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Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:57:59 -0700

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Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:35:30 -0700

Science Facts that People Get Wrong
http://www.mcrosolv.demon.co.uk/getwrong.html

* 1 Spacecraft heat up on re-entry because of the friction of the atmosphere.
* 2 Everest is the highest mountain in the world
* 3 Pressure cookers force steam into the food, cooking it quicker
* 4 There are five body senses
* 5 There are four tastes
* 6 A lightning conductor works by safely conducting the lightning to ground
* 7 Things expand as they get hotter
* 8 There are seven colours in the rainbow
* 9 Foucault's Pendulum appears to rotate because the earth rotates underneath it

The Dan Brown code http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000844.html
Approximately three people still haven't read Dan Brown's The
Da Vinci Code:
Mark Liberman,
David Lupher, and reportedly at least one other
person (as yet unidentified).*

Regrettably, neither Barbara nor I are able
to claim that the third non-reader is one of us. What can I say by
way of excuse for this?
I found the book was on sale really cheap in CostCo when we were about to
leave on a trip to Europe. I bought it for the long, long flights that
lay ahead of us, without knowing much about it except that it was supposed
to be an intellectual mystery with cryptography and symbology and stuff
and the blurbs said it was great. I didn't open it, I just grabbed one
off a pallet of about 500 copies.
Barbara was between mysteries at the time, so she grabbed it from me
and rapidly
read it over the next couple of days
before we even left for the airport. I asked hopefully what it
was like. She scowled and said something about the Hardy Boys.
My heart sank; I understood her to mean it was pathetic but
possibly of interest to the 11-year-old market. By the time we were
on our plane she had made sure that
her flight bag contained a new novel by
Menking
Hannell, and over southern Oregon she told me it was great as
usual. Unfortunately I had no better idea of what to do with my time,
so I opened The Da Vinci Code.

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Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:06:57 -0700

いつも　寂しい。。。どおしたら　ほう　が　いい　と　思う？

goodbyelonely's beautful poem: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/33575553/

"star speak"

I remember thick nights when nightingale feathers
were being traced in pools of silver spells
with my fingertips. In those times,
I found perfect words from sluggish comets. A possibility

is a winding road, and our wingspan
never found the terminal; we collapsed
as the sun cast down his name. I forgot
about answering maternal questions.

My thumb is stitched to my heart, a shelter
inside jacket pockets rotted with holes that I'm inhaling,
chiming on a pale piano's narrow lungs.

(The secret to breathing under water
is being in love with you.)

I peel back the edges of puddles,
watching you drip midnight by tickling clouds
you made pregnant with blown kisses. I don't think
I ever got mine. What else
is there to say?

On your tongue I am chasing names
that hold seasons; therefore, I
abandon laughter.

Cradled between your lips,
rocking in the grandeur of sunsets and romance,
I am still spilling drops of your
birthday, at last speaking those possible
starwords: I love you.

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Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:40:02 -0700

watch the video: http://music.aol.com/artist/nine-days/430965/main#

One Hit Wonders Lyrics
Nine Days
Story of a girl Lyrics

This is the story of a girl,
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world!
And while she looked so sad in photographs,
I absolutely love her,
When she smiles...

How many days in a year?
She woke up with hope but she only found tears.
And I can be so insincere,
Making her promises never for real!
As long as she stands there waiting,
Wearing the holes in the soles of her shoes!
How many days disappear?
When you look in the mirror so how do you choose?
Your clothes never wear as well the next day,
And your hair never falls in quite the same way-
But you never seem to run out of things to say...

THIS IS THE STORY OF A GIRL,
WHO CRIED A RIVER AND DROWNED THE WHOLE WORLD!
AND WHILE SHE LOOKED SO SAD IN PHOTOGRAPHS,
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HER,
WHEN SHE SMILES...

How many lovers would stay?
Just to put of with this shit day after day!
How did we wind up this way?
Watching our mouths for the words that we say.
As long as we stand here waiting,
Wearing the clothes of the souls that we choose!
How do we get there today?
When we're walking to far for the price of our shoes!
Your clothes never wear as well the next day,
And your hair never falls in quite the same way-
But you never seem to run out of things to say!...

THIS IS THE STORY OF A GIRL,
WHO CRIED A RIVER AND DROWNED THE WHOLE WORLD!
AND WHILE SHE LOOKED SO SAD IN PHOTOGRAPHS,
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HER,
WHEN SHE SMILES...

Your clothes never wear as well the next day,
And your hair never falls in quite the same way-
But you never seem to run out of things to say...
This is the story of a girl,
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world!
And while she looks so sad in photographs,
I absolutely love her-

This is the story of a girl;
Her pretty face she hid from the world!
And while she looks so sad and lonely there,
I absolutely love her,
When she smiles...

some lyrics from fall out boy, one of my favorite bands:
videos and songs: http://music.aol.com/artist/fall-out-boy/533936/video
from "Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part to Save the Scene and Stop Going to Shows)""

He said why put a new address
On the same old loneliness
When breathing just passes the time
Until we all just get old and die
Now talking's just a waste of breath
And living's just a waste of death
And why put a new address
On the same old loneliness
And this is you and me
And me and you
Until we've got nothing left

from Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued

It's just past 8 and I'm feeling young and reckless
The ribbon on my wrist says, "Do not open before Christmas."

I used to sing the song below to my best friend to help her sleep on long trips in 9th grade in high school.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQIBFK3oIY0

Bunny!

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Sat, 03 Jun 2006 09:45:42 -0700

http://cartoons.peekvid.com/
oh. my. god.
an anthology of dozens or hundreds or cartoons and childhood shows that i haven't seen since my childhood (think: early 2000s, 1990s and further back, all the way to bugs bunny!). I am in heaven. Bliss. Nostalgia. ,^_^,

fellraven

sapphirefairy

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/por/102351114.html
A biting, sarcastic piece that exposes the ridiculousness behind a lot of arguments against gay marriage. From the Page:

10 reasons why gay marriage should be illegal
01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

06) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

07) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

08) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

09) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

Re-post this if you believe love makes a marriage.

http://www.cagle.com/working/060203/booth.jpg

You know you want a laser. Not a laser pointer, darling, a real laser...

http://www.101zenstories.com/

Muddy Road

Tanzan and Ekido were once travelling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling.

Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection.

"Come on, girl," said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.

Ekido did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could restrain himself. "We monks don't do near females," he told Tanzan, "especially not young and lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you do that?"

"I left the girl there," said Tanzan. "Are you still carrying her?"

The Moon Cannot Be Stolen

Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing in it to steal.

Ryokan returned and caught him. "You may have come a long way to visit me," he told the prowler, "and you shoud not return emptyhanded. Please take my clothes as a gift."

The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away.

Ryokan sat naked, watching the moon. "Poor fellow, " he mused, "I wish I could give him this beautiful moon."

http://xari.stumbleupon.com/

Awesome site, almost everything on the page caught my eye- which is rare.

In other news, Hell froze over last night...time for everyone to go collect on their bets. ^_^;

Ya...'nuff said.

Caravaggio

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Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:43:35 -0700

Ethical Atheist

THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS
(OF THE ETHICAL ATHEIST)
NOTE: Freethought and tolerance obviously prohibit these from being "commandments"! Just consider them "suggestions".
1. Thou SHALT NOT believe all thou art told.
2. Thou SHALT seek knowledge and truth constantly.
3. Thou SHALT educate thy fellow man in the Laws of Science.
4. Thou SHALT NOT forget the atrocities committed in the name of god.
5. Thou SHALT leave valuable contributions for future generations.
6. Thou SHALT live in peace with thy fellow man.
7. Thou SHALT live this one life thou hast to its fullest.
8. Thou SHALT follow a Personal Code of Ethics.
9. Thou SHALT maintain a strict separation between Church and State.
10. Thou SHALT support those who follow these commandments.

http://www.ethicalatheist.com/docs/ten_commandments.html

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Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:35:37 -0800

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Atheists identified as America's most distrusted minority, according to new U of M study
What: U of M study reveals America's distrust of atheism
Who: Penny Edgell, associate professor of sociology
Contact: Nina Shepherd, sociology media relations, (612) 599-1148
Mark Cassutt University News Service, (612) 624-8038

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (3/20/2006) -- American's increasing acceptance of religious diversity doesn't extend to those who don't believe in a god, according to a national survey by researchers in the University of Minnesota's department of sociology.

From a telephone sampling of more than 2,000 households, university researchers found that Americans rate atheists below Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and other minority groups in "sharing their vision of American society." Atheists are also the minority group most Americans are least willing to allow their children to marry.

Even though atheists are few in number, not formally organized and relatively hard to publicly identify, they are seen as a threat to the American way of life by a large portion of the American public. "Atheists, who account for about 3 percent of the U.S. population, offer a glaring exception to the rule of increasing social tolerance over the last 30 years," says Penny Edgell, associate sociology professor and the study's lead researcher.

Edgell also argues that today's atheists play the role that Catholics, Jews and communists have played in the past--they offer a symbolic moral boundary to membership in American society. "It seems most Americans believe that diversity is fine, as long as every one shares a common `core' of values that make them trustworthy--and in America, that `core' has historically been religious," says Edgell. Many of the study's respondents associated atheism with an array of moral indiscretions ranging from criminal behavior to rampant materialism and cultural elitism.

Edgell believes a fear of moral decline and resulting social disorder is behind the findings. "Americans believe they share more than rules and procedures with their fellow citizens--they share an understanding of right and wrong," she said. "Our findings seem to rest on a view of atheists as self-interested individuals who are not concerned with the common good."

The researchers also found acceptance or rejection of atheists is related not only to personal religiosity, but also to one's exposure to diversity, education and political orientation--with more educated, East and West Coast Americans more accepting of atheists than their Midwestern counterparts.

The study is co-authored by assistant professor Joseph Gerteis and associate professor Doug Hartmann. It's the first in a series of national studies conducted the American Mosaic Project, a three-year project funded by the Minneapolis-based David Edelstein Family Foundation that looks at race, religion and cultural diversity in the contemporary United States. The study will appear in the April issue of the American Sociological Review.

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Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:02:01 -0800

"Sugar We're Going Down" - Fall Out Boy

Am I more than you bargained for yet
I've been dying to tell you anything you want to hear
Cause that's just who I am this week
Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum
I'm just a notch in your bedpost
But you're just a line in a song
(A notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song)

Drop a heart, break a name
We're always sleeping in, and sleeping for the wrong team

We're going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
[x2]

Is this more than you bargained for yet
Oh don't mind me I'm watching you two from the closet
Wishing to be the friction in your jeans
Isn't it messed up how I'm just dying to be him
I'm just a notch in your bedpost
But you're just a line in a song
(Notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song)

Drop a heart, break a name
We're always sleeping in, and sleeping for the wrong team

We're going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it

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Sat, 18 Mar 2006 19:48:18 -0800

You Are 72% Open Minded

You are a very open minded person, but you're also well grounded.

Tolerant and flexible, you appreciate most lifestyles and viewpoints.

But you also know where you stand firm, and you can draw that line.

You're open to considering every possibility - but in the end, you stand true to yourself.

How Open Minded Are You?

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Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:50:26 -0800

From shokwyr