Profile for Stugri-La
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| Displayed name | Stugri-La |
| Member number | 3521 |
| Title | Guardian |
| Postcount | 1798 |
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| Registered | Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, July 10 2006 07:42
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I heard a rumor that the headbutt was Zidane's response to a racial slur from Materazzi. Of course, this was only according to teammates of Zidane's, but it's a possible explanation... -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 7 2006 09:06
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I make a fair number of calls, although I really thoroughly detest talking on the phone for long periods of time. Most of the calls to my parents are to return calls made to me; calls to my friends were mostly to organize time to meet up. 10. My dad's cell 9. Voice mail 8. My mom's cell 7. Voice mail 6. My dad's cell 5. John home 4. John cell 3. Voice mail 2. John home 1. Jonathan cell John and Jonathan are two different friends of mine. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 7 2006 08:58
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Very, very tough to do this off the top of my head, but I'll try. This is is no particular order: "Sunshine Superman"- Donovan (good pick with "Season of the Witch," Nico) "Nine Feet Underground"- Caravan "Epitaph"- King Crimson "She Said She Said"- The Beatles "Shanghai Noodle Factory"- Traffic "As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still"- Soft Machine "Wooden Ships"- Crosby, Stills and Nash "25 Or 6 To 4"- Chicago "Brief Candles"- The Zombies "Scarborough Fair (Canticle)"- Simon and Garfunkel Altogether far, far too shamefully short. I'll add five more to appease my sensibilities: "Homburg"- Procol Harum "Tam Lin"- Fairport Convention "SWLABR"- Cream "Shangri-La"- The Kinks "In A Glass House"- Gentle Giant -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, July 5 2006 08:47
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Got quite a few new ones, all of them taken at a rather raucous party at my erstwhile domicile around two months ago. A brief selection of the best:  Yes, I have a cane nowadays. It was presented to me earlier that night as a going-away present.  Another one with the cane. My eyes look a bit reddened here...must just be the lighting. ;)  A rather extreme close-up here.  Me with the chap who kindly took all the photographs, my pal Bez. I don't believe I've changed significantly in appearance lately- perhaps just a bit plumper. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 30 2006 08:28
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As I'm living at home again for the time being and my grandmother lives in a nursing home nowadays, mine is a family of 5 members, consisting of my parents, my two older sisters, and myself. If you add in my brothers-in-law, it's 7, but as I assumed you meant only immediate family I left them out. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 30 2006 08:20
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Get Smart is also one of my very favorite shows of all time, but in the intense competition of the sixties I believe it is beat out slightly by The Twilight Zone, which is in my opinion the best television program of all time. Other fine shows from the sixties include Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Night Gallery (Rod Serling's next program following The Twilight Zone). I'm a tad bit harder-pressed to find great shows from the seventies; my favorite is probably Barney Miller. In terms of mindless fun, however, I must mention Fantasy Island and Charlie's Angels. I generally despise the eighties in all respects (especially the music), but there's at least one guilty pleasure from the decade that I enjoy (Star Trek: TNG). Probably others, but they're likely well-repressed by this time. What did I watch in the nineties? Mostly stuff like Batman: The Animated Series and Goosebumps (the TV show). However, I'd say the best show from the nineties was Poirot, as I'm quite the mystery fan. [ Friday, June 30, 2006 08:21: Message edited by: Stugri-La ] -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 28 2006 10:39
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Summer School for me as well, although I've been taking the occasional weekend holiday over to my old home in Urbana for the purpose of keeping my mind sane and my eyes bloodshot. ;) -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 28 2006 10:35
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I used to collect pens, but nowadays I collect obscure sixties and seventies psychedelic, art-rock and prog-rock music. Sometimes even legally, when I have the money and an album is rare enough to be impossible to download. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 28 2006 10:29
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SMOKED? Yeah, a handful of times. Pretty much only when I'm really drunk, though. Makes your head swim when you're already drunk, but when I'm sober a cigarette does nothing for me. GOTTEN DRUNK? Too many times to count. I only started drinking a couple years ago, though. Never touched the stuff in high school or early college. STOLE YOUR FRIEND'S BF/GF? Can't say I have. Had fantasies about one or two of them, but that's about it. PLAYED SPIN THE BOTTLE? Oddly enough, no. GONE SWIMMING IN A WHITE T-SHIRT? Nope, I never go swimming with a shirt on. Got to be wearing trunks, too, not regular shorts. BEEN TO A NUDE BEACH? No. I'm far too lazy to work out, and far too flabby to go around naked. BEEN CHEATED ON? No. Never been in a true relationship. BEEN WALKED IN ON WHILE YOU WERE DRESSING? Yeah, here and there. Usually my dad, since when I'm at home we live in connected rooms. BOUGHT SOMETHING WAY TOO EXPENSIVE? I'm not much of a spender, but occasionally I've overspent on something. PLAYED STRIP ANYTHING? On two occasions I played Strip Truth Or Dare, in which every dare involved the removal of an article of clothing. Stupid, pointless game, and one I'd rather not have played, although it had its moments. PUNCHED YOUR PARENT? I've punched my Dad once or twice, but usually apologized soon after. Never punched my Mom. GONE TO SLEEP NAKED? Only once or twice. I like wearing pyjamas, generally. RAN AWAY FROM HOME? Considered it before, but never went through with it. WORE YOUR PYJAMAS IN PUBLIC? Many, many times. I've always worn these really traditional, collared flannel pyjamas, and as they're really the most comfortable thing I could ever wear, and just as decent as any normal clothing, I don't hesitate to wear them in public. DANCED IN YOUR UNDERWEAR IN FRONT OF SOMEONE? In that aforementioned game of Strip Truth or Dare, I gave my friend's girlfriend a lap dance, disrobing to my underwear in the process. A big hit, that was. MADE UP A FAKE IDENTITY WHEN YOU MET SOMEONE? Never. Sounds rather pathetic, really. People have called me something other than my name, like "The Captain" or just "Cap," but that's only when they're not capable of remembering or pronouncing my name. BEEN IN LOVE? Not even close. I highly doubt it'll ever happen, although I have a feeling that if I do fall for someone I'm liable to fall hard. GOTTEN A HICKEY? No. SLEPT IN A BED WITH A MEMBER OF THE SAME SEX /OPPOSITE SEX? Quite a few times. Mostly the former, unfortunately- most of my male friends and myself are quite secure and comfortable with sharing a bed when space is scarce. HATED THE WAY YOU LOOK Appearance is more important to me than I'm often willing to admit, so usually things never get to the point where I look truly horrible. I am occasionally lazy about shaving, however. I can't say I've ever honestly hated the way I look, though- I usually find myself quite easy on the eyes. CRIED YOURSELF TO SLEEP? Yes, more than once, although I'm hardly an emotional person. Amotivational syndrome has rendered me quite the frustrated man, however. DONE SOMETHING YOU TOLD YOURSELF YOU WOULDN'T DO? Of course. I had a very conservative upbringing with regard to alcohol, drugs and the like, and look at me now! SUNG IN THE SHOWER? Only when I thought no one would hear me. I'm classically trained, but a bit shy at times. BEEN TOO SCARED TO WATCH A SCARY MOVIE ALONE? Only when I was really young. I relish a good scary movie; horror is my favorite movie genre. LAUGHED SO HARD THAT YOU CRIED? Quite a few times. I'm a very forceful laugher and I laugh quite often, so I've ceased to even notice sometimes when the tears come. FORGOTTEN SOMEONE'S NAME? Ordinarily I'm really good about this, but when I'm intoxicated and meeting people at the bars or at parties I hardly ever retain their names. CRIED OVER SOMEONE? I've worked myself up over people before, but that was mostly nervous tension, not crying. SKIPPED SCHOOL? Far too many times to count. GOTTEN EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL? Yes, quite recently. Good thing my transfer application had already been accepted... DONE DRUGS? Yes, and I'm quite the pothead, but mostly nothing of the very serious variety. That's more out of a lack of proper connections than anything else, though. GOTTEN A TICKET? I avoid driving, generally. Don't really need to, and it makes me nervous. GOTTEN IN A CAR ACCIDENT? See answer to the above. SCREAMED IN A LIBRARY? I avoid spending much time in libraries as a rule, and I've never come close to screaming in one. ASKED SOMEONE OUT? Yes, with much apprehension. The date went terribly, too. I prefer the drunken hook-up to any formal dating, really. BEEN ON A PLANE? Yes, a moderate amount of times. I enjoy flying, but don't have many occasions to. BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY? Yes, to France and India. Not in quite a while, though. PASSED OUT? I had never passed out up until the time I started drinking. Since then, several times. BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL? Yeah. HAD SURGERY? Not unless getting my wisdom teeth out counts. I've been lucky and careful enough never to break a bone. PLAYED A TERRIBLE PRANK ON SOMEONE? Yes. I think I've told the story on SW before and I really don't feel like telling it again. MOCKED SOMEONE? Not for a very long time, at least. FAILED A CLASS ON PURPOSE If just plain giving up counts, then yes. Ordinarily, though, it hardly requires any sense of purpose. SEEN A GHOST? Of course not. CRIED IN PUBLIC? Never. BEEN HIT BY A PARENT? In isolated instances, yes. ATE DOG/CAT FOOD? I'm a vegetarian. WALKED INTO A WALL AND/OR DOOR? I used to be notorious for that sort of thing. I have made an effort to be more aware of my surroundings, however. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 28 2006 09:20
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Thank you for the warm welcomes back! I am most probably not back to stay- I can hardly imagine becoming as frequent a poster as I once was. But I'll most probably spend some of the expendable time I have at my disposal nowadays around here. Things are going fairly well, Drew, or as well as they can be expected to go. Not much has changed- I am still thoroughly chopstached (the damned persistent thing survived through two sibling weddings despite all the disapproval, so it's likely here to stay). I still retain a love for those creatures of the genus Mustela, and I still wear the hat. I've transferred schools (to the connected University of Illinois at Chicago) so as to live at home and actually manage my schoolwork. I'm in summer school at the moment there, and although it's certainly rather hellish, it'll pass soon enough. Planning on getting a job as a zookeeper as soon as I graduate, so hopefully that goes without a hitch. I suppose it's time to investigate a few more threads. It's oddly satisfying to be back, I must say. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, June 26 2006 09:11
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Hmm, I always assumed that since one needs to possess a facebook account to view someone else's profile, it was fairly safe to disclose somewhat in my profile. Perhaps it's time to stop calling myself a "semi-authoritarian communist" and also to omit "hitting the bottle and perhaps the bowl" from my activities list. By the way, hello again. Why is ben going by a username so similar to my own? -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, December 19 2005 12:00
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I'm sure we've done all of this before. At any rate, I'd purchase a plot of land in Arizona or some such place, build a fortress along the lines of those of the Moghul emperors, including a large palace for myself and friends, a heavily-populated harem complex, with its occupants hand-picked by me, and a small auxiliary palace for my many ferrets. I'd also hire many, many servants, of course, to keep things up. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Saturday, December 17 2005 07:14
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 Too furry to see a whole lot, I know, but it's the best I could do. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, December 15 2005 11:24
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I'd be in southern India. Not too much emigration at all in my tree, unless you count the Aryan invasion, without which I likely wouldn't exist. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, December 12 2005 11:25
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quote:...but not nearly as fun. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 11:01
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Although I couldn't care less about Christmas myself, some Christmas songs are halfway decent. "O Holy Night" is a favorite of mine, as is John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)." Actually, Paul's "Wonderful Christmas Time" isn't bad, either. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 02:12
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This is probably my favorite of multiple mediocre efforts at poetry: Flat-footed, I clomp along a gravel path. There is direction but no purpose in this dogged tread On a walk that serves no function. Above my bowed head sits a box once filled with something gelatinous, raw and alive, but long since frozen into crystal, numb and yet beauteous. Only blind particles of information can survive there, and with two I confer- one tells me that you were here The other paints an image of you. A velvet top hat rests easily on a head festooned with bounteous flaxen curls Clad in silky garments of lime green A wide smiling mouth of milky pearls. Watching you, every last forgotten ache comes to me in a rush, compelling me to rest my tired limbs, while my lips seek out a familiar, gentle glassy caress. It is in this attitude that I am encountered most often, by passerby that unkindly remark that I lost you in a forty-ounce bottle and left you drowning in the dark. But you were lost to me long before first I felt this blissfulness overwhelm my eyes And indulging it, brought forth the fog from which I fashioned for my Hopelessness a hazy disguise. It's entitled "Hope: The Great Disappearing Act," if that's at all enlightening. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 11:45
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Economic Left/Right: -7.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.26 Very similar to my scores in the past. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 11:19
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ESTJ this time; I believe I might have scored ESTP in the past. Extroverted...33% Sensing........50% Thinking........50% Judging.........a mere 1% The description really doesn't seem to fit, but then again, neither do any of the others. [ Friday, December 09, 2005 11:21: Message edited by: Stugri-La ] -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, November 27 2005 01:07
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quote:Occasionally. More often, simplicity is a deceitful excuse for the shoddy product of a lazy mind. As a thoroughly lazy, but honest man, I'd much rather do nothing than churn out such pitifully minimalist efforts. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, November 13 2005 10:35
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I agree with TM. The phrase makes me cringe just about every time I see it. And I believe TM's point is that any newbie lily-livered enough to be scared off by a gritty welcome message wouldn't be too great of an asset to the community in the first place. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, October 28 2005 08:54
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Well, I've had fun at parties without drinking before. I don't mess with drunks, though. Rather, I mesh with them and in so doing absorb some of the infectious looseness of inebriation. Perhaps my response to grote lul was misleading. I am more than capable of enjoying myself in a non-drinking situation. But parties are damn fun too, and not just for alcoholics. I couldn't possibly count all the amazing people I've met and spoke with at parties that I would never end up interacting with walking around campus. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, October 27 2005 07:35
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You're not the only one. Alcohol is a fine social lubricant, and when taken in moderate quantities it can really break down social insecurities and nervousness and allow for some very good times. Of course, these affects could hardly be appreciated by those interested only in communicating with fellow humans through internet message boards. But for those of us that require actual human contact on a regular basis in order to be happy, booze can be a great asset. When taken in larger quantities the effects are not so positive, but I can testify that being obscenely drunk is rather fun in its own way. Except when you end up passing out on lawns and spraining wrists, that is. :P And enough water before bedtime will usually blunt or prevent a bad hangover. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, October 21 2005 07:19
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"Old Man Reggae" is TM's new multi account. Belisarius is just a new member, as far as I can tell. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, October 16 2005 00:09
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Ordinarily I'm a Cubs fan, but I'm enough of a pragmatist to put my support behind the Sox in their quest to win it all. They've favorably surprised me already, and I see no reason why they shouldn't be able to take home the championship. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |