[Still Alive and Kicking.]

I've learned and concluded today's terrorism problem is aftermath of Soviet intervention in 3rd world countries.

I'd say Soviet and American intervention. Here's a question for you... what are the differences/similarities of Russia's current terrorist problems and our own?

[Interesting Stuff]

Buy large cases of energy drinks and sell them from your pack at school. lol

[What a Week!]

I still don't understand the attraction of grand openings.

[D-Day]

Well done.

[Terrible Lie]

What principle are you referring to? ^_^

[NYT: Virginia Tech killer legally barred from gun purchase]

Thanks for the link, I hadn't seen anything about this.

 

It certainly assumes more reader intelligence than stuff like Jack Thompson putting the blame on Bill Gates and Italy's Il Messaggero claiming that "In Virginia at the age of 13, you can buy a revolver at a supermarket."

[Terrible Lie]

That's why I quoted that particular line in my first posting in this thread.

Yeah, I was a little suprised when you posted that specific part.

[Terrible Lie]

I find out she likes me too. I ask her out. She "can't" because I'm going to hell.

Now that's a slap in the face.

BTW, do you know what a cougar is? Do you have any dog-walk parks nearby?

[Terrible Lie]

This is why I've become anti-philosophical to some extent in the last few years. The more developed the worldview, the harder is falls when it is finally shattered. When I was in my early twenties I studied a lot of religions and philosophies, and none of them seemed a a good map to "reality." I prefer to keep to a very few general principles and go through life with a practical eye on a case by case basis. Make the Map as you go along, I suppose.

I can certainly appreciate that.

 

Some people, when confronted with all the contradictions, get a little glimpse of 'shattering' and they recoil and intensify their faith. Before logic can take its toll, they cling to the reassurance of having something to believe in, rather than face the alternative.

 

'Don't tear it away from me, I need something to hold on to.'

[Terrible Lie]

I find out she likes me too. I ask her out. She "can't" because I'm going to hell.

Now that's a slap in the face.

That's because you were born guilty (and because Sheol is no longer open for business). Shame on you, you sinner, for tempting that righteous girl. Repent.

[Terrible Lie]

My Christian upbringing was nominal at best, so I left it with a minimum of rancor. I can understand why people with a more serious upbringing could feel betrayed.

For me, the rage and initial sense of betrayal was overshadowed by bitterness and a struggle against fear and guilt that lasted for years. I've realized that Christianity can be a very positive thing for some people, but not for everyone. Faith in something... logic, your own priciples, a philosophy, a religion... gives you a sense of confidence and direction. The loss of it shatters that confidence and direction. The line 'I lost my ignorance, security and pride' is the one that really gets me. To me, the song isn't really anti-god so much as its an expression of that terrifying point at which you've lost your basis for reality.

[Snow??!! Ugh...]

Uh oh, eBay. I have to prevent myself from looking at vinyls.

[Commies! Commies Everywhere!]

Then after the fall of the Soviet Union, we were saving the world from _____ism, which was no good, so we had to start saving the world from terrorism.

[We Are All Going to Die!]

And what's the alternative?

[We Are All Going to Die!]

If we must rely on coal based energy, will we be seeing a return to Victorian styles of living, with smog shrouded cities?

I could be wrong but I think about half the power in the U.S. is generated with coal.

[We Are All Going to Die!]

You're correct... in 'standard' terms. Did you discuss supercritical and ultracritical coal power plants? BTW, I'm also talking about gasoline and the continued improvements to fuel efficiency.

[We Are All Going to Die!]

Ahh but the current craze is not to improve efficiency of fossil fuel use, but to switch to new and unproven alternatives.

[And the countdown begins!]

Break a leg.

[Production! Production!]

My day job even makes me feel like a waste of society.

[The War on Drugs Widens Ever More Dangerously]

Pretty soon, you won't be able to function a full day without turning into a criminal in some way. Reminds me of original sin.

[Cell Phone]

Good for emergencies on the road and elsewhere.

Thats the only reason I finally succumbed, although most of the time I forget it and leave it at home or in my desk at work.

 

Moonlapse, will send you all my deceased electronic toys for resuscitation.

Joy.

[Global Scare-Mongering]

Thanks for sharing this. I hadn't heard of the solar energy theory, but it makes a lot of sense.

 

BTW, I don't think that was a BBC program.

[Wikipedia Defies Chinese Censors]

Well done, indeed.

[I've Got it Figured Out]

Learn something new everyday. Thanks for the explanation.

[I've Got it Figured Out]

I thought the sun wheel had four spokes instead of six, like a chariot wheel. At least, from what I've seen, most wheel coins from Thrace to Gaul had four spokes, which I assume is for a sun god who rides a chariot.