow there\'s a showdown (I\'d have to give the edge to Jane and Todd over Cassidy and Ashley, them being Natural Born Killers and all. Sorry. On the plus side though, Dead Tom is dead.)\n\nAnd Crazy Jane is wandering around still.','',0,0,'','2e3cfuvw',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89864,89860,1192,0,'179.37.189.98',1394320493,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random post thread: 108 the Thread On Fire','Thank you Peter. \":hug:\" For being there, now and always.\n\nLet\'s say that the final proof has passed, now it\'s time to recover strengths and face the next step. Everything\'s going to be alright. \":D\" \n\nAriel','',0,0,'','2ijvg2x0',0,0,'u_1571','',0),(89865,88785,2552,0,'188.29.119.239',1394321448,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','All the Toms are dead. I think just Todd alone would be able to take down Cassidy and Ashley. Add Jane Ianuzzi into the mix, and it doesn\'t look good for the Fielding pair.','',0,0,'','28k8xj4z',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89866,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394322540,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Those crazy people from Highland, it\'s like they\'re walking around fuelled by a bit of the old ultraviolence. \n\nThe Fielding pair are nicer people though, so it all works out pretty equally. Maybe the four could draw up a hit list and agree on selected targets with \'Ianuzzi kills\' and \'Fielding kills\' assigned. It could work. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','hv3l7vhw',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89867,88785,2552,0,'188.29.119.239',1394324630,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','It\'s the hit squad from hell. Few would survive. Question is, would Daria die? Ashley wouldn\'t want that to happen, but Jane will probably not care about that.','',0,0,'','391ccmfe',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89868,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1394340664,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic Idea','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=660117#p660117:3460g2z0]Subject: Fanfic Idea[/url:3460g2z0]\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":3460g2z0]\n\nYou know what, obvious troll is obvious. [/quote:3460g2z0]\n\nI don\'t think she\'s trolling; I DO however think that she\'s not exactly the sharpest tool in the box.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'kA==','3460g2z0',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89869,89444,401,0,'68.43.43.123',1394350290,1,1,1,1,'Re: Lal/Harry Potter Crossover Idea: Your Opinions?','Caught up on Passageways. I have to admit, the whole Eveningshade thing is a bit silly. "Oh man, what if Harry wore some BLACK LEATHER ROBES and he could TURN TO SMOKE and CRUSH PEOPLE\'S HEARTS THROUGH THEIR CHESTS that would be SO COOL", said a teenager loitering in the Hot Topic. \n\nI also think that the \'Gray\' alignment being morally higher than Light or Dark is utterly silly, since I\'m pretty sure canon treats it as a moral alignment. If I recall correctly, Hagrid actually says something about wizards "going dark" in the first book (or movie? Maybe both). That implies darkness itself is in general a state of badness; if not, I suspect it\'s sort of like the Force, in that use of Dark spells eventually drives one bonkers evil.\n\nAlso, they managed yet another mangling of character in the form of Peter Pettigrew. At first, I thought it was bizarre how hostile he was to Lily, but then he straight up throws his lot in with the Death Eaters right in the first year. Wormtail was NEVER a blood purist. He was just a snivelling little coward who threw himself into Voldemort\'s service out of some misguided desire to survive. I\'d thought Harry\'s earlier attempts to make nice with him were a good sign, but nope! If the author\'s already decided Wormtail is irredeemably evil from the age of ELEVEN, I don\'t have high hopes that Snape will end up better off in the long run either. (I\'m actually reminded of a fic where Evil Harry and Evil Luna go back in time and start killing the people who wronged them left and right...starting with letting the troll eat Hermione in the first year. They let Hermione get eaten because she agreed to keep an eye on Harry for Dumbles in exchange for library privileges. THEY MURDERED AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL FOR WANTING TO READ SOME BOOKS. Needless to say, I stopped reading immediately). There was one early chapter where Lily showed concern for an obviously-abused Snape, but I don\'t think Snape\'s even been mentioned for the past twenty chapters, so who knows if the author even remembers it.\n\nOh, and they took my "Lily Is Secretly Pureblood" No-No and combined it with "Hermione is Secretly Pureblood" and then AMPED IT UP TO ELEVEN with "Literally every Muggleborn is Pureblood, every single one of them, yes, him too, and her, and that guy, and that other guy, yeah, those peeps as well". It\'s SO STUPID, hahahahaha. Harry\'s argument is basically "We\'ll prove those blood supremacists wrong...by proving muggles literally cannot produce magical offspring and that it\'s been secret purebloods all along!" I mean, sure, it might foster acceptance of \'muggle\'-born witches and wizards, but all the crazier parts of society would use it as scientific justification to bring back the good ol\' days when muggles could be legally hunted. All they\'d have to do is administer a blood test before hitting their victims with a Cruciatus. The author straight up did not think this through.\n\nMy endless complaints aside, it is a more or less enjoyable tale thus far. Harry\'s interactions with his past and future family are pretty heartwarming, and the business with the Brotherhood of the Fox is really intriguing (even though canonically everybody knew Grindelwald was alive and locked up, and not thought dead and secretly alive and locked up). I\'ve added the story to my subscriptions, and only time will tell if the good outweighs the bad.','',0,0,'','s7vu5g65',0,0,'u_1204','',0),(89870,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1394354036,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=660155#p660155:2q5d2790]Subject: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner[/url:2q5d2790]\n\n[quote="Jeremy Garrett":2q5d2790]And if any of you writers want one of your characters in a future installment, shoot me a PM and we\'ll work something out. \":)\"[/quote:2q5d2790]\nYou should totally ask him to do Cassidy. \":)\"','',0,0,'kA==','2q5d2790',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89871,89870,2552,0,'176.248.36.72',1394354374,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','I\'m sure you have an entire interview worked out. \";)\"','',0,0,'','3picbtu5',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89872,0,2552,0,'176.248.36.72',1394354415,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','[quote="Jeremy Garrett":32bb42rj]And if any of you writers want one of your characters in a future installment, shoot me a PM and we\'ll work something out. \":)\"[/quote:32bb42rj]\n\nI\'d be interested to see if anyone wants to ask Cassidy things. \";)\"','',0,0,'gA==','32bb42rj',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(89873,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394359710,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','She\'d have to die. Ashley is a brave man to suggest to Todd that Janey cannot have her heart\'s desire. \n\nAnd Todd Jr, he grows \":shock:\"','',0,0,'','nr8ovtav',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89874,88785,2552,0,'31.55.59.85',1394360245,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','He\'s going to be a big boy.\n\nSpeaking of Crazy Jane, as I\'m typing this, \'One Way Or Another\' is playing on the radio. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','1rvxkkzm',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89875,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394360598,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','That\'s just Jane letting Todd know she\'s on her way and their baby is growing up strong :lol\n\nIt\'s weird when a song comes on that you\'ve been humming for a while, happened to me the other day. I was like \'mind control right there.\'','',0,0,'','3iddilzl',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89876,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394368489,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Yeah, I\'m still feeling depressed over Trixie, especially since we just lost Daria not long before that (going on two weeks ago for her). So right now I\'m sensitive to some shit, but I\'m trying not to even post much for a while because the last thing I want is internet drama to make me feel worse (and it\'s like if I were to post in Nick\'s again, even agreeing with someone else who already spoke, I\'M gonna be the one to get shit for what I say).\n\nI totally agree on the whole receiving thing. I think it\'s more that guys who enjoy it are more open to say so nowadays than before, which is great. Hell, that\'s relatively tame compared to maybe some other sexual things going on, so nobody should be ashamed for what they like if it makes them feel good.\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":3fd282hm]Maybe if the people up in arms about LGBT people were more concerned about rape, child marriage, domestic violence, child abuse and other actually harmful issues the world might be a slightly better place.[/quote:3fd282hm]\nThis. All these anti-gay assholes in the world don\'t give a shit that there\'s still child prostitution, child porn, sex trafficking (of kids and adult women who are abducted and thrown into those rings), and rape among other things going on. And what\'s bad is when men are raped, they\'re dealing with such stigma everyday that there\'s no such thing as male rape victims and other bullshit, so most of them probably never report it because they\'re ashamed to. The rape laws and mindsets need to be more balanced, that\'s for sure. I\'d love the day when rape was no longer existent, but I\'d be happy enough when the time comes that any and all victims can report it and actually seek fair and equal justice for what happened to them instead of the stupid arguments that women ask for it and that men make it up.','',0,0,'gA==','3fd282hm',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89877,89859,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394368718,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random post thread: 108 the Thread On Fire','Thanks. \":hug:\" Yeah, they\'re keepers, no matter how far of a drive it may be now that we\'re moved (actually, the drive isn\'t too much farther, thanks to a shortcut we figured out).\n\nI\'m curious about something: I don\'t see you post much anymore. \":?\" Do you just find it more practical to PM friends these days? Or did someone start pushing you away from the board? If it\'s the latter, I\'d hate for you to leave entirely. You\'re a cool guy. \":D\" (Plus we kinda already had a scare when that Robyn person went to talking about peetz5050 leaving, but thankfully he popped up saying he\'s not leaving, which is good, since he\'s cool, too.)','',0,0,'','36nokla6',0,0,'u_1571','',0),(89878,89739,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1394371328,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','So I\'m almost done with that Mandy girl...but before I get to Rosalie, I\'m gonna need some info about her that I can put in an introduction. Her full name, which series she debuted in, who she is, what she does, that sorta thing.','',0,0,'','ggqjhtxa',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89879,89859,1571,0,'68.112.97.85',1394371574,1,1,1,0,'Re: Completely Random post thread: 108 the Thread On Fire','It seems more practical to respond to some posts with PMs, plus when as many as 8+ people (sometimes, think I remember counting out 14 once \":P\" ) reply to a post in a thread it kinda feels like I\'m bringing a topic back up that everyone stopped talking about hours ago, since sometimes I\'m more likely to show up late at night \":lol:\" \n\nI\'m not going anywhere anytime soon \":)\" \nPlus after awhile of inactivity I start feeling like \'been awhile, really should write something\' \":lol:\" \n\nAnd yeah, I\'m glad that Peetz stopped by to say that it\'s just until he can get some stuff sorted out, he\'s awesome \":P\"','',0,0,'','asr37u20',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89880,89739,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394371991,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','Oh, okay. Hmm, as far as last name goes, I have no clue since she\'s Belle and Adam\'s daughter, and [i:3ncm6tgk]Beauty and the Beast [/i:3ncm6tgk]never gave anyone last names (most Disney movies don\'t \":lol:\" ). As for personality and what she likes to do: she\'s a tomboy who hates to dress up and rarely does, she grew up playing outside in the courtyard a lot with her friend Jules, and currently in the story as an adult, she and Belle often go into the village and help less fortunate people. Oh, and she also helps the servants with chores, which is one way she hangs out with Jules a lot since he\'s a servant (he\'s Lumiere\'s kid). Currently in the fic they\'re both about 21 or so, if that helps. The fanfic I created her for is "A Rose in the Thorns", but I might be changing the title to "The Invincible Rose" since that makes a tad more sense for things that happen later in the story.\n\nI hope I gave you enough info to start - I kinda assumed I\'d be the one to make the intro post, though. \":lol:\" Anywho, if you have any other questions or if I forgot to answer something, just let me know. \":)\"','',0,0,'IA==','3ncm6tgk',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(89881,89859,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394372274,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random post thread: 108 the Thread On Fire','Ohh, okie doke. I personally wouldn\'t be bothered if you posted "late" to something, but that makes sense. Plus the PMs feel a bit more personal this way. \":D\"\n\nI\'m glad you\'re not going anywhere, too. \":mrgreen:\" Lately it seems like a lot of us are in writing slumps, doesn\'t it? \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','25lbbbl8',0,0,'u_1571','',0),(89882,89826,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1394377529,1,1,1,1,'Re: Iron Chef: Lawndale Confessional','[quote="ognawk":2br3cfu2]Drinking Elsie? Tom and Ashley perhaps not quite as close as they once were? Interesting. You have my attention.[/quote:2br3cfu2]\nGood to know. BTW, what does Elaine Swinton look like?','',0,0,'gA==','2br3cfu2',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89883,89826,2552,0,'176.248.36.72',1394377890,1,1,1,1,'Re: Iron Chef: Lawndale Confessional','Hmm. I don\'t know if I\'ve ever written a physical description of her in a story, but I\'ve always pictured her as slim and of average height, with long, straight black hair and brown eyes.','',0,0,'','hz9v5ibn',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89884,89826,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1394380388,1,1,1,1,'Re: Iron Chef: Lawndale Confessional','Thanks. Do we know what kind of car Cassidy drives?','',0,0,'','1i5xzuqz',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89885,89826,2552,0,'176.248.36.72',1394380662,1,1,1,1,'Re: Iron Chef: Lawndale Confessional','A yellow Vexxer.','',0,0,'','2noy8a8w',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89886,88785,2552,0,'176.248.36.72',1394387849,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Jane Ianuzzi and \'Mother\' Jane are two very different types of crazy. Maybe Jane is generally just a crazy person anyway. She takes Todd Jr. to the park and pushes him on the swings. One of those cradle type ones so he doesn\'t fall off, obviously.','',0,0,'','2mytb880',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89887,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394414730,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Aw. Rosalie\'s Q&A thread needs love. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2wri5im6',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89888,89859,1571,0,'68.112.97.85',1394419250,1,1,1,0,'Re: Completely Random post thread: 108 the Thread On Fire','Well...to be completely honest; I\'ve been stepping out of meditation with fuel for MLP:FIM fics lately, so that\'s what I\'ve been doing \":lol:\" \n\nHope to make something relevant to this board soon \":P\" \n\nAnd yeah, PMs just seem to have more impact than thread replies do \":)\"','',0,0,'','3gzzt89j',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89889,0,1097,0,'129.94.82.202',1394428874,1,0,1,1,'Greetings','Hi there. I haven\'t been in touch for a while, and perhaps you\'ve noticed that [i:1odhc4lh]Dylan[/i:1odhc4lh] dried up for a while there too. Well, I\'m moving ahead with the writing again, and that made me think of checking in with you. I know you were going through a rough time when we were last in touch and I hope you\'re doing okay.\n\nIf you do feel like beta-reading again, let me know, but either way drop me a line if you feel like it.','',0,0,'IA==','1odhc4lh',0,0,'u_1025','',0),(89890,0,1097,0,'129.94.82.202',1394428975,1,0,1,1,'Greetings','Hi there. I haven\'t been in touch for a while, and perhaps you\'ve noticed that [i:3vmcfoet]Dylan[/i:3vmcfoet] dried up for a while there too. Well, I\'m moving ahead with the writing again, and that made me think of checking in with you. I know you were going through a busy time when we were last in touch and I hope you\'re not too overwhelmed now.\n\nIf you do feel like beta-reading again, let me know, but either way drop me a line if you feel like it.','',0,0,'IA==','3vmcfoet',0,0,'u_2317','',0),(89891,0,1097,0,'129.94.82.202',1394431181,1,0,1,1,'Dylan','I\'m picking up speed now and making good progress, and I hope to be sending you my draft of the first part of \'The Rhode House\' soon.\n\nMeanwhile I was hoping for some feedback on my thinking about \'Jake Of Hearts\'. I\'m going to need female versions of Bing and the Spatula Man, and male versions of Grandma Ruth and also of the doctor who talks to the Morgendorffers at the hospital about Jake\'s condition.\n\nI don\'t generally listen to commercial radio, but my impression is that there are female DJs, but not as many as male DJs and, more importantly for my purposes, that they tend not to go in for the more \'wacky\' and flamboyant schtick. It would be an option to have two \'wacky\' female DJs, or even two not-so-wacky female DJs, but I\'m leaning more towards making them infomercial spokesmodels for a range of health and beauty products. I think there\'s an equivalence there with the persistently obtrusive public profile and I think they\'d be just as annoying a phenomenon to Dylan and Rod as wacky DJs, while still attracting favourable attention from other Lawndale High students--at least many of the female ones, like Karen Johnson, Upchuck and the three As.\n\nHaving the doctor means having some sort of health emergency, but that doesn\'t mean it has to be a heart attack. Of course anybody can have a heart attack, but I feel Jacquie\'s a less obvious candidate for one than Jake. Also sending for your father to nurse doesn\'t seem as plausible as sending for your mother, not for this family. I could make Grandpa Reuben a stereotypical henpecked husband, but somehow that idea doesn\'t appeal to me. I\'d like a different reason for his failure to intervene between his daughter and her mother.\n\nSo, putting all that together, I came up with the following idea. Grandpa Reuben worked as a seafarer and was regularly away from the family at sea. He left domestic affairs to his wife and accepted the idea of women being interested in religion as normal. He\'s only ever had a dim idea of the resentment Jacquie harbours over having been sent to a restrictive convent school. Now that he\'s retired from the sea (and his wife\'s dead), he lives with his son (Jacquie\'s brother) and his family. But they\'re taking a holiday while the house is being renovated, so he\'s decided to make a trip to Lawndale to visit his daughter and his grandsons there. He arrives at mealtime on Taco Tuesday but does not get an enthusiastic welcome from Jacquie. Then Jacquie is suddenly taken ill. Part of Grandpa Reuben\'s experience as a seafarer involved looking after accidents and illnesses on board, and in particular he once had to deal with a fellow-sailor nearly dying of anaphylactic shock. As a result, he now always carries an epinephrine autoinjector, which he administers to Jacquie when he recognises her symptoms. Then the ambulance takes her to hospital, where the doctor confirms that Reuben did the right thing. Jacquie stays in hospital for a while for tests, which fail to identify the cause of the anaphylaxis (food allergies are ruled out), and then she\'s taken home, where Reuben helps to nurse her (although in fact she doesn\'t need much nusring).\n\nSo, what do you think?','',0,0,'','3dri3rh7',0,0,'u_1891','',0),(89894,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394465703,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I asked a question \":D\"','',0,0,'','1a6ps4xt',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89895,0,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1394465945,1,1,1,1,'Re: Things to Watch on YouTube - 3, Productivity - 0','Please adjust your post to a link instead of embedded video and please include a NSFW language note.\n\n[quote:2yrzijc1]4) "Hard swearing" options\n\nAs the default value, the board uses an autocensor to deal with such words as the f-bomb, the s-bomb, and so forth. Members have the option through the User Control Panel to deactivate the censor. Members below the age of 13 should not deactivate the autocensor and will have it reactivated with a warning if it is discovered.\n\nImages that contain words normally handled by the autocensor are not to be directly posted by img tag or attachment. A text link with a warning about language is an acceptable alternative. Likewise, if you have a YouTube video with hard swearing, you must post a text link with a warning. You cannot post the video directly on the page.[/quote:2yrzijc1]\n\nThank you.\n\n\n[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=661008#p661008:2yrzijc1]Subject: Things to Watch on YouTube - 3, Productivity - 0[/url:2yrzijc1]\n\n[quote="psychotol":2yrzijc1][youtube:2yrzijc1]fGuGhlL_wdo[/youtube:2yrzijc1][/quote:2yrzijc1]','',0,0,'kAE=','2yrzijc1',0,0,'u_249','',0),(89896,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394466059,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I don\'t think Jane Ianuzzi is \'crazy\' as in mentally ill. She\'s just a sociopathic sadist who gives not a single fuck about who she hurts or how she does it as long as she and her man are having a good time. Mother Jane is actually mentally ill nuts. I\'ve read lots of crazy Jane fics, I think it is that almost obsessive streak in her personality that lends her well to that type of story. \n\nI love the idea of Jane pushing the ever growing Todd Jr on the swings, shouting at passers by \'What are you looking at? He is a real boy.\' Imagine if she take him to visit his Daddy. Either Todd will be freaked out into submission or another prisoner makes a remark about Jane and her woollen boy and that awakens Todd\'s long dormant paternal instinct \":lol:\" Jane wins either way.','',0,0,'','3m1ff1fw',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89897,88785,2552,0,'31.76.97.204',1394466780,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Meanwhile, \'Uncle\' Trent is thoroughly confused by the whole thing.\n\n"Trent, will you keep it down? Todd Jr. is trying to sleep."\n\n"Ooookay..."','',0,0,'','3e08w75m',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89898,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394467213,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Trent\'s probably so stoned he actually thinks his nephew is a real kid and he\'s just been sleeping for a long time.\n\n"Trent, you\'re gonna have to look after Todd Jr this weekend. Daria refused to help, Tom is dead and I can\'t afford a sitter."\n\n"Why, where are you going?"\n\n"Breaking Todd Sr out of jail. My son needs his Daddy and I want a daughter."\n\n"Cool."','',0,0,'','1zi6xo30',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89899,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1394468098,1,1,1,1,'A sensitive topic...','I think (and I apologize if I\'m wrong) you who mentioned about having been living on the street for a time as a teen. I have a couple of questions, if you don\'t mind my asking - and if you don\'t feel comfortable about that, I understand. \n\n\n* How likely were you to go to places like shelters, Salvation Army shelters or churches for things like clothing or food?\n\n* What would you say that the most unexpected thing that you were able to get that was of actual use during that time on the street?\n\n* What were a couple of unexpected (for better or worse) places that you ended up staying during this time?\n\n* If you were going to a shelter or center for help, would you have been more comfortable talking to/getting help from another teenager or an adult?\n\n* How long do you think it was before you decided you had to try and find some place to get things? Do you think that distrusting adults/\'the system\' kept you away longer from doing so? If you had other teens/kids along with you, would that have made you consider seeking out help sooner or later?\n\n* What would you say some of the greatest dangers/problems were that you had when you were out on the street? How did you try to deal with them?\n\n\nThis is for a fic; I\'m bringing a character from my [i:1dgjqgki]Daylight[/i:1dgjqgki] fics into my [i:1dgjqgki]LLH[/i:1dgjqgki] fics, and I want to make things as accurate as possible.\n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'IA==','1dgjqgki',0,0,'u_251','',0),(89900,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394476171,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I just posted an answer, I hope it\'s a good one! Oh, and I recently gave her a last name for the story that means "immortal" in French. \":D\" Thinking about renaming the story to "The Invincible Rose" since that makes a little more sense for the plot and all. What do you think? \":)\"','',0,0,'','1vr5uurd',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89901,89895,249,0,'82.24.219.38',1394477262,1,1,1,1,'Re: Things to Watch on YouTube - 3, Productivity - 0','[quote="psychotol":27xvt84u][youtube:27xvt84u]fGuGhlL_wdo[/youtube:27xvt84u][/quote:27xvt84u][/quote]\nhas been replaced with\n[quote="psychotol":27xvt84u][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGuGhlL_wdo:27xvt84u]Amazing Atheist has a go at people falling for the waterproofing ap for their I-Phone. Bit of swearing though, so, careful there.[/url:27xvt84u][/quote:27xvt84u]\nnow.','',0,0,'kAE=','27xvt84u',0,0,'u_276','',0),(89902,89859,1571,0,'68.112.97.85',1394477416,1,1,1,0,'Re: Completely Random post thread: 108 the Thread On Fire','Thanks \":D\" \n\n[quote="breitasparrow":3uhljn67]I feel like I hardly write anymore, myself. \":lol:\"[/quote:3uhljn67]\n\nMeh, life happens \":P\"','',0,0,'gA==','3uhljn67',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89903,89891,1891,0,'69.35.195.245',1394481007,1,1,1,1,'Re: Dylan','[quote="J-D":cg6hhbjh]I\'m picking up speed now and making good progress, and I hope to be sending you my draft of the first part of \'The Rhode House\' soon.\n\nMeanwhile I was hoping for some feedback on my thinking about \'Jake Of Hearts\'. I\'m going to need female versions of Bing and the Spatula Man, and male versions of Grandma Ruth and also of the doctor who talks to the Morgendorffers at the hospital about Jake\'s condition.\n\nI don\'t generally listen to commercial radio, but my impression is that there are female DJs, but not as many as male DJs and, more importantly for my purposes, that they tend not to go in for the more \'wacky\' and flamboyant schtick. It would be an option to have two \'wacky\' female DJs, or even two not-so-wacky female DJs, but I\'m leaning more towards making them infomercial spokesmodels for a range of health and beauty products. I think there\'s an equivalence there with the persistently obtrusive public profile and I think they\'d be just as annoying a phenomenon to Dylan and Rod as wacky DJs, while still attracting favourable attention from other Lawndale High students--at least many of the female ones, like Karen Johnson, Upchuck and the three As.\n\nHaving the doctor means having some sort of health emergency, but that doesn\'t mean it has to be a heart attack. Of course anybody can have a heart attack, but I feel Jacquie\'s a less obvious candidate for one than Jake. Also sending for your father to nurse doesn\'t seem as plausible as sending for your mother, not for this family. I could make Grandpa Reuben a stereotypical henpecked husband, but somehow that idea doesn\'t appeal to me. I\'d like a different reason for his failure to intervene between his daughter and her mother.\n\nSo, putting all that together, I came up with the following idea. Grandpa Reuben worked as a seafarer and was regularly away from the family at sea. He left domestic affairs to his wife and accepted the idea of women being interested in religion as normal. He\'s only ever had a dim idea of the resentment Jacquie harbours over having been sent to a restrictive convent school. Now that he\'s retired from the sea (and his wife\'s dead), he lives with his son (Jacquie\'s brother) and his family. But they\'re taking a holiday while the house is being renovated, so he\'s decided to make a trip to Lawndale to visit his daughter and his grandsons there. He arrives at mealtime on Taco Tuesday but does not get an enthusiastic welcome from Jacquie. Then Jacquie is suddenly taken ill. Part of Grandpa Reuben\'s experience as a seafarer involved looking after accidents and illnesses on board, and in particular he once had to deal with a fellow-sailor nearly dying of anaphylactic shock. As a result, he now always carries an epinephrine autoinjector, which he administers to Jacquie when he recognises her symptoms. Then the ambulance takes her to hospital, where the doctor confirms that Reuben did the right thing. Jacquie stays in hospital for a while for tests, which fail to identify the cause of the anaphylaxis (food allergies are ruled out), and then she\'s taken home, where Reuben helps to nurse her (although in fact she doesn\'t need much nusring).\n\nSo, what do you think?[/quote:cg6hhbjh]\n\nDude! \":shock:\" Write this story now! \":D\" \":fork:\"\n\nand I\'ve had a couple thoughts on \'the Triangle\' that you could play with.\n\nOne is a bit predictable but you could switch the triangle up to having Dylan dating Fem!Tom first only for Rod to kiss her when things between Dylan and Fem!Tom start to wind down. \n\nAnother is for Dylan and Rod to meet Fem!Tom but neither of them date her right off the bat, rather they find a surprise girl on the same wave length as them and become friends (Dylan would take longer to warm up to her than Rod) but when Rod makes a pass and Fem!Tom rebuffs him (and gives a speech about not wanting to cause drama), only to fall into a lip lock with Dylan soon after, causing a surprise rupture the next day when Dylan tells Rod about it (not knowing about what had happened between Rod and Fem!Tom). \n\nIn this second scenario I could see Kris at least [i:cg6hhbjh]trying[/i:cg6hhbjh] to be more supportive and helpful (how [i:cg6hhbjh]effective[/i:cg6hhbjh] it would be is up to you).','',0,0,'oA==','cg6hhbjh',0,0,'u_1097','',0),(89904,88785,2552,0,'176.248.202.22',1394485340,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','This whole thing seems to veer from dark to darkly comic with regularity. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2mt9bgg9',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89905,89899,251,0,'75.111.55.200',1394508563,1,1,1,1,'Re: A sensitive topic...','I don\'t have much time right now so I\'ll try to come back to this tomorrow (though it might take a couple days). Expect a TLDR answer. \";)\" \n\nBut right away I thought I\'d share that shelters can\'t help us (minors) without calling our families and/or police (IIRC, if they do then it\'s a crime called "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" with all sorts of potential legal consequences), therefore those of us underage did not go to them. A few were "don\'t ask, don\'t tell" (essentially they had a clipboard for us to sign without verification, and we even had fun writing in silly names, they never raised a fuss over it) but Covenant House, aka C-House (by us), would sometimes report them and they could be shut down (only one church gave us free meals with impunity because it was at a specific time and in such a way that we could easily hide from anyone doing a casual inspection looking for minors and I think the church did it that way on purpose, and another church was random in its help but included showers and worked more by word of mouth on the streets rather than set schedules). C-House themselves would hand out sack lunches from a van but we knew better than to tell them our squats or anything else because more than once it got passed on to the cops. Their misguided hope was that by being forced out of our squats and deprived of help then we\'d go to C-House where they could take care of us (which meant reporting us to police and parents). Ignorant bastards. \n\nThat said, the cops (meant to include deputies) were apathetic and were inclined to ignore us when they could, and make us someone else\'s problem ASAP when they couldn\'t (wasn\'t just us, a mother raised a stink when her college son got stabbed by a 12-year-old girl with a switchblade, I happened to know the girl and he\'d tried to rape her when she did, but the cops obviously brushed him off and not even call an ambulance for him--he survived, hopefully never to attempt rape again). The cops who took a special interest in us had mental problems, including crass bullies and vile perverts who likely did things that wouldn\'t have been tolerated even by the corrupt police forces in the area, they\'d have certainly disavowed it if someone caught it on camera (OTOH, not only were a couple of cops known to deliver girls to pimps instead of jail for the bounty but one girl who escaped a pimp was released from jail where men from her pimp were waiting for her, meaning at least one of the deputies called the pimp to let him know when she was going to be released, so it\'s hard to say, as kids we just considered the cops just another gang who didn\'t have to hide from the law as they were the law, and thus feared for reasons similar to criminal syndicates). But every once in awhile the cops would raid a squat and even put up razorwire around it once (but then they\'d found at least one guy dead of OD and I heard--not sure if it was true, I was lucky to not have been there when it happened--that they found a dead body or two in the elevator shaft). \n\nNatch, there were racist cops. I was given the advice that if the cops came after us and there was anyone black among us (Hispanic second) then run away from that person. That worked, too, a cop turned his lights on and we all ran different directions and he chased the one black guy among us. Backup came pretty fast for the rest of us (catching some) which I only just barely evaded myself. Another time an asshole of a cop stopped me and a black guy walking together interrogating him on what he was doing with me (a white girl) and me having to bluff about being local with my mom knowing I was with him (he wasn\'t that interested in me, but him, and when he saw I wasn\'t going to turn on him he pretty much tuned me out--it was scary for me, I can\'t imagine how scary it was for him, he showed a lot of anger at whites, including me, after that until he calmed down). That did make me hesitant to do so since I had to avoid police attention.\n\nI vaguely recall that there\'d been a race riot a few years (3-5) before I was out there because one cop shot a black security guard he\'d pulled over and it turned out he was openly a member of the KKK and multiple white supremacist and neo-nazi groups...even Dallas had refused to hire him (and they\'ve got a bad rep themselves), but Houston was fine with it (don\'t know if they instituted any policy changes over that, but if most were fine with it then you know making an official change didn\'t change their attitudes). That said, a friend of mine who\'d known a former Harris County (Houston) deputy said wealth mattered more than race so that a poor white guy was more likely to be abused than a rich black guy, yet a poor black guy would be preferred over a poor white guy. That probably had more to do with the ability to hire lawyers and other connections, however. In any case my experience doesn\'t seem strange in light of that.\n\nFor what it\'s worth, Salvation Army was called a "Sally" but only the older people went to them. I understand that they often had real anal types running them who were also very religious (no gays tolerated, for example) and the ones I saw didn\'t help that many anyway. I never stayed at one so I\'m not certain but I believe they require you show ID before they let you stay there.\n\nGotta go','',0,0,'','1g21lblm',1394508633,1,'u_59','',0),(89908,88785,1798,0,'149.254.224.233',1394527087,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','The bits with Todd Jr are darkly comic, because the idea of Jane pushing a woollen kid round in a buggy and taking him to the park is bleakly funny. The bits between Jane and Todd Snr are the purely dark bits, I reckon.','',0,0,'','3o77zucv',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89907,89578,653,0,'192.111.73.155',1394509907,1,1,1,1,'Re: School serves chicken and watermelon for black history month','[quote="Brother Grimace":20u4chvk][url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=659169#p659169:20u4chvk]Subject: School serves chicken and watermelon for black history month[/url:20u4chvk]\n\n[quote="NightGoblyn":20u4chvk][quote="Robyn":20u4chvk]Truthfully, I think fried chicken and watermelon are a great mix as the watermelon is very refreshing and good for you[/quote:20u4chvk]\n\nThere\'s this animated gif, of Mal Reynolds opening his mouth like he\'s about to say something, and then looking troubled and slightly confused, and then closing his mouth again. It\'s like he wants to reply to something somebody has said, and then realizes that he doesn\'t really know where to start.\n\nSince I\'m having trouble finding that image, please just pretend it\'s here.[/quote:20u4chvk]\n\nPlease don\'t pay any attention to \'Robyn\'. I really think that whoever it is, is just a troll trying to hit for reactions.\n\n\n-BG[/quote:20u4chvk]\n\nYeah, after I posted that I thought the same thing. I wonder if it\'s any of the other Robinish people we\'ve had in the past. \":P\"','',0,0,'kA==','20u4chvk',0,0,'u_59','',0),(89909,85127,1798,0,'149.254.224.233',1394527924,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I like it, keeps in with the plot and sounds very Disney-ish. I liked your answer too, I tried to keep the question neutral without giving away too much of the upcoming plot.','',0,0,'','2oljg0ff',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89910,88785,2552,0,'94.12.186.115',1394529457,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Probably. I\'ve been wondering what would happen with some of the Lawndale High students if Jane brought Todd Jr to school.\n\n\nJodie was walking the corridors of Lawndale High. As she turned a corner, she noticed Jane, who appeared to be talking into her open locker. Curious, Jodie approached.\n\n"Hey, Jane. Is everything OK?"\n\n"Huh? Oh, yes, I\'m just talking to Todd Jr. They won\'t let me take him into class."\n\nJodie looked confused. "Todd Jr?"\n\n"Yes! Look!" Jane said, removing the doll from her locker and showing it to her, "Isn\'t he cute?"\n\n"That\'s nice. Did you make that?" Jodie asked.\n\n"Yes," Jane replied with a grin, "He\'s my son!"\n\n"Your... son?" Jodie said, eyebrow raised.\n\n"Yes, and we\'re going to Texas to meet see his Daddy. Isn\'t that right?" Jane said, hugging the doll.\n\n"So, um, does his Daddy know you\'re visiting him?"\n\n"Oh yes," Jane explained, "He claims he doesn\'t have a son, but he\'ll change his mind once he sees him."\n\nJane then put Todd Jr. back in her locker. "Mommy\'s got to go to class, so be a good boy, Todd Jr," she said before closing the locker and walking off, leaving Jodie utterly confused.','',0,0,'','3thb1b6q',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89911,88785,1798,0,'149.254.250.186',1394541821,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Ha ha, poor Jodie probably thinks Jane is cracking from stress applying to art colleges and the like and is probably planning an intervention with Mack to help her.\n\n"So, Ianuzzi, you claim that the beating laid out on Melvin O\'Hara the other day was your doing and for that you want solitary and your visiting rights revoked for the next month."\n\n"Yeah, I can\'t live with the guilt and wanted to confess. You know, Catholic and all that."\n\nTodd knew the bastard didn\'t believe him, he could tell Webster that the sky was blue on a sunny day and he would still be called a liar. Relishing his power, no doubt, Webster sucked his teeth and sneered at Todd. \n\n"My ass, you ain\'t seen O\'Hara in weeks. This is all to do with that girl, ain\'t it? Your number one fan sendin\' her love through the post, all those pictures and statues. She\'s got a crush on you, boy, that\'s all. Let her come and see you for the low life piece of shit you are and she won\'t bother you for much longer."\n\n"She\'s not normal. She says she\'s my wife and this knitted doll thing is my kid"\n\n"Look at the big man now. Frightened of a little girl with a crush. I don\'t know what your problem is, I\'d be happy that piece of ass was moonin\' over me. You ain\'t gettin\' much are you? Unless you are, you and Lamar shower buddies now?"\n\nTodd clenched his fist and resisted the urge to smash the bastard\'s face in. That would mean an extra year on his sentence, and to hell with that.\n\n"Fine," Todd snarled, stalking out the office. "But when the bitch goes crazy, don\'t say I didn\'t warn you."','',0,0,'','kfduexv2',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89912,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394543783,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Sweet, thanks! \":D\" I\'m gonna check the Q&A thread soon to see if there are any new questions, and sometime today I\'ll try to change the thread title for the fic if I don\'t forget. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2opmzqq0',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89913,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1394545156,1,1,1,1,'Re: What would Brittany do if she woke up next to Mr. DeMartino?','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=661288#p661288:2jnwah9o]Subject: What would Brittany do if she woke up next to Mr. DeMartino?[/url:2jnwah9o]\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":2jnwah9o]Seriously, just shove all these questions in one thread, not make new ones each time. \n\nAnd how did she get the headache? Because if in any way her ability to consent was impaired then I hope she would phone the cops and get him done for rape. Which she should also do in your other fic because she didn\'t give him her consent there either.[/quote:2jnwah9o]\n\nIs she creeping you out too or is it just me?\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'kA==','2jnwah9o',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89914,89913,1798,0,'149.254.250.186',1394547555,1,1,1,1,'Re: What would Brittany do if she woke up next to Mr. DeMartino?','She\'s making some very uncomfortable threads, none of which resemble canon DeMartino. If he\'s not a borderline/actual rapist, he\'s some sort of Greek God. I\'d find it funny if it wasn\'t for the deeply unsettling vibes from the posts.','',0,0,'','3ra18btz',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(89915,85127,1798,0,'149.254.250.186',1394547986,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Good times.\n\nI think I may have come across as harsh on that DeMartino thread, however one of her fics is the one where Mr D sleeps with Brittany, who is under the impression she is sleeping with Kevin, all in implied kink detail, and no it wasn\'t a fantasy they both shared. The moral, decent DeMartino essentially raped a confused young student. No need, do not want. \n\nYour answer was much politer than mine though.','',0,0,'','2w6v3os7',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89916,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394548459,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','No worries on being too harsh, it\'s understandable. I still haven\'t read that fic so I didn\'t know the full context of it, but I\'m taking your word for it that it had a creepy vibe to say the least. \":shock:\" \n\nThere are some newer members here who I can\'t stand (such as that Robyn person - even though Pete said to lay off her, I can\'t stop thinking she\'s a total cunt for calling him out on something that he didn\'t even do), and others who I think are just naive as far as how this board runs and what the general thread etiquette seems to be. So with Snow-Kitty, I wanted to try to give suggestions and see how that goes before getting harsh, since for all I know she may not have thought that little things like "waking up with a headache" usually means that person was drugged - she may have meant that they had rough sex or something. But again, I don\'t blame you for your comment since you\'ve read more of her stuff than I have.','',0,0,'','axc0xdui',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89917,88785,2552,0,'94.12.186.115',1394557799,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Todd\'s worried about the crazy lady. Only he knows what hell could be unleashed. \":lol:\"\n\nSpeaking of which, someone left a review for \'Crazy Love\' on ff.net.\n\n"OK, Jane really needs to get her room ventilated! The paint fumes have clearly damaged her brain here..."\n\n\":lol:\"','',0,0,'','17ljcy7w',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89918,88785,1798,0,'149.254.250.186',1394558772,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','He\'s worried about what she\'ll force him to do, he is powerless to resist.\n \nHa ha, that reviewer knows nothing. Once she has a man set in her sights, she must have him. The tree and woollen boy demand their union.','',0,0,'','2apggb7d',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89919,89889,1025,0,'98.18.55.218',1394568346,1,1,1,1,'Re: Greetings','[quote="J-D":1kce8e80]Hi there. I haven\'t been in touch for a while, and perhaps you\'ve noticed that [i:1kce8e80]Dylan[/i:1kce8e80] dried up for a while there too. Well, I\'m moving ahead with the writing again, and that made me think of checking in with you. I know you were going through a rough time when we were last in touch and I hope you\'re doing okay.[/quote:1kce8e80]\n\nAww. Thank you. I\'m doing a bit better luckily. \n\n[quote="J-D":1kce8e80]If you do feel like beta-reading again, let me know, but either way drop me a line if you feel like it.[/quote:1kce8e80]\n\nI could try again. I\'ll have internet access the next two weeks, but after that, my access will be unfortunately spotty. Still, I\'ll gladly beta the next couple of chapters at least. \":)\" \n\nIn any case though, how\'s life treating you? I hope you\'re doing well too.','',0,0,'oA==','1kce8e80',0,0,'u_1097','',0),(89920,88785,2552,0,'94.12.186.115',1394572660,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','The tree is like a virus. A beautiful virus.\n\nI imagine Jane ordering a big box of wool to make Todd Jr in the first place and Trent thinking he\'d ordered the wool while on a bender.\n\n"Whoa. I\'ve got to stop ordering things when I\'m not sober."','',0,0,'','2gveb2is',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89921,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394576959,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','We really need to put all these little bits into some sort of order, because the face to face meeting of Mr and \'Mrs\' Ianuzzi is surely nigh.','',0,0,'','31so9bfh',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89922,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394577193,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I had a fully aware DeMartino sleeping with Brittany, who did enjoy it, but thought it was Kevin. The following chapter had her very confused when Kevin had no recollection of it, despite her saying how good it was. I don\'t know whether this was the attempt to make it better and more palatable, but nothing wipes away the extremely dubious consent in that. \n\nAnd when I saw the headache part of the post I assumed she was either drugged or had been too drunk to consent. Either way, big no no on here.','',0,0,'','1pdyf1vv',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89923,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394579903,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Yeah, those are all questionable scenarios that normally don\'t fly here. Hopefully we don\'t have another Deac situation going on, though I doubt that since his stuff was WAY worse from the start.\n\nIs it possible the girl was trying to write a serious commentary on date-rape? Or was it clearly just for the sake of DeMartino sex? \":?\"','',0,0,'','29ob2ywf',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89925,89899,251,0,'75.111.55.200',1394594692,1,1,1,1,'Kid on the streets, part 2 of 3','I\'ve got enough here I\'d thought I\'d go ahead and send it:\n\nThe first time I ran away from home was a comedy of lucky errors (relatively speaking). My BFF of the time was the one to decide to leave and I could come with her or not, and I went with. Having learned to find the info I needed I looked up runaway lines and naively called a Runaway Hotline expecting helpful tips on running away from those experienced at having done so (I was 15, still hard to believe I was ever that naive). \":lol:\" \n\nThey tried to get me to report my BFF abusive dad but she\'d already tried that and only a tiny bit of luck saved her from possibly being killed and she wasn\'t going to report her dad again. Realizing that this wasn\'t an option I was going to embrace (nor was I going to betray her by making the report for her) the hotline counselor then told me that we should go to Covenant House in which she gave us an address and so that was where we went...kind of. Had we made it then "C-House" (Covenant House) would\'ve reported us to the police as required by law and it\'s a pretty sure bet that she\'d been given to her dad who very well may have killed her (that\'s certainly how we thought of it). But we didn\'t get there until late at night and as we were walking up to it we past the "Porch," which was a patio where some street kids slept hidden from the cops (I\'ll explain more about this in the next reply), and they called us over and told us how C-House actually worked.\n\nThey thought it was hilarious that I called the Runaway Hotline asking for help (and they shared horrible experiences of when a couple of them made the same mistake we were in the process of making) and this inspired them so we went to a payphone (remember when those were still everywhere?) and called a Cocaine Hotline with a boy acting like he was really jonesing and saying he just got into Houston and couldn\'t find any coke anywhere, could she hook him up? (Remember when trolls had to use phones instead of computers? \":lol:\" ) And the operator did the one thing that should never be done when teased by kids and had a melt down, the boy pulled the phone away from his ear as she ranted at him at the top of her lungs so we could all hear and we all laughed like Bart & Lisa at Moe. \n\nThat put them in a really good mood and bonded them with us, and I\'d taken my skateboard and they were really impressed with my tricks (not to be confused with the kind you turn \":P\" ) so that I got dubbed "Thrash" (the only girl with that name which became a problem later as it cost me anonymity to the cops though I can at least be thankful they never got my real name, and it really hurt when my skateboard got stolen a couple months later as it was a birthday gift from my granny). And my BFF was on the promiscuous side and ended up fooling around with one so basically we were in and they gave us a crash course on surviving the streets. Kids can be notorious braggarts and yet there was much to glean from what they said all the same (especially as the less egotistical would bring the useful bits down to earth to be more useful), and I\'ll share more on that in the next post. \n\nAs for shelters, those were generally a no-go. As minors we could not get welfare and by being runaways we were breaking the law. Kids can get permission by their parents to stay but ironically (though unsurprisingly) the more a kid NEEDS that permission the less likely the parents or legal guardian are to give it. And once the system gets involved then the kids are typically put into foster care (sometimes "foster hell" which would get them to runaway again, it\'s a disgrace what kinds of people are able to become foster parents). Two in our Krew had stayed at C-House, one who was 18 with an ID (they\'ll shelter people up to age 21 I think, and have a special program for pregnant girls), and another whose mother gave permission for him to stay though he couldn\'t handle all the rules and religion and thus left to join us. However, they did drive a van around (we called it "the C-House van") which gave out sack lunches and we didn\'t turn our noses up at it (but we sure as hell didn\'t trust them to tell them where our squats were, etc).\n\nA really sad scene that sticks with me was the van stopped not far from the Porch where we and other street kids got some sack lunches. After the van left one group of boys demanded the sack lunch of one by himself and then stabbed him when he didn\'t. They didn\'t even take his lunch, they just ran off laughing, it was just fun for them. Of course they didn\'t do that to any of us when our Krew would\'ve returned the favor in greater numbers. Someone did run to C-House in sight and let them know about the stabbed boy but ran back to us and we all faded before the cops got there. \n\nI\'m not privy to the laws that charities for the homeless ran under but even if they didn\'t require license (which I believe they did) then they also needed funding which set standards that included not helping runaways (which is a form of juvenile crime). Even the rare place that turned a blind eye would have us sign names and we had to invent social security numbers and claim to be at least 18 (even if we clearly were not) to get any help at all. I\'ve heard that a few shelters even allowed kids to sleep over but C-House prevented that from happening in Houston (at least while I was on the streets) with their onsite inspections and reporting violations. In my experience and from what I\'ve heard, shelters like the [url=http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/East_Hills_Teen_Center:4akdrqk5]East Hills Teen Center[/url:4akdrqk5] featured in Angel are pure fiction and would be shut down in the real world (unless they were very careful to get things like parental approval...which I suppose could be faked with a helpful adult lying about being the parent). In any case we learned to take what we could (some would allow the older teens to go but not the rest of us) and not tell those people where our squats were, etc. \n\nAs for would I have preferred an adult or teen to talk to? That would depend. In my case, I\'d say adult. Unlike other kids I did know adults I trusted, though I\'d been burned enough to be slow to trust them. Kids were powerless in the world, at least from our point of view, and therefore could not promise anything legal. An adult--especially one who\'d been there--would inspire more confidence as far as counseling or advocating for me went. That said, on the streets I definitely preferred teen to adult, and I\'d have given more credit to a teen who said a shelter was a good place than I would any adult. \n\n\n[b:4akdrqk5]From a runaway\'s POV:[/b:4akdrqk5] Adults and the system are not to be trusted. If one can\'t even trust family then why trust other adults? In most cases the other adults will side with your parents against you, and vice versa, mainly because they don\'t want to be bothered (sure, there are exceptions, but they don\'t seem to wind up on the streets). A few (such as my BFF) appealed to the system itself for help against abuse only to be brushed off or find things got worse instead of better. Heck, that applies to me given the so-called "court advocate" I got assigned in a divorce trial. In rare cases there were loving adults but they were lost (for example, one girl with us had originally been with a family she loved but the entire extended family was busted for drugs and she put in foster hell while everyone related to her was in prison). \n\nOnce on the streets BOTH sides of the law were threats to us, and with distressing frequency they even worked together both intentionally (such as "vice nights" in which kids in the "stable" of a pimp were given fines that they had to turn more tricks to pay off, and btw I saw a brazen ep of COPS in which Houston cops said the wealthy were being robbed so they were going to send undercover to stop it who then went to pick up BOY PROSTITUTES posing as johns! Gotta make sure the johns don\'t get scared off so the city can pimp the prostitutes, including kids, for their budgets, and I bet some of the city elites were johns themselves, probably among the ones robbed) and unintentionally (by denying us the ability to get help we were that much more vulnerable to the predators after us, predators who loved the laws that criminalized us and made it extremely unlikely we\'d report them to the authorities even when we got away, an example I\'ll give in the next post). And many of the johns and other creeps who sexually harassed us were themselves family men, the kind society respected while spitting on us. In short, the system was the enemy, and typically so were all adults. We generally recognized exceptions to the rule existed, but trust was very hard won and so easily lost. \n\nBtw, my Krew exchanged jokes with a black gang once, and we adapted each other\'s jokes. One of the jokes of the black gang was, "How do white people say justice? Just Us." Me and several of the younger kids (our Krew was roughly divided into those 13 and under, 14-16, and those 17 and older) adapted that to "How do ADULTS say justice? Just Us."\n\n\n[b:4akdrqk5]And in my experience[/b:4akdrqk5] most adults at best ignored me, though I did get along well with a few. Unfortunately, some were real sadists, including a teen gulag that paid bounties to a school psychologist who talked my parents into sending me (and lying to me about how good it would be for me and it would be a "vacation"). Even when the law came down on them it was strictly over insurance fraud, not the extreme abuse (some of what I endured is what a UN Declaration has defined as torture and made watching the ST:NG ep where Picard is tortured while asked "how many lights are there" nearly impossible to watch), and that abuse also including STDs and one pregnancy by adult staff on kids incarcerated into their program (settled out of court, the doctor who tortured me transferred to New Zealand). \n\nAnd then I was told how what I wanted mattered in divorce court, and yet I was then told what I wanted. When I refused to say what they wanted me to say, including lies, they then lied about me being "too traumatized" to speak on the stand and assigned a "court advocate" who never even talked to me and said what they (mom and her lawyers) wanted her to say "in my name." Gods, I suffered much worse as a kid but that still pisses me off, and I was a lot madder about that when I was a kid. And so I was forced to live with an unloving and unfit mother and thus even the courts themselves who said were my friend were also my enemy. Given that, and the other kids burned by the system and adult world I met on the street who reinforced my views (and me reinforcing theirs), why would any of us trust the system?\n\nIn contrast I really ticked off some skinheads. Long story short a bunch of them eventually beat me into a bloody pulp until my Krew and a bunch of anarchist (and teenage) punks intervened. It grew into a brawl outside where the beating happened (I was out there using a towel to mop the blood off my face) one of the skinheads said girls were no longer allowed in the Pit (strictly revenge for something I\'d done to them earlier, and for another girl for leaving them whom they\'d beaten along with me) and one of the more outgoing and passionate punks yelled, "The Pit is Anarchy! What gives you the right to tell us who belongs or not!?" It quickly devolved into a brawl and I was one of those who left the moment we heard sirens (anarchists were my friends, the police were not). After that they took it on themselves to protect us and for the first time I felt people on my side. The system was my enemy but these teen punks were my friend, they actually defended me from those who hurt me...and the system hated them even more than me, so that just made the system even more my enemy. (Btw, I\'ll be mentioning how those punks helped us get fed in my next post.)\n\nSpeaking of which, one adult (I think he was 20) was also an anarchist (I should say I didn\'t know what that really was back then, I just assumed it was a "I do my own thing, not what you tell me" which I usually had no problem with as long as they weren\'t sociopaths and generally found them more tolerant than the holier than thou moral crusaders embracing law, just as my mother used the law to her benefit and my detriment) and after he stopped me from suicide and worked hard to rescue kids from pimps (he was helping us rescue my BFF but we were too late, she died from an OD as that pimped forced girls at gunpoint to do hard drugs before putting them on the street, and btw that was the same pimp I mentioned in my first reply who had at least one contact among deputies who let him know when one of his girls was being released from jail) I trusted him somewhat. He later hid me when a cop (part of the system) became sexually obsessed with me which was when my street name of Thrash turned out to be bad as he was brutalizing others on the street asking about "the girl Thrash" (had I been a guy then there was like a dozen Thrashes which would\'ve made his efforts almost pointless), and one day the guy hiding me didn\'t come home and left no message. I knew that the cop was closing it (for criminal purposes, not official ones) and that was what terrified me into going back home, especially as I didn\'t dare operate on the streets anymore while he was out there. Just one more reason to hate and distrust adults and the system (and then finding out Mom never reported me for fear of losing her child support & extra welfare, and that Dad never figured it out in the 6 months I was gone, followed by the school faculty\'s unfriendly response to my return only reinforced my distrust of the adult world and its system). \n\n\nMore to come, next one I\'ll be answering these questions:\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":4akdrqk5]What would you say that the most unexpected thing that you were able to get that was of actual use during that time on the street?[/quote:4akdrqk5]\n\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":4akdrqk5]What were a couple of unexpected (for better or worse) places that you ended up staying during this time?[/quote:4akdrqk5]\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":4akdrqk5]What would you say some of the greatest dangers/problems were that you had when you were out on the street? How did you try to deal with them?[/quote:4akdrqk5]','',0,0,'0A==','4akdrqk5',1394596348,6,'u_59','',0),(89926,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1394596008,1,1,1,1,'HHoF question','Do you have a set group of characters who work on the school\'s paper? If so, can you give me their names, if you please? If not, mind if I make some up? They\'d all be based off my real classmates. With some exaggerated traits.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'','105sd2iv',0,0,'u_213','',0),(89927,89425,1125,0,'70.124.13.158',1394607711,1,1,1,1,'Re: The other part of my reply','Hey Ariel:\n\nSorry it\'s taken me so long to get back to you, but things are always busy. How are you feeling? I\'m keeping my fingers crossed for your doctor\'s appointment next week. \":hug:\"\n\nLast week my mom took a week off from work so she could get another test done. This one was fun (not really). To prepare, she had to drink almost four liters of liquid to clean her out. \":ugh:\" I was there measuring the doses and making sure the stuff worked. The next day, I drove her to get her test. Luckily, the doctor didn\'t find any cancer or anything else serious, just some minor problems that could be the reason for her lack of iron. This afternoon I\'ll go with her to another doctor to see what her blood tests say. I hope that the level of iron in her blood is increasing. Otherwise, it could mean even more expensive tests. (This last one cost us six hundred dollars, and that\'s with insurance. I would hate to find out what it would be like without insurance. \":shock:\" )\n\nHow are things going in the rest of your life, those parts not affected by your illness? I don\'t know if I should ask, but how are you and Belen? I keep my hopes up for you two, but I agree with your friend Romina. You do seem to attract hysterical girls. \":lol:\" \":mrgreen:\" Oh well, you can\'t control who is attracted to you, all you can do is be yourself. \n\nI hope you soon feel strong enough to continue your writing projects. Of course, getting rid of your illness should be your first priority. Don\'t worry, once you beat your cancer you will have plenty of time to write, I know it. \":D\"\n\nMy own writing is nonexistent right now. I haven\'t even updated my journal since September. I don\'t know what it is. Maybe it\'s just laziness, or maybe I don\'t know that it\'s worth it anymore. You\'re pretty much the only person who wants to see more of [i:1okd3yf3]James Lane[/i:1okd3yf3] except for that one person who wanted to know if James and Daria get together. I find that I keep telling myself I\'ll wait until things calm down before I resume my fanfic projects. But things never seem to calm down. I guess I\'ll have to write even though everything seems to go to shit. Won\'t be easy, though.\n\nI\'m glad that what you want most out of life is to be yourself. That\'s a healthy attitude to have, and it\'s one that makes more sense than trying to be a millionaire or owning a dozen sports cars or a mansion. I hope that every day you get to do what you want in life and to be the person you want to be. \n\nWell, it\'s very late. Since we changed the clocks this weekend, my schedule has been messed up. Now I\'m only two hours behind you. At least this means more sunshine after supper and more time to spend outdoors with our dogs. It seems that winter finally ended today, at least here. This was the longest season of cold and rain that I remember, and I admit it was getting me down. Now I hope that the sun will make things better. And I hope that you\'ll get better and better too, each day. \":hug:\" \n\nTalk to you later,\nDanny','',0,0,'IA==','1okd3yf3',0,0,'u_1192','',0),(89928,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394608153,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I have no idea, the writing was all over the place so I don\'t know what the intention was. Therein lies the problem I think.','',0,0,'','bfmikxlq',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89929,88785,1798,0,'149.254.58.137',1394611434,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','That works actually. The details of Todd\'s parents were stuff I made up for OATP when trying to explain partially how someone like Todd could go so far off the rails, and I just thought it was a cats in the cradle situation, he was raised no expectations to do better for himself. From the tiny bits of it you can glean in canon, Todd is not a stupid man, there\'s intelligence there (my own personal head canon for him is that he\'s good at maths, as he seems to have had legit employment with a garage at one point and likely buys and sells drugs), however Highland is not a place that encourages intelligent people. Couple that (again head canon) bad parenting and you\'ve got someone who has potential and is squandering it piece by piece. I like the idea that when Crazy Jane gets her hands on him she says "This bad boy thing, sure it\'s hot now, but what about when your thirty five? What about when you\'re forty five and have a gut and losing your hair? Fifty five and you\'re a fat, drunk waste, staggering around all nostalgic for the old days, girls still want you then? But I want you now and I\'ll still want you then and with our baby we can be something better." I can see him start to crack at that. \n\nI\'m almost on the last part of TGATG, so I will review soon. And good stuff for more alternative views on it.','',0,0,'','dmron8zi',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89930,0,1406,0,'80.116.80.2',1394614116,1,1,1,1,'Hi','Hi Ariel\n\nIt\'s been a while since the last time we talked so I was wondering how\'re you ?\n\nLooking forward for your reply\n\nSergio','',0,0,'','1aa0zbmf',0,0,'u_1192','',0),(89931,89832,1020,0,'209.179.17.72',1394616283,1,1,1,1,'Re: Daria Timeline','[quote="Robyn":2fm2ycen]I really appreciate your work on the timeline... it\'s pretty well thought out\n\nI was looking into an idea regarding a fanfic idea that I could use some advice on[/quote:2fm2ycen]\n\nThe corn really was helpful.\nMy advice on all fanfic is just Harlan Ellison quotes with less venom:\nStart writing and keep writing until you stop.Unless it\'s a comic , in which case substitute drawing for writing.','',0,0,'gA==','2fm2ycen',0,0,'u_2555','',0),(89932,89926,213,0,'71.56.34.166',1394626258,1,1,1,1,'Re: HHoF question','Yep, I have a few characters. Daria worked on the Fielding Boarder for a while. As soon as I can square away some free time at work, I\'ll let you know more about them.\n\n-JB','',0,0,'','d04owf6c',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(89934,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394641027,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Yeah, could be a lack of practice mixed with strange ideas. \":?\" \n\nTitle of Thorns has now been changed both here and on DeviantART.... oh shit, I gotta go on Tumblr and fix the links, whoops. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','3s3kx8lc',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89935,89899,251,0,'75.111.55.200',1394658677,1,1,1,1,'Kid on the streets, part 3 of 3','[quote="Brother Grimace":1l7z55jq]What would you say that the most unexpected thing that you were able to get that was of actual use during that time on the street?[/quote:1l7z55jq]\n\nIf you mean while I was on the streets then that would be finding helpful people, though typically those in similar circumstances and/or anti-establishment types. \n\nIf you mean what I got most out of it then that becomes more complicated. On a mundane level I suppose it\'s learning not to trust appearances, it has proven useful as I got older. Ordinary looking people are one thing but when they try hard to project an image about how respectable and trustworthy they are then watch out, they\'re predators trying to cloak themselves. In addition I learned how to use appearances myself to succeed in life (though I needed some "advanced courses" of life experience for that). \n\nI know how stupid what I\'m about to say sounds but try to remember I was a kid: a man exuding respectability and claiming to be a family man (probably was) offered me a ride in broad daylight and at a gas station, and even bought me a Pepsi (given that it was in a cup I was lucky he hadn\'t drugged it because I drank it like a fool). I knew I wasn\'t supposed to get in a car with strangers but the "stranger danger" vids I\'d seen and books I read always showed the strangers as dangerous away from where others could see, not ordinary looking at a gas station with people around, and in the vids there was scary music. Yet here was a guy who looked and acted perfectly respectful just trying to do a good deed in broad daylight with people around. Luckily, my anger and speed surprised him when he parked in a parking garage and told me I "owed" him for the ride and the Pepsi and I could give it willingly or he\'d "take it." That time I was lucky to get away, and the anger on his face is perhaps one reason the "vamp face" on Buffy & Angel sometimes strike a chord with me, the change that came over him was almost a demonic one. Though I got the odd feeling that he actually believed I\'d taken advantage of him somehow rather than he lured me to rape me. That was also a lesson in being aware of "hidden price tags" that also proved useful later in life, too. \n\nI learned other forms of healthy caution as well. Drinking a coke spiked with drugs (though it was mischievous rather than malicious) and a guy who shared a joint with me pressuring me to "be friendly, just a toke or two" (in retrospect he must\'ve held his breath) had me wasted on what I suspect was PCP. He tried to lure me away and I was too disoriented to resist effectively. Luckily, members of my Krew came across us and he had a bad rep among some of the older boys and they saw something was wrong with me and that I didn\'t really want to go with him. I dodged a bullet that day through sheer luck and the next few hours were incredibly disturbing and sometimes frightening (and I had definite memory lapses which make me glad others were with me to let me know I hadn\'t done anything crazy). And that could very well be a reason why I wasn\'t kidnapped by the pimp who got my BFF as she was captured that way but I was extremely careful about being drugged after that incident no matter how "unfriendly" it made me seem, and I urged her to do the same but she wouldn\'t listen. (Another factor is that friendships are made among the homeless by sharing smokes, tokes, and drinks, if someone accepts then they\'re generally obligated to be at least mildly helpful at the moment--sorta the homeless version of the business lunch--and if you refuse then it\'s considered an insult, another reason why I was successfully pressured to toke a jay with that guy who tried to abduct me, though I was taught how to sometimes detect drugging attempts and how to fake smoking & drinking when I didn\'t want to partake and thus avoid giving offense.)\n\nAnd an object lesson on how easily people are fooled by appearances was the "organized shoplifting." Many of us would get into a busy grocery store (my favorite was to appear to be hanging with friends in the deli section) looking all innocent, or at least harmless, and the younger of us were preferred for that. Then they\'d send in one, maybe two people, typically one of the punks we were friends with though a black guy was even better (and we used an extreme goth into extreme piercings, too) who would make a scene playing on the prejudices of the onlookers in a very loud, attention-grabbing way. As that happened the rest of us got busy shoplifting like mad--mostly food to eat but sometimes even cartons of cigarettes were stolen (this often caused a "chirp" alarm but got ignored during this, and I couldn\'t help but cringe when I saw a 13-year-old boy with outlines of cigarette cartons in his pants & shirt walking out of the store and I adjusted myself to help prevent others from seeing), as cigarettes are good as currency on the street (and could be sold for cash, too). The braver even grabbed some plastic bags and shoplifted with the goods in their bags and walking out pretending to have bought it! The stores we hit had cams and yet we NEVER got caught despite hitting them over & over again (and I\'m sure we weren\'t the only ones). At most the police would take the attention-grabber to jail for criminal trespass (usually just told him to leave and sometimes we were done before anyone showed up) and be out in a few hours which was when we split our take with him. And since then I found we were amateurs, there are real pros in [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_retail_crime:1l7z55jq]organized retail crime[/url:1l7z55jq]. This has helped me make myself much more aware of subtle clues and looking beyond what someone looks like. \n\n\nOn a more surreal note I had a vision of the goddess Freya that shaped my character. I can think of many mundane reasons in retrospect for it (the shrooms I\'d done months before which I\'d had one flashback from already and the vision being like on the shrooms and now my fat was melting away as I wasn\'t eating right and also suffering sleep deprivation is the biggest part of it, though it\'s more complicated still than that), but at the same time I NEEDED that vision to survive. She "told" me I had to let myself be tempered without breaking so I could stand with Her against the giants of Ragnarok (could the "giants" be the adults?), and she was a strong, independent, and resourceful woman (who didn\'t wait for others to save her) just like I had to be if I was going to survive. \n\n(*Btw, I later found out that Granny had a nightmare of me dying and praying for me right about--if not the--same time, one of the more intriguing factors behind it, IMO. She called Mom the next day but Mom lied saying I didn\'t want to talk to her anymore and then told me Granny didn\'t really want to talk to me either when I came home and it would be years before we saw through Mom\'s deception.)\n\nWhat\'s really ironic is this vision inspired me to stand up to some racist skinheads, some of whom revered the Scandinavian gods (though more Odin & Thor, technically the patriarchal Aesir while Freya is of the Vanir), and I was a spitfire, in retrospect I believe it was something of an inspiration for when I had Quinn believing in herself and becoming a better fighter after the "angel" helped her in my fic [i:1l7z55jq]Something to Shoot For[/i:1l7z55jq]. Now that I think about it Quinn getting the shit beat out of her by the evil detective (who appeared to be the decent one just as I learned evil likes to cloak itself as) was pretty much like how the skinheads eventually beat the crap out of me after I\'d previously humiliated them by taking on 3 singlehandedly and sending them packing (though a crowd of punks--and members of my Krew--rushing forward to watch the fight may have had a lot to do with why they ran, and I was beat up pretty bad from that experience).\n\nBut thing is I looked into it and found others had similar visions and for awhile I truly believed Freya had sung me into existence for a purpose and that gave me strength and kept me from breaking. I needed a role model like her so my subconscious (collective or otherwise) made one for me (again, probably with a little help from the shrooms still in my system). \n\nAnd while that experience may have been extremely unusual, LOTS of kids on the street dabble in mysticism and the occult (probably to gain some sense of control) and report all sorts of paranormal experiences. I could share one about the freaky dreams some of us had in a specific room of an abandoned hotel that we squatted in to find out it had been a room of a serial killer for awhile who rented it a long while until one escaped him. We had to move to another floor after that (just as no other homeless of any age would sleep on that floor, especially not in that room, though a few who dabbled in campy Satanism decided to use it for rituals, idiot kids).\n\nOh! This should interest you. Two elderly nuns who should\'ve been torn apart by some of the predators there helped plenty of people and they just had an "aura" that kept anyone from doing so. I liked them and was scared someone among us who violently hated Catholics, especially nuns, was going to at least yell at them but even she was sweet and when I asked her why she said she didn\'t know. And we trusted them, were respectful to them (including those who never showed respect to anyone), and had they recommended a shelter we may have gone (they didn\'t promote Covenant House which is ultimately a Catholic organization). I really believe they\'d reached some holy state, and luckily they used their incredibly compassionate, empathic & persuasive (mildly telepathic?) abilities for good, perhaps divinely charismatic in the true sense (as opposed to that nonsense of speaking in tongues). Though the Vatican would no doubt disagree since one of the things they did was hand out condoms to any engaged in prostitution to help prevent them from catching AIDS and other STDs.\n\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":1l7z55jq]What would you say some of the greatest dangers/problems were that you had when you were out on the street? How did you try to deal with them?[/quote:1l7z55jq]\n\nNumber one problem was survival when there was no safety net. And the Krew I was with in Houston wasn\'t a free ride (though it was flexible and could be understanding at times) we were all expected to contribute in one way or another. Turning tricks was common and that was what my BFF mostly did (she was promiscuous anyway--but as a freelancer she wasn\'t subject to the same abuses as a prisoner of a pimp would be). I thought to do that (I\'d been lied to about being able to reject jobs I didn\'t like so I could limit myself to a few things which would mean less money, but as long as I didn\'t mind turning more tricks than others to make up for it then that was okay, but as I learned from others only SOME would be that way, not all), but my first would-be john gave me the heebie jeebies. I swear SOME (not all) of them are some kind of incubi-psychic vampires, I think the sex is just a means to draining psychic energy (and they prefer the most innocent regardless of age, looks, or even gender), I could FEEL them even before I saw them. And the first one had that feel (and was incredibly ugly with "dead eyes") so I backed out. \n\nI just shuddered remembering him even now as I compose this and that\'s just from having seen him 15 years ago!\n\nAfter backing out I was instantly snatched up by one of the rare adults of our Krew (19-20) who had connections with other criminals and used us to take risks he didn\'t want to (and as he tried to get me to go to California with him later where he promised to "take care of me" I think he had a crush on me). He said I was small enough to crawl through a window of a house he\'d been casing for awhile so he jimmied it open and told me to go open the backdoor for them. Still somewhat naive I took him at his word but I realize now (not then) he was using me as a "canary in a mineshaft" in case there were vicious dogs, for example, and also on the belief that if someone WAS home and faced me that they\'d be a lot less likely to shoot an obviously underage waif of a girl (not that they\'d have come to my rescue if any harm was done to me). But luckily all was clear and I let them in without problem and the guy leading us on this burglary instantly took command. As for me I wrestled with not only fear as I crawled through that window but also guilt at the thought of stealing something that couldn\'t be replaced (even if insurance replaces the items it can\'t the memories associated with it) and just hoped we grabbed some electronics and got out ASAP. But it wasn\'t long before one of the rooms we entered had all the makings of a meth lab and he ordered us all out and practically ran. As for me I went through too much to leave empty handed back where I started needing to do something for the Krew and saw a machine pistol (in retrospect I believe it was a MAC-11) and grabbed it knowing it would be worth something. \n\nAnd then I learned another problem: I was a girl. I couldn\'t fence it (at least not through his contact) because they abducted girls for a pimp--the same one who later sent 2 men after me and who ended up abducting and accidentally killing my BFF. So he had to take it in (though other boys went with him while others stayed with me outside) and he got a "half bag" ($50 weed) which our Krew then broke down (and padded just a bit to wring out just a few more bucks) and sold. \n\nThe funny part is that he told the fence that he\'d taken the gun rather than mentioning me and the fence knew the meth dealer who was then after him (and having his gun back) so he fled back to California. After that I decided burglary was not my thing either. \n\nSo in case you\'re curious and/or it\'s helpful to your fic, I ended up doing various things, including the shoplifting scam I shared above. In addition me and some of the other smaller girls took the bus to a mall in a wealthy part of Houston where we claimed to have run out of money and couldn\'t call anyone (kids didn\'t carry phones back then) and even talked to each other (so others could hear trying to sound as sad as possible) how hungry we were. If someone bought us food that was great (we\'d save some for others if we could), but plenty gave us money (even $20 bills--again, this was where the rich people lived, that was like pennies to them), especially older ladies that made me miss Granny (but couldn\'t go there, not even after my friend was gone, because then Dad\'s family in the same town would tell Dad who\'d stop paying child support and I\'d be forced to live with Mom again minus my BFF). Just so you know the older kids were not only less likely to get help this way but might even be considered menacing so it was up to us to panhandle in this way. It didn\'t make much but it helped (we even saw movies a couple of times while there while still able to take money back to the Krew, but that was rare). \n\nAnother thing we did, and to illustrate a problem that could arise, is that we\'d scam pizza. Even back then the pizza places were trying to stop that and had stopped accepting orders by payphone (sometimes a john would get a room that was shared with the rest of us or even used his own phone to place a large order), and it had to many pizzas as otherwise they might keep it. When no one showed up to get it they threw it into the dumpster still in their boxes which kept trash off of it, sometimes still warm (though these days many uses padlocks on their dumpsters to stop dumpster diving), free for that taking! \n\nAt one such place, however, was an adult homeless man who claimed that dumpster as his own, and they often defended "their" dumps with violence. So Krew members did the proper etiquette, shared smokes, a toke, and passed a bottle which got him friendly to us and he let us keep most of the pizza (after he got some slices for himself) so we not only ate well then but would have more to share with the rest of the Krew. Diplomacy ("being cool") is as important a skill as intimidation on the streets as is knowing which skill to use (either will get you killed if used at the wrong time). But had it just been me, or even me with girls, I\'m sure he\'d have demanded a sex favor or two before agreeing to letting us have the pizza, but with the guys there, well guys can be mean right back, and the "bro code" is you don\'t mess with the women (or girls as the case may be) of other men. When you\'re female on the streets, having a guy makes life a lot simpler...at least if he doesn\'t treat you like a slave or otherwise pimp you out himself. \n\nAnd that goes into a problem tied into survival itself: being so far outside the system which meant police, hospitals, even most charity was not available to us, the so-called safety net of others was a capture net to those like me, and predators on both sides of the law knew it. On top of that, being female made it about mandatory I had guys with me in order to be left alone by guys (naturally, one had to be careful about what sorts of guys she kept as company--if that was possible). I\'ll give a very specific example below.\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":1l7z55jq]What were a couple of unexpected (for better or worse) places that you ended up staying during this time?[/quote:1l7z55jq]\n\nI already mentioned the "Porch." That was to a thrift store and the people who owned it had compassion for us (I know, they were known to give us badly needed clothes in exchange for doing a minor chore, for example) and given the high crime rate they may have realized having kids sleeping there provided security so they allowed it. Whenever a kid vandalized or otherwise harmed the property then they cleared us out (checking and calling the police when necessary) for awhile and they\'d tell us when we could come back. This got us to police our own very well in addition to protecting their store from anyone else (since we\'d be the ones blamed).\n\nA very odd place was church stairwells (I don\'t know where they went exactly but outside stairs went below to a locked door and made a convenient hiding place). One boy (the one mentioned above who had obviously stuck cigarette cartons down his pants) believed God wouldn\'t let anything happen to us down there, though I didn\'t believe that. People sometimes used them for quickies & tricks though they usually went elsewhere if it was already "occupied" by us. I hated them myself, they were concrete, though with a blanket and with others for warmth made it bearable. (Stairwells of parking garages were much better but people were much more likely to call the cops on us there.) \n\nBut the most amazing was the 2nd time I ran away, a few months after returning home and to school. Shortly before I went home I knew some of the kids had gone on to LA where many spent a lot of time, especially in winter, and I thought maybe I could meet someone there I knew and get into another Krew. And as I was being threatened with being put back into that teen gulag where I\'d been tortured before I was absolutely desperate to get away. Desperate enough to turn tricks if I had to (just as Freya once exchanged sex with 7 dwarves for a golden necklace, hey I did a fic on Jane Lane and the 7 Dwarves!), though I was very lucky that a trucker heading my direction let me come with him but he was kind to me and asked me for advice on relating to his college age daughter he was having trouble with. I was shocked how good I had it and we had some good talks on the way, I\'d have loved to have had a father like him. \n\nI was certain that I wouldn\'t get another lucky break when he dropped me off at another truck stop (as he was about to head home, and in case it\'s important what he did driving me across state lines was not only illegal but also in violation of his company\'s insurance, though I learned that truckers kept a close eye on "speed traps" and the like so knew where the cops were least likely to pull you over, a tidbit that proved useful when I returned to Texas for a visit years later, though these days you can find all that posted on the web). But I was wrong, I hadn\'t even gone inside when a guy my age yelled, "Jane!"\n\nQuick background: I went by the middle name of Jane as I got made fun of in school for BJ (Becky Jane), that is I was like this slut who specialized in blowjobs (BJ), and of course other juvenile names were thrown in (like "BJ Cocksucker" since my last name is Cochran). After spending several months with Granny during the worst of my parents divorce and returned I finally got listed on the rolls as Jane and thus used to being called that. However, to hide my ID in case I got arrested (in which case I was determined to not let them know who I was) I\'d assumed the name "Janet" (that way I could explain "Jane" away as a nickname from Janet if I messed up and gave my real name I went by). I\'d also dyed my hair black and cut it shorter (to foil visual identification), and I was androgynous skinny at the time. \n\nI was very startled when this guy I never met called me by my name, I even wondered if there was some manhunt after me (didn\'t make sense, but the country was panicking over the Columbine shooting which was part of what caused the problems that pushed me into running away, and how the hell did he know who I was?). Luckily, he explained as I gaped at him: Jane Lane. Having seen Daria a couple of times I then understood and laughed in relief. \n\nHe was there with friends, Deadheads, who were also going to California, though not LA. I was told I could take 101 down that way once I got to where they were going so I went. And that was one surreal trip the rest of the way to California, and a beautiful experience I\'ll always treasure, even if they did make fun of my accent a lot (though it turned out they were fans of Janis Joplin--this was \'99, but didn\'t matter to them--who had an accent much like mine but for some reason they couldn\'t hear it and ever since then I called my Texas accent my "Joplin accent"). \n\nOnce the trip ended I ended up hanging around, and for the next few months I was stoned a lot, a rather interesting experience that I\'ll never repeat. This was in Humboldt County which has a reputation for that sort of hijinks, and I was allowed to do a lot of house hopping between a great many stoners who just passed me off as a friend sleeping over. And the scenery was so beautiful, too. Yet the good times didn\'t come without a price and so one of the best things to ever happened to me in my life led to the worst and an example of the dangers of living as an outlaw without a safety net:\n\nHaving become a stranger to sobriety and with October nightmares kicking in that made me get stoned all the more while also preventing sleep I made the mistake of going home with the wrong person. DON\'T ask me for details on this, suffice to say I will not only bear the emotional scars forever but also a physical one on my neck (though it\'s finally getting where it\'s obvious unless you know where to look) from where my throat was slashed and blood drunk. I was tied, abused, sexually assaulted, and terrified for I don\'t know how long, I\'d guess a couple of days, maybe 3. And yet he left me tied (after forcing me to drink alcohol and breathe in pot shotgun style) to braces of a heavy bookcase (and told if I did manage to pull myself free then the case would likely pin me while cracking several of my bones). Nevertheless I knew I had a purpose, Freya had sung me into existence for a reason, so I forced myself to think and thought that while I probably couldn\'t pull free (at least without the danger he mentioned a real risk) I COULD rub the ropes against the corner of the bookcase AND the braces to cut through them...though it was discouraging how long it took (not that I could tell time that well). It was a haunting time and in a very detached way I knew it was do or die. There was a poem by Emily Dickinson I liked and I started chanting it to myself to keep the despair away:\n\n"An awful tempest mashed the air,\nThe clouds were gaunt and few;\nA black, as of a spectre\'s cloak,\nHid heaven and earth from view.\n \nThe creatures chuckled on the roofs\nAnd whistled in the air,\nAnd shook their fists and gnashed their teeth,\nAnd swung their frenzied hair.\n \nThe morning lit, the birds arose;\nThe monster\'s faded eyes\nTurned slowly to his native coast,\nAnd peace was Paradise!"\n\nIt was my way of saying it\'s darkest before dawn, I just had to keep fighting and then I\'d survive as I had other hard times before, as long as I didn\'t give up to let Freya\'s song be silenced. The poem comforted me as I worked...and then succeeded. And first thing I did was arm myself with a knife I could easily hide (luckily I was able to find my clothes).\n\nThe most obvious place to go was south as Eureka was walking distance (and also where my captor had gone to work) but going north was so much more unexpected so I decided to go to Portland and try to find a way to LA from there, hopefully with others (and maybe with a bus ticket). I was in great physical pain, even my wrists were bruised from the bindings I\'d just escaped from, and I had to wonder what if my injuries were worse than I thought? What if I was infected with a STD or even pregnant (unlikely but possible)? What if he came after me...and found me? Should I warn others about him?\n\nIn the end I decided not. Hospitals would report me to the police and I was a criminal by being a runaway. And I literally feared that teen gulag that had tortured me before more than I feared being raped to death and would not chance being returned. And I frankly didn\'t expect much would be done anyway, the law had never been my friend and I was just trash to them and my captor would probably get off saying I\'d agreed to "rough play" while stoned. \n\nAn elderly couple picked me up (saying I shouldn\'t be hitchhiking and perhaps feeling sorry for me since I was beat up and had a bandage on my neck, though they didn\'t ask directly what happened) and got me very close to the Oregon border (where they lived). I continued on but dusk was approaching and the elderly couple warned that thumbing a ride out here was not allowed due to the presence of a maximum security prison and it just wouldn\'t do if an escaped convict was able to hitch a ride out ([url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_Bay_State_Prison:1l7z55jq]Pelican Bay[/url:1l7z55jq] in case you\'ve heard of it, it\'s one of the most infamous in the US), so I decided to go to the beach and find a place to sleep, or even better, a beach party where I could catch a ride to Brookings (just on the other side of the state border). \n\nI was still in emotional shock and pain from my injuries so when a man approached me I went to Red Alert and he sensed it enough to stop (I was psyched to stab him and run) and he said I looked like I needed help (I was battered bad) and he understood if I didn\'t trust him but I could spend the night with his aunt who could give me a ride tomorrow, and then he called over his aunt (who was further down the beach with a dog). And his Aunt was the Dianic Wiccan who I\'ve called a mentor...she did let me stay over but she made a deal that in exchange for reasonable labor I could stay. She was also a political anarchist (and it was from her I first read books on anarchist theory) and was one of the good guys outside the law, a true [url=http://easydamus.com/chaoticgood.html:1l7z55jq]Chaotic Good[/url:1l7z55jq]. And through them I entered into an something of an alternate world (the rural regions of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_%28proposed_Pacific_state%29#Today:1l7z55jq]Jefferson[/url:1l7z55jq] were filled with many political radicals, from the extreme Left to Right, who had no trust of the government...and the fast approaching Y2K thing was VERY interesting...). And so the course of my life was radically altered, and I was sure Freya had meant for me to come here, and once again my luck was good as it could\'ve been much worse.\n\nAnyway, I\'ll end that here. Let me know if you have any questions. \":)\" \n\nOh, just one last thing: I\'ve noticed many homeless have things like iphones now, I expect even many runaways have them (though not if they\'re smart enough to realize they can be used to track or trace them to where they belong, and of course thieves are rampant among them). That\'s got to have changed the way things work, at least a little. Gods, I\'d hate to think of traps being set for kids by texting about parties (which may appear to be exactly that until they\'re inside)... \":(\"','',0,0,'sA==','1l7z55jq',1394659344,4,'u_59','',0),(89936,88560,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394661230,1,1,1,1,'Re: Your message','To be honest, I can\'t even remember what it was now, myself. \":oops:\"','',0,0,'','2vsca583',0,0,'u_1779','',0),(89937,89872,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1394665932,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','Dunno why I didn\'t mention this to you earlier...laziness, I guess...but next week won\'t be good for Cassidy, someone else is gonna have a go then. The week after though is all hers. \";)\"','',0,0,'','2q75l930',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89938,89832,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1394666838,1,1,1,1,'Re: Daria Timeline','[b:7lk3r43w]Malakite[/b:7lk3r43w]\n\nThe idea I was thinking of was this... purely hypothetical and academic, but since Daria in B&B was 14 & 9th grade, it would be logical to conclude she\'d be 15 in 10th, 16 in 11th and so on...\n\nSo I was thinking wouldn\'t it be interesting if Esteemsters was in the 1996-1997 school year (January to June), that being said Esteemsters would have to be the first episode, and the invitation would be in second order, but from there it would be acceptable to re-order as you did. \n\nBTW: I\'m wondering what would make the most sense, though See Jane Run would probably be halfway through February (Track starts in February to May) .. I don\'t know how long in the story she was on the team but she quit','',0,0,'QA==','7lk3r43w',0,0,'u_1020','',0),(89939,89872,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394667381,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','I guess that\'s OK. I\'m sure SD already has a whole list of questions to ask her.','',0,0,'','18t33gcs',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(89940,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1394667553,1,1,1,1,'Re: I\'m going to (another) picnic, and I\'m bringing...','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=661464#p661464:lum1h4ub]Subject: I\'m going to (another) picnic, and I\'m bringing...[/url:lum1h4ub]\n\n[quote="ashk09":lum1h4ub][quote="PrecambrianStudios":lum1h4ub]This is a female-exclusive list.[/quote:lum1h4ub]\n\n \":oops:\" \n\nFixed.[/quote:lum1h4ub]\n\nSorry! That should have been in a PM like this one.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'kA==','lum1h4ub',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(89941,89940,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394669885,1,1,1,1,'Re: I\'m going to (another) picnic, and I\'m bringing...','That\'s quite all right, I don\'t mind. \":)\"','',0,0,'','n1h5fh0c',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(89942,0,251,0,'75.111.55.200',1394671135,1,1,1,1,'USA Child Services?','[quote="Dark Kuno":3mnftk8t]I\'ve seen all children of the parents removed from homes for less than what those two did to Harry over the course of his childhood-adolescence. Not sure how child services work in the UK, but if there is even a sliver of similarity to how it is supposed to work here in the states (I\'m not going to derail the thread with that topic cause I\'d prefer not to go into an insane rant that ends with DHR buildings being burned to the ground), you can pretty much guarantee that Dumbledore used his influences and almost assuredly his connections with the Muggle world to ensure that Harry was not removed from the Dursley home and that Child Services were never involved.[/quote:3mnftk8t]\n\nI\'d be curious about how many of these children you\'ve actually seen as opposed to heard about in sensationalistic media, opportunistic politicians, and/or those who want try to twist what happens into going after real abuse as going after spanking and "Christian parenting."\n\nBecause I\'ve known people to try to report abuse in California, a liberal state, and what happens is very much against what you said here. Texas was even worse. As a runaway fleeing the system who failed me and a friend horribly abused by her dad I\'ve known plenty of kids who were never helped, or worse, who were harmed by any reports of abuse and we all reinforced each other\'s views on how bad it was and there was no help for real victims of abuse or exploitation to be had. Most of the news reports that said otherwise are spotty at best (few exceptions exist--virtually always because drugs were thought to be involved) which begs many questions. That said, reports like these make me think my experiences and those that I know aren\'t anecdotal:\n\nhttp://www.denverpost.com/failedtodeath\n\n [quote:3mnftk8t]Since 2007, 175 children in Colorado have died of abuse and neglect beaten, starved, suffocated and burned. Deepening the tragedy is that the families or caregivers of 72 of them were known to caseworkers whose job was to protect them.[/quote:3mnftk8t]\n\nFor more:\nhttp://www.denverpost.com/failedtodeath ... re-ignored\n\n [quote:3mnftk8t]Day 1: More than 40 percent of children who died of abuse and neglect in the last six years in Colorado were known to child protection workers.\n\nDay 2: Caseworkers are the backbone of the system but often fail to follow state policies.\n\nDay 3: Some children never get a chance for help because their cases were "screened out."\n\nDay 4: Too often child welfare workers and law enforcement fail to work together.\n\nDay 5: Funding inequities have plagued Colorado s child welfare system.\n\nDay 6: People who kill children serve much less prison time than those who kill adults.\n\nDay 7: Abused children often suffer from a long-term psychological impact.\n\nDay 8: There are answers to the problems that face Colorado s child welfare system but they require political will and often money.[/quote:3mnftk8t]\nAnd in addition to children killed [url=http://www.childhelp-usa.com/pages/statistics:3mnftk8t]every day[/url:3mnftk8t] in the US, the vast majority by parents, there\'s also [url=http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Failure-to-Protect-232727371.html:3mnftk8t]Washington[/url:3mnftk8t] and [url=http://www.wbez.org/news/illinois-losing-more-children-child-abuse-and-neglect-any-time-last-30-years-109155:3mnftk8t]Illinois[/url:3mnftk8t]. Which makes me think my experience isn\'t that unusual.\n\nMeanwhile, CPS was probably correct when they recently labeled [url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/a-new-jersey-cheerleader-is-suing-her-parents-to-pay-for-her:3mnftk8t]this girl[/url:3mnftk8t] who alleged abuse as just being spoiled.\n\nAnd I could veer off on teen gulags that are legal in the US when they aren\'t in most civilized nations (even those that operate in other countries typically only take American kids, and they often moved their operation out of the country because too many deaths made them come under investigation). Many are shielded by laws that protect them, and I can share links explaining those if you don\'t know what I\'m talking about. \n\nThis is where I\'m coming from (though I\'m leaving out my personal experiences as I don\'t want to get too bitter and angry here--but I\'ll share them on request). I often am the one who gets angry when I hear of the "tyranny" adults feel they\'re under but as this is you I\'m willing to give you the benefit of a doubt, especially as you said you SAW this. Please share, I\'d love to understand the problem more.\n\nThough no matter how you cut it, Petunia was pretty safe doing what she did in the USA, at least a sizable portion of it--at most it\'s all a crap shoot.\n\nThough given your own anger, maybe this will make you feel better:\n\nhttp://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/18/nyreg ... all&src=pm\n\n\n[quote:3mnftk8t]A released convict, angered because his daughter was placed in foster care, pursued a social services worker to her farmhouse near Auburn, N.Y., last year and beat, bit and strangled her.\n\nLast month in Watkins Glen, N.Y., a truck driver infuriated by child support payments killed four women working in a county welfare office and then turned his gun on himself.\n\nAnd earlier this month in Danielson, Conn., in yet another attack on a social service worker, an auto mechanic embroiled in a custody battle shot and killed his 6-year-old daughter and badly wounded the caseworker supervising his visit with her.\n\nAcross the New York region and around the nation, experts say that social service workers are increasingly at risk of violent assault. At least eight workers have been slain by clients in five years.[/quote:3mnftk8t]\n\n\n[quote:3mnftk8t]Ms. O\'Neil\'s grieving co-workers were dismayed by the harsh public reaction to her death.\n\n"We got no sympathy from the public on this," said Donna Edwards, president of Maryland\'s Social Services Employees Union, to which Ms. O\'Neil belonged. "We got callers who said: \'We got one of you. Now we\'re going to have to take more of you social workers out of there.\' It was as if we had caused this incident because we were treating people badly."[/quote:3mnftk8t]\n\nJust to be clear I\'ll add that I don\'t care much for CPS myself--but apparently for the exact opposite reason you do.','',0,0,'kA==','3mnftk8t',1394671806,5,'u_933','',0),(89943,0,1097,0,'129.94.82.202',1394681307,1,0,1,1,'Dylan and other things','[quote="GlitterShrooms":23h5q0uo][quote="J-D":23h5q0uo]Hi there. I haven\'t been in touch for a while, and perhaps you\'ve noticed that [i:23h5q0uo]Dylan[/i:23h5q0uo] dried up for a while there too. Well, I\'m moving ahead with the writing again, and that made me think of checking in with you. I know you were going through a rough time when we were last in touch and I hope you\'re doing okay.[/quote:23h5q0uo]Aww. Thank you. I\'m doing a bit better luckily.[quote="J-D":23h5q0uo]If you do feel like beta-reading again, let me know, but either way drop me a line if you feel like it.[/quote:23h5q0uo]I could try again. I\'ll have internet access the next two weeks, but after that, my access will be unfortunately spotty. Still, I\'ll gladly beta the next couple of chapters at least. :) \n\nIn any case though, how\'s life treating you? I hope you\'re doing well too.[/quote:23h5q0uo]Well, since I last wrote I\'ve dealt with helping my sisters to clear out our parents\' house and to deal with that emotionally. It turns out I\'m the least sentimental of the four of us, at least on the subject of the house and its contents, but it\'s been a process we\'ve all had to go through together. Now it\'s practically done. The real estate agent has found a buyer for us, and we just have to arrange to clear out the last few things that we left there while the house was on the market.\n\nMeanwhile, we\'ve had a new manager appointed where I work, and now that she\'s been here for six months she\'s implementing a reorganisation of our work area which means that most of our jobs have been abolished and replaced with new redesigned jobs, so that we have to submit formal expressions of interest to be re-employed. This is tiresome. But I am as well as can be expected in the circumstances.\n\nI\'m attaching a draft of the first part of \'The Rhode House\', which is the altered version of \'Lane Miserables\'. I\'ve pretty much worked out how the rest of it is going to go, and I\'ve begun thinking ahead to \'Jake Of Hearts\'. I wouldn’t mind a little feedback on these thoughts.\n\nI\'m going to need female versions of Bing and the Spatula Man, and male versions of Grandma Ruth and also of the doctor who talks to the Morgendorffers at the hospital about Jake\'s condition.\n\nI don\'t generally listen to commercial radio, but my impression is that there are female DJs, but not as many as male DJs and, more importantly for my purposes, that they tend not to go in for the more \'wacky\' and flamboyant schtick. It would be an option to have two \'wacky\' female DJs, or even two not-so-wacky female DJs, but I\'m leaning more towards making them infomercial spokesmodels for a range of health and beauty products. I think there\'s an equivalence there with the persistently obtrusive public profile and I think they\'d be just as annoying a phenomenon to Dylan and Rod as wacky DJs, while still attracting favourable attention from other Lawndale High students--at least many of the female ones, like Karen Johnson, Upchuck and the three As.\n\nHaving the doctor means having some sort of health emergency, but that doesn\'t mean it has to be a heart attack. Of course anybody can have a heart attack, but I feel Jacquie\'s a less obvious candidate for one than Jake. Also sending for your father to nurse doesn\'t seem as plausible as sending for your mother, not for this family. I could make Grandpa Reuben a stereotypical henpecked husband, but somehow that idea doesn\'t appeal to me. I\'d like a different reason for his failure to intervene between his daughter and her mother.\n\nSo, putting all that together, I came up with the following idea. Grandpa Reuben worked as a seafarer and was regularly away from the family at sea. He left domestic affairs to his wife and accepted the idea of women being interested in religion as normal. He\'s only ever had a dim idea of the resentment Jacquie harbours over having been sent to a restrictive convent school. Now that he\'s retired from the sea (and his wife\'s dead), he lives with his son (Jacquie\'s brother) and his family. But they\'re taking a holiday while the house is being renovated, so he\'s decided to make a trip to Lawndale to visit his daughter and his grandsons there. He arrives at mealtime on Taco Tuesday but does not get an enthusiastic welcome from Jacquie. Then Jacquie is suddenly taken ill. Part of Grandpa Reuben\'s experience as a seafarer involved looking after accidents and illnesses on board, and in particular he once had to deal with a fellow-sailor nearly dying of anaphylactic shock. As a result, he now always carries an epinephrine autoinjector, which he administers to Jacquie when he recognises her symptoms. Then the ambulance takes her to hospital, where the doctor confirms that Reuben did the right thing. Jacquie stays in hospital for a while for tests, which fail to identify the cause of the anaphylaxis (food allergies are ruled out), and then she\'s taken home, where Reuben helps to nurse her (although in fact she doesn\'t need much nursing).','',0,0,'oA==','23h5q0uo',0,0,'u_1025','',0),(89944,0,1097,0,'129.94.82.202',1394681464,1,0,1,1,'Dylan 34: The Rhode House','Whoops! Forgot the attachment!','',0,1,'','cexjkkcr',0,0,'u_1025','',0),(89945,0,1097,0,'129.94.82.202',1394681790,1,0,1,1,'Dylan 34: The Rhode House','This much is ready for beta-reading.','',0,1,'','1cy76o48',0,0,'u_1891','',0),(89946,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1394684742,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=661466#p661466:22s84xik]Subject: Schedule & Periods[/url:22s84xik]\n\nHey, I haven\'t seen you around in a while! I\'m happy you\'re still around. \":)\"','',0,0,'EA==','22s84xik',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(89947,89899,251,0,'75.111.55.200',1394700402,1,1,1,1,'Important things on shelters: it varies state to state','I got to looking up laws and found they vary state to state. In New York and I think California a minor can stay for up to a month without parental consent, though parents are to be called soon unless there\'s a compelling reason not to (in the judgment of the worker). It appears to me that most states are more like 72 hours. Texas, however, is very harsh as seen here:\n\nhttp://childrenatrisk.org/2013/07/31/te ... elessness/\n\nLooks like they\'re working to change it (and crap, Texas used to be the worst ranking state until a few years ago) but it also looks like as if kids are still pretty much SOL unless they can get parental consent. Yet Texas does appear to be the exception to the rule. Though again, there are still limitations in other states and a month was the maximum I saw with most being 72 hours. \n\nAnyway, figured I should point that out given that my experience was in unusually harsh legal conditions and appears Texas was the worst in the nation for homeless youth (or was in the mid-2000s) which wouldn\'t apply (as much) in other states.','',0,0,'','3nu160ro',1394700925,2,'u_59','',0),(89948,89946,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394714682,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','I tried to get in touch with you on FiMFiction, but I gather you\'re no longer there. \":lol:\" I\'ve become an obsessive [i:1f1lnky5]MLP[/i:1f1lnky5] fan lately. \":shock:\" \n\nBut I missed all of you, and I found it more and more difficult to stay away. \":(\"','',0,0,'IA==','1f1lnky5',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89949,89946,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1394720679,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','[quote="ashk09":2v6h603a]I tried to get in touch with you on FiMFiction, but I gather you\'re no longer there. \":lol:\" I\'ve become an obsessive [i:2v6h603a]MLP[/i:2v6h603a] fan lately. \":shock:\" \n\nBut I missed all of you, and I found it more and more difficult to stay away. \":(\"[/quote:2v6h603a]\nGood to hear! You\'re right, I haven\'t been on FIMfiction in a long time. It\'s a great place to find pony fiction, but I had issues with the other members and the submission process from day one. When a guy plagiarized one of my stories from Fanfiction and MLP Forums (which I DO enjoy being on), that was the last straw. After busting him, I logged off the place for good. \":x\" \n\n[url=http://mlpforums.com:2v6h603a]This[/url:2v6h603a] is my favorite place to talk MLP, although I haven\'t followed the show much since I found the PPMB last spring. This community is closer-knit and a lot more...secure. It seems like half the MLP threads are people complaining about the show or questioning what it means to be a brony. Just the nature of a young fandom, I guess. My favorite ponies are Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Lyra, and Silver Spoon. I have seasons 1 & 2 on DVD, plus the guidebook and the comics, and a few toys, and the Dashie wristband I never take off. \":mrgreen:\" Sometimes I liked the ponies more than people!\n\nWant to hear about the time Lyra won the Most Attractive Pony poll on the forums last year? That\'s a story in itself, and I\'m proud to say I was the biggest part of it.','',0,0,'sA==','2v6h603a',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(89950,89942,933,0,'173.227.144.160',1394721283,1,1,1,1,'Re: USA Child Services?','I\'ve had to personally help deal with the fallout resulting from removal of children from at least 3 separate families.\n\n2 of these situations had no credible founding for removal, points which even DHR agreed to after extensive investigation. Yet the children were still removed and parents made to go through excessive steps just to not have their parental rights terminated. It should also be worth noting the children in both of these situations were not returned to their parents\' custody despite Child Services confirming that the initial reports that prompted the removal were false accusations.\n\nThe 3rd was completely legitimate, but no less traumatic for all involved.\n\nMy personal history with my local DHR/Child Services here in Alabama is long, painful and excessively rage inducing and springs from entirely too many interactions with multiple unrelated children/families so I\'d rather not go into the details. Sufficed to say that if I ever have to deal with them again in the future I\'ll probably end up in prison for homicide because every time I think about the 2 families they destroyed, it makes me so angry I lose all capacity for rational thought.','',0,0,'','13zezi0d',1394721361,1,'u_251','',0),(89951,88785,2552,0,'31.94.200.97',1394724639,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I imagine Todd weighing it up in his mind. "She\'s fucking crazy, but she wants me."\n\nI\'ve had \'One Way Or Another\' in my head for days now. Damn you woman! \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2kzaj28u',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89952,89870,2552,0,'31.94.200.97',1394726454,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','Cassidy is in the queue. I\'d do one for Ashley, but I doubt anyoñe would care. \":?\"','',0,0,'','yuue2rs2',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89953,89870,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1394726933,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','[quote="ognawk":2ycsc6s0]Cassidy is in the queue. I\'d do one for Ashley, but I doubt anyoñe would care. \":?\"[/quote:2ycsc6s0]\nAshley\'s cool. He just had the misfortune of appearing in the same story as her. \";)\"','',0,0,'gA==','2ycsc6s0',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89954,88785,1798,0,'149.254.250.220',1394731299,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Bless him. I love Todd, I think he\'s my favourite B&B character. Hell, I like him better than most of the Daria characters, including Daria.','',0,0,'','23m5k5dk',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89955,89946,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394733838,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','[quote="SacredDust":14iwwlnq][quote="ashk09":14iwwlnq]I tried to get in touch with you on FiMFiction, but I gather you\'re no longer there. \":lol:\" I\'ve become an obsessive [i:14iwwlnq]MLP[/i:14iwwlnq] fan lately. \":shock:\" \n\nBut I missed all of you, and I found it more and more difficult to stay away. \":(\"[/quote:14iwwlnq]\nGood to hear! You\'re right, I haven\'t been on FIMfiction in a long time. It\'s a great place to find pony fiction, but I had issues with the other members and the submission process from day one. When a guy plagiarized one of my stories from Fanfiction and MLP Forums (which I DO enjoy being on), that was the last straw. After busting him, I logged off the place for good. \":x\" \n\n[url=http://mlpforums.com:14iwwlnq]This[/url:14iwwlnq] is my favorite place to talk MLP, although I haven\'t followed the show much since I found the PPMB last spring. This community is closer-knit and a lot more...secure. It seems like half the MLP threads are people complaining about the show or questioning what it means to be a brony. Just the nature of a young fandom, I guess. My favorite ponies are Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Lyra, and Silver Spoon. I have seasons 1 & 2 on DVD, plus the guidebook and the comics, and a few toys, and the Dashie wristband I never take off. \":mrgreen:\" Sometimes I liked the ponies more than people![/quote:14iwwlnq]\n\nThe thing I don\'t like about FiMFiction is the Facebook-style up/down voting for comments. I wrote a positive review for someone\'s story, and yet it still got downvoted. Because I can\'t find out who did it, and what their reasons are, it\'s a bit irksome. \n\nYeah, submission is a bit annoying, and it also bothers me how geared it is toward keeping popular stories on the front page as much as possible. \n\nIf you\'d asked me, oh, a month ago who my favourite ponies were, I\'d have said Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie without hesitation, but lately, I\'ve fallen hard for Twilight Sparkle. I don\'t know what it is - her adorkableness, the fact that she\'s still down-to-earth and modest (and her eating habits) - but she appeals to me a lot more now than she did at the beginning of the show. \":lol:\" \n\nLyra and Vinyl are cool, too. \":D\" \n\nI don\'t have any of the show on DVD (difficult to find here), but seasons 1-3 are on Netflix, and I have 4 through less-than-legit means. I love the IDW comics; they\'re so sly and full of pop-culture references that I\'m frequently to be heard giggling through the night when I read them, and I wish they\'d come out more often than once a month.\n\nI just recently got Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Twilight Sparkle figures. I prefer the ones with moulded hair to the brushable versions.\n\n[quote:14iwwlnq]Want to hear about the time Lyra won the Most Attractive Pony poll on the forums last year? That\'s a story in itself, and I\'m proud to say I was the biggest part of it.[/quote:14iwwlnq]\n\nYes, please. \":D\"','',0,0,'sA==','14iwwlnq',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89956,89945,1891,0,'69.35.194.124',1394741333,1,1,1,1,'Re: Dylan 34: The Rhode House','[quote="J-D":3a9hltlb]This much is ready for beta-reading.[/quote:3a9hltlb]\n\nAbbie Rhode.\n\nThis alone is a gem. \":D\"\n\nYou nailed this, keep going.','',0,0,'gA==','3a9hltlb',0,0,'u_1097','',0),(89957,89870,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394745121,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','Probably. His prequel story \'How To Change A Life\' doesn\'t seem to be drawing much interest. Don\'t know whether that\'s down to the character not being interesting or the story not being interesting or what. I suppose the whole "kid in school, bullied by jock, has crush on smart girl, does nothing about it, misses out" thing isn\'t particularly original. But it\'s gotten me out of my writing slump for the time being, so I shall press on.\n\nI think I will submit Ashley for a CotW thread, just to see if anyone does have any questions.\n\nAlso, I suspect WoM is reaching the end of its life. Nobody seems to want to play. And I don\'t feel like sending PMs saying \'Hey, wanna play this game?\' \":(\"','',0,0,'','1uti9l5t',1394745141,1,'u_2511','',0),(89958,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394745443,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I didn\'t think you liked Daria much as a character anyway.\n\nI\'ve written two chapters of \'How To Change A Life\' in two days, which seems to have the least interest out of my ongoing fics for people, but it\'s revived the urge to write in me, so I\'m just going to go with it and see what happens.\n\nIt\'s a weird thing. I struggle more to write things for the fics that get a lot of comments than the ones that don\'t. I think maybe I feel like I\'m being watched more, so I have to deliver something good? I don\'t know.\n\n\nI\'m trying to figure out which Todd Jr bits dotted around the forum should be used and which shouldn\'t. I don\'t think Tom dying should be used. I would like to make the \'Lawndale Confessional\' bits actual prose scenes, though, with the permission of Roentgen, seeing as he came up with the IC in the first place.','',0,0,'','2pyoyrjt',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89959,89872,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394745498,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','Can I submit Ashley for one as well? Not the week after Cassidy, though, unless no-one else puts a character forward.','',0,0,'','2bb37v08',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(89960,89872,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1394745698,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','Absolutely.','',0,0,'','fibap6fe',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89961,0,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394746136,1,1,1,1,'?','Who [i:21miz3g2]are[/i:21miz3g2] you? \":shock:\" \":P\"','',0,0,'IA==','21miz3g2',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(89962,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394747210,1,1,1,1,'Re: ?','I think I\'m me. But I could be wrong. \":?\" ( \":lol:\" )\n\nAs I told Dusty, I missed everyone too much to stay away any longer. \":hug:\"','',0,0,'','3k0qu8c0',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89963,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394747401,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I like Daria as a character well enough, there\'s a lot about her that I love, however I cannot raise her to a deity like lots of the fandom does and her bad points really irk me. \n\nSometimes you just have to go with what your brain tells you. \n\nRe: Todd Jr. The confessional parts would be good (go nuts with mine if you would like to include them) and I\'d keep as real as you can (lol, real woollen boys) so Tom\'s death I\'d keep out. I\'d also include some stuff about Todd Snr getting more and more freaked out, just for the contrast with Jane\'s increasing obsession. It will also make the meeting very interesting that way.','',0,0,'','3shuvr6l',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89964,89961,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394748314,1,1,1,1,'Re: ?','You missed my 60 part sprawling epic where Jane and Ted become rulers of all time and space! It was pretty epic.\n\n\n\n[size=75:1vknoa3d]Totally never happened...[/size:1vknoa3d]','',0,0,'BA==','1vknoa3d',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(89965,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394748621,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Well, whatever happens, it won\'t be happening any time soon. I promised myself I wouldn\'t start a new longer fic until I\'d finished one I already have on the go, and I intend to stick to that. I don\'t have much more to add to \'How To Change A Life\', though.','',0,0,'','3bcwlqyd',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89966,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394748659,1,1,1,1,'Re: ?','I\'ll just have to badger you until it DOES happen, then. \"8)\" \n\n[size=50:wfyk9we8]Except I\'m too lazy.[/size:wfyk9we8]','',0,0,'BA==','wfyk9we8',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89967,89961,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394748763,1,1,1,1,'Re: ?','I\'m already being badgered by LSM to write something that we\'ve been bouncing around for the last couple of weeks. I don\'t want to start it until I\'ve finished another fic first, though. \'How To Change A Life\' is probably going to be the one I finish.','',0,0,'','2od30inx',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(89968,89895,249,0,'82.24.219.38',1394750110,1,1,1,1,'Re: Things to Watch on YouTube - 3, Productivity - 0','Just scrolled down the Weapons Of Mass Distracion channel and found[youtube:1r11n30v]QhibN89WJtI[/youtube:1r11n30v], is this the thing you actually meant to PM me about?\n\nAnyway, sorted that one out and all now.','',0,0,'AAE=','1r11n30v',0,0,'u_276','',0),(89969,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394750844,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','That\'s cool.\n\nMy latest obsession is True Detective. Love it, and GoT soon too.','',0,0,'','392e5s0t',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89970,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394750950,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I need someone for Jane if Woody is Todd. Dark Kuno showed a picture of Frances Cobain which would work but hmmm.','',0,0,'','2ns4v0vh',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89971,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394751303,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I\'m not sure; I used to see people on here swear that Emma Stone would make a good Jane, but that\'s up to you. \":)\"\n\nAlso, I just added some authentic cuteness to the Cute Pics thread since SD started out making it just for an excuse to talk more about Quinn. I swear, if people wanna complain that Snow is obsessed with Mr. D too much, I\'m gonna point them right over to SD and ask if his obsession with Quinn is any better. Both sound crazy obsessed, in my opinion.\n\nSooooooo in Thorns news (yep, even though the name is changed, I\'ll still call it Thorns for short \":lol:\" ), I\'m STILL working on that picture I started (I got lazy after Trixie passed away), but as soon as it\'s done I\'ll send it to you. \":D\" As for revising chapter two, I should only have to revise parts from the last half or so of it. Once that\'s done, if you wanna give it a beta-read, I\'d be glad to send it over! \":glomp:\"','',0,0,'','etie9jqr',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89972,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394751621,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Yay for more Thorns stuff (I hope you are feeling okay.) I can\'t wait to see the updated pictures. And obsessions are wrong whichever way it goes\n\nAnd pot calling kettle black I have to say these have an OATP Jane vibe to them \n\n[img:1yco97sn]http://www.hedislimane.com/admin/rockdiary/upload/pic/FB123675.jpg[/img:1yco97sn]\n\n[img:1yco97sn]http://www.hedislimane.com/admin/rockdiary/upload/pic/Frances_14_152.jpg[/img:1yco97sn]','',0,0,'CA==','1yco97sn',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89973,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394751854,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Thanks, I also have a smuttish Frozen idea to work on in the future (a crossover of Frozen and the webcomic Oglaf). \":D\" And I\'m doing okay, mainly trying to keep all the other babies safe and healthy. \":hug:\" Been paranoid lately with Trixie\'s own kids since we lost her so suddenly; I wanna make DAMN sure we don\'t lose them anytime soon since they\'re all we have of Trixie left with us.\n\nThose are awesome pic finds, btw. I\'d say she definitely makes a good OATP Jane. \":drink:\"','',0,0,'','od9ewsze',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89974,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394751936,1,1,1,1,'Re: ?','Good strategy. Better than my thing of randomly starting loads of fics, then leaving myself with a logistical nightmare in trying to make second parts. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','1mlxj2up',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89975,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394753585,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I\'m stuck in a Daria cycle. I keep getting to the end and then going right back to the start. I think I need professional help. Other than that, I\'m mostly watching quiz shows. I love a good quiz.','',0,0,'','2xb948gz',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89976,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394754227,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','\":hug:\" I\'m sure The babies will be fine, especially since they have wonderful, caring people looking after them and making sure they are spoilt and well loved. \":hug:\" you and your family though, I wish nothing but good health and happiness to you all.\n\nI have to thank DK for the suggestion, the second image is totally Jane saying "hey honey, come to bed." This is followed by Todd dropping his jeans there and then \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','7qj2bodd',0,0,'u_849','',0),(89977,0,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394754358,1,1,1,1,'Frances Bean....','Is an inspired choice for Jane. Thanks to you I have been a massive geek and cast Of All The People in my head now. \":lol:\"\nGood find.','',0,0,'','36wnyp4e',0,0,'u_933','',0),(89978,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394758952,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Aww, thanks. \":hug:\"\n\nAnd zomg that\'s canon. It has to be. \":twisted:\"','',0,0,'','1opwhliw',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89979,89977,933,0,'75.114.59.26',1394761919,1,1,1,1,'Re: Frances Bean....','There was an article years ago that had her posing in front of her computer webcam being silly and showing off her art and poetry and generally BEING Jane Lane. Add in her naturally straight black hair and the ice blue eyes she inherited from her father. In my opinion, no one else is a real life Jane as much as Frances is.','',0,0,'','7e7zsuqb',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89980,89946,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1394785410,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','[quote="ashk09":2yvfict4] Yeah, submission is a bit annoying, and it also bothers me how geared it is toward keeping popular stories on the front page as much as possible.[/quote:2yvfict4]\nI noticed that too, especially early on! I couldn\'t [i:2yvfict4]find[/i:2yvfict4] anything. Even if I knew the title of a specific story, I just did a Google search for it because it was so much faster than finding it on-site. It was like trying to browse an entire library through the front windows. \":lol:\" I prefer Fanfiction just because everything is better arranged, easier to find, takes up less space on the page, etc.\n\n[quote="ashk09":2yvfict4]If you\'d asked me, oh, a month ago who my favourite ponies were, I\'d have said Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie without hesitation, but lately, I\'ve fallen hard for Twilight Sparkle. I don\'t know what it is - her adorkableness, the fact that she\'s still down-to-earth and modest (and her eating habits) - but she appeals to me a lot more now than she did at the beginning of the show. \":lol:\" \n\nLyra and Vinyl are cool, too. \":D\" [/quote:2yvfict4]\nDash was my favorite right from the beginning because she\'s the kind of character I\'d like to be sometimes--fearless, adventurous, and doesn\'t hesitate to say exactly how she feels. Even ponies who don\'t like her have to react to her because she\'s such a strong presence. And aesthetically, well, she\'s pretty well mastered the deadly art of ironic cuteness. \":D\" I also love Rarity because beneath her classy high-society exterior, she\'s one of the hardest-working ponies and always comes through.\n\nAs for the comics, they really exceeded my expectations, particularly the ones by Katie Cook. Her writing is amazing and improves on the premise of the show. I even sent her an email once saying I thought she did a great job, and she replied. That was cool. \":mrgreen:\" I like having the DVD\'s because of the commentary track they did on six episodes. There were a lot of little facts in there I didn\'t know about; for example, for the main song in \'The Best Night Ever\' they used a local choir from Vancouver, of which Michelle Creber(Apple Bloom)\'s mother was a member.\n\n[quote="ashk09":2yvfict4]Yes, please. \":D\"[/quote:2yvfict4]\nVery well! Doubtless many new members will look back and wonder how on earth it ever happened--a background pony winning it all? No one has heard the full story yet, but I\'ll tell it to you.\n\nMLPF is a really big forum with thousands of members. Only about a third of them are active, as a general rule, but that\'s still a very large and busy community with many interests and opinions. The extent to which you may consider a pony "attractive"--attractive as a cartoon (cute), as a nonhuman character (pretty) or even as something approximating human (sexually appealing), varies from person to person. But generally it\'s a fair word to describe the designs on the show.\n\nSo naturally the question arises, "which pony is the most attractive?" Fluttershy, Dash, Twilight and a few others are always near the top of the list. Last year, a guy named Alfonzo Dennard (now Moemura Akemi) organized a huge voting tournament to answer this very question. Modeled after the NFL playoffs, it took 32 of the cutest and most popular ponies and halved them into two conferences, the EFC and the PFC. Both of them had four divisions of four ponies each. Like this:\n\n[size=85:2yvfict4]EFC\nDivision 1 (East): [b:2yvfict4]Twilight Sparkle, Lyra Heartstrings,[/b:2yvfict4] Colgate, Amethyst Star\nDivision 2 (West): [b:2yvfict4]Trixie, Vinyl Scratch,[/b:2yvfict4] Bon Bon, Golden Harvest\nDivision 3 (North): [b:2yvfict4]Rainbow Dash,[/b:2yvfict4] Cheerilee, Flitter, Sunny Rays\nDivision 4: (South):[b:2yvfict4] Applejack,[/b:2yvfict4] Roseluck, Apple Fritter, Berry Punch\n\nPFC\nDivision 1 (East): [b:2yvfict4]Pinkie Pie,[/b:2yvfict4] Derpy Hooves, Nurse Redheart, Cloud Kicker\nDivision 2 (West): [b:2yvfict4]Spitfire, Cloud Chaser,[/b:2yvfict4] Rain Drops, June Bug\nDivision 3 (North): [b:2yvfict4]Rarity, Octavia,[/b:2yvfict4] Blossom Forth, Allie Way\nDivision 4: (South):[b:2yvfict4] Fluttershy,[/b:2yvfict4] Lightning Dust, Daring Do, Twinkleshine[/size:2yvfict4]\n\nOnly 12 ponies could make it out of this preliminary round of voting: 8 division winners plus 4 runner-ups. Their names are highlighted above. From there it would be all head-to-head voting matchups, until only one pony from each conference remained, and those two would meet in the final round for the championship.\n\nWell, the odds against Lyra getting anywhere in this competition were overwhelming. She qualified as one of those runner-ups by a margin of one vote, which happened when I asked a few other fans of her to vote just in time. I was already one of the biggest Lyra fans on the board, posting under the name [url=http://mlpforums.com/user/8228-tailsisnotalone/:2yvfict4]\'TailsIsNotAlone\'[/url:2yvfict4], and this so inspired me that I decided to take her as far in the competition as I could. Little did I know just how far she would advance or how the contest would effectively take over my life. \":lol:\" I knew that if I did nothing, Lyra would lose and be knocked out of the tournament against any of the Mane 6, and the second round (the Wild Card round) had her going head to head with Rainbow Dash. \":shock:\" \n\nThe only option was to get out the vote. A "Favorite Ponies" thread allowed me to go back and see the name of every member who had ever picked Lyra as their favorite background pony. Obviously, these were the people I needed to reach out to. I narrowed the list down to members who were still reasonably active and would get the message in time to vote, and sent private messages to all of them individually--going so far as to tailor the message to appeal to their personalities and get them caught up in the same excitement I felt. By the end, I must have sent messages to [b:2yvfict4]hundreds[/b:2yvfict4] of bronies asking them to vote for Lyra, and about half of them did. It was basically a full-time job and very much like a political campaign: fiercely competitive, addictive, and exhausting.\n\n[size=85:2yvfict4][url=http://mlpforums.com/blog/213/entry-2609-full-wild-card-recap-most-attractive-pony-tournament-2013/:2yvfict4]WILD CARD ROUND[/url:2yvfict4] (Fluttershy, Applejack, Spitfire, & Twilight advance automatically, since they got the most votes of all.)\nLyra Heartstrings beats Rainbow Dash, 76 votes to 72\nVinyl beats Trixie, 82-66\nRarity beats Cloud Chaser, 109-39\nOctavia beats Pinkie Pie, 86-62\n\n[url=http://mlpforums.com/blog/213/entry-2743-full-divisional-recap-most-attractive-pony-tournament-2013/:2yvfict4]DIVISIONAL ROUND[/url:2yvfict4]\nFluttershy beats Rarity, 106-90\nOctavia beats Spitfire, 107-89\nTwilight Sparkle beats Vinyl Scratch, 125-71\nLyra Heartstrings beats Applejack, 105-91\n\n[url=http://mlpforums.com/blog/213/entry-2910-full-conference-championship-recap-most-attractive-pony-tournament-2013/:2yvfict4]CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND[/url:2yvfict4]\nFluttershy beats Octavia to win the PFC, 123-100\nLyra Heartstrings beats Twilight Sparkle to win the EFC, 118-105\n\n[url=http://mlpforums.com/blog/213/entry-3094-magic-bowl-recap-and-the-most-attractive-pony-is/:2yvfict4]MAGIC BOWL (final round)[/url:2yvfict4]\nLyra Heartstrings(EFC) beats Fluttershy(PFC), 108-83[/size:2yvfict4]\n\nEven with this strategy, the matchups were extremely close and the competition got very spirited. Lyra had to go against four Mane 6 ponies in a row to win, and everybody agreed they were attractive. Supporters of Rainbow Dash (then Applejack, then Twilight Sparkle) couldn\'t believe Lyra went neck and neck with them in the voting and ultimately beat them. But then, none of those fans were working as hard as I was to drum up votes. It wasn\'t easy for me to vote for Lyra over Dashie, especially, but I really believe she\'s the cutest. Chalk it up to the passion I have for all my favorite characters. \":oops:\" \n\nAfter weeks of debating and picture wars to influence each others\' votes (my "Lyra army" held together, mostly), Lyra made it to the finals against Fluttershy and beat her as well to win the whole tournament. It was quite a spectacular affair, and to this day I\'m delighted that we pulled it off.\n\n[img:2yvfict4]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y249/lordfrozen/Lyra/fb2b3e3e58c4074d6be985966cb09074-d5jatvj_zpsa311ccb5.png[/img:2yvfict4]','',0,0,'/A==','2yvfict4',1394794653,1,'u_2386','',0),(89981,89895,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1394792422,1,1,1,1,'Re: Things to Watch on YouTube - 3, Productivity - 0','Actually, I had missed that one, but thank you for catching it.','',0,0,'','8s0rxwef',0,0,'u_249','',0),(89982,89946,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394800183,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','[quote:19gzvq7c]I noticed that too, especially early on! I couldn\'t find anything. Even if I knew the title of a specific story, I just did a Google search for it because it was so much faster than finding it on-site. It was like trying to browse an entire library through the front windows. \":lol:\" I prefer Fanfiction just because everything is better arranged, easier to find, takes up less space on the page, etc.[/quote:19gzvq7c]\n\nThe problem with FF these days is that everything moves way too quickly; I posted a story once, and when I checked back a couple of hours later, it was already gone from the front page (with barely any views, etc). Since I mostly write one-shots, it\'s a bit difficult to attract notice; it either has to be one of those drabble-things, or an ongoing tale with a built-in audience. \":shock:\" \n\nDash was my favorite right from the beginning because she\'s the kind of character I\'d like to be sometimes--fearless, adventurous, and doesn\'t hesitate to say exactly how she feels. Even ponies who don\'t like her have to react to her because she\'s such a strong presence. And aesthetically, well, she\'s pretty well mastered the deadly art of ironic cuteness. \":D\" I also love Rarity because beneath her classy high-society exterior, she\'s one of the hardest-working ponies and always comes through.\n\nAs for the comics, they really exceeded my expectations, particularly the ones by Katie Cook. Her writing is amazing and improves on the premise of the show. I even sent her an email once saying I thought she did a great job, and she replied. That was cool. \":mrgreen:\" I like having the DVD\'s because of the commentary track they did on six episodes. There were a lot of little facts in there I didn\'t know about; for example, for the main song in \'The Best Night Ever\' they used a local choir from Vancouver, of which Michelle Creber(Apple Bloom)\'s mother was a member.\n\nBecause of Quinn, I was expecting Rarity to be your favourite. \";)\" I do like Dashie, and if she were a real girl, she\'d probably be my type, but I think - like Kat Dennings in [i:19gzvq7c]2 Broke Girls[/i:19gzvq7c] - they can overdo the sassy personality a bit. Still, you\'ve got to love this:\n\nhttp://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/arch ... S01E22.gif\n\nThat\'s pretty cool getting an email back; the only time that\'s happened for me is when I sent a review to a [i:19gzvq7c]Doctor Who[/i:19gzvq7c] author, and she was kind enough to get back to me. I\'ll probably get DVDs of the show when they release complete season boxsets (if they ever do).\n\nIncidentally, on Netflix, they have several of the G3 "movies" and, while starved for pony-action now that I\'ve caught up with [i:19gzvq7c]FiM[/i:19gzvq7c], I watched them all. They\'re not half-bad, actually, and there\'s some stuff in there which predicts the tone of G4. \":lol:\" It\'s weird seeing characters with the same names, however, like Cheerilee, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, etc. They were basically the Cutie Mark Crusaders before the Cutie Mark Crusaders. \":lol:\" \n\n[quote:19gzvq7c]Very well! Doubtless many new members will look back and wonder how on earth it ever happened--a background pony winning it all? No one has heard the full story yet, but I\'ll tell it to you [b:19gzvq7c]...[/b:19gzvq7c][/quote:19gzvq7c]\n\nI think that\'s one of the most brilliantly insane things I\'ve ever read. Who would\'ve thought that sitting like a human would make you so popular? \";)\" \n\nStill, she beat Fluttershy, and I\'m not sure I can forgive that. \":(\"\n\nhttp://www.fimfiction-static.net/images ... 1344336924','',0,0,'4A==','19gzvq7c',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89983,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1394804375,1,1,1,1,'Re: Doctor Who Discussion Regeneration thread','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=661749#p661749:1zlm076y]Subject: Doctor Who Discussion Regeneration thread[/url:1zlm076y]\n\n[quote="-sam":1zlm076y]It did kind of come across that way. When you start throwing around words like "sad", "major hype", and compare it to an "average" episode of something else.[/quote:1zlm076y]\n\nPerhaps I wasn\'t able to properly convey my sentiments. For that, I apologize. You, however, twisted my words. Please refrain from that. I wasn\'t saying it wasn\'t a success, and I wasn\'t lying outright either.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'kA==','1zlm076y',0,0,'u_28','',0),(89984,88785,1798,0,'149.254.235.148',1394811447,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I have cast the OATP film in my head. I\'m such a geek.','',0,0,'','w7bwiru1',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89985,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394818666,1,1,1,1,'Found this ...','[url=http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l29/thebadwolfdoctor/Cass-Testcopy_zps60d1c620.png:561ps1oz]On an external hard drive[/url:561ps1oz]. Good (bad?) thing I make back-ups. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'EA==','561ps1oz',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89986,0,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394822051,1,1,1,1,'Short','Don\'t know whether you already picked it up for the blog list, but I deleted \'The More Things Change\' from the shorts thread. Just giving you a heads up. \";)\"','',0,0,'','3vzowr86',0,0,'u_30','',0),(89987,89986,30,0,'199.102.213.101',1394822183,1,1,1,1,'Re: Short','[quote="ognawk":1fpkibf0]Don\'t know whether you already picked it up for the blog list, but I deleted \'The More Things Change\' from the shorts thread. Just giving you a heads up. \";)\"[/quote:1fpkibf0]\n\nI had put it on the list, but I took it off just now. Thanks for letting me know! \":)\" \n\nKristen','',0,0,'gA==','1fpkibf0',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89988,89961,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394822677,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','So you made another version of that, then? I notice the \'classic\' glasses. Looking stylish. \":)\"','',0,0,'','25i2b4l7',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(89989,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394823010,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','You found your Jane, then?\n\nI posted a short and then deleted it. I\'m feeling like Jane when she was doing her BFAC portfolio. Looking at all the stuff I\'ve written lately and thinking "You suck. You suck too. You [i:3rt0jj3x]all[/i:3rt0jj3x] suck." \":(\"','',0,0,'IA==','3rt0jj3x',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(89990,89946,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1394823336,1,1,1,0,'Re: Schedule & Periods','Sorry about Flutters. Certain sacrifices had to be made. And she wins everything else anyway. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nBTW, I\'m sure you recall this conversation on SFMB...\n\n[quote="ashk09":3q0c22u0][quote="SacredDust":3q0c22u0][quote="ashk09":3q0c22u0]Dusty doesn\'t post here, does he? I had a dream about Quinn, and I don\'t think he\'d like it. \":lol:\"[/quote:3q0c22u0]\n\nJust as long as you were nice to her... \":evil:\"[/quote:3q0c22u0]\n\nWell, she was VERY nice to me. \";)\"[/quote:3q0c22u0]\n\nI never asked for the details...but, do tell. \"8)\" In return, I\'ll tell you about the smutty fic I\'m currently writing. (Never thought I\'d write one of those about Quinn but here we are!)','',0,0,'gA==','3q0c22u0',1394823532,1,'u_2386','',0),(89991,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394823611,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','Nah, it\'s the same thing as before, just with the modified glasses (and some tweaks to, hopefully, make her look less skinny). \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','27r276a3',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89992,89961,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394823876,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','She looks unimpressed with somebody. "Thomas, get away from that harlot this instant!" \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','3k5we5hi',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(89993,89946,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394823922,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','I\'m a bit scared that you\'re saying this while sitting on the opposite rooftop with a sniper rifle aimed at my head (checks for the tell-tale targeting laser). \":?\" ( \":lol:\" )\n\nIt was similar to a dream about Daria I once had; she moved into the apartment across from mine, and we started talking, getting to know each other, etc. In the Daria-dream, however, nothing untoward happened. With Quinn, we bonded over a bottle of wine, she told me about her past relationships (i.e. all the guys in Lawndale she\'d left broken-hearted), and how she was looking to put that phase of her life behind her. \n\nSomehow, I managed to spill my wine over her. I made some joke about how, since the top was pink and the wine was red, it didn\'t matter (I was dream-drunk, what can I say?), and we both started giggling. All of a sudden, she took her top off and wasn\'t wearing anything underneath. \":shock:\" \n\nUh ... how much detail are you looking for? I mean, this could get pretty graphic ... \":P\" My sex dreams always end up being incredibly elaborate.','',0,0,'','wvkgkl2m',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89994,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394824035,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','I thought that was her default expression? \n\nI\'m playing with facial features at the moment, but I still really suck at them. \":cry:\"','',0,0,'','2xe5il8w',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89995,89961,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394824213,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','It\'s the body language rather than the facial expression that I was thinking of.\n\nSpeaking of Cassidy, I only just noticed in BW\'s picture of her that she has an eyebrow raised. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','wmmyyw7a',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(89996,89946,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1394824324,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','As much as you remember. It was only a dream, so no foul... \";)\"','',0,0,'','5rawfjay',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(89997,89946,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394825820,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','I can usually remember a fair bit. I\'ll see what I can dredge up ...\n\nShe had a slight blush rising up from her chest after she took her top off, but I didn\'t notice at first because - and I don\'t think you can blame me for this - I was looking at her breasts the whole time. Small, but perky, with the nipples already a bit puffy. Maybe it was chilly? That kind of detail escape me. \":lol:\" \n\nThe following few minutes were spent getting each other out of our clothes and intermittently kissing between each article being removed; we didn\'t even head to the bedroom or anything, we just had sex right there on the living room floor (from what I recall, it was half the Morgendorffer\'s and half my own, funny how stuff like that always happens in dreams). \n\nAt first, it was her underneath, and I was *ahem* going at it pretty hard, but at some point, we switched around and she was working her hips pretty furiously (probably not a virgin at this point, or she was just a very quick learner). \":P\"\n\nFun for all involved. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2c0d4huj',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(89998,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394825870,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','Ah. I see. Hm ... yeah, I guess I can see it. It wasn\'t what I had in mind; more a, "I\'m too cool for this,"-type thing. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2a1hieo1',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(89999,89961,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394829148,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','She\'s too cool for school! \":D\"','',0,0,'','rvpfn5qn',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90000,89946,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1394830368,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','Wow. That was awesome. I won\'t shoot you, but I DO have to drill into your brain and steal your dreams for myself. Sorry about that! \";)\" \n\nIn the meantime, would you like a sneak peek at my story? It\'s called...\'Pore Refiner\'. \":twisted:\"','',0,0,'','2jl54p8l',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90001,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394831623,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Yeah, I have cast\n\nYoung Woody Harrelson as Todd (we know this)\n\nFrances Bean Cobain as Jane (there\'s a set of pictures that Dark Kuno brought my attention to and there was a few of those where I thought [i:2h3j2i5g]that\'s OATP Jane.[/i:2h3j2i5g]. I wouldn\'t have her as a live action canon Jane, but she\'s got that deceptive fragility that OATP Jane has)\n\n[img:2h3j2i5g]http://www.footluxe.com/gallery/2011/08/Frances-Bean-Cobain-by-Hedi-Slimane-01.jpg[/img:2h3j2i5g]\n\n[img:2h3j2i5g]http://i.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/frances-bean-cobain-hedi-slimane-6__oPt.jpg[/img:2h3j2i5g]\nThis is totally Jane\'s "honey, I\'m waiting" look for Todd \":lol:\"\n\nJon Hamm as Teddy Wilson. I like to think that Teddy Wilson is an oilier, more overt version of Don Draper, with all that entails. \n\nJames Franco as Detective Adam Ryan. In my mind Ryan, being the deceptive shit that he is, looks groomed, handsome and non threatening in contrast with the depraved piece of humanity that he actually is. \n\nBryan Cranston as Lieutenant Russell Lee. His breakdowns on Breaking Bad are as epic as Lee\'s are. \n\nGillian Jacobs as Summer Lane. She is very pretty but could easily pull off the overgrown party girl look. \n\nTeenage Aubrey Plaza as Daria. Since I saw the trailer I was like, she could be Daria and get shot to shit at the end. \n\nI haven\'t yet decided on an Earl or a Slade yet. Telling you, I\'m a geek. \n\nAnd I know how that feels, to write a story and think \'oh, this is all shit from start to finish.\' Sucks big time.','',0,0,'KA==','2h3j2i5g',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90002,0,39,0,'87.115.249.20',1394832749,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random post thread: 108 the Thread On Fire','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=661846#p661846]Speaking of liquid refreshments... \":fork:\" \":D\"[/quote]\nCan\'t act without your email address! \":P\"','',0,0,'','27df25l2',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90003,89946,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394832936,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','If you\'d like, I\'ll tell ya about my one and only Daria sex dream some time. \":lol:\" \n\nAnd yes, I would like a look. I spent a lot of my youth writing erotic fiction, but I haven\'t done so for a long time.','',0,0,'','227zleej',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90004,90002,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1394833234,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random post thread: 108 the Thread On Fire','[quote="MartinUK":1e8fxilg][url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=661846#p661846]Speaking of liquid refreshments... \":fork:\" \":D\"[/quote:1e8fxilg]\nCan\'t act without your email address! \":P\"[/quote]\n\n\nI thought that I had sent it earlier this week.\n\nbrothergrimace@yahoo.com\n\nThanks, Padre. \":D\" \n\n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'gA==','1e8fxilg',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90005,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394834096,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I had to look most of them up, seeing as I\'d only heard of Harrelson, Plaza and Cranston out of that list. I haven\'t watched a lot of films, and not much TV either. Most of the stuff I have watched is comedy. The only actress I could come up with for Jane was Christina Ricci. But I think Cobain is much better.','',0,0,'','3ap2s179',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90006,89946,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1394834469,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','[quote="ashk09":3fo3g7sy]If you\'d like, I\'ll tell ya about my one and only Daria sex dream some time. \":lol:\" \n\nAnd yes, I would like a look. I spent a lot of my youth writing erotic fiction, but I haven\'t done so for a long time.[/quote:3fo3g7sy]\nWell, perhaps this will be so bad as to inspire you to write something better. \":lol:\" It\'s not a sneak peek now since I already gave in and published it, but here you go!\nhttp://sfmb.gamerspage.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6427','',0,0,'gA==','3fo3g7sy',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90007,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394834622,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Jon Hamm was a cert from the get go, Don Draper in Mad Men is a very persuasive, very suave character. Teddy is a cross between Wayne Gale and Don Draper on speed. James Franco was more of a thinker, I didn\'t want someone too old or too young. Either way, in my head I wanted people very different from RDJ, Tom Sizemore and Tommy Lee Jones. I dunno how much I succeeded \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','3sygxkjk',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90008,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394834658,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I have my (mostly) full cast for OATP. Geek times ahoy.','',0,0,'','2wrvm9dh',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90009,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394834920,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I do like Wayne Gale. Or, more specifically, Downey Jr\'s portrayal of him. There are a lot of popular TV shows I\'ve never seen. Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Game of Thrones. Not seen a second of them. As I say, I can\'t speak to any of those choices because I haven\'t seen them in action. They certainly look the parts, I can say that.','',0,0,'','3oc4hyot',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90010,89946,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394835094,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','Read and commented! \":P\"','',0,0,'','3kvru6jh',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90011,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394835284,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":2jge6jrc]I have my (mostly) full cast for OATP. Geek times ahoy.[/quote:2jge6jrc]\nYays! \":drink:\"','',0,0,'gA==','2jge6jrc',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90012,89946,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1394836289,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','[quote="ashk09":2a2k2a8u]Read and commented! \":P\"[/quote:2a2k2a8u]\nWow, thank you!! I\'m deeply flattered. I didn\'t think it was that good.\n\nShame there\'s not much of an audience for this stuff in the fandom. We could really go places, you and I. \":lol:\" BTW I\'d love to hear about your Daria dreams too. I have to do some dreaming of my own here, but I\'ll read \'em as soon as I get up!','',0,0,'gA==','2a2k2a8u',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90013,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394838068,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','You fell into my trap \":lol:\" \n\nYoung Woody Harrelson as Todd (we know this)\n\nFrances Bean Cobain as Jane\n\nJon Hamm as Teddy Wilson. I like to think that Teddy Wilson is an oilier, more overt version of Don Draper\n\nJames Franco as Detective Adam Ryan. \n\nBryan Cranston as Lieutenant Russell Lee. \n\nGillian Jacobs as Summer Lane. She is very pretty but could easily pull off the overgrown party girl look. \n\nTeenage Aubrey Plaza as Daria. Since I saw the trailer I was like, she could be Daria and get shot to shit at the end.\n\n\nAnd Todd dropping his jeans at one \'come hither\' look from Jane is actual canon. I also like to think he has one for Jane and she just pulls her underwear off. These two just exist in one big sex vacuum. \n\nI\'m such a geek, I have a cast for the love of God. Shame on me.','',0,0,'','2qps4kdm',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90014,89946,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394838646,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','You remembered that the focus is supposed to be the thoughts and feelings of the characters, rather than the "activities" that they engage in. I find it very difficult to imagine Quinn in a sex scene, and I thought this one was perfect for her. Plus, it gives the three Js a chance to one-up (or three-up) her for a change. \":lol:\" \n\nI dunno why that\'s the case; almost every other fandom has its huge quota of R34 (even [i:2gwqkvst]MLP[/i:2gwqkvst], and if you go all the way to the end of the Rule 34 website, it\'s from years before [i:2gwqkvst]FiM[/i:2gwqkvst] even started), but not [i:2gwqkvst]Daria[/i:2gwqkvst]. Is it because it predates the massive internet boom of the early-2000s? Is it because we\'re mainly an older fanbase? Or is it because we respect the characters so damn much?\n\nAnswers on a postcard. \":lol:\" \n\nAs soon as you [u:2gwqkvst]get up[/u:2gwqkvst], eh? Bad choice of words, my friend. \";)\"\n\nAnyway! Back to dreams of Daria!\n\n[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=40173&p=630708&hilit=topless#p630708:2gwqkvst]Remember this post?[/url:2gwqkvst]\n\nYou asked me for more details and I kinda brushed it off because, well, I was too shy to come forth with the whole story.\n\nWe had been lounging in a pool; there were more people around, but for the life of me, I can\'t remember if they were supposed to be more characters from [i:2gwqkvst]Daria[/i:2gwqkvst], or if they were people I knew in real life. All I remember is Daria wearing a red swimsuit, like the one from the [i:2gwqkvst]Water Safety[/i:2gwqkvst] episode of [i:2gwqkvst]Beavis and Butt-Head[/i:2gwqkvst] (possibly the inspiration behind the dream in the first place?).\n\nSomehow, the top part of it had come undone (possibly because of her diving into the water?) and her breasts popped-out; I was looking at her face, though, and noticed that little one-corner-of-her-lips smile she does when she\'s privately amused by something/someone. I swam over to her, probably intending to help "fix" her swimsuit, but I ended up nestled between her legs and rubbing my erection against her.\n\nWith a little work, I was able to get the crotch of her swimsuit out of the way and I slid inside her; she turned red and started moaning, and began to grind back against me. For some reason, the thing I remember most about this is the way her breasts felt against my chest; soft and yielding, but with two "points" pressing against me.\n\nNeedless to say, it didn\'t take very long for either of us to climax, and it ended with me burying my face in her neck, and I think, biting her (my memory gets fuzzy at this point). \":P\" \n\nOne other dream involved my girlfriend cosplaying as Daria, but I don\'t think that one counts. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'MQ==','2gwqkvst',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90015,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394838843,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Oh, you think YOU\'RE the geek for having a cast? Let me know if you want a full copy of my dream-cast for Thorns and then we\'ll see who\'s the geek. \":twisted:\"\n\nAwesome cast, by the way. \":D\" I \":lol:\" \":lol:\" at Aubrey getting shot at the end, too (glad I wasn\'t the only one thinking that she\'d be good for Daria in OATP for that very reason). And the sex events are indeed canon.','',0,0,'','yzmbbiwb',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90016,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394839508,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Oooooohh, Thorns cast is cool, let me know. I need to cast Slade and Earl though (help) and I have cast Emma Stone as a one scene wonder as Penny Lane. And I would love to see a Woody Harrelson/Bryan Cranston scene in anything.\n\nEDIT: And, chances of Todd taking a picture of Jane like this are: \n\n[img:upmd5auj]http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/18900000/Frances-Bean-Cobain-frances-bean-cobain-18973060-405-700.jpg[/img:upmd5auj]','',0,0,'CA==','upmd5auj',1394839840,1,'u_849','',0),(90017,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394845117,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Dammit, now you\'ve got me wanting to draw Jane done up like that photo. I can only do soooooooo muuuuuuuuuuuuuch \":lol:\" (Seriously, I may draw that because I think it\'s a cool idea to do so. \":D\" )\n\nAlrighty, here\'s my Thorns "dream" voice-cast:\n\nRosalie - Kaitlin Olson (just hearing in my head her screaming "Goddammit!!" is priceless, even though Rosalie never says that word in the story anywhere \":lol:\" )\n\nETA: I forgot to name my preferred voice actor for male!Rosalie: Rob McElhenney (he\'s Kaitlin\'s husband in real life and another actor from Always Sunny)\n\nJules - David Cook (after listening to his performance of "Music of the Night" from American Idol one day on my phone shortly after I came up with the fic idea, I said HE HAS TO BE JULES)\n\nBastien - Charlie Day (some stuff about Bastien like the willingness to do dirty jobs was taken right from his character on Always Sunny, actually, so that\'s one reason)\n\nClaire deLune - Susan Sarandon (she\'s got that nice calm and wise element to her voice, would match well with Claire)\n\nMaladroite - Geena Davis (so that we\'ve got our lil\' Thelma and Louise duo in vocals \":D\" )\n\nEmile - Peter Dinklage (the guy\'s got a deep voice and all that I think would go well with Emile, plus his character on Game of Thrones is very calculating and cunning like Emile - only of course Emile is gross since he\'s Gaston)\n\nI think that\'s all my OCs\' voices listed. Everyone from canon BatB have the same voices in my mind, only they\'re how they sound nowadays since the characters are older and all.','',0,0,'','4seheoex',1394846355,1,'u_1798','',0),(90018,89946,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1394864796,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','VERY nice dream. \":D\" Was she wearing the glasses? And did it look like the cartoon or real life?\n\nInteresting thoughts on Daria having a smaller R34 section than other fanbases. I read it used to be kind of stigmatized, especially when the show was still on. Now that Lawndale After Dark is no longer active, you\'d think SFMB would be busy, but even over there the adult section is kind of dead. But I\'ve only written two sexually explicit stories from the start (the other one being [url=http://sfmb.gamerspage.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6326:6rvwqp25]Victim Complex[/url:6rvwqp25]), so if the other writers are like me, that\'s no surprise.\n\nI guess it also doesn\'t help that a lot of erotic fanfiction is incredibly bad. \":lol:\" When I find a good story I certainly hold on to it.','',0,0,'EA==','6rvwqp25',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90019,0,251,0,'75.111.55.200',1394869205,1,1,1,1,'Cooler than a lightsaber?','What do you think?\n\nFirst, the Crescent Rose:\n\nhttp://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/Crescent_Rose\n\nHere it is in action (she pulls it out at about 1:10):\n\n[youtube:zw7vi95o]pYW2GmHB5xs[/youtube:zw7vi95o]\n\nAnd then there\'s [url=http://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/Sun%27s_Staff:zw7vi95o]Sun\'s staff[/url:zw7vi95o] which also doubles as a firearm, here it is in action (by the blond guy who can leap around like Toad, pulls it out about 1 minute in):\n\n[youtube:zw7vi95o]Y4REfVDtqo0[/youtube:zw7vi95o]\n\nPersonally, I\'m amazed by the creativity this show puts into its weapons (and no wonder Ruby was shown being engrossed in a magazine on new weapons at the start)...though that Crescent Rose in some random vid made me laugh but then end up watching it and I\'ve gotten where I like it (more of a fun show but I just know it\'s going to get dark). In some ways it sorta reminds me a bit of Harry Potter with the special transportation to the school and everyone carrying around weapons of devastating power (often conveniently carried like wands), but also this scene....wait, I\'ll just post the first in the series, you can see Ruby pull her scythe in a very dramatic fashion at about 3:15:\n\n[youtube:zw7vi95o]-sGiE10zNQM[/youtube:zw7vi95o]\n\nBut the part I really wanted to show you in that to show what I mean about Harry Potter starts at about 5:30, she reminds me of McGarnagle (it\'s anime so everyone looks like a teenager, no matter how old, that\'s probably why they give glasses, less revealing clothing, and hair buns to characters so you can tell they\'re older), and her scolding Ruby after saving her made me think of her and also a bit of Snape. Then the headmaster of the school comes in and has something of the enigmatic space case manner of his that\'s nevertheless charming and tolerant of youth like Dumbledore (and there are teasers sprinkled through the show that suggest he\'s honing his own private weapons against some unknown conspiracy, but they haven\'t explained anything on that yet). \n\nOh, and there\'s a redhead huntress in training who reminds me so much of Kim Possible, she\'s even world famous, and she picks up a blond buffoon sidekick (though he\'s technically made the leader of their team by the "Dumbledore" character, but she\'s still saving him all the time...though he does eventually step up).\n\nAnd then there\'s just a "Breakfast Club" quality to it, too...the extremely divergent backgrounds and attitudes of people forced together make it compelling to me and more often than not hilarity ensues, but also touching at times.\n\nBut anyway, I was curious what you\'d think of those weapons, and also if it would be safe for me to tell major Jedi fans I\'m in face to face contact with that those are cooler (naa, why risk it speaking such blasphemy? \":P\" ). Oh yeah, they have some training with the aura that\'s similar to the Force which contributes to their abilities, speed, ability to survive damage that would kill others (though it\'s limited and warned not to push it). Heck, unsurprisingly they need to unleash that ability before they can even wield those weapons. \n\nThey\'ve got other weird and outlandish weapons, too. Though one character seems very much into the "classics," and has one that\'s similar to a lightsaber, especially when she gets "serious" and activates it (which has been known to incinerate monsters or items on contact). You can see it here if you\'re curious (she fully activates it about 2:10):\n\n[youtube:zw7vi95o]Vt9vl8iAN5Q[/youtube:zw7vi95o]','',0,0,'EAE=','zw7vi95o',1394869815,2,'u_59','',0),(90020,89946,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394872387,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','She looked cartoony in this particular dream, and no, she didn\'t have glasses (which did annoy me, but then, it may have something to do with the fact that we were in water). \":lol:\" \n\nThat\'s true about most erotic fiction being bad (don\'t know if you read the one I posted, A Showering Inferno). Like I said, people focus too much on the "nitty-gritty" and not how the characters are feeling.\n\nStill, Wouter does pop up with the occasional image, and I\'m sure that more stories are forthcoming.','',0,0,'','zstb3b6k',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90021,90002,39,0,'87.115.249.20',1394877366,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random post thread: 108 the Thread On Fire','Have you got it yet? I sent it last night.','',0,0,'','28mjjd47',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90022,0,757,0,'89.180.110.56',1394879709,1,1,1,1,'Donation','Dear Kara:\n\nAfter much procrastination, I\'ve decided to set up a paypal account to make one or several donations to the maintenance of the PPMB. \n\nI write to ask you regarding practicalities: is there a code or reference to your name or the PPMB that PayPal can track quickly? I have zero experience in dealing with this time of account, so I must ask for all the help you can provide.\n\nYours truly,\n\nJPAGC.','',0,0,'','3i2ecq74',0,0,'u_9','',0),(90023,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394880153,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I have to say, I squeeeed at Peter Dinklage. I love him. And that is one good arse cast you have there I can totally hear all those voices in my head. I love them all. \n\nI saw that picture and thought \'oh, a very proud Todd would take a picture of Jane just like this.\' Complete with message written on the back about his beautiful wife and perfect baby girl.','',0,0,'','3rzncgt9',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90024,89946,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1394880305,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','[quote="ashk09":l4rws9js]She looked cartoony in this particular dream, and no, she didn\'t have glasses (which did annoy me, but then, it may have something to do with the fact that we were in water). \":lol:\" \n\nThat\'s true about most erotic fiction being bad [b:l4rws9js](don\'t know if you read the one I posted, A Showering Inferno).[/b:l4rws9js] Like I said, people focus too much on the "nitty-gritty" and not how the characters are feeling.[/quote:l4rws9js]\nNot yet. Is it about golden showers? If so, count me out. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'wA==','l4rws9js',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90025,89946,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394886084,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','No, it\'s about Daria taking a shower after bumping into Trent. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','30r6f4md',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90026,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394895351,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','RDJ was a brilliant choice for Wayne Gale, especially as a 90s presenter, because this was when television was at its most influential and dominant. It was amazing how by the end he became drunk on his own power, acting as the gatekeeper to the madness of the Knoxes. Fast forward twenty years and he, like Teddy, would be forever playing catch up with the Internet. That was a walk down Pretentious Street there. \n\nAnd I\'m just a big television geek, I think. I feel the way you do about games. I love gaming but I\'m so behind it is untrue.','',0,0,'','yg9mv6wq',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90027,89930,1192,0,'179.37.183.121',1394904268,1,1,1,1,'Re: Hi','Hi, Sergio, how are you? Sorry for the delay to reply, but the truth is that I\'m feeling weak. My spirits are good, but my body is weak. Some days I can\'t do anything but to be in bed the whole day, I\'m having problems to sleep at night, I lose some weight and so.\n\nI hope you\'re fine and I\'ll be waiting news. Sorry for such a brief answer, but I\'m weak.\n\nTalk to you soon\nAriel','',0,0,'','wd0j32oi',0,0,'u_1406','',0),(90028,89930,1406,0,'80.116.80.45',1394906724,1,1,1,1,'Re: Hi','Dear Ariel\n\nI guess you started once again the therapy.\n\nYou\'ve my best wishes; stay strong man \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \n\ntalk to you later\n\nSergio','',0,0,'','1q7flrse',0,0,'u_1192','',0),(90029,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1394916224,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Thanks! I just thought Kaitlin\'s voice would be PERFECT for Rosalie, especially at the times she gets really pissed off and screams at people. Even though Kaitlin herself isn\'t the same age as Rosalie, her voice sounds about the same age, in my opinion. David Cook\'s voice is pure sex, I think it\'s only appropriate that it\'d go with Jules since he\'s Lumiere\'s kid and all (and watch out world when Jules finally gets to be intimate with Rosalie, because that\'s when his Lumiere side comes out \":twisted:\" ). Plus it\'s a nice contrast to Jules\'s rather timid appearance, I think. And Dinklage is totally awesome. \":D\" \":D\"\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":1v53qacs]I saw that picture and thought \'oh, a very proud Todd would take a picture of Jane just like this.\' Complete with message written on the back about his beautiful wife and perfect baby girl.[/quote:1v53qacs]\nD\'awwwwwww \":mrgreen:\"','',0,0,'gA==','1v53qacs',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90030,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1394919856,1,1,1,1,'Another mini-request (just a sig)','Before I finish up high school, I want to give the ASPS group shot picture to a couple of my teachers, but I was wondering if you could add your signature (real name or BloodyWilliam is fine) so it\'ll be clear I didn\'t draw the picture.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'','unkwhl4c',0,0,'u_1712','',0),(90031,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1394922832,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I\'m not as big on games as I once was. I still play them, but I\'m not playing the most recent things. I just started playing Arkham Origins. It\'s not old, perhaps, but considering I bought the previous two Arkham games on the day they were released, it\'s slow for me.\n\nAlso signed up for the Amazon Prime Video trial and started watching Batman: TAS. I forgot how great that show is.','',0,0,'','r83rbit9',1394922867,1,'u_1798','',0),(90032,90030,1712,0,'72.95.102.160',1394924131,1,1,1,1,'Re: Another mini-request (just a sig)','like dis?\n\nhttp://williamsbloodyhell.com/ASPS-group-SIG01.jpg\n\nboth me real signature and "BloodyWilliam" on dere. yeah, my signature is really quite illegible (which is why i\'m okay with including it; you STILL can\'t tell what my name is). took YEARS of practice to become that bad. but my handwriting in generally pretty poor \":?\" \n\nis this satisfactory? \n\ncheers,\n-BW','',0,0,'','2kebz2b0',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(90033,89943,1025,0,'98.18.48.192',1394925254,1,1,1,1,'Re: Dylan and other things','[quote="J-D":129jo1cp]Well, since I last wrote I\'ve dealt with helping my sisters to clear out our parents\' house and to deal with that emotionally. It turns out I\'m the least sentimental of the four of us, at least on the subject of the house and its contents, but it\'s been a process we\'ve all had to go through together. Now it\'s practically done. The real estate agent has found a buyer for us, and we just have to arrange to clear out the last few things that we left there while the house was on the market.[/quote:129jo1cp]\n\nOh wow....Well I\'m glad it didn\'t have to be more stressful (or whatever you would consider the right word to be) than it needed to be. \n\n[quote="J-D":129jo1cp]Meanwhile, we\'ve had a new manager appointed where I work, and now that she\'s been here for six months she\'s implementing a reorganisation of our work area which means that most of our jobs have been abolished and replaced with new redesigned jobs, so that we have to submit formal expressions of interest to be re-employed. This is tiresome. But I am as well as can be expected in the circumstances.[/quote:129jo1cp]\n\nNow that just sounds sucky...Definitely sorry you have to go through that kind of crap. I certainly hope the process goes as painlessly as possible.\n\n[quote="J-D":129jo1cp]I\'m attaching a draft of the first part of \'The Rhode House\', which is the altered version of \'Lane Miserables\'. I\'ve pretty much worked out how the rest of it is going to go, and I\'ve begun thinking ahead to \'Jake Of Hearts\'. I wouldn’t mind a little feedback on these thoughts.[/quote:129jo1cp]\n\nGood job as usual. \n\n[quote="J-D":129jo1cp]I\'m going to need female versions of Bing and the Spatula Man, and male versions of Grandma Ruth and also of the doctor who talks to the Morgendorffers at the hospital about Jake\'s condition.[/quote:129jo1cp]\n\nI don\'t generally listen to commercial radio, but my impression is that there are female DJs, but not as many as male DJs and, more importantly for my purposes, that they tend not to go in for the more \'wacky\' and flamboyant schtick. It would be an option to have two \'wacky\' female DJs, or even two not-so-wacky female DJs, but I\'m leaning more towards making them infomercial spokesmodels for a range of health and beauty products. I think there\'s an equivalence there with the persistently obtrusive public profile and I think they\'d be just as annoying a phenomenon to Dylan and Rod as wacky DJs, while still attracting favourable attention from other Lawndale High students--at least many of the female ones, like Karen Johnson, Upchuck and the three As.[/quote]\n\nHmmm....Instead of just infomercial spokesmodels, perhaps have them be relationship/advice "gurus." I\'ve occassionally been "witnessed" to a couple of radio shows where the DJ male or female would read about or talk to listeners\' problems and then give them the "typical" sappy advice...Which might work very well if one of the DJs try to fix Dylan\'s "sadness" over this Mother\'s condition. And to have them be extra annoying, you can also have the DJs pushing their relationship advice books, alternative medicine, or whatever as a reference to your original idea. \n\n[quote="J-D":129jo1cp]Having the doctor means having some sort of health emergency, but that doesn\'t mean it has to be a heart attack. Of course anybody can have a heart attack, but I feel Jacquie\'s a less obvious candidate for one than Jake. Also sending for your father to nurse doesn\'t seem as plausible as sending for your mother, not for this family. I could make Grandpa Reuben a stereotypical henpecked husband, but somehow that idea doesn\'t appeal to me. I\'d like a different reason for his failure to intervene between his daughter and her mother.[/quote:129jo1cp]\n\n\nYeah...The Henpecked husband would be kind of a lame way to go.\n\nAs for the condition, could Jacquie developing a case of type 2 diabetes work? \n\n[quote="J-D":129jo1cp]So, putting all that together, I came up with the following idea. Grandpa Reuben worked as a seafarer and was regularly away from the family at sea. He left domestic affairs to his wife and accepted the idea of women being interested in religion as normal. He\'s only ever had a dim idea of the resentment Jacquie harbours over having been sent to a restrictive convent school. Now that he\'s retired from the sea (and his wife\'s dead), he lives with his son (Jacquie\'s brother) and his family. But they\'re taking a holiday while the house is being renovated, so he\'s decided to make a trip to Lawndale to visit his daughter and his grandsons there. He arrives at mealtime on Taco Tuesday but does not get an enthusiastic welcome from Jacquie. Then Jacquie is suddenly taken ill. Part of Grandpa Reuben\'s experience as a seafarer involved looking after accidents and illnesses on board, and in particular he once had to deal with a fellow-sailor nearly dying of anaphylactic shock. As a result, he now always carries an epinephrine autoinjector, which he administers to Jacquie when he recognises her symptoms. Then the ambulance takes her to hospital, where the doctor confirms that Reuben did the right thing. Jacquie stays in hospital for a while for tests, which fail to identify the cause of the anaphylaxis (food allergies are ruled out), and then she\'s taken home, where Reuben helps to nurse her (although in fact she doesn\'t need much nursing).[/quote:129jo1cp]\n\nThat\'s a really cool idea. \":)\"','',0,1,'gA==','129jo1cp',0,0,'u_1097','',0),(90034,90030,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1394926699,1,1,1,1,'Re: Another mini-request (just a sig)','Perfect! Thanks a bundle! \n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'','25ttwqqq',0,0,'u_1712','',0),(90035,0,49,0,'84.25.234.17',1394935330,1,1,1,1,'DeMartino and Jane...','http://www.imagefap.com/pictures/3678947/CR-Daria\n\nHere you go.','',0,0,'','3lgadasy',0,0,'u_2827','',0),(90036,90022,9,0,'76.126.5.199',1394938120,1,1,1,1,'Re: Donation','[quote="JPAGC":3bu3cy4k]Dear Kara:\n\nAfter much procrastination, I\'ve decided to set up a paypal account to make one or several donations to the maintenance of the PPMB. \n\nI write to ask you regarding practicalities: is there a code or reference to your name or the PPMB that PayPal can track quickly? I have zero experience in dealing with this time of account, so I must ask for all the help you can provide.\n\nYours truly,\n\nJPAGC.[/quote:3bu3cy4k]\n\nMany thanks, JPAGG! \":D\" If you put my email address in -- kara.wild@gmail.com -- it should allow you to make a donation. I should probably have some PPMB-specific address, but I\'m not sure how to set one up.','',0,0,'gA==','3bu3cy4k',0,0,'u_757','',0),(90037,89946,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1394940344,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','Read the story and commented. I liked it! I\'m hoping for a sequel too. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nBTW, there\'s something I thought you\'d get a kick out of. In my time as a really dedicated brony I was a fanfiction reviewer for a podcast called My Little Reviews. In my farewell episode, I finally gave in to the pleas of my friends on the show (LoyalBrony, ProfessorPlum, Raelcun, Tommy and others) to review the worst MLP fanfic ever written, RawHavoc\'s \'Return of the Changelings\'. I eviscerated the story on air and then gave a farewell speech.\n\nHere it is in its entirety. \"8)\" I\'m the \'TailsIsNotAlone\' guy. Knowing I was a huge Quinn fan, Loyal put up a picture of her on the Livestream and pretended it was my "live webcam" during the review. Funny stuff!\n\n[youtube:1n2zzf2v]q0cikhW_Ndk[/youtube:1n2zzf2v]','',0,0,'AAE=','1n2zzf2v',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90038,0,251,0,'75.111.55.200',1394955791,1,1,1,1,'You\'re into D&D?','It seems to me that you used to be, though my memory is pretty fuzzy on that right now. If so I was hoping you or someone you know could say something about this site:\n\nhttp://www.dndclassics.com/index.php\n\nI was thinking of getting something (and then recommending it to another member at PPMB) but I\'ve heard horror stories about buying from the wrong site, that they\'ll start nibbling at the credit card you use (as in stealing/fraud) or even max it out in one fell swoop, and while I\'m sure that\'s extremely rare even one time would be too much. Do you know anything about the reputation of this site, or does anyone you know into D&D have any experience with them?\n\nI guess I\'m a little suspicious because those prices are more than reasonable...and that\'s just weird.','',0,0,'','3bceter0',0,0,'u_885','',0),(90039,89946,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1394976682,1,1,1,1,'Re: Schedule & Periods','Glad you didn\'t review any of MY [i:2wv350gf]MLP[/i:2wv350gf] fanfiction. \":lol:\" I\'ve said it before and I\'ll say it again, but I really love your style of "presenting". Clear voice, interesting opinions offered, and you\'re very funny! ("You know what that means? His mom has SIX FiMFiction accounts."). Also helps that the story is troll-worthy bad. \":)\"\n\n"He\'s never wrote a script so bad that it couldn\'t be made worse with more explosions."\n\nLove that the guys in the background couldn\'t stop laughing, too.','',0,0,'IA==','2wv350gf',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90040,90038,885,0,'99.195.207.172',1394981396,1,1,1,1,'Re: You\'re into D&D?','I am indeed into D&D, though I haven\'t gotten to do much with it in quite a long time. Unfortunately I don\'t know anything about that site, though you are right, the prices do seem rather low.\n\nWhat you could do is get a gift card - like one of those Visa or Mastercard backed ones that can function like a credit or debit card - and use it to buy something from the site to test it out. That way, if it [i:2p5rga7r]is[/i:2p5rga7r] a scam, you\'re not out much and they won\'t have any of your actual credit numbers.','',0,0,'IA==','2p5rga7r',0,0,'u_251','',0),(90041,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1394982130,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','It was a great show, I loved it as a child.','',0,0,'','r1j3q2o5',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90042,90022,757,0,'89.180.106.197',1394996483,1,1,1,1,'Re: Donation','Hello, Kara. I\'ve just used the paypal to send your e-mail some money, via normal transfer.\n\nI\'ve made the payment in euros. If you are receiving in US dollars, you should rightly receive +- US20$, considering the normal worldly exchange rates.\n\nI\'d ask you to confirm me if and when you have receive the value, and the exact amount. You should not have to pay for any commissions, if I have read the transfer rules correctly. \n\nAll the best, \n\nJPAGC.','',0,0,'','2vwwn0rr',0,0,'u_9','',0),(90043,0,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395005304,1,1,1,1,'Re: Plot Bunnies IV: Plot Bunnies in Paradise','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=662122#p662122:ieoiktya]Subject: Plot Bunnies IV: Plot Bunnies in Paradise[/url:ieoiktya]\n\n[quote="Shiva":ieoiktya][b:ieoiktya]Jane Lane, Tattoo Artist[/b:ieoiktya]\n\nThe events of Ashfield gave Jane second thoughts about becoming a professional artist. While talking to Daria about the issue they get interrupted by Trent asking for one of Jane\'s drawing so he can get it tattooed onto his leg. This gives Jane an idea, she\'ll become a tattoo artist. So she tags along with Trent to the local tattoo shop to talk Axl into giving her a chance as an apprentice.[/quote:ieoiktya]\n\nThis is how Todd Ianuzzi got his \'experimental\' new tattoo. He walked into that parlour, got Jane not Axl, and let her experiment with her art on his skin so that she wouldn\'t notice his raging erection. She did anyway, but liked what she saw and that\'s how Todd met his soulmate.','',0,0,'0A==','ieoiktya',0,0,'u_1891','',0),(90044,90043,1891,0,'69.35.195.241',1395010481,1,1,1,1,'Re: Plot Bunnies IV: Plot Bunnies in Paradise','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":351u5pc5][url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=662122#p662122:351u5pc5]Subject: Plot Bunnies IV: Plot Bunnies in Paradise[/url:351u5pc5]\n\n[quote="Shiva":351u5pc5][b:351u5pc5]Jane Lane, Tattoo Artist[/b:351u5pc5]\n\nThe events of Ashfield gave Jane second thoughts about becoming a professional artist. While talking to Daria about the issue they get interrupted by Trent asking for one of Jane\'s drawing so he can get it tattooed onto his leg. This gives Jane an idea, she\'ll become a tattoo artist. So she tags along with Trent to the local tattoo shop to talk Axl into giving her a chance as an apprentice.[/quote:351u5pc5]\n\nThis is how Todd Ianuzzi got his \'experimental\' new tattoo. He walked into that parlour, got Jane not Axl, and let her experiment with her art on his skin so that she wouldn\'t notice his raging erection. She did anyway, but liked what she saw and that\'s how Todd met his soulmate.[/quote:351u5pc5]\n\nIf you ever want to get back into writing again, here\'s your hook. \":D\"','',0,0,'0A==','351u5pc5',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90045,90043,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395011540,1,1,1,1,'Re: Plot Bunnies IV: Plot Bunnies in Paradise','\":lol:\" \n\nI never did do that \'Todd and Jane\'s kinky \'French maid\' afternoon fic. Shame on me. \":(\"','',0,0,'','3vnn41sr',0,0,'u_1891','',0),(90046,90043,1891,0,'69.35.195.241',1395011701,1,1,1,1,'Re: Plot Bunnies IV: Plot Bunnies in Paradise','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":2an0qych]:lol: \n\nI never did do that \'Todd and Jane\'s kinky \'French maid\' afternoon fic. Shame on me. \":(\"[/quote:2an0qych]\n\nDon\'t worry about it, I\'ve got a ton of fics that I haven\'t finished. \":D\"','',0,0,'gA==','2an0qych',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90047,90038,251,0,'75.111.55.200',1395015428,1,1,1,1,'Re: You\'re into D&D?','Ty! \":)\"','',0,0,'','yzjf13p3',0,0,'u_885','',0),(90048,0,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1395015857,1,1,1,1,'I\'ve got to say ...','[url=http://thebadwolfdoctor.deviantart.com/art/Super-Saiyajin-Twilight-Sparkle-440880426:3e3po1kk]It\'s very possible that I\'m insane and everyone\'s just too polite to mention it[/url:3e3po1kk]. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'EA==','3e3po1kk',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90049,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1395021007,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Read some more of AB. The use of O\'Neill as a street preacher is interesting. I look forward to finding out if any other canon characters have a role.','',0,0,'','11m2jpfh',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90050,90038,885,0,'99.195.207.172',1395029068,1,1,1,1,'Re: You\'re into D&D?','No prob. \":)\"','',0,0,'','1t6a1z2e',0,0,'u_251','',0),(90051,88785,1798,0,'149.254.56.252',1395043099,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Is he? I can\'t remember.','',0,0,'','3cazhz2t',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90052,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1395046903,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Well, I suppose he\'s canvassing religion rather than being a preacher technically. He\'s stood near a bar trying to get Antony and Jane to \'see the light\'. Shame they didn\'t punch him, really. I like this story so far.','',0,0,'','400a1y7t',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90053,88785,1798,0,'149.254.56.252',1395055762,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Ahhhh, DeMartino should have punched him in general. I hate that guy, almost as much as I hate Nathan. The fool.','',0,0,'','1hlqu4bs',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90054,0,1108,0,'81.156.50.128',1395078978,1,1,1,1,'Re: Power Rangers Megaforce','I am seriously tempted to do an April 1 joke where someone \'discovers\' an aborted pitch for the Go-Onger adaptation...','',0,0,'','yy8diy62',0,0,'u_1710','',0),(90055,90054,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1395080762,1,1,1,1,'Re: Power Rangers Megaforce','[quote="Charles RB":7w8rbex2]I am seriously tempted to do an April 1 joke where someone \'discovers\' an aborted pitch for the Go-Onger adaptation...[/quote:7w8rbex2]\nDon\'t think it would work as much, since Jungle Fury was intended to be the last season and RPM was only made because of the European market loving the show. Disney told them to do whatever they wanted, but they wouldn\'t get any support from them. RPM was created because of a lack of executive control, so a straight Go-Onger adaptation is out of the question.\n\nI\'d personanlly go with a Jetman adaptation, as it was that close to being made. Appearently, Saban loved the series but Zyuranger had dinos and was the better choice. There is so little usable footage in Jetman, especially since the last stretch focused heavily on fighting the human enemy commanders. And boy were they bastards.','',0,0,'gA==','7w8rbex2',0,0,'u_1108','',0),(90056,90054,1108,0,'81.156.50.128',1395082403,1,1,1,1,'Re: Power Rangers Megaforce','I was thinking Go-Onger adaptation cos Disney was so laissez-faire about RPM, I could pitch anything and be semi-plausible - the idea was that "Robin Bland" had pitched a Jungle Fury sequel with a few key trope twists, arguing that in their last year it\'s a perfect time to run a sequel series and play with the concept a bit.\n\nJetman also works though, I can use bits of the known PR pilots and old stuff and work from there: the recurring name "Rocky", a Zoltar, a gang of greasers led by a "Skull"...','',0,0,'','tkjz6teu',0,0,'u_1710','',0),(90057,90054,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1395082643,1,1,1,1,'Re: Power Rangers Megaforce','[quote="Charles RB":2zk0f0h5]a gang of greasers led by a "Skull"...[/quote:2zk0f0h5]\nWho ends up being Gai Yuki\'s (badass Black Condor) counterpart \":)\".','',0,0,'gA==','2zk0f0h5',0,0,'u_1108','',0),(90058,90054,1108,0,'81.156.50.128',1395085531,1,1,1,1,'Re: Power Rangers Megaforce','I knocked up this:','',0,1,'','2wl1c5ur',0,0,'u_1710','',0),(90059,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1395086625,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I think, on balance, I hate Ms Morris more than any other character. Trying to blackmail Jane into staying on the track team by threatening to flunk her, which could have a serious effect on her life. Poor Jane. She\'s almost completely surrounded by arseholes.','',0,0,'','24grxzm0',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90060,90054,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1395100501,1,1,1,1,'Re: Power Rangers Megaforce','Think for this to work, you\'ll have to deviate more from Mighty Morphin\'. :/','',0,0,'','1qib42t8',0,0,'u_1108','',0),(90062,90054,1710,0,'68.171.74.165',1395101338,1,1,1,1,'Re: Power Rangers Megaforce','I\'d probably use Tran as some sort of prince. There was a two-parter in Jetman where the original boss showed up, depowered Radiquet and was later killed by him. Make her Tran\'s mother, Rad is a sort of caretaker and rules in his stead. Later, have him grow into Tranza and use the civil war that followed.','',0,0,'','1sdeeqsq',0,0,'u_1108','',0),(90063,89943,1097,0,'129.94.82.201',1395117402,1,0,1,1,'Re: Dylan and other things','Thanks for the ideas. I think there\'s definite potential for some offering of relationship advice. Dylan would never ask radio DJs--or anybody--for advice about his feelings, but there are other people at Lawndale High who would, for sure.\n\nHere is some more of The Rhode House.','',0,1,'','j2bkrlul',0,0,'u_1025','',0),(90064,89945,1097,0,'129.94.82.201',1395117541,1,0,1,1,'Re: Dylan 34: The Rhode House','Thanks.\n\nHere\'s some more.','',0,1,'','1apq1eyx',0,0,'u_1891','',0),(90065,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1395171599,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I have to ask, and apologies if I\'m way off here. That line about ski trips to Switzerland in Earl\'s confession, was that a reference to the Christmas short I wrote about Cassidy\'s family trip to Switzerland, or just a complete coincidence?','',0,0,'','modjopj1',1395171746,1,'u_1798','',0),(90066,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395174531,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Complete coincidence. I chose ski holidays and Switzerland because that\'s your stereotypical holiday for the wealthy, especially for Americans who I imagine would need a shit ton of money to go to Europe to ski and deposit their cash in Swiss banks. Don\'t worry, it wasn\'t a dig at anyone, apart from Earl\'s jibe at the concerns of the rich. My original jibe was a gap year trek round Asia, but I\'m not sure how popular they are in America, so skiing it was.','',0,0,'','mmp2s7q2',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90067,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1395174871,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Yeah, I thought it might be a bit too long ago to be a reference. Well that and, as you say, it\'s a stereotypical thing for rich people to do.\n\nI recently finished another re-read of OATP. As much as I enjoy Todd/Jane shipping, I do hate the Ianuzzis more as people in that story each time I read. They are bad, bad people.','',0,0,'','27v9x6mi',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90068,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395176388,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Earl is a bitter, bitter, young man. He doesn\'t have the money to even get out of Highland, never mind go on a skiing trip. \n\nAnd the Ianuzzis are horrid people, aren\'t they? It may have launched the ship for me, but the Ianuzzis are a match made in hell. They\'d totally be a special episode of both \'Couples Who Kill\' and \'Most Evil\' and I love those shows. Todd and Jane would be an amazing couple in their canon versions (I imagine they\'d be a massively good influence on each other), but in OATP, God in heaven.','',0,0,'','12jf8a5l',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90070,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1395181846,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','To be honest, there were very few likeable, pleasant characters in OATP. I felt sorry for poor Lee, obsessing over taking the Ianuzzi clan down. NBK was similar, though. Even the so-called "good guys" were immoral, horrible people.\n\nI was planning on writing something today. That never happened. Ah well. I actually have an idea for continuing Different Tracks as well. Or at least writing the next chapter, at least.','',0,0,'','30lwjcs6',1395181894,1,'u_1798','',0),(90071,90069,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1395184012,1,1,1,1,'Re: An X-men comic I did.','[quote="Wouter":t1oxfjzi]Come on, we all wanted to know THIS...\n\nhttp://hentaicommunity.com/uploads/Jubilee-KNEW-it.jpg[/quote:t1oxfjzi]\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\nYeah, you\'re definitely an X-Men fan. \":D\" \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'gA==','t1oxfjzi',0,0,'u_49','',0),(90072,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395184163,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Yeah, it was a fic full of twats.\n\nAnd always interested in seeing your new ideas.','',0,0,'','sufju8gh',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90073,88785,2552,0,'94.5.71.40',1395185212,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Well, people seem to be expecting the next bit to be a twist on \'Pierce Me\', because the original bit was a twist on \'See Jane Run\'. It won\'t be. I will do some altered canon in it, but not for that. There will also be the piecing together of Todd Jr at some point too. Maybe before 2015.','',0,0,'','1myn3n87',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90074,88005,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395185663,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','I\'m gonna use a little bit my redundancy money to buy the first few issues of The Boys and will read them happily knowing I\'m no longer at work. Also I watched a Garth Ennis interview and now have a slight crush. I blame you.','',0,0,'','2dm0r38b',0,0,'u_1108','',0),(90075,88005,1108,0,'81.156.50.128',1395186703,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":37xdhyj9] Also I watched a Garth Ennis interview and now have a slight crush. I blame you.[/quote:37xdhyj9]\n\nEeeeeexcellent.\n\nYou\'ll like The Boys. A dog fucks things on command.\n\n(What happened with the job?)','',0,0,'gA==','37xdhyj9',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90076,88005,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395187179,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','I read a little bit of it in Waterstones the other day. I would already like to give Wee Hughie a hug and kick loads of folk in the head. \n\nMy course starts in September and I\'ll be out of a job then with no money. Work was offering voluntary redundancy and after working out how much I\'d get, I applied and got it. I finish next Friday and I\'m very happy. Gives me time to get stuff in order, maybe do some part time work at a school, overseeing exams or helping out a primary school, that sort of thing.','',0,0,'','16o2ws86',0,0,'u_1108','',0),(90077,88005,1108,0,'81.156.50.128',1395189572,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":23vawh5f]after working out how much I\'d get, I applied and got it. I finish next Friday and I\'m very happy. Gives me time to get stuff in order, maybe do some part time work at a school, overseeing exams or helping out a primary school, that sort of thing.[/quote:23vawh5f]\n\nThat\'s good then! HUZZAH!','',0,0,'gA==','23vawh5f',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90078,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1395189606,1,1,1,1,'Re: Disney\'s "Frozen"','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=662415#p662415:29hqk1qs]Subject: Disney\'s "Frozen"[/url:29hqk1qs]\n\n[quote="CartoonDork":29hqk1qs][quote="Brother Grimace":29hqk1qs][quote="CartoonDork":29hqk1qs][quote="Brother Grimace":29hqk1qs][quote="BloodyWilliam":29hqk1qs][quote="-sam":29hqk1qs]\n\n Why did I not think people would ship Anna/Elsa? Oh Internet, once again I underestimated your ability to miss the point.[/quote:29hqk1qs]\n\noh, you are just so ADORABLE. \";)\" what wide-eyed innocence you have to think there wouldn\'t be Anna/Elsa pairings IMMEDIATELY. but they\'re SISTERS! i hear you protest. That\'s INCEST! yes, yes it is. why would this stop the internet NOW? there is no stopping the inappropriate fury that is RULE 34. has the internet taught you NOTHING? \":lol:\"[/quote:29hqk1qs]\n\n\n([i:29hqk1qs]looks in this door, scampers away with all available speed while in full stealth mode[/i:29hqk1qs])[/quote:29hqk1qs]\n\nYou\'re one to talk, Mr. [i:29hqk1qs]The Winters of Those Gone Before. [/i:29hqk1qs]\n\nAlso I\'m going to ignore your further provoking me due to the fact that that fanfic exists and I subjected myself to it several years ago with no prior knowledge.[/quote:29hqk1qs]\n\n\nDude - that\'s the point behind me saying that! [i:29hqk1qs]It\'s a stealth joke![/i:29hqk1qs] Also, since you\'re neither -sam or Bloody William, who brought that point up, where do you get that I\'m even thinking about you? [/quote:29hqk1qs]\n\nDude. I was talking about your second post, where you [b:29hqk1qs]QUOTED MY OWN POST.\n[/b:29hqk1qs]\n[quote="Brother Grimace":29hqk1qs]\nOh, and if you\'re complaining about [i:29hqk1qs]Winters[/i:29hqk1qs], then you didn\'t read either the fic that [i:29hqk1qs]Winters[/i:29hqk1qs] is a direct sequel to - [i:29hqk1qs]Night Of The Storm[/i:29hqk1qs] - or bother to read the very strongly-worded warning at the beginning of the fic:\n\n\n[quote:29hqk1qs][b:29hqk1qs]AUTHOR’S NOTE:\n\nDue to the nature of the subject matter, this work of fan fiction is rated NC-17.\n\n[u:29hqk1qs]READERS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED THAT THIS WORK OF FAN FICTION DEALS WITH DISTURBING PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES, AND CONTAINS DEPICTIONS OF GRAPHIC SEXUAL SITUATIONS[/u:29hqk1qs].\n\nThis work of fan fiction may not be suitable for some readers.[/b:29hqk1qs][/quote:29hqk1qs]\n\n\n...and that\'s [b:29hqk1qs]exactly[/b:29hqk1qs] how its highlighted at the beginning of Part One of [i:29hqk1qs]Winters[/i:29hqk1qs]. If you chose to read that fic without noting the warning, they you don\'t to get to blame me.[/quote:29hqk1qs]\n\nLmfao this is the exact reason I avoid you at all costs, BG. You crack me up with these huge explanations, I tell you, man. And I\'m gonna continue to blame you anyway. Because it\'s not the warning, it\'s the fact that it exists. \";)\" Also, graphic sexual situations does not imply a sister/sister/mother incest. I\'m okay with graphic sex, but nothing could have prepared me for that ****.\n\nWith that said I\'m done pissing around in this joke of a thread. I know better than to hang around with a bunch of dudes pushing 30 trying to fight with a 19 year old girl about a family cartoon.[/quote:29hqk1qs]\n\nThis is not helping. It\'s just making things worse. Just flip them off in your mind and let it end. That\'s my advice to you.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'8Q==','29hqk1qs',0,0,'u_2702','',0),(90079,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1395189656,1,1,1,1,'Re: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied!','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=662416#p662416:3a2ccfia]Subject: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied![/url:3a2ccfia]\n\n[quote="CartoonDork":3a2ccfia]I changed my mind. I\'m not sorry about being a bitch on here. If you\'re gonna be a pretentious condescending asshole (despite being a middle aged dude on a forum for Daria--I\'m watching you, 90% of the forum demographic) I believe I have the right to be a bitch. \":lol:\" **** it.[/quote:3a2ccfia]\n\nAlso, stuff like this can get you reported. I\'d delete it.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'kA==','3a2ccfia',0,0,'u_2702','',0),(90080,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1395190202,1,1,1,1,'Re: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied!','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=662425#p662425:3ig993lr]Subject: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied![/url:3ig993lr]\n\n[quote="breitasparrow":3ig993lr][quote="CartoonDork":3ig993lr]I changed my mind. I\'m not sorry about being a bitch on here. [b:3ig993lr]If you\'re gonna be a pretentious condescending asshole (despite being a middle aged dude on a forum for Daria--I\'m watching you, 90% of the forum demographic) I believe I have the right to be a bitch.[/b:3ig993lr] \":lol:\" **** it.[/quote:3ig993lr]\n[i:3ig993lr]That\'s[/i:3ig993lr] the spirit, CD! \":drink:\" Bitches unite! \":D\"\n\nI\'m a lady member here, too, in case that wasn\'t painfully obvious at this point. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nSo, yesterday I confessed on Facebook that some days I really, REALLY feel like having my cell phone plan cancelled. The peeps I actually enjoy talking to and want to chat with on the phone more often hardly call anymore (and it\'s tough knowing the right times to call them since most of \'em have day jobs and whatnot), and lately the only people who DO call me are wrong numbers and people I\'d rather not talk to in general. I certainly learned my lesson on giving my phone number to relatives, that\'s for sure. Not actually gonna cancel my cell service since just my luck, I\'d need it to call my folks or 911 the very day it was cancelled, so...... is it wrong for me to want to at least lie to said unwanted people by telling them my phone is cancelled when it really isn\'t? \":lol:\" ETA to clarify: sure, I can block numbers (and yayness, I recently found that setting on my phone, fun times), but I\'d also like to give some folks the impression that calling me would be futile just so they wouldn\'t even bother.[/quote:3ig993lr]\n\nNot sure if you realize this, but Cartoon Dork\'s bit was a direct insult as Brother Grimace and LSauchelli.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'8A==','3ig993lr',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90081,90080,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1395190525,1,1,1,1,'Re: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied!','I picked up on that, yeah. Never had as big a problem with BG as other older men here, personally, but I get where she\'s coming from since I\'ve been in the same situation as she many times before - with the condescending attitude from older members, that is. That\'s why I replied to her post the way I did. \";)\"','',0,0,'','m604rjcm',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(90082,90080,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1395190633,1,1,1,1,'Re: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied!','Ah, gotcha.','',0,0,'','1a0w8voo',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90083,90022,9,0,'76.126.5.199',1395212137,1,1,1,1,'Re: Donation','[quote="JPAGC":1ngpzm92]Hello, Kara. I\'ve just used the paypal to send your e-mail some money, via normal transfer.\n\nI\'ve made the payment in euros. If you are receiving in US dollars, you should rightly receive +- US20$, considering the normal worldly exchange rates.\n\nI\'d ask you to confirm me if and when you have receive the value, and the exact amount. You should not have to pay for any commissions, if I have read the transfer rules correctly. \n\nAll the best, \n\nJPAGC.[/quote:1ngpzm92]\n\nIt arrived, and converted to U.S. dollars, and there was no charge. Thank you so much for your donation. \":)\"\n\nBest,\n\nKara','',0,0,'gA==','1ngpzm92',0,0,'u_757','',0),(90084,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1395228669,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":14xoz99t]I damn well hope the government tells these arseholes where to go.\n\nI\'ve said it before and I\'ll say it again, if the homophobes put as much time and energy in tackling real issues, like rape, child abuse and domestic violence, rather than poking around in the sex lives of consenting adults then the world would be a better place.\n\nThese people offering \'cures\' for homosexuality are the ones needing a cure, a cure for their own terminal stupidity. Dickheads, fuck off my planet.[/quote:14xoz99t]\nTHIS. I am not worthy!! *bows repeatedly* Couldn\'t have said it better myself if I tried. Really.\n\nWouter recently posted on SFMB complaining that his art threads get derailed and that that\'s why he never gets enough feedback for his work... to which I posted a link to my Disney art thread (because of BG and Erin and others arguing over the legalities of posting Disney art here) as an example of TRUE art thread derailment and saying "derailment happens, and I even asked and told people REPEATEDLY to please get back on topic in my thread before everyone finally did". I was SO tempted to throw in there "Well if you\'d ever pay attention to other people\'s art other than your own, etc etc...", but I held my tongue in that regard. Seriously, I constantly have the urge to snap at some people here, it\'s not even funny how immature and stupid it gets sometimes.\n\nIn good news, I have some more cute crossover ideas in mind (or at least I THINK they\'re cute ones \":lol:\" ) such as a Splash/Little Mermaid crossover art of Eric and Ariel in a tank of water together naked but not in a porn way, if that makes sense (based on that scene in Splash where they\'re being analyzed by scientists), and one of Bobby from Bobby\'s World going down the hallway on his tricycle a la The Shining. Also, I did video chat on Skype tonight with two of my friends for the first time, so that was fun. \":D\"\n\nSo how\'ve you been? I hope things are going okay and that you\'ve got a much better job lined up that\'s not so drama-filled. \":hug:\"','',0,0,'gA==','14xoz99t',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90085,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395256488,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I just kind of put Wouter into my SD folder and ignore them, otherwise I get dizzy from going round in the same circles over and over again. And those ideas do sound very cute, I would like to see them when they are done, I love looking at new art, especially anything Shining related because I bloody love that film. I still cant work Skype, plus I don\'t like being on camera, but good times for you, catching up with friends is amazing. \n\nI\'m doing okay, just counting down until next Friday and then no more work until my teacher training starts in September. God bless being chosen for voluntary redundancy. I\'m going to spend some of the time reading The Boys, on recommendation of Wench.','',0,0,'','1oyqassw',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90086,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1395257257,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Yeah, they\'re both really ridiculous for their own reasons. I just felt I had to step in and say something (slightly bitchy or not) to remind Wouter that he\'s not a special snowflake when it comes to thread derailment. Hell, A New World\'s fic thread got derailed early on and I had to step into the thread and ask people not to do that. That probably killed off half its readers when I did that, but oh well. Not crazy about derailment in my own threads too much, but it\'s not a case of "Waaaaaaah, I\'m not getting real feedback", it\'s just simply annoying. I\'m STILL annoyed at BG for starting that ball rolling in my Disney thread because it was simply drama for drama\'s sake and clearly wasn\'t necessary. And it just shows that probably most people here will take issue with what I choose to draw. Fuck them. Disney art FTW.\n\nNo worries on the Skype thing, any way that you I can talk is cool with me. \":D\" At first I thought I had some major issues with my mic, but turned out one of my friends\' headsets just wasn\'t working all the way, and that was resolved during the chat, so it\'s all good.\n\nGlad to hear you\'re on break for a bit, and I hope things go well in September. \":hug:\" And since The Boys is a recommendation of Wench\'s, it must be good.\n\nOn a totally unrelated note, I hate it when my previous conversations with people dictate my dreams on weird levels. Was just talking to one of my friends last night about Tim Curry\'s health (I was telling him about Enchanted Christmas and threw in there that Tim Curry is in it, then went to talking about how there hasn\'t been any news about his recovery after a stroke and all that), and dammit, because I was talking about a BatB movie, I ended up having this horrible dream that Paige O\'Hara passed away in a car wreck, and that Robby Benson and others were on TV talking about it and were distraught. I hope to all things holy that that [b:27dqx9is]doesn\'t[/b:27dqx9is] come true. \":shock:\" I don\'t care if someone else officially voices Belle these days, Paige is always gonna be Belle in my book. DON\'T DIE ON US, LADY.','',0,0,'QA==','27dqx9is',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90087,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395257645,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I work on the principle that you should create what you want to create and not feel forced into doing something you don\'t want to (that\'s why I keep saying you can sod off the Jane/Todd request if you want, to be honest I can no longer remember what I wanted. My memory is fucked.) If you want to create Disney art then nobody should derail you from that, and sod anyone who tries to. \n\nThat sounds like a nasty dream, it is bizarre when things start to enter your dreams from conversations. And Belle cannot die, she must live and be Belle. I think it often happens after times of high stress, which is your case it is understandable as to why you may be having those kinds of dreams.','',0,0,'','2yp1iug6',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90088,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1395265245,1,1,1,1,'Re: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied!','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=662486#p662486:1wf0dewn]Subject: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied![/url:1wf0dewn]\n\n[quote="-sam":1wf0dewn][quote="CartoonDork":1wf0dewn]Which is hilarious, really, since I\'m one of the few here who still fits into the show\'s target audience.[/quote:1wf0dewn]\n\nHere is a pro-tip that will serve you well in life. People do not age out of fandom.[/quote:1wf0dewn]\n\n\n\nIs it just me, or is it kind of sad that whoever this CD is, she\'s trying to justify the moments she has of being stupid in her posts (a quality we all share) by trying to say \'don\'t be mean to me because I\'m young\' while also trying to shame people for \'being too old to watch the show\'?\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":nono:\" \":nono:\" \n\n\nYes, I won\'t provoke or bother her, I promise. Pinky and ankle swear.\n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'kA==','1wf0dewn',0,0,'u_28','',0),(90089,90088,28,0,'68.42.166.253',1395268791,1,1,1,1,'Re: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied!','[quote="Brother Grimace":2ghpleki][url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=662486#p662486:2ghpleki]Subject: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied![/url:2ghpleki]\n\n[quote="-sam":2ghpleki][quote="CartoonDork":2ghpleki]Which is hilarious, really, since I\'m one of the few here who still fits into the show\'s target audience.[/quote:2ghpleki]\n\nHere is a pro-tip that will serve you well in life. People do not age out of fandom.[/quote:2ghpleki]\nIs it just me, or is it kind of sad that whoever this CD is, she\'s trying to justify the moments she has of being stupid in her posts (a quality we all share) by trying to say \'don\'t be mean to me because I\'m young\' while also trying to shame people for \'being too old to watch the show\'?\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\" \":nono:\" \":nono:\" \nYes, I won\'t provoke or bother her, I promise. Pinky and ankle swear.\n-BG[/quote:2ghpleki]\nYeah, she\'s a pretty shitty poster, who might also be attempting to run a troll job. Throw her on the ignore list and move on.','',0,0,'kA==','2ghpleki',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90090,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1395270782,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Thanks. \":hug:\" I\'m still gonna do your request because it\'s awesome. I just gotta get my Daria mojo back is all. I remember what it was for, too - you wanted Jane and Todd in the Max Payne silhouette poster. And there\'s the idea you gave me for them in Dirty Dancing. \":D\"\n\nYeah, it was depressing as hell, I hate having dreams like that. Dear god I hope it doesn\'t come true. Everyone involved in making BatB deserved to be immortal (but sadly they aren\'t in real life \":(\" ), but at the same time I guess they are all immortal in that those of us who love the movie will always remember them and keep them alive.\n\nAnd sorry, but I simply can NOT follow Dervish\'s posts in the Frozen thread. I have no idea what she\'s going on about, and she\'s only derailing that thread once again over nonsense.','',0,0,'','1fv87je4',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90091,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1395279442,1,1,1,1,'Comic question','Could you elaborate a bit more on what you planned for that one bit with Michelle and Gage and a bunch of jocks? I\'m kinda curious about what would go on in that.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'','2a8u2ph6',0,0,'u_1712','',0),(90092,83669,1127,0,'121.44.125.42',1395286371,1,1,1,1,'Re: Hey, sweetie!','Get on the chat things already! I\'ve been waiting for you for an hour! \":lol:\" \":lol:\"\n\n\":hug:\" \":glomp:\" \":hug:\" \":glomp:\" \":D\"','',0,0,'','2o0qb8wl',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90093,83669,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1395287737,1,1,1,1,'Re: Hey, sweetie!','I\'ll be on soon! I got caught up in some stuff but I\'m about to switch to my laptop in just a few minutes, sweetie. \":D\"\n\n\":hug:\" \":glomp:\" \":hug:\" \":glomp:\" \":D\"','',0,0,'','3aqx7c8o',0,0,'u_1127','',0),(90094,85127,1798,0,'149.254.250.69',1395332703,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Dirty Dancing? Good God, what did I say?\n\nI feel the same way about Dolly Parton, she can never die. I love Dolly.\n\nI was more amused by the other argument going on, with Sam being patronising and fuck and Cartoon whatever the fuck she\'s called going all \'waaaaah, older people are hanging up on me." I don\'t know who I found more annoyingly pathetic, Sam for being a patronising fucker or whatshername for expecting to be given a free pass for being young. Nineteen was adult last time I checked.','',0,0,'','sbtzpuxe',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90095,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1395332806,1,1,1,1,'Make the second AoS thread, already!','That is all. \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'','3q43e5b1',0,0,'u_28','',0),(90096,90095,28,0,'50.141.79.0',1395333298,1,1,1,1,'Re: Make the second AoS thread, already!','[quote="Brother Grimace":6qz3tpjg]That is all. \n\n\n-BG[/quote:6qz3tpjg]\nYour wish is my command.','',0,0,'gA==','6qz3tpjg',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90097,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395338814,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','God help you trying to make the saga of Crazy Jane, her unwilling beau and their woollen son into something coherent.','',0,0,'','1x2cs64z',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90098,0,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1395347898,1,1,1,1,'Re: 2013 Daria Fanworks Awards Winners.','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=662693#p662693:9swuxh8o]Subject: 2013 Daria Fanworks Awards Winners.[/url:9swuxh8o]\n\n[quote="Dark Kuno":9swuxh8o]Crap with all the stuff going on IRL I totally forgot to do the usual congratz comments on FFNet and dA. Anyone have the list of nominees?[/quote:9swuxh8o]\n\nviewtopic.php?p=654516#p654516\n\nviewtopic.php?p=654366#p654366','',0,0,'kA==','9swuxh8o',0,0,'u_933','',0),(90099,0,2552,0,'176.248.201.176',1395349239,1,1,1,1,'Re: 2013 Daria Fanworks Awards Winners.','Don\'t know if you\'ve been sent these already, but: -\n\n[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=40205:3ml3213h]Visual Nominees[/url:3ml3213h]\n\n[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41026:3ml3213h]Written Nominees[/url:3ml3213h]','',0,0,'EA==','3ml3213h',0,0,'u_933','',0),(90100,88785,2552,0,'176.248.201.176',1395349723,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','It\'s more likely I\'m going to poke around, think \'Screw this\' and do something else instead. I try to make a list of writing priorities, but ultimately it\'s my inspiration and motivation that determines the order.\n\nAB continues to intrigue me. I like it. It\'s got kind of a slow, methodical pace about it. Or maybe it just seems that way compared to OATP, I don\'t know.','',0,0,'','2j79dike',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90101,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395351123,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I get that. As a former writer I am enjoying relaxing, plus I have diddly shit inspiration anymore, as can be seen in the infrequent shorts. But you gotta go where inspiration takes you. \n\nThanks, I guess (from what I can remember from AB) that the relationship between Anthony and Jane has to go much slower and unfold at a much more sedate pace, especially since its about a grizzled hitman and a weary teenage prostitute with complete and full mental faculties. I\'m talking shit now. Sorry.','',0,0,'','vw8bncus',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90102,88785,2552,0,'176.248.201.176',1395353959,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Eh, I shouldn\'t compare AB to OATP anyway. I should be judging it on it\'s own merits. I like the way it alternates in perspective from one to the other. I like the first person method of story telling as well. It\'s not something I often see in things I read, but it\'s great to see exactly what one character is thinking and what they think of the other. Good stuff. I look forward to reading more of it.','',0,0,'','159qkbbw',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90103,90091,1712,0,'72.95.101.112',1395354530,1,1,1,1,'Re: Comic question','sure. some of the finer details aren\'t worked out yet, as that would be a few strips in the future. i usually start with the basic idea, then write out how it breaks down by panel(so i know how many panels i\'m dealing with) and modify the text so that it fits in the allotted space after the pictures are drawn.\n\ngage is in the cafeteria, about to queue up for lunch.\ngage gets shoved around by two jocks and called a couple of names, pretty much so they can cut in line. (re: "outta the way emo fag")\nmichelle joins gage, who is straightening up after being pushed around and he tells her what happened, trying not to make a big deal of it.\nmichelle hears the jocks approach as they are exiting the line with their food trays (the enter and exit of the line are next to each other)\nmichelle stealthfully and quickly zips her cane around so that it is directly in the path of the jock leaving the line first. \nhe trips, his buddy tips over him, they spill their food on themselves and the ground.\nthey turn around angrily. michelle, acting innocent asks if someone\'s there. one of the jocks recognises her as "that one blind chick."\nthe jock is now suppressing his anger because michelle is a poor helpless blind girl. michelle says she thinks her cane bumped someone. the jock says it is okay and it is his fault for not watching his step. \nthe jock apologises and they both leave to the washroom.\ngage is amazed. \nthe ending dialog:\n"you just tripped that guy with your cane"\n"this true."\n"on purpose."\n"also true."\n"then HE apologised to YOU."\n"this is an accurate summary. yes."\n"...i think you\'re my new hero."\n"well, i AM pretty awesome."\n\n\nbased on something that happened to me. i was not in school. it was a carnival. a friend and i were just getting into a queue for hot dogs, when these two guys just shoved their way passed everyone to the front. when they started to leave, my friend who is disabled (not blind), put her crutch in the guy\'s path and he stumbled and dropped his food. he was mad, until he turned and saw my disabled friend who is a 4 foot 8 disabled girl on crutches, and then he was all "so sorry to have jostled you." i was speechless. she comes off as all innocent, but totally knows how to use her disability to take advantage of jerks. ^__^\n\ni think this one would be the third strip in the future (maybe), if you don\'t object to it.\n\nthoughts?\n-BW','',0,0,'','7ytsfpnv',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(90104,89945,1891,0,'69.35.194.124',1395354997,1,1,1,1,'Re: Dylan 34: The Rhode House','Sorry for the delay, but I like it! \":D\"','',0,0,'','1wbwjk5z',0,0,'u_1097','',0),(90105,90091,2206,0,'130.65.109.94',1395356454,1,1,1,1,'Re: Comic question','Love it! You got a cool friend, mate.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'','2oqef4ol',0,0,'u_1712','',0),(90106,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1395366863,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','You were talking about the sex scene where they\'re slow-dancing and start taking off each other\'s clothes in the movie; I said that would make a good Jane/Todd pic. \":D\" \n\nDolly is an entity all on her own, she will live on forever. FOREVER, I SAY.\n\nAnd good lord, I honestly didn\'t know the full weight of her comments in Confessions when I made my "bitches unite" post, and THEN I saw the newest posts in the Frozen thread and thought "what have I done??". So while I get the whole "some of you older men here are condescending and/or creepy" thing, I saw her posts in Frozen and thought she could\'ve stopped ages ago and not cause any drama. I don\'t think it\'s helping if she constantly points out her age, that\'s kind of baiting herself for someone to end up saying "Well you certainly act like a teenager and not an adult".\n\nOh yeah, I drew the Splash/Little Mermaid crossover I had in mind last night, but I think to be safe (since Ariel is only sixteen in canon), I\'ll put her purple seashell bra on her. I\'d really like to put this one on deviantART to be with all my other Disney stuff (and Tumblr, too, when it\'s colored), and I don\'t want any shit from mods over there about that kind of stuff. A VERY talented Disney fanart person had some really cool pics up but they\'re not on there anymore because I guess they got in trouble for showing Disney characters being intimate (not even any nudity or graphic stuff like penetration, they were very tasteful and well-done artworks) because of the characters\' ages. So yeah, I wanna tread carefully with this pic.... even though Eric is stark naked and holding his junk in his hands. \":lol:\" But that\'s how the scene went in Splash, so I gotta stay true to crossovers. Anywho, so in a little while you might have another PM with the revised sketch in it when it\'s ready. \":D\"','',0,0,'','13huayv8',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90107,89943,1025,0,'98.18.33.213',1395367430,1,1,1,1,'Re: Dylan and other things','Here ya go!','',0,1,'','lbiesz8h',0,0,'u_1097','',0),(90108,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1395369858,1,1,1,1,'Re: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied!','[b:qvru09ee](WARNING: The following is meant with nothing more than the greatest in humorous intent. I sent it to the mentioned souls so that I can be beaten down and flamed in private, and go lick my wounded pride in peace. \n\nJust kidding. \":mrgreen:\" \":D\" \n\n\nThat reminds me - I guess that I\'ll have to soil myself, and actually read [u:qvru09ee][i:qvru09ee]50 Shades of Grey[/i:qvru09ee][/u:qvru09ee]. \":shock:\" \":shock:\" \":shock:\" [/b:qvru09ee]\n\n\n\n[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=662425#p662425:qvru09ee]Subject: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied![/url:qvru09ee]\n\n[quote="breitasparrow":qvru09ee][quote="CartoonDork":qvru09ee]I changed my mind. I\'m not sorry about being a bitch on here. [color=#FF0000:qvru09ee][b:qvru09ee]If you\'re gonna be a pretentious condescending asshole (despite being a middle aged dude on a forum for Daria--I\'m watching you, 90% of the forum demographic)[/color:qvru09ee] I believe I have the right to be a bitch.[/b:qvru09ee] \":lol:\" Fuck it.[/quote:qvru09ee]\n[i:qvru09ee]That\'s[/i:qvru09ee] the spirit, CD! \":drink:\" Bitches unite! \":D\" [b:qvru09ee]ETA[/b:qvru09ee]: So um, I didn\'t know the full weight of the bolded piece until just now (I should check other parts of the board before diving in, I confess) but.... I can still relate to a degree, so I won\'t necessarily retract anything I said since I\'ve been in similar situations in the past. Or at least that\'s how they felt at the time. *shrug*\n\nI\'m a lady member here, too, in case that wasn\'t painfully obvious at this point. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nSo, yesterday I confessed on Facebook that some days I really, REALLY feel like having my cell phone plan cancelled. The peeps I actually enjoy talking to and want to chat with on the phone more often hardly call anymore (and it\'s tough knowing the right times to call them since most of \'em have day jobs and whatnot), and lately the only people who DO call me are wrong numbers and people I\'d rather not talk to in general. I certainly learned my lesson on giving my phone number to relatives, that\'s for sure. Not actually gonna cancel my cell service since just my luck, I\'d need it to call my folks or 911 the very day it was cancelled, so...... is it wrong for me to want to at least lie to said unwanted people by telling them my phone is cancelled when it really isn\'t? \":lol:\" ETA to clarify: sure, I can block numbers (and yayness, I recently found that setting on my phone, fun times), but I\'d also like to give some folks the impression that calling me would be futile just so they wouldn\'t even bother.[/quote:qvru09ee]\n\n\n\n To who it may concern:\n\n\n1. I\'m not [i:qvru09ee]gonna[/i:qvru09ee] be a pretentious condescending asshole. At my age (since that\'s somehow relevant), I [b:qvru09ee]would [u:qvru09ee]BE[/u:qvru09ee][/b:qvru09ee] a pretentious condescending asshole! I mean, really - it\'s not as if there\'s a course through higher education to achieve this goal, y\'know?\n\n2. I am not a pretentious condescending [b:qvru09ee]asshole[/b:qvru09ee] - I\'m a pretentious condescending [b:qvru09ee]prick[/b:qvru09ee]! There\'s a difference; while I may fuck someone over on occasion (and sometimes from behind \":wink:\"), I refuse to just shit on others! One must have some level of decency, decorum and simple kindness about oneself, and fuck only those who would shit on everyone else! Did [i:qvru09ee]Team America:World Police[/i:qvru09ee] teach us nothing?!\n\n[youtube:qvru09ee]y2GwrR-4Q9E[/youtube:qvru09ee]\n\n[youtube:qvru09ee]32iCWzpDpKs[/youtube:qvru09ee]\n\n3. \'[i:qvru09ee]Despite being a middle aged dude on a forum for Daria--I\'m watching you, 90% of the forum demographic[/i:qvru09ee]\'? What are ya - new in town? Didn\'t you get the PDF booklet that has the part about such things as \'age doesn\'t matter for much on the PPMB except the lens you view the world through, and that\'s not a big thing, because we all came here for a character we all like\', \'does age matter when we are on a board for \'Calvin and Hobbes\' or \'Beavis and Butthead\', and \'wouldn\'t being on a B&B board possibly be worse, because being a fan might (just might, for those trying to push that line) symbolize wishing for a more adolescent arena in which to act out those things RL doesn\'t allow or tolerate\'?\n\nNow, if you\'ll pardon me - I\'m going to watch an episode of Liv and Maddie on my DVR. I was thinking of watching [i:qvru09ee][u:qvru09ee]The Hobbit:An Unexpected Journey[/u:qvru09ee][/i:qvru09ee] - it\'s on HBO/FE (whatever that is, I don\'t know, it\'s channel 712 here) - but I have that on my DVR and on my portable hard drive, and besides, I\'m watching it to annoy the world (and get a couple of juvenile laughs). \":D\" \n\n\nSo sayeth Brother Grimace - possessor of two canes, the Season One DVD box set of [i:qvru09ee][u:qvru09ee]Sweet Valley High[/u:qvru09ee][/i:qvru09ee] and [i:qvru09ee][u:qvru09ee]Roswell[/u:qvru09ee][/i:qvru09ee], and who has the entirety of [i:qvru09ee][u:qvru09ee]Daria[/u:qvru09ee][/i:qvru09ee] and [i:qvru09ee][u:qvru09ee]Buffy The Vampire Slayer[/u:qvru09ee][/i:qvru09ee] on VHS (the latter in exact chronological order - I was a big fan of the show - and the former, from [b:qvru09ee]Daria![/b:qvru09ee] to [i:qvru09ee]IICY?[/i:qvru09ee] including [i:qvru09ee]Look Back In Annoyance[/i:qvru09ee] - all original broadcasts with original music tracks \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" \":D\" ).','',0,0,'8wE=','qvru09ee',0,0,'u_849:u_28','',0),(90109,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1395372271,1,1,1,1,'I saw this article and thought...','[url=http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/pair-of-rare-corvettes-among-standouts-180656668.html:rgdbli1j]\'hey - this is something that she would be interested in.\'[/url:rgdbli1j]\n\n\nBTW - how\'s everything going for you in real life?\n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'EA==','rgdbli1j',0,0,'u_613','',0),(90110,90108,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1395374706,1,1,1,1,'Re: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied!','... did you mean to send that to me or CartoonDork? \":lol:\" I added an ETA to my reply to her because I made that post before knowing all the drama in the Frozen thread (and after reading all the "you guys are ganging up on a nineteen year old" stuff in that thread, I thought "What did I just do?" when I looked at my post in Confessions again).\n\nI understand her point to a certain extent since some (not you, but one or two others here) have come off to me in the past as being patronizing to me and my opinions because I\'m female and, well, let\'s just say inexperienced in some areas. I\'ve often felt a vibe of "You silly woman, your opinion/input is irrelevant" from a couple of people here, but it\'s never been from you personally. Plus over the years I\'ve grown more familiar to your sense of humor to know when you\'re joking about a lot of things or being lighthearted - so I know not to take things seriously from most around here these days. \":)\"\n\nBut yeah, I replied to her post not knowing the full context until afterwards, I\'ll admit. \":oops:\" Personally I don\'t think age should be a concern here in terms of fandom, but I do wonder if once someone states how young they are, if one or two people who are older feel the need to exploit that for the sake of arguing or putting that younger person down, if that makes sense. I do think, while I\'ve never had any personal issues with CD so far, that it\'s not too wise of her to constantly throw her age into comments since that may end up resulting in someone telling her, "Well, you certainly act like a teenager and not an adult". \":?\"\n\nOh, and I love [i:38a6k7w4]Team America[/i:38a6k7w4] and that clip. \":D\" \":D\"','',0,0,'IA==','38a6k7w4',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90111,90108,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1395382737,1,1,1,1,'Re: Confessions 4: This booth is occupied!','[quote="breitasparrow":i23s9lv6]... did you mean to send that to me or CartoonDork? \":lol:\" I added an ETA to my reply to her because I made that post before knowing all the drama in the Frozen thread (and after reading all the "you guys are ganging up on a nineteen year old" stuff in that thread, I thought "What did I just do?" when I looked at my post in Confessions again).\n\nI understand her point to a certain extent since some (not you, but one or two others here) have come off to me in the past as being patronizing to me and my opinions because I\'m female and, well, let\'s just say inexperienced in some areas. I\'ve often felt a vibe of "You silly woman, your opinion/input is irrelevant" from a couple of people here, but it\'s never been from you personally. Plus over the years I\'ve grown more familiar to your sense of humor to know when you\'re joking about a lot of things or being lighthearted - so I know not to take things seriously from most around here these days. \":)\"\n\n[b:i23s9lv6]God, no. I\'d never do that; two quick stories as to why. First, in high school, the President of my year\'s Student Council was a girl named Joy Romaine. She was nice, but powerful - and no one dared challenge her for that spot for all four years. I learned by watching her that what matters is the person in the position, and not the gender (or anything else) - and if you think otherwise, that person will stomp you flat. (Along those lines, I somehow got the harebrained idea oc considering a run for the VP spot. A few people asked me if I was serious, and I decided, no - why would I want to validate the popular opinion that I was in the subterranean category in the social ladder. Turns out that there was a very real fear that I might have won the VP spot (how, I honestly have no idea)...\n\nThe second thing is that, in college, the first really good piece I wrote was a short story called [i:i23s9lv6]97 Minutes[/i:i23s9lv6], which was about the last moments of a lesbian couple\'s relationship. A year or so later, I used that as the basis for a one-act play called [i:i23s9lv6]Butterflies In Winter[/i:i23s9lv6], which expanded slightly upon that relationship but with the same ending. I had considered writing it out as a full-length screenplay, but I got some serious blowback from one of my instructors in film school; the teacher was a serious feminist who held the opinion that because I was male, I would not be able to bring the right mindset or sensitivity towards writing the piece. \n\nThis was funny and annoying to me, because the seed for the initial idea came from reading a letter in the Ann Landers column in some paper I read in a train ride hole for a weekend. In it, the person\'s first line was (and even though I read this back in 1986, I still remember it clearly to this day) \'[i:i23s9lv6]Dear Ann. I won\'t say whether the relationship I\'m in is interfaith, interracial or homosexual. We\'re all in the same lousy boat.[/i:i23s9lv6]\' After reading that, I thought that if i can somehow encapsulate that feeling - that feeling of emotion in that passage - then the nature of the relationship is irrelevant, because what matters is those two people who want to demonstrate their love for one another freely like any other couple would, but for some inane reason that really shouldn\'t matter to anyone else but those two (who seem to have gotten past whatever it is quite well \":lol:\"), the world is put out out about them as a couple.[/b:i23s9lv6]\n\n\n\nBut yeah, I replied to her post not knowing the full context until afterwards, I\'ll admit. \":oops:\" \n\nWe all do it, sooner or later. \":)\" \n\n\n\n\nPersonally I don\'t think age should be a concern here in terms of fandom, but I do wonder if once someone states how young they are, if one or two people who are older feel the need to exploit that for the sake of arguing or putting that younger person down, if that makes sense. I do think, while I\'ve never had any personal issues with CD so far, that it\'s not too wise of her to constantly throw her age into comments since that may end up resulting in someone telling her, "Well, you certainly act like a teenager and not an adult". \":?\"\n\n\n[b:i23s9lv6]Anyone who tries that around here gets slapped down quickly. [/b:i23s9lv6]\n\nOh, and I love [i:i23s9lv6]Team America[/i:i23s9lv6] and that clip. \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:i23s9lv6]','',0,0,'4A==','i23s9lv6',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90113,88785,1798,0,'149.254.250.246',1395395264,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I\'ll never live OATP down, will I? \n\nFrom what I can remember the first person thing was chosen to fit in the pulp fiction, noire vibe of it all. Well, that\'s the feeling I had, other people supplied the expressions for it. People seemed to like it, which is weird as the last time I read through it I cringed at how hacky it was. I go into far too much over description, as evident in everything I\'ve ever written. Less is more sometimes.','',0,0,'','2hb151un',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90114,88785,2552,0,'2.124.202.85',1395397014,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Well, it did win the \'Favourite Overall Fic\' award, of course, so it\'s popular. You should be proud of that, if nothing else.\n\nWhen it comes to descriptions, I feel I have the opposite problem in that I don\'t give enough description, or just abbrevate things. In the most recent part of Hemming\'s Way, a comment said that they felt an element of the story I wrote had been glossed over somewhat, but that hopefully I\'d come back to it.','',0,0,'','2zuazl2s',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90115,88785,1798,0,'149.254.250.246',1395397843,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Oh, I meant AB was hacky, OATP was the rambles of a depressive binge drinker.\n\nI\'ve never found your stuff to lack detail? I can pretty much see everything play out in my head and any plot points I assume will be resolved later. I bog everything I do down in tons of details, does anyone really need to know the colour of a coat?','',0,0,'','2dfpgjka',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90116,90109,613,0,'173.29.176.56',1395402029,1,1,1,1,'Re: I saw this article and thought...','Thanks for the link. Too bad I can\'t afford the auction.\n\nLife\'s okay. Dad\'s doing pretty well, doing some cooking, keeping up with cleaning. I wasn\'t sure how he would do, since he\'s never lived alone. My sister\'s struggling some, but my brother\'s doing fine. I have some days when I\'m really sad, but if I can distract myself, it helps. Went to the first funeral since Mom\'s, which was a little rough, but we made it through.\n\nHow about you? About to take Hollywood by storm?','',0,0,'','2os4bacz',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90117,90109,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1395408540,1,1,1,1,'Re: I saw this article and thought...','I\'m glad things are a little better.\n\nCleaning up a couple of scripts and starting on two more, including my second MLP spec script. (As a CMC fan, they\'re always in the mix; this one is a bit serious & deals with the bullies Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara, and how the friendship between those two is affected when one comes down with a potentially life-threatening illness.) \n\n\nAlso got a kids\' show pilot in mind, based on my nephew and his dog as they coverly help deal with an alien incursion. Yes, it\'s a dramedy along the lines of \'Buffy\'.\n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'','3difva68',0,0,'u_613','',0),(90126,90125,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1395485902,1,1,1,1,'Re: John Lane','Just them quietly adding taste to otherwise bland food. \":D\"','',0,0,'','1hw9wrfd',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90129,0,860,0,'37.190.104.178',1395539077,1,1,1,1,'Stupid question','Must a commander of a wing fly himself during the WWII in the US?','',0,0,'','1goi5spb',0,0,'u_276','',0),(90765,0,653,0,'192.111.73.155',1398482619,1,1,1,1,'hey','Sorry I missed your message. I have these bursts of extra hours at my job and it causes me to lose track of the fandom.','',0,0,'','3s2ducqx',0,0,'u_981','',0),(90696,85127,1798,0,'149.254.56.192',1398030061,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','How are you doing? Hope it\'s all ok.','',0,0,'','13hbtadm',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90697,0,1798,0,'149.254.56.192',1398031527,1,1,1,1,'Re: Change the name of Mystik Spiral: Part Dos.','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=665466#p665466:1c52y8ro]Subject: Change the name of Mystik Spiral: Part Dos.[/url:1c52y8ro]\n\n[quote="Shiva":1c52y8ro][b:1c52y8ro]Todd and Jane are LOVE![/b:1c52y8ro][/quote:1c52y8ro]\n\nI squeeed when I saw this. Actual soulmates. My forever ship right there.\n\nIf this is a lax Bro spoiler I will squee even more. I love that fic, you know that, but I should say again.','',0,0,'0A==','1c52y8ro',0,0,'u_1891','',0),(90131,90129,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1395572608,1,1,1,1,'Re: Stupid question','[quote="Szcz":3bvpbwc9]Must a commander of a wing fly himself during the WWII in the US?[/quote:3bvpbwc9]\n\nIn the USAAF, the wing as an organization was only used by the B-29 units 20th AF, and each Bomb Wing consisted of Four Bomb Groups (which were the equivalent of the RAF Wing). Each B-29 group consisted of three squadrons, normally 15 aircraft and 20 crews. There was also a fighter wing, with (I think) about the same organization. The units were the 58th, 73rd, 313th, 314th and 315th BW and the 301st FW. \n\nFor the USAAF wings, the commander was a pilot and flew combat missions, but operationally spent many missions on the ground tending to other command responsibilities. The group commanders generally had the same tour of duty as regular aircrew and flew at the same rate.','',0,0,'gA==','3bvpbwc9',0,0,'u_860','',0),(90132,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395593864,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Going into minute detail about stuff (as I think I do) can be problematic in its own way, over detail really doesn\'t allow the reader to form their own visuals if they are assaulted by details. I\'ve never been told I go into too much details but I think it happens.','',0,0,'','1jdyb5oj',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90133,90121,1779,0,'109.255.133.84',1395601288,1,1,1,1,'Re: Website stuff','Hi Kara,\nSorry for the late response, I hadn\'t seen your email. I\'ve sent a reply to your query and I\'ll be keeping a watch on that email address more carefully now so I\'m gal d you PM\'d. \nRegards\nPete','',0,0,'','21x6crpf',0,0,'u_9','',0),(90134,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1395603005,1,1,1,1,'Re: Critical 80s mass achieved: "Jem" movie in the works...','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=663012#p663012:csbpzmc7]Subject: Critical 80s mass achieved: "Jem" movie in the works...[/url:csbpzmc7]\n\n[quote="Silver":csbpzmc7][quote="Brother Grimace":csbpzmc7][quote="LSauchelli":csbpzmc7]Why would it matter if they get a woman or a man to write this? Honestly I\'m puzzled by those comments. [/quote:csbpzmc7]\n\nAs I mentioned before - it\'s a girl\'s-oriented property, it\'s a great nostalgia piece, and because, in an industry where there are many talented women who have shown that they\'re capable of writing and directing great things, the question would be asked \'why is a person who has an added dimension in understanding the material not being allowed a chance to work with it?\'[/quote:csbpzmc7]\n\n[b:csbpzmc7]Honestly, I disagree that a man can\'t create something that girls seem to enjoy (Powerpuff Girls, anyone?)[/b:csbpzmc7], but I\'m not at a point where I really want to start splitting hairs over the matter. I agree it\'d be better off with a woman in charge. (I\'m also inclined to level some charges that studios remain something of a "boys-only" club as a whole, but I don\'t have any real proof in the matter to make accusations with.)\n\nThat being said, from what Erin posted on the first page, I have to say I\'m looking at this with the same lenses I look at the Transformers movies and Battleship. It\'s a naked cash-grab by a studio that doesn\'t care about the property and intends to rely completely on nostalgia value to generate the revenue. People will go see it, regardless if it\'s good or not, simply because of that nostalgia value.\n\nGod knows that I probably will.[/quote:csbpzmc7]\n\n\n\nI agree - after all, the Claremont/Byrne/Austin run on [i:csbpzmc7]X-Men[/i:csbpzmc7] was highlighted by Claremont\'s idea that there\'s no reason why we should even think that there\'s a difference between women and men, in any way that matters - and Ryan Murphy did create [i:csbpzmc7]Popular[/i:csbpzmc7] and [i:csbpzmc7]Glee[/i:csbpzmc7]. (Do I even need to mention [i:csbpzmc7]Aaron Spelling[/i:csbpzmc7] and his body of work? \":)\" ) I\'m just saying that there\'s a level of disconnect that the audience will bring with them into the theater if a property is made that is perceived to be geared towards a certain primary audience, and the showrunner/director/producer isn\'t part of that group. \n\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X_%28film%29#The_race_of_the_director:csbpzmc7]That\'s the criticism that Spike Lee, among others, had with Norman Jewison being the original director of [i:csbpzmc7]Malcolm X[/i:csbpzmc7];[/url:csbpzmc7] also, back in film school, I wanted to adapt a short story/stage play I had written into a screenplay (as a senior-level independent project). It was called [i:csbpzmc7]Butterflies In Winter[/i:csbpzmc7], and dealt with the end of a lesbian relationship - however, the instructor I was going to do the project with as my adviser promptly shot the idea down. \n\nHer reasoning? As an ardent feminist, she didn\'t believe that a straight man could bring the sensitivity and insight needed to do the project justice. The true hypocrisy of the situation? I said \'Okay - I\'ll do what I came here for - a TV script\'; the result was a one-hour [i:csbpzmc7]Married...With Children[/i:csbpzmc7] script (that could have also served as a backdoor pilot) called [i:csbpzmc7]The College Trip[/i:csbpzmc7], which focused on Kelly going on a visit to college (after being teased by the family about not being smart enough to get in) and realizing that she was more centered, more ready to deal with real life, and less sexually-unhinged than the college students that she stayed with. If you remember the show, it was faithful to the core to the way the show was in its early years; the first time we see Kelly, she\'s wearing a skin-tight, two-piece \'wet look\' white leather outfit, i also have her in an powder-blue evening gown that causes one of the college co-eds to remark \'[i:csbpzmc7]Nice to know gowns come in a \'roll-on\' formula...[/i:csbpzmc7]\'\n\nThat same teacher gave me a high A for the script and started watching the show, after reading my script. Now, if that script could elevate her perceptions of a FOX comedy show to beyond\' idiots and tits\', then why would it be difficult for me to bring justice to the other work, especially after I explained my rationale behind the idea for the original piece?\n\n[quote:csbpzmc7]"In an Ann Landers column, a person started their letter with the following: \'Dear Ann. I won\'t bother saying if the relationship I\'m in is interfaith, interracial or homosexual. We\'re all in the same lousy boat.\' Now, if I can distill the essence of that mindset - that of two people who have made a connection and have found a way past all of the BS in order to do so - then it really doesn\'t matter who the people are, because it\'s the emotions that are what\'s important."[/quote:csbpzmc7]\n\nProblem is - and especially now, in the tail end of the P.C. era - that it\'s simply easier to avoid the controversy (while at the same time, kill two birds with one stone by giving a woman a chance in the director\'s chair - [url=http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/cate-blanchett-highlights-women-in-acceptance-speech/:csbpzmc7]a point highlighted by Cate Blanchett in her Oscar acceptance speech, where she pointed out that Hollywood\'s perception of a woman-helmed film is \'a niche experience\'[/url:csbpzmc7] - and getting credit for doing so). God knows it should be insulting to say that you should earn brownie points for putting a woman at the helm in 2014, but the same mindset was prevalent in the 1980s with Blacks as directors or showrunners. (Imagine the way people would have reacted to Shonda Rhimes as a showrunner in the Hollywood of the Eighties, and you\'ll see what I mean.) \n\n\nCutting through all of the BS, your last point is the saddest of all. It\'s just an attempt to dredge up some cash and write off something on the tax reports. \":(\"','',0,0,'8A==','csbpzmc7',0,0,'u_994','',0),(90135,0,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1395607035,1,1,1,1,'Sorry I missed you at chat :-(','Dear Padre,\n\nSorry I missed you at chat today. However, C. E., Jeremy and I were having a good time nevertheless.\n\nHow was your week anyhow? Mine was a bit crazy given those two medical appointments. This week will be sort of crazy at the start because I have to do some rearranging in the garage and we\'re going to be hit with more snow again. \":shock:\" \n\nAnyhow, see you next Sunday, all being well in the meantime. \":mrgreen:\"','',0,0,'','2rturou9',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90136,88785,2552,0,'92.41.122.88',1395616193,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Well, the description of Jane\'s outift for the \'pizza\' hit in AB was pretty comprehensive. I had no trouble picturing the outfit in my mind. I think it helped the scene.\n\nI think that I can at least get people to picture characters how I intend them. Bloody William\'s drawings of Cassidy and Ashley came out almost exactly how I imagined them in my head, Cassidy especially. Either I did a good job of conveying what I wanted, or he could see into my mind.\n\nI\'m already wondering what I\'ve let myself in for by submitting Cassidy for the \'Character of the Week\' thing. I\'ve learned there are people who read TGATG but never commented on it.','',0,0,'','2ynf31e6',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90137,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395616944,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I would say your descriptions are spot on, whenever I\'ve read anything of yours I get a clear picture in my head and I can say you have no worries there. \n\nAnd tell me about it. A gazillion people have commented/passed judgement on OATP but never commented on it while it was ongoing or afterwards via a PM. So I totally know where you are coming from on that point.\n\nI was considering submitted Detective Ryan for that thing, I probably won\'t though. When I finish work in the next week I will read the last few chapters of TGATG. Enjoying it a lot and still feel desperately sorry for Cassidy.','',0,0,'','7eb7stus',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90138,88785,2552,0,'92.41.122.88',1395623053,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I\'d be interested to know what caused Ryan\'s negative attitude towards women. I like to imagine he got beaten up by a girl in school and felt humiliated by the whole thing.\n\nAnswering questions as one of my characters is harder than I expected. Especially Shiva\'s "What would you do if you met Sue Bentley?" question. Hard to think of what she\'d do if she met another OC from another story. So I came up with a kind of generic "If she doesn\'t bother me, I won\'t bother her" line. Go me.','',0,0,'','2wpobub7',1395623086,1,'u_1798','',0),(90139,89872,2552,0,'92.41.122.88',1395623134,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','Answering questions as Cassidy is harder than I was expecting so far. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','1a93bhpd',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(90140,89872,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1395623223,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','I\'d say you\'re doing fine thus far, though.','',0,0,'','27q1hiq6',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90141,89943,1025,0,'98.18.33.213',1395629407,1,1,1,1,'A Heads-up.','So I won\'t have the internet starting tomorrow due to traveling, but I should have access again Wednesday after next. Talk to you again soon!','',0,0,'','2yo19p5b',0,0,'u_1097','',0),(90142,0,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1395629838,1,1,1,1,'Re: Wheel of Misfortune Game 15: Contestants Wanted!','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=661327#p661327:1gl440d9]Subject: Wheel of Misfortune Game 15: Contestants Wanted![/url:1gl440d9]\n\n[quote="ognawk":1gl440d9]Can you pick letters and guess word puzzles? Then maybe you could play Wheel of Misfortune!\n\nGame 15 will be a regular game. No themes. Come and have a go. It won\'t hurt. Much. \";)\"[/quote:1gl440d9]\n\nWhat do you say Jeremy? You haven\'t played since the first Game of Champions. Might be a good time to jump back in. Or are you afraid of losing that undefeated streak of yours? \";)\"','',0,0,'kA==','1gl440d9',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(90143,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1395635139,1,1,1,1,'Re: Wheel of Misfortune Game 15: Contestants Wanted!','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=661327#p661327:3ta3dovt]Subject: Wheel of Misfortune Game 15: Contestants Wanted![/url:3ta3dovt]\n\n[quote="ognawk":3ta3dovt]Can you pick letters and guess word puzzles? Then maybe you could play Wheel of Misfortune!\n\nGame 15 will be a regular game. No themes. Come and have a go. It won\'t hurt. Much. \";)\"[/quote:3ta3dovt]\nGreetings, BG. Perhaps you\'re familiar with this Daria-themed word game, started by me, continued by ognawk? Well, you\'re one of the guys I\'ve always wanted to get on the show and we want to know if you\'ll be our third contestant. \":mrgreen:\" The other two would be the winless DIsaac and the undefeated Jeremy Garrett, but don\'t let that stop you. Like Wheel of Fortune, it all comes down to linguistic inference, your knowledge of the subject, and a certain element of luck.\n\nHow about it?\n\n_SD','',0,0,'kA==','3ta3dovt',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90144,89943,1097,0,'129.94.82.201',1395635705,1,0,1,1,'Re: A Heads-up.','[quote="GlitterShrooms":2nryr5pa]So I won\'t have the internet starting tomorrow due to traveling, but I should have access again Wednesday after next. Talk to you again soon![/quote:2nryr5pa]Because of the time zone difference, I\'m not sure whether you\'ll see this before you set off on your travels or afterwards, but anyway, here it is:','',0,1,'gA==','2nryr5pa',0,0,'u_1025','',0),(90145,0,1125,0,'70.124.13.158',1395636740,1,1,1,1,'Just Checking In','Hey Ariel:\n\nI noticed that you haven\'t been here in a while, and I was wondering how you\'ve been doing. \":hug:\" Things are probably busy where you are. I know how that goes. \n\nHow was your most recent doctor\'s appointment? It\'s about damn time they finally figure out the best way to treat you. \":mrgreen:\" \n\nThings are okay here. In the past couple of days I scored some good books at thrift shops, some for only five cents apiece. They include [i:2gtbr2qj]Ada or Ardor[/i:2gtbr2qj] by Nabokov (an old library copy), [i:2gtbr2qj]The Age of Reason[/i:2gtbr2qj] by Sartre, some Thomas Mann, [i:2gtbr2qj]Farewell My Lovely[/i:2gtbr2qj], [i:2gtbr2qj]The Last Picture Show[/i:2gtbr2qj] by Larry McMurtry, and [i:2gtbr2qj]Bright Lights Big City[/i:2gtbr2qj] by Jay McInerney (which I read in high school but want to revisit). It\'s odd that I sold a bunch of books to make room on my shelves and then I find a bunch that I want to read soon after. \":lol:\"\n\nWell, just wanted to see how you were doing. I hope you are getting plenty of rest, but that you still take time for yourself to have some fun. \":hug:\" I\'ll talk to you later.\n\nDanny \":D\"','',0,0,'IA==','2gtbr2qj',0,0,'u_1192','',0),(90146,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1395652655,1,1,1,1,'Re: Wheel of Misfortune Game 15: One More Contestant Wanted!','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=663105#p663105:1p95wf7e]Subject: Wheel of Misfortune Game 15: One More Contestant Wanted![/url:1p95wf7e]\n\n[quote="ognawk":1p95wf7e]Contestants? Wha...?\n\n*quickly fumbles for sign up sheets and blows dust off them*\n\nOf course. Welcome to you both. We have room for one more player. Anyone?[/quote:1p95wf7e]\nI may have mentioned something about it to Brother Grimace. I\'ll let you know what he says. \":)\"','',0,0,'kA==','1p95wf7e',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90147,88785,1798,0,'149.254.224.241',1395657097,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I\'m not going to put him forward though, answering questions about the fic I have is fine. Answering them in character for an OC is beyond the limits of my tiny mind, I\'d get annoyed and lost half way through I think and start rambling. Plus, really don\'t want to go in that dark mind again. I can give you a brief backstory if you like. Tis rather boring and nothing to do with having his arse kicked though \":(\" \n\nI can imagine it being hard, especially in relation to other OCs , how on earth would you know, seperate worlds and all.','',0,0,'','34saiit0',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90148,88785,2552,0,'92.41.122.153',1395658009,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','It\'s been an interesting experience so far. I mentally facepalmed at the "Are you a Fielding student?" question. I thought the fact that she was at Fielding in the first place was kind of a hint. Why else would she be there all the time? I\'ve also had to invent some hobbies for Cassidy because it\'s not something I\'ve ever gone into or even considered. So I\'ve decided her Dad taught her to play the flute when she was little. And that she likes photography.\n\nYou can tell me if you want, up to you. It does amuse me to believe that he was beaten up by a girl. Either that or his Mum cheated on his Dad or something.','',0,0,'','3oy0jxsb',1395658080,1,'u_1798','',0),(90150,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395684871,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I was bemused at the Cassidy at Fielding question, how on earth did the person think she met Tom for crying out loud, Mars? It was made repeatedly clear that she is a Fielding student, the fact her mother and stepfather are local bigwigs too should also have been a bit of a giveaway too. I like the flute thing too, maybe she wouldn\'t play it to an exceptional level, but it seems it would be something she truly enjoys and a connection to her Dad.\n\nAdam Ryan\'s backstory is something I had to think of in case it ever came up. He was the product of a brief fling between an absent father who doesn\'t even of Ryan\'s existence and a Summer Lane type mother, who handed him over to her parents and carried on her nomadic existence following rock bands around America .His charismatic grandmother was the dominant figure in his early life and was a female chauvinist with an extremely low opinion of her own gender. She instilled in her grandson that the ideal woman was entirely subsurvient to her husband and her only function was to be a wife and mother. Any woman who failed to live up to these expectations was a whore and therefore the lowest of the low. His grandfather largely agreed with this and whenever their wayward daughter returned to visit her son screaming rows would take place about her \'loose ways\' and Ryan was encouraged to treat his mother as his grandparents did, with contempt. He was also treated like a little prince and told he could do no wrong and they encouraged him to believe he was better than other people, especially women, a view further reinforced as he got older and noticed the effect he had on women, further cementing his grandparents skewed outlook on the world. Jane was a rather destabilising experience for him.','',0,0,'','30jvumdo',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90151,0,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1395688270,1,1,1,1,'This American Bro','BG, Shiva, I sent this to you because I knew you could each appreciate it for different reasons. \":D\"\n\nhttp://www.vice.com/read/this-american- ... ical-study\n\nI have now seen the face of Fielding Lax.\n\n-JB','',0,0,'','yqxnzfj2',0,0,'u_59:u_1891','',0),(90160,85689,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1395704728,1,1,1,1,'Tell Me If You Think This is Funny','I don\'t know why I\'m even posting this but it tickles me so what the hell: A british/aussie (unsure) guy made an error on an military aviation forum and when corrected said "Apologies, never having been in the military, I frequently confuse my tacticals with my strategicals and, as I age, even my testicles!','',0,0,'','19b044wr',0,0,'u_450','',0),(90161,88785,2552,0,'90.204.70.208',1395707187,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','You certainly created some truly horrible people in that story. I feel more and more sorry for Daria every time I read it. She reaches her lowest point, everyone she cares about has been killed, and then she gets killed too. Poor Daria.\n\nUseless fact about \'ITPS\'. I had that fic title in mind for a while, but it was originally assigned to what was the fic idea that spawned the \'Marriages & Deaths\' short (the one in which Jane and Elsie are married, don\'t know if you\'ve read it). I had some plans for that, but had no idea where to take them. I had a scene where Earl is on a plane to Baltimore and is looking for a woman who he always appreciated (Daria). The whole thing was very loosely based on GTA. Sadly, it\'s in the bin.','',0,0,'','2taqyw4p',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90162,88785,1798,0,'149.254.49.7',1395745082,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','And even Daria was an arsehole too. Goading a violent and unrepentant Jane to violence despite Helen\'s pleas pretty much sealed her fate, and that of her family. Daria signed the Morgendorffer family death warrants. \n\nThat sounds like an interesting fic, I think I have read the short but I will have to reread to fully remember it. If it wasn\'t meant to be it wasn\'t meant to be. Some things are destined to be shorts forever, can\'t force it.\n\nI\'m enjoying not writing. I tried original fic and had nothing. I don\'t miss it like I thought I would.','',0,0,'','7bpubif1',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90163,0,2552,0,'92.40.116.78',1395789860,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 109: I\'m Gonna Puke','[quote="breitasparrow":4ckb4jv1]I thought so, too! But I\'d noticed more recently that one or two of \'em were down to 290 or so, that\'s what was confusing to me. I think some posts WERE deleted since I distinctly remember what a few posts said, and they\'re no longer around, so there\'s that.[/quote:4ckb4jv1]\n\nI just noticed when looking through some old posts that welltemperedclavier\'s account has been deleted, so I assume his posts have gone too. I only noticed because I saw quoted posts from him by others, but his original posts are nowhere to be seen. Still, that might explain the post counts on the threads going down. \":?\"','',0,0,'gA==','4ckb4jv1',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90164,88785,2552,0,'92.40.116.78',1395790152,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I could\'ve sworn I replied to this earlier, but apparently not. I definitely typed out a reply. Must have gone to another page without sending. How strange.\n\nDaria really was poking the bear. Or bears. I pity Jake. He offered his life in exchange for sparing his family, and they all got killed anyway. And Trent watching helplessly as his little sister and brother in law slaughter people, and he\'s living with Jesse because they burnt the Lane house down.\n\nThe only ideas I had for that fic was that Earl would find Daria. I hadn\'t decided whether they would be a couple or just friends. Todd was going to show up and have some beef with Earl, but something would have happened that made them respect each other. I was toying with the idea of having Todd be a temptation for Jane, with Jane being bisexual in the fic. Aside from the scene in Daria\'s office and a couple of Earl\'s thoughts while on the plane to Baltimore, I didn\'t have much written.\n\nI don\'t know if I see myself writing fics a year from now. Who knows.','',0,0,'','2031qask',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90165,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395792432,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Jake was a lion really, the only victim they actually respected. I sort of think that if it had been up to Todd in his heart of hearts he would have let Jake, Helen and Quinn go, because of that one action. Recognising in Jake (unlike Angier) someone who would do anything for his loved ones, like Todd would have died a million deaths for Jane. But whatever Janey wants Janey gets.\n\nThe story sounds cool. It was never mentioned in the show, but confirmed in the B&B comics, that Earl was a member of Todd\'s gang. Maybe the beef could be Earl wanted out and while Todd was pissed off that he was being disobeyed he liked Earl was one of the few people who didn\'t kiss his arse all the time. Though I reread the short earlier and personally I would keep it as a short. Keep the mystery to it.\n\nUnless I get a blinding flash of inspiration I\'m largely done with fanfic, the short fic here and there aside. I have said all I want to say I think. If I\'m known for one thing then so be it. Though I will continue to read fic and maybe contribute something to woll boy if ever rises again. Bless him \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','35pk3fu1',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90166,90163,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1395792853,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 109: I\'m Gonna Puke','Oh damn, I had no idea he left! Also, I remember in the "Don\'t think, just type" thread, ashk09 (or someone else) made a post about they had other things they should be doing but they were here, and QW replied something kinda nasty about how if they don\'t wanna be here, then they should fucking leave (or something along those lines, I can\'t remember it word-for-word), and I noticed recently that that was gone, too. Then again, mods can delete their own posts willy-nilly, as well as delete ours and edit ours without any edit alert on the bottom.','',0,0,'','sp54y4rt',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90168,0,1571,0,'68.114.54.134',1395800431,1,1,1,0,'Random hello','Hi \":P\" \n\nAlso something funny\n[img:1af1zav0]http://derpicdn.net/img/2013/5/14/324850/thumb.jpg[/img:1af1zav0]','',0,0,'CA==','1af1zav0',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90169,90121,9,0,'76.126.5.199',1395814854,1,1,1,1,'Re: Website stuff','[quote="peetz5050":6zaytd3z]Hi Kara,\nSorry for the late response, I hadn\'t seen your email. I\'ve sent a reply to your query and I\'ll be keeping a watch on that email address more carefully now so I\'m gal d you PM\'d. \nRegards\nPete[/quote:6zaytd3z]\n\nThanks, Pete. I got your email response and will send a reply, but I\'ve been busy as well these past couple of days. \"8)\"','',0,0,'gA==','6zaytd3z',0,0,'u_1779','',0),(90171,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395858736,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I imagine that partly the comments come from people who are just happy to see Daria artworks, as this is a fandom that primarily is skewed towards written work, and maybe some people were happy to see the Dariaotica too, however I don\'t think it means that your work was subpar or people were just being nice. It is more likely that people who were writers with little or no artistic talent were uneasy at critiquing something they were not themselves proficient in, maybe they were concerned that they did not the have the right terminology or found it hard to put into words what they thought. \n\nThe other thing that I suspect may be a factor is the people commenting on your work. If a lot of them have only joined in the previous two or three years these posters might feel more comfortable offering feedback than those before may have done. Either way I think that whatever the reasons are you are reading too much into it and it is entirely down to the other posters, your work will have steadily improved regardless. Also, I was looking at the SFMB site the other day, and I think a lot of the dariaotica crowd have now drifted off and those that are left are more open to critiquing other works and not looking for fap materal and that a \'fuller\' picture wouldn\'t attract the attention now that it might have done a few years back. To be honest lots of them had a \'I don\'t like drawings done in canon style\' stuff and that baffled me somewhat, because the reason I like your work and Bloody William\'s is that it is done in canon style, as opposed to anime style or whatever because to me it isn\'t canon, if that makes sense. That is not to say that anime artists are wrong or not proper fans, more than for Daria art I like stuff as near to canon as it can be. \n\nDon\'t worry about not sending the picture through, it was a lovely surprise to see the finished product and no worries on the T/J thing, and I haven\'t forgot your flufflet too \":hug:\" I hope my ramble made sense.','',0,0,'','21fmtk3t',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90172,88785,2552,0,'94.197.119.157',1395859305,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I remember you saying a while back that people thought Todd was somehow manipulating Jane. Maybe they just wanted to believe that. I think there\'s a balance that sometimes he\'s pushing things along and sometimes she is. I don\'t think I\'ve ever mentioned, I like the idea of you adding stories of Jane\'s past to set up that it was possible for her to turn out this way, with her trying to drown someone at girl scouts and writing to a convict who never wrote back.\n\nLooking back, I actually think the idea of Jane treating the Todd doll as her son was something you started. I think my initial thought behind it was that she made it as a way to have Todd close to her in some physical form. Her treating the doll as her son does offer up more possibilities, though. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2cq8cghg',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90173,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395860346,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I don\'t think there\'s an ounce of manipulation in that relationship when it comes to each other, all the manipulation is that they inflict on others. With each other they just go with whichever shitlist is nearest to hand first. For some reason Jane often ends up as a hybristophiliac in my stories too, hence the convict love. I do reckon that for a lot of readers it was easier to blame Todd than accept Jane was equally culpable. \n\nThe woollen boy is just all out funnier I think, and I do not accept responsibility for him at all. I still get a smile thinking of Jane pushing Todd Jr on a swing in the park and taking him on the slide. Oh my word, imagine Father\'s Day for Todd in the jail \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','57zxd1jo',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90174,88785,2552,0,'94.197.119.157',1395860903,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','It\'s an interesting story. Full of evil bastards.\n\nThe idea of Tom and Daria going to the park one day and seeing Jane pushing Todd Jr on the swings amuses me.\n\n\n"So, how long has she been acting like this?" Tom asked.\n\n"Oh, a few weeks now," Daria replied, "I kept telling her those paint fumes would damage her brain one day."','',0,0,'','20tnqv15',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90175,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395862486,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','And Jane is bombarding Todd with letters dropping massive hints\n\n[i:3n8vcsem]My darling, beautiful Todd, \n\nMe and your son are missing you so much, so much I could paint the walls with blood because it feels like my heart is going to burst out my chest. I love you to infinity and I cannot wait until the day we can be together and then can avenge ourselves against all those who kept us apart.\n\nMother\'s Day is coming up and Todd Jr would like to buy me a present but doesn\'t want to ask me. So if he asks you I would a new set of brushes for my art, a MAC lipstick in Russian Red and some new silver hoops. He will write you soon asking so tell him that. \n\n[b:3n8vcsem]Sixteen pages later[/b:3n8vcsem] \n\nI love you so much, the only husband I will ever want. I don\'t care that we have never met, or that you are in jail, we are meant to be and that our love is eternal. We have been immortalised in my devotional art, it is you that is bringing me to this state of heavenly joy. St Jane in Ecstasy, the bride of Todd. I would do anything for you and our son, we will be joined eternally soon. Our everlasting love to you, my husband and Todd Jr\'s Daddy. \n\nYour loving, devoted wife Jane xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[/i:3n8vcsem]\n\nTom and Daria are reading this over her shoulder when she\'s writing it after the trip from the park, and they have the same reaction of the poor sod locked in Highland nick. \n\n"She\'s gone mad." Of course Jane starts sending Todd suggestive pictures and he\'s just conflicted.','',0,0,'YA==','3n8vcsem',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90178,88785,2552,0,'94.197.119.157',1395879509,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Oh man. To quote Tiffany, that is soooo wrooong. \":lol:\"\n\nThis whole \'Character of the Week\' thing had potential for inspiration. I\'m going to work the idea of Cassidy being taught the flute by her Dad into Hemming\'s Way.','',0,0,'','1kc91flr',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90179,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1395883919,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Well to be honest, I totally DO see an improvement in my recent stuff compared to my older stuff. \":lol:\" I guess I was just wondering last night why more people weren\'t so open to giving me constructive criticism early on, but as someone told me on Facebook, it was probably because back then I was a new member, and people may not have felt comfortable giving a newbie criticism since they wouldn\'t have known how I\'d take it. I guess nowadays people are more aware that I welcome suggestions on how to improve, so they feel better about giving that kind of feedback.\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":2tr791k7]The other thing that I suspect may be a factor is the people commenting on your work. If a lot of them have only joined in the previous two or three years these posters might feel more comfortable offering feedback than those before may have done.[/quote:2tr791k7]\nThis makes sense, too. Thanks for pointing that out. \":)\"\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":2tr791k7]Also, I was looking at the SFMB site the other day, and I think a lot of the dariaotica crowd have now drifted off and those that are left are more open to critiquing other works and not looking for fap materal and that a \'fuller\' picture wouldn\'t attract the attention now that it might have done a few years back. To be honest lots of them had a \'I don\'t like drawings done in canon style\' stuff and that baffled me somewhat, because the reason I like your work and Bloody William\'s is that it is done in canon style, as opposed to anime style or whatever because to me it isn\'t canon, if that makes sense. That is not to say that anime artists are wrong or not proper fans, more than for Daria art I like stuff as near to canon as it can be.[/quote:2tr791k7]\nAw, thanks \":glomp:\" For me it was just always easier to draw them in canon style, so I stuck with it; the same for Disney stuff. I learned (somewhat) how to draw manga style in high school, but I haven\'t drawn that way in a long time. And I know what you mean about anime style Daria stuff not feeling canon; I don\'t picture the characters doing those things in Wouter\'s comic mostly for that reason (also, he\'s done a lot of Dariarotica that features Daria, and I personally just can\'t see her being a sexual person... which is why I never drew her in my erotica stuff \":lol:\" ). I find it funny that Wouter\'s never once asked for constructive criticism for his works, and he\'s improved very little (meaning his style and the outcome looks relatively the same in his current stuff as it does in his early stuff). He constantly complains that he doesn\'t get enough feedback, which I can only guess equates to he wants smoke blown up his ass. I told a friend on Facebook that I absolutely can\'t stand the ass-kissing comments (someone I don\'t talk to anymore on here used to comment on every little thing I posted, and since I stopped talking to him, he hasn\'t posted once about my art, so I figure he was never sincere to begin with).\n\nSo in a nutshell, I MUCH prefer the feedback I get nowadays because it\'s honest and helpful, I just kinda wish I was getting that same feedback a few years ago. \":lol:\" \n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":2tr791k7]Don\'t worry about not sending the picture through, it was a lovely surprise to see the finished product and no worries on the T/J thing, and I haven\'t forgot your flufflet too \":hug:\" I hope my ramble made sense.[/quote:2tr791k7]\nYou made perfect sense, thanks again. \":hug:\" I was asked recently to do a title card for Erin M.\'s upcoming Into the Idiot Box episode, so I\'m gonna work on that now and then I\'ll try to get around to doing T/J, since I adore the concept. \":D\" My next Disney art is gonna be a crossover of Little Mermaid and the movie Splash - it\'s drawn and needs to be colored, but hopefully it\'ll be a cakewalk compared to this last thing I did (that background nearly killed me \":shock:\" ).','',0,0,'gA==','2tr791k7',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90180,0,2552,0,'94.197.119.157',1395884713,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','[quote="PrecambrianStudios":zyrvpj3d]Are you a Fielding student? That was never quite clear to me at least.[/quote:zyrvpj3d]\n\nDid you not know Cassidy is a Fielding student? The first time she appears in TGATG is talking to Tom in the Fielding lunch room. \":-?\"','',0,0,'gA==','zyrvpj3d',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(90181,90180,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1395886330,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','Hey, I haven\'t read chapter one in a while! \n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'','29ibr82p',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90182,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1395888303,1,1,1,1,'Karis details. Technically not a request. Technically.','Please bear in mind: this is technically not a request. Technically. It\'s more like for when in case you have nothing to do. Now granted, I would LOVE if you drew Ms. Chapman (hence the message, of course), but I\'d feel a lot better if you drew her once you had basically cleaned up everything on your plate. And I think she might be a bit tougher to draw, too.\n\nWell, anyways, here da details:\n\nKaris, as you know, is a special albino. Her skin is normal, but her eyes are white. You pick: white or red eyes. I\'d like there to be reflective sunglassees resting on top of her head. Optional details: she\'s wearing headphones, and the wires lead into the inside of her jacket. Other optional detail: a beret. She is a francophile, after all!\n\nIn terms of hair, I\'d like it to at least reach past her shoulders. Whether it is curly or straight will be up to you.\n\nFor body language, I\'d like her to like shy and unsure. She\'d be thinking, "What have I gotten myself into, socializing with these weird snake people?" Hands hidden in jacket pockets. She\'d be a wee bit shorter than Gage.\n\nI do want to say, though, whenever Karis is unveiled to the world, I think that will be the end of requests from me. I don\'t plan on adding any more characters to ASPS, and I\'ll bet more people will be sending you requests. So I think this is gonna cap it off. But it\'s been awesome, truly!\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'','20ompqob',0,0,'u_1712','',0),(90183,90182,1712,0,'70.105.234.158',1395892067,1,1,1,1,'Re: Karis details. Technically not a request. Technically.','waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait do the Fielding blazers have pockets on the outside? i suppose they very well could have. i never drew them, so i took for granted that they would not be there. but that could simply mean that they are unobtrusive by design. yeah, that\'s the ticket.\n\nwell, it IS part of my grand master plan to eventually draw her anyway. and those brain cells we share seem to still be online because i was indeed picturing her with sunglasses on top of her head. \nthe head phones seem like a good idea. whether or not i actually draw them i think depends on my drawing mojo that day. something like that could either look good or really out of place and clunky once i actually go to do it. :-/\n\nand yeeeah... not sure when i\'ll actually get to it, though. can\'t exactly like present a time table, but it IS something i WANT to do. i DO plan on popping her into the ASPS comic down the road a spell ^__^ you know, for funsies. \n\ncheers,\nBW','',0,0,'','b7qul1dg',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(90185,90176,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1395918293,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','[quote="ognawk":1qjn4jzz][quote="SacredDust":1qjn4jzz]What do you like to do in your spare time? \":)\"[/quote:1qjn4jzz]\n\nThat question gave me an idea for Hemming\'s Way. Thanks. \";)\"[/quote:1qjn4jzz]\nYou\'re welcome. \'Reclamation\' (my Cassidy story) is coming along as well. \":D\" \n\n\n[i:1qjn4jzz]"Save any for me?" he sighed and dropped into the chair next to her.\n"Always." Elsie filled a second glass and handed it over.\nThey sat and talked about their bad day at school. Tom left out the parts about Cassidy, not wanting to risk an argument. \nAfter a while he began to feel dizzy and decided they\'d had enough. Elsie agreed and they went upstairs to bed. \nIf the day had ended there, he could have slept much better than the night before. He was sitting on the edge of the bed fumbling with his shoes, mind in a daze, when he happened to glance out his bedroom window. The curtains were almost always drawn; the maid must have left them open when she cleaned up today. And through the window, parked on the edge of the Sloanes\' land in the growing dusk, was a yellow Vexxer.\nTom rubbed his eyes and took a closer look. It was just sitting there in the dark. He was too far away to see the driver, especially through the tinted windows. But there was only one person he knew--besides Lovell, his obnoxious second cousin from Massachusetts--who drove a car like that.\n"Cassidy, what the hell are you doing?" he muttered to himself. But the answer was all too obvious, and too scary. \nChills ran up and down his back. Did she follow him home, too? Had she been sitting there ever since?[/i:1qjn4jzz]','',0,0,'oA==','1qjn4jzz',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90186,90176,2552,0,'94.196.255.228',1395918498,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','Sounds like Cassidy is crossing the line into being an actual stalker. \":shock:\"','',0,0,'','29whpoaf',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90187,90176,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1395923455,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','[quote="ognawk":1jo7quhz]Sounds like Cassidy is crossing the line into being an actual stalker. \":shock:\"[/quote:1jo7quhz]\nThat\'s a fair statement, at least in this scene. But the question, as always, will be if this relationship is as one-sided as it appears.\n\n\n[i:1jo7quhz]She needed to be near him.\nIt was supposed to be for only a few minutes. Half an hour had passed when she looked at the clock.\n[/i:1jo7quhz]What am I doing?[i:1jo7quhz]\nShe wasn\'t one of those mouth-breathing predators on television; she knew it wasn\'t right. But just the thought that he was in the house, reading, washing up, getting ready for bed...\n[/i:1jo7quhz]Oh, Tom. I wish I could see you.[i:1jo7quhz] She wiped a drop of sweat from her forehead. It was too hot in here since she turned the engine off. [/i:1jo7quhz]I wish I were inside with you.[i:1jo7quhz]\nHer heartbeat quickened as she thought of creeping across the lawn, taking a ladder from the garden shed, climbing into his room...oh, God. How quickly she would make him forget all about Jane. That girl had probably thrown herself at him from the start; Cassidy knew how artistic types were. But whatever Jane might have done with him, she could do better.\nNow wasn\'t the right time, of course. She always went too far, too fast, and it would take a while for him to catch up with her. But eventually he would.\nA shape appeared in front of his bedroom window.\nCassidy gasped and ducked down in the seat. It was him, it must be. He would recognize her car! She reached out to turn the ignition, then thought better of it. No. She wouldn\'t compound her guilt by running away. If he hated her for this, if he really wanted her gone, she would know soon enough when the police rolled up or her mother called. And that would be the end of it. If not...\nShe could hear her own heart pounding as she waited.[/i:1jo7quhz]\n\n\nOkay, that\'s all the previewing you get for now. \":mrgreen:\"','',0,0,'oA==','1jo7quhz',1395924208,4,'u_2552','',0),(90188,90176,2552,0,'213.205.227.168',1395937553,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','Hmm. Of course, I [i:41yw6lym]could[/i:41yw6lym] change my mind about letting you do this. \";)\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI kid, I kid.\n\nIs this going to be a multi part story? I thought it was going to be a one shot, but I sense it will be longer than that.','',0,0,'IA==','41yw6lym',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90189,90176,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1395940989,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','[quote="ognawk":3n7e68pq]Hmm. Of course, I [i:3n7e68pq]could[/i:3n7e68pq] change my mind about letting you do this. \";)\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI kid, I kid.\n\nIs this going to be a multi part story? I thought it was going to be a one shot, but I sense it will be longer than that.[/quote:3n7e68pq]\nIt might be split into 2 or 3 parts, but not too long. \":mrgreen:\"','',0,0,'oA==','3n7e68pq',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90190,0,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1395944352,1,1,1,1,'Here\'s an idea.','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=661327#p661327:1s39mnr1]Subject: Wheel of Misfortune Game 15: One More Contestant Wanted![/url:1s39mnr1]\n\n[quote="ognawk":1s39mnr1]Can you pick letters and guess word puzzles? Then maybe you could play Wheel of Misfortune!\n\nGame 15 will be a regular game. No themes. Come and have a go. It won\'t hurt. Much. \";)\"[/quote:1s39mnr1]\nGreetings, Mr. Lobinske. \":mrgreen:\" Ognawk and I are looking for one more contestant to play with DIsaac and Jeremy in Wheel of Misfortune. Would you like to jump in? It\'s just like Wheel of Fortune, but with a Daria theme. \";)\"','',0,0,'kA==','1s39mnr1',0,0,'u_276','',0),(90191,85689,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1395949899,1,1,1,1,'Did I Say Something Wrong?','Napalm Kracken\n\nDid I say something wrong? I\'m curious because suddenly you stopped responding to anything I said...','',0,0,'','5ykis521',0,0,'u_450','',0),(90192,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395954178,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','On the phone at the mo, so I can\'t reply very much in detail, though I hope to eventually. I agree with what you say about Wouter, his style has remained pretty static and the storylines are beyond belief sometimes (yes, Jane would totally tell Bobby Bighead where to go about taking her virginity but nonchalantly telling him that he is okay to anally have sex with her (an even more intimate act) is a-ok.) God in heaven, it was dreadful. And the whole Daria as a sexual being is something I agree with, I imagine she would be happy to have a relationship but would not be too fussed about the sexual aspect. That\'s why I like her with Earl, he doesn\'t seem like a sexual person, unlike Todd, who it is explicitly stated follows his dick and his fists. Either way his stuff lacks both warmth and emotion, so I\'ll pass. \n\nI know what you mean about not wanting people to kiss your arse. I desperately wanted people to give me feedback for OATP but nobody would. I really needed to be reined in at some points too. I just think \'surely someone somewhere hated it.\' \":lol:\"\n\nAnd I look forward to whatever you do, I always like your stuff, especially your Disney stuff. Thank you for letting me having a sneak peak at them before everyone else.','',0,0,'','37oqk43y',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90193,90176,2552,0,'188.31.12.28',1395956414,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','Can\'t wait to see it. I\'m intrigued by the idea of someone taking something I\'ve written in a different direction. \";)\"','',0,0,'','1pvy3hmr',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90194,88785,2552,0,'188.31.12.28',1395956564,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Going back to Jake offering himself up to the Ianuzzis, I actually believe that canon Jake would sacrifice himself for his family. For all his seeming failures at being a parent, he does genuinely love his family and would do anything to protect them, I feel.\n\nMy first completed fic of 2014 is in the can. It\'s a good feeling.','',0,0,'','3n1mb9kn',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90195,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395957644,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Ooops, I thought that I had replied to your previous post but I must have cocked up there. Many apologies. \n\nSometimes inspiration strikes in the weirdest place and I do like the touch of Cassidy playing the flute. I may just ask her a question myself. And it does feel good to finish a fic, have you any further fic plans? \n\nAnd yeah, Jake is a good guy under all his neuroses and shortcomings. When push comes to shove there\'s a core of steel.','',0,0,'','2diwstdp',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90196,88785,2552,0,'188.31.12.28',1395959357,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Well, there\'s the six fics I still have in progress. Hemming\'s Way seems most likely to be the next one I finish. I really want to finish that one so I can focus on my non-TGATG related fics. People who didn\'t care for TGATG won\'t care for its prequels either. I do have futher plans for that AU, though, as I\'ve stated before, but I want to take a break from it for a while, especially seeing as SD has a TGATG based fic in the works that appears to be taking Cassidy in a direction I considered taking her, but decided against. Well, that\'s what it seems like according to what he\'s shown me. I am actually genuinely looking forward to seeing the finished story.\n\nIn other fics, I have two possible endings for the first story in the \'Northbank Diaries\' series, but I haven\'t decided which one to go with. One will form the ending of that and one will form the beginning of the second story in the series. I have vague ideas for \'Out of Style\', \'Different Tracks\' and \'Doctor Ewwww\' as well, but it\'s a case of working on them. ITPS is on indefinite hiatus. Something about it isn\'t clicking for me right now.\n\nAnd I will likely do something with Woolen Boy at some stage. No idea when.\n\nAnd thus ends the spewing of all my current creative thoughts. Thank you for your time and sorry for wasting it.','',0,0,'','3m299a7y',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90197,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1395959866,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Well, I\'m excited about whatever you\'ve got, especially for Out of Style and Different Tracks. Sometimes with series you need to take a break from them to give yourself breathing space. Also you don\'t want to overwhelm yourself, sometimes with a series it feels like the walls are closing in. \n\nI will read whatever your put out next, your fics are interesting, well written and unique.','',0,0,'','1eui4eca',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90198,88785,2552,0,'188.31.12.28',1395961515,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','That\'s awfully nice of you to say.\n\nWhen I first joined this forum, I never intended to do any writing, I just wanted to read. I was looking for the ending of John Lane, because the version I read on Outpost Daria seemed unfinished, and I found it here.\n\nWhen I decided to try my hand at fanfic writing, I was a little nervous about actually posting anything. I was worried that everyone would think my stuff was shit. But it\'s nice that there are people who enjoy the piles of words I spit out on here from time to time.\n\nI still haven\'t finished reading AB. I keep meaning to and then forget. I\'m up to part 8. With any luck, I\'ll finish it this weekend. But it\'s more likely I won\'t.','',0,0,'','1g7s2qfh',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90199,90184,251,0,'75.111.55.200',1395962871,1,1,1,1,'Re: The Hunger Games Thread','So noted. I\'m now wondering why "white Jesus" isn\'t shown as being blond now. \":P\" (Though there ARE people who think [url=http://carm.org/questions/about-jesus/did-jesus-have-blonde-hair-what-did-jesus-look:12s0uir1]Jesus is blond[/url:12s0uir1], but I think they\'re a minority, and the one person I asked why a blue-eyed blond would need to be identified among the Romans and Israelites by a kiss of a disciple when he\'d stand out like a ferret at a cat show just got upset with me without even attempting to think about it). \n\n\n\nAs for the PM I sent...first, on the runaways, there was actually a lot I left out. Unless I specifically said not to ask me about it then feel free to ask questions (I\'ll throw one thing out there, though--the bookcase that had braces was because it was in an earthquake prone zone and anyone with heavy bookcases like that had them, sometimes at the demands of insurance companies). And when I said the stoner lifestyle, house hopping, and the like wasn\'t unusual in Humboldt (and that it was a beautiful area), I wasn\'t kidding:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_C ... griculture\n\nThere\'s so much more I could add on the other stuff, too...like the burglary I was taken on happened in the day. Most people think they happen at night but most actually happen in the morning while people are away at work, and our case was no exception (maybe it was early afternoon, I can\'t recall now). And as for the punks vs. skinheads thing there\'s some real history on that, on how the movement spread from London into the US in the late 80s to explode in numbers in the 90s to spread through the punk subculture (and drew in new recruits), and I think there are obvious reasons why both subcultures would appeal to kids without families to become something of the "Republicans/skinheads and Democrats/punks of (white) runaways" (especially in the 90s, and it could add to the ranks of runaways by inspiring kids to join who then became alienated from family while seeing kids "living free"), though plenty of runaways (especially those not white) avoided (even hated) both. \n\nFrom a psychological point of view I\'ve also wondered about the Krew recruiting me and my friend...I don\'t think they intentionally deceived us, but they themselves may have easily been deceived by older criminals due to negative experiences with the system and adult world which in turn sucked us in and made us expendable assets for various criminals. Not to say there aren\'t real problems and legite reasons for alienation from the system by many kids, but that it would\'ve been all too easy to manipulate us to keep us from getting help and thus making us orbit adult criminals (without realizing how we were being played, and barely even getting scraps back), especially as we were kids who thought we were a lot smarter than we were. \n\nAnd something harder to explain is a lot of what I said about how we felt about the world was more FELT than understood, that is had you asked me those questions when I was 15 I strongly doubt I\'d have made any sense to you (I can only hope I made sense to you NOW \":P\" ) in part because I didn\'t have the vocabulary and maturity to express myself as I did, and also because I lacked context to hopefully explain it in a way you could understand. \n\n\n\n\n[b:12s0uir1]And that aside, on RWBY[/b:12s0uir1] (and weapons cooler than a lightsaber?), here\'s a complete summary of the weapons (name character and then weapon, save the last two which they only give the names of the characters where the names of their weapons were never given on the show as they showed up in the last ep):\n\n[youtube:12s0uir1]gkyqiV_3aI8[/youtube:12s0uir1]\n\nJuane Arc would be "Ron Stoppable" (and he had an actual sword because when he forged documents to get into the school he never "activated his aura" or whatever that makes the others like Jedi so he couldn\'t handle the type of weapons the others did). And much in the style of Ron in KP he was also crushing on the "Bonnie" like character who in return found him beneath contempt (though that character shows A LOT of growth and to me she went from being the most annoying to one of the most intriguing, and looks like she\'s becoming very close friend with someone else who is of an oppressed group that would make her an outcast among her wealthy & powerful family). "Kim Possible" would be Pyrrha Nykos (the redhead in gold with a shield). \n\nThere\'s a lot more about the show that I don\'t understand yet (and haven\'t yet looked up). I think it has 2 moons (one of them looks as if it\'s been shattered). "Dust" is very important and what I think powers their weapons as well as enable certain people to do Jedi-like tricks. There are the faunas which are humans with animal like characteristics who once stood with humans against the forces of darkness, but after peace came then humans began oppressing them as minorities so the White Fang arose which at first was run by someone like Xavier in X-Men who tried to remind humanity that they were partners with shared enemies but eventually a Magneto-like character took over and it became a terrorist organization that want to wipe humanity off the face of the planet, a very effective one at that, and of course many humans think all the fauna are part of the White Fang when many fauna actually hate them. \n\nThe "Bonnie" character is from the Schnee family (one of the biggest producers of Dust) that has been at war with the White Fang since "Magneto" took over, though they\'ve oppressed the fauna for as long as anybody can remember. When the "Bonnie" character realizes one of their team mates is a fauna (who somehow hid her cat ears in her bow) AND a former member of the White Fang (raised in it, though she left after "Magneto" took over, the last point being when she was ordered to help bomb a cargo that would kill several innocent passengers), and they built up to the fight really slow that made me suddenly see things that happen before in a different light...and then (after "Bonnie" was kept from turning in the fauna to the police) they become very close, something that will definitely put her at odds with her powerful family later (as would the fauna character, though she\'s already on the outs with her family for leaving the White Fang and is currently in hiding from them as she is from the police). Here, the fauna character and the "Bonnie" character who showed a lot of growth through the first season:\n\n[youtube:12s0uir1]b3QZ3QYDveY[/youtube:12s0uir1]\n\n[youtube:12s0uir1]6ds2qM7MHBo[/youtube:12s0uir1]\n\nGods, I swear I only meant to throw some brief comments here! I\'ll stop now...','',0,0,'UAE=','12s0uir1',1395963136,1,'u_59','',0),(90200,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1395964561,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I saw a comment on Rule 34 to one of his newer things (by now it\'s probably a year or two old) where someone snided about how he hasn\'t improved much over the last decade. I think because of the way he constantly whines about lack of feedback, people just throw up a simple "that\'s good" or jokes about the content because they know that if anyone\'s critical, he\'s gonna bitch and whine some more that it\'s not the "right" feedback. Yet it\'s a-okay for him to be critical to me about erotica art, telling me that people would prefer my art to be more graphic. Well, my job isn\'t to teach sex ed and remind men where their dicks go, so frankly if I just wanted to show waist-up what\'s going on, it should still be easy to tell what they\'re doing based on their faces and everything else. I don\'t draw penetration because to be honest, that\'s the most boring part to me in erotic art. I draw the stuff I enjoy seeing, which is the facial expressions, where their hands are touching/holding each other, that kind of stuff. I\'m cool with people drawing what they personally like to see, so if others enjoy seeing the penetration, then by all means they ought to draw what they enjoy looking at. It\'s just not my thing, so I found it rude for Wouter to tell me I should draw penetration.\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":3m6piocl]I know what you mean about not wanting people to kiss your arse. I desperately wanted people to give me feedback for OATP but nobody would. I really needed to be reined in at some points too. I just think \'surely someone somewhere hated it.\' \":lol:\" [/quote:3m6piocl]\nI apologize if I didn\'t elaborate enough in my feedback to it. \":hug:\" I guess I\'m pretty bad at giving feedback on fanfics the way some here are bad at giving feedback about art, in that I often don\'t know how to word out what I wanna say about it, so I usually keep it simple. Plus I\'m by no means an author, so aside from any grammatical errors I should come across in someone\'s story, I have no idea what to be critical about. \":?\"\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":3m6piocl]And I look forward to whatever you do, I always like your stuff, especially your Disney stuff. Thank you for letting me having a sneak peak at them before everyone else.[/quote:3m6piocl]\nAww, thanks. \":glomp:\" And no problem, I love showing you the stuff early since you\'re such a big fan. VIP privilages! \":D\"','',0,0,'gA==','3m6piocl',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90201,90190,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1395965930,1,1,1,1,'Re: Here\'s an idea.','I am a day away from vacation and will have intermittent internet for the next week.','',0,0,'','17bvnd7w',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90202,0,2552,0,'188.31.12.28',1395968929,1,1,1,1,'Avatar','Hello there. \":)\"\n\nI was just wondering, what is your avatar from? It makes me chuckle, for some reason. \":lol:\"\n\nThanks.','',0,0,'','32xlwupt',0,0,'u_2866','',0),(90203,90202,2866,0,'69.248.147.21',1395980180,1,1,1,1,'Re: Avatar','Thanks! It\'s actually from the Scott Pilgrim series by Bryan Lee O\'Malley. The graphic novels are very entertaining if you\'ve never read them.','',0,0,'','5j7ge09r',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90204,90190,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1395980664,1,1,1,1,'Re: Here\'s an idea.','[quote="RLobinske":6rt8tj3v]I am a day away from vacation and will have intermittent internet for the next week.[/quote:6rt8tj3v]\nAll right then. Thanks for the quick reply. Would you be open to playing in the future? \":)\"','',0,0,'gA==','6rt8tj3v',0,0,'u_276','',0),(90205,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1395981136,1,1,1,1,'Let\'s play a game!','Good evening DK! You may be familiar with the [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=41221&start=25#p661327:1r3a914p]\'Wheel of Misfortune\' game[/url:1r3a914p] we play in the Daria section. Well, we need one more opening for the next game and I was wondering if you\'d be our next victim. I mean, contestant. \":)\" It\'s not too complicated; if you can guess letters in Daria-themed word puzzles, you\'re in.\n\nYour opponents, if you accept, will be DIsaac as well as Jeremy Garrett, who has never lost a game. But \'tis a game of luck as well as skill, and if you were the one to knock him off his perch, it would be well remembered in these parts. What do you say?\n\n_SD','',0,0,'EA==','1r3a914p',0,0,'u_933','',0),(90206,85689,450,0,'185.25.232.1',1395982103,1,1,1,1,'Re: Did I Say Something Wrong?','Not at all, I\'ve just been away from the forums for a few days. I\'ve been working on the museum article and trying to bang out a comic strip, well I\'ve been doing that and feeling lethargic, the weather is utter crap at the moment here. I\'ve begun to wonder if Italy even has a summer or if it\'s just overcast and cold year round because that sums up the weather most of the time I\'ve been here. Sorry, if I gave the impression I was ignoring you. \n\nBy the way, you reminded me of a funny Brit story. For room clearing practice the Brits threw in scenarios with bystanders involved, which means they could enter a room and find someone in it who\'s not a bad guy, just there. They came in to clear a bathroom and this Commando steps out of a stall with his pants down around his ankles and wearing bright lime green underwear with a pink design on it. He asks, "What\'s up?" to the guys holding rubber guns. We stopped and laughed pretty hard before resuming.','',0,0,'','9ae5qdw5',0,0,'u_2555','',0),(90207,88716,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1396001433,1,1,1,1,'Re: A quick few things...','[quote="Roentgen":3ahad4in][quote="Brother Grimace":3ahad4in][quote="Roentgen":3ahad4in]Hitting a bunch of things as I think about them....\n\n1. In terms of their access to money, DJandQ get about $20K/year. That doesn\'t sound like a lot, but you have to weight that against other factors:\n\na) occasionally, they\'ll be give a luxury benny (like nice cars)\nb) their room, board and medical expenses are taken care of.\n\nSome of the Legionnaires, like Daria, spend virtually none of it. Others, like the fashion-conscious Sandi, can burn through $20K/year pretty easily.[/quote:3ahad4in]\n\nThis answers my questions nicely. As you said, all (normal and reasonable) expenses are taken care of; I\'ll assume that also includes the equivalent of a \'full ride-plus\' scholarship (for those who are taking any sort of online courses, or some sort of training/education courses outside the Legion). \n\nI\'d like to bump that up slightly, to either $25k/$530 a week (as opposed to their current $20k/$384 a week) or $30k/$577 a week. I\'m tilting to the lesser amount, though; the reason for the boost in the stipend? [i:3ahad4in]Hazard pay[/i:3ahad4in]. \":)\" As always, you\'re the boss. \":)\" \n[/quote:3ahad4in]\n\nKeep it on the $25K side. Don\'t want to tempt anyone with a perceived windfall. \":D\"\n\n--JB[/quote:3ahad4in]\n\n\nA bit of PM necromancy, here. Got a \'Mini\' on St. Patrick\'s Day, and a couple of things came up...\n\n\nI\'m thinking that the Legionnaires also get ‘holiday bonuses’ in the form of gift cash cards. (Example: they receive a 5%-10% Christmas/Hanukah/winter holiday bonus.) The Legion also covers all vehicle-related issues, like insurance, maintenance and fuel (they all receive gas cards covered by the Legion). \n\nTo that end (and remembering what you said about absolutely no gifts being accepted by Legionnaires; any sent by well-wishers are either returned or disposed off (as with the case of food-related items), would someone offering to give Trent\'s beater the \'Pimp My Ride\' treatment be considered a gift - and if so, would Trent be obligated to sell the car, put it up for auction for charity, be allowed to keep the car (but pay for the renovations himself) or would it become the property of the Legion (that he\'s allowed to use until he pays it off)?\n\nAlso - would the Legion also offer insurance benefits for selected family members of Legionnaires? I can see Daria and Quinn wanting to make sure Jake gets a really good doctor to look him over, but Jane & Trent wouldn\'t exactly care for their leech-like relations to run up all sorts of bills & then try to mooch even more... I guess a case-by-case basic, upon the Legionnaire\'s request, would be the way to go.\n\n-BG','',0,0,'oA==','3ahad4in',0,0,'u_213','',0),(90208,88716,213,0,'71.56.34.166',1396006155,1,1,1,1,'Re: A quick few things...','Some quick replies:\n\n1) As for Trent\'s ride, most likely he\'d have to sell the pimped-out ride. In normal cases, he\'d be required to sell the car, and then use the money to buy a replacement car "of equal value" to his pre-pimped vehicle. However, since Trent\'s beater is essentially worthless, he\'d be allowed a one-time upgrade to purchase a vehicle like those that the other Legionnaires own. This would turn out to be a good deal for Trent and the charity in the end.\n\n2) It probably works like most insurance policies - you can put people on your insurance usually if they\'re one or two degrees of consanguinity (parents, grandparents, wife, siblings, children, grandchildren). Jane could probably put her brothers/sisters/parents on her insurance, but she\'s under no legal obligation to do so. As someone once said, "Once you have money, people you once knew are going to hate and despise you because you don\'t see their relationship with you as the key to the doors of your bank account."\n\n--JB','',0,0,'','3mr36jsr',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90209,90190,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1396020068,1,1,1,1,'Re: Here\'s an idea.','[quote="SacredDust":3ej9v1vl][quote="RLobinske":3ej9v1vl]I am a day away from vacation and will have intermittent internet for the next week.[/quote:3ej9v1vl]\nAll right then. Thanks for the quick reply. Would you be open to playing in the future? \":)\"[/quote:3ej9v1vl]\n\nSure, I\'ll give it a try.','',0,0,'gA==','3ej9v1vl',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90210,0,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1396025167,1,1,1,1,'Re: Don\'t you forget about me','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=663474#p663474:1ysrlu9y]Subject: Don\'t you forget about me[/url:1ysrlu9y]\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":1ysrlu9y]Hmmmn... and I now have - [i:1ysrlu9y]the [u:1ysrlu9y]Tank[/u:1ysrlu9y][/i:1ysrlu9y]. From the way it\'s acting, it\'s an old [i:1ysrlu9y]Russian[/i:1ysrlu9y] tank. \":mrgreen:\" Still, to watch the leader of [i:1ysrlu9y]Science Section[/i:1ysrlu9y] cringe through his first watching of [i:1ysrlu9y]The Breakfast Club[/i:1ysrlu9y]... \":twisted:\"[/quote:1ysrlu9y]\n\nNow that you have wheels...\n\nhttp://wonderfest.com/\n\nI\'ll check with TAG and LadyTAG to see if they will be able to attend this year.','',0,0,'sQ==','1ysrlu9y',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90211,82403,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1396025263,1,1,1,1,'Wonderfest?','Curious if you two were going to be able to make it this year.\n\nI\'m trying to talk BG into showing up since he now has transportation.','',0,0,'','2qufrdrq',0,0,'u_323','',0),(90212,90202,2552,0,'188.28.151.102',1396035036,1,1,1,1,'Re: Avatar','The art style did look like Scott Pilgrim. I wasn\'t sure. Thanks. \":)\"','',0,0,'','3cgtfu77',0,0,'u_2866','',0),(90213,85689,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1396046345,1,1,1,1,'Re: Did I Say Something Wrong?','[b:1f93rehx]NapalmKracken[/b:1f93rehx]\n\n[quote:1f93rehx]Not at all, I\'ve just been away from the forums for a few days.[/quote:1f93rehx]Oh, okay. It\'s just the comment I said about a couple of things which can sound a bit antisocial (the thing about clearing a room -- which seems to be a bit common sense, some stuff my dad mentioned, and a bit Criminal Minds, and maybe a few other TV-shows I watched; and the parkour thing which didn\'t really become famous until a long time after I did it, but using a city as an obstacle course is really fun so long as you\'re in good shape and you judge your heights and distances well)\n\n[quote:1f93rehx]I\'ve been working on the museum article and trying to bang out a comic strip[/quote:1f93rehx]That\'s cool... what\'s it about?\n\n[quote:1f93rehx]I\'ve been doing that and feeling lethargic the weather is utter crap at the moment here.[/quote:1f93rehx]Weird, you\'d think Italy\'d be nice and hot all the time... admittedly the mountains are probably always going to be cold as they\'re high up and the air is thin..\n\n[quote:1f93rehx]Sorry, if I gave the impression I was ignoring you.[/quote:1f93rehx]Apology accepted. \n\n[quote:1f93rehx]By the way, you reminded me of a funny Brit story. For room clearing practice the Brits threw in scenarios with bystanders involved, which means they could enter a room and find someone in it who\'s not a bad guy, just there.[/quote:1f93rehx]That\'s gotta be the hardest because if you\'re incorrectly assume the person to be a threat and shoot you killed somebody by accident, and if you falsely assume them to be harmless, you\'re dead. This is why some people get a bit trigger happy in these situations (which of course isn\'t cool).\n\n[quote:1f93rehx]They came in to clear a bathroom and this Commando steps out of a stall with his pants down around his ankles and wearing bright lime green underwear with a pink design on it. He asks, "What\'s up?" to the guys holding rubber guns. We stopped and laughed pretty hard before resuming.[/quote:1f93rehx]Hahahahahah...','',0,0,'wA==','1f93rehx',0,0,'u_450','',0),(90214,88785,1798,0,'149.254.224.251',1396047201,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','You\'re a good writer, better than most I daresay, certainly better than I am. You shouldn\'t be surprised, you have skills and good ideas, always a nice combination.','',0,0,'','1ydozpuv',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90215,85127,1798,0,'149.254.224.251',1396047598,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I totally agree with you, overly graphic stuff doesn\'t appeal to me because it just seems pointless sometimes. A few artists I\'ve seen really need to learn the ins and outs of a woman\'s anatomy and also to show something beyond mere fucking, show actual emotion between a couple. I think in a bit of the fanart I\'ve seen the female character is always passive, never equal or dominant, bizarre. And if you don\'t want to focus on the graphic stuff that is your choice, criticising you for it is a shitty thing to do.\n\nAnd your feedback for OATP was good stuff, I meant the people who clearly had issues with it but wouldn\'t come out and say what they found wrong with it. I value an honest opinion.','',0,0,'','22ji8tg9',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90216,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396054873,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Yeah, when I did erotica stuff, I tried putting emotion into their faces along with into how they\'re touching each other and all that (maybe I\'m weird but I always concentrated a lot on expressions and hand-placement, I thought those were the key things in erotic art). All the girls are passive in what you\'ve seen? BOOOOOOO. More dominant/equal women, please. I\'ll be sure to show you the pic of Rosalie taking Jules once it\'s drawn.\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":38hqxjip]And your feedback for OATP was good stuff, I meant the people who clearly had issues with it but wouldn\'t come out and say what they found wrong with it. [b:38hqxjip]I value an honest opinion.[/b:38hqxjip][/quote:38hqxjip]\nThanks, I\'m glad my feedback came across well. And the bolded part a million times over.\n\nUgh. If I could absolutely get away with it, I\'d\'ve poisoned my dad by now. I just hope none of my friends ever cuss me out and blame me for their so-called problems (he took his shitty job out on me earlier, screamed at me out of the blue, saying that we "wait until after dark on purpose" to feed the outdoor pets, when it wasn\'t even fucking twilight yet, we could see everything, and I literally hadn\'t said a fucking word to him when he started yelling at me). I\'m cool with venting about work, I\'ve got nothing against that. But there\'s a difference between that and taking those frustrations out on me as if I\'m the cause of some fucked up shitty life. I\'m not gonna tolerate anyone treating me like that. If I\'m not living with them and being forced to deal with it, I\'ll just cuss those people out in return and tell them where to shove their attitudes.\n\nThat said, I hope I didn\'t come across as if I\'m screaming at you through the computer screen. Sometimes I worry I\'m gonna end up just like one (or both) of my parents and do all the things I hate them doing. So if I ever do start talking to you like shit and treating you like something\'s your fault when it\'s not, please call me out the nanosecond it happens. Thanks in advance for letting me bitch about this. \":hug:\" I\'ll shush now and get back to drawing (working on a title card for Erin M.\'s next Into the Idiot Box \":D\" ).','',0,0,'wA==','38hqxjip',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90217,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396120604,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','[quote:32dde327]Yeah, when I did erotica stuff, I tried putting emotion into their faces along with into how they\'re touching each other and all that (maybe I\'m weird but I always concentrated a lot on expressions and hand-placement, I thought those were the key things in erotic art). All the girls are passive in what you\'ve seen? BOOOOOOO. More dominant/equal women, please. I\'ll be sure to show you the pic of Rosalie taking Jules once it\'s drawn.[/quote:32dde327]\n\nGood stuff, that\'s why I can\'t be doing with much of erotic art in this fandom, with notable exceptions, females are so passive and lifeless, the usual hetero porn bullshit. Big side eyes from me.\n\n[quote:32dde327]Ugh. If I could absolutely get away with it, I\'d\'ve poisoned my dad by now. I just hope none of my friends ever cuss me out and blame me for their so-called problems (he took his shitty job out on me earlier, screamed at me out of the blue, saying that we "wait until after dark on purpose" to feed the outdoor pets, when it wasn\'t even fucking twilight yet, we could see everything, and I literally hadn\'t said a fucking word to him when he started yelling at me). I\'m cool with venting about work, I\'ve got nothing against that. But there\'s a difference between that and taking those frustrations out on me as if I\'m the cause of some fucked up shitty life. I\'m not gonna tolerate anyone treating me like that. If I\'m not living with them and being forced to deal with it, I\'ll just cuss those people out in return and tell them where to shove their attitudes.[/quote:32dde327] \n\nWhat a bloody fool your Dad is sometimes, he should no way be taking his frustrations out on you (everybody does it occasionally, but when it becomes a regular occurrence that is high level bullshit). I can\'t really offer much concrete advice other than perhaps getting your Dad on a good day and telling him that you get he might be stressed but there\'s no need to take it out on you and it\'s really getting you down. Tell everyone else where to go as well. bastards. And you won\'t end up like them, you are entirely more aware than your parents and that\'s half the battle. You are a cool person and have helped me out loads. \":hug:\" You are a star.','',0,0,'gA==','32dde327',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90218,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396122058,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I can\'t remember if I\'d shown you all my old stuff, if not then I can send a PM on SFMB of anything I hadn\'t shown you yet if you\'re interested. I like to think there was some variety in my erotic works, but I dunno. \":lol:\" What always gets me (in this fandom and others) is when they take a female character who\'s smaller-breasted and make her huge - wtf? It\'s been done loads on the Princesses, and it looks ridiculous, to be honest. If the girl\'s already ample, then of course it works, but Belle (for example) looks dumb with huge breasts, I have to say. Plus it feeds more into the "big boobs are more attractive" bullshit, I think.\n\nThe thing with my dad is that there\'s really no "good day" to talk to him about that; he\'s ALWAYS defensive if you ever bring something up, so I usually try to just let it go because it\'s not worth more drama to bring it up again. \":?\" \n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":38yv5sps]Tell everyone else where to go as well. bastards. And you won\'t end up like them, you are entirely more aware than your parents and that\'s half the battle. You are a cool person and have helped me out loads. \":hug:\" You are a star.[/quote:38yv5sps]\nAww, thanks. \":hug:\" I\'d made a post last night on Facebook after that whole bullshit, saying that if any of my friends ever talk to me that way and take shit out on me for no reason, then I\'m gonna hit back where it hurts most. And I\'m not kidding, I\'ve seriously had enough of being treated like shit from people. I\'d rather lose "friends" than to have to deal with assholes who aren\'t even necessary. Snow-Kitty\'s thread in Deep Thoughts last night also had me thinking (too much, admittedly) about people I used to be friends with, and unfortunately one or two I still talk to on occasion, who think it\'s fun to put me down for any ideas I have or, when I have a bad day, they think it\'s appropriate to start a pissing contest, going on about how their day is much worse. I don\'t have time for that shit, and one girl in particular is gonna get a mouthful the next time she tries to start that fuckery with me. I\'m done walking on eggshells when talking to her.\n\nI seem to attract batshit insane fucked up psychopaths most of the time, it seems. I\'m glad you and I are friends, though, because you\'re a good dose of awesome, and talking to you always makes me feel better. \":hug:\" I hope I do the same for you on your bad days (and please tell me if I ever cross the line).','',0,0,'gA==','38yv5sps',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90219,88785,2552,0,'188.31.13.199',1396123700,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','My main problem is following up initial ideas. There are a couple of things in the Shorts thread I want to develop into something more, but I don\'t know how.\n\nI don\'t think I\'m a better writer than you at all. I think you have a talent for writing things that bring out feelings and emotions. The fluff thread never fails to bring a big smile to my face. It is my go to when I\'m feeling a bit down or shitty. \'It Felt Like a Kiss\' always makes me sad and wish Jane would just get away from the bastard. The premise of DeMartino as a hitman intrigues me. And I\'ve talked about OATP so much that I\'m surprised you haven\'t told me to shut up about it yet.\n\nI aim to write something this weekend. Just as soon as the inspiration hits.','',0,0,'','1b5ocn82',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90220,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396126036,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Oh tell me about it. It really bugs me when they always give Jane or Sandi \'growth spurts\' to take them to ridiculous gag boobs, as if they cannot be attractive without having large breasts. In fact Jane would [i:13gdsvi8]hate[/i:13gdsvi8] to have large breasts because it would cause her immense pain when she runs. I read a description of one thing and it said Jane had a \'growth spurt\' and developed a \'woman\'s body.\' What, are small breasted women failures and not real women? Fuck off. That\'s why in my head Jane is always small breasted and her figure drives Todd insane with lust because he loves the way she looks, in my head canon he is an arse and leg man. Why do I think these things? \":lol:\" It\'s the same when people try and make Daria \'gorgeous\', and always cite Quinn the Brain, Through A Lens Darkly and Tom as proof. The three Js never saw Daria in dressed up mode and characters always said Daria looked nicer, so it proves that she could be relatively attractive, like the vast majority of women. It does not make her Venus incarnate. Tom\'s attraction to Jane was almost entirely physical, hence the epic breakdown of it at the end, for me personally there was nothing backing it up. His attraction to Daria was built on complimenting personalities and that she isn\'t a troll in looks, but the emotional pull was the big one. Whereas it is stated that Quinn is meant to be extraordinarily pretty, Jane has something striking that attracts attention from a model agency and Brittany is also stated to be very pretty too. Daria scrubs up well, that\'s it. She is the average woman in that respect. Anything else is dudes who cannot accept the cartoon they have a fucking crush on is anything less than perfect. Get a grip, gentlemen.\n\nSorry that\'s the case with your Dad. I think the only thing you can do with it is walk away when he becomes idiotic. A good friend will always back you up and while I wouldn\'t cut everyone who says something off out your life (because people have bad days and say things they end up regretting later on), if there are persistent offenders that constantly bring shit to your door and never offer the same support you give them in return than get rid of them. Anyone who mocks your ideas and is dismissive of you are just arseholes of the highest and order. I really don\'t know how some people get off on being such fucking pricks. And rest assured to have helped me through some crap I\'ve had so thank you for being there too \":hug:\"','',0,0,'IA==','13gdsvi8',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90222,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396133036,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Everything you have just said. The whole point of Daria is that you don\'t have to be pretty and popular to be worth something, that being beautiful is not the only thing that is important in the world, take that away and the message is lost. Daria becomes just another vapid, teen character. \n\nWith friends I think you just have to recognise when enough is enough. If people have stressful jobs that explains some of the anger, and of it is just a once in a while thing its understandable. But if people are just arseholes then they need to jog on. Especially unsupportive people like QW, how dare she say that to you? I don\'t know the full context of what led up to that and the like, however it sounds to me there is an element of jealousy there. She comes across to me as being rather spoilt, at least she has taken an entitled attitude when talking to me. If you want to be creative and that is your dream then keep working towards it and fuck negative people like her. My God, I remember she told me once she wanted to live in Britain. Can you imagine the reaction if I\'d have told her to get real? Are she and wench back on?','',0,0,'','2uuaacsz',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90223,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396135357,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":3fraqgoj]Everything you have just said. The whole point of Daria is that you don\'t have to be pretty and popular to be worth something, that being beautiful is not the only thing that is important in the world, take that away and the message is lost. Daria becomes just another vapid, teen character.[/quote:3fraqgoj]\nExactly.\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":3fraqgoj]With friends I think you just have to recognise when enough is enough. If people have stressful jobs that explains some of the anger, and of it is just a once in a while thing its understandable. But if people are just arseholes then they need to jog on. Especially unsupportive people like QW, how dare she say that to you? I don\'t know the full context of what led up to that and the like, however it sounds to me there is an element of jealousy there. She comes across to me as being rather spoilt, at least she has taken an entitled attitude when talking to me. If you want to be creative and that is your dream then keep working towards it and fuck negative people like her. My God, I remember she told me once she wanted to live in Britain. Can you imagine the reaction if I\'d have told her to get real? Are she and wench back on?[/quote:3fraqgoj]\nYeah, I accept my friends for how and who they are because I don\'t want them to compromise who they are to talk to me. But at the same time, there\'s only so much I can handle, that\'s why I had to cut ties with that girl a few months ago who called me up threatening to kill herself. I\'m sorry, but I just can\'t take that. I know that sounds selfish, but she lived on the other end of the country, how could I have done anything for her? And the whole thing turned out to be a farce on top of it. Seriously, get the fuck out, drama llamas.\n\nAs for QW, she was indeed spoiled, at least when I spoke with her. She constantly put me down when she was struggling to get a job, as if it were my fault she couldn\'t get hired anywhere. I\'m not gonna be someone\'s punching bag. As for her and Wench, I don\'t think they\'re back together or anything, at least not from what I\'ve been able to notice. According to his Facebook and pics on there, he\'s with another girl right now (and she sounds like a fellow nerd which is 100% awesomesauce). And thanks, I just wanna be able to enjoy whatever it is I end up doing for a living. But hey, if I later on get a part-time or full-time job somewhere boring, then that\'s what hobbies are for - to make us happy when we\'re home from work. Right? \":)\"','',0,0,'gA==','3fraqgoj',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90227,90190,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1396170984,1,1,1,1,'Re: Here\'s an idea.','[quote="RLobinske":1s14soxu][quote="SacredDust":1s14soxu][quote="RLobinske":1s14soxu]I am a day away from vacation and will have intermittent internet for the next week.[/quote:1s14soxu]\nAll right then. Thanks for the quick reply. Would you be open to playing in the future? \":)\"[/quote:1s14soxu]\n\nSure, I\'ll give it a try.[/quote:1s14soxu]\nIn that case, how about we wait until you come back? There\'s no big rush.','',0,0,'gA==','1s14soxu',0,0,'u_276','',0),(90228,90176,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1396171075,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','[quote="ognawk":hc1f3fwe]Can\'t wait to see it. I\'m intrigued by the idea of someone taking something I\'ve written in a different direction. \";)\"[/quote:hc1f3fwe]\nI\'m quite enjoying it myself. Just have to figure out how we get to the ending.\n\nBTW, I\'ve been chatting with RLobinske and he says he may be interested in playing WOM if we can wait until next week, when he\'s back from his vacation. \":mrgreen:\"','',0,0,'gA==','hc1f3fwe',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90229,85689,450,0,'185.25.232.1',1396172356,1,1,1,1,'Re: Did I Say Something Wrong?','If you ever find yourself visiting the island of Capri- don\'t spring for the Blue Grotto tour. It cost 13.50 Euro for the boat from Marina Grande to the Grotto, then after waiting in boat line for an hour on the water you\'re transferred to a row boat where for an additional 13 Euro they will take you into the magical grotto... for a five minute look around and then back to Marina Grande with you.\n\nSince Capri is a day trip from Naples I went there yesterday with a friend of mine, unfortunately its the off season for tourists so a lot of the sights were closed, but the island was pretty and the people where friendly.','',0,0,'','37toxwwe',0,0,'u_2555','',0),(90230,90176,2552,0,'92.40.118.72',1396173686,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','Eh, I doubt that third spot is going to fill up. I think interest in the game has gone down now. Actually, I think the board as a whole has gotten quieter in recent months.','',0,0,'','yfb6v061',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90231,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396175786,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I\'m surprised anyone wants to talk about my fics at all, people seem to ask me questions I never thought of before, I have to make shit up. I dunno. And don\'t put yourself down, you have such a wide range of ideas that work and connect with readers, I wonder how you do it.','',0,0,'','nly34wvb',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90232,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396176047,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','You told me about that friend and I\'m glad you\'ve managed to get her out of your life, she sounded like she was really getting you down and nobody needs that kind of person in their life. \n\nI saw that Wench had a gf and I thought \'Oh, I hope it is with someone nice who won\'t being him stress\', so that\'s good times if she is a star. From what you\'ve said the breakdown with him and QW was not good. And indeed, as long as you can be creative somewhere then that\'s all good.','',0,0,'','1wm664b0',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90233,90176,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1396177197,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','[quote="ognawk":1axfc8fc]Eh, I doubt that third spot is going to fill up. I think interest in the game has gone down now. Actually, I think the board as a whole has gotten quieter in recent months.[/quote:1axfc8fc]\nYou have a point about the board. There seem to be less interesting things to talk about now. I guess it ebbs and flows.\n\nSay, have you ever seen the reality show Hell\'s Kitchen? \";)\"','',0,0,'gA==','1axfc8fc',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90234,90176,2552,0,'92.40.118.72',1396180427,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','I watched a series of the UK version, yes. It was interesting.','',0,0,'','23ij6v8d',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90235,90226,30,0,'199.102.213.101',1396182605,1,1,1,1,'Re: Permission (are you okay with this?) Not a beta-reading req','Totally fine with it. \":)\" Also, eager to see what happens next!\n\nKristen','',0,0,'','khdu733z',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(90236,0,1779,0,'109.255.133.84',1396203408,1,1,1,1,'Out of Place','HI PCS,\nI\'m keeping a low profile until I can get my head back in the game and rejoin the board properly but I just wanted to say that last update was AWESOME! You made my Sunday. Keep up the good work.\nTalk soon,\nPete','',0,0,'','3eqhqzzv',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(90237,89727,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1396213461,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','Are you still wanting one of your characters featured? (And if so, which one was it again?)','',0,0,'','190prxxu',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(90238,88785,2552,0,'188.29.113.125',1396213783,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','People asking questions you\'ve never thought of? Having to make stuff up? Sounds like Cassidy\'s character of the week thread. \":lol:\"\n\nIt\'s a fact of life that there\'s always going to be someone who is better at things than you are. But, if people enjoy reading my things, I\'m going to write them. As long as I have ideas, obviously.\n\nI aimed to finish reading AB and write something for one of my fics today. I have failed on both counts. Oh well.','',0,0,'','11d3y7vg',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90239,90224,981,0,'58.179.172.222',1396213840,1,1,1,1,'Re: It happened AGAIN!','I\'m sorry I cant help out more, but I\'m happy to clean out my account if it means I can help out a friend.\n\nAt the very least, go have a good coffee on me. \":)\"','',0,0,'','2dh6bfhk',0,0,'u_94','',0),(90240,0,981,0,'58.179.172.222',1396214056,1,1,1,1,'Re: It happened AGAIN!','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=663818#p663818:2psv9o6x]Subject: It happened AGAIN![/url:2psv9o6x]\n\n[quote="DocForbin":2psv9o6x]Given my own recent dilemma when my Hewett-Packard laptop crashed, if there is going to be a Kickstarter for getting Erin a new computer or two, I\'d be willing to donate a few dollars myself because I know what a pain in the ass it is not to have a computer these days.\n\nAs for me, luckily I saved my files on a 32 GB flash drive so when I got the Acer laptop I have now, I just transferred the files over. I\'m just kind of leery about this cloud stuff. I\'d rather have it in my possession (or even hard copy). Just call me old fashioned. \":P\"[/quote:2psv9o6x]\n\n\nHi sweetie, if you have paypal, he\'s happy to accept our help even if it\'s small amounts (I cleaned out the entire $7 in my paypal for him!) So pm him for his paypal account and shout him a coffee. \":)\"','',0,0,'kA==','2psv9o6x',0,0,'u_26','',0),(90241,0,981,0,'58.179.172.222',1396214761,1,1,1,1,'God Save the Esteem','Hi Sweetie,\n\nI have to tell you a little story. It begins with a husband. A wholly remarkable husband who had grown bored with the trite offerings of Daria fandom who had decided to not bother reading fanfic anymore.\n\nOn day said husband heard his wife cackling like mad. All day. Silence... silence... silence... CACKLE! And so he came to investigate. He discovered she was reading a fanfic. A fanfic that made her laugh like he hadn\'t heard in months. And he had to know... "what are you reading?"\n\n"Oh, it\'s God Save the Esteem. It\'s like what if the Morgendorffers were punks, and Daria was still Daria."\n\nHe left, mulling it over. Several hours of mad cackling ensued. \n\n"So are you going to send me the link or what?"\n\n\n\n\nCongratulations sweetie, you made Lew (yes, "Heroes" Lew) want to read fanfiction again. If only to find out what was making me laugh.\n\nI know it\'s an old fic, but I figured that if Lew still likes getting feedback about his old fics, then you might too. \":)\"','',0,0,'','1s011k8r',0,0,'u_1108','',0),(90242,88785,1798,0,'94.118.67.113',1396215615,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Oh, there\'s a trillion people on here better than me, I told Jeremy that when he had doubts a while back, accept your limitations. I write for me and me alone, when I stopped enjoying it I stopped writing. I know people liked the fluff thread but I wasn\'t happy with the way it was going anymore so I ended it. Also I like to destroy my creations. \n\nI fail every target I set myself so believe me you\'ll have hit more than me.','',0,0,'','1u2zolnn',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90243,89727,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1396216029,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','That would be our dear Mr. Dressler.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'','12sqs9no',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(90244,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1396216326,1,1,1,1,'Re: Out of Place (chap 5)','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=663832#p663832:17vev6ys]Subject: Out of Place (chap 5)[/url:17vev6ys]\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":17vev6ys]I have just read the latest chapter (good stuff it was too) and a little idea popped into my head. I had an idea of what was happening in Highland as Lawndale went to ****. With your permission, if I ever can get my head in order to write the bloody thing, would I be able to do something for the Scenes that should not be....... thread? I should say it involves French new wave too and it also may or may not happen as I don\'t write as a rule now. \n\nThank you for letting ramble on.[/quote:17vev6ys]\n\nKnock yourself out!\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'kA==','17vev6ys',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90245,89727,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1396216478,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','Well, if you\'re wanting dear Ethan to be featured next then I can whip up a thread for him as soon as possible. That is, if it\'s alright with you.','',0,0,'','2n68z6dm',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(90246,85689,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1396216493,1,1,1,1,'Re: Did I Say Something Wrong?','[b:107b4nqk]NapalmKracken[/b:107b4nqk]\n\n[quote:107b4nqk]If you ever find yourself visiting the island of Capri- don\'t spring for the Blue Grotto tour.[/quote:107b4nqk]Understood...','',0,0,'wA==','107b4nqk',0,0,'u_450','',0),(90250,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396228024,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Yeah, that girl was nice to talk to early on, I\'ll admit (we had a lot of fun conversations, and up until she started showing her crazy side, she actually would make me feel better when we\'d chat, but those last months were pure drama), but she also started wanting me to do SEVERAL free requests. Not several as in two or three little one-off sketches or doodles, but she once tried to get me to collaborate (aka me draw all the stuff) for a webcomic FOR FREE. A WEBCOMIC. I do not have TIME to do something so consistent on top of everything else I do for absolutely no pay. And I had to tell her that. Sigh. So at a point I felt she was just trying to take full advantage of me. And the best part? One day she posted this thing on Facebook (when we were still talking) about how musicians ought to be paid for every single gig, and how because of their expenses, it\'s bullshit to ask them to play for free with the only perk of getting their name out there. While I DO agree with that, I found it hypocritical that she\'d be on her high-horse about how musicians deserve pay for their work while expecting me, an artist, to do a shit-ton of work for nothing in return. What the fuck? IT WORKS THE SAME WAY. Just swap out the instruments, gas, lodging etc. for pencils/pens, paints, electronic equipment needed to do digital work such as scanning in the drawings and the software to color \'em with, and you\'ve got the same common sense rules to go by. Plus regardless of whether it\'s music or artwork, it\'s still time-consuming.\n\nI\'m all for doing the odd free requests for those who are close friends and they can\'t afford a paid commission - and if those peeps still wanna give something in return but aren\'t able to pay, that\'s why I threw the suggestion out there of us doing fic/art swaps or something of the sort, even though that itself isn\'t required, either - that\'s up to the requester. \":D\" But if someone wants consistent work from me, then I honestly don\'t think it\'s too much to ask for SOMETHING in return so that I\'m not being taken advantage of nonstop. Am I wrong on that? \":?\"\n\nAlso, after what happened to Erin M. recently, I told him that either way, the title card art I\'m doing for his next Into The Idiot Box would be free of charge (even though it probably would\'ve been anyway) since I know he needs to hang on to his money right now.\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":1d6e1oke]I saw that Wench had a gf and I thought \'Oh, I hope it is with someone nice who won\'t being him stress\', so that\'s good times if she is a star. From what you\'ve said the breakdown with him and QW was not good. And indeed, as long as you can be creative somewhere then that\'s all good.[/quote:1d6e1oke]\nFor some reason I think his new gf is American, but I could be wrong - their trip to a museum in the South might\'ve just been because he was already in the Georgia area for Dragon-con, if I remember correctly. Anywho, she sounds really nice and from what I\'ve read on his Facebook, she\'s into nerdy stuff which is awesome. Plus they look really happy together in his photo on there, so good times. \":drink:\"\n\nAnd the world could always use more creativity in all areas, for sure. \":D\"','',0,0,'gA==','1d6e1oke',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90251,0,1125,0,'70.124.13.158',1396232242,1,1,1,1,'Re: It happened AGAIN!','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=663749#p663749:3gvz85vd]Subject: It happened AGAIN![/url:3gvz85vd]\n\n[quote="Erin M.":3gvz85vd]Thanks for all the support guys. I\'m probably not going to be the best conversationalist for a while. My moods are all over the place. I\'m also not entirely comfortable with people donating money, but if you really want to and ONLY if you can spare it, PAM me and I\'ll give you my PayPal address.\n\nThanks again \n\n--Erin M.[/quote:3gvz85vd]\n\nI can spare a twenty if that\'ll help.','',0,0,'kA==','3gvz85vd',0,0,'u_94','',0),(90252,90176,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1396234583,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','[quote="ognawk":22hxkuro]I watched a series of the UK version, yes. It was interesting.[/quote:22hxkuro]\nWell, the UK version was a better show overall, as can be said of \'Kitchen Nightmares\'. The American version is just another reality show where Ramsay yells at a brigade of amateur chefs until the one who made the least mistakes is left. Nobody really takes it seriously, but it\'s been around since 2005 and is currently in its 12th season (having done two per year at the height of the American writers\' strike). Some of the craziest moments from Season 3 are here (language is NSFW):\n\n[youtube:22hxkuro]-j1E8e7zDWk[/youtube:22hxkuro]\n\nSo, why is this important? Because I\'m thinking about writing Hell\'s Kitchen: Daria Style. Ramsay\'s still the boss, but all the contestants are Daria characters. I think it would be a real gas seeing Kevin, Brittany, Trent, and Upchuck trying to cook--as well as Daria and Jane, whose culinary expertise is pretty much limited to microwave settings.\n\nWhat do you think? \":mrgreen:\"','',0,0,'gAE=','22hxkuro',1396234693,2,'u_2552','',0),(90253,0,1097,0,'129.94.82.206',1396248125,1,0,1,1,'Dylan 34: The Rhode House','Here\'s me trying to wrap it up.','',0,1,'','jx3nimzr',0,0,'u_1891','',0),(90254,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1396248372,1,1,1,1,'A breakthrough in music','Jeremy, just in case you and the other bloodlvstful goat-riding denizens ov the one troo kvlt ov satanas missed it, someone out there accomplished the impossible and deciphered the lyrics to one of Impaled Northern Moonforest\'s songs.\n\n[youtube:3mv498bx]JKr8oHXb1N4[/youtube:3mv498bx]\n\nSick, man. Not to mention, I found the grimmest-ever music video by a few of their fans. \":mrgreen:\"\n\n[youtube:3mv498bx]nMJxGhIh8SE[/youtube:3mv498bx]','',0,0,'AAE=','3mv498bx',1396252996,1,'u_2213','',0),(90255,90176,2552,0,'188.29.119.134',1396253155,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Cassidy Hemming','And Trent would probably sleep right through Ramsay\'s ranting. \":lol:\"\n\nI\'d read it. \":mrgreen:\"','',0,0,'','1wy6reyw',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90256,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1396265183,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=663901#p663901:237uuqav]Subject: Reclamation (3/31/14)[/url:237uuqav]\n\nThe first part is up! \":)\" I hope you like it.','',0,0,'EA==','237uuqav',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90257,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1396265236,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=663901#p663901:10sum1o4]Subject: Reclamation (3/31/14)[/url:10sum1o4]\n\nOkay, the first part of the story is up! I hope you like it. \";)\"','',0,0,'EA==','10sum1o4',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90258,90251,94,0,'23.30.51.129',1396273283,1,1,1,1,'Re: It happened AGAIN!','shalow15@hotmail.com\n\nThanks, Dan, and sorry to hear about your dog.\n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'','3hl2h1p7',0,0,'u_1125','',0),(90259,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396274777,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I think you\'ve told me about that girl and all I can say is that you are well out of it. I think that some people are just mercenary people and pick on people who they think can offer them what they want, while simultaneously decrying the same behaviour in other people. She sounds like one of those people and you just want those people out of your life for good. \n\n[quote:i8t2t1s3]I\'m all for doing the odd free requests for those who are close friends and they can\'t afford a paid commission - and if those peeps still wanna give something in return but aren\'t able to pay, that\'s why I threw the suggestion out there of us doing fic/art swaps or something of the sort, even though that itself isn\'t required, either - that\'s up to the requester. \":D\" But if someone wants consistent work from me, then I honestly don\'t think it\'s too much to ask for SOMETHING in return so that I\'m not being taken advantage of nonstop. Am I wrong on that? \":?\"\n[/quote:i8t2t1s3]\n\nThat\'s why I said there\'s no rush for the Todd/Jane piece and I can spare some money for materials I will (I\'m now unemployed so money is going to be accounted for), however I will eventually re-do what I have for your fic request, I haven\'t forgot about that at all. However I totally agree with you about large scale, consistent commissions. If people want a number of pieces from you, or perhaps a large intricate one, then they should be expected to chip in for the sheer number of materials. Working on fan art requires a lot of expense, so people should contribute if they can afford it. And what you are doing for Erin is a very kind thing, especially as it is thoughtful things like that which can lift someone\'s spirits after a bad time. \n\nAnd good times for Wench too. I really should start adding people on Facebook. I never get round it.','',0,0,'gA==','i8t2t1s3',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90260,90251,1125,0,'70.124.13.158',1396287476,1,1,1,1,'Re: It happened AGAIN!','Hey Erin:\n\nJust sent you a twenty via PayPal. Hope you can put it to good use.\n\nThanks for the condolences regarding my dog. My family is going to need a long time to get over him. The news about Arena del Sur on top of that doesn\'t help, either. \":(\" It\'s been a bad few days for everyone, I guess.\n\nHope you\'re doing well, otherwise.\n\nDanny','',0,0,'','1fm8bi59',0,0,'u_94','',0),(90261,88785,2552,0,'188.31.13.222',1396299287,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Sooo SD\'s TGATG based fic happens after the events of that story and is not, as I assumed from the previews he sent me, an alternate version of some of the events of the story. I\'ve been quite torn about this today. On the one hand, the last time he was working on a TGATG based fic that he was writing to take place after the story, I asked him not to because I had plans for my own follow up and didn\'t want to cause confusion with my own \'canon\'. On the other hand, the idea he\'s come up with intrigues me and I want to see where he takes it.\n\nHe has stated in the fic that it\'s an AU of TGATG. I think I\'m going to give him the go ahead to continue, but I think I\'m going to have to lay down ground rules for the use of my characters and universe. This is not long after someone else who used Cassidy and Ashley for a short posted said short on FF.net without any mention of the characters being mine, or the story they came from. The same person also used Cassidy in another fic of theirs without permission.\n\nI swear I missed the post I made that said people could use Cassidy as they see fit. \":?\"','',0,0,'','194kngyz',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90262,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396300336,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','That\'s just fucking rude either which way. If you are going to use someone else\'s universe and characters then you ask them first and you always, always, fucking credit. Jesus Christ, how hard is that to get?\n\nIn regards to SDs fic then if you don\'t like where he is going with it, you are well within your rights to ask him to stop, and don\'t make the mistake I did and let other people think they can dictate your fic. You created the characters and you, and only you, have the final say on what goes down.','',0,0,'','zd625kxt',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90263,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396301619,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Today\'s been depressing as fuck since I read that Ariel passed away. \":(\"\n\nAs for the art stuff, I\'m totally cool with the fic/art swap we talked about doing, you don\'t have to pay anything for the Todd/Jane thing. \":hug:\" I know for some of my friends right now, money\'s tight. So no worries on that. I think my project line-up as of right now is to complete Erin\'s title card art (which now there\'s no real deadline, but I\'m gonna try to finish it soon regardless so that he\'s got it when he needs it), then finish the Little Mermaid/Splash crossover, then Todd/Jane, and then some LFC works again after all those are complete.\n\nAnd thanks for having my back on this whole commission thing. For me the expense is mostly time if I were to do something so consistent (since I digitally color the stuff with software that I don\'t have to renew/update often), so if someone asks for a TON of work, it\'s more the principle of the matter for me that they give something back. But like I said, the free stuff for good friends and/or those who can\'t afford to pay money is no big deal to me, I\'m happy to do art for those I know will appreciate it. \":)\"','',0,0,'','3o78lle6',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90264,88785,2552,0,'188.31.13.222',1396301621,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','As I think I said when this issue came up before, it\'s just common decency, really. I\'m not a monster over this. I\'m perfectly reasonable, I feel. If someone wants to use my characters in their universe for something, that\'s fine with me. If someone wants to use the TGATG universe itself, well that depends on what you\'re doing with it. But all I want is to be asked and credited. I don\'t ask a lot.\n\nI really like SDs fic and want to see where he\'s going with it. My problem is that it\'s a post-TGATG fic when I\'ve refused him permission to write one in the past because I didn\'t want it to clash with what I\'m ultimately planning for the future of that universe. It was too similar to what I had in mind already. This one is different, though. It appears to be going in a very different direction to where I plan to go.\n\nI\'m going to allow it to continue. I do think it\'s an interesting take on the characters.','',0,0,'','233cz5wk',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90265,90257,2552,0,'188.31.13.222',1396301892,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','OK, I\'ve read it a couple of times and had a think about it.\n\nThe first thing that struck me when I read it was, from reading the previews you\'d sent me, I figured (incorrectly as it happens) that this was going to be a different take on TGATG, where the whole business with Cassidy\'s diary never happened, and not a post-TGATG thing. I remember refusing you permission to write a post-TGATG fic in the past because it was dealing with a situation that I intended to deal with myself.\n\nHowever, having said all that, I really like the story and am interested to see where it\'s headed. This is quite different to what I have in mind for TGATG going forward. Cassidy seemed to catch herself getting angry and calmed herself, which I assume might be a product of her therapy or could be just her not wanting to lose it in front of Tom. The idea of her overhearing Tom say his locker combination is an interesting one, too, and totally sounds like something she would do. I imagine him talking to Ashley, and perhaps his locker wasn\'t opening and Tom getting frustrated about it. "12 left, 7 right, 10 left! Come on, I\'ve had this damn locker for years!" \":lol:\"\n\nSo, in conclusion, I say this story is interesting and I want to see where it goes from here. Do continue. \":)\"','',0,0,'','mr540o5y',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90266,90257,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1396302440,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','You\'re right, I was planning on an AU where Tom never did anything about Cassidy--didn\'t publish her diary and all the rest. I never did like that ending. Ultimately I came to peace with it because it lends so much emotional weight to the story.\n\nIn the CotW thread, Cassidy says: "In spite of everything, I do still have feelings for him. [i:3nltx2i2]I shouldn\'t after all the humiliation, but I can\'t help how I feel."[/i:3nltx2i2] That was a stunner, and as I continued the story, the change just seemed to come about naturally.','',0,0,'IA==','3nltx2i2',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90267,90253,1891,0,'69.35.195.241',1396303829,1,1,1,1,'Re: Dylan 34: The Rhode House','[quote="J-D":3bxlpoba]Here\'s me trying to wrap it up.[/quote:3bxlpoba]\n\nYou wrapped it up very well, I wonder if the butterflies will help you fly away. j/k \":D\"','',0,0,'gA==','3bxlpoba',0,0,'u_1097','',0),(90268,90257,2552,0,'188.31.13.222',1396303935,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','The reaction to the ending of TGATG was mixed. People either loved it or hated it. There wasn\'t anyone in the middle ground, I don\'t think. The ending ruined the story for a couple of people. Someone on FF.net actually messaged me demanding I change the ending because it was overkill. Looking back, I think I could have done much better. Just getting the diary to her parents would have been enough without all the humilation. But what\'s done is done.\n\nIt\'s funny you mention the "I can\'t help how I feel" line. That was actually inspired by something you sent me a while back which was a letter that Cassidy wrote to Tom. I can\'t find it at the moment to remember the exact line, but she wrote something about the whole diary thing and said something along the lines of "We have a problem, because in spite of everything, I won. I still love you."','',0,0,'','phrpwreq',1396303978,1,'u_2511','',0),(90269,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396303959,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','It is terrible news about Ariel. I thought that he really would beat it and that eventually he would make a full recovery. It is a terrible shame, he was so strong and deserved to make it through. \":(\"','',0,0,'','2ef13vqb',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90272,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1396304300,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','At least you made a contribution other than being the guy people go to when BloodyWilliam is too busy to do a request for them. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','30imbpd5',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90273,89961,2552,0,'188.31.13.222',1396304684,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','I seem to remember that the reason you drew Cassidy in the first place was because I put a post in The Easel asking if anyone would do it and you volunteered. And did an awesome job. I then asked BW to do a slightly different version of Cassidy, mainly because I was a fan of his style and wanted to see what she\'d look like if he drew her.\n\nI\'m considering reworking that Chibi version of Cassidy I\'m working on into her \'In These Plagued Streets\' version with a gun or a knife. Or course, this requires me drawing a gun or a knife.','',0,0,'','159j935b',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90274,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396304839,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','\":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \n\nI have no idea why anyone would do that either. If they are doing it because they feel it is bad then that may be an artistic temperament, or something else. If they are doing it because they don\'t think their stuff is getting enough views, then give it bloody time, not everyone will see it immediately. Very strange.','',0,0,'','jgkc0rtn',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90276,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396305117,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Lotsa hugs \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\"\n\nHe mentioned something about lack of feedback before, if I remember correctly, and that he thinks his stuff is no good. I get if someone has low self-esteem, takes down their stuff and leaves it at that. But to do all that, complain that your stuff is no good/you\'re not getting enough comments only to post more, then take IT down, why do that? I was tempted to post right there in the Daria in 2014 thread asking why he keeps doing that, but I don\'t feel like starting shit today. It\'s not worth the drama, really.','',0,0,'','31j17tw1',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90277,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1396305124,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','I wasn\'t necessarily talking about that, but never mind. It was probably a slightly prickish comment on my part. Still, I\'ve always operated on the belief that, whatever fandom I get involved in, I had something to contribute, but with this one ... my art is considered second-rate because it doesn\'t ape the existing style, no one gives a fig about my stories in any meaningful sense (for whatever reason), and there\'s precious little you can discuss in a show that\'s been off-air for twelve years. \":lol:\" \n\nYou know what? I baulked the first time I had to draw a gun, but I just Googled up an image and was able to copy it more or less exactly the first time. It\'s actually not that difficult. Just get a picture for reference, rough out the shape (long rectangle for the barrel, long rectangle for the grip, oval for the trigger guard), then fill in the shapes. It\'s easier than you might think. \":)\" Note: I said [i:1cn02exz]easier[/i:1cn02exz], not easy. The first time you do anything is a bitch.','',0,0,'IA==','1cn02exz',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90278,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396305246,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I get it, I reckon you could find a gentle way to ask him at some point, because the behaviour is quite strange and maybe if he just speaks to someone he could boost his confidence. But you are right, today is not that day.','',0,0,'','11qm2a3a',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90279,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396305308,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Oh wait, the original post was in January, so he must\'ve taken it down when the others were taken down. My bad. (Was gonna add this to the PM but it\'s no longer in my outbox - we really grab each other\'s messages quickly, don\'t we? \":D\" )','',0,0,'','15cbtedq',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90280,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396305894,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Yeah, plus I looked in his other art thread (the one where he was posting most of his stuff), and people acknowledged then that his stuff was being taken down and that he disappeared for a while. He never explained (other than saying he\'s oversensitive) exactly WHY he kept taking everything down, though. \":?\" \n\nIn other news, I think I\'m about to watch Frozen now that I\'ve got the DVD. I got it a few days ago but haven\'t had time to sit and watch it yet.\n\nI hope everything is going well on your end, by the way. \":hug:\"','',0,0,'','vqfujba8',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90281,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396306829,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Hmmmmm, it sounds like he\'s had a bad experience before and doesn\'t want to repeat it again. Who knows, when he wants to say I guess he will. \n\nI\'ve never seen Frozen, I\'m rubbish with films really, I\'m more of a big epic series person. GoT starts next week and Mad Men the week after. Very excited. And this was my first day of unemployment. It was quite nice.','',0,0,'','3p60b5gi',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90282,89961,2552,0,'188.31.13.222',1396307666,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','Still don\'t know if I\'ll actually do it. I\'ve made a second WIP version of that Chibi Cassidy. I\'ve put in her fringe, which was missing in the previous one, I\'ve made her glasses more evenly sized, although they\'re still not quite right, and I\'ve redone her eyes and am much happier with the results.\n\n[url:1wzug6jm]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a216/kwangoski/cassitchibcopy.png[/url:1wzug6jm]','',0,0,'EA==','1wzug6jm',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90283,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396309196,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Yeah, I won\'t stress the issue since I\'m sure he\'s got his reasons. Maybe later on if I find the right way to ask, I\'ll PM him and see what\'s up, but not right now.\n\nShit, I\'m only minutes into the movie and already I\'m rethinking SOOOOOO MANY things for revising chapter two of my fic to make it more Disney-like. I know that sounds ridiculous since my fic is nothing to do with Frozen, but goddamn I feel like the story is just all over the place right now, so in my chapter two revision I\'m gonna try to make it more organized and improve the flow of the plot. Plus I wanna go back to an older idea I had, where instead of them running into the villain so damn early in the fic, Rosalie and Jules come back home to the castle late to find her parents awake and worried where they\'d been. When Rosalie tells them, Belle\'s relieved but Adam\'s irate, so he banishes Jules from the castle. THEN in chapter three, I\'ll advance a few years to show what they\'re doing, which means I\'ll make them younger (like in their teens or so) in the second chapter. I\'ll leave chapter one alone, though. What do you think? \":)\"\n\nAnd yay for a nice, relaxing first day of unemployment. \":drink:\" I seriously have some catching up to do with Game of Thrones, I\'m a whole season behind. \":shock:\"','',0,0,'','w0g70fr9',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90284,0,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1396310389,1,1,1,1,'In re: I will send money to you soon','Dear Erin,\n\nTaking from tafka\'s PM to me I will send you some money (figure about $10-20) to you as soon as I\'m done setting up a PayPal account. I had to do it the old-fashioned way by having them send those small amounts to my checking account (I tried to do that by my smartphone but somehow it didn\'t recognize it). So figure about 2-3 days for it to arrive.\n\nHang in there, man. \":mrgreen:\"','',0,0,'','16gmy52z',0,0,'u_94','',0),(90285,90275,305,0,'190.115.59.155',1396311807,1,1,1,1,'Re: Regarding Ariel','Tafka,\n\nIt seems that a lot of people were in contact with Ariel by PM. He must have felt very lonely.\n\nI remember the exchange you two had in public not so long ago. Your words conveyed a powerful message. It was very meaningful not just for him but for everyone else who read it. Although I\'m not sure if he ever internalised the true meaning of your words. \n\nI told his brother when he called that people here were very fond of him, and that we\'ll miss him. His number might still be on my mobile phone memory. \n\n-QW','',0,0,'','1x2rp0fx',0,0,'u_981','',0),(90286,90257,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1396319737,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','Wow, I had forgotten all about that letter. I guess we inspired each other! That\'s a great feeling. \":D\"','',0,0,'','7dqz34h5',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90287,90284,94,0,'50.160.101.95',1396320271,1,1,1,1,'Re: In re: I will send money to you soon','Thanks, Peter.\n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'','3qy13lsq',0,0,'u_26','',0),(90288,90257,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1396325966,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','[quote="ognawk":3eau122f]The reaction to the ending of TGATG was mixed. People either loved it or hated it. There wasn\'t anyone in the middle ground, I don\'t think. The ending ruined the story for a couple of people. Someone on FF.net actually messaged me demanding I change the ending because it was overkill. Looking back, I think I could have done much better. Just getting the diary to her parents would have been enough without all the humilation. But what\'s done is done.\n\nIt\'s funny you mention the "I can\'t help how I feel" line. That was actually inspired by something you sent me a while back which was a letter that Cassidy wrote to Tom. I can\'t find it at the moment to remember the exact line, but she wrote something about the whole diary thing and said something along the lines of "We have a problem, because in spite of everything, I won. I still love you."[/quote:3eau122f]\nWow, I had forgotten all about that letter. I guess we inspired each other! That\'s a great feeling.','',0,0,'gA==','3eau122f',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90289,0,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1396353273,1,1,1,1,'Can I ask you for some advice?','[b:rasbnwqd]Feel free to entirely ignore this post as it is going to contain some whingeing about a member of this forum[/b:rasbnwqd].\n\n[i:rasbnwqd](If you\'re wondering why I\'m asking you, well, you gave me some good suggestions last time, and you seem to be relatively level-headed and sane, which is kinda what I need right now.)[/i:rasbnwqd]\n\nRight, so. I know I should probably be tactful and not mention names, but I\'ll just come straight out with it. I\'m ... I think "baffled" is the right word by Ognawk. Maybe I\'m overreacting slightly, but for a few months before I left, and again last night, he would PM me out of the blue about [i:rasbnwqd]The Great and the Good[/i:rasbnwqd].\n\nI\'ve told him pretty honestly that I thought it was a good story, but that it should\'ve had a different ending, but ... either he doesn\'t understand that, or he\'s trying to change my mind, but he keeps coming at me with "Well, it seems people are still mixed about the ending," and things of that nature. Really, I\'m coming to the conclusion that what he wants isn\'t honest critiquing but [b:rasbnwqd]validation[/b:rasbnwqd]. He wants someone to say that it was a good ending so that he can feel justified.\n\n(Mind you, he\'s already said he isn\'t changing it, so I dunno why he\'s going on about it after all this time still.)\n\nLike I said, maybe I\'m just being oversensitive, but he ... I wouldn\'t say "asks" for advice, but he does mention certain things quite a lot, and I offer my opinions (for whatever they\'re worth), but I\'ve never once seen him act on anything I\'ve said (not that he\'s obligated to, of course, but I just wonder why he\'d seek my counsel several times and not bother with any of it).\n\nAnyway, last night I was a bit drunk and I may have lost it just a tad. Not in a big way, but I just vaguely hinted at some stuff that\'s been on my mind (and was part of the reasoning behind me buggering off for a few months), and ... he blanked that part of my message while still looking for advice.\n\nSo. I dunno. Is he just wanting me to spoon-feed him positivity? Am I an idiot? \":lol:\" \n\nSorry for the rant. Like I said, you\'re under no obligation to reply, but I just felt like I need to [i:rasbnwqd]tell[/i:rasbnwqd] someone this.','',0,0,'YA==','rasbnwqd',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90290,85127,1798,0,'149.254.250.249',1396354744,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Speaking of ash, I\'ve just had the pleasure of slapping him down in the random Daria thoughts thread. He and SD are cut from the same cloth, though ash is much better than that turd, in that if he doesn\'t hold an opinion then that opinion is wrong. Side eye ahoy.\n\nI like the revision, especially as you could bring in Adam\'s rationale behind his anger is not entirely unjustified. Like I said before, princess or no princess, if Rosalie is recognised in that tavern her reputation is ruined. She has to be spotlessly clean or by the standards of the time she\'s damaged goods. It would be a good way to show the double standards of the time, Jules is free to do as he wants but pays the price for leading Rosalie into temptation, Rosalie gets off lightly in that sense but is restricted by her class and gender. Then it makes slightly more sense for Adam\'s attitude to soften later, when he sees what Jules will do for his family.','',0,0,'','3c38k2dt',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90291,90257,2552,0,'92.40.120.129',1396370953,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','I had an April Fool\'s fic idea, but don\'t have time to write it. Dang nab it. The joke was mainly it was going to be a one shot called \'The Great And The Good 2\'. Probably best not to. I\'ll still write it, but there\'s another thread it fits into.','',0,0,'','333f7kpq',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90292,0,1125,0,'70.124.13.158',1396379459,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 109: I\'m Gonna Puke','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664006#p664006:12m1npn9]Subject: Completely Random Post Thread 109: I\'m Gonna Puke[/url:12m1npn9]\n\n[quote="Silver":12m1npn9][quote="Brother Grimace":12m1npn9]People have mentioned all of the names, save AhMyGoddess, over in the Sad News thread by QW.[/quote:12m1npn9]\n\n[url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Roll_of_Honour:12m1npn9]All right. Here it is.[/url:12m1npn9] I\'d rather actual names if I could get them, mostly out of respect. If I missed anyone, someone let me know.[/quote:12m1npn9]\n\nThanks for putting together the Roll of Honour. \":D\"\n\nAnd for the record, Ariel\'s last name is Bustos. Please add that when you can. \n\nDanny','',0,0,'kA==','12m1npn9',0,0,'u_994','',0),(90293,90292,994,0,'71.94.185.113',1396379898,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 109: I\'m Gonna Puke','Added Ariel\'s last name. Thanks for letting me know.\n-C.','',0,0,'','3ssupymf',0,0,'u_1125','',0),(90294,0,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1396381894,1,1,1,1,'Re: Random Daria Thoughts/Questions part 3','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664040#p664040:2zsm01ue]Subject: Random Daria Thoughts/Questions part 3[/url:2zsm01ue]\n\nDoes anyone else find it very strange that LSM constantly tears down duds like Nathan who aren\'t hurting anyone, but falls head over heels for Todd Ianuzzi, whose character has all the makings of an [i:2zsm01ue]actual[/i:2zsm01ue] abusive boyfriend?','',0,0,'MA==','2zsm01ue',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90295,88005,1108,0,'81.156.50.128',1396382440,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','[quote="SacredDust":51ibwq0n]We\'ll never know what kind of person Nathan could have been, or will be in the future[/quote:51ibwq0n]\n\nNathan hit all but four of the government\'s signs-of-abusive-relationship checks in a combined seven minutes of screentime. We can make a pretty safe guess about what kind of person Nathan will be.','',0,0,'gA==','51ibwq0n',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90687,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1397960865,1,1,1,1,'Re: Happy Easter!','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=666302#p666302:114kixaw]Subject: Happy Easter![/url:114kixaw]\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":114kixaw]Thanks, Padre. \n\n\nRight now, I\'m engaged in my lifelong Easter tradition of watching [i:114kixaw]The Ten Commandments[/i:114kixaw]. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:114kixaw]\n\nIs Padre his first name, or is it a nickname?\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'sA==','114kixaw',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90297,0,26,0,'74.70.189.174',1396382744,1,1,1,1,'This PayPal thing\'s becoming a pain in the ass','Dear Erin,\n\nSetting up this PayPal account is becoming a pain in the ass. I still haven\'t received an E-mail from them confirming my E-mail address and it\'s asking for proof of my Social Security Number and address (as in a utility bill and I don\'t have a utility bill to my name). Is it all right if I just do it the old-fashioned way and mail you a check? It\'ll be a lot easier and I\'m good for the money.\n\nLet me know about this ASAP. Thanks.','',0,0,'','2fceoxex',0,0,'u_94','',0),(90298,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396383120,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Oh my, I need to check that thread soon. (I usually check my PMs before looking at any threads here.) I saw that someone new was asking about college-related Daria fics, but I decided not to plug A New World because that\'s a Wouter thing to do. If anyone else thinks to suggest it, then cool, but I won\'t.\n\nAnd thanks! I\'m thinking that it\'d play out that they come home really late (or not even that late), and Belle and Adam are worried. Since Adam had no clue that Rosalie and Belle go to the village together, he naturally freaks out (and I\'ll have him talk about how since some of the villagers tried to kill him before, he loathes the idea of any of them leaving the castle to go there). Jules covers for Rosalie by blurting out that it was his idea to go into town, even though Rosalie was the one who took him there, so as much as she tries to defend Jules, Adam still banishes him (even much to Belle\'s protest since she doesn\'t want him to go). Then as they\'re heading to bed, Rosalie tries to talk to Belle, only for Belle to say "I never said you could go alone, you\'ve betrayed our trust", and Rosalie blurts out that she knows of the affair by saying "Who the hell are you to tell me about trust? You were unfaithful to Papa!" So family drama ensues. And then either that night or later on, that\'s when Emile breaks into the castle to wreak havoc. I\'m still trying to sketch it out in my head, though, so it\'s a bit scrappy at the moment.','',0,0,'','37sc8pho',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90299,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396383644,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Ooooooo, I like that update. Intergenerational clash added to the mix too. \n\nCan I ask you a favour? Is my reply to SD too harsh? He sort of got my goat with his crap in there.','',0,0,'','3lmalv5q',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90301,88005,1108,0,'81.156.50.128',1396383825,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":9zg1ugqq] Or does shit only become productive if it involves Quinn?[/quote:9zg1ugqq]\n\nYes.','',0,0,'gA==','9zg1ugqq',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90329,90328,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396434853,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','I\'m fine with that. \"8)\" \n\nHow would you like your name to appear on the card?','',0,0,'','3mrei4gy',0,0,'u_981','',0),(90330,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396435563,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Ugh. Dammit, brain, pick a story outline and stick with it for fuck\'s sake. \":lol:\" Newest idea is that prior to all the banish business in their teens, Jules actually dies from an accident (dunno what yet, though), and Rosalie, at twelve or so, kisses him because she\'s seen it done in the books, and it brings him back to life. Everyone in the castle either is freaked out by her at that point, or they convince themselves that he wasn\'t really dead when she kissed him, so the next few years are awkward for them to say the least.\n\n... at this rate each chapter is gonna take place a couple years later until I reach the point where they\'re in their twenties and the villain comes into the story. Or maybe I can still have the majority of chapter two IN chapter two (the wedding and all that) but start it off with the idea I posted up there. Your thoughts? \":)\"\n\nHave you ever seen the movie [i:2mlh65yg]My Girl[/i:2mlh65yg]? From day one of starting this fic in my head, I had the idea that Rosalie and Jules are kinda like Vada and Thomas J., in that they\'re best buds but also obviously have feelings for each other, so they grow up having romantic moments come up but never outright express their feelings for each other until towards the end of the fic (that last part doesn\'t exactly happen in the movie I mentioned, though).\n\nAnywho, I figure that if nothing else, his death/resurrection can show the readers an earlier sign of Rosalie\'s enchanted capabilities. I\'m trying to sorta stick with a Disney formula while changing some of the more tired tropes we see in the movies, and one of the things in their formula is that when a character has powers, they usually find out they\'re "different" early on in the story and earlier on in their life. I gotta dig up my outline notebook and work out some new outlines to fit all this and possibly take out some stuff I don\'t have to have in the story. Let me know what you think of these ideas, and I sincerely apologize if these new ones broke your brain. At this point I\'ll be shocked if you can still follow the initial plot. \":lol:\" Thanks a ton in advance for your suggestions. \":hug:\"','',0,0,'IA==','2mlh65yg',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90331,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396441463,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I have to say that I wouldn\'t have Rosalie curing Jules with the Lazarus kiss so early on, personally I think that would detract from later on in the fic where she performs it when they are adults. I wonder if there is someway she could sort of bring something smaller back to life, which would still freak people out but would be small enough for Rosalie to know she has minor powers but not enough to raise humans. Maybe a cat or lapdog could die and Rosalie could perhaps exhale near their nose, breathe on them or something (obviously not a kiss because ewww) and the small animal could come back to life that way. This way the adults could say \'oh, the cat was just sleeping\' and Rosalie would know she had some powers but not too many, or convince herself that it didn\'t happen because she doesn\'t want to be different (especially since all the stuff that went down before she was born would weight heavily on her mind). If you want to make it very subtle it could be something as wilted flowers blooming again and her not knowing why. I think if you make it so she can raise humans so early on you run the risk of her becoming a too convenient [i:3u230c6x]deus ex machina[/i:3u230c6x], removing the tension from later on when she has to bring Jules back as an adult. \n\nI like the idea of her powers being shown early on, however I wouldn\'t have them shown so explicitly. I hope this isn\'t seen as me being down on your ideas, I really do like them and it does bring in her unusual nature early on.','',0,0,'IA==','3u230c6x',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90332,90328,981,0,'58.179.172.222',1396442801,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','Tafka is fine. It\'s how he knew me in life. \":)\"\n\nThankyou, by the way. We may not approach theology from the same direction, but I admire what you do. Takes a big person to give everything of themselves to the service of others.','',0,0,'','28e0y1wh',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90333,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396444860,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Thanks! \":hug:\" And you\'re not putting my ideas down at all, I\'m sorta thinking the same thing now that she needs to bring back something smaller. Or maybe she does it a few times (she might could still kiss animals and flowers and whatnot, but not on the mouth or anything - on animals, maybe on their forehead area) and that\'s when people start to freak out. I\'m still trying to work out all the kinks before I try to write any of it out, though, so that\'s why I wanted to bounce the ideas back and forth first and see what you thought.\n\nOR......... if she DOES bring back Jules early on, she could bring someone else back later. Sorry, I keep coming up with stuff and piling on the confusion. \":lol:\" My outline when I came up with the childhood thing was basically this:\n\n* Jules either suffers a fatal accident OR, to bring the villain in sooner but still make the guy mysterious, the villain stabs Jules in his sleep thinking he\'s the prince (the villain is convinced that there\'s a prince, not a princess, based on what he\'s seen of Rosalie being in men\'s clothes and whatnot all her life).\n\n* Rosalie brings him back to life with the kiss based purely on the fairy tales she\'d read before, and it works. However, even though some of the peeps in the castle convince themselves that Jules wasn\'t really dead but just injured (including Adam and even Babette - or maybe she knows the truth and isn\'t saying anything yet), Belle freaks out and comes clean to Adam about how she had Rosalie enchanted before she was born.\n\n* Concerned about what\'s left of their family (since Lumiere died and Adam and Belle are sure it\'s no coincidence that Jules was hurt, as well), they persuade Babette to move out with her son, perhaps to live in Belle\'s old cottage since she doesn\'t use it anymore, meaning he and Rosalie are separated once again for however many years.\n\n* Jules grows up to start working at the bookstore in town, having forgotten a lot of things about Rosalie (and she was dosed with a potion when they left to lose memory of him while her folks put away any portraits of Jules), and when she and Belle go into town, Belle never lets her go into the bookstore, telling her it\'s closed because nobody in that town reads enough to keep the place open.\n\nHowever, when I read your PM, I\'m thinking now that this could happen, instead:\n\n* Rosalie brings back something small, but since nobody was around to see it before she brought it back, most people don\'t believe her except for Belle (and this is when Belle tells Adam that their daughter is enchanted).\n\n* Life pretty much goes on for them through the whole wedding bit, then that night Adam banishes Jules and all that. Also plenty of family drama before the villain starts showing up.\n\nSo now I\'m thinking the latter outline would work better and be less stuff to change in the chapter, which is a win-win. What do you think? \":)\"','',0,0,'','15ykirjn',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90334,0,1125,0,'70.124.13.158',1396450182,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664163#p664163:3gnrgbtn]Subject: Sad news[/url:3gnrgbtn]\n\n[quote="MartinUK":3gnrgbtn][quote="peetz5050":3gnrgbtn]My condolences to Martin and Nat and anyone else who knew him personally, I am sorry for your loss.[/quote:3gnrgbtn]\nThanks, Pete. While not expecting to welcome him soon to our country, as he had welcomed me to his, I had a hope that, one day, perhaps many years hence, I might be able to return his courtesy. \":(\" \n\n[b:3gnrgbtn]ETA: [/b:3gnrgbtn]I will be offering Holy Mass for the repose of Ariel\'s soul. If anyone would like to associate themself with this gesture, please PM me with your name as you\'d like it to appear on the Mass card I shall post to his parents, and please say if you wish to make a contribution towards the Mass offering. I\'ll reply to all PMs to confirm I\'ve got your name for the card, but I\'ll include my Paypal address only when replying to those who indicate they would like to contribute.[/quote:3gnrgbtn]\n\nDear Padre:\n\nThank you for this. \":)\" Please include my name, Danny Garcia, on the card. And send me your Paypal address. I can\'t send much, but I want to send something.\n\nDanny','',0,0,'0A==','3gnrgbtn',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90335,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396451204,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I think the second ones works best, purely because it is so understated. The problem with her bringing humans back so early on is that it makes her the easy solution for everything. Somebody dies, no problem, Rosalie can bring them back. That\'s not what will happen in the story, but the reader\'s have already seen her do it. That, and it reduces the emotional impact of an adult Rosalie bringing back the man she loves. Making it someone else towards the end of story wouldn\'t have the same resonance for the reader, in that case it needs to be Jules. And having her and Jules separated for so long wouldn\'t work as well as having them growing up together, the idea of a changing relationship that evolves over the years for this story works better. \n\nHer bringing back something smaller is better, especially if the powers are intermittent in her childhood. It works on a cat, but not on a bird, that kind of thing.','',0,0,'','2eko4dec',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90336,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396453557,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','... I\'ve got the chapter ready, I think!! I went with a rabbit they saw outside when they were playing early on in the chapter as they\'re still kids; Jules witnesses it himself but agrees to keep it a secret between them. I also have a bit added towards the end of the chapter (all the tavern stuff is going in chapter three now) where Jules is talking to his father\'s grave and Rosalie overhears it. Since now I\'m thinking they\'ll go into town in their formal wear, I\'m gonna try to put some bar drama into the third chapter revolving around her being dressed up. It\'ll also be another moment of showing how much of a tomboy she really is, I\'m thinking. \":twisted:\" I shall send over what I\'ve got in its own PM now. \":D\"','',0,0,'','135zfpzz',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90337,90328,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396453932,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','Thank you for those kind words.\n\nThey say as much about your generosity of spirit as they do about me. \"8)\"','',0,0,'','2a68cbg6',0,0,'u_981','',0),(90338,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396454034,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','[u:bsri9u5o][b:bsri9u5o]Chapter Two[/b:bsri9u5o][/u:bsri9u5o]\n\n\nA couple of days soon became a couple of weeks, as Rosalie figured out that she and her mother were indeed staying in the ‘bigger house’, as she had called it. Her grandfather, Maurice, had also moved back into the castle, turning part of the kingdom’s stable into his own invention shop soon after tying the knot with Mrs. Potts. Rosalie and Jules were getting along quite nicely, spending mornings cleaning together and experimenting with cooking before the King and Queen were even awake, and spending evenings reading together, talking, or Rosalie’s personal favorite, listening to Jules practice on the piano.\n\nOne afternoon, they were playing together outside when they came upon a small rabbit who appeared to be dying. Rosalie continued to walk towards it, while Jules stood back.\n\n“I don’t think you’re supposed to be messing with it,” he said. “Maybe I should go get Mama, she’d know what to do.”\n\n“Relax, I read about this in the fairy tales,” Rosalie said before sitting down by the rabbit. “I wonder if kissing his forehead would have the same effect…”\n\n“Rosalie, don’t-!”\n\nShe planted a quick kiss on the bunny’s head and watched for any changes. After a moment she noticed his breathing improved before he sat up, wiggling his nose. Jules gasped, walking closer to her and the animal. The rabbit then jumped into a nearby bush in the garden.\n\n“H-how did you do that?” Jules stammered.\n\n“I don’t know… I-I only did what the Prince usually does in those stories! I didn’t think it’d actually [i:bsri9u5o]work[/i:bsri9u5o].”\n\n“We should tell somebody!” Before Jules could make a complete turn to head back to the castle, Rosalie grabbed his arm.\n\n“No!” she cried. “We can’t tell anyone because, well, who would believe us if we did? They didn’t see it for themselves.”\n\nJules nodded and replied, “I guess you’re right.”\n\n“It should be our little secret,” Rosalie whispered.\n\n“All right. It’s our secret.” They exchanged smiles, then excitedly ran back into the castle to find a new activity.\n\nAs the two grew into their teens, they’d made a game out of splitting the chores every morning; they’d make a bet as to who would finish a particular task first. Most days, Rosalie would wager that if she won, Jules would have to play her a song on the piano, which she almost always won. But since this was the day of Chip’s wedding, she made sure they woke up earlier than usual so that she could make a new wager, one that was more appropriate for the upcoming event.\n\n“All right,” she started. “I’ll bet that I can clean this half of the library faster than you.” She motioned to one side of the large room.\n\n“We’re just dusting the books today, right?” Jules said.\n\n“Right.”\n\n“Well, if there’s one thing I inherited from my mother, it’s her precision and speed,” he joked, causing Rosalie to blush when she took a whole different meaning to what he said. “Well, that is… with cleaning,” he added, clearing his throat. “So, what are we wagering this time? The usual?”\n\n“Actually…” Rosalie’s heart was pounding hard in her ears. “… I was thinking that, since the wedding begins this afternoon, if I win…” She could feel beads of sweat forming on her forehead as she tried desperately to avoid stuttering. “… You get to be my escort to the reception this evening.”\n\nJules raised his eyebrows and tried to keep himself composed. “And if I win?” he asked.\n\n“Then, well… you get to make fun of me for wearing a gown, how’s that?”\n\nHe shrugged, as he didn’t see what there’d be to make fun of. “When [i:bsri9u5o]was[/i:bsri9u5o] the last time I saw you in a dress?” he asked.\n\nRosalie looked down to avoid Jules’s eyes. “I‘m not sure,” she lied. She remembered exactly when she’d last worn anything “girly”, but she dreaded ever bringing up the topic of his late father.\n\nJules was silent for a moment as he looked around the room. “I have a better idea,” he finally said, looking back to her. “If you win, then I’ll escort you as planned. However, if I win… How about you take me into the village next time you go out? You know, show me around and all.” Rosalie stared at him bewildered when he added, “What, you thought I didn’t know about your sneaking out late at night the past few months? Come on, we know everything about each other.” Jules flashed one of his Lumiere-like grins at her.\n\n“Well, I suppose that’ll be all right. It’s just that… well, some of the people I know can be a little wild if they’ve had a lot to drink-”\n\n“Wait, you go into the taverns?…. Do they have a piano?”\n\n“I think so.”\n\n“Great! I’ve… kind of always wanted to play for people outside of the castle, just to see what it‘s like.”\n\nRosalie thought about it for a moment, then with a smile she said, “Then it’s a deal.” She figured that either way, it was a win-win for her, after all.\n\nBut little to her surprise, Jules won the wager, as he almost always did when it came to dusting the books. It was pretty much the only task he managed to finish before her, although in most of those cases, he’d shrug off his end of the deals. Rosalie worried if he’d back out on going to the village as he had planned.\n\nThat afternoon, the Princess went up to the West Wing to see what clothes her mother had in store that she could choose from.\n\n“So you’re telling me I have no choice but to wear a dress today?” she groused, sitting on her parents’ bed, her arms holding her legs together and her chin resting on her knees as Belle was sifting through the wardrobe.\n\n“Honey, it’s your… well, sort of-uncle’s wedding. The least you could do is try to blend in and be formal like the rest of us, at least just for today. I can make a deal with you if that‘d make you feel better,” Belle replied before turning to face her daughter, a familiar golden-yellow gown draped over her arm. “How about this one?” she asked with a wide grin.\n\nRosalie shook her head, grimacing. “Yellow always makes me appear nauseous,” she said.\n\n“Very well, then,” Belle sighed as she set it aside. “It’s nice to know I can still fit into it after all these years.”\n\n“You mean, [i:bsri9u5o]you’re[/i:bsri9u5o] going to wear it? That’s pretty much the only thing you wear to these events.”\n\n“Well, what do you expect? It’s my favorite. Just like that worn-out blue book I read to you all the time when you were little.” She continued to push hangers of clothing aside, just glancing over other dresses, when a particular item caught Rosalie’s eye.\n\n“Whoa, stop right there, Mom.” She quickly stood up, hopped over to the wardrobe, and pulled the gown out to get a better look. It was just the gown for her; modest with short on-the-shoulder sleeves and a matching choker, but still rather eye-catching. After examining it for some time, she said, “I love this color. Do you think this’ll fit me?”\n\n“I think so.” Belle raised an eyebrow. “With the proper undergarments, of course.”\n\n“Mom… what’s with the look on your face?”\n\nBefore Rosalie could get an answer from her mother, Belle called out, “Oh, Madame Bouche!” And with that, the lady who had formerly been a wardrobe for ten years barged into the room.\n\n“Is something wrong, your majesty?” she asked while catching her breath.\n\n“I apologize for giving you that impression, ma’am. No, my daughter simply needs to be properly dressed for this afternoon, is all.”\n\n“Oh! Well, let’s get started, shall we?” That’s when Rosalie began to panic.\n\n“I’m not about to undress in front of everyone,” Rosalie snapped.\n\n“Of course not.” Belle quickly grabbed a never-before-worn chemise from the wardrobe and tossed it to her daughter. “Here, put this on.”\n\n“What’s this?” Rosalie said, looking to both ladies for help out of the woods.\n\n“It’s called a chemise, sweetie,” Belle said casually, assuming her daughter already knew. When Rosalie continued to stare at her, she added, “You know, a shift?…..” With a frustrated sigh, she said, “You wear it under your corset and gown to prevent perspiration from messing up your clothes.”\n\nRosalie focused on the word ‘corset’ and sneered, “No way! I’ve seen [i:bsri9u5o]those[/i:bsri9u5o] before, and I’m not about to suffocate just for the sake of looking like all the other prissy misses who are coming to this soiree.”\n\n“Rosalie! Apologize to Madame Bouche this instant for speaking that way toward her,” Belle fussed.\n\nThe Princess looked over to their servant and sincerely muttered, “I’m sorry. I’ve just… I’ve never worn these things before. Promise me you won’t tie that… [i:bsri9u5o]thing[/i:bsri9u5o] too tightly?”\n\n“Of course I won’t, dear,” Madame Bouche replied.\n\n“Now, go on and get dressed into your chemise before we get started,” Belle said, motioning to the bathroom door.\n\nWhile Rosalie was out of the room, Madame Bouche took this time to help Belle get dressed, which didn’t take very long considering how many times Belle had put on her favorite gown; at this point it was a mere routine. Just as the Queen was slipping on her matching shoes, the bathroom door swung open. “It’s too big,” Rosalie simply huffed, standing in the doorway and looking down in confusion and slight disdain.\n\n“No, it’s not, sweetie. It’s meant to lack some shape.” With that, Belle walked over to her and began to adjust the chemise’s sleeves when she realized how ample her daughter was, something that one wouldn‘t normally notice when Rosalie wore hand-me-down men‘s shirts, which she most often did.\n\n“Madame, we’ll need an under-bust corset, please,” she said, causing Rosalie’s eyes to widen.\n\nThe Princess had insisted that Belle not watch them as Madame Bouche helped her dress, mostly because she was embarrassed enough as it was, but also to surprise her mother when she stepped out of the bathroom on the off-chance that she loved the way her gown looked on her. It was a good thing they started early, Rosalie thought, as it took several adjustments and moments of holding back her frustration, but once she got a glimpse of herself in the full-length mirror, she felt it was worth it.\n\n“I look… I look… [i:bsri9u5o]nice[/i:bsri9u5o],” she stammered.\n\n“Better than that, my dear,” Madame Bouche said. “You look like a true Princess.” [i:bsri9u5o]‘… for once’[/i:bsri9u5o], the servant added in her mind before immediately feeling rude for what she‘d just thought.\n\n“Just one thing, ma’am… I’m not sure about wearing heels. I mean, I’m almost as tall as Jules and Chip as it is.”\n\nMadame Bouche giggled and said, “It’s no trouble, dear. Wear whatever shoes you like, your dress wouldn’t show them, anyway.”\n\nRosalie gave herself another once-over before turning to the servant. “Thanks,” she said, smiling. With that, she opened the door and stepped out of the bathroom to find her mother sitting on the edge of the bed awaiting her.\n\nAt the sight of her daughter, Belle stood up and put her hands to her mouth, gasping as tears formed in her eyes.\n\n“Oh, come here, you!” Belle forcefully pulled her daughter in for a hug, squeezing her around her waist.\n\n“Mom… Mama! Can’t… breathe…”\n\n“I’m sorry, sweetie,” the Queen replied as she drew away, wiping her eyes carefully so as not to smudge her makeup. “It’s just that you’re so… beautiful! I mean, you always are, but I’m just so used to you with messy hair, wearing those stained shirts and pants,” she sniffled.\n\n“It wasn’t as much trouble getting her hair into a chignon as I thought it’d be,” Madame Bouche chimed in.\n\nRosalie then looked around her parents’ bedroom and saw an unused quill on the desk nearby. Without hesitation, she picked it up and walked over to the vanity across from the bed. After carefully injecting the feather through the base of the bun, she straightened her posture in the mirror and said, “Ah, that’s more like it.”\n\n“Oh, honey, that looks silly,” her mother said.\n\n“What? I think it’s cute.” Rosalie flashed the ladies a grin.\n\n“Now, about those eyebrows-” \n\n“Don’t even think about it.”\n\n“I’m kidding!”\n\nAs the mother-daughter pair made their way down the foyer steps of the castle to attend the ceremony, Rosalie kept stopping every few steps to scratch at her gown.\n\n“Rosalie, please stop scratching your bosom,” her mother fussed, “Not only is it rude, but you look like you’re digging for lost jewelry.”\n\n“I can’t help it, Mom. This thing itches. What’s it made of, anyway? I think I might be allergic.”\n\n“Nonsense, the chemise is linen just like the shirts you wear everyday. Your skin is probably just not used to being conformed in a corset, is all.” Belle walked ahead of her daughter towards the ballroom entrance, then stopped and turned to her daughter. “Well, come on now, sweetie. Don’t by shy, that’s not very [i:bsri9u5o]you[/i:bsri9u5o].”\n\nThe Princess remained standing just out of sight from the open doorway, tilting her head ever so to peer into the large room at the guests settling in their seats. Her eyes found Jules, sitting at the piano, ready to play a custom tune the bride had requested. He was wearing a suit she’d never seen him wear before; it wasn’t the typical ruffled shirt and neutral-colored vest-pants combination, it was much more elegant, something that looked like it had come from her own father’s wardrobe. And from where she was standing, he looked damn good.\n\n“Honey…” Belle whispered after double backing to her daughter’s side. “What’s the matter? Is it the dress? Remember, we made the deal that if you dressed up just for today-”\n\n“-I know, I know, that you’d never tell Papa about our trips to the village.” Rosalie sighed as she looked down and fumbled on the skirt of her gown. “It’s just that… I have a very bad feeling about tonight. All day long, I’ve kept thinking back on those nights that I had those strange dreams… at least, I think they were just dreams.”\n\n“What strange dreams?” the Queen asked, growing alarmed. Why had her daughter never mentioned these before? She thought.\n\nRosalie took a deep and nervous breath. “I used to have these dreams… I could swear that some nights, I was fully awake… this tall man with dark hair would be standing outside on my balcony. I could always see him through the doors’ windows. Even when I’d closed the curtains, I could sometimes see a shadow out there… but, those moments had to have just been my imagination, right?”\n\nBelle’s face had lost some color as her daughter explained these dreams. She looked around, biting her lip, then stepped closer to her child so as not to be overheard by any guests.\n\n“I don’t think that was your imagination,” she whispered, her voice shaky and her eyes stinging from the forming tears. “I- I used to see him, too,” she added. “Nearly every night of the months I carried you, I saw him. I too thought I was just dreaming, at first.”\n\nRosalie’s eyes widened. “Wh-who was he?”\n\n“It’s impossible for him to have been who I’d thought,” Belle answered. She took a few deep breaths, then straightened her posture as she looked around once more.\n\nSighing, she said, “Come on. Let’s try to put that aside for now.” The Queen then took her daughter by the arm and led her into the ballroom to find their seats.\n\nAt the end of the altar, Chip anxiously waited for the ceremony to get started, but his bride was yet to be seen.\n\n“Stand up straight, my lad,” Cogsworth said. “She’ll be out in no time, it’s all right.”\n\n“I just hope Amelie hasn’t gotten cold shoulders over this whole thing. We’ve been engaged for three years.” Chip then turned his eye to the buffet table, food being his usual go-to whenever he was stressed or upset.\n\n“Don’t tell me Chip’s gonna gorge on snacks before he even says his vows,” Rosalie teased to her mother as they found their seats. “I can see him eyeing the buffet from here.”\n\nBelle tried to contain her amusement. “How did you become so crass? You sure didn’t get it from me.” She flashed a mimicking sneer at her husband next to her, to which he gave a silly grin as his response.\n\nJust then, Amelie rushed into the ballroom, hopping on one leg as she struggled to slip one of her shoes onto her foot.\n\n“I’m here!” she called out just before losing her balance and falling sideways into a few guests at the back, eliciting a mixture of gasps and laughs from various people of both families. Her father helped her up and began to walk her down the aisle; Jules took this as his cue to start the wedding ballad of the lady’s choice. Chip let out a sigh of relief before straightening his posture as his long-time companion had previously suggested. Amelie was of humble height and slender, which made for quite the contrast to Chip’s taller, husky build he’d acquired as he grew up. As she made her way to meet him, the bride gave one last adjustment to her veil before Chip lifted it and smiled lovingly at the sight before him.\n\nThe rest of the wedding went beautifully and without a hitch, but Rosalie couldn’t help but to watch Jules through most of the ceremony, though every time he‘d look over to her, she‘d quickly turn away. After the King and some of the servants made toasts to the happily married couple, Jules began to approach her… or so she’d thought. She watched him for a moment as he stepped out of the ballroom into the main hall before she began to follow him, curious as to what he was up to.\n\nShe kept a stealth distance between them as she was led west in the castle toward the exit to the gardens. When Jules stepped outside, he left the doors open behind him, and Rosalie watched him walk through one of the hedge labyrinths to a familiar destination she’d not visited in a while. She continued to walk carefully behind him, watching for twigs on the ground to avoid making a sound, when she saw him kneel to a rather tidy grave.\n\nRosalie stopped at the bench the two had sat on together years ago as Jules picked freshly-grown moss off of his father’s headstone. Suddenly, he began speaking to the grave, completely unaware of the Princess’s presence.\n\n“See? I didn‘t forget to come here tonight and tell you about the wedding, Pa.” Rosalie listened as her best friend started a one-way conversation with his late father. “It went pretty well, actually. The bride was fashionably late and bumped into some people on the way into the room, but other than that it went rather smoothly.” Jules let out a chuckle and then remained quiet for a moment before speaking again.\n\n“The King even lent me an outfit for the occasion! I‘m kind of surprised it fits, he‘s always been, well, bigger than me. And I wish you could see Rosalie right now. She‘s actually dressed up, and-”\n\nTwigs snapped beneath the Princess’s feet as she’d taken a step back, startling Jules. He abruptly stood up, looking around for a second before his eyes found her quickly backing away from the bench before she tripped over a small bush behind her.\n\n“Rosalie!” he called out, rushing toward her.\n\n“I’m fine,” she muttered, scrambling away from his helping hands as she got back on her feet.\n\nJules looked her over and, avoiding the uncomfortable yet obvious thoughts floating between them, said, “Oh no, you’ve got mud on your gown.”\n\nRosalie looked down, twisting her skirt around before spotting the debris. “I’m sure it’ll come out,” she replied. They stood in the silence for a moment, looking everywhere from the graves to the fountains acres away, anything to avoid each other’s eyes. Jules knew she must have heard every word he’d said to his father moments ago, and just then he wondered…\n\n“Um, what are you doing here, exactly?” he asked.\n\n“I… Well, you looked like you were coming to see me, but then-”\n\n“You didn‘t, um, listen in on the conversation, did you?”\n\nRosalie took a brief moment to conjure her response. “I, uh, heard talking but couldn‘t pick out any words,” she lied.\n\nJules let out a sigh of relief.\n\n“I had no idea you came out here to talk to your father,” she added sincerely.\n\n“I always have. Well, ever since…” Jules looked to the ground and shuffled his feet for a few seconds, then looked back up. “Would… would you like to come talk to him?”\n\nRosalie nodded and followed her friend back to his father’s grave. She then adjusted her gown so she could sit down comfortably. “I notice that you must be keeping his stone clean.”\n\n“I guess it’s my little way of paying my respects to him,” Jules shrugged. “I don’t really like seeing it covered up or dirty anyway. Go ahead, say hi to him.”\n\nShe turned her attention back to Lumiere’s tombstone and cleared her throat. “Hi. Um, did your son tell you Chip’s a Prince now? Or I guess perhaps he’s a Duke, not a Prince, since Amelie is a Dutchess. I still get confused with these titles. You’d think I’d know them apart by now, but I never cared too much about all that, really.” She stopped herself and began to think of a less boring topic.\n\n“My parents are doing well. I haven’t heard them fighting or arguing since we’d moved back in. I just… I hate that it took a death to bring them back together.” Rosalie’s eyes began to sting. “I wish we h-had more time to know each other. I think you’d be proud of your son-” she couldn’t continue speaking, and instead stood up and stepped away from the grave, her back facing Jules so that he couldn’t see her crying.\n\nJules walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. “He’d be proud of you, too, you know,” he said.\n\nThe Princess nodded, wiping her eyes with a gloved hand and still avoiding his face. Without any other words, Jules turned her around and pulled her in for a hug. Rosalie returned the hug, reaching up his back and curling her hands onto his shoulders. “I’m sorry,” she cried as she let her emotions get the best of her. She ducked her head into the corner of his coat and began to sob, clutching his shoulders tighter.\n\nJules took a deep breath, keeping his arms around her waist. “It‘s all right,” he said. “It wasn‘t your fault he died.”\n\n“I could have brought him back,” she replied, her voice muffled by his collar.\n\nHer friend leaned his head against hers and whispered, “Don‘t talk like that. You didn‘t do anything wrong. I don‘t think there was anything anyone could do, it‘s nobody‘s fault.”\n\nOnce Rosalie calmed her breathing, she lifted her head and rested her chin on his shoulder. “I miss him,” she said as new tears fell.\n\nJules moved one of his hands from her waist up to her back, still holding her. “I know,” he whispered into her ear. Rosalie pulled slightly from the embrace, her face now meeting his. She repositioned her arms, letting them drape over his shoulders, closing her hands together behind his neck. The two silently stood this way for a moment, loosely holding each other and drooping their heads slightly so that their foreheads touched. With a newfound courage, Rosalie tilted to kiss him.\n\nJules cut her off when he spoke. “You promised you’d take me into town tonight,” he said, a smile forming on his lips but his eyes still closed, oblivious to the kiss he almost received.\n\nRosalie pulled her head back slightly to respond. “I did, didn’t I? The only thing is, I‘ve never been this… dressed up when going into town before.”\n\n“What’s wrong with what we’re wearing?” he asked. “If it’s any consolation, you… you look, well… amazing.”\n\nThe Princess’s eyes grew warm as they widened. “I do?”\n\n“Well, yes. Somehow the gown really brings out your eyes,” he said, being careful not to mention other parts of her body that the gown brought out. “Or maybe it’s the moon, or…” Jules took Rosalie’s face into his hands and started to examine her eyes. “They appear to be [i:bsri9u5o]glowing[/i:bsri9u5o]!”\n\n“What? No, that’s impossible. I’m sure they’re just reflecting light.”\n\nJules looked up to see a half-moon in the sky. “That’s one hell of a light it’s putting off tonight,” he retorted. “So, what’s the plan? Are we going in these clothes?”\n\n“Well, I probably need to fix my hair a little… does my dress really have mud on it? I’d hate to change right now and deal with this damned corset again so soon. Might as well get the whole night’s worth out of this.” She slowly twirled around for Jules to check for spots.\n\n“I see the one spot right there,” he said, pointing to a place along the bottom hem, “But maybe no one will notice.”\n\n“Hmm, I guess we’ll find out,” she replied, taking him by the arm and leading him back into the castle. “Come on!”\n\n*end of chapter*\n\n\n\n\n\nOh yeah, I like the whole idea of her power working on some creatures and not others; maybe on mammals it works fine, but not for reptiles. Certain limitations like that would make it more interesting in the story, I think. \":D\"','',0,0,'YQ==','bsri9u5o',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90339,90334,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396454105,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','Noted! Thank you, Danny.\n\nDon\'t fret about whatever amount you choose to send. It\'s all good. So far, half of those taking part have asked for my paypal address, so being in that half has already placed you in the most generous category. \";)\" \n\npaypal.personal@martinsylvester.me.uk','',0,0,'','3exb17py',0,0,'u_1125','',0),(90340,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396455343,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I like the update, the bringing back to life of a rabbit is something that is small enough and as they are young enough it is something they would be likely to forget too or at least the memory would become duller over the years. The chapter flows very well and everything leads on well to the next chapters. The only thing I would suggest is having Rosalie change, a fancily dressed woman in a tavern would draw a lot of attention, and not the sort she would want. \n\nOther than that, I love it.','',0,0,'','22g24al8',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90341,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396455642,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Thankyouthankyouthankyou!! \":hug:\" \":hug:\" I\'m so glad for the quick reply, I should only have to change the last few lines to wrap up the chapter and point out that she\'ll change clothes. I\'d thought that she could go dressed up as long as she looked very VERY cleaned up, but it\'s really no biggie, I can have her change and it won\'t damage my plans. \":D\" Would it work okay if Jules is still dressed up, you think? I\'m thinking I could have either some fun between him and Bastien because of that, or maybe make Jules a slight target to some of the dudes in the tavern before Rosalie lets hell break loose. \":twisted:\"','',0,0,'','28br3ue4',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90342,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396457473,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','It would be fine if Jules was dressed up, he could just be seen as a Tom Sloane type going slumming it at the local tavern. If a very fancily dressed woman went to a tavern the patrons would want to know why a high status woman was there, and the news would spread like wildfire, or assume she was a prostitute. Most women in taverns were either of the lowest class or hookers. Back then, a woman, especially one of Rosalie\'s class, would have defended her reputation to the death, especially before marriage. Gossip could ruin a woman.','',0,0,'','snb1soej',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90343,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396457641,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','\":(\" Goddamn am I grateful to be alive now and not back then.\n\nHere\'s the last part revised, I\'ll let you read it and give me your thoughts before I post the new draft of the chapter:\n\nJules looked up to see a half-moon in the sky. “Then that’s one hell of a light it’s putting off tonight,” he retorted. “So, what’s the plan? Are we going in these clothes?”\n\n“It’s best if I change, at least. Believe me, you do [i:1mcjijzl]not[/i:1mcjijzl] want to know what the townspeople are capable of if I were to go wearing this.”\n\n“Yeah, I probably don’t. I’m okay, though, right?”\n\n “I think so.”\n\n“Great. I’ll wait for you in the main hall, then.” Jules gave another smile and waved to Rosalie as she made her way back inside, then as he figured he had a few minutes or longer, he turned back to his father’s grave and talked to him some more.\n\nThanks again for beta-reading! \":hug:\"','',0,0,'IA==','1mcjijzl',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90344,85689,450,0,'185.25.232.1',1396461289,1,1,1,1,'Re: Did I Say Something Wrong?','Capri was pretty nice, but unfortunately its the off season for tourists so some parts of the island were inaccessible and the Roman ruins close up early. Capri has ruins, old castle bits and lots of natural beauty... if you can reach it. I took the Blue Grotto boat tour and it took 2 hours and too much money for what amounted to 5 minutes in a cave of vivid blue water. By time we were done we found the ruins were closed for the day. Still, nice island to visit, I look forward to seeing it in the summer.','',0,0,'','2hpc9wuz',0,0,'u_2555','',0),(90345,88716,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1396462271,1,1,1,1,'Re: A quick few things...','Two more things. \n\n\n- I asked (long ago) if I could use Sue Bee in passing in LLH; it would be a very short scene when Tom passes through, and you pointed out that SB has the power of super-speed (with the drawback that she couldn\'t use it for more than ten seconds, because she has few of the safeguards that people with that power have). I might want to still touch on that later this year. (If I do, I\'d also like to use Terry - I can see him with a power, but being smart enough to not draw attention to himself.)\n\n- I also would like permission to mention SB in passing in a \'Mini\' I\'m doing now (albeit late) on Saint Patrick\'s Day. The basic plot: Julia\'s tending bar at an Irish pub in Oalwood called [i:34zieo5l]The Loch[/i:34zieo5l] (as a way to pay off a debt or bet), and runs into Trent, who\'s playing with the Boys of Spiral there for old times\' sake. (Also, they get free drinks, they draw in women, and besides - it\'s a day to get drunk. Who cares how good the music is, as long as something\'s playing? \":lol:\" )\nShe comes up in conversation when Julia mentions that growing up rich means that she personally knows people her age who need to be set aflame. \":shock:\" \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'IA==','34zieo5l',0,0,'u_213','',0),(90346,88716,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1396464715,1,1,1,1,'Re: A quick few things...','I have no problem with any of that. Looking forward to it! - JB','',0,0,'','5qxbiau8',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90347,90319,809,0,'70.4.245.99',1396466490,1,1,1,1,'Re: Not gonna be around much.','\":hug:\"','',0,0,'','2zhpf2ha',0,0,'u_1571','',0),(90348,90323,1125,0,'70.124.13.158',1396466589,1,1,1,0,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 109: I\'m Gonna Puke','[quote="BrownEyedBagel":2n5g4h5b][url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=663865#p663865:2n5g4h5b]Subject: Completely Random Post Thread 109: I\'m Gonna Puke[/url:2n5g4h5b]\n\n[quote="InvisibleDan":2n5g4h5b]Had a ****ty day. Woke up to find that Rocky, our favorite dog, got out during the night while chasing a cat and got run over. \":cry:\" I haven\'t heard my mother cry that loud since my uncle died. \n\nYeah, he was just a dog, but he was an extraordinary dog. Since the day we rescued him, he made us happy. Until today. It was his aggressive nature that led to this, but that was one of the things we loved about him.\n\nPersonally, if it were up to me, we wouldn\'t get any more dogs. I\'ve lost count of the graves I\'ve had to dig over the years. I don\'t know if it\'s worth it anymore. \n\nI\'m not looking for sympathy. I just want to let you know why I\'ll be around even less than usual.[/quote:2n5g4h5b]\n\nSorry to hear about your loss Danny.\nTake the time you need; we\'ll all still be here when you come back \":hug:\"[/quote:2n5g4h5b]\n\nThanks, man. \":hug:\" I\'m finally getting to the point where the happy memories are taking place of the recent bad ones. \":)\"','',0,0,'kA==','2n5g4h5b',0,0,'u_1571','',0),(90349,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396468326,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Oh my God, how have I never seen this before? Todd and Jane Ianuzzi bottled. \n\n[img:3rwxda86]https://31.media.tumblr.com/77be37c125a533752376127edb8a9253/tumblr_mqcvs2INro1ru5ibjo1_500.jpg[/img:3rwxda86]\n\nWoody, Juliette, I love you.','',0,0,'CA==','3rwxda86',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90350,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396469768,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I will always love this film. Now I\'m unemployed I shall watch it again.\n\n[img:2t0vthwz]https://31.media.tumblr.com/77be37c125a533752376127edb8a9253/tumblr_mqcvs2INro1ru5ibjo1_500.jpg[/img:2t0vthwz]','',0,0,'CA==','2t0vthwz',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90351,88785,2552,0,'92.40.114.73',1396472328,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Pesky job getting in the way of movie watching. I\'ve watched that a few times since I got it. Aren\'t they romantic?\n\nAfter last night, I\'ve decided I need to try and go to music gigs more often. It was my first one in nearly 7 years and I had an awesome time. It\'s been far too long.','',0,0,'','30wlbwzq',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90352,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396472832,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','They are the cutest. That\'s M&M and T&J distilled into a picture. \n\nHow were MSP?','',0,0,'','2dvd82mq',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90353,90313,1719,0,'24.192.242.51',1396473432,1,1,1,1,'Re: Audio Show Plea','I wont pass it around. :3 Thanks!','',0,0,'','1w6jsrf3',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(90354,88785,2552,0,'92.40.114.73',1396473809,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','They were fantastic. Well worth the wait to see them. I\'ve been a fan since I was 15 or 16, and as I think I stated in the forum somewhere, this was the third time I\'d bought tickets to see them, but the first time I\'d actually got to go. The crowd were immense as well. \n\nThe setlist was a great mix. A couple of tracks from their most recent album and their next one, but mostly older stuff. Quite a few album tracks in there. It was a fantastic night.','',0,0,'','1e0nwqpi',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90355,90334,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396475650,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','Thanks again, Danny. Paypal have notified me of your generous contribution. Very kind of you.','',0,0,'','7rmd506v',0,0,'u_1125','',0),(90357,90257,2552,0,'92.40.114.73',1396482176,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','Speaking of Cassidy, I had this idea for \'In These Plagued Streets\' that she\'d discover that the man who murdered her father escaped from prison and want to find and kill him. I don\'t think it would fit into what I\'ve got planned, though. I might write it as a side thing. Or not at all. Who knows.\n\nI also made a section of the TGATG wiki page for \'Fics Inspired by TGATG\', and added \'ITPS\' and \'Reclamation\' to it. \":)\"\n\n\n\n\n\n[color=#4000FF:3s0pzusi]As her husband got into the shower, Cassidy walked over and picked her tablet up from the table. She flopped onto the bed and started idly checking various websites. One she regularly checked was the Maryland News Network site, just to see if the police back in Lawndale thought they were any closer to catching them. The very idea made her laugh. Her good mood soon went away when she clicked a link on the \'Most Read\' section.\n\n\n[b:3s0pzusi]KILLER ESCAPES BALTIMORE HIGH SECURITY PRISON[/b:3s0pzusi]\n\n[i:3s0pzusi]Police in Baltimore are on the hunt for a murderer who recently escaped from a Baltimore prison. 41 year old Otis Langford was sentenced to two life terms for the murders of Baltimore lawyer Christopher Hemming and local artist Carmella Castilla in 2005.\n\nPolice have released this recent photograph of the man. Civilians are advised not to approach him if you see him, as he is considered to be extremely dangerous.[/i:3s0pzusi]\n\n\n"Son of a bitch!" Cassidy exclaimed angrily as she read it.\n\nAshley, having finished his shower, poked his head out from around the door. "Something wrong, honey?"\n\n"The bastard who killed my father escaped from prison," Cassidy explained, "He ruined my birthday, and every other birthday after that."\n\n"Your father was killed on your birthday?" Ashley asked. [i:3s0pzusi]That would explain a lot.[/i:3s0pzusi]\n\n"If I ever find him, I\'ll make him wish he\'d never been born," Cassidy said, simmering with rage.[/color:3s0pzusi]','',0,0,'Yg==','3s0pzusi',1396528518,1,'u_2511','',0),(90358,0,1571,0,'68.112.97.85',1396488860,1,1,1,0,'Re: Sad news','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664163#p664163:23a6c00c]Subject: Sad news[/url:23a6c00c]\n\n[quote="MartinUK":23a6c00c][quote="peetz5050":23a6c00c]My condolences to Martin and Nat and anyone else who knew him personally, I am sorry for your loss.[/quote:23a6c00c]\nThanks, Pete. While not expecting to welcome him soon to our country, as he had welcomed me to his, I had a hope that, one day, perhaps many years hence, I might be able to return his courtesy. \":(\" \n\n[b:23a6c00c]ETA: [/b:23a6c00c]I will be offering Holy Mass for the repose of Ariel\'s soul. If anyone would like to associate themself with this gesture, please PM me with your name as you\'d like it to appear on the Mass card I shall post to his parents, and please say if you wish to make a contribution towards the Mass offering. I\'ll reply to all PMs to confirm I\'ve got your name for the card, but I\'ll include my Paypal address only when replying to those who indicate they would like to contribute.[/quote:23a6c00c]\n\n\nI would very much like to be on the Mass card for his family. Ariel was a good friend; and is one of the bigger reasons why I can get past my fear of injection long enough to participate at blood drives when I can. I remember him telling us that he had to find two people to donate for him before the surgery and I think to myself \'Self; there are a lot of people who needed this pint more than you and one of them is your friend\'.\nThank you for doing this.\n\nPeter Jamele Jr','',0,0,'0A==','23a6c00c',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90359,0,94,0,'50.160.101.95',1396499914,1,1,1,1,'Re: Poll time: Most overrated cartoons from 2004-2014','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664208#p664208:z0iyv3gf]Subject: Poll time: Most overrated cartoons from 2004-2014[/url:z0iyv3gf]\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":z0iyv3gf]\n\n[i:z0iyv3gf]Kim Possible[/i:z0iyv3gf]. For a show that was built around the idea of an empowered young woman, the need to pair Kim off with Ron - and then de-emphazise her in favor of Rom becoming essentially the hero of the show (to the point where she became the damsel in distress that needed Ron to rescue her - really casts a shadow on what was a series that showed (or was supposed to show) that women could stand on their own two feet.[/quote:z0iyv3gf]\n\n\nI never said anything about PMs. \":)\"\n\nIn KP\'s defense, the shift from Kim to Ron was a side effect of Disney giving in on a fourth season. By the end of So the Drama, Kim\'s character arc was done. She had pretty much reached the balance between teen hero and normal teen. So in terms of character development the writers went the only way they could: continue building Ron from where he started in StD.\n\nThat an unfortunate initialization right there.\n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'sA==','z0iyv3gf',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90360,90359,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1396501079,1,1,1,1,'Re: Poll time: Most overrated cartoons from 2004-2014','[quote="Erin M.":3uhlquxr][url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664208#p664208:3uhlquxr]Subject: Poll time: Most overrated cartoons from 2004-2014[/url:3uhlquxr]\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":3uhlquxr]\n\n[i:3uhlquxr]Kim Possible[/i:3uhlquxr]. For a show that was built around the idea of an empowered young woman, the need to pair Kim off with Ron - and then de-emphazise her in favor of Rom becoming essentially the hero of the show (to the point where she became the damsel in distress that needed Ron to rescue her - really casts a shadow on what was a series that showed (or was supposed to show) that women could stand on their own two feet.[/quote:3uhlquxr]\n\n\nI never said anything about PMs. \":)\"\n\nIn KP\'s defense, the shift from Kim to Ron was a side effect of Disney giving in on a fourth season. By the end of So the Drama, Kim\'s character arc was done. She had pretty much reached the balance between teen hero and normal teen. So in terms of character development the writers went the only way they could: continue building Ron from where he started in StD.\n\nThat an unfortunate initialization right there.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:3uhlquxr]\n\n\nI know. I think you know that I\'m still a big KP fan, but I think that the point you make - KP had reached the balance between teen hero and normal teen - shows that what they tried to do in a very rushed and uncomfortable way in Graduation should have been a story arc over the entirety of at least the last half of Season Four. \n\nYes, \'she can do anything\' - as a teen. She\'s becoming a woman, a legal adult, a college student and a \'hero\'... and that\'s got to cause her some level of trepidation. Things like that could have been covered - a return by Global Justice, trying to get her to forego college (or go on their dime) in order for her to become an agent with them. They could have touched upon empty nest syndrome, and how things were bad for the Parents Possible before, but now, their baby girl\'s going to be off on her own at college. Supervillians are one thing, but frat boys and college jocks are something worse! \n\nAnother storyline (again, glossed over with a couple of mentions) is that Kim is a bonafide celebrity. Why no eps dealing with that, and how there would be lots of boys chasing after her, or trying to tag along to show her that they\'re worthy of her whereas the scrawny, pants-losing guy with the weird pet is only worth emptying her tray at lunchtime? (For a great reversal, how about a storyline where the other girls realize that they might have missed out on something (now that Kim\'s dating Ron), and she now has to deal with teen-romance issues like jealousy and girls liking Ron for Ron (and not to get Kim mad, as Bonnie did). BTW, was it just me, or was Bonnie supposed to be more attractive than Kim? That\'s how I always read it. \n\nIn any event, I always liked the show and still do, It\'s just that I thought that they could have made both heroes, or made them into even more of equal partners - both heroes, one with super-powers, the other a badass normal with world-class training, like Superman and Batman. \n\n\n\nAlso, I so wanted to defend [i:3uhlquxr]MLP[/i:3uhlquxr], but I must abide my the rules. \n\nI hate the rules. \":)\" \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'sA==','3uhlquxr',0,0,'u_94','',0),(90361,90358,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396511395,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','Noted! I\'m glad to be able to do something that will have meaning for, and bring comfort to, his folks.\n\nAriel\'s need to find his own blood donors had an effect on me, too. I\'d never have imagined that a system like that applied in countries as developed as Argentina.\n\nThanks for adding your name to the card. It will be good for Ariel\'s folks to see that there are people they\'ve never met who wish to express condolences for their loss.','',0,0,'','2ro4w6bj',0,0,'u_1571','',0),(90362,0,562,0,'110.32.25.144',1396515683,1,1,1,1,'Re: Holy Mass for Ariel.','Please add my name (Russel Murphy aka The Sidhe)to the card, with my condolences and my personal understanding of what has happened.\n\nPadre, I\'m about to let you into a bit of a secret I\'ve been holding, mainly from out of consideration for Ariel\'s struggle. Last year I was diagnosed with bowel cancer. Luckily it was operable, and late last year I went into hospital for the operation. They got it all, but it had spread to several lymph nodes, so for the past five and a bit months I\'ve been undergoing chemotherapy myself. It\'s been a challenge, but not as challenging as Ariel\'s regimen as his was tumor reduction while mine was a mopping up exercise. To date they can\'t find any chemical traces of cancer cells in my body, for which I am thankful, but I have had side effects: some loss of hair, but mainly [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotherapy-induced_peripheral_neuropathy:bv9xul0f]Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy,[/url:bv9xul0f] which I am still suffering (and yes, because of the nature of the drug, although I prefer to call it a poison, which it is, the condition is getting worse although I am hoping it is starting to plateau) and a cardiac incident after my first treatment in November last year (two angina attacks on the same day which led to a [i:bv9xul0f]very[/i:bv9xul0f] minor heart attack which put me in the cardio ward at Royal Brisbane Hospital, where I get my chemo treatments. At least one good thing came of it: the cardios told me after the angiogram that for a fifty year old my heart and arteries were in very good condition, which didn\'t stop them from putting me on anti-angina and cholesterol drugs, even though I don\'t have a cholesterol problem, another good thing I can take away from the whole incident.) Turns out I\'m in the 5% of the population that the particular application of this particular poison ([url=http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/guidetocancerdrugs/fluorouracil:bv9xul0f]5 flurourocil[/url:bv9xul0f]) does that to. So I can say that although I am saddened by Ariel\'s passing, I am not too surprised: we are all warned at the beginning that there is a possibility that a reaction to our treatment can result in death. Usually it will be an allergic reaction, which the chemo nurses, especially with the drugs that are known to cause this sort of reaction, tend to keep a close eye on during application, which was certainly the case with me after the cardio incident.\n\nI wish I could donate something, but unfortunately my situation is such that I cannot. But feel free to pass on to Ariel\'s family not only my condolences but also my understanding of what they are going through, not only as a cancer patient but also as one who, ironically, lost a parent to cancer nearly twenty years ago.\n\nAs for the newsgroup: I\'ve been struggling with telling then about my little battle. As I have said I\'ve kept quiet out of consideration for Ariel, who was obviously having a harder time of it than I am. I would like some advice on this, but if you like, and this is definitely a cop-out, you have my permission to let the others know. I don\'t want any announcement to be taken in the wrong light, especially in light of what has happened.\n\nYours, RT Murphy, aka The Sidhe.','',0,0,'MA==','bv9xul0f',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90363,0,562,0,'110.32.25.144',1396516925,1,1,1,1,'Ariel\'s Passing.','Quiverwing, this is The Sidhe. I intend to post my public condolences on the newsgroup, but I want you to privately pass on my private condolences to his family from one who understands both what they are going through (my mother, in a true twist of irony in relation to what I am about to tell you, died from cancer twenty years ago) and also, what Ariel went through, albeit not so severely.\n\nLast year, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer. I underwent an operation and they got all of it, but because it had spread to my lymph nodes, I have been undergoing chemotherapy for the past four and a bit months. My regimen is not as severe as Ariel\'s was, as it is more in the nature of an mopping up operation while his was tumor reduction, but I understand fully what he went through, as I\'ve also had some nasty side-effects. \n\nYou are the second person in this group I have told this to. The first was Martin when I PM\'d him regarding the card he\'s sending. I asked him to pass on my condolences as both one who has also lost a relative to cancer and as a fellow patient.\n\nWhy didn\'t I say something before? Mainly because I felt that Ariel was undergoing a far greater trial, and didn\'t want to be seen as drawing attention from his struggle. Silly, but there it is. And it now occurs to me that I could have at least offered him some private support as a fellow cancer and chemo patient since there is a freemasonry of sorts amongst us. We all know what it is to have cancer, to be told we have it and to undergo chemo, which I will freely admit is probably the hardest thing I have ever undertaken. I suspect that that particular regret will be with me for a very long time, probably for the rest of my life. \n\nAnd now I am about to make an offer to you. If you wish to talk about Ariel and what he went through, feel free to PM me. \n\nYours,\nRT Murphy, AKA The Sidhe.','',0,0,'','1rvfipyq',0,0,'u_305','',0),(90364,90362,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396521572,1,1,1,1,'Re: Holy Mass for Ariel.','Noted! Your name is on the list for the card.\n\nSorry to hear of your struggle, but glad to know the treatment has gone so well (side effects notwithstanding). I\'ll reply properly later.\n\nIn haste,','',0,0,'','13y70js3',0,0,'u_562','',0),(90365,90362,562,0,'110.32.25.144',1396522046,1,1,1,1,'Re: Holy Mass for Ariel.','Thanks for putting me on the card.\n\nAnd, all things considered, it has gone fairly well. It\'s just we all tend to grumble a bit about the side effects. There is a bit of a freemasonry of sorts amongst us cancer and chemo patients, so we tend to swap chemo war stories with one another. Which I now regret I didn\'t think of doing so in a few PM\'s with Ariel. I think I will carry that regret with me for the rest of my days.','',0,0,'','2azdgr7u',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90366,0,70,0,'209.170.68.168',1396530189,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','Please include my name if you haven\'t sent the card yet. It is Laura Clark. Thanks.\n\n[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664163#p664163:1unt6kvd]Subject: Sad news[/url:1unt6kvd]\n\n[quote="MartinUK":1unt6kvd][quote="peetz5050":1unt6kvd]My condolences to Martin and Nat and anyone else who knew him personally, I am sorry for your loss.[/quote:1unt6kvd]\nThanks, Pete. While not expecting to welcome him soon to our country, as he had welcomed me to his, I had a hope that, one day, perhaps many years hence, I might be able to return his courtesy. \":(\" \n\n[b:1unt6kvd]ETA: [/b:1unt6kvd]I will be offering Holy Mass for the repose of Ariel\'s soul. If anyone would like to associate themself with this gesture, please PM me with your name as you\'d like it to appear on the Mass card I shall post to his parents, and please say if you wish to make a contribution towards the Mass offering. I\'ll reply to all PMs to confirm I\'ve got your name for the card, but I\'ll include my Paypal address only when replying to those who indicate they would like to contribute.[/quote:1unt6kvd]','',0,0,'0A==','1unt6kvd',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90367,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1396530272,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664163#p664163:3r0uokzl]Subject: Sad news[/url:3r0uokzl]\n\n[quote="MartinUK":3r0uokzl][quote="peetz5050":3r0uokzl]My condolences to Martin and Nat and anyone else who knew him personally, I am sorry for your loss.[/quote:3r0uokzl]\nThanks, Pete. While not expecting to welcome him soon to our country, as he had welcomed me to his, I had a hope that, one day, perhaps many years hence, I might be able to return his courtesy. \":(\" \n\n[b:3r0uokzl]ETA: [/b:3r0uokzl]I will be offering Holy Mass for the repose of Ariel\'s soul. If anyone would like to associate themself with this gesture, please PM me with your name as you\'d like it to appear on the Mass card I shall post to his parents, and please say if you wish to make a contribution towards the Mass offering. I\'ll reply to all PMs to confirm I\'ve got your name for the card, but I\'ll include my Paypal address only when replying to those who indicate they would like to contribute.[/quote:3r0uokzl]\n\nI\'d like to offer a little something for the soul of a fellow writer. Please let me know how to contribute, and please put \'Gerald W. Wright\' on the card.\n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'0A==','3r0uokzl',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90368,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1396530349,1,1,1,1,'Time to donate once more!','Please send me your Paypal address so I can make another donation. \":)\" \n\n-BG','',0,0,'','ssjmshtm',0,0,'u_9','',0),(90369,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1396530659,1,1,1,1,'About Ariel...','Please let me know Ariel\'s real name; I want to do the same thing that I did with Decelaraptor; both name a ship after him, and actually put him in as a character. \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'','3ozor7zo',0,0,'u_305','',0),(90370,90257,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1396531842,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','Interesting. \":o\"','',0,0,'','r1gcuq3v',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90371,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1396533154,1,1,1,1,'A questing about Jane and HHOF','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=41416:2x7th5jv]I just posted a question about Jane\'s time on the track team[/url:2x7th5jv] - and it made me wonder: in the [i:2x7th5jv]HHOF[/i:2x7th5jv] universe, with no Daria there, would Jane have remained upon the LHS Track Team and become a superstar? \n\nIf that had happened, is that a possible reason why we never see Jane again (beyond the obvious reasons \":mrgreen:\" ), because as a track star, she doesn\'t need the money from posing for art class, etc.? I can also hear comments from the female jocks at Fielding about how they really hate the meets now, because of that skinny little thing from the boonies who runs like she\'s chasing after a sandwich (or some other really petty comments to hide their abject jealousy of her speed and the endurance in long-distance... they REALLY hate her).\n\nAnother question: [i:2x7th5jv]Lane Miserables[/i:2x7th5jv] showed a close friendship between Helen and Amanda Lane; I don\'t think it\'s as close as in canon, but it didn\'t seem to be based on their children knowing one another. Does that friendship exist in [i:2x7th5jv]HHOF[/i:2x7th5jv], and if it does - is Jane aware of the things that happened (BOOM) as stuff happening to the daughter of her mom\'s friend?\n\nOne more thing: when are we going to see more of Helen\'s eventual plunge into Eric\'s bed - and is there a probability that he\'s doing it simply to lacerate her credibility once the eventual sexual harassment lawsuit come in (\'because she\'s simply making it up to get back at me because we were sleeping together and I dumped her!\'), which means that he (and the other partners were aware of things already, and approved of Eric\'s plan to get her out of the office... and now, they can terminate her employment from the firm for cause with no backlash?\n\nGod, that\'s depressing. \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'MA==','2x7th5jv',0,0,'u_213','',0),(90372,90257,2552,0,'188.29.124.214',1396533821,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','There\'s a lot of stuff I need to do before I\'m ready to continue ITPS. I\'ve written some changes in dynamic between Cassidy and Ashley, and I\'ll have to change my planned ending as a result because it doesn\'t fit.\n\nAlso, were you fishing for ideas with your questions for the \'Character of the Week\' thread for Cassidy? Or did the answers happen to inspire you? \";)\"','',0,0,'','swaf3dou',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90373,90367,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396534309,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','Thanks, BG! I have your name for the list.\n\nIt\'s kind of you to want to contribute. If you are already a Paypal user, you just need to log into your Paypal account and send your donation to paypal.personal@martinsylvester.me.uk -- if you don\'t already use Paypal, let me know, and I\'ll find out what I need to do to.','',0,0,'','rwn25rgn',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90374,90366,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396534573,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','Thanks, Laura. Your name is on the list now. I hope to take the card to the post office on Monday (to give time for any further responses).','',0,0,'','er1ds0o6',0,0,'u_70','',0),(90375,90371,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1396536139,1,1,1,1,'Re: A questing about Jane and HHOF','[quote="Brother Grimace":bstr69n4][url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=41416:bstr69n4]I just posted a question about Jane\'s time on the track team[/url:bstr69n4] - and it made me wonder: in the [i:bstr69n4]HHOF[/i:bstr69n4] universe, with no Daria there, would Jane have remained upon the LHS Track Team and become a superstar? [/quote:bstr69n4]\n\nI\'ll probably address this in the main thread, but yes, it\'s very likely that Jane would have joined the track team at some point and started running. Whether she would have [i:bstr69n4]stayed[/i:bstr69n4] on the track team is another question. \n\n[quote:bstr69n4]\n\nIf that had happened, is that a possible reason why we never see Jane again (beyond the obvious reasons \":mrgreen:\" ), because as a track star, she doesn\'t need the money from posing for art class, etc.? I can also hear comments from the female jocks at Fielding about how they really hate the meets now, because of that skinny little thing from the boonies who runs like she\'s chasing after a sandwich (or some other really petty comments to hide their abject jealousy of her speed and the endurance in long-distance... they REALLY hate her).\n\n[/quote:bstr69n4]\n\nIt might make for an interesting aside from someone - maybe Donna, who probably letters in multiple sports. But it might be one of many minor reasons why we don\'t see Jane in HHoF\n\n[quote:bstr69n4]\n\nAnother question: [i:bstr69n4]Lane Miserables[/i:bstr69n4] showed a close friendship between Helen and Amanda Lane; I don\'t think it\'s as close as in canon, but it didn\'t seem to be based on their children knowing one another. Does that friendship exist in [i:bstr69n4]HHOF[/i:bstr69n4], and if it does - is Jane aware of the things that happened (BOOM) as stuff happening to the daughter of her mom\'s friend?\n\nOne more thing: when are we going to see more of Helen\'s eventual plunge into Eric\'s bed - and is there a probability that he\'s doing it simply to lacerate her credibility once the eventual sexual harassment lawsuit come in (\'because she\'s simply making it up to get back at me because we were sleeping together and I dumped her!\'), which means that he (and the other partners were aware of things already, and approved of Eric\'s plan to get her out of the office... and now, they can terminate her employment from the firm for cause with no backlash?\n\nGod, that\'s depressing. \n\n\n-BG[/quote:bstr69n4]\n\nUndoubtedly Helen and Amanda don\'t know each other in HHoF. Sometime after April - I have an exam at the end of April - I\'ll probably pick up the thread on HHoF and all of the stuff involving Eric et. al. will be moved forward by the time Summer Break is over.','',0,0,'sA==','bstr69n4',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90376,90257,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1396540359,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','[quote="ognawk":t8629hlw]There\'s a lot of stuff I need to do before I\'m ready to continue ITPS. I\'ve written some changes in dynamic between Cassidy and Ashley, and I\'ll have to change my planned ending as a result because it doesn\'t fit.\n\nAlso, were you fishing for ideas with your questions for the \'Character of the Week\' thread for Cassidy? Or did the answers happen to inspire you? \";)\"[/quote:t8629hlw]\nYeah, I was definitely fishing for ideas. You had good answers, too. Not all OCs are easy to write, but with one as well developed as Cassidy, it\'s a breeze. \":)\"','',0,0,'gA==','t8629hlw',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90377,90257,2552,0,'188.29.124.214',1396547879,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','Those questions actually got me to think about things I\'d never considered about her before. Specifically her interests. I figured photography was an easy way to go. I was considering saying she was a writer, but decided to have her play an instrument, just for something a bit different.\n\nIt\'s interesting you saying Cassidy is a breeze to write. A couple of other writers have expressed an interest in writing fics involving Cassidy, but didn\'t think they\'d be able to do her justice, so didn\'t go through with it.','',0,0,'','w5mt0i0g',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90378,90362,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396553603,1,1,1,1,'Re: Holy Mass for Ariel.','[quote="The Sidhe":20e19bzy]I wish I could donate something, but unfortunately my situation is such that I cannot.[/quote:20e19bzy]\nNo worries on that account. The principal point of my post was to invite people to add names. My decision to send my paypal address only to those who ask for it was to underline the point that while I want to offer a channel for those who\'d like to make any sort of contribution, a contribution is not expected.\n\n[quote:20e19bzy]But feel free to pass on to Ariel\'s family not only my condolences but also my understanding of what they are going through[...][/quote:20e19bzy]\nI\'m sorry to say that I can\'t do that. Ariel\'s folks don\'t read English, and my Spanish is just not up to it: I can barely do more than order a beer and ask directions. But the fact that your name and others are on the Mass card -- which, being a Catholic family, they will recognise for what it is at once without needing a translation -- will be a blessing to them, to know that it\'s not just me who\'s thinking of them.\n\n[quote:20e19bzy]As for the newsgroup: I\'ve been struggling with telling then about my little battle. As I have said I\'ve kept quiet out of consideration for Ariel, who was obviously having a harder time of it than I am. I would like some advice on this[...][/quote:20e19bzy]\nMy view is that you are wise to consider if this the wrong time to mention it; I think it is the wrong time. I think the sensitive thing to do is to allow some months to pass, and perhaps time the news to follow some landmark in your treatment and recovery.\n\n[quote:20e19bzy]There is a bit of a freemasonry of sorts amongst us cancer and chemo patients, so we tend to swap chemo war stories with one another. Which I now regret I didn\'t think of doing so in a few PM\'s with Ariel. I think I will carry that regret with me for the rest of my days.[/quote:20e19bzy]\nI can understand that, and it speaks well of you that the regret is so keenly felt. It\'s a lesson identified, for the next time (God forbid) the occasion arises, whether at PPMB or in some other context.','',0,0,'gA==','20e19bzy',0,0,'u_562','',0),(90379,0,30,0,'199.102.213.101',1396554605,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664297#p664297:2ysr1zzo]Subject: Sad news[/url:2ysr1zzo]\n\n[quote="MartinUK":2ysr1zzo][quote="I":2ysr1zzo][b:2ysr1zzo]ETA: [/b:2ysr1zzo]I will be offering Holy Mass for the repose of Ariel\'s soul. If anyone would like to associate themself with this gesture, please PM me with your name as you\'d like it to appear on the Mass card I shall post to his parents, and please say if you wish to make a contribution towards the Mass offering. I\'ll reply to all PMs to confirm I\'ve got your name for the card, but I\'ll include my Paypal address only when replying to those who indicate they would like to contribute.[/quote:2ysr1zzo]\nI\'m building up the list of names to inscribe on the card (thank you, guys) and I\'m hoping to take the card to the post office on Monday, so if there\'s anyone who wants to add their name but hasn\'t PMed me yet, please do so by [url=http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140407T11&msg=Last%20chance%20to%20get%20your%20name%20on%20the%20Mass%20card%20for%20Ariel%27s%20parents&sort=1:2ysr1zzo]1100 UTC on Monday[/url:2ysr1zzo] (click link to convert to your time zone).[/quote:2ysr1zzo]\n\nI missed this earlier, but please add my name and Bryan\'s as well: Bryan and Kristen Lagerstam. Thank you. \n\nKristen','',0,0,'0A==','2ysr1zzo',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90380,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1396557255,1,1,1,1,'Re: It happened AGAIN!','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664286#p664286:3m5tfuo4]Subject: It happened AGAIN![/url:3m5tfuo4]\n\n[quote="Erin M.":3m5tfuo4]Wow. So many people stepped up and offered money or even just kind thoughts during all this. My heartfelt thanks to all of you. It\'s made this shitty situation far more bearable. I hope to have some sort of solution put together in the next few weeks, so I can get back into production. Thank you all so much.\n\n--Erin M.\n\n[size=85:3m5tfuo4]I\'m not crying... I am NOT![/size:3m5tfuo4][/quote:3m5tfuo4]\n\n\nI\'ve just been acting like a bum recently. Send me your Paypal address. \n\nAlso, I\'ve been talking to my older brother - He\'s a computer tech up in Minneapolis. I\'m trying to see if he\'s got a machine that you could use. Do you use Macs or PCs? I\'ll see what he has, and get back to you. (He was surprised when I said that you live in Utah, he said \'That sort of thing happens out there?\')\n\nI remember what I refer to as The Great Computer Crash of 2001, wen I lost so much stuff that I\'ll never know exactly what I lost. This is much worse. \n\n-BG','',0,0,'lA==','3m5tfuo4',0,0,'u_94','',0),(90381,90380,94,0,'50.160.101.95',1396558501,1,1,1,1,'Re: It happened AGAIN!','PayPal: shalow15@hotmail.com\n\nAnd I\'ve got a couple of tech savvy family members of my own. We\'re looking into options now.\n\nThanks.\n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'','14u6t3r3',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90382,89899,251,0,'75.111.55.200',1396559190,1,1,1,1,'Re: A sensitive topic...','One last thing I thought I\'d add in case it was helpful to your story (which, btw, I\'d be okay with beta reading, at least where it involves the streets though it would help to know what happened before). Girls could be brainwashed, classic Stockholm Syndrome, to work with pimps and other predators, sometimes just in hopes of saving herself but other times because she\'d truly fallen (as far as I could tell) in love with her abuser. \n\nBut it\'s not always that. I mentioned being taken in by a mentor and radical elements just before I turned 17...thing was a handful of them saw potential in me, and I basked in that. I still had a rebellious streak and could get downright obnoxious at times, and I saw myself as fully equal of any adult, but nevertheless when certain adults were obviously impressed with me I ate it up like candy, and though I\'d have never admitted to doing any such thing I did try to impress them at times, at least the few I looked up to. It does seem to me that might be of significance...and also a bit disturbing because predators are more likely to exploit that then people trying to help, particularly because predators tend to focus on one kid (or just a few) at a time while those trying to help try to help as many as they can and thus more impersonal and distant. \n\nI\'d forgotten so much of that part of my life. How much my life has changed since then! It\'s weird to consider how I\'d have reacted if I, who I am today, were to travel back in time and talk to myself then. \'Course that would likely change my entire future (no matter how my teen self reacted)...','',0,0,'','39p89v2s',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90383,0,1406,0,'79.12.116.33',1396559283,1,1,1,1,'Hi','[quote:njw55hxa]I will be offering Holy Mass for the repose of Ariel\'s soul. If anyone would like to associate themself with this gesture, please PM me with your name as you\'d like it to appear on the Mass card I shall post to his parents,[/quote:njw55hxa]\n\nCan you add my name please ?\n\nI\'m Sergio Tripodi\n\nThank you','',0,0,'gA==','njw55hxa',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90384,89899,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1396559623,1,1,1,1,'Re: A sensitive topic...','That... is a disturbing detail (about Stockholm Syndrome) that really resonates, and I can see that taking place in my fic. (That\'s something that Fran, fortunately, never had to deal with - but without doubt, several of the girls that Appleton had his claws into did go through that.)\n\nThank you for your beta offer. When I finish, I\'ll definitely send it your way. \n\n-BG','',0,0,'','14u1e88v',0,0,'u_251','',0),(90385,88785,2552,0,'188.29.124.214',1396559660,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I was planning on writing something for one of my fics today. Instead, I wrote something that isn\'t a fan fic and will never see the light of day. Well, I wrote something at least, I guess.','',0,0,'','3r6xm7kv',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90386,90379,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396559801,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','Noted! Thank you for adding your names to the card.','',0,0,'','2bhy14nm',0,0,'u_30','',0),(90387,90383,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396559834,1,1,1,1,'Re: Hi','Noted! I shall add your name. Thank you.','',0,0,'','1bfnpeof',0,0,'u_1406','',0),(90388,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396560093,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','That\'s something, at least. You are doing better than me, I have written a tiny thing based on PCS\'s Out of Place, but meh. \n\nDon\'t force yourself, just wait until the right inspiration to strike and then roll with it.','',0,0,'','36183jqh',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90389,88785,2552,0,'188.29.124.214',1396560286,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I did write something yesterday that was set within ITPS, but I doubt I\'ll use it, because it doesn\'t quite fit right for me. Then again, neither does anything else for that fic right now, hence me putting it on indefinite hiatus.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[color=#4000FF:3498x7mx]As her husband got into the shower, Cassidy walked over and picked her tablet up from the table. She flopped onto the bed and started idly checking various websites. One she regularly checked was the Maryland News Network site, just to see if the police back in Lawndale thought they were any closer to catching them. The very idea made her laugh. Her good mood soon went away when she clicked a link on the \'Most Read\' section.\n\n\n[b:3498x7mx]KILLER ESCAPES BALTIMORE HIGH SECURITY PRISON[/b:3498x7mx]\n\n[i:3498x7mx]Police in Baltimore are on the hunt for a murderer who recently escaped from a Baltimore prison. 41 year old Otis Langford was sentenced to two life terms for the murders of Baltimore lawyer Christopher Hemming and local artist Carmella Castilla in 2005.\n\nPolice have released this recent photograph of the man. Civilians are advised not to approach him if you see him, as he is considered to be extremely dangerous.[/i:3498x7mx]\n\n\n"Son of a bitch!" Cassidy exclaimed angrily as she read it.\n\nAshley, having finished his shower, poked his head out from around the door. "Something wrong, honey?"\n\n"The bastard who killed my father escaped from prison," Cassidy explained, "He ruined my birthday, and every other birthday after that."\n\n"Your father was killed on your birthday?" Ashley asked. [i:3498x7mx]That would explain a lot.[/i:3498x7mx]\n\n"If I ever find him, I\'ll make him wish he\'d never been born," Cassidy said, simmering with rage.[/color:3498x7mx]','',0,0,'Yg==','3498x7mx',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90390,0,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396560842,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664297#p664297:2l25gkoj]Subject: Sad news[/url:2l25gkoj]\n\n[quote="MartinUK":2l25gkoj][quote="I":2l25gkoj][b:2l25gkoj]ETA: [/b:2l25gkoj]I will be offering Holy Mass for the repose of Ariel\'s soul. If anyone would like to associate themself with this gesture, please PM me with your name as you\'d like it to appear on the Mass card I shall post to his parents, and please say if you wish to make a contribution towards the Mass offering. I\'ll reply to all PMs to confirm I\'ve got your name for the card, but I\'ll include my Paypal address only when replying to those who indicate they would like to contribute.[/quote:2l25gkoj]\nI\'m building up the list of names to inscribe on the card (thank you, guys) and I\'m hoping to take the card to the post office on Monday, so if there\'s anyone who wants to add their name but hasn\'t PMed me yet, please do so by [url=http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140407T11&msg=Last%20chance%20to%20get%20your%20name%20on%20the%20Mass%20card%20for%20Ariel%27s%20parents&sort=1:2l25gkoj]1100 UTC on Monday[/url:2l25gkoj] (click link to convert to your time zone).[/quote:2l25gkoj]\nLizzy Breitigan. \":)\"','',0,0,'0A==','2l25gkoj',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90394,88785,2552,0,'188.29.124.214',1396563605,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','It\'s one of a few ideas I have. The original ending I had in mind relied on them mostly being on the same page. I don\'t know whether I\'ve done a good job of it so far in the actual story, but I\'ve aimed to present Ashley as being the more thoughtful, level headed of the two. Relatively speaking. If you\'d kill your best friend simply because you felt they were treating someone badly, you can\'t be all there.\n\nIt\'s all in flux at the moment. Truth is, I wouldn\'t be surprised if I never finish the thing. The only things I have set in stone are the list of potential victims and some stages of Quinn\'s development in the story. I\'ve jotted things down.\n\nI\'ll wait to see what inspiration strikes me next. I haven\'t even thought about Woolen Boy recently, and for a while, that was all I could think about.','',0,0,'','mgqkz5ls',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90395,90362,562,0,'110.32.25.144',1396563747,1,1,1,1,'Re: Holy Mass for Ariel.','Thanks for the advice. I think I\'ll wait until after my first post-treatment blood test results are in, which, according to my oncologist yesterday (that was my tenth treatment, only two more to go, thankfully!) should be three months after my last treatment, or so I understand. Should be enough of a milepost to use. I think I might also use it as an opportunity to offer the guys on the list an opportunity to talk about this sort of issue, using my own experiences as a lens to focus things. It may help with coping with an event like this. What say you?\n\nI also sent a PM to Quiverwing asking her to pass on private condolences, and explaining just why, giving her a bare-bones account of what I told you. So, apart from you, she\'s the only other person on the list who knows what I have been going through. I\'ve also offered QW an opportunity for her to talk about this issue in private with me, since as a cancer and chemo patient I may be able to offer some insights into what has happened. I hope she takes it up.','',0,0,'','2nvfzazo',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90396,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396564731,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I can see that Ashley is the more level headed one. That\'s why he is the one I think will come to his senses first, because throughout human history there\'s countless individuals who have committed terrible crimes and then felt remorse for them. Ashley is caught up in lust (I would hesitate to say love), hormonal fluctuations, potential temporary psychosis and the sense of being always being right, all of this is finite. Eventually Cassidy will outrun him. I think something like this would distinguish it from other fics, and the story is too good to be compared to other ones. I would have them having quite a low kill count too. \n\nAhhhh woollen boy, will he ever meet his Daddy? Will Mommy make it to Texas without getting arrested? Will he ever become a real boy? Who knows?','',0,0,'','3l6zrzn2',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90397,0,994,0,'71.94.185.113',1396564983,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664297#p664297:2bcixfte]Subject: Sad news[/url:2bcixfte]\n\n[quote="MartinUK":2bcixfte][quote="I":2bcixfte][b:2bcixfte]ETA: [/b:2bcixfte]I will be offering Holy Mass for the repose of Ariel\'s soul. If anyone would like to associate themself with this gesture, please PM me with your name as you\'d like it to appear on the Mass card I shall post to his parents, and please say if you wish to make a contribution towards the Mass offering. I\'ll reply to all PMs to confirm I\'ve got your name for the card, but I\'ll include my Paypal address only when replying to those who indicate they would like to contribute.[/quote:2bcixfte]\nI\'m building up the list of names to inscribe on the card (thank you, guys) and I\'m hoping to take the card to the post office on Monday, so if there\'s anyone who wants to add their name but hasn\'t PMed me yet, please do so by [url=http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140407T11&msg=Last%20chance%20to%20get%20your%20name%20on%20the%20Mass%20card%20for%20Ariel%27s%20parents&sort=1:2bcixfte]1100 UTC on Monday[/url:2bcixfte] (click link to convert to your time zone).[/quote:2bcixfte]\n\nGo ahead and add my name to the card.\n-Chris O\'Brien','',0,0,'0A==','2bcixfte',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90400,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396567824,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','You\'re an evil, evil lady. \":D\" \":D\"\n\nI once contributed a snippet for Wench\'s Creepyling fic where Mafalda was a little older (maybe four or five), and Jane was the nanny who stood atop the mansion going, "I\'m doing this for YOU, Mafalda! It\'s all for you!!" and then jumped. Wench added to it that Mafalda went up to Jane\'s corpse and said, "But I wanted Lego". \":lol:\" \n\nAlso I\'ve got Jules being drunk and geeking out over cobblestone in the village scene of chapter three. Good times. \":D\"','',0,0,'','2p0g59cg',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90399,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396565741,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','[img:5xa6patg]https://31.media.tumblr.com/880e13c20d706173187a68c65c1764a9/tumblr_meogr7LMOz1rqu7smo1_500.gif[/img:5xa6patg]\n\nTom: Jane and Todd\'s kid freaks me out. \n\nDaria: I keep telling you, just because they called him Damien does not mean his is the antichrist. Even a child born with mixed Lane/Ianuzzi genes can\'t be that evil. \n\nTom: I\'ll be dead by the end of the year.\n\nDaria: He\'s just saying goodbye. Don\'t be ridiculous. \n\n[img:5xa6patg]https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsj4ynsSN1rvo0tro1_500.gif[/img:5xa6patg]\n\n[img:5xa6patg]https://31.media.tumblr.com/ef040933506dabac9e56a66a6fec0a74/tumblr_mry08kkHpL1rd00ruo1_500.gif[/img:5xa6patg]\n\nBye Bye, Uncle Tom.\n\n\n\n \":lol:\" \":lol:\"','',0,0,'CA==','5xa6patg',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90401,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396568027,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Actually, ignore that previous PM. I was babbling nonsense again','',0,0,'','2leorjuk',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90402,88785,2552,0,'188.29.124.214',1396568168,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I couldn\'t see it to ignore it in the first place. Then again, now I know what it looks like when someone deletes a PM before I can read it. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2pl9itod',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90403,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396568891,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Okay. I\'m SOOOO tempted to reply to this from BW\'s art thread:\n\n[quote="Wouter":1qmh7x0z]Funny how one of my most successful threads on the Easel isn\'t about my artworks.[/quote:1qmh7x0z]\n\nwith "GO CRY, EMO KID". Seriously, Wouter constantly complains that he\'s not popular enough, and [b:1qmh7x0z]that\'s what makes him unpopular[/b:1qmh7x0z]. No other artist at this point wants anything to do with him because he\'s constantly putting us down! Whining that our stuff is getting more recognition (and in the process of that, telling us that our stuff isn\'t WORTHY of such recognition) is only causing more animosity between fellow artists. It\'s not supposed to be a fucking contest.','',0,0,'wA==','1qmh7x0z',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90404,0,305,0,'190.115.59.155',1396570097,1,1,1,1,'Re: Card','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664297#p664297:2ge4r1ms]Subject: Sad news[/url:2ge4r1ms]\n\n[quote="MartinUK":2ge4r1ms]I\'m building up the list of names to inscribe on the card (thank you, guys) and I\'m hoping to take the card to the post office on Monday, so if there\'s anyone who wants to add their name but hasn\'t PMed me yet, please do so by [url=http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140407T11&msg=Last%20chance%20to%20get%20your%20name%20on%20the%20Mass%20card%20for%20Ariel%27s%20parents&sort=1:2ge4r1ms]1100 UTC on Monday[/url:2ge4r1ms] (click link to convert to your time zone).[/quote:2ge4r1ms]\nMartin,\n\nPlease add my name to the card - you already know it. Sorry I didn\'t get back to you sooner, I don\'t check the board as often these days (offline life\'s keeping me busy). \n\nThank you for the lovely gesture.\n\n-Natalie','',0,0,'kA==','2ge4r1ms',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90405,90369,305,0,'190.115.59.155',1396570600,1,1,1,1,'Re: About Ariel...','[quote="Brother Grimace":37rta3i2]Please let me know Ariel\'s real name; I want to do the same thing that I did with Decelaraptor; both name a ship after him, and actually put him in as a character. \n\n-BG[/quote:37rta3i2]\nThat\'s a really nice gesture. Arena del Sur\'s real name [i:37rta3i2]was[/i:37rta3i2] Ariel. \n\n-QW','',0,0,'oA==','37rta3i2',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90406,90369,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1396573324,1,1,1,1,'Re: About Ariel...','[quote="Quiverwing":261i6h4n][quote="Brother Grimace":261i6h4n]Please let me know Ariel\'s real name; I want to do the same thing that I did with Decelaraptor; both name a ship after him, and actually put him in as a character. \n\n-BG[/quote:261i6h4n]\nThat\'s a really nice gesture. Arena del Sur\'s real name [i:261i6h4n]was[/i:261i6h4n] Ariel. \n\n-QW[/quote:261i6h4n]\n\n\nConsidering the trials that Ariel went through that he spoke on, I think you\'ll like what I have planned. \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'oA==','261i6h4n',0,0,'u_305','',0),(90407,0,1066,0,'68.80.153.254',1396576821,1,1,1,1,'Re: More of BloodyWilliams Daria art stuff','[quote="Wouter":1gtcszu0]Funny how one of my most successful threads on the Easel isn\'t about my artworks.[/quote:1gtcszu0]\n\nI saw this in your art thread, and my gut reaction was to say "Not everything has to be about you" but then I decided not to muddy your thread with negativity. But seriously...what is that guy\'s problem?\n\nKem','',0,0,'gA==','1gtcszu0',0,0,'u_1712','',0),(90408,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396584912,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','What the fuck? Oh my word, is his stuff the only thing that is allowed to be popular? That is one of the most stupidest things on here in a while, and will have the exact reaction to the one he wants because people as more likely to ignore his stuff from that little outburst of jealousy. Fuck him, and the best thing would be for you and the other artists to carry on producing your amazing art and leave him to it. Pfffft.','',0,0,'','22w8m374',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90409,90254,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1396586404,1,1,1,1,'Re: A breakthrough in music','Alright...that second video, it reminds me of something Immortal would do.\n\nAnd hey, why not...here\'s what has to be my favorite review of Seth Putnam\'s other band.\n\n[youtube:15equga7]0dUyWkOk_m8[/youtube:15equga7]','',0,0,'AAE=','15equga7',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90410,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396594592,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Indeed. The fact that he doesn\'t just complain about lack of feedback but goes to the extent of saying he deserves as much recognition as other artists (implying that their stuff doesn\'t deserve any credit) is what I have a problem with most of all. \n\nSpeaking of art, my next Thorns pic shall be the scene of Jules drunk (off two beers, poor lightweight guy \":lol:\" ) and running around town geeking over everything. I figure that his running around, wanting to see everything in the village is what makes them late getting home, even though he\'s not trying to be malicious about it or get anyone in trouble; poor dude had just never been outside the castle \'til then.','',0,0,'','1hwyodbr',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90411,90254,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1396596222,1,1,1,1,'Re: A breakthrough in music','[quote="Jeremy Garrett":1r7nwog2]Alright...that second video, it reminds me of something Immortal would do.\n\nAnd hey, why not...here\'s what has to be my favorite review of Seth Putnam\'s other band.\n\n[youtube:1r7nwog2]0dUyWkOk_m8[/youtube:1r7nwog2][/quote:1r7nwog2]\nAbsolutely hilarious. They made a career out of taking the piss, didn\'t they? \":lol:\" And I have to hear Picnic of Love now. An Amazon reviewer said, "This is a good cd to play for your girlfriend if you\'re trying to sock it to her. This cd is a must, even if you don\'t like A.C.\'s other stuff."','',0,0,'gAE=','1r7nwog2',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(90412,90254,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1396596357,1,1,1,1,'Re: A breakthrough in music','I remember reading how AxCx sent their albums to places they knew would hate them, just to get bad reviews. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','1k4gkpz9',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90413,90404,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396597243,1,1,1,1,'Re: Card','Noted! Your name is on the list.\n\nWhen addressing the card, would "El Sr. y la Sra. Bustos" be correct? I know married Spanish women retain theri own surname in addition to taking their husband\'s, and it may be the same in Argentina; but I don\'t know what Ariel\'s mum\'s name is.\n\nThanks for your kind words. \":)\"','',0,0,'','32trnfzo',0,0,'u_305','',0),(90414,90397,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396597292,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','Noted! Your name is on the list for adding to the card. Thank you.','',0,0,'','26xegfqo',0,0,'u_994','',0),(90415,90362,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396597391,1,1,1,1,'Re: Holy Mass for Ariel.','[quote="The Sidhe":1c1ab0ei]Thanks for the advice. I think I\'ll wait until after my first post-treatment blood test results are in, which, according to my oncologist yesterday (that was my tenth treatment, only two more to go, thankfully!) should be three months after my last treatment, or so I understand. Should be enough of a milepost to use. I think I might also use it as an opportunity to offer the guys on the list an opportunity to talk about this sort of issue, using my own experiences as a lens to focus things. It may help with coping with an event like this. What say you?[/quote:1c1ab0ei]\nSounds ideal.\n\n[quote:1c1ab0ei]I also sent a PM to Quiverwing [...][/quote:1c1ab0ei]\nThat\'s very thoughtful.','',0,0,'gA==','1c1ab0ei',0,0,'u_562','',0),(90416,90393,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396597439,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','Noted! Your name is on the list for adding to the card. Thank you.\n\nAnd thank you for your kind words, too. \"8)\"','',0,0,'','2v9pt10r',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90417,90367,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396597990,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sad news','Many thanks, BG, for your generous contribution of £11.75 GBP towards the Mass offering, which I received this morning. Your kindness is warmly appreciated.','',0,0,'','3rpg00me',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90418,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396599715,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Ugh, that\'s why Wouter is one of a few people on here who\'s posts I just skip over. He doesn\'t deserve recognition because he\'s been on here for thirty thousand years. Eye rolls ahoy. \n\nAnd yay for poor drunken Jules. I can imagine him peering under some bushes and interrupting some poor couple mid grope \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','31tic0dk',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90462,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1396749498,1,1,1,1,'Should Wouter be called out?','I mean, for the love of god, he basically draws child pornography. Granted, I know it\'s all depicting fictional characters, but it\'s still creepy. His newest bit for Avatar: The Last Airbender, has Toph, a fifteen-year-old, having her breasts licked. That\'s just downright creepy, in my opinion. What do you think? I\'m considering posting something saying "this is not okay", but is it possible he (and other users) will defend it as "just art?"\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'','xrqhdgpp',0,0,'u_1891','',0),(90463,86861,1712,0,'72.87.59.189',1396750578,1,1,1,1,'Re: Potential Requests?','hooray, i am not hated!\n\nas for cassidy\'s belly... that\'s not a gap. her skirt actually has a panel a few centimetres wide. such a spot has the elastic in the waistband or perhaps the closures for the shirt on the back, such as clasps, buttons, whatever. you can see i drew the same panel on Michelle Smith:\nhttp://bloodywilliam.deviantart.com/art ... -377367013\nthe khaki colour of the skirt is very similar to flesh tone, though, so i can see how it\'s easy to think it\'s exposed skin.\n\ni\'m glad you like \'em! \n\ncheers, \nBW','',0,0,'','1b0er5hw',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90464,90407,1066,0,'68.80.153.254',1396752229,1,1,1,1,'Re: More of BloodyWilliams Daria art stuff','[quote="BloodyWilliam":2uhrvf1g]i don\'t now what his intentions are with that statement :-/\nhe made the thread specifically FOR my art stuff, and it\'s not like i asked him to, either. if he wants his own art thread to be more popular, then he should put up more art! in my opinion anyway. \ni dunno. i\'m not looking to start an argument with the fellow.[/quote:2uhrvf1g]\n\nYeah, I didn\'t want to start anything either....that\'s why I decided not to respond in the thread. My gut reaction was to throw back a snarky reply (Snarky? In a Daria forum? Surely not! \":)\" ) but at least I had the good sense to stop myself. I\'m not always able to do that! \n\nAs for his intent, I get the feeling he\'s just frustrated over his own artwork not getting noticed, but raining on the parade of other artists is just going to get him noticed for the wrong reasons. I hope he realizes that at some point. \n\nKem','',0,0,'gA==','2uhrvf1g',0,0,'u_1712','',0),(90465,90462,1891,0,'69.35.195.246',1396752898,1,1,1,1,'Re: Should Wouter be called out?','[quote="PrecambrianStudios":nmntu7po]I mean, for the love of god, he basically draws child pornography. Granted, I know it\'s all depicting fictional characters, but it\'s still creepy. His newest bit for Avatar: The Last Airbender, has Toph, a fifteen-year-old, having her breasts licked. That\'s just downright creepy, in my opinion. What do you think? I\'m considering posting something saying "this is not okay", but is it possible he (and other users) will defend it as "just art?"\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS[/quote:nmntu7po]\n\nWell there\'s the old saying \'if you have to ask if something is art, the answer is usually yes.\' And sadly even Toph getting her boobs licked isn\'t anywhere NEAR the most outrageous thing ever posted on the internet. What I\'d recommend is to write out what you think very carefully and logically, and to be honest I can\'t decide if it would be better if you posted it for everyone to see as an open letter or just PM Wouter privately.\n\nIn both cases I strongly advise against getting into any sort of flame war.\n\nThere is the third option of just not saying anything, but if this bothers you that much then being silent would be a mistake for you personally.\n\n-Shiva','',0,0,'gA==','nmntu7po',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(90466,90458,2346,0,'69.35.200.55',1396785668,1,1,1,1,'Re: Daria Audio Show II','Haha, awesome! \":D\" I think that\'ll more than suffice, thank you (but I\'ll get back to you if any complications arise or anything).','',0,0,'','16sgj2oy',0,0,'u_2702','',0),(90467,0,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1396797252,1,1,1,1,'Things might get a bit dicey in re: chat today','Dear Padre, Tem and Jeremy,\n\nThe General\'s leaning toward going shopping for a new bed for the former music room, so odds are I might be late to chat or not make it at all depending on circumstances. Just letting you know upfront.','',0,0,'','3qcpi0gd',0,0,'u_2213:u_39:u_1233','',0),(90468,90467,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396801895,1,1,1,1,'Re: Things might get a bit dicey in re: chat today','Noted! Thanks.','',0,0,'','2wi9e6pt',0,0,'u_26','',0),(90469,0,61,0,'68.80.153.254',1396802429,1,1,1,1,'Re: Change the name of Mystik Spiral: Part Dos.','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=664779#p664779:2bvtxlva]Subject: Change the name of Mystik Spiral: Part Dos.[/url:2bvtxlva]\n\n[quote="MartinUK":2bvtxlva][quote="Mike Quinn":2bvtxlva]"I just got the new [b:2bvtxlva]Spastic Colon[/b:2bvtxlva] and man it\'s loud"[/quote:2bvtxlva][quote="Kem":2bvtxlva]Eh, they\'re ok, but their last album was a piece of ****.[/quote:2bvtxlva]\nTheir output has been highly variable lately. Some commentators attribute that to internal difficulties.[/quote:2bvtxlva]\n\n\nHa! \":lol:\"','',0,0,'0A==','2bvtxlva',0,0,'u_39','',0),(90470,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396805287,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Hmmmm, I\'m still not sure about it. This is my version of PCS\'s Out of Place, not sure if it\'s any good though.\n\nThere was a distinct chill in the evening air, one that nipped at the flesh with a cruel pinch, but if the citizens of Highland felt it they didn’t show any signs of discomfort. Instead they threw themselves around, moving to the music in wild abandon, wide grins on their faces, mouthing the words to the song though none of them knew the words. Kimberley and Gina swayed to the music, the smiles almost painted onto their faces as they danced with Beavis and Butt-head, shrieking with laughter could be heard right at the edges of square of dancing bodies that had formed. Fat little Stewart and his friends were ungainly bouncing on the spot in some sort of pogo, sweat dripping down their faces, as Cassandra swayed to her own rhythm. It wasn’t just the teenagers either, the entire town crammed themselves into whatever space they could find, their bodies banging into each other as people were knocked clumsily to the floor from the force of the body blows. The chorus of the song blasted through the hastily arranged speakers and an almighty howl came from the dancers as their movements became jerkier, as if they had lost control of their limbs. \n\n[i:zl2m5yg0]Ça plane pour moi. Ça plane pour moi. Ça plane pour moi moi moi moi moi. Ça plane pour moi\nWhooooo oooooo waoooooo. Ça plane pour moi.[/i:zl2m5yg0]\n\nAround the edge of the mass of bodies a group of people watched, the only ones not dancing, leaning against some incredibly beat up cars. They were all tough looking young men, all apart from one. On the bonnet of the middle car, a spectacularly rusty old green banger, sat the solitary female. To her right was a tall, broad, blonde man, sunglasses still on despite it being the middle of the night. To her left was a shaven headed boy in his late teens, idly playing with a pistol, aiming the barrel at Buzzcut as he bounced on by. The female looked up towards the teenager, an amused look on her face as she inclined her head backward towards the dancers.\n\n“Well, who knew Anderson and McVicker could move that good?”\n\n“As long as they don’t start grindin’, we’re all good here,” Earl grimaced at the thought of that horror, the lock of his gun still on the oblivious Buzzcut. The female smirked at that and left Earl to his own devices, when he was in one of his moods it was easier to ride out the storm. She idly looked over the scene, her scene, and tapped her foot against the grill in time to the music. \n\n“Have there been any more [i:zl2m5yg0]duplicate[/i:zl2m5yg0] incidents?” she said to the blonde man on her right, who pushed the sunglasses over the bridge of his nose and rubbed his eyes. \n\n“Slade said he saw a version of him walkin’ around the mini-mart earlier on, and Rick saw a version of Gina staggerin’ around before, covered in blood, and sort of screamin’ somethin’, a chick’s name. Jen, or Jean, some shit like that. And, uh, well……”\n\n“Well what?”\n\nTodd faltered, gulping as he remembered the afternoon, those two roamin’ around. Him and her, the definition of crazy bottled up and poured into two bodies.\n\n“Well, there’s a version of me too, I saw him on a street right on the outskirts of town. Another me and some girl, damn pretty girl too, black hair and red lips. He was me, but he had an attitude, like he would set fire to the world and didn’t care who he burnt while he did it. She was the same, actually she was worse; she would have killed us all if she’d had the chance. You know when you know someone is somethin’ on sight, you don’t know how, you just do? Well, they are crazy. Pure, unadulterated, triple strength crazy.”\n\n“Really? What happened.”\n\n“They didn’t see me if that’s what your wonderin’. They were packin’ some serious heat and they wondered up and down before lookin’ at a house at the end of the road. I thought they would go inside, but they stopped half way down the path all of a sudden, like they’d sensed somethin’, and she said to him ‘Mother is here.’ Sounded kind of apprehensive and then they just melted away. I closed my eyes for a second and they were gone when I opened them. Nobody can move that quick. Who the hell are these assholes and what do they want? This is Highland; we ain’t got shit to give.”\n\nThe song died as Todd stopped speaking, he looked at the female, and she shrugged. She turned her gaze towards the dancers; all of them looked exhausted and ready to drop, and watched as the smiles faded from their faces. Somewhere, on the outskirts of Highland, the duplicates were wondering around, the dead and dying, the hunted and the hunters, and soon they would find a way in. Many Todds. Many Earls. God help them a ton of Beavis and Buttheads. As they were doing in Lawndale, they would in Highland; the walls would soon be breached. It was only a matter of time. But until that moment, everybody danced to the beat of her tune. The song started up again, the same one that had been on a loop for hours, and the movement started again. It might all go to shit at any moment, but right now everything was okay. \n\n[i:zl2m5yg0]Ça plane pour moi. Ça plane pour moi. Ça plane pour moi moi moi moi moi. Ça plane pour moi\nWhooooo oooooo waoooooo. Ça plane pour moi.[/i:zl2m5yg0]','',0,0,'IA==','zl2m5yg0',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90471,0,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1396806827,1,1,1,1,'I\'ll be in on time after all','Dear Padre, Tem and Jeremy,\n\nI think the General decided to buy the bed online and it\'s going to get delivered here later in the week. So I\'ll be in at chat on time.\n\nSee you soon. \":-)\"','',0,0,'','33v4nwte',0,0,'u_2213:u_39:u_1233','',0),(90472,90469,39,0,'87.112.49.93',1396807757,1,1,1,1,'Re: Change the name of Mystik Spiral: Part Dos.','\":mrgreen:\"','',0,0,'','3cu26gyx',0,0,'u_61','',0),(90473,88785,2552,0,'94.196.255.190',1396809582,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Interesting. Assuming the female in question is yourself, it\'s different that you\'re directly interacting with the characters, whereas in Out of Place, everyone is just trying to observe. I just wonder what else could happen in Highland. That can\'t be the end of it, surely.','',0,0,'','6qng5xcr',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90474,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396810643,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Yeah, that\'s me. There\'s only one of me so I could fangirl directly. And I am keeping my children in check.','',0,0,'','hg43qv5h',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90475,88785,2552,0,'188.29.119.47',1396824230,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Ah, those crazy kids. At least you didn\'t get caught in a flour bomb attack. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2i6e5oxn',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90476,88785,2552,0,'188.29.119.47',1396827420,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','So, I now have 7 different images of Cassidy that people have drawn, and only 3 of them were requested. Was pleasantly surprised by BloodyWilliam doing Cassidy in the school uniform. Was a nice bonus. He\'s a talented chap. As are a lot of people in The Easel. Makes my horrible effort to draw Cassidy look even worse.','',0,0,'','1ctev7ib',1396827439,1,'u_1798','',0),(90477,89872,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1396843120,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','You still want me to start a "COTW" for Ashley?','',0,0,'','1qdiiach',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90478,0,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1396847540,1,1,1,1,'Re: Random Daria Thoughts/Questions part 3','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":cr2kac14]Controlling someone\'s actions and placing restrictions on their movements is [i:cr2kac14]not[/i:cr2kac14] normal in a relationship. The moment a person attempts to take control of their partner\'s actions, that opens up the possibility for abuse. That\'s not subjective, nobody has the right to tell their partner what clothes they are permitted to wear for example and where they are permitted to go and who they are permitted to see. That\'s forcibly taking control and removing it from the other person and that\'s not healthy in a relationship.[/quote:cr2kac14]\nLSM, I don\'t claim to understand your experience, whatever the particulars may have been. But your situation and Jane\'s situation with Nathan, as the writers intended it, do not sound like the same thing at all. Nathan never told Jane to wear period fashions. Jane has always enjoyed wearing various outfits just for the sake of looking different. In a way, she appreciates clothes more than the Fashion Club. \":lol:\" It seemed clear enough to me that she just thought Nathan\'s style was amusing and joined in willingly. She didn\'t stop, or express any desire to, until Nathan behaved like an ass and made an issue out of it. I guess, like so many other things, we\'re examining this from very different perspectives.\n\nBut I don\'t believe you\'ve read enough of my posts, [url=https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9511781/1/My-Little-Quinny:cr2kac14]much less my writing,[/url:cr2kac14] to [url=https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9252947/1/The-Lucid-One:cr2kac14]accurately describe[/url:cr2kac14] my [url=https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8207744/1/September-In-Neon-Blue:cr2kac14]feelings on Sandi.[/url:cr2kac14] You\'re comparing my multi-dimensional, albeit grudging, interest in her to a personal hatred of Nathan as though they were the same thing.','',0,0,'sA==','cr2kac14',1396847637,1,'u_1798','',0),(90479,89872,2552,0,'176.248.35.58',1396848333,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Mandy Crishner','Sure, if no-one else is lined up.','',0,0,'','1swhkms8',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(90480,90478,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396857615,1,1,1,1,'Re: Random Daria Thoughts/Questions part 3','Firstly, they are not my experiences because if you\'d read my post fully it would have been perfectly clear to you that my boyfriend would never behave do anything like that, however they have been the experiences of family members and friends and that\'s we\'re I get more insight than I\'d ever wish to know from. I didn\'t want that all round the board because that\'s people\'s privacy and nobody\'s fucking business. In my former job I also worked with a lot of DV cases and there are trigger points that are used to help victims and potential victims, that\'s what I saw in that Jane and Nathan. I did, you didn\'t, and if you didn\'t then well that\'s your opinion. Neither of us are moving from our respective ones, so lets drop the fucking subject now. \n\nI may have been too harsh as I haven\'t read all your work, I haven\'t read all the work of some of my favourite authors so I\'ve no chance with everyone else. You\'ve misrepresented my stance on stuff and I doubt you\'ve read everything of mine and I wouldn\'t have expected you to either. My experience of it has been no matter how horribly Quinn behaves (in fic or in canon, and for three and a half seasons out of five she was horrid) generally it\'s someone else\'s fault, and normally from what I\'ve read it\'s Sandi\'s, but I haven\'t read allnyoir work so I\'m only going off that. However it is your opinion, you are entitled to hold it and as of now, I officially don\'t care.\n\nWe will never get on, we don\'t like each other or any fiction that the other creates and, on my part, discussions end up with distinct urge to smash my head against something heavy. I don\'t care about fandom stuff that much to argue about it with you anymore. I\'ve stated my point, you\'ve done the same with yours, neither of us are right or wrong, they are opinions. Let us draw a line under this, add me to your foes list, and we will never see any of each other\'s posts ever again. Imagine the niceness.','',0,0,'','23pw7xx0',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90481,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396858200,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','He is a very talented author, and people in the Easel are very talented, and by and large nice people too. Nicer than the authors and CW by a long shot, which is a display of bullshit some of the time, and I include myself in that.','',0,0,'','d7wp0uj6',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90482,88785,2552,0,'188.29.120.102',1396859451,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','BloodyWilliam is a great author. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but if you zoom in real close to his pictures, they actually [i:2i55h86f]are[/i:2i55h86f] a thousand words in all different colours. \":lol:\"\n\nIn all seriousness, though, I know what you mean about the CW forum. Sometimes, I do feel a bit hypocritical when being picky about giving people permission to use my characters, when I\'m using characters from Daria without permission. It does irk me somewhat when people who never give feedback about other people\'s fics complain about nobody giving feedback to theirs. I always try to leave comments on stuff I read, even if it\'s just a \'Hey, this is cool\'. I forget sometimes. It happens.','',0,0,'IA==','2i55h86f',1396859519,1,'u_1798','',0),(90484,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396867498,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','For fuck\'s sake. I got a fucking PM off SD about the whole Nathan/Jane thing, days after everyone else has moved on. Firstly it was a \'I think that their situation is different to yours.\' Firstly, I didn\'t say it was my situations, and told him that I\'d seen what DV can do by looking at family and friends go through it, and told him in so uncertain terms if that ends up on the board I will ruin him. Secondly, how the fuck would be know either way? I pretty much said to him that he needs to let it drop now. \n\nThen I got a whole big whiny diatribe about how he doesn\'t \'mindlessly hate Sandi\' and gave me a list of his fics, as if I gave a shit, pretty much saying \'I am perfect and you are a stupid person.\' I told him I haven\'t read all the fics from authors I like so what chance has he got and that from what I have read of his it \'Perfect Quinn/Horrible Sandi\' and that I don\'t give a shit about fandom stuff to argue about it forever. \n\nI ended by saying I didn\'t like him or his fics, I\'m sure the feeling is mutual and that he needs to stop contacting me. Arrrrrrghhhh, all this stress about shit I don\'t care about.','',0,0,'','374v2ie2',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90485,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396867789,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I just get wound up by the pretentiousness and people who seem to be under the illusion that are creating works of literary genius that will echo through the ages. We\'re writing fanfiction, some of it is good, some is godawful, but that\'s all it is. There\'s about four or five people who are good enough to be published, if the rest provide entertainment then lets be grateful about that.','',0,0,'','12yp0h3k',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90486,88785,2552,0,'188.31.13.215',1396872138,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','This is why I\'m glad the Fanworks award categories are labelled as \'Favourite\' rather than \'Best\'. As \'Favourites\', it\'s essentially a fun little popularity contest. If they were labelled as \'Best\', there would be arguments forever. Oh boy, would there be arguments.\n\nI think people lose sight of the fact that it\'s just supposed to be something we\'re all doing for our own entertainment mostly, and if others are entertained then that\'s nice. I\'ve had my moments, I\'ll admit.\n\nYou ever get that feeling where you\'re writing something, you\'re listening to music and a song comes on that just fits with what you\'re writing?','',0,0,'','1ggpvdns',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90487,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396874692,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I agree, at least with favourite it is (mostly) known that this is partly to recognise popular stories and partly to shower praise on popular posters on here. No more, no less. If it was \'best\' there\'d be tons of fights and \'OMG, how dare you not nominate my fic, it is a work of genius.\' There\'s a few of those types on here too.\n\nI\'m on here for shits and giggles. I have now decided just not to deal with stuff where I find I\'m going round and round in circles with someone. I also don\'t take my own work seriously, OATP and the following saga was that harsh lesson learned. \n\nAll the time. There\'s loads of songs that have come on and I was like \'how strange this fits.\'','',0,0,'','3vylqsg7',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90489,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396908207,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Oh my word, I was looking over my original post to you and it barely makes sense, I was so annoyed. This is his post.\n\n[quote:3vow8tcm]LSM, I don\'t claim to understand your experience, whatever the particulars may have been. But your situation and Jane\'s situation with Nathan, as the writers intended it, do not sound like the same thing at all. Nathan never told Jane to wear period fashions. Jane has always enjoyed wearing various outfits just for the sake of looking different. In a way, she appreciates clothes more than the Fashion Club. \":lol:\" It seemed clear enough to me that she just thought Nathan\'s style was amusing and joined in willingly. She didn\'t stop, or express any desire to, until Nathan behaved like an ass and made an issue out of it. I guess, like so many other things, we\'re examining this from very different perspectives.\n\nBut I don\'t believe you\'ve read enough of my posts, much less my writing, to accurately describe my feelings on Sandi. You\'re comparing my multi-dimensional, albeit grudging, interest in her to a personal hatred of Nathan as though they were the same thing.\n\n[/quote:3vow8tcm] \n\nHe goes on that he has \' multi dimensional reasons\' why he has his opinions on Sandi and has grudgingly (his word, not mine) devoted time on her in his fics, but my feelings on Nathan are just mindless hate. [i:3vow8tcm]It isn\'t about clothes, it is about his controlling nature and the guilt trip he put her on, the pressure he put her under and the isolation from her friends he started.[/i:3vow8tcm] Go fuck yourself, SD, go fuck yourself. \n\nLuckily I haven\'t had any more PMs, so hopefully my stern warning that helpfully told him not to speak to me again, has worked. And if [i:3vow8tcm]anything[/i:3vow8tcm] about my friends and relatives appears on this board I will ruin him. I think he is someone with an overwhelming need to be right all the time, and his post was not a \'I need to clear to the air\' post, but a \'I am right and I will show you I am right\' but bugger him. I dunno if I am taking this overboard. \n\nAnd thanks you \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" How are you doing?','',0,0,'oA==','3vow8tcm',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90491,88785,2552,0,'188.31.13.215',1396912596,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Well, there are people who get pissy about not getting nominated, which I don\'t get. I suppose the awards are serious business to some. Oddly, when the last nominations came up, I actually got a PM from me saying they were \'shocked\' that TGATG didn\'t get more than one nomination. I responded with \'I\'m happy it got nominated at all\'.\n\nOATP is complete insanity, much like the film that inspired it. That\'s why I like it. It\'s fun to take elements of Jane\'s personality to the extreme.\n\nI did a major update to both Cassidy and TGATG\'s wiki pages recently. I\'m debating whether to separate TGATG into two pages, one for the actual universe and one for the universe as a whole. I don\'t know if it\'s confusing to have it all lumped in together. Then again, maybe it\'s better to have it all in one place.','',0,0,'','1c8f82sb',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90492,90257,2552,0,'188.31.13.215',1396912645,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','I wonder if Princess Pasta is getting her first taste of Cassidy from Reclamation. \";)\"','',0,0,'','2akons8b',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90493,0,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1396912986,1,1,1,1,'Question about "COTW"...','If I were to make an index thread for "Character of the Week", should it be made a sticky or no?','',0,0,'','3opzyqty',0,0,'u_276','',0),(90495,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1396929071,1,1,1,1,'A cos-play pic','Tada! http://precambrianstudios.deviantart.co ... a_recent=1\n\nI\'m only going to keep this up for one day or so, though. \n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'','x0pos1ey',0,0,'u_1712','',0),(90496,90257,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1396929314,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','[quote="ognawk":13lvv2cx]I wonder if Princess Pasta is getting her first taste of Cassidy from Reclamation. \";)\"[/quote:13lvv2cx]\nMaybe so. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'gA==','13lvv2cx',1396929429,1,'u_2552','',0),(90497,90478,2511,0,'64.198.109.238',1396933827,1,1,1,1,'Re: Random Daria Thoughts/Questions part 3','I\'m more than happy to end this discussion, but I\'m not putting you on my foes list. This isn\'t personal. We may not be friends, but we have enough in common to avoid being enemies.','',0,0,'','2zly9lb4',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90498,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396964412,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I got a couple of messages saying they were surprised OATP didn\'t win more, hey, after the reaction it got from some people I was surprised it was nommed at all. People hated it, they just didn\'t want to say they hated it, which is poo. I wanted someone to be honest. \n\nIt was insane, could it have been anything else. I had so many discussions with people whether Jane (and indeed Todd, who in canon is a small time thug) could actually do it. I think they could, under exceptional circumstances, that\'s why I picked them. I couldn\'t see, say, Daria or Tom doing that. Jane though totally.\n\nI would keep it together and just have seperate sections on the page, otherwise stuff could get missed and it keeps continuity. That\'s just me though, my pages should not be used as example for anything. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','35u49ucj',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90499,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396969311,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','He sent me another message saying \'I\'ll end the discussion but I won\'t add you to my foes list, we have too much in common to be enemies\' or some shit. What? I just don\'t want him to contact me, ow hard is that to understand? Needless to say there has been no reply sent. \n\nI mentioned, in retaliation once, that after his \'oh my word, you are hating on Nathan for no reason\' rant, he did it with Sandi, and I think that might have broke his mind a little bit and opened the \'how dare you, look at my fics, looooooooooooooook.\' \":lol:\" Oh my word, maybe this just clickbait, trolling for readers. Ha ha ha ha. It would not surprise me. \n\nNo way did you go overboard with DB, there is no overboard for that idiot. If anything we were underboard (that doesn\'t even exist but still) and he should be told that he is a fool.\n\nThat\'s amazing that you are creating a story board for your fic, it sounds amazing, and I wish I had an ounce of your creativity. Instead of revising maths for an upcoming test, I made gingerbread men. The decorations of them are rubbish. I has no skills \":(\" \":lol:\" I fully intend on doing your fic request for you by the way, I haven\'t forgotten.','',0,0,'','2cbu2gj5',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90500,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1396986664,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Ugh. Maybe if you never reply to him, he\'ll get the message loud and clear and stop PMing you. As for his telling you to read his Sandi fics - it\'s a trap! Don\'t do it!! Clickbait indeed on that one, like when Wouter\'s always linking to his stuff, I won\'t humor someone who\'s constantly whoring for attention like that.\n\nAnd thanks, I\'m glad I didn\'t go overboard with Deachole. I\'m also glad others here don\'t like him, either - I know Charles and Erin have beef with him (and for good reasons), so I\'m not alone. \":mrgreen:\" \n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":2c21sorp]That\'s amazing that you are creating a story board for your fic, it sounds amazing, and I wish I had an ounce of your creativity. Instead of revising maths for an upcoming test, I made gingerbread men. The decorations of them are rubbish. I has no skills \":(\" \":lol:\" I fully intend on doing your fic request for you by the way, I haven\'t forgotten.[/quote:2c21sorp]\nAw, thanks! \":hug:\" I saw the "Make your own fairy tale" scrapbook kit in Wal-Mart and couldn\'t resist. Obviously I\'m gonna wait until the whole story\'s finished before printing it out to put into the book with pics, since I know once it\'s complete I\'ll need to abridge it a bit for it to fit and still have space on the pages for pics here and there. And aww, I wish you\'d taken a picture of your gingerbread men so I could see them, I\'m sure the decorations aren\'t as rubbish as you say. \"8)\" No rush on the fic, by the way. Take your time. \":glomp:\" (I still gotta finish Erin\'s title card art soon, it\'s not even fully drawn yet. \":shock:\" ) Once the title card\'s out of the way, I shall do Todd/Jane before getting to more LFC stuff.','',0,0,'gA==','2c21sorp',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90501,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1396987656,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I hope so, and pffftttt at reading the fics, I\'m no gratifying no clickbait whore. \n\nI know that a few people have issues with DB. I haven\'t had personal dealings with him, I even gave that horrible fic a chance because I thought it might have been either a very black comedy or have Tom as Patrick Bateman type where he isn\'t actually sure if he\'s done what he\'s done, but chapter two shot that theory down. \n\nI would like to look at the Invincible Rose fairy tale book when it is done because it will be sixteen kinds of brilliant. The biscuits looked daft but tasted nice so score. And no rush on the T/J request, I only mentioned your request because I found the notes I wrote up ages ago so I can now remember what I had planned. Good times.','',0,0,'','30dx1q1c',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90503,88785,2552,0,'188.28.150.68',1396988924,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Considering how many nominations it got, I would have surprised if it won nothing. I think a lot more people liked it than hated it. I\'d say it got a very strong reaction overall. And yeah, I couldn\'t see Tom or Daria going on a mass killing spree. Funnily enough, I look at ITPS and I can\'t imagine Ashley killing anyone at all, even if I\'ve written it. Cassidy could, and arguably more so than Jane, just because I think Cassidy can be unstable.\n\nThe OATP page on the wiki amuses me. Especially the caption on the image. Lazy buggers, those Ianuzzis. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2a5i7icn',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90504,0,1097,0,'129.94.82.198',1397020754,1,0,1,1,'Dylan','I’ve pretty much got ‘If I Knew You Were Coming, I Would Not Have Baked A Cake’ (based on ‘Jake Of Hearts’) sorted out, along the lines already mentioned. Now I’m thinking about ‘Speedtrapped’.\n\nMike the driving text examiner flips easily enough into Michelle the driving test examiner. So then I need: a hitchhiker (to replace Travis); a bartender (or similar) and three other people at the hitchhiker’s destination; a Fremont county deputy with a child; two prisoners sharing the cells at the Fremont county jail.\n\nI think there’s an effective and plausible plot alteration available in this way. In ‘Speedtrapped’, Quinn gets together with the Fashion Club at the Morgendorffers’, and she’s there when Daria is assigned her mission to head to Fremont for Jane and Trent. Kris and his friends, however, I imagine would be just as likely to be finding an activity outside the house. That would leave Dylan starting out for Fremont alone. There’d still be the initial nerves over first experience driving on the freeway. So Dylan pulls over to the side to recover his nerve, and there encounters a sympathetic hitchhiker who offers to help out with the driving if he’ll give her a ride. Daria was anxious that Travis might be a serial killer, but Dylan will be less worried about a woman who’s actually smaller than he is. With this experienced and confident driver at the wheel, they’ll make good time to the bar where she’s got a job as a lingerie waitress (something that will embarrass Dylan when she tells him about it). Meanwhile, at the jail, Mystik Spiral will be talking with the woman sharing their cell whose stories will be all about the famous rock stars she’s shared a bed with. Not having had his money taken, Dylan will arrive before Rod’s had time to upset the deputy and get them all taken to the sheriff, and then they’ll be bailed out and everybody will head for home.','',0,0,'','3gxc7d5j',0,0,'u_1025:u_1891','',0),(90505,85689,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1397044628,1,1,1,1,'Regarding my Storyline','','',0,0,'','h5bm10ib',0,0,'u_450','',0),(90506,85689,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1397044713,1,1,1,1,'Regarding my Storyline','viewtopic.php?f=6&t=41351\n\nI wrote a synopsis but I\'m just blank... when you get the chance can you put your take on it? You did more in fifteen minutes than I did in a day last time','',0,0,'','ewu1yagb',0,0,'u_450','',0),(90507,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397045080,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','It seems to be one of those fics were people either loved it deeply or hated it equally so. Regarding Jane and Cassidy, I\'d say it would take less to push Cassidy over the edge and she would be more likely to flip, but Jane would be more dangerous. In a death match I\'d put my money on Jane Ianuzzi, instability loses against pure sadism. \n\nThey are lazy buggers, they spent most of their time in bed, bone idle shits. I see the detailed pages on that wiki and then I look at mine and think oops. I can\'t even be arsed updating the stories.','',0,0,'','2nz1dy58',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90508,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397045785,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I know, I was tempted to reply to Wouter and ask where he got off being such a pompous, big headed twat but as BW ignored the arsehole why start something. I do the same when SD writes his Highland fics, he\'s told me enough times he\'s written a couple of fics with Todd in them, hoping I reckon I\'ll go and read them to behold the patronising bollocks in all it\'s glory, but I couldn\'t even tell you the name of said fics. I refuse to give idiots like that attention, but that DV thing irked the shit out of me. Fuck off SD, stay away from issues you don\'t understand and go and fap to Quinn somewhere else. \n\nUrrghhh, the sheer amount of people on here that get off on sexual violence in any capacity makes me sick. I reckon that\'s why some people had such issues with OATP, that the main female in the fic wasn\'t a victim of the main male, but equally as bad, if not worse, than he was. And don\'t even get me started on the way some men reduce the female characters to various sexual stereotypes and \'players gonna play\' excuses for male characters. That\'s why Wench and others like him are great, they don\'t play into that bullshit.','',0,0,'','11vyj88m',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90510,85689,450,0,'185.25.232.1',1397055986,1,1,1,1,'Re: Regarding my Storyline','What\'s the overall plot of Erin & Hannah\'s story? I see them walking through "A Day without Daria" but what is their story? What trouble do they get into? Daria had that horrid self-esteem class make life difficult, Hannah & Erin, having avoided it, they can say, "Dodged that bullet..." and walk into another one headlong. Get caught slacking off on day one and given detention where they fall in with the Lawndale version of a \'bad crowd,\' which I guess would be like getting stuck in a room with Upchuck & Andrea pretending to despise each other and a guy who \'really thinks lighters are cool.\' Hannah & Erin may look at it and say, "It\'s like the Breakfast Club, but with ugly losers." "And us." "Hey, I for one am just happy to find somewhere I fit in." And no, I can\'t turn off the sarcasm, it\'s my first language. You could even end it in the auditorium with them watching Daria and Jane on stage. "Thank God we didn\'t end up like those two." "I think I met the dark-haired one." "Where?" "Uh... I want to say \'library\'?" (or some other very non-Jane place)\n\nA note- Ted was new in season two, so it may be a bit early to place him in Esteemsters, but its your storyline so it isn\'t a problem but people may pick up on it. I\'ve an idea on how to reference it- Ted starts talking, well like Ted (which is pretty much a foreign language to these kids) and explaining how he was allowed to go to a normal school and in response someone asks, "Are you even supposed to be here?" Personally I love playing with the established canon when I write and try to acknowledge it as much as possible.','',0,0,'','2bgeorjy',0,0,'u_2555','',0),(90511,88785,2552,0,'94.196.250.225',1397066135,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I\'d tend to agree. Jane Ianuzzi is much more controlled. Cassidy would let her emotions get the better of her and Jane would take full advantage of that.\n\nIt seems at least one person is discovering Cassidy for the first time through SD\'s \'Reclamation\' fic. That\'s an interesting one.','',0,0,'','20gqks6o',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90512,88005,1108,0,'81.156.54.144',1397070712,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":3rnwzem3]SD sent me some patronising as fuck, very annoying PMs about the Nathan thing a trillion years after everyone else had moved on. [/quote:3rnwzem3]\n\nOh for fuck\'s sake','',0,0,'gA==','3rnwzem3',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90514,89961,2552,0,'94.196.250.225',1397074719,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','Looks like BW beat you to drawing Cassidy in the Fielding uniform. It was a surprise considering I didn\'t request it. :lol\n\n(I remember you once said you were considering drawing Cassidy in the uniform.)\n\nIs it wrong that I saw that picture and thought "Wow. She looks good in a skirt." \":?\"','',0,0,'','2e586u22',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90515,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1397074932,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','Yup, you\'re pretty much an awful man, I\'m afraid. \";)\" But I thought the same thing, so you\'re in good company.','',0,0,'','1tbla8th',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90516,89961,2552,0,'94.196.250.225',1397075401,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','Oh well. Might as well enjoy the ride to hell. \";)\"\n\nIt\'s interesting to me that some people are discovering Cassidy for the first time through SD\'s \'Reclamation\' fic. I should send some forks his way. Guy\'s been slacking off. \":P\"','',0,0,'','a0szg1b7',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90517,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1397075571,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','Better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven, as the saying goes. \":lol:\" \n\nI know the feeling. In fact, despite my complete lack of knowledge on the subject, I\'m tempted to do BG\'s proposed [i:38hfqdd3]MLP/Divergent[/i:38hfqdd3] story. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'IA==','38hfqdd3',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90518,88005,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397076752,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','I know. I gave him what for and told him that I gave no fucks anymore and that he needed to add me to his foes list and the we could be in ignorance of each other forever. He refused to I ignored him from then on. I could go the full Frenchman and Female on that prick. And my eye hurts from ant poison hitting me in the face, bad day all round.','',0,0,'','3p4g5txz',0,0,'u_1108','',0),(90520,89961,2552,0,'94.196.250.225',1397077490,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','Well, if you feel like doing it, do it! \";)\"\n\nThere\'s a somewhat weird idea that me and LSM have been going back and forth on for a while. One day, I will bother to make it a real thing.\n\nSpeaking of which, we have some odd conversations on here. She\'s seen a couple of my ideas that I will likely never make public and vice versa. We seem to bounce off each other when it comes to writing, which is odd because I don\'t think our writing styles are all that similar. I could be wrong.\n\nSpeaking of ideas I may not make public, I had this idea for \'In These Plagued Streets\' while writing \'Hemming\'s Way\', but don\'t know if I\'ll use it.\n\n\n\n\n[color=#4000FF:12ze231s]As her husband got into the shower, Cassidy walked over and picked her tablet up from the table. She flopped onto the bed and started idly checking various websites. One she regularly checked was the Maryland News Network site, just to see if the police back in Lawndale thought they were any closer to catching them. The very idea made her laugh. Her good mood soon went away when she clicked a link on the \'Most Read\' section.\n\n\n[b:12ze231s]KILLER ESCAPES BALTIMORE HIGH SECURITY PRISON[/b:12ze231s]\n\n[i:12ze231s]Police in Baltimore are on the hunt for a murderer who recently escaped from a Baltimore prison. 41 year old Otis Langford was sentenced to two life terms for the murders of Baltimore lawyer Christopher Hemming and local artist Carmella Castilla in 2005.\n\nPolice have released this recent photograph of the man. Civilians are advised not to approach him if you see him, as he is considered to be extremely dangerous.[/i:12ze231s]\n\n\n"Son of a bitch!" Cassidy exclaimed angrily as she read it.\n\nAshley, having finished his shower, poked his head out from around the door. "Something wrong, honey?"\n\n"The bastard who killed my father escaped from prison," Cassidy explained, "He ruined my birthday, and every other birthday after that."\n\n"Your father was killed on your birthday?" Ashley asked. [i:12ze231s]That would explain a lot.[/i:12ze231s]\n\n"If I ever find him, I\'ll make him wish he\'d never been born," Cassidy said, simmering with rage.[/color:12ze231s]','',0,0,'Yg==','12ze231s',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90521,88005,1108,0,'81.156.54.144',1397077632,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":99cclv5o]. He refused to[/quote:99cclv5o]\n\nbut WHY?\n\n[quote:99cclv5o]ant poison hitting me in the face.[/quote:99cclv5o]\n\nbut HOW?','',0,0,'gA==','99cclv5o',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90522,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1397077872,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','I think, in this case, it\'s the fact that you are opposites that\'s causing the attraction. \n\nIt\'s an interesting idea, by the way. Might be one that\'s worth developing and holding back on, in case you come up with something else you\'d rather use. If not, then you have something you can post; if not, you can post it as a "What-If?"-type thing. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','3nj8shwq',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90523,88005,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397077908,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','Because he\'s a prick and says we have too much in common to be \'enemies.\' We are two strangers on a Daria message board, not sorting out peace in Syria at the fucking U.N. Jesus H. \n\n\nOh, I was putting ant powder down outside and a fucking great big gust of wind blew it all back. Luckily my glasses took most of it, but I had to go to A&E to make sure I wouldn\'t go blind. I was told I could wait for three hours for them to rinse my eye with water or go home and continue to rinse my eye with water. I went home. I\'m find home, just got a slightly tender eye. Fucking wind.','',0,0,'','27utt6zt',0,0,'u_1108','',0),(90524,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397079208,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','More people knowing about Cassidy= more craziness= happy board. \n\nI got bored. \n\n[img:vt9vs9d0]https://31.media.tumblr.com/880e13c20d706173187a68c65c1764a9/tumblr_meogr7LMOz1rqu7smo1_500.gif[/img:vt9vs9d0]\n\nTom: Jane and Todd\'s kid freaks me out. \n\nDaria: I keep telling you, just because they called him Damien does not mean his is the antichrist. Even a child born with mixed Lane/Ianuzzi genes can\'t be that evil. \n\nTom: I\'ll be dead by the end of the year.\n\nDaria: He\'s just saying goodbye. Don\'t be ridiculous. \n\n[img:vt9vs9d0]https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsj4ynsSN1rvo0tro1_500.gif[/img:vt9vs9d0]\n\n[img:vt9vs9d0]https://31.media.tumblr.com/ef040933506dabac9e56a66a6fec0a74/tumblr_mry08kkHpL1rd00ruo1_500.gif[/img:vt9vs9d0]\n\nBye Bye, Uncle Tom.\n\nCos T+J=D','',0,0,'CA==','vt9vs9d0',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90525,88785,2552,0,'94.196.250.225',1397080361,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','The age of that is showing. I could clearly see that was some sort of model in the second gif. Also, I never did figure out what the D stood for in that equation. Now I know.\n\nCassidy Hemming-Winters is crazy, and is kept relatively on the rails by her husband. If it wasn\'t for him, Daria would be a dead woman now.','',0,0,'','2q0kyueg',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90526,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397080791,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I know, but I bloody love that film. And Todd and Jane have a one in four chance of producing the antichrist. \n\nGood old Ashley, keeping his crazy missus on from going completely daft.','',0,0,'','2gx7aws9',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90527,88005,1108,0,'81.156.54.144',1397081709,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":1e80oevl]Because he\'s a prick and says we have too much in common to be \'enemies.\' [/quote:1e80oevl]\n\n lblblblblblblb\n\n\n[quote:1e80oevl]Oh, I was putting ant powder down outside and a fucking great big gust of wind blew it all back. Luckily my glasses took most of it, but I had to go to A&E to make sure I wouldn\'t go blind.[/quote:1e80oevl] \n\nJeeeeesus. Good to hear you\'re fine now','',0,0,'gA==','1e80oevl',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90529,88785,2552,0,'94.196.250.225',1397084672,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Funny thing is, I threw the idea of Ashley and Cassidy becoming a serial killer couple out as a joke. And then it became quite real. Well, real as you can get for fanfics.\n\nIt just occured to me that the song that I took the title for \'In These Plagued Streets\' from is about prostitution. The album it\'s from also has a song about the fascination with serial killers on it called \'Archives of Pain\'. That could have been a good name for it, actually.','',0,0,'','1cpzyfws',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90530,89961,2552,0,'94.196.250.225',1397084910,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','What\'s funny about \'In These Plagued Streets\' is that I threw out the idea of Cassidy and Ashley falling for each other and becoming serial killers as a joke. Then I thought "No, I could actually do this". Love Kills, where the idea started, was just an attempt to play with that idea, then I decided it had legs. Now I\'m trying to figure out where those legs are going.\n\nAshley is quite deliberately the balance keeping Cassidy from going totally off the tails in that story. If something were to happen to him, I think Cassidy would just lose it and flip out.','',0,0,'','qygpts8u',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90531,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397085150,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Yeah, some people were trying to suggest that Todd manipulated her or that she was confused into doing what he wanted her to do. No folks, all sJane was looking for was an excuse to be her true self (as defined by OATP) I think they couldn\'t handle that.','',0,0,'','vebo86ge',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90532,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397085320,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I\'ve seen that documentary, Hookers, Hustlers Pimps and their Johns I think. Harrowing, I watched writing AB. Hookers at the Point was another, very poignant documentaries.','',0,0,'','340z920g',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90533,0,251,3,'75.111.55.200',1397085798,1,1,1,1,'Deleted Tangled Song','I wish:\n\n[youtube:3j5z9t0y]b10w_Z9SXq0[/youtube:3j5z9t0y]\n\nAt least Disney finally taught little girls something to do other than abandon everyone who loves you to completely surrender to a guy you never even met and may not be good for you (as in The Little Mermaid) or is a total beast until you "change" him with your wiles (like Beauty and the Beast) that eventually rot their brains so that they grow up to like Twilight. Tangled sends little girls in another direction instead:\n\n[youtube:3j5z9t0y]NydQD5Qftus[/youtube:3j5z9t0y]\n\n \":P\"','',0,0,'AAE=','3j5z9t0y',1397087377,4,'u_59','',0),(90534,88785,2552,0,'94.196.250.225',1397085977,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I haven\'t watched many documentaries recently. The last documentary type this I watched was a film called \'The Age of Stupid\', which is a drama/documentary starring Pete Postlethwaite, where he\'s alone on a devasted planet Earth on the year 2055 watching archive news footage and asking why we didn\'t stop climate change from happening when we could have. It\'s quite interesting, actually.','',0,0,'','2dzquinb',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90537,90504,1891,0,'69.35.195.241',1397092085,1,1,1,1,'Re: Dylan','[quote="J-D":pzu0rz01]I’ve pretty much got ‘If I Knew You Were Coming, I Would Not Have Baked A Cake’ (based on ‘Jake Of Hearts’) sorted out, along the lines already mentioned. Now I’m thinking about ‘Speedtrapped’.\n\nMike the driving text examiner flips easily enough into Michelle the driving test examiner. So then I need: a hitchhiker (to replace Travis); a bartender (or similar) and three other people at the hitchhiker’s destination; a Fremont county deputy with a child; two prisoners sharing the cells at the Fremont county jail.\n\nI think there’s an effective and plausible plot alteration available in this way. In ‘Speedtrapped’, Quinn gets together with the Fashion Club at the Morgendorffers’, and she’s there when Daria is assigned her mission to head to Fremont for Jane and Trent. Kris and his friends, however, I imagine would be just as likely to be finding an activity outside the house. That would leave Dylan starting out for Fremont alone. There’d still be the initial nerves over first experience driving on the freeway. So Dylan pulls over to the side to recover his nerve, and there encounters a sympathetic hitchhiker who offers to help out with the driving if he’ll give her a ride. Daria was anxious that Travis might be a serial killer, but Dylan will be less worried about a woman who’s actually smaller than he is. With this experienced and confident driver at the wheel, they’ll make good time to the bar where she’s got a job as a lingerie waitress (something that will embarrass Dylan when she tells him about it). Meanwhile, at the jail, Mystik Spiral will be talking with the woman sharing their cell whose stories will be all about the famous rock stars she’s shared a bed with. Not having had his money taken, Dylan will arrive before Rod’s had time to upset the deputy and get them all taken to the sheriff, and then they’ll be bailed out and everybody will head for home.[/quote:pzu0rz01]\n\nI like this!\n\nI had wondered what you had planned for Speedtrapped, for some reason I had the notion you\'d inflict Kris AND his friends onto Dylan\'s little roadtrip, but I like this better.\n\nFem!Travis is going to be more tolerable... Lingerie waitress, topless waitress, pornstar... Whatever will make Dylan REALLY cringe. \":D\"','',0,0,'gA==','pzu0rz01',0,0,'u_1097','',0),(90538,90257,2552,0,'2.221.214.152',1397092542,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','I\'m suprised you didn\'t ask Cassidy about a hundred questions. \":lol:\"\n\nIs it wrong that I saw BloodyWilliam\'s picture of her in Fielding uniform and thought "She looks good in a skirt"? \":?\"','',0,0,'','3t7yvkrd',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90539,85689,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1397094159,1,1,1,1,'Re: Regarding my Storyline','[b:3sepvy0x]NapalmKracken[/b:3sepvy0x]\n\n[quote:3sepvy0x]What\'s the overall plot of Erin & Hannah\'s story?[/quote:3sepvy0x]The basic idea was based on a thread on this forum premised on the characters being real and how members would have gotten along with them. I wrote an explanation that I\'d probably would have some difficulty getting along with Daria but I\'d get along well with Jane. I mentioned that in real life I was the first girl to play on her team\'s football team.\n\nPeetz5050 said that provided I didn\'t go Mary Sue, it would probably make a good fanfic of a girl joining the Lawndale Lions. I thought it was a good idea but I didn\'t think I had the writing skills to pull it off. Later on we agreed to work together but something came up so I decided I\'d try it myself and here we are...\n\n[quote:3sepvy0x]I see them walking through "A Day without Daria"[/quote:3sepvy0x]Actually that\'s an interesting thought! There was an epsiode of South Park in which Butters had his own epsiode -- it was done only once. That would be an interesting beginning to the story.\n\n[quote:3sepvy0x]but what is their story?[/quote:3sepvy0x]Well Hannah is based on me: There are a number of similarities in terms of physical appearance, height, weight, social quirkiness, and athleticism. However, there are inevitable differences considering the character is around 10 years younger than I am and would have grown up in a different timeframe.\n\nAs a child, I moved several times which had advantages and disadvantages: I was socially awkward and the fact that I grew like a weed had interesting effects on things (I learned to use it as a tool of intimidation) had trouble making friends (how I usually saw it); however if I screwed up, I usually got a fresh start. In HS I played basketball most of the time but in 12 grade I did join the football team because I wanted a challenge, something that hadn\'t been done before.\n\nAdmittedly this had consequences as unlike basketball which has a girls team, football does not and I ended up being viewed as odd by some of the players, some people thought I was a lesbian, a few girls thought I was badass and admired my decision, others couldn\'t comprehend why I did what I did.\n\n[quote:3sepvy0x]What trouble do they get into?[/quote:3sepvy0x]Hannah is the main character. Erin is based loosely on my older sister (one grade ahead two years older). Admittedly I got along with her to some degree as she wasn\'t particularly bossy, more laid back and less intense.\n\n[quote:3sepvy0x]Daria had that horrid self-esteem class make life difficult[/quote:3sepvy0x]For a few weeks...\n\n[quote:3sepvy0x]Hannah & Erin, having avoided it, they can say, "Dodged that bullet..." and walk into another one headlong.[/quote:3sepvy0x]That could be interesting...\n\n[quote:3sepvy0x]and a guy who \'really thinks lighters are cool.\'[/quote:3sepvy0x]That could make an interesting -- and horrifying -- story whereby he says something about starting fires and she thinks he\'s full of crap and says "anybody who knew a thing about fires would know that..." and he takes the advice and sets off a fairly respectable blaze to Hannah\'s eventual horror.\n\n[quote:3sepvy0x]A note- Ted was new in season two, so it may be a bit early to place him in Esteemsters[/quote:3sepvy0x]I wasn\'t going to have the story start in Esteemsters. Since Daria was in 9th grade and 14 y/o, it makes little sense she\'d be 16 in 10th grade so I figure the best idea would be to have a few episodes of Season 1 like Esteemsters, The Invitation, Malled, and stuff in early 1997 where she\'d still be in 10th; then from 1997-1998 you\'d have parts of Season 1, Seasons 2 & 3 for 11th grade, and 4&5 for 12th grade. \n\nI figure a good outline for the story could include the following\n[list:3sepvy0x]\n[*:3sepvy0x]Ted joins in late 1997 though doesn\'t meet Daria until some point in 1997-1998[/*:m:3sepvy0x]\n[*:3sepvy0x]October 1997 a hurricane hits and and a very different sequence of events than the musical occurs, and it could lead to a roof collapse which would result in a fair[/*:m:3sepvy0x]\n[*:3sepvy0x]The Misery Chick would be during football season and I have trouble imagining he\'d not say something bad and I could imagine Hannah would probably be indifferent if not happy seeing him squashed like a bug though possibly horrified about the way it happened: Ironically it could put her closer to Daria[/*:m:3sepvy0x]\n[*:3sepvy0x]See Jane Run could be around early 1998[/*:m:3sepvy0x][/list:u:3sepvy0x]\nWhat do you think?','',0,0,'wEA=','3sepvy0x',0,0,'u_450','',0),(90540,0,1097,0,'129.94.82.198',1397106243,1,0,1,1,'Dylan 35: IIKYWC,IWNHBAC','That\'s \'If I Knew You Were Coming, I Would Not Have Baked A Cake\'.','',0,1,'','1bb9ykad',0,0,'u_1025:u_1891','',0),(90541,90257,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1397136052,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','[quote="ognawk":3g084xvd]I\'m suprised you didn\'t ask Cassidy about a hundred questions. \":lol:\"\n\nIs it wrong that I saw BloodyWilliam\'s picture of her in Fielding uniform and thought "She looks good in a skirt"? \":?\"[/quote:3g084xvd]\nI didn\'t want to overdo it. \";)\" \n\nAnd hey, Cassidy [i:3g084xvd]does[/i:3g084xvd] look good in a skirt.','',0,0,'oA==','3g084xvd',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90542,88785,2552,0,'94.196.249.129',1397159959,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','You might be interested to know I picked up the first season of Mad Men on the cheap today. Never seen it before, but for £4, even if I think it\'s only OK, I can\'t grumble.','',0,0,'','noapllbn',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90543,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397163404,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Good times. It is one of those shows you will know within four or five episodes if you love or not. If you do, that\'s it, you\'re hooked.','',0,0,'','3cc5qabh',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90544,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397167608,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I agree, even when what is being done is horrible. I told someone, I can\'t remember who, that Jane was to be judged on the same standards as Todd. Don\'t victimise her or make her less culpable for her actions. If the Ianuzzis had gone round performing acts of great heroism, would they have still put Jane as lesser in deed than Todd, I doubt it. So why do the same if the act is less than heroic. I always say in RL cases like this, unless there is clear manipulation and coercion by one partner, then they are equally responsible for whatever crime they commit.','',0,0,'','1j5ps3d1',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90545,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1397168191,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":10z8p55q]I agree, even when what is being done is horrible. I told someone, I can\'t remember who, that Jane was to be judged on the same standards as Todd. Don\'t victimise her or make her less culpable for her actions. If the Ianuzzis had gone round performing acts of great heroism, would they have still put Jane as lesser in deed than Todd, I doubt it. So why do the same if the act is less than heroic. I always say in RL cases like this, unless there is clear manipulation and coercion by one partner, then they are equally responsible for whatever crime they commit.[/quote:10z8p55q]\nAll of this. \":drink:\"\n\nAnd wtf at tafka boasting about how many foes she has? Especially since she\'s one of the ones who started that blog some time ago where they all verbally bashed members of the board (even those with mental disabilities). She was talking as if it\'s everyone else\'s fault that they\'re on her foes list, rather than admitting she\'s an asshole (or at least was one, who knows these days).','',0,0,'gA==','10z8p55q',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90546,90257,2552,0,'94.196.249.129',1397173333,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','Indeed. To quote LSM about Cassidy "More people knowing about Cassidy= more craziness= happy board." \":lol:\"\n\nWeird thing is, I\'ve got a TGATG universe mini which I\'m set to post after I\'m done with Hemming\'s Way, and I actually have most of it written already. I just wonder if I can hold off.','',0,0,'','2250wtmm',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90547,90504,1025,0,'40.132.214.101',1397188594,1,1,1,1,'Re: Dylan','Oh hey! Anyway, I want to apologize for not being able to beta your last chapter due to my trip, but on the plus side, I\'ll have internet access at least until the middle of May. Will definitely be able to keep up, and I should have your next chapter reviewed asap.\n\n[quote="J-D":1zibe23k]I’ve pretty much got ‘If I Knew You Were Coming, I Would Not Have Baked A Cake’ (based on ‘Jake Of Hearts’) sorted out, along the lines already mentioned. Now I’m thinking about ‘Speedtrapped’.\n\nMike the driving text examiner flips easily enough into Michelle the driving test examiner. So then I need: a hitchhiker (to replace Travis); a bartender (or similar) and three other people at the hitchhiker’s destination; a Fremont county deputy with a child; two prisoners sharing the cells at the Fremont county jail.\n\nSounds good.\n\n[quote="J-D":1zibe23k]I think there’s an effective and plausible plot alteration available in this way. In ‘Speedtrapped’, Quinn gets together with the Fashion Club at the Morgendorffers’, and she’s there when Daria is assigned her mission to head to Fremont for Jane and Trent. Kris and his friends, however, I imagine would be just as likely to be finding an activity outside the house. That would leave Dylan starting out for Fremont alone. \n\nVery true. Of course, I do think you still have some potential with Kris. Perhaps he and the rest of the "Fashion Club" also go on their own road trip to Fremont. While this could be the basis on an interesting/original b plot, you could also have some fun at Dylan\'s expense - perhaps have Kris and Dylan cross paths a couple of times, thus leaving Dylan also confused about Kris\'s activities but eventually pushing those thoughts out of his mind since he has dumber things he has to deal with. At the very least, it could make for a good "cameo."\n\nThere’d still be the initial nerves over first experience driving on the freeway. So Dylan pulls over to the side to recover his nerve, and there encounters a sympathetic hitchhiker who offers to help out with the driving if he’ll give her a ride. Daria was anxious that Travis might be a serial killer, but Dylan will be less worried about a woman who’s actually smaller than he is. With this experienced and confident driver at the wheel, they’ll make good time to the bar where she’s got a job as a lingerie waitress (something that will embarrass Dylan when she tells him about it). Meanwhile, at the jail, Mystik Spiral will be talking with the woman sharing their cell whose stories will be all about the famous rock stars she’s shared a bed with. Not having had his money taken, Dylan will arrive before Rod’s had time to upset the deputy and get them all taken to the sheriff, and then they’ll be bailed out and everybody will head for home.[/quote:1zibe23k][/quote:1zibe23k]\n\nSounds pretty good to me.','',0,0,'gA==','1zibe23k',0,0,'u_1097','',0),(90548,88785,2552,0,'92.40.112.190',1397208373,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I watched the first episode and it has my interest. Don Draper is an interesting character.\n\nI actually have the next part of Different Tracks mostly written. Trouble is, I still don\'t know where I ultimately want to take the thing. I\'m sure it will come to me eventually. What I am certain of is that I\'m not just going down the route of continuing to rewrite canon for this new situation. Not right now, anyway.','',0,0,'','3iavfzcs',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90551,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397244433,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Now, I hold a grudge as well as anyone, but that seems like an awful lot of effort to go that far about some people you\'ll never meet. I mean, generally those on my foes list stay on there, but I don\'t go through the rigmarole of telling everyone on here that I have loads of people on there. Who cares?','',0,0,'','1zetr1bb',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90552,88785,2552,0,'92.40.118.249',1397251651,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I\'m not sure how happy I am with Different Tracks right now. I was on the fence about whether Daria was going to talk to Tom about her problems with Jane, or whether she was just going to say she didn\'t want to talk about it. I was going on the idea that, with no-one else to really talk to, and Tom not being a Lawndale High student, and him seeming like a nice guy, that maybe she needed to talk to someone and he seemed safe.\n\nI\'m considering going back and changing the period of time that Daria and Jane weren\'t speaking to weeks rather than months. I think months is a bit too long, if there\'s to be any hope of them repairing their friendship.\n\nEh, I\'m not sure about this. I wondering whether I should have left it to die.','',0,0,'','5fnwj48b',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90553,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397253989,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','The thing with Tom worked for me, he seemed genuinely interested and provided a lonely Daria with an outlet for everything that was going around in her head. I liked that, he is a supportive person when she needs one the most. The thing with Jane though, she just seemed to bound up to Daria as if they\'d had a minor disagreement over pizza. Maybe if you shorten the time period and make it less nonchalant, and more apprehensive, that could work.','',0,0,'','2ywd1x2h',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90554,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397254054,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','The thing with Tom worked for me, he seemed genuinely interested and provided a lonely Daria with an outlet for everything that was going around in her head. I liked that, he is a supportive person when she needs one the most. The thing with Jane though, she just seemed to bound up to Daria as if they\'d had a minor disagreement over pizza. Maybe if you shorten the time period and make it less nonchalant, and more apprehensive, that could work.','',0,0,'','1gilrb84',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90555,88785,2552,0,'92.40.118.249',1397255432,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','The thing with Tom worked so well, you had to tell me twice, apparently. \":lol:\"\n\nI thnk I need to use beta readers more. I keep saying I\'m going to do it, but don\'t. I was going to ask you to beta that, actually, but just decided to post it anyway.\n\nI\'ve changed it to weeks. I don\'t know if Daria getting as angry as she does with Jane would work as well if Jane\'s apprehensive, though. Daria lets out her frustration at being the unwilling center of attention on Jane, but I feel as though Jane just walking up as if nothing happened is the tipping point. If Jane was to be more cautious, I feel I\'d have to tone Daria\'s response down a bit as well. I don\'t know.','',0,0,'','3rhbxvc9',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90556,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397256043,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Sorry, I\'ve had a drink.','',0,0,'','2ho2kwf9',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90557,88785,2552,0,'92.40.118.249',1397257418,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I\'ll be having several tomorrow as I trek across West Yorkshire and into Greater Manchester. Then again, there is actual a physical limit to how much I can drink these days. I often drink a certain amount and then can\'t go any more. No more "12 pints of Guinness" nights for me. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','d6f7z03e',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90558,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397257599,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Where are you going in the joys of GM?','',0,0,'','38xlsfc2',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90559,88785,2552,0,'92.40.118.249',1397257743,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Not sure exactly. We\'re doing an \'ale train\' thing, visiting pubs along the train route from Huddersfield to Manchester Piccadilly. Someone else is putting the thing together, so I don\'t know exactly where we\'re going.','',0,0,'','332or4je',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(91381,91200,1712,0,'71.254.9.223',1401314314,1,1,1,1,'Re: Concept Art: What\'s your opinion?','if you\'d like her added to the group pic, that\'s cool. where does she stand on the height scale? is she the same height as Gage? taller/shorter? i THINK he was the shortest of the original lot, right? i wanna say Ethan>>Michelle>>Wehrung>>Gage. so where does Karis fall in that line up?\n\nthat\'d be helpful \";)\"\n\nthanks\n\n-BW','',0,0,'','2g104hif',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(91382,91200,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1401314577,1,1,1,1,'Re: Concept Art: What\'s your opinion?','I think she should be a bit shorter than Gage. Not too much, just a wee bit. Height varies between ages; I have a classmate the same age as me who\'s five inches taller. \n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'','y9vjyz27',0,0,'u_1712','',0),(91383,0,49,0,'84.25.234.17',1401316503,1,1,1,1,'I think you might dig this BG...','[img:3l7ibvzp]https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t1.0-9/10303765_588442607936087_4811784430727372346_n.jpg[/img:3l7ibvzp]','',0,0,'CA==','3l7ibvzp',0,0,'u_59','',0),(91384,91383,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1401322843,1,1,1,1,'Re: I think you might dig this BG...','You hit a grand slam with that one, old boy. \":drink:\" \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'','197sauno',0,0,'u_49','',0),(91385,91383,49,0,'84.25.234.17',1401323158,1,1,1,1,'Re: I think you might dig this BG...','[img:3iocrv83]http://rule34-data-002.paheal.net/_images/4f513b227b3dd20b0e2d97ea35c6d4f2/1375554%20-%20Daria%20Daria_Morgendorffer%20Jane_Lane%20Saiyaman.jpg[/img:3iocrv83]','',0,0,'CA==','3iocrv83',0,0,'u_59','',0),(91386,91383,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1401323445,1,1,1,1,'Re: I think you might dig this BG...','[quote="Wouter":2nsjcj46][img:2nsjcj46]http://rule34-data-002.paheal.net/_images/4f513b227b3dd20b0e2d97ea35c6d4f2/1375554%20-%20Daria%20Daria_Morgendorffer%20Jane_Lane%20Saiyaman.jpg[/img:2nsjcj46][/quote:2nsjcj46]\n\n\nDon\'t forget that if that was MTV\'s Daria and Jane in 2014, then Daria would habd the other hand grasping one of Jane\'s breasts. \":(\" \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'iA==','2nsjcj46',0,0,'u_49','',0),(90562,0,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1397314730,1,1,1,1,'A couple of things','Dear Padre, Tem and Jeremy,\n\nFirst, the General was rather sick last night and he still isn\'t that well today so odds are the weekly shopping trip to Glens Falls will be pushed back to tomorrow most likely. So if I\'m late to chat tomorrow, you\'ll know why. \":-(\"\n\nAlso, C. E. E-mailed me and told me he won\'t make it to chat tomorrow because he\'ll be out of town that day.\n\nThat about does it. Take it easy, folks. \":)\"','',0,0,'','1nrmqdju',0,0,'u_2213:u_39:u_1233','',0),(90563,47329,213,0,'71.56.34.166',1397319204,1,1,1,1,'Re: Where\'s Julia on the list of Legion fighters?','My initial theory was that Sandi\'s triplicates were about as strong as she is. Let\'s assume that Sandi has achieved a maximum superhero fitness level. This means that Sandi (or her triplicates) can:\n\nbench press about 1.5 x her body weight: (around 150 pounds)\nsquat about 2 x her body weight (around 200 pounds)\ndeadlift about 2.5 x her body weight (around 250 pounds)\n\nI vaguely recall you hypothesizing that her triplicates could be three times as strong as as a normal person. In which case, Sandi (or her triplicates) could:\n\nbench press 450 pounds\nsquat 600 pounds\ndeadlift 750 pounds....\n\n...which begs the question why didn\'t Sandi just use her triple strength to grind Brittany to a pulp in their girl fight? \n\nMy solution: use whichever scenario works out best for your story, then back-justify as necessary. \":D\"\n\n--JB','',0,0,'','3j45mpu1',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90564,0,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1397319460,1,1,1,1,'Test to see if pop-ups are allowed','Test.','',0,0,'','u3o69wg1',0,0,'u_26','',0),(90565,47329,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1397324642,1,1,1,1,'Re: Where\'s Julia on the list of Legion fighters?','[quote="Roentgen":219h9lsc]My initial theory was that Sandi\'s triplicates were about as strong as she is. Let\'s assume that Sandi has achieved a maximum superhero fitness level. This means that Sandi (or her triplicates) can:\n\nbench press about 1.5 x her body weight: (around 150 pounds)\nsquat about 2 x her body weight (around 200 pounds)\ndeadlift about 2.5 x her body weight (around 250 pounds)\n\nI vaguely recall you hypothesizing that her triplicates could be three times as strong as as a normal person. In which case, Sandi (or her triplicates) could:\n\nbench press 450 pounds\nsquat 600 pounds\ndeadlift 750 pounds....\n\n...which begs the question why didn\'t Sandi just use her triple strength to grind Brittany to a pulp in their girl fight? \n\nMy solution: use whichever scenario works out best for your story, then back-justify as necessary. \":D\"\n\n--JB[/quote:219h9lsc]\n\nI just wanted to make sure that she could shoot a Noisy Cricket one-handed. \":D\"','',0,0,'gA==','219h9lsc',0,0,'u_213','',0),(90566,47329,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1397324844,1,1,1,1,'Re: Where\'s Julia on the list of Legion fighters?','[quote="Roentgen":2kypv9kq]My initial theory was that Sandi\'s triplicates were about as strong as she is. Let\'s assume that Sandi has achieved a maximum superhero fitness level. This means that Sandi (or her triplicates) can:\n\nbench press about 1.5 x her body weight: (around 150 pounds)\nsquat about 2 x her body weight (around 200 pounds)\ndeadlift about 2.5 x her body weight (around 250 pounds)\n\nI vaguely recall you hypothesizing that her triplicates could be three times as strong as as a normal person. In which case, Sandi (or her triplicates) could:\n\nbench press 450 pounds\nsquat 600 pounds\ndeadlift 750 pounds....\n\n...which begs the question why didn\'t Sandi just use her triple strength to grind Brittany to a pulp in their girl fight? \n\nMy solution: use whichever scenario works out best for your story, then back-justify as necessary. \":D\"\n\n--JB[/quote:2kypv9kq]\n\n\nWell, that does explain the beatdown in [i:2kypv9kq]Waif Fu[/i:2kypv9kq]. I just needed to know if Sandi could handle a [i:2kypv9kq]Noisy Cricket[/i:2kypv9kq] one-handed. \":D\" \n\n-BG\n\nP.S. - I resent the PM, so that\'s what happened.','',0,0,'oA==','2kypv9kq',0,0,'u_213','',0),(90567,85689,450,0,'185.25.232.1',1397326650,1,1,1,1,'Re: Regarding my Storyline','I see what you\'re trying to do now. It sounds like a good story with Hannah getting on the team. What\'s Erin doing while she goes for that? \n\nAlso, is this going to be in an episodic/serial format or more of a long novel-like format. Like, will the story be told as a series of smaller stories- Coming to school and making the team, next story is meeting a moody slacker guitarist and visiting the Zen, then in the next one everyone suddenly breaks into song or is it just one long story that will begin with the first day and end at graduation?\n\nAlso, Daria was 16 when the show started, not 14. I\'m not sure if that will throw you off age-wise. Quinn was 15 as she was a Freshman.\n\nBesides what you\'ve published here how far have you gotten on the writing?\n\nI haven\'t done any Daria writing since my return from Senegal. I\'ve been trying to push out my latest comic strip storyline. Leaving home for a few weeks also means not making comics and working miserably long days. Not a fan of it.','',0,0,'','39xwsr4i',0,0,'u_2555','',0),(90568,0,2511,0,'71.34.14.62',1397332355,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 110: Candy Crushed','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=665484#p665484:1b0qkty7]Subject: Completely Random Post Thread 110: Candy Crushed[/url:1b0qkty7]\n\n[quote="ognawk":1b0qkty7]Currently in the pub in Manchester Piccadilly station, with a pint of Guinness. Playing sentinel while the others are smoking outside.\n\nOh, and I\'m not in your pub LSM, so I\'ll stay as long as I bloody well like! \":P\"[/quote:1b0qkty7]\nSounds like fun ognawk. \":mrgreen:\" I wanted to let you know I might be taking a break from posting for a while. I love the show as much as ever, of course, but there\'s not as much activity or interesting stuff going on and it\'s not fun like it used to be.\n\nI\'ll finish \'Reclamation\' if I can. \":P\"','',0,0,'kA==','1b0qkty7',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90569,90562,39,0,'146.200.87.94',1397336011,1,1,1,1,'Re: A couple of things','Noted. Thanks!','',0,0,'','2nhx7vl0',0,0,'u_26','',0),(90570,90568,2552,0,'92.40.113.181',1397345087,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 110: Candy Crushed','What do you mean \'if you can\'. Don\'t make me get the hardware out. Wouldn\'t want a nice young man like you to get forked now, would we? \":fork:\" \";)\"','',0,0,'','17nsu3tm',1397345305,1,'u_2511','',0),(90571,88785,2552,0,'92.40.113.181',1397348350,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','So, we ended up spending 3 hours in Huddersfield before moving on to Slaithwaite, Marsden and Stalybridge before going straight through to Manchester. A good time was had by all. I have a killer headache right now, but it was a good day.\n\nThat Todd/Jane drabble came out funny. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','3t52l85t',1397348584,2,'u_1798','',0),(90572,90540,1891,0,'69.35.192.249',1397403202,1,1,1,1,'Re: Dylan 35: IIKYWC,IWNHBAC','[quote="J-D":1bzgi6zn]That\'s \'If I Knew You Were Coming, I Would Not Have Baked A Cake\'.[/quote:1bzgi6zn]\n\n[quote:1bzgi6zn], and the essay competition in that teen magazine with the woman who’d named it after herself—a student at Cumberland High had won that. [/quote:1bzgi6zn]\n\nIf this is Val, as in [i:1bzgi6zn]Vallllll[/i:1bzgi6zn] you forgot to use the genderflipped version. \":D\"','',0,0,'oA==','1bzgi6zn',0,0,'u_1097','',0),(90573,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397406801,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I\'m going to New York, I dream of 12 years finally fulfilled. \":D\"\n\nEdit: Also, my arse will be likely disciplined or banned on here soon. Oops \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','38qzagkq',1397434416,1,'u_849','',0),(90574,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1397411156,1,1,1,1,'As a gesture of common courtesy...','[url=http://www.golyr.de/artist_imgs/artists/41818/41818_image_1.jpg:28jk8f4k]...never let it be said that I wasn\'t thinking of my fellow Darians with a level of heightened sensibility in their choices.[/url:28jk8f4k] \":)\" \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'EA==','28jk8f4k',0,0,'u_933','',0),(90575,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1397430673,1,1,1,1,'Medical question (and other things)','I heard that you\'re busy with a test of some sort, so I\'ll make this quick.\n\n* what kind of test?\n\n* I remember you saying that you had some medical training. Where would be the best place to place a medicine patch on the body for maximum absorption within the shortest period of time? \n\n* Which method would allow a drug to completely circulate through the human body faster [b:3pr8onfk]and[/b:3pr8onfk] slower - a patch, an epi-pen/self-injector, inhaler or pills? Also, why would it be faster/slower, and by how much?\n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'QA==','3pr8onfk',0,0,'u_213','',0),(90577,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1397434733,1,1,1,1,'Re: The True Statements Thread V: It\'s True! No Really, It Is!','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=665570#p665570:1pddr2l7]Subject: The True Statements Thread V: It\'s True! No Really, It Is![/url:1pddr2l7]\n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":1pddr2l7][quote="PrecambrianStudios":1pddr2l7][quote="LongSnakeMoan":1pddr2l7]The Frenchman and The Female are better than you.[/quote:1pddr2l7]\n\nI\'m sorry, but these repeated "this person is better than you" posts are becoming tiresome.[/quote:1pddr2l7]\n\nAs is the condescending and patronising tone you take in your posts, but hey, live and let live.[/quote:1pddr2l7]\n\nSorry, I\'m just not a fan of the whole, "This person is better than you, I am right and you are wrong" kinda vibe. I just find it a bit demeaning (maybe because I don\'t exactly come with bundles of self-esteem myself, so hey, what the hell do I know?). There were better ways to say that without coming across as so brusque. My apologies. \n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'kA==','1pddr2l7',1397434898,2,'u_1798','',0),(90578,90577,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397435274,1,1,1,1,'Re: The True Statements Thread V: It\'s True! No Really, It Is!','The whole \'better than you thing\' is my way of expressing my appreciation for stuff, I\'ve always said it, and I include myself in the \'you\' part. Believe it or not I too am not the most confident of people, I just have my own little sayings expressions. I apologise for my rudeness also, I am rather fiery when riled, a failing of mine. Apologies again.','',0,0,'','3j9yono1',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(91943,91617,1712,0,'64.222.130.63',1404362429,1,1,1,1,'Re: Hi','okay! got something for you:\n\nhttp://williamsbloodyhell.com/dario-jodie02a.jpg\n\nthis is of course just the simple line version. i didn\'t want to put in all of the details if you didn\'t like it.\n\na few notes: \ndidn\'t use the EXACT pose you linked, but did something similar. linking me the pose at least told me this was a romantic situation, and they are holding hands.\ni extended Jodie\'s dress to the floor because i was not having any luck with drawing feet today. i hope this cheat is okay with you. \ni wasn\'t sure how they compared height-wise. is Dario tall enough in comparison to Jodie?\nyeah, i know Dario doesn\'t have his glasses on. i\'ll add them later. \n\nthere are still a few fixes here and there, but overall, what do you think? do you like it so far? if you have any suggestions, please say so. if you hate it, don\'t hesitate so speak up.\n\nyour feedback is requested! i wo\'t continue further until i hear from you \":)\"\n\ncheers,\n-BW','',0,0,'','2arh33w7',0,0,'u_1406','',0),(90582,90581,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1397439993,1,1,1,1,'Re: Character of the Week: Clover Kain','Yeah, that run [i:1o9y8636]was[/i:1o9y8636] pretty disappointing, sad to say. Hopefully though, if I [i:1o9y8636]do[/i:1o9y8636] make a "COTW" for Clover, it\'ll go much better than her husband\'s.','',0,0,'IA==','1o9y8636',0,0,'u_1082','',0),(90610,85689,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1397526273,1,1,1,1,'Re: Regarding my Storyline','[b:2l8s6a6s]NapalmKracken[/b:2l8s6a6s]\n\n[quote:2l8s6a6s]What I meant about Hannah, is what is she physically doing while Erin is trying out for the team.[/quote:2l8s6a6s]You got it backwards, but I know what you mean. I only typed "Well, my sister" and I planned to type other things in but I forgot and that\'s all that came out \":o\"\n\n[quote:2l8s6a6s]Does she have a hobby, club, etc. to keep herself occupied with.[/quote:2l8s6a6s]Well, we both were athletic so she could be on one of the sports teams, she was actually a good musician so that would be an activity she could do outside of school. There were other things too','',0,0,'wA==','2l8s6a6s',0,0,'u_450','',0),(90611,0,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1397526994,1,1,1,1,'Here\'s a clip of that show I\'d mentioned...','Or more specifically, Get a Life...\n\n[youtube:jlm8qoza]1b8yZ3XjhXg[/youtube:jlm8qoza]\n\nAnd I have to say...Chris Peterson, still one of the best TV dumbasses ever. \":)\"','',0,0,'AAE=','jlm8qoza',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90612,0,26,0,'74.70.191.129',1397528364,1,1,1,1,'Had a blast with that Dallas live tweeting','Dear Bloody William:\n\nI admit it was a blast doing that live-tweeting of [i:22a7vpua]Dallas[/i:22a7vpua]. Got quite a few favorites/retweets out of it.\n\nI will resume that when the second half kicks off August 18 and I\'m half-way thinking of live-tweeting the upcoming final season of [i:22a7vpua]The Boondocks[/i:22a7vpua] when that starts next Monday.\n\nAnyhow, take it easy, man. \":-)\"','',0,0,'IA==','22a7vpua',0,0,'u_1712','',0),(90613,90611,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1397529515,1,1,1,1,'Re: Here\'s a clip of that show I\'d mentioned...','\":lol:\" \":lol:\" \n\n[quote="Jeremy Garrett":1ts6aoq1]Chris Peterson, still one of the best TV dumbasses ever.[/quote:1ts6aoq1]\nI\'ll say! That\'s a damn good clip you showed me. \":D\"','',0,0,'gA==','1ts6aoq1',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(90614,90612,1712,0,'70.20.60.100',1397530333,1,1,1,1,'Re: Had a blast with that Dallas live tweeting','that\'s great!\nisn\'t live tweeting fun, though? i always use commercial breaks to find other people live tweeting to see what they have to say. it\'s like you and a thousand people are all having a conversation about the same show you\'re all watching at the same time. which is pretty neat. \ni\'d always find myself getting all excited when a comment i made would get an RT. doubly so if more than one person liked the same one. \ni\'m glad you had a good time! that\'s the whole point, and if you did, then you\'re doing it right.\n^__^\n\ncheers!\n-BW','',0,0,'','gs24lg1p',0,0,'u_26','',0),(90615,90611,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1397535995,1,1,1,1,'Re: Here\'s a clip of that show I\'d mentioned...','I\'m glad you dug that, Breita. And why not, here\'s a whole episode for ya too. \":)\"\n\n[youtube:389ixi0r]PGV5QxJmpOQ[/youtube:389ixi0r]','',0,0,'AAE=','389ixi0r',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90618,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397558478,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','That is horrible for you, I can\'t even give any advice because I wouldn\'t even know where to start, especially since the rest of your fucking family take his side. The only thing I can think of is that is there anything in your town that could provide you with a safe place for when his verbal abuse gets too much? That\'s awful, especially from your mother, who really should be backing you up when he gets like this. And if he punched you that is physical abuse and if you\'re ever frightened then ring the police, nobody should put their family members in any sort of fear. Fucking hell, some people are just arseholes pure and simple, and that your Dad takes whatever the fuck is wrong with him out on you is just appalling. I really hope there\'s someone who can perhaps lay down the law to him and tell him where the fuck he needs to go. \n\nThat is just horrific, and all I can offer you is \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" and say vent away. I\'m sorry I\'m probably fuck all use to you, just more \":hug:\" \":hug:\"','',0,0,'','378lvseq',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90619,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1397559533,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','You\'re not fuck all useful, you\'ve been extremely helpful just by listening. I truly appreciate it. \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\"\n\nUnfortunately there\'s nowhere I can go locally that I know of, since we\'re living in a smaller town than we were before now. Plus I still don\'t have a car or license, and I don\'t know any of these neighbors (been trying to avoid the situation I got in with the last ones by not being more than acquaintances with the ones here, really), so I wouldn\'t know how to get anywhere if there was a place. \":?\" Luckily, though, I avoided him the rest of the evening, told my mom about it later when he went to bed (I hadn\'t told her before then about that particular episode, but usually she takes his side by saying "Oh, you know how he is, you should just not talk to him" and other shit), and while she still sorta took his side, she wasn\'t as bitchy about it as usual. And of course, this morning before he went to work, he acted as if nothing happened. \":roll:\"\n\nThing is, my mom\'s the one who was raped and abused by her father when she was little, so she should fucking know better than to take an abuser\'s side, don\'t you think?\n\nFortunately there hasn\'t been any physical shit in years, the last time he laid a hand on me was nearly ten years ago when he tried to choke me, but his stupid ass grabbed me by the back of my neck, not head-on, so I managed to fight him off easier since he couldn\'t cut off my airway. I\'m just fucking annoyed because the cops around here won\'t do anything if there\'s just yelling, and I\'m not about to provoke him to hit me just so I can call the cops for something more major. As much as things have sucked in the last few years, they\'re not NEARLY as bad as they were longer ago when I was bruising myself; I think the worst it\'s been is when I was still in high school. Even if I could up and leave, I won\'t leave behind the pets because they\'re everything to me, and my sis might not be able to take care of them on her own (can\'t count on my folks to ever chip in to take care of them because they don\'t give a fuck), especially since we have some cats who get sick pretty often and need a constant eye on them. We left pets behind once when I was three and we moved to Mississippi from Georgia - my parents lied to us saying we\'d go back for them, but we never did, and I didn\'t know they\'d lied about how long we\'d be in MS until years later. I don\'t wanna be like them, and I sure as hell won\'t do that to any animals again if I can possibly help it, so as bad as things might get anytime in the future, I\'m sticking by my babies.\n\nThanks again for all your help, by the way. \":hug:\" \":hug:\" Just the fact that you offered some suggestions and listened to me is a lot. I\'m also feeling much better now than I did earlier when I PMed you. \":hug:\"','',0,0,'','3vivisap',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90620,88785,2552,0,'92.40.113.113',1397568074,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','There needs to be something that starts with [i:3esrxovh]"In a world..."[/i:3esrxovh] \":lol:\"\n\n\n\n"So, are we going to see Mystik Spiral?" Daria asked, as Tom sat on the floor next to her bed.\n\n"Erm, no, sorry," Jane replied, painting something on her canvas, "Trent is... erm... not feeling too good. The gig got cancelled. By the way, do you have any spare flour I can use? I ran out this morning and I don\'t have any money to go to the store right now."','',0,0,'IA==','3esrxovh',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90621,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397570516,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Oooooooo your parents make me so angry. I hope you are feeling better now. Sometimes it helps to let it all out. Anytime you need to vent I\'m here. I am just going to leave you with many hugs, I think that\'s the best thing to offer right now \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\" \":hug:\"','',0,0,'','25icnl1k',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90622,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397580166,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Todd\'s sat in his cell, looking at the picture of Jane, Todd Jr and the cake, thinking "That looks like a damn good cake. Do I run the risk of replying to her and asking her to make me another one. Fuck it, I might as well, she\'s not gonna stop sending me stuff anyway. As long as she doesn\'t come near me in person, I\'m ok. I\'ll tell her Todd Jr needs a wash too. Kid\'s covered in crap."\n\nHe sends the letter and realises when it\'s gone he referred to the woollen boy as Todd Jr, and suggested childcare for him..........','',0,0,'','1mmn5u5o',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90623,88785,2552,0,'94.196.253.7',1397593258,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Oh dear, oh dear. He\'s actually paying attention to Woolen Boy. I can only imagine what Jane\'s reaction would be. \":lol:\"\n\n"He\'s right. You need a wash, son. Come on, let\'s clean you up. Then Aunt Daria and Uncle Tom are going to come around and help me bake another cake for Daddy. This time, we\'ll make sure Mystik Spiral don\'t eat it. Come on, little man."','',0,0,'','xe54hyfd',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90624,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397596315,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I don\'t think Crazy Jane would ever experience a joy like it, to know her darling husband is acknowledging their son \":lol:\" until she meets him in the flesh \":shock:\" \n\n"Yo, Todd, who\'s the hot girl and the big doll?"\n\n"It\'s my wife and son."\n\n"What the fuck?"\n\n"What\'s the hell\'s your probl....... [i:m18wj1n0]aw, damnit.[/i:m18wj1n0]"','',0,0,'IA==','m18wj1n0',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90625,88785,2552,0,'94.196.253.7',1397600089,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Uh oh. Todd is actually referring to them as his family without realising. It\'s just a matter of time now. \":shock:\" \":lol:\"\n\nYou know, if this story idea does eventually become a thing in CW, I think the general reaction from people will be \'WTF?\' \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','x51o28cl',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90626,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397600570,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I love how this started off mad, went quite dark at one point, and now has returned to complete lunacy. \n\nIt is a matter of time, when these two meet (and they must), it will be bizarre. I thought you were making it something on CW?','',0,0,'','2lvwuo74',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90628,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397601553,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I\'m ok. I\'m currently in the middles of maths revision for one of the tests I have to take before they let me on the teaching course and its all coming back to me. I\'m not a natural at maths so I\'m not really enjoying that so much. And we go to New York early June, so it gives us a little time to save up for spending money.','',0,0,'','3nwbamrx',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90629,88785,2552,0,'94.196.253.7',1397601635,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','This has dark humour potential. And outright insanity.\n\nOh, it will actually be something eventually. As soon as I can be arsed. I have plans for what will likely be the first two chapters, the first being Todd getting sentenced, Jane turning up at Daria\'s house and finding out about Todd for the first time because Daria is searching for news from Highland out of sheer boredom. Then the next bit will likely be a tweaked and extended version of \'Crazy Love\', which started this madness in the first place.\n\nI have written and inspired some crazy crap in this place...','',0,0,'','xdziwwhu',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90630,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1397602390,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','That\'s great! \":drink:\" And best of luck on the tests for the teaching course. \":hug:\" \":glomp:\"','',0,0,'','37ympw42',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90633,90631,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1397643795,1,1,1,1,'Re: What not to do if you get a writing job...','\":shock:\" \n\nNot only as bad as the director, this guy is coming off as proud of it.\n\nDamn, sorry about the size of his pecker.','',0,0,'','1g8gi9cy',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90634,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397647121,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Sounds cool, especially since it plays into a theory I have (supported by absolutely no evidence) that Jane is a bit of a hybristophiliac. In my mind if Jane was given a choice between a sports star, a rich man, a professor and a criminal, she\'d pick the criminal. \n\nYou have indeed inspired lunacy, don\'t worry we\'ve all been there. I started a mini trend for characters as serial killers, imagine having that shame hanging over you. Shame on me.','',0,0,'','rpltu0xp',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90635,90631,94,0,'50.160.101.95',1397648818,1,1,1,1,'Re: What not to do if you get a writing job...','In what way?\n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'','399emmgh',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90636,90631,94,0,'23.30.51.129',1397650594,1,1,1,1,'Re: What not to do if you get a writing job...','Okay, read both parts now.\n\nHonestly, I\'m on the fence. Hollywood\'s a place of bloated egos and a place where highly strung people are in a stressful environment more or less all the time.\n\nPersonally, no, I don\'t think this guy was out of line. I\'d rather have a reputation as a writer who isn\'t going to stand for some ego-driven director trying to snake all the credit and shmooze with the stars over getting a decent movie in the can, than be stuck with said three leads telling everybody in the business "Oh, that guy. Yeah. He\'s okay, but really in the crunch, he can\'t write for shit." Having a reputation as a shitty writer seems more damaging in the long term than being "difficult to work with."\n\nThat said, his little tantrum could have led to some serious backlash, and maybe it did. This story clearly happened years ago and the writer\'s obviously doing well, so we have no idea.\n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'','3001hzv5',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90637,90584,1229,0,'108.250.19.11',1397671625,1,1,1,1,'Re: COTW','The closest one I have is Daniella "Dani" Moreno.\n\nThe story behind her is that she is Jessie\'s little sister. Was a Tomboy for most of her life. Played in the band "The Bandshees". She grew to hate the band due to The lead singer\'s issues. How she ended up as Stacy\'s friend is crazy in self and is a story in itself. Currently the Afternoon Drivetime DJ with Stacy Rowe at WHUB in Boston, MA','',0,0,'','2ct88km4',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(90638,90584,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1397679324,1,1,1,1,'Re: COTW','Oh yeah, I remember her.\n\nBut anyway, if you want, I can whip up a "COTW" for her this coming Sunday. That sound good?','',0,0,'','8sa5y457',0,0,'u_1229','',0),(90639,88785,2552,0,'94.196.125.37',1397679583,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Well, she\'s been with a rich guy. Don\'t think it was made clear whether she dated Evan? I\'m guessing she didn\'t but he could qualify as the closest thing to a sports star. Maybe Jane just likes a bad boy.\n\nWould OATP exist without your theory? I wonder. We probably wouldn\'t be having this conversation.','',0,0,'','2j6ndhak',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90640,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397681000,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Well, the flirtation with the sports star didn\'t last long, and we all know how the thing with the rich guy turned out, so yeah, I think she likes a bastard. Beyond OATP, I think had canon Jane met canon Todd, she would have been drawn to him like a moth to a flame. Boy with a bad attitude, the kind of man for Jane. I suspect it would have ended badly too. I like the idea of them together post canon, when she\'s grown up a little and he\'s had chance to become tired of being a bad boy pillock, then they would make a good couple. Teenage Canon Jane meeting Early 20s Canon Todd though, they\'d be like Burton/Taylor. \n\nProbably not, though OATP Jane definitely has it. She moons after some random criminal (I think, I can\'t remember), all her canon flirtations (bar Nathan) still stand in OATPverse and the moment she clapped eyes on Todd she knew he was the one. When she clocked the knife in his pocket she was doubly sure. Add her attraction to dangerous men to the fact she is equally dangerous and shit goes down.','',0,0,'','23sz5qdr',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90641,88785,2552,0,'94.196.125.37',1397681888,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Yeah, OATP Jane sends some stuff to a criminal and is heartbroken when he doesn\'t respond. There\'s also some thing about her trying to drown someone in the Girl Scouts. Although this is stuff that Summer is saying, so it could be bollocks. Also, Tom isn\'t really a bad guy, but he handled that whole situation really stupidly.\n\nSpeaking of killers, I did have an initial idea of writing something where a younger ITPS Ashley was given a bubble gun for a birthday present and started terrorising local kids with it. It\'s there. Whether I use it or not, I don\'t know.','',0,0,'','3jy4ff52',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90642,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397682752,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Ahhhh, thanks for that. And it happened, this was Summer\'s [i:nvmwbvuz]in vino veritas[/i:nvmwbvuz] moment when the extent of Jane\'s sadism and sociopathic behaviour came out. I had a little list of OATP biographies and backstories at some point, it included the full list of dangerous behaviours exhibited by Jane in childhood, I can\'t remember them all. Oh, Tom\'s a good guy for sure, but even he has a dickish \'I know best\' attitude that Jane likes. Mild, compared to Nathan or some such idiot, but still there. I think she likes Alpha Males (though if he wasn\'t rich, Tom would clearly not be one) and if the man\'s got an attitude, all the better. She\'s quite submissive in a way, she even lets Daria dominate her, Jane is one of modern culture\'s taboos, the submissive woman. Not totally, she can take the lead if she wants to, but almost. \n\nHmmmmm, I don\'t see Ashley doing that, he\'s too relaxed and calm, I like the idea that he is one of those kids that people say "we had no idea he could do something like this." If it came out of the blue it makes more sense, to me anyway. It also kind of makes him like Janey above, and it makes him to similar to Cassidy, who I can imagine doing that in an attempt to keep people close to her.','',0,0,'IA==','nvmwbvuz',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90643,0,94,0,'71.35.203.241',1397685079,1,1,1,1,'Forgot to tell you...','Javier Grillo-Marxuach has been doing a podcast called Children of Tensu about writing for TV. You should check it out.\n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'','2b99mizd',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90644,90643,94,0,'71.35.203.241',1397685114,1,1,1,1,'Re: Forgot to tell you...','Children of Tendu rather.','',0,0,'','oga33tct',0,0,'u_94','',0),(90645,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397686878,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','How are you doing today? \n\nAnd oh my word, the Purple Wedding. I was jumping around, jumping between squealing and going a little bit batshit insane. Also, the kid\'s name is now Damien Joffrey Ianuzzi, because you know Todd and Jane are GoT fans, and lol Joffrey. \n\nLydia Arya Ianuzzi\nDamien Joffrey Ianuzzi \nAnna Daenerys Ianuzzi\n\n\n\":lol:\"','',0,0,'','1r7k8pe2',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90646,88785,2552,0,'94.196.125.37',1397688413,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','That\'s kind of why I was thinking of not having that happen. I feel as though this is OOC for Ashley, but perhaps it\'s better that it just comes out of nowhere rather than me going back and trying to create some sort of explanation for it. People can sometimes just turn out of nowhere. There are signs that Cassidy could go off the rails, but you see Ashley doing what he\'s doing and think "How could this even happen?". \n\nI\'m coming towards the end of Abattoir Blues. I\'ve actually only got the last chapter left to read. I get the sense that, unless some major stuff goes down in the last chapter, that it\'s been left unfinished. Or it\'s on a cliff hanger that a further story to address. I\'ll wait and see.','',0,0,'','273mt7ly',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90647,89961,2552,0,'94.196.125.37',1397688749,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','My inspiration is an odd thing. I have a TGATG universe mini mostly written. At the moment, it\'s four chapters long and focusses on Daria and Ashley as a couple. I really want to finish up writing Hemming\'s Way before I publish the new story, though. I want to write more things that aren\'t TGATG related. But I guess I just go where my inspiration takes me.\n\nI have a slightly odd take on Jane and Todd that me and LSM have been kicking around, both in the forum and in PMs, for quite some time. It\'s somewhat different to them simply falling for each other. I intend to make a fully fledged fic out of the idea at some point. Probably about 2 people will read it. \":lol:\"\n\nDone much writing or drawing lately?','',0,0,'','em8kn3lh',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90648,0,251,0,'75.111.55.200',1397688973,1,1,1,1,'To the moon?','I believe this is relevant to your interests, though it\'s more of a comparison between today and the race to the moon:\n\nhttp://content.time.com/time/video/play ... bvidrecirc\n\nIt\'s only a couple of minutes or so but seemed to sum it up succinctly to me.','',0,0,'','3mt2dffo',0,0,'u_276','',0),(90649,90648,276,0,'67.177.73.88',1397690945,1,1,1,1,'Re: To the moon?','[quote="Dervish":17cvz5ol]I believe this is relevant to your interests, though it\'s more of a comparison between today and the race to the moon:\n\nhttp://content.time.com/time/video/play ... bvidrecirc\n\nIt\'s only a couple of minutes or so but seemed to sum it up succinctly to me.[/quote:17cvz5ol]\n\nYep, pretty much on target. \n\nOne point though. Most people forget that Von Braun\'s team at Marshall (then the Army Ballistic Missile Agency) started developing the Saturn family of rockets in 1957, with NASA starting to look at them for moon missions in 1958, years before JFK\'s speech. As mentioned in the video, the moon was something we could do quicker because so much work had already been done.','',0,0,'gA==','17cvz5ol',0,0,'u_251','',0),(90650,90588,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1397693445,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 110: Candy Crushed','1. I know how you feel, dude. My mom was like that at first - still, she wasn\'t that bad. One day, I\'ll tell you stories about how things were with my dad. If you ever need to really take your mind off things. \n\nYeah. That harsh. (Oh, and that reminds me. Hopefully, your relatives are decent people. If not, watch them during your father\'s recovery - especially if he has to take those pain meds. The things people will do for a few drachmas, especially those you always thought were above that sort of thing... \":nono:\" )\n\nAlso, first chance you get, when you have a couple of hours free just for yourself - [b:1nrh75jp]get out of the house.[/b:1nrh75jp] Go take a walk. Go see a movie. Download a couple of episodes of whatever show you like or bad movie of that nature, go walk out to the park or just go outside to watch them, go over to your girl\'s house and allow her to baby you for a while, Just do something, anything, to decompress. Man, I can\'t begin to say how important that is. \n\n\nOh, yeah. I\'d be glad to read it. Always eager to read new MCU stuff. \":D\" \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'QA==','1nrh75jp',0,0,'u_1095','',0),(90654,90588,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1397705538,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 110: Candy Crushed','Oh, man. This is good enough to run with right now. The characterization is really spot-on, I really, really like what you do with the scenes at the beginning where Hill\'s going through where she wants to go (and how she simply does not want to get poached), and you do a kick-ass job of showcasing Hill\'s analytical and observational skills. (The aside about the way she doesn\'t like Garrett because of the thing he does with his eyes - priceless, as was the line about the stripper\'s c-section scar. Those moments make this work very well.)\n\nThe way you give us details about her background (the line about bagging groceries was haunting, desperate, and really lets us into her mind) is excellent. I\'m truly jealous. The details at the strip club and meeting Coulson - you do that very well, and details in here really jump out for comics fans. Wanting to avoid Madripoor - Yeah, that got a laugh. \n\nIf this is a beginning, you\'re kicking ass. You\'ve done what the best prequels do - even though you know where the road ends, we have no idea exactly how the trip is going to go, and we\'re excited for it.\n\n-BG','',0,0,'','1it72ytf',0,0,'u_1095','',0),(90657,90588,1095,0,'68.33.206.157',1397728510,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 110: Candy Crushed','[quote="Brother Grimace":2j7b65fw]Oh, man. This is good enough to run with right now.[/quote:2j7b65fw]\n\nCool. I\'m about at that thinking, myself, so once I assure myself the title\'s the RIGHT badge number -- there\'s a reason I\'m using that as the title and not something punchier -- we\'ll probably go live over in Creative Writing before I hit bed and see how many takers bite.\n\n[quote:2j7b65fw]The characterization is really spot-on[/quote:2j7b65fw]\n\nAwesome. Thanks.\n\n[quote:2j7b65fw]I really, really like what you do with the scenes at the beginning where Hill\'s going through where she wants to go (and how she simply does not want to get poached), and you do a kick-ass job of showcasing Hill\'s analytical and observational skills.[/quote:2j7b65fw]\n\nAnd she got poached anyway. Just not by anybody she saw coming.\n\nThen again, she\'s still young.\n\n[quote:2j7b65fw] (The aside about the way she doesn\'t like Garrett because of the thing he does with his eyes - priceless, as was the line about the stripper\'s c-section scar. Those moments make this work very well.)[/quote:2j7b65fw]\n\nI\'m glad the observation about Garrett works. \'Cause it\'s pure imagination. It [i:2j7b65fw]seemed[/i:2j7b65fw] plausible based on what little I felt like digging up on him.\n\n[quote:2j7b65fw]The way you give us details about her background (the line about bagging groceries was haunting, desperate, and really lets us into her mind) is excellent. I\'m truly jealous. The details at the strip club and meeting Coulson - you do that very well, and details in here really jump out for comics fans. Wanting to avoid Madripoor - Yeah, that got a laugh.[/quote:2j7b65fw]\n\nThanks!\n\nHer background generally follows on from the comics -- dead mom, bastard dad, Chicago, Madripoor, SHIELD -- but I\'ve added some extra detail and also made a very specific decision about the Chicago neighborhood from which she came.\n\nAs for Madripoor: heh. Heh heh.\n\nMadripoor\'s gonna be [i:2j7b65fw]fun[/i:2j7b65fw].\n\nNasty.\n\n[quote:2j7b65fw]If this is a beginning, you\'re kicking ass. You\'ve done what the best prequels do - even though you know where the road ends, we have no idea exactly how the trip is going to go, and we\'re excited for it.[/quote:2j7b65fw]\n\nExcellent... excellent.\n\nGlad to know it\'s working so far. \":D\"\n\nNo spoilers or big hand-tipping, but this is definitely just a beginning. Could be a couple of weeks or more until the next chapter, as there are other projects stepping up to the plate, but... it\'s definitely in the works.','',0,0,'oA==','2j7b65fw',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90658,0,94,0,'71.35.203.241',1397737582,1,1,1,1,'Go read Brian Taylor\'s latest...','Right now. It,Will make you happy.\n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'','106b7qkf',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90659,88785,1798,0,'149.254.250.84',1397738102,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','There\'s a few cases where it seems to have come completely from the blue with no indication that they could do something like that.\nWith Todd and Jane it was almost a given they would go nuts. The same with Cassidy, she has the hallmarks of someone who could turn to violence. Ashley is just too chill for that, which makes it all the more surprising. \n\nI can\'t remember what happened in AB, that\'s quite bad really considering I wrote the fucking thing. Oh well.','',0,0,'','20pvbz19',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90660,0,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397756845,1,1,1,1,'Re: 2013 Daria Fanworks Awards Winners.','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=666029#p666029:qal9c3qe]Subject: 2013 Daria Fanworks Awards Winners.[/url:qal9c3qe]\n\n[quote="Dark Kuno":qal9c3qe]OK, after entirely too much work with too many new projects at work, and not nearly enough free time after work, I was finally able to get all of the fics on FFNet added to [url=https://www.fanfiction.net/community/The-Best-Of-Daria-Fan-Fiction/19807/3/0/1/:qal9c3qe][b:qal9c3qe][u:qal9c3qe]the community[/u:qal9c3qe][/b:qal9c3qe][/url:qal9c3qe]. I noticed several were missing from FFNet for authors who are already posting/have other works to the site. Let me know if you chose to post them there so that I can get them added and commented as well.\n\nI also posted the notification/congratz comments on the various artworks available on dA. I was even able to get a comment note for "Daria and Jane tribute" by pixel mixer on their blog and on "Boot to the Head" by TeekiJane over at AoOO \":D\"\n\nI\'m doing this between outages here at work since it\'s relatively quiet for the first time in ages for long enough to even start. So let me know if I missed anyone on either FFNet or dA.[/quote:qal9c3qe]\n\nI think my romance nom has been uploaded to ff.net, think being the main word there. If there\'s a fluff thread uploaded then it\'ll be in there somewhere. And that\'s the only nominated fic of mine added there. I dunno if that counts or not. I\'ll shush now.','',0,0,'0Q==','qal9c3qe',0,0,'u_933','',0),(90662,90658,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1397761463,1,1,1,1,'Re: Go read Brian Taylor\'s latest...','[quote="Erin M.":2pgkt5cj]Right now. It,Will make you happy.\n\n--Erin M.[/quote:2pgkt5cj]\n\n\nI betaed it. \":D\" \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'gA==','2pgkt5cj',0,0,'u_94','',0),(90663,0,933,0,'173.227.144.160',1397765164,1,1,1,1,'Lily Munster goodness','Yeah imagine Helen in these outfits.\n\n[url:1key2xpm]https://www.pinterest.com/pin/33354853462055886/[/url:1key2xpm]\n\n[url:1key2xpm]https://www.pinterest.com/pin/33354853463065118/[/url:1key2xpm]','',0,0,'EA==','1key2xpm',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90665,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1397766472,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','Happens to me all the damn time. And was kinda what I was complaining about on the writing thread recently. Most times, when I go to start a new story, I find I\'ve already done something similar already. \":lol:\" Still, it\'s mainly about finding new approaches, rather than coming up with something "original" (which is impossible, anyway).\n\nI also don\'t think anyone would appreciate the subject matter. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2o0ize85',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90666,88785,2552,0,'94.196.122.15',1397766500,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','It\'s interesting to take Ashley in an unexpected direction, and to take Cassidy in an even more crazy direction. \n\nI re-read TGATG to check some things, and there\'s stuff I forgot happened. There\'s also continuity errors and odd grammar that I didn\'t pick up, but I can\'t change in the thread because it\'s locked, so the errors are preserved for people to see, should they wish. I\'m particularly bothered by Tom describing Elaine Swinton as the \'snobbiest senior in Fielding\' in one of the early chapters, yet the time frame of the story runs into the next year and she\'s still at the school, which she wouldn\'t be because she would have graduated. Oops.','',0,0,'','1nk2gff8',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90667,89961,2552,0,'94.196.122.15',1397766704,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','The annoying thing about TGATG being in two threads is I\'ve noticed continuity errors and odd conversation issues, and can\'t change anything in the first thread because it\'s locked.\n\nOne particular bugger up I\'ve made is with Elaine Swinton. In about part 2, Tom describes her as the \'one of the snobbiest seniors in Fielding\'. Yet the story time frame goes through one summer, and Elaine is still at Fielding, which she wouldn\'t be if she was previously senior because she would have graduated. I can\'t go through and change the line to \'one of the snobbiest girls in Fielding\'. Still, readers would have to be paying very close attention to the details to notice that mistake. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','29g9818q',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90668,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1397766904,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','If it\'s really a problem, you could always ask a mod to edit it for you. Or put all the stories in one big thread, which you can then re-edit at your leisure.','',0,0,'','19vsjtt3',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90669,89961,2552,0,'94.196.122.15',1397767250,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','It\'s not a big problem really. I\'ve got all the chapters on my PC in documents that I can change, and I can always update the FF.net version if I can be arsed. I think LSM\'s laziness has set in on me when it comes to writing lately. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','268com3v',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90670,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1397767508,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','I\'m really trying to combat the laziness. I do have a couple of ideas for [i:2s5rf9op]Daria[/i:2s5rf9op] (and other) stories, and there\'s one I think I might write, but I dunno. \n\nSo. How long have you and LSM been dating? \":P\" (Kidding!)','',0,0,'IA==','2s5rf9op',1397767525,1,'u_2552','',0),(90671,88005,1108,0,'86.184.98.48',1397767772,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":gpzboyt2]\n\nOh well, that\'s another thing I\'ll chalk down to \'this is what happens when alcohol is drunk to excess\' and hopefully learn from that. [/quote:gpzboyt2]\n\nYes: learn to drink MORE!!\n\n[quote:gpzboyt2]I\'m going to New York in a couple of months, very excited.[/quote:gpzboyt2]\n\nSweet. One week or two?','',0,0,'gA==','gpzboyt2',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90672,89961,2552,0,'94.196.122.15',1397768207,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','Shhh! No-one\'s supposed to know about that! \";)\"\n\nI don\'t know how many original ideas there can be for a show that\'s had fan fiction written for it since the late 90s. I get told by people they like the ideas I come up with, but I never know how to follow half of them up. It took me 5 months to finally write the second part of "Different Tracks", and I feel like I\'m under a microscope with that story, because it\'s gotten so much more attention and comment than any other fic I\'ve written, TGATG included. \":?\"','',0,0,'','bq662qnm',0,0,'u_2386','',0),(90673,89961,2386,0,'94.211.90.227',1397768509,1,1,1,1,'Re: Found this ...','Your secret is safe. \":lol:\" \n\nThe only original ideas would probably be in the Alternate Universes, which is why there are so many of them these days. Following-up on ideas is something I\'m not very good at; I\'ve just about mastered the single story that promises so much, and fails to deliver. \";)\" Just remember that the most important thing is to write for yourself and not others; while you should be open to criticism, never let it influence what you were going to do. Sometimes, people just don\'t understand what you\'re driving at.','',0,0,'','2oo0a71s',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90676,0,26,0,'74.70.189.174',1397831893,1,1,1,1,'About C. E.\'s availability the next few Sundays','Dear Padre, Tem and Jeremy,\n\nC. E. just E-mailed me to let me know what\'s going to happen the next few Sundays.\n\nHe won\'t be here this Sunday or the following Sunday (4/20) but he should be here 5/4 and 5/11, then he won\'t be here 5/18.\n\nJust thought I\'d let you all know. Thanks. \":mrgreen:\"','',0,0,'','2s4bt6qt',0,0,'u_2213:u_39:u_1233','',0),(90677,0,1891,0,'69.35.195.246',1397843765,1,1,1,1,'Your 1,001 Deaths of Tom Sloane thread','since Silver posted in it I suggest that you just change the title to make it the [i:22v6z8ri]Fourth thread [/i:22v6z8ri]and we can run both threads simultaneously.\n\nThat way we can increase the carnage! \":twisted:\"','',0,0,'IA==','22v6z8ri',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90678,90677,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1397846823,1,1,1,1,'Re: Your 1,001 Deaths of Tom Sloane thread','[quote="Shiva":yuriglg6]since Silver posted in it I suggest that you just change the title to make it the [i:yuriglg6]Fourth thread [/i:yuriglg6]and we can run both threads simultaneously.\n\nThat way we can increase the carnage! \":twisted:\"[/quote:yuriglg6]\n\n\nNah. Just have one of the mode merge it into the third thread. \n\nRemember, there\'s nothing more painful than the anticipation of pain\'s arrival. \":D\" \n\n-BG','',0,0,'oA==','yuriglg6',0,0,'u_1891','',0),(90679,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1397851060,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Oh, I know that pain, in my locked threads the glaring drunken errors are there for all to see. Oh well. \n\nI tried working out a way to add OATP to ff.net and gave up. The thing will never successfully translate to any site other than this. ','',0,0,'Ag==','1jdbfncx',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90680,90676,39,0,'146.200.87.94',1397851808,1,1,1,1,'Re: About C. E.\'s availability the next few Sundays','Thanks!','',0,0,'','2ck4q16m',0,0,'u_26','',0),(90681,88785,2552,0,'188.29.119.169',1397852792,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I don\'t have the excuse of being drunk. I still have the word documents, so I\'ve changed them, if only so I at least know I\'ve got it right somewhere.\n\nYeah, I can imagine it being a difficult thing to put on ff.net. Oh well. The insanity will just have to be contained here.','',0,0,'','2bebqsl0',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90682,0,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1397858853,1,1,1,1,'Re: I Could Use Some Advice: New Character','[quote="Brother Grimace":iiwxa89s]One thing that you shouldn\'t do is post story info on the board like this.[/quote:iiwxa89s]I deleted it...\n\n[quote:iiwxa89s]For advice on what you\'re considering and beta comments, stick to PMs with the people you\'re working with.[/quote:iiwxa89s]\nOkay, here it goes.\n[list:iiwxa89s]\n[*:iiwxa89s]Adler family arrives in Lawndale a few days before school starts[/*:m:iiwxa89s]\n[*:iiwxa89s]Hannah goes to school for the first day, meets Jane in homeroom; is pulled out of homeroom, is given a tour of the school with several other students, and given the psych exam which she passes; she attends the various classes, told what to buy for class, either given the necessary books, and so on; encounters Daria as well, as well as a few others.[/*:m:iiwxa89s]\n[*:iiwxa89s]When try-outs come for the team, she initially wants to either play hockey or basketball, but for one reason or another decides to join the football team (could be based on something she heard from a football player)[/*:m:iiwxa89s]\n[*:iiwxa89s]Encounters resistance, manages to overcome it through a combination of skill (I was athletic and knew what I was doing), bravado, and some creativity (in real life I actually told the coach that I could outperform the following players if given the chance; if I was wrong, I\'d give him 20 bucks and I\'d never bother him again; if I succeeded he\'d give me a slot on the team).[/*:m:iiwxa89s]\n[*:iiwxa89s]Develops some friends here and there, though probably ecclectic in nature[/*:m:iiwxa89s][/list:u:iiwxa89s]\nWhat do you think','',0,0,'gEA=','iiwxa89s',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90683,90682,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1397880129,1,1,1,1,'Re: I Could Use Some Advice: New Character','[quote="Robyn":33y4ru30][quote="Brother Grimace":33y4ru30]One thing that you shouldn\'t do is post story info on the board like this.[/quote:33y4ru30]I deleted it...\n\nDon\'t delete your work. Just don\'t put it out in the open; let people et the relevant info through the fic itself.[/quote:33y4ru30]\n\n\n[quote="Robyn":33y4ru30][quote="Brother Grimace":33y4ru30]For advice on what you\'re considering and beta comments, stick to PMs with the people you\'re working with.[/quote:33y4ru30]\nOkay, here it goes.\n[list:33y4ru30]\n[*:33y4ru30]Adler family arrives in Lawndale a few days before school starts[/*:m:33y4ru30]\n[*:33y4ru30]Hannah goes to school for the first day, meets Jane in homeroom; is pulled out of homeroom, is given a tour of the school with several other students, and given the psych exam which she passes; she attends the various classes, told what to buy for class, either given the necessary books, and so on; encounters Daria as well, as well as a few others.[/quote:33y4ru30]\n\nA couple of things:\n\n- the tour would probably be the first thing that happens; if there were several new students, they\'d probably get shuffled off into a room where they wait until the tour begins. After the tour, they\'d head back to that room, and while they were being sent one-by-one to the psych exam, the new kids would go over their schedules & copies of the school handbook - I always thought it was a wasted opportunity that they didn\'t have Ms. Li talking to them about how they needed to follow the rules listed in the book. \n\nAlso, the schedules, rule book and lists of required books/school supplies would have been sent by mail to their families already - and here in this city, the school district has (the day before the first actual day of school) \'Fee Day\', where the students pay any fees needed for classes, extracurriculars, athletics, etc., as well as buy/pick up books, hand in proof that they\'ve had physicals or any other medical forms they need to hand in to the school. If your characters from out of town/state, if they\'re freshmen, or if they already plan to get involved with any sports, they\'ll need proof of a physical exam. In their case, they would probably turn in such forms and pay fees there, as well as be escorted to the book store after the exam. Then, they would be released to go to their next class currently in session.\n\n- Is it really necessary for the character to meet and befriend Daria and Jane right away? Jane I can understand, because she\'s conducive to meeting people and befriending them quickly, but Daria\'s an acquired taste. As I also mention below, don\'t let your character become a Mary Sue right off the bat, and in Daria fandom, having a new OC immediately befriend Daria and Jane after arrival (and becoms a trio) is a sure sign of a Mary Sue.\n\n\n[quote:33y4ru30][/*:m:33y4ru30][*:33y4ru30]When try-outs come for the team, she initially wants to either play hockey or basketball, but for one reason or another decides to join the football team (could be based on something she heard from a football player)[/*:m:33y4ru30]\n[*:33y4ru30]Encounters resistance, manages to overcome it through a combination of skill (I was athletic and knew what I was doing), bravado, and some creativity (in real life I actually told the coach that I could outperform the following players if given the chance; if I was wrong, I\'d give him 20 bucks and I\'d never bother him again; if I succeeded he\'d give me a slot on the team).[/quote:33y4ru30]\n\nNow this could be interesting, as it would actually give your character a reason to meet many of the characters naturally in the course of the fic.\n\n[quote:33y4ru30][/*:m:33y4ru30][*:33y4ru30]Develops some friends here and there, though probably ecclectic in nature[/*:m:33y4ru30][/list:u:33y4ru30]\nWhat do you think[/quote:33y4ru30]\n\nI can see that. You\'ll have to establish her personality in terms of what she\'s like and what she\'s into as she goes along, so we can see who she\'d gravitate towards/towards her, and for various reasons. \n\n-BG','',0,0,'gEA=','33y4ru30',0,0,'u_2555','',0),(90684,90682,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1397901637,1,1,1,1,'Re: I Could Use Some Advice: New Character','[b:1mr0qxd0]Brother Grimace[/b:1mr0qxd0]\n\n[quote:1mr0qxd0]Don\'t delete your work. Just don\'t put it out in the open[/quote:1mr0qxd0]Okay, I did post it here though \";)\"\n\n[quote:1mr0qxd0]A couple of things:\n\n- the tour would probably be the first thing that happens; if there were several new students, they\'d probably get shuffled off into a room where they wait until the tour begins.[/quote:1mr0qxd0]So this would be before homeroom then, or in lieu of?\n\n[quote:1mr0qxd0]After the tour, they\'d head back to that room, and while they were being sent one-by-one to the psych exam, the new kids would go over their schedules & copies of the school handbook - I always thought it was a wasted opportunity that they didn\'t have Ms. Li talking to them about how they needed to follow the rules listed in the book.[/quote:1mr0qxd0]Yeah, especially with her authoritarian nature.\n\n[quote:1mr0qxd0]Also, the schedules, rule book and lists of required books/school supplies would have been sent by mail to their families already - and here in this city, the school district has (the day before the first actual day of school) \'Fee Day\', where the students pay any fees needed for classes, extracurriculars, athletics, etc., as well as buy/pick up books, hand in proof that they\'ve had physicals or any other medical forms they need to hand in to the school.[/quote:1mr0qxd0]Actually, in JHS and HS we were often given the books we needed the first day, though we were usually told what we needed; however by the 1990\'s my daughter in JHS was often told what sized notebook to generally get her hands on, and in HS the specs were less extreme (like get a 3 ring binder and a hole-puncher) but often laid out.\n\nI entered high-school in 1984, she entered high-school in 1996.\n\nSome things we bought at the school-store like for example a gym-uniform. They\'d ask us in the first gym class if we had a uniform and if not they\'d tell us to go to the school store, we\'d usually pop in during lunch with the specified amount of cash and buy them. There were other things, they had a book you could use in some cases to jot down homework, it had a map of the school too so it made it easier to navigate around. Some schools are shaped like a box, or an L or something, some are shaped complexly [i:1mr0qxd0](California is almost legendary for this!)[/i:1mr0qxd0] with a set of buildings connected by small corridors with windows around them [i:1mr0qxd0](Lawndale is actually like this except the lower floor has no covering -- which is why in the fanfic I made an off-hand comment that it\'d suck if it rained)[/i:1mr0qxd0].\n\nAdmittedly most of the schools I attended were in the suburbs.\n\n[quote:1mr0qxd0]If your characters from out of town/state, if they\'re freshmen, or if they already plan to get involved with any sports, they\'ll need proof of a physical exam. In their case, they would probably turn in such forms and pay fees there, as well as be escorted to the book store after the exam.[/quote:1mr0qxd0]We usually just had our physicals done by a doctor... the forms were then handed to the school. \n\n[quote:1mr0qxd0]Is it really necessary for the character to meet and befriend Daria and Jane right away?[/quote:1mr0qxd0]No... it\'s simply a lack of imagination and writing skill.\n\n[quote:1mr0qxd0]Jane I can understand, because she\'s conducive to meeting people and befriending them quickly, but Daria\'s an acquired taste.[/quote:1mr0qxd0]I see your point.\n\n[quote:1mr0qxd0]As I also mention below, don\'t let your character become a Mary Sue right off the bat, and in Daria fandom, having a new OC immediately befriend Daria and Jane after arrival (and becoms a trio) is a sure sign of a Mary Sue.[/quote:1mr0qxd0]I see your point, and the whole idea of having her in homeroom was to simply facilitate meeting Jane without major difficulty.\n\n\n[quote:1mr0qxd0][*]When try-outs come for the team, she initially wants to either play hockey or basketball, but for one reason or another decides to join the football team (could be based on something she heard from a football player)\n[*]Encounters resistance, manages to overcome it through a combination of skill (I was athletic and knew what I was doing), bravado, and some creativity (in real life I actually told the coach that I could outperform the following players if given the chance; if I was wrong, I\'d give him 20 bucks and I\'d never bother him again; if I succeeded he\'d give me a slot on the team).[/quote:1mr0qxd0]\n\n[quote:1mr0qxd0]Now this could be interesting, as it would actually give your character a reason to meet many of the characters naturally in the course of the fic.[/quote:1mr0qxd0]Seems better off...\n\n[quote:1mr0qxd0]I can see that. You\'ll have to establish her personality in terms of what she\'s like and what she\'s into as she goes along, so we can see who she\'d gravitate towards/towards her, and for various reasons.[/quote:1mr0qxd0]Well, as a person I have a series of interests. Which is strange because despite being diagnosed with Aspergers, most people with that have one fixed interest. My interests are more varied but intense in scope.','',0,0,'4A==','1mr0qxd0',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90688,90584,2213,0,'68.105.163.204',1397970652,1,1,1,1,'Re: COTW','Okay...I\'ve been typing up the "COTW" for Dani but got confused over something. Are the Banshees and the Harpies the same band or separate bands?','',0,0,'','a6kdvw5n',0,0,'u_1229','',0),(90689,90584,1229,0,'108.250.19.11',1397972376,1,1,1,1,'Re: COTW','I\'ll check that out real quick It been awhile for me.','',0,0,'','2w8cvir1',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(90690,90584,1229,0,'108.250.19.11',1397972740,1,1,1,1,'Re: COTW','It was the Harpies. Yeah I need to get myself back to writing!','',0,0,'','ec28sxb7',0,0,'u_2213','',0),(90691,90687,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1397974995,1,1,1,1,'Re: Happy Easter!','[quote="PrecambrianStudios":2jvq453s][url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=666302#p666302:2jvq453s]Subject: Happy Easter![/url:2jvq453s]\n\n[quote="Brother Grimace":2jvq453s]Thanks, Padre. \n\n\nRight now, I\'m engaged in my lifelong Easter tradition of watching [i:2jvq453s]The Ten Commandments[/i:2jvq453s]. \":D\" \":D\" \":D\"[/quote:2jvq453s]\n\nIs Padre his first name, or is it a nickname?\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS[/quote:2jvq453s]\n\n\nThe latter. I\'ve called him that for years. \n\n-BG','',0,0,'sA==','2jvq453s',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(90692,0,981,0,'116.240.144.181',1397998741,1,1,1,1,'Re: A confused fan','','',0,0,'kA==','1u9y5298',0,0,'u_2937','',0),(91221,91184,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1400629571,1,1,1,1,'Re: Sick, Sad World: "Prom Draft" held at high school','If you ever get the mojo to write it, I wanna beta-read that. \":twisted:\"','',0,0,'','1bcn0wlu',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(91222,91156,653,0,'192.111.73.155',1400630052,1,1,1,1,'Re: Terrorist\'s records. Episode 1','That sounds really interesting, I\'m looking forward to seeing more of it.\n\n\n[quote="Szcz":11dwh1xb]It is the first part of a stand-alone story (a mini-series or a graphic novel). It seems it will be four-part. The purpose is the creation of a mature version of the franchise, including discussion of the political questions and the destructive part of the psychedelic "revolution". Joker as a man who well fit to a cruel system with an abnormal means, Wayne, using common means for the same purpose (more a constructor-aristocrat, than a businessman), Penguin as Wayne\'s evil social twin and Joker\'s helper and a social reasoner (more or less left-wing).[/quote:11dwh1xb]','',0,0,'gA==','11dwh1xb',0,0,'u_860','',0),(90693,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1398024302,1,1,1,1,'Re: Penny Lane needs help with something','[url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=666386#p666386:36maf4yb]Subject: Penny Lane needs help with something[/url:36maf4yb]\n\n[quote="Snow-Kitty":36maf4yb][spoiler:36maf4yb]****![/spoiler:36maf4yb]\n\nI’ve downed a bottle of Chardonnay behind a book in Mr. D’s study session. I’m drunk as a skunk, and I don’t think I can get out of my seat, let alone walk!! What should I do?[/quote:36maf4yb]\n\nAll right, I\'m going to ask this as nice as I can: please stop with these. We get it that you like DeMartino, but all these constant posts involving him sleeping with the other characters is downright creepy, this one especially. It doesn\'t resemble his character at all. \n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'kAI=','36maf4yb',0,0,'u_2827','',0),(90694,90540,1025,0,'40.132.211.45',1398026947,1,1,1,1,'Re: Dylan 35: IIKYWC,IWNHBAC','Hey! Sorry for the lateness of this. In any case, there wasn\'t really anything I thought you needed to change except for a couple of bits in terms of sentence flow. Overall, this was a very excellent update. Hope you\'re having a good weekend!','',0,1,'','2c3n14q7',0,0,'u_1097','',0),(90695,88785,1798,0,'149.254.56.192',1398029451,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','The weak cries filled the delivery room as his son took his first breaths. On the hospital bed, an exhausted, sweat slicked, Jane lay back on the bed as Todd kissed her head, thanking God his beloved wife had delivered their baby safely.\n\n"I did it, honey, I gave you a son."\n\n"I\'m so proud of you, baby. You were so brave."\n\nHe watched as the midwife cut the umbilical cord and tried to hand Jane her baby, who smilingly shook her had and kissed Todd\'s hand as he gazed at her with adoration.\n\n"Todd Jr wants to say hello to his Daddy first."\n\nThe midwife passed him the delicate bundle and Todd was overwhelmed as his newborn son nestled in his arms, his boy. He felt the tear run slowly down his cheek as he tried to speak to his boy, tried to put into words how much he loved him already, how he knew already he would live and die for this child. He pulled him in closer gently and for the first time noticed the stay strand of wool hanging by his side. Idly pulling, he looked down at Todd Jr again and saw the child had turned to wool, and that his face had started to slowly unravel. Screaming, Todd desperately tried to put his boy back together again but the more he tried the more his son fell apart. Scream filled the air and he vaguely heard someone call his name.\n\nLamar shrugged his thrashing, screaming cell mate, trying to awaken his from his nightmare. Todd sat bolt upright and gasped for air, greedily taking in breaths as Lamar patted his shoulder as Todd came to consciousness.\n\n"Where am I? Where the fuck am I? Where is my son, where\'s my boy?"\n\n"You\'re in jail man and you ain\'t got a son. It\'s okay may, you\'re ok."\n\nLamar looked worriedly at his friend and towards the wall where the picture of the girl and the doll looked down on them all day, every day. He knew she was coming for Todd and Lamar began to pray.\n\nJust something that plopped into my head.','',0,0,'','1r1o06j6',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90698,88785,2552,0,'188.28.151.12',1398031554,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','They\'re in his head! The horror, the horror. Todd could be a gibbering wreck by the time Jane actually shows up. She\'s crazy.\n\nI think I\'ve asked this before, but is Lamar someone you made up or an actual character?','',0,0,'','64x96ky5',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90699,90697,1891,0,'69.35.195.244',1398032353,1,1,1,1,'Re: Change the name of Mystik Spiral: Part Dos.','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":39l9jwmc][url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=665466#p665466:39l9jwmc]Subject: Change the name of Mystik Spiral: Part Dos.[/url:39l9jwmc]\n\n[quote="Shiva":39l9jwmc][b:39l9jwmc]Todd and Jane are LOVE![/b:39l9jwmc][/quote:39l9jwmc]\n\nI squeeed when I saw this. Actual soulmates. My forever ship right there.\n\nIf this is a lax Bro spoiler I will squee even more. I love that fic, you know that, but I should say again.[/quote:39l9jwmc]\n\nThis made me smile LSM. \":D\"','',0,0,'0A==','39l9jwmc',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90700,90697,1798,0,'149.254.56.192',1398033119,1,1,1,1,'Re: Change the name of Mystik Spiral: Part Dos.','I\'m just happy other people are on the Todd/Jane OTP ship of love. Soulmates.','',0,0,'','3ka3ba0w',0,0,'u_1891','',0),(90701,88785,1798,0,'149.254.56.192',1398033297,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I like the idea that Todd\'s just slowly coming round to Janey\'s way of thinking. A true folie a deux by the end, and all orchestrated by Jane.\n\nI made Lamar up, Todd needed a cell mate and I gave him one.','',0,0,'','38sujxtf',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90702,88785,2552,0,'188.28.151.12',1398036503,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Once again, it veers from humour to darkness. It\'s all very strange. What have I unleashed?\n\n\n\nAs Tom entered the room, Daria was typing away at her computer. He walked over and kissed her, suddenly jumping back slightly when he opened his eyes and noticed the doll sat on the desk nearby.\n\n"Um, Daria? What the hell is that doing here?" Tom asked.\n\nDaria sighed. "Jane and Trent got roped into the annual Lane family reuinion again. She asked me to \'babysit\' Todd Jr because she doesn\'t want to subject him to \'those people\'."\n\nTom frowned. "What would she be subjecting it to? It\'s a doll, for crying out loud."\n\nDaria lifted her glasses up slightly and rubbed the bridge of her nose before putting them back down. "I\'ve given up trying to talk sense into her. Any time I try to say anything about Todd or the doll, she gets defensive and I back down. Trent\'s even more confused than usual."\n\n"Shouldn\'t she get some professional help?" Tom asked.\n\n"Do you want to suggest that to her?" Daria replied.\n\n"I guess not, but we need some sort of intervention before this goes too far."\n\n\nI don\'t know. This just came to my head.','',0,0,'','c32xd8ol',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90703,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1398038529,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Apologies for the text, by the way, autocorrect changes stuff that doesn\'t need to be changed, stupid machine. I reread crazy Todd\'s stuff and I was shaking my fist at it.\n\nTom is fighting a losing battle there, Crazy Jane will not surrender her delusions.','',0,0,'','36xc9dp9',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90704,88785,2552,0,'188.28.151.12',1398039724,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','He doesn\'t want to be killed by Todd Jr, if he becomes a real boy.\n\nI like the idea of Jane\'s delusions getting into Todd\'s head to the point where he starts to share the delusion. Oh, the madness that would follow.','',0,0,'','v60fual5',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90705,0,2206,0,'67.180.188.3',1398040934,1,1,1,1,'Question: which scenario sounds better to you?','So, in the next bit for ASPS 2, I focus on the fallout of Ethan\'s accident. Ethan will be in a coma, which upsets the ASPS but makes everyone whom Ethan irked belated. When someone publicly denounces Ethan and says they\'re glad he\'s in a coma, Gage snaps and beats the living crap out of this person.\n\nAftermath scenario #1: Gage is expelled by Michaelas, and there\'s a tearful goodbye with the other ASPS. Two weeks later, Gage gets a letter saying he has been accepted back to Fielding. With it is a letter that simply says,\n\n[i:nh1somlt]Thank you.\n\nSincerely,\nJ.D.[/i:nh1somlt]\n\nAftermath scenario #2: Gage is told he\'s being expelled, but this is reversed by J.D.; Josiah Dressler, Ethan\'s grandfather, who donates lots of money to his alma mater and outright tells Michaelas he\'ll cut off his donations if Gage is expelled. Josiah will then reveal to Gage who he is, but makes clear he won\'t do something like this for him again.\n\nWhich one you think sounds better/creates more interesting narrative possibilities? I\'m leaning towards number one, myself.\n\nRespectfully,\n-PCS','',0,0,'IA==','nh1somlt',0,0,'u_213','',0),(90707,90588,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1398054351,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 110: Candy Crushed','[quote="Brian Taylor":1z9i1fs6]Dad\'s still coming along. It\'s kind of impressive. Tuesday\'s the post-op appointment with the surgeon, so that\'ll be a good tell, too.\n\n[b:1z9i1fs6]I say also I\'d feel more confident about this thing I\'m writing if I knew ahead of time exactly how screwed my long-range plans are gonna be by whatever [i:1z9i1fs6]Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[/i:1z9i1fs6] does with [i:1z9i1fs6]next[/i:1z9i1fs6] week\'s episode.[/b:1z9i1fs6]\n\n(No, really: I started in on planning and pecking on the heels of [i:1z9i1fs6]The Winter Soldier[/i:1z9i1fs6] assuming for my purposes, I\'d have everything I needed to just go. One random bit of really inconvenient AOS information could potentially crash planned chapters, plural, which may or may not be good for official characterization but is sure gonna piss me off.)\n\nIn the meantime, Madripoor work rolls slowly on, as I have a couple of good scenes which are disconnected and cannot quite lock into the right kind of paranoid, stripped-down, Michael Mann-ish rhythms I believe the locale requires.[/quote:1z9i1fs6]\n\n\nI know the feeling. I\'ve written spec scripts for at least six shows over the past several years, only to have absolutely unexpected circumstances occur with the show that rendered the scripts useless. It could have been worse - one show I wrote scripts for? The lead actress nearly died in a bus crash in Southern Illinois.\n\nJust keep typing along, and adapt as you have to. Hurry up - the fans are going to clamor at your doorstep. This is also helpful for deaing with the RL crap. I know that for a fact, too. (I wrote [i:1z9i1fs6]Winters[/i:1z9i1fs6] during the [b:1z9i1fs6]absolute worst part[/b:1z9i1fs6] of being a caretaker for my parents. If you have something to focus on, it makes the other crap recede for a bit.)\n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'4A==','1z9i1fs6',0,0,'u_1095','',0),(90712,90705,213,0,'65.5.11.253',1398094886,1,1,1,1,'Re: Question: which scenario sounds better to you?','PCS, \n\nWith reservations (see below) I liked #2 as the better scenario for many reasons. Scenario #2 shows that alumni will throw their weight around where their kids are concerned, but it also shows that Josiah Dressler won\'t be used the same way that Helen Morgendorffer was used in a lot of bad fanfic when Daria was still on the air. In those early fics, the writer would get Daria in some kind of intractable trouble and Helen\'s legal power would be used as a "get out of trouble free" card. \n\nThere are two concerns I have that I think might make for an interesting story. Generally (from way back in the very early HHoF chapters) Gage\'s actions wouldn\'t result in an expulsion. (Unless he severely injured the kid and having him on campus presented a danger to other kids, in which case, Michaelas would just say "damn your money" to J. D. - he has to balance J. D.\'s needs against the needs of other alumni who are gazillionaires too.) These rich kids fight a lot, and the usual punishment for a scuffle would be to have the two protagonist work together on some odious make-work chore, say, polishing the brass plaques at the Chapel (which takes *hours* by the way, and they are not allowed to do their work separately - one applies the solution, the other polishes).\n\nIt would give some insight into why someone would say that about Ethan. You could either treat it as:\n\na) the guy is just a spoiled douche. In which case, the other ASPS could visit Gage during his chore and provide moral support, or\nb) (the way I would handle it), the guy suffered some collateral damage from Ethan and held a grudge, which is why he said that crap. In which case the two talk it out angrily, the guy makes his point (I suffered because of that asshole, even though I wasn\'t his target), Gage makes his point (we ASPS don\'t have the best social skills and we get treated like crap all the time) and the two reconcile - Gage admits he flew off the handle and the guy admits he was a real douche for wishing death on a guy who inconvenienced him. The two don\'t have to be the best of friends afterwards, but the situation is diffused. (Furthermore, it keeps Gage still on the Fielding Boarder with no interruption, as punishment would take place on Saturday.)\n\nThis is your story, however, and I\'ll look forward to whatever direction you take it.\n\n--JB','',0,0,'','1p9sj8ex',0,0,'u_2206','',0),(90713,90711,276,0,'198.180.240.201',1398095893,1,1,1,1,'Re: I\'ll show you mine ...','Most of my projects are either injection-molded plastic kits or are polyurethane resin kits.\n\nFor the injection-molded kits, [url=http://www.finescale.com/:3k8xhos0]Fine Scale Modeler[/url:3k8xhos0] has some good online information, and the host company, Kalmbach Publishing, has produced many high-quality books on scale model building.\n\nIf you are interested in fictional and nonfictional spacecraft, [url=http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/index.php:3k8xhos0]Starship Modeler[/url:3k8xhos0] is a good resource.\n\nFor figure kits (including a good sculptors forum), [url=http://theclubhouse1.net/phpBB3/index.php:3k8xhos0]The Clubhouse is a good start[/url:3k8xhos0].','',0,0,'EA==','3k8xhos0',0,0,'u_785','',0),(90714,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1398096766,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I know, the delusions are strong.\n\nThe dreams didn\'t stop. Every time Todd fell asleep he would have some horrible nightmare where some horrible accident would fall on Jane or Todd Jr, and he would wake up covered in sweat, gasping for air and screaming for help, so eventually he stopped sleeping. The once swaggering, well built young man, a picture of good health, slowly began to lose weight as the bags under his eyes darkened. When his mother visited him, she wept as she was so shocked at her son\'s deteriorating condition and his rambling conversations about some girl called Jane. Eventually concern for his health grew to such an extent that Todd was committed to the prison\'s hospital wing and was placed under heavy sedation so that his weary body could rest. The nightmares continued even here and as he awoke from each one he made the same request every time.\n\n"Where\'s Janey? I want to see Janey."','',0,0,'','3r234uqd',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90715,90711,785,0,'201.212.44.222',1398103844,1,1,1,1,'Re: I\'ll show you mine ...','Thank you, much appreciated.','',0,0,'','2yuc2zen',0,0,'u_276','',0),(90716,88785,2552,0,'188.29.113.125',1398111344,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','This is quite dark and worrying. Poor Todd. He doesn\'t know what to do anymore. Jane has driven him to the point of madness Hopefully she\'ll finally meet him and make everything alright.\n\n\nSpeaking of crazy things, I have a draft scene for ITPS that involves one of the characters having a dream in which they talk to a different looking version of themselves in a mirror, but I don\'t know if it\'s a bit cliché. There\'s even a particular line I have written down that the reflection says.\n\n[i:29dznrlf]"Oh, we\'re playing the \'Make a move and see if my weird reflection does the same thing\' game, are we? I love that game."[/i:29dznrlf]','',0,0,'IA==','29dznrlf',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90717,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1398112027,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Will she though? Will meeting her shake them both from the madness or will they facilitate each other? Imagine the conversations they would have if they did?\n\nI\'ve used the reflection thing before, with Jane meeting It Felt Like A Kiss Jane, and made it work, nobody criticised it anyway. Plus if you make it clear this is a dream and have both reflection and dream making that clear it should work.','',0,0,'','32pszx2r',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90718,88785,2552,0,'188.29.113.125',1398114617,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I would think that, because the reflection looks different, that it would be obvious that this isn\'t a thing that is really happening. ITPS isn\'t a supernatural story, after all.\n\nI\'ve written a daydream scene before that was written to fool the reader into thinking it was real, and it seemed to work very well.','',0,0,'','3853ejpy',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90719,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1398116934,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','No, I mean make it not \'ooooooo fantasy dreamworld\' but have it where they both know it is a dream and make appropriately sarcastic \'oh, welcome to my dream\' comments.\n\nAnd there is nothing wrong with the \'move and see if my reflection does the same\' game. That\'s how Janey found out she had an alright life, poor cow.\n\n\nOh, I wouldn\'t trust anthing I suggest, I\'m a failed fanfic writer, what the fuck do I know?','',0,0,'','3b9imgmp',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90720,88785,2552,0,'188.29.113.125',1398118773,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I was going to do a straight up conversation, but I think injecting some "This is totally a dream" sarcastic humour would fit very well, actually.\n\n\n[i:fwgjzpd6]"OK, I\'m having a weird dream here."\n\n"You\'re stood in the bathroom, talking to a reflection of yourself from a year ago. Of [b:fwgjzpd6]course[/b:fwgjzpd6] it\'s a dream."[/i:fwgjzpd6]\n\n\n\nOh, and you won the \'Favourite Overall Fic\' award at the Fanwork Awards, so you\'re not a failed fanfic author at all. Quite the opposite.','',0,0,'YA==','fwgjzpd6',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90721,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1398124774,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I\'ve been doing pretty well lately. Yesterday was pretty busy but a good busy, bought some gardening stuff before we went to get groceries, and I bought a few more art supplies for the Storybook project (I\'ve probably got all I need by now), as well as another collar for my cat Beanie. \":D\" Also I\'m gonna try to finish up Erin\'s title card art tonight and send it to him later, after that I\'m gonna wrap up some LFC works that I started a little while back, then I\'ll be able to finally do the Jane/Todd piece. My folks have been acting more normal the last couple of days, so that really helps.\n\nI appreciate you asking, by the way. \":hug:\" How\'s stuff going on your end? I hope it\'s all going well. \":glomp:\"','',0,0,'','xbeuy3k6',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90722,85689,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1398136349,1,1,1,1,'Re: Regarding my Storyline','','',0,0,'','17qd1jhf',0,0,'u_450','',0),(90723,84775,2241,0,'24.31.142.243',1398145699,1,1,1,0,'My lines for episode 3','Daria\'s lines for scene 2\nhttp://www.sendspace.com/file/f2sgrh\n\nFashion club lines for scene 3\nhttp://www.sendspace.com/file/opw8qo\n\nDaria\'s lines for scenes 4 and 5\nhttp://www.sendspace.com/file/yhhpzi\n\nlike I said in the thread I\'m not happy with some of these lines but I\'m trying to be less of a perfectionist. If they\'re really REALLY bad in your opinion I might redo a few.','',0,0,'','863smgk1',0,0,'u_2346','',0),(90724,84775,2346,0,'69.35.200.188',1398160860,1,1,1,1,'Re: My lines for episode 3','OK, got them. Haven\'t listened yet (time and all that), but as a guy who\'s listened to [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR9d4ESlpHY‎]this band[/url], I think it could always be worse cringe-wise.\n\nEDIT: Listened to them now. Daria\'s lines aren\'t nearly as bad as you made them out to be in the thread. You are your own worst critic, I guess. Actually, I think the weakest voice there was Sandi\'s, but that\'s actually good in this case since CartoonDork already sent in her lines for that, so we can use those and you won\'t have to redo anything. Thanks for saving this project from development hell! \":D\"','',0,0,'EA==','hy9iuxyq',1398212061,1,'u_2241','',0),(90725,85689,2555,0,'24.189.137.168',1398181122,1,1,1,1,'Re: Regarding my Storyline','I\'m wondering if\n\n1. You\'d like to be a beta reader (I assume you sort of are, but I figure I should ask)\n\n2. If you\'d want a more detailed character overview','',0,0,'','3ntofuni',0,0,'u_450','',0),(90726,85689,450,0,'121.110.45.152',1398185929,1,1,1,1,'Re: Regarding my Storyline','Sure, though I\'m on vacation in Japan the next two weeks so I won\'t be able to give much in the way of immediate feedback every day.','',0,0,'','7yb6ix4h',0,0,'u_2555','',0),(90727,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1398186346,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I\'m glad everything is going okay for you and that your parents haven\'t been idiots recently. And cool stuff on the art front, its always good to be on a roll. \n\nI\'m doing okay. Maths revision, driving lessons and me and the chap have given alcohol up for a month while he trains for a marathon and I\'m wanting to get in shape for summer, how vain does that sound? I\'m also going to refer to myself as LongSnakeMoan: Failed Fanfic Writer, is there anything as tragic as that? \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','2tj07nv3',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90728,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1398186470,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Oh, I am. I wrote a takedown for Lax Bro, that makes me cringe on rereading and I\'m ashamed I wrote and posted it. Oh, the shame. Add into the shite I\'ve sent you on the last few days and I am hanging my head in shame. Failed from start to finish \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','23djyckt',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90729,0,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1398199051,1,1,1,1,'Re: Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice... (DC Comics movies)','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=666531#p666531:jpqramus]Subject: Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice... (DC Comics movies)[/url:jpqramus]\n\nSo, is this overkill?\n\n\n[quote:jpqramus][quote="LSauchelli":jpqramus]Snyder sounds more snarky than angry or bitter, to be honest. The author just sounds like a rabid fanboy that hates the film.[/quote:jpqramus]\n\nIf he just sounds snarky instead of angry or bitter, then why does he keep going back to talk about how the fans should perceive his film, as opposed to other Superman films?\n\nFrom the article:\n\n\n[quote:jpqramus] “The thing I was surprised about in response to Superman was how everyone clings to the Christopher Reeve version of Superman. How tightly they cling to those ideas, not really the comic book version, but more the movie version. … [/quote:jpqramus]\n\n"Oh, no! How can the unwashed masses cling to ancient weapons and hocus-pocus religions when they could have a good blaster at their side?"\n\nMr. Snyder - maybe you should go back and watch the 1991 film Mobsters, and pay close attention to the scene with Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey and the kid: (go to 3:30)\n\n[youtube:jpqramus]AmPv-99vBeY[/youtube:jpqramus]\n\nIf you put Henry Cavill and Christopher Reeve (both in their prime as the character) in a room, of course, they consider themselves equals, and rightfully so. However, other people will look to Reeve to lead. That\'s the thing that [i:jpqramus]Man of Steel[/i:jpqramus] doesn\'t quite get, yet [i:jpqramus]Superman[/i:jpqramus] and [i:jpqramus]Superman II[/i:jpqramus] provide in spades. Kal-El is not someone who inspires others to greatness, or to follow him... not yet. Superman, however, is the hero that we\'ve always followed; who\'s always inspired us. \n\n[i:jpqramus]Man of Steel[/i:jpqramus] is a film about becoming. [i:jpqramus]Superman[/i:jpqramus] was a film that made the journey from Kal-El to Clark Kent to Superman part of its first act, and made him a hero that would inspire the world. Yes, we know that hundreds or thousands were killed during the battle between Big Blue and the three Kryptonians in [i:jpqramus]Superman II[/i:jpqramus], so Snyder doesn\'t have to lecture us on that (especially since we saw it better in [i:jpqramus]The Avengers[/i:jpqramus], among other things).\n\n\n\n[quote:jpqramus]If you really analyze the comic book version of Superman, he’s killed, he’s done all the things. I guess the rules that people associate with Superman in the movie world are not the rules that really apply to him in the comic book world because those rules are different. He’s done all the things and more that we’ve shown him doing, right?”[/quote:jpqramus]\n\n\nAgain - not the point of the film you were making, Mr. Snyder. You weren\'t making a film [i:jpqramus]about[/i:jpqramus] Superman - you were making a film [i:jpqramus]about the person who would one day [u:jpqramus]become[/u:jpqramus] Superman[/i:jpqramus]. That\'s why the rules you\'re talking about aren\'t applicable yet; because he\'s going through the trials and circumstances that will forge him into Superman, the person who will make those rules or inspire others to make or follow them. Don\'t get mad about people not embracing your character as he is, but instead understand that you haven\'t made him yet into the person that we want to embrace, or that you feel we should. Hell, the last scene with him addressing the General shows that; if the governments of Earth saw him as Superman - a superhero willing to fight and die for this world - they\'d give him a great deal more latitude while expecting him to understand that yes, they\'re going to try and find out more about him. They aren\'t there yet, and really, his task at winning over the people of the world has just begun. \n\n\n[quote:jpqramus]“It’s just funny to see people really taking it personally … [/quote:jpqramus]\n\nLike you are, good sir?\n\n\n[quote:jpqramus]because I made him real, you know, I made him feel or made consequences (in) the world.[/quote:jpqramus]\n\n\nExcuse me. [i:jpqramus]Superman II[/i:jpqramus] showed Clark/Kal giving up his powers so that he could live a normal life with the woman he loved, and as a consequence, Earth was made to kneel before Zod. Sure sounds like feelings and consequences to me.\n\nIn [i:jpqramus]Man of Steel[/i:jpqramus], nothing that Kal-El/Clark could have said or done was going to keep Zod from doing exactly what he and his followers were going to do anyway. He had no choice but to fight.\n\nRichard Donner made Superman a hero, because he had to make the choice to fight to regain his powers, and to stand against conquerors willing to kill for power in order to save the world, all while knowing that if he did so, he\'s lose the chance to be with the woman he loved. Zack Snyder made Clark Kent/Kal-El into a reluctant warrior forced to commit an act of evil (by taking one life) in order to prevent a far greater evil (to save billions of lives and his adopted homeworld from promised destruction by Zod). \n\nDonner made films about a hero\'s journey.\n\nSnyder made a film about a victim or circumstances as he begins to willingly and knowingly rise above them in order to become a hero. There\'s a difference. \n\n\n[quote:jpqramus]I felt like, it was the same thing in Watchmen.[/quote:jpqramus]\n\n\nNo They\'re nothing of the sort. The Watchmen made choices. They were active, not reactive. Rorschach would have killed Zod, Faora and every Kryptonian, even if it had taken the destruction of Metropolis. He would have never stopped from doing what he thought was right - not even if it meant his death. \n\nOzymandias? The exact same sentence as above - with just one change. \'[i:jpqramus]...Not even if it meant the death of [u:jpqramus]millions[/u:jpqramus] - to save [u:jpqramus]billions[/u:jpqramus].[/i:jpqramus]\' \n\n\n[quote:jpqramus]We really wanted to show it wasn’t just like they thought, like the PG-13 version where everyone just gets up and they’re fine. I really wanted to show the violence is real, people get killed or get hurt and it’s not fun or funny.”[/quote:jpqramus]\n\n\nThis offends me on so many levels... \n\nWhat - did you think that I didn\'t wonder how many people died when Storm dropped a series of at least thirty tornadoes (in the space of a minute and out of a clear blue sky) over the greater Boston Metropolitan area in [i:jpqramus]X2[/i:jpqramus] - let alone the two F-16s that crashed ? DO you think that I didn\'t consider how many average citizens were slaughtered by Chitauri soldiers who leaped into office buildings and started just blasting away in [i:jpqramus]The Avengers[/i:jpqramus]? Do you think that I don\'t wonder how many innocents died when Zod and his lieutenants took on the army in that small town, or how many die every single time the Daleks or the Cybermen show up on Earth in [i:jpqramus]Doctor Who[/i:jpqramus]?\n\nIf that\'s what you wanted to show, then you should have stopped with the wangst and given us more of Clark amongst the average people, seeing how they live and becoming invested in them - that way, we\'ll have a stronger sense of loss when they die, and feel more for Clark when he decides that he has to protect them and their right to live by fighting for them. After all, even Jesus decided to kick some ass when he drove the moneychangers from the temple - and it was a choice, not something that he was driven to do by circumstances. \n\nOf course, I could be wrong. [/quote:jpqramus]\n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'sQE=','jpqramus',0,0,'u_94','',0),(90730,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1398199312,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Thanks \":hug:\" \n\nYay for math revision, getting in shape and driving lessons, I hope those are all successful. \":drink:\" You can imagine that\'s coffee we\'re making a toast with. \":D\" And that\'s not really vain, I\'m trying to do the same thing. \":lol:\" Once you do my other request (was it fluff? god, I can\'t remember now) you\'ll have to change your name, though. \":twisted:\"','',0,0,'','3eke5tnp',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90731,88785,2552,0,'2.221.214.152',1398199421,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Pfft. Todd\'s dream about his son unravelling was weird and wonderful. If you\'re a failure at writing, then there isn\'t a word good enough to describe how much I\'ve failed. You do give me inspiration sometimes. If you hadn\'t posted a reply to the whole \'Crazy Love\' thing in the first place, I wouldn\'t even be considering spinning it out into a longer story.\n\nI was reading some forum posts from a few years ago and somebody wrote a comment that was something along the lines of "writers think that everything they write is a work of genius and the greatest thing ever written". Oh, how I beg to differ. \":lol:\"','',0,0,'','3imrklxp',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90732,85127,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1398199922,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I hope they are all successful too. I swear I will be a nice shape for New York. I\'m overweight at all, I\'m actually a nice weight now I just want to tone up. This might be a hangover from the old days though when I was crazy about stuff like that. \n\nI dunno, I have the request saved somewhere so I will dig out. Oops, I am rubbish. I\'ll be Partially Failed Fanfic Writer then.','',0,0,'','24227een',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90733,90729,94,0,'50.160.101.95',1398200437,1,1,1,1,'Re: Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice... (DC Comics movies)','If you can put up with LSauchelli\'s general "anything new,is inherently better than anything older" arguments, go for it\n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'','2skktlis',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90734,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1398200725,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','Nah, I\'m pretty rubbish. And you really don\'t give yourself enough credit for your work, I couldn\'t have thought up Todd Jr, that idea is brilliant and if I\'ve helped then that\'s cool by me. Poor Todd, the dude\'s gonna end up a wreck. \n\n\nAnd how I beg to differ too, I\'m my own worst critic. I\'ve noticed there\'s often a split in attitudes between some of the longer serving members of the board and the newer ones like us. Some of the older posts I\'ve read, I do sort of get the sense the writers and artists thought they were creating works of genius, whereas the newer ones don\'t..','',0,0,'','2gm436tl',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90735,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1398201206,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','I\'m the same way; I\'m not overweight but could use some toning up.\n\nAnd no worries, I\'m sure it\'s in one of our PM histories (hell, I still have all the PMs you\'ve sent me \":D\" ). And you could always change your name to something like Number One Fan.... just don\'t hobble me. \";)\"','',0,0,'','334ugsaa',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90737,90588,1095,0,'68.33.206.157',1398236082,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 110: Candy Crushed','So, after the post-op check-up, my dad\'s doing fine. Quite well, actually. His surgeon\'s cleared him to start exercises to rebuild his arm strength so long as it doesn\'t hurt too much. When he\'s off the pain pills, he\'ll be okay to drive again. Guy says in about two months, he should be back to normal.\n\nWe had a lot of worst-case scenarios thrown at us in the run-up to the surgery. None of them seem to have applied. We\'re all very happy.\n\nI have also finished re-watching the Phase One Marvel movies.\n\nThe relevant take-away for what I\'m doing is this: Cobie Smulders gets little credit for turning a thankless, underwritten, exposition-machine bit part into something approximating a three-dimensional character... and she\'s mainly doing it on the back of silent reaction shots.\n\nAlso: Madripoor is beginning to come together. A slow process. I can\'t say when it\'ll be done, but at least there\'s an opening scene which mostly works, and some bits later to work up to, and that\'s more solid material now than I had two days ago.','',0,0,'','3q539ipm',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90738,90588,59,0,'98.214.97.200',1398238291,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 110: Candy Crushed','[quote="Brian Taylor":nurgv492]So, after the post-op check-up, my dad\'s doing fine. Quite well, actually. His surgeon\'s cleared him to start exercises to rebuild his arm strength so long as it doesn\'t hurt too much. When he\'s off the pain pills, he\'ll be okay to drive again. Guy says in about two months, he should be back to normal.\n\nWe had a lot of worst-case scenarios thrown at us in the run-up to the surgery. None of them seem to have applied. We\'re all very happy.[/quote:nurgv492]\n\nThis is good news. Just have hin go slow and easy. No rush to do anything to hurt himself. \n\n\n[quote:nurgv492]I have also finished re-watching the Phase One Marvel movies.\n\nThe relevant take-away for what I\'m doing is this: Cobie Smulders gets little credit for turning a thankless, underwritten, exposition-machine bit part into something approximating a three-dimensional character... and she\'s mainly doing it on the back of silent reaction shots.[/quote:nurgv492]\n\nYep! Next week on [i:nurgv492]AoS[/i:nurgv492], you\'ll probably get a lot of material on her; she\'s the major guest star for the episode. \n\n\n\n[quote:nurgv492]Also: Madripoor is beginning to come together. A slow process. I can\'t say when it\'ll be done, but at least there\'s an opening scene which mostly works, and some bits later to work up to, and that\'s more solid material now than I had two days ago.[/quote:nurgv492]\n\n\nAs the saying goes - \'slow is good\'. Just let it come to you at its own pace. \n\n\n-BG','',0,0,'oA==','nurgv492',0,0,'u_1095','',0),(90741,90588,1095,0,'68.33.206.157',1398247289,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 110: Candy Crushed','[quote="Brother Grimace":yum4waqz]This is good news. Just have hin go slow and easy. No rush to do anything to hurt himself. [/quote:yum4waqz]\n\nOh, yes.\n\nThe doctor\'s specifically told him he\'s supposed to nap.\n\nHe does that all the time, anyway. Now he has to do it on doctor\'s orders.\n\nI\'m sure he\'ll be taking it plenty easy.\n\n[quote:yum4waqz]Yep! Next week on [i:yum4waqz]AoS[/i:yum4waqz], you\'ll probably get a lot of material on her; she\'s the major guest star for the episode.[/quote:yum4waqz]\n\nYep. I\'ve known that since a couple of days [i:yum4waqz]after[/i:yum4waqz] I started this, and I started the same afternoon I saw TWS.\n\nI would really have preferred to know it [i:yum4waqz]before[/i:yum4waqz] I had an arc, an outline, a bunch of specific human details, and about 15,000 words of stuff which is supposed to go into later chapters, but all need not be lost.\n\nIt depends to a large extent on what gets mentioned here. AOS seems to traffic in specific-seeming vagaries, and this was always gonna stand in the shadows between canon and conjecture, anyway. I can work with some run-and-gun action, a few vague references to prior assignments, and a "Sorry, Phil, but your answers are in another castle" conclusion. \n\n(I.E.: what they\'re probably gonna do. I have a suspicion Hill\'s flagged for the movies rather than TV, and TWS essentially places her for Avengers II, Avengers III, and the inevitable [i:yum4waqz]Iron Man 4[/i:yum4waqz].)\n\nThe more specific they get, the more I might have to cut a lot of basically-set plans back. For instance. There\'s some business with a planned supporting character I\'d hate to cut -- it\'s an unusual combo, and there\'s a lot of theme bound up in it -- just \'cause AOS sawed off the branch on which such leaves can grow.\n\n(Fun fact, and without being specific, but there are a few other announcements Marvel could make about various things which [i:yum4waqz]would[/i:yum4waqz] impact how this goes.)\n\n[quote:yum4waqz]As the saying goes - \'slow is good\'. Just let it come to you at its own pace.[/quote:yum4waqz]\n\nI\'m going to try to get it done before the next episode just so I have at least that much of the original plan intact.\n\nNo guarantees.','',0,0,'oA==','yum4waqz',1398248384,2,'u_59','',0),(90742,0,94,0,'23.30.51.129',1398268618,1,1,1,1,'Ever watch Batman: The Brave and the Bold','If not, you should. You\'ll get a kick out of it. Silver age shenanigans and probably one of the best character interpretations of Aquaman, ever.\n\nPlus, the end of Season 2 featured the ultimate in Getting Crap Past the Radar.\n\n[youtube:3o5ueuc7]iMnJNjo2SGg[/youtube:3o5ueuc7]\n\n--Erin M.','',0,0,'AAE=','3o5ueuc7',0,0,'u_59','',0),(90743,0,1070,0,'24.158.52.117',1398275826,1,1,1,1,'Long Time, No Write','Danny \":D\" ,\n \nHow is my online brother from another and father doing? How are you? How is your family? I hope all is well. Did you have a good Easter? How is Rocky and the rest of your pups doing? \n\nI am sorry that you haven\'t written to you in awhile. Things haven\'t been going good here. Roger and I are fine - everything else around us is crazy. Roger\'s second wife Gail, passed away on Valentine\'s Day. She had a massive stroke last January and had been in out of consciousness for over a year. They are moving Roger\'s job back up to Kentucky - possibly as early as October. Which has left us with three choices - well technically two choices. One - we can move - which isn\'t exactly a financial possibility. Two - he stays with mom during the week and comes home on the weekends. Three - he finds another job. He has been sending his resume out so send some good luck our way. Back during the big storm, Roger\'s car got hit - no one was hurt but the guy didn\'t stop. Plus side, Roger got his license plate and Progressive was able to get us repaired on his dime (the guy continued sliding until he eventually hit a brick wall).\n\nAnother big thing is Roger\'s health. He has been having balance issues - and when he gets stressed - they get a whole lot worse. He\'s been to a neurologist and his regular doctor and has had a bunch of tests done, but they are still at square 1. We have a couple of ideas - we figured Roger is sitting down for at least 20 hrs. a day (he sleeps sitting up due to sleep apnea). That can\'t be good for the nerves or muscles in his legs. So we are getting him a stand up desk for the house. \n\nOne of my nieces who is less than 6 months younger than me had a mini-stroke last week after outpatient surgery. She is back home - fortunately they caught it very early and no permanent damage, so we went and visited her for Easter and had a good time.\n\nNot everything has been bad though - we took my sister Debbie with us to Charleston in March and had a great time. We went to Atlanta a couple of weeks ago to go to the aquarium and to see Macbeth. All six kittehs are doing great. My nephew graduates Presbyterian College May 10th and Roger\'s son Greg graduates from\nIndiana University May 12th. So we will be spending my birthday on the road to make it up there for that.\n\nI miss writing. This is actually the first paragraphs I have written in sometime. There is just too much going on for me to even try. Well, I will let you go. Feel free to drop me a line whenever.\n\n{{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}}}},\nDiana (your online sister from another mother and father)','',0,0,'','1w5pxae2',0,0,'u_1125','',0),(90744,88785,2552,0,'92.40.123.73',1398276730,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','The weird thing about the whole \'Todd Jr\' thing is, the doll wasn\'t intended to be Jane and Todd\'s "son" originally. She made the doll so she could have something that looked like Todd to hold until she met the real thing. But the idea of her going all crazy and acting like the woolen doll is her son is much better, and has much more mileage.','',0,0,'','37rr6n2a',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90745,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1398280123,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','It does have much more mileage as her son, it also gives you a better handle for the effect on Todd, in that he could see the doll as his child more than the doll as himself, and it\'s much creepier.','',0,0,'','2j38p8lq',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90746,90257,2552,0,'92.40.123.73',1398294475,1,1,1,1,'Re: Reclamation (3/31/14)','I\'ve re-read Reclamation so far, and Cassidy\'s stalker-ish behaviour. It reminded me that, in TGATG, I had plans at one stage for Cassidy to have several photos of Tom on the back of her closet door, or made into a collage somewhere, and when she wrote in her diary, she\'d stroke the door or the collage. I felt that was crossing a little too far into \'obsessive\' territory, though.','',0,0,'','3gg1mr5j',0,0,'u_2511','',0),(90747,90743,1125,0,'70.124.13.158',1398314770,1,1,1,1,'Re: Long Time, No Write','Hey Diana:\n\nBetter get comfortable... this is gonna be a long letter. \":mrgreen:\"\n\nI\'m glad to hear from you after all of the poking that\'s gone on between us. (Man that sounds dirty. \":lol:\") First of all, let me offer you these: {{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}} I think you need them. \":)\" It hasn\'t been a good time for me either. (More about that in a bit.) But I hope you remember to take care of yourself while you\'re taking care of Roger and everyone else. I had hoped that the reason you weren\'t around here that much was because you were having too much fun in real life. Real life always finds a way to make things interesting though, right? \":nono:\"\n\nI\'ll send out any good luck I can get for you and Roger. \":hug:\" Make sure he takes care of himself. And I hope that he finds a job nearby so you two can stay closer together. The both of you are an inspiration for me. When I\'m feeling down about myself and my lack of romantic prospects, I think of you two and remember that sometimes good things can come from out of the blue, not just bad things.\n\nTo be honest, I did want to write you sooner and let you know some of what\'s happened recently. I was worried that I would become the friend who always brings things down, though, and only has depressing news. It seems like every message in the past has been me moaning about how things suck or how bad my luck has been. But if I can\'t tell this to my online big sister, then who can I tell it to?\n\nThis year hasn\'t been good, but I hope things are turning around. It started a couple of days in when I was awakened by what sounded like thunder not long before midnight. I didn\'t see any lightning or rain outside so I tried to get back to sleep. Then I saw the flashing lights of a police car outside my window. It seems that someone had sideswiped my dad\'s truck and bashed in the bed. Luckily there were witnesses and a trail of fluid coming off the car leading to where it was parked. No one got hurt, and my dad was in bed at the time, so it wasn\'t a tragedy. The police found the (probably) drunk woman driver and got her insurance information, and they ended up giving my dad money to fix the truck. It was inconvenient, but in the end not too bad.\n\nThen a few days later my mom had to go to the hospital. She had been feeling weak for a long time, over a year actually, and had a shortness of breath that wouldn\'t go away. Finally she couldn\'t drag herself to work anymore, and she let me take her to a doctor. They drew blood, and when they got the results they called us and told us to get her to the emergency room right away. Her hemoglobin was dangerously low, and she had to spend the night in the hospital while they gave her four unit of red blood cells, plus some evil medicine that was as black as tar. The doctors were amazed that she could walk into the hospital, that\'s how low her iron level was. \n\nMy mom took off almost the entire month of January, but she\'s okay now. After a few expensive tests, it\'s still a mystery where the red blood cells went. She\'s supposed to take it easy at work, but now she\'s left alone since her boss also had health problems and won\'t be back until next month. I go with her to her doctor\'s appointments, and so far so good. She wants to retire next year, but I\'m hoping we hit the lotto or something so she can quit that shitty job sooner.\n\nMy dad is pretty healthy, but of course things are more complicated than that. His testosterone level dropped really low because of some medicines he was taking, so he got testosterone for that and because his bones were getting dangerously thin. But then his PSA level went way up, so now he might need another biopsy. Yesterday we went to his urologist, and she\'s not worried, so I\'m not worried. Otherwise he seems to be fine. He eats like a horse and never gets full, he gets plenty of exercise, and apart for his mental lapses he\'s okay.\n\nThe next part is where things get bad. Everything before was chaotic but manageable. But sometimes things come out of nowhere.\n\nAbout three weeks ago, Rocky died. My mom wanted to let him in on Sunday morning so he could sleep a while in her bed, but she couldn\'t find him. She kept calling and calling him, but he wouldn\'t come. Then she knew something was wrong. She looked in the front and saw what looked like a dog in the street, lying stiff. She got me to get closer (I guess because she was in denial) and I saw that it was Rocky, and that he had been dead a while, probably run over by some drunk since they\'re always speeding in front of our house on Saturday nights. The night before, I had heard him and the other dogs barking at something. I went out there but it ran away. It must have been a cat or a possum, because Rocky hated them and wouldn\'t stop barking until they were gone. He was smart enough to find a way under our fence when my mom was in the hospital, and I guess he was able to get out again. \":nono:\" I hadn\'t heard my mom cry that hard since my uncle died unexpectedly. Then my dad did too, and he barely cried when his mother died. They were both depressed, and I think my mom had a broken heart. I remember her saying that she had wanted to retire from work so she could spend time with Rocky, but now...\n\nThat was a bad day. I couldn\'t sleep that night (and neither could my parents) so I looked on PPMB. Then I saw that there was something new in the Announcements thread. I looked and saw the news that Arena del Sur had died. \":cry:\" He was one of my closest friends on here, and although I had a feeling that something bad had happened, I had hope that he would beat his cancer. But after the chemo, his body was too weak, and he couldn\'t handle starting up a whole new course of treatment. I admit that I cried for him. We had some kind of connection that I can\'t explain. One time I sent him a PM while he was asleep and he said he had dreamed that I had done that at the same time. The night he died, I had a bad feeling and I looked on Google to see if there was any news, an obituary, something. He was trying to be an actual writer. He had friends in the Buenos Aires literary community, he was working on a novel... It\'s a shame he died so young.\n\nSo things weren\'t good. My mom and dad were depressed about Rocky and I had a friend who had died and couldn\'t mourn conventionally. I couldn\'t make it to a funeral since that had already happened I guess, and it was in South America. I contributed to the Padre\'s mass for him and had my name put on a card that went to Arena\'s parents, but that wasn\'t enough. I also feel guilty that I didn\'t have more of [i:y6q8cfti]James Lane[/i:y6q8cfti] done before he died since he was one of its biggest fans. \n\nAs for me, I\'m the same. I guess my stoic outlook on life helped me deal with the grief over Rocky better than my mom and dad, but it still wasn\'t easy. I just wish I could write again. I have the ideas, I have things mostly planned out, but I just don\'t feel like I have the energy to do it. Now I\'ve decided to dedicate [i:y6q8cfti]James Lane[/i:y6q8cfti] in memory of Ariel Bustos, aka Arena del Sur, but I don\'t know when I\'ll resume it.\n\nThings have gotten a little better recently, though. After too much time being sad, last Saturday my mom, aunt, and I went to Laredo to get a puppy. He\'s another black and tan dachshund, and he looks a lot like Rocky. He even acts like Rocky too, seeing as he\'s mean and playful and smart and loving. Of course he\'s only about six weeks old, but I think he\'s a reasonable substitute. (I still wish Rocky hadn\'t died at all, but there\'s nothing anyone can do about that.) My mom and I let my dad name him Jake even though neither of us really likes that name. (We wanted something like Rudy or Wally.) I guess the reason why is that we saw how sad my dad was without Rocky. He was always on the verge of tears, moping around the house, listless. This is totally different from how he was when I was growing up. Now with Jake around there\'s laughter again, and although we haven\'t forgotten Rocky (we still mix up Jake\'s name with his) the house doesn\'t have the thick air of sadness anymore.\n\nSo will things finally improve? I hope so. Has my luck changed for the better? Don\'t know. Maybe. At least I got a message from a friend who hasn\'t written in a while, so that\'s a good sign. \":D\" \n\nHow have you been handling the chaos where you are? I hope you can still find joy even when dealing with the mess that real life hands you. I miss seeing you and Roger on here, and I miss seeing your stories pop up. To be honest, I don\'t go into Creative Writing that often anymore. Mostly it\'s people I don\'t know or young\'uns who think they can write puking up whatever comes to mind. \":mrgreen:\" \":lol:\" Lots of people who were around when I joined the fandom aren\'t around anymore, and it can feel kind of lonely. \n\nEnough moping around. I\'m glad that your nephew and Roger\'s son are about to graduate college soon. \":drink:\" Oh, and I want to with you an early Happy Birthday too. \":D\" Hope you have fun on the road. I like traveling even when it\'s only a day trip to Laredo or Corpus Christi, although I wish I could make it as far as Houston or Austin again. Man, this letter is long. \":lol:\" So, I better wrap things up. Hope you and Roger and everyone else in your family is doing well, and the cats too. Take care of them. Hope to hear back from you soon. \n\nYour online brother from another mother and father,\nDanny','',0,0,'IA==','y6q8cfti',0,0,'u_1070','',0),(90751,88005,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1398364220,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','Some bastard on the Guardian website mentioned this and I had to look it up. You\'ll appreciate the sheer horror of this. \n\n[youtube:91l1ycxm]6_ELGnmLJOs[/youtube:91l1ycxm]','',0,0,'AAE=','91l1ycxm',0,0,'u_1108','',0),(90752,88005,1108,0,'86.184.98.48',1398366127,1,1,1,1,'Re: Nice Guy Mack','[quote="LongSnakeMoan":77cst5b1]\n[youtube:77cst5b1]6_ELGnmLJOs[/youtube:77cst5b1][/quote:77cst5b1]\n\n[youtube:77cst5b1]X5IrXHWI_M4[/youtube:77cst5b1]','',0,0,'gAE=','77cst5b1',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90755,0,1571,0,'68.112.97.85',1398390415,1,1,1,0,'Hi','As subject implies, thought I\'d show up in the Inbox and say hi \":D\" \nHope you\'ve been well \":hug:\"','',0,0,'','3j3oilxy',0,0,'u_849','',0),(90756,0,1571,0,'68.112.97.85',1398390497,1,1,1,0,'Hi','Been awhile since I\'ve done much of anything around here, so thought I\'d show up in the Inbox and say hi \":D\" \nHope you\'ve been well \":hug:\"','',0,0,'','3w2admpu',0,0,'u_1406','',0),(90757,90755,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1398393743,1,1,1,1,'Re: Hi','Hey! It\'s been a while, how\'ve you been? \":D\"\n\nAlso things are going pretty well on my end, just trying to wrap up something for Erin M. before I get back on some LFC works, then I\'ll probably go back to my Disney stuff for a while after that. Thanks for dropping a PM over, I hope things are well over there, as well. \":hug:\"','',0,0,'','2x49c1zb',0,0,'u_1571','',0),(90759,90756,1406,0,'79.50.124.108',1398420077,1,1,1,1,'Re: Hi','Thanks BeB; I\'m doing quite good, what about you and your wife ?','',0,0,'','32hbxmfn',0,0,'u_1571','',0),(90760,88785,1798,0,'77.96.183.44',1398430147,1,1,1,1,'Re: In These Plagued Streets [Parts 1-3 - 15/01/14]','I watched a ton of Most Evil and in the mind of serial killers docs when I wrote OATP, to the extent I placed Todd and Jane on Dr Stone\'s 22 level scale of evil. As you imagine they are both in the upper levels. When I wrote AB I watched some harrowing documentaries on street prostitution and lots of hitman ones, like the history of Mafia hits type ones. Fascinating stuff.','',0,0,'','3ftaorc2',0,0,'u_2552','',0),(90761,85127,849,0,'172.243.192.245',1398455557,1,1,1,1,'Re: Fanfic stuff','Damn, who\'s writing the similar fic? I\'ve been epically (is that an adverb? It is now!) MIA lately mostly because I\'ve been working on Erin\'s title card art which is now finished (yayness!), but also out of boredom. Aside from the Archer thread and some other fun topics, I just don\'t see the point in posting if it\'s not to post something new in one of my art or story threads - which is actually how I wanted it to be for a while, so it\'s good that I finally reached that point. I swear, it feels much better to post less and less; I\'m glad I haven\'t kept up with the political or other controversial threads in a while, too much drama there that\'s avoidable.\n\nSo yeah, I mostly come on here now to check for PMs and whatnot (I always smile when I see one from you \'cause you\'re awesome to talk to \":D\" ). And yay for pissed off lists, I have a feeling mine\'s pretty long. \":lol:\" \n\n[quote="LongSnakeMoan":1scy3i1k]PS and SD just ignore me now. [b:1scy3i1k]The sound you hear is the Handel\'s Hallelujah chorus.[/b:1scy3i1k][/quote:1scy3i1k]\n \":drink:\"','',0,0,'wA==','1scy3i1k',0,0,'u_1798','',0),(90762,90588,1095,0,'68.33.206.157',1398472690,1,1,1,1,'Re: Completely Random Post Thread 110: Candy Crushed','Okay. A finished draft of chapter two. Same deal as last time -- if you have time to look at it, that\'s great. If not, that\'s cool, too. If anything\'s not clear, feel free to ask. I\'m not planning to post until Monday because I\'m tired of putting things up on weekends, because I feel like I miss a lot of eyes on the weekends, and that buys me a couple extra days of fiddling and revision to get this exactly where I want it to be.\n\n(You may also note I made a couple of changes to Madripoor. This was deliberate to bring it a bit more into line with the "reality" of the MCU -- the comics version strikes me as a little too schematic.)\n\n-----\n\n[i:325xc2vg]Two: Tonight the Sky is Empty[/i:325xc2vg]\n\n[b:325xc2vg]Madripoor - November 2004[/b:325xc2vg]\n\nShe\'s dreaming of flying when a fist on the door crushes her wings and pulls her back to Earth.\n\n"Hill." Radley\'s stern voice from the hallway.\n\n"Sir." She blinks two or three times, staring up at the ceiling of the darkened break room from the couch. She runs a hand through her close-cropped hair. It comes away wet. The humidity in the air\'s so thick she thinks she could cut slices off and toast them for breakfast. "What\'s the time?"\n\n"Oh-two-thirty."\n\n"I was off until oh-six-hundred, sir."\n\n"Anonymous tipster," says Radley, his tone as close to apologetic as his serious demeanor ever allows. "Says there\'s an anthrax lab on one of the wrecks out in the harbor. Probably nothing, but O\'Riordan and Sergeev still need a third. Suit up."\n\n"You can\'t send Chang, sir?"\n\n"I cannot, agent," says Radley. "She threw scissors. You shot paper in absentia." She can see his silhouette turn in the door and start walking away. "Boots down at oh-three-hundred."\n\nShe glances out the window, an inch-thick slab of bulletproofed glass and steel mesh, as she sits up. Nothing to see through the perimeter lights but rain slamming against the ground. She thought the equatorial sun was bad on its own, and then it started raining.\n\nWhen she shuffles into the locker room, still bleary from her abortive nap, O\'Riordan\'s already half into his riot gear and Sergeev\'s triple-checking his assault rifle. "You\'re going out four times in three days," says O\'Riordan, continuing to fasten his bulletproof vest. "Trying to break your old record, are you, Hill?" \n\n"You are [i:325xc2vg]very[/i:325xc2vg] unlucky, Sorceress," Sergeev says, not bothering to look away from his examination of the rifle strap to greet her.\n\n"Tell me about it," she says, pulling her locker door open. "I shot paper against Chang\'s scissors and I wasn\'t even there to lose in person."\n\n"Never prepared you for that at the Academy, did they?" O\'Riordan, finished, sets his helmet on his head. One of the demographically few black men from Northern Ireland, he has forearms about as thick as her thighs. "Mission assignments decided through games of chance?"\n\n"They taught me protocol, sir," she says, tugging her tactical vest on over her sweat-stained tanktop. Vanity\'s the first thing she lost in Madripoor, the last of it sheared away when she buzzed her hair nearly to the scalp as a protection against humidity. "Then sent me someplace none of that matters. What are the odds this is a real tip?"\n\n"What are the odds we\'ll find a unicorn chewing oats in the hold?" Sergeev, satisfied that the morbid state of his field equipment hasn\'t worsened since the last op, finally looks up. \n\n"Shall we go find out, then," says O\'Riordan, and slams his locker door.\n\nOn the way out, Hill pours a shot of rum into an empty glass sitting on a ledge under a picture of a balding secret agent, then turns out the lights.\n\nRick Stoner. The last S.H.I.E.L.D. officer who tried to improve Madripoor. \n\nFor his foolishness, in his honor, all field agents leave offerings to him before risky missions.\n\nSome weeks, his picture drinks better than they do.\n\n\n\nShe can hear the monsoon winds howling through the bulkhead, but she can\'t see through the sweat condensing in her goggles.\n\nIt\'s dark like a black hole below-decks. Humidity makes the simple act of walking down any of the many empty corridors feel like wading through a swamp with fifty pounds of ancient riot gear strapped to her body, and her goggles are fogged over and dripping wet.\n\nThere could be twenty hostiles, pointed and ready to shoot, lurking behind every cabin door.\n\nThere could be no living soul for half a mile in any direction.\n\nThere\'s definitely anthrax here. Or there was. A stack of empty glass trays O\'Riordan found in a converted cabin on deck two, stained red from lamb\'s blood, leave no doubt about that much.\n\nWho cooked it, and where it\'s been taken, have been the questions meant to be answered by the last ninety minutes of crawling through every last black, rusting inch of this floating shitpile.\n\n"Sorceress, Lazaro." The radio built into the helmet crackles after the transmission, a soothing burst of nerve-shredding white noise she briefly mistakes for a firing gun. She spins on her feet, panic making her light and lithe like the gymnast she once wanted to be, and settles only after she doesn\'t get shot. "Any news?"\n\n"Sure," she says, aiming her light into what was probably a very serviceable middle class cabin forty years ago. "I can\'t see shit, Lazaro."\n\n"That is not news," says Sergeev.\n\n"We know she\'s not in the head, at least," says O\'Riordan. \n\n"I\'m looking through sweat," she says, rounding a corner into what she assumes is another black, empty hallway. She can just about make out the blob of white light being cast by the flashlight taped to her rifle\'s barrel. If there\'s actually a firefight, even if she could see, the extra weight throws her aim enough she\'s dead. "If there\'s anybody looking to put an end to anyone anywhere around here, you can\'t prove it by me, sir."\n\n"Copy, Sorceress."\n\n"Have we located anything useful, Lazaro?" It\'s just her and the sound of her footsteps on this deck, the heavy clunk-clunk-clunk of her boots carrying her deeper into the dark.\n\n"That\'s a big neg," he says. "Decks three through five are clear."\n\n"I have found something," says Sergeev from somewhere else on the boat.\n\n"Found what, Nilo?"\n\n"At first," he says, "I believed it to be my dick, as I found it with both hands and a flashlight. Upon closer examination, it turned out to be my rifle."\n\n"If this was supposed to be an ambush," she says, "they\'re as lost as we are, Lazaro."\n\n"No shit, Sorceress." O\'Riordan sighs. "Probably one cell using us to hit the competition, except they called too late."\n\n"I still can\'t see anything," she repeats, leaning against the half-open door to a rused-out stateroom. "And I\'m sweating my body weight into this vest."\n\n"I\'m calling it," says O\'Riordan. "Sorceress, Nilo, get your arses back to deck one and prepare for extraction."\n\nOutside, the sky\'s still black, and the rain still hammers, and the wind still tears. \n\nAnd nobody dares take off their gear until they\'re locked into the armored truck. What they didn\'t find on the ship might still be waiting for them out in the night.\n\n\n\nUnlike its neighbors in Singapore, Madripoor does not recognize English as an official language. The road signs, in those neighborhoods rich or organized enough to have road signs, are printed with a combination of Jawi script and hanzi logograms.\n\nHill can\'t read either one. \n\nShe hasn\'t driven in six months.\n\nUsually, it\'s O\'Riordan, who turns out to be fluent with hanzi because his mother was a U.N. translator, which sometimes took them a long way away from Northern Ireland. She thinks about telling him that her mother\'s people are from County Derry, sometimes. \n\nBut maybe he\'s a fat lad instead of a fat dad, and it\'s Londonderry to him, and if that\'s so he may regard the Beverlands of Dungiven as violent radicals who tried for long decades to tear his country apart.\n\n"Radley calling Hill, over." The chief\'s grave voice coming out of the worn-down old police radio mounted to the vinyl dashboard with wood screws and duct tape.\n\n"This is Hill, over," she says into the radio handset.\n\n"Bad news, agent," says Radley. "You got a call."\n\n"A call, sir?"\n\n"Said he was one of your assets." There\'s a sound of rustling paper as Radley sorts through the massive mound of notes on his desk.\n\n"I don\'t have any assets, sir."\n\n"Asset Bambang," he says. "Called at oh-four-twenty, begging immediate assistance." \n\nBambang.\n\nBambang walked in off the street, cold, one month into her posting. She was still on the front desk because Radley hadn\'t cleared her for active field duty. Bambang had grown tired of the pirates ruling over his neighborhood with an iron fist, and decided it was time to push back.\n\nShe\'d worked with him for two weeks, long days and hot spent under the ceiling fans looking through dossiers and rap sheets from all the international agencies. Collating intel into a workable file. At the end of it, she\'d handed him off to Interpol\'s Singapore office because piracy is not technically part of S.H.I.E.L.D.\'s remit and Madripoor\'s not technically a place Interpol has an office.\n\nShe hasn\'t heard from him once since then.\n\n"What sort of assistance, sir?" She glances at the green clock on the dashboard. 4:45. Shit. O\'Riordan, in the driver\'s seat, turns to look at her with a veteran field op\'s recognition that a long night just got longer.\n\n"What sort of assistance are we usually called on to provide, Agent Hill?"\n\nShe sighs. This is going to be ugly if it isn\'t already. "Did he say where we can find him?"\n\nMore rustling paper. "The Lowlands."\n\n"Shit," she says.\n\n"Your call, agent," says Radley. "Your response. Over and out."\n\nShe replaces the handset and swears, a venomous hiss of profanity.\n\n"To the Lowlands, Hill?"\n\nBambang had only wanted to make his home a little safer.\n\n"To the Lowlands, sir," she finally says.\n\n\n\nSome places in Madripoor can\'t afford road signs. Inhabitants in the Lowlands can\'t afford roads. \n\nBuilt on the remains of a private beach reclaimed from the Strait of Malacca by a cocaine supplier with more vision than sight, the Lowlands are a warren of cramped, collapsing huts made out of flotsam and jetsam their owners scrounge out of the decades of wreckage littering the island.\n\nThere isn\'t power. There aren\'t lights. There aren\'t even the vague mockeries of utilities and services other parts of Madripoor claim to have. No police officer is caught dead here after sunset, or they\'re not caught alive anywhere else.\n\nS.H.I.E.L.D. agents make runs into the Lowlands once a week, on average.\n\nThis is Hill\'s second since Monday, her first at night in two months. She puts her helmet on before they make the neighborhood\'s outer limits, and she keeps her sweating index finger on the rifle\'s trigger guard. On the not-so-off-hand chance somebody decides to take a shot at them, she wants to be ready.\n\n"This is far as the SUV\'s going," says O\'Riordan as they pull to a top where the cracked pavement gives way to unpaved mud.\n\n"What are we to be looking for this time," Sergeev says.\n\n"Bambang, I guess," says Hill. There\'s nothing out the windshield but rain and mud, and the cracked sides of swelling huts, illuminated white in the high beams. She opens her door and steps out.\n\n"Michael, my friend," says Sergeev, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Do not stop the engine." He puts his riot helmet back on. "We may have to bolt."\n\n"Wouldn\'t dream of it, Nikolai," says O\'Riordan. "Good luck. God bless."\n\n"Sure," says Hill, and she slams her door. After a moment, Sergeev follows suit.\n\nO\'Riordan locks the doors, a small clicking sound nearly swallowed by the white noise hiss of the downpour.\n\n"Which way, Sorceress?"\n\nShe looks around, not liking any direction, and turns her flashlight on. The beam\'s watery and weak, neither tested nor rated for this kind of weather, and she sweeps it across the buildings looking for anything which might be a sign of something. "This way, Nilo," she finally says, and begins trudging forward at random.\n\nAfter what could be inches, feet, or meters of progress, she turns and looks back at the SUV. All she sees are two small white dots in the faraway darkness, and she knows they\'re alone.\n\n\n\n"Pejuang," shouts a voice, broad and sarcastic, from somewhere in the invisible world surrounding them. Her boots are sticking in the inch-deep mud. She clicks her safety off. It\'s impossible to tell how long they\'ve been walking, or where they\'ve ended up. "Pejuang, yang keluar dan bermain!"\n\n"Warriors," mutters Sergeev, translating, readying his own rifle. "Warriors, come out and play."\n\nShe prepares herself inwardly for the possibility bullets will start flying at any time, but she doesn\'t stop inching forward through the muck, one step at a time.\n\nShe can\'t, or she\'ll never be able to start again.\n\nNothing else happens.\n\nNobody else calls anything.\n\nIt\'s back to them, and the mud, and the rain, and the terrible effort to take a step under fifty pounds of riot gear which was already old when she was born.\n\nSomehow, this thought, this idea that there\'s one or more people out there watching them closely enough to shout mockery but refusing to make any further move? \n\nIt\'s worse than the gunfight would be.\n\n\n\nIt\'s not until the sky lightens that they finally find Bambang, at the end of a long body-wide furrow torn into the mud at the farthest edge of the Lowlands.\n\nHe went down fighting, or it looks like he did.\n\nShe looks up to avoid having to look down at the body, and for the first time all night she\'s grateful for all the riot gear standing between her and a face full of monsoon rain.\n\nShe looks over at Sergeev. Sergeev looks back at her. The decision is made in silence, and silent is how things remain all the way back home.\n\nThey wind up carrying what\'s left of Bambang all the way back to the SUV, rest him gently on a plastic bag in the back, drive off in silence. They can\'t leave him there. Nobody else will ever come this far to claim him.\n\nThey\'re pulling through the gates to the S.H.I.E.L.D. compound, past a few poor children lined up hoping for hand-outs because the agents are usually easy givers, when a muezzin two blocks over begins the call to fajr prayer.\n\nHer first week in Madripoor, Hill couldn\'t sleep for hearing the adhan whenever she had the time to think about sleeping. Now, it\'s just more local color. The branch office uses the adhan for timekeeping purposes because you can hear the call from anywhere in the city.\n\n"Allahu akbar," the muezzin says, voice rising and falling and doubling back on itself. The loudspeaker crackles. "Allahu akbar."\n\nSure, she thinks. Why not? Somebody has to be the greatest. \n\nNobody around here\'s up to the challenge.\n\nShe trudges back to the break room and lies down on the couch, thinking there\'s no way she\'ll sleep right up to the point Chang nudges her awake from a dream of flying at 7:00.\n\n\n\n"And when," she hears Radley say as she approaches his office, voice loud without crossing the line into outright shouting, "does he say I can -stop-?"\n\nAnother male voice, vaguely familiar, responds just quietly enough to be inaudible from the bullpen.\n\n"Five times in three days, agent," says Radley, and this time he is shouting. "Five times. Be six by the end of the day. We\'re not precision instruments out here, but we still need time to recharge."\n\nChang has her feet propped on one of the gun metal grey desks. She bounces a small red ball off the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo badly stenciled onto one of the grey office walls. She can hit the eagle\'s head nine times out of ten and it\'s on the complete other side of the room. "Hey, Hill," she says. "Your outlanders have arrived."\n\n"Be still my beating heart," she says. "What\'s it look like?"\n\n"They\'re a couple of suits from headquarters," Chang says. "They won\'t last the afternoon before running back to the helipad, begging Big Daddy Fury to fly them far away from here."\n\n"Agent Hill," says Radley. "My office now, please."\n\n"Good luck, Hill." Chang bounces the ball again, and catches it without even looking.\n\n"Thanks," says Hill, infusing it with as much scorn as she can muster.\n\nGoddamn scissors.\n\n\n\nInside the office, Radley\'s seated behind the desk, his perennially worried eyes watching her entrance. "Agent Coulson, Agent Sitwell," he says. "Agent Hill, one of my best and brightest."\n\nSitwell wears a cheap suit which fits poorly over his shoulders. He nods casually. Coulson still looks like Coulson. She suspects he\'d look the same at the church he probably goes to on Sundays, or if he were the last man alive, roaming a nuclear wasteland, foraging for water and canned meat from the bombed-out shells of grocery stores.\n\n"Long time no see, Agent Hill," says Coulson cheerfully, extending a hand for her to shake. She keeps hers behind her back and bows her head, instead, acknowledgement of the fact she\'s a lower level than everybody else in this room by at least three ranks. She looks at Sitwell again. Maybe just two ranks. "How are you doing?"\n\n"I\'ve had better days, sir," she finally says.\n\n"Hill\'s just being modest," says Radley, "to spare you the gory details. She had two operations before breakfast."\n\n"Successful operations?" Sitwell sits forward in his chair, pushes his glasses up his nose with his middle finger.\n\n"That depends, sir," she says. "-We- didn\'t lose anybody."\n\n"So it\'s like a plane crash," says Sitwell. "It\'s a success so long as you walk away from it."\n\n"I think that\'s landings, Jasper," says Coulson.\n\n"It applies either way."\n\nHill says nothing at all.\n\n"Why don\'t you have a seat," says Radley.\n\n"So," says Coulson as she does. "You\'re probably wondering why we\'re here."\n\n"Not really, sir. He\'s supposed to update the data entry system."\n\n"That covers Agent Sitwell, then. Why am I here?"\n\n"I have a few theories about that, sir."\n\n"I\'m sure you do," says Coulson. "Chief Radley here tells me that since you got here, you\'ve helped smash Roche\'s operatives and even taken out the Clan of the… Black Blade?" He turns his head to look at the thin, dark-headed supervisor. "Is that actually their name?"\n\n"A lot of the gangs around here," says Radley, "like their names to be more decorative."\n\n"The Clan of the Black Blade?"\n\n"Yes, sir," says Hill.\n\n"That\'s kind of awesome. Don\'t you think that\'s awesome, Jasper?"\n\n"I\'ve heard worse gang names," says Sitwell.\n\n"So, did you take them out?"\n\n"No, sir." She breathes in. She meets Coulson\'s gaze. "It was a marginal disruption, at best. Two American women in a bar down by the wharf started a fight with what turned out to be a Black Blade enforcer. We were there to mop it up."\n\n"\'We,\' Agent Hill?"\n\n"Agent Sergeev and myself."\n\n"There\'s got to be more to that story than that," says Sitwell. "I saw the report. It was, like, an inch thick. With footnotes."\n\n"The enforcer was wearing silver armor," she says, "and the bar almost burned down."\n\n"Huh. Is that normal?"\n\n"Around here, sir, it\'s not -ab-normal."\n\n"I\'m hungry," says Coulson. "Why don\'t we go get something to eat?" Radley and Hill exchange a look. "What?"\n\n"I\'m going to pass, Agent Coulson," says Radley, "but you go right ahead. Agent Hill?"\n\n"Yes, sir?"\n\n"Why don\'t you bring Agent O\'Riordan along on this one?"\n\n"Yes, sir."\n\n"Dismissed."\n\nAs she\'s walking out of the room, she hears Radley explaining to Coulson that in Madripoor, it\'s always at least two out at a time. No exceptions.\n\nShe finds O\'Riordan in the locker room, sitting in front of his locker, contemplating the scratch marks on his helmet with a rag and some polish.\n\nAs they leave, she taps the photo of Stoner on the wall for luck.\n\n\n\nThe view from the bánh mì place affords a first-class view of Madripoor\'s most popular and beloved employment destination, a towering mound of girders and drywall gradually stretching towards the heavens.\n\n"The Hotel Sovereign," says Hill like it\'s a joke. She takes a bite of her lunch, chews it with quick and precise bites like she\'s trying to minimize contact with her taste buds. \n\nShe and O\'Riordan sit with their backs to the wall, no windows, no doors, no sneak attacks, just like any agent who\'s spent longer than six hours on the island.\n\n"Is that supposed to be funny?"\n\n"Just a little bit, sir," she says.\n\n"We\'re all agents here, Hill," says Coulson. "You can call me Phil."\n\n"Some gangster read an architectural magazine and got a raging case of wallet envy, sir. So now he\'s building a hundred-floor luxury hotel in the middle of the poorest country in Asia."\n\n"Work\'s so hard to come by," adds O\'Riordan, "people kill each other for spots on the construction crews. And there aren\'t any safeguards, so once every couple of weeks, you hear about somebody else falling off a beam on the upper levels."\n\n"What\'s in this sandwich?" Sitwell\'s spreading the baguette apart and poking at the chunks of meat he\'s already bitten into. She glares at the top of his head for the change in subject. "It does not taste right."\n\n"Do you really want to know, Agent Sitwell?"\n\n"I ordered what you ordered, Agent Hill," he says. "You looked like you knew what you were doing. I think I\'m entitled to know what I paid for."\n\n"It\'s probably rat," says Hill. She takes another bite, cocks an eyebrow at him over the table as she chews. \n\n"Probably?" Sitwell looks green. She swallows. "Is she kidding, Phil?"\n\n"Agent Hill doesn\'t have any sense of humor I\'m aware of, Jasper."\n\n"It\'s not stringy like cat. Other than that, I can\'t tell you for sure what it might be, sir," she says.\n\n"You\'ve eaten -cat-?"\n\n"After a couple of weeks here, you eat a lot of things, sir," she says. \n\n"You just take the protein and hope whatever\'s on the plate doesn\'t give you food poisoning," says O\'Riordan. \n\n"We don\'t get paid enough to eat at any restaurant which can afford real meat," says Hill. "Sir."\n\n"And that\'s why I\'m just drinking a bottled Coke," says Coulson, taking a sip for emphasis. "You can\'t go wrong with Coca-Cola."\n\n"And how much did the Coke cost you, sir?"\n\n"You can go wrong if you have an ulcer," says Sitwell. "That happened to a friend of mine back at Communications. Drank a whole can of Coke. Spent two days in the hospital."\n\n"Why\'d he do a thing like that?" Coulson drinks from his bottle.\n\n"I bet him twenty bucks he wouldn\'t."\n\nAs her visiting colleagues debate frat-boy stupidity, Hill keeps an eye on the people walking along the sidewalk. \n\nA scrawny old woman, face like tree bark. burqa flapping in the stiff wind which heralds the return of monsoon rains later that afternoon. \n\nOn an island of three million people, the chance any individual person falls victim to violent crime is microscopic, even if the island\'s Madripoor. Millions of these people are honest. They work for pennies on the dollar, bring bread and meager produce home for spouses and children, and live clean, law-abiding lives.\n\nTwo small boys running in circles around a man\'s legs. He chastises them in what seems to be Malay with what sounds like affection. Maybe a father. Maybe not. Using kids isn\'t unheard of, but it\'s been known to paint a target on your head, so most groups avoid it.\n\nViolent crime happens anyway. Piracy by every dictionary definition of the phrase. Terrorist groups climbing over each other\'s failed doctrines to reach for the stars. Kidnapping for profit\'s gone out of favor as visitors with enough money to be worthwhile ransoms stop coming to Madripoor, but it\'s still a popular pasttime among broke-down losers taking their first tenative steps into criminal enterprise.\n\nA woman pushing a baby carriage. She bends over and baby-talks to the infant within in what sounds, at this distance and to Hill\'s mostly-untrained ear, like Mandarin Chinese.\n\nHer second week here, a bomb in a baby carriage cleared out the tent city by the wharf. She and Agent Chang spent three hours at ground zero, looking for bomb fragments between big wreckage and blown-wide body parts.\n\nAn old man, thinned-out hair the dirty white of a used paper towel, taps down the broken sidewalk with a cane.\n\nShe doubts you can forget the smell of congealing blood baking under a tropical sun, but she spent hours in the barracks testing the hypothesis, anyway, drinking shot after shot after shot of cheap rum with Chang and Henricks until they both passed out. (It didn\'t work, but it was a valiant effort.)\n\nA young woman, brown face prematurely old, in a filthy shawl walking -- with utmost public propriety -- alongside a young man dressed in rags.\n\n"What do you think about that, Hill?" Sitwell\'s voice reminds her she\'s not alone at this table. "Hill?"\n\n"This is ground control to Agent Hill," says Coulson.\n\n"Sorry, sir," she says. "Just thinking."\n\n"I guess that would explain the smoke," says O\'Riordan as a truck backfires on a nearby street.\n\nThere\'s a frantic metallic scramble as all four duck and draw their firearms in accordance with careful years of training.\n\nThey don\'t relax until they see the old truck -- how did a \'71 Chevrolet Blazer make it so far, and how is it still running despite the rust? -- round the corner, oozing smoke into the air like the pus from an infected wound.\n\n\n\nOn the drive back to the compound, Coulson\'s Coca-Cola finally demonstrates how wrong it can go, and they wind up pulling over on an empty stretch of road halfway between the lowlands and the city so he can relieve himself into the weeds. O\'Riordan sticks with him.\n\nTwo by two. Nobody left alone.\n\nAttempts to restart the engine afterwards prove less than effective. A glance underneath confirms they\'re leaking enough oil to go into business for themselves.\n\nSitwell takes her aside after they place a call to base asking for a pick-up. \n\n"What do you actually do here?" Sitwell\'s face shines with sweat under the tropical sun. She\'d warn him to rub some lotion on, but the idea of him returning to civilization sunburned to the color of a boiled beet is amusing enough she decides to keep her mouth shut about it.\n\n"As little as possible, Agent Sitwell," she says.\n\n"This section\'s had more than six strike team operations in the last week," he says. "You\'ve been on all of them. That\'s not very little."\n\nHe technically outanks her. She has to choose her words carefully. "\'As possible\' being the operative term," she finally says. "If we get a tip somebody\'s cooking up doomsday-grade anthrax in a freigher, obviously we need to respond." They usually don\'t, of course, but he\'s an outsider. He doesn\'t get to know that.\n\n"Is that likely to happen?"\n\n"It already did, sir," she says.\n\nSitwell watches her for a second. "Were they?"\n\n"We found six empty trays."\n\nHe looks at her for a second over the rim of his round glasses. She, unaccountably, wants to break them over his head. "And the anthrax?"\n\n"Was already gone when we\'d arrived, sir."\n\nSitwell looks like he has something he wants to say to that.\n\nBut then there\'s a crack, loud but not loud enough, nastier than anybody supposes from years of exposure to Hollywood sound effects.\n\nSomething falls. \n\nShe hears it hit the ground.\n\nShe tries to turn around to look but there\'s a light in her -- no, not a light, a thing. A feeling. Something hot and white which has burned a hole in her back and is blooming, bright and fierce, in her stomach. \n\nShe tries to breathe.\n\nShe coughs, blood spraying out of her mouth onto Sitwell\'s suit and she hurts from her ribcage to her hipbones. It feels like something\'s ripped inside her. She\'s on her feet just long enough to see his round face go from indifference to surprise before her legs drop out and she\'s on her back on a broken sidewalk, staring up at the bright sky.\n\nCracking.\n\nCordite stink.\n\nShouting.\n\n"Agent down! Agent down!"\n\nHands pull at her.\n\nHer back aches where it slides along the broken asphalt.\n\nSomething wet and warm under the back of her head.\n\n"Oh, God," somebody says in the accent of her mother\'s people.\n\n"What happened?"\n\n"Hang on, Hill," says the first one.\n\n"She got hit."\n\nShe should know them, she really should, she should be concerned about the fact she doesn\'t or the way she\'s shivering in the middle of tropical heat. \n\nBut right now she\'s only sixteen, sitting cross-legged in the grass with Fiona Brennan and Tommy Collins, watching the city celebrate America\'s independence by blowing up pounds of gunpowder in the sky over Lake Michigan.\n\nLooking up at the sky, reds and golds and greens flashing bright in the purple-and-orange sky stretching over Chicago at night.\n\nIt\'s a good night.\n\nIt\'s worth waiting for The Bastard to check on her, worth listening to him lock her bedroom door to make sure God\'s Little Abomination couldn\'t sneak out the front and do -anything- to jeopardize her begging God for mercy at mass the next morning. \n\nWorth shimmying down the drainpipe, sneaking through the shadows, dashing to the El on Halsted to just barely catch the last train before the display begins.\n\nEven, maybe especially, worth the clumsy teenage kiss she gives Tommy after the show, neither knowing quite how to angle her nose or how open her mouth should be. The way he looks at her after, like she\'s made of something better than flesh, like she hasn\'t just grown long and lean but also wide in all the right places? \n\nThat look is hers, and she put it there, and she\'ll do it all over again, again and again and again, if only she can.\n\nWhat a waste of a good memory, she thinks, dimly, back in the present as quickly as she\'d left it, hearing the on-going crack-crack-crack of automatic weapons and a distant ringing in her ears.\n\nWhy, why now, why is this what I\'m thinking of when I\'m dy -- \n\n\n\nShe has, she thinks, three nurses.\n\nNurse Anong comes in the morning. Forties. Round. Barely speaks a word of English, which makes her a less than ideal aid companion for a woman who can\'t speak Thai and isn\'t in her right mind half the time.\n\nNurse Mongkut takes the evenings. Twenties. Skinny. Always smiling. He speaks a lot of English, not always correctly, similes and metaphors tripping over each other in colorful and inventive ways.\n\nHer favorite nurse, by far, is the 7.5/500mg tablet of percocet they let her swallow with a sip of water every six hours. She makes the red glowing gridlines of pain across Hill\'s midsection fade to a pale yellow, and draws the warm fog around her like a soft old afghan, and she sleeps.\n\nSleeps, and dreams sometimes of visitors.\n\nPeople she knows from... somewhere. It starts with an M. Mort -- no, Mont -- no, something.\n\n"You are very lucky, Maria Hill," says one of them, the wiry bald man with the goatee, his hand squeezing the bed\'s rail so hard the metal creaks. "I think maybe you really are a sorceress, no?"\n\n"The warriors came out to play," says one of them, the tall black man with arms like girders. "This will never happen again."\n\nHer favorite nurse makes her gentle rounds.\n\nShe slips away into the space between the dreams again.\n\nAnd once, there\'s a bald black man with an eyepatch standing silent in the doorway, and when she blinks, he\'s turned into Nurse Mongkut, smiling again, saying, "Hello, Hill, ready to take your pills like your medicine" in a cheery tone.\n\nAnd one night, there\'s her mother, perched by the side of the bed in a plain nightgown Hill had never seen her wear in life. "It\'s just a door, muirnin," she says in a soft lilt Hill had never heard with her own ears, hand just as gentle against her daughter\'s wet throat. "It\'s no trouble at all to walk through."\n\nAnd then there\'s a beeping at the edge of her hearing.\n\nWhen Hill wakes up again, there\'s warm sun shining through the window and a couple of doctors at the foot of her bed, talking amongst themselves gravely in Thai.\n\nAfter that, there\'s no more percocet.\n\n\n\nAnother day, Coulson stands in her doorway, holding a small wrapped package in one hand. "Welcome back to the land of the living," he says with forced cheer.\n\n"Hello, Phil," she says, loosely.\n\n"At least now we know what it takes to make you use my first name," he says, stepping into the room and taking a seat in the blue vinyl chair by the bed. He sets his package on the tray. "You know, like normal colleagues do."\n\n"Where am I?"\n\n"Bangkok," he says after a slight delay. She watches him feel his way through proper responses. "You\'re in Bangkok."\n\n"That\'s not in Madripoor," she says.\n\n"You noticed that, huh?" He leans forward in the chair, puts an arm on the bed\'s rail. "They always said you were observant. What do they have you on right now?"\n\n"It starts with a… um… a T?"\n\n "You don\'t know."\n\n"I liked the other stuff," she says. "I slept a lot. Hospitals are boring."\n\n"I heard you slept a little too much," says Coulson. "Oh, I bought you a little get-well-soon present." He taps the package on the tray. "You probably shouldn\'t open it yet."\n\n"Is it nice?"\n\n"Well, I hope so," says Coulson. "I didn\'t know what to get you. I asked around. About all anybody told me was that you like musicals and since you\'re from Chicago, I thought, you know, I\'ll get you that one."\n\n"I already have three copies," she says. "But that\'s nice. That\'s just really nice of you. That\'s what that is."\n\n"Can I get you anything? You want some water?"\n\nShe shakes her head. "They said I can\'t have children anymore," she says brightly. "That they had to remove my… uh… you know, that thing. With the babies."\n\n"That\'s right," he says after a longer pause. "They had to give you a complete hysterectomy, too." He\'s got a serious look now, and frankly, she doesn\'t really know why.\n\n"This medicine\'s great," she says. "I don\'t feel anything."\n\n"You might want to put a pin in that," he says, "and come back to it once they\'ve tapered you off. You might be surprised how much you\'ll feel."\n\n"I don\'t know what that means," she says. "Was it really bad, Phil?"\n\n"I\'ve seen worse," he says after the longest pause yet. She turns it around in her head a few times, but she can\'t figure out why that\'s important. The fog\'s creeping over the land, and soon, it will cover the lighthouse. \n\nIt comes to her suddenly that Phil\'s been talking for a while, and she hasn\'t heard a thing he\'s said, and she thinks that\'s bad, so she really makes an effort to concentrate on him. "The important thing is," he\'s saying, "that you\'re alive now. And you can go home soon. You won\'t have to go back to Madripoor unless you really, really want to."\n\n"That\'s good," she says. "I didn\'t like Madripoor. Hey, Phil?"\n\n"What is it, Maria?"\n\n"I think I\'m peeing, Phil," she says, drowsy and slow now, like she doesn\'t really know what the words she\'s saying mean.\n\nCoulson glances down at the sheet draped over her legs, then back up at her face. "Well," he says, "you\'ve probably got a catheter to take care of that for you. And if not, you still won\'t have to clean the mess up. That\'s what we call a win-win situation. More good news, the surgeon says they\'ll be able to take the… ileostomy bag away in a couple of weeks."\n\n"That\'s nice." She yawns. "I\'m going sleep now, Phil."\n\nCoulson\'s quiet again. "Sounds like a good idea."\n\n"Thank you for thing," she says, slurring the words.\n\nThe last thing she feels is his hand on her forehead, and she thinks, dad cared enough to visit after all.\n\nThen she sleeps.','',0,0,'YA==','325xc2vg',1398472908,2,'u_59','',0); INSERT INTO `phpbb_posts_text` VALUES (245147,'49b374ef3d','','\"So, we do \'Our Lips Are Sealed\', featuring Stacy,\" Andrea said. \"What other songs are we doing?\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, since Stacy has a featured part, maybe you and Dawn would like solo spots,\" Jennifer suggested.\r\n\r\n\"Not me, bass solos aren\'t all that fun,\" Dawn replied.\r\n\r\n\"I\'ll pass too, tonight is our first night, we should play some fun songs. How about \'I\'m My Own Grandpa?\' or something like that?\" Andrea offered.\r\n\r\n\"Fun is good, but let\'s stick with rock songs, maybe something by the Monkees,\" Jennifer said. \"You sure you don\'t want a solo spot? Dawn, I think you\'d do a great job on \'Auntie Grizelda\', and Drea, \'Daily Nightly\' is right up your alley.\"\r\n\r\nAndrea and Dawn shook their heads in sync as they smiled. \"No, tonight is about the group,\" Andrea said. \"How about we do some Real Big Fish, or maybe a little Sonata Arctica?\"\r\n\r\n\"Yeah, seriously, this whole night has felt like one big nostalgia trip,\" Dawn said. \"I\'m up for doing something from this decade.\"\r\n\r\n\"So... how about \'Angels\' by Within Temptations?\" Jennifer asked curiously.\r\n\r\n\"Possibly. Perhaps we should forestall further discussion til Stacy joins us,\" Andrea said.\r\n\r\n\"Forestall?\" Dawn said with a raised eyebrow. \"Since when do you use words like forestall?\"\r\n\r\n\"Probably learned it to be on the same level as her crush,\" Jennifer said, causing Andrea to blush.\r\n\r\n\"You\'ll never know where, or when,\" Andrea said quietly, \"but there\'s a double willie waiting for you.\"\r\n\r\nJennifer smirked before nodding over to the refreshments table. \"Shall we go partake of this bounty?\"\r\n\r\n\"I could go for some pizza,\" Dawn said.\r\n\r\n\"And chili,\" Andrea added.\r\n\r\n\"And tea, oh my,\" Jennifer said, before the others joined in on the chant. \"Pizza and chili and tea, oh my! Pizza and chili and tea, oh my! Pizza and chili and tea, oh my!\"\r\n\r\n\"Ya know, funny thing, I could have sworn the punch wasn\'t spiked,\" Jane said as the band reached the tower of pizza. \"Apparently, I was wrong.\"\r\n\r\n\"It\'s not, I\'ve been drinking the punch all night,\" Jodie replied, sipping her own cup of punch, \"And they\'ve had maybe a glass between them.\"\r\n\r\nJane gave Jodie a funny look as she said, \"Um, Jodie? There\'s this new thing going around, it\'s called irony, aka sarcasm. Ever hear of it?\"\r\n\r\nJodie smirked as she watched the band tear into the food. \"Sometimes, Jane, you just have to set up the joke for others.\"\r\n\r\n\"Riiiiight,\" Jane said dubiously.\r\n\r\n\"Hey Jane, what\'s up with Stacy?\" Jennifer asked, pointing to the edge of the lot where she was pacing, occasionally writing something down on a piece of folded paper.\r\n\r\n\"She\'s working on a song. Believe it or not, something I said inspired her.\"\r\n\r\nJennifer smiled and looked over at Stacy. \"Maybe we\'ll play it tonight.\"\r\n\r\n\"Not to be the bitch that most people think I am,\" Andrea said, \"but I\'d like to go on record as being against that idea. Jen, you never go with the untested. You never close with it, and you never perform a song without thoroughly rehearsing it.\"\r\n\r\n\"Except \'Someone Like You\',\" Dawn said.\r\n\r\n\"That was an emergency.\"\r\n\r\n\"I was just kidding, \'Drea. If anything, I\'d close out with your love ballad to a certain red head,\" Jennifer teased before stepping back out of Andrea\'s reach.\r\n\r\n\"A certain red head?\" Jane pondered. \"Wait, you wrote a love song for...\"\r\n\r\n\"You... heard... nothing,\" Andrea said threateningly.\r\n\r\n\"Scarlett?\" Jane finished with a smirk before running away from Andrea.\r\n\r\n\"Oh, you... I\'ll give you a green pickle for that!\" Andrea said as she ran after Jane.\r\n\r\n\"I know I\'ll regret asking, but what\'s a green pickle?\" Daria asked. Jennifer whispered into her ear.\r\n\r\n\"Eew! I think I\'d rather have a double willie.\"\r\n\r\nStacy looked at her lyrics with a bit of dismay as she tried to piece together a song. She could almost hear it, but for some reason, something was missing.\r\n\r\n\"Time out!\" Jane called as she and Andrea ran past Stacy. \"Hey, how\'s the song going?\"\r\n\r\n\"I got the lyrics, but I\'m having some trouble with the music,\" Stacy said, as Andrea took the paper and looked it over. \"I can almost hear this as a hard rock song...\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, there\'s your mistake, right there,\" Andrea said. \"This is clearly a ballad, almost country. Think \'Doll Parts\' with a softer edge.\"\r\n\r\n\"But, it feels to me it needs a harder edge,\" Stacy said, tapping out a driving beat, \"Something like Heart\'s \'Barracuda\' I think.\"\r\n\r\n\"Hey, it\'s your song, do what you want, but I hear it as something like...\"\r\n\r\nAndrea sang the lyrics as a slow blues, more Janis Joplin than Courtney Love.\r\n\r\n\"She\'s with me, but she\'s looking at her, she\'s holding my hand, but she\'s thinking of her, but she\'s not alone, wanting the one before, but it\'ll be alright, we want each other more.\"\r\n\r\nWhile Andrea worked on the lyrics with Stacy, Jane sneaked away to find a hiding spot, while Daria shook her head. \"I think she\'s going to need help.\"\r\n\r\n\"Ooh, Daria, don\'t give me such a straight line,\" Jennifer smirked.\r\n\r\n\"Then go help your band mates,\" Daria said, waving Jennifer towards the other two girls.\r\n\r\nJennifer left after grabbing a large iced green tea with honey, Dawn following with a plate of veggie pizza.\r\n\r\n\"So, like, what\'s a green pickle?\" Sandi asked.\r\n\r\n\"You don\'t want to know,\" Daria said.\r\n\r\n\"Daria...\"\r\n\r\n\"Oh, alright, but I warned you.\" Daria whispered in Sandi\'s ear.\r\n\r\n\"Eeeww! You\'re right, I did not want to know that.\"\r\n\r\n\"Told you,\" Daria replied with a nod.\r\n\r\nJodie shook her head and decided to allow discretion to guide her choice in the matter.\r\n\r\n\"So, working on a song, are we?\" Jennifer said as she reached the edge of the lot.\r\n\r\n\"No we, just me,\" Stacy said in a slightly disgusted tone, with a glance at Andrea. \"There\'s just no getting through to her.\"\r\n\r\n\"Hey, I merely made a suggestion. If you don\'t want to take the advice of someone who\'s written or co-written a dozen songs...\"\r\n\r\n\"It\'s not that, Andrea... it\'s just that this is a personal piece to me,\" Stacy said, holding the lyrics close, \"I want to work it out myself.\"\r\n\r\n\"Fine, just keep in mind that my best songs have been collaborations with Jen, and a couple written with Monique from the Harpies. Do what you want with the song, but don\'t dismiss advice out of hand... and I still say that\'s a ballad.\"\r\n\r\n\"I... I will think on it, Andrea,\" Stacy said quietly, \"And I will let you know when I\'ve decided on it. Thank you for your advice.\" Sitting down on the curb, Stacy started tapping out different beats and rhythms while looking over the lyrics.\r\n\r\n\"Can I have a look at that?\" Jennifer asked.\r\n\r\n\"Um, sure, I guess,\" Stacy replied as she scratched out Jane\'s original line.\r\n\r\nJennifer smiled as she looked over the lyrics silently, humming occasionally, before lowering the lyrics down and smiling. \"I think this might have the makings of a good rock-ballad.\"\r\n\r\n\"But I don\'t want it to be a ballad,\" Stacy pouted. \"I\'m trying to write a hard rock song.\"\r\n\r\n\"Stacy, let me tell you something,\" Jennifer said as she sat by Stacy. \"This is not a knock on your songwriting, but there\'s no way this will be a hard rock song. The lyrics and the melody have to go together, and these lyrics just won\'t work as hard rock. Andrea\'s right, this is a ballad. So now, basically, you have two choices, either keep knocking your head against a wall trying to turn this into a hard rock song which will never work, or make this into a ballad, something like Aerosmith\'s \'I Don\'t Want to Miss a Thing\' from the end of Armageddon.\"\r\n\r\n\"Aerosmith? Wait, that just might work,\" Stacy said as she scribbled some new lyrics. After a moment she said, \"Okay, how\'s this sound?\"\r\n\r\nShe sang the lyrics to the tune of \"I don\'t Want to Miss a Thing\".\r\n\r\n\"There\'ll always be a part of her, wants the one she had before, but it\'s alright, babe, cuz we both want each other more. And there will always be a part, my former love inside my heart, but it\'s alright, babe, cuz we both want each other more.\"\r\n\r\n\"Hmm, interesting,\" Jennifer said, \"but you might want to change a few notes to avoid a lawsuit.\"\r\n\r\n\"The tempo\'s right, but the pitch is off. I\'d have to change a good number of the notes. I don\'t think I could sing as low as they get sometimes,\" Stacy mused while adding more lyrics.\r\n\r\n\"Well, don\'t get too stressed about it,\" Dawn said. \"We\'ll be working on my song tomorrow, we could work on your song at the same time, right, Jen?\"\r\n\r\n\"Fine with me, how about it \'Drea?\" Jennifer asked the goth girl while she was in mid-bite of a slice of pizza swiped from Dawn.\r\n\r\n\"Sure, why not, as long as we can work on \'Battle Zone\' too.\"\r\n\r\n\"No problem. And don\'t forget, practice at Jane\'s tomorrow.\"\r\n\r\n\"Right, and then we can all study,\" Dawn added, snatching back the pizza from Andrea. \"I don\'t know about you guys, but I\'m starting to worry about my grades.\"\r\n\r\n\"The only grade I\'m worried about is science,\" Stacy said. \"It\'s a sure bet Barch will be gone, so all the girls will have to justify their grades.\"\r\n\r\n\"I\'m not too sure on O\'Neill passing through the trials because of who he is. He\'s a good teacher, but I think that he\'ll fold under any type of scrutiny,\" Dawn pointed out.\r\n\r\n\"And Bennet is a borderline keeper too, mostly because of her diagrams might be uninterpretable,\" Jennifer added.\r\n\r\n\"And DeMartino, anger issues,\" Andrea said.\r\n\r\n\"Same for Morris,\" Stacy said to Jennifer. \"I hope she never teaches gym again, after what happened with you and Daria.\"\r\n\r\nJennifer hugged Stacy gently before stepping back and smiling. \"Hey, I managed to heal enough to walk without crutches. So, let\'s just enjoy this roast without worrying about our teachers.\"\r\n\r\nAs they headed back to the food and beverage tables, Stacy looked towards the auto shop wall and said, \"Well, at least one good thing came out of the Morris thing, we got a good mural from Jane... Is that Mr. Shelton?\"\r\n\r\n\"I think it is, I wonder why he\'s looking over Jane\'s mural like that...\" Jennifer mused as Jane started to try and sneak away.\r\n\r\n\"... Remove cameras from locker rooms and washrooms,\" Harry Shelton said into a tape recorder.\r\n\r\n\"Harry, really, I could take notes.\"\r\n\r\n\"No, you just enjoy the evening, Anastasia, I\'ve got it covered. Besides, it looks like your husband is in need of a dance partner. Now, where was I?\"\r\n\r\n\"Remove cameras...\" Anastasia said before joining Jason in a slow dance to \"Angel of the Morning\".\r\n\r\n\"Right, remove cameras... remove mural from auto shop wall...\"\r\n\r\n\"Don\'t you dare!\" Jane said, coming out of hiding. \"It took me three days to paint that.\"\r\n\r\n\"You painted this?\"\r\n\r\n\"Yup.\"\r\n\r\n\"In just three days?\"\r\n\r\n\"I took my time with it,\" Jane replied with a smirk.\r\n\r\nMr. Shelton sighed and picked up the recorder. \"Scratch the mural removal, add to evidence of child labor charges.\"\r\n\r\n\"I\'m not a child, I\'m eighteen. And this mural was punishment for mouthing off to Morris, who I hope you have the good sense to send her ass packing.\"\r\n\r\n\"She\'s at the top of the list for consideration for a new career, along with Ms. Barch and Mr. DeMartino... but you didn\'t hear that from me.\"\r\n\r\n\"Sad to hear about DeMartino leaving, he actually taught once in a while,\" Jane said, looking over the mural. \"He and Defoe were the best this school had. But you did not hear that from me.\"\r\n\r\n\"Actually, we\'re still on the fence about DeMartino. While most of his students are doing admirably, there\'s the anger issue to consider.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, yeah,\" Jane said, \"but it\'s not like he\'s actually hit anyone.\"\r\n\r\n\'Tried to strangle Kevin once, but he had it coming,\' she thought.\r\n\r\n\"That may be true, but many have complained about his behavior, and we are looking into it. He may or may not return. I think, however, he may want another job after years under Li\'s fascist policies.\"\r\n\r\n\"I\'ll bet it was half the football team complaining about him,\" Jane said. \"Why, the nerve of DeMartino, actually trying to teach them something when Li said they didn\'t have to learn anything.\"\r\n\r\n\"Oddly enough,\" Mr. Shelton said while walking away, \"Most of his supporters are on the football team. Good day, Miss Lane.\"\r\n\r\n\"What was that about?\" Stacy asked, sipping a cinnamon red tea.\r\n\r\n\"Oh, just talking education and politics,\" Jane said, a hint of worry in her voice.\r\n\r\n\"You alright, Jane?\" Stacy asked, picking up on the tone of worry. \"You don\'t sound like you liked what was said.\"\r\n\r\n\"It just doesn\'t look good for DeMartino,\" Jane sighed.\r\n\r\n\"It may be for the best, Jane, he can\'t possibly have very many good memories of this place,\" Stacy consoled.\r\n\r\n\"But nobody likes hiring a whistle blower, and his speech problem will make it harder for someone to hire him as a teacher,\" Jane pointed out, causing Stacy to look down into her tea silently.\r\n\r\n\"Hey, you know those boot camps for troubled teens? I think he\'d be good doing that,\" Stacy suggested.\r\n\r\n\"I don\'t know, they\'ve really gotten softer at those camps. I think he\'d be more frustrated there,\" Jane replied after a moment.\r\n\r\n\"Well, what other jobs would suit his personality? The only thing I can think of is talk radio host. You know, the type who insult their listeners, and get big ratings for it... maybe computer repair technician? The one we get tends to yell at the computers in the garage a lot, but he knows his stuff.\"\r\n\r\n\"Which is the main difference between him and DeMartino,\" Jane said. \"I think he might be computer phobic.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, I\'m out of ideas then,\" Stacy admitted, conceding defeat.\r\n\r\n\"You know, maybe we\'re worrying for nothing. He\'s not gone yet,\" Jane said hopefully.\r\n\r\n\"Yeah, maybe,\" Stacy said, but not with much hope.\r\n\r\n\"How are you and Jennifer doing?\" Jane asked after a few minutes of silence.\r\n\r\n\"We\'re doing good. I never thought I\'d get along with Andrea and Dawn, but they both seem to like me, and are accepting of our relationship, so that\'s pretty cool.\"\r\n\r\n\"That\'s good...\" Jane said while looking off into the distance as \'Don\'t Speak\' by No Doubt played on the speakers. \"Be careful, Stacy, I would hate to see my friend getting hurt.\"\r\n\r\n\"Friend? Heh, who would\'ve thought just last month the art geek and a fashionista would be friends? But you don\'t have to worry, I don\'t think Jennifer has it in her to hurt anyone.\"\r\n\r\nJane turned to look at Stacy silently with a steady look before responding, \"That\'s why I worry about you two. Not everyone will like what you two are, and may try to forcefully change you. I don\'t want to see either of you hurt because of some bigoted idiot.\"\r\n\r\n\"Like Charles\' dad? I know there are lots of people like him, and I\'m fully prepared for that. I heard Skyler and Corey making some snide remarks about us earlier, and it didn\'t even bother me. Why should I care what some idiots think about me? I\'m happy with who I am, and who I\'m with, and that\'s all that matters.\"\r\n\r\n\"Stacy...\" Jane started before looking down with a heavy sigh, \"What I\'m about to say does not leave you and me, alright?\"\r\n\r\nAt Stacy\'s nod Jane took a breath to steady her nerves before beginning. \"You know that my family is spread to the four winds, but sometimes we do have family members we are close to. Penny was really close to our cousin Diana, who shared your preference for women. One day they went to a beach for some fun before their senior year of high school.\"\r\n\r\nJane closed her eyes and gulped against the lump of fear she felt in her throat. \"Diana was attacked after some guys noticed her actions towards women that they had a thing for. She didn\'t make it half way through the beating, but they still beat and spray painted all over her. Penny never really got over it, I think that\'s part of the reason she can\'t stand being in the states.\"\r\n\r\n\"Oh, Jane, I... I...\" With no words to say, Stacy hugged Jane. \"I promise I\'ll be careful,\" she whispered in Jane\'s ear.\r\n\r\n\"Thank you,\" Jane whispered back while hugging Stacy in return. \"Now go see your woman, and get off me.\" Jane\'s smirk softened her words as she pulled back from Stacy.\r\n\r\nAs Stacy left to join her bandmates, Daria approached with what appeared to be a rainbow in a glass, which was in fact a multi-layered fruit slushie.\r\n\r\n\"Let me guess, the Diana story?\"\r\n\r\n\"That happened ten years ago, and I still have nightmares about it,\" Jane said with a shudder. \"What I just said to Stacy goes double for you, amiga. Be careful, Upchuck Senior is nothing compared to what\'s out there.\"\r\n\r\n\"I know, Jane,\" Daria said quietly as she sipped her drink, \"I will be careful, and also I\'m probably going to take some self-defense courses soon. It might help me feel safer walking Jodie home.\"\r\n\r\n\"Actually, I think Mack\'s taught Jodie some self defense moves, but it\'s probably not a bad idea for you to learn a few things too,\" Jane said. \"Maybe take Barch\'s self defense class, if you don\'t think she\'s too psychotic.\"\r\n\r\n\"I don\'t think that\'s an option, she hosted that at the school, so it counts under the new school activities ban,\" Daria pointed out.\r\n\r\n\"Oh, right, forgot about that. Plus I just heard Barch is almost definitely out, so there goes the class altogether.\"\r\n\r\nTurning to face the stage, Daria sighed deeply, \"Hey Jane? You do know that I\'ll stick by you in science, right?\"\r\n\r\n\"Of course,\" Jane said with a smile, \"That\'s why you\'re my freakin\' friend.\"'),(245148,'5394a3e766','','Nice work, Richard. :D'),(245149,'d12d3f819e','','Today I finished a greatest video hits DVD binge of some of my favourite 1990\'s bands. These artists include Massive Attack, Pulp, The Smashing Pumpkins and Bjצrk. Then I listened to The White Stripes\' [i:d12d3f819e]Get Behind Me Satan[/i:d12d3f819e]. Just until the new album is out.'),(245150,'bfa1d7561b','','[quote:bfa1d7561b=\"Deref\"][quote:bfa1d7561b=\"KatrinaMedina\"](In Oregon, you are not allowed to pump your own gas. Weird!)[/quote:bfa1d7561b]\r\nYeah! I found that really weird when I was there. But I can see the sense in it. People told me that the entry-level jobs it\'s created have been really worthwhile.[/quote:bfa1d7561b]\r\n\r\nI suppose it also cuts down on driving off with out paying.'),(245151,'028c92de6b','','[quote:028c92de6b]I\'m not staying in front of my f*cking TV for 15 hours.[/quote:028c92de6b]\r\n\r\nThat\'s understandable. :lol:'),(245152,'248d4b0bd3','','I like this. Looking forward to more. :D'),(245153,'c0f8b1fdd6','','[quote:c0f8b1fdd6=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:c0f8b1fdd6=\"Sam The Smuggler\"]Well (and I can\'t believe I have to ask someone,lol) but how long after that scene was it til Vader said \"Her resistance to the mind probe is considerable. It will be sometime before we can extract any information from her.\"[/quote:c0f8b1fdd6]\r\n\r\nExactly; it was briefly mentioned one other time, and that was it. It just seems like a pointless scene to me.[/quote:c0f8b1fdd6]\r\n\r\nWell, as much as I love these films, that\'s the George Lucas directing style....more visiual than verbal.'),(245154,'acc959dc6e','','[quote:acc959dc6e=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:acc959dc6e=\"The Angst Guy\"]I think they\'re borrowing their parents\' cars.[/quote:acc959dc6e]\r\n\r\nAfter Quinn tore off that mirror, I\'ll bet Jaime\'s not.[/quote:acc959dc6e]\r\n\r\n\r\nPlease. Jaime\'s dad probably took one look at Quinn, patted his boy on the back, slipped him an extra hundred and paid for the mirror with the credit card he\'s got hidden away from wife\'s prying eyes*!\r\n\r\n(*- Thanks, C.E. Forman!)'),(245155,'f60880f463','','Married people. \r\n\r\n\r\nBah, humbug. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOh, excepy for you two. Happy Anniversary! :wink:'),(245156,'c1cbf40a2c','',':D Happy anniversaries to both of you.'),(245157,'d4bcb9028f','','Aw - I did, but it was a couple of hours after you posted this and I think you\'d gone by then. :-(\r\n\r\nEdit: No - you were watching teevee, but we all had a great time without you. ;-)'),(245158,'edf7e54f8b','','[quote:edf7e54f8b=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:edf7e54f8b=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:edf7e54f8b=\"The Angst Guy\"]I think they\'re borrowing their parents\' cars.[/quote:edf7e54f8b]\r\n\r\nAfter Quinn tore off that mirror, I\'ll bet Jaime\'s not.[/quote:edf7e54f8b]\r\n\r\n\r\nPlease. Jaime\'s dad probably took one look at Quinn, patted his boy on the back, slipped him an extra hundred and paid for the mirror with the credit card he\'s got hidden away from wife\'s prying eyes*!\r\n\r\n(*- Thanks, C.E. Forman!)[/quote:edf7e54f8b]\r\n\r\nI agree with BG. Especially if Kara was right about Jamie in \"Surreal World.\" Dad probably wouldn\'t care if Jamie wrecked the car as long as he was squiring someone who looked like Quinn.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245159,'8465d045f5','','\"September Gurls\" by Big Star.\r\n\r\nLater covered by the Bangles.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245160,'89e36bcb05','',':D Lots of songs choke me up, but none of them is by ABBA. ;-)'),(245161,'d14cbe66f6','','Aw, that\'s so sweet!\r\nHappy aniversery'),(245162,'86bb8c322a','',':D What they all said! Stunning photos Kara, and a great travelogue. Thank you so much.'),(245163,'a44735fc97','','[quote:a44735fc97=\"Decelaraptor\"]OOH, Cross, that looks like a good one! Thanks for telling us about it :) \r\n\r\nGuy[/url][/quote:a44735fc97]\r\n\r\n Well, it made a big impression on me when I caught it on the IFC (Independent Film Channel) the other night. I looked it up on the IMDB and saw it had won a boat-load of awards and had gotten generally good reviews. Here\'s one such:\r\n\r\n[url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Observer_Film_of_the_week/0,,868751,00.html]City_of_God[/url]\r\n\r\n On the other hand, I have to say it is [i:a44735fc97]extremely[/i:a44735fc97] and unremittingly violent in unusually disturbing ways. But I guess it\'s [i:a44735fc97]supposed[/i:a44735fc97] to be disturbing, so it succeeds in that.\r\n\r\n It might be too much for a lot of people.\r\n\r\n It kind of convinced me to keep out of Rio De Janeiro. :shock: \r\n\r\n Cross'),(245164,'a2e532e2ce','','Awww, if only we could all do it that easy to remember. Wait, but that\'d mean only [i:a2e532e2ce]one[/i:a2e532e2ce] anniversary gift! I can\'t have that. :P\r\n\r\n\r\nHappy anniversaries!'),(245165,'0fd113468d','','I never ever use annotations; As a Joyce fan, I know how distracting they can be. My novel could\'ve used a lot of them, though.\r\n\r\nAnyway, this thread wouldn\'t be complete without the mandatory melodramatic Evanescence songfic parody! Here Here:\r\n\r\n[i:0fd113468d]In my field of paper flowers[/i:0fd113468d]\r\n\r\n\"Why doesn\'t Trent love me back?!\" sobbed Daria into her pillow. \"Why?! WHY?!\"\r\n\r\n[i:0fd113468d]And candy clouds of lullaby[/i:0fd113468d]\r\n\r\n\"If only I could be like Quinn for one day, Trent would so fall for me!\"\r\n\r\n[i:0fd113468d]I lie inside myself for hours[/i:0fd113468d]\r\n\r\nBut Daria knew that she was only lying to herself. Trent would never love her.\r\n\r\n[i:0fd113468d]And watch my purple skies fly over me[/i:0fd113468d]\r\n\r\nShe decided to call Jane.'),(245166,'cc205ea898','','Def Leppard\r\n\"Lets get Rocked\"\r\nVideo On Youtube\r\n\r\nDef Leppard\r\n\"Rock On\"\r\nVideo On Youtube\r\n\r\nDef Leppard\r\n\"Rocket\"\r\nVideo On Youtube\r\n\r\nDef Leppard\r\n\"Photograph\"\r\nVideo On Youtube\r\n\r\nDef Leppard\r\n\"Work it Out\"\r\nVideo On Youtube\r\n\r\nDef Leppard\r\n\"Now\"\r\nVideo On Youtube\r\n\r\nSheryl Crow\r\n\"Good is Good\"\r\nVideo On Youtube'),(245167,'81e0c10d0a','','And they were the \"special editions\" of Four through Six. No way, Jose.\r\n\r\nHan shot first!\r\n\r\n{rueful grin}'),(245168,'6d18c4f35f','','My parents got married in 1980, had me in 1985, and my sister in 1990. Additionally, all four birthdays are three weeks apart to the date, and my mother\'s birthday is the same as my paternal grandmother\'s.\r\n\r\nMy family is too symmetrical. I want out.'),(245169,'566636bb41','','[quote:566636bb41=\"Greybird\"]And they were the \"special editions\" of Four through Six. No way, Jose.\r\n\r\nHan shot first!\r\n\r\n{rueful grin}[/quote:566636bb41]\r\n\r\nWell duh..that\'s what Lucas insists everyone watch.\r\n\r\nI\'m quite happy with either version though. :)\r\n\r\n\r\nBtw, some actors who had played Ewoks in \"Jedi\" were there. One was named Kevin Thompson. I knew I just had to share that here. :lol:'),(245170,'8112e65fd0','','I am brought to tears by Agnetha Fältskog\'s \"If I Thought You\'d Ever Change Your Mind\".'),(245171,'df8e8a6e4d','','[quote:df8e8a6e4d=\"Quiverwing\"]Awww, if only we could all do it that easy to remember. Wait, but that\'d mean only [i:df8e8a6e4d]one[/i:df8e8a6e4d] anniversary gift! I can\'t have that. :P\r\n\r\n\r\nHappy anniversaries![/quote:df8e8a6e4d]\r\n\r\nNo, that means three separate gifts on the same day. That is, unless someone wants to sleep in the garage for the next month... :wink:'),(245172,'348840824b','','Anniversaire heureux. Will be celebrating thirty-five of them in December, God willing. There is a horizon to look to. Hold one another\'s hand as you face it. \"A kiss for luck and we\'re on our way\"...\r\n\r\n[edit] Karen\'s parents, who are both 91, will be celebrating 72 years together in July. Ernie married Jennie on the bumper of a Dodge pick-up truck in 1934.'),(245173,'f49559b473','','You are one lucky man, Cross; Then again Jen keeps flirting with me despite being engaged, and nothing could top a blondehairedblueeyed British Jennifer.'),(245174,'72504627c1','','Reclamation Part II is complete. So, this is a call for beta-readers. Just PM me if you\'re interested. (Blows on alpine horn.)\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!'),(245175,'4cf2e0730c','I got the hugest complement today...','...I didn\'t want to cook for dinner, and Karen wanted Arby\'s as a substitute. So, I went there with one set of items in mind, but saw that they have re-introduced the French Dip, something Karen absolutely loves, so I got that, too. \r\n\r\nTo totally encapsulate this, you have to understand that I have let my hair (which is silver at the temples) grow to just shy of shoulder length. And this being a weekend, I was disinclined to primp. Anyway, one of the other Arby\'s patrons was wearing a Boy Scout Scoutmaster tunic. I looked at him, and said \"been there, done that\" (not saying that I had the T-shirt, because you EARN the tunic). We spoke together as one brother to another for a few moments. He said that his son had achieved Eagle Scout (the highest rank) five years prior. My son achieved Eagle Scout (with three palm clusters, essentially four Eagle Scout ranks), and I told him that he\'d done so twelve years prior.\r\n\r\nHe said, \"You don\'t look that old!\"...\r\n\r\nMade my freakin\' solar year \r\n :lol: :lol: :lol: ...'),(245176,'2e632db1b0','','[i:2e632db1b0]The Devils[/i:2e632db1b0] ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066993/ ) is one of the most twisted movies ever made, but [i:2e632db1b0]Nekromantik[/i:2e632db1b0] ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093608/ ) blows it out of the water. [i:2e632db1b0]Gummo[/i:2e632db1b0] is pure vanilla compared to these two films. :shock:'),(245177,'dbafead656','','Glad to know it :wink: \r\n\r\nI get that now...some people think I\'m a teenager..which can be good and bad..'),(245178,'42d955df7c','','[quote:42d955df7c=\"Deref\"]:D Lots of songs choke me up, but none of them is by ABBA. ;-)[/quote:42d955df7c]\r\n\r\n :D :D :D Screw you too, mate (gives Deref an aggressively polite testicle handshake) :D :D :D :twisted:'),(245179,'27f09931af','','Bloody impressive!! Jolly good show!!'),(245180,'beaf445e4b','','[quote:beaf445e4b=\"atimnie\"]It\'s getting to the point where the f***heads are outnumbering the sane people. Or did we pass that point already?[/quote:beaf445e4b]\r\nWe passed that point when we started walking upright.'),(245181,'7b731249d5','','Happy Anniversary! :D'),(245182,'226c39905e','','Great photos, Kara. :D Someday I want to visit Rome again.\r\n\r\n[quote:226c39905e=\"Kara Wild\"]View of a historic bridge[/quote:226c39905e]\r\nIIRC this bridge is some 2000 years old.\r\n\r\n[quote:226c39905e=\"Kara Wild\"]A large courtyard in the Vatican museum area[/quote:226c39905e]\r\nIs the large bronze sphere still in that courtyard?\r\n\r\n[quote:226c39905e=\"Kara Wild\"]We then made our way to the Pantheon, which was closed to outsiders, but I was more fascinated by the outside anyway.[/quote:226c39905e]\r\nWhat a pity. It was open when I was there and looks even more magnificent on the inside.\r\n\r\n[quote:226c39905e=\"Kara Wild\"]Ostia Antica is a half-hour train ride from Rome. A Roman town (city?) for many centuries, it contained as many as 50,000 and, I think, used to be a seaside port.[/quote:226c39905e]\r\nOstia was Rome\'s port in ancient times.\r\n\r\n[quote:226c39905e=\"Kara Wild\"]View of forum remains and ancient church remains from the Colosseum[/quote:226c39905e]\r\nActually, I believe that partial dome is part of the Baths of Trajan.'),(245183,'39f92def1e','','[quote:39f92def1e=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:39f92def1e=\"crossada75\"]Yes, River was plenty dangerous. Unfortunately not just to her foes, but sometimes to her friends/shipmates and random strangers as well. \r\n\r\n I think she was doing much better by the end of Serenity though. She finally seemed sane in the scene with her and Mal at the helm of the ship. Excuse me, [i:39f92def1e]boat[/i:39f92def1e]. I\'m not 100 percent clear what cured her, though. I would have thought her problem could only be controlled with varying degrees of success, never cured.[/quote:39f92def1e]\r\n\r\nI got the impression that, by being forced to confront the horrible images of Miranda buried in her disturbed subconscious, she was able to resolve the internal conflicts that were driving her insane. As she said after vomiting from seeing the recorded message, \"I\'m OK\". It did seem a bit of a quick and easy fix, and is one of the very few aspects of the film that bother me. I have a feeling that, if the story arc had extended over the entire second season as was Whedon\'s original intent, the issue would have been resolved with a great deal more subtlety and realism. As it was, confined to a two-hour film to tell a story that was supposed to take about twenty hours, Whedon had to skimp on a few details.\r\n\r\n[quote:39f92def1e]Is that a poster? It\'s different from the picture on my DVD box.[/quote:39f92def1e]\r\n\r\nI think it was a promotional pic for the film. It would have made a much better image for the DVD case than they one they eventually used, though.[/quote:39f92def1e]\r\n\r\n\r\n Yeah, I bet they\'d sell more of them. The money would add up.\r\n\r\n Cross'),(245184,'a713982001','','What they all said. Happy Anniversary.\r\n\r\nPeace\r\nKevin'),(245185,'fa02e07c20','','Happy Anniversary!'),(245186,'f764f0aec0','','[quote:f764f0aec0]I guess if you replace \"smoke weed\" with \"play video games and go to internet message boards\" you\'re prime candidate for sloth!\r\n[/quote:f764f0aec0]\r\n\r\nYou know what? Shut up. I\'ve been trying not to react to a lot of the sh*t you say but this was a direct slap in the face.'),(245187,'e2086b357f','','If you really want to know, yes, I made that connection myself, NNJ. Thanks for kicking me in the butt when I\'m already feeling like crap about the situation. But it ain\'t like I\'m not looking for work every day because I am and therein lies the difference.'),(245188,'5c470e1741','','Awwwwww Jak, don\'t let me get to you, you should know that by now. It\'s not fun when you start crying like a baby. Obviously, you\'re mostly mad at yourself for being the way you are, not me pointing it out. I only said anything cause I felt that you directly attacking pot smokers, which annoys me cause not all potsmokers are lazy pricks. Just like not all non-potsmokers are hard working angels.'),(245189,'d5e663837f','','Odd as it seems, I love that song, AMG. Some happy memories, I think. None distinct, but happy.\r\n\r\nIggy Pop\'s remake of [i:d5e663837f]Ring of Fire[/i:d5e663837f] is one that I feel in my core. The Man in Black\'s is excellent, but for this one instance, the remake is better (and I\'m a hardcore Johnny Cash fan).'),(245190,'6af270d30d','','[quote:6af270d30d=\"crossada75\"][quote:6af270d30d=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:6af270d30d]Is that a poster? It\'s different from the picture on my DVD box.[/quote:6af270d30d]\r\n\r\nI think it was a promotional pic for the film. It would have made a much better image for the DVD case than they one they eventually used, though.[/quote:6af270d30d]\r\n\r\n\r\n Yeah, I bet they\'d sell more of them. The money would add up.[/quote:6af270d30d]\r\n\r\nWell, it\'s not like they didn\'t sell quite a few anyway. The DVD was the #1 seller on Amazon for at least a few days after it was released, and was one of the top sellers of the year.'),(245191,'ee5926f645','','Cross, you are beginning to lose the supporters you most desperately need at a time you cannot afford to lose them. Keeping a closed mind and a fixation simply will not engender you any support whatsoever. Like BG said, you are an articulate, well read man. That you hold these views is mystifying. Maintaining and stroking the phobias that you have will drive away the very people you may one day need the most. When they are gone, you will be totally alone. You need to listen to the sensible advice you have been given.'),(245192,'f77e6c7da3','','[quote:f77e6c7da3=\"Doggieboy\"]I like this. Looking forward to more. :D[/quote:f77e6c7da3]\r\nDitto :D'),(245193,'440e12c8bf','','Wow. Has it been two years already? Happy anniversary/ies! :)'),(245194,'67802ec3ae','Russia to US: Attack North Korea and/or Iran. . .','. . .and we\'ll attack you in response. :evil: \r\n\r\nWell, President Vladimir Putin didn\'t come right out and say it, but he implied it when he lambasted a proposed US missile defense system for Europe by warning that Russia could point their missile at Europe, and if Dubya drops the hammer and attacks Iran and/or North Korea, and either or both launches their nukes at us and/or Europe, Russia (and presumably China as well) will launch theirs at us.\r\n\r\nHere\'s what the [url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1878730.ece][i:67802ec3ae]Times[/i:67802ec3ae][/url] of London had say about it and what [url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ats-ap_intl12jun03,0,3896915.story?coll=ny-leadworldnews-headlines][i:67802ec3ae]Newsday[/i:67802ec3ae][/url] had to say about it.\r\n\r\nThis is why we should bring our boys home from Iraq and Afghanistan home now, have direct talks with North Korea and Iran, and sign treaties that will make them, Russia and China happy. And that will only happen if Hillary wins next year.\r\n\r\nIt\'s your choice--peace by talking directly to our enemies or World War III by Dubya the Beast. :evil:'),(245195,'2f10cb8d7a','','[quote:2f10cb8d7a=\"RLobinske\"][quote:2f10cb8d7a=\"Greybird\"]... Well, folks, you all might as well get the \"you\'re a damned prescriptivist\" and \"you\'re too wordy for this forum\" charges out of the way, so have at it.[/quote:2f10cb8d7a]\r\n\r\nBeen there, done that. Not wasting time trying it again.\r\n\r\nAs for the rest, TAG summarized things nicely.[/quote:2f10cb8d7a]\r\n\r\nI like it. This style of writing takes a perfectly credible characterization of the kids and puts them in situations which allow for personal growth. It\'s fun! :D'),(245196,'e03c824827','','[quote:e03c824827=\"Cap\"][quote:e03c824827=\"RLobinske\"]\r\n\r\nJohn raised his hand and asked, “Is the business world of Lawndale as corrupt and incompetent as you expected us to find?”\r\n\r\nDropping into the passenger seat of the car, John threw his pack into the back seat and grumbled, “Boy, did Mrs. Bennett get bent out of shape over my question.”\r\n\r\nSettling into the driver’s seat, Daria said, “Maybe she was under the delusion that Lawndale was a bastion of honesty and integrity; despite the fact that she works for Ms. Li.”\r\n\r\n“People who live in imaginary houses shouldn’t send students out into the real world.”\r\n\r\n[/quote:e03c824827]\r\n\r\nTo be fair to Mrs. Bennet, she teaches Economics not Business. The two are not the same. \r\n\r\nI liked the story and the parings but poor Charles always seems to get the shaft.[/quote:e03c824827]\r\n\r\nI actually tend to agree. I find Charles one of the most pitiable characters in the series, particularly insofar as fanfiction is concerned.\r\n\r\nI like it when he comes out ahead. :cry:'),(245197,'7ac10575a5','','[quote:7ac10575a5=\"cyde\"][quote:7ac10575a5=\"Cap\"][quote:7ac10575a5=\"RLobinske\"]\r\n\r\nJohn raised his hand and asked, “Is the business world of Lawndale as corrupt and incompetent as you expected us to find?”\r\n\r\nDropping into the passenger seat of the car, John threw his pack into the back seat and grumbled, “Boy, did Mrs. Bennett get bent out of shape over my question.”\r\n\r\nSettling into the driver’s seat, Daria said, “Maybe she was under the delusion that Lawndale was a bastion of honesty and integrity; despite the fact that she works for Ms. Li.”\r\n\r\n“People who live in imaginary houses shouldn’t send students out into the real world.”\r\n\r\n[/quote:7ac10575a5]\r\n\r\nTo be fair to Mrs. Bennet, she teaches Economics not Business. The two are not the same. \r\n\r\nI liked the story and the parings but poor Charles always seems to get the shaft.[/quote:7ac10575a5]\r\n\r\nI actually tend to agree. I find Charles one of the most pitiable characters in the series, particularly insofar as fanfiction is concerned.\r\n\r\nI like it when he comes out ahead. :cry:[/quote:7ac10575a5]\r\n\r\nWell, it seems that the only way that can happen is that he has to change himself first. I mean, what girl in her right mind (save for Andrea in IICY?, but I think that was a bit contrived on the writer\'s part) would want to go out with someone who couldn\'t care less if he was thought of as a sleeze? Chucky-boy\'s got to take a good hard look at himself beforehand.'),(245198,'220f1ccd34','','Happy anniversary to the both of you. :)'),(245199,'ec4b677ab9','','[quote:ec4b677ab9=\"Steven Galloway\"][quote:ec4b677ab9=\"cyde\"][quote:ec4b677ab9=\"Cap\"][quote:ec4b677ab9=\"RLobinske\"]\r\n\r\nJohn raised his hand and asked, “Is the business world of Lawndale as corrupt and incompetent as you expected us to find?”\r\n\r\nDropping into the passenger seat of the car, John threw his pack into the back seat and grumbled, “Boy, did Mrs. Bennett get bent out of shape over my question.”\r\n\r\nSettling into the driver’s seat, Daria said, “Maybe she was under the delusion that Lawndale was a bastion of honesty and integrity; despite the fact that she works for Ms. Li.”\r\n\r\n“People who live in imaginary houses shouldn’t send students out into the real world.”\r\n\r\n[/quote:ec4b677ab9]\r\n\r\nTo be fair to Mrs. Bennet, she teaches Economics not Business. The two are not the same. \r\n\r\nI liked the story and the parings but poor Charles always seems to get the shaft.[/quote:ec4b677ab9]\r\n\r\nI actually tend to agree. I find Charles one of the most pitiable characters in the series, particularly insofar as fanfiction is concerned.\r\n\r\nI like it when he comes out ahead. :cry:[/quote:ec4b677ab9]\r\n\r\nWell, it seems that the only way that can happen is that he has to change himself first. I mean, what girl in her right mind (save for Andrea in IICY?, but I think that was a bit contrived on the writer\'s part) would want to go out with someone who couldn\'t care less if he was thought of as a sleeze? Chucky-boy\'s got to take a good hard look at himself beforehand.[/quote:ec4b677ab9]\r\n\r\nMostly everyone else in this universe is approving themselves or the events are leading to their lives being better. Maybe some love will be shown to the Chuckster in the future.'),(245200,'cf000a8843','Vermont plotting to secede?','As discussed in [url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2007/06/03/in_vermont_nascent_secession_movement_gains_traction/?p1=MEWell_Pos1]this article[/url], a number of Vermonters are quietly plotting to have Vermont secede from the US.\r\n\r\n[quote:cf000a8843]But to some people in Vermont, the idea is bigger than a $20 novelty. They want Vermont to secede from the United States -- peacefully, of course.\r\n\r\nDisillusioned by what they call an empire about to fall, a small cadre of writers and academics is plotting political strategy and planting the seeds of separatism.[/quote:cf000a8843]\r\n[quote:cf000a8843]\"The argument for secession is that the U.S. has become an empire that is essentially ungovernable -- it\'s too big, it\'s too corrupt and it no longer serves the needs of its citizens,\" said Rob Williams, editor of Vermont Commons, a quarterly newspaper dedicated to secession.\r\n\r\n\"Congress and the executive branch are being run by the multinationals. We have electoral fraud, rampant corporate corruption, a culture of militarism and war. If you care about democracy and self-governance and any kind of representative system, the only constitutional way to preserve what\'s left of the Republic is to peaceably take apart the empire.\"[/quote:cf000a8843]\r\n\r\nThere are some skeptics, of course:\r\n[quote:cf000a8843]\"It doesn\'t make economic sense, it doesn\'t make political sense, it doesn\'t make historical sense. Other than that, it\'s a good idea,\" said Paul Gillies, a lawyer and Vermont historian.\r\n\r\nWhile neither the Vermont Constitution nor the U.S. Constitution forbids secession per se, few think it\'s viable.[/quote:cf000a8843]\r\n\r\nIt does seem like an interesting idea, despite the possible drawbacks.\r\n\r\nThoughts?'),(245201,'6e0fe9e380','','[quote:6e0fe9e380=\"Dennis\"]\"September Gurls\" by Big Star.\r\n\r\nLater covered by the Bangles.\r\n\r\n-Dennis[/quote:6e0fe9e380]\r\n\r\nHave you heard their cover of the Yardbirds\' \'I\'m Not Talkin\'? It rawks. 8)'),(245202,'b28786b343','Re: It\'s snowing!','[quote:b28786b343=\"mman\"][quote:b28786b343=\"TippedOver\"]\r\n3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than [b:b28786b343]once**[/b:b28786b343]. \r\n[/quote:b28786b343]\r\n\r\nHere in Pennsylvania, I know a guy who hit three in one week![/quote:b28786b343]\r\n\r\n\r\n<TippedOver is busy writing to the [i:b28786b343]Guiness Book of World Records[/i:b28786b343]>\r\n\r\nDecember 21st, 1999 -\r\n\r\n TippedOver hits a deer outside of Rush, NY (3:45pm)\r\n\r\n TippedOver calls his soon-to-be-wife and tells her (3:56pm)\r\n\r\n TippedOver picks up what is left of the grille and right hand side marker light from the road, and continues on in complete disgust. (4:08pm)\r\n\r\n TippedOver hits a deer outside of Avon, NY (4:26pm)\r\n\r\n TippedOver climbs out of what is left of his pickup after rolling it into a ditch at an estimated 70mph. (4:31pm)\r\n\r\n TippedOver curses the very Gods that created deer, wipes blood from his forehead, and calls his soon-to-be-wife again, this time for a ride. (4:40pm)\r\n\r\n TippedOver waits approximately 1 hour for a ride, which was only 20 minutes away. (5:40pm)\r\n\r\n TippedOver receives a call from the soon-to-be-wife that she has hit a deer outside of Lima, NY. (5:42pm)\r\n\r\nTimes are approximate, but this is a true story, no joke and no bulls&*t.'),(245203,'350aa90039','','I\'ve hit a couple of kangaroos and a wombat.'),(245204,'b0da405def','','[quote:b0da405def=\"nonamejane\"]It\'s not fun when you start crying like a baby. [/quote:b0da405def]\r\n\r\n\"Well if I\'m a baby you know what that makes you? A pedophile. And I\'ll be darned if I\'m going to take this from a pervert.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOK, that wasn\'t the exact quote but I don\'t watch much Family Guy.\r\n\r\n[quote:b0da405def=\"nonamejane\"]Obviously, you\'re mostly mad at yourself for being the way you are, not me pointing it out. [/quote:b0da405def]\r\n\r\nPerhaps. I\'m mostly frustrated that I get turned down left and right from jobs that I know I\'m qualified for. But I keep looking and I don\'t ask anyone to pay my bills. My savings cover that.\r\n\r\n[quote:b0da405def=\"nonamejane\"]I only said anything cause I felt that you directly attacking pot smokers, which annoys me cause not all potsmokers are lazy pricks. Just like not all non-potsmokers are hard working angels.[/quote:b0da405def]\r\n\r\nThat\'s not what I meant at all. Shine on you crazy diamond!'),(245205,'7e39ca891e','','Does this mean I\'m sleeping on the couch tonight?'),(245206,'fcba8e99af','','Congrats!'),(245207,'ecc39c493b','','[quote:ecc39c493b=\"ahmygoddess\"][quote:ecc39c493b=\"Deref\"]:D Lots of songs choke me up, but none of them is by ABBA. ;-)[/quote:ecc39c493b]\r\n\r\n :D :D :D Screw you too, mate (gives Deref an aggressively polite testicle handshake) :D :D :D :twisted:[/quote:ecc39c493b]\r\nOW!\r\n\r\nI remember an Aussie icon, one Norman Gunston (the precursor to and inspiration for Ali G and Borat), did a wonderful version of that song, with appropriate actions. As he reached \"there was something in the air that night\" he slapped his cheek as if to swat a mossie. For me, Gunston\'s version will always be the difinitive one. :lol:\r\n\r\nAnd Eleventy - I always thought \"Ring of Fire\" was about the after-effects of chili con carne.'),(245208,'9bf9d469e5','',':lol: Bastard.'),(245209,'ad41787485','','If they were to secede, I suspect other states would follow. And perhaps either of the two commonwealths.'),(245210,'0ac83d570a','','[quote:0ac83d570a=\"crossada75\"]The nut-squeeze thing happened as I was walking home from school at age 12.[/quote:0ac83d570a]\r\n :x It was a case of school bullying? Jezuz. Get over it. Most people of our age got hassled by a bully or two at school, but most of us shrugged it off and got on with our lives.\r\n\r\nI said before that I could understand where you were coming from, and I meant it, but I imagined that it had happened as an adult. That sort of thing would make me feel like carrying a weapon too - for a day, maybe a week.\r\n\r\nIf you live in a place where that sort of thing happens to you regularly, as you seem to suggest, maybe you should think about moving somewhere where people don\'t behave as if they\'re still in the schoolyard.\r\n\r\n[quote:0ac83d570a=\"Brother Grimace\"]I don\'t know what to say. It seems like anything anyone tries to recommend to you, you toss off for some reason or other. \r\n\r\n\r\nI\'m at a loss.[/quote:0ac83d570a]\r\nIt\'s a consistent pattern. I\'ve made the point elsewhere that Cross neither wants, needs, nor takes any notice of any of the advice that any of us have offered on any subject whatsover.\r\n\r\nOne could be forgiven for assuming that he just likes the discussion.'),(245211,'b25681660c','','In Dr Strangelove, the entire \"I\'ve got a gammy leg\" bit was totally improvised.'),(245212,'61e055bbf3','','[quote:61e055bbf3=\"Teeki\"][quote:61e055bbf3=\"Bluu\"][quote:61e055bbf3=\"Teeki\"]I DEMAND a bun page!\r\n\r\nBluu, I\'ll flirt with you...we\'ll be like Daria and Jane in a lot of guys\' fantasies! :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote:61e055bbf3]\r\n\r\nHell yeah! So... You like, um... Jenga?\r\n\r\n\r\nWho\'s Daria and who\'s Jane?[/quote:61e055bbf3]\r\n\r\nWhich ever way you want to play it....heh. And yes, I do like Jenga.[/quote:61e055bbf3]\r\n\r\nYou two, step into my office. [b:61e055bbf3]NOW![/b:61e055bbf3]\r\n\r\nI wish to discuss a business venture with you....\r\n\r\nYou see, there are a lot of lonely men (and some women) in this world, and they would pay quite a bit to see you.....at play....as such.'),(245213,'d83fbdce5b','','[quote:d83fbdce5b=\"The Angst Guy\"]In the bigger picture, was it appropriate to use Dian Fossey as the subject here? It almost implies a caretaker role as well as a studying role, if you get my drift, as if Ms. Li unintentionally suggested that Daria was looking out for others (her fellow students, the \"gorillas\") in her own idiosyncratic way. Using the gorilla as \"The Thinker\" sort of supports that idea.\r\n\r\nA link to Dian Fossey\'s life on Wikipedia is [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dian_Fossey]here.[/url][/quote:d83fbdce5b]\r\n\r\n\r\nTo tell you the honest-to-Gods-truth, I never even thought about where the name of the award came from (thanks for the link, TAG!). \r\n\r\nI gave it a little bit of thought after reading the entry in wikipedia, but I can\'t seem to make the connection. Yes, she watched after the gorillas while studying them, and tried to make sure that they got their fair shake from the \"wild and savage\" image that they had been given from Hollywood, but I don\'t think it pertains to anything in [i:d83fbdce5b]Daria[/i:d83fbdce5b] at all.\r\n\r\nI can see Daria studying how other people react, especially her classmates, but as far as [i:d83fbdce5b]helping[/i:d83fbdce5b] their image.... other than a few isolated incidents, I don\'t see it. She DOES point out things that can be changed (or need to be changed), but doesn\'t take an active role in doing so. From what I read, Dian tried to actively change things.'),(245214,'c4675e9148','','[quote:c4675e9148=\"jak981125\"]Does this mean I\'m sleeping on the couch tonight?[/quote:c4675e9148]\r\n\r\n\r\nWell, I\'d say yes, but the fact that you quoted one of the funniest family guy quotes ever redeems you a bit. You can sleep on the floor at the foot of the bed.'),(245215,'c9b65e44fe','Re: Ideology of Star Wars/Trek (lighter stuff)','[quote:c9b65e44fe=\"Dervish\"]Ah well, I think Firefly rules. :) \r\n\r\n[img:c9b65e44fe]http://www.friesian.com/images/serenit4.jpg[/img:c9b65e44fe][/quote:c9b65e44fe]\r\n :D I\'m with you.\r\n[quote:c9b65e44fe=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:c9b65e44fe=\"crossada75\"]Yes, River was plenty dangerous. Unfortunately not just to her foes, but sometimes to her friends/shipmates and random strangers as well. \r\n\r\n I think she was doing much better by the end of Serenity though. She finally seemed sane in the scene with her and Mal at the helm of the ship. Excuse me, [i:c9b65e44fe]boat[/i:c9b65e44fe]. I\'m not 100 percent clear what cured her, though. I would have thought her problem could only be controlled with varying degrees of success, never cured.[/quote:c9b65e44fe]\r\n\r\nI got the impression that, by being forced to confront the horrible images of Miranda buried in her disturbed subconscious, she was able to resolve the internal conflicts that were driving her insane. As she said after vomiting from seeing the recorded message, \"I\'m OK\". It did seem a bit of a quick and easy fix, and is one of the very few aspects of the film that bother me. I have a feeling that, if the story arc had extended over the entire second season as was Whedon\'s original intent, the issue would have been resolved with a great deal more subtlety and realism. As it was, confined to a two-hour film to tell a story that was supposed to take about twenty hours, Whedon had to skimp on a few details.[/quote:c9b65e44fe]\r\nI didn\'t know that!\r\n\r\nDamn - I\'d love to have seen the full story. I found the movie good, but vastly inferior to the teevee series in many respects.\r\n\r\nI\'d love to see him write the book so we could see how his vision for the show panned out. Has he ever said anything about the possibility?'),(245216,'8e8ab86fa0','','[quote:8e8ab86fa0=\"Deref\"]I\'ve hit a couple of kangaroos and a wombat.[/quote:8e8ab86fa0]\r\n\r\n\r\nA Wombat? What the hell is that? \r\n\r\nMan, I am trying to picture hitting a damn kangaroo - Is it kinda like hitting a big rabbit or something? Like Bugs Bunny?'),(245217,'4df7a2e1dc','','1 deer, about 30 jackrabbits. \r\n\r\nReal jackrabbits (the highway-37 in the SF-Bay area en route to Scaggs Island style jackrabbits) are big, knee high at the shoulder and have a quite-robust build. In five years of living in California, I lost numerous windshields and several front clips on my baja bugs, though the worst was when one jumped as I struck it and it hit me in the chest; I was driving my sandrail (it was street legal) to SF for some clubbing. I woke up about 60 feet out in the marsh of the delta (the water was maybe three or four inches deep, though muddy. I got lucky) a few minutes later with several bruised ribs, a bloody nose, mild concussion, and a buggy in need of a new windshield. The jackrabbit was MIA, but had enough mass to bust twelve fasteners and eject the lexan windscreen into me. I was doing about 75 when I hit the rabbit; slow for that road at the time (most folks cruised it about 90 or so, but that was before they put up J-bars separating the lanes)... I watched a number of VERY bad accidents there, and saw the aftermath of far more.\r\n\r\nI still went clubbing, though I got pulled over for not having a windshield (I winched my rail out of the marsh, one of the few times I left my winch on as it was likely to get nicked in SF). No ticket, though.\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is one \'southerner\' who doesn\'t mind cooler weather. I surf year round, and I\'ll be honest, the coldest I\'ve ever been was Pier 19 mid February in 1992 while standing topside watch. It was sleeting heavily on the Napa River, and our skipper refused to let the topside watch wear anything other than deck shoes. And I\'ve been snowboarding in -30*F weather (the snow sucks when it\'s that cold- just not enough moisture to provide the laminar layer between my board base and the snow) with just my jacket, base layers (akin to underwear) and a thermal layer (fleece top and pants). But I\'ll add I had some BAD-ASS snowboarding gloves back then (Bat-Wave mitts, nothing anywhere near as good by anybody for any price).'),(245218,'beeca3e744','','Have to add my support for [i:beeca3e744]Meet the Feebles[/i:beeca3e744] as well. Just saw it for the first time a couple weeks ago, and even having been forewarned, I spent most of the movie with my jaw on the floor.\r\n\r\n[i:beeca3e744]Inga, She-wolf of the SS[/i:beeca3e744] and its sequels have to be up there as some of the most messed-up movies ever made, as well. (I need an emoticon for shuddering in revulsion.)\r\n\r\nHoN'),(245219,'0b594f76a8','','I got so drunk last night I was still imbibed at 10 AM this morning.\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd no, I did not play Jenga, though we did do some all-star wrestling in the damp grass strewn with golf balls, lawn furniture, and chicken bones. I love cookouts.'),(245220,'e393ee3d33','','[quote:e393ee3d33=\"Gregor Samsa\"][quote:e393ee3d33=\"Dennis\"]\"September Gurls\" by Big Star.\r\n\r\nLater covered by the Bangles.\r\n\r\n-Dennis[/quote:e393ee3d33]\r\n\r\nHave you heard their cover of the Yardbirds\' \'I\'m Not Talkin\'? It rawks. 8)[/quote:e393ee3d33]\r\n\r\nI have not. Is it on an album?\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245221,'fbcec49ea4','','Here\'s the climax...\r\n\r\n[img:fbcec49ea4]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/sandi16.jpg[/img:fbcec49ea4]\r\n\r\n[img:fbcec49ea4]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/sandi17.jpg[/img:fbcec49ea4]'),(245222,'750cf74143','','Das Experiment.\r\n\r\nCreepy because it goes right to the heart of human emotion and conflict.'),(245223,'8eb68cdb72','','It comes across as perpetrating. Attention Whoring.\r\n\r\n\r\nAnother word? Poser (or more properly, poseur). I\'m in it to see how far people go now before Cross has an audience of none.\r\n\r\nSo much advice recieved and ignored.\r\n\r\nTo be dangerous to others means you are a danger to yourself, and more importantly, to society. This focus on gun ownership, being able to kick ass or carry a knife for defense... \r\n\r\nYou want to know what dangerous is? Dangerous is the person who is AWARE and ALERT. The one who avoids getting into situations where violence would occur. \r\n\r\nDangerous would be that car you drive, or the errant shopping cart some retard mom left alon with her bay in it.\r\n\r\n\r\nBut being as you described initially; that comes across as self-absorbed and pompous. Poser.\r\n\r\n\r\nCross, people want to help, but you ignore them so badly I question what your real reason is for posting this stuff.'),(245224,'203d71df4f','','[quote:203d71df4f=\"TippedOver\"][quote:203d71df4f=\"Deref\"]I\'ve hit a couple of kangaroos and a wombat.[/quote:203d71df4f]\r\n\r\n\r\nA Wombat? What the hell is that? [/quote:203d71df4f]\r\n\r\nGee, don\'t you know anything about marsupials? :P\r\n\r\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat'),(245225,'ef4509496a','','Upchuck is a tough call. Lawndale Stalker is one of his few friends in fan-writing. I recall Daria even goes on dates with him once he gets over himself and acts more naturally and less like (to use LS\'s phrase) a horndog. I did a few stories with him in fairly good roles, but he has to be toned down a lot to be palatable. He\'s obviously smart (\"Prize Fighters\") and has potential, if he wasn\'t such a sleaze (\"The Lab Brat\").\r\n\r\nDaria\'s disconnection with others comes early in life and is severe (\"Boxing Daria\"). Even in the last show, she\'s broken up with her first-ever boyfriend and still (STILL!) has only one true friend, whom she almost lost thanks to first-ever boyfriend. Still, she has often worked to help others behind the scenes or in small ways. Some of my fanfics play off on the good she has brought by supposing she was unable or unwilling to do the good things she did (\"It Slipped Through My Hands, Like a Shadow, Like a Dream,\" \"Daria\'s Addition,\" and \"After the End\" among others). She has empathy, but what she does about it is a tricky thing.'),(245226,'5ff2c0cf61','','I don\'t know what Jenga is, but I do know this: It is a sickness and it must be stopped. It saps the moral fiber of our youth and turns them into drug-crazed Communists marching in lock-step with their puppet masters in Havana. I call upon all Americans to . . . oh, it\'s that building block game.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNever mind.'),(245227,'f7a6bec261','','What everyone else said. Minus the divorce stuff. :)'),(245228,'51f30e9a99','',':) :) :)'),(245230,'ae078eebbd','','[quote:ae078eebbd=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:ae078eebbd=\"Inaria\"][quote:ae078eebbd=\"S.C.\"]This feels a bit more complete now. Norman Rockwell style [/quote:ae078eebbd]\r\n[color=indigo:ae078eebbd][b:ae078eebbd]Okay, now I understand why Daria is a cartoon. In the alternate universe of Lawndale, everybody is actually a 3-dimensional flesh-and-blood human being. However, when someone from our universe peers into it, this act initiates a quantum event, and some information is lost as a result. Therefore, we perceive the characters as a bunch of toons, even though when they look at each other, they see flesh-and-blood people.\r\n\r\nNot really. I\'m just being geeky this morning. :wink: [/b:ae078eebbd][/color:ae078eebbd][/quote:ae078eebbd]\r\n\r\nDidn\'t John Takis use that explanation (or something very similar) for his [i:ae078eebbd]X-Files[/i:ae078eebbd] crossover?[/quote:ae078eebbd]\r\n\r\nGood memory. :) Yes, I did. And the new pic is absolutely fantastic. Production-quality work.'),(245232,'4e94176a98','','For those of you who are still morning this great man, a film based on his one-man show called THE LIFE OF REILLY is currently making the film festival rounds.\r\n\r\nYou can watch the trailer here:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukjH3FSYdjE\r\n\r\nDon-O'),(245233,'f2c6351783','Oh No!! Say It Ain\'t So!!','And you thought Queen\'s Freddie Mercury had it bad, well.....\r\n\r\nhttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20010729/ai_n13920269'),(245234,'8b02274fd5','','People see me and guess sixteen, when I\'m actually twenty-one. From what my mom says, this age confusion will continue to happen for many years (she looked around forty until she was about fifty-one, and then lots of problems came crashing down on her, and now she looks her age, which is fifty-four, but it\'s a GOOD fifty-four).'),(245235,'c00719df82','','Well, okay, maybe it\'s more like Oklahoma, but still: [url]http://www.geocities.com/bluelagoon1980/images/texas.jpg[/url] [b:c00719df82]WARNING![i:c00719df82] CharlieGirl cannot legally be held liable if you experience physical harm after viewing the image.[/i:c00719df82][/b:c00719df82]'),(245236,'9100935cfb','','[quote:9100935cfb=\"TippedOver\"][quote:9100935cfb=\"Deref\"]I\'ve hit a couple of kangaroos and a wombat.[/quote:9100935cfb]\r\n\r\n\r\nA Wombat? What the hell is that? [/quote:9100935cfb]\r\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat]Tch.[/url]\r\n\r\n[quote:9100935cfb=\"TippedOver\"]Man, I am trying to picture hitting a damn kangaroo - Is it kinda like hitting a big rabbit or something? Like Bugs Bunny?[/quote:9100935cfb]\r\nSure. If you can imagine a six foot tall rabbit.'),(245237,'e342b777d4','','Part 17 is here.\r\n\r\n\r\nAPOCALYPTIC DARIA\r\nPart 17\r\n\r\n\r\nTime passed slowly for Daria and Jane at the church. Most of the members were friendly, but mainly concerned with their own problems or those of their loved ones. Others talked with them, either to witness or to check on their well being. A few, however, were hostile and glared at the girls whenever they were near.\r\n\r\nJane would return their glares, stare for stare, but Daria turned away, anxious to avoid a confrontation.\r\n\r\nBut when she and Jane were alone, Daria said, “All the discomforts of high school, at no extra charge.”\r\n\r\n“Most of these people are actually cool, or at least nice,” Jane replied, “but I’ve felt more love and friendliness from Ms Li than I have from some of these others.” She saw one man look at her and turned her head away. In a quieter voice, she added, “I have something to tell you.”\r\n\r\nDaria noticed the man’s look and Jane’s reaction and waited until he left the lunch room. Then she asked, “What happened?”\r\n\r\nJane looked up at her quickly. “What makes you think something happened?”\r\n\r\n“You looked away from that man real quick, while you glared at the others. So what happened with him?”\r\n\r\n“His name is Keever, Bruce Keever. He...he asked me to meet with him in the back of the graveyard beside the church...for sex.”\r\n\r\nDaria’s eyes opened widely. “He propositioned you?” she asked quietly. “But he has a wife and a kid! I saw them together after dinner last night!”\r\n\r\n“I know.” Jane shuddered. “I’ll be glad when we leave here. When he talked to me, his eyes stayed right on my chest the whole time.” She closed her eyes, shook her head and grimaced. “He made me feel dirty, and all he did was look at me and talk.”\r\n\r\n“Some kind of Christian,” Daria muttered and frowned.\r\n\r\n“I don’t think he is, Daria. I said something like that to him and he said that he’ll worry about that when he becomes one. I think he’s here because of his wife and kid.”\r\n\r\n“Try not to be alone with him,” Daria said and reached across the table. She grasped Jane‘s left hand in her right. “If it weren’t for my second rabies shot, we wouldn’t even be here. I’m sorry.”\r\n\r\nJane gave her a small smile. “It’s not your fault, [i:e342b777d4]amiga[/i:e342b777d4],” she said. “I’ll just make sure we aren’t alone anyplace.”\r\n\r\n“I’ve had to bite my tongue several times,” Daria admitted. “Several times, I’ve wanted to...be honest in my words and thoughts. I knew it wouldn’t be appreciated...”\r\n\r\n“...and you do need the rabies shots,” Jane finished for her. “I understand, Daria.” Then she smiled. “You owe me big time for this, however.”\r\n\r\n“Pizzas?”\r\n\r\n“At least a year’s worth.”\r\n\r\nDaria returned her smile. “If we find someplace where I can get that many pizzas, I’ll buy them.”\r\n\r\n**********\r\n\r\nIn the early afternoon hours, Daria assisted a few ladies in cleaning up the kitchen and dining room, while Jane entertained some small children with a puppet show. A young teen who looked to be either 13 or 14, came up to Daria away from a couple of other girls and chomped on her bubble gum loudly.\r\n\r\n“Can I, like, ask you a question?” the girl asked.\r\n\r\n“You just did,” Daria said as she wiped a table down. The girl and her friends briefly reminded her of the Fashion Club. \r\n\r\n“Huh?”\r\n\r\n“Never mind. What do you want?”\r\n\r\n“When you and your friend...um, like, uh, do it, like, what kind of ‘dirty’ things do you do?”\r\n\r\n“Excuse me?” Daria stopped and stared at the girl.\r\n\r\n“When you’re, like, in bed together. Like, [i:e342b777d4]how[/i:e342b777d4] do you do it? Seeing as you’re both girls and all.”\r\n\r\nDaria blinked, shook her head and sighed. “What makes you think that Jane and I are lesbians?”\r\n\r\nThe girl blushed and said, “Mrs. Johnson said that you two have, like, secret signals and codes that you use on each other. Love codes, you know.”\r\n\r\n“Who’s Mrs. Johnson?”\r\n\r\n“Oh, she’s a member of the women’s prayer circle. A real old woman, you know. She’s been a member, like, forever. She says, like, that she can tell...tell a...lesbian...from a mile away.” The girl whispered the word ‘lesbian’.\r\n\r\nDaria looked at the girl and then at her friends, who watched from across the dining room. “Jane and I are best friends. You have a best friend, don’t you?” The girl nodded. “You’re best friend is a girl, right?” The girl nodded again. “Does that make you two...lesbians?” The last word was whispered and the girl blushed again and shook her head furiously. “Well, if Jane and I [i:e342b777d4]were[/i:e342b777d4] lesbians, why would we tell you about it? It wouldn’t be your business, or Mrs. Johnson’s, either.”\r\n\r\n“I didn’t mean to, like, upset you,” the girl said quickly.\r\n\r\n“Don’t believe everything you hear,” Daria said. “I’ve never heard of any ‘secret codes and signals’ that people use, except for the Masons.”\r\n\r\n“Oh, yeah, my daddy’s a Mason, you know. Uh, well, thank you.”\r\n\r\nDaria sat at the table and shook her head as the girl walked away from her. Jane then walked up, two glasses of punch in her hands; she conspicuously chomped on her chewing gum, and gave her friend a big smile.\r\n\r\n“Like, Daria,” she said in mocking voice, “like, you know, what did you two talk about, you know?”\r\n\r\nDaria looked over the tops of her glasses at Jane, shook her head and said, “You don’t want to know.”\r\n\r\nJane sat down and leaned on the table in front of Daria. “Sure I do. That valley girl wannabe and her clique have been eyeing us since we came to this church. So what did you two talk about?”\r\n\r\nFor several seconds, Daria looked at Jane and then smiled. “She wanted to know what kind of ‘dirty’ stuff we do together, since we’re ‘obviously’ lesbians.”\r\n\r\n“We’re that obvious?”\r\n\r\n“Jane!”\r\n\r\n“Really, what makes her think we’re lesbians?” Jane leaned forward and whispered, “Maybe she’s a mind reader. If that’s the case, your thoughts about Trent alone would make her go blind. They nearly make me blind, and I’m just an empath.”\r\n\r\n“No, I think you’re actually a psychopath.” Daria took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes. “Or I am after being around you so much. Apparently, one of the old ladies of the church has declared that we’re lesbians because of some ‘secret codes and signals’ we give each other.”\r\n\r\n“Dang it, why doesn’t someone ever tell me what these secret codes and signals are? For all I know I’m ’signaling’ you that I want an armadillo pizza with quicksand sauce.” Jane put her fingertips on both sides of her head and said, “Are you getting my signals, Daria?”\r\n\r\nDaria held in her laughter and smiled as Jane did a poor imitation of the [i:e342b777d4]Twilight Zone[/i:e342b777d4] theme while she slowly turned her head back and forth. “Yes, Jane...you’re coming through loud and clear...You’re saying that you want me to find you a psychiatrist.” She lifted her cup of punch to her lips and sipped.\r\n\r\nJane sighed and put her hands on the table. “You see, I knew that nobody ever taught me the codes and signals. I was trying to signal you that our strip Yahtzee game had to be at nine tonight instead of 7:30. You were supposed to bring the whipped cream [i:e342b777d4]and[/i:e342b777d4] the feather duster. Oh, don’t forget the midget, either.”\r\n\r\nDaria laughed then and spewed punch on the table. She covered her mouth quickly with her right hand and finally suppressed her laughter. Then she caught her breath and wiped up the spilled punch with the cleaning towel. Under her breath, she said, “I’m going to kick your ass, Jane.”\r\n\r\n“Such language,” Jane whispered, “and in a church. I’m all a-flutter.”\r\n\r\nDaria stood up. “I have to finish what I’m doing here. I thought you were putting on a puppet show.”\r\n\r\n“I’m done.” Jane smiled again. “I’m not sure they’ll want me to do it again.”\r\n\r\n“Uh, oh, are we in trouble?”\r\n\r\n“What? All I did was tell the kids that paint-by-numbers sets were the work of the devil.”\r\n\r\n“If we get kicked out of here, Lane, you can forget that year’s worth of pizza.”\r\n\r\n“Oh, I’ll be good.” Jane ran her fingers over her lips, as if she were closing a zipper.\r\n\r\nDaria gave her a small smile. “If that actually worked, I would’ve done that to you many times by now.”\r\n\r\n***********\r\n\r\nDaria sat in the pastor’s office on the picnic table as Kathy Wilson looked at her shoulder injury. Jane stood beside her and looked as well.\r\n\r\n“I don’t like this,” Kathy said after a minute.\r\n\r\n“What’s wrong?” Daria asked.\r\n\r\n“Your shoulder injury is inflamed. It’s infected.”\r\n\r\n“I washed it!” Jane protested. “Repeatedly, with lots of soap and water.”\r\n\r\n“I believe you,” Kathy said. “I believe you. Sometimes, an infection can still set in. Daria, were your injuries done by the same dog?”\r\n\r\nDaria shook her head. “No. A big, heavy dog got my shoulder and a German shepherd got my neck.”\r\n\r\n“Well, your neck is doing fine and is looking good. But the dog who tore your back must have had...something on its paw and got it in your back.”\r\n\r\n“What could it be?” Jane asked.\r\n\r\n“Fecal matter, battery acid, any assortment or combinations of chemicals and contaminants. It could even be a fungus or a protozoan.” She sighed and readied a washcloth with iodine. “This might sting.” She cleaned Daria’s back with it and the girl tensed as she did so. She put a new bandage in place and added, “I don’t have the laboratory equipment to see what kind of contaminant it is. However, fortunately for you, Daria, I have several different kinds of antibiotics. Do you have any allergies?”\r\n\r\n“Not that I know of.” Jane started to say something, but Daria turned on her and said, “Don’t say it.”\r\n\r\nKathy looked over and saw Jane look up at the ceiling innocently, then looked back at Daria. “O.K.” She opened a cabinet and pulled out a bottle. “Are you taking any medications right now?”\r\n\r\n“No,” Daria shook her head.\r\n\r\nKathy poured out almost 30 pills and put them in a smaller amber pill bottle. She handed it to Daria and said, “This is amoxicillin, in the 250mg. tablets. Take one of these three times a day until they’re all gone.”\r\n\r\n“What side effects are there?”\r\n\r\n“With this, the main side effects are nausea, vomiting, and fatigue, not to mention an allergic reaction. If you have any kind of reaction to these, such as loss of breath or numbness, I want to know about it immediately, even if I’m asleep. O.K.?”\r\n\r\nDaria nodded in agreement.\r\n\r\n************\r\n\r\nA clock chimed in 2 a.m. and Jane Lane heard a noise near her. She sat up to see Daria sitting up and leaning against the wall, scratching her sides with her hands and her back on a corner trim. “Daria?” she asked groggily. “What’s wrong?”\r\n\r\n“I’m itching. Must’ve been that soap I used when I washed up.”\r\n\r\n“Where are you itching?”\r\n\r\n“All over.”\r\n\r\nJane was fully alert then and got up. “On your feet, Morgendorffer. Come on.”\r\n\r\n“What? I’ll be O.K.”\r\n\r\n“You’re having an allergic reaction, Daria. Remember what Kathy said. Let’s go tell her.”\r\n\r\nDaria shook her head in the darkness. “I’ll be O.K., Jane. Just let her sleep.” Then she started scratching her legs and bit her lower lip as she did so.\r\n\r\nJane grabbed Daria by her left arm and forced her to her feet. “She said to tell her, even if she was asleep. Come on, Daria.”\r\n\r\nDaria didn’t struggle as Jane pulled her to a Sunday school classroom next to the pastor’s office and knocked on it.\r\n\r\nThe door opened and Kathy stood there in pajamas. She yawned and asked, “What’s wrong?”\r\n\r\n“Daria’s having a reaction to the pills,” Jane said.\r\n\r\nKathy blinked her eyes several times and grabbed a set of keys on a nearby hook. “Let’s take a look.” She walked out, shut the door and shuffled over to the pastor’s office. She unlocked it, turned on the lights and had Daria remove her clothes.\r\n\r\nFor a couple of minutes, Kathy looked over Daria’s body and shook her head. \"You’re having an allergic reaction, all right. You’re breaking out all over. How are you breathing?”\r\n\r\n“Like I’m out of breath,” Daria replied. \r\n\r\nThe doctor looked at her and nodded. “I was afraid of that. It looks like we’ll have to use epinephrine, which I do happen to have on hand.” She prepared a hypodermic needle and cleaned a spot on Daria’s upper right arm. “Be thankful. I had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic once. I was given a weeks supply of prednisolone to take. A very tiny pill, but also very bitter. Prednisolone would take several days to work, anyway. This is a lot quicker.”\r\n\r\nDaria didn’t even react to the shot. Jane held her hands tightly to keep her from scratching and she was still biting her lower lip. Slowly, she relaxed as the antihistamine worked on her system.\r\n\r\nKathy disposed of the needle and went back to the cabinet. “Give me the rest of the amoxicillin, please.”\r\n\r\nDaria handed the doctor the pill bottle and she sat it on the cabinet. “Aren’t you going to throw it away?”\r\n\r\n“In normal times, I would,” Kathy said as she filled a second bottle with different pills. “These aren’t normal times. I can’t afford to do that anymore.” She handed Daria the bottle. “This is erythromycin. We use it on people who can’t take or tolerate any kind of penicillin. Take it as you would have the amoxicillin.” She yawned. “Now, let’s all try to go back to sleep.”\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\nThe preacher stood up in the center of the community room and held up his hands to get everyone’s attention. “As some of you know, it’s that time of year that we go mushroom hunting. I know that the war’s on everyone’s mind, but I think it would do us good to pick a mess of wild mushrooms. Anyone who’s experienced at mushroom hunting and would like to go, please raise your hand.”\r\n\r\nDaria was amused, but kept her opinions to herself. Then she turned to Jane and was shocked to see that her friend had her hand up. “What are you doing, Jane?”\r\n\r\n“I did this at the commune, Daria. It was actually kind of fun.” She shrugged. “I never ate them, though, but my ‘hunting’ skills were highly praised. Mainly because I found more morels than anyone else.”\r\n\r\n“I always knew you were a show-off.”\r\n\r\nJane laughed and stood up. “You’re just jealous.”\r\n\r\nAt the entrance, the preacher spoke to the five volunteers. He handed each of them long plastic ponchos, rubber dishwashing gloves and plastic bags. “I know you’re probably used to picking mushrooms with your bare hands, but we’re adjusting to the new reality we now face. Keep the ponchos and gloves on, in case of radioactivity. Be aware of your surroundings, cause I don’t want anyone to fall off the side of a cliff, even if they aren’t that tall. Oh, and Mitch, don’t corner a rattlesnake this time. The last thing we want Kathy to have to treat is a snake bite.” Polite laughter filled the room. “I know that each of you is armed.” He looked at Jane. “How about you, young lady?”\r\n\r\nJane patted her right hip and said, “I’m armed and ready to go.”\r\n\r\n“Good.“ The preacher smiled and held up his hands. “Before we go, let’s bow our heads and have a prayer.”\r\n\r\nJane closed her eyes and shifted her weight from one foot to the other as the prayer was said. As the prayer was finished, they were taken towards the woods at the back of the church and each given a portion of land to check out. Jane’s portion was across a creek and into the woods. Each person split up and went to their assigned areas.\r\n\r\nOutside the church, Bruce Keever smiled as watched Jane’s poncho-covered form disappear into the woods. He put on his camouflage jacket and followed her.\r\n\r\n************\r\n\r\nJane wasn’t having too much luck this time around. All she found were three morels, but she continued to look intently. She moved slowly as she looked. When she found the fourth mushroom, she said, “Hope the others are doing better than I am.”\r\n\r\nA faint sound behind her caused her to turn around suddenly and she found herself face to face with Bruce Keever. “Nice place to be, baby,” he said. “Real private and secluded.”\r\n\r\nBefore she could yell out, he grabbed Jane in a hug and slapped one hand over her mouth. With his other hand, he yanked open the top of her poncho and pushed his hand inside her shirt. He laughed as she dropped the bag of mushrooms and struggled.\r\n\r\nJane broke out of his hold and quickly punched his left jaw. “Keep your hands off of me, you son of a bitch! If you want to do that, go palm your wife!”\r\n\r\nKeever laughed and rubbed his jaw. “You hit like a girl,” he said and suddenly punched her in the belly.\r\n\r\nJane fell back and away from him; she landed on her knees and fought to keep from retching.\r\n\r\n“Of course, as long as you make love like a girl, that doesn’t matter.” He lifted her poncho and reached to her right hip. He removed her pistol from the holster and looked it over. “Girls like you shouldn’t carry such big guns. It’s mine now. Take off your clothes.” He removed his jacket and laid it over a nearby oak tree branch. Then he laid the pistol at the base of the tree.\r\n\r\nJane got to her feet and watched as he pulled up on his shirt. She reached in her jacket pocket and sighed in relief when she found the .38 still there. “So you think I hit like a girl, huh?”\r\n\r\nThe man pulled his shirt off and hung it on the tree branch as well. He fiddled with his belt. “I told you to strip, girl. Do it!”\r\n\r\nShe glared at him, pulled the pistol out of her pocket and cocked it. “I also shoot like a girl, you bastard.”\r\n\r\nKeever looked up and froze as he saw Jane lift the pistol and aim it at him. “Oh, s***,” he said and she pulled the trigger.\r\n\r\nThe bullet struck the man in the middle of his chest and he fell to his knees. He looked up at Jane as his eyes glazed over and he fell silently to his side.\r\n\r\nJane picked up her pistol and holstered it. She saw a cliff some 20 feet away and moved to Keever’s body. She looked around and saw nobody anywhere. The pistol wasn’t very loud, but she wanted to be sure. After several seconds, she bent over, rolled his body to the cliff and shoved it over with her right foot. Then she tossed his jacket and shirt over the side as well.\r\n\r\nShe closed her eyes and took a deep breath. “That’s what I get for volunteering,” she said and picked up her bag. After what had just happened, she couldn’t look for more mushrooms. Her mind just wasn’t into it.\r\n\r\nThe thought of Mrs. Keever and their little boy came to her mind and she now understood what Daria meant when she said that she couldn’t stop thinking about Larry Carter’s family. “Dammit!” she said and slowly walked back towards the church.\r\n\r\nShe found that she was the third person to return, behind two elderly men. One of the guards had a Geiger counter and scanned their ponchos, gloves and the mushrooms. As they were found to be clean, she stripped off the gear and went back inside the church.\r\n\r\nDaria waited near the entrance and smiled as Jane came in. But then she saw her friend’s expression and instantly moved up to her. “What happened?” she asked quietly.\r\n\r\n“Later,” Jane said. As they walked alone to their blankets, one of the elderly men followed them.\r\n\r\n“Excuse me, miss,” he said. Jane turned around and her face turned red as the man reached her. “Are you all right?” he asked.\r\n\r\nJane kept her voice steady. “Why wouldn’t I be all right?” she asked back.\r\n\r\n“I saw what happened out there. Are you all right?”\r\n\r\nDaria looked from one to the other and asked quietly, “What happened?”\r\n\r\nJane looked down and took several deep breaths. “I’m fine.”\r\n\r\nThe man put a gnarled hand on her left shoulder. “I’ve known him since he was a little boy, miss. He’s always been a...problem...and he liked being that way. I hate to say this, but Lisa and the little boy are better off without him. He’s put the moves on several teen girls at the church and our concern for his family is what’s stopped us from kicking him out before.”\r\n\r\nJane looked up at him and her eyes glistened with tears. “I’ve screwed things up, Daria.”\r\n\r\n“What happened?” Daria asked. “Tell me.”\r\n\r\n“The man I told you about? He followed me into the woods and attacked me. I killed him and left him out there. You haven’t got your shot yet and we’re going to be thrown out and I...I...I...” She sat down on the blanket, buried her face in her hands and started crying.\r\n\r\nThe old man pulled a folding chair near Jane and sat in it. He gently laid his hands on her shoulders and said to Daria quietly, “Put your hands on her, too. I’ll pray for her, and you as well.”\r\n\r\nFor the next minute, the man prayed, his voice barely heard by Daria and Jane. He prayed for both girls, to be kept safe in God’s hands, for Daria’s healing and for Jane to understand what had happened. “Miss...”\r\n\r\n“My name’s Jane.” She looked up at his face. “Jane Lane.”\r\n\r\n“Jane...that’s a beautiful name...my granddaughter in Arizona is named Jane. There’s an old saying that goes like this. ‘A man saddles his own horse and shoots his own snakes.’ You did nothing wrong out there, Jane. He got what he has been asking for all along. You did the right thing.”\r\n\r\n“I know I did nothing wrong,” Jane said. “What I’m upset about is that Daria hasn’t had her second rabies shot yet and that we’re outsiders and...”\r\n\r\n“Enough of that. You two are our guests and will be taken care of as long as you want to stay here.”\r\n\r\nDaria looked at him and said, “After I get my second shot, we plan to go on. Our families are out there and we need to find them.”\r\n\r\nHe nodded and said, “I understand. Don’t say anything about this. He..has taken off in the past. We know he has a girlfriend several miles away and that he goes to her on occasion. That’s what will be assumed this time.”\r\n\r\nAs the hours went on, Jane calmed down and she and Daria worked on sweeping and keeping busy doing something.\r\n\r\nBut as dusk approached, Jane had to leave the dining room when she heard Mrs. Keever ask someone there, “Have you seen Bruce? Do you know where he is?”'),(245238,'1c4807a785','','[quote:1c4807a785=\"Quiverwing\"]Pfft, that\'s what you all say now. \"The con will be one big orgy\" - I bet $100 that all the guys chicken out...[/quote:1c4807a785]\r\nOh boy - a hundred bucks! :-) That\'ll come in handy!\r\n\r\nBut down to business...\r\n\r\nI\'ve been musing on the possibility of a north-south road trip. At this stage I\'m planning to start my travels from MA, so maybe we could drive south, picking up Coners along the way. Scissors may be in it, and Redleg Rick said he\'s a probable. I\'d like to stop by NYC for a couple of days on the way - I\'ve only been there once and I\'d like to see it again.\r\n\r\nSo - any easterners think that they might be up for a Great Daria Road Trip?'),(245239,'1bb13af176','','[i:1bb13af176]\"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members. ...\r\n\r\n\"It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.\"\r\n\r\n— Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) addressing the U.S. Senate, 10 October 2002[/i:1bb13af176]\r\n\r\nDid you believe her then, Peter?\r\n\r\nShe had access to the same for-your-eyes-only inner-circle reports as Bush, which [i:1bb13af176]at the time[/i:1bb13af176] told her, and him, that this was all highly suspect and, at the very least, disputed by factions in the intelligence apparatus. She gave no hint of this. She thus failed one of the tests of an effective opposition to the Executive.\r\n\r\nIf this is an example of her veracity, why should you believe her now, when her weathervane turns, and she makes sounds vaguely opposing this war?\r\n\r\nShe\'s never repudiated her vote in October 2002. She won\'t be opposing the military-industrial complex, and its ginning up threats, any more than her husband did. Or the two Shrubs, in this interchange of dynastic families.\r\n\r\nOnly Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich (or, perhaps, Mike Gravel) would actually get us the hell out of this war, and pull back from brinksmanship with the Russians. They, however, don\'t have the power brokers behind them.'),(245241,'7f30f3f0b9','','[quote:7f30f3f0b9=\"UU\"]:) :) :)[/quote:7f30f3f0b9]\r\nHow, Sergey, are we supposed to parse this? That you\'re glad Putin is flexing his [i:7f30f3f0b9]machismo?[/i:7f30f3f0b9] That you endorse Peter\'s blind confidence in Ms. Clinton? That the prospect of more turmoil delights you? What?'),(245242,'ae11a80266','','[quote:ae11a80266=\"Deref\"][quote:ae11a80266=\"TippedOver\"]Man, I am trying to picture hitting a damn kangaroo - Is it kinda like hitting a big rabbit or something? Like Bugs Bunny?[/quote:ae11a80266]\r\nSure. If you can imagine a six foot tall rabbit.[/quote:ae11a80266]\r\nKangaroo meat tastes better, mind you . . .'),(245243,'166412e5ab','My friend pointed me at...','...[url=http://tvtropes.org/]this site[/url] about a week ago, and it has eaten much of my tiny amount of free time since.\r\n\r\nI enevitably ended up [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.Daria]here[/url].\r\n\r\n\r\nAs it says on the front page of the site (first link) it will eat your life.'),(245244,'7d743f174f','','Yeah, I know how the allergy thing goes - my mother was allergic to penicillin. Brrrrr...\r\n\r\n\r\nYou know, I was going to complain (at first) about why didn\'t either Daria or Jane think that for Jane to go out by herself after that perv came on to her the way he did wasn\'t a good idea - but then, I realized that if they went together (even if Daria felt up to it) would have meant that Keever would have clubbed or shot Daria, and then raped and killed Jane, too.\r\n\r\nAlso, I have a subscription to a gun magazine (just one! :wink: ), and in last month\'s issue, they spoke on the benefits of (in the appropriate situation) carrying two weapons instead of trying to just reload your primary after it goes dry. This reads almost perfectly like an example the book would have had; Jane would have been raped if she hadn\'t had the concealed .38 (and the will to use it). Many women - or men - wouldn\'t have, even if it meant being raped.\r\n\r\nIt\'s kind of sad, too - but the thing that keeps getting the girls into tight spots also keeps saving them... the attitude of guys with sloping foreheads that \'women are only good for one thing.\' I\'m glad that you also have Jane experience that touch of guilt, especially since she\'s so worried about what would happen to Daria because of shooting Keever instead of what people might do to her. (Of course, the people might just thank her for it, too.)\r\n\r\nLoved what the old man did. I can easily see that happening... and from what he said, I\'ve a feeling that if Jane hadn\'t taken care of the problem, the old man [u:7d743f174f]would[/u:7d743f174f] have. People from older generations took it personally when one of the local youngsters went bad, or turned out that way. A while back, Dervish posted a thread about Southern grandmothers and how they knew EVERYTHING about what people have been up to since they were kids. I can see that mindset here.\r\n\r\nGod help these raping, prowling bastards if the Mad Dog\'s training kicks in and Jake comes looking for his girls with a AK-clone in hand and the Lawndale Militia on his six, fully-armed and ready to rock. :D Scary thing is - I can actually see that happening. After all, if a [i:7d743f174f]hurricane[/i:7d743f174f] didn\'t stop him from going out to find his firstborn, a near-miss from a nuke isn\'t a consideration...\r\n\r\nEasily the Daria fanfic of the year. (We really need an applause emoticon here.)'),(245245,'349d55d7e9','','[quote:349d55d7e9=\"nonamejane\"][quote:349d55d7e9=\"jak981125\"]Does this mean I\'m sleeping on the couch tonight?[/quote:349d55d7e9]\r\n\r\n\r\nWell, I\'d say yes, but the fact that you quoted one of the funniest family guy quotes ever redeems you a bit. You can sleep on the floor at the foot of the bed.[/quote:349d55d7e9]\r\n\r\n\r\nOh, ****. They\'ve found [b:349d55d7e9]common ground[/b:349d55d7e9]. \r\n\r\n\r\n[i:349d55d7e9]This will not end well[/i:349d55d7e9]. (At least, not for the rest of us.) After all, even cobras, mako sharks and Republicans mate and reproduce... :shock:'),(245246,'0e8f0f94cd','','Too obvious just looking at the linked page.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[spoiler]\r\n[color=#ded3d7:0e8f0f94cd]\"Why?\" you ask. Simply put because it has a bored.com banner on the top of the page, nice try though.[/color:0e8f0f94cd]\r\n[/spoiler]'),(245247,'4a6415d126','','Dian Fossey was, from what I recall, quite happy to study her gorillas intently and to rarely venture back into \"civilization.\" Not quite outright misanthropy, but certainly a strong preference. Daria struck me that way more than once.\r\n\r\nAnd the writers needed a valedictory for the series from the protagonist, who wasn\'t the [i:4a6415d126]valedictorian.[/i:4a6415d126] That\'s all the award is, really. To paraphrase Jodie about being the homecoming royalty, if it\'s a plot device, it\'s a damn good-looking one.'),(245248,'693141da04','','[quote:693141da04=\"Dennis\"][quote:693141da04=\"Gregor Samsa\"][quote:693141da04=\"Dennis\"]\"September Gurls\" by Big Star.\r\n\r\nLater covered by the Bangles.\r\n\r\n-Dennis[/quote:693141da04]\r\n\r\nHave you heard their cover of the Yardbirds\' \'I\'m Not Talkin\'? It rawks. 8)[/quote:693141da04]\r\n\r\nI have not. Is it on an album?\r\n\r\n-Dennis[/quote:693141da04]\r\n\r\nNot on an album, but it was sporadically played live from 1984 onwards. I\'ll try to get you an mp3 of it. \r\n\r\nAs for me,\r\n\r\nTalking Heads: Heaven (Live)'),(245249,'f46bac9ba7','','[quote:f46bac9ba7=\"CharlieGirl\"]Well, okay, maybe it\'s more like Oklahoma, but still: [url]http://www.geocities.com/bluelagoon1980/images/texas.jpg[/url] [b:f46bac9ba7]WARNING![i:f46bac9ba7] CharlieGirl cannot legally be held liable if you experience physical harm after viewing the image.[/i:f46bac9ba7][/b:f46bac9ba7][/quote:f46bac9ba7]\r\n\r\nNo, after having viewed the image, I\'d say your original assessment of \'Texas\' is quite accurate. Definitely not Vermont. And while I was not blinded, I [i:f46bac9ba7]was[/i:f46bac9ba7] knocked into the next room.'),(245250,'c359a21769','','Upchuck is one of the most difficult characters to write in a positive light without a major character overhaul. As TAG mentioned, LS has written the most believable postive Charles in the fandom (and he needs to finish it...hint, hint), but even that required a level of post-high school maturation to accomplish.'),(245251,'8731e1eec1','','[quote:8731e1eec1=\"Deref\"]So - any easterners think that they might be up for a Great Daria Road Trip?[/quote:8731e1eec1]\r\n\r\nAlways. :)'),(245252,'32725c6172','','[quote:32725c6172=\"RLobinske\"]Upchuck is one of the most difficult characters to write in a positive light without a major character overhaul. As TAG mentioned, LS has written the most believable postive Charles in the fandom (and he needs to finish it...hint, hint), but even that required a level of post-high school maturation to accomplish.[/quote:32725c6172]\r\n\r\nRight! What I said! :lol:'),(245253,'e35c839406','','[quote:e35c839406=\"Sam The Smuggler\"]Ok, I may be late on your side....but...Happy Birthday![/quote:e35c839406]\r\n\r\nsorry I missed it Wouter.\r\n\r\nHappy Birthday'),(245254,'11e2050f9c','','[quote:11e2050f9c=\"Doggieboy\"]I\'m officially envious, Kara. Great pics. Thanks for posting them. :D[/quote:11e2050f9c]\r\n\r\nthose pics look great.'),(245255,'d8c36d3c3a','','[quote:d8c36d3c3a=\"gearhead\"]Excuse me while I wash my ears with bleach.[/quote:d8c36d3c3a]\r\n\r\nThanks for the film clip Doc.'),(245256,'952055a9ee','','I have had the sides removed and then chemical treatment (silver nitrate) on both big toes at least once on each side, and had to have the procedure re-done on my right foot a few years later.\r\n\r\nI was told it was because I was cutting my toe nails too close that was causing my toenails to splay.\r\n\r\nHope it all goes well for you Guy.'),(245257,'2d045a5630','','[quote:2d045a5630=\"E. A. Smith\"]So, how much do you want to irradiate me enough to give me superpowers?[/quote:2d045a5630]\r\n\r\nWell done.'),(245258,'04053566e3','','[quote:04053566e3=\"TheEleventy\"]If they were to secede, I suspect other states would follow. And perhaps either of the two commonwealths.[/quote:04053566e3]\r\n\r\nActually, there are four states that regard themselves as Commonwealths: Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. (for whatever reason, I can\'t get Wikipedia url links anymore. Just type in \"United States Commonwealths\" on your browser, and it will give several links). Apparently, there is not (at least in the US; Australia is a Commonwealth as well, but I haven\'t a clue as to how that works) a gnat\'s whisker\'s difference between a state and a commonwealth other than nomenclature.'),(245259,'5eedfae881','','It looks like you had a hell of a trip.\r\n\r\nit\'s no wonder your camera died it just couldn\'t take the beuty in any more.'),(245260,'5f0a278289','','[quote:5f0a278289=\"Teeki\"]What everyone else said. Minus the divorce stuff. :)[/quote:5f0a278289]\r\n\r\nHappy Aniversary'),(245261,'f0bb866abd','','Good one AMG.\r\n\r\nThese days I keep being refered to by people as my Grandmothers Son as oposed to her Grandson and my own Mother (her Daughter) is often being reffered to as my Grandmothers Sister.'),(245262,'aefe2faf79','','Which Lawndale Stalker story is this and where can I find it?'),(245263,'d1a474bb98','','[quote:d1a474bb98=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]Which Lawndale Stalker story is this and where can I find it?[/quote:d1a474bb98]\r\n\r\nThe story arc starts with [i:d1a474bb98]The Picture of Daria\'s Rear[/i:d1a474bb98] (at OD and IIRC, FFnet) and continues with [i:d1a474bb98]Once Upon a Time in College[/i:d1a474bb98], serialized here and at FFnet. The second story is yet incomplete, but well worth the read (and pitchforks).'),(245264,'0aba789f57','','Considering that it is also possible for states to hold a convention to propose amendments to the constitution, a convention could be held to dissolve the country. That, in Lincoln\'s view, was what the South did wrong, they did not let the people vote for representatives to make the decision. If Vermont had a referendum or had their citizens vote representatives to a convention in their state to vote on the matter, they could legally leave. I would hope New Jersey and New York join them.\r\n\r\nI\'d like to forever point out that this is my 300th post.'),(245265,'1c2b95a557','','[quote:1c2b95a557=\"Deref\"][quote:1c2b95a557=\"Quiverwing\"]Pfft, that\'s what you all say now. \"The con will be one big orgy\" - I bet $100 that all the guys chicken out...[/quote:1c2b95a557]\r\nOh boy - a hundred bucks! :-) That\'ll come in handy!\r\n\r\nBut down to business...\r\n\r\nI\'ve been musing on the possibility of a north-south road trip. At this stage I\'m planning to start my travels from MA, so maybe we could drive south, picking up Coners along the way. Scissors may be in it, and Redleg Rick said he\'s a probable. I\'d like to stop by NYC for a couple of days on the way - I\'ve only been there once and I\'d like to see it again.\r\n\r\nSo - any easterners think that they might be up for a Great Daria Road Trip?[/quote:1c2b95a557]\r\n\r\nI\'m unlikely to be in for the road trip, as I find the idea of 26 hours in a car appalling, and I\'d like to save some vacation days for visiting friends and family after the con. If you\'re in MA for more than a day, though, I\'d love to get together for a precon minicon in the form of dinner and drinks.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245266,'a4aa232439','','[quote:a4aa232439=\"Greybird\"][quote:a4aa232439=\"UU\"]:) :) :)[/quote:a4aa232439]\r\nHow, Sergey, are we supposed to parse this? That you\'re glad Putin is flexing his [i:a4aa232439]machismo?[/i:a4aa232439] That you endorse Peter\'s blind confidence in Ms. Clinton? That the prospect of more turmoil delights you? What?[/quote:a4aa232439]\r\n\'Parse\'? You may \'parse\' it in any way you like. As for me, the proposition that Russia is going to risk its own skin and commit \'suicide by ICBMs\' over some \'dirty [i:a4aa232439]uryuki[/i:a4aa232439]\' (\'dried apricots\', a common and popular Russian term of endearment for South Western and Central Asians) or \'slant-eyed psychos\' seems risible.\r\n\r\nAs for Mr Putin -- his response to your future missile defences is cheap and cheerful. It is inconceivable for the Russian government to sit and do nothing while Mr Bush is playing with his toys right next to our sandbox. The people want Mr Putin to show that Russia is not Mr Bush\'s doormat.'),(245267,'60dafe7cb6','','[quote:60dafe7cb6=\"Greybird\"]Only Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich (or, perhaps, Mike Gravel) would actually get us the hell out of this war, and pull back from brinksmanship with the Russians. They, however, don\'t have the power brokers behind them.[/quote:60dafe7cb6]\r\n\r\nI was going to call you on that statement, since Edwards [i:60dafe7cb6]has[/i:60dafe7cb6] quite vocally repudiated his Iraq vote and Obama made opposition to the War in Iraq a central platform in his Senate campaign in 2004. But both Edwards and Obama have indulged in saber-rattling about Iran on the campaign stump... so never mind. Getting us out of Iraq is no help, if they turn around and get us in Iran.\r\n\r\nPretty much all I can say is that, IIRC, getting out of Iraq is one of Gravel\'s justifications for running, so you can put him firmly in the \"would get us the hell out of Iraq, but wouldn\'t get elected in a million years\" camp.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245268,'06aaf8fe5d','','[quote:06aaf8fe5d=\"CharlieGirl\"]Well, okay, maybe it\'s more like Oklahoma, but still: [url]http://www.geocities.com/bluelagoon1980/images/texas.jpg[/url] [b:06aaf8fe5d]WARNING![i:06aaf8fe5d] CharlieGirl cannot legally be held liable if you experience physical harm after viewing the image.[/i:06aaf8fe5d][/b:06aaf8fe5d][/quote:06aaf8fe5d]\r\n\r\nDefine \"harm\". :D\r\n\r\nI mean... maintaining a huge smile for a really long time CAN cause the muscles to ache, but it isn\'t exactly HARMful... :wink:\r\n\r\nIn fact, I\'d say it\'s rather worth the inconvenience. Thoughts, gentlemen?'),(245269,'fae8e3ffb1','Re: Two years ago today...','[quote:fae8e3ffb1=\"Kristen Bealer\"]Two years ago today, Bryan and I got married.\r\n\r\nTwo years (to the day) before that, we got engaged.\r\n\r\nTwo years (to the day) before that, we had our first date--and first kiss.\r\n\r\nWe like to keep all our anniversaries nice and easy to remember.\r\n\r\n :) \r\n\r\nKristen[/quote:fae8e3ffb1]\r\n\r\nA day late, a dollar short, but here nonetheless. Happy anniversary.\r\n\r\n :D'),(245270,'64c4ab5d3e','','[quote:64c4ab5d3e=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:64c4ab5d3e=\"TippedOver\"][quote:64c4ab5d3e=\"Deref\"]I\'ve hit a couple of kangaroos and a wombat.[/quote:64c4ab5d3e]\r\n\r\n\r\nA Wombat? What the hell is that? [/quote:64c4ab5d3e]\r\n\r\nGee, don\'t you know anything about marsupials? :P\r\n\r\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat[/quote:64c4ab5d3e]\r\n\r\nI won\'t be the first person to say that I know from marsupials, but us yanks DO tend to get a little [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opossum]experience[/url] with them at one point or another in our lives. :D :D\r\n\r\nNow, how many people were aware that those are actually marsupials? :wink:'),(245271,'3f2eed0950','','I loved how this came out. There\'s just something about a John Lane story. :D \r\n\r\nThank you.'),(245272,'144ff2f7ed','','[quote:144ff2f7ed=\"cyde\"][quote:144ff2f7ed=\"CharlieGirl\"]Well, okay, maybe it\'s more like Oklahoma, but still: [url]http://www.geocities.com/bluelagoon1980/images/texas.jpg[/url] [b:144ff2f7ed]WARNING![i:144ff2f7ed] CharlieGirl cannot legally be held liable if you experience physical harm after viewing the image.[/i:144ff2f7ed][/b:144ff2f7ed][/quote:144ff2f7ed]\r\n\r\nDefine \"harm\". :D\r\n\r\nI mean... maintaining a huge smile for a really long time CAN cause the muscles to ache, but it isn\'t exactly HARMful... :wink:\r\n\r\nIn fact, I\'d say it\'s rather worth the inconvenience. Thoughts, gentlemen?[/quote:144ff2f7ed]\r\n\r\nTo comment further would remove us from the ranks of \'gentlemen\'. That said, the calico cloth was a distraction.'),(245273,'e3cc375e36','','All lesbian jokes aside, I find the interplay you write between Daria and Jane to be priceless. Keep it up; I\'m a huge fan. :D'),(245274,'74afb4ff9b','','Yeah, I\'m sure I\'ll appreciate looking ten years younger than I am when I\'m past my twenties. Although with my luck, it\'ll all catch up to me when I hit thirty and I\'ll suddenly look ten years [i:74afb4ff9b]older[/i:74afb4ff9b].\r\n\r\nAt least then people will stop thinking I\'m Bryan\'s daughter. :wink: \r\n\r\nKristen'),(245275,'bb2fbbb9b6','Re: Wondering about old photos of you from high school?','[quote:bb2fbbb9b6=\"Brother Grimace\"]Try this link. \r\n\r\n\r\n[url]http://www.bored.com/findschoolphotos/index.html[/url][/quote:bb2fbbb9b6]\r\n\r\n\r\nGood one, BG *cough/chuckle*'),(245276,'2d992eaf85','','I saw this in the theater when I was 14. I don\'t remember it [i:2d992eaf85]particularly[/i:2d992eaf85] well.\r\n\r\nI WAS psyched because they remixed \"Closer\" for the intro music. :P'),(245278,'fb69d0c3f7','','What they all said. Great pics. I\'m glad you\'re having a good time, except for the airlines. On balance, it looks like it\'s worth it, though.\r\n\r\nPeace\r\nKevin'),(245279,'92d5d77252','','The Smashing Pumpkins - \"Tonight, Tonight\"'),(245280,'6466b9cc2c','','Yeah, ok. That\'s definitely worth some closer study when I get home. :shock:'),(245281,'3c2012ccbd','','Out of the box frag:\r\n\r\n\" \'Look, Daria, you\'re writing an article on furries. It\'s not rocket science. It\'s not solving differential equations. It\'s not even solving Rubik\'s Cube. The problem is, in this little world of sweaty plushies crawling on the floor, you are walking upright. Even though you\'re wearing a mangy thrift shop squirrel outfit, they think you aren\'t entering into the spirit of things. In their minds, you\'re judging them. This upsets them and makes them uncooperative.\' \'So what do you suggest?\' \'Ask them generic stuff. Let them do the talking. Sooner or later one of them will pop off with something that\'ll outrage and shock the readership. Once one of them breaks the ice, they\'ll all start pumping the real wack and you\'ll have your article.\' \'O.K., that makes a bizarre sort of sense. Just tell me something, Jane. Where do you come up with these strange insights?\' \'Daria, sometimes you need to think outside the brain.\' \'Something you learned from Brittany.\' \'Exactly.\''),(245282,'7632de6224','','[quote:7632de6224=\"E. A. Smith\"]So, how much do you want to irradiate me enough to give me superpowers?[/quote:7632de6224]\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, despite the plethora of comic books that claim otherwise, high doses of radiation will not give you superpowers. If you\'re lucky, all it will do is burn your skin and make it flake off...and that\'s kind of a yucky superpower if you think about it. I mean, really...\"Stop, or I\'ll pelt you with skin flakes! FOR GREAT JUSTICE!\" See? Doesn\'t work at all.\r\n\r\nDid you know that radiation sickness is a really horrible way to die? While skin and mucous membranes are easily affected by radiation, nervous tissue is relatively radioinsensitive, which means that if you are blasted by a Chernobyl-esque level of radiation, your skin will burn, your insides will liquefy, and you will FEEL EVERY MINUTE OF IT UNTIL YOU DIE.\r\n\r\nRemember that next time anyone wants to drop another nuclear bomb.'),(245283,'bb11d38850','','[quote:bb11d38850=\"RabidCureFan\"][quote:bb11d38850=\"E. A. Smith\"]So, how much do you want to irradiate me enough to give me superpowers?[/quote:bb11d38850]\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, despite the plethora of comic books that claim otherwise, high doses of radiation will not give you superpowers. If you\'re lucky, all it will do is burn your skin and make it flake off...and that\'s kind of a yucky superpower if you think about it. I mean, really...\"Stop, or I\'ll pelt you with skin flakes! FOR GREAT JUSTICE!\" See? Doesn\'t work at all.\r\n\r\nDid you know that radiation sickness is a really horrible way to die? While skin and mucous membranes are easily affected by radiation, nervous tissue is relatively radioinsensitive, which means that if you are blasted by a Chernobyl-esque level of radiation, your skin will burn, your insides will liquefy, and you will FEEL EVERY MINUTE OF IT UNTIL YOU DIE.\r\n\r\nRemember that next time anyone wants to drop another nuclear bomb.[/quote:bb11d38850]\r\n\r\nAnother aspect of boyhood fantasy and wonder takes the cold bullet of reality straight through the [b:bb11d38850][u:bb11d38850]eye[/u:bb11d38850][/b:bb11d38850]. Next thing you\'re gonna tell us is that [i:bb11d38850]Daria[/i:bb11d38850] wasn\'t a documentary! \r\n\r\n :D :lol:'),(245284,'e12859a994','','[quote:e12859a994=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\nGod help these raping, prowling bastards if the Mad Dog\'s training kicks in and Jake comes looking for his girls with a AK-clone in hand and the Lawndale Militia on his six, fully-armed and ready to rock. :D Scary thing is - I can actually see that happening. After all, if a [i:e12859a994]hurricane[/i:e12859a994] didn\'t stop him from going out to find his firstborn, a near-miss from a nuke isn\'t a consideration...\r\n\r\n[/quote:e12859a994]\r\n\r\nThat didn\'t occur to me. If Jake is alive and Helen is safe, he probably [i:e12859a994]is[/i:e12859a994] out looking for the girls.\r\n\r\nOf course, we don\'t know who he is trying to find first, Daria or Quinn.'),(245285,'9568ba880f','Ted\'s Coma 4','FOUR – DAY 4: TROUBLESOME SORCERERS\r\n\r\nWritten By: Cyke\r\nBased on: \r\nDaria Created by: Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn\r\n\r\n\r\nBlack screen: Ted moans lightly.\r\n\r\n Jane: Ted? Wake up Ted!\r\n\r\n Ted: Oh give me a break mom, it’s Saturday!\r\n\r\n Jane: Damn it Ted I am not your mother! Now wake up!\r\n\r\n Ted: J-Jane? Wh-where are we? Why am I hanging upside down?\r\n\r\n Jane: I don’t know, all I can remember is leaving the hospital then…\r\n\r\n Ted: Oh! There was a van!\r\n\r\n Jane: Yeah, and the door opened then-\r\n\r\nThe door to the room is kicked open flooding the room with light. Jane and Ted flinch from the light and turn their eyes away. Their masked assailants enter the room and stand on opposite sides of the door as a third, short figure steps into the doorway. Jane and Ted look but cannot tell who it is.\r\n\r\n Jane: Hey! What’s going on!?\r\n\r\n Daria: That’s what I want to know.\r\n\r\n Jane: Daria?\r\n\r\nDaria steps further into the room so that Jane and Ted can see her better. She is no longer transparent and now wears a green jumpsuit – with black arms and green gloves, black legs with green boots, and her new green rimed glasses similar to her old pair. Daria turns to the masked man.\r\n\r\n Daria: Okay what’s the deal? Why are my friends hung upside down in here?\r\n\r\nHe just looks at her and cocks his head to one side. Daria turns to face the masked girl.\r\n\r\n Daria: Okay how about you?\r\n\r\n Masked Girl: Orders.\r\n\r\n Daria: Orders? That’s all? How about telling me who’s orders?\r\n\r\n Masked Man: Master’s.\r\n\r\nDaria turns back to face him.\r\n\r\n Daria: Thanks, that was very helpful. Can you let them down?\r\n\r\n Masked Girl: Master said hang them in here.\r\n\r\nDaria turns back to her.\r\n\r\n Daria: But did he say for how long?\r\n\r\n Masked Man: N-no…\r\n\r\n Daria: And did he say not to let them down?\r\n\r\nMasked Man: No.\r\n\r\nDaria turns back to the masked man.\r\n\r\nDaria: Then can you let them down?\r\n\r\nTed: Please? I’ve got such a headache.\r\n \r\n Masked Girl: Okay, we let them down.\r\n\r\n Masked Man: But they must stay here, in this room.\r\n\r\n Jane & Ted: Agreed!\r\n\r\nThe masked man nods to the masked girl and she turns around and pulls down a lever. Jane and Ted are slowly lowered to the floor and Daria steps forward to untie them.\r\n\r\n Masked Girl: They must remain here!\r\n\r\n Daria: Yes, but do they have to remain tied up?\r\n\r\nThe masked girl and man look at each other.\r\n\r\n Masked Man: No… but we must lock the door.\r\n\r\n Daria: Fine, I’ll stay here.\r\n\r\n Masked Girl: That… is acceptable. We will wait outside.\r\n\r\nThe masked girl leaves the room followed by the man who closes and locks the door.\r\n\r\n Jane: What the hell is going on Daria?\r\n\r\n Ted: You’re alive! Daria you’re alive!\r\n\r\n Daria: Yes Ted, I am alive and not deaf.\r\n\r\n Jane: How?\r\n\r\nDaria: I’m not sure. I remember that as we left the hospital a van drove up behind us and those two knocked you out with some sort of gas and pulled you inside the van. The next thing I know I’m trapped inside of a red gem. \r\n\r\nJane: That’s all?\r\n\r\nDaria: No, if you’d let me finish, we were driven out of the city and brought to this, I guess lair is too much. \r\n\r\nCut to: Daria’s POV from the gem, everything is red and warped slightly. The van’s sliding door opens and the masked man reaches in and grabs Ted’s leg and pulls him out. The masked girl does the same to Jane.\r\n\r\nDaria: (VO) They pulled you two out one by one and carried you off…\r\n\r\nWe see the two masked individuals carry Jane and Ted through a doorway which closes behind them. \r\n\r\nDaria: (VO) A few minutes past by then they came back…\r\n\r\nThe masked girl reaches toward us and grabs the gem, Daria turns and sees the masked man reaching into the van and removing the burlap sack. \r\n\r\nDaria: (VO) …and she picked me up while he grabbed a sack. She carried me down a long hallway and into a large room with a stone table in the center.\r\n\r\nThe masked girl sets the gem down on the stone table then picks up a pair of tongs. \r\n\r\nDaria: (VO) While he held the bag open she removed the cursed items we had collected.\r\n\r\nAfter the last item is removed he tosses the sack away and turns to a small safe set into the wall. He turns the dial to unlock it then turns the handle and it swings open. He reaches in and removes the cursed quarter, now encased in a plastic holder. Then he walks back to the table while the masked girl closes and locks the safe. The masked man puts the quarter with the other items then leans down close to the gem.\r\n\r\n Masked Man: The doctor will see you now.\r\n\r\nCut to: a wide shot of the room including the table upon which Daria’s gem prison sets. Across the room a door slides up into the wall and with in a poof of smoke a man appears. He has red skin with white hair that juts upward from either side of his head and from his chin. He is dressed in a tuxedo complete with a top hat, white gloves and a magician’s wand.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Zam! It is I Mumbo Sweeto!\r\n\r\nCut back to the cell – \r\n\r\n Ted: Mumbo Sweeto?\r\n\r\n Jane: Zam?\r\n\r\n Daria: Honestly that’s what he said.\r\n\r\n Ted: So what happened?\r\n\r\nDaria: Well, I don’t remember everything. I know that he waved his wand over the cursed items and chanted something, then he pointed his wand at me, then nothing… I woke up about half an hour ago back inside my body and those two standing guard over me.\r\n\r\nJane: How’d you get them to bring you here?\r\n\r\nDaria: You saw how easy they are to trick.\r\n\r\nJane: Yeah… they are a little gullible.\r\n\r\nDaria: So shall we get out of here?\r\n\r\nTed: Sure.\r\n\r\nDaria: Okay, this is what we do-\r\n\r\nCut to: Hallway – there is a knock on the door and the masked guards turn to look into the room. Daria looks out at them and points to herself and motions that she’s ready to leave. The masked man nods and opens the door. Daria stands at the back of the room but Ted and Jane are nowhere to be seen. The masked girl takes one step into the room and as she starts to take another Ted and Jane, who are on either side of the doorway, pull tight on a length of rope. The masked girl’s foot snags the rope and she falls forward and hits her head with a loud thud. The masked man quickly enters the room but Daria meets him and kicks him between his legs as hard as she can. He grabs his crotch as his face turns red, then he drops to the floor in a fetal position.\r\n\r\n Jane: Nice kick.\r\n\r\nDaria: Let’s go!\r\n\r\nDaria leads Jane and Ted out of the cell and Ted hits the controls to close and lock the door.\r\n\r\n Jane: Which way?\r\n\r\nDaria points to her right.\r\n\r\n Daria: That leads back to the lab and we don’t want to go there.\r\n\r\n Ted: Hey look!\r\n\r\nTed points to the left at a white and red exit sign.\r\n\r\n Jane: Well, that’s covenant.\r\n\r\n Daria: Yeah, too covenant.\r\n\r\n Jane: A little paranoid aren’t we?\r\n\r\nDaria: How about you die and come back as a ghost then talk to me about paranoia?\r\n\r\nTed: We don’t have time for this, come on!\r\n\r\nThey run down the hallway until they reach an exit door. Ted opens the door as a bright white light engulfs them. The light dies away and they find themselves on the high school’s roof accompanied by eerily cheery music. A strong gust of wind blows a newspaper into Daria’s face and she pulls it away and sings the headline aloud.\r\n\r\n[i:9568ba880f]Daria: Hey, look at what the newspaper is saying. \r\n\r\nJane: What? \r\n\r\nTed: What? Tell us quick![/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nDaria hops over to Jane and Ted’s sides to show them the newspaper.\r\n\r\nDaria: [i:9568ba880f]It says a great big storm is on the way. [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nShe turns the paper around and shoves it toward the camera. The headline reads “Storm of the century coming.” \r\n\r\nJane - Cool. \r\n\r\nJane takes the paper to read the article as Daria looks around. The wind picks up and blows harder.\r\n\r\nDaria: [i:9568ba880f]The roof\'s not really where we should be staying. [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nJane lets go of the paper and it blows away.\r\n\r\nJane: [i:9568ba880f]Why not? \r\n\r\nDaria: \'Cause this big-ass storm is happening today. [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nTed’s eyes widen and he grabs Daria and Jane’s hands.\r\n\r\nTed: [i:9568ba880f]We should run and hide! [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nJane pulls away from Ted and steps over to the edge and looks over the town.\r\n\r\nJane: [i:9568ba880f]Hey, what if the town blew away? [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nDaria pulls away from Ted and joins Jane.\r\n\r\nDaria: [i:9568ba880f]My sister would have nowhere to stay. [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nTed rushes over to them and takes hold of their hands again.\r\n\r\nTed: [i:9568ba880f]Nor would we! Now let’s flee! [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nJane turns back to the town and points toward the mall.\r\n\r\nJane: [i:9568ba880f]The mall would be gone, and that\'s okay. \r\n\r\nTed: But we would be goon as well! Now come with me! [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nDaria and Jane simultaneously turn away from the edge and drops to their knees.\r\n\r\nDaria and Jane: [i:9568ba880f]Down on your knees and begin to pray that the town blows away. [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nTed: STOP! \r\n\r\nThe music stops as Daria and Jane turn to look at Ted confused.\r\n\r\nTed: What are we doing?\r\n\r\nJane: I-\r\n\r\nDaria: Oh god, please tell me that I wasn’t… that we weren’t…\r\n\r\nJane: Ugh I want you to shoot me if I ever do that again Daria.\r\n\r\nDaria: Only if you shoot me too.\r\n\r\nTed: Um, what about the big storm? Was that just a part of the song or-\r\n\r\nThere is a loud crashing sound and they turn to see a huge tornado has just touched down and destroyed the mall.\r\n\r\n Jane: Was that because of me? If so I’m taking myself out for pizza!\r\n\r\n Ted: Come on we have to get someplace safe!\r\n\r\nThey run for to the roof access door and open it only to have Britney and Tom fall on top of them.\r\n\r\n Daria: Tom!?\r\n\r\n Tom: Daria!\r\n\r\n Jane: Tom!\r\n\r\n Tom: Jane!\r\n\r\nDaria: Tom!?\r\n\r\n Tom: Daria!\r\n\r\n Jane: Tom!\r\n\r\n Tom: Jane!\r\n\r\nTed: Enough! Prioritize people! Tornado takes the number one spot!\r\n\r\nTom: What tornado?\r\n\r\nDaria, Jane, and Ted point toward the tornado.\r\n\r\n Tom: Oh sh-\r\n\r\n Britney: Oh look at the strange cloud!\r\n\r\nBritney gets up which allows the door to swing shut followed by a low click.\r\n\r\n Daria: What was that?\r\n\r\nTom gets up and tries the door but it won’t open.\r\n\r\n Tom: Um, well…\r\n\r\n Daria: No...! Don’t say it. \r\n\r\nJane: This sucks, now we\'re not only going to die, but the headline\'s going to read \"Rich boy and others perish.\" \r\n\r\n Tom: Hey!\r\n\r\nMusic kicks back in-\r\n\r\nDaria: [i:9568ba880f]I always knew that I would die in Nowheresville. \r\n\r\nJane: But I didn\'t think I\'d die there quite so soon. \r\n\r\nTom: Hey, this is like that video, \"When Scary Storms Kill!\" [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nDaria and Jane: Shut up Tom!\r\n\r\nBrittany: [i:9568ba880f]Will being dead wreck my afternoon? \r\n\r\nAll - If the town blows away? [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nThe thunder rumbles followed shortly by a flash of lightning.\r\n\r\n Britney: Oh Tommy, what are we going to do?\r\n\r\nJane: Please tell me the last thing I’ll ever hear is not going to be my ex making out with the town idiot!\r\n\r\nTom: Hey that’s out of line.\r\n\r\nJane: Is it? \r\n\r\nDaria: What do you see in her anyway?\r\n\r\nJane: I have a couple of ideas.\r\n\r\nTom: Jealous Jane?\r\n\r\nJane: Of her? Hell no!\r\n\r\nBritney: Um-\r\n\r\nJane and Tom: Shut up!\r\n\r\nBritney: Tommy…?\r\n\r\nTom: Stop calling me Tommy! My name is Tom.\r\n\r\nJane: Funny, I thought it was bast-.\r\n\r\nTed: Jane!\r\n\r\nTom: You got something to say to me Jane?\r\n\r\nJane: Yeah I do!\r\n\r\nTed: Hey! Will you two just shut up! We have to find a way off of this roof and your fighting isn’t helping!\r\n\r\nJane and Daria look at Ted dumbfounded as Tom turns his back on Jane and rejoins Britney who twirls her hair around her finger while staring vacantly. Hesitantly Daria steps forward.\r\n\r\n Daria: Are you okay Ted?\r\n\r\n Ted: Fine, I-I’m sorry for my outburst, it was-\r\n\r\nThe door opens and everyone turns to see who it is. Kevin rushes onto the roof and sees Britney embracing Tom. \r\n\r\n Britney: Kevvie?\r\n\r\n Daria: Kevin don’t let the door close!\r\n\r\n Kevin: Hey, get away from my babe!\r\n\r\nKevin lets go of the door and charges at Tom while Jane lunges forward to grab the door. Tom pushes Britney out of the way just as Kevin slams into him sending them both over the edge of the roof. Jane just barely manages to slip two of her fingers around the door preventing it from closing. Daria runs over and pulls the door open then helps Jane up.\r\n\r\n Daria: Nice move.\r\n\r\n Jane: I guess my time on the track team finally came in handy.\r\n\r\n Daria: You just had to remind me.\r\n\r\n Jane: Sorry.\r\n\r\nAcross the roof Britney screams and runs to the edge of the roof where Tom and Kevin fell.\r\n\r\n Britney: Oh Kevvie!\r\n\r\nTed runs over next to her and peers over to see Tom and Kevin each holding onto a security camera, the bolts that mount the cameras to the wall are slowly giving away under the weight.\r\n\r\n Ted: Tom, give me your hand!\r\n\r\n Tom: I-I can’t! If I let go I’ll fall!\r\n\r\n Ted: You’ll fall if you don’t try!\r\n\r\nTom looks down then at the camera giving away.\r\n\r\n Tom: Good point!\r\n\r\nTom lets go and reaches up and grabs Ted’s outstretched arm. Ted tries to pull him up but doesn’t have the strength.\r\n\r\n Ted: I can’t hold on!\r\n\r\n Daria: Jane you have to help him.\r\n\r\n Jane: Help him save Tom! Daria are you-\r\n\r\nDaria: Tom may be a bastard but does he deserve to die? Could you live with yourself knowing you let someone die?\r\n\r\nJane starts to speak but instead turns and runs over to Ted’s side and helps him pull Tom up.\r\n\r\n Tom: Jane, i-\r\n\r\n Jane: Shut up Tom.\r\n\r\n Britney: Kevvie!\r\n\r\nTed pushes past Tom and reaches out for Kevin who takes his hand then lets go of the camera and almost pulls Ted over with him.\r\n\r\n Ted: Ahhh! Somebody help me!\r\n\r\nJane and Tom each grab Kevin’s arm and together the haul him up. Before he can stand up Britney jumps on top of Kevin and begins kissing him.\r\n\r\n Jane: Ugh, maybe we should have let him drop.\r\n\r\nDaria: And to think, you two have Ms. Li and her overboard security to thank for saving your lives.\r\n\r\nJane: Yeah, but she’s going to be pissed when she sees what you did to her cameras.\r\n\r\n Ted: Wait a second, I thought he was dead?\r\n\r\n Daria: So was I, you got a problem with it?\r\n\r\n Ted: No, but how is it that he is alive again?\r\n\r\n Tom: What the hell is going on? Look at the tornado!\r\n\r\nThey all turn to look and realize that it has stopped in it’s track, in fact everything around then has frozen in place.\r\n\r\n Daria: I have a bad feeling about this.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: As you should. Ala kazaboom!\r\n\r\nThe sky suddenly unzips and Mumbo Sweeto sticks his head through the opening.\r\n\r\n Britney: Eap! Oh Kevvie keep that icky head away from me!\r\n\r\nKevin: Uh… s-sure babe… I would you see, but I-I forgot something… in my locker. Yeah in my locker!\r\n\r\nKevin gets up and runs for the door followed by Britney.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Good riddance, I find those two very annoying.\r\n\r\n Jane: Well at least we agree on something. What’s going on here?\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: You are my – guests. \r\n\r\nThe giant head explodes into confetti which flutters down to the roof and begins to combine into Mumbo starting with his feet all the way to his head. Then he holds out his hands to his sides and a small cane and top hat appear in his hands. He puts on the hat and twirls his cane into the air then catches it, at the same moment jazzy swing music begins to play. Mumbo dances toward them and they turn to leave through the door but a human sized puppet jumps through the door blocking them. They back up and turn only to see two more puppets leap up onto the roof and move in to surround them. From above the door Mumbo raps his cane on the wall to gain their attention. They all look up and as a spiraling staircase morphs out of the wall.\r\n\r\n Ted: Wow, impressive.\r\n\r\nJane punches his arm.\r\n\r\n Jane: Don’t encourage the enemy.\r\n\r\nMumbo tap dances down the stairs while smiling at the captured teens, but he stops and becomes transfixed on Daria.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: [i:9568ba880f]Why’d you run away? Don’t you like my… style? [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nHe tosses his cane to his other hand then snaps his fingers and his black tuxedo changes into an electric blue zoot suit.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: [i:9568ba880f]Why don’t you come and play?I can guarantee a great big smile. [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nHe holds out his hand and Daria leaves the others and walks toward him.\r\n\r\n Jane: Daria!\r\n\r\n Ted: No, Daria what are you doing?\r\n\r\nThey try to follow her but the puppets step in their way.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: [i:9568ba880f]I come from the imagination, And I’m here strictly by your invocation. So what do you say— Why don’t we dance a while? I’m the how to swing. I’m the twist and shout. When you gotta sing, When you gotta let it out. You call me and I come a-runnin’. I turn the music on, I bring the fun in. Now we’re partyin’, that’s what it’s all about.[/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nDaria takes his hand and they begin to dance ballroom style. \r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: [i:9568ba880f]’Cause I know what you feel, girl. I know just what you feel, girl. [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nDaria stops and shakes her head then looks right at Mumbo.\r\n\r\n Daria: I seriously doubt that.\r\n\r\nMumbo stops dead in his tracks then spins to face her and slowly he begins to chuckle.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: [i:9568ba880f] All these melodies, they go on too long. Then that energy starts to come on way too strong.[/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nA door drops out of thin air and lands in the middle of the roof.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: [i:9568ba880f]All those hearts lay open— that must sting. Plus some customers just start combusting. [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nMumbo opens the door - Kevin and Britney, in a heavy make-out session, fall out. Suddenly the a loud record scratch ends the music as Mumbo looks down at them, then he peers around the door into a dark void, and finally back down at them.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: How’d you two get in there?\r\n\r\nBritney: Eww, Kevvie it’s that ugly guy again!\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Ugly?! Why I’m gonna-\r\n\r\nKevin: Hey back off ugly, I’m the QB!\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Oh that’s it! Henchmen!\r\n\r\nMumbo looks up a sees his henchmen standing by themselves- Daria and the others are nowhere to be seen.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: What… where are they?\r\n\r\nThe henchmen turn around ad see no one then they look at each other and start pushing each other and motioning that the others where supposed to be watching them.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Damn it, that’s what I get for making wooden henchmen. Find them! Or I’ll use you to heat the lair!\r\n\r\nThe henchmen nod then run to the closed door and try to open it but it’s locked.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Oh for the love of- Alohomora!\r\n\r\nMumbo points his cane at the door and it unlocks allowing the henchmen to leave the roof and follow Daria and the others. The music restarts.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: [i:9568ba880f] That’s the penalty when life is but a song. You brought me down into this town, So when we blow this scene, Back we will go to my kingdom below And you will be my queen. [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nMusic suddenly stops.\r\n\r\n Britney: Eww, I don’t wanna be your queen!\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: What? Not you, you dolt! The lovely Daria Morgandorfer.\r\n\r\n Britney: Her? But what does she have that I don’t?\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: An I.Q. higher than that a bowl of fruit.\r\n\r\n Kevin: It’s okay babe, nobody can understand what those “brains” do anyway.\r\n\r\nBritney: Oh Kevvie you’re so, like smart!\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Please someone shoot me. Come on get up back you go!\r\n\r\nMumbo pulls them up off the ground and pushes them back into the magical door.\r\n\r\nBritney: Hey! Kevvie make him stop!\r\n\r\nKevin: Back off dude!\r\n\r\nMumbo uses his cane to push them the rest of the way in then he slams the door shut and it turns to smoke. Music begins again.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: [i:9568ba880f] I can bring whole cities to ruin and still have time to get a soft-shoe in. [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nMusic stops again.\r\n\r\nUnknown Voice: And yet you can’t find a wife that’ll accept you. Pathetic.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: F-Father! You said that you would leave me alone to do this myself!\r\n\r\nMumbo’s Father: And so I shall, unless you fail again you son of the ugliest of my wives… One more chance then I shall strip you of your powers and help you no more.\r\n\r\nMusic begins.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: [i:9568ba880f] Well, that’s great but I’m late, and I’d hate to delay her. [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nMusic ends.\r\n\r\nMumbo’s Father: And stop that damned singing! There’ll be no signing while I’m around understood!\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Yes father. (whispering) He never lets me have any fun.\r\n\r\nCut to: Outside of the high school – Jane and Ted half drag Daria out of the building with Tom following after them.\r\n\r\n Daria: Hey I can walk on my own.\r\n\r\n Jane: Yeah well we don’t want you to walk back to the Mumbo guy.\r\n\r\n Daria: What are you talking about Jane?\r\n\r\nTed: Back on the roof, you walked over to Mumbo Sweeto and started dancing with him.\r\n\r\nDaria: (annoyed) I don’t dance.\r\n\r\nTom: Could’ve fooled me.\r\n\r\nJane and Daria: Shut up Tom!\r\n\r\nTom: Hey, cut me some slack here. I don’t have any idea what you three got me mixed up in.\r\n\r\nJane: Oh sure blame us! If you weren’t with that bimbo on the school’s roof- and what the hell were you doing at our school anyway?\r\n\r\nTom: Um well I meet Britney at a party-\r\n\r\nDaria: Ugh, I don’t want to hear this. \r\n\r\nJane: I don’t think I do either.\r\n\r\nTed: Um, I hate to interject, but shouldn’t we find someplace to hide, someplace out of the open.\r\n\r\nDaria: I think I know a good place.\r\n\r\nTed: Where?\r\n\r\nCut to: The Magic Box – Daria stands in the entrance while the others wait outside and stare back and forth between Daria and the sign.\r\n\r\n Daria: What’s wrong with you?\r\n\r\n Ted: It’s just… um well in light of everything happening…\r\n\r\n Jane: When did you find this place? And why didn’t you tell me about it?\r\n\r\n Tom: You’re not, a witch, are you?\r\n\r\nDaria sighs.\r\n\r\n Daria: Remember my essay on Wicca for Mr. O’Neil’s class.\r\n\r\n Jane: Oh yeah, he refused to come out of the closet for the rest of the day.\r\n\r\nDaria: This is where I bought the books for my research, and I thought that if we’re dealing with a sorcerer or whatever he is then we should get a little magic of our own.\r\n\r\nDaria enters the store and the others cautiously follow her. Inside the store a familiar face approaches them.\r\n\r\n Andrea: Hey Daria, what’s this? You starting a coven or something?\r\n\r\n Daria: Not exactly…\r\n \r\n Jane: Hey Andrea, so Daria when did you start hanging out with Andrea?\r\n\r\nAndrea: We don’t “hang out” she asked me what I knew about Wicca and I told her about this place.\r\n\r\nJane: Oh, so… what exactly does this place sell?\r\n\r\nAndrea: It’s a magic shop, not that hard to figure out, and if you care about your friend there I’d tell him not to touch anything.\r\n\r\nThey turn to see Tom about to touch a withered old hand attached to a stone base. Right before he touches it the hand clamps down pinning Tom’s hand to the base.\r\n\r\n Tom: Ow hey! Get this thing off me.\r\n\r\nAndrea: Luckily he picked a harmless one; some of the things in here are very dangerous.\r\n\r\nTed goes to help Tom get free while Daria turns back to Andrea. \r\n\r\n Daria: Where is Rupert?\r\n\r\n Andrea: Upstairs, what’s up?\r\n\r\n Jane: Major magical badness.\r\n\r\nAndrea looks at them skeptically then turns toward the stairs and calls to Rupert.\r\n\r\n Jane: Who’s Rupert?\r\n\r\n Daria: The owner.\r\n\r\nAt the top of the stairs a man dressed in a dark grey suit appears and wave to Daria.\r\n\r\nRupert: Oh, hello Daria it’s good to see you again, and I see you brought some friends.\r\n\r\nDaria: Yes, well we need help from someone who knows a little about magic.\r\n\r\nRupert: Well, I’ll certainly try and help you in any way I can.\r\n\r\nHe looks up and sees Ted and Tom who are now both trapped by the writhered old hand.\r\n\r\nRupert: (chuckles) Here, first lets get these two free. It’s a simple trick, all you have to do is tickle the base of the hand, see like this.\r\n\r\nHe tickles the hand where it meets the stone base and the hand relaxes and opens. Tom and Ted both yank their hands away and back as far away as they can.\r\n\r\nRupert: It’s an amusing little thing, much like a Chinese finger trap. Most people try to force it open or pull their hands out but they never think to be gentile.\r\n\r\nTom: Yeah well, just keep it away from me.\r\n\r\nRupert: Now then, tell me about this problem you have.\r\n\r\nDaria: Okay, well I guess I should start at the beginning.\r\n\r\nFade to: Mumbo’s Lair – the lab doors open and the three puppet henchmen enter with their head’s hung down.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Let me guess, you lost them?\r\n\r\nThe henchmen nod yes.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: I figured as much, that’s why I dispatched my only two reliable henchmen to bring me a bargaining chip.\r\n\r\nMumbo picks up a control unit from the arm of his chair and presses a button. A hidden door above the henchmen opens and a cage drops down and they have to jump out of the way to avoid being crushed. Inside the cage is a young woman in her mid-twenties, she wears a small pair of round wire-rimmed glasses and a blue blouse with jeans.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Welcome to my humble abode, Jessica DeWitt-Clinton!\r\n\r\n Jessica: I haven’t used that name for years, how do you know it?\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Well, let’s just say that your brother has someone in his company that I want, and you are the bait. Number two!\r\n\r\nOne of the puppets steps forward.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Go to this address, tell them- tell them everything, but be sure they come here!\r\n\r\nThe henchman nods yes then leaves. Mumbo looks around and sighs.\r\n\r\n Munbo Sweeto: So… you know any good card games?\r\n\r\n Jessica: No.\r\n\r\nShe turns away from him and Mumbo sighs again.\r\nCut to: The Magic Box – Daria has just finished telling Rupert about their predicament.\r\n\r\n Rupert: Puppet-headed Henchmen?\r\n\r\nJane: Actually they were more like human sized puppets, they moved like puppets I mean.\r\n\r\nAndrea: So you were dead?\r\n\r\nTed: That’s the fourth time you asked that.\r\n\r\nDaria: Yes I was dead.\r\n\r\nAndrea: What was it like?\r\n\r\nDaria: The same as living, except for the flying and walking through walls.\r\n\r\nRupert: And you don’t know what happened to those other two sorcerers, oh what were their names?\r\n\r\nTed: Doctor Orpheus and Doctor Strange.\r\n\r\nRupert: Ah yes of course, how could I forget such unusual names. \r\n\r\nTed: I’m afraid the last time we saw them they were supposed to be watching over the cursed quarter, but by the time we returned they were gone and the quarter was unprotected.\r\n\r\nTom stands up and walks toward the front door.\r\n\r\n Rupert: Tom? Is something wrong?\r\n\r\n Tom: No, I just need a little fresh air.\r\n\r\nTom opens the door and gets tackled by the puppet henchman.\r\n\r\n Tom: Damn it, I wish everyone would stop that!\r\n\r\nJane: Well Looky-looky what the rich boy drug in. I guess your kind is attracted to each other.\r\n\r\nTom: Very funny Jane!\r\n\r\n Andrea: So this is one of the demon guy’s puppet-headed henchmen?\r\n\r\n Puppet: Yes, I bring message from my master. \r\n\r\nJane: Okay then, Sing.\r\n\r\nPuppet: My master has the boy’s sister hostage at the Zon because he has in his company someone the master wants and if you do not come by midnight he’s going to take her to the underworld where she will be lost forever.\r\n\r\nTom Gets up and grabs the puppet by its shirt.\r\n\r\nTom: What do you mean he has my sister! What does she have to do with any of this? I don’t even know what is going on here how could she? Talk damn you!\r\n\r\nPuppet: Not you, not your sister.\r\n\r\nDaria: Then whose sister?\r\n\r\nPuppet: His.\r\n\r\nThe puppet points at Ted who looks confused.\r\n\r\n Rupert: And what is it your master wants again?\r\n\r\n Puppet: Her.\r\n\r\nThe puppet moves his arm and points at Daria. Tom shakes the puppet violently.\r\n\r\n Tom: What does he want with Daria?\r\n\r\nPuppet: A wife…\r\n\r\nEveryone: A wife!\r\n\r\nAfter her initial shock Daria’s face turns to one of annoyance.\r\n\r\n Tom: If that’s all you’ve got to say, then—\r\n\r\nThe dummy slips out of Tom’s grip and pushes him to the ground before running off.\r\n \r\n Tom: Strong little guy, someday he’ll be a real boy.\r\n\r\n Andrea: Oh ha ha, very funny.\r\n\r\n Jane: Cut the jokes Tom this is serious.\r\n\r\n Tom: What, I just… it was…\r\n\r\nTom shuts up and drops his head. The front door opens and Doctor Orpheus strolls in holding a scorched part of the puppet’s head.\r\n\r\nDoctor Orpheus: I do so apologize if this enchanted puppet belonged to anyone- here- oh no.\r\n\r\nDaria, Jane, and Ted: You!\r\n\r\nDoctor Orpheus: Oh, hello again. Ah I see that you managed to reinstate Miss Daria’s soul. I’m terribly sorry that I was unable to help; I’ll just be going now.\r\n\r\nHe turns to leave but Jane gets up and runs past him to block his path.\r\n\r\nJane: Oh, but surly you came to this shop to buy something, have a look around and you know tell us why you left us hanging!\r\n\r\nDoctor Orpheus: Oh um, I was hoping that we could forget that little…\r\n\r\nThe glare he receives from Jane and Daria drives him back toward the table where he sits like a scolded dog.\r\n\r\nDoctor Orpheus: All right, it wasn’t my fault! It was that impostor Doctor Strange who-!\r\n\r\nDoctor Strange: (OS) WHAT! Why you backstabbing little!\r\n\r\nThe room is filled with smoke as Doctor Strange appears.\r\n\r\nDoctor Orpheus: You, how dare you call me a backstabber! For that to be true we must be working together and I never have nor shall ever work with a liar like you!\r\n\r\nDoctor Strange: Oh that is enough, it’s on now!\r\n\r\nThe two doctors raise their hands to attack but nothing happens. They look at their hands confused then try again with the same result. Rupert rises from his chair and steps between the two sorcerers and forces their hands down.\r\n\r\nRupert: Your spells will not work in here; there is a dampening field around this building that prevents malevolent magicks from being used.\r\n\r\nDoctor Orpheus: Really? That type of spell requires a most skilled and powerful sorcerer.\r\n\r\nRupert: Thank you, I do try my best.\r\n\r\nDoctor Strange: You mean to say that you are responsible for this dampening field? I am most impressed.\r\n\r\nJane: Um, yeah this is fun and all but I think I should tell you that we are running low on time.\r\n\r\nDoctor Orpheus: Time for what?\r\n\r\nDaria: Mumbo Sweeto apparently has kidnapped Ted’s nonexistent sister and is planning to drop her into the underworld unless I go to him and become his wife.\r\n\r\nDoctor Strange: Whoa, bummer. Well good luck with all that, I’d love to stay but I really must be on my way. The trials of being Sorcerer Supreme and all that-\r\n\r\nDoctor Orpheus: There you go trying to steal my title again!\r\n\r\nRupert: Wait, so you two are the idiots trying to impersonate me?\r\n\r\nTed: Oh no, not you too, how many Sorcerer Supremes are there?\r\n\r\nRupert: Oh I assure you Ted, I am the true Sorcerer Supreme, and these two have just been using my title and causing me a lot of grief! I can’t begin to count the many messes I’ve had to clean up thanks to them. Here, let me prove it two you, this Mumbo Sweeto claims to have kidnapped your sister…\r\n\r\nTed: Yes sir, but I don’t have a sister.\r\n\r\nRupert holds his hand up to his forehead and closes his eyes. The room begins to darken around them and then distant stars slowly appear. In the center of the room a small alter appears with a crystal sphere set into the top. Rupert lowers his hand and steps up to the alter.\r\n\r\n Rupert: Step forward Ted.\r\n\r\nTed takes a few small steps forward and looks at the alter.\r\n\r\nRupert: Oh don’t be afraid, this is just a sort of looking glass, it will allow me to peek in on this Mumbo Sweeto and see what exactly he has planned. Ted, please place your hands on the alter.\r\n\r\nTed does and Rupert holds his hands over the crystal and closes his eyes once again. The crystal sphere begins to fill will grey smoke that swirls around slowly increseing in speed. Instantly the grey smoke turns red and the star filled room turns into the Zon startling Daria and the others.\r\n\r\nRupert: Don’t be afraid, we are still safe. This is just an illusion to allow us a chance to look around, we shall not be detected.\r\n\r\nJane: Look at the stage!\r\n\r\nThey all turn to see Jessica in her cage.\r\n\r\n Ted: Who’s that? I’ve never seen her before in my life.\r\n\r\nRupert: Are you certain Ted? I sense a connection between the two of you, a strong connection.\r\n\r\nTed: I- I’m fairly certain. I never had a sister; at least I don’t think I did…\r\n\r\nDaria: She does look a little like you Ted.\r\n\r\nTed steps up to her for a closer look.\r\n\r\n Ted: I… do remember her, I think…\r\n\r\nRupert steps up behind him and lays a hand on his shoulder.\r\n\r\n Rupert: I believe that this is your sister Ted, and you must go to her rescue.\r\n\r\n Ted: But how? How can I fight someone who can use magic?\r\n\r\n Rupert: I may have a way.\r\n\r\nRupert takes his hand off Ted’s shoulder and clasps hit together with his other hand. The Zon disappears and they are once again in the star filled room. Rupert steps forward and reaches out to pluck one of the stars from it’s place. It begins to glow bright as he turns back toward Ted.\r\n\r\n Rupert: Take this and may it protect you.\r\n\r\nRupert tosses the star to Ted and it changes into a sword and shield. The sword has a light blue / silver blade and a dark blue winged hilt. The shield is blue with a silver trim and decorated by a tribal, abstract bird below a set of small triangles that form a bigger triangle.\r\n\r\n Ted: But, I can’t-\r\n\r\nRupert: Ted, trust in yourself and they will protect you. Besides, you will not be alone; your friends will be with you.\r\n\r\nTed turns to look at the others who look back like deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming car.\r\n\r\n Jane: Um yeah… about that.\r\n\r\n Tom: Hey don’t look at me I’m a lover not a fighter.\r\n\r\n Jane: Not from what I’ve seen.\r\n\r\n Tom: Hey!\r\n\r\nDaria: What I think Jane means is, how can we help? We don’t have any weapons or powers.\r\n\r\nRupert: When the time is right, you will have your part to play. And as for you two…\r\n\r\nRupert turns toward Doctor Orpheus and Doctor Strange and thrusts his hand out sending a pair of glowing green orbs toward them. The orbs make contact and surround the two sorcerers and fades away.\r\n\r\n Doctor Strange: What did you do to us!\r\n\r\nDoctor Orpheus starts beating himself as if on fire and trying to put out the flames.\r\n\r\n Doctor Orpheus: Ow it burns! It Burns!\r\n\r\n Rupert: Oh do act your age, it does not!\r\n\r\nDoctor Orpheus stops and looks up.\r\n\r\n Doctor Orpheus: Oh, so it seams. My mistake…\r\n\r\nRupert: For all the trouble you have caused me I am going to cause you two some trouble. The spell I just cast on you is a sort of binding spell, a binding spell that prevents either of you from leaving Ted and his friends sides. You two will be on the front line fighting along with them.\r\n\r\nDoctor Strange: What! No! Absolutely not! I think I left the stove on!\r\nDoctor Orpheus: What! I can’t! My back! Oh and I have a dinner date!\r\n\r\nRupert snaps his fingers and they both stop talking.\r\n\r\n Rupert: No excuses, now march!\r\n\r\nHe points to his right and a white doorway opens. Defeated the two sorcerers march out of the room followed by Tom.\r\n\r\n Ted: Can you not come?\r\n\r\nRupert: No, I am truly sorry my boy. But I have other graver troubles I must deal with. However, if I should finish in time, I’ll rush to your side.\r\n\r\nTed: Thank you Rupert..\r\n\r\nRupert: Hurry along now, time grows short.\r\n\r\nTed turns from him and exits the room as Daria and Jane follow.\r\n\r\n Daria: How do we keep ending up involved, nothing like this used to happen?\r\n\r\n Jane: Well this time it is your fault.\r\n\r\n Daria: How is it my fault?\r\n\r\n Jane: If you just weren’t so desirable to the forces of evil.\r\n\r\n Daria: You really want to die Lane, don’t you?\r\n\r\nRupert stands just inside the doorway watching them leave as Andrea steps next to him.\r\n\r\n Andrea: So, is this connected to, you know who?\r\n\r\n Rupert: I’m afraid so… the darkness is coming and those kids are right in its path.\r\n\r\n Andrea: Then why didn’t you go with them? They’re going to need your help.\r\n\r\nRupert: I have to prepare, this is only the first battle. The last battle will happen far from here, and we have to lay down the path for them to follow.\r\n\r\nAndrea: Okay, where do we start?\r\n\r\nRupert: You gather the others; I’ll meet you on the other side.\r\n\r\nAndrea: Take care.\r\n\r\nRupert: You too.\r\n\r\nAndrea leaves the room and starts down the same road as the others but then turns down an alley to her right. Rupert steps back into the room which fades into the shadow cast by the Magic Box.\r\nCut to: The Zon – The front door flies open as Dr. Orpheus, Dr. Strange, and Tom rush in.\r\n\r\nDr. Orpheus: (grandiose) Cower in fear all you vile creatures for I, Dr. Orpheus have come for you!\r\n\r\nDr. Strange: What the hell was that?\r\n\r\nDr. Orpheus: My introduction! Every hero needs one.\r\n\r\nTom: Why did I get stuck with you two?\r\n\r\nDr. Strange: Wait a sec, where is everyone?\r\n\r\nThe three look around at the empty room. Dr. Strange stands up straight and scratches his head. Dr. Orpheus closes his eyes and begins gesturing madly.\r\n\r\nTom: What are you doing?\r\n\r\nDr. Orpheus: A revelation spell.\r\n\r\nDr. Strange: No you’re not! That’s all wrong, here move your hands like this.\r\n\r\nDr. Orpheus: Hey get off me, I know what I’m doing!\r\n\r\nDr. Strange: The hell you do!\r\n\r\nTom: Somebody shoot me.\r\n\r\nOne of the puppet-headed minions steps out of the shadows behind Tom and raises a gun.\r\n\r\nPuppet: Okay.\r\n\r\nTom turns around.\r\n\r\n Tom: Oh Sh-\r\n\r\nCut to: The Zon’s backdoor – Ted opens the door and enters the dark room followed by Jane and Daria.\r\n\r\n Jane: Well, we’re inside, now what?\r\n\r\nThe room is suddenly illuminated by an eerie cheerful glow.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: (off screen) Now my most esteemed guests, we sing!\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto, sitting on a large golden throne, decends from the celing.\r\n\r\n Daria: No.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Oh yes, a celebratory song to commemorate the joining of me and you, my sweet sweet lovely one.\r\n\r\nJane: Who talks like that?\r\n\r\nMumbo glares at Jane then turns his attentions back to Daria. Ted steps between them and draws out his sword.\r\n\r\n Ted: Where’s my sister!\r\n\r\nMumbo waves his hand dismissively and the cage containing Jennifer appears next to his throne.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Now that out business is done, alacabam!\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto snaps his fingers which causes an explostion of magical swirling colors. The roof of the Zon splits and peels back exposing the night sky. The stage where Mumbo’s throne and Jessica’s cage are located rises into the sky on four large columns. The walls of the Zon fall outward revealing huge coliseum-like stands filled with the people of Lawndale and replicas of Mumbo. \r\n\r\n Tom: What the hell is happening?\r\n\r\n Dr. Orpheus: Whoa, now this is magic!\r\n \r\n Jane: Hey, you’re not allowed to be impressed by the bad guy!\r\n\r\nTed: Come on Jane, you can’t tell me that you’re not impressed just a little.\r\n\r\nMumbo steps down from his throne and peers over the edge of the stage at the kids below and looks indignit.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Come, come now! What’s wrong with you lot; have you no sense of decency? The nerve, coming to a wedding dressed like that! I guess I’ll have to fix you.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto snaps the fingers on both of his hands creating another colorful explosion. He reaches over the edge and sprinkles a colorful dust over them. As the dust hits the guys their clothes change into black designer tuxedoes; as for Daria and Jane their clothes change into elegant strapless gowns (Green and red respectively). Mumbo grins sheepishly and flicks a small speck of dust at Daria which lands on her head and becomes a golden tiara.\r\n\r\n Jane: I never thought I’d see the day you wore one of those amiga.\r\n\r\n Daria: Now’s not the time Jane.\r\n\r\nShe tries to take off the tiara but it won’t budge.\r\n\r\n Daria: Damnit come off!\r\n\r\nMumbo pops in out of nowhere right in front of Daria.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Oh does my gift not please you my love?\r\n\r\n Daria: Defiantly not!\r\n\r\nDr. Strange and Dr. Orpheus rush over to Mumbo.\r\n\r\n Dr. Strange: Oh she dosen’t speak for all of us.\r\n\r\n Dr. Orpheus: No, absolutely not, we love these clothes.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: You are most welcome.\r\n\r\nTed pushes the two doctors aside and raises his sword.\r\n\r\n Ted: Enough, release my sister!\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: ummm… not until after the wedding.\r\n\r\n Daria: There will be no wedding!\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Well not if you’re going to have that attitude. I think a little change will do you good.\r\n\r\nMumbo snaps his fingers again and vanishes only to reappear back up on the stage.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Musica!\r\n\r\nAn upbeat mix of keyboards, violins, and drumbs begins to play. Mumbo spins around and a microphone and stand appears in his hands.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: [i:9568ba880f] The moonlight... \r\n Shines down interstellar beams \r\nAnd the groove tonight \r\nIs something more than you\'ve ever seen [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\n Jane: Oh no, not this again!\r\n\r\n Tom: Okay, I vote we get outta here right now!\r\n\r\nMumbo holds out his left hand then mimics shooting an arrow by pulling back his right hand, when he lets go a red sparkling “arrow” streaks across the room and strikes Tom who stumbles back dazed. Mumbo turns and repeats the process this time aiming at Jane. Another “arrow” strikes her and she also stumbles backward dazed, until she looks up and sees Tom who stares back at her. They step toward each other as if in a trance.\r\n\r\n Daria: Jane? Jane!\r\n\r\nJane ignores Daria and takes Tom’s hand as they begin to dance.\r\n\r\n Ted: Daria! We have to find some cover!\r\n\r\nTwo more “arrows” streak past Ted and strike the two sorcerers who take each other into their arms and join Tom and Jane in dancing. Ted looks up and sees Mumbo taking aim then fireing. Ted blocks the “arrow” with his shield as he grabs Daria’s hand and starts to lead her out of the open. Suddenly she stops and Ted turns to see one of the “arrows” dissipating.\r\n\r\n Ted: Oh no, Dari-!\r\n\r\nHe stops as one of the “arrows” hits him in the back, he stagers a little then looks up into Daria’s eyes. Hed drops his sword and shield as he and Daria step closer and begin to dance.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: [i:9568ba880f] The stars and planets taking shape \r\nA stolen kiss has come too late \r\nIn the moonlight \r\nCarry on, keep romancing, \r\nCarry on, carry on dancing [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nTom spins Jane out, then pulls her back in and leans her over as he moves in to kiss her.\r\n \r\nMumbo Sweeto: [i:9568ba880f] You\'re never safe \'till you see the dawn \r\nAnd if the clock strikes past midnight \r\nThe hope is gone \r\nTo move under... [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nJust as Tom is about to kiss Jane his watch beeps drawing Jane’s attention. She reads the time as 12:00 am then looks back at Tom and realizes that he is about to kiss her.\r\n\r\n Jane: You son of a -!\r\n\r\nJane decks Tom who in turn drops her.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Move. Closer. Passion. Stronger \r\n [i:9568ba880f] There\'s a magic only two can tell \r\nIn the dark night \r\nUltra violet is a wicked spell \r\nThe stars and planets taking shape \r\nA stolen kiss has come to late [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nJane gets up and glares at a dumbstruck Tom rubbing his jaw. She looks around and sees Daria and Ted moving closer to kiss.\r\n\r\n Jane: Daria, Ted don’t!\r\n\r\nJane’s yell gains Mumbo’s attention and he looks down and his eyes widen in panic as Daria and Ted kiss.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: No! Stop! Stop the music right now!\r\n\r\nThe music stops abruptly, the coliseum reverts to the Zon, and the dancing spell ceases. The two sorcerers stop dancing and look at each other then jump away from each other and shudder. Daria and Ted however continue their kiss much to Mumbo’s grief. He snaps his fingers and pops down next to them and tries to separate them but he cannot budge either of them.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: No, no, no, no, NO! This isn’t supposed to happen! She’s my bride you, you, home wrecker! Stop kissing my bride!\r\n\r\nMumbo tries to punch Ted but he is zapped by some power and thrown backward. As he pulls himself back up to his feet Daria and Ted finish their kiss and pull away.\r\n\r\n Daria: Ted?\r\n\r\n Ted: Yes Daria?\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: No, don’t say it!\r\n\r\n Daria: I love you.\r\n\r\n Jane: Daria!\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: No!!!!\r\n\r\n Ted: I love you too Daria.\r\n\r\nThe crowd stands and cheers as Mumbo leans back and howls into the night. Suddenly a large lighting bolt strikes the stage and crumbles one of the columns holding it up. The stage begins to tilt as another bolt of lightning hits it crumbling another column which sends the stage, throne, and Jessica’s cage plumminting to the ground.\r\n\r\n Tom: Oh sh-…\r\n\r\n Jane: Daria!\r\n\r\nDaria and Ted look up and see the stage falling toward them. Ted grabs Daria and tries to shield her but two powerful blasts strike the falling stage and knocks it away. Ted and Daria looks up to see the two sorcerers lowering their hands and looking at each other, surprised.\r\n\r\n Dr. Strange: Nicely done. \r\n\r\n Dr. Orpheus: Same to you.\r\n\r\nThe two sorcerers shake hands just as the throne hits the ground behind them and the cage hits in front of them.\r\n\r\n Dr. Strange: Gah!\r\n\r\n Dr. Orpheus: Eap!\r\n\r\nThey look at the remains of the throne and the cage then glare at each other.\r\n\r\nDr. Orpheus: You incompetent oaf! Why didn’t you do anything about that throne, I could’ve been killed!\r\n\r\nDr. Strange: Incompetent oaf!? What about you, you blundering fool!? Why didn’t you zap that cage away from here, huh? Do you realize how badly I could’ve been injured?\r\n\r\nDr. Orpheus: Blundering fool!? Is that the best your puny mind can come up with?\r\n\r\nDr. Strange: Oh that’s it I’ll show you!\r\n\r\nHe runs and tackles Dr. Orpheus and the two of them begin to roll around punching each other. Jane and Tom watch with slight amusement as they check on Daria and Ted who are finally snapping out of their trance.\r\n\r\n Daria: Oh, what happened?\r\n\r\n Jane: (to daria) Don’t ask. (to Tom) Don’t tell. Ever.\r\n\r\n Tom: Point made clear. Hey Ted you okay?\r\n\r\nTed straightens his glasses and looks around until he sees the cage.\r\n\r\n Ted: No, Jessica!\r\n\r\nTed gets up and runs over to the cage followed by Daria and the others. When they reach the cage there is no sign of Jessica.\r\n\r\n Ted: Jessica?\r\n\r\n Jessica: (off screen) Ted up here! Help me!\r\n\r\nTed looks up to see Mumbo standing on one of the remaining columns holding Jessica.\r\n\r\n Ted: Mumbo! Let her go!\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: No, we had a deal, your sister for a wife, for Daria; but you had to go and screw that all up.\r\n\r\nJane: Technically it was your spell!\r\n\r\nDaria: Um, what spell?\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Never mind the spell! We had a deal and I plan to stick to it. So I’m leaving and Jessica is coming with me.\r\n\r\nJessica: The hell I am! Let me go!\r\n\r\n Daria: Don’t worry. You’re not going anywhere. I am.\r\n\r\n Everyone: What?\r\n\r\n Daria: I said Jessica stays here and I’ll leave.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto leans forward, interested.\r\n\r\nMumbo: So you accept my deal then?\r\n\r\nDaria: Not exactly, the deal’s this. You let her go or I kill myself.\r\n\r\nEveryone: What!?!?!\r\n\r\nDaria: You heard me.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: What? You can’t do that!\r\n\r\nDaria: Trust me. I’ve died once already.\r\n\r\nJane: Daria-\r\n\r\nDaria: Not now Jane, I’m negotiating.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Well, having a dead wife… that’s rather gloomy. \r\n\r\nDaria: That’s love.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Come now. Is that really what you feel? Love is a miraculous thing!\r\n\r\nDaria: Love is overrated…\r\n\r\nMumbo smiles impishly.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: That’s not what you thought earlier…\r\n\r\nDaria: What’s that supposed to mean?\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Oh, don’t ask me… ask your friends, or maybe your, pleah, love Ted?\r\n\r\nDaria: My love…?\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Here, maybe this’ll clear things up for you, play it again sam!\r\n\r\nA soft piano melody begins and Daria turns to face the others and starts singing.\r\n\r\n Daria: [i:9568ba880f] Life’s a show and we all play a part\r\nAnd when the music starts,\r\nWe open up our hearts [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\n Jane: Okay, no more singing!\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Okay then… get ‘em boys!\r\n\r\nThe puppet-headed minions leap out of the shadows and surround them.\r\n\r\nDr. Orpheus: More enchanted puppets? This Mumbo person truly is a master sorcerer.\r\n\r\nDr. Strange slaps him on the back of his head.\r\n\r\nDr. Strange: Stop being impressed by him, besides I could conjure up some puppets too.\r\n\r\nDr. Orpheus: Okay, prove it.\r\n\r\nDr. Strange: Maybe later, but I think we should take out the two masked minions that are trying to sneak up on us.\r\n\r\nDr. Orpheus: Okay if you insist.\r\n\r\nThe two doctors raise their glowing hands and each toss a spell into the shadows above them. There is a bright flash followed by the masked man and woman dropping to the floor unconscious. \r\n\r\nDaria: [i:9568ba880f] It’s all right if some things come out wrong.\r\nWe’ll sing a happy song\r\nAnd you can sing along. [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nDaria grabs one of the puppet-headed henchmen and spins around in a circle with him until she lets go and he falls back into another couple of puppets.\r\n\r\nDaria: [i:9568ba880f]Where’s there’s life,\r\nThere’s hope.\r\nEveryday’s\r\nA gift- Ow! [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nDaria recoils from the slap she just received from Jane.\r\n\r\nJane: Sorry amiga but any more of that happy singing crap and I’d have to kill myself.\r\n\r\nDaria: I thought we agreed that you would shoot me if I started singing again.\r\n\r\nJane: Would’ve, no gun.\r\n\r\nDaria: Damn. Let’s get out of here.\r\n\r\nMumbo leaps down from his column and steps in front of Daria.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: My sweet!\r\n\r\nDaria punches him in the face and Jane kicks him in the groin dropping him to the ground. Mumbo groans in pain and with great effort gets onto his knees.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Not so fast, if you won’t be mine, then you’ll be no one’s! Danci Eterni!\r\n\r\nA sphere of magical energy leaps from Mumbo’s hand and hits Daria who pushes Jane away from her and starts dancing in an uncontrollable frenzy as the music’s tempo increases to a frenetic pace. Daria’s boots start to smoke and burn as Mumbo leans forward in anticipation of the inevitable. Suddenly Ted steps above Mumbo brandishing his sword and shield. \r\n\r\nTed: Stop the spell now.\r\n\r\nMumbo snaps his fingers and Daria collapses stops mid-step before she can burst into flame. Jane quickly helps her remove her smoking boots.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Now that was a show-stopping number. Not quite the fireworks\r\nthat I was looking for—ack!\r\n\r\nTed sticks his sword up against Mumbo’s throat.\r\n\r\n Ted: Release my sister.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Um… no.\r\n\r\nMumbo snaps his fingers and pops back up on top of the column.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: (laughs) Well things didn’t exactly work out as I planned; my choice in a wife for example. Hell one girl is just as good as any other; sorry that you’ll never know what you missed out on Daria. So I guess the little missus here and I should be on our way. Big smiles everyone! You beat the bad guy, and yet you didn’t… oh how I love a happy ending! \r\n[i:9568ba880f] What a lot of fun.\r\nYou guys have been real swell.\r\nAnd there’s not a one\r\nWho can say this ended well.\r\nAll those feelings you’ve been concealing,\r\nSay you’re happy now… once more, with feeling.\r\nNow I gotta run.\r\nSee you all in hell! [/i:9568ba880f]\r\nMy long, hard thought plans\r\nYou stopped in these lands\r\nBut try if you will in the land I rule\r\nOff we travel to Hyrule!\r\n\r\nA vortex appears next to Mumbo. He pushes Jessica into it then with a smirk he snaps his fingers and sends another wave of magical energy toward Daria and the others. Mumbo turns and enters the vortex and disappears. A slow melodic Daria and Ted step toward each other and take each other’s hands while Jane and Tom do the same. The two sorcerers see what’s happening and run as far away from each other as possible.\r\n\r\n Daria & Ted: [i:9568ba880f] The battle’s done and we kind of won \r\n\r\nEveryone: So we sound our victory cheer. Where do we go from here? [/i:9568ba880f]\r\n\r\nThe two couples move closer and closer until their lips are inches apart, then the vortex reopens and Mumbo flies out and hits the ground hard.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Ow…\r\n\r\nDr Strange: I thought you left?\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: I did, but dad kicked me out.\r\n\r\n Jane: Your dad?\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Yeah, Phantanon.\r\n\r\nTed runs over to Mumbo and picks him up by his shirt.\r\n\r\n Ted: Where is my sister?\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Um… I don’t know, exactly… somewhere in Hyrule.\r\n\r\n Ted: Where is this Hyrule?\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: An alternate slash parallel universe.\r\n\r\nThe vortex widens and a powerful gust of wind blows from it.\r\n\r\n Phantanon: Mumbo… remember my terms?\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: Ah yes about that… I was hoping that you were, you know just kidding.\r\n\r\nPhantanon: Kidding? When have you ever known me to be “just kidding”? You failed the simplest of tasks so now you are cut off! PERMINATLY!\r\n\r\nA red twisting energy beam emerges from the vortex and hits Mumbo.\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Noooooo…\r\n\r\nMumbo drops to his knees as the beam stops and the vortex closes. Suddenly there is a loud roaring sound as everyone looks toward the sky to see the formally paused tornado has once again resumed.\r\n\r\n Daria: Great.\r\n\r\n Ted: Do something Mumbo!\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: I cannot, I’ve been… cut off.\r\n\r\n Jane: Cut off? What does that mean?\r\n\r\n Mumbo Sweeto: Dad took my powers from me!\r\n\r\nTom: Great, what next?\r\n\r\nA large shadow appears around them and they look up to see a house falling toward them.\r\n\r\nDaria: Not again!\r\n\r\nShe and the others run in different directions leaving Mumbo alone, he looks up and sees the house.\r\n\r\nMumbo Sweeto: (meek) Mommy.\r\n\r\nThe house lands on top of Mumbo and sends out a large cloud of dust. After a few minutes the dust dissipates as Daria and the others approach the house.\r\n\r\n Daria: Anyone recognize this house?\r\n\r\n Jane: No.\r\n\r\n Ted: Never seen it before.\r\n\r\n Tom: No.\r\n\r\nThe front door opens and three girls and two guys exit and looking dazed.\r\n\r\n Zander: Hey Buffy, I don’t think we’re in Sunnydale anymore.\r\n\r\nEND\r\n\r\n___________________________\r\n\r\nI have returned and cursed the world once more with my attempt to write.\r\n\r\nI have \"borrowed without asking\" a few song lyrics from Daria! The Musical, Buffy the vampire slayer: \"Once More with Feeling,\" and Savage Garden\'s \"Carry on Dancing\" - i do apoligize -- truly, madly, and deeply...'),(245286,'9711af4e7d','','Completely ridiculous. I don\'t photograph that well.'),(245287,'c2aa6252e0','','Given the pictures, I find this little statement (in bold) on the frontpage to be particularly funny.\r\n\r\n[quote:c2aa6252e0=\"omg i got insulted :(\"]\r\n[b:c2aa6252e0]Our Web Site has a 98% success rate.[/b:c2aa6252e0]\r\n[/quote:c2aa6252e0]\r\n\r\n :lol:'),(245288,'40d0a980a9','','[quote:40d0a980a9=\"UU\"]My problem with Se7en is the killing of Mrs Mills. She wasn\'t supposed to represent any sin, nevertheless, John Doe beheaded her in order to provoke Mills.[/quote:40d0a980a9]\r\n\r\nHe killed her because of the sin of envy. Not that she was envious, but that she caused envy in him by her happiness and marriage. John Doe killed people for exhibiting a particular sin or for promoting a sin. It didn\'t exactly make perfect sense, but it\'s important to remember one vital fact. He was *expletive deleted* insane.'),(245289,'0f7b525f79','','That\'s hilarious. I love the poster in the background, too. \r\nGreat work! :lol:'),(245290,'2c8b35259e','','For another Strangelove tidbit, Slim Pickens was apparently not told that the movie was intended as a black comedy. He was told it was serious and to play his part as such. Also, Peter Sellers was originally to play that character as well but couldn\'t do the accent.'),(245291,'d7496fee27','','Terrific resource! Thanks, Vladimir! :D\r\n\r\nAt last, we can categorize how Daria looks: she is [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.HollywoodHomely]Hollywood Homely[/url].'),(245292,'7bf4f95c09','','Hmm... Well, I dunno how far the jenga situation will go. I don\'t know how to flirt.\r\n\r\nUsually I get who I want without much effort ;)\r\n\r\nMust be my bouncy hair.'),(245293,'9b29d6866b','','[quote:9b29d6866b=\"brandonoh\"][quote:9b29d6866b=\"UU\"]My problem with Se7en is the killing of Mrs Mills. She wasn\'t supposed to represent any sin, nevertheless, John Doe beheaded her in order to provoke Mills.[/quote:9b29d6866b]\r\n\r\nHe killed her because of the sin of envy. Not that she was envious, but that she caused envy in him by her happiness and marriage. John Doe killed people for exhibiting a particular sin or for promoting a sin. It didn\'t exactly make perfect sense, but it\'s important to remember one vital fact. He was *expletive deleted* insane.[/quote:9b29d6866b]\r\nYeah, yeah... But wasn\'t John Doe supposed to be the Envy victim himself? What\'s that special with that particular deadly sin so it requires two victims?\r\n\r\nI have another theory, but I\'m afraid to be declared insane for espousing it. :)'),(245294,'cf58146dfc','','[quote:cf58146dfc=\"Bluu\"]Hmm... Well, I dunno how far the jenga situation will go. I don\'t know how to flirt.\r\n\r\nUsually I get who I want without much effort ;)\r\n\r\nMust be my bouncy hair.[/quote:cf58146dfc]\r\n\r\nYeah. The bouncy hair.\r\n\r\n\r\n(explodes into fits of laughter)\r\n\r\n\r\nI\'m sorry - I just remembered a joke I heard... the joke?\r\n\r\n\r\nUmmmmm... what did the snail say when he got a ride on the turtle\'s back?\r\n\r\n\r\n[i:cf58146dfc]Wheeeeeeeeeeeee![/i:cf58146dfc]\r\n\r\n\r\n(hangs head in shame and quietly walks away)'),(245295,'44fecbf4cc','','Happy 31-and-2-days-st birthday\r\n\r\nWow, you\'re 31st birthday was the same day as my 16 and 11 months almost birthday :o What a coincidence!'),(245296,'7522e1eb1c','And you thought Avril was a bitch.....','........she\'s got NOTHING on [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCyGvGEtOwc]this chick.[/url]'),(245297,'0212b840ae','','[quote:0212b840ae=\"Bluu\"]Happy 31-and-2-days-st birthday\r\n\r\nWow, you\'re 31st birthday was the same day as my 16 and 11 months almost birthday :o What a coincidence![/quote:0212b840ae]\r\n\r\nYour birthday is also one month and two days before my 26th birthday. :D'),(245298,'5aae001e86','','[u:5aae001e86][i:5aae001e86]\'The Daria-?!\'[/i:5aae001e86][/u:5aae001e86]\r\n\r\n\r\nThey actually based a character type on OH?!\r\n\r\n\r\nOh, that\'s fuel for a fanfic in and of itself! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:'),(245299,'d089e95432','','[quote:d089e95432=\"Bluu\"]Hmm... Well, I dunno how far the jenga situation will go. I don\'t know how to flirt.\r\n\r\nUsually I get who I want without much effort ;)\r\n\r\nMust be my bouncy hair.[/quote:d089e95432]\r\n\r\nI\'d say it\'s got to be a toss up between bouncy hair and tiny pores. There is more than one way to become cute and popular, but remember: you are faced with a major responsibility! :D :D :D :D'),(245300,'2d3e56b9f3','','[quote:2d3e56b9f3=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\nOh, that\'s fuel for a fanfic in and of itself! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote:2d3e56b9f3]\r\n\r\nAnd I formally challenge you to write it!!\r\n\r\n[size=7:2d3e56b9f3]if you don\'t mind, that is...[/size:2d3e56b9f3]\r\n\r\n 8)'),(245301,'0afb7361eb','','http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/04/AR2007060400607.html'),(245302,'ba19142597','','[quote:ba19142597=\"UU\"][quote:ba19142597=\"brandonoh\"][quote:ba19142597=\"UU\"]My problem with Se7en is the killing of Mrs Mills. She wasn\'t supposed to represent any sin, nevertheless, John Doe beheaded her in order to provoke Mills.[/quote:ba19142597]\r\n\r\nHe killed her because of the sin of envy. Not that she was envious, but that she caused envy in him by her happiness and marriage. John Doe killed people for exhibiting a particular sin or for promoting a sin. It didn\'t exactly make perfect sense, but it\'s important to remember one vital fact. He was *expletive deleted* insane.[/quote:ba19142597]\r\nYeah, yeah... But wasn\'t John Doe supposed to be the Envy victim himself? What\'s that special with that particular deadly sin so it requires two victims?\r\n\r\nI have another theory, but I\'m afraid to be declared insane for espousing it. :)[/quote:ba19142597]\r\n\r\nAt the risk of being repetitious, John Doe indeed meant himself to be the Envy victim, so he manifested his envy by killing Mills. Also, Doe has pegged Det. Mills for the sin of wrath—how better to get him to mainfest that sin so as to ruin himself?\r\n\r\nAs far as being insane for your other theory—when has that ever stopped anyone else here from saying something? :D'),(245303,'a814267a87','','[quote:a814267a87=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]...At the risk of being repetitious, John Doe indeed meant himself to be the Envy victim, so he manifested his envy by killing Mills.[/quote:a814267a87]\r\nJohn Doe didn\'t need to manifest his envy to himself. He had already known that he had been envious.\r\n\r\n[quote:a814267a87=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]Also, Doe has pegged Det. Mills for the sin of wrath—how better to get him to mainfest that sin so as to ruin himself?[/quote:a814267a87]\r\nHere the crazy theory kicks in. There was no head in the box that Somerset opened; the box was empty.'),(245304,'87c6ba387d','','[quote:87c6ba387d=\"ahmygoddess\"]\r\nActually, there are four states that regard themselves as Commonwealths: Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. (for whatever reason, I can\'t get Wikipedia url links anymore. Just type in \"United States Commonwealths\" on your browser, and it will give several links)[/quote:87c6ba387d]\r\n\r\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_%28United_States%29]I think this should do it[/url] :)'),(245305,'1da1dd61e5','','[quote:1da1dd61e5=\"The Angst Guy\"]Large parts of the Wikipedia article on Stacy Rowe are from the MTV site.\r\n\r\nGo [url=http://www.mtv.com/onair/daria/fashionclub/soulmateprofile/#][b:1da1dd61e5][i:1da1dd61e5]HERE[/i:1da1dd61e5][/b:1da1dd61e5][/url] and see. The FC members have profiles parodying one another.\r\n\r\nAlso see [url=http://www.mtv.com/onair/daria/fashionclub/soulmatesuccess/][b:1da1dd61e5][i:1da1dd61e5]HERE[/i:1da1dd61e5][/b:1da1dd61e5][/url] for more.[/quote:1da1dd61e5]\r\n\r\nI had forgotten about those! (and I missed your post, it seems).\r\n\r\n\"Poindextery\" has to be one of the finest words I\'ve ever seen. :lol: :lol:\r\n\r\nMaybe you could call the measurement of it \"Poindexterity\"... but wouldn\'t that change Stacy\'s word to \"Poindextrous\"?\r\n\r\nok, I\'m shutting up RIGHT NOW. :oops:'),(245306,'1163c19873','','[MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth]I wonder if that energetic and well toned young thing has ever spent a drunken night in a bar vaguely resembling the obvious inspiration for her band\'s backdrop, CBGB\'s...\r\n \r\n[i:1163c19873]She\'s so dull, \r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds\r\nShe\'s so dull\r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds...[/i:1163c19873][/MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth] ;)'),(245307,'771d367162','','[quote:771d367162=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth]I wonder if that energetic and well toned young thing has ever spent a drunken night in a bar vaguely resembling the obvious inspiration for her band\'s backdrop, CBGB\'s...\r\n \r\n[i:771d367162]She\'s so dull, \r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds\r\nShe\'s so dull\r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds...[/i:771d367162][/MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth] ;)[/quote:771d367162]\r\n\r\nCuriously (and off subject - this is just something I\'ve always wondered), what age denotes the end of \"youth\"? :D'),(245308,'aa12500daf','Not So "Adequite" After All','http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007538027\r\n\r\nDiscuss amongst yourselves.\r\n\r\nEven I, with all of my cynicism, could not stay indifferent to her current sorry state of events. This girl is in some serious need of help.'),(245309,'c74ebb69d8','','[quote:c74ebb69d8=\"cyde\"][quote:c74ebb69d8=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth]I wonder if that energetic and well toned young thing has ever spent a drunken night in a bar vaguely resembling the obvious inspiration for her band\'s backdrop, CBGB\'s...\r\n \r\n[i:c74ebb69d8]She\'s so dull, \r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds\r\nShe\'s so dull\r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds...[/i:c74ebb69d8][/MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth] ;)[/quote:c74ebb69d8]\r\n\r\nCuriously (and off subject - this is just something I\'ve always wondered), what age denotes the end of \"youth\"? :D[/quote:c74ebb69d8]\r\n\r\nThere\'s no chronological age [i:c74ebb69d8]per se[/i:c74ebb69d8]—it happens whenever you start worrying about your cholesterol levels and you decide it isn\'t worth telling the doctor about your joint pains. Having your friends put up with these and related subjects for conversation clinches it.'),(245310,'d8a603b0a7','','[quote:d8a603b0a7=\"UU\"][quote:d8a603b0a7=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]...At the risk of being repetitious, John Doe indeed meant himself to be the Envy victim, so he manifested his envy by killing Mills.[/quote:d8a603b0a7]\r\nJohn Doe didn\'t need to manifest his envy to himself. He had already known that he had been envious.[/quote:d8a603b0a7]\r\n\r\nSure. But according to his moral code (such as it is/was), these sins need to be punished. I imagine he would have ruled out suicide for other moral/religious reasons, e.g., suicide being another sin, the sinner cannot be the instrument of his own punishment, there was one more sin to go.\r\n\r\n[quote:d8a603b0a7=\"UU\"][quote:d8a603b0a7=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]Also, Doe has pegged Det. Mills for the sin of wrath—how better to get him to mainfest that sin so as to ruin himself?[/quote:d8a603b0a7]\r\nHere the crazy theory kicks in. There was no head in the box that Somerset opened; the box was empty.[/quote:d8a603b0a7]\r\n\r\nThat\'s actually pretty interesting :shock: Say more!'),(245311,'a63ef09097','','There was an entry on \"Limited Wardrobe\" -- a trope (usually found in cartoons) where the character wears the same clothes all the time.\r\n\r\n[i:a63ef09097]For these fashion nuts, Limited Wardrobe shouldn\'t even be an option, yet it happens anyway: \r\n\r\nOn Daria, the four vapid members of the Fashion Club, who constantly bicker about what\'s in this week and is so over after being in last week, never change their clothes. At least one Lampshade Hanging was done on this. [/i:a63ef09097]\r\n\r\nA \"lampshade hanging\" is when the show actually calls attention to one of the tropes, sort of a \"yes, we know this is a trope, we\'re using it anyway.\"\r\n\r\nI can think of at least two \"Lampshade Hangings\" in Daria that call attention to \"Limited Wardrobe\". I think the first one is where Daria is trying to pick out something to wear for Alternapalooza and we see some clothes which I think are green jackets and orange T-shirts. If not this episode, then I think at least one other one.\r\n\r\nI also remember somewhere where it\'s brought to the viewer\'s attention that Kevin always wears his uniform, all the time. However, I cannot think of any bit of self-referential dialogue or visual reference calling attention to the \"Limited Wardrobe\" trope of the Fashion Club. Can anyone remember one?\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!'),(245312,'2fe0d389a4','','[quote:2fe0d389a4=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]...Sure. But according to his moral code (such as it is/was), these sins need to be punished. I imagine he would have ruled out suicide for other moral/religious reasons, e.g., suicide being another sin, the sinner cannot be the instrument of his own punishment, there was one more sin to go.[/quote:2fe0d389a4]\r\nOf course, that\'s why he provoked Mills into killing him. \r\n\r\n[quote:2fe0d389a4=\"UU\"]That\'s actually pretty interesting :shock: Say more![/quote:2fe0d389a4]\r\nSomerset was either Doe\'s accomplice from the beginning or, more likely, contacted him upon some point. Doe\'s surrender and the desert ride were planned by them together.\r\n\r\nSomerset openly disdains the world he lives in. \'Assisting\' Doe is his twisted revenge.'),(245313,'29edab6107','Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','I\'ve got a library DVD that has to go back soon. \r\n\r\nThe reason I got this was some time ago I mentioned how the Star Wars saga just didn\'t hang together, or it was incredibly disturbing if it did. One of the primary reasons is that in RotS, Obi-Wan goes almost instantly from \"the Sith are evil\" to \"only a Sith deals in absolutes.\" The latter comment seems to me to fly in the face of the former. The statement is also itself an absolute. \r\n\r\nAlso, when Anakin says, \"From my point of view, it\'s the Jedi that are evil,\" Obi-Wan responds that Anakin is truly lost. (Did \"Crazy Ben\" mean that absolutely, or just that Anakin was lost from a \"certain point of view\"?)\r\n\r\nPlus, Obi-Wan seems to have decided that Emperor Palpatine is correct in the latter eps when he tries explaining to Luke about his lying to him that truth depends \"on a certain point of view.\" Not to mention that Luke is told by Obi-Wan that Vader is evil and MUST be destroyed, acting all sad and even betrayed if Luke didn\'t act as an assassin against his own father. (Luckily, that emotional family--for any other than the Jedi cult, natch--attatchment Luke had for Vader, you know the thing that the Jedi Order said must be eschewed, made it so that Anakin lived up to the prophecy. :P)\r\n\r\nAlso, right after the \"Sith deals in absolutes,\" Obi-Wan adds, \"I will do as I must.\" Why Vader didn\'t rightly respond, \"As will I,\" is beyond me, as they were a lot alike (heck, Palpatine orders Vader, \"do what must be done\"). Heck, a few days earlier, Obi-Wan probably would\'ve slaughtered the Trade Federation people in their hidden base just as happily as Darth Vader did. For the VERY SAME REASON, too! (Peace to the Republic AND because it was ordered from above. I believe the Jedi term, from their PoV, is \"aggressive negotations.\" :P)\r\n\r\nBut then, Palpatine did explain that the Jedi and Sith are a lot alike. Turns out he was right. (And that his faith in the dark side wasn\'t misplaced as Yoda claimed before the Emperor wipes the floor with him. I also think Palpatine was playing Windu and pretending to be beaten just to further corrupt--or from the Sith PoV, convert--Anakin to his side.)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnyway, I think that sums up what we were talking about. And a guy told me to see the RotS DVD as \"it\'s all explained there.\"\r\n\r\nWell I just saw it. I don\'t think ANY of this was even touched! Granted, I did other stuff as I watched, since I found a lot of it boring, but I\'m sure I\'d have caught it if all this had been explained, even if only in part.\r\n\r\nSo did I just miss it somehow? If so, before I send it back to the library, can someone tell me where to look for it? Or do I owe that guy a slap for lying to me (except maybe from his \"certain point of view\" :P)?'),(245314,'2dd3bc3451','','[quote:2dd3bc3451=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][quote:2dd3bc3451=\"cyde\"][quote:2dd3bc3451=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth]I wonder if that energetic and well toned young thing has ever spent a drunken night in a bar vaguely resembling the obvious inspiration for her band\'s backdrop, CBGB\'s...\r\n \r\n[i:2dd3bc3451]She\'s so dull, \r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds\r\nShe\'s so dull\r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds...[/i:2dd3bc3451][/MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth] ;)[/quote:2dd3bc3451]\r\n\r\nCuriously (and off subject - this is just something I\'ve always wondered), what age denotes the end of \"youth\"? :D[/quote:2dd3bc3451]\r\n\r\nThere\'s no chronological age [i:2dd3bc3451]per se[/i:2dd3bc3451]—it happens whenever you start worrying about your cholesterol levels and you decide it isn\'t worth telling the doctor about your joint pains. Having your friends put up with these and related subjects for conversation clinches it.[/quote:2dd3bc3451]\r\n\r\nWhat about children with progeria? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:'),(245315,'949fc95311','','Nemo Blank does a rather positive Charles in \"Ring Toss\". Nemo Blank also wrote \"Crossover\", where Charles undergoes a radical change, and he...er... she, comes across quite well. Both stories can be found at Outpost Daria.'),(245316,'b201e8ec8e','','[quote:b201e8ec8e=\"Roentgen\"]There was an entry on \"Limited Wardrobe\" -- a trope (usually found in cartoons) where the character wears the same clothes all the time.\r\n\r\n[i:b201e8ec8e]For these fashion nuts, Limited Wardrobe shouldn\'t even be an option, yet it happens anyway: \r\n\r\nOn Daria, the four vapid members of the Fashion Club, who constantly bicker about what\'s in this week and is so over after being in last week, never change their clothes. At least one Lampshade Hanging was done on this. [/i:b201e8ec8e]\r\n\r\nA \"lampshade hanging\" is when the show actually calls attention to one of the tropes, sort of a \"yes, we know this is a trope, we\'re using it anyway.\"\r\n\r\nI can think of at least two \"Lampshade Hangings\" in Daria that call attention to \"Limited Wardrobe\". I think the first one is where Daria is trying to pick out something to wear for Alternapalooza and we see some clothes which I think are green jackets and orange T-shirts. If not this episode, then I think at least one other one.\r\n\r\nI also remember somewhere where it\'s brought to the viewer\'s attention that Kevin always wears his uniform, all the time. However, I cannot think of any bit of self-referential dialogue or visual reference calling attention to the \"Limited Wardrobe\" trope of the Fashion Club. Can anyone remember one?[/quote:b201e8ec8e]\r\n\r\n\r\nOne time, Sandi mentioned \"that thing you always wear\" to Quinn...I need to go back and review which episodes these are from.\r\n\r\nI\'m sure that Kevin\'s attire is mentioned in Cafe Disaffecto, when Brittany mentions he was smart to wear his football uniform. I\'m still looking for the others.'),(245317,'abd4ce37d7','','I think she needs to be locked away in a dungeon far from other people, honestly.\r\n\r\nedit: What I don\'t understand is how this kind of s*** gets deemed \"newsworthy\" in the first place... :roll:'),(245318,'c7f7883ad7','','[quote:c7f7883ad7=\"Roentgen\"][i:c7f7883ad7]the four vapid members of the Fashion Club[/i:c7f7883ad7][/quote:c7f7883ad7]\r\n\r\nI\'m going to kill whoever wrote this.\r\n\r\nSeriously, they got the idea of The Fashion Club all wrong. Don\'t they understand that The Fashion Club girls are so fashionable, that they can wear the same apparel all the time, and still be fashionable, because they\'re so fashionable that whatever they wear is always fashionable, even if they wear it all the time? And don\'t they realise that since Kevin is the QB, and is too stupid to be anything else but the QB, he consciously chooses to wear his outfit all the time, just so he can say \"I\'m the QB!\"?\r\n\r\nThey even spelt Stacy and Tiffany\'s names with an i instead of a y. Whoever are running this website are worse than Jump The Shark.'),(245319,'6d611666c2','','[quote:6d611666c2=\"UU\"][quote:6d611666c2=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]...Sure. But according to his moral code (such as it is/was), these sins need to be punished. I imagine he would have ruled out suicide for other moral/religious reasons, e.g., suicide being another sin, the sinner cannot be the instrument of his own punishment, there was one more sin to go.[/quote:6d611666c2]\r\nOf course, that\'s why he provoked Mills into killing him. \r\n\r\n[quote:6d611666c2=\"UU\"]That\'s actually pretty interesting :shock: Say more![/quote:6d611666c2]\r\nSomerset was either Doe\'s accomplice from the beginning or, more likely, contacted him upon some point. Doe\'s surrender and the desert ride were planned by them together.\r\n\r\nSomerset openly disdains the world he lives in. \'Assisting\' Doe is his twisted revenge.[/quote:6d611666c2]\r\n\r\nActually, that\'s pretty good. I don\'t know if it can be squared with everything in the film, but there seems to be an affinity between Somerset and Doe—I remember thinking as I watched it the first time that maybe Somerset was the killer.\r\n\r\nI think I\'m gonna watch it again :twisted:'),(245320,'37b2cd950e','','I\'m in the liberal state of Kali (though I see plenty of conservatives around me--plenty of them pro-Bush or who think Bush isn\'t doing enough about the illegal aliens). Though not the most antigun state in the US, it\'s often touted to be (it\'s bad, but I don\'t think it\'s the worst--and at least you can get a permit to carry concealed here as long as you\'re white and/or wealthy). \r\n\r\nI have a hard time believing that there are demonstrations and the like in friggin\' KY demanding you be disarmed. So what brought this up, and brings it up again and again? :?\r\n\r\nIf this comes from your reading those far rightwing sites, maybe you should stop reading them until after your blood pressure is under control and your current personal dramas are a bit calmer. If they continously upset you, then it\'s not good for your body or state of mind. \r\n\r\nBtw, there\'s ALWAYS some dread event about to happen lest you join with your kindred in politics to stop it. (Pimps like to pull this trick, too, about how you\'ve got to join HIS stable or you\'ll suffer horribly in the stable of a rival pimp.) I\'ve even been told that if I dd not PERSONALLY support the war in Iraq, then the US was doomed and I might as well put on my burqa. :roll: Seriously. Natch, various leftist groups are just as guilty of it, so don\'t think I\'m picking only on conservatives, it\'s just what came immediately to mind. But these dread events were about to happen for decades, if not hundreds or even thousands of years, and yet it still hasn\'t happened yet. So I think it\'s safe if you stop worrying about it for awhile, at least until you can bring your blood pressure under control.\r\n\r\nAnd something else: I tend to get upset when I view too many political and news journals, sites, papers, videos, etc. When I start getting all cranky and upset, I take a break, go watch some fun stuff, get out into the real world, and all that. I think it helps me a lot. I think it would help you a lot to do the same. (Maybe not \"get out into the real world\" given where you live, but maybe there\'s somewhere you visit or hang out. Tip: if worried about police harassment, take some paper and pretend to be writing or drawing, as that tends to make it look like you\'re \"doing something\" other than meditating or loitering. There\'s also the library.)'),(245321,'1d3fe971bb','','[quote:1d3fe971bb=\"cyde\"][quote:1d3fe971bb=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][quote:1d3fe971bb=\"cyde\"][quote:1d3fe971bb=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth]I wonder if that energetic and well toned young thing has ever spent a drunken night in a bar vaguely resembling the obvious inspiration for her band\'s backdrop, CBGB\'s...\r\n \r\n[i:1d3fe971bb]She\'s so dull, \r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds\r\nShe\'s so dull\r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds...[/i:1d3fe971bb][/MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth] ;)[/quote:1d3fe971bb]\r\n\r\nCuriously (and off subject - this is just something I\'ve always wondered), what age denotes the end of \"youth\"? :D[/quote:1d3fe971bb]\r\n\r\nThere\'s no chronological age [i:1d3fe971bb]per se[/i:1d3fe971bb]—it happens whenever you start worrying about your cholesterol levels and you decide it isn\'t worth telling the doctor about your joint pains. Having your friends put up with these and related subjects for conversation clinches it.[/quote:1d3fe971bb]\r\n\r\nWhat about children with progeria? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:[/quote:1d3fe971bb]\r\n\r\nHey, they fit the criteria listed! :twisted:'),(245322,'76282a8186','','I think the Pacific Northwest (possibly with that part of Canada, too) should secede. Actually, I find the USA way too big and I think the powers that be would be more responsive to those they govern (thus making citizenship worth something) if the powers that be didn\'t oversee a huge territory. \r\n\r\nI was also fond of the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Jefferson]State of Jefferson[/url]. It\'s kinda already there in some psychic way, it just needs to be formalized so that places further south in Kali and further north in Oregon (both far superior in population/voters) can stop stealing their tax dollars and imposing their terms on an area that doesn\'t feel much kinship with them on.'),(245323,'d3ce78557d','','[quote:d3ce78557d=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][quote:d3ce78557d=\"cyde\"][quote:d3ce78557d=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][quote:d3ce78557d=\"cyde\"][quote:d3ce78557d=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth]I wonder if that energetic and well toned young thing has ever spent a drunken night in a bar vaguely resembling the obvious inspiration for her band\'s backdrop, CBGB\'s...\r\n \r\n[i:d3ce78557d]She\'s so dull, \r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds\r\nShe\'s so dull\r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds...[/i:d3ce78557d][/MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth] ;)[/quote:d3ce78557d]\r\n\r\nCuriously (and off subject - this is just something I\'ve always wondered), what age denotes the end of \"youth\"? :D[/quote:d3ce78557d]\r\n\r\nThere\'s no chronological age [i:d3ce78557d]per se[/i:d3ce78557d]—it happens whenever you start worrying about your cholesterol levels and you decide it isn\'t worth telling the doctor about your joint pains. Having your friends put up with these and related subjects for conversation clinches it.[/quote:d3ce78557d]\r\n\r\nWhat about children with progeria? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:[/quote:d3ce78557d]\r\n\r\nHey, they fit the criteria listed! :twisted:[/quote:d3ce78557d]\r\n\r\nWow, when you stop and think of it, that\'s REALLY sad...'),(245324,'d3e64e47b9','','Another fun feature of Rome was the constant presence of bands from different nations, dressed in colorful, traditional dress. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx5bBd45OKc]Here\'s[/url] an example.'),(245325,'34f67ab89e','','Girl fights back in school were vicious, but they rarely got violent. Traumatic, horrible, vicious, yes, but true violence was pretty rare. Even when it happened, the stages leading up to it were actually vastly more entertaining, as people kept going from one side to the other with \"messages\" and gossip, a lot of it no doubt embellished by those who wanted to see a fight happen. It was almost like spy warfare before the big event actually happened. \r\n\r\nAnd somehow, the music vids seem to have that air of fun, though the actors natch go a lot further in actual physical contact. Here\'s another one, btw, Girl Fight Tonight:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF-zeMFDtF0\r\n\r\n\"Well you know last night he told me, all those nasty things that you said\r\nYou asked him if he gets lonely, now you\'re asking to be dead! \r\nGIRL FIGHT TONIGHT!\" :lol:'),(245326,'b75cd30aa9','Explain your avatar','Yes, we\'ve done this once before I believe but it\'s been a while and I forget. Well mine is Yusuke Urameshi from the anime Yu Yu Hakusho after getting whooped by his mentor, Genkai.\r\n\r\nDeref, I\'m particularly curious about yours.'),(245327,'ed8be8c046','','[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U92gHcy_zjg]Here\'s[/url] a video showing the scope of the Colosseum. The persistent buzzing sound you hear came from workers weed-whacking nearby.'),(245328,'be4af60979','','[quote:be4af60979=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][quote:be4af60979=\"cyde\"][quote:be4af60979=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth]I wonder if that energetic and well toned young thing has ever spent a drunken night in a bar vaguely resembling the obvious inspiration for her band\'s backdrop, CBGB\'s...\r\n \r\n[i:be4af60979]She\'s so dull, \r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds\r\nShe\'s so dull\r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds...[/i:be4af60979][/MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth] ;)[/quote:be4af60979]\r\n\r\nCuriously (and off subject - this is just something I\'ve always wondered), what age denotes the end of \"youth\"? :D[/quote:be4af60979]\r\n\r\nThere\'s no chronological age [i:be4af60979]per se[/i:be4af60979]—it happens whenever you start worrying about your cholesterol levels and you decide it isn\'t worth telling the doctor about your joint pains. Having your friends put up with these and related subjects for conversation clinches it.[/quote:be4af60979]\r\n\r\nMetamucil and Dr. Scholl\'s are often involved.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245329,'32812bb4cc','','[quote:32812bb4cc=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:32812bb4cc=\"Roentgen\"][i:32812bb4cc]the four vapid members of the Fashion Club[/i:32812bb4cc][/quote:32812bb4cc]\r\n\r\nI\'m going to kill whoever wrote this.\r\n\r\nSeriously, they got the idea of The Fashion Club all wrong. Don\'t they understand that The Fashion Club girls are so fashionable, that they can wear the same apparel all the time, and still be fashionable, because they\'re so fashionable that whatever they wear is always fashionable, even if they wear it all the time?[/quote:32812bb4cc]\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol:'),(245330,'54d299004e','','Mine is a picture of Dr. James Wilson from the TV Show [i:54d299004e]House[/i:54d299004e] which I chopped up and scaled then photoshopped some words onto.\r\n\r\nAbout three minutes of work. :D'),(245331,'20788c4861','Re: Explain your avatar','Yeah, we\'ve done this before, but I had a different avatar. \r\n\r\n[quote:20788c4861=\"jak981125\"]Well mine is Yusuke Urameshi from the anime Yu Yu Hakusho after getting whooped by his mentor, Genkai.[/quote:20788c4861]\r\n\r\nOh, I thought that was you after NNJ...nevermind. \r\n\r\n[quote:20788c4861=\"jak981125\"]Deref, I\'m particularly curious about yours.[/quote:20788c4861]\r\n\r\nI could answer this, but I\'m sure Deref would like to explain it himself. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAs for my avatar, it\'s the deliciously evil Stewie Griffin. That is all.'),(245332,'5725699515','','I had the Read or Die character. I liked it and felt some affinity for the character though I\'d never seen the show. I knew it had something to do with books and I like books. Her strengths and weaknesses are similar to mine. And it just amused me.\r\n\r\nAnyway, I\'ve seen Read or Die thanx to YT and I\'m not that crazy about the series. (Glad I saw before I bought it.) I\'ve been meaning to change my avatar for awhile which I\'ve just done. It\'s a Pirate Hello Kitty. I just like it. It\'s \"me.\" I also have this pin that I wear on my trench coat (btw, I also wear the booties I won over the Quinn/Jane shipper fic I wrote on it, too). \r\n\r\nPlus, back in 2000 IIRC, I dressed as a \"Pirate Pippi Longstocking\" for Halloween. I\'m not sure what it is about me liking to mix children figures with pirates. Maybe it\'s a statement on how life toughened me up and I can be roguish, but that spark that I was born with still remains inside me. That\'s right, beneath my black armor, there\'s good in me still. :P\r\n\r\n[color=darkblue:5725699515]Mother of motion, the eyes can\'t capture time,\r\nfalling emotion, the blind now lead the blind,\r\nwe commit indescretions, and omit our sins from sight,\r\nin a world of intangibles, too many things seem right\r\n\r\nNo hand to scribe, the sinking sickness I have seen,\r\nno face to judge until you\'ve been the monster I have been,\r\nto hunger is noble, where beauty is silent sleep,\r\nmy hunger is noble, but my pain is driven deep.\r\n\r\nCruelty and consequence-cannot eliminate this relevance\r\nYour selfishness, your hatefulness cannot take away my immanence\r\nCruelty and consequence-cannot eliminate this relevance\r\nYour selfishness, your hatefulness cannot take away my innocence from me\r\n\r\nMother of motion, the eyes can\'t capture time,\r\nfalling emotion, the blind now lead the blind,\r\nto hunger is noble, where beauty is silent sleep,\r\nmy hunger is noble, but my pain is driven deep.\r\n\r\n--CXS, Cruelty[/color:5725699515]'),(245333,'0e563ff92a','','[quote:0e563ff92a=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:0e563ff92a=\"Roentgen\"][i:0e563ff92a]the four vapid members of the Fashion Club[/i:0e563ff92a][/quote:0e563ff92a]\r\n\r\nI\'m going to kill whoever wrote this.[/quote:0e563ff92a]\r\n\r\nDeep breaths. \r\n\r\nBTW, it\'s a wiki, so you can always edit it yourself.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245334,'d3a11b7f89','','The blonde projectile is me. The helpless victim is Micka. This avatar was conceived, drawn, animated, and put into use LONNNNGG before there was a \"me and Micka.\" It was actually just a joke about being happy to see him. There is no implied sexual conduct.'),(245335,'a0a4a74209','','I wonder if the pix of her with a knife in her mouth are photoshopped?'),(245336,'47fe05c347','','[quote:47fe05c347=\"HelpfulSkittlesExplosion\"]It was actually just a joke about being happy to see him. There is no implied sexual conduct.[/quote:47fe05c347]\r\n\r\nI agree. It\'s not [i:47fe05c347]implied[/i:47fe05c347] at all, but very obvious that you\'re happily pegging your poor crush without using sufficient lubrication.'),(245337,'e36ad9bb92','','[quote:e36ad9bb92=\"Dervish\"][quote:e36ad9bb92=\"HelpfulSkittlesExplosion\"]It was actually just a joke about being happy to see him. There is no implied sexual conduct.[/quote:e36ad9bb92]\r\n\r\nI agree. It\'s not [i:e36ad9bb92]implied[/i:e36ad9bb92] at all, but very obvious that you\'re happily pegging your poor crush without using sufficient lubrication.[/quote:e36ad9bb92]\r\n\r\nI dunno. Zombies eating brains are pretty seckzy. :D'),(245338,'3696ee7266','','[quote:3696ee7266=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:3696ee7266=\"Roentgen\"][i:3696ee7266]the four vapid members of the Fashion Club[/i:3696ee7266][/quote:3696ee7266]\r\n\r\nI\'m going to kill whoever wrote this.\r\n\r\nSeriously, they got the idea of The Fashion Club all wrong. Don\'t they understand that The Fashion Club girls are so fashionable, that they can wear the same apparel all the time, and still be fashionable, because they\'re so fashionable that whatever they wear is always fashionable, even if they wear it all the time? And don\'t they realise that since Kevin is the QB, and is too stupid to be anything else but the QB, he consciously chooses to wear his outfit all the time, just so he can say \"I\'m the QB!\"?\r\n\r\nThey even spelt Stacy and Tiffany\'s names with an i instead of a y. Whoever are running this website are worse than Jump The Shark.[/quote:3696ee7266]\r\n\r\nOh, for the love of...\r\n\r\nJust get over it, ok? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:'),(245339,'aa432571e5','','I haven\'t paid that much attention to this, but gee, a 20-whatever year-old under the influence of alcohol doing something stupid. Oh, that\'s clearly an obvious sign of serious trouble because nobody [i:aa432571e5]normal[/i:aa432571e5] would ever do that... :roll: \r\n\r\n\r\n\"Hold my beer, this is gonna be good.\" :D\r\n\r\n\r\nShe could have some serious problems, but if you think simply getting drunk, stupid and loud is a certain indicator, you better be prepared to put a large proportion of college students in rehab.'),(245340,'ed0f0c00c4','','[quote:ed0f0c00c4=\"Quiverwing\"]:lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote:ed0f0c00c4]\r\n\r\n[quote:ed0f0c00c4=\"Dennis\"]Deep breaths. \r\n\r\nBTW, it\'s a wiki, so you can always edit it yourself. \r\n\r\n-Dennis[/quote:ed0f0c00c4]\r\n\r\n[quote:ed0f0c00c4=\"cyde\"]Oh, for the love of... \r\n\r\nJust get over it, ok? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:[/quote:ed0f0c00c4]\r\n\r\nOh please. Like you couldn\'t have seen it coming from me miles away. I\'ll go edit it right now.'),(245341,'84a3c966ba','','The end of youth occurs when you refer to those who have it as \"them\".'),(245342,'3a48f626f1','My Aunt\'s In The Hospital...','...again.\r\n\r\nShe was in there in late December 2006 and early January 2007 for blood clots in her leg and lungs. She came home blood clot free but soon began to experience severe pain in her back. This was diagnosed as a fractured disk in her spine caused by osteoperosis (sp?) and falling out of her bed and doctors told her that there\'d be a 50-50 chance of paralysis if she had it operated on. So they are trying to heal it the old fashioned way, i.e. rest and a back brace, with limited success. I asked her spine specialist about a procedure that I saw advertised in his office where a balloon is inserted into the fracture and then blown up and removed, and then sealant is pumped into the gap, but he said that was a last resort usually used on chronic elderly patients. *shrug* More fool me, huh?\r\n\r\nAnyway, in the meantime, my aunt has started throwing up frequently and suffering from chronic diahrrea. We both thought the diahrrea came from her almost obsessive love of lemon juice. She mixes a ton of it with water and drinks it nonstop. I know from experience that slamming a lot of lemon juice in a short time sends you immediately to the bathroom so that\'s what we thought the culprit was, naturally. This morning I took her to her doctor (she had been violently ill all weekend) and he immediately put her in the hospital. She\'s only been there a couple of hours now, so naturally, they don\'t have a clue what\'s wrong with her, though I suspect it\'s caused by the pain in her back. Of course she also has lupus (which my mother had also) so of course, it could be an offshoot of that.\r\n\r\nThe thing is, my aunt is damnedably tight lipped about what her doctors say about her. Half the time she makes me sit in the waiting room while she goes back. The only reason I\'m there at all is because it\'s hard for her to drive with her back. So...needless to say, I\'m completely in the dark. I\'m pretty sure, almost certain, that she knows more than she\'s telling about her own condition...but that\'s how she is. Anyway, say a prayer for her guys...despite the fact that it\'s easier on me when she\'s not here to scream at me and demean me constantly. I still love her and want her to get well. Cross your fingers guys.\r\n\r\n :cry: \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(245343,'0896db1e9c','','Of course, this ignores a big question: Who gets the nukes?'),(245344,'730727ccf7','','Two years ago...I lost my favorite stalking victim.\r\n\r\n*sniff*\r\n\r\nIt\'s marked here on my 2005 calendar....yep here it is...\r\n\r\n[size=21:730727ccf7]Black Sunday[/size:730727ccf7]\r\n\r\n/me sobs like a little girl.\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\n(Women tolerate me so rarely that it\'s always good when I find one who does, and when she ties the knot....)\r\n\r\n/me sobs some more. (Hubert Farnsworth style)\r\n\r\n :wink: \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(245345,'1e235c464b','','[quote:1e235c464b=\"HelpfulSkittlesExplosion\"]Oh thank god! You don\'t know how many nights I\'ve lied awake wishing that there was some way I could watch Laptop laying on something! Thank you!\r\n\r\n\r\n*weeps*[/quote:1e235c464b]\r\n\r\nIsa...\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :wink: :P :twisted:'),(245346,'6fd54f572a','','\"Are you on something?\"\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nPriceless.\r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(245347,'85bed71f29','The third leg of my trip: Edinburgh','First, let me say that I enjoyed meeting Eccles and Tom in person. :D It\'s too bad you guys couldn\'t have stayed longer.\r\n\r\nMoving on to my third leg of the trip: I flew out of Rome on May 29 and arrived in Edinburgh that evening. I spent two full days there, then flew to East Midlands to reconnect with MartinUK. \r\n\r\nMy flight was delayed an hour due to continuing bad weather in Rome, but the real frustration was just checking in. Rome\'s main airport is very disorganized -- there are no obvious signs pointing to a certain airline. Finally, after standing in a long line for a passport check, I had to stand in another long line for British Airways, which ran all the way to the back wall. Unfortunately, as people passed from one end of the airport to the other, I was somehow chosen as the designated person to pass by. :P A good ten people must have passed in front of me and back of me, hauling their big luggage on carts and pushing my suitcase to and fro. Finally I lost my temper and told them I couldn\'t move. After well over an hour, I finally checked in my bag. From there, everything was mostly uneventful.\r\n\r\nI\'ll confess: After the grandeur and excitement of Rome, Edinburgh was a bit of a letdown. In some ways, this was intentional: I figured that after visiting two big cities, I would need to wind down, and have always found Edinburgh charming, friendly, and, unlike much of Rome, civilized. Still, I found that even after nine years, historical landmarks tend to not change all that much. Therefore, I felt a sense of redundancy in many of my activities. Still, I managed to do some things that I hadn\'t done before and felt satisfied with the visit overall. \r\n\r\nMay 30 began wet and nasty. I bravely bundled up and walked from my B&B to Princes Street, then the High Street, the \"Royal Mile.\" My first major visit was to the castle, which was as great as it was when I saw it in 1998, but was an utter ripoff at 11 pounds (compared to 11 euros for the Roman Colosseum [i:85bed71f29]and[/i:85bed71f29] Palantine Hill). After that, I walked to the bottom of the Royal Mile and went into the Parliament building, a building that [i:85bed71f29]wasn\'t[/i:85bed71f29] there when I was there in 1998. I could understand peoples\' aversion to its Gaudi-like style, but I liked it. I was able to get a ticket to view the Scottish Parliament in session and watched for about 20 minutes. When I emerged, something miraculous had happened: It had stopped raining. With the landscape transformed, I joyously took picture after picture. I took an Edinburgh coach tour through the city and stopped at the park between Prices Street and the Royal Mile for a walk. A day that started out disappointing ended on a high note.'),(245348,'b61f4103dc','','A Buffett classic:\r\n\r\nA Pirate Looks at Forty:\r\n[i:b61f4103dc]\r\nMother, mother ocean, I have heard you call,\r\nWanted to sail upon your waters\r\nSince I was three feet tall.\r\nYou\'ve seen it all, you\'ve seen it all.\r\n\r\nWatch the men who rode you,\r\nSwitch from sails to steam.\r\nAnd in your belly you hold the treasure\r\nThat few have ever seen, most of them dreams,\r\nMost of them dreams.\r\n\r\nYes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late.\r\nThe cannons don\'t thunder there\'s nothin\' to plunder\r\nI\'m an over forty victim of fate\r\nArriving too late, arriving too late.\r\n\r\nI\'ve done a bit of smugglin\'\r\nI\'ve run my share of grass.\r\nI made enough money to buy Miami,\r\nBut I pissed it away so fast,\r\nNever meant to last, never meant to last.\r\n\r\nI have been drunk now for over two weeks,\r\nI passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks,\r\nBut I\'ve got to stop wishin\',\r\nGot to go fishin\', I\'m down to rock bottom again.\r\nJust a few friends, just a few friends.\r\n\r\nI go for younger women, lived with several awhile\r\nAnd though I ran away, they\'ll come back one day.\r\nAnd still could manage a smile\r\nIt just takes awhile, just takes awhile.\r\n\r\nMother, mother ocean, after all these years I\'ve found\r\nMy occupational hazard being my occupation\'s\r\nJust not around.\r\nI feel like I\'ve drowned,\r\nGonna head uptown.\r\nI feel like I\'ve drowned,\r\nGonna head uptown.[/i:b61f4103dc]'),(245349,'cd771da16b','','Woooo, my almost home town! (I live in a satelite town on the border of Edinburgh)\r\n\r\nI guess it isn\'t as fancy as Rome. And the landmarks aren\'t amazing either :S But I love it :D'),(245350,'97ef2a6e45','','The gloriously incomprehensible mix of experimental music, spirituality, and threatrical madness that is [i:97ef2a6e45]The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway[/i:97ef2a6e45].\r\n\r\n[img:97ef2a6e45]http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/4183PCGYRGL._AA240_.jpg[/img:97ef2a6e45]\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245351,'e1f294491c','','It\'s me 2 saturdays ago in my own feather boa and my friend Rachy\'s sunglasses... On a bus...\r\nI liked the glasses so much I bought my own last sat. And now I\'m skint. And I can only wear then on the rare occasions I wear contacts. But it seemed like a good idea at the time...\r\n\r\n[img:e1f294491c]http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k5/Hit-rock-bottom/la.jpg[/img:e1f294491c]\r\n\r\nCouldn\'t resist, it\'s the best pic ever :D\r\n\r\n(Not vain)\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s a guy, not Rachy, case you were wondering'),(245352,'ef6e6a06c1','','God Bless her.'),(245353,'731f748e2b','','Happy anniversary. Glad to see you got out of that rut. ;)\r\n\r\nHarley'),(245354,'0ba868774a','','[color=indigo:0ba868774a][b:0ba868774a]Vermont is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum.\r\n\r\nThis isn\'t original. It was said about South Carolina in 1861. Ya gotta love the irony in this.\r\n\r\nAssuming Vermont voted to do this, and assuming the USA allowed it, how long would Vermont remain independent? I would expect it to wind up as a new province of Canada.\r\n\r\nInaria (aka SteveBlumDeckler, descendent of at least 2 Confederate soldiers)[/b:0ba868774a][/color:0ba868774a]'),(245355,'2ddd0191f3','','No point. Just wait Bush out. He only has a couple of more years and then a sane Jimmy Carter type will come in and repair the damage.\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nOf course if they went ahead with it, they could always make \"It\'s All Bush\'s Fault\" the Republic of Vermont\'s motto.\r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) :lol: 8) :P :wink:'),(245356,'864e1e6702','','[quote:864e1e6702=\"Dennis\"]If you\'re in MA for more than a day, though, I\'d love to get together for a precon minicon in the form of dinner and drinks.[/quote:864e1e6702]\r\n:-) That\'s a definite yes!\r\n\r\nApropos a chat with Scissors this morning, the current thought is train from Boston to NYC, and car from there. How does that sound?'),(245357,'dc06718604','','Very best wishes to her Brandon - and to you. Keep us informed of how she\'s doing.'),(245358,'b88a408794','','[quote:b88a408794=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:b88a408794=\"TippedOver\"][quote:b88a408794=\"Deref\"]I\'ve hit a couple of kangaroos and a wombat.[/quote:b88a408794]\r\n\r\n\r\nA Wombat? What the hell is that? [/quote:b88a408794]\r\n\r\nGee, don\'t you know anything about marsupials? :P\r\n\r\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat[/quote:b88a408794]\r\n\r\n\r\nNOW I do.... thanks! :) Looks kinda like a muskrat, except with more hair, and a pushed-up face. By the way, I looked up \"marsupials\" so I wouldn\'t have to ask the obvious stupid question. :)'),(245359,'8642e00adc','','[quote:8642e00adc=\"Deref\"][quote:8642e00adc=\"Dennis\"]If you\'re in MA for more than a day, though, I\'d love to get together for a precon minicon in the form of dinner and drinks.[/quote:8642e00adc]\r\n:-) That\'s a definite yes!\r\n\r\nApropos a chat with Scissors this morning, the current thought is train from Boston to NYC, and car from there. How does that sound?[/quote:8642e00adc]\r\n\r\nI dunno if these things expire, but I have a buttload of Amtrak points. It might be possible to do the Acela (the closest thing to highspeed rail the US has.) :)'),(245360,'c1d4d301b3','','Mine is a drawing of me by the late, great [url=http://www.sh33pie.com/voiceofmy.htm]Voice of My[/url]. Not a great likeness, I\'ll admit, but a nice gesture..'),(245361,'c173f17b8d','','[quote:c173f17b8d=\"Caira\"][quote:c173f17b8d=\"Deref\"][quote:c173f17b8d=\"TippedOver\"]Man, I am trying to picture hitting a damn kangaroo - Is it kinda like hitting a big rabbit or something? Like Bugs Bunny?[/quote:c173f17b8d]\r\nSure. If you can imagine a six foot tall rabbit.[/quote:c173f17b8d]\r\nKangaroo meat tastes better, mind you . . .[/quote:c173f17b8d]\r\n\r\nI\'ve had horse, rattlesnake, bear and cougar meat... I wonder if there is a shop around here where I can find some kangaroo meat. Hmmm... Is it legal to hunt them?'),(245362,'0439774be6','','The avatar is from this thread at\r\nhttp://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=10151\r\ndepicting Peanuts characters as Marvel characters.\r\n\r\nIt brings together several parts of Peanuts and Marvel mythology:\r\n\r\n1) The famous kiss in the movie \"Spider Man\" where Peter, hanging upside-down, kisses Mary Jane\r\n2) Charlie Brown\'s battles with the infamous kite-eating tree, which end up with his kite trapped in the tree, or worse, end with Charlie Brown suspended by his kite string\r\n3) A wig Peppermint Patty was forced to wear after an unlucky incident preparing for a skating competition -- she went to get a feminine haircut for the competition at the barbershop run by Charlie Brown\'s father, but Charlie Brown\'s father mistook her for a boy and gave her a short boy\'s haircut. She was forced to wear a ludicrous oversized wig. (Snoopy ended up with the wig -- he was Peppermint Patty\'s skating coach, and since Patty had no money to pay him, he accepted the wig.)\r\n4) Snoopy\'s tendency to smooch unsuspecting characters, particularly Charlie Brown (when Charlie Brown has pleased him) and Lucy (to freak her out).\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!'),(245363,'7c1f1800e4','','[quote:7c1f1800e4=\"TippedOver\"][quote:7c1f1800e4=\"Caira\"][quote:7c1f1800e4=\"Deref\"][quote:7c1f1800e4=\"TippedOver\"]Man, I am trying to picture hitting a damn kangaroo - Is it kinda like hitting a big rabbit or something? Like Bugs Bunny?[/quote:7c1f1800e4]\r\nSure. If you can imagine a six foot tall rabbit.[/quote:7c1f1800e4]\r\nKangaroo meat tastes better, mind you . . .[/quote:7c1f1800e4]\r\n\r\nI\'ve had horse, rattlesnake, bear and cougar meat... I wonder if there is a shop around here where I can find some kangaroo meat. Hmmm... Is it legal to hunt them?[/quote:7c1f1800e4]\r\nIndeed it is, and \'roo meat is slowly becoming more popular. You should be able to get it in specialist stores over there. They say it\'s the healthiest meat there is, very low in fat, so you have to be careful not to overcook it.'),(245364,'8f67dbcf2a','','I was just playing around with animated .gifs one day, and tried this. the \"Think Angst\" thing came from the Guiness Book of World Records - the \"Most Successful Slogan\", which was \"Think Mink\". Not sure it is still a record, but that\'s what came to mind.'),(245365,'8a187de7b9','','You know, there\'s nothing about a Jedi or a Sith that a few voxyn, a lot of razorbugs and some fully envenomed and expertly handled amphistaffs couldn\'t take care of... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:'),(245366,'d08eb6fb8c','','It\'s a cropped part of a pic I did of my alter-ego Angst Lord from my HP fic. You can see the full-sized image [url=http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/42147462/?qo=6&q=by%3Aangelinhel&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps]here[/url]. Oddly enough, when I drew it, I was wearing that exact outfit (minus the shoes) without realizing it.\r\n\r\nHmmm, I\'ve had that one for a while. Maybe I should change it.'),(245367,'bf2faa3b30','','Bluu, are you a Manics fan?'),(245368,'11c451e2a7','','Kara, when are you going to visit a city where they speak English?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n :D'),(245369,'322d8cc23e','','Hope everything works out. Let us know.'),(245370,'e447b60d09','Raymond Carver','Any fans of his work? [i:e447b60d09]What We Talk About When We Talk About Love[/i:e447b60d09] is my second favourite short stories collection of all time (after [i:e447b60d09]Dubliners[/i:e447b60d09], of course), as well as probably the angstiest book I own. (Some of these stories actually have more \"humane\" versions, but I tend to prefer the darker and merciless ones included in this collection, such as \"The Bath\" and the chilling \"Everything Stuck To Him\".) I\'m not a big fan of his last stories, though.\r\n\r\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_carver'),(245371,'9227760a5e','','AAHAHAAHAHAHA.\r\n\r\nThat was something else! On a side note, Daria with hair like that?\r\n\r\nHot. :wink:'),(245372,'799c19c1f6','','[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOryJx5RgUc]Churuya[/url] as Cameron. Though maybe it\'s time for a change.'),(245373,'b93b1c29e1','','[quote:b93b1c29e1=\"-sam\"][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOryJx5RgUc]Churuya[/url] as Cameron. Though maybe it\'s time for a change.[/quote:b93b1c29e1]\r\n\r\n[img:b93b1c29e1]http://wiki.sos-dan.com/w/images/7/76/Tsuruya01.jpg[/img:b93b1c29e1]\r\n\r\n:mrgreen:'),(245374,'869f0ba1cd','','[quote:869f0ba1cd=\"TheEleventy\"]\r\n\r\nYou want to know what dangerous is? Dangerous is the person who is AWARE and ALERT. The one who avoids getting into situations where violence would occur. \r\n\r\n[/quote:869f0ba1cd]\r\n\r\n\r\nThank you for saying this. The best kind of fight or trouble to get into is the one you see coming and actively avoid. Yes, sometimes there\'s no other choice, but really - how many times could trouble be avoided if you just walked away, or just didn\'t walk past the people that you knew would do nothing but wait for an excuse to start trouble?\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:869f0ba1cd=\"Dervish\"]\r\n\r\nAnd something else: I tend to get upset when I view too many political and news journals, sites, papers, videos, etc. When I start getting all cranky and upset, I take a break, go watch some fun stuff, get out into the real world, and all that. I think it helps me a lot. I think it would help you a lot to do the same. (Maybe not \"get out into the real world\" given where you live, but maybe there\'s somewhere you visit or hang out. Tip: if worried about police harassment, take some paper and pretend to be writing or drawing, as that tends to make it look like you\'re \"doing something\" other than meditating or loitering. There\'s also the library.)\r\n\r\n[/quote:869f0ba1cd]\r\n\r\n\r\nDo you know how many times people - especially cops - have just taken one look at me in my car and just driven off because I was either reading, or I actually looked up and waved? As Dervish says, if you\'re busy or just occupied, everyone leaves you alone.\r\n\r\nI still remember the look on the cops\' faces when they pulled up to look at me, and they saw that I was reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince... I guess they figured that if somebody that looks like me actually spent the money to get a hardback copy of the book and actually has it in the car to read, then that person isn\'t really worried about smoking dope or being a thief or hood rat. (One generally doesn\'t see many Potterfans amongst \'We Who Be Thuggin\' And Freakin\'.) \r\n\r\nFor the ones who actually ask, as if they\'re checking you out... there\'s nothing to bring a jolt into a patrolman\'s daily existance like someone who reads and is knowledgable about the Wizarding World, and then asks them questions about the standard ammo their department issues them for their sidearms, and what is their opinion on the merits between Speer Gold-Dot ammo versus the older Federal Hydro-Shoc rounds...\r\n\r\nYou know what\'s REALLY dangerous, Cross? Being something totally unexpected. The wonderful thing about that? When you\'re something totally unexpected, people either are confused but don\'t want to show that and so, they leave you alone, or they go, \'Oh. Here\'s something new and unexpected,\' and they forget whatever they had in mind at first and talk to you like you\'re just another person. Do you know how many times I\'ve totally defused situations by doing that?\r\n\r\nMy favorite example of that was many years back, when I got on a bus filled with gangbangers coming back from the mall. (It was either that or walk several miles, and I was just tired.) I got on the bus and sat down, and no one said anything to me... until I made the MONUMENTAL mistake of pulling out a comic book to read. \r\n\r\nYou could almost hear the sounds of the gears beginning to churn - until I turned to the biggest, meanest-looking banger and said, \'You wanna read one?\' He was so shook up as I held out the book to him, that he just took it and started reading it. I passed out a few more, and no trouble was had. I also got my books back - in the condition they went out in. \r\n\r\nIf you want to carry yourself like the way you suggest, Cross, then by all means, do so. As I can see it, one can exist in Condition Yellow and still enjoy one\'s life, without constant worry about Something Lurking Behind Every Corner, or \'The Man\' Coming To Get Me.'),(245375,'58f6235f6e','','I had one of Andrea for a long time (still got it at the Fluff), but now I have nothing; haven\'t found one that \'fits\', though I have a nifty desktop I may scale down. Avatars are good, but the names are far more interesting to me.'),(245376,'0a73e6453f','','One of my friends is an artist- he created a hanging sculpture - I took a picture of it and then played with the image. This AV is one of about five reproductions. :shock:'),(245377,'327557cef9','','[quote:327557cef9=\"Deref\"][quote:327557cef9=\"TippedOver\"][quote:327557cef9=\"Caira\"][quote:327557cef9=\"Deref\"][quote:327557cef9=\"TippedOver\"]Man, I am trying to picture hitting a damn kangaroo - Is it kinda like hitting a big rabbit or something? Like Bugs Bunny?[/quote:327557cef9]\r\nSure. If you can imagine a six foot tall rabbit.[/quote:327557cef9]\r\nKangaroo meat tastes better, mind you . . .[/quote:327557cef9]\r\n\r\nI\'ve had horse, rattlesnake, bear and cougar meat... I wonder if there is a shop around here where I can find some kangaroo meat. Hmmm... Is it legal to hunt them?[/quote:327557cef9]\r\nIndeed it is, and \'roo meat is slowly becoming more popular. You should be able to get it in specialist stores over there. They say it\'s the healthiest meat there is, very low in fat, so you have to be careful not to overcook it.[/quote:327557cef9]\r\nI\'ve read somewhere that kangaroos fill a similar ecological niche as the whitetail deer. It would seem that they fill the same economical niche too, as a supporter of autobody shops.\r\n\r\nHarley'),(245378,'e169c082bc','','Thanks, y\'all! :wink: \r\n\r\nEveryone else is posting art, so I figured I might as well get up off my lazy, 17-year-old ass and do some too, so this one\'s for all my Trent fans.\r\n[url=http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u260/Hershey0531/Trent.jpg]Enjoy. ^.^[/url]\r\n\r\nC&C is welcome as always. \r\n\r\nI\'m doing another Daria one which will be up soon. Stay tuned, folks! :D'),(245379,'08abfe1396','','[quote:08abfe1396=\"ahmygoddess\"][quote:08abfe1396=\"cyde\"][quote:08abfe1396=\"CharlieGirl\"]Well, okay, maybe it\'s more like Oklahoma, but still: [url]http://www.geocities.com/bluelagoon1980/images/texas.jpg[/url] [b:08abfe1396]WARNING![i:08abfe1396] CharlieGirl cannot legally be held liable if you experience physical harm after viewing the image.[/i:08abfe1396][/b:08abfe1396][/quote:08abfe1396]\r\n\r\nDefine \"harm\". :D\r\n\r\nI mean... maintaining a huge smile for a really long time CAN cause the muscles to ache, but it isn\'t exactly HARMful... :wink:\r\n\r\nIn fact, I\'d say it\'s rather worth the inconvenience. Thoughts, gentlemen?[/quote:08abfe1396]\r\n\r\nTo comment further would remove us from the ranks of \'gentlemen\'. That said, the calico cloth was a distraction.[/quote:08abfe1396]Neat. I prefer a more petite tapestry of mammarian flesh, but much as I can appreciate quality artwork, I can appreciate quality pectoral real estate.'),(245380,'17953f4bef','','Nice contact there.\r\n\r\nAlso liked the way that woman\'s gaydar malfunctioned the way everyone else\'s gaydar seems to around those two.\r\n\r\nHow soon before they have to be gone though? Anyone but the old guy who saw the whole thing finds Keaver\'s cadaver, they\'re gonna be in a world of shit if they aren\'t somewhere else.'),(245381,'da14034255','','[quote:da14034255=\"Deref\"][quote:da14034255=\"Dennis\"]If you\'re in MA for more than a day, though, I\'d love to get together for a precon minicon in the form of dinner and drinks.[/quote:da14034255]\r\n:-) That\'s a definite yes!\r\n\r\nApropos a chat with Scissors this morning, the current thought is train from Boston to NYC, and car from there. How does that sound?[/quote:da14034255]\r\n\r\nIf its still running, you could take the Autotrain from DC to Sanford (just outside of Orlando) to have at least one car on hand.'),(245382,'20278ee4f7','','[quote:20278ee4f7=\"The Angst Guy\"]I don\'t know what Jenga is, but I do know this: It is a sickness and it must be stopped. It saps the moral fiber of our youth and turns them into drug-crazed Communists marching in lock-step with their [b:20278ee4f7]puppet[/b:20278ee4f7] masters in Havana. I call upon all Americans to . . . oh, it\'s that building block game.[/quote:20278ee4f7]I like puppets. :)'),(245383,'f66e8bb6a0','','My avatar is of my favorite [i:f66e8bb6a0]Babylon 5[/i:f66e8bb6a0] character, (Lieutenant) Alfred Bester of the PSI Corps. He\'s a great example of what I\'ve always liked about the show; as G\'Kar once said of the place, \'No one here is what they appear to be.\' He\'s also a bad-ass who doesn\'t have to act it, but he [u:f66e8bb6a0]is[/u:f66e8bb6a0] fully aware of the axiom \'Let people believe what they want, if it gets you what you want.\' He\'s also a very caring person, but doesn\'t need to wear his heart on his sleeve.\r\n\r\nTo truly get an appreciation of that mindset in relation to Bester, watch the Season One episode \'Mind War\' and the Season Five episode \'The Corps Is Mother, The Corps Is Father\' (along with \'Severed Dreams\' and \'Into The Fire\', my favorite episodes). Under that black uniform, he\'s actually a person... but when he\'s on the job, respect the uniform and The Corps.\r\n\r\nI need to replace my sig, come to think of it...'),(245384,'8e4d141ee3','','Memories of home for me as well. Granted, I spent my youngest years in Dunoon, but many an hour was spent in Edinburgh (I pronounce it correctly, but NONE of the people I know here in VB can say it right (save some family and a very few close friends), including those who live in that neighborhood or on any of the several streets with such a name!).\r\n\r\nwhere the heck is \'Edenburg\'?'),(245385,'a1bdfe9955','','OH looking over, rolling her eyes and thinking \"He wrote that???\"\r\n\r\n :lol:'),(245386,'afebe827f0','','I\'m up for anything, but I need lots of advance planning as money is tight beyond belief.\r\n\r\nAnd regarding what quiverwing said: [quote:afebe827f0=\"Quiverwing\"]Pfft, that\'s what you all say now. \"The con will be one big orgy\" - I bet $100 that all the guys chicken out...[/quote:afebe827f0] I was born in 1969... the year of the Rooster. Not the Year of the Chicken. And I guarantee I\'ll be up there on the table as well. Orgy? Maybe, but I\'ve never been good at sharing :P\r\n\r\nSo I figure I can do some table dancing and earn some extra $$$.'),(245387,'a12528c728','','[quote:a12528c728=\"Kara Wild\"][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U92gHcy_zjg]Here\'s[/url] a video showing the scope of the Colosseum. The persistent buzzing sound you hear came from workers weed-whacking nearby.[/quote:a12528c728]\r\n\r\nArgh I am going dizzy now from that 360* rotational shot.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\ngood pics again Kara'),(245388,'268863d137','','[quote:268863d137=\"psychotol\"]Nice contact there.\r\n\r\nAlso liked the way that woman\'s gaydar malfunctioned the way everyone else\'s gaydar seems to around those two.\r\n\r\nHow soon before they have to be gone though? Anyone but the old guy who saw the whole thing finds Keaver\'s cadaver, they\'re gonna be in a world of **** if they aren\'t somewhere else.[/quote:268863d137]\r\n\r\n\r\nNot necessarily. People look poorly upon rapists, especially ones who have a wife and a child nearby while they try to proposition teenage girls to have sex in a graveyard, and then attack them when they go off alone to try and find food for the community. The SOB\'s lucky Jane shot him first; in the world of this story, the congregation may have just decided that it\'s wrong to waste resources on this criminal and stoned him to death.\r\n\r\nAlso, how do you think the wife would feel about him trying to rape a teenager, expecially if their child is a girl? The bastard got off lucky. Remember what Daria did to her attempted rapist. \r\n\r\nOh, wait until the military forces in the area are organized enough to go out and sweep and clear the outlaw bastards running about... :D'),(245389,'46e197bad6','','[quote:46e197bad6=\"cyde\"][quote:46e197bad6=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth]I wonder if that energetic and well toned young thing has ever spent a drunken night in a bar vaguely resembling the obvious inspiration for her band\'s backdrop, CBGB\'s...\r\n \r\n[i:46e197bad6]She\'s so dull, \r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds\r\nShe\'s so dull\r\nC\'mon rip her to shreds...[/i:46e197bad6][/MiddleAgedResentmentOfToday\'sVitalYouth] ;)[/quote:46e197bad6]\r\n\r\nCuriously (and off subject - this is just something I\'ve always wondered), what age denotes the end of \"youth\"? :D[/quote:46e197bad6]I\'m 37... and will be 38 in a month and some change. But I\'m still a youth as far as I\'m concerned. Mentally, spiritually, and physically, if you met me now compared to me just a year ago, you\'d wonder how we are the same person.\r\n\r\nTo sum it up: Age is a state of mind; youth is wasted on the young.'),(245390,'21490ecedc','','[quote:21490ecedc=\"RLobinske\"]OH looking over, rolling her eyes and thinking \"He wrote that???\"\r\n\r\n :lol:[/quote:21490ecedc]\r\n\r\n\r\nI\'m still waiting of fan art of Bump... (hint, hint)'),(245391,'ed1f7e2d78','','[quote:ed1f7e2d78=\"RLobinske\"]I haven\'t paid that much attention to this, but gee, a 20-whatever year-old under the influence of alcohol doing something stupid. Oh, that\'s clearly an obvious sign of serious trouble because nobody [i:ed1f7e2d78]normal[/i:ed1f7e2d78] would ever do that... :roll: \r\n\r\n\r\n\"Hold my beer, this is gonna be good.\" :D\r\n\r\n\r\nShe could have some serious problems, but if you think simply getting drunk, stupid and loud is a certain indicator, you better be prepared to put a large proportion of college students in rehab.[/quote:ed1f7e2d78]\r\n\r\nThe trouble is I don\'t need beer to be stupid and loud.\r\n\r\nbut it helps.\r\n\r\nI wonder what stories were not run and had to be dropped so as to run this story.'),(245392,'1c4e7fc00c','','[quote:1c4e7fc00c=\"cyde\"][quote:1c4e7fc00c=\"Bluu\"]Happy 31-and-2-days-st birthday\r\n\r\nWow, you\'re 31st birthday was the same day as my 16 and 11 months almost birthday :o What a coincidence![/quote:1c4e7fc00c]\r\n\r\nYour birthday is also one month and two days before my 26th birthday. :D[/quote:1c4e7fc00c]This is crazy. You folks have birthdays as well? Mine is in a month and some change (a dime and 2 cents). The coincidence is kinda spooky...'),(245393,'4e1736abdb','','Being twenty years old, getting a little drunk and acting very stupid.\r\n\r\n\r\nOkay... and this is newsworthy and needs to be discussed because...?\r\n\r\n\r\nIt\'s not exactly smart, but it\'s not exactly something to obsess over. If it\'s your [b:4e1736abdb]friend[/b:4e1736abdb], tell them to not act stupid in front of people with cameras (and snap at them for going out without you). If its your [b:4e1736abdb]kid[/b:4e1736abdb], yell at then first chance you get. If it\'s [b:4e1736abdb]you[/b:4e1736abdb], expect the snickers behind your back; you worked hard for them, so don\'t expect otherwise. \r\n\r\nEveryone else, go \'I hope (insert name of person you care about here) doesn\'t do anything like that,\' and go on with your life.'),(245394,'0d7aecd6e0','Re: Raymond Carver','I read a few of his stories, but nothing grabbed me. \"A Small Good Thing\" seemed actually pretty bad, including dialogue from a doctor that was wildly improbable.'),(245395,'ea186fa3e2','','has anyone else noticed in the opening of the video all the cheerleaders are dressed in the same blue and yellow of the Lawndale Lions!'),(245396,'021df228b9','','Can you stick that in my Icarus (formerly \'Da Underground) forum?'),(245397,'e33db67f34','','[quote:e33db67f34=\"TheEleventy\"][quote:e33db67f34=\"The Angst Guy\"]I don\'t know what Jenga is, but I do know this: It is a sickness and it must be stopped. It saps the moral fiber of our youth and turns them into drug-crazed Communists marching in lock-step with their [b:e33db67f34]puppet[/b:e33db67f34] masters in Havana. I call upon all Americans to . . . oh, it\'s that building block game.[/quote:e33db67f34]I like puppets. :)[/quote:e33db67f34]\r\nI like puppets that vomit. God, that is the funniest thing ever. :D'),(245398,'57c79b30a5','','[quote:57c79b30a5=\"Eccles\"]has anyone else noticed in the opening of the video all the cheerleaders are dressed in the same blue and yellow of the Lawndale Lions![/quote:57c79b30a5]\r\n\r\n-gasp- \r\nZOMG you\'re right! I didn\'t even notice....and [b:57c79b30a5]I\'M[/b:57c79b30a5] the one that posted this.\r\nShame on me. :lol:'),(245399,'f2536c0e1f','','It\'s a picture of my existence challenged dog.'),(245400,'94b831ee03','','My avatar is a simple image of Trent, I don\'t really feel that needs explaining.\r\n\r\nOther than I had tried to find a Daria character that most closely fitted my personality, \r\n\r\n\r\nThere are very few Male Daria characters to choose from, and even less that come off in a good light.'),(245401,'0eddab351d','','[quote:0eddab351d=\"Brother Grimace\"]My avatar is of my favorite [i:0eddab351d]Babylon 5[/i:0eddab351d] character, (Lieutenant) Alfred \'The Bastard\' Bester of the PSI Corps. He\'s a great example of what I\'ve always liked about the show; as G\'Kar once said of the place, \'No one here is what they appear to be.\'[/quote:0eddab351d]\r\n\r\nI was [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=241423#241423]right[/url]!\r\n\r\nAt first I thought it was Pavel Chekov, then I considered the appearance of black clothing. The uniforms during the period where Chekov would\'ve been seen at that age had red collars, not black. I narrowed it down from there.\r\n\r\n(I\'m not the BIGGEST [i:0eddab351d]B5[/i:0eddab351d] fan out there, so it took me some time.'),(245402,'9c6b006410','','[quote:9c6b006410=\"Deref\"][quote:9c6b006410=\"TheEleventy\"]Okay, so here\'s a thought to ponder: WHY did those of you who\'ve gone skinny-dipping actually go?[/quote:9c6b006410]\r\na) it\'s natural\r\nb) it feels good\r\nc) why not?\r\nd) nekkid chicks.[/quote:9c6b006410]\r\n\r\n\r\nB,C,D :shock:'),(245403,'3b51ed41d2','','I have definately decided on something for Lawndale Sun Herald.\r\n\r\nI will not be grading stories for content. although it might look istheticaly pleasing to see little stars at the side of peoples work, I am not giong to go down that route.\r\n\r\nWe have the booties for that, Instead I will be doing a featured story, piece of artwork, that will last for about a fortnight but no less than a week.\r\n\r\nThese will not be graded either, but may have a small editorial review. anything chosen will just be something that has caught my eye and that I have read and enjoyed or stopped and looked at.'),(245404,'f06abcbfeb','','[quote:f06abcbfeb=\"TheEleventy\"][quote:f06abcbfeb=\"cyde\"][quote:f06abcbfeb=\"Bluu\"]Happy 31-and-2-days-st birthday\r\n\r\nWow, you\'re 31st birthday was the same day as my 16 and 11 months almost birthday :o What a coincidence![/quote:f06abcbfeb]\r\n\r\nYour birthday is also one month and two days before my 26th birthday. :D[/quote:f06abcbfeb]This is crazy. You folks have birthdays as well? Mine is in a month and some change (a dime and 2 cents). The coincidence is kinda spooky...[/quote:f06abcbfeb]\r\n\r\nForgive me, I can\'t count (especially before noon). My birthday is July 14, not July 4.\r\n\r\n :roll:'),(245405,'aece036973','','[color=indigo:aece036973][b:aece036973]There used to be 11 geological eras. Now there are 12. The twelfth, just before the Cambrian, is called the Ediacaran. The life forms of that era, all of them living in the sea, are called the Ediacaran biota.\r\n\r\nOne of those species of the Ediacaran biota was Inaria karli, an animal that sat on the sea floor --- probably unable to move --- and sucked water through itself. In its hollow interior, it filtered out the tiny sea animals that were its food. My new username is Inaria and my avatar is an artist\'s conception of Inaria karli.\r\n\r\nBecause many Ediacaran fossils are Australian, Australia featured some of these animals on its postage stamps recently, including Inaria.\r\n\r\nAnyway, that\'s it.\r\n\r\nInaria[/b:aece036973][/color:aece036973]'),(245406,'1f419d0343','','I love it, Kara. I\'m getting to go on all these vacations vicariously, since I\'ve never actually been anywhere. :D'),(245407,'2d69cea451','','[quote:2d69cea451=\"Becky\"]Can you stick that in my Icarus (formerly \'Da Underground) forum?[/quote:2d69cea451]\r\n[url=http://underground.createforum.net/viewtopic.php?p=234&mforum=underground#234]Here you are. ^.^[/url]\r\nForgive me for not doing it earlier. T_T'),(245408,'ef9dffb879','','Story has been revised and is ready for viewing.\r\n\r\n\r\n“After Birth”\r\nhttp://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/afterbirth.htm\r\nSynopsis: A moment after midnight with mother and child (story #10 in the Pause in the Air series).\r\n\r\n\r\nA bit short, but more to come in time.\r\n\r\nTaking an unintended break from writing due to real life. More eventually. Whenever. :roll:'),(245409,'ffe3631979','','[quote:ffe3631979=\"RLobinske\"][quote:ffe3631979=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]Which Lawndale Stalker story is this and where can I find it?[/quote:ffe3631979]\r\n\r\nThe story arc starts with [i:ffe3631979]The Picture of Daria\'s Rear[/i:ffe3631979] (at OD and IIRC, FFnet) and continues with [i:ffe3631979]Once Upon a Time in College[/i:ffe3631979], serialized here and at FFnet. The second story is yet incomplete, but well worth the read (and pitchforks).[/quote:ffe3631979]\r\n\r\nSeconded.\r\n\r\nAs for this story, and the \'John Lane\' series in general: :lol: :D :lol: :D \r\n\r\nThank you for sharing your imagination with us.'),(245410,'e12c514f53','','My avatar is.....\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nme.'),(245411,'29f538d2f5','Re: The third leg of my trip: Edinburgh','[quote:29f538d2f5=\"Kara Wild\"]First, let me say that I enjoyed meeting Eccles and Tom in person. :D It\'s too bad you guys couldn\'t have stayed longer....[/quote:29f538d2f5]\r\n\r\nSunday was a great day, but I don\'t think it was posible to have stayed longer.\r\n\r\nBy the time I got home Monday morning the sun was starting to rise, the birds were waking up and the Milkman had already delivered the milk.\r\n\r\n[size=9:29f538d2f5](I got in at about 04:00 it didn\'t help getting lost after leaving Tom in Nottingham, but at least the roads were quiet)[/size:29f538d2f5]\r\n\r\nI will post the chocolate cake recipie later but it was great to finaly put a face to a name on a message board.\r\n\r\nThanks again to both you and Martin for the invite.'),(245412,'773d990368','','I already explain my avatar in my sig. All cause Kara wouldn\'t make me a unicorn, so I made myself one. So nyah, who has the god powers now beyotch.'),(245413,'11a8d63cb1','','[quote:11a8d63cb1=\"The Angst Guy\"]My avatar is.....\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nme.[/quote:11a8d63cb1]\r\n\r\nYou must love poultry!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n:mrgreen:'),(245414,'ae665650f6','','[quote:ae665650f6=\"The Angst Guy\"][quote:ae665650f6=\"TheEleventy\"][quote:ae665650f6=\"The Angst Guy\"]I don\'t know what Jenga is, but I do know this: It is a sickness and it must be stopped. It saps the moral fiber of our youth and turns them into drug-crazed Communists marching in lock-step with their [b:ae665650f6]puppet[/b:ae665650f6] masters in Havana. I call upon all Americans to . . . oh, it\'s that building block game.[/quote:ae665650f6]I like puppets. :)[/quote:ae665650f6]\r\nI like puppets that vomit. God, that is the funniest thing ever. :D[/quote:ae665650f6]\r\nNah, puppets having sex is even funnier. :D'),(245415,'e5aa351a06','','[quote:e5aa351a06=\"The Angst Guy\"]I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not listening to this.[/quote:e5aa351a06]\r\n\r\nI am! *drool, gibber* :shock:'),(245416,'9c16714b0f','Karen and I had a moment of reminiscence...','...about the rural lifestyle we briefly had when we lived in Warm Springs, GA. We had about four acres with a squat brick house. And scorpions in abundance (Karen had been stung twice, once in our bed, once outside with Jennifer). The county extension agent suggested that the simplest way to get rid of them was to get chickens. So, I built a coop, and got 15 Leghorns and 15 Rhode Island Reds. Since I\'d become a farmer, I also got two pigs, Miss Piggy and Pork Chop. So now we had a fairly steady supply of eggs, and the promise of a couple of hams.\r\n\r\nI also got a varmint rifle, a Remington hammerless pump .22, which Karen resolutely forbade me to keep loaded in the house.\r\n\r\nSo everything is going rurally well, I\'ve got 30 chickens and two pigs (and a critical point of reference, the pig pen is directly behind the coop). Oh, I forgot about King George. KG was a flecked black and white bantam rooster that had balls like you would not believe, but lacked stature. Seeing him attempt to mount one of the Leghorns was, to say the very least, comical. \r\n\r\nSo, I\'ve got a chicken coop, a pig pen, and an unloaded rifle.\r\n\r\nOne night, the chickens are quite unsettled, so I go out to investigate. I enter the coop with a flashlight, am using the rifle as a club, and see a furry mass run away. I am hoping that whatever it was has been chased off. Within a half an hour, I am disabused of that notion. The chickens again are upset. This time I loaded 17 .22 calibre rounds in the gun I was originally forced to use as a club. I approached the coop, and saw that King George was in sad shape. He had a single tail feather.\r\n\r\nThe chickens were mindless with fear, that was obvious. They weren\'t even cawing with concern, they were mewling on the highest rafters in the coop. I duct taped the flashlight to the barrel of the rifle, and recall, this is a pump .22, so every bit of kinetic energy that the round produces goes straight out of the front of the muzzle; there is no gas reload, and it travels at about 1700 yards per second.\r\n\r\nSo, I\'ve entered the coop, and something nasty has happened, that is obvious. I point the rifle/flashlight all across the coop. There is a small noise behind one of the nests. I point the rifle at it. Slowly, a hideously huge head emerges from behind the nests of the goddamnedest biggest \'possum I have ever seen in my life. It rises, and I unload the magazine into it. Completely. I fire, pump (reload), pump, fire, pump, fire, until the magazine is empty. All seventeen shots. Then it occurs to me: the bullets I used to kill the \'possum probably went straight thought it, as a .22 has an extraordinary muzzle velocity, and I probably missed more than a couple of times, and the only place that the rounds could go was into the pigpen. Miss Piggy and Pork Chop were unhurt however, and they ended up making fine hams and bacon...\r\n\r\nOnly time I\'ve been a gentleman farmer...'),(245417,'0e56615955','','Kitten Possible\r\nChapter 2\r\n\r\nKim woke slowly with a mew of pain; she had had the weirdest dream. She had dreamt that she was a cat that was being chased all over the city by a pack of dogs. Stretching out she winced slightly at the pain in her head and tail. Licking her paw she started grooming between her ears, noting that she didn’t have ink on her chest anymore. Yawning again Kim leaped off her pillow to look around, only to stop in front of a mirror with a whimper. Apparently it wasn’t as much of a dream as she thought: she was a cat.\r\n\r\nBacking away from the mirror as she shook her head in denial, she felt her paws step on something. Looking down she noticed the charred remains of what appeared to be several pictures of her human face. Turning to look up at the wall behind her she noted several scorch marks marring it, and a pristine picture of herself hanging on the wall. It appeared that she was not only a cat, but also in the home of someone that hated her. She could deal with this, all she had to do was get out and get to Wade or Ron and they’d help her get back to normal. That was the plan, so now it was time to put it into action. Slinking around the home, she first noticed that it appeared to be more of a suite apartment than a house. The next thing she noted was the utter lack of windows, and the solid steel construction of the place.\r\n\r\nWith a sigh she curled up next to the only door leading out she could find, and waited. Once the owner of this place returned she’d bolt. While she was sitting and waiting for the door to open Kim noticed that she was rather hungry, and the smell of the tuna she had seen sitting out on the floor in the kitchen wasn’t helping matters. Getting up, she walked back into the kitchen and started nibbling on the tuna, keeping an eye on the doorway. After she finished off the tuna, she licked her lips and started grooming her whiskers with her paws, only to let out a growl of frustration, stopping herself from continuing the grooming. This wasn’t the time for that; she had to escape before she was recognized for who she was.\r\n\r\nWalking back to the main room, Kim curled up under a sun lamp by the door, watching the door quietly. With a yawn Kim laid her head in her paws and let her eyes slide partially shut against the bright and warm light. It was so pleasant to just lay there in the warmth; it just made her want to purr. After a couple minutes she found that she was purring softly while drifting to sleep. A quick nap wouldn’t hurt anyone, besides cats are supposed to take cat naps, aren’t they? Letting her eyes close, Kim simply purred herself to sleep in the pleasant warmth of the sunlamp.\r\n\r\nHearing a faint swoosh and click of the door closing Kim bolted upright, trying to get through it before it was completely shut, trapping her inside with the owner of the place. Getting to the door itself Kim felt her ears flatten with dismay as it was already shut. So much for cats being light sleepers, she thought as she turned to see who had entered and nearly let out a hiss. Standing there with a bemused expression stood the one woman in the world that she didn’t want to see right now.\r\n\r\nShego just stared at her for a moment before turning and walking into the kitchen, having nothing better to do, Kim followed the green and black female and watched her as she pulled out a pair of pet dishes. Shego filled one with water from the tap and set it on the floor with the other. “Good to see you up kitten, you’ve been out for two days.”\r\n\r\n‘[i:0e56615955]Two days? No wonder I’m hungry,[/i:0e56615955]’ Kim thought with a mental frown. Walking over to the water dish, Kim started lapping up the water, trying to keep Shego thinking that she was just an ordinary cat. Watching as Shego filled up the other bowl with some more tuna Kim frowned again thinking about her diet to be.\r\n\r\nShe had to get out of here before the chemicals wore off, but she couldn’t be too suspicious about it. Lifting her head she walked over to Shego and began to rub against her legs, purring softly.\r\n\r\n“You really are an affectionate kitten,” Shego said with a smile. “I know it’s probably just that you’re glad I saved you from those mutts, and fed you. I know you don’t really care about me.”\r\n\r\n‘[i:0e56615955]What does she mean by that?[/i:0e56615955]’ Kim thought as she looked up at Shego curiously. Pawing gently at Shego’s boots she mewed softly, trying to get Shego to keep talking.\r\n\r\nSetting down the food Shego smiled and scratched Kim right behind the ears, causing the cat’s instincts to purr loudly. “I know you cats like your independence, but how about you hang out here until you recover from the beating you gave yourself?”\r\n\r\nTilting her head at the green-skinned female, Kim let out a curious meow, before pawing at Shego’s boots again. “I suppose that might be a bit fuzzy. But you ran into a wall kitten. You’re your own nemesis.”\r\n\r\n‘[i:0e56615955]I’d like to see you keep track of things like that while running for your life in a new body.[/i:0e56615955]’ Kim huffed with mental indignation as she leaned into the hand that Shego was petting her with.\r\n\r\n“You look like a Nemesis to me, would you like that?” Shego asked teasingly.\r\n\r\nKim mewed her consent to the name; meanwhile Shego picked her up and carried her into the living room, sitting the both of them on the couch. Kim looked around curiously at the new vantage point, trying to plot out her the way to escape from the room. Her thoughts grow distracted as Shego turned on the TV to the news.\r\n\r\n“In other news, the man hunt for teen superhero Kim Possible has gone into its second day. No information has been revealed if this is a kidnapping or just a missing person incident, but police are keeping a lookout for known enemies of Ms. Possible,” the news caster spoke with lowered eyes. “Our prayers go to the Possible family in these troubling times.”\r\n\r\n“Heh, so little miss goody-goody finally ran away huh? I guess she finally admitted she can’t do everything,” Shego groused while balling up a fist. “Hey Nemmy, wanna see a trick? Watch!”\r\n\r\nWith a flick of the arm, a ball of plasma leaped out from Shego’s fist and smashed into the picture of Kim on the far wall, just below where the heroine’s ribs were depicted. Shego sighed and petted Kim again with a frown. “Another nine, I’m off on my aim today.”\r\n\r\nKim gulped as she watched the partially burnt photograph drift to the floor to join the others laying there. ‘[i:0e56615955]Ok... I am SO getting out of here. I think Shego might kill me on sight now,[/i:0e56615955]’ Kim noted as the pieces settled. ‘[i:0e56615955]How did she get a picture of me anyhow?[/i:0e56615955]’\r\n\r\nA crackling filled the room as the intercom by the door buzzed to life. “Shego! I’m coming down to discuss our plans for tomorrow.”\r\n\r\nKim mewed in surprise at Drakken’s tone, until she saw Shego roll her eyes. “Shego, what was that? Was that a cat?”\r\n\r\nShego stroked Kim’s back gently to try and get her to be silent. “What cat? There’s no cat here.”\r\n\r\n“You know the rules Shego, there are to be no cats on the base. I’m allergic to them,” Drakken stated while Kim rolled onto her back and started to playfully bat around Shego’s hands.\r\n\r\n“There’re no cats here Dr. D. What did you want?” Shego said with a small smile as she let her kitten play with her hand.\r\n\r\n“I’m coming down to talk about the plans for tomorrow, and I’m bringing some coco-moo,” Drakken proclaimed.\r\n\r\nShego rolled her eyes again at the way Drakken said chocolate milk. “Fine, I’ll see you in a few minutes, but make it quick, I want to take a shower before bed.”\r\n\r\nDrakken huffed before hanging up. Shego sighed and smiled down at the kitten in her lap, looking asleep. “Sorry Nemmy, but I have to hide you before Drakken comes. I’ve got a nice pillow set up in my room for you.”\r\n\r\nStanding up, Shego carried the tired cat into her room, and laid her down on the pillow with a small ball of yarn next to her. “Now you be good and quiet in here while I deal with Dr. D. After that I’ll play with you some more.”\r\n\r\nTaking the fact that the cat never woke up as an agreement, Shego walked out of the room and got busy cleaning up the rest of the suite, making sure to hide Nemmy’s bowls in a cupboard. After she had left the room, Kim’s eyes opened and she prowled to the mostly closed door, where she curled up in the shadows to watch Shego and Drakken talking.\r\n\r\n‘I wonder what Drakken’s up to this time,’ Kim thought while watching Shego bring the doctor into her living room. At Drakken’s first sneeze Kim smiled to herself. ‘[i:0e56615955]Well, it seems he wasn’t kidding about being allergic... maybe I should get closer...[/]’\r\n\r\n“Now Shego,” Drakken started after he blew his nose on his hanky, “As I... I... ACHOO! As I was saying, we need to go... t’go... t’ACHOO! To go over the plans for the next raid. I... I... ACHOO!” I need you to go to a jewelry store tomorrow for a few dozen gems of various sizes.”\r\n\r\n“You alright Dr. D? Maybe you should go lay down...” Shego commented with faux-gentleness as she sipped her chocolate milk. She was obviously enjoying seeing the blue genius sneezing his brains out.\r\n\r\n“I’ll be fine, I know there’s a... a... ACHOO! Cat in here, and I will find it,” Drakken sniffled while looking around. “When I do, it’s out with it.”\r\n\r\n“No, I don’t have a cat. And even if I did, I wouldn’t let you touch it,” Shego stated while a ball of plasma surrounded her fist. “Now, are you done?”\r\n\r\n“Yes,” Drakken said while sweating nervously.\r\n\r\n“Good, now get out,” commanded Shego, causing Drakken to bolt for the door.\r\n\r\nShego smirked as she lowered her fist and stood up to shut the door behind Drakken. “I have to invite him over more for these little get togethers...” Shego mused while dumping the chocolate milk down her kitchen sink.\r\n\r\n‘[i]Hmm, so Shego’s not happy being under Drakken’s command,[/i:0e56615955]’ Kim thought while slipping out of the bedroom. Walking over to the cabinet that held her water and food, she pawed at it softly, mewing piteously.\r\n\r\n“Oh, so you’re hungry, are you? Alright my little Nemmy, let’s get you your food,” Shego cooed while pulling out the two bowls.\r\n\r\n‘[i:0e56615955]I will so never get used to her being so... sweet,[/i:0e56615955]’ Kim thought as she nibbled away at the tuna. ‘[i:0e56615955]It reminds me of when she was hit with that nice ray.[/i:0e56615955]’\r\n\r\nShego smiled at her little cat before going to a drawer and pulling out a box marked ‘Target Practice’. Opening the box Shego pulled out the next of hundreds of photos of Kim and some tape, fixing it to the wall over the burn spots.\r\n\r\nKim watched all this while eating and drinking, silently her thoughts turned back to the nice Miss Go. While she wished she knew what Shego was going to say, she didn’t really want to find out right now. Cleaning her whiskers and lips with her paws, Kim failed to notice the green figure standing over her. “Come on Nemmy, bath time.”\r\n\r\nWith those five words, Kim’s feline instincts let out a whimper of terror, which Kim could not fully understand. The human part of Kim did have one major problem though. She was going to be showering with her bitter enemy, and she had little choice in the matter.\r\n\r\nKim’s thoughts were interrupted by Shego’s hands catching her gently about the middle and lifting her up. ‘[i:0e56615955]Kim... react first, think later,[/i:0e56615955]’ Kim mentally commanded as Shego carried her off to the bathroom, humming ‘Hello, Hello, Hello’ by the Oh Boyz. ‘[i:0e56615955]I think I am starting to learn too much about my enemy now...[/i:0e56615955]’'),(245418,'da6d7ef99d','Falling Into College 57: A Star for the Window (Part 2)','Derek’s National Guard unit is activated and he prepares to go overseas. At the same time, Daria and Jane prepare to help Karen deal with her fear about possibly losing Derek.'),(245419,'13229ea337','','[b:13229ea337]Part 1[/b:13229ea337]\r\n\r\nBundled against the cold, Jane ran up the steps to her apartment two at a time, cradling a grocery bag full of boxed tea and ice cube trays. She stopped at the landing and kicked ice and snow from her boots before going inside. The mouth-watering aroma of a gourmet hot cocoa greeted her as she closed the door and hung her winter coat on the rack.\r\n\r\nSeeing the back of two heads close together on the sofa, Jane said loudly sniffed the air and said, “I know what you’ve been up to.”\r\n\r\nDaria turned her head and said, “At least we’re dressed,” before sipping from her mug of cocoa.\r\n\r\nGoing to her room, Jane explained, “Hey, how were we supposed to know that you’d be home early?”\r\n\r\nMichael also turned and said, “I swear that Mike blushed more than you did.”\r\n\r\n“Hey, Mack’s still learning to loosen up.” Jane performed a clumsy pirouette. “Besides, I might try performance art someday. You can’t show fear or embarrassment.”\r\n\r\n“You’re not trying one for the Ice Tea Party this year?”\r\n\r\n“Thought of it, but Mack didn’t want to cooperate. He said something about he didn’t want it showing up on an internet search someday.”\r\n\r\n“Speaking of Mike, where is he?” Daria asked.\r\n\r\nJane crossed to the sofa and leaned over the back to see that they were dressed for strictly around the house; Daria in a baggy sweatshirt, shorts and fuzzy slippers, Michael in a worn sweater, old jeans and plaid socks. Jane smirked and said, “Mack’s being a gentleman and picking up pizza for dinner. We assumed that our remaining partners in crime will be here shortly, is that right?”\r\n\r\n“Last I heard,” Daria said. “Derek is once again trying to introduce Karen to the concept of ice hockey at the Raft Castaways home game today. They’ll probably swing by his apartment before coming here, but should be here soon.”\r\n\r\nJane said, “I still say that Raft needs to change the sports teams’ mascot.”\r\n\r\nMichael said, “They’re too cheap to cut a marketing deal with Wilson Sporting Goods.”\r\n\r\nJane shook here head. “How about a little creative license? Write ‘Woodrow’ on a volleyball and they’re covered.”\r\n\r\n“I suppose that they could get blood for the hand-print face from the Med School or the Vet School,” Michael suggested.\r\n\r\n“The boy does have a bit of the creative bug in him,” Jane said. “If you’ll pardon me, I’m off to the kitchen to start brewing more tea for tomorrow.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGrabbing another slice of pizza from the boxes at the center of the dinner table, Mike said, “Next thing we know, Gatorbait dives into the car window holding Delta house’s giant beer stein, yelling ‘Floor it!’ Which, of course, we did.”\r\n\r\n“So ‘Mr. Responsible’ has a history now,” Daria said, with droll emphasis. “Nice to see you coming out of your shell.”\r\n\r\nHearing thumps on the landing, Jane said, “Ah, our missing children seem to have arrived.”\r\n\r\nMichael said, “And we even left them some pizza.”\r\n\r\nWordless, Karen and Derek entered and removed their coats. As everyone watched, Karen walked to the table and said, “Sorry to spoil the party, folks. Derek found this in the mail when he got home after the game.”\r\n\r\nShe placed an opened letter on the table, which Daria picked up to read.\r\n\r\n\r\n[b:13229ea337]Pvt. Adler, Derek A.\r\nCompany B, 21 Infantry Regiment\r\nMassachusetts National Guard\r\n\r\nBy order of the Regimental Commander under the direction of CENTCOM and effective 0800 EST, 1 February, 2002, Pvt. Adler will report to Camp Edwards for active duty deployment with his unit for up to one year.[/b:13229ea337]\r\n\r\n\r\nDerek plainly said, \"It\'s a good bet that I\'ll be going to Afghanistan.\"\r\n\r\nMike said, \"Maybe you\'ll get lucky and you\'ll get sent to someplace like Germany.\"\r\n\r\nDerek shook his head. \"Several of the old-timers were around for Desert Storm. They warned us that something like this might be in the works, and if things go like they did ten years ago, we\'ll be in the thick of it.\"\r\n\r\n\"That sucks,\" Jane said.\r\n\r\nDerek sat and reached for one slice. \"It\'s what I agreed to when I enlisted and took Uncle Sam\'s money for college.”\r\n\r\n\"Damn, what about your classes?\" Michael asked.\r\n\r\n\"Everything goes on hold and I\'ll have to pick up when I get back. I\'ll get Involuntary Incompletes for this semester and should be able to restart any of the classes without penalty. The hard part is that I didn\'t anticipate having someone important to leave behind when I enlisted.\"\r\n\r\n“Karen, how are you holding up?” Daria asked her friend.\r\n\r\nKaren sat in the chair next Daria. “I’m scared, really scared.”\r\n\r\n“You’re not the only one,” Derek said, reaching over to hold Karen’s hand.\r\n\r\nJane asked, “Can’t you get a deferment for college or something?”\r\n\r\n“This isn’t the sixties.” Derek answered. “I didn’t think that I’d really be called up when I enlisted in the Guard, but I knew it was possible. I gave my word, I have to go.”\r\n\r\n“Is it possible for you to be assigned to a rear area?” Mike asked.\r\n\r\n“I’m a ground-pounder. It’s my job to be at the front.”\r\n\r\nKaren pulled the topping from the corner of one pizza slice and started to nibble. “I can’t imagine what it’s going to be like to have Derek away for a whole year.”\r\n\r\nDaria looked at Michael and Jane turned to Mack as they tried to comprehend the idea.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLate that night, Daria stopped at Karen’s door and gently knocked, entering upon hearing her friend’s soft invitation.\r\n\r\n“You okay?”\r\n\r\nShaking her head, Karen hoarsely said, “No.” Her eyes were red and her face was tired from crying. “Now I know a little of what you must’ve felt when you thought Michael was going to Italy.”\r\n\r\n“That was different,” Daria said.\r\n\r\n“In the details. Otherwise, it’s the same. Derek’s going to be half a world away and I’m going to feel like I’ve been torn in half.”\r\n\r\n“There is that.”\r\n\r\n“I don’t want to lose him.”\r\n\r\n“You’re not going to lose him, he loves you.”\r\n\r\n“That won’t stop a bullet.” Karen started crying again. “I could lose him and not be able to do a damn thing to stop it.”\r\n\r\nCareful, Daria inched closer. “This also has something to do with Laura, doesn’t it?”\r\n\r\nKaren nodded. “Daria, how would you feel if you’d lost Jane in high school and now faced the risk of losing Michael?”\r\n\r\nAfter a moment’s hesitation, Daria put her arm around Karen. “I’d be in the same shape you are.”\r\n\r\n“Thanks, I knew you’d understand.”\r\n\r\n“Karen, you’ve been there for me when I needed a friend. I’ll do whatever I can to help. I’m sure Jane will, too.”'),(245420,'ffa98cb4f5','','Mine is a cropped version of [url=http://carter.gamerspage.net/Red_Line/large-16.html]this photo[/url] of a Red Line train in Boston.'),(245421,'7a6c47ecdc','','Just so I\'m clear, I borrowed the DVD from the library--it\'s actually 2 DVDs. One is the movie and the other has the special features on it. I recently saw the actual movie on YT recently. I borrowed the DVD to get the special features, but what I was hoping to find wasn\'t on it. But if anyone happens to own the DVD then maybe you know where in the special features that the info I was told was on it happens to be and I can see it before I take it back...'),(245422,'51310d5a00','','[quote:51310d5a00=\"Brother Grimace\"]I still cry laughing about the \'Yeah! My name is KOTEX!\' story[/quote:51310d5a00]\r\n\r\nBtw, what thread was that? It\'s not showing up on Search. Was it one of those that was destroyed in the crash? :?\r\n\r\nInteresting enough, I just tried finding THIS thread using Kotex as a search term and it didn\'t show up. ETA: it\'s showing up now. Weird. Maybe having 2 posts using the world makes a difference.'),(245423,'1901e4f3d4','','Hey, Dogg--was the lesbian thing an attempt to drive home the point once and for all that D & J are straight as a reed in the wind? :twisted: \r\n\r\nGood work. Looking forward to more.'),(245424,'44fc3df8f8','','I agree with cross on this one; the drivers license is being used as a method of control. It makes no sense to hinder someones ability to find employment if they owe money.\r\n\r\nP.S.- Btw, I have no children, and my dad, despite owning 3 homes, a nice boat and brand new Cadillacs every year, paid like $9 in child support a week to my mom when I lived with her.'),(245425,'bf2f90a052','','The main reason I grew a beard was to keep myself from looking like an eternal teenager. Whenever I tell that to people in their forties and older, they always tell me that I\'ll change my mind in a few years; that may be true, but for now, I\'d like to at least look my age.'),(245426,'e1d706c715','','Hey, he helped bring those kids into this world. Therefore, he should pay for his ex-wife\'s beer and cigarettes so that she\'s in a better mood around her kids (at least for the first week when the check arrives before it\'s all drunk and smoked away anyway).\r\n\r\n\r\nOk, seriously: I\'d love it if the father who had to pay had the right to demand receipts to show food, school supplies, and all that which equals (at the very least) what he paid in child support (with things like food stamps or cards taken into account). I know MY mom wouldn\'t have passed THAT test...'),(245427,'d67c86453f','','[quote:d67c86453f=\"RabidCureFan\"][quote:d67c86453f=\"E. A. Smith\"]So, how much do you want to irradiate me enough to give me superpowers?[/quote:d67c86453f]\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, despite the plethora of comic books that claim otherwise, high doses of radiation will not give you superpowers. If you\'re lucky, all it will do is burn your skin and make it flake off...and that\'s kind of a yucky superpower if you think about it. I mean, really...\"Stop, or I\'ll pelt you with skin flakes! FOR GREAT JUSTICE!\" See? Doesn\'t work at all.\r\n\r\nDid you know that radiation sickness is a really horrible way to die? While skin and mucous membranes are easily affected by radiation, nervous tissue is relatively radioinsensitive, which means that if you are blasted by a Chernobyl-esque level of radiation, your skin will burn, your insides will liquefy, and you will FEEL EVERY MINUTE OF IT UNTIL YOU DIE.\r\n\r\nRemember that next time anyone wants to drop another nuclear bomb.[/quote:d67c86453f]\r\n\r\nI\'m pretty aware of the basics of radiation contamination. I actually explain to my astronomy students how high-energy radiation damages your cells and tissues (part of my continued campaign to scare the living daylights out of them with all the ways that space can kill them :twisted: ).'),(245428,'8a8eab6c2f','','AMG said:\r\n\r\n \"Like BG said, you are an articulate, well read man. That you hold these views is mystifying.\"\r\n\r\n [i:8a8eab6c2f]Which[/i:8a8eab6c2f] views? I do hold the view that the world is a dangerous place and that if you are (or become) a sheep you will soon meet a wolf. I\'ll tell you freankly, tta it\'s all about power -- who\'s got it, who doesn\'t, and what can and will be done to those who don\'t, almost every time.\r\n\r\n Deref said (with a \"Angry\" smiley, signifying anger at me, presumably, not at my assailant):\r\n\r\n \"It was a case of school bullying? Jezuz. Get over it. Most people of our age got hassled by a bully or two at school, but most of us shrugged it off and got on with our lives.\"\r\n\r\n I would say doing one\'s level best to neuter someone for no reason was a little more serious than \"bullying.\" I would classify as it a very serious physical criminal assault. I would classify the victim as in clear and present/immediate danger of grave physical injury, if not death (people do not infrequently die from just such treatment), and fully justified in using whatebver means were necessary to stop the attack. \r\n\r\n In any case, it was an extremely formative experience. It kind of set the whole tone from then on. I believe I did mention in passing some other, more recent incidents. That not much has happened here lately is mainly due to me largely withdrawing from society. I think I mentioned that too.\r\n\r\n Get on with my life? [i:8a8eab6c2f]What[/i:8a8eab6c2f] life? What the hell kind of life could I ever have possibly had?\r\n\r\n Dervish asked:\r\n\r\n \"So what brought this up, and brings it up again and again?\"\r\n\r\n What brought iy up [i:8a8eab6c2f]this[/i:8a8eab6c2f] time is the looming passgae of H.R. 297, which I fear may catch me in its dragnet, by redefining some things.\r\n\r\n Bro. Grimace said:\r\n\r\n \"The best kind of fight or trouble to get into is the one you see coming and actively avoid.\"\r\n\r\n And I have done just that ... probably hundreds of times. More times than I can count, anyway. So many times, in fact, that I have often been considered and openly called a coward.\r\n\r\n Bro. Grimace said:\r\n\r\n \"Yes, sometimes there\'s no other choice ... .\"\r\n\r\n Yes, that\'s when you need to be ready to go, pretty much reflexively. It will happen fast. There won\'t be much time to talk, or even think.\r\n\r\n Bro. Grimace said:\r\n\r\n \" ... but really - how many times could trouble be avoided if you just walked away, or just didn\'t walk past the people that you knew would do nothing but wait for an excuse to start trouble?\"\r\n\r\n And I have very consistently, monotonously (and some said even ignobly) doe just exactly, precisely that every single time except maybe twice (when I struck premptively) in a long life full of gross provocations.\r\n\r\n Bro. Grimace said:\r\n\r\n \"If you want to carry yourself like the way you suggest, Cross, then by all means, do so.\"\r\n\r\n Carry myself [i:8a8eab6c2f]what[/i:8a8eab6c2f] way? I already [i:8a8eab6c2f]did[/i:8a8eab6c2f] go routinely armed on a daily basis for several years, when it was all quite legal and proper, mind you, and did so sporadically (pretty often really) for many years before that when it was either illegal or in a sort of gray legal limbo. And somehow or other, nobody ever got shot, or at least not by me.\r\n\r\n It was legal [i:8a8eab6c2f]today[/i:8a8eab6c2f] for me to carry a concealed weapon, and I darned well would have carried one when I went out today, if I\'d been able to dress apropriately for that, which I haven\'t ordinarily been able to do for several years now.\r\n\r\n I don\'t know where a lot of this stuff is coming from. \"Strutting.\" \"Swaggering.\" \"Wanting trouble.\" That ain\'t me and never was. Someobody\'s just making up their own story and substituting it for mine.\r\n\r\n Cross'),(245429,'a22c2cd4fa','','[quote:a22c2cd4fa=\"Deref\"][quote:a22c2cd4fa=\"TippedOver\"]Man, I am trying to picture hitting a damn kangaroo - Is it kinda like hitting a big rabbit or something? Like Bugs Bunny?[/quote:a22c2cd4fa]\r\nSure. If you can imagine a six foot tall rabbit.[/quote:a22c2cd4fa]\r\n\r\nFrank?'),(245430,'1d2d887753','','A very merry unbirthday to all!'),(245431,'6fa9879799','','[quote:6fa9879799=\"The Angst Guy\"]My avatar is.....\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nme.[/quote:6fa9879799]\r\n\r\nHe lies! He looks almost exactly like this:\r\n[img:6fa9879799]http://www.matchflick.com/pimages/3007.jpg[/img:6fa9879799]'),(245432,'7561aaf714','','Mine is still the icon for [i:7561aaf714]Firefly[/i:7561aaf714], the greatest sci-fi TV show of all time.'),(245433,'0ec0406eec','','I think youth ends when you start referring to young people as \'the kids\'--which would mean my youth ended when I was about 17 or 18. :P'),(245434,'06c2afd073','','[quote:06c2afd073=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:06c2afd073=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:06c2afd073=\"Roentgen\"][i:06c2afd073]the four vapid members of the Fashion Club[/i:06c2afd073][/quote:06c2afd073]\r\n\r\nI\'m going to kill whoever wrote this.\r\n\r\nSeriously, they got the idea of The Fashion Club all wrong. Don\'t they understand that The Fashion Club girls are so fashionable, that they can wear the same apparel all the time, and still be fashionable, because they\'re so fashionable that whatever they wear is always fashionable, even if they wear it all the time?[/quote:06c2afd073]\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote:06c2afd073]\r\n\r\nHello, Quinn.'),(245435,'167a553de1','','[quote:167a553de1=\"Dennis\"]The gloriously incomprehensible mix of experimental music, spirituality, and threatrical madness that is [i:167a553de1]The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway[/i:167a553de1].[/quote:167a553de1]\r\n\r\nI\'ve always thought that [i:167a553de1]The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway[/i:167a553de1] was overrated in the realm of progressive rock concept albums. [i:167a553de1]Tommy[/i:167a553de1], [i:167a553de1]Thick as a Brick[/i:167a553de1], [i:167a553de1]Snow[/i:167a553de1], and [i:167a553de1]Scenes from a Memory[/i:167a553de1] are all much better. In terms of Genesis, I\'ve always preferred [i:167a553de1]Selling England by the Pound[/i:167a553de1].'),(245436,'5bc45ced76','','Just bought the soundtrack for the third Pirates movie. Dude, it ROCKS.'),(245437,'af0330cf3a','','If Vermont went I could see other surrounding states joining it.'),(245438,'39c2932dd5','Re: Ideology of Star Wars/Trek (lighter stuff)','[quote:39c2932dd5=\"Deref\"]I\'d love to see him write the book so we could see how his vision for the show panned out. Has he ever said anything about the possibility?[/quote:39c2932dd5]\r\n\r\nJoss has said that the only way he would be interested in continuing the story is on television. There are [i:39c2932dd5]Firefly[/i:39c2932dd5] books planned, but they\'re not by Joss, and I don\'t know how much input he is going to have.'),(245439,'61b38f21c8','','So many interesting explanations, especially Brother Grimace\'s. Mine is a Valkyrie version of Lum (Star has Stacy, I have Lum) from Urusei Yatsura. She is a space oni (demon, note the tiny horns in the green hair) that is is hopelessly in love with Moriboshi Ataru, a feckless bundle of testosterone that chases anything in a skirt. She manages to keep him in line, however, as she, in addition of her ability to fly, can also give embraces of thermonuclear proportions, as well as bringing up a very large mallet when the time forfends.'),(245440,'a10dd71dc0','','[quote:a10dd71dc0=\"E. A. Smith\"]Mine is still the icon for [i:a10dd71dc0]Firefly[/i:a10dd71dc0], the greatest sci-fi TV show of all time.[/quote:a10dd71dc0]\r\n\r\n\r\n(turns to see Brother Grimace behind him wearing a PSI Cop uniform)\r\n\r\nBG: Just imagine how this could have gone, if I were a Trekkie or a [i:a10dd71dc0]Star Wars[/i:a10dd71dc0] fan. \r\n\r\n(motions as if he were tipping his hat)\r\n\r\nWe are, however, quite more civilized. Be seeing you. \r\n\r\n(walks away)'),(245441,'20b9180ebf','','TAG\'s Richard Dreyfus! :shock: \r\n\r\nTo me, especially when shouting about angst, TAG reminds me of Mr. Crocker from the Fairly OddParents. :D\r\n\r\nMy avatar is Gendo Ikari, showcasing my love of anime.'),(245442,'4594be1fed','','[quote:4594be1fed=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:4594be1fed=\"E. A. Smith\"]Mine is still the icon for [i:4594be1fed]Firefly[/i:4594be1fed], the greatest sci-fi TV show of all time.[/quote:4594be1fed]\r\n\r\n\r\n(turns to see Brother Grimace behind him wearing a PSI Cop uniform)\r\n\r\nBG: Just imagine how this could have gone, if I were a Trekkie or a [i:4594be1fed]Star Wars[/i:4594be1fed] fan. \r\n\r\n(motions as if he were tipping his hat)\r\n\r\nWe are, however, quite more civilized. Be seeing you. \r\n\r\n(walks away)[/quote:4594be1fed]\r\n\r\n\"Be seeing you...\" With a touch of the hat? What a marvelously obscure reference...'),(245443,'be78852e96','',':shock:'),(245444,'59e226dd21','',':lol: \r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\n :lol:'),(245445,'ac2374fa81','','In a sorta semi-related matter, I know for a fact that there are certain persons right in Washington County NY who want the county to join Vermont, citing that historically when it was sort of a \"no man\'s land\" before and during the Revolution (with both New York and New Hampshire claiming the area), Washington County was part of this \"no man\'s land\".\r\n\r\nOf course, if that were to happen, the county would have to change its name since there\'s already a Washington County in Vermont. Hudson County has been suggested.\r\n\r\nBTW IIRC during the Revoultion Vermont was technically an indepent republic.\r\n\r\nAlso, I don\'t see this happening myself. Can anyone say \"The South got its butt handed to it in the Civil War\"? :x'),(245446,'b562a54937','','Why do I have the feeling this may end badly? :('),(245447,'d2dec8908a','','You outta consider moving, Cross. Its blatantly obvious you depsise where you live- the world ain\'t bad. People crave power... yeah, what of it? I\'m a person. I abhor power. When you stereotype, you fit yourself into a stereotype. \r\n\r\nAnd let me share this parting shot: if everything seems so incredibly bad, did it ever occur to you it might be due to your own interpretation of the worldf?'),(245448,'2c6bec830c','','As a parent, divorced, with a daughter living with an ex-wife, I am ALL FOR that law. If some tard cannot maintain repsonsiblity for his offspring- which should be the most important thing he can do in his life- then why the hell should he be allowed to drive? He has demonstrated unreliability for his actions as well as the resultant consequences. To me, it\'s a flagrant disregard of responsibility.\r\n\r\nYou do NOT have the right to drive. It is a privilege... and trust me, I know VERY MANY people who drive DUIs (the small scooters you see DUI-recipients driving after they lose their license), take the bus, or ride bicycles to work. If somebody cannot get to their job, they should seriously consider either moving closer to their work or finding new work closer to them.'),(245449,'48dd989858','','Don\'t feel bad. I\'m 17 and I look like I\'m 12...and feel like I\'m 8. :lol:'),(245450,'04e328729d','','[quote:04e328729d=\"HelpfulSkittlesExplosion\"][quote:04e328729d=\"The Angst Guy\"]My avatar is.....\r\n\r\nme.[/quote:04e328729d]\r\nHe lies! He looks almost exactly like this:\r\n[img:04e328729d]http://www.matchflick.com/pimages/3007.jpg[/img:04e328729d][/quote:04e328729d]\r\nWho the hell is THAT?\r\n\r\nLooks too good to be me. Sorry. :P'),(245451,'2bf6b4e98e','','Puppets that vomit! Puppets that can puke a Niagara totally rule! Who\'s with me on this? Come out and speak up!'),(245452,'d3b8519e31','','[quote:d3b8519e31=\"Dervish\"]Hey, he helped bring those kids into this world. Therefore, he should pay for his ex-wife\'s beer and cigarettes so that she\'s in a better mood around her kids (at least for the first week when the check arrives before it\'s all drunk and smoked away anyway).\r\n\r\n\r\nOk, seriously: I\'d love it if the father who had to pay had the right to demand receipts to show food, school supplies, and all that which equals (at the very least) what he paid in child support (with things like food stamps or cards taken into account). I know MY mom wouldn\'t have passed THAT test...[/quote:d3b8519e31]\r\n\r\n\r\nI agree, Dervish. Perhaps the $ could be put into a state account, and then the recieving parent could swipe a card for food, clothes ect. and then would be unable to use it for alcohol, ect.'),(245453,'8ab7989daa','','[quote:8ab7989daa=\"RLobinske\"][quote:8ab7989daa=\"Deref\"][quote:8ab7989daa=\"Dennis\"]If you\'re in MA for more than a day, though, I\'d love to get together for a precon minicon in the form of dinner and drinks.[/quote:8ab7989daa]\r\n:-) That\'s a definite yes!\r\n\r\nApropos a chat with Scissors this morning, the current thought is train from Boston to NYC, and car from there. How does that sound?[/quote:8ab7989daa]\r\n\r\nIf its still running, you could take the Autotrain from DC to Sanford (just outside of Orlando) to have at least one car on hand.[/quote:8ab7989daa]\r\nA train trip could be as much fun as a road trip. :-)\r\n\r\nThere\'s plenty of time - let\'s see how the conversation moves. Maybe as people express interest we could take the conversation to a chat or to another thread. So far we\'ve got expressions of interest from yours truly, Scissors, HSX, RedlegRick, TheEleventy, maybe Dennis. I wonder if I could resurrect Renfield? :-)'),(245454,'2d9474ccdf','','I will restrain myself from making the usual comments and simply say this is an excellent foreshadowing of Things to Come. We who have already passed through can see it well, and the pain is all the greater.'),(245455,'860104d25c','','[quote:860104d25c=\"Hershey-chan\"]Don\'t feel bad. I\'m 17 and I look like I\'m 12...and feel like I\'m 8. :lol:[/quote:860104d25c]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMan, I am going to be 39 this year....and if you listen to my wife, SHE says that I act like I\'m 8..! :) Or 2, depending on how much coffee I\'ve had in the past 24 hours. :)'),(245456,'aa599a20ec','','[quote:aa599a20ec=\"Derek\"][quote:aa599a20ec=\"The Angst Guy\"][quote:aa599a20ec=\"TheEleventy\"][quote:aa599a20ec=\"The Angst Guy\"]I don\'t know what Jenga is, but I do know this: It is a sickness and it must be stopped. It saps the moral fiber of our youth and turns them into drug-crazed Communists marching in lock-step with their [b:aa599a20ec]puppet[/b:aa599a20ec] masters in Havana. I call upon all Americans to . . . oh, it\'s that building block game.[/quote:aa599a20ec]I like puppets. :)[/quote:aa599a20ec]\r\nI like puppets that vomit. God, that is the funniest thing ever. :D[/quote:aa599a20ec]\r\nNah, puppets having sex is even funnier. :D[/quote:aa599a20ec]\r\nAh - another Team America fan!'),(245457,'25cc4f0b9c','','http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18274&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0\r\n\r\nLook for the parody! :shock: \r\n\r\nSeriously, though, we all appreciate your hard work on the series...keep it up!'),(245458,'7ec47fdfc1','','Game Four...\r\n\r\n --- Don Cherry is in the damn booth.... which might be a good thing.\r\n\r\n --- Chris Pronger (Ducks) gets a bulls**t GAME SUSPENSION for a suppossed thrown elbow to the chin, and Alfredsson (Stupid Canuc....Senators) slapshots the puck directly at another player ON PURPOSE with less than 2 seconds left in the period, and the Refs just say, \"Oh Well!\"\r\n\r\n Sorry - It\'s either write it here, or go on NHL.com with a nasty tirade that would probably get ME suspended ...and possibly arrested. It may even be interesting to you all! :)'),(245459,'06f6a5a18a','','I was thinking Avenue Q. From what I heard it had puppet sex and full frontal nudity. Besides, with songs like The Internet is For Porn and Everyone\'s A Little Bit Racist, i wish I could have seen it.'),(245460,'803793fd81','','Mine is just a GaiaOnline version of Jane. Nothing special.'),(245461,'24ce4ac119','','Mine IS me, really. A little dated, and the \'fro is what happens to my hair naturally. Here is a little more up-to-date pic:'),(245462,'88a10e5b9e','','My [i:88a10e5b9e]current [/i:88a10e5b9e]avatar is a screen shot from \"Legends of The Mall\"\r\n\r\nShe may look as if she\'s about to kiss someone, but she\'s actually talking.\r\n\r\n[quote:88a10e5b9e]Mine is still the icon for Firefly, the greatest sci-fi TV show of all time.\r\n[/quote:88a10e5b9e]\r\n\r\nIt\'s a shame FOX was too stupid to realise that.'),(245463,'5b2df1240c','','[quote:5b2df1240c=\"Deref\"][quote:5b2df1240c=\"TippedOver\"][quote:5b2df1240c=\"Caira\"][quote:5b2df1240c=\"Deref\"][quote:5b2df1240c=\"TippedOver\"]Man, I am trying to picture hitting a damn kangaroo - Is it kinda like hitting a big rabbit or something? Like Bugs Bunny?[/quote:5b2df1240c]\r\nSure. If you can imagine a six foot tall rabbit.[/quote:5b2df1240c]\r\nKangaroo meat tastes better, mind you . . .[/quote:5b2df1240c]\r\n\r\nI\'ve had horse, rattlesnake, bear and cougar meat... I wonder if there is a shop around here where I can find some kangaroo meat. Hmmm... Is it legal to hunt them?[/quote:5b2df1240c]\r\nIndeed it is, and \'roo meat is slowly becoming more popular. You should be able to get it in specialist stores over there. They say it\'s the healthiest meat there is, very low in fat, so you have to be careful not to overcook it.[/quote:5b2df1240c]\r\n\r\nRoos are too cute to be eaten!'),(245464,'a2b7e77d46','','It\'s around $2.97 a gallon in Fort Worth. It\'s times like this I\'m glad I can\'t drive yet. :D'),(245465,'657d959a3d','','[quote:657d959a3d=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:657d959a3d=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:657d959a3d=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:657d959a3d=\"Roentgen\"][i:657d959a3d]the four vapid members of the Fashion Club[/i:657d959a3d][/quote:657d959a3d]\r\n\r\nI\'m going to kill whoever wrote this.\r\n\r\nSeriously, they got the idea of The Fashion Club all wrong. Don\'t they understand that The Fashion Club girls are so fashionable, that they can wear the same apparel all the time, and still be fashionable, because they\'re so fashionable that whatever they wear is always fashionable, even if they wear it all the time?[/quote:657d959a3d]\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote:657d959a3d]\r\n\r\nHello, Quinn.[/quote:657d959a3d]\r\n\r\nFunny you...\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Eric, why don\'t you get me a soda?\" \r\n\r\n :P'),(245466,'345fd4f42b','','[quote:345fd4f42b=\"Bliss Ticks\"]http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18274&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0\r\n\r\nLook for the parody! :shock: \r\n\r\nSeriously, though, we all appreciate your hard work on the series...keep it up![/quote:345fd4f42b]\r\n\r\n\r\nSomeone did a FiC parody? Which one?'),(245467,'6f19a6afa8','','[quote:6f19a6afa8=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:6f19a6afa8=\"Bliss Ticks\"]http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18274&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0\r\n\r\nLook for the parody! :shock: \r\n\r\nSeriously, though, we all appreciate your hard work on the series...keep it up![/quote:6f19a6afa8]\r\nSomeone did a FiC parody? Which one?[/quote:6f19a6afa8]\r\nI think he meant this was a parody of something I\'d do. He\'s wrong, of course. I would have used ebola.'),(245468,'9f592e56c2','','[quote:9f592e56c2=\"Teeki\"]My high school history teacher used to say that life was good when gas was under a dollar.[/quote:9f592e56c2]\r\nI remember, when I was small, gas wars dropping prices to 19 cents a gallon in our area.'),(245469,'ae7afa0f01','','This thread must be locked as it has nothing to do with Daria. Sorry. :P :P :P'),(245470,'b8b44198cc','','I thought football season was over and there you go, bringing up the Stanley Bowl or whatever it is. I thought single points were scored by kicking; the 2 point thingie you had to run the oblong projectile in.\r\n\r\nMaybe that\'s what it is; TO is assuming to be Kevin.\r\n\r\nSee, it fits in this fandom!'),(245471,'b313c9f044','','Mine is a head shot of Hoban \"Wash\" Washburne (Damn you, Whedon!) from [i:b313c9f044]Firefly[/i:b313c9f044], which is (as E.A. Smith stated) the greatest sci-fi TV show of all time.'),(245472,'8406ec01e7','','I remember when TAG was small, penguins still wouldn\'t him take there hawt little chicks out on dates.'),(245473,'508ee6a193','','[quote:508ee6a193=\"brandonoh\"]Mine is a head shot of Hoban \"Wash\" Washburne (Damn you, Whedon!) from [i:508ee6a193]Firefly[/i:508ee6a193], which is (as E.A. Smith stated) the greatest sci-fi TV show of all time.[/quote:508ee6a193]\r\n\r\n[i:508ee6a193]\"I\'m a leaf on the wind...watch how I soar!\"[/i:508ee6a193]'),(245474,'1022379def','','No, Angst - your ego is getting ahead of you...this was meant for RLobinske...I will re-post it here! :shock: \r\n\r\n[u:1022379def][b:1022379def]Falling into Complacency, #984 (Chapter 4, part 6) [/b:1022379def][/u:1022379def]\r\n\r\nDaria was almost through her third day at university when the unthinkable happened: she had run out of pens. \r\nRealizing she was in trouble, she made a quick trip to the local office supply store, and using her mothers credit card, bought enough pens to last her the whole semester. Some of them were even different colors such as red and green. It reminded her of Jane. \r\nIn the end, everything turned out fine. \r\n\r\n[b:1022379def][i:1022379def]The End[/i:1022379def][/b:1022379def]'),(245475,'bba641aff0','What makes Music good to you?','This has been on my mind for awhile and I finally decided to post about it after a discussion with Star.\r\n\r\nWhy do you like music that you like?? What makes it better than other music?? What variables go into your decision making on buying a CD??\r\n\r\nAn I wa just wondering...doesn\'t anybody jsut...[i:bba641aff0]listen[/i:bba641aff0] to music and have fun with it?? Ya know...not reading to much into it or not being overly concerned with out Deep or Cerebral it is? \r\n\r\nSorry If I sound like I\'m complaing, but I guess I am to degree. \r\n\r\nAnd for my fellow Heavy Metal fans, not being a musician, I guess I can\'t understand the point of the arguing over the quality of how guitar cords are used by various bands.'),(245476,'9cd4ac4dc7','','Mine is, as always, a black wolf. The image just fits me, that\'s all I know.'),(245477,'649fb1a545','','Mine\'s a fanart drawing of Becky Welsh from the game Rumble Roses.'),(245478,'146a491886','','Man, fuck off both of yous. Hockey < * :P\r\n\r\nThe alfie goal from game 3 was debatable, having seen the replay I can see it going either way. the rule states it has to be a distinct kicking motion, and since alfie wasnt facing the net...like I said, toss-up. \r\n\r\nPronger has a long history of cheap shots, so while it wasn\'t quite as blatant as the hit on Holmstrom in the WCF you still don\'t put your elbow into a guy\'s head. \r\n\r\nSeeing Grapes on NBC was mildly amusing, but I\'m said he didn\'t say anything horrifically xenophobic.\r\n\r\nDuckies now have the series in a hammer-lock. Uh, suck it Canadia?'),(245479,'f754995ae9','','Why do I like the music I like? Just because. I find that like \"Why do you like the food you like to eat.\" And this goes for \"why it\'s better.\" Natch, that\'s better \"for me.\"\r\n\r\nFor buying the CD? Depends on how much enjoyment I get out of it. It doesn\'t even have to be my kind of music. If I like it, I\'ll get it. I\'m thinking of getting a Bangles CD. I got a couple of Bangles tapes really cheap. One I didn\'t really care for, but another one I do but the sound is warping. So I\'m thinking of getting the CD so I can hear it. Besides, I expect it will be even better, just like the quality of the Operation Mindcrime CD I got after the old tape someone gave me got destroyed (with the CD, I was finally able to understand all of the words instead of just some of them). \r\n\r\nI like all kinds. Even without the pot enhancing the sound. :P I recently found a Mongolian rap song compelling to hear. It was supposed to incite hatred of the Chinese, and inspire Mongolians living within China to rise up against their oppressors or some such. But I didn\'t understand a single word. I think I enjoyed the traditional Mongolian chants better though (but not enough to get a CD of it). \r\n\r\nOf course some are worth listening to just for fun. \r\n\r\nI found it funny when watching some 80s metal YT where a couple commented the band featured was why 80s metal ruled, it was Poison that gave it a bad name. But I got an old Poison tape (you can read about that [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9648]here[/url]), and I found it fun...and no worse (even a little better because of the silliness factor) than whatever band they thought made 80s metal so great. (On another vid, someone said they hated King Diamond because he wore too much makeup, better to stick with Alice Cooper, and some replied that not only was Cooper a major inspiration for KD, but that he wore makeup, too. :lol:)\r\n\r\nETA: I have an old Twisted Sister cassette, too. I don\'t much care for it, but when I\'m on cold meds, I LOVE it. Interesting enough, a song from it was requested on a radio show by a guy with a cold, making me think that cold meds made TS sound good to him, too. :P'),(245480,'99c9a65b5d','','The music I like has to do one of two things: It has to relax my nerves and eliminate stress or perk up my mood. That\'s why my choices of music weaves across different kinds, from classical to rock to heavy metal to alternative to old time gospel hymns to pop.\r\n\r\nMusic conjures images in my mind--sometimes very powerful images.\r\n\r\nI have found that there is music out there that angers me, but not because I hate it. It\'s as if the music\'s purpose [i:99c9a65b5d]is[/i:99c9a65b5d] to tick me off. I try to avoid that kind.\r\n\r\nMost music out there, however, does nothing to me. It just serves as filler. Or noise pollution.'),(245481,'3d54394970','','I guess it\'s once again time to balance out the bright happiness with some good, old-fashioned [b:3d54394970]loss[/b:3d54394970].\r\n\r\nLet the games begin.'),(245482,'2543a3230b','','I like what I like for a lot of different reasons.\r\n\r\nI like a good percentage of my more mainstream favorites because of the musicianship and because, in a lot of cases of classic rock, I grew up on it.\r\n\r\nI like thrash and progressive metal for the technicality, I like death metal for the darker qualities and I like black metal for the raw anger. I rarely focus on the lyrics or the message in a lot of these cases, simply because I don\'t necessarily agree with it. Sometimes I just want my senses to be assaulted. (Besides, in more extreme metal, you often can\'t understand the lyrics anyway - it\'s just growling or outright screaming or shrieking... accompanied by blastbeats and riffing.)\r\n\r\nI like softer music because, well, I\'m not always angry. :D\r\n\r\nI like metal because, well, I\'m not always happy. :evil:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is, of course, a summary of what is a much more complicated issue with me. :)'),(245483,'38ce393083','','I own the RotS 2-DVD set and have watched every bit of it. I don\'t remember seeing anything that \"explains it all.\"\r\n\r\nHowever, I could also have missed it. The guy may not have been lying to you. If he was the [i:38ce393083]Star Wars[/i:38ce393083] version of a Trekkie, then he was right--from a certain point of view. :P \r\n\r\nYou\'re right. A lot of it is boring. It is also the only [i:38ce393083]Star Wars[/i:38ce393083] movie that my family won\'t watch anymore. Too depressing. I have to watch it late at night, just like I do my zombie films.'),(245484,'884b1361bd','','Good work, as always.\r\n\r\nHowever, I can\'t stop chuckling over Brittany. :lol:'),(245485,'835f2aa60a','','Mine is pretty obvious.\r\n\r\nIt symbolizes that my state of mind is rather fuzzy and can change at any time.'),(245486,'4700d8e474','Lawndale the Comic - Now with a home.','http://pages.suddenlink.net/rk/ - Somewhat of a temporary home, at least until I can afford a domain name. Nonetheless, now there\'s a place for the comics, as well as a window for accepting fan art and fan fiction.\r\n\r\nThe individual pages are still under construction, but the forum page was just going to link to here and SFMB anyway (Even if my own forum were still up, there\'s wouldn\'t be much point).\r\n\r\nWell, back to work! 8)'),(245487,'9545b4340f','','Kind of topic related, but not really..\r\n\r\nWhen I was a kid, I went to a School called Carver, in a town called Raymond. :shock:'),(245488,'039a959d22','','Wow, talk about knocking the wind out of your sails.\r\n\r\nMy wife used to be terrified that I\'d get a reactivation order during Desert Storm. Fortunately, it never happened to me, but it did to a friend of mine, right in the middle of the semester, too.'),(245489,'5e4809301b','','[quote:5e4809301b=\"cyde\"]All lesbian jokes aside, I find the interplay you write between Daria and Jane to be priceless. Keep it up; I\'m a huge fan. :D[/quote:5e4809301b]\r\n\r\nThe interplay almost writes itself. I enjoy writing it.\r\n\r\n[quote:5e4809301b=\"psychotol\"]Nice contact there. \r\n\r\nAlso liked the way that woman\'s gaydar malfunctioned the way everyone else\'s gaydar seems to around those two. \r\n\r\nHow soon before they have to be gone though? Anyone but the old guy who saw the whole thing finds Keaver\'s cadaver, they\'re gonna be in a world of **** if they aren\'t somewhere else.[/quote:5e4809301b]\r\n\r\nI know some really irritating people who claim that they have perfect gaydar. They\'re almost always wrong, too.\r\n\r\nAs far as Keaver\'s cadaver is concerned, that depends on what wild critters gets to it first. :twisted: \r\n\r\n[quote:5e4809301b=\"Brother Grimace\"]Also, how do you think the wife would feel about him trying to rape a teenager, expecially if their child is a girl? The bastard got off lucky. Remember what Daria did to her attempted rapist. \r\n[/quote:5e4809301b]\r\n\r\nThere are also wives (and mothers) who would deny such a thing ever happened--even in the face of mounting evidence. \r\n\r\n[quote:5e4809301b=\"Steven Galloway\"]Hey, Dogg--was the lesbian thing an attempt to drive home the point once and for all that D & J are straight as a reed in the wind? :twisted: [/quote:5e4809301b]\r\n\r\nNot necessarily. At least, that wasn\'t my plan.\r\n\r\nMore to come.'),(245490,'01e0407fbc','','Back in late \'90, one of my frat brothers got the call, as well as a guy in my 16mm production class at the time. What had me worried, though, was that my little brother was sent over with his MLRS battery from Germany. Fortunately, he had some sort of accident and messed his leg up badly enough that they sent him back to Germany. He was on Saudi six very unplesany days. \r\n\r\nNot the first time for my family, though. One of my older brothers (he\'s a Marine) was in Beirut when the Barracks was hit, and in \'86, when we camethisclose to invading Libya (yes, we were going to) - well, the conversation went like this:\r\n\r\n[i:01e0407fbc]HIM: Do you know how close we were to invading?\r\n\r\nME: How close?\r\n\r\nHIM: I was on a .50 on a landing craft twelve miles offshore. Don\'t you ever tell Momma or Pop about that. [/i:01e0407fbc]\r\n\r\nExcept for me, my mom and one of my older brothers, everyone in the family was in the military. (My mother was a military wife for 26 years,so I think she counts in that regard, too.) The older brother who didn\'t go was a criminal and was busy hopping in and out of jail (he\'s not good at being a criminal), and since I couldn\'t fly helicopters (bad eyes), I decided that I\'d just go to college. \r\n\r\nThinking about how I felt when I heard that my brother hurt his leg and was transferred out (yes, I was happy), I don\'t even want to imagine how it feels for the people who get called up and sent overseas.\r\n\r\n\r\nOverall, here\'s where the shadows of dark clouds may be lurking just beyond the horizon... :( It\'s a good thing that Karen has good people around her now that she can lean on...'),(245491,'d4030d2d86','','[quote:d4030d2d86=\"Doggieboy\"]\r\n\r\nMore to come.[/quote:d4030d2d86]\r\n\r\n\r\nSo, there [u:d4030d2d86]will[/u:d4030d2d86] be sex, yes? :wink:'),(245492,'1873b0602e','','If it helps you get a girl\'s clothes off. Really, what else do you need?\r\n\r\n\r\n(runs for cover as things are flung at him)'),(245493,'69bf0df2d8','','[quote:69bf0df2d8=\"Brother Grimace\"]If it helps you get a girl\'s clothes off. Really, what else do you need?\r\n\r\n\r\n(runs for cover as things are flung at him)[/quote:69bf0df2d8]\r\n\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:'),(245494,'5606326117','','[quote:5606326117=\"DocForbin\"] IIRC during the Revoultion Vermont was technically an indepent republic.[/quote:5606326117]\r\n\r\nIt was and if I remember my history right, George Washington actually recommended invading it.'),(245495,'770e5d5b2e','Re: The third leg of my trip: Edinburgh','[quote:770e5d5b2e=\"Eccles\"][quote:770e5d5b2e=\"Kara Wild\"]First, let me say that I enjoyed meeting Eccles and Tom in person. :D It\'s too bad you guys couldn\'t have stayed longer....[/quote:770e5d5b2e]\r\n\r\nSunday was a great day, but I don\'t think it was posible to have stayed longer.\r\n\r\nBy the time I got home Monday morning the sun was starting to rise, the birds were waking up and the Milkman had already delivered the milk.\r\n\r\n[size=9:770e5d5b2e](I got in at about 04:00 it didn\'t help getting lost after leaving Tom in Nottingham, but at least the roads were quiet)[/size:770e5d5b2e]\r\n\r\nI will post the chocolate cake recipie later but it was great to finaly put a face to a name on a message board.\r\n\r\nThanks again to both you and Martin for the invite.[/quote:770e5d5b2e]\r\n\r\nEek. :shock: Sorry you got lost. The sacrifices one makes to get to and from a Dariacon!'),(245496,'efb004e3bb','','Here are some pictures of Day 1. :D'),(245497,'c2ceff362b','','Day 2, I went back and covered everything I hadn\'t done on Day 1. Unfortunately, I couldn\'t enter the Palace of Hollyrood House because it was closed to outsiders (Charles and Camilla were there). However, I\'d seen it in 1998, so I can remember vaguely what it\'s like on the inside.\r\n\r\nI began by taking a walk around the base of the mountain (large hill?) behind the palace and Parliament, something I\'d never done. It took me up a steep incline, giving me beautiful views of the city and beyond. :D\r\n\r\nI could have spent half a day just walking around, but I wanted to try and get to some museums. I went to this \"earth\" museum near Parliament that, I think, was built as the Scottish version of the Millennium Dome. Unfortunately, it was geared toward people around the age of 12, so I was less than awed by the special effects. I then went to the Royal Museum of Scotland and the Royal Galleries. Finally, I had just enough time to take a whisky tour at the whisky establishment near Edinburgh Castle. I had gone before, and it had a bit of a Disneyland theme park ride vibe to it, but it was still fun and I got a complimentary whisky glass out of it.\r\n\r\nLater, I went into a pub off of George\'s Street called Dirty Dick\'s, where I had haggis. I\'d had it once in 1998, and was pleased/relieved to find that it was as good as I remembered. When I came out, rain was pouring down again, so I hopped on a bus back to my B&B.\r\n\r\nThe next day, I mainly walked around my B&B neighborhood in Edinburgh before heading off to the airport.'),(245498,'5de52e0857','','[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=244969#244969]Favorite movie[/url] of all time meets favorite TV series of, well, at least the last ten years.\r\n\r\nThey knew HATS then!\r\n\r\n(From the cover of the VHS compilation \"Crushed,\" three episodes about those two, sold only in the outside-North-America PAL format.)'),(245499,'c301a8c5e3','','[quote:c301a8c5e3=\"The Angst Guy\"]Kara, when are you going to visit a city where they speak English?[/quote:c301a8c5e3]\r\nOch! Ye dinna ken the brogue the noo?\r\n\r\nBraw pics, Kara! Sorry you didn\'t get the chance to meet Bluu - that would have been fun, no doubt. I hear tell that Scotland is a cold place, even in summer. Pity Charlie and Camilla spoiled your fun. Keep \'em coming! :-)'),(245500,'0209afb340','','[quote:0209afb340=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:0209afb340=\"RabidCureFan\"][quote:0209afb340=\"E. A. Smith\"]So, how much do you want to irradiate me enough to give me superpowers?[/quote:0209afb340]\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, despite the plethora of comic books that claim otherwise, high doses of radiation will not give you superpowers. If you\'re lucky, all it will do is burn your skin and make it flake off...and that\'s kind of a yucky superpower if you think about it. I mean, really...\"Stop, or I\'ll pelt you with skin flakes! FOR GREAT JUSTICE!\" See? Doesn\'t work at all.\r\n\r\nDid you know that radiation sickness is a really horrible way to die? While skin and mucous membranes are easily affected by radiation, nervous tissue is relatively radioinsensitive, which means that if you are blasted by a Chernobyl-esque level of radiation, your skin will burn, your insides will liquefy, and you will FEEL EVERY MINUTE OF IT UNTIL YOU DIE.\r\n\r\nRemember that next time anyone wants to drop another nuclear bomb.[/quote:0209afb340]\r\n\r\nI\'m pretty aware of the basics of radiation contamination. I actually explain to my astronomy students how high-energy radiation damages your cells and tissues (part of my continued campaign to scare the living daylights out of them with all the ways that space can kill them :twisted: ).[/quote:0209afb340]\r\n\r\nHave you tried building a Total Perspective Vortex from a piece of Fairy Cake yet?\r\n\r\nthat should keep them quiet.\r\n\r\nI also hope that you start your opening lecture to a new class with the classic opening from H2G2.\r\n\r\n[quote:0209afb340=\"Douglas Adams - The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy\"][size=9:0209afb340][i:0209afb340]Space is big. You just won\'t believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it\'s a long way down the road to the chemist\'s, but that\'s just peanuts to space. [/i:0209afb340][/size:0209afb340][/quote:0209afb340]'),(245501,'28f87b1250','','I remember, I remember the won\'drous Woodstock Fair\r\nIn August \'69 it was, and all the heads were there...\r\n\r\nAnd the beginning of the end was at had, as gas at the cheap station was 32 cents a gallon...'),(245502,'0098aa9f9d','','My avatar is a lovable jackass. If you don\'t know who Eeyore is then you didn\'t have a childhood. If you don\'t know why it fits me then we haven\'t met yet.'),(245503,'6c7452c1f6','','[quote:6c7452c1f6=\"Brother Grimace\"]If it helps you get a girl\'s clothes off. Really, what else do you need?\r\n\r\n\r\n(runs for cover as things are flung at him)[/quote:6c7452c1f6]\r\n\r\nI take it that those things being flung at you are NOT a girl\'s clothes.'),(245504,'f08c192cd9','','You say bitch like its a bad thing. :lol:'),(245505,'562a15baa1','','[quote:562a15baa1=\"ahmygoddess\"][quote:562a15baa1=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:562a15baa1=\"E. A. Smith\"]Mine is still the icon for [i:562a15baa1]Firefly[/i:562a15baa1], the greatest sci-fi TV show of all time.[/quote:562a15baa1]\r\n\r\n\r\n(turns to see Brother Grimace behind him wearing a PSI Cop uniform)\r\n\r\nBG: Just imagine how this could have gone, if I were a Trekkie or a [i:562a15baa1]Star Wars[/i:562a15baa1] fan. \r\n\r\n(motions as if he were tipping his hat)\r\n\r\nWe are, however, quite more civilized. Be seeing you. \r\n\r\n(walks away)[/quote:562a15baa1]\r\n\r\n\"Be seeing you...\" With a touch of the hat? What a marvelously obscure reference...[/quote:562a15baa1]\r\n\r\nIs this the bit were I get eaten by a giant sea dwelling marshmallow?\r\nor am I OK because I am No# 562 and therefore insignificant?'),(245506,'efcdb4cf7b','','[quote:efcdb4cf7b=\"MrMagnum\"]I\'ve read somewhere that kangaroos fill a similar ecological niche as the whitetail deer. It would seem that they fill the same economical niche too, as a supporter of autobody shops.[/quote:efcdb4cf7b]\r\nQuite right.\r\n\r\n[quote:efcdb4cf7b=\"Quiverqwing\"]IRoos are too cute to be eaten![/quote:efcdb4cf7b]\r\nBut too valuable not to.\r\n\r\nKangaroos are perfectly adapted to the Australian environment. While cows and other hard-hoofed animals die in droves in the normal Australian droughts, kangaroos thrive. While the imported hard-hoofed animals destroy our precious, thin and fragile fossil soils, macropods do it no damage whatsoever.\r\n\r\nThe sooner we learn to eat kangaroos, and to convince the world of how plentiful and good to eat they are, the sooner we can begin to turn around the environmental catastrophe that we\'ve caused by imposing Eurocentric agricultural practices on a wholly alien environment.\r\n\r\nSave Australia - eat a roo today! :-)'),(245507,'805cb8971c','','Does this mean that we\'ll hear the chants of C-S-A, C-S-A in a near future Olympiad? :shock:'),(245508,'fbcd865b9a','','[quote:fbcd865b9a=\"cyde\"]Curiously (and off subject - this is just something I\'ve always wondered), what age denotes the end of \"youth\"? :D[/quote:fbcd865b9a]\r\nWhen you start chasing the kids off\'n your lawn, waving your cane at them and calling them \"young whippersnappers\".'),(245509,'55827212f6','Re: And you thought Avril was a bitch.....','[quote:55827212f6=\"Hershey-chan\"]And you thought Avril was a bitch.....[/quote:55827212f6]\r\n\r\nNo, I always thought Avril was a sexpot.'),(245510,'e13c42b4eb','157','I\'ve put off reading this story for a long while, but I\'m real glad I finally got around to it. I enjoy stories where people have to use their wits and knowledge to survive. They\'re usually very educational, as this story is. \r\n\r\nI\'m guessing this whole thing started because of a war between Russia and China (à la [i:e13c42b4eb][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omega_Man]The Omega Man[/url][/i:e13c42b4eb]), right? I\'ll bet things will end up like in the book [i:e13c42b4eb][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_Day]Resurrection Day[/url][/i:e13c42b4eb], where a hobbled US relies on the returned to world power status UK for aid.\r\n\r\n[quote:e13c42b4eb=\"Brother Grimace\"]So, there [u:e13c42b4eb]will[/u:e13c42b4eb] be sex, yes? :wink:[/quote:e13c42b4eb]I [i:e13c42b4eb]have[/i:e13c42b4eb] been wondering if all this lesbian subtext will be going anywhere. It does make a certain amount of sense. You take affection where you can find it and I\'m guessing there isn\'t going to be much of a dating scene for awhile.\r\n\r\n :?: Question #1: Why can\'t D&J take the medicine and a syringe with them? I know it wouldn\'t be fun to do it yourself, but if diabetics can why not them?\r\n\r\n :?: Question #2: Any idea at this point how long this story is going to be? It seems like it could still go on for quite a while. Not complaining, just curious.'),(245511,'5a17d25174','','This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.'),(245512,'a91bb71374','','I care ever so deeply.'),(245513,'d3c030afcd','','Well, no, I didn\'t actually. In fact I honestly haven\'t spent any time at all thinking about her. Absolutely none. Is that unusual?'),(245514,'1123e64e89','','[quote:1123e64e89=\"The Angst Guy\"][quote:1123e64e89=\"HelpfulSkittlesExplosion\"][quote:1123e64e89=\"The Angst Guy\"]My avatar is.....\r\n\r\nme.[/quote:1123e64e89]\r\nHe lies! He looks almost exactly like this:\r\n[img:1123e64e89]http://www.matchflick.com/pimages/3007.jpg[/img:1123e64e89][/quote:1123e64e89]\r\nWho the hell is THAT?\r\n\r\nLooks too good to be me. Sorry. :P[/quote:1123e64e89]\r\nI dunno - without the beard I\'d be hard pressed to tell those pics apart!'),(245515,'808b2d76ea','','When I buy a new album, I always think of its longevity. To me a good album isn\'t one that you buy, listen to nonstop for three months and then discard; To me a good album is one you buy, listen to once, forget about, then come back to a good while later and rediscover as a hidden classic. That\'s how the magic works.\r\n\r\nI also buy music based on the \"alternative\" label. I seriously cannot tolerate music that\'s too mainstream anymore. All of the bands I listen to are alternative in one way or another.\r\n\r\nI tend to favour bands that sound unique and like nobody else over bands that try to recapture the sound of past decades. What\'s the point of making music if you\'re not doing anything new? I always look to the future.\r\n\r\nFinally, Britpop is my favourite genre if only because it reminds me of The UK and how desperately I need to move there. I feel more at home in Britain than anywhere else in the world. \r\n\r\nI never listen to music to calm down; I always listen to it in order to get excited and inspired. I almost always dance to music, even if it\'s slow and hard to dance to. \r\n\r\nAs for listening to music just for fun, I can\'t get any fun out of music if it\'s not deep and profound in some way or another; Otherwise I just get annoyed and begin to criticise the entire industry. I still remember that one time I came to a Britpop party and they actually played No Doubt... The horror... :shock:'),(245516,'fe9ea0b7b7','','Lookin\' good, Reese! Nice layout!\r\n\r\nThe deep blues on black are pretty hard to read though - I\'d use lighter colours against the black background. And don\'t forget the <alt> tag for the banner. :-)'),(245517,'9588c4eb28','','Pictures of Day 2. :D'),(245518,'fc4bd33960','Re: Raymond Carver','[quote:fc4bd33960=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]I read a few of his stories, but nothing grabbed me. \"A Small Good Thing\" seemed actually pretty bad, including dialogue from a doctor that was wildly improbable.[/quote:fc4bd33960]\r\n\r\nI could never understand why \"A Small Good Thing\" is considered a classic; It\'s a longer version of \"The Bath\". \"The Bath\" is a better rendition of the story, although most prefer \"A Small Good Thing\", but \"The Bath\" is colder and more realistic.'),(245519,'138908a83a','','[quote:138908a83a=\"Bluu\"]Woooo, my almost home town! (I live in a satelite town on the border of Edinburgh)\r\n\r\nI guess it isn\'t as fancy as Rome. And the landmarks aren\'t amazing either :S But I love it :D[/quote:138908a83a]\r\n\r\nFor me, the \"letdown\" was that I\'d seen the major landmarks of Edinburgh, whereas I had never been to Rome before. If I had to choose which city to live in, Edinburgh would win by a long shot. :)'),(245520,'65acaca6cc','158','Love this series!'),(245521,'b5e5377012','','This website uses the word \"ditz\" more than PPMB members talk about cats and bees. I wish someone would just remove \"ditz\" out of the English language, as it\'s a meaningless word that contributes nothing.'),(245522,'cd08480366','','Last one:\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzemKqIrbt4]Is it the pope, or isn\'t it?[/url]'),(245523,'2f74df8b1e','','I like this Trent. He reminds me of an old friend.'),(245524,'d42c7f99ca','','[quote:d42c7f99ca=\"Kara Wild\"]Last one:\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzemKqIrbt4]Is it the pope, or isn\'t it?[/url][/quote:d42c7f99ca]\r\nNah! It\'s Martin wearing a funny hat! I\'d recognise him anywhere! :P'),(245525,'625977f599','',':D Gorgeous, although those grey blocks of flats look dismal against the beautiful landscape and historic city.'),(245526,'1a15aee3e8','','[quote:1a15aee3e8=\"Deref\"]I care ever so deeply.\r\n\r\nWho the f is Lindsay Lohan?[/quote:1a15aee3e8]\r\n\r\nMaybe I\'m calous and have had too much coffee, but I don\'t seem to be weeping over the thought of one less rich bubble head. \r\nIt is almost as if they are making going into rehab a fashionable fad.\r\n\r\nPersonaly I blame MTV!\r\n[size=9:1a15aee3e8](Well we have to blame somebody and they are as good a choice as anything.)[/size:1a15aee3e8]\r\n\r\nIt\'s at times like these where we need a real Ms Barch.\r\n\r\n[i:1a15aee3e8]Ms. Barch - Oh, well then, why don\'t you apply for a federal grant, dear. Send an inquiry to the U.S. Department of Deluded Adolescents.[/i:1a15aee3e8]\r\n\r\nI also think it is probably time I drank less coffee!\r\n\r\nAgain!!!'),(245527,'47a0fb83d2','','[quote:47a0fb83d2=\"starmeshelion\"]This website uses the word \"ditz\" more than PPMB members talk about cats and bees. I wish someone would just remove \"ditz\" out of the English language, as it\'s a meaningless word that contributes nothing.[/quote:47a0fb83d2]\r\n\r\nAu contraire, mon ami. \"Ditz\" is a very powerful word that throws into a spotlight not only behavior, but a mindset of a woman (and it is not used for men; they\'re just called \'stupid\'). Specifically, a ditz goes into the world at full pace without the first clue, eyes wide open and seeing nothing. One thing she does realize is that if she pokes her tits forward just a bit, her brainlessness does not have to be accounted for, as hormonal males will temporarily think for her. So long as she has her car keys (and that is a frightening thought) and can get home, she\'ll be OK.\r\n\r\nEnglish is a second language for you, I would suspect, being that you are reportedly from Israel. For me, it is a language that I have studied all of my life, and am aware of the subtle nuances that is (and I know I have said this before) a train wreck of Anglo-Saxon and French, along with quite a lot of other terms picked up along the way, has become. I love my language, and it\'s ability to convey nuanced thought, even when it used kidnapped foreign words, and word that have been redefined at the point of a knife, as it were. English has cache (!), and \"ditz\' fits perfectly within it.'),(245528,'5c869baa1e','','[quote:5c869baa1e=\"Eccles\"]Personaly I blame MTV!\r\n[size=9:5c869baa1e](Well we have to blame somebody and they are as good a choice as anything.)[/size:5c869baa1e][/quote:5c869baa1e]\r\n\r\nI\'m with you! MTV should take the blame for it! Who are they to give Hilary Daft a reality show!'),(245529,'0224f00c12','','[quote:0224f00c12=\"ahmygoddess\"]Au contraire, mon ami. \"Ditz\" is a very powerful word that throws into a spotlight not only behavior, but a mindset of a woman (and it is not used for men; they\'re just called \'stupid\'). Specifically, a ditz goes into the world at full pace without the first clue, eyes wide open and seeing nothing. One thing she does realize is that if she pokes her tits forward just a bit, her brainlessness does not have to be accounted for, as hormonal males will temporarily think for her. So long as she has her car keys (and that is a frightening thought) and can get home, she\'ll be OK.[/quote:0224f00c12]\r\n\r\nSo basically \"ditz\" means \"a stupid girl whose stupidity is forgiven due to her good looks\"? That\'s just horrible. \r\n\r\n[size=7:0224f00c12]Of course, this is exactly why I started my Lindsay Lohan thread.[/size:0224f00c12]'),(245530,'86641e7255','','[quote:86641e7255]So basically \"ditz\" means \"a stupid girl whose stupidity is forgiven due to her good looks\"? That\'s just horrible. [/quote:86641e7255]\r\n\r\nWay of the world....or MTV anyway..'),(245531,'1abb32b6ef','','Interesting findings indeed. Keep em coming people. 8)'),(245532,'22ab21e64c','','[quote:22ab21e64c=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:22ab21e64c=\"ahmygoddess\"]Au contraire, mon ami. \"Ditz\" is a very powerful word that throws into a spotlight not only behavior, but a mindset of a woman (and it is not used for men; they\'re just called \'stupid\'). Specifically, a ditz goes into the world at full pace without the first clue, eyes wide open and seeing nothing. One thing she does realize is that if she pokes her tits forward just a bit, her brainlessness does not have to be accounted for, as hormonal males will temporarily think for her. So long as she has her car keys (and that is a frightening thought) and can get home, she\'ll be OK.[/quote:22ab21e64c]\r\n\r\nSo basically \"ditz\" means \"a stupid girl whose stupidity is forgiven due to her good looks\"? That\'s just horrible. \r\n\r\n[size=7:22ab21e64c]Of course, this is exactly why I started my Lindsay Lohan thread.[/size:22ab21e64c][/quote:22ab21e64c]\r\n\r\nYeah, that\'s pretty much it. Most ditzes do have basic motor skills, and a tad bit of cultural acuity, but when push comes to shove, they have not got the first clue. But personality and looks do seem to see them through. Tennessee Williams said it best through Blanche DuBois: \"Ah do soo depend upon the kindness of strangers...\"'),(245533,'ed9b4d75f9','','[quote:ed9b4d75f9=\"johndotcalm\"][quote:ed9b4d75f9=\"RLobinske\"]The aircraft and landing field scense of [i:ed9b4d75f9]Twelve O\'Clock High[/i:ed9b4d75f9] were filmed at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.[/quote:ed9b4d75f9]\r\n\r\nPilot Paul Manz was the only person aboard the B-17 that made the gear up landing and was almost killed by a tent pole that came up through the fuselage from the big tent he ran over. He also piloted the B-25 camera plane that flew a formation takeoff with a B-36 in \"Strategic Air Command\". Paul lost his life during filming of \"Flight of the Phoenix\" when landing the single engined plane cobbled together from the C-87 Packet. It crashed as the tail boom broke off just aft of the wing trailing edge, causing the plane to nose over and flip on top of him.[/quote:ed9b4d75f9]\r\n\r\nI was about ten when I heard of his death in \"Flight of the Phoenix\". It had never occurred to me before that making movies could be dangerous. And I have always loved aircraft, so the death of a pilot and the wreck of a plane really went home.'),(245534,'aba92f5efb','','Quinn frowned, and anxiously shifted on the limousine\'s soft seat. [i:aba92f5efb]\"I so hope Dad doesn\'t start an argument. I couldn\'t take it, not now.\"[/i:aba92f5efb]\r\n\r\nJake sat across from her with a tense expression. \"Quinn... I....\" He huffed, and blurted, \"Quinn, I\'m sorry, but I\'ve...\"\r\n\r\nQuinn rushed out, \"Please, Dad, it\'s my wedding day.\" She raised her hands and clasped them together. \"Please don\'t spoil this moment.\"\r\n\r\nJake vehemently shook his head. \"No, no, I\'d never do anything like that.\" He looked straight into her eyes. \"It\'s just, after all the arguments you\'ve had with Daria and your Mom, I\'ve got some reservations. I know I should have asked this far earlier, but...\" Jake lowered his head and sighed. \"Never mind about why I didn\'t ask earlier.\" He tenderly gazed at Quinn. \"Quinn, I just have to know, does he honestly make you happy? Do you really love him?\"\r\n\r\nQuinn\'s eyes became bright, her body reflexively radiant inside. \"Absolutely. More than I could have ever imagined, to both your questions.\" She stared at the red rose pinned to her wedding dress above her heart, then looked back at her father. \"I know why Daria hates him, and I can\'t even blame her. But I can\'t help loving him with all my heart; we\'re just... so perfect together.\"\r\n\r\nJake softly smiled. \"That\'s all I needed to know.\" His expression became wistful. \"Time to give away one of my beautiful daughters, then.\" He reached over, and gently laid a hand upon Quinn\'s.\r\n\r\n\"Thank you so much, Dad.\" Quinn sweetly smiled, and rode silently for a short time.\r\n\r\nThe limo stopped, and Jake lifted his hand away.\r\n\r\nThe chauffer came around and got Jake\'s door, then Quinn\'s.\r\n\r\nThey both exited, and walked towards the enormous church\'s broad steps. Flower bouquets decorated the edges of each step, the arrangements sloping inward towards the large ornate doors. Two burly men in black suits stood guard outside the doors, and the one on the right slightly nodded in greetings.\r\n\r\nQuinn lowered her veil, and they opened the doors. Entering the foyer alongside her father, Quinn heard the distinctive sounds of the wedding march piping from a huge organ.\r\n\r\nHer heart thumped in her chest, and she licked her lips. Striding into the Nave, her eyes immediately locked onto the groom.\r\n\r\nHis stunning red hair and beard gorgeously stood out against the ebony skin of his phenomenal face. His piercing eyes met hers, and he flashed a dazzling smile, his mouth faintly displaying smoky tendrils.\r\n\r\n*********\r\n\r\nEnd Note: For those unfamiliar with the groom, he\'s Black Majesty, a character created by Roentgen for his LLH series.'),(245535,'7efcb1d891','','Looks like you\'re still having a wonderful trip.'),(245536,'0b974da8c4','','[quote:0b974da8c4=\"starmeshelion\"]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:0b974da8c4]\r\n\r\nUnquoted, unnamed second-hand sources claiming she threateened is not the same as \"actually tried\".'),(245537,'03aa4ddb63','','Cross, you\'re doing it again. All suggestions, all advice, all comments are springboards for another round of you rationalizing your irrational behavior. Be an adult and start taking responsibiltiy for the fact that you have signficantly contributed to your own problems. And, it is your reponsiblity to make your life better.'),(245538,'2d9ab297be','Are the books any good?','I\'ve been considering a purchase of one of the Daria books (The Daria Database) recently, but is it actually worth buying? Would any Daria fan like it or is it strictly for teenagers?'),(245539,'efeacac462','Re: Are the books any good?','[quote:efeacac462=\"byron lomax\"]I\'ve been considering a purchase of one of the Daria books (The Daria Database) recently, but is it actually worth buying? Would any Daria fan like it or is it strictly for teenagers?[/quote:efeacac462]\r\n\r\nThey\'re a lot of fun for fans, I think both are worth picking up.'),(245540,'d72785d6ab','','[quote:d72785d6ab=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235198/][b:d72785d6ab]Audition[/b:d72785d6ab][/url] was pretty mean to the audience, because it plays them for suckers, setting them up with what looks like an unlikely love story that turns into a slasher movie. Very well made movie, though.[/quote:d72785d6ab]\r\nA slasher movie? How many of those have you seen?\r\n\r\nI\'d say it was more in the realm of exploitation. And I happen to be a big fan of the approach the movie took - I really appreciated Asami\'s desperation. Because I think the film did a great job of showing the world that a love story in Japan is unlike a love story most other places. It also showed the dark side of a too-good-to-be-true situation. Which yeah, movies perhaps do too much of. But this one did particularly well.\r\n\r\nI know you\'re not saying you\'re holding it against the film. I just thought I\'d add a little to that observation. But really, a slasher film is a much different animal than what Audition was. I know, I\'ve seen more than I can count. Including Prom Night and Graduation Day - no one should ever have to suffer through those horrible pieces of \'sin\'-ema. :wink: \r\n\r\nAnd by the way, the \"famous\" climax of Audition... was very clean compared to a lot of what I\'ve seen. Not worth the commotion it caused. Or the reactions from people who think they haven\'t seen anything harsher on film.\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:d72785d6ab=\"Raven_NightDragon\"]Most Troma films. Especially the stuff they made after [b:d72785d6ab]Tromeo and Juliet[/b:d72785d6ab].[/quote:d72785d6ab]\r\nGood call. However... I would nominate The Toxic Avenger, close on the heels of Meet the Feebles. Sure, Avenger was mostly campy. But that scene at the restaurant with the seeing-eye-dog was one of the most f---ed up things I\'ve ever seen in any movie. That scene should be removed from the film and all prints of it incinerated. It looked way too real and was sick as hell. Nothing in Nekromantik can or does compare to that scene from Avenger.\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd Pink Floyd\'s The Wall. In case I haven\'t mentioned it yet. Besides being awful, confusing, and sickening - it was also pretentious as hell.'),(245541,'4f09f97763','','Oh dear... For the most part, I\'d have to say that\'s a mystery. It\'s almost as if you would just tell people what kind of music you do like and they would understand depending on whether they liked that music or one of their friends liked that music. But most people can\'t understand. It\'s a personal experience thing. You can try to explain. But they can\'t feel it unless they\'re very sensitive in that way.\r\n\r\nI think I like the music I like because it reminds me of things I liked when I was a kid. Some music I like doesn\'t fit that mold - so for them, I would say it reminds me of something I liked for those teen reasons you love music. Like rebelliousness or image enhancement.'),(245542,'86d0d288ba','','I usually like a song for the words first (what they\'re singing about is interesting or has meaning for me- whether it is the meaning they [i:86d0d288ba]intended [/i:86d0d288ba]is immaterial) and the tune second. Very rarely I like a song for the tune alone (modern music anyway, obviously the classical pieces I like are for the tune alone).\r\n\r\nI love iTunes because now I can buy song by song, as it is not often I like a whole album enough to want to waste cash on it. I can just pick and choose the songs I like.'),(245543,'2e3cb37306','','[quote:2e3cb37306=\"starmeshelion\"]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:2e3cb37306]\r\n\r\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:2e3cb37306]we just don\'t care[/b:2e3cb37306]. \r\n\r\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. \r\n\r\nNow, we have more important things to worry about in our own lives.'),(245544,'2143e12109','','[quote:2143e12109=\"Cap\"]You say bitch like its a bad thing. :lol:[/quote:2143e12109]\r\nAgreed. Co-signed. Stamped, sealed, notorized, and delivered!'),(245545,'5ff8453335','','[size=24:5ff8453335][color=red:5ff8453335][u:5ff8453335][b:5ff8453335]AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!![/b:5ff8453335][/u:5ff8453335][/color:5ff8453335][/size:5ff8453335]'),(245546,'0248aceee6','','[quote:0248aceee6=\"Deref\"]I hear tell that Scotland is a cold place, even in summer.[/quote:0248aceee6]\r\n\r\nYes, they\'re not used to summers like the ones you and me have. Last summer, they had 32 C for only a couple of days and they were melting. :lol:'),(245547,'55c0b0e370','','[quote:55c0b0e370=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:55c0b0e370=\"starmeshelion\"]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:55c0b0e370]\r\n\r\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:55c0b0e370]we just don\'t care[/b:55c0b0e370]. \r\n\r\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. \r\n\r\nNow, we have more important things to worry about in our own lives.[/quote:55c0b0e370]\r\n\r\n\r\n(in his best Barry White voice) Hey... lady... you do that very well.\r\n\r\nYeah, I know that the flirting thread is elsewhere, but, well, I felt that was something that needed to be said. 8) :wink:'),(245548,'298f397a6b','','Words are definitely important.\r\n\r\nBut I find that words aren\'t worth liking for me if I don\'t like the voice of the singer and the sound of the music too/first.'),(245549,'e712e0d0a4','','[quote:e712e0d0a4=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:e712e0d0a4=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:e712e0d0a4=\"starmeshelion\"]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:e712e0d0a4]\r\n\r\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:e712e0d0a4]we just don\'t care[/b:e712e0d0a4]. \r\n\r\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. \r\n\r\nNow, we have more important things to worry about in our own lives.[/quote:e712e0d0a4]\r\n\r\n\r\n(in his best Barry White voice) Hey... lady... you do that very well.\r\n\r\nYeah, I know that the flirting thread is elsewhere, but, well, I felt that was something that needed to be said. 8) :wink:[/quote:e712e0d0a4]\r\n\r\nAwww, that\'s so sweet. :P'),(245550,'8605cb9e7c','','[quote:8605cb9e7c=\"Lazario\"][quote:8605cb9e7c=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"][url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235198/][b:8605cb9e7c]Audition[/b:8605cb9e7c][/url] was pretty mean to the audience, because it plays them for suckers, setting them up with what looks like an unlikely love story that turns into a slasher movie. Very well made movie, though.[/quote:8605cb9e7c]\r\n\r\nAnd by the way, the \"famous\" climax of Audition... was very clean compared to a lot of what I\'ve seen. Not worth the commotion it caused. Or the reactions from people who think they haven\'t seen anything harsher on film.[/quote:8605cb9e7c]\r\n\r\nTHAT was clean? Hell, I don\'t know what other things you\'ve seen, but I definitely do NOT want to see them. People really have to be sick to enjoy that kind of films.'),(245551,'d27a718566','','Um, yes it was clean. First of all, the needles didn\'t produce any blood. The vomiting was so obscured that I didn\'t even notice it happened in the movie until maybe the 3rd time I watched Bravo\'s 100 Scariest Movie Moments. And the sequence of the foot being sawed off was practically the goriest thing in the movie and not only was the shot of the foot very neatly ungraphic but the blood that got on the wall was hardly stomach-churning. It\'s not a splatter sequence. And it took place in a well-kept home.\r\n\r\nAnd don\'t lecture me (even for a sentence) on sick people. I don\'t enjoy films like The New York Ripper and I Spit on Your Grave. I recognize the difference between good horror and true depravity.\r\n\r\nSo I like blood and gore. So what? Are you going to tell me the millions of violent horror lovers worldwide are sick?'),(245552,'76226fc74a','','[quote:76226fc74a=\"Lazario\"]Words are definitely important.\r\n\r\nBut I find that words aren\'t worth liking for me if I don\'t like the voice of the singer and the sound of the music too/first.[/quote:76226fc74a]\r\n\r\nI can see that. Actually, when I flip through my playlist in the car (hearing about 2 seconds of music to identify each song) I noticed a lot of the songs I like have similar opening chords or notes.'),(245553,'d0963bf289','','Ha.\r\n\r\nI don\'t know too much about how they make music. I just listen to it. :mrgreen:'),(245554,'f15396b75f','','I\'m sorry but I don\'t get it. Who is the red-bearded man Quinn is marrying?'),(245555,'ef911ab164','','I have the database and enjoy reading it from time to time. I\'ve been looking for the Diaries but I bet I would only be able to buy them online or on ebay.'),(245556,'ca79ccb0d5','','Actor Vic Morrow and two child actors were killed during the filming of the Twilight Zone movie, Vic was decapitated.'),(245557,'939f3e6fd7','','[quote:939f3e6fd7=\"Brother Grimace\"]:lol: \r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\n :lol:[/quote:939f3e6fd7]\r\n\r\nHmm, Bump writing Kitten Possible fanfics... :lol:'),(245558,'32df1ebe69','','Starmeshelion:\r\n\r\n[quote:32df1ebe69]I tend to favour bands that sound unique and like nobody else over bands that try to recapture the sound of past decades. What\'s the point of making music if you\'re not doing anything new?[/quote:32df1ebe69] \r\n\r\n[quote:32df1ebe69]Britpop is my favourite genre[/quote:32df1ebe69]\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:'),(245559,'ee7c432833','','[quote:ee7c432833=\"jak981125\"][quote:ee7c432833=\"Brother Grimace\"]If it helps you get a girl\'s clothes off. Really, what else do you need?\r\n\r\n\r\n(runs for cover as things are flung at him)[/quote:ee7c432833]\r\n\r\nI take it that those things being flung at you are NOT a girl\'s clothes.[/quote:ee7c432833]\r\n\r\n\r\nNah. Shoes, the occasional comb, the lightweight art-deco-inspired chair, her flight-capable, springloaded cat... :lol:'),(245560,'019ab5aaa7','','It\'s hard to say, except somewhat like Dervish mentioned, I like things that sound good to me. I bounce around a lot in what I listen to, for example, the CDs I have at work this week are:\r\n\r\nJimmy Buffett: [i:019ab5aaa7]Songs You Know by Heart[/i:019ab5aaa7]\r\nLeopold Stokowski & the Philadelphia Orchestra: [i:019ab5aaa7]Fantasia[/i:019ab5aaa7] score\r\nLeslie Fish: [i:019ab5aaa7]Cold Iron[/i:019ab5aaa7]\r\nJethro Tull: [i:019ab5aaa7]Original Masters[/i:019ab5aaa7]\r\nJohnny Cash: [i:019ab5aaa7]Personal File[/i:019ab5aaa7]\r\nLeningrad Philarmonic: [i:019ab5aaa7]Tchaikovsky Gala in Leningrad[/i:019ab5aaa7]\r\nAaron Copland: [i:019ab5aaa7]Greatest Hits[/i:019ab5aaa7]'),(245561,'48cc4574ac','Bizarre Japanese Animation','Surrealistic, too. There\'s this strange circus in the desert. Featuring a psychotic clown, his really strange father and a wolf that goes around wearing masks with human expressions. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYmq_nxZLrs]Here\'s an example [/url] The entire series is on youtube, for which [url=http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=popee+the+performer&search=Search]go here.[/url]Warning! Cartoon violence!'),(245562,'452d59b8f6','','[quote:452d59b8f6=\"RLobinske\"][quote:452d59b8f6=\"Brother Grimace\"]:lol: \r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\n :lol:[/quote:452d59b8f6]\r\n\r\nHmm, Bump writing Kitten Possible fanfics... :lol:[/quote:452d59b8f6]\r\n\r\nI could see Kim running for her life, being cornered by the dogs and then, when things looked their most dire, she hears four words that bring hope to pets throughout Lawndale and around the world...\r\n\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paws_Force_Power_Rangers]\"PAUSE FOR - PAWS FORCE!\"[/url]'),(245563,'b28a99464a','Re: Not So "Adequite" After All','[quote:b28a99464a=\"starmeshelion\"]\r\nEven I, with all of my cynicism, could not stay indifferent to her current sorry state of events. This girl is in some serious need of help.[/quote:b28a99464a]\r\n\r\nOh my God, a celebrity is in the news for acting inappropriately!!\r\n\r\n*Screams hysterically and dives out a window*'),(245564,'c046fa0ee2','','[quote:c046fa0ee2=\"Tim Bateman\"]Starmeshelion:\r\n\r\n[quote:c046fa0ee2]I tend to favour bands that sound unique and like nobody else over bands that try to recapture the sound of past decades. What\'s the point of making music if you\'re not doing anything new?[/quote:c046fa0ee2] \r\n\r\n[quote:c046fa0ee2]Britpop is my favourite genre[/quote:c046fa0ee2]\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote:c046fa0ee2]\r\n\r\nI was just about to say that. :D \r\n\r\nLike some other posters here, I just like what I like - if the music of a certain band or artist appeals to me, I\'ll investigate further.\r\n\r\nI\'m not particularly a big fan of a certain genre or type of music anymore - there are examples of most genres that I enjoy (although rap is a big turn-off, and so are long guitar solos). I used to pay a lot of attention to bands who had reputation for good or \"meaningful\" lyrics, but this attitude has slackened somewhat; like Lazario the quality of the music definitely comes first for me.\r\n\r\nFor some reason, I don\'t really connect with music like I used to. I still love it, but primarily for being pleasure to my ears and no more. It\'s been a long time since I\'ve connected to a certain artist on a deeper level (like I did with Tricky\'s [i:c046fa0ee2]Maxinquaye[/i:c046fa0ee2]). And it\'s been an even longer time since I\'ve gotten excited about a new band or scene, because to be honest, there isn\'t much to get excited about in the \'00s. That\'s my opinion.'),(245565,'34a84c53d2','','I\'m not excited about anything anymore. Except 1 thing in TV. That\'s it. But I still like some of what\'s coming out now, musically. The current music is still light years ahead of movies and TV.'),(245566,'291f050ab0','Avatar Explanation','There are two words to explain my avatar: ROLL TIDE !!\r\nFor those of you who are either not from the deep south or don\'t follow college sports, my avatar is the logo or mascot for Alabama Crimson Tide athletics. Yes, I am from Bama and I do love sports. My avatar is very special to me because not only does it represent my team I root for but it was chosen for me by someone very near and more than dear. Don\'t let him fool you folks, he is indeed a lovable jackass. (read previous posts for clarification if necessary) I wouldn\'t have him any other way.'),(245567,'a9ec6d7da4','','[quote:a9ec6d7da4=\"Kara Wild\"][quote:a9ec6d7da4=\"Bluu\"]Woooo, my almost home town! (I live in a satelite town on the border of Edinburgh)\r\n\r\nI guess it isn\'t as fancy as Rome. And the landmarks aren\'t amazing either :S But I love it :D[/quote:a9ec6d7da4]\r\n\r\nFor me, the \"letdown\" was that I\'d seen the major landmarks of Edinburgh, whereas I had never been to Rome before. If I had to choose which city to live in, Edinburgh would win by a long shot. :)[/quote:a9ec6d7da4]\r\n\r\nThe vibe I got from my few days in Rome was that it was an overcrowded city full of unpleasant people where it was taking your life in your hands to cross the street.\r\n\r\nOf course, I went to college/worked/lived in New York City for over a decade, so I\'d probably love it, once I learned Italian. :twisted: And the food was awesome.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245568,'c735205c2d','','neat'),(245569,'850b4ffe9e','','I\'d have a deep and profound explanation for my avatar... if I had an avatar. Maybe one of these days I\'ll bother.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245570,'076fc68717','','The Byrds: [i:076fc68717]Mr. Tambourine Man[/i:076fc68717]\r\n\r\n[img:076fc68717]http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/2162.jpg[/img:076fc68717]\r\n\r\nNeil Young & Crazy Horse: [i:076fc68717]Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere[/i:076fc68717]\r\n\r\n[img:076fc68717]http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/2337.jpg[/img:076fc68717]\r\n\r\nI\'m being a good 60s nerd. 8)'),(245571,'43cb58eb95','','[quote:43cb58eb95=\"cyde\"]At first I thought it was Pavel Chekov, then I considered the appearance of black clothing. The uniforms during the period where Chekov would\'ve been seen at that age had red collars, not black. I narrowed it down from there.[/quote:43cb58eb95]\r\n\r\nAlso, to the best of my knowledge Chekov never looked that smug. That picture just reeks of \"not only do I know something you don\'t know, but I know something that would cause you to doubt everything you thought you knew\" smugness.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245572,'2003edae09','','[quote:2003edae09=\"Gregor Samsa\"]The Byrds: [i:2003edae09]Mr. Tambourine Man[/i:2003edae09][/quote:2003edae09]\r\n\r\nI\'ve been listening to [i:2003edae09]Mr. Tambourine Man[/i:2003edae09] alot recently. I forgot how many other good songs were on that album.\r\n\r\nRight now it\'s \"A Quick One While He\'s Away\" by the Who from the original album, [i:2003edae09]A Quick One[/i:2003edae09].\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245573,'c65380fbc7','','mine is a picture of Trent i drew because in my younger days i was a lot like him and i like the episodes with him in them'),(245574,'98b8dc1ab7','','[quote:98b8dc1ab7=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:98b8dc1ab7=\"Dennis\"]The gloriously incomprehensible mix of experimental music, spirituality, and threatrical madness that is [i:98b8dc1ab7]The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway[/i:98b8dc1ab7].[/quote:98b8dc1ab7]\r\n\r\nI\'ve always thought that [i:98b8dc1ab7]The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway[/i:98b8dc1ab7] was overrated in the realm of progressive rock concept albums. [i:98b8dc1ab7]Tommy[/i:98b8dc1ab7], [i:98b8dc1ab7]Thick as a Brick[/i:98b8dc1ab7], [i:98b8dc1ab7]Snow[/i:98b8dc1ab7], and [i:98b8dc1ab7]Scenes from a Memory[/i:98b8dc1ab7] are all much better. In terms of Genesis, I\'ve always preferred [i:98b8dc1ab7]Selling England by the Pound[/i:98b8dc1ab7].[/quote:98b8dc1ab7]\r\n\r\nYMMV. I prefer [i:98b8dc1ab7]Foxtrot[/i:98b8dc1ab7] to [i:98b8dc1ab7]Selling England...[/i:98b8dc1ab7] and [i:98b8dc1ab7]The Lamb[/i:98b8dc1ab7] to both. Dunno why, but neither \"Firth of Fifth\" nor \"Epping Forest\" really work for me.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245575,'2fc477b7ab','','My avatar is a close-up of Jukebox Jaw from Bob Clampett\'s surreal 1946 Daffy Duck short [i:2fc477b7ab]The Great Piggy Bank Robbery[/i:2fc477b7ab].'),(245576,'4c2d073d7c','Re: Avatar Explanation','[quote:4c2d073d7c=\"CAPSGIRL\"]There are two words to explain my avatar: ROLL TIDE !![/quote:4c2d073d7c]\r\n\r\nWell said, my dear. [b:4c2d073d7c]Very[/b:4c2d073d7c] well said.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd fear the Nicktator! 8) 8) 8)'),(245577,'fe2e270772','','My first Fender was a red Mustang i bought about 72 or 73 but like you i was broke and had to sell my second one was a white Tele that was destroyed in a bar fight about 78 or 79'),(245578,'a27eec8c3f','','[quote:a27eec8c3f=\"Dennis\"][quote:a27eec8c3f=\"cyde\"]At first I thought it was Pavel Chekov, then I considered the appearance of black clothing. The uniforms during the period where Chekov would\'ve been seen at that age had red collars, not black. I narrowed it down from there.[/quote:a27eec8c3f]\r\n\r\nAlso, to the best of my knowledge Chekov never looked that smug. That picture just reeks of \"not only do I know something you don\'t know, but I know something that would cause you to doubt everything you thought you knew\" smugness.\r\n\r\n-Dennis[/quote:a27eec8c3f]\r\n\r\nYou\'re right. Pavel Chekov was, to be frank, just a [i:a27eec8c3f]good[/i:a27eec8c3f] guy.\r\n\r\nAlfred Bester is most certainly not.\r\n\r\nThat said, I think I\'d like Alfred better, myself. :?'),(245579,'212d764883','','I have an [i:212d764883]avatar[/i:212d764883]? How the hell did that happen?\r\n\r\n :wink: \r\n\r\nKristen'),(245580,'c97cf0c891','','[quote:c97cf0c891=\"Gregor Samsa\"]The Byrds: [i:c97cf0c891]Mr. Tambourine Man[/i:c97cf0c891]\r\n\r\n[img:c97cf0c891]http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/2162.jpg[/img:c97cf0c891]\r\n\r\nNeil Young & Crazy Horse: [i:c97cf0c891]Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere[/i:c97cf0c891]\r\n\r\n[img:c97cf0c891]http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/2337.jpg[/img:c97cf0c891]\r\n[/quote:c97cf0c891]\r\n\r\nExcellent choices, might I add.\r\n\r\nMyself, I\'m listening to \"Levon\" by Elton John.'),(245581,'9c2fbefaf6','','Thanks, everyone!\r\n\r\nBrandon, if it makes you feel better, I\'ll let you hide in my closet again for old times\' sake. :) \r\n\r\nKristen'),(245582,'fac83e107d','','I usually don\'t photograph that well :D'),(245583,'e2af5c0ee5','','[quote:e2af5c0ee5=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:e2af5c0ee5=\"RLobinske\"][quote:e2af5c0ee5=\"Brother Grimace\"]:lol: \r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\n :lol:[/quote:e2af5c0ee5]\r\n\r\nHmm, Bump writing Kitten Possible fanfics... :lol:[/quote:e2af5c0ee5]\r\n\r\nI could see Kim running for her life, being cornered by the dogs and then, when things looked their most dire, she hears four words that bring hope to pets throughout Lawndale and around the world...\r\n\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paws_Force_Power_Rangers]\"PAUSE FOR - PAWS FORCE!\"[/url][/quote:e2af5c0ee5]I could see you both doing them. Now, about the begging required...'),(245584,'a12868b079','','[quote:a12868b079=\"E. A. Smith\"]You can see it in action in [b:a12868b079]the video from the first Georgia Dariacon[/b:a12868b079]; it\'s the guitar Deref is playing.[/quote:a12868b079]\r\nWhere can I find this?'),(245585,'71859f31ec','','[quote:71859f31ec=\"Tim Bateman\"]Starmeshelion:\r\n\r\n[quote:71859f31ec]I tend to favour bands that sound unique and like nobody else over bands that try to recapture the sound of past decades. What\'s the point of making music if you\'re not doing anything new?[/quote:71859f31ec] \r\n\r\n[quote:71859f31ec]Britpop is my favourite genre[/quote:71859f31ec]\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote:71859f31ec]\r\nNo words, yet a good point is still made :)\r\n\r\nBroadly speaking, I\'ll give a band/artist attention if they\'re interesting. I don\'t care if you can write a good melody, if your music is the same as everyone else\'s, then it\'s probably going to bore me. I would say I like progressive music, but that wouldn\'t be accurate, since a great deal of \"progressive\" music isn\'t progressive at all. If I read about it and it sounds interesting, I\'ll give it a chance. If I then listen to it and it continues to pique my interest, then that\'s what I\'m looking for.\r\n\r\nOf course, I\'m not elitist enough to say I only listen to \"interesting\"/innovative music. When I first got into music I listened to mostly metal (you know, the crap mainstream metal that isn\'t really metal), so I\'m still a big metal fan, and it makes up the majority of what I listen to. Still, I pay more attention to the instrumentation now. A lot of power metal, for example, recycles the same riffs and such, which gets old fast. I\'d say I go along with most of cyde\'s views of metal sub-genres above.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m not satisfied at all with that explanation. Oh well.'),(245586,'32e8acf1bc','','Congratulations as well. :)'),(245587,'3a7b3444fc','','\"So where\'s Sandi?\" Daria asked, looking around their new state-of-the-art recording studio.\r\n\r\nJane shrugged. \"She\'s out with her new rock-star boy toy. Said she\'d be along soon, though.\"\r\n\r\nDaria looked curious. \"I thought dating other rock stars was Quinn\'s thing. She\'s the one who\'s always in [i:3a7b3444fc]People[/i:3a7b3444fc].\"\r\n\r\n\"Yeah, remember when she tried to \"turn\" Lance Bass?\" Jane laughed. \"They had a field day with that. So did [i:3a7b3444fc]The Advocate[/i:3a7b3444fc].\"\r\n\r\nBefore Daria could reply, Sandi entered, arm around a much older man. The man had a heavy goatee and wore a black cowboy hat and black T-shirt. But it was an enormous mole on his cheek that dominated his appearance.\r\n\r\nAs Daria and Jane watched with something akin to horror, Sandi gave her new man a deep kiss before heading over to the mixing board.\r\n\r\n\"That\'s right, love,\" said Lemmy. \"Oi!\" he added, catching sight of Daria and Jane, \"do you think any of your bandmates would be into a threesome?\"\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245588,'dde93cbeb4','','I think my favorite set of relationships would have to be the Willow/Tara/Dawn family unit in early-to-mid season six. Nothing is ever said out loud, nobody makes a big deal out of it, but it\'s obvious that Tara and Willow have become Mom and Dad for Dawn emotionally if not legally. When that \'family\' gets torn apart by the return of Buffy and then Willow\'s addictions it is pure tragedy. :D'),(245589,'58d626c090','','It\'s [url=http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=060214]Megahedron[/url].\r\n\r\nHe\'s a god, you know. Not just a D20 with shades. Suppose that makes the term \'avatar\' all the more appropriate.\r\n\r\nAnd [i:58d626c090]why[/i:58d626c090] is this my avatar? Well... actually, I have no idea myself.'),(245590,'6515d88a14','','[quote:6515d88a14=\"NightGoblyn\"]I think my favorite set of relationships would have to be the Willow/Tara/Dawn family unit in early-to-mid season six. [b:6515d88a14]Nothing is ever said out loud, nobody makes a big deal out of it, but it\'s obvious that Tara and Willow have become Mom and Dad for Dawn emotionally if not legally.[/b:6515d88a14] When that \'family\' gets torn apart by the return of Buffy and then Willow\'s addictions it is pure tragedy. :D[/quote:6515d88a14]\r\n\r\n\r\nBingo.'),(245591,'7985d428f6','','[quote:7985d428f6=\"starmeshelion\"]Bluu, are you a Manics fan?[/quote:7985d428f6]\r\n\r\nNo... I don\'t think so... I would remember such an occurrence...'),(245592,'2ff29f9d4a','','[quote:2ff29f9d4a=\"Kara Wild\"]I went to this \"earth\" museum near Parliament that, I think, was built as the Scottish version of the Millennium Dome. Unfortunately, it was geared toward people around the age of 12, so I was less than awed by the special effects.[/quote:2ff29f9d4a]\r\n\r\nFunny, the last time I went there was my twelfth birthday :P\r\n\r\nDo they still have the big ice block? That was the best part :? Or has it shrunk to an ice cube?\r\n\r\n\r\nDarn, i can\'t see the photos :('),(245593,'abe8408268','','[quote:abe8408268=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]I\'m sorry but I don\'t get it. Who is the red-bearded man Quinn is marrying?[/quote:abe8408268]\r\n\r\nMaybe not evil incarnate, but, as the song says, [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=242135#242135]a man of wealth and taste, and not one to be trifled with.[/url]'),(245594,'bdb1187917','Re: Not So "Adequite" After All','[quote:bdb1187917=\"Micka\"][quote:bdb1187917=\"starmeshelion\"]\r\nEven I, with all of my cynicism, could not stay indifferent to her current sorry state of events. This girl is in some serious need of help.[/quote:bdb1187917]\r\n\r\nOh my God, a celebrity is in the news for acting inappropriately!!\r\n\r\n*Screams hysterically and dives out a window*[/quote:bdb1187917]\r\n\r\nDon\'t do it Micka! It\'s not worth it!!!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=7:bdb1187917]At least not until you have finished writing that fic!!!!![/size:bdb1187917]'),(245595,'546c05f5b7','','RLobinske said:\r\n\r\n \"All suggestions, all advice, all comments are springboards for another round of you rationalizing your irrational behavior.\"\r\n\r\n [i:546c05f5b7]What[/i:546c05f5b7] irrational behavior? It\'s irrational to wish to be able to defend oneself in a violent world? [i:546c05f5b7]That\'s[/i:546c05f5b7] what I thought we\'ve been talking about here. We haven\'t really been discussing my aversion to sitting in battery acid and diarrhea, vomit, urine, spilled soda, etc., or my unusual belief in washing my hands after handling anything dirty or toxic in this thread.\r\n\r\n And:\r\n\r\n \" ... start taking responsibiltiy for the fact that you have signficantly contributed to your own problems.\"\r\n\r\n [i:546c05f5b7]Which [/i:546c05f5b7]problems? Well, now that you mention it, I think I [i:546c05f5b7]do[/i:546c05f5b7] know what motivated the Big Testicle Attack of 1968 or \'69: my voice had changed early. Although I had a delayed puberty in most ways, at 12 I already had a deep baritone voice.\r\n\r\n Earlier that very day, the music teacher had finally corralled me and made me sing my appointed solo in front of the class. I had been stalling and procrastinating and avoiding her, but finally it could not be put off any longer.\r\n\r\n The song I chose to sing was \"Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho.\" I suppose it could be classified as a spiritual. Anyway, I just belted it out, and sang it reasonably well, in my freakishly (for a 12-year-old) deep voice.\r\n\r\n Well, this football player must have either been in the class and heard me, or else heard about it second hand or overheard someone talking about it. \r\n\r\n I believe he was offended that a little, scrawney, book-wormy, glasses-wearing, [i:546c05f5b7]unathletic[/i:546c05f5b7] kid should have a deeper voice than he had. It offended his sense of propriety, of how things ought to be. So, yeah, I brought that particular attack on myself by letting my voice change too early.\r\n\r\n So he decided to try to fix that (apparently not realizing that to create a choirboy castratum or castrato or whatever the word is), you have to get him [i:546c05f5b7]before[/i:546c05f5b7] his voice has changed. Anyway, my voice remained a deep one.\r\n\r\n The Eleventy said:\r\n\r\n \"You outta consider moving, Cross.\"\r\n\r\n I would have moved far, far away, long, long ago, if I\'d had the money to do it. The only time I was able to move away (and I only got twenty -something miles) was in 1989. The only way I was able to afford to make that move and to live afterwards was by enrolling in college -- and taking out more and more student loans, so that I was living on borrowed money (and time) for years and years. I\'d move far away now, but the money isn\'t there. Not enough for that.\r\n\r\n And:\r\n\r\n \" ... if everything seems so incredibly bad, did it ever occur to you it might be due to your own interpretation of the worldf?\"\r\n\r\n Well, being threatened and menaced with every kind of physical assault (including rape, BTW, not to mention death) on an almost daily basis for decades, and actually being on the wrong end of dozens or scores of serious physical attacks (including armed ones), while meanwhile never, ever being shown the favor of one single girl was pretty hard to misinterpret. It definitely colored/colors one\'s view of the world. \r\n\r\n Oh, and having one\'s own mother never say a kind word to one for forty-plus years, instead just spewing venomous hatred and malice and soul-killing cruelty non-stop (right up to a few minutes ago, in fact, when I was shrieked at hideously and then hung up on for offering to pay to have their yard work done, rather than do it myself) played its part too.\r\n\r\n Then there was never having a job that wasn\'t dirty and dangerous as well as degrading, and then finally being relegated to more-or-less permanent unemployment.\r\n\r\n\r\nThey hurt you at home and they hit you at school, \r\nThey hate you if you\'re clever and they despise a fool, \r\nTill you\'re so ****ing crazy you can\'t follow their rules, **\r\nA working class hero is something to be, \r\nA working class hero is something to be. \r\nWhen they\'ve tortured and scared you for twenty odd years, \r\nThen they expect you to pick a career, \r\nWhen you can\'t really function you\'re so full of fear, \r\nA working class hero is something to be. -- Green Day, \"Working Class Hero\"\r\n\r\n \r\n But of course, everything comes from within. No one has to help anyone else. Everyone has to save himself. \r\n\r\n That frog didn\'t need to be kissed to turn into a prince: he could just spontaneously will himself into a prince. Just tear open his scrotum and crush his testicles, gouge his eyes and bludgeon craters in his skull -- that\'ll straighten him out. Sleeping Beauty and Snow White didn\'t need to be loved to awake from their long slumbers: they could have just woke up on their own, wit no outside help from anyone. Just sexually assault them in their sleep -- that\'ll straighten them out. Because, you know, everything comes from within.\r\n\r\n The cavalry didn\'t have to arrive to save the circled wagon train from the attacking Indians: no, the settlers just needed to think positve and join ghands and sing Kum-bay-ya or something. Because everything comes from within. And having some Comanches stake you out spread-eagled and kindle a small fire under your crotch shouldn\'t bother you. Because everything comes from within.\r\n\r\n ** Then they [i:546c05f5b7]change[/i:546c05f5b7] the rules and retroactively take away your rights and make you a 2nd or 3rd class \"citizen,\" because someone 28 years ago expressed an opinion that you were \"dangerous.\"\r\n\r\n Cross'),(245596,'9f063e9c36','','I have a guitar from a Big Brand.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately Marshall are better known for their Amps than their Guitars.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTo sweaten the deal it did at least come with a 15W Marshall G15-RCD Practice Amp.'),(245597,'392d9d1a1d','','In Purple Rain, we see Prince and Apollonia at and under the bridge in Los Angeles, with the sounds of the Southern Pacific (now defunct) engine horns honking; everything else is on location in Minniapolis. Also, much of Rocky (the first one) is filmed in Los Angeles, inlcluding a flop house, whilst the exterior shot of The Lucky Seven Tavern is shot at Harrisburg, PA.; again, everything else is in Philidelphia.'),(245598,'223e9d5e50','','Seems to me there\'s a gulf of understanding here. I expect that most people in this thread have had at least some experiences that approximated Crossada\'s, but the difference is that they had a support group in place. There was always [i:223e9d5e50]someone[/i:223e9d5e50] to trust, be it parent, friend, lover, or whatever. From what I\'ve read (and forgive me for putting words in your mouth), Crossada\'s never had that. It seems, from what he\'s written, that everyone\'s turned their back on him, so his worldview is probably justified to a certain extent.\r\n\r\nThat said, I can\'t judge whether you\'re guilty of it in this thread, Crossada, but you do have a tendency to turn every conversation you open back to its starting point or whatever point you want to make. I\'ve seen you start a thread with a \"my life sucks\" post, and then when other people try to offer solutions, you respond with \"my life sucks.\" That\'s not discourse, it\'s a soliloquy with interruptions. \r\n\r\nYes, sometimes you engage in discourse, or respond directly to comments (or in some cases, accusations), but far more often, your responses don\'t vary from your original post or point, regardless if the discussion has shifted. If you want a forum to bitch about your life, I\'d suggest getting a LiveJournal account for the bitching, and posting here when you\'re interested in conversation.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245599,'70638ed48d','','[quote:70638ed48d=\"crossada75\"]\r\nThey hurt you at home and they hit you at school, \r\nThey hate you if you\'re clever and they despise a fool, \r\nTill you\'re so ****ing crazy you can\'t follow their rules, **\r\nA working class hero is something to be, \r\nA working class hero is something to be. \r\nWhen they\'ve tortured and scared you for twenty odd years, \r\nThen they expect you to pick a career, \r\nWhen you can\'t really function you\'re so full of fear, \r\nA working class hero is something to be. -- Green Day, \"Working Class Hero\"[/quote:70638ed48d]\r\n\r\nWow, I had no idea Green Day covered that song, but something tells me John Lennon is doing 360s in his grave over it.\r\n\r\nIS NOTHING SACRED ANYMORE?! :('),(245600,'52f0496c50','','I\'ve decided to once again stray from the norm, this time when it comes to submitting fanfics:\r\n\r\nThere will be eight sections. Five that represent each season, two that represent before and after the series, and one for the scenes thread, but individual.\r\n\r\nI was talking to AngelBoy about this last night, and he was a little confused as to how to deduce where in the timeline do his fics belong. I\'m now working on a flowchart to help diagnose this. It\'s sorta rusty at the moment, but it goes kinda like this:\r\n\r\n**During the series? \r\nIf yes, move to (S1-S5) - If no, move to (S0-S6)\r\n\r\n**Band introduced?\r\nIf yes, move to (S2-@5) - If no, your fic is S1\r\n\r\n**Lane family introduced?\r\nIf yes, move to (S3-S5) - If no, your fic is S2\r\n\r\n**Tom Introduced?\r\nIf yes, move to (S4-S5) - If no, your fic is S3\r\n\r\n**Tom\'s dating Daria (Or was at some point)?\r\nIf yes, move to (S5) - If no, your fic is S4\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen the flowchart is finished, there will be pictures. :-)'),(245601,'c637b4c418','','At the risk of doing a forum no-no here, here\'s a update: my niece came home, but a few days later, she got sick,puking, had a bad night, and worse, and we fear she may have to go back to the hospital; she could\'nt eat much, looking frail. (it may be a side effect from the drugs she may be taking during the healing, but I could be mistaken).'),(245602,'9b93b7bed4','','[quote:9b93b7bed4=\"Becky\"]At the risk of doing a forum no-no here, here\'s a update: my niece came home, but a few days later, she got sick,puking, had a bad night, and worse, and we fear she may have to go back to the hospital; she could\'nt eat much, looking frail. (it may be a side effect from the drugs she may be taking during the healing, but I could be mistaken).[/quote:9b93b7bed4]\r\n\r\nBe sure to let us know how she does. I hope she gets to feeling better. :)'),(245603,'27a39ac7d7','','[quote:27a39ac7d7=\"cyde\"][quote:27a39ac7d7=\"crossada75\"]\r\nThey hurt you at home and they hit you at school, \r\nThey hate you if you\'re clever and they despise a fool, \r\nTill you\'re so ****ing crazy you can\'t follow their rules, **\r\nA working class hero is something to be, \r\nA working class hero is something to be. \r\nWhen they\'ve tortured and scared you for twenty odd years, \r\nThen they expect you to pick a career, \r\nWhen you can\'t really function you\'re so full of fear, \r\nA working class hero is something to be. -- Green Day, \"Working Class Hero\"[/quote:27a39ac7d7]\r\n\r\nWow, I had no idea Green Day covered that song, but something tells me John Lennon is doing 360s in his grave over it.\r\n\r\nIS NOTHING SACRED ANYMORE?! :([/quote:27a39ac7d7]\r\n\r\nSo that\'s who I have to blame for that piece of crap that keeps blasting at me over the radio? I thought it was just Green Day.'),(245604,'139ceb1aac','','Regarding Sandi\'s catch, does he still do \"[url=http://pages.suddenlink.net/rk/evo.mp3]Evolution[/url]\"? :D'),(245605,'860fd99a16','','[quote:860fd99a16=\"Reese Kaine\"]Regarding Sandi\'s catch, does he still do \"Evolution\"? :D[/quote:860fd99a16]\r\n\r\nNo, I think he stopped evolving years ago. :wink: \r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245606,'45f49a9b69','Re: Not So "Adequite" After All','[quote:45f49a9b69=\"Eccles\"][quote:45f49a9b69=\"Micka\"][quote:45f49a9b69=\"starmeshelion\"]\r\nEven I, with all of my cynicism, could not stay indifferent to her current sorry state of events. This girl is in some serious need of help.[/quote:45f49a9b69]\r\n\r\nOh my God, a celebrity is in the news for acting inappropriately!!\r\n\r\n*Screams hysterically and dives out a window*[/quote:45f49a9b69]\r\n\r\nDon\'t do it Micka! It\'s not worth it!!!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=7:45f49a9b69]At least not until you have finished writing that fic!!!!![/size:45f49a9b69][/quote:45f49a9b69]\r\n\r\n\r\n(watches Micka\'s dive; wears a shirt with the former flag of East Germany as he holds up a card with the numbers 4.5 on it)'),(245607,'1ac2121315','','The Britpop thing wasn\'t a conscious decision; It\'s not like I woke up one morning and decided to like it. I just noticed over a few years that most bands I like belong to the genre. I was into Britpop before I even knew what it was called.\r\n\r\nI agree with Lazario about the whole childhood thing, although for me it\'s not just nostalgia but also inexplicable emotions that certain music evokes in me. For example, the Broadcast album [i:1ac2121315]Tender Buttons[/i:1ac2121315] reminds me of old colouring books and such I used to do when I was a little kid, even though the band members obviously have no account of my childhood; Nevertheless, their music reaches me in that way and I can\'t say why, and it\'s not just the melodies/lyrics/production, it\'s also the artwork and intent, as well as other things like stuff that\'s happened to me in the past or that I\'m going through as I listen. It\'s all very subjective and that\'s the great thing about it, as I discern from everyone else\'s posts.'),(245608,'2f74db7c84','Classic Movie Tidbits','In the South one classic movies reigns supreme over all others:\r\nGone With the Wind\r\n \r\nClark Gable\'s ears protruded so badly they had to be pinned back so he would not look like \"Dumbo\". He also reportedly had really bad breath and would purposely eat onions before love scenes to the disgust of his leading lady. It is reported that Vivien Leigh gagged quite often during the kissing scenes. The scenes where she turns her head when he is trying to kiss her is not all acting. She really was repulsed by him. I can\'t say I blame her.'),(245609,'6937e29f41','','[quote:6937e29f41=\"Kara Wild\"]Scottish parliament[/quote:6937e29f41]\r\nThat looks like a museum, not a government building.\r\n\r\n[quote:6937e29f41=\"Bluu\"]Darn, i can\'t see the photos :([/quote:6937e29f41]\r\nSwitch to the subSilver board theme if you aren\'t using it, the other themes don\'t handle attachments.'),(245610,'901f6075e7','','[quote:901f6075e7=\"crossada75\"]But of course, everything comes from within. No one has to help anyone else. Everyone has to save himself. [/quote:901f6075e7]\r\n\r\nCross, the amount of help, offers of assistance and good advice that have been given to you by the members of this community has been immense. Overall, you\'ve batted virtually all of it away. Now, claiming that nobody ever helps you is an insult to everyone who has offered or tried to help you.'),(245611,'a8ecb094b4','','I want so badly to rant right now, but I can\'t. \r\n\r\nSo you didn\'t have a support system. So what? I don\'t either.\r\n\r\nSo you got bullied when you were younger, treated badly by the other kids? So what? Oh, I got that, too. (I still remember Tim Evans, who called me an \'Alabama porch monkey\' in front of a class full of students and the techer - and nothing was done about it. Same when the teacher zapped me in the small of the back ith a cattle prod and was applauded by the class for doing so. I won\'t even talk about the time a kid hit me in the side of the head with half of a brick and my brother cheered for him...)\r\n\r\nWon\'t even talk about bad parents. It\'s just a pissing contest that NO ONE really came here to listen to. (For the first time in a long while, I find myself agreeing with Ms. Wild.) A great many people had horrid parents and rancid childhoods!\r\n\r\nLook - I can totally understand the situation you\'re in right now. Guess what - same boat, but you don\'t hear me crying about it or just using the board to do so and then, steadfastly refuse to listen to some good advice. (matter of fact, a few things people hve said to you have helped me out.)\r\n\r\nThe thing is, you seem as if you really don\'t want to move out of the situation you\'re in. If you don\'t want to, then that\'s another thing entirely, but as for me, it\'s tiresome listening to someone more well-read, more articulate and seemingly with a better educational background than me go on incessantly. \r\n\r\nI\'m just going to be quiet now. If you just want to rant anout your fate in life, fine. I\'m going to try and find a way out of the quagmire without becoming bitter and mean-spirited (of course, you\'ll have to forgive me for a little anger). However, that\'s nothing a couple of funny movies and a drink or two couldn\'t solve in the short run... Maybe even the company of a pleasant lady of the opposing gender (and if you disagree about the \'opposing\' part, well, then, you\'ve definitly been away from Ye Olde Battle O\' tthe Sexes too long)... yes, you, too, can bring in attention of that order. Look at the way you write - the sources you are able to draw from for quotes, at least. Please don\'t tell me that you can\'t find something to talk to a lady about... and don\'t say that you aren\'t quick enough on your mental feet to BS your way into and through a conversation. Hell, if I can do it, then - well, you get the picture.\r\n\r\nEither way, good luck.\r\n\r\n\r\nHEY! I CAN rant! I just don\'t have to be rude in doing it!:)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n_________________________________\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nP.S. - I KNEW there was a reason this thread ticked me off today!\r\n\r\nNine years ago today, I got bit by the spider and my life got shafted off the mag-rail track plans I had! \r\n\r\nOkay, that being said, in the words of NNJ, \'Yawn. So what. It\'s called \'moving on\'.\r\n\r\n\r\nYeah. Think I\'ll watch \'Starship Troopers\' in commemoration of this day...\r\n\r\nRaise a glass, everyone! A toast - to everyone who knows that the only good bug is a dead bug!\r\n\r\n(sees the bug guy standing in the doorway)\r\n\r\nUh, bug guy! Uh... have a cup of warmed mead? :)'),(245612,'24a6017ce4','','[quote:24a6017ce4=\"Bliss Ticks\"]It makes no sense to hinder someones ability to find employment if they owe money.[/quote:24a6017ce4]\r\nInteresting how they\'re all but recycling methods from 400 years ago, the only difference being that they aren\'t putting the people in debtors\' prison. It didn\'t work then, why do they think it\'ll work now?'),(245613,'8f25c9aa11','','[quote:8f25c9aa11=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]If Vermont went I could see other surrounding states joining it.[/quote:8f25c9aa11]\r\nRepublic of New England. :D'),(245614,'6e67d1ac0c','','The famous urban legend surrounding the film [i:6e67d1ac0c]Three Men And A Baby[/i:6e67d1ac0c], concerning the supposed spirit of a young boy who actually died in the apartment used for filming some of the movie, is just that. The \'spectral image\' seen in one scene and gone in the next, was actually a stand-up cut-out of a person that someone accidentally left behind the curtains, and moved before the next shot.'),(245615,'d7508cc468','','[quote:d7508cc468=\"Derek\"][quote:d7508cc468=\"Bliss Ticks\"]It makes no sense to hinder someones ability to find employment if they owe money.[/quote:d7508cc468]\r\nInteresting how they\'re all but recycling methods from 400 years ago, the only difference being that they aren\'t putting the people in debtors\' prison. It didn\'t work then, why do they think it\'ll work now?[/quote:d7508cc468]\r\n\r\nYou\'re just now noticing that governments \"work\" by doing stuff that failed in the past? Not just 400 years ago, but even just a couple of decades ago. Some stuff the politicianis alive now were alive, and maybe even politicians, when the same old tired solution was tried before. \r\n\r\nNever look to the government for a solution, unless you\'re just trying to make a bad sitch even worse. I doubt that there\'s an idea pure enough that the government wouldn\'t sully it, intentionally or otherwise, by the time the idea was soiled by government\'s touch.'),(245616,'fdd8819f5e','','Sweet.\r\n\r\nI just hope they realize that the motto of our world, once the hypocrisy is brushed aside, is Might Makes Right.\r\n\r\nThat\'s not to say it could never happen. Vietnam not only kicked our butts, but then gave China the what-for. Just that it needs to be born in mind that the world isn\'t about \"doing the right thing\" but about the powerful and mighty making the rules for everyone else (and hypocrisy thrown in so people think that this works out for the best).'),(245617,'e0a733008e','','A new example?\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=460054&in_page_id=1770]PC brigade ban pin-ups on RAF jets - in case they offend women and Muslims[/url].\r\n\r\n[quote:e0a733008e]More recently, pilots fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan have decorated aircraft with a series of glamour models.\r\n\r\nBut politically correct bosses fear offending female crew and Muslim locals and have now banned the practice.[/quote:e0a733008e] \r\n\r\nIsn\'t that sweet? But I suppose it\'s too much to ask that the RAF doesn\'t offend women and Muslims by acts of murder, or as threats of use of deadly force even when at rest. \r\n\r\nJust me personally....knowing a jet could kill me and those I love if the political zone I\'m in doesn\'t capitulate is far more offensive than some cheesecake art that might be on the plane itself. (If I were in the military, I\'d rather tolerate that than some of the killing reports I\'ve heard coming out of the place, like a wedding that was \"accidentally\" the scene of a massacre after being fired upon by a jet.)'),(245618,'7279fb55dd','','[quote:7279fb55dd=\"Derek\"][quote:7279fb55dd=\"Kara Wild\"]Scottish parliament[/quote:7279fb55dd]\r\nThat looks like a museum, not a government building.[/quote:7279fb55dd]\r\n\r\nAnd it\'s weird rocky walls make it look like a rock-climbing centre :L\r\n\r\nAnd thanks for the photo advice'),(245619,'c3b93283f6','','[quote:c3b93283f6=\"brnleague99\"]Of course if they went ahead with it, they could always make \"It\'s All Bush\'s Fault\" the Republic of Vermont\'s motto.\r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) :lol: 8) :P :wink:[/quote:c3b93283f6]\r\n\r\nI think Texas already has THAT motto. Ironic, huh? :wink:'),(245620,'13d5162692','','[quote:13d5162692=\"Dervish\"]A new example?\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=460054&in_page_id=1770]PC brigade ban pin-ups on RAF jets - in case they offend women and Muslims[/url].\r\n\r\n[quote:13d5162692]More recently, pilots fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan have decorated aircraft with a series of glamour models.\r\n\r\nBut politically correct bosses fear offending female crew and Muslim locals and have now banned the practice.[/quote:13d5162692] \r\n\r\nIsn\'t that sweet? But I suppose it\'s too much to ask that the RAF doesn\'t offend women and Muslims by acts of murder, or as threats of use of deadly force even when at rest. \r\n\r\nJust me personally....knowing a jet could kill me and those I love if the political zone I\'m in doesn\'t capitulate is far more offensive than some cheesecake art that might be on the plane itself. (If I were in the military, I\'d rather tolerate that than some of the killing reports I\'ve heard coming out of the place, like a wedding that was \"accidentally\" the scene of a massacre after being fired upon by a jet.)[/quote:13d5162692]\r\n\r\nThat\'s nothing new, nose art was censored during WWII. The exact reason has been lost, but in March 1945, all of the nose art from aircraft of the 73rd BW (some of which was beyond risque) was ordered removed and replaced by what the crews called the \"ball and shaft\" \r\n[img:13d5162692]http://members.aol.com/Rlobin2/pht28.jpg[/img:13d5162692]'),(245621,'d1a93bb121','The Freedoms our Troops Defend','http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1718255.php\r\n\r\n[quote:d1a93bb121]The physical scars are healing for a National Guard soldier beaten, bruised and struck with a Taser gun by Las Vegas police officers. But nearly three months later, the incident still rankles.\r\n\r\nUnable to redeploy to Iraq because of injuries received March 10, Sgt. Mark England has enlisted the help of the American Civil Liberties Union in Nevada and a Las Vegas attorney for an impending lawsuit against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.\r\n\r\nThe Internal Affairs Bureau is reviewing the actions of two officers at McCarren International Airport, where England, 37, said he was hit so hard with a baton that he suffered three broken ribs and numerous bruises to his hands, arms, forehead and leg.\r\n\r\n\"I can\'t believe I made it all the way back from Iraq, and this happens to me here, at home,\" England, a 14-year soldier who served as a combat medic in Iraq, said in an interview in his Stanton home.\r\n\r\nBill Cassell, Las Vegas police spokesman, declined to comment last week on the investigation because it is ongoing, although the department has previously said the officers followed policy.\r\n\r\nBut England, who claims he was never physically aggressive toward the officers, said they were out of line. He\'s since been on radio talk shows, had his story on Internet blogs and appeared on a Las Vegas news station featuring footage of the incident taken from airport surveillance cameras.\r\n\r\n\"We\'ve got evidence that doesn\'t make this a \'he said, she said\' case,\" said Lee Rowland, staff attorney for the Nevada ACLU. \"It\'s clear that Sgt. England posed no physical threat to those officers, and certainly from all the facts we have, there was no cause to use the Taser.\"[/quote:d1a93bb121]\r\n\r\nIt\'s actually pretty light compared to what a lot of others go through.\r\n\r\n\r\nSomething more severe:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/printer_060307G.shtml\r\n\r\n[quote:d1a93bb121]The sniper fired. It was a clean shot, if there is such a thing. And down for good fell another U.S. soldier.\r\n\r\n His name was Sergeant James Dean, but everyone called him Jamie. He was the farm boy who fished, hunted and tossed a horseshoe like nobody else. He was the guy at the end of Toots Bar, nursing a Bud and talking NASCAR. He was the driver of that blue Silverado at the red light, his hands on the wheel, his mind on combat horrors that made him moody, angry, withdrawn.\r\n\r\n Now here he was, another U.S. soldier, dead. Only Dean was killed at the front door of his childhood home, the day after Christmas and three weeks before his redeployment, shot by a sniper representing the government for whom he had already risked his life in Afghanistan. His wife and parents received the news not by a knock on the door, but by gunfire in the neighbourhood.\r\n\r\n \"If they had just left him alone,\" says his wife, Muriel[/quote:d1a93bb121]\r\n\r\nNext Memorial Day, if you\'re an American, be sure to thank him for your glorious freedoms you enjoy, courtesy of Uncle Sam.'),(245622,'1176c66154','','This is not realy a classic but here goes.\r\n\r\nYou can see the roof of my house in the film Rita Sue and Bob too!\r\n\r\nAlso when I was younger the house used in the film as Bob\'s family home was on my paper-round!!!'),(245624,'44414ab0dc','','If you like the show, you\'ll probably like the books. They\'re more lighthearted, more like the early shows. I\'ve found \'em really good for background materials in fanfics I make.'),(245625,'1d1fb3b6bc','','It\'s me. It\'s a few years old, but I haven\'t changed much. I like it because it is actually NOT very representative of my personality; I\'m not really a \"lurking in the shadows\" kind of guy. But it\'s fun to [i:1d1fb3b6bc]pretend[/i:1d1fb3b6bc] I\'m a little dark and mysterious, anyway.'),(245626,'0128028340','',':x Jezuz.'),(245627,'7f1f915ac8','','[quote:7f1f915ac8=\"Mike Xeno\"]It\'s me. It\'s a few years old, but I haven\'t changed much. I like it because it is actually NOT very representative of my personality; I\'m not really a \"lurking in the shadows\" kind of guy. But it\'s fun to [i:7f1f915ac8]pretend[/i:7f1f915ac8] I\'m a little dark and mysterious, anyway.[/quote:7f1f915ac8]\r\n\r\n\r\nSo... are you... \'dangerous\', or are you... \'creepy...?\'\r\n\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:'),(245628,'5ca7b65713','','So Dervish - you\'re saying that there should be no requirements for fathers - or mothers I suppose - to care for their children?'),(245629,'39886c9fab','','Does my avatar require an explanation?\r\n\r\nLet\'s see, um . . . . My avatar can kick your avatar\'s @$$?\r\n\r\nAnd of course, it is the unparalleled work of the mighty S.C.'),(245630,'b7ccacaedc','','Cross, it\'s my impression that 95% of this is the result of choices that you\'ve made.\r\n\r\nYou choose to see the world around you as unrelentingly hostile, as out to get you. Other people have had shitful experiences too - Dervish\'s life, for instance, makes yours look like a never-ending bowl of cherries but, though she shares many of your convictions, she has a generally cheery outlook. BG\'s Dad sounds a lot like your parents, but he\'s a barrel of chuckles.\r\n\r\nMost of us can see the crap around us. Most of would like to see things change, and most of us rant on a regular basis. But most of us generally see some good things too and have our share of fun. You, though, are a boundless bundle of gloom, an Eyore to our Pooh. \r\n\r\nS & S (thanks Dervish), you actually want things to be the way they are.\r\n\r\nDamned if I can understand it, but whatever floats your goat.'),(245631,'8896ea239c','','[quote:8896ea239c=\"Kristen Bealer\"]Thanks, everyone!\r\n\r\nBrandon, if it makes you feel better, I\'ll let you hide in my closet again for old times\' sake. :) \r\n\r\nKristen[/quote:8896ea239c]\r\n\r\n*Sniff*\r\n\r\nKristen, you complete me.\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(245632,'350cdd36ed','','[quote:350cdd36ed=\"Ray\"] A gosh darn good should-not-be ficlet from the LLSH AU.[/quote:350cdd36ed]\r\n\r\n[i:350cdd36ed]Ah-ha![/i:350cdd36ed] I see the stakes have been raised and the rules have been . . . tweaked. It never occured to me that we could do should-not-be scenes from existing fics. I must [i:350cdd36ed]consider[/i:350cdd36ed] this.\r\n\r\nIn the meantime, I leave you with this!\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\nEight year old Daria was methodically exploring the living room of the new house. The house was much larger than the tiny apartment the family had lived in before, and Daria was secretly pleased to have an entire bedroom all to herself.\r\n\r\nThey had moved to Lawndale, a small town near Baltimore. She knew her parents had been planning to move to somewhere in Texas, but her mother\'s meticulous research had turned up reports of uranium in the drinking water and that plan was scrapped. She knew the family was struggling financially, but for once it seemed her life may actually improve. Then the door bell rang.\r\n\r\nDaria reached up and turned the door knob and swung the door open. A young boy with black hair was standing on her doorstep. He was wearing a yellow jersey with \'Lawndale Elementary\' written across the front and shoulder pads.\r\n\r\n\"Hi, I\'m Kevin!\" he said. \"You must be the girl that just moved in next door. What\'s your name?\"\r\n\r\nDaria\'s eyes narrowed as she regarded the moron that had come ding-ding-dinging the bell on her front door. \"Daria.\" she said flatly.\r\n\r\n\"Hi!\" he said with a huge smile. \"I\'m Kevin.\"\r\n\r\nOne eyebrow slowly crept up from behind her glasses, as if wanting to see him for itself before believing the reports coming in from the ears. \"I know your name is Kevin.\"\r\n\r\n\"How did you know that? Are you a psychic?\" Kevin grabbed the sides of his head and wailed dramatically, \"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!\"\r\n\r\n\"Right.\" Daria said, pushing the door closed. She stood at the door for a few minutes, and finally curiosity won out over common sense. She pulled the door back open. Kevin was still standing there.\r\n\r\n\"Hi!\" he said for the third time. \"Do you want to be my new best friend?\"\r\n\r\nDaria regarded him for a moment and almost closed the door in his face again. Then she realized the bragging rights she\'d have over Quinn if she made a friend before her popular little sister did. Even if the friend was a brain dead idiot.\r\n\r\n\"Ok.\" she said calmly. \"But only on one condition. You have to do whatever I tell you to.\"\r\n\r\n\"Great!\" Kevin nodded his head in such vigorous agreement that Daria began to form a hypothesis regarding the source of his brain damage. \"You want to come over and meet my other best friend?\"\r\n\r\n\"Sure.\" Daria said. This was either going to be really pathetic, really funny, or both. \"In for a penny, in for a pound.\" she muttered to herself.\r\n\r\nShe followed Kevin to his house next door and upstairs to his bedroom, where he proudly pointed towards a small cage on a table near his bed. Daria peered inside and saw what had to be the most geriatric hamster she\'d ever laid eyes on. She opened the cage door and prodded at him, only to discover a cold body.\r\n\r\n\"I have some bad news about your last best friend, Kevin.\"\r\n\r\n\"Oh, no!\" he exclaimed. \"He can\'t be dead! He just can\'t be!\"\r\n\r\n\"I beg ta diffa!\" said a man with a pronounced Jamaican accent. \"He\'s dead an\' I\'m hear ta collect \'im.\"\r\n\r\nA skeletal figure in a long dark cloak and wielding a scythe materialized from the ether. \"I\'m tha Grim Reapa!\"\r\n\r\nDaria regarded him through narrowed eyes. \"Mr. Reaper, I have a proposal for you . . . .\"\r\n\r\n--\r\n :P'),(245633,'1856742eae','','Kitten Possible\r\nChapter 3\r\n\r\n‘[i:1856742eae]Showering with Shego wasn’t as bad as I thought,[/i:1856742eae]’ Kim mused while staring at her reflection in the mirror. ‘[i:1856742eae]It was a lot worse...[/i:1856742eae]’\r\n\r\nIt wasn’t the lavender shampoo, or the ice water that got her. No, it was the worst of all possible fates. Shego sang in the shower, and she sang ‘Mr Roboto’ by Styx. Kim could have sworn her brain was going to try and escape out of her ears if she had to stay in the shower much longer.\r\n\r\nThankfully the shower and Shego’s singing ended quickly enough. Unfortunately for Kim, Shego wanted to blow dry her first. That in and of itself wouldn’t have been bad, except that Shego used her plasma fists to pet her dry. Nerve wracking would have been putting it mildly. But at least it was over now, and Shego had said that they were going to bed.\r\n\r\nYawning with a soft squeak, Kim looked for the pillow she had been laying on earlier, thinking to head to bed. Looking around where the pillow had been Kim felt puzzled when she noticed it was missing. Spreading her search to encompass the entire bedroom Kim finally found it again, lying on the foot of Shego’s bed. With a mental sigh Kim leaped onto her pillow and curled up, watching the spot Shego was resting on.\r\n\r\n‘[i:1856742eae]It’s hard to believe sometimes that Shego and Miss Go are the same person...[/i:1856742eae]’ Kim mused studying her long time foe, ‘[i:1856742eae]But seeing her like this in her unguarded moments makes it so much more believable.[/i:1856742eae]’\r\n\r\nLaying her head down Kim let out a sigh of frustration over her situation. ‘[i:1856742eae]Half the world is probably worried sick about me, the other half is probably rejoicing, and here I am the pet of my worst enemy. Things just can’t possibly get worse...[/i:1856742eae]’ Kim thought just before nature’s call reminded her about how things can always be worse.\r\n\r\nWith a mental grumble Kim leaped off her pillow and padded to the bathroom. Getting to the room she sighed as she looked between the toilet and the litter box. Rolling her eyes Kim scampered over to the toilet and leapt onto the seat, looking down at the water inside. Seeing that it was clean, she turned around and squatted on the edge of the stool, letting nature take its course while her eyes wandered about the surprisingly furnished bathroom. ‘[i:1856742eae]I always thought pictured Shego being more Spartan than this,[/i:1856742eae]’ Kim mused silently.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, in the bedroom, Shego sat up and looked at the empty pillow. “Huh, I guess Nemmy is using the litterbox...”\r\n\r\nRolling out of the bed, Shego padded across her room, and turned on the bathroom light, locking eyes with Kim sitting on the toilet. Shego blinked a few times to make certain that she was seeing and hearing what she was. It appeared that her cat was using the toilet.\r\n\r\nKim meowed noisily to get Shego’s attention enough to wake the green-skinned female so she would stop staring. “Oh, sorry, I didn’t know you were using it. Let me know when you’re done,” Shego said as she stepped out and leaned against the wall outside the bathroom.\r\n\r\nBlinking a few times to adjust to the darkness again, Shego tried to figure out if she was seeing things from lack of sleep or not. The flushing of the toilet however brought her back in time to see her kitten walk out of the bathroom.\r\n\r\nKim stopped about three steps out of the bathroom and looked over her shoulder at Shego. Letting out a series of mews, Kim nodded to the bathroom and then scampered off, a piece of toilet paper stuck to one of her hind paws.\r\n\r\n“That\'s it. No more sushi from the back of the fridge, ever again.” Shego concluded as she entered into her bathroom.\r\n\r\nKim sighed as she plucked the toilet paper off of her paw, spitting it out into the waste bin before curling back up on her pillow. Yawning she smirked at the mental image of Shego when she saw her sitting on the stool. ‘[i:1856742eae]It’s good to be able to do anything.[/i:1856742eae]’\r\n\r\nKim looked over as the toilet flushed, and Shego exited the bathroom. Walking over, she spotted the toilet paper lying on top of the waste bin and sighed. “Okay, after the mission... I’m cleaning out that damn fridge.”\r\n\r\nAs dawn broke the next morning Shego stood in front of Middleton’s finest jewelers. “I need to renegotiate for no work before nine...” Shego groused as she glared at the shining windows. At least this is going to be an easy job.\r\n\r\nShego opened the door and looked around inside of the building, taking note of the guard in front of the vault. He would most likely be the first person to be an idiot, what with his compensation of a side arm. Turning towards him, Shego walked along, eyeing the jewels and such that she would be taking with her. Finally getting into position she smirked and powered up her plasma fists. “Alright boys and girls, let’s play Shego says! Shego says drop the weapons and step away from those alarms.”\r\n\r\nShego smiled as everyone in the place raised their hands into the air, after dropping anything that could possibly be considered a weapon onto a pile in the center of the room. “Apparently you all know me, and you probably can guess what I want. So, let’s get to it already. Anyone hits the alarms and you’re on the wrong end of a bioplasmic enema.”\r\n\r\nFrom her vantage point, Shego smiled as she noticed everyone was doing the smart thing, smart being that they weren’t trying to piss her off. Looking around a glitter caught her attention from the display next to her. Stepping over she smiled seeing a black leather choker with emerald studs and a single platinum plate in the center. Looking up at the clerk nearest her she snapped her fingers, getting his attention. “Hey you, get over here.”\r\n\r\nThe clerk scrambled over to her quivering visibly with fear. “Y...y...yes m...ma’am? H...how can I help you?”\r\n\r\nShego smiled wickedly as she pointed to the choker that she had seen. “Listen Champ, you can you guys do engraving here?”\r\n\r\n“Y...yes m...m...ma’am, we h...have a v...variety of s...styles to ch...chose from,” the clerk stuttered out while pulling out a book of styles and showing them off. “P...please choose any that you like. Pleasedon’tkillme.”\r\n\r\nShego waved him off while she flipped through the book, looking at the different styles. “Just go get the rest of my stuff together; I’ll call you over when I’m ready.”\r\n\r\nThe clerk nodded and bolted away, gathering up the jewels for Shego while she was distracted with the book.\r\n\r\nAs Shego casually flipped through the pages of the book, her brows furrowed at a noise, without looking up she fired a plasma bolt at the feet of the security guard that was trying to sneak up on her. “Bad idea there sport. I recommend you just sit down and shut up. Heroes piss me off, you don’t want me pissed.”\r\n\r\nThe guard sat down as though his legs turned to jelly. Shego didn’t bother looking up as she finally found a style that she liked. “Hey Champ, get your ass over here.”\r\n\r\nThe clerk bolted over as fast as he could, to look at attend to her. “Y...yes m...ma’am? H...Have y...you d...d...d...decided?”\r\n\r\n“Yeah, I want that choker I pointed at earlier engraved in style #42A, and I want it done now,” Shego said with an evil smile.\r\n\r\n“Y...yes m...ma’am... It w...will only b...be a m...moment,” the clerk said while collecting the item to engrave. “W...what am I p...p...putting on it m...ma’am?”\r\n\r\n“Nemmy, that’s N-E-M-M-Y, and if I don’t like it, I will ignite your blood vessels,” Shego growled while leaning into the clerk’s face. “Got it Champ?”\r\n\r\nShego smiled as the clerk scampered back into the engraving room where she could see him working on the choker’s plate through the doorway. Sighing she slammed her fist back over her shoulder into the guard’s face, spreading him out on the floor behind her. “I told you not to play the hero, Sport.”\r\n\r\nPulling out her file, Shego began to clean off the metal tubes at her finger tips, blowing to clear the debris as she loosens it. Looking at the jewelry gathering at her feet, she gave a pleased smile before noticing that the clerk had returned with her choker. “Good timing there Champ, let’s see it.”\r\n\r\nInspecting the choker Shego couldn’t help but smiling at how she pictured Nemmy’s joyful reaction to her gift. Looking up at the trembling clerk she flared her fist right in front of him, causing him to fall back into a puddle of yellow. “Good work, but I didn’t ask for the heart with the tail of the ‘y’.”\r\n\r\n“I... I... I’m sssssorry m...ma’am, I thought I would do it to benice. Ididn’tmeantoupsetyou,pleaseDON’TKILLME!” the clerk pleaded while sweat broke out everywhere on him.\r\n\r\nSlashing her fiery fist in front of the clerk, she smirked as he passed out before she admired the choker again. “I like it,” she said before tucking it into her uniform, pulling out her communicator with her hand. “Okay boys, come in and get the bags. We’re done here.”\r\n\r\nShego smirked as the muscle bound morons Drakken called henchmen filed in. “Alright, load it up and get it back to Dr. D,” Shego commanded while walking out, “Oh, and if Sport over there does anything stupid, fry him.”\r\n\r\nLeaping into her black and green convertible Shego let her engine roar to life before squealing her tires out of the area. She always hated driving the rental cars that Drakken gave her while her baby was in the shop, but it was worth it. This car had all her favorite songs loaded into its stereo system, and could outrun anything but a rocket car. With her hair whipping behind her in the wind Shego smiled as she felt the bulge of her gift for Nemmy. “She’ll love it, but I should get her some toys too... maybe I’ll stop at a pet store...”\r\n\r\nShego smirked as she turned into Furvana, having heard Falsetto Jones squeaking its praises at the last villains’ convention. Pulling into an open stall next to a handicap spot, Shego strode into the store with a smile. “Now... I should get her some catnip, some toys, a scratching post... and maybe some treats.”\r\n\r\nGrabbing a cart on her way, Shego walked down the cat aisle getting completely lost in all the choices. “Maybe I should get some help...”\r\n\r\nWhile Shego was busy terrorizing the poor clerks at Furvana, Kim was lying on her couch watching some old cartoons. She had been watching the news, but all the reports about her disappearance had started depressing her. Originally she had been searching for an escape route, but couldn’t open the door, and the air vents had solid grating on them.\r\n\r\nKim’s ears perked up as she heard the door swoosh open, and she saw a familiar blue form striding in. Leaping off the couch, she ducked underneath thankful that she didn’t appear to be shedding. Drakken’s sneezing started seconds after he entered the room.\r\n\r\n“I know... ACHOO! Shego has a... a... ACHOO! a cat in here,” Drakken grumbled while wiping his nose with a tissue, “I’ll fi... fi... ACHOO find it and throw it out!”\r\n\r\n‘[i:1856742eae]I’d love to see you try Drakken,[/i:1856742eae]’ Kim thought as her playful cat nature took over. Once Drakken had passed the couch, Kim snuck out the far side silently.\r\n\r\nLeaping across the room, Kim dove into Shego’s kitchen, sliding her water bowl into the entryway. Mewing softly she ducked into a cupboard to watch as Drakken walked in, landing a foot right inside her bowl, causing not only that foot to slide out from under him, but also the water to slouch all over, soaking his foot and his rear when he landed in the water.\r\n\r\nKim laughed silently as Drakken pseudo-cursed, giving her a chance to slip out unnoticed. Bolting into the bathroom she curled up under the sink as far back as she could get. Letting out a louder meow to draw Drakken’s attention, she couldn’t help but smirk as he spotted her. Playing right into her plan, Drakken dropped down on all fours and crawled to catch her.\r\n\r\n“I ha... ACHOO have you now cat,” Drakken proclaimed drawing nearer.\r\n\r\nKim almost pitied him as she swiped just shy of his nose, claws extended. This caused Drakken to slam his head into the sink, leading to another bout of pseudo-cursing. Kim let out a taunting series of hisses that sounded like laughter.\r\n\r\n“You think you’re a... a... ACHOO all that cat ACHOO! But you’re ACHOO not!” Drakken screamed out as he charged after the cat.\r\n\r\nKim skidded to a halt in front of Shego’s clothes hamper in her bedroom, shaking her tail at Drakken teasingly. As Drakken barreled in, Kim waited until the last second to leap out of the way, causing Drakken to smash into Shego’s dirty laundry. As he struggled through the mess, Drakken ripped a black lace bra from his face and stormed into the living room, never noticing the green sock that clung to his back. “I AM GOING TO SKIN YOU!”\r\n\r\nKim found herself in a corner without an escape route as Drakken stalked closer, raising the bra as though he thought it a lethal weapon. “Now cat, you’re mine!”\r\n\r\nAt that moment Shego entered the room. “Nemmy, I’m home! And I brought pres...” Shego trailed off her eyes looking on Drakken ready to attack her cat. Hearing Nemmy let out a pained mewl, Shego’s eyes lit with rage as a wordless shriek resounded around the room and an aura of green, fiery death surrounded her body.\r\n\r\nDrakken turned around and felt his whole arms go limp from the sheer rage Shego was showing. Normally he’d be begging for his life, but right now the only thing he could think to do was run screaming in panic. That was exactly what he did, screaming like a little girl as Shego chased after him, lobbing balls of plasmic death at him.\r\n\r\nKim blinked as she watched Shego and Drakken leave, part of her wanted to bolt out the door and find her friends. However the other part dominated as she hid in Shego’s closet, leaving the door open a crack to watch for Shego’s return. Kim couldn’t believe how much her body shook with fear of the rage Shego expressed.\r\n\r\nFive minutes later Shego reentered her suite and started looking around frantically. “Nemmy! Nemmy, come out! Please Nemmy, don’t leave me!” Shego cried while she searched every nook and cranny she could think of her kitten hiding in. “Nemmy, please talk to me, I’m sorry for scaring you.”\r\n\r\nKim swallowed the lump in her throat and buried herself further under the clothing watching the woman searching high and low for her. She was truly terrified right now, and didn’t want to come out. Watching as Shego slumped down in front of the couch Kim’s breath caught. ‘[i:1856742eae]Is that... no way, Shego’s crying,[/i:1856742eae]’ Kim thought in shock.\r\n\r\nIt was true; Shego had her face in her hands and was crying into them, murmuring Nemmy repeatedly. Kim bit her lower lip gently as she felt her heart reaching out to the older female. Crawling out of the closet Kim walked over slowly and quietly so as to not alert Shego to her presence.\r\n\r\n‘[i:1856742eae]I... I have to get out,[/i:1856742eae]’ Kim thought as she neared the still open door. Looking back over her shoulder she winced hearing Shego’s murmuring had turned into sobs. Lowering her ears, Kim walked back and placed her front paws on Shego’s legs. ‘[i:1856742eae]I can’t believe I’m doing this...[/i:1856742eae]’ Kim’s mind muttered as she mewed questioningly at Shego.\r\n\r\nShego slid her hands down from her bloodshot eyes to lock eyes with Nemmy’s concerned eyes. Reaching down with shaking hands, Shego scooped up Kim and held her close crying into the kitten’s soft fur. “I thought you had run off, I’m so sorry Nemmy. I thought I was going to be alone again.”\r\n\r\nKim’s eyes widened at the sheer pain and loneliness she heard in Shego’s voice. Letting her eyes soften she licked Shego’s cheek gently, trying to make her feel better. It seemed to work as Shego pulled her back and started to pet her. The slow steady petting seemed to calm both of them; because when Shego next spoke her voice was calmer, but seemed almost dead.\r\n\r\n“Nemmy, you’re my only friend. Dr. D. and his goons are just co-workers; I don’t even know most of their names. When I heard you cry out, I just snapped,” Shego said while she continued her pathological petting, “I don’t know what I’d do if you left me.”\r\n\r\n‘[i:1856742eae]This is so not good,[/i:1856742eae]’ Kim thought as she nuzzled into Shego’s petting, ‘[i:1856742eae]She is going to go psycho if she finds out who I am.[/i:1856742eae]’'),(245634,'0c008eb0c7','','[quote:0c008eb0c7=\"Deref\"]So Dervish - you\'re saying that there should be no requirements for fathers - or mothers I suppose - to care for their children?[/quote:0c008eb0c7]It seems to me that is what she is saying.\r\n\r\n\r\nUnlike most people here, I have experienced the fatherhood-sending-money-off thing first hand. And any piece of crap \'father\' who doesn\'t want some responsibility for his offspring should have thought about that beforehand. I am firmly supportive of the law. Like I said, driving is NOT a right.'),(245635,'17ae09ccad','','That\'s not what is being said at all - you are taking the statement to some crazy extreme. There should be requirements, but crippling a persons ability to function in society is not going to help or encourage them to make child support payments. It\'s a punitive measure that actually decreases the chance that the person will be able to pay.'),(245636,'146bd74c2d','','I\'ve lost three real-life friends recently, about 20-something internet friends (members of two gaming clans I was heavily involved with) to the stuff going on in Iraq and Afghanistan (plus several others I\'ve mentioned elsewhere).\r\n\r\nI also have had a number of friends make it back unscathed except for PTSD.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m about to see another good friend get shipped overseas; his brother, another close friend, just returned from a Med cruise, and his other brother just returned from Ramadi (137th Tank Battalion). \r\n\r\n\r\nAnother thing: Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you?\r\n\r\nWe know the answer already.'),(245637,'f9af188360','Re: The third leg of my trip: Edinburgh','[quote:f9af188360=\"Kara Wild\"]First, let me say that I enjoyed meeting Eccles and Tom in person. :D It\'s too bad you guys couldn\'t have stayed longer.[/quote:f9af188360]\r\n[quote:f9af188360=\"Eccles\"]Thanks again to both you and Martin for the invite.[/quote:f9af188360]\r\nIt was a pleasure for me, too! It\'s always a delight to play host to people who appreciate Daria, whether singly or gathered for a \'con. 8) \r\n\r\nKara left me a message to say she\'s arrived safely in Ireland.\r\n\r\nWith covering essential duties, and trying to be as good a host to Kara as I can within the limitations those duties impose, I\'ve barely looked at the board. I guess in a week or two I\'ll have the backlog under control, and might be more of a PPMB participant again.\r\n\r\nMartin.'),(245638,'b0ce0cce6f','','Today, filling up on my trip with Kara to [url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.357]Wroxeter[/url], en route to the airport for her Ireland trip, I paid £1.019 GBP per litre. That\'s $9.24 USD per gallon.\r\n\r\nIIRC, a US gallon is about 83% of a rest-of-the-world (aka Imperial) gallon; so if my arithmetic is correct, that made today\'s fill-up $7.67 USD per US gallon. Not too bad.\r\n\r\nMartin.'),(245639,'d332ba26f3','','[quote:d332ba26f3=\"echopapa\"]Of course, we don\'t know who he is trying to find first, Daria or Quinn.[/quote:d332ba26f3]\r\n\r\nHe\'ll probably be looking for Quinn first under the assumption Daria can take care of herself if she has to.\r\n\r\nOh, and excellent story so far. :D'),(245640,'4c215cb0ed','','I filed for conscientious objector status, and got it, from my N.G. unit. I won\'t \'serve\' the U.S. policy of expansion in the Mid East, nor will I act as an enforcer for companies like Haliburton or Bectel. \r\nThe romantics like to believe we are still living in the U.S. our grandfathers believed in (which was BS too, btw - a fantasy that had little basis in reality), and that serving one\'s nation in the military is the most honorable thing one can do. More so than ever though, the military has become the tool of consolidated, private interest. You aren\'t defending the freedoms of your countrymen (if you are American) by expanding the U.S. sphere of control. You are holding off the inevitable end to the age of mass fossil fuel consumption, and making a small group of people very wealthy while doing it.'),(245642,'cff2f34a7e','','The UK has an infrastructure designed to decrease peoples dependence on direct petrol consumption...here in the U.S., if you don\'t have a car (or can\'t afford to put gas in it) you are screwed, unless you live in a major city. Britons have the luxury of taking a tram; most of us here in the U.S. do not. Public transport here is a joke. You cannot compare the effects of fuel prices in the U.K. to the effects of prices in the U.S.... apples and oranges.'),(245643,'640a04799c','An Alternate Ending to "Arts N Crass"','The end of \"Arts N Crass\" always bothered me because it was a bit of a deus ex machina. Submitted for your approval, as Rod Serling would say, an alternate version:\r\n\r\n==========\r\n\r\nHELEN: All right, Ms. Li, let me make sure I have this straight. You took my daughter\'s poster from her, altered its content, exhibited it against her will, and are now threatening discipline because you claim she defaced her own property, which you admit to stealing?\r\n\r\nMS LI: (flustered) That\'s not what I said at all!\r\n\r\nHELEN: Ms. Li, are you familiar with the phrase \"violation of civil liberties\"?\r\n\r\nMS. LI: I...\r\n\r\nHELEN: And the phrase \"big fat lawsuit\"?\r\n\r\nMS. LI: (suddenly decisive) Well, if that\'s the way you feel about it, you\'ll be hearing from the school board\'s attorney!\r\n\r\nHELEN: (smugly) I look forward to it, Ms. Li.\r\n\r\n(MS. LI slams down the phone, as DARIA smiles)\r\n\r\nDARIA: (to JANE) This is going to be good.\r\n\r\nMS. LI: You\'re right Ms. Morgendorffer, it will be—but not for you! (crackles as she dials the phone) \r\n\r\nCUT TO:\r\n\r\nINT. HELEN\'S office at Vitale, Davis, Horowitz, Riordan, Schrecter & Schrecter. HELEN is stalking back and forth across the room.\r\n\r\nHELEN: The nerve of that woman! And the idiocy! You\'d think that the flagrant unfairness of what she did would give her a hint that it might not be legal! (Laughs) I wonder what low-rent hacks the school retained as counsel.\r\n\r\nJIM VITALE, senior parnter, who strongly resembles James Woods, saunters into HELEN\'S office. Both HELEN and MARIANNE go pale.\r\n\r\nVITALE: (sweetly) Marianne, you look like you could use a break. Whydoncha go get some coffee! (He winks at her)\r\n\r\nMARIANNE: I\'m sorry, I\'m sorry! (dashes from the office)\r\n\r\nVITALE advances on Helen, who is now sitting at her desk. He casts a shadow over her.\r\n\r\nVITALE: Helen, Helen, Helen...how\'s second chair for asshat treatin\' ya, huh?\r\n\r\nHELEN: (nervous titter) Well, it\'s certainly...\r\n\r\nVITALE: Engrossing?\r\n\r\nHELEN: Absolutely.\r\n\r\nVITALE: Challenging?\r\n\r\nHELEN: Of course!\r\n\r\nVITALE: Leave you with much free time?\r\n\r\nHELEN: (more nervous laughter) Oh—well, it would always be nice to have more free time—\r\n\r\nVITALE: Maybe for [i:640a04799c]pro bono[/i:640a04799c] work?\r\n\r\nHELEN: (now just nervous) Jim, I [i:640a04799c]do[/i:640a04799c] want to increase my billable time—\r\n\r\nVITALE: (sighing) Worthy goal, but I think you\'ll have to place that on hold, Helen. (grabbing Marianne\'s chair and swinging it in front of HELEN\'S desk) But it\'s not just billable hours that matter to the firm, you know that, doncha? (sits down)\r\n\r\nHELEN: (relaxing a little) Jim, I\'m certainly flattered you\'d consider me for a [i:640a04799c]pro bono[/i:640a04799c] case the firm considers worthwhile—\r\n\r\nERIC SCHRECTER enters in a tizzy without noticing VITALE\r\n\r\nERIC: Helen, have you seen the file for the Fur Trappers Association\'s suit against the SCPA? I wanted to—\r\n\r\nVITALE: (jumping between ERIC and HELEN) [b:640a04799c][size=20:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][color=red:640a04799c]Hey asshat, can\'t you see we\'re talkin\' here?[/color:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/size:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c]\r\n\r\nERIC: (Blanches and leaps backward) EEP! (Dashes out)\r\n \r\nVITALE: (smiling benevolently as he sits down again) See what happens when you drink that much coffee, Helen? Where were we? Oh, yeah! Some [i:640a04799c]pro bono[/i:640a04799c] work [b:640a04799c]on top of[/b:640a04799c] your corporate cases, right, right...you know the Lawndale School District is one of our clients, right?\r\n\r\nHELEN: (Pause as all the color drains from her face. Then, very softly) oh. no, I didn\'t realize that. (takes a breath) Jim, I had no idea, and I\'m very—\r\n\r\nVITALE: What are you cuttin\' me off for? You don\'t want to do something [i:640a04799c][b:640a04799c]for the firm?[/b:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c]\r\n\r\nHELEN: It\'s not that—I know why you\'ve—\r\n\r\nNB: in the following, note that VITALE can raise and lower his voice instantaneously.\r\n\r\nVITALE: You know? You say [i:640a04799c]you know?[/i:640a04799c] Helen, not just two seconds ago, you said you [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c]DIDN\'T KNOW[/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] that we represent the School District, and now you say [b:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]YOU KNOW[/size:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] something about a [i:640a04799c]potential action[/i:640a04799c] with the school district? (Beat) You haven\'t been taking on your own cases—\'cause that would violate your non-compete clause, [b:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]WHICH WE WILL ENFORCE,[/size:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] yeah?\r\n\r\nHELEN: Of course—I mean of course not! I haven\'t been doing anything that would violate my contract—\r\n\r\nVITALE: (chuckling) That\'s good, Helen, real good, \'cause I wouldn\'t want to do that to you, and I think someone like you would be especially good at taking down this [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]fu<king idiot[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] who just threatened to bring action against the school district. You want to hear what this [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]fu<king idiot[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] threatened to bring suit for?\r\n\r\nHELEN: (Contritely) Jim, can we just forego the humiliation, becuase I know—\r\n\r\nVITALE: Whoa! There we go again with the \"I know\" sh1t. How would you know anything about what this [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]fu<king idiot[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] wants to do, unless you were their counsel? \r\n\r\nHELEN: (Meekly) Of course not, Jim. Go ahead, please.\r\n\r\nVITALE: It\'s OK, Helen, it\'s OK—I mean, you probably figure it\'s an action involving a public school, probably something something really dull, some [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]fu<king idiot[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] complaining about the constitutionality of a locker search when New Jersey vs. T.L.O. tossed that into the sh1tter. (Laughs) I really like that decision, you know? Excludes from evidence the pot the principal found in the girl\'s purse, but upholds the school\'s right to search. Like I say, the law\'s only what we lawyers do with it. Anyway, back to the [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]fu<king idiot[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c]...comes down to this: the [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]fu<king idiot[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] wants to bring a first amendment action action so said [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]fu<king idiot\'s[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] kid doesn\'t have to do an assignment. You believe that sh1t?\r\n\r\nHELEN: (Relaxing a bit) Oh...trying to get out of an assignment?\r\n\r\nVITALE: Yeah. State poster contest, \"Student Life at the Dawn of a New Millennium\" crap.\r\n\r\nHELEN: (Deflated again) Oh...(clearing her throat, tentatively) Jim, I believe entry is voluntary—\r\n\r\nVITALE: Doesn\'t matter. It was made an assignment for these kids. (Beat) Helen, whatsa matter? You\'re not good with this?\r\n\r\nHELEN: Well, it just seems to me that if entry in the contest was voluntary—\r\n\r\nVITALE: Voluntary [i:640a04799c]per[/i:640a04799c] the contest, an assignment as mandated by the school—at least that\'s that\'d [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=20:640a04799c]I\'d[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] argue. Complete no brainer, over in a morning. Waive a jury, do it in front of a judge, plantiff loses, and is stuck with court costs—if the district doesn\'t decide to countersue, which you can [i:640a04799c][b:640a04799c]bet your ass I\'d advise them to do.[/b:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c] (Beat) But, if you don\'t want to take on this [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]fu<king idiot,[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] I understand. (Beat) So—what is it?\r\n\r\nHELEN: (Looking away) That\'s fine Jim...I\'ll call Ms. Li....\r\n\r\nVITALE: (Gets up and pats her on the shoulder) Atta girl. I know if anybody can take on this [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]fu<king idiot[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] it\'s you. In fact, I bet you could just—[b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]make this thing go away,[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] \'cause that\'s the kind of confidence I have in you. (Goes to the door, then stops. In a gently amused tone) You know, I wonder if the [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]fu<king idiot[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] had counsel—I know, I know, hard to believe, but the sh1t-for-brains they got crawling out of the bar exam today...or, you know, the kind of [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]fu<king idiot[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] does a couple of years as associate in some backwater, comes to a larger \'burb still as an associate and still a [b:640a04799c][i:640a04799c][size=16:640a04799c]fu<king idiot[/size:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c]...know what I\'d do with somebody that stupid?\r\n\r\nHELEN: (Face pink with embarassment, on the verge of tears, says nothing and shakes her head)\r\n\r\nVITALE: [b:640a04799c][size=20:640a04799c][color=red:640a04799c]I\'D FU<KIN\' DELAY THEIR PARTNERSHIP OFFER FOR AT LEAST TWO FU<KIN\' YEARS, THAT\'S WHAT![/color:640a04799c][/size:640a04799c][/b:640a04799c] Maybe they\'d never make partner. Who knows, huh?\r\n\r\nHELEN: (Looks like she\'s been punched in the stomach)\r\n\r\nVITALE: (Devil-may-care and smiling) Glad we could talk about this, Helen. Nice to know you\'re on board with this. Keep up the good work. (Goes out, closes the door behind him, but stops and turns around) And by the way, check out our complete client list sometime. It\'s absolutely fu<kin\' fascinating—we represent just about everybody who\'s anybody in this little burg. (He goes out)\r\n\r\nFADE OUT.\r\n\r\nFADE IN.\r\n\r\nINT. JANE\'S ROOM. \r\n\r\nJANE is putting the finishing touches on a new version of the poster. DARIA is lying on the bed, reading.\r\n\r\nJANE: I still can\'t believe your Mom caved like that. Whatever happened to the upstanding Americans who took on the chin for matters of principle?\r\n\r\nDARIA: They all lost their jobs, couldn\'t feed their families, and died out, taking the gene for integrity with them.\r\n\r\nJANE: Curse you, O forces of natural selection! Seriously, is your mom going to be OK?\r\n\r\nDARIA: That question assumes she was all right to begin with. (sigh) It happens every couple of months—her immediate boss keeps making promises he can\'t keep, she gets her hopes up, and sometime happens to bring the wrath of the senior partner down on her.\r\n\r\nJANE: Well, at least in the long run she\'s not going to have any surprises.\r\n\r\nDARIA: Yeah, but in the long run, we\'re all dead, too.\r\n\r\nJANE: Gee, you sure are sunny about all this. I\'m the one who has to repaint the damn thing!\r\n\r\nDARIA: Yeah, but my name will still be on it—and at least people will see you\'re a skilled artist.\r\n\r\nJANE: True, but anyone who knows you will realize this was done under duress. (Steps back) Done!\r\n\r\nDARIA: (sighing) I suppose I might as well take a look...(she gets out of bed and goes to look at the painting)\r\n\r\nCUT TO:\r\n\r\nFrame filling shot of painting whose poem now reads\r\n\r\n[quote:640a04799c][color=black:640a04799c][i:640a04799c]She knows she\'s a winner\r\nShe couldn\'t be thinner\r\nBecause she practices her cheers\r\nEveryday after dinner—\r\n[b:640a04799c]GO LAWNDALE LIONS![/b:640a04799c][/i:640a04799c][/color:640a04799c][/quote:640a04799c]\r\n\r\nDOLLY BACK to show the poster on a wall with a banner reading \"1st PRIZE\" across the top and this note by its side\r\n\r\n[quote:640a04799c][color=black:640a04799c][i:640a04799c]Winning Entry: Lawndale High School\r\nAngela Li, Principal\r\nArt by Jane Lane\r\nPoem and Concept by Daria Morgendorffer[/i:640a04799c][/color:640a04799c][/quote:640a04799c]\r\n\r\n[i:640a04799c]La la [b:640a04799c]LA-La[/b:640a04799c] la...[/i:640a04799c]'),(245644,'8cefaf6c37','','The underwater scenes of [i:8cefaf6c37]Creature from the Black Lagoon[/i:8cefaf6c37] was filmed only a couple miles away from my house at Wakulla Springs. Unfortunately, so were some of the scenes for [i:8cefaf6c37]Airport 77[/i:8cefaf6c37].'),(245645,'c80b9dc112','','[quote:c80b9dc112=\"Deref\"][quote:c80b9dc112=\"Quiverwing\"]Pfft, that\'s what you all say now. \"The con will be one big orgy\" - I bet $100 that all the guys chicken out...[/quote:c80b9dc112]\r\nOh boy - a hundred bucks! :-) That\'ll come in handy!\r\n\r\nBut down to business...\r\n\r\nI\'ve been musing on the possibility of a north-south road trip. At this stage I\'m planning to start my travels from MA, so maybe we could drive south, picking up Coners along the way. Scissors may be in it, and Redleg Rick said he\'s a probable. I\'d like to stop by NYC for a couple of days on the way - I\'ve only been there once and I\'d like to see it again.\r\n\r\nSo - any easterners think that they might be up for a Great Daria Road Trip?[/quote:c80b9dc112]\r\n\r\nI haven\'t made a firm decision yet about the Orlando con. If I don\'t go, we could meet up on your way through NYC for a few beers. If I do go, we could meet up on your way through NYC for a few beers, then you can drive me to the airport. :D'),(245646,'a141a58c85','','........rhino horn? Buy? Buy rhino? Horn? :cry:'),(245647,'95eaf993ad','','If [b:95eaf993ad]Audition[/b:95eaf993ad] freaked you out... stay away from that director\'s (Takashi Miike) other films. Especially [b:95eaf993ad]Ichi the Killer[/b:95eaf993ad] or [b:95eaf993ad]Gozu[/b:95eaf993ad]. Or the episode of [i:95eaf993ad]Masters of Horror[/i:95eaf993ad] he directed, [i:95eaf993ad]Imprint[/i:95eaf993ad]. Showtime wouldn\'t even air that one.\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:95eaf993ad]\r\n\r\nGood call. However... I would nominate The Toxic Avenger, close on the heels of Meet the Feebles. Sure, Avenger was mostly campy. But that scene at the restaurant with the seeing-eye-dog was one of the most f---ed up things I\'ve ever seen in any movie. That scene should be removed from the film and all prints of it incinerated. It looked way too real and was sick as hell. Nothing in Nekromantik can or does compare to that scene from Avenger. \r\n[/quote:95eaf993ad]\r\n\r\nOh, that scene? Done by editing shots of a piece of carpet being shot and a dog that was trained to slide across a floor.'),(245648,'e0a804eeb9','',':shock: Superb!! 3 Stars! :shock:'),(245649,'6c122f70ee','','Music? What\'s that? :roll:'),(245650,'7762463ce2','','[quote:7762463ce2=\"NightGoblyn\"][quote:7762463ce2=\"echopapa\"]Of course, we don\'t know who he is trying to find first, Daria or Quinn.[/quote:7762463ce2]\r\n\r\nHe\'ll probably be looking for Quinn first under the assumption Daria can take care of herself if she has to.[/quote:7762463ce2]\r\n\r\nHe\'d probably also go for Quinn first as he knows where she was, or should know where she was, so he\'d have a reasonable chance of finding her quickly so he could move on to Daria. Where as he really has no idea which way Daria could have had to go. That would be an interesting sub-plo actually.'),(245651,'ef7f2894f2','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote:ef7f2894f2=\"Dervish\"]But then, Palpatine did explain that the Jedi and Sith are a lot alike. Turns out he was right. (And that his faith in the dark side wasn\'t misplaced as Yoda claimed before the Emperor wipes the floor with him. [/quote:ef7f2894f2]\r\nRemind me which one got chucked down a big hole, and which became one with the Force, because I always get that mixed up. Palpatine lost, Yoda won.\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:ef7f2894f2=\"Dervish\"]I also think Palpatine was playing Windu and pretending to be beaten just to further corrupt--or from the Sith PoV, convert--Anakin to his side.)[/quote:ef7f2894f2]\r\n\r\nI\'m not sure Palpy was pulling a rope-a-dope on Windu. After all, there was a reason Mace\'s lightsaber said \"Bad Mother Fucker.\"\r\n\r\nBeyond that, for real, stop trying to find internal consistency in the ideology of Star Wars through the dialogs of George Lucas. It\'s not that well thought out.'),(245652,'52657fcfdb','','[quote:52657fcfdb=\"TheEleventy\"]Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you?\r\n\r\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:52657fcfdb]\r\n\r\nBtw, I DID serve in a military manner, though I didn\'t join any of the standard military. Nor would I. \'Course in retrospect, I don\'t hold the views of those I was with as I once did, and more importantly, don\'t trust the larger organization. \r\n\r\nAnd joining the military isn\'t the same thing at all as \"serving freedom.\" You might THINK it does, just as I once thought what I did was, but it\'s not in actuality.'),(245653,'e7b2139b4e','','[quote:e7b2139b4e=\"Deref\"]So Dervish - you\'re saying that there should be no requirements for fathers - or mothers I suppose - to care for their children?[/quote:e7b2139b4e]\r\n\r\nNo, I\'m asking why someone is surprised that the government is trying failed past solutions (and other feelgood solutions) as if they were new ideas. Read it again.'),(245654,'9cba672606','','[quote:9cba672606]Beyond that, for real, stop trying to find internal consistency in the ideology of Star Wars through the dialogs of George Lucas. It\'s not that well thought out.[/quote:9cba672606]\r\n\r\nDespite being a huge SW fan, even I can agree with this statement.'),(245655,'d5f3d262fe','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote:d5f3d262fe=\"-sam\"]Remind me which one got chucked down a big hole, and which became one with the Force, because I always get that mixed up. Palpatine lost, Yoda won[/quote:d5f3d262fe]\r\n\r\nSo you\'re saying that when Yoda confronted Palpatine, told him that his reign was now at an end, and then confronted Palpatine in a battle of sabers and force, that Yoda was just playing him, PRETENDING to be defeated? \r\n\r\nYoda vs. Palpatine:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvpMQ3FxKLk\r\n\r\nWhat do you think Yoda\'s motivations for that were? :?'),(245656,'c5a06a65d3','','I think it was more of a Stalemate with Palpy and Yoda....\r\n\r\nBut Palpatine had Troops on the way...'),(245657,'733db0357c','','Bravo!! :D :D :D'),(245658,'821d98dab8','','[quote:821d98dab8=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\nOh, wait until the military forces in the area are organized enough to go out and sweep and clear the outlaw bastards running about... :D[/quote:821d98dab8]\r\n\r\nYeah! Ben Raines and his rebels wi... oh wait. Wrong story... OR IS IT?!\r\n\r\nDa da DUHHHHHHH!'),(245659,'ee1835f19a','','The horror! The horror!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWish I had done that one. Dead-on perfect.'),(245660,'fa8e625726','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote:fa8e625726=\"Dervish\"]So you\'re saying that when Yoda confronted Palpatine, told him that his reign was now at an end, and then confronted Palpatine in a battle of sabers and force, that Yoda was just playing him, PRETENDING to be defeated? [/quote:fa8e625726]\r\n\r\nHmph, when 900 years old you reach, take the long view you will. Already defeated the Jedi were. Won Palpatine had, but consumes itself the Dark Side does. Better to withdraw and fight later, yes?\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=8:fa8e625726]god, writing yoda is hard[/size:fa8e625726]'),(245661,'030151deff','','I had no illusions; I joined the NG for $$$.'),(245662,'3099959c7a','','The two morals of this story:\r\n\r\n1. There\'s only one force on earth more evil than Ms. Li -- anyone who holds a J. D. degree.\r\n\r\n2. \"Don\'t drink or take drugs!\"\r\n\r\n:) :) :)\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!'),(245663,'6306fc8b77','','If your story is an AU that has involves Quinn but excludes Helen, and is set during season 1 or 2, but does not contain the 3 J\'s or Tiffany, file it under subsection 3-2-a-34-A-64-b. If the story contains Tiffany and/or Helen, but excludes Jake, taking place in season 1 only, file it under subsection 3-2-a-33-b-64-b. If your story is cannon taking place in season 1 or 2, and Jane has 4 or more lines, file it under subsection 4-2-64-c-44-e. Keep in mind stories filed in this subsection may not include Jake, and must include either Sandi or Stacy (but not both). Be sure to read the manual before posting. :shock:'),(245664,'9a792b55aa','','Well I haven\'t done much lately on the guitar but here it is with an earlier SG built and my 2005 Standard.\r\n\r\n[img:9a792b55aa]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0159.jpg[/img:9a792b55aa]\r\n\r\n[img:9a792b55aa]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0160.jpg[/img:9a792b55aa]\r\n\r\nI already have a different neck for it, the one in this picture is only there to make it look like a guitar not just a body.\r\n\r\nIt\'s gonna have a strings-through-body non trem strat bridge and I\'m planning to put in Gibson Iommi Pickups.'),(245665,'934620f024','',':shock: \r\n\r\n :)'),(245666,'e178ccb76f','','[quote:e178ccb76f=\"cyde\"][quote:e178ccb76f=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\nOh, wait until the military forces in the area are organized enough to go out and sweep and clear the outlaw bastards running about... :D[/quote:e178ccb76f]\r\n\r\nYeah! Ben Raines and his rebels wi... oh wait. Wrong story... OR IS IT?!\r\n\r\nDa da DUHHHHHHH![/quote:e178ccb76f]\r\n\r\n\r\nYou don\'t need Raines\' Rebels in this multiverse, you\'ve got DELPHI special ops types and P.O.G.O. teams - they\'re probably out breaking it off in someone\'s hind end and being VERY overt about it...\r\n\r\n\r\nAs I said before, I wanna see the Lawndale Militia roll in... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:'),(245667,'3217782001','','I view it as Yoda\'s fault in some sense, that the Jedi were destroyed by the Sith, who went on to rule through the Empire. Yoda was the oldest Jedi and Grand Master of the Order. He was alive, I think, during the last major Sith insurgence. When he was training the Jedi for centuries, he was training against an enemy that had evolved considerably. The Jedi were completely outmatched because they were preparing for an enemy that was far stronger then they thought.'),(245668,'761b5469a6','','In [i:761b5469a6]National Lampoon\'s Animal House[/i:761b5469a6], the \'COLLEGE\' sweatshirt that John Belushi wears was one that he made when he was a theatre major at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and he based a lot of his performance as \'Bluto\' on his adventures within the Greek system there. \r\n\r\nIncidentally, SIU-C happens to be [b:761b5469a6]my[/b:761b5469a6] alma mater as well.\r\n\r\n\r\n :D :D :D :D :D :D [size=24:761b5469a6][color=darkred:761b5469a6][u:761b5469a6][b:761b5469a6]GO DAWGS!!![/b:761b5469a6][/u:761b5469a6][/color:761b5469a6][/size:761b5469a6] :D :D :D :D :D :D'),(245669,'99ecfd3ddb','','What about \"Deus Jane\"?'),(245670,'b5f8daf2f8','','Mine is of Marvin the Martian.\r\n\r\nI like to think that he symbolizes my individuality as an outsider.....oh...and HE\'S GOING TO THE MOON ON A GIANT ROCKET!'),(245671,'c906e5a5e2','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote:c906e5a5e2=\"-sam\"][quote:c906e5a5e2=\"Dervish\"]So you\'re saying that when Yoda confronted Palpatine, told him that his reign was now at an end, and then confronted Palpatine in a battle of sabers and force, that Yoda was just playing him, PRETENDING to be defeated? [/quote:c906e5a5e2]\r\n\r\nHmph, when 900 years old you reach, take the long view you will. Already defeated the Jedi were. Won Palpatine had, but consumes itself the Dark Side does. Better to withdraw and fight later, yes?\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=8:c906e5a5e2]god, writing yoda is hard[/size:c906e5a5e2][/quote:c906e5a5e2]\r\n\r\nSo, when Yoda told that guy who drove the getaway car after Yoda fled Palpatine, \"Into exile I must go, failed I have,\" he ACTUALLY meant, \"I haven\'t successfully defeated Palpatine and become one with the Force YET...I\'m thinking of using some innocent children as pawns in my lust for advancement instead.\" :P\r\n\r\nAs Sith and Jedi agree (when it suits them), truth is from a \"certain point of view.\" In fact, there probably isn\'t such a thing as lie, especially among those who eschew absolutes. \r\n\r\nBut I do wonder why you find it hard that Palpatine was just faking out Mace when Palpatine proved he was faking being all weak and powerless once he successfully converted Skywalker (and so easily wiped out the other Jedi before Mace WHILE FIGHTING MACE AT THE SAME TIME), yet insist on believing that Yoda was just faking Palpatine out despite Yoda facing him, failing to do as said, running away, and saying he failed and into exile he must go. But if that view works for you, okay. \r\n\r\nBut why did Yoda have to face Palpatine at all? :?\r\n\r\nI suppose it might make for a good story...some great secret mission was done and Yoda faced Palpatine ONLY to distract Palpatine from sensing it (being too occupied with having his fun smacking his green friend around). But I also wonder what fic you could make out of Yoda willfully selling out the Younglings into betrayel and death in his \"taking the long view\" games...\r\n\r\nBtw, Sith become one with the force, too. Like ever heard of [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sith_holocron]Sith holocrons[/url]? (At least sometimes, like when Darth Krayt [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Krayt#Downturn]used them[/url].) Though from a certain PoV, these Sith, and Yoda, are undead spirits. Maybe they live on in hate, maybe in lusting for a new body (there\'s a novel where Palpatine tries to reincarnate after his clones fail to take his spirit or some such), or just are forced to remain behind while they work through their hypocrisies and other illusions...:P\r\n\r\n\r\nThough you\'re right on the George Lucas bit. But as I said, someone told me it was explained on this DVD, and it wasn\'t. And trying to make sense out of this cosmos, especially Lucas\'s creations, does seem like a waste of time. Though I think it\'s safe to say the Jedi and Sith are much more alike than different.'),(245672,'f54a4f543c','','[quote:f54a4f543c=\"The Ranting Klown\"]Mine is of Marvin the Martian.\r\n\r\nI like to think that he symbolizes my individuality as an outsider.....oh...and HE\'S GOING TO THE MOON ON A GIANT ROCKET![/quote:f54a4f543c]\r\n\r\nIs he about to make an Earth Shattering Kaboom?'),(245673,'3aeb8e59f0','','Marvin is one of my favorite Loony Toons along with Wile E. Coyote, Bugs, Daffy, and Elmer.'),(245674,'0c324c816d','','Why Wyle E. Coyote?\r\n\r\nHe\'s intelligent, resourceful and no matter how many times he gets creamed, he [u:0c324c816d]never[/u:0c324c816d] gives up. :lol:\r\n\r\nAnd one day, with much hard work and a little luck, I hope to be able to live up to his example. :wink:'),(245675,'2209992fb3','','[quote:2209992fb3=\"RLobinske\"][quote:2209992fb3=\"HelpfulSkittlesExplosion\"]I don\'t normally like chili sauce. I wonder if it\'s really that good...[/quote:2209992fb3]\r\n\r\nFrom Wendy\'s? No.[/quote:2209992fb3]\r\n\r\nThat\'s probably why the guy wanted more and more of the sauce...\r\nmost \"hot\" sauces at commercial restaurants are barely mild, IMO (I grow my own hot peppers, because the store-baught ones aren\'t hot enough...)\r\nThough I still wouldn\'t shoot anyone over it...I\'d just complain how non-spicy it is.'),(245676,'788cd54f4e','','[quote:788cd54f4e=\"Bliss Ticks\"]I had no illusions; I joined the NG for $$$.[/quote:788cd54f4e]\r\n\r\n[color=darkblue:788cd54f4e][b:788cd54f4e]Mr. Green:[/b:788cd54f4e] But this is ridiculous. If he were such a patriotic American, why didn\'t he just report us to the authorities?\r\n[b:788cd54f4e]Wadsworth:[/b:788cd54f4e] He decided to put his information to good use and make a little money off of it. What could be more American than that? \r\n\r\n--Clue[/color:788cd54f4e]'),(245677,'a9c5ce777d','My anime review for 6/5/2007','This month, it\'s [i:a9c5ce777d]Barefoot Gen[/i:a9c5ce777d]\r\n\r\n[quote:a9c5ce777d][color=white:a9c5ce777d]Based on the manga by Kenji Nakazawa and loosely based on his own experiences before, during and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, [i:a9c5ce777d]Barefoot Gen[/i:a9c5ce777d] recounts these horrific events through the eyes of the title character, Gen Nakoko, whose family is engaged in the making of the [i:a9c5ce777d]geta[/i:a9c5ce777d] or wooden sandals that at the time were still worn by many Japanese. When the bomb is dropped, Gen loses his father, older sister and kid brother, leaving himself, his mother and his newborn sister to carry on. Shortly after his sister\'s death, Gen\'s mother takes in a boy who looks much like his kid brother and Gen himself meets a group of orphans who live by their wits any way they can. With his mother increasingly getting worse due to radiation poisoning, Gen must learn to grow up faster than he thought he would be in an uncertain post-war Japan.[/color:a9c5ce777d][/quote:a9c5ce777d]\r\n\r\nI give this nine out of ten samurai swords.'),(245678,'70982d2a9f','','[quote:70982d2a9f=\"The Angst Guy\"]What about \"Deus Jane\"?[/quote:70982d2a9f]\r\n\r\nS-34-b-64-e(a)-95.6(e)......duh.... :roll:'),(245679,'801e754117','','My first \"big name\" guitar was my first electric, as it happenned...\r\nmy beat to sh** Gibson SG...\r\nI was 15 or so, been playing for a year or so, looking to get an electric. I\'d been going into this guitar store near me for a while, looking at this (in retrospect) POS that I wouldn\'t have been happy with, I was saving up the money, and had enough to put down for a layaway. \r\nI went in that day, intending to buy it, and it was gone. this guy I\'d been talking to for a while knew I was into it, and broke the news that it was gone. He then pulled this guitar from behind the counter. It had come in earlier that day, he knew I was into SGs...\r\nneedless to say, I put the money on that, and a bit of parentaql convincing later, I had it home (loan from the International Bank of Mom and Dad. Great interest rates, but look out for those collections agents)\r\nStill have it to this day, will never voluntarily let it go.\r\n\r\nFirst Fender was after working at a guitar store for a few months, MIM Std Tele, swapped out the pickups...pretty cool...\r\nNow have, ampng other things, couple more Gibsons, couple Fenders, couple Martin accoustics, Rickenbacker....etc...'),(245680,'7b554aaa0b','','[quote:7b554aaa0b=\"Dervish\"][quote:7b554aaa0b=\"TheEleventy\"]Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you?\r\n\r\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:7b554aaa0b]\r\n\r\nBtw, I DID serve in a military manner, though I didn\'t join any of the standard military. Nor would I. \'Course in retrospect, I don\'t hold the views of those I was with as I once did, and more importantly, don\'t trust the larger organization. \r\n\r\nAnd joining the military isn\'t the same thing at all as \"serving freedom.\" You might THINK it does, just as I once thought what I did was, but it\'s not in actuality.[/quote:7b554aaa0b]Explain. I\'m curious how you served. In other words, I took an oath. I\'m sure if you googled it, you could probably find the exact words enlisted personnel take. And I\'m guessing it\'s probably nothing like what you did.'),(245681,'4ce3b92ce8','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote:4ce3b92ce8=\"Dervish\"][quote:4ce3b92ce8=\"-sam\"][quote:4ce3b92ce8=\"Dervish\"]So you\'re saying that when Yoda confronted Palpatine, told him that his reign was now at an end, and then confronted Palpatine in a battle of sabers and force, that Yoda was just playing him, PRETENDING to be defeated? [/quote:4ce3b92ce8]\r\n\r\nHmph, when 900 years old you reach, take the long view you will. Already defeated the Jedi were. Won Palpatine had, but consumes itself the Dark Side does. Better to withdraw and fight later, yes?\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=8:4ce3b92ce8]god, writing yoda is hard[/size:4ce3b92ce8][/quote:4ce3b92ce8]\r\n\r\nSo, when Yoda told that guy who drove the getaway car after Yoda fled Palpatine, \"Into exile I must go, failed I have,\" he ACTUALLY meant, \"I haven\'t successfully defeated Palpatine and become one with the Force YET...I\'m thinking of using some innocent children as pawns in my lust for advancement instead.\" :P\r\n\r\n\r\n[b:4ce3b92ce8]YES! Why do you think they stuck one of the mewling brats back in the sandbox with Vader\'s own family, let him wear his father\'s old name, not surpress the same talents that his father was well-known for, and do absolutely NOTHING when Luke kept trying to get into the Imperial Academy at Carida? \'Oh, just wait, you can try again next year...\'\r\n\r\nIT WAS A TRAP FOR VADER.\r\n\r\nObi-Wan went there to watch and wait for the inevitable: \r\n\r\n[i:4ce3b92ce8]\'Lord Vader... there appears to be a young man from Tattooine who\'s made several attempts to be accepted into the Imperial Academy.\'\r\n\r\n\'And this concerns me because...?\'\r\n\r\nGAAAAAK! \'My Lord... his last name is Skywalker...Skywalker!\'\r\n\r\n\'You may continue.\'\r\n\r\nhuaak... \'He is from the same district that the Jedi Anakin Skywalker was from... and there are indications that he is a pilot of considerable skill.\'\r\n\r\n\'Yes... interesting. Could it be...?\'\r\n\r\n\'My lord - a hologram of Skywalker. One of our men at Anchorhead Station took this when he and his friends were at a local cantina.\'\r\n\r\n\'... the eyes... he has Padme\'s eyes...\'\r\n\r\n\'Pardon, My Lord?\'\r\n\r\n\'Excellent work. Admiral Ozzel?\'\r\n\r\n\'Yes, Lord Vader?\'\r\n\r\n\'Set your course... for Tattooine.\'[/i:4ce3b92ce8]\r\n\r\nAs soon as Vader came within eyesight of Luke, Obi-Wan would have finished the job he should have years ago. He\'d have beaten the hell out of him on the Death Star, but he used his death as a distraction to allow Luke to escape. If he himself couldn\'t destroy Vader, then after training by Yoda, Vader\'s more powerful son would himself do the job. \r\n\r\nYeah - I can see them as being that sneaky, and it was mentioned in a couple of the novels, including one of the Original Trilogy novelizations... I think. [/b:4ce3b92ce8]\r\n\r\n\r\nAs Sith and Jedi agree (when it suits them), truth is from a \"certain point of view.\" In fact, there probably isn\'t such a thing as lie, especially among those who eschew absolutes. \r\n\r\nBut I do wonder why you find it hard that Palpatine was just faking out Mace when Palpatine proved he was faking being all weak and powerless once he successfully converted Skywalker (and so easily wiped out the other Jedi before Mace WHILE FIGHTING MACE AT THE SAME TIME), yet insist on believing that Yoda was just faking Palpatine out despite Yoda facing him, failing to do as said, running away, and saying he failed and into exile he must go. But if that view works for you, okay. \r\n\r\nBut why did Yoda have to face Palpatine at all? :?\r\n\r\nI suppose it might make for a good story...some great secret mission was done and Yoda faced Palpatine ONLY to distract Palpatine from sensing it (being too occupied with having his fun smacking his green friend around). But I also wonder what fic you could make out of Yoda willfully selling out the Younglings into betrayel and death in his \"taking the long view\" games...\r\n\r\nBtw, Sith become one with the force, too. Like ever heard of [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sith_holocron]Sith holocrons[/url]? (At least sometimes, like when Darth Krayt [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Krayt#Downturn]used them[/url].) Though from a certain PoV, these Sith, and Yoda, are undead spirits. Maybe they live on in hate, maybe in lusting for a new body (there\'s a novel where Palpatine tries to reincarnate after his clones fail to take his spirit or some such), or just are forced to remain behind while they work through their hypocrisies and other illusions...:P\r\n\r\n\r\nThough you\'re right on the George Lucas bit. But as I said, someone told me it was explained on this DVD, and it wasn\'t. And trying to make sense out of this cosmos, especially Lucas\'s creations, does seem like a waste of time. Though I think it\'s safe to say the Jedi and Sith are much more alike than different.\r\n\r\n\r\n[b:4ce3b92ce8]I think that Yoda went for the Emperor out of pride. He really thought that he could beat him, and by doing so, subvert the prophecy of The Chosen One (which, you have to admit, he tried to do all along). I guess that\'s also why he didn\'t want to train Luke at first. Look at what happened the last time they abandoned their rulings and trained an overage Skywalker - not a good thing. [/b:4ce3b92ce8]\r\n\r\n[/quote:4ce3b92ce8]'),(245682,'890a45f77f','','It\'s only appropriate that this story be posted on the ninth anniversary of my being hurt on the job, and being tossed into the trash bin because of it due to the efforts of a wonderful group of individuals...\r\n\r\nI really hate lawyers. I really do. \r\n\r\n :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:'),(245683,'6ca428312c','','[quote:6ca428312c]But why did Yoda have to face Palpatine at all? :? [/quote:6ca428312c]\r\n\r\nLet\'s just break this down to it\'s simplest level. \r\n\r\nHe was trying to Kill Him!! :P'),(245684,'2d058c0c10','','[quote:2d058c0c10=\"Sam The Smuggler\"][quote:2d058c0c10]But why did Yoda have to face Palpatine at all? :? [/quote:2d058c0c10]\r\n\r\nLet\'s just break this down to it\'s simplest level. \r\n\r\nHe was trying to Kill Him!! :P[/quote:2d058c0c10]\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat - tiny Yoda couldn\'t have just had a bomb planted under the Emperor\'s bed? People make things way too hard.\r\n\r\nIt\'s like I\'ve always replied when someone says that they missed me; \'I use explosives. That way, I don\'t miss [i:2d058c0c10]anybody[/i:2d058c0c10].\''),(245685,'c30e530b7e','','Well, seeing as how it was a Movie...they needed a lightsaber Duel....besides...Palpatine could sense a bomb before stepping into the room.'),(245686,'c3672c3f74','','[quote:c3672c3f74=\"Bliss Ticks\"]That\'s not what is being said at all - you are taking the statement to some crazy extreme. There should be requirements, but crippling a persons ability to function in society is not going to help or encourage them to make child support payments. It\'s a punitive measure that actually decreases the chance that the person will be able to pay.[/quote:c3672c3f74]Removing the privilege to drive does not take away a person\'s ability to make money. Granted, for most of the asshats who miss payment, you could probably take far more punitive measures before they take responsibility for their own actions.\r\n\r\nFunction in society? That person already rescinded the ability to function in society by refusing to support offspring...'),(245687,'8bf152d1a9','','[quote:8bf152d1a9=\"Sam The Smuggler\"]Well, seeing as how it was a Movie...they needed a lightsaber Duel....besides...Palpatine could sense a bomb before stepping into the room.[/quote:8bf152d1a9]\r\n\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking \'stick of C-4\', I\'m talking \'stick a nuke in the kitchen four floors below the f****r.\' Let\'s see Emperor Pal-Of-Everything-But-Botox deflect THAT with his lightsaber! :wink: \r\n\r\n\r\nYeah, they did. Even in space, there\'s gotta be a c**kfight. :lol:'),(245688,'b6a9b0e18e','','Hmm..in that case...he\'d have been screwed :lol:'),(245689,'bdb36c3df7','','You know what this really reminds me of Banky?\r\n\r\nA Harry Potter fanfic called \"Draco Malfoy The Amazing Bouncing...Rat?\" by Maya. It\'s a highly popular HP comedy fic in which Draco is transformed into a rat by a spell and adopted as a pet by an unsuspecting Hermione Granger.\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Maya/]Draco Malfoy The Amazing Bouncing...Rat?[/url]\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nI do like the fic, Banky, it just reminds me of this one.\r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :twisted: :wink:'),(245690,'1ebb6ae67d','','Danny Donkey was a one-time character from the comic \"Pearls Before Swine.\" He\'s the rather misanthropic subject of a childrens\' book Rat is writing. I have misanthropic tendencies... with emphasis on tendencies ([size=5:1ebb6ae67d]deep down inside I\'m about as sensitive as they come[/size:1ebb6ae67d]).'),(245691,'62233b5b5f','','[b:62233b5b5f]\"Removing the privilege to drive does not take away a person\'s ability to make money.\" [/b:62233b5b5f]\r\n\r\nYes, quite often it takes away their ability to make a living wage, or in fact any cash at all...look at a map of the U.S..notice how most of it is rural in nature? Try walking 15 miles one way to a job every day.\r\nIt sounds to me as if you are making moral arguments (emotional ones at that), rather than being practical .'),(245692,'00246d5695','','In the original Jaws, the scene where the severed head is found in the sunken boat (a legitimately frightening scene) was filmed in a swimming pool.\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(245693,'c026573bf1','','[quote:c026573bf1=\"Dennis\"][quote:c026573bf1=\"Deref\"][quote:c026573bf1=\"Quiverwing\"]Pfft, that\'s what you all say now. \"The con will be one big orgy\" - I bet $100 that all the guys chicken out...[/quote:c026573bf1]\r\nOh boy - a hundred bucks! :-) That\'ll come in handy!\r\n\r\nBut down to business...\r\n\r\nI\'ve been musing on the possibility of a north-south road trip. At this stage I\'m planning to start my travels from MA, so maybe we could drive south, picking up Coners along the way. Scissors may be in it, and Redleg Rick said he\'s a probable. I\'d like to stop by NYC for a couple of days on the way - I\'ve only been there once and I\'d like to see it again.\r\n\r\nSo - any easterners think that they might be up for a Great Daria Road Trip?[/quote:c026573bf1]\r\n\r\nI\'m unlikely to be in for the road trip, as I find the idea of 26 hours in a car appalling, and I\'d like to save some vacation days for visiting friends and family after the con. If you\'re in MA for more than a day, though, I\'d love to get together for a precon minicon in the form of dinner and drinks.\r\n\r\n-Dennis[/quote:c026573bf1]\r\n\r\nIt\'d be a definite maybe from this corner...\r\nactually, the road trip probably wouldn\'t work, since time off is hard to come by...and currecnt plans for that far in advance is needing another few off around this time.\r\na dinner-and-drinks \'con would be cool en route to the big one, though...'),(245694,'295487903e','','[quote:295487903e=\"Deref\"][quote:295487903e=\"RLobinske\"][quote:295487903e=\"Deref\"][quote:295487903e=\"Dennis\"]If you\'re in MA for more than a day, though, I\'d love to get together for a precon minicon in the form of dinner and drinks.[/quote:295487903e]\r\n:-) That\'s a definite yes!\r\n\r\nApropos a chat with Scissors this morning, the current thought is train from Boston to NYC, and car from there. How does that sound?[/quote:295487903e]\r\n\r\nIf its still running, you could take the Autotrain from DC to Sanford (just outside of Orlando) to have at least one car on hand.[/quote:295487903e]\r\nA train trip could be as much fun as a road trip. :-)\r\n\r\nThere\'s plenty of time - let\'s see how the conversation moves. Maybe as people express interest we could take the conversation to a chat or to another thread. So far we\'ve got expressions of interest from yours truly, Scissors, HSX, RedlegRick, TheEleventy, maybe Dennis. I wonder if I could resurrect Renfield? :-)[/quote:295487903e]\r\n\r\nActually, if all goes well there will probably be two people at my stop. :)\r\n\r\nAnd I\'ll cook lunch/dinner for whomever comes to my apartment.'),(245695,'068062dc3c','','Youth ends when you put together a list of your favorite 100 songs, and none of them are from the current decade.'),(245696,'1a1fa8b117','','I\'m sorry, but this isn\'t the slightest bit funny, and it doesn\'t at all fit the original story. (You\'re the one who invoked it.) Funky typography and redacted swear words, to me, don\'t at all make up for it.\r\n\r\nIt also undercuts the integrity of Daria, Jane, and Helen, all at the same time.\r\n\r\nIt even guts Angela \"Clueless\" Li in the process, who wasn\'t at all into revenge beyond petty sniping (the odd stolen distributor cap here and there), in accordance with the pettiness of her personality.\r\n\r\nThe original story wasn\'t a [i:1a1fa8b117]deus ex machina[/i:1a1fa8b117] ending at all, a device that\'s too often suggested to be present when it is not. Helen knows that Ms. Li, like most vainglorious bureaucrats, is a coward. She practices economy of effort and presses the obvious litigation button, knowing Li hasn\'t a leg to stand on.\r\n\r\nYou\'ve written vivid vignettes building upon the series, but this isn\'t one of them.'),(245697,'6eb9a591b2','','[quote:6eb9a591b2=\"brnleague99\"]You know what this really reminds me of Banky?\r\n\r\nA Harry Potter fanfic called \"Draco Malfoy The Amazing Bouncing...Rat?\" by Maya. It\'s a highly popular HP comedy fic in which Draco is transformed into a rat by a spell and adopted as a pet by an unsuspecting Hermione Granger.\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Maya/]Draco Malfoy The Amazing Bouncing...Rat?[/url]\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nI do like the fic, Banky, it just reminds me of this one.\r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :twisted: :wink:[/quote:6eb9a591b2]\r\n\r\nThank you for pointing out a new, interesting Potterfic. Getting interested in them, and since AiH is the only mainline around here, she has an actual life & can\'t write things that fast... new material is appreciated.'),(245698,'81d938c704','','[quote:81d938c704=\"Greybird\"]I\'m sorry, but this isn\'t the slightest bit funny[/quote:81d938c704]\r\n\r\nSo... since I thought it was funny, what effect does that have on the fact checking you obviously execute upon your (factual) posts before you post them?'),(245699,'1305998b63','',':shock: indeed...\r\nI was kinda wondering if something like this was going to happen when Derek was first introduced as being Guard...'),(245700,'c7af83d4b3','','God\'s Foreign Legion:\r\n\r\n \r\n\"At the compound of Reverend Milton Floor near Pie Town, New Mexico:\r\n\r\n\'This is not some feeble boot camp for the spiritually inept. It is brutal, vicious and agonizing. You are chosen, You did not volunteer. Like so many others that have preceded you, you are the lowest scum this planet can produce. Do you believe in miracles? Good. Know this one. It will take a miracle to get out of this outfit. You, in your ignorance, laugh when I stress the brutality you are about to face. One of the things we will do is take your mind. After we make certain changes, it will be returned to you. Only then will you be ready for the intense discipline that will be imposed. You will beg for mercy, confusing the mere cessation of training with the splendor of God\'s gift of absolution. God, in his wisdom, may choose to let you off. We will not. After the evening meal, you will return to your tents. On each of your beds you will find a list of permitted actions. It means exactly what it says. If it\'s not on that list, you can\'t do it. Of course, some of you will try. For those who do, we are ready to demonstrate just how the Legion deals with those who step out of line. You will find it very instructive, and those who participate in such stupidity will experience new sensations of pain designed exclusively for them. You can\'t quit, you can\'t rebel and the only ways you can leave are death in action or the Call of God. The End of Days is coming. Our Prophet has said so. And each of you who survives this testing will stand with him at that Great Ending. Now, The Call! Sergeant!!\' \'Sir!!\' \'Are you watching God?!\' \'Sir! Yes, Sir!\' \'Report!\' \'Sir! God is on the move, Sir!\' \'And So Are We! Then, To your tents, you scum. And one day, if you survive, you will be one of us, God\'s Legionnaires! Dismissed!\' \"'),(245701,'0f8ee26970','','[quote:0f8ee26970=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:0f8ee26970=\"brnleague99\"]You know what this really reminds me of Banky?\r\n\r\nA Harry Potter fanfic called \"Draco Malfoy The Amazing Bouncing...Rat?\" by Maya. It\'s a highly popular HP comedy fic in which Draco is transformed into a rat by a spell and adopted as a pet by an unsuspecting Hermione Granger.\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Maya/]Draco Malfoy The Amazing Bouncing...Rat?[/url]\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nI do like the fic, Banky, it just reminds me of this one.\r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :twisted: :wink:[/quote:0f8ee26970]\r\n\r\nThank you for pointing out a new, interesting Potterfic. Getting interested in them, and since AiH is the only mainline around here, she has an actual life & can\'t write things that fast... new material is appreciated.[/quote:0f8ee26970]\r\n\r\nIt\'s reeeeeeally good, BG. You\'ll like it.\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(245754,'61d5ec7360','','[quote:61d5ec7360=\"Deref\"]Of course what effect it\'ll have on the Great Florida Dariacon Orgy remains to be seen.[/quote:61d5ec7360]\r\n\r\nI think you missed the last part of my post. It does have an effect. I won\'t be going now. Unless I win the lottery soon.'),(245702,'dd5a70bafb','The longest year','No, I\'m not in the wrong forum...I just thought the name of the story somehow fitted here. I already mentioned this to some of you in chat but I\'d like to have more opinions. \r\n\r\nLast year, I found out I still had 3 baby canine teeth - yeah, and I\'m 21. Needless to say they need to be pulled out to take the adult canines out. Now them problem is, the adult canines are of course bigger, and I don\'t have enough room in mouth for them. So, the only way to make room for them is...with braces. \r\n\r\nI\'m not fond of wearing braces as an adult, but it needs to be done. It\'ll only be for 14 months, and that\'s a relief because I know it could be worse. But on the other hand, I think I\'m not going to feel attractive anymore. I just can\'t help it wonder, will guys find my braces to be a turn-off? Perhaps I\'m giving this too much thought, but it\'s obvious you\'re going to feel a little self-conscious. \r\n\r\nBut before that, they have to take all my wisdom teeth out to avoid future problems - and they haven\'t even come out yet! I\'m not looking forward to it. The first 2 will be out next week, with the other 2 the following week. My treatment officially started Monday. The sooner, the better. \r\n\r\nI could\'ve avoided this if the canines had come out when I was younger like with normal people. :roll: I honestly didn\'t notice I never changed those teeth, but who keeps track of that?! \r\n\r\nSo has any of you been in a situation like this? I have friends my age who are currently in the same situation, but when it happens to you, you feel like you\'re the only person on Earth with such a problem. \r\n\r\nOh, I should also mention that thanks to the dentist plus orthodontist bill I received on Monday, I won\'t be going to the con next year. It\'s about $4000 more than I expected. I was also counting on my mum to cheap in for my holidays too but that won\'t be possible now. And thanks to exchange rate, I won\'t manage to gather enough money to go that far.'),(245703,'ecdb5632ab','','I had one guy friend who loved girls with braces. It was like his biggest fetish. I think they look kind of cool too and have secretly always wanted them, but not enough to pay for them.\r\n\r\nSucks about the dentist bill.'),(245704,'395f9d9050','','[quote:395f9d9050=\"Greybird\"]I\'m sorry, but this isn\'t the slightest bit funny, and it doesn\'t at all fit the original story. (You\'re the one who invoked it.) Funky typography and redacted swear words, to me, don\'t at all make up for it.\r\n\r\nIt also undercuts the integrity of Daria, Jane, and Helen, all at the same time.\r\n\r\nIt even guts Angela \"Clueless\" Li in the process, who wasn\'t at all into revenge beyond petty sniping (the odd stolen distributor cap here and there), in accordance with the pettiness of her personality.\r\n\r\nThe original story wasn\'t a [i:395f9d9050]deus ex machina[/i:395f9d9050] ending at all, a device that\'s too often suggested to be present when it is not. Helen knows that Ms. Li, like most vainglorious bureaucrats, is a coward. She practices economy of effort and presses the obvious litigation button, knowing Li hasn\'t a leg to stand on.\r\n\r\nYou\'ve written vivid vignettes building upon the series, but this isn\'t one of them.[/quote:395f9d9050]\r\n\r\nI think this is a far more realistic version of what would have happened if Helen would have started throwing her weight around, in a sense. Even if her firm was not representing the school district, Ms. Li wouldn\'t have just took Helens comments lying down; she would have contacted whomever was representing the school district, and I\'d imagine this info would have found it\'s way back to Helens firm, and Helen would have caught some grief over it.\r\nI think it\'s an interesting AU, and \"Vitale\" was an amusing character. Swearing doesn\'t ruin things for me; apparently you have a different take.\r\n\r\n[u:395f9d9050][b:395f9d9050]The Trouble with Classicists[/b:395f9d9050][/u:395f9d9050]\r\n\r\n[i:395f9d9050]The trouble with a classicist he looks at a tree\r\nThat\'s all he sees, he paints a tree\r\nThe trouble with a classicist he looks at the sky\r\nHe doesn\'t ask why, he just paints a sky\r\nThe trouble with an impressionist, he looks at a log\r\nAnd he doesn\'t know who he is, standing, staring, at this log\r\nAnd surrealist memories are too amorphous and proud\r\nWhile those downtown macho painters are just alcoholic\r\nThe trouble with impressionist is\r\nThe trouble with impressionist is\r\nThe trouble with personalities, they\'re too wrapped up in style\r\nIt\'s too personal, they\'re in love with their own guile\r\nThey\'re like illegal aliens trying to make a buck\r\nThey\'re driving gypsy cabs but they\'re thinking like a truck\r\nThe trouble with personalities is\r\nThe trouble with personalities is\r\nI like the druggy downtown kids who spray paint walls and trains\r\nI like their lack of training, their primitive technique\r\nI think sometimes it hurts you when you stay too long in school\r\nI think sometimes it hurts you when you\'re afraid to be called a fool\r\nThe trouble with classicists is\r\nThe trouble with classicists is[/i:395f9d9050]'),(245705,'accae01930','','The ship used as the Interceptor in [i:accae01930]Pirates of the Caribbean:Curse of the Black Pearl[/i:accae01930] (the one Jack and Will steal about a third of the way into the movie) is the Lady Washington, one of the oldest ships still in active use. The same ship was used for the opening holodeck scene in [i:accae01930]Star Trek: Generations[/i:accae01930].\r\n\r\nIt makes its port in Aberdeen, Washington, hometown of Kurt Cobain, where I lived for 13 years. And you all now know the ONLY interesting things about that s@$&-hole town, which I hope to never seen again as long as I live. :evil: AHHHHH!!!!!!\r\n\r\n...\r\n\r\nSorry, got distracted there for a sec. I\'m cool now.\r\n\r\nHoN'),(245706,'c7ec303b9e','','The fanfic page is complete (Sorta. Still tweaking the submission guidelines). The flowchart is also present as well.\r\n\r\nhttp://pages.suddenlink.net/rk/fanfics.htm'),(245707,'55e5e55fc0','','The original ending for Alien (the first one) was rejected by movie execs for being \"too dark\". It was as follows:\r\n\r\nAfter Ripley destroys the Nostromo and escapes on the little shuttle, the Alien which has stowed away on the shuttle with her bites her head off and kills her. It then seats itself at the shuttle\'s controls and after pushing a few buttons...hails command central back on Earth...speaking in Ripley\'s voice.\r\n\r\nPersonally I think that\'s kinda kewl.\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(245708,'9f08490342','','[quote:9f08490342=\"Deref\"]Well, no, I didn\'t actually. In fact I honestly haven\'t spent any time at all thinking about her. Absolutely none. Is that unusual?[/quote:9f08490342]\r\n\r\nDunno, but there are at least two of us. Don\'t think I could pick her out of a line up, either. Does this have something to do with \"youth\" and my relative lack thereof?\r\n\r\nPeace\r\nKevin'),(245709,'412cf18a78','','First of all, I\'d like to make one thing perfectly clear. I never explain anything.\r\n\r\nPeace\r\nKevin'),(245710,'df9999a844','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote:df9999a844=\"Dervish\"]So, when Yoda told that guy who drove the getaway car after Yoda fled Palpatine, \"Into exile I must go, failed I have,\" he ACTUALLY meant, \"I haven\'t successfully defeated Palpatine and become one with the Force YET...I\'m thinking of using some innocent children as pawns in my lust for advancement instead.\" :P[/quote:df9999a844]\r\nWell, he did fail in stopping Palpatine from tearing down the Republic and crushing most of the Order, so he\'s not lying. Of course Yoda did go on to win the war. I never said that Yoda held back, only that he didn\'t fight to the last. Lose the battle win the war that sort of thing. \r\n\r\n[quote:df9999a844]But I do wonder why you find it hard that Palpatine was just faking out Mace when Palpatine proved he was faking being all weak and powerless once he successfully converted Skywalker (and so easily wiped out the other Jedi before Mace WHILE FIGHTING MACE AT THE SAME TIME), yet insist on believing that Yoda was just faking Palpatine out[/quote:df9999a844]\r\n\r\nWell, here\'s where I absolutely fail, but it\'s been well established in the \"C\" canon that Mace channeled both sides of the Force when he fought, which naturally made him a damn near unstoppable fighter. Only Yoda, and maybe Dooku, were his peers when it came to swordplay. It\'s perfectly believable that Windu was a match for Sidious while other Jedi Masters were roadkill. Sure, Palpatine is crazy-strong in the Force, but c\'mon this is Sam Fucking Jackson we\'re talking about. If Anakin isn\'t a dipstick they\'re going to have to call in the Wolf to clean bits of Palpatine out of the Chancellor\'s office. \r\n\r\n[quote:df9999a844]But why did Yoda have to face Palpatine at all?[/quote:df9999a844]\r\nBecause it\'s a hot-blooded action/adventure story and needs lots of swordplay, d\'uh.\r\n\r\n[quote:df9999a844]But I also wonder what fic you could make out of Yoda willfully selling out the Younglings into betrayal and death in his \"taking the long view\" games...[/quote:df9999a844]\r\nuh yeah, i already [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1785209/1/]done that[/url] in a roundabout way. It can be fun pretending the Jedi are Bene Gesserits.\r\n\r\n[quote:df9999a844]Btw, Sith become one with the force, too. Like ever heard of Sith holocrons? [/quote:df9999a844]\r\n\r\npsh, most everytime they\'re used, a holocron is nothing more than a recording device. That\'s hardly the same thing as what Qui-Gon taught Yoda and Obi-Wan. Though if any given author doesn\'t feel like doing it up that way, they can be more.\r\n\r\n[quote:df9999a844]Though from a certain PoV, these Sith, and Yoda, are undead spirits. Maybe they live on in hate, maybe in lusting for a new body (there\'s a novel where Palpatine tries to reincarnate after his clones fail to take his spirit or some such), or just are forced to remain behind while they work through their hypocrisies and other illusions...:P[/quote:df9999a844]\r\nI do my best to ignore the whole \"clone\" emperor comic book run. And while the whole concept of \"Force spirits\" is highly, highly, highly mutable -- like everything else in Star Wars -- in general they are not poltergeists, or spirits in purgatory.\r\n\r\n[quote:df9999a844]Though you\'re right on the George Lucas bit. But as I said, someone told me it was explained on this DVD, and it wasn\'t. And trying to make sense out of this cosmos, especially Lucas\'s creations, does seem like a waste of time. Though I think it\'s safe to say the Jedi and Sith are much more alike than different.[/quote:df9999a844]\r\n\r\nThe real problem is that Lucas created a world of black and white, and then tried to gray it up. Jedi are good, Sith are bad. Jedi who do bad things to try and be good become bad. That\'s it. And being a Sith gives you bad teeth and a lousy complexion.\r\n\r\n[quote:df9999a844=\"Brother Grimace\"]YES! Why do you think they stuck one of the mewling brats back in the sandbox with Vader\'s own family, let him wear his father\'s old name, not surpress the same talents that his father was well-known for, and do absolutely NOTHING when Luke kept trying to get into the Imperial Academy at Carida?[/quote:df9999a844]\r\nYou know, I was just watching Ep. IV (a rip of one of the laserdisc editions) and I don\'t remember anybody saying Luke ever actually transmitted an application to the \"academy,\" just that he wanted to, maybe i missed the line, but I don\'t think so? But really, we\'re looking for consistency from a guy who turned a character\'s first name into his title. Or for that matter the whole fucked up Midichlorians and [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtpyeLxVkI]Over Nine Thousaaaand![/url] thing. At this point I pretty much ignore everything about Star Wars that annoys me, and focus on the happy stuff, like HK-47'),(245711,'f2892d27df','','[quote:f2892d27df=\"Dervish\"]Sweet.\r\n\r\nI just hope they realize that the motto of our world, once the hypocrisy is brushed aside, is Might Makes Right.\r\n\r\nThat\'s not to say it could never happen. Vietnam not only kicked our butts, but then gave China the what-for. Just that it needs to be born in mind that the world isn\'t about \"doing the right thing\" but about the powerful and mighty making the rules for everyone else (and hypocrisy thrown in so people think that this works out for the best).[/quote:f2892d27df]\r\n\r\nWell put; this is why, in a real sense, I have divorced myself from conventional morality; most of it is BS used to cover exactly this type of hypocrisy.'),(245712,'554f4e4bdf','','If you fail to send the photo below to 20 of your contacts, you will have to answer to the master of us all (the toad itself!)! :shock:'),(245713,'5c37f1340b','','[quote:5c37f1340b=\"Dervish\"]If you like the show, you\'ll probably like the books. They\'re more lighthearted, more like the early shows. I\'ve found \'em really good for background materials in fanfics I make.[/quote:5c37f1340b]\r\n\r\nDitto. To me, they\'re just plain fun to read.'),(245714,'2e115f1c6d','','[quote:2e115f1c6d]“You’re not going to lose him, he loves you.”\r\n\r\n“That won’t stop a bullet.” Karen started crying again. “I could lose him and not be able to do a damn thing to stop it.” [/quote:2e115f1c6d]\r\n\r\nShe could always enlist and cover him.\r\n\r\n\'Course she\'d have to somehow get assigned to the same unit as Derek, that might take some doing.\r\n\r\nAnyway, nice start.'),(245715,'ff32048048','','[quote:ff32048048=\"Bliss Ticks\"][b:ff32048048]\"Removing the privilege to drive does not take away a person\'s ability to make money.\" [/b:ff32048048]\r\n\r\nYes, quite often it takes away their ability to make a living wage, or in fact any cash at all...look at a map of the U.S..notice how most of it is rural in nature? Try walking 15 miles one way to a job every day.\r\nIt sounds to me as if you are making moral arguments (emotional ones at that), rather than being practical .[/quote:ff32048048]\r\n\r\nIf I lived close to my workplace, I would walk to it every single day--or ride a bike. As it is, I have to drive 11 miles to work. Now if we had decent bike trails here (not the silly 3-foot sections that Ohio puts on the side of a highway), I\'d ride my bike to work.\r\n\r\nSome of my co-workers [i:ff32048048]do[/i:ff32048048] ride bikes. A couple even walk. Lucky them.'),(245717,'f904d064b3','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote:f904d064b3=\"-sam\"][quote:f904d064b3=\"Dervish\"]So, when Yoda told that guy who drove the getaway car after Yoda fled Palpatine, \"Into exile I must go, failed I have,\" he ACTUALLY meant, \"I haven\'t successfully defeated Palpatine and become one with the Force YET...I\'m thinking of using some innocent children as pawns in my lust for advancement instead.\" :P[/quote:f904d064b3]\r\nWell, he did fail in stopping Palpatine from tearing down the Republic and crushing most of the Order, so he\'s not lying. Of course Yoda did go on to win the war. I never said that Yoda held back, only that he didn\'t fight to the last. Lose the battle win the war that sort of thing. \r\n\r\n[quote:f904d064b3]But I do wonder why you find it hard that Palpatine was just faking out Mace when Palpatine proved he was faking being all weak and powerless once he successfully converted Skywalker (and so easily wiped out the other Jedi before Mace WHILE FIGHTING MACE AT THE SAME TIME), yet insist on believing that Yoda was just faking Palpatine out[/quote:f904d064b3]\r\n\r\nWell, here\'s where I absolutely fail, but it\'s been well established in the \"C\" canon that Mace channeled both sides of the Force when he fought, which naturally made him a damn near unstoppable fighter. Only Yoda, and maybe Dooku, were his peers when it came to swordplay. It\'s perfectly believable that Windu was a match for Sidious while other Jedi Masters were roadkill. Sure, Palpatine is crazy-strong in the Force, but c\'mon this is Sam ****ing Jackson we\'re talking about. If Anakin isn\'t a dipstick they\'re going to have to call in the Wolf to clean bits of Palpatine out of the Chancellor\'s office. \r\n\r\n[quote:f904d064b3]But why did Yoda have to face Palpatine at all?[/quote:f904d064b3]\r\nBecause it\'s a hot-blooded action/adventure story and needs lots of swordplay, d\'uh.\r\n\r\n[quote:f904d064b3]But I also wonder what fic you could make out of Yoda willfully selling out the Younglings into betrayal and death in his \"taking the long view\" games...[/quote:f904d064b3]\r\nuh yeah, i already [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1785209/1/]done that[/url] in a roundabout way. It can be fun pretending the Jedi are Bene Gesserits.\r\n\r\n[quote:f904d064b3]Btw, Sith become one with the force, too. Like ever heard of Sith holocrons? [/quote:f904d064b3]\r\n\r\npsh, most everytime they\'re used, a holocron is nothing more than a recording device. That\'s hardly the same thing as what Qui-Gon taught Yoda and Obi-Wan. Though if any given author doesn\'t feel like doing it up that way, they can be more.\r\n\r\n[quote:f904d064b3]Though from a certain PoV, these Sith, and Yoda, are undead spirits. Maybe they live on in hate, maybe in lusting for a new body (there\'s a novel where Palpatine tries to reincarnate after his clones fail to take his spirit or some such), or just are forced to remain behind while they work through their hypocrisies and other illusions...:P[/quote:f904d064b3]\r\nI do my best to ignore the whole \"clone\" emperor comic book run. And while the whole concept of \"Force spirits\" is highly, highly, highly mutable -- like everything else in Star Wars -- in general they are not poltergeists, or spirits in purgatory.\r\n\r\n[quote:f904d064b3]Though you\'re right on the George Lucas bit. But as I said, someone told me it was explained on this DVD, and it wasn\'t. And trying to make sense out of this cosmos, especially Lucas\'s creations, does seem like a waste of time. Though I think it\'s safe to say the Jedi and Sith are much more alike than different.[/quote:f904d064b3]\r\n\r\nThe real problem is that Lucas created a world of black and white, and then tried to gray it up. Jedi are good, Sith are bad. Jedi who do bad things to try and be good become bad. That\'s it. And being a Sith gives you bad teeth and a lousy complexion.\r\n\r\n[quote:f904d064b3=\"Brother Grimace\"]YES! Why do you think they stuck one of the mewling brats back in the sandbox with Vader\'s own family, let him wear his father\'s old name, not surpress the same talents that his father was well-known for, and do absolutely NOTHING when Luke kept trying to get into the Imperial Academy at Carida?[/quote:f904d064b3]\r\nYou know, I was just watching Ep. IV (a rip of one of the laserdisc editions) and I don\'t remember anybody saying Luke ever actually transmitted an application to the \"academy,\" just that he wanted to, maybe i missed the line, but I don\'t think so? But really, we\'re looking for consistency from a guy who turned a character\'s first name into his title. Or for that matter the whole f***ed up Midichlorians and [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtpyeLxVkI]Over Nine Thousaaaand![/url] thing. At this point I pretty much ignore everything about Star Wars that annoys me, and focus on the happy stuff, like HK-47[/quote:f904d064b3]\r\n\r\nYou\'ll really get a sense of the stuff about his application if you look at the deleted scenes with Luke and Biggs on Tattooine, or read the novellization.'),(245718,'35dd41fd7c','Re: 157','[quote:35dd41fd7c=\"Jonathan D. Parshall\"]I\'ve put off reading this story for a long while, but I\'m real glad I finally got around to it. I enjoy stories where people have to use their wits and knowledge to survive. They\'re usually very educational, as this story is. \r\n\r\nI\'m guessing this whole thing started because of a war between Russia and China (à la [i:35dd41fd7c][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omega_Man]The Omega Man[/url][/i:35dd41fd7c]), right? I\'ll bet things will end up like in the book [i:35dd41fd7c][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_Day]Resurrection Day[/url][/i:35dd41fd7c], where a hobbled US relies on the returned to world power status UK for aid.[/quote:35dd41fd7c]\r\n\r\nIt\'s kind of like that and the U.S. got put into the wringer as well. Funny thing is right before I started this story, I had watched [i:35dd41fd7c]The Omega Man[/i:35dd41fd7c].\r\n\r\n[quote:35dd41fd7c=\"Jonathan D. Parshall\"] :?: Question #1: Why can\'t D&J take the medicine and a syringe with them? I know it wouldn\'t be fun to do it yourself, but if diabetics can why not them?\r\n\r\n :?: Question #2: Any idea at this point how long this story is going to be? It seems like it could still go on for quite a while. Not complaining, just curious.[/quote:35dd41fd7c]\r\n\r\nAs for question #1, I\'ve thought about that, but my knowledge of vaccines is limited. I don\'t know if it needs to be refrigerated or not. While I dealt with vaccines as a Navy corpsman, we never had any situation involving rabies come up. I\'m still researching this one. If I do put it in, I want it to be correct.\r\n\r\nAs for question #2, I don\'t know yet. I have an ending already written, but it isn\'t set in stone and the journey is still on, even if they stop here and there on the way.\r\n\r\nDespite their times of relaxing, Daria and Jane are under a good deal of stress that makes their time at Lawndale High seem like a picnic. They aren\'t the same girls who went on a road trip to West Virginia one Saturday morning. I kind of wonder if Jake and Helen would even recognize them when they eventually get back together (Is Jake and Helen still alive? I\'m not saying...yet.)'),(245719,'6a273a0b36','','[quote:6a273a0b36=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]Music? What\'s that? :roll:[/quote:6a273a0b36]\r\n\r\nThat\'s when a pair of F-16s at the ANG outpost at the airport prepping for takeoff rev up their engines to max military power and the roar can be heard for miles around and rattles windows within a half mile of the airport.\r\n\r\nGod, I love that sound! :D'),(245720,'60b1bd3a03','','Hey..what was the orginal question?? What seperates the Jedi from the Sith? :?'),(245721,'823395f5fb','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote:823395f5fb=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\n\r\n[b:823395f5fb]I think that Yoda went for the Emperor out of pride. He really thought that he could beat him, and by doing so, subvert the prophecy of The Chosen One (which, you have to admit, he tried to do all along). I guess that\'s also why he didn\'t want to train Luke at first. Look at what happened the last time they abandoned their rulings and trained an overage Skywalker - not a good thing. [/b:823395f5fb][/quote:823395f5fb]\r\n\r\nIIRC, in the novelization for Episode III, when Obi-Wan wanted to go after the Emperor instead of Anakin, Yoda said that if Mace Windu, the greatest Jedi swordsman there was, couldn\'t beat him, what hope did he have? I think that Yoda was hoping he would maybe luck out and beat him.\r\n\r\nPlus, it was in the script and actually a neat fight to watch.\r\n\r\nAnd, -sam, you\'re right. Writing \'Yoda\' speech [i:823395f5fb]is[/i:823395f5fb] hard.'),(245722,'33c585f98e','','[quote:33c585f98e]Writing \'Yoda\' speech is hard.[/quote:33c585f98e]\r\n\r\nNot as hard as you might think. On SW.com. we used to have a Talk Like Yoda chat thread :lol:'),(245723,'2f9315a3b5','','In [i:2f9315a3b5]King Kong[/i:2f9315a3b5], his roar was the sound of a lion\'s roar played backwards.\r\n\r\nI don\'t know if this one is true or not, but in [i:2f9315a3b5]X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes[/i:2f9315a3b5], Ray Milland\'s character rips out his eyes at the end of the movie. After he does this, he was supposed to have cried out, \"I can still see!\"\r\n\r\nStephen King mentioned it in [i:2f9315a3b5]Danse Macabre[/i:2f9315a3b5], but IIRC, he wasn\'t sure if it was true or not, either.\r\n\r\nBut damn, it would have been a great ending to that movie.'),(245724,'0375a58b73','The Anti-Daria: Guaranteed to break any brain in half.','http://www.drunkmenworkhere.org/170\r\n\r\nBrains will crack, cerebellums will ooze out your ears, medellae will melt, children will cry.\r\n\r\nThis[size=1:0375a58b73]dadbeddedabadbadbabe[/size:0375a58b73]will[size=1:0375a58b73]dadbeddedabadbadbabe[/size:0375a58b73]KILL YOU.'),(245725,'cb28657ada','',':D :D :D :D :D :D \r\n\r\nThis is getting better and better.'),(245726,'382ddadd4b','','[quote:382ddadd4b=\"JrGtr42\"][quote:382ddadd4b=\"Dennis\"]I\'m unlikely to be in for the road trip, as I find the idea of 26 hours in a car appalling, and I\'d like to save some vacation days for visiting friends and family after the con. If you\'re in MA for more than a day, though, I\'d love to get together for a precon minicon in the form of dinner and drinks.\r\n\r\n-Dennis[/quote:382ddadd4b]\r\n\r\nIt\'d be a definite maybe from this corner...\r\nactually, the road trip probably wouldn\'t work, since time off is hard to come by...and currecnt plans for that far in advance is needing another few off around this time.\r\na dinner-and-drinks \'con would be cool en route to the big one, though...[/quote:382ddadd4b]\r\n:-) Those are both \"You bets\". :-)\r\n\r\n[quote:382ddadd4b=\"HelpfulSkittlesExplosion\"]Actually, if all goes well there will probably be two people at my stop. :)\r\n\r\nAnd I\'ll cook lunch/dinner for whomever comes to my apartment.[/quote:382ddadd4b]\r\nAnd that settles it!!! Done and done!\r\n\r\nApart from anything else, it\'ll be nice to have a compatriot on board.'),(245727,'beca50d951','','[quote:beca50d951=\"cyde\"]Curiously (and off subject - this is just something I\'ve always wondered), what age denotes the end of \"youth\"? :D[/quote:beca50d951]\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/AgeConcern/Documents/how_ageist_is_britain.pdf]Here\'s the answer![/url] (PDF, pp 4-5)\r\n\r\nMartin.'),(245728,'0eb85db999','','It\'s bad luck to be superstitious.'),(245729,'79c4c6103e','','The name of the site says it all.'),(245730,'be0b9d6e21','','I think that could be sexy. Of course what effect it\'ll have on the Great Florida Dariacon Orgy remains to be seen, but a decent set of choppers is worth having, so I say go for it!'),(245731,'550737ec79','','[quote:550737ec79=\"MartinUK\"]Today, filling up on my trip with Kara to [url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.357]Wroxeter[/url], en route to the airport for her Ireland trip, I paid £1.019 GBP per litre. That\'s $9.24 USD per gallon.\r\n\r\nIIRC, a US gallon is about 83% of a rest-of-the-world (aka Imperial) gallon; so if my arithmetic is correct, that made today\'s fill-up $7.67 USD per US gallon. Not too bad.\r\n\r\nMartin.[/quote:550737ec79]\r\nOf course no-one else in the world uses gallons... :P'),(245732,'92269b95b2','','[quote:92269b95b2=\"Dervish\"][quote:92269b95b2=\"Deref\"]So Dervish - you\'re saying that there should be no requirements for fathers - or mothers I suppose - to care for their children?[/quote:92269b95b2]\r\n\r\nNo, I\'m asking why someone is surprised that the government is trying failed past solutions (and other feelgood solutions) as if they were new ideas. Read it again.[/quote:92269b95b2]\r\nOkay. So do you have any suggestions?'),(245733,'716dc406a4','','[quote:716dc406a4=\"Deref\"]\r\nOkay. So do you have any suggestions?[/quote:716dc406a4]\r\n\r\nThreaten to castrate them so they can\'t have any other children they won\'t support. Works either way, they either pay up, or get sterilized. But then, that\'s my solution for everything....'),(245734,'45bb6d7d66','Real Life vs. The Internet','An amusing little tid-bit I found.\r\n\r\n[quote:45bb6d7d66]Here is a conversation with people in the real world:\r\n\r\n Me: I went to Mel’s Diner the other night and got the fish sandwich. They put mayo on it, which I thought was gross.\r\n\r\n My Friend: Really? You don’t like that? That’s one of my favorites. I like their fries, too.\r\n\r\n Me: Oh yeah. The thick-cut ones? Those are good.\r\n\r\n My Friend: Good times, good times.\r\n\r\nNow the same conversation, on the internet:\r\n\r\n Me: I went to Mel’s Diner the other night and got the fish sandwich. They put mayo on it, which I thought was gross.\r\n\r\n Commenter#1: I can’t believe you don’t like the mayo you must be retarded.\r\n\r\n Commenter#2: Why would you forbid them from putting mayo on things! Are you some kind of fascist?!?!\r\n\r\n Commenter#3: I would have taken that sandwich and shoved it in the waitress’ face if she was ever stupid enough to do that to me!\r\n\r\n Commenter#4: It was tartar sauce you dumbass.\r\n\r\n Commenter#5: You’re wrong. The mayo is what makes that sandwich great. If you’re not smart enough to realize that maybe you should stick with McDonalds!\r\n\r\n Commenter#6: Then don’t eat it. DUH! Nobody had a gun to your head.\r\n\r\n Commenter#7: If you bothered to learn about other culture’s you would realise that not everyone likes the same thing you do in other countrys they put mayo on all kind of things dont be so closed minded.\r\n[/quote:45bb6d7d66]\r\n\r\nhttp://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1182\r\n\r\nI thought of you guys. :)'),(245735,'6296ba30ef','','I heard an inteview on the wireless today with an Iranian woman. \r\n\r\nI\'m going to post a link to the podcast as soon as they put it up, and I want you to listen to it, Cross.\r\n\r\nAs a 16 year old during the revolution she complained to her school that she was being subjected to Muslim indoctrination instead of being taught. She was arrested, along with some of her friends, tortured, raped, and eventually sentenced to death. She was put in front of the firing squad and about to be killed, when one of her captors stopped the execution and told her she could live if she married him. It went downhill from there.\r\n\r\nI want you to listen to it and realise how arrogant your - or my - complaints about how bad our lives are sound in comparison to someone who\'s been through what some people have been through.'),(245736,'f899613108','','I think child support should be treated more like a loan.\r\n\r\nThe parent with custody needs money now, the parent without custody may not have any to give now, so money should be given as needed and recovered as practical.\r\n\r\nIt should not be used vindictively, if the parent without custody witholds money above a minimum threshold (set case by case, that part would need development), or otherwise takes the piss, they should be fined on top of that, but as Dervish says, sometimes the parent with custody takes the piss and that needs to be addressed also.\r\n\r\nJust a pity that would be too sensible.'),(245737,'b1655389f3','','[quote:b1655389f3=\"nonamejane\"][quote:b1655389f3=\"Deref\"]\r\nOkay. So do you have any suggestions?[/quote:b1655389f3]\r\n\r\nThreaten to castrate them so they can\'t have any other children they won\'t support. Works either way, they either pay up, or get sterilized. But then, that\'s my solution for everything....[/quote:b1655389f3]\r\nNo argument from me there, though it only solves future problems, not present ones.'),(245738,'d161e32884','','[quote:d161e32884=\"Deref\"]The name of the site says it all.[/quote:d161e32884]\r\n\r\nOuch my head!\r\n\r\nIt Burns!!!'),(245739,'581fb68b9c','','[quote:581fb68b9c=\"Eccles\"][quote:581fb68b9c=\"Deref\"]The name of the site says it all.[/quote:581fb68b9c]\r\n\r\nOuch my head!\r\n\r\nIt Burns!!![/quote:581fb68b9c]\r\n\r\nI once got given one of these or something similar by an English teacher at school.\r\n\r\nWe had been told to read through the entire paper before writing our answers.\r\n\r\nAfter twenty minutes of study it was aparent that the thing was a joke however the funny part of the joke was in the last question.\r\n\r\nThe last question was not a question but a statement saying if we had read this far, to stop reading and hand the test back with only our names at the top.\r\n\r\nThe test had been a test in following crazy instructions not on writing answers, half the class failed as they had started to write full answers to pointless questions.'),(245740,'1a8942b9ae','','Thats sad Qwiverwing. I have never had braces so can\'t coment on them, I hope everything works out ok.'),(245741,'4aa19f3748','','[quote:4aa19f3748=\"The Angst Guy\"]This thread must be locked as it has nothing to do with Daria. Sorry. :P :P :P[/quote:4aa19f3748]\r\n\r\n\r\nHmmmmm..... Daria with a hockey stick, Quinn in goal, with the chance of a very hard, very fast round projectile flying at her head.\r\n\r\n[quote:4aa19f3748=\"-sam\"]Duckies now have the series in a hammer-lock. Uh, suck it Canadia?[/quote:4aa19f3748]\r\n\r\nTell you the truth, the only reason I am cheering for the Ducks is that I am a Buffalo Sabres fan - and Ottawa got lucky and put them out. Jerks!'),(245742,'3f62ab2b8f','','[quote:3f62ab2b8f=\"Bliss Ticks\"]The UK has an infrastructure designed to decrease peoples dependence on direct petrol consumption...here in the U.S., if you don\'t have a car (or can\'t afford to put gas in it) you are screwed, unless you live in a major city. Britons have the luxury of taking a tram; most of us here in the U.S. do not. Public transport here is a joke. You cannot compare the effects of fuel prices in the U.K. to the effects of prices in the U.S.... apples and oranges.[/quote:3f62ab2b8f]\r\n\r\nI don\'t know what youv\'e been watching or reading but that is just rubbish.\r\n\r\nMove out of the big cities and most families have at least one car, round where I live nearly every adult has a car, and those who can\'t drive really suffer. The public transport in this area is good but not great, nor is it particularly safe to use.\r\n\r\nNow to back up my argument.\r\n\r\nTheir are about 33 Million Cars on the roads in the UK at present [size=9:3f62ab2b8f](info from \r\n[url=http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=219239]WhatCar[/url])[/size:3f62ab2b8f]\r\nCensus Reports I can find indicate their are about 55 - 60 Million People in the UK at present [size=9:3f62ab2b8f](my sources for this are poor but [url=http://www.radstats.org.uk/no082/Simpson82.pdf] Here they are[/url])[/size:3f62ab2b8f]\r\n\r\nSo that is about One car for every Two People, Also the Census is inclusive of Children under the driving age, so that means there must be other people out their like me with more than one vehicle each.\r\n(one vehicle I teach in and is leased, the other is my own)\r\n\r\nAs for the cost of fuel.\r\nAll I can tell you for sure is it cost me £35 to make it to Martins and do a round trip of 250 miles. so that works out at about $70 for the one trip.'),(245743,'3d9948d7fb','','[quote:3d9948d7fb=\"Deref\"][quote:3d9948d7fb=\"MartinUK\"]Today, filling up on my trip with Kara to [url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.357]Wroxeter[/url], en route to the airport for her Ireland trip, I paid £1.019 GBP per litre. That\'s $9.24 USD per gallon.\r\n\r\nIIRC, a US gallon is about 83% of a rest-of-the-world (aka Imperial) gallon; so if my arithmetic is correct, that made today\'s fill-up $7.67 USD per US gallon. Not too bad.\r\n\r\nMartin.[/quote:3d9948d7fb]\r\nOf course no-one else in the world uses gallons... :P[/quote:3d9948d7fb]\r\n\r\n\r\n<TippedOver is holding back the obvious comment that the statement above REALLY deserves...> :) :)\r\n\r\nI do wish there was more public transportation around here, but I\'m not really sure I would take it even if it was here. I have a problem of... I guess you would say, control. Gotta have my hands on the wheel. To be perfectly honest, I don\'t trust anyone else to drive!!! :) :) I was in Germany with the US Army in 1987 when I got in a pretty good car crash. A friend of mine and I bought a 1984 BMW 320i, and were on our way to K-town when we broke a tierod end off at about 130 miles per hour. Rolled the car 11 times and got banged up some. He was driving, and had a 5-point harness on. I was the passenger, with a lap-and-shoulder-belt that FAILED on impact. Since then, I find it extremely hard to ride with anyone.'),(245744,'c073f2d950','','[quote:c073f2d950=\"Eccles\"]As for the cost of fuel.\r\nAll I can tell you for sure is it cost me £35 to make it to Martins and do a round trip of 250 miles. so that works out at about $70 for the one trip.[/quote:c073f2d950]\r\n[Thinks...]\r\nThat\'s about 400km, for about A$83 not much more, though a little more, than it\'d cost me to travel the same distance. Of course my car\'s a gas guzzler, and if you\'re driving a mini you\'d be getting significantly better mileage than I do. I average about 12 litres/100km.'),(245745,'4833ac5c22','','For series like John Lane, should they be submitted together under the category for the first story, or submitted by season equivilent?'),(245746,'e0e2f7bf71','','Brad Jones, what a tool!\r\n\r\nFirst he gets beaten by a weak-ass cross from Recoba (although it beat the defense as well), and then he drops a regulation catch onto the head of Recoba! BAH!\r\n\r\nAus 1- Uru 2\r\n\r\nOh, sorry, I thought this was a thread for venting about ALL sports.'),(245747,'37f1458679','',':lol: :lol: :lol: \r\n\r\nThat was a nice laugh to go with my morning coffee. Thanks.'),(245748,'3328e0e1a6','','If they can track down the deadbeat parent well enough to revoke their driver\'s license, they can garnish their wages to make sure the that child support is paid.\r\n\r\nI also agree with Dervish that there should be accountablity in how the money is used by the custodial parent.'),(245749,'cd07a859f5','','[quote:cd07a859f5=\"Deref\"][quote:cd07a859f5=\"MartinUK\"]Today, filling up on my trip with Kara to [url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.357]Wroxeter[/url], en route to the airport for her Ireland trip, I paid £1.019 GBP per litre. That\'s $9.24 USD per gallon.\r\n\r\nIIRC, a US gallon is about 83% of a rest-of-the-world (aka Imperial) gallon; so if my arithmetic is correct, that made today\'s fill-up $7.67 USD per US gallon. Not too bad.\r\n\r\nMartin.[/quote:cd07a859f5]\r\nOf course no-one else in the world uses gallons... :P[/quote:cd07a859f5]\r\n\r\nThat\'s because the rest of the world makes more sense. :D \r\n\r\n1 liter = 0.2642 US Gallons\r\n1 US Gallon = 3.7854 liters'),(245750,'6d81a3a582','','[quote:6d81a3a582=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:6d81a3a582=\"cyde\"][quote:6d81a3a582=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\nOh, wait until the military forces in the area are organized enough to go out and sweep and clear the outlaw bastards running about... :D[/quote:6d81a3a582]\r\n\r\nYeah! Ben Raines and his rebels wi... oh wait. Wrong story... OR IS IT?!\r\n\r\nDa da DUHHHHHHH![/quote:6d81a3a582]\r\n\r\n\r\nYou don\'t need Raines\' Rebels in this multiverse, you\'ve got DELPHI special ops types and P.O.G.O. teams - they\'re probably out breaking it off in someone\'s hind end and being VERY overt about it...\r\n\r\n\r\nAs I said before, I wanna see the Lawndale Militia roll in... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:[/quote:6d81a3a582]\r\n\r\nDr. Doom: Daria, I am your father... :twisted:'),(245751,'7aa3a67997','','It\'s a pumpkin I carved in 2003. My own design.'),(245752,'a8e82ab30a','','Yeah. When the sister gets vaporized into the concrete she is standing by, my heart just dropped. And the Japanese animators that crafted the B-29s doing firebomb raids on their country were meticulous in the detail they attended to.\r\n\r\nI had an uncle that fought with the 2nd Marine Division. It was a no-holds-barred, cut their nuts off conflict from Guadalcanal through Tarawa and Iwo Jima to Tokyo Bay by both sides.\r\n\r\nI was given a book by my aunt upon the death of my uncle that chronicled the 2nd Marine Division\'s participation in WWII. It detailed their involvement from Iceland to Yokohama. There was one image in the book that particularly struck me. It was of an American MP (Military Police, not Member of Parliament) with Schwarzenegger pectorals bursting through his uniform, at least 6\'9\", and a Japanese MP that may have been 5\'6\". Both were maintaining order, and it was clear that both were co-equals.\r\n\r\nJapan developed an inferiority/superiority complex prior to the war. They demanded their place with the first nations of the world. It lead to their ruin. Japan had never been defeated in its entire history. The \"kamikazi\" (Divine Wind) referred to an ancient cyclone that destroyed an invading Chinese fleet. They had an aura of invincibility that went to the national core. Signing the surrender document on the deck of the USS Missouri was an unimaginable humiliation. \r\n\r\nThat said, the Japanese picked up and carried on. The picture that I referred to showed a Japanese soldier upright and proud, even with the occupier standing next to him.\r\n\r\nThey later achieved a measure of the their international ambitions a couple of decades later through economic, rather than military means. Hondas are so well made...'),(245753,'da5401cd06','','Sorry to hear about your situation. On the one hand if a guy doesn\'t find you attractive with your braces, you don\'t need him anyway. \r\n\r\nSending good wishes and thoughts your way.'),(245755,'52acbd787a','','I\'ve never seen the show so I\'m not sure. Was that a Billy and Mandy crossover?'),(245756,'f7bb59b38e','','[quote:f7bb59b38e=\"RLobinske\"][quote:f7bb59b38e=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:f7bb59b38e=\"cyde\"][quote:f7bb59b38e=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\nOh, wait until the military forces in the area are organized enough to go out and sweep and clear the outlaw bastards running about... :D[/quote:f7bb59b38e]\r\n\r\nYeah! Ben Raines and his rebels wi... oh wait. Wrong story... OR IS IT?!\r\n\r\nDa da DUHHHHHHH![/quote:f7bb59b38e]\r\n\r\n\r\nYou don\'t need Raines\' Rebels in this multiverse, you\'ve got DELPHI special ops types and P.O.G.O. teams - they\'re probably out breaking it off in someone\'s hind end and being VERY overt about it...\r\n\r\n\r\nAs I said before, I wanna see the Lawndale Militia roll in... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:[/quote:f7bb59b38e]\r\n\r\nDr. Doom: Daria, I am your father... :twisted:[/quote:f7bb59b38e]\r\n\r\nSnape: Don\'t listen to that armored muggle fool. [i:f7bb59b38e]I[/i:f7bb59b38e] am your father.'),(245757,'893b6eb7c1','','[quote:893b6eb7c1=\"Deref\"][quote:893b6eb7c1=\"MartinUK\"]Today, filling up on my trip with Kara to [url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.357]Wroxeter[/url], en route to the airport for her Ireland trip, I paid £1.019 GBP per litre. That\'s $9.24 USD per gallon.\r\n\r\nIIRC, a US gallon is about 83% of a rest-of-the-world (aka Imperial) gallon; so if my arithmetic is correct, that made today\'s fill-up $7.67 USD per US gallon. Not too bad.\r\n\r\nMartin.[/quote:893b6eb7c1]\r\nOf course no-one else in the world uses gallons... :P[/quote:893b6eb7c1]\r\n\r\nGallon? What\'s a gallon? :P\r\n\r\n[quote:893b6eb7c1=\"RLobinske\"]1 liter = 0.2642 US Gallons\r\n1 US Gallon = 3.7854 liters[/quote:893b6eb7c1]\r\n\r\nWe pay about Arg$2.09 per litre. Now, having the exchange rate and the litre/gallon thing in mind, we pay about US$2.63 per gallon.'),(245758,'b82e876c90','','Yes, that was basically Billy and Mandy with Daria as Mandy and Kevin as Billy.'),(245759,'0ad6364bce','','TheEleventy: \r\n[quote:0ad6364bce]Another thing: Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you? \r\n\r\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:0ad6364bce]\r\n\r\nI wouldn\'t serve if I thought that this was the sort of thing I\'d come back to. \r\n\r\nDid you know beforehand?\r\n\r\nWould you have joined up if you\'d heard about this sort of thing before you made that decision?'),(245760,'2bad4992d6','','[quote:2bad4992d6=\"Dervish\"]Why do I like the music I like? Just because. I find that like \"Why do you like the food you like to eat.\" And this goes for \"why it\'s better.\" Natch, that\'s better \"for me.\"[/quote:2bad4992d6]\r\n\r\nExactly. I don\'t think I can explain why I like what I like. I just do. \r\n\r\nThis reminds me of a video I was watching last night. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEq1DOg-abM]Guns N\' Roses in one of the best performances of \"It\'s So Easy\" live I\'ve seen, IMO.[/url] Hell, that video is orgasmic to me. They make me want to have a time machine to go back to 1988 and watch them play. THAT was the real deal. They just rocked. Performances like that remind me why I\'ve been in love with the band since I was 13. I don\'t really know why that band makes me feel that way, they just do.\r\n\r\nToo bad the poster ruined the video with those fucking beeps. The swearing is the best part. :P'),(245761,'1ca5cb3e2e','','Vader never took the trap BG because going to Tatooine would have brought back too many memories and might have caused Anakin to try to take control away from Vader. Or at least that is my take on why he never came after Luke, other than knowing it was a trap. Oh, except the emperor and Tarkin nobody else knew that Anakin and Vader were the same person.'),(245762,'4dbf0007e1','','I\'m going to admit that I am an old fart. And the music that moves me is the music I listened to in my youth because it drove me. And it drives me still. Eric Clapton\'s \"Layla\" and \"Bell-Bottom Blues\", because they spoke directly to the heart of what I experienced. I briefly was able to re-experience those days while back. But Lynyrd Skynyrd\'s \"Freebird\" is for me me the most kick-ass song ever written.'),(245763,'c8af94859f','','[quote:c8af94859f=\"Greystar\"][quote:c8af94859f=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]Music? What\'s that? :roll:[/quote:c8af94859f]\r\n\r\nThat\'s when a pair of F-16s at the ANG outpost at the airport prepping for takeoff rev up their engines to max military power and the roar can be heard for miles around and rattles windows within a half mile of the airport.\r\n\r\nGod, I love that sound! :D[/quote:c8af94859f]\r\n\r\n :D \r\nWhen I was an undergrad and for a while after, I lived near the Navy\'s Pinecastle Electronic Warfare Range in the Ocala National Forest. The sound of those old A-7s was unmistakable.'),(245764,'f2b3139023','','[quote:f2b3139023=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:f2b3139023=\"Deref\"][quote:f2b3139023=\"MartinUK\"]Today, filling up on my trip with Kara to [url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.357]Wroxeter[/url], en route to the airport for her Ireland trip, I paid £1.019 GBP per litre. That\'s $9.24 USD per gallon.\r\n\r\nIIRC, a US gallon is about 83% of a rest-of-the-world (aka Imperial) gallon; so if my arithmetic is correct, that made today\'s fill-up $7.67 USD per US gallon. Not too bad.\r\n\r\nMartin.[/quote:f2b3139023]\r\nOf course no-one else in the world uses gallons... :P[/quote:f2b3139023]\r\n\r\nGallon? What\'s a gallon? :P\r\n\r\n[quote:f2b3139023=\"RLobinske\"]1 liter = 0.2642 US Gallons\r\n1 US Gallon = 3.7854 liters[/quote:f2b3139023]\r\n\r\nWe pay about Arg$2.09 per litre. Now, having the exchange rate and the litre/gallon thing in mind, we pay about US$2.63 per gallon.[/quote:f2b3139023]\r\n\r\nHere in the US we have our own way of doing things (not that that\'s a [i:f2b3139023]good[/i:f2b3139023] thing...) and, by god, no one is going to tell us otherwise. :roll: \r\n\r\nFrom what I understand (and please correct me if I\'m wrong), there is a movement to introduce the metric system as a replacement for the US customary system. Unfortunately, we\'re rather resistant to change and most of us have been using the US customary system for all of our lives. Change would be difficult and laborious and, frankly, most people have no incentive to learn a different way of doing it. I am six feet, three inches tall... and I couldn\'t tell you how many centimeters that is off the top of my head. You savvy? ;)\r\n\r\nOh god, and imagine how that would screw up (American) football!\r\n\r\nAnd biologists claim that the human is an adaptable animal? :mrgreen:'),(245765,'c41c5786a8','','[quote:c41c5786a8=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:c41c5786a8=\"Deref\"]Of course what effect it\'ll have on the Great Florida Dariacon Orgy remains to be seen.[/quote:c41c5786a8]\r\n\r\nI think you missed the last part of my post. It does have an effect. I won\'t be going now. Unless I win the lottery soon.[/quote:c41c5786a8]\r\n\r\nHooray for medical procedures!'),(245766,'840bf3b7dc','','[quote:840bf3b7dc=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:840bf3b7dc=\"Deref\"]Of course what effect it\'ll have on the Great Florida Dariacon Orgy remains to be seen.[/quote:840bf3b7dc]\r\n\r\nI think you missed the last part of my post. It does have an effect. I won\'t be going now. Unless I win the lottery soon.[/quote:840bf3b7dc]\r\n\r\nPerhaps Deref means \"what effect your [i:840bf3b7dc]absence[/i:840bf3b7dc] will have on the GFDO remains to be seen.\"\r\n\r\nEither way, we\'ll take pictures for you. :mrgreen:\r\n\r\n*dodges thrown objects* I wasn\'t TRYING to rub it in! I\'M SORRY!!'),(245767,'6bf0a80401','','My first (and only) guitar is an Ibanez acoustic guitar. I got it, a carrying case, a couple music books, an electronic tuner, some picks, and an extra set of strings for $120. Craigslist is fun.'),(245768,'503797b881','','[quote:503797b881=\"Angelinhel\"][quote:503797b881=\"Lazario\"]Words are definitely important.\r\n\r\nBut I find that words aren\'t worth liking for me if I don\'t like the voice of the singer and the sound of the music too/first.[/quote:503797b881]\r\n\r\nI can see that. Actually, when I flip through my playlist in the car (hearing about 2 seconds of music to identify each song) I noticed a lot of the songs I like have similar opening chords or notes.[/quote:503797b881]\r\n\r\nI realize I made my last post at the risk of coming across as though lyrical content is secondary to me. This couldn\'t be further from the truth. Lyrical content is only secondary to me when the lyrics are indecipherable. I listen to that kind of music for an entirely different reason. :mrgreen:\r\n\r\nOh, and I didn\'t think any of that was aimed at me. I just felt that my initial post was a little ambiguous and wanted to clear that little bit up. \r\n :D'),(245769,'951fb10937','','[quote:951fb10937=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:951fb10937=\"Dervish\"]Why do I like the music I like? Just because. I find that like \"Why do you like the food you like to eat.\" And this goes for \"why it\'s better.\" Natch, that\'s better \"for me.\"[/quote:951fb10937]\r\n\r\nExactly. I don\'t think I can explain why I like what I like. I just do. \r\n\r\nThis reminds me of a video I was watching last night. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEq1DOg-abM]Guns N\' Roses in one of the best performances of \"It\'s So Easy\" live I\'ve seen, IMO.[/url] Hell, that video is orgasmic to me. They make me want to have a time machine to go back to 1988 and watch them play. THAT was the real deal. They just rocked. Performances like that remind me why I\'ve been in love with the band since I was 13. I don\'t really know why that band makes me feel that way, they just do.\r\n\r\nToo bad the poster ruined the video with those ****ing beeps. The swearing is the best part. :P[/quote:951fb10937]\r\n\r\n80s metal, eh? So, do you like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmPD6-vNVY]Mega[/url][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEHNvxkVvqc]deth[/url]?:D :D'),(245770,'00f3d1a82c','','Better now than later. My friend\'s mom had to have braces at about 45 years old, and because of her age the braces had to stay on longer. She had braces for more than 2 years.\r\n\r\nAs far as attractiveness, take the long view. You\'ll be even more attractive when it\'s done. Oh, and the braces will make your lips plump out! No collagen injections for you!'),(245771,'cd7a1b7083','','[quote:cd7a1b7083=\"ahmygoddess\"]I\'m going to admit that I am an old fart. And the music that moves me is the music I listened to in my youth because it drove me. And it drives me still. Eric Clapton\'s \"Layla\" and \"Bell-Bottom Blues\", because they spoke directly to the heart of what I experienced. I briefly was able to re-experience those days while back. But Lynyrd Skynyrd\'s \"Freebird\" is for me me the most kick-ass song ever written.[/quote:cd7a1b7083]\r\n\r\nAll three are great songs. I find Clapton to be thoroughly enjoyable solo as well as with Cream and Derek and the Dominos. Is Freebird the only Skynyrd song you like? Personally I like \"Tuesday\'s Gone\" more (perhaps because it gets less radio play), but \"Freebird\" is a great song.'),(245772,'9e73f3b6af','','I can empathize, Nat. I had all four of my wisdom teeth out in one afternoon. Two were risking being impacted, but they took precautions and advised doing all of them.\r\n\r\nOhhhh I felt that, after the oral surgeon\'s general anesthetic wore off and I found myself being led out to the car. My great-uncle, also a dentist, came over to the house and berated me for not having him do it ... miserable ass.\r\n\r\nNot everyone loses all one\'s first-teeth promptly. So others are in this boat. You might ask about less obtrusive or \"invisible\" braces, but you won\'t look nearly as strange as you fear. Up here people are getting orthodontia into their 30s and 40s these days.'),(245773,'7140e7ea6b','','[quote:7140e7ea6b=\"DigiSim\"][quote:7140e7ea6b=\"RLobinske\"][quote:7140e7ea6b=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:7140e7ea6b=\"cyde\"][quote:7140e7ea6b=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\nOh, wait until the military forces in the area are organized enough to go out and sweep and clear the outlaw bastards running about... :D[/quote:7140e7ea6b]\r\n\r\nYeah! Ben Raines and his rebels wi... oh wait. Wrong story... OR IS IT?!\r\n\r\nDa da DUHHHHHHH![/quote:7140e7ea6b]\r\n\r\n\r\nYou don\'t need Raines\' Rebels in this multiverse, you\'ve got DELPHI special ops types and P.O.G.O. teams - they\'re probably out breaking it off in someone\'s hind end and being VERY overt about it...\r\n\r\n\r\nAs I said before, I wanna see the Lawndale Militia roll in... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:[/quote:7140e7ea6b]\r\n\r\nDr. Doom: Daria, I am your father... :twisted:[/quote:7140e7ea6b]\r\n\r\nSnape: Don\'t listen to that armored muggle fool. [i:7140e7ea6b]I[/i:7140e7ea6b] am your father.[/quote:7140e7ea6b]\r\n\r\nJake: ...HELEN!!!!!!!!!!!!'),(245774,'dc01e1fae1','','Yeah, wisdom teeth removal is [i:dc01e1fae1]such[/i:dc01e1fae1] a fun process. But since you have yet to go through it, I won\'t tell my story.'),(245775,'41c8c512df','','[quote:41c8c512df=\"DigiSim\"][quote:41c8c512df=\"RLobinske\"][quote:41c8c512df=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:41c8c512df=\"cyde\"][quote:41c8c512df=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\nOh, wait until the military forces in the area are organized enough to go out and sweep and clear the outlaw bastards running about... :D[/quote:41c8c512df]\r\n\r\nYeah! Ben Raines and his rebels wi... oh wait. Wrong story... OR IS IT?!\r\n\r\nDa da DUHHHHHHH![/quote:41c8c512df]\r\n\r\n\r\nYou don\'t need Raines\' Rebels in this multiverse, you\'ve got DELPHI special ops types and P.O.G.O. teams - they\'re probably out breaking it off in someone\'s hind end and being VERY overt about it...\r\n\r\n\r\nAs I said before, I wanna see the Lawndale Militia roll in... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:[/quote:41c8c512df]\r\n\r\nDr. Doom: Daria, I am your father... :twisted:[/quote:41c8c512df]\r\n\r\nSnape: Don\'t listen to that armored muggle fool. [i:41c8c512df]I[/i:41c8c512df] am your father.[/quote:41c8c512df]\r\n\r\nDr. Doom: Muggle? My sorcery has defeated the likes of Mephisto, you pathetic little dilettante.'),(245776,'095e841172','','[quote:095e841172=\"smk\"]Yeah, wisdom teeth removal is [i:095e841172]such[/i:095e841172] a fun process. But since you have yet to go through it, I won\'t tell my story.[/quote:095e841172]\r\n\r\nJust don\'t be like me and put the process off for nine years.\r\n\r\nedit: Although, once they actually start to hurt it makes you [i:095e841172]look forward[/i:095e841172] to the surgery to have them removed.'),(245786,'b9dd2924d6','','I\'ve been catching up here, and it\'s all good. :) The Daria-Jane banter sounds right, and to me, Jane\'s innuendoes seem like a coping mechanism for something she wouldn\'t want to think about: the likelyhood that Trent may be dead. \r\n\r\nI\'m also [b:b9dd2924d6]deeply[/b:b9dd2924d6] impressed by everybody\'s knowledge of what to do in the event of a nuclear strike. :shock: After reading this, I think I might have a chance to survive more than a day or two if the blast or fallout didn\'t get me. ;)\r\n\r\nAlso, a tiny nitpick:\r\n\r\n[quote:b9dd2924d6]The doctor looked at her and nodded. “I was afraid of that. It looks like we’ll have to use epinephrine, which I do happen to have on hand.” She prepared a hypodermic needle and cleaned a spot on Daria’s upper right arm. “Be thankful. I had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic once. I was given a weeks supply of prednisolone to take. A very tiny pill, but also very bitter. Prednisolone would take several days to work, anyway. This is a lot quicker.”\r\n\r\nDaria didn’t even react to the shot. Jane held her hands tightly to keep her from scratching and she was still biting her lower lip. Slowly, she relaxed as the antihistamine worked on her system. [/quote:b9dd2924d6]\r\n\r\nEpinephrine isn\'t an antihistamine: it\'s a hormone that\'s an immunosuppresant (among other things) like prednisone, prednisolone, etc. An antihistamine blocks the effects of histamine produced by the immune system, while a shot of epi is going to block the actions of the immune system (including but not limited to the production of histamine) in the first place.\r\n\r\nBut while the categorization of the drug may be off (like I said, a nitpick), Doc. Kathy is doing the right thing, because it sounds like OH is going into anaphylaxis, which would make her get dead fast unless she gets wacked with an epi pen. Also Doc. Kathy\'s apparently blithe response might be deliberate to prevent Daria from becoming alarmed. Finally, I figure Kathy will want to keep tabs on Daria: she may need an antihistamine and prednisone tabs once her allergic crisis has passed—if there are any in the shelter, that is :twisted:'),(245778,'15f5299c21','','The story continues in the [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18335]Apocalyptic Daria II[/url] thread.'),(245785,'7ef665e4e8','','Byrds: [i:7ef665e4e8]Turn! Turn! Turn![/i:7ef665e4e8]\r\n\r\n[img:7ef665e4e8]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002ACP.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg[/img:7ef665e4e8]\r\n\r\nCrash Wisdom: [i:7ef665e4e8]06/02/94[/i:7ef665e4e8] (No cover given this is a live recording)'),(245779,'aea66b0f37','','Make sure you get soup that you really like. When you have the wisdom teeth pulled, make sure that you follow directions to protect the socket until it properly heals, and try to avoid catching a cold or being around anything the induces allergic sneezing. You don\'t want a dry socket, trust me.'),(245780,'1f42d7a698','','[quote:1f42d7a698=\"RLobinske\"]Make sure you get soup that you really like. When you have the wisdom teeth pulled, make sure that you follow directions to protect the socket until it properly heals, and try to avoid catching a cold or being around anything the induces allergic sneezing. You don\'t want a dry socket, trust me.[/quote:1f42d7a698]\r\n\r\nIs it just me, or does the term \"dry socket\" [i:1f42d7a698]sound[/i:1f42d7a698] painful?'),(245781,'57a52e9608','Apocalyptic Daria, Vol. II','I am working on Part 18. I\'m an usher at a wedding on Saturday, however, so I\'m not sure when I\'ll get it in. At least I [i:57a52e9608]know[/i:57a52e9608] that I have the weekend off. :D\r\n\r\nThe other ApD II thread was locked, so I started another one.'),(245782,'ca3bf32292','','[quote:ca3bf32292=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]Vader never took the trap BG because going to Tatooine would have brought back too many memories and might have caused Anakin to try to take control away from Vader. [/quote:ca3bf32292]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIf the Emperor had said to Vader, \'Bring Skywalker to me\', Vader would have done it.\r\n\r\nWait a minute - in [i:ca3bf32292]Return of the Jedi[/i:ca3bf32292], Vader DID! Even in [i:ca3bf32292]Shadows of the Empire[/i:ca3bf32292], when Vader KNEW that Xizor was up to things and he wanted to whack him (especially after he found out the Dark Prince\'s little plan to embarrass him before the Emperor AND adenge himself upon Vader by killing Luke), he still followed the Emperor\'s orders regarding Luke. \r\n\r\nRemember, just being on his home world wasn\'t going to bring back and warm and fuzzies in him - this is a [i:ca3bf32292]Sith Lord[/i:ca3bf32292], dude! This is a Sith Lord returning to the world where he and his mother were slaves, where he had to leave her and not see her for ten years, and to only see her again, humiliated, abused and at the moment of her death. How is returning there going to awaken Good Things within him, since he didn\'t have Good Memories of living there? He\'d be more likely to come back, grab Luke, kill Owen and Beru himself for not telling him he had a son (of course they didn\'t know that Anakin was Vader, but do you think a little thing like commom sense would stop the guy who kills the Captain of a Star Destroyer because the Millenium Falcon got away from him from lilling them, too?) and then slag the planet with the [i:ca3bf32292]Executor[/i:ca3bf32292]. \r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:ca3bf32292]\r\nOr at least that is my take on why he never came after Luke, other than knowing it was a trap. Oh, except the emperor and Tarkin nobody else knew that Anakin and Vader were the same person.[/quote:ca3bf32292]\r\n\r\n\r\nActually, the Jedi saw it as a trap, whereas the Emperor saw it (Luke on Tattooine) as having a ready replacement for when he\'d need to get rid of Vader. (Sith Lords and Dark Jedi are quite useful, but so notoriously difficult to keep in line.) Think of it like this... the only thing that the Emperor screwed up on was underestimating what it would take to turn Luke to the Dark Side. The boy was playing at being a hero and a Jedi, but also had a close circle of friends... start killing them all off, and make certain that he finds out where the blood and money trail leads. Chewbacca found in a bloody mass somewhere on one of the lower levels of Coruscant, the [i:ca3bf32292]Falcon[/i:ca3bf32292] blown up by a saboteur, Artoo smashed to bits and spread out next to Luke\'s X-wing... now Luke\'s boiling mad and wants to take some furious revenge, and in this state, it\'s easier to bring him over to the Dark Side. \r\n\r\n[i:ca3bf32292]Yes, Luke... Vader was responsible. Kill him. Avenge your friends - avenge your sister! [/i:ca3bf32292](Do you REALLY think the Emperor didn\'t know who Leia was the very first time he set eyes upon her?) [i:ca3bf32292]Your father knew who Leia was, and he had her killed anyway? Do you think that he would have allowed her to live and learn of her abilities, Luke? His battle with you at Bespin showed that he could deal with you,alone, and half-trained... what if you and your sister were to face him, both of you strong and wise in the ways of the Force? Vader would fall - and he would not stand for that to happen. Avenge them, and punish him![/i:ca3bf32292]\r\n\r\nAfter that, there\'s very little chance that a battle-drained Luke could have even tried to resist the Emperor\'s abilities to turn him, and the Emperor would have turned him into a Sith Lord as well. [i:ca3bf32292]Darth Trayer[/i:ca3bf32292], perhaps.\r\n\r\n\r\nMy $0.02, anyway. \r\n\r\n[/quote]'),(245783,'9e4376f280','','Ow.'),(245784,'60ac854086','','The story continues from [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17037]this thread.[/url]\r\n\r\nThere is a small glitch at the end of the the first thread. If you click on the lastest post link, it says no posts exists. Go \"page 12\" to see the final entries of that thread.\r\n\r\nOops, locked the wrong thread. I\'ll delete the other thread and make this the operable thread.'),(245787,'eeee157c49','','tl;dr \r\n\r\n\r\n :| \r\n\r\nWhen I saw that, I thought I was having a seizure just from the way the page was laid out. The little \'x\' in the top right has never been clicked faster.'),(245788,'f27e9caf5b','','[quote:f27e9caf5b=\"cyde\"][quote:f27e9caf5b=\"RLobinske\"]Make sure you get soup that you really like. When you have the wisdom teeth pulled, make sure that you follow directions to protect the socket until it properly heals, and try to avoid catching a cold or being around anything the induces allergic sneezing. You don\'t want a dry socket, trust me.[/quote:f27e9caf5b]\r\n\r\nIs it just me, or does the term \"dry socket\" [i:f27e9caf5b]sound[/i:f27e9caf5b] painful?[/quote:f27e9caf5b]\r\n\r\nIt\'s strange when I was in the Electrical trade the last think you ever wanted was a wet socket!'),(245789,'4446ee1d26','','[quote:4446ee1d26=\"Eccles\"][quote:4446ee1d26=\"cyde\"][quote:4446ee1d26=\"RLobinske\"]Make sure you get soup that you really like. When you have the wisdom teeth pulled, make sure that you follow directions to protect the socket until it properly heals, and try to avoid catching a cold or being around anything the induces allergic sneezing. You don\'t want a dry socket, trust me.[/quote:4446ee1d26]\r\n\r\nIs it just me, or does the term \"dry socket\" [i:4446ee1d26]sound[/i:4446ee1d26] painful?[/quote:4446ee1d26]\r\n\r\nIt\'s strange when I was in the Electrical trade the last think you ever wanted was a wet socket![/quote:4446ee1d26]\r\n\r\nEspecially if it\'s live and you have your finger inside it? :D :D'),(245790,'eff240af38','','[quote:eff240af38=\"RLobinske\"][quote:eff240af38=\"Greystar\"][quote:eff240af38=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]Music? What\'s that? :roll:[/quote:eff240af38]\r\n\r\nThat\'s when a pair of F-16s at the ANG outpost at the airport prepping for takeoff rev up their engines to max military power and the roar can be heard for miles around and rattles windows within a half mile of the airport.\r\n\r\nGod, I love that sound! :D[/quote:eff240af38]\r\n\r\n :D \r\nWhen I was an undergrad and for a while after, I lived near the Navy\'s Pinecastle Electronic Warfare Range in the Ocala National Forest. The sound of those old A-7s was unmistakable.[/quote:eff240af38]\r\n\r\nOh! Sounds you like! I get it! ;)\r\n\r\nFrankly, that\'s all that needs to be said for me. The reasons why I might like particular sounds can range from the irritatingly pedantic to downright Beavis-and-Butthead stupid, but that\'s always the common denominator. I just like \'em. :D'),(245791,'e084730d23','','Thanks to everyone for their comments. :) Whether it\'s a deus ex machina or not, the end of \"Arts N Crass\" bothers me, and a resolution along the lines of the end of \"See Jane Run\" would, again, by my lights, be more satisfying.\r\n\r\nThat said, I\'m not satisfied with this scene as it stands. I wanted it to move from a straightforward comic tone to a blackly comic but brief bit of bullying and finally to a comic/sardonic tone as Daria and Jane are resigned to make an even more atrocious poster than Mr. O\'Neill\'s first revision. The section with Vitale goes on too long and relies too much on how a reader might deliver the lines (as indicated by the italics, bolds, and changes in point size) than the content; what follows with Daria and Jane is too short. \r\n\r\nNonetheless, I\'m pleased it tickled the funnybones of some, and am grateful for thoughtful replies. Now, if only someone would take on the task of straightening out \"Murder, She Snored\" ;)'),(245792,'60cb3a26f5','','[quote:60cb3a26f5=\"Gregor Samsa\"]Byrds: [i:60cb3a26f5]Turn! Turn! Turn![/i:60cb3a26f5][/quote:60cb3a26f5]\r\n\r\nLet me know when you get to [i:60cb3a26f5]Younger Than Yesterday[/i:60cb3a26f5]. :)\r\n\r\nNeil Finn, [i:60cb3a26f5]Try Whistling This[/i:60cb3a26f5].\r\n\r\nIf you haven\'t heard this album, check it out. It might not wow you on the first couple of listens, but the more you hear it, the better it gets.\r\n\r\nAnd \"She Will Have Her Way,\" which is just awesome, was used in \"Daria Dance Party!\"\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245793,'d7104219c5','','[quote:d7104219c5=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]\r\nNonetheless, I\'m pleased it ticked the funnybones of some, and am grateful for thoughtful replies. Now, if only someone would take on the task of straightening out \"Murder, She Snored\" ;)[/quote:d7104219c5]\r\n\r\nLast line:\r\n\r\nDaria: I knew I should have checked the bread for mold before I had that sandwich.\r\n\r\nAll done. :)\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(245794,'fa1610b333','','Jean-Yves Thibaudet playing Ravel\'s suite for piano \"Gaspard de la Nuit.\" The second mvmt, \"Le Gibet\" is exactly what a scaffold with a hanged man at sunset should sound like. :twisted:'),(245795,'5ee2a33f34','','More revisions and changes.\r\n\r\nI have added thumbnails to all fanart, as well as the full size stuff by clicking on either it or the text hyperlink.'),(245796,'d4766952ae','','Arts N\' Crass was always one of my favorite episodes. The original ending is just perfect, in my opinion. I will say no more... :wink:'),(245797,'0764ea1a76','','[quote:0764ea1a76=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]I\'ve been catching up here, and it\'s all good. :) The Daria-Jane banter sounds right, and to me, Jane\'s innuendoes seem like a coping mechanism for something she wouldn\'t want to think about: the likelyhood that Trent may be dead. \r\n[/quote:0764ea1a76]\r\n\r\n[b:0764ea1a76]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s [color=cyan:0764ea1a76][u:0764ea1a76]very[/u:0764ea1a76][/color:0764ea1a76] likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/b:0764ea1a76]\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:0764ea1a76]I\'m also [b:0764ea1a76]deeply[/b:0764ea1a76] impressed by everybody\'s knowledge of what to do in the event of a nuclear strike. :shock: After reading this, I[b:0764ea1a76] think I might have a chance to survive more than a day or two if the blast or fallout didn\'t get me.[/b:0764ea1a76] ;)[/quote:0764ea1a76]\r\n\r\n\r\n[b:0764ea1a76]In [i:0764ea1a76]Out Of The Ashes[/i:0764ea1a76], Ben Raines recalls one of his instructors saying something almost exactly the ste same to his training cadre on the first day he was there. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nProud supporter of the Tri-States since 1988.\r\n\r\nProud supporter of shooting post-apocalyptic a$$hats dead - and then shooting them again in the head, just to be sure - since 1975.[/b:0764ea1a76]'),(245798,'1bc0ce70b5','','Before I went to bed last night, I found out that the test IS solvable.\r\n\r\nThe way the answers were formed...........oh god.............but yeah, when you correctly complete the test, it will say SOLVED in giant letters over top of the questions.'),(245800,'b5ae4fda56','','[quote:b5ae4fda56=\"Reese Kaine\"]I know it\'s going to confuse people, but for this timeline to work, they have to be submitted separately.\r\n\r\nThe reason I\'m going at it like this is because I also want to reopen the door for the S1 veterans to come back and resubmit their stories. Believe it or not, there were quite a few. Granted, quite a few of them were Mary Sues, but hey, we were all learning. :-)[/quote:b5ae4fda56]\r\n\r\nNot a problem.'),(245799,'2446b4dbf0','','I know it\'s going to confuse people, but for this timeline to work, they have to be submitted separately.\r\n\r\nThe reason I\'m going at it like this is because I also want to reopen the door for the S1 veterans to come back and resubmit their stories. Believe it or not, there were quite a few. Granted, quite a few of them were Mary Sues, but hey, we were all learning. :-)'),(245801,'164c778869','','[quote:164c778869=\"Brother Grimace\"]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:164c778869]\r\n\r\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. :?\r\n\r\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.'),(245802,'05b96765fc','','[quote:05b96765fc=\"smk\"][quote:05b96765fc=\"Brother Grimace\"]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:05b96765fc]\r\n\r\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. :?\r\n\r\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.[/quote:05b96765fc]\r\n\r\nRemember when Linda told the girls that Lawndale was evacuated?'),(245803,'8fd3870fd9','','[quote:8fd3870fd9=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:8fd3870fd9=\"smk\"][quote:8fd3870fd9=\"Brother Grimace\"]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:8fd3870fd9]\r\n\r\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. :?\r\n\r\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.[/quote:8fd3870fd9]\r\n\r\nRemember when Linda told the girls that Lawndale was evacuated?[/quote:8fd3870fd9]\r\n\r\nOK, but Trent was gone. Yeah, he was . . . I\'m not sure where he was, but he was gone. Gone, I say!'),(245804,'aadb42546a','','From my understanding of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_v._White] Texas vs. White[/url] in 1869, no state has a right to secede from the United States. To quote the Wikipedia article:\r\n\r\n[i:aadb42546a]The union between Texas and the other States was as complete, as perpetual, and as indissoluble as the union between the original States. There was no place for reconsideration, or revocation, except through revolution, or through consent of the States. [/i:aadb42546a]\r\n\r\nWhich leaves any state wanting to secede only a few options:\r\n\r\n1. The present day Supreme Court overturning Texas vs. White all or in part -- this would probably require a state to secede, then claim to the Supreme Court that their act of secession is still a legal act. Since Texas v. White would interpret the state having seceded to still be a part of the United States, the state government should be able to file a suit of some sort hinging on Texas vs. White. \r\n\r\nThe danger to the seceding state would be that the Supreme Court would refuse to hear the case, or uphold Texas v. White in more explicit terms.\r\n\r\n2. An attempt to appeal to the states. The decision states \"consent of the states\", meaning that the States could theoretically let Vermont go, but it does not state how the consent of the states is to be obtained or how unanimous that consent is to be. There is no mechanism, and it would probably lead to some pro-statehood parties in Vermont claiming that the revolution is illegal -- and could the US please come and take over again?\r\n\r\n3. Armed rebellion. From that point on, it\'s in the hands of Congress (or with our Imperial Executive, President Bush IV might decide to call a \"police action\"). If the rebels win, well, no one will dispute their right to a new nation. If they lose...well, hard times all around, although only one person in the Confederacy was ever executed for war crimes.\r\n\r\n4. A new constitutional convention that explicitly gives states a right to secede.\r\n\r\nOf course, we could just decide not to dispute the decision. :)\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!'),(245805,'93592c9c09','','[quote:93592c9c09=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:93592c9c09=\"smk\"][quote:93592c9c09=\"Brother Grimace\"]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:93592c9c09]\r\n\r\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. :?\r\n\r\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.[/quote:93592c9c09]\r\n\r\nRemember when Linda told the girls that Lawndale was evacuated?[/quote:93592c9c09]\r\n\r\nTrent: Whoa, where\'d everybody go? :D'),(245806,'031988030d','','[quote:031988030d=\"smk\"][quote:031988030d=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:031988030d=\"smk\"][quote:031988030d=\"Brother Grimace\"]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:031988030d]\r\n\r\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. :?\r\n\r\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.[/quote:031988030d]\r\n\r\nRemember when Linda told the girls that Lawndale was evacuated?[/quote:031988030d]\r\n\r\nOK, but Trent was gone. Yeah, he was . . . I\'m not sure where he was, but he was gone. Gone, I say![/quote:031988030d]\r\n\r\n\r\nYes... yes. Trent probably was gone. Maybe he and the Boys of Spiral were off doing a gig at some dive elsewhere, and spent the time afterward partaking of The Skanks Whose Names They Could Care Less About... that\'s why they weren\'t there.\r\n\r\nIf you also want to go with the plausible what-if\'s... there\'s every chance that he Boys of Spiral saw Quinn and company and rescued them... why?\r\n\r\n1.) It\'s the right thing to do.\r\n\r\n2.) Because Trent would do it to keep Daria from being sad. \r\n\r\n\r\nYes... that\'s what happened...\r\n\r\nIt is. \r\n\r\nReally. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n :twisted:'),(245807,'bca8d3cc11','','[quote:bca8d3cc11=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:bca8d3cc11=\"smk\"][quote:bca8d3cc11=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:bca8d3cc11=\"smk\"][quote:bca8d3cc11=\"Brother Grimace\"]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:bca8d3cc11]\r\n\r\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. :?\r\n\r\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.[/quote:bca8d3cc11]\r\n\r\nRemember when Linda told the girls that Lawndale was evacuated?[/quote:bca8d3cc11]\r\n\r\nOK, but Trent was gone. Yeah, he was . . . I\'m not sure where he was, but he was gone. Gone, I say![/quote:bca8d3cc11]\r\n\r\n\r\nYes... yes. Trent probably was gone. Maybe he and the Boys of Spiral were off doing a gig at some dive elsewhere, and spent the time afterward partaking of The Skanks Whose Names They Could Care Less About... that\'s why they weren\'t there.\r\n\r\nIf you also want to go with the plausible what-if\'s... there\'s every chance that he Boys of Spiral saw Quinn and company and rescued them... why?\r\n\r\n1.) It\'s the right thing to do.\r\n\r\n2.) Because Trent would do it to keep Daria from being sad. \r\n\r\n\r\nYes... that\'s what happened...\r\n\r\nIt is. \r\n\r\nReally. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n :twisted:[/quote:bca8d3cc11]\r\n\r\nAnd thus a beautiful relationship(per) was born!!! :D'),(245808,'ee757be32f','','Two things. 1...\r\n[quote:ee757be32f=\"starmeshelion\"]Don\'t they understand that The Fashion Club girls are so fashionable, that they can wear the same apparel all the time, and still be fashionable, because they\'re so fashionable that whatever they wear is always fashionable, even if they wear it all the time?[/quote:ee757be32f]I think Stars actually turned into Stacy there. :lol: \r\n\r\n2, the definition of a ditz. What\'s been said before is pretty much accurate, but it should be pointed out that a ditz is always a good person at heart, there\'s no such thing as a bad ditz.'),(245809,'3961895453','','[quote:3961895453=\"atimnie\"]Two things. 1...\r\n[quote:3961895453=\"starmeshelion\"]Don\'t they understand that The Fashion Club girls are so fashionable, that they can wear the same apparel all the time, and still be fashionable, because they\'re so fashionable that whatever they wear is always fashionable, even if they wear it all the time?[/quote:3961895453]I think Stars actually turned into Stacy there. :lol: \r\n\r\n2, the definition of a ditz. What\'s been said before is pretty much accurate, but it should be pointed out that a ditz is always a good person at heart, there\'s no such thing as a bad ditz.[/quote:3961895453]\r\n\r\natimnie, you must understand. The genesis of the problem isn\'t so much the meaning of the word \'ditz\', but the implication that subject of the discussion (in this case, Stacy) is anything less than utter perfection. Historically, people have been [i:3961895453][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Scholl]executed[/url][/i:3961895453] for having such opinions.'),(245810,'cb63335c4f','','Story-wise that would be pretty cool. Mystik Spiral and the fashion Club (plus Sam and Chris) trekking around looking for their loved ones and blowing the heads off of anything that gets in their way.'),(245811,'a4893255d2','','[quote:a4893255d2=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]Story-wise that would be pretty cool. Mystik Spiral and the fashion Club (plus Sam and Chris) trekking around looking for their loved ones and blowing the heads off of anything that gets in their way.[/quote:a4893255d2]\r\n\r\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in full commando mode, leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\r\n\r\n\r\nThat would be [size=26:a4893255d2][color=red:a4893255d2][b:a4893255d2][i:a4893255d2]AWESOME!!![/b:a4893255d2][/i:a4893255d2][/color:a4893255d2][/size:a4893255d2]'),(245812,'7c41b7cbd8','','[quote:7c41b7cbd8=\"Reese Kaine\"]Before I went to bed last night, I found out that the test IS solvable.\r\n\r\nThe way the answers were formed...........oh god.............but yeah, when you correctly complete the test, it will say SOLVED in giant letters over top of the questions.[/quote:7c41b7cbd8]\r\n\r\nCome on then Dungeon Master!\r\n\r\nWhat is the route through the maize!!!'),(245813,'5ee0abdbd7','','[quote:5ee0abdbd7=\"Eccles\"][quote:5ee0abdbd7=\"Reese Kaine\"]Before I went to bed last night, I found out that the test IS solvable.\r\n\r\nThe way the answers were formed...........oh god.............but yeah, when you correctly complete the test, it will say SOLVED in giant letters over top of the questions.[/quote:5ee0abdbd7]\r\n\r\nCome on then Dungeon Master!\r\n\r\nWhat is the route through the maize!!![/quote:5ee0abdbd7]\r\n\r\nWhile working your way through the maize, do you get to hear music by Helpful Corn? :D'),(245814,'820f5f596f','','[quote:820f5f596f=\"cyde\"][quote:820f5f596f=\"Eccles\"][quote:820f5f596f=\"Reese Kaine\"]Before I went to bed last night, I found out that the test IS solvable.\r\n\r\nThe way the answers were formed...........oh god.............but yeah, when you correctly complete the test, it will say SOLVED in giant letters over top of the questions.[/quote:820f5f596f]\r\n\r\nCome on then Dungeon Master!\r\n\r\nWhat is the route through the maize!!![/quote:820f5f596f]\r\n\r\nWhile working your way through the maize, do you get to hear music by Helpful Corn? :D[/quote:820f5f596f]\r\n\r\nNo this isn\'t the [url=http://www.yorkmaze.com/pages/index.html]York Maize Maze[/url]'),(245815,'44eb1cfce3','','TheEleventy, I actually agree with you. I find women with smaller breasts much more attractive, partly because large breasts tend to get in the way. Although they are helpful at times. I can carry 24 Subway sauce bottles into the back room at once simply by using my bosom to balance the load, which no one else at my work can do. It\'s convenient, but I DO end up with sauce streaks in unfortunate places :lol:'),(245816,'40818fbb1f','','[quote:40818fbb1f=\"cyde\"][quote:40818fbb1f=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]Story-wise that would be pretty cool. Mystik Spiral and the fashion Club (plus Sam and Chris) trekking around looking for their loved ones and blowing the heads off of anything that gets in their way.[/quote:40818fbb1f]\r\n\r\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in full commando mode, leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\r\n\r\n\r\nThat would be [size=26:40818fbb1f][color=red:40818fbb1f][b:40818fbb1f][i:40818fbb1f]AWESOME!!![/b:40818fbb1f][/i:40818fbb1f][/color:40818fbb1f][/size:40818fbb1f][/quote:40818fbb1f]\r\n\r\n\r\nUntil Jake looked up into a grove of trees and SCREAMED as a horde of squirrels in blue uniforms (with some in red with white trim) come running out from the trees yelling, at the top of their little squirrel voices:\r\n\r\n\r\n[u:40818fbb1f][size=27:40818fbb1f][color=red:40818fbb1f][b:40818fbb1f]\"COBRRRAAAA!!!\"[/b:40818fbb1f][/color:40818fbb1f][/size:40818fbb1f][/u:40818fbb1f]'),(245817,'3401a00097','','[quote:3401a00097=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]That said, I\'m not satisfied with this scene as it stands. I wanted it to move from a straightforward comic tone to a blackly comic but brief bit of bullying and finally to a comic/sardonic tone as Daria and Jane are resigned to make an even more atrocious poster than Mr. O\'Neill\'s first revision. The section with Vitale goes on too long and relies too much on how a reader might deliver the lines (as indicated by the italics, bolds, and changes in point size) than the content; what follows with Daria and Jane is too short.[/quote:3401a00097]\r\n[[i:3401a00097]throws self forward and grabs SMacG by the ankles[/i:3401a00097]]\r\n[b:3401a00097]NO! NO, DON\'T CHANGE A THING! PERFECT! DON\'T TOUCH IT! DON\'T SECOND-GUESS IT! DON\'T GUILD THE LILY! YOU NAILED IT![/b:3401a00097] :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :idea: :!: :arrow: :?: :!: :idea: :idea:'),(245819,'27ad02deed','','[quote:27ad02deed=\"The Angst Guy\"][quote:27ad02deed=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]That said, I\'m not satisfied with this scene as it stands. I wanted it to move from a straightforward comic tone to a blackly comic but brief bit of bullying and finally to a comic/sardonic tone as Daria and Jane are resigned to make an even more atrocious poster than Mr. O\'Neill\'s first revision. The section with Vitale goes on too long and relies too much on how a reader might deliver the lines (as indicated by the italics, bolds, and changes in point size) than the content; what follows with Daria and Jane is too short.[/quote:27ad02deed]\r\n[[i:27ad02deed]throws self forward and grabs SMacG by the ankles[/i:27ad02deed]]\r\n[b:27ad02deed]NO! NO, DON\'T CHANGE A THING! PERFECT! DON\'T TOUCH IT! DON\'T SECOND-GUESS IT! DON\'T GUILD THE LILY! YOU NAILED IT![/b:27ad02deed] :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :idea: :!: :arrow: :?: :!: :idea: :idea:[/quote:27ad02deed]\r\n\r\n\r\nWow, TAG. I need to take lessons from you on how to convince Snips to not change things about his work. :lol: :lol: :lol:'),(245820,'74ab03ba48','','[quote:74ab03ba48=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:74ab03ba48=\"cyde\"][quote:74ab03ba48=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]Story-wise that would be pretty cool. Mystik Spiral and the fashion Club (plus Sam and Chris) trekking around looking for their loved ones and blowing the heads off of anything that gets in their way.[/quote:74ab03ba48]\r\n\r\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in full commando mode, leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\r\n\r\n\r\nThat would be [size=26:74ab03ba48][color=red:74ab03ba48][b:74ab03ba48][i:74ab03ba48]AWESOME!!![/b:74ab03ba48][/i:74ab03ba48][/color:74ab03ba48][/size:74ab03ba48][/quote:74ab03ba48]\r\n\r\n\r\nUntil Jake looked up into a grove of trees and SCREAMED as a horde of squirrels in blue uniforms (with some in red with white trim) come running out from the trees yelling, at the top of their little squirrel voices:\r\n\r\n\r\n[u:74ab03ba48][size=27:74ab03ba48][color=red:74ab03ba48][b:74ab03ba48]\"COBRRRAAAA!!!\"[/b:74ab03ba48][/color:74ab03ba48][/size:74ab03ba48][/u:74ab03ba48][/quote:74ab03ba48]\r\n\r\nOnce over his surprise, Jake pulled forward his carbine with a snarl. Realizing that the gun was too bulky and his targets too small, Jake fell back on his squirrel contingency plan...\r\n\r\n[quote:74ab03ba48=\"The Jake Morgendoffer Guide to Squirrel Terrorism; Chapter 5: What to do if ambushed.\"]1. One can of Raid.\r\n2. One Zippo lighter.\r\n3. ??????\r\n4. Profit![/quote:74ab03ba48]\r\n\r\n\r\nJake\'s maniacal laughter ensured that history would remember that evening as \"The Night of the Great Squirrel Pogrom\".'),(245821,'4a030f0f28','','[quote:4a030f0f28=\"cyde\"]\r\n\r\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in [b:4a030f0f28]full commando mode[/b:4a030f0f28], leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\r\n\r\n\r\nThat would be [size=26:4a030f0f28][color=red:4a030f0f28][b:4a030f0f28][i:4a030f0f28]AWESOME!!![/b:4a030f0f28][/i:4a030f0f28][/color:4a030f0f28][/size:4a030f0f28][/quote:4a030f0f28]\r\n\r\n\r\nNo underwear? Eeew!'),(245822,'3f00c767f4','','[quote:3f00c767f4=\"cyde\"][quote:3f00c767f4=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:3f00c767f4=\"cyde\"][quote:3f00c767f4=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]Story-wise that would be pretty cool. Mystik Spiral and the fashion Club (plus Sam and Chris) trekking around looking for their loved ones and blowing the heads off of anything that gets in their way.[/quote:3f00c767f4]\r\n\r\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in full commando mode, leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\r\n\r\n\r\nThat would be [size=26:3f00c767f4][color=red:3f00c767f4][b:3f00c767f4][i:3f00c767f4]AWESOME!!![/b:3f00c767f4][/i:3f00c767f4][/color:3f00c767f4][/size:3f00c767f4][/quote:3f00c767f4]\r\n\r\n\r\nUntil Jake looked up into a grove of trees and SCREAMED as a horde of squirrels in blue uniforms (with some in red with white trim) come running out from the trees yelling, at the top of their little squirrel voices:\r\n\r\n\r\n[u:3f00c767f4][size=27:3f00c767f4][color=red:3f00c767f4][b:3f00c767f4]\"COBRRRAAAA!!!\"[/b:3f00c767f4][/color:3f00c767f4][/size:3f00c767f4][/u:3f00c767f4][/quote:3f00c767f4]\r\n\r\nOnce over his surprise, Jake pulled forward his carbine with a snarl. Realizing that the gun was too bulky and his targets too small, Jake fell back on his squirrel contingency plan...\r\n\r\n[quote:3f00c767f4=\"The Jake Morgendoffer Guide to Squirrel Terrorism; Chapter 5: What to do if ambushed.\"]1. One can of Raid.\r\n2. One Zippo lighter.\r\n3. ??????\r\n4. Profit![/quote:3f00c767f4]\r\n\r\n\r\nJake\'s maniacal laughter ensured that history would remember that evening as \"The Night of the Great Squirrel Pogrom\".[/quote:3f00c767f4]\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=18:3f00c767f4][b:3f00c767f4]NO MAS! NO MAS! YOU WIN!!![/b:3f00c767f4][/size:3f00c767f4]\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:'),(245823,'98c7459d8a','','A canoe, a very secluded spring run, a grassy patch of shoreline and a picnic lunch...'),(245824,'a733779121','','[quote:a733779121=\"echopapa\"][quote:a733779121=\"cyde\"]\r\n\r\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in [b:a733779121]full commando mode[/b:a733779121], leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\r\n\r\n\r\nThat would be [size=26:a733779121][color=red:a733779121][b:a733779121][i:a733779121]AWESOME!!![/b:a733779121][/i:a733779121][/color:a733779121][/size:a733779121][/quote:a733779121]\r\n\r\n\r\nNo underwear? Eeew![/quote:a733779121]\r\n\r\nThis [i:a733779121]is[/i:a733779121] Jake we\'re talking about. We all know he\'s a little... how shall I put this... eccentric. :lol:'),(245825,'3fff6a2ef0','','[quote:3fff6a2ef0=\"atimnie\"]I think Stars actually turned into Stacy there. :lol:[/quote:3fff6a2ef0]\r\n\r\nReally? I was going for a more of a Jerry Seinfeld kinda feel.\r\n\r\nI have to admit though that I don\'t really think that Stacy is actually perfect, but it\'s just that her imperfections are what causes me to see her in all of her humanity and find her all the more perfect for it, if that makes sense.'),(245826,'4df86518f4','','[i:4df86518f4]Nevermind[/i:4df86518f4] by Nirvana\r\n[i:4df86518f4]Urban Hymns[/i:4df86518f4] by The Verve\r\n\r\n1990\'s classics never die.'),(245827,'3c4365b060','','[quote:3c4365b060=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:3c4365b060=\"cyde\"][quote:3c4365b060=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:3c4365b060=\"cyde\"][quote:3c4365b060=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]Story-wise that would be pretty cool. Mystik Spiral and the fashion Club (plus Sam and Chris) trekking around looking for their loved ones and blowing the heads off of anything that gets in their way.[/quote:3c4365b060]\r\n\r\nThe third arc of the story would have to be Jake in full commando mode, leopard crawling through the brush with a bloodied hunting knife between his teeth and a carbine in his hands, his shirtsleeves ripped off and a bandanna tied around his greasepainted forehead.\r\n\r\n\r\nThat would be [size=26:3c4365b060][color=red:3c4365b060][b:3c4365b060][i:3c4365b060]AWESOME!!![/b:3c4365b060][/i:3c4365b060][/color:3c4365b060][/size:3c4365b060][/quote:3c4365b060]\r\n\r\n\r\nUntil Jake looked up into a grove of trees and SCREAMED as a horde of squirrels in blue uniforms (with some in red with white trim) come running out from the trees yelling, at the top of their little squirrel voices:\r\n\r\n\r\n[u:3c4365b060][size=27:3c4365b060][color=red:3c4365b060][b:3c4365b060]\"COBRRRAAAA!!!\"[/b:3c4365b060][/color:3c4365b060][/size:3c4365b060][/u:3c4365b060][/quote:3c4365b060]\r\n\r\nOnce over his surprise, Jake pulled forward his carbine with a snarl. Realizing that the gun was too bulky and his targets too small, Jake fell back on his squirrel contingency plan...\r\n\r\n[quote:3c4365b060=\"The Jake Morgendoffer Guide to Squirrel Terrorism; Chapter 5: What to do if ambushed.\"]1. One can of Raid.\r\n2. One Zippo lighter.\r\n3. ??????\r\n4. Profit![/quote:3c4365b060]\r\n\r\n\r\nJake\'s maniacal laughter ensured that history would remember that evening as \"The Night of the Great Squirrel Pogrom\".[/quote:3c4365b060]\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=18:3c4365b060][b:3c4365b060]NO MAS! NO MAS! YOU WIN!!![/b:3c4365b060][/size:3c4365b060]\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote:3c4365b060]\r\n\r\n*takes a small bow*\r\n\r\nLet\'s hear it for round robin proto-angst! (Of course, the version of \"history\" we refer to is that of the squirrels. The fact that Jake merely got a bit overzealous about defending himself against the [i:3c4365b060]big, bad squirrels[/i:3c4365b060] is of little consequence. (Jake is a lousy spin doctor - it\'s a shame Helen had to go and die from all that radiation...))'),(245828,'d979ffc6cf','','[quote:d979ffc6cf=\"RLobinske\"]A canoe, a very secluded spring run, a grassy patch of shoreline and a picnic lunch...[/quote:d979ffc6cf]\r\n\r\nYou will never know how envious of you I sometimes am... damn normal people... :)'),(245829,'278cfdf415','','[quote:278cfdf415=\"ahmygoddess\"]the music that moves me is the music I listened to in my youth because it drove me. And it drives me still.[/quote:278cfdf415]\r\n\r\nI feel the same way most of the time, and I\'m only twentytwo! :o But I still keep an eye (ear?) on new music that I like, as well as make sure to buy all the 1990\'s classics I missed. I own very very few albums from the 1980\'s and whenever I play them the feeling is so different and vintage. I wish bands could still make albums like that without sounding too retro. I can\'t really identify with albums that were released before the 1980\'s though, because I wasn\'t alive at the time. I guess it\'s just part of my very Luke Haines-inspired philosophy of \"destroying your record collection\".'),(245830,'db265dd6e3','','[quote:db265dd6e3=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:db265dd6e3=\"ahmygoddess\"]Au contraire, mon ami. \"Ditz\" is a very powerful word that throws into a spotlight not only behavior, but a mindset of a woman (and it is not used for men; they\'re just called \'stupid\'). Specifically, a ditz goes into the world at full pace without the first clue, eyes wide open and seeing nothing. One thing she does realize is that if she pokes her tits forward just a bit, her brainlessness does not have to be accounted for, as hormonal males will temporarily think for her. So long as she has her car keys (and that is a frightening thought) and can get home, she\'ll be OK.[/quote:db265dd6e3]\r\n\r\nSo basically \"ditz\" means \"a stupid girl whose stupidity is forgiven due to her good looks\"? That\'s just horrible. \r\n[/quote:db265dd6e3]\r\n\r\n\r\nNo - it\'s how Textbook Canon Stacy kept from getting the Baldwin Brothers Treatment, Canada-Style (as shown in [i:db265dd6e3]South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut[/i:db265dd6e3])! \r\n\r\nIf Stacy didn\'t have that pretty face, the slender form, the very nice hair and those b**w-job lips, she\'d have been tossed down a well the first time she had one of those stupid panic attacks!\r\n\r\nShe\'s a DITZ! Doesn\'t mean you have to stop liking her or even see that quality in her (how many of us are stunned when we stop to think how the people who care about us STILL manage to do so with some of the things we do in full view of the public?), but she is!\r\n\r\n(P.S. - did you see the updated Stacy entry over at the Daria Wiki?)'),(245831,'d0eb20e69e','','[quote:d0eb20e69e=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:d0eb20e69e=\"ahmygoddess\"]the music that moves me is the music I listened to in my youth because it drove me. And it drives me still.[/quote:d0eb20e69e]\r\n\r\nI feel the same way most of the time, and I\'m only twentytwo! :o But I still keep an eye (ear?) on new music that I like, as well as make sure to buy all the 1990\'s classics I missed. I own very very few albums from the 1980\'s and whenever I play them the feeling is so different and vintage. I wish bands could still make albums like that without sounding too retro. I can\'t really identify with albums that were released before the 1980\'s though, because I wasn\'t alive at the time. I guess it\'s just part of my very Luke Haines-inspired philosophy of \"destroying your record collection\".[/quote:d0eb20e69e]\r\n\r\nDon\'t be afraid to look back, there\'s a lot of good music out there.\r\n\r\n(While listening to the [i:d0eb20e69e]Simple Gifts[/i:d0eb20e69e] theme in Copeland\'s [i:d0eb20e69e]Appalachian Spring[/i:d0eb20e69e])'),(245832,'515e706898','','[quote:515e706898=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:515e706898=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:515e706898=\"ahmygoddess\"]Au contraire, mon ami. \"Ditz\" is a very powerful word that throws into a spotlight not only behavior, but a mindset of a woman (and it is not used for men; they\'re just called \'stupid\'). Specifically, a ditz goes into the world at full pace without the first clue, eyes wide open and seeing nothing. One thing she does realize is that if she pokes her tits forward just a bit, her brainlessness does not have to be accounted for, as hormonal males will temporarily think for her. So long as she has her car keys (and that is a frightening thought) and can get home, she\'ll be OK.[/quote:515e706898]\r\n\r\nSo basically \"ditz\" means \"a stupid girl whose stupidity is forgiven due to her good looks\"? That\'s just horrible. \r\n[/quote:515e706898]\r\n\r\n\r\nNo - it\'s how Textbook Canon Stacy kept from getting the Baldwin Brothers Treatment, Canada-Style (as shown in [i:515e706898]South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut[/i:515e706898])! \r\n\r\nIf Stacy didn\'t have that pretty face, the slender form, the very nice hair and those b**w-job lips, she\'d have been tossed down a well the first time she had one of those stupid panic attacks!\r\n\r\nShe\'s a DITZ! Doesn\'t mean you have to stop liking her or even see that quality in her (how many of us are stunned when we stop to think how the people who care about us STILL manage to do so with some of the things we do in full view of the public?), but she is!\r\n\r\n(P.S. - did you see the updated Stacy entry over at the Daria Wiki?)[/quote:515e706898]\r\n\r\n*surfs over to look before it gets vandalized* :wink:\r\n\r\n\r\nActually, that\'s pretty cool, BG. I like the additional info 8)'),(245833,'56ff648cc0','','Ouch, Nat. I had my braces put on right before my sixteenth birthday and wore them for 4 years, 6 months and two days. I had them for that long because my canine teeth refused to descend. I had to have my baby ones extracted at age 12 and had no canines for 7 years afterwards. \r\n\r\nI had all four of my wisdom teeth out at the same time 3 years ago, and my mouth still hurts back there. I think the jerk screwed something up. I have holes in the back of my lower jaw, and I can\'t eat certain foods (like peanuts) without getting pieces painfully stuck in the holes.\r\n\r\nHeh...I\'m sure that won\'t happen to you. Sorry. I hate people who tell horror stories about something you\'re just about to have done.'),(245834,'c9b74f8429','','[quote:c9b74f8429=\"Brother Grimace\"](P.S. - did you see the updated Stacy entry over at the Daria Wiki?)[/quote:c9b74f8429]\r\n\r\nSaw it and enjoyed it, although I would remove \"kick the cat syndrome\", but not without your permission, just because there is no such syndrome in existence. But my point being that you contradict yourself. In the Character Survivor thread you had last year Stacy won big time, much thanks to you, because you said that you saw her as smart. It\'s impossible that you changed your mind just because of me. My objection to the word ditz goes way before my days in the fandom, be it actively or passively. From any possible perspective, Stacy is an intelligent girl who obviously knows more about fashion than I\'ll ever know about British alternative music or James Joyce. Just because her field of interest is sometimes perceived as \"superficial\" doesn\'t make her \"a girl whose stupidity is forgiven by her good looks\", or \"a ditz\". Brittany is the one Daria character closest to this definition, but all in all, ditz is a derogatory word for girls and for women. It\'s more of a feminist issue than a Stacy issue for me, just because this word cancels all of the good qualities in a girl based on her intelligence, or lack of.\r\n\r\nOff topic: I do wonder what would the South Park movie be like was it made in the 2000\'s. \"Blame Avril, blame Avril, she\'s not even a real singer anyway!\" :lol:'),(245835,'359e41a720','','[quote:359e41a720=\"CharlieGirl\"]TheEleventy, I actually agree with you. I find women with smaller breasts much more attractive, partly because large breasts tend to get in the way. Although they are helpful at times. I can carry 24 Subway sauce bottles into the back room at once simply by using my bosom to balance the load, which no one else at my work can do. It\'s convenient, but I DO end up with sauce streaks in unfortunate places :lol:[/quote:359e41a720]\r\nAlways the practical one. :lol:'),(245836,'1bd6751781','','Daria & co. best be careful.'),(245837,'ee1fe05da6','','[quote:ee1fe05da6=\"cyde\"]Change would be difficult and laborious and, frankly, most people have no incentive to learn a different way of doing it.[/quote:ee1fe05da6]\r\nEvery country that\'s made the change has said the same thing. \"We\'ll all be rooned!\", \"It\'s too hard!\", \"The old folks\'ll never understand it\", etc. When it happens - whaddaya know - it was all so simple.\r\n\r\nBut back on topic, petrol\'s approaching A$1.50 a litre here now.\r\n\r\nDoes anyone find it strange that, now we pwn Iraq, and the price per barrel of crude is way lower than it was before we pwned Iraq, that petrol\'s more expensive than it\'s ever been? Gee. How puzzling!'),(245838,'4ef2d7244d','','[quote:4ef2d7244d=\"smk\"]Yeah, wisdom teeth removal is [i:4ef2d7244d]such[/i:4ef2d7244d] a fun process. But since you have yet to go through it, I won\'t tell my story.[/quote:4ef2d7244d]\r\n\r\nWas it [i:4ef2d7244d]that[/i:4ef2d7244d] bad? I\'m already scared. \r\n\r\n[quote:4ef2d7244d=\"RLobinske\"]Make sure you get soup that you really like. When you have the wisdom teeth pulled, make sure that you follow directions to protect the socket until it properly heals, and try to avoid catching a cold or being around anything the induces allergic sneezing. You don\'t want a dry socket, trust me.[/quote:4ef2d7244d]\r\n\r\nSounds painful. I\'ll have that in mind.'),(245839,'b01bab3263','','[quote:b01bab3263=\"Teeki\"]\r\nI had all four of my wisdom teeth out at the same time 3 years ago, and my mouth still hurts back there. I think the jerk screwed something up. I have holes in the back of my lower jaw, and I can\'t eat certain foods (like peanuts) without getting pieces painfully stuck in the holes.\r\n\r\nHeh...I\'m sure that won\'t happen to you. Sorry. I hate people who tell horror stories about something you\'re just about to have done.[/quote:b01bab3263]\r\n\r\n*grins a grin that could put Mr. Green to shame.*\r\n\r\n :lol:'),(245840,'1830d2a1f8','','It\'s Ron Weasley from Potter Puppet Pals--the \"hidden episode\":\r\n\r\n\"Follow the butterflies, follow the butterflies. Wheeee!\"'),(245841,'852c6f505f','','[quote:852c6f505f=\"Dervish\"]That\'s not to say it could never happen. Vietnam not only kicked our butts, but then gave China the what-for.[/quote:852c6f505f]\r\nNo no no!!! We won! We declared victory! We\'d successfully Vietnamized Viet Nam, and made a stragetic withdrawal!'),(245842,'a3560f9c7d','beta read request','My best friend and I are currently working on a non-[i:a3560f9c7d]Daria[/i:a3560f9c7d] screenplay. We\'ve nearly finished the first act, and we\'d really appreciate good critiques (especially since we already have an interested director, so we need it to be as good as we can get it). Any and all opinions will be welcome, but we really want people with screenwriting experience, since they will be able to critique structure as well as content, and have an idea of what looks good on screen as well as on paper.'),(245843,'ff8cdd7733','','[quote:ff8cdd7733=\"Deref\"]\r\n\r\nBut back on topic, petrol\'s approaching A$1.50 a litre here now.\r\n\r\nDoes anyone find it strange that, now we pwn Iraq, and the price per barrel of crude is way lower than it was before we pwned Iraq, that petrol\'s more expensive than it\'s ever been? Gee. How puzzling![/quote:ff8cdd7733]\r\n\r\nI try not to look at the pricetag. I just pay what I have, pump that much gas and keep my head down, firmly in denial.\r\n\r\nOH MY GOD GAS IS TOO EXPENSIVE!!! :cry: \r\n\r\n\r\n[size=8:ff8cdd7733]Something had to give...[/size:ff8cdd7733]'),(245844,'ba6c4b628a','','[quote:ba6c4b628a=\"Eccles\"]I also hope that you start your opening lecture to a new class with the classic opening from H2G2.\r\n\r\n[quote:ba6c4b628a=\"Douglas Adams - The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy\"][size=9:ba6c4b628a][i:ba6c4b628a]Space is big. You just won\'t believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it\'s a long way down the road to the chemist\'s, but that\'s just peanuts to space. [/i:ba6c4b628a][/size:ba6c4b628a][/quote:ba6c4b628a][/quote:ba6c4b628a]\r\n\r\nI don\'t open with that quote, but I do use it. :D'),(245845,'f512820a83','','[quote:f512820a83=\"Teeki\"]I had them for that long because my canine teeth refused to descend.[/quote:f512820a83]\r\n\r\nF*ck! That\'s exactly what I have. :shock: I was told though, that a year and a few months should be enough. Every treatment is different. \r\n\r\n[quote:f512820a83=\"Teeki\"]I had to have my baby ones extracted at age 12 and had no canines for 7 years afterwards.[/quote:f512820a83]\r\n\r\nOuch. Hell, no. They\'re not going to do that to me. The doctor says he\'s going to wait a couple of months into treatment to take the baby ones out, so that the adult canines can come out at the same time. \r\n\r\n[quote:f512820a83=\"Teeki\"]I had all four of my wisdom teeth out at the same time 3 years ago, and my mouth still hurts back there. I think the jerk screwed something up. I have holes in the back of my lower jaw, and I can\'t eat certain foods (like peanuts) without getting pieces painfully stuck in the holes.[/quote:f512820a83]\r\n\r\nDamn. Well, I\'m freaked out because my wisdom teeth are not even out yet, but my mum has known this doctor for over 30 years. I trust him. \r\n\r\n[quote:f512820a83=\"Teeki\"]Heh...I\'m sure that won\'t happen to you. Sorry. I hate people who tell horror stories about something you\'re just about to have done.[/quote:f512820a83]\r\n\r\nActually, I want to know what to expect. That\'s why I posted this in the first place. :)'),(245846,'4f2039a120','','[quote:4f2039a120=\"Tim Bateman\"]TheEleventy: \r\n[quote:4f2039a120]Another thing: Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you? \r\n\r\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:4f2039a120]\r\n\r\nI wouldn\'t serve if I thought that this was the sort of thing I\'d come back to. [/quote:4f2039a120]\r\nFew people would. So who does? The uneducated poor, for whom it\'s better than no job; the far right Shrub supporters; the would-be Rambos who believe Hollywood\'s fairy tales and like the idea of being \"dangerous\". Others?'),(245847,'a13c6c8ed4','','[quote:a13c6c8ed4=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:a13c6c8ed4=\"starmeshelion\"]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:a13c6c8ed4]\r\n\r\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:a13c6c8ed4]we just don\'t care[/b:a13c6c8ed4]. \r\n\r\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:a13c6c8ed4]\r\n\r\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?'),(245848,'ad3a95ddff','','[quote:ad3a95ddff=\"Quiverwing\"]\r\nActually, I want to know what to expect. That\'s why I posted this in the first place. :)[/quote:ad3a95ddff]\r\n\r\nSince it involves teeth, Murphy\'s Law states to expect dentures.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=9:ad3a95ddff]No, not really. It\'ll probably go better than all the work I\'ve had to have done.[/size:ad3a95ddff]\r\n\r\n;)'),(245849,'605f6b07be','','[quote:605f6b07be=\"Doggieboy\"][quote:605f6b07be=\"Dervish\"]If you like the show, you\'ll probably like the books. They\'re more lighthearted, more like the early shows. I\'ve found \'em really good for background materials in fanfics I make.[/quote:605f6b07be]\r\n\r\nDitto. To me, they\'re just plain fun to read.[/quote:605f6b07be]\r\n\r\nYeah, they\'re a lot of fun, and great for writing fanfic (background info and story ideas). I\'d say they\'re worth searching out, and I got my used copies cheap on Amazon.'),(245850,'cc7dc3bcbd','','[quote:cc7dc3bcbd=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:cc7dc3bcbd=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:cc7dc3bcbd=\"starmeshelion\"]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:cc7dc3bcbd]\r\n\r\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:cc7dc3bcbd]we just don\'t care[/b:cc7dc3bcbd]. \r\n\r\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:cc7dc3bcbd]\r\n\r\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:cc7dc3bcbd]\r\n\r\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\r\n\r\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. :('),(245851,'e7ee1351c7','','[quote:e7ee1351c7=\"atimnie\"]Youth ends when you put together a list of your favorite 100 songs, and none of them are from the current decade.[/quote:e7ee1351c7]\r\n\r\nThen my youth ended around age twelve.'),(245852,'356ea9ba5e','','[quote:356ea9ba5e=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:356ea9ba5e=\"atimnie\"]Youth ends when you put together a list of your favorite 100 songs, and none of them are from the current decade.[/quote:356ea9ba5e]\r\n\r\nThen my youth ended around age twelve.[/quote:356ea9ba5e]\r\n\r\nI\'ll drink to that...'),(245853,'564d105ee4','','[quote:564d105ee4=\"The Morgendorffing Muppet\"][quote:564d105ee4=\"E. A. Smith\"]You can see it in action in [b:564d105ee4]the video from the first Georgia Dariacon[/b:564d105ee4]; it\'s the guitar Deref is playing.[/quote:564d105ee4]\r\nWhere can I find this?[/quote:564d105ee4]\r\n\r\nMartinUK used to have it posted on his site, but I think it was taken down long ago.'),(245854,'5dfc54ea16','','The loony has revised his [url=http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2007/06/05/judge_now_wants_just_54m_from_cleaner/]lawsuit[/url] slightly. He now wants *only* $54 million. :roll: \r\n\r\n[quote:5dfc54ea16]He is now focusing his claims on signs in the shop that have since been removed. The suit alleges that Jin Nam Chung, Soo Chung and Ki Chung committed fraud and misled consumers with signs that claimed \"Satisfaction Guaranteed\" and \"Same Day Service.\"\r\n\r\nBut Chris Manning, the Chungs\' attorney, says that can be considered fraud only if the signs misled a \"reasonable\" person. No [b:5dfc54ea16]reasonable person[/b:5dfc54ea16], he says, would interpret them to be an unconditional promise of satisfaction.[/quote:5dfc54ea16]\r\nObviously, we aren\'t dealing with a reasonable person.'),(245855,'75a5b3619c','','[quote:75a5b3619c=\"cyde\"][quote:75a5b3619c=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:75a5b3619c=\"Dervish\"]Why do I like the music I like? Just because. I find that like \"Why do you like the food you like to eat.\" And this goes for \"why it\'s better.\" Natch, that\'s better \"for me.\"[/quote:75a5b3619c]\r\n\r\nExactly. I don\'t think I can explain why I like what I like. I just do. \r\n\r\nThis reminds me of a video I was watching last night. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEq1DOg-abM]Guns N\' Roses in one of the best performances of \"It\'s So Easy\" live I\'ve seen, IMO.[/url] Hell, that video is orgasmic to me. They make me want to have a time machine to go back to 1988 and watch them play. THAT was the real deal. They just rocked. Performances like that remind me why I\'ve been in love with the band since I was 13. I don\'t really know why that band makes me feel that way, they just do.\r\n\r\nToo bad the poster ruined the video with those ****ing beeps. The swearing is the best part. :P[/quote:75a5b3619c]\r\n\r\n80s metal, eh? So, do you like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmPD6-vNVY]Mega[/url][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEHNvxkVvqc]deth[/url]?:D :D[/quote:75a5b3619c]\r\n\r\nI was never a fan, but they have cool songs. Now, Guns N\' Roses are the music love of my life. :)'),(245856,'6901d23174','','[quote:6901d23174=\"cyde\"][quote:6901d23174=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:6901d23174=\"atimnie\"]Youth ends when you put together a list of your favorite 100 songs, and none of them are from the current decade.[/quote:6901d23174]\r\n\r\nThen my youth ended around age twelve.[/quote:6901d23174]\r\n\r\nI\'ll drink to that...[/quote:6901d23174]\r\n\r\n :lol:'),(245857,'1a0e6745cc','','[quote:1a0e6745cc=\"cyde\"][quote:1a0e6745cc=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:1a0e6745cc=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:1a0e6745cc=\"starmeshelion\"]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:1a0e6745cc]\r\n\r\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:1a0e6745cc]we just don\'t care[/b:1a0e6745cc]. \r\n\r\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:1a0e6745cc]\r\n\r\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:1a0e6745cc]\r\n\r\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\r\n\r\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. :([/quote:1a0e6745cc]\r\n\r\n\r\nThen masturbate to that celebrity\'s image like a norman person, and stop bugging the hell out of the rest of us with \'Why, why, why\'!\r\n\r\n (still annoyed about not being able to render extinct many species of spiders and other bugs... and taking it out on others. It\'ll pass.)'),(245858,'ffbcabc317','','[quote:ffbcabc317=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:ffbcabc317=\"cyde\"][quote:ffbcabc317=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:ffbcabc317=\"Dervish\"]Why do I like the music I like? Just because. I find that like \"Why do you like the food you like to eat.\" And this goes for \"why it\'s better.\" Natch, that\'s better \"for me.\"[/quote:ffbcabc317]\r\n\r\nExactly. I don\'t think I can explain why I like what I like. I just do. \r\n\r\nThis reminds me of a video I was watching last night. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEq1DOg-abM]Guns N\' Roses in one of the best performances of \"It\'s So Easy\" live I\'ve seen, IMO.[/url] Hell, that video is orgasmic to me. They make me want to have a time machine to go back to 1988 and watch them play. THAT was the real deal. They just rocked. Performances like that remind me why I\'ve been in love with the band since I was 13. I don\'t really know why that band makes me feel that way, they just do.\r\n\r\nToo bad the poster ruined the video with those ****ing beeps. The swearing is the best part. :P[/quote:ffbcabc317]\r\n\r\n80s metal, eh? So, do you like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmPD6-vNVY]Mega[/url][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEHNvxkVvqc]deth[/url]?:D :D[/quote:ffbcabc317]\r\n\r\nI was never a fan, but they have cool songs. Now, Guns N\' Roses are the music love of my life. :)[/quote:ffbcabc317]\r\n\r\nI was in my second year of college, and half-asleep in my dorm room when I heard \'Welcome To The Jungle\' for the first time.\r\n\r\nI can still remember the \'WTF were you smoking?\' dream I had because of it. Definitly fodder for a dream sequene in a film someday. \r\n\r\nThe giant column of white flame that leaped into the air from the heard of the bombed-out city to transform from a giant bird of flame, to a giant skeleton and then to a howling wolf of white flame overhead were really interesting visuals... :shock:'),(245859,'6300240973','','Go to Amazon.com. You should be able to get them for a song. (I only paid $1.00 for [i:6300240973]The Daria Database[/i:6300240973]. :D )'),(245860,'c0b2955723','','[quote:c0b2955723=\"Gregor Samsa\"]Byrds: [i:c0b2955723]Turn! Turn! Turn![/i:c0b2955723][/quote:c0b2955723]\r\n\r\nThat\'s the only one of the Byrds\' first five albums I was never able to get into. All the rest are fantastic, though.'),(245861,'f39c7426af','','[quote:f39c7426af=\"Quiverwing\"]Funny you...\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Eric, why don\'t you get me a soda?\" \r\n\r\n :P[/quote:f39c7426af]\r\n\r\nActually, I was referring to stars. I would [i:f39c7426af]never[/i:f39c7426af] think of calling you Quinn (and I mean that in a good way). :)'),(245862,'11afd8bbfc','','So you people actually think that my posts sound like Stacy and Quinn? :shock: \r\n\r\nBut yeah, I\'m the true Quinn of the board. Whenever something bad happens to me, I just use it to make myself more popular. :D'),(245863,'cf33e57076','','I wonder if this\'ll make the cops tone down the violence a little? If they don\'t care about assaulting suspects, they might care about accidentally assaulting a soldier on leave and looking like wankers when everyone finds out.'),(245864,'ef47825674','','[quote:ef47825674=\"starmeshelion\"]So you people actually think that my posts sound like Stacy and Quinn? :shock: \r\n\r\nBut yeah, I\'m the true Quinn of the board. Whenever something bad happens to me, I just use it to make myself more popular. :D[/quote:ef47825674]\r\n\r\nOh, yes. \"Popular\" in the Upchuck sense of the term. :mrgreen:'),(245865,'1bb7b501b8','','My best friend and I have spent many, many hours of discussion on this question, trying to understand each others\' tastes as well as our own, and it still remains a difficult question to answer. I listen to music that makes me think, music that makes me feel, music that brings me up, music that brings me down. I might listen to one artist for one reason, and listen to another for the exact opposite.\r\n\r\nMaybe the best way to approach it is by genre. The genre of music I listen to the most is progressive rock. I love it for its complexity, which keeps my mind interested, even when a single song goes on for half an hour or more. I love it for its deep and intellectual lyrics, which give me something to think about long after the song is over. I love it because it takes me on a journey through different headspaces and moods, making me feel like I\'m soaring and wheeling through the notes. I love it for its epic feel, which makes my spirit swell with grandeur. Put all of these together, and prog rock excites me like no other kind of music. Progressive and power metal also fit into this category; which I listen to depends upon the mood I am in at the time.\r\n\r\nI also enjoy a lot of folk and traditional music, in many ways for the opposite reasons than I enjoy prog. Folk calms me down and sooths me with simple melodies and instrumentation. It speaks to the emotional side of my soul, instead of the intellectual side. It can make me cry or laugh, and take me away from my daily stresses. Also, for one raised in a region where family and historical ties are everything, folk and traditional music gives me a connection to my past, and I find it reassuring to be enjoying the same kind of music as my people have for generations.\r\n\r\nFinally, the third genre I would list as my favorite is Celtic music. To me, Celtic music is pure joy, or pure melancholy. Of all the kinds of dance music out there, an Irish jig or reel is the only kind that makes me actually want to get up and move my feet. Quite simply, it makes me purely happy. And a Celtic ballad is the most beautifully melancholy sound on the Earth to me, tugging at my heartstrings and making me feel the cathartic pain. Even when sung in a language I don\'t (yet) understand, Celtic music speaks to my heart like no other.\r\n\r\nI could say more -- I could type for days and not fully describe my love for music -- but I\'ll leave it there.'),(245866,'b57329b690','','[quote:b57329b690=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:b57329b690=\"cyde\"][quote:b57329b690=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:b57329b690=\"Dervish\"]Why do I like the music I like? Just because. I find that like \"Why do you like the food you like to eat.\" And this goes for \"why it\'s better.\" Natch, that\'s better \"for me.\"[/quote:b57329b690]\r\n\r\nExactly. I don\'t think I can explain why I like what I like. I just do. \r\n\r\nThis reminds me of a video I was watching last night. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEq1DOg-abM]Guns N\' Roses in one of the best performances of \"It\'s So Easy\" live I\'ve seen, IMO.[/url] Hell, that video is orgasmic to me. They make me want to have a time machine to go back to 1988 and watch them play. THAT was the real deal. They just rocked. Performances like that remind me why I\'ve been in love with the band since I was 13. I don\'t really know why that band makes me feel that way, they just do.\r\n\r\nToo bad the poster ruined the video with those ****ing beeps. The swearing is the best part. :P[/quote:b57329b690]\r\n\r\n80s metal, eh? So, do you like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmPD6-vNVY]Mega[/url][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEHNvxkVvqc]deth[/url]?:D :D[/quote:b57329b690]\r\n\r\nI was never a fan, but they have cool songs. Now, Guns N\' Roses are the music love of my life. :)[/quote:b57329b690]\r\n\r\nCool. I\'ve heard Megadeth is pretty big over in Argentina. :D'),(245867,'9a4ed0548e','','Megadeth - \"Hangar 18\"'),(245868,'5833fc1e4e','','I also had some problems with this ending. The original showed the characters acting in ways that made sense to me. We know Helen will not allow someone to screw her daughter over like Ms. Li was doing. Ms. Li\'s actions are clearly wrong and a good lawyer could cause lots of trouble over it. To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school, thus leading to your ending is amusing but other than getting a few laughs at Helen\'s dressing down, what\'s the point? Also, the painting was ruined at the judging. Repainting a picture as elaborate as the one Jane did would take some time. The judges aren\'t going to wait for a week or so to let her repaint it and then award her and Daria first place. If it was an in school contest that Ms. Li was judging that could happen, but not in a multi-school contest. In the original ending Ms. Li wasn\'t trying to get them to redo the painting, she was threatening disciplinary action. If you have Vitale yell at Helen and force her to drop any action against Ms. Li, Daria and Jane should have ended up suspended or in detention or forced into some humiliating activity for the benefit of \"Laaawndale High.\"'),(245869,'6f0b6b719e','','A few small issues :)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:6f0b6b719e=\"brandonoh\"]We know Helen will not allow someone to screw her daughter over like Ms. Li was doing. Ms. Li\'s actions are clearly wrong and a good lawyer could cause lots of trouble over it.[/quote:6f0b6b719e]\r\n [img:6f0b6b719e]http://www.fieldy.org/jimv.jpg[/img:6f0b6b719e]\r\n[quote:6f0b6b719e=\"brandonoh\"]To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school[/quote:6f0b6b719e]\r\nWait. \"Suddenly\"? Was it ever stated in-canon who the school board\'s lawyers were? If not, then it\'s fanon and I have plenty of faith in Snips\' continuum (and his Jim Vitale). :D\r\n[quote:6f0b6b719e=\"brandonoh\"]thus leading to your ending is amusing but other than getting a few laughs at Helen\'s dressing down, what\'s the point?[/quote:6f0b6b719e]\r\nAn ending that the author was satisfied with... as was stated in the foreward. :)\r\n[quote:6f0b6b719e=\"brandonoh\"]Also, the painting was ruined at the judging. Repainting a picture as elaborate as the one Jane did would take some time.[/quote:6f0b6b719e]\r\nI\'d like to see S.C.\'s or SRAs take on this, personally...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nedit: GOD I hate services like imagevenue. :evil: :evil:\r\n\r\nedit edit: [size=7:6f0b6b719e]Really, I just wanted an excuse to make and post the Jim Vitale pic. [/size:6f0b6b719e]'),(245872,'1cc00761d2','','[quote:1cc00761d2=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:1cc00761d2=\"Eccles\"]I also hope that you start your opening lecture to a new class with the classic opening from H2G2.\r\n\r\n[quote:1cc00761d2=\"Douglas Adams - The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy\"][size=9:1cc00761d2][i:1cc00761d2]Space is big. You just won\'t believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it\'s a long way down the road to the chemist\'s, but that\'s just peanuts to space. [/i:1cc00761d2][/size:1cc00761d2][/quote:1cc00761d2][/quote:1cc00761d2]\r\n\r\nI don\'t open with that quote, but I do use it. :D[/quote:1cc00761d2]\r\n\r\nWhen can I take your class?'),(245870,'2b0e3cebfa','L&O parody clip.','Found [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50nF4kfWyms]this parody of L&O:SVU[/url] here, anyone else here watch L&O?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIt was funny to me, I thought it might also be funny to others.'),(245871,'1dc92f0500','','[quote:1dc92f0500=\"TheEleventy\"][quote:1dc92f0500=\"Dervish\"][quote:1dc92f0500=\"TheEleventy\"]Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you?\r\n\r\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:1dc92f0500]\r\n\r\nBtw, I DID serve in a military manner, though I didn\'t join any of the standard military. Nor would I. \'Course in retrospect, I don\'t hold the views of those I was with as I once did, and more importantly, don\'t trust the larger organization. \r\n\r\nAnd joining the military isn\'t the same thing at all as \"serving freedom.\" You might THINK it does, just as I once thought what I did was, but it\'s not in actuality.[/quote:1dc92f0500]Explain. I\'m curious how you served. In other words, I took an oath. I\'m sure if you googled it, you could probably find the exact words enlisted personnel take. And I\'m guessing it\'s probably nothing like what you did.[/quote:1dc92f0500]\r\n\r\nWhat I did is a bit hard to explain..and cautious self-interest dictates that I be brief on this (yeah, this IS brief! :P). In October of 1999, while seriously injured and trying to thumb my way to Oregon by nightfall (and obviously wasn\'t going to make it), I ended up meeting a couple of people. The guy who first approached me is a survivalist and was active in the larger Patriot movement, though (like me) he had a lot of antipathy towards Christianity which meant he didn\'t mesh with them smoothly (the majority of Patriots identifying themselves as Christians, and some who are outright [url=http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14686]Dominionists[/url]). His aunt is the one I call my mentor and she got interested in guns and other means of self-defense and took me to some survivalists and Patriots to help me learn to shoot without registring anywhere (you\'d probably like her, her being a hardcore ecoanarchist wiccan). \r\n\r\nAnyway, on my first day I shot quite a few guns. It was rough at first (I even cried a little when I first fired a shotgun as it was too loud for me, and I contemplated the awful power--and frequent use--of such weapons), but by the time we were done on that day, I manage to score a \"hawkeye\" with an AR-15 (an entire mag dead center). Some orientation. A guy was so impressed that he let me keep it (I ended up giving it back when I moved further south, though in theory I can go get it back any time I want). \r\n\r\nSome of the people there was part of the larger Patriot movement, including a former Ranger who was worried about the looming Y2K possibility. While not every militia member or Patriot person was middle-aged white with military and/or police background, Christian, etc, it seems the majority of them were. Since I was obviously gothic in appearance, living with someone publicly Wiccan, I was openly bisexual (something many patriots don\'t care much for--at least not publicly, but a husband & wife patriot couple both came onto me after I turned 18 eagerly enough), and wore pagan religious symbols, he got inspired. \r\n\r\nWhile I continued to learn to use guns (including in hunting), he decided he\'d train me as something of a wild card. This included handtohand combat, how to scratchbuild my own fireworks (this is when I learned how to make & use napalm, btw), fired a LAW twice (just in case I were to liberate one from an enemy camp one day I\'d have some idea on how it worked, and also what to expect should one ever get used on me), and all kinds of survival skills. This includes in camo, stealth, waiting in place for hours on end (as like a sniper or a spy observing enemy forces), operating while deprived of sufficient sleep and sustenance, more mundane disguise (what was supposed to make me so effective is that NO ONE would even guess that I was with them, let alone had the ability and willingness to kill--plus was the possibility that I could cause damage to 1 or more powerful enemies and frame another enemy and cause the enemies to weaken each other until the side I REALLY worked for could manage to take them on). Because of how in my past I\'d instictively obeyed, or came close to it, when it would\'ve (or was) disastrous to me as I was so scared, he even took to hypnotizing me (and teaching me self-hypnosis) to not only augment everything he taught me (especially in disguise and stealth), but to help me overcome any tendency to obey the commands of those used to weilding authority and getting obedience. Given that Y2K was nigh, he thought it was best, too, to help me learn as much as possible.\r\n\r\nI took no [url=http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/faq/oaths.htm]military oaths[/url] of the USA, though I was expected (including by myself) to uphold the Constitution of the United States, and to defend those ideals from enemies both foreign and domestic (this includes the current US Gov\'t which is seen as acting in defiance of the US Constitution, and thus a domestic enemy that has usurped the Constitution--which includes the military of that said government, btw, though effort is expended on recruiting cops & soldiers, or in having members enlist in those said services--hey, it\'s not just the government that puts agents in place or that engages in conspiracies). \r\n\r\nI also didn\'t get paid. I was to do it \"just because.\" At the time, I considered myself patriotic (to liberty and the Constitution that guarded liberty), honorable, and idealistic, though in retrospect I see myself as fanatical and manipulated (though I was genuinely well-meaning). \r\n\r\nIf you wanna know what idealogy/propaganda I was given, then this book pretty much describes it: [url=http://www.amazon.com/Uncommon-Sense-Real-American-Manifesto/dp/0922356955]Uncommon Sense[/url]. This takes an extreme libertarian position with the US Constitution, though it shies from actual anarchism. It\'s also refreshingly free of Christianity, though it did take a Diest-approach to spirituality. He sounds a bit too much like a preacher, though. At the time I was VERY impressed with it, but (I still have the copy given to me) as I look through it now it\'s not anywhere as impressive as it was upon my first reading of it. (Still has some good stuff in it though.) \r\n\r\n\r\nMy mentor was part of a group of Dianic Wiccans which came together but often operated independently, sometimes in their own covens. Like the patriots, there were a wide variety of people, but almost all were women (a few not all that different from Ms. Barch, though others were pretty different from her), most were somewhat leftist, and I can\'t think of any that weren\'t concerned with the environment (at least one was even a member of Earth First!). Heck, some even defined themselves as socialists. Partly, my mentor thought I would get quite the education by interacting with so many people from so many different backgrounds and it would help me from getting sucked into any one worldview too fanatically. Overall, the Wiccans generally didn\'t trust the Patriots and their idealogical kin, though a few got along with them (my mentor did, though she was viciously attacked by one patriot after she informed him that she was Wiccan in describing how she knew what the pentegram meant and that the red star on the Californian flag was NOT satanic or communist). She also thought that her Dianic circle and fellow hippies were in more danger than the rightwing militias (who she said were generally left alone as long as the patriots didn\'t brag about evading taxes, the feds were much more interested in the environmental activists, including teen tree sitters) but that those same militias just might come to their defense if a reason they could understand was given for them to do so (that is, she hoped they might be used to help her side).\r\n\r\nAnyway, especially disturbed that I was being hypnotized, they also took to teaching me methods for self-hypnosis, consciousness altering, and the like. And as I was a Patriot agent prepared to deal with a military crackdown on the US after Y2K, should it come about (which some Leftists also thought might happen), I was being groomed to be a \"gynarch\" agent among patriots. I find it rather funny now, looking back on it. But at the time, my mind was that the ideals of \"both sides\" didn\'t have to clash...as long as there was liberty for all, then there was room for all of us to live our lives as we wanted to. Should the Dianics decide to try to insitute a matriarchy (maybe drow-style :P), I\'d have turned on them. Should the Patriots turn into Dominionists or racists or somesuch, or otherwise betrayed liberty and the US Constitution, then I\'d have turned on them. (There were other factions that also mattered, but not anywhere as much to me personally.) And in either case, I\'d be in a perfect position to do so. :twisted:\r\n\r\nCome Y2K, I took part in some informal patrols (interesting enough, we weren\'t the only ones to do so--the sheriff dept was also doing unusual patrols, including in having a pair walk round and round their station, and a friend of mine was confronted over his backpack in Safeway, being accused of having a bomb in it :roll:), but the volatile sitch didn\'t culminate in violence. I continued to train and be an active supporter throughout 2000. \r\n\r\n\r\nAnyway, life went on, I moved, found new interests. Then 9/11 hit, followed by the USAPATRIOT Act. Since I\'d heard more than once that when the gov\'t says the constitution no longer mattered, that was to be their line in the sand in which they got militantly proactive. So, I got in touch and seriously offered my help. But they weren\'t interested. I now realize that it was because Bush was president and some of the Dominionists had too much influence with him. If GORE had been president, I think US history would\'ve been a lot different...but this pretty much marked a real seperation between me and their cause, though it was like a slow crack that took years to fully shatter.\r\n\r\n\r\nEven today, I have art on my trench coat that marks me as sympathetic to a number of causes. One of those is the number 419, which is known in certain patriot and/or militia circles as \"April 19.\" (April 19, which commemorates when the British demanding the guns of the revolutionaries at Lexington, the day the Warsaw Jews rose up with a handful of guns and made jackasses of the nazis that were far better armed before going down as martyrs, the day of inceneration for Waco etc: that is, this is a number of defiance and recalling those who fell to tyranny, at least to some. Apparently it has other meanings to other people, including some who support what Tim McVeigh did and also celebrating the mass murder of the Jews at Warsaw.) To clarify that it\'s intended as a sign of liberty, I even put a crude snake over it (think [url=http://www.gadsden.info/]Gadsden[/url]), though one person did mistake it for a tribute to Metallica :lol:. But I keep thinking of getting a new trench coat and on my new one leaving off any symbols that declare an allegiance (though I may put up the Indep snake from Planescape :P). Or at least in putting the \"allegiance\" symbols on a browncoat (think Firefly/Serenity). \r\n\r\nIf someone were to reveal themselves to be desperados hunted by the law that were working for liberty (or for the other things I show sympathy toward on my trench, like certain drug users, neopagans, gay, etc), I wouldn\'t automatically turn them away, though I\'m much less likely to get involved than I used to be. Though I figure if they can handle the rainbow triangle (sign of solidarity with the LGTBi community) and pagan symbols also on my trech coat, etc, then they\'re pobably of the minority that I can stand (ie, no neonazi or dominionist leanings).'),(245873,'6864f65797','','[quote:6864f65797=\"cyde\"][quote:6864f65797=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:6864f65797=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:6864f65797=\"starmeshelion\"]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:6864f65797]\r\n\r\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:6864f65797]we just don\'t care[/b:6864f65797]. \r\n\r\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:6864f65797]\r\n\r\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:6864f65797]\r\n\r\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\r\n\r\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. :([/quote:6864f65797]\r\n\r\nWhen they are scraping up the remains with a puty knife after they jump, I doubt that the celebrity will be looking photogenic!'),(245874,'42e5ef3eb3','','[quote:42e5ef3eb3=\"cyde\"]\r\n[quote:42e5ef3eb3=\"brandonoh\"]To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school[/quote:42e5ef3eb3]\r\nWait. \"Suddenly\"? Was it ever stated in-canon who the school board\'s lawyers were? If not, then it\'s fanon and I have plenty of faith in Snips\' continuum (and his Jim Vitale). :D\r\n[/quote:42e5ef3eb3]\r\n\r\nI can\'t believe Helen wouldn\'t *know* that her law firm represents Lawndale High.'),(245875,'066cf7746e','','Cross, why did you not stay in the military? You\'d have stayed away from your family, etc, and once you advance far enough I think you get your own place. You\'d have guns, too. And could be dangerous. :P\r\n\r\nAnd for all your tales of woe, I don\'t recall any from your days in the military. You were Army, right? :?'),(245876,'9dddd438c8','','[quote:9dddd438c8=\"mman\"][quote:9dddd438c8=\"cyde\"]\r\n[quote:9dddd438c8=\"brandonoh\"]To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school[/quote:9dddd438c8]\r\nWait. \"Suddenly\"? Was it ever stated in-canon who the school board\'s lawyers were? If not, then it\'s fanon and I have plenty of faith in Snips\' continuum (and his Jim Vitale). :D\r\n[/quote:9dddd438c8]\r\n\r\nI can\'t believe Helen wouldn\'t *know* that her law firm represents Lawndale High.[/quote:9dddd438c8]\r\n\r\nOf course she wouldn\'t! Have you seen how ragged Asshat runs her? :lol:'),(245877,'445fb0831e','','[quote:445fb0831e=\"Eccles\"][quote:445fb0831e=\"cyde\"][quote:445fb0831e=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:445fb0831e=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:445fb0831e=\"starmeshelion\"]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:445fb0831e]\r\n\r\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:445fb0831e]we just don\'t care[/b:445fb0831e]. \r\n\r\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:445fb0831e]\r\n\r\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:445fb0831e]\r\n\r\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\r\n\r\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. :([/quote:445fb0831e]\r\n\r\nWhen they are scraping up the remains with a puty knife after they jump, I doubt that the celebrity will be looking photogenic![/quote:445fb0831e]\r\n\r\nThat\'s why they show the \'before\' pictures instead of the \'after\' pictures on Access Hollywood. :mrgreen:'),(245878,'eb2b5fb74d','','[quote:eb2b5fb74d=\"Dervish\"]And for all your tales of woe, I don\'t recall any from your days in the military. You were Army, right? :?[/quote:eb2b5fb74d]\r\n\r\n\"For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.\"\r\n\r\n*Runs screaming from the thrown objects*\r\n\r\nI\'m sorry! I\'m sorry! That made me think of it and I couldn\'t help it--ouch!'),(245879,'a18673c3e9','','[quote:a18673c3e9=\"Deref\"]So do you have any suggestions?[/quote:a18673c3e9]\r\n\r\nWithout radical changes to society, then I think that a card that can be swiped over a computer can work. This has been used in combatting welfare abuse. In the past, stamps went for 1/2 their value. So a dope dealer would give a dime bag ($10 worth) for $20 of food stamps. Even guns were bought on the black market with food stamps. So a card was used to replace stamps and it was supposed to have been successful enough that it eventually replaced stamps in all states. At least IIRC. Natch, it\'s not undefeatable, but it does make the abuses practiced with food stamps to be harder to accomplish. \r\n\r\nThe gov\'t already takes out money in most paychecks for taxes and the like. If back taxes are declared owed, then that can also be taken out, too (something I think AMG talked about happening to him). In this case, it could go to a card the mom uses, which can only be used for groceries, clothes, school supplies, etc. Medical establishments should take it. But the card should refuse to recognize purchases for tobacco products and drinking alcohol, etc. \r\n\r\nAnd maybe instead of taking away a driver\'s license, impounding a car and selling it and putting that on the car for the \"amount owed.\" Just like with taxes.\r\n\r\nIt\'s not fail-safe, but it strikes me as more likely to produce the intended results.'),(245880,'0fe53b6f36','','\" Helen poured two cups of coffee and said: \'Sad about Mrs. Johanson, isn\'t it, Daria? She\'s really convinced herself that she\'s dieting. She thinks she\'s eating properly and trying to follow the guidelines of the food pyramids. And she still can\'t lose any weight.\' \'That\'s because her food pyramids are in a bag of candy corn.\' \"'),(245881,'14efb0e8a5','','Dervish, you\'re actually suggesting a new government program? :D \r\n\r\nActually, I think it\'s a good idea that could be effectively put into place without too much trouble. The EBT debit cards have proven to be far less suceptable to abuse than the old paper food stamps.'),(245882,'a9ba187871','','[quote:a9ba187871=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:a9ba187871=\"cyde\"][quote:a9ba187871=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:a9ba187871=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:a9ba187871=\"starmeshelion\"]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:a9ba187871]\r\n\r\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:a9ba187871]we just don\'t care[/b:a9ba187871]. \r\n\r\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:a9ba187871]\r\n\r\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:a9ba187871]\r\n\r\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\r\n\r\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. :([/quote:a9ba187871]\r\n\r\n\r\nThen masturbate to that celebrity\'s image like a norman person, and stop bugging the hell out of the rest of us with \'Why, why, why\'![/quote:a9ba187871]\r\n\r\nWhoa, whoa, whoa, wait! Who\'s Norman? 8)'),(245883,'bf66204ddb','','[quote:bf66204ddb=\"cyde\"][quote:bf66204ddb=\"mman\"][quote:bf66204ddb=\"cyde\"]\r\n[quote:bf66204ddb=\"brandonoh\"]To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school[/quote:bf66204ddb]\r\nWait. \"Suddenly\"? Was it ever stated in-canon who the school board\'s lawyers were? If not, then it\'s fanon and I have plenty of faith in Snips\' continuum (and his Jim Vitale). :D\r\n[/quote:bf66204ddb]\r\n\r\nI can\'t believe Helen wouldn\'t *know* that her law firm represents Lawndale High.[/quote:bf66204ddb]\r\n\r\nOf course she wouldn\'t! Have you seen how ragged Eric runs her? :lol:[/quote:bf66204ddb]\r\n\r\n\r\nNot to mention that:\r\n\r\na.) Helen (and this is CANON) has never espressed that much interest in Daria and Quinn\'s school - except on the occasions where NOT doing o would reflect poorly upon her,\r\n\r\nb.) Helen is so occupied with \'the small stuff\' that if someone WERE trying to keep her out of the loop on other clients the firm has, it wouldn\'t be that difficult, and \r\n\r\nc.) It\'s VERY easy to see Vitale having something loaded up and ready to use as leverage against any and every member of his firm - just the way any [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.MagnificentBastard]Magnificent Bastard[/url] worthy of the name would. There\'s nothing about Jake that would make Helen crumble (benefits of having a loser spouse), but if he can (metaphorically) bend her over a desk while [i:bf66204ddb]her daughters have to watch[/i:bf66204ddb] in order to get that partnership... hey! Better day for him!\r\n\r\nI see J.R. Ewing must have spread his seed far and wide... :D :twisted: :D :twisted: :D'),(245884,'c2abf0a748','','Kitten Possible\r\nChapter 4\r\n\r\nKim sighed as she stared up at Shego, who had slumped over in sleep while she was still petting. ‘She seemed so broken at the thought of losing me...’ Kim mused as she rubbed against Shego’s belly. ‘[i:c2abf0a748]If I don’t return to being human she wouldn’t be alone, but I have to save the world. I don’t know what to do.[/i:c2abf0a748]’\r\n\r\nLying down on Shego’s lap Kim watched the open doorway that would allow her to escape. Millions of thoughts were running through her head as she debated running through it to freedom. Lowering her eyes she spotted something that Shego had dropped when she saw Drakken. It was a bag from Furvana stuffed full of a lot of cat toys and treats.\r\n\r\nLeaping lightly off of Shego’s lap Kim inspected the toys and tilted her head in thought, ‘[i:c2abf0a748]Shego really went all out for her Nemmy. It looks like she really does love her,[i]’ Kim thought for a moment before looking down at the ground. ‘[/i:c2abf0a748]Kinda sucks having to lie to her like this.[/i]’\r\n\r\nHearing a clicking noise she blinked as she saw Drakken waiting outside the door with what looked like a piece of fish in one hand and the other tucked behind his back. Kim blinked slowly as she neared the door her eyes seemingly focused on the fish. Just before she walked past the door she whipped her tail end around and knocked the door shut in Drakken’s shocked face. ‘[i:c2abf0a748]Maybe I do give him more credit than he deserves,[/i:c2abf0a748]’ Kim thought with a mental sigh.\r\n\r\nWhile Drakken pounded on the door, Kim crawled back over by Shego and curled up in the green woman’s lap again. Letting out a yawn she decided to take a nap with her temporary owner.\r\n\r\nKim woke as she felt Shego’s legs shift underneath her, looking over at the clock she guessed that Shego had been out for about three hours now. Facing Shego again, Kim leaned up between her breasts and licked the tip of Shego’s nose. As Shego’s eyes fluttered open she smiled at Kim sweetly, “Hey Nemmy, you stayed. Bet you’re hungry.”\r\n\r\nKim let out a pleading meow as she leapt off Shego, walking to the kitchen. Shego watched her kitten with a smile as she rose from the ground. “I can never predict what you’re going to do, that reminds me of that goody-goody princess Possible.”\r\n\r\nKim stiffened slightly at the comment, eyeing the burnt remains of the pictures before scampering into the kitchen. Shego laughed as she followed the kitten, thinking that her tone scared the poor thing again. “I’m sorry Nemmy, I didn’t mean to startle you.”\r\n\r\nPulling out a can of tuna Shego sighed and started to open it. “Kim’s not that bad a person really; she could be a rival if she dedicated herself to fighting. Sometimes she reminds me of me, before my brothers turned me off from crime fighting. I really have a lot of fun fighting her.”\r\n\r\nDraining the tuna Shego sighed and shook her head. “I guess we all have regrets to live with, huh Nemmy?”\r\n\r\nShego smiled as she pulled out a fork. Afterwards she scraped the tuna into the pet food bowl. Sliding it towards Nemmy she went over to the fridge and pulled out a soda for herself. While Kim ate the tuna, Shego sat at the table and sipped her soda. After a moment Shego reached into her pocket and retrieved the choker she had engraved earlier, looking it over with a smile she noted that it didn’t seem to have any damage from her earlier rampage.\r\n\r\nKim looked up after she had finished eating when she noticed something sparkling in Shego’s hand. Silently padding over she leaped into Shego’s lap and then onto the table to look at the shiny object. Looking at the choker she tilted her head as she noticed it said ‘Nemmy’ on it with a little heart swirled into the tail of the ‘y’. ‘[i:c2abf0a748]You have got to be kidding,[/i:c2abf0a748]’ Kim thought as she eyed the collar, ‘[i:c2abf0a748]She is not putting that on me.[/i:c2abf0a748]’\r\n\r\nWith that thought Kim sat looking at Shego expectantly. “What do you think Nemmy? I stole it just for you.”\r\n\r\nShego’s face fell when Kim turned away in a huff, almost as though offended Shego didn’t buy it.\r\n\r\n“Come on Nemmy, don’t be like that, it’s a beautiful collar,” Shego pleaded while holding out the choker, “See, it has your name on it and everything.”\r\n\r\nKim turned her head so that it was faced completely away from the choker, her eyes remaining shut. After a moment she sniffed and meowed annoyed.\r\n\r\n“Is it because I stole it?” Shego asked which to her surprise got a nod out of the cat.\r\n\r\nWith a vexed sigh Shego lowered her head to look at the kitten on her table. “Come on Nemmy, I can’t afford nice crap like this with what Dr. D’s paying.”\r\n\r\nWhen the cat walked across the table and sat with her back toward Shego, the green-skinned woman gave another vexed sigh. “Alright, fine, I do get paid enough, but I forgot my money at home.”\r\n\r\n“MROW!” Kim shouted accusingly at Shego while turning her disapproving glare on the villainess.\r\n\r\nShego slumped slightly at the look and shouted back, “OKAY ALREADY! IT WAS MORE FUN TO DO IT THIS WAY, ALRIGHT?!”\r\n\r\nKim sniffed haughtily as she curled up, with her nose turned up at the gift being presented to her. Seeing her Nemmy rejecting the gift based on the fact it was stolen Shego sighed putting her forehead into her hands. “I can’t believe I’m getting a morality lecture from a cat!”\r\n\r\nKim turned to give Shego a smirk when her eyes came across something that she had thought was her own trademarked technique. Shego was giving her a full force puppy dog pout, and she could already feel her resolve weakening. When Shego said, “Pwetty pwease wittle Nemmy... I stole-ed it for youuuu...” with the cute baby like voice Kim knew that she was crumbling inside.\r\n\r\nShego shook the choker slowly, letting the lights catch Kim’s cat eyes. Kim uncoiled slightly, eyes locked on the shiny surface that had captivated her attention. “Lookie-wookie, it has your naaaaame on it...”\r\n\r\nKim reached out a paw, letting her kitty instincts take over as her human mind still reeled from the puppy dog pout broadside she had received. Shego jiggled it around, enticing Kim to submit to the shiny.\r\n\r\nKim stared at her reflection in the mirror with her ears flat. ‘[i:c2abf0a748]I let her put a collar on me. I have to be insane,[/i:c2abf0a748]’ Kim thought as she turned to look at Shego.\r\n\r\n“Oh Nemmy, you’re so cute!” Shego said while reaching out to scratch Kim under the chin. Letting out a soft purr Kim sighed internally as she tried to figure out how she succumbed to the pout so easily.\r\n\r\nLooking up again, Kim noticed that Shego was now dangling a wad of string pieces tied to a longer one above her. Instinctively Kim swiped at the ball, batting it away easily. When it came back she whacked it out again, mewing playfully. Continuing to bat the ball around, Kim mewed happily while Shego giggled. After a few minutes Kim pounced on the ball, and held it down to the table, where she bit into it.\r\n\r\n‘[i:c2abf0a748]Wait... what the... why am I...[/i:c2abf0a748]’ Kim’s mind finally started to regain itself as she gnawed on the yarn. ‘[i:c2abf0a748]I feel like an idiot.[/i:c2abf0a748]’\r\n\r\nReleasing the yarn Kim walked away with an annoyed twitch to her step. She stopped when she heard a jingling of a bell. Looking back she saw Shego shaking a mouse that had a bell around its neck.\r\n\r\nTurning around again, she eyed the mouse, crouching low as she stalked towards where the mouse laid on the table. Shego twitched her fingers holding the string for the mouse to get it moving. When Kim tried to pounce on the mouse with a squeaking roar, Shego watched as she landed full on the mouse.\r\n\r\nKim blinked at the odd taste filling her mouth. It was strangely pleasing to her feline tongue, drawing her in. ‘[i:c2abf0a748]I feel funny... wait... was that catnip?[/i:c2abf0a748]’ was the last thing Kim thought before the buzzed and euphoric feeling surged through her. Tossing the mouse around, Kim tweaked out and started chasing it around, knocking it about with insane mental giggling.\r\n\r\nDiving down onto the mouse, Kim gave mentally shouted, ‘[i:c2abf0a748]KITTY DEATH FROM ABOVE![/i:c2abf0a748]’ Rolling about she let out a series of mews while she grilled the mouse mentally, ‘[i:c2abf0a748]GOTCHA! So you thought you could escape from me, huh? Who sent you? Ve haff vays uv makingk joo tahlk.[/i:c2abf0a748]’\r\n\r\nStanding before the toy she glared down at it, while her mind said, ‘[i:c2abf0a748]I AM BAST! LOOK UPON ME AND WORSHIP![/i:c2abf0a748]’ Seeing that the mouse wasn’t obeying she leaped on it again with a mental cry of ‘[i:c2abf0a748]BONZAI!!![/i:c2abf0a748]’\r\n\r\nAll this while, Shego was laughing hysterically at the kitty’s playful and spastic actions. Shaking her head she removed the mouse and put it back into the air tight bag that it had come in. Standing up, she left to go into the kitchen, never noticing Nemmy following behind her. Kim watched as Shego opened the fridge, perking up even more. ‘[i:c2abf0a748]I can has cheezburger?[/i:c2abf0a748]’\r\n\r\nShego pulled out some fixings for a sandwich, the cheese drawing Kim’s attention most of all. Leaping up onto the counter, Kim started stalking closer to where Shego was making the sandwich. Silently the great predator neared the lunchmeat; curling her legs underneath herself she readied to pounce.\r\n\r\nJust before she leapt, a green hand pushed her away, sending her skidding along the surface of the counter into a large two handled pot that flipped over and covered her. ‘[i:c2abf0a748]AMBUSH! TAKE COVER![/i:c2abf0a748]’ Kim’s mind cried out as she peeked out from under the pot.\r\n\r\nCreeping forward Kim smirked as she neared the area that Shego had been working on the sandwich. ‘[i:c2abf0a748]Hehe, can’t see me, I’sa ninja kitteh turtle,[/i:c2abf0a748]’ Kim’s mind giggled. Shego in the meantime had finished making her sandwich and put away the fixings. Watching her little kitten she made a mental note not to give her catnip again.\r\n\r\nPicking up her sandwich in one hand, and digging her kitten out from under the pot she gave a giggle at the cat’s yawn. “Alright Nemmy, no more nip for you. Don’t need to find a kitty rehab center.”\r\n\r\nKim however only had one thought in her mind as she spread out her legs forward and behind her. ‘[i:c2abf0a748]LOOK MA! I’SA FLYING![/i:c2abf0a748]’\r\n\r\nShego carried the spastic cat to the couch and settled down with her to watch the news and eat her lunch. Kim climbed up onto Shego’s shoulder and nuzzled under her chin, purring like a chainsaw. ‘[i:c2abf0a748]Sheggie... you’s mah bestest fwiend, I wuvs yous![/i:c2abf0a748]’\r\n\r\nShego smiled faintly at her kitten when Nemmy slid down onto her lap and curled up to take a nap. Looking up at the news stories of the day she let out a sigh, a slight hint of worry to her eyes. “Kimmie’s still missing? It’s been four days. She should have come home already.”\r\n\r\nOn her lap, Nemmy just snored peacefully oblivious to the world.'),(245885,'32a8faad3c','','[quote:32a8faad3c=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:32a8faad3c=\"cyde\"][quote:32a8faad3c=\"mman\"][quote:32a8faad3c=\"cyde\"]\r\n[quote:32a8faad3c=\"brandonoh\"]To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school[/quote:32a8faad3c]\r\nWait. \"Suddenly\"? Was it ever stated in-canon who the school board\'s lawyers were? If not, then it\'s fanon and I have plenty of faith in Snips\' continuum (and his Jim Vitale). :D\r\n[/quote:32a8faad3c]\r\n\r\nI can\'t believe Helen wouldn\'t *know* that her law firm represents Lawndale High.[/quote:32a8faad3c]\r\n\r\nOf course she wouldn\'t! Have you seen how ragged Eric runs her? :lol:[/quote:32a8faad3c]\r\n\r\n\r\nNot to mention that:\r\n\r\na.) Helen (and this is CANON) has never espressed that much interest in Daria and Quinn\'s school - except on the occasions where NOT doing o would reflect poorly upon her,\r\n\r\nb.) Helen is so occupied with \'the small stuff\' that if someone WERE trying to keep her out of the loop on other clients the firm has, it wouldn\'t be that difficult, and \r\n\r\nc.) It\'s VERY easy to see Vitale having something loaded up and ready to use as leverage against any and every member of his firm - just the way any [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.MagnificentBastard]Magnificent Bastard[/url] worthy of the name would. There\'s nothing about Jake that would make Helen crumble (benefits of having a loser spouse), but if he can (metaphorically) bend her over a desk while [i:32a8faad3c]her daughters have to watch[/i:32a8faad3c] in order to get that partnership... hey! Better day for him!\r\n\r\nI see J.R. Ewing must have spread his seed far and wide... :D :twisted: :D :twisted: :D[/quote:32a8faad3c]\r\n\r\nI\'d imagine that with the hoops Helen seems willing to jump through, the sacrifices she seems willing to make at the altar of Asshat, the depths with which she\'s willing to sink for that firm, she\'s probably REALLY insecure and second-guesses herself almost constantly. How unbelievable is it to say she missed a client roster?\r\n\r\nHonestly, I don\'t see how she wasn\'t the heart attack victim instead of Jakey... ESPECIALLY in Snipsville. :D'),(245886,'b00eb17c35','','[quote:b00eb17c35=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\nc.) It\'s VERY easy to see Vitale having something loaded up and ready to use as leverage against any and every member of his firm - just the way any [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.MagnificentBastard]Magnificent Bastard[/url] worthy of the name would. There\'s nothing about Jake that would make Helen crumble (benefits of having a loser spouse), but if he can (metaphorically) bend her over a desk while [i:b00eb17c35]her daughters have to watch[/i:b00eb17c35] in order to get that partnership... hey! Better day for him!\r\n\r\nI see J.R. Ewing must have spread his seed far and wide... :D :twisted: :D :twisted: :D[/quote:b00eb17c35]\r\n\r\nTime for a \"Who Shot Jim Vitale?\" episode?\r\n\r\n :twisted:'),(245887,'33e38f7722','','[size=24:33e38f7722][b:33e38f7722][color=red:33e38f7722][i:33e38f7722]Honey Flash![/i:33e38f7722][/color:33e38f7722][/b:33e38f7722][/size:33e38f7722]\r\n\r\nIn other words, I picked up the live-action [i:33e38f7722]Cutie Honey[/i:33e38f7722] movie yesterday. If you like Go Nagai\'s work, then I recommend this. He even has a cameo.'),(245888,'4441089743','','[quote:4441089743=\"mman\"][quote:4441089743=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\nc.) It\'s VERY easy to see Vitale having something loaded up and ready to use as leverage against any and every member of his firm - just the way any [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.MagnificentBastard]Magnificent Bastard[/url] worthy of the name would. There\'s nothing about Jake that would make Helen crumble (benefits of having a loser spouse), but if he can (metaphorically) bend her over a desk while [i:4441089743]her daughters have to watch[/i:4441089743] in order to get that partnership... hey! Better day for him!\r\n\r\nI see J.R. Ewing must have spread his seed far and wide... :D :twisted: :D :twisted: :D[/quote:4441089743]\r\n\r\nTime for a \"Who Shot Jim Vitale?\" episode?\r\n\r\n :twisted:[/quote:4441089743]\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: \r\n\r\nYES!'),(245889,'de80ed7aa5','','[quote:de80ed7aa5=\"cyde\"][quote:de80ed7aa5=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:de80ed7aa5=\"cyde\"][quote:de80ed7aa5=\"mman\"][quote:de80ed7aa5=\"cyde\"]\r\n[quote:de80ed7aa5=\"brandonoh\"]To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school[/quote:de80ed7aa5]\r\nWait. \"Suddenly\"? Was it ever stated in-canon who the school board\'s lawyers were? If not, then it\'s fanon and I have plenty of faith in Snips\' continuum (and his Jim Vitale). :D\r\n[/quote:de80ed7aa5]\r\n\r\nI can\'t believe Helen wouldn\'t *know* that her law firm represents Lawndale High.[/quote:de80ed7aa5]\r\n\r\nOf course she wouldn\'t! Have you seen how ragged Eric runs her? :lol:[/quote:de80ed7aa5]\r\n\r\n\r\nNot to mention that:\r\n\r\na.) Helen (and this is CANON) has never espressed that much interest in Daria and Quinn\'s school - except on the occasions where NOT doing o would reflect poorly upon her,\r\n\r\nb.) Helen is so occupied with \'the small stuff\' that if someone WERE trying to keep her out of the loop on other clients the firm has, it wouldn\'t be that difficult, and \r\n\r\nc.) It\'s VERY easy to see Vitale having something loaded up and ready to use as leverage against any and every member of his firm - just the way any [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.MagnificentBastard]Magnificent Bastard[/url] worthy of the name would. There\'s nothing about Jake that would make Helen crumble (benefits of having a loser spouse), but if he can (metaphorically) bend her over a desk while [i:de80ed7aa5]her daughters have to watch[/i:de80ed7aa5] in order to get that partnership... hey! Better day for him!\r\n\r\nI see J.R. Ewing must have spread his seed far and wide... :D :twisted: :D :twisted: :D[/quote:de80ed7aa5]\r\n\r\nI\'d imagine that with the hoops Helen seems willing to jump through, the sacrifices she seems willing to make at the altar of Asshat, the depths with which she\'s willing to sink for that firm, she\'s probably REALLY insecure and second-guesses herself almost constantly. How unbelievable is it to say she missed a client roster?\r\n\r\nHonestly, I don\'t see how she wasn\'t the heart attack victim instead of Jakey... ESPECIALLY in Snipsville. :D[/quote:de80ed7aa5]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/fic50_a_matter_of_priorities.html]The bug guy\'s got that covered.[/url]'),(245890,'16a62e335f','','[quote:16a62e335f=\"cyde\"][quote:16a62e335f=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:16a62e335f=\"cyde\"][quote:16a62e335f=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:16a62e335f=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:16a62e335f=\"starmeshelion\"]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:16a62e335f]\r\n\r\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:16a62e335f]we just don\'t care[/b:16a62e335f]. \r\n\r\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:16a62e335f]\r\n\r\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:16a62e335f]\r\n\r\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\r\n\r\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. :([/quote:16a62e335f]\r\n\r\n\r\nThen masturbate to that celebrity\'s image like a [b:16a62e335f]normal[/b:16a62e335f] person, and stop bugging the hell out of the rest of us with \'Why, why, why\'![/quote:16a62e335f]\r\n\r\nWhoa, whoa, whoa, wait! Who\'s Norman? 8)[/quote:16a62e335f]\r\n\r\n\r\nSorry. A Lobinske slipped in there. :)'),(245891,'a110e75bae','','[quote:a110e75bae=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:a110e75bae=\"cyde\"][quote:a110e75bae=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:a110e75bae=\"cyde\"][quote:a110e75bae=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:a110e75bae=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:a110e75bae=\"starmeshelion\"]This is more serious than just getting drunk and acting stupid; She actually tried to commit suicide. I know we had our laughs about celebrities in the past but that\'s different.[/quote:a110e75bae]\r\n\r\nI don\'t get your fascination with that kind of celebrities. In case you haven\'t got the clue: [b:a110e75bae]we just don\'t care[/b:a110e75bae]. \r\n\r\nLet me ask you something. Is she your sister, cousin, girlfriend, friend, someone you know? Does she care about how you\'re doing? Does she give you any commission for her movies? I didn\'t think so. People like her do not need our pity. [/quote:a110e75bae]\r\n\r\nOr, to look at it another way, if you care so much about one person attempting suicide, why not all? Is the life of a celebrity worth more than that of any random person?[/quote:a110e75bae]\r\n\r\nI\'ve wondered this myself, to be honest. I think that, sadly, the reduced form of the fraction would be, \"The celebrity is more photogenic.\"\r\n\r\nI know it sounds cynical, but it seems to ring pretty true. :([/quote:a110e75bae]\r\n\r\n\r\nThen masturbate to that celebrity\'s image like a [b:a110e75bae]normal[/b:a110e75bae] person, and stop bugging the hell out of the rest of us with \'Why, why, why\'![/quote:a110e75bae]\r\n\r\nWhoa, whoa, whoa, wait! Who\'s Norman? 8)[/quote:a110e75bae]\r\n\r\n\r\nSorry. A Lobinske slipped in there. :)[/quote:a110e75bae]\r\n\r\nWell, you\'d better tell him to keep his bugs away from your computer. Who [i:a110e75bae]knows[/i:a110e75bae] what you\'ll end up typing? :wink:'),(245892,'3060ec6248','','I have no problems with how anybody acted given the situation Snips put them in. As stated, who represents the school district is very much fanon and as such the story works just fine. I was just saying that I think that the way all the characters reacted in the original ending did fit with their characters. So, Helen\'s threats, Trent\'s sleeping, Amanda\'s obliviousness, and even Ms. Li\'s concession of defeat all fit. I don\'t really think it was a deus ex machina at all. I actually think having Ms. Li get the upper hand the way she did is closer to being one. I don\'t really see a problem with that either, though. The story wasn\'t bad. It didn\'t piss me off or seem wildly out of character, either. I, personally, don\'t think it improved the original ending, though. Of course, that\'s just my opinion and has no bearing on...well, anything really. I think a better ending would have Daria and Jane just switch the card with O\'Neill\'s poem with a card with their original poem before the judges looked at it. That\'s assuming that the poem was attached to the poster/painting in some way like that and not painted on (which I think was the case). That way the judges see the work as D&J intended it and make their decision based on that. Also, Ms. Li really couldn\'t say they defaced school property or whatever BS she said in the show.'),(245893,'1e920a25b7','',':)'),(245894,'feeb7a01ff','',':)'),(245895,'53b0b57ced','','I feel like I should say something here... :lol:'),(245896,'c34c366e2d','','[quote:c34c366e2d=\"RLobinske\"]Dervish, you\'re actually suggesting a new government program? :D \r\n\r\nActually, I think it\'s a good idea that could be effectively put into place without too much trouble. The EBT debit cards have proven to be far less suceptable to abuse than the old paper food stamps.[/quote:c34c366e2d]\r\n\r\n\r\nHA!\r\n\r\n(not meaning to be a jerk.)\r\n\r\n\r\nHere in Illinois, they started the Link Card system in 1997... and in late January or early February, they had already discovered several cases of fraud and abuse of the system, mere weeks after it was activated. \r\n\r\nThe WORST case of abuse (so far) was actually here in Peoria, not more than a few blocks from where one of my brothers lives. There was a little mom-and-pop store that had the system set up so that people could come in and use it to get a straight cash-value off the cards, or buy liquor, drugs or even guns with their cards. \r\n\r\nThe local news media were walking around on clouds for a week after running that story into the ground. \r\n\r\n\r\nThis is a small city, also. Imagine what will - or could - or does - happen in major cities, or very small aareas that aren\'t all that heavily watched.'),(245897,'6a696e2237','','[quote:6a696e2237=\"RLobinske\"]I feel like I should say something here... :lol:[/quote:6a696e2237]\r\n\r\n\r\nCome on. \'Bugging the hell out of us\' is a perfectly normal term. :lol:'),(245898,'7f9dee0baf','','[quote:7f9dee0baf]She knows she\'s a winner\r\nHappier that she\'s thinner\r\nIn the middle of cheers\r\nTo our gold medal winners!\r\n[b:7f9dee0baf]Go Lawndale Lions![/b:7f9dee0baf][/quote:7f9dee0baf]\r\n\r\n[quote:7f9dee0baf]Winning Entry: Lawndale High School\r\nAngela Li, Principal\r\nArt by Jane Lane\r\nPoem and Concept by Daria Morgendorffer[/quote:7f9dee0baf]\r\n\r\nRead the left-most column of the poem for Daria\'s editorial comment. :)\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!'),(245899,'faf664e358','','[quote:faf664e358=\"Roentgen\"][quote:faf664e358]She knows she\'s a winner\r\nHappier that she\'s thinner\r\nIn the middle of cheers\r\nTo our gold medal winners!\r\n[b:faf664e358]Go Lawndale Lions![/b:faf664e358][/quote:faf664e358]\r\n\r\n[quote:faf664e358]Winning Entry: Lawndale High School\r\nAngela Li, Principal\r\nArt by Jane Lane\r\nPoem and Concept by Daria Morgendorffer[/quote:faf664e358]\r\n\r\nRead the left-most column of the poem for Daria\'s editorial comment. :)\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!![/quote:faf664e358]\r\n\r\n...I never noticed that.'),(245900,'704604e9d1','','[quote:704604e9d1=\"brandonoh\"]I have no problems with how anybody acted given the situation Snips put them in. As stated, who represents the school district is very much fanon and as such the story works just fine. I was just saying that I think that the way all the characters reacted in the original ending did fit with their characters. So, Helen\'s threats, Trent\'s sleeping, Amanda\'s obliviousness, and even Ms. Li\'s concession of defeat all fit. I don\'t really think it was a deus ex machina at all. I actually think having Ms. Li get the upper hand the way she did is closer to being one. I don\'t really see a problem with that either, though. The story wasn\'t bad. It didn\'t piss me off or seem wildly out of character, either. I, personally, don\'t think it improved the original ending, though. Of course, that\'s just my opinion and has no bearing on...well, anything really. I think a better ending would have Daria and Jane just switch the card with O\'Neill\'s poem with a card with their original poem before the judges looked at it. That\'s assuming that the poem was attached to the poster/painting in some way like that and not painted on (which I think was the case). That way the judges see the work as D&J intended it and make their decision based on that. Also, Ms. Li really couldn\'t say they defaced school property or whatever BS she said in the show.[/quote:704604e9d1]\r\n\r\nFair enough, fair enough. :)'),(245901,'ae0d470eee','','[quote:ae0d470eee=\"RLobinske\"]I feel like I should say something here... :lol:[/quote:ae0d470eee]\r\nRLobinske\r\nSite Admin\r\nSite Admin\r\n\r\n\r\nJoined: 21 May 2004\r\nPosts: 9992\r\nLocation: Third swamp on the left, Florida\r\n\r\nI say... 8 more somethings. :wink:'),(245902,'176acc74f6','','Processing the Client frag:\r\n\r\n\r\n\" \'We can\'t do that. Absolutely not!\' \'And why not?\' \'First of all, Mr. Henning, that would violate our rules concerning revelatory dissemination. You may not announce apocalyptic stuff until we decide you are ready to do so. Yes, that is the rule, and it\'s in the contract. If we let you disclose things before you fully understand what to say and how to say it, you\'ll screw it all up. And you can also forget about calling your religion \'Henningism\'. You can call it \'Henningology\' or use your first name and call it \'Jimonics\'. Or use any of a dozen other acceptable suffixes. We\'ll be happy to work with you on it. But we don\'t hand out -isms to clients. Those are earned. On that one, we stay with tradition. On another note, I must say we do like your contrasting the brilliant sensation of enlightenment your followers can achieve, with the bland gray tapioca of despair trapping the nonbelievers. We can definitely work with that... You also need to check in at Records. They need to confirm your submitted information.\' \'What sort of information?\' \'The standard trivia: finances, properties, vitals, the usual cockroach stomp. It\'s the sort of thing file clerks do when they want to prove they\'re working. It\'s not something to worry about...\' \"'),(245903,'ab15c4cde6','','[quote:ab15c4cde6=\"starmeshelion\"]But yeah, I\'m the true Quinn of the board.[/quote:ab15c4cde6]\r\n\r\nOh really, I don\'t see anyone flirting with you. \r\n\r\n[quote:ab15c4cde6=\"cyde\"][quote:ab15c4cde6=\"starmeshelion\"]Whenever something bad happens to me, I just use it to make myself more popular. :D[/quote:ab15c4cde6]\r\n\r\nOh, yes. \"Popular\" in the Upchuck sense of the term. :mrgreen:[/quote:ab15c4cde6]\r\n\r\nYep. :lol:'),(245904,'b36d26541f','','[quote:b36d26541f=\"Eccles\"][quote:b36d26541f=\"Bliss Ticks\"]The UK has an infrastructure designed to decrease peoples dependence on direct petrol consumption...here in the U.S., if you don\'t have a car (or can\'t afford to put gas in it) you are screwed, unless you live in a major city. Britons have the luxury of taking a tram; most of us here in the U.S. do not. Public transport here is a joke. You cannot compare the effects of fuel prices in the U.K. to the effects of prices in the U.S.... apples and oranges.[/quote:b36d26541f]\r\n\r\nI don\'t know what you\'ve been watching or reading but that is just rubbish.\r\n\r\nMove out of the big cities and most families have at least one car, round where I live nearly every adult has a car, and those who can\'t drive really suffer. The public transport in this area is good but not great, nor is it particularly safe to use.\r\n\r\nNow to back up my argument.\r\n\r\nTheir are about 33 Million Cars on the roads in the UK at present [size=9:b36d26541f](info from \r\n[url=http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=219239]WhatCar[/url])[/size:b36d26541f]\r\nCensus Reports I can find indicate their are about 55 - 60 Million People in the UK at present [size=9:b36d26541f](my sources for this are poor but [url=http://www.radstats.org.uk/no082/Simpson82.pdf] Here they are[/url])[/size:b36d26541f]\r\n\r\nSo that is about One car for every Two People, Also the Census is inclusive of Children under the driving age, so that means there must be other people out their like me with more than one vehicle each.\r\n(one vehicle I teach in and is leased, the other is my own)\r\n\r\nAs for the cost of fuel.\r\nAll I can tell you for sure is it cost me £35 to make it to Martins and do a round trip of 250 miles. so that works out at about $70 for the one trip.[/quote:b36d26541f]\r\n\r\nObviously you are British, and have little or no experience with the public transport system here in the US...let me tell you, as someone who has lived all over America....if you don\'t have the ability to drive, for whatever reason, your mobility is going to be severely limited. \r\nI have used the public transport system in the UK, and it is far superior to ours. This of course offsets the need for a car (and therefore the need to buy fuel) in a big way. \r\nYou have the option of taking a bus to visit Martin and you can expect to arrive there in a reasonable amount of time. The same trip by Greyhound here in the US would take 5-8 hours, and that\'s if the bus stopped where I needed to go at all. \r\nAlso keep in mind I live in a major city, so this process is easier for me than it is for most Americans.\r\nThe big difference that Brittons seem to overlook is the fact that their public transport system is subsidized, where ours is not. We want to make people buy and maintain cars, roads, ect. and damn the consequences. If I had the same options you have, I wouldn\'t bother owning a car.\r\nHere, we must transport goods/people over longer distances, and more frequently due to our larger population.\r\nYou cannot compare the effects of fuel prices in the US to those in the UK in any meaningful sense.'),(245905,'074168a077','A Day in Da Raptor\'s Life','Don\'t ya just hate it when this happens?\r\n\r\n[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je93RCV7vDM&NR=1[/url]\r\n\r\nGuy'),(245906,'c82f040e3f','','I hope everyone remembers the lesson we\'ve all learned here.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJust say no to drugs.'),(245907,'4c743d2489','','[quote:4c743d2489=\"mman\"][quote:4c743d2489=\"cyde\"][quote:4c743d2489=\"brandonoh\"]To suddenly have Helen\'s lawfirm representing the school[/quote:4c743d2489]\r\nWait. \"Suddenly\"? Was it ever stated in-canon who the school board\'s lawyers were? If not, then it\'s fanon and I have plenty of faith in Snips\' continuum (and his Jim Vitale). :D[/quote:4c743d2489]\r\nI can\'t believe Helen wouldn\'t *know* that her law firm represents Lawndale High.[/quote:4c743d2489]\r\nThis is, though, the same Helen who was talked into suing UNICEF before she realized it was supposed to be Uniroyal. :D'),(245908,'d9ea86a3d4','',':lol: Those are some funny videos. :lol:'),(245909,'cc69c6cd07','','OMG! Those are hysterical! I watched a half dozen of them, and they are GREAT!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D'),(245910,'bb054bcc52','','I thought it was Eric who didn\'t know and Helen didn\'t have the figurative balls to tell her boss otherwise. During her second conversation she explains to him what UNICEF is.'),(245911,'00b8bf0813','','To me the lesson was going off topic is the best topic of all. :D'),(245912,'fcf26e8b59','','I think people want to see more of Vitale! I know I do! :shock:'),(245913,'f13d3d73cf','','[quote:f13d3d73cf=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:f13d3d73cf=\"smk\"]Yeah, wisdom teeth removal is [i:f13d3d73cf]such[/i:f13d3d73cf] a fun process. But since you have yet to go through it, I won\'t tell my story.[/quote:f13d3d73cf]\r\n\r\nWas it [i:f13d3d73cf]that[/i:f13d3d73cf] bad? I\'m already scared. \r\n[/quote:f13d3d73cf]\r\n\r\nMy wisdom teeth weren\'t out yet, either. The lower ones were laying down, and the upper ones were starting to grow into the roots of the molars in front of them, so they had to be removed to prevent damaging the other teeth. It just means they have to cut the gum to get to the teeth, which they might do in a regular extraction anyway, just because the wisdom teeth have such lovely roots. Getting two out at a time shouldn\'t be quite so bad, you should have healed some by the time you go back for the second procedure.\r\n\r\nJust take all the drugs they give you, follow all the advice, and you\'ll be fine.'),(245914,'ca1d764475','','Off topic, but just as interesting, and twice as sick, clicking on one of the side links leads you to [url=http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2007/06/06/man_uses_machete_on_pizza_parlor_manager/]this.[/url]'),(245915,'4b3a10d539','','[quote:4b3a10d539=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]I thought it was Eric who didn\'t know and Helen didn\'t have the figurative balls to tell her boss otherwise. During her second conversation she explains to him what UNICEF is.[/quote:4b3a10d539]\r\n\r\nI got the impression that what happened was that Eric told her they were suing UNICEF, and then later mentioned something about tires. Helen then made the connection and cleared up the confusion.'),(245916,'65ae03eaa1','','I\'m very sorry to hear that, Nat, both because I well remember the pain of braces and because I was looking forward to meeting you at the con (assuming I\'m able to make it). :('),(245917,'6ad689c5ea','','[quote:6ad689c5ea]Sorry. A Lobinske slipped in there.[/quote:6ad689c5ea]Somebody\'s gotta put that on the Daria Wiki.'),(245918,'a822689181','','I have a small gap between my two front teeth but, other than having wisdom teeth removed, have never had cavities or braces. Getting your wisdom teeth out isn\'t so bad, or at least it wasn\'t for me. They stuck an IV in me and what seemed like seconds later the operation was done with, I had been out for a few hours. The worst part of the whole thing, other than not being able to go out with friends later that day because i felt fine, was the non-solid diet of apple sauce and rice pudding I had. It\'s something I wouldn\'t want to repeat. The best part is, if you ask they will let you keep your teeth. I still have my wisdom teeth in a small envelope upstairs in my room.\r\n\r\nMy brother had braces for a few years, and I think a retainer for awhile too. Neither are fun, but they will allow you to enjoy life better afterword. I hope everything works out for you financially Nat. And trust me, if your dentist tries to show you the Big Book of British Smiles close your eyes until its over. :D'),(245919,'8414219260','','[quote:8414219260=\"The people who created \'One J at a Time\'\"]Helen - Daria -- (cell phone rings and Helen answers) Hello? Really? Suing UNICEF? Eric, is that a good move, public relations-wise? Well, yes, it is a lot of pennies. (walks off)\r\n\r\nHelen - Well, if we\'re gonna sue the bastards, I say get \'em right after Halloween when they\'re flush.\r\n\r\nHelen - (Digging for her phone) Jake, you promised you\'d -- (turns on phone) Hello? Eric? This is a bad time, I\'m in the middle of a family -- Yes, of course I knew UNICEF\'s a charity. No, it\'s Uniroyal that makes the tires. (walks out with her phone)[/quote:8414219260]\r\nI think all of us were right. :D'),(245920,'9532c8b127','','[quote:9532c8b127=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]The best part is, if you ask they will let you keep your teeth. I still have my wisdom teeth in a small envelope upstairs in my room.[/quote:9532c8b127]\r\n\r\nYours came out whole? Mine were chopped up and went rattling down the suction tube.'),(245921,'df1547fee6','','[quote:df1547fee6=\"TheEleventy\"]Another thing: Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you?\r\n\r\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:df1547fee6]Don\'t assume, it\'s a most unattractive trait. I tried to serve, straight out of high school, but they thought I was too nervous and depressed to join. Of course, this was at a rare time when we weren\'t at war with anyone, these days I think I might get in, if I wasn\'t well into my 40\'s.'),(245922,'5ccec56239','','Here\'s a YT on how evolution and Christian belief can co-exist without conflict (it\'s at the end):\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwlZ1O2Roh0\r\n\r\nBtw, be sure to see the video it\'s a response to.'),(245923,'15d3da1989','','Erin Mills has been kind enough to draw out a scene he enjoyed.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.deviantart.com/deviation/57008939/'),(245924,'2480e74725','','Imagine the look on job interviewers\' faces when they ask Kim if she\'s ever used drugs and she tells them, \"Well, there was this one time I got high on catnip...\" :lol:'),(245925,'d77e192938','','[quote:d77e192938=\"Sam The Smuggler\"]Hey..what was the orginal question?? What seperates the Jedi from the Sith? :?[/quote:d77e192938]\r\n\r\nIt was if I missed the appropiate part on the DVD or not before I sent it back (btw, it\'s back at the library now). \r\n\r\nI suppose I should be merciful and decide the guy recalled the wrong DVD since he\'s a bona fide Star Wars geek and probably has every DVD ever put out on the series. :P\r\n\r\nThough there\'s a part of me that wants to teach him about pressure points...rather painfully while telling him that he will now experience the full power of the dark side. :twisted:'),(245926,'8f676db4b6','Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','First, read [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18330&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=]An Alternate Ending to \"Arts and Crass\"[/url].\r\n\r\nThen, read this addition to the story:\r\n\r\n----------------\r\n\r\nThe phone rang.\r\n\r\n\"Jim Vitale here!\"\r\n\r\nThere was the faint sound of breathing at the other end, then a click.\r\n\r\n\"Damn it!\" said Jim. \"Can\'t anyone just say \'wrong number\' anymore!\"\r\n\r\nJim Vitale got up, walked out of his own office and down the main corridor of the law office. There was nobody else working at this hour.\r\n\r\nVitale frowned. It wasn\'t that long after midnight. Anyone with any ambition would still be working. \r\n\r\nEspecially Helen Morgendorffer. He\'d certainly let her know she better not take her position for granted. Trying to sue the Lawndale School District, no less! Jim Vitale wouldn\'t forget that one for a long, long time, you could bet on that!\r\n\r\nYet Helen had gone home. He wondered if he\'d been forceful enough ...\r\n\r\nJim heard footsteps in the reception area, coming toward the corridor.\r\n\r\nMaybe Helen had decided to come in for some night work after all.\r\n\r\nJim turned and walked toward the reception area. Whoever it was hadn\'t turned the light on. He saw the outline of someone in the dark.\r\n\r\n\"Who is it?\" he said.\r\n\r\nBLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim felt the impact of a bullet just below his right shoulder. He tried to cry out, but couldn\'t.\r\n\r\nBLAM!! BLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim Vitale crumpled to the floor.\r\n\r\n---------------------\r\n\r\n \r\nOK, finish this story.\r\n\r\nBy the end, tell us:\r\n\r\n1) Whether Jim lives or dies.\r\n\r\n2) Who the shooter is.\r\n\r\n3) What the motive is.'),(245927,'88331f0262','','Just dealing with the hiatus before the last few episodes and the Series Finale of \'Apocalyptic Daria\'!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n :D'),(245928,'a825dc4ec6','','I saw a ball of yarn and couldn\'t stop myself. :D'),(245929,'b6b4240de9','','I\'ve had mine far too long, was starting to do the hunt just before my stroke. it\'s the eustrptospondylus from my fic \r\n\'\'A Rift in Time.\" \r\n\r\nGuy'),(245930,'0b9183b94f','How will \'Apocalyptic Daria\' end?','So, things are getting quite interesting for our heroines in the year\'s hot new [i:0b9183b94f]Daria[/i:0b9183b94f] serial, [i:0b9183b94f]Apocalyptic Daria[/i:0b9183b94f]. \r\n\r\nBoth Daria and Jane have nearly been raped (and shot their attackers in retaliation), been forced to defend themselves against armed aggressors, been attacked by wild dogs, worked their way through a minefield of manure, recieved the news that Quinn is almost certainly dead and that they can [u:0b9183b94f]never[/u:0b9183b94f] return to their homes...\r\n\r\nOh, yeah. The United States has just suffered through a limited nuclear exchange, and they probably won\'t be seeing a [i:0b9183b94f]real[/i:0b9183b94f] pizza for a very long time. \r\n\r\n\r\nEnough sunshine. How do you think it\'ll all end?'),(245931,'5dbbfa62ac','','I had braces for what seemed like forever Got them early in 6th grade, they came off late in 10th grade. After that came retainers, for another 4+ years, then I just said forget it, though the dentist would probably prefer if I was wearing them to this day (more $$ for him going in every few months)\r\nMy wisdoms came out when I was in college. Not too bad an experience. Mine were more or less routine extractions, though they put me all the way out for it.\r\nGot tylenol with codeines for it...had a really fun day listening to Pink Floyd and reading the [url]Hitchhiker\'s Guide [/url]that day...'),(245932,'af9a3d163f','','(Jim wakes up. He doesn\'t even bother to check himself over as he rises from his desk, and fixes himself a drink.)\r\n\r\nJim: (looks at mman) Please. You shoot me in a f*****g dream, you had better wake up and apologize. (beat) Drink? No? \r\n\r\n(walks over to mman) Let\'s see if you can spell this. N-O-T, space, H-A-P-P-E-N-I-N-G. That spell it out for you, thesaurus boy?'),(245933,'013f6e1f3d','','Ever seen [i:013f6e1f3d]A Boy and His Dog[/i:013f6e1f3d]? :twisted:'),(245934,'d758ba3d93','','[quote:d758ba3d93=\"atimnie\"][quote:d758ba3d93]Sorry. A Lobinske slipped in there.[/quote:d758ba3d93]Somebody\'s gotta put that on the Daria Wiki.[/quote:d758ba3d93]\r\n\r\n\r\n(head perks up)'),(245935,'9ac983ba1e','','[quote:9ac983ba1e=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:9ac983ba1e=\"atimnie\"][quote:9ac983ba1e]Sorry. A Lobinske slipped in there.[/quote:9ac983ba1e]Somebody\'s gotta put that on the Daria Wiki.[/quote:9ac983ba1e]\r\n\r\n\r\n(head perks up)[/quote:9ac983ba1e]\r\n\r\nHeehehe, wiki entry for \"pulling a Lobinske\" ! :lol: :lol:'),(245936,'cb3e4891a2','','[quote:cb3e4891a2=\"TheEleventy\"]I thought football season was over and there you go, bringing up the Stanley Bowl or whatever it is. I thought single points were scored by kicking; the 2 point thingie you had to run the oblong projectile in.\r\n\r\nMaybe that\'s what it is; TO is assuming to be Kevin.\r\n\r\nSee, it fits in this fandom![/quote:cb3e4891a2]\r\n\r\nIf you don\'t care about it, why did you comment in the thread, other than to be a self-righteous prick?'),(245937,'0f1aa22faa','',':lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Shades of the Coyote and the Roadrunner!'),(245938,'447e5d9666','','To toss in my own $0.02 (Gawd, we\'re talking about the show! Whee! :D)\r\n\r\n(1) One of the things that I find unbelievable about the real ending is that Helen, who thus far in the series has rather unsupportive of Daria\'s independent ways, to suddenly do a 180 and defend her daughter when she most aggressively flouts authority. \r\n\r\n(2) I don\'t know whether Helen\'s contention that the poster is Daria and Jane\'s property would really hold up. Ms. Li\'s statement that the poster was mandatory only for Daria and Jane makes it an assignment, and while it\'s conventional to hand students back their work, I don\'t know if its because of property concerns.\r\n\r\n(3) And even if it were so that the poster was Daria and Jane\'s, it\'s still hard for me to grasp that the Helen Morgendorffer who even earlier in this very episode was chiding her older daughter [i:447e5d9666][b:447e5d9666]and then dumped a bowl of penne a la pesto on her husband\'s head for siding with Daria regarding the poster[/b:447e5d9666][/i:447e5d9666] to suddenly discover her inner Legal Defense Fund self and threaten to bring an action on constitutional grounds.\r\n\r\n(4) The threat of a lawsuit isn\'t something to be made lightly. In fact, if you really intend to bring one, I believe a flesh and blood lawyer would advise you to have a nice hot cup of STFU, and let the party you\'re suing find out when they\'re served with papers, because you don\'t want them to get the jump on you. So in the unlikely event that Helen suddenly discovered her inner Legal Defense Fund self, she would have told Ms. Li that this was all a terrible shock, that she wanted to talk to Daria, and have a process server show up at LHS later that day.\r\n\r\n(5) Regarding Helen and Ms. Li, look ahead in the series, and you see Ms. Li getting the better of her in \"The Daria Hunter\" and \"Just Add Water.\" If nothing else, Angela Li\'s nerves are stronger than Helen\'s, and she has more low cunning.\r\n\r\n(6) Vitale, Davis, [i:447e5d9666]et al.[/i:447e5d9666] seems to be a pretty big firm, with Helen buried under the workload from one partner whose practice is corporate law. It seems entirely possible she wouldn\'t know the complete client list.\r\n\r\n(7) In addition to wanting a downbeat ending for \"Arts N Crass,\" I wanted to take Jim Vitale out for a spin :twisted:\r\n\r\nI know there are many folks for whom this episode is a favorite. I don\'t mean to cast aspersions on their taste or say that they don\'t have a full grasp of the series. For example, I can see someone arguing again my point (1) that Helen is not a cold bitch, and this is not a break in characterization but just the [i:447e5d9666]first time[/i:447e5d9666] we see Helen being supportive, and that something we see more and more of in the series; and against (3) that \"That Was Then, This Is Dumb\" shows that Helen did have an idealistic side and that the surprise is that we haven\'t seen it errupt before this. Those points make sense; they just don\'t resonate with me or make me want to write.\r\n\r\n[quote:447e5d9666][img:447e5d9666]http://www.fieldy.org/jimv.jpg[/img:447e5d9666][/quote:447e5d9666]\r\n\r\nI think that should be \"How the FU<K are you?\" :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:\r\n\r\n[quote:447e5d9666=\"Roentgen\"]She knows she\'s a winner\r\nHappier that she\'s thinner\r\nIn the middle of cheers\r\nTo our gold medal winners!\r\n[b:447e5d9666]Go Lawndale Lions![/b:447e5d9666][/quote:447e5d9666]\r\n\r\nThat is [i:447e5d9666]so[/i:447e5d9666] much better than what I wrote :lol: :lol:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI hate you now. :x'),(245939,'568f0d1236','Methylisothiazolinone (A Bedtime Story)','[size=20:568f0d1236]Methylisothiazolinone[/size:568f0d1236]\r\n[size=10:568f0d1236]by[/size:568f0d1236]\r\n[size=18:568f0d1236]cyde[/size:568f0d1236]\r\n(Introspective, Angst)\r\n\r\nacknowledgments: Thanks to my prereaders. My good (irl) friend Shane, Scissors MacGillicutty and Brother Grimace for helping prevent this from blowing on ice.\r\n\r\nTiffany smiled as she drew a bubblebath in the antique clawfoot tub. Tiffany had always loved that bathtub; it was so pretty... and deep. With a contented sigh, Tiffany lowered her slender body into the steaming froth. Being at home alone, she felt free to unwind.\r\n\r\nEven aware of the fact that she wasn\'t the brightest bulb in the box, Tiffany often found herself thinking when she took her baths. Inquisitive as a child, most who knew her found it a sad irony that such curiosity would come packaged with a brain so incapable of comprehending the concepts she so hungrily sought to understand. Tiffany drew upon a vague memory of watching her father shaving. Brief flashes. The glint of the stainless steel blade. It was shiny. Shiny was pretty. Tiffany expressed her curiosity and thus began Tiffany\'s love affair with all surfaces shiny. As she grew older, even Tiffany herself was unable to deny the inevitable; that she just wasn\'t cut out for learning on that level... so she stopped actively trying.\r\n\r\nEven now Tiffany tended toward a simplistic, associative method of thought. Blowing an errant strand of hair from her eyes, Tiffany mused at how good her bubblebath felt.\r\n\r\n\"Bubblebaths feel soooo goood.\"\r\n\r\nTiffany swiveled her head from side to side, staring for a moment at the white foam surrounding her, steam rising from its surface. Bubble baths were pretty too. Pleasure, beauty.\r\n\r\nHer father\'s razor. Leisurely shaving her legs, Tiffany pondered the word \'pleasure\', considering its connotations in her life in the simplest terms possible, breaking the concept down to black and white. The razor glided over a slight imperfection on the young woman\'s shin, nicking it. Tiffany stared at the slowly oozing cut for a brief moment before holding her washcloth to it to staunch the flow. Pleasure and pain.\r\n\r\nLavender, one of her favorite scents. Tiffany washed her hair. Tiffany smiled as she thought of how her favorite brand made her obsidian hair so glossy and silky. A small amount of the lather trailed down her forehead, stinging her eye. Tiffany winced and cupped her hand under the faucet, bringing the warm water up to rinse the chemical away. She reflexively squeezed her eye tight, her own tears finishing the work the clean water had started. Pleasure and pain.\r\n\r\nGlancing toward the cracked bathroom door, Tiffany spied the vanity in her room. Makeup. Tiffany always loved how properly applied makeup could bring out her cutest features. Eye makeup had always been particularly tough, however. Of Chinese descent, Tiffany had been born with the characteristic single eyelid, making it very difficult... and painful. For all the cuteness makeup could provide, she would give just about anything to have the \'normal\' creases in her eyelids which her friends took for granted. Pleasure and pain.\r\n\r\nClothes. Tiffany always found shopping for clothes pleasurable. Trying on a new outfit was always so fun... except if it made her look fat - a fear that always gripped her more strongly than her friends suspected. Tiffany wasn\'t exactly sure how to feel about her sojourns to Cashman\'s with her friends. She had seen how they treated the unfashionable and thanked her lucky stars that they didn\'t judge her by her brain. If they were to ridicule her looks, what would she have left? Her shining personality? Her brilliant conversational skills? Her quick wit? Her good grades? All her other friends? The very thought of such rejection made her want to recoil in horror. Pleasure and pain.\r\n\r\nHer peers. Tiffany never suffered for dates with the boys. Tiffany was popular. One of the most popular girls in the school. Tiffany wondered what popularity [i:568f0d1236]was[/i:568f0d1236], exactly. Everyone seemed to consider the Fashion Club popular because that was what they were SUPPOSED to do. Tiffany thought back to the dissolution of the Fashion Club when Sandi broke her leg. Without the others around, Tiffany quite simply had no one to talk to. Before high school, fashion and popularity, Tiffany never was able to find any common ground upon which to relate to her peers. She couldn\'t understand what they were talking about and they simply didn\'t want to put forth the effort to help her understand. She realized that without her three friends, her life really didn\'t amount to a hill of beans. Highs and lows. Pleasure and pain. \r\n\r\nHer friends. Tiffany did everything with them. Shopping, clothes, makeup, sleepovers, fashion shows, Waif, gossiping about other girls, gossiping about boys. All roads led back to the Fashion Club. Always the Fashion Club. It was the singular point of joy in her existence. Without it, her life would crumple like a house of cards. Tiffany vaguely realized that her association with the three other members of the Lawndale High School Fashion Club was shaky at best. What if something happened to threaten her popularity? Her looks? Her social status? Would Sandi stand by her? Would Stacy? Would Quinn? Tiffany again thought back to the dissolution of the Fashion Club... more specifically how it fell. First went Sandi and with her went Quinn. That left Stacy and herself. How long was Stacy able to tolerate her? Three days? Tiffany hadn\'t acted any differently than she always had. The thing was, she had always had Sandi, and later Quinn, around to make all the big decisions... to cause all the drama. To make the club fun. Tiffany thought back on the contempt and impatience Sandi had always shown her for her dim-wittedness. The relative indifference Quinn had always treated her with. Stacy\'s inability to cope with her on a one-on-one basis, her own insecurity covered with a layer of sweetness so saccharine that it was disgusting. Tiffany thought about other girls\' friends. Friends like that unfashionable girl that always hung out at Quinn\'s house. Wait, that wasn\'t right. Quinn\'s cousin? No. Quinn\'s sister. Daria. Yes, Daria and Jane. The two could communicate in glances. They actually shared something. THAT was friendship.\r\n\r\nIt then dawned on Tiffany that she [i:568f0d1236]had[/i:568f0d1236] no friends. Not even a sister to be best friends with... to be share her life with... to get into fights with... to [i:568f0d1236]take for fucking granted[/i:568f0d1236]. She had never considered it that way, and the feeling virtually sucked the wind out of her lungs. As Tiffany sat in the bath, trying to regain her breath and composure, she became aware of the bubbles crackling and popping around her, the sound suddenly rather annoying. The scent of the expensive soaps no longer held an appeal. The heat was making her feel slightly nauseous. She took a deep breath to regain her composure.\r\n\r\n\"Quiiiin is suuuuch a biiitch,\" Tiffany reflected, her quavering voice barely a whisper.\r\n\r\n Pleasure and pain. A pain as deep as the abyss itself.\r\n\r\nSearching for any port in a storm, Tiffany considered her bubblebath as she shaved under her arms. It\'s hot, it smells good, it\'s relaxing, I\'ve hurt myself twice today trying to take one. In her reflection, Tiffany didn\'t realize she had drawn the razor from the inside of her elbow to her wrist until the water was completely crimson, the heat of the bath helping speed the flow of blood as it left her body.\r\n\r\nAs her world dipped, spun and gradually faded to black, Tiffany gasped out, \"Saaaaandi always diiiid say I look good in reeeeeeeeeeeeed...\"\r\n\r\nThe pain of the cut, the pleasure of release. What do you know, bubblebaths really DO feel good.\r\n\r\n[b:568f0d1236]50 years later[/b:568f0d1236]\r\n\r\nAn old man lay dying in his bed at Cedars of Lawndale hospital. As his life flashed before his eyes, he remembered his beautiful, beloved only daughter. His pride and joy. The day she came into the bathroom while he was shaving. She couldn\'t have been any more than five years old. She wanted to know what he was doing... how to do it... if she would ever have to. It must have been the twenty thousandth time he\'d replayed that scene in his mind.\r\n\r\nHe remembered coming home from work shortly after his daughter\'s seventeenth birthday and finding her body in the bathtub, her skin far too pale. Then he noticed the water. Then he noticed his razor on the floor next to her limp fingertips.\r\n\r\nHe was eventually able to come to terms with the incident. With his complicity. He almost managed to forgive himself.\r\n\r\nTears traced their way down his withered face. He never was able to look at a straight razor again without becoming nauseous\r\n\r\nChuckling at the bitter irony, Mr. Deckler closed his eyes for the last time, finally at peace.'),(245940,'9c14c828d0','','[quote:9c14c828d0=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]To toss in my own $0.02 (Gawd, we\'re talking about the show! Whee! :D)\r\n\r\n(1) One of the things that I find unbelievable about the real ending is that Helen, who thus far in the series has rather unsupportive of Daria\'s independent ways, to suddenly do a 180 and defend her daughter when she most aggressively flouts authority. \r\n\r\n(2) I don\'t know whether Helen\'s contention that the poster is Daria and Jane\'s property would really hold up. Ms. Li\'s statement that the poster was mandatory only for Daria and Jane makes it an assignment, and while it\'s conventional to hand students back their work, I don\'t know if its because of property concerns.\r\n\r\n(3) And even if it were so that the poster was Daria and Jane\'s, it\'s still hard for me to grasp that the Helen Morgendorffer who even earlier in this very episode was chiding her older daughter [i:9c14c828d0][b:9c14c828d0]and then dumped a bowl of penne a la pesto on her husband\'s head for siding with Daria regarding the poster[/b:9c14c828d0][/i:9c14c828d0] to suddenly discover her inner Legal Defense Fund self and threaten to bring an action on constitutional grounds.\r\n\r\n(4) The threat of a lawsuit isn\'t something to be made lightly. In fact, if you really intend to bring one, I believe a flesh and blood lawyer would advise you to have a nice hot cup of STFU, and let the party you\'re suing find out when they\'re served with papers, because you don\'t want them to get the jump on you. So in the unlikely event that Helen suddenly discovered her inner Legal Defense Fund self, she would have told Ms. Li that this was all a terrible shock, that she wanted to talk to Daria, and have a process server show up at LHS later that day.\r\n\r\n(5) Regarding Helen and Ms. Li, look ahead in the series, and you see Ms. Li getting the better of her in \"The Daria Hunter\" and \"Just Add Water.\" If nothing else, Angela Li\'s nerves are stronger than Helen\'s, and she has more low cunning.\r\n\r\n(6) Vitale, Davis, [i:9c14c828d0]et al.[/i:9c14c828d0] seems to be a pretty big firm, with Helen buried under the workload from one partner whose practice is corporate law. It seems entirely possible she wouldn\'t know the complete client list.\r\n\r\n(7) In addition to wanting a downbeat ending for \"Arts N Crass,\" I wanted to take Jim Vitale out for a spin :twisted:\r\n\r\nI know there are many folks for whom this episode is a favorite. I don\'t mean to cast aspersions on their taste or say that they don\'t have a full grasp of the series. For example, I can see someone arguing again my point (1) that Helen is not a cold bitch, and this is not a break in characterization but just the [i:9c14c828d0]first time[/i:9c14c828d0] we see Helen being supportive, and that something we see more and more of in the series; and against (3) that \"That Was Then, This Is Dumb\" shows that Helen did have an idealistic side and that the surprise is that we haven\'t seen it errupt before this. Those points make sense; they just don\'t resonate with me or make me want to write.\r\n\r\n[quote:9c14c828d0][img:9c14c828d0]http://www.fieldy.org/jimv.jpg[/img:9c14c828d0][/quote:9c14c828d0]\r\n\r\nI think that should be \"How the FU<K are you?\" :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:\r\n\r\n[quote:9c14c828d0=\"Roentgen\"]She knows she\'s a winner\r\nHappier that she\'s thinner\r\nIn the middle of cheers\r\nTo our gold medal winners!\r\n[b:9c14c828d0]Go Lawndale Lions![/b:9c14c828d0][/quote:9c14c828d0]\r\n\r\nThat is [i:9c14c828d0]so[/i:9c14c828d0] much better than what I wrote :lol: :lol:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI hate you now. :x[/quote:9c14c828d0]\r\n\r\n\r\nNo, no, no. First, steal it and thank him for the contribution to your fic. Then, scare everyone else, by writing something [i:9c14c828d0]together[/i:9c14c828d0].\r\n\r\n\r\nDoes the name \'Ellenbogen\' give the two of you ideas...? :twisted:'),(245941,'302eca743c','','[quote:302eca743c=\"E. A. Smith\"]Ever seen [i:302eca743c]A Boy and His Dog[/i:302eca743c]? :twisted:[/quote:302eca743c]\r\n\r\n\r\nWhy do you think I put the \'on the road like Raines\' Rebels\' option in? :wink: :twisted:'),(245942,'488b6d7af2','','[quote:488b6d7af2=\"cyde\"][quote:488b6d7af2=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:488b6d7af2=\"atimnie\"][quote:488b6d7af2]Sorry. A Lobinske slipped in there.[/quote:488b6d7af2]Somebody\'s gotta put that on the Daria Wiki.[/quote:488b6d7af2]\r\n\r\n\r\n(head perks up)[/quote:488b6d7af2]\r\n\r\nHeehehe, wiki entry for \"pulling a Lobinske\" ! :lol: :lol:[/quote:488b6d7af2]\r\n\r\n\r\nIf you\'d like, the entry\'s there!'),(245943,'3b6840c1e4','','[quote:3b6840c1e4=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:3b6840c1e4=\"E. A. Smith\"]Ever seen [i:3b6840c1e4]A Boy and His Dog[/i:3b6840c1e4]? :twisted:[/quote:3b6840c1e4]\r\n\r\n\r\nWhy do you think I put the \'on the road like Raines\' Rebels\' option in? :wink: :twisted:[/quote:3b6840c1e4]\r\n\r\nI consider it a mix of options. Main characters will die, but Jake will redeem himself in the eye of his daughters... or surviving daughter... whichever. :D'),(245944,'cf35ae3f4c','','I don\'t want to offer too many details, just in case I\'m right. Suffice to say that by the end of the story, D & J will have found some people, lost others, and will be left with doubts about the status of the rest. I predict a very uncertain \"What do we do now?\" kind of ending. It\'s not going to be nice with bunnies - this has been a fairly realistic story so far, and any kind of truly happy ending would betray that.\r\n\r\nThe \"best\" we can hope for is a Life-Goes-On ending, wherein Daria and Jane find some of what they\'re looking for, but more importantly they find that they have the courage to join those who would build a new world from the ashes of the old, and not just give up and lie down among the radioactive dust to die.'),(245945,'52cd5c939d','','[quote:52cd5c939d=\"Dervish\"][quote:52cd5c939d=\"Deref\"]So do you have any suggestions?[/quote:52cd5c939d]\r\n\r\nWithout radical changes to society, then I think that a card that can be swiped over a computer can work. This has been used in combatting welfare abuse. In the past, stamps went for 1/2 their value. So a dope dealer would give a dime bag ($10 worth) for $20 of food stamps. Even guns were bought on the black market with food stamps. So a card was used to replace stamps and it was supposed to have been successful enough that it eventually replaced stamps in all states. At least IIRC. Natch, it\'s not undefeatable, but it does make the abuses practiced with food stamps to be harder to accomplish. \r\n\r\nThe gov\'t already takes out money in most paychecks for taxes and the like. If back taxes are declared owed, then that can also be taken out, too (something I think AMG talked about happening to him). In this case, it could go to a card the mom uses, which can only be used for groceries, clothes, school supplies, etc. Medical establishments should take it. But the card should refuse to recognize purchases for tobacco products and drinking alcohol, etc.\r\n\r\nAnd maybe instead of taking away a driver\'s license, impounding a car and selling it and putting that on the car for the \"amount owed.\" Just like with taxes.\r\n\r\nIt\'s not fail-safe, but it strikes me as more likely to produce the intended results.[/quote:52cd5c939d]\r\nNotwithstanding BG\'s post (there will always be abuses - no system is perfect) that sounds very damn interesting!\r\n\r\nWe can think of ways that people would try to circumvent it - BG\'s instanced one - certainly people would work under false names etc., but it could certainly work a damn site better than the present system.\r\n\r\n:-) Seems to me I remember thinking once that you should go into politics. My fear would be that politics could corrupt even you.'),(245946,'e36740d6ef','',':lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:'),(245947,'806bb67a52','','[size=16:806bb67a52]BONUS[/size:806bb67a52]\r\n\r\nCharles Ruttheimer III had prepared everything he would need for a quiet evening. A stack of porno magazines on the left, a box of Kleenex on the right and a bottle of his dad\'s Viagra right down the middle.\r\n\r\nAn hour into his journey, Upchuck was still going strong.\r\n\r\nAfter two hours, he thought he had died and gone to heaven.\r\n\r\nAfter three hours, he figured that a little pain never hurt anyone; the way out is through.\r\n\r\nAfter four hours he realized he might have made a mistake\r\n\r\nLater on, as the EMTs were loading Upchuck\'s body onto a gurney and wondering how such a young man could\'ve developed fatal ventricular tachycardia, they noticed the bottle.\r\n\r\nChuckie boy had done his research well... but not well enough. If only he hadn\'t skipped the sections detailing the dangers of untreated priapism.'),(245948,'1191e3d789','','You know, I actually have an idea for this one. :twisted:'),(245949,'b9c1703dd6','','[b:b9c1703dd6][size=24:b9c1703dd6][color=red:b9c1703dd6]DUCKS WIN!!![/color:b9c1703dd6][/size:b9c1703dd6][/b:b9c1703dd6]\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=7:b9c1703dd6]NOT Penguins, DUCKS...[/size:b9c1703dd6]\r\n\r\n\r\nI feel a little better now - SHOULD have been the Sabres, but hey, there\'s always next year.'),(245950,'0ceb5f93ae','','Jim couldn\'t get his breath. As he coughed up the bright red blood that would soon permanently stain the antique Persian rug, he felt something bounce off the back of his head. It was a fully inflated regulation basketball. As his life quickly faded, he heard an impassioned mocking voice: [size=24:0ceb5f93ae]\"IT\'S AWESOME, BABY!\"[/size:0ceb5f93ae] and the face familiar from hundreds of television broadcasts came into view for the very last time and screamed: [size=24:0ceb5f93ae]\"DON\'T YOU KNOW, IN THE VITALES THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE PRIME TIME PERFORMER?!\"[/size:0ceb5f93ae]As the gasoline fed flames licked at the crackling corpse, Dick Vitale smiled and exulted: [size=24:0ceb5f93ae]\"CALL THE FIRE CHIEF \'CAUSE HE\'S ON FIRE!!\"[/size:0ceb5f93ae]'),(245951,'e51b455d0e','','Damn you for writing a story like this, and me finding it before checking the boards the last time before sleeping...\r\n\r\n..daaaaaaaaaaammmmmm yoooooooouuuuuu!!!\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nMaking notes to read this one tomorrow.'),(245952,'c1eef9c1a0','','I like what I like...genres be damned.\r\nSeriously, i can\'yt explain why I like certain bands and not others, even though they play similar types of music. i suppose it has something to do with how honest they sound. (I\'ll try to explain...) If it sounds like they mean what they say and play, I\'ll like it, if it;s mnore trying to jump on whatever\'s popular, I don\'t. It may have to do with meing a musician by hobby, and working around them for so long. It bugged the hell out of me when i\'d get a customer who said, \"I want to sound just like *** (insert name of famous/trendy band here - at the time it was Korn)\r\nWhy not sound like YOURSELF!!!!\r\nI like others because it\'s what I grew up listening to 0- my dad\'s Led Zeppelin, PInk Floyd and Santana albums, before watching The Muppet Show and Dr Who.\r\nI have just about everything in my collection, from classical to death metal...and everytthing in betweenm, except country and rap.'),(245953,'9591eb5a49','','[quote:9591eb5a49=\"cyde\"][quote:9591eb5a49=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:9591eb5a49=\"atimnie\"][quote:9591eb5a49]Sorry. A Lobinske slipped in there.[/quote:9591eb5a49]Somebody\'s gotta put that on the Daria Wiki.[/quote:9591eb5a49]\r\n\r\n\r\n(head perks up)[/quote:9591eb5a49]\r\n\r\nHeehehe, wiki entry for \"pulling a Lobinske\" ! :lol: :lol:[/quote:9591eb5a49]\r\n\r\n :lol:'),(245954,'0a67be039c','','Yikes. Wow. And Yikes again. Same goes for me - that\'s a helluva thing to read before you go to sleep. And I\'m throwing away my straight razor. Right - Freakin\' - Now.'),(245955,'d05e020009','','[quote:d05e020009=\"E. A. Smith\"]Ever seen [i:d05e020009]A Boy and His Dog[/i:d05e020009]? :twisted:[/quote:d05e020009]\r\nDaria and Jane eat Quinn? With a fork, I mean.'),(245956,'0ac5e00823','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote:0ac5e00823=\"mman\"]Jim turned and walked toward the reception area. Whoever it was hadn\'t turned the light on. He saw the outline of someone in the dark.\r\n\r\n\"Who is it?\" he said.\r\n\r\nBLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim felt the impact of a bullet just below his right shoulder. He tried to cry out, but couldn\'t.\r\n\r\nBLAM!! BLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim Vitale crumpled to the floor.[/quote:0ac5e00823]\r\nWhen he woke up, he was naked in a motel bed, and Helen Morgendorffer was in the shower. [i:0ac5e00823]Thank God[/i:0ac5e00823], he thought with a grin, [i:0ac5e00823]the last two seasons had only been a dream![/i:0ac5e00823]'),(245957,'36fc5d4ab4','','[quote:36fc5d4ab4=\"Mike Xeno\"]Ibut more importantly they find that they have the courage to join those who would build a new world from the ashes of the old, and not just give up and lie down among the radioactive dust to die.[/quote:36fc5d4ab4]\r\n\r\nThat\'s right! Out of the Ashes!! :shock: :D :D :D :D'),(245958,'03deb8e60a','Re: Methylisothiazolinone (A Bedtime Story)','[quote:03deb8e60a=\"cyde\"][b:03deb8e60a]50 years later[/b:03deb8e60a]\r\n\r\nAn old man lay dying [b:03deb8e60a][i:03deb8e60a]of ebola[/i:03deb8e60a][/b:03deb8e60a] in his bed at Cedars of Lawndale hospital.[/quote:03deb8e60a]\r\nI think it works better now.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd good story. :D'),(245959,'b6150039b8','Re: Of Jedi & Sith (SW3: RotS)','[quote:b6150039b8=\"-sam\"]At this point I pretty much ignore everything about Star Wars that annoys me, and focus on the happy stuff, like HK-47[/quote:b6150039b8]\r\n\r\nAvoiding the Sith vs. Jedi Morality debate, which I believe we already had when Episode 3 came out, all I\'m going to say is that this idea is the best way to deal with any sort of fandom. \r\n\r\n\'Cause really, HK-47 is pretty much amazing.'),(246015,'e54a1022d0','','[quote:e54a1022d0]The razor glided over a slight imperfection on the young woman\'s shin, nicking it.[/quote:e54a1022d0]\r\n\r\nHeresy! Her skin is perfect! :D \r\n\r\nIn all seriousness, though, well done. :cry:'),(245961,'bdd7ad86ea','Re: It\'s snowing!','[quote:bdd7ad86ea=\"TippedOver\"][quote:bdd7ad86ea=\"cyde\"][quote:bdd7ad86ea=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:bdd7ad86ea=\"A.J.\"][quote:bdd7ad86ea=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:bdd7ad86ea=\"A.J.\"]Pfft. TippedOver is right. The blizzard of \'93 roughly 20\" of snow, locked us at a Watertown hotel, at the state HS bowling championships for 3 days until the roads cleared enough.\r\n\r\nAnd this fails to mention the 27\" blasting we received on Valentines day this past winter.\r\n\r\nWe would probably be swimming in weather Georgia and Florida shuts down in.[/quote:bdd7ad86ea]\r\n\r\nWhy do you think I never want to live outside the South? :D[/quote:bdd7ad86ea]\r\n\r\nBecause all of us Northerners would be laughing at you guys when none of you take off the winter gear until June up here and put it back on in September? :lol: [/quote:bdd7ad86ea]\r\n\r\nI\'ve already had that happen. I went to Boston during Spring Break my Junior year, and there was about eight inches of snow (soooooooo wrong). My friend and I were bundled up in fur hats, scarves, and several layers of coats. Needless to say, we got some strange looks, but we were warm![/quote:bdd7ad86ea]\r\n\r\nThe simple fact of the matter is that we Southerners don\'t know how to handle cold weather. Snow is like seeing a UFO land.\r\n\r\nFreaky! :D[/quote:bdd7ad86ea]\r\n\r\nHere\'s a little something that my Dad sent to me concerning good old Upstate New York.... it might tell \"ya\'ll Southerners\" a little about us...:) :) :) (Credited to Jeff Foxworthy, but not sure if he actually did this):\r\n\r\nJeff Foxworthy\'s take on Upstate NY...\r\n\r\nIf you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 \r\ninches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim \r\nby, you might live in Upstate New York. \r\n\r\nIf you\'re proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights \r\neach year because [b:bdd7ad86ea]MASSENA*[/b:bdd7ad86ea] is the coldest spot in the nation, \r\nand Syracuse gets more snow than any other major city in the US, \r\nyou might live in Upstate New York. \r\n\r\nIf your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, \r\nyou might live in Upstate New York. \r\n\r\nIf you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the \r\nyear, you might live in Upstate New York. \r\n\r\nIf someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance, and they \r\ndon\'t work there, you might live in Upstate New York. \r\n\r\nIf your dad\'s suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his \r\nforehead, you might live in Upstate New York. \r\n\r\nIf you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might \r\nlive in Upstate New York. \r\n\r\nIf your town has more bars than churches, you might live in Upstate \r\nNew York. \r\n\r\nIf you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone \r\nwho dialed a wrong number, you might live in Upstate New York. \r\n\r\n\r\nYOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE UPSTATE NEW YORKER \r\n\r\nWHEN: \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n1. \"Vacation\" means going South past Syracuse for the weekend. \r\n2. You measure distance in hours. \r\n3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than [b:bdd7ad86ea]once**[/b:bdd7ad86ea]. \r\n4. You often switch from \"heat\" to \"A/C\" in the same day and back again. \r\n5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, \r\nwithout flinching. \r\n6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings). \r\n7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both \r\nunlocked. \r\n8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend / wife knows \r\nhow to use them. \r\n9. You design your kid\'s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. \r\n10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. \r\n11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road \r\nconstruction. \r\n12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent. \r\n13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your \r\nblue spruce. \r\n14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age. \r\n15. Down South to you means Corning. \r\n16. A brot is something you eat. \r\n17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new shed. \r\n18. You go out for a fish fry every Friday. \r\n19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost. \r\n20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car. \r\n21. You find 10 degrees \"a little chilly.\" \r\n\r\n[/quote:bdd7ad86ea]\r\n\r\nExcept for 5, 14 and 19, I have to honestly say all have happened to me or are true in one way or another. Sad but true. :-)\r\n\r\nAnd my boss was born and raised in Massena, boy does he have some stories to tell...\r\n\r\nA.J.'),(245962,'07bba7fd62','','Politics corrupts everyone.'),(245963,'8b497f3146','','Scissors - you must do more Vitale as only you can! He\'s a great character and only you can do it properly! :shock:'),(245964,'40cf70e4ce','','[quote:40cf70e4ce=\"RLobinske\"][quote:40cf70e4ce=\"HelpfulSkittlesExplosion\"]I don\'t normally like chili sauce. I wonder if it\'s really that good...[/quote:40cf70e4ce]\r\n\r\nFrom Wendy\'s? No.[/quote:40cf70e4ce]\r\n\r\nYes, actually. <we need a belching emoticon>\r\n\r\nA.J.'),(245965,'9a14542f2c','','Calvin from one of if not the greatest American comic strip, \"Calvin and Hobbes\"\r\n\r\nWhy? Because I feel as though that happens all too often to me.\r\n\r\nA.J.'),(245966,'55c8404f60','','[quote:55c8404f60=\"TippedOver\"]\r\n\r\nTell you the truth, the only reason I am cheering for the Ducks is that I am a Buffalo Sabres fan - and Ottawa got lucky and put them out. Jerks![/quote:55c8404f60]\r\n\r\nI could say the same thing about what the Sabres did to my Rangers. If not for that goal with 7.7 seconds left in game 5 you are seeing the Rangers skating with the Cup at this very moment. \r\n\r\nSo yes I pulled for Ottawa, big whoop. :roll: \r\n\r\nA.J.'),(245967,'a069e83736','','[quote:a069e83736=\"The Angst Guy\"]Welcome, Darkest Evil! We need all the fresh bloo--um, new recruits we can get! :D[/quote:a069e83736]\r\n\r\nBlood! Blood for our foul serpent idol! :shock: Welcome, my friend...climb up onto the stone dias... :shock:'),(245968,'0c9157cb4b','','Since the actual aviversary is still a few months away, I\'d like to revive this thread wit some talk on your favorite TNG episodes!!\r\n\r\nPlease don\'t be afraid to share. :lol: \r\n\r\nOne of my all time favorites is (well, 2 episodes really), The third season Cliff-Hanger and forth season Opener, \"Best Of The Both Worlds\". While the effects may seem dated when compared to later Trek episodes, it still remains one of the best Two-Parters they ever did...atleast IMO. :wink: \r\n\r\nEnding the season with Picard, as Locutus, under the control of the Borg, about to head for Earth and Riker giving the order to open fire right before the credits rolled was just insane. It just wasn\'t something you were expecting from Star Trek. Plus, it was only the 2nd time the Borg had been featured, so they were still very mysterious. \r\n\r\nFrom the Wiki entry\r\n\r\n[quote:0c9157cb4b]Part I first aired during the week of July 1, 1990 as the third season finale and ended as a cliffhanger and fandom speculation began to mount about the fate of Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D. Part II concluded the story as the fourth season premiere during the week of September 24 of 1990, to many fans\' delight and praise. Many fans and critics regard and praise them as the best episodes of the entire Star Trek saga, having achieved an almost cinematic level of story and scope. With this episode, and with its embarkation upon an unprecedented fourth season, The Next Generation was considered to have finally emerged from the shadow of its predecessor.[/quote:0c9157cb4b]\r\n\r\nand\r\n\r\n[quote:0c9157cb4b]It appeared in TV Guide\'s 100 Most Memorable Moments in TV History feature in its July 1, 1995 edition, and also in another issue on the 100 greatest TV episodes of all time.[/quote:0c9157cb4b]\r\n\r\n :D'),(245969,'4ea1c95856','','[quote:4ea1c95856=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]I\'ve been catching up here, and it\'s all good. :) The Daria-Jane banter sounds right, and to me, Jane\'s innuendoes seem like a coping mechanism for something she wouldn\'t want to think about: the likelyhood that Trent may be dead.[/quote:4ea1c95856]\r\n\r\nIn Part 6, Jane yelled at Daria when the possibility of Trent\'s death was brought up. As you and The Sidhe said, I\'ve tried to use the innuendoes as a means to cope. But, of course, anything\'s possible, since this story almost writes itself.\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:4ea1c95856]Also, a tiny nitpick:\r\n\r\n[quote:4ea1c95856]The doctor looked at her and nodded. “I was afraid of that. It looks like we’ll have to use epinephrine, which I do happen to have on hand.” She prepared a hypodermic needle and cleaned a spot on Daria’s upper right arm. “Be thankful. I had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic once. I was given a weeks supply of prednisolone to take. A very tiny pill, but also very bitter. Prednisolone would take several days to work, anyway. This is a lot quicker.”\r\n\r\nDaria didn’t even react to the shot. Jane held her hands tightly to keep her from scratching and she was still biting her lower lip. Slowly, she relaxed as the antihistamine worked on her system. [/quote:4ea1c95856]\r\n\r\nEpinephrine isn\'t an antihistamine: it\'s a hormone that\'s an immunosuppresant (among other things) like prednisone, prednisolone, etc. An antihistamine blocks the effects of histamine produced by the immune system, while a shot of epi is going to block the actions of the immune system (including but not limited to the production of histamine) in the first place.\r\n\r\nBut while the categorization of the drug may be off (like I said, a nitpick), Doc. Kathy is doing the right thing, because it sounds like OH is going into anaphylaxis, which would make her get dead fast unless she gets wacked with an epi pen. Also Doc. Kathy\'s apparently blithe response might be deliberate to prevent Daria from becoming alarmed. Finally, I figure Kathy will want to keep tabs on Daria: she may need an antihistamine and prednisone tabs once her allergic crisis has passed—if there are any in the shelter, that is :twisted:[/quote:4ea1c95856]\r\n\r\nI appreciate the info on that. I can\'t change my mistake in the thread now, but will in my final version and on the other forums I\'m posting to, whenever I get around to doing that again.\r\n\r\nIt\'s been 23 years since I worked as a corpsman, so my knowledge is a bit out of date. But the allergic reaction was based on a personal experience from 1999. To this day, I can taste the prednisolone. Ugh.\r\n\r\nWould you know if rabies vaccine has to be refrigerated?'),(245970,'9e4c2740eb','An actual question about the show!','Okay.\r\n\r\n\r\nNow, we can all point to the big monents in [i:9e4c2740eb]Daria[/i:9e4c2740eb] that we like to discuss and would like to change, one way or another. \r\n\r\nTwo words. \'The Kiss\'.\r\n\r\n\r\nBut what about the little moments? The moments that were almost throwaways, the little touches, the moments of character that reveal oh, so much about all of our friendly neighborhood Lawndalians? Let\'s talk about some of those for a bit.\r\n\r\nOne little moment that always stood out for me was Upchuck getting the Rodney king treatment by the female LPD officers when his car stalls out at the Homecoming parade in [i:9e4c2740eb]I Loathe A Parade[/i:9e4c2740eb]. It\'s obvious from the way they speak to him (I LOVED it when one cop refers to him as \'Don Guano\'!) that they\'re all too familiar with him, and when he says one word too many & pays for it in pain (again, loved the way his screams of pain turned into crying and gurgles of agony)... Damn...\r\n\r\nWhat really sets the scene off for me is the way that NOBODY goes to his aid. I mean, even Tom (and there\'s no indication ever given that Tom knew him or even met him before that appearance) has no problem with him being beaten; just standing there and observing \'They\'re gonna kill him...\', and not making any move to interfere is some kind of Jim Vitale-level cold, you know? What kind of things had Upchuck done in the past to get this kind of response; maybe the bug-guy was right about the road Upchuck\'s taking after all...? I mean, come on! He may be a geek, but he\'s a rich white kid getting beaten by cops in the middle of the street, and during a major public spectacle! What the heck is up with Upchuck?\r\n\r\nAlso, you have to consider that - despite the portrayl on screen - Upchuck is \'Hollywood Homely\'; it\'s probably why I\'ve always seen Eric Stoltz (as he appeared in [i:9e4c2740eb]Some Kind Of Wonderful[/i:9e4c2740eb]) as a good live-action version of him. However, Topher Grace could also play a good Upchuck as well.\r\n\r\nSo, that\'s my question, folks. What are the little moments in the show, the tiny touches, the character-revealing moments that always caught your attention when you watch the show?'),(245971,'3b3de2c27a','','[quote:3b3de2c27a=\"The Angst Guy\"][quote:3b3de2c27a=\"E. A. Smith\"]Ever seen [i:3b3de2c27a]A Boy and His Dog[/i:3b3de2c27a]? :twisted:[/quote:3b3de2c27a]\r\nDaria and Jane eat Quinn? With a fork, I mean.[/quote:3b3de2c27a]\r\n\r\nAs long as it\'s not with a spork. That would be...uncivilized.\r\n\r\n\r\nAs far as the ending goes: I\'m not saying. Yet. But I can rule out the happy G-rated ending with bunnies and dolphins galore. I did a happy ficlet once and it nearly gave me a sugar overdose. If AiH hadn\'t fixed it with her addition, *shudder*.'),(245972,'f1fe424847','','In [i:f1fe424847]Mart of Darkness[/i:f1fe424847], when Jesse tells Trent and Tom that he needs to get more scented candles because \"I haven\'t had a bath in a week.\" Trent just looks at him and says, \"You\'re sitting in the back.\" :lol: :lol: :lol: \r\n\r\nI also like it when Quinn and her reflection sing together in [i:f1fe424847]Daria![/i:f1fe424847]. :lol:'),(245973,'2807a75246','','This reminds me of something...\r\n\r\nSome months back I read a Buffy fanfic at the Fluff. It also involved a character being transformed into a kitten, and subsequently becoming the pet of a villain.\r\n\r\nAnd if this one ends up where that one did ...\r\n\r\n :twisted: \r\n\r\nThis could be good.\r\n\r\nHoN'),(245974,'1480f4ec57','','[quote:1480f4ec57=\"Eccles\"][quote:1480f4ec57=\"ahmygoddess\"][quote:1480f4ec57=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:1480f4ec57=\"E. A. Smith\"]Mine is still the icon for [i:1480f4ec57]Firefly[/i:1480f4ec57], the greatest sci-fi TV show of all time.[/quote:1480f4ec57]\r\n\r\n\r\n(turns to see Brother Grimace behind him wearing a PSI Cop uniform)\r\n\r\nBG: Just imagine how this could have gone, if I were a Trekkie or a [i:1480f4ec57]Star Wars[/i:1480f4ec57] fan. \r\n\r\n(motions as if he were tipping his hat)\r\n\r\nWe are, however, quite more civilized. Be seeing you. \r\n\r\n(walks away)[/quote:1480f4ec57]\r\n\r\n\"Be seeing you...\" With a touch of the hat? What a marvelously obscure reference...[/quote:1480f4ec57]\r\n\r\nIs this the bit were I get eaten by a giant sea dwelling marshmallow?\r\nor am I OK because I am No# 562 and therefore insignificant?[/quote:1480f4ec57]\r\n\r\nTo the Rover, no one is insignificant, Number 562. All of us are grist for the mill, if we step out of line. Although, I don\'t think we have to worry that much until the doors to our domiciles close on their own.\r\n\r\nFor the uninitiated, the references listed are from a fantastic (but short-lived) British television series (18 episodes) called \"The Prisoner\", a direct extension of the \"Danger Man/Secret Agent\" series. In it, a spy angrily resigns, but that is not to be, as he is overcome and taken to \'The Village\' to be intensively questioned by the powers that be. Who they are is never made clear. All personnel are referred to by number: The Hero is Number Six, The Villain (who changes from episode to episode) is Number Two. Wikipedia has a detailed account (for some reason, I can\'t pull up the url, so just type in \"The Prisoner\" on your browser, and go to the Wikipedia site):\r\n\r\n \"Where am I?\"\r\n \"In the Village.\"\r\n \"What do you want?\"\r\n \"Information.\"\r\n \"Whose side are you on?\"\r\n \"That would be telling.... We want information. Information! INFORMATION!\" \r\n \"You won\'t get it.\"\r\n \"By hook or by crook, we will.\"\r\n \"Who are you?\"\r\n \"The new Number Two.\" \r\n \"Who is Number One?\"\r\n \"You are Number Six.\" \r\n \"I am not a number — I am a free man!\"\r\n\r\nThe chilling tag line, \"Be seeing you\", done with a touch of the hat, was said in perfect civility, and total menace. And it was a visual as well as a verbal threat. The simple touch by the hand, slightly dipping the hat accompanied by the the verbal comments would send shudders down your spine.\r\n\r\nThis program had a profound impact on my son. When he was was in middle school, there was some routine function that required an ordinary numeration. When it came to him, he shouted out \"I am not a number — I am a free man!\" Now of course, he was being an attention whore at the time, as many kids are, but it showed that he saw and listened to what was important to his old man, and that it became important to him.'),(245975,'3575fa6355','','[quote:3575fa6355=\"HeirOfNorton\"]This reminds me of something...\r\n\r\nSome months back I read a Buffy fanfic at the Fluff. It also involved a character being transformed into a kitten, and subsequently becoming the pet of a villain.\r\n\r\nAnd if this one ends up where that one did ...\r\n\r\n :twisted: \r\n\r\nThis could be good.\r\n\r\nHoN[/quote:3575fa6355]Never read it, how\'d it end?'),(245976,'175b2d8edb','','Please no waking up and it\'s all a dream.'),(245977,'79d3f8de30','','Mmmmmm. Single malt scotch.'),(245978,'deeb772e1d','','Tch. You cricket fans.'),(245979,'f9d7cd6705','','Dammit! Let\'s have it NOW! I just heard that the Aussie $ is at US$0.85. When I was there last time it was US$0.70.'),(245980,'d7443e612e','Is this Burnout Girl?','[url=http://www.pennyandaggie.com/]Look at the girl on the right of the second frame.[/url]'),(245981,'51ae401c47','','Hmmm... :lol: \r\n\r\nPerhaps so....or you\'re just seeing what you want to see.... :shock:'),(245982,'e5fd8edf20','','[quote:e5fd8edf20=\"Quiverwing\"]Oh really, I don\'t see anyone flirting with you.[/quote:e5fd8edf20]\r\n\r\nNot on this board maybe, but you\'ll be surprised... :roll: \r\n\r\n[quote:e5fd8edf20=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:e5fd8edf20=\"cyde\"][quote:e5fd8edf20=\"starmeshelion\"]Whenever something bad happens to me, I just use it to make myself more popular. :D[/quote:e5fd8edf20]\r\n\r\nOh, yes. \"Popular\" in the Upchuck sense of the term. :mrgreen:[/quote:e5fd8edf20]\r\n\r\nYep. :lol:[/quote:e5fd8edf20]\r\n\r\nHey, Upchuck may be a loser in love, but he got the cash!'),(245983,'d6a8aa6fea','','Elliott Smith: [i:d6a8aa6fea]Elliott Smith[/i:d6a8aa6fea]\r\n\r\n[img:d6a8aa6fea]http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/resources/images/smiith/smiith_rel_15.jpg[/img:d6a8aa6fea]\r\n\r\nGo-Betweens: [i:d6a8aa6fea]16 Lovers Lane[/i:d6a8aa6fea]\r\n\r\n[img:d6a8aa6fea]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4f/16LoversLane.jpg/200px-16LoversLane.jpg[/img:d6a8aa6fea]'),(245984,'8a31faa6ff','','You are correct Bliss Ticks I have no personal experience with the public transport system in the US, however a lot of my RL friends are from America so I am aware how bad the system is over there. All I am saying is that over here it is not much better if any.\r\nI can\'t coment on the cost of fares, it has been about five years since I had to rely on public transport over here. All i can say is that the cost of my fuel was about the same as my return ticket from the Derby Beer Festival Dariacon.\r\n\r\nThere are only 8 City’s that have any form of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rapid_transit_systems]Rapid Transit System.[/url] Ie an Underground or a Tram Network. These are great, and I have used the one in Newcastle fairly regularly, the problem is they only run in that particular City they don’t really venture much into the surrounding areas, at least the one in Newcastle goes from the town centre to the coast about 10 – 15 miles away.\r\n\r\nAs for going to Martins on public transport.\r\nIf I was to have conducted my Journey last Sunday to Martins by bus and National Express Coach, It would have taken between 7 to 8 hours, each way. So yes I would have been able to consume vast quantities of alchol, but I would definitely have missed lunch! Also with the time I left late at night I would have had to wait until the next morning to come home. As it was by using a car I had enough time for breakfast, and to pick up Tom in Nottingham and it still only took 3 - 4 hours each way.\r\n \r\nOutward journeys for Sun 10 Jun 07 leaving after 08:30 \r\nOption 1 / Transport - Bus, Bus, Coach, Bus, Walk / Changes - 4\r\nLeave - 11:15 / Arrive - 18:30 / Duration 7hours, 15 mins \r\n\r\nReturn journeys for Mon 11 Jun 07 leaving after 00:30 \r\nOption 1 / Transport - Bus, Coach, Bus, Walk / Changes - 3\r\nLeave - 09:30 / Arrive - 17:39 / Duration 8hours, 09 mins\r\n\r\nOur Rail links here are better I would have at least made it in time to get a meal, \r\n\r\nOutward journeys for Sun 10 Jun 07 leaving after 08:30 \r\nOption 1 / Transport - Bus, Train, Train, Bus, Walk / Changes - 4\r\nLeave - 08:52 / Arrive - 13:50 / Duration - 4hours, 58 mins\r\n\r\nReturn journeys for Mon 11 Jun 07 leaving after 00:30 \r\nOption - 1 / Transport - Bus, Train, Train, Train, Walk / Changes - 4\r\nLeave - 05:10 / Arrive - 08:44 / Duration - 3hours, 34 mins \r\n\r\nI have done it once by rail but not to get to Martins house but a Town nearby.\r\nYou can read of my adventure for that trip here.\r\n[url=http://admingoldman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Daria/fanstuff/eccles/blog/Derby%20060107/blog.html]Daria in Derby[/url]'),(245985,'cf6dba3552','','Arrgh, impossible question. I listen to a pretty wide range of bands, and the problem with judging them to a single set of criteria is that its unfair applying them for some artists as opposed to others. For instance, while I might judge a Bob Dylan song based on its lyrics, it wouldn\'t work doing that with a My Bloody Valentine or Cocteau Twins track, where the vocals are largely used as an instrument. Similarly, I can\'t restrict music to a single emotional response because it should be about a variety of responses. No point limiting yourself to a single type.'),(245986,'64e598bea5','','I voted for the second option. Quinn is already dead or dying, and the story is dark enough to require someone else\'s death.'),(245987,'c0d3751cb4','Bringing "Sexy" back??','Where did hell did it go?? Did \"Sexy\" disappear for awhile?? Why do people use this ridiculous phrase?\r\n\r\nYeah...I\'m bored...but this has been on my mind :lol:\r\n\r\n\r\n[img:c0d3751cb4]http://lc.fdots.com/cc/lc/9a/9a4dd838d3b23ddbf4c7bdf54891668e.jpg[/img:c0d3751cb4]'),(245988,'5e3bd399ad','','[quote:5e3bd399ad=\"TippedOver\"][b:5e3bd399ad][size=24:5e3bd399ad][color=red:5e3bd399ad]DUCKS WIN!!![/color:5e3bd399ad][/size:5e3bd399ad][/b:5e3bd399ad]\r\n\r\n\r\n[size=7:5e3bd399ad]NOT Penguins, DUCKS...[/size:5e3bd399ad]\r\n\r\n\r\nI feel a little better now - SHOULD have been the Sabres, but hey, there\'s always next year.[/quote:5e3bd399ad]\r\n\r\nNo, next year, Penguins.\r\n\r\nI\'m glad to see Randy Carlyle finally win one. He\'s definitely a good guy.\r\n\r\nPeace\r\nKevin'),(245989,'d6beaeaf10','Re: Is this Burnout Girl?','[quote:d6beaeaf10=\"Deref\"][url=http://www.pennyandaggie.com/]Look at the girl on the right of the second frame.[/url][/quote:d6beaeaf10]\r\n\r\nThe others look familiar, too.\r\n\r\nOn the left, Popular Girl aka \"Tori Jericho\".\r\n\r\nIn the middle, Trent.'),(245990,'1876aba229','This is just evil','[url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20070603_What_if_our_mercenaries_turn_on_us_.html]I had no idea that the US use of mercenaries was so entrenched.[/url]\r\n\r\nThis is serious sh1t. What kind of coverage is it getting? Is anyone worried?'),(245991,'9a67b412fe','Re: This is just evil','[quote:9a67b412fe=\"Deref\"][url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20070603_What_if_our_mercenaries_turn_on_us_.html]I had no idea that the US use of mercenaries was so entrenched.[/url]\r\n\r\nThis is serious sh1t. What kind of coverage is it getting? Is anyone worried?[/quote:9a67b412fe]\r\n\r\nI\'m all for it. Mercenaries get paid a hell of a lot better than troops, and since they join up with full knowledge that their only purpose is to shoot people, they don\'t get low morale for being sent to war after joining up to pay for vet school.\r\n\r\nPlus I applied for a job with Blackwater in their development of a recon balloon.'),(245992,'b86cd3f068','','I guess Justin Timberlake saw himself as the real deal, coming back to show all the pretenders (as he saw them) how \"it\'s\" done.\r\n\r\nHas it become a popular phrase now or something?'),(245993,'5f6b105718','','Well..William Shatner said it in ad for his new game show,lol\r\n\r\nBut I have heard it or read it in a few other instances\r\n\r\n[quote:5f6b105718]Justin Timberlake[/quote:5f6b105718]\r\n\r\nThat guy can go suck his own :P :lol:'),(245994,'94193a0c8a','Wy cann\'t polititians spel?','Way back when, there was the Dan Quayle [url=http://www.capitalcentury.com/1992.html]\"potatoe\" incident.[/url]\r\n\r\nMore recently, it seems to be the Democrats with spelling problems.\r\n\r\nLast week it was Hillary with her [url=http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/31/misspelling-of-the-day/]\"New Jobs for \'Tommorrow\'\"[/url]. (Presumably one of the jobs is \"proofreader\"?)\r\n\r\nThis week a [url=http://instapundit.com/archives2/006049.php]John Edwards press release[/url] misspells Ronald \"Regan\", George \"Forman\" and \"Rudolf\" Giuliani. Sigh.\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/31/national/main2873184.shtml]Evan O\'Dorney[/url] for President!'),(245995,'5c2bb149f1','','\"The Best of Both Worlds\" is a classic, without a doubt, but I think the Borg\'s introduction episode, \"Q Who?\", is always worth a look. The first time we see the Borg cube approaching, it\'s a truly chilling moment. It\'s a good episode to introduce someone to TNG, and a good rebuttal to those who claim that \"everything always turns out OK\" in Star Trek. In the end, Picard and his crew have not lost one, but two battles.\r\n\r\n\"The Inner Light\" is another high point for me: it has both a moving character drama and a mind-boggling sci-fi concept. \r\n\r\nI also love \"The Survivors\" (I was truly stunned by the revelation at the end), \"Conundrum\" (very funny and tense), \"Yesterday\'s Enterprise\" (complex plot and great performances all round), and \"The Mind\'s Eye\" (probably the best episode featuring the Romulans, the most underrated ST villains).\r\n\r\nThere are loads of other episodes I could list, though.'),(245996,'c8fedcd0a6','','Yes indeed, more great episodes. :D \r\n\r\n[quote:c8fedcd0a6]a good rebuttal to those who claim that \"everything always turns out OK\" in Star Trek[/quote:c8fedcd0a6]\r\n\r\nThat was never truer than in DS9\'s entire 7 year run :) \r\n\r\nAnother favorite is \"Cause and Effect\", when the ship is caught in a repeating time loop and is destoyed over and over until they figure out how to stop it. This episode also featured Kelsey Grammar at the very end. 8)'),(245997,'757fcd2780','','I love Trent\'s reaction to seeing Brittany in Jane\'s Room in \"Partner\'s Complaint\". :lol:'),(245998,'4cb1148821','','[quote:4cb1148821=\"cyde\"]\r\nFrom what I understand (and please correct me if I\'m wrong), there is a movement to introduce the metric system as a replacement for the US customary system. Unfortunately, we\'re rather resistant to change and most of us have been using the US customary system for all of our lives. Change would be difficult and laborious and, frankly, most people have no incentive to learn a different way of doing it. I am six feet, three inches tall... and I couldn\'t tell you how many centimeters that is off the top of my head. You savvy? ;)\r\n\r\nOh god, and imagine how that would screw up (American) football!\r\n\r\nAnd biologists claim that the human is an adaptable animal? :mrgreen:[/quote:4cb1148821]\r\n\r\nThe \"movement\" has been creeping along since the 1970s and in many cases, has gone the wrong direction. The way that they tried to teach metric use back then probably turned many of my generation against the metric system. First, memorize all of the unit prefixes, even the ones that are never used in everday life (yeah, how many times does anybody use deka-). Second, bombard them with a bunch of conversion factors so that the students \"can get a feel for what the units are like\". Noboby ever thought of the simple method of [i:4cb1148821]using[/i:4cb1148821] the metric system to teach it.\r\n\r\nSo now, scientists are familiar with the metric system because we use it regularly and everyone else still lives in fear of bad prefixes and obscure conversions.'),(245999,'8d8f1ebb78','','[quote:8d8f1ebb78=\"byron lomax\"]I love Trent\'s reaction to seeing Brittany in Jane\'s Room in \"Partner\'s Complaint\". :lol:[/quote:8d8f1ebb78]\r\n\r\nWhat was it? \"Hey Janey, I-WHOA!!\" :shock: \r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol:'),(246000,'3d614f466c','','A nice bit of exta trivia on [i:3d614f466c]The Prisoner[/i:3d614f466c]. Almost every episode featured a different Number 2 and the opening dialog AMG posted was recorded with the Number 2 of that episode. Sometimes, the inflections used gave some extra meanings, hints and confusions about the show.'),(246001,'4986de8c77','','[quote:4986de8c77=\"atimnie\"][quote:4986de8c77=\"TheEleventy\"]Another thing: Those ideals and freedoms others allude to: I\'ve served; have you? WOULD you?\r\n\r\nWe know the answer already.[/quote:4986de8c77]Don\'t assume, it\'s a most unattractive trait. I tried to serve, straight out of high school, but they thought I was too nervous and depressed to join. Of course, this was at a rare time when we weren\'t at war with anyone, these days I think I might get in, if I wasn\'t well into my 40\'s.[/quote:4986de8c77]\r\n\r\nAlso a reminder, there are more ways to serve than the military. That was a lesson my father (a career Army/Air Force non-comm and veteran of WWII and Korea) made sure all of his children understood.'),(246002,'1ec0e8c83d','Re: This is just evil','[quote:1ec0e8c83d=\"Deref\"][url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20070603_What_if_our_mercenaries_turn_on_us_.html]I had no idea that the US use of mercenaries was so entrenched.[/url]\r\n\r\nThis is serious sh1t. What kind of coverage is it getting? Is anyone worried?[/quote:1ec0e8c83d]\r\n\r\nThey\'ve gotten off and on coverage ever since 4 Blackwater contractors were killed and their mutilated bodies paraded in the streets. By some accounts, these outfits have been very reticent about detailing to families how some of these people were killed.'),(246003,'2c3001a461','','[quote:2c3001a461=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:2c3001a461=\"RLobinske\"]Dervish, you\'re actually suggesting a new government program? :D \r\n\r\nActually, I think it\'s a good idea that could be effectively put into place without too much trouble. The EBT debit cards have proven to be far less suceptable to abuse than the old paper food stamps.[/quote:2c3001a461]\r\n\r\n\r\nHA!\r\n\r\n(not meaning to be a jerk.)\r\n\r\n\r\nHere in Illinois, they started the Link Card system in 1997... and in late January or early February, they had already discovered several cases of fraud and abuse of the system, mere weeks after it was activated. \r\n\r\nThe WORST case of abuse (so far) was actually here in Peoria, not more than a few blocks from where one of my brothers lives. There was a little mom-and-pop store that had the system set up so that people could come in and use it to get a straight cash-value off the cards, or buy liquor, drugs or even guns with their cards. \r\n\r\nThe local news media were walking around on clouds for a week after running that story into the ground. \r\n\r\n\r\nThis is a small city, also. Imagine what will - or could - or does - happen in major cities, or very small aareas that aren\'t all that heavily watched.[/quote:2c3001a461]\r\n\r\nI didn\'t say that they couldn\'t be abused, just that they were less suceptable to abuse. The old paper food stamps could, and were, used fraudulently with much more ease and frequency.\r\n\r\nI have a firm believe in human inventiveness. Somebody will figure a way to scam and commit fraud in any system we can develop. That\'s why I also agree with you that oversight is critical. But as I\'ve frequently said, oversight is essential to any government program.'),(246004,'7d743f174f','','Nice, entertaining video that gets the message across. That is one of the things that continually frustrates me. Evolution Theory says nothing about the existance of a divinity. It is simply the description of the observable biological and physical process of species change and development. It doesn\'t \"disprove\" a divinity any more than Newton\'s Laws of Motion or the Laws of Thermodynamics \"disprove\" a divinity.'),(246005,'0cb24d20c2','','[url=http://www.tonykevin.com/IraqNewsGettingWorse.html]Australians have also been doing this all along,[/url] so do avoid any self-righteousness here.\r\n\r\nThis is just the latest and logical (despite being immoral) extension of the military-industrial complex, which rules the governments that attempt to rule those who inhabit both countries.\r\n\r\nWhich marauding States are, by the way, [i:0cb24d20c2]neither[/i:0cb24d20c2] \"yours\" nor \"mine.\" I suggest in advance that we take care to avoid those bits of reckless collectivist usage, as well.'),(246006,'081fcbd497','','[quote:081fcbd497=\"RLobinske\"]First, memorize all of the unit prefixes, even the ones that are never used in everday life (yeah, how many times does anybody use deka-).\r\n[/quote:081fcbd497]\r\n\r\n\r\nI remember using \"atto\" once on a homework assignment for a semiconductors class. I think it momentarily confused whoever graded the paper.'),(246007,'490f094c40','','I\'d also add \"Schisms\", which is really underrated I think. That scene where they\'re in the holodeck trying to construct a re-enactment of the examination room from their memories of abduction is really, really creepy.'),(246008,'33f53d1bb2','','Thanks for the feedback everyone. I\'ve ordered the Database and i might get the Diaries sometime in the future.'),(246009,'6e01dc0468','','Yes.\r\n\r\n[url]http://www.drugs.com/ppa/rabies-vaccine.html[/url]\r\n\r\n\r\nWhich is not to say that the mixed vaccine may not have a shelf life of a couple of days - that I can\'t answer.\r\n\r\nOr simply have D&J put the syringe in a baggie and carry it in a thermos with ice - that should keep it for two or three days, at least.'),(246010,'545d4e6b43','','To me no one will be dead unless we are specifically told by someone who saw them die or we saw a body. At this point to me everyone is still possibly alive.'),(246011,'2ea7c6cc1f','','Penny and Aggie is a great webcomic. Yeah, that girl does look like Burnout Girl and Penny does look like Tori.'),(246012,'33accb69ad','','I wasn\'t even a full year old yet, only about 9 months. Though chances are I was with my parents when they were watching it.'),(246013,'34b855b612','','[quote:34b855b612=\"RLobinske\"]Nice, entertaining video that gets the message across. That is one of the things that continually frustrates me. Evolution Theory says nothing about the existance of a divinity. It is simply the description of the observable biological and physical process of species change and development. It doesn\'t \"disprove\" a divinity any more than Newton\'s Laws of Motion or the Laws of Thermodynamics \"disprove\" a divinity.[/quote:34b855b612]\r\n\r\nThis may be a dumb question, but isn\'t there a difference between micro-evolution and macro-evolution? I thought micro-evolution was dealing with species change and development, as you describe here, and macro-evolution was dealing with how it all started.\r\n\r\n[size=3:34b855b612]Science has never been my favorite subject, please don\'t hurt me![/size:34b855b612]'),(246014,'7128107c54','veoh','I\'ve caught up with loads of Daria episodes I\'ve missed on Veoh, but now it looks like the majority of them have been relegated to the \"Mature Content\" status. It\'s weird, because there\'s lots of stuff on the website that could be considered more \"mature\" (or rather, child-unfriendly), but it\'s still there for all to see.'),(246016,'fab59ec5ec','','Ewww....I sooooo.... didn\'t expect to see you here, Upchuck. :)'),(246017,'50928fe4e5','','[quote:50928fe4e5=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]Penny and Aggie is a great webcomic. Yeah, that girl does look like Burnout Girl and Penny does look like Tori.[/quote:50928fe4e5]\r\n\r\nI just started reading it. It\'s very cool.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(246018,'96ebc205e6','','I\'ve never even seen Kim Possible, but this story is really fun.'),(246019,'946ce3090c','','The following exchange from \"Dye! Dye! My Darling!\"\r\n\r\nJane has just finished berating Tom.\r\n\r\nJane: What do we do now?\r\n\r\nTom: I don\'t know.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a great exchange, because they don\'t know. Neither of them has ever been in this position before, and there\'s no road map. Just another sign that the writers were always thinking.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(246020,'3dcd1c5eca','','[quote:3dcd1c5eca=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:3dcd1c5eca=\"smk\"][quote:3dcd1c5eca=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:3dcd1c5eca=\"smk\"][quote:3dcd1c5eca=\"Brother Grimace\"]Really didn\'t want to think about that... Even with all of the sirens and announcements, all of the panic and confusion, it\'s very likely that Trent just slept through it all, and died from massive radiation poisoning... probably didn\'t make it out of the house.[/quote:3dcd1c5eca]\r\n\r\nWait, were there warnings? I don\'t remember that. :?\r\n\r\nBesides, Trent\'s alive. So I have spoken, so shall it be written.[/quote:3dcd1c5eca]\r\n\r\nRemember when Linda told the girls that Lawndale was evacuated?[/quote:3dcd1c5eca]\r\n\r\nOK, but Trent was gone. Yeah, he was . . . I\'m not sure where he was, but he was gone. Gone, I say![/quote:3dcd1c5eca]\r\n\r\n\r\nYes... yes. Trent probably was gone. Maybe he and the Boys of Spiral were off doing a gig at some dive elsewhere, and spent the time afterward partaking of The Skanks Whose Names They Could Care Less About... that\'s why they weren\'t there.\r\n\r\nIf you also want to go with the plausible what-if\'s... there\'s every chance that he Boys of Spiral saw Quinn and company and rescued them... why?\r\n\r\n1.) It\'s the right thing to do.\r\n\r\n2.) Because Trent would do it to keep Daria from being sad. \r\n\r\n\r\nYes... that\'s what happened...\r\n\r\nIt is. \r\n\r\nReally. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n :twisted:[/quote:3dcd1c5eca]\r\n\r\nBetter idea! He was asleep, in the shelter! And he didn\'t bop out unprepared into fallout, because the nuclear emergency radio, without which no shelter is complete, automatically came on, and he had all the information he needed to stay safe.\r\n\r\n :P'),(246021,'766ea8acc6','','When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?'),(246022,'bad7feedda','','[quote:bad7feedda=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:bad7feedda=\"Quiverwing\"]Oh really, I don\'t see anyone flirting with you.[/quote:bad7feedda]\r\n\r\nNot on this board maybe, but you\'ll be surprised... :roll: \r\n\r\n[quote:bad7feedda=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:bad7feedda=\"cyde\"][quote:bad7feedda=\"starmeshelion\"]Whenever something bad happens to me, I just use it to make myself more popular. :D[/quote:bad7feedda]\r\n\r\nOh, yes. \"Popular\" in the Upchuck sense of the term. :mrgreen:[/quote:bad7feedda]\r\n\r\nYep. :lol:[/quote:bad7feedda]\r\n\r\nHey, Upchuck may be a loser in love, but he got the cash![/quote:bad7feedda]\r\n\r\nFrom his daddy, yeah. :P'),(246023,'48451d3ce0','','One little piece that made Daria seem a little more human and less caricature.\r\n\r\nIn The New Kid, when Daria learns that Quinn used her web page software, which Daria had planned to return. Quinn comments on how many hits her page had gotten and Daria says she can top that. Quinn acts confused--something like \"But you don\'t have a web page!\" And Daria responds:\r\n\r\n\"No, but I can hit.\"\r\n\r\n\r\nNot her most shining moment, but I know that\'s the way many of us--even us bright, verbal people--handled our little sisters from time to time. (I gave mine a huge bruise on the shoulder, while she made her own hole in my ear cartilage when we were about that age.)'),(246024,'8385ac16c9','','[quote:8385ac16c9=\"smk\"]\r\nThis may be a dumb question, but isn\'t there a difference between micro-evolution and macro-evolution? I thought micro-evolution was dealing with species change and development, as you describe here, and macro-evolution was dealing with how it all started.\r\n\r\n[size=3:8385ac16c9]Science has never been my favorite subject, please don\'t hurt me![/size:8385ac16c9][/quote:8385ac16c9]\r\n\r\nIt\'s mainly a matter of scale. Microevolution is small scale changes in relatively short time frames, while macroevolution is larger scale changes over longer periods that often result in sufficient divergence for new species or sub-species. There are a number of different schools of thought about how much these two are part of a continuum and how much that there are separate processes the affect both. The arguments on these differences get rather involved and lengthy. \r\n\r\nEvolution Theory itself actually does not touch upon how life orginated. It only deals with how things changed after that point.'),(246025,'163d3dad26','','Their families will have survived the nuclear attacks but have been killed by bikers on the hunt for \"petrol\" and Daria and Jane will go off Mad-Max style for two more stories. :) \r\n\r\nMelissa'),(246026,'2f5e546173','','Nice work!\r\n\r\nYou had a page on Deviantart all along, and didn\'t tell us?! You sneaky little...\r\n\r\nWell, like I said, now that you have one (albeit a couple years old), I\'m gonna watch you!'),(246027,'c4954a9cfe','','I\'m sure he was sleeping next to the kiln in the basement and, with all the layers of lead paint on the house\'s exterior, was safe.'),(246028,'c0582d79c7','','Also from [i:c0582d79c7]The New Kid[/i:c0582d79c7]:\r\n\r\n[quote:c0582d79c7](Ted exits)\r\n\r\nJane - Um, you did the right thing? \r\n\r\nDaria - Yeah. A guy makes me a necklace by hand and I act like it\'s nuclear waste. Sure. I did the right thing. \r\n\r\nJane - Okay, now you\'re being sarcastic. \r\n[/quote:c0582d79c7]\r\nand later:\r\n\r\n[quote:c0582d79c7]Daria - Do you think I was too mean to Ted? \r\n\r\nJane - Oh brother. \r\n\r\nDaria - He\'s not a brother, and he\'s not in a cult. He\'s just very honest and ethical and smart and I shouldn\'t have been so mean. \r\n[/quote:c0582d79c7]\r\n\r\nThis is one of the places where we really start seeing Daria as a feeling human who does have empathy for others and does have remorse for some of her actions. It didn\'t work out in the end, but someone, a boy, started to get inside of her self-imposed walls.'),(246029,'0716407bb8','','[quote:0716407bb8=\"Deref\"]:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Shades of the Coyote and the Roadrunner![/quote:0716407bb8]\r\n\r\nThose were unbelievably funny.\r\n\r\nThanks for sharing.'),(246030,'6de2df7566','','[quote:6de2df7566=\"RLobinske\"][quote:6de2df7566=\"smk\"]\r\nThis may be a dumb question, but isn\'t there a difference between micro-evolution and macro-evolution? I thought micro-evolution was dealing with species change and development, as you describe here, and macro-evolution was dealing with how it all started.\r\n\r\n[size=3:6de2df7566]Science has never been my favorite subject, please don\'t hurt me![/size:6de2df7566][/quote:6de2df7566]\r\n\r\nIt\'s mainly a matter of scale. Microevolution is small scale changes in relatively short time frames, while macroevolution is larger scale changes over longer periods that often result in sufficient divergence for new species or sub-species. There are a number of different schools of thought about how much these two are part of a continuum and how much that there are separate processes the affect both. The arguments on these differences get rather involved and lengthy. \r\n\r\n[b:6de2df7566]Evolution Theory itself actually does not touch upon how life orginated. It only deals with how things changed after that point[/b:6de2df7566].[/quote:6de2df7566]\r\n\r\nIs that a change, or has that always been how scientists define it? Because that is not what I learned in school. Maybe we were only taught dumbed-down science, though.'),(246031,'6dae8fb291','','[quote:6dae8fb291=\"RLobinske\"]A nice bit of exta trivia on [i:6dae8fb291]The Prisoner[/i:6dae8fb291]. Almost every episode featured a different Number 2 and the opening dialog AMG posted was recorded with the Number 2 of that episode. Sometimes, the inflections used gave some extra meanings, hints and confusions about the show.[/quote:6dae8fb291]\r\n\r\nNow for the real crazy stuff, The outside locations were not done on the back lot of a recording studio. It was all filmed in the Welsh village of Portmeirion. The Village actualy exists and is a real village, people live there!!!\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.portmeirion-village.com/]You can find Information, [size=18:6dae8fb291]Information,[/size:6dae8fb291] [size=24:6dae8fb291]Information,[/size:6dae8fb291] About the Village and a Quizz about the Prisoner here.[/url]'),(246032,'d99d818317','Daria in the news!','Well, sort of. Janeane Garofalo mentions her in an offhand manner at the end of an interview with the Onion:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.avclub.com/content/feature/random_roles_janeane_garofalo'),(246033,'e207e4b5be','','Yeah I would say that is Burnout Girl.\r\n\r\n\r\n[url]http://ssw.ssw.net/cast/characters/other/background.htm[/url]'),(246034,'cdf4970107','','Hey, being Upchuck isn\'t that bad; He winds up with Andrea, and in some fics even with Stacy. Now I wouldn\'t mind being Andrea\'s boyfriend; She looks like one of those dark and mysterious LiveJournal Goths who enjoy slashing their wrists. Grrrrrrr, feisty! (Or is it \"bloody\"?)'),(246035,'45f514d0b8','','Ted DeWitt Clinton is an absolute weirdo and the one person on the show I never really got. He\'s also a good person who doesn\'t deserve to be ostracised, especially not by Daria, but I can\'t identify with him for the life of me, let alone find his relationships with either Daria or Stacy in fanfics believable at all. I know that Daria is a show about highschool stereotypes, but must every television nerd be nerdy in the basest form of the word? How come American TV shows only have nerds who are into science and sci-fi and D&D, sometimes even chess, but they never have geeks who like literature or progressive rock or other things? Daria is a literate girl with glasses, therefore she is more of a \"brain\" than a \"geek\", but the point of Daria as a show is also to transcend these stereotypes, and so to have a character like Ted on the show, without allowing for any character development for him at all, to me is kind of an insult.'),(246036,'e3fa0bc057','','[quote:e3fa0bc057=\"smk\"]When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?[/quote:e3fa0bc057]\r\n\r\nThat depends. Does anyone here want to beta the script? :P'),(246037,'40f09335b5','','[quote:40f09335b5=\"waldnorm\"]Please no waking up and it\'s all a dream.[/quote:40f09335b5]\r\n\r\nTrust me, that is not an option. Sounds too much like a bad episode of [i:40f09335b5]Dallas[/i:40f09335b5]. Besides, it would be a lame ending.'),(246038,'91f4576294','','[quote:91f4576294=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:91f4576294=\"smk\"]When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?[/quote:91f4576294]\r\n\r\nThat depends. Does anyone here want to beta the script? :P[/quote:91f4576294]\r\n\r\nI used to do that all the time back in school - it\'s how I got my first job as a writing consultant (back when I was an actual person). \r\n\r\n\r\nBe glad to beta it for you - and if you\'re up to it, I could use someone to give me an opinion on my [i:91f4576294]Heroes: Origin[/i:91f4576294] spec script.'),(246039,'885eb8edec','','[quote:885eb8edec=\"echopapa\"]Yes.\r\n\r\n[url]http://www.drugs.com/ppa/rabies-vaccine.html[/url]\r\n\r\n\r\nWhich is not to say that the mixed vaccine may not have a shelf life of a couple of days - that I can\'t answer.\r\n\r\nOr simply have D&J put the syringe in a baggie and carry it in a thermos with ice - that should keep it for two or three days, at least.[/quote:885eb8edec]\r\n\r\nThank you for that info. :D \r\n\r\n \r\nI hadn\'t come across the drugs.com site yet in my research, so it will be useful for other fics as well. This helps me in part 18 (and probably parts 19 and 20, as well.)'),(246040,'d48093fa04','','I have not read the series, but I can safely say that it will end in a tap-dance number.\r\n\r\nThe Klown has spoken...or typed...whatever.'),(246041,'b716893d12','','[quote:b716893d12=\"starmeshelion\"]Ted DeWitt Clinton is an absolute weirdo and the one person on the show I never really got. He\'s also a good person who doesn\'t deserve to be ostracised, especially not by Daria, but I can\'t identify with him for the life of me, let alone find his relationships with either Daria or Stacy in fanfics believable at all. I know that Daria is a show about highschool stereotypes, but must every television nerd be nerdy in the basest form of the word? How come American TV shows only have nerds who are into science and sci-fi and D&D, sometimes even chess, but they never have geeks who like literature or progressive rock or other things? Daria is a literate girl with glasses, therefore she is more of a \"brain\" than a \"geek\", but the point of Daria as a show is also to transcend these stereotypes, and so to have a character like Ted on the show, without allowing for any character development for him at all, to me is kind of an insult.[/quote:b716893d12]\r\n\r\n\r\nYes, yes, yes. That\'s all very nice, but if you want to berate him in this thread, then at least point out a specific instance, and a specific moment where he really annoyed you. If it were me, I\'d pick the point where they were at the arcade, and he basically blows Daria off to keep playing with the jocks and popular kids, who\'ve suddenly judged him \'cool\'. \r\n\r\nShe should have slapped him. Problem is, it would have only made him cooler in the guys\' eyes. (\'Dang... you the man, Ted! Hit it and quit it, and now she\'s PISSED...!\')\r\n\r\nMen. Given half the chance, we\'re [i:b716893d12]dogs[/i:b716893d12]. ALL of us. \r\n\r\n[u:b716893d12][size=24:b716893d12][b:b716893d12]ARF![/b:b716893d12][/size:b716893d12][/u:b716893d12] :wink: :D :D :D :D :D\r\n\r\n\r\nOh, and P.S. - since it IS a show about stereotypes, and Ted also fits into the \'Hollywood Homely\' class, in real life, Ted would look like Michael Shanks from [i:b716893d12]Stargate SG-1[/i:b716893d12]. \r\n\r\n(Uh, people... you can pick Teeki, NNJ and HSX up off the floor at any time - and Dervish... we know that you didn\'t just slip on spilled water. Stop trying to play it off. :wink: :shock: :shock: :shock:)\r\n\r\nThink about THAT, Stars. Ted Dewitt-Clinton. Wickedly smart, well-versed in self-defense, will actually try to do things that\'ll make a girl happy AND he looks handsome enough for almost any girl but still can carry off the \'boy-next-door\' thing with ease. \r\n\r\nNo wonder you can\'t stand him. He\'d take Stacy from you without a blink - [i:b716893d12]and the girl would never look back.[/i:b716893d12] :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:'),(246042,'15b4aa6e32','','[quote:15b4aa6e32=\"Brother Grimace\"]Be glad to beta it for you - and if you\'re up to it, I could use someone to give me an opinion on my [i:15b4aa6e32]Heroes: Origin[/i:15b4aa6e32] spec script.[/quote:15b4aa6e32]\r\n\r\nGreat! I\'ll send you a pdf as soon as we finish revising the first act. :D \r\n\r\nI don\'t know how much help I would be for [i:15b4aa6e32]Heroes[/i:15b4aa6e32]; I\'ve only seen the first episode so far (I do intend to see the rest as soon as I have the time). However, my best friend (who has his bachelor\'s in screenwriting) has seen every episode, and he says he would be delighted to beta your script, if you\'re willing. He\'s always been a very good beta-er for me.'),(246043,'e40675a090','','[quote:e40675a090=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:e40675a090=\"smk\"]When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?[/quote:e40675a090]\r\n\r\nThat depends. Does anyone here want to beta the script? :P[/quote:e40675a090]\r\n\r\nWhat, we\'d have to [i:e40675a090]do[/i:e40675a090] something? What about providing unconditional support, and snarky commentary? Doesn\'t that count?\r\n\r\nSeriously, though, I could beta, but I don\'t think I have the skills you\'re looking for.'),(246044,'59103452cf','','The great things about Ted Dewitt-Clinton are:\r\n\r\n1) He might be a virtual encyclopedia on subjects of the obscure. He\'s a young man who knows how to make couches -- out of wood. He has mastered armed combat techniques of the middle ages from reading ancient manuscripts. In short, he has one of the most naturally inquisitive minds of any of the characters. He might not be as smart as Daria, or Jodie, or Upchuck -- Ted is not seen in any of their classes -- but the scope of his knowledge is quite impressive.\r\n\r\n2) You couldn\'t really count him as a nerd for many reasons:\r\n\r\na) he has no one singular obsession: not science fiction, not Star Trek, not Buffy, not anything. He\'s much more of a Renaissance man.\r\n\r\nb) he has virtually zero familiarity with popular culture, due to his sheltered upbringing, and most \"nerds\" are pretty hip to the culture. He was unfamiliar with the Beatles, and had never had gum. I\'m sure he had never had soda or pizza, and was probably raised on some ultra-vegan macrobiotic diet. \r\n\r\nc) there\'s no simmering resentment. He holds no grudges whatsoever, and was not only quite friendly with the football players at the arcade, but after a while, they were [i:59103452cf]joining up with him[/i:59103452cf]. He makes friends naturally and easily, because I believe Ted simply has no reason not to seek out the best in others.\r\n\r\nHowever, these qualities would probably not lead to successful relationships. Ted\'s almost from a different planet; there\'s too much of a learning curve for any prospective partner. Ted would either have to enter Stacy\'s world or Stacy would have to enter Ted\'s; there\'s just too much [i:59103452cf]terra incognita[/i:59103452cf] to traverse. \r\n\r\nThen again...teenage lust might overcome all sorts of boundaries....\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!'),(246045,'ac5c802f57','GAH! Throw away the key already!','[url]http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/07/paris.hilton/index.html[/url]\r\n\r\nThis makes me very...very angry....\r\n\r\nThat is all'),(246046,'ec63e19f47','','A bedtime story indeed! :D\r\n\r\n[quote:ec63e19f47=\"The Marquis de Sade, in \'Philosophy in the Bedroom,\'\"]\r\n[color=black:ec63e19f47][size=14:ec63e19f47][b:ec63e19f47]I never eat so heartily nor sleep so soundly as when I spend the day in what fools call vice.[/b:ec63e19f47][/size:ec63e19f47][/color:ec63e19f47]\r\n\r\n[/quote:ec63e19f47] \r\n\r\n:twisted:\r\n\r\nETA: and a +5 for an appropriate and gruesome end for Charles Ruttheimer, III!'),(246047,'c0573d2003','','[quote:c0573d2003=\"smk\"][quote:c0573d2003=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:c0573d2003=\"smk\"]When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?[/quote:c0573d2003]\r\n\r\nThat depends. Does anyone here want to beta the script? :P[/quote:c0573d2003]\r\n\r\nWhat, we\'d have to [i:c0573d2003]do[/i:c0573d2003] something? What about providing unconditional support, and snarky commentary? Doesn\'t that count?\r\n\r\nSeriously, though, I could beta, but I don\'t think I have the skills you\'re looking for.[/quote:c0573d2003]\r\n\r\nYou don\'t have to have screenwriting experience to beta. Even if you aren\'t familiar with script conventions, you can still say if the story is entertaining, if the characters are believable, ect.'),(246048,'579ddb0735','','I\'m up for some beta-reading!\r\n\r\n(I write and revise screenplays quite often for student productions)'),(246049,'0fe483b17c','','[quote:0fe483b17c=\"starmeshelion\"]Hey, being Upchuck isn\'t that bad.[/quote:0fe483b17c]\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol:'),(246050,'ba1e3cefe6','','[quote:ba1e3cefe6=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\n\r\nit were me, I\'d pick the point where they were at the arcade, and he basically blows Daria off to keep playing with the jocks and popular kids, who\'ve suddenly judged him \'cool\'. \r\n\r\n[/quote:ba1e3cefe6]\r\n\r\nI don\'t think he blew her off, consciously. He\'s of the inventor type, a person who when he finds something new and fascinating, he wants to explore it fully. \r\n\r\nHe did something worse. [i:ba1e3cefe6]He completely forgot about Daria.[/i:ba1e3cefe6] He was just too wrapped up in the moment, and this will cause unending frustration for anyone who marries him.\r\n\r\nWife (on the phone): \"I\'m still at the airport! WHY HAVEN\'T YOU PICKED ME UP!!\"\r\n\r\nTed: \"Sorry about that. I discovered a fascinating abstract on the use of firearms in Japanese culture, and I just couldn\'t put it down...!\"\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!'),(246051,'a3213718a5','','It\'ll end however [b:a3213718a5][size=16:a3213718a5]the author wants it to.[/size:a3213718a5][/b:a3213718a5] Which is exactly how I want it to end. :)'),(246052,'45fab836d3','','[quote:45fab836d3=\"Roentgen\"]However, these qualities would probably not lead to successful relationships. Ted\'s almost from a different planet; there\'s too much of a learning curve for any prospective partner. Ted would either have to enter Stacy\'s world or Stacy would have to enter Ted\'s; there\'s just too much [i:45fab836d3]terra incognita[/i:45fab836d3] to traverse. \r\n\r\n[b:45fab836d3]Then again...teenage lust might overcome all sorts of boundaries....[/b:45fab836d3]\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!![/quote:45fab836d3]\r\n\r\n\r\nIt usually does. Young humans are quite imaginative, eager to explore\r\n- and they can be [i:45fab836d3]so inventive[/i:45fab836d3]...\r\n\r\nAlso known as [i:45fab836d3]The Blue Lagoon Axiom[/i:45fab836d3]...'),(246053,'e0be610e1b','','Ugh. People like her should be locked up for life.'),(246054,'c1b361938a','','[quote:c1b361938a=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:c1b361938a=\"smk\"][quote:c1b361938a=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:c1b361938a=\"smk\"]When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?[/quote:c1b361938a]\r\n\r\nThat depends. Does anyone here want to beta the script? :P[/quote:c1b361938a]\r\n\r\nWhat, we\'d have to [i:c1b361938a]do[/i:c1b361938a] something? What about providing unconditional support, and snarky commentary? Doesn\'t that count?\r\n\r\nSeriously, though, I could beta, but I don\'t think I have the skills you\'re looking for.[/quote:c1b361938a]\r\n\r\nYou don\'t have to have screenwriting experience to beta. Even if you aren\'t familiar with script conventions, you can still say if the story is entertaining, if the characters are believable, ect.[/quote:c1b361938a]\r\n\r\n\'Kay, but we get mentioned in the Oscar speech, right?\r\n\r\nAnd same goes for you at the Emmy\'s, BG.'),(246055,'8eef127a1a','','[quote:8eef127a1a=\"Roentgen\"][quote:8eef127a1a=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\n\r\nit were me, I\'d pick the point where they were at the arcade, and he basically blows Daria off to keep playing with the jocks and popular kids, who\'ve suddenly judged him \'cool\'. \r\n\r\n[/quote:8eef127a1a]\r\n\r\nI don\'t think he blew her off, consciously. He\'s of the inventor type, a person who when he finds something new and fascinating, he wants to explore it fully. \r\n\r\nHe did something worse. [i:8eef127a1a]He completely forgot about Daria.[/i:8eef127a1a] He was just too wrapped up in the moment, and this will cause unending frustration for anyone who marries him.\r\n\r\nWife (on the phone): \"I\'m still at the airport! WHY HAVEN\'T YOU PICKED ME UP!!\"\r\n\r\nTed: \"Sorry about that. I discovered a fascinating abstract on the use of firearms in Japanese culture, and I just couldn\'t put it down...!\"\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!![/quote:8eef127a1a]\r\n\r\n\r\nYou\'re right - and that made me think of something REALLY scary...\r\n\r\n\r\n[i:8eef127a1a]Ted Dewitt-Clinton is a young Reed Richards.[/i:8eef127a1a] Being really tasteless, the only reasons that he\'s stayed married to Susan Storm for so long (yes, yes, ha, ha) is that:\r\n\r\na.) she really loves him.\r\n\r\nb.) They have children.\r\n\r\nc.) When she gets him out of the lab, his super-powers come in VERY handy. (Oh, please. You KNOW it\'s happened at least once or twice. :wink: )'),(246056,'325a5d6e24','','I think between keeping the rabies vaccine viable and any possible sequelae from anaphylaxis, OH and sidekick are gonna have an [i:325a5d6e24]interesting[/i:325a5d6e24] next few days. Well done!'),(246057,'63ac3755e6','','[quote:63ac3755e6=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:63ac3755e6=\"starmeshelion\"]Hey, being Upchuck isn\'t that bad.[/quote:63ac3755e6]\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote:63ac3755e6]\r\n\r\nNow, now. Don\'t laugh. If you can\'t win, it\'s just as well to settle for last place. :D'),(246058,'af9ea69d82','','[quote:af9ea69d82=\"smk\"][quote:af9ea69d82=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:af9ea69d82=\"smk\"][quote:af9ea69d82=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:af9ea69d82=\"smk\"]When you win the Oscar, you\'ll thank all of us here at PPMB, right?[/quote:af9ea69d82]\r\n\r\nThat depends. Does anyone here want to beta the script? :P[/quote:af9ea69d82]\r\n\r\nWhat, we\'d have to [i:af9ea69d82]do[/i:af9ea69d82] something? What about providing unconditional support, and snarky commentary? Doesn\'t that count?\r\n\r\nSeriously, though, I could beta, but I don\'t think I have the skills you\'re looking for.[/quote:af9ea69d82]\r\n\r\nYou don\'t have to have screenwriting experience to beta. Even if you aren\'t familiar with script conventions, you can still say if the story is entertaining, if the characters are believable, ect.[/quote:af9ea69d82]\r\n\r\n\'Kay, but we get mentioned in the Oscar speech, right?\r\n\r\nAnd same goes for you at the Emmy\'s, BG.[/quote:af9ea69d82]\r\n\r\n\r\nOh, without doubt. I\'d actually rather have the Emmy than the Oscar anyway; I think Greybird and I are in agreement that we\'d rather go home with a woman with golden skin and wings, than with a bald man with a sword and no genitalia. :wink: \r\n\r\nAlso, if you read my [i:af9ea69d82]Heroes: Origin[/i:af9ea69d82] script, you\'ll see how a well-known Daria fan is prominently mentioned, and I have a character described as being like Quinn. It\'s not a compliment.'),(246059,'899887f02c','','[quote:899887f02c=\"jtranser\"]God\'s Foreign Legion:\r\n\r\n \r\n\"At the compound of Reverend Milton Floor near Pie Town, New Mexico:\r\n\r\n\'This is not some feeble boot camp for the spiritually inept. It is brutal, vicious and agonizing. You are chosen, You did not volunteer. Like so many others that have preceded you, you are the lowest scum this planet can produce. Do you believe in miracles? Good. Know this one. It will take a miracle to get out of this outfit. You, in your ignorance, laugh when I stress the brutality you are about to face. One of the things we will do is take your mind. After we make certain changes, it will be returned to you. Only then will you be ready for the intense discipline that will be imposed. You will beg for mercy, confusing the mere cessation of training with the splendor of God\'s gift of absolution. God, in his wisdom, may choose to let you off. We will not. After the evening meal, you will return to your tents. On each of your beds you will find a list of permitted actions. It means exactly what it says. If it\'s not on that list, you can\'t do it. Of course, some of you will try. For those who do, we are ready to demonstrate just how the Legion deals with those who step out of line. You will find it very instructive, and those who participate in such stupidity will experience new sensations of pain designed exclusively for them. You can\'t quit, you can\'t rebel and the only ways you can leave are death in action or the Call of God. The End of Days is coming. Our Prophet has said so. And each of you who survives this testing will stand with him at that Great Ending. Now, The Call! Sergeant!!\' \'Sir!!\' \'Are you watching God?!\' \'Sir! Yes, Sir!\' \'Report!\' \'Sir! God is on the move, Sir!\' \'And So Are We! Then, To your tents, you scum. And one day, if you survive, you will be one of us, God\'s Legionnaires! Dismissed!\' \"[/quote:899887f02c]\r\n\r\n :shock: :shock: :shock: \r\n\r\nIt may go against the epigrammatic style of this piece to appropriate a character, but I think we have a new first-rate fanon bad ass.'),(246060,'2bd40bc72f','','Ok hang on. Let\'s say I run out and steal an old woman\'s purse and beat her half into a coma. I get picked up and thrown in a locked crypt somewhere.\r\n\r\nif I throw a hissy fit and refuse to eat like a three year-old, they\'ll let me go [i:2bd40bc72f]home[/i:2bd40bc72f]?\r\n\r\nIf only all those guys up on murder one knew about that sweet deal!'),(246061,'4afc79795a','','I believe it is. The resemblances in that strip are a little [i:4afc79795a]too[/i:4afc79795a] uncanny.'),(246062,'026fe8f623','','They should have given her what I like to call \'the Tony Danza menu\'. In his show [i:026fe8f623]Who\'s The Boss[/i:026fe8f623], the little boy refused to eat, and Tony told him, \'You have two choices - this, and hunger.\'\r\n\r\nIt works in real life. Ask any of my neices and nephews. :)'),(246063,'6626a73cfa','','[quote:6626a73cfa]Ted would look like Michael Shanks from Stargate SG-1. [/quote:6626a73cfa]\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: \r\n\r\nI odn\'t have anything to add, I just found that amusing :wink:'),(246064,'e0ff780690','','It\'s because of her star status that she gor freed. Just as I thought.'),(246065,'cc38fe6343','','The reason people love her so much is because she achieved the American Dream, she is rich and famous for doing absolutely nothing.'),(246066,'72e8ddd02c','','[quote:72e8ddd02c=\"smk\"][quote:72e8ddd02c=\"RLobinske\"][quote:72e8ddd02c=\"smk\"]\r\nThis may be a dumb question, but isn\'t there a difference between micro-evolution and macro-evolution? I thought micro-evolution was dealing with species change and development, as you describe here, and macro-evolution was dealing with how it all started.\r\n\r\n[size=3:72e8ddd02c]Science has never been my favorite subject, please don\'t hurt me![/size:72e8ddd02c][/quote:72e8ddd02c]\r\n\r\nIt\'s mainly a matter of scale. Microevolution is small scale changes in relatively short time frames, while macroevolution is larger scale changes over longer periods that often result in sufficient divergence for new species or sub-species. There are a number of different schools of thought about how much these two are part of a continuum and how much that there are separate processes the affect both. The arguments on these differences get rather involved and lengthy. \r\n\r\n[b:72e8ddd02c]Evolution Theory itself actually does not touch upon how life orginated. It only deals with how things changed after that point[/b:72e8ddd02c].[/quote:72e8ddd02c]\r\n\r\nIs that a change, or has that always been how scientists define it? Because that is not what I learned in school. Maybe we were only taught dumbed-down science, though.[/quote:72e8ddd02c]\r\n\r\nThat\'s been it basically all along. A lot of school programs have tacked origins hypotheses into the same class lessons as evolution, leading to that impression.\r\n\r\nOverall, evolution is poorly taught in most American schools and even that is under repeated attack.'),(246067,'ef1f2fa563','','The shooter walked over to Jim Vitale\'s lifeless body and stared down at it. Light from a passing car briefly illuminated her auburn hair and large glasses.\r\n\r\n\"That\'s what you get for threatening my mother.\"'),(246068,'9aa6a734a8','','[quote:9aa6a734a8=\"starmeshelion\"]So you people actually think that my posts sound like Stacy and Quinn? :shock: \r\n\r\nBut yeah, I\'m the true Quinn of the board. Whenever something bad happens to me, I just use it to make myself more popular. :D[/quote:9aa6a734a8]\r\n\r\nBecause it doesn\'t matter how much people hate your guts, just as long as you\'re popular.'),(246069,'6550bfcfb5','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote:6550bfcfb5=\"The Angst Guy\"][quote:6550bfcfb5=\"mman\"]Jim turned and walked toward the reception area. Whoever it was hadn\'t turned the light on. He saw the outline of someone in the dark.\r\n\r\n\"Who is it?\" he said.\r\n\r\nBLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim felt the impact of a bullet just below his right shoulder. He tried to cry out, but couldn\'t.\r\n\r\nBLAM!! BLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim Vitale crumpled to the floor.[/quote:6550bfcfb5]\r\nWhen he woke up, he was naked in a motel bed, and Helen Morgendorffer was in the shower. [i:6550bfcfb5]Thank God[/i:6550bfcfb5], he thought with a grin, [i:6550bfcfb5]the last two seasons had only been a dream![/i:6550bfcfb5][/quote:6550bfcfb5]\r\n\r\nHe walked to the shower, pulled open the curtain, and Mrs. Johansson said \"where\'d ya hide the chocolates, Jimbo?\"'),(246070,'42ef9da0ed','','[quote:42ef9da0ed=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\n[i:42ef9da0ed]Ted Dewitt-Clinton is a young Reed Richards.[/i:42ef9da0ed][/quote:42ef9da0ed]\r\n\r\n[b:42ef9da0ed]Will you people quit doing that! [/b:42ef9da0ed]I have a Daria Von Doom story forming in my mind and planning on Ted ... :twisted:'),(246071,'5d96f454e0','Two more questions about the show!','First, does anyone know in which episode Jake says, \"Crappy piece of crappy crap?\" I say this a lot, and didn\'t realize it came from Daria until the other day watching the clip show ([i:5d96f454e0]A Look Back in Annoyance[/i:5d96f454e0]).\r\n\r\nSecond, where did Trent get his dark eyes? In [i:5d96f454e0]Lane Miserables[/i:5d96f454e0], we see Vincent has Jane\'s blue eyes, Amanda has blue eyes in a different shade, Penny has green eyes, and Summer has her mother\'s blue eyes. If I remember my genetics correctly, brown eyes are the dominant gene, so for Vincent and Amanda to have not-brown eyes, they both have only the recessive (non-brown eye) genes to pass on to their children. So how did Trent get dark eyes?'),(246072,'c27b713d46','Re: Two more questions about the show!','[quote:c27b713d46=\"smk\"]First, does anyone know in which episode Jake says, \"Crappy piece of crappy crap?\" I say this a lot, and didn\'t realize it came from Daria until the other day watching the clip show ([i:c27b713d46]A Look Back in Annoyance[/i:c27b713d46]).[/quote:c27b713d46]\r\n\r\nI think it\'s from \"Sappy Anniversary,\" when Jake gave his presentation at Buzzdome.\r\n\r\n[quote:c27b713d46=\"smk\"]Second, where did Trent get his dark eyes? In [i:c27b713d46]Lane Miserables[/i:c27b713d46], we see Vincent has Jane\'s blue eyes, Amanda has blue eyes in a different shade, Penny has green eyes, and Summer has her mother\'s blue eyes. If I remember my genetics correctly, brown eyes are the dominant gene, so for Vincent and Amanda to have not-brown eyes, they both have only the recessive (non-brown eye) genes to pass on to their children. So how did Trent get dark eyes?[/quote:c27b713d46]\r\n\r\nFanfic senses tingling.... Possibilities: infinite....\r\n\r\n(Not that I\'m going to explore any of them. I don\'t find Trent that interesting.)\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(246073,'133d27c181','','The answer to the second question is very simple.\r\n\r\nTrent is a genetic mutant.\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!'),(246074,'3647a13606','','Three words:\r\n\r\nNasogastric feeding tube.\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!'),(246075,'f546cab9f5','','\"So, Daria, what was so urgent that I had to get over here today with a video camera, a package of Ex-lax, and German Shepard?\" Jane looked genuinely puzzled.\r\n\r\n\"Easy,\" Daria said. \"I\'m holding auditions for a low-budget remake of [i:f546cab9f5]Pink Flamingos[/i:f546cab9f5].\"\r\n\r\nJane didn\'t start screaming until she saw Mrs. Johansson at the front of the line.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(246076,'337a70bd2f','','I\'m glad I\'m not the only one blinded by rage by Princess Paris\' special treatment.\r\n\r\n :x \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(246077,'4827a59e81','','[quote:4827a59e81=\"Sam The Smuggler\"][quote:4827a59e81]Ted would look like Michael Shanks from Stargate SG-1. [/quote:4827a59e81]\r\n\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: \r\n\r\nI odn\'t have anything to add, I just found that amusing :wink:[/quote:4827a59e81]\r\n\r\n\r\nTell me about it!\r\n\r\n--------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\n[i:4827a59e81](Ted comes running up to Daria and Jane\'s lunch table. He is dressed in fatigues and wears a dew rag over his head, has a P90 autoweapon slung beneath his arm, and he\'s holding a very ornate necklace.)[/i:4827a59e81]\r\n\r\nTED: Daria! I was looking all over for you!\r\n\r\nDARIA: Ted...? What are you wearing... and is that a real gun...?\r\n\r\nTED: [i:4827a59e81](waving that off)[/i:4827a59e81] I got a gift for you! I picked it up on PBD-503 - it\'s really pretty, and when I saw it, I thought how it would look really nice with your hair!\r\n\r\nDARIA: Ummn... thanks?\r\n\r\n[i:4827a59e81](The sound of staff weapon blasts can be heard in the hallway, along with several screams of alarm!)[/i:4827a59e81]\r\n\r\nJANE: [i:4827a59e81](her eyes wide)[/i:4827a59e81] What the hell was THAT?\r\n\r\nTED: Uhhhn...\r\n\r\nDARIA: Ted...\r\n\r\n[i:4827a59e81](The doors to the cafeteria fly open, and JACK O\'NEILL rolls through! He comes back up quickly as TEAL\'C follows him through, firing off blasts from his staff weapon with measured calm into the hallway.)[/i:4827a59e81]\r\n\r\nJACK: Teddy-!\r\n\r\nTED: [i:4827a59e81](to Jack)[/i:4827a59e81] Stop calling me [i:4827a59e81]that![/i:4827a59e81]\r\n\r\nTEAL\'C: Theodore Dewitt-Clinton. It is imperative that we leave this location immediately. There are many innocent civilians in the line of fire, and the Jaffa that follow She-Who-Walks-Softly are not above killing them to get to us.\r\n\r\nTED: I\'m coming!\r\n\r\n[i:4827a59e81](At that moment, three spectacularly curvy female Jaffa warriors (you know the ones, right, bug guy? :wink: ) come running into the cafeteria, and are dropped by a long burst from O\'Neill\'s weapon. )[/i:4827a59e81]\r\n\r\nJACK: Oh, Teddy? Run away and live now, mystery meat and day-old Jello later!\r\n\r\n[i:4827a59e81](Jack and Teal\'c scoop Ted up and run for the other exit; seconds later, a horde of female Jaffa storm into the cafeteria!\r\n\r\nMouths drop open as Brittany, wearing a (cough) uniform like the female Jaffa and with a gold emblem on her forehead that looks like a small saucer, walks into the cafeteria. She carries a staff weapon, and walks directly over to Daria and Jane.[/i:4827a59e81]\r\n\r\nDARIA: Brittany...?\r\n\r\nJANE: [i:4827a59e81](looking Brittany over)[/i:4827a59e81] Wow...!\r\n\r\nDARIA: Jane!\r\n\r\nJANE: Come on! If cheerleading gives you abs like that, I gotta get some pom-poms!\r\n\r\nBRITTANY: Silence! \r\n\r\n[i:4827a59e81](The doors to the cafeteria open, and all of the Jaffa drop to one knee as a small black cat with a white snout and fron paws walks in with a air of absolute superority.)[/i:4827a59e81]\r\n\r\nBUMP:[i:4827a59e81] (mentally)[/i:4827a59e81] [i:4827a59e81]Attend me.[/i:4827a59e81]\r\n\r\n[i:4827a59e81](Brittany picks Bump up, and places her on the table.)[/i:4827a59e81]\r\n\r\nBUMP: (mentally; pawing at the necklace) That insolent man stole one of my sacred items, from my temple, to give to you. [i:4827a59e81]This will not stand[/i:4827a59e81].\r\n\r\nJANE: (eyes wide) Daria... did you hear that cat just... [i:4827a59e81]think[/i:4827a59e81] at us?\r\n\r\nDARIA:I think we\'re in a lot of trouble.\r\n\r\nBUMP: [i:4827a59e81](mentally)[/i:4827a59e81] Indeed. [i:4827a59e81](Her eyes glow for a brief moment.)[/i:4827a59e81] Your God is most displeased. First Prime?\r\n\r\nBRITTANY: My Lady?\r\n\r\nBUMP: [i:4827a59e81](mentally)[/i:4827a59e81] [i:4827a59e81]Jaffa... tah\' ra\'an![/i:4827a59e81]\r\n\r\n[i:4827a59e81](Before anyone can speak, a set of golden rings drops down around the lunch table! A flash of light appears from within, and the rings disappear, along with Daria, Jane, Brittany and Bump.)[/i:4827a59e81]'),(246078,'f32e00a983','','http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn1FqAyKmCY\r\n\r\n\r\n:D'),(246079,'f7e6958676','',':lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: \r\n\r\n\r\nGreat Characterization btw \r\n[quote:f7e6958676]TEAL\'C: Theodore Dewitt-Clinton.[/quote:f7e6958676]'),(246080,'361568ec33','','[i:361568ec33](Ted comes running up to Daria and Jane\'s lunch table. He is dressed in fatigues and wears a dew rag over his head, has a P90 autoweapon slung beneath his arm, and he\'s holding a very ornate necklace.)[/i:361568ec33]\r\n\r\nTED: Daria! I was looking all over for you!\r\n\r\nDARIA: Ted...? What are you wearing... and is that a real gun...?\r\n\r\nTED: [i:361568ec33](waving that off)[/i:361568ec33] I got a gift for you! I picked it up on PBD-503 - it\'s really pretty, and when I saw it, I thought how it would look really nice with your hair!\r\n\r\nDARIA: Ummn... thanks?\r\n\r\n[i:361568ec33](The sound of staff weapon blasts can be heard in the hallway, along with several screams of alarm!)[/i:361568ec33]\r\n\r\nJANE: [i:361568ec33](her eyes wide)[/i:361568ec33] What the hell was THAT?\r\n\r\nTED: Uhhhn...\r\n\r\nDARIA: Ted...\r\n\r\n[i:361568ec33](The doors to the cafeteria fly open, and JACK O\'NEILL rolls through! He comes back up quickly as TEAL\'C follows him through, firing off blasts from his staff weapon with measured calm into the hallway.)[/i:361568ec33]\r\n\r\nJACK: Teddy-!\r\n\r\nTED: [i:361568ec33](to Jack)[/i:361568ec33] Stop calling me [i:361568ec33]that![/i:361568ec33]\r\n\r\nTEAL\'C: Theodore Dewitt-Clinton. It is imperative that we leave this location immediately. There are many innocent civilians in the line of fire, and the Jaffa that follow She-Who-Walks-Softly are not above killing them to get to us.\r\n\r\nTED: I\'m coming!\r\n\r\n[i:361568ec33](At that moment, three spectacularly curvy female Jaffa warriors (you know the ones, right, bug guy? :wink: ) come running into the cafeteria, and are dropped by a long burst from O\'Neill\'s weapon. )[/i:361568ec33]\r\n\r\nJACK: Oh, Teddy? Run away and live now, mystery meat and day-old Jello later!\r\n\r\n[i:361568ec33](Jack and Teal\'c scoop Ted up and run for the other exit; seconds later, a horde of female Jaffa storm into the cafeteria!\r\n\r\nMouths drop open as Brittany, wearing a (cough) uniform like the female Jaffa and with a gold emblem on her forehead that looks like a small saucer, walks into the cafeteria. She carries a staff weapon, and walks directly over to Daria and Jane.[/i:361568ec33]\r\n\r\nDARIA: Brittany...?\r\n\r\nJANE: [i:361568ec33](looking Brittany over)[/i:361568ec33] Wow...!\r\n\r\nDARIA: Jane!\r\n\r\nJANE: Come on! If cheerleading gives you abs like that, I gotta get some pom-poms!\r\n\r\nBRITTANY: Silence! \r\n\r\n[i:361568ec33](The doors to the cafeteria open, and all of the Jaffa drop to one knee as a small black cat with a white snout and fron paws walks in with a air of absolute superority.)[/i:361568ec33]\r\n\r\nBUMP:[i:361568ec33] (mentally)[/i:361568ec33] [i:361568ec33]Attend me.[/i:361568ec33]\r\n\r\n[i:361568ec33](Brittany picks Bump up, and places her on the table.)[/i:361568ec33]\r\n\r\nBUMP: (mentally; pawing at the necklace) That insolent man stole one of my sacred items, from my temple, to give to you. [i:361568ec33]This will not stand[/i:361568ec33].\r\n\r\nJANE: (eyes wide) Daria... did you hear that cat just... [i:361568ec33]think[/i:361568ec33] at us?\r\n\r\nDARIA:I think we\'re in a lot of trouble.\r\n\r\nBUMP: [i:361568ec33](mentally)[/i:361568ec33] Indeed. [i:361568ec33](Her eyes glow for a brief moment.)[/i:361568ec33] Your God is most displeased. First Prime?\r\n\r\nBRITTANY: My Lady?\r\n\r\nBUMP: [i:361568ec33](mentally)[/i:361568ec33] [i:361568ec33]Jaffa... tah\' ra\'an![/i:361568ec33]\r\n\r\n[i:361568ec33](Before anyone can speak, a set of golden rings drops down around the lunch table! A flash of light appears from within, and the rings disappear, along with Daria, Jane, Brittany and Bump.)[/i:361568ec33]'),(246081,'b45e635c34','','[quote:b45e635c34=\"Roentgen\"]The answer to the second question is very simple.\r\n\r\nTrent is a genetic mutant.\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!![/quote:b45e635c34]\r\n\r\n\r\nWell, DELPHI [i:b45e635c34]was[/i:b45e635c34] pissed when Kyle refused to make him join up... :lol:'),(246082,'33865f8502','','[quote:33865f8502=\"Brother Grimace\"][i:33865f8502](At that moment, three spectacularly curvy female Jaffa warriors (you know the ones, right, bug guy? :wink: ) come running into the cafeteria, and are dropped by a long burst from O\'Neill\'s weapon. )[/i:33865f8502][/quote:33865f8502]\r\n\r\nLike [url=http://www.foxfirestudio.com/avaris.htm]This?[/url]\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:33865f8502][i:33865f8502](The doors to the cafeteria open, and all of the Jaffa drop to one knee as a small black cat with a white snout and fron paws walks in with a air of absolute superority.)[/i:33865f8502][/quote:33865f8502]\r\n\r\n :D'),(246083,'686f68695a','','[quote:686f68695a=\"Brother Grimace\"][i:686f68695a](At that moment, three spectacularly curvy female Jaffa warriors (you know the ones, right, bug guy? :wink: ) come running into the cafeteria, and are dropped by a long burst from O\'Neill\'s weapon. )[/i:686f68695a][/quote:686f68695a]\r\n\r\nLike [url=http://www.foxfirestudio.com/avaris.htm]This?[/url]\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:686f68695a][i:686f68695a](The doors to the cafeteria open, and all of the Jaffa drop to one knee as a small black cat with a white snout and fron paws walks in with a air of absolute superority.)[/i:686f68695a][/quote:686f68695a]\r\n\r\n :D'),(246084,'13b87a47be','','[quote:13b87a47be=\"RLobinske\"][quote:13b87a47be=\"Brother Grimace\"][i:13b87a47be](At that moment, three spectacularly curvy female Jaffa warriors (you know the ones, right, bug guy? :wink: ) come running into the cafeteria, and are dropped by a long burst from O\'Neill\'s weapon. )[/i:13b87a47be][/quote:13b87a47be]\r\n\r\nLike [url=http://www.foxfirestudio.com/avaris.htm]This?[/url]\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:13b87a47be][i:13b87a47be](The doors to the cafeteria open, and all of the Jaffa drop to one knee as a small black cat with a white snout and fron paws walks in with a air of absolute superority.)[/i:13b87a47be][/quote:13b87a47be]\r\n\r\n :D[/quote:13b87a47be]\r\n\r\nWhat can I say? I was inspired. :D'),(246085,'b9f3dd1f93','','My avatar is Blix from the movie [i:b9f3dd1f93]Legend[/i:b9f3dd1f93]. When asked if her heart is black, her response is: \"Black as midnight, black as pitch, blacker than the foulest witch.\" She\'s something of a role model for me. :D \r\n\r\nAnd on the Prisoner riff; I used to work at a gas station. One evening I came in to work and discovered that our old cash registers had been replaced with fancy new computerized registers that required you to log in with an employee number and password. The store manager explained this to me, and then we had the following conversation. (note: she had never even heard of the Prisoner)\r\n\r\nManager: Ok, let\'s get you logged in. You\'re number six.\r\nMe: Who are you?\r\nManager: I\'m number two,\r\nMe: Who is number one?\r\nManager: You are number six.\r\nMe: I AM NOT A NUMBER, I AM A FREE MAN!\r\nManager: Wha?'),(246086,'c760638782','','Ok, My Avatar is now The TARDIS from the BBC sci-fi show, Doctor Who. \r\n\r\nAnd as a matter of fact, I watched Doctor Who when I was kid...'),(246087,'87b57e457a','','[quote:87b57e457a=\"Deref\"]Tch. You cricket fans.[/quote:87b57e457a]\r\n\r\nLet me repeat myself...\r\n\r\nIf you don\'t care about it, why did you comment in the thread, other than to be a self-righteous prick? :roll:'),(246088,'71ec7af332','','It will end... with an epilogue. As all good stories should. :P'),(246089,'6f0ef0d8d8','Adult Daria (Pencil, B/W, Color)','[img:6f0ef0d8d8]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/213/535489658_e581a80e33.jpg[/img:6f0ef0d8d8][img:6f0ef0d8d8]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/535489656_0589237851.jpg[/img:6f0ef0d8d8][img:6f0ef0d8d8]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/244/535851386_df47971971.jpg[/img:6f0ef0d8d8]\r\n\r\nMy first foray into Fan Art. Figured since I de-lurked in Creative Writing, I should delurk in the Easel too.\r\n\r\nThe first is the original pencil sketch. Next is when I had traced her using Adobe Photoshop and last, I colored her in.'),(246090,'79d555aa91','','We\'ve finished the first act. Anyone who wants to beta, please PM me with your email address.\r\n\r\nQuestions we would really like answers to:\r\n\r\nAre our characters (especially the two protagonists) defined well? Even with their flaws, are they likable? Does the dialogue read well? Is it subtle, or is it overly didactic? Is there anything that looks good on paper that probably won\'t go over well on screen? Does the story drag?\r\n\r\nThanks a lot! :D'),(246091,'05461ffaa6','','[quote:05461ffaa6=\"Derek\"]The shooter walked over to Jim Vitale\'s lifeless body and stared down at it. Light from a passing car briefly illuminated her auburn hair and large glasses.\r\n\r\n\"That\'s what you get for threatening my mother.\"[/quote:05461ffaa6]\r\n\r\nWith one more bullet between the eyes for insurance and a kick to the groin for luck, Daria turned around to leave. Before she could take a step, the looming form of the night watchman stood before her.\r\n\r\nThe elder man looked at Daria, the smoking revolver in her hand and the cooling corpse of the jerk on the floor. Clearing his throat, he stated, \"I see nothing! Nothing!\" and Hans Schultz went back to his post.'),(246092,'89ad32b4f3','','That is a very different look for her, I like it.'),(246093,'d415f4e51a','','[quote:d415f4e51a=\"A.J.\"][quote:d415f4e51a=\"TippedOver\"]\r\n\r\nTell you the truth, the only reason I am cheering for the Ducks is that I am a Buffalo Sabres fan - and Ottawa got lucky and put them out. Jerks![/quote:d415f4e51a]\r\n\r\nI could say the same thing about what the Sabres did to my Rangers. If not for that goal with 7.7 seconds left in game 5 you are seeing the Rangers skating with the Cup at this very moment. \r\n\r\nSo yes I pulled for Ottawa, big whoop.[/quote:d415f4e51a]\r\n\r\nI pulled for Ottawa, too. Stinkin\' Ducks. Well, there\'s always next year for the Rangers.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(246094,'7338c4e43e','','Snow Patrol - [i:7338c4e43e]Final Straw[/i:7338c4e43e].'),(246095,'33accb69ad','','[quote:33accb69ad=\"gearhead\"][quote:33accb69ad=\"Deref\"]Tch. You cricket fans.[/quote:33accb69ad]\r\n\r\nLet me repeat myself...\r\n\r\nIf you don\'t care about it, why did you comment in the thread, other than to be a self-righteous prick? :roll:[/quote:33accb69ad]\r\n\r\n\'Cause it\'s funny?'),(246096,'bf195f25a1','','Ninja plagerism attack!!!: Sorry, Derek, but Daria is a bit of an obvious choice. Now if it were someone else...\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:bf195f25a1=\"Greystar, the plagerising shmendrick\"]The shooter walked over to Jim Vitale\'s lifeless body and stared down at it. Light from a passing car briefly illuminated her brown pigtails.\r\n\r\n\"That\'s what you get for threatening my mother.\"[/quote:bf195f25a1]'),(246097,'cdf67ff91d','','I can\'t see the picture.'),(246098,'7666b7f4bb','','Sorry, but all I get is the little red x'),(246099,'4283e8cac7','Law enforcement gearing up for armed showdown in NH','Law enforcement officials appear to be [url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2007/06/07/swat_teams_armored_vehicle_seen_near_nh_compound/]gearing up for an armed showdown[/url] with some tax evaders in Plainfield, New Hampshire. Ed and Elaine Brown were convicted of tax evasion earlier this year and have said they will not surrender to authorities.\r\n\r\n[quote:4283e8cac7]The Browns insist federal income tax laws are invalid and have holed up in their hilltop home on 110 acres. The home has a watchtower, concrete walls and the ability to run on wind and solar power and Ed Brown said earlier he had stockpiled food and supplies.[/quote:4283e8cac7]\r\nSounds like a setup for a really nasty fight. The NH state police seem to think so as well:\r\n\r\n[quote:4283e8cac7]Susan Williams, who lives a mile or so away from the Browns on Center of Town Road, said she saw police officers, SWAT team members, a fire truck, ambulance, helicopter and at least one armored vehicle assembled in a field across from her driveway.\r\n\r\n...\r\n\r\nAn Associated Press photographer in a plane over the Browns\' property Thursday morning was ordered out of the airspace. On the ground, state police with guns drawn set up a checkpoint at Stage Road and Route 12a and would not let reporters pass.[/quote:4283e8cac7]\r\nI hope this is resolved in a peaceful manner, but with this setup I wouldn\'t be surprised if it turned into another [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge]Ruby Ridge[/url] or [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_Siege]Waco[/url]. :shock:'),(246100,'6d5b59a989','','I\'m not sure what the problem is. I can see it here just fine. Try refreshing?\r\n\r\nOtherwise try\r\n[url]http://www.silveryfrost.net/SickSadWorld/[/url]'),(246101,'c282d7c7f0','','It worked for me to go directly to the url...\r\n\r\nhttp://www.silveryfrost.net/SickSadWorld/DariaPencil.jpg\r\n\r\nI like it, by the way. :D'),(246102,'c508c0c1ae','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote:c508c0c1ae=\"mman\"]The phone rang.\r\n\r\n\"Jim Vitale here!\"\r\n\r\nThere was the faint sound of breathing at the other end, then a click.\r\n\r\n\"Damn it!\" said Jim. \"Can\'t anyone just say \'wrong number\' anymore!\"\r\n\r\nJim Vitale got up, walked out of his own office and down the main corridor of the law office. There was nobody else working at this hour.\r\n\r\nVitale frowned. It wasn\'t that long after midnight. Anyone with any ambition would still be working. \r\n\r\nEspecially Helen Morgendorffer. He\'d certainly let her know she better not take her position for granted. Trying to sue the Lawndale School District, no less! Jim Vitale wouldn\'t forget that one for a long, long time, you could bet on that!\r\n\r\nYet Helen had gone home. He wondered if he\'d been forceful enough ...\r\n\r\nJim heard footsteps in the reception area, coming toward the corridor.\r\n\r\nMaybe Helen had decided to come in for some night work after all.\r\n\r\nJim turned and walked toward the reception area. Whoever it was hadn\'t turned the light on. He saw the outline of someone in the dark.\r\n\r\n\"Who is it?\" he said.\r\n\r\nBLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim felt the impact of a bullet just below his right shoulder. He tried to cry out, but couldn\'t.\r\n\r\nBLAM!! BLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim Vitale crumpled to the floor.\r\n\r\n[/quote:c508c0c1ae]\r\n\r\nAs she watched the life drain from his body, Marianne smiled quietly and placed a small, neat mark next to his name on her list. Taking care not to step in the growing pool of blood, she walked out of the room and consulted her notes.\r\n\r\n[i:c508c0c1ae]Eric Schrecter[/i:c508c0c1ae], she confirmed. [i:c508c0c1ae]I believe I have his death penciled in for 10:00 tomorrow morning. Plenty of time to get that filing done. I just hope I can fit Helen in before lunchtime.[/i:c508c0c1ae]\r\n\r\nKristen'),(246103,'e1aa0a4f3f','','[quote:e1aa0a4f3f=\"Brother Grimace\"][i:e1aa0a4f3f](Before anyone can speak, a set of golden rings drops down around the lunch table! A flash of light appears from within, and the rings disappear, along with Daria, Jane, Brittany and Bump.)[/i:e1aa0a4f3f][/quote:e1aa0a4f3f]\r\nMore, please. :D'),(246104,'0acbeaea63','','My avatar is one I snagged from the av gallery over on the SFMB, and pretty much represents the way I feel when I sit down to try and write any more. Actually, pretty much anytime I sit down at the computer, these days.\r\n\r\nI\'m hoping that feeling will go away sometime soon, I\'ve got stories to finish.'),(246105,'cc1fd92409','','[quote:cc1fd92409=\"lycissa\"]I\'m not sure what the problem is. I can see it here just fine. Try refreshing?\r\n\r\nOtherwise try\r\n[url]http://www.silveryfrost.net/SickSadWorld/[/url][/quote:cc1fd92409]\r\n\r\nIt loads slowly, so some browsers may timeout trying to download the image and display the no image icon.'),(246106,'1841f2bf11','','I wonder how much money changed hands on this one'),(246107,'be1aaabafd','','yep and the guy is a ringer for Trent'),(246108,'74e4732399','','\"Guns are cool.\"\r\n\"Eh heh heh, yeah.\"\r\n\"We are going to get laid!\"\r\n\"Yeah, eh heh heh, that would be cool.\"\r\n\"Diarrhea, cha-cha-cha. Diarrhea, cha-cha-cha.\"\r\n\"C\'mon. Let\'s get out of here.\"'),(246109,'88dda2944a','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote:88dda2944a=\"mman\"]The phone rang.\r\n\r\n\"Jim Vitale here!\"\r\n\r\nThere was the faint sound of breathing at the other end, then a click.\r\n\r\n\"Damn it!\" said Jim. \"Can\'t anyone just say \'wrong number\' anymore!\"\r\n\r\nJim Vitale got up, walked out of his own office and down the main corridor of the law office. There was nobody else working at this hour.\r\n\r\nVitale frowned. It wasn\'t that long after midnight. Anyone with any ambition would still be working. \r\n\r\nEspecially Helen Morgendorffer. He\'d certainly let her know she better not take her position for granted. Trying to sue the Lawndale School District, no less! Jim Vitale wouldn\'t forget that one for a long, long time, you could bet on that!\r\n\r\nYet Helen had gone home. He wondered if he\'d been forceful enough ...\r\n\r\nJim heard footsteps in the reception area, coming toward the corridor.\r\n\r\nMaybe Helen had decided to come in for some night work after all.\r\n\r\nJim turned and walked toward the reception area. Whoever it was hadn\'t turned the light on. He saw the outline of someone in the dark.\r\n\r\n\"Who is it?\" he said.\r\n\r\nBLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim felt the impact of a bullet just below his right shoulder. He tried to cry out, but couldn\'t.\r\n\r\nBLAM!! BLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim Vitale crumpled to the floor.[/quote:88dda2944a]\r\n\r\nA soft voice said, \"If you try to hold a butterfly in your hand, it will die. If you try to hold an artist in your hand, you will die.\"\r\n\r\nAmanda cocked her head to side, looking at the pooling blood around the body. \"So, that\'s what was in the refrigerator. I wonder where it came from?\"'),(246110,'6f26ce1434','','I\'d be surprised if blackmail had a hand in Paris\' parole. That and strong arm tatics.'),(246111,'b4802b1517','','maybe Trent is wearing colored contacts'),(246112,'3c93f1b754','','[quote:3c93f1b754=\"Dreamweaver\"]maybe Trent is wearing colored contacts[/quote:3c93f1b754]\r\n\r\n\r\nI was thinking that the milkman visited the Lane house at some point... ifyouknowwhatImean...'),(246113,'f436dec28d','','[quote:f436dec28d=\"A.J.\"][quote:f436dec28d=\"TippedOver\"]\r\n\r\nTell you the truth, the only reason I am cheering for the Ducks is that I am a Buffalo Sabres fan - and Ottawa got lucky and put them out. Jerks![/quote:f436dec28d]\r\n\r\nI could say the same thing about what the Sabres did to my Rangers. If not for that goal with 7.7 seconds left in game 5 you are seeing the Rangers skating with the Cup at this very moment. \r\n\r\nSo yes I pulled for Ottawa, big whoop. :roll: \r\n\r\nA.J.[/quote:f436dec28d]\r\n\r\nYes, I will conceed the point about the Buffalo/Rangers game. :) I was an Isles fan for a LONG time (my cousin was the trainer from \'79 until \'85 or so) and I actually got the chance to see the Cup, up close and personal. After Nystrom\'s injury, and Bossy leaving, it just was\'nt the same. I kinda \"fell out\" of watching for a while, and then I moved to Western New York, and got the chance to see the Sabres play, and became a fan.\r\n\r\nYou gotta admit tho - ONE of the New York teams was going to make it - if Buffalo didn\'t go all the way, I would have probably cheered for the Rangers. :)'),(246114,'02bae5b5a9','','[quote:02bae5b5a9=\"Angelboy\"][quote:02bae5b5a9=\"HeirOfNorton\"]This reminds me of something...\r\n\r\nSome months back I read a Buffy fanfic at the Fluff. It also involved a character being transformed into a kitten, and subsequently becoming the pet of a villain.\r\n\r\nAnd if this one ends up where that one did ...\r\n\r\n :twisted: \r\n\r\nThis could be good.\r\n\r\nHoN[/quote:02bae5b5a9]Never read it, how\'d it end?[/quote:02bae5b5a9]\r\n\r\nWell, the Kitten was Xander, the villain was Spike, and they became rather...close as the fanfic went on.\r\n\r\nPretty well written, actually, and plausible when you consider that Joss Whedon wasn\'t sure early on which character would turn out to be gay, Willow or Xander.'),(246115,'c3aeacac83','','[quote:c3aeacac83=\"DigiSim\"]It will end... with an epilogue. As all good stories should. :P[/quote:c3aeacac83]\r\n\r\nAnd after that, a freeze-frame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJust like the ones in [i:c3aeacac83]Police Squad![/i:c3aeacac83]'),(246116,'8a2a32f88e','','[quote:8a2a32f88e=\"Brother Grimace\"]No wonder you can\'t stand him. He\'d take Stacy from you without a blink - [i:8a2a32f88e]and the girl would never look back.[/i:8a2a32f88e] :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote:8a2a32f88e]\r\n\r\nThink again, pal. Me and Stacy are practically soulmates; I\'m insecure, I\'m neurotic, I\'m overanalytical, I\'ve got it all!'),(246117,'77dd35ce7a','','My recent contribution to the Stacy entry got deleted without explanation. The debate regarding Stacy is an ongoing one and my addition was valid, as well as written from a neutral point of view. If people insist on deleting it, they should explain why.'),(246118,'a952202d3b','','Jane once said that she shared \"certain chromosome pairs\" with her older siblings, but beyond that \"she wasn\'t supposed to say\".\r\n\r\nMaybe by that, she meant that \r\n\r\na) Amanda had a tryst with someone who wasn\'t Vincent, and\r\nb) Jane is aware of this fact, and \r\nc) No one else is aware of it.\r\n\r\nJane might have knowledge of the fact that neither she nor Trent are Amanda\'s children by Vincent. Furthermore, \"she isn\'t supposed to say\" because [i:a952202d3b]Vincent does not know this[/i:a952202d3b]. Jane knows the secret of her parentage...but Trent doesn\'t, since he hasn\'t figured out the truth that looking into his own (brown) eyes would tell him.\r\n\r\nWhether Amanda told Jane, or whether Jane found out on her own is a tale in the telling....\r\n\r\n(* * *)\r\n\r\nRoentgen\r\nHe\'s radioactive, man!!\r\n\r\nP.S. Who is Jane and Trent\'s father? Obviously, Doug Thompson, which is why Jane will never tell anyone, not even Daria.'),(246119,'126372cfec','Re: How will \'Apocalyptic Daria\' end?','[quote:126372cfec=\"Brother Grimace\"]How will \'Apocalyptic Daria\' end?[/quote:126372cfec]\r\n\r\n[img:126372cfec]http://www14.brinkster.com/fumadoe/kosh/kosh-vorlon.jpg[/img:126372cfec]\r\n[size=18:126372cfec]In fire.[/size:126372cfec]'),(246203,'ae74f431ee','','[quote:ae74f431ee=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]I have the database and enjoy reading it from time to time. I\'ve been looking for the Diaries but I bet I would only be able to buy them online or on ebay.[/quote:ae74f431ee]\r\n\r\nI at one point had 6 or 7 of the [i:ae74f431ee]Diaries[/i:ae74f431ee], and I think 5 or 6 of the [i:ae74f431ee]Database[/i:ae74f431ee] books. I put them all up on Ebay about a year or so ago, except for one [i:ae74f431ee]Diaries[/i:ae74f431ee]. I managed to find one of the \"Sisterhood\" posters too, in great condition.\r\n\r\n\r\n***- Note - Just checked Amazon.com, and the [i:ae74f431ee]Database[/i:ae74f431ee] books are $4.12 and up, 10 new and used.'),(246121,'9d75f294ed','','[quote:9d75f294ed=\"Roentgen\"]P.S. Who is Jane and Trent\'s father? Obviously, Doug Thompson, which is why Jane will never tell anyone, not even Daria.[/quote:9d75f294ed]\r\n\r\nWow, he was an active little bugger, since according to one of the books, he was 35 when the show started, which means he fathered Trent at 13.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(246122,'f4715ab06d','Re: Two more questions about the show!','[quote:f4715ab06d=\"smk\"]\r\nSecond, where did Trent get his dark eyes? In [i:f4715ab06d]Lane Miserables[/i:f4715ab06d], we see Vincent has Jane\'s blue eyes, Amanda has blue eyes in a different shade, Penny has green eyes, and Summer has her mother\'s blue eyes. If I remember my genetics correctly, brown eyes are the dominant gene, so for Vincent and Amanda to have not-brown eyes, they both have only the recessive (non-brown eye) genes to pass on to their children. So how did Trent get dark eyes?[/quote:f4715ab06d]\r\n\r\nThe animators not paying attention? :D :lol:'),(246123,'e87a7a7aa0','','[b:e87a7a7aa0][size=16:e87a7a7aa0]1[/size:e87a7a7aa0][/b:e87a7a7aa0]\r\n\r\n\"Mr. Vitale, you can\'t smoke in here!\"\r\n\r\nJim Vitale settled back into his hospital bed, and blew a great cloud of smoke from his Partagas Lusitania. \"Actually, sweetheart, that\'s not true.\" He put the cigar back in his mouth and winked at her. \"Now, you\'d probably respond that the hospital prohibits smoking, and you\'d be right. Furthermore, you could appeal to my responsibilities as an officer of the court and refer to title 9, subtitle 12, chapter 23 of the code of Maryland that states—ah, what\'s the exact language now?—an employer must ensure that in an enclosed workplace there is no smoking.\" He blew another cloud of smoke and leaned forward in the bed, his expression flirtatious and friendly. \"But even that wouldn\'t change that your statement was false. Wanna know why?\"\r\n\r\nNurse Lauder cocked her head at him. Geriatrics aside, uncooperative patients didn\'t try to flirt with her, and this patient was no geriatric. Except for the bandages around Mr. Vitale\'s shoulder and midriff, his torso was bare, and it was sinewy and hard. She liked looking at him if only because it was a relief from the countless grown men she\'d seen in her career with bodies as soft and pale as babies, who sniveled and wept through their recoveries from preventable diseases. Vitale, in contrast, had suffered three gunshot wounds the night before and was acting like a college boy on spring break. His manners were better than the average college boy on spring break, and he was using charm rather than menace to break the rules, but he had that insolent, irresponsible vigor characteristic of young males on a tear, and exuded the same sense of entitlement that the strength and nerve to break the rules was sufficient justification to break them.\r\n\r\nShe was captivated in spite of herself. She approached his bed, her face draw into a vexed smile, and, leaning down—therefore returning the favor of a view of his chiseled chest with a view of the tops of her full breasts—purred, \"Why, I certainly do want to know why what I said wasn\'t true. And then I expect you to comply with hospital rules and state law, and put out that cigar, hrm?\"\r\n\r\n\"Fair enough,\" he said, setting the cigar aside in a handsome ashtray. \"But before I put out my cigar, my dear Nurse Lauder, may I call your attention to the not one but two air filters I had my staff bring in? The intent of title 9, sub 12, chapter 23 is to provide a healthy workplace, so while I am certainly in violation of the provisions of the statute, I have demonstrated a concern congruent with the spirit of the law, and so in spite of my having violated 9 12 23, I submit I\'m entitled to lenience as to whatever penalty to which I may be subject.\"\r\n\r\n\"OK—I\'ll bring toilet paper instead of steel wool when you have to use the bedpan,\" she sighed, running the tip of a finger along the edge of a bandage. \"And you\'ve changed the subject.\"\r\n\r\nHe threw up his hands. \"Jeez! I can\'t get anything by you, can I?\" he laughed. \"Good thing you\'re not in the bench, \'cause you\'d certainly kill my batting average—\"\r\n\r\n\"—The answer, Mr. Vitale? And then the cigar?\"\r\n\r\nHe took her hand and moved closer to the edge of the bed, his face all bedroom eyes and a sweet intimate smile. \"All right sweetheart, I know when I\'m licked. Now,\" and here he leaned in closer to her, \"you said that I [i:e87a7a7aa0]can\'t[/i:e87a7a7aa0] smoke in here. That\'s not true because [i:e87a7a7aa0]can[/i:e87a7a7aa0] refers to the [i:e87a7a7aa0]ability[/i:e87a7a7aa0] to do something, and I was obviously able to smoke my cigar. [i:e87a7a7aa0]May,[/i:e87a7a7aa0] on the other hand, refers to permission to do something, so what you should have said was that I [i:e87a7a7aa0]may[/i:e87a7a7aa0] not smoke in here, get it?\" He tapped his forehead against hers and grinned. \"Didn\'t the nuns teach you that back in grammar school?\"\r\n\r\nStill smiling, she drew back from the bed and dropped his hand. \"I went to public school, Mr. Vitale. I guess Lawndale Elementary isn\'t as good as wherever it was...?\"\r\n\r\n\"Saint Crisaunt Elementary School in the Bronx—or [b:e87a7a7aa0]DA[/b:e87a7a7aa0] Bronx, to use the proper pronunciation,\" he replied. \"Then Fordham Prep, Fordham U, and Columbia Law—I\'ve come a long way from home, you know? But you—local girl, huh?\"\r\n\r\nShe nodded and pointed at his ashtray. \"The cigar, Mr. Vitale?\"\r\n\r\n\"Fear not, my dear nurse Lauder, fear not!\" He sat up and held the cigar and ashtray—a hunk of flawless glass in the shape of an isosceles triangle with a deep grove for a single cigar running between the two long sides, terminating in a circular bowl for the ash on the short side—tapped the ash from its end and held it out to her. \"See? It\'s gone out.\"\r\n\r\nShe nodded and walked towards the door. \"Just don\'t light it again, Mr. Vitale—\"\r\n\r\n\"Please—it\'s Jim, Nurse—\"\r\n\r\n\"That\'s Ann to you, Jim.\" Now she grinned. \"And don\'t re-light it after I\'m gone—while your air filters might protect other the patients, [i:e87a7a7aa0]you[/i:e87a7a7aa0] have to recuperate as well—to say nothing of the hazard a flame poses if we have to have oxygen in here?\"\r\n\r\nHe gave her an innocent little boy smile and nodded. \"Point taken, Nurse—\"\r\n\r\n\"Ann,\" she corrected him. \"Just Ann.\"\r\n\r\n\"OK, Ann. My apologies.\"\r\n\r\nShe opened the door. \"Somehow, I don\'t think you mean that.\"\r\n\r\nHe snapped his fingers and shook his head. \"Gosh...the nuns never thought so, either.\"\r\n\r\n\"I\'ll see you later, Jim,\" she said, and left the room.\r\n\r\nVitale sat back in his bed, chuckling to himself. \"I\'m sure we will, Ann,\" he murmured. Then he took up the business section of the [i:e87a7a7aa0]Lawndale Sun-Herald,[/i:e87a7a7aa0] and re-lit his cigar.\r\n\r\n==========\r\n\r\n[b:e87a7a7aa0][size=16:e87a7a7aa0]2[/size:e87a7a7aa0][/b:e87a7a7aa0]\r\n\r\nEric Schrecter crept into the Jim Vitale\'s hospital room and was shocked to find his boss not just conscious but enjoying a mid-morning coffee and a lavish fruit plate. \"Jim! My God—how are you?\" he squeaked.\r\n\r\n\"Hey, Eric!\" he said, and swung himself from the bed. \"Not bad for a guy took three slugs just last night.\" He put on a silver gray silk robe from a clothes horse beside his bed and approached Eric, who held out an unsteady hand for the senior partner to shake. But instead of taking the junior partner\'s hand, Vitale drew him into a crushing bear-hug. \"What you doing here, kid? Don\'t you have a mountain of work back at the office?\" Vitale released Eric only to weigh the smaller man down with an arm across his back, dig into the muscles of his shoulder with a vice grip, and drag him towards his bed. \"Want some coffee, maybe some fruit? Had [i:e87a7a7aa0]Chez Pierre[/i:e87a7a7aa0] send \'em over—hospital food is for sh1t.\"\r\n\r\nSchrecter struggled to keep upright. \"Uh—no thanks, Jim—bagels and briefs at the Carlyle this morning.\"\r\n\r\nVitale gave the smaller man a slap on the shoulder that sent him tumbling against the side of the hospital bed. \"You actually eat those god damn things?\" He laughed. \"It\'s a fu<kin\' wonder you\'re not more constipated than you usually are!\" He lay his hand on Eric Schrecter\'s shoulder again, pushing his face at the tray laden with ripe fruits. \"C\'mon, Eric—have a [i:e87a7a7aa0][b:e87a7a7aa0]plum.[/b:e87a7a7aa0][/i:e87a7a7aa0] I think I know what you want, and you\'ve wanted a [i:e87a7a7aa0]nice, juicy [b:e87a7a7aa0]plum[/b:e87a7a7aa0][/i:e87a7a7aa0] for a while now, but you [i:e87a7a7aa0]just couldn\'t get your hands on it, [b:e87a7a7aa0]your sorry ass couldn\'t catch a break.[/b:e87a7a7aa0][/i:e87a7a7aa0] Am I right or am I right, huh?\"\r\n\r\nVitale\'s mouth was now next to Schrecter\'s ear and his voice had become a sinister hissing. The junior partner didn\'t reply at first, and fumbled for the lone perfect ruby plum on the fruit plate, but his hands were too unsteady to grasp it, and it popped from his fingers, rolling into a corner of the room.\r\n\r\n\"See what you did there? That\'s the story of your life, asshat.\" Vitale raised Schrecter by the scruff of his neck, turned around, and planted Eric between himself and the door. Leaning down, he hissed in Eric\'s face, \"So—tell me what the office water cooler gossip is, huh?\"\r\n\r\nSchrecter was pale and trembling. \"Jim—I\'m just—just surprised to see you doing so well, be-because I heard you were in the ICU—\"\r\n\r\n\"You heard I was in the ICU? Then why the fu<k you come down here—they don\'t allow visitors in the ICU—\"\r\n\r\nEric was backing away from Jim. \"I just—I just figured I\'d—\" and stopped mid stammer as he found himself pressed against a great mass in a leather coat.\r\n\r\n\"How you doing, [url=http://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/scarlett_ch14.html]Bruno?\"[/url] said Vitale, his gaze still fixed on Eric Schrecter.\r\n\r\n\"Fine, thanks to you, Mr. Vitale,\" came the rumbling answer from the monolith against whom Eric Schrecter found himself.\r\n\r\n\"You know Bruno, Eric? One of my own clients. Why don\'t you say hello?\" \r\n\r\nPutting a hand atop Eric\'s head, he spun him around to face an ugly, scarred beast who head grazed the ceiling. The monster extended a scarred hand whose nails were sharp ivory talons. \"Nice to see you again, Eric,\" he rumbled.\r\n\r\n\"N-n-nice to—wait—I—I don\'t th-think we\'ve met b-before,\" stammered Eric.\r\n\r\nVitale leaned to Eric\'s ear and whispered, \"Oh, I think you have—Bruno Nagy is hard to forget.\"\r\n\r\n\"Maybe I\'m mistaken, Mr. Vitale,\" Bruno replied. \"I\'ve seen so many people since you helped me with that matter, I think maybe I\'m just confused. And thank you again.\"\r\n\r\n\"All in a day\'s work, Bruno, all in a day\'s work,\" said Vitale, reaching into a travelling humidor from which he took another Lusitania. \"You mind cutting and lighting this bad boy for me?\" he asked, handing the cigar to Bruno. \"Want one for yourself?\"\r\n\r\n\"No thank you, Mr. Vitale.\" Without the crack of a match or the hiss of a lighter, Bruno passed the lit cigar back to Vitale over Eric Schrecter\'s shoulder.\r\n\r\n\"Ah—atta boy, Bruno,\" Vitale said, taking the cigar from the inhuman claw that held it. He raised a cloud of thick smoke that the air filters did not dissipate. \"So Bruno, what brings you by here, kiddo?\"\r\n\r\n\"I heard you were in the hospital and I wanted to see if there was anything I could do for you.\" \r\n\r\nEric wasn\'t sure if his knees were buckling or the floor was shaking, but he remained standing.\r\n\r\n\"Oh, nothing serious, nothing serious at all,\" Vitale replied in an expansive tone, patting the bandage around his midriff. \"Truth be told, I\'m using it as an excuse for some down time.\" He bent down to Eric and hissed again, \"You [i:e87a7a7aa0]sure[/i:e87a7a7aa0] you never met Bruno before? Like, say, [i:e87a7a7aa0][b:e87a7a7aa0]last week at The Settlement, just before closing time?\"[/i:e87a7a7aa0][/b:e87a7a7aa0]\r\n\r\nEric tried to speak, but his mouth was parched from fear. This was fortunate for him, since the only utterance he could have made was puling gibberish.\r\n\r\n\"It\'s all right, Mr. Vitale, the mistake is probably mine.\"\r\n\r\nVitale nodded energetically. \"Fair enough, good thing you came to me though, kiddo, \'cause if you went through with that—I\'m sorry, you mind if I let our junior partner here in on the details of your case?\"\r\n\r\nThe monster gave an embarrassed snort. \"It\'s no problem, Mr. Vitale—after all, doing that work for me [i:e87a7a7aa0]pro bono[/i:e87a7a7aa0]—\"\r\n\r\nVitale waved him off. \"No problem, and stop acting like you owe me something. Clear cut abuse of police force.\" He bent down to Eric\'s ear again. \"See asshat, my client Bruno Nagy, aka Farkas Nagy, was extradited from the state of Maryland to another jurisdiction improperly, for criminal charges that really shouldn\'t have been brought in the first place.\"\r\n\r\nEric swallowed and managed to stammer out a few words: \"The oth-other jurisdiction be-being?\"\r\n\r\n\"Doesn\'t matter. I\'m a member of the bar there, too.\" He began to pace back and forth, waving the cigar as he did. \"Anyway, the criminal bench in the other jurisdiction—talk about your ball-busting pricks! I raise solid motions to have the charges dropped, and I get squat! I try to have the the arresting officers disciplined for their improper arrest and extradition of Bruno here, but it\'s no go!\" He sighed. \"Best I could do was cop to a lesser charge and get him off with time served.\"\r\n\r\n\"And that was quite something, Mr. Vitale,\" Bruno interjected. \"I was looking a term that would have been practically forever.\"\r\n\r\nVitale shook his head. \"I dunno Bruno, the terms of your release could have been better, but—hey, what you gonna do, yeah?\"\r\n\r\n\"I have my freedom again, and that is enough,\" rumbled the monster.\r\n\r\nVitale pointed his cigar at Bruno and smiled. \"You\'re a good guy, Bruno, and I\'m glad you came to me last night—\"\r\n\r\nAt the words [i:e87a7a7aa0]last night,[/i:e87a7a7aa0] Eric Schrecter\'s legs buckled beneath him, and he collapsed sobbing on the floor. Unruffled, Vitale continued: \"—\'cause what that [i:e87a7a7aa0]asshat[/i:e87a7a7aa0] asked you to do would definitely landed you back someplace where you didn\'t want to go. See Eric, some [i:e87a7a7aa0]asshat[/i:e87a7a7aa0] in town here got the idea Bruno is like some arsonist and thug for hire, so [i:e87a7a7aa0]last Tuesday, near closing time at the Settlement, said [b:e87a7a7aa0]asshat[/b:e87a7a7aa0] proposed Bruno here do a murder for hire.[/i:e87a7a7aa0] The [i:e87a7a7aa0]asshat[/i:e87a7a7aa0] gives a vague time frame, no money changes hands, and Bruno comes to me last night, and tells me all about what this [i:e87a7a7aa0]asshat[/i:e87a7a7aa0] proposed to him, wondering if simply hearing this proposal might constitute a violation of the terms of his release agreement. Since no money changed hands, and Bruno had less than zero intention of doing what this [i:e87a7a7aa0]asshat[/i:e87a7a7aa0] asked him to, I say as his counsel that there\'s no violation.\" \r\n\r\nHe paused, and squatted next to the quivering mass between himself and the monster. \"But see, then we just get to talking—hypotheticals, like back in first year law—and suddenly I get an idea for a great practical joke!\" Vitale began to unwrap his bandages. \"See, I figure that Bruno can approach his putative target, inform him of the hit and that he has no intention of actually doing it, but that he and the target can meet at some mutually agreed upon time where they fake the hit—have Bruno shoot the guy while\'s he\'s got on a Kevlar bodysuit or something, yeah?\"\r\n\r\nBruno cleared his throat. \"Pardon me, but you\'re forgetting the squibs, Mr. Vitale.\"\r\n\r\n\"Thanks, Bruno—like kiddo here reminded me, also have squibs so it looks like a real shooting. So anyway then Bruno can photograph the bogus crime scene with your ordinary digital camera, go back to the [i:e87a7a7aa0]asshat[/i:e87a7a7aa0] to collect his fee, only to have the intended victim and Bruno confront the [i:e87a7a7aa0]asshat[/i:e87a7a7aa0] later, and embarrass all [i:e87a7a7aa0]fu<k[/i:e87a7a7aa0] out of him! That would have been a good one, huh?\"\r\n\r\nEric looked up and saw the bruises on Vitale\'s ribs. Then the senior partner took a thick wad of hundred-dollar bills from the pocket of his robe and held them in Eric\'s face.\r\n\r\n\"Yeah, too bad Bruno and his would-be victim didn\'t get to play that one out. It would have been a million laughs.\"\r\n\r\nThe voice was absolutely calm and void of any human emotion.\r\n\r\nThere was a slight rumble from Bruno. \"If you don\'t need anything then, Mr. Vitale, may I go?\"\r\n\r\n\"No problem kiddo,\" he replied, his gaze fixing Eric like an insect on a pin. \"Stop by anytime.\"\r\n\r\nThe giant left the room.\r\n\r\nVitale stood up, pulling Eric to his feet with him. \"You have no idea, absolutely none whatsoever, of the [i:e87a7a7aa0]pain[/i:e87a7a7aa0] you are gonna experience—\"\r\n\r\nSchrecter was beyond tears. \"PleaseJimPleasePleaseDontKillMeDontDontKillMe—\"\r\n\r\nVitale looked askance at the junior partner. \"Kill you? What, you think we\'re some cheap mobbed-up firm? Didn\'t you learn [i:e87a7a7aa0]anything[/i:e87a7a7aa0] from your father?\" He drew Eric Schrecter against himself and whispered, [i:e87a7a7aa0][color=red:e87a7a7aa0]\"Death will be a blessing compared to what you\'re gonna experience, asshat.\"[/color:e87a7a7aa0][/i:e87a7a7aa0]\r\n\r\n[b:e87a7a7aa0][size=16:e87a7a7aa0]3[/size:e87a7a7aa0][/b:e87a7a7aa0]\r\n\r\n\"Smoking in here [i:e87a7a7aa0]again,[/i:e87a7a7aa0] Mr. Vitale?\"\r\n\r\nNurse Lauder waved her hands through what faint clouds persisted as she approached Jim Vitale\'s bed.\r\n\r\nVitale pouted like a small boy getting a tongue-lashing. \"Guess I\'m incorrigible. It\'s what the nuns said. And please, it\'s [i:e87a7a7aa0]Jim,[/i:e87a7a7aa0] Nurse Lauder.\"\r\n\r\n\"Jim, you are a [i:e87a7a7aa0]difficult[/i:e87a7a7aa0] patient, I must say,\" she said, running her hand along the hospital bed\'s railing. \"How many times I did tell you my name is [i:e87a7a7aa0]Ann,[/i:e87a7a7aa0] hrm?\" She leaned forward again, letting fall gracefully the bed railing, and affording him a view of her breasts—which, he noticed, were now unencumbered by a bra.\r\n\r\n\"I\'m so sorry—Ann.\" He took her hand as she sat on the edge of his bed, and lay back upon his torso. \"What sentence will the honorable Judge Ann Lauder impose upon the defendant for his multiple infractions against hosptial regulations, code of Maryland title 9, sub 12, chapter 23, and forgetting her first name.\"\r\n\r\nShe let go of his hand and caressed his cheeks. \"I\'m inclined to be lenient on the first two counts, but for the third—\" She turned and began to kiss along the middle of his chest, rising to the throat and chin, where she gave him a tiny nip, and finally giving him a deep, soft, open-mouthed kiss. Breaking the embrace, she continued, \"Does that give you an idea? I wouldn\'t know what the legalese for that would be.\"\r\n\r\nShe smiled as he kissed her forehead. \"I believe a judge might say I was order to report to therapy that I would undergo until such time as a qualified expert was satisified—\"\r\n\r\n\"Ah, [i:e87a7a7aa0]satisified!\"[/i:e87a7a7aa0] she interrupted, laughing and licking her lips.\r\n\r\nHe put his finger across her lips as if to [i:e87a7a7aa0]sshhh[/i:e87a7a7aa0] her, only to have her lick the tip, which he then drew along the very edges of her lips. \"—as I was saying before I was interrupted, until such time as qualified expert was satisified that I was, indeed, reformed.\"\r\n\r\nThey kissed again, she running her hands over his torso, he sliding his hands beneath her scrubs. Then she parted her mouth from his, while moving further up the bed, allowing him to feel her breasts beneath the scrubs. She let out a sigh of contentment and let her eyelids droop—but was suddenly distracted by something red in the corner of her vision. Giggling like a girl, she leaned over to the disregarded plate, and took an apple from it, holding it before her face and trying not to gasp as his strong hands caressed her torso.\r\n\r\n\"Wanna bite?\"\r\n\r\n\"Sure.\"\r\n\r\nShe put the apple in her mouth and leaned down to him, both of them biting opposite sides of the apple at the same time. It fell onto the bed, where it lay beside them.\r\n\r\nAnn Lauder closed her eyes and chewed, surrendering to the myriad sensations of Jim Vitale\'s strong hands playing across her torso and the rich flavor of the apple. At last she swallowed, and said between gasps, \"That has to be the best apple I\'ve ever had.\"\r\n\r\n\"It\'s [i:e87a7a7aa0]Chez Pierre\'s[/i:e87a7a7aa0] fruit plate. You know what they say—the best of everything is good enough for me.\"\r\n\r\nShe giggled and took off her top. \"Who says that?\"\r\n\r\n\"It\'s from an old movie.\"\r\n\r\n\"Show me sometime?\"\r\n\r\n\"Sure.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[i:e87a7a7aa0]\"He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.\" —Cormac McCarthy, [b:e87a7a7aa0]Blood Meridian[/b:e87a7a7aa0] (what Daria was reading in \"Camp Fear\")[/i:e87a7a7aa0]\r\n\r\nETA: nothing. lousy MySQL errors. :x'),(246125,'f885e29a5b','','I didn\'t see the article, but I have to ask, are you absolutly sure you were being neutral? It\'s amazing how many people think they are when they aren\'t.'),(246126,'8411d7514d','','It\'s an attractive look for Daria, especially with that hat and pullover sweater. And I always thought she should be shown wearing slacks. (All we got were jeans or camo, and those not nearly often enough.)\r\n\r\nIf you can post a larger version, where the lines don\'t pixelate, it\'d be easier to see this in detail. The one you used is only 19 KB, and I don\'t see why that would take a long time to load.'),(246127,'04bbd068e3','','\"Too late,\" muttered Daria.\r\n\r\nShe heard a noise behind her and took a position next to the door.\r\n\r\nShe kept her gun, a Glock 18, pointed down so she wasn\'t obscuring her view of what, for all she knew, could be a midget.\r\n\r\nShe saw Jane enter, desert eagle held high, like she was trying to assert authority rather than assassinate someone.\r\n\r\n\"Fuck, he\'s aready dead.\"\r\n\r\n\"And so are you,\" said Daria.\r\n\r\n\"AAH!\" cried Jane.\r\n\r\nDaria could barely make her shriek of surprise out over the muzzle blast from the desert eagle.\r\n\r\n\"I mean, just what was that? ... come on,\" said Daria, picking up the spent cartridge with her coat sleeve and then taking point at the door, \"Police\'ll be here soon, thankyou very much.\"\r\n\r\nShe just got out the door, when she suddenly stopped, pointing her gun down and asking \"What are you doing here?\"\r\n\r\n\"Acting before you did, I hoped. Is he dead?\" asked Jodie, Mack covering behind them.\r\n\r\n\"Yeah.\"\r\n\r\n\"By which gun? If the cops find it-\" started Jodie.\r\n\r\n\"Neither,\" said Daria, \"he was dead when we got there.\"\r\n\r\n\"So ... \"\r\n\r\n\"Daria surprised me, I put a hole in the ceiling,\" said Jane.\r\n\r\n\"Just hope it\'s tough enough that there\'s nothing left for ballistics to recover. Come on, time we weren\'t here,\" said Daria.\r\n\r\n\"Agreed,\" said Mack.\r\n\r\nThey headed out, then they all stopped and stared at the ceiling.\r\n\r\n\"Here for Vitale?\" asked Daria.\r\n\r\n\"Of Course!\" squeaked Brittany, she and the cheerleaders armed with various edged weapons, Brittany packing a modified compound bow now equipped with a number of Karma blades attached to the ends by what looked like quality welds, like what you can acheive with TIG gear.\r\n\r\n\"He\'s dead,\" they all chorused.\r\n\r\n\"Oh. ... I hope he was in terrible agony for hours,\" said Brittany.\r\n\r\n\"One gunshot wound in the shoulder, that bled out, couldn\'t have been more than a few seconds, blood and brainmatter plus his front teeth missing indicate he was then tapped at least once through the mouth, there were two distinct spatters, anything else, we\'ll leave for the CSIs, but we have to go, now,\" said Daria.\r\n\r\nEveryone followed Daria, everyone ready for anything.\r\n\r\nThen they all stopped and sighed, Jane muttering \"gettign ridiculous here.\"\r\n\r\n\"Vitale, right?\"\r\n\r\n\"Who\'s Vitale?\" asked Kevin, he and the football team except their captain (who was already there) standing there, armed with beer, cannabis, mixing decks, lights.\r\n\r\n\"What were you going to do, party him to death? what\'s with all that?\" asked Daria.\r\n\r\n\"Mackdaddy said he was going to a private party, and we wanted in on it, he said it would be boring so we decided to make it fun for him.\"\r\n\r\nMack groaned.\r\n\r\nA few seconds of silence later, as everyone reminded themselves that yes, Kevin was that stupid, Daria said \"Right. Enough fucking about. Everyone, move out, now!\"\r\n\r\n\"Why?\" asked Kevin.\r\n\r\nMack asked him \"Do you want to spend the next twenty years getting a cock in the ass every time you take a shower?\"\r\n\r\n\"No,\" responded Kevin.\r\n\r\n\"Neither, do I.\" said Mack. \"Let\'s go.\"\r\n\r\nThey all left.'),(246128,'a2b60970bb','','Just as long as the bunnies or a \"St. Elsewhere\" ending is out I think we\'ll all enjoy it, or have nightmares about it, you know whatever.'),(246129,'6d791fed24','','[quote:6d791fed24=\"Roentgen\"]Jane once said that she shared \"certain chromosome pairs\" with her older siblings, but beyond that \"she wasn\'t supposed to say\".\r\n\r\nMaybe by that, she meant that \r\n\r\na) Amanda had a tryst with someone who wasn\'t Vincent, and\r\nb) Jane is aware of this fact, and \r\nc) No one else is aware of it. [...][/quote:6d791fed24]\r\nAnd maybe ... Jane was just being arch and sardonic? Especially with a twit of a gym teacher, who deserved nothing more serious? Hmmm?\r\n\r\nSometimes, taking an offhand yet well-aimed witticism too literally, as the grist for potential fan fiction, pulls too much of the juice out of it.\r\n\r\nSpeaking of \"See Jane Run,\" yesterday at Target I heard a bit of chorded music over the P.A., and immediately thought: That\'s what they played when Jane was eyeing Evan in the gym!\r\n\r\n... and my next thought: I have watched these shows [i:6d791fed24]too many times.[/i:6d791fed24] {g}'),(246130,'c65e9f69fc','','There is a basic rule operating here. If it doesn\'t make sense, it\'s politics. Ask yourself if you, in your present circumstances of relative poverty and unpopularity, could possibly be accorded the same treatment. Considering the immense wealth and political influence that family commands, I think the pressure at the highest administrative levels of LA County was so intense as to be unbearable, so the authorities caved. It would not be the first time...'),(246131,'53a1aaba60','','[quote:53a1aaba60=\"Teeki\"]Not her most shining moment, but I know that\'s the way many of us--even us bright, verbal people--handled our little sisters from time to time. (I gave mine a huge bruise on the shoulder, while she made her own hole in my ear cartilage when we were about that age.)[/quote:53a1aaba60]\r\n[color=indigo:53a1aaba60][b:53a1aaba60]I flogged my sister with a pillow when she was seven and I was about 14. She was always playing pranks on me at that age.\r\n\r\nBTW, I always felt the viewing audience was cheated when Daria closed the bedroom door before hammering Quinn. :twisted: \r\n\r\nInaria[/b:53a1aaba60][/color:53a1aaba60]'),(246132,'bf99d873ff','','sweetness Napalm! Any chance when you do submit it, to get multible versoins for different resolutions?'),(246133,'afe7a1501f','','[quote:afe7a1501f=\"Bliss Ticks\"]Scissors - you must do more Vitale as only you can! He\'s a great character and only you can do it properly! :shock:[/quote:afe7a1501f]\r\n\r\n[url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=246123#246123]I live to serve.[/url] :twisted:'),(246134,'f730048c8e','','[quote:f730048c8e=\"Roentgen\"]Three words:\r\n\r\nNasogastric feeding tube.[/quote:f730048c8e]\r\nThree more:\r\n\r\nChicken soup enemas.'),(246135,'507b797b95','Re: An actual question about the show!','[quote:507b797b95=\"Brother Grimace\"]Now, we can all point to the big moments in [i:507b797b95]Daria[/i:507b797b95] that we like to discuss and would like to change, one way or another. \r\n\r\nTwo words. \'The Kiss\'.[/quote:507b797b95]\r\nNot sure if you\'re suggesting \"we\" would all want to do so, but I wouldn\'t change a thing about that. A perfect blend of the rueful, the sardonic, the passionate, of joy, of fear, of rage. I\'m astonished it came off so well.\r\n\r\nAs for little revelatory moments?\r\n\r\n~ Daria picking the sock off of Jane\'s shoulder.\r\n\r\n~ \"You\'re a twisted little cruller, ain\'t\'cha?\"\r\n\r\n~ \"... you Morgendorffer tempstresses!\" (That added \"S\" sound [i:507b797b95]and[/i:507b797b95] the plural!)\r\n\r\n~ \"You call this parent/child bonding?\" \"Works for me.\" \"Let\'s watch again.\"\r\n\r\n~ Helen being too abashed from the role-playing at dinner.\r\n\r\n~ Daria looking out the car\'s side window.\r\n\r\n~ Daria and Quinn ridin\' off into the sunset.\r\n\r\n~ Quinn\'s note on the box.'),(246136,'513c3149a3','','[quote:513c3149a3=\"Dennis\"][quote:513c3149a3=\"Gouka Ryuu\"]Penny and Aggie is a great webcomic. Yeah, that girl does look like Burnout Girl and Penny does look like Tori.[/quote:513c3149a3]\r\n\r\nI just started reading it. It\'s very cool.[/quote:513c3149a3]\r\n:-) Enjoy.'),(246137,'626089d070','','I don\'t know what Veoh is, but Daria is definitely mature content. :-)'),(246138,'7d17e28c2b','','[quote:7d17e28c2b=\"RLobinske\"][quote:7d17e28c2b=\"cyde\"]\r\nFrom what I understand (and please correct me if I\'m wrong), there is a movement to introduce the metric system as a replacement for the US customary system. Unfortunately, we\'re rather resistant to change and most of us have been using the US customary system for all of our lives. Change would be difficult and laborious and, frankly, most people have no incentive to learn a different way of doing it. I am six feet, three inches tall... and I couldn\'t tell you how many centimeters that is off the top of my head. You savvy? ;)\r\n\r\nOh god, and imagine how that would screw up (American) football!\r\n\r\nAnd biologists claim that the human is an adaptable animal? :mrgreen:[/quote:7d17e28c2b]\r\n\r\nThe \"movement\" has been creeping along since the 1970s and in many cases, has gone the wrong direction. The way that they tried to teach metric use back then probably turned many of my generation against the metric system. First, memorize all of the unit prefixes, even the ones that are never used in everday life (yeah, how many times does anybody use deka-). Second, bombard them with a bunch of conversion factors so that the students \"can get a feel for what the units are like\". Noboby ever thought of the simple method of [i:7d17e28c2b]using[/i:7d17e28c2b] the metric system to teach it.\r\n\r\nSo now, scientists are familiar with the metric system because we use it regularly and everyone else still lives in fear of bad prefixes and obscure conversions.[/quote:7d17e28c2b]\r\nIt just goes to show that you can do even the most simple things badly.\r\n\r\n99% of people get away with knowing no more than \"kilo - 1,000\". The public ed campaign here was pervasive but low key, and everyone had learnt about the metric system in first year high school science anyway so we already knew how much of a no-brainer it was. There was remarkably little opposition, though there was the odd letter to the papers complaining about how hard it was going to be for the old folks (it wasn\'t, as it turned out). I think most of us were astounded at just how easily it happened and how little opposition there was. I remember in primary school long hours converting gills to quarts and rods and perches to acres, I\'m thankful all over again. ;-)\r\n\r\nIIRC a foot was the length of Henry VIII\'s ... um ... elbow or something.'),(246139,'45a20ad497','','[quote:45a20ad497=\"Greybird\"][url=http://www.tonykevin.com/IraqNewsGettingWorse.html]Australians have also been doing this all along,[/url] so do avoid any self-righteousness here.[/quote:45a20ad497]\r\nSelf-righteousness? How many times have I said that Australia is every bit as culpable as the US in this? We\'re more than a willing partner, we\'re #1 cheerleader. We make Britain appear like the reluctant bride.\r\n\r\nBut I don\'t see any reference in that article to Australia directly employing mercenaries. That means nothing of course - we might as well be.'),(246140,'8e063cad57','Second Chances','The house was silent. Helen and Jake were still at \'work\' and Quinn was celebrating the Lawndale Lion\'s win with a \'sleepover\' at Angie\'s house. Daria sat on the floor of the attic, scribbling away on her note pad. An opened wine cooler sat by her side, besides a red plastic funnel and a broom. It looked like the floor had just been swept.\r\n \r\nDaria sighed. Same ol\' suicide note. How original.\r\n \r\n[i:8e063cad57]Dear Mom, Dad and precious Quinny,\r\n \r\nThis life isn\'t quite what I expected. \r\nIt\'s just too hard trying to go on with this charade.\r\nSee you again, in another life. Or maybe not.\r\n \r\nDaria[/i:8e063cad57] \r\n\r\nDaria tapped her pen on the notepad and added a few more lines.\r\n \r\n[i:8e063cad57]PS. Just so you know Mom, Dad\'s been screwing Marianne, while you\'ve been screwing Eric. And Quinn\'s been screwing both of them behind your backs. That is when she isn\'t too busy with the football team. Sweet, innocent Quinn indeed.[/i:8e063cad57] \r\n\r\nSatisfied, Daria laid the notepad on the floor, positioning it so it would be clearly visible by anyone coming up through the trap door. Reaching into her jacket pocket, Daria pulled out a bottle of pills. She opened the bottle and dropped a whole handful of the pills into the wine cooler, one by one. She then re-capped the wine cooler and shook it vigorously, all the while thinking darkly of how Jane the track star was probably doing the same with Evan except not with a wine cooler. \r\n \r\nGuess it\'s time, thought Daria. She placed her deadly concoction safely to the side and stood up. Daria walked over to the attic door, turned the handle and pulled...\r\n \r\n[i:8e063cad57]Thump. [/i:8e063cad57]\r\n\r\nThe Daria Morgendorffer on the other side had fainted clean away.\r\n\r\nDaria smirked. Predictable. How she loved predictability. \r\n \r\nDaria poked her head through the doorway, checking to make sure that her \'clone\' was alone, ready to slam the door shut, if that wasn\'t the case. She was alone. \r\n \r\nWasting no time, Daria grabbed a hold of the unconscious girl and dragged her over to her attic. Daria then clambered atop the unconscious Daria, pinning her to the floor with her weight, and grabbed for her funnel and wine cooler. The other Daria started to stir.\r\n\r\nDaria forced the funnel into her clone’s mouth and mercilessly poured her concoction down her throat. The other Daria\'s eyes popped open reflecting her fear and confusion. She struggled desperately to toss her captor off, but to no avail. Daria continued to hold her down fast, until her struggling ceased. It took a while, but Daria was patient. Daria waited another 5 minutes after her clone had stopped struggling before she got off her. To be successful, she had to be careful.\r\n \r\nHumming quietly to herself, Daria repositioned her clone\'s body, curling the clone\'s hands around the empty wine cooler. Daria next took the broom and swept the floor again, removing any potential scuffle marks. The bottle of pills was placed on its side, close to her clone, with a few pills scattered on the floor for effect. Last but not least, Daria tossed the red funnel into the next room. She would get rid of it later.\r\n \r\nDaria squared her shoulders, straightened her cloths, and stepped into the other attic. \r\n \r\n\"Better you than me. Goodbye, cruel world,\" whispered Daria to her clone as she shut the door close.'),(246141,'e9d09ec402','','[quote:e9d09ec402=\"Deref\"][quote:e9d09ec402=\"Roentgen\"]Three words:\r\n\r\nNasogastric feeding tube.[/quote:e9d09ec402]\r\nThree more:\r\n\r\nChicken soup enemas.[/quote:e9d09ec402]\r\n\r\nI wondered how long it would take for this story to make it here on ppmb, I am just surprised it was not stars bringing it up, he seems to be our representative in pop culture these days.\r\n\r\nI feel the only solution is that taken from the film Seven. A flesh wound, a bottle of sleepy drops glued to one hand and a mobile glued to the other!\r\n\r\nLet her choose her fate.'),(246142,'b6ae382e1e','','Apologies if I trod on anyone\'s toes with this fic. This idea just popped in the head, though maybe one of you have already written something in a similar vein. \r\n\r\nMany thanks to CharlieGirl for her Illusions and TAG\'s story of the same name. I really liked it and I guess it stuck in my head.'),(246143,'32907bc407','Re: An actual question about the show!','[quote:32907bc407=\"Greybird\"][quote:32907bc407=\"Brother Grimace\"]Now, we can all point to the big moments in [i:32907bc407]Daria[/i:32907bc407] that we like to discuss and would like to change, one way or another. \r\n\r\nTwo words. \'The Kiss\'.[/quote:32907bc407]\r\n\r\n[b:32907bc407]Not sure if you\'re suggesting \"we\" would all want to do so, but I wouldn\'t change a thing about that.[/b:32907bc407] A perfect blend of the rueful, the sardonic, the passionate, of joy, of fear, of rage. I\'m astonished it came off so well.\r\n[/quote:32907bc407]\r\n\r\n\r\nI can live with that.'),(246144,'a4dd80c055','','[quote:a4dd80c055=\"lycissa\"]Apologies if I trod on anyone\'s toes with this fic. This idea just popped in the head, though maybe one of you have already written something in a similar vein. \r\n\r\nMany thanks to CharlieGirl for her Illusions and TAG\'s story of the same name. I really liked it and I guess it stuck in my head.[/quote:a4dd80c055]\r\n\r\nHey I wrote at least half (okay a third) of that! This was delightfully sick, though.'),(246145,'00737a9fc1','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote:00737a9fc1=\"mman\"]\r\n\r\nThe phone rang.\r\n\r\n\"Jim Vitale here!\"\r\n\r\nThere was the faint sound of breathing at the other end, then a click.\r\n\r\n\"Damn it!\" said Jim. \"Can\'t anyone just say \'wrong number\' anymore!\"\r\n\r\nJim Vitale got up, walked out of his own office and down the main corridor of the law office. There was nobody else working at this hour.\r\n\r\nVitale frowned. It wasn\'t that long after midnight. Anyone with any ambition would still be working. \r\n\r\nEspecially Helen Morgendorffer. He\'d certainly let her know she better not take her position for granted. Trying to sue the Lawndale School District, no less! Jim Vitale wouldn\'t forget that one for a long, long time, you could bet on that!\r\n\r\nYet Helen had gone home. He wondered if he\'d been forceful enough ...\r\n\r\nJim heard footsteps in the reception area, coming toward the corridor.\r\n\r\nMaybe Helen had decided to come in for some night work after all.\r\n\r\nJim turned and walked toward the reception area. Whoever it was hadn\'t turned the light on. He saw the outline of someone in the dark.\r\n\r\n\"Who is it?\" he said.\r\n\r\nBLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim felt the impact of a bullet just below his right shoulder. He tried to cry out, but couldn\'t.\r\n\r\nBLAM!! BLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim Vitale crumpled to the floor.\r\n\r\n[/quote:00737a9fc1]\r\n\r\nHe did not recognize the girl walking toward him. His attempt at question who and why merely produced a large wet bubble of blood.\r\n\r\nThe figure of a young woman loomed closer in his quickly dimming vision. \r\n\r\nShe leaned in close to watch him die, a pensive look in her eyes. \"Nothing personal, Mr. um....\" She glanced around. \"Well, whoever you are. I\'m sure the police will know. They say the best way not to get caught is to kill someone you have no connection with and well, I need practice before I can do what I really want to do, and there\'s really no sense in getting caught for just a practice, right?\"\r\n\r\nJim Vitale didn\'t answer.\r\n\r\nStacy shrugged. Her aim was improving and once the police had come through and named their suspects, she\'d have a better idea of how to continue to elude them. For now, she\'d keep practicing and one day, she\'d finally be ready. \"Practice makes perfect,\" she said to herself as she left.'),(246146,'1328563260','','*Smack* Doh! \r\nMany thanks to you too Angelinhel. And anyone else I forgot.\r\nLove your writing by the way. Any more coming our way??'),(246147,'e94f160629','','[quote:e94f160629=\"Eccles\"]You are correct Bliss Ticks I have no personal experience with the public transport system in the US, however a lot of my RL friends are from America so I am aware how bad the system is over there. All I am saying is that over here it is not much better if any.[/quote:e94f160629]You have an intercity rail system that provides relatively frequent service to every city and most major towns. Amtrak doesn\'t even hit all the cities here in the US, and many of those are served by one train at 2 in the morning. I\'d say you have a far superior public transportation system right there. Plus, it connects with trains to virtually every part of Europe.\r\n\r\n[quote:e94f160629=\"RLobinske\"]So now, scientists are familiar with the metric system because we use it regularly and everyone else still lives in fear of bad prefixes and obscure conversions.[/quote:e94f160629]\r\nEven the most obscure conversion in the metric system is easier than the one between pound-force and pound-mass. Pound-mass = pound-force, but pound-force = 32.2 pound-mass. Can there possibly be a conversion more f-ed up than that?'),(246148,'fe973b6969','','Hey you can\'t just end it there. What does this desperate Daria find in the other world?'),(246149,'a6d8ab1875','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote:a6d8ab1875=\"Angelinhel\"][quote:a6d8ab1875=\"mman\"]\r\n\r\nThe phone rang.\r\n\r\n\"Jim Vitale here!\"\r\n\r\nThere was the faint sound of breathing at the other end, then a click.\r\n\r\n\"Damn it!\" said Jim. \"Can\'t anyone just say \'wrong number\' anymore!\"\r\n\r\nJim Vitale got up, walked out of his own office and down the main corridor of the law office. There was nobody else working at this hour.\r\n\r\nVitale frowned. It wasn\'t that long after midnight. Anyone with any ambition would still be working. \r\n\r\nEspecially Helen Morgendorffer. He\'d certainly let her know she better not take her position for granted. Trying to sue the Lawndale School District, no less! Jim Vitale wouldn\'t forget that one for a long, long time, you could bet on that!\r\n\r\nYet Helen had gone home. He wondered if he\'d been forceful enough ...\r\n\r\nJim heard footsteps in the reception area, coming toward the corridor.\r\n\r\nMaybe Helen had decided to come in for some night work after all.\r\n\r\nJim turned and walked toward the reception area. Whoever it was hadn\'t turned the light on. He saw the outline of someone in the dark.\r\n\r\n\"Who is it?\" he said.\r\n\r\nBLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim felt the impact of a bullet just below his right shoulder. He tried to cry out, but couldn\'t.\r\n\r\nBLAM!! BLAM!!\r\n\r\nJim Vitale crumpled to the floor.\r\n\r\n[/quote:a6d8ab1875]\r\n\r\nHe did not recognize the girl walking toward him. His attempt at question who and why merely produced a large wet bubble of blood.\r\n\r\nThe figure of a young woman loomed closer in his quickly dimming vision. \r\n\r\nShe leaned in close to watch him die, a pensive look in her eyes. \"Nothing personal, Mr. um....\" She glanced around. \"Well, whoever you are. I\'m sure the police will know. They say the best way not to get caught is to kill someone you have no connection with and well, I need practice before I can do what I really want to do, and there\'s really no sense in getting caught for just a practice, right?\"\r\n\r\nJim Vitale didn\'t answer.\r\n\r\nStacy shrugged. [b:a6d8ab1875]Her aim was improving and once the police had come through and named their suspects, she\'d have a better idea of how to continue to elude them. For now, she\'d keep practicing and one day, she\'d finally be ready.[/b:a6d8ab1875] \"Practice makes perfect,\" she said to herself as she left.[/quote:a6d8ab1875]\r\n\r\nDamn. \r\n\r\nShades of John Clark, from [i:a6d8ab1875]Without Remorse[/i:a6d8ab1875]. :shock:'),(246150,'faedc4f959','','[b:faedc4f959]Part 2[/b:faedc4f959]\r\n\r\n\r\nIn his small apartment, Derek angrily dropped the phone onto its cradle. “Bastard.”\r\n\r\nSitting on the loveseat next to him, Karen said, “He won’t let you out of the lease?”\r\n\r\n“Nope. ‘Sorry, a contract’s, a contract.’ Bastard. Like I’m doing this to him on purpose.”\r\n\r\n“So, what are you going to do?”\r\n\r\n“I guess I’ll have to sublet, with all the headaches that go with it.” He looked up, “Need a new place?”\r\n\r\n“Sorry, but you know that I’ve given my word to Daria and Jane.”\r\n\r\n“Maybe they’ll know somebody who can move in.”\r\n\r\n“We can ask. I’ll also check with people in my classes.”\r\n\r\nHe looked around. “I guess we better start looking for boxes. I have less than two weeks to pack. At least Mom and Dad aren’t too far away; I can leave my stuff there instead of paying for a storage unit.”\r\n\r\n“Between my truck and your car, we should be able to get everything in a couple of trips.”\r\n\r\nDerek grunted an acknowledgement before saying, “We’re not even going to get to spend Valentine’s Day together.”\r\n\r\n“But we should be together for the next one…with a lot of time to make up for.”\r\n\r\n“Time. This is going to set me back at least a year, maybe more, depending on exactly when I can get reregistered for school. You’ll graduate and be off to vet school while I’m still working on my degree.”\r\n\r\nKaren grasped his hand. “In that case, I’ll have to go to Raft’s vet school. After all, I am starting to like it here.”\r\n\r\n“So, you think I’m worth staying around, huh?”\r\n\r\n“You’re a keeper.”\r\n\r\nExaggerating his Massachusetts accent, Derek asked, “Even though I’m a ‘damn Yankee’?”\r\n\r\nFully using her southern accent, Karen replied, “Tain’t nobody perfect.”\r\n\r\n\"That\'s what my mother always told me.\"\r\n\r\n\"She must be worried.\"\r\n\r\nDerek leaned over to rest his head on Karen\'s lap. \"So\'s Dad. They\'re also worried about you and want you to remember that you\'re always welcome to visit.\"\r\n\r\n\"I won\'t for get. I like them, remember?\" She bent forward to kiss him. \"Don\'t forget that I\'m worried about you, either.\"\r\n\r\n\"As if you\'ll let me forget.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBundled in a heavy jacket, CC meandered through the growing ice sculptures until she found Jane and Nell. “At it again, I see,” she quipped at her friends.\r\n\r\nJane was crouched on the ground, stacking differently tinted ice cubes in a pyramid. “Hey, CC. What’s up?”\r\n\r\nSeated on a low, rolling stool, Nell chipped away at very dark block of ice. She placed the chisel and mallet on top and said, “Decided to brave the cold, or just looking?”\r\n\r\n“I get enough cold drafts at work. I’m only here to watch the crazy people.”\r\n\r\nNell said, “And to score some of the hot cider inside.”\r\n\r\n“Okay, that too.” CC inspected the proto-artwork and said, “Let me guess, still secret?”\r\n\r\n\"Of course,\" Jane said.\r\n\r\nNell shook one of her crutches and said, \"I\'d have to kill you. Since I only have this, it would be slow and bloody.\" She paused and muttered, \"Hmmm.\"\r\n\r\n\"You can only tint the ice with tea,\" Jane said, surmising her friend\'s thought.\r\n\r\n\"Oh, yeah. By the way, CC, what\'s up with you, lately?\"\r\n\r\n\"Oh, about the same. Working up a new costume for my routine and trying to keep the dorm kiddies from wrecking the place.\"\r\n\r\nNell asked, \"Got any room? My landlord sold the building and the new owner wants everyone out by the middle of next month.\"\r\n\r\nJane looked up and said, \"Karen\'s boyfriend is looking for someone to sublet his apartment. I\'ll get his number for you.\"\r\n\r\n\"I\'d kinda feel weird sharing a place with a guy I\'ve only met a couple times.\"\r\n\r\n\"It\'s a one bedroom apartment.\"\r\n\r\n\"That\'s even weirder.\"\r\n\r\n\"Derek\'s in the National Guard and he\'s been called up for active duty. He needs someone by the end of the month. Karen says that his landlord won\'t let him out of the lease, so he needs someone reliable to finish off the lease.\"\r\n\r\nSuddenly cold, CC wrapped her arms around herself and said, \"So much for all this fresh air, guys. I\'m heading inside.\"\r\n\r\n\"See you later, CC,\" Jane said.\r\n\r\nNell said, \"Later.\" To Jane, she then said, \"That really sucks for him, but I\'ll talk to him. I really could use a place. Do you know how much he\'s paying a month?\"\r\n\r\n\"No clue.\"\r\n\r\n\"I hope I can afford it.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWith add/drop well over and pre-registration still a month and a half away, the Registrar\'s office was quite when Derek entered on Monday morning. The receptionist looked up from her paperback and said, \"May I help you?\"\r\n\r\nDerek opened his orders and showed them to her. \"My name\'s Derek Adler and I need to change my student status to Inactive-Returning.\"\r\n\r\nEmpathetic, the receptionist said, \"Oh, dear. I hope you\'re going to be all right.\"\r\n\r\n\"I hope so, too.\"\r\n\r\n\"You\'ll need to see Mrs. Wychurst. Your student number, please.\r\n\r\n\"810205-5438\"\r\n\r\nThe receptionist typed the number and said, \"Okay, please have a seat and I\'ll call you when she\'s ready.\"\r\n\r\n\"Thanks.\" Derek nodded and took a seat in the waiting room, picking up a copy of [i:faedc4f959]The Mast[/i:faedc4f959] as he did. Thinking of the dangers ahead of him, the stories and concerns in the paper seemed almost insignificant.\r\n\r\nA few minutes later, a slender black woman in her late thirties approached him and said, \"Mr. Adler, if you\'ll follow me, please.\"\r\n\r\nHe stood and asked, \"Mrs. Wychurst?\"\r\n\r\n\"That\'s me.\"\r\n\r\nShe directed him into an office and offered him a chair before sitting behind her desk. \"I\'ve taken the liberty of bringing up your records. May I see your activation orders?\"\r\n\r\nHe passed them across the desk and said, \"Here, ma\'am.\"\r\n\r\n\"Thank you.\" She quickly read the letter and then typed on her computer keyboard. \"Your professors will be officially notified in writing and by e-mail. I’m sure that you have a lot to do before leaving, so I\'m making the effective date today.\"\r\n\r\n\"Thanks.\"\r\n\r\n\"You need to go to Financial Services to tell them how you want this semester\'s tuition payment handled. Either a refund now, or we can credit you the same number of credit hours when you return.\"\r\n\r\n\"Okay, anything else?\"\r\n\r\n\"Nothing here. Once you contact the finance office, you\'ll be done. I would suggest talking to your professors; they\'re not always the best at reading their mail.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTwenty minutes later, Derek stepped out of Founder\'s Hall and looked over the Quad. Brown paths through the snow marked shortcuts across the clear space. Here and there, students hurried between buildings, while the numerous benches sat empty and dusted with snow. Raft, the focus of his life for the last two and a half years, tugged at him, as if a living entity, to stay. But another part of his mind was already disconnecting. His life would be focused on something very different soon and Raft would only be a pleasant memory.\r\n\r\n\"Damn.\"'),(246151,'657fa2d547','','I hoped and prayed that Paris would have to fight angry lesbians in the shower three times daily. Go figure. My wish wasn\'t fulfilled.\r\n\r\n :? \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(246152,'2fdd88c80b','','www.veoh.com\r\n\r\nDeref, it\'s a YouTube clone. It\'s also a wonderful place to find brand new (Japanese) Naruto episodes every Friday since YouTube became dicks and began to erase every episode of Naruto: Shippuden as soon as it was posted.\r\n\r\nIn other words, check out veoh when you are having a \"Goddamn, I hate YouTube moment\" or if you like anime. Not a lot of sexy stuff on veoh, though, so be warned.\r\n\r\nVeoh is to YouTube as Branson, Missouri is to Las Vegas. There, that sums it up.\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(246153,'eaff2f5b93','','Nonsense, you can never watch the show too many times.'),(246154,'cd91ef94d4','','[color=blue:cd91ef94d4][b:cd91ef94d4][size=24:cd91ef94d4]GAH![/size:cd91ef94d4][/b:cd91ef94d4][/color:cd91ef94d4]'),(246155,'516ec88d56','','F*ck that little brat!'),(246156,'deeec8b859','','[quote:deeec8b859]With add/drop well over and pre-registration still a month and a half away, the Registrar\'s office was [b:deeec8b859]quite [/b:deeec8b859]when Derek entered on Monday morning. The receptionist looked up from her paperback and said, \"May I help you?\"[/quote:deeec8b859]\r\n\r\nQuiet? Or quite something.\r\n\r\nDamn, sucks to be Derek and Karen. Shades of Deref and Thea\'s \"All My Children.\"'),(246157,'55077dbc39','','Pretty nice so far.'),(246278,'36bf347d79','','[quote:36bf347d79=\"cyde\"][quote:36bf347d79=\"jak981125\"]Oh, looks like Paris might be getting a [url=http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/urn:newsml:tv.ap.org:20070607:people_richie__ER:2543]cellmate[/url].[/quote:36bf347d79]\r\n\r\nGood. Maybe they can do that rotten show that they do from lockup. That\'d be the REAL simple life.[/quote:36bf347d79]No, make Celine her cellmate.'),(246158,'361ecdc0ab','','Nice one.'),(246159,'f72997971c','','TippedOver: [quote:f72997971c]I was in Germany with the US Army in 1987 when I got in a pretty good car crash...[/quote:f72997971c]\r\n\r\nAh, the Awesome Origin of your screenname.'),(246160,'8d9148de1f','','[quote:8d9148de1f]She realized that without her four friends,[/quote:8d9148de1f]Three.'),(246161,'4aff34d69a','','[quote:4aff34d69a=\"atimnie\"][quote:4aff34d69a]She realized that without her four friends,[/quote:4aff34d69a]Three.[/quote:4aff34d69a]\r\n\r\nGood catch. Thanks :D'),(246162,'31f8947ed3','','In the Back Pages frag:\r\n\r\n\r\nFebruary 21, 1919, the formal gardens of Schloss Morgendorf:\r\n\r\n\" \'Karl Jacob, You are my oldest son, much to my distress. And you would have been my heir, by the succession rules of this principality. No longer. Between your disgraceful behavior in Berlin last month and the fall of the Empire, that cannot happen. You have shamed this family for the last time.\' \'Father, I can explain! It wasn\'t my idea, it was Ret\'s!\' \'Oh, yes. Ret Marut, the playwright. Also known as Ret Marut, the writer. But the description that bears on your experience is Ret Marut, the anarchist. And that brings us to you, Karl Jacob. Whatever possessed you to join that gang full of would be pacifistic spiritualists? Ret Marut had an excuse. He needed a cover for his subversive activities until he could link with a group that had some chance for revolutionary success, which he has now done. He has gone to Bavaria, probably Munich, and cannot help you, even if he wanted to do so. Tell me this, did you and your friends seriously believe that by linking hands in a circle around the Reichstag and focusing your energies, you could cause the building to levitate? And did you think the government, weak though it is, could possibly ignore such a gathering? Of course, they arrested you! But, before you were to be sent to a firing squad, a junior minister had the courtesy to call me and explain the situation. You have been given into my custody. But that is temporary. The government has told me to relay this decision: You can leave the country and go to America, never to return. Or you can wait for one of the paramilitary gangs to show up and execute you.\' \'Father, can\'t you hide me? At least til the situation stabilizes?\' \'It is time for you to grow up, Karl Jacob, and be a man! I had hoped the military school in Konigsberg would instill some maturity in you, or at least something close to a backbone. But no, they did not succeed and your failures are all too evident. At least, if you go, we can face the challenges that are closing in on all sides without worrying about your incompetence wrecking our chances of survival. Enough! I know your choice! Your baggage is packed, Hans will hand you your ticket and a car is waiting to take you to Bremerhaven.\' \'What about money?\' \'Hans will hand you an envelope with a letter of credit at an American bank. As for spending money on the voyage, you will have to practice frugality. Since you will be traveling in Steerage Class, that should be relatively easy to do. Goodbye. And get out of my sight!\' As the car drove away from the ancient Schloss, Karl Jacob Morgendorf turned to face the door, and yelled: [size=18:31f8947ed3]\'GOD DAMN YOU, OLD MAN! I\'M NOT DONE WITH YOU YET! I\'LL SHOW YOU!!\' \" [/size:31f8947ed3]'),(246163,'8aa6b56ed5','','I am against this because it breaks down command structure and harms morale...also the mercs aren\'t bound by the MCJ. They have been running willy nilly around Iraq with little oversight or accountability.\r\nCoverage of this issue is very limited in major media outlets, but is receiving better coverage in independent media outlets such as [i:8aa6b56ed5]Democracy Now[/i:8aa6b56ed5].'),(246164,'2725eeecbf','','Welcome to America and the benefits of super concentrated wealth! :shock: You can rape kids, kill your ex wife, whatever...it\'s all on the table if you have the $$!'),(246165,'7befc5c809','','Kitten Possible\r\nChapter 5\r\n\r\nKim put a paw to her head, and let out a moan of pain. ‘[i:7befc5c809]Never again, I swear on all things you care to name to never do ‘nip again. Just make the throbbing stop![/i:7befc5c809]’\r\n\r\nShego watched her kitten with sorrowful eyes, the little dear had slept through the night but now she seemed to be feeling the effects of the catnip. She suspected if it was anything like a hangover, the poor thing’s head would be exploding right now.\r\n\r\nShego smiled as she pet her poor little Nemmy, she had the day off from Drakken because he had to see an allergist to reduce the swelling. “You know Nemmy?” Shego whispered gently, “You are a lucky kitty.”\r\n\r\nKim lowered her paw and glared at Shego as angrily as she could muster before slumping back down to the pillow she laid upon. “No really, you got rid of Drakken for me, and once you’re feeling better we can play together.”\r\n\r\nKim let out a moan of pain at the thought of playing again. Shego laughed softly as she pet Nemmy. “No more catnip, I know. But there’re still some other toys we can play with.”\r\n\r\nTurning back to Shego, Kim gave her a death glare of doom, which had about all the effectiveness of a water balloon destroying a wall. All because of how cute Shego thought she looked when she did it. “Oh, that’s so cute Nemmy. I wish I had a camera.”\r\n\r\nAfter an hour of Shego enjoying the cuteness of Nemmy, and Kim trying to figure out how she could whoop Shego in her current feline state, Kim felt well enough to show Shego her tail end and go get some water. Lapping up the water Kim sighed as she felt the pain fade.\r\n\r\nWalking away from her bowls, Kim yawned and stretched. ‘[i:7befc5c809]Alright, note to self, cat nip is not a good thing the morning after. I wonder what Shego’s doing?[/i:7befc5c809]’\r\n\r\nPadding into the living room Kim had to stop and prevent the laughter that attempted to escaper her lips at the sight of Shego waiting with a box of treats, cat ears on her head, and large sad eyes. Beside the treats there was a scratching post.\r\n\r\nKim blinked at the sight before her. Tilting her head she voiced a quizzical meow, as though asking Shego a question.\r\n\r\n“What’s that?” Shego asked, playing along. “Oh, are the ears just a touch too much?”\r\n\r\nKim nodded while she gave out a positive mew. After a moment she pointed her tail at the television, drawing Shego to her own reflection.\r\n\r\nShego’s face fell as she looked into the TV. A strange sadness fell over her green features as she pulls the ears off and tucked them away. “Yeah... I guess you’re right. I can’t really do cute.”\r\n\r\nKim frowned internally as she ran over and leaped up onto Shego’s shoulder, nuzzling against the black-haired female’s neck, purring gently to try and cheer her up. ‘[i:7befc5c809]Can’t do cute? So not the truth. Did you see yourself earlier?[/i:7befc5c809]’\r\n\r\nKim sighed, seeing expression growing happier, though the pain in her eyes remained. ‘[i:7befc5c809]I can do anything, I can cheer up Shego.[/i:7befc5c809]’\r\n\r\nLeaping off Shego’s shoulder, Kim flicked her tail so that the very end of it would whap against Shego’s nose. Turning around she saw Shego looking down at her in surprise, which grew into a suspicious look. “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?”\r\n\r\nKim strutted forward and meowed proudly before sliding her tongue out teasingly. Shego’s face once again grew shocked before she shook her finger with a clucking of her tongue. “Now, that’s not very nice Nemmy. I’m going to have to take away your treats for that.”\r\n\r\nKim felt her eyes grow sad and round at the thought of no treats. ‘[i:7befc5c809]Sometimes letting this body take control is useful...[/i:7befc5c809]’ Kim thought as she continued the hurt kitten look, mewling piteously. Catching an image of herself in the TV, she noticed that her kitty eyes were almost as good as her puppy dog pout. ‘[i:7befc5c809]Hmm... there’s an experiment. What works better “puppy dog pout” or “sad kitty eyes”?[/i:7befc5c809]’\r\n\r\nShego sighed as she opened the box of treats and fished one out for Kim, holding it out. “Alright, enough already!” exclaimed the green female, “I’m sorry.”\r\n\r\nStriding over Kim ate the treat and then licked Shego’s hand affectionately. After a minute she pulled back and shook her head, as though trying to clear it. ‘[i:7befc5c809]I have to stop letting the cat body lead like that...[/i:7befc5c809]’\r\n\r\nShego smiled and turned her hand over to scratch Nemmy between the ears, causing her to purr softly. “That’s better Nemmy, being a good kitty means you get treats.”\r\n\r\n“SHEGO!” the com-link built into the wall screamed causing both females to jump, Nemmy’s fur standing on end.\r\n\r\n“I’m going to kill him,” Shego muttered before raising her voice. “No need to yell Doc, I’m here.”\r\n\r\n“Come up to the main lab, I need to talk to you about the next stage of the plan,” Drakken’s voice commanded, causing both of the room’s occupants to roll their eyes. “Leave that fuzzball there and come up.”\r\n\r\nFlicking off the com-unit Shego grumbled something about doctors being too fast and stood up with a sigh. “Sorry Nemmy, but mommy needs to go into work. You be good now.”\r\n\r\nAs Shego walked out of the door, she failed to notice her cat slipping out behind her, quickly ducking behind a pillar. ‘[i:7befc5c809]If you think I’m sitting out on the chance to mess with Drakken, you’re nuts.[/i:7befc5c809]’\r\n\r\nSlinking along the shadows, Kim trailed Shego as she strode to the main lab. Once they got there, Kim leaped up onto the many ledges that circled it. Climbing up her ears flicked about for any signal that she had been discovered. Hearing none she smirked as she curled up in the shadows on one ledge well above the view of the two down on the floor.\r\n\r\nDrakken huffed as he held an ice pack to his face to help reduce the swelling. “Took you long enough Shego.”\r\n\r\n“I had expected a day off Drewbie,” Shego growled causing Drakken to jump back in fear. “Not that it matters but what did you call me up here for?”\r\n\r\n“It’s time to reveal my next step to taking over the world!” Drakken exclaimed with boyish glee.\r\n\r\nShego sighed and took a chair near the giant monitor. Watching Drakken gather together his diagrams and notes she couldn’t help but let out a sigh of frustration and boredom. Pulling out her file she began to clean off the claws of her gloves, biding her time rather than striking at the obvious weakness of it being his plan.\r\n\r\n“Now Shego, I had you steal all that jewelry for a special reason, care to guess what it is?” Drakken asked with a smarmy look to his face.\r\n\r\nShego blew off the buildup she had collected before responding, never looking away from her nails. “So that you can look fabulous?”\r\n\r\n“Right, so that I... NO!” Drakken shouted at his employee. “What they are for is THIS!”\r\n\r\nDrakken rolled out a huge diagram showing a rather dazzling and complex looking ray gun. Meanwhile Kim was laughing silently at the sting Shego had given the blue doctor. Narrowing her eyes to focus on the diagram she could feel the laughter returning as she rolled her eyes.\r\n\r\n“This is my newest hypno-ray. With this I’ll be able to make everyone submit to my command,” Drakken boasted while he pointed to various points on the diagram. “First, the metal from the jewelry was melted down to form multiple reflective panels of various hues. These will shine light through the gems to create a variety of spots, which will rotate and swivel in a specific sequence designed to hypnotize people watching it.”\r\n\r\n“Yeah... one problem there doc, visual hypnosis only works for a couple hours after being seen,” Shego pointed out while tucking away her file.\r\n\r\n“I have overcome that obstacle by transmitting this through the world’s television signal with a signal powerful enough to override any of what they have on,” Drakken smirked countering Shego’s flaw.\r\n\r\n“Yeah, and when someone turns them off?” Shego asked with a smirk.\r\n\r\nDrakken looked at her like she was a clueless chimp before waving a hand. “Shego... it’s TV”\r\n\r\nPausing a moment Shego shook her head and sighed. “Good point...” Shego allowed before leaning forward in the chair. “Even so, one stronger signal surge would break the signal you’re emitting.”\r\n\r\n“Shego,” Drakken said calmly as his face grew deeper until it was almost purple, “I brought you up here to tell you what I need you to do... NOT TO POKE HOLES IN MY CAREFULLY LAID OUT PLANS!”\r\n\r\nKim covered her eyes with a silent moan of pity for Shego. ‘[i:7befc5c809]Shego, I am so going to try and get you to join Team Possible. If nothing else than to get you away from Drakken there,[/i:7befc5c809]’ Kim thought before shaking her head again as Shego agreed to go with this plan.\r\n\r\n“Okay, okay, just trying to save us both the embarrassment of you breaking down in tears after Kimmie uses some gizmo to stop the signal,” Shego grumbled disgustedly, the last two times had ruined the cat suit she had worn.\r\n\r\nDrakken smirked triumphantly as he rose to his full height. “Ah, but little miss goodie, goodie won’t be stoping us!” Drakken proclaimed loudly, “She’s been kidnapped, and that buffoon of hers isn’t smart enough to stop my perfect plan!”\r\n\r\nKim’s ears flattened to her skull as she barred her fangs to the maniacal man below her. ‘[i:7befc5c809]Ego much? I mean I can see from here that all I need to do is switch two plugs and the whole thing... Oh yeah... Kim Possible won’t save the world, but little Nemmy will.[/i:7befc5c809]’\r\n\r\nWith that thought in mind, Kim settled in, watching as Drakken continued his ranting, before he and Shego began building the device. The entire while, Kim watched the two below with her tail ticking in annoyance. ‘[i:7befc5c809]Drakken, you are going to hate me.[/i:7befc5c809]’'),(246166,'4c446d9996','Live Action Underdog Trailer','[url=http://progressive.totaleclips.com.edgesuite.net/101/b10151_b2u.mov]Coming in August[/url]\r\n\r\nYou\'ll need Quicktime'),(246167,'d0b02c406f','','Aren\'t merc armies illegal under UN laws? \r\n\r\nThough yeah they can turn on us. Otherwise they wouldn\'t really be mercs. :P'),(246168,'c95cd5e38b','','Always obsessed with the spelling. :lol:\r\n\r\nWhat\'s really sad is how often spelling mistakes show up in educational books. One government office put out a textbook in which even the author\'s name and cover title were badly mispelled.'),(246169,'cf6aa4afca','','More Vitale mania from Scissors! Great job! :shock:'),(246170,'8b5027b00b','','tey cant spegl but i cnn so leaf them (an mee) aloan! :cry: I win! :cry:'),(246171,'5bb49e7229','Re: Iron Chef: Who Shot Jim Vitale?','[quote:5bb49e7229=\"Brother Grimace\"]\r\n\r\nDamn. \r\n\r\nShades of John Clark, from [i:5bb49e7229]Without Remorse[/i:5bb49e7229]. :shock:[/quote:5bb49e7229]\r\n\r\nI\'ll have to go look that up. What\'d you think of 30?'),(246172,'5629f49fbe','','[url=http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=102]And, here\'s another shot of Burnout Girl, from the same strip.[/url] (Left side of panel.)\r\n\r\nNice find, Deref. :D'),(246173,'dc5e3f79ed','','[quote:dc5e3f79ed=\"Bliss Ticks\"]Welcome to America and the benefits of super concentrated wealth! :shock: You can rape kids, kill your ex wife, whatever...it\'s all on the table if you have the $$![/quote:dc5e3f79ed]\r\n\r\nNo, no, no - this is a [i:dc5e3f79ed]worldwide[/i:dc5e3f79ed] phomenon.\r\n\r\n\r\nTwo words.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[i:dc5e3f79ed]Roman Polanski.[/i:dc5e3f79ed]'),(246174,'29824d756b','','If anyone is curious, Ed Brown was heavily involved (and may have even led) this group:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.wearechange.org/whoischange.html\r\n\r\nSomeone else got him on YT where he wanted to be shown the law that says he has to pay it (I think he even offered a reward James Randi style as a bonus):\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AsRBu9Hb24&NR=1\r\n\r\nRight now, some Dominionists are on their side. Which means that Bush himself will have some influence to view these protestors favorably. Though the Browns have accused the US Gov\'t of creating 9/11 intentionally in order to assault liberty and are thumbing their noses at their authority, too, and I\'m sure Bush and friends can\'t take that too kindly. \r\n\r\nI don\'t feel able to hazard a guess over where it will end up or all that\'s involved in this. I must admit I\'m curious. It\'s even possible that the charges will be dismissed. Some Amish or Quakers were relieved of their legal obligations when they refused to honor them or recognize the authority of the US Government, so it\'s not completely impossible. But I don\'t expect it will. \r\n\r\n[url=http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Police+assemble+by+Browns%27+home&articleId=d61e0be3-66af-47a4-aa97-5e4a89bf9126]more[/url]\r\n\r\nhttp://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2007/070607policesurround2.htm\r\n\r\n\r\nThough I feel compelled to point out something ironic that many will overlook. Taxes are used for corporate welfare and in doing so are destroying the environment (even when it helps, it\'s typically to fix damage done by those tax dollars in the first place). Virgin forests have roads built into them at tax payer expense that allows lumber companies to clear cut, increasing their damage, and often as not exporting to foreign countries. Most of all, the creation and use of war toys are one of THE big reasons for pollution and environmental damage of all. But we must do it in order to fight for oil and the continuation of the destruction of the environment because we are too dependent on oil and our society could collapse without it (and would at least suffer economically and militarily without enough of it). But the Browns have proved that view wrong (as have many others) and yet no one seems to be noticing it.\r\n\r\nAnd yet, without tax dollars, these folk have helped to demonstrate why those tax dollars aren\'t needed (and may have only afforded it by not paying taxes in the first place), and why oil itself is highly overated. Not in totality, natch, but plenty are doing what they\'re doing and yet hardly anyone is noticing, instead focusing on why we need the oil instead and must pay taxes to make sure \"we\" keep control of it. \r\n\r\nOn the underground economy, these alternative energy sources can be built up a lot cheaper than if you go through catalogues, and with rising energy prices, the \"expenditure\" of it becomes less and less pronounced in comparison. I can understand why this would threaten the government and their sponsors though as this threatens the concentration of wealth into the hands of a wealthy few.'),(246175,'ebef034a36','','[quote:ebef034a36=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:ebef034a36=\"Deref\"][quote:ebef034a36=\"TippedOver\"]Man, I am trying to picture hitting a damn kangaroo - Is it kinda like hitting a big rabbit or something? Like Bugs Bunny?[/quote:ebef034a36]\r\nSure. If you can imagine a six foot tall rabbit.[/quote:ebef034a36]\r\n\r\nFrank?[/quote:ebef034a36]\r\n\r\nNo, that was Harvey...the six-foot tall, white rabbit. And invisible.'),(246255,'38b6394125','','Here\'s one by Yeats:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Second Coming\r\nWilliam Butler Yeats\r\n\r\nTurning and turning in the widening gyre\r\nThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;\r\nThings fall apart; the centre cannot hold;\r\nMere anarchy is loosed upon the world,\r\nThe blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere\r\nThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;\r\nThe best lack all conviction, while the worst\r\nAre full of passionate intensity.\r\nSurely some revelation is at hand;\r\nSurely the Second Coming is at hand.\r\nThe Second Coming! Hardly are those words out\r\nWhen a vast image out of Spritus Mundi\r\nTroubles my sight: somewhere in the sands of the desert.\r\n\r\nA shape with lion body and the head of a man,\r\nA gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,\r\nIs moving its slow thighs, while all about it\r\nReel shadows of the indignant desert birds.\r\nThe darkness drops again; but now I know\r\nThat twenty centuries of stony sleep\r\nwere vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,\r\nAnd what rough beast, its hour come round at last,\r\nSlouches towards Bethlehem to be born?\r\n\r\nThis quotation I feel encapsulated this world that we currently have to endure:\r\n\r\nThings fall apart; the centre cannot hold;\r\nMere anarchy is loosed upon the world,\r\nThe blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere\r\nThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;\r\nThe best lack all conviction, while the worst\r\nAre full of passionate intensity.\r\n\r\nNothing seems to change...'),(246177,'0e1b713f42','','[quote:0e1b713f42=\"JrGtr42\"][quote:0e1b713f42=\"E. A. Smith\"][quote:0e1b713f42=\"Deref\"][quote:0e1b713f42=\"TippedOver\"]Man, I am trying to picture hitting a damn kangaroo - Is it kinda like hitting a big rabbit or something? Like Bugs Bunny?[/quote:0e1b713f42]\r\nSure. If you can imagine a six foot tall rabbit.[/quote:0e1b713f42]\r\n\r\nFrank?[/quote:0e1b713f42]\r\n\r\nNo, that was Harvey...the six-foot tall, white rabbit. And invisible.[/quote:0e1b713f42]\r\n\r\nYou mean, the six-foot tall white rabbit that\'s invisible against the backdrop of the snow, you know, the snow that this thread was supposed to be all about? :lol:'),(246178,'a6b9bd2648','','Polanski was no Michael Jackson...plus, he was forced to flee! :shock:'),(246179,'44aa529604','','I like this style. It actually looks like something an adult Daria would wear. Keep up the good work! ^_^\r\n\r\nAnd Photoshop is very easy once you get the hang of it. Just keep practicing. :wink:'),(246180,'90f0b9aa10','','nice job i like the look'),(246181,'260cd29133','','Wally Cox, Allen Swift and Norma Mcmillan (who\'s not Scottish) must be turning over in their graves.'),(246182,'f544fd2963','','[quote:f544fd2963=\"jak981125\"]F*ck that little brat![/quote:f544fd2963]\r\nMaybe that\'s how she got out of prison, by offering some, uh, \"favors\" to the people in charge.'),(246183,'b4897a1e86','','[quote:b4897a1e86=\"Dervish\"]Cross, why did you not stay in the military? You\'d have stayed away from your family, etc, and once you advance far enough I think you get your own place. You\'d have guns, too. And could be dangerous. :P\r\n\r\nAnd for all your tales of woe, I don\'t recall any from your days in the military. You were Army, right? :?[/quote:b4897a1e86]\r\n\r\n\r\n Yeah. I don\'t say much about it because it doesn\'t bear talking about. It was even worse than the rest. Besides that, I don\'t remember a lot of it very well.\r\n\r\n Though I enlisted in 1975, [i:b4897a1e86]this[/i:b4897a1e86] movie, set in the fall of 1989, paints a very true picture of it as I saw it:\r\n\r\n http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252299/\r\n\r\n \"A dark service comedy, Buffalo Soldiers is set on a U.S. military base in Stuttgart even as the wall is tumbling in Berlin. The tone of rampant de- (as well as a-) moralization is immediately established by an impromptu indoor touch football game during which one drug-addled GI trips, cracks his skull against a desk corner, and, ignored by his comrades, dies. \r\n\r\nThis jaunty mish-M*A*S*H has a seductive, nonchalant glitter and an unshakably mocking attitude. Alternately evoking the cream of recent caper films, Doug Liman\'s Go and David O. Russell\'s more eccentric (and sentimental) Three Kings, the movie\'s smirk is so fixed it precludes laughter. Wryly self-contained, Joaquin Phoenix plays chief supply clerk and master of the black market Ray Elwood—a cool, smack-dealing equivalent of Catch-22\'s Milo Minderbinder or Phil Silver\'s Sergeant Bilko. Elwood is a sympathetic rogue mainly because he\'s so much more self-aware than anyone else on the base. Like Bilko, he\'s blessed with a clueless colonel (Ed Harris); unlike Bilko, he\'s doing double duty servicing the colonel\'s wife (Elizabeth McGovern). \r\n\r\nDirected by Australian filmmaker Gregor Jordan from Robert O\'Connor\'s 1993 novel, Buffalo Soldiers is a movie of richly saturated colors, tastefully deployed period music, and choreographed set pieces. In the most elaborate, a smacked-out tank crew on maneuvers rolls through the local Oktoberfest, crushing an orange VW bug emblazoned with the anarchist \"A.\" Confounding an army convoy on an autobahn exit ramp, they inadvertently blow up a gas station and proceed through the woods to rejoin their company. The perps are blissfully ignorant, but their escapade enables Elwood to make off with two truckloads of arms. \r\n\r\nElwood is on the verge of his greatest score when a new top sergeant, given the heroic name of Robert Lee and played with a grim death grip by Scott Glenn, arrives to tear his playhouse down. Complicating matters, this hardass has a nubile daughter (Anna Paquin, more adult here than in X2 but no less the inadvertent femme fatale). Elwood\'s strategy of vengeful humping further inflames Lee\'s program of vengeful hump-busting. As the body count mounts and schemes are folded within schemes, Elwood sinks deeper in shit and Buffalo Soldiers loses its percolating groove somewhat short of the faux apocalyptic closer. \r\n\r\nUnderstandably, Buffalo Soldiers—which premiered at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival two days before September 11—has spent nearly two years on the Miramax shelf. Now perhaps, with another U.S. occupation rapidly souring, its time has come. Watching a tele-babbling Bush, one stoned GI asks, \"Where is the Berlin Wall?\" In its post-Vietnam cynicism, Buffalo Soldiers feels almost avant-garde.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0330,hoberman,45685,20.html\r\n\r\n\r\n Anyway, I\'m going to try not to say too much about my personal life/history here from now on. I get put down and called names enough in Real Life. I don\'t need it online too.\r\n\r\n Cross'),(246184,'8321979696','','[quote:8321979696=\"RLobinske\"]\"I won\'t [b:8321979696]for get[/b:8321979696]. I like them, remember?\"[/quote:8321979696]\r\nKill the extra space.\r\n\r\nLooking good.'),(246185,'d0f3bbc629','','So Jake is just like his grandfather. Interesting.'),(246186,'66f8afee6b','','All through the Eighties and well into the Nineties I was very keen to move to Vermont, on account of its (then) unique lack of gun laws. \r\n\r\n The main thing holding me back was money, or a lack thereof. There were not many job opportunities there. You sort of had to bring your own money, as there were not many ways to make it once you got there.\r\n\r\n Since 1996 Kentucky\'s gun laws have been liveable, so the urgency has been less. Also, I have since learned that there are other ptoblems in Vermont -- high taxes, intrusive regulations in other aspects of life, etc.\r\n\r\n I wonder about and question the motives of the present Vermont secession movement. Do they want more personal freedom there? Or less? Will something approximating the original American Bill of Rights actually be respected and seriously enforced in an independent Republic Of Vermont? Or will it be some kind of socialist police state, all about high taxes and onerous regulations?\r\n\r\n Do theses secessionist actually care about freedom? Or do they merely dislike George Bush?\r\n\r\n Cross'),(246187,'e3010555fa','','[quote:e3010555fa=\"Angelboy\"]Drakken smirked triumphantly as he rose to his full height. “Ah, but little miss goodie, goodie won’t be [b:e3010555fa]stoping[/b:e3010555fa] us!” Drakken proclaimed loudly, “She’s been kidnapped, and that buffoon of hers isn’t smart enough to stop my perfect plan!”[/quote:e3010555fa]\r\n\"[b:e3010555fa]Stoping[/b:e3010555fa]\"? Sounds pretty twisted, whatever it is.'),(246188,'7355ac338d','','That\'s a good question. Aside from what I hear incidentally in the soundtracks of movies and TV shows, ninety-plus percent of the music I get comes out of the car radio. So I have to make the best of a very poor selection. \r\n\r\n I don\'t ask very much of music, as a rule. I don\'t look to it for the philosophical underpinnings of my life. Mostly I\'m just satisfied if it entertains me a little as I\'m rolling down the road. Every once in a great while something will actually touch me or move me a little. I regard that as a bonus. \r\n\r\n In general I just consider the little music I have access to a passing, consumable, insignificant commodity -- not unlike fast food.\r\n\r\n Cross'),(246189,'c21b6814e5','','[quote:c21b6814e5=\"brnleague99\"]Veoh is to YouTube as Branson, Missouri is to Las Vegas. There, that sums it up.[/quote:c21b6814e5]\r\n :D I\'m sold.\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.devilducky.com/media/62817/]Here\'s a reward.[/url]'),(246190,'a15b01e27c','','[quote:a15b01e27c=\"crossada75\"]Do theses secessionist actually care about freedom? Or do they merely dislike George Bush?[/quote:a15b01e27c]\r\nA implies B. B doesn\'t necessarily imply A.'),(246191,'64ada2a649','Re: Wy cann\'t polititians spel?','[quote:64ada2a649=\"mman\"]Last week it was Hillary with her [url=http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/31/misspelling-of-the-day/]\"New Jobs for \'Tommorrow\'\"[/url]. (Presumably one of the jobs is \"proofreader\"?)[/quote:64ada2a649]\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: \r\nI\'m reminded of the poster captioned \"Siz munce ago I coont even spel teecher, and now I are one!\"'),(246192,'7f9f00eeae','','[quote:7f9f00eeae=\"Dervish\"]Aren\'t merc armies illegal under UN laws?[/quote:7f9f00eeae]\r\nYep.\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/mercenaries.htm]International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries [/url]\r\n\r\nAlthough as I understand it, it\'s only binding on the [url=http://untreaty.un.org/sample/EnglishInternetBible/partI/chapterXVIII/treaty6.htm]signatories.[/url]\r\n\r\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenary]Here\'s some interesting detail from Wikipedia.[/url]'),(246193,'10713637ed','','[quote:10713637ed=\"Deref\"][quote:10713637ed=\"crossada75\"]Do theses secessionist actually care about freedom? Or do they merely dislike George Bush?[/quote:10713637ed]\r\nA implies B. B doesn\'t necessarily imply A.[/quote:10713637ed]\r\n\r\n\r\n The mere departure of Bush from office is not going to usher in any new era of respect for the Constitution or Bill of Rights (as written).\r\n\r\n Almost everything the federal government has done since circa 1934 has been unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n Cross'),(246194,'de93e16363','','While I\'m a little sad they chose a \"real\" dog, I can\'t get too grumpy \'cause beagles are love.'),(246195,'509268ffb1','','It never left my daily lexicon, but I rarely used it to refer to people. Most often it was used in reference of something wonderful in a purely physical sense, as in: \r\n\r\nCo-worker : \"I had three doors, a one-piece with a Liftmaster and two little-door with torsion upgrades. I was done before 2.\"\r\n\r\nMe: \"Sexy.\" meaning \'damn, you knocked all that work out freaking fast\''),(246196,'2f3763a06d','','[quote:2f3763a06d=\"Derek\"][quote:2f3763a06d=\"jak981125\"]F*ck that little brat![/quote:2f3763a06d]\r\nMaybe that\'s how she got out of prison, by offering some, uh, \"favors\" to the people in charge.[/quote:2f3763a06d]\r\n\r\nThey must\'ve watched her crappy sex tape.'),(246197,'c0ebe56d15','','You folks are seriously and hardcore jealous. Get over it.'),(246198,'2731b2a362','','[quote:2731b2a362=\"TheEleventy\"]It never left my daily lexicon, but I rarely used it to refer to people. Most often it was used in reference of something wonderful in a purely physical sense, as in: \r\n\r\nCo-worker : \"I had three doors, a one-piece with a Liftmaster and two little-door with torsion upgrades. I was done before 2.\"\r\n\r\nMe: \"Sexy.\" meaning \'damn, you knocked all that work out freaking fast\'[/quote:2731b2a362]\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Sexy\" - sort of like how \"Sweeeet!\" and \"NICEEEE!\" are used now. I even catch myself saying (and typing!) them every now and again.'),(246199,'3a73b38e23','','[quote:3a73b38e23=\"gearhead\"][quote:3a73b38e23=\"Deref\"]Tch. You cricket fans.[/quote:3a73b38e23]\r\n\r\nLet me repeat myself...\r\n\r\nIf you don\'t care about it, why did you comment in the thread, other than to be a self-righteous prick? :roll:[/quote:3a73b38e23]You\'ll have to excuse gearhead. He\'s exactly what he accuses you of: a self-righteous prick.'),(246200,'8e430e43f5','','[quote:8e430e43f5=\"Derek\"]Maybe that\'s how she got out of prison, by offering some, uh, \"favors\" to the people in charge.[/quote:8e430e43f5]\r\n\r\nUgh!! I saw the tape, and to be perfectly honest, I\'d really have to think it over. \"Skin and Bone\" never really was a turn-on for me. Anyone find out what the \"medical condition\" was?'),(246201,'a0ea2b3696','','[quote:a0ea2b3696=\"TippedOver\"][quote:a0ea2b3696=\"Derek\"]Maybe that\'s how she got out of prison, by offering some, uh, \"favors\" to the people in charge.[/quote:a0ea2b3696]\r\n\r\nUgh!! I saw the tape, and to be perfectly honest, I\'d really have to think it over. \"Skin and Bone\" never really was a turn-on for me. Anyone find out what the \"medical condition\" was?[/quote:a0ea2b3696]\r\n\r\nI saw it too. It sucked. I don\'t get what all the fuss was about. The guy was not even a good fuck. Not to mention the fact she did nothing but being stupid all the time.'),(246202,'d2477fa47a','','[quote:d2477fa47a=\"Deref\"]Tch. You cricket fans.[/quote:d2477fa47a]\r\n\r\nOne word for ya, buddy:\r\n\r\nFUTBOL\r\n\r\nOr however the hell you spell/pronounce it :) :) It\'s still \"soccer\" in my book.... :lol:'),(246204,'2a9ec7464d','','[quote:2a9ec7464d=\"TheEleventy\"][quote:2a9ec7464d=\"gearhead\"][quote:2a9ec7464d=\"Deref\"]Tch. You cricket fans.[/quote:2a9ec7464d]\r\n\r\nLet me repeat myself...\r\n\r\nIf you don\'t care about it, why did you comment in the thread, other than to be a self-righteous prick? :roll:[/quote:2a9ec7464d]You\'ll have to excuse gearhead. He\'s exactly what he accuses you of: a self-righteous prick.[/quote:2a9ec7464d]\r\n\r\nOK, I was being too harsh on Deref. I\'ll admit that. You, however, are still a douche. I don\'t see anyone pissing in your cornflakes when you talk about what you like. Why did you have to do so to TippedOver?'),(246205,'ec86421f62','','[quote:ec86421f62=\"TippedOver\"]Anyone find out what the \"medical condition\" was?[/quote:ec86421f62]\r\n\r\nI did! It was on the radio on my way to work. Officially, she had a nervous breakdown. Unofficially, the word around the prison (allegedly from the prisoners themselves) is that she had a herpes outbreak and they wanted to get her away from the prisoners so she couldn\'t infect anyone.'),(246206,'47818efe08','','So in other words she threw a temper tantrum (i.e. nervous breakdown) and they let her out.\r\nIf I tried that they would turn a fire hose on me and then throw me into solitary. :shock:'),(246207,'0122dacfe8','Iron Chef: Vitale vs. Daria','Here is your challenge: write a story where Daria comes into direct conflict with Jim Vitale. It can be over anything; you decide. One rule - the story cannot be of a violent nature, nor can the conflict be resolved by violence....it\'s too obvious! Good luck! :shock:'),(246208,'654f5480d0','','http://www.thepocket.com/wavs/damncomputer.wav\r\n\r\nUsed to be my \"error message\" sound on my old Windows ME computer. :D'),(246209,'24e4b35df7','','THIS JUST IN: Fox News Channel, which has recently been known as the Anna Nicole Network, will henceforth be known as the Paris Hilton Channel. I mean, yeah, it sucks, but does it have to be constantly reported on in the media? I\'m not a Michael Savage fan, but he coined it perfectly. She\'s a celebreslut. Period.\r\n\r\nThis is real life, folks. Money talks. The more you have, the louder it talks.\r\n\r\nI don\'t have mega millions. I don\'t even have mega hundreds. But, in the end, I\'m probably a happier and more satisfied person than she\'ll ever be.\r\n\r\nCrap like this is another reason why I hate television anymore. :x'),(246210,'e52cc0154b','','The only idea I have would have to go up over at the Fluff. :twisted:'),(246211,'aac8eab402','','Losing nails hurts..when I was a kid I had a bike accident on a gravel road...lost half my fingernails, and the other half had to be pulled out. Then the flesh underneath had to be scrubbed with alcohol using an abrasive pad. No anesthesia..don\'t ask me why, I have no idea. I was 9 years old, about 70 lbs, and it took 4 nurses to hold me down.'),(246212,'88abc6bc1c','','Then post it there! :shock:'),(246213,'5f7d3cd290','','Daria and Jane will finally find Jake only to discover that his mind has snapped as he adds them to his harem along with Tiffany, Mrs Defoe, Jodie and her Mum. Meanwhile a radioactivly scarred Helen serves the needs of his new squirell allies as they plan their conquest of Americas last remaining acorn plantation.'),(246214,'6006e3f70e','','Her family probably threatened to bar the judge, prosecutor and anyone involved with the case with life-long refusal of service if they try to enter a Hilton anywhere on Earth. Either that or they bought up someone\'s mortgage and told them their note was due NOW. That\'s a motivator if you have $$$. And the killer of it is, it\'s perfectly legal to do.'),(246215,'1c2b6c5939','Re: How will \'Apocalyptic Daria\' end?','[quote:1c2b6c5939=\"Greystar\"][quote:1c2b6c5939=\"Brother Grimace\"]How will \'Apocalyptic Daria\' end?[/quote:1c2b6c5939]\r\n\r\n[img:1c2b6c5939]http://www14.brinkster.com/fumadoe/kosh/kosh-vorlon.jpg[/img:1c2b6c5939]\r\n[size=18:1c2b6c5939]In fire.[/size:1c2b6c5939][/quote:1c2b6c5939]\r\n\r\n\r\n :)'),(246216,'0da8252ed5','','[img:0da8252ed5]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a381/Sarcastitron/Webjunk/2004202382823454783_rs.jpg[/img:0da8252ed5]'),(246217,'f9c3c155b6','','[quote:f9c3c155b6=\"RedlegRick\"]Her family probably threatened to bar the judge, prosecutor and anyone involved with the case with life-long refusal of service if they try to enter a Hilton anywhere on Earth. Either that or they bought up someone\'s mortgage and told them their note was due NOW. That\'s a motivator if you have $$$. And the killer of it is, it\'s perfectly legal to do.[/quote:f9c3c155b6]\r\n\r\nActually, it was all the Sheriff\'s department. The judge was not informed and the prosecutor said if he\'d known what was going on, he\'d have prepared something. But nobody told him.'),(246218,'1ac6500b98','','[quote:1ac6500b98=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]The only idea I have would have to go up over at the Fluff. :twisted:[/quote:1ac6500b98]\r\n\r\n\r\nTease.'),(246219,'947ef6df26','','[quote:947ef6df26=\"RedlegRick\"]Her family probably threatened to bar the judge, prosecutor and anyone involved with the case with life-long refusal of service if they try to enter a Hilton anywhere on Earth. Either that or they bought up someone\'s mortgage and told them their note was due NOW. That\'s a motivator if you have $$$. And the killer of it is, it\'s perfectly legal to do.[/quote:947ef6df26]\r\n\r\nBig deal. I\'ve lived 30 years without setting foot in a Hilton, let alone staying in one. Give me a Super 8 anyday and throw Paris to the lesbians.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.super8.com/Super8/control/home\r\n\r\nIn short, mother**** Paris Hilton and the Hilton Hotels.\r\n\r\n :? \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(246220,'2bdf97cef2','','With Daria kneeling in front of the charred remains of the Giant Strawberry, waving her fist and screaming, \"You blew it all up! You bastards! Damn you to hell!\"\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nThat\'d be kewl.\r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(246221,'b8be5448c7','Who stole the sexy?','Okay, it\'s time for a poll to decide who is the sexiest of them all among us.\r\n\r\nHey, Daria would be proud...kinda. Jane would anyhow.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the deal. I will give you a week to nominate your fellow PPMB\'ers in two Categories (Sexiest Male and Female). Then I will create two separate voting threads with polls so that the winner(s) can be ascertained (voting period of 2 weeks).\r\n\r\nYou can either PM me your nominations, or post your nomination(s) in this thread for the sake of transparency.\r\n\r\nI hope this will unleash a round of bitchiness and infighting amongst us...because that\'s always fun.\r\n\r\nOh, you only get two nominations per sex, so choose wisely.\r\n\r\nFrom the Ranting Klown\r\n\r\n*EDIT* No self-nominations please...because that would be incredibly lame'),(246222,'4c68d2da4c','','Oh yeah, toes can be pains in the arse. (I know from experience of football related wear and tear).\r\n\r\nIn my experience, the procedures don\'t hurt and it feels so much better when they are done.'),(246223,'551eaa885c','','This will only work if people post pics! :shock:'),(246224,'cf939cc931','Re: Law enforcement gearing up for armed showdown in NH','[quote:cf939cc931]The Browns insist federal income tax laws are invalid and have holed up in their hilltop home on 110 acres. The home has a watchtower, concrete walls and the ability to run on wind and solar power and Ed Brown said earlier he had stockpiled food and supplies.[/quote:cf939cc931]\r\nYou know, sending all those armed troops up there just feels like throwing good money after bad. If they want to sit in their house indefinitely and live off their stockpiles until they run out, let \'em. I say, construct an electric fence around the place and leave them in there. It\'s probably just as effective a prison as the one they\'d be sent to once they were flushed out, and cheaper to boot.'),(246225,'3846f120c2','','I should start campaigning.\r\n\r\n*PMs sexy pictures to every male member of the board*\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNow, let\'s have some fun. I nominate: NNJ, HSX, Micka, and The Ranting Klown (but don\'t ogle him like I do). :P'),(246226,'727c81c795','','[quote:727c81c795=\"Bliss Ticks\"]This will only work if people post pics! :shock:[/quote:727c81c795]\r\n\r\nBe patient. But in the meantime, [url=http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14207&highlight=photos]here you go.[/url]'),(246227,'9fd7956040','','[quote:9fd7956040=\"Scissors MacGillicutty\"]\r\nI\'m also [b:9fd7956040]deeply[/b:9fd7956040] impressed by everybody\'s knowledge of what to do in the event of a nuclear strike. :shock: \r\n[/quote:9fd7956040]\r\n\r\nIt\'s something of a genre convention, not just for post-apocalyptic stories, but also for time travel ones. (The main exception usually being zombie stories.)\r\n\r\nI have, at times, pondered the idea of plunging Lawndale into something similar to SM Stirling\'s Dies the Fire, in which all the chemical processes which make possible electricity, firearms, internal combustion and steam power stop working, if for no other reason than to show who all is in Lawndale\'s Society for Creative Anachronism.'),(246228,'665f70acf4','','I voted for \"Other\". \r\n\r\nKevin will turn in to a radioactive supermutant, becoming king of the world, with a lobotomized Daria as his bride, and an armless, legless, gibberingly insane Jane on a stick as his court jester.'),(246229,'251284c127','','Me. I am teh sexy. Memememememe!'),(246230,'b43c77a1ee','','[quote:b43c77a1ee=\"Bliss Ticks\"]Losing nails hurts..when I was a kid I had a bike accident on a gravel road...lost half my fingernails, and the other half had to be pulled out. Then the flesh underneath had to be scrubbed with alcohol using an abrasive pad. No anesthesia..don\'t ask me why, I have no idea. I was 9 years old, about 70 lbs, and it took 4 nurses to hold me down.[/quote:b43c77a1ee]\r\nOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!'),(246231,'70d0176dc7','','[quote:70d0176dc7=\"gearhead\"][quote:70d0176dc7=\"Deref\"]Tch. You cricket fans.[/quote:70d0176dc7]\r\n\r\nLet me repeat myself...\r\n\r\nIf you don\'t care about it, why did you comment in the thread, other than to be a self-righteous prick? :roll:[/quote:70d0176dc7]\r\nMore to annoy you. I see it worked.'),(246232,'03cc1969a3','','[quote:03cc1969a3=\"atimnie\"]I didn\'t see the article, but I have to ask, are you absolutly sure you were being neutral? It\'s amazing how many people think they are when they aren\'t.[/quote:03cc1969a3]\r\n\r\nI added a new clause entitled \"Common Debates\" which explains how the contradictory representations of Stacy in fan fiction affect the way she is perceived in canon. I wrote something along the lines of, \"Some people see her as a kind and sweet girl, whilst others think that she is a weak person who could probably never stand up for herself\". This reflects opinions from both sides pretty well, and my addition was removed without explanation.'),(246233,'13ea9c787c','Re: Law enforcement gearing up for armed showdown in NH','[quote:13ea9c787c=\"Mike Xeno\"][quote:13ea9c787c]The Browns insist federal income tax laws are invalid and have holed up in their hilltop home on 110 acres. The home has a watchtower, concrete walls and the ability to run on wind and solar power and Ed Brown said earlier he had stockpiled food and supplies.[/quote:13ea9c787c]\r\nYou know, sending all those armed troops up there just feels like throwing good money after bad. If they want to sit in their house indefinitely and live off their stockpiles until they run out, let \'em. I say, construct an electric fence around the place and leave them in there. It\'s probably just as effective a prison as the one they\'d be sent to once they were flushed out, and cheaper to boot.[/quote:13ea9c787c]\r\n\r\n\r\n Yeah, but it wouldn\'t make as terrifying an example to the rest of us tax serfs.\r\n\r\n Cross'),(246234,'e1870bd734','','[quote:e1870bd734=\"Dervish\"]Though yeah they can turn on us. Otherwise they wouldn\'t really be mercs. :P[/quote:e1870bd734]\r\n\r\nThe regular army can \"turn on us\" too.\r\n\r\nIt\'s happened before:\r\n\r\n[url=http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/wpcongen.html]Confederate Generals from West Point[/url]'),(246235,'0b0a6b398a','','Oops, it looks as though she might be going back to jail. The judge reacted right away and ordered her back to court. Good. Nice to know that Paris Hilton might actually not be above the law.'),(246237,'048e1fe6aa','','Oh, looks like Paris might be getting a [url=http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/urn:newsml:tv.ap.org:20070607:people_richie__ER:2543]cellmate[/url].'),(246238,'3f15b87cf6','','I\'ve always taken it for granted that an army can turn on it\'s population; this could be especially dangerous in an age where technology allows a (relatively) small number of individuals to control vast amounts of power. You don\'t have to convince a lot people to remain loyal, for instance; a few thousand is all it really takes to lock down every million people in the population. \r\nHistory tells us that eventually the people get sick of this treatment, and they riot/rebel, or the state becomes too frail/ too slow to respond to exert control, and again, they (the people) riot/rebel when they sense any sort of weakness. They grow to despise the state.\r\nLet\'s not go down this road, because I don\'t want to fight remote operated fighter jets, mobile sonic weapons platforms (again, remote operated!), or deal with the effects of depleted uranium. Let\'s try to keep our respective governments accountable.'),(246239,'b4684a4db6','',':shock: [i:b4684a4db6]I win!!![/i:b4684a4db6] :shock:'),(246240,'9fdf004b2c','','Hey, if you can stand to load 8:26 worth of YT (maybe while you nap or are out on some errand?), you can see CNN ream the Roanoke times for outing CCW permit owners:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kUIPRFgRE8\r\n\r\nAnother thing on this: gun owners outed featured here were parole officers, women hiding from brutal exes, crime victims that testified against crazed criminals, undercover cops, etc. To me, the people these people were worried about were dangerous. \r\n\r\nExample: the first person interviewed was a woman outed. She\'s armed, but I don\'t think of her as dangerous. They showed what happened to her the last time her ex-husband got ahold of her with a knife (you can see these pix at 1:02 - 1:14, which you should be able to load in like 5 minutes or so). To me, her ex IS dangerous, even without a gun. She, while having a gun, is not. CNN seems to agree.\r\n\r\nBut I find it hopeful that even CNN has come out on the side of gun owners (those permitted to carry concealed at that! :shock:), even against a paper claiming the 1st amendment at giving the names and home address of permit owners, this time. Most of all, CNN promoted the idea that gun owners were not dangerous--at least not those who are law abiding, having gained their permits, etc. I just point this out \'cause not only should it be some small comfort to you, but that it suggests that most people do tend to define dangerous as operating with malice which has nothing to do on whether or not a person legally has a gun, which I think you\'d do yourself a favor by keeping in mind when explaining how you want to be dangerous when what you really mean is to be legally armed.'),(246241,'06bf392488','','I forget where I was reading about it, but Vermont is very strange compared to most states. It is actually largely leftist, even socialist, in nature. Despite this, it\'s also one of the easiest places to get a gun and carry it. You don\'t even need a permit to do so. (That liberal championing the 2nd, [url=http://www.paladin-press.com/authormo_0705.aspx]Cindy Hill[/url], lives in that state, btw, and I think she\'s one of the supporters of Vermont leaving the US.)'),(246242,'ed0cabacd1','','I suppose it\'s good I come to PPMB. Otherwise, I wouldn\'t know half this stuff about celebrities as I almost never watch TV or read their pieces in the papers and gossip sheets.'),(246243,'5844af2557','','[quote:5844af2557=\"Deref\"]Me. I am teh sexy. Memememememe![/quote:5844af2557]\r\n\r\nDeref IS teh sexy! He needs nominations! I nominate! :)\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m sure someone else *cough* has already nominated Nat, so I won\'t bother to return the favor.\r\n\r\nI also nominate Dervish.'),(246244,'48f74bd966','','I recently rediscovered this one that affected me deeply when I heard it a few years ago (it even inspired a dream that very night where I was using pyrokinetic abilities against a demon of ice...which, btw, was adapted to a Daria fic years later where I had Daria the Drow use a wand of fireballs against an ice demon). Anyway:\r\n\r\n[size=18:48f74bd966][color=indigo:48f74bd966]Others, I am not the first,\r\nHave willed more mischief than they durst:\r\nIf in the breathless night I too\r\nShiver now, \'tis nothing new.\r\n\r\nMore than I, if truth were told,\r\nHave stood and sweated hot and cold,\r\nAnd through their reins in ice and fire\r\nFear contended with desire.\r\n\r\nAgued once like me were they,\r\nBut I like them shall win my way\r\nLastly to the bed of mould\r\nWhere there\'s neither heat nor cold.\r\n\r\nBut from my grave across my brow\r\nPlays no wind of healing now,\r\nAnd fire and ice within me fight\r\nBeneath the suffocating night.\r\n\r\n--AE Housman, \"Others, I am not the first\"[/color:48f74bd966][/size:48f74bd966]\r\n\r\nThe real kicker is \"fire and ice within me fight beneath the suffocating night.\" It gives me chills. ALL of it. I wish I could explain why, but I\'m not sure I could. I think if I tried it would be long and almost certainly misunderstood. But I find it powerful to me anyway. I\'m glad I found it again.'),(246245,'7501b285ac','','I thought Tony Kornheiser was the man responsible for bringing the sexy back?\r\n[img:7501b285ac]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o56/leavethemanalone/tony.jpg[/img:7501b285ac]'),(246246,'a7423cdc62','','[quote:a7423cdc62=\"HelpfulSkittlesExplosion\"][quote:a7423cdc62=\"TippedOver\"]Anyone find out what the \"medical condition\" was?[/quote:a7423cdc62]\r\n\r\nI did! It was on the radio on my way to work. Officially, she had a nervous breakdown. Unofficially, the word around the prison (allegedly from the prisoners themselves) is that she had a herpes outbreak and they wanted to get her away from the prisoners so she couldn\'t infect anyone.[/quote:a7423cdc62]\r\nI had heard that she wasn\'t eating most of the prison food.'),(246247,'9cbc66e63a','','[quote:9cbc66e63a=\"Wormbait\"]Daria and Jane will finally find Jake only to discover that his mind has snapped as he adds them to his harem along with Tiffany, Mrs Defoe, Jodie and her Mum. Meanwhile a radioactivly scarred Helen serves the needs of his new squirell allies as they plan their conquest of Americas last remaining acorn plantation.[/quote:9cbc66e63a]\r\n :lol:'),(246248,'51f8a18d25','','Brian Eno: [i:51f8a18d25]Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks[/i:51f8a18d25]\r\n\r\n[img:51f8a18d25]http://www.kompaktkiste.de/cd/_abc/_e/egcd53.jpg[/img:51f8a18d25]\r\n\r\nCocteau Twins: [i:51f8a18d25]Treasure[/i:51f8a18d25]\r\n\r\n[img:51f8a18d25]http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00006L5PQ.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg[/img:51f8a18d25]'),(246249,'e4241f2fe7','','Nat, \r\n[quote:e4241f2fe7]I should start campaigning. [/quote:e4241f2fe7]\r\n\r\nThere is no need. \r\n\r\n[quote:e4241f2fe7]*PMs sexy pictures to every male member of the board* [/quote:e4241f2fe7]\r\n\r\nHaven\'t got mine yet, Nat - perhaps you should try again? <crosses fingers>'),(246250,'28a8ddf735','','[quote:28a8ddf735=\"Tim Bateman\"]TippedOver: [quote:28a8ddf735]I was in Germany with the US Army in 1987 when I got in a pretty good car crash...[/quote:28a8ddf735]\r\n\r\nAh, the Awesome Origin of your screenname.[/quote:28a8ddf735]\r\n\r\nYup... that and the fact that Mr. Jack Daniel\'s and I had a VERY close, very personal relationship until about 5 years ago. :) It might also give a small insight into my mental status, but...\r\n\r\nI wish I had kept a picture of the car - it looked pretty funny \"tippedover\" upside-down against the guardrail when we finished rolling around. :!:'),(246251,'d138162b61','','You can take that as a nomination for Nat, I think. And add Bluu and UU to the list.'),(246252,'3102f48f9f','','If only one, Amanda [i:3102f48f9f]or[/i:3102f48f9f] Vincent, is a parent to Jane and Trent, then I think it has to be Vincent. Both Jane and Trent look more like him than Amanda.'),(246253,'4208ee67ca','Groceries for a week: families around the world','A [url=http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519,00.html]photo essay[/url] of what families eat in a week around the world, and what the pay for it.'),(246254,'b120f795fd','','You know, if you want a \'Who shot The Ranting Klown?\' thread, you don\'t have to work so hard for it! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:'),(246257,'80641d8920','','[quote:80641d8920=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:80641d8920=\"atimnie\"]I didn\'t see the article, but I have to ask, are you absolutly sure you were being neutral? It\'s amazing how many people think they are when they aren\'t.[/quote:80641d8920]\r\n\r\nI added a new clause entitled \"Common Debates\" which explains how the contradictory representations of Stacy in fan fiction affect the way she is perceived in canon. I wrote something along the lines of, \"Some people see her as a kind and sweet girl, whilst others think that she is a weak person who could probably never stand up for herself\". This reflects opinions from both sides pretty well, and my addition was removed without explanation.[/quote:80641d8920]\r\n\r\nI think it\'s more along the lines of \"you see her as a kind and sweet girl, whilst others think that she is a weak person who could probably never stand up for herself\". It\'s biased. This is your opinion against everyone else\'s. Let\'s see...\r\n\r\n[quote:80641d8920=\"Starmeshelion on Stacy\'s entry\"]In 2007, debate begun on the PPMB as to the interpretation of Stacy\'s portrayal in fan fiction. This debate, spearheaded by the controversial, self-professed \'Stacyolatrist\' known as Starmeshelion, holds at its crux the prescriptivist vision that only the portrayal of \'Sweet Stacy\' is the correct portrayal of the character in Daria fanfiction, and that any other interpretation (or use thereof in fanfiction) of the character does not (at best) adhere to the original, canon depiction of Stacy in the television show, and at worst, is a gross misinterpretation of the character.[/quote:80641d8920]\r\n\r\nSo you admit you\'re the one who started this. If you classify yourself as a \'Stacyolatrist\', then why do you think additions like this one have a neutral point of view. This sounds morel like an attempt to \"appear\" in Stacy\'s article more than anything else. \r\n\r\n[quote:80641d8920=\"Starmeshelion on Stacy\'s entry\"]While there has been (at best) mild support for this point of view[/quote:80641d8920]\r\n\r\nWho exactly supports your point of view on Stacy?\r\n\r\n[quote:80641d8920=\"Starmeshelion on Stacy\'s entry\"]...the majority of Daria fandom has remained indifferent to the debate or held to the belief that the canon portrayal of Stacy is somewhat of a balance between the \'Sweet Stacy\' and \'Doomed Stacy\' personas, with the events of the fifth season of Daria and Is It College Yet? moving her personality slightly into the \'Maturing Stacy\' category. [/quote:80641d8920]\r\n\r\nThat\'s because it\'s pretty clear that\'s how canon Stacy is. There\'s nothing to discuss.'),(246256,'a8f5c91cfa','','[quote:a8f5c91cfa=\"HelpfulSkittlesExplosion\"][img:a8f5c91cfa]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a381/Sarcastitron/Webjunk/2004202382823454783_rs.jpg[/img:a8f5c91cfa][/quote:a8f5c91cfa]\r\n\r\nHehehehehehe, made me laugh\r\n\r\nI think bad spelling just appeals to me ;)'),(246258,'db5743aa84','','[quote:db5743aa84=\"Brother Grimace\"]You know, if you want a \'Who shot The Ranting Klown?\' thread, you don\'t have to work so hard for it! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote:db5743aa84]\r\n\r\nThe bitching begins....\r\n\r\nexcellent!\r\n\r\nAlso, Isa, no nomination for Micka? OMFG CONTROVERSY!\r\n\r\nAlso, for the sake of fairness I won\'t be voting.'),(246259,'846abf340a','','[quote:846abf340a=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:846abf340a=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:846abf340a=\"atimnie\"]I didn\'t see the article, but I have to ask, are you absolutly sure you were being neutral? It\'s amazing how many people think they are when they aren\'t.[/quote:846abf340a]\r\n\r\nI added a new clause entitled \"Common Debates\" which explains how the contradictory representations of Stacy in fan fiction affect the way she is perceived in canon. I wrote something along the lines of, \"Some people see her as a kind and sweet girl, whilst others think that she is a weak person who could probably never stand up for herself\". This reflects opinions from both sides pretty well, and my addition was removed without explanation.[/quote:846abf340a]\r\n\r\nI think it\'s more along the lines of \"you see her as a kind and sweet girl, whilst others think that she is a weak person who could probably never stand up for herself\". It\'s biased. This is your opinion against everyone else\'s. Let\'s see...\r\n\r\n[quote:846abf340a=\"Starmeshelion on Stacy\'s entry\"]In 2007, debate begun on the PPMB as to the interpretation of Stacy\'s portrayal in fan fiction. This debate, spearheaded by the controversial, self-professed \'Stacyolatrist\' known as Starmeshelion, holds at its crux the prescriptivist vision that only the portrayal of \'Sweet Stacy\' is the correct portrayal of the character in Daria fanfiction, and that any other interpretation (or use thereof in fanfiction) of the character does not (at best) adhere to the original, canon depiction of Stacy in the television show, and at worst, is a gross misinterpretation of the character.[/quote:846abf340a]\r\n\r\nSo you admit you\'re the one who started this. If you classify yourself as a \'Stacyolatrist\', then why do you think additions like this one have a neutral point of view. This sounds morel like an attempt to \"appear\" in Stacy\'s article more than anything else. \r\n\r\n[quote:846abf340a=\"Starmeshelion on Stacy\'s entry\"]While there has been (at best) mild support for this point of view[/quote:846abf340a]\r\n\r\nWho exactly supports your point of view on Stacy?\r\n\r\n[quote:846abf340a=\"Starmeshelion on Stacy\'s entry\"]...the majority of Daria fandom has remained indifferent to the debate or held to the belief that the canon portrayal of Stacy is somewhat of a balance between the \'Sweet Stacy\' and \'Doomed Stacy\' personas, with the events of the fifth season of Daria and Is It College Yet? moving her personality slightly into the \'Maturing Stacy\' category. [/quote:846abf340a]\r\n\r\nThat\'s because it\'s pretty clear that\'s how canon Stacy is. There\'s nothing to discuss.[/quote:846abf340a]\r\n\r\n\r\nAs much as I hate doing this... that\'s my work. Except for creating the \'Common Debates\' blurb, everything else is mine.\r\n\r\n(Hands her a large glass of pink lemonade with lots of shaved ice)\r\n\r\nHere, relax. Leave Stars alone. Sooner or later, he\'s going to say something that\'ll start the flaming again, but he gets a pass here. Besides...\r\n\r\n\r\n(looks as if he wants to vomit)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n...Even if you don\'t like what he has to say, he has the right to believe what he wants and say that as well. Damned democratic process... damned belief in the rights of all people...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI need to go play \'Kitten Cannon\' for a while.'),(246261,'a97c9b809b','Teen drives through mall','A teenager cruised through a mall on Long Island- [url=http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2007/06/08/car_drives_into_long_island_ny_mall/]in his car[/url].\r\n\r\n[quote:a97c9b809b]Dwight Thomas, 19, crashed his car through the main glass doors at the Westfield Sunrise mall Thursday evening and cruised the corridor, knocking over a kiosk and sending shoppers scurrying before exiting the building and leaving his car, police said.[/quote:a97c9b809b]\r\nApparently he thought he was Elwood.\r\n[img:a97c9b809b]http://www.filmbuffonline.com/News/Newsreel/2006/images/BluesBrothersMall.jpg[/img:a97c9b809b]'),(246260,'b22de35512','Teen drives through mall','A teenager cruised through a mall on Long Island- [url=http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2007/06/08/car_drives_into_long_island_ny_mall/]in his car[/url].\r\n\r\n[quote:b22de35512]Dwight Thomas, 19, crashed his car through the main glass doors at the Westfield Sunrise mall Thursday evening and cruised the corridor, knocking over a kiosk and sending shoppers scurrying before exiting the building and leaving his car, police said.[/quote:b22de35512]\r\nApparently he thought he was Elwood.\r\n[img:b22de35512]http://www.filmbuffonline.com/News/Newsreel/2006/images/BluesBrothersMall.jpg[/img:b22de35512]'),(246262,'652c49e3a4','','[quote:652c49e3a4=\"The Ranting Klown\"][quote:652c49e3a4=\"Brother Grimace\"]You know, if you want a \'Who shot The Ranting Klown?\' thread, you don\'t have to work so hard for it! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote:652c49e3a4]\r\n\r\nThe bitching begins....\r\n\r\nexcellent!\r\n\r\nAlso, Isa, no nomination for Micka? OMFG CONTROVERSY!\r\n\r\nAlso, for the sake of fairness I won\'t be voting.[/quote:652c49e3a4]\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat can I say? Those sour grapes give you lots of energy for whining! :wink:'),(246263,'b3e348e50d','','[quote:b3e348e50d=\"Brother Grimace\"]As much as I hate doing this... that\'s my work. Except for creating the \'Common Debates\' blurb, everything else is mine.\r\n\r\n(Hands her a large glass of pink lemonade with lots of shaved ice)[/quote:b3e348e50d]\r\n\r\nOh gee. :lol: \r\n\r\n[quote:b3e348e50d=\"Brother Grimace\"]Here, relax. Leave Stars alone. Sooner or later, he\'s going to say something that\'ll start the flaming again, but he gets a pass here. Besides...\r\n\r\n(looks as if he wants to vomit)\r\n\r\n...Even if you don\'t like what he has to say, he has the right to believe what he wants and say that as well. Damned democratic process... damned belief in the rights of all people...\r\n\r\nI need to go play \'Kitten Cannon\' for a while.[/quote:b3e348e50d]\r\n\r\n :lol:'),(246264,'4928f253dc','','I never thought I\'d give this another listen and actually [i:4928f253dc]like[/i:4928f253dc] it, but I do.\r\n\r\nI [i:4928f253dc]really[/i:4928f253dc] do. I think watching the video helped with that.\r\n\r\nR.E.M. - \"Leaving New York\"'),(246265,'428097ce50','','[quote:428097ce50=\"Brother Grimace\"] Words words words words (about starmeshelion)...[/quote:428097ce50]\r\n\r\n\r\nIt\'s heresy!\r\n\r\nHERESY, I tell you!!\r\n\r\n :D'),(246266,'0b4da39d46','','[quote:0b4da39d46=\"Quiverwing\"]\r\nYou can redirect that \"Corvus marinus\" article to \"Corvus Marinus\". It\'s the right thing to do pretty much for all the articles. They should have lower case redirects for them to work with the search function.[/quote:0b4da39d46]\r\n\r\nYeah, I\'m trying to make intuitive redirects here and there when I see the need for them (lowercase, common misspellings, etc)'),(246267,'7d5a0fdc01','','If any one person will bring \'Sexy\' back, it is Tony Clifton...\r\n\r\n\r\n[img:7d5a0fdc01]http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/a/ab/TonyCliftonMoon.jpg[/img:7d5a0fdc01]'),(246268,'0b9a3e080e','','[quote:0b9a3e080e=\"jak981125\"]Oh, looks like Paris might be getting a [url=http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/urn:newsml:tv.ap.org:20070607:people_richie__ER:2543]cellmate[/url].[/quote:0b9a3e080e]\r\n\r\nGood. Maybe they can do that rotten show that they do from lockup. That\'d be the REAL simple life.'),(246269,'f4c9fd7eda','Re: Wy cann\'t polititians spel?','[quote:f4c9fd7eda=\"Deref\"][quote:f4c9fd7eda=\"mman\"]Last week it was Hillary with her [url=http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/31/misspelling-of-the-day/]\"New Jobs for \'Tommorrow\'\"[/url]. (Presumably one of the jobs is \"proofreader\"?)[/quote:f4c9fd7eda]\r\n :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: \r\nI\'m reminded of the poster captioned \"Siz munce ago I coont even spel teecher, and now I are one!\"[/quote:f4c9fd7eda]\r\n\r\nWell, in all fairness \"Tommorrow\" could be chalked up to a typographical error.\r\n\r\nDan Quayle wasn\'t typing. He was speaking. There is a term for [i:f4c9fd7eda]that[/i:f4c9fd7eda] kind of typo. Kids use it a lot.\r\n\r\n\"Retarded\"'),(246270,'c6e2016ae6','','[quote:c6e2016ae6=\"E. A. Smith\"]My best friend and I have spent many, many hours of discussion on this question, trying to understand each others\' tastes as well as our own, and it still remains a difficult question to answer. I listen to music that makes me think, music that makes me feel, music that brings me up, music that brings me down. I might listen to one artist for one reason, and listen to another for the exact opposite.\r\n\r\nMaybe the best way to approach it is by genre. The genre of music I listen to the most is progressive rock. I love it for its complexity, which keeps my mind interested, even when a single song goes on for half an hour or more. I love it for its deep and intellectual lyrics, which give me something to think about long after the song is over. I love it because it takes me on a journey through different headspaces and moods, making me feel like I\'m soaring and wheeling through the notes. I love it for its epic feel, which makes my spirit swell with grandeur. Put all of these together, and prog rock excites me like no other kind of music. Progressive and power metal also fit into this category; which I listen to depends upon the mood I am in at the time.\r\n\r\nI also enjoy a lot of folk and traditional music, in many ways for the opposite reasons than I enjoy prog. Folk calms me down and sooths me with simple melodies and instrumentation. It speaks to the emotional side of my soul, instead of the intellectual side. It can make me cry or laugh, and take me away from my daily stresses. Also, for one raised in a region where family and historical ties are everything, folk and traditional music gives me a connection to my past, and I find it reassuring to be enjoying the same kind of music as my people have for generations.\r\n\r\nFinally, the third genre I would list as my favorite is Celtic music. To me, Celtic music is pure joy, or pure melancholy. Of all the kinds of dance music out there, an Irish jig or reel is the only kind that makes me actually want to get up and move my feet. Quite simply, it makes me purely happy. And a Celtic ballad is the most beautifully melancholy sound on the Earth to me, tugging at my heartstrings and making me feel the cathartic pain. Even when sung in a language I don\'t (yet) understand, Celtic music speaks to my heart like no other.\r\n\r\nI could say more -- I could type for days and not fully describe my love for music -- but I\'ll leave it there.[/quote:c6e2016ae6]\r\n\r\n[b:c6e2016ae6]Very[/b:c6e2016ae6] well put. :)'),(246271,'aa7c9fcb7b','','Is it just me or is this feeling less and less like \'until next time\' and more like \'farewell\'?'),(246272,'3e99c4741a','','Ok, Snips. You win. :| \r\n\r\n\r\nThat was awesome. :D'),(246273,'a893f4b1ae','','Just so you know, I\'ve removed\r\nhttp://www.silveryfrost.net/SickSadWorld/DariaPencil.jpg \r\nsince it wasn\'t such a good picture. \r\n\r\nLarger versions of the pictures can be found by going to my site and clicking on the pics.'),(246274,'add6d9ca5b','','The twisted irony of this would be that the world this Daria entered is even worse than the one she killed an AU counterpart to leave.\r\n\r\nVery good idea. Please keep going with this if you can.'),(246275,'b6654456a7','','[quote:b6654456a7=\"smk\"]If only one, Amanda [i:b6654456a7]or[/i:b6654456a7] Vincent, is a parent to Jane and Trent, then I think it has to be Vincent. Both Jane and Trent look more like him than Amanda.[/quote:b6654456a7]\r\n\r\nI dunno. If you watch the scene in \"Lane Miserables,\" Jane, Trent, and Amanda all have the same high cheekbones and the same shape nose. Vincent\'s nose is more like Wind and Penny\'s.\r\n\r\n(Yes, I need a life. So what?) :wink: \r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(246276,'992d48e7cc','','OMG, I didn\'t steal the sexy, I swear. I borrowed it.'),(246277,'ab3ed53b28','','OMG, just like grand theft auto. It\'s video games. I blame video games!'),(246279,'d0768c7d9f','','That deserves to be submitted to my forum, in the Art For Art\'s Sake section.'),(246280,'11a00121a7','','Very cool. I think it\'s something she might be wearing now.\r\n\r\nBut it\'d be much cooler if she had a really funny hat. :wink: \r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(246281,'2c5bff13b5','','I just corrected a plot goof. \r\nI\'m not sure if everybody got what I was driving at, but her suicide note should provide a clue.'),(246282,'75c3cd9901','','[quote:75c3cd9901=\"nonamejane\"]OMG, just like grand theft auto. It\'s video games. I blame video games![/quote:75c3cd9901]\r\n\r\n:lol:\r\n\r\nI think it would be safe to retroactively blame video games for everything bad that\'s happened since the dinosaurs went extinct. :D\r\n\r\nPeople always feel better when they have something to blame their problems on other than themselves. :wink:'),(246283,'fb4b754cbd','','[quote:fb4b754cbd=\"Dennis\"]Very cool. I think it\'s something she might be wearing now.\r\n\r\nBut it\'d be much cooler if she had a really funny hat. :wink: \r\n\r\n-Dennis[/quote:fb4b754cbd]\r\n\r\nA [i:fb4b754cbd]helicopter beanie[/i:fb4b754cbd]!!!'),(246284,'f332876226','','[quote:f332876226=\"Brother Grimace\"]...Even if you don\'t like what he has to say, he has the right to believe what he wants and say that as well.[/quote:f332876226]\r\n\r\nThank you. I further Wikified the stuff you wrote about me in the Stacy entry, and explained why. A lot of the trivia could use sources, too.\r\n\r\nMay I remind everyone that, Stacy or no Stacy, the point of any Wiki is to [i:f332876226]document[/i:f332876226]? If there is an ongoing debate about an issue, it should be documented, no matter who started it.'),(246285,'8a7cf654db','','Video games caused the extinction of Dinosaurs Noooooooo All this time i though it was McDonald\'s over using them in burgers'),(246286,'0f35947ea2','','Is that the real Tony Clifton, or the fake Tony Clifton? Or is it an actor playing the real or fake Tony Clifton?'),(246287,'b34f1ec6dd','','[quote:b34f1ec6dd=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:b34f1ec6dd=\"Brother Grimace\"]...Even if you don\'t like what he has to say, he has the right to believe what he wants and say that as well.[/quote:b34f1ec6dd]\r\n\r\nThank you. I further Wikified the stuff you wrote about me in the Stacy entry, and explained why. A lot of the trivia could use sources, too.\r\n\r\nMay I remind everyone that, Stacy or no Stacy, the point of any Wiki is to [i:b34f1ec6dd]document[/i:b34f1ec6dd]? If there is an ongoing debate about an issue, it should be documented, no matter who started it.[/quote:b34f1ec6dd]\r\n\r\nThis is true. I might also remind everyone that each article has a discussion page for editing disputes/vandalism/other issues.\r\n\r\nI.e., http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Stacy_Rowe'),(246288,'f541d82323','','[quote:f541d82323=\"atimnie\"]Is that the real Tony Clifton, or the fake Tony Clifton? Or is it an actor playing the real or fake Tony Clifton?[/quote:f541d82323]\r\n\r\nIt\'s the real Tony Clifton playing an actor playing the fake Tony Clifton, of course. :wink:'),(246289,'fa3654259a','','[quote:fa3654259a=\"Bliss Ticks\"]:shock: [i:fa3654259a]I win!!![/i:fa3654259a] :shock:[/quote:fa3654259a]BT, what happens in flame wars [i:fa3654259a]stays[/i:fa3654259a] in flame wars. Save the \"I win!!!\" schtick for that thread.'),(246290,'aae8a29a34','','[quote:aae8a29a34=\"Dreamweaver\"]Video games caused the extinction of Dinosaurs Noooooooo All this time i though it was McDonald\'s over using them in burgers[/quote:aae8a29a34]\r\n\r\nDude, haven\'t you heard? Video games did 9/11.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n :roll:'),(246291,'2f8a7e0f39','','I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about Stacy She was in the fashion club because Sandy wanted someone to boss around .To the most part she did what she was told . I got the feeling she wasn\'t even that popular with the boys .She didn\'t have a date for her birthday. Would someone please explain what the big deal about her is?'),(246292,'ed45b0c8d8','','[quote:ed45b0c8d8=\"Dreamweaver\"]I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about Stacy She was in the fashion club because Sandy wanted someone to boss around .To the most part she did what she was told . I got the feeling she wasn\'t even that popular with the boys .She didn\'t have a date for her birthday. Would someone please explain what the big deal about her is?[/quote:ed45b0c8d8]\r\n\r\nShe\'s damaged. Heavily. Her myriad flaws make her seem more \'down-to-earth\'... more human... more attainable to some.'),(246293,'b34a79e47d','','Well, I done up and did it. Why an eagle you may ask? (I bet AMG\'s already guessed it :wink: ) Firstly, it fits my handle (birds-of-prey were called raptors long before even the first iguanodon was ever dug up and ID\'ed).\r\n\r\nSecondly to represent my Alma Mater.\r\n\r\nWar Damn Eagle!!!\r\n\r\n[color=darkblue:b34a79e47d]G[/color:b34a79e47d][color=orange:b34a79e47d]u[/color:b34a79e47d][color=darkblue:b34a79e47d]y[/color:b34a79e47d]'),(246294,'712899f37c','','[quote:712899f37c=\"Decelaraptor\"]Well, I done up and did it. Why an eagle you may ask? (I bet AMG\'s already guessed it :wink: ) Firstly, it fits my handle (birds-of-prey were called raptors long before even the first iguanodon was ever dug up and ID\'ed).\r\n\r\nSecondly to represent my Alma Mater.\r\n\r\nWar Damn Eagle!!!\r\n\r\n[color=darkblue:712899f37c]G[/color:712899f37c][color=orange:712899f37c]u[/color:712899f37c][color=darkblue:712899f37c]y[/color:712899f37c][/quote:712899f37c]\r\n\r\n :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: \r\n\r\nNo more dino? Say it ain\'t so!'),(246295,'23b3d5f117','','[quote:23b3d5f117=\"Decelaraptor\"]\r\nWar Damn Eagle!!!\r\n\r\n[color=darkblue:23b3d5f117]G[/color:23b3d5f117][color=orange:23b3d5f117]u[/color:23b3d5f117][color=darkblue:23b3d5f117]y[/color:23b3d5f117][/quote:23b3d5f117]\r\n\r\n[size=20:23b3d5f117][color=red:23b3d5f117]NOOOOOOOOOOoooooo[/color:23b3d5f117][/size:23b3d5f117][color=red:23b3d5f117][size=10:23b3d5f117]ooooooo!!!!!!!!!![/size:23b3d5f117][/color:23b3d5f117]\r\n\r\n[img:23b3d5f117]http://wesleyprints.com/gicleeimages/tidewf.jpg[/img:23b3d5f117]\r\n\r\n :D'),(246296,'eee997b54c','','Hehe, a wax model of Hilton at Madame Tussauds in NYC:\r\n\r\n[img:eee997b54c]http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2007/06/08/1181316893_9325.jpg[/img:eee997b54c]\r\n\r\n :lol:'),(246297,'6be34ab050','','[color=indigo:6be34ab050][b:6be34ab050]Excellent work, especially in color. It\'ll keep her warm in Boston in the winter, or at least in the fall.\r\n\r\nIs this a fashionable look right now? I have to ask. I\'m a guy.\r\n\r\nInaria[/b:6be34ab050][/color:6be34ab050]'),(246298,'9b47446a79','','I also like the color. You might want to add a some kind of highlight line or similar to separate the shoes from the pants cuffs.'),(246299,'56dbc4ce96','','[quote:56dbc4ce96=\"cyde\"][quote:56dbc4ce96=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:56dbc4ce96=\"cyde\"][quote:56dbc4ce96=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:56dbc4ce96=\"Dervish\"]Why do I like the music I like? Just because. I find that like \"Why do you like the food you like to eat.\" And this goes for \"why it\'s better.\" Natch, that\'s better \"for me.\"[/quote:56dbc4ce96]\r\n\r\nExactly. I don\'t think I can explain why I like what I like. I just do. \r\n\r\nThis reminds me of a video I was watching last night. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEq1DOg-abM]Guns N\' Roses in one of the best performances of \"It\'s So Easy\" live I\'ve seen, IMO.[/url] Hell, that video is orgasmic to me. They make me want to have a time machine to go back to 1988 and watch them play. THAT was the real deal. They just rocked. Performances like that remind me why I\'ve been in love with the band since I was 13. I don\'t really know why that band makes me feel that way, they just do.\r\n\r\nToo bad the poster ruined the video with those ****ing beeps. The swearing is the best part. :P[/quote:56dbc4ce96]\r\n\r\n80s metal, eh? So, do you like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmPD6-vNVY]Mega[/url][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEHNvxkVvqc]deth[/url]?:D :D[/quote:56dbc4ce96]\r\n\r\nI was never a fan, but they have cool songs. Now, Guns N\' Roses are the music love of my life. :)[/quote:56dbc4ce96]\r\n\r\nCool. I\'ve heard Megadeth is pretty big over in Argentina. :D[/quote:56dbc4ce96]\r\n\r\nYes, they are. They have a lot of fans around here.'),(246300,'35cdaa18b4','','[quote:35cdaa18b4=\"Dreamweaver\"]I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about Stacy She was in the fashion club because Sandy wanted someone to boss around .To the most part she did what she was told . I got the feeling she wasn\'t even that popular with the boys .She didn\'t have a date for her birthday. Would someone please explain what the big deal about her is?[/quote:35cdaa18b4]\r\n\r\nI don\'t know. Ask Starmeshelion. I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about her either.'),(246301,'bac3965f27','','[quote:bac3965f27=\"Derek\"]Hehe, a wax model of Hilton at Madame Tussauds in NYC:\r\n\r\n[img:bac3965f27]http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2007/06/08/1181316893_9325.jpg[/img:bac3965f27]\r\n\r\n :lol:[/quote:bac3965f27]\r\n\r\nHawt! :D'),(246302,'c9820f61c5','','[quote:c9820f61c5=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:c9820f61c5=\"Dreamweaver\"]I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about Stacy She was in the fashion club because Sandy wanted someone to boss around .To the most part she did what she was told . I got the feeling she wasn\'t even that popular with the boys .She didn\'t have a date for her birthday. Would someone please explain what the big deal about her is?[/quote:c9820f61c5]\r\n\r\nI don\'t know. Ask Starmeshelion. I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about her either.[/quote:c9820f61c5]\r\n\r\nI used to think it\'s just me, but after I developed my infatuation three years ago I went online and found out that she\'s got a huge following, so I guess it\'s not just me after all.'),(246303,'c20a2a3833','','[quote:c20a2a3833=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:c20a2a3833=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:c20a2a3833=\"Dreamweaver\"]I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about Stacy She was in the fashion club because Sandy wanted someone to boss around .To the most part she did what she was told . I got the feeling she wasn\'t even that popular with the boys .She didn\'t have a date for her birthday. Would someone please explain what the big deal about her is?[/quote:c20a2a3833]\r\n\r\nI don\'t know. Ask Starmeshelion. I don\'t see what\'s the big deal about her either.[/quote:c20a2a3833]\r\n\r\nI used to think it\'s just me, but after I developed my infatuation three years ago I went online and found out that she\'s got a huge following, so I guess it\'s not just me after all.[/quote:c20a2a3833]\r\n\r\nYou misrepresent the case a little, Star. Not all Stacy fans are as obsessive about it as you are. I consider myself a Stacy fan; I find the character to be very sympathetic and I like to see her coming into her own and coming out ahead in life.\r\n\r\nYou seem to intimate that there is a huge Stacy following out there, and that they are all just like you (or, just as disturbingly, that any fan who ISN\'T just like you isn\'t a true Stacy fan). That simply isn\'t the case. While I have no problem with this characterization myself, it would probably be appreciated if you didn\'t paint with such a broad brush.'),(246304,'6194a5ad75','','[quote:6194a5ad75=\"cyde\"][quote:6194a5ad75=\"Dennis\"]Very cool. I think it\'s something she might be wearing now.\r\n\r\nBut it\'d be much cooler if she had a really funny hat. :wink:[/quote:6194a5ad75]\r\n\r\nA [i:6194a5ad75]helicopter beanie[/i:6194a5ad75]!!![/quote:6194a5ad75]\r\n\r\nThat would rule!\r\n\r\nSome other good ones would be a bishop\'s mitre/pope hat, the Cat in the Hat\'s hat, and Flavor Flav\'s viking helmet. Or maybe a fez. The possibilities are endless.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(246305,'b2ec216aea','','[quote:b2ec216aea=\"Dennis\"][quote:b2ec216aea=\"cyde\"][quote:b2ec216aea=\"Dennis\"]Very cool. I think it\'s something she might be wearing now.\r\n\r\nBut it\'d be much cooler if she had a really funny hat. :wink:[/quote:b2ec216aea]\r\n\r\nA [i:b2ec216aea]helicopter beanie[/i:b2ec216aea]!!![/quote:b2ec216aea]\r\n\r\nThat would rule!\r\n\r\nSome other good ones would be a bishop\'s mitre/pope hat, the Cat in the Hat\'s hat, and Flavor Flav\'s viking helmet. Or maybe a fez. The possibilities are endless.\r\n\r\n-Dennis[/quote:b2ec216aea]\r\n\r\nA marine corps style campaign hat! Like the kind that Smokey the Bear wears!\r\n\r\n[img:b2ec216aea]http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/6542/femdi.jpg[/img:b2ec216aea]\r\n\r\nOr maybe a tall felt tophat a la Scrooge McDuck. :D\r\n[img:b2ec216aea]http://www.twainquotes.com/tophat.jpg[/img:b2ec216aea]'),(246306,'d8aa9f7f13','','[quote:d8aa9f7f13=\"Someone, on Wikipedia,\"]Pigtailed Stacy is the secretary of the club and appears in the beginning of the show to be skittish, extremely insecure, and a born follower. However, later in the show, it was frequently hinted at that she probably possessed more character than anyone else in the fashion club except perhaps Quinn. [b:d8aa9f7f13][u:d8aa9f7f13]She has developed a powerful following among Daria fans,[/b:d8aa9f7f13][/u:d8aa9f7f13] and was voiced by Sarah Drew.[/quote:d8aa9f7f13]\r\n\r\nThat was written way before I joined/started posting regularly. I always admitted to being the most obsessive fan, there\'s no denying this; That doesn\'t mean that I don\'t recognise other Stacy fans when I see them. Austin Covello, S.C. and Sam The Smuggler are all Stacy fans, even though they\'ve never admitted to being in love with her like I did; And let me tell you that when I read that Stacy has a powerful following, it really took me by surprise. One of the main reasons why I love Stacy so much is that she\'s unassuming, and thus underrated, and so when I read this I was like \"So other fans actually notice her too\". Stacy fandom has begun way before I was in it and will continue way after I leave this world.'),(246307,'7f066c5347','','[quote:7f066c5347=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:7f066c5347=\"Someone, on Wikipedia,\"]Pigtailed Stacy is the secretary of the club and appears in the beginning of the show to be skittish, extremely insecure, and a born follower. However, later in the show, it was frequently hinted at that she probably possessed more character than anyone else in the fashion club except perhaps Quinn. [b:7f066c5347][u:7f066c5347]She has developed a powerful following among Daria fans,[/b:7f066c5347][/u:7f066c5347] and was voiced by Sarah Drew.[/quote:7f066c5347]\r\n\r\nThat was written way before I joined/started posting regularly. I always admitted to being the most obsessive fan, there\'s no denying this; That doesn\'t mean that I don\'t recognise other Stacy fans when I see them. Austin Covello, S.C. and Sam The Smuggler are all Stacy fans, even though they\'ve never admitted to being in love with her like I did; And let me tell you that when I read that Stacy has a powerful following, it really took me by surprise. One of the main reasons why I love Stacy so much is that she\'s unassuming, and thus underrated, and so when I read this I was like \"So other fans actually notice her too\". Stacy fandom has begun way before I was in it and will continue way after I leave this world.[/quote:7f066c5347]\r\n\r\nI\'ve been aware of the Stacy fan following for quite some time now. Quite some time longer than the current incarnation of this message board, in fact. That isn\'t the question or the issue.\r\n\r\n[quote:7f066c5347=\"Star me, She-Lion :lol: amirite?\"]\r\nI went online and found out that she\'s got a huge following, so I guess it\'s not just me after all.[/quote:7f066c5347]\r\n\r\nNo, it IS just you... by your own admission. I\'m just suggesting that you don\'t categorize others using yourself as a measuring stick. :D'),(246308,'06f8ed968e','','[quote:06f8ed968e=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:06f8ed968e=\"Someone, on Wikipedia,\"]Pigtailed Stacy is the secretary of the club and appears in the beginning of the show to be skittish, extremely insecure, and a born follower. However, later in the show, it was frequently hinted at that she probably possessed more character than anyone else in the fashion club except perhaps Quinn. [b:06f8ed968e][u:06f8ed968e]She has developed a powerful following among Daria fans,[/b:06f8ed968e][/u:06f8ed968e] and was voiced by Sarah Drew.[/quote:06f8ed968e]\r\n\r\nThat was written way before I joined/started posting regularly.[/quote:06f8ed968e]\r\n\r\nHave in mind that since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that anyone can edit, you shouldn\'t take that kind of fan claims seriously unless they\'re backed up by a reliable source.'),(246309,'b5d55db587','','[quote:b5d55db587=\"cyde\"]Star me, She-Lion :lol: amirite?[/quote:b5d55db587]\r\n\r\nHuh? :?'),(246310,'967b2e4836','','[quote:967b2e4836=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:967b2e4836=\"cyde\"]Star me, She-Lion :lol: amirite?[/quote:967b2e4836]\r\n\r\nHuh? :?[/quote:967b2e4836]\r\n\r\nYou like R.E.M. \r\n\r\n\"Star Me Kitten\" from [i:967b2e4836]Automatic for the People[/i:967b2e4836].\r\n\r\nThat is a [i:967b2e4836][b:967b2e4836]MIGHTY[/i:967b2e4836][/b:967b2e4836] big coincidence, you must admit. :D\r\n\r\nYou mean to tell me Stacy isn\'t your little she-lion? ;) ;) *nudge nudge*'),(246311,'c5f2c2add8','','[quote:c5f2c2add8=\"cyde\"]You like R.E.M. \r\n\r\n\"Star Me, Kitten\" from [i:c5f2c2add8]Automatic for the People[/i:c5f2c2add8].\r\n\r\nThat is a [i:c5f2c2add8][b:c5f2c2add8]MIGHTY[/i:c5f2c2add8][/b:c5f2c2add8] big coincidence, you must admit. :D\r\n\r\nYou mean to tell me Stacy isn\'t your little she-lion? ;) ;) *nudge nudge*[/quote:c5f2c2add8]\r\n\r\nYep, that\'s the reference, however \"Star Me Kitten\" is actually my least favourite [i:c5f2c2add8]Automatic[/i:c5f2c2add8] song. I came up with the screenname on another board, and believe it or not Stacy isn\'t involved.'),(246312,'8c8a843c9f','','[quote:8c8a843c9f=\"starmeshelion\"][quote:8c8a843c9f=\"cyde\"]You like R.E.M. \r\n\r\n\"Star Me, Kitten\" from [i:8c8a843c9f]Automatic for the People[/i:8c8a843c9f].\r\n\r\nThat is a [i:8c8a843c9f][b:8c8a843c9f]MIGHTY[/i:8c8a843c9f][/b:8c8a843c9f] big coincidence, you must admit. :D\r\n\r\nYou mean to tell me Stacy isn\'t your little she-lion? ;) ;) *nudge nudge*[/quote:8c8a843c9f]\r\n\r\nYep, that\'s the reference, however \"Star Me Kitten\" is actually my least favourite [i:8c8a843c9f]Automatic[/i:8c8a843c9f] song. I came up with the screenname on another board, and believe it or not Stacy isn\'t involved.[/quote:8c8a843c9f]\r\n\r\nI\'m just happy I figured it out. 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)'),(246313,'4bb24f2ecf','"Daria" poster on eBay','What must be one of the more rare promotional items for \"Daria\" is [url=http://cgi.ebay.com/MTVs-Daria-POSTER-rare-find-Hell-is-other-people_W0QQitemZ160125537513QQihZ006QQcategoryZ18837QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem]on auction[/url] at eBay until 14 June.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a poster that appears to be about 21\" x 42\" — and, as the seller says, quite well worn. It borrows one of OH\'s lines from \"Monster.\" (Saved as attachment to keep it available after the auction.)'),(246314,'26e781ea28','','Okay.\r\n\r\n\r\nStars, this is why people gen annoyed with you.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis morning, I placed the followingover on the Daria Wiki as part of the Stacy entry:\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:26e781ea28][b:26e781ea28]In 2007, debate begun on the PPMB as to the interpretation of Stacy\'s portrayal in fan fiction. This debate, spearheaded by the controversial, self-professed \'Stacyolatrist\' known as Starmeshelion, holds at its crux the prescriptivist vision that only the portrayal of \'Sweet Stacy\' is the correct portrayal of the character in Daria fanfiction, and that any other interpretation (or use thereof in fanfiction) of the character does not (at best) adhere to the original, canon depiction of Stacy in the television show, and at worst, is a gross misinterpretation of the character. \r\n\r\nWhile there has been (at best) mild support for this point of view, the majority of Daria fandom has remained indifferent to the debate or held to the belief that the canon portrayal of Stacy is somewhat of a balance between the \'Sweet Stacy\' and \'Doomed Stacy\' personas, with the events of the fifth season of Daria and Is It College Yet? moving her personality slightly into the \'Maturing Stacy\' category.[/b:26e781ea28] [/quote:26e781ea28] \r\n\r\n\r\nI tried to keep an impartial, objective tone to things. However, you come along with this:\r\n\r\n\r\n[quote:26e781ea28][b:26e781ea28]In 2007, Starmeshelion started a debate at PPMB about the interpretation of Stacy in Daria fan fiction. He proposed that \'Sweet Stacy\' and \'Maturing Stacy\' were the most accurate portrayals of the character and assumed that many other interpretations didn\'t adhere to canon, or at worst, created a gross misinterpretation of the character. \r\n\r\nWhile there has been some support for this point of view, many Daria fans have remained indifferent to the debate or held to the belief that the canon portrayal of Stacy is somewhat of a balance between the \'Sweet Stacy\' and \'Doomed Stacy\' personas, with the events of the fifth season of Daria and Is It College Yet?, moving her personality slightly into the \'Maturing Stacy\' category.[/b:26e781ea28][/quote:26e781ea28]\r\n\r\n\r\nI was curious why you took out the encyclopedic tone, as well as why you had to rework the section to focus on yourself personally instead of the debate. This is what annoys about you - it\'s as if you\'re so desperate to get attention that - even when someone tries to do something to placate you (and let\'s be honest: if I could go out and find all of this stuff on the character as well as define two of the variants - including the most sympathetic variation - why didn\'t you do any of this long ago?), you still work it so that you just stir up more controversy and get more people to post about you. \r\n\r\nThis is what being an \'attention whore\' means.'),(246315,'48ca2e4d23','','Thanks for the sharper and colored versions! I\'d say her hat is just fine as it is. (And, to my eye, at least rakish and fitting her persona, whether or not it\'s stylish.) The color contrast between slacks and boots does well enough ... although I tend to have a higher brightness on my monitor.'),(246316,'9f54a4563d','','I\'m changing my name to metarzanshejane. :P :P :P'),(246317,'0200f1bfc1','','BG, a lot of that last entry was mine, edited down from a longer entry. Stars made a couple typo corrections.\r\n\r\nETA: The entry has been revised to remove personal references and to focus only on the debate.'),(246318,'fd56ecedfc','Re: Teen drives through mall','[quote=\"Derek\"]A teenager cruised through a mall on Long Island- [url=http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2007/06/08/car_drives_into_long_island_ny_mall/]in his car[/url].\r\n\r\n[quote:fd56ecedfc]Dwight Thomas, 19, crashed his car through the main glass doors at the Westfield Sunrise mall Thursday evening and cruised the corridor, knocking over a kiosk and sending shoppers scurrying before exiting the building and leaving his car, police said.[/quote:fd56ecedfc]\r\n\r\nWow. That\'s where I grew up.\r\n\r\n-Dennis'),(246319,'c542d63f4a','','But... Wouldn\'t not eating be a normal thing for her? :?'),(246320,'9e94122064','','[quote:9e94122064=\"RLobinske\"]BG, a lot of that last entry was mine, edited down from a longer entry. Stars made a couple typo corrections.\r\n\r\nETA: The entry has been revised to remove personal references and to focus only on the debate.[/quote:9e94122064]\r\n\r\nI can live with that.'),(246321,'9574beb1a1','','[quote:9574beb1a1=\"RLobinske\"]BG, a lot of that last entry was mine, edited down from a longer entry. Stars made a couple typo corrections.\r\n\r\nETA: The entry has been revised to remove personal references and to focus only on the debate.[/quote:9574beb1a1]\r\n\r\nRemember, people: NPOV.\r\n\r\nIf we\'re gonna run a wiki, we have to run it [i:9574beb1a1]precisely[/i:9574beb1a1] the way Wikipedia is run.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOk, bad joke. But seriously. We all should try to keep a neutral point of view when making or editing articles. :D'),(246322,'8fa8d9cfab','','[quote:8fa8d9cfab=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:8fa8d9cfab=\"RLobinske\"]BG, a lot of that last entry was mine, edited down from a longer entry. Stars made a couple typo corrections.\r\n\r\nETA: The entry has been revised to remove personal references and to focus only on the debate.[/quote:8fa8d9cfab]\r\n\r\nI can live with that.[/quote:8fa8d9cfab]\r\n\r\nHeheh, [i:8fa8d9cfab]you[/i:8fa8d9cfab] were the guilty one this time for not looking at the [url=http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Stacy_Rowe&curid=1427&diff=7226&oldid=7212]diff.[/url] :P'),(246323,'437c63b2b1','','[quote:437c63b2b1=\"cyde\"][quote:437c63b2b1=\"Derek\"]Hehe, a wax model of Hilton at Madame Tussauds in NYC:\r\n\r\n[img:437c63b2b1]http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2007/06/08/1181316893_9325.jpg[/img:437c63b2b1]\r\n\r\n :lol:[/quote:437c63b2b1]\r\n\r\nHawt! :D[/quote:437c63b2b1]\r\n\r\n\r\n(igniting his lightsaber) Not yet... :twisted:'),(246324,'83788a1c5a','','Sexy pics! Sexy pics! I demand sexy pics! (Men over 40 need not take past in the swimsuit round :P)'),(246325,'190c6b414e','','[quote:190c6b414e=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:190c6b414e=\"cyde\"][quote:190c6b414e=\"Derek\"]Hehe, a wax model of Hilton at Madame Tussauds in NYC:\r\n\r\n[img:190c6b414e]http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2007/06/08/1181316893_9325.jpg[/img:190c6b414e]\r\n\r\n :lol:[/quote:190c6b414e]\r\n\r\nHawt! :D[/quote:190c6b414e]\r\n\r\n\r\n(igniting his lightsaber) Not yet... :twisted:[/quote:190c6b414e]\r\n\r\nA.J.\'s signature rocks:\r\n\r\n\"Give Paris Hilton a match and she\'ll be hot for one night.\r\n\r\nSet her on fire and she\'ll be hot for the rest of her life.\"\r\n\r\n :twisted:'),(246326,'20b8b1bfe9','','Kem and Bluu get my nominations! You are both very pretty, but I had reservations about nominating Bluu! She is too young! :shock: \r\nI would feel better if this thread used \"pretty, handsome\", instead of \"sexy\"; it\'s hard to tell how \'sexy\' a girl is until you actually speak with her. I have met some very pretty girls whom I did not find sexy at all after 2 seconds of conversation.\r\n\r\nThis pic was taken last x-mas! :shock:'),(246327,'84d9a7efa0','','If you\'re gonna sell something on eBay, learn to take a decent picture. This is closer to what the poster actually looks like.'),(246328,'e2c018b3df','','*weeps*'),(246329,'989fb42dbf','','[quote:989fb42dbf=\"Bliss Ticks\"]Kem and Bluu get my nominations! You are both very pretty, but I had reservations about nominating Bluu! She is too young! :shock: \r\nI would feel better if this thread used \"pretty, handsome\", instead of \"sexy\"; it\'s hard to tell how \'sexy\' a girl is until you actually speak with her. I have met some very pretty girls whom I did not find sexy at all after 2 seconds of conversation.[/quote:989fb42dbf]\r\n\r\nA lot more than physical beauty goes into my interpretation of a \'sexy\' woman. :D\r\n\r\nFor instance, have you ever seen a person who is physically very attractive... then you spent a few minutes talking to them and realized that you wouldn\'t be caught dead with them (for whatever reason)?'),(246330,'2f8cb5d3b9','','[quote:2f8cb5d3b9=\"Quiverwing\"][quote:2f8cb5d3b9=\"Brother Grimace\"][quote:2f8cb5d3b9=\"cyde\"][quote:2f8cb5d3b9=\"Derek\"]Hehe, a wax model of Hilton at Madame Tussauds in NYC:\r\n\r\n[img:2f8cb5d3b9]http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2007/06/08/1181316893_9325.jpg[/img:2f8cb5d3b9]\r\n\r\n :lol:[/quote:2f8cb5d3b9]\r\n\r\nHawt! :D[/quote:2f8cb5d3b9]\r\n\r\n\r\n(igniting his lightsaber) Not yet... :twisted:[/quote:2f8cb5d3b9]\r\n\r\nA.J.\'s signature rocks:\r\n\r\n\"Give Paris Hilton a match and she\'ll be hot for one night.\r\n\r\nSet her on fire and she\'ll be hot for the rest of her life.\"\r\n\r\n :twisted:[/quote:2f8cb5d3b9]\r\n\r\nOr until there isn\'t any carbon left in the remains...\r\n\r\n*glances at all the disgusted faces*\r\nWhat?!? :D'),(246331,'4021269b59','','lolz\r\n\r\nBut am i really laughing... :?'),(246332,'8d6460b97b','','You left out the \"50 Hitler Post\" that would\'ve taken place just before the moderator locked the topic... (or, interchangeably, before the restaurant manager threw you and your friends out)\r\n\r\n*big wink*'),(246333,'a789caccf0','','[quote:a789caccf0=\"Dervish\"]Hey, if you can stand to load 8:26 worth of YT (maybe while you nap or are out on some errand?), you can see CNN ream the Roanoke times for outing CCW permit owners:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kUIPRFgRE8\r\n\r\nAnother thing on this: gun owners outed featured here were parole officers, women hiding from brutal exes, crime victims that testified against crazed criminals, undercover cops, etc. To me, the people these people were worried about were dangerous. \r\n\r\nExample: the first person interviewed was a woman outed. She\'s armed, but I don\'t think of her as dangerous. They showed what happened to her the last time her ex-husband got ahold of her with a knife (you can see these pix at 1:02 - 1:14, which you should be able to load in like 5 minutes or so). To me, her ex IS dangerous, even without a gun. She, while having a gun, is not. CNN seems to agree.\r\n\r\nBut I find it hopeful that even CNN has come out on the side of gun owners (those permitted to carry concealed at that! :shock:), even against a paper claiming the 1st amendment at giving the names and home address of permit owners, this time. Most of all, CNN promoted the idea that gun owners were not dangerous--at least not those who are law abiding, having gained their permits, etc. I just point this out \'cause not only should it be some small comfort to you, but that it suggests that most people do tend to define dangerous as operating with malice which has nothing to do on whether or not a person legally has a gun, which I think you\'d do yourself a favor by keeping in mind when explaining how you want to be dangerous when what you really mean is to be legally armed.[/quote:a789caccf0]\r\n\r\n\r\n From the beginning my use of the term \"dangerous\" has been misunderstood. I\'m not using the word in the same sense most people nowadays seem to understand it. I\'m not sure how I can explain it any more clearly than I have. It\'s kind of like \"If you don\'t know, I can\'t tell you.\"\r\n\r\n Oh, what the heck, I\'ll try again. If you aren\'t dangerous, anyone who likes can and usually will do all sorts of bad things to you. This has been the case as far back as any historical records can show. I mean since hieroglyphic and cuneiform days, and back in cave-painting days.\r\n\r\nI don\'t know if he was ever [i:a789caccf0]legally[/i:a789caccf0] armed (he certainly never held a permit, or had to undergo a background check), but Daniel Boone was dangerous. He killed a lot of people, mostly but not exclusively Indians (who were trying to kill him or his friends and family at the time). \r\n\r\n He was especially noted as a rifleman, but he was competent in the use of all the weapons in common use then, including a tomahawk and a knife. But most people at the time did not think he was a bad man. Even the Indians respected him. Once or twice when they captured him they adopted him into the tribe.\r\n\r\n I could cite countless other examples. The encyclopedia is full of them. Not all of them were as upright or honest as Boone, of course. Many were flawed, and some were downright scoundrelly in some ways, or at some points in their lives. There\'s no need to name names or make accusations against the long-dead. \r\n\r\n Yet in many cases the one thing that redeemed them was their courage and capability -- their skill-at-arms and combat prowess. Lacking that, they\'d have been nobodies in their own time, and long-forgotten now.\r\n\r\n Now, besides the semantic misunderstanding, there\'s a philosophical or ideological difference. Even those who \"get\" my use of the word \"dangerous\" may say, \"Well, that was then, and this is now. Being able and willing to use violence as a private individual -- outside of a military or law enforcement context -- was all very well hundreds of years ago, maybe even as recently as sixty or seventy years ago. But that time has passed. \r\n\r\n There is no need or place for dangerous people in our society now, unless they\'re on the public payroll, in the law enforcement or military establishments. Only they -- whose [i:a789caccf0]job[/i:a789caccf0] it is -- should have weapons or expertise in weapons. Only getting paid to do a thing legitimizes a thing.\r\n\r\n The rest of us should just content ourselves with our little jobs and our little, hamster-on-a-treadmill-like lives, with our little cars and big plasma televisions, and faithfully make all our payments on time. No more dreams of derring-do for us. We must dismiss all ideas of fighting for anything, least of all our rights. That\'s not our [i:a789caccf0]job[/i:a789caccf0].\r\n\r\n Above all we must be passionate only about those things currently deemed passion-worthy by Currently Approved Social Doctrine -- cars, sports, TV sit-coms and reality shows, and some types of sex, I guess, for some people, anyway. The attractive ones. For the [i:a789caccf0]un[/i:a789caccf0]attractive folks, just thinking about sex at all may be a punishable criminal offense in some cases. \r\n\r\nOf course, if you can just keep them deprived long enough the desire (for that, or anything else) falls off to nothing eventually. They\'re usually pretty harmless by that time. I mean the killer instinct fades along with the sex drive.\r\n\r\n Nobody much thought there was anything wrong with being passionate about guns or shooting or hunting in Teddy Roosevelt\'s day, but that day has passed. Now, any show of passion about such things is a diagnostic criteria for mental illness. (What [i:a789caccf0]isn\'t[/i:a789caccf0], now?) \r\n\r\n Certainly anyone who admits that the unfettered exercise of his right to keep and bear arms means more to him than family or career must be viewed askance and called names and insulted in various ways (though perhaps not in person).\r\n\r\n\r\n \"Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a ****ing big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of ****ing fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the **** you are on Sunday night. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing ****ing junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, p!$$ing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, ****ed up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?\" -- Opening narration from [i:a789caccf0]Trainspotting[/i:a789caccf0]\r\n\r\n \"The wheel\'s still turning, but the hamster\'s dead.\" -- the Amazing Jonathan or something like that, a Las Vegas stage illusionist on the Comedy Channel\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n Cross\r\n\r\n P.S. Yes, it\'s disgraceful the way the political/legal establishment and its willing media shills continually vilify, demonize, and stigmatize citizens who try or even wish to exercise their right to bear arms. The association between an armed citizenry and criminality is reflexively assumed in an unexamined, unreflective, unquestioned way. \r\n\r\n Gun owners and even fully vetted permit holders (who had to jump through all sorts of legal hopps and prove all sorts of things no free person should ever be required to prove) are routinely treated worse than convicted child molestors. And it\'s about to get worse.\r\n\r\n I can remember being told more than once in my college days that some persons (invariably Left-wingers, BTW) considered me \"dangerous.\" At least once I replied that as far as I was concerned, I had never been nearly dangerous enough. If I had been, I\'d have achieved a lot more by that time.'),(246342,'199928f41d','Has Bush fallen off the wagon?','[color=indigo:199928f41d][b:199928f41d]Okay, so it\'s not exactly one of the burning issues of the day, but I found a pic of President Bush finishing off a glass of beer at the G8 summit in Germany this week. If you look carefully, you can see some of the head inside the glass.\r\n\r\n[url=http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070607/481/d13c6cc2994a4213affd4fc94bf1d53b;_ylt=ArsliJWM_YEm5plu8ZJ0iCMDW7oF]Here\'s the link.[/url]\r\n\r\nInaria[/b:199928f41d][/color:199928f41d]'),(246343,'deb3797499','','[quote:deb3797499=\"cyde\"]Holy quintuple posts, Batman![/quote:deb3797499]\r\n\r\nFixed.'),(246344,'4cb4991a79','','[quote:4cb4991a79=\"cyde\"]Holy quintuple posts, Batman![/quote:4cb4991a79]\r\n\r\n Yeah, first I got some weird internal server error message, then \"Page cannot be displayed,\" then the \"Debug\" page several times, and some other weird things. I just kept hitting \"Submit,\" and it finally said \"Message entered successfully.\" It didn\'t say it had entered five times.\r\n\r\n I started trying to delete the redundant pots, but I got a message saying I could not delete posts that had already been replied to.\r\n\r\n Cross'),(246345,'5aeb42ea2d','','Heard the word? The judge is sending her back to jail. Paris was reportedly \"in tears\" as the judge made his announcement. THAT\'s what they oughta put on YouTube...footage of Paris crying as the bailiffs drag her out of the courtroom. I\'d watch that over and over again and dry heave laugh. I swear I would.\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(246346,'27dbfcc066','','[quote:27dbfcc066=\"cyde\"][quote:27dbfcc066=\"Dreamweaver\"]Video games caused the extinction of Dinosaurs Noooooooo All this time i though it was McDonald\'s over using them in burgers[/quote:27dbfcc066]\r\n\r\nDude, haven\'t you heard? Video games did 9/11.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n :roll:[/quote:27dbfcc066]\r\n\r\nActually it was the main characters of every single Grand Theft Auto: Carl \"C.J.\" Johnson, Tommy Vercetti etc. who teamed up, did it, and framed Osama. You didn\'t know?\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted'),(246347,'ef31b03a86','','[quote:ef31b03a86=\"Bluu\"]But... Wouldn\'t not eating be a normal thing for her? :?[/quote:ef31b03a86]\r\nThat\'s Nicole Richie (or however you spell her last name) and one of the Olson twins.\r\n\r\n[quote:ef31b03a86=\"brnleague99\"]Heard the word? The judge is sending her back to jail. Paris was reportedly \"in tears\" as the judge made his announcement. THAT\'s what they oughta put on YouTube...footage of Paris crying as the bailiffs drag her out of the courtroom. I\'d watch that over and over again and dry heave laugh. I swear I would.[/quote:ef31b03a86]\r\n :twisted:'),(246348,'bfdff48aa3','','If that\'s really Bluu\'s picture in her avatar, I\'d like to nominate her. She\'s teh sexy. And she\'s Scottish, so she has the accent thang going.\r\n\r\n*grins like a doofus*\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(246349,'58ce0c9b62','','[quote:58ce0c9b62=\"WacoKid\"]I voted for \"Other\". \r\n\r\nKevin will turn in to a radioactive supermutant, becoming king of the world, with a lobotomized Daria as his bride, and an armless, legless, gibberingly insane Jane on a stick as his court jester.[/quote:58ce0c9b62]\r\n\r\nBeen watching Freaks and Boxing Helena have we, WacoKid?\r\n\r\n :D \r\n\r\nBrandon (Still Flaunting His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)\r\n\r\n :) 8) :lol: :wink: :twisted:'),(246341,'9ac4dd20c1','','[u:9ac4dd20c1][b:9ac4dd20c1]Tremendous Brunettes[/b:9ac4dd20c1][/u:9ac4dd20c1] - Mike Doughty\r\n\r\n[i:9ac4dd20c1]All them tremendous brunettes around\r\nAll them tremendous brunettes\r\nAll them tremendous brunettes around\r\n\r\nSlow down, don\'t f**k with my high\r\nI want to be left alone here with my monsters and\r\nSay, now it\'s time to ride\r\nTo see lovely girls and to not put the moves on them\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\nPraise now the baby genius\r\nShe skips in the shade of the lonely sour apple tree\r\nWhile she snaps on her gum\r\nHer gleaming teeth bared and the shine that she shows to me\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\nAll of your ill-gotten gains\r\nThat you have whipped up to a rich, foamy lather, girl\r\nNameless gnaw of my pains\r\nLike three hundred trumpets, and just one is out of tune\r\n(Chorus, Fade)[/i:9ac4dd20c1]'),(246336,'867673dfaa','','[quote:867673dfaa=\"Dervish\"]Hey, if you can stand to load 8:26 worth of YT (maybe while you nap or are out on some errand?), you can see CNN ream the Roanoke times for outing CCW permit owners:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kUIPRFgRE8\r\n\r\nAnother thing on this: gun owners outed featured here were parole officers, women hiding from brutal exes, crime victims that testified against crazed criminals, undercover cops, etc. To me, the people these people were worried about were dangerous. \r\n\r\nExample: the first person interviewed was a woman outed. She\'s armed, but I don\'t think of her as dangerous. They showed what happened to her the last time her ex-husband got ahold of her with a knife (you can see these pix at 1:02 - 1:14, which you should be able to load in like 5 minutes or so). To me, her ex IS dangerous, even without a gun. She, while having a gun, is not. CNN seems to agree.\r\n\r\nBut I find it hopeful that even CNN has come out on the side of gun owners (those permitted to carry concealed at that! :shock:), even against a paper claiming the 1st amendment at giving the names and home address of permit owners, this time. Most of all, CNN promoted the idea that gun owners were not dangerous--at least not those who are law abiding, having gained their permits, etc. I just point this out \'cause not only should it be some small comfort to you, but that it suggests that most people do tend to define dangerous as operating with malice which has nothing to do on whether or not a person legally has a gun, which I think you\'d do yourself a favor by keeping in mind when explaining how you want to be dangerous when what you really mean is to be legally armed.[/quote:867673dfaa]\r\n\r\n\r\n From the beginning my use of the term \"dangerous\" has been misunderstood. I\'m not using the word in the same sense most people nowadays seem to understand it. I\'m not sure how I can explain it any more clearly than I have. It\'s kind of like \"If you don\'t know, I can\'t tell you.\"\r\n\r\n Oh, what the heck, I\'ll try again. If you aren\'t dangerous, anyone who likes can and usually will do all sorts of bad things to you. This has been the case as far back as any historical records can show. I mean since hieroglyphic and cuneiform days, and back in cave-painting days.\r\n\r\nI don\'t know if he was ever [i:867673dfaa]legally[/i:867673dfaa] armed (he certainly never held a permit, or had to undergo a background check), but Daniel Boone was dangerous. He killed a lot of people, mostly but not exclusively Indians (who were trying to kill him or his friends and family at the time). \r\n\r\n He was especially noted as a rifleman, but he was competent in the use of all the weapons in common use then, including a tomahawk and a knife. But most people at the time did not think he was a bad man. Even the Indians respected him. Once or twice when they captured him they adopted him into the tribe.\r\n\r\n I could cite countless other examples. The encyclopedia is full of them. Not all of them were as upright or honest as Boone, of course. Many were flawed, and some were downright scoundrelly in some ways, or at some points in their lives. There\'s no need to name names or make accusations against the long-dead. \r\n\r\n Yet in many cases the one thing that redeemed them was their courage and capability -- their skill-at-arms and combat prowess. Lacking that, they\'d have been nobodies in their own time, and long-forgotten now.\r\n\r\n Now, besides the semantic misunderstanding, there\'s a philosophical or ideological difference. Even those who \"get\" my use of the word \"dangerous\" may say, \"Well, that was then, and this is now. Being able and willing to use violence as a private individual -- outside of a military or law enforcement context -- was all very well hundreds of years ago, maybe even as recently as sixty or seventy years ago. But that time has passed. \r\n\r\n There is no need or place for dangerous people in our society now, unless they\'re on the public payroll, in the law enforcement or military establishments. Only they -- whose [i:867673dfaa]job[/i:867673dfaa] it is -- should have weapons or expertise in weapons. Only getting paid to do a thing legitimizes a thing.\r\n\r\n The rest of us should just content ourselves with our little jobs and our little, hamster-on-a-treadmill-like lives, with our little cars and big plasma televisions, and faithfully make all our payments on time. No more dreams of derring-do for us. We must dismiss all ideas of fighting for anything, least of all our rights. That\'s not our [i:867673dfaa]job[/i:867673dfaa].\r\n\r\n Above all we must be passionate only about those things currently deemed passion-worthy by Currently Approved Social Doctrine -- cars, sports, TV sit-coms and reality shows, and some types of sex, I guess, for some people, anyway. The attractive ones. For the [i:867673dfaa]un[/i:867673dfaa]attractive folks, just thinking about sex at all may be a punishable criminal offense in some cases. \r\n\r\nOf course, if you can just keep them deprived long enough the desire (for that, or anything else) falls off to nothing eventually. They\'re usually pretty harmless by that time. I mean the killer instinct fades along with the sex drive.\r\n\r\n Nobody much thought there was anything wrong with being passionate about guns or shooting or hunting in Teddy Roosevelt\'s day, but that day has passed. Now, any show of passion about such things is a diagnostic criteria for mental illness. (What [i:867673dfaa]isn\'t[/i:867673dfaa], now?) \r\n\r\n Certainly anyone who admits that the unfettered exercise of his right to keep and bear arms means more to him than family or career must be viewed askance and called names and insulted in various ways (though perhaps not in person).\r\n\r\n\r\n \"Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a ****ing big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of ****ing fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the **** you are on Sunday night. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing ****ing junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, p!$$ing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, ****ed up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?\" -- Opening narration from [i:867673dfaa]Trainspotting[/i:867673dfaa]\r\n\r\n \"The wheel\'s still turning, but the hamster\'s dead.\" -- the Amazing Jonathan or something like that, a Las Vegas stage illusionist on the Comedy Channel\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n Cross\r\n\r\n P.S. Yes, it\'s disgraceful the way the political/legal establishment and its willing media shills continually vilify, demonize, and stigmatize citizens who try or even wish to exercise their right to bear arms. The association between an armed citizenry and criminality is reflexively assumed in an unexamined, unreflective, unquestioned way. \r\n\r\n Gun owners and even fully vetted permit holders (who had to jump through all sorts of legal hopps and prove all sorts of things no free person should ever be required to prove) are routinely treated worse than convicted child molestors. And it\'s about to get worse.\r\n\r\n I can remember being told more than once in my college days that some persons (invariably Left-wingers, BTW) considered me \"dangerous.\" At least once I replied that as far as I was concerned, I had never been nearly dangerous enough. If I had been, I\'d have achieved a lot more by that time.'),(246339,'5b7690edd3','','Nit pick: OH says \"Hell is other people\" in \"Monster,\" but that line comes from Sartre\'s play [i:5b7690edd3]No Exit,[/i:5b7690edd3] which she and Jane are trying to make into a piece of claymation. \r\n\r\n[Runs and hides]'),(246340,'85057b0663','','Holy quintuple posts, Batman!'); INSERT INTO `phpbb_search_wordlist` VALUES 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