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I think you have a great idea. I'll give it a try this coming week. Thanks!
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I think you have a great idea. I'll give it a try this coming week. Thanks!
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Posts: 650 12/19/05 00:38:59 Enlightened One |
Let me know how it turns out.
"the great events in life come from the books, rather than the people, one comes across." - Robert D. Kaplan, Mediterranean Winter: the Pleasures of History and Landscape in Tunisia, Sicily, Dalmatia, and Greece
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Posts: 9511 12/27/05 16:08:53 BookTalk Owner |
PC
I'm so weak.  The cat is so loving and demanding of attention that I don't have the heart to not give it freely. My whole life I have been extremely close with animals and neglecting them isn't easy. He is fast asleep right now in his bed next to my desk with his back leg sticking straight out of the bed - almost like he is trying to be cute. Little bastard.
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Posts: 9511 12/27/05 16:14:02 BookTalk Owner |
Holy smokes Santa was good to me this year. Ok, not Santa, but my family and girlfriend.
As I type this message I am nervous that at any moment it will be my last keystroke. For whatever reason this computer is on it's last leg. I run virus scans and am not finding a virus, but something is killing it quickly. Fortunately my girlfriend and father bought me a brand new Dell computer for Christmas. I'm still shaking my head wondering if this is some sort of trick. I've never had such a nice gift for any reason, so this is an incredibly big deal. I'm not sure of all the stats, but my brother says it is close to the top of the line. It has a 17" flat screen monitor too. I'm flipping out folks. This is going to be so nice once I get everything transferred off this piece of crap and over to the new system. 
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Posts: 650 12/28/05 18:00:51 Enlightened One |
Chris,
Be a man and be neglectful. It is in the best interest of all parties. Try getting him a catnip based toy to play with after lunch. It should keep him occupied until you can do something, like turning on the radio to drown out his yowling. This was a challenge for me for some time with Wild Thing, but if I could do it, you can do it. "the great events in life come from the books, rather than the people, one comes across." - Robert D. Kaplan, Mediterranean Winter: the Pleasures of History and Landscape in Tunisia, Sicily, Dalmatia, and Greece
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Posts: 9511 01/02/06 13:24:41 BookTalk Owner |
I'll have limited computer access the next few days. I'm dropping my computer off at the shop to have everthing transferred over to my new system. Just giving you all a heads up.
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Not privy to the kitty situation.
Congrats on new computer. Extremely nice gift. Good to share/witness your mirth. Enjoy!!!! LoTD
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Posts: 9511 01/03/06 11:41:56 BookTalk Owner |
Yes, this is an awesome gift. I'm pretty excited.
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Posts: 1052 01/03/06 17:21:49 Moderator |
Wow and you're already back on! They got your computer back to you quickly! Good for you. Good for us too!
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Posts: 9511 01/26/06 21:58:47 BookTalk Owner |
I was diagnosed with skin cancer yesterday. Being so light-skinned has its downside. On Feb. 7th they'll slice off the little speck on my cheek.
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Posts: 1457 01/26/06 22:56:59 Moderator |
So, not serious I take it? hope.
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Posts: 9511 01/26/06 23:00:10 BookTalk Owner |
Not according to what the doctor tells me or what I read online. Yes, it can spread and get nasty, but I have caught it early and am having it treated. The reality is I will probably have skin cancer pop up many times over my life. My grandfather had it and few people die from it.
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Posts: 1457 01/26/06 23:31:32 Moderator |
well stay diligent and keep a close watch for it, I would recomend going to church and praying for salvation, but we both know that does not work.
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Posts: 9511 01/26/06 23:37:19 BookTalk Owner |
 That cracked me up! Have you bought a heater for camping? How about some thermal undies? You're not borrowing mine. 
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Posts: 1457 01/27/06 18:12:20 Moderator |
I have a good cold weather sleeping bad, and my very own pink thermal undies.
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Posts: 9511 02/12/06 13:41:25 BookTalk Owner |
I started getting a throat cold several days before camping and still have it today. My girlfriend had some Amoxicillin and I have taken several pills yesterday and this morning. Obviously I have something other than a common throat cold. Tomorrow I'll call my doctor, but today it is off to work.
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Posts: 9511 04/15/06 07:49:36 BookTalk Owner |
Here I am finally posting months later. So much has happened that all I'll do here is mention a thing or two.
Work has never been better. I have already earned more money in Q1 of 2006 than in all of 2005. But my social life has been next to nothing and I'm literally exhausted. Today my girlfriend and I drive a few hours north and go Kayaking at Weeki wachee. It has been 20 years since I've been to this spring fed river, but Tina absolutely loves it and went only a few weeks ago. According to her you can actually reach out and pet the baby manatees as they swim next to your kayak and stare up at you out of the water in curiosity. Maybe I'll snap a picture and post it here.  Ok, gotta go.  |
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Posts: 9511 04/20/06 10:10:29 BookTalk Owner |
A few of the threads in our community have reignited my passion for Ayn Rand and capitalism. I've just completed chapter 2 of "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal," and really wish more of our members would do the same.
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Posts: 9511 04/30/06 10:16:12 BookTalk Owner |
I touched a manatee! She was right. You can actually reach out and pet those guys as they swim under your kayak.
It is quite exciting to see huge sea cows swimming all around you, with no apparent fear of you or your boat. Several people hopped out and fed the manatees with various bits of vegetation found floating in the river.Tina was almost knocked clear out of her kayak by a big manatee swimming under her kayak! We were holding on to trees to keep from floating down river, while we watched the family of manatees feeding, when all of a sudden I see Tina pushed up in the air by about 6 inches or more. The manatee crashed into her with a thud and if she wasn't holding that tree branch she would have been in the water easily. We laughed about it afterwards, but when it happened it was scary. |
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Posts: 1457 04/30/06 10:42:46 Moderator |
Yes, there was every reason to be afraid, it is not widly known but the sea cow is actually a flesh eater. sea cows (especally the mad ones) demand human flesh on a regular basis.
You were very lucky!
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- Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism - by Susan Jacoby
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- The Future of Life - by Edward O. Wilson
- What is Good? The Search for the Best Way to Live - by A.C. Grayling
- Civilization and It's Enemies: The Next Stage of History - by Lee Harris
- Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space - by Carl Sagan
- How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God - by Michael Shermer
- Looking For Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain - by Antonio Damasio
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- The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature - by Stephen Pinker
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- Atheism: A Reader - edited by S. T. Joshi
- Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century - by Howard Bloom
- The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History - by Howard Bloom
- Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - by Jared Diamond
- Demon-Haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark - by Carl Sagan
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West - by Dee Alexander Brown
- Future Shock - by Alvin Toffler
