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There is almost no use to carrying a handgun EXCEPT to shoot people, and that is not acceptable in any society that wishes to count itself part of the first world. It's not acceptable to defend yourself from violence, from terrorism, from genocide? Even when the government fails to protect you? Eve...

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I agree that it is dangerous to make reactionary laws. I do not and cannot ever see myself agreeing to this absurd and insidious notion of right to carry murderous weapons in public. It is disgusting. There is almost no use to carrying a handgun EXCEPT to shoot people, and that is not acceptable in ...

Rei

I know this is short notice, but for those relevant few, we will be in London from tomorrow until Tuesday should you be there and want to have coffee or a pint or the like! Send me a PM and I'll send you my mobile number if you don't already have it.

Rei

I'm currently working on saffron and currant buns. I am looking forward to them.

Rei

Anne (2 years, 4 months) is successfully Naked Potty Trained. IE, if we let her run bottomless around the house, she'll make sure to stop in on the potty when she needs to pee and poo. Following each successful pee or poo, she proudly proclaims her victory, asks for candy, and then invites us all t...

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It does take guts, but yeah... It seems an empty gesture, and even if it weren't, solidarity with Quebecois students seems a strange reason to refuse one's degree. Surely there are better things to take a stand on, even with your degree.

Rei

Ray Bradbury has died at age 91

I may go hunt out a copy of All Summer In A Day.

Rei

Actually, it might still be there right now. It was dead when I got home.

It occurs to me that possibly I shouldn't have moved it onto the sidewalk in view of the very dodgy Indian restaurant next door.

Rei

Oh, buckshot, you may appreciate this. The other day we saw a Lancaster, a Hurricane, and a Spitfire flying at demonstration height for the Jubilee. It was absolutely brilliant to see!

Rei

I love that we had a fantastic audience for Merry Wives this evening. They laughed at all the right points (which was most of it) and were generally delightfully raucous.

Rei

Today is the Feast of the Holy Trinity.

Rei

I really love my mechanical pencil. I do yet want to get a progressive pencil as well, but that will happen when I have mountains of money just lying around.

Rei

Yeah, no idea what you're about, Chico

Me, I'm just a bit neurotic about not killing creepy crawlies, especially spiders.

Rei

I have a similar feeling over most creatures with too many legs in the house. That said, part of my hesitance at killing spiders is some deep-seated belief that every time I kill a spider, the harder time I will have justifying my life when the Queen of Spiders confronts me to account for her lost c...

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Maaaaaan... even my most polite reply would be laden with a scathing omission without taking a solid bit of time off before replying.

Rei

Personality assessments that focus almost entirely on negatives and self-interest.

Also, sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, and melancholic are red, yellow, white, and black, respectively, not yellow, red, green, and blue!

Rei

I giggle pretty hard at everyone. I think Rei is the only one who consistently gets it right, because Rei is also a Latin nerd. EE-ah KWAI leg-IT, more or less. EH-ah KWAI LE-git. Or /'ea 'kwae 'le-git/ if you favour IPA. ...I may also have a degree in linguistics. [Edit: After debating this a furt...

Rei

Congratulations, Kelly! That is absolutely brilliant!

Rei

Kelly, Ali wants you to post the line under the spoiler tag. I read the first book the other day. It told a good story and I can see why it has so many people talking. I've started the second and am making fair progress. I'm finding the books extremely difficult to read, though. The imagery and refl...

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*hugs*

Rei

Now we all know EL as that dude married to that Rei chick.

There's even a photo!

Rei

We have a 20kg bag of basmati sitting in the corner. Which I brought home across town on my bicycle. As well as jasmine rice and sushi rice. As for cooking, for basmati, which is a drier rice, we use a ratio of 1:1 rice to water. The jasmine is 1:1.3 and the sushi is 1:1.2, according to the bag. Mys...

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I just finished reading it last night. I'm not sure I can accept it as canon. The reshaping of the buggers really, really, really bothers me because it basically negates the value of the books I far prefer, that being EG and the Speaker series. Spoilers: If the buggers really are all simply slaves, ...

Rei

I'm kind of severely phobic. My dad gives nearly as often as they'll let him (low iron is often an issue, though) and my sister tries to make it out, too. My other sister is debatabley more phobic of needle-like things in the arm than I am.

Rei

*hugs for Nomi* That's really awful... I hope the police can help...

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I dunno, the disaster all over her face was pretty entertaining.

Rei

This seems like a good place to begin when discussing the nature of evil. Afterall, what would any discussion of the matter be without the Summa coming up?

Rei

I found this article brings up a key point on gender equality: until it becomes a men's issue as well as a women's issue, equality will be elusive.

Rei

Vere resurrexit!

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Wanted: A functioning shower.

Rei

Bleh, this reminds me... I hate calling the doctor, and I need to do so tomorrow afternoon.

Rei

My first fishing rod was a push button reel shaped like a killer whale. It was pretty dang awesome.

As for casting in the yard, I would just put a few weights on the end of your line.

Rei

My best is 4 turns. That was the work of Fortune, I think, though.

Rei

Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (featuring Kimbra)

This goes on the Spring 2012 playlist for sure.

I have heard this song so many times on the radio by now that I'm kind of amazed that I'm not utterly sick of it.

Rei

Wow! I really hope this works out!

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