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- Fri Jul 20, 2012 3:43 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Gun Control
- Replies: 205
- Views: 52217
Re: Gun Control
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...
- Fri Jul 20, 2012 3:18 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Gun Control
- Replies: 205
- Views: 52217
Re: Gun Control
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 ...
- Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:17 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: PwebCon/Gatherings/Shindigs/Meet-Ups
- Replies: 449
- Views: 115112
Re: PwebCon/Gatherings/Shindigs/Meet-Ups
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.
- Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:28 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: The Smells in My Kitchen
- Replies: 1671
- Views: 379567
Re: The Smells in My Kitchen
I'm currently working on saffron and currant buns. I am looking forward to them.
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:22 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Let's Also Talk About...
- Replies: 124
- Views: 43104
Re: Let's Also Talk About...
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...
- Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:00 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: We don't need no Education (thread)
- Replies: 171
- Views: 42639
Re: We don't need no Education (thread)
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.
- Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:20 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Currently Reading / Just Read (Books/stories/whatever)
- Replies: 1265
- Views: 386952
- Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:40 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Things that I hate
- Replies: 3021
- Views: 779969
Re: Things that I hate
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.
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.
- Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:42 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Things that I love
- Replies: 2860
- Views: 590615
Re: Things that I love
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!
- Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:36 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Things that I love
- Replies: 2860
- Views: 590615
Re: Things that I love
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.
- Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:06 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Happy __________ Day!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3833
Re: Happy __________ Day!
Today is the Feast of the Holy Trinity.
- Thu May 31, 2012 4:33 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Things I Don't Understand
- Replies: 304
- Views: 128339
Re: Things I Don't Understand
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.
- Thu May 24, 2012 2:40 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Things that I hate
- Replies: 3021
- Views: 779969
Re: Things that I hate
Yeah, no idea what you're about, Chico
Me, I'm just a bit neurotic about not killing creepy crawlies, especially spiders.
Me, I'm just a bit neurotic about not killing creepy crawlies, especially spiders.
- Wed May 23, 2012 4:49 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Things that I hate
- Replies: 3021
- Views: 779969
Re: Things that I hate
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...
- Fri May 18, 2012 2:25 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: A Dissertation Story
- Replies: 151
- Views: 51540
Re: A Dissertation Story
Maaaaaan... even my most polite reply would be laden with a scathing omission without taking a solid bit of time off before replying.
- Sat May 12, 2012 12:46 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Guilty Pleasures and Irrational Irritations
- Replies: 689
- Views: 219432
Re: Guilty Pleasures and Irrational Irritations
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!
Also, sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, and melancholic are red, yellow, white, and black, respectively, not yellow, red, green, and blue!
- Mon May 07, 2012 10:31 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand
- Replies: 1691
- Views: 484186
Re: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand
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...
- Fri May 04, 2012 12:23 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: My Life in a Literary Agency
- Replies: 427
- Views: 132868
Re: My Life in a Literary Agency
Congratulations, Kelly! That is absolutely brilliant!
- Tue May 01, 2012 1:55 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Currently Reading / Just Read (Books/stories/whatever)
- Replies: 1265
- Views: 386952
Re: Currently Reading / Just Read (Books/stories/whatever)
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...
- Tue May 01, 2012 1:48 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Dear Diary/Journal/Bob 3.0
- Replies: 4617
- Views: 1457598
- Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:43 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand
- Replies: 1691
- Views: 484186
Re: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand
There's even a photo!Now we all know EL as that dude married to that Rei chick.
- Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:41 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: The Smells in My Kitchen
- Replies: 1671
- Views: 379567
Re: The Smells in My Kitchen
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...
- Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:45 pm
- Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
- Topic: Shadows in Flight
- Replies: 71
- Views: 24329
Re: Shadows in Flight
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, ...
- Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:45 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Blood Donation
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6440
Re: Blood Donation
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.
- Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:54 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Dear Diary/Journal/Bob 3.0
- Replies: 4617
- Views: 1457598
Re: Dear Diary/Journal/Bob 3.0
*hugs for Nomi* That's really awful... I hope the police can help...
- Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:25 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Brontosaurus Lays an Egg
- Replies: 1169
- Views: 248544
Re: Brontosaurus Lays an Egg
I dunno, the disaster all over her face was pretty entertaining.
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:40 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: "Turn him loose as a theorist..."
- Replies: 395
- Views: 87545
Re: "Turn him loose as a theorist..."
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?
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:09 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: The Race Relations/Diversity/Equality Thread
- Replies: 586
- Views: 125622
Re: The Race Relations/Diversity/Equality Thread
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.
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 4:56 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: He is risen!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6261
Re: He is risen!
Vere resurrexit!
- Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:58 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Want Ads
- Replies: 212
- Views: 54321
Re: Want Ads
Wanted: A functioning shower.
- Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:27 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Things that I hate
- Replies: 3021
- Views: 779969
Re: Things that I hate
Bleh, this reminds me... I hate calling the doctor, and I need to do so tomorrow afternoon.
- Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:24 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: How's Fishing?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 12418
Re: How's Fishing?
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.
As for casting in the yard, I would just put a few weights on the end of your line.
- Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:10 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: The "Thank you, Jan I had work to do" Thread.
- Replies: 164
- Views: 54496
Re: The "Thank you, Jan I had work to do" Thread.
My best is 4 turns. That was the work of Fortune, I think, though.
- Wed Mar 28, 2012 1:00 pm
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: Currently Playing (CD/MP3)
- Replies: 741
- Views: 238876
Re: Currently Playing (CD/MP3)
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.Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (featuring Kimbra)
This goes on the Spring 2012 playlist for sure.
- Wed Mar 28, 2012 1:50 am
- Forum: Milagre Town Square
- Topic: My Life in a Literary Agency
- Replies: 427
- Views: 132868
Re: My Life in a Literary Agency
Wow! I really hope this works out!