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Sam Wo's has closed by Robert April 21, 2012 2:43 pm

A later update of the story implies it might stay open, with luck. by TB 2012-04-21 18:09:37

Does anyone believe in demonic possession?n/t by Jody April 20, 2012 6:06 pm

Hey, I had nothing to do with that de la Poer dude!!! by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-20 21:46:04
You know what happens if you don't pay your exorcist? by ER 2012-04-20 21:10:04
- The wages of sin get garnished. by TB 2012-04-20 21:43:56
  - No. If you don't pay your exorcist... by ER 2012-04-20 21:49:32
    - Aw, come on. Everyone gives that answer. by TB 2012-04-21 10:57:10
      - Busted! n/t by ER 2012-04-21 14:31:29
Sure, but not me. I believe that people can get into a mental state that resembles demonic possession but I ... by FrankC 2012-04-20 20:53:31
- I agree Frank...except about the ghost part. I am agnostic also. However ghosts is all about the energy..... changing form. *waiting for ... by Jody 2012-04-21 14:43:02
I don't believe in it myself, but I can see how other people might. I fell in love once ... by ER 2012-04-20 20:51:18
- My mother has always lived in negative energy. She damned near killed me. Loved it when she was screaming in a ... by Jody 2012-04-21 14:47:44
Um...why do you ask? by TB 2012-04-20 20:19:29
- TOM!!!!!!! by Jody 2012-04-20 20:25:20
Lots of people do. Many Roman Catholics, and others. I'd say they were crazy as loons, except that ... by bowser 2012-04-20 18:47:07

Actually, neither one is a Marine. by ER April 20, 2012 6:42 am

I just assumed it was a YouTube joke. Thanks for the info, though. by TB 2012-04-20 07:05:10
- What tipped me off was the crowd in the original video standing around the fighters in a perfect square roughly ... by ER 2012-04-20 07:24:13
  - Comparing the two movies, the first one must have been taken at a rehearsal, since the sequences in the real ... by TB 2012-04-20 09:01:42
    - It's very possible. But if you look in the UR corner of the frame of the first video at ... by ER 2012-04-20 10:15:28

Which One's the Marine? by TB April 19, 2012 8:02 pm

Kind of like the other guy's athleticism. Looks as if he was rather enchanted with them, too. Don't ... by bowser 2012-04-19 23:24:50

personality test that is better than most... by FrankC April 19, 2012 1:03 am

Now that I think about it, this scores almost identically with the "Strong Interest Inventory" and another "Strong" vocational inventory ... by bowser 2012-04-19 16:54:01
An explanation. I took the test twenty years ago. It very enlightening...and it helped me accept my perceived...heh...peculiar ways.I recommend it!! by Jody 2012-04-19 11:26:25
Your Type is by ER 2012-04-19 04:20:40
- Oh-oh by ER 2012-04-19 07:55:14
  - Or maybe Jung is a load of bollocks? by TB 2012-04-19 08:45:40
    - I consider Jung a lot more credible than Freud, who's theories on the mind rate alongside the ones of this ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 21:04:18
    - ^^didn't like his test results^^ :) by FrankC 2012-04-19 15:26:10
      - Dude, it identified me as a social worker, counselor, and educator. Early childhood educator. by TB 2012-04-19 15:32:40
        
        "Can we have lunch?" DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NATIONAL DEBT IS??!! DO YOU REALIZE THAT UNDER OBAMA IT HAS TRIPLED ... by bowser 2012-04-19 23:16:15
        
        Kids taking a nap and going potty at gunpoint. I love it! by bowser 2012-04-19 22:15:28
        
        I knew it, I knew it. Tom excuse me for laughing my ass off. That really doesn't sound like you ... by FrankC 2012-04-19 16:18:58
        
        Kindergarten Cop comes to mind. by Jody 2012-04-19 15:45:12
        
        "We don't need no education, by ER 2012-04-19 18:46:51
    - That's what I'm inclined to think. Check out my swizzle stick post. I don't think psychology is necessarily bogus, I just don't ... by ER 2012-04-19 09:11:29
      - Well, to be fair we don't know much Jung had invested in this pop quiz. Or what validation process ... by bowser 2012-04-19 11:05:53
        
        I remember taking one test in Junior High School whose results came out so inconclusive and contradictory that I was ... by ER 2012-04-19 12:31:03
        
        At least half the questions I could answer either way depending on the circumstance and context. by TB 2012-04-19 11:22:46
        
        A good question will ask about an enduring quality. "I usually sleep well" might be one. Most of ... by bowser 2012-04-19 11:47:32
        
        ...and that is the point TB...but which do you *prefer*? I prefer getting used to the water by slowly immersing myself...but ... by Jody 2012-04-19 11:33:32

The difference between North and South Korea by TB April 18, 2012 8:32 pm

For those of you who don't get it: South Korea is notorious for it's video game players, and for ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-18 22:56:12
- Thanks! by TB 2012-04-19 07:06:39
  - Not my fault you guys don't understand *pokes at age* :D by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 19:32:19
    - Hey, I posted the joke! by TB 2012-04-19 19:46:24
      - You do, the others don't. Because noone is as geeky as me. *fistpump* by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 20:54:32
I don't get it. by ER 2012-04-18 21:13:19
- I think it's about the South Korean animation industry.(n/t) by Robert 2012-04-18 22:20:32
  - I have no knowledge of the lore of computer games. I thought "Starcraft" was the brand name of the ... by ER 2012-04-19 04:35:01
    - No, mineral gathering is an important component of the 4X games I described below. I was a big gamer 7-8 ... by FrankC 2012-04-19 15:23:20
  - To me it is a jab at the NK totalitarian government where "We require more minerals" is addressed to a ... by FrankC 2012-04-19 01:27:49
    - I was not aware of "Triple X" in Starcraft..... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 02:10:13
      - Excuse the memory lapse. It is 4X, explore, expand, exploit and exterminate. Guess I had my mind in the gutter by FrankC 2012-04-19 15:15:43
  - On second thought, I think he's a game designer. by Robert 2012-04-18 22:23:21
    - Another one that is well Known... by FrankC 2012-04-19 01:15:15

The swizzle stick conjecture by ER April 19, 2012 8:54 am

Spoiler Alert by ER 2012-04-19 09:03:43
- Some palettes are more discerning than others...and your OCD friend has taken the cake...sliced with a silver knife...or...stainless steel??? by Jody 2012-04-19 20:21:37
- Your friend was nuts. You can quote me. by TB 2012-04-19 09:15:22
  - Well, to be fair to my friend. We were testing for taste, (specifically, taste of the stick), not the ... by ER 2012-04-19 09:31:00
  - Full disclosure... by TB 2012-04-19 09:18:18
    - Yes, but as Ben Franklin taught us, there are ways to test for asparagus. by ER 2012-04-19 09:36:46

Who is LinkedIN? by ER April 19, 2012 10:18 am

What you're getting is some kind of spam. by TB 2012-04-19 11:10:42
- I know they are legitimate, I guessed as much from its content, and because I've heard it referred to in ... by ER 2012-04-19 11:45:59
  - Stuff floats in from everywhere. by TB 2012-04-19 12:02:26

The Great Cuban Sandwich Smackdown by ER April 15, 2012 10:09 am

I realized after your post I've never seen anything in this area mentioning Cuban food. I must have assumed ... by bowser 2012-04-16 17:47:56
Did you notice the linked article? by TB 2012-04-16 07:36:51
- Yes, my cousin, who originally turned me on to this story, also pointed me to this article. Of course, in Cuba ... by ER 2012-04-16 08:57:37
Cuban food appeared to be too heavy on the digestive tract...I opted out. Cluck cluck by Jody 2012-04-15 19:36:34
- I assume you also stay away from Mexican. Good for you having the will power in a venue that probably ... by FrankC 2012-04-17 19:35:58
  - Hah! Actually after 7 years I went off the Atkin's lifestyle. Feeling quite the martyr, and wondered what it was all ... by Jody 2012-04-17 20:07:36
While I was in Miami, all I had that was Cuban was the coffee. Absolutely wonderful coffee. by Jody 2012-04-15 19:35:13
- We Cubans like our coffee like we like our wimmen. Hot, black and sweet, AArgh. by ER 2012-04-15 20:25:22
Yum, I tried to make a decent Cuban recently. I use deli sliced ham and a pork loin I prepared. ... by FrankC 2012-04-15 14:22:47
- The secret is the mojo for the roast pork. Use lemon juice, crushed garlic (in a mortar and pestle) ... by ER 2012-04-15 14:35:48
The best local Cuban food is here. (I've never been there myself, and wouldn't know authentic if it fell on me.) by TB 2012-04-15 14:03:30
- I think I know this guy! by ER 2012-04-15 14:29:20
  - I think this might be the guy you're talking about. by TB 2012-04-15 14:57:26
    - Could be. But it was a long time ago, and you know what they say, all bald guys look ... by ER 2012-04-15 15:05:50
      - Good question. by TB 2012-04-15 15:31:43
        
        PA Joe's was a superb restaurant and had a small but very classy lounge. I often stopped there on ... by ER 2012-04-15 17:04:56
        
        The guy who occupies the other half of my duplex is a Stanford digital signal processing expert who has worked ... by TB 2012-04-15 18:55:02
        
        It was already "Loral" when I was there, but everybody still called it "Ford" out of habit. And I had ... by ER 2012-04-15 20:21:30
        
        One thing I can say about N California: Folks there know how to eat. There are a lot ... by ER 2012-04-15 17:49:28
Okay, there's one incentive to move to hurricane country. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-15 13:30:11

Kid steals second base in a ball game by TB April 17, 2012 3:55 pm

SWEET!!!! by Jody 2012-04-17 17:55:48

Medical ID Tattoos by Jody April 17, 2012 10:17 am

What would sexual addicts have tattooed? by bowser 2012-04-17 11:04:28
- Your Mom... on their left buttock....and so it is written. by Jody 2012-04-17 11:17:56
  - En garde. by bowser 2012-04-17 17:13:16
    - Awww...Bowsers...ya know ah loves yah...:) by Jody 2012-04-17 17:41:44
The Waffen SS used to have their blood type tatooed on their arm in case they were wounded in action. by ER 2012-04-17 10:49:20
- And numbers on their prisoners. by bowser 2012-04-17 11:04:48

John Cleese on Creativity by Vitruvius April 16, 2012 9:04 pm

Or maybe, just maybe, your father thought that life had a very deep meaning indeed. by TB 2012-04-17 07:30:30
- That's difficult to judge. Although a talkative and social person, he wasn't in the least bit "philosophical". He liked dancing, ... by ER 2012-04-17 07:57:27
Wow...very good youngin'. Actually understand my son more now because of this video. I can't thank you enough for posting this. I ... by Jody 2012-04-17 06:56:29
- Hell VRB...I understand *myself* better for having watched this. To be honest, I feel the Zone closes me. by Jody 2012-04-17 09:48:22
I really liked his remarks on humor. It's taken me a long time, but I think I've finally arrived ... by ER 2012-04-17 06:40:18
- I guess the most important thing is to always look on the bright side of life. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-17 14:42:00
- I believe only the wisest of people are able to watch themselves as they experience whatever it is that life ... by bowser 2012-04-17 12:55:22
  - The brain has two hemispheres. It is a bicameral organ. I suspect that the ability for one half ... by ER 2012-04-17 13:42:42
    - Wonderful. I'd only disagree with one point. I believe those who do have what I call the "Observer" ... by bowser 2012-04-17 16:59:48
- That was lovely ER.... by Jody 2012-04-17 06:59:35

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