This is definately not the best stuff I've been listening to lately, but its probably the best new stuff out there this year that I've heard. I'm split between the two..
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Edited to add: ok its not their debut album, and it was released last year, but its good anyways
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What's the best album of the year....so far?
by Preston inmy favorite is currently....the transfiguration of vincent by m. ward.
i thought nobody heard of him, then i got freaked out when they played him on hbo!
very addictive album, lots of catchy folk tunes, includes a great rendition of bowie's "let's dance".
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Memory trapped in a song
by Nosferatu ini'm listening to an mp3 cd at work today, and the song "driver's seat" by sniff n the tears came on.
this song immediately triggered a memory.
it was 3 years ago that my ex left me.
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"The Pixies - Where is my mind"
almost 4 years ago, I had just reached breaking point about being told that I was not doing enough field service, not going to enough meetings, not doing enough personal study, and inside I was thinking "I don't believe any of this" but not knowing what else to believe.. -
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Who Does Jehovah Resemble?
by Englishman inas a small boy, i pictured jehovah as resembling finlay currie, the kindly old boy who played roles in solomon & sheba and the 10 commandments.. .
later on, probably thanks to paul hogans influence, i started to picture jehovah as resembling charlton heston.. .
i still picture him as a bearded gentleman, wearing a dressing gown and sandals, surrounded by billowing clouds.. then again if i think of the creator, or lord, he doesn't seem to be the same entity as jehovah.. strange, isn't it?.
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To me Jehovah was unimaginable, a spirit creature who could take any form, invisible. Its not like we could fly into space and see him.. therefore he couldn't look like anything anyone has seen before. Still, I always thought of a bright light, like a lightbulb when I tried to think what he could look like. Maybe thats why I never "loved" jehovah, I always attached an inanimate picture to the concept of god.
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This is a real concern: Should Shari'a Law be introduced into civil courts?
by azaria inhere is an excerpt from the first site.. premier dalton mcginty is considering allowing an islamic court to resolve domestic disputes among the muslim community in ontario by applying sharia law, a 1400 year old system of religious law.
the plan was proposed by the islamic institute for civil justice and is vehemently opposed by the muslim canadian congress, the canadian council of muslim women and by several legal and women's groups.
ontario's former attorney-general marion boyd is hearing from both sides of the issue while attorney-general michael bryant is already busy looking at ways to have it up and running this year.. http://www.listenuptv.com/.
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I know that in the northern partts of Nigeria they have Shari'a courts, its helped fuel long running battles between christians and muslims in that country.
How extreme would the laws be? Can you imagine any of the following happening in the US?
""On Monday this week the case against a 23-year-old man, Jibrin Babaji, who was convicted of sodomy after confessing to molesting three young boys, was thrown out on appeal, after a sharia judge ruled there should have been four witnesses.""
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Pillow fight world record attempt
by DireStraitJacket ini was there, fighting started at around 13:25, officially it started at 13:50, lasted about 5 minutes.
i escaped with a bloody nose, thankfully no other damage.
various people lost cell phones, wallets, reputations, and a large number of pillows were destroyed.. .
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It was fun!!! didn't see to many feathers flying around, other than the odd terrified bird.
just imagine large chunks of foam flying around... and mass confusion
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Pillow fight world record attempt
by DireStraitJacket ini was there, fighting started at around 13:25, officially it started at 13:50, lasted about 5 minutes.
i escaped with a bloody nose, thankfully no other damage.
various people lost cell phones, wallets, reputations, and a large number of pillows were destroyed.. .
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I was there, fighting started at around 13:25, officially it started at 13:50, lasted about 5 minutes.
I escaped with a bloody nose, thankfully no other damage. Various people lost cell phones, wallets, reputations, and a large number of pillows were destroyed..
The motivation behind the event, besides the world record, was to encourage the more liberal use of pillows on campus, especially in lecture theatres where they could be put to good use.
There were twice as many people watching the fight than taking part, probably because they didn't have pillows. Maybe next time we'll get the record.
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Another Addicting Game
by Valis inhttp://www.ebaumsworld.com/castle.html
eh...thry this one for hours of mindless fun... oh and just fling the little bastards through the air...should kill em... sincerely, .
district overbeer.
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thats excellent, can't move my hand anymore, but yeah thats a good game :)
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What Is Your Favorite Drink or Cocktail???
by minimus ini enjoy armagnac, lately.
cognac is quite nice around the fall and winter, too.
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tap water (yeah, ours is drinkable)
triple vodka and coca cola, Absolute Red when I can afford it, or Smirnoff, and occasionally
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can one ask for greater proof?
June 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in New York City by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith. -
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Idea to Settle the U.S. Defficit (SERIOUS THREAD)
by Confucious ini think this would honestly work... .
sell advertisment on the back of currency.
get microsoft on the back of the $100 bill for say 1 billion dollars.
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Out of interest, are there any countries that have a regular surplus? Are these countries that are rich natural resources? or if everyones running at a deficit, where is the money coming from?