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KennEnder

I put in a request to avoid the word imbecile"?

fair enough... I obviously don't have the same depth of experience.

KennEnder

So, I grew up in a place where intelligence is rewarded, and the rewards are pretty darn good. I also grew up in a place where low intelligence is... well, lets just say I would rather be eaten by a walrus than have even one D on my report card, and getting a C is nearly as bad. Well, I think we're...

KennEnder

I would have to agree with zero on that one... from what I have seen and heard, there is not a clearly positive correlation between 'happy' and 'intelligent.' And, I might add, between 'happy' and 'rich' either. I might wonder about the difference between 'fulfilling' and 'happy' (or some other metr...

KennEnder

Well, that's true enough, EL. There are plenty of examples of people being forced to "play the game" (participate) against their will. Slaves, Jews, American Indians... none of them wanted to play, but that didn't really matter. I hate politics. But that doesn't make it go away. I can choo...

KennEnder

What are you all talking about?

NO... never mind, I really don't want to know. Really.

KennEnder

Not that it's exactly valid, but does it occur to anyone that for centuries or millennia before now, the average life expectancy was only about 35 years... even without the benefit of being a giant genius? Obviously, it was 'enough' for all of them. Sure, their whole culture was adjusted for that li...

KennEnder

Yikes... the closest TJs is over 600 miles away! Even Denver doesn't have one yet... hmmm, can you say "potential business opportunity!?" (for them... they don't franchise, apparently)

KennEnder

amazing how something so simple can be SO addictive! And the fact that it's so MD is really COOL!

KennEnder

I couldn't log on yesterday for several hours because of it.

KennEnder

I do sometimes find it ironic that we Americans make such a big stink about socialism, somehow not recognizing that it surrounds us completely and that we EXPECT it. As others have mentioned, national defense, police, fire and elementary education are all social programs. As is the interstate freewa...

KennEnder

Zero, I believe that SftD was also going to be a stand alone novel or, at the very least, the start of its own series. I remember reading somewhere(possibly the intro to SftD) that OSC intially had the idea for the SftD novel and later came to the conclusion to set that novel in the Enderverse. Thi...

KennEnder

Holy cow! I'm with Ollie (of course, I'm an engineer after all), but a little surprised at the results that were revealed upon voting!

[On the other hand, maybe that shouldn't be so surprising... the US is also immune to global warming!]

KennEnder

Okay, this all seems pretty harsh and unfair. Just because a person doesn't enjoy a book doesn't mean s/he is a bad reader. On the other hand, it also doesn't mean the author is a bad writer. It could be that the two are simply incompatible. As an illustration, take classic movies. (Yes, I know.) My...

KennEnder

Pissed me off to find out they hadn't, and may not be, made the sequels yet. It shouldn't be that surprising that they haven't made the sequels yet; the movie has been out for a relatively short period of time. "Lord of the Rings" was very unique to have filmed all three novels at the sam...

KennEnder

And what do you get when you blend every pigment color together?

Black.

KennEnder

PG- Sorry about the lousy post I made; I was very tired and my muddled brain doesn't do anything well. In reality, I think that having a variety of cultures is EXACTLY what makes America great! In fact, I am more often peeved that people choose to forget their heritage, and I love visiting other par...

KennEnder

It is telling (and very sad) that every day (or so it seems) I read about a new kind of American. There might have once been only one, but now there are dozens: (plain old) American, African-American, Mexican-American, Jewish-American... I have not started hearing about German-Americans or French-Am...

KennEnder

yeah, there really ARE lots of Catholic boys named John Paul. I know several myself.

KennEnder

Like many others here, I enjoyed the first several books in the Homecoming series (despite the religious similarities to LDS), but I really didn't like the final book much. I did read it all, but it was a bit of a struggle.

KennEnder

As you wish (though, I miss the red contrast...).

The light blue with white dots makes it look very wintery/cold. You might be able to change the color of one or the other and get some contrast...

KennEnder

Ender and Bean, of course! jk

a friend's in Texas... they are actually from wedding photos that I doctored up... look carefully and you can see that they even have bowties and cumberbuns on! (the shirts were actually blue... a little computer magic, and voila)

KennEnder

Maybe he should counter-sue, claiming that all this bad publicity is hurting business! Doesn't make much sense to me. Besides, isn't DOING drugs illegal, too? If she were claiming that he FORCED her to take them, maybe... but she admits to being a drug-addict for 5 years! She WANTED them, she BOUGHT...

KennEnder

Well, I'm not much of an artist, but after a few attempts, this is my first proposal...

KennEnder

I read all three, and don't remember being overly disappointed, but also don't remember saying "I've got to read these again!" I did recommend them to others, though... so I must have been somewhat satisfied with it. Not exactly a shining recommendation, in retrospect... that I don't remem...

KennEnder

I enjoyed the article, although I only skimmed it too. thanks for the heads-ups!

KennEnder

Happy Birthday Starlooker and Endercoaster!

KennEnder

Middle school was probably my favorite of all! HS was okay, but I was "new" the first year (we moved half way across the country), and I went to Sweden in the third year, so...

KennEnder

Even if everyone had exactly the same stuff, there would still be fighting, because some people just want MORE (of whatever it is they value) than everyone else. Being equal is not acceptable to more than a handful of people, especially those who make the rules, run the corporations, fight the fight...

KennEnder

Top 7 foreign countries (ie, not US) visited in 2007:

France
Italy
Switzerland
Hungary
Poland
Germany
Slovenia

KennEnder

over 20 years... and haven't gone to even one!

KennEnder

Oh, the pain of it! I'm sure you'll manage, and there is NO wrong order to choose! Congrats and ENJOY!

KennEnder

Library? Oh yeah, I remember those: research. Yuck.

(jk! I use libraries all the time. Even for DVD movies - they're FREE!)

KennEnder

It's not so difficult to explain, but I'll go from the opposite approach:

men are easy to please.

KennEnder

As long as the snow can contain itself to the East for TODAY (while I drive in the NW) that'd be just dandy. Otherwise...

(singing) LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW! (/singing)

KennEnder

Hey Ollie. Sounds pretty good. For a contrast, here's my take on it: Trey Thorn, his mind still swimming with the last remnants of sleep, managed to concentrate his thought: lights on . Obediently, the room lit up, illuminating his wife, Beth Armstrong, who sat staring at a large wad of unformed wet...

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