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I think the feast is supposed to be held after sunset. Or, is being held at sunset. Or, was held. I am lost in time.

Hm, I always look at the top of the bridge of the nose. That way I can look at both eyes in the slight peripherals of my vision. It gives the impression of a constant, unrelenting glare. My vision will not flutter from one eye to the next, it will settle upon you, and you will not be able to stop it. You will feel fear. Real fear. No, but really, does anyone else do the nose thing?

Bruce. He looks like a Bruce.

Hmm, so in order to represent you, a leader loses the rights that he himself is supposed to stand for. Right. From what I've read Obama isn't placing Islam at a level higher than other religions. No, he's just saving it from that demonic illusion that no doubt is hosted within the minds of the many impressionable citizens of the United States. He's not elevating it, he's preventing it from being completely damned. But now I see that this action simply condemns him and the religion whose face he was trying to reconstruct. Thank you for enlightening me as to that little gem of knowledge.

So, just because he is president, his word becomes government decree? He cant make speeches about whatever he wants, like the average citizen can? It isn't like Shari'ah law is being embraced or anything--its a dude making a speech. How is that a merge of Church and State? Maybe I am missing something. Did he submit new Islamic laws...?

They've been holding Iftars for a while now. Is it only a problem now because a speech is glorifying a religion? I agree no one religion should be elevated over another, but you have to concede to the fact that Islam is a special case. Come on, how many people do you know who would immediately put down a Muslim as a potential threat? Talking to Americans, here. Obama's just trying to bridge this huge gap that's emerged. Really--an entire country is against a specific faith because of a small, yet loud, representative group: a bunch of orange bearded mullahs with too much time on their hands. Maybe this'll allow for a few less dirty looks on the street, or less easily loosed insults and threats. It needs to be understood that its not a religion that is being fought, but a specific doctrine that endorses the taking of innocent life.

All you have to make sure they were born a girl and you're golden. Most of the girls I'm interested from that class wear tight short shorts when they play, so I can easily check if they're carrying any extra luggage. Plus, what are the chances of being in a classroom with a "special" person (if you know please tell me, I'm becoming paranoid now). I actually have a statisctic on that :o 1:2000 babies are born with a sex disorder, the severity of which can vary greatly. There are 40 different types of sex disorders. It's more common than you may think :ohnoes: What he's trying to say is that all the women in your class are actually men.

Ever seen Dexter? There's this character named Lila. Take all of her characteristics, and blam. Makes me sad that the match is impossible. Damn you, Universe. Damn you. Nah, Universe, I love you, you know that.

That was a perfect example of an annoying meme? Jesus--I laughed my [wagon] off. Twas a meta-meme.

Took money from last year's job, went around companies asking for money, and used it to drill some tube wells in Bangladeshi villages. Yay, fresh water. Interned at the world's largest NGO, BRAC, for about a month. Learned new things, met some nice friends. Was good. Now interning at Denton Wilde Sapte, a UK law firm. Did this last year, got about a 1500 dollars out of it. Yes, I was surprised too--a paid internship?! Also getting ready for senior year, have about 5 AP assignments to complete within the next few days. EDIT: Right, I also got into Bangladeshi and Kuwaiti newspapers for the first bit, as well as Bangladeshi primetime news. And on my way back from Dhaka, the plane's engine was wrecked by a bird and apparently, (according to later news stories that were probably exaggerated) I could have died. Quite eventful.

The ability to relax in the face of personal Armageddon. Happiness is knowing you can be happy, even while steeped in absolute misery.

This was perfect.

Not a science at all, sir. An art, something intuitive and something that cannot be learned. The epitome of manliness is to be able to shrug off what others say. I think you are weak. What do you think? If you disagree, then good. You've ignored what I said. If you agree, even better. You ignored the first thing I said. The epitome of manliness can be unerring humility, and to be so is to acknowledge your own weakness.

I'll work on uploading some pictures of Elizabeth Hurley now. She's not been in this thread yet, which is just plain ridiculous.

I saw India De Beaufort up there too (how in the hell can a name be sexy?. Nice. Still comes second to Beckinsale though. What can I say? The accents destroy me.

It's an instinct to preserve ourselves, A strange compulsion to uplift ourselves; It's in our nature to save each other-- And in our blood to think, think, think!

You humans believe that our opening of doors is some marvelous feat... No. Centuries ago we built the first model for tractamorphic arms, versatile tentacles of a synthetic jelly-like material that takes on shape once stimulated by our lower-brain's impulses. Just one more appendage to be used in the defense of our glorious, underground nation. We can use keyboards. We can connect our Intranet to your outer 'internet'. We can rip you limb from limb. Do not force our claws.

Please do not discriminate against my species so wildly. We are a a peaceful race. Though we may still enjoy the thrill of the hunt, sometimes the rush can be replicated with a good book, or a fine-tasting wine. We will not rip you to shreds unless provoked. We will not bite into your soft flesh unless angered. We will not effortlessly lunge through the windows of your homes unless endangered. And we most definitely will not lap up your sweet, sweet blood with our tongues--unless harmed. I hope you have learned a lesson in open-mindedness and humility today. Just because we have claws, sharp rows of teeth, bristling feathers and eyes that pierce through any sheltering darkness doesn't mean we will use them to eat you. ...Unless of course we find evidence that you have been conspiring against our great Raptor nation. Oh dear. It appears, then, that we have no choice.

Christ, I can't agree with your #1 more.

We all die-- But our afterlife resembles the next day.

^Agreed. I thought the problem was of sustaining inmates though. Which is why I turned the situation around and made them potential organ/research pools. Achieve more in death than they could in life, etc. I bet there are laws against refusal to bury convicts, though. All the vengeance posts were just waded through. You see them everywhere, and the feeling you get from reading them can largely be described as 'meh'. You phase them out.

Better to put faith in humanity, become reborn men and women with ties to no God, band together under a flag of our own making, and rebel.

Do a study on why the hell they did that. And if they feel no regret or can provide no useful information, beat them brain-dead and keep them as beating-heart corpses for use in transplantation and research.

SEXUAL SELECTION GONE WRONG. Sorry, I just don't like the idea of people actively seeking 'simpler' partners.