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Only Angels Have Wings - The Film Museum of Amsterdam has a small exposition about Cary Grant and is showing his films all summer long. So after a long train trip and remembering why exactly I can't stand spoilt children, especially when they're suffering through a long train ride, I saw this film. I liked it a lot. It's Grant in a role very untypical of his typical role. Jean Arthur and Rita Hayworth are enchanting. Sometimes gripping, sometimes funny, this was an excellent watch. The exposition itself was somewhat of a disappointment. A documentary that has been shown on television before, some compilations of Grant fragments and a handful of old posters (from Denmark :?) and some pictures.

I don't curse or swear a lot at all, not out of a sense of decency, but for one very simple reason. The rare times that I do curse, the effect on the people around me is unbelievable. It's a clear indicator that I'm really really pissed off and that it's best to either give me my way or clear out of my sight.

I'm very fond of the true Received Pronunciation, also known as Oxford English or 'posh'. It's both a pleasure and a torture to listen to, say, Emma Thompson or Alan Rickman. I'll never ever have that accent, English being my second/third language. I'm also very fond of the Irish accent. As for Dutch, I prefer the Flemish accent over the Holland accent. It's softer, too many Dutch consonants are turning voiceless (z becomes s, b becomes p, v becomes f, d becomes t). And they tend to use far too many diphtongues.

Didn't take this particular test yet, but every time I tested for Myers-Briggs I got the typical idealist's result. INFJ It's funny to see how lots of the people I identify with/like on this forum have the same, or very similar personality types.

Quotations by Oscar Wilde are always filled with the kind of contradictory truths I love. And the quote in my sig of course. Not a quote that contains wisdom as such, but it cracks me up every single time: Lady Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea. Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.

Only one road to take, Powman. Ignore him. He's dating your crush, so, bluntly put, no matter if he's the nicest guy on earth (doubtful seeing his behaviour, he sounds like a twit), he's a complete bastard and you don't want to have anything to do with him. So don't let him tick you off, ignore him, and definitely don't let him know if you're ticked off anyway. Show him you're the better guy, with a lot more dignity. Reacting to his sillyness will only make you look bad with your crush anyway.

Okay, but then your argument (animals were put on this earth to feed us) is invalid, since you have admitted you're not even sure if that's really the case.

I studied literature at university, both General/Comparative and English Literature, and HP is a well-known study subject that interests both students and professors. So I'm not sure if it has a lot to do with being well-read or knowing how to write. Merely its huge popularity and resonance make the books interesting, apart from generic studies (fantasy, bildungsroman,...), linguistic/sociological/... studies. Then again, I know people who wrote their masters about Harry Potter fanfiction, so yeah :P. Quite frankly, I enjoyed the series, and I've read most of the canonised masterpieces of the English literature. That's precisely why it's so much fun to study the series, to find out why we love it so much, while it may very well be forgotten in a century or two. I agree some parts of book 7 were sloppy, though. I simply hated the epilogue, the most disappointing final pages of any book I've ever read. But I understand why it was hard for her to resist writing them. I guess it was closure for her as well, apart from the huge responsibility she must have felt towards her fans, and her bosses.

Mmm, let's make this easier... So, you believe there is some higher being, but you're not sure who he is, or what he is, or what form this 'higher something' takes? Right? Now comes the important question. Are you certain that there is this force, even though you don't know what it is? If you are certain there is, you are not an agnostic theist. If you're not sure, you are. Then you're saying, well, I believe there is a God, but I know I cannot be certain there is. Sorry fot the OT-ness.

I can see where the mistake happened. For your education ;): even agnostic theists, who actually believe in a God, acknowledge the fact that they actually can't know for sure, but believe anyway. Believing in 'something' without knowing what it is, but knowing for sure that it is, has little to do with agnosticism. Every agnostic recognises somehow that he really cannot know for certain.

:wall: Do you even have the faintest idea how stupid you sound? Agnosticism is about knowing that you do not know. That it is impossible to know certain issues, such as if God or the afterlife exist. Agnostics do NOT 'believe' and they certainly do not argue that one should eat meat because a higher being placed them on this earth for us. Health reasons for eating meat, I accept. Enjoyment of it, I accept as well. I even accept 'because we can'. But because someone put them there for us to eat, that is just...

Best is simply to say "hold on" before you type out long sentences. The other person knows you're not ignoring him and will wait a bit before going away, buying you a little time to type. Break the long sentences in shorter parts: I am dropping raw trout. Do you want these? You can cook them in Barbarian village. You will see that the more you type, the better you will get at it. I acquired my typing skills through the extensive use of IRC :.

With your slayer level, the best choices for you are Chaos druids, Banshees or Cave Crawlers. Forget about basilisks and turoths, they're only good on assignment. Chaos druids are best in the agility dungeon in Yanille. Banshees aren't the greatest for herbs, but you will walk out with herbs and lots of noted pure essence. Cave crawlers are very easy and they drop herbs, as well as some of the hard to get secondaries, such as spider eggs and white berries. Don't forget to take an antipoison, they are very weak but will poison you pretty badly.

english, but a very old type of english. He actually invented his own language called Elizabethan. :wall: Unbelievable how little some of you know about your own language and how important it apparently is to have a compulsory mother tongue class. Shakespeare was a writer and a poet and as such, made use of language in a very specific, poetical, idiosyncratic and inventive way. During his time, there wasn't a fixed grammar and/or spelling, but the creators of grammars and dictionaries in the centuries after Shakespeare were influenced a lot by his language. That is no more than logical, considering Shakespeare's huge popularity, and the availability of his texts, then and now. What did you think? That one day he decided to personally create a whole new language starting from the completely brutish Middle English (eyeroll) and called it Elizabethan as a compliment to his Queen? Should have been fun for the other Elizabethans who attended his plays and wouldn't have understood a word. Anyway. Compulsory or not depends on your idea of what you wish to do after school. If you want to work, high school should offer practical courses that you can choose yourself. If you want to further your studies, high school is a good place to learn the basics of as many fields as possible, giving you the chance to choose your field of specialisation afterwards.

Haven't got a lot to add to Ginger's excellent advice, except this. The tests don't actually test for the virus itself, they look for the antibodies you create to combat the virus. This means that in order to be certain you're not infected, some time must pass between the sexual contact you thought was dangerous and the test. Can be between 6 weeks and three months. Have the doctor explain this to you when you are tested.

Not so sure about that. I was mining in the guild, when someone entered the guild, saying "Need free coal!!!!" and mining. I said "The mining guild appears to be giving out free coal." Everybody (except that macroer over there) said some form of "lol", except him. He started asking "Where?wut dwarfe do i ask?" I had to tell him that clicking on the black blobs would give you high chances of getting a heap of coal. Actually, I feel you prove the point I made so long ago (talking about reviving topics). You formed the exclusive group with the other miners, who knew enough to catch the sarcasm and get the joke, whereas the other someone, who was asking for something, took what you said at face value, not getting the joke and making himself look ridiculous (often the intended side-effect of sarcasm). It's not about IQ. I've seen many people with a high IQ not get sarcasm (the geniuses often have the least developped sense of humour). Having a high IQ isn't necessarily the same as being clever. And it's also a commonly made mistake to think that all forms of sarcasm are witty or clever...

Uh oh. My irritation level with the OT is nearing code red again. I don't like these kind of high school 'pick your team' topics. There are a few people here I like and respect. I think they already know who they are. So, you won't get any names from me.

For a long time, it was 92, until the slayer spots boomed in that world. I never found out why. Since then, I haven't had a true home world. I always go to one of the Dutch (143 usually) or the Swedish worlds. Since yesterday, with the arrival of 69, I've been trying the Belgian server out. Gonna stick to that one for a while. But I do hop very often (don't like sharing spots).

You know I think I saw that somewhere. Sorry. Kill Bill 2? Gods, that was a freaky scene... Ugh.

Ohhhhh a Belgian server. And about time too! If it won't be too crowded, I may have found myself a new homeworld. 69 too. My, don't we have a reputation. Now let's hope the country won't split before the server is put to good use :P.

Saw it this weekend, and thought it was pretty good. For a Hollywood product, it does stretch the boundaries of the genre of the superhero film. At a certain point during the film, I had the feeling anything could happen and anyone could die, which is rare in the genre. It made the Spiderman series look like a Disney product. Great acting jobs, especially by Heath Ledger. It's a pity about his talent, and I'm looking forward to seeing his very last acting job in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Still, it's not like it changed my life or anything like that. A good summer film. Definitely not worth the hype (in the list of the 250 best films? Come on!) Just because Heath Ledger died, doesn't mean being in that list or Oscars need be involved.

Meh, I loved the books, but the fifth film was really annoying. Huge plot-holes! I don't see how someone who hasn't read the books could actually follow... and the revelations in the next films will seem totally deus-ex-machina to them, since they've forgotten to put in a lot of stuff in the films that became important later on in the books. That's what you get from not being able to wait until the whole series is published before you start filming and having a different director every time. The movies really are about the money. And they never have enough Snape in them. We see too much of the kiddies, far too little of the far more interesting adult characters. And that's the end of my whining. I'll still go and see the film, because I loved the books so much.

Haven't read through all the replies, but I'm not pro scare tactics. Should I ever have children (huge if), then I would try to give them the tools to work things out for themselves. I will try to inform them correctly about sex, drugs, cigarettes, alcohol and so on. Parts of what I tell them will scare them, other parts will draw them to these so-called 'evils'. I hope my children will be intelligent enough to then go about it in a wise way. They'll try things out, see what goes and what not, and hopefully learn from the stuff they do wrong along the way. While I fervently hope they'll be all right :. We all gotta learn for ourselves, and all you can do is to guide children as best as you can. Scaring children is not the best kind of guidance in my mind. And I'm hoping that if I'm not the one to scare them, and if I give them correct information, they will come back to me to talk about their experiences when they need advice. Hahaha. Yeeaah.

No celebrity has ever caused me grief or pain in a way that deserves said person to die. So. No one. Politicians, on the other hand, hold a special place in my heart. I wouldn't mind if Sarkozy slipped one day and broke his leg. But that would simply be karma at work.

Can someone explain to me why sex and violence are commonly put in the same sentence, as if they're related in a way? I think it's one of the greatest hypocrisies of our time. A lot of films with violence are PG-rated, whereas a film with -even sufficiently 'clouded'- sex scenes gets R-rated. Yes, children, violence is a-okay because it won't give you AIDS or unwanted children. Sigh. I'm not denying that sex can be a disturbing idea for young children, but from a certain age onwards it will become a big part in their daily life. At least, if their parents don't mess them up and burden them with fears and complexes about it. Violence seems to be a lot more traumatising, no? But since we've been fed with images of violence from a very young age onwards, we've become jaded.