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| Displayed name | Bob. |
| Member number | 6700 |
| Title | Lifecrafter |
| Postcount | 735 |
| Homepage | http://www.freewebs.com/lenarlabs |
| Registered | Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, February 26 2006 20:06
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I'm not sure that I could call Brooks a Tolkien ripoff, in that Brooks has a clearly different style and approach to his to his writing. The epic quality that he attempts in the Shannara series does seem a bit derivitive, however, and is definitely not his strength (try reading his Star Wars novel. ugh). And all of this "series" crap that he's been doing lately (the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara and beyond) has ruined my once exteremely high opinion of him as an author. Despite this, I still enjoy most of his works. My personal favorite of his works is Running with the Demon , mostly for concept originality. But I brought up the Sword of Shannara because it is still a good seller, and despite the "historical synopsis"-type battle scenes is still a good book overall. And, being a filmmaker, I think that it would make a great movie in the right hands. And just because Narnia was a complete flop in the quality department doesn't mean that it won't sell well. -------------------- The Silent Assassin believes that penguins will be the death of us all. I don't know what brought this on, but I don't think that his running around in a modified late 60's style tux is doing anyone anything good. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, February 26 2006 14:08
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I think that you're oversimplifying it quite a bit by blaming it all on the party system. But what you've suggested is definitely interesting. Me, I'm registered Independant because most American parties (Democrats and Republicans included)are simply self-serving, power-hungry political-action propaganda groups who seek to get votes by pleasing voters. And being independant still doesn't keep the darn republicans from calling on a weekly basis... ugh... I swear, if I have to hear the words "the Democrats are mobilizing" one more freaking time... Looking over the world news a bit after this topic was started, I'd like to amend my observations. What I'm seeing is not necessarily a shift towards conservatism, but a shift away from Anti-conservatism towards true liberalism. Which just so happens to have some elements in the "conservative" direction. The way I see it, the world is coming back to its senses and is starting to finally realize that it's okay to agree with your political opponent on a few things, as well as keeping your eyes open for better options. (Edit: Grammar correction) -------------------- This Silent Assassin thinks that it is greater to be feared than loved, because it makes the job a lot more fun. [ Sunday, February 26, 2006 14:11: Message edited by: Lenar Labs ] -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, February 26 2006 11:46
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Hmm... The Silent Assassin was quite excited to hear that they were going to be doing an Eragon movie, in that it is one of his favorite books. Though he is worried that they'll screw it up. Me? I've never read it, and after reading this commentary, don't really plan to. Personally, I'm waiting for Terry Brooks to start selling movie rights. With the right people behind it, The Sword of Shannarra could more than likely outdo Narnia in both quality and sales. -------------------- The Silent Assassin's input was not asked for this post, as I am sure he would find the subject matter questionable. Then again, he... no wait, let's not go there. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Saturday, February 25 2006 00:55
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I'd like to find out what happened after I left. PM me. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, February 24 2006 20:51
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I suppose we'd all love something new. Even if I never registered BoE. Go ahead, I can be a sounding board. -------------------- The Silent Assassin would like to make it known that he regrets the last time that he allowed me to say that. I don't know what he's going on about. All that I said was that fish and kangaroos really don't belong together. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, February 24 2006 16:45
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Simply posting every day, Dikiyoba? I have been a member of these forums for 39 days at this point, and average a little more than 1.25 posts per day. By my count, you have been on these forums 24 days longer than I have, and you have about nine times as many posts as I do. Cheating, no. But one must admit, it is a little... interesting... -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Thursday, February 23 2006 19:06
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Kel stole everything that I was gonna say, and then some. The only thing that I like about the Medieval period is the romantacised stereotype that is derived from its outclassed fighting system and failed honor code. And weaponry and armor, but that goes into the fighting system. :D -------------------- The Silent Assassin thinks that he'll stick with kevlar. Chain mail is too noisy. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Thursday, February 23 2006 09:24
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Lenar Labs utilizes a two-part signature. The first bit is an in-post little "quote" from my -cough- most dear partner in crime (if he ever gets his rear in gear and starts writing again), which is just a little thing we came up with in a different forum. If I'm gonna make a post, I'll show it to him and and he'll give some sort of response. I have had to speak for him on a few occasions. The second part is just our team's name and slogan with a link to our host website that doesn't have our division posted yet. Gonna have to work on that. -------------------- The Silent Assassin says that he'll get back into scenario writing when I get the website finished. I hate ultimatums. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 22 2006 21:59
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I prefer cats. Mostly because I'm allergic to dogs. -------------------- The Silent Assassin saw this post and went into what appears to be an endless lecture on the stealth virtues of the Cat. Or maybe he's discussing his favorite meal. I can't really tell. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 22 2006 21:46
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quote:Ooh! Ooh! Liver! Don't forget the liver! -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 22 2006 11:31
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They're making a movie out of Eragon?? -------------------- Th Silent Assassin is silent, and thus has nothing to say right now. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
| Eep! Christians! (Split from Christian Radio) in General | |
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written Wednesday, February 22 2006 11:23
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Wow. You avoid forums for a day in order to get a project finished, and suddenly people are debating vaccination. Thuryl, to complete what you asked, I went and quickly looked up some references. For a general idea of what lies behind those questions (they were based on some material from a theology and worldview course), see Romans 1:18-32 , 2:14-15 , and 3:19-26 for starters. I can find more if you want me to. quote:I talked with a theology professor over that one, especially in light of Romans 2:15. I got a whole lot of "deep" gabbering about how all wrong results from sin and that even feeling guilty for doing something right is the result of total corruption, blah blah blah. My (totally fallable) understanding is that we know when things aren't the way that they're supposed to be. I took that hint directly from the theology course note pack, and did not fully think through its full philosophical implications when I posted it. I simply made a wrong assumption about acceptablilty and understanding. So, my foul there. And, yeah, let's call it a difference of principles. Synergy: are you involved in Christian Science (the religion) or something? quote:Christianity is not as much a variation on Judaism as the alleged fulfillment of it. Once the system of the Law was completely satisfied for all time(the Mosaic Law, surprisingly enough, expects people to fail. that's the entire point of the sacrificial system), the way that people approach the system had to be changed. The damnation was always there, it's just that only the Jews were originally held fully accountable because they were the example and had direct access to God and the atonement sacrificial system. After Christ, God holds Everyone fully accountable because everyone can get in on the system of grace, because He took care of all of the punishments and sacrifices that are demanded from breaking the law, and because there are no more sacrifices, you don't have to go through the Jews, so now the system is open to everyone. Yay for run-on sentances. Complicated? Yeah. But not that complicated. -------------------- The Silent Assassin has decided to go cold turkey. That is, his lunch today will consist of turkey and swiss on wheat. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 22 2006 10:30
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Wait... there's a shift going on? Why wasn't I told??! In seriousness, I'm gonna have to agree with Tyrannicus. It's just a cycle of action and reaction. Each "position" goes a little too far, and as a result, eveyone runs the other way until they cross the line in that direction. -------------------- The Silent Assassin is currently contemplating how a major political shift will affect the market for deranged subterfuge. Let's just say that he isn't happy. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 22 2006 10:11
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Age: 19.5 Gender: Male Sexual orientation: Hetero Marital status: All but engaged. Highest educational degree completed: High School (currently going for the BA) City/metropolitan area where you live: At school, Springfield, OH. Home is Camden, NJ. Racial/ethnic origin: European Mutt (lil' bit o' everything) Nationality: American First/primary language: American English Religion: Protestant/Nondenominational How long you've been a Spiderwebber: Playing since 2000, boards since 2006 Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo: No, last I checked. Wait... no. -------------------- I have a sneaking suspicion that the Silent Assassin may just be a closet septuagenarian eskimo. He does like his environments cold. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, February 20 2006 15:46
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quote:May I jump in and help you answer that question yourself? I'll try to present the answer in three simple yes or no questions. Bear in mind that these come from the Biblical Christian worldview. 1. Do you believe there is a God (a perfect supernatural being that created and is ultimately in control of everything in existence)? 2. If so, do you believe that you have ever violated this God's will in any way, shape, or form?(hint: if you have ever felt guilty, you have) 3. If so, have you made amends with God over all of these violations? (let's not get technical here, let's just say that you believe everything to be all good) If you answered No to any of these three questions, you are in violation to the will of God and must serve out justice by being punished for eternity. If you answered Yes to all three questions, there are a few technical requirements that need to be confirmed and/or completed (these requirements are part of a simple judicial process that pretty much confirms question 3.), and you no longer need worry about punishment because someone else volunteered to take it for you. This all came from the Bible and should be what every Christian believes. You have an answer. -------------------- The Silent Assassin thought this post to be too serious for him to say anything, but I am acknowledging his existence anyway. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, February 20 2006 15:22
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1. Jewels, Kelandon's leek soup example is legit. Some people love the soup, some people hate it, some will hate it and grow to love it. Some will love it and grow to hate it. But you don't help people develop a taste for it by shoving it down their proverbial throats. 2. Synergy, it is pointless, illogical, and counter-productive to present a spiritual ultimatum before someone who doesn't believe that spiritual ultimatums exist. 3. To the Christians At Large, especially the verbose ones... COMMON SENSE, PEOPLE. We're on a gaming forum. Most of us are the logical-mathematical-geeky-science types. It's not like you're gonna bring the house down with a Billy Grahm-type emotional experience. Heck, Rev. Grahm didn't even try to use emotion... 4. Meaning that instead of bringing up dogmatic and ambigouous bits of experience, you should be bringing hard answers and empirical proof to hard questions and high expectations. We claim to have answers. We need to know what they really are. 5. We cannot say that we have had a greater spiritual experience than someone else. Comparing individuals' spiritual experiences might as well be comparing individuals. 6. Here's the really amazing thing that most Christians don't seem to get... we (humans) don't have to do anything. Nothing. We don't have to care. We don't have to serve. We don't have to acknowledge God's existence if we don't want to. (heck, I could get on a whole sociological tangent here, but I won't) It's a beautiful gift called free will. We are simply asked to care. The choice is up to us. Therefore, some of us choose to care, choose to serve, choose to do what we've been asked to do. The alternative, as Christians see it, isn't pleasant. But the point is, we are obligated to nothing. 7. Ephesos, I like the AOL CD analogy. 8. In light of that, my young apologetics, momentarily consider apologetics akin to a holy marketing scheme (I am soooo gonna get eaten alive for saying that). I want you to stop and think for a moment... just because grace is free, does it make it worthwhile? Yes, to you, obviously. Here's the hard part: WHY? Why bother? Those AOL CDs get you into some pretty nasty contracts. Just because you're getting a free deal doesn't mean it's a good deal. What makes Christianity's "grace" such a good deal? Why bother with free AOL demos when you can pay for much more reliable DSL? Why bother with Jesus if you can find a more reliable source in Allah or Buddah, et. al.? Heed my warning if you will. Or not. It's up to you. -------------------- The Silent Assassin sent me a blank card for valentines day. I'm surprised that he actually thought of me. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, February 20 2006 09:25
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I like all of this arguing about knowledge, because it makes some of us, myself included, question how we "know" what we know. Fifteen hundred years ago, everyone who cared "knew" that the world was flat. Up until the rennaissance, everyone "knew" that the earth was the center of the universe. Up until three weeks ago, eveyone "knew" that Nico was a guy. Dikiyoba - sometimes, we need to put the kittens at risk. We just need to make sure that the risk is not unnecessary. I have a challenge for the people in this thread: How can we definitively say "God is", if the one thing that we've all agreed upon so far (out of those of us who admit to believing in the supernatural) is that God is above human comprehension? I have an answer which I believe will be acceptable to most of us in this discussion, and I'll give it, eventually. Though I'm sure that there is more than one answer... and I'm curious as to what others there may be... which is why the forum is open... -------------------- The Silent Assassin claims to be giving me the silent treatment. Which is odd, because everything is normal. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, February 19 2006 21:07
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quote:Alas... marketing and the internet are the new basis for western society. :P -------------------- The Silent Assassin would like me to take the time to Advertise our website. Which I think is kinda stupid, seeing as our area on the site hasn't been constructed yet. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, February 19 2006 20:59
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Um... whoa. I'm glad I missed all of this... Too much chaos is still chaos. quote:Religion seems to lack cautious apologists outside of certain closed academic cirles, let alone on the net... A lone amateur apologetic would like to offer his services, should someone specifically ask for them. But he's not addressing this mess at large. ick. -------------------- The Silent Assassin has warned me that I'm getting in over my head. Yeah, probably. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, February 19 2006 11:53
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quote:Wait... let me see if I've gotten this... Mischatology is eschatology focusing on miscelleny? -------------------- The Silent Assassin was recently involved in a talent search. The problem was, the judges all died in mysterious circumstances. The Silent Assassin believes that he won. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 00:49
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Yay for Christian radio. And politics. I myself edit a kids' program for a nonprofit organization, and am looking into getting an internship at a Christian radio station in New Jersey. -------------------- The Silent Assassin has made it clear that he does not want to get on the cart. I suggest that you come back next Thursday. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, February 17 2006 10:30
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Favorite compuer Games 1. HL: Counter-Strike 2. Riven 3. Exile 3 4. Rome: Total War 5. Exile 2 Favorite Console Games: 1. Super Smash Brothers Melee 2. Earthbound 3. Metroid 3 4. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 5. LoZ: Ocarina of Time Favorite Authors 1. Frank Peretti 2. Terry Brooks 3. Douglas Preston / Lincoln Child (In combination) 4. JRR Tolkien 5. Michael Crichton Favorite Movies 1. Independance Day 2. Star Wars (Original Trilogy & Episode 3) 3. The Hunt for For Red October 4. Lord of the Rings 5. Jurassic Park And just for the heck of it... Ov djar on rikt doickren gale. -------------------- The Silent Assassin would like to begin his performance tonight with a quick teaser: he will be singing so low. So low that no one hears him. -100000 XP and 50 posts if you actually laugh. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, February 13 2006 15:37
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A friend of ours wrote something about this once... Ironically enough, it's on MySpace. -------------------- The Silent Assassin has recently developed a fetish with Techno music. I wouldn't be bothered so much by it but for the fact that he turns the volume all the way down when he thinks someone else can hear it. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, February 13 2006 05:25
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The different spelling obviously implies different pronunciation, and thus different meaning. The "Roar" is a majestic loud rendering roaring that instills fear. The "Rawr" is a cuter version of Roaring, generally used by females in a prideful, taunting manner. :D Yay for making things up on the spot! -------------------- The Silent Assassin is out playing in the snow. At least it's not me. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, February 12 2006 10:46
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In the hidden base in Ohio, we got two inches. In the New Jersy bunker, we got thirteen. -------------------- The Silent Assassin would like to make it clear that he does not like snow, as it tends to crunch when he walks on it. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |