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KennEnder

Christmas music is great... That being said, I don't tend to like it if it's done by a rock band/pop star/rapper etc. It's just too commercial, I guess. I DO like the classical stuff as well as choral stuff, but I tend to avoid the "all Christmas music 24-hours-a-day" radio stations during...

KennEnder

I think there's a "grandfather clause" that allows "fish" to be singular and plural for old people and old poems/songs. But once we go and our poems/songs are forgotten, so is the double use. Main Entry: fish Pronunciation: \ˈfish\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural fish or...

KennEnder

It's not like they teach this stuff in schools... At least, I hope not. They certainly didn't when I was in earlier grades. Well, if (or when?) they do, I will totally give up any hope for US schools that I have hung onto so tenaciously! Heck, I remember a time when "fish" was both singul...

KennEnder

Off-Topic note to the Doc (Mobius): Thanks! I tried several sites, but when I used photobucket, it started working! I just couldn't remember WHICH site it was "supposed" to be to work properly. (I actually cheated and looked at the properties of YOUR avatar, even before your kind comment a...

KennEnder

another couple of favorite God faces:

George Burns
Morgan Freeman

KennEnder

As a comment on the actual poll here, I was in school long before the introduction of such things as 'smilies' so I have no idea what the "rules" governing their punctuation might be... or that there SHOULD even be rules governing them! Heck, I have never even considered using them in 'rea...

KennEnder

Yeah, I was taught that "y" and "w" were sometimes vowels (aka semi-vowels or soft consonants?) to be included as "additive" to the standard list of 5 vowels. "Y" is pretty easy to use as a full vowel (take the words "pretty" and "easy" for...

KennEnder

Iâ€™d like to find out what others have found throughout the millennia of study, and what the main and most important results of theology are to this day. A. It seems to me that if you REALLY want to know what has been discerned about theology throughout the millennia, there are better ways to rese...

KennEnder

While I am a "Christian" and believe that we are "created in God's image" and all, I don't believe that that was the _literal_ intent of the passage. I believe that God gave us the characteristics that he most valued: intelligence, self-awareness, etc. (Of course, with the "...

KennEnder

I certainly enjoyed the book. I have read both "versions" of it, and I'm not sure right now I could tell you what the differences were... I like them both and wouldn't mind reading it again (it's been quite a few years). I, too, think reading Wyrms twice in a lifetime is about right. So fa...

KennEnder

I have fun telling people I'm 40, because they NEVER believe me. I'll enjoy it while it lasts... because someday I'll look old, I'm sure.

KennEnder

I have kept what I consider "valuable" ticket stubs, which mostly means it's sentimental. Otherwise, if I think it would be cool to keep it now I just scan it into my computer so I see it when the screensaver magically/amazingly brings back the past. It's a pretty cool trip through memory ...

KennEnder

School vouchers? At least that was the "big" issue I saw last time I visited SLC.

KennEnder

Well, I already own PSP, although it's an old version... I shall see what I shall see. Luet... I stopped chatting too. Yours were the last real (lengthy) chats I had online. Nowadays, if I use IM at all, I just say hello to someone (Dad, brother, etc) and it's over. (Heck, phone calls are just too c...

KennEnder

Howdy Ela! And everyone else I've neglected over the past year(s)!

PS. How do you get a moving avatar? I would love to animate this dragon...

KennEnder

So people who read this book... was it worth the price? Happy you did it?

KennEnder

Yeah, those were the days! I still visit pretty often, but I somehow lost my gumption during my downtime and was never able to revive my enthusiasm quite the same way. It makes me sad sometimes and disappointed often, because I had a GREAT time, but as the song says: "I've lost that loving feel...

KennEnder

I am 40 now... I was about 30 when I joined. I was one of the old men in the group, even then!

KennEnder

I gave up on trying to get a lot of posts when they rebooted the board (the first time) and couldn't recover the post count. So I'm a "longevity-over-quantity" guy too. Besides, I hardly know anyone on this forum now... although it's still nice to see some old familiar names! I miss some o...

KennEnder

I think many/most of us STARTED here when we were in HS. I would have, but there was no such thing as the "internet" at the time. (That should give you some idea of how old I am, too.) :( Edit: Also, many of us have been through several versions of this forum. I happen to be one of the old...

KennEnder

I was certainly introduced to EG first. I was looking in the basement cellar where my older brother had a "library" of sorts. Among them I found some interesting titles, including EG. There were no sequels yet, so I too found others titles in other series, like Seventh Son. In fact, OSC wa...

KennEnder

Okay... a slight modification. Of course CINC can also mean "Commander-in-Chief" as in the US President, but usually not. After all, there is only ONE US Presidential Commander-in-Chief, but many "CINC's". For example there is CINCLANTFLT (Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet...

KennEnder

It may not help much... it's been a LONG time since I read the books and I will try to get into them and figure it out now, too ... but I think "cincinnatus" is an abbreviation. CINC = "commander in charge" and Peter refers to his previous cinc in the last message cited above (&q...

KennEnder

I have yet to read anything by him... I know, I'm very delinquent. BUT, I will read something by him... SOMEDAY. I promise. I've heard some wonderful things about his writing. (At least at 84 he didn't die exactly young.)

KennEnder

I have to admit, Ender's Puppy was a classic... and from Pweb 1.0 I think! You're dating yourself (as am I).

KennEnder

hmmm.... somehow I wish it happened today... or doubt it did

KennEnder

I voted yes just because I think it would be a great defeat to all those who swear that swearing on the Bible is somehow trancendent. It's not... it's just plain silly, and so is swearing in the Qur'an. But it would be a start!

KennEnder

Heck, I've used the side of one of those metal picture frames to pound in the nail used to hang the picture frame... it almost seems like "cruel and unusual punishment."

Oh, I also use a crescent wrench as a hammer all the time.

KennEnder

Well, such is a debate that will certainly not be solved here... there will always be proponents of both arguments, as well as those (like me) who are willing to mix them. I'm a scientist, but I have come to terms with "the creation story" as an alagorical story about His role in creating ...

KennEnder

Not only that, but if a person were to be sworn in on a book they DON'T believe in (which happens all the time, of course), it's actually counter-productive. If a person is to be sworn in with a book at all, it should be a book that provokes some sort of "fear of being eternally damned" or...

KennEnder

Somehow I have the impression that arriving at The Singularity implies that there is no time delay between the "need" for a technology and its fruition... so we haven't quite made it there yet. (although the time delay between "significant events" is certainly on the order of 10^...

KennEnder

I was saved by indecision, in a way, and some strong rejections by my mom. My dad wanted three sons from the start (which he eventually got), and wanted to name us Huey, Duey and Louie... yes, REALLY. My mom refused, but had to relent eventually to his second set: Bret, Bart (Bartholomeau) and Beau ...

KennEnder

I'm sort of that way too... I mean, I get a sense of the character's voice perhaps, from what they say and how they say it, but I never really see a "photo" image of how they look, despite very detailed descriptions by some authors! I may "know" Harry has crazy, unkempt hair, but...

KennEnder

What a bummer! I wrote a whole essay and when I tried to post it, I had been logged out and lost the essay! In short, I don't think Ender, or even his supervisors, were "responsible" for killing the buggers. Not only was Ender too young, it wasn't something they could have prevented. If En...

KennEnder

I had to go with Picard, too, and it's a draw whether I like Picard or Data better as a character. My favorite episode was "Hugh"... there was just something about it that moved me.

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