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There is a difference between accepting a belief as valid--or even as reasonable--and believing it yourself. Acceptance is not agreement.

And Scott, don't worry--you'll learn the truth about eriador soon enough.

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I actually wasn't horribly offended by it, and Wrinkle, while not my favorite in the quartet (quintet, whichever), is definitely up there.

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What Ali said.

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And this from a community all about the series that brought us the idea of a Speaker for the Dead... So you think you Ender, now? You're not anything comparable. You're just a kid trying to set himself as much cooler than he is. Shut up, stop bothering us, we're trying to reminisce. Without your st...

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Thank you. Balanced views in threads having to do with a person's death aren't necessary.

My favorite of her books was Swiftly Tilting Planet...

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Mine is a quote from a Goo Goo Dolls song--"Here Is Gone." I like it, and it's a reference to my relationship with the world as a whole, and a few people in particular.

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I heard. I cried.

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Jota, I would disagree. I think that life absolutely has meaning. I don't believe that there is some higher meaning, but there's a difference between saying that there is no higher, god-given meaning and that there is no meaning at all.

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Pop goes the weasel.

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Depends on the book. Provided it's not older and/or denser English (like Locke or Tillich), generally two or three paperback book pages a minute.

Harry Potter 7 took me about five and a half hours.

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... they cut the Arthurian legend??? How?? That's like cutting the One Ring out of Lord of the Rings, or daemons from His Dark Materials, or 42 from the Hitchhiker's Guide.

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Hyacinthe is amusing, just... I don't know. I don't find him to be terribly compelling most of the time, and I like Joscelin a lot better.

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*bumps, so Confessions stops being overrun* Honestly, Avatar is both one of my favorites and one of my least favorites--the most disturbing part of it makes me want to cry for Joscelin and everyone else too much to really enjoy it at all. Before and after that, though, I really enjoy it! Um. Dart ac...

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That's the best part!

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A kick to the groin, a strike to the throat or eyes, even a solid blow straight to the nose

As Xander says: "Everything's got eyes."

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Tornados in Brooklyn.

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Dear Bob,

Early this morning, there was a f****** tornado in Brooklyn. (And a massive storm that halted most of the city's transit.)

What. The. f***.

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Confession: I think I really, really, really want a motorcycle.

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Damn, by the look of this topic, Chinese, Cantonese and Japanese is incredibly difficult.. Cantonese is Chinese. "Chinese" two written languages: traditional characters and simplified characters. The simplified characters are supposed to raise literacy, because they're easier to learn; I ...

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Japanese has that, too, I believe, as do all languages that use the Chinese characters (but the general (flexible) rules of stroke order are the same/similar, are they not?). But at least you have the option of spelling something out phonetically if the Chinese symbol for it is esoteric or overly c...

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Dear you,

Why you?

Me

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Oh, but it doesn't involve conjugations at all. It's wonderful. As far as the character itself goes, though, as it's from Serenity, and they speak Mandarin in Firefly, it's safe to assume the Chinese meaning. Edit: Of course, if you think that it's hard based on that post, what do you think about th...

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No. There is no real word for "bad" in the way you're talking about (although there are several words that mean evil or wicked). To say bad, you say "不好." And, zeroguy: 子 means son. It can mean child, but it's generally only used in if you don't know the gender of the child, and...

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speaking of Sectumsempra, remember how panicked Harry was after he saw the devastating effects? it was war, then, too. and Harry was convinced that Draco was a Death Eater, or as good as. and Draco had/was about to (can't remember the specifics, and haven't got my book on me) curse Harry or hex him...

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Kelly, I fail to see how anything you said is a rebuttal to my point. I didn't say that under pressure of imminent threat people do things that they wouldn't ordinarily do; I said war. That includes even the times when someone is just stretched thin and tired and angry, even if they're not engaged i...

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Honestly, I didn't find his use of the unforgiveable curses to be so strange. People do things in war they wouldn't do at any other time.

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It is Chinese, and it's the symbol for "Serenity". I actually pulled it from a Firefly-related package. It's a kit ot make a Jayne hat . Anyway, I chose this because it's something geeky, but it's also meaningful without the geeky connotations. As far as I know it's correct. After all, it...

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Happy birthday, Kimmie! (*is late and loses at life, but is confident that you will forgive her*)

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*amused*

I saw Phantom of the Opera recently, and I revel in the fact that I finally have found a guy who is such a creepy a****** that I don't find him the least bit attractive. (This place is usually reserved to men who beat their girlfriends/wives and are guilty of rape.)

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It's a condition that I have. One of my best friends decided two or three years ago that she was tired of not having a name for it, so she called it BTIM: bad taste in men.

*kicks*

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*kicks things* I'm so tired of what my best friends refer to as B.T.I.M. They're so right, and I'm going to kick something until I stop whining.

(So for a long time.)

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however, JKR has specifically stated in interviews that Harry and Voldemort are NOT related. and of course now they clearly are. it's trite. and, if the brothers are post-Hogwarts (which i assumed they were, but i may be wrong. we don't see dates on the grave in Godric's Hollow) then Harry is also ...

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-the fact that all Hermione does on-page is cry and cook mushrooms. Um, and pull dozens of things out of her perfectly packed bag, and do research, and do all kinds of planning and magic to get them out of trouble. -hi, i'd like to buy a contradiction, please? (ex. Hermione: "I just totally wi...

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I'll be in mourning for Fred for weeks. And George's ear.

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The third movie verges on canon.

(But I agree.)

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