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D'oH! I'll be back at some point, I'm sure! Anyone know what time Zhills starts jumping on any given saturday? cavete terrae.

Ok, looks like it's on for this weekend. People in the "affected areas", anyone wanna PM me your phone #s so I have people to call when I'm in the area? cavete terrae.

With any luck, you're reducing the "indecision" gene in the squirrel genepool, thereby helping their evolution. cavete terrae.

By all means pray for me. If you're right, it means I've led my life the way that makes me happy, -and- I get a free pass because I had people praying for me. cavete terrae.

South Park is one of the most intelligent shows on TV, when you get down to it. "damn you" is a curse. "Fuck you" is a swear word, or a swear phrase I guess. Most of these refer to bodily functions. You have to believe in demons and curses to believe that the words are dangerous. I myself am a skeptic, an athiest, and pretty much an asshole, so I tend to think anyone who believes in god, demons, spirits, etc is a whackjob. Meanwhile, I will continue to use "curse" words and "swear" words a lot. Check out the episode of Penn & Teller's "Bullshit" on Profanity, for a great look into the issue. Shit fuck piss cunt damn whore slut asshole douchebag cock pussy. cavete terrae.

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It's not that I'm not caring about the feelings of humans because it's embedded in the culture. I'm not caring about the feelings of humans because if we all sit around worrying incessantly about the political correctness of everythign we say or do, nothing gets done. ANYTHING you say can offend someone, but here's the thing: they're just words. Why does "fuck" offend people? It's a one syllable word that has no physical effect on anyone. It doesn't put a hex on your family. It doesn't make your children get SuperAIDS, it doesn't make your car turn into a cat. Just a word. cavete terrae.

It's embedded in the culture, and the ocean isn't always blue. It's brown some places, green in others, etc. Hell, if people try and change it, I'm going to use it MORE just because I hate the trend towards changing everything to be non-offensive. People need to have a thicker skin, methinks. cavete terrae.

When else are you going to jump it? It's not like he can sit up there until closing time, and be like "Hey, security guys, I'm just gonna, uh, stay up here for the night. YOu go ahead and close down, mmkay?" I'm not saying it's a good idea, but I think it was precipitated by a lack of other options. cavete terrae.

PARIS, France (Reuters) -- The popularity of The Da Vinci Code is a shocking indication of both mass ignorance and the "voluptuous pleasure" the media take in promoting works with no basis in truth, the Vatican's culture minister says. Cardinal Paul Poupard, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, on Monday told Europe 1 radio he had no objection to people seeing the film if they understand it is fiction, but many would watch this "nonsense" and think that it was true. The film of the best-selling novel, which says Jesus had a child with Mary Magdelene and the Roman Catholic Church hushed this up, debuts at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. Poupard is the Vatican's highest authority on cultural issues after the Pope. "This is a shocking and worrying cultural phenomenon that reflects, on the one hand, the ignorance of millions of people and, on the other, the voluptuous pleasure the media take in promoting products that have nothing to do with the truth," the French-born cardinal, 75, told the Paris radio station. He noted that the mass media showed no interest in an extensive Dictionary of Religions he edited with contributions from many leading experts in the field. "If a product that mixes up claims made as fact, fiction and so on, and comes out with elucubrations that have no relation to history, the whole world's media promote it," he said. Elucubrations are laboriously written scholarly works. "If it is clear this has nothing to do with truth and it amuses you to go see it, why not?" he said when asked if moviegoers should boycott the film starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou. In the past several weeks Vatican cardinals have urged everything from a full-blown boycott of the film by Catholics to legal action against both the novel and the film. Poupard did not back those stands but expressed concern about the effects it could have on the ordinary Catholics. "What I'm concerned about is that decent people who do not have the proper religious education will take this nonsense for the real thing," said the cardinal, who has headed the Pontifical Council for Culture since 1988. Asked if he would go see the film, Poupard said: "I don't plan to, because life is short and I have a lot of things to do. I have so many friends who have described this nonsense to me that I don't have time for that." Kettle: Hey guys! Pot: SHUT UP YOU BLACK BASTARD!!! cavete terrae.

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People need to suck it up. It is not the job of a person to make sure every word he or she says is inoffensive. If you don't want to hear it, don't listen. This is censorship, and is also frankly bullshit. If you can't handle the stress of the job, quit, and be a fucking janitor or something. Maybe it's because I'm an asshole. Maybe it's because I'm a libertarian. Maybe it's just because I hate people in general, but I think that if you can't handle a children's little frickin' song, maybe you should just lock yourself in a room with nothing to take your mind out of how much of a waste of air you are. cavete terrae.

Well said. I remember the police showing up when I set up cones in a stadium parking lot after I got my car, when I decided to start finding the limits of the car. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" "Finding out how my car will react in abnormal situations, thus making myself a safer driver because I will be able to keep it under control" "Well then.. be safe!" cavete terrae.

My suggestion was for a front engine all wheel drive vehicle, specifically the Lancer Evo. I didn't mean to imply it's the right solution for all cars. Yes, doing that in a mid or rear engine vehicle is going to have a different effect. If left foot braking was overall a bad idea, I somehow doubt it'd be the technique of choice for rally drivers around the world. In the right vehicle, it's much more controllable than lift off throttle oversteer. On the subject, oversteer is more or less pointless outside of a rally anyway, since you're not using the tyres effectively. Rally only gets the exception because they don't get to practice their line, and it's a lot easier to drift a turn and tighten or widen as needed than it is to attempt a mid-line modification when using the maximum amount of traction the tyres have. cavete terrae.

See, now you understand why the smart people drive Imprezas and Lancer Evos To get the tail out on that kind of car, apply a bit of brake as you stay on the throttle, it'll decelerate the rear wheels and cause a traction loss while the front stays planted. Once it steps out, get on the throttle HARD and apply countersteer. Alternatively, lift off the throttle or clutch in for a moment to cause a forward weight shift, and you'll get a similar effect. cavete terrae.

Third Level of Hell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the third circle, you find yourself amidst eternal rain, maledict, cold, and heavy. The gluttons are punished here, lying in the filthy mixture of shadows and of putrid water. Because you consumed in excess, you meet your fate beneath the cold, dirty rain, amidst the other souls that there lay unhappily in the stinking mud. Cerebus, a canine monster cruel and uncouth with his three heads and red eyes, dwells in this level. He growls and tears at the damned with his teeth and claws. Purgatory Repenting Believers Very Low Level 1 - Limbo Virtuous Non-Believers Very Low Level 2 Lustful High Level 3 Gluttonous Extreme Level 4 Prodigal and Avaricious Very High Level 5 Wrathful and Gloomy Extreme Level 6 - The City of Dis Heretics Extreme Level 7 Violent High Level 8- the Malebolge Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers Very High Level 9 - Cocytus Treacherous Moderate cavete terrae.

Kiddo, everything I say is sexy. cavete terrae.

I'm so willing to try! I've actually always wanted to land on a golf course. Swoop someone on their backswing! cavete terrae.

$227,000,000 prize for being me. Pay off student loans, buy some friends cavete terrae.

Yup, I grew up a spoiled kid who -had- to learn to golf by parental decree. I'm by no means exceptional, but my 2iron is a force to be reckoned with. Unfortunately, I snapped ANOTHER damned carbon fibre shaft, so I finally am giving up and moving to steel on my low irons. I will, some day, put a little fake teebox with rubber tee in the back of a CASA or Skyvan and do a drive out of the back of the plane, then jump out cavete terrae.

Ok kids, it's official. I fly into Naples on Tuesday the 16th, and I am just going to hang out and work on my tan through Friday. Saturday, I'll hit Zhills and work my way up to Thomaston. Kel, that means you have the distinct (!) honour of jumping (with) me on Sunday cavete terrae.

That annoys me almost (ALMOST) as much as people with rolling backpacks at school. cavete terrae.

She's -so- hot, which makes you hot by association! cavete terrae.

Last time I went into an REI, I walked out with a tent, ski poles, a pair of climbing shoes, and a chalk bag. How's that for random? cavete terrae.

It can be restored at a higher cost than I'm willing to pay. I used all my techie tricks, the thing is well and truly dead. If I were really inspired, I could transfer the platters into a new disk, but that's too much work. Hell, I'm so lazy and fed up with the (old, slow, demented) machine I'm just buying a new one instead of replacing the disk cavete terrae.