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THE ABOMINABLE PHOTO THREAD: THE THIRD COMING! in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Monday, August 15 2005 05:07 Profile #227
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

I've completely lost the ability to tell whether people are being sarcastic.
It's the inevitable numbing that comes with becoming a mod.
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RWG in Richard White Games
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 10:44 Profile #199
The two of you obviously haven't had your implants installed properly, then.
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If you could meet one person off this board.. in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 10:41 Profile #70
quote:
Originally written by Spring:

Drew - What if we go over there?
Well, naturally, the deal would be off - no offense intended toward any of y'all. Anyway, why would I need to meet you folks in person when I can find y'all here? :)
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If you could meet one person off this board.. in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Saturday, August 13 2005 14:10 Profile #66
I'd want to meet one of the Aussies, more for the opportunity to go back to Australia than anything else. :P
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Favorite kind of music in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Saturday, August 13 2005 14:09 Profile #7
Rock. Think "The Strokes" for what's nearest to what I dig most for the time being.
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RWG in Richard White Games
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Saturday, August 13 2005 13:57 Profile #196
This, our mother thread, must never perish.

I would also add that I did not encounter Richard White on Kaua'i, which of course makes sense, as he's really in all our hearts. Literally.

[ Saturday, August 13, 2005 14:07: Message edited by: Drew ]
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My how far we've fallen... in Richard White Games
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Saturday, August 13 2005 13:54 Profile #19
You know, Richard Minority Games makes sense in some ways - they likely are among the minority of the games sold by Spidweb. How about a compromise: Richard Minority Supremacy?
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Our President in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Saturday, August 13 2005 13:23 Profile #169
quote:
Originally written by ben XIII:

In response to the heaven thing, I think of heaven as the sinless spiritual dwelling of God and all the angels, where everything is perfect. The Bible even says all the streets are paved with gold and such, but I'm a bit hesitant to take that literally and think of it more of a symbolic phrase.
But I thought the Bible was the unadulterated, absolutely true Word of God, Ben! You don't mean... maybe it's a symbolic and allegoric document afterall!?

Zounds!

(Honeymoons in Hawaii are fun, by the by.)
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Our President in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Wednesday, August 3 2005 13:00 Profile #49
And as we have come to understand, it turned out to be an incorrect as well as quite possibly a fabricated reason to justify the war. It smacks of groupthink and incompetence.

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Our President in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Wednesday, August 3 2005 12:18 Profile #43
Ben, there were no WMDs in Iraq, and no proof prior to the war that there were. In fact, there's a big investigation right now that may blow even bigger holes in the President's story - that the White House attempted to cover up this fact prior to the war. Although unlikely, Karl Rove may even go down for it. READ THE NEWS!

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Who's your role model? in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Wednesday, August 3 2005 12:07 Profile #13
My maternal grandfather.
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Our President in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Wednesday, August 3 2005 11:56 Profile #40
I think that "liberation" as a cause for war is only just if the groundwork for a formerly extant system is there to spring back into place once the current government is taken out. Otherwise, what's occurring is really "occupation." Kuwait was an example of the former; Iraq, the latter.

My point about civilian casualties above was this: when the US gets determined, ethics go out the window as we decide simply to make the "bad" stop. I'm not whinging about the sanctity of life, DS - did I even mention the a-bombs? Were they used in the other two wars I mentioned? - I'm just pointing out that the US has historically been really brutal, and that this same brutality could fall on the heads of malevolent and benevolent Muslims alike before it's all said and done, which I think fits the definition of "for ill" for that population.

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Outright spam or intelligent stupid comment? in Richard White Games
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Wednesday, August 3 2005 08:43 Profile #22
Prawns are good with cocktail sauce.
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Our President in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Wednesday, August 3 2005 08:21 Profile #28
...or, more poignantly, when there's no more oil.

I think the answer to this is that the Middle East will become as important to the US as Africa is now - not important at all. What did we do about Rwanda? What are we doing now about Sudan? Almost nothing.

The upshot of this is that we won't be meddling in the Muslim world anymore, which seriously reduces any credible reason the extremists have to lay blame at the US' feet.

I think by that time, however, this whole thing will have worked itself through, probably for ill, mostly for the Muslims. If the US gets too worked up, it stops caring about innocent civilians - see e.g. World War II (Nagisaki, Hiroshima, Tokyo), the Korean War, the Vietnam War.

[ Wednesday, August 03, 2005 08:22: Message edited by: Drew ]
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Say your prayers... in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Wednesday, August 3 2005 03:56 Profile #0
Do you pray before you eat? A lot of people claim to be Christian, but there are Christians, and then there are CHRISTIANS. I reckon this would be a pretty good gauge of the degree of piety in the community.

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Our President in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Wednesday, August 3 2005 03:52 Profile #24
1.) As a person, I think that Bush can pray however he likes. In his official capacity as POTUS, I think he ought to lay off. Christian prayers don't represent everyone's faith, and the U.S. government is a secular institution - let's keep it that way.

2.) No one is preventing anyone from practicing their faith. The matter is whether a particular religious practice has a place in a secular institution designed to incorporate people of all faiths.

3.) Separation of Church and State is infered from the U.S. Constitution, not a part of it. It was discussed at further length in the Federalist Papers, which, though venerated, aren't laws. Before Ben and Ash get their panties in a bunch, though, it must be pointed out that this inference has been affirmed by Supreme Court decisions over the years, including the most recent Ten Commandments monument issue.

4.) I don't support Bush, especially in the case of the Iraq War. I don't think the ends justify the means in this case, and the means here - lies about weapons of mass destruction, war on the cheap, no plan for post war reconstruction - really do stink.

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Scariest thing... in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Wednesday, August 3 2005 03:42 Profile #45
The movie Arachnophobia was also pretty bad, though it featured John Goodman.
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I am wed. in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 2 2005 11:20 Profile #16
I'm 27, and Diane is 25.
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Outright spam or intelligent stupid comment? in Richard White Games
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 2 2005 06:38 Profile #9
We can do that too!

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I am wed. in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 2 2005 06:33 Profile #4
The day went flawlessly. I was married at a manor house near Leesburg, Virginia. No plans for kids yet! :D Hopefully that won't happen for another five or seven years.

I know SoT is married, and I'm sure that several others are as well.

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I am wed. in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 2 2005 06:13 Profile #0
Diane and I tied the knot on Sunday. Definitely one of the greatest days of my life! :)

Here's a poor photo:

IMAGE(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b129/armill3/wedding2.jpg)
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Scariest thing... in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 2 2005 06:02 Profile #27
quote:
Originally written by Aranfoolcaytar:

You'll want children some time, no? :P
At the time, I was a freshman in college, without worldly goods or means of my own. A child at that time (and I wouldn't have wanted to abort, though I support a woman's right to choose) would have seriously affected and, I believe, limited my life at the time. Also, while my partner and I at the time were pretty serious, it was a lot more of a commitment than either of us were willing to make at the time. Anyway, something I don't recommend if you can avoid it. Redundant systems are the way to go!
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Scariest thing... in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 2 2005 05:58 Profile #25
My favorite scary moment in Silent Hill was when you were in the elevator, going floor-to-floor, and then after you had explored all the floors, getting back in the elevator and seeing a new button that hadn't been there before. Just creeped me out.
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Scariest thing... in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 2 2005 05:08 Profile #18
The worst scare for me was the pregnancy scare (those who have experienced this know). Fortunately, it was a false alarm.

Playing the original Resident Evil in the dark with surround sound was also pretty scary. Definitely a different kind of scare though. I've also never been able to watch horror films.
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Long-distance relationships? in General
Drew
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Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, August 2 2005 04:58 Profile #24
How much older than him are you, dude? That always plays into it as well...

Anyway, I'll throw my hat into the long-distance-doesn't-work ring. As a study abroad coordinator, I've known all kinds of relationships to be destroyed by distance, even for periods of time as short as a semester. People just have to have that proximity!

As for your circumstance, MSW, I say be careful, for several reasons. First, this kid is underage, and doesn't necessarily know who he is or what he wants to do with his life. When I went to undergrad, there was a motto: Never date a first-term freshman. He'll just be graduating and learning the ropes of the real world. Second, meeting people off the internet is also dicey - pictures and the typed word are no substitute for actual human interaction (have you talked with this person on the phone?) and when this happens, anything could happen.

Best of luck to you, though it seems to me that you're coming on pretty strong.
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