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2:44 AM Talking to Carolyn Marie on messenger.

Jenika, go ahead and tell him. He should know. It's up to him whether he forgives her or not.

Has anyone seen Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture"? That guy who's dying of cancer, who's a graduate professor? I saw part of it when I walked in on my mom watching it on Oprah. I had to walk out of the room because it was a disgusting "look at me" spectacle. Every five seconds he was reminding people about how he "will die soon" and how "this lecture was only intended to be heard by my children". It was so disingenuous. Then there was a part where he talked about how he got a brand new car, and how he was going to take his nephews for a ride in it, but their mother told them before hand to be careful not to get the car dirty. So Randy decides to teach his nephews a life lesson by pouring out a can of soda in the back seat of his car! The point being: cars are just material things, and what's important is PEOPLE! Talk about stupid. He was undermining his sister's parenting, and making light of caring for others' property. I imagine one day those kids will dent their friend's car and act shocked and surprised when the friend isn't exactly honky-dory with it. Randy Pausch is a tool. /Rant end.

Gwyneth is awesome. I just think it's weird she hangs out with Madonna so much. :P

Aleja, those are beautiful pictures! Keep em coming! :) Indya, you are like a movie star!

Dangit, Rafi, finish that pest Federer off! Everybody always gives him a second chance at a comeback late in the game. :angry:

Well in America the state isn't allowed to establish an official religion. But this doesn't preclude us from electing politicians who put laws on the books that (miraculously!) align with a particular religion's teachings. Remember Mike Huckabee? I was just waiting for Jesus himself to come down and endorse the guy. He was this close to getting divine intervention, but in the end John McCain carried the day!

That was stupid and immature. It's also silly that the Germans still have those laws. Personally I'd love to know who all the neo-nazis are! That way you can ostracize them more easily. :D

Actually our economy isn't that bad, unemployment here is usually lower than in most other civilized countries. The media just flips out when there's a slowdown and immediately calls it a 'recession'. There hasn't been negative growth yet. Plus, illegal immigrants are awesome because they: 1. Expose how easy it is to get free services from the government without paying taxes. (The more of them that do this, the less likely is is these services will be continued in their current form). 2. Take low paying jobs, allowing us to buy our fruits and vegetables at FAR lower prices than they would be if they were paid minimum wage. You shouldn't have to have a social security number if you want to contribute to society. Government is just pissed they can't track every single person.

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But then where would the Brits move to? It would be like one huge, international game of "musical chairs"! :D

LOL You guys don't want Yankees overrunning your country? Wait till you see how big our cars and guns are!

lol 2732 you're up past your bedtime, man.

The news sucks because the vast majority of it is irrelevant to you. So before you read or listen to a news story, think: "How does this affect me?" if it doesn't, ignore it. Human beings weren't designed to worry about all the world's problems. Our minds can only take so much stress and concern... Originally, we were born, lived, and died all in the same tiny community and we only heard rare stories about what life is like in other parts of the world, across the ocean or over the mountains. Forlackofabettertitle says nobody cares about anyone but themselves. I disagree, I think caring about other peoples' business is part of the reason this world is so screwed up to begin with. Imagine if everyone really only cared about themselves for a moment. We probably wouldn't be at war in Iraq now (remember the premise of the war was how cruel Saddam was to his people), and we'd probably take a closer look at our personal finances when it comes to gas prices. An individual or a government can't change the price of a commodity that's traded globally. Therefore instead of constantly worrying about it, DO SOMETHING to help yourself. If you drive alot and think gas prices will keep going up, buy an oil futures contract to hedge yourself against that possibility. When the price of gas rises, your contract's value will rise along with it! But no, we can't do that. We're wusses, and that's too complex. We'd rather just complain about the price of gas. ;)

Chuck: I have no doubt that someday, as unfortunate as it is, there will be another nuclear attack on innocent civilians - and the casualties will be heavy. Odds are it will come from terrorists, though, not a government. And the only place to get a nuke (as of now) is from a government/former government. But that might not be the case for much longer, as technology progresses. I agree with you that there are other effective ways to prevent war. There's a whole study of foreign policy which I don't have high regard for, as it is unnecessarily complex and based on the personalities of the leadership involved in negotiations. I prefer a country to take an isolationist approach, using military only for protection and making no alliances or enemies. That would never actually happen though, because having a standing army is far too tempting... for use in other areas besides defense.

Did anybody used to watch this cartoon as a kid? I loved it, but I don't remember much about it... I'm thinking of renting/buying the dvd's sometime.

Tell her you can't wait to get in her pants! She'll be flattered. ;)

They did an excellent job putting together a government from scratch. It's too bad it fell apart. Time for another revolution.

Eqqus by Blonde Redhead is awesome.

M83, baby! I love them. Also My Bloody Valentine.

I'm sorry for the British. :( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031611/Sharia-law-SHOULD-used-Britain-says-UKs-judge.html

So does Rush Limbaugh. Even if I disagree with him on half the crap he says, he's still one of my heroes. :D

I agree, I love the way an unburned cigar smells. BTW, Cigar Aficionado is an awesome magazine, whether you smoke them or not!

There's a whole raft of literature about whether nuclear proliferation is a good thing or a bad thing. I've read most of it (because I took a class on international relations my senior year in college) and there are many very smart people who think both ways. I just happen to fall on the sexy side. :D Anyway, if you're interested read anything by Ken Waltz. He's a genius on this stuff.

My friend Rob used to run track in high school and have all the energy in the world, and he took up smoking and now he can barely walk around the mall without coughing and hacking. It's sad.