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 Tuesday, March 22 2005 10:26
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I am a Hindu, but a reasoning, progressive one that doesn't put any stock in the archaic idea of the earth only being a billion years old. I am also a biology major at school and have a solid background in evolutionary theory. Some might see a conflict there, but there really isn't any in my case. I believe in the process of evolution and am satisfied by the scientific evidence that backs it up. As for whether I believe in pure evolution or God-guided evolution, I'm not yet decided on that point. I might not ever be sure. Religion is certainly not divorced from reason or logic. Fundies aside, many religious people, such as myself, disregard scriptural literalism and actually put the scriptures to rigorous logical analysis. I've arrived at my current set of beliefs through much thought, analysis and introspection, and as such consider myself to be an enlightened religious thinker and scientist. -------------------- 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, March 21 2005 14:41
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I'm rather horrified by the massive media and government attention dedicated to what amounts to a family drama. All of this has very little importance on the international level, and yet it's all one seems to be able to find on the news nowadays. The practice of elevating dramatic trivialities into "big news" is fast becoming an American tradition- for more evidence, remember the ridiculous media circuses that formed around the O.J. Simpson and Scott Peterson trials. In terms of Schiavo and the euthanasia issue as a whole, I feel that families are given far too much control over the fates of their loved ones in these situations. When a medical professional certifies that a patient is largely brain-dead and will never recover simple brain function, it becomes a quality of life issue. Since it seems impossible that Schiavo will ever recover to the point where she has a reasonable quality of life, it is right to disconnect the feeding tube and save the resources being wasted for those who actually have a shot at recovery. Sentimentality on the part of Schiavo's parents is standing in the way of the correct action in this case. Clear-headed and unbiased experts in ethics should be charged with making decisions in these situations, not family members blinded with grief and emotional trauma. -------------------- 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, March 21 2005 13:45
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The first half or so of Napoleon Dynamite was so thoroughly boring, dull and plotless that there was unanimous agreement in the room to turn it off. The second half, which I watched a few weeks later, was a slight improvement, but it still only amused me sporadically. How the movie has become such a cult sensation is beyond me. Also, welcome back, shadolupin. -------------------- 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, March 17 2005 15:24
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quote:[drunken post]I find prostitution rather disgusting and would never hire one. As for pornography, I'm all for it.[/drunken post] -------------------- 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, March 17 2005 10:25
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Although some would disagree, I've found that after twenty years of snow every winter, there's very little novelty left. Sure, it's fine to look at from behind a closed window in a heated house, but slogging and shoveling through it just to get around is very little 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 Thursday, March 17 2005 10:17
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quote:Care to specify which sorts of sexual desires you find morbid or offensive? Or are you truly disgusted by the nearly universal human desire for a mate? EDIT: It was hardly a conscious choice, Mind, just something that happened naturally and was out of my control. Although sexual desire has caused more than a little frustration in my life, I'd much rather fulfill my desires than force myself to deny them. What's so horrible about wanting to have sex, I'd like to ask? [ Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:22: Message edited by: This Glass Is Half Stugie ] -------------------- 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, March 17 2005 09:49
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This spring is going pretty much like any spring around here ever does. A few really beautiful, warm days sandwiched between weeks of blisteringly cold ones, getting our hopes up and then blasting them mercilessly. It's a cycle that's repeated several times every spring before things finally settle down in late April or so. -------------------- 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, March 17 2005 09:41
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quote:I second that. I was a late bloomer and wasn't attracted at all to women until around fifteen or so. But once I felt that first glimmer of attraction, things really began to take off. Just let those hormones do their job, Fringy, and I highly doubt you'll find sex disgusting for long. -------------------- 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, March 16 2005 13:43
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I despise and am unable to play any game featuring a camera that must be controlled by the player. Come to think of it, I dislike nearly all true-3D games, and all first-person shooters as a result. -------------------- 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, March 16 2005 13:37
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A hearty welcome back, OM! -------------------- 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 Tuesday, March 15 2005 10:37
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Now, was there really a need to bring that over here? -------------------- 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, March 14 2005 17:25
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Internet porn? Why bother with all the terribly lousy stuff on the web when you can just download a DVD rip of a quality porn movie using a file sharing program? I tend to use the internet mostly for forums, online journals, sports news, and the Facebook, a social network for college students. [ Monday, March 14, 2005 17:29: Message edited by: This Glass Is Half Stugie ] -------------------- 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, March 14 2005 13:46
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quote:When I applied to colleges three years ago, I applied only to schools in the Midwest, being from the Chicago area. I applied to Michigan-Ann Arbor, Wisconsin-Madison, Illinois-Urbana Champaign, U. of Chicago, Northwestern, and Wash.U-St. Louis. I was accepted to the first four on the list, rejected for Northwestern and wait-listed for Wash.U, neither of which I had ever had an intention of attending. In the end, my decision was rather simple to make. My dad works at Illinois-Chicago, so with a half-off tuition waver from the in-state tuition, U of I was many times cheaper than any of the other places, and comparably strong academically as well. I'm in my third year at U of I, majoring in Integrative Biology. As for where I'm planning to go with that, I'm not yet decided. I started off my college career with veterinary school in mind, but after a few disappointing semesters in school, in which certain crippling motivational demons reared their ugly heads, I realized that such sustained high academic performance as would be necessary for that particular path was quite beyong my means. I then considered pharmacy school briefly, then realized I wasn't at all interested in the field. At present I tentatively plan to be a zookeeper, although that could change at any moment. As for intellectual motivation, I'm afraid you'll have to look elsewhere in my case. I just don't really care for learning, unless the subject just grabs me. Not too many 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 Monday, March 14 2005 09:06
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I've never taken an IQ test, although I've wanted to from time to time. I have a feeling I'd do well on it like I've done on every other standardized test I've taken in my time. Not like any of those tests have proved accurate in judging my academic success in college. It might be hard to believe that a person who scored a 1500 on his SAT and a 35 on his ACT could possibly have a 2.35 college GPA, but I'm living proof. Academic success post-high school has a whole lot more to do with independent motivation and work ethic than actual intelligence. I'm still just as intelligent, if not more so, as I was in high school. It's just that the external motivation and structure that pushed me to success in high school have been removed. With painfully underdeveloped self-control and willpower, and even less internal motivation, I'm a thoroughly incompetent student. In terms of the value of higher education, I've never really put much stock in it. Simply put, I don't understand the obsession so many people seem to have with progress and advancement when we've already come so far and accomplished so much. All the work we've done in the past to make our lives more comfortable and secure hardly seems worth it when the stress and turmoil we bring upon ourselves on a daily basis makes us unable to enjoy the fruit of our labor. It seems to me as though we could be working a hell of a lot less, and enjoying our lives a whole lot more, if we just focused on maintaining what we've already established. In terms of learning simply for the sake of educating oneself and becoming better read, such learning should be entirely optional, not required for all those who wish to find jobs. If I'd rather spend time with friends and drink instead of reading and analyzing some convoluted Henry James novel, that should be my right. -------------------- 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, March 14 2005 08:04
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The amount of time I spend gaming per week is highly variable- I basically only play when I have something worth my while, and since I don't bother to spend more than twenty-five dollars or so on games per year, there are more than a few dry periods. My main objective in playing a game is to assuage boredom, and as such I don't play when I have anything better to do. Which means I'll never be the loser holed up in his room on the computer while others are partying it up somewhere or even hanging out next door. However, I have been guilty on more than one occasion of playing when I ought to have been at class or doing homework. In terms of my addictions, gaming hardly qualifies. Alcohol tops the list, although I'm in my early stages of addiction yet. Once I get pangs from abstaining a week, I'll know I'm there. I'm not really sure if any other addictions exist in my life. I'm not a terribly passionate person in general, although when I do really like something (or someone) I suppose I am rather prone to addiction and obsession. -------------------- 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, March 11 2005 08:02
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He'll probably end up seeing it anyway at some point or the other, either by accident or by trickery. He might as well see it on his terms now and get it over with, I 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 Friday, March 11 2005 00:26
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My middle name is "Narayan," adapted and shortened from my father's "Narayanaswami." It's almost more of a suffix to my first name than a middle name, but my mother wisely figured that making it my middle name would mercifully spare me from writing out "Anandnarayan Subramanian" for the rest of my life. Name formation in South India used to be radically different from the given first/middle and passed-on family last name formula used in North India, America, and most everywhere else. Instead, South Indian males possessed a nebulously ordered name consisting of a given name, a family name, and the name of the man's village of birth. In my father's case these names were, respectively, Subramanian, Narayanaswami, and Kiranur. South Indian women were always just given a single individual name, only adding a second name with marriage. When he decided to travel to America, my father realized his name would have to be reordered along the conventions of the naming system used here. Accordingly, he elected to use the name of his village as his new first name, his family name as his new middle name, and his given name as his new last name. As a result, his work colleagues will invariably address his as "Kiranur," unaware that it is just the name of the village he came from, while Indian friends of his will correctly address him as "Subramanian." Along with my sisters, I was named according to American conventions. Things have changed in South India as well; an increasing amount of people are given first names of Sanskrit origins like mine, and last names of familial significance. The archaic practice of including place of origin in one's name seems to have permanently fallen out of use. [ Friday, March 11, 2005 00:43: Message edited by: This Glass Is Half Stugie ] -------------------- 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, March 10 2005 19:50
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BoA is bursting with potential. Potential that hasn't yet been fully realized, but I've seen enough thus far to judge it superior to A3. -------------------- 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, March 10 2005 19:44
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True. Any long and complicated words in a sentence will spoil things in the scrambled version. And yes, this is old, old news. -------------------- 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, March 10 2005 19:41
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Welcome. If you don't want fangs, don't step on tails. -------------------- 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, March 10 2005 19:36
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quote:I learned six years of it from junior high through high school, although three years of college without a single Spanish class has sapped my knowledge more than a bit. A rigorous review is all I'll really need, though. I'll get right to it! -------------------- 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, March 9 2005 16:19
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I've heard it said that if humans are the height of mental evolution, the big cats are the height of physical evolution. -------------------- 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, March 9 2005 13:11
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quote:Thanks much for the advice, BSC, I'll attempt to put that to use at some point. I'm really desperate to expand my drinking horizons, but my knowledge of what's worth trying isn't close to complete. If anyone has more suggestions regarding good and cheap (emphasis on the "cheap") liquors and/or mixes, please offer them up. You'll be doing me a great service. :D -------------------- 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, March 9 2005 13:04
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Do you want Chicago, by chance? It's about as far from moderation in weather as one can get. Brutal in the winter, broiling in summer, and fluctuating wildly in spring and fall. Is it usually sunny in Venezuela? And dry most of the time? If so, I'm more than up for the switch. -------------------- 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, March 9 2005 08:30
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quote:So there's no chance whatsoever of reinstatement, even in the distant future? -------------------- 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 |