Saffire

I enjoyed the Murray match, upsets are always fun. Still a little disappointed Federer wasn't knocked out sooner, but what can you do? Maybe that muscle-head (as a couple of you like to think of him as) Nadal will bonk him in the head with a 220kph serve.

Every operation by the US military has to be approved by the sitting president. Obama probably got some intelligence that led him to order the strikes. Anyway, this shouldn't be surprising given the fact he talked about sending more troops to Afghanistan during the campaign. Here's an interesting website that's keeping track of the 500+ campaign promises Obama made, and whether he keeps them or not: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/

Squats and bench presses, plus now I eat about 1000 extra calories per day. I confess I hate Roger Federer and I hope he loses the Australian Open!

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090125/D95U5GUO1.html Change!

He reminds me of a teenage mutant ninja turtle. Partly because of his first name, and partly because of his oversized muscles and his dorky headband. But I don't hate him, I'm sort of neutral on him.

Did you see that ghastly top Federer's girlfriend was wearing? It's like she was showing off her nipples or something. She gained weight since last year. P.S.: Can you tell I dislike Federer? ;)

Stars is another great Canadian band. Listen to their song, "Take me to the riot".

Eh, darn it. Federer clawed his way back out of the hole. He always manages some miraculous comeback and it's mostly fueled by the roar of a crowd that recognizes him from the Gillette commercials coupled with the injury his opponent sustained in a prior match. :rolleyes:

Heh, I'm actually sort of anti-Federer. I hope he goes out early.

Grateful Dead! Listen to "Friend of the Devil" and fall in love.

Race is sort of an artificial construct anyway. Plus it's not healthy for a population to breed only among themselves for a long period of time. Wendy, you should ask yourself why you fear being a minority. Is it because you're afraid the new majority will take your rights away?

M83 Shpongle Royksopp Nicola Conte ^^ some of my favs.

Holy crap. Looks like Berdych is beating Federer...

I don't know about show off just yet... more like brag. ;) I'll post a picture in the pics thread in another couple months or so. Then I'll be showing off.

I confess that I've gained 10 pounds of pure muscle in the past month... my beach bod is coming along nicely!

Mel, I haven't been in this thread in a while, but seeing that pic of you next to Jonny and his bulge has proven to me that miracles really do happen. :D

I try to make my reputation as terrible as possible, so that when people actually meet me they're always pleasantly surprised.

There is a very real risk gold might be confiscated in the near future. So you might actually be better off buying silver. Either way, avoid storing all your stuff in one box.

Nick, don't trade the China/America dichotomy. There's too much mutual risk there, and I think China are starting to come to their senses and realize they made a mistake buying so much American debt. You should look at stocks in countries where there isn't a lot of national debt or surplus. Once you've narrowed it down that way, you can start to look for businesses that own rights to commodities mining operations (like those in Chile) or lots of real estate.

This is how religious people think about most aspects of life - "Well, there must be a reason for so-and-so..." But trust me, it's far better to realize that certain things in life are just unfortunate byproducts of living in a physical world rather than a divine "lesson" you are being taught. Think of labor, and the story of Adam and Eve. For years, people thought man's punishment for taking a bite of the apple was to work hard for the rest of his life. But then we discovered agriculture, domestication of animals, and the benefits of trade/specialization. Suddenly the % of our lives dedicated to work was cut by a great deal. Eve's punishment was the pain of childbirth, and we figured out how to do C-sections with relative ease and in sterile environments. Human beings have a tendency to figure out little tricks to get around God's wraths. ;)

http://www.livescience.com/health/070103_herpes_alzheimers.html Here's an article about it here. Definitely interesting research.

I used to hate her but now I think she's cool. It might have been Iron Man and seeing her give interviews that got me to change my mind.

lol, Nick I've come up with better zingers than that! Anyway, Chuck correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't we started to see the decline of the incidence of AIDS? Or is that only in the developed world? BTW, speaking of fun diseases, I read recently that Alzheimer's might actually be caused by herpes!

omg was that the internet equivalent of flashing your boobs?

I read he's got a new coach, so maybe he learned a few new tricks. But so far he's doing great, winning most sets pretty handily. I think Roddick's problem is when he's playing at the top, he sort of gets psyched out and makes dumb mistakes. The result is the game ends up lasting 5 hours and he's exhausted by the end because he weighs 190 while the other player is more sprightly. Like Kung Fu Panda.