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by wigginboy
Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:21 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: For all you computer people
Replies: 19
Views: 4861

*drool* OMG I want one!!! So Bad. That was the coolest thing I've ever seen. 6 terabytes? Insane.
by wigginboy
Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:36 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Happy Daylight Savings Time, Everyone!
Replies: 21
Views: 5624

I wish I lived in Saskatchewan. No DST there. Instead I have to lose an hour of my life and don't get it back till November. I think I'm moving to Regina.
by wigginboy
Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:39 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: How about that weather, then, eh?
Replies: 1034
Views: 300575

Today it was t-shirt and shorts weather. No wind either, which is odd for Lethbridge, which is super windy all the time.
by wigginboy
Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:22 am
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Song reference to Ender's Game?
Replies: 12
Views: 8637

There are a few oblique metaphorical references to some themes in EG, but nothing that would indicate the whole song is written around the book or that it inspired it in any way. If you are looking for these references, they will seem to you to be more intricately tied to the book than you think. If...
by wigginboy
Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:21 am
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Two problems I had with EiE (may be spoilers)
Replies: 34
Views: 11050

If it is called the Park Shift, in capitals, it is obviously named after someone, likely the person who discovered it. I would gather that if the 'egg' is the driving force behind the technology, the technology would have to have been discovered by someone named Park to have been called the Park Shi...
by wigginboy
Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:47 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: PWeb Poll: What is the most awesometastic underwear?
Replies: 31
Views: 7446

How come there's no option for going commando? While I understand and utilize this version of this style, I prefer calling it 'regimental'. If no one understands this rendition, it comes from scottish highland regiments wearing kilts into battle. Traditional highland underclothes? None. Nowadays I ...
by wigginboy
Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:53 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Two problems I had with EiE (may be spoilers)
Replies: 34
Views: 11050

Dorabella was likely afflicted with bipolar disorder, otherwise known as manic depressive disorder. People who have this disorder are prone to periods of mania in which they are happy, optimistic, have a great outlook, feel like they can do anything. These manic periods are followed by periods of de...
by wigginboy
Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:39 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: EiE - Arkanian Delphiki *SPOILERS*
Replies: 15
Views: 9786

Just tossing this out here but I don't understand how people who've read these books spell commonly used names wrong over and over. If you are in doubt, please use the books as a reference. I don't mean to belittle anyone, I'm just a firm believer in accuracy.
by wigginboy
Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:33 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Free Will
Replies: 164
Views: 39713

but in modern speech the word has been taken to mean 'to do evil'. if you ask anyone on the street what 'sin' means, they will likely tell you it means to do wrong or 'evil'. even the word evil can be taken in different ways. it might just mean wrongdoing, or it might have a more sinister meaning. i...
by wigginboy
Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:03 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: EIE - Graff - Spoilers
Replies: 10
Views: 5922

Graff presumably passes away in Ireland some time before the end of EIE, before Ender leaves Shakespeare. ********spoilers******** (highlight below to read) OK wait, Shakespeare is the first Bugger world to be colonized, the world ender is the governor of. Ganges is where Ender confronts Randall/Ar...
by wigginboy
Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:53 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Free Will
Replies: 164
Views: 39713

Sorry i did not make myself clearer. As I said, my mind has been elsewhere for a while. I did not mean (although I said) that original sin is free will. What I meant was that the ability to use free will to do what we want in life can be used the wrong way. The way Adam and Eve used free will to ser...
by wigginboy
Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:23 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Free Will
Replies: 164
Views: 39713

My take on free will is that it is the original sin. In the garden of Eden, God told Adam and Eve not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge. The serpent told them that if they ate from the tree they would be like God's. So right there, they had the choice to do good or do evil and they chose evil. thus, w...
by wigginboy
Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:25 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Fan Survey
Replies: 20
Views: 6477

Age: 21 Gender: Masculine Approximate location: Lethbridge How old were you when you first read Ender's Game? 14 Have you read Speaker and the other Ender novels? Yes Did you read Speaker for the Dead and the other Ender novels immediately after Ender's Game? yes If no, how old were you when you rea...
by wigginboy
Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:47 am
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Answer Me This...
Replies: 22
Views: 8631

The whole basis for Ender being the last hope of humanity lay in his being isolated from everything, especially the knowledge that the latter half of the game was real. We know that he did everything he could to ensure that his real battles were won for good but if he had known he had killed Stilson...
by wigginboy
Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:52 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: I'm A FATHER
Replies: 19
Views: 6883

Now that Ainsley has grown up a bit more, I decided to share some more pictures of her, cuz shes just so damn cute. These are fairly recent, in the two the three month age range. She smiling lots, trying to laugh, shes been holding her head up since she was two weeks old and she (finally) sleeps thr...
by wigginboy
Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:44 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: PWEB Portraits 2.0
Replies: 1596
Views: 466492

I don't know if I have ever posted my picture on here so most of you don't know what I look like. So here is a picture I snapped last night, its the most recent you get. Image

I normally wear glasses but there was a glare so I removed them.
by wigginboy
Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:30 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Ender in Exile: in stores/libraries now - Spoilers!
Replies: 209
Views: 72130

Well it seems like there are some slight departures from the actual continuity anyway as I am reading. Some things that should have been left alone, like Ender's homecoming. I won't say more, but I was a little disappointed. From what I've read, I like it and I hate it at the same time. More once I ...
by wigginboy
Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:52 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Lest we forget...
Replies: 34
Views: 10030

Thanks for those who've clarified. I assumed Veteran's Day was equivalent to our Remembrance Day. I can see how it is a happy occasion to celebrate those who come home. To me, however, coming from a military background and having spent time in it myself, (not abroad, mind you, but know many who have...
by wigginboy
Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:43 am
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Ender in Exile: in stores/libraries now - Spoilers!
Replies: 209
Views: 72130

OK, since no one else has picked this up, I am going to be a continuity nazi. I picked up the book today and, as is my habit, read the book jacket before diving nose first into the book. I happened across a passage in the synopsis that boggled my mind. To put it into context, I will include the sent...
by wigginboy
Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:49 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Lest we forget...
Replies: 34
Views: 10030

Exactly what is 'happy' about Remembrance or Veterans' Day? Our War dead died for a cause that we are still fighting for today. We remember so that we do not make the same mistakes and yet we still make them. More people died in WWI than in any other war in recorded history. This is not a happy occa...
by wigginboy
Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:05 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Hell (for real this time)
Replies: 45
Views: 19154

So what do you call someone (like me) who believes there is a higher power, but does not know whether it is God or not, and believes no one really can know? am I still Agnostic or am I something else altogether?
by wigginboy
Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:00 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Stem Cell Research
Replies: 19
Views: 9411

Right. This is what I'm asking about. Say somebody decided to have an abortion. You now have a dead fetus, and nothing can undo what has been done. You can either use it for the advancement of science, or do nothing with it. On one hand, only good can come from it. On the other hand, nothing. You c...
by wigginboy
Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:45 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: the lost voice of God
Replies: 16
Views: 8440

Re: the lost voice of God

And why, in the new testament, does all divine communication seem to be conveyed either through dreams or through Angels, the likes of which no one has seen since? Well, I'm afraid you are simply mistaken there. There have been several claims of prophetic or guiding dreams among Christians, and som...
by wigginboy
Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:47 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: New President of United States
Replies: 42
Views: 14243

(Heck, it did not even happen with a guy who said those things during his campaign.)
It should be apparent by now that what a candidate says in his/her campaign, and what they do in office are two different things. At least that's the way it seems with Canadian politicians.
by wigginboy
Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:44 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Stem Cell Research
Replies: 19
Views: 9411

That comment was a matter of opinion. I don't support abortion so naturally I don't support the use of fetuses to aid research. This comes directly from my personal beliefs and in no way do I ever intend to speak out against such use if said research is pursued. Science will do what it wants and as ...
by wigginboy
Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:41 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: What's the point of organised religion?
Replies: 103
Views: 46347

I appreciate the correction, EL. You I'm always ready to take correction from because you have the education to back it up.
by wigginboy
Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:33 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: What's the point of organised religion?
Replies: 103
Views: 46347

Religion has long had it out for science , as in religion, namely Christianity, has discounted the findings of science for countless years. The Church was famous for burning heretics and they regarded scientists as such. Why do you think Copernicus received so much scorn for his assertion that the ...
by wigginboy
Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:23 am
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Ender's Game Comic
Replies: 37
Views: 14600

The first one was pretty good. I didn't know at first that it was split into five parts so when I got it, it thought it looked pretty small. Anyway, after I got home I cracked it open and read it, twice. It was very clear cut in relation to the original story. To echo what some have said, I do not l...
by wigginboy
Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:19 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Stem Cell Research
Replies: 19
Views: 9411

I really honestly think we should pursue stem cell research but to me there should be rules governing where the cells are harvested from. Using the placenta and umbilical cords of newborns I don't think is a problem, but using aborted fetuses is wrong. I know abortion is legal in many places but to ...
by wigginboy
Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:09 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: What's the point of organised religion?
Replies: 103
Views: 46347

Alright, let me be a little more clear here. What I am trying to say is that neither science nor religion can fully explain HOW we came to be on this planet. Don't give me any theories like the Big Bang because that is all they are is theories. We can't go back in time to the creation of the univers...
by wigginboy
Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:52 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Hell (for real this time)
Replies: 45
Views: 19154

thanks. That is probably the best description I have ever heard. I have skirted a few different faiths in my lifetime, namely Catholicism, Seventh-Day Adventist, Lutheranism and LDS. Most of these have the same version of hell that most other Christian faiths do, the fiery pit where one's soul is to...
by wigginboy
Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:38 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Hell (for real this time)
Replies: 45
Views: 19154

And for the first time I realize that I don't need to come in with a lot of Bible verses and some commentary...unless someone asks, of course. I just have nothing to say at the moment, although that might change tomorrow afternoon! My opinions do differ from the popular one presented (although I mo...
by wigginboy
Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:14 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Ender's Parents; Which is the Military Genius?
Replies: 7
Views: 4222

True. I guess what I was trying to get at, even though it might not be indicated in my previous post is that in EG, Ender is a brilliant soldier and strategist and Val and Peter are brilliant too. There is little mention of Ender's parents and no mention of his grandparents so I guess it was just a ...
by wigginboy
Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:08 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: New President of United States
Replies: 42
Views: 14243

Speaking from a Canadian point of view, I can honestly say I welcome Obama's influence on my country's government. Prime Minister Stephen Harper does not like George W. Bush for the most part and did not work well with him in office. There has been a bit of speculation as to whether two opposing ide...
by wigginboy
Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:53 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Ender's Parents; Which is the Military Genius?
Replies: 7
Views: 4222

*mild First Meetings spoilers* I kind of agree. I thought it was a bit odd in First Meetings that OSC conveniently had Theresa's father be a brilliant strategist. To me it kind of seems like it drops into place perfectly. As well, in Polish Boy, John Paul is a brilliant kid, but his parents do not s...

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